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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1901)
St'iteiiiiL'r ir, ukh. Gleanings from the Story Teller's Pack G ENKKAIj SHERMAN was one of the most approachable men who over commanded u great nrmy, snys a writer In I.lpplncott's. Dur ing his famous "march to the sea" both north ami south were completely mystified as to what point he was striking for and one day nn ohl Georgia planter who had called at his headquarters and en Joyed his pood cheer ashed him plumply If ho had any objection to telling where his army was bound. "Not tho least," said Sherman. Then, leaning over, he whispered In his guest's ear, but so loudly that everybody elfo In the tent overheard it, "Wo nro going pretty much where we d n please." At the Army and Navy club the other evening, relates the New York Times, n group of olllcers wero discussing tho recent dilllcultles of ox-Senator Chandler with Hear Admiral Kvnns. One of tho olllcers, now retired, mentioned Incidentally the f.u-t that Mr. Chandler, upon taking up tho navy portfolio, was not ns familiar with nautical matters an might be desired. Soon after taking hold of his olllclal du ties tho secretary had occasion to visit what was at tho tlmo one of the larger vessels of tho navy. Upon tho morning following hU arrival tho commanding olllcor after a brief exchange of greetings, said" With nothing over fir. .1... tnr, . constructed n headline which was rlgh up the n,rl. The next day . was Instructed Jo to I the man who made out the clic ks for the country correspondents to knock ? m the correspondent's p.iy. "When he received his eho'c'k he wrote to Mr. Storey saying that under ordinary cir cumstances he wouldn't kl.k about the deduction, but In this particular Instance ho did because the fool headline over the tern, made by a fool telepraph editor, had infuriated tho man whose name was men tinned In the dispatch and brought on a light between him and the correspondent the result of whl.ii was that the corre spondent was fined ,:. In tho police court. "Mr. Story was a very Just man when you got at him the right wny. Ho In structed the cashier to send tho correspond ent tho amount of the line mid raised my salary because tho headline I wrote had caused a row. That was his way of en couraging a headline writer." Carpenter's Letter (Continued from Sixth Page.) and keep tho laboro:s In debt by giving thorn credit and paying them in store orders This would mean tho practical enslavement STRIPPING THE CINCHONA DA UK FROM THE TREES. "Mr. Secretary, would you caio to sec th marines mustered on tho quarterdeck?" "H'h," replied tho head of the depart ment, so tho story goes, "It seems to mo that for the secretary of tho navy at least a half-dollar deck should bo provided." Governor Odell of New York Is fond of a good story anil does not withhold ono even if tho point of It Is against himself. "Somo years ago," he said tho other day, "I wag a candidate for a local olllco and I did some cnnvasslng In n country town. Ono of tho most influential democrat thero owned a barber shop nnd I wns advised to see him. I entered the shop and whilo tho knight of the razor was shaving mo I sounded him carefully. Hut ho soon told me that ho could not support me. When I left tho chair I remarked that If ho could not vote for mo ho had nt least Improved my appear ance. 'Well, It don't take much to do that,' ho answered." Ileforo the days of proper safeguards, says tho Detroit Kroe Press, a good many catllo got In tho paths of Michigan railroads and wero killed outright or so badlv" In jured ns to necessitate putting them out of misery, Tlieso happenings frequently afforded tho owners of the cuttle an on portunlty to bring suit against tho rail road companies, so that the employes wero required to be very careful ns to details and to keep a strict record of the manner of a cow's dentil, etc. Regular printed re ports of such cases had to be turned In bv the soctlon master, who was required to till out blanks stating tho probable nge of the deceased animal, weight, color, distinguish ing marks nnd disposition of carcass, tho animal being sometimes cut up nnd sold for beef. Naturally It was an Irish t-octlon 'Hcliuperlntendent," who, llko Klnnlgan In bis torse report of n wreck simply stated. "Off agin, on agin, gone agin -Klnulgnii." made out the record of a certain bovine tragedy In a cliaiacterlstlc wav Mike guessed pietty well at the age and weight and color of the dead cow, but when he came to the line "disposition of enreass" he scratched Ills head rellectlvelv. "Sure," he muttered, "slip doled alsv. anyway." Then opposite tho lino he scrawled, "Kind and gentle." "I wns alashing copy on old Storey's Chicago Times many yenrs ago," said ono of the guests at a Now York reunion dinner. "Wo had a correspondent In nn Illinois town who simply would not schedule his matter, but as ho generally sent good stuff wo lot him run on, slashing his stuff to suit tho exigencies of tho night. Ilesldes, his stuff always suggested good headlines, and that was ono of Storey's hobbles. "On ono occasion tho correspondent sent up about 700 words which went Into 100 of tho natives. You see tho Javaneso are much llko children. They havo no care for tho morrow and no Idea whatever of ac cumulation. We protect them by holding on to tho lauds. If wo allowed them to havo tho lauds they would sell them to the Europeans nnd they In turn might resell to tho Chinese." How lln Government I,iimcn I,iiimIn, "It was a good deal of a question wit Ii tho government es to how to manage tho lands," continued I,nrd Van Hethem van den norg. "nnd I think you will flml It qulto a problem In the Philippines. When wo took hold of this Island there was much waste land and It wns undecided whether I belonged to tho government or tho na tives. Thereupon the government advanced tho theory that the lands orlglnnlly came from God to the kings of Java nnd to the Dutch government ns tho heir to those kings. "Tho government now lenses Its lands for terms of sovontv-flvo years at about a gulden, mere or less, per acre. This rent takes tho place of taxes, although there Is an additional tax on Incomes. At present thero nro nbout 000.000 acres leased out In that way, and It Is tho only wny that Innd can bo secured. Slnco 1S1R tho government has not alienated any land In this Island nnd nt present there nro llttlo over 2,000,000 acres owned by tho Europeans nnd less than IiOO.000 acres owned by tho Chinese." Tho conversation hero turned to tho Java nese, as compared to tho Filipinos, nnd I told his excellency thnt our peoplo were telling tho Filipinos they wero our equals, Ho replied: Word About lii- I '1 1 1 1 I iion. "In that you nro making a mistake. They aro not your equals. They nro children and you aro doing as much wrong to toll them that as you would If you wero to toll your llttlo boy thnt ho Is as strong In body and brain ns yourself. Tho Filipinos will not understand you, nnd you will do your selves nnd them n dnmngo which will tnko yeors to repair. Wo try to Impress our superiority on tho natives. They havo been accustomed to look up to their chiefs, nnd wo try to havo them do tho samo to us. It may ho that they will so ndvnnco In tlmo thnt wo can treat thorn differently. At present they nre as happy ns ony peoplo of their kind anywhere. Thoy do not suffer, nnd travelers sny thoy aro tho happiest nnd most prosperous of nil tho natives of tho far east.' FRANK O. CARPENTER. Defending the Cup (Continued from Fifth Pnun.) sudden nnd rom.irknhlo change In the nin tlvo speed of tho two boats. This match gavo birth to a now dted of gift. Tho nfUclnl measurement of the Thls tlo revealed thnt her dlmonlons consldcr.v Til 15 ILLUSTRATED HUH. bly exceeded those given In tho challenge I The discovery caused ttni'ii dl?cusslcn. aid' to prevent a llko coucenlinent In tho futun Mr. Schuyler was asked to formulate a new deed. This requires ten (Instead of sl) months' notice of ehnllcngo and the exact dimensions of tho challenger. ! In ISM, four new boats wero built to ' meet Valkyrie II. Hurgets was dead, and the llernwhofTs, who were known ns th builders of fast steam yachts, enme to the I front with a bound. They built two boats for New York syndicates; tho Tobln-bronzt centerboard Vigilant, for E. 1). Morgan, O. Oliver Isolin nnd others; the steel keel ' t'olonla, for Archibald Rogers. General j Palno built from his own designs the 1 nl last-tin Jubilee, with two conterbonrdH, one I In the tin, tho other In tho hull well for I ward. A lloston syndicate also built the I tln-keel Pilgrim. The Htmton Ixatr weie never In tho contest. It was narrowed at i the outset to tho Vigilant and Colonla, nnd tho former proved the bitter by rev oral minutes. I Everybody who saw ihe two llrst nuoa hit ween the Vigilant nnd tho Vulkvrh was disappointed, not to say duin'.ifouudi d by the poor showing of the former In t! o windward work of the last race. Tho fault wan not In the boat, but In the hat dllng f'aptnln Iselln had been warned In the inclining by the weather bureau, as had also the challenger, that u ttorm wns nppiraeh- mg. lie leered bin mainsail, but made no corresponding decrease In h'n head ni's. Consequently when the boat was put on the wind the excess of sail forwaid outbal nnced the mainsail, and made the boat tag to leeward. Tho hklpper ef Ihe Valkyile displayed better Judgment; ho put a half reef In his mainsail and set smaller Kay tall and Jib, thus preserving tho balance of his sallsprend, nnd bent the Vigilant handsomely to tho outer mark. Hut Captain Iselln redeemed himself on the home inn by setting In a galo every stitch of canvas that his boat could carry in light weather It was a line exhibition of pluck and he boat gavo an exhibition of speed surpassing anything that had ever been seen In the history of yachting, and fairly leaped from the crest of one huge wnve to tho next And how it overtook the Valkyrie1 It Is safe to say that no ono who witnessed the sight will ever forget It. After the Vigilant hnd brought him world-wide fame, "Nat" Herreshoff pri vately told a friend thnt he could build a fin-keel boat to beat It from ten to twelve minutes over a thirty-knot course. Ho hnd built fin-keel boats of smaller elzrj previously, and they had achieved astonish ing success. When ho wns commissioned by Messrs. Morgan and Iselln to build a boat to meet the Valkyrie III In 1895, ho put his Idea Into form and tho Defender was tho result. It wns not the Hint tlnm that the Iln-keel experiment hnd been tried for tho defense of the cup. Hut it was the first time It had been tried by u mn,tor hand, nnd tho centerboard In International yachting annals, speedily became a mom-or-. WIEMAM E. SIMMONS. Mormon Stronghold (Continued from Third Page.) pendence, Mo., which Is another .Mormon stronghold, nnd next year they will meet at I-amonl. They expect to make public at their next annual conference their plan for the organization of "stakes." They will measure or stake out sacred tracts of land, ono nt I.nmnnl, and the other at Indepen dence, where they believe that Christ will first nppear on earth when lie comes again to His elect. 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