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1 THE ILLUSTRATED BEER. April 20, 1902 THE [LLUSTRATED B been crossed the native timber dwindled ind firebrand ke the t e Indian t : idently not e o holM0E I was away a pearl richer than it his trmes SCN001 Superintendents Honored by Teachers o e seee—— gvidently not due te natural causes, for Arbor day is observed \ measure as a Published Weekly by The Hee Publishing the soil on the uplands was as favora penite i 1 herein the present is Company, Bee Bullding, Omaha, Neb to the growth of timber as that of the r trying to ne for the mistakes of the Price, 6c per copy—per year, $2.00 bottoms Forester have classifiecd many past nd Y intelligent reforestation to Entered at the Omaha Postoffice as Second different varietic b of forest tree n th n AT11E f rage on nature Class Mall Matter region, and as all conditicns for na iral ignorantly comn the men who de propagation and growth existed except stroyed acres of oak, hickory ana For advertising rates address publi<her within the area known now as the semi- other valuable timber that they might { Communications relating to photographs or arid zone, the logical conclusion j that break ground on which to raise corn, wheat articles for publication should be nd- the growth of trees had been prevented and potatoes. Arbor day is distinctively ;l’r';;‘;s)t:'ll,_ “Edltor The Tilustrated fee, |, artificial mear ] vhat form this a day marking the advance of humanity in took is still a matter of sp isdom the most ccmmonly pted theory | ¢ . Pen and Picture Pointers luxuriantly on the alluvial plaine, wipes tion for the sehool teach On the con the vh out once a year the tender prouts anq 'ra ! veel fidlene ‘ he chool b of the oo prevented the trees from getting starteq, room el Ny a h L o shhce it 6% spontat e I | fation meeting here an inter Ohibeh the HON, BF mMey Have. been ser § eimeva) Cchat fid ind experiences gives them BYowthoof fne QUoTE: ILiis only cefluin. that iHe At ol e T e H Mason, Stanton, Neb., Presi Paul N. Goss, Ord, Neb., New Presi ligenous tinl he broad plains streteh d not start from the ir) f a locomo- Pre - I only ceping close in dent North Necbraska Teachers' dent Central Nebraska Teachers Ing away from east of the Mississippt tive. Now, the u of standir imbet LOULR ol other tHat the tedchers Association \esoclation river (o the Roel mornta o ';“' oy pLaue to agriculture were gradu- can held themsel ‘.|“v ; ‘,M' “”:’,‘P\ SR i el i ally borne in upon the tiler of the soil on is ma n method mparting withou r When th i il had the broad prairies of these stafe nd here knowled to the hildren \ttendance ot ficiently exact to warrant the con- bY his own persi “:”" Lk ‘“':““ he wd there individuals cet cut and at- therefore, on a session of a teachers’ as- clusion that this result s due tg the Mo o8 Jolite wotk (hat should be: dohiy teritfon to small prove Somatime as sociation is not wholly a holiday Rather natural advantages of the sex in the matter and actually was being accomplished. With A siinlla for B n) o T e the leen @ of the teacher's of ability to express language in words, but his exhibition of good roads at the Omaha tlway upplying the want, until the 1 wit i enewed by contact with the wit of is a cinch that the bovs were lacking fn ©XPosition he gave people an object lesson tom, through the anergstie aAgitation of ons other ot {den ire brightened by at some respect and set the public .m talking more than san~Eon; Tultt Sterling Morton, wi 5 and where zeal |Is iven fresh > ever on this topic 4.;-; roads -ufl\c’ll'lunfi motto i Plant Tree 1 ' eneral and zest through comparison of re sults *h James M. Hack who recently died, was “',‘I; ,h, H :”;‘I J'I';“\l,‘ ‘l\\ “: jylr.\l\q",lyllj.,;z../ b finally crystallized into Arber da For ers learn from each other and the occa- one of the pioneers of Nemaha county, com ”,IM, I,'\\ N\'.,’,w‘\m ”; 1:~ ,;.-.lm of many years Arbor day was chserved nal gatherings of the hing corps of ing there in 1858. He w 1s a native of Ohfo “..I-":‘-lmfll ”y 1 j.:v (]\ £ |'1 through the haphazard sort of way, until about a ne or another cf the several sections of |, spent his years of manhood in the west 1,,;,,,1*v.',|,,1 Ln ,I,. ,»‘.‘,\ gtvon .muv‘\]. ssons ide ago the several states most concerned the state always result in \n advance for first a citizen of Towa, then of Nebraska, i, ,“‘f,'h,,,,\ and pegtiite; bat it K Hoeoms enacted laws designating dat uited to the school then of Kansas, but returning shortly fo jiishiadica’ grent ‘deals 6t wo6H By sHowiNe the climate as Arber day, setting aside or : Nebraska, where for forty years he was e JeOB18 WhaL oan b dons. Witk thy e day on which all good citizens are adjurea While the teachers are e hanging their honored among his fellow citizens as a man ,f ,’1 ", ', ’ et " to plant at least one tree cach. In Ne. bits of wisdom the fls are also given an of {ntegrity ana bility. He was a clvil ',]y", lvl v I“”-hpl ‘.I"“U»“r ‘;‘ ‘<|1 ;‘n “\,.‘m“y._ : braska this day falls cn April 22, Results opportunity for trying on what they have cngineer by profession and held the office :n "rlnt H‘v\“‘lh‘"I»“l 5t v I'L)vl" ‘l'l' ;I'(I" of the observation of Arbor day are visible been taught, and, by actually testing in Fmany years. He also held other offices more proxrast i F8RISHE. o1 i okt aHe all over what was but a few years ago the the fire of competition, dq Mg the of trust and responsibility in Nemahn ol 1,h, ol BiTh e v boen onlled treeless regicn of the west. It Is no longer value and permanency of their Mpl8b. county, Mi. Hacker whs marriad, & wits e \,',. iea, missionary workess possible to ride for mil vithout seeir t This generally takes cn the shape and five chi'dren surviving him r,l‘,. they are constantly being \'-.,;”-,‘1 ;.\1(.,;.; rewing timber large enough to make L URlds TUD oo . hatory ap denths —— by the demands of competition. The good walking stick Instead, majestic usters mation. Onre of the features of school life Good roads form the subject for Peren- roads movement s "I'::\\'l'L’ faster than of umbrageous forest kin invite the way is till “‘rhetoricals” and boy and &irl nial disen sion, but so little actual progress \y”fr;,‘.' indications *:*m v q‘.(uu.w' 4.‘n.y farer to the grateful seclusion of their orator ire still being developed During 1,4 been made up to the time of holding >|h: r:: is prull‘nl; fu’r ;[lr hope that :114.- !‘Irq' bosky depths and, a ted by the energy the recent Ea ter week holidays the North the 'Ir:nunnwiwippi Exposition at Omaha qu“rurx: of the new century \\‘iH see H;t.- of man, nature has taken on not enly the Nebraska High School D " ) e THE LATE JAMES M. HACKER, A PIONEER OF NEMAHA COUNTY NEBRASKA clamatory associa that the effort s a ) rt seemed to he of almost no neglect of the past atoned for in a large Appearance but the life of well ordered tiocn held its competition at Norfolk and avajl. fon Martin Dodge hs an il X e M: e had been ap- asure by rics 3 ) ' variation of woods and plain In older every prize was won by a girl Not : measure by the Amerlcan people, who ar pointed chief of the division of road inquiry 10w noted f being satisfied wit the states, where the ploneer with ready axe enough dnta is at hand to enable dedy.. under the secretary of agriculture, and o ]’,“,,“5","‘;1 o gy TR I School Girls Who Won Honor at the Competition of the North Nebraska Declamatory Association Miss Della Clark of South Omaha Miss Jessie Kreidler, Fullerton, Se First Prize in Dramatic Class ond Prize in Dramatic Class , Association Burglary Made Easy Practical Jokes and by Electrical Torch & Impractical Jokers™ ° HE Treasury department will buy out tearing down a portion of the walls in Oratorical Class H. E. Funk, Fullerton, New Presi Miss izabeth Hale of RBattle dent North Nebraska Declamatory Creek, First in Humoroy Class SERIOUS injury inflicteq wan- speculated o 1e proh ies no more of the expensive safes And it was se mingly impossible to cut Its are not invulnerable to the att o ad ( ¢ : 1 on the probabilities of his havy 4 vau are not invulnerable tc 1e attack tonly will not enrage one to any- ing hydrophobia. Ent« ring a saloon where that for ycars have been supposed the plate Into pieces. Someone men the expert burglar thing like the degree that a prac- they w fated, ho growled. os \ Y s of cut : stee > » K€ e ( at ac ) ere congregated, he growled anq to be of sufficient strength to tioned the new process of cutting steel like Q o 2 . A e Second--That the ordinary or obsolete tical joke at his expense wil barkec ke dog 8 resist the sclentific burglar. It soft butter, and the inventor wae Invited : ! mankind af. frotey Lk 2 405, ran alout on all-fours T types of safe or vault constructed relativel French cobserver of manl ind af- frothed at the ) By 1 s Wil In the future adopt a system of auto- to go to Milwaukee and make a test. The Y} k 1 ed at the mouth (by means of soap) matic electrie bells and redouble the safe- inventor ensconc himself in a little stee; & f¢W years ago are not ”l\vHIH.I Al e to the ?".‘n.\.!‘hu man takes more pleasure in the and made furious attempts to bite every guards that can be provided by private house, placed two pairs of blue spectacles “',"L ks 1 the tyro or amateur burglar ‘n }l,‘n\‘v vrhu he _~”nuv \ dupe than m;‘ ny body in reach Although it has b en ex watchmen, one keeping check on the other. cn his oves ind, after connecting his car- Third ~That should, by ny combinatio by 1 .”‘ n m’li : vullu the indignant fury x‘l.uvm‘l by medical men 4 thousand times All of this is because there 15 no longer bon point with an electric al current, °f circm ificient opportunity t s " ""m “v % AN Naon ""!”“’, In the in the newspapers that the person who is a burglar-proof safe, reports the St. Louls touched the steel plate afforded expert cracksmen, any saf or (RANEEs of the wound to his self-esteem afflicted with hydrophobia does not imitate Republi An invention by Julius R vault can be opened he would make practical joking a capital a dog, the joke wa N eminent succ ess Spectators saw a brilliant flame shoot up. L tiat e The men were panic siric ken and conducteq Haschke, a Chicago electrician, will en ' Py g Riigld rth--That a satisf ory rm of elec d I P cted ible the man applying it to cut through & W48 & white light FAOduoing axirame % i tention both obtainable and week a young woman of Brooklyn 'hemselves in a way to make them blush the hardest steel plate as a boy with a beat, and nearl HH: i8d._she. aplookn “x desirable for all vaults and safes wherever visited a New Je rsey town and there con- 4t the memory to their dying days knife would cut St. Lawrence county cheese, L 1N¢ OPerator was well RRGIBGLOR &R0 BML L e ln aad Soraiititar e of pro- feived the idea of a capital joke on her It i8 notorious that the confirmed prac. Armor plate, such as is used on the Uniteq 'N® Work with \pparently little discomfor tection superior to that afforded by tt family. She sent a telegram announc ing 'lcal jo Is the least tolerant of jokes at mor pla L b A\t the rate of foot in five minute cut i . 2 E Bad- ae ot . g his own expense s 1 nan s b States battleships, can be perforated as an 4 nstructicn ot the vau or safes them I own sudden death and instructing her r abl ) See auger would !wx'l‘ its way through a plan} tng or burning a wide space in the plate elves brother to come for her with an under.- #"¥ fun in being duped This adds much g pin the carbon polnt with its wonderful power On the point made by e banker ker. Her parents were prostrated with '© the enjoyment of those who manage tq b g g ! mg ir . t me the Pl trick him o P g Mr. Haechke calls his invention a carbon 'O %°1 along and in a sh N S high voltage is required and that the br grief. The joking young woman met her 'fl k him. On one of the big days at the pies ”‘ "a o produce it for the pur- G "CrMous mass of Riaay had been "”'” s 3 would give notification of any bur- brother and the undertaker at the door ana """“”;' exposition the hotels were forcea ol e did n o o e Pp yments cou e easil andlec h o maks ne . 5 ;.\ f aiding the dark lantern fratepnity 'O, rhSments that could ; \.h ,k : lar tttempt, the finventor himself Went into convulsions of laughter. When ' " new arrivals double up. A drum |Iu open ban His object was to suj 'Ih A th' \|\\l‘ "”K " ”I! b \”m\l makes th tatement that 1 ipparatus i he '“V;'l learned the truth, which re ”" [I w ‘l " l‘h an inveterate ll r I!‘ "! al J'le r aR% Chicago and ilwaukee 1 ¢ esti g ¢ vealed the utal heartlessness of the gip! oposed to have a room and a bed to him 1 in be operated by it o t 1 th T ply a means of cutting steel and iron bars gated it carefully. They at first found ..,‘\ ‘\ o o} v.l by & L QR B sipnr-corradoch :’L‘l\‘ B0 e Gt d o T A & et 1oy in the construction of buildings, bridges, " me comfort in the beliet that he valye OV Afty vol i » € ale o iy Bamdite xoLatt this kind perpetratea M3t should any applicant for half his beg A i ra g g Foas he _ ? [ vined ¥ 1\ 1 vires i . e o » et |:<. .Il vln ¥ ‘I, |:m H: II‘:‘::“Y,” ]r\\h‘ of the carbon peint as a criminal agency larss building The modern fice bY others than blood relations are not un. P ove persistent he should be told that the I;..v m‘“.l\.,..“,.( xm e S .|.| gy ot was rtually ‘1 ullified by the ‘r\. vl ':y I, bulldine alive with eleetrie wire and COmMmor A woman who had gone to Eu ’H\Hl .5;..; “;. just convalescen ,,,"H small gty mgest safe, between the hours of COPSiderable voltage was """ iy ,” \ 1 operator could easily find a sur- TOPe for her health was recently brought Bl H“m»t"! was aroused from his ) 1 idnight, and possess himself of ® bright light an 1 by 4 \ n face main and get fr it all of e powe back } country he fir hip by a ’ e P I y a |'y‘ g 1g into th SNOR ARG masawat, ¢ ! eo1., When it is in operation Thi it PV e oot The tn. frau e which announcea Ped Hold on, there he cried; *“didn't its contents Similarly, if the burg however, has since been removed by ex 5 \ it g he leath r brother. Such 'he clerk tell you I have smallpox?" “Yes t 1 ng ver r 10WeVe 108« ted i 10008 & iea ro € ® cl ron I should be captured, his confederates, us periments which have beer mducted by AP bl v Satesiaste lit. §tu Ine is proof that there are TePlied the newcomer, drawing up the this invention, could cut asun ”; _l . the inventor mself and by nvestiga \ orage battery whiéh h n con lepth ¥ hitherto unexplored anq °overs but that's all right—I'ye got it cress his cell window nd place him a tion which has been made bs isury de adas s el Tl 5 g6 fhae nsusy myself!” With a yell the drummer leapeq liberty \rtment experts W A 4 4 2 ? i from the bed, seized hi clothes, dre a The first public exhibition of th's inven ‘ wenty-elght o nd the OF geta More in the r of a joke, yet very in the hall and spent the night in a chair : | 2 Milwankeds Thes xpert ir heir repor hav ust as eatisfactory results h this a rious to its v he trick played Belas for the marat: S tion was made nol ’“ B ’]l was to be reached the following conclusions, which with a direct o \lternating re 1 wag ated correctly himself dtainfe Wi e e could get normous boiler foundation as to be » Ateq mse disinfecte n the or ° An enormous boiler un are on file in the office Assistant Secre- power contained in an ordinary electr he ignorance and cowardice of some of his mors h removed from the basement of a building e s o : liscovered that the other man was a joker It ble to get this great mass tary Taylor sutomoblle we be sufclent to do the fellows. It was known to them that he pimgelf. The drummer wa infuriated t wa impe ible L] - b b s o ¢ nme s Alec )y f metal u‘“ of Hln l:nnhling as It lay, with- Firet—That the best types of safes or work had been bitten by a dog and they had ’ such shabby treatment