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Omaha."
Pen anil Picture Pointers
Tin) homo-mmlng of Mn jfir Church
Howe, vhn Iuih bi-t-n i i-present 1 1 1 K Hi"
I'tilted Slnles four years In It k consular
service, llrnl al Palermo and mori' m-enily
.ii Shelllcld, gives un union fur 1 1 1 priHi'ii
t ii t loti nf Ills i 1 1 1 1 1 1 r us i In fri.iilltiliM nf
'IiIh Ihhiii' Major Hour n n hi'il n v -1
uiii' Hi tin' fiirm nf i r n ! ln- fi l-
low .Mi, i. rclloiting ih'ir Km' ill a"- u
it tin- hull' I 'li.il linn hoi ii In: tow. . i ,i 1 1
lilin iiml 'Ii. ii'iliiiilili uinum r in li' h
CIIAKLKS !: PICKKTT VI'HIII no Ii
(lltANI) KXALTKD HI LIIll II I' O i:
ln Ihih pcrfnrmtd the dutioH devolving iiiiu
tint ihihIHoii rominlllic of iiroimiii'tit
rltlrliH nf IiIh home town Auburn, ami of
Ni'liuilm i-nuuly walled ii him in (iinali.i
iiml escorted ti I nt on tlit- Iiml stage nf his
Jiiurncy. ITiui iirrlvul a I Auburn, luat
Tuesday, ln was ini'l ill the Hliitlnu liy i
largo delegation uf IiIh neighbors ami
frli'iiilH, followed hy n demonstration par
tlclimtiMl in hy several lliiniHaml people.
Irrespective of piillllcH. .'or the addresses
nf welcome, iivit which .Maynr Hurrah pre
hIiIimI, Judge W. II. Ki'lllKiir HpiiKo mi hii.
half nf Hit' I'lly ami ox-tjuvcrnnr Kin-linn nn
ovKUNOIt (li:i:it of Oregon has
again refused the offer nt n great
I sr"' f tiilmirers to buy lilm
nn executive iminslun. "I am tun
poor tn accept It," ho says. "I
living romfei lubly In the house I rent
and In buy a Hue house for me In furnish
would be laving too lienvv a burden on my
shniililers."
811m. alert mid always perfectly groomed.
Joseph Chaiubet lain, the English politician
of varied career, looks about nn. though he
Is llfteen yeats oldi r. He feels an occaHlonal
twinge of gout, due. he thinks, tu the fact
Hint he never takes any inure violent oxer
else than walking upstairs. The last two or
three years have Just touched his raven
lucks with gray.
Lieutenant Vlelnr Hlue. the daring South
Carnlliuin whn achieved fame by ibllim a
mule around Santiago during the war. when
the cnnnlry was Infested with Spanish
soldiers, and discovering Cervera's licet at
anchor lu the harbiir. has been Invalided
home from the Asiatic station for li.-at
iiieiif. He has been on the Asiatic station
for more than a vear mid Is sulTeiing
rroni ii fever cnntractcil lu Chinese waters
-ii
One nf (he llrst decurallnns Hint greet tin
eve of the visitor tu the reception room of
Or I'arkhlirst's New York home Is n
mammoth tiger rug. spiead across the
Moor. Its vicious head, savage eyes and
cruel teeth cleverly mounted by one who
must have been an expert taxidermist
Said n fncetlniis friend tn the doctor I
should mink you. of nil turn, wnnbl be the
last in keep the emblem nf Tammany Hall
n prominently displayed lu your home "
Dr. Parkhurst smiled and replied: "
lcep the tiger here tn cnnslaully remind
mo thai my enemy Is always near. Then
again 1 keep the tiger here to walk all ever
occaslnnally."
' I notice a long sclentlllc article lu one
of the evening papers." says a HulTalu
letter, "declaring that under th
iiiiuaie tne American Is becoming
and more like an Indian I do not
..ii . i
more
know
now thai may be. but if the writer would
visit the Indian Hhnw at the Pan nierlcan
no vvuubi conclude that the Indian I
be
i-nming mure ami more Ike a while
man
ime the old chief neroiilinn. fur Instance
vni-r nie Indians hive given their Hi
at
run pcrforinaiiie In the -111111. II house
this
iloodv old cutlhiiui will in I,,- ,1 stand by
iioiii, iinu vviin nut in hand b,.g for
1'i'i'H and nick. Is in,,. ,erli aii No
Mini Is ton small , l. thankfully inched
91
tiie
buhiilf nf i ) iiiun'y ami finvi-riinr Savage
on behalf of tin. state chiirrh nwo lx too
well known us a IlKtiri- in Nebraska public
llfo to ri'iiiln- a detailed skulc.h of IiIh f,
an nn Introduction Although horn In Mini
hiii liiiHi'ttH In lis:. hi- has spent thu grentit
pari nf IiIh llfo In the west anil muro than
iwenly-llvi; yeaiH In Nubrasku. He a. hiovoil
Ins lliMt special promlnenco perhaps as om
f Hie lending spirits In thn ruinous
Clanger uinvi'ineiit anil lias occmi,i,..i t,.-i
mis public positions loading up to In, ap
pulniinent by President .Mi-Klnley in tvi7
m IiIh present posit Inn as cotrul for Hi
lulled Hliitcs.
Charles H. Pickett nf Wiiiorlno, whu i
now grand I'xalteil ruler of Hie i. won
that oilier one vrnr nun In New Orb an
when thu convention was hebl there A
least that Ih what an admiring frlcml . lalm
today. Ili reinnls huw I'leketl secured an
nppnrtunlly tn deliver an address in Ho
'ntiventlon. Ills talk was on the laws of
the nnlcr Humcthlng to du wllh (he ruilHii'
of governing the bin body uf inn li-red gen
li-incii -a tul was In general of a natup
which would hiivii been dull mid piosv who i
hiiticl It'll by tlie general tun nf orators, hii
when I'likett gullied Hie platform and began
m lull, there wiih a sudden craning of tioi Its
r Mie delegates mid a leaning forward to
In ir what the man from Iowa had to say
I when lie was thiuiigh speaking ll was a
good guess Hull luwa wntild fiirnish Hie
n xt maml exalted ruler ur their body mil
Unit his name would be I'li-keii. The new
lllef uf the Klks is an Inwutl b birth lie
ih a native of Ki'iiHiiiiiiua in Van Huron
oiinly, U :!i; ye ii" of line ami still a haelto
lor He has never held ulllee. bin has been
prominent in the rouiieils or Hie i epubllean
party uf the slate. As an Klk Mr. I'lekell
has loin,- sluml at (he hind nf the body uf
best people III Imwi. He Ih alinust as prnin
liieul lu I'ylhlau i-lri'les as In the realms of
llllid'im. and has held several Important
ulllces in the grand lodge nf Ihal order.
Ill adapting si'leutllli- mi-t Itmls to ugilutil
'iiral piirsuils iiiuderu ediii-alurs have per
formed a real net vice for humanity. All too
fieiiicutly has the eotirse of tu-lcutilli- ic
Heari'li taken a way that lies apait fiom the
needs and limb rstandlng of the people, pro
duelliK ri-Htllts of si'ivlie only In Hie
i-Hulerlc circles and of Hontit fill If any prac
tical value. liiHlriimeuts which will tul.i
millions of tlnitt to I he Ineli on strips nt
kIiikh lu tin used 111 Hpecl rnxcnplc analyses
mo told nf lu hIiiwIiik articles nf prnlHo
and columns have been Riven to the e.
plnltntlen nf mechanism that Is so delicate
that ltn npetiilloiiH iniiHt be iibserved by
means uf a telescope While these UiIiikh
urn dnublless uf deep Inlerest tn the world
nf Hclriu'd and hnve snine hem lite mute or
lesH remote on the ultimate ib tet uunat Inn
nf the problem of human els.iec ihi-y
can scarcely be nald In have aided tn any
Timely Gossip Concerning People Now Before the
It seems Hi range that a "big chief l,e tills
will stoop to beg, but he iloeHii't Heem to see
anything out uf the way about It. lie need .
the money and goes after It with Hie same
ilcterinlnallon ho used In show lu raiding
fur sellletH' scalps."
IMIsnn and Tenia, the elcei i Ii Iuhh, arc
hill Ii mill h averse tu music and each experi
ences ii reeling uf positive discomfort when
within the reach of tneloilluus miiiiiiIs. it
Is tecallid that other men of in Know leilged
genius have been Himilarh til i . tei .'ni
liiHiiim-c llwiui Ii.ih no ear for music mid
neither vouil nor iiihi i uMl alfurileil
him the slightest plcnsute IMinuud Hiirke
"hose orutorv was miisb to his audiences
hated tannic Charles .lames l-'nx another
Hjuceu Wllhelmiua is
lenbiirg - Schw erln
On the
Henry's mother )
liKA.N'l) Dl'CAL I'AUTY
MK . klB JM w BV EBI
IIHUT l. (Jt in' a-VKAlt Ol-l) CHOIlt
MOV IN lltll.Y TUINITV Kl'ISCOl'AI
t'lllltfll LINCOLN
malellal eienl ,u Hie t-ollltlon of the iucs
llons uf immediate nportuuce On thu
uther hand the Instruments thai have bcun
Invented fur the testiliK uf soils, food prod
ucls and the like h.ivu had very little kcii
oral iittriiiiun, yet they havu produced iu
suits biarliu,' illicitly m the welfare if thu
lace. It has been the work of Hie scientist
connect, ,1 with the aKrlciiltiital coIIcko to
muilvzo soils, deteimliiliiK lliclr eoiwlltu
euls; In examine heeds, to test Kralns, to
epeilln.iii with Ktasscs; lu Htudy the
miatoiuy. phsli,liiKy and hyKli no of the
Inwer animal wi rid, and tn apply the re.
suits nf his Imiulrles detail In the great
Industry uf fund production e rarely as
mulshes the sclentlllc wiild by nHilt'iiK a
new climcnt nf as m the growing 1st
but he has taught farmers how to cmibnl
ililii'hbugs and giiifshoppeix, how to get
rbl of the codling mot It and San .Ins - scale
how to cure Texas fever ami blackleg ,)
111 tittle may si Ive the mysti rv of hog
cholera mid p ta" blight. e has added
Hi " ai lleles to the ht of food supplies and
has taught the fanner new and bitter
nn thuds of producing H id nes. While
I'hh shuwy, hl achievements are i rtalnly
is viilliable as Ihnse uf hs sclentlllc brnther
gteut orator; Daniel '('... , 5tu .
nlher, William Pitt, a Ihlnl. Hubert 1'eul
11 fourth all of these ran aivav from th
siiiltid nf music.
Apropos nf Pierre Lorlllmd s iepeate.1 as
sertlun that nn gentleman cm. live will nn
ti Ineome of less than "Jl, a .lav ;
expenses." 1'nlon club associate' say.
In the New York Times "Their are
today In New Y111I, t b-ast dnei,
men vvhose living expenses exceed those
'f Picric I.,,, ll aid at ih,- tltm. i
' f vears agu
Lllinpe ha had sivmil .peiidlhrlftB. nut
on the .lulal.., .lugg.ns r Little Sugm
Howl type bin f good social position
who have throw ti awav their principal and
AT L'SllN tii:it.MNY. Till: HESIDUNCK 01' DI K II KNKY TAKI3N
OMIBMKNT TO Ol'lJU.N W1L1I15LM1NA OK IIOLllANn
rthn dincoveis a new was in the spectrum of
Sinus or the absence of a stispecieil el- mrnt
n Hie cumpuslllnti nf Ablcbaraii.
William Miller llonnlshpar is ntio of the
eilticntors whose life lias been devoted tn
thu nililltlon nf knowleilne eoueernlng the
way thlims Krou nut of the ground. His
work nt the hetul nf the Kreat luwa cuIIcko
at Ames has attracted widespread attention
ami thu results he has achieved haw
hroiiKht him much credit. As an eduealoi
he has Ioiik taken nn active part In Hie
councils of the sehnnl world, and his stand
till; Is attested by the fact that lie wa
i leett'il nt Detroit In be president nf the
N'atlntinl I'Muciitlnliat association. He has
mi article In this number uf The lice Hint
will be of Kreat Inleiest as explaining what
the agricultural coIIcko nml experlmenlal
fnnn have done for the farmer.
Prof. 11 ca rdsli ear was born In Dayton. ()
on November 7, ISM). Ills boyhood was
spent on the farm. lie attemleil Otterblen
university, tnkliiK the ili-urees nf master of
arts mid doctor of laws, and also studied a'
Yab . He was president uf Western cul
l.-Ke, Toledo, la., from 1SS1 to 1S09; was
superintendent of thu Des Moines elt
schools from 1SS9 to 1MM. anil has since
WOODS A N 1 1 MIU,i:it SHWAUI) Neb
CHAMPION IIOSH COI PI-ICUS
then been president of luwa Collegu of
Mechanic Arts nml Agrlctilturu nt Amen
lie was president of the Iowa State
Teachers' association In ISO 1. anil served ns a
member of the t'nlted States Indian com
uilssii n in 1VI7 and 1S!1S
Oeurgu J. Kleffner. the newly elected
president of the ('nuial Labor union. Is a
Income at that rate within the decadu
Novv. au if to prove Hint Mr. Lorillard wan
not lar 0111 uf the way lu his estimate
comes Hie staid and conservative London
Spectator with an article published before
poor I'lerte's death, trying to show that a
man cannot posMbly live well In a good
i-oclal position on a ycarlv Income of less
-T.i. The ve-y wealthy stem to he
coining around to Lorlllard's estimate, par
ticularly lu America.
Mark Twain has taken up hU summer
home 011 the borders uf Lake Saranae In
Hit' heart nf the Adirondack mountains
l-ar from the noises of New York, within
the depths of a forest primeval, he lives
the life of a recluse. The circle of hi.
JUST AKTKIl HIS RN-
MlU'lIxt I I'.HH
0H0IH1B J KLKKK.S'KI!. l'ltllSI DI3NT
OMAHA CKNTUAL LAHOlt L'NION
native nf Omaha lie was born lu this el'y
limitary 10, 1M13 After atteiiillng the pub
'' sihnnls he Icnrned the trade nf cigar
" ik'tig and later became mi employe of tip
Willow Springs distillery. While represent
ng a union of the illstlllery workers he be
nine a charier member of Hie Umaha Cen
ral lalm- union, which was organized in
ISM) end chartered l-Vhruary :'. 1SS7. As a
neniber nf that body lie has long been a
member of the law lommlttee. which has
ilone much tn secure the passage nf laws
favnrcil by the labor unions. I'ur his vvnrk
in securing the enactment nf the free sehnnl
book Invv ami the Australian ballot law he
was made u life member nf the Central
Labor union. Since March, isss. Mr. Kleff
ner has been a letter carrier at the Omaha
pnstnlllce, carrying rutile Nn. Ill, which cov
ers that pmt of the city bounded by Twen
tieth. Twenty-fifth. California streets and
Capltnl avenue.
Interest in the volunteer fire department
and Its doing Is never displaced. Tun
much depends upon its organization and
elllclcncy In the towns which an- unable
lu support a paid dcparlnieiil. in this
way the drill uf the volunteer llreman has
become extended and some nolablu ath
letic feat b are terorded niuong the ac-
nniplishmonls at the annual tnurnainents
Then the volunteers meet tn vie lu exhibi
tions of skill, speed and strength One nf
The lice's pictures this week Is nf a cham
pion coupling team from Seward These
.voung men made the slamllng coupling lu
one ami iine-llfth secnnils. ran fifty feet
and itinde a coupling iu four mid ono-flfth
seconds, and ran Km yards and mnde a
cnnpllng lu thirteen and thiee-fotirths nce
onils. Public
society Is narrowed to the members of
his own family, consisting of his wife nnd
two grown daughters. Ho reads 110 dally
papers. Kven his mall is left stacked up
and uncalled for at the nearest postof
flce. Pcated In a little tent beside the borders
of the lake, Mnrk Twain spend, the larg
est portion of his time In work. System
atically brooking few interruptions, ho ap
plies himself from four to seven hours each
day.
After writing steadily from 10 In the
morning until 2 In the afternoon he par
takes of a luncheon in his house. The
I' tiialnder of the day Is devoted to read
ing nml recreation. At one time he will
patronl.e a hammock, which aw llH'M lie.
Ivveen two trees far back In Hie woods
t other ilmes. either necompanb d bv his
daughters or alone, he will take, a canno
rl on Lake Saranae. Very frciitetillv his
afternoon Is spent with some favorite book
v the lakeside Here, sitting on snine old
mn- grnvvn log. he will upend hour after
h'.or re.ullng tit times. nt others gazing
i" rtvirie out over the waters of the lake
"r Ins dinner at fi o'clock he sits nn
hi- vr.inda till bedtime about 10 o'cln-k
Pointed Paragraphs
It.'bdt nee Is to the mind what tust Is to
iron
'harltv nnd bookbinders rover a inultl
a b of faults.
Ti.th are like verlio regular Irregular
ld defect ive.
Dcllbrrate long before doing what It Is
impossible to undo.
Most men get married before they are old
ti'Miuh to know better.
Tell n boy to do ns he plcnses nnd he will
I" it without n murmur.
If a girl Is really displeased with a man
he 'b i sn't tell him fo.
Probably the mnn whose wife owns n ptu:
b-K has the sympathy of the dog.
The amateur pickpocket Is nlwn.vs walling
t r nn opportunity to get his hand in.
Voung widows, like Iiulustrluus gardeners
ire anxious to get rbl of their weeds.
The woman who dm washing by the dav
is willing to hang nut almost anywhere.
If a husband and wife aru unable to go
aa for the summer they can start a iiur.
nl at home and have a little outing.
There Is one redeeming feature about .1
li'ldlng bed even the most timid female
doesn't have to look under It before retlr-