Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, August 27, 1892, Page 6, Image 6
krjptM.m. r , . .. tr tt&iAjjr...rakt CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY AUGUST 27. 1892 MB .l X. J-1- m.t lIOWTIIKYUOBUOltK OE INTERESTING STORIES OF PECUNIOU9 STATESMEN. IM t& ft 1 Mat linn Mini fur rnnjrMimrii to Mori ((Tlidr Nitlsrl. a Vrnr In 1nurr rrvtlitniM Who Ham lltipn Hunt Up. taUtmrii Who Wrr Trump frliilcr. (8elsl Ci)rriii(iiiilcnre.l Wamiwiton, Aug. S!.. It wns a mem ber of congress, a ninii of nntlonnl repu tation, who said to mo yesterday: "I nm broko ntul can't got liuinu. That ia thu reason I nm Maying in Washington through the hot season." "Hut why don't yon discount your salary n few months In advance?" I naked. "Havo already done that," wan thu roplyj "luivo drawn my account up to Nov. 1, anil then will havo to draw it till tho onil of my term in order to raise enough money to pay my campaign oxtwimos. "Bo you boo I am practically mort t gaged till tho 4th of tioxt March. Ti maintain tnyief and family in Wash ington in tho stylo which my position demands and my wifo Insist upon I Itnvo loen compelled to sond not only my salary as a representative, but my iucomo an n momlior of a law Hrm in my town anil considerable money Ixv sides. I wish I hail never boon elected to congress, hut lolng in I can't nlTonl to lot go without oiio or two moro terms, Hero I am liroko, busted Hat, unahlo to go to seashore or mountains and afraid to go homo, Iwcaiino tho very moment I nrrivo thoro tho cnmpnlgn striker will bo after mo with both hands," Tho statesman who 1b liroko wo know very well in Washington. It is no din grace to bo without a bank account, though decidedly inconvenient. Gen eral Garfield, during his long term in congress, wan nearly always out of inonoy. Ho had an unfortunato habit of borrowing from' his friends. Ho never failed to pay Imck, but wan always In a stato of perturbation lost ho might fail to meet some obligation of this sort. It is not generally known that while he was in tho presidential chair General Arthur was nearly always bard up for cash. His expenses wero very heavy, and ran right up with his salary. Ii often hapiMMied that tradesmon had to wait for their pay. Thoy woro willing to do this, for tho president was a good customer and his obligations woro as good as gold. General Grant was often "broke" be fore the war, and ho saw somo protty bard times after ho loft tho presidential chair. Abraham Lincoln knew very well (what it was not to have a cent in the world. Thoro woro days in, tho life of Grover Cleveland, not so very ninny years ago, when he found it necessaty to lot his board bill run a week or two for lack of ready cash, and when tho !oprietor of tho Buffalo restaurant in which the future governor and president played bis favorite gamo of ponuchle used to be asked to "put it on tho slato for Grover." 1 Mention of Mr. Cloveland recalls a good story of one of his most famous friends, ex-Mayor W. II. Graco, of Now York, Graco is now a very rich man how rich nobody knows, There aro four "brothers Grace in tho firm of W. K. Grace &,Co., and their house la worth from 120,000,000 to 10,000,000. Onoof the brothers is in Australia, where ho is powor in political as well as in com mercial circles, Another brothor is in ""couth America, where he is a powor bo hind governments and a marplot in revolutions. A third Graco is in Lou don, where ho is a very influential merchant and a member of parliament. The fourth and chief of this remarkablo quartet of brothers is tho ox-mayor, who is an extraordinary genius In poll- " tics and commerce. " With 'all hia genius, Grace was once "broke." Somo years ago he arrived tn St. Louis without a dollar. Casting boat for somo moans of "raising tho wind," he remembered that a man , named Ryan lived in that town. Ho did not know Ryan, but Ryan had mar ried a woman numed Mary Moore, who had been a friend of Grace's in a Now Orleans Iwardlng house. Tho future mayor and millionaire merchant thought If he could find Ilyau and Mary ho could borrow enough money to get out of towu with. Ho didn't know Ryan's first name, and there wero about a hundred Ryaus In tho city directory. Dut onoof these Ryans kept a saloon on tho levoe, and Grace divined that this was his man lecauso ho had kept a similar placo in Now Orleans. Entering the loveo saloon Orace found a tough joint sawdust on tho floor, greasy tu nics, plug ugly buhiud tho rudo bar. Are you Mr. Ryuur" Inquired Grace, with his sweetest smile. "Naw; out. What ycr wantr" "I want to see Mr. Ryan." "Ef I ain't good enough f er yo, ait down over thar an wait." "When do you expect Mr. Ryan inS" "Moblie five minutes; niobbo uot for a week." This was not encouraging, but Grace was desperate, and so bo sat down. In an hour, as luck would have it, Mr. nyan came in. "meres a uioko as wants to see yer," tald tho barkeeper as the proprietor entered. Ryan was a pretty tough looking customer himself, r lut his heart was in tho right placo, for a soon as Grace mentioned his former (acquaintance with the girl who bad be come tho divekeeper'a wifo Ryan took his hand and said: "Auny man that was a friend of Mary's kin have all tho money ho wants from me. See?" And ho was as good as his word, Tho hundred dollar loan which he mado to .Grace may have been tho fouudatlou of the fortuuo of W. R. Graco & Co. Senator Cullom Is often "dead broke." I have known him to borrow luncheon money of bis committeo clerk. Cullom ia hard up all tho timo, in which ho is like many other senators. Carlisle is as often hard pressed for a bit of ready money aa any other carolcss wage worker in tho laud, Ed Wolcott runs out of cash pretty often, but ho has tho great advantage of ulways being able to get more by simply telegrapulug to his good brother Henry. I am told that Mr. IJrlco's "living ex penses" MLWd tl.'OO a weok tho year through, Upsides his villa at Newport ho has a house In New York, another in Lima, O,, and ho soon will havo n fourth in Washington, where ono of tho finest and most famous houses of tho city is being fitted up for him at enormous cost. It is tho residence of tho Into W. W. Corcoran, and loforo that was tho Bwann house Tho central part of it was for a short time owned nnd occu pied by Daniel Webster, having lienn presented to him by his Now England admirers. Judgo Holumn, who saves no much of tho people's money, has nono of his own to savo. Tho clerk at tho hotel where tho judgo and his wifo lxard tells mo ho Is often asked for n loan of a dollar or two to tide tho great economist over till pay day. Tho judgo could at any time draw his salary in advance if ho cared to do so, but ho has scruples against that. When tho sergcant-at-Arms' cashier ran away with congress men's salaries two years ago and money was voted out of tho treasury to muko up tho losses, nearly nil tho monitors took tho sums duo them. Judgo Ilnl man had about $100 in tho safe when It was rifled, and thoro is f 100 now to his credit. Ho says ho will never draw it. President Harrison doesn't know what it is to bo hard up nowadays, for ho in putting unlilo about $10,000 a year out of his salary, but there was a day In which a sliver dollar appeared as big to him as a cart wheel, It was just after ho was married and ho and Mrs. Harrison had gone to housekeeping in u cottage In tho outskirts of Iudlniiapolls. Tho rent was only twelve dollars a mouth, but the futuro president found It very difficult to pay even that much, and ho used tit walk to and from his office, In order to savo car fare. Wo have in Washington official lifo a number of men who havo known what it is to "tramp for a job." Amos Cum miugs used to bo a tramp printer, and though ho tramped principally for the fun of tho thing he was more often without n dime than with ono. Amos tells u story of how ho spruced up once on a spurt and astonishod all tho resi dents of tho town of Auburn, N. Y, The night Amos reached tho villago, after a long and dusty rido on a coal car, there was to bo a dance, for which several of Amos' compositor friends hold tickets. Thoy gavo Cummiugs ono of them, more aa a matter of joko than anything else, for tho futuro congressman didn't look aa if ho would daro show himself in tho presence of ladles. But Amos know nil tho tricks of tho trado and ho wanted to go to that dunce. Ho borrowed fifteen cents to got a shave with. Then ho went into tho printing office, and with a pair of shears cut out of a pleco of whlto cardboard ono of the neatest and mostimmnculato shirt fronts you ever saw. Collar and cuffs of the aame material followed, and a strip of rich, creamy "wedding" inlaid note paper made a very handsouio neoktie. Tho trick of mixing a llttlo kerosene and printer s Ink in just tho proportion to put good shine ou an old pair of shoes Amos had learned long ago. At tiie ball no ono showed up tr better advantage or attracted moro attention from tho ladles than the handsomo tramp printer who now represents New York in congress. Senator Hnnsbrough uboq to bo a good deal of a wanderer too. Ho waa out in Burlington, la., onco "busted." Ho tried to get a job" at typesetting, but fallod. His landlord was about to turn him out because his bill waa unpaid, and something bad tobedoue. Hansbrough hnd mode tho acquaintance of a Ken tucklan who had brought ovor from hla state a lot of Btock to soil. Ho had n fow common looking horses, cattle, sheep and one old "jiuny." "Let me help you sell your stock," said Hansbrough to tho Keutuckinu. "ill write your animals up as blooded, givo their pedi grees, etc., and after you sell out at fancy prices yon can give mo what you can afford out of your profit." The Ken tuckian jumped at the chance. A long account of the importation of thoroughbred Kentucky stock, with an elaborate pedigree of each animal and cogent reasons why the introduction of ouch blood in Iowa should be encour aged, appeared in the next number of Frank Hatton a Hawkeye, being printed without chargo as a news item. There was a rush for the blooded stock. Fancy prices wero obtained, tho old "jinny," which tho Kentuckian afterward ad mitted ho had taught for seven doll irs, bringing $175. Of courso Hansbrough got a generous stake out of tho profits, aud ho says if the Iowa farmers who bought this thoroughbred stock will for give him ho will proinlso never to repeat bis offense. Frank Hatton knows what it is to bo "broko" himself. About four years ago, after an unsatisfactory newspaper ex perience in Chicago, ho rodo into Wash ington on a pass. Ho had enough money to pay bis hotel bill nnd other expenses for two weeks. In ton days ho had bought tho Washington Post, paid $10, 000 cash ou it aud obtained control. Now ho is a moderately rich man, with an iucomo of $00,000 a year. Good luck? xes, aud It camo to a good fellow, who is always ready to help his fellows who are down. But thoro was genius in it too. Captain Meredith, tho popular super intendent of tho bureau of engraving and printing, used to tramp. Ho was a printer also. Ho now has in his employ, at a good salary, a man who onco helped him from Harrisburg to Pittsburg when the captain was out of 'luck aud hud walked from New York over the ties. It is no disgrace to 1h) "broko," and even tho man without u dollar doesn't need to abandon hope for the futuro or love of this splendid world. WALTER WEU.MAK, it. nrimri mi-Hi AtTrnti of the bay with the ) AiN UJiJi V ATJUli JIU UT1V I strategic point. In A 8HIP CANAL LAKE CCNNECTINQ ONTARIO. WITH , is an important the war of 1812 many wore tho attacks mado upon it by the British. It was defended largely by the stuidy yeoman soldiery, who alter nated tho peaceful occupation of mak ing homes in tho wilderness with tho more exciting ono of reielling tho hated foreign foe. Tho weather lcnton old mansion of General Adams is still a familiar land mark ou an elevation near tho starting iSiK-clnl CorrciHiti(lonce.1 point of his pet project. It is used as a CtVDK, N. Y Aug. 2.. Tho appar-1 tenant house by tho present owner of ontly strained relations existing between 1 mo oiu Attains inrm. II Intcrnrct tha Krl Cmml at Olyitr, N. T., ami Might lie Very tHuiftil If XV Hnd Tioulitn Irllli Camilla--Work Altnti donaiil I.iii Ak. this country and Canada havo renewed public interest in our coast and naval defenses, lioth marlttmo and inland An in past misunderstandings with Great Britain tho coast lino of our great lakes was an important vantage ground, no would it bo in case of f Hi ther unpleasantness. But important iih aro these great inland seas, and vast as ia the territory exposed to attack nlon' their tordors, there is no means of reach ing them with armored vessels oxcep through British territory. To lo sort, at scmo points on tho upper lakes there aro extensive shipbuilding yards that might ou occasion 1m) impressed into building vessels for F. II. Vaixntini:. EQUESTRIMANIA. then Lake Ontario would bo isolated, as no vessel could reach it, either from the upper lakes or from tho ocean, except by passing through waters entirely within British territory. That such a proceeding would not bo permlttod in time of war is evident to any ono. Opls Itrml ItUrmiTM n Now mill llruud fill Mnlnily. HlK'tlftl Ciirrt'HHiiiiti'iico. Ciiioaoo, Aug. W. When T. P. Lent muck was brought to trial hundreds of people who ordinarily seemed not to caro for tho excitement of a criminal court thronged into the room. Lent muck was well connected. Ills father hud been a town marshal and at ou timo hnd been a prominent candidate for coustnblo of tho Eighteenth district, defense, but oven ' Simpson county, Ky., but was defeated Finest in the City THE NEW LINCOLN STABLES. ji AVING jutaMimcd pernonul control of my handtotnc new stables, It will be my nlin to conduct a fim-cluns establishment, giving bctt of care and attention to horsch entrusted to our keeping. STYLISH CARRIAGES. Single or double, nnd a fine line of wcll-trnlncd hortcs for livery us a, nlshcd, day or night. fQ 1k ' DAVE FITZGERALD, Prop. M. R. STANLEY, Foreman. Telephone 550 Stablos 1639 and 1641 O Street. Voting DnrsNot Make Her Leit Womanly. A woman does uot givo up her wife hood or her motherhood, her graces or her sensibilities when she becomes a Voter. But suffrage will increase wom an's self respect. When she considers these higher questions of general inter est, she will become a larger and nobler person. MAI' HIIOWI.Ntt TIIK CANAL. Tat .1.1 .1.... .... 1.... ...... 1. in nun uuiiuuuiiuii 1111 iiiiiumiui. wura, j projected and begun a half century ago but now nearly forgotten, is of interest. I Tills was no less than tho construction of 11 ship canal connecting with tho EHc . canal at Clyde, and extending north ward to Great. Sodus bay, tho finest 11a ural harbor 011 tho south shore of Lake Ontario. This canal was chartered in I 18(1, mid work was begun aud prixe cnted with moro or less interruption for several years. Finally, owing princi pally to tho death of tho projector aud most earnest advocato, General William II. Adams, it was abandoned. Although not completed, tho work accomplished remains us a memorial to the farseeiug public spirit of tho man who gavo 83 much of time, money and energy toward its prosecution. The route chosen was an admirable ono, tho distauco being but llttlo moro than ten miles, through an almost level country. This is tho same routo said to havo lieon followed by tho Cayuga In dians In going to nnd fro between their country and Great Sodus bay, which was their port on tho lake. Around thit bay was tho gathering placo of tho different tribes of Indians in tho early history of tho country. In their jour neylngs ti tho interior natural water ways afforded them passage for their cauoes excepting for ono carrying placo of two or tin M v.:4les. Tho projected canal left tho Erie a little west of tho villago of Clyde, mid way between .the cities of Rochester ami Syracuse. For somo three miles It fol lowed the straightened courso of a small stream. From there on a now channel waa constructed, until about five miles almost duo north of tho placo of begin ning, in the township of Roso, anotliet natural waterway, knowu as Thomas creek, was encountered. Tills was fol lowed for about, two miles in n general northwesterly direction. This creek enters the bead of Great Sodus bay, but to avoid a considerable fall lower down the stream, and also to enter tho bay at deeper water, tho routo loft the creek and turned still more to the westward, terminating in the bay at some distauco from its head. Tho greater part of the labor expended upon the undertaking was on the middle portion of the canal where an entirely new channel was nec essary, and "Adams' ditch" still fur nishes a means of drainage for a Inrgo section of country which would other wise be difficult to improve. A sluggish stream of water still forcci its way through the choking rushes nnd wild grasses growing in the channel. The southern portion flows south into the Clydo river and tho northern into Great Sodus bay. Tho exacl point at which tho waters divide is difficult to dotormlno, A fow yenrs sitico somo of the rluines built in tho prosecution of tho work were still to be soen, but llttlo of thjm except the ruins now remains. Whether this ronto will ever ta util ized in tho manner intended by General Adams is an ouen question. Its feasi bility is assured. Tho Erio canal ha-, been considerably enlarged since tho in ccption of tho ship canal scheme, and further enlargements, have been advo cated aud aro by no means improbable. With such enlargement vessels of suffi cieut tonnage for all needed protection could quickly aud easily bo transferred from the seaboard to tho lulto frontier. Such a work should of course bo under taken by the federal government. Tho expense, compared with tho practical advantages, both in time of jkjuco and in inu I'ti-iu 111 vur, wuiiiu noi uu (;reui, I Communication is now hud in a lim- Itcd way with tho luko at Oswego. through thu Syruciuo and Oswego canal, but the hartar at the latter place is not to Ihi compared with tho ono at Great Sodus bay, upon which tho federal gov ernment has already spent nnd is an nually spending lai go sums. Immense piers nnd breakwaters havo been con structed and sukstantial lighthouses con tain the moat Improved apparatus known to modern t-clence. Within tho bay it self a vast fleet could safely anchor, tho Jeep, landlocked waters affording a so sure harlor from tho most violent storms. The peculiar configuration of too surrounding land offers unsurpassed by Bill 8. Marcus, who just before the election shot n mad dog and thus lifted himself to a secure placo in tho affec tions nnd gratitude of tho people T. P. Lommuck was arrested on tho charge of stealing a horse, and tho evi dence was so conclusive that tho judgo ottered to bet that a verdict of guilty would bo rendered. Just before tho charge was delivered to tho jury Lom muck asked permission to maku a state ment, aud as no objections wero offered the young man arose aud spoke as fol lows: "I am prepared to interest if not startlo tho scientific world. I acknowl edge that I stole the horse, and I assert that I could not help it. Gentlemen, 1 am tho victim of a disease which I shall term cquestrmuulu, and with your per mission I will explain myself. Several years ago, just after I was graduated from tho Pennyroyal university, I tils covered one evening that a peculiar weight had fallen upon my mind. So far as I could discover, tlicio was no cnusu for such a depression. "I was well educated, I was engaged to marry a lovely young woman nnd hnd 11 fair account with 11 well known bank. And abovo all other reasons why I should feel lightness of heart, my health was excellent. Yet my spirits wero heavy aud I was miserable. I consulted n physician nnd ho dismissod me with a blue pill. I called on a Chris tian Scientist and was told to believe that I was restored to gayety. But my spirits wero constantly growing heavier. In tho deepest despair I went to my room ono night, and as I lay upon my uneasy bed tho thought that I was suffering for something suddenly enmo to mo, and then I sought to discover what that some thing was. It wasn't whisky I loathed the idea of getting drunk. It wasn't gambling, for I bated tho mere sugges tion of chance. What could it be? I got up nnd walked until I had worn a path In the earpot. "I put my brain upon tho rack and tried to tortnro from it tho secret of my distress, and failing I placed it in tho cradlo of my fancy and sought to soothe it into compliance. I lay down again and suddenly n light, glaring mid hor riblo, fell upon mo. Aud in that light I saw the diagnosis of my disease equestrimaniu. I knew that relief lny only in my stealing a horso. I bad no need of a horso, and just at that mo ment I would not have given ten cents for n Maud S, but I would havo risked my life for the chance of stealing a flea bitten colt. But I did uot surrender with out n struggle; I was rosolvod to battlo against the awful appetite. The next day I called upon tho young woman who waa to bo my wife. "She complained of my indifference toward her. 'Lost weok you were n knight to me,' bIio said. 'But now,' 1 broke In, 'I am a day of commonplace things.' 'Yes,' sho replied, 'and why?' 'Because,' I answered, giving her an im ploring look, 'I must steal a horsot' 1 shall never forget her pleading. 'Oh, it is but a ntghtmaret' sho cried, and 1 could only gasp, 'It is any sort of a starlight nag.' 'If you really feel that you must steal a horse, love, sho suppli cated, 'steal mine and no harm can come. I will swear that I gavo it yon.' 'Nay I roplied, 'that would uot bo a theft, and this torrible thirst tells mo that I must Bteal.' 'Then, if you must,' she exclaimed, 'you no longer havo a claim upon mo.' And so I left her. I went over into Bracken county and stole an old yellowish horso with har ness murks upon him. I rodo him fif teen miles aud sold him for ten dollars. "I returned homo perfectly relieved. My mind was clear and my ni.petitowas ntmreciativo. I resumed work 011 a book I had In progress, 'The Ethics of Moral Philosophy,' aud found it a keen pleas ure. I did not attempt to renew my ob ligations with tho young woman, for r.l though I was firmly resolved never to steal again, yet I did uot know but the disease might come upon me at some future time Well, I must have gone for threo mouths loforo I felt the slight est indication of a return of the malady, but 0110 night It seized 1110 again. I won dered if 1 could not cool myself off by stealing something light. Why not steal cats until this awful craving should pass away? I would muke tho experi ment. I "I began to steal cats, nnd I confess thnt my appetite was for a timo ap I peased.-but after awhile I found that cats wero not strong enough, and then I ' stole a dog. This satisiltsl me some I what, nnd I went 011 stealing dogs for several days, but at last the craving fur something stronger came upon me v ith ' such force that I was compelled to steal 'ahorse. This time 1 was arrested, and hero I am." I The judgo in his charge to tha jury said that It was a very peculiar case, aud tho juiymen ngiccd with him to the extent that Mr. Lcmmucl: needed five 1NEJAC GOODS. iiffnAria-GiwIY- M 1 M W BlBa q-.'TyYt"1.'M'lll""ll"'rrrr""m"-' .r1lMlCflrSTH .'Formerly of HUFFMAN & RICHTER. NEW LOCATION, 1039 0 STREFT Before Leaving Home & ,Fr For the Seashore, Mountains, Lakes, or an extended vitlt with friends, LEAVE YOUR ORDERS at this oflice, and have The Courier follow ou. Its columns ench week will keep ) ou posted as to the doings at home, and will Impart more knowledge bf doings about Lincoln, than a dozen lettcls a week. Leave orders at the oflice, 1134 N STREET ur call up Telephone 253. Lincoln, Neb An Old School ina New Location. Ninth Year. 25 Departments. 30 Teachers Beautiful, healthy location, mngnlikent bullillnui., fine tiuriprnt'iitb, superior accom inodntione, strong faculty, toirprehenslve curriculum, tlioiough wcik.hifch moral and christian Influences and low expenses mnke this The SCHOOL FOR THE MASSES A practical education without needles waste of '.line i mone; Is h.inlshed by the Western Normal College inu rm luuilillHK iuiiii UIU'IB miaul u.ia-u-u - ..... u i i .1 tpportunlty for fortification and do- ; years' treatment at a wel known lustl tense. KoUus point, at tuo connueiu. " -- - You can Enter any Time and Choose Tour Studies This great school Is located In Hawthorne, three milts southwest of the tjost ouke an will be connected by electric street car line. YOUR CAR I- A Rh lAI D. In orde that all may see ourmanv advantages In the way ol hulltllmss, equipments faculty, etc we will pay your car fare' from your home to Lincoln provided you are present on the opening day of the fall term, Sept. 1892. Write for particulars. ,,.,, n..iwi in. in., nml mlilroMU'M of 2S MHiim nennle ami we will Mml you cholo or fine 15-liicl LOaOKlANlllJIllCUl.AHH.FHi:!!. A.ldic.s ' M. UIHM, Pros, or iWESTERH NORMAL COLLEGE, Lincoln, Web. J' uxtu. 1 1 4