THE OMAHA DAILY HE K: SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1002.
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IXCLE SAM'S LEGAL GUIDE
Character Sketch of Philander Chaw Knox,
Attorney UaneraL
HIS INCOME AS A PRACTICING LAWYER
Yotable Ke-.itares of the Career of tae
Present (ablaet Minister A Tlre
lr Worker wlta a Re
markable Memory.
WASHINGTON. June 2S. When Pbilsnder
Chase Knox, who as attorney general of the
Vnlted States is conducting the prosecution
against the Beef trust, entered the cabinet
he relinquished a private law practice of
1200,000 a year. The firm of Knox Reed
always demanded and received large fees
for their professional services.
The story of the Indianapolis street rail
way case, the last great argument made
by Mr. Knox before he cume to Washington,
Is illustrative. He was anxious to go to
Europe for a rest when the pressure upon
bin to argue this case before the supreme
court became so strong that, to rid himself
of further Importunity, he named a fee to
the company which be believed would be
prohibitive. To his surprise it was ac
cepted Instantly; be argued the case In con
Junction with the late ex-Preeident Benja
min Harrison, and won.
General Harrison evidently regarded P.
C. Knox aa a secondary consideration in
the presentation of the case, though the
consensus of the opinion was that Knox
bad carried the court irresistibly by the
masterful character of his argument. Born
time later Harrison and Knox met on the
board walk of Atlantic City, and after" an
exchange of civilities, the ex-presldent, in
a manner that was not altogether free from
a patronizing air, said:
"By the way, Knox, how did you come
out In the settlement of your account with
the Indianapolis Street Railway company?
X got $25,000 out of them for my services.
"I am very glad to hear it, general," re
plied Knox pleasantly. Then in a modestly
deferential way he continued: "I got $125,
000."
"What!" blurted the ex-presldent, over
whelmed with astonishment. Then, appre
ciating the embarrassment of the situation
be wheeled and continued bla walk without
another word.
Knox si Country Banker's Ron.
Phil Knox, as he was known then and as
be Is known today among his intimates in
The Day We Celebrate
Some Criticisms by Harrite!
y Prcscott Spofford.
The day which we make our national
festival is not a very happy one, except
In theory, to the greater number of Ameri
can women. In spite of all their patriotism,
they are obliged to dread it before It ar
rives, and to be glad when It has become
yesterday. As a general thing It brings
them only work, anxiety and crashing head
aches. The preparation of picnic baskets,
the addition to the dinner if at home, the
making ready of the pretty clothes that
are expected to be worn on the day of
all that they seldom complain. But what
they do object to Is tbe barbarous manner
in which boys and men are allowed to make
merry, which would be disgraceful to a
FIJI lelander, which destroys sleep and
peace and health, the perpetual shocks of
the explosions keeping the nerves on the
rack. Added to this is the fear that the
bouse will be reduced to ashes by the silly
firecrackers, or a child will be brought
home to have the gunpowder picked out
of his face, or with fewer fingers, ears, or
eyes, than those he bad when be left for
bis raid.
Perhaps one day we shall abolish much
of this exciting cause of trouble. People
may come to perceive that tbe symbols
of battle and bloodshed give a poor and
wrong expression to the love of that coun
try in whose existence la the hope of hu
manity, and under whose fostering Influ
ence the peace and well-being of the world
hall in time be assured. Then other and
finer ways of showing patriotism will be
found, ways of expressing Joy that shall be
quite as satisfactory as the noisy and
savage methods of the present methods
of tbe same nature as those of the ghost
dance of the Indian tribes, or as the mad,
rude way In which the Dahomey chiefs re-1
Jolce.
The Fourth of July, nevertheless, Is a day
that has a peculiar Interest and significance
for women, and they are fain to Join In
Its celebration, whether they like the man
ner of It or not. For in no country of
Christendom do women receive the recogni
tion that they have in this one. Whatever
may still be lacking to them In measure
of Justice here, yet nowhere else do they
have the protection to their persons and
their possessions that la given to them
under the Amerlcsn flag. In Europe, where
you see the women yoked with the dog
or the cow; in China, where their feet
are crippled; in polygamous countries,
where they are the slaves of the harem,
women are often merely an appanage, an
object of utility or pleasure. In the Cnlted
States they receive their measure of Justice
and right, such as It is, not for their beauty
or grace or charm or sex. but as Individuals
with a stake in the country.
Men and women being, together, really
the unit of the race, the measure of right
that benefits one cannot but benefit the
other, and in as far as men have risen
under the great sky of our liberty, women
have risen with them, and not anywhere
else on earth has there been such an
achievement in the advancing of the whole
generation of women as under this flag, that
today, more than ever, seems beautiful as
a great bountiful flower when waving
against tbe sky, and beneath whose starry
folds women have a larger outlook, a
higher reach, a surer grasp, a greater
security, a nobler bonor, a firmer future.
Hera the genius of the country has taught
the boy to respect his mother as the boy
of old love her though ha night with alt
bis heart never dreamed of doing; to re
gard his sister as on a plane of equality; to
despise no woman because she Is a woman.
And she knows that she owes all this tp ths
Independence of this country from the
old world Influence and greed, which has
opened to every one all the avenues of
freedom, enlarging the borders of thought
and feeling and consequent action and all
the possibilities of growth.
The flag, then, means more to American
women than the flag of any other country
can mean to tbe women beneath it. And
they endure for the sake of it all tbe
horrors of the volleying Fourth, saying
to themselves of the flag, whenever and
wherever they see it: "It Is my safeguard,
my glory and my shield, and feeling as
Browning did when he saw his own na
tional ensign off Cape St. Vincent, Trafal
gar, and Gibraltar: 'Here, and here, did
England help me how can I help England,
aay!'"
Soothing Patriots With Money
Precedents for
tne uoraet
II Case.
The charge which la being made now
against General Wood of having paid Gomes
a large sum of money to secure his influ
ence with the military element In Cuba
reminds a writer In the Washington Post
of the same charge made in 1847, when
President Polk asked congress to appro
priate $2,000,000 to secure peace with Mex
ico. That sum was to be employed In se-
The death of Hon. John P. Stockton of
New Jersey recalls the extreme partisanship
which deprived him of his seat in the sen
ate. The first civil rights bill was passed
by the two houses of congress, as the demo
cratic party could offer but feeble resist
ance. On March. 27, 1865. President John
son vetoed the bill, and with but little de
lay In tbe senate It was passed over the
president's veto 33 to 12 and on that oc;
Stewart of Nevada was Induced to absent
himself and when a friend of Mr. Stockton
asked him to return, as he had voted for
Stockton, he said: "No, you must get
along without me this time." Hon. Solomon 1
Foote of Vermont, who was detained at
home by sickness, telegraphed the request
that the vote on Mr. Stockton's case be
delayed until be could reach Washington,
es be had thoroughly Investigated It and
curing the return to power of Santa Anna, caslon Senators Cowan and Norton .left tho desired to record his voto n favor of Mr.
who, it was stated, had agreed to make
peace upon the terms dictated by our gov
ernment. It was said that Santa Anna,
while a prisoner in this country, in his
anxiety to return to power in Mexico, had
republican party and voted with the demo
crats.
"Tho Freedman's bureau bill," which
Mr. Johnson also vetoed, could not be
passed over his veto, as tbe votes and
Stockton. His request was disregarded.
Then came the crowning Iniquity of the
desperate majority. Senator Lot Morrell of
Maine was "paired" with Mr. Wright of
New Jersey and for the first time in all
western Pennsylvania, was 16 years of age offered if his return was secured to agree actions of Senators Reverdy Johnson and legislative history, to unseat a political op-
when he left home to attend Mount Union I to such terms as were most favorable to Stockton prevented it. Mr. Johneon was
college, Ohio. He was born In Brownsville, the United States. engagod in an argument before one of the
Fayette county, Pa., May 6, 1853. His father in the great speech by Corwln in the courts of Baltimore when a telegram from
was a country banker, a boyhood friend of senate on the 17th of February. 1847, he Senator Stockton reached him, Informing
James G. Blaine, who sent his son to the I alludes to the capture of Santa Anna and nlm the vote on that bill would be taken
public schools until he was ready for col- his whole army of 750 Texans, under Gen- In an hour or two. A locomotive was
era Houston, then also ln the senate, with placed at his disposal by the Baltimore &
a loss of only three or iour men. This Ohio railroad, in whose service he was en-
lege. He was graduated in 1872 and lm
mediately registered as a law student in
the office of H. Bucher Swope, Pittsburg.
No two natures were more dissimilar than
preceptor and pupil. Swope, then United
States district attorney for the western dls
trlct of Pennsylvania, was nervous, flery.
Impetuous, aggreesive and master of the
greatest vocabulary of vitriolic adjectives
that was ever exhibited in a district court
room. At all times, however, his diction
was polished, and in this respect his pupil
owes much to the master, though the for
mer was Swopo's antithesis, cool, self-re'
strained, a natural logician and a rhetori
cian whose command of language is still
charmingly exact.
P. C. Knox was admitted to tbe bar in
1875 and in 1877 formed a partnership with
James H. Reed, another young lawyer, the
son of a Pittsburg physician. The career
of these young men for the first few years
gave no hint of phenomenal success. They
were chaperoned by no advantngeous clr
cumstances; they had no Influential friends
In the background; they were generally
regarded as an energetlo pair who pos
sensed no advantages above other junior
members of the bar.
lie "Grew I p" with Flttabarfr.
But Pittsburg was then beading for in'
ternatlonal fame. Conditions were shap
ing themselves for the men who had wit
and wisdom to mount the crest of waiting
advantage. In the same class with "Phil"
.Knox and "Jim" Reed In point of brains
and energy, and equally as unknown, were
Henry Clay Frlck, subsequently president
of the Carnegie company; Congressman
John Dalzell: James M. Ouffey: the
phenomenally successful oil producer and
millionaire, national committeeman from
Pennsylvania and head of the democratic
party In that state; George T. Oliver, then
a small owner, now a multl-mllllonalre
and director of a great syndicate of Pitts
burg newspapers, and John T. Chambers,
the largest individual glass producer in
the United States, at that period a partner
In a struggling concern on the South Side,
rittsburg.
During his career in Pittsburg "Phil"
Knox was known as a tireless worker. He
frequently appeared at the office in the
morning before any of tbe others bad ar
rived, when his sole; companion was the
office boy. This was particularly true
when be aad a great rase on hand, for it
was his unvarying rule never to leave any
of the preparation of a great action to a
subordinate or Junior member. Every doc
ument, letter, reference or scrap of In
formation on evidence was examined by
himself. It was no uncommon thing for
hint to spend eighteen or twenty hours a
was the tamed battle of' Son Jacinto, and gaged before the court, and ho reached the
Governor Corwln in his speech objecting to city In an hour and prevented the passage
the appropriation for additional troops al
luded to this battle, and complimented
General Houston, then within sound of bis
voice, and argued if, with that small force
of men, the Mexican army and its com
mander were defeated, he could not under
stand why the already large force in Mexloo
was not sufficient to conquer a peace in
stead of purchasing it. He subsequently,
however, voted for the bill, and In another
speech, delivered on the 11th of March,
1847, stated why be refused to vote for the
bill then pending, asking for $2,000,000.
His first speech contains an expression
of the bill over the president's veto.
ponent, he broke his "pair" without even
informing tbe gentleman who bad relied on
bis bonor.
This senator died with the distinction of
being the only member of any legislative
body in the world who violated that un
written code of honor. When the Illness
of Mr. Foote and Mr. Wright were urged
as reasons for postponement the majority
rivaled their Puritan antecedents by say
ing that "Providence had placed the power
In their hands by dispensation."
This act of Mr. Stockton In telegraphing
for Mr.' Johnson and voting against the
majority of the senate sealed hla fate, for
It was determined by the relentless ma
jority to rid the senate of one who had
been deaf to the warning conveyed to him
should be array himself on tbe side of his
conviction and sustain the veto of tbat pet
measure of tbe constructionists of the
republican party.
Mr. Stockton's case was referred to a
Mr. Blaine, in his "Twenty Years In
Congress," speaking of tho unseating of Mr.
Stockton, to whom he refers in the most
complimentary terms, says: "The constitu
tion had been strained to exchange Mr.
Stockton for a republican senator, sure to
succeed him, and it would not have been
done had the margin been broader and the
need not so great for a two-thirds ma
jority."
The state of New Jersey returned Mr.
private lire, ana in wnlcn ne said. , , , . ...... years to rebuke bv his nrenr-nre the nnir
If I were a Mexican, I would tell you, " 'fKalljr e,ec'd h', ob,alne,, hlB. Mt-
Have you not room in your own country
Tbe absence of his colleague, .Mr. Wright,
to bury your dead men? If you come Into ,u lno Bem" 1"'s, -
mine, we will greet you with bloody hands duce,d, hlm to vtte ,or "'""self, as his state
and welcome you to hospitable graves." would 0tnrwl',8 have been unrepresented
Corwin. in after years, while secretary "" " "um n whs euner
ler Mr. Fillmore, com- tTlaRJ or &alur"ay "at tne vote alluded
nf hi. n.,i. ...o. to waa taken, and that night it was de-
ciates sustained mm in tne position ne took . ","rZZ: ' and eventually to save th .nntwn
us who ueciuxeu eoiiiipti rn nin near. Mr - . . . u . .
Poland, who had voted for him, was In-
years to rebuke by his presence the outrage
by which, for a time, they secured the two-
thirds majority.
The Spartan band of democrats fought
tne Iniquities of the reconstruction meas
ures and the force bill inch by Inch, using
witn great skill the parliamentary expedi
ents designed to protect a minority, which
enabled them In some measure to restrain
at that time, and though Its effect person
ally was almost banishment from the public
councils, yet none doubted the Integrity or
duced on Monday to move a reconsideration.
and then.
irom tne crowning act of oppression. For
forty-six and a half hours they presented
an unbroken front to the enemy of the
rights of the south and defeat after defeat
so wore out the courage and strength of
their assailants that at last they yielded
the courage of his convictions, and he lost "uu lucu' ""regarding an precedent ana
none of tbe respect and love which fol- un"rltn aw, more binding that the stat
lowed him to ths end of his life. ute8' It .rested upon the honor of the
The charge that the appropriation asked ml0T lne maJrltr contrived to vent " ' " " '" " "V'""'
. .' their so te and rurrv nn th.i- h. k. ana an adjournment took place. It should
as vo do uei in securing oama Annas - - f ' . . frnt.n h, h- ..... .....
unyielding courage of the late Samuel J.
Randall protected them from this Iniquity
return to power defeated tbe first appro
priation asked for $2,000,000, but at the next
session of congress the request for the ap
propriation, raised to $3,000,000, was passed.
Mr. Webster and other leading whigs, who
bad opposed the first appropriation, voted
for the Increased amount.
unseating tbe senator
days before they had
elected.
hom only a few
declared legally
Their mode of procedure Is worth re
cording, for It marks their desperate re
solves to tolerate no opposition. Mr.
for during all those hours he never left his
seat Southern representatives seemed,
however, to have had a very brief memory
of that service, for at the next election for
speaker he was defeated by southern votes.
TRH Gold spoon.
There are some men who seen to be
favorites of fortune. They are indue-,
trious, cheerful workers, full to over-
flowing of the energy of splendid health.
and aucceee seems fairly to drop into'
their hands. It ia of such as these that
the lesa hardy
and leas success
ful man says
tavlouily,
"That fellow
waa born with a
fold spoon in
ia month."
And yet on
analysis it will
tbe found that
this success la
largely due to
splendid health, the endowment of a
healthy mother.
Dr. Pierce'a Fayorite Prescription glyea
the mother health to five her child. It
cures nervousness, nausea and sleepless
ness. It makes the body comfortable and
. the mind content. It gives physical
vigor and muscular elasticity so tbat the
baby's advent la practically painless.
I will endeavor to tell voa of tbe maay
benefit I have derived from takiug Df. Pierce's
tavoritc rrrcrtpttoa, writes Mr B K. SloberV
(on. of Medicine Loan. Barber Co.. Kana. "In
the full of is9 I was eapecting to become a
ruotlier and auuered terribly with paiaa in the
backer head ; lu fat I ached all over. Itulfte4
with awful beanug down pains; I was threat
ened fur work i with miahap. A lady fticad
told me to ue Ur. )irc'a medicine, she had
taken them and felt like a new woman. I betiaa
u-iiiu tbe ' Savont Prescrtutioa ' and took four
buttles befur my baby came and two after
ward!. I auServd almost death with uiy other
two children, but banii realiaeei trial i was
atrk when this baby waa born and she weighed
t wrlve and oiie-atiarirr nuunda. tthe ia nuw
eleven mouth Jj and haa never known an
bwr's aicknees: at present tha weigh thirty-
. - 1 -it 4MrlA
,wa . www a... - -
favorite Freacriotion.'
"Favorite Prescription" tuakea weak
women strong, and sick women well.
Accept no substitute for the medians
which works wonders far weak women.
Dr. Pierce'a Ple-sant Pellets are tho.
most kauib UuUr fee
f nfP- - . . 4
day In the preparation of a case.
This has developed a rare faculty of self-
control which Invades even the domain of
sleep. Day or night the attorney general
can awaken at any hour or at the end of
any period of time which be may have de
termined. He can take a half hour nap
and awaken himself on the minute.
Knox sin Carly Riser.
In Washington tbe early rising habit Is
a feature of his dally lire. He is up at a
o'clock and breakfasts with his family at S.
The Intervening two hours are spent be
hind his famous roadsters, "Wert" and "B.
C." a team that cost $9,500, and which,
driven by the attorney general two years
ago, lowered the world's pole record for a
gentleman's team to I:12H and Z:10H.
These horses were trained by General Knox
himself, and one of tbe familiar algbts
vouchsafed to early risers in tbe suburbs
of Washington is that of the attorney gen
eral In fap and duster spinning along the
country roads, or climbing tbe heights of
the Potomac la a light wagon behind his
favorite team. .
Outdoor life is the attorney general's
hobby, although be declares that In no
respect is hs faddist. He loves to hunt and
fish and play golf. He Is a charter member
of the Castalia club, one of the most
wealthy and exclusive hunting and fishing
clubs In tbe United States. It controls an
linmeuss gams preserve near 8andusky, O.,
where Mr. Knox and his family have spent
a fortnight or two every year for the last
half doien years.
The feat of the attorney general in low.
erlng the pole record for gentlemen drivers
of ths world was a surprise to everybody
except Mr. Knox himself. He made a study
of ths horses for weeks before tne trial on
ths Brunot Uland's prlvats trsck below
Pittsburg. Hs marked all their peculiarities
of temper and motion. In these practice
spins "Wert" was the prle horse. One dnv
in June, 1900, apparently without reason
and against the vigorous protest of drivers
and trainers, Mr. Knox put ' Wert on lb
other side of the pole. He knew just what
he was doing, however, and ths record
break rog whirl began. He gave the team
a loose rela, never the touch of the whip
but now and then encouraging them with
word. The result of it waa a smashed
world's record.
Tkty Are All Co! and HnnsTey."
The attorney general la a man of gen
srous Impulse, who never permits any rec
ord of hla benefactions to become public
A charactarUUo instance is related by I
prominent and wealthy woman who called
on him la behalf ef a charity organlsatloa
Immediately following the great billiard of
1891 la western Pennsylvania. She solicited
a contribution for coal and food and the
resDonse was a check for s very consider
able sum, so large In tact that It led the
startled woman to inquire i
"How do you wish this money applied.
Mr. Knox?"
. "Xt iour eria&UaUon tbiaki bttU There
are worthy and unworthy poor. I know, but
they are all cold and hungry," was the an
swer. One of the most striking characteristics
of the attorney general is his remarkably
retentive memory. He never forgets a
name or face. A gentleman who bad busi
ness with the department relates this Inci
dent: The attorney general had written
to him months before on a matter in which
the visitor was greatly Interested. The let
ter was one of 1,000 similar ones, perhaps,
dictated by General Knox. In tbe course
of conversation the visitor quoted a sen
tence from his letter.
"I never wrote such a sentence," said
General Knox.
"But you certainly did; I remember it
very distinctly."
"If I wrote those words then I confess I
am losing my memory," Insisted the at
torney general. The letter-copying book
was aeot for and General Knox pointed out
me sentence, but not as the visitor had
quoted It.
Fhllander C. Knox has always been a re
publican. The only office he ever held prior
io nis can to Washington was that of as
sistant United States district attorney for
the western district of Pennsylvsnla for
' r"' o ana ". He has never
made a political speech. He has neither
state, city or precinct at his back or under
his control. In giving reasons for his ap
pointment President McKlnley said:
his intimate knowledge of ccroornta lav
and his standing In his profession alone
nave led me to decide upon Mr. Knox as
Attorney General Origg's successor."
inoroaarbly dutiable Man.
Although he Is verclne- on SO run ...
he looks five years younger. He la of me-'
dlum height, full-faced and smooth-shaven.
rcreuoiogists would say that his eyes Indi
cate unusual comand of language; they are
full eyes, dark and expressive. The mouth
and jaw indicate firmness, the forehead is
mga ana nalr brown, changing Into gray.
Whethsr In court or In private conversation
Ooneral Knox speaks with great delibera
tion, carefully choosing his -words, though
when roused hs expresses himself with all
in. vigor necessary to emphasize an
opinion.
He la not a society man: rather th.
torney general is a "clubable man " w.
has been president of the Pennsylvania n..r
sssoclatlon and tbe Duquesne club of Pltts-
ourg. tie is a member of the Union league
and Lawyera' club of New York, besides
other clubs In Philadelphia and Pl.t.h..,-
HIs Washington home Is on K street, two
" aquares irom tne Department of Jus
i-e. ii is ins former Oeorge W. Child
residence aad waa purchased re.enti. k.
General Knox for the sum of H70.OOO. The
r-iuBourg nome or the Knoxes Is on Ells
worth avenue, a large, magnificently fur
stone nouse, standing on a slight
.mturuce surrounded by slopina lawns and
old shade trees. The striking feature of
Ula buuio ia the library, wtmse V4Us u
entirely concesled by pslntings of Indian
snd frontier life executed on the pelts of
wild animals by A. F. Harmer of Califor
nia, a painter whom Mr. Knox specially
engagea for this work.
The family of Genera! Knox consists of
bis wife, who was formerly Miss Smith.
daughter of one of the pioneer iron manu-
tauiurera ai i iusourg, tnree sons and a
daughter, the latter Just reaching woman
hood. The Knoxes are Protestant EptscO'
paiians, Mr. Knox being a vestryman In
the Church of the Ascension, Plttsbun.
Discussing religious creeds one day with
some of his friends, the attorney generaj
in reply to a question as to his belief, said:
"My creed Is to live for those I love and
to do all the good I can."
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ONE YEAR OF NATURE STUDY
Beiulti of a Systematic) Count in Omaha
Public Schook.
CITY CHILDREN LEARN NATURE'S SECRETS
Flowers, Plants, Birds and Trees
Made the Subjects of Many Lessons
In Whlrh the Pupils Had Roth
Interest and Profit.
PRATTLE OP THE YOIKGSTERS.
"Tou'rs up pretty esrly this morning;,
Willie." said tbe milkman.
"Yen." replied Willis, without looking up
from bis dime novel. "Mom sent me ter
bed las' night jest as Handsome' Harry wus
goin' ter rescue ths beauteous maiden.'
Father What? Fighting? Haven't I told
you If an enemy smite thee upon one cheek
you should turn ths other to blm?
Tommy Yes, sir, but you told me, too.
that It was "mors biassed to give than to
receive."
Joseph Jefferson, asked by one of his little
friends to bear him recite bis lesson In an
cient history, put this question:
"Who was Atlas?"
"A giant who was supposed to support
ths world," answered the child.
"Oh, hs supported ths world, did hs?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, who supported Atlas?"
The little fellow was nonplussed for
moment, but after a little thouaht said:
I guess hs must have married a rich
wife."
That a boy with a square chin possesses
much the same attributes as a man with a
similar contour was amply Illustrated to tbs
parents of Arthur. . That young hopeful
came In to dinner triumphantly displaying
a four-leaf clover. "When you find that
kind of a clover it's a sign someone likes
you, he announced, proudly.
"wall, I guess It must mean me. I like
you. Artie." put In his sister May, politely.
. "No, It doesn't mean you, May," returned
Annur, regretruny but nrmly. "it means
Marjorle Brooks."
But you can t havs Marjorle," spoks np
ths elder boy, who was two ysars Arthur's
senior. "She's my girl."
"Now, you see here, Charlie." said Arthur,
his square chin getting squarer, "when Mar
Jorie got her hair cut you wouldn't have her
'cos she looked liks a boy, so I took her, and
now, 'cos her hair Is long an' sua looks Ilk
a girl again you want her back. But 7014
can't bav bcr. Can ha. Ml" -
Among the most interesting evidences of
results in thj last year's work among the
grade pupils of the public schools of the
city are the carefully prepared reports of
the nature study work as furnished by tho
teachers of the various grades and last
week placed on file in the office of the superintendent.
Complaints of educators of the lack or
familisrtty among city children with na
ture and its products, and of the serious
ness of this deficiency, have occasioned
spasmodic interest in these subjects at dif
ferent times and maintained for a number
of years some study of nature In all of tho
grades, but there has been no systematic
outline followed, and as a result, while tho
pupils Tiave absorbed a great deal of val
uable information, they have chiefly In
vestigated the things most convenient or
Interesting to them, doing much duplicate
work and losing much that Is valuable and
interesting In the things tbat chanced to
be more remote.
Incidentally, considerable botany and
some zoology was taught and many useful
lessons from life learned, the tendency and
readiness of the children to apply them
at last Influencing the board to Incorporate
the study of nature In the regular course
of study, and last fall a new plan was
adopted which provides a definite outline
for each grade, giving each certain flowers,
a well known vegetable, a tree and a bird.
and offering suggestions for practically car
rying on the study.
In the main, however, tbe teacners were
left to pursue the work according to their
own ludsment. and to whet extent tne na
ture study has been a success Is shown by
their reports.
Practical Work of the Schools.
Nearly every school yard has its flower
beds where seeds were planted and flowers
cared for until they blossomed. It was the
same with the regetables, which wers care
fully cultivated until ready to use. Ths
custom of planting trees on Arbor day wus
especially helpful In the study of trees.
while tho bird study furnished a never
falling sourcs of Interest.
In studying the flowers and vegeiamee
the pupils became familiar with all the
seeds, bulbs or cuttings snd with tbe proper
time and manner of planting them. The
kinds of soil were also studied, together
with the preparation and cultivation neces
sary to produce the best results
dislike for compositions and oral language
leBsons Is no longer felt, for the keen Inter
est In the things they have Investigated
has given the children thoughts to express
and their observations and experiments
have furnished material for compositions
and stories that they find pleasant to pre- '
pare. There Is so much to tell about
those little seeds that were so carefully 1
planted and of the great difference between j
the plants that spring from them and those 1
rnnk Intruders called weeds thai in splto
of the most watchful attention will spring
up in the carefully prepared bed. And so
each of the branches furnish unlimited
material, the extent to which the children
have grasped their subjects surprising all.
Secrets of the Trees.
The study of trees and birds has been
more difficult, but even more interesting. 1
Last fall the fallen leaves were brought to j
the school room and tbe various shapes, .
colors and varieties examined and dls- !
cussed until all were familiar with' them. J
Then the bark was studied and In many
cases the different kinds, with leaves from '
the same tree, were mounted on card-
board and used about the room for dec
orations. As the season progressed the
buds were examined and during tho cold
weather much Interest was felt In those
that were frostbitten and the comparison 1
of them lu the normal buds, the difference j
being carefully noted. In tho spring when '
the buds began swelling small branches j
were brought to the school room, placed In
water and their development watched with
f.OLORAPfll
Interest until tbey had matured sufficiently I
for the pupils to recognize them. This
progress was watched with the keenest
interest. Acorns and nu.s were also
studied and In tbe spring almost all of j
the classes were taken to the parks, where .
they readily recognized the friends they j
bad been studying all winter. One teacher
relates her experience with a class tbat
was studying the linden tree. As there 1
happened to be no tree of this variety In
the vicinity of the school the pupils were
asked to look about and see where the
nearest linden tree could be found. Soon
one was located seven blocks from the
school. The distance seemed to make no
difference in the Interest of the children,
wbo visited It and studied It between school
hours every day for a week and at the
end of that time produced a splendid set of
compositions on the linden tree.
Watchinsj the Birds.
It was the bird more than anything else
that the pupils enjoyed, and especially
among the younger children was this In
terest and Its profit most noticeable. In
the autumn the story was told of the bird's
long Journey to the south and of his re
turn In the spring; also that of tbe bird
who remains here during the coVd weather, t
these Utter being carefully watched and
pictures of the others brought to ths school ,
room to fix tbe different kinds In the minds '
of the children. With tbe return of spring i
It waa wondered which would be tbe first '
child to see the olasi bli d snd needless to ly
the early comers were delected as soon us
The wsy to get the best so
commodstlons U vis ths
Great Rock
Island Route
WHY ? It is the only direct Una to
Colorado Springs and Manitou.
It is the popular route to Denver. It
has the best Dining Car Service,
It has the finest equipment and gives
choice of three fast daily trains to
Colorado.
Rocky
Mountain Limited
leaves Omaha 6.50 a. m., arrives Den
ver 8.45 p. m., Colorado Springs (Man
itou) 8.30 p. m.
Big 5
leaves Omaha 1.30 p. m., arrives Den
ver 7.45 a. m., Colorado Springs (Man
itou) 7.35 a. m., Pueblo 9.10 a. m.
Colorado Flyer
leaves Omaha 5.20 p. ro., arrives Den
ver 11.00 a. m.a Colorado Springs (Man
itou) 10.35 a. m., I'ueblo 11.50 a. m.
Another inducement to use the Rock
Island will be the $15 round trip rate
to Colorado effective this summer by
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Having the entire year for the study of ithey arrived and every little characteristic
these things, there baa been time for care
ful observation of all the changes and de
velopment, few of which have escaped tbe
children, their numerous experiments and
questions taxing tbe teachers for proper
answers. In this manner tbe habit of In
terest In the cultivation and care of flow
ers and vegetables has been stimulated,
and aside from tbs beds In the school yards
It Is estimated tbat between 1.000 and 10,000
little gardens In the home yards have re
sulted this spring from the study.
And then there has been another gain
to the children that has been even mors
noticeable than these material results.
That is the aid the nature study has been
Jla their study of language, ,TU Id-vims
being noticed and described with surpris
ing accuracy In the eutbuslastlo accounts
that were given.
Even ths kindergartners had made these
discoveries, which they soon shewed In
their games, one teacher noticing that her
class which had been studying the robin,
In playing the gams known aa "ths robin's
nest," it was ths child wbo wore blue that
was Invariably chosen for the part of ths
egg.
Next year ths work will be resumed and
ths teachers will have tbess records of
this year's work to help them, while the
children will hare ths foundation for an
even mora profitable continuation of Nature
, Study.
new.
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no ietantlon from work; perutanent euro
guaranteed.
WKAK MBit front ExresMs or Victim
to Nervous Leblllty or Exhaustion, Wun
log Weakneas with Early Isoay In Toun
and Mi'iJlo Aged, lack of vlrn. vigor vu4
strength, with orcans Impaired and weak.
STIUOTVilE eured with a new 11 oral
Treatment. No pain, no detention f ruts
business. Kidney aud Bladder Troubles.
OatasaUatloa Kr. Treatment hy MaJtAj
CHAHOKI LOW. UB M. 14th St.
Or. Searles & Settles. Omaha. Neb,
Deputy State Veterinarian
Food Inapeotor.
H. L. RAMACCIOTTI, D. Y. S,
j CITT VETERINARIAN.
I Office e4 Inflrm-try, JZi ud Uasoa 1
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