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Pen and Picture Pointers
The recent visit of Hear Admiral Sohley
to Onniha nnd tlio west ban nwakonod the
Interest of tlio people of the state In the
navy. In Its handsome frontispiece of thlu
IKHUO The Ilee praxmta a likeness of Ne
braska's llrat admiral , Ilartlott J. Cromwell.
Admiral Cromwell has represented this Btato
In the navy for more than forty years and his
record Is one of which all Nehraskans may
well ho proud. It docs not detract from the
Interest of the reader to know that for n
time Admiral , then Lieutenant Commander
Cromwell , commanded the United State- ?
ship Omaha In the Aslallc squadron. Two
fine vluwB of the Omaha are shown In this
number. The photographs wore taken In
Snn FrnnclHCO some years ago before the
vesHcl went out of commission. The Omaha
Is now a member of the naval hospital corps.
The decision of Ucv. S. Wright Duller to re
move from Omaha to Ihu east was sorrowfully
received by his many friends , whoworo never
theless quick to recognize that with his well
known superiority as a pulpit orator and n
lecturer It could not bo expected that lie
would remain hero any great length of time.
( As an evidence of the great nnd lasting
friendships made by Mr. Duller during hi"
sojourn In this city It Is only necessary to
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recall the reception tendered him by tlio
Commercial club n few days ago , when rep-
rcHcntntlvcs of almost a/I divisions of civic
and social life gathered to express their ro-
REV. S. WRIGHT BUTLER.
grcl at hltt departure and bid 111 in a hearty
Godspeed.
Kor many years Dr. Duller lias boon the
pastor of the St. 'Mary's Avenue Congrega
tional church nnd has succeeded In n re
markable degree In his duties along lhat
lino. Nor has his work been confined lo Ills
duties tw pastor. Ho 1ms nlwayo been found
foremost among those eager for the ad
vancement and welfare of Omaha and his
faith In the future of the city has never
faltered.
As yet Dr. Duller lias accoplcd no call to
an eastern church , but It Is understood that
two or three excellent offers have been made
nnd are being considered.
An Omaha young woman who has attracted
consldurablo attention In musical circles
during the ynst year or two Is Mrs. Grace
Cameron. Mrs. Cameron came lioro from
Falls City , Neb , , and Immediately net about
the cultivation of her voice under the di
rection of Mrs. Cotton of this city. Though
but three short years under the tuition of
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. July 1(5 ( , JSIM ) .
Mis. Collon , Iho success of .Mrs. Cameron
has been but lllllo short of phenomenal ,
hast winter nho nrndo ti short but none the
less successful tour through Iho cast In
company with sonic other Omalia artists ,
and on her return last month nho was asked
to sing for the managers of the Iliwtonlun
company , which was at that time In the
Photo by Huyn
MRS. GRACE CAMERON.
city. The result of this trial has been that
Mrs. Cameron has been engaged for the
opera of that company next year , ami her
friends are accordingly jubilant.
Mrs. Cameron Is a charming brunctlo and
her many friends have not been won by
her voice alone.
The swollest thing In bachelordom this
year Is the Oriental room. Some years back
It was the Chinese room , but the rich dra
peries nnd ornaments of Iho followers of
'Mahomet ' under the eoft , subdued luster of
the occidental electric lamp have banished
the furnishings of the more eastern country
and the luxurious Hurroundlngs of the Turk
uro nt present In high favor. The wealthy
bachelor of today fills his apartments with
handsome rugs of the Orient nnd his bed
room Is such n luxurious palace as only the
sensuous Inhabitants of the east can design.
Above all things It Is never complete with
out the Inevitable hookha and the well-
Illlod jar of Turkish tobacco.
The photograph reproduced In this Issue
shows the Interior of the apartments of Mr.
Hugo Hrnndcls of this city and Is a model
of correctness and comfort. Most of the
furnishings were selected by Mr. I ! ran dels
himself while In the Orient some years ago
and the remainder ho secured through aNew
Now York importer and the Syrian colony
of this clly.
The Broker's Reply
A youthful looking broker , relates the
Now York Tribune , went into a Broadway
store the other < lay to buy a now hat , and
laid his old one on the counter while waiting
for the clerk to wait upon him. Ho hap
pened to turn around as n Quaker came In In
the garb unusual oven in this cosmopolitan
city , nnd smiled Involuntarily nt the odd
sight. The Quaker took Iho broker for a
salesman , nnd , taking off his broad hat , held
It out lo the young man , saying :
"Hast thou a hat llko this , my friend ? "
"No , " replied the broker , "and If I had I
would not wear It. "
Then , noticing the look of surprise on the
face of the grava old Quaker , ho explained
that he dealt In stocks , not In hats.
Suburban Joys
Outroll Journal : "Hut It Is not dllllcult
to keep hens In the suburbs. "
The pale , gaunt man with the hollow eyes
gestured deprecallngly.
"Oh , no , " ho replied , "nol since the In
vention of quinine capsules In the form of
kernels of corn. "
Of course , now nnd then n hen with a
weak heart or something would miccumb to
malaria , but only now and then
Photo by Heyn.
AN ORIENTAL. . ROOM ,
The Late Bishop
John P. Newman
Omaha lias rarely witnessed a spectacle
moro impressive limn when last Sunday the
Methodists of the city gathered at the First
Methodist church to do honor to the memory
of tholr Inlo bishop , John P. Newman. It was
filling that Iho services should bo held In
the magnificent structure which he worked
BO Icng and earnestly lo make a reallly , nnd
that friends of a lifetime should pay trlbulo
to his memory. Few churches In Iho city
have ever hold such nn audlenco and no moro
Impressive sccno has ever been enacted In
our theaters. The tributes paid were elo
quent nnd sincere , mndo so by the memory
of him who an nn orator had won the ad
miration of the country.
"Bishop Newman was essentially an aris
tocrat in the best sense of the term , " said
one who was In close touch with the bishop's
private life. "I mean that ho was an aris
tocrat In the sense that ho demanded the
best of everything. Mediocrity had no place
In his creed , and failure ho only looked upon
ns nn additional reason for never ceasing to
try. Ho could not and would not tolerate
anything common. With his wonderful
ability ho succeeded In n remarkable degree
in whatever ho undertook and ho looked for
Iho same spirit of perseverance and per
sistence In others. Ho refused to see failure
when It came to htm , nnd It was this that
made him such a. leader among his people.
nnd won him ninny enemies. He was the
llfekng friend of General Grant , nnd It Is
undoubted that the Immense Influence of
the Grant family had a great deal to do
with hit ) election to the bishopric. As Iho
friend of Iho dead general , ho was at his
deathbed , and It was fitting that when his
own last hours were few there should bo
with him the wife nnd daughter of lhat
departed hero. For this friendship ho
has been severely criticised , nnd none Iho
leas stoutly defended. He was ever loyal
to tils friends nnd held friendship ns n
floored thing. Once given , his friendship
could be depended upon no matter how se
vere the test to which it was put.
"As a churchman he was horde In the
discharge of every duty and imperious In
his dcmnndH upon his flock. He would do
nothing by halves. When ho first came to
Omaha the First iMethodlst church wna lo
cated In what Is now the headquarters for
the Salvation army. Immediately he began
a crusade for the erection of a suitable
building , nnd the present magnificent struc-
lure Is Ihe result. It has been said of
him lhat ho at times used means to ob
tain an end thai were not always Justifiable.
This , however , cannot bo substantiated. No
matter how deep was his devotion ta n
cause , his conception of right nnd wrong
never allowed him to bo influenced inlo
THE LATE BISHOP JOHN P. NEWMAN.
"As a pulpit orator ho 1iad no peer In the
country. With his beautiful classic features ,
his commanding presence , and magnificent
physique ho impressed onu as a sort of a
demigod when ho was In the pulpit. The
rnngo of his voice wns wonderful , though In
late years It lost some of Its strength I'e- '
cause of a throat affection. Undoubtedly
the greatest sornion ho ever delivered In
Omaha was on the four religions of the
world. Ho took up the religions of Con-
fuoliiH , Brahma , Mohammed and Christ and
compared them In his masterful way. This
I think was his greatest oratorical effort
In the pulpit , nnd the hundreds of Omnhnns
who heard him will long remember his pas-
Hlonnlo utterances on the occasion of his
last visit to this oily.
"Probably no man In the history of Meth
odism In Ihls country over had mere firm
friends and more : bitter onemlcs. It has
boon said thai his election to the bishopric
was obtained through questionable means
nnd thai ho went too far In bringing about
certain ends for which ho was striving. I
have heard men refer to his speeches as
fawning ami aervlle , To mo , with my
knowledge of the man nnd his sturdy inde
pendence , this wns altogether unimaginable.
Ho was nn Intense partisan , nnd after his
loyalty to the church came his loyalty to
the principles of the republican party. Ho
could sea no good In anything or any one
who opposed these piinclplcs , but no man
could speak the naked truth more boldly
than the bishop when he was roused. Ills
steadfast adherence to republican princi
ples caused him many a blllor conlroveray
doing a petty or a dishonorable thing. It
was beneath him utterly.
"His devotion to the cause of Iho young
nnd striving ministers of his diocese was
well known , Uh , ho remarked to a friend
one evening , 'Methodism Is making thou
sands of heroes In every little country town
In the United States. Wo have Ihero men
with the ability nnd perseverance to make
themselves heard of , and ifnninus. They
have the ambitions that come to every man
of ability and yet It Is all stifled for a
country pastorate with all Its trials nnd
temptations. They nro heroes , God bless
them. '
"In late yearn his friends had some fear
that his ago might bo offered ns an excuse
for his retlromenl from his office , ns wns
done with the aged bishop of St. Louis
some years ago. The question never
worried him. When It was once mentioned
In his presence ho drew himself up to his
magnificent height and declared In his Im
perious way : 'Retire mo ? No , my son ,
never. I shall die n bishop. ' Ho had no
fear of retirement , though there seems to
bo some foundation to the rumor that nt
one time such n step wns contemplated. No
one dared , however , to face a conference
with the suggestion.
"He often laughingly said that the hard
est struggle of his life was when ho de
cided on Iho ministry Instead of politics.
Ho was an Intense partisan and often en
gaged In political controversies , For this
ho has been both praised nnd condemned ,
but ho cared not for public opinion so long
as ho believed himself In the right. Once
convinced of the righteousness of his cause
no length wns too great for him to go to
further it.
"In church mailers ninny years ago he
was considered lee broad In his beliefs , bul
nl his death the church had broadened so
thai ho was nt times apt to complain on
this score. His heart was In his work nnd
ho felt deeply the loss of many of his old-
time friends within the last three years
No better or filler scntlmenl can bo ex
pressed Ihnn his own upon Iho death of
John McQnold a few weeks ago : "Heaven
richer , earth poorer. "
About Noted People
Captain Clifford Anderson of Bcmon has
In his possession the first letter written by
Zachary Taylor to his daughter after her
mnrrlnge. This daughter eloped with Jeff
erson Davis. Captain Anderson came across
the letter In nn nutogrnrli dealer's stock
and will return It to Mrs. Davis. Zni'hnry
Taylor was a colonel nt the lime of writing.
It Is expected that the State department
w 111 refuse to permit iMIntatcr Buchanan ,
who represents this country at Buenos
Ayres , to accept the $100,000 which Argen
tina _ niul Chill desire to precunt to him for
Ills services In arbitrating the boundary dis
pute bclwccn them. Such a piocccding Is
considered undesirable , if not Illegal , and
there Is a precedent for the iefus.il. If , how
ever , the money Is tendered nfter Mr.
Buchanan's retirement ho will ( f course be
at liberty to accept It.
Erik Skram of Copenhagen , a secretary of
the Danish Legislature and a well known
novelist , la in Chicago on a sycml-ofllelal
mission. He Is" commissioned by his gov
ernment to Investigate the condition of tint
Danes In America , nnd will later make a
report of his observations. The Danish g v-
einmcnt Is paying the expenses of Mr.
Rkrnm's trip through the United States. Be
bldcH his work of investigation he is trjlng
to Interest his countrymen in a society formed
In Denmark for the purpose of promoting
commercial ties between the two countries.
Mr. Skram will visit Omaha , and from hero
will Journey to the Pacific coast.
Edison used to be a great lover of pie , but
on account of Impaired digestion he eats
less of It than formerly. He tells the story
of how he once went to London on an Im
portant mission. The chief thing they gave
him to eat was roast beef. Mr. Edison
finally rebelled. iHc declared his brain
wns becoming roast-beefy and his thoughts
were as clear as an ocean fog. In sheer
despair ho ran out of the restaurant one
evening and sought far and near for a piece
of good Yankee pie. He found it shortly
nnd ate several pieces. His brain cleared
ns If by magic. He quickly and success
fully finished his business and returned
home a happy and pie-loving man.
Tanu , the present king of Samoa , Is quite
a boy , still in his teens , and the affairs of
state sit quite as lightly on his shouldeis
ns they weighed heavily on Mataafa's dur
ing his brief reign as Samoan head of the
provisional government. You may see him
any day in Mulinuu , says a correspondent
of Harper's Weekly , playing marbles with
the lads of Ihe village , or even with some
of the chiefs of his kingdom. But ho has
the blood of kings In his veins , for he is a
son of Malletoa , the late ruler of the
Islands , and , whatever may bo said to the
contrary , he has been duly elected king
according to the laws and customs of Samoa
and in accordance with the Berlin treaty.
Ho Is a quiet-spoken , pleasant lad , with
not a great deal of character In his face ,
but it Is possible that , though there Is
nothing of the warrior about him , ho may
develop into a man of good discretion nnd
sound Judgment. But In any case the king
ship of Samoa Is only a farce. The spec
tacle of a German president of n petty
municipality drawing $1,000 a year nnd of
n king with nn allowance of only $000 Ih
ludicrous In Ihe oxlremo.
Pointed Paragraphs
II is no snap to make a lime exposure
with a camera.
An all-round writer ought lo be able to
get up a good circular.
The silent watches of the night hang in
front of Jewelry stores.
Hunger Is a terrible thing , but some men
consider thirst moro BO.
Only n strong-minded woman can keep
her calendar torn off up lo date.
The good may die young , but the bad
nearly nlwuys outllvo their usefulness.
The croaked horse race Is the result of a
lack of stralghtness In the human race.
If an orator Is n word painter n lecturer
In n deaf and dumb Institute must be .1 su'n
painter.
An umbrella offers n good opening for
peopfo who have laid away money for n
rainy day.
It might bo well for the conceited man
to remember that the smallest onion Is
stronger than Ihe largest pumpkin ,
Capital nnd labor go well enough t > gether ,
hut the trouble Is too many men tire trying
to get capital without labor.
The tandem cycle Is all right In its way ,
but It will never BOO the day whan it can
supplant the hammock built for two.
Not Ready to Accept
Chicago Post : "Are the conditions for
the proposed fight satisfactory ? " asked ( ho
reporter.
"Perfectly , " replied Iho pugilist.
"Then you will accept ? "
"Not now. Wo couldn't think of doing It
now. Wo wouldn't have anything to talk
about if we accepted the conditions right
away , "
