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.
