12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY MAY 22 , ISST.-TWELT PAWES ,
The Present Wall Strcst King and Ex-Oivil
Engineer on Female Frames.
t SWELL MAIDENS IN THE BALLET.
New York MalilctiH FcnHt Their Kyes
on Athletic Hiilcrtnlnmunts MM.
li.itiKtry'H Suitors C.lrln Their
Own .SeiunstrehscH.
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H Nr.w YOIIK , May 10. [ Correspondence
t. of the Hii.J : : Jay Gould gave mo a
mighty curious notion of tlio boundaries
of a fashionable woman. He sat in his
private box at the Metropolitan opera
house with his son George and his pretty
daughter-in-law beside him. There was
a brilliantly illuminated scone on tlio
Rtagc , and. In a trilling mismanagement
of the lights a calcium was turned from
thu rear on a thin cloth that was painted
lo represent marble. Not only was the
non-fiilidlty of the masonry disclosed ,
"
but tut : shadow of a moro "substantial
actress was thrown , In sharp silhouette ,
on the transparent fabric. "Ha , ha , "
Boftly laughed the millionaire.
"O , pupa Gould , " said Mrs. Gcoi-go ,
who was an actress before her marriage ,
yon know , "you are cruel to laugh ut
mistaken. "
"I wasn't laughing at that exactly , but
at what it reminded mo of.said Gould
as reported within tun minutes to mo by
his partner and friend Conner ; " 1 was
thinking , as 1 s'iw thu shape of th.it
woman outlined so sharply , of how a
man's early employment fixes his im
pressions for life. Now , I was a civil
engineer. It was for several years my
hard work to trmltio around the country
making measurements for county maps.
In that way the boundaries of towns bo-
eume imm-e.ssod on my mind , and to this
day the mention of any of these towns or
counties brings before my mental vision
the shape of it as t/aced out so laborious
ly. From that oxpenuncu I got into the
habit of taking in tlm outlines of every
thing 1 look at instinctively. Every ob-
bet is mapped out like a flash to mo.
ow , the ladies are constantly changing
tlmir boundaries to suit new fashions.
' 1 lint distinct shadow of the actress was
a map of a German gretchun. She
doesn't alter much. Hut fashionable
women shift their bounds as often as a
country in central Europe. The peninsu-
sula of your head , which your Isthmus of
a neck connects with your body is small
when bonnets dccroaso and enlarge im-
menosly with flaring hats' . Your skirts
are now distended by bustles at onu
point , whereas they used to be expanded
at another by hoops. And so it goes.
The map of a stylibli woman would nave
to bo newly surveyed every year to bo
kept correct. "
A IIIOII-TONED HM.l.ET.
At a kirmcss several years ago , tiio
maidens of our warranted best society
appeared in peasantry dances bo fore as
many spectators as life academy of music
would hold. Miss Carrie Astor , now
.Mrs. Wilson , was a principal dansotiso.
The explpit for charity caused much com
ment , and It has not since been re
peated in town. But a sedulously
chosen company wont over to Statcn
Island , the other night , and performed
in a still moro elaborate amateur ballot.
A skilled master had drilled thom for
weeks , a costumer had lilted thom with
the requisite dresses to represent milk
maids , Swedes , gipsys , Hungarians ,
Italians and lawn tennis queens. The
very llowor and pride of .swelldom were
contained in this exclusive troupe of vol
unteers , and they really made a graceful
show. Each separate groun had a chap-
eronc , who came out on the floor with
them , and stood dignilicdly by while they
danced. A thousand spectators gazed
and applauded while the merry girls
tripped the characteristic measures. The
theatrical manager who could command
that ballot would make u fortune indeed.
ACTRESSES ISAItllEL ) .
But high society , of course , will only
indulge in that sort of thing for charity.
There is a jolly row at Tuxedo park over
the question of letting any actress so
much as touch that exclusive resort with
thu hem of her garments. Pattl was in
vited to visit the Hewitts at Tuxedo. The
Hewitts are very musicaland Patti would
liavo accepted tlio opportunity to mix ,
ever so gingerly , with the swells ; but
when thu mayor wrote to P. Lori Hard ,
the progenitor and controller of Tuxedo ,
saying that he supposed no objection
would bo made , Mr. Lorillard replied
thxt ho advised the abandonment of the
idea. . Several actresses have been simi
larly shutout. In the case of Mrs. Langtry
the exclusion was olllcially commumca-
1 ted to a gentleman who meant to take
her there. Now impends the momentous
1 Issue what to do about Mrs. James Brown
Potter. Eccentric though she bo , her
* morals are above reproach , her family
connections are n grand as anybody's in
' town , and. moreover , she owns a cottage
1 at Tuxedo. But she is an actress not
much of a one , perhaps , but enough to
count. Discussion is brisk us to whether
be will be barred out.
ATHLETICS THE RAGE.
, The eyes of New York bonuty are just
T now filled by sights of athletic feats.
! Such struggles used to be considered lee
, ' rude for ladies to look at , but this spring
scarcely a week passes without its mus
cular entertainment , attended by fash
ionable women. 'Ihis is because the
gallant militia soldiers have gone into the
sDort. The various regiments of New
> York and Brooklyn have armories whoso
| drill halls are largo enougli for contests ,
| nnd almost all have athletic associations.
In arranging for these games n track , us
Urge size as possible , is marked out by
a paint line on the iloor. Tbo outer edge
tecuardodby lawn tennis nets , temporary
ary railings or benches , and outside of
that the main iloor rows of chairs
re arranged for the spectators , who are
also accommodated in the galleries. In
erne respects these games are more
pleasant than the ordinary out-door
Meetings of the summer. Every ono has
a comfortable seat ; there is no annoy
ance from heat or cold , wind or rain ; It
ii easy to prnservo order nnd keep the
inner ring clear of intruders. Thn regiMental -
Mental band enlivens the evening with
popular selections and usually after the
gamut the floor is cleared for an hour ol
dancing. Thu track at first was a goat
annoyance to the athletes , who tried all
orte of shoes , but they have now set
tled upon an ordinary running or walk
ing ; shoo with the spikes taken out and
tbeir otllco tilled by a thin rubber sole
which holds perfectly on 'the wooden
oor , and enables an athlete" to run or
walk as fast as ho could on a cinder path
, t the same dimensions. Some of the
5 inrlf are sentimentally vanquished on
A ttMW occasions , and the winner of man ]
v ao event has run , or leaped , right iutc
matrimony.
TIIK JF.lt.SEV LILY'S IIEAUX.
The Jersey Lily shows herself of after
. .amis , when in town , nt public gather
i lag * , as impertiirbedly calm as a Jersey
heifer. Everybody gazes at her , but sh <
- ueceeds in seeming unconscious of thi
eooitant scrnntmy. She is to-day wortl
flSO.OOO in cash and nearly as muel
more in real estate. Her investment !
y are all in America. Lately , iho has tw <
' , attentive beaux nt her side frequently
Xtao is the faithful Fred Gabhard , who I
„ ' to marry her soon as she gets a divorce
ami the other is Sarah Bernhardt's sot
Maurice , who has boon skilline her ir
ftftclng. so. that she may effectually
appear tn the < luel scene of a forthcoming
Gossip has made of Maurice <
' wi&r for her hand , and it was nrguer
the fact ot Sarah anil Lillio'i inti
that a matrimonial alliance wai
in the wind , but there is nothing
-
0 substantiate such a notion. Maurice
a tun or fifteen years the junior of the
beauty.
Qt'EKtf lSAllKf.LA'3 JEWELS.
A llrm m John street showed mo the
most brilliant and beautiful diamonds
have Fcen in a long time. They were
oticu the property of the famous Isabella ,
liteon of Spain. They are called the vio-
ol. diamonds. In the store they looked
lie steely blue white that flue diamonds
should be. but taken to the door they
vcro really a distinct violet. They are
inset at present , but used to bo n pair of
car drops. In tlio exhibition was a watch
of ancient make which has a movable
ablcau upon it. Cupid is sharpening his
irrow ai the forge of Vulcan , while
Venus and other mythological celebrities
ook on. When the watcli is wound the
god at the bellows begins to pump. Vul
can at the anvil strikes It , a tiny chain
that looks like running water runs over
1 wheel to imitate a ca'cado.while Vouus
mans her arm and Cupid brandishes a
iow. The workmanship is oxlrcnielv
inc and the llttlo watch is very valuable.
Among the articles formerly belonging
to Isabella is u collection of dllForent
colored diamonds. There arc black aud
an diamonds , amber colored , pink , san
guinary red ones almost , like rubys , crev
ones and tlio famous violet pair. The
old lady had a great fancy for jewelry.
As many as a dozen sots of dillcruut
pwolcd settings are in the hands of this
irm for sale. *
OONNECTiri'T INNOCENCE.
I sometimes ( lucitiou if tlio sewing ma
chine lias boon as great a boon to women
is is particularly supposed. Those wo-
moil who got their living by sowing ,
earned just as much in the old tunes , for
hey got a dollar for making a chemise
Unit toolc a couple of days to build ,
whoru now tlio woman rattles oil' tun of
.hem for ton cents a piuco. There is no
question but the exertion of running a
sowing machine long enough to make
on shirts does grop.tor harm than tlio old
: imo conlinmncnt necessary lo make ono
1 > .V hand. But the great evil wrought by
this labor-saving invention is to the
pleasant Industry of making ones own
underclothes gave lo women. No girl
will sit down and by adding one little
stitch to another construct a garment
she can go forth and buy at a smaller
out lay than the material would
cost. There are simple , primitive little
lilaces , very near our doors , where the
fads and follies of the great city are un
known , and I struck onu up in thu wilds
: > f Connecticut. They wore an innocent
lot , and their heartily enjoyed pleasures
contrasted strongly with some elaborate
and tedious carnivals that Now York had
tried hard to think successful and outer-
tabling , during that very same season.
The town is named after a family that
seems to own it body nnd boots. We'll
call it.Samuol-villu. Old I'a Samuels
kept a sort of hotel boarding hou o ; Jim
Samuels ran the village store ; Sam
Samuels was the doctor for man and
boast , and "Siah Samuels was justice
of the pence , undertaker , peddled out
such law as they stood in need of , and
read a burial service of composite
character that suited all religious convic
tions when any residents of SamuoLsvillo
died. Sweet , simple community , i had
a rousing good time among 'cm. Some
of the Samuels had factories for making
sail cloth unit canvas. Others had yum
nnd thread mills. Nightly , when tlioy
knocked oil" work , looms wore rolled out
of thu way , and pleasant little dances
finished the evening. Tlio old folks came
lo these gatherings with lanterns , aud
lugging their own chairs to sit unon.
Ono of the prettiest of the man Samuels
girls was going to be married , and she
Showed mo her outfit. Tlio truth forced
itself on mo that the sowing machine was
not so great a blessing. All her gar
ments were made by hand. The lace was
( land-knitted , and the embroidery was
liomo work. The things weropretty.aud
the hoppings of the girl who had made
them far surpassed the pridnofa Gotham
belle in an imported trousseau. How
many days of quiet , satisfying happiness
they represented ; how many evenings
tranquilly full of joyous expectations de
sired her fashionable sisters has been
hers. I tell you wo miss a great deal in
not making our own gowns and honi-
mmg our own petticoats.
Mrs. Siah Samuels was piety Itself , and
the only discontented paper in the bun
dle. There was no regular meeting
house in Sam'uolsvillc , and since somu
young minister "cut up" there , no regu
lar preacher. Mrs. Siah was bitterly op
posed to show folks , who wore warmly
welcomed by all the other Samuels. Kut
in Mrs. Samuel's parlor was found some
funny things that joking show people
had bestowed upon her. A great many
years ago when Booth was in the glory
of his lirst Hamlet run , n bust of the ac
tor was put on thu town , as these of
Dixey and Raymond have been lately.
A crown of laurels rests upon the bowed
head ot thu then good looking tragedian ,
and an expression of intense woe per
vades his countenance. One ot these
busts decorates Mrs. Slab's mantel. It
is mounted on a block covered
with perforated paper , on which
are worked flowers , and directly
in front of the letters "I. H. S-M wore
carefully down in marking stitch. The
old lady had made a great mistake there.
So when I saw one of John McCulloughs'
big photographs in the character of Lear ,
I asked with a sober face who that was.
"Moses the law giver , " she promptly re
plied. Iwont home and sent her a largo
picture of Bornhardt with word that it
was "that famous woman. Sarah. " She
has gathered all Samuolsvillo about her
nnd told thorn that this woman had n
child when she was a hundred nnd fifty ;
nnd she wrote to mo that the poor crea
ture had her troubles. There was a good
deal in Abraham , no doubt , that she
didn't feel satisfied with , and the pros
pect of sleeping in Abraham's bosom had
never seemed to her as pleasant as a turn
up bedstead. CLAKA BELLE.
A Prencli Solilicr'8 Wooing.
Paris Letter- The marriage of a mili
tary man in Franco is a serious matter.
These llftcun years of peace are said tc
have developed a craving among the
young ollicers for conjugal bliss , but the
ridiculous obstacles and formalities sur
rounding the ceremony otter n terrible
barrier to any man who wishes to marry.
Having made his choice , which has not
much to do with the matter , by the way ,
ho informs the colonel ot his intentions ,
The colonel passes on word to the war
department , aud it is nt length laid be
fore the minister. Thu tirst thing to be
doi < c is to find out whether , the young
ladv concerned fulfils the requirement *
of the law , which lays down the axiom
that she must have nn irreproachable
moral character and a dowry worth an
annual revenue of $3,000. The unfortun
nto young man's application begins tc
decscnd the ladder of olllclalism until
it reaches the olllcial nt the head ol
the gendarmerie of the district in wliicl
the otlicer's fiancee resides. It is then in
'trusted ' to a gendarme , who is charged
with discovering the lady's moral char
actor. Ho proceeds cautiously , in regu
lar detective fashion. If ho knows tlu
father of the girl ho interviews him ; il
not , ho culls information from the ucigh
bors , and even follows her when she goo ;
out to the theater and entertainments
When this investigation is finished tu
makes his report , couched in regulai
police court style , wherein the yount
lady is spoken of , not as "Mademoiselle/
but as "lillo. " Then this precious docu
ment makes its way slowly upwart
through the bureau and red tape until I
reaches the minister of war. Should thi
conditions be fulfilled the officer is per
mitted to marry. If not. ho must renounce
nounco his intentions. If the liancco hai
morals but no money thu mm must bi
raised before the wedding can take place
Officers with means often provide th <
dowry themselves. It is needless to saj
that no inquiry is made into the moral :
'
of the otllucra. ,
LABORING FOR TOE PEOPLE ,
The Incessant Work of Congressman Im
posed by Their Constituency ,
A ROUND WITH A SEN VTOR.
The Many Letters an M. C. Has to
Write Securing 1'onsipiiR A. Sen
ator Who Kama Ilia Salary \
Position Not to bo l nvloil.
WASHINGTON , May 19. [ Correspondence
of the HKK. ] "Give mo four hours of your
tlinoancl I will prove that the few senators
and representatives who remain In Washing
ton during the vacation of congress have tnc
worst 'roast1 of work known to puhlu men.
Got Into my carriage and we will take a turn
through the departments. Mont people be
lieve that congressmen and I mean by the
word men In both houses have a picnic
here when there Is no session. Such an .Idea
Is fallacious far from the truth. I would
rather do the work of two months during the
session than one month during recess. In
the former instance It Is the work of a states
man , In the latter that of a slave. That you
may know just what It U and how It Is done
1 want you to ro with mo this morning. "
bitch were the words nn old and widely-
known United States senator spoken as his
carriage stood In front of my olllce In .Vows-
paper row this morning. As the vehicle
moved awav on our journey the senator said :
"Wo will go to thn executive mansion first.
My coachman knows the routu 1 take every
day , and 1 let him use his judgment as to
where we stop first and last. Ho kno ws 1
must ire to nil heads of departments before 1
am done. You will follow mo Into all the
rooms 1 visit , for 1 shall say nothing to bo
kept from your ears , and do nothing not In
tended to be seen by you. Only consider it
alt with simple secrecy. "
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In his hands the senator carried a great
bundle ot documents lettrts without en
velopes , petitions , memorials , allidavlts , and
all the documents a well-equipped ottlcc-
getter and statesman could have , while on a
mission of public buslne.ss of all desciip-
tlons. Five minutes later wo stood bt-lore
President Cleveland.
"I came. " said the senator , "to present ad
ditional endowments for my candidate lor
the British consulate. Hero are a mimhor of
strong letters which I want you to read your
self , and not have them simply referred to
Mr. Bayard. Have you .concluded to ap
point my man to bo postmaster at the place i
talked of yoslerdavV NoV 1 hops you on
see your way clear to do so nt least somu
time tills week. And I have to rail your at
tention to what I said in icferuncc to par
doning the man I spoke of a few days airo. I
am pleased to see you have not toigotten
What 1 said , but am sorry you have not con
cluded to act. Pardon mo for again remind
ing you of my young man who wants to go
to West Point trom 'at large' . "
The carriage wheels hummed till they
stood in iiont of the war department , onlv a
block away. Heui the fenntor nislird up the
great marble stairway and pushed me. Into
the tiriv.xte room of the secretary ot war , as
thouuh time was very precious. Ho merely
said It was a pleasant morning , laid down
ills bundle of documents and began assort
ing from those lie intended to lav before Mr.
Kudicott. As he handed them over lie asked
a personal reading , remarking that they
were endorsements for a young man who
wanted to receive an appointment to a mill-
! tary cadetship ; letters complaining that 11-
( ] iior was being sold on a military reserva
tion in violation of law , and calling atten
tion to certain acts of minor ollicers ; and
then the senator went Into the corridor , and
on his way to the secretary ot the navy ,
which is on the sanw floor. Without an
nouncing himself the senator walked
ItlOlIT INTO Mlt. WIIIT.VKV'S ItOOM.
He did not remove his hat , and Instantly
announced his mission.
"Nothing , 1 see , has been done towards
countermanding the order for com t martial
of the seamen or my state and ab.utt which I
Imvo been hero so often. "
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* *
There were rapid strokes of good-natured
repartee , sharp dialogue and away tne son a
tor went , bound for the department of state ,
at the south end of thn same building , on the
same Moor but cut off by a partition of iron
bars.
"li it me see , Mr. Secretary , " said the sena
tor , Addressing Mr. liavard , "I liavo so much
for you tills morninir ttiat I scarcely know
how to oegin It Hero are applications for
seven consulates , including duplicate en
dorsements for a British positiontho original
ot which papers 1 have just left at the white
houseatlldavitx ; disproving the charges made
against one of my consuls , three application ?
for passports ; an appeal In the case of an <
American citizen in prison in a Sont.i Sea
Island ; three claims against foreigners * n
foreign lands , and requests for consular re
ports affecting the wool Industry in the Ar
gentine Republic and Australia.
Again the carriage moved away , and then
stopped at the department of justice. At
torney-General Garland smiled as the sena
tor entered , and exclaimed :
"Vour district attorney will bo appointed
this week. Now , thfre. You are pleased ? "
"So far so good , " replied the senator.
Now sav the pardon of that miserable mis
creant with ualf-a-uo/cn little children will
ISHUO , and I will bo happy. The crime was
of no consequence , and It was his first. 1
will call again. "
Secrttary Fairchild was at his desk In his
private room , treasury department. The
senator's bundle of documents was appreci
ably diminished , but ho got a good
assortment of miscellaneous matters
from it. Hn presented further endorse
ments of applicants for positions In
the customs and internal revenue services ; a
petition trom importers for an amended
ruling on certain Imports , and a petition
from exporters for an exactly opposite rul
ing on the same matter ; a memorial for
clemency from a man who had been arrested
for counterfeiting in the manufacture of
plate advertisements ; a claim for moities by
a man who had pointed out a vessel engaged
In smuggling , and a remonstrance against
the appointment of a man to be superinten
dent of a government building under the
course of construction. Then the senator
went Into the third auditor's oHic.ound laid
before him war claims of various descrip
tions for horses , forage , bounty , etc. , and
hastened away to the second comptroller to
see why the account of an army olllcer had
not been adjusted.
"Now , I have but two rooms tovlslt In this
department , " said the senator , "and they are
those of the superintendent of lite saving
service , and the register. In tliy lirst I will
see If a man cannot bo paid comethlng for
ASSISTING IN TUB HKfeCUR OF A .SHIP
a few years BCD his claim has been hang
ing tire ana In the other I will ascertain
for a school teacher when the first bonds wore
registered , and In what amount and how
long they were to run. "
These missions were more or less techni
cal In character , and the officers after listen
ing to the wants , explaining said they would
have replies ready within a few days.
As wo went up the steps to tholntcrlor de
partment to see Secretary Lamar the senator
told me that this place made him more troubla
than any other executive brancli of the gov
ernment : that the questions growing out of
land and Indian aflairs were most perplex
ing ; that patents were slowest In develop
ment , ana that pensions were most numer
ous. Secretary Lamar sighed as the senator
entered , and said ho was triad that he did not
have to deal with an otllco-sceker this time.
"No , " replied the senator , "not an ollico-
seeker , but an opinion hunter. Here are
three of the most annovln ? questions In ref
erence to making proof of land entries you
have come in contact with slncn you sat In
that chair. I want the highest judgment
lirst so there will be no appeal , And while I
am at It It I will present an appeal on a ques
tion relating to an Indian post tradershlp.
Abe growing out of an elymonlsary Institu
tion under tills department , the question of
admitting a certain person. "
Then the ofllces of the commissioner of the
general land olllce , commissioner of patents-
and the arlnclpal examiner were visited and
the bundle of documents reduced again-
"Now I have the most Interesting part ot
my mission to perform , " said the senator , as
we passed down the high steps , and ho cast
his glances across the street to the postotllce
department. "Mr colleazun and I are rasping ,
each other a little about some appointments
in oar state. I have recommended certain
men for postoftlces and ho Is recommending
others. 1 suspect' that he Is using unfair
means to thwart me. I must sell all the
papers he has tiled In the department , and
must do it without attracting attention. "
Wo entered the room of a clerk having
charge of the papers relating to the postotlices
and postmasters In our states which the sena-
tor was directly Intcrcstinl in. The senator
asked to see all thn papers filed In certain
cases , and they were dumped out on the
table. Quickly ho ran over them making a
memorandum ot the t > ertlueiit points. Then
ho asked for the papers upon which two of
them had boun HI moved. 1 noticed his brow
corrugate as ho road three. Moio memoranda -
randa was made , many questions asked and
out we went.
"I Imvo discovered. " said the senator ,
"that my colleguc has been plavlng double ,
that my enemies have controlled the ap
pointment of two postmaster * who hate mo ;
that a friend has buen removed on false ac
cusations , and that the location of a post-
olllco Is about to bo taken away from mo and
placed with my opponents. "
The superintendent of the railway mall
service got somu of the senator's documents ,
In tlm form of letters and recommendations
for postal clerkships ; also a petition to rein
state a clerk and another tn remove one. The
superintendent of free delivery was asked to
send an Inspector to two or three llttlo cities
to see If they were nnt entitled under the
new law to fieo mall delivery delivery.
The first assistant postmaster-general
wanted to know after the senator gave the
name of more than a down fourth-class
postmastersfor removal and as many more
for appointment. If there was anything ho
could do for the senator , and when told
"nothing , whatever , " IIP smiled and said he
hoped the senator would call when ho wanted
something.
"And now , " slghciftiie senator , "for our
last building the pension cilice. Hero Is a
place I visit six days In the week when I am
in the c'.ty. This is the bane of the public
men. Wo tramp here and pour over pension
applications , write thousands of letters In a
year , and--ct curses for our pains. Especially
do approbiums pour on our heads for fall-
uies. Those who get pensions through our
elforts am generally thankful ; but in their
Inner sauls they believe they would have got
them without our assistance. We can never
explain n failuio satisfactorily to an appli
cant. I will leave this little bundle here.
There are more than forty cases hero or
iginal applications , appeals , requests for In
creases ot pensions , and for every phase ot
pension mailers hero is a cue. "
When these matters were lodged with Com
missioner Black 1 began to think of the end
of my journey ; but When we were again In
the carriage 1 saw we were being driven to
wards thi ! capital. She senator explained
that ho kept his surplus ddeuments and seeds
in Ills committee room , and would have to go
there to execute some orders for constltiunts.
" 1 psesumu you mean requests , " I ob
served.
"No ; orders , " was the roplv. "It used to bo
requested ; now It is ordered. My cohstltti-
ents frequently wilto me , ordering garden
seeds , documents , hooks of various kinds
which I have to buv , especially the revised
statutes of the United States , itHt the same
as a merchant orders n bill or goods ho ex
pects to pay tor. "
Soon I discovered that not seeds and docu
ments alone called my tilond to thecapltol.
Ho wont to an olllcer ot tlm senate to see
about tin ; retention of an employe who was
on the vonjo of dismissal. Then ho at
tempted to get into numerous committee
rooms to obtain Information about docu
ments filed there during the last congress in
cas"s now dead. Finally ho drew trom his
pocket a memoranda of bills ot various
kinds which constituents had requested , and
lie went to thu document loom for them.
The afternoon was. fast wearing , and I ob
served that the senator did not take Ills hat
olT at any place ho visited. He had bolted
rU'ht Into the rooms of tie ! cabinet ollicers
and announced his wants without ceremony ,
like a lawyer enters the ottico of the cleik
when thecoutt Is in session and ho has a
case at bar.
As wo were on the stops at the east side of
thu capltol , and I was congratulating mi self
upon the ending of our wearisome tr.imp , my
btatflsmunlc triond exclaimed :
"Two more little things before I leave this
pait of the town. I have hero In my pocket
a fetter from a man who wnnta position as
stone cutter uuiler the architect ot the capl-
tel ; also another letter fioina man who wants
to know If a certiln title has ever been copy
righted with the librarian ot congress. Come
with me to the ofllces of these ofllccrs. "
*
# #
Next wo drove to the coast survey office ,
and to the Botanical garden to the former
for some technical Information for a scien
tific constituent , and to the latter for some
buds for a llorlciiltiirallst Wo were now re
turning In the direction ot Newspaper How ,
to the tursiness center ofi the city. A < r the
carriage whirled along "tho < senator drew
forth a memorandum book , Ho stopped at
the Pennsylvania depot to Inquire ttio cost
of tickets to certain points , making a note of
It ; at a commission house lie asked the price
of certain products , and jolted It down ; and at
a coiffeur's ho priced a natuial hairs witch of
iv curtain grade of wiiiteness , indicating
that there weie aged women among the
bothering constituents. When I asked him
if he did the shopping for ills family , ho re
plied that he never bought anything or
priced anything for his family ; that a'l ' ho
did was for tils constituent ! ) . Asked if ho
made tins much work every day for his con
stituents , ho replied :
"Much more than you have seen or hoard
I doevery day. Why , I read sixty loiters
and dictate over forty answers before 1 loft
my house tills morn in. . When a get back 1
will read and sitrn those my secretary lias
written out , and dictate a doion before din
ner. Those will bo to those I have been
serving on this trip with you. For ten
years
I SAT OX TIIK ItKXCII IN MY STATK ,
and I do more law business now than at that
time.
"What part of your work do you consider
mo t annoying ? " 1 asked.
"The relations to federal ollbes proottr
Ing positions and keeping men and women
in or out of jhem. Half of my letters , taking
the year iir mnd , relate to pensions , one-
toutth to otlicoH and politics , and one-fourth
to congressional affairs. And a man makes
three enemies to one friend In pension ? ,
politics and congressional work , 'wlien his
correspondence Is alone considered. That is
to say , when he gets a letter asking him to
do something he will make three enemies to
one friend In the execution of the request.
But wo are back again. Wo left here shortly
after 10. It Is now but a few minutes after
a. I hope the four hours wo have been to
gether nave not been without profit , and
that vou are not envious of a senator's evry- '
day pleasures. " PKKKY S. HEATH.
LITTLE SHORTY.
n\i \ ll'ulDiee I' , lletil < u Atlanta Cnnrftutlim.
It was weeks and weeks after the sur
render of Appotomax before Cottonviilo
understood the full meaning of it.
At the beginning of the war it had boon
our boast that Cottonviilo was slow but
sure. Once tangled up in thn struggle wo
did not see our way out of it , and when
the paroled veterans in pray began to
struggle homeward over tboold red hills ,
wo could hardly believe that their return
signillod the end of the war.
When a small dut.ichmont of federal
troops occupied the village there was
general indignation among our people.
Some of the bolder spirits'/wore in favor
of wiping out the invadorant one swoop ,
bit | the more moderate counsels of the
returned confederates prevailed and pre
vented the renewal of hostilities.
One thing , howevcr.wowero all deter
mined upon , nnd that was to show the
miserable interlopers that Cottonviilo
was still loyal to the confederacy and
would submit to nothing disagreeable.
Wo did not lind it necessary to do any
thing rnsh. Wo hold a few public nicot
ines and passed resolutions proclaiming
our devotion to the lost cnusu , but that
was about all.
Among the paroled confederates was a
auiet , pale-faced man who -was known
jifirpnu" wide as "Littln Shorty. " One had
only to look at him to see the nniiro-
prialqncss of his ntck-nanio. Liltlo
Shorty , to the great disgust of his follow-
townsmen , refused to participate in the
public demonstrations , lie even wont
go far ax 'to say that the true pohoy w as
to make the best of the situation and
obey whatever laws the victors snw lit to
promulgate whllo wo wore going through
the process of reconstruction.
Now , although Little Shorty was insignificant -
significant in statue , ho was perhaps the
strongest man in the country. Ho was a
match for anv two ordinary men. This
was all that saved him at that time from
being made the victim of an outburst of
popular Indignation. Them was rough
talk , of course , and the prominent citl-
ZCIIH ns a. rule ostracized him.
"Little Shorty did his duty in the war , "
Jjt.Vi M . , f ,
remarked a man onq day when the mat-
was under discussion.
"Yos , after a fashion , " replied Colonel
Jones , "but you novcr heard of any of
his deeds of daring. Ho simply walked
through the whole business , aud got back
homo without n scratch. "
"Perhaps that was not his fault , " said
the other. "Ho volunteeredyou , know ,
ampttg the first. "
"That's all right , " answered the colonel
nel contemptuously. "l.f ho hadn't vol-
utitcorod ho would have boon conscripted
later. Ho was sharp enough to have an
Inkling of it , and so ho went to the front
like a llttlo man. That was no test of his
courngo. Look utliltn now. Is ho stand
ing by his people ? Is ho true to the lost
cause ? You see what ho Is doing. Ho
favors submission , Ho claims that wo
are a subjugated people , 1 don't know
what vou think , gentlemen , but I say
that his conduct Is that of a dastard and n
traitor ! "
The words of Colonel Jones were re
peated all ever the village , and naturally
they totaled to Intkuno public sentiment
still moro , It.was true that the colonel
had not boon in thu army , but his patri
otic conduct in organi/.ing a toroli light
prooossion when tlio state seceded had
never boon forgotten , and his fearless op
position to everything that came from a
federal source made mm a popular Idol.
The situation did not improve us time
rolled on , Additional blue coats worn
stationed at Cottonviilo. They swarmed
in the streets. Their ollluors began to
monopolize the sidewalks , aud it soon
bceamo evident that the enemy was
.strong enough to hold his own , and that
thu friendship or enmity of the villagara
was held in light esteem.
Presuming upon their strength the
federals grow more oll'onsiro in their bu-
havlur. They required the citi/.eiis
to obtain the commanding ollicur's
permission to hold mooting : ) . They ar
rested good mon on llfo trumped-up
charges of idle and T'ICIOU.H negroesand in
various other ways tlm conviction was
brought homo to us that the iron heel of
despotism was a solid reality and not a
more figure of speech.
Strange to sav , while matters wore
progressing froin bad to worse in this
direction , the citi/.uiis of Cottonvillo
were gradually simmering down into a
submissive mood. Sonic joined thn
Union league , and tiio majority expressed
opinions similar to these uttered by Little
tlo Shorty not very long before.
About tins time the federals began to
annoy our people in small and potty
ways. Frequently a countryman would
come to town wearing his faded gray
uniform. When ho made his appearance
in home public place K soldier would
halt him , and with scarcely a word of ex
planation pull out a knife and cut the
confederate buttons from his coat. As
soon as the town pcoplo saw what was
up.tthey wore careful not to wear the ob
jectionable buttonsbut the farmers wore
caught every day. The whole proceed-
.ing was HO so sudden and ridiculous that
the countrymen generally found the but
ton liouds missing by the time they hail
turned thu outrage ever in their minds.
Resistance was considered out of the
question. It was better to lose a few but
tons that to bo butchered. Everybody
took this view of it.
Uno morning tlio loungers about tlio
court house suw Little Shorty riding up
the street. Ho were his confederate
jacket , buttons and all.
Colonel Jones winked at the by-stand-
crs"Little Shorty will catch it , " lie said ,
"and serve him right , too. A man with
his sentiments ought to have ripped oil'
his buttons at the surrender. "
Everybody laughed , and after Little
Shorty luia hitched Ins horse and made
liis wily to tlio front of the court house ,
every eye was fixed upen his buttons.
A federal lieutenant , who was aimlessly
walking about , had his attpntiou at
tracted by Iho peculiar behavior of the
crowd.He ; . , looked kconly at each man ,
and rinally his eyes took in Little Shorty's
buttons.
Everything that followed occurred hi
such a whirl that the spectators found it
dllUcult to see what was going on.
With one stroke the lieutenant cut olT
one of Little Shorty's buttons. But he
diil not get his liaud on another. Little
Shorty throw himself back , and with
Hashing eyes and corded muscles ho
seized his assailant by both wrists. One
quick twist , and the lieutenant , witli a
howl of pain , full fainting to the ground.
The enormous stongth of the confederate
enabled him to wrench thu mini's arms
out of their .sockets !
Two soldiers came rushing across the
street to the relief of their superior olli-
cor. They had their bayonets lixed aud
it was their evident intention to run
Liltlo Shorty through whoru ho stood.
The plucky little giant fronted thorn with
a face as serene as a summer morning.
Justin time the bright barrel of his 10-
volver Hashed in the sunlight. Two re
ports rang out almost simultaneously ,
and the two soldiers bit thu dust , one a
dead man and the other mortally
wounded.
"Tliis is no place for mo. Good-bye ! "
shouted Little Shorty , and with a wave of
his hand ho ran for his horsp as fast as
liis short legs would carry him.
In Jess than a minute a hundred sol
diers were on the spotcursing and shout
ing like madmen. 'They lirst stopped up
to arrest Colonel Jones and the other
spectators. Then parties of cavalrymen
were sent out to scour the country.
It was weeks before the excitement
abated. The most extraordinary efforts
wore made to capture Little Shorty , but
his disappearance was as complete as it
was mysterious. There was no clue even
to the direction of his flight.
* *
Twenty jcars later Little Shorty paid
Cottonviilo a brief visit. Ho had become
a citizen of Texas and had prospered.
"No , " ho said to his old friends , "I
know that I am in no danger here. That
old matter under the new order of things
would never bo brought against mo , but
my interests are all in Texas and I fuel
that I must return there. "
"The whole business such
was a sur-
pribo to us , " said Colonel Jones.
"Yes. " replied little Shorty. "You did
not understand me. I was willing to sub
mit to anything when it was the law of
the land. You were not. Hut I could
not submit to what was a mere wanton
personal indignity. There again you
ditlcrcd from me. I have never re-
groltod my course. "
After his departuie that night Colonel
Jones was unusually thoughtful.
"I'll toll you what , gentlemen , " he
eaid , as ho started home. "Little Shorty
is what the town boys call a daisoy. I
can see now that ho was right. Ho
knew when submission was a virtue and
when resistance was a duty. Ho is a
hero If there ever was one I"
It may or may not bo creditable to Cot
tonviilo morals , but the little crowd at
the hoteli 'applauded the colonel.
Whether right or wrong , his sentiments
were those of the community.
The Second-Hand Book-Man.
St. Louis ( iIohe-Domncriit : The second
hand bookxlcalerls ! u melancholy man.
Ho is like the unfortunate miller of Duo ,
who didn't euro for nobody , 'cox nobody
cared for lio. Another peculiarity about
the second-hand book dealer is that ho is
always old. A young man would bo moro
of an anomaly thatru small footed girl In
Chicago' . Ho IH usually thin and
given to smoking a short , black pipe.
There are do/.ons of him in St. Louis , sit
ting solemnly by sidewalk booths tilled
with dusty , lluttoring books , or sitting
moro solemnly still in some niiistv , out-
of-the-way shop.
A reporter strolled into one of the latter
yesterday afternoon. Thuro wore no
customers present there rarely are.
This is another peculiarity of second
hand bookshops. In the farthestdingiest
corner an od ) man sat smoking his plpo
and reading. Like the late lamented
A SPECK OF WAR.
"We arc NOT members of the "Pool" or of nny Asaocla *
tion , formed for the purpose of maintaining
HIGH PRICES
FOR
Wall Paper or Window Shades
We however carry a
LARGER STOCK AND GREATER VARIETY
Than any House in Omaha ,
And will sell Wall Paper made by the Pool , at-
10
Less than prices made by Pool members , and if wo can not
demonstrate the truth of our statements , we will furnish
you with wall paper
GKR-A-TIS
We keep none but good workmen , our prices arc very
and our work always done on time.
i ! 136cll U Oc _
* * ? , & \xscn
Painters and Decorators ,
CST1410 DOUGLAS STREET. ,
We have NOT moved and
have NO Branch House.
1410 Douglas street.
For Bargains in Real Estat go to
RILEY & McMAHON
For quick sales , list your property with R-iley
& McMalion.
A Nice Drell'ug4,000 to $10.000 , wanted by
RILEY & McMAHON ,
310 South 15th Street.
Marshal Ncy , of North Carolina , he had
evidently "taken a bit to drink , " for a
half-emptied "hiss of toddy was on the
table at his ulbon- .
lie didn't ' look up or disturb himself in
the least. The reporter was left to prowl
about at pleasure auionf : the books.
A second-hand book fiora And
yarti arc the twro mo > : oos.TO
things in th < j world. GeM xaA
thnxt side by si.ic , ThcVty ;
folio io tlo elbow * nriJh six * M
patuphK't. Thoroi * a , < rS of > > .s.r.i
air about the l > ooK $ , too , Ttwjr
fool tlm degradation of olr
They think of theitav * when sho.y
pompous dignity on the jud.w'1 *
shelves , when ilu > y lay on tJv ?
tables aud worv tlmtctvd by i rv > ! Vy
nine lingers. Thou they glaiuv
the diucy shop. Tluuinst settles oa
thu Miildurs spin w b < about theiwuoi
wonder thov look somber , and no
the old dealer has caught the
molaneholy. It is n Mrangv
that ono has ( alien into , and as the olu
titles are road ono feels < though ho bistd
boon whisked back to the days o ( Waet
skull-cap * , farthingales , stouuirtwr *
and Van Dyke tltmots.
I'aracolsns , Soallgor , Descartes , Mtu'hl *
avolli a ghostly crow. Tluiy Ho therv
like i.iumiuios. interesting but voiceless.
No one will disturb thom. The old
bookdealor buys thorn huavon knows
why and puts them on the shelves or
piles them on the Iloor. There they lie ,
dusty and dismal.
"How's business t" repeated the book-
dealer , ' 'don't ask mo don't ask mo.
The trade is oln' to the ovorlastin' bow
wows. "
"What's the trouble ? "
' Ignorance. " said the old man la
conically , pulling hard at Ins pine.
"What do people road ? " ho went on.
"Novels novels Is the answer. They
can buy thom for a few cents in these
little paper editions , aud what's the use
of their goin' to second-hand shops ?
Ain't no uso. Then there's school books.
\ \ erse still. The school people won't
let the children use the old grammars
and gcograohlos and readers.1'
"How about law books and standard
medical works ? " "Not much in "em , "
said the book dealer , "tho' they are the
best to sell now. Sometimes people buy
'em. There was a young lawyer goin' to
buy that set of statutes last week , but it
turned out that there was somcthin'
wrong with his mind , an' ho went to
Kansas City so's people shouldn't notice
il.
"It used to bo , " the old man went on ,
after applying himself to the toddy-gloss ,
"that every gentleman had to have the
old standanf works in his library. Now ,
they don't seem to care. The old dra.-
rnatists , Addison , ( ioldsmith , Johnson
and all like 'em , are drugs sort o' sleep-
giving portions. "
"Do you sell many Latin booksV"
"No , " sighed the old man. "wo don't
sell anything wo buy. Latin books are
no account. People can't read 'em , an'
it isn't oven fashionable to pretend to
' don't want 'em
read 'cm. Pcoplo even
around they collect ehiuaware and
Japanese fans. People are soiling their
old books. Why , I know a girl 'ore ID
St. Louis that cat up a whole library-
selling 'em one by ono nix' buying car
amels. She didn't know much , cither.
"Ono night , " said the melancholy man ,
"it was raining an' blowin , ' an , ' in fact ,
a very nasty night it was. I was just
goin' to close up when in camu a man ,
woarin' a high hat an' carryln1 an um
brella. Ho was fat and looked very
cheerful. So ho sat down and unwrapped
a parcel ho had and produced a book.
It was bound in morocco and lettered in
gold , an1 was a very line lookin' book.
" 'How much for it old followif'says
ho.
" 'What is It ? ' says I.
" 'French,1 says lie.
" 'Quarter , ' says I.
" 'Chuck It over. ' says he. .
"So I looked at the book again an' was
readin1 that it was by Mine , do Stacl a
French woman , now dead an' was
about suicide , when I looked up at thu
man , MI , ' s'holp mo he was a killin' of
hlsself. An' before I could expostulate ,
ho fired a pistol into his .mouth an1 was
"That happened In this very shop in
1SC7. an' lots of people round here reMember -
Member it. "
"Who wts the man1" '
"Nobody never kno fd , " concluded
the od ) man , dismally , i.nd iiid himself
behind iiif , lioot
'SLAVIC MIGRATIONS.
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Xwtft'l 'win YMium'rn TMuon.
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Witlx tbc v.xwwtKuj vt the last therv is
little of u < \ -AUuatioM in any ol
swux iiiuply iuuvlKxl by im-
1'HtiriuM oK their prvsont lot
anil WUW dtf , lrv > o < ohangv > , and they
gv > forth not knowing whither they go.
Many of them rviurn to their original
sottlcnumts , utter a longer or .shorter ab
sence , morxi destitute than wlum they
wont forth ; but ftir the larger number
are never hoard of moro. They arc lost
in the vustnoss of the solitudes into
whiuh they plungo. There is no govern
ment organi/.ation whalovor in many of
the places which they go to ; no informa
tion is available boforu they start ns to
the best routes , thu capabilities of the
soil , or the conditions of climate aud
season.
If they snccoei' it Is only after endur
ing unheard-of hardships , which might
have been spared them if there existed a
department charced with the regulation
of this grout national migration. The
instances of failure are , it is to bo feared ,
the rule , and when the disaster happens
beyond the roach of railway ? and steam
ers , the world , even of Itussia , never
hears of them. The state itself is begin
ning to sutler directly in its finances
from this disorganized shifting of popu
lation , as many of the emigrants leave
arrears of taxes behind thom.
Miss Josephine M. Maltlson , of Phila
delphia , a young woman of twenty , well
educated , refined , pretty , and popular ,
ran away with and married Professor
James , a trance medium and fortune
teller , who is described as a small man ,
almost entirely bald , with no roof to hia
mouth , and therefore speaking very in
distinctly , his countenance being much
distorted In his endeavors to speak
plainly. -
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