Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02


House President Roosevelt greeted him
with the remark, II am glad to meet the
baby Of the house," Mr.. Lever re-
s%ponded, THE baby Of the house is hon
ored in being greeted by the baby presi-
dent" The president enjoyed It so much
that he repeated 1t.
James w. Tufts, the millionaire soda
fountain manufacturer Of Boston, who died
recently, provided in his will for the dis
tribution of $50, 900 among his employees In
amounts ranging from 500 to $500. To each
Of his FIVE foremen and the six head men
In the countingroom OF his establishment
he left $500; to each of the 800 married men
in his employ 5000 and to each of the eighty
unmarried men 800. Only those who were
employed by the company four year ago
are to receive the awards.
Mr.. Tufts also left 500 to each of his
domestic servants, $25, 900 for a trade school
in Boston and $50, 900 to his daughter to
found a home for deserving girls and wo-
men. The bulk of his estate is left to the
widow. the son, the daughter and the son.
in-law, all of Medford. Mass.
Prof. Mark W. Harrington, once occupy
ing the chair Of astronomy at Ann Arbor,
and subsequently chief of the United States
weather bureau at IuS udIlOudl capital, Is
said to be working as a day laborer in a
North Pacific coast lumber camp. Shortly
after the political changes which led to
Prof. Harrington's downfall in Washington
his health failed. Insomnia undermined
his strength and impaired his activity.
Within the last six or eight years he has
had a variety of experiences. He was presi-
dent of the University Of the state of Wash
lngton for a year or two, went to the orient,
where he was overtaken with scarlet fever.
and after his return to this country worked
on a louisiana sugar plantation. Still more
recently he filed a homestead claim In the
fir forests of Washington, but instead of
clearing the land himself ne entered the
employ of a lumber company at Port Blak-
ely. An Ann Arbor dispatch says that his
outdoor life is improving his health, con-
ducing to sleep and restoring his ambition.
He has hopes Of returning to his old place
in the intellectual and scientific world.
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A New Englander, about 10 years old,
having learned that DR.. Henry Van Dyke
made occasional expeditions to Canada and
elsewhere in search OF big game, recently
sent to him a pen drawing made by himself
of a stag, and underneath placed this motto
In large letters: Thou Shalt Not KILL"
DR.. Van Dyke, in acknowledging receipt Of
the drawing, thanked his friend for his
kindness and suggested that under certain
conditions a more appropriate text would
be Acts K, 10: Rise, Peter; kill and eat"
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George H. Daniels of the New York Cen
trail railroad is VIGOROUSLY fond OF apples.
It's a cold day indeed when he hasn't a
dozen or so Of Pippins, Spitzenbergs, North
ern Spies or Russets slowed away in reserve
in the pigeon holes of his office desk.
One day last week. relates the New York
Times, he was negotiating for a fresh sup
ply in a fruit store adjacent to the Grand
Central station. The place was in charge
Of a boy, and Mr.. Daniels, examining critic
ally the baskets of fruit exposed for sale,
observed that bad apples were rather freely
sprinkled among the good.
Eyes, SIR" explained the boy. "in filling
up a lot of baskets the boss generally gets
'em mixed"
Doesn't he do 1t on purpose?" persisted
the buyer.
And the boys answer was: mo, sir; he
does 1t on Sundays as a rule"
Captain Joshua w. Wheaton of Chinco-
league, Va, enjoys the distinction Of owning
the only wild goose farm in the world. He
owns 100 acres along the coast and geese
come there every year in vast focks to
hatch their young. When they are still
young Mr.. wheaton cuts their wings and
thus keeps them captive. Long rows Of
roosts are provided and the geese hatcf
there every year, much to the captains
financial benefit.
Rev. Henry Irwin, known as Father Pat,
who died the other day, was a Church Of
England clergyman, who went as a mission
airy to the miners in the Canadian Rocky
mountain region during the period Of rail
way construction, and lived with these pho
neers until the day he left to meet his dealt
in the neighborhood Of Montreal. He helt
his services sometimes in the rough cabin
sometimes in the smoking room Of the hotel
He was every mans friend, and wheneve
any one was in trouble he was promptly
on the spot to comfort and relieve. Ther'
came to one of his services a man WHIT
jeered aloud and would listen to no re-
proof. Divesting himself Of his surplice
stUNatAo, noNgg IENk.d fha man Hroun tha noon