Show BILL NYE MY no MO MORE the fun loving world has suffered cred a loss from which it will not soon boon recover edgar william nye one of tho the greatest american humorists has passe passed daway away the smiles of countless friends are hidden in the midst of tears and all the tha en english lish speaking word is bowed in sympathy and respect for the stricken family it was in their midst he died liis his wife and children childre a by his side in his model southern home with the pines and palmettos tos waving all about lie ile was not only a great humorist but a good companion a man a kind indulgent 0 father he left his native state maine in 1875 and journeyed west to engage in the practice of law but his forte was journalism and he soon 1101 entered the literary lists his first venture was the bommera Bo boomerang omera g with which he struggled along in laramie for a number of years then lie he drifted to denver where lie he wrote brot e funny sketches for leading papers ile he next took chicago M and then new york by storm since which time he has contributed regularly to the columns of all the leading 0 papers of this country among his books are baled hay the boomerang the forta fort liars blossom rock and remarks by bill nye hisley his lecture tours are said to have yielded him more money than anything else at oue one time the greatest attraction on the road was that in inimitable i trio bill nye james whitcomb riley and eugene field only riley the hoosier poet remains field died a few weeks ao a ago o and nye ion long in survive him bill nye was always trying to sast cast sunshine over the gloomy world but his last joke has been sent to the publisher and the joker himself has been accepted by the great author of all let us hope that his hereafter will be as full of j y and love and laughter as ae in his heart he wished the he world to be |