Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 25, 1903, Page 22

2 THE JLLUSTRATED BEE Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Company, Bee Bullding. Omaha, Neb, Price, bc Per Copy--Per Year, $2.00. Entered at the Omaha Pos‘office as Second Class Mall Matter, -— - - - —_— For Advertising Rates Address Publisher. Communications relating to photographs ot articles for publication snould be ad- dressed, “liditor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha. Pen and Picture Pointers resources ar var.ed and extensive, but like most new states, are being but veloped. This does not mean that much progress has not been malec, for that would be untrue. The state has been thoroughly explored by scieniilic ex perts, until ite capabllities are we.l under- stood, and the enterprising p ople who hive made their homes and taken up their life work there have reaped the golden reward of their faith in the commonwcalth, but the advance made is so small in comparison with the possibilities of the state that it seems Insignificant alongside of what might be, and in time undoubtedly wiil be. At Bheridan recently the annual industrial ex- hibition of the g ate was held and attracted much attention, chiefly because of the ex- ecellence of the exhibit and the showing made for the state. Not the least impor- Episodes state superin- YOMING'S slowly d H. ACKERMAN, tendent of public instruction in Oregon, urges that the elements of selentific farming be taught in public schools. He does not con- template thorough agricultural training, but rather that pupils be taught such facts and principles as should be understood by everyone living in an agricultural country. He believes that in time such instruction will become general, and that teachers will be prepared for the work. Lord Alverstone, who presided over the deliberations of the Alaska boundary com- mission, once charged a wealthy client $6,000 for a few pages of typewritten ad- vice. The client ventured to suggest that this was rather a high price for half a day's work. “It's not half a day's work,"” gail his lordship. “It is part of my whole education. All my years at the temple, all the years I have practiced, all the years of my experience. It is half a day out eof the heart of my life.” Y — Bir Frederick Pollock, who is on a visit to this country, is corpus professor of jurisprudence at Oxford university and oc- oupies a distinguished position in the Eng- lish legal profession. He has been exam- fner of law at Cambridge, and has written many text-books, among them volumes on torts, contracts, partnerships and jurispru- dence and ethics, He also has written a life of Spinoza. Sir Frederick was born in 1846 and was educated at Eton and at Trin- ity college, Cambridge, and in 1871 was called to the bar of Lincoln's inn, His grandfather was chief baron of the court of exchequer. Bir Frederick has visited the United States several times. It is said that if ever a man had a son after his own pattern that man is John THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. tant in the list of classified exhibits was that of the Wyoming experimental station, the government establishme nt for proving the capabilities of the soil, This show of what can be done in the way of agriculture In a country where grazing has been the chief relfance of the people was a surprise even to the old residents of Wyoming, Sheridan again proved a worthy host to the many people who congregated there to attend the festival and look over position’s features, @ . Recently The lllustrated Bee contained a pieture of the handsome new Pre shyterian church dedicated at Scott's Bluff, Neb. By some inadventure it was referred to as being located at Gering. Thig mistake has caused the people of Scott's Bluff, the new center of commerelal activity of Scott's Bluff county, annoy matter The Bee regr ind this correction is made to set it right as far as possible, the ex some ince, a One of the most inleresting the Ak-S8ar-Ben festivities Is crowning of the king on the night of the grand ball at the den. This cere mony is attended with more or less of the formali- ties incident to the crowning of a genuine monarch, but modified to a degree that makes it more acceptable if not quite so stately. One of the incidents of the cere- mony this year that gave delight to the great and fashionable assemblage there present was the presentation of the crown to his gracious majesty, Ak-8ar-Ben IX, by the winsome page who had becn selected to perform that important function. Little features of the formal Miss Harriet Nina Metz was chosen for the part, and in her costume well merited the remark passed by one who saw her, “She looks as if she had stepped right out of a fairy story.” She was certainly im- preseed with the honor that had come to her, and the privilege of handing the golden emblem of regal authority to her father, Mr. Fred Metx, but this did not in any de- gree detract from her childish Brace beauty. and The republican candidates for district judge in the Fourth judicial district, which Includes Douglas, Washington, Burt and Barpy counties, are men who stand high in their proefssion and among their fellow citizens. Three of them-—-Judges Baxter, Day and Estelle now on the bench und king for re-election. The other four— 3. Redick s, Sutton and Troup have long been k v N the lead- Ing practitioners of the district, and hs been sucecessfu! in the conduct of their private businese. They were selected by the nominating convention because of their fitness for the position to which they he¢ bcen nominated, and are put forward by the republican party in cenfidence of their ability and capacity, and with the full be- lief that they will be elected. . The club women of Fremont are for a second time enjoying an enviable promi- nence for their entertainment of the Ne- braska IFederation of Women's Clubs, the ninth annual convention that met there Oc- tober 6, 7 and 8 having been the largest that has yet been held and one of the most are as among October 25, 1903, profitable. For this success it is generally conceded that the women of the hostess are largely responsible, for the well laid plans for the convention were executed without a single flaw to mar the smoothe ness of the meeting. Two hundred and twenty-nine delegates, officers and commit- tee members and about fifty other visiting women were entertained in the homes or the hotels of Fremont, and in addition to this exceptional provision was made for their comfort and eonvenicnce by the en- tertainment ecommittee under the chairman« ship of Mrs. J. W. Richards. Mrs, W, H. Clemmons, as president of the local elub, with Mrs. €. C. McNish, Miss Daisy Spick- ard, Mrs. E. E. Benjamin, Mis ette McCarn, Mrs, Meta Knox Hollenhieck, Mrs, D. V. Stephens, Mrs, McGivern and Mre. . O, Leake, a score of other prcminent women, constituted the committee in charge, and if anything was left for the entertainment of the Federation it was not of sufficient conse- quence to be noticeable. P — Five generations of the family of Clark recently had a picture taken by a photog- rapher of their home town, St. Paul, Neb. The group is of some interest, not only from the age, but for the youthful appear- ance of each The great-great-grand- mother is Mrs. Margaret A. Clark, aged 84; the great-grandfa r ig John L. Clark, azed 65; the grandmother is Mrs. J. Al Wilfer (born Clark), aged 40; the mother is Mrs. J. W McCrann, (born Wilifer), aged 18 and the baby that completes the list is Hazel McCann, now 2 months old. city undone and Incidents in Lives of Noted People D. Rockefeller. The junior John is a chip off the old block—accessible, with pleasant manner, hard worker and sphynxlike in everything he does. He holds his father in great respect—in reverence, in fact. He has the same church creed. He maintains and conducts a large Bible class—with sin- cerity and a good deal of zeal. He keeps himself informed of the management of the great Rockefeuer interests, benefac- tions and all. He js a man of the same simple tastes and quiet life and of few diversions. Yachts and great social dis- play—he has none of them. He is the heir- presumptive who is most seriously train- ing himself for his great responsibilities and duties. + Congressman Powers tells this story about Senators Blackburn and Fairbanks and Becretary of the Treasury Shaw. When the latter first went to Washington Senator Blackburn had some business with the sec- retary, and while in the office met Senator Fairbanks. After the business was con- cluded Senator Blackburn invited the other two out to have a libation, and they ac- cepted. All hande lined up against the bar. Turning to Secretary Shaw, Senator Black- burn said: ‘“What will you have, Mr. Becretary?’ “Well, I guess I'll have a glass of lemonade,” was the reply. The gentleman from Kentucky then turned to Benator Fairbanks and sald, ‘“And what will you have, senator?’ “I'll have a glass of Moxie,” was the reply. The bartender leaned over the counter and said to Sena- tor Blackburn, “And what's yours, sena- tor?”’ “Oh,” said the senator from the Blue Grass state, “I guess I'll have a piece of squash ple." __.._.’.__ When Tolstol was in the Crimea recently a rich American arrived in his yacht with a party of friends and asked permission to Gleanings From the NDREW CARNEGIE, at the open- ing of the autumn conference of the Iron and Steel Institute at Barrow-in-Furness, England, told an odd little story from his vast collection of Scottish anecdotes. “A Scot,” he sald, “was unhappy because he hnd lost his money. Ile borrowed a londed gun and with a desperate look started toward a dismal fen. The owner of the gun, a little anxious, bawled after him to know if he was going to commit suicide. He bawled back: ‘““*No just that. I'm conly thinkin' o' gangin' doun to the fens to gle mysel’ a confoonded fricht.' VS mistakes may have serious sides, sald a Wall street man, quouted by the New York Sun. A broker who wanted to communicate with another named Jones looked in the directory and then called up a number. Presently came through the receiver a soft feminine “Hello!” and hc asked, “Who is that?" “This I1s Mrs. Jones." “Have you any idea where your husband Is ¥ He couldn't understand why she ‘rang off” so sharply until he looked in the book again and discovered he had called up the residence of a widow. Telephone their FRESH This story of Lincoln is told in Willlam B. Curtis’ new biography: One day a mer- chant visited the White House and sent up his card among a quantity of others from eager office seekers. Under his name he had written: ‘“Holds no office, and wants none.” “Show him up at once,” directed Lincoln, “he's a curfosity.” The merchant passed the long line of suppliants and had a delightful talk with the most harassed man in the country. — The fact that America is a very big coun- try never strikes one so forcibly as when he has traveled a couple of thousand miles due west, and still finds the prairie stretching out before him. A young member of the British nobility was over here recently, ac- companied by his inevitable valet, James, relates the Washington Times. They saw numerous seaboard cities, tar- ried for a time in Pittsburg, in Chicago, in 8t. Louls, and in Kansas City, and then struck out into the great west. Somewhere near the edge of Colorado the train was de- layed at a small station, and the passengers got out to stretch their legs, among them his lordship and James, who seemed in a brown study, “What's the matter?”’ asked his master “I was just thinkin’ my lord,” said James, “that Columbus didn't do such a bloomin' big thing when ‘e discovered this 'ere country, hafter hall's said and done. 'Ow could ‘e 'elp it?" —— When Frank H. Clergue, promoter of the Lake Superior Consolidated company, was a little boy In Maine, playing about the lumber wharves in Bangor, reports the New York Times, he gave promise of his ability at financiering, his old nelghbors call on the great Russian. Leave was granted on condition that Tolstoi, who was quite weak from illnees, should not be troubled with talk. One woman visitor could not restrain her conversational pro- penaity, but said in gushing tones: “Leo Tolstol, all your noble writings lave in- fluenced my life, but the one which taught me most was——'" Here she forgot the name of the book, and Tolstoi asked insinuat- ingly: “Was it ‘The Dead Souls'?’ *“Yes, yves." was the eager reply. “Ah,” observed Tolstol, “Gogol wrote that book, not 1. ——e It is in reviewing the history of a man like General U. 8. Grant that the conviction grows that planning one’'s future is . foolish waste of time. Grant did not plan his fu- ture except in a most limited degree, and what he did plan he planned wrong. This is made the mcre striking in Dr. Taussig’s acccunt of his recollection of Grant, read before the Historical society of St. Louis. Dr. Taussig says that in 1859 Grant applied for the position of road superintendent, for which service to the public a salary of $1,500 was then paid. Dr. Tausesig was a member of the county court, and since Grant was then residing with the Dents, who were ad- herents of the confederate cause, he suc- cessfully opposed giving him the place. Some years afterward Grant thanked Dr. Taussig for his rejection. e J. G. A. Leishman, the American ambas- sador to Turkey, is now a millionaire, but in childhood he was an inmate of an orphan asylum in Pittsburg. It was Mr. Leishman's ready wit and pluck, joined to industry, that caused him to rise in life. There is a story of his youth that exemplifies his power of making the best of an awkward situation. He was driving along a narrow country road. Suddenly he saw another team approaching from the opposite direc- Story Tellers’ say, and that without investing any of his own capital. A circus was coming to town and the embryo promoter was hard put for the price of a ticket. Then he had an inspiration. All the water which came to the circus grounds was brought through a wooden tunnel from far up the hill. Its source was an old spring, seldom visited and hard of access. Frank waited until the morning parade was over and the circus help were hungry for their mid-day meal. Then he mounted the hillside and inserted a wooden plug in the tunnel. By the time he had reached the grounds he found everything ripe for a strike The water had ceascd to run. “Say, mister; gimme a fix it for you,” he offered. “Fix it, and you can have half a dozen,” cried the manager Inside of ten minutes the plug was re- moved and the horses were drinking their fill. And the boy Frank took five bosom friends to the show. RS - General Chaffee, during the late military maneuvers in Maine, went around the camp inspecting things privately. “1 say,” he queried of a mournful look- ing sentry at Fort Levett one foggy morning, “how are they feeding you?" “Pretty poor, I can tell you,” grumbled the sentry, who telonged to a Maine Na- tional Guard regiment, “You don't really mean that?” the general solicitously. “Why, they giving you?"’ ticket, and I'll inquired what are Leishman to turn out would have meant the sinking of his carriage to the hubs in the mud of a ditch, but the other team could have turned ont without inconvenience. The driver of the other rig, however, showed no desire to turn out. Ie was a fat man, and he and Mr. Leishman approached each other till the noses of their horscs touched. Each, it was plain, was determined not to turn out. They stopped, face to face, and for a while glared at each other in lence. Finally the fat man lighted a cigar, his legs and began to puff comfortably away. Mr. Leishman took out a pipe and smoked in turn. Then the fat man took a newspaper from under the seat and began to read. ¥Kvidently, Mr. Leishman reasoned, this was to bhe a contest of patient waiting (and at patient waiting he was not good) or else it was to be a contest that would be decided by a coup of some sort. To accomplish a coup he made up his mind to break the silence, and between the puffs he said: “When you're through with that paper 1I'd like to look at it, if you don't mind.”" This remark caused the fat man to laugh. He apologized to the other for his churlishness, drew his carriage out so that Mr. Leish- man’s could pass, and the two parted good friends. tion. For Mr crossed —_—— William M. K. Olcott told the other day a story of the days when he was district attorney of New York. Mr. Oleott had asked a young South Carolina lawyer liv- ing in the city to be ome of his assistants and by way of celeMrating his acceptance asked the young man te dine with him and afterward see Irving play “Othello.” After the play Mr. Olcott asked his guest what he thought of the performance. It was a fine show,” replied the young man ap- preciatively, “a mighty fine show! But I don't see but the coon did as well as any of ‘em.” Pack “Wal,"” drawled the down easter, sadly, “the other mornin’ they served us a ration o' prunes. There is forty on us and we just counted them prunes—there was eighty- three.” “The deuce you say!"" exclaimed the gen- eral, with apparent surprise, “why that's more than two prunes apiece. That's luxury!” With this he departed, chuckling merrily, Later he climbed into a shack where a darky was cooking the rations of a com- pany. “Morning, cook,” said he pleasantly, “How do you like cooking? Do your men treat you nice?” “Purty good, tonished darky. “Don’t complain at the food or swear at you?" sabh," murmured the as- was the deferential answer. “I tell you what it is, you must be a boss ccok; that's the reason.” “No, sah,” was the smooth answer, “Fact is, I just come, sir; they run the lust cook out of camp this mawnin’, sah.” 1 Wi Out in one of the border towns of Arizona & case was In progress, one of the lawyers being an eastern man who was new to the country. “Wi'l you charge the jury, your honor?’ he asked, when the evidence had been sub- mitted, “Oh, no; I guess not,” replied the judge, “I never charge them anything. They don’'t know much, anyway, and I let 'em bave all they can make.”