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, sensation! And wlmt
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token tlio iiewspucr
workers who left their
desks it week ago fur a
trip to the Block Hills
jllvcd morn in four days
tlmti tliuy ordinarily
live In four months. In tlio Mrst place they
were the guests of the Burlington & Mhsouil
Hlver nillrouil, n distinction of Itself They
traveled through it new country, which up
penled to their new spa per Instincts and ex
cited wunder and rellection. They win
strange sights mid met peoplu living under
RtraiiKu comlltlons. They enjoywl frontier
hospitality In Hh native namitli and lounti
fulness, They ate meals amid uutisiinl sur
roundings, They had a taste of staging and a
8twly of pioneering. Tlioy saw the wondem
worked ly nature while in a generous mood.
They felt the coming grentncH. of a region
that Is a veritable treasury of material lilesn
Ingg. They enjoyed tho companionship of
men united in heart ami sympathies by com
mon interests and strivings. Tlio furethnuglit
of General IWengvr Agent Frnuels securetl
for the wayfarer elitertaininent and iHteii
tlon which money could hardly buy. Ho
crowded the four days with novel sensations,
and literally gavu his nuests a little span
of life abovo the level of the commonplace of
plodding existence. It wain life worth liv
ing. It is u memory worth treasuring. Is it
strange that the writer who enjoyed the
hospitality of the R. & M. under such happy
circumstance should w Ish to tell of the coun
try tliey saw, its resources, Its peoplu f
Tlio excursion began with a dinner at the
Lincoln depot last Saturday noon. The party
then embarked on the Arapahoe, it twenty
eight berth Pullman sleeper, sent out from
Chicago for tho purpose. It was composed
of J. Francis, general passenger ugent of thu
II, & M.; A. C. Kleiner, clly passenger agent
at Lincoln; C. II. Gere and H.I). Hatha
way of the Lincoln Journal; Thomas Hyde,
Lincoln AVir.i; H. F. Woodbrldge, Oinohit
W'orltl-JIerttltl; Victor Hosowitter, Omulm
Jlee; V. Morton Smith, Omaha Ilt'jiuliliran;
J. I.Htediuan, lllxstiutvil Went of Omaha;
I. C. McNeill, Kansas) City Gfofco; W V.
Cutler, Kansas City Journal; A. C. Foote,
Atchison Put riot; ltlceKaton, Kearney Huh;
S. I. Mobley, Grand Island Indrjiendrnt; J.
A. Creeth, Hustings Xvhrukan; K. H. Will
(mist, Hastings Drnumrut; C, V. Cole, Bent
rice Democrat; F. G. Hiinnionn. Sowartl
JlrpubHetin; George T. Corcoran, York Dan
ocrnt; A. U. Knotts, l'lutttmouth Herald;
John M. Cotton, Lincoln t'd;L. Wessel, Jr.,
and Fretl lleuzluger, Lincoln Courier; Dr.
W. F, Tucker, Lincoln; L. Wessel, New
York. During the afternoon thu train glided
through the garden spot of Nebraska, as rich
und fair a country uh God evtr smiled upon.
During the early evening, somewhere out be-,
yond Broken How, Hupt. l'lielauV car won at
tached to thu train. Tlio good uatuied su
perintendent gave "tho boys" tlio freedom of
hlv lolling otilee, and a lively time the
younger ones made of it. Among other
things they foraged on thu country during
one of tho trnln'tjsto,H,nud captured crackers,
pickles- and s-irdlnes. The magic word
"lunch" brought one dyspeptic scribbler
(who shall be nameless) from his berth in his
robe df ii u it, and lie pnid for his midnight
meal by dancing In hi airy garment. Then
ho was picked up, carried back to thu sleeper
and forcibly put to bed. On reaching Al
llaiicu the I'ullitiiui was sidetracked until
mornimr, and It was bundled to quietly that
none, of the fleepeis were disturbed, Tho
porter hero encountered thellrst of a series of
diillcultles. Thero Is a eeullur thing about
thustation at Alliance. Attht east end of
tho depot platform it is always an hour later
than it is at the west end. This confused the
porter and during thu remainder of tho ti ip
west he wns generally sixty minutes aliead of
time. When Itcanio to routing out tho party
an hour too oarly in tho morning, that sort of
thing was u bit annoying. One of tho fow
leople seen ut Allluncu was Frank B, Smith,
Into of this city. Ho was carrying n new
broom, and I leave it to Frank's Lincoln
friends to draw their own conclusions.
Alliance Is set down In the center of u hill
encircled plain. Not a tree Is to Ikj seen. The
B. & M. makes this station it division point.
The town has a proserou8 look. It is located
among th sand hills of Nebraska, which, a
fuw yeurs ugo, were likened to a desert. That
was a hasty conclusion, and tho fault of lg
noraucu. I prefer to taku thu uvldencu of my
own eyes. In the valleys lietween tho hills
are thousands of homes and ranches, proving
conclusively that this is not it desolate wastu.
There aro many fertile spots in tho bottom
lauds, and there aro boundless tracts suitable,
for grazing. If thero Is any poetry in funn
ing It Is in stock raising, and up
In northwestern Nebraska thero Is a big ter
ritory for that industry which the B. & M.
has brought Into close connection with good
markets. It is true that many of tho homes
aro dug-outs or made of sod, but while they
may represent poverty It Is n poverty with
out degradation. Many of those homes aro
us comfortable Inside us frame buildings
more pretentious. It is really u inatUy of
good fortune that the homesteaders who be
gin lift out theru without money have at
hand sucli cheap sulwtltutes for expensive
lunilKT. (liven good health, happiness Is it
matter of contentment, and theru Is reason
to believe that thu Inmates of dug-outs and
sod houses aro about as contented as thu av
erage of mankind. Buoyed by hope, that
blessed Inheritance of mankind, they find
sweet reward for their toil and telMeuial In
growing crops and Increasing herds. It Is
time thu people of eastern Nebraska should
stop their habit of speuklng slightingly of tho
sand hill country.
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At Alliance, Sunday morning, thu Arap
ahoe was hitched to a locomotive and run
us n special to Nowcastle. At Heiiilngford,
n short distance un tho road, thero was n halt
for breakfast. And such a meal as it was!
It was u revelation to those who knew of thu
country only by tradition. And the ladles of
Hemlngford, God blwsVnilhadaboutoiinlere
of wild Mowers at each plate. It wimt littlo
thing, to bo sure, butthocoiiipllment was un
expected and undeserved, Tho kindly act
touched thu chlvalrlc sentiment In tlio hearts
of the travelers, and they made their hc
kiiuwledgemeut in an ntihlhlo manner that
rattled tho windows of the little hotel. This
was only the llrst of n hundred kindnesses
from tho pooplu of thu northwest. A ride
tendered by thu citizens of Hemliigfoitl had
to Ik) declined ln-cuusu the time schedule
would not permit. Tim supior in tlio rail
loud dining room at Havemia thu night bo
torn was also it splendid meal, and tlio tour
ists wtru continuously surprised at tlio unox
poctod excellence of the meals served at the
eating places at which they stopped. This
fact itlono shows how much better tho people
fare than they are popularly supposed to do.
Thu fact of thu matter is that thu ieuple up
in that country have cumu from points eust,
and tlioy huvo curried their habits with
them.
The next point of Interest was thotunnel at
Belmont. Tills Is the only railroad tunnel in
Nebraska nntl tlio only on on tho whole II. Hi
SI. system It Is about TOO feet long. Be
yond tho tunnel tho road makes a curve that
discounts tho horse shoo that tho l'ennsyl
vntilu has advertised Into faine. Tlio rtirvu
is over a mile long, and thu grade is IM feet
to the mile. The ordinary reader does not
realize what a tremendous climb Hint means
for a locomotive, but he would If ho could
look at It. From the high ground near the
tunnel a view can bo hud of u vast valley
that sweeps away Into tho dlstnnco until It Is
lost In tho dim horizon, Supt, I'helau had
continued with the party, and was ever ready
to explain tho jwlnts of interest, on which he
was well jested. He was a handy man to
have about, too, for ho stopod tho train
whenever there was anything seulttl to bo
seen, Thu tourists weru allowed to wulk
through tho tunnel, seu its construction and
notu tho precautions uguiust possible tiro.
These will soon include u simple system of
water works Just west of tho tunnel thu
party saw it homesteader's cabin in thu valley
on thu insula of tho horso shoo curve. At its
door stood a littlo girl waving thu stars and
stripes. It aroused the ixitrlotism of thu
strangers, several of whom weru veterans of
thu war, and Supt. I'helau kindly stopiRsl
the train to let olt thoso who wished to walk
across the valley. They found the home
steader to bu n Union soldier. Ho ami his
daughter clfmlied tho opposite hill to the
truck with tho visitors, and lieforu the wait
ing train started thu strangers quietly drop
ped nickles and dimes and ipiartors into thu
little girl's hand.
At Crawford thu travelers weru again turs
prised by it baud and a throng of peoplu ut
thu deKt. In a neat little speech (to which
Sir Gero replied) tho mayor Invited thu party
to stop and visit Fort Kobiiisou. The news
pajier men were delighted with thu prosiHJct,
und Sir. Francis promised tho Crawford
MXplu that it stop would Ikj made on thu re
turn trip if it could os,slhly Imi arranged,
This meant an eiitiru change of program after
reaching Hot Spilngs. It Involved a thirty
live mllu stage ride, and seven teams hud to
Ihj ut the Springs ready for thu trip. Pro
vision hud to bo madu to feed tweutyslx x-o,
plu somewhere among the lonely hills of Da
kota. All connections hud to bo madu on
time in order to have it certain two hours at
Crawford. It wits it dllllcult problem, under
tho circumstances, and thu chances were
against Its successful solution, but .Messrs.
Francis, Hu-lun and Kleiner put their heads
together, and all arroiigemcnts were made In
tlmo to wlroau acceptance to Crawford lie
foru thu sHclnl reached Newcastle. It Is n
mystery how they did It all, but It proved a
iniignllUent success, That was another time
when tho rnllrond olllclals were handy men
to luivo around. Tlio simultaneity anil cheer
fulness with which they ro-arraiigod their
plans, all voluntoilly, and apparently with
out thought of extra efforts or special favors
to Imi conferred, carried a graciousness that
was very grateful to tho nowpucr men.
Ihls considerate tieatiueiit wasclmracterlstlc
of thu whole trip.
At Hat Creek, which consisted of a small
station house, n little gathering of farmers
anil children greeted the special, and tho hut
went around for tho girl who presented Mow
ers. New-custlo wns reached about Hundny
noon, and the party Immediately took another
train for thu cool mines. These are seven
miles from Newcastle, and thu mining tamp
Is culled Cumbria. Tlio visitors were tukeli
at once to tho company dining hall and treat
ed to a camp dinner. They enjoyed tlio seusas
tlon of eating from tin plates and drinking
from tin cups, Again weru they surprised nt
thu greit variety of viands and excellence of
the cooking, tlio meats particularly being thu
subject of much praise. Many of tho party
regard that camp dinner as one of thu most
memorable events of tho trip. The building
was the simplest kind of board structure, but
had been ti limned with evergreens. A motto
traced uon it sheet of pasteboard and bound
with sprigs of plnu rellected the sentiments of
the guests. It read: "Ho who does Ills best
doet nobly. Angels can do no more."
After dinner came atrip through one of
tho mines owned by Kllpittrlck Bros. & Col
lins. The coal lies In a stratum about eight
feet thick. Thu layer is cut In two by n can-
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you that crosses it. A tunnel has been cut
Into each side of thu canyon, making two
mines, ouo called tho Antelope and tho other
the Jumbo. A trestle bridge connects tlio
two, while the machinery tracks and build
ings are in thu tottoiii of thu canyon tlfty
feet below, l'rof. Hemingway, an uxiieit
from the east, Is thu mining engineer of tho
company, anil is using all the latest nppllun
ces. Thu mines ure lighted by electricity,
Tho drills nru run by compressed nlr. Thu
ten boilers uro so connected us to use one
big smokestack near the opening of tho mine.
A tunnel running parallel to the mine and
connected with it, also opens Into the chim
ney. Thu heated air from tho tellers passing
up the chimney draws tho air from thu mine
and thu pure air rushes In from thu outside to
till its pl'tco. ThlbHjsteni of ventilation is
said to Ihj l'rof. Hemingway's, and this thu
only mine in which it is used
This Newcastle coal has unusual qualities.
It Is bituminous, but is so hard that it cannot
Iw broken with it pick. It is the only known
bituminous coal that is not soft. It is ex
ceedingly full of gasses which cause a denso
smoke. It Is not u perfect fuel for domestic
use except In a grate, where there is it strong
draft. However, it excels for making steam
and gus, und is puiticulurly adapted for coke,
an exceedingly vuluublo quality Among
thu iippllances is u novel machine invenbsl by
it man ut Columbus, Ohio. All other ma
chines for cutting coal veins nru pounded in
to the mineral by a chug from therein-. This
one hits it steel bur three inches thick und
thirty long, set horlwintully. It is studded
with blades, which bite the cool when in op
eration. Tho bur is run by endless chains
worked by compressed ulr. The Inventor luis
lefused $1,000,000 for hlspnU'iit. HuchorgfK
ft,(KH) for a uiliiu right for thu uso of one to
flvo iiiuchlncH. He also exacts the urico of
the machine und u royalty on every ton of
coal mined witli them.
After luM'ctliig thu mines the vlsltois
weru driven over tlio Kllpatrlck ranch. The
teams climbed up tho steep sides of thu can
yon to the tableland iiIkivo. Tills plateau
contains D.nui ncre, und l.tHt) ucres have tlio
vein of coal Wencath them. 1'iof Heming
way says the largest mining plant In Amer
ica could not exhaust the supply in two bun
dled years, It Is said Kllpatilck Bros it
Collins have refused ffi,(XMI,(MK for tho prop
erly, In addition to thu plateau they own
other lands In thu neighborhood aggregating
111,000 acres. Tho tourists weru driven around
tho head of thu canyon to thu much houses,
where they were entertained by a cowboy
and u bucking broncho, had a photograph
taken and visited an Interesting cave The
vlow from this plateau Is superb. One can
n?o hills 12(1 miles distant After leturnlng
to town thu party were taken to the oil wells,
about throe miles out A lubricating oil has
been discovered but uppai cut ly not in mer
chantnble mirintltlcK. Thero aro strong ludi
cation or petroleum, but Bctho-llyo has
seen too many dhapiMjIntments In lVunsyl
vnnlii hud Now York to bank much on "Indi
cations." How-over, the plain Is dotted with
derricks und tost wells. Tims fur they huvo
only succeeded in going down throour four
hundred feet. At that depth it stratum is
encountered that Hows In upon tho dill! and
Impedes further progress, However, Mops
nru now being taken to overcount that dllll
ctllty, and thoptoploor Nowcastle oxieet to
gut lioth oil and gas.
Tho dilve of twentyllvu tulles had sharp
ened all apetltes and ample Justice was done
n line supper spread nt olio or the hotels Sir.
Frnuels hud announced that tl o'clock was
llxod its thu tlmo for leaving Nowcastle, but
he added, with it smile, that in view or tho at
tractions for slght-soer. his watch might, run
slow. And then tho other gentlemen smiled
ut tho indulgence piomiM-dlii such a neat
manner. After supper they 1 3ok in tho town
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under thu guidance of well-known citieus
Although It was Sunday ull the saloons were
open. Homo hud women und music and danc
ing, ami ull were supplied with gambling out
fits. Thu games weru faro, stud jsjker, Span
ish monto and wheel of fortune. No etrort
wuh Hindu at concealment. The frontdoors
were open, and tho gomes wore well patron
ized. Howover, everything wits orderly and
tho wild, shooting wickedness painted by
lurid writers was not visible. Tho trouble
with those reusutloiiul accounts or frontier
towns Is that the exceptional event, like a
shooting Irs, is written of us though n legulur
dully oocurrenro. This exaggeration and
sensationalism has uudoubttslly done New
castle injustice. Of eourto no one w III uh1
ogize for her wickedness, but even tho devil
should have his duo. If a man will keep out
of saloons, which uro tho breeders of cpiarrels
tho world over, hu need huvo no fear of lifu
in Newcastle. In time thu moral sentiment
of the community will put the ban on open
gambling rooms and dance houses. Then
they will lm run liehiud closed doors, as in
righteous towns like Oiiinhu, for instance.
It is foreign to thu purpoas) of this ai tide to
discus this phase of frontier life, but, utter
all, how-much wickeder are open iten than
secret hells? Taking advantage of their kj
clitl Indulgence, tho putty did not get back to
tho Arapahoe until 10 o'clock.
Newcastle impresses one as it town with
a futuio. The mines already employ iiuo
men, which force is likely to 1st increased
Half a dozen other compunlcsiirunlso looking
for coal. Gus and oil may lo found Thu
town is thu natural trading olnt for a large
territory. It has a splendid start for a year
ling. Thu enterprise of Its citizens may be
inferred from thu fact that they huvo begun
a system of water works that will draw its
Hipply from it spring umii a mountain four
teen miles away It will give n pressure r
I2.' Kuuds in tho town. Tho B. ,V SI. is ex
tending its line tow ards the Yellowstone park,
which will iiisn additional territory to New
castle. As the mineral resourcesof tho lllack
Hills aro duvelopisl tho demand for Newcas
tle's coal will Inert-use, mid It will tend to
draw reduction works to that point. Tho II.
1 SI. Is opening up a country that will aliord
many oppoituuilics for money making for
men sluotvil t nough to telro tho chalices.
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Sunday night tho special engine started
with thu Ariipnhou on tho return trip, going
ns far as Dudley (Hiding 7 on the tlmo cards),
where tho scribbleis slept tho sleep of tho
righteous Tho now I lead wood blanch of
the B & SI. leaves the main lino at Dudley,
and a new- town has ipruiig up at the Junc
tion within u fow wts-ks. Tho place is In
South Dakota, and tho littlo town or 2l had
six places where Ifipiors woiosnld III original
packages. About 2IMMI men are employed on
tho new lailroad lino within forty miles of
tho town, which n-cins to miiko tho original
package huslucrs n prolltublu one. Half tho
party hicukfastcd Monday morning ut tho
depot eating house and the others weiu enter
tained down town At eight o'clock tho
tiaveleiH mounted stages and carriages foru
twenty-llvo mile drive to Hot Springs, and
thu Arapahoe was sent down thu road to Hut
Cioek station to uwnlt thu return of thu wiin
del ois nt four o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Thu program for thu Interim culled for two
pieces of staging, ouo of twe utysllvu and tho
other of thlrty-llvo miles, Ih-sIiIos tho stay
and sight feeing at Hot Springs. You can
imagine the t-uie utcdod In currying out such
a program, tho hist half of It hastily impro
vised. The rldu to thu Spring was no enjoy
ablu trip Thu road wound up und up mid
up thu hills, giving it grand view of hills and
valleys and plains stretching away into tho
misty distance, 'in uppiccluto It ouu must
have taken such u tllp, tiding on tho top of
mi easy Concord coach on it pi if eel day in
.lime .Much of the route lay along the Dead
wood Hue of thu II. SI. A part of this will
soon 1st Ironed and ill miration. Th mil.
road will then ho within about twelve miles
of Hot Hprlngs, mukliig thu II. & SI. thu Uwt
routo to that JKlnt. A survey bus been made
for a brunch from thu Deudwood line Into the
Springs, und ultimately thu staging will Ut
done away with. These various lines show
that tho B, A: SI. Is doing a grout work in de
veloping thu Black Hills country
Thu tourists reached Hot Springs In tlmo
for dinner, dusty und hungry but not tired.
The people of Hot Springs hud a hearty wel
come mid provided it generous entertainment.
FredT Kvnns, who owns the springs mid a
big slice of thu iriurty lying ulxiut, was
speclully kind, and Landlords Porter and Gil
lespie and Jurvls of thu Sllniiekatnh, Gilles
pie and Hot Springs hotels were unceasing in
their warm heurted ministrations. All three
houses are handsomely furnished, und it may
be mid without Mattery that they will hold
their own in comparison with eastern sum
mer hotels In all resects except, NirluiM, us
to size. A drive after dinner took tho visi
tors ull over thu town und guv-o Hue views or
the country Then rollowed a swim in the
big plunge hath, uld to k largest of its kind
in the country. A vigilant photographer got
two snap shots at tho party, and then it was
time for supper Tho local Iximl serenaded
the visitors, and thu evening was tilled nut
with u complimentary hop at the puvllllon
Tho party were delighted with Hot Springs,
mid they proved it by buying eleven lots,
while eight to ten more are being negotiated
for Tho llrst impression was favorable
The little cuv nlcude came In on the plateau
bearing tho soldiers' homo mid .Methodist col
lege, two handsome buildings of white stone,
.and nil ulKiut were cottages in various stages
of construction, Down in the valley similar
tlgns of gi until were abundant. Strevts were
being graded, the town was fullof people and
there was an air of activity that wiuunex-
pccl.-d. Among the busiest of tho rlllrimx
weio A S, Melding, Paul Holm und Sir.
Connor, all Lincoln men, who seemed to Imi
taking tlio lend III renl estuto business. It Is
not my purpose to unulyro and en log bo thu
waters of tho springs. Tim testimony of doz
ens of people Is in uvldencu that thu watcti
huvo lino curutlvn propel ties, mid that Is bet
ter than sclentlllo theories, The Ineieaslug
patronage lias led to the cret Hon of two new
hotels, both of stone, and tho fact that all
three houses at u doing u lino business Is n fair
Inillcutloii of the merits of tho plncu. Tho
town MM'ins to 1st full of Nebraska people. It
Is enjoying a veritable boom now, and when
thu railroads come It will go with a rush.
Theru nru many hulldlugsltcsnMniillug grand
views Into mid over the surioimdlug moun
tains, and tho Indications are that scores of
cottages will bo built for summer residence.
Hot Springs has been iidveitlstsl horcKiforo
by n pamphlet Issued by a railroad, but tho
miserable Illustrations are a libel on thu place
and ought to I hi culled In. Thu js-oploor Hot
Springs could not do too much for tho
visitors. Ileie, iih everywhere on thu road,
thu badges rurulshcit by thu Burlington were
an open sesame to tho best tho country af
forded. At Id o'clock Tuesday morning tho party
took currluges for the thlrty-llvo mile rldu to
Hut Crook, Ten miles out they reuelusl the
Cascades, whorcj several springs of mineral
water bubble out or thu foot of tho hills und
send a pietty stream singing meirlly down
tho valley
Several farmers and their wives hud ro
relved notice tho night before of tho purty'si
coming, mid they hulled the cnviilcuilo for
dinner, A picnic table had been crot-bsl un
der the tic by thu roadside, and It hud such
a spread us picnic nevrr saw befoie. Theru
weiu ten-tpuirt pulls tilled with sweet homo
grown straw lMrrle, that sold at Hot Springs,
nt fifty cent it quart; cold meats, homumado
Ulead and rolls, buttermilk, leinoniido,cliain
pagnu cider, cukes, I-Muiu cheese, Dutch
cheese, olives, undines, Ringer ale, pies, cof
fee, oranges, wafers, plcklen, leu cream, rnd
Mus, cream and other good things enough
fur live times as many jieople. It; was thu
greatest spreud of tho whole trip, and thu la
dles of the Cascades covered theiiifelves with
glory. Theie is no town, only a fow ranches
between the hills, and It was twenty-llvo
miles from it railroad, Think of it. After
dinner Judge Wood made n happy littlo
spetch, mid Sir. Francis responded. Then
followtd songs, cheei for tho ladles and tho
Curcudes, und the procession was onco moro
under way. Thu remainder of the ill I vu wiin
uneventful, except for shooting at pralrlo
dogs. Thu party in rlvtsl at lint Creek nt
I o'clock, on time, und sturttd homeward
unci) moro.
A crowd of ssiple with a brass bund
greeted thu social nt (.'raw ford, ami tho
travelers were shown to cuiringes for tho
drivo to Fort Robinson. The post Is about
throoiiinl a half miles from town ami Is lo
cated in tlio center of a township reserved by
tho government It is in it fertile looking
volley, bus 700 troops, lias an abundance or
buildings, many of them of sun-dried brick,
und has a Mur growth of shade tlccs startiO,
On returning to town the party were shown
ton hull, where it regulation biimpiut was
spread, Including u dainty, hand-painted
badge from tho ladles for each visitor. An
elaborate menu, spiss-hes, toasts, Jokes mid
music by it colored orchestra from Hie Fort
made two hours pass merrily, and the regu
lar train, which was to pick up tlio Arapuhoo
at this Kiint . had to Ihj held mi hour An
other handy tlmo to huvo tho railroad olllcliiN
on hand. Thu haiidsomu treatment of Craw
ford will long ho remembered, Thu town is
only four years old, but It has it line trade.
It is ut thu crossing of the B. & SI. and thu
Klkhorn, which make it lurge territory trlbu
tary to It. " - - -
You miiy well belluvo it was a tired party
that laid down to sleep lu the Aruiuhoo Tues
day ulght. Wednesday morning round a tine
brtnkiast nt Ravennii. During thu stop at
Suwurd hundsome gold wntch chains were
presented to Sir Francis and Sir. .iemer, as
souvenirs of thu trip, und another was sent to
Supt. Phelun, Tho train reached Lincoln on
time, and thu party took their lust dinner to
gether at the deot dining room.
What can lw said in rehiiinu of such u trlpf
Adjectives huvo Ihmmi ubiirtsl until they uro
too weak to projerly exprrsN the seutiinciitH
of the newspaper workers. Tht-re were a
thousand Incidents, pleasantries mid atten
tions that cannot be mentioned Coming to
gether with slight acquaintance, muny as
strangers, four days of companionship made
the travelers wiirm friends General Pnsx-ii-ger
Agent Francis whs thu embodiment of
urbanity, generosity and modesty. Ills kind
ness wns of tho iiiutterof -course quality and
not oppressive He cupturcd the goodwill
of his guests completely. It fell to Sir. Klein
er's lot to iinuiigo ninny of the detulls, and
thu travelers weru Indebted to bliii for nuin
U-rles kindnesses. No conductor of hu ex
cursion ever won it heartier esteem from Ills
charges Supt. Plutluii'scheorful cooperation
Continued on MigcA
FORRARD ONI FORRARD ONI
The subject of the Couhku's, illustration
tills week Is the famous painting of Thomas
Blinks. To lovers of dogs and hunting scenes,
every new picture by Tlioina Blinks must
ever (trove interesting. Excellent us his pict
ures are, in this instance hu has surpassed
himself, ami by many critics hu Is now re
garded as one of our Mrst animal p.iluters. Ho
nue inane a snciui siuuv or ilogs, unit knows
Isjtter than any ouu their habitual behavior,
their favorite jHtees and the mobile play or
their physiognomies, In this realistic picture
he represents a (mck of houiuN in the act of
leaping over a fence In hot pursuit of their
prey. For spirit, dash, and admirable draw -ing
this picture can hanlly Im excelled, and
will proven valuable addition to thu very
imalluumlierof really good hunting subjects
now in the market.