Or ATI A 1 L L U ST n A T M n m?.v
U.MAIIA IMX'STUATKI) JJ1JI2. , ul" ,lll,ko ""racllvu ulcturo, but Its
"trest Ih enhanced by Including with It
- - -- I't'oplo who nro widely known In n circle
Published Weekly by The Hue Publishing of ,lc'lunlntonces throughout this city nnd
i ornpany. ike Itulldlng. Omahu, Neb. 8lat".
Prlre, 5 cen h .er copy-per year, U.W. Attention Ih cn"lic"(i tho photoSrnphs
Kntered at tho Omaha Postolllco SecomT Senea TCSmZ ""I "n11''0 0n 7'"
("lass Mall Matter. acmes In Omaha," as flno example) of
nmatour photography. Night photography,
For advertising rates iiddnH Publlnhor. whllo not an unusual practlco, encounters
Communication rHnt.ng to photograph ZZl", tZ?!""1
or articles for publication ohoul.l be nd- nmhv i . Vi , ' V'V"""' "."l"s
droned "Hdltor Omaha Illustrated nee,
Pen and Picture Pointers
The llee extends a hearty ICaster greeting , , .1. . Umaba 1,10
to "ill Its readers through this, Its special nlKh ''''""'""tlnr.H, some of the
Kaster number. Tho Kustertldo Is rucog- cn,"?1,t ,,y ol" nrtlHt'a camera.
raphy has developed to a remnrkahlo iln-
greo In Omaha during tho last two yenra
by thoso who took pictures of tho beauti
ful Illuminations at tho exposition, where tha
light and dark effects wero so artistically
worked out. Tho effect of tho exposltl m
is hum seen In Omnha in tho matter of
best being
Thu leaders of Omaha'H younger society
nlzod In all the Christian world as tho omen
or new life, tho snrlni'tlnm of tin.
Whllo originally a church festival, It has Hl'1 nr" '"troduced to our readers today by
eomo to bo more than that nnd Its slgnlll- B,m"-H,ot portraits presenting them In
ennco Is understood and appreciated by tin1 Htrc'ut costumes as they aro known to their
people both within and without the church. fr,0"l,H ,in' ncqunlntnnces. Tho young
The emblems of ICaster, like tho folklore wo,nu ar" representative of tho best social
of Christmas, have been worked out with rlrcleH thlH t:lty and their names nro to
particular reference to tho children and f"u"11 ovory wuuk ln tno reports of the
young people, tho ICaster egg and the lily Hoc1"1 hnpponlngs. That Omaha society
corresponding with Santa Olaus anil bin l,,l,lcrH '"' ho counted with tho best-
relnileers, and tho day Is a special holduy ,lri'BHI-'11 women and comparo favorably with
for tho Juvenile world. From this stand- ll,0HO of nny otner vlly wlu 1)0 readily
point the frontispiece of tho present mini- realized nt a glance. As a bevy of beauty
her of Tho lice Is particularly appropriate. tllu c"ll,,cll f portraits could not well be
reproduclnir as It does n most nrtlMiin tihnin. Improved upon.
graph of a beautiful child clasping a bunch
or Luster lilies In her arms. The photo
South Oinnha, through Homer Payton, ha-
graph Is designed and made for The lieu by ,7'". thu H1t!l1t,, "r"trlcnl ch'implnnshlp In
Klnclmrt, who has posed his own little
girl for the occasion. No more striking or
Doautlhrl Illustration could have been ae
cepted for this purpose.
tho lnterscliolastlc contost, which, for sev?u
years past, has been held by Fremont
Young Pnyton's declanintlon was tho arena
scene from "Quo Vadls" and ho bad ten
competitors against him. Ills friends nnd nd-
The present numbor'of Tho lllustrato.1 Iloi mlrcrs nro naturnlly elated at his achieve
ls tho third special doublu number which nient.
has been prepared for tho notable holiday
events with characteristic colored covers. A limit NntoH Ppnnlp
Tho Mrst was Issued ns a Thanksgiving num- uuul nuitu V1
bur last year, followed during tho Christinas Tho dentil of former CoiiKrcsBinnr. John A.
holidays with an edition suitable to tho Illngham of Ohio leaves former Governor
Christmas festival. Kacli of theso linn bicn Goorgo S. Iloutwell tho Inst of the managers
1 marked Improvement upon the ono before, wh conducted tho prosecution of President
Johnson In tho Impeachment proceedings.
Tho other members were Thnddeus Stovons
anil Ilenjamlu F, Butler.
Senator Hate of Tennessee enjoys the all
too rare distinction of never having accepted
a railroad pass in his life. Ho Is one of those
im
UKADY KOIt SPUING PLOWING Photo by Louis It. Ilostwlek.
April S. 1000.
bible; his other hand was raised high above
IiIh close-cropped head, whllo his voice rang
out on tho sultry, storm-laden air like tho
clang of steel on steel: 'Prepare ter meet
yer God.
"No 0110 who looked at tho neat, utrorig
ilguro arrayed iu tho plain khaki unlforrif"
of a private soldier, nt tho clean shaven,
square-Jawed face, at tho fearless, gray-blue
eyes, could doubt either his honesty of
earnestness. Courage wns Imprinted by na
ture's never-erring hand on every lineament
of IiIh Saxon features. So might ono of
Cromwell's stern-browed warriors have stood
on tho eve of Marstou Moor.
" 'Prepare ter meet yer God.'
"To tho right of him the long lines of the
tents spread upwnrd toward the kopje; to
tho left tho veldt, with its wealth of gray
green grass, sown by tho baunteous hand if
tho Great Harvester; all around him, ex
cepting where tho graves raised their red
brown furrows, rows of soldiers lounged,
listening to tho old, old story of man's weak
ness and eternal shame and Christ's love and
everlasting pity. On the soldier preacher's
breast a long row of decorations gleamed,
telling of honorable wrvico id queen nnd
country.
"Heforo a ninn could wear thoso ribbons
ho must have faced death as brave men
fnco It on many n battlefield. Ho must have
known the agonies of thirst, tho dull, dend
Pain of sleepless nights, and midnight
marches; tho tireless watching nt the sen
try's post nnd tho onward rush of armed
men up heights almost unscalnble. On
Egypt's sun-scorched plains ho must havu
faced the mad onslaughts of tho dervish
hosts nnd rallied with tho men who held tho
lines of Abou Klca wells, where gallant
Hurnaby was slain. The hills of Afghan
istan must have re-echoed to his tread,
else why the green and crimson ribbon that
mingled with tho rest? His eyes had Hashed
along tho advancing lines of charging Impl,
led by Zulu chiefs. Yet never had they
Hashed with braver light than now, when,
facing that half mocking, half reckless
crowd, ho cried, 'Prepare ter meet yer God.'
"Hough as tho thrust of a broken bayonet
was his speech, unskilled ln rhetoric his
tongue, his periods unrounded as flying
fragment) of shrapnel she!!; yet all who
listened knew that every word camo from th"j
speaker's soul, from tho magazine of truth.
"Somo London slum had been his cradle,
tho gutters of tho great city the only uni
versity his feet had ever known. Tho cos
ter's dialect was nativo to his tongue, yet
smug enurenman crowued with tho
6hI
nap. Mr. Pearson, who is 80 yearn old, is
tho philanthropist- who has given his entire B u10 courl understands it," said a Chl
fortuno of la.r.uO.OOO -to colleges, risorvlng cago Judge, "tho defendant here, began the
only 11 modest llfo annuity for hlmtwlf. quarrel becnuso tho plaintiff hurled an
epltliot nt him. Was that the way of It?"
"No, yer nnner," tho witness explained;
"they'io both llnrs. 01 seen it all meself.
Mr. II. H. Vroeland of New York, president
of all the traction surface roads of .Man
hattan, was iv brakeman on tho New York &
Nobody thrun an epithet. Molke that's him
CIIAHACTHUISTIC FIGUItU IN DOWN
TOWN OMAHA I'hnto by Louis It Host-wick.
..1.1 ....!.! I 1... 1 ...I. ...... U'hntl I wna n l.nv It ..'no l,n f-o T.'-l . 1. 1 , , ...... . . wuuilll IIU'
uiu-iiiHuiuiii.ii miui-niueii ui ueuovu mm. - " ""j, " ..no. rucivuio nuiiiiiur-uwiiuii una my oinco ueeK uau two laurels or tile Rchools could so havo stirred
legislator should never receive favors from cn"io out of her house nnd found somo holes worn In it by my heels before my first the blood of thoso wild lads fresh from
o;. monitions. Ho oven navs for his telo- confederate soldiers on tho porch. 'Get out cllunt eamo. ti, i,n,,.iioU 1....... .i "... .
......... ...... .. ....... nf lmr ht ...,.1. 1.1 .... ....o umou aim laniuas mining
Kruinn, never uikhik auvaniago 01 govern- --. ,..t,.,, DUU, lu --jiut ccmo no im ono uay, cnarging into camps beneath Australian suns
meriL ratcw. them, striking nt them with tho cano she al- mv niilpo llko n mmi hull. Rtnrlni? nt nm nmi imnn, .
------ .... " " " n ivwiut ivi lllUUt UI UUUi
j: ways carried. This may or may not bo tho throwing down a roll of
1). K. Pearson of Chicago has declined to true story, but thoro is certainly no doubt bills oh large ns my list, he
servo on thu reception committee for thu that she was a loyal woman." shouted:
Dewoy day celebration because it would i want to see Mr
cause mm to miss his regular nrter-uinnor Tft d lliif rf liiff Blankl'"
" -l am .Mr. uiariK, the law
yer," edging up to tho roll.
" 'Good Lore?, sonny,' ho
roared, 'I want to sen your
fnther, tho lawyer!'
" 'I am Mr. Hlnnk, tho law
yer,' I answered, with nil
the dignity I could muster.
" 'Oh, Christmas!' ho
yelled, ns ho .seized his roll
arid put It In his pecket.
" 'What have I been re
tained on?' I asked, making
a bluff at the roll.
"Ho stared at rue for n
moment and then mid:
" Seo here, sonny, I've
got an important engage
ment to meet. I'll be back
In an hour. Here's your
retainer,' he added, throw
ing down n quarter.'
"Hut ho never came back.
I was looking nt my picture
U10 other day, taken nlnut
Senator Hoar's comment on Senntor Petti- The legal lights woro discussing disappoint- that time, and I cannot say
grinv's pronunciation of Lntln has been ments with which they had met, relates Uie that I blame him."
widely repeated ns ono of the br uhtcst hits
in a murder trial In Dal
Ins, Tex., the counsel for thu
defenso 'vns examining a
venireman regarding his
qualifications to serve, an
objection having been raised
on the ground of tho Juror's
prejudice against no-
groes. Tho man admitted
that ho had onco been
me
tried
it. Hosiwlck.
V. ...tl. ...... ..!..!. .......... ...... rr.l,,,,
1 ........... ... , ,,. .u,.., there-called Jnwn something, and
he s perhaps the foremost man of ;the n.lnuto Jllwnthnl.B hlm oveP here-heaved brick.
and li s Ifo "lotto Is: "Always do the lut Nobo, h , , , . , ..
tliero Is ln you with tho means at your com- .
niand, ami, above all, don't worry." . , , , ...
;, "Will you please, suli, lemme know," wrote
Tom Wntson. who recently announced that u colored prisoner to a Georgia Judgo, "des
lio would not accept the populist nomination Wen my easo'U como up fer conwlction? I
for vice president, lias a law practice which 1" J'1"- BU. 1out oBllt "'ontlie ez de
Is netting him close to $20,000 a year and is onw ".v, en I hez a sorter restless feelln' cr
working for an Independence so Hint ho can wantlri' ter know des Wen my conwlctlon'll
dovoto ills entire time to literature. For I writes dls, sub, kazo I feels it in
some tlmo ho lias been collecting material iy J'l" 'hit do spring season Is coinln' on,
for 11 history of tho American revolution. ' e'o ter me dat you might go llshUi'
His extraordinary aptitude for homely n ferglt do tlmo for my conwlction. Do, ef
metaphor won hlm much of Ills success nt y"l please, suli, keep mo In niln', en do by
law, tills making hlm a powerful Jury lawyer. -z you 'spects ter bo did by."
of tho season. Mr. Pottlgrew, who Is n
tireless talker, insisted on using tho phrase
"ad infinitum" witli grent frequency, pro
nouncing tho longer word with an accent on
tho second syllable. Finally ono of his ns-
at lenst so tho verdict of the public lias soclates corrected hlm, snylng: "Give It
said, und wo feel sure that the siuno the long 'I,' senntor," which Mr. Honr, over
encomiums will bo passed upon thu present hearing, promptly remarked: "Tho senator
effort. Is pr. ibably making tho '1' short to savo
4 the tlmo of thu senate."
Odd characters about town are met with .... .
dally without Impressing themselves upon Senntor Pettus of Alabama, who Is her'
the spectator, who seldom grasps the aided as an old now wit of tho senate, Is
picturesque sldo of the personage. It Is regarded as the most owl-llko member of
only when tho features aro caught by the the upper house. He Is so ponderously
camera thnl tho artistic side of these well soltimn that he Is unconsciously humorous
known Inhabitants bocomes fixed. This was Mr. Pettus will bo 80 yenra obi next
brought out some time ago when The llee July. Ho belongs to the old school of
printed tho picture of thu old apple woman southern stntesmcn now fast disappearing
who frequents tho big ntllce buildings in tho It Is easy to see, In tho dogmntlc manner
heart of the city. A sigulllcaut showing Is In which lie lays down tho law to his scua-
tho picture hero given of an Italian torlal colleagues, that he has been a Judgo
woman who Is ulso a familiar figure In thu When bo opens his mouth he Is Sir Oracle
downtown district. Thcsu odd types nru He speaks with great deliberation, nt the
part of every great city and are noticeable rate of about six words a minute, and each
particularly by tho contrast they form with word Is emphasized by tho waving of his
tho everyday Inhabitants engage, I In thu chin whiskers. Ills gestures nru conftue.l
ordinary vocntions. to a wide sweep of his arm from his body
3 and an Inverse motion thnt is Irresistibly
A great mnuy Omaha people spend part C(n,,c
of their vacations, either in winter or sum- -
mer, visiting out-of-the-way placis rich In "I remember seeing llarbnra Prletchle,"
Ik -JErT
mm
iat ho had onco been a wrmt- r..
lembor of a Jury which vn FJ ? THAT DBSTROVKI) OMAHA TKNT
led a negro for murder n . Vi C0MlAV'S STOHIO-Photo uy Iuls
It Is not permlttJlblo In wuch
, ; v tvauu ui mo trial, hj.
Alii! pvnn no . .. i
ttirifu H irilllll Itirnrmntln,. 1. . mo llv o mHf, Wl . Wfin 8TPT1P 1.
- ..lUMIIllHUH, llU 1.. . ... ' ' '
counsel said: "Where is that uegro now'" ' r "lar" 11,0 rol""B thunder of our
I ilon't know," wns the reply. "The sheriff KU.".B I8 lll0' spoko ln stcrner tones to thu
liangtsl 'him at the
nation s foo from Modder rlvor. It wns no
"Prepare ter
HO.MliU PAYTON 01 SOUTH
WINN Kit IN STATU OHATOHICAL CON
TKST.
new figure that tho soldier-preacher place 1
before us. It wns the samo Indignant Christ
that swept the rabble from tho temnlo: the
Moot Ynr r",1' . Brent Chrlst wh0 calmly faced tho
iTiCCl 1 CI UOU seething mob ln Pilate's Judgment lull; the
Much has been written of tho rcllitlouc ITl swee' C1,rlst who took tho babies upon
spirit in which tho Ikers do battle TI at tho h 11 ' h ??mo "iVlno C,,rlst w"0' wlth
lloer has no mnnm.niv f , 1.,.. .... . . ,um.ltne hysP and gall, nnd minded blood nnd
1... .. . " 'i ' snown tears, .pnsscxl denth-u ,ir,i ,..,i .. ..s
- fl iltlO U1I
mo grand
.nrds thnt
savored of thu Indon slums nnd of tho
by tho following sketch written at Fns inri i r ,2, ,lreni1 I)orU,
IGras Pan) battlefield by a "orre.noii.lnni f f Calvnry- The sa.
OMAHA- tho London Dally News: COrre81,0,,,lL'nt o( J.bu Quaintly 'dressed in w
"Ho was HtniHlIm- .... .. ... """'iuii siiirno nn
rough nnd rugge he hts of p, . ... r 8 cn,n,, nml yot 80 hedged around
crlmsori-tlnt "l c u ls t e b " 01 Tno al t',,IIcarnr"t !(vo ' c""" faith that
Uy cast ruddy radiance 1?"
historic Interest nnd their friends nre al- said Senator McCotnns of Maryland to n
.......u lti.iiri.ut...l l.i ltt.li- .ivniirl.innitu Til., ut. I .. ...... ...ii.titp Mnnmilil Hi'iM Di.trnlt PrtWl PrPfiR mid Md lu On. univ Hint
nnjo ....v.n.i ... nivit vAI'vt .v ..vv... ..ii ttn.t.ii.u.l .i-jiw.,v-.. . ...v.... ...... . - . . w . - w . . wiuij ...Mb w.ai it I lluuy railiatlCe rOlltld IiIm Jioi 1 11(1 lint. I . , . , .
It.... nrnHiMits two milium nletnren of 11 imrtv In itmwutmvn. which Is nir Frederick, ono of them told : and tnnn mnbi.,.. 1. ... "ta 1 us ul"'ng mit the Ideal Christ.
of western tourists who hnvu been making "She wns quite an old woman when I saw "Tho greatest disappointment Hint I ever those ancient martyrs onn in' ,,.,1 Vl "Onco nioro wo heard tho illstlnct batteries
a Mediterranean trip with a background ns her," continued tho senator, "and was, as met with happened nt the beginning of my stained glass windows In old unVi 1 .
... II. I 1, l ....... .. .1... , I ........ n.. ....n....H 1 n. ..... .1. ... .. . 111 1 111 "Orill CI1
HiriKii.K s i in win. ui mum u hiiu uiwiiys iiiui uuiu, i.u iuii'.ibu. tjtti wiiui. 1 ju.tiis hi i.iu nine iiiui m- m Home or Venice. His
liiii... nn iivniirulnn nt. thn TCMi. hIw.wIiil the wntiifin f lii.v,. nlu'iivn find Hiiini dnlltit ellml to hold tnv niirenttt r.vmnullil r,.t i.in..,...i i . .,
....v. .... ...... .... v- - ..f. .1.111 u.unu io ino Knives of th. untie in. ,1. 1 ti.-ifiui luun
viboI gnlly nttlred with Its pnssengers about tho flag story, although the window this handicap which wns keeping mo from soldiers nnd Bailors who had f.i 1 . 1 ' 50 11 "on's roilr until tho
aboard, and the other an expedition to tho from which tho flag Is said to have been tho fame nnd glory that I thought wns my beat tho Poors and dmv. 1 I , , wo '1,'lsni!rlnK wind was tremulous with sound.
Pyramids with tho Sphinx standing out In displayed Is still shown ns evldenco that due. Modder river . was "ushei! c
bold rellof nt. ono siuo. Ttio scenery aioue tho episode occurred., as 1 ucaru ino story, -.My nngnt now sningio wns somewhat "in ono band ho held a little w "
ono is ant to IZ . , 7 1 . wo "ear(1 11,0 '"stlnct batteries
n I Two ihl rhnn I PPak .U,ose wh08 lmnJ "atl rl"e'y
n old world churches grasped tho empire's flag, and ovory rock
r.ics or tho Hrltlsh tin thu echo iii 11.,.,. . "... .....
except the preacher's
'Preparo ter meet yer God I' "
