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BEADS LIKE ROMANCE
THE SECRET HISTORY OF NATIONAL
NOMINATING CONVENTIONS.
Yfef) Resullt Are Knimii of All Mrn, (nil
the Plots, tlm InlrlRiira, tlio Trrarhrrlr
Often llrmnlii Uiirlirtmlcitrilllrainatlo
Interest t Till IVrnllnr Institution.
8wll Cornwixmilonoe.l
Washington, May 12. Wo nro near
tag tlio imtlonnl nominating conven
tions of tlio two ((rent parties. Tlio con
Tentlonxl There Is nothing olno like
them nnywliero. I fancy tlio dent It of u
ovorolgn in other mrtn of tho woilil in
the nearest tlioy got to it In nionnrcliicul
lands, for that is nn ovent which ushers
hi a now rulor. Dnt how tamo nntl
commonplace tho dropping out of one
orowned head and tho accession of an
other in this manner compared with tho
choosing of ,n president at ono of our
Mtionnl conventions!
la monarchies succession is by ono of
the most common cnsuiilitlcs of life.
The clmngo comes silently, not often tin
H6W HAHHIRON WAS NOMINATKD.
spoctedly, Tho name of tho successor
U not a mystery. As well known, as
Bch studied, as thoroughly canvassed
M the rising and the sotting sun. la
SMMrchy, tho death chamber, the
aafflod sounds, tho weeping of kin, tho
wf nl hush and a son or daughter ris
tag from tho bedside to reeoivo a crown,
That is nil. Nature, rhuueo, disease,
txmtrol on tho ono hand; tho accident of
hirth on tho other.
la this republic, it myrlnd of caucuses
ta all tho hamlets, wards and township
of it vast country) county gatherings,
est in tho scalo, in thousands of conn
Urn; then district conventions, more
Bretontioui and imortaut: state con
rations follow, acuumulatitigtho spiiit,
the essence, tho strongest, tho various
Movements of all that have preceded,
and tlnal'y tho great national ussom
blago, composed of nearly a thousand of
the participants or products of Hie lessor
gatherings. This is tho work of brain,
f brawn, of genius, of life not of
death. Man rules, not nature Through
all these preliminaries run certain cur
rents of ambition, of coherence, of di
rection, mooting almost ovoiywhoro in
keen rivalry, and pregnant always of
keener rivalries to come.
Tho seemingly trivial contest between
two hatiC.'uls of countrymen, by the
light of threo or four oil lamps in tho
back wood school honso, tlnds its echo in
the grand, the spectacular, tho inspir
teg. tho indeacriluiblo clash of human
forces tho battlo of peaco which
jcllpses most of tho buttles of war in
omc gigantio auditorium toward whoso
walls tho ears of an entire nation are
inclined.
A national convention makes history,
bat tho history of a national convention
was never written. Chroniclers by the
hundred, and tho keenest and brightest
ta all tho land aro there. They npear
Bbiqnitous, they novor sleep, they tiro,
though stop not. They load tho wires
With hundreds of thousands of words,
day af tor day. and thou tho story is only
half told. The midnight conferences,
the fcecrvt plots, tho conspiracies, tho in
trigues, tho treachery are often burled
ta oblivion, never to soe the ligjit of
print Tho truo and full history of any
Bational convention would read like a
romance.
Sometimes a convention's action is
Btaterially Affected by a trivial incident
occurring many miles away. In 1888
tho Bational Republican convention was
heM at Chicago. There wero many
candidates. But over thorn all hung a
peculiar spell, a cloud, a charm, which
paralysed progress, prevented crystalli
sation. It was the name of Blaine.
Mr. Blaine was In Europe, whence he
had' sent a lottor declaring that ho was
sot a candidate Some of his friends
accepted this as final, but more did not
It anally appeared that thoro wan a plot
to nominate Blaine, notwithstanding his
letter. The men who were engaged in
it had a difficult, a delicato task before
them. It would not do to make the ef
fort and fail. Nor would it be wiso.
considering that it is always desired to
have election follow nomination, to ride
roughshod over tho other candidates, tho
avowed candidates, whoso friends had
brought them forward in good faith on
the Assumption thnt Blaino was out.
Therefore these men who bad deter
mined to nominate Blaino moved with
caution and tact
Their plun was to give each of tho
principal avowed, candidates a try at tho
prise. Each iu turn was to bo put for
ward with seemingly powerful assist
ance, and when all had mado their run
ning and failed to reach tho goal Blaino
was to be brought out as tho only man
who could attract to himself tho dis
cordant elements, as tho only possible
elation of the problem. Thus uomi
Bated, argued the manipulators, Blaino
weald have to accept, and under such
circumstances there could lie no charge
of bad faith or sharp practice.
This plan made satisfactory progress.
Monday morning came, and no nomina
tion had been made, (hough tho conven
tion had been in session five days. This
candidate and that had bad his chance
aad failed. The convention was at sea.
Choice seemed impossible, and the
friends pf all the aspirants were becom
ing weary and discouraged.
"The hour has come, now we must
trike," agreed the Blaine managers. A
secret conference of the trusted Blaine
was called. It met at 1 o'clock in
uMi' .
(ho morning in (nrlor 144, Grand Paellle
hotel. Every man present was a lender
in his state. "How many votes have
you thnt may bo depended on?" Ilvoty
ono answered. Tho total was a largo
majority of tho convention. "Then wo
nominate Dlnlne in soon ai the conven
tion moots today." A commit too of three
was appointed to manage affairs on the
floor of tho convention hall, all agreeing
to follow their directions. As dawn lie
gan to streak gray rays through the
windows this remarkablo conforenco ad
journed. Every man left that parlor
with joy in his heart, for ho folt thnt the
nomination of Ulaino was only a few
hours distant.
At 10 o'clock these men, weary but
confident, walked into tho convention
hall. "Not this ballot, but tho next,"
wns tho word whispered among them.
Itow eagerly they waited for that next
bnllotl But in n few minutes n now
fnctor, uuexiiected and uuwolcomo, en
tered tho hall. It wns n cablegram from
Mr. Blaino to Congressman Boutello. It
had been received late tho night lntforc.
Boutello had consulted one or two friends
as to what ho should do with it, and
then, liko tho Yankee that ho is, had
concluded to sleep on it before doing
anything. Tho message read, "I think
I have tho right to nsk my friends to re
spect my wishes." Boutello wns in nt
quandary. Ho did not know whether to
make tho telegram public or bury it in
his pocket. "Bother Ulaino," said ho.
"ho knows how to uso tho English lan
guage as well as any man in tho world,
Why didn't ho say what ho meant in
good English?" It was a fearful ro-
sionsibility. On tho ono side was good
faith with a long time friend, on the
other ambition, power, triumph. Bou
tello llnnlly decided to tnnko tho letter
public
Ho wns led to this conclusion, this
fateful conclusion, by anothor strange
clrcumstnuco. That Sunday evening
Mr. A. M. Low, then on tho Chicago
Tribune staff iu Washington, received
this order over tho social wiro from his
managing editor, "Intorviow John Slier
man." Tlio trained nowspapor man obeys
orders. "It's no uso for mo to go up to
John Sherman's houso and nsk for nu
interview at this time." said Low to
himself: "ho wou't say a word. 1 might
just ns well sit down and wiro back 'lie
won't talk' as to tako tho trouble to
walk up to his houso this hot night." Bui
liko the good newspaper man ho is, Low
went to .Sherman's house. Tho Senator
wns sitting on tho doorstep, surrounded
by tho inembeiH of his family. All wero
drinking lemonade, and tho old senator,
with thatwaimthof hospitality which i
always his and which is in strange con
trust to his manners at tho Capitol, with
his own hands brought the scribo u gins
and bade him lie seated. This auspicious
beginning hud a fateful ending. Mr
Sherman submitted to an interview. He
gave his opinion of tho pi ogress of events
nt Chicago. Tho substance of it nil wax
that ho understood the gamo of politics
which tho Blaine men were playing at
Chicago und condemned it most Revet e
ly. Reading between tlm lines one could
sco thnt if Ulaino wero given tho nomi
nation in thnt manner Mr. Sherman
would forever feel that ho had not I icon
fairly treated, for Mr. Sherman himself
oxpected to bo nominated the following
day if Blaino wero kept out of tho con
test. When Mr. Boutello enmo down to
breakfast after "sleeping on" BluiueV
cablegram he had a copy of Tho Tiibum
in his hand. This interview wns the,
first thing which attracted his attention.
Ho read and re-read it. Light dawned
on his troubled mind. "Mr. Ulaino." lie
said to himself, "would nover forgive
mo if 1 suppressed his telegram and ier
uiitted his friends to ride over John
Shorman. This settles it, and 1 shall
read tho tolegiam to tho convention '
In tho convention hull the Blnino
schemers begged Boutello to change his
mind threatened him, stormed nt him
but without nvail. Tho telegram waa
'VS jsSeStW
AN INTERVIEW THAT CHANORD HISTORY.
read, tho Blaino movement came to an
ond. Harrison was nominated on tho
noxt ballot
How was Harrison nominated? By
tho shrewdness, tho genius of ono man.
No abler politician ever lived than
Stephen B. Elkius. Ho was Blaine's
manager in 1880 nnd 1884. Ho idolized
Blaine, but ho nover carried hero wor
ship to the point at which he lost his
wits. In 1888 ho was for Blaino If Blaino
would or could tako it, but ho had a sec
ond bow for tho fiddle If it woro not
Blaino Elkius had determined it should
bo Harrison. Tho Indianupolis lawyer
was his father-in-law's wurm friend and
his friend, On his way west ho hail an
interview with General Harrison nt .'ie
lattor's homo. At Chicago ho invited to
his room four men. They wero Piatt,
Depew, Miller and Hlscock tho "big
four" of tho Now York delegation. In
that room, with only five men present,
tho great convention with its 800 dele
gates and its thousands of assistant dele
gates was ruled. These four men threw
Now York for Harrison and New York's
prestige curried tho nomination with it.
Mr. Piatt wus promised tho secretary
ship of the treasury, to obtain which has
been the ambition or his lifo. Why he
didn't got it I know, bnt wou't tell. It
U no business of our. anyway. But tho
samo "big four" will lw at Minneapolis
threo woeks hence, ami yon should ke
au eye on thorn.
Walter Weixman.
m Uiii4t 'till 'i'K,
alifiW1 Til :ra
n W BBBsKMte5M s-
HOW TO HOUSE THEM.
MINNEAPOLIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM
OF CARINQ FOR DELEQATE8.
ha If Mmle Ample Provision for tin
Comfort of the ltriulllritu Nnllonul Con
vention Where the HcloKntn, Will lln
Utinrtervil Twin City Attractions.
IHjiocliil Corrcspondunco.l
Minnkapoms, May 12. Tho Minne
apolis "convention hustlers" propose to
have tho at my of delegates and alter
nates to tho national Republican con
vention treated In a manner which will
make it hard to do any kicking, These
will bo 1,800 of them to look after, if
Alaska Is recognized and given a share
iu tho job of nominating a Republican
presidential candidate.
INTF.I1IOH OF CONVKNTION HAM
If any of tho state delegations havo a
hard time of It it will not bo because
tho local comiuittco has failed in its
duty. It will rather bo becauso n fow
of the states neglected to apply for
qunrtors. Tho sons of theso delinquent
commonwealths will got a good placo to
sleep and plenty of good and well pre
pared Minneapolis mado Hour, but they
will not enjoy tho luxury of quarters at
tho West or Nicollet or some other
equally good hostelry.
What souio of tho states lacked iu vig
llunco others made up for in the very
prompt way they asked for accomoda
tions': Thoro was Now York, for In
stance, which nover gets loft when it
comes to securing n good placo nt tho ta
bic It had hardly recovered from tho
surprlso over losing tho convention when
Dwight Lawreuco was dispatched to tho
victorious city with instructions to got
tho very best thoro was going. This
oinniissary catno west for u purposo, and
It looks as if ho accomplished that pur
poso in n manner that should scctiro for
him tho eternal friendship of Chnuucoy
M. Dopow, Warner Miller nnd tho other
members of tho "big four," nnd the
othor good livers who will ccnio along
with them. Tho seventy-two delegate'
und as many alternates from Now York
will hold forth at tho West.
Tho West, with its eight stories, ought
to accommodate ultout 1,000 guests, espe
cially in such times us these. More than
half the space in tho house will Imj taken
by fiOO delegates and ultornates. A com
parutlvely small part of tho Now Yo:k
crowd will hu o to bo less aristocratic foi
a fow days and lie guests uttho Holmes, a
very good ami cheery houso two blocks
from thoWcst and further from tho eon.
veution. 'The Michigan people uie all
right. Thoy will number fifty-six. dele
gates and alternates, and they have man
aged to fix things so that about every
man has a room to himself.
Tho big Pennsylvania aggregation
will not mix with tho Now Yorkers, nt
least they will not havo to, for thoy are
to bo housed at tho Nicollet, three blocks
away. Tho noxt largest delegation, that
from Illinois, will dwell with tho Penu
sylvanians at the Nicollet. Thoro will
bo no chance for friction between tin
Sherman ami Foraker elements in the
bunch of forty-six delegates from Ohio,
for tho fates have decreed that half this
purty shall lw at tho West, while tho
othor half shall feast at tho Nicollet.
Tho thirty Harrison men from Hoosicr
dom will bo an element iu tho great mix
up at tho West, whero thoy can confer
at the breakfast tablo with tho twelve
Blaino onthusiasts from Mulno or try
to convinco tho twenty-four sons of tho
Badger Stato that Uncle Jerry Rusk is
not in it with President Harrison as
E residential timber at least for this
eat.
The thirty delegates from the Bay State
will bo neighbors at tho West of tho
dozen gontlomcn from tho Nutmeg
State. Tho eight cotton mon from Rhode
Island nnd the half dozon sturdy wheat
growers from North Dakota will bo
across tho hall from each other at the
West, and probably bo able to agree on a
tariff schedule which will striko tho
average. Tho twenty-six uninstrncted
gentlemen from Iowa will have tho at
tention of tho Wost hotel crowd until
the littlo-but-oh-my half dozon cowboys
from Idaho slido into town on their favor
ite bronchos, und regale the goutlemen
from tho east with some interesting
yarns about those cattlo troubles. Gen
eral Powell Clayton, tho one nrmod vet
eran from Arkansas, and his cloven col
leagues, will also bend tho elbow at tho
samo tablo with the notables already
mentioned.
The eight sons of New Hampshiro
wore scheduled for tho West, but they
are likely to break bread as tho guests of
FAIK OAKS,
the Pillsburys. Tho Pillsburys make
up four families in Minneapolis. Thoy
are rich and have beautiful homes and
an abundance of hospitality. Thoy are
natives of the Granite State, and no man
from that state need leave Minneapolis
And know what it is to want a meal, for
it will be another case of Pillsbury's licst.
The Nicollet House has as prosivective
guests, besides those ulready mentioned,
eight Green Mountain boys who can
compare notes with an equal number of
boomers fron South Dakota. Chauncey
L Filley and his good sized aggregation
front Missouri will commingle with the
forty delegates and alternates from ex-
Somitor Ingnlls' bailiwick, all of whom
will recline on wire tnuttrassos nt )io
Nicollet The samo register will nlto
bear tho autographs of tho contingents
from Nebraska, Now Jersoy und Now
Mexico. Tho Iowa delegation, already
mentioned, will not all bo quartered nt
tho West. &imo of tho southern neigh
bors will consort with tho small detach
ment from Now York who nro domiciled
nt tho Uplines, whllo others will bo sent
over on tho convention sido of tho rivor
nnd lw given virtuous couches nt tho
Wlndom
Tho Holmes, besides looking after the
comfort and tho shekels of thoso already
rcfened to, will entertain tho twenty
two Alabamans, tho twenty-six states
men from Georgia, with tho cool and
nervy men from Washington and Mon
tana. Then tho Holmes will bo further
distinguished by having tho two gentle
men who will try to boo thnt Utah is
not entirely forgotten. A portion of tho
lown delegation, tho main body of whom
will stop nt tho West, is also assigned
to tho Holmes, while anothor section is
booked for tho Windom.
Tho twenty-six moonshiners from
Kentucky were Into about lotting tho
local coininltteo know whothcr thoy
wnntcd an early or lato dinner, but thoy
havo fared vory woll. Thoy will keep
tho two boomers from Oklahoma from
gctdng lonesomo, nnd this will bo dono
nt tho Victoria, a good but not so vory
Bpncious tavern. Tho Kellogg, or what
is supposed to bo tho regular delegation
from Louisiana, will tako twenty min
utes or moro for refreshments nt tho St
James, whero thoy will consort with a
part of tho Mississippi delegation nnd a
fow of tho gentlemen from South Da
kota. Tho delegates from South Caro
lina and West Virginia will bo nt homo
to friends for iv fow days ut tho Bruns
wick. Tho national committee will have
headquarters ut tho West Their inter
ests woro looked nfter very early by tho
local committee, ns wns well, nnd ns a
result tho big committeemen will have
a protty comfortable time of it All the
larger delegations, liko tho Now York
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Massachu
setts, etc., havo arranged for headquar
ters at tho West or Nicollet.
A largo number of tho delegates nnd
alternates who aro booked for a hotel
nro vory likely to bo tnkon in ns tho
guests of prominent Miuneupolitnns,
who hnvo offered their homes for tho
good of tho cntiso. It is very largely a
matter of local and stato pride, and
every effort will bo mado to tnnko every
body happy. If it is not dono it will not
bo for lack of proper effort.
Senator Washburn, in his palatini
Fuir Oaks, will entertain Senator Ilo.ir
nnd other equally prominent gentlemen
Minneapolis is u city made up very
MI.NNKATOLIS AND 8T. PAUL.
largely of people from nearly every stato
in tho Union, nnd especially every Now
England und middlo stuto. Theso peo
ple havo kept their eyes on thnt gradu
ally increasing list of delegates nnd al
ternates, and u great many will receivo
a cordial invitation to bo guests nt pri
vuto homes. And they'll miss it if thoy
don't uccept
For tho countless thousands who will
flock into Minneapolis for an opportuni
ty to size up u national convention nnd
to witness tho wonders of tho twin cities,
tho hundreds of lessor hotels nnd private
boarding houses will open wido their
doors. Then, too, the fair city of St.
Paul Bits upon its seven by nine hills
only half an hour's ride from the conven
tion hall.
Thousands of visitors will be well en
tertained in the saintly city, whero are
several spacious caravausaries of the Al
order and an unlimited supply of modest
I- meritorious houses of smaller dimen
sions. Tho two cities are practically
one. Thoy are connected by half a
dozon railways and by electric, cablo and
horso cars. One may jourooy from tho
heart of one city to tho vory center of
the other in less than half an hour.
No national convention over mot in a
moro imposing or fallacious cdiflco than
tho Minneapolis exposition building. It
will accommodate from 12,000 to 16,000
people, and its acoustic properties are
perfect. Thoro is no doubt about your
being ablo to hear tho speeches if you
aro fortunate enough to secure a seat in
tho gallery. Tho accompanying illus
tration gives a very good idea of tho hull
us viewed from tho stago. Amplo ac
commodations havo been provided for
tho press, and tho ablo wucil pushors
may bo relied upon to give prompt, ac
curate and comploto reports of tho pro
ceedings. To the disappointed boomer whose
fayorito shall havo lwen dofeated in tho
convention tho beautiful environments
of Minneapolis will offer sweet solace.
Thero is fair Minnehaha, mado famous
in Longfellow's romantic poem of "Hia
watha," only four miles away. It is
situated iu tho midst of a beautiful
park which tho stato bus reserved for
a soldiers' home. It may bo reached
by half a doaeu different routes. Only
a mile from Minnehaha is Fort Snell-
ing, un interesting spot. It is tho old
est fort in the northwest and ono of
tho most picturesque in America. It is
on a high bluff at tho junction of tho
Minnesota and Mississippi rivers.
Only twenty minutes' rido from Min
neapolis lies Miiinetouka, tho fairest,
freshest, most picturesque of nil inland
lakes. It has fine hotels, tine yachting,
fishing and hunting. White Bear lake
is near St. Paul und will woll repay a
visit. J. T. Mannix.
The Idea. ,
Plcturo Denier No doubt you will be
pleased to dicornto jour elegant apart
ments with a number of oil painting. I
have nu hand a selection of old pictures by
the most famous artists.
Upstart Old pictures! Thank goodness
we are sufficiently well off to afford now
oucsl Schalk.
Money Snveil.
Littlo Wlfc-I saved thirty dollars to
day.
Ixvliig Husband You're nn angel.
How?
Littlo Wife I saw a pcrfntly lovul)
easy chnlr that I knew ou'd like, and I
didn't buy lt.-Nuw York Weekly.
A llerciileiiti Tiiak.
Cobwlgger Washensuctessful luislntss
man?
Merrltt Why, he wns a genius. He
took hold of a monument fund and com
pleted it In the lifetime of the original
subscribers. New York Sun.
Quite HvrloiM.
Patient Doctor, I hate trouble about
swallowing: does that amount to anv
thing?
Doctor (looking down his throat) Yen,
It amounts to II vo dollars. Flleuetide
Blatter.
AccoinnioiluttMl.
Judge Ono year and fifty dollars line.
Prisoner's lawyer I would like to make
a motion to hnvo that seuteiice icmt-uI,
Judge All rlghtl Fifty jeais and one
dollar fine. Urecn Bag.
Knew lilt HuhIhc.
"My barber is a hustlei. Ilo's got out a
new sign now."
"Wlintislt?"
"Buhl heads polished to look like new."
Harper's Haar.
She Wit All Itlicht.
Blio could not tlnrn Ills bocIcd or now
A button nn hUcont:
Bho could not iiihIcu a decent elilrt
To tit his manly throat.
But what cnreil ho If sho lnul not
A talent to unfold?
For whn ho married her alio hail
A hundred thousand cold.
Heir l'ark hikI Onklitnd.
To those contemplating during the coin
ing summer n trip to the mountains in
search of health or pleasure, Deer Park, on
the dome of the Alleghany mountains,
3,ooo feet nbove the sea le el, offers such
varied attractions as n delightful atmos
phere during both day nnd night, pure wa
ter, smooth, winding roads through the
mountains and vnllcys, and the most pic
turesque scenery in "the Alleghany range.
'1 he hotel is equipped with such mljuncU
conducive to the entertainment, pleasure
and comfort of Its guests, as Turkish and
Russian baths, swimming pools for both
ladles and gentlemen, billiard rooms, su
perbly furnished parlors, and rooms single
or en suite, nn unexcelled cuUinc and su
perior rerv ice.
The surrounding grounds as well as the
hotel are lighted with electricity, hn e cosy
and shady nooks, meandering walks, lawn
tennis courts nnd grassy piny grounds for
children within full view of the inviting
verandas, tilx miles distant on the same
mountain stunn-itls Oakland, the twin re
KortofDcer Park, and equally as well
equipped for the entertainment and accom
modation of its guests. Both hotels are up
on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, lmc the advantage of Its splendid
Vestlbulcd Limited Express trains between
thii cast and west, and are, therefore, read
ily accessible from all parts of the country
Season Excursion tickets, good for return
passage until October 31st, will he placed
on sate at greatly reduced rates at all prin
cipal tiCKct omces throughout the country.
One way tickets reading from St. Louis,
Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Chica
go and any point on B & O. stem to
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia or
New Yoik, or vice ersa, aie good to stop
off at either Deer t'ark or Oakland, nnd the
time limit will be extended by agents at
cither resort upon application.
The season at these popular resorts com
mences June 22d.
For full particulars as to rates, rooms,
etc., addreo George 1). DcShlelds, Mana
ger, Deer Park or Oakland, Garrett c
ty, Maryland,
Veteran' Itoute to the Kucuniiiuent.
Veterans going to the G. A. R. en
campment nt Washington in September
via the B. &O. R. R. will traverse terri
tory fmuirht with n thniisntitl ri.mlncfi.n.
scs of the conflicts in which they figured
to prominently. Along uneat river, on
the western slope of the Alleghanles, they
will pass the scenes of Gen. McClellan's
Iclories over Gen. Floyd in the early
stages of the war. At Grafton they will
iuh nfnr Iho hntltoHoll nl 1l.llllr.l At
Piedmont they will enter the historic Pled-
mom vaucy, wmen was iieoataDie ground
all the way to Washington. The towering
mountains, which shut In tho vnll..
, ..... . ... .., .....VT,
echoed and re-echoed almost hourly w ith
me ruur ui cannon anu musxeiry. The
mountain tops witnessed the engagements
at Marlinsburg, Antietam, Sharpsburg,
South Mountain, Monocacy, Hall's Bluff,
Lcesburg, Drancoville, Chautllly, Centre
vlllc and the hundreds of skirmUhesalong
the hillside and In the valleys. At the
foot of the mountains, along the banks of
the Potomac, paced the solitary sentry,
protecting often the tracks and trains of
the 11. Si O. R, R., which the govern
ment zealously guarded as the great high
way of communication between the west
and the National Capital, and which Is the
best known route to the east to thousands
of veterans w ho trav eled o cr It early In
the sixties as raw recruits to join the ranks.
And to Potomac I What memories its
mention awakens I And Harper's Ferry
tool There stood John Brown's old fort.
There "Stonewall" Jackson performed his
great exploits. It was near there that Lee
crossed the Potomac into Mar) land and
then invaded Pennsylvania to meet the re
pulse at Gettysburg. At Harper's Ferry
begins the famous Shenandoah valley,
which is penetrated from end to end by
the B. & O. R. R., bringing Into easv ac
cess the battlefields at Winchester, Kerns
town, Opequan, Cedai Creek, Fisher'
Hill, Front Royal, New Market, Harrison
burg, Cross Ke s, Pont Republic, Waynes
boro, and McDowell. What memories of
heroism, of forced inarches, of victories
and drfcats these names recall I And with
them come trooping from the past the
names of Sheridan, of Pope, of Banks, of
r remont, of Shields, of "Stonewall" Jnck,
ion, of Lee, of Ashby, and of Early.
I Is only by the B, & O. R. R. that
these famous battlefields can he reached.
During the encampment excursions will
be run to them dally from Washington at
greatly reduced rates. Excursions will also
be run to Gettysburg, to Manassas, to Bull
Run, to Fredericksburg and other Virginia
attbleflclds. b
Letdlag
PHOTOGRAPHER
Pino riiut Cabinets $1 per iloion. Spool
tes to,stildonts. Cnlt nnd see our work.
Open from 10 a. 111. to 4 p. in. Sunday.
Studio 1214 O Street.
RBBRASKA COXSEKVATORY of MUSIC
and
Academic School for Girls,
Lincoln Nebraska.
All llrnnches of
Music, Art, Elocution,
Literature, and Languages,
Taught by a Faculty of Hlxteon Instructors.
Knch Teacher nn
ARTI9T AND SPECIALIST.
Tho only Conservatory west of Hoston owa
Ing IU own bulldlm and furnishing!. A rs
fined homo for lady student. Tuition frost
boo to $30.00 per term of 10 weeks.
Write for Catalogue and general lntformatlom.
O. B. HOWELL, Dlreotor.
FIIWT ADDITION TO
NORMAL
Tho most beautiful suburban prorv
erly now nn tho market. Only
tbrco b ock from tho handsome I In
coin Norms) University and but
threo blocks front the proposed
olcctilo railway, Thoro lota aro now
being placed on tho market at
Exceedingly Low Prices and Easy Termi
For plat, terms and Information, call on
M. W. F0LS0M, TRUSTEE,
Insurance, Heal Estate and X,oau Ilrokor
Room SO, Newman Block. 1025 O Street
DR. T. O'CONNOR,
(Hucccssor to Dr. Charles Sunrlso )
Cures Cancers, Tumors
W'ciih nnd Flotilla without Mio uso of Knl'o
Chloroform or Ether.
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Hair Catting and Shampooing
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The Popular Route to the Pacific
Coast.
Through Pullman and Tourist
Sleepers
Between Kansas City and SAN DIEGO,
LOS ANGELES, and SAN FRAN-
CISCO. Short Line Ratei to
PORTLAND, Oregon.
Double Dally Train Service Between
Kansas City and I'UEIILO, COLORADO
SPRINGS, and DENVER. Short
Line to SALT LAKE CITY.
The Direct Texas Route
olid Trains Between Kansas City and
Galveston. The Short Line Hctweon
Kansas City and Gainesville, Ft.
Worth, Dallas, Austin, Temple,
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all Principal Point
In 'lexas.
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OKLAHOMA COUNTRY. The
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