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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1903)
THE ILLUSTKATED DEE. The Illustrated Ble. Published W-ek!y by Tht Be Publishing Company, Lieu Building. Omaha, Neb. Price, 5c Per Copy TVr Year. I2.W. Entered at h Omaha Po:oIHce as Second Class Mall Matter. For Advertising Rates Address Publisher. Communications relating to pnoiogrsyha o? articles for publication should ba ad dressed, "Kdllor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha." Pen and Picture Pointers w YOMINU'S resources lire varied and extensive, but like most new states, are being but slowly de veloped. This does not mean that much progress ha not teen ma Jc, for thiit would bo untrue. Tin- stale hi been thoroughly explor"d by sclentlllu ex perts, until Its capnbllltles are wc.l undcr tood, and the enterprising p oplo who hiva made their homes and taken up their life work thtiro have reaped the golden reward of their fHlth In the commonwealth, but tho advance made, Is no small In comparison with the possibilities of the state that It seems Insignificant alongside of wl'at might be, nnd In time undoubtedly will be. At fthcridan recently the annual Industrial ex bibltion of tho s"atn was held and attracted much atteuUon. ebb-fly because of the ex cellence of the exhibit and the s'.iowlDg tnado for the state. Not the least Impor tant In the list of classified exhibits was Hint of the Wyoming experimental station, tho Kovcrnnunt entablishmi nt for proving the capabilities of the noil. This show of what can be done In the way of agriculture in a. country where grazing litis been the chief reliance of the people was a surprise even to the old residents of Wyoming. Sheridan ugiln proved a worthy host to tho tniny people who cuntr. gated there t0 attend the festival and look ovur the ex position's features. $- Recently The Illustrated Bee contained a picture of the handsome new Pr. sbyterl in church dedicated at Scott's Itluff, Neb. By some Inadvcnture it wjs referred to as br-tng located at Oering. Thin mi.take has caused the people of Scott's Bluff, the new center of commercial activity of Hcotfs ISIuff county, some annoyance, a matter The Hce regrets and this correction fa made to set It right as far as possible. One of the most Interesting features of the Ak-Har-Ben festivities Is the forms! crowning nf the king on the night of the grand ball nt the den. This ceremony Is attended with more or less of the formali ties incident to tho crowning of a genuine monarch, but modified to a degree that makes It more acceptable If not quite so stately. One of the Incidents of the cere mony this year that gave delight to the great and fashionable assemblage there present was the presentation of the crown to hla gracious majesty. Ak-8ar-t!en IX. by tho winsome page who had been selected to perform that Important function. Little MIrm Harriet Nina Metx was chest-u for the. part, and in her costume well merited tho remark passed by ono who paw her, "She looks as if she hud Ftepped right out of a fairy story." She was certainly Im pressed with the honor that hart come to her, and the prlvlltge of handing the golden emblem of regal authority to her father. Mr. Fred Mel, but this did not in any de gree detract from her childish grace urid beauty. Tha republican candidates for district Judgo In the Fourth Judicial district, which Includes Douglas, Washington, Burt nnd Karpy counties, are men who stand high In their proefstion nnd among their fellow citizen. Three of them Judges Baxter, Day and Kptelle ore now on the bench nnd are asking for re-election. The other fojr Messrs. Itrdlik, Sears, Sutton and Troup have long Ucn known as among the lead ing practitioner. of the district, and have been successful in the conduct of their private business. They were selected by the nominating convention because of their fitness for the position to which they have been nominated, and are put forward by th republican party In ccnlidence of their ability and capacity, and with the full be lief that they will be elected. The club women of Fremont are for a second time enjoying an enviable promi nence for their entertainment of the Ne braska Federation of Women's Clubs, the ninth annual convention that mot there Oc tober 6, 7 and 8 having been the largest that has yet been held and ono of the most October 25, VM?,. profitable. For this success It Is generally conceded that tho women of the hostess city are largely responsible, for the well laid plans for the convention were executed without a tingle flaw to mar the Ftnooth ii'ks of the meeting-. Two hundred and twenty-nine delegates, officers and commit tee members and about fifty other visiting women wt re entertained in the homes or the hotels of Fremont, and In addition to this exceptional provision was made for their comfort and convenience by tho en tertainment committee under the chairman ship of Mrs. J. V. Richards. Mrs. V. IE. Cli mmons, as president of the local clab, with Mrs. C. C. MeNlsh, Mis Daisy Spb k nrrt. Mrs. R. K. Benjamin, Miss Nanette McCarn, Mr. Meta Knox Hollcnheck, Mrs. 1. V. Stephens, Mrs. Hose McUivirn and Mrs. C. O. Ivt-akc, assisted by a score of other prominent women, constituted the committee In charge, and if anything was left undone for the entertainment of the Federation It was not of sufficient conse quence to be noticeable. Five generations of the family of Clark recently had a picture taken by a photog rapher of thfir home town, St. Paul. Neb. The group is of some Interest, not only from the age, but for the youthful appear ance of each. The great-great-grandmother is Mrs. Margaret A. Clark, aged it; the great-grandfather Is John I,. Clark, aged C5; the grandmother Is Mis. J. A. Wilfer (born Clark), aged 40; the mother is Mrs. J. W. Mi Claim, (born Wilfer), aged IS, and the baby that complete! the list is Hazel McCann, now 2 months old. Episodes and Incidents in Lives of Noted People lH. ACKKRMAN, state superin tendent of public Instruction In Orogun, urges that the elements of scientific farming be taught In nubile schools. ll does not con template thorough agricultural training, but rather that pupils be taught such facts and principles as should bo understood by everyone living In an agricultural country. He believes that In time such instruction will becomo general, and that teachers will be prepnrcd for the work. Lord Alverstone, who presided over the deliberations of the Alaska boundary com mission, once charged a wealthy client T,noo for a few pages of typewritten ad Vice. Tho client ventured to suggest that this was rather a high price for half a day's work. "It's not half a day's work," Bull hla lordship. "It ifl part of my whole education. All my years at the tomple, all the years I have practiced, all tho years of my experience. It la half a day out of tho heart of my life." Blr Frederick Pollock, who Is on a visit to this country, la corpus professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford university and oc cupies a distinguished position In the Eng lish legal profession. He has been exam iner or law at Cambridge, and has written many text-books, among them volumoa on torts, contracts, partnerships and Jurispru dence and ethics. Ho also boa written a life of Bplnosa. Sir Frederick was born in 1X45 and was educated at Kton and at Trin ity college, Cambridge, and In 1ST1 was called to the bur of Lincoln's Inn. His grandfather was chief baron of the court of exchequer. Sir Frederick has visited tha United States several times. It Is snld that If ever a man had a son after Ms own pattern that man Is John I). Rockefeller. The Junior John Is a chip off the old block accessible, with pleajuuit manner, hard worker and sphynxllke In everything he does. He holds his father In great respect In reverence. In fact. He has the same church creed. He maintains and conducts a large Bible class with sin cerity and a good deal of seal. He keeps himself Informed of the management of the great Rockefe.icr Interests, benefac tions and all. He Is a man of the same simple tastes and quiet life and of few diversions. Yachts and great social dis playhe has none of them. He Is the hcir prcsumptlve who is most seriously train ing himself for his great responsibilities and duties. Congressman Powers tells this story about Senators Blackburn and Fairbanks and Becretary of the Treasury Shaw. When the latter first went to Washington Senator Blackburn bad aome business with the sec retary, and while in the office met Senator Fairbanks. After the business was con cluded Senator Blackburn invited the other two out to have a libation, and they ac cepted. All hands lined up against the bar. Turning to Secretary Bhaw, Senator Black bum said: "What will you have, Mr. Becretary T' "Well, I guess I'll have a glass of lemonade," was the reply. The gentleman from Kentucky then turned to Senator Fairbanks and said, "And what will you have, senator?" "I'll have a glass of Moxle," was the reply. The bartender leaned over the counter and said to Sena tor Blackburn, "And what's yours, sena tor?" "Oh," said the senator from the Blue Grass state; "I guess I'll have a piece of squash pie." call on the great Russian. Ieave was granted on condition that Tolstoi, who was quite weak from illness, should not be troubled with talk. One woman visitor could not restrain her conversational pro penalty, but said In gushing tones: "I.eo Tolstoi, all your noble writings have in fluenced my life, but the one which taught me most was " Here she forgot the name of the booh, and Tolstoi asked insinuat ingly: "Was It 'The Dead Souls'?" "Yes, yes." was the eager reply. "Ah," observed Tolstoi, "Gogol wrote that book, not I." $ It Is In reviewing the history of a man like General V. 8. Grant that the conviction grows that planning one's future is a foolish waste of time. Grant did not plan his fu ture except In a most limited degree, and what he did plan he planned wrong. This Is made the m re striking In Dr. Taussig's account of his recollection of Grant, read before the Historical society of St. Louis. Dr. Taussig says that in 1859 Grant applied for tho position of road superintendent, for which service to the public a salary of H.IOO was then paid. Dr. Taussig was a member of the county court, and aince Grant was then residing with the Dents, who were ad herents of the confederate cause, he suc cessfully opposed giving him the place. Some years afterward Grant thanked Dr. Taussig for his rejection. When Tolstoi was in the Crimea recently a rich American arrived in his yacht with a party of friends and asked permission to J. G. A. Lcishman, the American ambas sador to Turkey, is now a millionaire, but in childhood he was an inmate of an orphan asylum in Pittsburg. It was Mr. Irishman's ready wit and pluck, Joined to Industry, that caused him to rise In life. There Is a Story of his youth that exemplifies his power of making the beet of an awkward situation. He was driving along a narrow country road. Suddenly he saw another team approaching from the opposite direc tion. For Mr. I.elshman to turn out would have meant the sinking of his carriage to the hubs in the mud of a ditch, but the other team could have turned out without Inconvenience. The driver of the other rig, however, showed no desire to turn out. Ho was a fat man. ond he and Mr. I.elshman approached each other till the nosfs of their horses touched. Kucli, It was plain, was determined not to turn out. They stopped, face to face, and for a. while glared at each other in silence. Finally the fat man lighted n cigar, crossed his legs and began to puff comfortably away. Mr. Irishman took out a pipe end smoked In turn. Then tho fat man took a newspaper from under the seat and began to read. Kvidently, Mr. I.elshman reasoned, this was to be a contest of patient walling (and at patient waiting he was not good or else it was to be a contest that would bo decided by a coup of some sort. To accomplish a coup be made up his mind to break the silence, end between the puffs he said: "When you're through with that paper I'd like to look at it, if you don't mind." This remark caused the fat man to laugh. Ho polofized to the other for his churlishness, drew hln carriage out so that Mr. Irish man's could pass, and the two parted good friends. William M. K. Oleott told the other day a story of the days when he was district attorney of New York. Mr. Oleott had asked a young South Carolina lawyer liv ing In the city to be one of his assistants and by way of celerVrating his acceptance asked the young man to dine with him and afterward see Irving play "Othello." After the play Mr. Oleott asked his guest what he thought of the performance. "It was a fine show," replied tho young man ap preciatively, "a mighty fine show! But I don't see but the coon did as well as any of 'em." Gleanings From the Story Tellers' Pack VlinnW CiRVl'lltf n Ihmuian. I lng of the autumn conference of I t b A Irnn nnil tttal 1nMtttllt at Barrow-ln-Furness, England, told an Odd little story from his vast collection of Scottish anecdotes. "A Scot," he said, "was unhappy because he hed lost his money. Ho borrowed a loaded gun and with a despirate look started toward a dismal fen. The owner of tho gun, a little anxious, bawled after him to know if he was going to commit suicide. Ho bawled back: "'No Just that. I'm tnly tblnkln' o gangin' doun to the fens to gle mysel' a confounded frlcht.' " Telephone mistakes may have - their serious sides, said a Wall street man, quoted by tho New York Sun. A broker who wanted to communicate with another named Jones looked In the directory nnd then colled up a number. Presently came through the receiver a soft feminine Hello!" and he asktd, "Who is that?" "This Is Mrs. Jones." "Have you any Idea where your husband Ut ile coutdn't understand why she 'Yang off" bo sharply until he looked in the book again and discovered he had called up tho residence of a widow. This story of Uncoln la told in William E. Curtis' new biography: One day a mer chant visited tho White House and Bent up bis card among a quantity of others from eager office seekers, t'nder his name he had written: "Holds no office, and wants none." "Show him up at once," directed Uncoln, "he's a curiosity." The merchant passed the long line of suppliants and had a delightful talk with the most harassed man in the country. $ The fact that America is a very big coun try never strikes one so forcibly as when he has traveled a couple of thousand miles due west, and still finds the prairie stretching out before him. A young member of the British nobility was over here recently, ac companied by his Inevitable valet, James, relates the Washington Times. They saw numerous seaboard cities, tar ried for a time in Pittsburg, In Chicago, in Bt. IjuIs, and in Kansas City, and then struck out Into the great west. Somewhere near the edge of Colorado the train was de layed at a small station, and the passengers got out to stretch their legs, among them his lordship and James, who seemed In a brown study. "What's the matter?" asked his master. "I was Just thlnkln", my lord," said James, "that Columbus didn't do such a bloomln' big thing when discovered this ere country. Imfter halls said and done. 'Ow could 'e 'elp It?" When Frank 11. Clegue. promoter of the Iake Superior Consolidated company, was a little boy In Maine, playing about the lumber wharves In Bangor, reports the New York Times, he gave promise of his ability at financiering, bis old neighbors say, and that without investing any of his own capital. A circus was coming to town and the embryo promoter was hard put for the price of a ticket. Then he had an inspiration. All the water which came to the circus grounds was brought through a wooden tunntl from far up the hill. Its source was an old spring, seldom visited and hard of access. Frank waited until the morning parade was over and the circus help were hungry for their mid-day meal. Then he mounted the hillside and inserted a wooden plug In the tunnel. By tho time he had reached the grounds ho found everything ripe for a strike The water had ceased to run. "Say, mister; gimme a ticket, and 111 fix It for you," he offered. "Fix It, and you con have half a dozen," cried the manager. Inside of ten minutes the plug was re moved and the horses were drinking their fill. And the boy Frank took live bosom friends to the show. General Chaffee, during the late military maneuvers In Maine, went around tho camp Inspecting things privately. "I say," he queried of a mournful look ing sentry at Fort Level t one foggy morning, "how are they feeding you?" "Pretty poor. I can tell you," grumbled the sentry, who lelonged to u Maine Na tional Guard regiment. "You don't really mean that?" Inquirtd the general solicitously. "Why, what are they giving you?" "Wal." drawled the down raster, sadly, "the other moinln' they served us a ration o' prunes. There is forty on us and we Just counted them prunes there was eighty three." "Tbe deuce you say!" exclaimed the gen eral, with apparent surprise, "why that's more than two prunes apiece. That's luxury!" With this he departed, chuckling merrily. Later he climbed Into a shack where a darky was cooking the rations of a com pany. "Morning, cook," said he pleasantly. "How do you like cooking? Do your men treat you nice?" "Pnrty good, sah," murmured the as tonished darky. "Don't complain at the food or swear at you?" "Xo. sah," was the deferential answer. "I tell you what It Is, you must be a boss crok; that's tho reason. " "No. sah," was tho smooth answer. "Fact is, I Just come, sir; they run tha lat i;ook out of camp this mawnln', sah." Out In one of the border towns of Arizona a case was In progress, one of the lawyers being an eastern man who was new to tho country. "WTl you charge th Jury, your honor V he asked, when the evidence had been sub mitted. "Oh, no; I guess not," repliej the Judgo. "I never charge them anything. They don't know much, anyway, and I let 'em have all they can make."