THE ILLUSTRATED BJCE.
July 21, lltoi.
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twine i)f tlio tlfceirntcil turnouts, with tho
queen nf Hip carnival. Miss Zola Ki'ii
wtirlhy, mill bit run IIm of honor. Misses
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ItlSINf CITY. Nob,
nil lo gratify all who Kink part The dc
riilloliH or the equipages III the llowir pi
rude wore arllNtli nml luiily In iu. b In
stance, nml I lit' ri'Hiill nf an earnest Intcn
lion on thi iiirl of Hip pat t It-IpaiitH to make
tin! affair u success Mori' ilvnlry than tho
mere I'ompi'til inn for l ln pr.os served to
Htliniiliitc tbo I'lforlH lo I'xi'cl. nml nut
urally some bi'iiutlfiil tiirinnilH were pa
railed In the blaing hot huh. Tim Hoo IIiIh
week gives a page to lhi llliiHtratlon of
its i:sti:i,i.i: utcihson m- siihnan-
DOxll In.
were iii'ini' of tlio inulili'iilK funiiccted with
I- Hi; i Mih Kslollii Allihlsin. wife of u
I nil i i n ihi ! i'. foiiml In llii'in m.t ' t-rlal for a
Pool. hieh hail hIiioo nppiared. Mis.
Mti In on Is a t banning woman prrsonall)
ami bin. unvcii many local episodes ami
l.ilii of I' r Into a delight fill Hlory.
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When lb.' naval recruiting Hint Inn
pi'iii'il In Omaha Inst spring Hie olllcor in
t barge :i lil a high roinpllini'iit lo tho young
nii'ii of tho wmt, saying they were far bet
Iit mi'iitall) ami physically than Hiohi' wh,
I'lillHti'il In (In- oast. Ills faith wiih not
misplaced. Klxly-olnlit Ni'lirasUa lioyn won
Mi'iil nut from Omaha to lali Ihi'lr llrm
ll'HHnllH 111 Hill II lit tl Kll I l. I'lVI' of tlll'HI' Ul'tlt
from lllalr. leaving tho IIIkIi hvIiouI In that
town to tal.i' up tin' limit's of a Jack tar's
lift" How well tln-y luiM' sildi'i'ilcil Is
sliowu by tho llrst report sont barli from
S.in l''ianrisi'o, wlit'io Ihoy urn nerving i li
the t'nltetl States Irainlim ship I'eiisat'ola
Three of these boys from lllalr have been
initio boy captains ami two chief boy cap
IiiIiih. In addition to (his promotion they
tnniln tho Ural month "f riio with no
ilemerli mark, ami coiisi ipe ntly not "shun
leave." during the etijnwni at nf whliji they
sal for the picture print' 'I in ilili numliei.
.Ml i:a I., linibb, a !."- .tr-olil IiiIfs of
ItUliiB City, won a Koltl mednl In a ilei lnmn
tory i onieat lit tho Havhl city Clmiiiauiiia.
She has nciu!rc! this habit for Inst .May,
wh' ii ho was KNiilualeil from the UlsiliK
' ny lllith school, she won a silver tilpilal.
Two of tho llllisttlltlolis iIiIk eek ;lve
an Plea of the practical woik nf the I'nl
verslty of Nebraska. In fteiim enultieerlnK
It is frequently ileolmhle In klmw i-xitrth
what work Is beltn? piTfnrmeil by the en
Kino To obtain this rvqlllles Home iiitilpll
i al cil cnlciiliitlniiK. baseil on fuel consumed
watir evapoiateil. power Kiiicrnloil, etc. In
ohtalultiK exact results It Is in res-wry to
have at'i'lirnle knnwli'ilKe of what Is koIiik
on Inslile the cylinder, where the power l
really iluvelopeil. This is ualnctl bv meiiii'
of wliat Is Known as th" "imllcalor rard.'
which Is simply a register of the expansion
of Hie steam during a full stroke of the pis
inn A raid Is altncheil lo a frame across
which a pencil or pen Is given a double mo
tion. Intern! by the motion of the plsion and
vertlial by the pres'iire of steam In tin
cylinder. I'rimi this leiord deductions l(r
matlo highly Interesting to the expett. hut
"ravlar lo the general." The illustrations
hIiow (he arrangements thai wire made on
a locomotive to allow some of the univer
sity boys to make practical winking tests
under the dlrei'llon of a proft ssor
One of the most natural renills of ili
hot, dry weather is a renewal i f the dis
russloii of Irilgallin In this number The
lice presents a brief but ci nclse ami tuciit
article by Ailua Hibsiii. state Irrigail li
engineer for Nebraska, in what has ! n
acrompllshi d In this state 1 Irrlgalb u
The limitations placed en Mr. Iiobson prr
rlinle his going Into detail 111 the discussion
of the ti pic. but bis generalities are far
ti'oui being what are usually denominated
glittering. Indeed, I hoy are rather spcciHe.
mul of a nature n tnince the student as
well as tl asual lender rf the great de-
Hlralillliy of a practical system if Irriga
tion oven In a country where the niliifall
Is ordinarily siillleicui to insure a crop
Nebraska occupies a peculiar position
among stn'es. Its area being so great as to
extend from the reliable rnln bell through
the subarid zone to the region of almost no
rainfall. In this It presents an opportunity
rcr tho study of all the problems coniieeteil
with tho science of Irrigation. That the
solution of these Is within rnsy reach is
deniotistrateil by experience In this state.
TfH!
Emu
nil. i l Schmidt. Tied .1. Tnloi
Parker S. Ollcrm.in. IVmaM Kelly. I'lmrics Hvans
I'lVi: HOYS PKOM BI.AIU NOW IN THK NAVY.
and made clear by the article contributed
hy Mliglneer Dobsnn.
No regiment Is lictterTenieinhereil In the
west than the Second Infantry. V. S. A.,
which wa so long siatlonetl at Kurt Omaha
and other posts In the Indian country- Its
record on the Held is good, but it also has
a record in peace Hint Is hard lo approach.
I'Vir many years It was the center of a largo
aica of Omaha social life, both olllceis and
men being popular with their fellow citi
zens In civil life. One of tho adjuncts of
the regiment wns Its base ball team, under
the management of Nontenant "Hilly"
Wright, whose games with nil comets were
a continual source of enjoyment to every
lover of honest sport. One of the old boys
of the Second, who Is now serving with tho
Tenth infantry, furnishes Tho lieu with n
plendli picture of that popular tenm ns It
lined up In 1895.
Selections from the Story Teller's Pack
It. JA.MKS WILSON, secretary
W II of ugrlciiltiiro. though a Scot
l l hy birth, paused a pait of his
y boyhood In New Ungland, mid
, ho loves to go back there now
and then and see how the country looks,
relates tho .Saturday livening Post.
"Tho New Knglmiil farmer." he said to a
recent visitor, "iiih a pretty hard Hliuggle
to make a living fiom the soli, but there is
a charm nboiit life aiuld his hills wliltli no
one can roslHt. Where be cannot mlse
crops ho can at leust raise wild uiiliuiil.
"I was traveling through New Hamp
shire ho iii4i time ngo on my way to deliver
an aililrcBs, when, looking out of the car
whitlow. I saw a boy trying to capture a
woodchiick which had taken refuge In a
hole In the ground ami was showing light.
"It fairly iiiade my hearl leap again us It
used to when I was a tail If I had owned
tho railroad I would have I In nun business
to tho winds and ordered tho conductor to
stop tho 1 1 ii 1 ii anil hob) It tin 1 could get
oh" and help the boy catch that woodchiick
"I wonder If ho ever caught It." he added
ilrenmlly. after a pause
Sonio years ago, says a writer In Short
Stories, a well known Philadelphia broker
found himself with u largo quantity if
cotton on his hands nml the market rap
Idly going to pieces. Ittiln was stating him
In tho face, and he wiih. mil uuniinirully
feeling very much depressed fier the
oliwlng of the exchange one afternoon he
was reluming to his olllco In the company
of a friend, who was doing his best to
cheer him up, when he was accented by n
young acquaintance of his. one or those
"cheerful Idiots" who ncor under any
1 1 rcumst ii uces happen to su the right
thing This youth shipped our friend
familiarly on the back, crjlng "Well, obi
chap, how about cotton?" Tho unfortunate
broker gim'il at lilm for a moment with an
eproKlon of deep disgust, and linn replied
slowly "Young nuiii, I never did like you
much even when cotton was high"
Wise men say them Is nothing really new
in this world, ami perhaps tin boy who
passed the following criticism upon the
draw lug abilities of his big sister wa an
unconscious plagiarist, but. iinwa his
M'ldlct amused the sister so much thai she
tells It occaslouullK though the J kc Is on
heihclf The young woman has a fondniHs
for executing those works of art winch
consist In the leprcseutntloii of .lead game
birds hanging by their heels from a mul . n
a hoard. Ilsh on a plattei r ,i.h for the
cook nml fruit grouped on a lalde aroiiinl
a wine glass TIiimo gems she tinned oh"
al the rate of about four a ear and pn
sciiled them to lor friends for then- dluiii
p'titii wall- She bad Ju l i'l. led i twin
p.'lr fnr a bride Ouo i epi csciin d a iiicm- of
lobsters in a nest of salad, the other a
basket of peaches, with down on them like
plush. She wiih so pleased with both that
sho iiHked her brother If he did not think
they were Just splendid. It was evident that
tho youthful critic liked one ami not tho
oilier After looking at them a minute or
two ho said.
"Sis, you're a peach on lobsters, tint
you're a lobster on peaches."
Joslali llaiikhcatl wns geneinlly known as
tho "hunuili sponge," relates the Itecord
llerulil Mr. lunkhead worked In the nil
legions of I'l'iinsylviinlu and got his nick
name bei'iiuxe ho was obstinately i pposod
to pajlng for liquid refreshment con umctl
b other people Whenever two or three
were gathered together at a bar Ilaiikhcnd
would appear, always ready to drink as
long as tho others paid the bills, but never
being known to Invito anybody to have any
thing at his expense
It wns a common foiui of spmt among
certain fiee-and-cay fellows to try to find
how far llankheinl would go in Ills pecullai
way without permitting shame to hold him
back, and It Is recorded that he once took
twenty-Beven drinks and cigars at the invi
tations of others without once olferlng to
pay. So they got to calling him "the
sponge." but ho didn't seem to mind It
much or, If he did, he never permitted it
to keep him away from any place where'h'
thought there might he a chance to get a
free drink.
I'lnnlly he died, as all men must, an'
nfier the burial John Magee, a big driller
who looked like a comic opera pirate nml
liked a Joke as well as the next man, sug
gested that the In vs raise a mnnuiui nt over
"tho sponge's" grove There was a good
deal of opposition lo the Hcheme at llrst. hut
Magee argued eloquently ami succeeded In
i.using a purse of $17, whbh he was au
ihnrUetl to spend for such a in. im rial ns ho
might In his wisdom select.
The unveiling took place on a Sunday
morning In September ami evciy dilller nml
tool dres-ser who hail contributed to the
fund went out to attend the ceremony.
When Mngeo pulled nway tho sheet a slim,
white slab wn revealed. It bore no In
scription snve this:
HOYS. THIS IS ON MR.
Tho stone still stands.
"Undo" Joe Cannon of Illinois, who Is
In Washington attomling to his duties as a
member of tho committee In charge of the
it furnishing of representatives' hall, U
telling n now stors on hlnist If. Ho 'atl
tnitR that It Is n trifle unseasonable, i-nys
the Chicngn News, but he says !' ho waits
"M MKr Sliiiiiiiliiin :n Mi Uinnli. ttv ,
lllMKM Hill! nll.n. m- f II , . . . in Kf. II
" imicr mi nt if Dcubtrry o
SUCONl) INKANTKY HASH HAI.I, TUAM M Y. 1S05
lliivxcll y
Trupptr. Jli
N Ith uiiiplrt;
until full everybotly.elso will get hold of It
and pass It around until It Is threadharo.
"You know." said tho Illinois congrcss
mnn, "that I am powerful fond of greon
corn. Just give mo nil tho nice, swoet,
tender com 1 can ent and you can tnlce
the trullles, terrapin und thoso other things
Hint shorten men's lives and ruin their
digestions nnd their tempers. Well, 1
happened to meet tin old constituent of
mlno hero in Washington nnd I wanted to
do tho right thing hy him, so I Invited him
up to the hotel to take dinner with me.
Ho enmo from tho country down nenr Dan
ville. "Ho showed up on time nnd when wi .
had taken our placo at tho tnhle to my
great delight I discovered that the menu
contained boiled ijreeii corn on tho cob. I
reminded the waller that I was very fond
of corn on tho rob and he evidently ro
memhoreil Just how fond I wns of It, for
when ho came back he broiiDbt with him
about n peck of the stnte of Illinois.
"Now, my guest did not lt.ok on green
corn as a particularly rare table luxury,
lie raised it by the hundred ncres and I
supposo all the tlnio I was biting Into thos'
cniH ho wns recalling Just how much of that
'HUT ho threw Into his hog lot every morn
ing when he was at home. At nny rnte,
nfter I hnd made that big plate of corn
on the cob look like :in cents, he opened
Im- mouth nml spoke.
" Moo,' he said, 'how much doe-i It coat
Mill to live nt this hotel?'
I didn't know what he was driving nt.
o I put tho llgure wny down low Yon
see. I didn't want him to go home and
tell peoplo that I wns putting on a lot of
nils In Wnshlngton.
" 'Well.' ho hnld aftor ho had thought
he matter uver n while, 'I should think
you could llvo n whole lot cheap r nt n
livery stable.' "
It was nlwnya noticed of Willlnm 12.
Chnndler whilo In the senate that ho never
allowed tho present moment to pass when
he had anything to do. The word "pro
crastination" was not it, hi lexicon
This lesson he had drilled Into him -arly
11 1,18 iiK'ttiPr. a New England woman of
- tirtly conscience and chnrncter. once,
when he came homo on a holiday from an
'"'"V miles distant, she discovered
hit he had left his umbrella at school
William," said she. "you nei d not take
"ff ir hut. Ho right back nnd fetch that
imlirella."
Hut, mother." pleaded the lad. "that's
" x miles nnd tho teams are nil moving
"ns way now. so shan't get n lift "
Then wnlk," was all the comfort he sot
H" trudged off. recovered his umbrella
and made phllosiiplil.nl application of
hit. ami other experiences in the samo lino
lo the business which tilled his life at n
later stage.