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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 18. 1909. Gleanings from the Story Teller's Pack M Tbi Other Bid. " I brg your pardon. I've smoked these proceeded to divide his luncheon Into two R. St'ARLINGToN'B old class- clirara all ray life, and I tell you old Clay equal portion. But the peasant turned mate, atlll unmarried, waa mak- made a d sight better cigar than hla away In contempt, for the royal luncheon Inn her first rail after a long boya do." Chicago Inter-Ocean. consisted only of black bread and a laige trip abroad. Utile Ralph 8rar- raw onion. 'Rah!1' exclaimed tha boy, dls- llngton, f year of age, A Mercenary Wife. dainfully. "I thought you were a real gen- playlng with a woolly horse on Fr-ni, work, the venerable New York tleman. slsnor. but I see you are only a millionaire discussed. In hla distinctive poor beggar like myself, after all." way. International marriage. "Our girls don't marry men any more he suld, grimly. "They marry titles. rls in tl.awlng-room floor. "Ah, my dear Frances," sighed Mrs. Fparllngton, "I have often envied you while you were away. No cares. No responst bllltles. You are Indeed fortunate not to "BVn 1 cn.ngra. n seems, -.nee me .ia v . . .... ... die ages. heavy burden, of bringing up a child." a lady of Touralne who was wedded to a medieval "Won t you please say the rest of that count. The count went out from his In Ffenrh, mamma?" asked Ralph. castle one fine morning to meet the foe, "Were you listening, RafeyT" Inquired but toe defeated him his mother. prisoner. "Tes, mamma." replied the child. "And I'll tell you this It alnt't any cinch to be , brought up. ' Harper's Weekly. the Pitcher. Harry McCormlck, the Clients' star hit ter, replied with an anecdote to a com pliment on hla batting. "I could always bat," he said. "One Fourth, In my boyhood, a pitcher was I'eefnl .otea. The late Bishop Henry Codman Potter greatly objected to the use of notes. At one time he was addressing a number of young tho1o;l.ns on the Importance of not being too closely confined to a manu script. By way of Illustration he told the nd took him following anecdote about a clergyman who was called UDon to oflclate at a funeral: men me counts casne was Deseisred. "When the minister arrived at the town The countess was summoned to the bat- ,..,, . . ... , . ..,, ,. ,,-,, .... . , , where the deceased had lived he had Just tlements. J rom below a herald snouted .. . . . , , . , . . to nsr. time to make a few Inquiries about his ' 'Lady, your lord has been defeated ,rlt8 -nl achievements, the results of and Is now our prisoner. Surrender the 'hlch he not )d on a memorandum. His castle to us and he shall be restored to eulogy at the service, as reported, was you In safetly.' about as follow.!: "But the countess answered without an -our dear brother, whom we mourn '"""Ji'ml""--.. y- St rare character and ran .n.iiv nhi.m .nmh.r h.h. k. ability. He had the mental capacity of taken out or the box after I had knocked getting another castle Is quite a different ' referring to his notes Daniel Webster, a home run, and another pitcher was matter.' "New York Times. the tact of a' again consulting his memo- substituted, randum "Henry Clay, the pertinacity of a' "As I was taking a drink after my "! serrice. another reference t'lysses 8. Grant. We round of the bases I heard a pretty girl "ne 01 lne featest nuisances of traveling can oniy mourn with profound and sorrow ... I - a .ii.. m i a , in the grandstand say: ' lui regret now that he has gone to meet " 'Oh, how stupid of them to change eo1 commodity, and no menial service Is his' another reference to his notes 'God.' " their pitcher! The other man was awfully ,0 "m11 tor remuneration. An unusually ford. He could hit the bat nearly every ingenious plea ror a tip is that or a small time." New York Sun. Hibernian, mentioned by Mr. John Augus- 3 tus O'fihea In "Roundabout Recollections." Shooting; the Roosters. The author was traveling In Ireland. Joe Ryan, the Chicago story teller, was I drove down to the station on the faint In Hot Springs. Ark., a time ago. and met chance of catching the train to Dublin, a coal operator who told him a story of When I got out of the cab at the station two dealers at a gambling house there who a bright-faced boy accosted me. were Invited to go out and shoot ducks. "Ah. sure, sir, you've Just missed the nrPim ,, 7 . . Thev had never .hot anvthln them d..l .. u. ' , Harrlman with this naive inquiry .-. .- d li am, u tj no iu. era, but craps and patrons, and they were n true. I booked my luggage and nervous and not exactly up In what they ascertained when the next train would were to do. t leave. While I waa waiting the lad came They went to a hunting hut In the Till- up t0 m8 and ailked me for a tip. nols river and were told they were to rise "What for?" I asked. early in the morning and go out after tha ..gure, sir. I told you that you wera too ducks. They were so excited they couldn't ,atei n, unblushlngly responded. sleep, and about midnight one of them went out In front of the hut and taw a Charity that Bearlna Afar. large number of wooden decoy ducks float- "i dined with Colonel James Hamilton Ing In the water. He rushed bark, got his Lewis at the Hotel flu Pallas in Paris last Ye lowstone lalional Park Harrlman Ootwlta Wa. The wily Wu Ting-fang, the minister from China, whose frank and penetrating questionings have made him the Joy of newspaper men and the bane of the dip lomat, for once met his match in a brief encounter with E. H. Harrlman, the rail road magnate. Mr. Wu opened on Mr. gun and began firing at the decoys. His companion, startled by the sound. had iUKt ot bBck from the Far East- Ho "How did you get control of all these railroads? What did you do?" Mr. Harrlman smiled and replied: "I can answer you best by a story about a prominent capitalist whom I once met. He was summoned to court as a witness and was being questioned aa to his per sonal affairs. " 'What la your salary?' asked the court. " 'Nothing,' was the unexpected answer. " 'Well, what Is your Income from all month," said a Chlcagoan. "Colonel Lewis aources, then?' continued the court, came out and took one look. Then he said China would soon start a crusade eoreamed: "Htop It, stop It, you lunatic! " " , UlIIID. " "Nothing," maintained the witness. " "What, do you mean to say you have no Income whatever?' " "Yes.' " 'How much do you spend In a year?" " 'About $00,000 or so.' " 'If you have no Income, yet spend JiSO, 000 a year, how do you do It?' was tho sharp rejoinder. " 'Ah!' was the response, 'that la mv The I'nconquerable Foe. r" snooting uie poosters. -Cleveland Colonel Lewis praised the missionaries In Lead,r' China, but at the same time ho thought ' 4 that missionary work should begin at It Held tha Governor Awhile. home. He thought we had enough mis Theodore Hallam, one of Kentucky's slonary work In our midst to keep us most able lawyers, was often provoked to fairly busy a few years yet. desperation by the play his friends made "He said two poor women were talking, on his name, Dallam had borne allusions One asked the other: without end to the "Middle Ages," "Con- "'Where did you get that pretty dress ecreU sMtutlonal Law" and the rest of It, when for the baby? It's most as good as now.' one day In Washington he was Introduced " 'The rich folks on the corner gave It to Governor Hokk of Texas. to m tho snutr "Hallam? Hallam?" the governor queried. " 'Why.' said the first woman, "I've Jonn BriB"ht once described the variety "Arc you the original?" asked them for'' help several times, but of tage fright with which he was familiar "No, Governor Hope." replied Hallam, tlity always turned me down cold.' with telling and Quotable Dolnt. He wa. Are you 7 -Rochester Herald. "'Well, you see.' explained the other. "I Hiin. ..kii . ... tllwcJ ?n- an T' Kn8,l8hman of h's tha heathen.' " dtty' when. according to a paragraph In the late David Christie Murray's "Recol- A King's Fraaal Meal. lections," he said: There are few more democratic monarch "Tell me. Friend Georare. von hi l Thank you, but I smoke only one brand ' today than King Victor of Italy. He suppose, as large an experience in public the Henry Clay." la very fond of going out chamois hunting speaking as any man In England. Have "All right; I'll order some." quite unattended, and one day he met with you any acquaintance with the old nervous The box was brought. It was' embel- n amusing experience. He had shot a tremor?" lished with the familiar picture of "Harry chamois, and a peasant boy, who had deen "No," Dawson replied, "or, If I have It m ine west. as ne iook nis cigar, lord me animal ran, offered to go and fetch It. Is a mere monetary qualm, which Is Blank said, "When old Clay was alive ho The king thanked him, but the lad Inquired before I can realize it." y made a good cigar, but hla sons don't what was to be hia reward. "Well, what "Now, for my part," said the great keen, up hla reputation." do you want?" asked King Victor. "A tribune. "I have had practice enough, but "Henry Clay! Why. he dldnV make frano and half your luncheon," was the re- I have never risen to address an audlenco, cigar; he was a tateman and ranked ply. The bargain waa struck, and tha large or small, without experiencing a' a high with u aa Gladstone or John peasant went off and fetched the dead shaking at the knees and a sense of a Bright doe In your country." chamois. The king handed him a franc and scientific vacuum behind the waistcoat." He Knew ibe Brand. Krskln M. Phelps of Chicago waa in troduced at Nice to Lord Blank of Eng land. A he waa smoking he said to Lord Blank, "Will you have a cigar?" gone "It is the most wonderful region in the world. It holds more marvels, more beauties, more surprises than any Other in the WOrld." (The Book nfa Hundred JDear$.)-By F. DUMONT SMITH. See the Park for Yourself IffiiiKM uuuuu 0) 0 y u u "The Safe Road to Travel" Which will take you to Yellowstone, Montana, right at the edge of the park, and only 19 miles from Fountain Hotel, Lower Geyser Basin. Electric Block Signal Protection. Dining Car Meals and Service "Best in the World." Dustloss Roadbed. Perfect Track. For beautiful, descriptive literature and full information relative to rates, routes, etc., call on or address CITY TICKET OFFICE, 1324 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. FIiones-I3ell, Doug. 1828; Ind. A.3231. L 1Z ICZ3 Expert Advice on How to Keep a Scrap Book One of our readers writes to Inquire develop together, expanding, ramifying of a card Index. The alphabetical sys- the best way to keep a scrap-book. It is Rn(1 rearranging, until some day comes tern of classification Is the poorest of ail. a lucky accident that the letter was sent the occasion or the central thought, and You never can remember whether tho to us instead of to somebody else because tn, whole mM of materla, arrlvo, at U statistics of liquor licenses In Maine are this la one- of the things that we think conscious reason for existence. Moblllza- under P, T or S. mo.,knrTnundo Z-tZZ'Jn I!?!. l'n " re",lon mu" b continuous When you see an article In a magarine most peopj. do not at least we can give proceMM and tnat why we obJect to that you want to k tear our correspondent the three fund.men a ,uon a ,catterIn, of force8 as , lnvolved that Jf th8 1 principle, of .cr.p-bookkeeplng and le ,n th. .y.tem uaed by many person, whom The only exception to this rule 1. tho .'vTtem Z. not wort not'our oth"w," th" "P Independent, which for obvious reasons i, t, .1 of chlrv note. In a card index, letters in letter files, should always be kept Intact and bound fault. A. the professor of chemistry I. cllpplng8 , BCrap.lKoU, and pamphIeta , every half year But ca accustomed to say to his class, "Gentle- hoM m . . ' .uui unusually careful and helpful children. etd of Lenox. They went to East Lee you can work out your own system of to live. When the wtr broke out Hccox . :. .. . , . . was working a. a blacksmith in a shop class flcatlon and index and era.. i Index ad libitum. But unless you have the Th Ue men -nd stamina to keep up a dairy do not under- day they M Great Barrlngton take a card index. end enll8ted. We do not say that the old-fashioned George wa8 assgne(l to Company K. scrap-book has not its uses. You will th(rty.f0urth Massachusetts Infintry. Af flnd It convenient, for example, to keep ter ons ot ttg Dattles George Hecox was one, as handsomely bound as you please, reported missing. He had served three as a sort of family record, for auch kindly years and was wounded and sent to the references as it has pleased .the press hlspltal. Before he recovered the war was from time to time to bestow on you and over. yours. You may put Into It the praise why he did not return to Lee no one your book or your speech received, the bUt Hecox knows, and he won't discuss It. biographical sketches of yourself, the ban- Eight years passed following the war, and que.ts you have attended, and all such one day Hecox met. a friend in New York, memorabilia, for the purpose of cheering The soldier said he was going to Lee and your declining years and of handing It was Informed that his wife, believing him down to posterity, for you may be sure dead, had married Timothy Tucker. Hecox that your grandchildren will pore over It disappeared again. as frequently and lovingly as you do over Two years ago Tucker, Mrs. Hecox's - . . . . x M -W. tr,.n,ai. your grandfather's letter book.-Nw York second nuBDana, aiea ua . u.n.,. Independent. men, the experiment has failed, but the principle remains the same." The primary requisite, of a useful sys tem of scrap-keeping are, first, celerity; aecond. mobility; third, classification by subjects. The scrap-book In any form 1. practically ruled out of consid eration by all three rules, for It require, some bother to paste clippings In a scrap- book, even If ready gummed, and still The best way of keeping together all member the article you saved it for if you the material on a given subject, "printed d'1. P"t It in the envelope before you or written or partly printed and partly 1&y It down. When an editor who really written," as the lawyer, .ay, 1. to put It deserve, the name of enterprising appoars in manlla envelopes and these In a vertl- on earth, he will publish his magazine In cal letter file. The envelopes should be s,,ch tnrm that by cutting a thread at large enough to hold typewriter paper un- the back It will fall apart into sections, folded, that is, about 9 by HVt Inches. ach of slnsle article, marked with a Some will prefer the folder, without .Idea, Hewey number and ready to be filed with more to take them out for rearrangement. ,uch " r n.lly used In filing let- other, on tho same topic In a binding or and It WMnm the clinnlno from all "" " i-mi-iopea. aa oring a m- matter in other forma bearing on the am subject. The data that one col lect, in the course ot weeks or year, for tome article or lecture come In all forma, n.mnhleta minilnt articles. . newsoaoer clippings, letters note. and. perhaps. ,lrd- 0r can mk yur wn b t0 maps, diagrams and pictures. It la of flt ,he "lone. nd get some kind friend the utmoat Importance that these be to Pvograph or carve It with your book brought together. To keep them In dlf- pla,e- Th envelopes may be saved from ferent place, because they happen to be tho man, ,a8t nouh lf ou d not c In various shapes Is like classifying a t0 buy ,hem- library by putting the octavos in one case The best system of classification and and the duodecimos In another, or ar- arranpement for most people Is none at ranging them according to the color of aU- When you cut a paragraph from a their binding.. With books. In fact. It doe. PP' or copy a quotation or note a ref not o much matter, for few of u. are erence or Invent an epigram, run your blest with uch a large number of them nand elong the top of the envelopes, read that we cannot fina the one we want In ''lr content, until you Instinctively the dark, but .rrapa and clipping are i"l thone where It belongs, drop it In more numerous, more fugitive and more nd wr' the attle or key-word of it on valuable than books. A book that 1 lost the envelope. If It does not seem to be can uaually be leplaced for a dollar or lmlntly attracted by any ot the exlst ao. but an item you cut from an unknown envelopes, do not hesitate to give It newspaper or a note you Jotted down a la of Its own and it will not long remain Pope on th back of .an envelope may lonely. Hut.dreds of envelope, and thou be worth much mora to you and Is Irre- sands of scraps can bo kept acceslble at coverable. Formerly librarians In large moment', notice. The only points to libraries used to despise pamphlets, while D observed are to list every Item, how clippings were altogether beneath their 'ver small, in the envelope unlesa already tlce. ' Nowadaya they no longer de- covered by a title there, and to scratch It lse pamphlets, they merely hate them, out when you remove It. A clipping on and they are beginning to take notice of divorces In France would be safely lost clippings. The extension department of ln n envelope marked "Sociology, con the University of Wisconsin, which pav. tlnued." but if It la In an envelope with particular attention to .upplylng the " Divorce. In France" written on it you lyceuma ot the state with material for " It no matter what Its companions their debatea on current toplca. aend. out rnv be. When you get hold, no matter for thla purpoe chiefly bund'.ea of news- how. of a good atory, illustrating, say, paper clipping, and magasine articles on partisanship In politics, do not put It Into both aides of a question. One of tha envelope marked "Humorou. Ill," but moat valuable of the asset, of a large I one containing .erne other political ma dally I. it. "morgue." which, .tartlng a. terial. however aerloua, and acrlbble "Party a. repository for obituary material col- Politic (Anecdote)" on the outside; then iected ln advance of the occasion for It. he" you are called upon .uddonly for uae, ha. become an elaborate clipping bu- toa.t. a. you usually are, there are the reau In eonatant requisition. In fact, it "ory and IU point side by lde. may be aald that tha morgue contain, the It ou inalst on having a system of live matter and the library tha dead. . claasiflcatlon, a framework for all future One rarely know. In advanoe Juat why accumulation., get the abridged edition of ha la aollMMlnr alone- a certain line: it la the Dewey Decimal Classification, and .ort of Instinct llkV That of a aqulrrel Install a set ot ten or a hundred en gathering nut. for winter. It may turn velope.. with the., number., which will out a mom and it may turn eut a sermon, probably be the aame aa thorn used in your THE OLD MAN CAME BACK Wandering: Hnsliand Dura the Enoch Arden Act After Forty-Klabt Years. began to receive aid from an unknown source. Money came regularly to her. On Tuesday Just at sunset a white-haired man rapped on the door at Mrs. Tucker-, home. A woman gray with years opened the door. "Doe. Mr.. Tucker live here?" aaked the stranger. "Yes," replied the woman. "I am Mrs. George Hecox, who went away from Tucker." Lee, Mass., in 1861, a sprightly youth of The man looked at her for a moment and 21, and leaving a young wife, has Just re- then said: turned to tho home of his. wife after an "Well, Mary, I've come home." absence of forty-eight years. Mrs. Tucker gave a scream and nearly In the meantime Mrs. Hecox, believing fainted. Hecox assisted her to a seat on her husband dead, had married and lived the porch, and there they talked for an to become a widow. hour. All Hecox will say about his long It Is a modern Enoch Arden story, some absence Is that he has been successful In details of It as vet beine obscure becauno buxlneKS In the south and that he and tie easier of access. Ifcllppln gs alone or course, if you hare nothing to do cf the refusal of Hecox to talk of his long his wife are well provided for. He plans the easier of access. If clippings alone, but keep a scrap-book, or lf you have a absence. to purchase a house ln East Lee and live inchea. holding a column, is more con- private secretary or a large family of George Hecox in 1S69 married Mary Can- there his remaining days. Boston Herald, venlent. 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