THE OMAJIA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 29 , 1893-TWBNTY PAGES. 11
f WAY DOWN A SILVER MINE
Descend/ ! / ; a Thousand Poet Into the Earth
by Way of a Bnolcet.
WHERE D'.RKNESS AND SILENCE REIGN
Ore Itegemullnff Telltm Clnjr Some \Vomcn
Who I'oneii ( NorTC-A. Lower lie-
Eton iliat li Too Wet
for Fire i.
II , Colo. , Oct. St. [ Correspondence
of TUB BKB. ] Did you ever RO down ft silver
mlnot While In Lcadvlllo the other dny I
noticed several cars of what looked to my
eyes like yellow clay , moro yellowtrue , than
the Ncbrflflita chyfrom which brick isimulo ,
nnd on Inquiry was tolil that It was silver
ere from Carbonate hill , cnrouto to the
itnoltcrs. I couldn't help but contrast the
difference In the ere from that obtained
from the silver mines In the Clear Crook
district , which Is of n dull , lend color and
hnrd , but then f was not "up In" ores , so
that accounted for it. Lend villa's filory as
taking tlio foremost rank as the silver
cnmp Inttiosttxto has somewhat declined.
Only a few years ORO Cnrbonnlo hill , the
llttlo Plttsburg mine and I-ondvillo Itself'
wcro household words throughout the
state , nnd In mining circles created
the grcascst excitement. Carbonnto hill ,
lying to the cast of the city , Is completely
honeycombed with thousands of shafts and
the names of paying mines in past days
would flll an ordinary city directory. Things
hive changed , howovcr. There are not
pinny paying ones now , tlio ilcclino In silver
malting the working of mines of low grades
ores impracticable. For several months ,
oven the paying ones have been shutdown
until some settlement as to the iimrltot and
differences la labor were adjusted. Some ,
however , have hail to bo operated to a lim
ited extent to keep them from tilling up.
JCxprcIn to Strllin It Iltcli.
While spcndlne the evening ut the house
of a friend the conversation turned to
mines and mining , unu It was finally agreed
that wo should form n party and visit tlio
mine of ono of the gentlemen present , who
expected to strllto it rich almost ut any time ,
nnd I mlfcht say that this Is tlio "hope on
which many KO broke , " though of course
there are some who have struck it Huh nnd
truck It htird , too. The following morning
wo drove ever to Carbon Hill , a party of
four , two Loadvlllo ladies , the matiuger and
myself. Arriving at tlio shaft house the man
ager hunted up some old rubber clothes nnd
pivo them to us with the significant remark
that we had better don them , as wo might
Dnd it a trifle wet down thero.
I.ct Down In a UucUct.
I had pictured in my own mind stepping
Into a cage similar to an elevator and slip
ping down nn electric lighted hole in the
ground. I was disappointed. Instead there
were sltnnly a few boards thrown together
to shelter the hoisting engine , u wire rope
leading from it , entering a square hole , over
which hung a bucket similar to a well dlgv
ecr's , only a trillo larger. "Aro wo expected
to ire down in that ? " 1 asked. ' 'Why , yes , "
replied the manager. "How deep Is it ? " I ap
prehensively asked. "Well , wo are down
past the 'tenth level , ' a little over 1,000
foot. " I looked at the ladles , who
had already donned their rubbers , to see
what effect the conversation would have on
thorn , for If I had seen the least trace of
timidity on their part I had nutdo up my
mind to back out , liut there was none , and
I tremblingly know I was in for it.
The manager stopped into the bucket , re
marking that ho would descend first , have
lights ready , and on signal I could descend
with the ladles. "Go ahead , Jim , " ho re
marked to the engineer , who Uoppcd to the
engine , and the manager su'ddcnly disap
peared from view.
Feminine Pluck.
Shortly afterward the engine waa reversed
mil the bucket came to the surface. The
ladies stepped in without any trepidation
whatever nnd I sorrowfully followed. A
bell rang and wo suddenly dropped out of
the light of the world. Thoughts of "A
Journey to the Center of the Earth" entered
our heads and wo hold tt > our breath nnd the
bucket and In n most incredibly short space
of time the bucket stopped , our friend stood
nt the opening of n tunnel with lighted can
dles and remarked : "Bo r.ither careful In
stopping out ; you are now down 1,000 foot
and thcro is water to the depth of 100 ifcot
below you.
An Awful Sllunce.
This was not particularly reassuring nnd 1
was heartily glad to see that tbo lights wcro
BO dim that the ladles could not sec my pale
face. The manager led the way through the
tunnel , und wo observed that the earth ro-
Bomblcd the yellow ere that 1 had noticed on
the ears. No human pen can adequately du-
scrlbo the fearful silence that existed I Our
watches ticking sounded as loud as a clock ,
and holding the breath , ono could , hear tlio
heart beat. "I should think such awful
ellenco would bo enough to send tlio miners
crazy , " I remarked. "Oh , they get used to
It , nnd never give It a thought , " was the
reply.
The 1'ay Strcnk.
The manager took us to the end of the
tunnel that exposed the ere vein. Holding
the candle ( vnci breaking off n chunlt ho
showed us a thin streak of silver thread sur
rounded with a bright yellow shining clay.
This clay Is what is called giant elay nnd
surrounds the pay stiuak. "This lead Is
getting bolter oil the time , " ho romurkcd ,
-but wo ore trespassing on an
other mnn's property nnd had
to regretfully quit. However , wo are on
another lead In another part of the mine
and expect to strike it any timo. " '
Jluck to Daylight.
After supplying ourselves with samples
no wore hoisted to the surface. The shaft
was dripping with water from between the
heavy timbers that it was walled up with ,
and wo appreciated our rubber garments.
It was a genuine sigh of relief that escaped
us ( at which the others laughed ) , as we
stopped from the bucket wet nnd covered
with cluy. Still it < TUS nn experience that
was novel and highly appreciated.
There are many mines , of course , that ara
deeper and in every way bettor equipped ,
going down which must bo a positive
pleasure compared to this ono.
.Wo loft convinced that the minors , with
their risk and labor , certainly deserved
very cent they earned. F.V. . P.
ICLKVflCW.il ,
The Increase In the use of the current for
light niul power in Germany Is very grcnt. In
the past year the number of Incandescent
lamps IIUB Increased f rom b7,7Ul to 105,091 and
the total output of current has growu from
45.WO.OOO mnpero hours to 53,000,000.
The clectrlo light , gas and telephone com
panies of Toronto have this j ear , for the
llrst time , been assessed on their mains ,
poles and wires. In the case of the Toronto
Electric LlglU company ihls will mean nn
liicruHHO of taxation from $1WO ! to about
17.003 per year.
The test recently nmdo on the Rcauharnnls
canal of the closing of lock gates by electric
motors was so successful that U has been de
cided to adopt electric i > ewer for the look
gates or lilt ) nourly completed Soulanges
: unnl , on tbo St. I < awronco river. Wherever
cloistricity htis been used for this purpose it
Is found that the operation which formerly
took four men four minutes to accomplish
can bo completed with the greatest eujo by
the motors iu about ono minute.
Street cur companies have for some time
bomi-uclghlng the question of making easy
distinctions between trolley cars all of ono
pattern and painting , but in operation on
different branches. The problem appears to
huvo been satisfactorily solved by u device
v\ Inch bus becu introduced on a Canadian
Btreel car lino. Above the head of the
uietorniau a disk 1s hung containing a white
circle , a rod triangle , u green square , or
Other distluetlvo emblem , uci'ording to the
locality for which tno car la bound. These
signs are large enough to bo soon ut a long
distance and are to bo Illuminated , go us to
bo uu distinct ut nleht us by day , which bus
heretoloru coon the main trouble ,
The remarkable electrical experiments
recently made in Berlin In which u bar of
iron \TUS apparently melted by inserting It
IU cold wafer have naturally stltnuluted
further iu\cti aiiou on the sauio Hue.
apparatus used Is a vessel of glass or porce
lain , provided uitti a sheet lead cloctrodo
connected with the positive polo of a con
tinuous current generator. The vessel con
tains sulphuric acid nnd water. A flexible
cable from the negative polo Is connected tea
a strong pair of pliers with Insulated
handle * . Taking In the pliers A pleco of
raotnlof any ktml Iron , for Instance and
Immersing it In the acidulated water tha
liquid is scon Immediately Iu ebullition near
the Iron rod or plate , which latter Is rapidly
heated and brought to a dnzzllna white In a
few seconds , and soon begins" to melt in
sparkllko drops. The heating Is produced
so quickly locally that neither the water
nor the body of the metal rod has time to
bccomg hot. So rapid an evolution of heat
means n tremendously hlsjh temperature.
In a very short time as high ns7,000 = F. hns
boon developed.
Some of the r n > lon electrical supply firms
are taking very sensible nnd practical steps
to enable the public to readily enjoy the ad
vantages of electrical heating. They are not
only lending out electric cooklm : stoves to
customers , but arc prepared to supply n
separate motor nud clntriro half rntes for
cooking , which they can afford to do , inas
much ns the consumption talced plnco during
the day , when the dynamos must goncrnta
electricity and when thcro is llttlo demand
for lighting purposes. Besides thcso ovens
there nro breakfast cookers , In which eggs
and bacon may bo tookgd on the breakfast
table ; oloatrlo plate warmers , which are
bollig ordered for London cluba , for they can
bo kept In the illnlng room without any of
fensive smell ; olectrlo. foot warmers , hot
plates , stowpans , kettles , llnilrons , orna
mental screens which act as radiators of
heat and warm a room , clectrlo curling-Iron
beaters for ladles and electric shaving pots
for gentlemen.
THIS
"Tho Masked Ball , " which comes to the
Boyd on tomorrow evening , nud continuing
the two folio wing evenings , with matinco
Wednesday , had Its first production in New
York City on October II of last year. It
proved before the curtain went down that
night that Manager Charles Frohimm had
the luck of getting a piny which was better
than"\Vilklnson's Widows , " by the same an-
thors.nnd unllko most of the modern comedy
farces , "Tho Masked Ball" Is really posi
tively , genuinely funny . It Is a three-act
play of a very gay , lively , gallic yet not im
proper sort , nnd the n..tcc which is set at a
very rapid rate from the outset is capitally
well maintained nnd is managed with a
steady crescendo effect till the eloso of the
piece. A dry skeleton of the plot gives no
notion of the fun of "The Masked Ball. " It
is said to bo full of invention , has moro
shapes in its notion than' a protius , more
colors than a chameleon and moro changes
than nn April day. The furcial touch is
what it should bo ; it exaggerates the truth
of life , does not contradict it , and so amuses
without being silly. Even the details of
stage business nnd costume are used with
such inventive Ingenuity as to delight the
artistic sense , and it would bo hard for a
season theater goer to bcllovo that a lady's
masked ball costume , and a gentleman's
carnival p.isteboard nose could successfully
do the duty of perfect disguises with nn
effect both of the probable and the comical ,
yet all this Is done in "Tho Masked Ball. "
The fun is light , wholesome and decently
relating to lifo und nature.
'Tho Girl I Loft Behind Mo" is a distinct
ively American drama in both Its conception
and treatment. The Indian question Is its
theme , a distinctively native ono , and the
authors have undertaken to solve the dlfll-
cult problem of creating a frontier drama
without its usual accompaniment of sensa
tionalism. The scene is at a military garrison
risen in the Blackfootcountry , Montanu , and
the drawing room element thus becomes
strongly and naturally In evidence. The
story deals with the love affair of the daugh
ter of the general in command of the garri
son. The hero and the villain are lieuten
ants , and both are in love with her. The
bravery of the one and the cowardice of the
other figure prominently In the story , which
moves along simultaneously with an upris
ing of the Indians , the beslozing of the post ,
to the helpless power of the Inmates and the
final rescue. General Kcnnion , commanding
the department , has a daughter , Kuto , who
is betrothed to Lieutenant Parlor. Previ
ously she has had a llttlo love affair with
another young lieutenant of the same troop ,
Edgar Hawkcsworth , and on the eve of her
marrlago she discovers that her heart is
still true to her old lovo. Still stio resolves
to carry out her contract , nnd the closing
incident of this act is the gathering of
the whole troop to wish her hap
piness in her marriage. The second act
opens in the post barrack-room during \ ball.
Thcro are reports of un Indian uprisiqg , and
the two young lieutenants have boon sent on
a scouting expedition. This nut ends with a
thrilling climax. The third act Is an Ameri
can "KoIIof of Lucknow. " The post , few in
numbers , is surrounded by bloodthirsty sav
ages. At last resistance becomes hopeless ,
and nt her own request the general is about
to kill uis own daughter to save her from ,
falling into the hands of the s.ivugos , when
In the distance she hears -the bugles of the
gallant Twelfth coining to the relief. The
relief is successful , and the garrison is
saved. The fourth act Is devoted to
straightening out the love affair of n young
surgeon and a native maiden of. the north
west , nnd also the attachment of Lieuten
ant , Hawkcsworth's sister , Luoy , for Private
Jones. Retribution alights upon the villain's
head. Justice is satisfied , peace restored ,
nnd "Tho Girl I Loft Behind Mo" returns
to her true lovo.
This production will no presented at
Boyd's now theater next Thursday. Friday
and Saturday evenings , and Suturdav mat-
Ineo.
_ _ _ _ _
Today Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Byron and
their company will c'oso ' their present en
gagement at Boyd's theater by giving
two performances of the play , "Tho
Plunger. " The niece Is named "Tho
Plunger" because the hero la always plung
ing after something. At first it is fora
widow , and then ho is found plunging for
robbers. In the second act u man Is thrown
from the fifth floor of u house. The third
net discloses a villa upon the picturesque
Hudson river , showing a vlow of the historic
Garfleld hut , and the not ends with a coinlo
surprise. An elovutod railroad station fur
nishes the scenerv for the fourth act , with
an illuminated vlow of the Now York post-
ofuYo and the ofllccs of u number of well
known metropolitan newspapers. This is
said to bo one of the most realistic City of
Now York scenery that has over been placed
on the stage , and Includes n rain ami thunder
storm with torrents of real water. It Is
made especially interesting and exciting by
the rescue of a woman from being run over
by a railroad train. The fifth and last act
brings the piece to a plonstng termination ,
and the plunger is made happy bv the con
fession of u murderer and ( ho gaining of u
bride. At the evening performance there
vrllLbo S50 seats at 50 cents each.
"Tho Stowaway , " which opens this after
noon at the Fifteenth Street theater for a
tour nights engagement , is ono of the most
successful melodramas ever given iu this
country , It has remained secure In popular
esteem for half n dozen years , and still
shows no slns of wanlne popularity. Its
success may be attributed solely to its unquestionable -
questionable , merit and the excellent manner
in which it has always been played and
mounted. It belongs to'tho good old melo
dramatic school , and Its Btn ring scenes und
thrilling situations , all of which nro worked
up to fitting climaxes by the skillful baud of
n practiced playwright , never full to ovoltQ
the wildcat applause ,
The reappearance of tlim quaint ciimeumn ,
Willie Collier , und his excellent company , U
0110 of the events of the season In the line of
farcical entertainments. "Hoss and HOBS"
is still the vehicle in which this company ap
pears , and its undiminlslied fun , ludicrous
situations and numerous specialties will
help to increase Its never fulling popularity.
The date for their appearance hero is next
Thursday , November U , for three nights ut
the Fifteenth Street theater. "Hoss und
Hoss" has been entirely rewritten , rear
ranged , reconstructed up to date , and , like
wine , improves with age , This will bo tha
fourth boason of unprecedented success of
young Collier anil his play , und it is a source
of gratification to see so young a comedian so
near the top of the ladder , for U Is not live
years since ho was a call boy in Dalv's
tnoator. Now York , nnd It has been by the
use of legitimate methods entirely that he
has worked hia way to the front , The com
pany this season Is stronger than over.
Among the wou.cn are Louisa Alien Collier ,
Helena Collier , Helen Kelrnur , Madge Yorke.
Mac Davenport and several other well
known actresses.
tihoriuauVdo play * the part of Lawyer
Ctmrllo Hoss. taken by Mark Sullivan last
season ; Edd Headway takes Arthur Moltcn's
place ns Blrdlo Hess , tha judco's son. Tha
remainder of the cast Is unchanged nnd In
cludes James B. Gentry as Hank Thanks ,
the sheriff ; J. It. Murchlo , David Andrndn ,
Thomas D. Daly , M. Li Heckert , Albert Fos
ter.
ter.Tho
The music hns been arranged by , and Is
now under the direction of , Emll O. Wolff.
MtulcM niul Drnmttln.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has , it is said , received
KO.OOOashis share of tha profits la 'Tho
Lost Chord. "
McICco Hnnktn has loft the Brow company
nnd has orgnnl7cil a company for the Alcazar
theater In San Francisco.
It Is stated that tbo receipts for the first
week of the Irvine engagement at the
Columbia exceeded $ .33,000. . .
Mmo. Lillian Nonllcn was the star of 'tho
recent Worcester , Mass. , music festival , and
won a veritable ovation at every appear
ance.
ance.Walter
Walter Damrosch hns returned front
Europe and commenced rehearsals with his
symphony orchestra in Now York.
Statistics say that sixty-four theatrical
organizations In the United States wont Into
bankruptcy last week nnd the end is not
yot.
yot.During
During the year 180.1 ever 0,000 pieces of
music will bo published iu France. In IbifJ
11,703 pieces were published in Germany and
5,570 In France.
Mr. Richard Mansfield has a now play en
titled. "Napoleon Bonaparte , " which ho In
tends to produce after ho docs " 1'ho Mer
chant ot Venice. "
Mine. Lillian Nordica has been engaged by
the Ur.Uorln society to sing in the "Mes
siah. " to bo clvon lit Music hall. Now Yorlt.
on December ' "J nnd ! K ) .
Lillian Itusscll sailed from Now York for
Havana Thursday. The object of her visit
to Cuba is to got ten llttlo native boys to
play In "Princess Nicotine. "
Bandmaster Sousa was presented with n
gold medal a week ago at his concert at the
St. Louis exposition. Ex-Governor Stanard
mndo the presentation speech.
Charles H. Ho.vt Is hard at work licking
"A Milk Whlto Flag" Into slmpo. This will
bo a farce comedy pure nud simple , nnd will
bo produced in Boston In December ,
Alexander Salvlnl and Paul Kcstcr nro nt
work on a now play entitled "X-imar , the
Vntrabond King , " the scones of which are
laid hi Spain during the time of Philip II.
The finishing touches are bclnz applied to
B. F. Keith's magnificent new theater in Bos
ton. This house will Invo moro seating ca
pacity than any other theater edifice in Bos
ton.
ton.Mls
Mls Cnrlotta Dcsvignes , contralto , who
for the last three years has taken part In
musical festivals m Great Britain and.
Franco , has arrived in No-v York under en
gagement to slug In oratorio und concerts
during the season.
Glen MacDanough , author of the text of
"Tho Algerian , " is only 23 years old and
passed live vears as a reporter on the Now
York World before ho succeeded In writing
two or three successful plnys nnd raising his
income to about $8,000 a year.
Mmo. Minnie Hnuk , nftor visiting the ex
position , will fulfill engagements In the west
nnd in California and return to Europe by
way of Japan. Mmo. Hauk , who has been
studying Japanese Industriously , Is said
already to bo able to converse in that lau-
guagc.
Henry Marteau , the French violinist , has
gone to Vienna to study the new Scotch
suite by Max Bruch with the composer.
Martoau will concertizo in Frankfort. Mav-
cnco , Cologne , Berlin nud Lolpsig before sail
ing for America in November. >
There Is now singing In Berlin , under the
stage name of Princess Pocahouias , a half-
breed Indian girl , whoso voice is said to have
been discovered some years ago in San
Francisco by the late Karl Formes. She has
a high soprano pronounced of worth Tjy the
.Berlin critics.
Adellua Patti will sing the role of Mar-
guorlta in Gounod's "Faust , " at her reap
pearance at MUFIO Hall , New York , Novem
ber 0. The rest of the cast will embrace
Mtno. Fabbri as Slobol , Mr , Uurwnrd Lely ns
Faust , Sig. Novara as Mephistophclcs and
Miss Louisa Engel as Mima.
James O'Neill Is accredited with a great
success in the character of Richelieu , which
ho essayed nt Worcester , Mass. . a week ago
Friday night. "Richelieu" will horcaftor
have a permanent place in Mr. O'Neill's
repertory. . >
Mr. Marcus R. Mayor announces that
Mmo. Pattt will leave London for Liverpool
October 28 ? nnd will talto passage on the Lu-
canla , arriving in Now York ou the follow
ing Friday or Saturday. Her first appear
ance Mill bo at Carncgio Music hall , Thurs
day , November U , when will bo presented n
miscellaneous program and the third act of
"Faust. "
On concluding their engagement in Chicago
cage the Coqueliu-Hading company will go
direct to San Francisco. After playing in
that city these French artists will go to
Now Orleans without stop. They will after
ward play m Washington , Philadelphia ,
Montreal and Boston , ana In January they
will begin a nine weeks' engagement nt Ab
bey's theater in Now York.
The litihtnlug during the storm sccno In
"Slnbad" nt the Chicago Opera house is par
ticularly well imitated und the apparatus for
producing it is absolutely unique. It con
sists of ono old lilo , oiio equally old piece of
brass roa nnd ono dead short circuit. Real
lightning Is the result , nnd the effect is ex
cellent , fur surpassing the artificial flash of
the magnesium light formerly used to obtain
this result.
Mmo. Modjoalta's tour begins at Buffalo
October 10. Her repertory will Include
Macbeth , " "The Merchant of Venice , "
"Mary Stuart. " ' 'As You Like It" nnd
"Much Ado About Nothing. " In addition ,
she will , have tun adaptation of Holnrich
Sudermun's strongdrnma"Helmath , " which
will bo rechrlstoned "Magda. " Mtno. Mod-
joska has purchased the sole right to the
English version of the play.
Joseph Jefferson , who Is now In excellent
health and strength , began his tour October
23 at the Walnut Street theater in Phila
delphia , appearing in n special and elaborate
produotlon of "Rip Van Winkle " The
great comedian has the assistance of a com
petent company , Including George F. Nnsh ,
Edwin Vnrroy , Joseph Warren , H. Odlin ,
Christopher Uylay , Walter Howard , Aiiulo
Mnck-Bcrlcln , Blanche Bender , Miunio Par
ker , Baby Parker , llttlo Nanou Fowler and
Mrs. Cameron.
The theaters In Boston have found It nec
essary to adopt measures to curtail the cost
of "window advertising" ; that is , to cut
down tlio number of passes Issued to the oc
cupants of shops in which lithographs and
other announcements of performances are
exhibited. The \\ondor is that intelligent
managers waste any money nr passes upon
such comparr.tUoly useless advertising.
The people who attend theaters are the
readers of dully papers.
Mmo. Christine Nilsson , now known as the
countess of Miranda , lives for the greater
part of the year In n line house almost a
palace ut Madrid. Iu its internal decora
tion she has displayed a certain amount of
eccentricity , for her bedroom is papered with
sheets of musio from the scores of the vari
ous operas that she bus Interpreted , while
the walls of the dining room arp covered
with a collection of hotel bills , the result of
the singer's many profcssioual travels iu
both hemispheres.
Most persons seeing Colonel Kilporo's
name in cold typo will imagine that they
know how to pronounce it , says u Wash
ington correspondent. The correct way
isn't as easy as it looks. That "bawn
and raised southerner , " Senator George
of Mississippi , went ever to the house
end of the capital the other day. At the
entrance ho encountered ono of the
smart young doorkeepers detailed by
Tammany to como down from Now York
to help run congress ,
"Boy , " said Senator Georjjo , "you goon
the lloah and toll Kun'i '
on Keol-goh to.
come to the dob. "
The Tammany man looked at .tho sen
ator a llttlo curiously , as If ho halt sus
pected something in the way of a- guy ,
Then ho wont in without u word. In n
few minutes ho came out , and , address
ing the senator , ho said impressively :
"Kun'l Koel-goh can't cprao to the
doh , because he's gone to tha stoh und
won't hogback till foh , "
Then ho looked hard at , Spnatoi4
George , /f ho senator returned the stare ,
turned and went buck to the senate.
MASTER SPIRIT JJF THE UNION
The the Nation
Many-Sided QenlnsWho Guided
tion Through $ obglion's ) Storm.
REMINISCENCES OF PRESIDENT j' LINCOLN
Senator Palmer' * lloca cctlonR of tlio Star.
tyred Chief Executive , Illuntrntlni ; tllii
Miirveloin ( IrnSti'H ' tlio 1'opnl.ir
Will
Thoronro tow mun in public Hfo so
rich in intDrcsting'rcmlnlcconeosas Sen
ator John M. Palmif- Illinois. And
when ono glances ever the ilrnma of his
long Hfo niul notes the various parts ho
has played it Is not surprising that his
experiences are BO varied. No single
vocation has conllncd his powers , Bays a
writer in the Chicago Post. In funning ,
the law , the battlefield and polities ho
has been a conspicuous man. Success in
any ono of these would bo considered
acnlovoment enough for any ordinary
mortal. But Palmer has achieved sun-
cess in all. Ho has ono of the prettiest
and richest farms In Illinois. Ho Jias
won distinction at the bar mid on the
bench.
It has been Mr. Palmer's privilege to
know many great men very Intimately.
Of them Abraham Lincoln was the
greatest , and there is none who does him
higher honor than the distinguished
Illinois senator. While tolling of old
times in Washington , recently , Palmer
mentioned Lincoln. This prompted a
question to which the senator replied bv
saying that ho know the famous emanci
pator as far baclras 1SI19. And the two
wore a great deal together in ono way
and another during the remainder o'f
Lincoln's life. The senator did not in
those early days see any of the signs of
future greatness which others profess to
have foreseen.
"I regarded Lincoln as a good la\or
and a fair sort of speaker , " the senator
said , taking off his gold-rimmed spec
tacles and laying thorn mi a 1ml f-
finishcd speech ho was preparing.
"Nono of us thought much about him
ono way or another , save as wo did of
ono another. He was always good com
pany , and though a great many stories
have been attributed to him ho never
heard of , much loss told , ho was an inveterate -
votorato story toller. lie did not bocm
to toll stories so much for the stories
themselves as for purposes of Illustra
tion and application. I could relate
many which have boon told , and pub
lished until everybody knows them
stories I heard him tell myself. But
his aim , his purpose in story-telling , I
can show you by ono story I think it
was about the first I heard him toll. A
lot of us wore standing together one day
listening to ox-Judgo Krum of St. Lotfls
roasung a judge who had decided a case
against him. Krum criticised the
magistrate sharply and wound up-by de
claring that ho would take the case to
the supreme court and1 have the judges
of that high tribunal1 show this magis
trate what law Hvas and take some of
the conceit out .of him at the same
timo. '
Moved Him to Speak.
" 'That , ' said Lincoln , who was ono of
the group , 'that reminds mo of a man
who had a dt cam.j llodreamed that if
ho would go and dig in a certain place
and not say a word ho would discover
some pcecious treasure. And he dreamed
that he wont and dug , and that while ho
was digging a gi'dat ' _ jnany things oc
curred calculated to make him speak ,
but ho didn't ' opeij hid mouth. Battles
between soldiers worji fought , and- too ,
between ships. But' Iio kept on digging
and said nothing. Pretty soon a mighty
giant came up to the pit and then passed
on , taking enormous strides and moving
with great rapidity. But the man kept
on digging and said nothing. After a
while a little bit of a man came prancing
up. Ho stopped at the pit and , seeing
the digger , said :
" 'Soon a big man pass hero1
"Tho digger spoke not and the little
follow satd : 'Can't ' you answer a civil
question ? ' '
"Stilltho , man spOke not , whereupon
the little fellow said :
"And oil ho ran , but though his legs
moved rapidly their shortness prevented
liis covering much ground , which struck
the digger so forcibly ho forgot himself ,
and in a tone of disgust and contempt ,
ejaculated : 'The hell you will ! '
" "Tho crowd caught tlio application in
an instant , " the senator continued , "and
all but Krum roared. "
'Did Lincoln cut much of a figure in
congress ? "
Lincoln as n Campaigner.
"No. He did his duty in a satisfactory
manner enough , but ho didn't sot any
grass afire. That was in the ' 40s during
the Mexican war. He only served ono
term. In 1830 lie was a candidate for
the senate and ho asked mo to support
him. I told him I would like to do so ,
but that as I had had a row with some
of my party because of my espousal of
the anti-Nebraska bill , it was necessary
that I should bo more democratic than
ovor. Lincoln saw ray position and ,
though ho felt hurt at my refusal and
was a little angry , perhaps , ho came
around all right. I nominated Truni-
uulll and on the first ballot Lincoln got ,
I think , 49 votes , Shields 47 and Trum-
bull C. After a while Lincoln saw that
ho could not got us five and ho wont
nmong his own men and ordered them to
vote for Trumbull , and Trumbull was
elected. That night Lincoln came to
our room , and because of the way he as
sisted us wo promised to stand by him in
the next light , two years later , against
Douglas. That was a memorable cam
paign , and wo canvassed the state to
gether. It was then that Lincoln made
the greatest speech of his life , beginning
with : 'United wo stand , divided wo fall ! '
Lincoln was a great campaigner. lie
was very tall si.1 ? ' feet two inches. His
speeches were full Of stories and ho kept
ttie audlcnco with' Win. But Douglas
peat us. ) i j.
"When the national campaign began
the following your , wo wont In to nomi
nate Lincoln. Just before the conven
tion I remember tllo'fathar ' of the Ilorn-
blower who is to Sicieod , ) Justice Blatch-
ford on the supreme bench came to mete
to got mo to conspijL , to putting Lincoln
on the second nlqeaftM the ticket. David
Davis was probentdund when I refused
point blank botli Uornblowor and Davis
berated mo. Hornblower insisted that
wo should have fcofio ) known und tried
man like Sewnya to | ioud the ticket.
But I 'allowed1 tjiaV lncoln was quali
fied. IIornbloweK > viiiit away much dis
gruntled , and \\heiK ; ho left I turned on
Davis and berated -'him ' for the tongue-
lashing ho had given mo.
Wont Home and Told Mary.
"I don'tboliovo that Lincoln expected
to bo nominated. "
"I remember , " Mrs. Palmer observed ,
"I romqmbur the day ho was nominated.
I saw him in the afternoon -walking
along the street in Springfield leading
Tad with ono hand and currying the
market basket on hia other arm. On
the night of the 'election I remember
his standing under the gas jots reading
the telegrams' as they came in tolling
how the election had gone. Mrs. Lin
coln was so excited siiohud gone home. '
"You too , " the senator put iu , "wo
know that Brocklnrldgo would got the
BOtith nnd that Lincoln had Illinois.
If Lincoln trot Now York wo wore sure
of his election. "
"When tlio telegram came announcing
that Now York had gone for Lincoln. "
Mrs. Palmer contlmiod ( "Mr. Lincoln
rend 'It Very calmly and remarked !
'Well , I must ' go homo nnd toll Mary. '
And ho dl'd. "
"Do you think , senator , that Lincoln
believed before his Inauguration that
thcro would bo a big war ? " was asked.
"Yes. I was then a member of the
pcaco conference. It mot in February
and continued into March. I told Lin
coln that the conference would como to
naught and asked him what ho wanted
mo to do. Ho told mo to make big
promises.
" 'But. ' said I , 'they regard mo as
your spokesmanand they will take what
I say as coming from you. '
" That's all right. ' Lincoln replied.
'There is going to bo a long war. and
what we now want is time. Promise
thorn ailything. '
" 1 did so , " the senator wont on. "I
promised things I never could have sup
ported ; but I know they would accept
nothing. 1 remember that Chase and
others favored holding a convention
which might divide the union peace
fully. 1 was then a great admirer of
Chase. But when ho suggested a con
vention I sprang to my feet and de
nounced the suggestion. Ho looked
round at mo as if in reproof.
"I moan it , " I cried. "Tho day is
past when conventions can make or unmake -
make nations. This union shall not bo
divided and if necessary the northwest
with sword in hand will defend it"
I'nlinrr ut Hinnu ItUcr.
"Did you bee Lincoln during the war ? "
"Yes. I saw him once In 1803. It was
just after the battle of Stone River ,
whore I commanded a division. That
was a hot fight. There wore times dur
ing it when bullets whizzed by thick as
rain. I don't know that I feared being
struck , for I know that if the bullet to
kill mo hadn't ' boon molded I was in no
danger. The rebels were good fighters
and I admired the way they fought. I
remember once seeing v body of rebel
cavalry como swooping across the plain
toward us. The sight was inspiring and
I took olT my hat and called out to my
' men : 'There they come , boys. They
'are Amoi leans and our countrymen.
But it's our duty to fight them , and now
give 'em h 11' Strange , " said the sena
tor , musingly , "strange how men will
swear in battle. Why , I've seen
preachers in the thick of a fight cheer
ing on their men with the hottest kind
of swearing I ever heard.
"After the fight Yatcs , who was gov
ernor of Illinois , wrote me to come homo.
Ho wanted to raise troops for duty at
homo , for defense against the copper
heads , and ho dosircd mo to see Lincoln
and got permission from him. I went to
Washington , saw Lincoln , talked the
matter over with him and ho favored it.
But ho told me to see Stanton. Stanton
listened tome.
" 'So Yates wants to raise six regi
ments , ' ho said. 'Of course , general ,
you will command them ? "
" 'Not for anything in the world , ' I
replied. 'I have a good command now
at Stone River. I think a great deal of
it. Besides , I don't want to command
troops right at my homo. '
" 'That shows the foolishness of
the whole business , ' said Stanton. 'If
thcro was any danger athomo you-would
bo willing to take the command. Your
not being willing shows you don't be
lieve that there is any danger. If I
gave permission to raise thoho troops
there would bo bloodshed in Illinois in
no timo. I won't give pormisfcion. "
"I told Lincoln what Stanton said.
Ho > saw ho was right and Yates' request
was not granted. "
Stnntou'a Independence.
"Are the stories of Stanton's repudia
tion of Lincoln's orders true ? "
"In part. Stanton , of course , was not
disrespectful to Lincoln , and he would
obey every formal order that Lincoln
gave. But Lincoln's giving his consent ,
as in my visit , counted nothing with
Stanton. Why , if Stanton had obeyed
all such consents or done as Lincoln told
him in such fashion he could no't have
remained secretary of war. Lincoln
had too soft a heart. Ho wouldn't Imvo. .
permitted any court martial sentences to
bo carried out. It got so at last that
congress had to pass a law taking such
things out of his hands. "
"When did you see Lincoln again ? "
"Not till IBUJ. Oglcaby wanted mo to
see him about an apportionment which
showed that Illinois had supplied about
18,000 more men than her share. I tried
by every sort of explanation to prove to
the provost marshal in Washington that
wo had supplied too many. I lost my
temper and" told him I didn't believe ho
would acknowledge hiuibolf convinced
oven if I succeeded in convincing him.
Ho then acknowledged that ho know all
the time that I was right , but that ho
had merely carried out Lincoln's orders.
I told him ho should have treated mo
differently ; that his action had caused
mo to lose ray temper and my good opin
ion of him. Well , I saw Lincoln. Ho
told me that what 1 claimed was true.
" 'But , ' ho said , 'you can't do any thing
about it. I took tnut many more sol
diers from Illinois because I could got
soldiers from there easier than from any
othir state. '
"I had resigned my command to carry
out the mission , and when I saw my
mission was hopeless I asked the presi
dent to give me a command. Ho bald ho
guessed lie would Bond mo to take
charge of things in Kentucky. I told
him I didn't want that unless I could
have full sway.
" 'Well , ' ho said , 'you ' go down there ,
keep your temper and I will lot you do
as you please. '
Tlio Itetort Courteous.
"I asked him if ho had any friends
there I could use , and ho told me to
como and see him tlio next morning. I
sat in the nnto-room a long time , while
Buckingham of Connecticut walked In
and out of Lincoln's room several times.
At last Buckingham left and I wont in ,
I found Lincoln with a towel round his
neck , getting ready to shave.
" 'Uot to get shaved some time ,
JPttlinor,1 ho said. 'I couldn't shuvo
while Buckingham was hero ; but you
are home folks , and it doesn't matter
with homo folks. '
"Wo chatted till the barber reached
his mouth , when ho couldn't talk with
out running the risk of getting out.
There was a pause. During it I thought
of the great war that was going on and
of the man near mo conducting it.
" 'Mr. ' Lincoln , ' I said , 'if I hud known
there was going to bo so great a rebel
lion I should never have thought of
going to a one-horse town for a one-
horse lawyer for president. '
"Lincoln stretched forth his arms ,
pushed the barber aside and abruptly
wueoieu rounu to mo. i tnougiitno was
angry because of what I had fauid. But
he replied :
, " 'Nor I either. It's lucky for this
country no man was chosen who had a
great policy and would IIUVQ stuck to it.
If such a man hud been chosen this re
bellion would never have reached a
successful conclusion. 1 have had no
great policy , hut I have tried to do roy
duty every day , hoping that the morrow
would find that T had done right. '
"And that , " said the faonator , "was
the last time I saw Lincoln alive. "
Tim r.iuauclputlon I'rocUumtloii.
"Ono of the instances of his lack of
any great policy outlined , t > uve to put
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down the rebellion , was his refusal in
August to promise to issue the
proclamation of emancipation. Ho
was asked to do so by the convention of
governors or preachers , I fortrot which.
But in September ho announced that ho
would Issue it , and ho did so the follow
ing January. "
"Did you correspond with him during
" '
the -
war-
"A little. Two letters I remember.
Ono was a request for permission to raibo
ton regiments in northern Missouri , I
could have done it. But ho rofubed , and
the rebels raised them. The other letter -
tor I wrote whllp the French were in
Mexico. I applied for permission to en
list -10.000 negroes. I proposed to take
them Into Mexico , colonize them , and
then enroll them into the Mexican army
and drive out the French. Lincoln re
plied that ho appreciated the idea , but
that ho did not believe force would be
necessary to induce the French to leave.
It is strange , " the senator added , "it is
strange hosv the course of our lives is
cnanged by llttlo things. No ono knows
what would have happened had I gone to
Mexico. Perhaps , " ho laughed , "per
haps 1 mighyiavo become groat. I have
been on the verge of greatness for BOV-
cnty-flvo years. "
"What Is your estimate of Lincoln ? "
"I think ho was inurvelously self-con
tained was master of hlmnolf , With
out that quality no ono can become
( rrcat. Ho had a wonderful faculty of
reading people and knowing what the
country wanted , und ho hud us kind a
heart us ever beat in the breast of
man. "
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Clerk You had a room oa the fifteenth
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Olork That's for rarefied ulr.
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Chicago Post : Laity In a street car ad
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