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uJ 1 HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. PAGES 11 TO 20. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MOKNING, FElUtUAItY 15, 1903. SINGLE COl'V FIVE CENTS. -t- ( MARTIAL SONS OF NEBRASKA Hodotj and Promotioni Won in Fighting for the Flag. OFFICERS WHO ROSE FROM THE RANKS An Instructive List of Srbraaka oldlers In the Kew Army, Positions They Hold Their Hrrordi. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. (Special.) When the excitement of war prevail, it la always easy to arouse patriotism and the young American son needs hut the stimu lant of a knowledge that hla country's Hag Is being Insulted or fired upon to find him applying to the Dearest available point for an opportunity to enter the service. It matters not materially whether the In sult cornea from within or without, the cause Is ufliclent to call to arms the best blood of this nation. After "the war Is over" and people have returned to their peaceful avocations, when the excitement has pacsed. it takes rulte as much true devotion to country for yo.rg men to leave home and Hs surroundings. Its advantages and attractions to lead the lonely. Isolated life of a soldier. The uiun who does this is entitled to the respect and admiration of his people, for such service is as much needed as the more attractive duties rendered during the feverish cx cltement of an actual war. Were it not for this clans of self sacrificing young men, where would our strength come from in the hour of great est danger, when a war first breaks out? 'TIs true that when we have a war ex tending over a year or more the versatile ability of the American adapts himself to military duty, as he doei to all other emer gencies, but at the out net. as a nucleus, to meet Immediate conditions, a trained army, a corps of skilled officers is absolutely necessary to prevent Irreparable damage being done at the outset, and before the civilian has time to adapt himself. That being the cane, it Is Important that we have men who are -willing to make the eacrlflces to perfect themselves In the arts of war. Such may be said of the following, who represent Nebraska In the "Regular Army." t- It would be .Impracticable In the space allotted me to give In minute detail the en tire record of each Nebraskan In the army, but it Is here shown by classes the general records, and as classes they will be appre c.lated. Captain tnobr'i Distinction. Captain Thomas Bwobo enjoys the eole distinction of being tho one officer who be gan his service In the United States army during. the civil war. He began hla career as corporal In Company E, Twelfth Michi gan volunteers. He subsequently was com missioned in that company as second and first lieutenant. During the .' Spanish American war he was made captain and .as sistant quartermaster. He was then com missioned as captain and quartermaster In the regular army February 2, 1901, which position he now occupies. , Two officers entered the United States army as soldiers before the Spanish-American war. They entered that struggle and, 'made record! '.for themselves In that war. and .since have been commissioned la the regular establishment. They are: William R.. Harrison, born In Nebraska, enlisted as private April IS, 1884, then waa second lieutenant in Department of Colo rado Infantry and also In the Forty-seventh United States volunteers. After the war was commissioned first lieutenant In the artillery corps August 22. 1901. Second Lieutenant Nathan J. Shelton, en listed Just, before the Spanish-American as private In' the Seventh artillery. August 17, 1899, he entered the volunteer service as second lieutenant In the Thirty-ninth United States volunteers. After that serv ice ha was made second lieutenant ,ln the artillery corpa. West Pointers. Thera are several officers who entered West Point as adets before the Spanish American war. received their commissions In the regular service; then, ambitious for a record, were furloughed from that and entered the volunteer service for that period at ranka above those held by them In their regular positions. They are: Captain Oolden L'H. Ruggles. with rank et first lieutenant, was major and chief of ordnanoe in the late war. Captain Benjamin M. Koehler, while yet a second lieutenant in the Sixth artillery, was major ,ln the Thirty-seventh United 8tates volunteers In 1899. Captain Ernest D. Scott, while holding the modest commission of second lieuten ant In tho Sixth artillery, was a captain In the Thirty-seventh ,Unlted Btates volun teers In 1899. First Ueutenant Guy V. Henry was sec ond lieutenant in the Fourth Infantry. His abilities called him to the volunteer service. where, ,ln 1899, he was major In the Twenty-sixth United Btates volunteers. Then follows a class of officers who were csdets before the late war, received their commissions In the regular army and re mained with their regular. assignments dur ing that period. They are: Captain Arthur M. Edwards of the com missary subsistence department. Captain George T. Tatterson of the artil lery corps. CsptalD Burt J. Reynolds of Company L of the Ninth Infantry. Captain Fred W. Sladen of Company B, Fourteenth infantry. Captain Joseph 1). Leltch of the Twenty fifth infantry. From Volssteer to Rfiilar, The next claaa received. their commissions by appointment without the West Point ex perience, before the Spanish-American war, and remained in the regular service. This Is confined to Captain Joseph P. O'Nell of Company, M. Twenty-fifth Infantry. The following waa an officer In a Ne braska regiment, then entered tha regular service: First Lieutenant William H. Oury of tha First Nebraska, in which he held rank as captain. He Is now 1a Company F, Twelfth Infantry. The following entered the lata war as soldiers In Nebraska regiments and be came officers In the regular service during that war. They, are: First Lieutenant John W. C. Abbott, en tered the service ss first sergeant Company T, Third Nebraska; was promoted therein to be second lieutenant and is now In the artillery corps. First Lieutenant Frank B. Burr, entered tha service as private In Company M, Sec ond Nebraska. ,May 13. 1898. Ha Is now With Company D, Fifteenth infantry. The following entered the late war as soldiers and received commissions during thst time. They sre: Captain James W. Dawes, was major and paymaster in the volunteer service In the Spanlsh-Amerlcaa war; he la now la that ame department In the regular service. Cap lain Bradner D. Slaughter, waa la tha Second United States volunteers; he Is now in the pay depsrtraent. First Lieutenant William B. Cowin. was a captain In ISM in the commissary depart ment; he Is now with Troop C of the Third cavalry. First Lieutenant John 8. Fair was a cap tain in the Forty-third United States vol unteers; he is now with Troop F, Ninth cavalry. First. Lieutenant Solomon Avery. Jr., was captain In the Two Hundred and Third New York Infantry; he ia now in the artillery corps. First Lieutenant William H. Jordan, Jr., Is tho only one of Nebraska's sons who was a private soldier in another state's forces and who received his commission during the Spanish-American war. He served as pri vate In Company H. Second Oregon volun teers, and Js now in the Eighteenth In fantry. Appointed Dnrlnsr the War. The following were appointed during the late war;- they had their service With their regular commands: First Lieutenant Jack Hayes of Company I, Sixteenth Infantry. ' First Lieutenant Watts C. Valentine of Company D, Nineteenth Infantry. First Lieutenant John I DeWitt of Com pany A. Twentieth Infantry. The following were soldiers In tho regu lar army before the Spanish-American war, were commissioned during eame and re mained with their own commands: First Lieutenant Juan A. Boyle of Com pany I, Fourth Infantry. First Lieutenant Charles E. Morton of the Sixteenth Infantry. The following were cadets who received their commissions during the late war and remained in the positions assigned them: First Lleutrnnnt Evan H. Humphrey of Troop C, Seventh cevnlry. First Lieutenant Haleey E. Yates of Com pany K, Fifth Infantry. ehrankn Mllltla Officers. The following were officers in Nebraska reglmnts during the Spanish-American war. and at its close were rewarded by rommltslons In the regular service: Captain Julius N. Klllan of the Commis sary Subsistence department, waa a captain In tho First Nebraska Infantry during the late war. First Lieutenant Henry M. Morrow of the Ninth Infantry, was second and first Ueu tenant in the Third Nebraska Infantry in 1n:R-09 and was also first lieutenant in the Thirty-second United States volunteers be fore he received his commission In the reg ulars. , First Lieutenant Charles C. Pulls of the artillery corps, was second lieutenant In the Third Nebraska Infantry and subse quently first lieutenant in the Thirty second United States volunteers before being commissioned In United States army. First Lieutenant William G. Doane, Com pany M, Sixteenth Infantry, was first lieu, tenant In the Third Nebrsska infantry and also In the Thirty-eighth United States vol unteers In the late war. First Lieutenant William S. Mapes, Com pany I, Twenty-fifth Infantry, waa major of the Second Nebraska infantry and later first lieutenant in the Thirty-second United States volunteers. Second Lieutenant William K. Moore of the artillery corps, was first lieutenant in the First Nebraska Infantry In 1898, and as captain therein In 1899, . . - - There - were some who ars- xurarofflorf who served aa soldiers In the- Nebraska forces during the late war and at Us close were rewarded by commissions In the reg ular service. They are: First Lieutenant Charles W. Weeks of the Thirtieth Infantry, was a private and sergeant In Company F, Second Nebraska Infantry, In 1808. Second Lieutenant Lewis 8. Ryan, waa a private and corporal In Company H, and thereafter quartermaster's sergeant of tha First Nebraska Infantry In 1898. Second Lieutenant William S. Bowen of the artillery corps was a private and cor poral In Company G, Second Nebraska In fantry, In 1898. Second Lieutenant Robert B. McConnell, Company H, Twenty-fourth infantry, was sergeant and first sergeant in Company H, First Nebraska infantry, In 1898. Up From the Ranks. There are four officers now who served aa soldiers in other regiments during tho late war and were made officers afterward. They are: Second Lieutenant Clarence C. Culver of the Fifteenth cavalry. Second Lieutenant William S. Barrlger of Troop I, 'Fifteenth cavalry. Second Lieutenant Daniel E. Sbean of Company G, Sixteenth Infantry. Second Lieutenant Austin M. Pardee of Company M, Twentieth Infantry. There la a class of young men who were cadets during the Spanish-American war and who have received their commissions since. They are: First Lieutenant Frank P. Amos, Troop C, Eleventh cavalry. First Lieutenant John B. Murphy of the artillery corps. Second Lieutenant Frank 3. Bowen, Com pany F, Sixth Infantry. Four officers have been appointed since the late war, with no other record or West Point experience, as follows: Captain and chaplain, H. Percy Silver. Captain and chaplain, Timothy P. O'Keefe. First lieutenant and assistant surgeon, Conrad E. Keerper. First lieutenant and assistant surgeon. Robert M. Thornburg. Four others were soldiers In the regular army during the late war and have been commissioned since. They are: First Lieutenant Henry C. Merrlam of the artillery corps. Second Lieutenant Frederick Mears of Troop C, Fifth cavalry. Second Lieutenant Thomas A. Jones of the artillery corps. Second Lieutenant Charles L. Woodhouse, Company I, Twenty-third Infantry. J. W. KINSLEY, Only an Imitation. The opposing elevens had struggled des perately tor the mastery. But the gams was over. Strange to say, nobody had been carried off the field senseless. . There were no broken bones. Not a player had been disabled. Not one boe the mark of the slightest Injury. "It is magnificent," said the spectators, "but It Is not foot ball;" Chicago Tribune, Great tare. The Doctor Yes; I understand what alls you. You csn't sleep. Take this prescrip tion to the druggist. (Next day) Good morning; you look better today. Havs you slept well? Petersen Like a top. I feel like a new man. Doctor How many sleeping powders did ou take? Petersen (surprised) I, didn't take any I gave a couple ot them to ths baby. Dag. bladst. LURING THE MIND TO BOOKS Plan to Stimulate Readers Adopted at Fnblio Library. PICTURE BULLETINS DO THE WORK Kotlrlnsr Array of Ulnatratlone Ha the Kffert ot IndaelnsT at De sire to Head Books Trent Inar ot the Topics. "We find the colored pictures the most useful In making the picture bulletins for the children," said Miss Egbert, the chil dren's librarian of the city library. "The bright colors attract their attention where the black and white pictures do not. Our greatest difficulty Is to obtain enough of these colored prints pertaining to the sub ject of the bulletin we have in hand at any time, and this makes our work slow." For several years the system of picture bulletins relating to snd depicting current events has been in use at the city library. The idea is not new and similar bulletins are to be found hung up in the children's departments of most of the libraries ot the larger cities. It Is a Well established fact that these pictures sre the means of stimulating much Interest In current events among the patrons of the children's department.. A mat of manllla board, on whcb are mounted pictures relating to some hap pening of Importance, perhaps political, or something new in the world of Industry, or a demonstration of the forces of nature, with a small amount of descriptive and explanatory matter. Is hung In a conspicu ous place in the children's room. As a consequence interest is aroused and the attentive librarian can supply books con taining matter which will further the reader's interest in and knowledge of the jtubtect. A new development of the bulletin Idea the literary bulletin came last summer snd has been consistently followed, as pictures could be collected. Expansion of the Idea. "Bearing the success of the current event pictures in -mind," said Miss Tobltt, the librarian, "we came to the conclusion that an Interest could be created in standard books, and the attention of the children brought to the best kinds of literature by showing bulletins of pictures Illustrating the volumes, with proper explanatory mat ter and references. I do not know that this plan has been tried In other libraries, but we feel that It has been most success ful here. In almost every case the bulletin has cat sed a good demand for the book to which It drew attention, and in some In stances we were unable to supply books enough. I feel that there Is a grave re sponsibility In giving books to a child that these may be such as are suited to his or her home life and condition, and believe that the bulletins will help us in choosing. We hope in time to have enough of these picture bulletins so that they may be cir culated as the books are, and taken out by public and parochial schools as de sired. We have alresdy furnished pictures in two Instances to public schools and our Christmas bulletin waa used In connection with the Christmas lesson by ona of the Sunday schools In tha sity."- . 'Samples ' of ' the Bnlletlns,' Perhaps the beet of the literary 'bulletins have been the Gulliver cards. There were twelve 6xl0-lnch colored pictures Illus trating this book, which were fastened on four manllla-board sheets, with short ex tracts from the book and a note as to tha author. These pictures were hung up for soma time and created considerable atten tion, aa a result ot which a number of children read the book. Another book for which a demand was created was "Pilgrim's Progress," the bul letin displaying one large colored plate and giving a sketch of the author and an Idea of the character of the book. At the time that eome of the lower grades In the schools were studying Holland a Holland bulletin was prepared, with a picture of Mary - Mapes Dodge, and quotations from and library numbers of her books. In con nection with the Thanksgiving bulletin a number of references to Thanksgiving books were given. The picture of a tur key used at that time wss one of the beautiful plates from the copy of Elliot's "North American Birds" In the Byron Reed collection. These plates, which are 18x24 Incheshave been taken from the binding and will be used during the spring and summer, as the birds return to this state, to' interest the children In them. A bulletin which Is now on the walls Is the Dickens, which calls attention both to the fact of the author's birthday, on the 7th of the month, and to Jbla works. There Gossip of an Old Minstrel The oldest living minstrel who Is still before the public is Dave Reed. He is now In tils 73d year and has been on the stage almost constantly since he was 10. Despite his long career be is still vigorous. He delights. In telling of his early ex periences. "It makes me think that I am getting very old. Judging from the changes that have been made In the profession since I first started out," said Mr. Reed to a New York Sun reporter. "Although ao-called minstrelsy still has a say on the stage. It will never be the ssme to me. In fact, since Dan Bryant died it has been on the decline. "I got my first encouragement from my brother John, who kept an oyster and chop house and cafe on Broadway, next door to Thorpe's museum, which was between Grand and Howard streets. This waa where all the stage drivers stopped to water their horses. John was a clever dancer, and he would make me go through a number of steps In the morning. I be came proficient, and la a' little while I was able to dancs as well as he. "Not far from our home was a dock where all the boats carrying fruit tied up. The boys used to long for some of the fruit. Ona day one of my pals approached the man In charge of an apple boat and said: " 'Mister, If you give us each an apple my friend, Dave Reed, will dance for you.' " 'All right,' said the man, and I danced until my feet were aore. "The fellow was so pleased with the ex hibition thst he gave us each a red. Juicy apple, and the following day he got me an engagement at Thorpe's. I organised a sort of minstrel show. In which there were three other lads about my own age. Only one of them la slive today. He is John Kennedy, familiarly known as 'Pop,' snd Is employed at Tony Pastor's thester ss door snd ticket tender. We each received fl a week. I sang and danced and got along fairly well. "liter my engagement at Thorpe's 1 sre eleven picture which have been clipped from magaslnes. These have cre ated a call for his books. Miss Egbert Is now collecting pictures for bulletins ot "Don Quixote," "John Gilpin's Ride," Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" and Ernest Thompson Seaton. For the ( hrlstmas Rveat. The most ambitious of the current event list was the Christmas bulletin. This was composed of twelve plates from Van Dyke's "The Christ Child in Art" and Elisabeth "Stewart Phelps' "Story of Jesus Christ," which were In the library bindery at tha time. The plates were removed and used in the bulletin and afterward rebound. The effort being to interest children. It was the child Christ which wss depicted, the last pictured being Hoffman's "Christ in the Temple." The text was taken from Bishop Potter's bible for children. In addition to these pictures were Fra Angrllco's brightly colored angels on a card with the poem "Holy Night," and seven large colored pic tures illustrating Clement Moore's peem. At the time of King Edward's corona tion, Caton Woodville's series of twelve pictures of former coronations taken from the Illustrated London News was hung up. The assumption ot the crown by the king of Spain was also noted. Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving, Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays and such holidays bring forth bulletins which endeavor to emphasise the historical reason for the day. The Arbor day card showed pictures and poems ot tree planting and a view of the early wind swept prairie and a suggestion thst the time had come for yard cleaning and the making of gardens. As the seasons ad vance it Is ths intention to display bulletins of flowers and birds. For the Mttle Ones. Another class of bulletin Is thst designed simply for the amusement of the smaller children. These display pictures by Kste Oreenaway and 8arah Stillwell. with selec tlons from Stevenson's "Child's Garden of Verse." A bulletin for grown people is to be found on the wall at the first landing. On a netting have been hung from time to time sets of Rlnehart's Indian pictures, plates of architectural details, bird pic tures and selections from Remington's drawings.. The pictures for these bulletins are mostly obtained from wornout volumes. Another source of supply Is the advertising poster. There has been soma difficulty in finding pictures for holiday and other bul letins, because these were not saved last season, but all these are now being laid aside as they come and can be used in season. PHATTLK OF TUB YOUNGSTERS. Johnnie (to new acquaintance) How did you get that scar on your head? Willie I fell downstairs. Johnnie (In disgust) Huh! I thought It was from a scrap. Mamma You hsve drawn the horse very nicely, Charlie, but you have forgotten one thing. Where Is his tsil? Charlie Oh, that horse doesn't need any tail. There ain't no flies on him. "Read about the fairies, mamma," said little 8-year-old Margie. "Not tonight, dear," replied the mother. "My eyes ache." "But1 pleaded Margta. "yon needn't- read with your eyes; read with your month." "Mamma," said little Charlie, "does sugar cure people of any disease?" "No, dear, not that I know of," replied the mother. "But why did you ask?" "Because," replied the youthful schemer, "If It does I'd like to catch It," Kitty's grandmother, whom she now saw for the first time, was deaf and had to use an ear trumpet. "You ought to see my grandma," aald Kitty to the girl next door. "She carries a telephone with her and makes you talk into it." A very small boy was watching his mother sew whalebones in her dress. "What are they, ma?" he asked. "Bones," she relpled. "Whose?" continued the little fellow. "Mine," she answered. He regarded her a minute in amaxement, and then asked, solemnly: "How did you get 'em out?" "What on earth are you doing In here, Tommy?" asked his mother, peering Into the darkness of the henhouse whence hsd been coming for five minutes or more a series of dismal squawklngs, accompanied by a loud flapping of wings. "I am trying," said Tommy, who seemed to be doing something with a knotted rope, "to fix this rooster so his alarm won't go off before 7 o'clock tomorrow morning." went with a man named Kephard. I was making excellent progress and In 1844, when I was 14, I was considered a pretty good performer. "Most of the bone players then used the ribs of beef for their instruments. But after seversl weeks of service the bones would wear off almost to the marrow and consequently lose their Intonation and sound. I then conceived the Idea of using wooden chipper. They were a success snd other minstrels after that took them up. "My next engagement was at the Pel more Opera house, at the corner of Cham bers street and Broadway. The theater was run by two newspaper men named Geerge Woolrldge and John Auatin, who owned and edited two dallies called the Whip and Flash. Messrs. Woolrldge and Austin gave a minstrel thow composed of six people. I played the triangle and sang and danced. I got 18 a week and thought I was doing very well. , ' "After a bflet stay there I Joined a troupe managed by Matthew T. Brennan, who after ward became captain of police. Judge and comptroller of New York. Brennan leased Monroe hall, at the corner of Pearl and Center streets. I stayed there for three years. It was here that I introduced the double bone act. That 1st to say, I used a pair of bones in esch hand. Then I Juggled them, first throwing them from one hand to the other, then under my feet and into the air. I was also the first to give lmitstious of horses running, drum beating, etc. Do ing this gave me the reputation ot being tbs best bone player in the country. "I became a member of Bryant's Mlo strels later, snd It wss during my connec tion with the company that I Introduced the neat song and dance act which Is now a part of vaudeville. It was In an accidental way that I came to do this. ' I 'n Bryant, who left the show to go to England to witness the Heenan and Sayers fight, returned with a copy of the song 'Sally Come Up. Sally Come Down.' He had heard an English music hall singer Bamsd Mclnnee render It aad thought thst LITTLE TRAITS OF B1C MEN Peculiarities of Prominent People When They rorsake the Office. FADS AND FANCIES AS A DIVERSION I l Leaders In Various Aetlvltes Show j Commonplace C'harneterletlos j nd Possess tho Means j to Homor Them. A. J. Cassatt. president of the Penn sylvania, who Is forcing a hole uuder the Hudson into New York for the use of his railroad, likes a horse better than sny thlng else In the world, but his tastes are so catholic snd his Information so varied that he Is sble to make himself interesting j on almost any topic. He Is one of the charter members of a certain swell dining club In Philadelphia that town Is famous for such organisations whose methods, though vastly more in teresting, remind one of a progressive euchre party. Every member must attend every dinner or be fined and each must In vite one guest no more or less. There are twenty-one members, and thus a fully attended dinner Is always served to forty two. Often the number Is less, but the club's round table Is so cunningly devised that It can be made Just large enough for whatever number drawa round It. When all are seated, each guest Is placed between two members and each member between two guests. At a certain stage of the dinner, on signal, the members, who are charged not only to entertain the guests, but also to bring out whatever is In them, all change places, so that nobody has a chance to bore anybody else. This maneuver Is repeated several times during the evening. There la no formal speaking, but the din ners are so Interesting, quite apart from the menu, that it is well worth scheming a long time ahead to win an invitation to attend one. At one of them the members and guests present Included the most fa mous nerve specialist in the United 8tates, a general In the army, the governor of a state, an explorer fresh from strange lands, a great ship builder, a titled for eigner, a world-famous financier, etc.. but Cassatt's waa the most Interesting per sonality about the table. He talked like an expert about hackneys, runners, trotters, Assyrian antiques, German operas, irriga tion, nervous diseases, Tblbetain goats, au tomobiles, piotures, statuary, ecclesias tical architecture and, in fact every topic he was approached upon excepting rail roading. Concerning this he did not seem anxious to exploit his knowledge. And his demeanor was as unassuming as his Infor mation was encyclopedic. When he leaves his office In New York, or his committee room In Washington, he sticks a handful of the latest cuttings he has received Into the lefthand side pocket of his sack coat, and, as soon as he gets Into a cab or car, he begins pulling them out. reading them one by one, and trans ferring them carefully to his righthand side pocket as fast as they are read. In keeps a goodly aupply of his clippings con stantly by him, so that he can consult them whenever he has a spare moment. 1Pfjw ' Devoted ' to Cllpptnara. - Tha most curious thing about Senator Chauncey Mitchell Deptew 4s his devotion to, the newspaper clipping. Nearly every man In public life today subscribes to one or other of the many clipping bureaus, for that Is much the easiest way to learn what the newspapers say about him, but Depew thus utilizing his spare time for the perusal of his clippings he keeps much closer tab on the comments made on himself and his acts than almost any other man now in the public eye. It might be added that be generally laughs long and heartily at tha frequent gibes due to his story telling and Jokes, but a serious criticism by a paper of his own faith some times causes him. considerable discomfort. Can't tilde on Hla Trolley Cam, P. A. B. Widener, who owns and operates thousands of miles of street railways in a score of American cities, never rides in a trolley car when he can avoid It. For some peculiar reason the motion of an electrical car nauseates him, and, If persisted In, produces the sams disastrous effect as a voyage on average transatlantic travelers. Mr. Widener ones made a brave attempt to conquer thia feeling. In company with hla partner, William L. Elklns, he got on a suburban car at his country home. In Elklns, determined to stick it out until he had reached bis office In Philadelphia. It happens that, by trol ley, Mr. Wldensr's office is Just twelve miles distant from his residence. The car, ac- Dave Reed the Veteran of His Class. It would be a good number for his show. "After using It ss an end song for a few nights he cut It out because it did not go. I got bold of the ditty and learned It. "Formerly minstrels used to dress up in grotesque fssblon. They wore big shoes, dilapidated trousers and blackened their faces, exposing a big pair of red Hps and a wide, cavernous mouth. I thought that the reverse of this would be the novelty, so I made up with regulation shoes, clean shirt and white duck trousers. I sang the song and after the chorus came the dance, tho muslo of which was Jingling and extremely catchy. Well, It was a big go and the other fellows Immediately followed suit. "The theater now known as Tony Pastor's was built expressly for Dan by the Tam many Hall folks. I played the wench to Bryant's male darkey and we Introduced the song. 'Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me." I got the idea of using the song by hearing Dolehanty and Hengler. It was psrt of their act. Delehanty and Hengler were the finest dance team In the business then, but they did not use the song in the way we did. It was not long before we had them all coming to hear us sing 'Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me,' snd we sang it for 400 nights throughout ths country. That's a longer time than any aong can live nowadays, I'm sure. "After Bryant's death the old-fashioned minstrel show began to decline. Dan's death put a damper on the entertainment and the people stayed away. They were lonesome for their old favorite. It seemed. "About this time my family began to grow, and in company with my wife, daugh ter and son I went Into vaudeville, where I have been ever since. Al Sheldon wrote a sketch for me snd dubbed us the 'Reed Birds." a name which has stuck to us ever since. I have often thought of the old days snd wished thst the boys were back in the fold once more. But they are gone and minstrelsy, real old, good minstrelsy, the kind which our fathers sod mothers used to like, I'm sorry to say. Is dead." cording to Mr. Elklns, Tio frequently tells the story, had scarcely got started bn tho first mile, when be noticed that his friend was beginning to look white about the lips and shifted uneasily in his sent. "What's the matter?" asked Mr. Elklns. "O-h-h, no-nothing," said Mr. Widener. "A few minutes later," snys Mr. Elklns, 'Teter clapped a band over bis mouth and rushed wildly for tho door. Tho conductor, taking In the situation, wildly signaled the. motorman, who, thinking someone hud Jumped from tho car, suddenly stopped it, with the result that Peter was thrown Into my arms. Tenderly I helped him to the ground, and, some time after he had found his logs, be said to me, plaintively: " 'Bill, why can't a man, when he's able to buy up a trolley system, enjoy a ride on It, too?' - It Is needless to add that Mr. Widener hasn't tried a second thne to reach his office by trolley. ' tinners Are W. I.. Klklna Hobby. Mr. Elklns experiences no discomfort In a trolley car, but he Is miserable when his valet forgets to place a flaming red carnation or an orchid of the same color In his c'oat lapel every morning. It Is said that such an untoward event has not hap pened since a certain day, several years ago, when a new valet Inadvertently forgot this most Important duty, with disastrous results to himself. By reason of this hohby Mr. Elklns Is a marked man whenever he walks Philadel phia's streets, and many a promoter, un able to gain entrance Into the financier's private office, has waited for him at the foot of tho elevator, spotted blm by tho flower, and Importuned htm In public to take up with this scheme or that. Mr. Elklns' passion for these two flowere In particular, and all flowers In general, is so strong that at bis beautiful country home In Elklns a picturesque Philadelphia suburb which bears his name and has been developed by hlra he has no less than a dozen big greenhouses filled with aH sorts of blooming plants. His favorite flower for bis dinner table Is the American Beauty rose, and costly vases filled with selected buds are always to be found In the great dining room. Charles M. Schwab, as a musician. Is not very well known to the world at large, but among7 hla Intimate associates the president of the United Statee Steel corporation Is considered a singer and a pianist of no mean ability. Mr. Schwab, as a boy In Loretto, the lit tle Pennsylvania mountain town from which he went into the world to make his for tune, was taught muslo by the SIsterB of Mercy, who have a convent at that place. For years he sang In the church choir, and when he went down to Braddock to work in the steel mills his voice aided him In forming new acquaintances readily. The story is frequently ttrtd ih Braddock that his accomplishment was, in large measure, responsible for Schwab's gaining the good will of Andrew Carnegie. Be that as it may, this Is what Braddock folks say. It seems that while Schwab was still in a very minor position in the mill his fellow workers, knowing his ability as a singer, asked him to sing at a certain social gath ering of the mill employes. Schwab con sented, and, at the appointed hour, ap peared clad in Highland costume and sang a typical Scottish song. He was Just In the midst of It, and the audience was giv ing bira close attention, when the door leading into the room opened and lo and behold who should the unexpected new comer be but Andrew Carnegie himself. It Is said that Mr. Carnegie enjoyed both the Bong and the singer's evident confusion, and It Is further said that the Iron master, who had already heard something of Schwab, was led to inquire further about his commercial abilities, with the result that he was given wider and wider oppor tunities. Mr. Schwab particularly delights in in dulging in his love of music when at his summer home in Loretto. He plays on the piano, many times a day, and those of his former playmates -now remaining In the town of their boyhood believe that there is no pianist alive who can equal "Charlie" Schwab in playing "ragtime." Carnegie's Admiration of Tall Men. Mr. Carnegie likes to talk to tall men. PlttBburg friends say that they have known him to deliberately scrape up acquaintance with representatives of the slx-feet-and-over class for no other season In the world than to ask them how they managed to gro tall. Mr. Carnegie has never got over his boyhood ambition to be a big man, physically. Ho once said to a friend apropos of this disappointment: "People tell me I'm a big man. But I'm not as big as I'd like to be. Look at me." Georaye tiould'a Charity Basket. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould coming out from Georgian Court on a cold winter's day to distribute charity from a big and bulging hamper tc needy residents of Lake wood and thereabouts is a, far from un common sight. Mr. and Mrs. Gould believe in personally relieving any suffering that may be within the shadow of their magnificent country seat In the pines, and, as a result,' any person in Lakewood who gets into difficulty Is now accustomed to look for aid from the Goulds.' ResidenU of Lakewood say that this winter the Goulds have supplied many tons of fuel to poor families, Mr. Gould fre quently superintending Its delivery. "If there is a single cusn of unrelieved destitution in this township," said a promi nent rltlsen of the resort recently, "It Is because the Goulds have not heard of It. And if any one will be good enough to tell them of It, In less than an hour's time we'll see them making for the place with a big basket occupying the better part of their trap. "Mr. Gould has told me that nothing gives him so much pleasure as to help a deserving neighbor, and, he Is so modest and unostentatious and diplomatic about- it that the person helped never feels as if he were a dependent." Ex-Speaker Reed's Elephant. Thomas Brackett Reed never read the things printed about him with very much attention. He was intensely Interested, though, In cartoons which took up blm or bis schemes. He used to preserve caricatures of himself, and the first In which he figured had a pjace of honor in his library, framed, much to the distress of Mrs. Reed, who could not .tear to look at It. It was printed early In tbe '70s. Reed's queerest fad was a grotesque statuette of an elephant about six inches high. Whenever he wss puzzled, or when he bsd the blues and even be had tbein sometimes it waa his wont to stand and contemplate his little elephant In all its ugly grotesque humoroutness, and thus he wrought out many a problem, and more than once wooed back the sunshine that had temporarily disappeared. The late C. L. Magee, the multi-millionaire ot Pittsburg, would never live In any other than a frame house. "A frame house was good enough for m to be born In," he always told his friends, when they asked him why he didn't build a modern residence, "and In a frame house I shall live until I die," PREVENTS FIRES IN SHAFTS Invention of on Omaha Man to Be 'Applied to Elevator. DEVICE THAT MEANS MUCH TO OWNERS tetn of Tras Hint Will Close tho loletator Miafts at Kach Floor and Stop Spread ot Flames. Great loss of life and destruction of property In hotel nnd other buildings by reason ot fire sprcadii-g In the structures through the elevator shafts have caused two Omaha men to invent an automatlo elevator shaft system of dampers that la Intended to furnish thorough protection with entire convenience Tha principal patent' papers were received a tew daya ago. and a thorough test cf a full-slied ap paratus will be made probably In tha courso of a few weeks. If the device la found satisfactory tho organisation of a company and the establishment ot a manu facturing plunj In Omnha nis.y follow. The. Inventors are Assistant City En glneer George W. Craig and his brother, James A. Craig, who Is an assistant super intendent for tho Barber Asphalt company. The original Idea and main features of tha device are James A.' Cralg'B. while the as sistant city engineer perfected many of tho mechanical details. In. the patent, which is Issued Jointly to both, James A. Craig Is given the benefit of being the In ventor, lie was formerly a machinist, and It was while repairing elevators In this capacity that the necessity for better means to Btop tho progresB of flames In shafts was brought to his notice in a strik ing manner. Kxperlenoe Soaarests Idea. He was standing at the foot of a shaft making a memorandum on a sheet of paper, which by the force of the draft was blown out of his hand and upward to the top ot the shaft. "Great Scott!" ho ejaculated, "what a place for a fire." This waa several years ago and the finished invention Is tho reBiilt of hard study and practical ex perience in tho meantime. Both the Craigs feel very sanguine of its success, though the possibilities of the invention have been demonstrated as yet only by small models. There are few apparatus of this nature on the market and none of them rusemble that of the Craigs". About the only ona that Is practical !s the "flap-door" tystem. which consists of a imp on a hinge In the shaft at can floor. They work independ ently and from their limited ubo would, seem to bo hardly eatlataetory. The Craig Invention provides a separata plate or trap for each floor, all of tho traps when not In use being confined at the top of tho shaft by a set of holding blocks, or clutches, which are operated by an endless cable, running down the side of the elevator shaft to the bottom. Tha traps are made of a fn me work of steel covered by asbestos. 'Ihey are raised on the roof of the elevator rnd lowered auto matically by their own weight, controlled by a governor. The simple act of pulling the cable releases the entire set fcf drops, which descend Instantly and pwMde an absolute damper on every floor within ten seconds. -"" ' ' - . Kach Floor Protected. Each floor has Its own particular trap, the plates being brrested, floor by floor, by an ingenious combination of slots and lugs. Around tho base of each floor In the shaft are certain Iron projections, over which the traps for the floors bolow pass, vrhlle the trap lor its particular uoor cougui by tho lugs. Tho principle Is ths same as that used ' In the Yale look, and the number of combinations that can be made, and floors thus provided for, is endless. Guide blocks on the traps prevent them from going awry on their sudden descent down the shaft. It Is Intended as - general thine to have the device operated manually by a simple pull of the cable when a fire breaks out, but arrangements are made for the automatic dropping of the traps In case of a sudden blaze or a fire by night, when tho dampers have been left at the top of the shaft. What is known as the fusable link system does this. Wires with links of soft metal are placed around the ceilings of each room. A fire will melt and sep arate the links, permitting a weight re strained by the taut wlro to drop on tha cable, which In turn releases ths clutches above and the dampers fall. Should tha elevator be st any point In the shaft. It wll! be sent downward, also, automatically and without delay. During the day the dampers are to res secure at the top of ihe abaft, there being no Indication of their presenco. The ap paratus ran be fitted to any kind ot a freight or passenger elevator and is'corn paratively cheap, the expense being esti mated at about $600 for a Ave or six-story building, or about S100 for each floor, iiooil lb In a; for Firemen. "Provided the device works aa It's In ventors claim It will, there Is no doubt but that it will prove extremely valuable and save great losses of life and property," said Fire Chief Salter. "Elevator shafts, are tbe best aids that Are 'has in largo buildings that otherwise are nearly fl re proof. Many of the biggest fires of lata years could have been pi evented had tha flames been confined to a single floor or two until the firemen arrived. Then It tha shaft Is protected by a covering on each floqr, a great deal of the danger to firemen is eliminated. Many have been, hurt and killed while groping iheir way about in the einoko near the scuttle holes." Should the fire be on 'be fifth floor, for example, the elevator may be run to and from the landings below, thus assisting in clearing the building of people. Stock may be saved from flooding by the dampers and altogether there are many points In favor of the invention if it can ba mads to work In actual practice. Most of the men who make a study ot fighting fires' who have seen the model say that tbe invention should be a success. In. surance agents declare that If practicable it will mean a considerable reduction In rates where used, as exposed elevator shafts are now the greatest menace in many large wholesale, manufacturing and office buildings. As an instance. It Is quoted that the plant of Armour & Co., at South Omaha, has a total of aoventeen elevators. The mechanical construction is tbs very simplest throughout and It ia declared that there Is nothing to get out of order. At the present time patents ars pending for certain small perfections, but the Inventors are preparing to go ahead and make prac tical use of their apparatus, which they ssy a III be cresting a demand In the market t soon. sot Then. There's many a slip "l'w lit the euj and Hie Hp. IN rhaps so. Hut nut lien it'n twenty-year rye Thiil Kladilens the t.lKhi nf your eya And nui ken you e Malic ly Sikh. hhinks, no! Not when It's twenty-year rya, , tiw York Uvanlng Bun.
