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9.24
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Louisville
Weeping Water.
Avoca
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Kaunas City
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12.50 a. m.
8.37 "
9.00 "
9.15
9.40
9.63
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7.07 p.m.
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7.67 a. in.
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5.48 "
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Heepine Water.
LouioViiie
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The above is Jedersoii City time, whicb is 14
iniuutes lazier than OiuaUa iiiiih.
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7.50 p. m. . SOt'THKUN. 9.ii0 a. Ill
U"tain.i o-waha i 8.26 a.m.
.30 P. 10. f OMAHA. 4 p m
4.00 p. m. WEEPING WATER. 8.00 a. li.
ll.ooam. FACTORY VI1XK. 1.00 p. Ill
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J. W. Marshall. V. M.
OFFICIAL DIRXCTORY.
CITY DIRECTORY
GEORGE S, 8MITH. Mayor.
WILLIAM H. CUSU1NG, Treasurer.
J. D. allrSO, City Clerk.
W1LLKTT roiXEAGEK. Police Judge.
R. B. WINDHAM. City Attorney.
Y. ft. MUttm V. Cbiel of rolice.
P. McCAN N , Overeer ol btreets.
C. KtEtl KE. Cblel of ire Uepl.
B. 11. AtlCUMONi. CU'u Hoard u. Health
COUNCILMEN.
1st Ward Win . Herold. li. M. Bons,
2nd Ward J. M. I'allersou. J. 11. Fairfield.
3rd Ward id. B. Mun.by, J.E. Morrison.
4tn Ward F. D. lnuboiI, 1. McCaiiau.
SCHOOL. BOARD.
JESSE B. STUODE. J. W. BAKNES.
M. A. HAKTIG iN Win. Wl.M tltSTEEN.
1). BEAN EXT. V. V. UiOAAiiD.
Mar-JNO. W. MARSHALL.
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COUNTY DIEICTOKY.
W. H. NEWELL, County Treasurer.
J.W. JEN.MNGS.Couuty Clerk.
J. W. OlLSaO-N. County Judge.
K. W. H VEtid. Slierifi.
CVKC ALIGN, aup't of Pub. Instractiou.
U. W. FA1KE1ELD, County Surveyor.
P. P. GASS. Coroner.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
JAMES CKA WKOKD. Soutn Bend Precinct.
Bill! HlCHAltDON. Mt. Pleasant Precinct.
A. H. iOUD, Plattsmoutb
labile baving business wltb the County
ComuiiMiuuis, will nnd them in session the
Pirst Monday aaa Tuesday ol each mouth.
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BOARD Or TRADE.
FRANK CARKUTH. President.
J. a UON.NUK, 11ENUX B.EC&, We-Presi-dents.
WM. S. WISE. Secietary.
1TKED. UO&DEB, Treasurer.
Regular meetings of tbe Board at the Court
ilouse.ibe first Tuesday evening of each month.
J. F. BAUME1STER
Foraisnes FrerH, Pure Aillk
DKlatrfiflCU UAirnV.
Special calls attended to. and irreh MLLk
tfout sain furnished when wanted. ly
LATTSMOUTH MliLS
TTSMOUXU XlJUHl
Proprietors
injur, '(Jort Hvol it Fettd
riattaoat2i Telephone Exchange
1 J. P. Young, resldeuce.
3 Bennett U Lewis, store.
I M. B. Murphy & Co.,
4 Bonner Hiable.
. 6 County CUrk'sofflce.l
6 E. B. Lewis, residence.
7 J. V. Week bach, store.
8 Western Union lelegiaph office.
D. 11. Wbeelrr, residence.
10 D. Campbell,
14 K. b. Wludnaw, "
16 J bo. Way man,
1 J. W. Jwnulugs. "
17 W.H. WUe.vrUce.
18 MorrbMey Bros office.
I W K. Carter, store.
20 . W. Fairfield, residence.
21 M.B Murphy,
22 D. 11. Wheeler ft Co . ofllce.
23 J. P. Taylor, resldeuce.
24 pint National Bank.
25 P. E. UuOuer's orare.!
26 .1. P. Young, store.
2H Perkins liou.
29 K. W. H v-r. resluence.
31 Journal olllce.
32 Pall field's Ice offlce.
34 Hkkalu Pik. Co omco.
3!S J.N. Wte, reMdence.
'M H, M. Chapman,
37 W. l. Jones.
38 A. N. Aullivan,
39 11. K. Palmer,
40 W. 11. Hchil.lknecbt. ofllce.
41 Hulllvan Hi Wm ey,
42 A. W. McLaughlin, residence.
43 A. Patterson, livery.
44 CM. Holmes.
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46
47
49
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335
340
346
350
316
L. D. Bennett, renidence.
(ieo. . Siuuii, olllce.
L. A. Moore, dor st.
J. W. Barnes, residence.
K. It. LlvliiKMton. office.
J. V. Weckoach. residence.
Chaplain Wright,
w. 11. i
Scbiidkuecbt "
Geo. d rtmllh,
it. It. Llvingnton.
C. C. Ballard.
The switch board connects Plattsmoutb with
Ashland, Arlington, Blair. Council Bluffs, Pre
inont, Lincoln. Omaha KUhorn htatlon.
I'apilllou. .Spiingfield, iAuiMvllle South Bend
and vvaverly.
PHOFiSSIONAL CARD8.
SMITH & IIUESOX,
ATTOUNKYS AT LAW. Will practice in all
the Court In the state. Ofllce over Flrt Na
tional Bank. 4yl
PLATT8MOUTH - NEBRASKA.
1U. A, MALISliLll .
DBIsTTIST.
Jiffice over Smith. Black & Co's. Dnig Store,
r irst cl:tss dentistry at reasonable prices, 231y
11. 3IKAUK, 91. !.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office on Main
Street. Sherwood's Block, south side. Olllce
open day and night
COUNTY PHYSICIAN. CASS COUNTY.
M. O'DONOHOE
ATTORNEY AT LAW & NOTARY PUBLIC.
Fitzgerald's Block.
PLATTsMOUTII, - NKBRA8KA
Agent for Ste;rnshlp Hues to and from Europe.
dl2w52ly
1C IC L.I Vl. liNTUX. 51. 1
PHYSICIAN & SURUKON.
OFKI E IIOUICS, from 10 a. m., to 2 p. m.
bxaiiini.i i: Surteou for U. S. Pension.
Ilt. H. U1LLKB,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Can be found by calling at bis office, corner 7tli
and Maiu btrtelo, lu J. 11. Waterman's house.
PLATTSMWUTH. NEBRASKA.
JAN. H. 3IATIIEWN
A-r"R.-EY AT LAW.
Oillceoveri' kr& u wood's store, south side
oi Maiu lel ten it i and 6th streets. 21tf
"TKOOE Jk CLARK.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice in all
the Courts lu the State.
District Atbu'Mj ami Xtttaru Public.
COLLXCTIOJVfi si STJZCIrt r.2 2.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Real b- n-. 'ire In
surance and Collection Agency. OWut -Luioa
lock. Plaltsmouth Nebraska. 21113
l. II. IVUKKLKB A CO.
L. W OFFICE, Real lurtate. Fire and IJI, i ...
. - --r- , . iuiuiiiuuu! eorasKa. '.. -s'fr,-
'!-,-1P!ete ab,traci
plans. &,: ' ,v neK:f
james Jioitniotox.
. r-r,,, .... . . . . . Notary Public.
ArrORNEYAT LAW. W.U practice m Cas
'Y.,lj0.,UIUK CouutJe : gives ?pecia:attentl.;i.
Fitzgerald Block. Platlemouth. Nebraska.
J. C AE1VBGKRV,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Has his offiCH in the front part of bis residence
on Chicago Av nue. where lie my befouud in
roadiuees to attend o the duties of the ol
flce- 47tf.
BOBEBT IX. U IIHA.H,
Notary Public
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office over Carruth's Jewelry Store.
Plattsmoutb. .... Nebraska.
M. A. HARTICAN.
I A W Y JB It .
Fitzgerald's Block. Plattsmouth Nkb
Prompt and careful attention to a genera
Law Practice.
A. M. SULLIVAN,
Attorney and iCounselor-at-Law.
second story, souc i . Prompt attention given t
ti uu-ianH mr '.j
BOYL & LAESEN,
Contractors and Builders.
Will give estimates on all kinds of work. Any
orders left at the Lumber Yards or Post
Office will receive promot attention
Heavy Truss Framing,
for barns and large buildings a specialty.
For reference apply to J. P. Young, J. V. Wee
or u. waterman & son. a&w
Dr. C. A. Marshall
(Successor to Clutter & Marshall.)
BEMTIST i
Preservation of natural teeth a specialty.
Teeth extracted without pain by use of
Laughing Gas.
All work warranttd. Prices reasonable.
Fitzgerald Block. - Plattsmouth. Neb
a. i. simpson
AGENCY
FIRE INSURANCE GO'S:
CITY, of London, .
QUEEN", of Liverpool
FIREMAN FUND, of California
ESPREESS COUPANIES
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO..
WELL'S FA EGO & CO.. EXPKESS
OQtarli) Kuvfrwniiosliygck. wril.AitiBva htoQ
EJEST BULL RUN
As Been by an Offioer in the Con
federate Army.
Am l'nrenwncl Warrler's) Keeollee
I tleas) or tbe VlgUt at Maaan
Incidents of a Ifemarable
Nnaiaier Knnday.
Geo. W. Bagliy iu Pbilarlelpbla Time.
Every one knew tbe ordeal ww at band.
Tlie movements preceding the groat tragedy
La' I the hurry nnd convergence which be
long to all catastrophes. A confused mix
ture of memories is left to me thing!
relevant nnd irrelevant. It. Vf. Kpratt
Tliomns II. Wynne, Bradley T. John
aon, tbo big guns of tbe entrenched camp; tb
night nrrivai of Johnson's stuff, tbo parting
with my friend Ivitham nil tLe.se and
many more rocoilcH'tioiia are piled up in my
mind. ISi'auregard's plan of Initio bad
Ijeen approved liy Genoral Johuston.
ir-.vcll was to attack McDowell's left
at early dawn, flank bim and cul
him off from Wakbington. our otbor brigadei
from left to ribt co-operating. l'i;til mid
nibt and biter all of CoL Jordan's t-lcrki
were ituy copying tbe battle ordt-rs, w Licb
wore at ouco scut off to the divisions and
brigades by couriers. 1 myself made many
copies. Tbo laxt sontenco 1 remembor to tbii
day; it read a follows: "In case tiio enemy
Lt defeated ho is to b pnrsuetl by cavalry and
Infantry until he is driven ncrosH tbe l'oto
mac". He ncnlcd no piintuit, but wen.
ocrtiKS the Potomac all th panic. Had w
fulloweil in forne tbo rusult might bnvo beon
diiferetiL 1 sat up as tibial Uiat ntbt, but
recall no event of iritrst. As morniua
dawtiml I wondered aud wondered why nc
sound of battle was board none except tbf
distant roar of Long Tom, villi, h set tb
enemy in motion. How Kwell faiicd to gel
bin order, bow our plttn of battle faileil In
consequent- and bow ntuir we tmo to d fcal
U known to all. 'Tis an old, nnd to Confed
erates, a sad btory
TIIE BATTLE OK MANASSAS.
On tbo morning of the IStb, as Beauregard
wulkrd out to mount his bors, he stumbled
and camn near falling a bad augury, which,
wo thought, brought a s indow over his faeo.
But ou this morning, tbe 21st, all went well,
tbo gw.-.ils ami their stairs, after an eavlj
breakfast, rodo olf in high spirits, victory is
their v-ry ryos. ily duty was to look after
the pafo-rs of the ofllce, which had been
hastily picked up, and, in ease of danger, sop
that tlu-y were put on board a train; which
whs held in readiness to receive them and
other valuable effects. The earth seemed tc
vomit men; they came in from all sides.
Holmes, from Fredericksburg, at tbo h'ad o
bis division, in a high-crown, very dusty
beaver, 1 well recollect. He made nw laugh.
Barksdale, of Mississippi, halting his rvgi
ment to get ammunition; tbo militia esconccd
behind the earthworks of the entrenched
camp, their figures tlit before me. It was a
superb Sabbath day, cloudless and at lirst
not very hot. A sweet wind from tho west
blew in my face as I stood on a hill overlook
ing the vale of Bull Run. I saw lb enor
mous column of dust mode by tho enemy as
they advanced Uxn our left. Thf field of
battle evidently would be where the comet,
then illuminating the sky, seemed to rest at
night. Returning to headquarters I re
potted to Col. 'Jordan the movement upon
our left.
"Has McDowell done that"' he asknd, with
animation. "Then Beauregard will give
him all bis old boots, for that is exactly
where wo want him."
PROGRESS OF THE BATTLK.
The colonel meant that Ewell would li.ivs
a better chance of attack by reason of the
weakening of McDowell's left.
Again and again I walked out to watch the
progress of the battle, which lasted a great
deal longer than I expected or desired. The
pictures of battle at a distance in the Eng
lish illustrated papers give a good idea of
what 1 saw, minus the stragglers and the
wounded, who came in increasing numlers
as tbe day advanced and disheartening 1 "resi
dent Davis as he role out to the field iu tbe
afternoon. At noon or thereabouts a report j
that our centre had been broken hurried me J
back to headquarters, and, although the re
port proved false, kept 'me there- for several
hours, the battle meanwhile raging fiercely
and not a sound from Ewell.
Restless and excited I went into a neigh
lioriug bouse, occupied by a lone woman, who
was in a peck of trouble about herself, her
house, her everything. Tbe bigger trouble
outside tilled my mind during the recital of
her woes, so that I now recall none of them.
Unable longer to bear tho suspense I left
important papers, etc., to take cure of them
selves and set out for the battle-tield, deter
mined to go in' and ' get rid of my fears
and doubts by action. I reached tbe hill
which I had so often visited in the morning
and paused awhile to look at some of our
troops who were rapidly moving from our
right to our left. Just then can I ever for
get it? there came, as it seemed, an instan
taneous suppression of firing, and almost
immediately a cheer went up and ran along
the valley from end to end of our line. It
meant victory there was no mistaking tbo
fact. I stood perfectly still, feeling no exul
tation whatever. An indescribable thankfui
sadness fell upon me, rooting me to the spot,
and plunging me into a deep reverie, which
for a long time prevented me from seeing oi
bearing what went forward. Night had
nearly fallen when 1 came to myself and
started homeward. Tho road was filled with
wounded men, their friends and a few pris
oners. I spoke kindly to the prisouers, aud
took in charge a badly wounded man, carry
ing bim to the hospital, from the back
windows of which amputated legs aud arms
bad already been thrown ou tbo ground iu 4
sicken in g pile.
IN BALTIMOTtE NEXT WEEK.
At beadqnarters there was a great crowd
waiting for the generals and Mr. Davis to re
tarn. It was now quite dark. A deal of talk
ing went on, but I observed little elation.
People were worn out with oxt:iUmont too
many had lieen killed bow luany nnd whom
was yet to. be learned. War is a sad business
even to tbe victors. I saw young George
Burwell. 14 years of ago, ly ing in Col. Cor
coran, bis personal captive. I beard CoL
Porcber Miles' withering retort to Congress
man Ely, who tried to claim friendly ac
quaintance with him, but went off abashed
in a linen duster with tbe other prisoners. 1
asked CoL Preston what be thought of the
day's work.
"A glorious victory, which will produce
Immense resiita,n wan his reply.
'When will we advance!
"We will in Baltimore next week.''
Hot far wrong even the wist are? W
never entered Baltimore, and thtit victorioui
army, one-half of which hail barely Qred n
shot, did not fight another pitched battle for
nearly a year!
It was after midnight when I carried to the
telegraph oflice Mr. Davis' dispatch announc
ing the victory. Inside the entrenched camr
1,000 or 1.200 prisoners were herded,
the militia standing up side by
side guarding tbem and forming a human
picket fence, funny to behold. It was clear
asaLell when I walked back; tbe baleful
comet bang over the field of battle; all nai
n ry still ; I could almost hear the beating o!
my tired heart, that had gone through so
much that day. Too much exhausted to play
orderly, I slept in my chair like a top.
. . AFTEB THE BATTLE.
. The next day, Monday, tbe 23d, it rained,
a stead), straight downpour the livelong day.
Everybody flocked to headquarters. Not
one word was said about a forward move
ment uixui Washington. We had too many
generals iu chief; wo were southerners; we
didn't fancy marching in the mud and rain
we threw away a grand opportunity. . For
days, for weeks you might say, our friends
kept coining from Alexandria, saying witl
wonder and impatience: 4 Why don't you
come on? Why stay here doing nothing r No
sufitacut vjvvr. & my tw "uidgtwut. w
vergircn. The dead ana tne crying were
forgotten iu tho general burst of congratula
tion Now and then you would hear the los
of Boe aud Bartow deplored, or of some indi
vidual friend it would be said: "Yes, ho if
gone, poor fellow." But this was a nothing
compared to tho joyous hubbub over the vic
tor-. How inoud and happy wo were.
Didn't wo know that we could wldp the
Yankee? Hadn't we always said so? Hence
forth it would bo easy sailing tbe war would
soon bo over, too soon for all tbo glory we
felt suro of gaining. What fools!
A .IliuucMota Tornado
Botdon Globe.
A cloud, black as the raven's wing, an
imated in tbo west. Suddenly it split, and
between the two black trains expandod tho
niost fearful, ilinmal sky I ever naw. J ho
color was green gray yellow, nnd It dark
ened the uu so it botnune ns twilight, i he
carpenters had gutuerud t;g-tli-r with u ou
the jwrxh.
"This must bo a hailstorm, one of theui
said; "now we will prntty soon imr of disas
ters." Suddenly tho cleft widemsl ween
tho two black cloud wings, and th upper
one came with a terrible tssl. Hurrying
back toward in. "I.et us walk in." I said.
"It seems as if we, Uo, fchall get n tasto
of it." We went in, and our uirlot kk(l
quite dark. We had warcely lockod the d'Kr
before wo heard the run ring of tho storm
coming.
In a moment we were suiTounded by a white
cloud, aud tho wind and rain lashud tho bouse,
whicb groaned and shivered. It was not
rain, it furious torrents of water mixed
with heavy hail, which jioured down fiom
heaven. Tho stonn tri-d to burst o-ien iho
d"Mr, but livo men pressed against it with all
then might. Tho wall seemed lo give way,
and stood iu a low; the building shook as bi
convulsions. I folt a tightening of my heart
every timo the bouse seemed to be lifted from
the ground nnd dropped clown aguin.
Twiee we had these terrible shocks: then in
a moment houw, men, furniture were hurled
through the air 1K) feet away. I do not re-iih-iiiUt
anything till 1 found myself on tho
ground crawling among tho ruius
of my home. Tho first I
discovered ias my wife, with a child
in each arm, lying nt my side. Men and
children were scattered around among lum
ber and sidings, whether itlivo or dead
uoliody oould lull.
A tablo and a staircase came flying through
tho air; some men met them and pushed
them away, so they did not kill my wifo nnd
children: bits of wall and roof whirled round
us; here it was impossible to remain. Wo
crept and cruwled and ran for our lives down
to the forest. As we found each other thero,
we were only six; a friend of ours, a farmer,
had one of the small girls in his arms, my
wife another, and one of my sons clung to
me. But where were the rest of the children?
I had myself seen one of tho carpenters
run with my third little girl but the eldest
and youngest boy? Killed, erhaps, or lying
mutilated among the ruins, and it was im
possible to look for thenL Tho hurricane
would have swept us away as soon as wo had
moved from the wood. The only thing to do
was to press the children to us and give them
so much shelter as we could with our broader
lacks. The rain and the hail lashed us, the
oak shrubs were blown Hat to tho ground,
and their limits struck our heads and shoul
ders liko whips.
The Hilling or Fisk.
Oeoi-ge Alfred Townsend.
Mr. Austin II. Raskins, a relative of the
lato Dr. Holland, gave mo last week his
reminiscence of tho death of Jumes Fisk, Jr.,
as follows- "I was the chief clerk at the oflice
cf the Grand Central hotel, and Mr. Fisk
came to roe one day saying: 'Haskins. there
is a family that befriended me once and now
is poor, and if 1 can make a reasonable rato
hero I will have you board them. 1 expect to
pay the bill; so draw it mild.' Ho looked at
the rooms nnd assented to the rates. The
family was Mrs. Morse's; the 3'oung lady.
Miss Morsii, lately lost her husband, Mr.
Richmond, who died at Atlantic City. I have
often thought that Fisk, but for that act of
kindness, might not have been killed, at least
not there. Ho had said to me a few days be
fore he was shot: 'Would you like to keep
the Continental hotel at Long Branch
Well, you shall have it next season.' By his
death I lost an opportunity. The day he was
shot, in the afternoon about 4 o'clock, there
came a sound pah! hardly more than that,
yet enough, and it was repeated. The first
thing I saw was a man running. Powers,
our proprietor, started for mo and exclaimed
to me: "Uo up-stuirs quick and see if anybody
is hurt, while 1 pursue this man." Yet I
turned too, from some inner impulse, aud
ran after Stokes. He was pale aud silent. I
then started upstairs and found the hull girl
asleep. 'Did you hear a pistol fired?' 1 asked.
Bbo answered 'No.' I made a second search
as far as tho ladies' entrance, and thero sat
Fisk between two men. 'Jim, are you hurt?'
I asked. 'I guess so, Hass. We got him into
a room aud stripped hiin. The doctor said
to me: 'fiend for this man's friends, if he
has any. lis cannot live.' He died next
morning.
The Xext question.
Chicago Tribune
In Scotland they have narrow, opeu ditches,
which they call sheep-drains. A man was
iiduig a donkey one day across a sheep pas
ture, but when the animal came to the sheep
drain he would not go over it. So the man
rode him bu-!t to u short distance, turned
him around, and applied tho whip, thinking,
of course, that the donkey, when going at the
top of his Seod, would jump the drain before
bu knew it. But uot so. When the donkey
got to tho drain, he stopped all of a sudden,
nnd the man weut over Mr. Neddy's head.
No sooner had be touched the ground than he
got up, and, looking his beast straight in the
face, said, "Verra weel pitched; but then boo
are ye goiug io get ower yersei ?"
A Hotel Over the Way.
"Gath"' in New York Tribune.
Col. J. F. Cake has the plans of a projected
hotel at Cape ITay to be built 1,300 feet from
the shore lieyonl the breakers, for a winter
sanitarium as well as summer pier, the soil of
the bottom there having been once cornfields
and of a bard, sticky clay, trustworthy for
support. Ncitner musquitoes, sewage nor
dampness would affect such a house, aud
residence in it would have tbe effect of a voy
age to Europe without sea-sickness. The cost
would be only o0,000.
Some one who believes that "brevity is tha
soul of wit" writes, "Don't eat Q cumbers.
They'll W up."
TITLED AWKWABDNE33.
Clara Belle's Experience in Waltiinc
with the Voans Dnke of Xcw cau
tie. Long Bl anch Letter in The Enquirer.
I have danced with a live duke. Anyhow,
I have hod a waltz with the son of the duke
of Newcastle. It was a job I shouldn't like
to go through with every evening in the
week; and besides, though for a while tho
distinction was a great comfort, the yuug
man has now danced with about half the
girls in tho hotel, and so the experience has
lost all valuo for the present, with nothing
left to it beyond future consequence 3-s a
reminiscence. The duke's son is of tho
Queen Anne style of architecture, so com
mon in the new cottages here; that is to say,
he seems all gables, dormer windows, and
queer corners, and over the whole stracture
is a dingy solemnity quite incompatible with
the idea of thero being any such thing us
jollity inside. . . ,
And you ought to see hint dance! I have
seen elephants gambol in the circus ring; I
have seen camel races; I have eocii a steam
man tramp round -' with convulsive throbs
and much clanking of joints. Such gaits
will never again, ho wonderful to me. It
may be that his style of waltzing
is fashionable in England, I don't know
but we don't do it that way in Amer
ica At all events, tho American who under
took it would never "get a girl to be partner to
him twice. To begin, with, he is much more
hB,ii f.jotr tall, ar ojiV oe &
on a teroi witn too. namoni in o:s emrt-
bosom. His amis are proiwrtionaUdy long
He coven your back with one broak liand.
and doonn't crook his elbow at all. With the
other, be claps yours wrong side up, nin1
holds it out so hard that your arm foci n if
it was going to pull off at tho shoulder. You
aro thus held away from him at a distance
that depends somewhat ou your own thick
nets, of course, and in my case was oIkjwI
three feet. Thus awkwardly conditioned,
promptly gave up all hope of leing graceful
If he hadn't boon Newcastle 1 should have
grown instantly faint, and required taking
out into the air; but under the circuinstaucos
there's no need of saying that I did no such
thing. The hundreds of sjieetators might
tmickor.but I knew tliat every mother's daugh
ter among them was envying mo my predica
ment. His feet were simply immense, but 1
ob-iervo that ho never lifted tliem from tho
Moor, and so I dismissed all fear of getting
under them. Indeed, I lgim to think that
the arduousness of the task wai, uM'lo from
the outlandishness, the only drawback, when
I suddenly ttecamo aware that ho meant to
reverse. I felt as though I was being dis
jointed in the grasp of some fierce giant. How
it looked I afterward had an opp. .unity to
sec, and I shall ever regard it as u uiiiquo
feat. Ho confided to me tho fuct that recn-
ing in tho waltz was not practiced in England,
but that he found it excessively easy.
the vandeebilts and gaebisons
How the Old Commodore Allowed
llimoeir to he Rullaozed at the 9lax-
wlr- or n PlwtsU
Washington Herald.
I learn that the long standing difference
between the Vanderbilta and Garrisons have
at last I teen settle I. The story of this feud
and its origin has never beon told loforo iu
print. It commenced in ItM'J. That year
captain, now called Commodore G.trrisou,
went from the Mississippi river to New York
having had a difficulty in 1S48 which resulted
in his kilting his antagonist. The dead man
had many friends, and William C. Kallstou,
his clerk, persuaded Garrison that his life
would be constantly in danger if be staynd
there, and therefore he bad lietter quit th
Mississippi river for good. Having quite a
fortune. Garrison took the advice, and went to
New York to begin anew. At that time
Commodore Vanderbilt owned a
Une of sailing vessels from New
York to Sau Francisco. Garrison
proposed to buy out this line, and after some
negotiation a price and terms were agreed
upon. Before the first payment was made
gold was discovered in California, and the
line at once became enormously valuable, and
Commodore Vaudorbilt, though ho hail made
a contract, flatly refused to conclude the sain
and turu over the property. Garrison did all
be could to get possession, but to no effect.
One morning he went to Vanderbilt's office,
and, laying down the sum agreed upon as the
first payment and tho contract, asked Vnn-
derbilt to take the money and sign the con
tract. He refused to do so iu rather harsh
words. Garrison dolilierately went to tho
door of the room, locked it, nnd put
the key in his pocket. Ho then drew n six-
inch Derringer pistol, cocked it, and said:
"Comnioilore Vanderbilt it is now live min
utes to 1 1 by the clock on your mantel. I
will give you five minutes in which to sign
that contract. If it is not signed when that
c.-lock strikes , at its last stroke, by the Ood
that made me, I will spatter your brains all
over this floorl" Tick, tick, went the clock.
Garrison's pistol, with its huge, yawning
black muzzle was within eighteen inches of
Vanderbilt's brain. He could not move, for
Garrison's eyes were as cold ami hard as those
of Atropos, the pitiless fate. A motion
would be certain death within the instant,
with no one near to keep time. It was four
minutes, three minutes, and only two min
utes before he had to die. When it was
thirty seconds to 11 Vanderbilt picked up his
pen, took the paper, signed it, blotted it, and
handed it to Garrison. As the latter took it
the clock struck the first stroke of 1 1. Gar
rison unlocked the door, and went away.
That afternoon the news of Vanderbilt's
capitulation caused much wonder. Garri
son was asked how it happeued. "Oh, I sup
pose tho old man saw he hail been wrong,"
was all tho reply lu ever mada.
Tho episode of the pistol and the
dramatic incident attending tho signa
ture Garrison never spoko of. Twenty years
after it occurred, Commodore Vanderbilt
himself told tbe story. For years even-thing
Vanderbilt could do was done to thwart tho
stout old commodore who had compelled linn
to do what be had promised. But Garrison
throve wonderfully in California. He made
the house of Garrison, Fritts & Rallstori a
power the Pacific slope. His old partners are
dead and he is fighting disease with an indom
itable courage. Garrison has lived years aud
years longer than his family could have
hoped for. The loss of his eldest son a few
months ago greatly shocked him, and in his
last days he has fcrgiven all his enemies, and,
as I hear, there is peace between bim and his
art-eat rival's faniilv at last.
Kpcndins; on l-'oreiarn Cranks md
Clowns.
Philadelphia Times.
It is bad enough to run into book-fancying
merely for their covers and margins and to
fill gildud book cases and furnish clever chat
for a cunning tongue, while there is no actual
soul for literature itself or the thoughts hid
in it. It is still more ludicrous for padded
millionaires to spend ill-got fortunes on
chi-omo picture galleries which arc an insult
to art and a degradation of all ti-uo refine
ment, for there is no vice so contemptible as
tho vice of sham. It is still worse to waste
millions of money in costly dresses for p-irls
or women whose lives might bo better
clothed in sackcloth and ashes, but the
worst American extravagance is in t. e mill
ions we spend ou foreign cranks und clowns.
It is not necessary to go into ancient his
tory or to look back more than a year. Last
sunfmcr Mr. Tug Wilson, a mere ignorant
British bruiser of the lowest tj pe, came here,
got himself freely advertised, allowed him
self to bo knocked down and pounded, as he
deserved, and started back to England with
something over $20,000 of American "fool's
money." A little later Lily Langtry, play
ing tbe same advertising dodge, appealing to
lower motives than the bruiser, came, and in
return for downright simpering silliness
sailed away with more than $100,000 got
from tho same general human species. Mr.
Slude is the latest attraction in tho line of ap
peal to our nativo instincts, and for a ten-
minute exhibition of mere bestiality he is now
living like a native gentlemau on thousands
of American dollars. Some people have
thought that attending "popular lectures'"
was somewhat demoralizing. But the new
American arena, for downright vulgarity,
beats tho Roman gladiatorial shows and out-
docs tho bull ligLts of Spain.
The Cowhoj's Freaks.
Valentine, Neb., has become the wildest
resort of tho cowboy. He may be seen on
tho main street at all hours, more frequently
at midnight, if the moou shine, than at noon.
Generally he is tall and bronzed, with mus
cles of steel. He wears high boots, heavy
trousers, a blue shirt, a big white hat, and at
the hip a glistening revolver of tho largest
pattern, always loaded and always accom
panied by a belt filled with cartridges. This
is th cowboy's toy. He plays with it as chil
dren play with toy pistols, and fires it off
whenever he feels like it. 1 ns night is merry
with its gentle fusilado; the cowboy shoots
dogs with it, thoots at stove-pipe hats if they
appear on the street, shoots at the ground in
front of tho "tenderfoot ana scatters the
dirt over bis polished shoes; he flourishes it
In the moonlight, Lo plays tune3 on it, he
serenades with it. The wind blew off a
ta anger's stiff hat the other night, an urchin
xugbt it aud tossed it into the air; twenty
revolvers were wuipped out and the hat tall
to the srround riddled with holes. When tha
stranger protested one could have beard
their laugh half way to Omaha.
A man only arrives at a competency by
the work that bo 'does himself; if ho acquires
rich's it id by tie work that Lu zuakis others
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