TITE OMAHA DAILY HUE: TIiritSDAV, SrcPT"EMBT3I! 27, 1000.
0
FROM PALACE TO MADHOUSE ,
Fate of the Gorgeous Homo of a California
Millionaire.
TRAGIC SUICIDE OF THE OWNER
Scene of Hnrlnl frplrniltir, Chnniiinune
Orflo mill I.oftj- KleUlim (llrrn
Otrr In llir U'lilnm of
Mfiitnl rcvlm.
Money talks. Not ever In plain language,
but In parables and between the lines
relates the San Francisco Chronicle, for
capital Is timid and capital says there ts
a blight upon lleltnont, but says It Is not
In words, but thus:
"Ilclmont cost ttalston a million to
build. It Is as good as new but, Ralston
lived there, lost his life and fortune.
Eharon lived thero, became entangled In
troubles which drove him, miserable, to
bis grave. It was tried as a school and
failed. Capital will not touch It."
Hut Jioodoos cannot harm nor otnqns
dismay the lunatic and so tho palace s
to becomo a madhouse, or In the milder
ords, "a sanitarium tor tho treatment
of nervous and mental diseases.-'
It seems that thero could bo no belter
end for tho beautiful vlll.i nt Dolmont
than that It should become an asylum for
tho Insano. There Is at least wlldncss anil
romance In that and tho placo la one
which should novcr come to a prosaic end.
Its whole existence and even the ground on
tilth It stood has been a tangled maBs of
mysteries, underground passages, subter
ranean lakes, romances, tragedies nnd wild
Adventures.
Tho mirrored walls which for thirty years
reflected the most beautiful faces which
paused through California will now return
but the grin of the Idiot nnd tho dark mask
which madnoBS casts over the light of rea-
on, for Ilulmont house Is to bo mado the
greatest private Insane asylum In America.
Itavlni! manlurs may prowl nnd howl
through the graceful pillared halls of the
nummer plcnsure palace or tno greni
bonanza nrlneeH.
Houses, like tholr owners, unjustly suffer
from tho swinging rhauges tlmo brings
forth, as though every Joy had a pain for
Its shadow and one ennnnt bid tno wel
romo icuvHt without burdening himself
with tho other.
Of Joys tho hnuso gave many. It was
built for nothing else than to delight every
one of tho llvo Hcnseti. A million dollars
was spent for comforts nnd conveniences
only. Not a dollar was wasted on me ex
terior, which was plain n possible, merely
to weatherproof and shelter tho guests
within.
Tho moat striking thing one notices about
ihn hnusii is tlin Immcnso number of bed
rooms, over slxty-Ilvc. tho greater ifumbcr
of them having baths connected.
Tho house In many ways served for n
model of tue I'alucu hotel nnd was Itself
tho causo of the building of that vast car
avansary.
When one. of tho titled Kngllshmen who
visited there first saw tho place ho ex
pressed great surprise that It should be
denominated a palace. That was beforo ha
had seen tho Interior.
Kalston heard tho remark and wns stung
by It, for ho had never called his home n
palace, nor thought of It otherwlso than ns
n comfortable summer residence.
Ho said: "Hut 1 will build something,
though, that will bo big enuugh to hold
half a dozen of their little palaces nnd show
them that America, nnd California nbove
nil, .luMbcvpUce for hunmii-ncblavomants."
Iiitliuoiii UoHiiltiillty.
Entertainments nt Belmont were Indeed
truo hospitality. The house wns built at a
time when there were no great restaurants
or hotels In San Francisco. Kverythlng
was run on tho plno shanty plan, for all
men said that Cnllfornla was but n gold
camp, and that when tho gold was gono the
pcoplo would go, too.
Halston knew that as soon ns tho rail
road was completed across tho continent
thero would be nn Influx of eastern nnd
European capitalists, and he wished to en
tertaln them suitably, that they might bo
more readily persuaded to Invest here.
In tho big stone stables of Belmont there
wore usually from eighty to 100 horses, as
good as could bo bought, and on Sunday
mornings thero would often be four four
horso coaches tent out loaded with guests,
to say nothing of two-seaters, buggies nnd
saddle horses.
Kalston helped build roads all over his
part of the country and tho solid stone
bedded highways which ho prepared for
public use aro still tho delight of blcycllBts
and automobllers who perhaps never heurd
of tho nnmo of the man who constructed
the boulevnrds that havo mado Kan Mateo
nnd Snnta Clnrn such favorite outing
ciounds.
In tho rear of tho houso Is n largo Turk
lsh bath building, tiled as aro tho mosques
of Arabia. Unknown to most of those who
were guests nnd even to many regular In
mates of tho houso was n subterranean lake
on which floated a little boat. Descending
by a concealed stairway from the Interior
of the house ono found n landing at tho
bottom nnd from thero might tnko a trip
with cnndlo torches us on tho lake In tho
llnmmoth Cnvo.
Thero Is no ono spot In all California
which hns more of tho essontlnl romanco
of tho state centered nbout It than this old
country scat nt Uclmont.
Surrounded Immediately by tho gnarly
or.ks nnd brown hills, which mnko so much
i of our scenery, uud In tho distance, nil
nbout It, the blue, chcmlsal covered raoun
talus Ilclmont Ih Cnllfornla.
Tho exterior of tho houso. now and star
Ing yot, nlthough It Is thlrty-flvo years old
showB not tho leiiHt softening of time. Two
nnd n half tons of paint It takes to glvo
It n coat, so largo ts tho surface.
Tho main building covert) a ground spaco
of three-quarters of nn ncre and Is four
stories high In parts, with nn elevator,
which runs by water power from a lako In
tho mountain,
Mcliiiiint In Itn (ilnri-.
The following Is nu extract from n lot
ter describing n visit to the placo In Hal
ston's time:
'M had heard many wonderful
stories of tho Halston homo oui of the
magntflcont entertainments ;hero from my
older sisters, who wcro forevar mentioning
nelmont ns Cinderella's sisters did the
party at tho prince's palace.
"Mr. Halston never took the train to Hel
mcnt.
"There were several reasons, ono wns
that he did not like the railroad pcoplo
he sent all his freight by steamer, having
bought a wharf for that purpose. Thon It
was tnconvonlcnt to arrnugo bis business lo
suit tho exactions of a tlmo table; but, most
of all, his reason was that ho could beat
tho train any way, and besides tuoro was
tho glorious fun of coarhtng.
"On this particular occasion tho coach had
gathered us up, a party of ten, nnd called
for Mr. Halston nt tho bnnk last of nil,
"Ho took tho rolns himself and tho driver
bad barely tlmo to spring ln(o a seat on th
rear before wo wcro off with a rush, for it
wns his purpose to go out tho Mission plnnk
road and take nn even start with the tral
as It left Valencia street.
"In those days wind blew nnd sand ttow I
Ban Frnnclsco as It never docs now and Mr.
Ralston mado the excuse as we were going
out Million street that tit would whip up
little and get ua UL cl tuo bad weather, for
r drlvo was going to take us through
ore than ono change of climate.
''The old plank road rumbled and swayed
mterncath us and tho flying sand cut our
faces through our heavy veils. When wo
rnmo to tho end of tho sand lyid the plank
road the train was whistling behind us nnu
Mr. Hnlston whipped up a little more, ns he
called it. As a matter of fact, the hones
ceded no whipping, alt they wanted was
tho chAncc, and they seemed willing to do
tho going. After we got to the top of the
grsdo and In sight ct tho ocean our speed
was again Increased. It seemed as though
every change of the road was excuse for
faster traveling.
' 'If tho horses cannot trot fast enough
they can run,' was the way that our gentle
man driver looked nt traveling gaits; it
made no difference to him how a horso trav
eled so that he cot there.
"Wo mnde two changes of teams nnd tho
last one took us over roads which wcro
built for tho purpose, with easy turns and
well crowned surface. Wo lost n little on
he train, ns It mado up time on the
straight reaches, and when It stopped at a
tntlon wo would be tip with It again. As
wt swung out of tho long straight rond
nto the avenuo which led to Belmont we
rented not a hundred feet ahead of the
train, which was slowing down as It carao
r.to the station
"Another minute and wo wcro clipping
nlong past the tree branches that over
hung the driveway. A beautiful hazy val-
ty with n bluo mountain rim around It
opened away on our left and Just below
he roadway a heavy black smoke rol.ed
up from the private gas works that set
the Ilclmont houso ablazo with light.
"Wo drew up under tho porte-cochero
nnd bundled down hastily, for tho horsc3
wcro shaking off great flaky masses of
foam and lather and the grooms wcro
anxious to get them In the stables to cool.
"Once In tho houso It was n succession
of surprises and delights that did not
censo until I left.
"Tho motherly housekeeper had my
things brought up to my room, which was
n i ho third floor, overlooking a terrace of
orange trees. A cool bath to freshen mo
frm tho dust of tho ride and then dressed
for dlnnor I delighted myself for an hour
In looking nt marbles, bronzes and oil
paintings which filled the great lower floor.
'There wero some twenty persons at
the table, yet so largo wcro tho rooms,
so attentive the wallers and nbovo all the
powerful personality of the host so per
vading that all seemed to blend nnd con
centrate until It wan like tho smallest and
coziest of family affairs.
"The dinner, tho waiters and chef had
all been brought from the city thnt morn
ing, ns was the custom when thero was
any sort of a function. While everything
was elaboratu It was apparently simple
nnd so smoothly regulated that there wns
nono of tho stiffness which usually domi
nates. An orchestra was placed In the
mozznnlne floor of the reception hall and
filled tho houso with Its music.
After dinner thero were more arrivals
In cnrrlnges of guests from neighboring
villas at San Matoo and Redwood.
nnd In addition a large steam fire pump
wns located next to tho Turkish bnth, In1
which steam was kept up continually.
The stables cover about a third of an ncre1
and are built of cut stone, with solid timber1
floors six lnchsi thick which would not event
creak It an elephant walked over them. I
Tho gas works, reservoir and stables each 1
cost 940,000. nnd nro good as new, as In fact
are all of tho Improvements on tho place,
from the main house down to tho door locks;
everything was built to last for all time.
.Scene of (rent l'nnetloii.
Whllo Ralston owned Uclmont he enter
tained almost continuously. The parties
wcro of all sorts, from the quiet times when
a few bright Bohemians were driven down
by himself In his prlvuto coach to meet n
theatrical troupe who wero ntrendy being
entertained nnd entertaining there, to the
grand affairs, such ns tho times when spe
cial trains convoyed San Frnnclsco society
on masso to banquets with Admiral Farra
gut or General Sherman.
Ralston, whether voluntarily or by acci
dent, died ns a result of grief from tho
treatment given him by his old associates
at the time of the suspension of tho Bank of
California. Tho Belmont place fell Into the
hands of Sharon and from that time on to
his death tbo magnlflccnco of tho entertain
ments was redoubled.
Sharon was In politics and the require
ments brought him under n wide range of
social obligations. Tho guests of Uclmont
during his tlmo run the wholo gamut of
tbo social scale from Mammy Pleasant nnd
Sarah Althea Hill lo General Orant nnd
Earl Duffcrin, governor general of Cnnada.
Down tho toboggan of tlmo tho house has
come with a craih, from tho glorious days
when gay soubrcttes wero put Into chain
pagno baths, on through tho later years,
when ns n young ladles' seminary midnight
ladder parties gnvo rise to burglar Btorles
until now, poor old house, sold for n. song,
less even than eome poets' songs havo
brought. It goes with all Its mirrors, bronzes
and oil paintings to shelter the human
wrecks whoso mental lights havo failed.
IIO.VIO.N HAKHIJ IIU.WS.
Tin- atcrrj" Pniii'i',
"In tho meantime the great partitions bo-
tween tho billiard and dining rooms and the
reception hall had been raised nnd the doors
opened between corridors and music room,
so that we could dance round and round
the main floor of the house; something over
block the dlatnnco was. Somo time we
wcro under tho bright glare of tho myriad
pr lamed glass chnndollcrs. then gliding Into
tho scml-dnrkness of the corridors, whero
tho moon, half screened by tho big mag
nolias outside, throw patchy lights on the
polished floors; from thero again back Into
the grand music room, whose mlrrowed sldei
showed reflections back and forth until the
repented figures vanished In tho distance. I
had mnny pnrtmirs that evening. Most of
them had traveled nnd whllo they had seen
more eleganco or greater slzo in European
residences, ensiles or courtB, yet never be
foro such a combination of homcllko com
fort, spacious apartments and architectural
elegance.
"At midnight a supper was served In the
art gallery, while dancing still continued
beneath us.
"Looking down from tho curved balcony
rails thero passed a continuous stream of
gorgeously costumed women nnd men In
evening dress or uniforms, nil dancing,
whirling unceasingly nnd repeated In mir
rors on every side, the only tlgures In re
poso being here and there a marble statue
on Its pedestal serenely conteninlatlnc
tho activity with which In their llfellko
ness they seemed ready to tnko part.
"Beforo 1 o'clock all but tho Inmates of
the house had departed and wo were soon
nt rest In our rooms, for thero was to be
a coaching; party to the ocean tho next
day and an early start was to bo made.
"Ureakfast Sunday morning was served
after tho European custom Just as we hap
pened to drop In. Tho gentlemen waited
on tho ladles nnd tho dollghtfully uncon
ventional recalling of tho experiences of tho
night beforo crystallized that beautiful
dream Into a mass of realistic memorln
which will never be effaced from tho mind
of ono of us ns long as wo live.
After breakfast came the four-tn-handa
nnd away went the Jolllest party I had ever
Been brought together for a drive nnd to
tho ocean, where they wcro to have a
light lunch taken In hampers, returning In
time for dinner
"For myself I preferred to stay and In
vestigate tho house, and grounds, which
I folt ns though I never wished to leave."
.MurprlncR mill .Myati'rlrx,
Thero Is a charm nbout the placo which
comes overoveryono, and yot with It nil
thero Is n fatality pursuing, such as that
which dostroya so many beautiful womon.
Nobody could live In tho place without
being tempted to ntrango nnd cccontrlo
adventures. It makes tho workaday world
seem unreal merely to wnnder through the
pillared halls; to walk from room to room,
through openings where tho walls havo dls
appeared up Into tho colllngs.
Tho houso ts full of surprises and mys
teries. Lift a trap door under a stairway
nnd see n lako benenth you with ravernous
arches stretching away Into the darkness,
nnd then to foci the floors nnd walls Jar
and tremble ns some valvo ts opened and
a thundering torrent of water la poured
Into It from tho lake on tho mountain.
Tho senrch for water In this dry canyon
was tho greatest undertaking upon which
Ralston entered. At first ho had tried
smalt wells and springs which failed. After
that a tremendous cavern wns excavatod
lu tho mountain sldo back of tho house
nnd lined with masonry. Alt of the rain
wntor from tho roof was led Into this, but
stilt tho supply was tnsulllclent. A dla
mond drill from tho mines wns then set
to work In tho valley near his private gas
works In front of the' house. At n great
depth and beforo wntor was reached the
drill struck a ledge of Jasper whlrh re
sisted all efforts and finally It broke off
useless.
A shaft was then sunk nnd from tho
bottom of It a tunnel run across the can
yon and extended far under tho mountains
on either side. No water wns found, and
tho tunnel Is stilt there to mystify eome
future geologist.
His final and successful plan was to buy
a mnuntnln tract across tho valley and
build a largo stone dam, fifty feet high.
which created an artificial lako that has
given n perpetual supply ever since.
From here tho water Is led across tho
valley In a six-Inch main to the subter
ranean lakes and reservoirs around nnd
under tho house, and also to smaller ones
on the hill above, A separato system of
Qreplugs all over tho buildings and on the
roofs are directly connected with the high
prciiure of tho water from the mountain
Htnv Ni'iv Hn Kin ml IIiiiisimi Ivesi Prc-lini-f
Their Mont I'ttimniN IIInIi.
Of .bnkcd beans, tho genuine Now England
kind, Salllo Joy Whllo writes at cons d.r
ablo length In the October Woman's Homo
Compnutou. This Is tho way alio says the
famous dish should bo prepared:
"The best bean to use Is the pea-bean
which la tho 8maIlcBt whlto bean that Is
grown. A quart of tho beans
should bo carefully picked over tho night
beforo they nre to bo used nnd all tho
spocked ones removed, If the beans nro
ovor a year old they may be soaked over
night In cold water, the water being
turned off In tho early morning and re
newed with fresh water, If the beans nro
not n year old they havo not to bo soaked
over night, us they would grow too soft
and would break nnd becomo mushy when
cooked, a result that ts to bo sedulously
avolded. In tho morning put them over tho
flro In cold water and parboil them very
slightly. Allow tho water to como Just to
a boll, then tnko them off, drain them
through a colander nml pour cold water
over them, rinsing the'm thoroughly. Thl3
not only rinses all tho water from them
In which they have been boiled, but gives
them an additional firmness, which tends
to prevent tjielr breaking whllo In tho
proems of further cooking. Furthermore.
tho beans will have a much moro delicate
flavor nnd will bo less likely to disagree
with n person who has n delicate stomach
or n tendency to dyspepsia.
"Lay n thln-flllco of fat Bait pork on tho
bottom of the bean-pot and on this n small
onlcn; pour In tho boans. Havo ready n
plcco of salt pork weighing about half n
pound, tho rind scored every quarter of nn
Inch, nnd put It In tho pot with tho beans,
arranging It so that tho top shall be even
with the tonof the ben nn and' the rest
uuricu in tuom. ii tno pone is very won
salted and partially lean very llttlo salt
will be required nbout one-third of a tca-
speenful; but If It Is fat uso ono full tea
spoonful. Add ono salt-spoonful of ground
mustard, one heaping tablespoonful of
gtnnulnted sugar or two tablcspooufuls of
molasses most people prefer this to sugar,
but It Is n matter of tasto cover with cold
wafer, sot iu a moderate oven aud bake
from eight to ten hours slowly and
steadily."
KW YOlllv'H WATKIl.
Mo m p riKiirrn Hint Will Amino 1-
Tlirlr RiioriuoiiN Slic.
In 1882, says Munsey'a, tho storage enpac-
lty from Croton dam (Croton tnko and
reservoir), tho natural ponds of tho sys
tem nnd the old reservoirs wns 0.300.000,000
gallons, Croton lako holding In reserve but
half a billion of this.
Now four new reservoirs, Sodom nnd Dob
brook, Tltlcus, Carrael nnd Amawatk hold
for future need nt any hour 32,000,000,000
gallons more. Tho Rtorago reservoir In
Ccntrnl park has In reserve over n billion
and tho Dronx system reservoirs 3,000,000,
000 more stored up, not ngalnst n rainy day,
but ngalnst n succession of dry ones,
Tho new Croton dam, tho Cornell dam, nfl
It Is officially called, will store marvelousty
In addition. A stono wall 204 feet high
closes one end of a narrow valley. Tho
water will como against this nnd back up
tho valloy, submerging lowland after low
lnnd Into ono gigantic lnkc, engulfing old
Croton Inke, covering over tho old dam.
All tho rivers of tho Croton system will
How Into It nnd both the old nnd tho now
aqueducts will bo Its outlots. It will "back
nn ter" up among tho hlllB sixteen miles
from Its dam, wiping out tho Bites of threo
old villages, nnd will increase tho storage
capacity two-thirds, bringing It to 70.C00,
000,000 gallons, nddlng Itself 30,000,000 000.
With theso resources nnd theso grently
Increased opportunities of storing up a
hugo reserve of water ngalnst ovll times
of drouth, It may be nn occasion of eurprtso
that the near futuro will certainly need
additions on n larger scalo than over be
fore.
The explanation Is to bo found In n few
Illuminative figures. Tho demands of New
York for water havo Increased beyond nil
anticipation nnd calculation. In 1890 the
elty was using 160,000,000 a day; In the
winter of 1M9-1900 it used, nccordlng to
official records, 255,000,000 gnllrns.' Th s
summer the consumption will largely in
crease Tho hour when New York will call
for 3no,000,ooo gnllons a day Is near nt
hand; In fact, It Is said It will bo reached
In a year or n llttlo moro.
PREAUIER'S UNIQUE METHODS!
Subdues 'Untrained Horses and Preaches)
Gospel nt Same Time.
EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL IN BOTH CALLINGS
TnWen Wild Miinlnnn nnd Slnkon
Them lloolli- nnd Then TnlUs
to the Irmvil of
Itclluloii.
William Mullen, who nrrlvcd In the city
lust weok from Hie wtst, combines th
unique occupations of evnngellst nnd e.xpor
horso trainer. He has tamed tho sp.nt u
some of the most vicious mustang th.n
wcro ever entertained ut tho South Omah
jards and has given dally exhibitions on
the streets of Oni.iha with equmo subjeoik
which seemed to the bystuuders sufflclcinlj
fierce. Mullen's purpose In showing hi
now method is to drnw a crowd, and in tlu
Intervals of wrestling with colts ho is
engaged In preaching tho gospel.
Mullon'B method of taming horses Is oni
which ho himself has perfected, nnd which
be never falls to npply with success. Th
treatment saves nil pain to the animal. Mr
Mullen says, and Is much more spicily o.
rcMilt than nny other. The candidate fo
dlsclplluo Is turned Into u paddock with .
broken nnlmnl and tho trainer upproacheb
him gently with n halter, having ut hauc
n rope rigging of a peculiar constructiou
Tho first task Is to get the halter success
fully over tho nnlranl's head, whlcn mu
bo dono by reaching nrouud tho neck o.
tho broken horso to the space next ih
fence where tho colt may be rolled upu.
to take refuge.
When the halter Is safely on, Mr. Mullen
goes to tho horso's tail, gradually strok.n.
It nnd lifting It up. standing at tho sain
time on tho side of tho older ammnl in
order to bo snfo from kicks. The tralnet
then separates tho toll, to braid It nnd
wraps tho center of n soft rope around the
bono of the tnll three times. Tho tall is
then braided, the rope forming a loop. Mr.
Mullen's technical method from this poln
Is described In tils own language as follows
Now take n soft rope which we will cul
rigging No. 1, enrry the end over the horse
ami eolt'H necks nnd fasten In the ring ol
tho halter: put the other end Into a row
over the bnck, which wo will cnll No. .',
then the other end of No. 2 into a rope
nround the rump, which wo will cnll No. 3.
Take through tho slack of No. 1, dropping
tho end' that Is not fust to the halter In
front of the colt, still holding up Nos 2 una
3 from the bnck of tho colt. Reach in front
of the colt with No. 1, then pick up the end
of No. 1 nnd urgo tho colt over It. This
brings No. 1 under tho belly of tho colt
Now lay the end of No. 1 over tho buck of
tho horse, walk bnck and put No. 3 through
tho loop In tho eolt'H tnll, putting No. I
through the cyo of No. 3 and then No. 1
through tln eye of No. 2. nnd bring No. 1
tn the ring of the halter. L'nfuston the emJ
of No. 1 nnd brlnj the two ends of No. 1
from upposlto sides, putting tho two ends
through the ring of the halter, then tlu u
soft rope over tho eolt'H withers to No. 1;
then take the colt In front of a high fence,
where he can be tied. No horses or other
colts should bo left near him now. Do not
tie III in to u hitching post ur tree, nor In n
small tttull, for If ho thrown himself h will
get Hcnred, but to n high, pmootlu strong
fence to n ring ubout llvo feet from the
ground. 1 lo mnv buck, Jump and throw
himself, but If he Ih In a good place with
soft ground, with a high fence In front of
mm, ne cannoi injure uiinBcii, nor yot get
tangled In his own rigging.
Mr. Muilen completes this process with
kindness and petting and other methods less
distinctively his own. The rigging as de
scribed technically nbovo has a very pe
culiar effect upon nn animal endowed with
a vicious temper. Whenever It allows Itself
to buck or kick the ' ropes show a very
strong tendency to draw lis mouth bnck to
Its tall, tho pressurc"'cns1n when the colt
becomes moro triicJnb'le"Tbe broncho which
Insists on making a display of lemper speed
ily finds Itself pursuing Its tail In tho man
ner of u kitten in a frolic.
In his street displays Mr. Mullen docs not
supply himself with a paddock or an extra
horso, but Biibducs tho "subject" simply with
his formidable ropo rigging. It is not his
plnn, ho says, to tiro tho horse out or to In
flict any pain upon It, but simply to show
tho nnlmnl that man Is, Its master. In tho
South Omaha pen before a crowd of drovers
nnd stockmen, most crltlftal of Judges, Mr.
Mullen subdued tho wildest muBtang In tho
yards, nnd oven went so far ns to lift the
anlmul's rear parts from tho ground by the
hocks. Physically the tralncr-preacher Is a
giant and looks perfectly capable of over
powering a broacho In n hand-to-haud etrug
lie. Ho weighs 200 pounds nnd wns engaged
In training horses beforo ho entered the
Moody Institute lu Chicago.
Mr. Mullen has mado an Interesting trip
in his doublo capacity and bus preached
gospel nnd trained horses in nearly ovcry
ve3tern atato Blnco ho left tho Chicago hond
quarters of tho Instltuto twenty-soven
months ngo. Although ho has somewhat
fallen behind In his expense account Mr.
Million believes that he has accomplished
moro than enough good in his clerical ca
paclty to cover the shortage. Mr. Mullen
has been accompanied an his tour by his
wlfo nnd two small children. Ho Is now on
his way back to Chicago, where he will Join
In a reunion of his old classmntcB, all of
whom Btnrted out Into evangelical work at
the same tlmo. Mullen will contlnuo to glvo
his exhibitions nnd gospel services for pev
ernl afternoons nt Sixteenth aud Harney
Btrects.
Tho wolf In the fable ,mv on iheip's
clothing because If he traveled cn his own
reputation ho couldn't accomplish his pur
pose. Counterfeiters of DeWltfs Witch
Hazel Salve couldn't Boll their worthies!
calves on their merits, so they put them In
boxes anS wrappers like DeWltt'B. Look
t for them. Take only DoWltt's Witch
Hazel Salve. It cures piles and all skin
dUcaics.
HllllltT llll'OllNlk.lt,
Philadelphia Press: "My dear," aald tho
sensational clergyman, "I want you to
write to all the elty editors and nsk them
to sond representatives to the church on
Sunday to report my sermon."
"Very well," replied hts wlfo, who was
nlso his secretary, "what do you propose
to preach about"
"I wilt strongly urgo tho abolition of nil
Sundny labor."
llollNOII III WttllllllKtoil,
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. Lieutenant
Richmond P. Hobeon of Mcrrlmac fame, who
has Just returned from his work in the
Orient, passed through Wn3hlngton today
on his way to Alnbama to visit relatives.
Whllo hoie Lieutenant Ilobson reiterated his
denials of any Intention to reflect upon tho
work of Admiral Dewey'a fleet In his Van
couver Interview concerning the Injuries
sustained by the Spanish ships.
Lieutenant Hobton tins not received the
reward tho Bccretnry of war recommended
for his hcrolo record In Santiago. He rec
ommended that he bo advanced eight num
bers for the exploit, nnd It Is expected tho
recommendation will bo rcnowed lu his an
nual report.
It Is understood Lieutenant Ilobson, who
tins fondness for lino duty, would profcr to
ne transferred to the line and havo his ad
vancement mado thero Instead of in tho
Btnff, nnd It is probablo that an effort will
bo made to comply with his wishes In this
respect.
There li only ONE POND'S EXTRACT and everybody knowi Its purity,
ilrensth and great medicinal value. Don't take the wuk, watery
Witch Hazel preparation! represented to be "the lame as" POND'S
EXTRACT. They generally contain " wood alcohol," which Irritates
the skin, and, taken Internally, Is a deadly poison.
Qet POND'S EXTRACT, lold only In ttaled hottle. In buff wrapper.
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