Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

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right to look decent" is the way the
women see II.
! When General John NJ. Wilson, U. s. A,
retired, was superintendent Of public build
ings and grounds in Washington. under
| Cleveland. relates the Washington Herald,
he was invited one afternoon by General
| phil" Sheridan to accompany him on a
carriage drive about the city. The hero
| of winchester was in fine spirits until
| they approached Scott Gree, in the CEN
ter of which doomed the equestrian statue
! of General Winfield Scott. Then Little
| Phil' became serious. Refining up his
| horses, he sat and gazed earnestly at the
| statue.
| wilson said General Sheridan. II
have an incurable malady and do not ex-
! pect to live more than year. When l am
dead l suppose that my equestrian statue
will be erected somewhere in Washington.
I request here and now that you see to 1t
that 1 am not seated upon such an out
raReous looking horse as that UPON which
the sculptor has placed Scott"
The Scott horse. by the way. was mod
| eled after one Of the favorite mares rid
den by General John Morgan, the dashing
Kentucky confederate cavaryman, fact
| known only to General Wilson and a few
other persons in washington.
Although fourteen years have passed
since congress provided for the erection
of an equestrian statue of General Sheri-
dan, the capital is as yet devoid of that
piece of monumental art Work was be-
gun on it several years ago by J. O. A.
Ward, the American sculptor, who, it is
said, finally has abandoned the task,
largely because of the Injunction of Gen
eral Sheridan that his bronze likeness be
not placed upon any but a read war horse.
Mr.. Ward, It is stated has made numerous
models of horses. none of which pleased
him, and he destroyed them in turn. Pre-
sumably when the statue is made it will
be placed in Sheridan Circle. on Massa-
chusettes avenue. near Rock creek
Somebody asked Speaker Cannon a few
days ago what congress was likely to do
after meeting next December. when l
was boy" said the Danville statesman,
I'VE used to go coon hunting at night ard
| we used to have some mighty good dogs
But some Of them could not be kept In
control-run off after a rabbit or a skunk
after the coon had been started. We used
to cali these sooner dogs Now, congress
don't meet until next December. That'E a
| long way of and I'm no sooner. The next
| president? Oh, no matter who he is, I'll
be able to'get along with him. got along
all right with President Mckinley and
President Harrison and number of other
presidents and 1 think. the Lord willing.
that I'll be able to keep friends with the
next man that enters the presidential
chair"
The Agricultural department has had con-
| siderable trouble in deciding to what extent
] the term "sardine'' can be used in food
| products DR.. Wiley, the federal chemist,
! and Secretary Wilson labored with the
| question Of the proper labelling of FISH OF
| this kind finally gave It up. and submitted
the problem to the bureau OF fisheries The
wise heads of that bureau got together
and reached the following conclusion:
| Commercially. the name sardine has
| come to signify any small. canned, clupe-
! old fish; and the methods of preparation
are so various that Il Is impossible to
establish any absolute standard Of quality.
It appears 70 this department that the
purposes of the pure food law will be
| carried out and the public fully protected
| IL all sardines bear a label showing the
place where produced and the nature OF
the ingredients used in preserving or flavor
| ing the fish,
In harmony with the opinion of the ex-
perts of the bureau Of fisheries the De-
! partment OF Agriculture has decided that
| the term "sardine" may be applied 20 any
| small fish described above, and that the
name ''sardine" should be accompanied
with the name of the country or state In
| which the fsh are taken and prepared.
| and with statement OF the nature OF the
ingredients used in preserving or navoring
the fish.
Speaker Cannon the other evening stood
! in the receiving line at the Washington
residence Of Vice President Fairbanks pass
| ing kindly word and grip with friends as
! they came along. At length his own
daughter approached. and drawing up his
spare frame he grasped her hand in formal
| fashion and inquired with well-assumed
| disinterestedness: Your name please %
| Lydia Pinkham" replied Miss Cannon,
amiably well, Lydia, my dear. we are
we'll met" the speaker responded, "for I
! guess there's just about as much good in
your remedies as there is in my pres-
Dental boom"
Admiral Winfield Scott schley was in
formed the other day that he was again
| being doomed for vice president. The
veteran sailor said with marked animation:
| my whole life's training has tended TO
unit me for civil duty and I feel sure that
II were to accept responsible once I
should soon be heartily despised. No man
trained 10 the trade Of the soldier or sailor
Is NJ to hold ONCE In a government like
ours. Everyone who has tried It has proved
a failure. 50 70 the deuce with this talk
OF me for vice president or anything else! 20
As near an approach TO a Joke as ever
came from the supreme court bench was a
! statement made by Justice Holmes last
week IN announcing decision in the case OF
David Kawananskoa. Jonah Kalanianaole.
Ablgale W. Kanwananakoa and Elizabeth
K. Kalanianaole against Ellen Alberdeil.
Holmes merely said the case was No ZS.
and ne would not announce the names, az
| they were OF record. Only Justice Nc
Kenna gave the suggestion OF a smile.
Our BusV Day.
/ Washington Herald.
When the next campaign subscription Is
| collected. Mr.. Hartman need not bother
about hiring extra help 70 keen tqs visi-