The Omaha Illustrated Bee
NUMBER 292.
fcntered Second Class at Omaha Fostofflce Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Co. Subscription, ?2.50 Ter Year.
JAXtWliY 15, 1003.
Recent Progress
in the
No w President ol Nebraska Bar Association
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Maalclpal Electric LJsht Owtrriklp.
HE Municipal Journal and En-
Field
gineer report that th city of llgible form at the, other end. To mum
Detroit, Mich., after owning Its pilch this two telephones are used at the
own electric light plant for nine receiving atation. the system requiring the
years, has proved that municipal use of a telephonic circuit' of practically
ownership of electric lighting system is a
success. Where formerly the city paid a
private corporation $1M per arc light per
year, the yearly cost per arc light now is
.1.66, or more than SO per rent less.
In the plant there are seven double-deck
tubular boilers of the C. C. Peck design. In
the boiler house. Each boiler contains
3,000 square feet of heating surface and Is
equipped with the llawley half down draft
furnace and Huppu'a live steam purifier
and Worthington water meter. Five of
the boilers are in constant use. The other
two are held In reserve. Each six weeks
the boilers are changed. When a boiler
goes out of commission it is given a com
plete overhauling and cleaning. One of
the resei vc boilers takes lis place. The
plant Is so situated that a switch has been
laid and the coal can be unloaded directly
from the cars try the bins. A track scale
lias been put In and all coal that is bought
Is weighed on It.
The arc lighting plant contains four
triple-expansion mariuo type engines, 200
revolutions por minute, ltW pounds steam
pressure. To each engine are connected
four fifty-kilowatt, four-pole. Western
Electric company arc dynamos. This plant
at present supplies electrclty to 2,597 arc
lamps.
A unique feature about the street light
ing of Detroit la what la called the tower
Fy-Klem. Several arc lights are placed oil
a skeleton-like tower. The towers range
In height from 100 feet to 166 feet. The
majority, however, are 1E0 feet high. Some
of these towers have six arc lamps at the
top.
All of the wires of the lighting system
within a half mile circle, and a greater
portion of them within a mile circle, are
underground.
Something? la Electric Locomotives.
A tireless and waterless locomotive, now
under construction for the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company, will, if it cornea
up to the expectation of Its designers, revo
lutionize present systems of traffic. In
one respect, reports the San Francisco
Chronicle, It copies a type that has not
hitherto been successful. It Is run by
electricity generated by an engine that
is transported by the locomotive. In pre
vious attempt along this line steam en
gines have been used, but In the present
attempt a new departure la made by en-
ploying the nonexplosive type of Internal
combustion known as the Diesel engine.
Ita builders say It would be able, pro
vided a clear track could be obtained, to
haul a 2.000-ton train from New York to
San Francisco without a single stop. Thar
would be no need of delays for fuel or
water, for the locomotive can carry enough
fuel -for the Journey of 8,000 miles, and it
needs no water for steam. Theoretically
all this has been figured out to a mathe
matical certainty. What remains now is
a practical demonstration. A speed ef from
100 to 120 miles an hour Is expected on the
trial run. With this new locomotive there
Is no trolley and no third rail, ana the
application of power Is continuous.
Weight la a Great Obstacle.
If the steam locomotive could be mad
more compact, greater power could be ob
tained, but, on the other hand, the weight
would be so concentrated that there Is not
a curve in the roadbed or a bridge on the
line that could stand the strain.
The Internal combustion engine, which
will be used to generate the electriolty that
operates the motors, though carried along
with th train, does net Itself operau'th
drivera Its action la sn what Is known
as the four-stroke cycle. There Is a com
pressed air reservoir, from which th power
is obtained for starting. This gives th
piston Its first stroke when It takes In air
air alone at atmospheric pressure and tern-
perature. The second stroke compresses scripUons for a charity recently experienced
this air to a high pressure and to a tem- considerable difficulty' in gutting th towns
perature of about 1.000 Farenheit. The third men t0 contribute.
stroke. a7 this rK.lnt o"l T. .prayed Into
this hot Incandescent air. The amount of
oil that Is sprayed In Is regulated by gov
ern' rs. . During the first part of this stroke
th combustion of this oil Is carried on at
a constant pressure for a period which Is
regulated by the amount of oil sprayed in.
The second part of the stroke Is practically
an expansion without transference of heat.
The fourth strok exhausts th gases.
Tha only fuel used la th erude oil that
cost, from I to I cents a gallon. The oo.t
pur horse power hour Is said to be lea
than half that for steam.
Forty Thoa.aad Words a Mlaat.
The latest marvel la telegraphy, an in
strument that oaa transmit massages at
th rat of 40,009 words a minute, and da-
liver them at th. other end of th wlr
written out In plain schoolboy handwriting.
was exhibited in London recently.
The fastest telegmphlo apparatus at
present in use la the Wheatstone, which
transmits messages at 200 to HO words a
minute. But by the Wheatstone system
telegrams are transmitted In Morse tele
graphto characters and hav to be tran
scribed Into plain writing by a staff of tel
e.'irrphers at the receiving station. This
iatest Instrument, the Invention of two
Hungarians. Mr. Anton Pollak and Mr.
Jiixanf Vlrair. and called the Pollak-Vlraar
rapid teleureph. not only vastly increase.
the speed of transmission, but reproduce.
the messages at th receiving station writ-
ten In ordinary handwrlfng.
It seems sufficiently marvelous, says th
london Standard, that an Instrument
should be devised that can mechanically In-
scribe script at some sOO words a minute
when th avercge fast penman cannot writ
much more than thirty to thirty-five a
minute. The system la, of course, extremely
tuchnlcal, but can perhaps be roughly de
scribed as follows:
Message Wrlttea la Perforatloaa.
The message to be transmitted over th
wl. 1. drat prepared on a perforating ap-
tuiratus. This apparatus Is very much like
an ordinary typewriter, and Is operated at
about the same Bpeed. It convert, the mes-
uge Into perforation, on a .trip of paper,
rteolvlug it Inta two sets of components.
the vertical and th horisontal, this being
necessary for tha reason that the electrical
current, can only , lrnmrt single oornpo-
nei.ts. Th hole, are varied to correspond
wltli th varied form ot letters. These cum-
ponenta can, of course, be sent ever a tele-
Electricity
irraph wire at an Incredible ppeed. The
difficulty la in reproducing them In intel-
two wires.
Tne varying currents generate vibrations
,n lhe respective telephonic receivers, and
the motions vertical and horizontal respec
tively are communicated to a single mirror
In such a manner that one pet of compo
nents causes vertical movements of the
mirror and the other set horizontal move
ments. A ray of light Is directed on to the
mirror from an incandescent electric tamp
and la reflected from the mirror through
lenses on to a slip of sensitized photo
graphic paper. The two motions of the
mirror are sufficient to form all tho char
acters of handwriting, but, of course. If
made slowly the characters would be angu
lar. Hut the mirror moves only to the ex
tent of about one-hundredth part of a mil
limeter, while the exposure of the paper
is no more than the thousandth part of a
second, so that the enormous rapidity of
the currents and the movements make
the characters practically round. So fast
does the mirror move that when the work-
lng parts were exposed observers could
barely discern more than a flash of light,
but the sensitized paper showed the mo
mentary flash resolved Into a line of the
plainest handwriting.
Where Saving; Is Effected.
The great saving over present systems
lies in the speed of transmission and In
the fact that no staff of trained telegraph
ists' is required at the receiving end to
transcribe tho messages. They come out
on a slip some four inches' wide in plain
handwriting. The mechanism by which the
pen of light is made to move from line to
line Is extremely simple, electrically, and
yet far too complex to describe In small
space. Indeed, the simplicity of the In
vention Is its most marvelous feature.
Its extreme Quickness would seem to be
tho greatest hindrance to its general use
a strange paradox in this rapid age. Tha
Hungarian authorities reported enthusias
tically on the merits of the system, but
complained that there were no two offices
In the country which had between them a
sufficient traffic to furnish enough work,
even during a short time, to Justify an in
stallation. The proprietors hope that In
this country, which uses telegraphy on
vu"1 "tu,B' anCT wnera newspapers
wt 62 cent of tna telegraph messages
1 10 wnole Kingdom, a use may be found
for their system.
Some Tersely Told Tales Both Grim
Mkcd the Prompter Best.
VERYONH will admit that ama
teur theatricals, even the best of
them, are a good deal of a bore
to a disinterested spectator. It
was th late Colonel Thomas Ochiltree who
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meo and Juliet."
At the close of th performance the host
ess persisted in asking him to tell which
one of tha performers he liked beat. Fi
nally the colonel said:
"Well, madam, if you will have a reply,
1 ,lked the prompter best, because I heard
the most of him and saw the least of him."
New York Herald.
Credit.
In a certain town of Connecticut a deacon
f the church charged with soliciting iub-
Uelhbor -COB
said:
"Oh, com. Richard; do give something."
"Sorry, deacon," answered Richard, "but
Z don't see how I can."
"Why nott Isn't the cause a good one?"
"Oh, yes; the cause is good enough, but
I owe too much money." '
"But, Richard, qu owe God a larger
debt than anyone else."
"That's true, too," drawled Richard, "but
't Ptuhln1 me."-Iiarpr's Wotkly.
A Haiao.
At a club banquet in Kansas City some
time ago Congressman Tarsney responded
to th toast, "The Ladies of Missouri." He
waa eloquent He told how th ros bad
been robbed of Its color to form the Mis-
aoflH womuQ., He put th8 dttma,k of
tha cherry upon her cheeks. He tore the
stars from the skies to make lhe light of
her eye. He reached the topmost pinnacle
of praise and adulation. a Then the Kansas
man who was to respond to the toast, "The
Ladle, of Kansas," rose aaid said, with a
alight drawl: "The women of Kansas are
all that and then jmt."
It was a "raise" something like that made
by an American colored gentleman who by
some hocuspocua had got Into a poker game
In a London club. His vis-a-vis, an Kng-
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uaonlan pjcaeu up iniee Kings and a pair
of deucta and Ba,(3; r rajBe th- ona
p0lui : The colore, entlemjln plcKed
four HU eya, almo,t frQm
had. He said, stammerlngly : "I dun'
know muuh about d ,y,tem of wel hu
metLrt, ,n hlB ntah countryi Dut ,.
agwln. , raUe yuu .wn!"Kansa. City
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Tha Jodge Took a Hand.
Senator Perkins of California tells a
atory of a scene In a court room on the
coast, where a man arrested for robbery ve
hemently aaserud his innocence even after
bo huJ en convicted by a Jury. "May th
Almighty strike me dead on thU spot if I
"" not Innocent!" be shouted. Th Judge
wa"d" 'or a minute or two. Then he said:
"Well, prisoner, aa Providence has not In-
terfered, I will take a hand and sentence
y to three years at hard labor."
Distressing.
Mra' Hetty Green, the noted financier,
wa. talking about tho vicissitudes of Uouse-
keeping. '
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aid, "as distressing and horrible as any
that occur In the world of finance.
"A woman of Bellow. Fait nva & nui-tv
last year. Pie was served at the party, ap-
pie pie with the. crust very prettily orna-
mented.
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"Mary.1 she sold, this crust looks very
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With your false teeth mum.' the cook
answered. -San Antonio Express.
Not to Be Trifled With.
Representative Dlnsmore of Arkansas
tells of a rural Justice of the peace in that
state who was approached by a man -desiring
a divorce. The Justice was In a quan
dary. Calling the bailiff to his side h whis
pered: "What's the law on this p'lnt?"
"You can't do It," was the. reply. "It's
out of your Jurisdiction."
The husband, observing the consultation
between th two officials, anxiously Inter-
Jected: "I'm willin' to pay well; got AH.
money right here In this sock I"
At this th Justice assumed his gravest
judicial air.
Adjusting his spectacles, he
said:
"You know'd before you came here that
'twarnt for me to separate husband and
wife; and yet you not only take up the val
uable time of this here court with vo taJkln'
but you actually perpos to bribe me with
money! Now, how much have you got In
that sock?"
" 'Bout J8.60, yo honahP
"All right. Then I fin you IS for bribery
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Standing, from Left to Rlsrht J. P. Rltter,
Omaha; C. V. Van ZyL Hosoer. Ia:
BitUng. from jttt to Right A, Spooner, Mondamln. la.; T. G. Wiles. Cherokee,
Treasurer; P. A. Weils. South Omaha. Attorney.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA
. JV'ST CLOSED IN OMA.HA.-1'hoto by a Staff Artist.
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and U.B0 for takin' up my time with a case
outer my Jurisdiction, and may the Lord
h, v. n,.re vne i"rniiira
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The Prisoner Was There.
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guilt when apprehended, but at the trial his
youthful counsel defended him with great
obstinacy and unnecessary brilliancy.
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the Jury with a benevolent smile, "the prls-
oner says he is guilty. His counsel says ho
not- Tou must decided between them.
Then, after an effective pause, the Judge
added: "There Is one thing to remember,
gentlemen, the prisoner was there and his
counsel wasn't." Green Bag.
The Sinews of War.
Major General Corbin tells the following
with reference to a member of the militia of
a northern state taking part In the recent
maneuver, at Munansai.: Th. nrrta
was one day making heroic efforts to get
away with his first ration of army beef. A
fellow soldier walking near him stopped to
watch, with some amusement, the attempt
of the northerner to masticate the meat.
"What's th matter, BUI?" asked he. "Oh,
sullen reply ' Then'
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nothln much, was the
disgustedly regarding
that he held In his hand, the Yankee added:
"Now I know what people mean when they
talk gbout th sinews of war." New York
Tribune,
Traly Loyal.
Edward Sverett Hals, the chaplain of the
senate, is chuckling ovtr ths grind he has
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Ireton, Ia.;J. O. North, Essex. Ia; B. II. Freeland. Onawa, la; A. F. Morris, Hartangton. Neb.;
C. G. Powers. Wivnc. Nb.: L. P. Bv.ri. Valley. Neb.
on a certain New England senator whom
he will not name.
Some time ago the chaplain went to this
senator and said: "I have never neara mat
you are a member of the church'
"Oh, yes," the senator replied, putting out
proudly, "I am a member of Old Plymoutn
church."
"I am glad to hear It." rejoined the chap-
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Tw0 or thre day8 later tthe chaplain
Went to the senator again and said: "By
the 8enator j haye IooW up
th- record9 o( old Plymouth church and
finH ,t hnrnert eighteen veara azo and
na3 never been rebuilt."
Very true." replied the senator, calmly,
"I belonged there twenty years ago and looking at It he waa astonished to see a 0f Empress Frederick, the German em
dld not let a mere fire disturb my member- big muskellunge start from the east shore perer's mother. Th American ambassa
shlp." New York World. nd, acting fr all the world like a tug dor naa mentioned a certain pathetlo plO
$ bucking heavy Ice, break Its way to the tura or George IIL to the king's great
other shore. Reaching that, the big fish, granddaughter, and In talking of the long
Degenerate, which, according to Miller, must have tndai bitter feeling between th United
One day In the cloak room of the senate, , weighed seventy-five pounds, started back, states and Great Britain, he said:- "it ia
apropos of a discussion whether, from an
Intellectual standpoint, statesmen of the
Presenl ra" Delow lne "
of tha Paat' one ot 010 toM'th.
following story:
"There lived In Lee county, Kentucky, a
local sage by the name of Jesse Cole. Jesse
entertained the notion that the present day
'De lawyer was not to be .compared
Willi Lilt; Jul into i ,no vm uas.
"One day as he was entering, the court-
house at Beattyvllle he noticed a group of
lawyers who were discussing the points of
a case that was to come up that day. Cole,
disgusted by their conversation, stepped up
to them, and said:
uvnuexnen, tinny or xorcy year, asu
th lawyer in this state were men great,
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IMPLEMENT AND VEllTCm PEALERS' ASSOCIATION. ELECTED AT SESSION
Gossip and Stories
About
Prominent People
ALI'H V. BRECKENB1POE. who
on January of thin year was
elected president of the Nehrask.
Stale Mar association, was born
at Carlisle O.. In He Is not'
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of the smithern family of the same name.
but behind him are several generations of
New England Yankees. Mr. Hreckenridge
became a resident of Iowa at the early age
of 5 yesrn. and In that commonwealth of
great educational n pute received his
m hno'.ing In the common schools. He found
the training thus acquired an ample founda-
tlon on which to build his later and more
mature learning. After leaving school Mr.
Breckenrldge read law under the direction
of his father, who Is also a lawyer, and
was admitted to the bar In April, ISM. In
August of the same yewr he came to
Omaha, with the one intention, an he says,
of making himself a 'lawyer. That he han
succeeded his brethren of the legal profes-
slon have borne high testimony. He was
for four years a member of the executive
committee of the state bar association be
fore being elevated to the presidency.
Insurance law has been made something
of a specialty by Mr. Breckenrldge, and to
such good purpose that he Is known as one
of the best posted men In the west In that
very Important branch of latter-day prac-
tlce. Ills Ideas, as presented In papers
read before various gatherings of Insurance
experts, have attracted such attention by
thelr wisdom and originality that Mr.
Breckenrldge has Just been honored with
the chairmanship of the committee on In-
surance of the American Bar association.
It was largely through his Instrumentality
that the committee was created, at.d he
was selected as the man best equipped to
inaugurate the new departure. Under
writers and lawyers alike have had many
kind things to nay of the appointment and
of the work heretofore done by the chair-
man. Tne cnaracier or me men on nw
committee of which Mr,, Breckenrldge is
chairman is of the very highest. The mem
bers are Burton Smith of Atlanta, Ga., a
brother of Hon. Hoke Smith; Alfred
Hemenway of Boston, a law partner of
former Scretary of the Navy John P. l,ong,
R. A. Mercur of Towanda, Pa., a son of the
former chief Justice of the Pennsylvania su
premo court, and W. R. Vance of Char
lottesville. Va., author of several textbooks
on Insurance law.
To Initiate a movement looking to fed
eral supervision of Insurance Is one of
the objects of the new committee. They
will also worK tor ine aaopuon ui biuu
ard fire Insurance policy by the several
states, and for greater uniformity In taxa
tion, with special reference to taxes,on
gross premiums. In another branch of
Insurance law, that relating to the liabil
ity of employers, Mr. Breckenrldge Is con-
and Gay
big, Immense men, wearing fur hats as big
as bushel baskets. But now, gentlemen. 1
honestly believe that a fellow could with-
oui me ieai uiiucuuy um miuiu iu
over the head ot one ot you!' " Har
pers weeaiy.
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Bl Fish as Ice Breakers.
What kas been regarded as a peculiar
nhennmenon of nature at Woodruff. Wis., ia
Ivnlalned Ever since Rica lake was frozen
explained, isver since nice lane waa irozen
over It has been noticed that a narrow
channei was always open at the entrance
to that thoroughfare leading Into Alder
lake.
Tom Miller noticed that a thin coating
of Ice had formed during the night. While
trimming up the rough edges of the chan-
nel.
Mr. Miner says u was me most remara-
able sight he ever witnessed.
Bare Thing.
Mexican photographers have hit upon
way to make their subjects "look pleasant.'
After peering through th apparatus and
VHim lll. liuiii uuuci uiq ui.Lft viuiu inn
photographer says, "By the way, would you
like a drink?" "Well, I don't mind," says
the man with a pleased smile. "What have
you got?" "Beer, whisky and wine." says
the photographer, and Jhen, before th
man can say which he'll have, the camero
buh i uuiy. aub caicbciwu vi mm
photograph is always "life-like.'
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eldered one of the authorities In the weet.
Mr. Breckenrldge confesses that never
but onoe did the political wind touch his
sails, and then he tacked and dodged It.
He Is a member of the Omaha club, but
Is not a devotee of club life. He has an
Inborn love for the sport that blessed old
Isaak Walton wrote of so lovingly and
with such comforting philosophy, and as
a member of the Dome Iak club spends
his summers at the rendezvous of that or-
ganlzatlon in the enjoyment of all thing
that lawyers do not have time to enjoy
when actively and faithfully praotlclnr
their profession. Mr. Breckenrldge haa
recently been appointed professor of In-
surunce law In Crelghton university and
will dilivtr the lectures In Uiat course
as soon as it Is inaugurated. He Is a
member of the firm of Greene, BreckVn-
ridge & KInsler, In the New York Life
building,
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An Agreeable rprlae.
Ex-Congressman Robert V. Taylor of
Ohio wass the recipient of an unexpected
New Year's gift. His friends had been
pressing him for the federal Judgeship in
Ohio made vacant by the resignation of
Judge wing, but Tayler know nothing or It.
He was In Washington in connection With
the Smoot case and on New Tear's day
called at the white house to greet the presl-
dent. Mr. Roosevelt Is fond ef doing un-
expected things, so after the usual cour-
testes had been exchanged he said ab-
ruptly: "By the way, I am going to change
your title from ex-congressman In a few
days and make It Judge Tayler."
A M of Destlay.
"If ever a man waa a living proof that
our fates are predestined," said a min-
ing man from Mexico, quoted by the New
York Sun, "It Is President DiaA
"He waa born at 11 o'clock at night on
September IB. That is the anniversary
moment ef Mexican Independence, al
though September M is celebrated as the
national holiday.
"The revolutionary conspirators had
agreed on September It for the outbreak
and were to open the ball at the ringing
of a bell on the plasa In Guanajuato. But
Hidalgo, the Mexican Washington, learned
that their plans were known, so he rang
the bell and started things going at 11
o'clock on September 16. 1
"That was in 1UA. iMas was born Sep-
teraDer 16 18J0
"That la a matter of common knowl
edge and superstition In Mexloo. What
la not generally known Is that every one
of his many children, legitimate and Ille
gitimate, was born either on September
15 or on the anniversary of one of his
big military or political victories. I have
it from a member of the Dioa household
that there la not a single exception to this
rule.
"Every year on September IE the people
gather on the plaza In the City of Mexico.
Dlas comes out on a balcony above them
sharply at 11 and rings the Old Mexican
IndeDendence bell, which has been brought
up & the capital. Thut Is the signal for
beginning the independence celebration.
"Tjiag, you know, considers himself a
man 0r destiny, mis lire nas oeen one will
fight against enemies, Intrigues, secret
plots, open rebellion.
"He has beaten them all and established
a fQoi government where there had been
only tyranny or cnaos foY 300 years. They
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u , believing that be Is under a lucky
and tnat he take, thM Colncldenc.
f n mark f neavenly favor.
Ooaoslte Ksnotlons.
jn his reminiscences of diplomatic life
Andrew White tells a pleasant anecdote
a remembranc of mine, now hard tm
realire, that I was brought up to abhor
.tna meraory or Qeorg IIL" At this tli
empress smiled and answered ana au wno
have known her will Imagine th not
of humor in her voice "that waa very
unjust, for I was brought up to adore
memory ct Washington."
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it was at on Urn arranged that Dante
Gabriel Rossetti. his brother William and
gwlnbume ' and George Meredith should
lva gather in a certain house. Meredith
pped to e Pante Oabriel Rossetti as
broukIaJrt and changed his plans. Meredith
himself tells ths story. "It was past noon,"
says he. "Rossetti had not yet rlsdtk .
though It was an exquisite day. On the
breakfast table, on a bug dish, rested five
thick slabs of baoon, upon whloh flv rigid,
ggs had slowly bled to death. Presently
Rossetti appeared In his dressing gown,
with slippers down at heat, and devoured
the dainty repast like an ogre." That mal
was too much for Meredith and he sacri
ficed three months' rent rather than see 11
repeated.
When Oockvrell Tossed HI Hat.
Th truthful atory 1. told In Missouri, ao
cording to th. World of Today, that th(
throwing of a broad brimmed hat to tlx
celling of the hall of the house of repre
sentatives In the Capitol of Jefferson City
made Francis Marlon Cockrell a member
cf the United Stales senate. The state had
been stirred by a contest for the demo
cratic nomination for the governorship. Th
lines between supporters of opposing can
didates were sharply drawn. In a state
convention numbering 1,000 delegates
Charles H. Hardin had won by th narrow
majority of one-half of one vote. So close
was the result and so bitter the feeling
that the democratic leaders feared Irre
concilable division in the party ranks. Th
result, however, had scarcely been an
nounced fiom the secretary's desk when
the tail figure of the defeated candidate,
General Cockrell, waa seen coming from
the platform. A moment mate, as the hush
of expeotancy fell upon the crowded hull,
CoakreU's. voice rang out:
"No man," said he, "will more loyally
support the nomination of the convention
than myself. No man will throw his hat
hlKher for Charley Hardin than will I."
And away to the celling went tb broad
brimmed Cockrell hat. The convention,
frantic with enthusiasm, heard not another
word, but th following spring General
Cockrell became United States senator by
the unanimous vote of th demoorats) ef
Missouri,
