November I, 1000. The Automobile in And Around Omaha Tin- automobile when liiirmliii'i'il Into u SOClloll where II Iiiih been little lUIDWIl I- ('il by 1 1 ' 1 1 u t h 1 1 o 1 1 in tin1 subject of nrmy rlllclHlim ami happening that serve both to allium runt worry tin- owner Very of ton tlio criticisms ntr made In rrli'iully ( Irlt III till1 lttl'Her cltli'M, tlllli'NH tilt' fit It- i.-t a homo fancier, who In liable to lake offense nl thlH Wonder of Itivenllve genius lie In apt to HI l ive lit the cutli'lilHlllll IIS he lllil Alien the bicycle was fltst Hit tod H id llint MISS MA 13 MOUNT IN HANSPOM V Ills friend, the hone, was to lie Hide tl'ackeil. or at least ib prlveil of the alien lion ami compliments of the admiring puh llc. In reality the "auto" will never In Hinge upon the territor occupleil by the blooded hoi'M', though It will to some de gree displace the horse of common strain, especially In largo clt les The farmer, as a rule, as well as the In habitants of the small towns, treat the au tomobile In the light of a Joke anil always display Interest ami curiosity In Its mechanism. They are much morn sym pathetic than their city loiislus, who often confuse the three motive powers electric ity, steam anil gasoline sadly ami after a lengthy iIIhcouisc cud by premium lug the word "automobile" incorrectly Mr. Vamlerlilll with his JIXllOO mat blue was overhauled ami arrcsteil not bum ago -'rjjB J II WITTMWN NI) II II MYKHS. l'hoto by Louts H Uostwiek by an en tcrpr IhIiik coiiHtalile, who pressed Into service a milk wagon. The constable ilet'lart?il that Mr. Vamli rhllt wiih going at the rate of forty tulles an hour, but when iiHkeil how he wan able to catch the "auto" going this speed, reillcil "I was behind a Jersey horse. " One of Omaha's enthusiastic fiutomo blllsts was driving through Kloroneo not long ago anil passed an Ice wiikoii with a pair of largo horses altucheil. The ilrlver AUK l'hoto by Louts It. Uostwiek was in a saloon presumably tilling up the Ice chest ami Incidentally himself The horses, being untied, stnrteil after the auto mobile at full till. The driver of the "auto," after some quick calculations, de cided that the ice wr.gon was the heavier anil lurueil sharply anil gave the ice wagon horses right-of-way. They ran hut a short illslauce ami slopped, evidently enjoying the scare they bail been the means of giv ing tl'.e (cetipauts of Hie horseless vehicle. Tlio owner of an automobile is not by any means to be envied in a community until the novelty has worn olT, cspeclnllr where Hie Irrepressible small boy predom inates, who is ready always to lake a sliol at the man sleeting with his pea-sbootel or slingshot. The remarks of the Amer ican urchin are nowhere In the world ex celled for brightness ami ginuluo wit. on THE T LUST 11 AT 15 1) II 12 13. one oiiiihIoii a gasoline automobile was 'tandlni: In front of the poxtolllce, the ma chinery going, transmitting n vibratory tremor to the women who were sitting In II One Omaha bov of about s years old called out to Ills chum. "Say. Hilly, 'do women has Me chills." Let two owners of different makes of automobiles meet on the roml and the dis cussion that follows as to the relative merIM of each would put a political debut to shame. As moii as the storage system of electricity can be perfected the automo bile will become at) Ideal one. At tlx present time steam and gasoline are mi n desirable for all-around country and eit uho, the electrical machine with the short-illstaiice lapaiity being more f. i park and boulevard use. Colored Woman's (Jrit Old Sophia Holmes, the most Interest ing colored woman of her day, has left a In tb' story woven around her memory wlibh will long live; and a record of which In r race may well he proud. She died In Washington on October 11 where uho had won her mark of dlsUm lion, as the llrst colored woman to b given life position under the I nitol Statis government, which was awarded In a special act of congress dining Lincoln administration. She was at that time employed as bar wouu.ll In the Division of Issues depart incut, a position to which she was appoint ed by President Lincoln. One evening In IMIII, In sweeping up after closing hours she found a chest of bank notes, wiih h bad been carelessly overlooked by the em ployes and left out of (he vault. Not knowing what to do anil fearing to call the watchman of whose honesty she was not sure, she continued to sweep back and forth until It wa.i dark, then she dragged the (best as noiselessly as possible to u place beneath a table and lay upon tin' lop as sentinel. It was past midnight when (ietieral .Spin ner, then treasurer, made his nightly round He had long made It a habit to sleep in the building anil to make a per sonal survey of the department at mid night The negrcss listened and realizing whom It was called out to him and made her discovery known. Noted for his profanity, (ietieral Spinner is said to have made good use of his powers upon this occasion, ami impressed his wrath In llery volume. The frightened woman at his command follow ed trembling to the room above, where at that unusual hour a committee meeting was called She was absolved front all blame and allowed to return to her home, w lib h she did rejoicing. Congress acted upon her deed of bravery ami val if. and siibseiuently appointed her to a life position In the Division of Issues department to carry packages of money from one employe to another, at the high est salary paid to laborers in the govorn meiit employ, which Is pw a mouth. This position she retained until her death, always carrying herself with dlg nliv which won the respect of all her su perior olltcers. im uuniiicr occasion she detected a man steallni! $ l7.oM from the count inn room of the treasury and caused his arrest and the return of the money. Sophia Holmes was born In (leorgetow n, Vu., and was married to Melchior Holmes, whose freedom she purchased with her own earnings. He lost his life in the civil war. Sophia Holmes was over 70 years of ago, how much she herself was unable to tell, for as much as she was associated with llmtres she had no memory for dates. Mr. Sample, now treasurer of the t'tiltoil States rcmiostctl her to sit for the accom panying sketch and as she did so she re marked' "I'm geltln' ready to die now. 'soects Its most time 'cause I'm gettln my picture sketched -I've been honest and I'm Kind to give the woild that record." About Women's Feet l'erhnps t will not bo believed, but it is a fact that the feet of women reared In a city average from one, to three sizes larger than the feet of country women of equal station in life. "Let a country born and bred woman who wears a No. I! II shoe como to the city to live." snld a leading shoe merchant re cently, "and I'll bet a pair of l-'rench hcole I opera slippers against a pair of hrogans that inside of six months she will ho wearing a No. 3'a C, and that before the end of two years, or say three years, she will be glad to be able to get Into a No. t II. If you don't believe this Just Interview all j our country bred women friend who have become city tesldents and you will discover that this Is true. sphalt and cut stone pavements are re sponsible for this peculiarity, Just as they are responsible for the Increased sensitive tics ami enlarged growth of a horse's feet The feet of the thoroughbred that has never latnered over anything save- the yielding sol of a stock farm or the soil of a race course show a marked dllference aftrr the same horse has been driven several years over Hie hard city streets. Were It not for the skill of the veterinarians and the adjust ment of rubber pads about the tender por tions of the hoofs they would often be obliged to sulfer. s the foft yielding earth is the only natural thing for man and beast to tread upon both man ami beast must suffer tnon or less when an artificial substance is sub (diluted Men's feet are- Just as much af fected by the transition from country to city life ns women's, only they don't niitl e It a i very few men know or care what size of shoo they wear. "In the feet of a woman who has always x.'WslS lit -v WILLIAM II. HOITK 01-' TAHHVTOWN, N. Y.. AND MASTUH J. AND UUTH HKANDK1S. l'hoto by Louis It. Uostwiek. lived In the country the muscles are soft and supple, while the same muscles in the feet of the city woman are firm and hard. Tim reason of this Is that when the city votnaii walks those muscles nro brought Into what you might call gymnastic exercise with the hard pavement ns each step Is taken. With the hardening of the muscles there also is a gradual enlargement of the entire foot. "Much ol the evil effect of city pavement!' upon the human foot can be neutralized by caro and attention. Tho woman who has Just moved to town wants to bear in mind that sho must in time wear u larger shoe and that It is well to attain to No. I or . gradually and not cling to tho old number until her feet are almost ruined." Rang the Wrong Hell "I never felt so mortllled In my life," said tho south side girl to her friend on her return to Chicago, relates the l'ltts burg News. "I'm not used to those big hotels, you know, and we had rooms at tho I'almer house. We got in at night, four of us, three women that I don't know very well and myself. They are married b members of papa's post and that U Vhy wo were together. One of them Kauteil to send a postal card home to tell ' her saTo arrival. She said she would l;o down stairs for it To show them that Mlt II Neb i: KKKDHKIf'KSON IllitKYINH ON N I lUIKNT (' LL l'hoto L. HUVINH, LICOL. 1 had often stopped at big hotels, which 1 hadn't, 1 said we would call a boy and have a postal card brought up to our room. I rang the bell and In a little while a knock came. I went to the door and the hoy gave me a pitcher of Ice water and hurried away. 1 thought that wasn't the boy answering the bell. So I waited, ami rang again. Another pitcher of Ice waler came. The boy got away again. I was determined to have (he postal card and rang the third time. This time I waited at the door for the boy. He came and before I could open my mouth he handed me a pitcher and scooted away. I got angry and I just made that old bell ting tho fourth time. The boy came up and looked innd. He had another pitcher of Ico water. 'Lady,' he said, 'If you want any more ico water you'll have to send back Homo of those pitchers; we're run ning short of them.' " Signs of the Seasons Chicago Post: 'ilavc you given any thought to the signs of the season in con nection wiih the election?" "No; what are they?" "Why, the vote Is polled in the golden autumn, which Is followed by a silver frost. There is nothluc In nature so beautifully golden as autumn, and there Is nothing more silvery than a frost." MU IIKNKY K HlitKPT by Louis It Uostwiek. TO II LA I It, J