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"NCIC a weary laborer remarked :
I 11 I "It'u a Koi triiriK that Rundown
1 M f(IIIliH when It ftlllM wtlCIl H
man'H nil tired out ami couldn't
work any longer, even If It was
light." Ho it Is with the hint day of school,
cotninK each year when the boys and girl
are ready tc respond to the Invitation na
ture has been sending them for weeks to
"come and play with me." School Is nil
right In the fall of the year, after a l.mg
vacation, and In the winter, when tha
weather is too cold for much fun outdoors,
but In the springtime, when every lmpul.su
in nature Ih to break away from discipline
and to go gnmbollng in the other direction.
It Is a rather Hevere strain on the young
sters. By the middle of June the average
boy or girl Ih about "all In" on thn school
proportion and Ih wlllliig to exchange the
most alluring vista of future triumphs to
be won by dint of hard work over text
booka for even a little of the Immediate
present with its actualities of outdoor fun.
And that's why the end of the nchool year
In June Ih like the end of the day to the
weary worker It comes at a time when
the young folks arc not very particular
Whether there ever be any more shool.
Commencement day and the "B.e?t klrl
graduate" come a'.ong with the closing of
the schools, and right welcome accompani
ments they are. Much good-natured fun
has been poked at the rtlrl and htr habit
of settling In an off-hand way the great
problem! that have confronted mankind
from time Immemorial, but wj wouldn't
Episodes and Incidents in
s
1R THOMAS JOHNSTONE 1AV
TON, who Is spending $500,000 an
nually In his effort to "lift" tho
JAmerlcVs cup, Is sal.l to bo worth
about 50,(XiO,0(W. Twenty-three
years ago he stood behind a counter wait
ing on customers. Thirty years ago he
worked In the rio fields of Siuth Carolina,
and was so poor that he slept with the
negroes in the woods. Today he employs
100) persons In his various establishments
and is the pet of the king of England.
Joseph II. Chonte told a story at a ban
quet Chauncey M. IK-pew arrived late and
In his turn told the same story. He did not
understand the premature laughter and the
lack of tumult when he concluded and asked
hta neighbor whit was the matter. "You told
Joe Choate'fl story five minutes after he
had finished It." Mr. Dopcw laughed.
"Choate's story V he said. "Why, Adam
told that to the snake at their first meet
ing;. I knew Choate would tell It, but
thought ha followed me."
James J, Hill seldom talks In a personal
vein, but tha last time he was in New
York, according to the Times, ho made one
remark that ought to become his epitaph
and go dawn Into history.
One of his oldest friends had gone Into
the olBre of the Great Northern to talk
bout the Northern Heourltles decision. He
l . 1KEN Tolstoi was preparing to
A write "Resurrection" he fre
L " J (mented the criminal oonrta nt
2y
Moscow and Bt. Petersburg. He
tells In a letter to an American
friend how a bigamist appeared one day
before a Moscow Judge. This man had mar-,
riod seven wives In three years. This ho
himself admitted.
"Why on earth," the Judge asked, "did
you want to marry so many timosT"
"In order, sir," he replied, "to find a
good one, if possible."
Clergymen have some funny experiences,
but one whose ministrations are confined to
the residents of a rural district in York
shire, England, fhlnks his was the funniest
of all. Ho was an Eplscop.il minister, a
newcomer In a country parish, relates the
Prooklyn Eagle. Hearing that one of his
parishoners was very sick, be called at the
house, was Invited Into the patient's room,
and at the request of tho sick man, knelt
down with tha members of tha family ti
offer prayer. Xla prayed very fervently,
so fervently, in fact, that pretty soon ha
had to pause to take Breath. While wait
ing ha felt a violent poke in the ribs, and,
half turning hta head, discovered a black
bottle which had been held out to hint
by ona of tha kneel log women. "Hera, tak
part Wlfh her for a good de-il. She may,
and undoubtedly does, know more on com
iiieneement day han she ever will again,
et It must be remembered that that day
is the culmination of a number of years of
patient preparation, and the essay reid
then Is not one Idly prepared, but lias lecn
conceived wHh care ai:d is the result of
thought anil Intended to give expression t
what may be termed the essence of all
that training. Actual contact with (ho
world and Its problem nearly always mod
ules, and frequently ciuite radically, the
judgment expressed In the graduation
essay, and it Ih this that leads th experi
enced to scoff so lightly at the (seriousness
with which the graduating class Insist on
treating Itself. It must be admitted in
favor of the graduating essay that It is
fraught wllh eirncstness and Its thoughts
are the outpourings of a mind as yet un
cotitamlnated by worldly considerations,
ami therefore It may be that the young
person who reads It Is entitled to more
consideration at the hands of the elderly,
who, having failed to solve the problem
at Issue, Is of a mind to listen with a
rather patronizing ear to the remedy pro
posed by the beginner. It Isn't at a'l with
out the range of possibility that the "sweet
girl graduate" really could teach th ; old
world a few things If only the world would
listen attentively and ponder carefully
over what she says. At any rate she is a
fixture and we are all glad of It.
Athle'lcs have come to be a part of the
training of the boys and girls who go to
school, and from the time they enter the
kindergarten grade until they emerge from
the high school they are all to some ex
tent interested In outdoor sports of all
kind. During the last few years cnllego
athletics have occupied a commanding posi
tion In the public press, almost excluding
tho professional variety. Colleges recruit
their teams from the high schools, and
these In turn from the grade schools, so
that the process is not only a never-ending
one, but one of continual progression. Many
a future champion Is today achieving the
rudiments of his coming greatness in a
little school yard or In the dusty road In
front of It. Kven if he shouldn't become a
champion, he is building tip the sound body
found the railroad wonder rather blue.
They talked for a long time. At the end
of tho conversation Mr. Hill got up from his
chair.
"They may spoil It all." he said, "and I
may be beaten this time, but whatever
happens, I've made my mark in the world.
Here it is." And he pointed to the great
wall map of the Groat Northern.
Phlneas T. IxMindabury, an ex-governor
of Connecticut and now president of a New
York bank, makes his legal residence In
lUdgeficld, a small town of his native state,
where ho remains during the summer
months. A year or so ago he was elected
mayor and still holds the place. This
spring a lot of his young friends as a Joke
put his name on the ticket as one of tha
town constables. He was elected, accepted
the office and was sworn In. "I get my
fun out of It." he says. "I spend my leisure
time In watching tha men who run me for
office and In making them keep off tha
sidewalks with their wheels and live up to
the town laws in other ways."
Gabriel Dumont. who was Louis Riel's
right-hand man in the rebellion In north
west Canada eighteen years ago, has re
turned to the territory from this country.
Where he has been living since his chief
was executed after tha suppression of tha
trouble. Iumont In his younger days bore
Gleanings From the
a sup," whispered tha profferer of the bot
tle. "It'll help tha, through." The minister
declined the "sup" with shake of his head
and went on with his prayer.
Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, author of a
thousand novels, soldier in several wars,
and a gentleman of the old southern school.
Is lifted from the earth several times a
day by a colored elevator conductor who,
like most of his race. Is very fond of elabo
rate language. Recently, reports the New
York Times, an artist In the apartment
gave a song recital and the darky heard
her flng.
"Well, James," said the colonel to the
conductor the next morning, "what did
you think of the singing last night?"
"I was assassinated wld It, suh," lie re
plied; "puffeckly assassinated, suh; sho do
bing with great fluentillty."
Who shall say there Is nothing In a name
or In a union of names If woman's wit
and beauty re-enforca the position? Apropos
Of tho persistence with which Miss Ruth
Haiina has worked her own sweet will In
Iter marriage arrangements, they are tell
ing In Cleveland that, at the last and most
critical trial of strength with her dis
tinguished parent regarding tho date, sho
brought tha Interview to aa end with aa
for the support of the sane mind. In nil
modern schools healthy exercise is not only
encouraged but to some extent Insisted
upon, and the result is that the high schools
are now turning out athletes who are really
as creditable In their muscular as their
mental achievements.
The art of Thespls, too, Is coming to play
a considerable part In the modern educa
tional scheme. It isn't intended that the
institutions of learning shall graduate
actors and actresses, but it is admitted
that an education is no particular draw
hack to on- who intends to adopt the pro
fession of the stage, whilu a little knowl
edge of the methods of the theater does
no harm and frequently will be found of
actual benefit to a young man or young
woman In society. Thus In connection with
the advanced classes we have nowadays the
dramatic club, which takes much pride in
Its class play. It almost Invariably hap
pens that this club tackles one of the
classics for the same reason, presumably,
that the graduating ssay nearly always
deals with what o der people have found
to he the knottiest of problems, and it Is
as Invariably true that the play Is treated
with an originality equal to that accorded
the topic of the essay. In this Instance
the effort 1b of more real value than the
result. Just as all education Is merely men
tal discipline the training of the mind tr
work In an orderly way and to pursue its
efforts step by step from Inception to result.
Another feature of the training In the
larger schools Is the military. Much has
been said on this topic, of tho value and
necessity of military drill and discipline in
connection with tho mental training af
forded at the schools. In Omaha the drill
Is made compulsory and the high school
cadets battalion Includes all boys who are
not especially excused from the drill. Dur
ing the whole time of their attendance at
the school they are subject to the regular
routine of drill and once each year they go
away for a season of camping. While in
camp the same discipline that mirks the
course of the regular army Is enforced and
If there Is any virtue In the training at
all the boys surely get it. In this number
the Lives of Noted People
a groat reputation as a scout and hunter
and many romantic stories are told of his
feats and adventures in the backwoods. He
was outlawed for a long time after the
Rlel rebellion. He proved himself, beyond
his experienced knowledge of the woods
and streams, a military strategist of great
talent and he gave the Dominion forces
much trouble In the campaign of ISfi.
j
Cleveland newspapers say that no vis
itor to that city ever was under such close
guard as was thrown around President
Roosevelt during his stay there while at
tending the McCormick-Hanna wedding.
From the moment of his arrival in Cleve
land until he stepped on his special train
for the return trip to Washington he was
continually under tha eye of a doxen picked
secret service men under the direction of
Detective Tyree, who was constantly at
his side during tha recent tour of the coun
try. The Hanna residence was carefully
picketed on every side day and night, and
all available city detectives were massed at
and near the church when the wedding was
being solemnised. Forty uniformed men
were also on duty there.
A young newspaper man of New York
who was recently sent to Interview the
most prominent men in tha city with a view
to collecting their ideas as to what had to
the greatest extent hindered them in their
Story Tellers'
Ingenious use of her knowledge of holy
writ
"Father," said the young woman, "I am
to wed a man named Joseph. If you will
be good enough to read up the histories
f Joseph and Ruth I'm sure you will see
that no Mark of the new dispensation can
hope to huve his way against the two
of us."
"The opening of a new pleasure resort in
the Delaware valley was to be celebrated by
the manager taking a number of invited
guests from New York to the spot bv spe
cial train on the Erie," said "Hilly" Ruck,
division freight agent of that road, quoted
by the New York Times. "To make sure
of his numU-r, he placed on his cards of
invitation the regulation R. 8. V. P.' A
good many of the Broadway contingent of
railway representatives received cards,
among them Colonel Joe MeCann of the
Jrnn Mountain Route, and Harry Gross of
the Chicago & Northwestern. On the
morning of the day the event was to come
off Harry Gross met MeCann.
- "Going. Joer said he.
"Naw!" replied Joe. 'Got no time for
such things. What does fhls mean, any
how, down hero in one comer of the card
"R. 8. V. P." '
-That.' said Harry Gross. That? Why,
Juno 21, 1003.
a double page Is given over to pictures
made at the ramp of the Omaha High
school cadets at Auburn, Neb. These were
taken last Sunday and give un Idea of how
the time was spent In camp. The Omaha
You.ig Men's Christian association was In
charge of the Sunday services, which were
participated in by all the boys.
One of the pictures In this number Is
that of Miss Kate Hales, daughter of Felix
Hales, editor of the Tllden (Neb.) Citizen.
Miss Hales was graduated from th? Tilden
High school this spring after a really re
markable record. She attended the Tllden
schools for eight yours and during that
time was never once tardy and she had not
been absent a single session since 1:91.
Miss Hales' home is half a mllH from the
rchool house and she walked the distanco
every day. She Is 17 year of ago, Id
bright and studious and always stood high
In her class.
The Elkhorn Valley Editorial association
has been referred to in this department be
fore. It Is made up of the bright men and
women who preside over the destinies of
a number of the creditable country week
lies that keep tab on the doings of tha
people in a large section of northwest Ne
braska. Its last session was held at Atkin
son recently, at which the usual busy time
was had. At that time the following o (fl
eers wcrefelected: President, E. A. Church
of the Atkinson Graphic; vice president, M.
Ij. Mead of Kassett, and secretary, H. 8.
Eves of O'Neill. The next meeting will be
held In O'Nchl In June, 1904.
Once in n long time the biggest one
doesn't get away and then the lucky fish
erman can proudly exhibit to hl3 friend
the result of his prowess with hook and
line. One of these occasions was when
James Walsh went fishing with soma
Omaha friends to Iake Washington. He
caught a pickerel that was nearly as big
as himself, and Walsh Isn't a pigmy by a
great deal. He says the pickerel cimo
very near catching tho man, but human
skill and strength finally triumphed and
the huge fish was landed as a trophy of
Walsh's pluck and skill.
careers, says a contemporary, arrived In
the presence of James K, Keene. "I haven't
time to be bothered," he said at first.
"I've Just come from Henry Clews"
Bald the tired reporter.
"Ah," remarked Mr. Keene, seemingly
interested, "and what did he say was his
greatest hindrance to success?"
"Modesty," answered his caller.
"Well, well." remarked Mr. Keene
thoughtfully. Then, pulling his heard, he
continued: "If Clews hits the nerve to say
that, you may record my stumbling block
r lack of it."
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has such an assured
place In society that she does not hesitate
to tell of her husband's early struggles
with the world. In fact, she is rather fond
of doing so. While In Nice last spring she
related at a dinner party bow- Mr. Fish
worked his way up to the presidency of
the Illinois Central railroad. A German
princeling who was among the guests re
marked, with Just the trace of a sneer: "I
had always heard that your husband came
from a fine family." Mrs. Fish met this
thrust with perfect good nature. "Oh, yes,
he does. But, you see, in America it is
not a disgrace to work. How much better
it would be If those conditions prevailed in
Europe. We lh America would bo snared
so many titled nonentities."
Pack
It's a misprint; should read, "R. V. 8. V.
P.." and that means R. V., rare victuals;
8. V. P., select vine products.'
" 'lvm-m-m,' said Joe MeCann, stuffing
the card Into his iwieket and looking at his
watch. They'd think It kind o' funny If I
didn't go, wouldn't they? Guess I've got
time to get that last boat.'
"And he got It."
"Honest John" Kelly tells this story on
himself: He was in an uptown cafe much
frequented by sporting men, when a some
what unsuccessful pugilist entered, reports
the Detroit Tribune. The newcomer nodded
to Kelly and said:
"Your Taee is pretty familiar. Haven't
I met you before?"
"Yes. we met once," replied Kelly.
"I never forget a face," said the fighter,
gleefully. "Bartender, twa Scotch high
balls." The pugilist and Kelly moved up to the
bar and the former continued:
"Where whs It we met, anyway?"
At a fight in Chicago," replied Kelly.
"I was referee and I was obliged to de
cide the fight against you."
"Barkeeper!" roured the fighter, "make
those two highballs one, and put it la front
Of DM I"