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EYOND question, I lie most terrllile
of all nature's manifestations of
forci' Is the tormi'lo. In thce
eomparat Ivi ly small storms, which
fire usually restricted to a narrow-
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area, Is Mored tremendous energy. Ih"
lllier'i'lon of which Is attended generally
by tho compltie destruction of everything
within the rinch of the storm. It might
he better to siv th'it Iho tornado is Itself
the result of the sudden development of
tremendous energy, and the havoc It wreaks
Ih merely the icoult vif t lie pent-tip foro
seeking freedom. In common usage the
words "eyclene" and "tornado" are Inter
changeable; In fai t, the tornado Is more fre-
N. M. AYERS OF HEAVER C1TV, NEW
GRAND M A ST Kit OK N EHR ASK A MA
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tiienlly called a cyclone than by Its proper
name. B.Mh words are used to descrlb.'
storm condltlcns, but their meaning Is dif
ferent to the meteorologist. Specifically, ft
cyclone Is a storm which revolves around
a slowly moving central area of compara
tive calm. It Is the wind movement re
sulting from the rush nf air from an area
of high barometric presuire to an area of
low pressure. Cyclones usually cover large
expanses of territory, l.ono miles being an
ordinary diameter, the wind around tho
center blowing often us high as thirty or
even forty miles an hour, while the storm
center of comparative calm moves forward
very slowly, occasionally appearing to re
main stationary until "the atmospheric
equilibrium Is restored. Cyclones move In
regular order from wist to east In the
northern hemisphere, with the certainty of
the Reasons. The tot undo Is the product
of entirely different conditions. As a rule
the tornado Is a small affair, quickly de
veloped and as quickly dissipated. It.
moves with great HwlflnesB, eighty miles
an hour being no uncommon gait for Its
dash throimh the country, while we have
no accurate knowledge of the velocity of
its revolution on Its axis. Certainly it
spins with tremendous rapidity, a fact well
attested by the ruin left in Its path. Pecu
liar atmospheric conditions are necessnry
to the genesis of the tornado. That these
monsters of the air are of mere frequent
occurrence during the late spring ami early
summer Is because at that time of the
year the conditions are mist favorable for
their birth. An unusually warm day in
April, May or Juno hea's the lower stratum
of air; It expands and seeks to rise, but
Is pressed down and held back by this
colder and heavier strata above. This
pressure of Itself begets heat, and heat la
force. Compressed and struggling for up
ward relief, the stratum along the earth's
surface becomes calm and oppressive. Sud
denly, somewhere In the superposed stratum
of dense, cold air, a rift Is found or forced,
through which the hemted air escapes with
What a Hee Staff Artist Saw at the .Modern Woodmen Memorial
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DURING THE BENEDICTION Photo
SAMUEL JOE BROWN OK DKS MOINES.
FIRST NKfiltU TO RKCKIVK DEGREE
OF MASTER OF ARTS AT IOWA STATK
UNIVERSITY.
a rush. A current is generated and u
counter current, and lo! the tornado is
born, and out of the very conditions which
make spring pleasant comes the destroyer,
lis awful funnel, swnthed In folds of dense
clouds. Is a storehouse of power beyond
human calculation. Its dissipation Is as
sud leu as Its coming, for the energy Is
merely seeking release, and as it whirls
in Its mad career of devastation It is giving
olT In the form of lightning and radiation
of heat all the power it contains, so that
an hour after the ominous piling up of
clouds which presage the coming storm the
sun may again shine brightly a'ong the path
desolated by the tornado.
That tornadoes vary In size and de
structlveness Is proven by the illustrations
published this week, which are made from
photographs taken by II. Van Dcusen of
the Merchants' nnd Farmers' bank of
Scrlhner, Nth., on Saturday, May 24. On
that day five distinct tornadoes were formed
in the vicinity of Scrlhner, three of which
are shown in the pictures. So far as Is
reported only only one of these did any
damage, the destruction of a barn east of
the village being the only loss of property
reported. In his letter to The Dee, ac
companying the photographs, Mr. Van Deu
sen says: "The occasion was most favor
able for photographing, the sun shining on
the cloud bank when the twisters were
forming and passing east, and It is un
fortunate that we did not get more anil
betti r pictures. Most of the residents
were thinking of other things at that time,
however." The plcures are splendid ex
amples and show more plainly than words
the appearance of n tornado In motion.
Iowa has no moncpoly on beauty cf land
scape and pastoral scenes of surpassing
loveliness, if the camera of The flee staff
artist Is to be believed. Last week he
was called professionally to a community
In the northern central part of tho state,
and while there photographed two views
which are presented this week, nnd which
fair-minded people must admit compare
quite favorably with those beautiful Iowa
seem s printed last week. Nebraska has
within its bounds many spots where na
ture enchants the eye and delights the
sens's with the beauty of the prospect.
And the "entile on a thousand hills" In
Nebraska stntnl as deep in the native
grasses as they do across the river In th
llawkeye state, have water as limpid and
sweet, air as Invigorating and sky as blue
ns any that envelopes the globe, and are
just as sure a foundation of fortune as the
are objects of Interest on the landscape.
Nebraska yields the palm to none on th.
point of rural attractiveness.
We have been so often told that "men
are only boys grown tall" that we have
almost come to believe It, but If proof were
really needed It might have been found at
the picnic given at Council niufTs by th"
members of the Iowa council of the United
Commercial Travelers. These "boys grown
tall," with their wives and boys and girls
not yet grown fully tall, went out to one
of the groves, and for one whole Saturday
t hased dull care away from tho premises.
All sorts of sports were Indulged, everyone
productive t f sport and merriment. That
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MISS II ELLEN RRANDEIS OF OMAHA.
JUST GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO.
mutton still on occasion conceives itself
lamb may be seen by close examination of
the faces in the fat man's race, while no
trained athlete ever put more enthusiasm
into his race than did the married women
or more vim than the girls. Sport wasn't
all on the program, for (here Is a picture
of a picnic dinner that looks very much
like the real thing, and It wasn't specially
posed, either.
Samuel Joe Brown of Pes Moines, la.. Is
the first colored man to receive the de
tr e of Master of Arts at the University of
Iowa. He was in the class which was
graduated from the institution at Iowa City
on June 11 and stood high among his fel
lows. His thesis was on "A Constitutional
View of the Recent Abridgment of the
Rights of Negro Citizens by Certain of the
Southern States of the Union." This was
highly marked for its scholarship and re
search by Profs. Shamhaugh. Ixios and
Veblen, who conducted Mr. Drown'! exam
ination. Mr. Hrown Is an attorney of Des
Moines, who took a course at the university
to secure the degree. Hooker T. Washing
ton, the well known colored educator and
head of the Tuskegee institute, was present
when Mr. Drown received his degree from
Chancellor Maclean.
Nathaniel M. Ayers of Heaver City, the
newly elected grand master cf the grand
lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons
of Nebraska, Is a native of Ohio. He came
to Nebraska In 1S72 and has been prominent
In social, fraternal and business circles in
southwestern Nebraska for many years. He
served bIx terms as master of his home
lodge and has been a member of the grand
lodge for two years. His zeal for the In
stitution of Masonry and his faithfulness
In the discharge of duty on the many im
portant committees to which he has been
appointed has been properly rewarded by
his brethren with the highest mark of dis
tinction In their power to bestow.
The "honor eight" or the Omaha High
school class of i;"2 will earned the high
distinction accorded them. Markings on
final examination for graduation after an
arduous year of study was met by these
eight with such equanimity and ability that
they all passed above per cent on gen
eral average. This Is surely an excellent
standing.
The Installation of Rt. Rev. P. J. Garri
gan, I). I)., as bishop of the new Catholic
dlDcrj of Sioux City last Wednesday, was
made a most notable function. In attend
ance on the ceremony ware Archbishop
Keane at:d a great many other Jlgnitaries
of the church. Dr. (iarrlt'an has bten well
proven In th administrative as well as the
edu'-atlonal and evangelical work of th"
church.
Miss Hellen Hrandeis, daughter of Carl
Hrandels, manager of the Pennsylvania Coal
and Coke company, was graduated with hon
ors last Wednesday fren. the University of
Chicago. She won special honors In history
and special mention in German, anil re
ceived In testimony thereof a "C," of which
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I.SO.N C. PRATT DELIVEIUNC, 1118 ADDRESS -Pho'o hy a
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RT. REV. P. J. GARRIGAN, NEW
OF SIOUX CITY.
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Alia Hoklll. William Phelps.
Minnie lllller. Lillian Dickenson.
HONOR PUPILS OF CLASS OF
only live were given in a graduating class
of ISO members. She took the philosophical
course and Is now a i'h I). In athletics
she took special interest, giving most of
her attention In this lln. to basket ball,
She was a number of the senior basket
Kxercises at Ilanseom Park Last Sundav
Staff Artist WHILE THE CHAPLAIN READ HIS A DDR ESS Photo by a Staff Artist.
CATHOLIC BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE
Watson Smith. Itulh 1 la iiimiuid.
Laura Congilon. M ie King.
l!'i:', OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL.
ball team, which played several notable
games with the Juniors. Miss Hrandels.
who was also a graduate of the Omaha High
school class of 1898, will makp her homo
with her parents, 118 North Twenty-sixth
str-et, during the summer.
