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AlTiORS, bathers, tennis players.
SI campers, fishermen and lovers
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of the Omaha Rod and Qun
club. Tfilri Infant In the club
life of Omaha has taken a new leass of
life this year, and Is forging ahead, se that
In a short time It will have passed beyond
the fondest dreams of Its founders. Started
three years ago with a modest beginning,
it has grown and grown until It now has
nearly as many members as the most pop.
Ular cluhs of the west. The original idea
of the founders of the club was to form a
olub which would In time have strength
enough to protect the fish In the waters
Of Cut-Off lake and at the same time give
the fishermen a place to keep their para
phernalia. This gasJ has besn reached, and
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Characteristic Anecdotes Told About Grover Cleveland's Personality
War's Crop of Heroes.
HE death ot Orover Cleveland
revives many anecdotes ot his
career as president ot the
United States and as "the most
eminent private citizen ot the
republic," some new and some
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aged, but
each typtcaj ot his dominant
characteristics.
This one recently found
Its way into print and is vouched fer by
good authority: Not long ago a former
member of Mf. Cleveland's cabinet gave
a little dinner In New Tork in honor of
tbe Sage of Princeton. The dinner was
purely an Informal affair and not more
than a half doien persons were present.
No speeches were made, but a number of
choioe anecdotes passed around tbe table.
HBoms one present spoke of the possibility
Of a conflict some day with Japan grow
vOg out of complications in the far east.
"I certainly hope that war may be
avoided." the speaker continued. "Think
f the horrors that a war inflicts even on
tbe victorious nation."
"I agree with yon that a needless war
ts a monstrous crime," said Mr. Cleveland,
-but" he added, lighting a cigar and bio.
Ing out a cloud of smoke, "I never hear
the expreeslon, the horrors of war,' that
X am not reminded of a conversation X
pace overheard in Buffalo many years ago,
A number of veterans of the civil war were
discussing the horrors ot war. How hor
rible Is war,' said the Tret speaker. 'Look
at the loss of property It entails!' " Ti,'
said another, 'and look at the terrible loss
of life, not to mention the maimed and
wounded I' Tee,' remarked the third ma,
'and Just look at the widows aod orphans
that are made by every wart War is, in
deed, a horrible thing!'
" Gentlemen,' said a one-legged ma a
who was sluing over in the corner, and
had taken no part in the conversation up
to that time, 'I can tell you ot a wuss
horror than any yew have named!
' "What ta itr exclaimed the trie In one
breath. 'Why. said the man In the eor-
1 per, with a gloomy shake ot the bead, 'Just
' think of the crop of heroes that are cre
ated by every war. Could anything be any
wuss than thatr-
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the Omaha
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passed. The club If now a really potent
factor In social lift as well.
The officers of the Omaha Kod and Gun
club for this year are: John A. Bcott, pres
ident; William S. Sheldon, vice president;
A, P. Bloom, secretary; A. P. Whltmore,
treasurer; board of directors, J. J. Davey,
O. F. Drefold, Dr. J. B. Flckes, E. O.
Puren, F. L. Goodrich, W. A. Jones and
T. H. Welrlch; house secretary, James
Oakley; custodian and game warden, Frank
Brown.
After the first small clubhouse was In
use, a couple of members decided that tt
would be a fine stunt to build a cottage
on the lakeside. The Bloom boys &nd the
Drefold boys built a cottage of one large
room with fireplace and lcanto for a,
kitchen. A broad veranda affords ample
lounging room and places for hammocks,
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BOMB OF Tirn ROD AND OTTN CLUB BAILORS.
ent agreed that the stranger had perhaps
named the worst Infliction that followed
In the wake of a war.
DodsrtBg the Hoboes.
"Mr. Cleveland used to go home from
the Mills building by way of the elevated,"'
said William McAdoo of New Tork, "'walk
ing across the park from Fifty-eighth
street to Blxty-nlnth street. The hoboes'
union, or whatever it Is, soon learned of
this and played It to good advantage. One
side lingered on the south side of Wall
street and the other used to beset hlrn In
the park. Finally the tramps got so nu
merous that he had to take some means ot
self-protection. I was with him one night
when a whole drove ot mendicants bore
down on him. He reached in his pocket
and pulled out a little book full of per
forated tickets. One by one he tore tbe
Choice Short
Faith mm A Works.
HE author of ' Seventy Tears
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Young," Mrs. Emily P. Bishop,
declares that it is as easy
to do as to wish to do, and
quotes this Incident in illus
tration: .Sis?
A little girl's brother set a trap to catch
birda She knew it was wrong, cruel,
against the laws of kindness, altogether In
excusable from her point ot view.
Bh,e wept at first; then a little later her
another noticed that she had become cheer
ful onoe more, and Inquired a te the cause.
"What did you dot" asked hsr mother.
"I prayed tor my brother to be made a
better boy."
"What elsef
"I prayed that the trap would not catoh
any little birds."
"What elser
"Then I went out and kicked the old trap
all to pieces." Boston Transcript.
M-ck isTtbe Vsloa.
At a Wasiiington meeting of a Rough
Rider organization one ot the members
told tbe following story of a fiery old
southerner, whoso son, at tbe outbreak of
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and the boys reside here nearly the en
tire year. Among the cottagers now on
the grounds of the Omaha Rod and Gun
club are: J. J. Davey, S. Rtfre;ler, Charles
Sutter, A. P. Whltmore, J. F. EmmiTt, A.
T. FJmer. William Sheppard, T. H. Wel
rlch, H. Wesln, II. D. Campbell W. D.
Craighead, George T. Llndley, John Mel
len, A. DeL&nuey, J. W. Gllmore. W. J.
Hughes, C. E. Hughes, S. B. Hamilton, A.
Nielsen, Paul Epeneter, Henry Ruckel, E.
J. Hatch, Alfred Morris, M. Loftus, War
ren Swltzler, C. E. Miller, C. W. Miller,
Byron Hart, Roy Harberg, John Sorenson,
W. Sorensbn, L. L. McKenzle, H. i. and
O. F. Drefold and J. R. and A. F. Bloom.
So popular has the club become that
many of the Omaha lovers of the great
sport of yachting who formely Journeyed
across the river to Lake Manawa have
now moved their boats to Cut-off lake
and have Joined the happy colony of
sportsmen on this side of the river.
The list of large yachts and their own
ers includes: Omaha, F. Lundtrtrom and
J. V. Refregler; Iole, Russell Fisher, R.
S. Parker, T. D. Braden and J. Gorham;
Trio, A C. Hartman and Thomas Gib
bons; Baltic, A. Wyman; Owl, S. Re
fregler; Anna Belle, A. H. Ellis; Mary
Alice, J. W. Gllmore and D. Clark; Anita,
Charles G. Sutter.
The lake Is ideal for yachting with Its
miles of clear water. No matter from
which direction the wind may blow, the
sailor may find plenty of room for a
long salL Kebrajika Is noted for Its
pages out and banded them to the beg
gars. Each ticket that he passed out with
a shake of the head read:
Charity Organization Society.
Admit bearer to the woodyard.
Wonl Not Trouble the Bare.
Francis Lynde SteUon, Mr. Cleveland"
former law partner, recalled this incident,
which took place very soon after Mr.
Cleveland had left the White house and
enterad into a partnership with Mr. Stet
son: "Mr. Cleveland had an Inner office nearly
a hundred feet from the door at which the
post box was. He sat In his office all day
writing. Finally late In tbe afternoon I
saw him start out toward the door to post
his letters. I saw him drop the letters and
start to return.
" 'Why did you do that, Mr. Cleveland?'
I asked him. 'There are boys here to do
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Stories Selected from the
the ar with Spain, was desirous of Join
ing Colonel Roosevelt's regiment.
The old gentlemen has bsen wont to de
clare that he "went out of the union" when
his stale did; and during the period be
tween the close of the one war and tho be
ginning of the other he was an apparently
hopeless "unreconstructed."
To the surprise, therefore, of all that
knew him, the old man offered no objec
tion when his son, a stalwart lad, went
with the Hough Riders to Cuba. Not long
afterward the volunteer remarked to a
fellow soldier:
"The old man is back in the uplon at
last."
"Does he eay eeT" asked the other with
a glance at the letter the boy held.
"It amounts to the same thing," was the
answer. "He now m rites 'United States'
without quotation marks." Philadelphia
Ledger.
fader gnaplo4oa.
For three Sundays In succession the pas
tor of a west aide churclt was gladdened
by the appearance of a backsliding husband
iu his wife's pew. Then suddenly this
CTeiUyUiff exhibition of an awakened eua-
Gun Club and Its
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cooling breezes at night and every even
ing there Is a splendid breeze blowing
across the lake which serves several pur
poses. It blows away the mosquitoes,
cools the cottagers who may have been
spending the day on the hot pavement
of the city and gives ample power for
the boats. Sailing vessels do not monop
olize all the surface of the water, for
tbe club members own about thirty
canoes, which are put to dally use.
Canoes not only furnish an opportunity
to get into the open air, but also provide
ample exercise while enjoying that free
air. The flat-bottomed skiff and the
clinker-built rowboat are common and
the motor boat hi becoming a numerous
factor among the craft. Among the
motor boat owners who have boathouses
along the lake front are: Dr. J. B.
Flckes, J. Toungs, J. F. Goerne, C. E.
Miller, D. F. Corte, F. C. Martin and J.
R. Hill. The long axpaase of water fur
nishes a fine surface for the use of these
power boats, which glide at a rapid gait
over the water.
From Its Inception the club has made
its utmost endeavor to protect the fish
at Cut-off lake. One of the first moves
of the new club, even when its re
sources were small, was to provide a
deputy game warden to patrol the lake
and to arrest any persons caught uulng
seines In violation of the state laws.
Many convictions have been had , and
now, under the watchfulness of Game
Warden Frank Brown, the life of the
poacher Is one fraught with great dan
ger. Brown has a habit of never sleep
ing, and the seiners have learned that
It Is not wise to try to pull their nets
at any hour of the day or night, for
Brown Is sure to drop upon them with
the strong arm of the law on his side
and seines and men and boys are taken
Into custody to answer to the laws of
Nebraska. Deputy State Fish Commis
sioner O'Brien has taken a most active
Interest in Cut-off lake and each year he
has planted thousands and thousands of
bass and perch and crapples, until tho
lake now has the reputation of being one
of the best fishing lakes In the west. It
is no uncommon occurrence for five and
six-pound bass to be caught, and the
strings of crapple which were taken out
this spring would have med fishermen
at many northern and noted lakes loulc
with envy. For years the fishermen of
Omaha have been Journeying to distant
lakes in search of fish, but they have
now learned they can get Just as good
fishing at their own door without the
trouble of a long ride on a railroad train.
Fish Commissioner O'Brien has prom
ised the club that as long as the mem
bers show an inclination to protect the
fish of the lake he will keep It supplied
with the best of game fish. Not only
have frys and small fish been placed In
the lake, but on several occasions when
it has been found necessary to drain
larger lakes in the state the large game
fish have been brought to Cut-off lake.
With these sources of supply the fish,
have been increasing at a rapid rate and
large catches are the rule when the in
telligent fisherman tries for a good
string.
Cut-off lake is fed by numerous and
large springs which keep the water fresn
the year around. For many years tho
those things. Why didn't you call one ot
themT"
" 'Well. I mailed the letters myself,' re
plied Mr. Cleveland, 'because I did not
want to trouble the boys.' "
Testing- Ills Democracy.
Mr. Cleveland laughed heartily over a
story told later by one of the guests re
lating to his second administration. Sev
eral members of the house, the Bpeaker
said, were having a brand discussion as
to whether Mr. Cleveland was a demo
crat or not. Arguments had been sub
mitted both for and against the conten
tion. Finally, one man spoke up and
said: "This discussion recalls an inci
dent that occurred In my native town. The
place only boastud of one rich man, but
he owned practically everything in sight.
One day several villagers in the postofflco
sclence ceased. One day the pastor met
the delinquent in a street car.
"I have not seen you at church for some
time," said the preacher. .
"No," was the cardid reply. "I had to
give It up. My wife got so suspicions I
couldn't stand it."
"Suspicious!" exclaimed the parson.
"Yes," said the man; "she's got it into
her hsad that I was up to some awtul devil
try outside that I aas trying to atone for
by going to church. Nothing I could say
or da could convince her otherwise; so, to
show her that I was living a square life I
had to stay away from church." Chicago
Post
The Jarkesa and Debs,
Eugene V. Debs, the socialists leader, tells
the following story on himself:
"I was to address a public meetli and
there was Intense prejudice against me, so
the young man who had to introduce me
thought be would try to disarm it
" TJebe is bated by some people,' he sa d,
because be has been In strikes. This Is
not rlfht. It U the law of nature te defend
water from the river has poured into the
lake each spring, causing considerable
worry to the flsheimen. The gar and
other scavenger fish run in from the
river and would soon do away with tho
game fish by eating the spawn. Game
fish would also run out of the lake.
Both these migrations are stopped each
spring by the club members placing a
wire net across the stream as it flows
into the lake. The numerous springs
which feed the lake make skating a dan
gerous sport in the winter time, as the
warmer water melts the Ice from below
and oftttmes but a thin layer of Ice re
mains over one of these spring while
that around may be eighteen Inches
thick.
The grounds and club house of the Omaha
Rod and Gun club are now most accessible,
as the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company has completed a new line to
the entrance. The club house is situated
Just west of the enclosure of Courtland
Beach and the grounds are on the east and
south shore of the lake. Large Cottonwood
trees furnish ample shade and make an
ideal spot for a camp. The thirty cottagers
and their families are not the only residents
of the club grounds, for there is a regular
tented city of those who have not as yet
built their houses or who prefer the tent
life during the hot days of summer.
Entering the grounds one first comes
upon the large club house, where the cot
tagers congregate in the evening and listen
to the muslo by the Juvenile orchestra or
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began talking about the town's only mil
lionaire. " 'Do you think that he Is a Christian r
said one of the natives.
" 'Oh, h ,' another replied, 'the church
belongs to him I' "
"Well," remarked the sage of Princeton,
with a smile, "times have certainly ohanged
since tti'.-n."
finards at tbe White House.
No president has ever bean more vigi
lantly looked afur In Washington than
was Mr. Cleveland, relates the Brooklyn
Eagle, Other chief magistrates walked
about tho streets unguarded. Mr. Cleve
land never walked. He did not even allow
any perawn to stand under the While
House porta cuihere when he alighted from
his carriage. He established little sentry
house about the While House grounds,
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yourself. Why, even a dog will growl If
you try to duprlve him of the hone he is
gnawing, a goat will butt you if you get
In his way, arl you all know whut a
Jackass will do if you monkey with him.
Ladles and gentlemen, this Is Debs, who
will now address you.' " 8ucces.
What HeVelt I.Ike.
It was the first lime he had eung In an
Episcopal choir, and he felt strangely out
of place In the vesimenU he wore. The
other choristers looked comfortable enough,
but the new one was sure he would trip
on the skirts of his cassock when he went
up the chancel steps, and he knew that If
he did not stop perspiring his clean linen
cotta would be sadly mued. The opening
prayer had been Intoned by the rector,
and the singers were in lir.e waiting for the
introduction to the piocesslunal to be
played, when one of the bastes whispered
in the new man's ear:
"You're a tenor, aren't you?"
"I suppose so," lie replied, "but I feel
like a twoepot" St. Louis Republic.
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Join In singing some of the old, familiar
songs. To the right Is the lake, with its
wharves and extensive array of all sorts of
boats. Sailboats, rowboata. canoes and
power boats are always present in pro
fusion, but the skilled clubmen easily steer
the boats into the clear water beyond,
where there Is ample room for all.
Beyond the club house one comes upon
the long row of cottages. No two are built
alike. Some are most pretentious and some
were built by the unskilled hands of office
boys who knew little of the use of the saw
and chisel, but in spite of that have
wrought a most comfortable abode.
The first residents ot the new city were
groups of boys who did their own cooking,
but it is different now. Entire families re
side at the lake, and several have closed
their homes in the city for the summer and
have moved, bag and baggage, to the lake.
Two Japanese cooks are among the attrac
tions of which the visitor is told on his trip
over the grounds. Back of the long row of
cottages stands the tented city. Some of
the cottages are models of comfort and
have been designed with skill which
shows experience In camping life. One has
the fireplace in the center of the room, with
the kitchen to one side and the den on the
other. It is so situated that a large group
may gather around tbe glowing embers.
These same fireplaces have been most wel
come so far this season, as many of the
nights have been extremely cold.
During prior years the affairs Of the
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from which guard kept their eyes on per
sons coming and going.
The newspapers made a great deal of
fun of these "chicken coops," as they were
called. Secret servlca men were at Presi
dent Cleveland's heels whenever he left
the White House, and thirteen of the regu
lar police force of Washington, most ot
them In citizen's dress, were constantly on
duty at the executive mansion. Mr. Cleve
land seemed to avoid appearing in publlo,
and resorted to many peculiar and danger
ous expedients to keep out of sight. For
lnstanos, whenever he would arrive at a
railway station here or was to leave the
city by rail, instead of doing as all other
presidents and blgh officials do enterlug
through the regular door in the usual man
ner he would have the White House car
riage driven to the Smithsonian grounds.
pleted In New York the sale of thousinos
of dollars' worth of Paris gowns smug
gled unsuccessfully in by women.
"It 1 poor economy, this smuggling, this
saving of the legal duty," Marshal Iienkel
said. "Poor economy, foolish economy. It
reminds tne of a Philadelphia woman.
"Worn out by the winter's gayeties, this
Philadelphia woman went to Atlantic City
to pass le.it restfully. She departed In a
very weuk, run-down condition, and her
husband was dreadfully shocked yet not
Incredulous, either when the received one
day this wire:
" 'Come down to Atlantic City at once,
I am dying Helen.'
'"Hie wretched man slammed dwn the
lid of h s drsk, grubbed his hai, and reached
Atlantic t'lty by the first cpri.
'In a ravishing t Vh t hia wife was at the
station to meet him with the hotel motor
'bus.
" 'But But' he stsmmered, 'what did you
mean by the telegram about dylnu?'
" 'Oh,' she exclaimed, laughing, 'I
wanted to say that I was dying to see you,
bu my ten words ran out, and 1 had to
stop,' " New Tork TUnes.
Adjuncts
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club were run rather loosely, with the U'ea,
of keeping down tho expi-nses. This year
a new plan was decided upon, the club wns
incorporated and the officers are compelled
to keep complete books and to keep thcru
up to date. A house secretary was eu
gaged, whose duty it is to be on hand to
keep the members Informed as to what
are their rights. Between the house secre
tary and the custodian and game warden,
the affairs of the club are kept running
most smoothly. Al Bloom, as secretary, is
most thorough in his work and President
John A. Scott, an ardent lover of the out
door life, looks after the affairs of the
club with a fatherly eye.
Weeds are quite a source of nuisance at
times at the lake, but Swift A Co. have
a large weed cutter for keeping down the
weeds In thut part of the lake where the
company wishes to harvest ice. Arrange
ments have been made with the company
whereby the cutter is worked more dil
igently and a larger surface of the lake
covered by the machine.
When the lake Is covered with Ice the
officers of the club haul many loads of
clean sand onto the Ice. When the Ice
melts this settles into the lake and forms
a fine bathing beach, which is used by tho
dwellers at the club and by club members.
A tennis court has been added to the assets
of the olub. Tennis players ean enjoy the
game to the fullest extent until toward
dusk and then take a cooling plunge into)
the lake.
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and board the train in the station yard.
To accomplish this the thua spirited
"seal browns" were driven across tbe
tracks where ordinary carriage were not
permitted to go, ofUn at great risk. Ton
coaohman frequently said Uiat ha neves'
drove there without fear of an accident.
It was known that the assassination est
Garfield by Oulteau bad naturally made
profound Impression upon Mr. Cleveland,
When Vice President Handrtuks died, Mb.
Cleveland did not accompany the remains,
to Indiana or attend the funeral. The
reason given was that Mr. Cleveland waa
not able to rid himself of a superstition
which seemed to haunt him, that he weald
meat a similar fate.
Famous silver ttte.
This account of Orover Cleveland's in
phatlo deliverance against the free coinage
of silver has been published in New York
on the authority of his law partner and
friend, Francis Lynde Stetson. The day
before the anti-free stiver mess meeting
al tho Cooper Union, New York City, which
he was unable to atteil, a friend called
on him at his office and asked htm If ho
intended sending a letter. "Your position
is recorded and known," said the friend,
"and I think If you said anything at thl
time. It would ciiUMS needless embarrass
ment to y iur friends." "I em a oitlzen ot
the United States," Mr. Cleveland said to
him. "I am a citizen of the state of New
York and the city of New York. Naturally
I ought to taku the part of a citizen in
the affulrs of the city, and especially upon
a matter which Is of so deep an import.
I regard the expression of an opinion In
this lube as of more lmportsnce than per
siji al mutters. It I said t hat I ought not
to to tin re, nor write a letter of any sort
Umn this matter of suprcinn lmportsnce,
bcr.iuse it mlKht embarrass my numlna
tlun. 1 am fci.lng tj v. 1 i'.j a letter to be
reud at that meeting, and the presidency
can go to l.ell."
"Mr. Cleveland did write his letter Is
history," said Mr. Btetsun. "In outspoksn
snd burning words he stated bis position,'
upon the silver movement. He wrote that
'the free coinage of sllvr le) wrong; ssad
netf '""jV liuUsaX ha XuTgottan ft."
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