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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

day in the preparation Of a case.
This has developed a rare faculty of self
control which invades even the domain Of
sleep. Day or night the attorney general
can awaken at any hour or at the end OF
any period of time which he may have de-
termined. He can take a half hour nap
and awaken himself on the minute.
Knox an early Riser.
In Washington the early rising habit is
a feature OF his daily life. He is up at 8
o'clock and breakfasts with his family at 8,
The intervening two hours are spent be-
hind his famous roadsters, "Wert" and "B.
c." a team that cost SO. 500. and which,
driven by the attorney general two years
ago. lowered the worlds pole record for a
gentIeman's team to 2:12h and 2:10h.
These horses were trained by General Knox
himself, and one Of the familiar sights
vouchsafed to early risers in the suburbs
of Washington is that OF the attorney gen-
eral in cap and duster spinning along the
| country roads. OF climbing the heights OF
the Potomac in a light wagon behind his
~favorite team.
Outdoor life Is the attorney generals
| hobby, although he declares that in no
respect is he faddist. He loves to hunt and
fsh and play golf. He is a charter member
OF the CastaliA club, one OF the most
/ wealthy and exclusive hunting and fishing
clubs in the United States. 1t controls an
immense game preserve near sandusky. o.
where Mr.. Knox and his family have spent
q fortnight or two every year for the last
half dozen years.
The feat OF the attorney general in low
ering the pole record for gentlemen drivers
OF the world was a surprise to everybody
- A. LF,o. ANu.aalf He mazda a gfndv
OF the horses for weeks before the trial or
the Bruno islands private track below
Pittsburg. He marked all their peculiaritie'
OF temper and motion. In these practices
spins "Wert" was the pole horse. One da'
In June. 1900, apparently without reason
and against the vigorous protest OF drivers
and trainers, Mr.. Knox put Vert" on tn
other side OF the pole. He knew Just wha'
he was doing, however, and the record
breaking whirl began. He gave the team
a loose rein, never the touch OF the whip
but now and then encouraging them will
a word. The result OF IL was a smashe'
worlds record.
"They Are All Cold and
The attorney general is a man of gen
erous Impulse, who never permits any rec
ord of his benefactions 10 become public
A characteristics instance is related by
prominent and wealthy woman who ealle
on him in behalf Of a charity OrganiEatio
Immediately following the great blizzard Q
1895 in western Pennsylvania. She solieite
a contribution for coal and food and tn
response was q check for a very consider
able sum, so large in fact that 1t led N
startled woman to inquirer
How do you wish this money applied
Mr.. KnOxf"
"As TOur organization thiRkS best. TheI
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Stewart OF Nevada was induced to absent
himself and when a friend Of Mr.. Stockton
asked him to return, as he had voted for
stockton, he said: mo, you must get
along without me this time Hon. Solomon
Foote Of Vermont, who was detained at
home by sickness, telegraphed the request
that the vote on Mr.. Stockton's case be
delayed until he could reach Washington,
as he had thoroughly Investigated It and
desired TO record his vote in favor of Mr..
Stockton. His request was disregarded.
Then came the browning ~iniquity of the
desperate majority. Senator Lot Morrell Of
Maine was paired" with Mr.. Wright Of
New Jersey and for the first time in all
legislative history, to unseat a political OPP
ponent, he broke his pair without even
informing the gentleman who had relied on
his honor.
This senator died with the distinction Of
being the only member Of any legislative
body in the world who violated that un-
written code Of honor. When the illness
of Mr.. Foote and Mr.. Wright were urged
as reasons for postponement the majority
rivaled their Puritan antecedents by say
ing that providence had placed the power
in their hands by dispensation."
MIR. Blaine, in his Twenty Years In
Congress-" speaking of the unseating of Mr..
Stockton, to whom he refers in the most
complimentary terms, says: THE constitu-
ton had been strained to exchange Mr..
Stockton for a republican senator, sure to
succeed him, and 1t would not have been
done had the margin been broader and the
need not so great for a two-thirds ma
%jority."
The state of New Jersey returned Mr..
Stockton to the senate for the ensuing six
years to rebuke by his presence the outrage
by which, for a time, they secured the two
thirds majority.
the ~iniquities of the reconstruction meas
ures and the force bill inch by inch, using
with great skill the parliamentary expedi-
ents designed to protect a minority, which
enabled them in some measure to restrain
and eventually to save the southern states
from the browning act of oppression. For
forty-six and a half hours they presented
an unbroken front to the enemy of the
rights Of the south and defeat after defeat
so wore out the courage and strength OF
their assailants that at last they yielded
and an adjournment took place. 1t should
never be forgotten by the south that the
unyielding courage of the late Samuel J.
Randall protected them from this iniuuity
for during all those hours he never left his
seat. Southern representatives seemed
however, to have had a very brief memory
of that service, for at the next election fol
speaker he was defeated by southern votes
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

entirely concealed by paintings Of Indian
and frontier life executed on the pelts of
wild animals by A. F. Harmer Of Califor-
mia, a painter whom Mr.. Knox specially
engaged for this work.
The family of General Knox consists of
his wife, who was formerly Miss Smith,
daughter OF one Of the pioneer iron manu-
facturers of Pittsburg, three sons and a
daughter, the latter just reaching woman
hood. The Knoxes are Protestant Episco-
palians, Mr.. Knox being a vestryman in
the Church of the Ascension, Pittsburg.
Discussing religious creeds one day with
some of his friends. the attorney general
in reply to a question as to his belief. said
MY creed is to live for those / love and
to do all the good I can"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

The death Of Hon. John P. Stockton OF
New Jersey recalls the extreme partisanship
which deprived him of his seat in the SEN
ate. The first civil rights bill was passed
by the two houses Of congress. as the demo-
cratic party could offer but feeble resist
ance. On March 81, 1866, President john
son vetoed the bill, and with but little de-
lay in the senate 1! was passed over the
presidents veto-33 to 12-and on that oc-
casion Senators Cowan and Norton left the
republican party and voted with the demo-
Gratis.
The F~reedman's bureau BILL" which
Mr.. Johnson also vetoed, could not he
passed over his veto, as the votes and
actions Of Senators Reverdy johnson and
Stockton prevented It. Mr.. Johnson was
engaged in an argument before one Of the
courts of Baltimore when a telegram from
Senator Stockton reached him, informing
him the vote on that bill would be taken
In an hour or two. A locomotive was
placed at his disposal by the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, in whose service he was en-
gagged before the court. and he reached the
city in an hour and prevented the passage
Of the bill over the presidents veto.
This act of Mr.. Stockton in telegraphing
for Mr.. johnson and voting against the
majority of the senate sealed his fate, for
1t was determined by the relentless ma
jority to rid the senate of one who had
been deaf to the warning conveyed to him
should he array himself on the side Of his
conviction and sustain the veto of that pet
measure OF the reconstructionists Of the
republican party.
Mr.. Stockton's case was referred to a
committee composed Of five republicans and
two democrats, and on their report that he
was legally elected he obtained his seat.
The absence of his colleague, Mr.. Wright,
from his seat in the senate by illness in
duced him to vote for himself, as his state
would otherwise have been unrepresented
on this most vital question. 1t was either
Friday or Saturday that the vote alluded
to was taken, and that night 1t was de-
termined to reconsider the vote by which
he was declared entitled to his seat. Mr..
Poland, who had voted fer him, was in
duced on Monday to move a reconsideration
and then, disregarding all precedent and
unwritten law, more binding that the stat
utes, as 1t rested upon the honor of the
senator's, the majority contrived to vent
their spite and carry out their threat by
unseating the senator whom only a few
days before they had declared legally
elected.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

The Fourth OF July, nevertheless, Is a day
that has a peculiar interest and significance
for women, and they are fain to join in
its celebration, whether they like the man
ner Of It or not. For In no country OF
Christendom do women receive the %recogni-
ton that they have in this one. Whatever
may still be lacking to them in measure
Of justice here. yet nowhere else do they
have the protection to their persons and
their possessions that is given to them
under the American flag. In Europe, where
you see the women yoked with the dog
or the COW; In China, where their feet
are crippled; in polygamous countries,
where they are the slaves OF the harem,
women are often merely an a~ppanage, an
object OF utility or pleasure. In the United
States they receive their measure OF Justice
and right, such as It is, not for their beauty
or grace or charm or sex, but as individuals
with a stake in the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
Some Criticisms by harrite
Prescott SpOffOrd.

have risen with them. and not anywhere
else on earth has there been such an
achievement in the advancing Of the whole
generation Of women as under this flag, that
today. more than ever, seems beautiful as
a great bountiful flower when waving
against the sky, and beneath whose starry
folds women have a larger outlook, a
higher reach, a surer grasp, a greater
security, q nobler honor. a hrmer future.
Here the genius Of the country has taught
the boy to respect his mother as the boy
of old-love her though he might with all
bis heart-never dreamed Of doing; to re-
gard his sister as on a plane OF equality; to
despise no woman because she is a woman.
And she knows that she owes all this to the
independence Of this country from the
old world influence and greed, which has
opened to every one all the avenues Of
freedom, enlarging the borders Of thought
and feeling and consequent action and all
the possibilities Of growth.
The flag, then, means more to American
women than the flag of any other country
can mean to the women beneath 1t. And
they endure for the sake Of 1t all the
horrors Of the volleying Fourth. saying
to themselves Of the flag, whenever and
wherever they see it: "It is my safeguard,
my glory and my shield. and feeling as
Browning did when he saw his own ma
tional ensign off Cape st. Vincent, Trafal-
gar. and Gibraltar: Here, and here, did
England help mellow can l help England,
sayi'"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
watching the Birds

1t was the bird more than anything else
that the pupils enjoyed, and especially
among the younger children was this in
terest and its profit most noticeable. In
the autumn the story was told OF the birds
long journey to the south and OF his re-
turn In the spring; also that OF the bird
who remains here during the cold weather.
these latter being carefully watched and
pictures Of the others brought to the school
room to fix the different kinds in the minds
Of the children. With the return Of spring
IL was wondered which would be the first
child to see the class bird and needless to say
the early Corners were detected as soon as
they arrived and every little characteristic
being noticed and described with surpris-
ing accuracy in the enthusiastic accounts
that were given.
Even the kindergartners had made these
discoveries, which they soon showed In
their games, one teacher noticing that her
class which had been studying the robin,
in playing the game known as "the robins
nest" it was the child who wore blue that
was invariably chosen for the part OF the
egg.
Next year the work will be resumed AND
the teachers will nave these records Of
this years work TO help them, while tbs
children will have the foundation for ar
even more profitable continuation Of Mature
Study.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Inc less nhIuy
and less success
full man says
envio usly,
WThat fello "
was born with q
gold spoon in
his mouth."
And yet on
analysis II will
! be found that
this success Is
largely due to
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

found, ways Of expressing Joy that shall be
quite as satisfactory as the noisy and
savage methods Of the present-methods
Of the same nature as those Of the ghost
dance OF the Indian tribes, or as the mad,
rude way in which the Dahomey chiefs re-
joice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
That GOLD Spoon.

There are some men who seem to be
favorites of fortune. They are indus
trious, cheerful workers, full to over
flowing of the energy Of splendid health,
and success seems fairly to drop into
their banda 1t Is Of such as these that
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Men and women being. together, really
the unit Of the race, the measure of right
that benefits one cannot but benefit the
other. and in as far as men have risen
under the great sky Of our liberty. women
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Their mode Of procedure is worth re-
cording. for 1t marks their desperate re-
solves to tolerate no opposition. Mr.,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

you're up pretty early this morning,
Willie" said the milkman.
1"Yeh," replied Willie, without looking up
from his dime novel. MON sent me ter
bed las night Jest as Handsome Harry wuz
goin' ter rescue the beauteous maiden"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Father-what? Fighting? Haven't told
you If an enemy smite thee upon one cheek
you should turn the other to him?
Tommy-Yes, sir. but you told me, too,
that It was more blessed to give than to
receive"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Joseph Jefferson. asked by one Of his little
friends to hear him recite his lesson in an
cient history. put this question:
who was Atlas"
"a giant who was supposed to support
the world" answered the child.
"oh he supported the world, did he?"
Yes, STR"
"Well. who supported Atlas?"
The little fellow was nonplussed for a
moment. but after a little thought said:
II guess he must have married a rich
wife"
That a boy with a square chin possesses
much the same attributes as a man with a
similar contour was amply illustrated 20 the
parents Of Arthur. That young hopeful
came In 70 dinner triumphantly displaying
a tour-leaf clover. "When you find that
kind Of a clover it's a sign someone likes
you" he announced. proudly.
We'll, l guess IL must mean me. like
you, Artie." put In his sister May. politely.
mo, II doesn't mean you, May" returned
Arthur, Tegretfully but firmly. "It means
Marjorie Brooks"
But you can't have Marjorie" spoke az
the elder boy, who was two years Arthur
senior. "She's my girl"
Now, you see here, Charlie" said Arthur
his square chin getting squareT. when Mar.
jorie got her hair cut you wouldn't have he
cos she looked like a boy. so / took her, anC
now. COS her hair is long an she looks Xix,
a girl again you want her back. But yol
can't have her. Can he. Daf'
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

dislike for compositions and oral language
lessons is no longer felt, for the keen inter-
est in the things they have investigated
has given the children thoughts to express
and their observations and experiments
have furnished material for compositions
and stories that they find pleasant to pre-
pare. There is so much to tell about
those little seeds that we're so carefully
planted and of the great difference between
the plants that spring from them and those
rank intruders called weeds tina. in spite
Of the most watchful attention will spring
up in the carefully prepared bed. And so
each of the branches furnish unlimited
material, the extent to which the children
have grasped their subjects surprising all.
Secrets of the Trees.
The study of trees and birds has been
more difficult, but even more interesting.
Last fall the fallen leaves were brought to
the school room and the various shapes,
colors and varieties examined and dis
cussed until all were familiar with them.
Then the bark was studied and in many
cases the different kinds, with leaves from
the same tree, were mounted on card
board and used about the room for dec
o%rations. AS the season progressed the
buds were examined and during the cold
weather much interest was felt in those
that were frostbitten and the comparison
Of them in the normal buds. the difference
being carefully noted. In the spring when
the buds began swelling small branches
were brought to the school room, placed In
water and their development watched with
interest until they had matured sufficiently
for the pupils to recognize them. This
progress was watched with the keenest
interest. Acorns and NUS were also
studied and in the spring almost all of
the classes were taken 10 the parks. where
they readily recognized the friends they
had been studying all winter. One teacher
relates her experience with a class that
was studying the linden tree, AS there
happened to be no tree of this variety In
the vicinity Of the school the pupils we're
asked to look about and see where the
nearest linden tree could be found. Soon
one was located seven blocks from the
school. The distance seemed to make no
difference in the interest of the children,
who visited 1t and studied II between school
hours every day for a week and at the
end OF that time produced a splendid set Of
compositions on the linden tree.
Watching the Birds.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

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"MnsOn & Ham1in,' "a.
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mer" q n d 20 others.
Western agency for the
wonderful PianO1a-the
most per feet of all
piano players.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09

IL phaeton, and her husband and DR..
Petry had to assist her from the vehicle
10 the office. and the neigbbor women
said that it really seemed foolish 10 them
She would come again and again Every
time the gentleman who brought her had
[, give her assistance TO reach the doc
tors Office, but after a short time she
was able to walk alone, and IN a few
more treatments she came alone, and was
IKE another woman
Mrs Bartlett and sister. also mother,
told of these observations, but did not
know the names of any of the parties. but
considered these cases miraculous. as well
as that OF Mrs. Bartlett.
DR.. Petry told the reporter the names
Of the ladies who walked so slow and
came in the phaeton so often. but asked
that their names not be mentioned.
It struck the reporter that any person
who is skepticaI about DR.. Petrys ability
as a magnetic healer might be convinced
by following the reporters example and
Interview DR.. Petry's neighbors and for
nIer patients.
He is living battery and is healing all
manner of diseases. Has no down town
office. but treats at his home office, 1914
North St Francis.
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KILLED HERSELF FOR LOVE
Young Woman Commits Suicide at
overs Door

Lovers Door.
New York, Nov. S.-The shrill scream OF
woman, evidently in great agony arous-
ed John Nippes "a letter carrier. Of No
270 Norfolk street. Newark. shortly after
Sunday midnight. He arose from bed and
discovered a woman on the porch at the
rear of his apartment. la
Nippes recognized her as Miss Nellie
Mackey, a pretty young woman. with
whom he says he had been on friendly
terms. DR.. D. A. Lawrenzan. who occu-
pies the lower floor Of the house folnd
that Miss Mackey was suffering from car
bolic-acid poisoning. She died on the way
to the hospital.
In a diary kept by Nellie Mackey which
vas found in her room last night was
letter written By her evidently just
prior to taking the poison. In it she wrote
that it had been her Intention 10 kill
Nippes and herself. but that she had de-
cided not 10 kill him because OF his de-
votion to his aged mother. whom he sup
ports.
Nellie Mackay was an English girl.
She was without relatives OF near friends
ir this country when she obtained en-
pigment in the Roberts Rubber Works
three years ago.
The letters that came TO her were
brought by letter-carrier Nippes. In time
he and she became quite friendly. Nippes
admits that he escorted Miss Mackey 10
the theatre and other places but denies
that their compsnionship extended any
further He was not iu a position 10
marry 10 saws and althCF~r he .b..-e.r.+ .
q great deal Of Nellie. who. he declares.
' as pure minded young woman Of fire
tastes and unassailable character. h tod
her one day that they must not seek
each others society any more.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09

Speaking OF changes in other states,
reminds me Of the condition the com
mittee on ways and means VIII be in
v hen the Fifty-eighth congress shall CON
vene Its Republican membership in the
present congress comprises:
Payne Of New York. chairman; Dali
Eell Of Pennsylvania: Hopkins. of Illinois;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09
LETTER LIST.

List of letters remaining In the pos.
office at Wichita. Kan. uncalled for, for
the week ending November 9. In calling
for any of these letters. say that you saw
them advertised. giving the date:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09
Waist Attractions
Blanket Sale

Slightly soed on the edge, all white, hand
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1914 Blanket T %1Ft t h.. 500 500 s 5 90
:, p,o.,-.. Worth $3.50 500 $50 600
For 49,. g. SO 400 $50 $50
ia Blanket, worth $500. for 500
There is only IS pairs Blankets in the lot.
You must come early to get the best bargain.
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MoneyGiWng and Money-Saving Specials for Monday
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Material specially purchased for Skirts TO be made
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things necessary to make him success
ful speaker.
So it looks like Uncle joe"
Kansas will have an important place in
the next congress; IL will help elect the
winner in the speakership contest; it
viii have good committee places, and
patronage. All this is because it has
finally got back 70 the proud place It for
merly held-when 1t sent solid Republic
can delegations TO both branches of con-
gress. r. H. FAXON.
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Rug Sale on Monday

Nineteen Moquette, 27x35: Floral Oriental and
Persian designs The value OF these are s. So Mon
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Six only; smyrna Rugs: bright colOrs These
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Lot OF Smyrna Door Rugs; so cent quality for 3oe