Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
AbOut Iowa Men.

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Editor John Mahin of the Muscatine
centennial of his editorial control OF that
newspaper. Upon this golden anniversary
every subscriber who has taken the Jour
nal continuously during his edltorshlp. II
would be interesting, to know the NUMBER
and age of these subscribers.
Iowa State Register: Colonel Hepburn
has been a resident of Iowa for more than
sixty-one y~ears-haying become a resident
still a territory. The congressional direc-
tory calls attention to the fact that he was
and in a printing office, and 1t is probable
that he received the most, and certainly
the best, part of his early education IN a
bar in 1854, nearly a half-century ago, and
he made a splendid record as a captain
ond Iowa cavalry during the civil war.
Since the war he has been prominent In
the public affairs of Iowa and the nau9n
the present congress. His magnificent con;
test and victory for the Nicaragua canal
has given him a world wide reputation.
The late Judge N. NJ. Hubbard left an
estate valued at about $150, 900; His will,
which he wrote himself, is dated September
10, 1901. To his wife he. bequeathed the
homestead in Cedar Rapids, which on her
death goes to N. NJ. Hubbard, 1r., their
only son. The homestead is valued at 80
can do for a man in aiding and advising
him, Judge Hubbard said in his will, ITO
the rare ROOu EtISt, duNlNC dllu VI
my beloved wife, l owe everything Judge
Hubbard was a. man of the world, an able
lawyer and bright politician, but 1r,d IN his his
back of all was the good sense and advice
of his beloved wife, TO whom he owed
in many ways, but he gives his wife the
credit. Thousands of other men have done
thu the sane same { mission 4 In y Gge tb w0m ia many earn hi a
manly young man and aid him to prosperity
and fame. The kindly advice OF a good wife is
80, lac A. than tho AaffaFV nf fTiandG
1t comes from the heart: There are thou
sands of men who could nave made their
E kieS s of wiyes. ha "A bad Wife fifseii is cue sast to
any man, and a good wife Is the greatest
blessing that can come to him on this
earth.
Washington Letter to the New York
Herald: II Secretary Shaw had not de-
yeloped such a marked ability for the
doubtedly have made a success as a bot
anist or forestry expert. He loves trees
about them as does Secretary Wilson. The
keeper of the keys of Uncle Sans strong
box has an eye for the beautiful IN ma
ture. When he walks along the street he
is generally skimming an eye over the
handsome trees which line many of the
capitals. t~horoughfares and noting the
points of the shrubs with which the green
floors OF the park are decorated. The
gardeners who keep these reservations in
order have had excellent opportunity to
experiment with numerous varieties of
shrubs, and frequently secretary Shaw
comes across a species which he has never
him to stop and closely examine the leaves
or bark OF the bush in an EFFORT to deter
mine its kind. When he walks to cabinet
Executive avenue and he is within the
White House grounds. The path OF the
pillar fianked porte-cochere is lined with
beautiful shrubbery, the growth of which
Is at least twice a week carefully noted
by the Gecretary. He appears to totally
forget affairs of state when he plucks at
the leaves or smells the sweet odored blos-
SONS.
New York Herald: The days work done,
Secretary Shaw and Postmaster General
Payne wandered leisurely and listlessly
back to the Arlington recently, much
a-foot. No official carriage and pair for
hem-no footman ~frippertes tina smack Of
royalty; They sanntered slowly by the
under his arm-he had stopped at the
store on the way-and Mr.. Shaw twirling
a jacknife between his fingers; Now and
bark of a tree. as they discussed the vari-
Gus phases of the topic of the moment.
was all simple and delightfully."- provincial.
They might nave been two country mer-
chants in Crescent, VT, going home TO
supper and talking about the good and
reached the hotel with their subject I'M
exhausted, and stood for a long time on
surroundings and oblivious OF the fact
that they were great cabinet ministers Of
a great coIntrya I'm not so sure, Mr..
t rsyh into Ut the he earbs 10 Teme !wief a. h me- aug she ems
think Il over; think II over" said Secre-
tary Shaw, and rebacked up against the
awning, Just then Senator g, H. Plat
came up HI Shaw said he. What
you trying. to do with that iron post?'
reply. This treasury business is a good
deal tougher than Iowa politics." And
: then the Arlington supper bell rang.