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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1886)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY AUGUST 20. I88a TWELVE PAGES. THE UNION PACIFIC SHOPS , A Great Hive of Indent/ , Where 1,300 Mill are Employed. THE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. Kotir Illstorlal InciilonM Chnraotcr of tlio Workmen The Atiiount of i I'nld Annually. [ Written for the Omaha Sunday Jkc.\ \ The "shops" are still here. Hy "the shops , " in this Instance , " are meant the multitudinous structures in the northeastern - eastern part of the city , in which are carried on the manufacturing ami re pairing of material belonging to the Union 1'aelflc road. That they are still here is not because cflorts have not been made to have them taken elsewhere. He is not a very old eiti/.en of Omaha who does not remember that , at one time , Kansas City felt that she was to be hon ored with these hivesof industry. Neither must ho bo a very old resident to recall the anticipations ot Denver and Chey enne. and cvtn of Council Bluffs , when some uncouth-winged rumor led each to believe that the glory of the shops was about to depart from Omaha forever and lodge with them for all time r .1 ' 'importance. Nevertheless the shops are still here , as has been remarked , and It may not be amiss to say that here , in \11 probability , they will , for a very long lr 'itne , remain. It Is well that this is the jnse. With all her strides to metropol itan greatness , Omaha could scarcely afford to lose these nianufacloiies. They are a source of employment to hundreds of her citizens , as well , also , as a source of wealth to many of her merchants. More than any one enterprise , or even more than a do/.en of her industries , these shops con tribute to her prestige as a mannl'actur- jug center as yet but in its infancy. It is not an easy matter to outline Tin : MH-ATION of the shops. Suffice it to say that the grounds upon which they stand may be approached from Ninth , Tenth , Eleventh , Twelfth , Thirteenth and Fourteenth .streets , while the streets troin the west which run up to their outline , extend both north and south for about half a mile. mile.Within Within this enclosure is a heterogene ous collection of small and large , young and old , brick and frame strutcnres. They are scattered about in all directions assume various shapes and subserve an unlimited variety of purposes. They are all red , or rather , had at one time , been of that lively hue. Hut antiquity , dust , dirt , smoke and elemental disturbance have , in many instances , tarnished their brilliant exteriors. The ground outlined above , is , in some sense. IllbTOKlCAI. . It witnesse.d , at one extremity , the inception , way back in ' ( j."i . , of the great road which now extends from several different points.half way across the continent. It has watched the growth of the cityand stood between it and the treacherous current of the Mis- bouri on many ; and many a threatening day. Several times hits it been overflowed , ami several times have the lires gone out in the shops , while the mechanics have been also compelled to retire to their homes. To-day , however , while it would not bo able to resist , perhaps , any more fcticcussfully the rise of the river , from past experience the property it contains might more successfully be guarded from danger. Till : OltKAT FLOOD. r i One of the latest visitations from the river was in 1881. To look at the river now. and assume that it could rise and flood the territory mentioned would appear incredible. And yet , the year mentioned , as did also several others preceding , witnessed such an event. It had been a long and cruel winter. For nearly six months ice and flnow lay upon the streets of Omaha , and so dee ) ) and' compact , that the largest water mains to-day doing duty under our streets , lay beneath the crust by at least half a foot. A stranger would not have known that they had been laid along the gutters. The same quantity of snow anil and ice. relatively speaking , covered the country north. At length , the sun of .spring began to moll the mountain streams and down the Missouri a Tiber- looking Hood , rushed madly in eddy and swirl bearing upon its surface countless thousands of cakes of ice , which .seemed to enjoy the madness of their waitadvancement. . Spectators lined the bank. The shops hail ceased work , and everybody watched to see the water override the banks and How in upon the ground of the shops. The water rose and the shops were Hooded. It rose over the windowsills of the car shops and lodged a number of inches deep upon the lloor. A largo number of the tools of the carpenters was destroyed , and damage of other kinds was also experienced. The company made a forcible resistance to the Hood. A host of men was engaged night and day bank ing with tftoiie , dirt , brush and other ma terial the weaker points. The debris was hauled fiom all parts of the city and deposited in the yards as far as the teams could enter. It was then lint on the rubber car and rolled to the place where the banking was being done. So well was this work carried on that the water stood fourteen inches above the track before it entered the yards. Hut it finally overcame both watehor.sand bank , At about 1 o'clock , one morning , while the men were at work with pitchfork am ! shovel , a float of ice washed in the fence of the smelting works with A GItKAT CIIA II. The mon with few exceptions lied pre cipitately. fearing that death was coming with the flood. In their absence , ami tin. renewed impetus which had been gaincc by the Hood , the water at length secure its dominion over the resiuting territory J hiring that Hood ONB OP THU I.AI5fJiST : sriIAMKItS which plies on the Missouri steamed into the Union 1'acltio yarns at the foot ol Davenport street and coaled-up at the pile ot the company , which had origin ally been intended for the supply lug ot machines of locomotion on land only There are photographs e\tant which de pict this incident. The steamer was not in a hurry to resume the channel of tin river. Itdld.socvcntually , however , am steamed uway and has .since not bei-n among us. The .sauutycarsaw the waloi cover the space between this city and the transfer and extend a rather niieomfort able distance Into the city of the IHulls. THIS SHOl1 OtTKT.S. Kntcring at Cuss street , oim finds the general olllces of the motive power am car departments. It is a high , two-story brick building , and contains the business places of Clem llacknoy , John Wilson ids assistant , and T. A. Uavies , mastci mechanic of thu Nebraska division There un > besides a number of other olllft'.s , giving employment to about forty clerks. The o.xtinior of this building i. covered with climbing vines which seen lo be ilii' object of solicitous care on tin part of MW.it person. On two sides of tin building , i. , i tln > ground , is a green hiwi mown with eM'ellent skill , while half : dor.cn tru , : * ul intervals dilfuse u shade e..spceiillv : favorable to lltu lower otlie.e during the- heal of both morning am evening TIIK HOUNH IIOlttR is situated to the south and east. It i _ pcnil-eiiYtilir ; and contains twenty stalls < t \yn * fcheiUTing , when 1 pubsed through it , about half a do/.en locomotive ? , some of which were being dismantled and looked a.i if they had donned their wrap pers , not expecting company. The business ofthc road is such now that engines can not be snared to rusti cate in the stalls , those that were there being gotten in readiness for almost immediate - mediate use. Adjoining , on the north , is ho TIN , rOITKII AND Kl.VB hop , a brick building about 1(50x11 ( fcot. lore about eighteen men are engaged Inily in the work of their trade lor the emaiids of the roads. The boiler shop mploys about thirty men , and presents a eene of activity and \m\n \ \ which one arch experiences. There is an inces-ant ummerinir not altogether musical , and .sounding of iron trying upon me\per- meed ears. Here the boiler work for hi > road is done. Till1. HOADMASTKIl'S DAISY. Outside this shop lay a structure on vheels. It was about fourteen feet long , .ml had a roof like an elongated car- iage. Its sides were loosely covered vith canvas while within was an up- ight boiler , intended for locomotive xiwer. The places of the engineer and ireman were behind , while in front was i seat about three feet above the track , 'his is "Daisy , " the ehief roadmaster's ngine. It is intended to enable an ae- , urate inspection of the road , which can icver be satisfactorily performed on a egnlar tram Till : OLD NO. 1 MATH INK SHOP s still clean. Its rafters show a liberal jaro with calcomine , while a host of mllcvs , shafts , belts , lathes in red and Ci-eeii colors is strongly outlined against he whitened roof. In this department here are about forty men engaged. 1 he notivc power to this place is supplied by i pairot engines adjoining. IN MACIIINK SIIOl1 SO. ? here is a great variety of machinery , eompri-'iiig drill-presses , steel lathes mil heavy planers. These work in an ilmo t noiseless manner. Little more ban the whirring of revolving pulleys > r the clippinir of a piece of iron with hammer and chisel salutes the ear. I'lm machinery is of the latest and most ipproved style , and in variety and ease > t doing its work is ol exceeding interest ; o the.stranger. There are four tracks with | ) its in tliis shop , each capable of hold- in" three engines while undergoing re pairs of all kinds. One of the locomo- ives which attracted was a Titan , in rom Cheyenne , where it hauls a tram of twenty cars over grades averaging HO 'eet to the mile. . It had four drivers , and ookedasif , with track room , it might reverse the motion of the earth. It was being repaired in many ways , one of the most prominent repairs being an exten sion front with patent smoke-box , such is is now being placed on all the Union Pacific engines. This shop was not so lose to godliness as was its neighbor. OTIir.U llUll.UINfii ! . Immcdiatelv north is a frame building l.Wx-IO feet , in which the framework for engines is made. To the west , in a brick building , are stored the paints and oils used in the decoration of locomotives. Eastward from the engine frame shop ire two long frame buildings , 250x40 'eet. The nearer is being decorated by a .rio of dormer windows. In these are kept thu general stores of the road , a variety of materials and contrivances numerous enough to lill a dictionary. North of these is the stationery build ing , where paper , pens , ink , and blanks in limitless tnousands and designs are stored , subject to the demands from dif ferent parts of the road. At the toot of Thirteenth street , there is u combination building. It consists of live gable cuds , three of which sink be tween two on either side , which are decorated with crests and linials. These are of a bright red. A hundred windows dews or more , with white frames , per forate the sides and end of the two stories. These interiorly are a mixture of passenger and freight cars , pulleys , lathes , pinners , mortice machines , and bu//-saws. They are TIIK CAK-WOKKS t'UOVEU. They are supplied with , tracks and on these , cars are painted , decor ated , built and rebuilt. Every facility for this work is at hand , and yet everything is in the neatest con dition imaginable. No shavings litter the lloor. They are carried out by a current of air and deposited in the boiler room , where they are used for fuel. These shops are about aSO.\lt'2 ' feet , and in look ing from one end to the other , you feel as though the farther extremity ran up against the sky. In the north end is the double engine from which they receive their power. There also is the. Westinghouse - house brake pump , by means of which the brakes of t he cars are tested before being sent out on the road. In thu second end story are located the silver-plating works , the cabinet , the. upholstering , the uaint and the pattern shops. North of these , in a brick building , are located the boilers , which generate the steam for the shops and supply heat in winter. Even the smallest of these is a huge , jumbo-like creature , both in color and shape. On the east side of these shops cxlum ! two trades , pint formed for pornaps 700 tect. These are now strung with freight cars , to which air brakes are being attached. Ten of these are turned out every day , and it is estimated that , at least one year and a half will bo required before all the freight cars can be equipped with this appliance. On thu way back to the south one moots the truck shop , the mineral mill where paint is made , the lumber drying house and TIIK votxi ; > itv. Hero one finds the damp and sooty smell peculiar to such places. A host of smoking mounds are scattered around , into which the liquid iron is sleeping into forms of use and ornament. There are here two furnaces for melting iron , which receive their blast from a pair of doublefans. . Adjoining are two boilers , with a pair of double engines used to work the fans. Next come the brass foundry the sheet iron and the blacksmith shops. This is the largest and most grimy place on thu grounds. It contains thirty-six lorges , three utcam hammer * with a couple of furnaces for heating .scrap iron , l-'IHi : I'UOTKCTION. West ot this building and somewhat to the south , IK the house of thu Diiranl en gine. A pall of white canvas covers ( he machine. She Iris not been in 11 = 11 in some lime , though she is kept in a bright and beautiful condition. Iho last time shn appeared in use in town was the burning of Huyd's packing house , and before that she did execllunt service at the miiinorable destruction ot the ( irand Central hotel. There are three hose carts in Ilui house which are now , wih ; the supply of water from the works , roltud upon lo subdue any flame's ' which may break out. In a case near the door Jiands the white silken banner of tlie"lur.nts" ; together with the bilvor trumpets they have bought and won at fairs. On the way back to the oillcei the iron and steel warehouses are passed. The lumberyard occupies the western half of tint ground and extend.- , almost from end to end of the sniiM. It comprises .spicies of lumber of all kinds use , ! in the hops. The ground covered by thesp shops and tracks comprises about thirty acres , There is little ot it that is not occupied , and there is much of it that is'utilized in every iiinh. In all these departments there am now engaged , young and old , about THIIITKKX HUNIUIKI ) I'EIISONS. Among tliesd ara single and married men , some with patriarchhil families ami hoary hair , whu nave been in thoD m- pany's employ for nearly a quarter of n century. Others are just in the Hush of early manhood , who have PCI haps learned their trade at their father's sido. To the.u imm , last month , wan paid , in wages , fiW,730. This amount they paid out. for groceries , fuel , clothing , house rmu , auuidemout and home purchasing in this qlty of Omaha , If wo. mnv except the amount which was deposited to their credit in the savings bank. It made many a home happy and doubtless caused to rejoice the merchants , who had been expecting it throughout the month. These wages have sometimes been as hiirh as $75,000 per month , the amount now being paid being due to the fact that the foundry has decreased the number of Its workmen , the work now being done by outside parties. In the ranks at these shops are people from utmost every civilized nation on the globe. It is quite likely , however , that the Irishman and his descendants are the mo < t numerous English and Scotch probably rank next , with the ( Jcrman following. Then comes a j-cattering of other nativities and descents , oooii ciTix.ixs : ; Sixyears ago , it was estimated that two-thirds ot the omploves owned their " own homes. That was "before the pres ent activity in real estate had been created. Since that lime. the. numberof home owners has probably increased to three-quarters. These men reside in all parts of the city , and many of them in homes supplied with ail the comforts which moU people would de < iro. As a rule they are industrious and thrifty. The workmen are a credit to the road and Omal.a. They seem devoted to the company and its present management , and reali/.e thatwlth.steady employment , reasonable wages , health and home , they approach as near a realization of perfect happiness us may be imagined in this sphere. E. A. O'llldi : * . POINTS ABOUT BARKERS. llnrkot-H arc Orators \vlio Stniul In Krunt ol' Dime Museums unit Iiiirc the Public In. New York Sun"It's a peculiarity of a barker , " said a Howery showman the other day as he > teed in front of his dime museum and listened to the sonorous tones of a gentleman near him who was setting forth the attractions of the enter tainment within , "that he can never give up barking after ho has once got thoroughly into the business. You know how fascinating .singing Is to people who think they have voices. Many an old man ami faded woman go on singing through advanced years quite convinced that they are giving pleasure to their hearers , whereas they are only distributing ing- large blocks of pain around the neighborhood. Barkers are the same way. They get .struck on their voices. They love to hear themselves howl , just as the old-fashioned brass-lunged deacon liked to hear his voice in prayer so much that he'd pray for an hour in church , and get along with a two-minute thought when he prayed at home at night and was afraid ot waking the children. Did yon over watch a barker's faccV Look at this one. " The showman directed his gn/.e toward the man who was walking slowly up and down just within the wide doorway of the museum and talking to the world at large while he shipped his right leg with a Hexible rattan cane. Nothing could exceed the complaisance and affability of the barker's manner as ho rolled oil'the periods with infinite unction. A vowel sound was a choice bit not to be thought lessly tossed off of the tongue , but to be turned and fondled and .sent forth with due resonance and deliberation. There was the musical rhythm of blank verse in much that he said. His eyes roamed over the various objects around him with a careful scrutiny , and it was ovide.nt on looking at linn closely that his thoughts were tar away from his words. "Uarkeis are proud , " continued the showman rellectivelv , "and usually very friendly with the freaks , i don't know what makes 'em proud , unless it is being so prominent in public life. There's ' no reason why a barker shouldn't help clean up in the morning , lend a hand with the brooms sell tickets till it's time for him to bark in front , and otherwise improve his time and add to his purse , but he won't. He feels that his pnOlic position couldn't stand the strain. Another thing is the inability of the barker to bark un less his conditions are just right. You put a btrange nat on him and his voice'll lalter and his eye shirnk. One man needs to have a toothpick in his mouth for the proper eflect to be attained , another must have a bit of ribbon of a certain shade of red in the lapel of his coat , a third is most eloquent when he has an unlightcil cigar in his mouth , and so on. Their whims are absolutely innumerable. "One day. " he continued , lowering his voice confidentially , "there was a pro cession of countrymen moving around the corner and coining this way. It was a grocer's association or something of that sort from back of the state , and it was an hour before my barker's "regular time , lint he was standing near the gutter talking with some high-toned friends of his'n one of 'urn has a brother what's on the perlice smokin' a ten-cent cigar. I so'Hist : , Hilly , git out hero an' bark f'r ' a minute , will you ? ( Jo on , quick , so as to gather in all ibis here muchness driftin' down here. Hurrv , an1 I'll go the beers an' cigars for 'self and frion's. ' " 'What1 ho sex. 'Me bark now ? ' "Of course. ' " 'Hut 1 ain't got mo canoV " 'No matter , go on.1 "Well , ho did make the effort , but ho put no heart into it an' if hu didn't blush crimson 1 hope I may be doin' the do g faced boy act within a week ! Them countrymen , " continued the showman , "went uy without a glance , an' th' barker was too sore to look his friends in the face. Imt I didn't ' blame him a bit. I know their feelings well. Salaries ? 'Uout Ion to fourteen 'a week. When they gets to bo professors and lectures about the curiosities inside they got mure. Thu freaks are very fond of them , "cause the barkers speaks in such glow ing terms of them an' all freaks Is fond of having their deformities Haltered. " Mountain Hain'H HORN. Denver Tribune : An old trapper am ! hunter known as "Mountain bam" is doing a land ollice business killing huge mountain sheoi ) for their heads and horns. These he ships to Now York to fill the or der.s which he Is constantly receiving , and there they are mounted. Sam's besl customers are wealthy Englishmen. Foi many vcar.s "Mountain Sam" has buriei : himself in the most remote recesses ol the Kig Horn mountains. Sam rounds up the wild shenp with dogs. The pack numbers twenty-live head , and they are a pure cross of the blood hound and bull dog. Mountain born uiu bred , these noble animals add to the natural strunglh and sagacity of then blood strains a marvelous endurance am activity. No snow depth , no roughness 'of trail , no steepness of precipice , no loftiness of peak , no remoteness of local ity can stop the mountain do" when 01 thotinckof the mountain sheep. The pack works in an organized way when the trail ot a bam ) of sheep is struck The dogs break into little bunches am will" and careful circuits are made. The closely pressed sheep are hurried towart a common center , ami they will soon bo bunched with twenty-live stanch dogs crests erect and tails wagging , movin' about them in an endless and eager circle. The pa ok has been known to bunch 250 head ot' sheep , and to hold their watch and guard for over six hours awaiting the coming of their mastert who has kept back by tint diilicultic.s lying in his path. It sometimes occurs that the dogs bring thu game together on a spot that Is ntti.rly inaccssioht to human feet. Thei tlm hunter gives hi ? dogs notice of the fact by a peculiar shrill and pioreinf , shout. The pack at once dash into thu midst of the .slu < op , sci/.u and slay the hrgc'it , am ! by dint of rolling , tumbling ar.if falling from crnjj to orag , from de rl'vll.v ' , bring the c-.irca.ssc3 within roucl ; of tluir muster. THE RESTAURANTS OF OMAHA Something About jyhat They Are and How They Aie Conducted , WAITERS AND THEIR WORK. The Different Gentles of llcstntirixiits Tlio W. O. T. U. 1'nrcnt nnil OIT- Spring \ Sifuftrc Meat for Ten Cents-All Nlctit I'lnccB. [ HViY/rjj / for tlin Ointthn Rittiiltty lice. ] " ( il'ino ft steak , potatoes , bread and Hitter mid colic * , unit bo quick : il > ont it. " The speaker was a well-known Omaha gamester ; the place was a popular cheap estnurant or all night "chop house" on > ouglas street , nnil thotimc was 1'io'elock nidnight. After giving his order tlm speaker turned to a reporter who was sitting near him and remarked : "Mighty uindy , these chop restaurants , do you know ItV I've lived in this town oil * and on for ten years , ami there hover lias icon a timii wlien living was so cheap as t is now. The time has gone by when n man had to plank down a Email fortune fora square meal. " And he was most certainly correct. J'he time has passed when restaurants here could command frontier prices. The era of cheap living has dawned on Omaha. TIIK IIKSTAIMIANTS. A good index of the rapidly increasing population of Omaha is a fact that its restaurants are multiplying thick and fast. There is scarcely a block in the city that has not one or two of them. A con servative estimate would place the num ber at not less than 100. They range in [ grade from the elegant cafe to the cheap "hash-mill , " where a square meal can be obtained for the trilling sum of ten or fifteen cents. There is a well-known establishment on lower Douglas street which leads till other restaurants in the city. It is finely iurnishcd , large fans suspended over head keep the patrons cool , obliging and attentive waiters are ready to obey every behest of the hungry customers. Hun dreds of meals are served every day , and the cashier , who is penned nj > in u little glass and wood apartment at the end. handles hundreds of dollars in the course of a week. There are other good restaurants in the city which do a business almost as large as the one mentioned above. Some of them sell meal tickets for $1 , some for if 1.50 and some for ? ! 5. These meal tickets urn generally good for twenty one meals ami expire in ten ilavs. To still another class of rc.stau rants belong those of the "W. I' . T. U. " brand. A few years ago , the local branch of tlmiW. C'.T. U. opened a restaurant on Fifteenth street , near Capitol avenue , for the purpose of earn ing money enough to carry on associa tion work in this city. Trices were put down to a low notch. A cup of eoll'ee ( lirst-cla < = s , too ) was listed at live cents , sandwiches the amc , pie the same. Nearly every order was plaeeil at a nickle. Twenty-live oents would buy a square meal. J'iitrons came and the business nourished. The facilities had to be enlarged. The. , restaurant wn po longer an experiment. It was a success ful , money-making institution. ' Finally 'some of" the ladies abandoned the idea as a means of furthering the ends of chanty , left the parent institu tion , and in various parts of the city opened up rival restaurants as a purely speculative venture. All have succeeded well and are now making money. They arc patronized by shop-girls , clerks , and even solid business men who cannot atl'ord to go a long distance homo for dinner. The ladies who are ai the head of these institutions pride themselves on being able to set before their patrons homo cookery. And they certainly come very close to that desirable standard. UINH1 OOt'NTKItS. Cheap lunch counters are springing up all over the citv. High stools arc ranged beside counters covered with white oil cloth , on which the meals are .set forth. Here , too , the live-cent prices prevail. Hanged upon the walls , plainly readable , even to a man buried in a big ham sand wich , are such legends -is the following : Htouk , Potatoes llrcad and lltiltcr , Coiito , 1'ii ) or I'liildhig , For " ic. or Mutton ( 'hops , I'ot.iiocs , Bread and llutter iiml . Tor J5t- . Everything cl o is proportionately cheap. Tlio cookery , while not the most elegant conceivable , is nevertheless good , and many a man whoso wealth is limited by the standard of dinners or nickles , is able to stave oil' , for a time at least , the wangs of hunger by eating one of the cheap meals which ho can find here. Closely akin to the last mentioned class of restaurants are the lunch counters which are to bo found in many of the .saloons of the city. In the best of these one can lind anything from a ham sand wich to the most elaborate meal , costing seventy-live cents or a dollar. Many of these 'places are making money , and making it rapidly , too. Some of this hotels , while they cannot , strictly speaking , be classed as restau rants , yut do a restaurant business and secure quite a large slice of trade. Most of them sell tickets for il or ! ? o , good for twenty-one meals , and limited to use within ton days. And again , there are innumerable other places where meals are advertised even cheaper than In the places men tioned above as low as ten or fifteen cents. Hut In these places the readers of thi < UivB would scarcely care to make a personal investigation of the quality of the edibles. The steak is so tough as to remind one forcibly at Bole leather ; the bread is musty nnd'hljrd ; the butter ran cid , the coliee muchly and possessing anything but a delicate llavor. Thu. u laces are generally plitroni/.cd by news- C oys , bootblacks , JawU the lower classes whose pockol-bnukH : u'u ' not built on the same capacious plan an their stomachs. Most ot the restaurants of Omaha have good waiter-service. The best establish ments , of course , havd male waiters , col ored or white. Thu majority of the cheaper restaurants enjploy girls , because their services do not come so high as those of the men. For -some reasons , the average man would prefer to have a girl waiton him ; for other reasons , ho would not. Vou can hardly swear at a girl when she mixes up" your order with that of some one else , bringing you every thing that you didn't order and nothing that yon wanted. Your imprecations , oii the other hand , rest lightly upon the sou ; of the average male waiter ho is har dened and calloused. Waiters are not paid the most princely salaries in the world. Their wages run all the way from $3 or $ i a week to $ - > 0 a month and board. The latter is the salary earned by the majority of colored waiters. "AI.L.-NIOHT" rl.AOKU. In some of the all-night places a busj scene pan bo witnessed at almost anj hour. A few moments after midnigh ; the hungry crowd begins to Hock in and spread itself along the counters. The Tuesday EveningAugust 31 - One Price Clothiers and Bents' ' Furnishers , GUI' iiriccti fur Itnivi' thnn tlic toit-rtt and oitr ( lie must tdfioitli I ( till sTJCliUT , throng is a motley one , with representa tives of all classes in it. Hunger is a great levcler of all distinctions of caste , and every one here meets on a common plane. 'The toilers of the night the newspaper men , printers and policemen are seated side by .side with gamblers , "rounders , " and people of that elass whose day begins with the setting of the sun. For a long time the .scene is a busy one , and the waiters are rushing about in breathless haste in their endeavors to keep up with the ordvrs. Tlurranks of the counters are tilled as rapidly as they are depleted. Everybody is gulping down food in the. true American stylo. Hy-aiid- by there comes a lull ; gradually the crowds thin out , and the night's work is at an end. The day dawns , and with the appearance of light the thoroughly tired waiter lays aside his apron and tumbles into bed. A. .1. KINDHICIC. : Student Walters. About the sickest thing in the world is the "student waiter. " In ! UK ) cases out of 1,000 , the aforesaid "students" have not half brains enough to compete with the most stupid darky that ever donned the white apron. They are usually farmers' sons who have read up in dime literature of the many men of mark who obtained their starts in life by working their passage , sawing wood , splitting rails , driving mules , keeping a district school or attending u fancy horse during vaca tion. A bright idea gets under their skulls that by going in as a waiter they micht get a few tips , some good meals. and have a good time at the expense of somebody , and so they start in as waiters. A hotel that indulges in such waiters must bo a curiosity. We had an extended experience ot one dinner , and that was enough. The waiter was studying for the ministry , and when asked for a small bottle of claret , nearly had a lit , and finally asked if spring water wouldn't do just as well , as he was opposed to tasting or handling the dangerous stuff. That bright fellow may now be among the heathen , and that's the best place for him and all like him , but it is only a sample of student waiters. at the I'luiio. From an illustrated paper in the Sep tember Century , on the great pianist , we quote as follows : "Whenever the niaa- tor waved a pupil troin the stool and took his place at the piano to illustrate a passage , asudden : hush fell on the as sembly the stragglers whispering and laughing over in the corner stopped their chatter and joined the group of eairer listeners , standing closely about the performer and concealing him from view. Those were moments of hopeful expectancy. How hard every one was wishing that lie would play it all. Some times it would be only a few measures : again , a page or two ; then he would stop abruptly. A score of happy faces grew long with disappointment , though all were grateful for even the.se frag mentary delights ; but when th-i master deigned to perform an entire jiicco , the favor was regarded as a special act of Providence. As Lis/.t has long since ceased playing in public , and given up daily practice , one would naturally sup pose , at his age. ( he was born October SW , 1811) ) that his lingers have lost much of their skill. ' Unquestionably there arc moments when a tailing in his technical powers is perceptible , and the master is altogether too clover lo play more than a few measures when forced to realize this ; but there are hours when ho seems rejuvenated and in full possession of his old-time vigor. Then his playing overwhelms by its majcnly and passion , dazzles by its sparkle and brilliancy , animates by its light playful ness , or excites the deeper emotions by its tenderness and pathos. No pianist has over f > o successfully worked upon the different feelings of his auditors. What ever his mood , he compels one to feel with him. Uy force of his iiresistible personality ho fascinates and conquers without putting forth an effort. His plaving is like the man himself. As he sits at the piano or listens to a worthy composition his face mirrors thi' feelings of the inner self. A deaf person could learn the character ot the work per formed , and of the performance too. merely bv watching Liszt's face. Added to his natural oualilieatioiis is the ripe ness of knowledge grown of suuh an ev- periencuas his has been , Aside from the pleasure of having heard him play , the privilege of attending his eluss is ex- cccdlngly valuable to a younir musielan , as the master's intorprelation of any composition is accepted as unquestion ably authentic. His suggestions and in struction are treasured up among those things that stand out In relief from the experiences of a lifetime. Kow are granted this boon , as Lis/.t has never ac cepted a penny for lessons , and can cull at pleasure from the main that ticol ; his instruction. " Not III UK I district oil. Estellinu Hell : " 1 spo , " said one mom- bur of the Dakota legislature to another , "that congress has parsed a bill rubtricl- ing the powers of territorial legislature. ! . " "Restricting their powers ! I hadn't heard any thing about it ? " "Well , it's a fact. " "Then I suppose wo can't ' play poker any more ! I vo got my opinion " "Oh , nothing is said about poker. " "Shuts off some of the appropriations , then , I suppose'/ " "No. " "Cut down the members' payi" "That remains unchanged. " ' Anything against adjourning and go ing on excursions ? " "I think not. " "Well , a dozen laws couldn't ' prevent us from.selling out to the railroad com panies , so I don't bee where any of our privileges or powers havnbuun restricted. With draw-i > okcr , big pay , liberal appro priations , far reaching excursions and annual passes , I guess we will huve all wo have ever had. What did the law you spuko of refer to , anyway ? " THE NEW YORK FASHIONS , The Prevailing Styles at tbo Summer Re- sorts. FALL FASHIONS AND MATERIALS. The Ijatcsl ThiiiKH in Mlllnery ( Jar- den I'nrly DrcHHCN Soinethlnj ; to Interest tlio liadicH of tlio Sunday Hcc. Ni\v : Yoitic , August 28. Correspond ence of the HIK. : | India silks are much liked by young people for garden par ties ; usually made in bouffant style and combined with surah , lace or velvet. The hat , some pretty creation to match and parasol in keeping. Picturesque- ness is , of course , the leading idea and the entire costume is gotten up with this view. Crape de chine is also a favorite material and handsomer yet , real Caton crape embroidered in silk or silver such as pearl gray recently worn at Newport. Another model costume worn cm the same occasion was of pale blue crepe de chine made with a wide panel of inch wide ribbon and equally wide folds of crepe interlacing in basket pattern. Headed tassels gave finish ; the Iron ! was a wrinkled apron ; the back draperies full and straight with hem at lower edge. The coinage was made with a vest to cor respond and a like basKct work adorned the sleeves. Lace dresses are also con stantly selected for garden parties and here , of course , a universal adaptability gives room for universal beeomiugiiess. In spite of this and other fabrics emi nently suitable , the onlooker's vision is now and then greeted by the sight of some tout matron who reso.utcly per sists in wearing her UltANDUAUr.IITUK'S ( JI.OTIir.S. Nothing will satisfy her but a gay floral patterned outfit and the rc.sult of so fatal a choice is.reall.vas painful a thing , wolliiigh , us the eye can contemplate. The class of .stout , middle aged ladies is a large one and if they would only lay to heart the lesson of wearing their own clothes and not those of their juniors , what a step would be taken in the world's eivili/.ation ! Could they but silndy the cfl'ects of light and shade , brightness and darkness ; taking refuge in the latter and leaving _ the former to the average American fledgling who needs o-cuctly what they could besl spare ! To her , let them relegate the puffings and lloiineingH. the iloitingand fluttering-of ribbons ami all other coquettish additions , l.'roperly dressed , a stout woman might become a pleasingly dignified object of contempla tion , but so dangerous a position does she occupy that a slight deviation might be ruinous to the peace of beholders though perhaps not her own. since the apparent complacency with which individuals of thi.s class sometimes survey themselves , when drested in nymph-like st lo , is really sorrowful. The same remark can bo made regarding hats. Age shows no where more plainly than about the throat and neck , and as a shelter to the pru dent woman , come bonnet or shade hat string , which to the wise arc a veritable refuge. The spectacle again , of some stout woman tottering on French heels , is one. that happily is not very often wit nessed ; it is occasionally nevertheless. Tlio foot , perhaps , may have retained a pristine beauty. With pardonable pride she contemplates that foot , and wishes others to do the same. Let her sacrilico that foot , however , to u general welfare ; wearing her divsscs long , and remember that the two lilllu totters supporting an unwieldy weight , transform her into a walking absurdity. How about this , Indies ? some one might ask. Their po- shion is not a quarter part so risky. Ad dition is their trump card , of court-e ; let them add freely , but with a vast deal more earu than when young. The fresh ness of youth brings with it so grunt a charm that dro.ss is.subordinate. It Is the class who an. entering or already within tlm shadows of death who do well to pause an < l consider ; accepting the situ ation and painting the picture in keep ing. For till are pictures more or less gracious , and let each do her part , re garding thu same as an aesthetic duty. For ' . ' . Tl'.NN'IS IlKi-.nSIM , The sa : ! ' r blouse eo-tuwo , one of the hap piest devleos for comfort , is appropriate as over , .since the upper part of the body is absolutely lyw , the plain skirt without biirUlu or spring ; being an inestimable boon. Hut withm the limitations of sim plicity , there are many pretty variations in this i ( minis dresses and they run the gamut from dark llanncl to jaunty In spirations of dilftn'cnl colors combined with dash and abandon , as witness a skirt of striped among cloth showing red , green and white ; white jersey with red vest and sailor hat of green. The family of white wools are always- attractive us there are both bright and delicate shades. Thu hat , a sailor straw , or some one ol the soft colored felts wilh cord and band of rib bon uud bow on QUO sl.lu . and perhaps a painted ooiKjue ! . Handsomer tennis drusies have ril.bon wishes and there are elaborate costumes linUhed with a sash showing clrtrKcUtrl'Stio embroidery with thu sum' ' ) on .v.iilor collar and sleeves. Jeraoy waisl.s wilh ordinary skirts an > of course worn whuni n special .suit is not at hand. . Aun.'iitj STVU : * Hy kind permlwioii o : l-ir i . I'aylor , wo havu lilnts of what w's'.l ' < worn in the fall and winter. ( Joih. showing squr.res in all si/'js ' , from thi ! very large , down to small cheek * , will he in inueli favor but thi.s does not prevent the con tinued popularity of Ktripos. In tlinsn mixed clothes , the brown and yellowish shades are eoHr-pietioui.ly notieeablu. with : iot infroiju'iiit mixtures of blue and red. The color.- * , however , di. not stand out of ihom.-ohv.s : but arc tliad.d into one lioHu-r by indistinct bindings , "Mixed" s the word wh th beat ii\pn.-c ; > thu eilu- ntion. The uniting of silk and wool in the same piece of goods , is quite as much an idea this fall as last spring when cot ton was largely added to the two lirst named materials. Various blend- lilt's ol silk and wool therefore will often be in striking combinations , such as plush or velvet stripes on wool , silken moire as well , while in pure silk or velvet goods , there are stripes of plush , moire or frise , velvet will continue a lead ing fabric : appearing in its own hand some plainness or as n part of rich material. ( Sros grain will be moiv worn than satin , anil among some of the most stylish importations , black .silks striped in gold or white are noticeable. Almost always , however , stripes diller in texture , and among varieties come frise , velvet , . moire or plush. Tinsel is used to quito an extent in new silks : chit-fly in the light , evening shades , but somewhat , also , in those for the day. MII.USKIIV. Kelt bonnets and hats will lead next winter for general nse but as hithertoof' course , the liner varieties handsomely tri.tuned are not inappropriately worn with a rich costume Since there is1 great choice in felts. Usually however , for dress occasions , milliners will present ; velvet , either the plain , striped or em broidered in some effective contrasting color , .such as yellow or red on brown , greenetc..but there are more quiet .styles where a light shade dots a dark one. As to shapes , the capote with an addition of height in front , is most prominent for bonnet ! ; , while as usual for winter , with only a few exceptions , the broad brims give way to elosu styles of which the turban wilt be chielly seen. Then ; are some speeial varieties in form , Mich as brims turning up higher at the back or in front than those now seen in straw , but the turlmu is easily recogni/.ed. Velvet ribbons are used again for trimminir , but iine grain and ab-o rcpped ribbons , with corded edge , are seen in both the plain am ! fanciful patterns , all .styles being once more looped in front as high trimmings will remain in vogue. Itircls are a fea ture , as also fancy feathers of many different varieties , some very fanciful ami quite unlike nature. A noticeable noM'lty in millinery is the use of plush made to imitate as close ly a possible wild beast skins and this opread plainly over the crown or brim , thus carrying out the idea ol a skin. Sometimes the crown is composed of this skin-like plush while the brim is covered with the tins and eyes of pheasant's leathers made lo lie also in as skin liku a way as possible. Not a Httle ot last winter's aggressiveness will bo retained , as in keeping perhaps with thu dude col lars , fronts and lies that have had such immense success. KOSAUNO JlAV. A Wonderful Ijaku In Oregon. Portland Oregonian : The Cleetwood was launched on thu 17th , and on the ISlh nine members of our party made the circuit of thu lake on a tour of in spection. The scenery was grand to a degree far beyond our most sanquino expectations. Four strong oarsmen soon brought us to Llao rook , and as woga/.eil in silent wonder at its rugged sides , reaching nearly half a mile above us , for the first time did I realize the immen sity of such a .spectacle. lievond Llao Uock we found a beauti ful little bay , and beyond this a larger one. probably one mile long by a quarter of a mill ! deep. Here wo found a narrow beach of small gravel running almost thu entire length of the bay , while further out , in the lake the bottom is composed of Hand. As this point has not only never been named , but probably was never be fore visited by human beings , wo decided to christen it Cleetwood bay. 1'assing on our journey it was soon seen that I he tililfs on the. north side are not as high n.s those on the south. In several places it appeared that good trails could easily bo made to the water's edge , over which a purbon might ride , and in one place , without any grading what ever , a good pack train could ucscend with comparative case. About - o'clock a thunder shower camu suddenly upon us , just as two beautiful grottoes came in view. Into one of these the boat was run , whiro wo wore entirely havoiul thu roach of rain. It proved to bo about thirty feet deep and ten feet wide , with an arched roof probably eighty feet , above thu water , while the ; ocky bottom could be dis tinctly seen ton feet below the surface. So perfect was Its form that it almost seemed the hand of man had huwn it from the solid rook , lieyond it lowers an Imminse cliff , very high , with broken , rugged sides , picturesque and sublime , which 1 i isisi on miming Dutton dill' , in honor of Captain Duttoii , who has done so much lo make Crater lake justly fa mous. Immediately north of Dutton Clilf thu elements have worn the sides of the mountain , leaving a harder .substance , alternately colored and yellow , resem bling the Mansard roof of a cottage , while In one plaeu tall red chimneys flaud aloft , making all in all , such a ijcene that Cottage Hock could scarcely be improved on for a name. Lying be- twutui the points above referred to it break in the walls was found that IK al most p < ; rpcidiculai ! , but certainly does not exceed 101) ) fe-jt in height. ThiK U by far ihi ) lowest point in the walls. Just at the foot of Dntton Chlf an isluiH was discovered 00 feet wide by100 feet long , and over 100 lo thu lop of the rocks that .stand upon it liKu ehimnuys or towers , giving to it an ap pearance like thu castles of old We did not land but an appropriate name would bo Castle Island. Crater lake has again risen to the oc casion , an accurate lest will prove beyond - yond all question thai but few bodies of water in the world equal it In duplh , ex cept the ocean , and none wlmtuvcr of an otial ; si/.u , while in the western hemis- nhero it will stand absolutely unrivaled. Heretofore Tahon has been eom-ideix-d ( ho deepest lake in Anierien , beini : 1,010 feel. ( July preliminary soundings" have been made as yet , and thu ligurun ob. laine-l art ) subject lo slight ohuugo. Thu dei pe-,1 water found .so fur Is l'Ju5 ' , IU5 uuiru than 1'uhoo.