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
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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
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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
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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.
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