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Pen and Picture Pointers
With the home-coming of the brave First
Nebraska volunteera , the uppermost subject
In Uio public mind , the pictorial sidelights
thrown on their achievement * by t"0'-
tographlc Illustrations presented In tuts
give an insight In
number of The Dee
the Incldenta of their share of the war n
bo gained In
the 1'htllpplnes which could
number of comrades
no other way. While the
rades left behind , fallen In battle or cai-
disease is deplorably
iled away by wounds or
plorably large , the safe return to Ameri
can shores of the entire remaining com
mand naturally affords cause for rejoicing
among their rulatlvcw and friends and for
gladsome anticipations of their early
restoration to their homes.
All Nebnmka takes special pride In the
fact that Nebraska's contribution to the na
tion's military forces In the far east
acquitted. theniHelves with distinction , ccm-
1'nrlng favorably with the troops , both reg-
ulare and volunteorH , from any other suction
of the country. That almost every pail
of the state Is represented In the make-up
of the First Nebraska regiment gives the
whole state a right to Hhnro In the glory
arising from having furnished the best
lighting regiment of volunteers produced
by the war.
Responding to the Interest in the return
ing Nebraska troops a largo part of the
space In this Issue of The lleo Is devoted to
pictures representing different phases of
the war In which they played a principal
vole , and these will bo mippluinented in suc
ceeding numbers by reproducing many ad
ditional photographs , that , taken alto
gether , will make a mo.st valuable pictorial ,
history of the regiment In tlm war awl will
bo well worth preserving as historical
souvenirs that could not bo replaced except
at a great outlay of time and money.
The renomlnatlon of Governor Leslie M
Shaw by the state convention of low a
republicans accords with republican pre
cedent of giving a faithful onl-
cer a second term. Governor Sha\v
has made an enviable record In the
executive chair , having brought to It the
same careful management displayed In the
conduct of his own business at Dcnlson.
Governor Shaw's career is well known to
LESLIE M. SHAW.
the general newspaper reading public and
the accompanying portrait will give n geoil
Idea of bis personal appearance.
The completion of the reorganization of
the Greater America Exposition management
by the choice of Robert S. Wllcox and
Charles < M. Wllhulm to 1111 vacancies on the
executive board and the election of H. J.
Penfold to bo Its chairman him strengthened
the enterprise In the eyes of all. The signs
of Invlgorntlon are already eeen on all sld--a
In the way of retrenchment and prosecution
of the work. The personality of the new
members of the executive boaid should
naturally excite pnbllo Interest In their portraits
traits , here given.
Uobort S. Wllcox , recently elected to n
plnco on the executive conuulttco of the
Greater America Exposition , was born in
Hath , N. Y. , In 1845. Ho attended the
schools of his native town until tlio out
break nf the civil ' \ynr , and when In his
sixteenth year ho enlisted In a Now York
regiment and served throughout the war.
At the close of hlu enlistment ho returned
to Hath and for a time attended n commer
cial college at lUngluunton.
After the completion of this course ho
tutored the store of a clothing merchant at
Hath and removed with his employer to
Chicago several years later , In the lat
ter city ho subsequently resigned hla posi
tion to enter the employ of Haco Hros. as
cashier , n position he held nine years. In
1881 ho left that 11 rm and entered the Chicago
cage clothing estnbllHhment of Drowning ,
J King & Co. , with which firm ho has been
ever since. After six years' service In Chicago
< cage Mr. Wllcox was sent to Omaha to close
out a bankrupt stock that had fallen Into the
hands I of his employers , and was so favor
( ably Impressed with the outlook that ho
, succeeded In purBiindlng the inanngcmont to
open up a branch establishment In this
city. , wMr. Wilcox was made manager of the
' store , a position he has occupied ever
since.
Since his advent In Omaha Mr. Wllcox'
has } lieen prominently Identified with almost
every ( public enterprise undertaken In the
city and his uniform success In this line
led to his selection OH a member of the
executive , committee of the exposition.
Charles M. Wllhelm , treasurer of the Or-
chard-Wllhelm Carpet company , has been a
resident of Omaha for the last six years , com
ing here from New York City , whore for
many years lie was connected with the firm
ofV. . & J. Slnanc , one of the largest carpet
houses In the United States. Mr. Wilholm
Is a New Yorker , having been born In Dan
ville , Livingstone county , N. Y. , In 1858. He
graduated from Tennessee coi'lcge of Lima ,
N. Y. , and Immediately after his graduation
entered the employ of a New York carpet
house , where he remained until 1893 , when
he removed to Omaha.
Slniu his arrival In Omaha Mr. Wllhelm
has done much to ibulld up the trade of his
CHARLES M. WILHELM.
firm and Is recognized as a most energetic
and capable business man.
The age of John Henry MacCracken , the
youngest college president on the continent ,
Is only 123 years and ! ) months , as. appears
from the freshman matriculation book of
New York university.
According to this book he entered col
lege In Juno , 1890 , at the ago of 14 , when
ho won the entrance prize of $ r > 0 by com
petitive examination. Ho carried oft every
other prize open to his class. Among them
the James Gordon Dennett prize of $60 for
the best tway on the Interstate railway com-
mlMilri'i , aiid the Ogden Duller fellowship of
$300 for the best work In philosophy and
the classics.
His class awarded him the presidency for
the senior year , which required him on
Founder's day , ' 181)4 ) , to lay the first stone
at University Heights. This stone was car
ried by his class In a tally-ho coach from
the walls of the old building at Washing
ton square and placed under the gymnasium ,
where It Is now.
The young president returns fr-iin Ger
many this month to take up his duties at
Westminster college , Fulton , Mo.
The now building In'o which the South
Omaha postofllco has Just been removed IB
located at the northwest corner of Twenty-
fourth and M streets upon a tract of ground
largo enough to show7 ott the handsome
structure to good advantage. C. tigress ap
propriated $100,000 for the purchase of a
site and the erection of a building , which
will be completed with the amount of money
originality appropriated. The alto cost $15-
243.63 , and the balance lias been expended
upon the building , which Is construe ed of
snndstcne , buff-colored brick and terra
c ttu. On March 10 , 18US , the contract for
the erection of the building was let to C. W.
Gindele & Co , of Chicago , and on .May 1 ,
IS'.iS , nctlvo work commenced. On July 31 ,
18lii ! , the postofllco was removed from the
Eggers & Hock block to Its permanent loca
tion.
tion.Tho
The bullMIng has n frontage on Twenty-
fourth sleet of ninety feet and on M street
of seventy feel , thus giving plenty of rocm
for the handling of the rapidly Increasing
buslni'HU In South Omaha. From the curb
line to the top of the balustrade Is forty-
seven feet and the golden ball nt the top of
the flag staff Is seventy-eight feet above the
slduwalk. All of the first floor Is devoted to
the postal department , while the second
floor will bo need by the Dureau of Animal
Industry. The lobby , floored and wainscoted
with marble , Is forty-eight feet In length and
twelve foot In width. At the north end of
the fobby Is the money order and registry
departments , mid at the south end an
ornamental vestibule. A work room behind
the screen , 48x40 feet , gives plenty of room
for the handling of mall matter , while
alcoves on the north and south ends of this
room add considerable floor space ,
Nineteen feet Is the height of the first
story , \\hllo the second story Is twelve feet.
This second floor , to bo used by the Dureau
of Animal Industry , has boon cut up Into
eight rooms or an average size of ISxSS feet ,
SOUTH OMAHA'S NEW 1'OSTOFFICE. '
Chief Inspector Don C. Ayer will have his
ofllcu In the south room right nt the head
of the marble stairs , while the microscopical
force will bo located In a large room at the
north side of the building. All of the floors
on the second -floor are of marble , with
wainscoting of the same design as on the
first floor.
A large revolving oak door admits the
public from Twenty-fourth street , while two
heavy oak doors open from the vestibule at
the south of the lobby onto M street. First-
class material has been used throughout
and the btilldlnu has been pronounced one
of the neatest and prettiest for Its size of
any postoftlcc "building In the country.
On iMonday morning , July 31 , Uncle Sam's
oincinl flag was run to the top of the staff
for the first time and Postmaster Etter took
charge of the building and grounds and other
government property as custodian. The con
tractors arc now putting on the finishing
touches and It Is expected that the building
will bo formally Inspected and turned over
to the government some day this week.
Quaint Features of Life
There Is not a city In the world that con
sumes so many frog logs as New York.
While years ago the French were commonly
" " the New Yorkers
known as "frog eaters ,
today should more properly bo called "frog-
enting people" rather than the Parisians
Fully 75 per cent of the frogs for the New
York market are shipped from the Ontario
dibtrlet In Canada.
Among birds the swan lives to be the
oldest , in extreme eases reaching300 years ;
the falcon bne been known to live over 102
years.
An Auburn , Me. , man says that his tabby
its so well trained that it has a seat at tlv.
table with the family. Its table manners
are entirely correct and It uses a napkin
with a grace seldom displayed by a human
bring.
John Williams , a young farmer of AVcst
Union , O. , is an expert squirrel hunter and
Is also allllcted with somnambulism. Last
Saturday morning at daybreak he awakened
to find himself at the edge of a wood half a
mile from home. lie was in his night
robe and was carrying his gun. He had
evidently started elf en a squirrel hunt.
A woman without arms has been married
at Christ church , New Zealand. The ring
MAJOR HODEHT S. WILCOX ,
was placed upon the fourth too of her left
foot. A similar marriage to this was per
formed In St. James' church , Dury St. Ed
munds , In 1832.
Pointed Paragraphs
A Ho Is always In a hurry , but the truth
Is willing to watt.
The more horse sense a man has the less
ho bets on the races.
Some men work hardest trying to nc-
uampllsh useless things.
Excuse Is a cAiak utvd by Indolent people
to cover neglected duties.
Atlas la sold to have held the \\orld upui
his shoulders. Today men organize trusts
and try to pocket It.
Facts must be feminine at least they are
stubborn things.
No man would be concel ed If he could see
himself as others see him.
Money makes the man only when the
man himself makes the money.
The man who is anxious to buy usually
gets the woist of the bargain.
A man has cue big annoyance each day
and a woman has a dozen small ones.
The automobile Is evidently a haughty car
riage judging from the price thereof.
A small boy will make a man grown ; a
scolding wife will make a man groan.
Seme people who think they are simply
perfect are In reality perfectly simple.
The way s"me husbands talk to their wives
JOHN HENRY M'CRACKEN , COLLEGE
PRESIDENT AT 23.
is positively awful and the way some wives
talk to 'their ' husbands Is awfully positive.
When some people attempt to put on airs
they pile cyclones en top of hurricanes.
The man who is not too largo for the posl-
tl n he occupies Is usually too smalt for it.
Don't marry n girl with the expectation
that her father will set you up In business.
The man who uses religion as a crutch
should nut complain If ho falls in the mud ,
A man's own good breeding is the best
security against the Ill-manners of other
people.
The father-in-law of today not only wants
all he has but lies awake nights scheming
luw to acquire more.
As a rule shallow men are despised , but
all the same they don't requite as much
watching as deep ones.
It's easier for an elephant to climb a tree
than It Is for some men who are In a hurry
to get rich to be honest.
Love Is the balloon that lifts us heaven
ward ami marriage Is the parachute that lets
us slowly down to enrth again.
"Will the coming man use both hands ? "
asks a scientist. If ho over undertakes to
carve an average spring chicken ho will.
In an Indiana church recently a six-foot
bride stood before the aftar and promised
to love , honor and obey a four-foot bridc-
grcnm and that's the long and the short
of It.
Millions Cannot
Buy Reason
In n big , comfortable arm chair In the
Pleasnntvlllo sanitarium , Just across the
hills from White Plains , N , Y. , relates the
Now York World , there sits day after day
a woman , tall and stately , of kindly visage ,
almost motherly. There Is a little 'gray ' in
her hair and a wrinkle or two on her cheek ,
but she Is In the prime of life. She wears
an exquisite gown. It Is never the same
two days In succession , T\\o maids answer
her every call. The Waldorf-Astoria could
not servo her a more dainty dinner than tin
one she takes each day alone.
Across the green hills she can see he
towers and turrets of a country mansion
whose green lawns are lapped by the sound.
That Is her mansion. Those towers she once
mounted to get the view. Those lawns
were her delight. It Is a millionaire's coun
try villa and she Is a millionaire's wife. Dut
she will never set foot In that garden again.
She Is the wlfo of Henry M. Flaglcr , Stan
dard Oil magnate , railway king , Florida em
peror. His millions cannot buy what Is the
only thing ho wants In life reason for th's
woman. Last week she was pronounced
hopelessly Insane. Mrs. Flagler can never
go out again Into the world she loved to
deajly. So day after day she sits , lapsing
more and more Into mental blindness , less
able each day to comprehend what goes on
about her , while her husband's millions roll
on and on.
For ten years the husband had hope. His
money was poured out like water In the be
lief that he might bring back reason to Its
throne. Physician after physician was tried ,
there were baths and electricity and trips
hero and there and everywhere , medicines ,
rest-cures , everything ; but all to no purpose.
List week with bowed head Mr. Flagler re
ceived the news of the inevitable there was
no hope ! Each day seas his wife's weak
grasp on reason a little weaker and her
memory slowly falling. Dut she does not
know !
Twenty years ago Henry 'M. ' Flagler was
a widower. His wlfo had died , leaving him
a little boy. At that time ho was no mil
lionaire. Dut ho had risen from n very
humble walk In life and people were begin
ning to point him out as a man who would
succeed.
He married again. His second wlfo was
Miss ghrouds of Philadelphia. She was
young , .beautiful . , vivacious , full of life an-1
spirits and happy In the husband whoso fu
ture looked so bright. Her father was an
Episcopal clergyman with but a small salary
to support his large family.
The bride of the Ohio oil man took her
place in another life. Hardly had she been
a wife a year when the Standard Oil com
pany began to be a power. With the Rocke
fellers and the Tllfwls and the other oil
men , Henry M. Flaglcr became a millionaire
almost over night.
Her husband's great wealth Mrs. Flagler
bore with ease and grace. She became mis
tress of one mansion at Fifty-fourth street
and Fifth avenue In New York , of another
at Flagler's Point , Mamaroneck , of a third
in Florida. When she traveled by land she
had a private car ; when she went by water
there was Mr. Flagler's steam yarht , the
Alicia , with captain and crew waiting her
nod.
Unlike many of the rich , the wlfo of this
millionaire could not enjoy wealth alone.
Her heart was as big as outdoors. She
must have friends to enjoy it with her.
On the yacht , on the private car , at her
villa , at her own home , it was the same
lavish hospitality for nil. The guests were ' "
made to feel as much at 'home wliile the
Flagler money was 'being ' poured out for
them as they might In their own modest
homes. The Flagler entertainments were
as lavish as any given anywhere by even the
richest.
Ten years ago Henry M. Flagler de
cided to attack Florida. Ho owned most
of the railways there. Ho wanted more.
'Tho Spaniards , " said he , "and the
French have tried to make something out
of Florida. Now I'll show the people what
Yankee push can do.
And he did. Gardens grew whore
swamps that once sent forth their mias
matic odors. Railroads ran everywhere ; *
hotels sprung up like mushrooms not typi
cal country hotels of the north , but great
palaces more like the Alhambra than any
thing else. Who is there that has not heard
of the wonderful Ponce do Leon hotel of St.
Augustine , or of 'the Alcazar and the Cor
dova. Doulovards ran everywhere ; the a'
north learned at last how pleasant a winter
might be when northern luxuries are trans
planted to southern climes. In the midst of
all this fragrance and delight lived the
wlfo Flagler Idolized.
Summer saw her at Mamaroneck ; winter
In Florida ; spring and autumn in New
ork. Desldes her husiband the only member -
ber of her family was her stepson , a fine-
looking lad , who one day got married and
so she was left alone without a child.
Her homes with their statuary and pic
tures , her trJps abroad and to the south be
gan to grow empty. The yacht and the pri
vate car lost their attractions. Money lost ' *
its power. Her cheek faded ; her brows
clouded.
So she went mad. It was no violent
eutbreak. Just the 'breaking ' down of reason.
The "husband " refused to bellovo It. Ho
would do everything take her anywhere ,
give up his 'business ' , visit Mexico , Europe , '
the North Polo If necessary anything to
save her reason , Dut ho was comforted ;
he saw Dr. ShoUon , the expert on insanity ,
who held out hope. Perhaps perfect rest
and qulot iwould restore the brain to Its
normal state.
The millionaire clutched at the hope as a < u
drowning man clutches at a straw. Dut
day after day , while Mrs. Flnglor stayed nt
the villa at Mamaroneck her mind grew
more clouded. The time nt last came when
who had to too placed in a sanitarium. The
husband was told that there was no hope.
"Chronic delusional Insanity , " sold all the A
experts who were called in consultation ;
"progressive and Incurable. "
The millionaire revolted nt the stop , but
ho 'was forced to give in , If left at homo
his wife , they told him , might do Injury to
herself or those about her. That was In
March last , when two commissioners In * *
lunacy adjudged Mrs , Flagler Insane and
Judge Olldorsleevo ordered her confinement
In some place where she could bo properly
cared for.