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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
men of Asia Minor. appealing to their gods

men Of Asia Minor. appealing to their gods
for help.
THE fight continues. The victors capture
the survivors OF the defeate Persian power.
Then comes the order Of the great Persian
king to break camp and retreat along the
sea shore. Those on the other shore have
erected their altar OF sacrifice to zeus
they sing the song Of victory and stamp
with their feet In high leaping dance SO,
simply like a Homeric poem, ends the
song"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
Paid Her hoard.

Chicago Tribune: You're making a ire
mendous fuss over that egg" said one Of
the younger hens. II think I'd be more
modest about il. It's the only one you
have laid this week"
You don't seem TO know anything, you
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

poor. ignorant chick" retorted the older
fowl. Statistics show that when a hen
lays one egg a week she is paying for the
food she eats, and that's all I feel under
any obligation to do. Cut-cutl Cut-daw-
aW~-aW-aW-cut!"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

How beggars are made might De
made the subject of a singularly inter-
esting article. And it would refer not
to the unkind cuts of fortune, but TO
the appliances whereby a certain deft
and none too %scrupulous manufactur-
er eQuips men and women who, for
purposes of their own, wish to be con-
sidered lame, halt or blind.
That it is easier to be crippled than
to work is the maximum upon which
this particular trade is established.
"Pm what is called a street sham
Iakir,'" said one Of these dealers in
DISCUSSES recently. 81 fake up most OF
the sham disabled mill operatives,
crippled sailors, etc., and charge EN-
a small fee.
"If it's a woman with a tale that
her husband beats her, l paint her a
black eye and put her arm in a sling.
Say it's a man on a blind lay; we'll, l
paint some scars on his face to initiate
the marks Of a lead explosion and give
him a green eye-shade and a blind
card.
IF a mans really MANNED it makes
it easier. Suppose he's been run over
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06
Traits of the Gorilla
African Natives Convinced the Monster Animal Possesses the
Soul of a Man.

softly and pointed to a tree, alongside
which stood an immense male goril-
la. There he remained but twelve
yards away boldly facing us with his
huge chest, muscular arms, fiercely-
glazing deep-gray eyes and a hellish
expression, until I moved.
AT hat he dropped to all fours and
came six yards nearer, sitting up to
beat his breasts with his huge fists
a defiance-so that it sounded like an
immense drum. His roar was most
singular, beginning with a kind Of
bark and deepening into a bass roll
that literally resembled thunder.
THE short hair on his forehead
vas t%witching, his powerful fangs
showed u~npleasantly, and, feeling he
was about to attack. and incidentally
being scared green, l shot him
through the heart. With a groan
something human and yet british, he
fell on his face and died quickly.
HE measured 5 feet 9 inches in
length, his chest was 81 inches, and
his arms spread 9 feet. l was glad to
have the specimen, but somehow after
that eve cared to kill a gorilla un-
less he actually menaced me-
Ainslee's
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

Gorilla hunting is a distinct sensa-
ton even for the veteran hunter. This
animal, which has become somewhat
confused with fable and fiction. is a
reality, and a decidedly unpleasant
one to engage. The West Africans
are MORALLY afraid Of it, believing
that the brute contains the spirit of
a man. They attribute to it all sorts
of ferocities, like the carrying off of
a human being, who is permitted to
return after being deprived of toe and
finger nails.
Skilled hunters have never observed
any of these doings, but they testify
to the brute's strength and ferocity.
According to a French sportsman a
full-grown gorilla can bite through a
tree six inches thick in order to Sc
cure the sap, and twist a gun barrel
with the swollen punches of muscles
that serve for arms. His roar is ter
rifying and al be heard for a dis
lance of three miles.
Il. shall forget how the first
n impressed me-" says the French
man, for l had a bad attack of the
shakes. The woods had been filled
some time with a barking roar, but l
saw nothing until my guide clucked
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

One great secret of Napoleon's pow
er was his ability to sleep. II he had
but an hour for sleep he slept an hour,
even though the fate of an army or
OF an empire hung in the balance
while he slept. Gen. Grant was an
other great example of this ability
to lay aside work at quitting time.
Ever In the Wilderness campaign,
when the responsibility of the move
ments of the nations armies, stretched
out in battle line a thousand miles
long lay on his shoulder; when his
goodnight commands involved all
night marching and fighting of his
army of the Potomac, and his waking
orders might mea victory or defeat.
the killing or the saving of a thousand
it all he lay down and
dropped to sound sleep as quickly as
you or l when we read ourselves sleepy
over an old story book. Grant had
what q great writer has called a
"frictionless mind" He saved for
the wear of work what others throw
away on the tear of worry.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06
General Lees Thourhta

Uncle Tom" the old negro OF I,ex.
ington, Va. who saw a great dea, -,
Gen. Lee during the civil war. havino
been employed as a cook at headouar =.
tiers, confessed that only once had ha
neard anything disrespectful said
ABOUT the idol Of the south. In re,.t-
Ing the incident, he said:
One night, about de middle nh =.
war, seed a GURUS man. go inter 10
g1nPs tent. He cum out, en- whin hs
got up to whar l wuz he wuz a rinpin
en- erroarin' en- ersnorten'. whit.
de trubble?' I SEE ter i'm, .Truhhla >.
SEE he. I jes got order ter ride fortr
miles ter-night wild er messidee -.
nere tbs er-snowin' en- er-blowin, ~
er-sleetin' lax all persessed. IN
earned ct l know what Ginl Lees ar
thlnkin' about Well sir. I ies ,ooras
at I'M Ter a minute en- then sez -.
I'm: Fer Gowd. I doan reckin ver ar 70.
know what Gin1 Lees er-tbinr,n.
erbout. Man. sir, eff one er GinJ Ian..
tnots werz ter get inter your ba,a
'twould bus it open.'" A"'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06
TRICKS OF BEGGARS
Men and Women Who Find lmploring Charity Easier ina"
Working.

and had his leg cut off. | paint a
picture of a burning house and MIN
Jumping out of a top window with a
child in his arms, and a yarn under IL:
Kind friends, l lost my leg through
rescuing my employers child THAT'S
a sure take of a flyer a day.
Il make all these rigs myself, ne
said, land hire 'em out. 1t pays, but
have to keep dark, for the police are
very down on my sort. This hollow
wooden cap with an iron hook nts
over your hand, and here's a club-foot
boot, and yonder a pair for both feet.
"A queer business? You'd say SO II
YOU knew the jobs I'm asked to 40
sometimes. Only yesterday a woman
wanted vitriol scars on her face, n
actually wanted me to use real v1tlol.
Didn't know what she was asking
Oh, yes. Why, bless you, some beg
gars maui themselves horribly to ex-
cite sympathy. In fact, they'd do any
thing rather than ~work."-New YORK
World.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06
WHITE FEATHER

N+E.#R9ENHf MEEH HHN4E IHEME
There n no need to mention the
name OF his regiment here. That is a
secret that belongs to the army alone.
Suiice 1t to say that his comrades are
proud Of his name.
He should never have entered the
army u. All. much less : hard riding
cavalry regiment, which had Z reputa-
ton to sustain by q yearly tribute Of
broken necks and collar bones.
His proper vocation was that OF q
linen diapers assistant, and he had
filled that occupation very satisfactor-
Nv Til one evil day he had fallen In
lore With : SRI, 9 silly, shallow girl.
Ut wnom no practical man or boy
would heve taken. = second look.
III zadored her. and she adored sol
diegs. III their walks abroad she would
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06
STORMS ON K

Tsmpestuous Times on One OF siberia's
Great Inland Sea-.
The part Of the Siberian railroad
that will skirt the southern shores Of
Lake Baikal has not yet been built. It
involves dificult engineering, and the
railroad authorities decided, for a few
years. to use ~ice-breaking steamers, tie
barges to them, load them with pas
sengers and freight cars and thus ferry
trains across the lake. But now they
have come to the conclusion to build
the line around the foot OF the lake
as soon as they can, for they are hav-
ing no end Of trouble with stormy and
foggy Baikal. The lake is sixty-fve
miles wide and it is no joke for the
passengers to be penned in their cars
on the barges for twenty to forty hours
at a time, as has happened now and
then within the last year. On these oc-
casions a storm on the lake or a heavy
fog has made 1t impossible to reach
port on the farther side. Anyone
knowing the conditions Of travel on
this lake might expect such accidents.
There is no good port and one cannot
be made without spending a fortune.
A while ago sailing vessels were the
only means Of transport, and they
sometimes took over a fortnight in
crossing the lake, beating up and down
and waiting for a chance to get to the
landing while storms were raging for
days and days. Millions Of Russians
seem to have an erroneous idea OF Bal
kali. It Is the largest fresh water lake
in Asia, but the Russians do not hest
tate to call 1t the largest in the world.
In fact. the lake Is thus ranked In
some of the biographies used in Rus
sian schools. The eompilers Of these
text books would seem never to have
heard OF our great lakes and those Of
central Africa.-New York Sun.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

by nature a coward, but for the NOM
DRY of her he swore an oath to himself
to do his duty without sparing himself
in the coming fight.
Look ere, old chap, we amt going
to call you White Feather no more!"
said Trumpeter Pipes as they lay to-
gether behind the shelter OF a large
bowlder. against the face of which the
Boer bullets were pattering like a
heavy rain.
In full sight of the whole army their
squadron had crossed the Boer front
amid a hail of bullets which had
brought twenty men to earth.
White Feathers horse had been shot
under him, and, at the risk Of his life,
he had carried the wounded trumpeter
into the shelter of the powders. He
was unhurt, but trembled in every
limb from fear and great exertion.
From between two powders he
peeped out and saw. amid the bodies
OF men and horses that Uttered the
plain, a wounded man crawling on his
hands and knees amid a spatter Of bull
lets that were kicking puffs of dust
from the dry earth all around him.
It was his captain.
White Feather watched him for a
moment; then he saw him stoop and
lie down on his side despairingly. He
could crawl no more.
Il will, for her sake!" he murmured
between his clenched teeth, and. rising
from the shelter Of the rock, he faced
the hail Of death that battered to the
earth around him.
AS he walked into the open a faint
cheer reached his ears from the British
troops half a mile behind him. The
Royal artillery backed him with a
shrieking fight OF shrapnel, which
whistled for a moment overhead, then
burst over the Boer lines a quarter Of
a mile away in a shower Of bullets that
for a moment quelled the storm around
him.
He reached the wounded man, lifted
him on his back and returned step by
step to where Trumpeter Pipes lay hid
den.
The trumpeter gave him a faint
"Bravo!" as he staggered and fell with
his burden into the kindly shelter Of
the rock.
That was White Feathers reward.
On a distant hill the British COM
mander shut his field glasses with a
snap.
Tell the general to keep down the
fire on the right there and get those
men in from behind those powders"
he said to his aid, "and bring me that
mans name. If he is alive, tell him
that l saw 1t all, and that I'm going
to recommend him for the o Never
saw a finer show Of finer discipline in
my life!" added the commander to
himself as his aid galloped OF.
White Feathers eyes glistened as he
received the messages and heard the
cheer that swept along the lines al he
was carried in.
Perhaps I shall get that commission
after ALL" he said to himself; then
she. will think more of me-"
Perhaps it was just as we'll that he
died Ave minutes later-this faithful
worshiper of a goddess Of clay.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06
C,in<in~ to Polish Language.

The, Poles who inhabit tho province
Of Posen, a part of the former king
dom Of Poland, wish to maintain the
public use Of their language. but the
authorities do not approve Of their de-
sire. Hitherto those Poles ignorant Of
the German tongue addressed letters
and parcels to their friends in their
own language. This has now been
strictly forbidden. The chief postmas-
ter for the district Of Posen has given
orders to all postofices and postal
agencies in his district that no mail
shall in future be accepted, forwarded
or delivered which bears as its adj
dress an inscription in the Polish lam
guage. BY way Of explanation he adds
that the postal service is not merely q
public servant, but has also national
and educational functions to perform.
Volts. In Chicago Record.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

Here is a sample of the other ex-
IRENE. Said a Minneapolis lawyer to
me: When l began the practice Of
law always lost two nights before I
mad a case in court, tossing about and
combating every thinkable standpoint
OF my opponent. And | lost as much
sleep afterward upbraiding myself for
not having thought of certain points
at certain pat occasions in the prog
ress OF the case" OF what value were
these night thoughts to this young at
torney? About as much value as
night sweats to a constructive! I
venture to say that all the business
planning a man does in life while
lying on his back at night isn't worth
an hours good thinking on his feet
on one June morning. AS compared
with the sleep it displaces, such night
thinking isn't worth forty winks after
dinner. Burning the candle at both
ends sometimes makes a fine bonfire
But 1t always makes a bad grease spot
OF a good candle.-The Commercial
West.
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IS HARD TO READ HANDWRITING
ritter Threatens to Make Penman-
ship q Lost Art.

typewriter Threatens to Mako Psnman-
ship = Lost Art
With the almost universal use of the
typewriter In correspondence, billing.
mercantile papers and in authors
manuscripts, has come about the in
ability of men to read ordinary hand
writing.
The use of the typewriter may have
had something to do with making
handwriting more extraordinary than
it ever was, but in the days when a
certain school OF almost illegible hand
writing was so affected by lawyers,
physicians, clergymen, journalists and
literary men, 1t Is doubtful If the mere
lack Of practice in present day penmen
causes them to turn out manuscript
to compare with that of years ago.
Whatever is the matter" says an
observer in q big publishing house, at
Is true that young men and women of
to-day have almost lost the art Of
reading matter written by pen or PEN
Gil. They come to me by the dozens
every day. asking that I help them out
In deciphering letters or manuscript.
In such cases I know that the manu-
scripts are not as bad as those of
forty years ago, and this for several
reasons:
I'VE have better paper nowadays:
We have better pens, better pencils and
1t no longer ID fashionable for my
body using . pen to affect an untidy
letter. Some OF this angular penman-
ship affected by young women is hard
to read when It comes to proper names.
but otherwise l hnd the pen written
letter to-day remarkably easy to read.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

Why can't the young folks read II?
simply because they are spoiled bv
.ype"rltten letters and manuscript. I
dont know if penmanship is to become
a lost art, but the reading of II seem.
10 De promising Of such a fate"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

we are made for co-operation-,,r.
leet, hke hands. like eyelids, like thu
rows OF the upper and neither teeth RI
George Eliot. ~
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

inose we call the ancients wer. .,
reality quite new. IN
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

The interest bill Of the city Of New
York amounts to more than $13, 800 900
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

Probably love makes the world go
round because it is SO cranky.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06

cal coward. he was a moral hero. There
IL no chance Of . display Of feeling In
q barrack room. 20. like the Spartan
boy Of old, he Rugged his trouble to
him, slipping the cheap little engage
ment ring with which he had sealed
his troth into his pocket without a sign
beyond the t~witching Of his white lips.
Then he lit his pipe with the letter, not
out Of contempt, but because there is
little privacy accorded in the CORE
spondence that comes to the barrack
room, and q private soldier is not pro-
vided with q desk wherein to keep his
faded flowers and other sentimental
tokens of the past.
The blow was q very heavy one, for
White Feather was without the world
~ knowledge that should have told
him long since that he had fixed his
affections upon q vulgar, selfish and
brainless flirt, and he still believed in
her.
For her sake he had learned to over
come his physical cowardice. He had
dreamed Of q possible commission in
the dim future and had rejoiced in the
recently acquired promotion a. q step
toward her.
For her sake, too. he received the
news ~cheerfully when the word passed
through the barracks that the regi-
ment was ordered to South Africa to
meet the Beers. He knew that he was
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-06-14
Qna, Ea.iIr ~ Control

Harrisburg. Pa, June 1.-THE nomina-
ton Of Judge Samuel W PennypAcker #
Philadelphia for governor was practically
assured when the republican state eonsen-
tion assembled Wednesday, though the fol-
lowers Of Attorney General Ekin were
full Of fight.
Pennypaeker was nominated for gov
ernor on the first ballot The vote was:
Pennypaeker, 906; Elkin. l52.
Senator Quay's nomination Of his col
league, Senator Penrose, for temporary
chairman was in the form Of a brief resi-
luton. Senator Penrose made no speech
but proceeded to the prompt dispatch Of
the business Of the convention.
A Philadelphia delegate Offered Teso-
luton, which was unanimously adopted,
that Senator Quay be elected state chair
man.
While the committees were organizing.
speeches placing in nomination candidates
for governor were made. Robert S. MuI.
nay Of Cambridge Offered the name of f.
kin. Judge Pennypaeker was named by
Hampton l. Carson Of Philadelphia
The name Of Lewis Q. Waters WIS
withdrawn. This left the field to Penny.
packer and Elkin, and candidates were
then presented for lieutenant governor.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-06-14

Kansas City, June 9.--Atiorneys for
The packers have prepared their answer 70
the proceedings against the alleged beei
trust brought BY Attorney General Crow,
and copies have been Forwarded to JefIer.
son City. while denying that they ever
made an unlawful combinati ton Of any sort
the packers attack the Missouri antitrus,
law as Unconstitutional. in conflict with
both che federal and state constitutions
and lava
The sehwsrschild a Salzbergcr company
has = separate answer. Il has been oper.
ating without a license and il on a diff.
lerent footing from the rest, for It has
never been legally in business in Missouri
Part Of lis answer SAYS:
This respondent never made or entered
into any sgreemeat, consideration, com.
binaiicn, pool OF understanding by OF
among the respondents or either Of them
OF any person OF corporation, to regulate
Ok OF caatsol the price to be paid BY re.
tail butchers or any one else for any kind
Of pork, beef, cured meats or lard, slaugh.
tered or Manufactured. prepared, or Of
teTed for sale or TO be sold In the state
Of Missouri or elsewhere, or to maintaiu
Or control prices thereof in st. Joseph
Kansas City or ST. Louis or elsewhere in
Missouri, or to prevent competition in bus
inces between the respondents and other
engaged In like business; nor did respond
enis ever take part in maintaining any
such agreement, confederation, comhina
ton, pool OF understanding"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-06-14

Honolulu, May 81, via san Francisco
june s.-RePorts have been received from
the island Of Hawaii indicating that the
volcano is showing more than usual &C
tivity. One report, by the captain Of
the gasoline schooner Eclips, is to the
effect tia, be saw a column Of h1mei
from the crater Of MOlzuAWeoweo, which
is near the summit Of Mauna Loa, 1900
feet above the sea, and has long been OF
the quiescent. Ii is high above kilauea
the active volcano. A later report from
the volcano hotel states that there is ne
unusual activity.
A steamer arriving later, however, con
firms the report Of activity.
The Kauai, which left Hawaii two days
ago. reports large column Of smok.
above the crater Of KilAuea. The eratei
is always steamiug and smoking more OF
less. bat is at present reported to be send
ing up much more than the usual amount
of smoke.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-06-14

Heavy forest fires have DESTROYED
the town OF Michel, b. c., ten cars OF
freight and a long section OF track.
cutting on traffic over the Crows Nest
line.
At 2:30 Monday afternoon H. H.
Harper was drowned in the Natatori-
UNI plunge at Boise. although he was
good swimmer. He dIved down and
lid not come up. II has not been as
certained what happened to him.
Heart failure is the theory OF some.
Harper came from Ohio and was q
stranger in Boise.
The chief event In connection with
Princeton's 155th commencement, as
great surprise. came at the annual
meeting Of the board OF trustees, when
President Francis J. Patton resigned
the presidency and Professor Wood
row Wilson. professor Of Jurisprudence
and politics. was elected to succeed
him.
Nine men and one woman were
killed and about 80 persons injured in
q FIRE in Chicago which destroyed the
sanitariusn conducted by the st. Luke's
society at Wabash avenue and Twenty
FIRST street. The society occupied the
building which was long known as the
Hotel Woodruff and for a brief period
the Hotel Lancaster. The greater por-
ton Of tho patients received in the in
stitution were those seeking cure from
the drink habit and those who were
addicted to the use Of drugs.
Fire destroyed the Arcade and the
Citizens National bank block and the
Shackleford building and caused the
loss Of five lives at Saratoga. n. Y.
The dead: Mrs Elizabeth II. Mabie.
Mrs Sarah Owens. David Rowland.
Mrs. David Rowland. Mrs. Harrington.
Plueky II year old Lulu Hubbard
crawied nearly q mile Monday after
noon near walla Walla 70 bring help
70 her mother. who was dead when
found. The little girls head was
crushed and bleeding. her lips were
ripped from her face and one leg was
broken. Yet despite these awful in
juries she dragged herself TO a farm
house door and weakly pointed down
the road TO where the mangIed corpse
OF her mother lay. There was no life
in the latter when the search party
found her.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-06-14

Denver, Col, June e.--The Building
Trades council has declared of the strike
which has pAralysed all building in Den
yer for the past two weeks, direcsly al.
fccting 5000 mechanics. II h not known
what action will be taken by the employ.
ers' organization In regard 10 reemploying
the strikers. The calling off Of the strike
is said 20 be the result Of an order from
the National Building TraGes council
which declared the strike irregular in sew
eral particulars