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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1902)
Tuf. Illustrated Bee. Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Company, Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. Price, to per copy per year, tJ.OO. Entered at the Omaha Poatofflee aa Second Clara Mall Matter. For advertising ratea address publisher. Communications relating to photographs or article for publics t Ion should be ad dressed, "Editor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha." Pen and Picture Pointers UsT I JtATUJMS n.-e a i ways JV1 I l)e'"n ,h strong nations. In con trol oi tne aea iws control oi the 'world. Written h'story sup plies Instances without number In support of this postulate. At the beginning of the last century, when Britons sang "No sail but by permission spreads," they had made gooj their boast, "Britannia rules the wave," and ruling the wave, Britannia ruled thn world. In succession the British had broken the sea power of the Spanish, the Dutch, the French and the Danes, and the union Jack awept the ocean, proud In Its etrength and arrogant In Its pride. John Paul Jones had taught the British no lasting lesson. But John Taut Jones was only the first of a line that Is still stretching out Into the history of the, world. Napoleon Bonaparte, In explaining to his ministers why he consnted to the asle of the great empire contained In the Lnulnlnna Purchase at ao paltry a price raid he was aiding In the building up of a power that would one day break Eng land's hold on the sea. And before Na poleon heard the shots at Waterloo he heard the cry of "Free trade and sailors' rights." Before he saw his eaglea go down In final defeat to victorious Wellington, he saw a young people wrest from the boast ful mlstresa of the water the right to main tain a navy and a merchant marine and heard tho last of "no sail but by permis sion spreads." Nine short years after he spoke, his prophecy was fulfilled and Eng land's control of the aea was broken. A new sea power was born and that glorious flag which John Paul Jonea first ratted In the harbor of Philadelphia, the Stars and Stripes, floated on equal terms with the cross of St. George. Since then that flag has ftonted always In triumph on the sea, borne aloft by many a goodly vessel and cheered by hearts aa oaken as any .that ever beat. Barbary ptrstea gave over their calling at behest of the American navy and Japan's tyrant opened the doors of his country to civilisation when the knock came from an American frigate. Spain's navy disappeared like a anowflake In the water before the guns of tne new navy But our navy, radiant though Its record be, has hardly kept pace wISi the development of the country. It has finally come to be understood that while we can raise an army In a month, It la the work of years to build a navy, and the government Is Dangers of Lion Stalking IN "A Tale cf Several Lions." by Hercules D. Vlljoen In the Era, tha author writ!- Van Aardt came to me and suggested a little lion stalking. Now. I knew Ions as well as he; deliberate bunting for a lion who mourns a murdered mate was a pro ceeding so temerarious that the most fool hardy of profetslcnal hunters would not dare the conflict. But, in the near neigh borhood of the spot where Madame Lion ess had been killed, there waa on Hon. w'-th an earthquake voice, whose rumblings fascinated the fiery spirit of Van Aardt. "I am going," he said. I could not let him go alone, for we had fought too often side by side. We started off, my reckless comrade laying out, In calmest confidence, the artless plan he had cf walking up to that tumultuous hell of wrath Incarnate, and of blowing a few lethal holea In it with hla Mauser. As we rame nearer, the roars ceased. The lion, weary with hla Imprecations of the night, had gone away from the scone of his be reavement for rest and sleep. But we found. In the Jungle's depths, the footway he had trod; In a sentry path of twenty feet he had atalked back and forth for twelve long hours, calling aloud for ven geance. Krlatiransen, who looked upon Van Asrdt as a hot-headed madman fcr the time, de cided ho wculd use the meriting for the peaceful springbok hunt, and tock his Kaffir bay along. After half an hour's close tracking, the Kaffir, who had been In advance, appeared at hla elbow with an Impltih suddenness and a whispered word: "Baas, a Ten!" Krlstmansen stared ahead of him. There, In a tiny clearing not thirty yards away, the monarch stood, his mane quivering with the Intensity of his attention and hl brilliant eyeballs gleaming In an effort to penetrate the single veil of co-er that hid the hunter from his view. To Kaffir had a faith In his master that waa sub'lme. "Shoot. Baas, shoot!" Krlstmansea knew that death stool wait ing for htm In the clearing b yend. Tho rhancee were all against a fatal first shot. The wounded Hon would tear him Into ahreds of mangled flesh before he could have time to fly. Step by step, hie very at last earnest In It effort to provide the war shlpa necessary to the maintenance of Its dignity and authority abroad. Ne braska has an Interest In the navy. One of the present rear admirals Is a Nebraskan by birth. Other Nebraskans have risen to dignity and honor in the service and the good ship Omaha, now rotting at the Mare Island navy yard, was once a notable mem ber of Uncle Sam's fighting force. On July 4, at Seattle, occurred a ceremony of much Interest to Nebraskans as well aa the coun try at large. That day was laid the keel of what will be the battleship Nebraska. Oovernors Savage of Nebraska and McBrlde of Washington drove home the first rivet of the vessel, which in two more years will breast the waves of the Pacific ocean, a worthy member of the nation's great fleet, bearing to posterity a name already writ ten high on the nation's book of fame, Ne braska. Base ball Is the one great summer sport for Americans, after all. Oolf, tennis, rowing, racln and rther ru'dor amuse ments have their followers, but none have the hold on the popular heart that base ball has. Hardly an able-bodied American can be found but who has played base ball at soma time In hla life. It Is as much a part of the boy's life as. Fourth of July, and he never outgrows hla liking for it. When he gets to that time of llf when he ran no longer take part In the game personally, he goes with thousands of his kind ti watch the game played by others who' are still active and energetic enough to give In telligent and satisfactory expoMtln to the ' fine points of the game he so dearly loves. Base ball lire grown to be more than a game; It Is now an occupation, In pursuit of which hundreds of young men find lucra tive employment, and a business In which hundreds of thousands of dollars are In vested. Every hamlet in the country boasta of Its team, and some hundreds of the larger cities point with pride to the aggregations of trained professionals who represent them In the field. Although It Is a sport In a great measure dominated by professionals, It is one In which hon esty absolutely rules. Collusl-n Is almost Impossible, because too many points would need to be guarded and the defection of one or two players would not be fatal, but wculd be easily detected and as readily remedied. It Is this phase of the game that has enabled It to keep Its place at tho forefront, while other sports, notably horse racing and boat racing, have suffered be cause cf dishonesty on the part of the pro fessional. Mrs. Adelaide L. 8. Robb of Eldora, la.. Is one of the prominent club women of central Iowa and a social leader In her county. Mrs. Robb la the wife of Mayor Ellis D. Robb and a leading member of the Woman'a club of Eldora, which has been doing a splendid work for several years. She Is a member of the grand lodge, Rathbone Sisters of Iowa, and aa an officer of Equality temple of that order haa been active since Its organization. In the Order cf the Eastern Star she Is a recog nized leader and haa held several Important offices In the local society. Mrs. Robb Is breath pent up, he made the slow retreat. The Kaffir, fancying all his master need do was Ore a single shot, accompanied him with an expression of disdain. For ten good minutes Krlstmansen paced back ward and then came swiftly to the camp again upon the chance of making up a party whoae numbers would mean aafety In a concerted attack. But the majority of us were away and that Hon, with all the others among the spouses of Falrle's lioness, went unmolested from that day forth. I was In Pretoria a little later and saw a eight that told me how wise Krlstmans-n had been. The oldest lion hunter of the Transvaal shook me by the hand end used his left hand for the greeting. The other arm hung, withered and helpless, at his sldn. Only half hla face was there to speak to me. The other half went Into a lion's maw a few months earlier. He was hunting springbok with hla son and car ried an an-lent muzzle-loader. A dead shot, the old man descried a buck not fifty feet away and, kneeling. Bred. The crack of the rifle was answered by the ana'Jng roar of a wounded lion. The bullet, passing through the buck, had struck the mighty besst as he was about to spring. And It had no more than wounded him. He leaped for the smoke, coming on in flying hounds, while my old friend fumbled wildly with his p-wdr-r horn. He was too slow. The bullet had not dropped into the barrel before the lion was upon him. One crunch of bis tremendous jaws and an arm was stripped to tha bone. Another, and the side of the face had vanished. The cavernous throat above the prostrate man roared once more before the teeth should clash together, when the son, running up, put hie rifle barrel to the lion's side and drove a hlf- ounce bullet through his heart. The chances are in favor of the Urn when accident brings blm and man together. The Modern Way Chicago Post: "And when we are mar ried," he suggested, "we will plan to gether to keep our Joint expenses l:h'n ray Income." She looked at him In astonishment. "How foolish!" ah exclaimed. "You are not at alt up-to-date. You want me THE ILLUSTBATED BEE. rz LATE GENERAL CALVIN II. FRED ERICK OF OMAHA From His Favor ite Photograph. an accomplished musician and Is often given a place on public programs rendered In behalf of local charities and social events. She Is a great admirer of the stage and possesses one of the finest collections of professional autographs and photos In the west. Millionaire, bachalor, phianthropist, Abraham Slimmer if Waverly, la., last week moved out of his $50,000 residence, took up his habitation In Ms woodshed and turned over his magaificent home to the Sisters of Mercy, to be nsed for a hospital. Mr. Slimmer says he will give away all the rest of his fortune before he diea. His for tune Is variously estimated at from $1,000, 000 to $10,000,000, and he la 73 years old, so he will be giving away noney pretty rap Idly the next few years. Slimmer is no novice at the game of charity. He has al ready become famed about the state. In fact throughout the United States, for hla mail every day Includes a great heap of prayers for money. But they are twisted into knots and tossed into his waste bas ket. Abraham Slimmer gives as he chooses and not because he Is asked. To the Fin ley hospital at Dubuque he wrote a short letter. "I will give $50,000 if you raise a like amount," he aald. The other $50,000 was raised and Abraham Slimmer wrote hla check. It Is estimated Summer's gifts have alrsady amounted to $300,000. He bellevee charity that vaunteth itself la not genuine. "If you mention me in naming the institu tion I will not give you a cent," waa what was told the Flnley Institution at Dubuque. No one knows how much money he haa given away. His largest contributions have been to the Home for Aged Jews In Chi cago and are thought to have amounted to $100,000 in all. The Sisters of Mercy at Cedar Raplda were given $10,000 recently. Waterloo was offered $25,000 for a hospital, providing a like amount was raised, but to make my expenses fit your Income, when any ninny ought to know that it la your duty to get an Income that will cover my expenses. Let us hear no mere of this foolishness, and then I am sure we will be happy." An Early Organist A Sunday school teacner was Impressing fpon the little cnes In her class the atory of the lame beggar who was carried every day to the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and when the ap;atles, Peter and John, went up there they miraculously healed him. The teacher expressed sorrow for the poor man, who could do nothing but sit at the gate J r From left to right In the upper row: ? hwer riw-Jm J. F. McAllister, J. E. Kessel ' 'J v I MRS. A. L. S. ROBB, PROMINENT CLUB WOMAN OF ELDORA, la. the town failed and the money was not given. Personally, Slimmer is as eccentric as his philosophy of charity. He Is short about five feet seven Inches and weighs but 130 pounds. His hair and beard are red. He wears always a broad-brimmed felt hat of Identical style from year to year. On his f ' et are homely calf boots. In summer he wears a linen suit with a long linen duster; in the winter It is a ready-made ault of plain black or brown. His eyes fairly burn In their brightness; his mouth Is firmly set; th-re Is no tenderness In his face. He has not by any means the typical philanthropic mien. In his habits he Is almost a hermit. He revolts at publicity and has various s hemes of keeping himself from the public eye. He told the Catholic priest at Waverly he was a hypocrite and decried his religion, then gave up hla own home for the Sisters of Mercy. Slimmer lays good claim to a position from which he may with impunity condemn philanthrop'sts giving away money that was unjustly earned. He waa born In Germany and emigrated to Illinois when 14. Later he came to Waverly. It was In the day when live stock dealing was not a yocatlon. The profits were large, but the losses were equally great. Slimmer set to work to master the business that would give great profits If properly handled. His native shrewdness aood him In good stead and he seldom lost. When the men of the Mississippi valley now called litmDer kings were new at the business Slimmer put his money into sawmills. Here he prospered again. For fifty years his money has been earning more money, until now he very probably is the wealthiest man in the state. But in all this Abraham Sum mer's business methods were scrupulously honest. There Is no man to say Slimmer took from him one dollar to which he had no title. When the Knights and Daughters of and beg. A little hand shot up and a small vclce piped out: ' "He might have got a hand organ." The same teacher asked the little ones to repeat the golden text on one occasion, when the Sunday school lerson was upon the subject of temperance. Here is the version of the text as given by one of them: "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is rag ing, and whosoever Is deceived thereby hath everlasting life." Fads of the Famous Confucius, It is said, was passionately fond of watermelon seeds. Samuel Richardson wrote his novels while attired In a fu'I-dress suit. Handel used, when traveling, to order f A. W Hannan n v o right: S HCRou.h F li SmV.h" and F? M. Mllliken Smith, " "Anu.. a. o. u. W. DRILL TEAM Photo July 20, 1002. c A. )) 7 V ABRAHAM SLIMMER OF WAVERLY, la., ECCENTRIC PHILANTROPIST. Tabor, the great benevolent order for col ored people, had finished the business of their grand lodge session at Omaha they closed the assembly with a street parade and picnic at Hlbbeler's park. The affair was one of the most notable ever witnessed In Omaha. In the first place, the parade gave the public some Idea of the dignity and importance of the order. Out at the park the addresses made were along the line of the work that Is being done by the negro himself for the uplift of his race. Games and other features of a picnic were Indulged In freely by the large crowd present and when evening came the newly elected officers of the grand lodge were in stalled with public ceremonial. Members of the order look on the Omaha session as one of the most Interesting and satisfac tory In Its history. Delegates were present from all over the south and west. The drill team of Ancient Order of United Workmen lodge No. 1, of Grand Island, the first Workman lodge In the state of Nebraska, Is a source of much local pride. When the management of the Hastings Fourth of July celebration announced that It would give a $100 silver cup to the Ancient Order of United Workmen team showing the best drill work In a contest to take place In that city on the Fourth of July, the Workmen of No. 1 lodge set out, under Captain S. E. Slnke, to win the prize cup, and they won It. The cup Is to be come the absolute property of any team winning It three times In succession. It was offered to the Ancient Order of United Workmen lodge of Hastings by the busi ness men of that city, to be offered In the manner described and It will, perhaps, for many years be the ambition of Ancient Order of United Workmen drill teams over the state to win this memento of ex cellent work In the drill work of the order. dinner for three, or. If hungry, for five, and then cat the whole himself. Cardinal Richelieu hated children and loved cats. When he died his favorite Angora cat refused to eat and soon per ished. Philip, the duke of Burgundy, spent much time in contriving trapdoors to his house and grounds to' souse unwary strangers in water beneath. Next to money Rembrandt loved nothing wuuncj. iic Buty tear when his ape died, and painted a portral of his net from memnrv - - Cowper loved pets, and had at one time five rabbits, three hares, two guinea pigs, a magpie, a Jay, a starling, two canary birds! two dogs, a "retired" cat and a squirrel. v 1 ' i fDow"k..?- M S,rand- E- Coris. Thomas Dillon, 8. E. Slnke. captain by Leschlnsky.