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THE JLLUSTRATED BEE. Prublished Week! —t; The Bee Company, Bee — e y———— Price, 6c Per Copy~Per Year, $2.00, -— Publishing uilding. Omaha, Neb, Entered at the Omaha Postoffice as Second Class Mall Matter. For Advertising Rates Address Publisher, e TA— — Communications rela(lnr to pmotographs of articles for publication snowld be ad- dressed, “Editor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha.” Pen and Picture Pointers ITH THE coming of the rural free delivery of mail by the general government came the develop- ment of a number of collateral features of which the original promoters of the scheme probably did not Episodes UGH M'LAUGHLIN has been a powerful politician for more than a generation, but haw rarely endeavored to make himself felt outside of Brookiyn. During that time Tammany has seen numerous leaders come and go, but has never seen the day when MeLaughlin was not supreme in his party, so far as concerns Brooklyn., He is now over 0 years old, with white hair and countenance seamed by age, but he is hale and vigorous, bright of éye and naturally alert as of yore. . PO S — President Roesevelt has broken another record by sending to a candidate of the opposite party a “good luck' message. The candidate in question is Mitchell L. Erlanger, nominated by Tammany for sheriff in New York. The president and Mr. Erlanger were classmates in the Co- lumbia law school, and have been warm triends ever wsince. In 1898, when Mr. Roosevelt was running for governor, the Tammanay man sent him a “good luck” telegram, repeating it in the campalgn when his ald classmate was elected vice president. In complimentary return for these good wishes the president sent the message in question, ——— Major Elijah Alliger, formerly a wealthy resident of New York, died in St. Louls the other day In abject poverty. Hefore the war he was reputed to be worth nearly A million dollars, and was a leader in so- clal and business circles. He wae one of the companions of the prince of Wales, now King Edward, on his western hunting trip, and served with distinction in the union army during the war of the rebel- lion, He lost his fortune in backing a ‘patent air brake, was deserted by his wife and damghter, went west to Denver, where he led a precerious existence for several years, and a few months ago made his way to St. Louis, where he died in a charitable Institution, PSRV N The young duchess of Manchester, says THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.’ dream. Not the least among these is the National Assoclation of Rural Free De- livery Carriers. As soon as the service was gotten into good working order the carriers began to see points in which it could be improved, especially those affect- Ing the cfrrier himself. These details had not been carefully worked out in the org- Inal plan, and needed attention. Bcon loeal associations were formed, and finally, in Beptember, at « conwention held in Wash- Ington, a_ national brmmlzalkm was ef- fected. It aims to look after the interests of the country mail carrier exclusively and will werk to secure him better pay and such other advantages as rightfully belcng to him. Frank R. Cunningham of South Omaha, who in June was active In secur- ing the convention of Nebragka rural frez delivery carriers, which met at Lincoln, was made president of the national organi- zation, and is now engaged in its business in addition to looking after the affairs of the government along his route. He has opened headguarters in South Omaha and for a year at least will direct the national organization from that point. S — Nebraska's citizen-soldiers come back from the mimic warfare in which they were engaged at Fort Riley covered with glory, Just as Nebraska's citizen soldiers came back from actual warfare, followed hy the highest of praise. The National Guard of the state has surely won its right to the respect of the people of the state. Tn what- ever place the guardsmen have been found, or whatever duty they have bheen called on to perform, they have acquitted them- selves with credit. The praises of general officers of the United States army follows them on their return from the fleld, whether of actual or imitation warfare. Omaha’s share in this is not small; the three companies of infantry here being among the most eflicient of the orgen- ization, and that means that they take high rank in the National Guard of the United States. It is not so very many vears since the Thurston Rifles held one emblem of -the national championship, won November 1, 1903, in competitive drill, and the Omaha Guards held another, probably the only instance in which two military companies In one city held both national championships ate the same time. The third company, the Miilard Rifles, is the youngest, but under the efficient direction of Captain Sues is fast following in the wake of its older comrades and is making great headway as a military organization. Omaha is always willing to welcome home its soldiers from camp or battlefield, for the people know they will come back with glory. p Y — Sacred Heart academy students scatter throughout the central west, hut they still recall the days spent within the gentle restraint of this institution of polite and religious instruction and welcome the op- portunity that permits them to gather there for a reunion Such an oceasion was recently celebrated, a number of voung women and some who have taken on the cares and responsitilities of matrons, meet- ing for a day of reminiscent pleasure and reunion. and Incidents in Lives of Noted People M. A, P, the daughter of Eugene Zimmer- man of Cincinnati, was brought up fairly, quietly and simply, in spite of her father's wealth. She has little love of show, but a great idea of the deference due to an Eng- lish duchess. Not long ago she was stand- ing in the hall of an Irish hotel, waiting for the duke, when an excited American rushed up and inquired if she was Miss ——, & lady for whom she was waiting. The duchess drew herself up and replied, stifly enocugh: “1 am the duchess of Man- chester.” “Oh-h,” replied her compatriot, “I'm from Cincinnati, 100.” P — Abe Gruber, the New York lawyer, was cross-cxamining A witness in a country town not leng ago. The man appeared to be abnormally stupid, but in faet he was determined that the New York lawyer should get no information that could be kept from him. At length Mr. Gruber sail: “Well, at least you can surely tell the jury how this read runs.” The witness appeared to think intently for a few moments. Then he said: “Well, when I'm coming to town It runs up, and when I'm going home it runs down.” “That will be about all,” said the little lawyer with a big sigh, —_— On account of his peculiar methods of work considerable notoriety falls to the lot of Stephen Ronan, leader of the chan- cery bar in Ireland. On leaving the courts in the afternoon he goes home and dons an old suit of clothes, lights a large pipe and buries himself in briefs until 6 o'clock, when he takes a short walk. Then comes dinner, a chat with some neighbors and mm-tn.mlyn-umlnm up and into his old suit, lights his pipe and strolls about the streets untii 3, when he returns and works until 6 in the morn- ing. This is followed by a cold bath and bedlmull.'heubeguln-dmvnnlhht breakfast and hurries off to court again. Bl iiosion One of the most cloguent republicans in New York state is ex-Govermor Frank 8. Black, who recently told some friends Gleanings From the SPELLBINDER of more than local repute was holding forth In a ball on the north side one night last week. He had pulled off the customary hot air exordium about the accomplishments of his party, its deeds In war and peace, and ‘had drawn the oriflamme lib-er-tee across “the azure sky'" until it shadowed the earth from Manila to San Juan and from Nome ' to Timbuctoo, “Now, my friends,"”" he ex- claimed, placing his foot on the tremelo pedal, “*‘what is the guestion confronting us in th's campaign?" “How old is Ann," piped the unpatriotic partisan. Then the lights went out. wtetlian Among Lawyer “Abe”’ Hummel's re- cent clleuts was a weoll groomed, stylish young lady, relates the New York Times, “l am in great distress, Mr. Hummel, and | seek your advice,”” the began, “Well, madam, please slate your case.” “I have received four prepo:als of mar- riage and 1 don't know which one to ac- cept.” “Which man has the most money?” in- quired Hummel, with a smile that spoke volumes. “Why, If T was sure I kunew, do you suppote 1 would ccme to you or any other lawyer for advice?” asall NGAR John C. Sheehan employs a large number of laborers, reports the New York Times. Most of his foremen are Irishmen, but the underlings embrace men of all nationali- ties. The other day one of the foremen had use for a maul on a certain plece of work. He said to a green Irish laborer who WAS near: “Go up where that other gang is working and bring the maul.” - In 2 few minutes the Irishman returned with about twenty-five laborers. “What did you bring these men here for?" asked the foreman. “Sure, you told me to bring “thim all,’ and 1 brought ivery mother's son of thim 1 could find,” was the reply. BT S The late James Abbott McNeill Whistler, though expatriated so long, numbered many Americans among his friends— especially Americans who stayed at home most of the time and so stood less chance of becoming a target for one of his friend- ship-destroying remarks. Mr. Royal Cor- tssoz, the art critic of the New York Tribune, was ome of these, and among other reminiscences he is fond of referring 10 the artist's queer habit of wearing an utterly untethered single eyeglass; if by unlucky chance this optical orphan dropped out he would calmly take another from his waistcoat pocket and deftiy slip it into place, “I'm afrald I could never entirely sym- pathize with Whistler's belligerent atti- tude toward the whole world,” says Mr. Cortissoz, “much as I enjoyed the actual incidents of the warfare. One day I said 10 him, after he had made some unusually cutting remarks about certain centem- poraries: ' 'But It scems with you there is never a time to bury the hatchet.’ “'You are mistaken,’ came In his softest manner, ‘there Is often a time to bury the hatchet—in the side of the enemy, and to think of him no more.’ il “Many men have fads,” sald Mark Twain the other day. “Some collect one thing and some another, Among the most curious is that of a man near my summer home at Elmira, who has a collection of snakes. They are of many varieties, The man who has them thinks a great deal of them, and, in fact, would not take how he acquired his ability as a speaker. “When I was a young man,” he said, 1 went down from “Troy to New England to make my fortune. 1 soon found that for- . tune was not running after me and when my funds ran low I took the only job in sight, that of agent for a sewing machine. 1 traveled through the country districts selling machines and in that way built up whatever eloquence I possess. You have no idea how hard it was to sell a machine in the backwoeds in those days. Some of the farmers thought they were inventiors of the devil, while others regarded them as a swindling device. Holding a conven- tion spell-bound is a cinch compared to the difficully I had in convincing a farmer that a sewing machine is a good thing." S Senator Zeb Vance of North Carolina, a famous raconteu., told Senator Sherman and myself of his having recently pur- chased a yoke of oxen to be used in clear- ing his mountain farm, from which he had just come, relates Senator Vest in the Saturday Evening Post. “I had some Qif- ficulty,” said Vance, “in finding a pair of their names and he replied that the oxen were full brothers and had been raised by off ox,” he said, ‘I named Pete never named his brother, be- exactly what i= done by I speak to Pete they move together. When 1 found this to be the said Vaunce, “I named the name- ox myself and now call them Pete and Repeat.” Senator Sherman looked at Vance and said: “Vance, you have made 4 mistake. These names are too much Daniel Leroy Dresser, whose testimony in the Shipbuilding company’s case at New York has attracted much attention, was the organiser, president and managing Story Tellers’ anything for them. The other day, how- ever, his physician told him that if he aid not take something for them he would § il of the very few occasions when of Rufus Choate was foiled, an in- is lled when that brilllant law- mining one Dick Barton, chief 3 i ¥ H i “Yes, sir.” “Did you see it?" “No, sir.” “Then how did you know there was a moon?" “The Nautical Almanac said so, and I'l belleve that sooner than any lawyer in the world.” “Be civil, sir, latitude and equator?” “Ah, you are joking."” “No, sir, I'm in earnest and 1 desire an answer.” "That's more thian I can give.” “Indeed! You a chief mate and unable to answer so stmple a question!"” “Yes, the simplest question I ever was asked. I thought even a fool of a lawyer knew there's no latitude at the equator.” PR Colonel Henry Watterson, the editor, be- lieves in good English, and net only writes it himself, but tries to get his young men to write it also, relates the Saturday Even- ing Post. A bright young fellow who went to re- port a national convention with Colonei Watierson turned in an article one night that was loosely writen and somewhat slangy. And now tell me in what longitude you crossed the owner of the Narragansett \Webh company, which has also failed, carrying with it a large amount of Newport money. Mr, Dresser’s family and comnections are mil- lionaires many times over. Mrs. John Nicholas Brown is his sister, and George W. Vanderbilt his brother-in-law. He is the grandson of one of the merchant princes of New York, and made a brilliant marriage im his alliance with Miss Burn- ham. A junier officer on the flugship com- manded by Admiral “Fighting Bob” Evans writes to a friend, yving that the chaplain on one or two occasions took Bvans te task because of the profanity in which the lat- ter so frequently indulges. The admiral took these rebukes good-naturedly, but did not seem to have profited greatly thereby, One day the chaplain found him reading the “Sermon on the Mount,” and made the somewhat ungracious comment: ‘“Glad to see you deing that, admiral. I =hall tell the men of it, to offset the oaths you ut- ter.” *“AN right, chaplain,” said the ad- miral,” “and while you are about it, tell them that my profanity is like your piety —only skin deep.” Ot The Roma Tribuna recently related that, contrary te report, Pope Pius did not on his election as pope put his cardinals cap on Mgr. Merry del Val's head as a sign that the monmsignor would soon be made a car- dinal. Instead, his holiness folded the cap up and put it in his pocket. When re- minded that he had not followed the usual custom in regard to the secretary of the conclave, the pope, according to the Tri- buna, replied: “He will reeeive something else before the purple.”” The new state secrelary Is quite a young man for the post. He is about 41 years old, and is the son of Don Merry del Val, who was at one time Spanish ambassador nt the court of St. James. He speaks fluently, besides English, French, Spanish and Italian; is well known as a preacher, and is an_ex- pert In ecclesiastical law. In 1887 he was appointed papal delegate to Canada, Pack The ecolonel read #t with portentous frowns. “Here, here, young man,” he said, “this will never do. You must improve your style.” “What can I do to improve it, colonel?” the young man asked. “Read, sir, read; read books.” “Yes, colonel, but what books?" “Read Thackeray; start with ‘Penden- nig’ That night there was much excitement, Important news developed. Colonel Wat- terson waited for his young man's report, It came to be 11 ¢o'clock at night and he had not submitted a line. The colonel started on a search and found the young man in his room with his feet on a table, smoking a cigar and reading a book. “Here, sir, shouted the colonel, “what are you doing? Where is your article? You have written nothing that T can find, What are you doing here loafing in this manner while the paper is waiting for the news?" “Why, colonel,” the young wman replied with pained surprise, “I am carrying out your orders. I am reading ‘Pendennis’ to improve my style,"” —_— George Ade attended recently a dinner of theatrical people in Boston. The stage folk sang sengs and told stories, but Mr. Ade, who Is very quiet and retiring, would neither sing nor speak. He was, he sald, no good at anything of that kind. Finally, though, the calls for M. became too vehement. The rovng had to yield He rose and said: “I will tell you of an excellent trick = parior magie. You take a tumbier and fill it two thinds full of filtered water, Then you insert in the water a lump of sugar, and & spoon, and you begin to stir, In a few minutes the sugar will become invisible,” Ade man