Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25
QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFE.

IN army officer relates this conversation
overheard between two South Carolina ne
groes: "Whar you been, scipio?" "Ah
been down to Hutton Haid." What you
see dar, son 81 see dem disapp'intin'
guns fer kill Spaniols." "What dey do.
Seipio?" "Unc Quash. dey fling a ball what
weigh a millyun pound and Tut fly thoo de
air fer fifty mile, den she drap on de graun'
and roll fer fifty mile mo- and den she bust
and fling rocks fer a week"
Rev. J.. T. Mcfarland. pastor of the First
Methodist church of Topeka, will have to
face a suit for Islander filed by the mayor
and members OF the Topeka police force.
Mcfarland, as is his custom, read a pulpit
editorial, in which he charged the police
force with gambling, drinking and being In
league with the criminal classes of the city.
After conference with attorneys Mayor
Parker and the chief OF police decided TO
sue Mcfarland for Islander. Mcfarland
serves the largest congregation in Kansas.
A recent decision by a Missouri court
relative to the kicking propensities and
total deptavity of the mule recalls a de-
cision Of On Irish Judge that bees are dan
gerous and malicious creatures" and that
no one has a right to keep them in unreal
sonable numbers or in an improper place.
Both decisions may be set down among the
curiosities of. legal wisdom. with the de-
cision that pigeons are not domestic ami
mails, that frogs are fish and that horses
are cattle. II has at least to be decided
what is an unreasonable number of bees.
Ireland itself has omewhereb between SO,OOO
and 10000 hives yielding honey by hun
dreds Of tens In a year, and the largest bee
owner in the world. who lives in California,
has 5000 hives, which are worth a hand
some fortune every year.
Hector ID. Mackenzie, agent OF a wine
company in New York. was sued on a judg-
ment for $25S. He acknowledged that he
received Sl2, 900 a year salary, but declared
that he had to spend most OF 1t in pushing
the business OF the company he represented.
I'm fact he said, Il am practically a tank
into which I pour the wine in order to earn
a living. Why, / know a wine agent who
gets 10000 a year. Between pushing the
business and paying household expenses
haven't a cent" -
A western editor pays this tribute 10 a
type which has not its fair share of song
and story: Tho bachelor represents the
most congenial and big-hearted type Of our
commonwealth. His name, while held In
public deTlsion by a host Of people. will
always remain closely interviewer in the
history. OF pioneer life. He n was who
pushed out into the wild and woolly west
at a time when the buffalo, Indians and
coyote were lords Of the ~prairies. and by
persistent efforts and under priyatlon and
want led an heroic life by converting vast
areas Of the barren wilderness into fertile
lands Of peace and plenty. Then, without
aid Of feminine piety to keep vigil over his
everyday acts. this sturdy empire builder
remained at his post. blazing out the path
OF fam and introducing thrift and eiviliza-
tion in his wake. Like the cowboy. he is
slowly passing into history. but his anne is
as far-reaohing as civilization, his name In
delibly stamped on the pages OF history.
while the humble dugout with it's original
environments will appear in scenic pictures
above the f~oOtlights Of future generations"