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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
The Portraits Explained

She was a long-lost sister of Miss Me- hitable. II was Ellery Davenport with whom she had eloped. But though he was the father of her child he was not her husband.
 She had been living in France and Switzerland. whefe Elery spent most Of his tme-neglecting his poor crazy wife, now dead, whom he had left in this country
 When Emily had told her story she threw some jewels upon the table, saying, There are your gifts. And now God help me; farewell" and was gone.
 Poor Emily found a refuge with Miss Mehitable. Her child was with her. Tina came to see Emily at once and the two had long talk together, finally end ine by weeping in each others arms
 Tina was faithful to Elery. She had married him for better or for worse. she said, and the past was dead while the present and the future were alive with possibilities
 She begged that Emily would allow her to adopt the child, a little girl just learning to talk. It would be better for all parties concerned Emily consented ana the child was at once taken away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
Ghosts

T say said Sam. "do you know deacon, if anybody is living in the Dench houseT'
 There was not the last knew" said the deacon. .s-.
 Well" replied Sam, you won't make most folks believe that that house ain't haunted. Bill Paine and Jake Mar shall say they've seen the figure of a man on the lawn-a man in a red sloak, such as Sir Harry Frankland used to wear. And I saw smoke oon- ing out of tho chimney yesterday just as sure as you sit there,-
 Poor Sir Harry" said Miss Mefiit abls. "i1as he come to this%
 Did you know a Sir Harry" asked Aunt Lois.
 T met him ct the aovernor's house once or twice. Lady Lathrop knew kNdy Frnmk1and very we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
Leaving Others To Guess

II was then given out that Miss Emily Rossister had been studying in France and had now returned home because of i'll health and also because of the dis turbed condition of that country. No one except Harry, Horace and grandma Badger knew exactly how the case stood, the others might guess as they pleased
 So Colonel and Mrs. Ellery Davenport went off to Europe together, Tina light hearted and smiling in spite of all.
 But first she settled upon Miss Me- hitable the small fortune her father had left her and this enabled the kindly old maid to take a house in Boston,
 It was necessary for Emily's health that she should have change and va riety and less minute personal atten- tion fixed upon her than could be tho case in OIdtown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
In Fine Company

So the .tbses children, Horace. Harry .And T1nas Srew in wisdom and in stat- 'uro-t though; 1t must bs cots1sssed that ,rInafss ssunn4ust4aE.uafssxa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
As Far As He Knew

From the washington Herald.
 T say. Millyuns. is your wife a blonde q
 s'she was when she left home for .<1,ss summsri and .havdnrt sesnA any thing to :4hascouhrrYi4 i4n& &klesloci iotyf 5anG15I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
Sir Harry Now

One day there came to Harry a letter
 from the family lawyer in England say
 ing that his father and brother were dead.
 and. greeting him as Sir Harry, asked
 for instructions regarding the great prop ertv to which he had fallen heir. Old Sir Harry had made his will before he died and had left a comfortable fortune to Tina.
 Before the young men had fairly recov- cred from this piece of news they were called upon to consider another-Tina an nounced that she was soon to marry lEllery Davenport.
 The marriage took place in June being celebrated with great pomp in the Old North church in Boston, and the orne and groom drove down to Dench house. which had been put in order for them' to spend two weeks of their honeymoon in. Then they were to sail for England,
 whore Ellery had post in the American legation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
News From tho Old Country

Meantime Colonel Davenport had OK . amtned the papers Left with him by Harry's father and found in them in- disputable evidence of the young mans percentage and the marriage certificate of his mother. These papers were placed in the hands of Parson Lathrop.
 While the young people were at Cloudland oecasional letters came from
 Dllery Davsnport Whtah grentiy- tvEt-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
Forgotten Gossip

| And the old grief was this. She had
 once had a sister-young and fair and
 sprightly. who had chafed under the
 stern restrictions and the colorless life
 of a New England village; had spent
 what time she could with friends In Bos-
 ton, had become infatuated with French
 lterature-and had finally disappeared,
 no one knew hither.
 She had left a note. to say that she
 was going away; she was thought to be | ih France. But where or with whom And she was the favorite sister of the | family. 'f
 Gossip said at first that she had mar rieo and gone abroad. Miss Rossister | tacitly agreed to this. Then gossip forgot the vanished one and Miss Mehitable never mentioned her
 name except sometimes in scorrespond- enoe with her brother Jonathan, who ran an academy down in Maine near the coast. s
 The Mysterious Portraits When Harry and Tina had taken ref uge in the Dench house they had been much attracted, and rather frightened by the portrait of a woman. fair and young,
 which hung in the boudoir. There was such sweet, yet sad look upon her
 face and it was one of those portraits
 which are so painted that the eyes seem to be following one everywhere.
 | One day the children, playing in Miss | Mehitable's garret. came upon a picture. | turned it around and there loked out
 at them the face of the lady of the DOT l trait in the sDench house.
 Soeehow they realized that Miss Me hiaabae would not like them to speak of it; 30, they wondered and said noth- ing of thsir discovery: except among
 themselves. sNsn @AsH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
To auffer No Lanrsr

10 bdffef NO LonEef Much dad the owp cfiadren snsfsr s&
 the auds of 11ase Ax1ayxtA ant 0sd Crab.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20

T6e Lody m BUICK ,.
 ,E1na, q son aG She got made the - 4lf, 2ci1 f nacuts and sloa11ne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20

The Lady in Black
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
Rehm a WnIkinc Dlrectorr.

Getting back to j. Fred Benin, it may be re-
marked he possesses wonderful memory for the diff
ferent jobs of moving he did. He will almost in
stanty name the present location of several score
more or less preenuous buildings of the early day.
Even though he may not have moved them all himself,
he has been an observing man, and has kept pretty
close tab on what was going about him.
General /. NJ. Palmer, who commanded Fort
Omaha thiry-fve forty years ago. built himself
residence that considered something OF a mansion
in those days" said the clipper old veteran. After
ward when he was leaving he sold the house and We
moved it to Twentyfrst and Burt where it stands to-
day. From the looks of it that house is good for
a long spell of years yet.
II noticed in a recent issue of The Sunday Bee
mention of the st. Charles hotel that stood on the
north side of Harvey between Twelfth and Thirteenth
Well, the building is still standing down Dorcas
street and is being used residence or course,
the early hotels were not nearly large as even
the small hotels here today The landlords OF taverns
like the St. Charles did not prepare to accommodate
beyond comparatively small number OF guests Hotel
life was not popular it is today.
The building in which the Omaha Nebraskan
newspaper was gotten out is still in use as a resi-
dence, on Marcy street, between Fifteenth and Six
teenth. man named Clark was the editor, and at
one time used to help him get out his paper Every
issue eagerly watched for and used to provide
topics for conversation until the next appeared "
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

Buchanan. That residence a brick one, built,
recall it, about So it fine house in its prime,
and still holds place the map the north side
of Harvey between Tenth and Eleventh. Recently l
noticed the old Gilmore place, and Chinese laundry
holds forth where the fashiOnabes of Omaha fire.
quently found assembled in the old days"
One of the well known old homes of Omaha was
that of J. II. Kelom. The pioneer educator built the
house in 1856 Chicago street, between Nineteenth
and Twentieth 1t is still standing and Mr. Benin be-
Ieves the building holds record for standing pat
where it first put.
over in the neighborhood of the shot tower is a
small building" said Mr.. Benin, that has had under
its roof Brigham Young and other who have
taken their places in history; it originally used
for a pOstofice in Florence Along about ga the
building was moved to Twelfth and Chicago Streets
in Omaha; later bought it and moved it to Fifteenth
and Marcy afterward selling it 10 my partner Bald
VIM he moved it to the present location South
Seventeenth. 1t really is surprising how those
cent structures stand up under the attacks Of time
building that is standing in Omaha, in a fine
residence section, MI Benin asserts has its nucleus
two stories that constituted the first pretentous
saloon in Omaha. 1t by Dick" Kimball and
called the Apex; IL stood Harvey street.
from the st. Charles hotel and afterward moved
to Farnam and turned into residence; later
sold again and moved 1T would not be recog-
nized today" says Benin, las former saloon, for
nearly all the men who used TO quench their thirst
there have passed on or gone away"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

This council held on the second floor OF
store" said Mr.. Stephens. For the occasion
Cloud, magnificent specimen of savage mani
was provided with black broadcoth suit and a
hat. Red Dog became jealous of the splendor of
head chief and insisted being similarly dressed
was very fat, enormous in fact, and we had a :
bothersome time trying TO get clothes to fit him
didn't succeed, either; but Red Dog took the bis
suit available and drew it together in front
strings much as he could. He was a sight for
and men in that rig, but his solemnity was not 4
disturbed
we had laid down carpets for the Indian
squat on, and only Red Cloud had a chair q
wrapped in the glory OF his new clothing, Red Do.
sisted that he, too, must have a chair; so had to
tie downstairs and lug up the biggest Office chair
could be found. ! get tired even now when L
of that struggle to get the big chair upstairs
Dog got his body down between the arms after L
effort, and was happy.
when the council was over, the trouble or
fun, really began. The Indians apparently saw
ing to laugh about but the fat chief couldn't get
Finally we were compelled to break the arms on
chair, when Red Dog arose and went away wit
the loss OF even tail feather OF his dignity"
Mr.. Stephens also tells story on Blue Horse
indicates the simplicity OF mind OF the warpath
rors. Blue Horse came with pipe Il
wanted. He gave it TO me, and my father suggt
the chief should have present I'm return w,
him pick 1t himself and he selected a little blue
SOL about like the little girls use for their dolls
he opened and, taking me by the hand. he parade
Farnam street with stateliness and lack OF
consciousness that Was most admirable"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
Early Business Men Advertised.

glance through the issue of the Omaha Daily
Republican of February 81 1857, brings before the
minds pretty accurate picture of the business
bunch then hustling in the young city. Every last
inch of space the sixteen long columns of the first
and last pages was given over to advertisements On
the two inside pages ten columns filled with
ads thus leaving six columns for editorial
matter OF this, two columns was given up to a
speech OF N. Hascal delivered in the state senate
and half column devoted to telegraphic news
One item in the telegraph column told how the United
States senate had passed "a resolution extending aid
and facilities 10 citizens OF the United States engaged
TO route for ship across the Isthmus
OF Daren." And today We preparing to celebrate
the opening OF canal at very different location On
the day the national house of representatives
fixed tax of So per thousand ION cigars cigarettes
and cheroOts of all descriptions"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

At the southeast corner OF Thirteenth and Capitol
avenue is succo-covered old-fashioned house that
could tell sorrowful tales, IL walls talk
1t used for two three years in its younger days
the United States prison for this district Colonel
Lorin Miller, father OF Dr. George l.. Miller, was the
man in charge, and the prisoners sent there by Uncle
sam knew the feel of ball and chain. In those days
the officers took chances with the prisoners their
care, especially If they were accused anything very
serious.
What is now known 1904 Burt street was orig
inally the home of A. j. Hanscom. 1t was built in
1856 and stood on Douglas street on the north side
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth. Il moved il for
Mr.. Hansoom 10 the block bounded by Sixteenth and
Seventeenth and Capitol and Davenport" said Mr..
Benin We set il in the middle OF the block facing
sixteenth, and the location at first considered
pretty well out AfterWard St A. D. Balcombe bought
the place and lived in it for some years: then we
moved the house again, 10 its present location.
In 1887 or So Herman Kountze built himself a
modest home at the foot of Davenport street on the
edge OF a blum that there in those days; later
when Mr. KOuntze built another home, I bought the
old house, soon selling to Paul Nelson stood
the and tear OF all the years and as will be
SEEN is quite presentabe today; il stands west
side of Sixth street Just south OF Leavenworth
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

there was a procession of peers, the herb strewer
scattered flowers and the challenge of the champion
of England included in the ceremony. But the
coronatons of William ", Queen Victoria and King
Edward these old customs were for various reasons
omitted STILL much remains that is of deep interest
and stately spendOr The dean and chapter OF West
minister claim the right 20 instruct the sovereign in
the duties OF this solemn service and coronation
day the regalia delivered into their custody.
According TO old records $500 IS paid for the
amounting oil supplied by the royal apothecary The
coronation chairs of interest That the king
the chair OF Edward the Confessor, used by every
British sovereign since the time OF Edward H. II is
OF oak and is recovered with fresh crimson velvet
each occasion Beneath fl is placed the stone Of
destiny, ancient relic which came originally from
ireland.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
Old Advertlsers Yet living.

OF the several score individuals and firms which
had advertisements in the old paper of 1867 very
still living in Omaha today. Joseph Willard was
in the banking business, the firm being Willard
Caldwell & Co. A. J. Simpson in the carriage
business, he still is. DR.. r. c. Moore was practic-
ing medicine, and is still at it. Henry w Yates was
cashier of the First National bank Samuel Burns
in the crockery business, the firm being Ketcham
& Burns; Harry P. Deuel. a member of the COM
mission firm of Porter & Deuel.; George T. Hoagland
& in the lumber business, and the name still
attaches to that line; Schneider Burmester we're in
the stove tin and sheet iron trade and Adolph Bur-
mester father Councilman Burmester, still at It
with his son; s. D. Barkalow in the stationery
business with his brother; Henry T. Clarke, ST. was
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

in the lumber business at Bellevue Frank Del
was active as a contractor and the comm
asking bids for erection of the Catholic cathedral
The paper carried column of cards of st. l.
business men, and also advertised a great LOT
drawing in New York, at which "$15OOO0 in or
backs was to be distributed. The capital prize
$4,000.
One of the firms doing business in the dry 6.
and gents furnishing line was Stephens Wilcox
Lucien stephens, of OF the propretors, is
in the trade He tells of Indian council he'll
his fathers store that was attended by Red CT
Blue Horse, second to Red Cloud in command Of
BTule Sioux, and Red Dog
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
First Home on West Farnam.

W. I. Kierstead, who built the first pretentious
residence in the West Farnam district, Of Thir-
tieth insists that nowhere in Omaha have such great
changes been accomplished as in that section When
built my house out there in 1888" said Mr.. Kier-
stead the street not improved in any way. l
bought the ground 1OOx1SO OF Dr. Miller paying him
$1,000 That the TOP price paid for property in
that neighborhood up that time After living there
until the began be built up sold the place
1891 for $13.5OO, and the growth in values since
far surpasses that of the sos When the late Chris
tian Hartman built his beautiful home, Laura villa
Just above Thrty-fourth, Farnam, in 1889 il was
the third house erected in the district Surely IL would
be hard to find city in the land where such tremen-
dous progress has been made in twenty-five years
in that particular section.
"Whcn We moved out there Turner's COW pasture.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

The Nebraska legislature was in session at the
time, and is made of the fact that the senate
reported to the house the passage of An declaring
the assent of the state OF Nebraska of the
congress of the United States for the admission Of the
state Of Nebraska into the union passed February 9,
1857"
On third reading of the bill in the Nebraska house
motion to postpone consideration was supported by
only six votes and the half dozen opponents stuck
their position final passage the vote being 20 to g.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

comprising twenty-four acres right opposite
door. Where the Farnam school stands cut of
twenty-seven feet made when the street i'm
proved and cut OF thrty-three feet was made at
thirtysecond and Farnam At that time the city line
at Thrty-sixth street, and we had only six
wards"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
OLD US,RRISGN NOW 1913 NJ 1873 ST.

you want to locate any Of the
~ buildings which erected in Omaha
4 in the '1Os and early SOS. cal on j.
Fred Benin. lie engaged in the
H2{S2279I13F business OF moving buildings in Omaha
80 for twenty years following the close Of
little jaunt he took down south with a
musket and knapsack which trip consumed the years
from 1861 to 1865.
Scores Of these original buildings that decorated
the site of Omaha and were considered very fine in
their day were moved one time and another, from
the original location 10 others. In cases two
three moves made before the building found
a permanent location. The old buildings stood nov
ing in good shape for Mr. Benin says the stills and
studdings we're very generally hand-hewn timber.
sound could be secured
And in those DAYS people did not tear down the
buildings readily they do today. said Mr. Behm
"A good building solid property to be kept intact
and used if not for one purpose then for another;
and people prospered and wanted better homes
they either moved the old other lots or sold
Them to other people"
This statement is borne out in the case of the old
home that stood the site OF the former store of
Dewey & Stone. 1115 and 1117 Farnam street
This store, still standing, the first four-story
building erected in the state of Nebraska w l. Ker-
stead superintendent the erection for the owners and
when asked what became of the house that used to
stand the site Mr. Kierstead the inquirer over
to North Twentieth street. There he pointed out a
very comfortableookng cottage. That's the old
house. he said, and yourself the
builders of the old day used put up buildings
No could afford TO build a house every few
years, and when home built it built for
keeps"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

Another popular home in the ante-bellum days
was that OF General Gilmore, who came to Omaha a
government ofhcer under appointment of President
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05

the used "hallOwing" conservation, rather
than that of coronation
But from old records it that the ceremony
then performed at Winchester was in all essentials
the that which takes place Westminster
Abbey. Few people seem to be that the corona
ton ceremony is the only religious rite OF the Anglican
church which escaped the pruning policy OF the re-
formers. Hence its impressive ritual and gorgeous
pageantries
The last coronation at which every old world cere-
mony was duly performed that Of King George
~ AT his GROWING a coronation banquet took place
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
Ancient Coronation Customs

HE GROWING of the king of England has
usually been accompanied by what was
regarded as the still more solemn rite of
amounting with oil, which dates from the
days OF the ancient Hebrews. And in
England. before the Norman COMMUNIST
Smyrna times., 1911-02-01
FOUGHT TC A FINISH.
Tiger a5d Crocodile In a Battle In the
Water.

Tiger AID Crocodile In Battle In the
Water.
In India a native went to bathe III s.
ravine. He was in the water up to
his neck when a tiger ON the hill
above gave a leap toward its prey.
But the tiger had not calrulated that.
since his victim was much lower than
himself, a leap of the right strength
for a horizontal range would carry
him far beyond his mark; consequent.
ly he fell some ten feet on the other
side.
Now. it happened that a hungry cro...
odile was at the same tine drawing 81
bee line under water toward the ma
tive. When the crocodile .ad almoS'
come upon Ills prey he heard ii splash
just in front and made a dash bring
ing his tun"mOus jaws down on the
tigers pay
The !"':''r: nearly tainted With
fri; HI '~hrg "e saw the tiger fall into
the vi. . I'd for a few moments he
could "'' -"derStand why the crea
luTe NAiOt Ilt NtNOuT ulul. uJ Qlu llt
persist in keeping one of his paws un-
der water. beating savagely with the
other? And the water turned red!
Then ak at once the assaults of the
tiger became more furious, and his
growls developed into roars. The huge
tail of crocodile reared up out of
the water The obvious intention was
to pull the tiger under water and
drown him. and the tiger, understand
ing this purpose, tried to Illustrate 1t
by beating the snout of the crocodile
with his other paw. But the snout
was too far down. and he left much
of his force on the surface of the wa
ter. His struggles became more and
Elore feeble, and at length he disap-
peared altogether. only a cluster of
bubbles remaining to show where he
had been.
His fight. however. had been game
one. not entirely in vain. for when
the bodies of the two beasts finally
came TO the surface it was seen that
the tiger had literally torn away the
whole front of the crocOdile's face and
had blinded it so that its victory was
a useless one.-Chicago Record Herald