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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

gasped, but l didn't stop to give him any
thing, but just started on a run for the
door, and there met the attendant, who
soon quoted the poor fellow and led him
away.
Il had to make another trip to the city
for another telephone, and as it was late
by this time | didn't go back until the n2xt
day. When | got out there | found several
TRUSTEES guarded by their keepers working
in the garden. | saw my friend Of the day
before busy with a large knife topping
turnips. He glanced up at me, and l saw
a quick, angry CLEAN shoot into his eyes.
Il had to climb a tree in an isolated
part of the yard to unfasten a wire that
had in some way caught on a limb. l con-
nected my test set and called up the wire
chief and explained the case to him, so
with the work l had done and talking to
him twenty minutes must have passed. l
started to get down, and when | reached
the lower limb looked for a place to drop.
But | didn't drop, for there, standing at
the foot of the tree, stood my crazy man.
the knife still in his hand.
Come down.! he yelled. Il know you.
You are the man hat stole my S., 900. Give
ii up to me or l will kill you, you thief!
Come down or | will come up there and Gu.
your heart OUT
But | didn't Gene. scrambled higher
and yelled for help, though none came.
The maniac found a heavy board near,
and, placing it against the tree, started to
climb up, but in his hurry and excitement
he did not place II securely, and when he
was about half way up it slipped and he
went s%prawling to the ground, He got on
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
New Cup Defender

turn to windward in a rough sea as Column
bia did. In the new boat, it is said, this
error will be corrected and the new as
pirant for cup honors will be longer over
all than Constitution or Columbia.
Compared with Columbia and Shamrock,
Constitution was very high sided and when
heeled it presented quite a big surface of
hull, which must have been to
it in turning to w%indwaTd. Constitution
had about three inches more freeboard than
Shamrock II. Three inches does not seem
much in a vessel as big as a modern cup
defender, but three inches less on 1872 feet,
the overall length, means a saving Of
forty four square feet of surface.
1t is not thought that the new boat will
carry any larger sail spread than Consti-
tuition. 1t would not be surprising if it
had less sail and thus possibly would get
time from Constitution and from Shamrock
III if it should be selected to defend the
cup.
The assembling of the material to build
the new boat will begin very shortly, and
then as soon as the south shop has been
cleared out the new yacht will begin to
grow. A steam yacht occupies the south
shop at the present, but it will be launched
in a few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

New York Sun, those yachtsmen
who take more than a passing interest in
the coming international races and the
plans made for the defense of the cup are
wondering what kind of a craft Nat HERES
hoff will turn out.
A few members of the club have seen the
plans for the new boat and are very much
pleased with them. No very radical de-
parture has been made from the models
of Columbia and Constitution. These
models have proved to be the fastest in
former races and it would not be safe to
abandon them and try to develop a freak
boat that might or might not be a success.
In model II is understood there is very
little apparent difference between the new
boat and Constitution. In the new boat
Herreshoff will correct the errors of Con-
stitution and develop more strongly the
good points of Columbia. In general di-
mansions the only difference in Columbia
and Constitution was in the beam, Con
stitution having ten inches more than Col
umbia. Each boat was ninety feet on the
water line, 1872 feet over all and nineteen
feet ten inches draught. They carried the
same amount Of lead on the keels, and it
was the extra beam of Constitution that
enabled it to carry its big increase of sail.
This extra beam without increased over all
length gave to Constitution a somewhat
clumsy appearance when compared with
Columbia and this chunkiness may have
had something to do with its inability to
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

born at Fall River. He attended college
at Monmouth. ILL.,, leaving there during his
junior year to take the position with the
surveying party which determined his life's
work. He has risen to fame as an engi-
necr, being n member of the Institute OF
Civil Engineers of Great Britain and a past
president of three Of the leading American
engineering societies. Chronologically, his
railroad career is as follows: Started rail-
road life as rOdman, Carthage & quincy
railroad, in 1869; In 1870, chief engineer
and superintendent Peoria & Pennington;
1881, chief engineer Iowa Central in Hi
nois; 1882, superintendent of same road;
1888, master of trains Iowa Central in
Iowa: 1887, appointed engineer of bridges
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee, and had
charge Of the construction of bridges over
the Missouri river; resident engineer Chi
cago, Madison & Northern at Chicago I'm
1899; became engineer of construction of
the Illinois Central in 1891; chief engineer
in 1892; assistant second vice president in
1898; assistant general manager in 1901 and
general manager in 1902; married Sarah Il,
Ulmer at Monmouth, ILL.,, September II,
1871. During the last ten years Mr.. Wal
lace has been responsible for the splendid
physical condition OF the Illinois Central
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

E-7E ALL meet with strange adyen-
NV lures in this world, | guess, 70
said an old linCman, quoted by
ISGfEHI the Cincinnati Enquirer, but 1
- think | had an experience that
beats many. While engaged with the Bell
Telephone company, l was sent out one day
to find the tiouble between the office and
the Insane hospital at Indianapolis, shoot
ing trouble is what we called IL. | fol-
lowed the line all the way out and found
the difficulty lay between a forty-foot pole
and the 'phche in the mems building.
"An attendant escorted me from place
to place, but while l was m the hall exam.
lining the telephone he was called away.
| was busy with my work when a hand was
laid on my shoulder and a voice at my
elbow said:
Say. is that the safe where you put
my money?
"Astonished, l looked up, and into the
face Of an elderly man, who looked every
inch the gentleman, being neatly and
carefully dressed. For a moment l was
too much surprised to answer, for his APP
pearance at first belied the inference I
drew from his question, but a closer OBJ
servation revealed an unnatural expression
in his eyes; so, remembering where l was,
I knew he was a maniac. Thinking to
.humor him, said:
Ives, l put it there; it is a good place
for it
"Quick as a flash he caught up a heavy
stool that was standing near and brought
it down with all his might on the tele-
phone, crushing It.
"'GIve it to me, quick-quickr he
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
Will Buy a Home

1t is reported that the new German am
bassador, Charlemagne Tower, intends pur-
chasing the Bleichroder palace, which, with
its picture gallery and luxurious furnish
ings, is one OF the finest houses in Berlin.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

Hitchcock is a son of Omaha, having been
born in this city, where, except for a few
years devoted to his education, he has
spent all of his forty-three years. Al
though admitted to the bar, he has pursued
journalism as a profession since 1885 as
publisher CT the Evening World and later
the World Herald. Although of republican
antecedents, he has been for many years
closely identified with the democratic
party, by whose convention he was nomi-
mated to congress. His election over Con-
gresham David II. Mercer by a plurality
approximating 1,S00 in a district strongly
republican is ascribable to peculiarly OBJ
normal conditions that proved specially
favorable to him.
Rev. E. Combie Smith, who is to fill the
pastorate CT the First Methodist church of
Omaha, was born in 1864 at Newcastle-on-
the-Tyne, England. He was educated at
Percy's academy and at Cambridge univer-
sity. He came to the United States when
% years of age. Rev. Smith has been in
the ministry in Kansas for ten years, the
last three years being spent in Leaven-
worth. He began his career in Robinson,
Kan, and was in that place for eighteen
months; spent one year in Muscotah, Kan,
was in Seneca for five years and the re-
mainder of the time has been pastor of the
First Methodist church of Leavenworth.
Mr.. Smith is a trustee of Baker university,
the large Methodist school of Kansas sit
uated at Baldwin, Kan, and has filled the
dual office of president and registrar of the
Kansas conference board of examiners for
several years. When Mr.. Smith went to
L~eavenworth he found his church in debt
to the amount of $500, but by hard work
he has succeeded in reducing it to 1900
Regarding his call to the Omaha church,
Mr.. Smith said: 81 am very much pleased
with the call; in fact, I feel quite flattered
by it, and l am looking forward to a period
of very successful work in Omaha. I am
very much pleased with the outlook there"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

So. large was the concourse of relatives and
friends, many Of whom were from Omaha,
that the ceremonies had to be held in the
town hall. Rev. Mr.. Thiele of Omaha Off
ciated in the performance of the golden
wedding At the supper which
followed in the evening $50 guests were
present.
About a year ago, realizing the necessity
of a school of domestic science in Omaha,
the Sisters of Mercy established such an
institution at st. Katherine's academy, and
when it had been equipped, like many
others who would help others to help them
selves, they found that the present neces-
sity was not so much for the school where
this science might be taught, as for some
medium of stimulating sufficient interest
in household economics to furnish pupils
for such a school. Accordingly the sisters
set about the task of creating such an in
terest. A meeting was called of all women
interested and by means of chatting dish
demonstrations lectures, musicales and like
Entertainments in the line of the home
science work an organization was finally
effected, it's object being to extend the
interest in household economics. 1t is
known as the Home Queens circle and has
this fall resumed its meetings with an on
thusiasm that promises to insure success.
Many pupils have been brought into the
school through it's influence and a series OF
entertainments has been planned for this
winter for the benefit of a fund that will
give the schools training to many deserv-
ing young women who would otherwise be
unable to receive it.
-
The Bee has already presented its read
ers portraits of five of the successful candi-
dates for congress at the recent election
who have now become members-elect for
Nebraska Of the Fifty-eighth congress and
herewith presents the sixth, Gilbert NJ
Hitchcock of Omaha, who will represent the
Second district after March 4, 1903. Mr.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
Pen and Picture Pointers

~ BEGINNING as a rodman with a
surveying party which laid out a
- little jerkwater railroad over the
N#4NN sand bluffs between Dallas and
- Quincy, ILL.,, a road since known
to fame as the Carthage e. Quincy, J. f.
Wallace has risen to the position OF general
manager Of one Of the really great rail
roads of the United States. In the interim
since 1863, when he occupied his humble
position OF assistant TO the man with the
instrument, MIR. Wallace has filled a host
of important billcts, so that he brings TO
his new position a ripened experience
gained in active railroad service. Mr.. Wal
lace is a native OF Massachusetts, being
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

MIN "utu ne WIS given me pOolllOh II gen
eral manager of the Illinois Central system
some weeks ago.
1t hasn't been a very long time since the
United States government entered seriously
on the work of forest preservation. Presi-
dent Cleveland issued the proclamation set
ting aside the first forest reserves during
lis second term Of office. His successors
have fully recognized the importance of
the work then commenced, and have added
both to the domain under the protection
If the rangers and to the scope of their
usefulness until the position of forest
ranger has come to be looked upon as one
really worth the respect OF the citizens.
In the mountain countries the people were
at first inclined to resent the Interference
of the authorities with the freedom of the
timber, hut they now see the matter in
it's true light and give cheerful assistance
to the plans of the general government for
conserving the standing timber. One Of the
greatest burdens laid on the ranger is the
prevention of fire. During the fall months
this is the cause of ceaseless vigilance and
worry, for then the grass Is dry and the
dead pine needles of years gone by afford
the best imaginable material for feeding a
wild fire. No one who never experienced
the fact can in the remotest degree under
stand how quickly a fire will run through
timber carpeted with pine needles. All
that is needed is for a spark to fall in a
bed and then it's a race. Careless hunters
are mainly responsible for the destructive
fires that rage through the woods of the
mountains and these are objects Of constant
solicitude on the part Of the forest rangers
Many a man has been given a s~alutary les,
son in the art of being careful by these
quiet men who ride their range in the
: pine timber throughout the year. In tn,
prevention of fires alone the rangers hav,
more than repaid the cost of malntainin,
the services, and in the fighting of tn,
I fires that have started in spite of thei
; watchfulness they have been OF inestimabl,
l service.
Four generations were represented at tn
4 golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Christophe
{ Schroeder at Calhoun, Neb., Saturday, No
r vember s. This venerable couple has live,
4 at Calhoun for eighteen years and has
4 friendship as wide as its circle Of acquaint
!. ances. Though in his seventy-eighth year
!, Mr., Schroeder danced with every woman
q young and old, who danced at the recep
d tion in the evening following the cere
!, monies during the day. The youngest an
wv.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

OW that the contract to build a
cup defender has been signed and
the Herreshoffs are fairly at
work on the new yacht, says the
New York Sun, those yachtsmen
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

GILBERT NJ. HITCHCOCK, CON-
GRESSMAN-ELECT FROM THE
SECOND NEBRASKA DISTRICT.
supervising the expenditure of over $780,
600, 900. He has many friends in Omaha,
who were among the first to congratulate
him when he was given the position Of gen.
eral manager of the Illinois Central system
some weeks ago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-03

he wills to do SO. He says he would
have planned many things very differ
ent. He would have given man wings
and the power to fly. He would have
made health catching instead of dis
ease. He would have made infants
collie proof and they should be as live
~ when born as little chicks when they
come out of the she'll and the old men
should always be calm and serene. In
fact, he would have made everybody
happy during life and every death a
painless one. He ought to have gone
a little farther and abolished death
and then created more worlds for the
never dying people to live in. But we
are here and have to submit to things
as we find them, and, as Gov Oats said.
'Nfr. Ingersoll, what are you going to
do about it,"
And now I want this month Of
March to hurry up and pass away. It
is aggravating my grippe and feel
more like writing "an ode to melan-
choly." 1t contracts and withers nv
charity for my fellow-men. 1 don't
care cent for Roosevelt and Tillman.
nor Spooner nor the Atlanta depot.
But as the old Persian prophet said:
Even this shall away" Fifty-three
years ago to-day my wife and I were
married, but on our account the wealth
er was as lovely as Lapland night. l
was one of ten children-my wife was
one of ten. and we have ten, and they
have 20, and no great calamity or Attic
ton hath befallen us, thanks to the
good Lord for His mercies.
Bill. ARP
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-03
THE ABYss1N1AN CALENDAR.
Names Of the Days and Years Are
Those of Saints-MethOd of
Reckoning Time.

A fearful and wonderful thing is
the Abyssinian calendar. Nearly every
day is a saints day, and is known by
it's proper name, and not by its date.
For instance, if you ask an Ahyssinian
whether certain thing happened on
the 14th of Hadar (the equivalent Of
our November 23), he will not under
stand what you mean; but if you say:
'Was it on Abuna Aragawe (the name
for that day. that you stole that
Sheep" a comprehending smile will
overspread his handsome and intelli-
gent features.
The year is divided into IL months
of 80 days each, and at the end of the
year, to make up the 365 days, are
added five days. called "Qua gme."
Each year in succession is called
Matthews, Markos, Lukos. Johannis.
Matthews. Markos and Johannis have
each "Quagme" of five days, but
Lukos, or leap year, has "Quagme"
Of six days. The Abyssinian year be-
gins on our September II, and, al
though dating as we do from the birth
of Christ, they are nearly eight years
behind us in time-September II, 1900,
was in their calendar 1st Maskaram,
1898. Their method Of reckoning the
hours of the day is also peculiar, to
our notions. They count the day as be-
ginning at sunrise, and not at mid
night, as we do. Thus our seven a. m.
is their ~ O'Clock day; eight p. m. is
their one o'clock day, and our six p. M
with US would be two o'clock night |
with them, and our four a. m. would be
their ten o'clock night.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-03
P1TH AND POINT.

"He is in the springtimc OF lie.
shouldn't wonder. He gives one thai
tired feeling.
An egotist is man who insists on
telling you the things about hlmsei1
that you want to tell him about your
seif.-Chicago Daily News.
Blobbs-''She's a remarkable wom-
an. She always gains her point.
Slobs-''Even when she sharpens a
pencil ?'-Philadelphia Record.
When a mans wife dies, he has an
uneasy feeling that, from the looks
of the neighbors, he is not rising to
the occasion in the demonstrations OF
his grief.-Atchison Globe.
The Boy-''That isn't what she or
dered." The Grocer-'I know it. just
tell her this is more expensive, but
We'll let her have it for the same
price. indianapolis News.
Warning to Drinkers
drink make you shoot at your moth
er-in-law?" Prisoner mo, your
honor, it was the drink that made me
miss her. Baltimore World.
Holden-sTedmore seems to be
quite bright fellow" Grant
should think so! He is about as
chap as you'll find in days
travel. Why, he's had the appen'
aicitis, and he isn't % yet!'"-Boston
Transcript. 8f55@Es rrsf
Why He Wept.-"Why are you cry
ing, little boy?' Zone of them art
sts paid me dime to sit on the
fence while he sketched me-" swell,
s there any harm in that?" Yes,
;-sir; it was barb wire fence. =
Record.
"Poor man! He was so cut up yes
erday. He got a telephone message
hat his wife's pet dog had been run
,ver and killed. ''Why should the
leath of dog make him feel so bad
y?' ''That wasn't it. He felt badly
When he got home and found it was
IL mistake. "-Philadelphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-03
A FAMOUS PEARL ISLAND.
Supported to Have Been Discovered
by Lady Penrhyn in the
Year 17SS

The famous Pearl island was sup
posed to have been discovered by the
| ship Lady Penrhyn in 1885, Since then
it has seen great changes. Lieut.. Rig
mold, of the Porpoise, who visited it in
1871, stated that it's inhabitants were
the widest and most savage-looking
beings he had ever seen. In 1854 gen.
tleman who had been Queen Victoria's
commissioner at Port Philip, New
South Wales, and had visited the is
land, urged the government to send
warship to destroy the tribe of saw
ages, who were becoming a nest of
pirates. However, the missionaries
were well treated when they visited
the place, as was also crew of CAL
ifornia brig wrecked there The is
land was subsequently visited by trad
ers, and in 1888 was formally annexed
to Great Britain.
Penrhyn is one of the most famous
pearl islands of the Pacific, and it's
divers are as famous as its pearls
They will dive to depth of 20 faith
oms. or 100 feet. The pearl shell
grows to very large size in the
lagoon, and the picked shell is worth
$1,000 ton in the home market.
Formerly pearls were more plenti-
full. On one occasion Messrs. Godef-
troy, the famous German firm.
shipped to Europe in one parcel
pearls to the value of $4,000, the
product of few months collection
the islands; and in the early
days the beach-combers who were
daring enough to land on those re-
mote islands, and who managed to
escape the ovens of the cannibals,
often realized great sums of money
by the sale of parcels of these gems.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-03
AN EXHIBITION OF NERVE.
His Life by Keeping Mar
velOusly Cool.

Albert E. Hyde, writing in Century
of ''The Old Regime in the Southwest,
tells the following anecdote of thu
reign of the Colts revolver in New
Mexico:
cat the switch / met Territory Bill,
white man, tall, angular, with small
grayish-blue eyes, pronounced
hooked nose, and scattering sandy
whiskers. Territory's business, when
he was not engaged in killing or play
ing cards, was stealing cross-ties. He
had the habit of shaking Off two tie
sticks from the cut and inspected tim
Der of the w. & W. million-tie contract.
While the occupation proved lucrative
and pleasant enough to Territory, his
attempt 20 earn an honest living in
this way was looked upon with disfavor
by the contractors. They therefore
promptly 'sicked the dog on him.
Zone morning, after particularly
satisfactory haul, Territory was drink
ing at Dads saloon, where had been
listening to accounts of his hair
breadth 'scapes.' There was not a.
soul in the saloon but Dad, Territory
and myself.
Suddenly the sound of rapidly APP
preaching hoofs was heard, horse
man drew up with sharp clatter at
the platform in front, and. swinging
from the saddle, came dashing through
the door. He had deadly Colts As
pushed well to the front, and I could
catch the gleam-of pair of cold, de-
termined eyes behind the barrel This
was the dog no doubt of it.
''The moment he found himself in
side and master of the situation. he
advanced to within few PAGES of ter
ritory Bill. who was leaning carelessly
with one elbow on the bar, one hand
to his cheek, while the other toyed
with his whisky glass. Bill made no
move, the hand upon the whisky glass
growing quiet. He knew he was up
against it. Death stared him in the |
face; there was no escape. Not mus. |
lie moved. His eyes CHANGING along
The threatening revolver, gazed calmly,
fearless and unconcerned. into the
Eyes behind. In quiet, even tones, I
which scarcely moved facial muscle.
he said: You've got the drop, Charley.
It's all right if you don't pull the trig-
GER
"There was probably ten seconds of
lgonizing suspense. Dad and myself
we're speechless. To me-. unused to H
uch scenes. these terrible seconds
eemed like minutes. Every moment
expected to see the brains of Terri
DRY scattered over the rough bar.
yielding to the spell of Bill's won
erful nerve. Charley mutterd: .Bv
-. l CANT shoot brave man down
Ike dog:' then quickly retreating to
he door, he threw the weapon into it's
olster, was on his horse instantly
nd with vicious dig of his spurs gal
'ped away.
I'VE stood there looking at one an
ther in eloquent silence, first broken
y Territor's remark: Close call Dad.
i've us drink
ut was a victory for nerve
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-03
OF Cour.e They Ia.

Editor-What do you mean by say.
ing "lots of people thinks?'
Reporter-Why not?
Editor-Don't you know that plu.
ral-substantive cannot take singular
verb?
Reporter-O! but you must admit
that lots of people are singular.-Phil-
adelphia News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-03
What He Meant.

House Agent-Have you any chill
dren?
House Hunter-Yes; but they are
very quiet and well-behaved.
House Agent-Oh, but I mean have
you any children living, ma'am?-
Judge.