THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
May 3, 1903.
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f RESIDENT ROOSEVELT hse rea
I J I foil to long remember the wcl-
no uiu 1 ii Ft rurftiiii r ruin
the tlnio ho entered the Blatc un
til ho left, having traversed It
from end to end, he was greeted In the
most hearty manner by Its people, regard
less of party, and at Omaha his wclcomo
was eurh an ovation as any man at any
time might be proud of. It was the demon
stration of the sentiment of a free and en
lightened people towards the man whom
they have chosen to execute their laws and
direct their public affairs from the most
exalted position to which a citizen of the
greatest republic can be called. A gale
of wind made any attempt at exterior dee
oration of the city futile, but the streeta
presented an appearance that must have
been far more gratifying to tho mnn who
tcod up In his carriage during tho entire
length of the long drive through the city.
Episodes and Incidents in
A
UMIRAL DEW BY and General
Miles, though the best of friends,
like to "Josh" one another. Re
cently they visited Mount Ver
non together and tho general was
much
Impressed by the sight of Wash-
Ington'i
grave. A they were leaving
the place Miles said
"1 wonder what
Washington would say if ho were suddenly
to appear bere In the flesh." Dewey glanced
quizzically at bla old friend and he an
swered: "I really don't know, Nelson, un
less he asked how the devil you ever suc
ceeded In getting the Job be once held."
T. P. O'Connor thinks It would be hard
to Imagine "anyone more unlike the
American millionaire of fiction and the
tage than Charlea T. Terkes," formerly of
Chicago. "Of middle height, square-sbould-ered,
very quietly dressed, gray-must ached,
his complexion tanned a light brown, he
looks for all the world like a half-pay
colonel and one who has spent much time
In the tropics. The face Is contemplative
rather than aggressive; the brown ryes, if
they have a disconcerting trick of seem
ing to look clean through you, kindly and
not a little sad; his wholo bearing that of
a rather tired man of the world."
"I see the Brooklynltes are to erect a
memorial to Henry Ward Bcecher," said
Robert A. Graham of Oregon,, quoted by
the New York Mall and Express. "I re
member his receiving about as big a fee as
anybody for twice performing the marriage
for the late Collls P. Huutlngton. The lat
ter was called abroad by Important busi
ness, and desiring to take the present Mrs.
Huntington with him they were quietly
married by Mr. Beecher, who received a
check for $500. Returning to America, the
Huntlngtons bad fashionable wedding and
reception. Mr. Beecher again officiated, and
again wasjald $r,0O. "lear me," remarked
the distinguished divine as he looked at
CSTICE BROWN of the supreme
court tells this story:
"An Irishman, hearing shrieks
turned and saw a man struggling
as he was passing a deep pool.
In the water. He threw off his coat, and,
leaping in, saved the man's life at the risk
of hi own. Then the two lay the bank
and rested tor awhile. Finally the man who
had been rescued alghed and said:
" 'I suppose, my friend, that since you
have saved my life I must reward you.
Here Is a dime.'
"The Irishman looked at the dime and
then he looked at tbe man.
" 'Bedad,' be said, 'I'm overpaid for the
Job. "
Charles Francis Adams, who was escort
ing a British friend to view ths different
objects of attraction in the vicinity of
Boston, brought him to Bunker Hill, relates
the Philadelphia Ledger. Tbey stood look
ing at the splendid monument, when Mr.
Adams remarked: "This Is the place, sir,
where Warren fe".l."
"Ah!" replied tbe Englishman, evidently
not posted upon local historical matters,
"did It hurt him much?"
Mr. Adtms looked at his friend. "Hurt
htm." said he, "he was killed, air."
"Ah! ha was, enT said the Englishman.
for the thoroughfares were lined every
where with throngs who had come out to
cheer tho man who has made himself and
bis administration of the nation's affairs so
popular. Mr. Roosevelt was tourhod by
tho expressions of Ihe people, for he said
that nowhere In his curecr has he been
given a moro cordial reception than in Ne
braska, and nowhere In Nebraska did the
piople show more enthusiasm in their
greet ng than In Omaha. Many little minor
Incidents might be recounted as Fhowlng
the real nature of the attitude of the peo
ple, toward tho prcildent, and of his appre
ciation of the confidence and esteem ho has
won from the citizens of his country, but
the pictures tell the story better than
words. A word of explanation U needed
for some of tho pictures. N?ver d d phi
tograpUors work under more adverse or dis
couraging circumstances than those who
mede the pictures for Tho P.co. Xot only
did they have to contend with the throng
and the wind, but the light was extremely
bad, and at the really Interesting points It
failed entirely, so far as photographic uses
are concerned. Under the conditions, tho
pictures secured are really triumphs.
Debaters from the Blnir high school won
In their recent meeting with tho .epresen
tatlves of the Fremont high school at Fre
mont. The question was: "Resolved, That
labor unions are an Injury to the public."
Blair had the affirmative, and Principal
Waterhouse of the Omaha high school.
Superintendent Bevcrldge of the Missouri
Valley public schools and Superintendent
Garrett of Arlington wero the Judges. They
the check. "It Is almost a pity, Mr. Hunt
ington, that you are not a Mormon."
Rer. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst. the sen
sational preacher-reformer of New York,
has been taking District Attorney Jerome
to task. In a recent speech Mr. Jerome
said: "You are going to win If you are
the stronger and to lose If you are the
weaker. Don't accept any wishy-washy
stuff about the brotherhood of man, or eco
nomic forces, or Inherent rights. If you
are stronger you win; If you are not you
lose. It Is the universal law." Comment
ing on this and like utterances of the bat
tle aie reformer Dr. Parkhurst said: "The
history of Christianity disproves Napole
on's dictum that Providence is on tho side
of the heaviest battalions. People who
put their trust In armies and navies would
not have given Christianity ten years to
die out, yet the power of the whole Roman
empire couldn't keep the grave of Jesus
closed, and, within 800 years a Christian
sat on the throne of the Caesars."
One of the peculiarities of Tolstoi Is that
he always wears boots of his own making,
and they are the admiration of the shoe
maker who taught him tho trade. But the
latter was certain that the count would
starvo did he endeavor to earn a living by
boot manufacturing, as the work put Into
each pair was too excellent and slow to
prove profitable. Some time ago Count Tol
stoi tried to persuade two of his disciples,
young men of education and culture, to
turn shoemakers, tut they declined.
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The late George Ramsey of Minnesota
was not only last of the war governors,
but he was first of that historic band to
make tender of a regiment to the United
States. Happening to be In Washington
when news was received that Fort Sumter
had been fired upon, be hurried to the war
office and sought Secretary Cameron. "Mr.
Secretary," said he. "I have tbe honor to
Gleanings From the
still eyeing the monument and com
mencing In compute its height in his own
mind. "Well. I should think he wouid
have been to fall so far."
As the story goes, an Irish undertaker
was laying out the deceased husband of a
weeping Hibernian widow, reports the Buf
falo Times. The corpse woro a wig and it
was very difficult to induce it to stay on
straight, as wigs ought always to do. even
If they don't. The bereaved widow was
called In to assist. "Go an' git me a pot
of glue, Mrs. McGovern," said the under
taker, "so that I may keep his wig where
It belongs."
Mrs. McGovern set out after tbe sticking
material, and after a time she returned.
"Here is tbe glue for ye." sho said with a
sigh.
"Mrs. McGovern. you kin take back the
mucilage," said the undertaker; "the diffi
culty is fixed. I used a tack."
A witty passage at arms, relates ths
Washington Times, was overheard last
Monday night at the banquet of the Jeffcr
son Memorial association at the Hotel
Barton between two gentlemen equally
prominent in tbe affairs of tbe nation
Senator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts
and ax-Postmaster General Charlea
were unanimous in their decision In favor
cf Blair.
On March 17, isr,3, Mr. J. D. Johnson and
Miss Barbara Duff of Wayne county, Ohio,
were unlteJ in marriage. S?ven ycar3 laier
they went to Monroe county, Iowa, to make
their home, but f r.rl y-three years later they
celebrated their golden wedding anniversary
In Cheyenne county, Nebraska, surrounded
by childrrn and neighbnrs, who rejoiced
with them in the happy event. Mr. Johnson
Is still a hale and hearty man, although
ho has endured hardships and privations
more than fall to the lot of even the pio
neer. In 1860 ho left hi? native stato to
settle in the comparatively new s'.ate of
Iowa. In lriC3 he enlisted in the Thirty
sixth Iowa Infantry, and within a year
was in a rebel prison, where he remained
ten months, being released by the close
of the year. His energy unimpaired and
his health restored, he and his goad wife
began lifo again, and prospered on their
farm. Seventeen yeara ago Mr. Johnson
f.avo up their Iowa home and came to
Nebraska, where they lived on a stock
ranch until about a year ago, when they re--moved
to Sidney, where they are now mak
ing their home. Four of their twelve chil
dren are living, Mrs. Mary Johnson of
Rushsylvanla, O., Mrs. Alice Baldwin of
Oskaloosa, la., Mrs. Artie Reed of Bronsou,
Neb., and J. T. Johnson of Omaha.
Martin Diefenderfer, who won the Grand
American Handicap at Kansas City, is a
hardware merchant at Wood River, Neb.
He has been attending shooting tourna
ments for the last three years, but the
the Lives of Noted People
offer you 1,000 men from Minnesota." With
characteristic bluntness Simon Cameron
said: "Well, hurry them up, governor. I
am Just going over to see President Lin
coln." Governor Ramsey telegraphed to
St. Paul and In a few hours affairs were in
motion in Minnesota.
R. R. Beatty of Washingtonvillc, N. Y.,
tells this story: "I was well acquainted
with Josh Billings and his family when be
was an auctioneer. He once sold a lot of
cows for a Mr. Haight, who lived near
Hackensack, generally known as Deacon
Halgbt because of his strong religious prin
ciples In which not a great deal of confi
dence was reposed. Ono of the cows mado a
bolt and ran square over Joshua, knocking
him down. He arose in his wrath and began
swearing, whereupon Deacon Haight
stepped up and said: Tut-tut, Mr. Shaw;
you should not swear.' Josh scratched bis
head and remarked: 'Well, Deacon, you
pray a little sometimes, but I think neither
of us means much by It.' "
Chief Justice Wlswell of the Maine su
preme court says there must be on end to
tbe hypocrisy which collects fines from
liquor dealers, but allows them to continue
In business in defiance of the prohibition
law. Heretoforo, the traffic in liquor In
that state has been conducted on a quasl
llcense system. That is to say, while the
sale Is absolutely forbidden, dealers have
been allowed to sell with the understand
ing that once or twice a year they should
submit to arraignment In court, convic
tion and the payment of a fine. Thus the
state gets the money and the dealers get
exemption for their trade. The chief Jus
tice makes announcement that this state
of things must come to an end and the
humbug of half a century seems to be ex
ploded. Pope Leo XIII a few days after his Jubi
lee for tbe twenty-fifth anniversary of li'.a
papacy gave a dinner to his nephews, who
Story Tellers'
Emory Smith. The gentlemen wero ap
proaching the entrance of tho banquet hall,
and the senator courteously stepped to one
side with a pleasant "After you, Mr.
Smith."
The former cabinet officer was equally
gallant. "After you, my dear Senator."
"No, Mr. Smith," returned the veteran
statesman from Massachusetts, "I Insist
that you go first. The 'X's' always go be
fore the 'Y's.' " Washington Times.
Apropos of President Roosevelt's fond
ness for large families, relates the Phila
delphia Ledger, a story of bis experience
ss police commissioner Is told by a ser
geant now on the force. It seems that the
wife cf a policeman who had just been fined
a week's pay for drunkenness appeared one
day in the commissioner's office, accom
panied by three neatly dressed and attrac
tive looking children. Her pitiful story of
back rent, which the subtracted wages was
to have paid, and the sight of tbe children
moved Mr. Roosevelt's sympathy, and, tak
ing out bis pocketbook, be gave to the
woman the amount ber husband bad been
fined. The next day the husband appeared
at headquarters and was asked by a brother
officer:
great event at Kansas City was the first
professional match in which he was ever
entered. Mr. DIefcnderfor's business Is
such that he finds little time for shooting,
and when at home it is seldom that he
secures any practice. Mr. Diefenderfer had
no Intention cf entering the big shoot
until two days before It took place. He
went to Kansas City to look after some
business and while there decided to enter
the handicap. By winning the great na
tional event Mr. Diefenderfer secures $270
In money, a fine solid gold watch valued at
$100, and In addition the Lefcver Arms
company presented him with a $400 gun
in recognition of the advertisement that
it received by Mr. Diefenderfer winning
tho event, Mr. Diefenderfer having used
one of its guns. Already Mr. Diefenderfer
has received several offers from different
gun companies to represent them at shoot
ing tournaments. Mr. Diefenderfer is 33
years old and has been married five years.
Tho Boys' Glee Club and Orchestra Is one
of the features of the Franklin academy of
Franklin, Neb. It was first organized
among the students in 1897 and has since
been perpetuated, giving a number of con
certs each year and winning for itself a
more than "local reputation and. name."
During the present year the club made a
trip into northern Kansas, where it was
well received. Next year it plans to in
vade a section of Nebraska along what is
known as "the high line," as far as Grant.
A lady soloist accompanies the boys, and
tho wife of the director, George H. Allcr,
acts as accompanist. Dr. C. E. Cross, a
well known professional man of Franklin,
la manager of the club.
had come to Rorao on the occasion. There
were Invited Counts Camillo, Riccardo and
Lodovlco, with their families, together with
Commandatorc Sterbini, the Intimate major
domo, or chamberlain, of the pope. Of
course, say the Rome papers, Leo XIII did
not sit at tbe table, mainly on account of
bis health. But after the dinner the sev
eral families were received by the pope,
who conversed for & long while with them
in his apartments. Leo XIII spoke espe
cially with bis nephews of his life and of
his youth, with a surprising memory. Often
the pope likes to have a chat with his
nephews, and it le not rare when'he sum
mons them, by his major domo, to whom ho
says, smiling: "Tell those boys to coma
over," and those "boys," It must be remem
bered, have white hair.
Mayor Schmltz of San Francisco tells of
an untiring politician who demanded a
position. To escape him and kindred men
the mayor had hied himslf to the suburbs.
And In the suburbs the applicant baited
the mayor. The politician placed his can
behind him and rested on it as a seat. Bet
ter opportunity had never been presented
for arguing his Just claim. His fidgeting
caused the cane to move slightly. "Yes,
sir," said the office seeker, "I am enti
tled to a position in the city's service and
am looking for an opening."
"Is there any kind of work to which you
are adapted?" asked tho mayor.
The man took courage from the question
and said that any kind of an opening would
suit.
By this time the man's unsteadiness bad
brought the cane, which was bearing h!s
weight, precariously near a knot hole. The
mayor thought. In expectancy the applicant
shifted his position. The next Instant he
was endeavoring to fol'ow his cane through
a hole in the board walk.
"There," said the mayor, very much re
lieved, "Is an opening for you. Try anl fill
It; if you don't succeed, see the Board of
Public Works.
Pack
"Say, how many children have you at
home?"
"One," was the reply.
"But your wife was around bere yester
day with three children."
"O, yes," Faiil the culprit. "She borrowed
two of them for the occasion."
The Rev. Dr. Clendennln of St. Peter's
church, Westchester, tells this little story
in the New York Times about how he was
unconsciously responsible for helping a
bashful lover. His mind was filled with
a subtle theclogical problem a learned
friend had propounded when, as he was
leaving the house, a neighbor's daughter
passed In company with a diffident youth.
His thoughts were Interrupted as she called
out to him:
"Oh, doctor, we are Just going for a
ramble. Won't you Join us?"
"With pleasure. Do you want tbe cere
mony in a church?"
The bashful youth was suddenly fired
.with an enthusiasm that four years of gnaw
ing at his heartstrings bad failed to arouse,
and he fairly shouted:
- -"'Yes. yes; and If Maud consents, ths
sooner the better." Maud consented.
