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1Z } TIi1 OMATIA IAITY BEE : St'1)AY + tTUNE 1' ! , 189h ( STORY UI f I I I , Lll ) USI Tin Project Had Its Inception in an Edito G The Omaha Eee , a MANY THOUGHT IT A DREAM AT l'nnnlnvr)0s I.ndorsrwenl orlbe'I mis.lrrlppl Cno µ re sr Itol.ed Cnllnt lnsltt' 11'arkerr .Orlr not tiloek Suh.eribers , Now that the first really form obstacle In the way of Omaha's gee , position has been surmounted , It interest to review the work that has done so far and the efforts that ha ready been made by public-splriled rl In behalf of the great enterprise. The n history of the exposition bill is a mat ! { general information , but the mann " which the lira was first promulgates 1r p" the means by which It was made to a a practical form are not so genernlly k The suggestion out of which the n exposition protect has developed , came the editor of The Omaha Bee , It J , brought to public notice In the folb 4' editorial article which appeared in Thu + day lice , November 25 , 1595 : ' ' IiXPOSiTIO . A TitANSMiSSiSSii'I'I The construction of the transcoulir A raliroads gave the first powerful Ire to the development of the transmlagl country. Twenty-five years ago the pc tion of the states and territories we the Mlsslasippl was 6,435,167 , and the et ai and territories west of the Missouri _ credited by the national census wl Ak population of 1,192.S9G. In 1690 the t miasisaippl states conlalned a populall 1 15,170,315 , while the population of the r t and territories west of the Missouri gregated 5,917213. In ISGO there were twenty-one miles of railroad In the cot went of the Mississippi. Today the I , mad mileage In the same region ex t5AOO miles , of which 37,000 miles a boasted by the country west of the Mtss , . The marvelous resourcea of this r empire were only to a measure dlsp 1 at the R'orId's Columblan exposition. . fact the exhibits of the western states territories were to a great extent shadowed by the International exhibits + at Chicago. Of the hudreds of thous of people who v'iew'ed the 1Vorld's fair paratl ely few carried away with the distinct Impression of the productive transmlssisslpPl stEven dustries of the Even people who live in this section wino have contributed to its growth do their extent and magnitude. grasp Colton St The Inspiration for the exposition now being held in Atlanta d that an t conviction less lay In the to would further state exposition go the development of the s promoting . That other single agency. than any G of the judgment of the prolcctors eminently sour States' exposition was alte attested by the success that has both regards as undertaking this great number and variety of the exhibits an financial management of the veuture. of the cotton s only have the people commendable zeal in contrlbt displayed displays , their toward its success with several of the Atlantic states , notably Pennsylvania , arc creditably and fork has dt resented. The Atlanta exposition of thousands of visitors hundreds and wil country section of the every vast amount of by which a the agency the sr transplanted Into will be capital accomplished for "What has been be the Atlanta exposition can south by compilshed for the west by a transml exposition. With a population of sippi prolffl country 000,000 to draw on and a e transmlssisslpPl material wealth , a fron assured success sttion would be an exposition w . Such an very inception. the westward t , to impetus give the and capital for which of population been slrls' have people of this section world to all the make known would It west and reactivity capabilities of the great branch of industry activity In every production. The Transmlsslssippi congress , which vanes pr body to ta o the the iattt tIv is the proper misl s tr formulating the Plan for a n recommendation exposltion. Its weight with I have great would natter legislatures W the slate and national any other city out disparaging location o c an g' secure the that the eta believes The Bee , exposition those of to other of Omaha transmtss are 'art ' pP superior points. o midway continent , heart of the in the York and San Francisco , ma tween it alike Now accessiblto ecler east fmw facilities Its railroad city in the Mis those of any perfect as north of t. Louis. It Is slppl valley belt agricultural of the great center nit ' reach by rail of the within a day's Wyoming and So , region of Colorado ' reach of days'reach two Dakota , nail within days'f mining states Omaha great Is as near to the Pii 1g e tis' G 0 m try' as is St. I'aul , and andsouthern San Francisco 1 that add t necessary ' It Is hardly pledged ever is required f ssir Omaha to snake the business men of I the , success tion a . out to the letter. will carry city ' LONG CIIERIS11ED iIJI'sA , t n ti a ; Even previous existed and s had plan caption of such a opportunl for a favorable waiting only had long cherished Mr , E , Bosowater Idea of a la exposition that m t and a permanent sort of half'w'ay house in the jo Omaha a the continent. The pres ney project across was suggested by he 11a G ti ct turn Idinueapolls Tribune banal ha mid.continenl . fair Mnneapc I ( Idea of a mid Transmlsslssippi c broached. As the was press was to lneetInliOra In and wIthIn whom Osewatar . B bir discussed concluded that been Idea had was ripe and that if the ender opportunity could be secured th of the congress inent the enterprise could t why was successfully no reason carried out. front that 11 be was quietly worked up and the matter It befs lents were tirade to bring rangoi aaaernbled. the congress when It During the first two days of the congr the committee appointed for the purpose t voted itself to missionary work among I delegates , lit this work James 11'alslt to the lead , and it was largely through I practically unanimous son efforts that a of the resol moot was created in favor Lion. Lion.On Wednesday , November 27 , and lion diately after the various resolutions on t money questlen had been presented and t ferred , lion. R'UI1mu J. Bryan left the chi and fished unanimous consent to offer tl resohitlmu Whereas. We believe that an expositt of nil the products , industries and cl llla 11011 of ( ho states west of the dississll river , suede at some control gatew where tire world can behold ttio wonder ) enpubtlities of These great wealth-prod ) 101 : stairs , would ho of great vulue , r Only In the transmisslsslp I stutea , but the r all the home-seekers in world ; ( het fore , itesoI'cd , Tlrat the hulled States cc grt'ss be requested to take such steps ' hold n lrnnsmisa tnn ) be necessnry' to 5111141 exposltion at Omaha during t rneltiha of AUKnst , Septernbct' and Oc'lobi Ispe , nod that the representatives of su states and torlttorlos In congress be i quested to favor such an appropriation is usual in such cosec to assist iii curry'Ii out this enterprise. 011.111.1 UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED. The reading was heard with marked a tention and the conclusion was foliowed I a burst of applause , Mr. Bryan briefly r counted the bcuclte that would accrue the west by reason of the exposltion , at Indicated the numerous reasons why' Onrul vvss tha most favorable location. John Dot iphan of .lltssouri followed with a rousli speech hr favor of the rcznlution , in whit he eloquently yalrtrayed the effect which it enterprise w'ouid have In calling attentic to the boundless possibilities of the we and In bulldiug up It. Interests. lie w'i followed by II , 0 , Wbllmore , Georgs ( Cannon of t'tah and Howell Jones of 1al baa Not a vol e was railed against Ili resolution and when It wps adopted by rlalnr val. the d.leaatu ndltuA la a tsxll. of cheers end hand clappings that fron tlaued far several minutes. Nothing could b0 more gratlfyinl the enthusiastic unanimity with wh1 protect had been approved by the tnisslssi1p1 delelrates , and with this able beginning the citizens of to go forward. The Trans sippl and International Exposition a tion ans formally organized at a n held at the ( 'ommerctal club rooms evening of January 1S. Z. T. hindst made chairman and Judge L. II , Ii presented the articles of incorporation had been preciously drawn up. Thec the capital stock at t1.OO.OOO ) In sha n0 each and the association was auti to transact business as soon as SlOA been subscribed. A board of eleven dii was provided for and also twenty-av presidents , of whom one should he Omaha and one from each of the twain transtnisstssippl states , Oft1OlNAL STOCit SUUaCllI11ER On the suggestion of Mr. itosewalet ontendel that ninety days was too a ; line in whteh to hold such an expoall sas contemplated , the articles were an o provide that the exposition shoo 111000(1 In June and closed in Net ( S9S , They were adopted as nuiende he necessary subscriptions of stock mtnediately taken. These original sill ions were : E. ltose cate'r.$50m ; W. J tell , $500 ; J. H , Evans , $500 ; Dan 1'I r. , $500 ; Lee-Clarke-.Indreese'n } tar ompany , $5fOi IV. R. Bennett , $ fO ; darkel , $500 ; Thompson , Belden & Co. , S'liliam 1rug , $ f40 ; Oscar PIckanl , deft Bros Ilress ing company , See I. Hibbard , $500 ; Imdley Smith , $600 ; ey , Stiger & Co. , V OO ; John A. W 400 ; ,1. Clemens , $3oo ; G. S. Ambler , T , Lindsey , $250 ; Lyman Richardson , , S , Montgomery , $201 ; L. 11. Bradley , , 1v. Carpenter , It. IV. Richardson , 1 toberson , George N. Htcks , M. It. De : uclld biarthn , J , J. Gibson , J. E. Utt , Thompson , \V. C. dullard , 0 , C , He S. itayward and Johnson Bros. , $100 nd Flatter & Lawrie , U , W , Rattles , 1'akefeld , 0. 11. Payne , 0. A. ilnthhuri E Iturdiek , $50 each ; total , $10,650. The stockholders then met and el 1e board of directors , consisting of 1 hompson , J , 1. Markel , J. H. Evan I' . Wattles , G. 11. Payne , C. S. Montgoi i , It. Bennett , I. 1V. Carpenter , Dan all , tr. , Dudley Smith and Charles committee , consisting of Z. T. Lin , It. Bennett , Charles Metz , f , 11' . Ca 'r and C. C , Delden , was appointed t cil further subscriptions for stock. The board of directors met at the bil net on the following blonday and el s officers G , W , W'altles , president ; arkel , vice president ; and John A , p old , secretary. MANY 11'EI1E DOUDTFUL. which confronted the The next step othrs of the enterprise was the nece securing congressional recognition. this time there were many usually pu drlted citizens w ho were disposed t ( ird the scheme as visionary. They at not until a bill making an appro had really pa ) n for the exposition ogress could Omaha hope to carry mpletion. The dtmcuity of getting a essional appropriation in this yeas enemy , when congress was disposed t ( wn all appropriations to the lowest p e minimum , was conceded , but the a ikon and its supporters believed the uld be accomplished by united and vued effort , and events have justified 1 nfdenco. A hill had already been Introduced nator Allen on January 3 , which bad 1 ferred to the special committee on it Renal expositions , of which Sen urston was chairman. It provided for cessary recognition of the exposltion e government , the admission of for hihlls free of duty , and for a goverori hibtt of material from the Smlthsot > titute , the I'nited States Fish commisss e Notional museum and the various ex 0 departments At the time of ie ctlou the amount that was to be i butted by the government was left bl , t all expenditure of $50,000 was aut v1 for a government building and $2 ( ditional for the transportation and , the exhibits , rho main question before the promo the enterprise at this time was ount that congress should be asked stribute. It was the opinion of ( ssman Mercer , as well as Senators Thi and Allen , that the bill would Stall nore favorable light 1f a provlao was ted to provide that the amount done the government should be available c en a similar amount was raised by iple of Omaha. This view was flu lorsed by the board of directors , ant 5 resolved to ask for an approprlatior 0,000 , to be available when an eq punt had been raised at Omaha. FIGHT FOR RECOGNITION. 'ho bill was Introduced in the house ngressman Mercer , and until the see was finally passed , on almost the i of the session , the fight for its pass I continually waged. At first the I handicapped in the house by the stri oeition of Speaker Reed , who oppo an the general ground of economy. I referred to the committee on ways a ans , of which Mr. Reed's colleague' , il Dlngley , was chairman , and for se e It looked as though it would die committee's hands. The senate bill s orted back early in March , after the prlation had been cut down to $200 , ( ch was the amount contributed to anta exposition. hen the main fight centered In the lieu re Mr. Mercer and his friends w king day and night In Its interest. I I .Mercer's determined efforts the op an which bad originally confronted began to disappear. As the memb a made to realize the importance of I : rpriso and the benefits that it wet Ig to the entire transmisslssippl regi opponents were won over until it o one of the most popular measu ire the house. Ilut some dfmculty v experienced in getting a favorable from the ways and means commttt on April 10 Senators Thurston a n called up the senate bill , which h n held in the hope of securing the p , I of the house bill , which carried i appropriation of $250,000. It was pass unanimous consent , and as no ott -so was then open , it was decided educe the senate bill In the Gout ildent Wattles of the Exposition assoc , and Henry F. Wyman were in Was on at the time in the Interests of 1 and on April 20 he appeared before t se committee , together with Congre , Mercer , Andrewa and Kern , and ms igorous plea for the bill , He left 1 lha that night with the assurance th bill would be favorably reported aft amendment obligating Omaha to ral ,000 hail been incorporated. The relic presented by Congressman Dolllver I on the following afternoon and lilac he file for passage. BATTLE NOT YET WON. seemed that the battle had been we it required another tremendous effc 'cure recognition for the bill. Scores cures were demanding consideration , at ho hurry to close the session it seem y that Speaker Reed would neglect gnizo the exposition bill and that d lay over until the next session. A lble pressure was brought to bear t speaker for recognition. Congressmi : er and others who had been interests ; ed like beavers , and Senator Allen le enthusiastic assistance. Flnally bir. 1 water went to 1A'ashington at the r t of the exposition association and spot rat da's in working for the bill. D he left the promlso of Speaker Reed ; nize the bill for action by the hoot been secured. ( low the hopes of tl de of the bill were crushed at the ii I of fulllhnent by the action of Cot nnan Rem , and again by the objeclic ongresaman Dailey , Is recent hfstur ; final triumph came when they had a ceased to hope , and the news that tl had finally passed seas received I ha with an enthusiasm almost unprect 'd. rly this week a public meeting will 1 d , at which the next steps in the under g will be formulated. The Iowa leglt e has already aubtorized an apptc Ion of $ :3,000 for their state exhlbl the legislatures of Nebraska and otbc e will iiovr be called on to do thei h , The various bureaus necessary t on the enterprise will soon be o1 ref , and active preparations for the bi will sewn be under way , ors laving home ou your summer vs I procure a bottle of Chaniberlain' Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy , j lost certain to be needed and may asst he neceselty of returning home befor nil of your v'htatlcna The 75 and 5I afxee for sale by drugglsts , e I LIiE ( A GI.i111T 11" 1 ' i aril Lincoln's ' Address at the Organizlt the Republican Party in Illinois , THE AUDITORS WEPT AND CNI Grapple Irserlplluu of n Fn nventinn llt'Iil in 1SSrl In alt a \etv l'i Pt ' _ III 4'M Of ( I 1,4)11 Last Sytee'h IIscuverrh ( Cepyrlght , It5 , b3 S. S. McClure Co. There Is not In the history of stat ltical conventions one of more urn Merest than that al which , on Mi sSG , the republican party was born Ii lols , In this convention Abraham LI lelivered the greatest speech lu its c , hat known as his "Lost Speech. " hates were earlier to organizing a b f the new party devoted in preventin xtenslon of slaver ) ' , but 1n no stale here been more earnest anti-Nebraska anon , In none was there a more delete et of men ready for resistance whet foment came. These men were the ended , honest-hearted , great souled l era of all existing parties. These bolitionists like Owen Lovejoy , demo Ike John M. Palmer , whigs like 1 havis. In their own counties they ICuly declared that they would bolt cspectise parties rather than accept ebraska hull letting slavery into free nd when a few of their number call mventiou , on May 29 , 1Sa6 , at Bioomin 1. , for the express purpose of organ new bialy , they went there 1n a body t 1r action. "GIVE Us LINCOLN. " The events of the days just before mventimi had steeled the weakest of t ansas was Iii the hands of a pro sla Oh , her governor a prisoner , her en h ruins , her voters intimidated. The u apers they were reading dally were I lth accounts of the attack on Sm h the senate by Brooks. One of the en svhotn they had expected to be a le their own convention was lying at t. ostrated by a cowardly blow fromu a heal opponent. Little wonder then Icy came resolved upon actions w ould stay the flood of evil and of d mlzation w'hich they saw threatening ml. The convention was opened nator J. M. Palmer In the chair. Its 1 organizing and nominating was cat rough harmoniously , but the members e need of some powerful amalgama rce which would yield into one their rdnnt elements. In spite of their tendons , their most manful efforts , en' in their hearts that the convent ire still made up of political cacti at the svhig was still a Whig , the de at democrat , the abolitionist abolitim to after man was called to the platf speak , and many noble speeches v tide , but none yet had touched t arts and converted them to pure rel anism. Then suddenly there was a Ised of a name not on the progra " ' ' = " ' Linen - , tncoin"Lincoln' "gls'e us e crowd took it up and made the hg until a tall figure rose In the b the audience and slowly strode down hie , an indulgent senile on his lips. turned to hia audience there came gi II ) ' a great change upon his face. "T1 s an expression of intense emolic is one of his hearers , who is still By was the emotion of a great soul. E stature he seemed greater. lie seet realize it was a crisis in his life. " I n's extraordinary human insight apathy told him as be looked al Hence that what this body of apien 'nest , but groping mea needed was I that they bad undertaken a cause eh transcendent value that beside it 'vious alliances , ambitions and du re as nothing. If he could make th the triviality of their differences opened with the tremendous principle , new party he was certain they wo forth republicans in spirit as well name. A GIANT INSPIRED , Le began his speech , then , deply mo l with a profound sense of the Importa the moment. At first he spoke slot l haltingly , but gradually he grew ce and intensity until his hear filled , arose unconsciously from tb Its and with pale faces and quiver , I pressed toward nfm. Starling from le of the broad platform on which ) d , his hands on his hips , be slowly iced toward the front , his eyes blazii face white with passion , his voice ant with the force or his conviction , advanced he seemed to his nudiet 13' to grow , and when at the end of hod be stood at the front line of I ; e , hands still on his hips , head bay led on his tip toes , he seemed like tit Inspired. "At that moment he w handsomest man I ever saw , " says c ns hearers. ) powerful was his effect on his audiet t men and women wept as they cheers children there that night still reme : the scene , though at the time they u hood nothing of its meaning. As it out there came upon the conventi very emotion he sought to arou ery one in that before tnconruous r bly came to feel as one man , to think man and to purpose and resolve as o h , " says one of his auditors. lie h le every man of them pure republlca did something more. The fndignatl ch the outrages to Kansas and throug the country had aroused was unco led. Men talked passionately of w a was at this meeting that Linea r firing his hearers by an e slon which became a watchword of tl paign : " R'e won't go nut of the unit you shan't , " poured oil on the w ra he Illinois opponents of the Nebrasl by advising "ballots , not bullets. " EPORTERS FORGOT TO REPORT , lthing illustrates better the extrao ry power of Lincoln at Bloomfngtc the way he stirred up the newapap rters. It was before the stenograph become acclimated 1n Illinois , thouf 'hand reports were regularly taken. I se all the leading papers of the sta lag toward the new party had reporje , be convention. Among these was M ph Medill , now editor of the Chicai une , and even then-now forty yea 'its representative "It was my journa duty , " says Mr. MedAl , "though ; ate to the convention , to make a 'long P report of the speeches delivered ft Chicago Tribune. I did make a fe graphs of report of what Lincoln sal he first eight or ten minutes , but me so absorbed in his magnetic orator I forgot myself and ceased to tak u , and joined with the convention I ring and stamping and clapping to th of his speech. well remember that after Lincoln ha down and calm had succeeded lh eat I waked out of a sort of bypnoti Ie and then thought of my report to Tribune. There was nothing wrltte to abbreviated introduction. was some sort of satisfaction to fin I had not been 'scooped , ' as all th papers men present had been equall td away by the excitement caused b wonderful oration and had made n t or sketch of the speech. " number of Lincoln's friends , youn : re , most of them , were accustomed t g notes of speeches , and , as usual ened their pencils as he began , "I at led for about fifteen minutes , " says Mr don , Lincoln's law partner , "as w a with with me then , to take notes it line end of ( list tune L threw pet paper away and lived only in the in ion of the hour. " The result of this cx eat was that w'ben the convention wa there was no reporter present who hat lag for his newspaper. They all wen and wrote burning editorials ebou poach and Its great principle , but a producing it they could not. Met to talk of it all over Illinois. The ed that it had been a purifying firs its party , but as to svLat It coutaluet tie could say. Gradually it became ' " . " Froa n as Lincoln's "lost speech. cry mystery of it Its reputation grew er as time went on , even Lincoln socuatomed to say that it was bii 'st apeech , unless indeed the one al rworth might be called greater , THE SPEECH WAS I'RESERVED though the convention so nearly to a lost its bead , Ibem was at least one r who bad enough cr"trol to pursue . soeaon- a S $1OO ° a. is k ° , ) e fC , 1. i , In ver 500 coo k 2N. h y 10 Save 580 in every $400 k , G u k 'stt IdfTlf Save $60 1n every $300 ' Save $40 in every $200 s' II I Save $20 in ever " 100 Discouiit .51 Any Furniture 1 I the I-louse. . 30 Per Cent Discount on Springs , Pf I att 1 asses l Baby Carriages' ) etc. Point-Nottinghams-Swisses-Muslin Lace Curtains-Brussels-Irish - Yard Goods , in small or large lots to suit-door drapes-1v1ndow drapes , Plain Figures D'uriiig Juiie. You will never have a better chance , WftHEL CARPET CONy I - _ _ 1416 DOUGLAS . . 1 his usual habit of making notes of speeches he heard. This was a yo lawyer on the same circuit as Lincoln , H. C. Whitney , For , some three we before the convention Lincoln and Whit had been attending court at Danville , T had discussed the political situation in state carefully and-to tPhftney Lincoln stated his convictions and determinath in a way Whitney' had absorbed Linco speech beforehand , ' as indeed any one re have done who vas with Lincoln when was preparing an address , it be Ids habit to discuss points and to ref them aloud , indifferent to who he him. Whitney had gone to the convent intending to make notes. knowing as be that Lincoln had not written out what , Fortunately he had a r was going to say enough head to keep to his purpose , made his notes and on returning to Ju Davis' home In Bloomington , where he , vt Lincoln and one or two others , were stay ) ho enlarged them while the others discus he speech. These' notes Whitney kept Intending to write th always many years , attending to it until last y ) ut , but never 11cCiure's Magazine learned that be 1 hem and urged him to write out the reps this Mr. Whitney did and the speech v coon be published in the series of Line ' McClure's. lrticles now appearing In ,1'hitney does not claim that he has mad erfect report. lie does claim that the 'nment is correct and that in many ca he expressions are exact. Mr. Joseph b lilt , who has examined the speech , at d it : "I hare carefully and reflectively read nd , taking into account that Mr. White lid not take down the speech stenogra ; tally , but. only took notes and afterwa mote them out in full , be has reproduc iith remarkable accuracy what Mr. L1ncc aid , largely in his identical language a artly synonymous terms. The report lose enough In thought and word to rec he wonderful speech delivered forty yea go with vivid freshness. " Judge J. 0 , Cunningham of Urbana , II ho also read the speech , says of the Wh ey report : I had so much curiosity to see what as that I delayed not until I had go trough the whole document. I beard i peech and was very much impressed a'a ' roused by 1t. At the distance of neat much In t : ) rty years I recognize very tterances , manner and spirit of the speec tpeclally in the moderation which he coo /led. The expression , 'ballots , not bullet as like oil on the troubled waters. " EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECII. A few quotations will show any one f iliar with Lincoln's speeches that N hltney has caught much of their style , f hstance the following : "While we amrm and reamrm if necesaa it devotion to the principles of the Declar on of Independence , let our practical wet are be limited to the above , and of eapons must he ballots and not bullets- : least must not be till nothing else wl ) ; and we must be firm and united in of erpose. " "We must first consider what we hat IC power to do ; we must not make pron es we cannot perform ; we must not raft 11)05 we cannot carry out ; we must t dar and moderate , and , like prudent met insider the whole dlmculty and see who possible and just. We must not t d by excitement and passion to do tha blch our judgments would not approv hen 1n our cooler moments. 1S'e hay gher aims. We have more serious bus 'as than temporary measures , We ar re to stand firmly for a prlnelple-t and firmly for a right. We know the eat wrongs are done , and we donounc 050 wrongs and outrages , although , a eaent , we can do not much more tha al , but we desire to reach out beyon ese personal outrages and prevent an rther wrongs in 'the future. " ' "The battle of freedom Is one to b ught out on piincllle. Slaver ) ' is ) lation of the tferual right. We bay tnporized with it.from the necessities o r condition , but assure as justice rule d children read thht black , foul lie cat vet be consecrated into God's ballowe nth. " , , , 'The repeal of the sacred Missouri corn amiss has installed the weapons of yio ice-the bludgeonsithe burning torch- a bristling cannyp qthe weapons of King ) ft , of the Inquisition , of ignorance , o rhariam-of oppre'slon. We see 1t its in the dying , bed of the fearles inner-in the rylns pf the "Free State' tel-in the smoking timber of th braid of 1'reeddflh 1-n the "Free Stati v'ernor of Kansas , chained to a stake o edom's soil like a horse thief , for thi me of a desire for freedom. " IDA M , TARDELL. I'nte'nt bledlclites. From the Ilanfrod , Cal. . Sentinel. Vhllo talking with J. T. Daker the other the question of patent medicines came and we asked him how Chamberlain's dlcines sold , Said he , "They are the best lag articles I haodlo ; 1 sever hesitate to ommend them. As to Chamberlain's Ic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy , it Is ply superfine , 1 never think of taklag rip to the mountains , or any where else , that matter , without having a bottle of t remedy with me , " The 25 and 50 cent is are for sale by druggists , be only fur-covered , tour-tooted member Ibe animal kingdom which lays eggs like owl Is the native buyer of Australia , i S'PI/itllsS .that"1' ST.1'l'IiS11F.X. Conrr'srmnrt Dinrle ) 's Itutbilttp gee s , Ioke , Congressman Dingley of Maine is a 1 who abstains absolutely from the use intoxicants , and he does not use tube in any form , writes a correspondent of few York Sun. He cannot see a joke , nc tells one , and appears to look only on serious side of life. Mr. Dingley never tempts to tell other people how they she live , what they should wear , or where t should not go , lie will attend dine where the seine flow's , and does not a away because he himself is a cold w a than. Speaker Recd , who is a tempera nan without being a total abstainer , 11 to say things calculated to provoke a tat it the expense of lda sober-minded , care olleague. It is related that they both ended in Washington a dinner at wh vine and other invigorating fluids were ) e had in such abundance that there s langer of an inexperienced man failing he wayside. Shortly after the coffee r igars , Governor Diogley excused himself he host , and , without being observed he guests , slipped quietly out of the ro or his hotel. In a little while Mr. Ru tusbed his chair back , lifted the tableck nd looked under the table , 1n such vay that every one present had his ants ion attracted. Detore they could decide heir minds what prompted this exhibits m the part of the big man from Maine , i pecker drawled out , in his characteris one of s'olce : "Excuse me , gentlemen , i was trying nd out what had become of Dlngley. " In an exciting debate recently in t 001,0 , which was started by Mr. Talbot outh Carolina and Mr. Pearson of Nor arollna , other members became Ins olvu nd , as time was being wasted , Mr. Dingl nought it his duty to interject a molt ) adjourn. Re made his motion just ame wag of a member had gotten of ! lh ncient chestnut , "What did the gentlem. to the genllem -oat North Carolina say rorn South Carolina ? " In chorus car om a number of members , "It's a to me between drinks. " Not knowing t rpllcation , Governor Dingley jumped to h 'ot and said , "bir. Speaker , then I mo tat the house do now adjourn. " Mr. Re as convulsed with laughter as he put tI lotion , and most of the members roam 1st as the gavel fell. Quite a number we drsl ) ' , and they went below to get the pa , being thankful Mr. Dlngley came to tl scue , DuiII 'er's Stmt In Pnblle I Ifs. Late Young , the editor of the Des Molni apital , was on the senate side recent the Washington Post , In charge ys epresentatl'e Iolllver , who was showlr m the objects of interest 1n and about tl g building. Did you ever hear how Dolllver mat e first great political hit , which finall tided him in congress ? " asked Mr. Youn , lb a roguish twinkle In his eye. "IL w quite a number of years ago , but at ' not clean long that my recollection dot's lend to a gawky young man with ion Ir and frayed Pantaloons from 11'ebstt linty , who rose in the state convention i I , In nomination a candidate for one c e state omces. The youth in the fraye ntaloona and with the long hair w a Hirer. Nobody knew him hr Des Moine , d to say the best of him he appeared to h precocious farm boy , fresh from the ha t 'well , sir , he made his speech. It w a rousing piece of oratory , something en ely fresh , with a whiff of the pram 1 cezes fn Its composition-something , strikingly original that the coven it , so n marveled , and from wondering burs o vociferous applause at the force an quence of the young stranger. Dollive de lire lilt of his 11R' , anti the next yea was elected temporary chairman of ah to convention. The next thing we knee seas In congress , slurring up the lions it n national capital. " Illinois. 'i'brer Genllenien Irons funny thing happened involving thre the Illinois ineuibers during a recen Icon of unanimous consent in tine house ales the Washington Times Tire dif idly of securing recognition for the at opted passage of any bill cannot ho ex gerated , and Mr. Burrell of Illinois has lllzed this fact to the full measure o 'row while trying to secure action on le private bill which he had in tow tea a of his constituents. lie had been t I the speakr a number of times , be sluing him to let the bill come up , ant ally Mr , heed ylelded and told him to bi time the next morning with Ids bill ii hand standing somewhere so that Iii dd catch llie speaker's eye. Ir. Burrell did not neglect the advice it consplcuoualy on band , so he stood it seat. and at the first available oppol' lit ) ' waved the bill in the air. Thu alter bad not forgotten his promise , on en a suitable opening Caine said : "Tit itleman from Illinois Is recognized. " page started frantically up the aisle tc the bill and bring it to the clerk's desk , seeing Mr. Connolly standing In lilt Ce , holding a bill 1n his hand , and as came from the state designated , the e rushed up to him , took the bill and tied It to the desk. The speaker did in the least relish this error , as Mr molly would probably be one of the last r be would favor with a recognition , but i making the best of a bad bargain the m ure was allowed to pass. bir , Reed then looked over in the di lion of Mr. Burrell and again said : The gentleman from Illinois. " Another page started to follow the di tlon of the speakers' eye , but ran into Graff , also of Illinois , who had been lint lag the first seat of the middle aisle more than a mouth , waiting to bring a up , and this was taken to the desk read. The speaker looked considerably noyed , but persisted in his original Int lion of seeing that bir. Burrell st as gi a chance to slip his bill through , and the third time said : "The gentleman from Illinois. " This time the page found his way to proper person and Mr. Durrell's bill passed. But several members smiled themselves as they reflected on the that two unexpected bills had received tention on the strength of the recognlt promised Mr. Burrell Tllhann and Ills I'sre , They were discuaing Tillman-a pair experienced politicians , who had seen m , iron appear and strut their brief hour on ongresslounl stage , writes the Washing ; orresponde'nt of the New York Tribu Ion' long would he last ? What would lie end as a national figure ? "lIe can't last long at his present gal aid one of them. "He would tire , if udtence didn't , lie is strong now , but s tire killing pace. I have never known ran so wrought up as he seems to be. ' "He'll cool off after awhile and sl own , " observed the other man. "It's as y ay , He can't keep it up. Ile'il probal : eep it up as long as any man ever d iut even Tillman will find his limit. III meet the fate of a mule arq old dar weed in my country. This mule was fama vet three counties for the readiest a brat yiclous heels that ever such an anln weed. His kicking was something terrlb till , the old darley ( held on to him. Final to mule tamed down , and became altogth fife , both under the saddle and in ha ess , "A young negro from an adjoining count ho hadn't heard of lire change In the mu het the old darkcy owner on tine road o ay with the mdmal working obediently arress , and stopped for a chat , "Why , Uncle Eph'm , dat ain't de kichi u-el. ' ' 'Dat am rs mu-el dat usen to be Ickin' smi-el. ' " 'What's re matter ? Has 'a Ica' 1 rengtb ? ' " 'No , indeed. No , indeed. lie am jes' rung in dem bin' laigs as eber. ' " 'R'oll , why ain't he usen of 'em ? ' " 'Case he dun foun' out he can't kit . Since den 1 : er ebything he doan like. n't been lettin' fly so free. ' "That will be the case with Tniman. He sage after awhile. He'll and out he can ck over everything he doesn't like , or en he'll not be given to 'lettin' fly si fee e may cool down into a man of some ur a has a certain crude strength , w'blch , ut r tanning and restraint , ought to dour r something , But his kicking qualftiu e his only qualfles of any note. CSStil.l.EcG L iHIl T'/IL 'I'N.tIIi lift of the Grenleat inglneerh. Peals of the l'res0nt ( 'u-itt it r , ' , Slx miles below the Tower bridge in ti ty of London one of the greatest enginee g feats of this century is in progres ys a correspondent of the Sun Franclsc lronlcle. This is the Iilackw'ell tiumc idertaken to make a new means of con unication between the lug districts tint i north unit south of the Thames belo anon bridge. The docks opened some years ago t Ibury , the increasing alto of ships an her developments of recent times hay used an immense extension of lnant fluting Interests in an eastern dlrectlo each stilt of tine river , with a corresponi S movement on tine part of the worker gaged In the varloua trades , Tine Towc Idge , recently erected , was expected t lave this great tralilc pressure , bu hough to a certain extent it has done at Is quite inadequate to the public need at this means will be best uudoraloo m the fact that at the present limo , h iulatlan of the metropolitan district be n' London bridge en the north aid mbers 100,000 mono persona tban tin ole of Liverpool , while on the south aid is equal to Glasgow. U first another bridge was proposed , bu only kiul possible would be a high love dge in wbicb the roadway would be abou feet above hlgb water level. The , up 'ach ' of such a bridge would , at a gradlen sible for heavy tralllc to ascend , havu be carried over the East India docl d at a height of seventy-five feet. Tit t or such a piece of work would is iced the cost of tine tunuelt which op hximatcs $ G u00,000. be total length of the tunnel is 6,200 feet nearly one and a quarter miles , There is t , on the north side of the river , a length 575 feet of open approach , flanked hl vy retaining walls on each aide , 'menu hen a length of 136 feet of what is known "cut and cover , " whera the ground it on out , a brick and concrete tunnel built the ground filled in again. From thh lit down to the bank of the river , across and for a length of 1,600 feet on the other i , runs a cat Irou Ilulog , better described leaps as a big iron pipe , twenty-nine feel r lurhes In diameter rual + el ; at ' 1 i. 1 , w'ib Indented aquare 'h - - cuarc ; are the cast-iron segments or watch ] t 1s built , each segment being six feet by two feet six inches thick , and weighing exactly one ton. The ribs are the flanges of the segments - ments , and are twelve inches deep , varying in thickness from three to two hrehes. between - tween the flanges is driven a caulking nilx- lure , composed of sal-amrnontar and cast- iron borings mixed together , where tt forms a solid rust , that assists in binding , by its induced deca ) ' , the separate rings of metal unto what Is practically one solid whole , Fourteen of these segment.s make one ring of tine tmurel , and each ring marks a progress of two feet six inches ( the width of the segments - ments ) . A lime coaling , technically called "the groutiug , " will cover mmt protect this iron pipe. After this cast-iron lining , or pipe , comes a length of 946 feet "cut and cover , " followed by SG ) feet of approach similar ilar to the north side. The width of the roadway - way for traffic , which may be anything from a traction engine to a wheelbarrow , tell ) be sixteen feet , with sidewalks three feet one and a half inches wide for pedestrians. The tunnel , vvbich Is level under the river. Is op. prached by an easy gradient. It will be Itried throughout , approaches and all , by ahlle glazed bricks and tiles and lighted by electric lamps. In addition to being able to Get into the tunnel at each end , there will be stairways and eventually hydraulic ele- ralors. The trlrolc tunnel will be washed lotvn every morning ; and all cleaning and Irainago water will be carried to the shaft u Northumberland ss'hart , where it wilt be lumped out. This tunnel is the vv9d0st tunnel ever at- euyted under a river , the widest previously tetng the St. Clair , constrnlert under the it. Clair river from Lake Huron to Lake iris. That tunnel has a diameter of tt en- y-one feet , as against twenty-seven in the Ilackwall. It often happens that the magnitude of a cork may be gauged by a knowledge of the nethods employed , and in the case of the Ilackwall tunnel the cutting shield , which arms the principal agent far boring , eo- bles one to realize somewhat the gigantic aturo of the enterprise , Il is the largest hleld yet constructed. Ito total length is lneteen feet six inches , and its weight 230 Des. This shield was constructed above round and then transferred to the bottom f the caisson. Tine transfer was accom- lished by first making the shield water girt , A doelt was then cut. in the ground uficient to bloat it. 'rhls dock was con- ected with the caisson , w'hic'h had been re'vlousiy filled with vvaler , and the shield as finaled over it into Position. The water 'as then pumped out of the caisson and the nield went , by virtue of its oss'n weight , Irect to thin point for making the first clung. There are four caissons , two on ach side of the river , varying in depth om seventy-five feet to 100 feet. Each hisaon is of wrought iron , fifty'-eight feet eternal diameter at tine bottom and forly- ght feet internal diameter throughout , hey are made of two bklns of wrought ( iii , each trout three-quarters of an inch dck , and five feet apart , braced together id filled vvlth concrete , and were built love ground aind sunk by excavating the hrtb by manual labor , Their weight is lout 6,000 tone each , Tine rate of construction of the tunnel lies , but tins been until recently at the to of three rings a day. This implies that 0 tons of clay or annd are excavated every 'enty-four hours and fifty tons of cast-Iron plug glared in Peel Ilot , . eilx hundred men three shifts rune at work day anti night , doctor resides on tine spot , ready at any oment to attend to accidents Any work. In perlnaneatly injured receives $5 a weolt r life from the rmmlciPnl government un- r a apecial tact of l'arllanlent. r'othing of very great importance in the r ) of fossils inns been discovered , with the ceplion of a fine marnmoth tusk. T'hla Is found lit titer course of the atreaun , wing under the shield. Curiously enough , le water has nothing to do with the allies , but 1s a cool , clear land stream wing beneath it of considerable voltuac s'eritabie river under tbti river. The tun- I is expected to Ito coinpluled in ISOT , ighreering specialists from all parts of tits irld have visited and watched the prug- Is of this tunnel , which Is conslderod one the greatest enterprises of tire century. 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