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dressed "Editor Tlio Illustrated Bee, ato corridor yesterday when he was
umiiiin.
Pen and Picture Pointers
Robert J. Thompson, who originated the
Idea of tho Lufnyotto monument In Paris, us
a gift from tho children of tho United
States to France, haH recently returned to
tho United States from France and Is now
living In Washington, although IiIm home
haH hcon In Laporto City,
In., of which town ho Ih n
nutlvo. Ilo hua been deco
rated with tho order of the
Legion of Honor on nccount
of his work for tho La
fayette monument. Ho wont
to Purls aa a Bpeclnl com
mlBBloner from tho United
StateH to Franco for tlie
Hpcclal purpoBo of present
ing to tlio proHidcnt of
Franco tho llrst Lnfnyolto
coin struck at tho mint In
I'hllndolphln. Since IiIh re
turn to the United Slnlcs
ho him received notice of
his decoration In a letter
from M. .lulos Cnmbon, am
bassttdor of Krnnco to the
United Slnlcs, iib followH
"Tho French government
linn conferred upon you the
decoration of tlio National
Order of tho Legion of
Honor, and Iiiib charged me
to nnnounco to you tho ills
tlnctlon of which you are
tho object. Tho govern
inonl wIbIicr In tblfl mnn
ner to give ovldenco of
deop sympathy toward you
anil to thnnk yon for your
effortB to render yot morn
Intlmnto tho nnclont frlend
Hhlp which united the two
untloiiH, nnd notably for
what wiib dono on tho oc
casion of tho Lnfnyolto
monument and tho memo
ilal dollar Htruck In com
memoration thereof. I am
happy to ho tho Intermediary of my govern
nient In thlfl clrcuniBtance, and at the sumo
time extend to you my porfloniil felicita
tions. Hecolvo, I beg you, the UHSllrnnco
of my high eotiBldoratlon."
Air. Mlchcner has been selected by tho In
ternational committee to nrrungo tho pro
gram for thd International Young Men's
Christian association convention, which
will meet In Juno at Hoston.
Breezy and Brief
Senator Oalllngcr has a very bald head
nnd a fnco that Is the embodiment of good
nnturo, relates tho Washington Post. Ho
son-
ob
served by two strnngcrs.
"Ocol" said ono of them to tho other,
"that man must have scon a good tlmo In
hlH life."
Hut Senntor (Jnlllngcr passed on, nil un
conscious of tho tribute to bis very bald
head.
A Htory of Cecil Rhodes and General Do
wet Is told by tho Klmhorley correspond
ent (,f Hie Glasgow Herald: "How you must
Tho design of the South Omaha High
school building Is classical and of tho
Ionic order and Is u model of completeness
and elegance. Twenty rooms of convenient
slzo lmvo boon planned by the architect,
also a largo nsHombly room nnd gymnasium.
Tho gymnnHlum Is In the luiHenient, with a
street entrnnco on Twenty-third street.
Tho library and assembly mums are on tho
llrst floor, whoro they tiro easy of access.
Tho lighting nnd heating will bo tho most
modern, as well as the ventilating. From
tho design shown the structure will have an
Imposing nppearance. It will bo con
structed of buff-colored brick, with stone
trimmings nnd red tile roof. There will ho
nn enst nnd south frontage and It Is ex
pected that work on the building will com
menca about tho middle of April. The build.
Ing will cost In the neighborhood of
f iro.000.
ROBERT J. THOMPSON. LAPORTE CITY, In. ORIOINA
TOIl OK IDEA OK LAFAYETTE MONUMENT TO I IK
BUILT 1IY CHILDREN OK TUB UNITED STATUS.
bate Rhodes!" a burgher on purolo re
marked to ChrlBtlnn Dowel not long ago.
"Not at all," tho Intrepid raider Is cred
ibly reported to havo cried. "Ilo tried to
pntch up matters as long ns ho could, hut
when things got lo n hend ho sided with
his own country, nnd I should hnvo despised
hltn If ho hnd dono otherwise. I, too, have
sided with my country nnd when It Is nil
over I shnll not mind Blinking him by tho
hnnd." This nnecdoto wns cnrrlcd to Mr
Hhodcs, who replied promptly: "I think
Dewet must be a very flue fellow."
Doing buslncHs on a certnln upper Broad
way corner nrn two crippled nowsboys, re
Intcs tho Now York Post. Ono lacks a leg
only from tho knee down, hut tho other hns
sail use for double crutches. Thoy both
como to the Btnnd nt about tho Bamo tlmo
nnd, In the nnturnl order of things, ono
would expect them to bo bitter rlvnls. Yc,
to Judgo by tho answer mndn by one of
them n few evenings ngo, It would seem
not. Tho lnd with tho double crutches wns
heard to ask tho other: "Why Is It yer
don't seem to bo doln' yor limit to about
up do trndo now, Slippy?" "Slippy" re
plied, wriggling shyly: "Ah, choeso It,
Mrs. Stephen 11. Pound, now serving her
third term us stnto regent of the Daughters chummy, I on'y got to holler fer ono leg,
oi mo Ainericnn uovoiution. lias resided
In
Lincoln for thirty-two years. She Is a
native of New York stnto, where she was
born In 1818. Mrs. Pound received a classi
cal education In Lombard university In
OnlcBburg, III. Sho enmo to Nebraska In
18f.il. Her grent-graudfntber was a prlvnte
In tho revolutionary army nnd wns con
fined for sovernl months In n prison ship
nt Halifax, Nova Scotlu. Tho nucostors of
Mrs. Pound were among tho enrly Huston
colonists.
"A frlonil enmo to mo onco completely
henrtbroken," snys Jamea Whltcnnib Rlloy
In Success, "saying that his manuscripts
woro constantly returned, nnd Hint ho wns
tho most mlscrnblo wretch nllvo. I asked
him how long ho had been trying. 'Threo
years,' ho snld. 'My dear man,' I nnsworcd,
laughing, 'go on; keep on trying till you
hnvo Bpont ns many years at It ns I did.'
'As many ob you did!' ho exclaimed. 'Yes,
ns long ns I did.' 'What you James Whlt-
enmh mlov ntnlfrplnit f nr vnnrnl' 'Vita
The University of Nebraska has arranged Hr, through yenrs. through slooplcss nights
- -
for a series of meetings for ten dnys dining
tho enrly part of March to discuss moral
nnd religious questions. Charles C. Mlch
cner, tho field sccrotnry of the Young Men's
Chrlstlnn nsBoclntlon for the west, will b
In chnrge of these meetings. Ilo has been
wonderfully successful In college work. The
moBt notable meetings held by Mr. Mlchenrr
woro those conducted nt the Leland Stan
ford nnd tho University of Cnllfornln last
yenr Mr. Mlchener's home Is at EvniiRton.
HI. Ho Is nn lownn by birth. Ills parents
woro Qunkers nnd ho received IiIb enrly
training nnd Instruction In thnt fnlth. Ho
Is u graduate of tho Penn collego nt Oska
looso, In. While In collego ho was con
verted nnd begnn his Chrlstlnn life, nt onco
nctlvely taking up the work of the Young
Men'fl Christian nRsoclatton. When ho left
collego ho bpcnmo secretary of the associa
tion at Oskaloosn. from which ho wns
rnlled to tho position of ussdstnnt stnto sec
retary for lown and had special supervision
of tho collego work. In two or three yenrs
ho wns mndo college secretary bv tlio In-
through nlmost hopolcss days. Kor twonty
years I tried to got Into ono magazine; bnck
camo my mnnuscrlptfl otornnlly. I kopt on,
In tho twentieth yenr that mngaztno nc
copied ono of my nrtlcles.'
"I wna not n hollovor In tho theory that
ono man does a thing much easier than
any other man. Continuous, unflagging ef
fort, perslstenco nnd dotormlnntlon will
win. Let not tho man bo discouraged who
has those."
On his Inst trip to Florida Senntor Vest
wns fishing with his friend. Amos J. Cum
mlngs, of tho lower house of congress, re
ports the Washington Post. They woro
after chnnnel bass for chowder. Cummlngs
got a stlngereo nnd wns mnklng so much
fiiBB about It ns n respectnblo ninn should.
Vest sung nut from the how of tho nnphthn
launch and asked him whnt tho mntter was.
After Cummlngs told htm Vest said:
"Hnul him In. I want his tall."
Cummlngs did nB requested, cutting off
the t n 11 with lila tnrlf.lt nlfo. Tlio allnimrnn
tornntlonnl committee, his territory extend- wns thrown on tho bnnk, whero It lav flop-
ing front Ohio to the Pnellle const. Ho wns ,,K Its death ngnny. As the nnphthn
eminently successful In this work nnd hnd enmo back on Its homeward trip tho
i sharo In estnbllshlng nnd developing the Btlngerco lny flopping on the bnnk nnd n
milium conierence neiu encn yenr nt buzznrd
t.ako Uor.ovn, wis. Ho was founder of tht
n.iMir,,.-, cuuiirenee on uie memo conBt ungainly wny which buzzards hnvo nnd
wus wnltlng for Its supper to quit kicking.
Suddenly Vest began laughing with high
glee. Ho wns shipping his knees with de
light, and when Cummlngs demnnded to
know whnt was so funny It wns u few mo
ments before ho could answer. Finally he
cackled out In dry, high pitched tones:
"1 know u buzzard down In Missouri wnlt
lng for mo to dlo Just like this buzzard Is
wnltlng for this Btlngerco."
This was a dcllcato reforenco to William
Joel Stono, a cnndldato to succeed Vest.
Mr. Vest announced Inst winter that he
would not bo a condldatu nnd Stono be
cniiio ono.
Told Out of Court
A diligent student of Inw books recently
enmo upon n curious thing In n volumo of
United Stntcs supreme court decisions. Tho
enso was not one of very gravo importance.
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller had written the
(.pinion of tho court. He concluded nbout
n follown: "In this ense the court hns
adopted the line of nrgument Inld down
lu nn opinion rendered by Justice Ilnrlan."
Then followed the number of the precedent
ease, the volume of the report nnd tho
page, so that anyone who desired might
rend In dotall what Justice Harlan hnd
snld on the former occasion. Hut appended
to this Inter opinion rendered by tho chief
Justice was the following: "Mr. Jimtlco
llnrlnn dissents." Tho stnlwart Keiitucklnn
wus recorded In nil of tho formnllty of tho
ofllclnl report us having squnrely reversed
lilitiBolf. What did Justice Harlan say when
his attention wus cnlled to tho report?
"My! My! That oughtn't to hnvo gono In
that way. It will bring tho court Into con
tempt." And the Justlco's eyes twinkled.
In the administration of President Hnr
rlson, Senator Clnrk of Wyoming, then n
practicing lawyer In tho territory, ns It
was In those days, wns appointed a Judge
of tho territorial court. Ho wns not cer
tain nbout accepting the position, and bo
went over to hnvo a tnlk with Judgo Corn,
tho democratic, Incumbent.
"Hello, Clark," snld tho Judge. "Hove
you como over to bo sworn In?"
"No," snld Clork. "I hnvo not yet mndo
up my mind to tnko tho placo."
"Oh, tnko It by all manner of means,"
snld Judge Corn. "It Is n pleasant Job nniJ
I think you will llko It."
"Hut," snld Clnrk, "I have a good many
prlvato mnttors to nttend to nnd I cannot
nccopt for some tlmo yot nnywny. It I
eoncludo to take tho placo I will lot you
know."
"All right," snld Judgo Corn. "Como
over nnd I will swear you In, but," he
added, with a Inugh, "whllo I can swear
you In, nil crentlon ennnot qualify you."
She wns on the witness stand In her own
behnlf, being ulno defendant In tho action,
relntes tho Detroit Free Press. She wns
n sturdy widow, hard working, shrewd In
n deal nnd gnrrulous. A landlord wns suing
for back rent on n little furm she hnd
abandoned.
"You any that the Inud was hard nnd
flour nnd sterile," suggested the attorney
for the plaintiff.
"That's what I said, only I wasn't so
persnllllty nbout it, nnd I'll sny more"
"Just a moment, please. Wc wnnt evi
dence, not opinions. Did you rnlso any
thing on this land of ours?"
"Lnnd of ours!" with a sniff. "You never
New President of
The "Q" Railroad
it Ufij
CHAHLKS C. MICH FINER FIRLD SECRK
TAHY OF THH YOUNC. MRN'S CHRIS
TIAN ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
COMMITTER.
owned a thimbleful of it.
thlnga on It. It took two
benn nnd n whole row of
nubbin. I raised u cabin;
pen, nnd I tried to rnlso
Yes. I did ral3u
hills to raise n
cam to raise a
I raised a pig
n goat, but It
had perched above It. The bird
wns scrooehlng up ItB shoulders In tho
starved to death, poor thing. That ground
wouldn't rnlso dog fennel or oven Canada
thistles."
"Don't exaggerate, please. You sny the
soil was sour?"
"I couldn't exnggernto pbout that ground
If I was a lawyer. In tho morning when
tho dew wns Btonmln' oft In tho sunshlno
you'd think you wns llvln' next door to n
plcklo factory. I kept my sugar In nn nlr
tight Jar."
"Pshaw! That's ridiculous. I BUpposo
tho ground wns so hard you couldn't blast
It."
"Nuthln' of tho kind. I'm hero to toll
tho truth. Hut I'll toll you how hard that
ground wns. I had to chop my set onions
out with n hatchet, and a big gnnder I
bought broko his neck tryln' to pull a tuft
of spear grass."
Tho landlord did not recover.
Ueorgo Hurrls had been In the land de
partment of the "Q" road nt Burlington
before ho enme to Nebraska In 1S73. His
first work hero wus ns secretnry of the.
South Platte Lnnd company, which Inter bu
enmo the Lincoln Lnnd company, and he
assisted much in tho development of tho
new country nlong tho Burlington lines.
Tho salnry of the position wus not munifi
cent nnd bo mndo n short experiment in
politics nlong nbout 1877 to see If he could
not better his condition. Ho wns n cnndl
dnte for county clerk of Lancaster county
nnd wns defeated for the nomination. Tho
clerkship which ho did not get wns worth
$1,000 or $1,200. So far ns Is known, this
wns his Inst political experiment.
MRS. STEPHEN B. POUND, LINCOLN NEBRASKA RECENT
OF DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
tho brothers nnd sisters still consult him
as thoy would a fnther.
Oeorgo Hnrrls Is described by his friends
as distinctly "a man's man." He Is quiet
and reserved, nnd Is cheerful under clr-
rlimstnnces whom others would he worried.
Ho enjoys the telling of a good story and Is
a good imitator of dialects, Every year he
goes to the Isles of Shoals, off tho coast of
Now England, whero ho fishes for days at
a time, always telcctlng the s.-uiie rocks
and always selecting ns companions some
of tho quaint old fishermen, nnd from these
ho learns many good stories. He often
visits his boyhood home nt Hannibal, Mo.,
another placo whoro good old stories grow,
nnd he Is never tired of talking over old
times with tho In
habitants of tho old
Missouri town. He
has been known to
drop business or fore
go n pleasure trip in
Chlcngo to spend nn
hour or two with''
somo man from Han
nibal. A prominent Ne
brnsknn who has
had a long ac
quaintance with hltn
says of Oeorgo Har
ris: "Ho Is tho
whitest man I
ever knew. Ills strict
sense of honor nnd
his discretion lire re
sponsible for his rise
In tho business world.
Ho Is n mnn whom I
would trust with tho
ndmlnlstrntlon of my
property for my wlfo
nnd children nnd
never ask for a bond."
It Is thus ho Is ro
garded by all his rel
atives ond by nil his
nssoclntes. In Chlcngo
ho hns the same old
cronies with whom he
visits every Sunday
when ho Is In the city.
At a regular hour
every S u n d n y ho
writes a letter to bis
mother, tnkes It
Hnrrls filled a variety of positions with down tho street to tho letterbox and then
tho Burlington. Ho wns assistant general goes to meet Tripp nnd two or three other
freight agent at Omaha for a tlmo and was quiet friends, where the afternoon Is spent
purchasing ngent for tho Chicago, Burling
ton & Qulncy. Then ho beenmo vlco presi
dent nnd finally genornl inanngcr of the
Burlington & Northern. It was said that cares
ho was tho only mnn connected with the
Burlington system who wns cnpablo of fill
ing any position In nny department and
that It was tho purpose of tho company Chlcngo News: Tears are the diamond
to try hltn In nil of them. At ono time ho chips of sorrow.
got tired of the railroad work, resigned nnd A pessimist Is nover happy unless ho Is
cngnged In the Iron business lu Chicago. unhnppy.
urn buuii uihiiu uucit io uie roan
in rehearsing new nnd quaint stories. it
Is In this way the now president of tho
Burlington seeks relief from his business
Pointed Paragraphs
Along about 1SS3 Hnrrls was with the
Santa Fo system, nnd beenmo their ngent
lu Mexico, whoro ho looked nfter large
land grants and other Interests belonging
to tho compnny. Just prior to this date
Tho fewer stops a man tnkes tho longer
his shoes Inst.
Things nro usually what they scent to bo
to tho dressmnkcr.
Good tnlkors nro plentiful, but good listen-'
some of his Lincoln friends, Including Judgo ers aro ,mr1 t0 flna-
O. P. Mnson, Lou Cropsoy, Trlckey, Phil- Somo young men dress so loud they can't
Hps nnd others hnd been cnught In n sort lienr themselves think.
of gold brick deal. They had bought an In- A bad horso Is like n poor play; it can't
torest In n scheme to mnnufnetute gold out run and It won't draw.
m mum, nuu nan put up buu lo pay tlio An extravagant man is nlwnvs nieaehlmr
expenses of Cropsey to Cnllfornln to In-
vestigato tho now wealth-making machine.
Cropsoy had whllo on the conBt bought tho
right to operate the machine In Mexico, nnd
tho prlvllego wns divided up ntnong the ten
pnrtners, Judgo Mnson thus owned ono
. ... . , , . .
mum oi .Mexico on paper, nni secured trout
economy to his wlfo.
You can't nlwnys Judgo n mnn by the ci
gars ho gives to his friends.
Somo vocalists on the stage lire guilty of
murder on the high C's.
A small hoy Is never bo full of emotion
his Ilfo Insurnnco company n penult to tMat uo uns no roon' fr dlnnor.
trnvel through tho country down there and Honesty Is undoubtedly the best policy,
look nftor his Interests. In 1883 the swindle but it keeps many a man poor,
hnd exploded, and tho ten Lincoln men When a girl tells a young man to take
wero out nil their money, hut they still heart Is sounds suspiciously like n hint,
owned tho right to mnnufneturo gold In Attcr a bawl Is over the wenrv fnti.nr
SIT ThlAT? f "? '"h ,U:nnlt ,0 ' to "ot1;0,, eep"
travel. ThU led to much facetloud eorre- A i . t , , .
spondenco with Gcorgo Hnrrls. nnd -oples dB J"" 8 otte" w"rSGt '''"V"3 blt0
of tho letters nro still In existence In Lin- but hla bnrk ls Pre'"-le Just tho same.
coin. Ho was nsked to notify tho Mexican A womnn wll no mind of her own to
peoplo thnt Judge Mason would soon bo sl)0nk ot ls 1110 "rst to glvo others a piece
down thero to travel over tho country on of "
his pormlt nnd to lny claim to his ono- Tll mnn who tries to live beyond his
tenth Interest to tho republic. In tho moans usually winds up by having to llvo
menntlmo Chnrloy Harris, a brother of without his friends.
George, who had been In Mnaon's law of- It is only after the school girl adds tho
flee, wont to Snn Diego, Cal., for tho Santn letter "o" to tho word "love" that the spoil
Fo company, and whllo thero pasted ono begins to work.
of tho Mexican gold Bhnres on tho monu- Thero Is no law to prevent n womnn from
merit which stnnds near the boundary line planting heraelf In front of a mllllnor'a show
or Mexico window and wishing sho had n bank account
SpenliH SpiuiUli Fluently. of her own.
Whllo with tho Santn Fo George Harris'
official position wns thnt of nsslstnnt to
tho genernl mannger, nnd most of his work
wns nmong the Mexicans, so that ho learned
tn sneak thn Snnntati innminnA n..
The Resemblance
Indianapolis Sun: Thoy watched little
tho tlmo ho became tired of tho southern ' rZ liZr H,lonUl "mo aa
country ho was offered an attractive posl- xZJtot SS 1
Hon with tho Burlington and enmo hack to 'K bald-headed man. who sat
that road. ,, . , ......
m. What bcnutlful hair tho child hnHt" hii
Tho parents of George Harris bought a girl rattled on
homo In Lincoln In 1S72. at into K street. "Yes," answered tho palo young man
whoro 1,1s mother. Mrs. Sarah V. Harris, "and do you know, dear, four l.alr remTnds
s 111 lives. Mr. Harris owned the property mo so much of llttlo Eva's"'
nt tho northeast corner of Sixteenth nnd L "Really! You think It does? Why so?"
streets during his residence In the capital gurglod tho girl
city. On tho death of his father, twonty or At this juncture tho bald-headed man
more yenrs ago, ho practically took the leaned forward
wXVl hCn? th, "arrl8mfnml-. " Pi"" "Hecauso llttlo Evas dyo so many times "
which ho retains today. Tho mother nnd he hoarsely whispered
