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i sting letters from England on 11 subject of
liaraiiioiint luturcst -t church and charily
work of Ureal Britain In connection with
llio social life of th kingdom. These will
In1 written by Itev. Henry Tnchloy, II. I).,
of lllnghiiiiitoti, N. Y., who has Just Hiillod
for Loudon. Dr. Tuckley Is a well known
Investigator ami writer ami litis done much
work along the line of Hint ho Iiiih now un
dertaken. One of IiIh hcMl known tinnlcs,
''Mosses and ('hisses," Ih a Htudy of Indus
trial conditions In England. Ills present
Intention Is to supplement this with a sim
ilar study of the foclnl coudltloiiH, es
pecially as related to .church and charity.
Ho will cover a wide ratine of topics In thn
illflctlflHlon of' the gijnoriil subject. Dr
TucUloy's wnfk as a pastor has been most
eminent, He has Justj cloned a successful,
pnstornto at III iiliiimt n. extending over a
term of live years, and. Is leaving a church
of nearly 1,000 iiu'iiiIhth to take up his
present work. Ileforo he went to his New
York ohnrgo he was 'p"Htor of Trinity.
HERMAN ELLER.MAN -INTERNAL REV
ENUE COLLECTOR FOR THE DA
KOTA8. Methodist church at Sprlugllcld. Mass., one,,
of the largest lu western Massachusetts,
High school oratory never Iosch Its llavor
And whllo "rhetorlcals" have succeeded'
the nld-fnshloucd "speaking" Just as elo
cution and voice culture have taken the
place of the ntd-tlmc singing, there Is no
Magging of Interest on the part of parents
and friends. Iowa, like Nebraska, has a
1 1 lull School Declamatory association which
recently held a meeting at Indlaiinln.
Twolvo pupils from as many different parts
of the state competed, having won that
right by compotltlou nt home. This weok
wo print the photographs of the winners.
Frank Travis o.r Hamburg w-as first In tho
oratorical class., his selection being "Tom
Corwin's Speech lu lSlIi Against tho Ac
iiilsltlon of Mexico." Mabel Dawson of
Colfax was flrs( In tho dramatic class, hor
selection being "The Confessional." MIbb
Mayren TlioinrtH of Corning, who spoke
"Miss Splicer Tries thij Toboggnn," wbb
first In tho humorous clnss.
When the commlsHlouer of Intemnl
revenue made Mho order taking tho two
Dakotns out of the Nebraskn district and
sotting them up as a separate collection
district ho almost precipitated n riot
a niiiii i; the statesmen of those two states,
lu adding the district he added a now fed
eral office, and Ihere was. n dispute nt once
as lo whom It belonged. The matter linn
been adjusted by the appointment of Hor
man Kllormun of Ynnkton to thn position.
Mr Ellormnu has beau n resident of South
Dakota for more than thirty years. Ho la
an nctlvo ropuhllcnn.
"Ilarefoot boy, with ohooKs of tan," Hnng
Whlttler, nnd he described boys of nil nges
and countilcs. That Nobraska Is no whit be
hind Now- England is shown by tho photo
graph of one of our future statesmen as ho
appears In spring costume on the streots of
David City. The Nebraskn boy In fnct.
tho general boy- misses lots of tho fun his
daddy had, but he makes up for this along
lines his dnildy never dreamed of. Torn
hat and torn brooches Indicate that tho
boy Is still a "live one," and the baro feet
show n promise of stubbed toes and stone
bruises that hnvo always been a part of boy
hood's Joys. "llloHRlngH on thee, llttlo
man."
Three now companies of tho Iowa National
guard have Just been organized nnd two
of them will bo nt tho brigade encamp
ment In Council nUilTs In August. The
new companies nre being olllcered by young
men, who will soon bring them up to the
standard. Company fl. Fifty-first regl
nient, organized nt Wlntornot to take tho
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place of thu disbanded Dus Moines com
pany, elected for cnptnln Jnnies J. Crossloy,
a man of great activity and varied talents.
In 18S7 ho entered tho Iowa State university
and was graduated from tho classical course
with tho ilegreo of llacholor of Arts In
June, 18!U. at 21 yean of age. While In
the university he took an nctlvo Inleiest
in athletics, being president of the Ath
letic association and left tackle on tho foot
ball team. He took the master's ilegreo
at the state university In 1S!i7, his thesis
being "The Concentration of Capital In tho
I'nlted States" In this same yenr ho en
tered Ynlo' unlvurslty as a post-gradualo
student and spent two years working for
his doctor of philosophy ilegreo In tho de
partments of political and social science,
history nnd law His thesis was on "Com
merce and National Expansion," nnd his
work wns under President Hndlcy nnd
Profs. Sumner nnd Phelps. In the fall of
S!i8 he was on the Yale foot ball squad,
playing left tackle. He win also president
of tho Iowa club at Yale In June, woo, ho
was granted the degree of 1,1,. II by tho
State University of Iowa and admitted to
tho bar and began the practice of law
On April 21! of each year the Odd Fellows
celobrnte the anniversary of the founding
of their order In tho United StnteB. A
public display Is nlways a feature ef this
celebration. In pome sect Ions of the coun
try whrit are known as celebration societies
nro foruied, usunlly composed of all tho
lodges within n certain dlitrlct. This nr
rnugemoii gives the nffnlr a prestige, In
point of miners n) least, that would bo
Impossible for iT s'liiglo lodge, In former
Hoick" the only ntfotnpt nt uniform wns
tliu collar worn, by tho lodge members, but
s'nee the establishment of the military
ri-flk of the order tho Patriarchs M'lltant
tv I tit their showy and striking uniform, mid
a touch of color, lo the column. The staff
photographer caught several excellent views
of the column that passed along the streets
of Omiihn during 'the celqjirntlon or the Inst
nnnlversary, reproductions of which will
be found elsewheo In this number
Tho figures which nre to be carved on the
tympanum surmounting tho east entrnnco
to tho now High school building will bo of
heroic size. The recessed space, the onrv
Ing will occupy Is forty-three feet long nnd
eight foot high. A wnmnn In a sitting
posture Is thcopntral figure In tho piece.
In her right 'lfand she 'holds the torch of
enlightenment ,nnd In her left hnnd Is tho
book ofjflenrnlng. On each side of tlnv
woman strinds a cupld. One of these figures
holds a pUIotte nnd Is pnlntlng. The. other
Is working n piece of stntunry with mallot
nnd.' chlftol. ' Hocllnlng figures irilorn tho
ends of 'the triangle. .The one nt the right
of ho control figure Is n mnn who Is lean
ing jon. .an,, arohttoct'n figure npd holds a
book of mochnnlrs In his hand. The other
figure Is a 'woman .who represents literature
nnd music In her hand Is n roll of manu
script nnd nt her feet nro n lyro nnd sheets
of musle Sinclair Shenrer designed tho
figures nnd tins prepnred a clay mndol from
wltfch.jenlnrgcd models will bo.fnshloned
Tor ''the 'uhr of-. stonecutters', .All the enrv
Mflg will. be. done nfter the stone hns boon
laid- In plncc
ProfJPhnrles Noble Oreeory who Is nt
present associate donn of the law deport
ment qf- the. University of Wisconsin nt
MR(lltrij)f has accented the post of dean of
thf Jnw.' schofjl of the -Tjnivcrltv. of Iowa.
llo Is not hnlv a lawyer of tihllltv. but a
Wrl(,cr of note, and. oddlv enough for n
Jurist, a "fio'ij. of cnnqjdornhlo- talent Prof
Orogeny Is In his (lf(y-flrst year. He Is
n natlvo of UnndHIn. N. Y but almost all of
his life ,hns. been spent In Madison The
dean Is a doinocrrtt of llhornl opinions, nnd
ho hnB eitHontod 'to hold olllce three times
as nn -itldcruinn, lie Is president of the
Wleconidn Civil Service Reform nssoclntlon
and secretary of tho local association. lie
Is president of the Madison Literary club
and nmonibcr of the executive1 committee
of the Ainerlcnn liar nsoclntlon. n curator
of the Stato "Historical society and n
director of the Mndlson free city library.
Prof. Oregorv will complete his college
'ear at the university nnd will go to Town
In September In time to begin his work for
tho fall seniestor. Thn salnry of his new
position Vll be $1,000 n yenr.
About Noted People
When Henry Ibsen wns lu his teens he
took up the study of medicine nnd rend far
examinations lu Chrlstlaiila. In the course
of his study he read "Snllust." and tho
character of Catallue so took his fancy that
ho wrote a little play, Introducing him
It was so successful from a literary stand
point thnt tho young author's life current
was changed nt once,
It Is said thnt Minister Wu Ting Fang Is
TYMPANUM FOR
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
about to mcmorallzn tho Chinese throne
calling nttcntlon to tho progress of Japan
nnd urging that China ulso nwako from the
lethargy of ages nnd Imitate hor Island
neighbor. When It wns Intimated to Min
ister Wu by a Washington friend that such
a course might cost him his olllclal and
porhap physlcnl bend he shrugged hi
shoulders nnd said that was the usunl fntc
of reformers.
M. Flnmmarlon, the French asti dimmer
believes thnt the study of astronomy Is con
duclvo to longevity, since It calms the hu
man passions. He points out thnt the
French Astronomical society, composed of
about 2,f,oo members, possesses one. mem
bor who In 10." years old, a dozen who arc
over HO and a very large percentage of
octogenarlnns.
A lyondon paper snys thnt hnlf n dozen
men of education and position there were
recently dlsciifslug the comparative cost of
royal nnd republican Institutions, when
someone suggested Switzerland as n model
of economy. Not one man of tho lot could
recall tho name of tho Swbs president. The
Inquiry was extended until twenty men had
been consulted, including n cnblnet minis
ter, n peer nnd three members of Parlia
ment, but all were Ignornnt. Whltnknr'ii
nlmnnnc finally Informed them nil thai
Walthcr Hauler In thn man.
Mr. Depow's happli.-SH Is almost con
tagious, Wns there e r a happier man
than on his Into 07th birthday? "Every
thing riimes my way." he said nt the birth
day party "I have no pains And nches; no
sorrows or nnxletles, no unsatisfied ambi
tion' no Jealousies, no disagreements with
DULL KOHI-UU. AN U-Y13AK-OLD OF
DAVID CITY, IN HIS MAY DAY DUFSS
anybody " There nre some people, per
Imps, who will think that that Is why Mi
Doppw Is of so llttlo real weight nowadays
Mayor Tom I,. Johnson of Clevelahd has?
redeeinl'il a promise mnde to his schoolgirl
daughter by imrchuslng for her a $1,000
niitomoblle One night recently she naked
for nu iiitoinoblle, and Mr. Johnson finally
declnred ho would ptirchnso the best stenin
carriage lu tho city tho moment she learned
to opernto one. Tho subject passed out of
hls-'TruInd until Thursday, when ho espied a
young woman skilfully operating nn auto
mobile at high speed down tho atreot. She
brought tho automobllo up In front of him
with n shaip turn. Mayor Johnson went
directly to the supply house, turned 'In the
rented vehicle, nnd tho young woman enme
away with her own nutomoblle.
Tho Philadelphia North American relates
this Incident of Attorney Oeneral Knox's
collcgo days- "He wns expelled from the
West Vlrglnln university for disobedience
nnd refusal to promise not to offend ngnln
This wns In 1S70 There wns n rule ngnlnst
students nttendlng the thenter, but when
a company brought 'Fast Lynne' to the old
ncndeniy nt Morgnntown severnl of the
young men determined to go. Prof.
Stevens of tho faculty nlso nttended the
pnrformnnco to cntch the truants. lie en
joyed tho piny so much thnt he stnyed to
tho end, nnd oven to witness tho 'after
piece' but duly reported tho boys. Flvo of
thorn, Including Knox, wero suspended
Three wero reinstated, on promising to re
frain from Ihentrlcnl entcrtnlnmeats In tho
THE FACADE, NEW OMAHA HIGH
PK1ZK WINNKHS AT TUB CONTEST OF
TOUY ASSOCIATION.
future, Knox nnd ono companion preferred
to leave the university."
Frnest Howurd Crosby, who has written
a clever rnmphlet upon tho absurdities of
militarism, snys tho situation Is ripe for n
great satirist like Cervnntes. The mode, n
soldier, ho declnres, Is n Don Quixote. Th"
heroes of wnr light for n few hours nnd
spend ns ninny yenrs iunrrellng over the re
sults. They rush homo from the field of
battle to advertise their exploits In the
magazines at $100 a page. Ha declares that
n standing nrmy could not be kept together
n month without brnss buttons nnd epaulets.
Soldiering Is not tnkon seriously, Nlnety
uino men out of a hundred have no heart
Tor wnr, and the hundredth man, who has.
Is Insane.
Told Out of Court
It all enmo about from Circuit Clerk J.
M. Starling's rending tho novels of
Ilov. Charles Sheldon, relntes tho Hopklns
vlllo (Ky.) New Krn. After reveling In
"In His Steps," for tho fourteenth time,
the pious official decided to write here
ntter his minutes without deviating nn lota
from the truth nnd playing no fnvorltes,
Wednesday morning Mr. Starling sprang
a sensation nnd crcntcd amusement by In
corporating tho following order In his
minutes, At first nothing unusual wns de
tected In the order, but nfter hearing n
few lines It wns discovered thnt the
solemn tones of the clerk wore spreading
Information not usunlly contnlned In n
legnl note. The order follows, the nnme
of the defendnnt, for obvious reasons, being
omitted:
"Commonwenlth of Kentucky ngnlnst
. This dny this prosecution enme
on for hearing on the motion of defendnnt
for ball, tho commonwealth's attorney of
the Third Judicial district of Kentucky, tho
lion. W. It. Howell, not being present to
prosecute for the commopweslth herein,
being necessarily absent prosecuting his
claims for congress nmong the domoorncy
of tho Serond CongresslonnI district, know
ing that tho plnlntlff would bo nbly repre
sented b Christian's tnlented son, O. II.
Anderson, Its county nttorney, but ho could
not be present, tho flscnl court being In
session nnd needing his ndvlco nnd legal
suggestions, so ho thought, hut ho wns not
disturbed, knowing his friend nnd co
counsel, John Dolnnd. would ho on hnnd
when nn'dtd ns usual; but John could not
be present, ns ho hnd to perform his duties
ns clerk of the bonrd of commissioners
of tho Wt stern Kentucky Asylum for the
Insnno at Its monthly meeting nt said In
stitution, which snld nrduous duties usunlly
unfit him for the prnctlco of his profession
for several days thereafter, but Judge M.
D. Tlrown was present, nnd nroso and stnted
thnt ho would not hnvo been on hnnd
himself hut thnt he hnd nothing else to do.
nnd though ho wns the solo nnd surviving
representntlve of the commonwenlth herein
ho felt nble nnd willing to bnttlo singly
and nlono In Its behnlf ngnlnst tho com
bined legnl forces of thn defendnnt, to-wlt;
C. llownrd nush, Lnwrenco Yonts nnd
Thomns Llowellen Hnzellp. but the snld
Tlrown overestlmnted his strength.
"Tho comblnntlon, led by that eloquent
orntor nnd philosopher, tho senior member
of tho lnw firm of Yonts Hnzellp, dubbed
SCHOOL DUILDINO.
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THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL DECLA.MA
Arlstotlo II. by Mnjor Phelps, who was
present, nn nrdont admirer of Arlstotlo I.,
won In the first round, scoring n victory for
their client, the oloquenco of said nttorney
being so powerful nnd convincing tho Judge
wns too much nffected to render his opinion
orally, but In writing handed down his
rulings herein without leaving his sent,
sustaining motion for ball, nnd fixing the
same In nu amount which, up to this hour,
snld defendant has not been able to give."
His Business Wav
Chicago Tribune: "No, Mr. Veeder,"
snld the pretty village milliner, with a
blush, "I like you very much, but not
enough to marry you."
"Illess you, Miss Phoebe," replied the
commercial traveler, "1 never give It up nt
JAMES J CROSSLEY WINTERS ET. la
the llrst trial Sometimes I have to make
n dozen trips before I sell n bill of goods,
and I can be a good denl more persevering
than that when I'm looking for a wife.
You won't marry anybody Insldo of tho
next thirty days, will you? All right. I'll
be around ngaln In exactly thnt time, with
tho snme with tho samo snmplo of young
man. Oooddoy, Miss Phoebe."
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: Iletter a chin without a
beard than a head without brains.
A small man In n Inrge plnco Is like a
gimlet in an auger hole.
Tho owner of a mackintosh has something
laid up for a rainy day.
A wise man avoids extremes especially
thoso of wasps anil hornets,
..ppearances nre often deceitful. Many
a bad egg has a good shell.
Usually when a woman Is in the wrong
sho cries then she's all right.
Woman may be an evil, hut she comes
under tho head of necessary evils.
Pralso a woman's tnsto nnd you may at
tnck her senso with Impunity.
Tho forger mny bo a bold, bad man, but
ho Is ever ready to write a wrong.
Superstition would soon dlo out It it had
few nurses to minister to Its wnnts
Ho who Is unwilling to till n place ho is
fitted for will nnd no place fitted for him.
A man requires n lot of tlmo to studv a
woman, but a woman reads a man at sight.
When too much beer comes In at tho door
too much glnsB Is knocked out of tho win
dow. A man occasionally admits he was' wrong
but n woman never does-sho was only
mlstnken.
A man's friends are apt to avoid him for
a few weeks nfter his return from his first
trip abroad.
You seldom hear a woman trying to talk
through her hat. She's probably afraid hor
words will get tangled In the trimmings.
Somo clergymen denl In rhotorlc, some In
ogle and nonie In common sense. The first
Is popular with womon, tho second with
most men and the third with but precloun
few of elthor sex.