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f - t r ' THE OMAHA DAILY' BEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER 10 1887. FROZEN AND THAWED OUT , A Captain's Wonderful Bide In ] the Hard Winter of ' 4O. HE DID NOT MIND DYING. But Coming to Iilfo Again wnn Torrl- blc A HnrHa tlint Ilrokc u Channel ThroiiKli tlic Ice An Awful lOxperlencc. Now York Sun : "Whenever cold weather behind to njprouh8ii.yH ! : Cnjt. II. L. Stol > y ot Uniontuwn , "I can't help thinking of the remarkable winter of ' 30 and ' 40when I was frozen to di-ath fro/en fquare , plumb to death , ulrt No body wan ever fro/.en any deader than 1 wn8bnt I had the luck to be called back to life. And that coming back over the boundary makcn me ache yet to think of H ! I didn't mind the dying. That WUH rather u pleiiBure. But the coming to life ! If 1 ever freeze to death again , I'll leave word some way that , the man who resuscitates me does fco at his peril. "That WUH u great winter , that winter of | 39 and ' 40. And the fall of 'JW wasn't to common , cither. Neither was the hpringofJO. . I'll toll you why. The first snow fell on Get. 8 , ' ; tO. The last Know came down on May 113 in ' 40. Be tween thebo two dates there wasn't IchH , than H\X \ fuet of snow on the level all the time , and where the wind had good chance at it twenty feet wasn't anything uncommon. \Vo had sleighing for over eight months , and the thermometer for live months was at no time higher than twenty above /oro , while most of the time it sported between lo and 120 dugs , below. This memorable fall , winter , and spring I am speaking of may not have been bo memorable in this part of the country. It was in New England where I encountered them , iJnel cspec- ially in I ainc , where I then lived. If they wore as memorable as that here about , maybe tiotno of you will recollect them. * - "In February , 1840,1 had an interest in some lumber'way up in the Piwntti- ( | uiH region , and 1 had to go up there and sec how things wore getting along. It was a long journey , but the hloighing was like glass , and 1 had one of the best horses that over stood inside the thills. On my second day out the thermometer stood at liOdegs. belowand was inclined to go lower. 1 knew I would reach one of thobo queer little villages common to the Mtiiiio backswoods early in the evening. There I intended to stay all night , and drive on next morning to the hotibo of the agent of the lumber prop erty , twelve miles further along. I reached the village , and found that there was no tavern there. Accommo dations wore offered mo at a private house , but I was informed that I could not obtain a drop of water for my holies in the entire hottlement. Thcro had boon no rain since winter bet in , and there wasn't a well or -spring nny- whcio in the region in which there was a drop of water. The nearest water was in the 1'ibcataquis river , two miles away , to which the few stock in the village were driven every day to drink , and enough water was brought back in buckets to keep the wants of the vil lagers supplied. "This , of course , upset my plans. My horse was badly in need of water , and I couldn't think of letting him go on all night without a drink. So I ate supper in the village and started on , intending to water my horse at the river and proceed to the agent's the same night. It was a starling night , but the air was filled with that peculiar fro/ou mibt fre quently noticeable on very cold niglits As wo neared the river this haze be came denser , until tinally it way with difficulty I could nee ahead of mo. It was like passing through a storm of Boaly ice. Suddenly , as I was thinking that wo mubt bo almost on the margin of the river , there came a crackling bound , a loikl splash of water , and the next becond my hoi-bo was floundering about in the water , which albo covered the sleigh , the robes , any mybolf up to my waibt. In that thick bank of ley mist the horse had plunged into the river below where wo had been told to cross , and had broken through the thin ice that had formed biuco ice had boon cut away that evening for the purpobo of allowing the village cat tle to drink. The water splashed about by the horbo soon drenched the rest of me , and in less time than I can toll it 1 was coated with a rapidly thickening armor of ice. I guebs my noble beast must have floundered at least a minute in that hole before ho know o.xactly what had happened. When the situa tion did como to him ho became quiet , threw his fore feet up and lodged them both in the ice with a concerted blow like u trip hamniQr. The ice was thick , but beneath that blow an im mense cake was broken otT and carried down in under the edge of the ice below. The horse swi u onward , dragging the sleigh with it through the rapidly free/.ing bluhh. Once more'lie pounded the ice ahead of him with his powerful fore feet , and again the ice yielded. During all this time I was shouting for help. I might , at the first break , have turned and leaped back to shore , but had not col lected mybolf in time. It was now toe late , and oven if it had not boon I waste t-o bUlleiici ] by the casing of ice that I couldn't have moved to save myself from death. The horse kept on , and btrangc as the story .seems , broke a chonnel for llfty foot across that river , and drew the blolgh out wifely on the other bide , And ho didn't tarry when ho got there , but .started off at the top of his spceil toward our destination. Ho boon btruck the road and away we wont. ] know that although one danger was CS' capod , a greater was before us , and ] urg-ed the hoi > o onith myoico. . M\ robes and clothing had fro/en so boliJ that if I had boon encased in iron J could not have boon moro motionless My horse was a jet black , but his iej coating made him stand out , even ir that fro/en mist , like a spectre- horse "Wo wore not yet half way to the agent's house when I felt myself growing dro\\sy. I could no longer use my voice The clatter of the horse's hoofs and tin creaking of the runners on the ici sounded to mo like thunder claps tine wiord , hideous crscs. 1 know that ] was frccx.ingbut I labored hard to rouse my will and light with it against mj fate. .Tho stars looked like great coali of lire , although before they could b < tseon but dimly through the pcculiai hazo. The trees , with their branchci covered with snow , took on the shape ; of gigantio ghosts. Still I preserved al my powers of reasoning. Finally I foi myself growing ddiciously warm. / languorsuch as DC Qulnroy might havi described , with attendlns visions' o loveliness , took po.-scsjion o ( mo. hoard the most delightful music. Stil I made one moutal olTort to shake ot this fatal spoil , and that was all. "I don't know how far I was from thi agent's house when I fro/.o to death , bu the thing I remembered I wassulTorini mich tortures us the victim of the racl might fool. Ho never fo.lt v.orso. Sud dculy , nt my feet , the pricking of a mil lion needles tHsimltcel my flesh. Tor turing mo at that pot a moment , ti.itil I writhed in agony , it dashed quickly un my lug , stopped an Instant , as if gloating in my misery , and then crawled with that awful pain slowly upward , un til it bcemed thai tiny jctsof the Hut-coat tlitino\veio being blown into my body , heart and brain. The intensity of this agony was not constant. If it had been I would have died again in a short time. It came in waves , so to cpcak. Knelt wave was a little le H furious than its predecessor , until at last the storm was passed , and I found myself a weak , speechless , limp , and helpless mortal , lying on a robe before the fireplace of my friend , the agent. Ho had brought mo imott to life , but , as true tm 1 toll you , I did not feel it in my heart to thank him. "When 1 was strong enough to hear it he told me that ho was awakened in the night by the peculiar and loud neighing of a'hot so. lie looked out of the \vindow nnd saw a sight which startled him a ghostly horse and sleigh and driver in the road before the door. Ho recovered himself and went down. Then ho discovered that the driver was dead. Ho quickly carried the driver into the house , laid him on the floor before the fireplace and rccog- nixt'd me. Knowing that oven if I was not beyond all aid , nothing could bo done for mo until the robe and clothing wore thawed , ho made the lire bla/cand hurried to the rcscu of the faithful and intelligent horse that had roa-onod with itself that it must stop at the lirst house it came to on that terrible night and that life and death depended on it. By the time the hoi-no was cared for I was was in shape to bo resuscitated in case an.y such tiling could bo done. I was stripped and rubbed briskly with snow and snow water for moro than nn hour before I gave any evidejice that I might bo called back. Then another hour was spent in the same trclitment. when a spoonful of brandy was poured down my throat. After that the circulation was started and my agony began. That suffering lasted for an hour , and , well. I can say this : l'rce/c to death if you want. You'll like it. But don't let anybody fetch you to again. Tin nn III Wind Thnt brings with it gusts of rain from the northeast. When the winel blows from that quarter on a wet eluy , the rheumatio are apt to biifler , even if seated by their "tiin comfortable ingle" in n cosv nrm plmir. A few wine glabs- fuls of Hosteller's Stomach Billers most genial anel comforting of specifics will aflorel them unspeakable relief. There is ample proof on record of its clllcacy in this disease more particu larly if used for its relief at the outset. Chills and fever , dyspepsia , constipa tion , liver complaint , and u lack of tone in the kidneys and bladder , should also be treated with this useful , family medicine - cine of botanic origin. .A.ppctito im proves , refreshing slumber emco more visits the weary eyelids of the nervous , and the circulation is enriched and ac- celeniUid in consequence of its invigor ating anel regulating action. U e it as a protector against getting wet. . Hooks nnd "SKHMONS rou Cnii.nuix : , ' ' is a re cent publication issued from the house of Charles Scribncr Ar Sons , New York. These sermons have been selected from , ho discourses of the Rev. Arthur Pcn- : -hyn Stanley , late dean of Westminster The little work is valuable and instruc tive to the old as well as the young. tr Ir * A iicnN'T : publication is entitled 'Only a Year and What It Brought. " .Tune Andrews is the author and Lee & Shepard , Boston , the publishers. A pleasing talc , with ample moral and suf- lieiont adventure to make it attractive , this little work commends itself lo Iho jqunger readers as one they may peruse with profit. * 4f HAKKIKT F. PO\VJ-II < has translated the very intorcsiing conclusion of Iho Bnchhdlz family , entitled -'Frau Wil- helmino. " The work is an excellent one el one which will boar careful read ing. Chas. Scribncr& ; Son's publishers , Now York. * * * A VKHV entertaining talo. is that en titled "Tho fortunes of the Faraday's , " y Amanda M. Douglas and published iiy Leo & Shcpard , Boston. The book is particularly appropriate for young readers though it will bo found decid edly interesting to the older ones. Tin : DKCKMUKU number of the Woman's World , by Oscar Wilde , and and published by Cassel < fc Co. , New York , is replete with excellent articles from the pens of some of the ablest writ ers on affairs in which women are espe cially interested. The number is hand somely illustrated , and well worthy the subscription price , .15 cents single num ber , or $8.60 per year. A BUNDLK OF LKTTKIIS TO Bus\ GIUI.S , bv Miss Grace H. Dodge , is a re cent publication from Funk & Wugnalls Now York. Those twelve letters arc all on "Prac tical Matters" which enter into Iho life of all our "girls. " Miss Dodge origin- aled what has become a largo institutior "Working Girls' Societies , " in whicl ; every Tuesday evening is devoted t ( "Practical Talks. " These letters him grown out of those talks. They lay m claim lo literary merit. All is subor dinaled lo produce wise , praclical ani mui'h-needcd instruction , is plain com moji-seiiFO , brief and wonderfully etloc tivo words. They are indeed a model The author , us one of the"girls , " puts herself on their level , nnd speaks ir their language , and voice their feel ings , wants and trials. Nothing coult bo moro wisely done , for Iho object ii view. And Iho lilllo book cannot fat to do great good to the olass of girls foi whom it has been prepared. * Otiu LITTLE Oxts : AND THE Nuu SKUV for December gives its usualquoti of now things and something more ii happy glimpses of holidays to which tin liltlo people tire looking forward will great expectations. These stories ani pictures will go straight to the juvcnili heart nnd bet young cars listening fo the first tingle of bells denoting the an preach of beloved Santa ( U\us. : Pub fished bv Kit-soil Publishing Co. , 3 Bloomlleld street , Boston , Mass. # * TUB cOMi'Lirnox of the eighteen ! ! volume of the Magazine of Amcricni Ristorv with its December issue is in event "of interest. Those elegant vol utnca , elaborately indexed , nropreservci by its subscribers in the choicest o bindings , and they are constantly in cveuslng in vr.luo with age. It is th only mngayJ'.io extant where bad mimborr- arc in as gtuat domain ns the current 0110 ° . The con tents of the holiday issue nr most agreeably diversified. "Our Coun try Tifty Yours Ago , " by the editoi presents a series of cumin t picture made nt that time , and never bofor published in this country , together wit incidents in connection with th journeyings of Lafayette in 1S24 an 16' > 5 , not least among which is a graph ! account of his ontertnlnmonl by th fishermen of the oldest olubin Aifterici at the State in Schuykill. "Stephen A Douglas and the Free Sellers , " by A W , Caocuis ! an informing a nil rcuunbl contribution. In the departments hro numerous ehort contributions from eminent sources. "Baby Grace1' is a sad little Christmas story in verso ; nnd "Thanks-giving" is an amusing item of statistics. There is not a dull page between the covers of this superbly printed periodical. The December is a * 'strong , instructive , and delightful num ber. Price , $ o a year. 743 Broadway , New York City. WITH THE December number , The Writer , that bright Boston magazine for lilerary workers , ends ils. first vol ume. The tmvga/.ine was starled as a sixteen-page monthly. It has been in creased in size to thirty-two pages , nnd the success that has warranted this en largement assures for it a prosperous future. Its value and helpfulness to all who write have been reiterated in early two thousand newspaper notices , vritten by practical newspaper men , ivho know bolter than anybody else vhnt.such a magazine should be. Of all liese'only three have contained any- , hing like adverse crilicism , and these hreo criticised only minor points. The iVrlter begins ils second volume with irilliant prospects. The December number is especially solid and valuable. It contains : "Several Newspaper Top es , " speeches at Boston Press club din- icr by Charles II. Taylor , Eliot Lord , J. AI. Hammond , and Robert Luce ; 'A Half Hour With a Very Modern Pool , " by John P. Lvons ; "How to bo nterviewed , " by W. E. Brighnm : 'Some Things Reporters Should Avoid. " > y D. J. McGrnth ; "Tho Writer's Brain , " by Frederick E. Lystcr ; "The Telegraph Correspondent's Work , " by . R. Chamberlain ; "Why a Writer Needs Physical Exorcise , " by William T. Brigham ; and "A Picayune Sugges tion , ' ' by William II. Hills , besides the usual interesting departments of 'Queries , " "Helpful Hints and Sugges tions , ' ' "Literary Articles in Periodi cals , " and "News and Notes. " The inagi/.ino is indispensable to all who iVi-ite. * M4 IT IP a peculiarity of Harper's Maga- ssino for December that it contains no continued stories. It is a volume com plete in itself. The short stories and ketches are exceptionally good , how ever. "Inja" is an almost painfully re alistic tale by Ainclio Rives. "Annie aurie" is a pleasing bit of fiction by 'lizabcth Stuart Phelps , with four il- u--trations by Roinhart. "Captain Santa Clans" is by Captain King ; "Crndock's Ilcldest" is by ' Frances Courtonay Baylor ; and a delightful -ketch of'"His 'Day in Court' " is by Jhnrlcs Egbert Craddoc.lt. nuisTMAh WIDE AWAKE is made up of thirty-live poems , stories , sketches , lapors of all sorts , long and short , and .nctures fift.v-se\on. Publishers , D. Lothrop company , Boston. CIIAS. E. MEKUILL & Co , , Now York , nave in press , and will publish this month. 'First Steps in Electricity , ' by Mr. Charles Barnard , describing a great variety of simple experiments with elec- trieity , the laws that govern it , and .heir application to the telegraph , tele phone , electric light , cable railways , etc. The book is designed for the en- ertainmont and iiiblruclion of young > eoplo tit home or in school , and most : ) f the experiments may easily bo per formed with materials to bo found in every household. Tin : PAINTER'S Enclyclopanlia , con taining definitions of all important words in the art of plain and artistic paintings , with details of practice in coach , carriage , railway car , house , sign and ornamental painting , including graining , marbling , staining , varnish ing , polishing , lettering , stencil , gild ing , bronzing nnd valuable hints and helps in scene painting , porcelain painting , plain painting , distemper Now York. WITH THE forthcoming number ( De cember , 1887) ) the "Political Science Quarterly" completes ils second year. In Ihis number Mr. Henry C. | Bannard attacks the olcomargorino law ; Dr. Win. A. Dunning reviews the legislation of the reconstruction period. Prof , John B. Clark , of Smith college , discusses "Profits under Modern Conditions , "nnd Mr. P. H. Gidding endeavors to deter mine the natural ralo of wages. Prof. F. J. Goodnow gives a concise dcscrip- lion of the historical development and present condition of England's local government. Mr. Martin Ward , long a resident of British India , shows the progressive impoverishment of that country under English rule. In the department of book reviews , Prof. Free man , of Yale , criticises recent works on English benefit societies ; Dr. Hart , of Harvard , reviews Tyler's "Patrick Henry , " and Dr. Seligman , of Colum bia , gives a complc rondu of several re cent works on railways , published by Ginn & Co. , * THE DECEMIJEU ( holiday ) number of the English Illustrated Magazine prom ises to bo an unusually attractive one. The full-page illustrations , of which there will bo no less than fourteen , com prise : Portrait of Rembrandt , by him self ; Potato Planting ; Study of Head , from a drawing by Sir Frederick Loigh- Ion , P. II. A. ; Herons , from a drawing by Maude M. Clarke ; St. Soncn CovoCorn- wall ; Mrs. Yalcs as Medea , Peg ; Wel lington as Mrs. Ford ; Mrs. Abington , from the picture by Sir Joshua Rey nolds ; David Gnrrick as Abel Druggor , from the picture " ol Zoffany ; The Post Boyb , from a drawing by Hugh Thomson ; The Moot at an Inn , " from a drawing by Hugh Thomson "Courtyard of the Church House , " Sal isbury ; "Crane Ridge , " Salisbury ; "Old Lady. " from a painting by Rembrandt , The illustrated articles incluo "The Sea of Galileo , " by Laurence Oliphant. "Ornithology at South Kensington" bj R. Bowdlcr Shnrpo , "What Players Are They" by J. Fitgorald Molloy , nml "Coaching days and Coaching Ways , ' ! by Prof. Minton , nnd the author ol ' John Herring" will also bo continued and there will bo a chapter of a now one by Mrs. Molesworth under the title o ; "That Girl in Black. " 3IAOA/.INKS. THE DKCEMIIEU number of "Tho Pop ular Science Monthly , " is1 one of ever more than the usual variety and nttraO' tivcncss. The opening article is en titled "Inventions at Panama , " b Stuart F. Wold. Anothoi article is bj Hon. David A. Wells. In "Tho Rise o the Grange Movement , " Mr. C. W Piorson nniirntos uninteresting chapter Mr. Grant Allen gives , in "Americai " and valuable Chnquo-Foils" a bright contribution. Professor Huxley 01 "Science and Praclical Life , " is a plot in favor of the article by knowledge for the love of it , in the certainty tha nlMcsircd practical advantage will no fail to bo forthcoming. A portrait am sketch the latter by J. Howard Gore- are gh'cn of John Jacob Baoyer. a distinguished tinguishod German gcodotist. The cdi tor at his "Table" discusses the humai striving after ideals as tin "Alleged Argument gumont Against Evolutic , " and Lcs sing's paradox respecting the pursuit o truth. * * * Tun UE'ADEIIS of St.Nicholas will dis cover in the December number tha Mrs. Frances Hod on Burnett has u * ntcd a worthy conimion | | chnractor to "Little Lord Fontloroy , " in the horolnu o1 her story , "Sara Crowe : or , What Happened at Miss Mlnohin's , ' Mr. Frank K. StdMou gives "Tho Clocks ot RondainelV and Hov. Wash ington Gladden tells of "Santa Claus in the Pulpit. " n. Iir Boyecon tells the Htrange storv of "TlMs Hear That Had a Hank Account ; " while.T. , . Trowbridgo gives an account of" "How the Hart Boyu Saw Great Salb'Liike ' , " and Sarah .1. Pritchtird draw * an interesting sketch of "The First jhribtmas Tree in NeVv England. " Edward DulTy/reporter for Iho New York World , recounts the stirring adventures -which attended the baleen voyage. "TheChildren's , Christ mas Club of Washington City" is a brief history by Edmund Alton. Mary Mapes Dodge. Mary E. Wilkins , Amelio Rives , Edith Thomas , and II. C. Bunncr conlribulo the poetry for the number , and there is the usual comple ment of short sketches , jingles anel pictures. THE DncKMitKK CKNTUUY opens with a frontispiece portrait of Lincoln from a photograph made about the time of his inauguration , which event is the sub- iecl of the present part of the Lincoln listory. Prof. Charles W. Shields , of Princeton college , contributes an im portant and interesting paper entitled "The United Churches of the United States. " Mr. Kcnna's second paper deals with the "Prison Life of the Rus sian Revolutionists. " An illustrated paper on Iho "Sea of Galileo" is con tributed by Edward L. Wilson. Mr. Braneler Matlhews contributes an in teresting study of journalism entitled "Notes on Parisian Newspapers. " Mrs. M. G. Van Renhselacr writes this month , n her series on the English cathedrals , ibout Durham. The fiction of the num- ) cr embraces Iho second part of "The Graysons , " by Edward Eggleston ; Iho second fourth of George W. Cable's lovelctto of Iho Techo country , "Au jtirgo , " ' anil tl first part of "The Du- antes. " Frank R. Stocklon's bcqucl lo 'Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Alebhine. " The loelry of the number is conlribuled by Mrs. Annie Fields , Rose Hawthorne : .athrop , Edith _ M. Thomas , "Stuart Sterne , Maurice F. Egan , Henry Ames Blood and Walt Whitman , ( a " " and in bric-a-brao itanm "Twilight" ) - - > y John Vance Cheney. Charles H. " > andall , Jennie W. Nettncr , and others. * * THE DKCEMHKH Harper will to inter esting as usual , with the following con tents : Frontispiece , illustration for The Vicnr. " by Edward A. Abbey Old Garden Flowers , " F. W. Bur- jrielge , F. L. S. , with ten illustrations by A If reel Parsons ; "Tho Vicar , " a loom , Winthrop Maekworth Fraed , with ten illustrations by Edwin A. Abbey ; "Another Way , " a poem , An- Irew Lang ; "Inja , " a story. Amelic Rives , illustrated by Frederic Diclmun ; "Paulino Pavlovna , ? ' a dramatic poem , Phennas Bailey Aldrich , illustraled bv " . S. Reinhart ; "His Day in Court,5' ' harles Egbert Chaddock , with live illustrations by A. B. Frost ; "The Con vict's Christmas Eve , " a poem. Will ? arleton , illuslralcd by Gilbert Gaul : "Five P'clock Tea , " a farce , William Dean Howells , illustrated by C. S. Rein- liart ; "Precious Stones in the United States , " George F. Kunx , with a colored [ ilato and sixteen engravings ; "Captain Santa Claus , " n story , Captain King , U. S. A. , illustrated by R. P. Zogbaum ; Anthony of Padua. A poem. Harriet Lewis Bradley. With one illustration from the painting by Murillo ; \nnio Laurie , a story , by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Illustrated by C. S. Reinhart ! ; Craddock's Hcldest. A story. Frances Courtcnny Baylor. Illuslraleel by Frederick Barnarel ; From Hcinrich Heine. a poem , William Black ; Keillor's Drawer : A Chrislmas for Iho Rich as well as for Iho Poor ; "A petition - tition to the Queen of England" ( Mark Twain ) ; "Shot through the Head : " afler Iho fashion of nFrench VaudovHlo. With six illu&lralions ( Edward Everett Hale. * * Scribner's Magazine , issued No vember 25 , is a superb Christmas num ber. The illustrations have been in creased lo double Iho usual numberand represent Iho best work of the most Famous artists and engravers. The number is an unusually excellent one throughout. Ii is a blind confidence to suppose yourself incapable of mistake. It is in- : leed a berious blunder to refuse to take Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup when you even suspect you have taken cold. Price 25 cents. What a grand , great country this is with its vast territory , its big rivers , its pretty women , nnd its Vcni Vidi Viai cure Salvation Oil. GREAT PEOPLE OF NEW YORk. Power Exerted by Dcpew , Grace , Conkllng and Others. Now York Correspondence of the Globe Democrat : Another man to whom people _ go for every sort of help , for advice upon business , family affairs , politics , love and literature , for half an hour of brilliant mental fencing or for a jolly change of willicibms , is Chauncoy Dopow. Ho is a social monarch , whoso throne is sot far above Ingersoll's , be cause ho holds a vastly important semipublic - public position , interests himself in the widest possible range of subjects , and is accessible lo nearly everybody at nearly all tunes. Since Harry Clay died this country has never known a man as pop ular as Dopew and Clay left oil where Dopow begins , as the saying goes. Chauncoy Depow is the one other man besides Ingcrsoll who is spoktfn of lov- inglylhough in a limited circle Eugene Kelley , the Irish banker , shares this most enviable reputation with Iheso two far moro versatile fellow citizens. Mr. Depow mounts his throne at 8 o'clock in the morning at his homo , whore ho sees intimalcs , his wifd and boy , his news paper and his family mail. When you understand that during two hours his front parlor , baclo parlor and dining room arc occupied jby men and women coming and going constanlly , you can estimate- for yourself whether ho pos sesses a rival in popularity. At 10 ho goes to his olllco whore other callers arc scattered , through three rooms , anil there , among his railroad reports nnd papers , over his luncheon , between the calls of subordinates and amid all the exactioiib of his post , he continues to receive the world at largo , which re news the attack after business hours til his dwelling door again. "Sometimesyou would think I was the only man people called on , " ho once remarked , "as if it was Iho fashion foi mo to stay in doors and for every one else to turn out and visit mo. " Then thereis ex-Mayor William B. Grace , about whom , if his importance h understood out of town , it is only by re ports that are as whispora compared to his popularity here. Ho is a little man of Napoleonic body under the brain o an American Talleyrand. Ho lives three lives. In one ho looks after the most importtinfinterestsin Peru and at tracts merchants- and shipping men South American travelers , speculator : and natives for advice and entertain ment , . Jirhis second life ho moves as i master politician , planning , milldiiif. up , tearing down , givjng counsel , do Paling money like n prince , oncotirag ing novices , aiding officials and states men. The phrase "u power behind the hrono' ' describes him in politics cx- clly. His greatest quality as n poli- iciun is his patience. Wiuit ho wants or himself or his party or his friends ho an wait for , knowing that sometimes hings started ahead of time roll the vrong way. His third life is that of an old country gentleman , with a fine town ious-0 nnd country place , a beloved nmlly and ornate surroundings. None nit nn Irishman or a Frenchman can lope to fill a triangle like that. In all hings ho is honest and besets an ox- unplo to born Americans in his patriot- sin. Just nt present Mayor Hewitt is high n this list. As n congressman anil a citizen he was cither ill or Immersed in > rivnto cares or congressional business , mil ho and Iho world sought not one mother. But as mavor of Neiw York 10 is an oriental official , a sheik. All lay long ho is in the city hall listening 0 the people and advising them , and Misying himself with their affairs ; it nakos no difference whether it's a scsv- ng woman who can't got her pay or u contractor who would like to inter the elegraph wires , or a rich old grampus vho complains of a strong-smelling stable behind his back yard. Abram S. lewitt is. running this town , nnd , big is it is , none of it gets away from him. Three blocks above Iho city hall on 3 road way sits Erastus Wiman. He bo- ongs also in a separate list with Judge Charles P. Daly , Iho geographer , Cyrus W. Field , Secretary Whitney , and Mrs. ? aran Stevens. These five are the cn- erlaincrs of distinguished strangers. bVhnt is called in Europe "the freedom of the city" is golton in their houses. L'hcy don t compare in this respect with Air. George W. Childs , of Philadelphia. Nobody docs. But they do Iho honors or New York , and do them well. To oturn lo Wiman , there ho sits all day , istoning to everybody , lurning no ono off , hearing about cxploralions , inven- ions , shows , politics railroads , new lishcs for dinner , the gossip nf trade , ' -ocicty. England and Canado , knowing everybody and dipping into everything. Roscoe'Conkling holds court also , but t is like the levees that used to bo held .n . Paris after Napoleon shook the dice of fate and Paris was crowded with lomolcss kings and pauper princes. His old henchmen came to sco the great ex-sonator , and lo talk over his and , heir past. Ho has been born again since lie quit politics. Ho is a new man .lirough and through except in ono , 'rnnd respect ; ho never tires of his Yiends ; or of paying homage to those who have serveel him. The visits of the hny-bced band of up-country politi cians must bore him , but ho never winces. Jay Gould sees only a few persons , and those only when ho wants : o. S. V. While , Iho next in power on Wall street , will sco whoever is able to catch him. But ho resembles the irishman's flea in ubiquitoiumess and ictivi v. The head of Iho house of Seligman , the bankers } are _ over acces sible. In spile of their millions they ire democratic and kindly. They hold 1 kingly court for Germans and He- ji-ews. The most popular Gor man , though , anel the ono who holds an incessant levee till day at his office and at night in the Licdorkninz club is William Steinway. Music , literature , fun , lln- inco , pe > lities and bocioty are in his brain. He is lo Hie Germans what L'hauncey Dopew is to the rebt. The William R. Grace of the Germans is Os- weld Ottcndorfer , the editor of the Staats Zcitun'g. The French have only two men to whom they pay court , Fred eric Courdet , the lawyer , and Charles F. Rowauld , the wine importer. In charities , politics , society and good fel lowship and class leadership these men arc kings of the French colony and princes in the town. A great many thoughtful men in town and abroad gather around Felix Adler and sing his praises loudly. Ho is the liberal Hebrew , the prophet of the moel- crn Judcti. Ho teaches children for n profession and men for recreation. Ho presides over a wonderful philanthropic foundation , well worthy a letter in itself for the manual as well as mental train ing of youth. Among men he is ad mired for his originality , bright thoughts , comprehensive understanding and great tact. Ho is a natural * loader and manages men so skillfully that he could change a miser into a philanthro pist. In literary circles the Gildorstho refined and elegant brother and sister , receive the most homage. Border BnndltH. In speaking of the banditti on the lower Rio Grande the Brownsville Cos mopolitan bays : The action of thoFcder- action , a paper publibheeljin Victoria anel in active partisanship of the stale gov- crnment , can hardly bo indorsed , and wo trust that its utterances do not ex press the sentiments of its party. It seems to us , to say the least , very bad taste for a political paper to , oven covertly , upholel the cause of banditti , oven in the heat of political discuseion , and to atlack ' the military author ities in this section for using every effort to maintain law and order on the frontier. It seems to us weirso taslo lo champion the cause of the noted bandit and murderer , Lorenzo Vela on whoso head the pl-ico of $1,500 is set the day ho is delivered in any jail in Texas , anel who should consider immurement in the fortress San Juan do Uloa a light pumishmont for his-crimcs. But u pa per does not make a party , and wo trust to sco the stale authorities standing shoulder to shoulder with the military lo put down bandilago and secure law anel order on Iho frontier , so much the advantage of every citizen and every ranch-owner in the state of Temaulipns. On the American side of Iho bonier there is no question , for the authorities state , county , and federal the res idents of towns nnd every ranch-owner along the border s co that their own safety , the necessities of the country , and its future prosperity demand the utter extermination of Iho bandit clement - mont on the frontier. The only question is how to bo dona. Hero is just the trouble. A sheriff starts out to hunt down a party of bandits ; ho stops to secure a party of ranchcros to add to his force , Iho matter becomes brusteil about , in every ranch or neighborhood Ihoro is some elisselulo character , some horse- thief. bomo secret agent of Iho bandits , perhaps , who starts out nnd gives the quarry timely warning lo divide anel escape in Iho chapparcl , or lo boldly enter some banco , where they know Iho officers can not follow , or lo as boldly cross the river and c&capo arrest. These bandits operate-in banns of ton. fifteen , or twenty , sometimes forty or fifty men. To defeat them needs n bupcrior force. To surround and capture ono vastly larger. Where is Ihis lo bo found easiest ? Why , in the garrison of Uniled Slulos troops along the border , who by act of congress should bo permitted to i'id ' the border sheriffs when their services may bo needed to operate against large bands of marauders. Lot the t\vo republics open them lo Iho officers of noth nations , so that they may bo entered al will , searched , and criminals bo arrested therein. And , laslly , a reform of the extradition laws , EO as not lo allow crim inals lo ebcnpo under the lamest pre- lonsfs ; the myriad quibbles that time between the-criminal procedure of two radically different legal systems , or from the question of nationality , which the. bulk of border McMcantj cmi claim to be either Mexican or American , at theii pleasure , Agricultural Implemonta. CHURCHILL "PARKER , Ourl M and Bnnlti. Joncn H/rM , Hclwien Mi in J mh.omth , Ni't > r ! V . tlNlNOER A , By il .Ktc. Wholrutfi , Om h . Ot \ _ _ 101TO,908and W7Jonn HtreTatOmaha. " P. P. MAST A CO. , lannfactnrers of Buckeye Drills. Seeders , _ WINONA fMPLEMENT CO. . Wholeiale Corner Illh and Nlfholm Htreelt. Artists' Materials. A. HOSPE , Jr. , Artists' ' Materials , Pianos and Organs , 1M3 Douglaa Street , Omaha , N braik . Boots and Shoes. W. V. MORSE & CO. , Jobbers of Boots and Shoes , < U rarnam tit. , Omaha. Neb. Manufkctorr , ! Btreat , Button. KIRKENDALL , JONES & CO. , ( Bueceuor * to Uecil , Jonci ft Co. ) Wholesale Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes Agent * ( or llostoa Robber RhMCto. 1103,1104 AIM * Ilarner St. , Omaha , Ne Coffees , Iploes , Eto. CLARKE COFFEE CO. , Omaha Coffee and spice Mllli. Teas , Coffees Snices , Baking Powder , . . Ktc. l.U lt. Crockery and " w. L. WRIGHT , Antnt for the Manufacturer ! and Importer * of Crockery , Glassware , Lamps , Chimneys. Ktc. Offlcn. 317 H. 13th &t . Omftha , Ncbratka. ' Commlaalon and Storage. D. A. HURLEY , Commission and Joboing , Bitter , Km anil t'rnduce. Coniliinmenti lollclted. Headquarter ! for Ptonewarv , Dcrrr Uoies and _ drape BaUel * . 14U Dodge St. , Omaha. R1DDELL & RIDDELL , Storage and Commission Merchants , Bptclaltlet-nuttrr , Rggi. e.-hocsc. Poultry , Ciama , Ornlcra. Ktc. . Klc. ill South Ulh iitreet. ' WIEDEMAN it CO. . Produce Commission Merchants , Ponltrr. Butter , Game , Krult . Ktc. ra > South 14th Bt , Omaha , Nebraika. GEO. SCHROEDER St. CO. , ( SucccMon to McShane A Bcbrorder ) Produce Commission and Cold Storage , Omaba. Neliraika. _ ' Coal , Coke a n d ui m o. _ VMAHA COAL. COKE LIMTE CO. , Johoers of Hard and Soft Coal , B South 13th Street , Omaha , Nebraska. " J. J. JOHNSON & CO. , Manufacturers of Illinois White Lime , tnd iblpcen ot Ceal , Coke , Cement , Plaster , Lima , liraln Tllo anil Sewer ilpn. OfUro , I'aiton lloUI. Faruam St , Omaba , Nob. Telephone 611. NEBRASKA FUEL CO. , Shippers of Coal ani Coke , 211 South 13th Bt. , Omaha , Neb. Jry Coeds andJNotlon . M. E. SMITH & CO. , Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods and Notions 11(0 ( and llMPouglaa , Cor , llth Bt. , Omaha. Neb. KILPATRICK-KOCH DRY GOODS Co Importers and Jobbers in Dry GoodsNotioni , OenU' Fntnlihlng Goodi.Comerlltb and llarney BU. , Omaha , Nehraika. Furniture. DEWEY & STONE , Wholesale Dealers in Furniture , Farnam Street , Omaha , Nebraika. Groceries. PAXTON , GALLAGHER * CO. , Wholesale Groceries and Provisions , TU6 , TOT. T0 and 711 fl. 10th St. , Omaha. Neb. MoCORD , BRADY ft CO. . Wholesale Grocers , Ui and Iitavenworth fltrceti , Omaha , Ncbraiku D. M. STEELE A CO. , Wholesale Grocers , 1231 and in Haraer Street , Oraa.be , Nab. ALLEN BROS. . Wholesale Grocers , 1111 aad HIS narner Street , Omaha , Neb. Hardware. LEE , FRIED ft CO. . Jobbers of Hardware and Nails , HIMBBAUGH ft TAYLOR , Builders' ' Hardware & Scale Repair Shop Mechanic- Tool * aud Buffalo Bealoi. leK Oougla * Bt. Omaha , Nebraika. RECTOR ft WILHELMY CO. , Wholesale Hardware , 10th and name ? EliOmaha , tNeb. Weitern Agent * for Auitln Powder Co. , Jeffer on Steel Nallt , Kalr- bankk Standard Scale * . Heavy Hardware. W. J. BROATCH. Heayy Hardware , Iron and Steel , Iprtng * , Wagon Stock , Hardware Lumber , uto. 1XB and 1811 Harper Street. Omaha. EDNEY ft GIBBON , Wholesale Iron and Steel , Hats , caps , Eto. W. L. PARROTTE ft CO. , Wholesale Hats , Caps and Straw Goods , HOT Uaroej Btrcet. Omaba , Neb. Liquors. WILLOW SPRINGS DISTILLERY CO and ILER ft CO. , . toilers & Jobbers of FineWines & Liprs Ka \ India Bitter * aad Doaeitlo Liquor * . Ills Ilarner Lumber. OMAHA LUMBER CO. . All kinds of Building Material at Wholesale Ulh Btreet and Union 1'aciflo Track , Owaua. LOUIS BRADFORD , Dealer in Lumber , Lath , Lime , Sash , Door * , etc. TardiCcrner Tth nnd Douglati Corner 9tX ana Uciuclu. . C. N.DIETZ Dealer in all Kinds of Lumber- 13tb and California Rt . , Omaha , Neb , FRED W. GRAY , Lumber Lime Cement Etc Etc , , , , , , tamer Ctb. and l > ougl SH , Omaha. T. W. HARVEY LUMBER CO. , To Dealers Onlytj" Ofllce.'lttn Farnia Btreet. Omaba. JOHN A. WAKEFIELD. ' " ' Wholesale Lumber Etc JOU1U JUUU1UU1 , UlU , biaorte4andAme. Portlagd i enl , RtaU a ( l (01 alilwauke * U T'lrautlo c iu | i aoa Qulncf OMAlJOBBBBPlGTORTi Lumber. CHAS. Ft. l.EE , Dealer in Hardwood Lumber , * ffooa Ctrpf t < nd r rquM Flooring. Mh and Doayllj Millinery , and Notions , * I. OBERFELDER A CO. , I Importers & Jobbers of Millinery & Notiou Notion * . J. T. ROBINSON NOTION CO.t Wholesale Notions and Fnrnisnini Goods M nd & South 10th Plrttt. Oronht. VINYARD A SCHNEIDER1. T * Notions and Gent's ' Famishing Good 1106 Utrntr Strut. Orotli * . - Ollll. CONSOLIDATEDTANK LINB CO * Wholesale Refined and Lnbricatini Oilt ' Ail * Or * , * tc. , Om h . A. U. Ulihop , MaM * r. 1 = 31 Paper. CARPENTER PAPER CO. , w Wholesale Pancr Dealers , 'Am k nlre itack of printing , wrapping and writing p p r. Bp elal l > atlon glTtn to car load otd r . _ Prjntera' Materials. _ WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION. Auxiliary Publishers , Dealer. . . trpr.M .nrlnt.- , upp1.M. Ruboor Goods. OMAHA RUBBER CO. , Manufacturers and Dealers in RnWier Goods Oil Clothing ind Leather netting. IKH Knmaro Street. Flttlngs , Pumps , Etc. A. L. STRAND CO. . Pumps , Fines and Engines , Slrtim , wntpr. rallwHT and mining luppllcs , etc. Mb Vtl and VH Farnani Htritut , Oiualia. CHURCHILL PUMP CO. . Wholesale Pumns. Pine , Fittings , Slcam untl Walnr Rupiillon , Headquarter * for Matk Kooit * Co' gooJi. nil farnaui St. , Omaha. U. 8. WIND E NO.fNE ft PUMP CO. , Steaii ! and Water Supplies , JUlllday Wind Mllli , VIA nnd ' .O1 Knrimm St. , Omaha , O. K. lion. Acting Mitnnger. BROWNEUL &CO. , Engines , Boilers and General Machinery , Blicet Iron Work , Steam r4iipn , "nw Mllli. U1M31 } LtHTcnwurlh Street , OiuHlm. Seeds. PHIL. STIMMEL& CO. , , Wholesale Farm , Field and Garden Seeds 811 and jil.1 Jonon St. , Onm.i ' Storage , Forwarding & CommlBBjqn ARMSTRONG , PETTIS & CO. , I Storage , Forwarding and Commission , Branch house of Ibo IIi > nner Iluegr e'o. lluggleiat wholesale nnd rotnll r Ml3U > nnu lil'l liard Btrett , I Oiuahn. Tolc'phonc No. ? . ' < > . , EAGLE CORNICE WORKS , Manufacture Galvanized Iron and Cornicfe John Kpcnctcr , I'roiirlotnr. 920 ] > due and 103and 106 North lutli Street. Omaha. ; Smoke Stacks , Bollors , Etc. H. K. SAWYER. Manufacturing Dealer in Smoke Stacks , llrllclilnns , Tniikn and General Holler Repairing. 1311 Dodgu Btreet , Omnhn. Nob. ' . . . . . . PAXTON 4 V I E1 R L ! : N I G , Wrought and Cast Iron Building Wort , Knglnrt , Drasi work , general foundry , machine and blacksmith work. Office and work * . U. 1' . llr. aud ) ITth Btreet. Omaha. _ , ' J OMAHA WIRE& IRON WORKS' . l | Manufacturers of Wire and Iron Railings Detk rail * , window guard * , flower ntnmls , wlr lgna , ' etc. , 123 North ICth St. , Omaha. | OMAHA s'/kFiTAND. IR ON WORKS.1 Man'frs ' of Fire & Burglar Proof Safes ! Taulti , Jail work , Iron and wire fencing , nlgn * . eto. O. Andreen , rrop'r. Cor. 14U and Jack onnjJ. MOLINE.MILBURN&STODDARD Co .Miiiilliinturc'r and Jobbers In Wagons Buggies Rakes Plows Etc , , , Cur. Ulh Una I'nulic bf > . , i/.uiilut. Ntb. MEACHER .V LEACH , General Agents for Dlcbold Pafo It I.ock Co. ' * Fire and Burglar Proof SafesTime , Locks. Vaults and Jail Work , 1415 Farnum Street , Omaha. ' H. M.&S. W.JONES. Succusnoralo A.T.Kcnjnn & Co. , \Vliolesulo nml retail Booksellers and Stationers , Kino Wedding Mntlonory , t'liinnu'rdnl Htiitlonery. 1. ' , , ' , ' DmiKlitn M. Otmiliu , .Neb. Ovoralla. CANFIE'LD MANUFACTURING co. Manufacturers of Overalls , Jean * Pant * , bblrti , Ktc. Hie and 1101 Dousla * Street , Omaha , Neb. jStaah , joor8 , M. A. DISBROW & CO. , Wuoleaalo Manufacturer * of Sash , Doors , Blinds and Mouldings , Branch Office , llth and Hard Htrt-cti , Omaha , Neb. BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. , Manufacturers of Sash , Doors , Blinds , Moulding" , Stair Work and Interior Ilunl Wood Kin. I Q. N. E. Corner Wh and Lunvennoilu UtreeU , Onmlia , N b. OMAHA PLANING MILL CO. , Manufacturers of Mouldings , Sash , Doors , And llllndi , Turnlmt , Ptnlr-work. Dank and Office Kitting * , autli tint ropplclon Avenue. Brewers. STORZ oVILER , Lager Beer Brewers , 1121 Nortn Eighteenth Btreet , Omaha , Nob. 0. H. IVUHIK. N. JMUCIIMAN. J. II. Ill.ANCIUIU ) . PALMER , RICHMAN & CO. , Live Stock Commission Merchants , landing. Un.o . , McCOY BROS. . Live Stock Commission Merchants , Market furnUheil free ou application. Htorken and feeder * furtilibed oa good terms. Uutvrcnuvi ; Oina- ha National Ilnuk nuil Boutti ornoba Niitlonnl , Union block Vanl * . booth Omaha. LORIMER. WESTERFIELD &t MALEV Live Stock Commission , lloom 15 , Uicbange llulloing , Union Stock Yards , ho 11 Hi Ouialm , Neb. " ALEXANDER & FITCH. ' Commission Dealers in Live Stock , Room 27 , oppuiltft Exchange Ilnlldlng , Union Blood Yards , Koolh Omnhn , Neb. UNION sfocl < YARDS CO. , 1 Of Omaha , Limited , John r. Boyd , Superintendent. THE CAPITOL HOTEL LINCOLN , , NEB. Iho lint knuwn and rooH popular Hotel In lb tale. IxiCHitrn rcntnil , apimlntiuenU flril-claii. ) lemlqimrl ri l r unuiiicrclal wen and all political and public kitberUiK , . K.I * IIOOOKN l-ioiirl tor.