Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-30

will receive a ticket. This lodge has in
creased its membership over 100 since Jan
uary 1 and expects to have 500 LENDERS be-
fore the date OF the banquet.
QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFE.
On the farm Of Jason Gibbs. Huntington.
Tenn, lives a remarkable old negro. HIS
name is George Gwinn. and he is one OF the
few centenarians In Carroll county, being
102 years Of age. But the most remarkable
feature in connection with this old darby
is the extensive list Of his IlneaI descend
ants. They lumber more than 200. While
yet a young man Gwinn was married, and
by his first wife had four children. He is
now living with his sixth wife, and by the
entire six is the father of forty-seven
children. All Of the forty-seven are still
living; all are married and have had an
average OF three children each. making 14O
grandchildren. There are also ten great
grandchildren and three great greatsgrand-
children.
He was a tiny little fellow, surely not
more than 8 years old, and as he called
forth his afternoon papers at the corner Of
Twelfth and Market streets many people
gazed at him with mingled amusement and
pity, relates the Philadelphia Record. He
had long brown curls. wet with the drench-
ing rain, and his shrill little voice had a
baby lisp. A very stout. elderly woman,
apparently Weighing close to 200 pounds.
paused at the south side OF Market street
and looked askance at the miniature river
OF slush and water, and at the passing pro-
cession Of wagons and trolley cars. The
little newsboy was quick to size up thu
situation. Running up to her he exclaimed:
Don't be afraid, lady, I'll help you across"
Reaching up his tiny little hand he clutched
her by the arm, and together the ridiculous
pair threaded their way to the opposite
curb. Then the stout woman opened her
purse, gravely handed the little fellow a
coin and disappeared into the Reading ter
minal.
Miss Agnes Hill, a Chicago stenographer,
was married at Birmingham. N. Y, last
Monday. and her wedding presents consisted
OF patches OF skin to graft on severa' burns
in r~esculng her hance. Miss II
engaged to be married to her employer.
H. W. Wright. for whom she has been
working since her arrival In Birmingham
from Chicago a year and a half ago. They
had decided to be married at the close OF
and several weeks ago Miss Hill
went to an aunt's residence at Lande 8,
N. Y, to prepare for the event. Saturday
her fance called. intending to stay over
Sunday. That night the house took fire
and the girl fought her way through the
flames and smoke to her fiance's room.
a%rousing him and saving his life, but not
before she was badly burned.
The ceremony was performed as
young woman lay in bed. and at It's
clusion the groom. his brother, who
a. -aa- a.1 IT.
to operations for the transfer of skin to
Miss Hills body. Later other offers OF
skin from friends of the groom came 10
Miss Hill. with ACCOMMODATING congratula-
lions.
The clerks OF the members OF congress
have been occupied recently with sending
out seeds to devoted constituents which
we're distributed not long ago by the De-
partment OF Agriculture. One of these
packages found it's way back to the sender
the other day, accompanied by a note from
the farmer to whom it was addressed,
which contained the following modest re-
quest: 81 appreciate your good will In
sending the seeds, but my eldest daughter,
Matilda, is going to marry the doctor down
to the village next month, and wife and /
think of giving up the farm and going
there to live. II we do the seeds won't
be much good, as we shan't have a garden,
SO II you could change them for some 2
stockings, No. 8, and some handkerchiefs
or a nice spring bonnet for Matilda,
would be much obliged"
The manager of a life insurance company
received the following letter from
a policy holder: 81 hold a policy in your
company for $40, 900, on which have paid
the yearly premiums. ! have now to in
form you that my physician advises me
that / have a pronounced case OF Appendix
citis and his diagnosis is confirmed by a
whom l consulted. I am told
that the only hope OF saving my life is an
operation, which, with hospital expenses.
VIII cost $500. an amount that have no
means to pay. l am sensible that / owe
II TO you who have SO large a pecuniary
interest In my life, to give you the option
10 pay the cost OF this operation to save
ire that l may continue to pay you
the yearly premiums on my policy q be-
lieve that / am otherwise strong and
or In the alternative to pay the
$4,000 to my beneficiary within a few
weeks. ] am quite willing to be examined
by any physician you may name and TO
have you select the operating surgeon. I'M
mediate attention is. Of course, imperative"
Foreigners are always shocked at the
OF a Greek funeral" writes w. E..
Curtis, from Athens. to the Chicago-Recor
Herald. 1T Is a spectacle which most peo-
pie desire to avoid. because the body OF
the dead is exposed in an open hearse. The
Is shallow, SO that not only the face
and head but the hands and much of the
can be distinctly seen from the side
walk as the procession passes through the
streets. The lid OF the conn, richly up
and often decorated with garlandA
ana wreaths, is carried on the hearse by
the undertaken. The priest, the relatives
and other mourners follow, and as the
Ehastly spectacle passes II is customary for
~pystanders to remove their hats and cross
themselves. Graves are rented in the
Athens cemeteries for a term Of years, Just
like the habitations OF the living. None
but the rich own burial lots. II is an evil
denee of wealth and aristocracy. The poor
never think Of buying a lot or a tomb. It
would be considered an unnecessary luxury.
the end OF the term for which a grave
Ii rented the bones are dug up, put into a
bag labelled with the name and dates ana
In a general receptacle"