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Evening journal., 1909-01-02

ELKTON-Julian c. Smith. son Of
the late Postmaster William j.
smith. of Elkton, has been notified by
the Navy Department at Washington
that he passed at the head of the list
the competitive examination for ap-
pointment at second lieutenant in the
Marine Corps.
Evening journal., 1909-01-02

RISING SUN-Walter Fox and John
Lynch have each been presented with
a purse containing $74.50 and $209. re-
spectively. Fox's house was consumed
by fire while Lynch lost three horses
by spinal meningitis
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
BENEFITS Big Grocery

Benefits Golden Coffee, h.. ...... 1890 stamps
Benefits Challenge Coffee, lb.. e. .lec-1O stamps
Teas, assorted, lib. ............. 1910 stamps
Teas, assorted, 10. ...,...,...... $500 stamps
lea Strings, ID ..........s, ... s15c-lb stamps
Double green stamps on GRADUATED Sugar.
New cleaned Currants, three pounds for. -. ESQ
Egg-O-See. Corn Flakes, 3 pkgs.. .25c-10 stamps
Lawn Grass Fertilizer, ID. ........ 80; rs lbs, CSC
Double green stamps on Butterine.
New Mince Meat, fancy quality. 1910 stamps
New Seeded Raisins, ID. pkg. =. .121hc-10 stamps
Chocolatina, two cans ........... 2Oc-1O stamps
Diamond c Soap, ten bars for. .............. .25o
Capitol Baking Powder, ID. can. .24c-20 stamps
Hartley's pure Fruit Jam, jar. -.25c-10 stamps
Diamond S Chill Sauce ,....,.... 1910 stamps
California Seedless Raisins, 12Ac grade, h., 50
Peanut Butter, two ars......... .2oo-10 stamps
Capitol pure Maple Syrup, ct . .,4oc-30 stamps
Daledit fancy OIL Sardines, can 80. 2oc-10 stamps
Royal Tomatoes, two cans. q. d. 1890 stamps
Franoo-American Soup, at. can -. $3.50 stamps
Snider's Pork and Beans, large can 1000 stamps
Haricot Beans, per can ........... 100 5 stamps
Cream Cheese, best quality h.. .20c-10- stamps
Yankee Toilet Soap, three cakes. 1890 stamps
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
LOCAL EXCURSION ON TUESDAY
Plant of Swift a Company 10 He Wis.,
tied by Commercial CIub
Members.

The Omaha Commercial club has ar,
ranged for another local trade excursioE
for Tuesday. swift g. Co. of South Omahx
has invited the members Of the club q
visit the plant on that date and the invis
tation has been accepted. Officers OF thG
packing company say they will have All
killing departments in full operatiop al
that time. All members are requested "a
meet at the Commercial club rooms Tues
day at y O'Clock and special cars viii
leave The corner Of Fifteenth and FarnsR
streets at 1910 sharp. Lunch will be served
by Swift q Co.. after which the plant VIII
be Inspected.
A year ago these local trade ~excursiont
were iuauguratod and trips were made 10
the Jobbing district and later to the unioB
Pacific shops.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

turkey made a great hit at the White
House and since that day one prize bird
and several others. just for good measure,
have been send down from the New Eng
land farm for the Thanksgiving dinner at
the White House. Other turkeys, to be
sure, have been laid before the presidents
at this season. but none has seemed to
compare with the New England fowl and
so each year the gift is repeated.
As for vegetables, they come by the bar
rel and for this one day at least, the
housekeeper to the president need not give
a single thought to the market house.
A Happy TIME.
Thanksgiving at the White House, much
the same as at Christmas. is a happy time,
indeed. For a family in which there are
young people, the great big colonial house
offers the most enhancing opportunities
for giving vent to the holiday spirit. It's
great wide halls, immense guest chambers
which would make at least four good sized
bed rooms IL they were .partitioned off as
SUCH. the high colonial fire places, blazing
with their sparkling logs and the big IL
brary-the White House living room-are
ideal.
The smart company which will sit down
10 the lndlhskiNillk uliIltI TINS year with
the presidents family will have its dinner
cooked right in the big White House
kitchen by the three women cooks who
nave presided over the culinary depart
ment since the administration changed
hands. These white women are expert
enced chefs and their excellent dishes
have been the marvel Of the guests in
vited to the White House by the president
and Mrs. Taft. In former years the
smaller kitchen m the executive man
sion was used. but all that has been
changed, and now the great Kitchen. &"
with its massive range its rows and rows
OF pots and pans and its great wide tables
equipped with every convenience and every
dtvice TO make cooking easy, has been
thrown open to the trio of cooks ana the
result is a perfect service upstairs.
SteaninE Hot,
From the kitchen downstairs the courses
are sent up TO the pantry on an automatic
dumb waiter and paced Immediately I'm an
electric oven, just outside the doors lead
ing into the state dining room one way
and The private dining room the other.
When the first Thanksgiving dinner which
Mr.. Taft will eat as president of the
United States comes on the table 1t will
be straight from the shelves OF this cleo
tric oven. The heat Is poured into the oven
merely by the turning OF a switch ana
each course will be taken into the dining
room steamlng not, In the pantry Is stored
an the famous china Of the presidents, and
for their first holiday dinner President and
Mrs. Taft will use the china selected by
Mrs. Roosevelt, and Of which the Tafts
are very fond. IL is the last Of a famous
collection OF china which has been gath
cred together by every president since
Washington.
The private dining room in which the
Thanksgiving dinner VIII be eaten is
particularly simple In its arrangement and
appointments. A round mahogany dining
table, a colonial mahogany buffet, a
small serving table hidden behind a screen
when not In use. and a simple old
fashioned china closet with mahogany
dining chairs complete the furnishings.
There are many leaves Ia the extension
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

factor went back at him with another
hundred. 1t was a toTable stiff play, an
l cd see It puzzled the Judge, but It didn't
stagger him, not for a minute: Ais he
says was. Well, you may have a bigger
hand n ! think, but III see that bet" an
he covered it.
Then the factor, he kind O. smiles, an
he says 'Yo mought give me one card an
Matthews slips it to him, but before the
Judge could say whether he wanted any
or not Gwaltrey speaks up. as quiet as il
he'd been astin' FIR a cup O. coffee, an he
says, 4 wouldn't advise you to take that
card, sir, not II you need one to fill yo'
hand, ] wouldn't. Yo' see it didn't come
I'm off'n the top o. the deck
Il never knowed, nor nobody else never
did, what made him make a break like
that, 'thouhten he'd made up his mind to
have It out with Matthews an wouldn't
wait no longer.
'Cap'n Foss he was standin' behind
Matthews an not more'n four foot from
him. He made a jump, an he was conc
sid able quicker'n a cat, too, but afore he
ed reach him. Matthews had a derrlnger
In each hand an had fired twicet. Feared
like ne must ha' been lookin' fr Gwaltney
to do somepin' an was ready to shoot
Afore he done It.
Anyway he shot straight, an both bull
Tets was found in Gwaltney brain later.
'Peared like he must ha' been plumb dead
when he riz outen his chair, but ne riz all
right, an when he reached across the table
he had his bowie in his hand. MOren't
that, he had such a grip onto it that when
he fell he drug Matthews down with him.
tr he done drove it plumb TO the hilt down
inside Matthews collar bone.
well, that was all there was 10 that.
Both on 'em was stone dead, so there
want nothin' to be did, an even at that
they didn't peer to settle the question
whether a knife is better'n a gun or
whether 'tain't.'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
KNIFE AND Gun OLD RIVALS
Both Had Their Day in Old Times on
the Mississippi.
REGULAR PART OF BOATS OUTFIT
As to which Was the Better Weapo
Depended Largely On the Train
ing of the Man that Was
Using II.

Everything on tn Of MISSISSIPPI 8 been
a heap difrent since the wah I'm what
twas afo'," said Caleb Mix, the veteran
bartender on the Mississippi river packet
City of Natchez. Them days everybody
'peared to know just where he stood, and
there want no strugglin' an heavin' up
an down for to get into a new place or
to hans onto the place you had. A Niger
was q Niger an a gambler was a gam
bier an a planter was just nachully king
pin O. the whole airth, an there you
was. But alter the wah nobody knowed
who ne was nor where he stood, an mo
special he didn't know nothin' about how
t'other Teller stood.
II reckon there want nobody hit harder
n the gamblers was, Afo' the wah they
was as regular a part of a boats outfit
as the mate an the rousters. They was
a pizen lot. / never knowed one on 'em
t want a dog when you got at the reel
inside of him. but they knowed their place
same 3 everybody else did, an fr the
most part they KEEP in II. More n that
they had a law o. their own, such as twas,
an they didn't never call on nobody for to
settle their difficulties for m. II there
was any settlin' to be did they tended TO
it their own sells, 'thouten they'd get
pulled sudden like case O. tn old man
catchin' 'em dom dirt or somepin' like
that.
Only One Thing Wrong.
"'Peared like there was only one thing
what they reckoned as bein' wrong, an
that was fr t'other Teller to try to do
'em up crooked II they eatched anybody
doin' that, or III anybody 'cused them O.
dom it, there want no argument nor
no purrin' II off. 1t were a case o. which'd
be the quickest with his Weepins.
You'd think mebbe what thatid mean
they was alays fightin', bein' as there
want none on 'em t wouldn't play
crooked his own self; but that want
the way it worked out. KNOWN the other
Teller was just as liable for to shoot as he
was made 'em hell roarin' careful not to
get caught. Same as twas among gentle
men them days. If one on 'em insulted
another he knowed red have to answer
for il, an that made 'em the most politest
people there was, o. co'ss the gamblers
copied 'em about that, too, but the most
O. the fights among the gamblers, when
there was any. was over the card table.
AN fight Well, they sure would fight
one thing you couldn't never say ag'in no
old-time gambler Z ] ever knowed was Z
he'd shirk a fight, no matter whether ne
was right or wrong. 'Peared like they
reokoned it was part o. their business an
they'd Just as soon fight as deal cards.
Just nsehully they was arays p'pared.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
LIBERATI AT APPLE SHOW
Famous Italian COrnetist and His
Band VIII Play at HOrticul-
turnI Exhibit at Bluffs.

Liberatl and his band come this week
60 the horticultural exposition at Council
Bluffs. Liberati has played in all the prin-
cipal cities OF the United States and
Europe and is considered by many the
greatest living cornetist. Besides a band
OF forty pieces he carries a troupe of
grand opera singers, some OF the best from
Italy. They will sing from such operas
as Carmen" Lucia di Lammermoor,'
Cavaliers Rusticana," "Trovatore" and
others. The coming Of Liberati will afford
an opportunity to hear one Of the really
great bands and will aid materially in the
success OF the horticultural exposition,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

You mought find a gambler thouten any
dimonds in his shirt if he'd been runnin'
in hard luck. They wouldn't part with
'em till the very last, bein' as they was
sort O. stock in trade, you mought say.
but If it come to tn wurst they'd sell tn
d'monds er borry money on 'em.
None without weapons.
But you wouldn't never find a gambler
'thouten his weepins, whether they was
knives or guns. an what they carried was
tn best t money cd buy. There want so
many revolvers before the war as there is
now, bein' as they was new, an VAN
made like they was later on. There was
some carried 'em reck'nin' that five or six
shots was better'n one or two, but tn old
time fighters was slow takin' 'em up. They
useter claim what a man't knowed how to
shoot didn't have no call to shoot but
oncet or twicet anyway, an they reckoned
it was better to put a bullet into a man
whst was big enough to sou o. stun him an
turn him sick. even if 1t didn't kin nor II
was to fill him up fun O. small holes. So a
good many carried the old-fashioned der
ringers. They was a wicked little rifle
barrelled gun, no longer'n your finger. an
they mostly carried 'em in the vest pocket.
but they carried a almighty big ball an
they shot like cannon. Some on EN- was
double barrelled, but mostly they carried
'em in pairs, single barrel.
Then there was a good many that didn't
cotton to nothin' in the way o. firearms.
They useter say what a man with a gun
hadn't no show anyway alter he'd emp
tied it. O'Acourse the gun fighters'd say
a man had mo business to miss when he
fired, but the others'd answer that a good
many did miss into a figt no matter how
clever they was an the thing to have was
a knife. A man cd keep usin' that as
longs he cd stand an see an was able
for to do mo- damage with il, nor he could
with a gun any way.
Depends on the Man.
Don't asst me which on 'em was right.
l reckon any man is best off with the
kind O. weapin he en- use best, an I've
saw some monstrous good work done both
ways. Bull Matthews an Bill Pinckney
was settin' in a game one night on The old
Creole Belle with two other gamblers.
There van no suckers on the boat that
trip, an it was dog eat dog. They'd been
playin' fr a hour or two, an consolidate
money a changed hands, when somepln'
was odlh dbbuN a Aoul manu-, an the lie
was passed. / was in the s'loon at the
time, an 1 heer'd the words, but afo' I
ed make out who twas talkin' Matthews
fired I'm his vest pocket, not takin' time
to draw. An at the same lime Pinckney
drawed a knife I'm the back OF his neck
an thrOwed it I'm the same motion. They
hadn't neither one on 'em rose I'm his
chair, an they didn't neither on EN- get up
alter tat, bein' they was both dead. 49,
You couldn't tell, I'm Rothln' like that.
which was best, a knife'r a gun, being
they was both best. but 1 seen one fight
on the Belle o. tn Bayous when even
Cap'n Foss Wa'n't quick enough TO stop
the shoOtin', an there was two shots fired.
but the man with the knife got his man
first.
II were a case where three p'fessionsls
an three gentlemen vas playin'. together,
an one O IN p'fessionals was plsyin'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
WHITE HOUSE FAMOUS FEAST
Thanksgiving's High Rank in the
Calendar of the Mansion.
RECoLLECTIONS OF OTHER DAYS
FestR1 scenes Under Former Execu-
tives-The Roosevelt Method and
the Taft Plans-A Merry
Holiday.

For The first time since the early in
cumbency of the Roosevelts there is going
TO be a real Thanksgiving gathering in the
White house this season and the family
Of the president will be brought together
In the cosy little private dining room of
the mansion for the real turkey feast of
the year.
During the later years Of Mr.. Roosevelts
administration, the president and his fam
lily made 1t a point 10 get away from the
White house for the Thanksgiving dinner.
In the last few years they sought the
seclusion Of Mrs. Roosevelt's country place,
Pine Knob, near Charlottesville. Va, and
there, far away from the hustlins, busy
world, the big turkey was dressed and
ea,en.
In the years of President MoKinley's
terms of office. however, there was always
a merry party, though not what one would
cali q family party. brought together in
the white house for Thanksgiving. One
OF the conspicuous guests was the late
Mark Hanna. Then there would be old
friends OF the family from Canton. O.-those
who knew the president merely as Major
and the chairs were drawn up TO the
spacious table for a genuine old-fashioned
turkey dinner.
This year. it Is predicted, President Nc
Kinley's program win be followed out and
in addition TO the member OF President
RATS family there will probably be a few
intimate friends asked In for the evening
meal, President TAFT viii return 10 the
White house long before the last Thurs
day In November and with The usual
prize turkey sent each year for the presi-
Dental dinner there will be a fine crop
OF the choicest vegetables from the ad-
mirers OF the president among the farmers
and fruit growers OF the country.
sure to Come.
The president Of the United states is one
of the few fortunate individuals IN the
country who need not bother about where
the Thanksgiving meal is going to come
from. II is sure TO come. in fact. It comes
in such great quantities and in such great
variety that IL would take a man OF more
than Mr., Taft's ample build and consid-
erably more thar his capacity for enjoying
good things 20 eat to get through the
menu his friends would provide.
There Is a man up In New England who
prldes himself on raising turkeys, Some
years ago he sent a monster bird to the
White House for the presidents dinner.
The turkey had been fed up in great style.
Il had been the pride OF the farm and the
~neishborhoOd throughout that part OF the
cou,aly had watched the turkey grow into
a proper state Of perfection for the palate
OF Inc president Of the United states. The
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
MIXING MEDICINE AT LINCOLN
Former state Engineer DObsOn says
Political QOmpOunders Are
Busy.

Adna r. Dobson Of Lincoln, formerly
secretary and engineer OF the State Drain
age board. was a visitor at the city en-
~gineer's office this morning. IAN is peace
able and quiet in Lincoln now" said Mr..
Dobson. Everybody is saving his best
things for next years campaign. which we
understand will be lively TO a degree. OF
course, a great deal OF medicine mixing Is
going on, but In private Laboratories
mostly. and whether II Win cure. surprise
or Kill the public remains 10 be seen"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

table. however, and no matter what the
size of the Thanksgiving turkey may be
there will be plenty of room on the presi-
dents board for the big turkey dish and
the steaming gravy boat,
BOssing the Job.
There will be a large corps Of servants
to make this years Thanksgiving dinner
a success. Since the change in administra-
lions a woman h-ousekeeper has been in
stalled in the White House. with full
power to control in every department,
A complete revision in the rules govern
ing the Industrial force has been made,
also. Mrs. Taft, however. directs the en-
tire routine of running her own home,
even though Y is the home of the presi-
dent. She is noted as a hostess and as a
housekeeper and not a detail of the man
agement of the White House escapes her
eye any more than it vas permitted to do
so when the family lived here privately.
The installation of the housekeeper was
an innovation, but Mrs. Taft plans every
meal served within the walls Of the eX-
ecutive mansion and the Thanksgiving
dinner this year promises to be a wonder
In its way.
For good cheer, attractive environments
and the ever fascinating atmosphere Of
the colonial times which the mere arrange
ment of the presidents home suggests,
one could not find a more complete COM
fort than within the White House. The
open CRATE fire places are not merely
built for ornamentation, but the logs are
lighted with the first snap Of the frost
and throughout the fall and winter they
blaze away a welcome to every fortunate
visitor invited within the private pre-
cincts OF the presidents home. 1t win be
a merry holiday this year and the big
old White House will revert again to the
time honored custom of having its Thanks
..--n---n- nL--AAL-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

BLANKETS
1914 Blankets, bur 65C line, for 40
1O-4 Blankets, our 75c line, for $50
ia Blankets, N Sl.39 line. $50
12-4 Blankets, our 32.75 line. .S2.29
Blankets, in all co1orB and
plaids.
ia Blankets, $3.50 line at $3.50
12-4 Blankets, $500 line. at $500
1874 Blankets, $3.50 line. at $3.50
1874 Blankets, $3.50 line at $500
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

ag'in the other two. "Twa'n't ofn t
anythn' like that d happen, but Rud
Gwaltney butted into the game a'ter jim
Holloway an Harry Bassett had got three
suckers roped. They didn't like it, o.
course, but Rud was a man nobody/keered
to pick a fight with.
Il reckon it were asgood thing fr the
suckers what he done It, fr Bassett an
Holloway was two O. the slickest there
was. an II it hadn't "a been fr Gwaltney
likely they'd ha' skun the suckers in no
time. MOre'n likely Gwaltney d ha' did
'em up his own self IL IT hadn't "a been
for tn other two, fr he was as crooked
as any on 'em, but he knowed he was
bein' watched as clost as they was, an !
reckon the game was tolsble nigh bein'
on the level fr the first part OF 1t, anyway.
Some LOOkin' On.
They was playln' torable high an
there was quite some lookin' on, bein'
as twas well known what Bassett an
Gwaltney d had trouble afo', an there
want never no tellin' what mought
happen into a game as serious as what
that un was; more special as Cap'n Foss
was watchln' it, an il was knowed all up
an down the river what he didn't make
no bones O. stoppin' a game II he seen
any LIlll ouNtH tlt way e aloAN putin
a man asho' in the woods if he catched
him playin' funny.
We'll, there was a young cotton factor
firm New Orleans in the game what was
havin' considerable of o run o. luck, an
him an a old Judge firm Helena, Ark,
what was hol6in' some good cards had
two or three runins, the cotton factor
gettin' the best on it. so betwiXt EN-, not
a fighin' sperrit, mind we, but a strong
hankerin for TO do each other. They
hadn't had no struggle any time when
one o. the Professionals was dealin' an
there want no thought o. crooked play
but The Judge was just a-yearnin' fol-
to get back at the cotton factor, an ht
don't hide his feeIin's none to well.
"Btmeby it come Bull Mathews deal
an the cotton factor made the ante tive
call five. They d been playin' a dollar
ante afore an il looked like what most
likely what twas. just a effort TO plug
his luck along, but there didn't nobody
make no 'bjections, an the next man, hc
was a planter firm Los sianny. he come
in. GwaItney set next an he trailed.
but tn old judge ne boosted it $40. / cd
see Bassett look at Matthews, but l reckon
he didn't get no signal an ne lay Gown
but Matthews he studied his hand a spell
and then trailed,
'That brung it back to the age, an he
made 1t $40 more. The planter, ne studied.
an then he fingered his chips like he was
soin' to boost it again, but finally he just
trailed. What he had dunno, but he
give everybody the idee Z he was tollable
strong, an the on'y reason he hadn't rose
II afo' was long o. settin' where he did.
Never Turned "a Hair.
"Gwaltney never turned a hair, but lac
made good on the double raise, an set
back. wait!n. They said the on'y fault
in his play was I he was liable TO AXE
long chances in the draw.
Then the judge. he says, ! reckon this
Is where / get some O. my chips back, an
he rose Il $50. 'Twa'n't no good play II
he wanted to keep m others in, bu,
'peared Ike he was amin mostly at the
factor. II he was he got what he was
alter, fer tothers all lay down, but the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

PIERRE, 3. D., Nov. l2-CSpecial)<
The government is stocking Rapid City
With 10000 trout this fan. and the man.
agement Of Hisega, the Pierre summei
camp, has secured i6O. OO or them for tho
creek al that point and promises future
sport for the Pierre residents Of that camp
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
S~easOnable Bedding Sales-Lessened Prices

Comforters-A very fine grade
with snow white cotton filling
stitched edges, yarn tied, worth
S1.65, at .S1.39
Bleached Sheets-72x9O-inch, regu-
larly 59c-will be ........ 4so
S~1X9O-inch, usually sec. will be 5Sc
Pillow Cases-42X36-inch, regular
ly 15c-will be ..............11c
45x36-inch, usually 1Sc, will be lao