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Tho end of winter nnd tho approach of
Hprlng linn been hernlded on every hIiIo by
signs that cannot ho mlfltnken tho spring
ruins, tho budding trees, the (light of tho
hlnlH all Indicating thu chnngo of the sen
hoii. For tho frontlsplcco of Tho lice this
week wo havo u picture symbolical of tho
month Itself, entitled "April Showers." It
reproHontH two little girls on their way to
Hchool, Hheltcreil by a big umbrella. Tho
little mlpficH who posed for tho camera aro
Nelllo Elgutter and Hlnncho Deuel, who
attend tho sessions of the Ccntrnl nchool,
nnd will dnuhtlcHH on Joy theniHelveH ninny a
day throughout tho coming month trundling
through rain Riorum over wet pnvemcntH ou
their way to nnd from their lessons.
Next weok'B Issuo of Tho Illustrated Deo
will bo a double Kastor number with a
hnndBomo colored cover designed specially
for tho occnslon. Llko tho several former
holiday editions this Ibsuo will bo full or
special features particularly timely and
Hiiro to plcnso all classes of readers. Thcsa
Bpoclnl numbers of Tho Illustrated Deo havo
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PRIZE ESSAYIST IN OMAHA SCHOOLS MAMIE E. SHRUM, PRIZE ESSAYIST IN OMAHA SCHOOLS RAY COFFIN
EIGHTII GRADE -Photo by Ulnchnrt. Photo by Mnohart.
April 1, 1000.
$000,000. Tho grounds Included tho whole
square bounded by Fargo and West ave
nues and Jersey and Pennsylvania streets;
and oven theso five and one-half acrea wc-o
not enough, for Mr. Fargo boughl the blocs
opposlto on Fargo nnd West avenues nnd
kept them from being built up during his
lifetime.
Tho houso has a masslvcnesa suggestive
of a public building rather than a houso.
It Is remarknblo for Its lavish uso of beau
tiful and rare woods. It was furnished
with the sarno disregard of expense. It
contained many beautiful pictures nnd much
flno statuary, and bronze figures were scat
tered about tho lawn. Tho seated figure of
Charlotto Corday enmo from tho Paris ex
position of 1867. It was valued at $5,000
when the treasures were dispersed by sale
nfter Mr. Fargo's death. The great onyx
clock surmounted by a bronzo flguro from
whoso hund Bwung the pendulum was val
ued nt $3,000. For a hall light at tho foot
of tho stairway thero stood a bronze In
dian girl. Hanging throughout the houe?
were paintings by Verboeckhoven, Do Haas
and other famous painters, and among them
wns tho "Dnrroom Politician," by Mr.
Beard. Tho groat crystal chandelier In the
drnwlng room weighed 1,150 pounds nn.l
contained 3,C8t separate pieces.
Mr. Fargo wns a generous host nnd many
distinguished men were entertained In the
old house. General Grant wns entertained
thero once, with Incidents which aro still
mentioned In whispers. Mr. Fargo died In
1881. Mrs. Fargo died In July, 1890, and It
was her will that tho furnlturo and articles
of vertu bo sold. Since September, 1890,
tho houso hns been unoccupied, except for
a enretnker, and only tho walls aro now
left, stripped of all the muniments that
onco mndo tho mansion so beMitlful.
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: Our troubles are never bo
en in n In lm 1 unit nil fnrwnrri tn liv nur rendora
.. . i i ...lit. t.. i..ii.i.. ...i.int, 1b reproduced, tlirnntrli which lhn nnnnrtntlnti i. ........ 1 . i ..... Pnmnrnv. Thn Inffnr mmln mi nhlnMInn
ll n I mi i L miu jmiuui wiiu k ii u iiuuumd tvuiw ' " niiunu uo ii ii u i n i & 1 1 ii iiu iiiujiiuiui, nun ........ t.i..t. nnin.a , i. rt ...
they typify nnd wo can promise that tho expects to add to Us loug list of triumphs cnncd ln lo bring tho tw0 factions together, nd insisted upon It rather strenuously. M "ul """" "
coming Easier numbor will excol nil provlous I" athletic Holds. lt possible. This ho did auccessfully ln ono "Mr. Pomeroy," said tho Judge, "I am not "he" " fines to taking a drink nny
efforts. . . , ... morning, whero everyone and everything clso a horse nnd can't bo driven." "Woll, your canlno Is a lap dog.
Tho Incoming of tho now city admlnlstra- had fnIcdi Tho pnrtlcs to tho hugo deal honor, I learned In my early experience to It takes n wise man to pick out a fool
Tho National Association of Letter Car- Hon marked tho Installation last week of dned togothor, nnd Mr Dill had earned, drlvo mules nnd I will try to keep up my whoso nionoy ho can spend.
rlerB, which Ih ono of tho strongest orgnnlzn- Omaha's nowly elected city officials, whoso H a rcportei a c'00i $i,noo,000 feo. former reputation." Thought Is company only for thoeo who
tlo.iH In tho nnturo of trades unons ln tho portraits nro given on another pngo. Ono IIe ha8 bcon Bclectcd to Becuro tho incorpor- S are capablo of entertaining lt.
About tho only dtfforenco between mntrl
mony and alimony Is a divorce.
Daby talk Is tho kind of talk mothers use
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born . that city In 1850. On account of his tho now city treasurer. Mr A H. Hcnnliigs, n Yord in Now Jersey. He Mo oi I 1 dl.trt ZZ I one of the th ngs hat d 't
n wh "h ''t'lmd'ennsS"0 " Wnr' Bh,,",,nK ,,0p!,rtment h never been a candidate for public office, hold that office ho had an abnormal appre- como8 0'?h .tt. do5S and wMts!
in which ho hnd """bio", but ho Is not unknown In Now Jersoy poll- elation of tho responsibility of the ofllce . ., ,. ,.
couniry, is ci yeiy uhkukuii n onuu tu lumu, uu.,-i.ui.ur v wnoerg ims oeun re- nUon of tno comp(lny nnd ,s now in Pitts- JUBtlco Drowor tho other day told n Btory
bettor tho condition of tho lot or carriers, olectcd. Tho new clerk, Mr. Blbourn, was burg for that purpose. Mr. Dill Is president of nn Indiana justice of tho peace who
im, ii.-m. . iim ..i. um luiiwjr or tho Now Jersoy noglstratlon and Trust owned a farm. Ono lino of his fenco formed
John 'N. PnrHiins, who Is a Now 'iork mnn, company ns timekeeper and foreman, whllo .mrinnv ,, ,n,-.n- i n nnmw nf m hmm.inrv f ihn !(, t imiinnn n,i ,.
young Parsons hail little
orportunlty to secure an
education, being com
pelled to work to help
support tho family. He
hccamo n machinist and
wns active In tho organ
ization of his trndo,
bolng for four consecu
tive terms 1 1 it president.
Hu entered tho postal
service ns a carrier In
1889 nnd beenmo prom
inent In tho councils of
that organization, serving
on many lmportnnt com
mitters nnd for four
ytira ns president of tho
New York Carriers' asso
ciation. Ho wan n doUv--ijo
to tho national asso
ciation sovernl times mid
was made president nt llfl
Inst ni(Mtlng.
Ono of thu pictures we
give today reproduces a
Hiinp-sliot takou nt Os
ciH)la, Neb., of tho lnt
sad rltcH at tho gravo of
William LowfH, ono of
the fallen First No
briiHknus, nnd tho only
member of the reglmont
who wns killed during the
war with Spain and be
fore the Filipino Insurrec
tion. Tho picture shows
Tho Injuries you do others and thoso others
do you aro never weighed In tho same balance.
The average man Imagines good Judgment
JOHN N. PAIISONS. PRESIDENT NATIONAL ASSOCIA- "m, ' " T . " ;
iftnv rli t CTTIfl) n IMMIMIII "Kii-nun vxiiiu nun ocd us null cin ill tun
TION Ol. LLTTLIt OAKKlhKS. royn, w,,wanM rn nn lslnnd In Hiawatha's
Chnplnln Mnllley In tho center of tho of a largo wholosalo mercnntllo estnbllHh- "Inypround. In tho lnnd of tho OJIbwnvs?
group pronouncing tho benediction, tho ancnt. Tho mayor, who took a now oath of Tho fr,(,ni1 wno cnm w',l whose address
uiiiurai uomg pnrucuiariy solomn and lm- olllco on enteritis his second term, hns bnnn vou "nyo wl" mnK0 n" tho nrrancemonts.
prcsslvo. Prlvnto Lowls was killed on tho pictured In Tho lleo before.
tics. Ho began llfo as a newspaper man. and novor lost nn opportunity to exercise
S hla prerogative of demanding that tho peaco
Somo nstonlshmcnt has been aroused ln bo presorved. Ono day his son and his hired
tho DIUO Grass State at tho discovery that mnn cot tn fluhtlnf nn n ntrptrh nt thn
Sonator Joo Dlackburn, a Kcntucklan of farm near tho boundary lino fenco nnd tho ,s synonymous with his own personal
Kontucklans, hns not for eighteen months Justlco of tho peaco rushed out nnd mounted PInln.
past tasted liquor; moreover, ho declares tho fenco. Then, with head cocked high When a man's hair Is an ashy gray lt may
that ho will never tako another drink. Ho and tho air of ono who has but to command, bo owing to tho fact that ho had monoy to
never drank to excess, but tho Idea of his ho shouted: "In tho namo of the state of burn nnd burned lt.
becoming an nbsoluto toctotalor has stag- Indiana I demand the preservation of tho At tho ago of 21 a man thinks ho knows
gcrcd many of his ncqualntnnccs.
Noarly fifty years ago Longfellow visited
tho OJIbwny trlbo of IndlanB ln tho land of
Hiawatha, on tho shores of Lako Superior,
and was tho guest of tho chief, DukwuJ
Jlnone. On Monday Wabunosa, the grandson
of tho chief, nnd Kabaoosa his nephew,
visited tho homo of Longfellow In Cam
bridge, Mnas., and wore tho guests of tho
poot's daughters, Mrs. Dana, Mrs. Thorp
nnd Miss Longfellow. Kabaoosa sang two
Indian songs for his hostesses, ono n lovo
nong and tho other a war song, which his
grandfather hnd composed nfter tho victory
which his tribe, as allies of tho Ilrltlsh,
gained over nnnthcr trlbo nllled with tho
colonists nt tho bnttlo of Queenstown
Heights In tho wnr of 1812.
This Is a translation of nn Invitation which
thoy oxtended to their hrstessco:
"Ladles: Wo loved your father. Tho mem
ory of our people will nover dlo ns long ns
ynur father's song lives, nnd that will llvo
forovcr.
"Will you nnd your husbands nnd Miss
Wo want you to see us llvo over again tho
llfo of Hiawatha In his own countrv.
"KABAOOSA.
"WATUWORA.
Major Gonornl Wheeler said rocontly of "nfrton fOnnhbnuneclWB), tho Month of
About Noted People
Crusts en the Snow."
2d dny of August, 1898, nnd wns burled
temporarily In tho Philippines on a llttlo
knoll Just west of tho rlvor that
rnn by Camp Dowey outstdo of Mnnlla.
lly a coincidence Chaplain Mnllloy olllclatod his llfo In tho Philippines: "Hnrd ub It
at tho funornl ln Manila on August 3, 1S98, was, I enjoyed it. Indeed, I mlased only ono
m well as nt tho funeral nt Oscooln on thing, but thnt I missed badly. It wns my
March 21. 1900. ovonlng gnmo of chess. Thoro was not n
Tho two Omnhnfcl children whoso choS8boari1 to O? ,8,ilB"
essays worn road ns speclnlly morltorlous Among tho most nbstomlous men In Nw I,lg belonging to Colonel Chlldors.
nt tho recent meeting at which prizes were yoTsfate I are tl.roo ol ? Its iZL? Poll" you nnythln to bcforo 1 asa 8el
fts IKLfi LiH dH
Told Out of Court
DUKIAL OF A FALLEN FIUST NEBRASKAN 'AT THE GRAVE OF PRIVATE
LEWIS, OSCEOLA, NEB. Photo by Mrs. E. D. Buckor.
"Prisoner," said a (Maryland Justice,
you havo been found guilty of stealing a , 1L. t.
Havo ,-w,v"' uuuur muro umn no ever will know at any sub-
""ihn' u t.iiL uunn wnu niu eequoni penoa 01 ms existence,
fonco toppling over to tho Ohio side 4io Thero Is a crylne need for mnro of hn
sentence?"
ii tt in 11 (.11 in l 1 1 Li 1 1 u ill it iiiiiunirv i'hhiiv rinia ii.i.. - . . - i nna an n " ntiaHnrmi t n r tn-umn t n i
I 1 1' 1 II II H I I n ' I 1 It 11111 I ) Inl.nn.l nlrn .1 t i ! Ulia lUlLll kllU 111 lauliLl . ltd 1 1 1 k . I lir I . . .
HSrJaKtJSK-s stem r2Sirtci?v: ."ss ass ..-i1 o'd F"rgo Mansion sr,rs.v:,r
ItoMmun l utlnclpM. Vouus Comn lm. at- i'S. 5l""'n",r a' ot k,""', Z,2 7i iS,"..!! , 2,", "' morrtuw, uul lb. ottar Mlcr.
... o-v tllu ,m, fiirgu iuuiiHiun, in iiuunio, in. v..
tended tho public schools of this city three
mid a half years nnd Is nt presont n mombcr
of tho Seventh A clnss under Miss Godso ns
his teacher. His pnronts nro Mr. nnd Mrs
Some Spring Items
Atlanta Constitution: Wo find thoso In-
Shrum, who Is 14 years of ngo
girl. She Is tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs
. - " " HtHIIHIUHi ... I'UHIIIU) 41,
un mi uo cunBiauiu loumi uo inoai, in my rnmous n quarter of a century ago for its
William Dean Howells, tho author, was cnbl am gwine to bodder mo till I coma mngnldccnco nnd Its splendid hospltnllty,
recently nskod by tho Antl-Doath Penalty ou' ' JH an lick do olo woman fur not will bo sold nt nubile nuctlon on March an.
P. O. Collin of 2501 Taylor street, and ho Is """"tuu'11110 lu mvu ms upuuon "u uu um ionK Wun oiuer property ucionging to tno leresung spring items ln tho columns of the
now 12 years of nco regarding capital punishment, nnd gave this r Fargo estate. ThlB does not necessarily Whltsett Courier:
iumv i. t-ttin ui b". nn.....-. iii 11,1.1, i t i i Daniel fi. Pnmnrnv. nnon n nrnm nnnl Mnw . ., . .. . , ...
The other honored essayist Is Mamlo B. " ' " - York crlm nl n k Tv . f " e.nu.A l"0.no,8'. Bny8.ui.0 uuf- 1".WD0. ?wn went yesterday
nnd nn Omaha 7 "0;,voa v"Kva u wckvuuo3b - --- i' V, ' 7 "P". uuv ai icnsi u conciuues ono mo nrsi noitaay our citizens have had
in uiu n-uriu. ii is moro cruoi man most " ........ 4)ui.it.-..i... nut., ponou or its tiistory. sinco tho sheriff's funeral."
co has been closed for five
tho postmaster hns been
pnnil limb M.ttu ntn.t. i.
n 1.11 - il. . . . . . , .... " ' . " "ini Wllklioil liu
teachers and pupils. Sho Is a member v uiBKt.Di. iuo uamou uy n " .u.., ui n.u umuuuik country, n wns completed in 1872, nfter can't quit."
of Eighth grnde, class B, taught by Miss aer r Promoter, in tho history of big associated with others In tho defense of having been building since 1807. It was put "Our venorablo and enterprising coroner
Konnedy. transactions, will bo paid to Jaraca B. Dill, ono Mrs. McCarthy on her trial at Utlca, up ln tho days of war prices, and 'was said, reports four lively funerals on Tuesday
who, Blnco bo engineered a settlement bo- for tho murder of a mnn named Hall of with Its wldo grounds, to bo, all told, tho last."
Another Blgn of spring Is tho reappear- twoen tho Carneglo-Frlck factions, has been Ogdcnsburg. who wns killed by a bullet from ilnest mnnslon on this sldo of tho Atlantic. "Tho town library needs replenishing
unco of tho nthlotes who partlclpato lu out- termed tho "Peacemaker," says tho Wash- hor rovolvor, which was ntmwl at another So It Is not surprising that It cost a for- and wo havo Just had two nrlzo flchts for
door sports, Tho Young Men's Christian ns- Ington Post. Tho combination ln tho com- man. Judgo Doollttlo presided at tho trial tuno. On tho building alone, without furnl- Its benefit."
soclntlon of this city has already organized Pany with 160,000,Q0O capital was formod and seemed to believe in the prisoner's ture, It Is said that Mr. Fargo spent 500,- "Our notoa at tho bank fall moro duo
lie baso ball team, of which o croup plcturo lost Wodneiday, and Mr. Dill, who Is widely guilt. Tho Judgo was bitter nnd so was 000, nnd tbo houso and barn together cost than falls on tho flowers "
L F. Shrum. residing nt 2013 Hamilton Prlvnl murders, becauso tho victim is al- folates tho Philadelphia Post, and gleaned The hougo w(ls DUU by Wllllam a, PnrROi MTne po3tofflco
Bt'rcet, and hns always attended tho Long wnys ko',t ,onK ,n suspense" his legal education largely upon tho box former mnyor of Buffalo, a pioneer in tho days. Fact Is,
school, where sho Is popular with both n ... ,. lT$T ? . 0aC, ' f ?L , ?"g r (,ov.elopmcnt of tho express business of tho having such goc
