To fame the Ohio.
There is a merry row on between
Gov. Nash and President McKinley
over the christening of the new battle
ship Ohio. Originally Gov. Nash's
daughter was selected to break the bot
tle of w'iue on the prow of the ship.
Mrs. McKinley, however, demanded
that her niece. Miss Mary Barber, be
awarded the honor. Now it is an
MISS MARY BARBER.
nounceu mat miss rsasn nas consent
ed to stand aside.
Her father, tlie* governor, is said to
be very wroth over the action of the ,
president in depriving Miss Nash of the
place once awarded her.
It seems that one of Senator Han
na's daughters also coveted the place,
but the senator has announced that ,
he has declined to permit the commit- j
tee to consider either of his daughters j
for the occasion, on the ground that i
the Hanna family has figured alto
gether too conspicuously in public
events with the McKinley family.
Senator Foraker thoughtfully with- I
drew his daughters in favor of MlS3
Barber, and now that young lady has ]
no competitors. She will travel to '
California in company witli the pres!- |
dent and his wife.
For Stringed Instruments.
Beginners learning to play stringed
instruments have a great deal of
trouble with the ends of their fingers |
becoming sore until the callouses are
formed, and even after the instrument
has been mastered to some extent the j
muscles of the fingers may be weak,
necessitating hours of practice to at
tain the muscular control .so necessary
in mastering the violin. Then, too.
the accuracy of the tone depends sole
ly on the position the finger takes on
the neck, and unless the ear is quick
to catch the tone and remedy the dis
cord the player is forced to spend
much more time in learning to play.
It has occurred to an inventor of Syr
acuse, N. Y., that a keyboard could he
utilised to aid the student in mastering
FINGER HOARD FOR VIOLINS.
the rudiments, at least, of this, difficult
instrument. His invention is shown
In the accompanying Illustration, to
gether with a cross-section of the neck
with two keys in place. It will be seen
that the strings are threaded through
the center and the action of the linger
forces the string against ttie neck in
precisely the same manner as though
the key were not there. The device
attains two results which should rec
ommend it to the student. It insures
perfect accuracy in the tone, and thus
trains the ear to aid the player after
the finger board has been mastered,
and It aids in strengthening the mus
cles of the fingers without the accom
panying soreness. This soreness at
the beginning would tempt the player
to slight the pressure even if the mus
cles were strong. After the ear be
comes trained and the muscles stronger
the keyboard may be removed and the
player soon masters the remaining dif
ficulties.
7*ox)erly JSo Handicap.
Dr. D. K. Pearsons, addressing the
students of Drury College. Springfield,
Mo., a few days ago, said among other
things: “1 am interested in young men
who fight their way: I owe my strength
and vigor to the fact that I began life
poor." Thousands of successful, hale
and hearty old men of this land bear
similar testimony to the blessing of
poverty In youth, and it is one of the
many things Americans have to be
thankful for that men like Dr. Pear
sons, who began life poor, and who
were compelled in youth to fight their
way through the world against appar
ently insurmountable obstacles, are not
ashamed either of their humble origin
or of the labor or the drudgery which
fell to their lot.
Torture Station*.
Speaking of capital punishment, a
writer in the American Journal of
Sociology declares that the killing of
criminals does not benefit society,
while life imprisonment merely lays
an extra burden on the public. By
way of making the punishment for
murder fit the crime he urges that
every condemned murderer should he
turned over to the doctors to be ex
perimented upon until he dies. In sup
port of this proposition the writer
makes a long and serious argument.
Among other things, lie shows how
many hundreds of thousands of peo
ple are dying annually of diseases
which might he cured if tlie seientsts
had a human experiment station
where they could iry all sorts, of pro
posed remedies. It does not answer
the purpose to try new medicine upon
animals, and the Idea of being experi
mented upon Is not popular among
patients. Here is the opportunity,
says the writer, for making the con
demned murderer repay a part of the
debt that he owes to society. Let him
be experimented upon with new se
rums and potions until he dies.
Make* Early Tli*injj X/nnece*
ary.
The illustration shows an automatic
device for lighting fires, which lias
just been patented. The object the in
ventor has in view is to provide a
simple contrivance by which a fire may
be Ignited in the kitchen range at
any desired time, so that the house
wife is not required to rise early in
the morninc and enter a cold room for
the purpose of starting a fire. This
device might also settle the question
AUTOMATIC UIRK-UIOHTMNU. DE
VICE.
of who should get up and light the
fires by eliminating it altogether. The
arrangement consists of a rotary shaft
actuated by a coiled spring, with an
abrasive surface at one end and an
ordinary alarm clock at the other, and
a fuse or wick for leading the blaze
from the matches to the kindlings in
the stove.
Schools of Forestry.
In Sweden the state owns and cares
for over 18,000.000 acres of forest lands.
Schools of forestry are maintained an 1
the timber lands arc efficiently cared
for by graduates of the schools, who
understand how to farm the lands by
preventing waste and profitably man
ufacturing the product of the forests,
carefully replanting where trees are
cut down. As a result of forestry so
managed all the cost of schools and
caretakers is defrayed out of the prod
uct sold by the state and the n*H
profits are four times greater than the
expenditure.
Throne to Cloister.
The wife of King Carlos of Portugal
he decided to quit the throne and her
QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.
husband as well. She will enter a
convent and devote her life and talents
to educating orphaned children. She
is very wealthy. Eh’evious to her mar
riage to Carlos she attended a con
vent.
Organized Labor in the South.
Labor organization is making some
progress in the south, the movement
• aving spread down the Atlantic coast
states, finally reaching Florida. In the
latter state representatives of the un
ions gathered recently in Jacksonville
and ostablislied a state federation of
labor, affiliated with the American fed
eration According to the local press
there was a very large attendance.
| SAYINGS and DOINGS
1
blo45om/~'
By ManKtll Puiu
Little girl! Little girl! Little girl!
j Don't you hear me calling from the
meadow by the brook,
Where violets are peeping up in every
sunny nook.
j Where bluets brave are standing, with
their faces to the sky.
i Watching for gleams of sunshine
through the clouds that scurry
by?
Little boy! Little boy! Little boy!
Don't you hear me calling from the
pussy-willow tree.
Where tlie robins and the pussies live
in peace and harmony,
While the drowsy woodchuck wakens j
from his quiet winter nap.
And frisky squirrels dance in time to
the woodpecker's tap, tap. tap?
Little gill! Little boy! Little girl!
Come, 1 11 tell to you a secret that my
sister May told me.
There's to be a grand May party down
beside the old cak tree;
All the sweet spring flowers are com
ing. and the brook and birds
will sing.
And the little girl shall be May Queen
and the little boy May King.
Little boy! Little girl! Come and
see!
—Rogers. Ark.
footed Actress to XOed.
The engagement of Miss Marie Bur
roughs, the actress, to Robert Barclay
MARIE BURROUGHS.
Maepherson, the New York represen
tative of Marshall Field & Co., has
been made public. The wedding, as j
announced, will take place in June.
The couple will reside in New York
after a long tour abroad.
Mr. Maepherson is one of the most
popular club men in New York. He,
is a thorough business man, too. and
lommands the high esteem of all hie
associates. He lias been connected
with Marshall Field for a quarter of a
century, and in that time has had;
charge of some of the greatest ofj
that great firm's business enterprises.
Unlike most women of her profes
sion.Miss Burroughs did not extend her!
acquaintanceship generally among!
theatrical folk, and holds the distinc-J
tion. unique among eminent actresses,
of having never been matrimonially
pursued.
May’or Johnson’s /Vet-ju "Broom. ;
Mr. Johnson, the 3-cent mayor of
Cleveland, is making a mighty clean
sweep with his new broom. The <ob
webs of that municipality never before
had such a shaking up as they are
now getting. According to the dis
patches Mr. Johnson has had nearly
everyone "on the carpet" during the
first Week of his administration. The
corporations are trembling at his!
threat of heavy assessments. Gam- j
biers and the criminal element have1
been notified to clear out of the dty. i
An English Girl’s S'uccess.
Emily Calvin is a pretty English girl
who has lately won deserved success
EMILY CALVIN.
as a grand opera singer. She is also
a composer of no meager talents, hav
ii g written several entertaining
pieces.
DE ATH IADS Will) HI BUM.
A Cherry County Man Who It Hetter
Than Al:ve.
VALENTINE, Neb., April 22.—
Word wan received here that William
Hatten had committed suicide near ids
home on the Niobrara river, about ten
miles north of Merriman. He had
been in Merriman during the day and
was drinking hard and after nightfall
started home horseback, crazy drunk,
stating that he was going to kill his
wife and mother-in-law and then end
his own life. Upon reaching home
about 11 o’clock lie shot at his wife
with a revolver. His wife, frightened
by his actions and the report, fell
over as though dead, though not hit
at all. Thinking her to be dead ho
then tired at his motlier-ln-lavv. the
bullet passing through her clothing,
but only glazing her body. Then
Hatten left the house anu jumping
upon his horse rode down to a niegh
bor's, dose by. telling what he had
done, and when he learned that they
were making preparations to place
him under arrest he left the room
and going outside placed the muzzle
of the revolver in his mouth and tired,
killing himself.
Htttte Hojtni of Irrigation.
LINCOLN, Neb.. April 22.—With the
exception of an assistant secretary for
the second district, the State Hoard
of Irrigation has completed the ap
pointment of officers and employes for
the irrigation department. Secretary
Dobson will probably assume the du
ties of the office with the other ap
pointees about May 1. Secretary
Channell who was appointed a year
ago by Governor Poynter, will remain
in office until that time. The full list
of irrigation department officials and
employes is: Secretary of the Board of
Irrigation and state engineer, Adna
Dobson, Lincoln; assistant secretary
for the first irrigation district. H. O.
Smilh. Lexington; assistant secretary
of the board, B. Forbes. Beatrice;
stenographer, Miss Fannie Steinmetz,
Lincoln.
Suit Agntnftt ltoii<l«inen.
COLUMBUS, Neb., April 22.—Judge
Hellenbucli will hold an equity term
of the district court here. The suit,
of tlie state against the bondsmen of
ex-County Treasurer James W. Lynch,
to recover the sum of $30,000, in
which he is stil! in default, will come
up on a motion by the defense to re
quire the prosecution of its petition to
designate the term of office in which
the shortage occurred. Lj nch served
two terms and each set of his bonds
men is sued fear the full amount, evi
dently on account of the inability of
the county attorney to determine
when the default took place.
Manglrd by Wagon Wlirrl*.
KEARNEY, Neb., April 22.—News
was received of the death of Henry
Huff, a farmer, four and one-half
miles northwest of Pleasanton. He
iiad been to town in the forenoon and
disposed of a load of hogs, leaving
for home at 12. About 1 o’clock he
was discovered in the pasture of ills
farm lying dead, with his head and
face mangled. His injuries resulted
from being caught in the wheels.
Firftt Itegiment Transportation.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 22.—Contrib
utors to the First regiment transpor
tation fund last summer art beginning
to file claims against the appropria
tion allowed by the last legislature.
The claims will be checked over and
compared with the records of the gov
ernor's office and will be acted on by
the auditor the same as other claims.
Child Kail* on Shear*.
HILDRETH, Neb.. April 22.—The
fourteen-moaths-old child of George
Rice, southwest of town, fell with its
face on the open points of a pair
of scissors. The blades penetrated
the brain, between the eyes, killing
the child instantly. The accident oc
curred while, the mother was at work
at the sewing machine.
Tliorn Pierce* Eyeball.
HUMBOLDT, Neb.. April 22
While A1 Baker, a farm hand in the
employ of Henry Hasness, was trim
ming a hedge fence, he struck a limb
in such a manner that the thorn
pierced the right eyeball. The phy
sician thinks it impossible to save
the sight of the organ.
XehrnnkA Will <;#*t Seven.
WASHINGTON. I). C„ April 22.—
Representative Mercer, who saw the
president, says the list of about 500
appointments as lieutenants in the ar
niv will lie made public the latter part
nr this or the early part of next week.
Nebraska will receive seven of (lie ap
pointments.
Ag.il Couple Dir* Togrtlirr.
CRETE, Neb., April 22.—The fun
eral of Samuel Ovcreash and his wife
was held Saturday. They were both
very old and had expressed the desire
to die at the same time and their de
sire was fulfilled. Both died the same
day from the infirmities of age and
were buried in the same grave and
same coffin. They were the father and
mother of J. F. Overcash of this city,
one of the founders of the Crete Dem
ocrat.
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