Two Bits of Nebraska's Pastoral Scenery
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Episodes and Incidents in the Lives of Noted People
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the mimitny of an ancient Egyp- acquaintances. My eyes chanced to fall
tian king. Intercepted by a on the senator's feet, and to save my life
customs house officer on the German fron- I couldn"t remove them from the Buckeye
tier, the professor tried to explain the extremities. What attracted my attention
nature of his baggage. This was a matter first was the fact that they were very small
of consid 'ralle dillictilty, but in the end feet and very neatly shod. Senator Hanna
tho officer took a practical view of the situ- Is a heavy, stockily built man, and one;
ation, for he said, quiie gravely: "Well, naturally associates such people with big.
let it pay as nalt junk." broad feet. I should say Senator Hanna
wears a No. 7 shoe; possibly It Is a No.
Alfred Austin, the poet laureate, Is fiT. 6 wasn-t tne size of the shoe that held
He vas educated at Stonyhurst and St.
my gaze, however. It was the fact tha'.
Mary s college. Oscott. from which latter (lurlnK that half hour of handshaking and
school he took his degree- at London. H conversation they never moved so much as
was called to the bar and practiced till ft nnr-8 breadth. They stayed where there
ISfil, when ho published his second book, wpre plantp(li flrm and Immovable. The
"Tho Season; a Satire." and emharked on fpat (no pun) 8tampe(i ,ne man as belnK
a literary career. He has published many absohltey destitute of nerves a model of
volumes of verse, three novels and man perfert composure and unconscious self
review articles. In ls: he was appointed control j novrr saw anything to better
poet laureate and since then he has pub- illustratp )hp character of the man than
lished "England's Darling and The i on- (nose fpp, j wnR(?r ,hat not onp man
version of Winekelmann," and more re
cently a miscellaneous volume, of verse
In 10,(100 could go through that half hour's
experience without shuffling.
Society in Newport Is all in a flutter over Qn onp 0,.,.as)on reiates the Louisville
the fact that representatives of three royal rourler.JcurnaIi colonel Wlntersmlth met
families are due to visit that seaside re- apneral Custer an(j a party of friends. The
sort within a month. They are Grand Duke KPnpra, hnd ft watch of cur0US mechanism
noris of Russia, ctoseiy reiaieu m me
and fourth in line of succession to the im
perial throne; the crown prince of Siam
and Trlnce Chem of China.
which he had been showing to his friends
and which Colonel Wlntersmlth asked to
see. General Custer handed him the watch
n r, I llinn flxnti. It hints u-1 1 h Inn Atlltirlr
is coming by way of San Francisco the teaTetl t0 (rust' ,he watch In the
Duke Iloris
You are afraid I
responded Colonel
others are expecteu to .. ham)s ()f ol(, r,,bpl
immediately after the ci.mnat on. It t , un(Ipr8tam,
possible that all throe may graciously she recOKn7.e ,t
the light or tne.r roa. Wlntersmlth, quickly.
Newport at the same time, hence the tre-
mendous flutter 'h'' Mark TNVain has RIOwn wise j,, nls , (ll
"I was fascinated by Senator Ilanna'sage. He has become financially very string
feet the other evening," says a writer In again and has not only recovered his lost
the New Yorker "I was one of a group fortune, but added thereto until he can cor-
consistlng of S-nator Hanna, roetmastcr rectly be described as a "rich man." For
General Payne and "Dick" Kerens of Mis- this happy condition he owes thanks to hla
souri ' We were sitting In the little space friend and ardent admirer, Henry H.
In front of the cashier's quarters at the Rogers, the Rockefeller understudy and
-p'Valdorf-Astoria Presently a gentleman Standard Oil and copper multi-millionaire,
and a lady stopped to speak to the Ohio He began several years- ago making Mr.
senator and introduce a friend. Others Rogers the custodian of bis surplus cash,
followed and for a half an hour or lenger with a prayer that the multl should Invest
It Bafely and profitably. The great capi
talist accepted the charge in the right spirit
and put the humorist onto sundry and di
vers good things, also not neglecting to let
him out at the right time, a formality too
often omitted in Wall street. The Twain
account was nursed from a small beginning
into formidable proportions and today
stands a gratifying monument tn the oil
king's unselfish regard for a friend. To
such a degree Is Mr. Rogers Interested In
the temporal welfare of the famous author
and lecturer, and so determined Is he that
no financial misfortune shall again over
take him, that he exercises a close p rs nal
supervision over receipts and disbursements.
He is bent on making the sunset of tho
Twain life rosy and smooth. In this
world's goods Samuel U, Clemens was never
so well fixed as now.
Lord Pauncefnte, the late British am
bassador, though democratic In personal
manner and fond of American ways, was a
tremendous stickler for form on state oc
casions. When he was made an ambassa
dor he claimed the right to sit next the
president on all social functions which he
and the chief magistrate attended. Vice
President Hobart demurred and President
McKlnley decided In his favor on the
ground which doubtless appealed strongly
to Lord Pauncefote that the vice president
occupied the same position toward a presi
dent that the heir apparent did toward a
monarch.
Dr. Hepworth, who died a few days ago.
was a preacher In Boston at the time of
Lincoln's assassination by John Wllkea
Booth. At once a hue and cry arose against
Fdwin Booth, and Mr. Hepworth, with voice
and pen, denounced any such acclaim, stat
ing on his personal knowledge that Edwin
Booth was a loyal man, an excellent citizen
and an ardent admirer of Lincoln, for whom
he had voted twice. These utterances and
writings more than anything else perhaps
stemmed the tide of unreasoning denuncia
tion. The famous French geographer, Elisee
Reclus, who Is now In his 73d year, lives at
Brussels in great seclusion, the only place
where a stranger can meet him being at a
vegetarian restaurant where he takes his
meals. He has been a vegetarian all his
life and declare that the time will come
when Europeans will look on beef-eating
with the same horror that we do on can-
nilalism One day he came to a friend
pale and agitated. "My wife Is deceiving
me." he exclaim d. and when his friend
looked at him In astonishment he added:
"I have surprised her when she was boll
Inv; my spinach in bouillon."
Railnad men tell many stories illustrat
ing the shrewdness of William Hllss of
Ronton, who was president of the Boston
& Albany railroad before It was taken over
by the New York Central and who Is now
one of the directors of the latter road. He
was once called before the railroad com
mittee of the Massachusetts legislature to
testify on trafflc matters, reports the New
York Tribune, and a young member who
was serving his first term undertook to ex
amine him.
"I want you to tell me how much it costs
to haul a freight car from Boston to Spring
field." said the member.
"I don't know," replied Mr. Bliss.
"You don't know?"
"That was the answer I gave."
"What are you, anyway?"
"President."
"Of what?"
"The Boston & Albany railroad."
"Well, sir." began the legislator. In ris
ing voice, "If you are William Bliss, presi
dent of the Bn.don & Albany, and you don't
know what it costs to haul freight from
Boston to Springfield, who In the name of
heaven does know?"
"No one that I know, unless It is n mem
ber of the Massachusetts legislature who Is
serving his first term."
Another member continued the examination.
The latest story about King Christian of
Denmark Is that he was taking an early
morning walk recently when a ragged fel
low approached with every respect and
said: "May I ask your majesty for your
portrait as a memento? Tho king was
pleased at this appearance of loyalty, but
regretted that he had not a portrait with
him. Tho tramp slyly suggested: "Pardon,
your majesty, Mit If you look In your purse
you will probably find one." King Chris
tian laughed at the novel mode of asking
for alms and gave the man a couple of
i rowns.
"Keep working and you will keep alive,"
Is tho advice of Senator Pettus, who car
ries his 81 years with surprising enso. One
morning recently he was found hard at
work at 7 o'clock, sleeves rolled up, chew
ing tobacco and grinding out letters. To
the surprised remark of a friend he said
"I rise every morning at 6 unless
I have been kept up late the night before.
Tho secret of living long Is to work hard.
I notlco that all of my friends who Rot
rich and then retired are dead. I never
get rich and I never get tired. Tho most
deadly disease I know Is to quit work."
During the late Arkansas campaign, In
which Senator Jones was defeated In the
preliminary fight for the senate, Governor
Jeff Davis was on tho stump against Mr.
Jones. At one meeting the governor railed
attention to (he expenditures of a senats
committee of which Jones was a member,
Said he: "1 notice ladies and gentlemen.
In the list of miscellaneous expenses of the
committee in Its published report of last
month an Item of $12 for castor oil for
castor oil, I say. What In the world they
need so much castor oil for no one knows.
Why, that is enough castor oil to move
the previous question In the senate of the
I'niled States."
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An example of the cHtimatli n in which
the lato Congressman Amos Cutiiniliigs was
bebl In New Vi rk was given two members
of the congressional delegation which went
over from Washington to attend his funeral.
A cabman demanded 3 for a very short
drive and the congressmen thought It was
too much. They appealed to a policeman,
who said that when people came to New
York for a good time they must expert to
pay for It. "But we didn't come for a good
time," said one of the visitors. "We came
here to help bury our old friend Amos Cum
tilings. " "What! Amos Cummings," said the
utlleer. "Say, cabby, you take a dollar and
get away quick as you know how."
New Story of Queen Alexandra
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majesty, Alexandra, soon to be
crowned queen and empress. It
was told with quiet glee by tho
other actor In It to various and
sundry American friends. The other actor
Is the wife of a famous Bhip owner and
head of a firm of ship builders. Thus she
has been for years the heart and soul of
various noble charities connected with Eng
land's merchant marine. She is further
credited with having influenced her husb-ind
In affairs of international importance.
Altogether Fhe is as near to being a per
sonage as a long purse, a clear head, a
warm heart and a charming social tact
can make one In the home of hereditary
distinctions, the British isles.
One of the latest charities is a great
seamen's hospital. Royalty deigned to lay
the cornerstone of it and afterward to
express great Interest in its success. It
began to be hinted that a peerage would
reward the people who had built and en
dowed it. That was an agreeable, if dis
tant, prospect. It seemed to grow sud
denly nearer and clearer when the lady
found herself abruptly "commanded to the
queen" and that within the brief space of
an hour.
"What did 1 think of first?" she said In
telling it. "Why that I had not a singla
absolutely new rag to appear In. Clothes.
Oh! Yes plenty, and fine enough for
court wear, but then one wants special
things for special occasion. What made
matters worse was I myself had a luncheon
on hand we were in fact Just sitting down
to the table when the royal message
reached me. I dare say I turned all colors
as I read, but luckily nobody noticed. In
stantly I sent word to my maid to get
other clothes ready, then went on enter
taining my guests as best I might through
the first courses. I knew to a fraction of a
second how long It would take to dress
and drive from my own home to Bucking
ham palace. I knew also that while the
queen herself Is never very punctual It
would not do at all for me to be late and
still less to be early. You can fancy my
state of mind, lunching against the clock
both ways. Presently I left my sister to
explain my going and .was soon rolling off
to see the queen.
"Of course I thought of many things on
the way, but chiefly of the hospital. I
must be that which had caused the queen
to fend for me. Then foolishly I let my
mind stray to a schoolmate, one Mary Z.,
who It happens had been a girl friend of
the queen In the days when King Christian
was not a king at all, only a poor Danish
prince and glad to increase his Income of
$1,200 a year by giving lessons In drawing
to pupils of a girls' school. Mary had told
me many stories of her friend Alexandra
I knew also that In the annual gatherings
at Freldensborg the two nearly always met.
I wondered a little If they had met this
last year. It had brought changes to both
a crown to Alexandra and a second hus
band to Mary, who had for years been a
widow and thought to be Inconsolable. But
my mind did not linger on her very long
my concerns our concerns. Indeed, were
so much more Immediate and living. I had
a fair general Idea of how such private
audiences wi nt off, but was hazy as to
whether I should kneel or merely curtsy
and kiss hands.
"The palace authorities coached me the
least bit. A lady-ln-waltlng met me, took
me upstairs and along passages and at
last left me to myself after telling me that
the queen, though quite deaf, hated of all
things to have voices raised in speaking to
her. I must speak rather slowly and very
distinctly her own quick intelligence
would do the rest. As to deportment, I
must follow her indications stand or sit, or
retire, at what I Judged to be her will.
But she would make it easy for me this
I was assured she made everything easy
as far as court etiquette permitted.
"Before I had time to get nervous a
lackey whisked me into the presence. There
Btood the queen, looking very sweet and
unroyal, smiling, holding out her hand and
murmuring my name. After our formal
Informal greeting she led me to a chair a
little at one side and sat down herself In
another almost touching It. And then she
said with a yet more engaging smile:
" 'I am so glad you have come. I want to
talk with you over Mary Z "s second mar
riage. She has told me often how much
you were her friend. Do you think she can
possibly be happy with a man so unlike her
first choice?"
"And that was, I found out. absolute
truth. For at least half an hour we
gossiped, talking over our friend's affairs
with the most bnurgeoise Interest. After
ward well, her majesty said kind things
of us, my husband and myself, and
especially kind ones of our hospital project.
But that was wholly incidental she had
sent for me to talk over Mary's marriage."
Which goes to prove how well Kipling
knew womenklnd when he wrote:
"The Colonel's lady ami .lody (itjraily,
Are sisters under their skins."
A Feast of Reason
Chicago Record-Herald: "I was at a
luncheon the other day," said a North Side
woman, "where the hostess was a graduate
of Smith college, three of the guests
were graduates of Wellesley, two went
through Vassar, two had been Bryn Mawr
girls and the other women present were
graduates of Northwestern, the Univer
sity of Chicago and Wells, respectively."
"Well," one of her hearers said, "It must
have been very Interesting. How I wish I
could have been there. What did you talk
about?"
"Let me see. Oh, yes. About how hard
It is to keep help."
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