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Pen and Picture Pointers
Ah u frontispiece I lit -t wick i' print n
homo picture (if Mrs Draper Smith, t tu
newly iiliclcil in i'Hilcn i nf the Nchtnska
Federation of Women's finds, who IIIIh Hun
olllci' iih tin' iiniinlmoiiK choice of Ihi' cliili
women or .Ni'liniHkii. Sin' In n iiullv of
Ohio, having iM'i'ii nund ni'iir Toli'ilu, n ml.
though not a ul 1 giiiduulc. hIii In
ulili'ly liifm ini 'l anil her public uplrll iiml
alilllty have made lnr a valuable factor In
local alfuliH wherever she Iiiih lived. Mis.
Smith ni mi- lo Omaha fourteen years ago.
iiml. though ili'vuti'ii to hi'i' 1 1 ti in uml r.iinl ly.
hIm says she iiiIhumI (hi' arllvlly dial Iiml
fnrmi'i'ly been Iicim In lo.-u 1 airnlr. ami
when four years 1 1 1 1 i llii' Omaha Woman's
(lllll WIIH lll'KlllllCll hill. hcr-IIIIIC II Clllll'tl'l'
mi'iiilx'r. Since that lliuc she Iiiih been
pinmliiciitly Identified with II work, serv
ing two ycat'H iih secretary ami one year a
Scctclary of Ihe Sllllo l'i(lril I Inn, declining
II Hocond mimluiitliin liecniIHe of her el
lion iih picflilciil of the Oinalia club, which
olllce hIic lllleil during IMiS ami IMl'.l. Few
woliieii III the Slate Fcdi rnllmi are belter
iiliillllei lo m l iih it h preHhleiit.
t
llev A (' IIIihI. HI). 1. 1.. i , the new
paHtor or Die First MclhodlHt Fplscopul
lni i i'Ii of Omaha. bus been in ihe mlulHlry
for llui In ki ihliiy iai" lie has lllleil leail-
UUV. A ( IIIIIST l)H. I, Ml NHW
I'ASTOII OF FlltST MF.TIIODIST HI'IS
COI'AIi Clll'HCH.
lug pulpltH in Columbus, Chllllcntho ami
Cincinnati, ().. 1'lttshurg. I'a.. uml wan calleil
from the piiHtmate of Ihe Trinity MclhnillHt
church, Cincinnati, to the prcHlilcticy uf
tho University of Ihe I'aclllc. lie wiih then
four yea in at Simpson Memorial church.
San Francisco, ami wiih traiiHferreil lo
Centenary I'hurch, Chicago, where he re
mained live yearn ami fioui which charge
ho coineH to Omaha. Few clergymen of the
.Methodist ileiiiiiulmitliiu Imve hail heller
nppoliiiiuenlH, linn prosperous pastorales,
or more surcosHful cmeeiH. Dr. Hirst Is a
profound Hchnhir. a clear, vlgoious, up-lo-iliito
thinker, a graceful, eliiiiienl ami
forcible speaker uml u preacher of great
power, lie 1h also a lecturer of rare ac
coiupltHhmeutH ami IiIh platform work Iiiih
met with iiiiHtluleil pralHi. The community
uml the First .McIIhmIIsI chinch are to be
coiiKi'iit iilu It'll upon Ihe iii'iiilHlliiin of this
gifted preacher.
TIiIh week we print an array of beauty that
cannot help but Interest the women leaders
of Tim Illustrated lice. The pl.'lurcs of
four of (he iiiiihI prominent leaders of
fiiKhlnuable society In Fort Dodge, In., are
leproiluceil In a neat, artistic design whirl)
lo very ellccdvo In bringing out the dif
ferent hIj'Ich of hcaiily. The hwicI Utile
iiiIhh, sitting ou her royal limine holding a
Hiepter lu her liiiml. Is Miss Alice HrookH,
daughter nf .Mr. ami .Mrs. llrnnks, who an
ciowueil iineii of the lloral parade at I. In
(i)ln, Neb. Miss I'lle McKay, iileen of the
icceiit lloral carnival at Missouri Valley, la
ik one of Ihe most charming young women ot
Hat city. She wiih burn anil reared in .Mis
Hourl Valley, being the daughter of II.
.McKay, who for yeai'H Iiiih been a well
known and suei'essful hmrliicss mail of I
elty. MIhh McKay will graduate from ih
High hcIiooI with the class of Hull.
Tim men composliiK die legislative deb
nation on the Dunlins county republican
ticket are Introduced to the readers of
The Illustrated llee by their portraits
The are all so well lilcntlllcd wllh the
different Interests of the county that (h
need no further Introduction.
Frank d Ciirpenler writes cf China''
ureal conspiracy In drive all thi furolKiiei
out of the country. 'I'll la movement -'
headed by Ihe empress dowager ami mo-'
of the hlnli Chinese oflk'lals were Impll
cateil In It The conspiracy, which hua
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In en hutching sIikc the cIiihc of the Chi
."se-.inpiitM He war. might have refilled in
the inaHHiicre of every foreigner If It h:id
not been precipitated by the lloxer upris
ing About Noted People
Simon Napoleon I'arent, the new premier
of Quebec, ban none fiotn the bottom to the
lop of the piillilcal ladder In the province
In tliu last ten yearn. In lv.io he wiih known
to only a few of bis fellows at the bar ami
IiIh cllentH. Knur years later he wiih elected
mayor of Quebec mid ho well pleased the
cltlciis thai when he wiih chosen premier
I hey pl'OHented hllll ll Hllver Hervlce.
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Daniel A. Sell of dcltysbiirg, I'a., claims
ihe distinction of holllg the H II III 1 1 i.'H t llrcmail
In the United SlaleH. "Danny the fireman,"
iih he Ih called, Ih II feet s Inches lull, hoiiii;
2U years old and Iiiih for Home time been a
member of (he dcllyshurg lire department.
Al a llreini ii'h parade In Heading two yearn
ago he received a badge for being I lie small
est llreman In ihe stale and Iiiih been simi
larly billion d on o her (.ci'iihIoiih.
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Once a piemler of lialy, Slgnor Crlspl Is
not much in the public eye now. This Ih
Miincthlni; of a blessing, one would think,
for. when In olllce, Ihe slgnor had several
mil low escapes f i out assassination. After
tlie last, In lS'.il, he took lo wearing a coat
of mall under IiIh cIoIIich and had IiIh car
riage liansfiiriaed Into u inlnlatuie arsenal.
He alro took the preniutlnii of having IiIh
own monument erected In u Naples ceme
lery. mid It Ih still lo he seen, with Its
Hilllple fiiM -rlptlou -"I'llHpl."
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lllsbiip ('olenian of I tela waie. who Iiiih Just
lelurneil fioui IiIh annual tramp lnuoc,iilto,
says that one man told hlui HtorleH about
blniH'lr, ami thai he wiih taken fur a pi'ddlar.
a Hhoemaker, a cariienter, a hcI I leacher,
a look iiKcut and Ihe iidvaiice mail of a
elrciiH. One yoiiiiK wouian thoiiKht at flint
he wiih "a hum." ami admitted iih much.
Children ran after him. hIioiiIIiik "Old
KHhh!" On too of a mountain he met an
line I farmer who iiuoted Schiller.
While the American Hunkers' association
wiih In Klchmoml It had the doubtful
nli'iiHiile of llHIenliiK while Itev. .lohn I).
.Inspcr ibdlvered IiIh famous Herman on "The
Sun Do Move." The venerable colored
picachcr, who Ih now nearly '.in yeai'H of line.
coiiHenteil lo ihdlver the Hermon ami wan
rewanleil by IiiivIiik hiicIi a cunnreKal lou as
he had never before wen. coiihIhIIiik of the
b.inliirH. wiih Ihelr fiiHlilounhly dresseil
wives ami iIiiiikIiIcih. lie wiih listened te
with close at tent Ion, tliuucji bis hearerH a;
I linen had Home dllllculty in reslraluiiiK a
ii ii 'I'li'-y lo hiiiI lc at bis quaint sayings.
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I rd Wolsidey, the letlrliiK commander of
the llritisli army, Ih not lull, hut compactly
mid m ally made, wllh a hIIkIiI. boyish lim
ine lie Iiiih a lai'Ke head. IC.xcepI for a
Minall mi iiHlache he Ih clean shaven and Ini
fail' Is notable for Its IiIkIi cbeek bones ami
briKhf blue eyes, which meet the world with
n hIiiiIkIH and flank expression, lie Is keen
and alert ami IiIh dresH Ih correct ami
"sinaii" lu every detail, lie has had an
amazing amouiil of mmd fortune. If he had
mil fallen into a covered pit while IciiiIIiik
a charKo of IiIh men durlm; the second Hur
nicsn war In IS.'i'J be would most aHsuredly
have been shot down, for not a man In the
flout ranks encapeil death. In the trenches
before SeluiHlopol In I Ml I. after a hard day'H
Hull 1 1 mk. a friend came across bin Insensible
body aiming a heap of corpses awalliiiK
burial. nloiiH lo see his comrade prop
erly Intel red lie carried the Hiippnsed corpse
lo IiIh hut. wheie, thiiukH to the warm wood
lire Knslmi Wolsidey present ly nave hIkdk
of relurnliiK life. () e occasion a hall
passed iIiioukIi IiIh foriiKe cap without In
JurliiK him. Me las been wounded lu no less
than twelve places by shell splinters ami in
the Crimean war a bullet passed literally
through his body and out, ciiiisIiik a wound
of no Importance ll was healed In a few
days. g
Tries to He Honest
(ieoi'Ke Itesotier of .Muncle, 1ml., has re
colvcd a ."i-cent clieck from the Treasury
department at Washington, I). ('.. In pay
ment of an excess scftlemenl made by him
fourteen years iko. when he was post
master of WheidliiK. a small town four
miles northwest of that city. At thai
lime ItcHoncr made ills usual monthly re
port ami settlement tliroiiKb the Cincinnati
WUFCK
TILE ILLUSTRATED JiliE.
postolllct'. He sunt In cents too much
once, but did not know It until yesterday,
when the cheek came, accompanied by a
letter of explanation. Thin wuh the Mint
time that Itesotier ever knew he had Klvcn
t'nele. Sam too much money. I lu says the
Koverninent will still be Indebted on Its
iiecoiltits to the Wheeling postnlllce, for
he does not Intend to rush the check, but
will have It framed and Iiuiik In his home
as :i souvenir of t'nele Sinn's Hiuarcncs.'i
uml honesty.
Woman as Iceman
The latest Held of Industry, heretofore sup
posed to belong exclusively to the mule Hex.
In be Invaded by women Ih that of the Ice
man. At Kensington, one of I'bllailelplila's
ideiiHiint sUHburhs. MIhh .Mary .MorrlH Is eu
KUKcd III silppl)liiK the people with coollm;
cubes for their refrigerators and Is one of
the most prosperous of her Ktilld. So ac
customed have the people of Kensington be
come to .Miss .MorrlH and her Hue hi rue team
that the matter has ceased to be a wonder,
and rain or shine the bousewKes look for
ward to her dally trips. This was not the
case, however, when the innovation was be
Kim. Often cold looks met the courageous
yoiiiiK woman. Some even went ho far iih
to say, "The audacity of It a woman ped
iIIIiik ice." In two or thiee little eummunl
tlcH Ihe matter wiih even adjudned by the
term "Heamlaloim," but all these comments
have ceased lone, iiko. All of the old cus
tomers of MIsh .MorrlH' tiKed father remained
uml new ones have been almost dally ac
quired. Mary Morris is l!i years of line. She Ih
well known In the vicinity of her homo,
where Him wiih born ami where her father,
John .MorrlH, and her mother passed their
llveK. Her education Is above Ihe iiverae.
Always bright In school, her natural quick
ness slooil in kooiI stead and her pleasant
smile aided III uiaklliK many customers dur
liiK the Mrs I season.
After her father's Illness, which Iiiih co'n
Mncd him to IiIh home for some (wo yearn,
.MIhh .Morris found that his business wan fust
(IwindlliiK away owIiik Id the nested of em
ployes. So she resolved to attend to Its de
tails personally. So. lu (ompany with her
IH-yeur-old brother she undertook to supply
patrons. Al Ihe close of this season she
IIiiiIh, Instead of "the deficit that stared her
In die face last year, a handsome profit to
her credit. "Ah a rule." she said the other
day when speaklnn of her work, "everybody
Iiiih kIvcii me the kindest treatment. Only
two customers were Hilary because 1 took
the loute and after expressing their views
about a woman who would do such a tliiliK,
quit. It in but fair to say that neither of
these two was amotiK the first -class cus
tomers, persons buyliiK lare hills. Once
my feelings were somewhat hurt at the
theater lu Kensington when two yiiuiiK men
cried out, 'How would you like (o he tho
ice ulrl?' hut after thinking over the mat
ter I decided they were only li-eent theater
dudes and It didn't make any dllTeieace.
"Yes. I am happy happy because I didn't
fall and helped my father and Ihe rest of
tin family. I 'a pa has been bedridden for
six months and my older brother is also an
Invalid. .My younger sister does the house
work and Willie kocs with me ou the trips.
A stable hoy takes cure of (he horses. We
all work. Father also curries on a coal busi
ness, but the men drive the (wo wiikoiih ami
I merely look after the accounts and sen
that (he customers are properly treated,
ami this end of the business has also kept
up."
A Smooth Drummer
A Flench commerical traveler was ex
pecdliK a lui'Ko order from a country trades
man, hut had (he misfortune to arrive in the
town on a fete day. Finding the shop closed,
he Inquired as (o (he whereabouts of (he
proprietor, and ascertaluiiiK (hat he was
attending- the fele, about a mile out of the
(own, set out after him. When he arrived
there a balloon was ou the point of ascend -tiiK.
and he saw bis man stepping' Into the
car. I'luckluK up courage he stepped for
ward, paid his money ami was allowed to
take his seat with the oilier aeronauts.
Away went the balloon, ami it was not
until the little parly was well above the
tree tops thai the "commercial" turned to
ward bin customer with the first remark of:
"And now, sir. what can 1 do for you In
calicoes?"
T I'C1F1C JUNCTION la I'lioto by
.jLi -S
W. S. MOItl.AN. IMIITIIUOAN CANDID ATK FOU CONli
UKSS IN Till': FIFTH NHIIltASKA DISTRICT.
Hon. W. S. Morlan-
Candidate for Congress
W. S. Morlan. the republican candidate
for coiiKrcHH lu the Fifth Nebraska dls
1 rift . started rinht in life by IicIiik born In
Ohio, near llucyrun. lu Crawford county
Thin event took place on April lit. is lit.
Ills parents were Quakers, his father tlll
Im; the noil for a livelihood. Four years
after the birth of youiin Morlan the family
moved to Cedar county, Iowa, where they
remained for two or three years, when
I hey located on a farm went of Marietta,
Marshall county, la.
The early education of W. S. Morlan wan
secured in the district school, which was
.supplemented by his attendance upon the
Iowa Lutheran college durliiK the years
from 1SI1I to I Mill. CoiiiIiik to Nebraska in
Im'i'.i his llrst work was as a laborer on the
HurlliiKton roadbed between l'lattsmoulh
mid where I'aclllc .lunctioii. la., is now
located. He spent the month of June hold
Iiik scrapers, hut when the harvest time
arrived he returned to the harvest Held,
lu 1S7H he tntiKht summer school lu the
Snyder district in Cass county and in IST1
tailKht winter school in Louisville, Cass
county. He commenced the practice of law
lu Crete, Saline county, movliiK from there
to Lowell, Kearney county, where he lived
until he removed to Arapahoe, Furnas
county, In 1871. After IS yearn renldeuce
lu Arapahoe he moved to McCook, Hed
Willow county, where he has since made.
IiIh home.
From I.SSII to ISS7. wliile JiiiIkc dunlin
wan on the bench in tl Id IClKhth district,
he wan district attorney. He has been
attorney for the western division of the
HurlliiKton railroad since JSSS. or sturdy,
honest and Industrious llneane, absolute
InteKrlty and boundless Industry have char
acterized his whole life, brlnnliiK him Into
the highest repute with his fellow men mid
wlnnliiK him the largest success in his
professional career. With such facts be
fore them It was hut natural, and exhibited
niter DimiiIhk
October 121. IKimi.
the very kooiI JudK'inent of the republicans
of the Fifth district, that lu looking about
for a man to represent them lu the ureal
political contest this year, they should
unanimously settle upon W. S. Morlan, who
by birth, experience and sympathy Is butler
endowed than any other man In the distrlet
to represent all classes ably and honestly
lu the national legislature.
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: Industry Is the mother or
good luck.
It Is a poor brand of charity that sticks
to Ihe lingers.
When the spider captures a lly he con
sldt rs it net gain.
Ceremony was Invented by a wise man
to keep fools at a distance.
It's dilllcult to keep your circle of ac
quaintances on the square.
Solitude Is bettor than company when
the company Is not congenial.
Umbrellas aro great bluffers; It's a ease
of put up or shut up with them.
When It comes to wrestling with his llrst
moustache the youth 1b apt to get it down.
.Most men worry over their trials, hut
the lawyer worries when he doesn't have
any.
The. candidate who Ih unable to dodge
Ihsiics had better give up the Job and go to
work.
Some people are so constituted that they
are unhappy unless they have something
to worry about.
A man should have plenty of backbone
for himself and plenty of ham bone for
the rest or the family.
.Matrimony frequently resembles a be
sieged city; those who aro out want to get
in and those who are In want to get out.
Always seak to your barber when yi.u
meet him on the street. If you don't lm
may get even by cutting you when In his
chair.
The averi. go woman In not averse to be
ing looked after, for she Is nearly alwayh
conceited enough to think she commands
M'ry man's admiration.
Prepared to Hack it Up
Chicago Tribune: The hypercritical
stranger with tho hanged hnlr stepped In
side tho shoemaker's shop, on the window
of which was tho sign:
Deformed Feet n Specialty. We duar
antee a Fit."
' I presume," he said, "you carry on two
separate kinds of buslnesn hero supply
lug the demand for deformed feut anil
giving llts to anybody who may happen to
be out of fits."
' No. sir," replied the shoemaker. "They
both go together. Aimer." ho continued,
turning to n club-footed hoy who was
dozing near the stove, "throw a lit for the
gentleman."
Willi Ii Aimer al once procerdel to do.
with a realism and verisimilitude that
lllleil the strango caller with horror.