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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Military Academy Kedrney and It's Work for Good Citizenship

l would define II as the harmonious de-
veiopment of the human race physically,
mentally and morally; we may not reach
perfect civilization until. every human
being is developed to the uttermost in
body, in mind and in heart. One of the
faults OF secular education is that 1t can
not provide for the same emphasis upon
the moral training that It puts upon the
intellectual and physical training. These
institutions are necessary; wish we had
more OF them and God speed all that we
have. The man who goes out with moth
ing but a trained intellect and no moral
props back OF 1t may be a curse to the
world instead Of a blessing; but when
he goes forth with a mind trained and a
heart behind 1t to direct the mind. he is
a blessing wherever ne may go.
Part of the Heart I'm Human Life.
IT want 10 emphasize the hearts part
In the human life. for while this is an
educational institution. its foundation
rests upon the heart. You heard what was
said here OF the little boy whose questions
touched the heart. and you know what
effect that question had upon the heart;
you know how the impulse that went from
the boys heart to the heart of the bishop
and communicated by him to other hearts,
and today you attend the laying Of the
cornerstone OF a great building for great
university, and all because the human
heart can be touched. (Applause).
1.-The heart is responsible for your pres
ence here today; the heart is back OF this
institution: It is back of the movement
that brought forth this institution and the
money being contributed. I was ashamed
after I heard the bishops speech that my
picture was in the box; 1 would thou
sand times rather have the picture OF the
little boy there who asked the question
that led to this institution. for he has
done more for this institution than any
word OF mine could do. Who will measure
the influence OF a single word? l was
reading a story that gave an account OF
a revival which spread over the waves
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

As have just said it is now claimed that
Lake Victoria is greater than Lake SUI
perior, and there is no doubt but that the
Victoria Falls Of the Hambesi river are big.
ger than Niagara They are three times as
high, and their force is such that they will
develop S5,UOO.OOO horse power. This is five
times as much as the possible horse power
Of Niagara, and the British are preparing
to make use Of 1t. l expect to visit the falls
Of the Zambesi, going inland from PoItu-
guese East Africa, through Mashhonaland
and Matabeleland to that point
Another big thing l shall describe will be
the Nile dam at Assouan. This Is as high
as a seven-story house and as thick as tho
widest city street. 1t holds back the Atblrl
river and enables the valley below to have
a regular water supply without regard to a
high or low Nile. This dam adds fertile
territory to Egypt twice as large as the
state Of Connecticut. 1t has cost millions
and the story of how It was built may con-
tain valuable information for our engineers
at Panama. who will have to construct
somewhat similar dams at Bohio and Gam-
boa.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

1t was said to have started in little
church, in prayer meeting, and a little
girl started 1t; they had gathered one
evening, a few of them, and nobody
seemed to want to speak. Finally this III
tie girl rose and, with trembling lips. she
said If nobody else will speak. must
say that 1 love the Lord Jesus with all
my heart. Her voice touched the heart
Of those about and others arose and spoke
and from that little prayer meeting there
went out an influence that spread over the
waves and tens Of thousands were con-
verted and the habits and customs of whole
communities were changed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Monuments that Endure.

r'T am glad that the Creator. infinite in
life as in power, did not make it necessary
that everyone should have a great monu-
ment in order to be remembered. II you
will go to the cemetery you will ipd that
just few have their graves marked by
monuments and the monuments last but
for a while. How many of the countless
millions who have died are remembered a
century after their death by monuments
that mark their resting place? But God
has made it possible for the humblest OF
US, If inspired by a noble purpose and a
holy zeal, made it possible for the hum
blest OF us to build monuments that will
outlive the monuments Of granite and OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

expect to visit the source Of the Nile
during this trip about Lake Victoria. The
Nile flows out of the lake through Napo-
leon gulf over a wonderful falls with a
descent so great that an enormous electric
power can there be developed. This matter
is now under consideration by the British
government.
Below Uganda, for hundreds Of miles
there are vast beds of papyrus reeds, which
It Is thought some day may furnish the
paper supply of Europe. The ancient p Up
tians made their paper Of papyrus and the
scrolls of the Alexandrian library were Of
this material. The place where 1t grows
best is known as the Sudd, a region Of
swamps, but one which in its paper posi-
biitles equals, so I am told, that Of the
United States.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
many respects far more wonderful.


In the Sahara.
One would naturally think that the Desert
of Sahara could never change. That vast
region of sand and rock larger than the
whole United States. would appear to be
unalteraby-forever deserted and forever
dead This is not the case. The greater
part Of the Sahara is now under the con-
troll OF France. Its GASES are being in
creased by means of artesian wells. Roads
and railroads are being built into 1t, and it
has become accessible as never before The
French have established a large number Of
military stations in it, and they have now
a camel police, which protects the caravan
tracks l shall first go down into this
desert on the edge of Morocco where the
dangers are now greatest, and later shall
visit the Gases there and those of the re-
gions farther east.
After | leave the Sahara 1 will describe
desert life in Tripoli, in the desert of Libya,
and also in the great Arabian desert which
lies east of the Nile In the GASES hope to
visit the date plantations, which furnish
the chief food of these arid regions, and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
What ChristInnitx Does.

II am glad there is Christianity taught
in this school, for Christianity presents
the single conception of life that causes
US to understand why man was placed
upon Gods fOotstool. Christianity gives
us a measure Of greatness by which men
and women are great in proportion as they
serve. And in these schools where re-
ligion is combined with mental dicipline
the students go out recognizing that one
who goes forth with a desire to help the
world has a higher mission and a nobler
purpose than one who goes forth simply to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Grcnt Africnn Lnkcr.

expect to have some interesting letters
from the great fresh water lakes of east
ern Africa These vie with our great lakes
In size and surpass them in beauty. They
are surrounded by mighty mountains. I
shall see Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount
Kcnia on my way to Lake Victoria
Mount Kilimanjaro is 10000 feet high and
is the tallest OF the African mountains.
Lake Victoria is the largest of the African
lakes. 1t is said to be bigger than Lake
Superior. II lies about as far inland from
the Indian ocean as Cleveland is distant
from the Atlantic. and is now accessible
by a railroad which passes through a land
Of big game. one sees herds OF zebras
and CRATES from the car windows, and
instances have been known of lions COM
ing into the Pullman cars at night when
the train was sidetracked and yankiug the
passengers out of the lower berths. Hippo
potamuses have also butted' the trains
along the tracks with their noses, and the
rhinoceroses sometimes get in the way Of
the engines.
One-half Of Lake Victoria lies in Uganda
and belongs to the British. The other
half is in German East Africa and is con-
trolled by the Germans. Both nations
have their own little steamers, and I shall
be able to explore many parts Of this lake
and to describe the strange savages liv-
ing upon its shores. Some of the natives
go absolutely naked, with the exception
of necklaces and anklets OF telegraph wire,
while others shave their heads with glass
and dress in bullock hides. The people Of
Uganda wear dark cloth or cotton gowns
but they take their clothes Off when they
eat so as not to soil them Indeed. they
are quite civilized; they have good roads
and they raise so mary cattle that the
English expect them to compete with the
United States in the meat markets Of
Europe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
In African France.

Leaving Morocco 1 shall next make my
way eastward into the great French colo
nies. France has more land in Africa
than almost any other European power
II owns something like 100000 square
miles, or more than one-third of the con-
tinent. A part of this extends from Mo-
rocco clear along the Mediterranean to
the Libyan desert. 1t embraces Algeria
and Tunisia. lands which for ages were
the granaries of the world; they fed the
Phoeniciars and the Romans and are now
feeding the French.
France has had control of these coun-
tries for just about three-quarters of a
century, and 1t has there shown what it
can do in the way of colonization 1 I'M
derstand that Algeria has excellent roads
and that ! shall be able to get to almost
any part Of it by train or by carriage I
want to visit the famous ruins of North
Africa to tell you how old Carthage looks
today and to get down to a ruined city.
as old as Pompeii, which the French are
now digging out Of the sands of the Sa-
hara That city is Timgad. II was twice
as large as Pompeii and it's ruins are in
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Enect of Cumnlative ETort.


Eject of Cumulative Effort.
Two years ago / visited with my fam
lily the Grand Canyon of Colorado, and we
stood looking down almost miles to the lit
tie stream that shaped its way through
that unrivalled canyon, and then we went
down and we stood upon the side OF this
stream and we looked at the walls of
stone and granite and as we looked I
wondered how long 1t had been since the
water began to work it's way through the
stone and granite, and as 1 looked then 1t
came to me: One by one the countless mil
lions of drops that went into this had
found their way through and had left an
impress upon the rocks, and that which we
saw was the result of that; each figures
exactly so much So today 1t occurs to me
that while the impulse of this building was
given by a question, and that question
stirred a great heart to a mighty under
taking, yet all along there had been those
who had helped, one IS, one SO, another
$25, another $50; some little and some much,
all of their contributions have been the
parts of the mighty stream whose influence
and effect you measure here today.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

-N article in the latest Century Is
n an instructive review OF the
a abuses allowed in open-air ad-
I8T$I vertising in the United States.
GsEtJ Year after year huge placards
OF various kinds have mutiated and
been located more aggressively until
the idea Is warranted that cities are built
merely to be a background TO- unit tNed
advertising freebooters. Nothing Is sacred
10 the swarm OF blatant daubers who are
smearing up all outdoors with Their
blotches, continually growing bigger and
more impudent once a city had views
and vistas. but wherever eyes turn now IN
an American town. vast placards occupy
the foreground. It is a wonder citizens are
allowed to walk along the streets without
a magic lantern play of advertisements on
their backs. How much public revenue Is
raised from this new form OF lana
piracy? Practically none I'm the United
States. though in Europe outdoor advertis-
ing is closely regulated and yields large
amounts for the public treasury, Few
citizens have fully considered the extent 10
which they are imposed on in this matter
or the oold-blooded insolence with which
the assault on their rights is pushed for
ward. The Century article viii assist In
opening the eyes OF the victims
some states have taken legal steps to
ton the seizure Of the face Of all creation
NV the hordes of billboard guerrillas' AT
,ornev General Parker OF Massachusetts
has rendered an opinion in which he says;
.sNyotses and odors have always oeeh
,raated as nuisances. even without legisla-
tive adjudication that they are un"hoIe-
some There is no legal reason why an OF.
tense 10 the eyes should have oineisils
1870. from an offense to the otheF
organs An advertisement wv"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
IncontrovertIbIe Evidence.

A Christian Scientist while walking, en-
countered a small boy who was sitting
under an apple tree crying bitterly and
doubled up with pain.
MY little man." said the Scientist,
What is the matter? Has matter gained
the ascendency over mind with your"
mo" moaned the boy. II ate some
green apples. and oh, how l ache"
you don't ache" asserted the follower
OF Mrs. Eddy you only think So"
The boy looked up in establishment at
such statement, and as he lapsed into
another spasm OF pain. said That's all
right, you may think so, but I've got in
side informa taon. New York Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Had Plenty or Coincidence.

Augustus Thomas, the well-known play
wright, was talking about first nights and
the heartrending anxiety of them.
ION my own first nights" he said, 81
am a pitiable object, utterly without hope,
convinced In advance that my play is
bound TO fail.
AT such times 1 often wish l had the
self-conhdence that possessed Charles
Reade. He, after he had dramatized his
novel OF Never Too Late to Mend" wrote
on the margin of a certain passage:
"If the audience fails to weep here,
the passage has not been properly acted 4"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Tersely Told Tales Both Grim and Gay

the following incident which fell under his
observation while travelling through the
bituminous coal regions of Pennsylvania:
A large motherly looking woman in
department store said TO shop girl:
Il want to get a pair Of gloves for my
Jim. He's going to a ball"
Yes madam" said the girl, producing
white kid gloves This is the kind, l sup
pose?"
Them cried the woman. Goodness,
no. They'd be too good. My Jim's got
hand like a shoulder of mutton. Besides,
they're too dear. Haven't you got some
thing like the policemen wear-ht about 10
cents2'
The clerk smllingly regretted that they
did not keep that kind.
"Oh. very WELL" the old party replied;
there's no help for it-Jim'l have to wash
his hands after all."-Utica Press.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

From Lake Victoria the first section Of
railroad will probably be built only to
Gondokora on the Nile, a distance OF 1000
miles or so from Khartoum, where small
steamers will connect them with the rail-
way system Of Egypt.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

guidance of the well known Bill" Sewall
On that occasion he and his guide camped
at place where deer were abundant. Just
before dusk Sewall placed him at corner
whore he could watch the runways. when
you see the deer you let drive" said the
guide. In a few minutes a fine buck came
trotting toward the ambush. Unable to
restrain his joy, young Roosevelt turned
and whispered: do you know, this is the
first deer ! have ever shot" Then he
turned to "let drive" but the buck, whose
keen ears caught the whisper had jumped
sideways and disappeared. What Sewall
thought and what Roosevelt said for the
next five minutes would make what Horace
Greeley used to call mighty interesting
reading"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Another Mixed Text.

When Champ Clarks son was younger.
his father intrusted him with the duty OF
attending church and bringing back the
text OF the preachers sermon.
Il memorized the text all right, pa" said
the young hopeful on his return.
''Then repeat it to me, word for word"
commanded the father, austerely.
TT was from Revelations" replied the
hope and pride Of the Missouri statesman,
land was this: An Indian came down
from New Haven, and, taking a live colt
by the fall. pulled him out Of the halter
Nonsense" scowled the father. There's
nothing like that in Revelations or any
other part Of the Bible"
He telephoned the preacher to learn the
text, and received from the good man the
following version:
An angel came down from heaven, and,
taking a live coal, laid II on the altar"
"ThatIl do for you" reprovingly said the
congressman to his son, adding: THE next
time I can't go to church III send your
mother. w Washington Herald.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
German and Portuguese Posses.i,

German and Portuguese Possessions.
shall see something OF German East
Africa. and l may possibly visit German
Southwest Africa The Germans are set
ting out cotton plantations along the coast
opposite Zanzibar, and they are planning
railroads to connect the east coast and the
Congo. l shall visit their capital, Oar Els
Salaam. and will also go TO Bagamoyo.
their chief port at the end Of the caravan
route TO Lake Tanganyika and the Congo.
Portuguese East Africa is almost unex-
plored and It WILL 1 doubt not furnish
several interesting letters.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Miles of African rrav.,

My story today is only introd,,ctor,, ~.
African letters will begin one ,yeek 49,
and they will continue from sud-, -
SUNDAY until the close Of my tour. They
wiz De written on the ground, In the
MIDST or the strange people and tb.tr
Stranger surroundings, and L shall do what
can TO make them smell of the soil NJ,
Trip Is to be long one. 1t will comnrIsa
the greater part of the black continent
and VIII include altogether iournevs Gov
ering more than 5000 miles. 1t will co,,ar
Ihe Whole OF northern Africa from one
end to the other. and also parts of the
Desert or Sahara and the British Soudan
Journeys into the Libyan and Arabian
deserts will form a part of it. ana the sroz
canal the Nile the Red sea and the In
Olah ocean VIII be traversed. l shall 90
along the whole eastern coast Of the con-
tlnent from Port Said to the Cape OF Good
Hope and will have many expeditions into
the wild lands of the interior shall
visit Lake Victoria and shall 20 far I'M
the Zambesi river into central Africa. tn
the borders of Lakes Nyassa and TanRa-
nyika.
After that I shall visit the Kalahari
DESERT and thence go down into those
parts OF the continent which are now be-
Ing settled by white men and describe
their curious phases OF savage and civilized
hfe
The tour is so long that is is impossible
70 describe 1t in detail. 1t will take many
months OF continuous travel and that of
svery description and by every means of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

We are wont to think that we have all OF
the big things Of the world We deal In
superlatives and talk about our big coun-
try. our Niagara Falls and our great lakes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Sees No Other Way.

Chauncey Olcott possesses that rare gift,
q broad sense Of humor Of things in every
day life. He relates through an exchange
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Carpenter Writes of His Newspaper Through Wds of Africa

Copyright, 1906 by Frank G. Carpo,,,or ,
~N THE PRINCESS tRrNt, ~.
N route for Africa. Dec % G.
vF1Tvr clai correspondence Of The Rec ,
Ik4Ik I am now on NV v,o,, -,
Ntne1W the Atlantic TO begt, 'l0i''ss
ISuc tour OF the Black Continen, 80 la ,i'''
Io' my american readers. The North 60, ia
ii Lioyd steamer, the Princess -.
w" Whlch have booked for Cibr,t,ne
I'e" iork ten days ago. ana -,
passage across the ocean b,s -
anu pleasant. We have aIro,.s.'
a. ,..il,',sH inc Azores, a group of fsr-
49,, y1 islands, belonging TO Portus,i
,,.ni.L approaching the narrow strsits
,-,.a. -, INTO the Mediterranean 60,
GA -, 1, i,.iiouse on my right marks the
,ror,,,t,. - 'partel' the northwestern CIV
,ttr.,.s 'ie AFRICAN continent, and those
49, t,-l ANS behind It are the AtIa.
b., ,L1i u the Moorish brigands. who
~ leoent kidnapping of foreigners
nave Hlaue travel there almost a -
as 1t was In the days VIZ - ulisaI re
coast swarmed with the Rarbar,. "ioIe
When Christians were cnsig,,,,, = P'ia'es'
shipping Of Europe paid rhine. al 'he
other hand Spain is plainly in - my
win my glass L can see the for,ia,,,. - 80
Oh Iarlfa, the Spanish castle FRI,
Ine prlgands of the sea sailed for,h -
attack the ships coming into or -
out OF the Mediterranean. Just IN srna,
Oh me the mighty rock of Gibraltar ,yith
Ns British Qualifications, is loonins, rr
ana at the foot of it, facing the AtI,nttp
hes the harbor, where l shall take shir
Tor Morocco. and long before this la,ta.
iS puDhshed begin my African travels in
the land of the Moors ~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

Travels in Egypt.
I expect to find many new things IN the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

as possible, but to the conception of life
that leads them to strive to put as much
into the world as possible
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30
Improved as IA Hunter.
nrN1rr>r,Nrr, DnnCUaTTu,T ~ 4

ROOSEVELT is bet
ter hunter now than he was
twenty years ago. when he first
went loking for deer under the
went hooking for deer under the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

locomotion. Parts OF Il will be on horse
back and camelback. and parts upon foot
1t VIII be in canoes and in big steamers,
and even in automobiles and upon the
new railroads now building
The Itinerary may be varied from time
10 time in accordance with the conditions
OF the various countries, whether at peace
or at war, and also by the changes in news
interest and the facilities OF travel The
only reason for the expedition is to secure
interesting material for the readers OF
this paper, and It will be my object to
hunt out the new, the wild and the strange.
Morocco Complications.
IN these letters | hope to give a live pic
ture OF the Africa of today The black
continent is rapidly changing Dead for
ages, II is now one of the news centers OF
the globe. Big things are going on in all
parts OF It, and the conditions as they
exist today are not to be found in any Of
the books or magazines of the past. My
first letters will be from Morocco. That
country is in such wild and unsettled
state Just now that I do not expect to
get far inland. The Berbers are on the
edge of n revolution. the sultan cannot
control his people and brigand chiefs
men Ike Raisuli, who kidnapped Perdicaris
are In control l shall go from Gibraltar
across to Tangier. This Is the chief port
of the county. where the foreign ministers
and consuls live, and the news center for all
matters relating to the Moors and the
foreigners. Raisuli is operating near there.
and 1 shall be able to give live pictures
OF the situation as it is today. shall
write letter about the young sultan,
who is one Of the most extravagant rulers
on earth. although his people are among
the poorest, and shall tell you about his
harem and his slave girls and wives.
shall have also a story about Uncle Sam
in Morocco. showing the queer features
Of Moorish business and trade and how
our goods can be sold there. 1 will de-
scribe the extortions OF the government
and at the same time give life pictures
Of the turbulent people
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

H. i'O'' ny frank q. Carpenter. }
: THE PRINCESS IRENE. En-
route for Africa. Dec. g7.-Cspc-
ciai correspondence Of The Rec ,
II am now on my way across
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

NE of the important events during
the month was the laying Of the
cornerstone of the new building
for the Kearney Military acad-
envy on the afternoon Of Decem-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-30

N article in the latest Century is
an instructive review OF the
abuses allowed in open-air ad-
vertising in the United States.
Year after year huge placards