Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21
Gossip About Noted People

primary school in Oswego. For two weeks
he trudged to school half an hour before
time, and the reports of his progress were
glowing. But his parents noted that h.
grew discontinued. One day he knocked
at the door Of his fathers study marched
straight to the desk and spread out before
his astonished father a sheet of paper on
which was written in childish hand:
Charles E. Hughes plan of study"
Dr. Hughes looked from the paper to the
child in wonder
What does 1t mean, my boy?" he asked.
Papa" explained the 4-year-old author
of system. Il don't like 1t at school.
Teacher goes over the same thing aga'n
and again and get tired. could study at
home and get my lessons all done in the
morning" The father looked back at the
paper. There were neatly written the days
of the week; opposite them the subjects
and hours OF study. He accepted the prop
osltion, and for the next six years the boy
studied at home.
Russian General.
The late General Trepoff held such high
positions in the Russian court as to give
probability to the persistent rumor that
bar sinister royal blood flowed In his veins
He was brought up In the rough school
that teaches might as being superior to
right In stature a giant among men, with
cold. pitiless blue eyes. a man OF changing
temper, he was feared even by his lends
And yet when In calner moments he
paused 20 consider his conduct during a
paroxysm OF mad rage he invariably re-
GREETED the cruelty he had exhibited. Not
long before his death an orderly. dashed to
anger by the taunts OF the great governor,
CHANGED TO make an insolent reply, and
Trepof, drawing his sword, killed him on
the spot. A week later the tyrant made
an offer of monetary recompense to the
relatives Of tho dead man-an offer which
was Indignantly refused.
senator HOar on the Senators.
Not everything that Senator Hoar
thought OF the senate. its mechanism and
Its membership, found its way into print,
reports the New England Magazine. He
was free commentator, and as near as
any man could be. possibly, a Just critic.
He was a shrewd Judge OF men. and being
an uneompromising foe OF rascals he could
recognize one on sight Riding with a
friend TO Boston one day, a few years only
before his death he fell 10 talking about
the senate and its personnel. As the train
I drew into New Haven, where the station
was, as usual bustling with busy men GO
| ing 70 and from the trains pursuing their
| customary avocations, he smiled and in a
reflective sort OF way said Now look at
those men out there They are the pre-
vaillng American type. Study them indi-
vidually and you will notice how generally
alike they are and all apparently OF about
the same standard Of physical streng' h
and, as far as we can Judge by their coun-
tenanees, OF intellectually. Now, you
know. a senator Is regarded as in a way
man apart and above the ordinary run
OF citizens, but | honestly believe that. TAX
| ing us as a body, We would not rank
higher than the average OF those fellow
citizens OF ours out there. These men are
looking out for their own private busir ess
interests and we for the interests Of the
| public, We keep our ears closer TO the
ground and are more au fait perhaps. than
| they. but think they would average ~