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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1902)
L Result of the Staff Artist's Visit to the Midway 1 WILD MAN OF DORNKO. Probably the moot interesting of the ninny exhibits on the Midway nt tin- late Omaha street fair iiinl carnival miih t lia t of the now renowned Abyssinian groin: 1 hog. This interesting exhibit, which was brought to Oinnha by 4'oloiiel Chilcott, was offered to the people tinder the piitroiiagi of the Abyssinian (round Hog coin puny, limited, a cor poration for amuse ment purposes, form ed under the laws of New Jersey by the THE ABYSSINIAN GROUND HOQ. Hoard of Governors of Ak-Sur-Ben. It was managed by the following executive staff: Kdgar Alien, managing director; J. V. West,, liming, r and press agent; W. S. Jardiue, general counsel; !. A. Itonze, iiupressario. Kach of these gentlemen is gratefully remember ed for his courteous and considerate de meanor by the many thousands who had the pleasure of being entertained by them during the carnival period - .' . : ' nr. il mi mi i i r ini tm-ex-'i 1s ' 7 r"w"'i! GETTING HKR WEIGHT. p-j- j! I I' V i V 3-""? ,r "''-it III I i ... in ,. ,, I i ., -. w. FEATURE OF OLD PLANTATION. IN THE COUNTRY STORE. FATTEST CLOWN IN WORLD. A J 3 V: vet' u ... i .t ,j I v - . .... i LEAP OP THE DIVINQ ELK. ELK MADE A MIGHTY SPLASH. People in the Lime Light of Publicity f OE YOW, Chtneae consul at Sau I Jf I Kraui lsio and chief consul of hli I J pnnnlrv la a PhrlHlian and haa learnoil Cbrlstlun ways. For In stance, he has omanlzed an Iron and steel company with a capital of $2,000, 000 to do business In China and will soon go there to start It in active operation. Most of the capital has been subscribed by Chinese merchants In this country. Min ister Wu Is the only Chinaman In th a country who outranks Mr. Hoe, the onj being of the fourth and the other of the fifth rank. Roir.e correspondence gives a glimpse of Musollno, the famous bripaud. In Jail. Ho Is described as pale and weary looking, his temper not at all Improved by forced slleuco and limctli n. and pervaded by dis couragement which the authorities are care ful shall not end In the taking of his owu life. He tries to maintain an attitude of aupreme Indifference, saying: "We will suppose I have turned monk at the age of 26. Many do. It Is no worse for me than for others." The only time he hits been known to smile since the first days of this imprison ment was three or four days ago. He a sitting listlessly as usual In the midst of profound silence, when be heard voices, and, the door of his cell being thrown open, a functionary approached and said: "Are you Gulseppe Musollno? Well, I have the honor to present the bill of expenses for your trial." Musollno took the paper offered him and read out slowly: "Legal expense fur trial, 1,060; tax of nentence, 5; to officers of court, 12." The uoted brigand kept silence for one moment as he eyed the wonderful docu ment, and then said, Ironically: "I will pay with a check when I am free. This Is Indeed justice! One Is hanged and Is made to pay for the hanging!" John M. Glenn, son of a rich philanthro pist, and his bride, the daughter of J. Wilcox Drown, president of the Maryland Trust company, have returned from a honeymoon In Europe to take up their abode in Baltimore, not In the fashionable section, but In the heart of the tenement district. "We decided to move down here In order to be in closer touch with the people with whom we wish to work," Mr. Glenn explains. "Many of them we have known for a long time and are very much attached to them. There lc nothing in the rumor of our going in for social settlement work or of attempting any sort of organlza tin. We will Just try to do what we can In a modest way." "Had James G. Ulalue been alive and a member of President Roosevelt's party at Plttsfield." remarked Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor, quoted by the Brooklyn Eagle, ."the disaster by which Craig loet his life would not have oc curred. I don't think I ever met anyone who was in such mortal fear of being In a runaway as was the brilliant Maine states man. He would take absolutely no risks with horses, and required the most extreme precautions to be observed before he would submit himself to a carriage ride. I re member many years ago that Mr. Blaine was to visit our city of Milwaukee, and I was in charge of the arrangements for bis reception and entertainment. One of the prominent liverymen of the town came to me and offered free of charge the services of a magnificent team of six white horses to draw the carriage of Mr. Blaine. I accepted the offer and when the statesman arrived at the depot I escorted him to the street, where the team anu carriage were waiting. I was about to hand Mr. Blaine Into the vehicle, when be suddenly drew back. 'There Is no one at the head of those horses,' he said, 'and I would prefer that you get some men to guard them before we proceed.' I told the driver what he said, and the latter insisted that he hail absolute control over his animals; thai they were used to bands and other noises, and that there was not the slightest danger. I repeated this to Mr. Blaine and told him that I thought he could safely take a seat. But he wouldn't do It. 'I shall not put my foot into the carriage,' be eaid firmly, 'until a man is put at the head of each horse and is made to stay there.' That ended it, and we hurried around and got half a dozen men together and had each hook onto a bridle. Then Mr. Blaine got into the carriage and we proceeded up town." While In Brooklyn a few days ago Lieu tenant Robert E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, was asked whether it was true that he had at any time declared he would never again try to reach the north pole, replied: "If I had an independent fortune I would to back to the Arctic at once an ' would stay there until I had reached U.. - bad been removed from the possibility of further effort. What I did say was that I bad spent all my money and that I could see no prospect of another expedition. I have nothing to fall Lack upon except my place in the navy. For that reason I am going back to Washington to report." Sir Henry Irving always makes intertst lng after-dinner speeches, says the Strand Magazine, and it is needless to say they are delivered in artistic style. His speeches are carefully prepared and printed In very large black type, easily read at a distance. Herein Ilea the triumph of the actor. These slips are artfully placed on tho table, out of the eight of the audience, and while one of the speaker's hands rests artistically on his hip the other toys with a frultknlfe and with it pages of the speech are turned over as they are read. So per fectly is this acted, so gracefully does the body sway and so well timed are the pauses In the speech that only those seated in close proximity to Sir Henry are aware he is reading his speech. If one cannot trust to memory this system is preferable to the prompter system, which some actors prefer from sheer force of habit.