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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1905)
THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. Natural Resources in the Vancouver Country of the Northwest Jantwry 8. IVttH. S OUR train swings nsn V I si; pea on the tftirlr Bess Of f)e V I k:rk mountain Pv through a hell of st- Pruta co u ry. try ana dreary tooting. IT' S whith e iiii rvi if.to a inrest r-- am Her t H rcocr.:se the re! c tdne PJ po" 1 i ifji, the whits pine '.p'.e naaUcvlat, t : .: doufjer f.r .jci.dvrttig ifUat , w,.t -ii ; fo'eat Now ! then, 1. ., !,.!.. t." turbulent ' V.mpsoa !.". ltuti u i hi " w mil:. f-Jth Its Pra i 1 -) the r-1 !r. i t hi :t an'! I'' 'nt- b::S:1'-: TTinua fr ' i n. i waiting Ta 11 (Kuppeu . t, w ft-, rjshli c rapidly r." catching jim r ' '. . he reed!hg p. lie -.ijioT the ErnsT leer, ta ( 1 mine and nsiiiwn flsh- rrirr We him evidence of the lantr In he :uT!'ie ''. which ncme from th .;ucr mine nni of ti lsttir In the nurt-':i rt-M-ig r:'. r.n hi. h the ln-(i:-.r. d? ' r ' ftiinicn The Tun" bad '. t.i n. trrt err w m mur abed f .' fl with -eei-fleshed fish. The rrttrr River Ye Ilea. Going orwit the 1 rmr river valley au f.i.fl ar. Increased rainfall, aa Blitwn by th ranker vegetation. Fkt grow In pro fusion enfi sttaio encrrmous dimensions, ofter. rael.lrg fl- e to seven or root Ipet. AiDng tha native tree w noticed th larg-ieafd map'. taoar niacrcphyilum). which la mo well known aa a fine tree far planting. especially upon the weaurn coast, fto'm t com to orchards of apples, pear and chrrle. and rncb cberrier! They vera large and Juicy and irt! They were not the aour thing" that at your tentn on ejr and make you rbnt ynur eyes and gaap. Ah. how we anuu-kefl but 11 pa aa we ate the atft. aweet fleah and thougnt 01 the tig tree of Juat aucb cherriee that we clitnbed long agn and feaatod upon aa only boy can. One la forcibly reminded here of the early dar before tha railroad wa built through thla country by the old rctemmeni road, which wlnda gown the valiey for many mllea. With the fllacovery of gold came the neoeealry for roada, and thla road waa carried up tha valley of the Ftaaer river at great expenae. Today It la little more than a convenient trail for the Indiana and tbe hunter. In plaona on the rocky cllffa the road way haa been waahed away, while In othera there are only the rotting rem nanta of the treat! ne orer which the heavily loaded freight wagona of forty year ufo paeed hi safety. Kren the ooetly aua penaion bridge, by which the road croeaed Russell Sage's Office and Its (Copyright. lSWfi, by Frank G. Carpenter.) EW TORJf- Jan. t fBnecial Corre- Nl ppendenoe of The Bee.) I have I besr mur V view thlrirs concern ing Russell B&ge during my stay in New Tork, and the report la that he will not be In active business much longer. He aeldom cornea to hla office more than once a week., and be aximetlmea keeps em-ay fur moniha. His enormous money lending matters are now in the hands of his clerks and many of the trannactions are conaummaled without reference to him. I called at hla office thla morning and waa told it would be almost impoaslble to aee the old gentleman at hla residence and that when he came downtown, he devoted him self eolfcly to buainaaa Tha truth la, Rus sell Sage ia now W years of age. and time Is beginning te tell upon his caat-lron oon sUtutlon. Greet Boars ef Beavda. The office of Russell Bage la an Interest ing place. Many a country lawyer has a bigger one. It oaoaiata of aereraJ email ronma facing upon a hall, and walled off from it by doora and grated wlnaewn. Ilka those through which letters are delivered at a poBtofflce. As I presented my card at ana of these windows teday a rosy-faced man with a silver mustache took ft and told me that Mr. B&ge waa not well enough to aee me. A moment later a banker came in with a great bunch of bond, and the Oliver mua- Some Quaint Features of Current Life Ideality ( a Bsikut. wniliN Ballad at tbe Phlladal- y I phla morgue the other day and ' s I ventured the nnlnion that her husband, who had not been home all night, was probably dead and in the mortuary. "What kind of a looking man waa beT" Inquired the keeper. "He waa of medium height, had red hair and blue eyes and weighed about 190 pounds," replied the wonsan. "Is that the only description you can a"fve me?" con tinued the keeper. "Oh," replied the woman, "I forgot He ia very hard of bearing." Baslncaa Tart. A popular young man in I'rica, Mo., waa accepted by hla dearest Sunday night. Next dsy he went to a Jeweler s and bought the engagement ring. Wednesday evening, with ring in band, he thought to surprise her. Just ae be waa about knock at the door be glanced through the aide window, and there eat hla girl in the "other fellow's" lap. Hla first thought was to draw hi rasor, ruh in and kill the invader. Hla second thought waa better. He drew his raior. marched in, and forced tbe new man to pay him K oenta more for tbe engage ment ring than it oust. Died f Crlet The deep regard w hlch one man can have fw another after years of associa tion la the subject of much comment In the usually quiet town of Henrietta, ten nillee north of Jackson. Mich. Laet week William Martin, a wealthy and highly re spected farmer, died. Associated with Mar tin for over twenty years, as aimply a hired man. had been William Pudgeou. a bachelor. 5 year of age, who hsd come from Canada to IVtrott.. nd who had many years ago met Martin while he wa ill iHuruit marketing live Block off the farm. Pudgeon went home with Martin and hud lived at the farm home ever aln. The death of hla employer sunk df-tp!)- Into his heart, and four day later ItrUgetn died. - Cuffiai His C'brl-tsaas .lrt. Y.. I.. Nsydor of Bermlflji. Minn, has rr it.ed diver strut ge and fantastic presents to ui day. bin probably the mow remarka ble Chiietnni gift ever presented him i a coffin reoe'v. d from some unknown ud nunr in Fergua Kails The caKit-t is exanly bis aiae and wa evidently i ra.Ti d with a proper knowledge ttf t;:e rei : i-nt s requirements. Mr. Nay lu diee not know whether the gift 1 in tended as a a-en'.'.e hint for him to shuffle off tir mortal oil. but if it i he Intend to diaapiMi.nl hi annnymou admirer The pofftB came by xnre. and belore It wa uncovered Mr Nayinr fondly Imag ined the rase oontalned articles of suck rare worth that tliey required extra pre i autien te preserve. So firm wa tha be lief that be Invited several of his friends lu i present w ben be examined his munifi - e V f tt 4i'- iA HOT XT BAKER FHOM THE rRABiSfl CiTT or VANCOUVER. ue river, Laa been a lowed ts fall lulu decay, and only tha moat daring foot paa-av-nyer now think of uaing It. With tbe broadening of the valley the eviuenoe of a rich farming cuuntry lncreow.. Grain and graaa are abundant and of good qukbty. Here too we aee a greut increaee in the Fixe of the treee. ae now and then we pite throuph a piece of the old foreet. The moat striking of the ir the Giant Cedar (Thuja gigantea; a near relative of the Arbor Vltae of the eamern artatea. It i a atateiy tree with a atraJght, taperiiig Item, lob to 2D0 feet high, and I to 10 feel In diameter at tbe baee. and bearing a mas of pendent foliage which givea It a pic tureaque appearance. All over tbe cleared land are to be Been the giant atump of tbeae cedar, rut a la the cuMod here, f to 10 feel high. One of tbeae abandoned etumpa contain enough fuel to aupply an ordinary Nebraska family with wood for a winter. It la too bad that aome of thla waste cannot be brought to tboee of ua on the plains, w he would appreciate it. Now the mountaina recede, and we are on the level plain approaching Vancouver. All around us are the mountain rldgta, tow tacbed man, in return for them, signed a check representing a anug fortune in gold. As the banker left I saw the allver-mus-tached clerk raise the door of an iron chest as big as one of the old-fashioned wood boxes that stand beside a country stove and dump tbe bonds into it. There were other bonds and stock there already, and in fain the box waa filled with them. There are two such boxea under that win dow in Ruseell Bage'a office; and no one but the clerks know what they contain. At the different times I have called 2 hve seen great bundlea of Pennsylvania railroad bonds. Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul bonds. Rock Island railroad stock, and croes of other securities brought out and passed upon. At one time, I remember, a man came in to extend a loitn. Aa - the clerk looked over hla bundle, which may have contained a half million dollars' worth of aecurltlea, the envelope which held them began to tear at the earner. As he noticed thla the clerk aald to the debtor: "1 think you had better aend me around a new envelope or Mr. Sage will have to call that loan." Think of that! Aaking for a new a-oent envelope on a transaction that probably brought In Interest at the rate of KX.0U0 a year! WaUrklac the Peamlea. Neverthelea. if I were doing business with Russell Sage, I aliould not hesitate to end In the envelope in a case like that. He has been noted aa being an honest man. cent rift. On the outer . box wa a card bearing thla Inscription: "Perishable. Should be uaed at onoa" After be opened the box another card waa found wishing Mr. Naylor the compliment of the season and hoping that the day would be hla last. 4 A rightlsig tx-k-el Ma'asa. There' a little woman of grit who teaches school in East Newark. N. J. Sba is Miss Catherine McDonald. The achou room waa cold and aha complained to tha janitor. That dignitary wa not to moved. Principal McGlennon, to whom eh made further complaint, told her th Board of Education had aald ahe could resign If she did not like the conditlona Then Mia McDonald wrote tbe Board of Educatiua thla letter, which baa them guessing: "Gentlemen: There exists a class at cravens whom a message of this aort wruld Intimidate. I am net a member of that viae. Everything I have aaid I atand by. Consider it all aa aald again, and aald tea thousand times stronger. "I contend for the public good and yo say 'reeign.' If thla be th caliber of lit Eakt Newark Board of Education I want to know it. I want every taxpayer in Ea Newark to know it. and 1, above all. want the State Board of Education to knew It It makes a apecialty of Just auch case ag this. 'Resign? No; remgn 1 will not, but long as conditions are not as they shou t be, protest I will." rxaa; itn Five la Ktre. Owing to what the neighbor inaiHt wa the Bagaciry of a dog, five eranns were saved from death at lthica. N. T.. In the burning home of William W. Walker. Smoke was pouring through the building and Walker himself wa almost stifled by it when his dog sprang on hla bed and scratched hla chest until he awoke. Walker had burely euougn strength left to staggee into adjoining rooms, where his wile and children alepi. and arouse them. They, too, were choking from the fumes and he had to drag them from thar beds. He waa so nearly exhausted thai lie fell talcs in carrying his wife out of her room. ' Walker musiered his remaining atreng and got the woman to the head of the stair case, where a current of cool air from the atreet revived ber He hastened hack for hi children and lifted tlie flra from a be he m arcel y could se for the smoke. Ag a he lull, but be arrived St the stair head sale'y and tils wife led the little one to the street. The father relumed a second and a thu d lime for tbe el Iter children. He w as near to uffocaun. and the last child waa almost dead lien ha tottered to the atreet and fell belpleee ob tbe sidewalk The dog atayed in tit house until all th nte others of tbe family were 'out of It. TtK t be dashed through the assuae to th street baraiiig loudly. 1. t - v . a. RIVER. FORT! MZLTg EA?T OK TH ering here atitl there into lol v whitened with many enow iauiivs. Away in the eoutheavt. acrttee tin in..ma.tlonal bouhuary. 1 tbe niajemic pt-ak if Mount Baker, whuee rugged and lncguibr cone la wh.te with an eternal mantle it anew. V 1th the -iii li;umii.at:i.g tu. eun.mJt it ia indeed a glorlou nmuuiatn. v ell worth tha coat f the whol tr:j. The peoj 'e of thla region mor well l proud if thsir gre' mouiiia.n. tiid we need nut wonder why they IxjbxI ao mu h about it It it wortly of it all. Vancouver . one of Quartet of remark able clii" in thi conitr of the country. Although only 2" yearp oid. and c mtalnlng but about Si.(mo inhahltantr li doea an lro menae bua:rie.R. muc h lajgcr than ia don by many ritie acveraj times lt site. J re one find eliin from many wt American porta, and theme of tbe Orient. Fri ro here there are hue that wnd ibeir ehlpc to Japan. China, the Indi. New Zealand and Austral-it. And for this eliipping the bay on which the city aland Ik unex celled It U" in fai-t a deep "ficifd' mimy mllee long and from one lo two mlhe in width. Here ail the navie of the worid but also aa a very particular one. In an Interview which I had with him a few years upo he told me that the coat be then had on had cost him $u, and It wa part of a suit which was then felling for tS.DO. He was not ashamed to wear a suit of that price, although he had bought it, he told me. In order to illustrate his position on the tariff, and to show hi friends that low dutiea made cheap clothing. Not long age Russell Sage cashed a check for 4 cents, and as he did bo. It la aald that be remarked: "It was Just like finding money. Just like picking It up from the sidewalk." The check came in a let ter. It was from a theatrical firm, calling his attention to their new play then run ning at tbe theater, and enclosing this check to pay for the time used in leading tbe letter. This was the note: 'Assuming that your Income is Slu.UoO a year, and thut you appreciate the fact that time is money, we enclose check for 4 cents in payment of two minutea of your time at that rate, to be employed in care fully reading a brief and honest statement of the novel, applause winning features in our new musical farce." Such letters were Bent to many wealthy New Yorkera but it is said that Mr. Sage was about the only one who cashed the check. The enders--had. however, no idea of his actual Income, or the check would have had to be enormously larger. Mr. Sage'a income 1 probably somewhere be tween (L.OUO.OM) and HO. 000.000 a year, and, according to the aame calculations two minutes of It would be worth between 1:5 and S30. I mean that Mr. Bage'a Income probably amounta to at least S12 a minute, every hour of the day and every night, year in and year out. At any rate. Mr. Sage endorsed the check, and it went with others of many tlmea ita value to the de posit clerk of the bank. Boer aaajre Leads Money. It may Interest the money borrowers of th Vnlted State to know ham th great aVVteUOX sVaat-Pltata i r ifc VIEW IN THE PARK OF could find room for anchorage, and here the merchant veeael are eure to come in increasing numbra. 4 Tfce Crreavt L.BiMber ladaatry. The great foreate of pine, epruce and . . j av- t Lr r-, x - - I lit ." - " jle.iag 'i.iwlt''-'- -XinaiiCJ. . , - " Iron Boxes Filled with Bonds est money lender on earth givea credit. The niubl of Mi. Sage loans are un call, and as a rule an umplt amount of good bonuti or tfilt-edgt: slocks must be lelt a coliateiai. The llittle.il Iaies are not over high. Millions are loaned at 4 pel cunt per annum. Here it the form of note otteu uaed: Stock Note. NEW YOIiK., Moi. fcjUU.UUO. On uouiand for value received we promise to pay Rt'SSEL SAGE or Order Five H '-inured Thousand LJuuars, at hla otuee. with interest at per cent per an num, having aepoailed wiih hiui collateral security for pa.wueni of Uu ui any oilier liability or liabilities of to Bald baee. due or to become due, or that may be nereaxter contracted, ttie loliou'ing prop erty, as ittr memorandum envelope uaied the market value Xt wfAch is ndw I . with the right on the part of aald Sage from time to lime to catl addi tional collateral security snuuiU Ik mar ket vJue liiereoi cecilne, and upon our failure lo comply wilu such aemuiid this obligation Shalt ioriha-llh uocouie due, with full power and auUiority to iuin or hla ua-Kifc-na in case of such detault or of the non payment of any of the liabilities above mentioned at maturity, lo sell, aaaign and Uei.ver ine w hole or any pari oi such se curities, or any aubatituiea therefore or ad ditions thereto, at any broker board or at public or private sale, at his option, at any time or umes thereafter, without ad vertisement or notice to and with the right on his part to become purchaser liiereoi at such aaie or sales freed asid uis charged . of any equity and redemption. And after deducting all legal or oilier costs and expenses lor collection. Bale and deliver)', to apply the reaidue of the pro ceeds of such aale or sales so made to pav any, either or all of said liabilities, as said Suge fcliall deem proper, returning the overplus to ttie undersigned; and will still remain liable tor any amount so un paid. iBigued) slow a Towag Texas Made a Forteoe. The most of Russell Bage'a loana are to bankera and brokera He haa been ready, however, to lend to any one upon security, and If the business history of New Tork could be written J venture many a story r Copyright k msWJ THE CITT OF VICTORIA. oedar In thb region tiava etimulated tha lumber induir to an unueual degree, Here aie to be found lhoae very efficient modern millo for oorvening loge into lum- her which dlrtlnguisb the modern from the older methoda of lumbering. Lat year would be told as to how falling house have been propped up by Bage'a money. Aie of the queer deals waa that by which young White, a Texan, made Jliio.iino out of a loan be got from Suge. It waa during the latter part of Cleveland'a second adminis tration. The government was hard up for money, and a large block of bond had been sold at high price through Pierpont Morgan. A second block was ready for sale; but this was oflered to the public and subscriptions might be made by any one. Among the subscriber was a young Texan named Abraham White. He had figured out that tbe bonds would increase In value just as soon aa they were issued, and he made bids .for several million dol-. las worth of them. Hla bids ranged from If up to 112. and the blda for a.Sou.diO worth were higher than the bids made by Pierpont Morgan and his syndicate. At a result that much of the bond were awr.rded to him. At the time White made the bid be had not a dollar In his pocket, and his sole capita was about 44 cents, which he uaed in postage stamp, and In addition a little small change. As Boon as the award waa made he called upon several bankers and tried to get a loan to enable him to pay for the bonds, but they all refused. He then went to Russell Sage and frankly told him Just how he waa situated. Mr. Sage said: "Mr. White, you are aaking for a good deal of money, but I will let you have it at 4 per cent per annum. He had White make out the proper paper and loaned him tbe money; whereupon White forwarded the cash to the treasury and got the bonda He aold them and returned the money to Sage. Out of that deal White la aald to have made a clean SIOG.OOO. 4 lever Borrowa. It ia ald that Russell Sage never borrow money himself. He la so situated that he can produce aeveral million dtillara within an hour, and be haa always money for big things. The only time that he hue been in debt wa in ISM. when he became ill and had nervous prostration. He then got the cruxy idea that he could raise no money. A million dollars waa then borrowed fur him. but aa he got better and waa ready to attend to business again he found that his balance at the bank was several mil lion dollars. He aiao found the debt and paid it with ready monej . Mr Sage has never been afraid to invest big sum nor to sjieud freeif to make mure. His ei ono mie have been in a amall way. He bar. ob jected to paying 50 cents for uu ar lcle worth Si cents, hut not to paying llOO.Mnn for what he thought might soon be worth tUU, onu. 1 Russell Sage's money hi god? 1 doubt it. ite has devoted his life to money-making, because it is hi business and because he has enjoyed the game. I asked him one why be kept on working, remarking That he w as one of the nchem men of the w orld and that he hud more money than he c uld ever spend. He replied : "I don't know why. I don't know ih:i.t I could if I would and 1 fear 1 would not live long If I did ho. 1 like work better than play. My happiness is In my work, and J auppose 1 shall continue to work a long aa I live." At another time he aaid that be had en joyed himself quile as much while he was a member of congress as when in Wall street, and that wealth was over-estimated aa giving happiness. Stud he: "Wealth Is always traveling under falsa pretenses. It dues not confer the advan tages that the poor imairrne. We men are making money liecuuse we want to heva the credit of being smart ennugo to make It. There is nothing In money Itself worth struggling for after tine has enough for his needs. Jay tiould said about that as me time: "The notion of getting comfort from great wealth 1 nonsense. A decently economical man cannot spend more than the income from 11 li"0 .OKI. Inch men try to get' more, lint for the suite .of money, but because they want to excel The) are like boys who climb treee trying to see which can rltnih the hirhest without falling. They suy no men ever had enough. It is not true. 1 have enough, and 1 know a doaen other men who feel the anme " Ad lee lo !( Mea. Russell dage ha always lieen ready to adViae young men. and tit advice Is al ways grnd like Hetty Green, be lielieve In Providence, and- he thinks that Provl oem haa favored him In giving htm fortune. He believe also that Providence -J I I'll Mi. vHp& OX OF THE IMMENSE CEIAR TREES IN THE PARK AT VANCOUVER. in Hi Caucaau mountaina I wmhed the laborloua proceav of aawlng loyr by hand. PT.a imn telom and th other above Fr bard ork they might cut a eingie board in ao hour. Contract thla with Ute light ning speed of the band aw. which cute ita way from end t end or the lug ar faet aa a maD ran walk The Pacific Coast Lumtiff ciin.pccy a mill a cutting lBu.twn feet of l.:n.b-r and making SUti.UiU shingle per day hen we vmlted it It ka run by an liuuienne l.ouo-horae power engine and ah arcesaory engine of StlO-horse power. What thir mas of lumber means may be realised when we think that the product of v single day ould sunply lumlr enougi. .! all kinds fur twenty-five to thirtv good-s:Z"d lui'.iHes. arid et this 1 but one of sex ei i,l fijilitir mil!." in the city. Bowl Ride le Vlrtwrta. Here we are at the enfl of the Canadian Pacific raiiway. and ao to go further we take a summer and pass out of the bay into the Btralt of Georgia, which aeparate Vancouver island from tbe mainland. We turn southward and wind in and out through the channel which separate the bordering islanda. It 1 a magnltloent day. and in every direction we aee the moun taina. On our left towers the white cona of Mount P-aker; on our right are tha mountains on Vancouver island, while di rectly ahead la the Olympic range, cul minating in Mount Olympus itself. This archipelago was onoe ttie scene of an in ternational boundary dispute, which wn aettied by giving San Juan island to the he!;s those who help themselves, and that He is always looking out for the young man who thinks, plan, works and economises. Mr. Sage ha no sympathy with the idea that a rich mun is neces sarily a dishonest man, and says that the great flnanclera of the world have be come ao by honest work and hard work He told me onoe that his lirst thouaund dollars was made by email savings, and that he thought it better fur a boy to be burn poor than rich. He believes that penny savings banks should be connected with tbe schools and that thrift should form a part of every boy educuUon. He preaches the value of money and advises every young man to live within hia in terne, to spend lea than he niakaa and so Invest what he saves. He thinks one should save 26 cents out of every dollar, and more If possible. Another bit of his advice to young men is to Join the church and take part in the Christian movement. He believes in char ity, and says every young mun should give as much as Ue consistently can. I doubt not tliat Mr. Sage gives a great deal himself and tlirough his wife. Her charities, at least, are known everywhere. I have already spoken of Mr. Sage'B habit. It waa after he waa four score that be told me that his good health had been due to hla careful eating, drinking and Bleeping. He doe not believe in club New Chaplain of Nebraska Penitentiary I EV. P. C. JOHNSON, D.D.. of I tj I Tecumseh entered upon his new I J duties last Sunday aa chaplain IHCTjU oT the Nebraska state penlten 1TTV tiary. Recently Chaplain W. K. Williams resigned and Dr. Johnson waa at once appointed hia Bucoessor by Gov ernor J. H. Mickey. The governor wa at one time a member of the congregation of a church in which Dr. Johnson was pastor at Osceola and the men are old-time friends. Dr. Johnson ia a man well along In years, and la a native of t-i. tuunty, REV. DR. Z. C. JOHNSON OF TECTM BEH. Neb., NEW CHAPLAIN OF THE NEIiRAbKA STATE PRISON. New Tork. liiing burn in wtuu is now a part of Greater New Turk The day of hi early youth vere him nt iu the great metropolis. Losing his mother wii-n he wa but lo years of age, he spent a number of years ou a Jeraey farm, work ing for his "board clothes and throe months schooling every winter." The lat ter be did not get. lu the days of bis early manhood Dr. Johnson attended public and private schools' in New Tork City, and tiie coun try school of New Jersey. Ue advanced well in his studies and utter engaged in a number of vocation, including farm ing, working at a trade. In a atore and at the express business. Dr. Johnsnu baa always been a great reader and a thor ough student ol men aud a flair Fol more than thirty-seven )er he haa preached in the Methodist church, eight yeara of which were spent in New Jersey conference and .nearly t wc.ni) -nine iu the Nebraska conference. He is in consequence a pioneer irreacher in hi slate. He ha been presidn.s eider in two districts and twice elected lu the ge.ieral conference of the Methodist church. Te cumseh waa Dr. Juhnaous first appoint r I ? .'" - ".' t'.i '- ' lulled State PaHSing uur the latter we round thaj ecuihern point of Vancouver Island and steam into the narrow and torturous cbai ne! leading to Victoria harbor. Nearby r the parliament itonaaa. substantially built of gray stone and of considerable archl tectural eauty. Victoria la the ospttal at the province of British Columbia, and lg really a very pretty little cfty of 10,000 te -K.etm inhabitant. It la well built aat poaeeases an air of prosperity aji4 solldltJU One wonders, however, why tha provinoa put tta rapltal In this tsnlated plaoa Ova hours a way by boat from tha mainland. Already the enestlon of remcvaJ has beaaj discussed, and unless we era greatly lhle tsken this pretty rity will aome day loae it governmental supremacy. The city U Interesting In several weya It haa a Chi nese ounrter w hlcb rivals that of Bat Francisco. It has a fine opera house, atari a park of great magnitude and aonaioerahj" beauty. To the scientific man tta granite rurka. which crop out in great prefualaaji, are estremely Interesting on aoooun their well marked glacial strlatlon ao 1 groovea. showing tbe extent and dlrertio'i of movement of tbe great ice maea whir i must once lie re covered all this regis . Two Breve-faced Bolentlat of our pari ' spent hours one dsy scrambling over ti rocks and aoherly discussing the treroet -doua forte displayed by the toe ccsrerlt ; of the glacial period, aa ahown by tk mark still plainly te he aeen upon U.e expuaed aurfaoe of these old rorka. CHARLES E. BESSET. and Stock life. When he first came to New Tork l Joined tbe 1'nion League club, but 1 never attended more than three dinnsj 4 there: and when hla membership ran oil he did not renew it. He has ail his life had a splentt 1 physique. He attributes thia largely to b w ork while a boy, and to the fact Chat has led to some extent an out-of-door lif . having been fond of fast horses and drt ing. He haa owned fast horses hlmaal . Indeed, an autograph letter of hia In whh i he speaks of one of his horse deala wi s sold at an auction aale not long age J a New Tork for 40 cents. A oopy ot th:i letter Ilea before me. It read: OFFICE OF RVSSELi, SAGE. Na. Tl rsroadway. New York, Oct. 16. 1KKL X. I . Stanton. Esq.: Iear Sir I have four I and purchased a very fine young hor . C years old. to mstcb "LioulB." and ballet I have a very good and promising hor . They were driven together a half mile la 1:13 at Fleetwood. Puzzler is In good condition and I a far t horse, and but for my purchase 1 abou. 1 have arranged with you for him. As it 1 . 1 hsve to thank you most sincerely f r Bending him lo me as you did. and I aha l hope to reciprocate your kindness whei -ever opportunity otters. Tou can eend lir him at your convenience. Tours trulv, RCSBKT.T, SAGES, Indeed, Mr. Sage in many way remind one of David Hartim, and between the line of ills money making life run the teal for numerou .sermons. FRANK Q. CARPENTER. ment in Nebraska, and he haa filled th pastorates at Omaha, North Platte, Grant: Island, Table Rock. Osceola and else where. He is considered a very jb. preacher, being a thorough student b theology, a logical thinker and an able orator. He is a man of generous disposi tion, kind, loving and sympathetic Dr. Johnson la a Maaon, being a member of tbe Blue lodge. Chapter and Command, ery. He Hs a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity, having paased the chair of the Nebraska grand lodge and is past grand representative of the Sovereign lodge. He ia an old soldier and cone, quently a member of the Grand Army of the Republic fraternity. Dr. Johnson ha been a member of the republican party nice he became of age, having cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for preei dent. He has never beld an elective office of a political nature aave that of oounty supi rintendent of puldir instruction In m western county of thll state. He ha been spoken of by political friend aa a desir able candidate for good offices, but he haa) preferred to confine hla work to the mln latry. It Johnson waa maried to Miss Jennie Buck of this city, lif has two Daughter Mrs. Frank Norn of Table Rock and Mrs Lou Reed of Ohiowa. Prattle of the Youngsters Officer Can't you remember your papa' name? What due our niuuiiu call him? Lost Child-A lobster. Mr. Haskell stood before hi dreaalng ta ble arranging his tie. w hen orie of mingled grief and .range floated up to biro from th living room. He went to, the head of th stairway arid looked down. "What's the trouble?" be called, patiently. "Who is cry ing f" "Lloyd," atarwered several voices. "What have you been doing to him?" "Nothing at all. papa." came in chorus. "Tou must have done something," lnsleied tbe voce of exjierlenoe. "We're playing that jour big chair 1 a ferryboat. Lloyd -nue-ied it. and then he bos led. That's all truly, papa:" Ethel's father is an artist. The New Tork Press says he often permit his llttl daughter to stay In the studio with him and paint. Ethel has some bruaiie and paint of brr pwu, and uses thteu with some sbillty and more satisfaction. One day a visitor cahed ai the studio and Ethel eagerly ahowed him a small canvas "Did you paint this?" asked the visitor. In uj;ris "Yes. sir." said Ethel "Well. well. It Is very good indeed! Ar you sure you painted It all yourself?" "No. not all ." Ethel admitted, reluctantly. "Papa heljied Die a little " "Oh"' "but be used my brushes," tha Hul girl hau.y added. 1