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.rt-wiai(.iwAv.ii!-i-,fc.(teM4ifcj.'Wisr!S7 ,.Jni3B1PWWBWHWF re; ss; ;34Ksra,x iiilimilifC.IHBa mini tfrt'HWWfrilWlril' 1 1 MAKING OF A SPEECH. HOW OH. OEPEW COMPOOED HIS GREAT COLUMBIAN ORATION. WNwttr Vainly with the fluhject for boys, tint ImiilrMtlon finally Cam Willie Ho t In Ilia Church Paw A ftttangrspher's rlcfnl IlluniUr, IPpeclsl Correspondence.) Nkw Yoiik, Ocl. 27. Ono Monday Borning two or llirvo weeks nf tor litn re hire from Euroixi, Chnuucoy M. Dcpow CAtne to Ills unices from his country place with such nn enthusiastic manner Mil exuberance of spirits thnt it was n Wkttcr of comment, although lio is usu . -v MMBW AND HIS BTKNOQnAFIIKR. ally possessed of hearty good nature whins he begins the business cares of the itjr. A business friend who stood in the corridor outside tHe offices of the Mew York Central railroad was ap waked by Mr. Dopew, wlio threw up lie hands with a gesture of delight and tatdt "1 am feeling as happy as a bird today. Come with me and 1 will tell jou all about it," and with gentle pros mi Mr. Depew forced his friend into kirBrirate office. Tke great orator was 'dressed in that' aglkh suit of which so muoh has been writtoa. and which he purchased not by desire, but through necessity. It was aot the suit which changed his appear Moe, but a new alpine hat, ono which he bought in Germany, and which ho .were with a dainty and fashionable tilt, e that it made him seem even younger Hum he usually appears when he returns tnm his Europeans trips refreshed and iejveated. It was at this hat that the twsiaeas friend glauced; nor did Mr. De pew remove it during the conversation, a that his friend's attention was dis tracted aomowhat from the interesting aeoouat tho railway president gave of the experience which made him foel so joyfal that morning. ieidhe, '! have finished my Colum bia ration, and I tell you a great load kea heea'taken off my mind." 'But why," said the friend, "should the completion of an oration givo you each relief? Usually yon do not mind that sort of task very much." "Bat 1 minded this one, I toll you, Md for a time 1 did not know whether there would be any oration or not. You ase, just beforo 1 went to Europe in tho emitter I flt particularly worn out. This brain machino of mlno would not work at all well. It was runty, and the wheels of thought were clogged, When 1 thought of some of the addresses which I had promised to deliver, upon my ro tern, it seemed as though I never could aadertake them." "You must have beou tired tohavo had such feeling," said the friend. "Yes, I was. Well, the day before 1 ailed 1 called my stenographer, and I dictated twenty letters canceling agree kmeata which 1 had made to deliver twenty different addresses, and among thee wan the dedication address of the IjforieYa fair at Chicago. I then said to ley, stenographer, 'Don't send these let ten, mntil 1 am upon the scu, for in that eeee it will not be possible for any one te seed delegations to me begging me to ?Well, 1 went to Europe, and I had a splendid time, and when I came home feeling refreshed and ready for my work 1 also had the relief of knowing that 1 had no formal addresses to pro pare. Last week my stenographer came to nte with an expression of despair poa his face and with a frightened look la his eyes, and he said in a trembling mrnuTioN comes in church. fetes that he had made a mistake, and that one of the letters which I dictated Me him before 1 went to Europe had not bee' seat. By accident It had been everlooked. "I implored him not to tell me that' this letter was the one canceling the en jegement for the Chicago oration, but wkea he said that was the very one J euld only sayi 'I knew it. I knew that would be the one of all of them.' " wl When the narrative had reached this Jpoiat there was so much of dramatic ikiea in Mr. Depew's description that his business friend no longer regarded the alplue hat, but instead was com- , 0 rip. 1 xltJy s. fffffl ' pletely IntuiiMtml In tho orator's scu'li and in minor, "Thoro 1 was," said Mr. Dcpow, wlt!i a plnlutivo Kcnturo mid tho expression of sorrow upon tils face. "I had been congratulating myself thnt I was out of It, and hero, with only two or threo woolen topreparn myself in, I found that I had got to deliver thnt oration, for it would never do to decline It nt thnt Into days I should novor bo forgiven. "I canceled a number of invitations to dlno, and every evening shut tnysolf up In my llbrnry In my country place nt Dobbs Ferry. 1 wrestled with my lm nginntion without avail, I did not liavo muoh material in my llbrnry bcnrlng on Columbus, mid uvery day thnt pawed brought inn nearer to tlio tliuo when tho speech must ho delivered, It wns to bo a groat event, mid tho address I felt ought to bo worthy of it, but tho in spiration would not come." Hero Mr. Dcpow removed his nlplno lint mid laid it upon his desk, mid then, tho expression of despair iinMsliig from his fnco and ono of exultation taking its plnco, ho saldi "Yesterday morning I wont to church, it wns a warm Sun day, uud tho nlr wns oppressive, though tho day was beautiful, and yot as I sat In my pow tho Idea of tho Columbus oration came to mo llko nn inspiration. I saw it nil from beginning to tho ond, except tho peroration. Af tor church I had nn early dinner, and then shut myself in my llbrnry, and my mind was as nctlvo as it had boon dull In the evenings of the wook beforo. A littlo beforo mid night I had finished tho Columbian ora tion, all but the peroration, and that Is why I am so happy hearted today. It is dono; I shall dismiss it from my mind, and 1 am suro that tho Idea of tho per oration will occur to mo in timo to put It in its proper place." Thus Mr. Dopew described tho mnn ner of his writing of tho Columbian ora tion, Tho peroration occurred to him u fow days later; it wns written out and added to tho manuscript, and with pence in his mind and his proof slips in his pocket he started for Chicago threo days before the oration was delivered. E. J. Edwards. A flrast Opttmltt. ISpeclal Correspondence. Oxford Furnace, N. J Oct. 37. While strolliug around .Oxford Furnaeo tho other day waiting for a train 1 dropped into an oyster saloon. Present ly an old gray haired man cumo in and took a scat at tho same tablo and began to smile in tho most peaceful and serene manner. "Beautiful day," ho said. ''1 can hardly njfrco with you," I re plied, "us tho day is so ovorcast that 1 think it will rain lieforo night." "That's nothing," ho wont on; "that's nothing. Tho day is just as bright to mo when it's overcast us when it is rain ing cats and dogs." "You must bo very rich, aren't you?" 1 askod. "Yes," he responded, with a laugh, "1 am very rich 1 am a millionaire." "How in tho world did you ever make it?" "I uever did mako it, nor did I inherit it I have no money at all I am a mil lionaire at heart. That is, I am as happy as a millionaire is popularly supposed to be, but 1 don't think any millionaire is quite so happy as 1 usually am." "How did you over leant to bo so con tented? Havo you learned through suf fering to bo happy?" "Yes," ho responded, "butnot through my own suffering. I havo learned to bo perfectly huppy through observing tho suffering of others. Mow while I ob servo you eating against time to catch tho train that will not bo boro for nn hour, if it is on timo, I fool happy in tho knowledgo or tho fact that I havo not got to cut in tho bmuo way. Now you see I can appreciate the blessing of 1oing able to eat in peace and take all tho timo I want." "I think," I said, "that you are entitled to serious consideration as the father of a new philosophy. I certainly nover heard of an optimism just like yours be fore." "I have always had it," tho old man went on, "and I am very glad of it 1 have seen mon sold out under the ham mer by the sheriff, und while 1 felt very sorry for them the experience mado me happy on tho strength of tho knowledge ttiut l was not in tho same boat with them." "I quite agree with you," 1 said, "and yet 1 cannot see how you can be con tented in overalls." "Why, in my eyes they are not over alls at all they aro the finest broad cloth to bo had for money. I havo seen people go about in silks and vel vets, and finally, owing to their extrav agance, have to fly the town to escape tneir crcuitors. i learned from them thnt It is bettor to oat spot cash mush than snjpo on credit, and I oat mush and think it's terrapin, and Wear old clothes and think thoy are new, and I'm happy through and through. Now if you think tho mush Is terrapin, isn't It just as good as terrapin?" "Of course," I said. "That's what 1 think," ho continued. "Just pass that green turtle stew, will you?" "It's Irish stew," I replied. "No, it isn't; it's turtle in my happy eyes, and turtle in reality as far as I am concerned." Then he jumped up and danced all over tho place. "I saw a man break his leg this morn ing," he expluined, "and I am so happy in my sure footcducsa and sound limbs that I don't know what to do." And when 1 left to catch the train tho man who was a millionaire at heart was still dancing. R. K. Munkittrick. . Rapid Railway Wark. Work upon the Mexican International railway extension to Durango is pro gressing rapidly. The entire stretch from Tcrroon to Durango is graded, bridged, ttack laid and ready for serv ice excepting the section from Chorro to Durango, a distance of fifteen miles, which is ready for laying the rails. The road is already in operation to the capi tal of Durango. CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATUKAV, OCTOBER POOlt POCAHONTAS. THE MAIDEN EXISTED, THOUGH 8HE NEVER sAVEO 8MITH. Captain John Htnltli DM Not Inner! tlir rnrahonlM KpUuttn In HI Korller III, lories of Ilia Ktploralloni III Puitl Vmnty Wm Vlvl.l. When Mr. Wlnsnr, In his "Critical His tory of America," put an end to the hemic attltudlnlxliiuof the redoubtable Captain John Smith we still lind Pocahontas, as we thought, the very flower of wild life In America. Hut more recently tho critic have nnnllillntod Pocahontas. It It a grluvancuof our sex. Heretofore for tin most part the forco of criticism has been spent on tho male sex. Itomulus an.) Itcnius, Samson, William Tell, even Ho mer, ran the gantlet. History of thin sort looks like the heap of china In Ibe fenco corner all that remains of n dozen scU that were one after another the prUu of the house. Our Iirldg-t subtracted from tho plates, pitchers and saucers till nothing wan left but glittering frngmctitit. Hut I'ucnhoutusl What uunliotiv them was In that unmet What an Idyl to be told of tho cradle hour of our people! What a superb tableau to bo rehearsed at charity falrsl It seems that Pocahontas wns nn after thought of that slim Fa I staff of our early history, tho hcrolo John Smith. The very naino was a challenge of ourcrcdullty. In his first story of a voyago up tho Chlcl.n hominy, written In iq08, ho relates in full a long list of exploits. Theso onded, us ho said, In his lieltig delivered up to Kin;? Powhatan, who treated him kindly, giving him uuldes for his return through the .wilderness, who did not leave him till he was safe among the English nt James town. Hut In thnt later book which be terms "The True History of Virginia" there Is not a mention of nny Pocahontas. There Is no attack on Smith, no rescue, i:o princess. Up tothat time he had not cvon thought of her. Hut some timo between 1008 and If;: Pocahontas seems to havo been born 1 1 Smith's fertile brain. At tho latter date this wonderful captain, who hod the whole New World In which to adventure mid only himself to tell his glory, wrote what he cnlled a "General History of Virginia," or rather edited papers written by other, with some additions of his own. In this Imok appeared tho charming episode of Pocahontas a story good enough to bo true, and It has probably done enough good to excuse us for trying to believe It still. Smith's story tells 'How ho wiu seized and condemned to death. The In dians already stood about him with raised clubs see our old fashioned reading books but just nt tho critical moment tho Ideal Indian maiden burst out of the throng with a wild cry, ran to Smith, lifted his head tenderly from tho block, placed her own over his and pleaded for his life. Powhatan, who seems to havo been n gen ulne king, quite after the European st vie, was overcome by his beautiful daughter' entreaty mid spared "the late governor of Virginia." Hut It is an historical fact that there was a Pocahontas; that she did marry an Eng lishman named Kolfe, and did go to Hug land with him, where she was received by the court and was hold in high esteem mid love even by tho English people, but died shortly from the changoof climate, but more from the white people's methods of eating and sleeping, to which she was com pelled to conform. What can we make, then, of Smith's idylf Did Pocahontas probably befriend him in somo manner! Certainly when who went to England Smith recommended her to the court. It l most likely that his Munchausen imag ination, finding her an object of great In terest In England, undertook to glorify himself by a picturesque scene that never took place allying her to himself the ex tent of her interest lu him Iwlng kindly acts when he was a guest of her father. Tho temptation was certainly very great seeing that this man Smith was n nobrdy who had made himself up for tho public out of fustian mid pretended adventures, for the most part no more real than the encounters of Falstaff, The story of Pocah6ntas may find some Illumination from other parts of Ids writ ings. The original description of his cap ture by the tribe ruled by Powhatan into the effect that he expected at once to lie put to death, but having fired his pis. ol freely at them and wounded several he was agreeably surprised by their taking him into high favor. For supper he hail a quarter of venison und ten poundsof bread, and each morning thereafter threo women placed before him "three great platters of fine bread and more venison than ten men could devour." They guanled him, to lie sure, hut let hint have his comfort, und their "better affection" grow day by day. un me wuoie it seems pronuuio that we shall have to give up the Pocahontas story us a marginal illumination, written into history after Mr. John Smith had found thnt his stories pleased the people liettcr than facts. To understand Mr. Smith's habit of spinning fancy tales for veritable history we must know that he was a poet. Ills descriptions all show this. Pocahontas was simply a poem. His picture of .Vir ginia is ultouethor idyllic. "Here are mountains, hills, plains, valleys, rivers, brooks, all running most pleasantly into a fair bay, compassed but for the mouth with fruitful anil delightsome land. In the bay and rivers ure many isles, both great and small. The mountains are of divers natures, for at the head of the bay the rocks are of composition like mill stones, some of them marble. And ninny pieces like crystal we found, as thrown down from water. These waters wash from the rocks such glittering tinctures that the ground in some places U gilded, the rocks and the earth being so splendid to behold that better judgments than ours might have been persuaded that they con tained more than probabilities." Clearly such a scene needed a Pocahontas, and if Mr, Smith filially Invented her we should be grateful. Nor can wo forget that we have had the charming maiden, quite as good as real, for over SOU years. Alary E. Spencer in St. Ixmls Globe-Democrat. Thomas Uardy's "Te." Mr. Thomas Hardy In speaking of the history of "Teas of tho D'Ulbervllles" ad mits Mrs. Hardy's share In the making of the novel, through suggestions of situa tions and study of the quaint people of Dorsetshire, where the plot is laid.' The family selected by Mr. Hardy from among the many hoaxes of decayed glory but un dent lineage common to that region trace their line buck to the conquest through Woolbridge manor house, once one of their country scats and now but a farmhouse. His easy todivluethutitwaMMrs. Hardy who suggested the trying on of the jewels by TeMt. It wim she, too, who heard a neighbor loasting that a certain vault was full of the "skeungtoiiH" of his famlly,-Exohangi-, THE TOUGH'S SOLILOQUY. All tier norld's a prize rlmr, An all 'Irr men and w union only slum-era. Dcy hits iklr counters an dclr uppercutf, An oiiu iiIIm In bis time knocks many out, An elts ilrr belt, der champion. Fust thine. der babby, Ilawlln sn scrappln In ilcr nurse's arnrn; Don iler klokln school kld.ilkuailray mule, Dat don't know wheru's tils feed! nndendir' lover, pf Blnuln show soiur-, rdch its "8he's tij" Annie, I'm ber .loo," 'Ism I hU lient girl Dcnnslux- Kcr, Full o' stale beer an snicllln llko der ken, Bp'llln for sernpH, ready to do anybody What's itut der usll tcr stand nforo him, For lie's a crHck-n-Jsck, and when bo gits In Ills rluht (lore's soniet'ln's got tor tumble, Mt! Wld bulldog in UK an Jawbone, of der Jack, Ho IIkIiIs his Inst Imtllc. Der last boll rings. An bo's a knocked out, wire ox-cbauiplon, Wld brulnes nn dor mmo an palm limbic; Der rlifbt ban kIovo bo used, a slso too small Fur bis swelled duko, and bis hoarso slugger voice Obanglnto what kin no more skcor der old Kang A knock down blow Itself. ICx.cliamplonl bo ends bis lirul dug, bloody history A busted craek-n-Jitck, a reminiscence, Bans )outb, sans blulT, satis sand, sans all bul booxe. -Now York Bun. "Raining the Wind." It 'was in IM1, a fow months before the first appearance of "Ln Dame mix Camellas," Dumas junior mot on tho boulevards the famous critic, Fiorcntlno. "Old hoy, come mid lunch with me to morrow t" "Willingly, my dear Dumas." "Tomorrow nt II, in front of tho Vorle tcs." "All right." Next day, on tho stroke of U, tho two friends met at tho placo appointed. "Hravo, Fiorcntlno, you are to tho minute!" "Punctuality is the politeness of jour nallstM.'' "Where shall wo lunch?" "Wherever you please." "We must have something out of tho common." "I don't object lu tho least." "How much money have you in your pocket f" "Ir Not a farthlngl" said Fiorcntlno, laughing. "You invited mo, and I confess that, having no change in the house, I for got to get somo." "Hang it!" Dumas exclaimed, "I've got only ten francs. Hut, happy thought! My father doesn't live far off. I'll run mid get him to lend mo two louls. Cornel 1 shall be down in a trice. You can wait for me in the street." Dumasjunlor ran iiptho paternal stairs, four steps nt it time. A'moment afterward ho re. ppeared. crestfallen and down In the mouth. "Well, how about tho two louls?" In quired Fiorcntlno In a slightly bantering tone. "Alas!" groaned young Dunias, "I have only fivo francs left. My father borrowisl tho other live!" Annates Politiques et Lit teralrea. That Lawn Mower. A Helfast (Me.) woman got indignant the other day at the shabby appearance of the lawn about her house. After mowing down her husband with wrath, she was soon nn the lawn herself with the lawn mower. Hack and forth she pushed the machine, while the sun beamed soft and melting on the downtrodden woman nnd everything else. t rom a shady nook her husband timidly watched her determined display. For an hour, in which she must have traveltsl a dozen miles, she worked, but, sad to relate, not n blade of grass bowed to her indignant endeavors. Filially her husband picked up courage enough to address hen "Hadn't you better turn the machino over, my dear?" She did turn tho machino over Into tho gutter nod swept Into the house with n look that kept her husband at a distance for several days. Lcwiston Journal. Hwsarlag llliu lu. .!" .. ' s V5W -Life, Ovarheard at the Hotel. Teddy Vunchump That young fellow to whom you took off your hat just now is en gaged to Miss Daisy Goldberg. Are you acquainted with him? Dili Upporcrust 1 don't know him at all. "Then bow did you come to bow to him?" "Uecause we are In the same line of busi ness, so to speak, I, too, am engaged to Miss Daisy Goldberg." Texas Slftings. Easy In Ills Mind. "Are you not afraid of being buried alive? After all, you know, our medical science is still groping in the dark." "To tell the truth, I have not tho slight est apprehension on that score. My doctor is a man who can be depended upon; if any of his patients die they are dead and no mistake." Deutsche Warte. Not at All. Man with Cigarette Any objections to lending mo yoi'r cigar a minute? Man with Cigar Not at all, sir. (Lighting his cigar with it and returning it) "Much obliged." (Throwing the clgnr away) "Not at all, air." Chicago Tribune. Not Ills fault. "What do you nuan," said tho landlord, indignantly "by pounding a hole in ray floor?" "I'm just r much surprised as you are," replied the truest. "I did it trying to break that soap you gave mo to wash with." Washington Star. Autumn, Tls autumn now. With muscles strained Unto the closet sbelf wo cling Wit b anxious e) e, and loudly cry, "Ob whore's that bat 1 wore but spring? Across the mountain and the plain The wind an autumn flavor blows, And aa wo shiver we exclaim, "Wbe.ro are my lout year's undorclothesf We gaze upon tbe ellow leaf. We bear tho robin's farewell note, And then we auk ourseUen In baste "Wbore Is my uneleiit overcoat?" And as wo walk along tbe street We're looking fur n form dlvioe; We wbUpor softly to ourselves, "When is that autumn girl of miner' -Clothier and Furnisher. e" v tt Tm ii in um afi.e w 29, 189? Large Line of Wood and Coal Burners. VAN STEEL RANGES The finest ever made, and the most popular range on the market. More of them In use In Lincoln than all others combined. RUDGE & MORRIS COMPANY, 1 1 I8-I122 N STREET. PALI. 1892 BEFORE BUYING YOUR Carpets and Curtains See our Letrge Lirje. A. M. DAVIS & SON, 1112 o,, STReex, OgSperial Inducements to Cash Buyers. JUST Lincoln A FIIST-CLASS 41FUR lisxsxsxsxsxsxsxBi 1 F. E. VOELKER, Practical Furrier Y. M. C. A Bldg. For Pure Ice Cream and Delicious Fresh Oysters ! 3ALL The Bon Ton Telephone 4G7. 1202 F Street. Geo, M.etofeirleire, Propr. BHKERY & GONFCTIONeRYS Coffee and Light Lunches at all Hours MILLER-Grocer 143 S. 1 1th Street. Telephone 398. has just received a lot of new Habob'Sweet Pickles, -Imported Chow Chow, Sweet Blossom Peas, Fucy Qneei Olives, Fancy Small Olives, - M. T. Fall Cream Cheese, 1 J T J Extra F'cy Sliced A FULL LINE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. OrOlWElt EARLY. j, 7WtnuL.BR. iq Different Patterns 8 Different Sizes ron 1002-03 Tbe Improved Garlands - $ 1 1. , i )! ( WHAT : Needs STORED After twenty years of active experience In the manufacture of all kinds of Pur Goods, eight years of which m was in Paris, latter In New York, and lastly In Omaha, I beg to announce to the citizens of Lincoln that I opened a complete nnd perma nent stock of Furs and Fur Goods Tuesday, Sep. 20th, In the wesfstore room of the new Y. M. C. A. building, corner 13th nnd N Sts. All kinds of re paring neatly done, and satisfaction guaranteed. AT- - 25c qt. 20c " - 20c can 40c qt, - 20c 20c lb, Pineapples, 26c can i I