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r 77 T Tr TI1K OMAHA SUNDAY WV.Wx MAY 1!M0. German Veterans Journey Back to Fatherland as Honor Guests IX veterans of the. German army. residents of Omaha and vicinity and members of tho Luhdwthr Vpreln of Omaha, sailed from New York on Friday nn board the Hamburg liner Pennsyl- 'iiiii.l fin- Germany, tu participate In the reunion of the German Landwehr In Ber I In. The. party consists if Fritz Ktarker, Max Geier, Frit Zotzinun of Omaha, Jacob Nctimaypr of Council Dluffs, Wil liam Kaschko of Koiith Omaha and A. Llhticmun of Paplllion, the latter bring ac ( ompanled by Mn, I.lniipman. Tho de parture of tho veterans for the Fatherland was made a memorable occasion by thn Omaha Landwehr Vereln, which accom panied the veterans to the train In a body with the Oerman and American flags fly ing and the organisation in uniform. Th veterans wore their "Jron Cross" badges, tho badge of distinction that la most highly reverenced by the German soldier, bh it la the evidence of his having served In the wars that biought about the unification ot the German empire. Tho "Iron Cross" I In the form of the Maltese cross) and la suspended from a bronze pen ilant resing on the German colors. f Two of the veterans nerved In the Ger-mmi-Austrian war of the early '00s. snd the others were veterans of the Franco Prussian war of 1870-71. The I.andwehr 'cifln of America has been specially In vited lo attend the decennary reunion of I hi? German war veterans by Kmperor Wil liam, and about 2U0 of the American Ger man veterans have accepted the Invitation, The trip across the water has been ar tangrd for by the Central Bund of the German soldiers of the United States. In this they have been materially assisted by the Hamburg steamship line, which has given the veterans a much reduced rate for the trip. The German-Americans will be received at Hamburg by their comrades of the German Landwehr with Imposing cere monies, at which a apodal representative of the emperor will be present. The great reunion will take place in Berlin July 4, and will be one of the most elaborate af fairs of Ita kind ever held In Germany. Some Light and Sunny Views of World Wide UN late Mark Twain' fondness I for all things KngllBh was well I I known, relates the London M r. mt. wuvii lit visueu whh country on one occasion he paid a charming compliment to her majtsty. Queen Alexandra. "I think it Is not an exaggeration to say that the queen looks as young and beautiful as she did thirty-five years ago, whtn I saw .her firat," wrote the famous humorist. "I did not say this to her, because I learned long ago never to say the obvious thing, but leave the obvious thing to commonplace and Inexperienced people to aay. That she till looks to me as young and .beautiful as she looked thirty-five years ago Is goad evidence that ten thousand people have al ready noticed this, and have mentioned It to her. I conid have said it and spoken the truth, but I have been too wise for that. I have kept the remark unuttered, and have saved her majesty the vexation of hearing It the tn thousand and onth time." The following, gent in roply to a latter of congratulation on an anniversary of his birth by an Kngllsh school girl, Is a charm- In and delightful Illustration of the cental attitude and never falling kindness of the world's greatest humorist toward children: "Indeed, yes, Miss Nettie B , and I thank you for thinking of It. An attention from a achool girl gratifies ma more than tlifi like from any other source. ' I am 7. and grandchlldless, and so one would ex pect the whole left-hand compartment of my heart to be empty, cavernous and deso late, .but It isn't not by any moans b cause 1 fill it up with little school girls fciich a i you." ' '' Th above was written on the back of a photo of Mark Twain's residence at Rcd dington and labeled "Innocence ut Horn.." Sinall Weather Imminent. . On one occasion, relates the Popular Magazine. Prof. Wl'lis Luther Moore, head of the United States weather . bureau, traveled from Washington to New York in a smoking compartment with three men who, when he encountered them, were busily engaged in roasting the very bureau of which Moore was the chief. , "Why, that fellow Moore," said one of the strangers, "ought to be run out of tho government service. He always predicts, but he's generally wrong." "He's a dub, llko all the rest of those fellows," said the second, apparently In dicating with a rwecp of his hand th. whole government service. , "Iiok what be did last inauguration di'yi" chimed In the third. "Said it would bo clear, and we had enough snow to tie up every railroad sjstem In the country." Moore, who has a s.nse of humor, got into the roasting bee at this moment. "Uotten!" he said, emphatically. I'd like lo timet that fellow and tell him what 1 really think of hlm." . "But he's got the farmers bluffed," con ceded th second speaker. And so the abuse was heaped on the professor for more than 100 miles, Moore himself helping In the tirade. Before It was over the weather bureau and all con- neclod with it bad been put in the pan or tunk the mulch is made by dumping In and masted to a rich dark brown. a certain quantity of lime that has beei When the party left tho train Moore chemically trea.ted. This material, called culled a laxlcab, and so did the other hypochlorite, conies from Wyandotte, Mich three. Just as the professor stepped into and Is now produced in quite large quanti- hls vehicle and left his companions stand- ing on the sidewalk he handed them his cara, on which was engraved. 'Willis L. Moora. chief of the weather buicau, U. S. A.' Drlstow, m Man of Figures. The recent attack nu.de by United States Senator Brlstow, a Kansss insurgent, on the railroads, alleging freight rate dis crimination in favor of Baltimore, recalls something told me last winter In Kansas by one of Brlslow's insurgent friends, re lates the Baltimore Sun. "Do you know how Brlstow got to be senator?" "I do not." I replied, though I had met Joseph and found him' an utterly Immune person so far as humor la concerned Well, he got up on the stump everywhere be pared In Kansas and quoted flgur?a. Where on earth ha got those figures nobody knows. I do not even know what they related to or what they meant. But they were figures, copious figures, doing's of figures oodles of figures. And then more figures. He quoted the,m as glibly as It he were saying the multiplication table, and he never cracked a smile when he did It His eves showed the whites all aro.ir.,1 H, pupils when he did It. that tnd Ms brlatllng mustache and gay Prince Albert and long arms giving him an air of profound and Incurable neatness. What chance had hi. opponent? He couldn't dispute the figure. Neither could anybody else, for nobodji knew a thing about them. Things w cannot dispute are convincing. Therefore, llilstow's opponent went down In lgnomlnt- cus defeat before the onslaught of that avalanche of figures. I've often wondered blnce whore Joe got them or what they refoirod to, V-ut I've been atrald to ask bi in. Th.y were gowd. UJcful figures, 1 t i. The vetetans will be specially honored by the German army In a grand review given In their honor, and they will be lavishly entertained at the nation's expense while In Berlin. The German-Americans will also be made the recipients of special attention and honor In all the German communities though, for they sure delivered to him the senatorship.' How Gage Was Spared. The stories of ruptures In the cabinet which are being much circulated lately bring to mind the fact that Lyman J. Gage was nearly driven out of the Ml Klnley cabinet by newspaper reports. After Mr. Gage had been In the cabinet for a time, reports the Washington Times, an Influential paper appeared with per sistent reports that President McKinley wanted to get rid of Gage, but had found no to let hlm know the fact dell- lately One story after another of that sort ap- peared until finally Gage one morning picked up a clipping telling how McKinley wanted him out and immediately thrut it into an envelope with a note In which he said: "Mr. President, if you want me to leave the-cablnet you need not go to the news papers to tell me so." Mr. Gage was about to seal up the en- velope and address it to the White House when he showed it to a close friend, who told him not to send it and that Presldont McKinley knew nothing of the stories of retirement. Gage took the advice, tore up the note and envelope and saved what 1 1 it in ?r rv iiTTT.-' i - y Expert Improves the City's AVE you noticed an improvement In tne Omaha city water? Not in its color or consistency, but In lis quality. An Improvement should be due about this time, for l)r. John L. Le-al now hua H hi hypochlorite of lime solution at work. Dr. Leal is the expert from New Jersey, brought to Omaha by the wuter company In an effort to improve materially the Qual ity of the city water. He has made good his claims In other cities where he has su perintended the installation of his schema of purification and a good many cities In tho east and south now huve chlorinatlon p. ants In operation. Preparatory to the experiment now being tried at the Florence and Burt street pump ing btatlons. Dr. Leal came to Omaha and examined Into the situation In March. He told the company he could purify the city water to a point where the number of bac teria would be cut down to an almost in finltesf imal number per cubic centimeter, which Is aoout twenty drops of water. Go ing back to his home In the east, Dr. Leal prepared and forwarded plans to the water company, which proceeded to construct two sets of tanks at the settling basins for the mixing of the chemicals and Introducing It Into the water. At both the Florenco and Burt street sta tions temporary structures have been built to inclose the mixing tanks. The latter are large boxes built of two-Inch lumber, about as big as an ordinary dry goods box. One Is set above the other and In the upper box ties for the use of cities and private water companies. In the muIchltiK tank enouch hvnochlorita la placed to make a sort of paste when mixed with wi ter. Then the mixture is al- lowed to flow into the lower tank, where It Is thoroughly stirred with an Increasing quantity of water until the proper solution results. Tha solution Is then let out into stralners at the bottom and from this point la led through a pipe to a small tank dl- rectly over an Intake welk This small tank, equipped with a very competent little valve and float contrlv- ance, Is the mechanical bora of the Job. When set at the proper notch Just so much of th olutlon ls ""owed to pass into the settling basin every hour und not one drop mr" than U cunHllele'1 necessary can get through. At the Burt street station this quanllty of solution put into the water Is 31.7 gallons per hour, while at the Florence tat Ion the quantity is l.'l gallons per hour, The Burt street station has a capacity of J.-OO.OOO gallons per day and tho Florence station has a capacity of 18,000,000 gallons. Where the solution enters the general body of water It has a pale, limelike color. ,1l to tho unltlated looks anything but Im Prs'v- " does the work planned for It. lio9Vfr- according to all reports, HUPs"rinteneient A. B. Hunt of the water C(,mnan' hj" given his personal supcrvl- '",'on ih" building and arrangement of the "h'P" houses and tanks, and keeps close 'tch on their operation, with a clerk who careful record of material used and ,Be lo 11 ,hat quantity of lime used Is corret"t n the solution I always "Just .' In thx t'-ks-r-t - will nnl.r i.i ii. I eompany 11 i...i ma nypo was fust turned luto th water at Floruc - I . ;. I lr .... r.J r U ' 7 .I. ,,-4."V -i i. i V . UV ' lr - (4 O O II HIIII1I aUMiaWiiaMlBMMMlllWIIJI II I I I QTTAHA. HEJTBEBS or THE XAM)-WEHRVEREIN they may vis't The American travelers will not all return borne together. Throo or four tif the Omaha party will visit in Germany for three or four month. The Landwehr Is that part of the Ger man army which has completed the usual military service exacted of all German would 'have unquestionably been a break in the cabinet. Tivnln's Tobacco Habit. A cigar shop man for many years was employed in New York notso far from Murk Twaln'B home In Fifth avenue. Talk ing of the humorist for Twain used to visit the New York store almost daily the man said: He used to be remarkable smoker, uui i uu u i iiiini. iic nau an lame m enjoy the best tobacco. Again and again I have seen him buy some of the most villainous cigars that were ever buiil. We dld stop hlm once though with some goods . . . with which we had been stuck. These cigars had attractive labels and a Span- Ish name, but they were unspeakable when they began to burn. "One duy Mr. Clemens bought a pocket ful and went off. The next time be came: In I asked him what he thought of the ciKar naming the brand. " 'Young man,' he said, 'they smoked liked a clergyman's discarded habits." " Ovcrrnliuw the Motion. James M. Beck, former federal district attorney for eastern Petinsy vania, later assistant attorney general of the United States, -and now a tower of legal strength the Burt street plant the solution was first connected with the water on Thursday, May 5. at 2:30 o'clock. From then on the Leal solution has been steadily flowing nt0 1hB settling basins, day and night And as a result the city bacteriologist has submitted to Health Commissioner Connell reports Indicating that the bacteria army ' being put to rout, is vanishing In very satisfactory fashion. The lime is burning tna llfo out of the small, but dangerous pin olnt atoms with tbe big name, There are much more elaborate chlorlna- tlon plants in operation that the two now working In Omaha, but Dr. Leal says in his quiet way that the temporary tanks built here will suffice to show that his process will do what he claims for it. The expert Is more of the business man than the scientist in appearance, but a short con- versatlon with him convinces one that he knows his work and ls a master of it. He will talk chlorinatlon until the cows come home, but always in the spirit of the eare- ful person who wants no extraordinary at- tributes attached to himself or his achieve- ments. During the heavy rain of Thurs- day he was as busy as a bee, with Superin- tendent Hunt and his staff, at the river station, and turned on the solution when the flrbt batch was mixed with a satisfac tion and assurance that was delightful to witness. In a good many cities, notably Nahvllle. Tenn., the conditions are practically similar to those existing in Omaha, th,! water belr.g pumped from the Cumberland river, which Is turbid and th. baelal content very high. In he Nashville plant sulphate of alumina station on Tuesday. May S. at t p. m. At was first used, and afterward the chlorlna- tlon process was added, with distinctly satisfactory results. There, as In Omaha. t raw water showed a number of bae- .... .... teria entirely too nigh for th peace of minq of in eopis in control. The treated waUr Is very much better ever since the Ll, .. "" '. - i'V'T ' j IfI ' ' t ' ' 1 ' - r'i?x W ' ' if r - . ' i TT J t C hlrrrti ' ') ' f p n i " m-W r''.'. ! ' I- 7Ts, y -,Jf . - j Ml VVHEN THE CHEMICAL IS iVPPLlE -i3y ' AJ 1' 1 i Tim citizens capable of bearing arms, and Is der this service to the emperor, but should have returned to their native land, and exempt from duty In time of peace, except he lack any part of It. though he leave when It was found that they had not that members may be occasionally called tho country and become naturalized else- completed their term of compulsory mill out for drill. This compulsory service where and return to his native laud, he tary service, they were forced back Into covers a period of from three to five years is liable to artfst and may be compelled the army, sent to the front and treated In periods of a few to several months of to complete hie compulsory service. There with almost as great severity as de each year. Kvery male German must ren- have been cases where German young men setters. for some of the country's largest corporate interests, has a very pretty wit which is ready with repartee even in cases where humor might well be expected not to flour- ish. As an instance of Mr. Beck's aptness Is related what occurred when he was cross- Ing tho Atlantic last fall In company with a distinguished member of the bench. Mr. Beck Is rather susceptible to aeasicknea- und on the second day out traveling w somewhat rnusrh. As he leaned over tne - - xteamship rail dlsconbolately, his friend tn Judge approached and asked In the superior tune assumed by those Immune of mal-dc- mer: "Feeling bad, eh, Jimmy? Can I do any thing for you?" Mr. Beck drew himself up lo the top of his stature and said in formal tones: "Yes, your honor. I would like you to overrule this motion!" Twain's TrHnTte to His Wlf. Mark Twain has thus spoken of his wife In his autobiography: "I saw her first in the form of an Ivory miniature, in her brother Charley's slate- room in the steamer Quaker City, in the She waa always cheerful; and she was al- And our village was not a kissing commun Bay of Smyrna, in the summer of 13.7, ways able to communicate her cheerfulness Ity. .The kissing and caressing ended with when she was In her 22d year. I saw her in the flesh for the first itme In New York . I m 1 1 . J. ICSIRIOR O- THE chlorinatlon process was started, and the reports of Dr. Langfeld In the local Inves- tlgatlon are expected to continue to show Improvement that will reassuie the water users to a veiy api.'iluble extent. In turbidity leading at Nashville, when in the following December. .She was s'.ender and beautiful and girlish, and she was both girl and woman. She remained both girl and woman to the last of her life. fnder a grave and gentle exterior . ii.i.i- . i... burned Inextlngul-hable fires of sympathy. ene,.gVi devotion, enthusiasm and absolutely mtiegs affection. She was always frail ,n body u1(l 8he lh,.d upon hpr gl,llt ,O!i0 h))pefuineve, anj COUrage wera indosLrucll- K. r,r-r... -, .,. i,,.i.. -..!.-, . - .... . . canoor were uuaiuics oi nor cnaracier or were eiuailtlca of her character which were born with her. Her Judgment of people and thinga were sure and uceu- rate. Her Intuitions almcut never deceived her. In her Judgments of tha characters ard acts of both friendi and strangers there was always room for charity, und this charity never failed. "I have compared and contrasted her with hundreds of persons, and my conviction re- mains that hers was the most perfect char- acter I have aver met. And I may add that she was the most wlnnlngly dignified person I have ever known. Her character and disposition were of the sort that not only invites worship, but commands it. to others. "Purlng the nine years that we spent in Supply tha cblui inatlon proeess was first star(ev there, the minimum depth ut vvh'ch the platinum w ire cuuld le read v. lien the water was muddy ua Ulioat i mill . uli'l niaxlmui.i oepth wt.en the- viutw vi aj fa.rly clear was ui.n. la tUj tituicd water Noted Personages poverty and debt, she was always able to , nut .,f mv denalr. and find a bright side to the clouds, and make me see it. In all that time I never knew her to ut- ter a word of regret concerning our altered . ji.i i i,.,,.. h,. -i,iM,.n circumFtances, nor did I know her children to do the like. For tlie taught them and they drew their fortitude from her. The love which she bestowed upon those whom she loved took the form of worship, and In th.i f,.im it rn returneri relume, I hv rel- atives, ... ..i j a .u- . i, kho". iiicmmn " household. It was a strange combination which wrought into one Individual, so to fpeak, by marriage her disposition and character and mine. ".c,he poured out her prodigal affections in kia-es and caresses, and in a vocabulary of endearments whose profusion was al- ways an astonishment to me. "l was born reserved as to endearments of speech and caresses, and hers broke upon me as the summer waves break upon Gibraltar. I was reared In that atmosphere of reserve. I never knew a member ot my father's family to kiss another member of It except once, and that was at a deathbed. courtship along with the deadly piano play- ing of that day. of Water r wire the n.inl nurn depth at which the could be read was 1.3.' 7 mm., and tho maximum depth was 3 7uS mm These leneficent futures will serve to indicate I he I effect of the chimin jtiuii treatment on muddy nUt Another blanch of the tinman tnllit.iiy iespri's known as the Lands! rum. whlilx Is the last hi arch of the resprvea called out. Is composed largely of old mm not. eligible fur active military service and am called upon as a last resort. Neither tho I.andwehr nor l.amlstrum are the equiva lent of the American organised militia, but are nn Institution peculiar to the Ger man conditions and Institutions. They are really social organisations, but of a dis tinct mllltaiy cast, and in some localities' closely resemble sumo of tho American fraternal societies, having Insurance bene fits. Tho I.amlwi'hr Vereln la a strong Insti tution In tho Itnlted Slates, and la governed by the Central Hum!, with headituartei s in New York. It Is divided into two or three branches. Notably, the fiermau soldier who Iihs seen active servle In tlm German wars, and Is thereby a member of the Iron Cross branch. Tho I.andwehr und I.andstriun, men w ho have clearance papeis from the German I.andwehr or German I.andstrum for having completed the full term of compulsory service, und still an other branch that left Germany beforu completing their term of .mpulsory service. An instance Is related of hii Omaha Ger man who had not completed his term ot I compulsory service In Germany, wanting but a few months of Its completion. Ha voluntarily returned to tiermany and sur rendered himself to the local military authorities, and notwithstanding the fact that he wan a naturalined A.Ttr.iican cillren, he renounced his American allegiance for the time, served out his uncompleted term In the German army, was honorably dis charged and permitted to return to Amer ica without hindrance. He Is one of thi most loyal and enthusiastic of the Omaha I.andwehr Vereln. A movement Is on foot to hold the an nual convention of the Central Bund, op Nutiotial Landwehr Vereln In Omaha In 1911. It will mean one of the grandest gatherings of Germun soldiers ever held In America. An effort will also bo made, to have pressnt on that occasion one ot the representatives of tho German royal family. "She had the heart-free laugh of a girl. It came seldom, but when it broke upon 1 the ear It was as Inspiring as music. I heard It for the last time when she had been occupying her sickbed for more than, -W a year, and 1 made a written noto of It at I a year, and I made a written noto of it al the time a note not to bo repeated." . Kitchener n Mere rteerult. "I trust it was only persiflage the words of a host to a guest when Governor GU lot spoke of Geenral Kitchener at the re ception In San Francisco as the greatest living gen?ral In the world," says a corres pondent of the Los Angeles Times. "Any day you can Bee on the streets of Los Angeles a sturdy old trooper whosei war record throws Kitchener back In the recruit class. General Chaffee knows mor about soldiering and has been In mora fights than Kitchener ever heard of. H has had more bullets shot at him than Kitchener ever saw plied up In ammunition boxes. "The glorious victory at Omdurman, ,1 r h Z rt h " Z? "eartl0,18r UP"? when Kitchener's troops cut down an army his machine guns with their crary old water pipe rifles, may have been a great feat of arms; but you will have to show me. General Chaffee has been In a dozen Tndian fights that the world at large never heard of, but which were fiercer by fat" than the victory over the dervishes, be cause our Indians were trained and al most Indomitable fighting men. "Kitchener Is the earl of Khartum and Kandahar, and then some; General Chaffee is a member of the Board of Public; Works." IInw Caruso "OIU I n." An ex-super relates In Harper's weeklyt Hack of the throne we waited with palpi tating hearts for our "debut" In opera. Our attention was attracted by the en trance of the great Caruso, accompanied by his valet, carrying a towel, a glass nf water and an atomizer. Then he began tn "oil up." He "honked" the rubber bulb on the atomizer, and sprayed his throat and nose repeatedly. Then "E ah," he snorted. "Ah ah, e e," as lie tried his voice. After this a gargle. His attendant gave hlm a small phial, which ho tucked away in his bosom. Surely, we thought, he must be ready now; but no one more gargle, and then dipping his fingers Into the glass of water he moistened his nostrils. "Now, gentlemen, ready!" "One two three," commanded the stage director, and we boosted Radame's chair with tho pr clous load on to our shoulders. Jim looked at me and I looked at Jim. It was appalingly heavy, and we two were gelling all the weight; some of the other "supes" were either underslze-d, or were ducking under the burden, but we sallied . forth, shaking and trembling in our knees p .Caruso pounded on the floor of the chair with his staff and we halted. The king then rose on his throne and sang a few word of welcome. Another tap of the staff and we brought the hero down slowly; one two three. Again lifting the pnodprous, but now empty chair to our shoulders, we marched offstage. Then, grabbing Amon asro (Scott) by the arms, we re-entered, restraining him In his rush on to the stage. As often as I have heard Caruso In Alda, I have never failed to see hlm "oil up." Kven while the act is In progress, and h turns in despair after having Amneria thrust upon hlm us a wife, the tenor. In, raising his hands to his head, takes front his bosom the little, phial and swallows Its) contents surreptitiously so far as tho audi ence Is concerned, though In full sight of the ballet and the "supers." Then, turn ing again, he Is Hadames, singing as fer vently as ever. Sometimes, while standing thus, he made us laugh with his funny faces of mock despair. Gladstone as Prime Minister. In the course of a description of tha monuments of Westminster Abbey before the London Geographical society. Lord Kversley pointed out that he not only se lected the Haconrield site In the sacred edifice, but he wrote the epitaph. It read: "Krected by Parliament In memory ol Lord Peacmisfleld, twlc prime minister." He remembered ut the time that In on speech lxnd Boacunsf ield had made he f cried with great pijde to bis having beivt' twice prime minister. When h showe-1 the Inscription to Mr. Gladstone the latter said: "Twice prime minister; that's no great distinction." He (Lord Eversley) bad looked up the. names of several who had been twice prime minister, and one had teen inline minuter three times. That was lud Derby. By way of finishing tha con vtrsatlon with Mr. Gladstone It was dui lug his second ministry he said to tl prime minister: "I hope you will beat Lord Derby's record." Mr. Gladstone 'quickly retorted: "That's an impossibility; . this Is my last mlnlstiy. A man must Id 4- mml In think I Khull ..v.- l,u t,nn. - . ter after this ministry Is over " i. Glad- k stone, howtver, was prime minister talta after tbaL K :4 4