THE OLD HARRISON HOME.
The Most Interesting House Northwest o( the Ohio
to Be Restored to Its former Glory.
The old Harrison home, which cost
)x-Presldent William Henry Harrison,
grandfather of Benjamin. $20,000. at
Vincennes. Ind., has passed into the
hands of.K. S. Shepard for $2,000. Mr.
Shepard seems to appreciate the his
toric worth of the most interesting
residente northwest of the Ohio river,
and Is already restoring It to Its old
itlme grace. This old home remained
In tli* hands of the Harrison family
until 1840. when It passed to William
Pigeon, who handed It down with his
estate to Klavlus Pigeon, who In turn
was forced to sell It just before he
terminated his wild career in delirium
tremens. Since It passed out of the
hands of the Harrisons It has Rerved a
multitude of purposes, ranging from
a hotel kept by one Gaetlus, to a fold
for sheep In the winter.
Around this building, erected in 1804,
William Henry Harrison had twelve
children, and he had many subjects
who were little more than slaves. He
quartered the family, for the most part,
on the top floor, though all of the
cooking was done In the cellar, and the
family dining ro6m was there. The
cellar was principally used, however,
as a territorial warehouse. One room
was a great powder magazine, and In
it for several years were stored all of
the territorial powder, bullets and flint
lock and smooth-bore rifles and other
weapons of defense. In another see
tlon of the cellar was (he cell room, In
which the prisoners of state, slaves and
Indiana were Incarcerated. The sock
ets for the Iron bars still remain, but
the bars have disappeared. Another
room was his wine cellar. The Harri
sons were good livers and were sur
rounded by French settlers who were
i seh until he reached the porch, and
then be went down, shook hands and
Invited him to the hospitality of the
house. Tecumseh maintained the dig
I nlfled reserve of a representative of an
! offended people, and declined the in
vitation, Informing Harrison that he
had brought his retinue. Ills tents and
his provender, that he came not to ask
favors or accept them, but to demand
the rights of his people. He said he
would pitch hta tent “over under that
elm tree." This he did. and under its
branches from Aug. 10 to 20 occurred
that dramatic and historic conference.
It was within hearing distance of the
house, and Mrs. Harrison viewed most
of the procedlngs from the pofeh. It
was during this conference that Te
cumseh called Harrison a liar and
pushed him off the bench. Harrison
drew his saber and demanded an ex
planation. Tecumseh, great on ready
reply, then drew that striking simile
between his act and that of the white
man pushing his people off their lands.
Here, too, Tecumseh threw himself on
the ground and, embracing It, avowed
that the sun was his father, the earth
tils mother, and he would rather repose
in her bosom than to make the con- j
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THE OLD HARRISON HOUSE AT VINCENNES, IND.
and then claiming the distinction of
being the most pretentious building
west of the present state of Ohio,
••enters most of the territorial history
of Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Wis
consin, wrhen all of that great area w'as
included in what is known as “In
diana Territory,” and presided over
by Governor Harrison. For several
years it was not only the official resi
rieftce and building of the territory, but
the ammunition storehouse as well. It
was In t*ls house that the territorial j
representatives met. Here were enter- ^
tained Thomas Jefferson, Commodore ,
Pefry and other Illustrious lights of ;
American history. In the northwest
room John Scott Harrison, father of
ex-Presldent Benjamin Harrison, was
born, and In a shutter in this room is
one of the most interesting little
“keep-sakes.” It is a hole made by a
bullet fired at William Henry by a hos
tile Indian that night while he was
pacing the floor with the new-horn.
It was to this house that Tecumseh
and his warriors came and. under an
elm tree, 300 yards from this house,
occurred that great conference be
tween Tecumseh and Harrison, which
is a part of American history. Almost
every brick and every timber is his
torical to some degree.
In 1801, when William Henry Harrl
sou went to Vincennes. he recugnlied
tb« necessity of an official residence,
which would al*o serve as a territorial
‘White House." an Indian fort and an
ammunition warehouse. The Indian
troubles were becoming serious It
was the beginning of that crisis which
Tecumaeh brought about, and which
closed with the battle of Tippecanoe
It was erected to meet all of these re
quirements. Though It aas stood for
almost a century. It ta probably the
moat substantial building In Vincennes
today It Is by no mesns ante
dated la architecture Itsrrteon spared
no money tw attain the ends which
time has proven were successful
R.ery bit of the material eatertag tato
the coast ruction waa made or hntshed
hy baed The brtch were made owe at
a Hme hy that method and even «be
lathe wave turned out that way The
rnfiMW are of watawt. aad the galeh
tag la ta the inset blech walnut that
could he found la the virgin foreete at
Indiana The sashes 4«*re ehadee
• aaJwge wains* o*ihg and gntehlng In
thin highly polished woud look* as
bright today an when It wee pul in
piers, and II Is Joel as eubstsattel The
word was daae hy the heel workmen
he could bring In from the Res* There
are big eld fash we»«l greple.ee la
• •erg room even Ihos. in »h« *eU*s
la tome the ntd rtnnee have been pee
peeved The buildt«.« ess weds Are
proof ae near e« peutMe hy p* king
rtgg peiwoea the retting* eat (he * sir*
ga l hwtw'vew tha wglU
experts at wine-making. From an
other room there was a mysterious
tunnel, which ran to the river bluffs,
some distance away. It was provided
as an avenue of escape in case the In
dians made a successful attack and !
scaled the palisades which surrounded j
the property.
On the first lloor was the old council
chamber, a remarkable room, 25x30
feet In dimensions, with a thirteen
foot ceiling. The original small win
dow panes are preserved. It is claimed
they were taken from the windows of
an old building at Trenton, N. J.. and
through them no doubt the old colo
nists looked upon Hessians and the
eolpnial forces. In this large chamber
all of the territorial representatives
gathered, discussed and passed laws
which fell within their prescribed
rights. In the room right across tne
corridor, Nancy Polk, niece of Presi
dent Polk, and a great favorite in
Washington during his administration,
taught school for two or three years,
making the building a seat of learning
as well as of administration Recently
one of her pupils rump hack to look at
the room. The guest dining-room was
located Just behind the council cham
ber, and here William Henry Harrison
did honors on state occasions. Be
sides the living quarters on the third
floor there were three guest chambers.
The building overlook* the beautiful
Wabash It was In one corner of Har
rison’s plantation of 1,000 acre* which
he named My Plantation Orouaeland."
The yard was surrounded by high pali
sades. making the interior an Indian
fori. The house itself was originally |
surrounded by a colonial veranda !
William Henry Harrison was sealed on
I this when Tertimseb arrived on that |
memorable mission In ISO* Harrison !
had been informed by his spies that Te- '
runiseh waa at last coming to coafer |
with him It will be remembered that
1 thsre had been several passes between
the two great tandsra <>n the pot at of
tht* visit Teeumseh llklag display
and destrtng to make aa tmpoalng
j showing, had proposed to make hi*
visit s>>ompsat»d by bta warrior*
llarrlsoa feared Indian deeepttoa sad
he retweed to rwewtve him nates* be 1
• erne as an indivldwal Teeumseh pro
tested Ikes gave up the «MI but Inter
rwwsldersd and. with seventy warrior*
started down the Wehneh Harrteun
tewh pceeauttonnry slaps tw hand •»*
trouble Tbg council chamber fa*ee
the eladoe He secr sled two full j
> compeale# uf wtuila la the rhamher
As T#*'um*sh «nd hi* warriors ram* up
the path they bad little idea they uere
In range of IK loaded rides with <mlp
a thin wvwwtew shut is* he! so* them
ilsfUM had evidently studied his
boating He use seated •*« the psrl
in y|t sMtt -ive.es Wlsuvsiy «n»*«*|iig
I and rending lie did M *•* l««n»
cessions and betray his people. It was
highly dramatic. \
The Harrisons left for Fort Harri
son—Terre Haute—in 1811. Oen. Har
rison was then en route to meet Te
cumseh in battle. The climax of this
move was Tippecanoe, which shat
tered the great Tecumseh conspiracy.
The organization of Illinois and Michi
gan reduced Indiana Terrieory to its
present limits and the Harrisons went
to Corrydon, then made the seat of
government. There arc very few of the
old Harrison relics left. Probably the
most notable is his dress sword, which
is in the "Old Curiosity Shop" in Terre
Haute.
He who can suppress a moment's
anger may prevent a day of sorrow.
OOT A COMPLIMENTARY PASS
Hut Che Meeker fur Free Tr»n*|»ort*tlo»
Hm Not Pleased.
The manager of one of the gtreei
lailway lines in this city found in lit*
morning mall the other day a commu
nication from an individual who had
been indefatigable in his efforts to ge'
on the complimentary list of ths com
pany. The man had money, stocks and
bonds and houses and lots in plenty
but they offered him little considers
tion. The canker at his heart was
his inability to get a passbook. Every
time he paid a nickel (or a ride it left
him-dispirited for an hour. He would
have lost a lawsuit any day rather
than have failed ultimately to wheedle
a book out of the street railway com
pany. His opportunity appeared to
have come at last, for he rendered
some slight personal favor to the com
pany. Instanter he dictated a lettei
Impressing the fad upon the general
manager’s mind and beseeching him
for "a pass.’’ The manager smiled
grimly when he read the request.
Twenty-four hours later the prominent
citizen was delighted to note that his
mall contained an envelope bearing tlw
mark of the street railway company
He eagerly tore It open and read a re
ply composed something as follows:
"My Dear Sir: Your inestimable
services to the company which I have
the honor to represent in an official
capacity have not escaped notice. In
fact, we have been embarrassed in
some degree to discover a form of rec
ognition proportionate to tlieir value.
Your letter suggested a payment we are
glad to adopt, and I take great pleas
ure therefore in inclosing the ‘pass'
you request. It is good when presented
on all our lines. We have given all
our conductors orders to accept it at
ail hours of the day or night, without
requiring identification of the bearer.
Ordinarily our transportation Is non
trar.sferrable, but an exception has
been made in your case. It is good
when tendered by yourself, or any
member of your family or any of your
friends or acquaintances. Again thank
ing you for your unselfish interest in
our success, I beg leave to remain,
etc.”
The prominent citizen found the
“pass" in the letter all right enough,
but it was not of the variety r.e wan
seeking. It was nothing more or less
than a common, ordinary, every-day 5
cent piece, somewhat worn and sadly
in need of cleaning. He has almost de
rided that his chances for free trans
ports! ion are nil.
Mlencftl
London Mai!: A correspondent
sends to the Daily Mail the following
story of an incident which happened
some twenty years ago in Toronto:
Colonel Ingersoll, the celebrated infi
del orator, was delivering a lecture in
the theater on a Sunday night. The
house, of course, was crammed, and he
went on with his clever and humorous
speech till he gave utterance to some
particularly blasphemous comments,
which proved too offensive for his au
dience. In the midst of his brilliant
speech a fine voice in the gallery rang
out in the well-known hymn, “Hold
the Fort, for 1 Am Coming.” Instantly
the words were taken np by others un
til the whole concourse joined in, and
Colonel Ingersoll had to retreat ig
nominionsly, without being allowed to
utter another word.
Prescription.
Boston Traveler: Dr. Ends—There
is nothing serious the matter with
Frederic. Mrs. Blakly. I think a little
soap and water will do him as much
good as anything. Mrs. Blakly—Yes,
doctor; an' will I give it to him beforr
or after his meals?
Beware of the man who seems to
have no earthly chance with a woman.
He Is more than likely to secure her at
last.—Ex.
HEART BREAKING.
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THE NAME STEWART.
What I< lHa Correct Spelling of tba
Ku me?
At a recent meeting of the Clan
Stewart Society In Glasgow, Col. John
Stewart of Ardvoirllch, who presided,
referring to the different ways of spell
ing the clan name, said that the "dif
ferent ways of spelling the name arose
either from accidental causes or cither
well-defined reasons. The final letter
‘t‘ was substituted for the d' of the
original name ‘Steward’ for the sake
of euphony. The spelling of the name
Steuart was quite accidental, arising
piobably from the illegibility of the
wilting of some member: while the
spelling of Stuart was caused by Queen
Mary, on her return from France, us
ing the French spelling of her name, to
which she had been accustomed, and
many clansmen perpetuated the royal
spelling. But In whatever way they
spelt their name, they all came from
the original stork. Nor does this end
the matter, for It may be remembered
by many that the Earl of Galloway re
fused to take part in tire collection of
the "Stuart exhibition" In London In
1889, because the committee refused to
spell the name "Stewart," as his lord
ship himself does. He maintained that
this was the only correct orthography,
and held aloof from the exhibition
which disregarded this assertion. This,
however, seemed rather high-handed,
especially when we discover by refer
ence to historical documents that near
ly all the famous people of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries spelt their
names in two or three different ways.
In short, there was no "proper spell
ing,’’ though Mary Queen of Scots al
ways wrote “Stuart," for the simple
reason that she was educated in France
and thp French alphabet had no "w."
Earlier kings of her race spelt their
names "Steward,” or ‘'Stewart.” or
"Stuart,” at the fancy of the moment
when they held the pen. We have near
ly thirty different ways on record of
spelling the surname of Stewart in
English, Gaelic, French, Latin. Italian.
Spanish and Dutch, as follows: ytew
ard, Stewart, Stewartt, Stuart, Stuard,
Steuarde, Steuard, Steuart, Steuert,
Stewort, Steort, Steubhart, Steubhartt,
Stlubhart, Stevyard, Stturt, Stowart,
Sturgard, Stuyarde, Styward, Stuardus,
Estuard, Estuarza, Stivard, Stivardi.
It 1« contended that "the right etymol- I
ogy” is S-dew-ard—the l-sinl High, or j
the High Lord—that is, the lord uex' i
to the king in power.
RUBBER IS GETTING SCARCE.
for That Retton Old lllryiln Tirsi Are !
Itcliiir Made Over.
The popularity of bicycling has cre
ated a great demand for rubber and as
a consequence the commodity is be
coming scarce and the need of econ
omy In its use is imperative. It may
not he generally known that the india
rubber dolls, animals and other toys
used by children in many cases began
their commercial existence in the form
of bicycle tires. All our india-rubber
toys come from Germany, and several
enterprising English shippers have
found that the shipment of old. worn
out tires to the German factories is a
very profitable business. During the
past two years tons of old rubber, that
used formerly to be thrown away, or
remade into cheap doormats, have
been shipped to Germany, and sent
back transformed into elaborate and
gaudy squeaking dolls, elephants and
other toys. Though rubber is used for
a wider variety of articles than any
other material, more rubber was used
last year in the manufacture of bicycle
tires than for any other purpose, and
the demand for rubber Is now perma
nently In excess of the supply. More
than 800,000 pairs of tires were made
in England during the last season, and
it is impossible to make them of any
but the very best rubber..
Hlevnnton u« a Burglar.
Edmond Gosse has written a paper on
“Stevenson's Relation with Children,”
in Chambers' Journal. In it he relates
a story of his youthful days, as nar
rated to himself by Stevenson. He was
still a little fellow when in the summer
holidays, after reading a number of
detective novels of a bad kind, he was
passing one Sunday afternoon along a
road In an Edinburgh suburb. There
he saw a deserted house, furnished, but
without a caretaker. It struck young
Stevenson that it would be a tine thing
to break into the house, which he ac
cordingly did, roaming from room to
room, looking at books and pictures tn
great excitement, until he thought he
heard a noise In the garden. Terror
seised upon him as he imagined him
self handcuffed and conveyed to prison
just as the church folks were returning
home He burst into crying, then man
aged to creep out as he had come tn.
Ii*r UroantlMg.
Huy dreaming and the building of
fautastlc castles In the nlr U nut half
to Innocuous and bnrmlera n pleasure
U It seems. The day dreamer, accord
ing to medical eiperta. la akin to s
lunatic Children and old men who
revel In day-dreams have mental char
seterlstlc* of the Insane often they
tell Use. not because they Inch the
moral sense, but because they have
listened In themselves Imaglaation
Jradually they lose th* .egulalt* will
power to i on «utrate their minds on a
liven subject and their thoughts he
lln to wander Teen tt la only a race
wtween Insanity and deeth. the wIn
var claiming the dreamer
M*s in# •!*»'•••
tlttklM Mmylhe trie* to make peo
ple believe that he belongs to the 'up
per true* “ Wtlhlae Well, I should
{ Ibis a hr did belong l« the upper
j ruet “ Uilhin* In whal way d»ee he
tkus It* Withies Meats sho-l abd
test v broke Hi*«hl»n I If*
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catalogue showing samples and latest
styles and lowest prices. Mailed free
on request. Send postal to Hayden
Bros., Omaha * for prices on any goods
you need. Make yourself at home iu
the Big Store when in Omaha.
Alexander Henderson of Syracuse is
of the opinion that he has acted as
pallbearer at more funerals in the past
half century than any other man in
Onondaga county. He Is six feet two
inches and ‘‘looks well.”
Selling I'alentK.
Amongst the large
concerns who pur
chased patents the
past week were the
following:
David Bradley Mfg.
Co., Chicago, 111.
Vaughn Machine
Co., Portland, Me.
International Fucsiiniiegrapu 10.,
Cleveland. O.
Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., Akron,
Ohio.
General Fleetric Company of New
York.
Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co.,
Boston, Mass.
Berlin Machine Co., Bel oft, Wis.
Keyes-Baker Cigar Boiling Machine
Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
American locomotive Appliance Co.,
of Virginia.
Ball and Socket Fastener Co., Bos
ton, Mass.
Out of the 450 Cnited States invent
ors who obtained patents the past week
145 had sold either a* part or their
entire interest in their iiwenHina* be
fore they were issued'.
For free information concerning fh»*
law and practice of patents, addreaw
Sues & Co., Registered Patent Attor
neys and Solicitors, Bee Bull ding,
Omaha), Nell:
Well' Broomed Women,
A' pretty shirt waist, i»ru|»erly laundered
with "Faultless Starch, makes u woman
look sweet and wholesome and adds greatly
toherattruetiveness. Try it. All grocers, IOr.
Of 1V4 law students admitted to> Hie
bar in London nineteen nave Orient.:!
names.
My dorter soid I would die, but Pino'*
Cure for Cousumptiou cured me.—Amu>
Kalner, Gharry Valley, 111., Nov. £i, "J5.
Adversity borrows Its sharpest sting
from our impatience.—Bishop Horne.
?118 buys new upi ight piano. Sebmol
ler & Mueller, BilS l'arnam St., Omaha.
The town of Hartford, in Oxford
county. Me., lias a Custard Pie associa
tion, which meets annually in a hem
lock grove on the margin of Swan
pond and gnrgps Itself with custard
pie. II grew out of a custard pie eating
contest between two residents of the
town on the annual fast day, thirty
nine years ago. The match was ad
judged to be a tie, the association was
formed, and everybody In it now
strives to beat everybody else eating
custard pie.
Governor Roosevelt, addressing some
firemen the other day. took occasion to
mention four callings which subject
those following them to as great dan
gers as those the soldier mpets in war.
and which evoke as manly qualities
as are ever required of the soldier.
They are the firemen, the policemen,
the ruilroad men and the fishermen
on the Newfoundland banks.
44He Laughs Best
Who Laughs LastS*
A hearty laugh indicates a degree of
good health obtainable through pure blood.
<As but one person in ten has pure blood,
the other r.ir.c should purify the blood
•with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Then they cart
laugh first, lost and all the time,, for
^foceCS SaUafxitilfcT
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174 Wlnchootor Annul, Now Hum, Conn.
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