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Mny (5, 1000.
Holland Submarine Boat
Little Terror of the Seas
my own.' I ma!o tho most of thwi ar.d tlio
houso caught on and yelled Itself hoarse.
At a lator performance another baby mado
an unconscious hit. IIo made such a iw.to
crying that ho had tho 'middle of tho Blase'
for about flvo minutes; then canio my lines,
"Oh, hollow, hollow, hollow: which ho
Tho United Stated nan Just acquired under way made It necessary for tho word I,roua"ly was."
through purchase tho most formldablo war to bo passed by rovoral men, but at no time 5
vessel, according to experts, which over wan there tho slightest confusion or hcsltn- ' western Kansas thero Is a well Known
"ploughed" tho Halt hous. Some mouths Hon In obeying order. When submerged politician who has a brother In Montana,
ago tho Holland Torpedo Iloat company tho boat wan kept at tho chosen depth with- rtlitw tho Kansas City Journal. A number
brought to Washington a llttlo vm-el which nt any dllllculty by moans of tho horl. ntnl of years ago thin Montana brother borrowed
had been talked of In every newspaper In rudder. The evenness of tho Immersion was $-G0 from lilt) Kansas kinsman, and up to
well shown by the depth gauges, but must ll vury recent dato had neglected to pay It
also have been apparent from the other buck. During tho hearing of tho Clark
vessels from tho imwUIoiih of tho llngg. bribery enso beforu tho United States ponato
"It Ih worthv of notn Hint frnm Dm dmi thero wan somo testimony which indicated
Immeriilon the water ns noun through tho t,lat 1,10 Montona brother, who Is a momber
trio united mates almost nnd which wan
looked upon during tho early days of the
war with Spain an a "llkoly-to-bo" Important
factor In that contest. Tho veniel wus Hie
submarine torpedo boat Holland. For week.)
pant two yachtH bavo been lying at the deadlights wan entirely onnnue. ami nt llin to state Bonato, had received tlO.uOO from
maximum depth it wan almost black. Dur- 0,10 01 1,10 WW" or uiark. wiien this came
wharf In the navy ynrd prepared at all Hiium
to make a trip down tho Potomac
oh far as Alexandria, where the pow
ers nnd prowess of tho Holland would be
demonstrated nt nny time. Members of tho
cabinet, senators, congressmen, army o III -
cers, navy otllcers, Justice of tho supremo
to tho knowledge of tho Kansas brother he
w'roto to tho Montana brother aa follows
Kan., .March 19, 1000 My Dear
lug the nearly threo hours wo wero In tho
brnt tho air was exceedingly nweet."
Another vessel of Eomowhnt similar tyro,
known as tho l'lungor, Is being constructed
nt tho yards of tho Trlggs Shipbuilding com-
nnnv hi Illnlimnnil ntwl will ulinrtlu lin nililnit
rourt, olllclnln of every degree and people to tho navy ns a sort of sister ship to tho "llm " 1,1 rumlH nntl 1 wl8n yu would aenJ
without olllclnl title were taken to tho ex- Holland. With these two powerful sub- luul "oulun nnvo uunncu you,
uuy, ii i uiuii i iiiuiK you wero nasn.
ItOUISItT."
Jim: I goo by tho papers that you are al
leged to have received 110,000 for voting for
Senator Clark. If It Is true. I suppose you
i ii iflffn
Hl'IIMAltlNH 1IOAT HOLLAND NKAHLY
ITS CONNING TOWKH.
hlbltlou and every ono agreed after soelng
what tho Holland euu do In tho way of ex
isting under water that at leant the problem
of HUbmarlno navigation, llwt dreamed o(
by Julea Vorne In his novel, "Twenty Thou
Mind Leagues Under tho Sea," bad been
solved.
After nearly every olllclnl of tho Navy
department had wltne-ssod tho contest and
SUIIMKIKIHI), NOTHINd SIIOWINC, HUT-
old
Yours,
Ily nlmoflt return mnll tho Kansas man re
ceived tho following reply:
"IIBLKNA, Mont., March 25, 1900. Dear
Hubert: I enclose you draft on Now York
for tho $250. You must forgtvo mo for not
uemllng It before. I have tried to sparo It
for several yearn back, but nover was able
to get that much nhcad. Iavq to all,
"JIM.
Mogargeo relates In tho Philadelphia
Thmvi a story nbout Ixiuls Harrison, a
noted comedian and mlinlc, and Ills dog, Znb.
7.nb was the ugliest canlno ou four legs, but
Harrison's lovo for him was boundlcsn,
Onco whllo Hnirlron was playing In Phlla
delphta Znb trayed uway from hl.i master
and was gathereil In by the dog catcher.
Harrison found him In the pound with 300
other prisoners. "I plunged my hands Into
my poekotH to redeem him," Harrison said,
"when, to my horror, I discovered that I had
brought no money with inc. The dogs were
to bo drowned In twenty minutes. What
wan I to do? I explained tho circumstances
to tho warden, who smiled an Bast river
smllo nnd said: 'I don't know you nnd can't
allow you to havo tho dog unices you give
mo $3. I told him I wns Louis Harrison,
tho comedian, nnd asked It he had ever
heard of me. Ho said ho had frequently.
fUllMAUINi: DOAT MOMjAN'I) ON Tills WAYS,
Founder of the Graded
School System in Omaha
marine vessels In commission the UnltoJ
Mates will be supplied an no other navv but he would remilm in lilv.i nv.r tlmi i
wan tho man. Hero was my chance to havo
my ability oh a mimic recognized In n Held
never worked by a living uctor, If tho dogs
would only allow my voice to be hoard that
wad my only fenr. They kept up a steady
stream of Wagnerian choruses without Inter
mlmlon. I said: 'Warden, If I glvo you
onto Imitations of celebrated actors will
in tho world Is equipped for offensive war-
faro against a hostllo licet.
Bunch of Short Stories
'A Colorndo millionaire extremely mil-
nflor Admiral Duwev had ntniln il retinrl 1111
llonalro ono who Is gottlng up nu art gal-
tho vessel, tho government has bought It for ,vr- "u"1 lo " "'slier s biuuio in mo Hue jou bellovo I'm Harrison?" Ho said ho cor
$IG(),000 and has ordered two moro of a slin- 'lu "ac" 81,'a Va,lcu Thompson In his Paris tnlnly would, nt which tho dogs set up an-
tits. The '"mr lo 1,10 :iriay livening Post. "Ho other howl of agony. Well, I struck a tragic
o surface Rhinced cnnunlly at tho plctureo on ho vails attltudo and began to Imltnto Henry Irving
is supply nyniplionioH' lu rose and geld, In blue and as Hamlot. Ab I procee.led tho howls grew
.'. iiiuwii mm green. ralnter and fainter and when I had finished
m lMU ,uu no asKeu, wiui tno pound wan as still as death. Tho
IiIh oyos, admitted that
could not account for
tho slrnnirn Mllpnrn In llu. nnnn.i ir.. txni....i
" 'My iK)Sthumous Prices.' And the painter Into the pen nnd was surprised to llnd every
added, (lood morning. og stone dead but Zab. Ho alono had
liar typo, with muuo tmproveinontn
Holland can go llftcon miles ou Lh
of tho water without renewing Its
Df KOfollno. It ran run forty knots under
water without coming to tho surface ami
thero Is enough compressed air In Itn tanks
to Hiipply u crow with fresh air for thirty
bourn. Tho llttlo terror of tho sea can
dlvo to tho depth of twenty feet In eight'
seconds and can stay at sea lu un emer
gency for a week. The Holland Is, In other
words, a torpodo with human brains Inside
of It.
mum ui uiu lull no IIBKCU, Willi tllO pound WIU IIS
the eonlldence of ono who owne gold in'ncs. warden, with tenrs In
' 'Four millions,' said Whistler. i Wlw the man, but
" VVMin I I ......
Ho had been there
Sufu from Atlurk,
It Is slightly over llfty-four foot lu
been nblo to stand It.
before.
"Ho release! Zab nnd as wo reached tho
door said; "Mr. Harrison, tho Socletv for
tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals think,
II. C. Harnahco IoIIh a niory nbout a baby
which mado the hit of tho evening nt a cer
tain performance of "Patience" In which ho
took part:
more was a joung couplo ui) In tho cnl- drowning u verv mmi -nu i,mi..
length, mid somo ten feet In diameter, and Ivy, and they had tho baby contingent alone, (loirs. If on will nil m.. i ...mi ,.,
IIh displacement, when fully submerged, U My thunderous tones ropcatlug iny lines, thnt they glvo jou f2,000 a year to como hero
Htivonty-llvo tons. Its ariuanient conslstn of 'Where the dut of an earthy today la tho four times a week and glvo Imitations of
an expulsion tubo and threo whlto-hoad 'rth of a dusty tomorrow, awakened tho Irving.' I thanked him and raid It would
torpedoes ami with this supply It can do- lKili nnd It began to cry loud nnd long, bo ImiMuslblc, as my business compelled mo
slmy threo of tho lnrgeot vrssels of any '''lien enmn my lines, 'It's a llttlo thing of to leave the city '
navy In tho world, and, what lu mora to
the point, when properly otllcered nnd
manned, tho Holland would bo ubiolutely
safe Irom tho guns of any vessel which It
might attack,
Admiral Dewey somo time ago sent to
Representative Vtm, acting chairman rf the
c inmltteo on naval affaliH of tho houtto, n
momoraiidum prepared by his aide, I.leu
teiiiuit II. II. Caldwell, upon the recent
tests of the boat. He was aboard the little
craft during Its purforiuancif, Tho fact
that Admiral Dewey endorsed tho report
probably had a great deal to do with its sub
sequent purchase by the Navy department
Lieutenant Caldwell exprefwes the belief
that a determined enemy with a submarine
l nt of the Holland typo could have made
ImpisJlhlo the occupation of Manila bay
by Dewey's squadron. In his roper t Mr
Caldwell says:
"Throughout the performance there was
no accident or hltrli of any sort mid the
ease with which either part of tho median
It'in was manipulated was particularly Im
pressing, Kach member of tho crew had
a special station where ho remained during
tho runs. Although those men were all
highly skilled and showed a eonlldence duo
to their long service In tho boat, I think the
duties could be easily performed by the
petty oillcers of tho navy after u short trial,
Tho beat did not roll and It only pitched
nllghtly at the time of diving and It righted
Immediately after attaining tho required
depth. Tho torpedo was discharged wltr
tho greatest ease. Only a very slight shocV
occurred .when tho torpedo was tired,
KiikII)' ltt' u llequlreil ll'itli,
"Tho captain gavo orders to tho engineer
by tho ordinary method of hells and to the
torpodo mon and pump men by tho word of
mouth
of th
Sjme thirty years ago Samuel DeWItt
Heals wus principal of tho Pacific street
school lu Omaha. His charge wus a motley
ctowd of youngsters Hinging In ago from
8 to 12 years. Tluxio early days of third
readers would lcng havo passed Into ob
livion wero It not for tho picture of that
dignified school teacher Indelibly Impressed
upon the memory of his boys and glrln.
Tho spare, erect frame, the somber garb of
broadcloth, the snow-white head, the long,
silvery beard, tho mobile face, tho brilliant,
kindly eye, the sympathetic smllo, the
gentle yet firm voice, all combined In his
personality to command respect of those
careless, mischievous barbarians. What did
they know of Latin, of Cicero, of the ora
tions against Catiline? And yet on occa
sions llko a Friday afternoon that scholar,
ns If Inspired, would deliver In purest Latin
beforo his school Cicero'r) philippic ngalnst
Catiline. Tho effect wan electrifying. Somo
sat dumbfounded, with eyes and mouth wide
open; others, nstimlshed at tho unexpected
scene, shouted with laughter. Through all
tho 0111111011011 tho teacher, now transllgured
Into tho Itoman orator, forgot tho frouzy
school room and iw beforo him only tho
tumultuous benches of tho senate houso
filled with tho turbulent Komaus. These
boys and girls havo long since grown to
manhood and womanhood. To many their
acquaintance with the classics began and
cloned with their short tutelage under
Samuel D. Denis at the old Pacific street
school, Just abandoned. Hut they will carry
to their dying day the recollections of the
kindly old man who loved nature and books
ns woll an his boys nnd girls.
Samuel D. Heals was a raro teacher. IIo
represonted tho highest typo of tho cultured
gentloman. Ho was a scholar who lovod
learning for learnlnc's sakn. lll mnihn.in
of teachlug long ago wero those of tho most
advanced followed lu tho elementary schools
today. Ho understood what tducatlou meant
and taught his youngest pupils to oLservo
tho things nbout tham by rolying on their
own powers of discrimination anil reason
ing. Tho best there was In tho Individual
was drawn out ami dovoloped. Ho Intro
duced Into tho grndra for ho was tho father
of tho graded school system In Omaha at
h. Tho loud nolso mado by the gearing OI'FICKIta AND KOIHXSTKHS OK OMAHA CAMP NO. U0, MOD10UN WOODMEN OK AM Fine ntwri. ntt.u
o propelling onglno nt all times when llHASKA-Photo by Lancaster, Omaha. . ubiirt miuitt.A ui AM I, lilt A llANM.lt camp
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nn early day object lesson study. Tho leaf
of tho tree, tho berry, tho fruit, tho pleco
of chalk wero tho common objects handed
to the child for examination. Tho pup'l
wns required to exercise his facultlco from
personal Investigation of form, color, tost
nnd distinguishing characteristics of the
particular object undor scrutiny. From
slmplo objects the lessons progressed to
more complex. Tho result of each analytical
examination was required to bo written.
Under such process tho child eapandoJ. Hu
could not fall to grow observant and dis
criminative, and become Independent in
thought and solf-rcllant. Uy this method
Samuel D. Heals believed tho hlghost pur
pose of education wns served and tho founda
tion for good citizenship wns laid.
As an instructor In the High school, which
began lu tho enrly 'SOs and extender
for almost twent years, Samuel D. Heali
wns In his element. Latin wns his delight,
but philosophy was nearest his heart. He
gnvo tho best he had out of tho troaauio
of his mind to the young men and women
v. ho sat nt his feet as chosen disciples. At
thu time when tho classes were small tho
intlmnto relationship which sprang up be
tween master and pupils grew stronger with
tho years. Thoso wero days of happiness
for him. Surrounded by his senior class of
r.ot mora thou eight or ten momborsjn the
llttlo east rcom on tho second floor of the
High school building ho would dlscourso on
the relation of tho good, tho true and the
beautiful and hold tho attention of his Psion
em with his eloquent disquisitions ou
metaphysics.
That Samuel D. Heals was known to few,
that ho mingled llttlo with men or In so
ciety wns duo not so much to disinclination,
but to tho deep-seated mnlndy which mado
him a life-long Invalid. Hy nature ho wa
of n sunny disposition. Oontleness was hi.?
predominant trait. Hut behind tho control
of a well balanced mind lay tho courago
nnd strong will of a man that would nolther
bond nor break to bodily Infirmities. Uv
went through life with tho patlenco of a
Stoic, and with tho calmness of a philoso
pher ho lay down to sleep only when his
work was done.
CHAHLKS S. KLQUTTKIt,
A Thrifty Habit
"Stinginess Is cno thing and an observ
ance of oxcesslvo nicety In financial dotalU
Is another," said a westorn man who Is
worth a good denl of money. "As nn ox
nmplo I will cite a rich old undo I onco had. .
Ho was a mllllonnlro nnd not stingy, but ho
watched tho pennies llko a hawk, and ho
was to exacting that everybody said ho was
tho meanest man In tho county; but ho
wasn't, for ho gavo nway $10,000 a year lu
various charities that ho would not let the
recipients mention. Hut to tho case In pjlnt.
Ono day I nsked him for a nickel for car
faro, tolling him I would return It when I
got somo change, but I forgot all nbout It.
Threo months nfter that It occurred to the
old gentleman to bo very nlco to his five
nephews and nieces, and at Christmas four
of them received checks for !3,000 each,
whllo mlno wns for $1,999.93. It wns Just his
way, don't you see? I owed him that nickel
and ho wanted It."
Criticism is Easy
'Chicago Post: "Wo havo come." they said
to the great war critic, "to offer you the
command of tho nnny."
"Why, really," ho expostulated. "I havo
not had tho experience to exnetly qualify
mo for so great a roHponalblllty. i"
"For months," they urged, "you havo been
explaining Just what tho vnrloiw generals
ought to do nnd pointing out the errom thoy
havo mado,"
"Yes, yes, of .course," ho admitted, "but
that's different, you know."
Of course thoy know, but tho nstonlBhliig
feature was that he should admit IU
