TIIE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
April 28, 1001.
TlHi IM.USTKATKD BEK
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Omaha."
Pen and Picture Pointers
Ono of tho things paretitH moat fre
quently regret Ih that they are tumble to
perpetuato tho dainty pohuh of the baby. It
ih Impossible to nlwnys have a eatnera
trained on tliu llttlo one, and bo the many
cuto aelloiiH and charming positions of tho
i hlld nro carried only In tho memory
of tho fond father or mother, who no. or
tiro of recalllni: tho attitudes and antics
of tho cherub who so soon outgrows tho
graco and freedom of babyhood and v
comes tho awkward boy or girl. The arlht
In his Bcnrch for pictures of children rarely
Duds the ono ho wants doing tin- thing it
ought to do to make a good picture. Mr.
HoBtwIck recently caught one Just na it
ought to bo and had ho "posed" tho baby
for a week ho could not have secured a
more dellghtrul attitude and expression
than the ono which adonis the llrst page of
this Issue. Tho baby find the watering ot
aro certainly typical of April this yar
Young April and the merry laugh of tho
llttlo ono Is the promise of the sweet hoium
of mating birds, the hum of nature's life
tho coming of the leaves and Mowers all
that spring stands for. It Is a picture over
which mothers will lean with moistened
eye, and of which one Omaha mother will
lio proud, a picture of a beautiful baby In
a baby's unalloyed glee.
.
Our readers hardly need a story of Wil
liam Allen White, the rotund but energetic
editor of tliu Emporia Gazette. Ills vigor
ous writings have made him well known
Much or his fame rests on what Is almost
an accident. Once upon a time ho was
going nwny from Emporia on some Rort of
a Junket. The (ia.ette was to appear each
day while he was absent, and ho had no
ono to put In tho editorial chair. So he lilt
upon the expedient of writing up a lot of
odltorlnl matter In advance and leaving it
to bo published In flections during his ah
nenco. Among tho "copy" thus prepared
was a "lender" headed "What Is tin? Mat-
tor With Knnsas?" It was written in haste
and published while its author was away. HON. W. S. MULOCK.
with twelve -days' mall, express and freight
for the towns of St. Francis and illrd City
lloth trains were dug out by Master Me
chanic Archibald of McCook, Neb., who,
with a snowpiow. twenty men nnd a mono
tain engine, raised tliu blockado Saturday,
April 0. Thus ended tho great Bii
blockade of the Orleans & St. Frniu Is
branch that ilelled the united elTorls of three
snowplows and sixty men for fourteen days.
Hon. William Mulock, "postmaster general
of Canada, recently, In company with Hon.
John Hons, assistant postmaster of Toronto,
visited New York anil Washington to study
tho postnl methods of tho United Status.
Tho rural frco dolivcry servlco claimed tho
attention of Mr. Itoss, who Bpent ono week
In Carroll county, Maryland, whero the
llrst county servlco of rural freu delivery
was Inaugurated, learning tliu manner of
distributing mall from the mnll wagons to
different routes. Mr. Mulock remained In
New York about ten days, making a thor
ough study of tho pneumatic tube system in
tho city, and tho details of the workings
of tho olllco and keeping of the records of
the rural free delivery, eastern division,
nnd expressed himself as delighted with
tho system of mall facilities In thu United
States and with tho valuable Information
gained from his visit hern.
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Mrs. C. S. Dean, who Is soon to depart
for India to engage In missionary labors, Is
no stranger to tho Meld anil tho work. She
was born In India, where her fattier, Dr.
Amos Abbott, was n missionary She was
sent to America to bo edirated ami re
but It mndo tho name of tho Empnrlii
Gazette and William Allen Whlto known
whero they had never been heard of be
fore. From March "I to April fi, I'.iOl the Or
leans & St. Francis branch of tho Burling-
title reforestation Is encouraged by '.he
govi rnnun's f Europe, especially cf Franco
nnd (Icrmany, where the denuded hillsides
In the valleys of the Rhone nnd other wn ir
cturses have of late years been, In a mcn
ur, at least, restored to their pristine
state, tho object being to secure tho benellts
that Mow frr m woods under natural con
dlllins. Nebraska, cmo a trieiess expanse,
now presents almrst nn unbroken succession
cf groves from the Missouri river back to
tho subarld region, whero culture of any
thing, let nlnno Umber, Is nil but out of the
(luestb ii. The observation of Arbor day In
the public schools Is n practical lesson In
utility to the children and the planting
of the tree by tho class Is symbolic rather
of the net Itself than of nny special moral
it carries with It, although the moral Is
obvious.
It Is not too late, even though Easter has
passed, to point out a handsome bonnet, nnd
so The Hco this week gives examples of
some of tho recent creations of tho milliner
These suggestions may still be of service In
assisting the fnlr render in selecting her
summer headgear.
About Noted People
Montana's new senator, Pal Ih Gibson, is
a popular man In Minneapolis, Minn. He
started the nrst woolen mill In that city,
hut failed in the panic of 1S77. owing his
employes nenrlv $10.100. Soon after Gibson
went to Montana and a dermic later re
turned to Minneapolis and paid off every
cent of Ills Indebtedness, with Interest at
7 por cent.
Joseph Arch of Harford. Warwick, Eng
land, known as tho "tribune of tho plow,"
Is a born agitator, keen and shrewd and a
nonconformist of th" old school. Mr
Arch roundel the National Agricultural
union lu 1S72 nnd has spent his long life
In nnd nut of Parliament, lu th orvlce of
the ngrlcultur.il workers of Great Hrltai'i
He Is now In his 7"th year.
Owing to his projected California trip
Trcsldont MeKlnloy Inn been obliged to
decline nn Invitation to attend the un
veiling of the HutterMold monument to
tho Fifth army corps, which event Is to
tnko place at FrederMisburg, Va., on
Memorial day. At the laying of tho cornor
etono of this monument last May tho presi
dent and his entire cabinet witnessed tho
"eremonlcs nnd Secretary of War Itoot do- eompa'uled by his secretary, Slxto Lopez,
llvorcd an nddrcss. now in Boston. Ho rode a high-geared
- American wheel, and, like most athletes
There Is to le creeled at Kurllmma. t)f aIimll bulldi wn8 a Bnu.ofui nllj 8tIOng
Japan, a monument to Commodore Perry, r,eri
U. S. N., who forty-eight years ago, as
Amerlcnn envoy, concluded tho first treaty
POSTMASTER of commcrco nnd friendly Intercourse le KI"K Edward will soon receive an ad
tween tho United States and Japan. A sit (1,'L'SS f congratulation fioni UU Homan
Tor the monument has been selected anl untnoiio subjects, it may nave eoemou a
turned to India to ongago In missionary H s (10 prcsont plnn to hold tho unveiling llttlo odd that, while so many religious
labors. Her husband was also a mission- ceremony on the next anniversary bodies, including tho titueicmonious So-
ary, but fulling health compelled their roturn f Commodore Perry's visit- tho llih of clety of Friends, lately paid homage to his
to Amorlcn, whero ho died. Slnco her n,,, coming July. majesty, tho Homan church, above all
roturn to this country Mrs. Doan has been S churches Insistent on outward forms, ihould
a prominent Mguro in tho work for both An Amerlcnn who know Agulnnldo In not have been represented. Tho fact la
homo and foreign missions and lu other Hong Kong says of him- "His favorite sport that when tho lord chamberlain was com-
church lnbors Sho oxpocts to spend four was an arternoon spin awheel, nnd I must munlcated with on tho mibject ho replied
years lu tho foreign Mold and then conio confess ho was ono or tho neatest figures that all these bodies had ptesci Iptlve rights
hack to America to pass her romalnlng on Governor's road. Ho wore tho regula- to approach tho throne, and the Homan
years with her children. Hon cycle costume nnd was Invariably ac- Catholics had none. Tho king, hearing or
GENERAL JOHN C. DATES, U. S. A.
GENERAL OF CANADA.
The return or Genernl John C. Hates to
Omaha as commander or the Department or
the Mlssi url is like n return home Indeed.
Geiurnl Hates mndo many warm friends
here during his stay an colonel commanding
Fort Omaha at the time tho popular Second
Infantry was stationed there. Slnco lie
left hero his llfo has been a busy ono, Ills
last three yonra having been spent In tho
Held, as general olllcer or tho volunteer
army nnd then ns a general In tho regular
establishment. Ills enrcer has been ono of
which nny soldier might bo proud, and his
friends hero will welcome hi in back to a
comparative rest from tho activities whhh
have brought him much honor.
Along with General Hates will roturn to
Omilm a young man who is well known nnd
popular here, Lieutenant Will H. Cowln,
who comes ns a personal aldo on tho gen
oral's stnff. Lieutenant Cowln was born
In Omaha and spent his boyhood years
here. Ho prepared ror college In nn eastern
school, nnd, after two years at Yale, ro-
tou m Rawlins nnd Cheyenno counties, turned to study law in his rather's ofllce.
Kansas, for tlilrty-nlno miles west of In 180S ho wns given a rnmmlsslhn ns cap-
lllnkeinan, Kan., wns completely block- volunteers In tho commissary depart-
adod by snow and cut off from the rest of """nt nnd sent to Culm, where ho saw serv-
tho world by rail nnd mall. Tralnnmslor lc '''' t ,ntor ,1n'R ,,f 11,0 Unlgn
Kenyon. with a snowpiow, doublo-headod, thnt Island. When tho now army was
assisted by Wrcckiug Foreman Emerson organized In 1803 Captain Cowln wns given
ami thlrty-llvo men, was ono week clear- " Houtonnnt's commission In tho regular
Ing tho deep cuts of tho Hlakeman hills establishment and sent to tho Philippines,
a series or curving cuts ten to seventy reel whero ho was attached to tho personal stafT
duep and six miles In length. Tim lllus- "f Oonernl Hates, serving In this capacity
tratiun with sn.oko arising r.bovo a huge 'luring nil or the arduous campaigns carried
hill or snow Is tho groat Hlakeman sev- " this active leader while in the
enty-root cut. tilled with twenty-llvo feet Islnnilfl.
of hardened snow nnd Ice. The smokestacks n ()f fPntl""of , .lin.Amurlcnn
of engines nro n.auj- foot below where men , , ,,, nttontlon thnt ,,, 1)0,,n pn,,
are standing. Iho illiiKtiatlou. with three . .. , ,,,, ,,, rnai.in,,
i.um. sHindlng on top of drift, is tho supply ,, (llBl.0Vrrv of ,ho capabilities of
staff has In some way outshone Its predo-
MHS. C. 3. DEAN.
and working train that followed tho snow
plows and also represents one of tho smal
ler drifts. Tho Illustration which shows
the smokestnek of locomotive surrounded by
ten men Is tho snowpiow which was do-
railed and disabled. The photo with a " ' V"
train coming through a cut represents the l2 I , ' ! i. ii
Illrd City cut, ono mllo cast of Hlrd city,
Kan. It took two and ono-half days to dig
this out. Thursday, April 4, another bliz
zard raged ten hours and refilled this cut
twolvu to lirteeu reet deep; tho snowpiow
cessnr. In this regard the Buffalo fair
promises to keep up with the process'on
One of our pictures this week Is that of
the Hon which will stnnd In tho sunken
The propylaea of the
arcade show In tho distance. This Is but
ono cf tho mngiiinrent but ephemeral works
of art that will combine to make tho Pan
American exposition memornble.
Arbor dnv Is a Nebraska Institution, for
u bi.uwuu imcer near wnere tne engine l s thnt It has been nlmost universally
standing nnd blockaded for thirty-slx hours, adopted. Tho plnntlng or trees hns come to
Tho snowpiow was on Its way to dig out b b much n matter or business ns of
thu regular train, No. 171. stuck in a drift Bontlment. tho people hnving realized too
half n iiulo east of .McDonald. Kan , K"1 Into tho value of forest preservation. Sclen-
sir ..
LIEUTENANT W. U. CO WIN THIRD CAVALRY, U. 8. A.
this, decided to crento the precedent, with
the result that Cardinal Vaughnn, tho duke
of Norfolk and a number of their co-rc-llgionlsts
will "kiss hands."
H. D. Irving, second son of Sir Henry
Irving, is busy on u unique work, In which
he has analyzed the cynicism, reflned
cruelty and sheer brutality shown by such
criminals as Laccnnlre, Troppmann. Prado
and Ravachol. Mr. Irving has selected those
criminals whose Individualities and mis
deeds rctnovo them from the category of
ordinary mnloractors. It may he Interest
ing to know that long berorc Mr. Irving
becntne an nctor he wos Interested In tho
study or crime. His rooms nt Oxford were
piled high with criminal records.
Tho North Carolina supremo court has
settled tho Snow will caso In accordance
with tho cold facts. The testator wns
Mr. Ico Snow of Surrey and two of the
parties In interest were Hnll Snow nnd
Rain Snow. North Carolina seems to
abound In odd nnmes, for a newspaper
chroniclor of tho court's decision mentions
as instances of this peculiarity Dr. Wiscon
sin Illinois Roystcr nnd Mr. Early Dawn
of Rnlelgh, Mr. Shnrp Blunt of Nowborno,
Mr. Sink Quick of Richmond county and
Professor Dred Peacock of Greenboro.
Leonard Chadwlck of Wilmington, Del,,
Is not yet 23 years old, hut already has
been rowarded by two nations for per
sonal bravery. Ho was on tho American
warship Marblehead when n party from
thnt vessel cut tho cable at Clenfuegos to
stop tho Spaniards In Cuba from communi
cating with tho outsldo world. Chndwl-k
was of that party and wns rowarded with
a medal and promotion to gunner's mate
When his term expired ho went to South
Afilca and fought tindor Lord Roberts.
For performing a particularly daring act
ho was complimented by "Bobs" and later
received a scarf which had been knitted by
Queen Victoria.
Pointed Paragraphs
A woman's silence seldom spoils any
thing. Nothing Is moro to bo drended than nged
Infnncy.
A key of gold will not unlock the gates
of wisdom.
Society worships success, but seldom for
gives n failure.
Tho wisdom or n rool is always con
spicuous by its absence.
Never shed tear3 over split milk. There
is enough water lost as It is.
Lovo In a cottage Is nil very well as long
as tho flour barrel Isn't empty.
The rooster makes two-thirds of tho
noise, hut tho hen does nil tho work.
Man may rcqulro but llttlo here below,
but when ho dies ho Is apt to get a lot.
The trouble with too many young monTs
that they try to lead n $25 existence on a
to salary.
A man who leaves tho theater beroro the
curtain Is down on tho last act Jumps at a
conclusion.
It has been said that brilliant and Im
pulsive people usually have black oyes or
If they don't havo them they are apt to get
them If they aro too Impulsive.