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tlii' hospital, front which he was discharged
fur disability, lie wmb out of tho service h
your mill then enlisted In the Ono Hundred
Mini Seventy-ninth Now york t ti fn n try. I in
Willi WOlllllled IWlOO, till! lllHt tlllll' WilOtl till)
anny win In front of Potcrsbuig, near tho
cloco of the war. That cvi'tit fotiiul him
in the lioHiilal front which In; toeelved his
Dual discharge." Tho explanation win
satisfactory to tin1 roiiuiry Mi l' gate
DniliiK his hctvI'i' In the nrniy Major Wil
cox parili ipatcil In hIxKm n i iigiigcmt'titH
lie lit' -t Jnliii'il tlir (iraiul Army of the Ue
pubb nt Chicago wh ro he hunim ,1 iiietn
tier of Cutter no: t On hlH rrtnoval to
Om.ha he uniteil with Grant pimt, in which
Pen ami Picture Pointers ' " ""n,j!" ""''"'"i- ti; now
oi.itiuiiiii r llmU the organization In a
Here Ih the tale of a i iilattopho It
hangs hv ill lit 1. of a .il Tin lUus rat I
Men lllls presented the plcliile of a
whidi was not the cut which -n fur th
picture Mow It ciiiih' it limit u.ia in llil
win' When II wiih decided li p il-ll: h a
h'lpti-l on cuts olfnlts well' mad 1 r t
the wliereahonlH of such OiiimIiii fi line urlH
mi tats (in might exist. Not n I it 1 1 m- ub i
experleticeil, lull I he tepnini' nd ill
iiiiihI an- pallent iiml pels m ring anil
dually the pIctiiicH ami pcdlgrn- of hiir a
dozen or mo rn In were colli il Unolig
'lic-a vmis urn- who" tall II.iiiii'i l i i ' I
ill I he lirccc il 1 1 1 Willi ll was lilil lie ill
Hi iiiiiiih I ami deMgiiuled iih i In- i-f"p rty if
Mm John I.. Webster of Onmlm When
The llliiHirateil Hie appeiunl with tin In all
Ofiil pnrlraltH if the happily Mtuuinl cat
who cute not how the ml e p'n' lie ailHi to
lliem It mailer lint, Home Km il wmti who
ale ItiteieMteil In calx ami mlei ' Ii'Iikh
looked ami pnmlcreil ami 1 ' I in'
archUcH ami ciime out with n U v y
lleaii llrnmmel i- m i II' an llrnmtn I at
all lull i tt" nl ami i 1 1 1 ' I r l.el itgn g
to MfH John I. Wili'-ter if Oiinilui l nwmil
hy M ih l.olnud Norton of lining-. I i I
trlliuie to the i iii illation i f iln. pap r thi
Mrs N'ortoli in able to wi'Ut Hull .he ha
rei i Iveil man limr from all or t e
MltS LAUUA
II LUFFS
II SNYDER OK COUNCIL
nourishing ciiiiillllon, ami. In the opinion
nf a gicnl majority of the society, brings
i Ihe nlllre attainments which will rcHillt
in ihe IncriaHi'il clllcacy of lln order.
Mrn Anna U. Askwlth, the new prt sklent
f the Wotiiii ii'k Itellcf uirjis of the Depart
nii'iii of Nebraska. Ih a native of PIUHlnin;,
I'a In lMI'J hIui came with her husband and
ramlly to Iowa and hooii after removed to
Nebraska, wliuro hIio Iiiih since to-dd (1. She
In dime Idontllleil with the Itellcf rnrps
llfieeii yeatH ago, when hIic J ilind Governor
llurvoy corps. No. 'Si. at Tlld n, Nil) W.iun
hIio remiivi d to Omaha hIio milled with
(icorgo Crook corps, No. SS, of will -ll she
is Hllll a incinlier. Mrs. AhUwHIi Ih not
only tho wife of a Holdler, but tho daughter
of one. Her father was a member of the
I'MtHt Maryland cavalry and wiih kl'lcd at
Cedar mountain. At her home. I'll" (Irani
81 root, whore hIio resldcH with her family.
Him Ik already deeply oiikiikoiI In tho work
of tho department. niTaiiKltiK tho rccorda
which sho recolvod fiom lior producoHHor
and aciiialntliiK IuthoU with tho condition
of tho order
MltS NNA K ASKW I'l'll ()!' CM MIA
cmiiitry calling hrr attention to the iiiIh
tako MrH. Widm'or Iiiih iiIhu noon icniinded
of It, anil Ih much oinbarniHHcil by tho falRo
attitude In which hIio Iiiih been placed
Inquiry ilovolopn the fact that when the
nrtlHl called at tho Webster home to ho
curo a HltlitiK. Hcau llrnmmel wiih IiiiIIh
piiHed lmllKCHtloti or BiimetlilliK of (lint
Hint and could not pono for a pi tare A
Hi'cond call wiih tnado and Mih. Welmtir dl
reclod ii Hcrvnut to K" t her room and
Ki't a liholoKt'iipli of (ho cat ami Kle It to
Iho arllHt. Tho Horvant. liiHplii'd by Ihe
futility of the etiiKH. came back with a
phntoKraph, handed It to tho waltlliK artist,
and as a result Itoyal Norton of OhlenKO
wiih Heal forth to the world as lleau llriim
niol WoliHter of Omaha. And many notes
on tinted paper tiro Htlll belnu eclianm'd.
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Itobert Sllllinan Wllcov, olected com
liiiimlcr of the NcbraHka department of the
(rand Army of tho Itopubllc at ItH moot hit
at riattHiiiouth. was bom In Hath, N. Y..
A 1 1 1 II ti, 1815, ami camo to NebriiHka about
a dozen yearH a no ICvorybody knows him
as '.Major" Wilcox, a title w ill di Iiiih been
conferred upon him by ciiHtom, and thin
courtesy onitie near costing him tho posi
tion, which under tho precedent oslnbliHliod
In tho ilo-artinotit he had come to look upon
by rlKht a ll Ih. There wiih a HttotiK ele
ment In tho last convention which at
tempted to break down tho ciiHtom of liav
lllK tho senior vice commamlci' succeed to
tho position of commander; not that Humo
people had any objection to Major Wilcox,
but becuuso they feared that tho custom
would work a hardship to tho order some
nnio In tho future. They made strenuoin
effortH to carry their point, and wero active
In their cniivtiHs of tho country iloloKtiton
Ono of theso was appionchod by an opponent
to tho Idea of rotation In ollleo ami asked
to vote a mil MM the Oinalm man He re
plied 'Well. I won't iite against him on that
score but 1 will vote iikiiIiih! It 1 ill because
I don't believe the shoulder straps should
command the deparl numi."
One of the major's friends overl'einl ih
remark and then nave the roconl if th
now lommamlcr as fallows
' Tho highest position he cv
that of corporal, although In
ns Kilor HeiKcanl at the time
the wound which letired htm
nei'vlco. llo became a lu'lvato
Now York battery In
went lo the f I out with
t hold win
wiih iicIIiik
ho received
ft mil active
In the First
UKUHi, IMil, and
that oti:aulatiou
llo served about a
he was shocked by
year and a half, when
Unlit niiiK and Bent to
1. W Colby Is the third adjutant Kouoral
NebriiHka has had diirlnt: the twentieth
century. Ills military career Ih well known
to his fellow NebraHkaiiH and Is honorable
as a man ami creditable as a Holdler. Ills
Ioiik connection with the National (Jtiard of
the Htate and his services in Ihe volunteer
army of the United Stales wore Hitch as to
demonstrate his Illness for .command, (lon
eral Colby wan In cotninatid of the NcbraHka
brigade of National (Itiard which was In
tho Hold around ItUHhville during tho l'lne
Itlduo Indian war of lSMO-'.M. llo then co
operated with tho United States forooi
under eofjiuand of (lonerals Miles and
Hrooko. Af'or that canumlKn (Jeneral
Colby was coiit.ectcd ' with tlio mmrd until
the call for vol.ir.'oors In tlio spring of
tsiis. when l'rcsldei.l McKlnley cotnmls
sloued him iih liiiKnuit t general of volun
teors. lie was iissIkuoii to a command a'
Cliickauiauna. whore he served until th
cb so of Ihe war with Spain The rehablllta
Hon of tho Nebraska National li'mrd found
(ienoral Colby outside Us ranks and the
reslKtiatlon of Adjutant (leneral K'.Hun to
accept a commission In the regular ts'sb
llHliment opened the way to Hit) appoint
incut of the general lo succeed him
Anions other things' woman did when she
cast orf Ihe domination of mini was to In
vade the realm of myHtery and have lltili
Beerot societies of her own. So far sho
has not horn able lo raise the veil that
Kiiards Iho secrets of home of Ih" oldi i
soeletles but In order that she ma shite
the beticllts of "bolnniMliK" her brethren
have allowed her lo form auxiliary orders
and In these she takes much delink! True,
man Insists en havltlK a share In the
direction of the alfalrs ot these. Just as
though woman was tint qualllled lo regu
late them to suit herself. One of the most
Itilluontlal of those Pccrel orders for
women Is the Order of tho Kastern Star,
which Is allied to Masonry. Uko tho
Masonic bodies, It works quietly and wholly
within Itself, and does not often Heck news
paper publicity. For that reason tho
excellent photographs of the olllcors of tho
Nebraska i;rand chapter presented this week
are of especial Interest. A not her of tho
auxiliary aiders which Is much In vogue
now Is the Pokito of Honor, connected
with tho Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Wo have Ihls week nn excellent picture of
n Kroitp beloiiKliiK to the nrand Island
Indue of Ihls order.
In selcclltiK Mrs. I.aura 11. Snyder ot
Council UluffH for the olllce of vice presi
dent at law the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary soetnty of tho general
svnod of the KvntiKollcal Lutheran church
of Hie United States honored one of the
organisers of tho work Mrs Snydi r has
been for twetily-Hix vears the wife i.f Hov
(leorge W. Snyder, now the pastor of the
church In Council Bluffs, and all of thai
portion of her life has hi n spent in mis
slon Melds for the chun-h Mrs Snyder
was one of tho orgimlers of the Synodlcal
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
society In Inv.n. from whlih all of tin
organized missionary effort among tin
women of the I'vntigolleal I.uilierau church
has grown. That was twenty-live years ago
Inst October and Mrs. Snyder was chosen
president. She has hold ollleo contlniiotisb
nlnco then. For sixteen years she was cor
responding secretary and for the last four
years she has been tho historian Mrs
Snyder has attended several of the biennial
meetings of the society connected with the
general conference, but has taken no pari
in them The election to the olllce of vice
president at large came as a complete stir
prise to her, for she know nothing of it
until her friends In Council Hltltrs began
to congratulate her on the honor Mrs
Snyder did not uttend this meeting, held In
Washington, but remained at home while
In r husband and daughter. Miss Sylvln
Snyder, enjoyed tho trip and tho meeting
Mrs Snyder was born In Dayton, n and
la not as old ns one might think from th
part she had In the church work a tiarlet
of a century ago. Iter maiden name was
Sebohl. Her father died while she was
quite young and her mother, now Mrs
Margaret H. Hay. resides at the parsonagi'
in Council llliilfs.
nother western woman who has been
honored by a national bidv Is Mrs 1). A
Campbell of Lincoln. She has been elected
oo president of the western sect Ion of the
National Federation of Musical Clubs, which
met In biennial session at Ciev land earb
III May. Mrr. Campbell Is well known In
Omaha and Lincoln. She has b'i n active
In Iho club and social life of the capital
city. Sho has Hang In the churches ther-
and In private her sweet contralto voice Is
often the delight of her friends
When th ivnl recruit lug station was
sol up In Omaha the olllcors In charge ox
pressed themselves as highly pleasid at tho
class of young men who olfered theinselvc:'
for enlistment. They were of a type not
to be found in the large cities along the
seashore. Among those who went from
here was William II. Ilayden. who was
assigned lo the position of pharmacist on
tho Kent-surge, now at Sau Francisco. He
has already taken his station on the great
battleship, which will likely be sent soon
to Hong Kong Mr. Ilayden is a Nebraska
boy. Ills father was the late W. II. Ilayden
well known as one of the I'axtoti-dallaghor
traveling men.
About Noted People
Senator J. V. guaiies of Wisconsin has
been visiting Indian tenitory and comes
back with Ills Ideas of that region om
pletoly revolutionized. "I was not pro
pared," ho says, "lo tlnd the territory In
such an advanced uglic.illiiral condition.
In ciitniniiii with most members of con
gress I hail an Idea that Indian teniUiy
was a wild cactus country, IH residence
only for those who refuse to cultivate the
urtH of civilization. That country has the
makings of a very rich state "
Joseph Hume, whii tiled In Horkcloy. Cal..
recently, was tin- pioneer sulinoii puker
of the I' ii id. ..nisi lie was born llfty-
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HltlO ADIICIt OFNUUAL L. W COLBY, U S. V ADJUTANT OICNICUAL N N G
MltS D A (WMl'HKI.l. OF LINf LS
stx years ago In Augusta Mc Ills father
was a younger son of tin- carl of Mapii
tnont. In Kngliind Young 11 tunc served
through the civil war In a Maine regiment,
receiving a bullet wound in the leg and
contracting the discuses which finally
caused his death, llo wont to California at
the close of the conflict.
Iliibbard H. McDonald, Jo.trnal clerk of
the United Slates senate. Is credited with
being the ablest parliamentarian belonging
to that body. He Is tho third of his
family to hold the position, his father and
grandfather having preceded him. His
business Is to sit close to the presiding
nllloer and keep liltn from fnlllng Into
parliamentary pitfalls, llo reports that of
all tho vice presidents he has coached In
his twenty-live years' experience Mr.
ltoosevolt Is much tho hardest to hoop In
lino.
Prince Kill Whn. the second son of the
king of Coren, who Is n student nt Honnoko
college, Salem, Va , Is about 20 years old
and falls In naturally with American man
ners ami i ustoms with whkh he i xprassod
hlmsi If as on iiuith pleased llo Is a
wuing m m if pleasant ami agrei able lunu
la rs ami bis made man friends. After
the gn -I'.isnii In Washington, where ho
was royally cntortnlnoil while the guest
of the Coreali legation, he enjoys this quiet
life Iii Salem He is accompanied by his
two Coican companiiiiis. Messrs. Sim Sung
Kim ami linn Kitng Nl. who are also being
Instructed In Itoanoke.
M. I'obyeuotnstsoff, who narrowly
escaped from tho hands nf an nssassln,
was the schoolmaster of the present czar
it ii il of his father, lie Is nearer to tho
throne than nny other tnnn In Kussln. On
tho day on which tho czar's pence rescript
made him the most tnlked of man In the
world Nicholas wrote to his old tutor tin
affectionate letter. In which ho signed him
self: "Yo.ir always unchanged, nffectlonato
and deeply grateful Nicholas." Tt was
probably not nn accident that tho letter
was written nn the same dnv ns tho re
script, for 11 Is M. robvonotostsoft who is
generally credited with having first planned
the desire fur peace In tlio young emperor's
mind
Tho Philadelphia Press says: "Tho only
material remnants nf the short nnd bril
liant enreor of Stephen Crane, his library
of l.r.no volumes of history nnd hlographv
which, by his will, ho bequeathed to La
fnvetto college, has been lost. When Ms
will wns read, soon after his denth abroad
last venr. the only thing of note In tho
document wns his remembrance of La
favette college, whore ho hail spent over n
venr Stephen Crane's widow notified the
college authorities that the ntitlinr had rl
wnvs desired that his small llbrarv should
be presented to Lafayette college nt his
drath and that this was provided for In ono
of the clattsos nf his will. Further than
that Lafayotlo has never boon able to
learn anything nbnut the disposition of tho
library."
"There may be." says tlio Philadelphia
Iteeord. "an element nf heredltnrv Influence
In tho fact that A. .1. Casatt. president of
the Pennsylvnntn railroad, will extend Ills
hospitality to President MoKlnlov and the
governors of the thirteen orlglnnl states,
who nro expected to assist nt tho comlrg
Valley Forge celebration. Tt wns Mr. ( as
."att's great-grandfather. Oeneral John
Simpson, who. when Washington nnd his
soldiers were stnrvlng at Valley Forgo,
took his sons, servants nnd slnves, with
sixteen teams, to protect Ihe fond that had
been gathered In Maryland, nnd conveyed
It. In spite of tho Hrltlsh soldiers, to the
relief of the American forces Oeneral
Simpson was n personnl friend nf Oeneral
Washington nnd was one of tho lnrgest
land owners of the so'itliorn part of Pennsylvania."
"I am the possessor of u town anil coun
try house, u yaiht, a stable of thorough
breds nnd a box at the opera "
She hesitated, ami a slight Hush ho
t rayed that she was listening.
"I have got." ho continued, with a cer
tain llerceiiess, "thirty servants, forty pairs
of trousers, Ilfty ancestors, three automo
biles, six prize bull pups ami an iiriny com
mission." Ah! she lind found her tongue at last.
"And how ninny golf medals?" sho lisped.
Tho young man shuddered.
Ho felt thnt he had lost. Ho had played
norvlly and high, hut she was above his
limit.
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: The weigh of the trans
gressor Is Invariably light.
Tho breath of scandal Is an ill wind that
blows nobody good.
A nickel car fare saved puts a dime In the
shoemaker's pocket.
An ounce of prevention Is bettor than a
200-pnillid physltlall
Perseverance will not do everything, but
ll certainly works wonders
Where lie Fell Down
The young man drew himself up to his
full height, relates Judge.
"I have," ho cried, "nn unsullied charac
ter, nn ardent heart, n versatllo mind and
strenuous bleeps,"
Tho young girl yawned nnd seomed In
terested. He wns quick to push his ndvnntnge.
WILLIAM II II A YDKN WHO HAS
TAKEN A POSITION IN THE NAVY.
A man sometimes loses his head, hut n
woman seldom loses her tongue.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but n
rolling mill gathers a lot of dross.
Conscience Is something that makes a
guilty man tremolo every time tt thunders.
Mirth Is a paying investment because
Its stock Is nover watered with tears of
regret.
Many a man spends half his time, antici
pating tomorrow and the other half In
regretting yesterday.
"I stand corrected," said tho school boy
who didn't enro to alt down nftor tho
teacher had chastised liltn
Tho monoclo Is frequently snuored at, but
sonio of the sneerors might get along hotter
If thoy wero to stop at ono glass.