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The Omaha Sunday Bee
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, , MARCH 17, .618.
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Everybody Has
a Hobby! Tell
What's Yours
Wears C3 -nation.
Paul Sc; yne of Burgess-Nash mil
linery fan; , never appears without a
carnation, ;nd a red carnation at that,
in his but onhole He has worn the
red posy i i his buttonhole for years
stopping t ery- morning on his way
to Jjusines ! to buy a carnation be
fore he p., pears in his "hattery."
Schaye be ieves it would bring hini
lots of bai luck if he were to start
at av
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By EDWARD BLACK.
Home Life of the Leffing wells.
Henry Leffingwell was feeling as
J . . i. . , i. i
seoonair as a cnanucieer mat iiaa
, keen overlooked by an ornithological
exemption board. He was wearing
made-to-order suit of clothes, the first
of; the kind to which he had ever
claimed ownership. He had walked
into a pay-as-you-enter clothes shop.
told the man he wanted an outfit with
out conspicuous slackness or oppres
sive tightness, and was directed to
dias, where he stood while an accom
plice took his measurements. There
he was, a sartorial symphony, with a
carnation in his buttonhole, two cigars
in his vest pocket and a feelinsr of ela
tion permeating his embonpoint. He
was in Ms boudoir, putting the finish
inc touches on his hannv hahiliments.
Mrs. Leffingwell was in her kitchen
the same kitchen referred to last
week and she was seated at the same
table, the time being the twilfght
period between the evening degusta
tions and that other period poetically
knownas the quiet evening hour. It
was about 6i30 of the clock, Western
Union time. The Joan of Arc, of the
Lefliingwell cafeteria was ruminating
upon the day and its memories. Dur
ing, the afternoon, just as she was
head over heels in the preparation of
a meatless meal, Mrs. Whats-Her-Name
projected herself through the
open kitchen doorway to importune
her neighbor to join a Don't Worry
CIUD.
, Had Seen the Light.
The caller explained that she had
seen the light, some vacrue llluminat
ing agency which she described! as
consisting t! kissing her fingertips
to worry, an expression which she
paraphrased from one of Riley's
poems. She averred that she had
turned the corner of her life, being
oi an age when she discontinued
counting birthday anniversaries, and
she had decided to let worry fly out
of the'window. She expanded on the
folly of worry, said she had ceased
. worrying over the petty annoyances
or. tne day and did not worry any
more if her husband drank his coffee
out of a saucer or even if he ate with
hjs fingers, just so that he was able
- to take solid nourishment and main
' tained his custom of buying her a new
bonnet every spring and fall. She
said that the mortality rate would be
improved if people worried less and
kept the prune market steady. Mrs.
Leffiingwell was interested, but not
, excited over her caller's dissertation
on the philosophy of worry. She knew
that worry accelerated wrinkles and
gray hairs, but she did not see the
OLD STUFF
necessity of mobilizing to fight worry,
As she sat at the table her atten
tion was arrested bv a sound which
she recognized as the movement of
her pilot. She chanired her locale to
the parlor, where her astonished eyes
beheld Henry, resolendant in his new
togs, ihe was unable to conjure words
wun wnicn to adequately express
her emotions, so she just looked and
listened. Willie and Mary, eauallv
stirred to the depths of feeling, also
looked at their father oosine as a
model of fashion such as they had
ODserved in the clothing store ad
Ah It's Pol tics.
...0 vtwi. tun Jk liauUt M1U
hope, broke the silence bv sneaking
"I suppose you have observed that
have a new suit of clothes. You may
be further surprised to know that
I have not only bought a new suit,
but I am coin r to run as a candidate
for city commissioner. You must grow
used to surprises in this swift-moving
age. Several of my friends told me
that I was just the man to serve my
city as commissioner; that I had the
personality and runmng'aualities and
they promised to vote for me". I have
been oromised the sunnort of the
ton t Worry club and our grocer. '.
Mrs. Leffingwell adjusted her soec
tacles and Willie ont nut tha Atrtinn.
ary for use in case his father should
have another bad spell.
"Why didn't you get a ninchback
coat wnue you were at it?" asked
Willie with a humorous twinkle in
his eyes.
Mrs. Leffingwell focused her eves
upon tier husband's coat and frowned.
Dream On, Leff.
He who laueha first mav not lauch
ast," continued Leffingwell. Mavbe
you won't laugh when you read my
speecnes in tne newspapers and hear
the chairman of the meeting an-
nounce, 'We have with us this even
ing a Citizen to whom von need no
Int.Afliijilim. TT- - ' . ,
mi vuuluuii, xie is a man wno is
worthy of your votes. He represents
the people.' And when you read the
returns on the mornintr after election
day, then you won't laugh quite so
much. I have it all figured out that
I will receive at least 5.000 votes, and
perhaps this will be a stepping stone
to greater political preferment.
Wouldn't the Leffingwells be proud
to read my sneechei some dav in the
Congressional Record and have the!
CAMPAIGN J
7Jjr A nn -.v-a
wm fast
(19(a) OMAHA
neighbors say, 'We knew the Leffing
wens, iney nad nice folks.' "
"Say. dad. vou oucht to vet
fountain pen now that you are going
tA K M ... , iJ T T r : 1 1 : .
v. m pun tiv.iaii, DUKBCaiCU VV I1JIC
ins cnuuisn imagination runnine
rampani.
Mrs. Lefhnirwell was rorklnor
iKorousiy in ner chair, while she eved
1 t' a ... ' rJ
ner iiege iora wun strange emotions,
"I think." she betran. "Henrv
Leffingwell, you had better act back
iiuo me nauu oi attenainor wedne.
day night prayer meetings with me.
You" need something to quiet your
nerves. Ano i want to say right
here and now that if you1 are sroinir
into politics you may go it alone,
The Weekly S Bumble Bee
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 17, 1918.
THE WEEKLY BUMBLE BEX.
A. 8TINQER, EDITOR.
Communications on any toplo
rvcuvva, wunout ptxtast
ilgnatur. Nona returned.
NO ADS AT ANT PRICB.
CINEMA.
Thl wtek'i helpful taint for
movie scenario writ en: A com
edy where a woman nlla aa old
ult of bar buaband'i clothes la
which ha haa concealed 11,000 In
diiis would ' be a novelty.
cbaae after the old clothes man
can be Included; )
THANKS.
Ike Copenharva lands In The
KumDle sea this week by call,
Ing attention to a; want ad by
nayaen Bros, tor a "furniture
upeetter." "Before May 1. HIT.
It wasn't neceuary to advertise
tor this Bird," observes Ike.
iOOI.
Qo hack to the almple life. Be
comentea with simple food,
impia pleasures, simple clothes.
Work hard, pray hard, play
hard. Work. eat. recreate and
sleep. Do It all courageously.
Wa bava a victory to win.
uoover.
BRAINSTORM.
Doano Powell says the Far-
nam street ears which have
"Cumlnr" marked on their
front ands should bavs "Going"
on tha rear ends. What more
could you expect when a car
toonlst tries to turn punster?
wny did . tha newspaper
paragrapners rail to comment
en tha German capture of Jam
burg, Russia f They might at
least have said that .this will
waatsn tha bitterness of their
ultimata defeat
Our mora or less esteemed
morning contemporary has an
iem about "Budd B. Gillespie,
wner and proprietor of the
suaa Shoo company."
Harry Lauder Is starting
uuna- on a gooa nablt. We
iopa be will raaka a "farewell
, r oi mis country every
rear. '..,...
Thera Is no troth In tha ru
nors that a pipe Una Is to be
instructed from Bt Joa to
Jmaha.
Sport Notes The British got
i lilt last Mck. (Diagram: Hit
. s a town near Bagdad, cap
ured by tha British.)
Tll!y Sunday Is now holding
onh In tha Windy City. Readers
- requested to make their own
Are
yon a-wcarln' af tha
EXTRA! 'EXTRA! BUMBLE BEE TURNS
ITS GIANT INTELLECT1 ON SUNDAY
BASE BALL PROBLEM AND SOLVES IT
Presents Novel Plan Which Will
Ba Aeolalmed by Church
men and Hag-nates
. Alike.
They are I trying to gat Sun,
day base ball in tha east Tha
Bumble Bee, (with tha permls
sloa of r. 8. Buntsr, tha
world's greatest sport editor,
has turned tha rays of Its f 1-
gantio mteiiaat npon this prob
lem and has solved It,
While representatives of tha
closed and tha open Sunday
argue and harrangue and In
veigh (meaning to utter bitter
language) Tha Bumble Bea dis
covers and MWenta to the
world a solution of this prob
lem Which win be hailed with
delight by both sides to tha
controversy.
Tha Bumbls she's solution Is
simply this: Every person at
tending church Sunday morn
ing will ba presented with a
certificate. This certificate to
gether with a paid admission
ticket will admit the holder
to ths gams In tha afternoon.
simple, isn't ItT Tee, as all
great things are simple after
soms superhuman Intellect has
evolved them. This plan will
fill ths churches to capacity
aunaay mornings. As a con,
gregatton builder It will have
a. Sunday lashed to the mast.
backed off the map and yelling
for succor. Those who corns
for certificates may remain to
pray.
Already captious critics have
raised their voloes In opposition
to mis great plan. They say
that Immediately a trafflo in
tha certificates will spring up.
Professional "church attenders'
will arlss, whose only object will
be te gat certificates and sell
them to worldly-minded fans.
Ths Bumbls Bee has foresssa
this and guarded against it.
Certificates will be nontrans,
ferrable. They will bear the
photograph and finger prints of
tbs original holder who will be
compelled to place bis finger
prints also on the bass ball
ticket which ha purchases. Ths
gata man will compare the fin
ger prints on the certificates
and on tha ticket. If they do
noi correspond, admission will
bs refused.
, It Is all so simple.
! Wa algh for new worlds to
conquer.
Bring on your knotty prob
lems, legislators, statesmen.
nations.
SPtRLOSL
A sign, hanging In ths Hotel
Roma lobby. Just south of tha
main entrance:
NORTH OERMAN-LI.OYD
EUROPH. EAST AFRICA.
AUSTRALIA, IT ALT,
THE LEVANT,
EGYPT.
NEW TORK. LONDON.
PARIS, BREMEN.
CHIVALRY.
a. oeauiliui . vounr woman
with a valise boarded a Farnam
treat car. The gallant conduc
tor neiped her with tha
and while he was doing so aha
uroppea nva pennies In tha box,
each of which registered the
earns as a dtme. Conductor's
net loss. 4S cents.
NERVOUS.
Intoxication nf unti,
torles Is keening nn in. .niri.
of tha German people. Wa are
keeping op our nlrit. in !.
of seeming German vit
But wait till tha ml. t,,rn.
and tea how the enemy win m
to places.
' 1 FAMOUS BAKER.
Seo'et'ry of War Baker.
Home Ran Baker.
Ban Baker.
Burns, ths baker.
BUN.
"Rubs Rads Ready for FirM
aid tha headline. It didn't look
right. It wasn't. The typeset
ter had left tha "1" out of tha
last word.
FURL.
Just as wa are going to press
comes ths startling news .over
tns telephone wlra that County
Judge Bryca Crawford la knit
ting his second sweater. Not
sines General Byng made his
drive, bava wa felt such a
thrill.
ONE.
"To take a street car now
means waiting at an alley,"
says Cava Feblowlts. (Ws were
unable to ass ths rest of vnur
contributions. Da vs. This does
not necessarily Imply lack of
merit. Ed.) s
BERTHA.
"Ws ought to destrnv th
German crops by alrplans this
summer," said Marshal Eber.
ateln. "Well, wa ought to de
troy their" Krupps anyway," re
partee Dava Dloklnsoa.
OYI
What wa can't nnrUratanA u
how that funny Ylddixher. AM
Kabblble, who appear In The
Bee. can ba In tha mi
days and other days ba back In
hla Complex auto business.
STICK.
A lob as Cltv cnmmtHlnnar
Is all right sxeent that vou'va
got to persuads ths people not
to "fire" you every three
years.
, QUAD.
The Nevikl Priunni-t I-
the Smolny Institute hits no
students. Trotsky has trotted
out of the war and Lenin Is
anything but lloa-Uks,
LONG.
Mrs. Oars Long of Fortes,
Kan., read In Ths Bumbls Bas
ths aocount of tha birth of a
third little Long to Mr. and
Mrs. A. Edwin Long and has
written to Mr. Long to ask bow
long Long Is.
"wa certainly feel proud of
our long Longs." shs writes.
"My husband la six feet five
Inches and his brother Is six
feet eight Inches. He did meas
ure atx feet nine Inches, but the
habit of stooping to sntsr doors
shortened him. Now you can
see how long ths shortest of
your Longs has to grow to bs
as long as ths longest Longs."
BIO.
"I can remember ths time."
ays Colonel Welsh, "when I
could wslk down Sixteenth
strest and kuow every man, wo
man and child I met I re
member looking down Farnam
street at I o'clock on a summer
afternoon and oouldn't see a
soul, nor a vehicle or even ' a
dog. Tha town oartalnly Is
growing. Thera are more peo
ple on ths streets now at S
o'clock In tha morning than
thera used to ba at noon,"
VOICE.
A Gare county official sent
$6.75 to the Red Cross, explain
ing that this Is ths amount of
Income tax he would have to
pay If congress had not ex
empted salaries af city, county
ana stats officials from tha
tax. Thera lan't much danger
that his sxampla will be
emulated by our scores of of
ftclals who draw big salaries.
because I will not live under the
same roof with a politician. In the
event that you should hold to your
determination to plunge into politics,
I may as well tell you that I will
leave to you all of the furniture except
the gas stove which I boucht with
money I earned before I ever Vnw
you, Henry Leffingwell. "You will find
the coffee percolator on the pantry
u you mav nave tnat nineh-
covered photograph album that Aunt
jviary gave us."
Political Vampire.
i-emngwell had no rehnttal tr
was beginning to feel that he had been
lured into the fastness of mental
myopia by some political vampire. A
procession of political derelicts went
trooping oetore his mind's eye,
Mayoe his wife was rlo-hr u.
thought of his new suit and his idols
went tODolincr over lite h?itrA
hopes. Het thought of the many
Yiwam evenings ne spent with his
wife and children, of the happy home
ties, of the many buttons his wife ha
Sewn On for him. of the rlean eti.Vf.
always in their place when he needed
a clean shirty and he thought that
perhaps, after all, those who had
promised to vote for him mio-hr nn
remember him on election day.
Willie thought his father was going
to cry, so he oronosed a cram. nf
dominoes to beguile the time, and
once more tne tioe of time moved
fnernly along in the Leffingwell
uuuia circie.
mix
Clarke
the day wi.hout his red carnation.
Collects V.Tses.
Walt Ja dine, city commissioner,
has a pench ot for saving bi t of prose
and verse which strike his fancy.
Some of th se he carries around in his
pockets. O e of his favorite bits of
literary ef. rt is a speech made by
Senator Vi t of Missouri, who repre
sented in uirt 25 years ago a man
whose dog had been killed and who
brought si'i: against the slayer of his
pet canine.
Shakespear Fan.
It has L :en popularly supposed
that catchii g "booze runners" is City
Prosecutor McGuire's one and only
hobby, bi t as a matter of fact he
dotes on S .akespeare. During Man
tell's recent visit to Omaha, few were
as regular 1 1 tbeir attendance at his
extensive iportoire than T. J. It
was his we' of "dissipation," he ex
plained, ant his friends were daily re
galed with extracts from the playi
of the night before.
Heard En Passant,
What's the idea of going home so
eanyr
Marjorie is taking vocal lessons.
Why worry? Nothing lasts.
He looks like a trained seal.
I wonder what the grand jury will
do.
How do you like mv new finnnet?
A Colorable Conclusion.
Mrs. jjones So your boy has gone
NEW80R9.
Ths real eatate men have re
named themselves "realtors"
and tha Insurance men now call
themselves "lnsurors" Why
shouldn't ths newspaper men
join tns procession as "new,
sorsT" And the advertising
men might bs "advertors."
TRUTH.
Ws'd ilka to ba tha Income tax
collector In Los Angelas and find
out how much salary Charlie
Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and
Mary Plckford really get
SENSIBLE.
Did yon ever see a real old
person who ate much augarT
Tou navsr did. If yon don't
give up sugar for patrtotlo rea
sons, do so to lengthen your own
me.
PORTER,
Tha gen. man. of tha Pull-
man Palaca Car company aays
it would ba a mistake te abolish
tipping on Pullman cars. Next
thing we'll sea tha railroad man
agers coming out In favor of
higher freight rates.
APPROPRIATE.
Today Is St Patrick's day and
the birthday anniversary of
Colonel Patrick C Heater.
BALL. '
Orover C Alexander laft
week to Join the Chicago Na
tlonal league bass ball team. Hs
will try for a position as pitcher,
Mrs. Smith "Yes. he i.
ships." ' '
Mrs. Jones "Called to the colors,
eh?
Mrs. Smith "Yeo"
Ace High.
She "What is an ace in the French
aerial service?"
He ''An ace is an aviator who h
conquered five enemy airplanes."
She "Then he must be ace high, Is
mat it r
He "Exactly."
Colonel Fanning
Hates to See His
. Name in Print
Postmaster Charles E. Fanning pro
fesses to be "newspaper-shy." In this
respect be is in marked contrast to his
predecessor in charge of Uncle Sam's
man Dusiness nere. John C Wharton
could sight a newspaper man a mile
away and he was drawn to them like
the well-known magnet to the steel.
He gvould greet them, always, with a
hearty handshake and inquire after
their healths and then confide to them
a bit of news about the postoffice or
mraseii. ah ot which was heartily
commended by the newspaper chaps.
But Fanning says he doesn't like, his
name m the papers. And if he ever
saw his picture in the paper, he
doesn't know what he would do.
AH of which sounds well enough,
but it doesn't work out in actual fact
Charlie is the first one to ask the re
porters why a "story" that he gave
them wasn't in the papers.
There are some people who say they
don't like their names in the papers,
but this is Only falxe mnrleetv nmn..
flage. .There ain't no sich an'imile,
By A. EDWIN LONG.
President William H. Clarke of the
Rotary club might have been a staff
officer wih Pershing if his ambition
had been realized as a boy. He sat
up nights studying and planning for
a course in military school at West
Point, but at the last moment he was
rejected on account of a defective
knee, which he still insists he never
had.
Up to that time he had carried a
wooden sword and drilled the neigh
bor kids in the alley, but when the
examining physicians pronounced his
knee bad. he laid aside the sworrl and
looked for other worlds to subjugate.
t riis Doynood and youth were pecu
liarly unfortunate in that he was
born in New Jersey and never played
marbles with Woodrow Wilson; grew
up in Indiana and never drank sour
mash with Tim Whitcomb Riley.
Thus snubbing the future states
men and poets, he came to Omaha to
hobnob with E. A. Cudahy in the
packing industry. He had a wise rela
tive in Omaha who induced him to
come to work in the packing house.
They did not start him carving
spareribs, but made him a bill clerk.
After eight weeks at this they made
him a department manager. He used
to sit in Cudahy's private office and
talk over big plans.
One day he decided to Quit the
packing business. He bought a gilded
urn; ai iaempnis, tenn.. in tne lorm
of a brokerage business.
After he shucked the gilt off the
Dnck, ne came back to Ludahy s with
nis tongue hanging out tor a job.
He got it. but in 1904 resigned strain
and bought the Nonpareil Laundry
company in Omaha. He stuck and is
still the big boss of that 'concern.
He is a past president of the Ne
braska Launderers' associat:on, the
Omaha Laundry Owners' club and a
past director of the Omaha and Ne
braska Manufacturers' associations.
He is a member of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce," Cojntry club,
Omaha club, Athletic club and is the
big hub around which the Rotarv
wheel revolves at present.
Next In TMs Ssrles Haw Omaha Cat Rnh.
art H. Stanley.
Thrilling Moments of Their Lives
Walter S. Jardine.
"Walt" Jardine was kicked by a
horse, was nearly drowned and bas
been at bat in a base ball game, with
the bases full and the. score tied, but
no experience of his life had the thrills
which were offered when he rode
eight miles on a runaway flat car
At the time of the construction of
the Omaha & Southwestern railway,
Omaha to Plattsmouth. Mr. Tardine
had a contract for hauling water from
springs to a construction camp near
j-a riatte. He rode back from La
Platte to Bellevue with 35 workmen
on a flat car which was at the end of
a construction train. As the train
was being run onto a side track at
Bellevue the flat car broke loose and
dashed wildly down grade back to
La Platte with the men thinking that
every second would be their last
"The brakeman tried to check the
car. but the brake would not work,'
Jardine related. "The car went more
than 60 miles an hour and went across
the bridge at the Platte river like a
shot ont of a cannon. On the other
side of the bridge the track followed
an upgrade course which checked the
car which finally came to a stop on a
level stretch. That was the fastest
eight miles I ever traveled and alter
that I was always afraid of fast
traveling. I enjoy a burst of speed
now and then, but riding on runaway
a. T ? . . .
ui cars is just a trine too speedy for
me. I believe I would tather be kkked
by a horse than travel on a runawav
flat car. I will never forget that ride.
A citizen of Omaha who does not
want his name used, but who heaH
of Walt Jardine's ride on the flying
car, agrees with him that such an ex
perience is long to be remembered.
"forty years ago," says this man,
I had a ride on a runawav freight
train, which is about the only thing
that can beat a runawav flatear. It
was a string of thirty-five cars of
lumber, and the crew lost control of
it just after going over the top of a,
hill three and a half miles long on a
I'A per cent grade. I was the fire
man, and I believe I eould write a
book as big as a dictionary about that
trip, iiappny lor all concerned, the
affair ended without serious mishap,
but I want to say to you that boxcar
wheels have never turned so fast
again on the L., B. & Q. as they did
that cold, windy November afternoon,
and I think the only time I ever trav
eled faster was when I fell out of the
top of a tree when a kid."
Eulachon is New Fish
Boosted by the Tireless
Enemies of H. C. L.
Why not have some eulachon fnr
dinner?
Whit I You never heard, nf entn.
chon? Don't know whether it is fish,
fesh or flowl no, no. fiali, flesh or
fowl, we mean.
The eulachon is fish. It is verv
many fish. It is millions, up mil
lions of fish. This word comes over
the wites from Oregin and the United
States fish commission recommends
it highly for food. It has. lots of pro
tein, you know, and rhosohonis and
all that sort of thing that we have to
nave.
The eulachon hasn't been heard of
much in the past He has pursued his
quiet way in the waters of the well
knowa Columbia river. But aonar
ently hearing of the food shortage
tnreatened. he has cast in bis lot with
the allies and offered himself to make
a piscatorial bridge across the gap in
tne lood supply. The Oregon foils
say he is appearing at the present
time by the millions upon million i.
His primary object is to spawn. But.
having provided for the next venera
tion, he if lingering about in the hope
that he may be choso for the nation's,
food supply.
ice culacaoa i sot Big, but he
Studies His; iry.
R. Beeche Howell's hobby is study
ing history irom the sources in the
Cons;ressiof ;.! Library at Washington.
That is where the Omaha fellows find
him when t iey go to Washington
with him on any mission and krhance
to lose him for a half hour. While
the rest of t :i "gang" may be view-in
the sights from a "rubber-neck
wagon in "Vashineton. Howell is
found exploring between gigartic
book shelves in the library, readine
presidential correspondence or getting
the details of the famous Webster
Clay senate ial debate on the balance"
of trade.
Ultra-Modem Farm.
Sophus F. Xeble. new county com
missioner, hr i a hobby. It is his 300
acre farm mar Springfield, Neb. It
represents an outlay of more thas
$65,000 and s kiftwn as one of the
most up-to-'iitc farms in the state.
There are 26 buildings on the place,
including houses, cattle barns and hog
pens. Snovy white geese ride in an
artificial lake near the house. A $5,000
dairy barn, Hilt entirely of steel and
concrete, is .low under construction.
This farm is the summer home of
Mr. Neble Bid his family. It is in
charge of his son, Ivan Neble. That
it is not a Tixury is attested by the
fact that only last week a shipment
of hogs fror .. there brought $6,400 at
the South Oiiiaha market.
Collects Cur'ous.
Horace M Higgins, insurance agent,
has a hobby, that, while it does not
take much if his time to keep it
movinir. vet it furnishes him with con
siderable enjoyment. This 'hobby is
one that has to do with the collecting
of curios itii the older these curios
are the more Higgins prizes them.
The last trio that Higgins has add
ed to his collection is one that is
worth while and, if it could speak,
more than l kely it would tell some
blood-curdlirg tales. It's an old flint
lock firearm and in its day was prob
ably a musket, but both barrel and
stock have been cut off, leaving a
weapon abc-Jt 1& inches in length. On
the stock tVre are six deep notches
and. accorll.isr to the legends of
pioneer days tl-ese are taken to mean
that each i itch numbers a human
being killed, by a bullet from the gnn.
Raises Hens.
With a good many men ?nd wom
en their hobl.ies, as a rule, are sorts
of fads. Now and then there is a man
or a woman who. is possessed of a
hobby the ti'sumg of which means a
adding to t ie Lini; account. An Oma- '
ha man who has one of these money
retting hoW 'e? is Paul F. Schoening,
1016 South Fifteenth street.
The hobby rA Mr. Schoening is rais
ing and ki ening henf that will lay
eggs when the price of eggs is soar
ing toward the zenith. The father of
Mr. Schoei:ntf was something of a
fowl rai.er and it was with his parent
that Paul vi.n piven lessons in poul
try rtising. rrt:ctilarly in the raising
of hens thft would lay eggs at just
the right tii.'e of the vear. 1
Since FeV'tarv 1 of this vear Paul
Schoening iires that his hens have
netted him i IktV more than $42 and
they are st'K fdding to his bank account.
Plavs Tenrn,.
"Bill" Ads ..s, tennis player, declares
that tennis i one of his important
hobbies.
Bill has h: Id the state championship
in tennis fo-: several successive sea
sons and & this time of the year,
when sprinp is beginning to bud out
in full gloi;-. he is becoming more
deeply interested n his hobby.
On a bea :iful summer's afternoon
when the t r'd sun is driving the
masses fror! the streets and the sum
mer club rr tmds offer a beckoning
call to the ' .!k of the city Bill decks
out in his fu.'-yhite regalia, arms him
self with a '-nnis racquet and heads
for one of t1 ? city park tennis courts.
Adams bodies the racquet with
cleverness .i A makes some pretty
drives over the net. He is light on
his feet, wh ihis a-big asset toward
his success in the pa me.
Bill's one desire this vear is to holl
the champi.-' s'iip apain.
makes up i r this defect in hi num
bers. Hi ,'eichs only about two
ounces ".id . , therefore, in the smelt
and sardint class. Moreover, he is
a bony chz Bu:. experiments are j
bein? madf to see whether he can't
be givn t sardir.e treatment and
eventually b .ve the dignity of tnvel
inq; to rbe rttion's markets in brightly
labeled cav,-. . ,
Out in O'-gon he eells for about 5
rents a po-; id. Omaha market men
haven't rer -ed atr of him yet. Not
yet, but soi.".'
RiTTtive Ijeisons.
Wife Do you believe that new
caller hap r good Influence upon oup J
daughter? r
Husband Why. vrs: I notice tha
he Is teach rr her to conserva stbam
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