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THE ILLUSTRATED liEIS. March .'11, 1!)(M Thk Iu.ustkathd Bkk Published Weekly by The liee Publishing Company, I lie lliilldlng, Uiniitui, Nob. Price, t ccnlH per copy per year, KM. Knlered at Hie Omnhn Pout Otllcii im Second riiiHH Mull Mutter. I'or ndvrrtlsliig rates address I'lilillsln-r. C'otiitmi ti loii I limn relating to photographs or articles for pnbltcntloii should lie ad dressed "Kdltor Thu llliiHtriited Hen. Omnliii." Pen and Picture Pointers Ah ll frolillNpleeo Wo ptllil 11 line picture of Charles II. Dietrich, trolled HluteH xenn lor elect from Nebraska, to nil Hie short term caused liy Die dentil of the lute Hona tor M. Ij. liny wuril. TMo fair lielil during I lie last week ill Mel ropolllnn hull, OimiiIiii, tlie proet eds of which urn to Ins devoted to Temple Israel, was u decided huccchh. The Mllltnry Molllis drill iitlincleil liilic.ll atleiitlon I'lrtecll pretly ymiiiK soldiers participated In IIiIh drill. The pciHonnel of (lie couipuny, headed liy Miss llnuchen Itehfeld, wax iih followa MIhhch Viola 'n Im, JoHephlne Levy, Min nie Meyer. Minnie Killer, llallln MorrlH, Julia MorrlH, Kernel SplcHhcrgcr, Kay Colin, Klmn ItotliHchlld. May ItolliHi'hlld. Alma HiundclH, Stella llramlelH, llaltle Dolt helmer, Amelia Newman. Tint hihtchh of the fair wan duo to the Hplemlld work of the following olllcerH ami tho elitertaliiinent committee Mrs, MorrlH Levy, president, Mrs. Arthur llramlelH, vice preHldent. MrH, Sam l''raiik, seorolnry. Mrs !,re ItotliHchlld, .IHSSH S, lANCASTKIt. YOUK Neb WON SKCONI) PI.A'H IN KXA.M I NA TION AT IIIIATUICIC. Neb. I'Olt AD MISSION TO WKST POINT MIMTAUV SCIIOOI,. treaHiirer. Mrs J I,. Ilraiulels. honorary preHldent. Mrs. A. I). llramlelH, Mrs. Abrnui Simon, Mrs. Henry lllller ami Mrs II I'nverzngt. entertainment committee. JesHo S. l.ancaHter of York, Neb., who won the Hecond place In the examination recently held at Ilentrlce, Neb., for admis sion to the West Point Mllltnry school, was bom October 10, 1SS3, nt Chnttoon, Adnms county, III. 1 1 In pnronts moved to York county, Nebraska, In 1881, where tholr boh has attended the High school nnd Is now In the senior linos. lie has been captain of the High school endets for the Inst two yenrs. His grndo In tho examination was 87 1-0 per cent. About Noted People Senntor Kvnrls' dnlry farm up in Ver mont wnB n hobby that only n lnwyer nt tho hend of tho bnr could nffnrd to keep up, It was when offering his guest n llttlo good cheer thnt tho senator, pointing to tho rhnmpngno nnd tho fresh milk, cheerily remarked: "Tnko your choice; tnko your choice. They're both refreshing, nnd they cost mo tho same." PreHldent Din?. Is 72 yenrs old, but ho takes excellent care of himself. When Homo Chicago gentlemen wero there not long ago they wero shown through the gymnasium of tho military school, nnd were surprised to sen this nged executive grasp n rope In tho gymnasium nnd climb, hand over hand, to tho roof, forty feet nbovo (heir bends. Ho descended lelmirely nnd landed back on the lloor without exhnilR tlnn. Lemuel Qulgg addressed the Yorkvllle llepubllcan club, New York, one evening recently, nn.l whllo ho was talking n man In the nudleuco arose nnd walked out. to the obvious annoyance of the speaker After Mr. Qulgg hnd finished his speech the rhalrman of the meeting npologlted for the Interruption. "I trust thnt Mr Qulgg did not think that the mnn left ho cmiHo the speech dlssntlslled him." he added. "I mil confident that was not the rensnn. because tho man Is denf nnd dumb " In reply to snmn one who nsked him whether he rend n grent denl. Lord Kelvin n little whllo ngo made the rather stnrtllng reply thnt ho hnd not rend a book for thirty years. "I rend nothing but the dally papers. Well, perhnps that Is nn overstatement: It nmy not be thirty yenrs but It Is n long time Of course I nm con tlmmlly referring to books, but I have not the time for sternly rending, except the dnlly papers, nnd I feel especially hound In crlHi'D of our history to study the course of events." Mr. Whvmper, the Alplno cllmlicr, who wns tin.' flrHl to tiRceml this Matterhnrn, has nrrntigcd to viHlt Canada this Hummer with a view to climbing Homo of the nn -eoniuered peaks In the Canadian HockbH Mr. Whytnper Ih to tnko til h own SwIhh guides, although he has retained the hit vires of "Tom' WIIhoii, a Canadian guidi who has maile the flrnt ascent of several peaks. It h understood that Mr. Whymper's rhlef olijeetlve Ih Mount AsHlnahollie. al.out twenty miles south of llanlf. which, In spllo of several plucky atlemptR, has ns yet never heen sinled. The height of the moun tain Is variously estimated nt from 11. son feet to 12.C0O feet. A writer In tho Huston Transcript gives this reminiscence of the Hov. Dr. Hlljnh Kellogg of llnriiswell. Me.: "Ono Sunday tiefore his Hermnn, the doctor announced from his pulpit: 'The widow Jones' grass Is getting pretty long. I shall Ins there with my scythe, rake, and pltrhfork at I o'elock tomorrow morning, nnd I hope eveiy male metnlier of tho congregation will lie there, too.' The next morning they were all there, and among them Captain flrluKH. r, feet 2 In his stocking, with a weight of nearly 2H0 poundH. 'Parson.' said he. as they were working the field mar each other, 'I'm gnln' to cut your corners this mornln'.' Now Dr. Kcllngg was a little man, weighing scarcely mor than ISO, Tmt he knew how to handle a scythe, and, an he told me, with n llttln shrug of his hlioiitdTH. 'he didn't cut my corners hnt morning.' More than Hint, the man who hart thought he could heat the parsrn nt mowing dropped tinder a tree, exhausted from working with fiurh n pace maker " Stories About Notables nt. wlmn iwliimi nn l.ia an.nl! , a statesmnn of tho strenuous typo, relates , 'Tumulty seemed to ho In tho nlr that ,,ulck or I'll shoot!" There was no short the New York Post. Mr. Rvarts retorted: l,ny' f,,r r"crul Hooker, riding down the iriK. no arrest, no olllclal report. "That remark proves whnt I linvo nlways asnerled -that In your eyes measures wero more Important than men." To another critic, who found fault with his habit of stringing out n whole para graph without n break, by thn uso of liarenthetlcal clauses, bo said cheerfully I have noticed that rrlmlnals object to long sentences." Philip D. Armour. Ilko J. P. Morgnn, would never hlro n clerk for less thnn $1,000 n year. One day, relates Success, a young man npplled to Mr. Armour for n clerkship. "Well, sir. how little do you want for your services'"' nsked Mr. Armour. "You must understand that times nro hnrd. We nro only killing 8.000.000 hogs nnd fi.OOO.OOO beeves n year." The young man snld' "Mr. Armour, I would not be here If I did not know tlnus nro hnrd. and I'll be ensy with you. I'M begin nt I0 n week, If you will agree to Increase mv salnrv $1 for every 100.000 beeves you don't kill under d.OOO.flAO nnd $1 for everv 200.000 hogs you don't kill under 8. 000.000." With his little, shrewd eyes. Mr Armour looked sharply at the young mnn. then said, nbruptly "As a rule. I dislike pre cocious youngsters; thev don't last. Put I'll let you stnrj In nt $2.1 n week, with out renditions. I do It. too. with somo fear that In n few yenrs you will own the busi ness " Harrison wish so devout n church mem- her that many persons have rofiiRcd to be- lleve Hint bo hnd ever been profane. Only one instnnco is recalled. f.nys tho Hoston Transcript, nnd thnt Is substantiated, like a corresponding Incident In ueorge Wnsh- Ington's enrerr. by the testimony of ear- witnesses. It was In (he Atlanta campaign In IS.1I. when, as colonel of the Seventieth Indiana volunteers, tie tonK a conspicuous part in the battle of Prnrh Tree creek Thojvgl- ment wns lying under cover, with Ttrlct orders to hold Its fire until the command was given. One man, too excited and ner- vmis to He still, sprang up nnd fired Colonel Hnrrlsnn sclrod his blanket, whlc'i was done up In n roll nnd fastened with n strnp nnd, Jumping up. burled It nt the excitable soldier, at the snme time shout ing out n loud, hearty rotund "Damn'" Tho hlnuKU struck the soldier full In the face, nnd either that or tho unexpectedness of tho profnnn word from his exemplary colonel laid him flat on his back, ready to VY oruers ior mo resi oi mo campaign, " nL'",u l,,u ". " 1 ""f"1 !,m wr"" 11 " " B'B'': , HnrrlBon, by " '. 111 mako y,,u " IMIfjllUHT Kt'lll'IIll Mir And he was as good as his word Twenty-five years ago Joseph K. WhltlnK, w,m l,ln't1 lllat week at the opera house. plnycd In Cleveland nt tho old Academy of Music, reports tho Leader of that city. He played In "Henry V" and portrayed tho same character then as In MatiHlleld's pro duction lost week, Mr. Whiting tells n story of an occurrence a ipiarter of n cen tury ngo nt the Weddiil house as follows: "I was learning n now part. The lines wero long nnd after the prrformnnco ono evening I went up to my room to learn them. I rocked back and forth In a chair, mumbling the words. There wero many such expressions as 'O Lord," 'I pray to you,' etc., In tho part. Next morning the clerk said to mo: 'Mr. w lilting, ttio man In tho next room asked who you were. When I told him he said tint you delivered the longest prayers before going to bed that he ever before heard.' " - The struggle recently pending In the Pulled States sennte to defeat the ship subsidy bill recalls an instance In which a filibustering campaign defeated the pan- sage by thnt body of the so-cnlled "fore" bill." Senator Horry of Arkansas, the one legged "rebel brigadier." who has devel oped Into such a clever debater as to at tract attention to his tilts with the giants on the republican side, was n very proml- nent figure at thnt time His prominence was duo altogether to what he did outside the Rennte chamber When there Is a roll rail to see If there Is n quorum it In the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to hunt up absentees and bring them Into the chain- her. It Is his duty to arrest them and drag them In If necessary. Hut no sergeant-at- nrms who knows his business will ever nt- tempt nny drngglng or even nrrrstlng in the case of Horry. That was tried lu 1S02. but Herry wns not either nrrcsted or dragged. The scrgennt-nt-nrms met the Arkansas senator In the corridor Just as he was starting for home. handBomer ns she has grown older. The "Aha. senntor, I'm glnd I snw you. I man had been In love with another girl, pro won't hnve to go to your homo after you posed to her and was refused This my girl You're under arrest " At this same time the sergeant moved toward the rkansan to lay hands on him HKPHKSKNTATIVK HOOTHS AT TKMPMJ 'Till: MOI.I.IK MIMTAUV DKIM. COUPS' TII.MPU: In nn Instant tho spectators .sere horrified to see a revolver's glittering harrel pointing at tho head of the sergeant. "Keep vmir hands off me and get out of my way." Hindered Perry. "Now. go Proposals Not Necessary A party of women were talking the other day and women will talk sometimes, it would seem and marriage proposals was the theme under discussion. Somcona wnnted to know whether the proposals In novels were anything like the proposals of real life. The young girls said they must bo and the matrons said they wero not. Two of the latter confessed they had never received proposals at all from their hus bands. That shocked the girls, who Imag ined dreadful things about lenp yenr pro posals. Hut there was nothing so romantic, i ns thnt. "I don't know when my husband first bo- gnn to think of marrying me or when II thought of marrying him." said Matron No. 1 lit... IW1U..J1 111111 1U1 Bill I! (I iuuk uiiiunj t,at j neVer seemed to have thought of any-' thing else. We nlways seemed to hnvo inown thnt we should mnrry each other. itP did nsk my fnther. but he ccrtnlnly never asked mo." "My husband never proposed to me," said Matron No. 2. "We simply knew we were to be married. There was nothing strange about It. It would hnvo been strange If either of us had thought anything else, Other men? Well, other men than the right ones mnke n proposal of mnrrlage ns they would nny other proposal of less romantic kind. Then there are proposals by letter, but any man who proposes by letter when he can ask by word of mouth deserves to lose the eirl. It Is a cowardly thing to do. nut. then, if you eared for the man oh. well. It makes nil the difference In world. thp "Hut one of the happiest marriages I over knew rnme about In a strange way nnd with what most girls would consider tho least sentiment and even without proper ronsld- eratlon for the conventions. I know both the mnn nnd the woman when I was young. lie was a thoroughly good reiiow, belonging to a good but ordinary family. He wns brll- llnnt In a way. but ho was a man to he liked r-nd respected She was as pretty a girl as I ever saw and a womnn who hns grown heard Such things do get round, though no one ever tells " Wha' a shnmc ' she said Indlgnantlv ISHAKI. KAMI ISHAKI, l'AIU 'Ho Is a nice fellow, If he should ask me I would marry him.' "This remark nlso got out without being told, 'he young man heard It, took the girl m "-'r worn, usucu ner u sue nicnm u, sue raid she did nnd they wore married nnd lived happy ever after, for I hnvo known them during all the 'ever after.' " Pointed Paragraphs C'hlcngo News: A great mind Is always a generous one. Economy 3upplles old age with an easy 'hair. Why Isn't u homely actress a enso of stngo fright? Many n laboring man's down In the world digging gold. Ho who calls all men fools Is right In nt least ono Instance. liio man who does a llttlo and docs It I nvell docs a great deal. u.a wiR0 cooU that hnowB enough to it,avu wuu ,ono aiono. A (,1(,0 (ressc(1 ml( of BgM ,g yQTy nt to bo out of mind as well. Tho fly that loafs around n blacksmith shop Isn't afraid of a hammer. Tho bore who Is looking for nobody In particular should look In tho mirror. Tho less veracity a mar has of his own tho more ho admires It in other people. The finished performance of nn nctor Is often n great relief to tho nudlcnco. Youth has n pcrsovernnco all Its own, but the troublo la It never knows when to stop. Probably thlovcu nro near-sighted nnd un ublo to distinguish other pcoplu's property from tholr own. A rural editor In writing of a new ad dition to tho village church choir says: "Her volco Is as soft ns butter in August and ns tender nB n pair of $1.9S trousers." A Bachelor's Reflections Any girl over six feet tall ought to got into heaven without having to bo good. jow press: It's a funny thing tn,lt noIll) 0j tno' 0'j,j IIUl(iH nVer dlo of heart failure. Probably every old bachelor nt somo time In his life thought of proposing to some girl until sho proposed to lilm. A soon as tho average mnn hears a wo mnn talk about altering thu marriage sorv l o ho quits wanting to marry her. Men aro rnoro solf-respectlng than wo mon are. No man's bosom friend over knows how badly his wifo trentB him. Half tho tlmo when men hold n girl's hands they nro doing It hecnuso they nro afraid of what sho might do If they didn't. Kvory woman has a terrible longing to arid out about her husband's old lovo af filrs and n terrible foar that maybe sho will. No woman ever wrote a novel where nt least seven men didn't proposo to tho samo girl, who was too good to tllrt with any of them. Tho boBt way for a .woman to make her husband bollcvo In her religion Isn't al ways to pray out loud for other women's husbands. Probably Noah had to keep his wifo locked up all tho tlmo of tho Hood for four sho would forget and shoo the two flies off tho ark. A woman has tho advantage over a man; whon sho laughs when sho ought not to havo acted sorry bIio can alwnys claim It was hysterics. 'Til sho Is 20 n girl's Ideal of n lover la the one In tho best novel sho has read. After that It la tho last man who has mado love to her. Thero aro only two posslblo things thnt n woman can do if n man proposes to hor, but there aro more than 2.000.000 sho can do If he doesn't.