Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1902, Page 22

2 THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. Published Weekly br The Bee Publishing Company, Bee Buillding, Omaha, Neb, ;rlce. be per ;ony— Entered n;. the Oma Class Mail Matter. For advertising rates address publisher. ;';)lt; ce as Qecond Communications relating to photographs or articles for publication should be ad- dressed, ‘“Editor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha.” Pen and Picture Pointers T THE foundation of society, of civilization, of all that civilization and organized soclety stands for, is labor. Through all the ages that stretch away from the en- lightened present to that dark, distant day Donnelly so dramatically described as the time when the troglodyte sat in his gloomy cave crunching the bomes of his victim and sucking the marrow therefrom, humanity's advance has been wrought by labor. Each uplift has been based on the achlevement of the worker. One of our rccent poets sang A dreamer lives forever, but a worker dies in a day.” Happ!ly for human- fty, such unhealthy doctrine has no basls, and but few converts. It is opposed to all sound ideas. A worker may ‘never attain probably the heights reached by the dreamer in his mind, but the worker will leave be- hind him some substantial token of his oxistence, some sl'ght evidence of his hav- ing existed, If it be no more than his little contribution to the great sum of human effort essential to existence day by day. As the years have unfolded more and more the life of the race, broadening the scope and enlarging the possibilities of man's life, labor has come in always for a share in the triumphs of each succeeding ag-. ‘While the worker has not filled so large a space in the eyes of the people, he has cer- tainly had as much to do with the events whose recounting is called history, for he has been the most essential element on which soldier, statesman, scholar and priest have relled to carry out their plans, based on amb'tions good or bad. Slowly but surely iabor has pushed foiwaid with the increas- ing amenities of life, until now the worker is accorded a fuller share of the products of his toll than ever. His position, prob- ably, is not all that it should be yet, but neither has the race of man reached that point where progress s no longer poss ble. Labor's annual parade is only a visible demonstraticn of the mighty army of men employed at the creation of the things needed to satisfy the wants of their fellow men, One day in the year the men of America whose brawn and brain are de- voted to the service of mankind leave the workshop, the mill and the factory, desert the forge, the bench and the scaffold and proudly march under their un'on banners, an exemplification of the strength of labor. Still at the foundation of all progress and - prosperity, labor will prosper and progress as the superstructure rises. e Philosopher Dooley Ilikens the tennis player to the carpet beater, but it {s hardly likely the wielders of the racquet will ac- cept the comparison. Lawn tennls is a game which makes strenuous demands on those who indulge In it to the extent of becoming experts, and yet it may be enjoyed as fully by those who devote neither s> much strength or energy to its pursuit as do the players whose scores are published in connection with champlonship matches. Up till about five years ago the game, was very popular Iin the United States, but {t THE SILAS W. BOND OF IOWA FALLS, Ia., WHO HAS VOTED FOR EIGHTEEN PRESIDENTS. all but sank from sight when the wave of golf rolled over the country. Now the tide of the hoot mon game seems to be on the ebb, while the lawn tennis players are more numerous than ever. When the Ofnaha Fleld club announced the revival of the former Omaha fixture, the interstate cham- plonship tournament, a shade of doubt was felt as to the success of the affair, mainly because it might not attract enough play- ers. When the entries closed it was found that more men had declded to compete than were ever entered, even during the palm'est days of the game. No other tournament in the history of the event was so successful from every standpoint. Many players from abroad were in Omaha during the week the matches were being played off, and with the local contingent made the courts and the club grounds lively during the days and evenings over which the tournament ex- tended. Points in tennis play, the mastery of the ranquet and the finesse of the courts, were explained and observed by skillful players to the ed'fication of throngs of ad- mirers, who, ensconced on broad, shady verandas, enjoyed both the game and the soclal opportunities the occasion oprovided to the utmost. It was certainly an event in the tennis annais of the west. ———s Young college men enjoy getting to- gether during vacation and recounting the doings of the past year, and their brothers of the business world like to hear the tales these young men tell of school life and the Itke. Mr. Louls Bernstein of Cincin- natl university recently gave a dinner In honor of Mr. Lester Keirschbraun of Michigan university which was much en- Joyed by those present. The colors of “Old Michigan,” yellow and white, were used in a bit of effective decoration. The name of the university was spelled out In large letters on the wall. After the dis- position of tasty viands Mr. Bernstein an- nounced an original song. Bach guest found a copy of this at his plate and en- Joyed being ground in a witty verse no less than telling his own witty tale. Al in all, these lads enjoyed themselves, as will be attested by the plcture, taken dur- ing the telling of a good story. Nebraskans are reasonably well ac- quainted with the name of Idael Ma- keever, for the music of her singing has sounded far beyond the confines of Stroms- burg and has been listened to with pleas- ure all over the state. Mrs. Makeever is an example in proof of the fact that en- vironment has much to do with the devel- opment of the individual. Had her hus- MRS. IDAEL MAKEEVER OF STROMS- BURG, Neb., A WELL KNOWN WRITER. band been contented in his eastern home she might have remained silently con- tented with the household duties, to as- sume which she gave up her work as a teacher. But in the broad prairies, the blue sky and the unfettered nature of her new home her poetic nature blossomed and flowered, and the notes of her songs mingled with the music of the meadow lark. For years she wrote verse for the press of the state. Then she published two books, and then she concluded she was not fully fitted by education for the work she had undertaken. Two years ago she entered an eastern college for a course in higher English, which she com- pleted this year. In this time her mental development has led her to determine that in the future she will devote herself less to poetry and more to serious writing, short stories, sketches and the like. Mrs, Makeever has been always loyal to Ne- braska, and for this reason has been a favorite with the people of the state. vl Sy Not many people have ever seen even two lesomotives after they have crashed iogether at a high rate of speed, and consequently few have more than a vague idea of the consequences of a collision as regards the engines. Even more rare are those who have seen three engines in one wreck, and those who have seen four locomotives piled in one heap of bent and twisted rods, broken castings and splintered woodwork are few indecd. One day not long ago out at Hol- drege, Neb., four B. & M. engines on three tracks got tangled together in a way that reems impossible, and the outcome of the singular accident was four big locomotives stacked in one pile. One of the illustrations in tkis number is a view of the wreck, in which the remains of three of the loco- motives can be distinguished. R~k Plumbers have long been the butt of merry quip or pessimistic prod from jour- nalistic jokers, the size of their bills and their capacity for rest being the basis for the sallies. In sober fact the plumber is & most indispensable adjunct to life in the present day. It is not only when the pipes of the house are frozen or clogged or burst that he is needed, but on the skill he dis- plays in the placing of those pipes depends the comfort and health of the Inhabitants of that house. Sanitary science has made great strides during recent years, so that what was quite up to date a decade ago is now practically obsolete. Methods of providing houses with supply pipes and ILLUSTRATED BEE. August 81, 1902, VIEW OF THE WRECK AT HOLDREGE, GINES WERE SMASHED—THE REMAINS OF THREE ARE SHOWN Neb.,, IN WHICH FOUR B. & M. EN- IN CUT. “MICHIGAN" DINNER GIVEN BY Photo by a Staff Artist. drains are constantly changing, and new appliances are continually being put forth, so that the plumber to keep in line with his craft must be a studious man as well as a skillful mechanic. Constant applica- tion to the details of the business is needed that he may successfully follow his trade. Recently the central body of the journey- men plumbers, the Plumbers’ International union, held its annual session in Omaha, and transacted a great deal of business of im- portance to the craft. The delegates and visitors who came with them were found a superior lot of men, bright and intelli- gent and well equipped mentally to grapple with the problems that are presented, not only by the affairs of their union, but in the solution of the questions that arise in the course of their daily labor. _+_ Silas W. Bond of Iowa Falls has a po- litical record both unusual and interesting, for he boasts of having cast his ballot for eighteen presidential candidates, a record held by comparatively few men. Mr. Bond's malden vote was cast in Wayne county, MR. LOUIS BERNSTEIN—Flashl ght Indiana, in 1830, when he voted for Henry Clay. In 1836 and 1840 he supported Wil- liam H. Harrison for the presidency. Of Quaker parentage, he naturally was op- posed to slavery and his next presidential votes were registered against that evil, as he voted during the next twelve years for James G. Birney, Garrit Smith and John Parker Hale, the free soil party’s candi- date. With the bdirth of the republican party Mr. Bond cast his lot with the new party and has been a staunch supporter of its principles ever since and points with pride to his ballots cast for the following candidates and presidents: Abraham Lin- coln in 1860 and 1864, U. 8. Grant in 1868 and 1872, R. B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, James G. Blaine, Benjamin Harrison in 1888 and 1892, and William McKinley in 1896 and 1900. Mr. Bond, notwithstanding his advanced years, takes a lively interest in politics and topics of the day and the daily newspaper is one of the comforts of his declining years. He expresses the hope that he may live to cast his vote for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Humor and Pathos of Life at the Bench and Bar NCE when Peter wne Great was being shown the law courts in London he asked: ‘‘Are these men all lawyers? Being told they were, he inquired: ‘““What can be the use of so many lawyers? And then he added, pensively: “I have but two lawyers in my emplire, and I mean to hang one of them as soon as 1 get back!" — e Thomas Barry, a Boston lawyer, was re- : cently examining an Irish witness in a suit growing out of a t railroad accident. Here i3 the result wyer Barry's sug- gestion that the witness should tell the story in his own words: “‘Well, the man fell in th' str-reet as the car-r passed; thin th' car-r stopped, an' we all ran cut, The er-rowd gathered ar-round th' man and shouted: ‘He's kilt! He's kilt!” Thin Ol Jjumped in, pulled a dozen of the spalpeens out uy th' way, and yells at 'em, ‘Yez thick heads, yes! If th' man's kilt, why In hivvin's name don't yez stand to wan side an’ let him have a breath of air-r?' " ~ —— A ralirbad baggage man at a suburban town in Ohlo was loading a number of slatted boxes Into a waiting car destined for New York. “‘Curious th'ngs about them hens,” he said, pointing to the live fowls with which the boxes were filled. “What's the matter with them?" “Almost every one has Iald an egg since she was put into that bex; they always do that," was (he answer. “Who gets the eggs? The man who shipped the chickens or the man who has purchased them?" “Well,” responded the baggage man, slowly, “I guess them two are like the men in a lawsuit and the lawyer. Neither of them gets an egg if the rallroad men have time to fish it out.” —p A struggling, modest lawyer near Strouds- burg, this state, says the Philadelphia Times, recelved a call from a well-to-do farmer who was in need of professional ad- vice concerning his rights, which he thought ignored by a section gang on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rallroad. The lawyer looked up the statutes, told the farmer exactly what he should do and, when asked as to the fee, replied: “Well, let's call 9t just $3.”" The farmer passed over a $5 bill, which seemed to embarrass the lawyer, who searched through his pockets and the drawers of his desk. Then he peeketed the $5, reached for a digest, sat down and remarked: “I guess, Neighbor =, I'd best give you $2 worth more ad- vice.” ——— A Pittsburg business man who happened to be In Parkersburg one day last week met Judge Jackson at the state encamp- ment of the West Virginia National Guard. The judge, whose recent Injunctions have caused much discussion, spoke freely cn the subject and expressed great amusement at the letters recelved from various parts of the country. “Why," sald he, “people seem to think 1 am cenduct'ng & wholesale and retail busi- ness in injunctions of all kinds. A man in Chicago wrote me to get an injunction to restrain his neighbor's big tomeat from an- noying him!" e Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of the New York gourt of appealy wrote the prevalling opinion in the “right of privacy” case, which attracted considerable attention, in which the learned justice asserted the view that the publication of a portrait was not an in- vasion of privacy. Ex-Senator David B. Hill, who is a warm friend of Judge Parker, sent to the judge pictures which appeared in the newspapers, showing the trousers of Grover Cleveland and Mr. Hill as these gentlemen appeared at the recent Tilden reception, and he also inclosed a paragraph referring to the fact that Senator Hill's picture was used to ad- vertise a certain brand of liquor. Senator Hill appended this comment: “Has an American citizen no rights worthy of re- spect? I am seriously thinking of applying for a reargument of the case.” Judge Parker replied: “The court of appeals desires me to say that it permits no rearguments and it be- lleves that any American citizen that wears such trousers as represented in the plcture you inclose to me has no rights worthy of respect.” —— A New Hampshire judge has in his pos- sesslon the following letter sent to him by an old farmer who had been notified that he had been drawn as a juror for a certain term of court:. “Dear Jedge—I got your let- ter tellin’ me to come to Manchester and do dooty on the joory an’ I write you these fue lines to let you know that you'll have to get someone else for it ain't so that I kin leave home now. I got to do som butcherin’ and sort over a lot of apples jest about the time the joory will be settin' In your court. Si Jackman of this town says that he would as Soon as not go, for he ain't nothin' else to do jess now, 80 you better send fer him. I hate the worst way not to oblige you, but it ain’t so I kin at pressent. Ennyhow I ain’t much on law, never havin’ been a jooryman’ ceptin’ when old Bud Stiies got killed by the cars here some years ago when I was one that set on the boddy with the koroner. So you better send for 81 Jack- man, for he has got some kin in Manchester he wants to visit ennyhow, an’ he’d be willin' to go for his carfare there an’ back. Ancer back if you want 8i.” —_———— Mr. Montague Lessler of New York tellsa story on Ambassador Choate which he de- clares is a little newer than most others: ““Once,"” said the agile and capable New Yorker, “I was attorney for people with interests opposed to those of the Standard Oil company. There was a preliminary examination of some of the magnates of that company, including Mr: Rockefeller. Finally some of Mr. Choate’s clients were drawn into the controversy and they refused to answer the questions I put to them. The tangle became very intense and it was necessary to have a long argument before the judge. At that time Mr. Choate him- self was in New Jersey arguing a tobacco trust case and we had to postpone our case for over a week. Oh, my! how I studied and fortified myself for the argument against the great Choate. Certainly, you can imagine how I worked. ‘“Well, the day arrived. Mr. Choate came, They pulled him off in one corner of the room and poured a lot of talk in his ear. Then I spoke for about an hour and a half, making the effort of my life, and Mr. Choate followed for about an hour. “The following evening Mr. Choate was to deliver an address before the College of the City of New York, where I was edu- cated. I attended. Mr. Choate sitting down was quite as tall as I was standing. ‘“ ‘How are you, Montague,” said he, put- ting his arm around me affectionately. “Please tell me what all that fuss was about which we argued yesterday.’ ™ —eme It behooves a lawyer to be careful of what he says while arguing before a jury. John C. Kinnear, a practitioner in New York, realizes this fact thoroughly and all be- cause of a remark he made not long ago in the Yorkville municipal court. He appeared on behalf of another lawyer who was suing a corporation for $500 for services alleged to have been performed. The evidence ad- duced made out quite a strong case for plaintiff, whose counsel made a telling speech. He reviewed the facts in clever fashion and toward the close of his re- marks said that the corporation would have paid but for the fact that “‘a red-headed lobster of a junior partner had objected and thus precipitated legal proceedings.” The court rebuked Mr. Kinnear for using such language and the lawyer apologized. But he had done the mischief. All the jurymen but one tittered, and he had red hair. The judge delivered his charge strongly in favor of the plaintiff and the jury retired. Everybody expected a verdict in a few min- utes, but in a couple of hours word reached the court that there was no prospect of an agreement. With one exception the jury was agreed on a verdiet for plaintiff. The exception was the red-headed man, who sald: “Perhaps that lawyer thinks it's smart to call people red-headed lobsters. 1 don’t.” The court finally discharged the Jury and Lawyer Kinnear is still digesting the lesson.