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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1900)
8 OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. January 28 , 1000 Bunch of Short Stories tii'iiornl FltzhiiKh Leo recently told tills story about IIH ! nntno. Jt wns after ho had Konu to Citbn , nnd tlio manipulators of the tulr-phonc wore not very familiar with his tin mo nnd reputation : 'What nnine IH that ? " naked ono operator , 'Leo FltzhiiKh Lee , " was the rcHponsc. 'Spell It , plenho. " 'F-l-t-z-h-u-B-h L-e-c. " 'Thank yon. Plague tnko those China- in Mil" Senator Shelby M. Cullom , like other sue- ci < tf > fiil polltlclniiH , has the faculty of niak- liiK JOIIIIB nnd old , rich and poor , cxaltod nnd humble , feel equally nt homo nnd com- fnrtablo In his presence. Whllo nt Spring field recently during his visit to his homo for the holidays , rclntes the Washington Post , the senior Rcnntor of Illlnolo dropped In nt tinIoland hotel nnd shook hands with * THEY IIAISE CORN IN NEBRASKA"I'holo by Louis tt. Bostwlck. a host of old-tlmo acquaintances who crowded around him. A rather bashful young man with the faintest miggcbtlon of a moustaeho remained on the outskirts of the little throng until ho dually summoned up BUlllcIcnt courage to stop a little nearer the senator and grasp the extended hand. "Your name ? " asked Senator Cullom. "John Jones , " answcicd the youth , and thtm ho stammered : "You and my grand father were boys together. " "And you and I are boys together now , " rct-pondcd the vcnorablo legislator , quick no a Hash , his face beaming with geniality ; ' "aren't \\o , oil ? " The young man's om- barniHsmont vanished llko snow before a furnace blast , there was a few minutes' talk about "old times" and the elder Jones , and when the "two boys" parted the younger one In years had giown several Inches In hlo own esteem and the boyish attachment or a grandpaient had been rono\sed Avlth re doubled enthusiasm by the ginndBon. Ilalloy of Texas has taken Webster for his model. John Wesley Galnos of Tennessee Imltntefi the great Clay. Ho Is , however , more beautiful than was that Illustrious personage and rather vain of his appearance. When Footo represented Now York In the hoiiBe , relate * ) the New York Tribune , ho was regarded as the handsomest man of that body and the fact was a subject of frequent comment. Ono aftonn on Mr. Galncs was missing from h' sent. An associate who went In search of him frund the handsome Tennosseenn pacing wildly up nnd down the cloak room , his hands thruut Into the bosom of bin coat , his brow knit In thought , Ills face , uwially pale , ns red its the flamboyant necktlo which ho woro. "Why , OalncH , what In the mischief Is the matter with you ? " asked his colleague. "You look excited. " "Excited ! " said Oalnos. " 1 am not excited - cited , hut Indignant , sir , Indignant ! What do jou think I heard Just now ? That Mr. Footo of Now York wns the handsomest man In the house ! " Then , standing back , striking nn nttltudo and pounding himself on his chet with closed hands , the Turvoy- drop of the house said , proudly : "And look at mo , sir , look nt mo ! " In the cloak rooms , according to the Washington Post , they toll a funny story at the expeiiKo of Cy Sulloway , the tall con- gresHmnn from Now Hampshire. Cy Is a plcturt'squt ) nnd graphic talker , wherein lies Bomii of the point of the story. In the campaign of JSflG Sulloway went to Portsmouth , N. H , , to nrnko a speech. The republicans there , knowing his fiery nnturo , vaitrU upon him with a few words ofarnlng and explanation. "Cy , " said they , "tho democrats around hero will vote for McKlnloy this year , If you don't scare them off. Whatever you say In your speech , don't got the democrats mad. Conciliate thorn , Cy ; conciliate them , " Sulloway shook his shaggy locks by way of understanding and approval. "All right ! " ho said , The speech began. It ran along all right enoughuntil Sullowny approached the Bins nnd shortcomings of the democratic party. Then ho grow emphatic nnd eloquent ; also so\oro. "If unforo mo , " ho said , "wns a yawning chasm , and nt the bottom of the ohnsin were the fires of hell , nnd If above the chasm was suspended a banket contain ing tlm entire democratic .party , do you know what I would do ? " The crowd listened Intently. The demo crats present were especially anxious to hear the answer. "I would cut the rope ! " shouted Sullo way In his loudest voice. The republican commltteemen who had ap pealed for conciliation went out on the side walk and said "Dnmn. " Cannon in the Melting Pot Only a few of the old cannon which have boon accumulating In the gun park nt the Charlcstown navy yard for many years past now remain there , reports the Hoston Tran script. For some time teamsters have been cnrllng them off to the Fltchburg rnllrond for shipment to Plttsburg , Pa. Some of those cannon were cast at the Fort Pitt foundry near Plttsburg , to which they arc now be ing sent It seems a remarkable coincidence that many of thorn should bo broken up and iecant Into other forms at the satno place from which they were sent out new over a quaiter of a century previous , and that many have never been service. Some have lain undisturbed beneath the old trees on the park for years and some even have spent their lives there. The old guna have been placed In the park as fast as they wcro turned over by the ships , and these , with some brought directly from the foundries , have formed the unique collection which for many years has been a feature of the navy yard. The oldest of the guns was cast at a foun dry In Illchmond , Va. , In 185i. ! The others were from widely separated points and were cast In the years from lS7fi to 1894. The nine-Inch guns came from the foundries at Fort Pitt , Plttsburg , Pa. ; West Point. N. Y. ; South Boston ( Silas Alger & Co ) ; nich- mend , Va. ; Providence , 11. I. ( Builders' ) . The eleven-Inch guns came from the Port land company ; 55. Chaffeo ; Hlncklcy , Wil liams & Co. , Boston ; Builders' foundry , Providence ; Fort Pitt foundry , Plttsburg. and Silas Algcr & Co. , South Boston. H. P Parrott made the 100-poundor Parrotts. Whllo some of the old pieces were never mounted on board ship , many were and did good service. Many , no doubt , could tell much of historical Interest If only they could speak. Tlio four fifteen-Inch were taken from the old monitor Mlantonomah. These Immense cannon were cast In 1SC1- Gr > , three at Fort Pitt and ono at South Bos ton. They were taken from the Mlnntono- jnali and brought to the gun park In 1S71. The Tacony , Konncbcc , Franklin , Fearnot , Oseeola , Wassuc , Pawnee and Swatara turned over their elovon-Inch guns to the ynrd. Some nine-Inch guns were received from the Osceoln , Vlncennes , Snblno , Tlcon- doroga , Wabash , Osslpcc , Hartford and Yan- tlc. The Worcester gave up her sixty- pounders. In 18CO the Tlcondoroga had one sixty-pounder , but It was finally turned over to the yard by the Osslpeo , to which ship It had been transferred. The schoolshlp St. Mary's , now at Now York , had two slxty- poundcrs and the historic old Kcarsarge ono , which she turned over to the yard In ISSO. This gun , however , was not In thti Ki-nrsargo's original battery. The number of guns of each class at the yard previous to the sale was as follows : Seven 700-ponnder Parrotts , seven slxty- puundcr Parrott rifles , sovcnty-slx nine-Inch guns , five ten-Inch guns , ono sixty-pounder breach-loading gun , ono eight-Inch imtzzlo- londlng rlllo , clghty-nlno eleven-Inch guns , four fifteen-Inch guns , ono eight-Inch slxty- flvo hundred-weight gun , two thlrteon-Inch mortars , fourteen thlrty-two-pounder flfty- seven hundred-weight guns , two thlrty-two- pounder forty-flvo hundred-weight guns ; twenty thirty-pounder Parrott rifles. The fifteen-Inch guns weigh twenty-one tons each. The totnl weight of nil the guns at the pnik was , approximately , 2,160,000 pounds. Fourteen of the nine-Inch guns were put In order for the state of Massachusetts , nnd twenty-three thirty-pounder Parrott rifles are reserved for Grand Army posts , munici palities , cemeteries nnd public parks , the Idea being to make them servo In this way ns monuments to the dead heroes of our wars. Many towns , too poor to erect monuments ments , have In this way obtained fitting memorials. The shot park is sharing the fate of Ita neighbor. Very few of the old shot and shell now remain In the park. They , too , have been sent to Plttsburg to share the fate of the guns. Llko the guns , a few have been set up In distant cities. Every person answering this advertisement con get a handsomely Decorated Set , absolutely f roe wo mean it. A straightforward , CONDITION. 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