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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

monplace aspect. Yet the business transacted there is al
most unique in the world. for this is the headquarters Of
the ambergris king.
There 10 a cubbyhole of a office in front; a window whose shade
Is usually down; a door which is usually locked. The wise ones
don't care. They go around to the back door, tho harbor door; snin
the Swsetish Odor which floats out to meet them and then go in to
meet IT,
Here works David @. Stull, upon whose card there is this insrtp-
ton; First Hands for Amber girls"
This one man has given a single check for $4,000 in payment
for one lot of the precious substance he deals In. He has paid, In.
round numbers, $4,000 for one lump.
That lump weighed ninety-eight pounds, it is true. Neverthe-
less $500 a pound is not a price to be sneezed al. Mr.. Stun has
paid as high as $500 a pound. which is Just a bit startling when one
comes to think Of It.
A lump of gold Weighing 1874 pounds and which was ss2 per
cent hne' brought something over $4,000 some years ago. II 1t
had been the finest ambergris 1t would have brought seq 900. A
dollars.
Nobody has run across a ton of ambergris yet and nobody is
likely to find 1t all at once. But 1t Is not impossible that in these
knowing times some lucky devil of a whaler may find in the course
of his voyages enough of the precious matter to make up a total of
q ton.
For these are indeed far more knowing times than the old whal-
ing days were. MI. Stull tells of a Provincetown man who had been
out on his first trip as captain of a whaling vessel about thirty years
ago and who stopped at one of the West India islands n his way
home.
One Of the natives offered him nve small Jumps of a dirtylooking
substance which the native asserted was good for something. The
native further informed the captain that he had got these pieces
from . dead whale which was ashore, on a certain beach, and that
there was plenty more in the carcass.
Did the captain hoist all sail and get to that dead whale as fast
rs the winds of Providence would permit Not a bit of II. He had
concluded that he'd better stick to his job. So he gave the native
a pair of blue Overans and a jumper for the five dirty Jumps and
went on his way.
After he had made port he showed the 1--WE Jumps to Mr.. stun
and when the latter gave him S7OO for them he almost had a At.
Still, that shock was nothing to what he got a little later. for he
learned that another captain had heard Of the dead whale, had got
what ambergris still remained in tho carcass and had sold It In New
York for $4,000. II was estimated that this whale must have con-
tanned IN all at least $50, 900 worth OF ambergris.
But the whalers of today are = more canny lot In fact they
hASe gone to the other extreme They not only open up 9 captured
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
His Working Greed

Governor Hughes is a compact man, in absolute control OF him
self. He holds himself something like a military or naval oncer
and has an officers sense of respect and the fitness of things. He
is not a boaster nor a booster, cares little for the fame OF ONCE but
much for the opportunity for achievement. His ideals of mans
duty in life is expressed in his own working creed;
81 regard a successful man as one who has realized to IT rules
extent the best ability in him. One may have great ability as a
mono y-maker; then he would be successful when he had made much
money. Another man may have ability as a artist; he Is success
full when he has won fame by his art. If a man leaves any one OF
his talents lie idle he Is not a successful man. Mere moneymaKlnB
is a poor sort of success. There is a pleasure in achievement. There
is an inspiration in work, and work well done will make a man con-
tented with his lot. / believe in work, hard work and long hours OF
work. I have never known a man to break down from overwork'
1t is the worries and designations that cause men to oreak down.
work alone will not do it, except in rare cases."
In appearance Mr.. Hughes is not robust. He Is about he rect
ten inches in height, Of slight but well-proportioned figure. His
hair is brown and is becoming thin on top; he wears a full beard
into which streaks Of gray are creeping. The high. rather narrow
forehead indicates intellectually of a high degree and the blue eyes
r. wide apart and deep set. The nose is small, straight, and the
nostrils express refinement; the mouth is large. full-Hpped, and the
teeth are large, regular and white. In repose there is nothing strik-
ing in the face, but when MI. Hughes becomes Interested In CONVEX
sation he possesses a goodly smile and his eyes suggest the strong
earnest man who is confident of his powers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Declines a Quiet Life

81 was at that time a clerk in the office of the late Walter s.
Carter. After being admitted to the bar and practicing for about
seven years in New York l received an offer of q professorship in
foresaw a quiet, reposeful life in a university town, with pleasant
work and leisure to devote to those branches of the law in which /
was specializing. lectured in the Cornell Law school for two years
on contracts, evidence and other branches, but l soon discovered
that the leisure which attracted me was only a dream, and that the
life of a professor at Cornell was one of constant toll. So l resigned
and returned to active practice in New York City"
In presenting his views of his own profession Mr.. Hughes said:
work for its own sake is more to him than the financial reward Of
that work, l should advise him to enter the law. This is a distinctly
intellectual pursuit. 1t gives a man opportunities to conquer DIM
culties, to solve problems. A man who takes pleasure In that sort
of thing, as l do, will enjoy his work and be happy and contented
as he is able to reap a fair reward for that work, for there is nc sat
isfaction in work which you know will bring you no return. Then
there n opportunities for distinction in the law mean the real
distinction, which it is a laudable thing to aspire to-the respect OF
your fellow citizens and the knowledge of honors we'll earned"
Mr.. Hughes sef-possession, the calm yet swift certainty with
which his mind works, has discounted many a tricky witness. He
is always well-balanced, always in perfect control OF himself. To
his friends he breaches the gospel of sen-control, saying;
"Poise is essential to success. 1t is a quality in which too many
Americans are lacking. They rush and hurry and get worried just
at the time when their coolest judgment is required. 1 notice that
the most successful business men are those whose minds are always
cool; who, no matter how swift are the movements of their bodies,
are able to deliberate coolly and to pronounce sober, calm Judgment,
even under disturbing circumstances. 1t is not the man who reaches
the corner first who wins, but the mar who knows exactly what he
is going to do when he turns the corner"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES BOLD CHAMPION OF THE RIGHT
Man Who Has Proved Himself worthy Of the Peoples Trust and Who Has Made a Good Fight That
Good Fight That Right and Justice May Prevail

his mind is at the root OF the matter and he brings up q point and
drives 1t clear through the attention Of his auditors.
"a chance remark of a schoolmate when 1 was preparing our
class philosophy" be once said, lied me to turn to law. l did not
want to be a burden on my father, so / taught school In the daytime
and studied law at night. 1 soon discovered that a man cannot do
two things at once and do them we'll, SO determined to come to New
York and enter Columbia Law school. l went through that insttu-
ton and on graduation was appointed to the prize fellowship for
three years, conducting qulzzes during that time. l also had private
classes of students. In this way l gained a more thorough knowl-
edge of the law than l should otherwise have done,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Short Sketch of the Active Career of a Man "

HARLES EVANS HUGHES, governor OF New Tork and
candidate for reelection on the republican ticket, is one
of the most striking figures brought to the front by the
present moral uplift in our political life. He is not a
creature OF circumstances, but the product of hard, de-
voted work, earnestness, uprtghtness and courage. The famous in
surance investigation of four years ago revealed these qualities to
the public. The opportunity found the man, and the man was
equipped for the opportunity. His nomination and election as gov
ernor and his record as chief executive stamped him as a man Of
superior attachments and courage in the performance OF his duties.
Governor Hughes was born in Glens Falls, N. Y, ON April IL,
1852. and is the son of Rev. David Charles Hughes, a Baptist clergy
man. He was educated at Colgate and Brown universities, gradu-
atng from the latter institution in 1881. He studied law at Column
ba and in the office Of General Stewart L. Woodford, then United
States district attorney, and was admitted TO the bar in 1884. In
1891 he became a professor of law at Cornell, but subsequently re-
sumed his practice. In 1905 Mr.. Hughes was chosen as counsel for
the Armstrong committee, appointed to investigate the life insur-
ance companies. and in 1905 was designated one of the special coun-
sci of the United States Department of Justice to conduct an inquiry
regarding prosecution of coalcarrying railroads After declining
an invitation to run for mayor of New York in the republican inter-
est, he accepted the nomination for governorship of the state in 1906,
and was the only republican elected on the state ticket, receiving a
plurality of 57,ss7 votes over w. R. Hearst, the democratic cand-
date.
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whale the very first thing to look for ambergrs, but they pick up
from the hotsam of the sea all sorts of possible and impossible stuff
under the fond delusion that they are taking a fortune aboard.
once on shore, they lose no time in sending a sample of their
find to Mr.. stun. OF course it is a small sample. They are too
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wary to trust very much of so precious a material out of their pos
session. And, also, of course, 1t is sent by registered mail or by
express. Catch them being careless with what is worth It's weight
In gold!
When Mr.. Stur returns the samples with the statement that It
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

him needs telling that he means what he says; everybody feels 1t.
He appeals to the best that is in man; he shows them ideals and
what a practical thing truth is. And so his hearers say, This man
is straight
Mr.. Hughes makes it clear that a mans Americanism is not a
product of his occupation. Hughes did not discover this, but for
some years the fact has been lost to sight, drowned in ink; and a
good many persons never knew that the fact had a place on earth.
A Hughes speech is an antidote in severe cases of class agitation.
Here is a man with a trained mind and a wholesome way Of look
ing at life. His training enables him to dig out the important facts
and explain them to any gathering, special or mixed, in a way that
every man Jack in the place can understand. You see, he knows a
fact and where to search for 1t. That is not a common quality. A
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Nominated for Governor

When it became. two years ago. certain that william Randolph
as the result Of a deal between himself and Charles Murphy of Tam
many the bosses took counsel with President Roosevelt and pre-
sented the name of Charles Evans Hughes at Saratoga. His nomi-
nation was well received, particularly by those polcy-holders in life
insurance companies of the country who watched the investigation
which he conducted In New York with such great ability, and which
threw so much light upon the inner workings of the millions of dol
lars invested by the companies and held under the almost absolute
control Of the officers of the great corporations whose immense as-
sets enabled them to exert the balance OF power in the financial
world. AS chief counsel in the inQuistion Mr.. Hughes made a
most envtable record and the voters remembered it. They
also recalled the official scrutiny in the gas investigation
when he conducted matters with such energy and directness that he
ization of the thoroughness Of his methods, which enabled him to
draw from unwilling witnesses facts of public interest with a rapid
ty which astonished everybody, suggested to the men behind the
ballot that he would be of the caliber to direct the desunies of tho
state.
Mr.. Hughes bore the strain of the campaign very well, indeed.
Abused Il q manner most irritating, his motives impugned, his hon
esy attacked, his acts misrepresented and his words often misguided,
he has been dignined and calm. His speeches were good and he
fame In his profession were used to advantage on the stump and tho
only answer Mr.. Hearst made to his logic and straight thinking was
to call him a. animated feather duster." Mr.. Hughes delivered
more than $50 speeches and carried his campaign through all of the
sixty-one counties OF the state, save nine-Cnnton, Franklin, Essex,
Columbia. Duchess, Putnam. Schuyler. Wyoming and Chautauqua.
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good many humans know facts when they see them, but the rare
man is he who knows where to find the facts and how to exhibit
them.
Mr.. Hughes is a gentleman, always. Though under great provo
cation in the campaign of two years ago, he did not lose his temper
his good manners o r his digestion. He does not lower himself into
the pit of vituperation; he is content to let his presentation and an
alysis of facts speak for themselves.
Mr.. Hughes is a outstanding man, who looks straight into the
faces of his audience and makes them realize as they never did be-
fore what a difference there is between Workmanship and the report
of the rife; how small and mean a business demagoguery is, and
what a fatality 1t f. to have a bilious brain. He stands there a little
unbending at first, a s the crowd shouts its welcome, but instantly
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Campaign Of High Type

A. q oampaigner Governor Hughes surprised his opponents in the
fierce contest for the governorshp two years ago. Practical poll
tcians In and out Of his own party thought he could not get next
to the people" Getting next to the people" Is the average poll
tcians term for shoulder-slapng, Misunderstanding, softsoaping and
blum The old-Bchool politician thinks these things are necessary
for winning the cheers of the mulitudes and for pumping good ma
ture into them. The old-line politicians do not realize yet that the
trend Of human thought is not what it was when they FIRST took to
stump oratory. There is a new political school. Hughes is one of
its products.
Mr.. Hughes wins every audience that he addresses, whatever its
makeup may be. The people like the man. You wouldn't call him
magnetic" but the honesty OF him captures the crowds. He doesn't
natter his supporters nor abuse his antagonists; he Just talks
straight to the point, in q round, manly voice. Nobody who hears
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Wares of the Ambergris King Are More Precious Than Col

.RoVINCEToWN, Mass, Oct S"-At the head of one Of the
old Provtncetown wharves is a snug little building of COM
monplace aspect. Yet the business transacted there is al
l. most unique In the world, for this is the headquarters of
the ambergris king.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-06
How Saul the Sinner Was Transforne,
into Paul the Apostle-Histori-


into Paul the ApostIe-Hstori-
cal Review.
away with such fellow from the
earth; for it is not fit that he should live"
If there was no other evidence against
Saint Paul" than the statements in the
scriptures it would be conclusive that he
was unfit to live, but / want to show be-
yond doubt how these saints are made.
Saul, son of Barthus and Eunice Benja-
min, born 2 B. c., two years before Jesus
David (called the christ of god), in Tarsus,
Celicia, Roman municipium, a fatalist and
politician, noted for intolerance and perse
cution, and for strenuous activity in having
Jesus puto death, executed at Rome June
20, &C A. d. The New Testament says:
GAS for Saul, he made havoc of the
church, entering into every house, having
men and women committed to prison; and,
breathing threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of Jesus, went unto
the high priests (Acts, s, 9; 9, ~. Then
gathered the chief priests and pharsees a
council, and said: What do we? If we let
Jesus alone the Romans will come and take
away both our place and nation. And one
of them named Caiaphas, being the high
priest that same year, said unto them: 1t
is expedient for us that he should die, and
that the nation perish not. From that day
they took counsel together to put him to
death. and gave commandment that II any
one knew where he was he should show
it, that they might take him" st. John,
II. 45-57
Tactius says: "Jesus was brought to
punishment by Pontius PLATE, the Roman
procurator," nevertheless, it was through
conspiracy organized by Saul, who, after
the death of Jesus. pretended to be con-
verted to his doctrines, and sought to join
the honest disciples, but they were all
afraid of him, and believed not that he was
a disciple Acts IA, 26.
He insisted upon speaking in the temple
to convince them, and they asked him:
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before
these days madest an uprOar, and leddest
out into the wilderness four thousand men
that were murderers?
But Paul said, am man which am a
Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia citizen
of no mean city; and beseech thee, suffer
me to speak unto the people.-Acts, 22.
And when he had given him license, Paul
stood on the stairs and told the story of his
so called conversion, saying:
I prosecuted unto death, binding and de-
livering into prisons both men and women.
Which thing l also did In Jerusalem;
and many of the saints did / shut up in
prison, having received authority from the
chief priests; and when they were put to
death. I gave my voice against them.
And punished them oft in every syna-
gogue, and compelled them to blaspheme;
and being exceedingly mad against them,
prosecuted them even unto strange cities
And said, Lord they know that I'M
prsoned and beat in every synagogue them
that believed on Jesus.
And when the blood of thy martyr
Stephen was shed I also was standing by,
md consenting unto his death, and kept
the raiment of Their that slew him.
They gave him audience unto this word,
and then lifted up their voices Ind said
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-06
GRASS
The Way In Which Saints Are Made

cruciating agony. I must enlighten the
world concerning my history in connection
with Jesus of Nazareth, and give a true
narrative of that part of his life which ter
minated in tragic death, of which l was
the instigator. 1t is the only atonement
| can make for the outrage l have given
to mankind, and the measureless injustice
done to the injured and noble man, Jesus.
Judas l slew with my own hands, from
fear that he would betray me to the world
being the depository of my secrets of the
conspiracy against Jesus. Stephen l hated
for his virtues and talents, and l was
afraid that while he lived l could not be
the first to lead and govern the disciples
Accordingly l had him sacrificed to the
fury of the Sanhedrim. l then came for
ward in the open day as an actor. AS
approached the city storm arose, of
thunder and lightning. l threw myself
from my horse, fell PROSTATE upon the
ground, and acted a pantomine of great
terror. l pretended that the spirit of Jesus
appeared to me, rebuking me for my wick
ed career, and commanding me to go
through the world preaching his doctrines.
My imposture was partly believed by some
but the disciples rejected me, the Jews
seized me, the Romans ruined me and
brought me to Rome."-Pages 1926, intro
duction to The True History of Jesus or
III.
And this: Poor Judas! How mysterious
is the power controlling my lifel The
very men l admire most I seem destined
to destroy. Two men have fallen through
me; the wise and virtuous Jesus and my
faithful servitor, Judas. / admired them
bo'h. Whence comes this power to de-
stroy? Is mans moral freedom but fic-
ton? Can he refrain from doing what he
does? AS his existence is without his
choice or control so are his actions! THE
True History of Jesus, page 1928.
This will relieve us of the necessity of
believing that:
Judas cast down the pieces of silver
self; and the chief priests took the
silver pieces and bought the potter's field
to bury strangers in. Matt. 81, 81.
Or that Judas purchased field with the
reward of iniquity, and, falling headlong,
burst asunder in the midst, and all his
bowels gushed out (Acts, 16), as he could
not have died each way.
Now here is man who, even according
to the scriptures, is almost an unparalleled
criminal, held up to us as the chief apostle
pillar of the church, and exemplar of right
living. Read what the church says about
this wicked man. According to an elabo-
rately illustrated work. authorized by the
Roman Catholic Church:
The Death of the Holy Martyr, st.
Paul." was as follows:
"St. Paul was bound for nine months
to a pillar in the horrible Mamestine
prison, but so great was his faith and for
titude that he converted his jailers, Pro-
cessus and Martinus. And you are shown
the very fountain in which sprang miracu-
lousy out of the hard rock in the dreary
dungeon, so that the apostle could baptise
these two soldiers.
when he was led out to be executed
the procession was met by Plautilla. the
Of fhn
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-06
BLUE GRASS BLADE

Away with such fellow from the earth;
for it Is not fit that he should live.
And as they cried out, and cast off their
clothes, and threw dust into the air.
The chief captain commanded him to be
brought into the castle, and babe that he
should be examined by scourgng; that he
might know wherefore they cried SO
against him.
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul
said unto the centurian that stood by, Is
it lawful for you to scourge a man that is
a Roman and uncondemned?
When the centurian heard that he went
an. told the chief captain, saying, Take
heed what thou doest; for this man is a
Roman.
Then the chief captain came and said
unto him, Tell me, art thou Roman? He
said, Yea.
Then Paul called one Of the centurions
unto him and said, Bring this young man
unto the chief captain; for he hath GER
tain thing to tell him.
So the chief captain then let the young
man depart, and charged Inn, See thou tell
no man that thou hast showed these things
to me.
And he called unto him two centurions,
saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers
to go to Caesarea, and horsemen three
score and ten, and spearmen two hundred,
at the third hour of the night.
And provide them beasts, that they may
set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix
the governor.
And he wrote letter after this manner:
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent
governor Felix sendeth greetings.
This man was taken of the Jews, and
should have been killed of them; then
came l with an army, and rescued him,
having understood that he was Roman.
But do not thou yield unto them; for
H. g., III e &lA.xx
than forty men, which have bound them
selves with an oath, that they will neither
eat nor drink till they have killed him.
Saul was known as terror throughout
Judea. but pretending that he had been
converted and that he had also converted
Sergius Paulus, wealthy Jew, he chang
ed his name, hoping thereby to deceive the
Jews. but when they determined to kill
him he fastened to have the chief cap
tain told certain thing that his name
was not Paul, that he was not a Jew, but
that he was the same Roman, Saul OF
Tarsus, who had wrought the ruin of Jesus
and his followers Then, as just shown,
they rescued him with an army and took
him by sea TO Rome.
And when We came to Rome, the Gen.
turon delivered the prisoners to the cap
tain of the guard; but Paul was suffered to
dwell by himself with a soldier that kept
MIN.
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his
own hired house, and received all that
came in unto him."-Acts, 20.
He then was arrested, charged with
havi.g fiagrantly insulted a noble lady. was
tried, condemned, and executed June 49,
&C A. D., near the pyramid of Caestus.
When misfortune had overwhelmed him
ne cried out: Il have suffered. greatly SUIT
fered, for my misdeeds. am writhing with
the tortures of hell within me-. The stings
of remorse are piercing my soul with ex-