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OMAHA ILLUSTBATED BEE. July 23 , 1809.
Pioneer Employes
of the Union Pacific
On July 2 , 1882 , half a dozen of the pioneer
neer employes of tbo Union Pacific railway
mot In the office of the general freight agent
and perfected the organization of what Is
known as the Union Pacific Pioneers' asso
ciation. Organized with no special object
In vlow further than that of keeping an
historical record of the principal events In
connection with the 'building ' and main
tenance of the Union Pacific , the association
has gradually developed Into a strong organ
ization that makes some pretensions to use
fulness In the way of looklpg after the In
terests of Its members. The social eldo of
life Is Industriously cultivated , a picnic
being the principal social event of each jear.
The founders and charter members of the
organization , while few , are well known In
railroad circles. At the first mooting wore
present Thomas H. Dalloy , chief clerk for
the superintendent of motor power and ma
chinery ; C. A. Leary , James T. Allen , Wil
liam Anderson , James Taylor , John M. Rico ,
H. O'Keefo , Thomas Nolan and T. J. Staley.
Mr. Dalloyas elected the flrat president ,
T. J. Staley , secretary , and Thomas Nolan ,
treasurer. The association was well re
ceived among the employes of the road and
In a few iwceka had more than 100 members.
No attempt was made along social lines for
a number of years. The flrat picnic of the
association was given In 1891 , and Fremont
was selected as the place to spend the day.
The pioneers wore royally received by the
people of Fremont and presented -with a
hugo glided key to the city by Mayor Fried ,
a souvenir which Is still to be seen among
the valued treasures of the organization.
So great was the success of the first
venture and so lavish had been their enter
tainment at the hands of the good people of
Fremont that the second annual picnic was
held In that city In 1892. On this occasion
Mayor Fried paid an eloquent tribute In
his address of welcome to the men "who
at the work bench and the forge , and at
the throttle , had made It possible for the
first headlight to gleam over the prairies of
Nebraska and prepared ( the way for the ad
vance of civilization and Industry. " In 1893
Fremont was again selected , and one of the
largest and best arranged excursions that
ever took that city by storm was the result.
In 1894 Columbus was decided upon , and the
run was made without Incident. Theodore
Livingstone , who 'has been continuously In
ttao service of the company since 1869 , was
the engineer , and Conductor Cahlll , another
pioneer on the road , was In charge of the
train. In 1895 a pleasant day was spent at
Grand Island , but the trip was too lo'ng to
render 'the members the enjoyment they
thought themselves entitled to , and the long
run to that city 'has ' never been repeated.
SIuulow FullM on AKsoclutloii.
In point of attendance the excursion of
1896 was the most successful of all. Over
1,500 of the pioneers and their families spent
the day at Logan , la. The train was sched
uled to leave for homo at 6:45 : and was waitIng -
Ing the arrival of the eastern fast mall.
Through some misunderstanding of orders
the train pulled out before Its scheduled
time , and as a result the most terrible wreck
that has occurred within 200 miles of Omaha
furnished a sad ending to the day's merry-
LITTLE PIONEERS HAVE A PICNIC.
making. Not a second separated the dash
from the gaiety of a successful picnic Into
the awful horror of a terrible railroad calam
ity. Twenty-nine persons were killed and
sixty-eight wounded In the collision , It waa
Impossible for hours to learn even the most
meager details of the extent oflhe disaster.
By midnight the Union Pacific officials were
In possession of a partial Hat of ( he dead
and wounded and this was at once made pub
lic , but the announcement of a few of the
Killed and wounded only added to the In
tensity of the anguish. It was but a ques
tion of waiting until the arrival of the ex
cursion train Itself , -which for some reason
uaa delayed several hours.
Fully aa agonizing as the scenes at th
wreck were these at the depot , whore thou
sands had gathered to meet the train. And
when it did pull in to relieve the strain the
scene was as wildly exciting as It was before
Intensely touching.
After the experience of the previous year
the pioneers were not willing to leave the
state on their annual excursion and It was
held at Columbus. The attendance waa not
as largo as It had been In former years ,
owing , undoubtedly , to the memory of the
sad termination of the outing of the year
before. During the exposition year no at
tempt was made to organize an excursion ,
but the association spent a day at the Trans-
mlsslsslppl instead.
This year the Columbus parks were again
chosen , and despite the rain , which came on
immediately after the lunch baskets had
been opened , the day was a very enjoyable
dances in the country men have been seen
recently in cream serge trousers , low cut
waistcoats of the same goods and cut on the
Baron or Cairo shape. With thin Is worn
a tailless black dinner coat , and the result
Is peculiarly happy. In such a combination
the tto and linen Is just what It should bo
on any evening occasion , and a noticeable
point about the waistcoats Is the small pearl
button used on either rapol. Thla Is
serviceable in holding the eergo flap , which
Is apt to sag , firmly in place.
When a formal dinner party is on the
cards , howe/er , the men usually turn up in
full evening regalia of stern black and white ,
making , even on an evening of the severest
summer weather , no smallish concession to
the heat. The same rule holds -good among
men as regards a country wedding , and most
of the male guests will be sure to appear at
a ceremony or reception on a piping hot
afternoon In frock coats , high hats and the
rest of It. Since the summer came It has
become a somewhat settled custom , when the
frock coat Is donned , to wear with It a
waistcoat of whlto goods , so high 'buttoned '
that when the coat Is closed the upper edge
PRESIDENT LILLIE OF PIONEERS , MAYOR FITZPATRICK AND RECEPTION
COMMITTEE.
one. The pioneers have visited Columbus
so often that the people have como to look
upon their coming as one of the year's
events. No party could receive a warmer
welcome than was extended by the citizens
of that town and for the day the city and all
that it contained was at the disposal of the
visitors. Columbus enjoys these visits , and
so. do the pioneers.
In this Issue are reproduced some inter
esting scenes at the late picnic at Columbus.
Mid-Summer
Fashions for Men
NEW YORK , Juno 20. A well fitting set
of whlto clothes Is absolutely essential to
itho man In the country at this season , and
the only fabric used for making a complete
whlto outfit , coat , waistcoat and trousers , Is
cream serge. Though naval officers demon
strate each summer the admirable points
of lull duck suits , land lubbers , nor yachts
men , over venture farther In the duck ex
periments than trousers and waistcoat. The
coat Invariably with these la a black or blue
serge reefer , accompanied by yellow shoes.
It is a sorry fact that only the man ignorant
of the progress of the styles clings to his
whlto shoes. 'Pigskin ties are on every
mcdlshly dressed pair of feet , which Is a
distinct pity , for the yellow pedestals to a
pair of whlto trousers , In combination with
a dark coat , Is not nearly eo happy as white-
shod extremities.
The return to pigskin has been the re
sult of economical considerations , for it
really required an endless number of fresh
snowy ties to keep a man's feet In anything
llko decent order , and contact with so many
elements laid stains on the leather and can
vas that pipe clay could not eradicate.
Laundered Necktie * ,
A noticeable point In connection with the
madras and French linen neglige shirts Is
the very big pearl buttons used In fastening
them up In front. The turn down collars
and rather narrow cults of these now mornIng -
Ing "sarks" are mode usually stiff as a
good laundress can put in the starch. She is
net allowed , however , to let fall one drop
of the stiffening fluid on the gathered or
pleated bosoms , and all the striped shirts
are barred horizontally. Two small ties of
the same stuff as the garment Iteolf are
usually found tucked into the pocket of
every lounging shirt at its purchase , and the
men seem to prefer these little fresh laun
dered nock ornaments to any others.
All the cream serge suits are unllned for
comfort's sake , and the tailors have tried ,
with some success , to bring striped and
dotted flannels into fashion. In the white
.flannels , stripes of black or polo blue show
like hair lines and wide apart , and there
have been found men ready to experiment
with coats , trousers and waistcoats of white
peppered over with black , or dark blue of
clear pink plnhead dots. Commendable aa
ornamental novelties are in masculine dress ,
"
it can not" toe said that polka dotted trousers
appear to the greatest advantage and it Is
certain that few but the very glided youth
Mil attempt to give them a leg up into pop
ularity.
ularity.White
White ( or EvealiiK Wear.
At rather Informal dinners and small
of t'jo vest will show , like a pique slip , in
opd white line along the upper opening of
.he coat.
Bracelet Watches.
. When the men from New York and
Boston went to Cuba last eummer a ques
tion arose , especially among the officers , as
to the best method of carrying their watches' ' ,
as a watch is a convenience no officer can
afford < to dispense with. A few sensible fel
lows adopted the custom common In the
English army and among the hunting set , of
strapping the watch on the loft wrist , and
the others , when they saw haw capitally the
convenience worked , sent promptly home for
leather bracelet cases , In which to put their
timekeepers. The result haa been that
among men , for the summer at least , the
watch is worn on the left wrist , and this
method has been adopted by the cyclists ,
yachtsmen , golfers , riders , etc. , and com
plete is their satisfaction at the discovery
that there are moro ways of wearing a
chronometer than in the waistcoat pocket.
It is - worthwhile telling any benedict
who has it on his mind to find a suitable
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ENGINE AND TRAIN OF PIONEERS' SPECIAL.
gift for ibis beet man that sleeve links are
the proper selection. A New York groom
lately ordered a pair at a leading jeweler's
that may bo copied to the great satisfaction
of a best man. The links bad their oval but
tons of gold overlaid on their upper eldea
with rich green enamel , and In the enamel
were set two tiny linked horseshoes of bril
liants. A set of pearl-headed stick pins Is
another favorite gift for a groom to present
to his chief supporter ,
Well Qualified
An advertisement In Engtand for an as
sistant , pastor of a church states ; "He must
be cheery and manly , one who can appre
ciate a joke , a thorough , earnest worker ,
musical , not over 86. "
Rarest Latin Bible
% *
Now in Existence a
Over In Chelsea square , In ono of the
rooms of the library of the General Theo
logical seminary , relate * the Now York
Sun , Is the finest collection of rare old
Latin bibles In the world , surpassing In
the number of edition * the great libraries
of the British museum In London and the
Blbllotheque Nationals In iParls. Packed
together on the dusty shelves of the half-
lighted room are nearly 1,800 volumes , over
600 editions , collected from the public and
private libraries of Europe In themselves
a history of the 'birth and growth of the art
of printing. Nearly all the early printers
are represented there Johann Qutenborg ,
the Inventor of printing and the printer of
the first bible , and Johann Faust and Pot or
Schoeffer of Montz ; Johann Mentelln and
Holnrlch 'Eggeetoyn of Strasburg ; Ulrlc
Zell , the "father of the Cologne press ; "
Berthold Rodt and Bernhard of Basle , the
first printers In Switzerland ; Coberger , the
great Nuremburg printer ; Ulrlc Goring ,
Martlnus Crantz and 'Michael ' Frlburger , the
first printers In Paris ; Francis do Hallbrun ,
IN. do Frankfordla and Jensen of Venice ;
Moravus of Naples and their contemporaries.
The Chelsea square collection was made
what it Is by the acquisition , flvo years
ago , through the aid of Cornelius Vander-
bllt of the uncqualed library of Latin bibles ,
1,460 volumes , collected toy Dr. Walter A.
Coplnger , professor of law In the Victoria
university , ( Manchester , England. The
Copllngor collection contained many edi
tions extremely rare and some absolutely
unique. Since the purchase of the Copln-
ger library ( Dean Hoffman of the seminary
has spent thousands of dollars In the pur
chase of other editions , and he has paid
only recently $15,000 for a copy of the first
bible , printed In Gutenberg's ehop In 'Mentz '
ill 1450-65. The dean hopes to secure copies
of all the known editions of the Incunabula.
The value of such a collection cannot be
measured.
The moat treasured book In the collection
the most sought-afUr book In the world
Is the Gutenberg -bible - , the earliest book
printed with movable metal type. It Is In
two heavy folio volumes , like nearly all of
the early bibles , and Is one of the most
splendid specimens of typography extant.
Considering that this won the first printed
book It Is a marvelous production. It Is a
masterpiece cf art. For more than a cen
tury It has been known as the Mazarln
bible , from the fact that the first recog
nized copy was found by 'William ' Francis
Do Bure , the younger , In the library of
Cardinal iMazarln , belonging to the college
dee Quatre Nations. An account of the dis
covery of this first bible Is found In the
first volume of "Blbllographle Instructive , "
published at Paris In 1763. This Is un
doubtedly the 'bible which , according to the
testimony of Ulrlc Zell , In the Cologne
Chronicle of 1499 , began printing "In the
jubilee year of 1450. "
The Chelsea square copy of this famous
blblo Is especially Interesting to the book
lover , because In 1884 It brought the highest
price ever paid tor an old book $19,500. It
formerly was the property of Sir John
Thorold. At the Syston Park library sale
In London In 1884 , Bernard Quarltch , the
London bookseller , bought It for $19,500 , and
it later became the property of Rev. Wil
liam Makellar of Edinburgh. At the Makel-
lar sale by Sotheby in November , Quarltch
bought the foible for the Chelsea square col
lection , paying $14,750 for It , and selilng it
for $15,045 , Quarltch wrote after the eale
that there -were five commissions held by
agents In the saleroom , three at least being
from Americans. Tbo highest stopped short
at $14,500 , the next below at $13,250. "If
it had "been necessary , " wrote Quaritch , "I
should not have stopped under $15,500 , but
fortunately the underblddor give it up at
$13,350. "
Dean Hoffman , It la believed , gave the
$15,000 for tlhe purchase of the Gutenberg
blblo.
Two yean ago the Chelsea Square collec
tion was enriched < by the acquisition of
"the bible of 1462 , " the first Latin bible
with the date and the name of the printer.
Tb seminary paid $ ( ,650 for It , This Is
the fourth Latin bible. The collection la&ts
the second edition , printed at Bamborg In
1460 , by Albrccht Pfistor , probably ono of
Gutenberg's workmen ; and the third , printed
at Strasburg In 1460-61 by Johann Mentelln.
Only four perfect copies of the Straabur # ,
blblo are known , and one of them Is In the
Lenox library. According to Fabrlclus , Faust
and Schooffcr printed the blblo of 1462 at
Mcntz and sold the copies In Paris as manu
scripts for sixty crowns.
The Gospel of Work * * *
Several months ago a man wearing oil
clothes and looking unkempt and dirty pro-
Hcnteil himself to the proprietor of ono of the
smaller hotels of the city and asked for
work , relates the Hartford Courant. Ho had
bad hard luck , ho said , and was willing to
do anything for an honest living. A small
salary would not bo refused. Ho was glvou
a job. The work was not hard and the pay
was not largo , but ho got his room and
board and several dollars a week besides.
The man appeared to bo a good worker aai
at the end of the first month his pay wns
Increased. There was a prospect for nnothor
Increase at the end of the second month , but
before It came ho was gone. Ho had reno
vated his wardrobe , cleaned himself , got a
little money In his pocket and It was all , ho
wanted. 'Ho ' couldn't stick. His sudden leav
ing put his employer to some Inconvenience ,
tout that was nothing to him.
Quito recently a. young man approached
the writer of this article and asked if he
could find him something to do. As ho was
known to have changed his employment sev
eral times In a year or so , it was thought
well to make some inquiries before putting
out much effort In his behalf. It was learned
that his disposition was not the most agree
able , and , besides , ho regarded any requ'iffil
for him to do a little work outside his usual
routine , or to work a little more time than
upual , as an unjustifiable imposition. His
habitual attitude was ono of armed watch
fulness against his employers , and while he
was competent and did his work well , ho
drew the line sharply ibetween what ho ouglft
to do and what he thought he oughtn't.
The head of a small department in one of
the Insurance offices of the city was saying
the other day that he found the men in the
cfilce generally unwilling to help out an
other department than their own In case of
rush. Sometimes one department is pushed ,
with work when others have considerable
leisure time. 'A request for a little lift from
one of the leisure departments would gen
erally met with a rebuff or a grumbling
compliance.
Employers have often complained that it
Is difficult to get men who take a real life
Interest In the employer's affairs. Toll them
to do a thing and they make excuses or sftp
to ask all sorts of questions , instead of
learning to use their brains and going ahead
and doing to the best of their ability what
tUelr hand finds to do. They say that good
men need never be out of employment. This
may not always bo so , but It Is undoubtedly
a fact that the men who are nearly always'
looking for work don't think much of it when
they find it. The employer certainly has a
right to some feeling of loyalty on their part
to contribute honestly and conscientiously
to itho prosperity of the business. There
are of course many employes of whom this
Is true. If there were more there would bo
fewer out of Work. (
Sleep Without a Pillow
It Is hardly likely , observes the San Fran
cisco Chronicle , that the pillow was Inventoil ,
by any ono In particular. It was in the first
Instance , there is every reason to bollovo ,
a very rational Institution , and consisted of
a small pad upon'which to rest the head
when the beds wore by no means such luxu
rious affairs as Ihoy are today.
The pillows In use today are responsible
for many evils , which you may be willing
to admit when they are pointed out to you ,
and if you would but test the efficacy of
their dlsuso you would become as ardent an
advocate of tbo custom as Is the writer.
There Is no greater fallacy than the be v ,
Hot that a big , downy pillow conduces to
restfulness and health In sleeping. You
sink into its embrace , and delude yourself
that you are comfortable , with your head
resting upon the dear , soft , cozy mass of
feathers. Yet , If the pillow slips away
from you In your sleep , do you miss its
eeornlngly soothing Influence ? No. And If , ,
you can sleep thus comfortably and not
know It , why should you not have the
courage to put It away altogether ?
The pillow may seem to breathe out beau
tiful dreams to you ; but while it Is beguiling
your attention with its seeming roattulness
It may bo pushing your ears out of shape ,
and It Is certainly making hollows over tlra
chest l > y forcing the head forward. It may
aeem a little thing In It self ; but , happening
every night , It will rob you of all the beauty
your neck would naturally have and nullify
the good of any exercise you may take.
Aside from the benefits to bo derived in a
ehapoly neck and chin , to sloop without .a ,
pillow will conduce to health and greater
restfulness. It may seem strange at first ,
oven a bit painful , but if persevered In you
can very soon overcome this , and the good
to be derived will well repay you ,