Tnii Iij.ustkatki) IJkis. Published Weekly by The Hoc I'ubllshlli" ' tn ; .i ti , I!m Budding, "mil. in, Neb. I! li e, ii ecu K per copy per yi-.ir. I.'.tn). Kntcred lit thi) OitiiihiL I'ostoIIWe as Sc otnl Class Mull MilttlT. For advertising rale address I'liblinher. Communications ri'llltltIK td phntOS'r.'Ip'lS or articles for publication iJiotll-1 b" ad dressed "Kdltor Tliu Illustrated Hot-, Omaha." 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 ' " ' - - .1 ,. . 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. - 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. - 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." - 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. - 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.