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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-11

tosi.as. Worisn's ahoes. Sa;oo 70 flpo.
Misses &c Chfldrens 6hoss. ~ 20 20 ei.oo.
Try w. l.. Dougias Women's, Misses and
ChiIdren's shoes; for style, 1T and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you Into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are OF greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L:
Dou xias shoes. His name and price Is stsmped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and Interior shoes. Tgkg no s.Ssfi. !,.,i.
and Insist upon having them.
fast Colo, 3yeIsts used; they pn not igea, b.asss
Write for Illustrated catsiog q Fall styles.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-11
Agreed to Make Treaty.

81 said to Gen. Miles: All the OIL
GERS that have been in charge of the
Indians have talked that way. and It
sounds like story to me; l hardly
believe you He said: This time It
is the truth / said: Gen. Miles,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
ChiIaren at school.

Just how many children there are in this
district II has been difficult to ascertain.
They are distributed among three public
Lake and Cass-Laka end
Sherman getting the majority, and these
school rooms are contributing to their lives
more than almost any other outside infiu-
ence. To large extent they are clothed.
especially in winter, through the efforts
OF the teachers and principals With fine
tact this Is done so that the benehciaries
are spared any embarrassment, for these
are matters Of strietest confidence between
teachers and pupils. The clothing is So
neited- from schools in other parts OF the
city. that It may lot be recognized, and so
carefully are the children watched that
as soon as possible after a need becomes
evident It is supplied. lat what cost OF
effort-and OF money too, that comes often
from the purses of the teachers, this Is
accomplished, no one but these women
themselves know. But the rummage sale
is perhaps the most substantial source from
which their clothing Is supplied. Hundreds
OF perfectly good garments are collected
among the women OF the churches every
spring and fan and offered for sale in the
vestry or class rooms Of some Of the north
side churches. The purchasing value OF q
few cents at one Of these sales Is amazing
a whole OUTFIT frequently being supplied
for a quarter, but this relieves the tran
saction OF any semblance OF charity in the
eyes OF the purchasers, at least and enables
their well wishers to provide more thar
one comfortable garment that would be IN
dispaBtiy rejected II offered without price
This is the secret OF the good clothinl
that has nislsd many TO the belief that th'
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
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Homes in North lotions

Up on the north river bottoms over the
edge OF the blur that screens It from the
view of the residence portion Of the city,
ekirting Cut-On lake and extending down
the river among the fee houses and railroad
cracks and hidden back in the bank among
the weeds and rubbish that covers the
Nloplng face OF the bluff. a district about
two miles long and including about 1000
people, is such a place To be sure 1t is
not all n wilderness: there are some bright
spots IN the way of comfortable frugal
homes that have tarried behind in the
general exodus of the more prosperous
population that made room for the en-
croaching railroad tracks. but in the main
the district is miserably poor-poor In the
fullest, most inclusive sense Of the term.
Sunshine is it's one harmony, sunshine and
fresh air. but the latter is polluted ana
the benehcent effects OF the former ma
terially diminished by pools Of foul-smell-
ing, stagnant water that occur at frequent
intervals over the fiat territory backed up
by the track beds or the established street
grades and frequently seeping into the
very rooms Of the wretched little shacks
that are the homes Of dozens OF families.
So poor are some Of these little habita-
lions that they might easily be mistaken
for shelter for cattle or horses rather
than dwellings, and, in fact, in some in-
stances they do serve as shelter for both.
The majority OF them are constructed from
ODDS and ends OF lumber, discarded tin
roofing and patches Of whatever may be
picked up along the tracks or extracted
from the junk piles. with now and then a
covering of building or tar paper and oc-
casionally a cheap little frame house OF
tent. Others are little more than caves
Nr "a hrtf1t ~.
front-dugouts-that at least have the adj
vantage Of being warm when the winter
wind sweeps down the river and across
the bottoms, but when the weather is wet
the poorer ones are little more than
novels.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
How tbe Other HoIf Idvea.


Why do people live so7 Why are such
conditions allowed to exist2 Poverty-men-
tai, moral and material, and a local clergy
man who knows the city we'll from his own
fashionable congregation TO the less for
tunRte residents Of the east end Of town
has added to this answer: ''Selhshness on
the part OF those who are amply able to
help"
The fact that these houses may be had
for only a few dollars a month and that
Omaha is deplorably destitute OF COM
Portable small houses within the reach OF
the poor is perhaps the first attraction to
this district but few months OF this en-
vironment unites these neighbors in the
bond Of a common level and those who
were only renters originally add another
little shack to the eolany, thus eliminating
house rent from their expenses and so be-
come permanent residents. In this way
one house after another has been built.
for the rent OF the ground Is little or moth
ing. The recent order OF the juvenile
court that families with children shall
move out Of the disreputabIe district of
the city has sent many families TO the
north bottoms, for there has been no other
place for them at rent within their reach.
Even the probation offers who have as
sisted IN this work OF emOval have had 70
admit this and as siresult an agitation has
been begun that pfOmises TO result in some
tangible schemS FOR providing decent. san
itary small houses, where poor families
may live fSf small rent and amid whole
some surroundings It Is 70 such a plan
that people who cannot give their personal
work. may be asked to subscribe at a not
Tar. distant time.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

interest OF better citizenship. The i'm
trusion Of strangers is emphatically re-
sented and by methods rather discouraging
to many whose visitations are prompted
by the best of intentions. One Of the most
popular means of warning on these well
wishers is a little sign posted high on a
house or some other equally conspicuous
place bad dog here" posted on the
corner OF the nearest house, is the an
nOuncement that greets the visitor who ap-
proaches by way of the long steps at the
foot OF Ohio street. Look out for Cote
is a significant warning that appears in
large letters a little further down the
street and still another sign reads Zero
dog here" this posted high on a shaft
above a gate that raises it to the street
level.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
BIessinrs of ChiIdhooA.

A wise Creator has ordained that child
hood shan be happy, no matter what later
years may bring, and even such a handi-
cap as Is there cannot ovsrshadOw that
inner sunshine that beams just because
the day is bright or someone has spoken
a friendly word When school Is out Tin
can alley" the PAYER road" and other
streets resound with shouts OF laughter
as the youngsters come trooping home,
looking Just like anybody's boys and girls,
for they have shared the Christmas stories
that have been the rewards OF the school
room, in common with the other children
who live uptown" But the reality OF IT,
the experiencing It has been denied them,
and who has the right TO Judge IL these
children avail themselves Of the substitutes
in the way Of merrymaking and revelry
that their elders provide and who can tell
how these childish minds win interpret
the denial OF those things that every In
stinct tells them they have a right 10 en-
joy7
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas
come scores OF families are helped 70 sub
stsntial dinners through these same agen-
cies, the schools and the churches. while
all through the year this watchfulness for
indications OF conditions at home that need
Feileuylls auoA hHteIlahy 70 the fsspoisl-
bility OF teachers and principal II the
eyes are heavy or the minds less alert
thsre must be a reason for H. Perhaps
these are the hrst symptoms Of illness;
possibly some OF the contagious that come
TO a city's poor. or possibly Only the re-
suit Of having had no breakfast or dinner
or perhaps an indication Of too late hours
on the street the night before. At any
rate an inVestigation Is made The child
is questioned. a2d II there Is illness the
Visiting Nurses Tor the county physician
are called uDon. II lack OF food proves TO
be the cause tho family is investigated
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
Jest Fore Christmas.

jest 'EoFo CnFAnNIuaa.
Eather calls me William, sister calls me
Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers
calls me Binl
Without them sashes, curls an things
that's worn by FauntlerOy!
Love 70 chawnls green apples an go swim.
Hate TO take the eastor-ne they give me
MOST ali the time the whole year round
there amt no fiies on me;
But Jest fore Christmas I'm as good as I
Got ysllsr dog named Sport, sick him on
the cat;
First thing she knows she doesn't know
Got a clipper sled. an when us kids goes
Long comes the grocery cart an we an
But sometimes when the grocery man lie
worried an cross
He reaches at US with his whip an Iarrups
An then Ian an heller. "oh. ys never
teched mel"
But lest fore Christmas I'm as good as l
kin be.
oran'ms says she hopes that when I set to
III Be a missiOnarer like her Oldest brother.
AS was ct up by the eannibals that live in
where every prospsck pleases. an only
man Is viiel
Bat gran ma she has never been to a wild
west show,
Nor read the life OF Daniel Boone, or else
] guess she'd know
That Bunrlo BIN an cowboys is good
enough for me,
Excep' jes' fore Christmas. when I'm good
as kin be.
And then old Sport be hangs arpund SO sol.
emn like an still
His eyes they seem a-sayin': whats the
matter, little Billf'
Ihe old cat Bneaks down on her perch an
wonders what's become
~ them tWo enesniea o. hArn that USED d
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

only few boxes, a poor stove and bed
that is frequently only an old mattress OF
a hay tick on the floor, and to make mat
tiers worse, things are not even clean. To
call these homes is a misnomer, If that
word is supposed to imply anything beyond
the mere sleeping and eating place And
yet these habitations are the only homes
that scores of families know and into them
each year are coming little lives that must
form their standards from these surround
ings and in turn perpetuate them through
another generation. But they are not all
like this. Some Of the very smallest and
poorest are clean and even inviting, from
the clean scrubbed doorstep TO the newspl-
per covered walls and the row Of bright
plants in cans that make a cheerful show
ing ut the windows. Several days of each
week the yards of these little homes, for
these are usually homes, are hung with
washings, other peoples clothing, that tells
the story Of some mothers struggle This
year several tents have been added to the
colony. Some of these are large and warm,
with three or four rooms. This covering has
been oiled to better shed the water, and a
bank thrown up around the sides, at once
shutting out the cold and forming ditch
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
The Night before ohristmaa.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all
through the house
Not a creature was stirring. not even a
mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney
with care,
In hopes that ST. Nicholas soon would be
there;
The children were nestled all snug In their
While visions of sugar plums danced In
And mamma in her kerchief, and in my
cap,
Had Just settled our brains for long win
When out on the lawn there arose such
sprang from my bed to see what was the
Away 10 the window few like a Hash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the
The moon on the breast OF the new-fallen
Gave a Iuster Of midday TO objects below;
When, what TO my wandering eyes should
But miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein
With little old driver. so lively and quick,
knew IN a moment II must be ST. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they
And he whistIed and shouted and CALLED
them by name:
Nov Dasher! now, Danoerl now. Prancsr
On. Comet on. Cupid! on. Dunder and
To The top of the porch, to tho top of the
WALL
Now, dash away. dash away. dash away
ALL"
AZ dry leaves that before the wild hurricans
ny,
When they meet with an obstacle. mount
70 the Gkys
So up to the hOuse-top tho coursers they
few,
with the sleigh fun Of tOys-and ST.
Nicholas, too,
And then in twinlling heard on the
roof
The pranolng and paving OF each little
hoof.
AS l drew in my head and was turning
around,
Down the chimney st. Nicholas came with
bound.
He Wss drSshsd all In Cur nOm his Asaa 4
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
Christmas Sentiments of the Household

make things hum.
But am SO perlite an tend so earnestly TO
That mother says TO father: How inn
proved our Willie isl"
But father, havin' been boy hisself. sus-
When, jest fore Christmas. I'm as good a.
kin be.
For Christmas, with its lots an lots OF cant
dies, cakes an toys,
Was made they say, for proper kids an
not for naughty boys:
So, wash yer face an brush yer hair an
mind yer p's and as,
And don't bust out yer pantaloons and
say ''Yes sun to he ladies' an "Yessur.
70 the men,
An when they's company don't pass yer
But. thinkin, Of the things yer'd like to see
Jest fore Christmas be as good as yer
kin be. -Eugens Irield.
Secrets OF the Season.
! wander to the closet where
keep my best cigars and wine;
When WHEY cries stay oct OF there
The things within II all are mine"
Unto the library 1 wend
Ny way 10 rest, 20 think 10 read:
When WHEY cries: You viii offend
Ne If you 90 In there. indeed"
The, upper guest chamber Is lust
The place to sit and weave my song;
When WHEY cries: "oh. no, you must
Not so where you do not belong"
Al least the parlor in the rear
Is quits suficient for my dreams: 4
When WHEY cries: mot there my deay4
You like 70 poke around. It seems. n
The cellarl / at last have found
A corner 70 myaelf-but no:
For wiley cries: You're set and bOund
To see what's hidden down below.
And 80 / am tabOOed az home
Because my wife has hidden stIn
For Christmas presents. Hence this gloom
"A wilderness would be less tough.
Horace Seymour Keller Ia New York sun
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
work Of the churches.

%
Work of the Churches.
Repeated efforts have been made by va
rious churches 60 attract the children,
Knox Presbyterian church having been
among the most persistent, while the rector
Of Good shepherds Episcopal church has
been an untiring visitor, rendering substan-
tial assistance to many families in Distress
as well Us to the Juvenile court when an
Interested friend is needed to stand sponsor
for some Of the young people who have
come under its jurisdiction. IN the main.
however. it is the City Mission at Tenth
and Capitol avenue that has reached the
residents of this district Miss Masee's
Mission" they call it, for, with few ex-
ceptions, children and parents alike know
the little woman who has for years given
her life to work among them, coming into
their homes in times of sickness or trouble
and helping the boys and girls through the
Mission classes. and many OF the mothers
through the Mothers club. With tact
born Of sincerity, Miss Magee has COMO
among them, winning their confidence and
then their friendship, and finally their
presence a. tho Mission classes.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

that prevents the water coming in. These
tents win be the winter quarters OF several
families that include little children and
aged parents.
The water supply is precarious. The city
water is not piped TO these neighborhOods,
and except where an occasional well Of
necessarily doubtful equally affords the
supply, water must DO carried from some
Of the factory buildings or shops OF dipped
from the Lake, river or from some Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
Ptoud in TheIr Penurr.

Peculiarly unapproaohable. through an
Independence that resents any interference
nom whatever motive, Il is necessary 70
reach these parents through the children
and when the children are Withdrawn from
lettering influences only the authorities
are able 70 interfere. The truant oficeF
has been a valuable and tactfuI worker,
keeping the children IN school but the
juvenile court and through Il the detention
home have frequently been employed in the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
MOOre's Classic Poem on Christmas Eve

his foot,
And his clothes were all furnished with
ashes and SCOT;
A bundle OF toys he had dung on his back,
And he looked like peddler Just opening
his pack
HIS eyes how they twinlleAl his dimDIoa
how merry!
His cheeks were like rosss his nose IKE a
cherry;
His droli little mouth was drawn uD IKE q
bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as
the snow,
The stump Of bpo he held tight IN his
teeth,
And the smoke it enolroIod his head Ike
wreath.
He had broad face and a little rOund
belly
That shook. when he laughed. ike a bowl
full OF Jelly.
He was chubby and plump-a right Jolly
old elf;
And / laughed. when I saw him. in spite
A wink OF his eye and a twist OF his head
Coon gave me 70 know / had nothing to
dread.
He spoke not a word. but went straight to
And husd all the stockings; then turned
with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside OF his nose,
And giving nod up the chimney he
rose
He sprSng to his sleigh, to his team gave
whistle,
And away they all new Ike the down of
thistle;
But l heard him exelaim. ere he drove out
Happy Christmas to all. and TO all a good
night" Clement Clarke Moore
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

Inside Inc same,
And inside these houses are little better
than they are outside Few have more
than two or three rooms and many have
only the cold, hard-tFodden earth for a
moor, With perhaps a few boards or old
sacks or a strip Of old carpet for covering.
The furniture IL OF the crudest-sometlmss
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

Nth many thousands Of homes in
~ Omaha where the Christmas
spirit fairly permeates the at
mOsphere; where for weeks past
- the preparation for this day OF
all the days Of the year has been para
mount to everything else with the snug
Cling in OF mysterious looking bundles and
certain stowaway places forbidden to the
children; with the kitchen saturated every
night after school with all sorts OF de-
iieious odors that the utmost diligence fails
TO reveal any explanation Of and the whole
house fairly teeming with delightful mys-
terry that nobody has really wanted ex-
planned, It is difhcult to realize that there
are also scores Of other homes within the
city's limits where on Tuesday, December
%, will be no different from any other
day Of the year--where Christmas never
comes.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

Iessly into other influences from which
they cannot be reclaimed. To win them
and hold them until they arc secured to
such influences as will serve TO guide until
they may have attained safe standards Of
living is the work OF the missionary which
is so attractive and so discouraging. It is
such thsnkless work, for its reward il
frequently the basest ingTatitude that
must b forgiven, because. literally they
know not what they do" With no
standards except those Of material gain, for
their very existence has depended upon
their ability to hold their own against the
wits Of their own and the oppression OF
circumstances. they must be taught new
standards. DO unto others as they do unto
you" Is literally the rule by which many
have been taught TO live. and even little
children many times seem % hopelesHly
hardened that they AFFORD diacouraginR
material. Naturally Thanksgiving and the
holiday time affords the best opportunity
Of the year for attracting these children.
Goodies such as they have seen On the shop
windows, and perhaps q toy, are to be
given away to all who will attend the
Mission or Sunday school GLASSES, end this
is the first inducement 10 Join But BomS
show of qualification must be maintained
at the missions and tho children are told
that only regular attendants at classes
may share the Christmas celebration.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
"AIonE About Christmas"

As q result the attendance at the tom
perance, industrial and Sabbath school
classes begins to swell about The uksgiving
time, and If the weather happens to be
severe the opportunity OF the missionary is
decidedly increased, The warmth OF the
class rooms is an additional attraction for
the poor little homes are not overly COM
Portable at best and usually the little bit
OF coal or other fuel that may be picked
up along the tracks by the children after
school. or that the scanty income can
provide, must be saved for tho comfort Of
q father or mother who win return from
work with the darkness, and not infre-
quently in q condition Of intoSsication that
sads the supeTlative degree to the miserable
conditions for which this curse is so often
responsible. Tiny as these quarters are.
some OF then have been the scene Of the
most disgusting carousals that has alone
enabled the authorities to remove the chill
dren from their debasing surroundings.
Children are wonderfully literal until ex-
perience has taught them different, and
few years of disappointment at the dis
elimination OF the Santa Claus Of which
they have learned at school teaches them to
laugh at the loftier sentiments of Christ
mas as we'll as its dear old myth. Deep
down in their child heart is a longing for
some recognition of his better impulses.
and when this recognition is denied IN
contradiction OF the promises of the re-
wards that come to good" boys and girls,
II is little wonder that he accepts his own
methods Of qualification and justifes them
as well. And 80, with nothing In the home
upon which TO draw, Christmas becomes
one of the bitterest disappointments Of the
year to the children OF the poor and one
Of the most embittering experiences
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

wretched little houses are not true index
to the real conditions OF the families that
occupy them It is difficult to believe
that bright-faced, comfortably clothed chill
dren are suffering q moral starvation, COM
pared with which even less than they have
bodily comforts would be luxury. Some Of
the little faces are pinched and drawn to
be sure. but more often # is a bright smile
or a keen look Of inquiry that gTeets the
stranger who takes occasion to visit this
neighborbood.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
the Holly Tree.

o hast thou ever stood TO Sc
Tne holly treel
The eye that eOntemplates II well pre-
coivea
It's glossy leaves
Ordered by an intelligence so wise
As might confound tho artists BOphis-
tries
And should my youth. as youth Ia apt
i know,
some harHhneas show
Al vain aspertties I, day by day,
Would wear away
THll the smooth temper Of my age should
be
IAks the high leaves e he holly. trsA
s-soElthaE,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-06-09
New Committee.

The new Democratic State Central
Committee selected at Jefferson City
this week is as follows:
First distrlct-Harry M. Rubey. Of
Macon, and a. a Potter, of Memphis.
Second-J. A. Collett, of Keytes-
vile, and T. A. Bresnahan, of
Brooktield.
Tbird-R. W. Napier, of Hamilton,
and Dr.. J. H. Roney, of Richmond.
Fourth--E. G. Orear, of Maryville,
a d Ben Helsly, of St. Joseph,
Fifth-Joseph B. Shannon and R.
L Gregory, of Kansas City.
Sixth. S. Pence, of o 'ceola, and
j NJ. JAmison, of R,ch Hill.
Seventb-L. @ Vlles, OF Bolivar,
and DR.. E. r. Eimondson, OF Mani.
Eighth-O D Corum, OF Boonvllle,
and W. B. Bright, of Columbia.
Nlnth-Ovld Ball, Of Fulton, and
DIR. r L Robinson, Of Troy.
Tenth-C. A. Lemp and A, S'uver,
of 81. Louis.
Twelfth-L. P. DAILY and
Thomas j Ward, Of St. Louis
TgelithssJames ]. Butler anC
Thomas ] Kinney, Of st, Louis,
Thrteenth-J. A. Winer, o
Hllsboro, and DR. F. E Hinchey, o.
ST. Genevieve.
Fourteenth-Ernest Bacon, o
Poplar Bluff, and A. R. Ponder, o
Jape Gifardeau.
Fifteenth-ClArk Craycroft, o
Joplin, and John A. Harlow, o
Lamar.
Slxteenth-A. ]. Hawkins, @
Emtneuce, and H. B. Rucker, @
Rolla.