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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
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Some men are too lazy to catch nails.
II you would get up with the lark go to
bed without one.
Hanging is too good for a painting that
Is badly executed.
Poverty develops either a woman's worst
traits or her best ones.
The patience OF some people is enough
to give = ain that tired feeling.
Unless a man has good backing he IL
seldom able to put on a bold front.
II a nan doesn't knoW when he's well
OF some OF his fool friends will tell him.
Every man hkeA TO talk about himself;
consequently a good listener makes a de-
sirable wife.
When men mix religion with politics too
often the religion sets lost in the shu1ae.
Every honest voter has a voice In local
government-and In some places that's
about all he does have.
II the public Is the third party to a strike
the other two parties appear 10 go on the
theory that three IL a crowd.
IL Is said that forty-nins languages are
spoken In Boston. ana some e~nterprisins
natives are 'ryins to make It an even nifty
by learning TO speak English.
II hat New York doctor who can brinE
dead dogs 70 life can do anything for po-
itical has-beens the proceeds from his prae-
tice Will soon make him so rich that he
viii not want 70 keep any dogs-chieago
NsWA
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
FOUR KILLED IN ELEVATOR
for Fifty Feet-victims
BADLY mansled.

PITTSBURG, May 25.-one man and
three women were killed and five or six
injured last night at 1925 Fifth avenue, a
building occupied by a dancing academy.
The breaking of a wire cable caused the
elevator cage to drop nifty feet.
Albert Meyers was held a prisoner for
more than an hour. While iremen and
volunteer rescuers were preparing rigging
to lift the machine he lay p~inioned under
the wreckage. A fireman endangered his
life by dropping into the mass Of wreckage
and holding the injured mans head.
When the accident occurred over 400 men,
women and children were on the dancing
floor. Scores OF policemen were present
and ordered all persons in the building to
remain quiet. In this way the people were
allowed to pass from the building by re-
lays, avoiding a panic.
1t was almost daybreak this morning be-
fore any of the victims were identified, and
at 10 o'clock the crushed and multilated
remains OF a woman were still lying at the
morgue.
Large crowds surrounded the morsue all
night awaiting information as to the identi-
hcation of the four bodies that had been
taken there from the scene OF the acct
Q The bodies were so badly disisured
and distorted that thorough Identification
was only possible through marks on the
clothing worn and as some had no marks
on their clothing. Identification was inn
possible until friends inquired for them
because missed from their homes.
The unidentified woman Is thought to
have come from some of the suburban
towns, and the remains will, likely be iden-
tilted during the day.
MISS MAMIE CURTIN. Is years old. of
Hazelwood, Pa.
MISS SUSIE FLANAGAN, 10 years old.
OF 427 Woodland avenue, Allegheny.
p. FLOHR, Is years old, Nc
KEGS Rocks.
WOMAN, about 10 years old.
Thirteen people were cut and bruised. hut
with the exception OF an unidentified man
who Is unconscious at the hospital, all are
expected to recover. A %coroner's Jury met
IN the court room OF the morgue building
tnis morning and a rigid investigation was
at once started.
AFTER the jury had been sworn and had
viewed the remains of the victims. friends
were given permission TO remove the bodies
Just how the accident happened has not
peen determined. John Morrison, one Of
the SURVIVORS, says the car was packed
30 that he was unable to move. II was
the weights and not the drop Of i've stor.
les that killed and MANNED most Of ~.
people in the elevator.
Prof' ellis, who was operating the ella
vator when the accident hapnened nee
arrested today and later Coroner McGearv
formally charged him with murder. GIIis
Is a mechanical engineer and was ,ns,r,o-
tor at the institute.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

the attention Of the assembly until the
hour Of adjournment.
This afternoon four special trains con-
veyed the assembly to Long Beach. where
the delegates INDUCED In surf bathing. car
rage drives and other seaside amusements.
session at LexinRton.
LEXINGTON. KY. May RAT todsy's
session Of the Presbyterian general as
sembly Rev. J. L. Caldwell Of Pin Blum.
Ark, delivered the sermon. ~Communica-
lions were received from DR.. Hathaway,
secretary Of the American Sabbath union,
skim the southern assembly to adopt
the union as the northern assembly and in
viting the assembly to attend the meeting
at st. Louis, and from the Presby-
terrain Historical society OF Philadelphia
soliciting the historical records Of the
church for exhibition.
Resolutions from the American Anti
Saloon league were referred to a commit
tee for report at future sessions. Tele-
grams Of greeting we're sent the general
assembly OF the Cumberland Presbyterian
church at Nashville, Tenn, and to the
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church at Los Angeles.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
Ways of the poker PLAYER.

That man is a poker player" said the
elevated road ticket seller after he had
pushed a bit of pasteboard through the win
dow to a hurried man carrying a suit case.
There's a great deal to be learned from
tue way a passenger lays down his fare
Take that chap who just dropped his ticket
into the choppers box. He paid for ono
ticket with a quarter. getting four nickel.
In change. The thing that gave him away
was the way he laid down his coin. The
average man slaps his nickel down and let's
1t lie. This man held his nickel curved IN
the first joint Of his ~forehngers and tossed
It gently toward me across the counter
with reverse English'-the trick OF a poker
player who can nip a chip upon a table
and make 1t settle to the fraction of an
inch. He didn't a the nickel that way
Intentionally. It's simply a habit. New
York Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
queer innings in the Mails.

The Philadelphia Press tells q story
which illustrates well how queer things
sometimes get into the mails. An elderly
woman was seen the other day waiting
patiently for a long time beside a mailbox
in Philadelphia. Finally q postman APP
peared and she explained to him the object
Of her walt. She had hurried to the box
TO mail a letter, and just as the deposit
was about to be made she sneezed vio-
lently. dislocating her false teeth, which,
catching in the same hand hat held the
letter, in her sgitated absent mindedness
she placed in the postbox by mistake. The
postman returned her lost molars. and told
her It was not unusual TO and many odd
things deposited in this way. which some
what relieved the mind OF the old woman.
who, placing her teeth in position and
thanking the carrier, hurried to her nearby
home.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
A RsmnrkabIe Naval Feat.

One Of the most remarkable feats in naval
AFFAIRS vss the one recently accomplished
by one Of England's battleships-that Of
sailing over 2.oo0 miles without a Tudder.
II certainly reflects great credit on its ON
GERS. There Il also great credit due Hos
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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
,FrIseo'. Gim 10 the Pre.id.nt.

San Francisco's souvenir Eift to President
Roosevelt is a solid gold cup in the shape OF
a champagne glass. The cup IL twelve
inches high. but the slender stem makes its
height seem greater. The diameter OF the
bowl at the top Is six and a half inches,
and that OF the base four and a half inches
The bowl holds nearly a quart. Around II
are the words. San Francisco Greets Presi-
dent Roosevelt" and around the base Is the
inscription, San Francisco. California.
May 18th. 1903" The word California" on
the base, curves about a hand-earved
medallion Of the great seal OF the state. Tire
case for the cup is Of fine leather, mounted
with gold and finished with white satin. On
the case is a gold plate, inscribed 'rheo-
dore Roosevelt. President OF the United
States"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

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him in turn. The mum had not been re-
covered.
Want to see my new trousers7' asked
searles cheerfuily, wishing to change the
subject.
He shook out the trousers IN all their
freshness and folds and swung them before
his wife's eyes. She merely vouchsafed
them a glance.
How much did they cost1"
Lemuel had anticipated this question,
hence the figuring on the train. just SIS at
Longs" he replied giibIy.
Mrs. searles took hold Of the hem OF one
leg gingerly. She elevated her nose.
Ugh. how they smellr''
Searles knew that the odor was due to
the recent dyeing. but all he said was:
Store smell on the cloth, probably"
His wife picked up the other trouser leg.
She evinced a coming interest. She turned
the legs over and tried the quality of the
cloth. She examined the hens and gazed
at the seams with a critical eye. Then
she raised her child like blue eyes to her
husbands face.
"Lemmy, how can you tell such stories?
They were marked just =. I thought at
the time it was ridlculously cheap, because
/ remember you paid Just $50 for them. and
ehS eASW StVuI 81 ld5N Nhe SOu ANoAAs
never wore them much"
searles reached for a chair. and sat down
weakly. The trousers fell on the floor in
a heap. His own old trousers! And he,
Lemuel searles. banker, had-he groaned
aloud.
"Lemmy, what is the matter7"
Lillian, you have one strong point for
which l am very thankful! You never see
a joke"
Lillian looked puzzled, and Lemuel
thoughtful. His eyes fell on her red hands.
His face became animated.
Lily, how would you like to go up to
the city tomorrow and look at muffs?"
"Oh, Lemmy!"
And a collar"
"Lemmy!'
"Of seal skim"
You darlingi'
You shall have 'em both II you will
do me a little favor
III do anything in the world for you"
But this is something you are not to do
you are not to tell"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
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CHAPTER VI.
A SERpRlSE

To the sound of a scream from the
signorina's lips, young Degraw turned.
Before him, in the doorway l have
mentioned, he saw standing the slight,
dark and unprepossessing figure of a
man so evidently Italian in his appear
ance and bearing, that it did not need
the hurried bound and startled ex-
clamation of the Portuguese for him
to recognize in this menacing intruder
the Signor Montelli.
$50, so, we are to wind up with a
scene," thought he; and instinctively
stepped between this stranger and the
shrinking figure of the signorina.
But the precaution seemed needless.
At the first words uttered by the Por-
tuguese, the Italian broke into harsh
laugh, and drawing the old crone after
him, left the room and shut the door
behind him. Mr.. Degraw, surprised
by this sudden departure, stood star
ing, while the signorina trembled so
that she seemed in danger of falling.
1T is very strange" quoth the
former. "He did lot seem to notice
that the couch was empty, and that you
stood living and breathing before him.
The Portuguese cannot be as true to
you as you thought. She must have
told him that you would wake"
"Oh! oh! hush" broke from the
young girls lips. as the door opened
again and the old woman stepped in.
II am so bewildered, I do not know
what to make Of all this" And leaving
him, she advanced toward the creme,
who met her with look that added
to his surprise and her perpleEity.
A short interchange Of words fol-
lowed, and then the old woman drew
back and the signorina turned. But
with what a different air and with
what 4 different look. Young Degraw
would hardly have known her face il
he had not already seen it under the
influence of various emotions, and
when she opened her lips, she seemed
to find it so hard to speak, that in
mercy he was gcing to begin the con-
versation for her, when her trouble
found q tongue and she exclaimed:
II cannot endure any more tonight;
you must 90 and let me find some
rest. Perhaps, tomorrow"
But this WRETCH" he interposed.
"Am l to leave you to his mercy"
To be continued.
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Chinese Art Of War.

a novel method OF testing new weap-
ons of warfare is now in vogue in
China. A large cannon, Of the latest
type, was recently Imported from Eu-
rope, and when it was landed on the
coast of Hainan the military manda-
rims Of the district first Inspected it
closely and then resolved to test 1t.
They therefore procured n boat,
which they anchored at some distance
from the land, and then they loaded
the cannon and fired shot at 1t. To
their surprise the shot did not hit the
boat but fell short in the water. They
determined to try again, but did not
want to miss second time, and so
they brought the boat to the very spot
where the first shot had fallen and
anchored it there.
Then they fired, and to their un-
bounded 10y the shot went clean
through the vessel. Evidently it never
occurred to them that they could have
attained the same end by aiming more
carefully and slightly changing the
pos;tion of the cannon, or, If it did
occur to them, they thought that it
was easier to move the boat than to so
aim with the heavy cannon that they
would be absolutely certain of not
losing a second shOt.-New York Her
old
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Names of Roman Horses.

At the recent excavations in the Roman
Forum. says the New York Commercial
Advertiser, an inscribed stone in honor Of
Avilius Teres, chariot driver of the time
of the Emperor Domitian. were brought to
light. 1t viii probably interest modern
gives the names of the horses with which
Aviiius Teres won his triumphs in the,
arena, their birthplaccs and their colors.
The names are eighty in number, and in
c,ude the following: Wolf. Sparrow. Rob
ber. Bee, Dove, Pearl. Emerald. Jewel,
Eagle, Red Fox, The Most Lucky. One,
Deso.ator, Dagger. etc. The naturalist will
find an important hist torical hint in the
fact that the great majority of the horses
named upon the stone are described as
Africans" There are only single indica-
tions of Spanish. Gallo. Thessalian
and an Aetoiian horse having assisted the
renowned Avilius 10 gain his victories.
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The Agnostic's Dilemma.

Mrs. Francis Darwin, writing in the In.
ternational Journal of Ethics, on the IRE
igious Training of Children by !Agnostics," I"
SAYS:
Many agnostic fathers and mothers turn
over the religious education of their chill
dren to nurses or governesses or teachers.
"We do not believe these things" they
tacitly say, "but we do not know what to
teach you, so We will pass you to those
who think they do" And fine work they
make of it! The tumble of half-heathen
and half f-Christian notions which get into
the mind of a child exposed to the tender
merces of nurse maids and volunteer rell-
pious teachers is something to make one
alternately laugh and weep. Such abdi-
cation, by the way, is not peculiar to ag-
nostic parents. Too many nominal be-
levers allow ignorant or rash hands to
sow all manner of strange seeds in the
soil of their childrcn's minds, which they
themselves leave religiously uncultivated.
But the special disaster of the unbelieving
father who surrenders his child's religious
teaching to another is that wholly un-
natural element is thereby brought into
family life. Childhood reposes touch
ing and beautiful confidence in the abso-
lutte wisdom of parents. Therefore. for
them to stand aside, in presence of the
deepest things Of life-to say: 1--WE cam
not talk to you about all that; you must
believe what so and so tells you, though
we cannot"-is to introduce rupture and
self-repression into the lives OF children,
most unWholesomely
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The Art Of Life.

"The Art of Life" was the subject of .
recent sermon by the Rev. John White
Chadwick minister of the Second Unitar-
ian Church. He began with definition Of
the artist spirit as that which seeks and
strives to make ones work as excellent as
possible, apart from the concrete reward.
incidentally, he considered the deprecia-
tion of our own time as failing grossly on
the side of art, and repudiated the charge.
the art of life among us, the spirit and re-
solve to make life as excellent as possible,
let come what will? Continuing, he said:
Consider life as fine art and see what
comes of such an attitude of mind. The
artistic spirit is the spirit which compels
a man to do his best for best's sake. The
shoemaker-I begin where I began-works
in this spirit when he works up to his ideal
of a good shoe, not down to his half pay.
1 dare believe that my dear father and
worked in that spirit when in the hard
times of 1857, month in and month out,
We made twenty-five pairs of good chill
The painter works in this spirit when he
works up to his idea of a good picture,
not down to Jones' commercial offer, or
to Robinson's commercial taste. j. w.
Champney, that bright, Joyous spirit, who
just slipped away so suddenly, said that he
would rather paint pictures for nothing
than work a private mine of gold. The
man whose private life appeals to him as
a fine art will not work down to any praise
of men or pay, to any standard of the
churches or of good society, SO called, but
up to his own personal ideal of justice,
truth and good. By this test we put to
shame every system of religion which seeks
to fasten a man g eve not on his work but
on some reward which has no vital and
generic relation thereunto.
"The beauty of holiness, Of wholeness, is
not only the beauty of the wholepess of
mans nature in itself, each part consent
ing with the rest;- but also the wholeness
of man with all his 1llow men, white men
and yellow, black men and brown; no
lower aim than that Of the Buddhist saint
who said: Never will accept private in
dividual salvation, never will I enter into
final peace alone.' There 10 nothing SO
unlovely as selfish, isolated life, because
it is the fundamental necessity of our So
cial living that we should help each other.
The man who does not yield himself to this
necessity makes himself wart, wen,
miserable excresence on the face of human
life. My lady's charms may ravish every
sensual eye, and to the eye of reason she
is naked to her bones just in proportion
as her life fails of obedience to its primary
and central law"
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CHAPTER v.
AN UNFORTUNATE sUIToR.


pardon me-" he entreated; but you
have not told me what your pleasure IS
in regard to this sketch 1 have made.
Shall 1 destroy it OF deliver it to the
person who ordered it,"
Person who ordered it? You con-
found me-" was her hurried response.
II had forgotten the picture and al
connected with it.. How was it or
dered and when?
Ee took crumpled note from his
pocket ard showed it to her. By the
nearly consumed candles she read 1t,
puzzled and wondering, to the end.
Andrea Montelli" she cried. 81
know no such name. 1t is all mys-
terry to me-"
At once and without his rolition and
encouragement, Hamilton Degraw felt
himself seized bya sudden doubt which
darkened everything before him. All
mystery to her! How could that be-
He looked ut her and heSitated. Never
had she seemed so childlike. so inno-
cent OF so pure. Her large eyes, turned
up 70 him, were full of question; her
very attitude was one os waiting. 1t
seemed rs if she expected hiln 10 ex-
plain what evidently amazed her. He
mastered,his doubts and ventured upon
q new topic.
when 1 came into the room" said
he, Il found bending over you, rs YOU
lay upon the couch, beautiful Lady
with fair hair and aristocratic features.
She had come in carriage which stood
lefore the door, and when first saw
lier, was strewing flowers over tie bed
and you. See! they lie whitening now
in heaps upon the floor Her YOU
must surely know. for both her beauty
1ad her wealth make her conspicuous"
81 am sorry" began the signorina.
*'but cannot tell you who she is. !
might guess"
THAT may be sufficient"
But I cannot be sure. There IS a
lady, both beautiful and rich. who