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Pen and Picture Pointers
"Oil, were you ne'er u Hrhoolbov,
Ami 1 1 1 1 1 111 vi-r Inilti.
Ami feel tlmsc VHliiK "f Hie licit r I
Von lici-r run frrl iirfilln''"
W II mil true (lint rvrti toilny If you Imp
in ii in hear a Mtriiln nf miirllal music us
vmi an- u ii 1 1 I ii k down tlir Hirri'l, your pace
ii uin onsi lously in roiniiiiidnlrd to tin,1
rliyilim of Hio nlr find you all of a sudden llml
vonr i If with i Iii hI thrown out atid shntil
Ii r-. Ir;n I man king lrlklt to tho time
M IIS (S
Nob
S C TCII li L (II-' Sl'PKHlOH.
if tlio I n 1 1 1 1 you may not h'i? That Ih
lull Ilia latent element of win- spirit In
mur naliiri'. You havo Inherited It from
a Hiii" of uikchIui-h reaching back to tliu
1 1 ginning, and will hand It down through
nuir piogeny lo tlm mid. Tlio heroes of
mir -choidhoy I wore nnni'd with wooden
muMirlH, ami llielr captain, "Ah valiant
lad iih ever buckled Hword." nourished a
1 1 1-1 K 1 1 1 lln hlllde iih Iii led IiIh KitlluilL forco
ik, i iiihi an array of mullein hi itlkn. I.utor
lie dll'eeteil a Hurtle against a (lock of
geese, ami
"Cut them all to (light
Save iiiio Htlirdy gander,
Wit and
NIC very liul day In August I wiih
making a Hprech In Halls county
at a Modern Woodmen's picnic,
uiitcH Champ Clark In (he Sat
urday l-lM-iiIng Host My frb ml Hunch (J.
MiitHon, popularly known us "Niu-k," wiih
.landing directly In front or me, about
live feet dint lint . listening Intently lo what
I had to say I wiih mauling the repub
HcaiiH with all Hie power I possessed about
their policy and conduct In tlio l'hllip
pines, declaring llml they were Ignoring
t ln Declaration or Independence, over
i brow lug the cousin iitlou and otherwise
deponing I lu-insel vi-H in an unseemly and
iiiiamerlcau fashion. After I had been
going tor about forty-live minutes Matsnii
remarked, sollo voce: "Well, 1 giieHH wo
an sit mill It iih long iih beef cattle are
.. ceulH u pound on foot." Thai was tliu
gist of the whole argument which carried
Hie middle ami western slates for the re
publicans. if
Hy tar the most memorable pcrformnneo
in Hint line was Ihe sei les or debutes be
tween Stephen A. Douglas ami Abraham
l.liii-oln iu IS.'iS. The United Stales senntor
slilp was the prize directly In sight, but
bulb leaked beyond t tint to Hie presidency
as their goal. In winning the Hi-uatorslilp
Douglas lost the presidency to Mucoid. Un
like in everything except ambition, they
were most equally mulched, each being
wumlrously strung. They had known each
tiler rroin early manhood ami were on the
fi'ii'iiillicHt routing, hut they laid on and
-pared not, being not over-particular about
hilling below the belt. On one occasion
DniigbiH sueerlngly rereired to the fact that
lo- mice saw Lincoln retailing whisky:
"Yih," replied Lincoln, "It is irue that tho
llrsl time I saw Judge Douglas I was selling
whisky by the chink. I was on the lushle
of Hie liar and the Judge was on l lie outside.
I busy selling, he busy buying " Which Is
about as neat a retort as the annals or the
stump art'ord -rleli but not malicious. It
perhaps had a greater effect on the audience
i ban If Lincoln had spent an hour talking
aliiuii Intemperance In general and his own
ii'inpcrance In particular.
It Is not probable that a better story
teller than ox-Lieutenant (Jovornor David
Hall of Missouri ever stood beforo an
meiiciiii audience. In lSOfi ho was try
ing to persuade the gold democrats thai,
iiidwlilisiandlng tho fact that they dif
fered from the regulnra on tho financial
issue they ugieed with them on so many
in'ints that they ought to vote for Hrvnn
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Who sought to Hhow iih itfstit."
Hut tlio warriors would not he denied
and "wo routed hlni and scouted him, nor
lost a single man." In these modern
.lmus. tlio HchoolboyH are given inoro real-hl-
If not more practical instruction In
the gonUu art of how to kill people. When
tliuy have attained Hie hohhledelioy stage
I hey urn formed Into companies and make
up the high Heliool radet Imttallon of which
arh i lly boasting one In proud, rmed with
real rllles, and olllrerrd by buys of their
own ago who inn IIuiiMkIi HwordH with
blades of the bent Rollligeii or Toledo, tin He
young dlHclpleH of Mara learn what there
I of the art of war In the written book of
lartlcH. So far iih "the Hchool of the In
dividual," "tin; school of the coin
pany" ami "tlm school of the battalion '
Ih concerned they are well trained Now
and l lieu ihi.y are allowed lo lake an ex
cursion mid camp out a few days While
all ilu-so fall far short of ih millions of
arlual service, lln-y nerve to give the lads
a lusie at Irani of real army llf, and rn
able ihem lo work olf a HiirphiH of animal
HplrllH During Hie lecent trip of the
Omaha batlallou lo AhIiIiiiiiI Mr. Hostwlck
eeured a splendid lot of pletureH, some
of which are reproduced, showing the lire
if tlio eadelH In camp. It Ih apparent that
'he rigor of I lie illHelpline wan not sulll-
n iit to dampen the boy nature of tho band.
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The Soulli Dakota Code ronimlHHloii. re
inly appoliiinl by (iovermir llenicd In
Kiiforiiilty wild an act or the stale
legislature, Iiiih a IiihIi of no mean pro
luu tioliH before II. No oilllh-iit ion or the
lawn of llic hIiiIo elHlH. In I.SS7. Inuueill
iHely heforo the division of llu lerrltoiy
mil the aduilHHlou of the halves iih separate
unlet li code t'otii in IhkIdii maile a leporl,
lint It was rejected by (he IcglHlu till e.
Him ii Ihen no attempt Iiiih been imnle lo
Ull'fj Hie laws or Hie Male. Two inelubcrH
r llin new commlHHloii have held high
honor) umler the feder.il ami slate govtrn
mrlilw Judge Moody wiih on the beach for
"imral years prior to Ihe admission or the
state, wiih a menilier or two coiihI Ii hi Innal
nnveiilloiiH and wiih one or the llrsl Culled
StulcH senators rrom South Dakota. At
Iiih liomii In lleadwood lie Ih general al
lorney ror Ihe lloiueHtead Mining ciiinpaiiy.
Judge Tripp Is aim a former member of
ihe territorial bench ami wiih ror rour
yeaiH Cnlteil Slates minister to Austrln.
Ih wiih the United Slates representative n
Ihe recent Sainoan conlrovcrHy. Ills homo
Ih at. Vankton. .Iiiiiich W. Ilrown is not ho
widely known aH the other members of tho
eommli-Rlon. Ho has lllled a number of
Important local oIIIccb and Iiiih been quite a
factor In tho alTalrH of the Hlate. He lives
at Ktircku.
ijoucgo allileles take up much of the
public al lent Ion during the whole year, but
Holely because tho public Ih Interested In
I lie welfare of Dm young men who go In for
Hporl solely for Hporl's sake Professional
uthlolcH may give more noliible perform -
Humor in Public Life Illustrated by Some
anyway. He wound up thai part of his
speech iih follows "How would n moss
back Missouri democrat look voting with
the republicans? I will tell you. Up In
Hike county an old chap undertook to com
mit suicide by hanging himself with n blind
bridle. Just ns he was about dend his son
cut him down. The old man rubbed his
oycH and said- 'John, If you had let me
alono n minute longer I would liavo horn
In heaven.' 'Yes.' replied the boy, 'you
would havo cut a deuco of a llgure In lieavon
looking through n blind bridle, wouldn't
you?" And that," concluded Mr. Hall, "is
tlio way a Missouri democrat would look
voting for n republican under any clreuin
stances whatever!"
I have lieaid that (old all the wav fr in
tho Atlantic to Ihe Heckles, and It Inva
riably brought down tho house.
1 once heard Vice" President (inrret A
Hobart, In an aflor-dlnuer speech In Wash
ington lo an audience made up largely of
newspaper men. utter this mot : "Since I
have been In olllco I have given the news
paper men everything they asked of me--except
my conlhlonco!" which was enjoyed
Immensely by nil his hearers, especially by
the newspaper men themselves.
lion. Joseph II Chonte Ih as celebrated
as u post-praudlal orator iih he Is as a
lawyer.
Nothing verbal itiuld be more delicious
than his dellultiou of the dinners of tho
New Knglund society of New York as
"Those gatherings of an unhappy company
or Pilgrims who meet annually at I)el
moulco's to drown the sorrows and BUifer
Ings or their anccHtors In the (lowing bowl
and to contemplate their own virtues In tho
mirror or history."
At one of those dinners ho proposed tho
following toast, which contains more wit
than do most witty speeches-
"Woman, the better half of tho Yankee
world, at whose tender summons even tho
stern Pilgrims were ever ready to spring to
arms, and without whose atd they never
could have achieved the historic title of
Pilgrim Fathers. The Pilgrim Mothers
were more devoted martyrs than were tho
Pilgrim Fathers, because they not only had
to bear the same hardships that the Pil
grim Fathers stood, but they had to bear
with the Pilgrim Fathers besides."
Private John Allen's "maiden speech" In
congress proved to be a lucky one nnd took
an Instant and secure hold of the auricular
uppendnge or the house, wlibh he held to
the end Tin river and harbor bill was
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allies but they are never nblo to enllsi ihi
HUppolt of i he people to the extent amused
by the amateurs II Is lo Hie colleges thai
amateur sport must turn for maintenance,
for the reason that there only ran be round
young men In a sulllclenl body and Imbued
wiih the right spirit to make the names
a succeHH. This week The lice presents a
picture or the track team or Hoane col
lege, at Crete, a most notable nonrenal Inn
or clean-limbed, nimble and muscular young
men, whose achlevemeiilH In the outdoor
Karnes were Indeed creditable. This team
won the state championship at York re
cently
The dedication at Sioux City on Memorial
day or n monument to Sergeant Charles
Floyd of tho Lewis and (Marie expedition
wiih even a more notable alTnlr than had
been anticipated. One or the pictures In
this number of The lice shows tho tnent
hers of the
monument association, with
Ihe military
of tho shaft.
escort, clustered al the base
Another Nebraska "boy orator" who ha1'
achieved local fame Is ICdward ti. William
or C,rniiil Island, who recently won llrsl
place In the stale oratorical contest at
Kearney Ills fellow pupils at the Crand
Island I Huh school are ipille proud of the
honors he secured.
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IIiii'Iiik Hie winter an eastern magazine
or some prominence, devoted to the jewel
er's trade, olTered a prize ror the best
dressed window displaying a Jeweler's stock
Mrs. n. S Catchadal or Superior. Nob., war
awarded the prize. Writing to The rico, In
response to a request that she describe, her
methods and the window that won ror hor,
Mrs Catchadal says:
up John .vnnted to offer an amendment unanimous consent to nddress tho houso nnd
making an appropriation for Ihe Tomblgbee Willis tried to help him get It, but some
river. The chairman of the committee, Mr one objected, whereupon John, with tears In
Willis of Kentucky, had promised hi in time bis voice nnd looking doleful as a hired
and had then forgotten it John asked mourner at a, funeral, said, with melancholy
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window decoration, using fewer goods nnd
giving more aMeiitiou lo Hie background
and the materials and colors used in the
background, thereby making the best pos
sible showing of the goods displayed.
"The same good taste should be used in
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displaying Jewelry that a well dressed p. i
son should wear In using It
"The prize window decoration was com
posed of n large, deep nrch covered with
scnrlet bunting, laid in pleats and purrs
This arch carried lf.O gold watches of
various sizes arranged In two rows ami
gold chains were Interwoven to form
portlers,
"At one side of the arch a rough pyra
mid was set, covered with scarlet bunting
On this pyramid a number of elegant pieces
or silverware, linviland china, cut glass and
lowelsa ware were tnstefiilly arranged. Tin
apex contained a beautiful polled palm.
"Near the center of Hie arch was a small
round table daintily set with small china
plates, pearl-handled forks, small silver
tenHet
sliver
snillax '
and fancy linens, completed with
vase containing lea roses ami
Once not so very long ago a Now York
critic listened to an netress nnd was In
clined to ndnilro her. "Who Is she?" ho
asked his friend, and the friend elevated
his brows nnd nnswered, "Oh, someone
from out west." And "someono from out
west" has been doing a grcnt deal of re
cent yenrs to give pleasure to tho Jnded
ears of tho east. The list of western
actors nnd singers who have "made good"
Is too largo for reproduction here, but tho
reador who Is at nil familiar with music
or drama will have little trouble In recall
ing many names. Another "from out
west" who is about to launch on the
operatic sea is Mrs. V. R. Martin of Hot
Springs, S. D. She Is well known to a wide
circle of friends as possessing a beautiful
mezzo-soprano voice, ami has had training
that fits her ndmlrnbly for her stage work.
Examples
accent: "Well, I should at lenst like to
havo permission to print some remarks In
tho Hecord and Insert 'Laughter and ap
plause' In appropriate places." That was
his astonishing exordium. The palpable hit
at one of tho most common abuses of tlio
house, "the lenvo to print." tickled the
members greatly and he secured the unani
mous consent which he desired. Ho closed
thai speech with nn amazing exhibition of
gall, which added to his fame mnro than
the speech Itself. He wound up by saying:
"Now. Mr. Speaker, having fully answered
all the arguments of my opponents, I will
retlro to the cloakroom a few moments to
recelvo the congratulations of admiring
friends." which set the house and galleries
wild with delight. He did retire to the
cloakroom nnd did receive the congratula
tions of ndmlrlng friends, n performance
which has been going on at frequent Inter
vals over since.
tiovernor Charles T. o'Ferrall of Virginia
(old one or the llnest ami most elTectlvo
anecdotes ever heard In congress. It was
at Ihe expense of Wllllnm Hoiirke Cochran,
whose fame as an orator extends all over
the Kligllsli-spcaklng world.
Among his many quallllcntlons ror suc
cessrul public speaking Mr. Cockran has a
voice which would have arom-ed (lie envy
of tho hull of Hashan. It so happened that
O'Ferrall and Cockran locked horns on u
contested election enso, and Cockrnn's voice
wns In prime condition.
O'Ferrall. though chairman or t ho demo
cratic committee on elections, advocated
the seating nf the republican, for which
Cockran assailed him bitterly and bom
barded him with his heaviest artillery until
everybody within half a mile was deaf from
the noise
O'Ferrall began his reply as follows:
"The remarks of the gentleman from New
York remind me of the story of nn old col
ored man down In Vlrglnln who was riding
a mule and who was caught In n violent
thunder storm while passing through a
dense forest, ndng tumble to make any
headway except through the agencies of
ntrul Hashes nf lightning which occasionally
revealed his surroundings, nnd becoming
greatly alarmed at the loud and terrible
penis of thunder which shook the earth
and reverberated over his head, he at last
appealed to tho Throne of Crace In this
fashion: 'O Lawd. If It's Jest the same to
you. I'd rather hev a little less noise an'
a little mo' light!' Now." concluded
O'Ferrall. "we havo had a hogshead of noise
and would be thankful for a thlmbulful nf
light on this Important subject!"