People
and Things of Public Interest
NE of the really Interesting
features at the Louisiana Pur
chase exposition, which opened
at St Loula yesterday, will ba
the Nebraska exhibit In the Ag
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ricultural buildings. Instead of devoting the)
funds at Its disposal to the erection of a
state building on the avenue set apart for
the states, the Nebraska commission M6
upon the novel idea of giving the publie an
Illustrated exhibit of real lite in the Ante
lope state. A kinctoscopo was secured, and
Sim after film of pictur-has been prepared.
Showing the different phases of actual ex
istence in Nebraska. Farming In a 1 its
ramifications, the indu.,.; lal life of the)
cities, the schools, the sports, everything;
thut could possibly be of ititirets, lins been
photographed, and will be shown daily to
the throngs who will crowd the free theater
to be maintained during the entire time oC
the exposition. In this way better t) art
any other the visitors to the St. Louis faic
will be brought into direct touch with that
people of Nebraska. Lust week a photogra
plier mado a lilm showing the proei ss ofl
spring plowing, and while he was at work
The Pee staff photographer made a plolura
of him. The day was fine and the four,
teams drawing the plows through the rich,
black loum will make a fine scene for lha
watcher at tho fair during the coming sum
mer. Little Lilian McCain Is but 8 years of age,
yet she has gained for herself considerable
of a reputation as a dancer. She has given
a number of exhibitions of her tkill, one of
the latest being nt Chambeis dancing
school. Helen Weed, the littlo tot with her
In the picture, is but 18 months old, but
gives a comical imitation of the older girl's
movements.
The Corona Banc Hall club was started
as a purely base ball proposition three
years ago, but since that time, through i
the medium of a number of successful so- j
cial functions, lias taken on an added Irn- :
portance and dignity until now it is a ,
permanent organization and will soon open
club rooms. They will bo supplied with
the usual attractions in the line of read
ing matter, lounging and card rooms, a
modestly equipped gymnasium, blilard ta
ble and a variety of other things where
with the members may while away tho
leisure hours at their disposal. But no
matter what happens to It in the line of
progress and enlargement of scope, tho
members say, the club will never bo al
lowed to stray from Its first love, the great
American game of base ball, and a team
that will be sure to stand in the first rank
of the amateurs in the city will be main
tained from season to season. The Corona
club is essentially a South End society, ,
composed entirely of boys and young mea
from that vicinity, and the new club rooms j
referred to w hen opened w.Tl be near Tenth .'
and Hickory streets. The new Coronas I
are the old Nationals, and under the hit-'
ter name they made a good showing last
year In the tii-clty combination. Now,
with their added talent, the dally practice
that they are taking and the Ambition
and pride that Is behind it all, tho team
will bear watching. Manager W. D. Lane
has equipped his men with handsome new .
uniforms of dark green with maroon trim- 1
mings and a complete new outfit of baso
ball ammunition.
Gas in London
The gas supply of London Is now being
Investigated by a committee of the Board
Of Trade, and one of the questions on which
it will be called to pass is the lowering of
the candle-power of the gas and the con
sequent cheapening of price. It is stated
that in London ubout eight-tenths of the
gas is used for heating and cooking, for
gas engines and for Illumination in con
nection with Incandescent mantles. For
such purposes only a blue or heating flame
Is required, and there Is no need of the gas
being enriched so as to furnish a luminous
flame, upon whose brightness the amount
of light emitted by an ordinary burner de
pends. It has accordingly been suggested
that all the old burners should be discarded
and the use of Incandescent mantles bo
made compulsory In all cases. In this way
it would be possible to reduce materially
the cost of gas to the consumer und in
crease Its use still more for power and do
mestic heating and lighting. In this con
nection there has been a demand In In
don for more durable mantles for lights
Of ordinary size, and for incandescent
lamps of smaller candle-power and pro
portionately diminished consumption of
Baa. Collier's Weekly.
The Umbrella Tree
The umbrella tree Is fourd in Ceylon In
greater profusion than anywhere else In
the world. As a matter of scientific fact,
these trees grow to their greatest height
and attain to their greatest size in very
vet, rainy countries. This growth fre
quently is due to the fact that the tree
requires a great deal of moisture, and not
because It is needed to keep off the rain.
The tree forms so complete' an umbrella
that a number of persons might take shel
ter under its spreading branches. The fol-
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MAKINO MOVING PTCTTTUES OF NEBRASKA FARM SCENES TO BB EXHIBITED AT THE ST. LOUIS KXrOSITlON.
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lage is, as a rule, so thick that It serves
to keep off the rain almost perfectly even
in a heavy downpour.
Mistaken Identity
Residents of a certain part of Spruce
street have often seen two charming old
women, twin sisters, who look so much
alike that no one ever bothers to dis
tinguish between them, coming out from
one of the houses. Tho fact thut they
both dress almost alike makes It still
harder to tell them upart.
Someone who knows tl.em very well re
lates that Ann, while making a hurried
departure for one of the big department
stores last week, put on Susan's bonnet by
mistake. In walking through the store she
came suddenly In front of a full length
mirror, and stepped back in astonishment,
saying: "Why, Sue; I didn't know you were
coming down town this morning." 1'hlla
delphia Telegraph.
Investigating
Johr.ny was entertaining the young man
in the parlor.
"Mr. Spoonamore," he asked, "how long
you been comin' to see my sister? Is it
two years or three?"
"Two, I think," replied young Spoona
more. "Why, Johnny?"
" 'Cause that's what sis says, but paw,
he says it seems to him like It was forty
years." Chicago Tribune.
Tabloid Philosophy
Many a good bluff has been called by a
better one.
Among other things, the burglar takes
chances.
Even the stingy man may tell a story at
his own expense.
I'll) Blclaua advise breathing through the
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THE CORONA BASE BALL CLUB.
nose, but the average woman can't kep
her mouth shut long enough.
Virtue Is often more bitter by contrast
with sugar-coated vice.
It stands to reason that when a man
loses his hair he can't even have a part.
We never appreciate tho greatness and
goodness of some mpn until we read their
obituaries.
Tlie fellow who hustles out of the theater
between the acts In breathless haute seldom)
conies back so breathlessly.
When lnlf the characters In a mi 1 dram
are killed the veracious press ugent an
nources that it is full of life.
If people would only learn to adapt them
selves to clrenmslanees the divorce law
yer would have to shut up shop. Philadel
phia Kecord.
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Nebraska Publie Schools
(Continued from I'ago Nine.)
Itig, hut these, being considered especially
feminine occupations, do not seem to ba
so prewlnfcly needed. There is re.illy no
constitutional reason why boys shnulJ not)
like to cook and sew, or why fclrU slioul 1
not have the muscle training Involved In
learning to hammer and saw. The unlade i
paid to men dressmakers and chefs will
make the boys ambitious In these direc
tions before long.
Many Nebraska schools have discovered
the pedagogical secret of learning by do
ing, but physical culture Is the weakest
point In ull school work everywhere below
tho high school Just where it is most
needed. When will we ever learn that the
way to have good brains is to have good
bodies, and good bodies should be made
early, the earlier the better, Tlie good,
old-fashioned, leisurely recess of twenty
minutes or more has dwindled to ten and
five and in many places is omitted alto
gether In the afternoon. It would be a
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TWO IJTTLU UAKCBRa,
good thing for teachers and scholars ta
go back to the old way and all go out and
play together.
It remains for teachers and parents la
close co-o eralion to see to it that what
ever is meet for life's demands, artlstlo
roome, sanitary contrivances, tho best pre
pared teachers, shall ull be secured for tho
benefit of all, so that, as tlie ancient
Talmud salth, "The breath of the school
children shall make the world sweet."
itockford. 111. CAItrtTK U UROUT.
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