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:jm,,x-frtS;rrrx.niB,Kmuamm rwrrfti inrrrfrrtiir.iniiTnr1n-in1i1M1ll1. llr- rr TT n I smMimrKTmnuntfti' ii iflji r V&tttM yfttfi ' CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1890 NOTE THE NEW DIFFERENTIAL FARES In Conjunction with the Erio System )vrntm Daily Knot Vpslltmlril Train to tlio Hrnbonnl. Yon mny travel In tlio inoit Ulo- Itnnl nnd Coiuplulo I'ulliiinii VrMltmUil Trains vvrri'Diiiitrtictttl nnd save (I ISO lu lluf fiiloniiit Niagara Ifnlls, IU.0O (lritclns nml Wi floeomt-cliiM to New York, i.M to AN Imtiy nnd Troy, mid 1W I'lrsl-clam nnd lift) HcrondcliM to lloMon mid New Knglnml Cllle. No rival lino oftVrs tlio ndvnntnucH of n ' torn of through rlrt nnd Kccoml-rhis Pull, limn Vcntllttilo Dny Coiiehr nnd l'UIX.M AN DINING CARS Chicago to Now York. It U tlio only llnu iivrntlng l'litlmiiu Cum to IIokIoii nnd Now Knglmul vlix Allmny. Kntlro Trnlu nro lighted by gnu, Iicntrd by ulcnm. rnlhnnn I)lnln Cnr run through In I'ltlier direction. Solid Train of Pullman Dny Conches, I'ull innnClinlr niulPlcriiliiR Cnr toColiiinhii,0., and Ashland, ICy, Dally. Theso Luxurious Trnlim nro open to nil Clnnso of Travel. No Kxtru Clmrgu for l'lmt Tlinonnd UiiiurpnKtetl Aocomiiioilnltous. Mr ilctatttil IniirmiidoM, ticket anil reser vation In l'lillinnii riirniply to your locnl ticket agent or to liny agent or nil connecting Hum or railway, or to OiiiuAiio City Tiokkt urKiCKH, 107 Oi.ahk Mt., nnd Dearborn mix tion, or (iildircK, L. 0. CANNON, F. C, DONALD, (Ion. Ant,, for Hcoolvor. Oon. Pn. Agt OIIHMflO. SntaFe Route ! Atcliison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R The Popular Route to the Pacific Coast. Through Pullmnn and Tourist I Sleepers Between Kansas City nnd SAN DIEGO. LOS ANGELES, nnd SAN KUAN. CISCO. Short Line Rntcs to PORTLAND, Oregon. Double Dally Tmln Service Between Kansas Cltv mid PUEBLO,COLORAI)0 SPRINGS, nnd DENVER. Short Line, to SALT LAKE CITY. The Direct Texas Route Solid Trains Between Kansas City and Galveston. The Short Llrte Between Kansas City and Gainesville, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Austin, Temple, San Antonio, Houston, and all Principal Point In lexns. The Onlv Line Running Through the OKLA'HOMA COUNTRY. The Only Direct Line to the Texas .Pati'IIandle. For Maps nnd I ! Time Tables nnd Informs 1 tlon Regarding Rates nnd Routes Call on or Address S. M. OSGOOD, Gcn'l Ag'tr Ej L. PALMER, Traveling Agent, ; 1308 Farnam St., 'OMAHA., NHB. II CXICtg WlWAUKEh &fiwtf Owns nnd operate &300 iiiIIoh of thoroughly Quipped road In Illinois, Wmconsln, Iowa, Missouri, MlnuesolA and Dakota. It Is the Host Direct Uouto botwe-mall the P-luclpnl Points In the Northwest, Bouthwest and Kar West. For maps, tlmo tattles, rates of pasMgo nnd freight, etc., apply to nearest station agent ot UH1CA00, MlWAUKKK A HT. l'AUI, 1UIL way, or to nny Railroad Agent anywhere In the world. R. MILLER, A. V. It. CARPENTER, aeniwl M'R'r. Gen'l Pus. ATMU Agt, K.TUCKKlf. OHO. II. IIEAKKORD, Vsst. Gen" Mgr. , AssU a. I. T. Agt. jMUvTaukee, Wisconsin. MT-Kor Information In rorerence to '-amis and Towns owned by tlio Chicago, .Milwau kee & tiU Paul Ilullwny Company.wrte to II. G. UAUOAN.Lnnd CommlMiloncr.Mlll waukee Wlscousln. FASTJAIL.RODTE 2 DAILY TRAINS2 -TO-Atchlson, Leavenworth", HCJosepli.Knnwis City, St. Louis 'and nil Points South, v t East and West. 'The direct line to Ft. Scott, Parsons Wichita, Hutchinson and nil principal points in Kansas'. , The only road to the Great Hot Springs o( Arkansas. Pullman Sleepers and Free Reclining Chair Cars on all trains. J.E.MILLAR, R. P. 8. MILLAR, City Ticket Agt. Gen'l Ag;nt Cor. O and nth Street. OF MAKING tAX. BILLS, M'KINLEY HA3 WON HI9 PUCE THROUGH STUDY OF THE TARIFF. You Stunt fltudy mid Wiirh Hunt to Win nl Wnthluutoii n r.lunt heri' - Octo Rmutrlnii Honntnr Morrill Hciiiilnr AMI sua A ContrastliiK l'lctiire. HKlnl CorrvOM(teiice. Wabhi.noton, Jujio 5. Tlio tnriff Is tlio greatest political ksuo nt tlio imtloiiitl capital, ns It 1h the moat common toplo of (HncuhsIoii throughout tlio country. An old motubor of congrcs wild to mo the other dny that iv greater lniinbor of ntntcBincn had iniulo tlielr reputation out of tho tariff thnn out of nny other lino of lefii1ntlon known to tho history of this M'KINIJ:V'S TRIUUI'IIAL jouiinky. country. Bui tho tariff wo ulwnyH ltavo with us. Jut now Jlr. McKinley is tho central ilguro of tho tariff world. The riso of this man to iowcr ami iniluonco Is it splomliil oxnmplo of what nmy bo tlono with it BjieciaUy in publlo Hfo. Jlr. McKittloy hns novor botlioretl himself vory much alout nny thing lint tho tariff. During all tho yearn ho hns boon in con gross tho tariff hna boon his constant companion. Whilo ho was still a law student at Canton, 0., tho question of protection of American industries camo up for dis cussion in tho town Lyceum. An old lawyer represented frco trado, nnd to young McKinloywaa nssignod tho do fonso of protection. Tho old lawyer, keen and experienced in dolxtto, over whelmingly dofeatod his young antag onist. Tills stung tho young mini's prido and brought out tho good qunlitiea that woro in him. Ho dotormlnod to bo a mnstcr of that question. Ho studied pollticnl economy with oven moro zeal than ho studied law; ho road siiecchea and sat up o' nights with statistics and government reports. MoKinloy's flrst start in publlo life was as county nttor noy. Ho was a good ofllcer, but all tho time continued to innko headway as a champion of protection. When speeches woro wanted ho was called upon to mako thenr, and presently' his dovotion to thnt idea won him an election to congress. A few days ago I buw McRiuluy riding from tho Capitol to his hotel. Ho was on tho rear platform of a streetcar. Fifteen minutes beforo this ho had won tho great triumph of securing passngo by tho houso of representatives of n tariff bill bearing his name. This was tho climax of his ambition. And yet hero ho was returning from tho scene of Ills victory in tho most common of public conveyances. Thero was something plain, American, democratic about Hint method of travel on that occasion which I confess to having an admiration for. Perhaps MoKinloy choso tho common public convoyanco bocauso of its cheap ness, Ho is comparatively n poor man. Probably ho was as rich in this world's goods when ho flrst camo to congress 'as ho is now after thirteen years of service Bofbro entering congress ho miulo a littlo money in his profession and investd it in a building in his town; but for tho rovenuo that has brought him ho would at times liavo boon sorely pinched for ready money. McKinloy loads u very simple lifo in Woshiugtou. It is princi pally n Hfo of work. Ho occupies two small rooms in n down town. hotel. Ono is his wifo's room, tho other his work shop. Mrs. MoKinloy is an invalid, and her husband tenderly spends with her every moment that can bo tnkon from his work. The two rooms adjoin, and even when busiest ho is constantly going from ono to tho other. All winter and spring tho ways and means committee has had almost nightly meetings. Theso wore held at McKinley's room, that tho chairman might bo near his charge. 80 wo sco that oven in a tariff bill, and in tho lifo of a man who gives all his energies to taxing legislation, thero may bo some- ming 01 sentiment. rr? "$$ - .' "fssi. WAiTiNa iron uru umirer. Somo people think members of con gress do uot work hard. They ought to see tho ways and means committee mak ing a tariff bill, or tho moinbers of tho senato flnauco committee dealing with the camo question. A member of tho former committee assures mo that for four months he and his colleagues worked an average ot eighteen hours a day, Sun days included. Almost daily they were at it, individually nr collectively, from 0 1W if & .rah & 1 W mtwhM PIkIm'' fsv Iff in tho morning till rastmldnlgbJL Hear ing it tho t'apilol from 10 in tho morn ing till noon, oxecutivo meeting later in tho day, another meeting at McKin ley's roonifl in tho evening, was tho daily routine. Often at 1 or S in tho morning belated newspaper men lmvo booh flvo or six weary gentlemen leaving tho Ebbitt house, walking 11 half milo or milo to their homes. They woro ineniliers of wayH and means who had been in con foronco on tho great taxing bill. Men who want success must work lor It in Washington as elsewhere. Tho very afternoon that I saw McKinloy riding homeward on tho pliitfonu of a street cur, ono of tho noted men of his times, 1 nlso saw a handsoino equlpngo standing In 11 secluded Btwt under tho trees which surround tho Capitol grounds. A pretty, stylish young woman wit in tho cart. Evidently sho was waiting for somo ono from tho Capitol, nnd presently this Lromo ono nppeared in tho jHiraoii of n member or congress who hns a wifo nnd family, Thus was explained tho wom an's selection of 11 shady, out of tho way nook for tho trysting place. Men who havo wives and families must bo prudent If nothing elso. This man is in tho prime of Hfo, woll to do and talented. Ho en tered congress a fow yonrs ngo with brilliant prostwets, but ho is Btill ono of tho army of congresiional unknowns. 80011 ho will bo forgotten. As ho stop ped into tho cart and drovo nwny with his charmer I could not help noting tho contrast formod lictwccn him nnd tho man who was journeying on tho plat form of 11 Pennsylvania nvonuo streot car to Jiis sick wife. itcKinloy'fl personality is an interest ing ono. Ho is ono of thoso men who set out' in Hfo with a purposo, and who bond every effort and circumstnnco to tho end in view. Ho is also ono of the fow men who can bo earnest, ilnn, tin deviating, and ut tho siimo timo suava and genial. Ho is a man who knows how to havo his way about things, to rido over othor pcoplo when necessary, without making them his enemies. As chairman of wnys nnd means, con structor and manngcr of a tariff bill, ho has been nt tho focus of much selfish ness. A thousand men of iniltienco and importance havo wantol a thousand things. They havo brought to boar upon him nil tho pressure which lawyers and lobbyists, politicians add capitalists know so well how to bring. Whether ono ngreo or disagree with McKinley's economic viows, it must bo admitted thero is something admirable in tho manner in which ho has bonio himself through this ordeal. Whero othor mon would hnvo becomo nervous or irritable ho has grown in graclousness and cour tesy. Whero others might havo been sharp spoken or linporious, ho has been deferential and pleasing. But ho has been turnod neither to tho right nor to tho loft Ho has smiled and smiled, and had his way still. Now nt tho senato end of tho Capitol a number of distinguished statesmon are wrestling with this question of taxation. Perhaps tho most .picturesquo of them SENATOR MQWUt.L. nil, though uot tho most ioverful, is Senator Morrill. This fine old man makes a picture worth looking at as he sits at tho head of tho tablo in tho com mitteo on finance Tho oldest man in congress, and tho veteran in sorvico, he represents in his career three or four dis tinct orasof his country's history. He was a woll known man in tho days when Kansas and slavory extension woro tho overwhelming topics of publlo interest. Ho was chairman of tho houso commit tee on, ways and means in tho early years of tho war, when tho expenses of tho government woro increasing nt the rato of millions of dollars a day, and tlio great problom was tho procuring of rovo nuo with which to carry on tho war. Nearly thirty years ago ho wrote it tax ing bill which carried his namo to every hamlet in tho land, and hero ho is yet, an octogenarian, at tho head of tho sen ato committoo which is at. work upon anothor rovenuo act. Though chainnau of tlio committee Senator Morrill is not much moro thnn it figure head. His days of law making are nearly run. Yet it was tho tariff that gavo him prominenco and laid tho foundation for his fnmo. The real head of tho senato committeo is Senator Allison. Hero wo havo Btill another example of tho value of special ising ono'a efforts in a public career. Allison, llko McKinloy, has mado tho tariff his distinct field. On these Hues ho has approached tho presidency, and may yet win it. Liko McKinloy, too, he is a comrortabio sort of person, smooth, velvety, Boft of touch, likublo. It seems that in dealing with tho revonues of a government and tho thousands of mon whoeo interests nro affected by the man ner in wliich thoso revenues nro raised, it is the man who cun say! no smilingly who does best. In this Allison is even moro skillful than McKinloy, It has lteon Bald of him that, if a judge and under tho jv inful necessity of sentencing 11 malefactor .to the golloWs, ho could do it in such man ner as to mako tho in. fortunate quite happy and content. At."t Allison to do this or that for you, and ho will comply if he possibly cun; but if ho cannot ho will put his arm about yon, lead you off into a corner and whispVr his refusal so sweetly and with sued charming mys teriousneas of manner that you like him in spito of your disappointment. And since revenues and taxes are neces sary features of this business of carrying on a great government, and many un pleasant things must be done in their name, wo are lucky to havo two such pleasant, sjgar coated statesmen to dc i'ie work. Waltkr Wetaman. " LONG LIVED NEW YORKERS. Men Who Hnvo Kndiired tlio lluith of tho MotrupotU fur Many Vriira. (Special Oornnom!enco.) New York, Juno 5. There appears to bo 11 iKipulur impression that tho htirly burly of tho metropolis nnd tho strain to which tho rush and dash of its business methods subject men's minds nnd bodies nro not conducivo to longevity. Lifo In surance statistics ohow that this is a fal lacy, nnd, Inside, thero nro many strik ing instances of tho orroneousnccH of tho idea. In a well known down town re sort it few mornings ngo, when rain was pouring down most energetically, ex Mayor Wlckhani, a frisky lad of about 70, was accosted by a gentloini of erect bearing and whoso oyes and skin were clenr. Ho had just finished a hot applo toddy. "Wlckham, my dear boy," ho said in hearty tones, "you shouldn't bo out n dny llko this. Tho weather is too rough for a boy liko you." Tho ox-mayor laughed and then inquired; "Mr. Tap pan, how old ore you?" "Ninety-live," was tho proud reply. "Will you havo another toddy'" "Don't cure if I do." Tho elder gen tleman, who confessed to being almost a centenarian, is tho father ot Frederick W. Tappan, president of tho Gnllatin National bank. Every morning oxcept Sundays ho travels down town and dill gontly attends to his own business nffnira without any nsslstnnco. Ho is Btill con sidered in the commercial world a man of great shrewdness and keenness of per ception. Exactly nt -1 :.'10 o'clock to tho second every week day afternoon a tall, vigor ous, but white haired man strides into tho Aster houso rotunda and when ho roaches tho mahogany, without a word being spoken, a glass containing a lump of cugnr nnd a Bjioon is placed before hint and ho is further provided with a Binnll pitcher of ico water and a bottle of whisky. With tho aid of tho water nnd tho spoon tho sugar is dissolved thoroughly and then tho whiskey is added with an air of great colemnlty. When tho toddy has been disposed of, tho tall man strides out to Broadway and jumps into a dingy "night hawk" cab, which is always in waiting, and is driven to his rcsidencoon Twenty-third street by a weather beaten public Jehu, whoso long hluo coat is faded, and whoso high silk hat has long ago lost its gloss. Tho occupant of tho rnttlo trap vehiclo 1b Dr. Norvin Green, president of tho Western Union Telo graph company. At 80 years of ago ho finds himself as frisky ns when ho was a country boy. David Dudley Field is only 82 years of age. Nearly overy morning of his lifo ho takes 11 horsobnek rido in Central park, and nf forwards walks all tho way fiom his residence in Gramercy park to his offlco on lower Broadway. In his ninth deendo ho is still engaged in the active practice of tho law. Instances such us theso could bo mul tiplied almost indefinitely to show that tho mad paco at which they are going agrees with tho modem Now Yorker as well as did tho stolid gait of tho broad backed burghers who settled on Man hattan Island act in harmony with tho lethargy of their times. Louis N. MEaAuanc JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. Tho Quaint Oenlua or tlio South Ills I.ltornry Curoor. ISpeclal Correspondence.) Atlanta, Juno 5. Joel Chnndler Hnr ris, tho only man who has sung tho songs of tho plantation as thoy are worthy of being sung, may bo said to havo begun his literary career when ho was scarcely 20 years old. Shortly after tho war ended ho becamo assistant to tho odltor of a monthly magazino, then published in New Orleans. Ho worked diligently on tho magazino and thero completed tho flrst period of his professional education. When he loft Now Orleans and went to Savannah to accopt a position on Tho Morning Nows, a position which his growing good fnmo and reputo as a hnrd worker had won for him, ho was it good, "all round" newspaper num. ready to tako any post, from local roiwrter to that of managing editor. And ho was still a very young man. On Tho Morning Nows ho had 11 long and successful career, and there found timo amid tho multiplicity of tho duties imposed upon him to fnll in lovo with and mnrry tho gracious lady who now presides over his elegant homo, and who lias been to him his truo helpmeet and tho sourco of in spiration of somo of his best work. It was in 1870 that Mr. Estill, of Tho Nows, parted with him with great re gret to seo him tako tho train which was to bear him to tho sanctum of Tho At lanta Constitution and to enduring fnmo, for it was not until ho hud boon firmly seated in his chair in Tho Constitution ofllco that he began to draw upon tho hoarded stores of his youthful plantation experience in thoso mnrvolous dialect sketches which laid the foundation of his success, and wliich have placed him almost without a peer as a faithful do llneator of negro life, manners and talk. From tho first appenranco of his dialect skotches, his rare portrayals of tho folklore of plantation lifo, tho pre eminent success of Mr. Harris as "an author waa assured. Thousands road them eagerly. Thoy were bo true to nature, so reploto with that quaint plantation humor which has now for ever gone, eavo when it ljvea in tlio talk of Uncle Remus and his friends, that it required no eye of prophecy to Bee what garlands would crown tho brow of him who had preserved theso precious "files in amber." Those sketches of "Uncle Remus" Mr. Harris collated into a volumo, which had an immenso Bale, and tho widespread popularity of this volumo induced him Bhortly thereafter to issuo another, entitled "Uncle Remus' Bongs and Sayings," which struck tho fancy of tho reading public with oquol force, and served to eoUdify and advor tise tho author's rare popularity. Wat Johnson. Ensign's Bus, Carriage and Baggage Lines sal a. nth. at. Hacks, Coupes, Landaus and Carriages INHTANTIA' KUItNIHHKI). Telephones : CITY OFFICE, 303. DEPOT OFFICE, 672. trtaLfc.u, i",1'? Immedhi cly nnnwcrcd. Hneclul arrangon icnta for subiirhnn trips, nlno for sliopplntc. visits to Htato Prison, Iuitiuo Asylum, oto. Stylish Carriages and Buggies, At all Hours Day or Night. EST llortes Honied nnd best of care taken of nil Slock entrusted to us. J PRICES REASONABLE. BILLMEYER & Call and Soo Us. A. M. DAVIS & SON, Spring Carpets -- f And Draperies 1112 0 St. Telephone 219. BUCKSTHFF I0REMAN H& CEO WE, ! ii4 south i:i.kvi:ntii htiiekt. OTfAOQUAmTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY or THE COUNTRY, WILL OBTAIN MTJOX VALOABLB INFORMATION FROM A STUDY OF THIS MAP OF """ ViT'M " jvsuiIJ uCsuu r3jg 9m00M 13 liiiU THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND ft PACIFIC RAILWAY, lnoludlner main llnoo. branchoB and oxtoneionB East and West of tho MlBBourl Rlvor. TnoDlreot Route to and from Chicago, Joliet. Ottawa, Peoria, La Salle. MoUne, Rook Island, In ILLINOIS-Davonport.Musoatlnol Ottumwa, pskafooaa, Dos MplnoB.Wlntorsot, Audubon.HarTan, and Oounclf Bluffs, In IOWA-Minneapolla and St. Paul', In MINNfcsOTA-Watortown SPAJHSSS.118' in gAKOTA-Camoron, St, Joseph, and KanBaa City. In MISSOURI-OmahFalrbury.and Nolaori.Jn NEBItASKA-Horton" As, Hutchinson. Wichita. Belleville, Abllone, Caldwoll. In KANsAs-Pontf Creek, Klntrflsher, Fort Reno, in the INDIAN TERRITORY-and Colorado Springs, Denver, Pueblo, in COLORADO. FREE Reclining Chair Care to and from Chicago, Caldwell, Hutohlnaon, and Dodgo City, and Palace Bloop lngGaro botwoon Chicago, Wichita, and Hutchinson, Traverses new and vast areas of rloh farming and grazing lands, affording tho best facllltloa or intercommunication to all towns and cIUob east and west, northwest and southwest of Chicago, and Paclflo and transoceanic Soaports. MAGNIFICENT VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS, Leading all competitors In Bplondor of equipment, cool, woll ventilated, and free from dust Through Coaches, Pullman Sleepers, FREE Reclining Chair Oars, and (east of Missouri River) Dining Cars Dally between Chicago. Des Moines, Council Blums, and Omaha, with Free Reclining Chair Car to North Platte, Nob., and between Chicago and Colorado Springs. Donvor and Pueblo, via St. Joseph, or Kansas City and Topoka. Splendid Dlnlntr Hotels (rurnlBhlng meals at seasonable hours) woat of Missouri River California Excursions dally, with CHOICE OF BOOTES to and from Salt H&Sr .0rdeP'JPortJSPd Ji?8 Angelos. and San Franolaoo. Tho DIRECT LINE to and from Pike's Peak, Manltou, Qardon of tho Gods, tho Sanitari ums, and Soonlo Grandeurs of Colorado. ' llon VSA THE ALBERT LEA ROUTE, Solid Express Trains dally between Chicago and MlnneaDolls and St Paul With THROUGH Reclining Chair Care (FREE) to and m ffioae pofnto omf Kansas City. Through Chair Car and Sleeper botwoon Peoria Bnirit Lnttn and Sioux Falls, yiaTaook .Island. Tho Favorite "uSS to T P?postone, Wato?l a3rhd8s,ofihoPNaoBr'th8wt:h0 8Ummr RBOrta Bnd Huntl '- THE SHORT LINE VIA SENEGA F. ST. JOHN, Ocotral Manager. JosephfAtchlson: Leavenworth, Kaaa'cityTilirelld Bt n kU-Sfs jj tr T Finest in the City THE NEW-4 Palace Stables M St, opp. Masonic Temple. CO. Proprietors. Tolophono 435 DOES THE BUSINESS! LADIES FURNISHERS P. D. CORSETS. FINE EMBROIDERIES. ART NOVELTIES. Ol'POSITi: Ol'KKA iinusu AND KANKAKEE offers facilities to. JOHN SEBASTIAN. CHICAGO, II.L,. Qea'l Ticket Pja Apjri. fH ri & A