Four Honor Graduates of Omaha High School
J rsT lTTE NEWLEAN.
WILLARD IiAMl'E
w dwhjiit pierce.
MAKY J. EDIIOLM.
Character Sketch
Of Bishop McCabe s
5- Some Queer Stories
Of Coincidences
considered satirical. They aro at lwiBt sub-
Jcct to a Uoublo construction. Tbo llrst ex
presses tbo scntlniuntB at a boh captain
upon tho death of his fourth wlfo, ns fol
lows :
ichold, yo living mortals passing by,
low tnlcK tno partners or onu husband Ho;
vast nnu uiisearonunie tno ways or uou,
There are few names In Methodism which looking old gentleman with streaming white Just, but severe, Ills chastening rod. "Luck and coincidence explain many a another In tho party, "and I daresay they
aro so esteemed and beloved by tho rank hair and a very dignified presence. "What These lines, however, are not qulto so mystery," said ono of a group of lato work- havo been the pivot on which many an event
and fllo of tho church as that of Charles C. a flno-looking old fellow that Is," Inter- clear as two couplets from tho scriptures ore to a Now 0. loans Tinuu man. "I lo.nom- of tho llrat magnitude him turned. Ono cane
McCabo. Although ho has now received tho rupted tho bishop. "Who Is ho?" Tho reply which wero engraved by anothor doublo bor a queer story along that line," ho con- of tho kind camo under my peraonn obsorv-
hlghest honor and tho choicest gift of hla was given that the center of attraction was widower upon tho tombs of his deceased Untied, "which 1 onco heard from the elder anco when I llrst went Into business In Nuw
organization and Is properly epoken of ns Jules Luiubard. partners. Under the epitaph of tho llret llornnann. In his earlier performances, iu Orleans. At that time thero wan a largo
Bishop McCabo, thero aro thousands of "Jules Lumbardt Jules Lumbard! and wife was: you can recall, he made a great feature of moreuntllo house, located on tho samo block,
peoplo who today cnll him by his more Frank, hlo brother, tho Lumbard brothers" Tho Lord gave and tho Lord hath taken n very clever 'second call,' or mlnd-readlng that did an extensive business with planters
democratic and his formor tltlo of "chap- and tho bishop Boomed to bo living In a past away; act. Ho would request peoplo In tho audi- up the river. An usual In that trade, they
lain." "so that's Jules Lumbard. Many n night Iill'ss,!l1 l'o 'o name of tho Lord. 011co tl, soicct email articles, which would operated on a credit basis, and occasionally
Chaplain McCabo had an eventful hlBtory havo I heard them sing when wo did not 0,1 1110 tombstone of tho second wife, thon bo described by a blindfolded assist- they carried some formidable accounts. Tho
1 called upon the Lord and ho heard inc.
And delivered tno out of all tny troubles.
In war times, having passed through tho know whero wo would bo tho next day. 1 which stands bosldo tho other, Is this:
dark days and tho history-making nights of must Wfcet him." Hastening down the
tho early 'GOs ns chaplain of tho Ono Hun- steps, Jules Lumbard was hailed and the
dred and Twenty-fllxth Ohio. Who has not two distinguished men wero Introduced. , ,fT7 , ... . .
heard tho warrior-chaplain deliver his colo- Tho scene was ono not soon to bo forgotten. roop, who vlslt 11,0 ancient PUbUe bury
brated lecture on "Tho Bright Sldo of Life Tho residence of Bishop McCabo has been lns Brouni1 ' bcsldo tho Old Concord school
nt Llbby Prlssn?" It is a lecture which clllclally Fort Worth, Tex., during tho last nous0' ,n Qcrmantown, Pa., reports tho
seems to bo rejuvenated every tlmo It la quadrennlum, but ho has spent most of his Philadelphia North American, nro apt to re
heard. Tho chaplain has a graphic way of tlmo at Evaneton, III. Ho comes to Omaha colvo a Bnocl: that 11 they fall to read
dcscrlblng scenes and events and hl3 audi- largely by his own deslro nnd ho will bo lng tno eP'taphs, as visitors In a gravoyard
ence, when under the spell of his elcquence, Kreoted with open arms and loyal hearts by usunIy do.
weops ana lauglis alternately. Tno story ol iiu, I)POd1o called Methodists. Ho will bo an unouieu m nirausi, uiuruquunieu cor
nnt on tho stage. As a matter of fact, llerr- largest ot these at the period of which 1
maim really gavo tho cuo to tho description speak was against n planter who had lat
in tho way ho framed hla questlona, but It 'terly pleaded bad luck and allowed tho ma
was very dexterously dono und not one per- Jorlty of his bills to run over for suvoral
son out of a thousnnd 'caught on.' seasons. The linn believed him to bo good
"Ono evening, ns ho told tho story, ho wn a,,rt although amount Involved mounted
giving an entertainment In an Ohio city and lWttJr u thousands they decided not
was just returning to the stage after tho to vrcti3 " '" ,1 M "ntldenco that tho
mlnd-readlng epeclalty when an elderly man lno"uy W,01,U1 Mltlmatoly bo paid,
suddenly Jumped up nt tho other end ot tho , " 11,0 "ll"ltur cn,no to 0r
house. 'If this thlug is genuine.' ho called loa"3. 0,1 sol buslnow, and while ho was
weops unu mugiia uiiunmiuiy. mu muiy ui lno peoplo called Methodists. Ho will bo an ... .v., out Jn a ouU volco ,j Bllll , loWH u momuor oi U10 nrm cnanceu
hla blanket and how ho recovered It haa inspiration to his church, an honor to 11k- ner 18 a Sravo whlch- half hidden In tangled , , . thlnkintr about at this mo. to " ovcr lo 11 "try'B olllco to get an ac-
1 II I.. . -..l .! I, l I .. . ' . . . . irrou onnrvio In nuw so .IllVnrnnl fmm Ma ""' lUllllHllJ, U LIU III. Ill HUB llllj.
been well worn In travel and It Is doubtful
If the chaplain would recognize It If ho saw
Its many versions.
Story of the Cliaplnlti'H Illnnkct.
Tho way In which tho story la told by its
originator adds to tho charm of tho situa
tion as ono imagines tho reverend gentle
man leaving his blanket with an army com
rade Just as a hot lire has suddenly arrived
In their direction. Tho chaplain, deciding
that discretion was tho better part of valor,
beat a hasty retreat around a treo (as ho
says), and his friend, hastening In anothor
direction, they became, of courso, separated.
It was not until long years had passed that
community nnd nn ornament to society
T. J. K.
Graveyard Epitaphy
On a headstone in a cemetery at Burling
ton, Vt., are theso lines:
Sho lived with her husband fifty years,
And died in tho blessed hope of a bettor
lift...
Another, equally ambiguous, Is found In
Marshfleld, Mass:
Hero Ho tho bodies of
Obcdlnh Wilkinson
nnd
Huth Wilkinson, his wife.
Their wnrfaro Is accomplished."
grass, seems in nowise different from its Z . " T I m,! .r,, knowledgmcnt on some local papers. As ho
thnnlornrTn'l.nnnn0 Jnn ut known as somewhat of u crank on splr- ontored the olllco he overheard ono of the
ho explorer falls upon the tombstone at Its ltlmllalni 0f coureo, Herrmann had no Idea clurl( 1,1 " UI"IK room ask another
head that tho Bhock Is received. For tho In- ,. ... ..... .... .......... whether ho had coinnloled 'that plantation
.wiub iiu ntio uiiiimiiK tiuuiil. liui liu iuiuuil -
without hesitation, 'It Is the douco of cluK- r"Bfur to Colonel h mother. "ion
being to turn tho laugh on tho K,IOW " WUIllB lo U,K0 11 un W1UI wllun
old fellow by somo bit of repartee when ho "u oa uomt' "l"ie- uoiouoi
declared that tho guess was wrong. But. to w,m 11,0 lollii(ueia debtor, and tho ac-
tho magician's Intense amazement tho man c'l'"u' remark was like tho revelation of n
raised both hnnds in the ulr nnd bellowed, ""' t "Khtiilng on n dark night. Tho mer-
norrnet! !v tliiin.lnr!' Thin inlrnniilmmlv l;ll!lllt l nothing, but transacted Ills 0W11
Luckily tho oldest Inhabitant Is usually luckv nnd whnllv unexnnctKil lilt mn.l,. n huslne.sH as speedily as possible und hurried
near at hand to explain tho sltuntlon nnd profound impression on tho nudlonco and lmclf' Tlle" ila wlrtMl his local attornoy to
chucklo nnow over nn ancient Joke. Adam no duubt convortcd many peoplo to a belief Ill8"tl''o proceedings, and when tho plantor
Shlsler, so ho oxplalns, was gathered to his in tho renllty ot mlnd-readlng. Horrmnnn "lrlvwl "u ,0UM" ovoryuung ueu up
scriptlon, In time-worn letters, roads:
IN MEMORY OF
ADAM SHISLEU,
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE DECEMBER THE
22, 1777. AGED 909
YEARS.
tho chaplain again met his menu in a fuTntshreT another Bm.el.non fathers at tho ago of 69 years. Tho stone- told mo that tho proprietor of tho theater. WIUI attachment. Ho was forced to mnko
town In Iowa, hurrying to catch a train. T jublousenkanh Ts follows- cu"cr mistook his directions und had nl- who was an old personal friend, was very a, lnt In full, nnd doesn't know to this
Tho chaplain 1b said to havo stopped him for ul AVIlllam Wilson rcady cut 86 years "non tho stono when ho curious to know how tho thing wns dono, ,lny ,low ,lls l'1""8 woro H0 'ho"ly chock-
tho purposo of asking two questions, tho first mcCl Qct 4 discovered his mistake. Thrifty, unwilling nnd when ho was Dually Informed In conll- "mtL'(I- 'vo seconds sooner or later In that
belngaquery na to whether tho man had been Aged 85 years. to loan his hnum of toll, ho rnvnroii nn tho ilnnnn thnt It o nn.ro limit , .t,.riinnii vlBlt 10 tho notary's would havo mado a dif-
iiiu uiu J u 1 1 f-.
running ever sinco nnd tho other what had
ho dono with tho chaplain's blanket. Tho
scenes of suffering which tho clorgyman wit
nessed had much to do In developing tho
great-hearted sympathy for which ho is
famous. In his lecturo tho speaker proves
to tho peoplo that thero wero many phases
ot llfo in Llbby prison which had somo
brightness and that tho outside of tho prison
was not tho only brignt siuo.
When tho war was over tho church exten
sion board secured tho aervlcea of tho chap
lain for tho arduous labors of a secretary
ship and on this board ho served with
marked distinction for sixteen years. His
principal act in this connection waa tho
raising of a loan fund, which grow to im
monEo proportions. In explanation of this
loan fund 16 may bo 3tatcd, In passing, that
tho fund la supported by donation and tho
schomo appeals to men of business, Inas
much ns their donations keep on doing good
for an intermlnablo length of time. Tho
reason Is obvious. A church is in need of
money and appeals to tho Church Extension
society, which relieves the temporary em
barrassment by loaning tho church tho
requlslto sum on good security and at a nom
inal rato of Interest, if any.
IiiKcrMol! l'rovokCN n Hymn.
Whon Chaplain McCabo was working on
this schomo of building now churches on
monoy loaned by this easy method Ingersoll
was denouncing tho church in his usual
forcible manner nnd declaring that tho
powtr of tho church was waning, tho end
of all churches being not far off. This pro
voked tho hymn which thousands of peoplo
havo heard Chaplain nnd Bishop McCabo
alng, "Wo'ro building threo a day, dear Bob;
wo'ro building threo a day." On good au
thority It Is stated that tho loan fund of tho
Methodist Episcopal church today Is close
to 800,000.
On a recent visit hero Bishop McCabo
was sitting on tho porch ot a private resl
donco and whllo In conversation with a local
musician about church music and eomo of
ho McCabo publications thero passed a flno-
llrst 9 with cement nnd added anothor nftor credit tho explanation. It was too simple freco f '"any thousnnds of dollars to tho
....... flllt.l "
Speaking of ambiguous epitaphs, a Chicago tho six. In tho courso of years tho coment to suit him."
paper reporta there aro threo In an old cem- woro away and somo ghoulish wag with a "Coincidences certainly do play nn lm
etery near Now London, Conn., which aro Docket knife did tho rest. portnnt part In ovorydny life," commented
Ml
mm
O. C, Dlehl, neatrlce,''
J. Qalney, South Omaha.
.Dr. Thornton, Iwinslnp. la. Dr. Ellis, Oirmha. 13. I. P, Delnney, South Omnha,
Herbert L. Harris, Beatrice, Chnrlea Mowery, Omaha. Dr. Itox, Wichita, Knn,
B. L. Morrill, Lincoln, r j
CHARTER MEMBERS, ETA CHAPTER, PHI RHO SIQMA,
Dr. 13. Hammond, Omaha
H, Wendoll Foster, Omaha,
Hnnoy, Omaha.
II inn.1
"I think I can tie that story myself," said
ono of tho party. "Do you remombor tho
recent death of Louis Redwiue, a noted
bank defaulter of Atlanta, (hi., whoso caso
created au lmmensu sensation somo yenrs
ago? Woll, when ho was placed on trial
Redwlno maintained a stubborn sllenco, and
ho was convicted and sentenced to llvo yearn
in tho federal penitentiary at Columbus,
(). It wns gonorally bolievod that ho would
break down when hu nctunlly started for
prison nnd Implicate somo peoplo who stood
high socially, nnd tho papers decided to
nenil reportora with him to tho train. For
somo reason tho authorities didn't approve
of tho plan and nrranged to slip him out
of town a day in udvnnco of tho tlmo of
ficially given out. Thu train was to leave
at noon, nnd about twenty minutes before
that hour n roiiorter, out on othor business,
happened to ueo a telephone In n downtown
store. Whllo ho wns talking tho wlroB bo
camo erased and ho heard a volco say: 'We
havo nrranged for tho truln to atop at tho
outskirts of town today to tnko on Red
wlno.' Ho recognized tho volco ns thnt of a
deputy martrtial tnlking to tho Jailor, nnd
realized In n Hash that a schomo was on foot
lo get tho noted prisoner out ot tho city
twonty-four hours ahead ot tlmo. He dashed
away from tho store, got to his olllco In tlmo
to draw somo money and caught tho train.
Redwlno didn't confess, after ull, but that
doesn't affect tho marvelous luck or coinci
dence, of tho 'phono episode."
Mistaken for Daily
Marcus Daly, tho copper king, tells several
amusing stories about a man In Now York
bearing tho samo name. Tho other day
this person went to a real estate agont In
search of a houso, wna treated to chain -pagno
nnd oxponslvo clgnrs, and, after
holng shown only tho most luxurious
houses, explained that ho wanted some
thing a llttlo cheapor, as ho wps making
only $25 a week.
