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im.nr.vflii man was a nuntcr iro:n
I very necessity. Hp had to lean
10 RtaiK ami snare, to imp n n-i
take, or go without food and
clothing. Savage mnn has also
been compelled to exist under much the
ame stressful conditions, although a rudi
mentary knowledge of agricultural possi
bilities hns In a measure ameliorated his
situation In this regard. Amonn other
blessings that como with civilization Is the
condition which makes It possible for man
to live and not pursue the chase as a means
of living, nut civilization Ir only a veneer,
after all, and In man's breast still linger
certain of his old savage impulses, emo
tions Btid desires not shaken off when he
stood upright to walk and shed his tall.
Among these primal Instincts Hint of hunt
ing Is probably first. At leant It is more
general In Its manifestation. Everybody
has at one time or another felt the Im
pulse to go forth and slay something; to
take a gun and tramp woods or stuhhlo
fields; to hldo among reeds and fens, and
to tako the life cf any bird or beast un
fortunate enough to como within purview
of gun or other Instrument of destruction.
Civilisation circumscribes man's destruc
tive tendencies In this as In other direc
tions, and legislation, born of greater or
less wisdom, has hedged about the beasts
of the field, the birds of the air and the
fishes that are In tho waters under tho
earth with such provisions as tend In a
measure at least to restrict the slaughter
and thus preserve them in a little security
of life. Open season Is the time for the
hunter, and It Is no longer mere slaughter,
but the highest development of tho Instinct
of woodcraft that enables him to gratify his
propensities In tho way of killing game.
Savage man would soon starve to death
were ho put to get his gamo under the
snmo conditions as civilized man. And then
the element of true sport that actuates the
I lHUNETIERE. the French critic
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J Hiitlnn in n BVinnnnhim tha nuna.
Hons being "What do you think
of the Intellectual Influence cf
Germany?" and "Is that Influence still
existent ond Justified by Its results?" M.
Prunetlere mado this scerchlng reply: "I
am not a slot machine from which by drop
ping your penny you get a packago of cigar
ette papers, a rake of chocolate, a matured
opinion on Rhakespcaro or a criticism of
Bismarck. I admire those machines, but
am not one. Go to them and get your pen
ny's worth."
G. A. Henry, the writer for youth, win
died a few days ago, got letters from ad
mirers all over tho world asking for his
autograph and offering criticism of his
books. In a story of the Peninsular war
he mado two boys disguise themselves by
staining their faces with iodine. Shortly
after the book was published ho received a
letter from a boy who said he was a chem
ist's assistant, slating that while that
special Incident was represented as taking
place In 1808, Iodine wan not discovered
until 1811 threo years later.
The Hon. W. Bourke Cockran and Mr.
F. P. Dunne are to be among the speakers
Where Nature Spreads Her Most Lovely Colors-Fall S cenes in Pastures Near Anita, Ia.-Pbotos by a Staff Artist
modern hunter was never known to the
savage. With him It was merely a matter
of business. In the modern Instance tho
beast or bird Is at least given the chance
of life that comes with being shot at only
while In motlcn. True, this Is a mighty
slim chance under ordinary circumstances,
for the hunter has developed wonderful
skill and Is almost as certain a visitation
of death as the average duck cares to meet
up with on Its migration. It is more tha
Joy rf hunting than the mere killing of (he
game that gets the rlty man to forsake his
comfortable surroundings for the days he
must spend In the open, discomforts such as
being occasionally soused In Ice cold water
and other Inconveniences he must enduro In
order to get "a good bunch of birds," but
the birds are toothsome and give Fome gus
tatory delight to those who cannot "go
hunting," so they may he set down as more
than an Incident of the trip after all.
Nebraska has long been famous as a
place where water fowl may be hunted In
spring and fall. In the fall particularly
do the birds, In prime condition from a
summer spent among the rich feeding
grounds In the north, delight to break the
long Journey south by loafing for a few
days around the shallow streams and In
the glorious grain fields of tho Antelope
Male. Carefully framed laws give these
birds protection which some think Is rather
too broad, but which the more conserva
tive of hunters think Is admirably designed
to rcrpctuato tho shooting that has mad
the state famous.
One of the greatest of all game birds Is
not known to Nebraska, but Iowans have In
times past enjoyed the hunting of It, and
still it may be found In some of the deeper
wooded hills In the southeastern part of
the state. The turkey, native to America,
roamed the woods In early times from the
Atlantic coast to the Mississippi river, but
Is now confined to the woods of tho south
ern states and a very few localities along
the Father of Waters. More majestic than
any fowl of the open prairies, wary as tho
wild goose, fleet of foot and powerful of
wing, keen of sight and hearing, and more
difficult to hit than his size would Indi
cate, the turkey Is the Ideal gnmo bird.
Hunting him In the proper season Is ac
companied by the keenest zest the sports
man knows, and when the hunt Is rewarded
by a twenty-eight pound gobbler, such as
fell to the gun of Captain Hillings of the
navy recently, the Joy of the chase Is made
perfect. Chase means exactly what one
must do as a rule to overhaul a turkey.
Episodes and Incidents in the Lives of Noted People
at tho celebration In Baltimore Md., on
St. Patrick's day, March 17, 1903, of the
one hundredth anniversary of the organi
zation of the Hibernian society cf that city.
This society is tho oldest of the race so
cieties of Baltimore, and it has had a con
tinuous existence, its membership Includ
ing nearly every Irish-born citizen of
prominence In tho century that has passed.
John Oliver, ono of Its members, and Its
president at the time of his death, In 1827,
left a large sum of money to found the
Oliver Hibernian Free School, which has
been tho means of educating thousands of
children.
A reason can generally be fc und for every
thing. Everyone Is aware of tho fart that
General Grant was addicted In an abnormal
degree to the smoking habit. General Jam s
Grant Wilson, In a recent address before
tho historical society of Philadelphia, ac
counts for his excesses In this regard.
Among the yarns spun by the speaker was
the following; "It seems that after one of
Grant's great . victories he was seen rldina;
down tho lino with a half-smoked unlit
cigar In his mouth. In reporting the affair
the war correspondents one and all men
tioned the incident of the half-burnt
cigar.
"It was not long after that every express
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WHO IS PAINTING THE CORONATION.
Photo Copyright, 1002, by F. Gutekunst.
for the birds usually see the hunter long
before the hunter sees the birds, and the
rest of the day is often spent In follow
ing a well-defined spoor without a single
chance for a shot. Calling Is uncertain
and stalking all but impossible. Now and
then a fortunate hunter locates a roost
anil gets an opportunity to shoot before
the birds are fairly awake In tho morning,
but such events are nearly all numbered
with traditions. Older hunters will appre
ciate the pictures which are given with
the duck hunting series In this number.
Luther Drake of Omaha, who has been
chosen a member of the executive council
of the American Bankers' association, la
one of the thirty men Into whose hands
the work of the association has been
placed. Tho executive council has, slnco
Its organization, been the body which has
finally passed upon every measure adopted
by the association, and to it has been re
ferred every matter which the association
desired action upon. The council holds two
sessions each year, one In April at New
York, and the other in the fall at the place
where the annual meeting of the associa
tion Is to be held. The association Is com
posed of banks and bankers of the United
States, every legitimate bank being ellgiblo
to membership. At present there are asso
ciated In the society 6,700 Institutions. It
from the north brought the general naek
ages of cigars, until there were 20,000 cigars
received at camp. Up to that time Grant
had been In the habit of smoking but two
or three cigars a day. But with this un
limited supply and feeling that as they were
gifts he could not give them away, ho
startd to smoke them wholesale, and thus
acquired a tremendous appetlto for to
bacco." Lord Kitchener's prominence has recalled
an old story t id of him after the Egyptian
campaign. During the brief period in which
society tried to lionize him. without much
success, a young dandy approached him
with a handkerchief on which he begged
Kitchener to write his name. "Your sis
ter's, I suppose?" commented the general,
as he surveyed the flimsy thing. "No, my
own," answered the young gentleman.
"Ah," commented the man from Khar
toum, "what Is your taste in hairpins?"
Dr. Richard J. Galling, the well known
Inventor of tho famous machine gun, who
is now at work on a motor plow, celebrated
the forty-eighth anniversary of his mar
riage to Miss Sanders of Indianapolis at St.
Louis on October 24. Mrs. Catling's parents
were Kentucklans. Her sister was the
mother of General Lew Wallace. Dr. and
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LUTHER DRAKE OF OMAHA. MEMBER
OK EXECUTIVE HOARD, AMERICAN
BANKERS' ASSOCIATION.
was organized about 1ST0, and twenty-eight
persons have held the office of president.
Under the present rules the presidents are
elected annually. The object of the or
ganization is to advance the Interests of lis
members in all ways. Legislative matters
are discussed, rewards offered for the ar
rest and conviction of persons who rob or
defraud banks, and a union of effort Is
made In all lines. Mr. Drake has been
connected with the Merchants' National
bank of Omaha Blnce Its organization In
1882, when ho became assistant cashier. At
that time the bank had a capital stock of
$100,000. Today he Is cashier of the bank,
with Its capital stock $"00,000, and a sur
plus equal to its first capital stock.
Edwin A. Abbey, the American who has
been selected to paint the coronal Ion pic
ture that Is Intended ta hand down to re
motest posterity the glories that attended
the accession of Edward VII to the English
throne, is the third of a family of painters,
his grandfather having been an artist, his
father a merchant with artistic tendencies.
His own talent has been manifest sinew boy
hood, although his early work was In black
and white. From wood engraving and book
and magazine illustrating, Mr. Abbey took
up water colors, and was known as a suc
cess by his dainty work in this line before
Mrs. Catling have three children, all of
whom, as well as their parents, live In New
York. Tho celebrated Inventor thinks his
new plow will revolutionize agriculture on
the great farms of the west. The plow will
be run by a gasolene motor of sufficient
power to propel the machine with the
fehares at any depth up to twelve Inches.
The plow will not only plow, but harrow,
roll and seed the ground at the same time,
thus saving one-fourth the cost of planting.
Admiral Dewey did not leap to his emi
nence as a naval commander by one bound.
He began like tho rest of the nation's
heroes at the foot of the ladder serving
successively In all grades from midshipman
upward. Many will be Interested In this ac
ount of a mutiny on the old Kearsarge, of
which he was In 18(16 executive officer.
Fifty sailors had mutinied and gone below
to the gun deck, where they huddled to
gether in the dark rendy to blow up tho
corvette if necessary. Summoning the ship's
writer, who had charge of the watch mus
ter, and arming himself with twelve pistols
(they were of rather ancient pattern),
Dewey started for them. The ship's writer
carried a lantern and the roll. Reaching
the mutineers, the destined hero of Manila
bay, facing them with a cocked pistol In
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he gave the world any knowledge of his
mastery in oils. He had sunlit d colors In
America and Europe, but had done no put, lie
work, prior to the exhibition of his "Holy
Grail" panels at a Paris exposition in the
'80s. These won for him fame, but the
foundation of his fame had been laid long
before. For many years he has made his
home in England, although he comes often
to America, and still has a warm attach
ment for his nativ. country. His selection
to paint the important coronation picture
was as n uch of n surprise as an honor, for
he had no notion that he was ( veil being
considered. In fact, he hail not been pre
sented to the king prior to the time lvi
he was summoned to receive from his u:flf
esty the announcement of his choice. Ev n
then the debate was very brief. Beyond an
nouncing the fact, the king merely paid.
"My court chamberlain will attend to the
details." Since then Mr. Abbey has worNed
at his home. Morgan Hall, with more or
less persistence, and hopes to have the pic
ture completed by s ring. Ke says lie lias
a little bit of everything used at the coro
nation except the crown, and is mighty
glad he hasn't that to add to his worry
about loss by burglary or fire of some one
of the historical objects temporarily 'n his
charge. Mr. Abbey also has the commission
to decorate the new state capitol building
for Pennsylvania. Ho has not fully determ
ined If ho will do the work. He was born
in Philadelphia In lSfi2.
Nature is after all the great artist, and
h r most worthy imitator lias never quite
equaled the beauty of her work. No
where is nature more lavish with her dec
orations than among the hills and glades
along the western rivers. Here in spring
time and in autumn she spreads a wealth of
color, rich and riotous, but blended with a
harmony that seems defiant of rules, but Is
pleasing In result beyond ordinary expres
sion. Two autumn scenes In Iowa pastures
are reproduced this week. Only the outline
of the landscape can be given in the half
tone, but the Imagination can supply tho
rich tints of the goldenrod, the deep green
of the grassy slopes, the tender browns and
rrds of the autumn foliage, the hazy blue
of the Indian summer heavens ond the
wondrous blending of light and shade that
comes from tho mountains of fleecy clouds
floating lazily through the soft October air
Pc et and painter alike despair when viewing
such scenes. Only when pliotorrnphy Is
perfected to tho point wh"re color as well
as figure may be preserved by a snapshot
will nature be accurately taken when
decked In her finery.
each hand and the ether ten tucked away
In the breast of his coat, said "Call the
roll!" The first name happened to be John
Jones. Through sheer force of habit he A
answered "Here."
The cue thus unwittingly given was fol
lowed by the rist of the mutineers and by
the time the roll call was completed they
had realized their folly and at Dewey's
command came from their retreat and sur
rendered. "If Governor Odell had been beaten."
says a New York republican, "he would
never have squealed. He's a thoroughbred,
and he got his thoroughbred lesson from his I
good old father. One day, years ago, when j
the governor was a boy, his father said to
him:
' 'Ben, do you know what a thoroughbred
Is? Well, I'll Bhow you. See those two
dogs? Well, this one' and he picked up an
ugly looking, low-bred pup and gave him a
gentle shaking, causing yelps and barks and
howls to rend the air 'this Is not a thor
ougbred.' Then he picked up the other, a
fine looking, handsome young dog, and
shook him hard, not a sound coming forth.
'There,' said the father, 'that's your thor
oughbred, my boy; be a thoroughbred, and
Whatever happens don't squeal." "
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