THE OMAHA DAILY BJflB : OJIKIDAY ; FEBRUARY 18 ; 1808.
WINTER REST OF A RACER
How the Great Raca Howe Hamburg Spends
the Cold Season.
i PLENTY OF REST , FOOD AND A VALET
Allrnlloii I'nlil to Mnrcti * Tnl > 'n Cattily
j Aiin-rloiiii n ml
TriilnliiK Mctluiil
Vlolfiil
"How Is a crack race horfio raced for dur
ing winter tlmo ? " was the question recently
jmt to William Lakeland , ono of the fore
most tuiiicrfl of America , and Just now In
the public eye as cani-takcr general of the
cqulno monarch Hamburg.
Tralncf I/ikctand thought the matter over
judicially before answering. "Tho method *
employed In looking after race hortcs during
the cold scascci , " ho said , "havo tin lergoro
very considerable change dur ! g the last few
dctaiUs The old notion ( which still provnlls
In conservative linn land ) was that plen'y of
hard work and early morning gallops vvcte
what a horse particularly needed 'n winter.
America , however , Is as radical In her Mclng
methods as ho U In most of the sports In
herited from England. Experience has'taught
ua a thing cr two , and on this sMc of the
Atlantic thu advocates of sending a racer
out for exercise before sun-up are few rndi
lueAin i OH NOON RUN.
far UMv.cen. You sec , we do not fear the
'tojf or dread to liavo Hie twullc l.no v our
hoiser' true form , as they seem to do 'jver in
England The average American trailer
would not care If every sportsman In ihe
countrj were IcokkiK on when t.e ser.t his
'st-lng' out for exercise. Wo luivo ' o use
for lio'c-cnd-corner method's , and for tint
ica.icn v > c do not adopt the dangerous i Ian
of i-arlj gallops
"Tlio obects of winter training , as most
American trainers look at It , are to res.1 i-nd
rcfrculi the horse after ttic fatigues of tlio , j
racing season , and to build up his constitu
tion fct the struggles of the coming joar.
"Consequently according to up-to-date 1)0-
lle'fl , the winter race horse la , llrst of all ,
given plenty of rtat and food. Thcio will bo
Btilllclent tlmo to cxcrclso him by and b > ,
aftci ho ha * , bcqu duly 'physicked' and the
spring trahilng l.as started In. Take , for In
stance , the COHO of Ilambuig a horse that ,
cvcc- since Mr. Marcus Ualj bought him , has
been keeping ttio sport-loving tongues of
American nagging. Hamburg Is now In my
stable at Urlgliton Ilcich. He has safely ac
complished the long and arduous Journey
to Now York , and the memories of his great.
\Ictorlcs as a 2-yeai--old are still as wreaths
upon him We all confidently bcllavo that ho
will fulfill the promise of his second jear In
the third year Jyst approaching. Tor this
reason uo are nursing Hamburg as dearly os
wo would nurse our oun children , and valet
ing him as nicely as any gilded member of
Uio MOO' Is valeted.
HAMIIUIIG'S ORDINARY DAY.
"Just take by way of specimen an ordi
nary daj out of Hamburg's life The great
lioitia sleeps In a box , comfortable , but not
iHxuriors When > oii hear of certain mllllcn-
ulrcs putting their steeds Into golden cubi
cles jou can feel sure that either the owners
nro not wortbv of llielr horsch or that the
licrEC will bo so much the vtorse for ouch
jumpering Hamburg's box at present la
about twelve fpct square but this Is by no
means a rule In regard lo the alze of his
qrartere High up In one comer Is his hay
rack Into which the fodder Is loosely p leJ ,
below Ihh stands the mangur , containing hl- <
allowance of oats.
"The box Is not artificially warmed. When
the tcminraluru falls below the dcslrcJ
point Ihe liorto Is clothoil In the light , or
crd i nry blanket The heavy blanket roiely
lined Is brought Into requisition only In
exceptionally cold weather. In fact I don't
believe 1 have used the heavy blanket In a
fitablo dur'rg mv untlrc career It Is , liou-
ever , a favorite of the trainers who follow
tha oluo'ete D-jgllsh. method of early morn
ing gnllopa.
"Tho box Is strewn with etr.iw , renewed
every morning Just as the bed of the New
York gentleman of fashion Is renewed and
qulto an carefully.
"As regards fee ] , Hamburg cals , usually ,
about four quarto of oats three times a day.
In other wort's his dally allowance Is In all
twelve quarts and his meal times are moiii-
In3 noui and night. Hay ho Is given nd lib ,
nn 1 v\o keep no exact record of how much ho
cats ,
"Cvrrclno U taken In anything approach
ing decent weather. Indeed , It must bo a
jie feet blizzard which wl I keep a horse like
I'limburg In h < s stable , Last eeascn there
ntu only ono day on which my horara vvoro
not out , tcul thai \MIS on Ihe occasion of a
Iiarllcularly 1md EIIOWstorm. My brother
trainers , the McCaffcrtjti , had a almllar ex-
jicricnco , The snow kept their 'string' In
doors a fact which bothered the trainers
as in mat btincn were two horses
dealt cd for the UnglUli Derby.
"When had weather keeps Hamburg and
his btable companions from the trucks vvn
< * xcril o them In the shc-'s , Nowadava these
RlieJs are built very large. IndcoJ , thu c v-
croJ exorcising ground at MorrU park meas
ures eight laps to the mile. The ground Is
covered wllh tanbark. Hut oheds cannot bo
erld to offer a complete substitute ) for the
open-air tracks. The fresh air Itself U a
( wonderful tonic which any amount of lu-
tlcor cxercUu cannot supply.
"Our Invariable rule b ta avoid violent
cxcrclso In winter. Hamburg U never pushed
1)0 > and a walk , I have already mentioned
that moat Amerlcaos object to cariy morning
exercise , I'envrallj I prefer to wait until
afternoon , when tbo eun IB well up and
tLfre U absolutely no danger of chills , Just
licforo the noon feeding hour to also an ex
cellent tlmo lo lake the horsra out ,
IJACH NORSK HAS HI3 OWN VALUT.
"At my Urlgliton Dcach establishment
Ilatnblifg has a largo number of itablo com-
| ) Ciioiiu. ) Of course this ca.ls for rn equally
largo staff of grooms and atablemon , "Kach
Lorio has a man bU own particular valet.
It le this man's duly to watch over the liorso
l > y day and by night , to groom and rub him
down twice dally , and to attend to hid food
Bupply. If tbero are twenty hones , there
are twenty 'rubbers' to wall upon them ,
> VJo3 there are stable boys who look after
the olean'ng up and rough work generally ,
I ast jear Mr. Jamej R. Keene Informed mo
tbat hU stable of thirty hones necessitated
the employment of about forty wen , exclu-
4lvo of the trainer ,
"An sprlug approaches the horses are
taken in hand , ' 1 e , are prepared for the
coming eeascci. Tola general ! ) occurs about
Vvprll 1 novvadava , Pormerly wo had to etart
la cottlng our chargea ready much earlier ,
put tbo cow ayiteni of light exorcise liaa
proved eo succciiful tbat borsra are by DO
' ( don1 or BO hard ( o prepare after their
wlntcr'i re at thf/ilncl to bo. ThU 'hard
UilnffiR' tlmo starta out with physicking
the horse. I expect to give Hamburg hie
annual dote and get him well In hand about
the first week In April. That will terminate
his winter sca oru proper , and when racing
brains you will see that his time has by no
moans been wasted. "
At this point In the > Interview a visit was
paid to the grdt TIamburg In his loose box.
TIif high-priced horse seemed to have thriven
upon..Mr * Lahelahd'R training , anj the air of
Ilrlghton lleach Heilooked as fit an a fiddle ;
and the cvliTenccs of over-condition were only
micu as must necessarily follow upon the
period ot'Tcst.
„ i < TH.AlNnn CAMPnELL'S IDEAS.
On the subject ot early molding versus
midday exercising for tiorscs In winter time ,
while tbo majority of trainers agree with
William Lakolaml , , llicrc Is ollll a small , but
sturd ) , minority holding opposite views. Tor
Instance , Hardy Campbell , who tialns all Mr.
Michael Dwjcr's horses , , holds that early
mornlnRja , the ttnl/lfme for cxcrclso. "It Is
nol , " ho said , "thai I want to avoid having
my siring watched , or that I am afraid of
'louts , ' I firmly bcllcvo tbat the morning
air Is rnfiro healthy end boljtor In every way
for horses td.in that or the afternoon. I don't
quite follow the Kngllsh lda , which favors
exercise before daylight , but I think thai
very soon after sun-up Is the time to ecml
boKcs cut. "
Wvdhnm Walden , trainer for the Morrla
brothers , agreed with Trainer Lakeland.
"There Is no necdvfor being In a hurry. "
ho said. "I think the genial warmth ot noon
Is Ido proper time and I look upon row-
winter morningsr with their accompanying
fogs , as particularly dangerous to hlghl
trained animals. " John Hyland , trainer for
August Helmont , holds similar views.
Kach stable has a veterinary surgeon
specially attached to. It. Ot late je.irs par-
tlcu'ar attention Is paid to race horses'
, teeth.
CARING FOR RACERS' TEETH.
Colcucl Bovkln Tord , a well kno\vn raclni ;
authority , remarked , in this connection
"The old racing men wore careless ot their
I hoises' teeth. I vcilly believe that they
[ thought an animal GO strong as a Uorsc vvould
not mind a little thing like a toothache
Uut now we know the poor beasts suiter
untold agony from bid mo1 us and lacerated
j gums.
i "Tako the case ot Orme , the great English
i winner , brother of Ormonde nnd son ot U n
d'Or. The duke ot Westminster , who o\vn d
him , thought that tli horse had been
I poisoned and all England was in a ferment
ovnr the affair. Quiet Investigation , how
ever , revealed ttio fact trot Ormo's teeth had
been neglected , resulting In the symptoms
which had so alarmed the japing * public.
"As a result dentistry operations are fre
quent In all big etables , and horees like
Hamburg h.ivo their teeth carefully InspecteJ
at leMst ouco a month. "
Such , briefly , Is the manner in which the
American race horse spends his winter sea
son of rest and recreation.
UP STV1US Oi ; GOLD. '
Urpiini SurpiiNNoil In CiM > rK <
( iiiiihl'H l.iikt'n anil Home.
Gold has been used In house decoration
but hero is something which In splendor ex
ceeds an > thing ever aeon In aa Amerlcai
house a gold plaled railing. The rall'ag ' of
the spiral stairway and the balconj Ir
George J. Gould's new hou e at Lakewood
N J. , will be plated with the-most yreclous
of all metah. ,
Much has been written about the splen
dors of thin palace which Ihe voung million
aire Is building down Ihere among Iho pine's
says the New York Herald. The foremoB *
architects nnd artists have contrlbuled to It
but this stair rail end balcony will surpass
an j thing of the kind ever attempted In this
country. There are legends of palaces wberi
the scft light was reflected from lamps o
solid gold ti'd Hhudes of alabaster Tlilc.
dwelling down at Lakencod will equal In
splendor the ! described the
paaces > bj 10-
nicnceis who wrote the "Arabian Nlghte'
Aladdin might have plctuted such a hallway
as that which forrra the entrance of the
house at Lakewood. No slave of the lamp
tould have called late being so splendid on
apartment as the hallway of this modern
palace.
There arc many beautiful stair rails of
wrought n d polished Iron In the houses o
Now York's millionaire * Some of these
rails have gold plated ornaments. The stair
rail In the Gould house will surpass all
thcrje for It Is gold plated from the first
step of the stalls to tlio last wreath of the
bakony front ,
In design the etahcase Itself Is a model
of graceful architecture There may be cecn
In some of the oil New York homes fitilis
which are slml'ar to It It used to bo cald
that stair bullJVig was a lost ait The rjtalr-
vvay In Mr. Gould's house lo a constant refu
tation of th's 111 cor j The race of wtalr
builders bus certainly not become extinct It
there- ore men who can wtlll de-sign and
build such marvcla of art Even If the rail
of this utalrway were not gold plated the
light and airy structure which leads to the
Eccond floor of the house at Lakewood would
attract the c > o of an artist.
Workmen have been busy upon the stair
lall for several months and It will bs a month
longer before the rail will ho read ) for tli6
plating process. In design Ihlo lemarkablu
ornament ot the millionaire's hallway clasolv
follona the stlo of Louis XIV. Iliuco I'llcc ,
the architect , das not followed Iho stjlc
slavishly. There are some variations which
may bo noticed by the close student of
architecture.
Doth the rail of the stairs and the balcony
along the second floor are the same In de
sign. Ttio balcony Itself rests upon four
classic ! plllMs and the space between tliwo
supports Is filled with the graceful railing.
There are four secllcms In the balcony , all of
the same de-jlga. The panels curve grace
fully outward and they look not uullko the
fronts of opera boxes , except tt.it the curve
ti not co marked , Garlands and torches nro
tdo principal ornaments used.
TI ere la no ncuel post at the bittern ot the
stairs. The railing ends In a ram's horn ,
afttv the manner of the railings of the Louis
XIV period. The general design Is wonder
fully chaste and wimple. The gold plating
will enhance ) Its classic beauty.
Several skilled artisans are now devoting
their tlmo to farhlonlng the patterns from
block tin. Tbo ralllfig will be cast and plated
at the foundry of the John Williams com-
rnny , In Wcsl Twenly-scunlh ulreet. The
varloua carls of the design have been made
of block tin. The soft metal Is placud upon
a wooden fcrtn and bent to ttio required
cmve. After this model U completed a mold
will bo made from It snd the railings will
be cast In brass. Then there will bo the
tedious procrs. } ot cleaning aud preparing thu
brass for plating.
This splcudU ornament will cost thousands
of dollar * . A Queen Anne collage ol many
rooms could bo built for ibo iwlco of 11 ,
Whim It la placed In position the hallway of
the house at Lakenood will remind one ot
tha description * ol tbo splendors ol aaclent
palace * , ' r
GIBRALTAR ROCKOF AMERICA
Dry Tortngas , the Drill Ground of the
North American Eqvmdron.
STRATEGIC VALUE OF THE ISLAND
SHe of ( he M N < Southern Port In Thin
C nnrOliL Time Fortlllcntl nn
nllh a lIlHtarr A
The concentration of the Atlantic squadron
at the Dry Torttigas ( why Dry no one knows ,
as It ii very vet ) has Vlrawn attention to a
unique corner of the ) country , which occupied
an Important position during the war , and
from a strategic point of view Is today the
Gibraltar of America. The kojs which con
stitute the Tortugas group , writes a corre
spondent of the New York- Pest , lie about
sixty miles west of Key West , and form the
extreme outer end of the United States In
this direction , literally the jumplng-off place
Key West , Havana and Tortugas repre
senting an unequal and suggestive trUngle.
I'rom Tortugas a fast steamer can make
Morro castle In a fan * hours.
Hero on this sand bank , originally the
whim of the gulf hurricanes , stands one of
thu largest forts of the old type.In the -world ,
a monument to departed greatness aud obsolete -
sole-to Ideas. 'No more forcible Illustration of
the wonderful advance In modern war appli
ances could be Imagined than this great
fortress , wllh Its three tiers of guns , Ita
carefully designed arches of brick , Its half-
mlle -Iron-framed portholes , and Its turreted -
reted bastions , all of which any one of the
white cruisers lying off Its long protecting
reef could reduce to a pile of crumlbllng
brick and mortar In an hour. Yet the fort
and the location are of great \nhie to this
country , and < by the expenditure of more
money could still To made a fort which
would defy the fleets of any possible enemies.
The Tortugas group cons sts of a number
of low keys Long Hush , East'Middle , Blrd _ ,
Sand , Garden and Loggerhead Keys being
the principal ones East Key Is the largest
and Loggerhead the longest , the latter bearIng -
Ing- the light , so well knovn to all mariners
who cross the gulf. The entire group Is a
coral reef. In almost the center of which U
Garden Key , thirteen acres n extent , whlcl
was selected as the site of the most southern
fort In this country.
OA'NGiilOUS ' CHANNiEIL.1.
Ueforo the Invention of long-range RUM
the Island was well adapted for the purpose
as It was the center of a mast bewildering
retf reached by a narrow and clrcu'tous
channel. The main entrance Is from tin.
east. From a distance nothing Is ecen bu
a long line of tellers , which break on a
coral reef several miles In extent. The shl |
channel enters hero between East and Hush
Keys , passes Sand and M'ddle ' Keys , thci
almost doubles on Itself , running by shoa'n
which at cxtieme low tldu are almost bare
The channel Is In porno places baldly a
bhlp's length In width , and the large cruiser
would ha\o difficulty In going In , If | ndcet
It was possible. This channel Is deep and a
rich blue , In marked contrast to tlie reef
It turns gracefully around Garden Key , pica
Ing between It and Long Key , then passing
Bird Key , so completing the circuit am
affording an outlet to the southwest am
northwest by Loggerhead Key.
It will bo seen , then , that Tort Jefforsoi
Is a coral bank. In the center of a grea
lagoon , protected by coral reefs and sur
rounded by a complete miniature harbor. I
was begun In 1S47 and was built mainly by
slave labor employed by the governmcn
through the slaveowners In Key West , thr
skilled masons being white men from the
north. The work Is elaborate In every way
and how many millions were expended on
Its walls It would bo difficult to state. The
different faces and pirapets arc arraiigei
for r > 00 guns , many of which old ColumbiaJa
of the pattern of I860 are mounted , the
others lying dismantled vv thin the walla
The fort rises directly from the water , al
the available land being In the Interior , and
Is surrounder by a moat with the exc'eptloi
of ono acre of made land for wharves ant
coal yards Within the fort arc flne brick
offices and men's quarters , tall buildings
adapted to the climate ; which Is Intensely
hot. At the present time a small corporal's
guard of a few men constitutes the ent're
garrison , the officer In charge toeing the
surgeon of the quarantine station.
KEY OP THE GULP.
Tortugas Is literally the kev of the gulf
and valuable as a coaling station and sea
of supplies during war. It could be brought
up to a state of comparative defense by
filling In the moat with coral rock , tiken
from the reef , and bags of sand from the
adjacent Islands , thus forming around the
walls a graded bank of sand and stone , many
feet thick , similar to the bank which con-
stltutfs the defense at Port Wadswo'th
Thus equipped , with an Impenetrable sani
or concrete bulwark , and suppl'cd ' with dis
appearing guns , the old fort could again
take Its place amo-ig the great fortrcssca
of the world.
The writer visited Port Jefferson firet In
1S59 , when It wcs about half completed. Ii
had no garrison , but an army of masons
carpenters , and laborers , and the govern
ment , while apparently opposed to the slave
system , was lavishly pouring money Into
the coffers of the Key West slave-owners
Then came the war , and the writer well re
members the arrival of the first troops , for
he , with the late General Mclgs , stood on
the parapet and watched them disembark
and march In.
It was expected that the fort would be
seized at once when Sumtcr was fired on
and It Is singular that the confederates dli !
not visit the spot , as they could have taken
the fort with a dozen men , as there was
not a gun mounted , 'and ' property valued at
millions of dollars was at their mercy. Dur
ing this anxious time , before the troops
which had been sent for arrived , a steamer
hove In sight ono day , coming directly for
the channel A barge was sent out with
the health officer , with the understanding
that If It was a confcJerato cruiser ho waste
to iiwlto a certain signal. An exciting mo
ment It was , all belu ng that the vessel
was a confederate , particularly as It dlil
aot stop , but moved directly on , passing the
health officer and steaming Into the harbor ,
whllo those within the fort proposed to
close the drawbridge and fight It out with
shotguns. As the steamer came up to the
wharf and the uniforms of the United States
artillery were seen , a shout went up ; Fort
Jefferson was saved.
duns came presently ; then vessels loaded
with shot and shell , and gradually the fine
fortress , which had been almost a quarter
of a century In building , assumed a warlike
appearance. Soon after the arrival of the
first troops It was garrisoned with a regi
ment of volunteers , and during the war
several regiments were stationed there ,
among them the Ono Hundred and Tenth
Now York , Forty-Eovetilli Pennsylvania ,
Seventh New Hampshire and detachments
of the Flrnti Second , Third , Fourth and
Fifth United States and "
artillery "Billy Wll-
Bcn's. zouaves" At ono time there was also
a negro regiment.
A WAR HBLIC.
As soon as the war wan well under way
a great prison for bounty-Jumpers , desert
ers , etc. , became a necessity. Fort Jeffer
son was selected , and became the famous
Jry Tpriugas , about which BO much was
written. At ono tlmo there were 800 or
1,000 prUoncra within Its walls , and a guard
of over 1,000 aldlers , making a population
of perhaps 2,500 on a sandbank of thirteen
acred , ,
Some remarkable characters were confined
n Fort Jefferson , and the prison life was ,
all reports to the contrary , not severe. There
vere to many prisoners that all could note
> o kept at work , though an attempt wan
nade when they arrived to segregate them
nto trades and make them work , eo that
hey had almost precisely the name life that
hp paid engineer workmen had. As In all
irliona , there were eomo Instances of
ruelty. The writer taw men walking In the
roplcal eun with a knapsack loaded with
irlcks ; ono man was once lashed up by the
burnt * behind bis back until the surgeon
nterfcred , aud ordered him down , on the
ground of humanity. Hut In these caeea the
irltonera had attacked or threatened officers
tnd had utterly refused to obey orders , Dry
'ortueaa was Invested with many horrors In
he northern , mind by prlajmerc ; but U itu
not the dtoagrceablo'placo U ha been plo
lured.
The eand on which the fort aland * Is e
nhMlow that by digging a foot or two any
where Klt water enn bo reached ; and dur
ing heavy atorma It'roso eo that the write
failed about within tbo fort on a ratt < De
spite this , the parddo ground In the ccnte
was covered with frraea , and little lawna o
Bermuda grass were ecti In various yards
The path from the , sally port to the officers
quarters led up by tail cocoa palms am
through a grove of mangroves , while a
varloua portions of the key cocoanuls grew
and flourished , their roots deep In the sal
water. The collages of Bomo of the officer
were covered with Tines , presenting an al
tractive appearance and fully Justifying th
name , "Garden Key. " i
THE WATER SUPPLY.
As there Is no fresh water on'any of th
Islands each casenlcnt on Fort Jefferson wa
over a cistern. During the war , when 2,001
men had to have watcr ( the supply gave oil
and a condenser was kept running day am
night to supply the demand. Long lines o
men Blood at the-cistern waiting for water
and when the colored troops met the whit
troops there wan usually a dispute- , and a
this plice the writer naw the first fatalll
which occurred at the Dry Tortugas. Th
blacks had reached the pump flirst , but
whlto soldier , coming Immediately after
pushed ono of them aside. The b'nck ' re
tallatcd and the corporal of the guard cam
running to put down the disturbance. Th
leader of It waa a gigantic negro , who nov
Snatched at the gun of a guard , upon vvhlc
the corporal gave the order to charge. Th
writer stood not ten feet iway and saw th
bayonet slip Inlo the mnn's.sldo. Ho fclre
It and backed .until he rc teJ against th
wall of a building , and thsro , still flghllng
ho was shot.
Many of the prisoners spent their time In
watching for an opportunity to osfape. On
morning the writer found a doid man In ih
water near hU boat. He hn.l loun-l him
self down from a porthole , hoping to swim
the moat and reach a vessel that wan lying
In the harbor , but had failed. Sadly enough
his pardon came a day or two later. Othe
prisoners set sail In sill boats and wrr
never heard from , and must have been los
at sea. Ono man swam to Loggerhead Keen
on a ladder , n distance of three miles , ovc
a rough channel , there hoping to steal a boa
and make his escape , but ho waqulckl
rec"iplure > d. The guards touted others ou
of coil heaps , from furled sails , from th
Interior of cnnnoni and various places P w
escaped from Drv Tortui.is until they wcr
pinioned by Uncle Sam
The old fort shows the wear and teir o
time and weather Guns arc dismantled , th
roofs of bie'lons lime beea blown awav Iv
hurricanes , the useless pun caTlices sta > M
like ghosts , crac-k'iig ' In the s-jii liolillns ; "h
more than use'ess guns whlnh were nn > i
fired. It h a picture of desolation nnd dec.xy
TOM ) OPV3I.I , KMMVV 1II2V.
A member of the hotro went to Spcalte
Heed the other day , relates the AVashlngtni
P-nt and said that ho had been selectci
bv h's ' delegation to deliver a eulogy on n
deceased member. "I did not know the mem
ber very well , " itmarked the congressman
"and so I thought I would ask you what
should bay. "
"Well , " said Mr. Reed , with his Inlnitta
bio drawl , "say any thing except the truth. '
Many good stotlcs could be told of tt- ;
olertnei-s which ecnators display in secur
lug well-placed desks , siys Iho Washliigtoi
Pest , but the expe-jenco of Mr. Vest Is
especially warth re atlng. When , la 1SS3
the civil service law was being dlscucrced
Mr Pendleton , rn Onto democrat rnd Mr
Dane , ? had presented bills. Uy n shrewd b'
of politic * ? tne icpubllcars abandoned thel
support to the Da-ves bill and vote3 for M'
Pendletoa's measure , their votrn togethc
with the \otcii of the democrats favorable
to the mecisuro , l > ( Mii sufficient to pas ? U
As the bill was alyut to be voted 03 , Mr
Cockrell moved that Us tit e be changed ro
0.5 to read : "A bill to retain republicans 'n
office" Aij socn as It prssed Mi. Vest fllel (
a ciaim for Mr. Pendleton's paat. "Thi
author of such a b 11 , " said ho , "will n < ? ver
come back to the seriate. "
Mr. Vest was right , and at the beginning
of the roxt congrcEj ho moved Into Mr
Pesdlcton's vaccnt ctalr.
President Grant appointed Phllom P
Bliss of "Michigan " chirr Justice of the ter
r > torlal supreme ciurt of South Dakota , who
since then has held m ry responsible post
tlons , ibut who , up to that time , enjoyed no
legal education. Ho was a cabinetmaker by
trade , and Just Tiefore going to Dakota he
manufactur d for himself p very nice office
desk , v.hlch he too't with him. Shortly afte
his arrival , says the St. Paul Pioneer PrOs
some ono discovered Ms private inemoT nJa
and they were passed around among the
moaioTs of the bar Ho hadi noted thus
"Ult , means last month ; Inst. means this
month ; -pro\ . means next month , " etc. On
viar'ous ' occasions when the- attorneys wouli
object to his rulings as not being law o
gcod sense ho wculd reply : "Gentlemen
'Ms is the law as laid down by the chic
Justice of the supreiie court or Dakota Ter
ritory , oml It goes" He was nicknamed
"Old Necessity , " because necessity knows no
law.
"This story , " says the Washington Times
"Is told 'a relation to the recent vhlt o
Hon. J. D EJgar , speaker of the Canadian
House of Commons , to Speaker Reed. After
Mr. Reed had escorted Ms dhtlngu fihei
guest through all the Interesting portions o
the house end of the caplto' , en the gallery
and house floors , they descended to the
basement , exp ored the different depart
ments and even went dawn under the ter
race. Leaving the terrace they clamheied
up the stairs , Instead of going back to the
elevator. 'We will now eater the rotmda ,
said Ihe speaker , 'and go from there to the
nenate , for I want you to meet Vice Presi
dent Hobart. ' To this the gueit acquiesced
Gaining the rolunda Mr. Edgar expressed a
desire lo look at the pictures and ! a dong ?
so they made a half-circle of the place , and
preoccupied with thoughts of entertaining
hU guest , the speaker did not notice thai
when they entered the corridor It was the
ono leading to the house. This fact did nol
dawn on him until he stood directly In frcul
of the main door , which n messenger oponec
to admit him. Gazing about In aniazemoat ,
the speaker exclaimed : 'Dlcre me , If th't
Irn't the house , ' and turning wllh a cornea ]
twlnklo In his eye to Mr. Edgar , ho added
'It's no ueoI've been trying to get to the
oenato for twenty years , and I fall down
each time , ' "
"If I had plenty of money lo do with an
I wished , " said Senator LlniJaay of Ken
tucky to a party of friends at the Hotel
Welllngtea the other morning , "I'd have
music played at all of my men La and get
cigars made at $50 a hundred. These arc
two luxuries I would in out surely Indulge
myself ta I'd have the muVc playeJ by a
small orchestra , say a horn and two or three
violins and a flute and a baw vial , and I'd
have It play soft , harmonious airs whllo I
ate , and now anil than I'd have oamo vocal
music given by colored voices. There's a
peculiar harmony in a negro's alnglag tone.
I'd have 'em fling such things 0.1 'When the
Watermelon Haoga Upon the Vino. ' That's
a eong calculated to Icsplro the man slug
gish appetite. I remember hearing It cnce
on a Mlen'sslppI river boat. A lot of us
were aboard , end in the party was Hooker
of Mlf-s'calppl Tliero wore fiomo darkles
aboard who played .Instrumental music with
sanjos , guitars , and fa fiddle , I csked 'cm
f they over sung , And they said they did
sometimes Well , they tit ruck up 'When the
Watermelon Hangs Upon the Vine. ' Hooker
lad never heard It bwfore and It nearly aet
him crazy. "
Representative Tate of Georgia ays thai
cx-Reprfoentallvo Caodler will undoubtedly
je th nominee for the governorship. A
nomination-la equivalent to election.
Mr. Candlcr Is well remembered hero , say
ho Washington Pott , aa the Independent
vho fought Emory Speers , at that tlmo the
eajlng member of the Georgia delegatlca ,
Io 10 a genuine colonel , having lost an eye
n one of the battles of the war. He is an
able and bright man , and many fltorlea are
old of bid ready wit whrei he was In con-
On o of Mr. Candlcr's loteat eaylngs , by the
way , la laid to bu the cause of his certain
nomination , Down In Georgia a 'possum
supper Is eynonymoua with a political con-
erencw. and to one of thcao occasions Mr ,
Sadler was Invlled. Ho know that the me-n
at the supper wee not altogether favorable
o him , awl ho dwlded not to be present.
"A political ' cssuia supper , " be wrote
JOBBERS IWD
OR OMAHA.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
Lininger &
Metcalf Co.
\\ItOI.VSAI.i : IIF.AI.KI13 IX
Agricultural Implements
Rujrglca ami Carriages. Cor.Otli nnil I'uclflo Sts
, Orendorff
Parlin & Martin Co
Jobbers of Farm Machinery.
Waronn and Buccles Cor. 8th and Joneo.
ART GOODS
Hospa
V
Picture Moldings.
Mirror Framen , Backing and Artists'
Materials.
BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS ,
Hand
U'frs | Jobbers of Foot Wear
AOKM8POU
The Joseph Bauignu Rubber Co.
Rubbers and Mackintoshes.
1107 Howard St. , OMAHA
Boo's , Shoes and Rubbers
Salesroom * 1102-1104-1100 Hnrney Street.
TB Lindsey ,
WHOLKS.
RUBBER GOODS
Owner of Chief Brand Mackintoshes
S
Shoes Rubbers
Boots , , ,
AT WHOLESALE.
OHVoc and Salesroom 1113 Jl-23 Howard St.
BAGS
_
Importers and Manufacturers
BAGS
614-16-18 Soulh 11 Ih Street
BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS.
SYRUPS ,
Mc'.uEfcs , Sorehum etc. Preserves and Jellies
Also tin cnr.a and Japanned ware.
CHICORY
y
Orowera and mnnufncturcrs of all formi uf
Chicory Omnlm-rremont-O'Nell.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE
* linporttr and Jot/tiff
Crockery. C/iim , Glassware ,
Silver Plated Ware , Looking Glasses , Chan
deliers , Lamps , Chlnmeya , Cutlery , Etc.
141O I'AHXAJI ST.
CREAIiIERY SUPPLIES
Creamery Machinery
nnd Supplies.
Bollcra , Engines , rVeil Cookern , Wood Pul
leys , khnftlng , Deltlnjj. Duller Pack-
of all kinds.
807-909 Jones St. - - - - - -
o the host ot tbo occasion , "Is not tbo place
or a one-eyed man. "
The remark wont all over Iho olalo , Iho
loslllo gurs were oplked , Iho supper failed
o unlto the opposition , and the shroud cae-
ovcd man , who had sight enough to see
hrough Iho designs of ( ho enemy , will bo
governor of Ibo state.
OIIAI01KII Till : HXVAfii ; JJVU ,
IIIIU ) nnrnifiit < > t nn lltvrly Hctttc-r
TlfUlvil tinItcilNkliiH' Ailiiilrnllini.
"It was Interest.ng to notice the way In
hlch tha Indians looked upon early settlers
round here , " Id the old.tlmer fo a Kan- |
a City Journal reporter. "Each white
amjly as It arrived and set about < he tank
f making a homo In the great American
esert was scrutinized and passed upon ,
avombly or otherwise , by these 'original In- .
ahltants' very much as a newcomer now- |
days Is talked about and estimated by the
oed people of any Htllo lown In which ho.
makes his appearance. To be tfurc , the In-
lans' stand.rds weru a little bit peculiar ,
ut they applied them In. much the mine
plrlt of egotism that wo do our own.
"Kor example , -when wo started west my
nether , who was pre-eminently a sensible
voman. who dll and who refrained from do
ne things only on good and sufllclont rea-
on , BOOQ zaw tbat the long full skirls In
ogue at the -time had little to recommeud
hem from ui e'mlgrant'H point of vlewi and
adopted a garment , consisting of a medium
short skirt and substantial pantalettes , which
ia found qulto suitable and persisted In
wearing them through several tutaequcnt
changes of f.shlon , Now , a few days after
my father had completed the cabin which
WM pur first home In Kansas , a baud of
Indian from a aelgbborlng camp , called on
DRY GOODS.
H. E , Smith & Go.
Importers and Jobber * ol
Dry Goods , Furnishing'Goods
AND NOTIONS.
DRUGS.
'ichardson ' Drug Co.
go2po6 Jackson St >
J. O. lUCHAnDSON , I'rcat.
a V. WELLE R , V. rrtat.
T
31'fn MfantiunIinrm.ireuUeu ! Prapara-
lion * . Siiectal Formulae i'rcpartitl to
Order. Nend for Catalogue ,
I-aboratorr. 1111 Howard 6t , Omaha.
.E. Bruce & Co.
Druggists and Stationers ,
"Queen Ueo" SpcclaUlei ,
Clgurs , Wlnm and Drnndtes ,
Corner lOtli and Humpy StrtMt.
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
Electrical Supplies.
Elcctilc Mlnlnc Holli and Gas Lighting
U W JOHNSTON. Mr. 1J10 Howard St.
WHOLESALE AND 11ETA1L
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
U04 Faraaro St.
FRU1T-PRODUCE.
WHOLRJALE
Commission Merchants.
S YV. Corner l"h ! nnd Howard Sts
Mcmbcia of the National Ix > aRue ot Commls *
Eton Mti chants ot tliu United States.
FURNITURE
Furniture Co
WHOLESALE
Furniture Draperies
Fornam Street.
GROCERIES.
13th nnd Luuvcmvorth St.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
1C A AND COriTC ROvSTERS , Etc ,
FINE GROCERIES
I Tens , Sp'cea , Tobaccf an Clean.
1IC3-H07 Ilarney Bsreel-
IMrOHTCIlS.
CIAS COFTCE IIOASTUHS
AMD JUI1I1INQ GUOCEH3.
Telephone 282.
HARNESS-SADDLERY
8 $ & Go *
' "
JU'/"r
a of Leatli fr , baddlcryanimate , Kte >
Wo i-ollclt your ardors 1310 Howurd Et.
HARDWARE ,
Pester & Wiiheltny Co
V
Wholesale Hardware ,
Omaha.
L
Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycles and bportln ; Goods. 1210-21-23 Hur-
ucy streut.
us for purposes of Inspection , as I hayp al
ready said w .s their custom , and , Incident
ally , to trade for-or belter , beg-any ar-
which might
tlclo among our belongings
strike their fancy. i-My mother was , as
usual , dressed In her 'ultllly' garment and
this soon caught the oycs of the Indians ,
who Immcdl.toly , am 4 a great Jabber ng of
admiration , nomlnaled her the 'whllo
squaw' and from that tlmo on showed our
household many marks of esteem a prefer
ment which had Its drawbacks "
Wll VI1 IUUIIIOt\JIS SI'KM ) .
TlnAre I In- ( irciil niHliiirdliiHT
AKfiicliH r Un Cmiiilry.
The railroad * of ihu United Stutcs expend
1100,000,000 In
In a yeur a sum inoro than
excess of Iho lolal oxpendlture-H of the
United States Bovernmeiit , un < ] this torn-
pulallon does not Includenejrly J X > ,000,000
paid In the form of Intertal iiixjn railroad
bondtt 01 Kuaranteul utork and from 0.-
000,000 to J10J.UXIOOO juld In the form of
dlvldtndi to HtockholdHm. Th rullioads ,
indteil , tire the great UUburnliw mjencIe-H
of tlio country. . > ' bc > New yprk
fiun Imndlliiff ne-ve-r less than ' bil
lion , dollarn In a yeur , and Ulnburaliitf 11
all. or piaclicnlly all , for nillioad * CIB u
rule Uo not k e | > lurtso bunk accounts , and
do | iraitlculy ! u tnHh buslno-a , lurnlng
lnAnCpnfl'maJi i1e by ono of ( he * nclcntino
pnper a dhort tlmo ugo jravo HB the average -
ago annual t'xpeimti of Anirkun rallroiiH
In mulntalnlntc the eondltlon of their roul-
licdB rfi.OOO.OOO , be-Hlde-s FB.OXi.OGO for theJiur -
tliano of rallH , lien mid Ble-eiM-rs , and I1I.UO.-
000 tor the eoiiBtructlon of IWA' ' brldgeH.
The rallroadt * of the country /"pent " la t
jear tor fences , wlun Inardi , BlKiials , and
watch towers 13 f/AojO. and for printing and
advsrtlnlntf VI KOOOO. Very fovv Dorsona hove
an accurate Idea of the cxUnt to which
LIQUORS.
RAoise & Go
LIQUORS.
I'roprietor * nf AM > ! IUCAK riOAH AND GLASS
\VA11B CO
! ( -iC South 14th St.
I' ' or7
East India fitters
Ooia n Stif f rure nr nd Bourbon WhUkty.
Willow Sprlngi Dlitlllorjr. Her A Co. , 11U
Harnty lUreeU
Wholesale
Liqnor Merchants ,
1001 rarnnni StrcnU
'iley ' Brothers ,
Wholesale
Liquors and Cigars *
1118 Riniiim Strect-
WHOLESALE
i Liquors and Cigars.
411-(15 a Uth lUreet.
LUMBER
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . . .
814 South 14th St.
PLANING MILL ,
MinurncturorB of ( loirs , paslu blinds onlco.
More nnj pilonn llxtu e . Kttlnntcs furnlslicj
on nn ) kind of ml'lork
Tel K79 -Mill SSth anil Davcnpor Sts
OILS-PAINTS
Co ,
MANUFACTURERS
Air Floated Mineral Paint
And Paint ? nf Ml Kinds Putty , Eta.
1015 and 1017 Joni St.
J. A. MofTct. 1st Vice Prea L J. Drake , den Mcr
Qato.lno , Turpentine , Axle Grenne Etc
Onmlm llrnnch nnd ARenclee , John I ) . Huth Mgr.
PAPER-WOODENWARE.
Printing Paper ,
Wrapping Paper , Stationery ,
Corner Utb ana Howard itrceta.
STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES.
10M-IOI6 Doiialni Street.
Manufacturers and jobbers of Sffnni , Oai > n
Water Supplies of All Kinds ,
rioS-iiro Harnev St.
Steam Pumps , nnelnc1) nnd Boilers , Pipe
Wind Mills , Steam and Plumbing
Material , LJcllinc. Hose , Ktc.
TYPE FOUNDRIES.
Bnperlor Copper Mixed Type If tbt belt ca
the urrkel.
FOUNDUT.
1114 Howard Btrnl.
rullroid PXIICIISCB .irt to be Htibillvldeil , HUP-
poHng. piobubly Hint the largtst Iteini of
expenditure nre for ( an ) nnd eniflnea , fuil ,
emplojoH nnd U > imlimU Btich IB thu fuel ,
liut there tre < other lur o lit ins > , and ono. oC
Iho laiKowt of tlii' e IB the -item of taxes
Hallroail f operations Ii the Uilltt'd BtatcK
lire ho.ivlly taxed , nnil Ihcy iny colloctlvi'ly
In a year , It ! in been tsttinated , tlO.Wrt.-
WJO. Them IH then another Ite-mi whluh HB-
uren largi'lj In all lallroid accounts , the
11 cm uf li'Kal I'xirf'MHfH lallioailH beiliM
dniwn Into almoyt ( oiiHtiuii lltlKatlon and
requlrlnu at a I tlmeri the * He-rvlte > of toiin-
Hd II IH estlmiituJ thiit i'xpui ) eji of Amcr-
icnn rnllrouclK for professional legal mrv-
IctH amount In J year t uliniil (10,000000 ,
anil this IH , of tourxc. exiluelvo of the mmm
reqiilslto to mttt clilm * for personal In-
jurliH or ilamiHiH to projiprty. Homo of the
large rallroul comi'nili'j expend IIH much
aa n quarie-r of a million doll.irt In u year
for Hie M'itUinfnt of ueh CHHCM or the
payment of Judgine-ntu recovcroil , ThU Item
of .uxpenHo nn all Amerluin rallrouiU , i
ordinarily put at aliriiit fVXXi.GOO A Herloim
nucldtnt may entail on a railroad f-oinpiny
dam.iK < M 10 'nrgB ' MH to offst m n > inontlm
of profit , nnd Mint.1 ral'roidx have- been
crippled for long pi rloiU liy sudi cipen
'Jhere nre > In the Unltex ] Htii'u * ' 0)000 rail
road employfH , ! 00.XO ntatlon nun , 83Wrt
e-nglnetrn , W.W > llremen and iiu'prH , HiOO
coiKlurtorn and dUpitchcru , G5OX ) tralnmin ,
30000 machliilHlH , SOCO'i tek rai > h orxiratorn
30,000 maclilnUtt 1CO.OCO inoprnen other than
maehlnUtb , fOtOl te'ii'iiph oporatom unit
tl'flr helpers /GO'X ) Hwttchmen , II a Km ( in ami
vvatchme-n anil 175TO ) trackmen The d illy-
pay toll on all Amcr tan inllrouU combine 1.
otllrc rK an * elr'leil utaft | ne.lude.d , umouiitu
lo about 52r.O.O'/J 4 day.
Wo are anxious to do a llttio good In thlu
world and can think of uo pleawanter or bet
tor way to do It than by commending Ono
Mluuto Cough Cure as a piovonlallvo of JHICU-
monla , consumption and other serious lung
troubles that follow neglected cold * .
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