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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , . MAEOBCJM. 1880.-SIXTEEN PAGES. SOME RAPID TRACK LAYING , Dr. Miller's Romlnlsconoos of the Early Days of the Union Paolflo. OMAHA'S FUTURE IMPERILED. Knelling Times of the Great Fiona JMirnnt'n FnllhrutncfiS tnllUFIrnt Choice l.ocntlm * tlio En * Irnnocto the IMntto Vnlloy. Or. Miller's Talk. The reminiscences of Dr. George L. Miller , which have appeared in lalo JBSUCB of Til ) : Din : , nro widely road and 'highly ' appreciated. They have boon frequently commended. The doctor's talk prluted below is nliltlo more inter esting than others , nnd is well worth reading : "Well the continues nnd , subject re lates to the Union Pacific railway. In these conversations accuracy in respect "to the dales of events nnd incldonls I 'understand to be important , and yet it \6 \ with no little ditllculty that I can verify the limo al which many of Ihcm occurred. Perhaps it will do lo ap proximate and keep as close to the line ns posaiblo , since these sketches are in tended merely for Iho current informa tion of the people and have no historic value or Importance. "In our lastconvorsalion I promised 'Id say something about a great over flow of the Missouri river at this point nnd its results upon the interests , direct and indirect , concerning Omaha as well ns the pcoplo here generally. My best recollection is that in the spring of 1837 this flood occurred. At that time the "banks of the river were totally unpro- looted by any such improvements as ap pear there now , and Iho first result waste to bury the track of the Union Pacific uudor several foot of wator. It was lo cated where now are the lumber yards and shops on our river front. The of- fgpjt upon construction was 'in a great ' measure lo 'suspend It. Great alarm wns caused. Dr. Durant , the general nltinngcr , went upon Iho ground and saw the condition of things. This gen tleman sought outlets and among others ho investigated Iho feasibility of run- friin'g a truck around in there next to the Union Pacific headquarters and gelling out of the dillicully In Ihnt way. Per haps It was at this limo Hint ho Secured the right of way on Fourteenth streol for the Union Pacific with the unani mous consent of our pcoplo nnd authori ties. The right of way and the action taken upon it Mr. John T. Boll referred to recently , producing the record of what was done nt that time. Now , by connecting this flood with what preceded in relation to. Ihe change of line lo what wns called in derision the oxbow , I shall bring out the fright k produced lest the terminus of the road should bo fixed at Bollovuo. As I said ' before , pending Ihe relocation of lhat . .lino , and for some time afterwards , the jfebHng here wns of great uncertainty as tffl what the ultimalo purpose of Durant wns , but as I have also stated it proved to bo of no harm to the city of Omaha. On the contrary , with my theory of the causes Iho change may have proved and probably did prove Iho salvation of our city ns the headquar ters oMho Irunk line to the Pacific. When" this flood came the fooling of peril to our interests was revived and it . _ wns'oponly charged that DrDarant's efforts to remove obstructions to building - . ing the road caused by this overflow of , vrator again Ihroalonod a chnngo lo Bollovuo. II was along about Iho lime , that the chungo of line wns made , fol lowed up by what , happened afterwards through the flood , that it is said to be a * factthata considerable number of Iho citizens of Omaha , under names not tboir own , rushed down to Bellevue and li.bQUg.ht a good many lots and properties to guard againsl their possible deairuc- a.tlon hero. , . /'These nro incidents thai will give too how residents among us air idea of the , perils through which Omaha Cached its final position of safely and , f yfice88. That was only ono of Ihe many WsrUeri. . They dale back lo the very vpfcghjning pf Civilized life here and to jlip 'first legislature which assembled ' ane'ttrly thirly-fivo years ngo. Then the J'croat question was the capital. But after the railroad epoch , it juinight bo stated here in these "desultary lalks , primarily , if it was not stated beforetlmt an influence concorn- Mng'lhe localion of Iho Rock Island rail way in Iho valley of Mosquilo creek in- J { Stead of'in that of Pigeon crook existed Atwhen Dr. Durant was the head and Messrs. Dodge and Doy , the engineers of that lino. Itmitrhl bo nddqd lhat , above all influences , was thai * of tbo PJatto valley with its advantage of level surface for railway 6oustruc- tlon mid * unavoidable call for the Pacific road. But the point at jjrhieh that valioy should bo reached Was determined herein a great degree , by the prior location of the Hock Island road in the valioy of Mosquito creek. As to the point nl which lhat rolid should first touch Iho Missouri river there was a strong contention for oars. Florence , then ouito a promi nent placoutidor the lead of Davenport , f'contondcd ' for Ihe Pigeon creek valley " 'roulo , bul Iho management of the Mis- , , bOuri nnd Mississippi railway , now the wRook Island , finally fixed the line by " Mosquilo crook. This aclion went far to determine the point from which the 'Platlo valioy should bo reached. V1 f'Ji may nol bo considered Ireason , " Iho doctor wont oir , "now lhat all these , mutton ) huvo boon settled , to say that In all probability , had Iho Union Pa- * olflo railway decided upon Bellevue , that perhaps lhat was the ono available Bite above nil others for cheap access to the Platte valioy and tlio building of a laruo olty at the least cost , Oinnha had many natural disadvantages to con tend with , and it will not bo forgotten that there is yet u grade of 00 feet lethe the milo out of this place on which double headers have to bo run day and night to carry the tnifllo of the railway _ and which under the law has still to bo Iroducod at great cost lo the company. ' " "Then the question of bridging tho' Missouri river was pending , and the , greater extent of the brldgo herewith * its consequent enhanced cosl became a source of very great danger to Omaha Arid a controversy which 1 may discuss , , omo time when you call again , J , 'iltoturning to the effects of the flood , i , the submerging of the tracks and the hindering of construction. Dr. Durant happened upon the field at that very moment , in person , and took hold of HlTuirs with Ills usual energy * waters tusuaged , There was no new track built us I remember. Durant de clined to attempt tlio building of n track nlongsido iho blulT and contented him- with raising the truck below. At that time there were not to exceed twelve miles of track in the bottoms where thorc arc hundreds lo-day , and I recollect Iho fncl lhat Dr. DUrant wont on the ground himself ono day with the engineers and ordered n very largo in crease of sido-lracking for the uses of construction , showing , ns I have always UTonght , his remarkable practical ability in the mailer of building rail roads. "Tho executive man in these days in Omaha at the hcnd of all this construc tion was Superintendent Webster Sny- dor. Like Durant , howas n man of great energy nnd exorcised a wide dis cretion and find all Iho clement of push in him Hint was necessary for these emergencies , lime being always nn es sential element of success. The engi neering superintendent ot construc tion , Samuel B. Rood , was ono of the most remarkable men over engaged in any railway onlorprlso at thai limo or any olhor. It was Mr. Reed who mndo the moro elaborate and final surveys of Iho mountain lines , supporlod by James Evans , all under the chieftainship of General Grnnvlllo M. Dodge. Coming upon the Ihealcr at the very earliest period of construction were two men who bccaino famous ns the great trncklaylng force of Iho country. They were widely known as "Tho Cnso- monls. " General Jack Casement and his brother Dan , both giants in energy but pigmies in physique and size , small In slnturo , took tlio contract for laying ttio onliro line lo Promonlory Point. I remember lo have received from Reed as Iho road neared Norlh Bond , In 1800. as I remember , n lologram in which ho boasled llml Iho world hnd never sur passed Hie feal of lhat dav , which was the laving of ono milo and three quar- lors of railroad iron. The division of labor under which that work wns done wns very romarknblo for that day , but the Casements surpassed themselves afterwards by laying four miles of iron in ono day. The road was pushed on nt these paces to the utter astonishment of ourselves and the country. " SINGULARITIES A salmon caught on the Pnciflo const hnd nn Iron spike seven Inches long , with a half Inch head , In its stomach. A strnnpo illness is reported from Hunga ry. A young girl hud ft lit of sneezing wmcn lusted for twenty-four hours. Henry Gilbert , of Westville , L. I. , is the possessor of u | ict hen which has been setting ting for the past three weeks on throe kit tens. tens.A A singular case of illness , nnd ono which puzzles doctors , is that of John MeKlnnon , sr. , of Castine , Mo. Ho has no control over his right nrm and leg , which niovo about spasmodically , and nt times violently. At first ho scorned to have but Uttlo pain , hut now ho shows signs of suffering , and Is los ing strength. A resident of Martha's Ferry , Ohio , has two small boys nnd ono big dog , a New foundland , their constant companion. The other dnyitho boys goo to fighting , and the smaller ono was getting the worst of It , when the dog , who hnd been an uneasy witness of the proceedings , rushed between thu lads , separated thorn by main force , nud then dragged the larger boy away without hurtine him in tbo least or showing n particle of ill temper. .Tuy.C. Soxas , a wall known business-man of St. Paul , Minn. , is at the present tune the wonder of the medical fraternity of that city. Within the last four months his right leg has grown from three to four Inches longer than the left one , and Mr. Sexas Is comrclled tense nso crutches in order to move to and from his place of business. Mr. Scxas was , pre vious to four months ago , a hale and hearty man. The physicians , after long nnd careful Inquiry , learned that there hnd been only one similar case reported , and thut was some where in the eust. The celebrated sleeper of Attica , N. Y. , bids fair to again make a record as n sleeper. Since 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning , Feb ruary li ) , she has boon in a1 trance. Accord ing to reports "At all times urevious to the present sloeo she has informed the physician or ono of her attendants what would bo the duration of the trance , which slio know was coming on , but since awakening from her trunco of thirty-four days she has been unable to converse with any ono. Just before the present trance she repeatedly tried , by movements of her oycs and head , to convey some message to her sister , who was unable to interpret her moaning. In her sleep It is noticeable she Is getting weaker. " This from the Savannah News , shows that Georgia is still working industriously to sus tain her reputation as the homo of remarka ble stcrics : "In Oglethorpo , Thursday , a Mr. Jackson put n fifty pound sack of Hour in his neighbor's buggy , Mr. Murray , for him to carry home. Mr. Murray's horse was feeding out of the buggy , and had just fin ished twelve cars of corn and two bundles of fodder. Ho turned his attention lo the flour , and when Murray went to hitch up to go homo the horse had eaten all tbo flour but a' handful. Another gentleman drove a mule to Andeisonvillo the same day , and hitched it to a stockade. The mule was hungry and ate seventy-live feet of the two by _ three inch pine palings , and the tops of ton pine trees that were cut down. " HONEY KOH THE LADIES. Among the flower pins the pansy Is still easily a first favorite. Dull blue sashes are in high favor in Paris for wear with gowns ot nettle green. The now artistic and beautiful shade of crXished strawberry IP fully established in favor. Now Imported petticoats , whether cotton or woolen , have their colors all repeated in the luce that trims them. Gold color and black threaten to take tbo place of the green and black so long consid ered ttio height of style. Some now costumes of heavy cloth have velvet run in and out of slits in the stuff for thnlr solo skirt trimming. The coarse and serviceable Russian Viol will bo largely used OR drupory both for waists and skirts of silk-princess robes. Foulard neckerchiefs In several moro than the colors of the rainbow are all ready to en circle beauty's throat when the fur collar shall be laid aside. Small aprons are much the fashion. Mull , lace , silk and stuff are nil unod for them , but the handsomest uro of good black fillk with rich beau ornaments. Now that buttons are so pronounced a fea ture of the dress , nn authority suggests that It will save trouble to buy them tirat nnd mutch tints and tones to them. Heavy black satin , embroidered upon ono aelvugo with lotus leaves of gold or copper color , Is combined with plain i black to make the handsomest of matronly dinner gowas. The now washing surahs that now como In all the delicate line shades will bo largely used for Hummer frocks , for tics , for draper ies , chemisettes , nnd will bo especially val uable for hut and bonnet trimming , DruSB shoes are slightly pointed at the toes and are cut down deep la front. They huvo plain Pompadour heels. A nurro'v strap holds the Bhoo over the instep ; this strap runs through an oblong bueUlo of French brilliants. Colored borders for your handkerchief are decidedly passe ; so Is thu fashion of tucking them in front of tha corsage. The correct thing now a line wtntu kerchief with bor der of umbroidnry , or else narrow edge of line Valenciennes lace , and carried us incon"- picuously as possible. The newly opened cases of ywrasoU are works of art , sent from various quarters of thn globe. The handles themselves are curios worthy of close study. There uro shapes and styles ( o BUit every woman In the world. from the remote jungles of India to the Hois do Houlognp , from Afrlo's burning sands lethe the happy bunting grounds of the imti\ Sioux belle. There Is great variety in the accessories with which to grace the dross bodlco this season , Never were these ornaments moro in vogue than nt the present time. Very charming paruros , flclius. berthas , plastron * , Greek and Itomnn neck bunds , rovers , antique collars of every Btylo nnd form.oddly ihapod and picturesque vests , stomachers. and gllets In Continental , Crotnwellian , and Dunlsh and Swedish effects , The latent news from Washington la thut iho Illinois onice-seekm bitterly resent auy casual icferenco tu soup la their presence. AN The Wonderful Eloquence Born of Brain and Opium. BARNUM HIMSELF IS HUMBUGGED How tlio Great Showman Was Taken In Uy n Woman I'cHcffrlnlns a Xlilof Catcher Current Anecdotes. Ijiko n Mnn Inspired. An American named Dr. Wrightwho visited Europe twonty-flvo years ago , and was forlunato enough lo moot n lot of distinguished people , has just pub lished his reminiscences , entitled "Other People. " Ho was so fortunalo while in Scotland as to bo invited lo dine with.DoQuincoywhom ho thus mot : "For a long time wo had boon discuss ing Wordsworth , Coleridge' , and all the rest , when Ihero glided noiselessly into the room , 111(0 ( a shadow , a little weird- looking old-"iuan , saffron-colored , with unkompl hair , dirly collar , long scuff- brown coat , foot sliding about in largo indiarubbor goloshes , and extended to me n weak , fleshless hand , more like a bird's claw than the prehensile organ of man's supremacy. ' ' At dinner Do Qulncoy spoke little. Aftec Iho ladles had withdrawn ho excused himself , took from his vest pocket n pill of opium as largo was a small hickory nut , and swallowed it. In the drawing-room ho dozed for a time , bul prosenlly his dtvughlor asked him to road somntli ing from Wordsworth , whoso volco and manner ho was said to imitate exactly. Thereupon she took from a shelf a volume of Wordsworth poetry , opened It at the Ode on Immortality , and spread it out on Iho arm of Iho clmlr by her falhor's sido. Ho rubbed his eyes and drawled his way Ihrough the poem everlastingly. I thought to myself If lhat was the way Wordsworth read , they were fortunate who never heard him. As ho closed the book a strange light seemed to glow through his eve s and illuminate his face. "Ho began to talk with a voice lhat scorned to How out of the Unknown low , mel lifluous , coasolcss. filling ono with awo. Wo listened almost breathless , and soon found ourselves sitting on the floor at his foot , looking into his Iransflgured face , like entranced children. On. on , ho discoursed , as I have never heard mortal discourse before or since. If ono could imagine all the wisdom , sen timent and learning to bo crushed from Do Quincoy's many volumes of printed books , and to bo poured out , a contin uous stream , ho might form borne con ception of that long discourse how long wo know not. It was a prolonged and intensified suspirndo do profundis. That picture would form a group worthy of the pencil of Corrcggio or Titian. When the monologue ceased , I looked at my watch and found it was S o'clock in the morning. The poor , exhausted old man of genius , whom I felt like crushing to my heart , had a tallow dip lighted to show me through the trees to the roadside gate. I took my leave of the household , who had entertained mo with a true banquet of the gods , and walked to Edinburg in the beautiful Scotch gleaming , beholding on the way the # roat dun rising full-orbed from the distant sea , and moditaling on innnv Ihings. " What a pity the doctor failed to take some notes of the wonderful monologue. At Dresden Dr. Wright had a bizarre adventure , which ho relates as follows : "At Dresden I mot Borthold Auorbach , the well known Germnn novelist. Ho was n very genial gentleman , short , rather stout , with a decided Hebrew nose , to which race ho beloncrod. Ho road poetry with line inlcrprotation of voice and manner. At my rcoms ho road to mo Goethe's lyric poetry by the hour , bringing out the latent meaning with extraordinary elocutionary skill. His wife was a Vienna lady of the same race , line looking , even handsome , with a rather saltpetorish temper. Ono duy they were driving with mo in the Grobsor gnrton , the great park of Dres den , when a sudden quarrel broke out between thorn , with a sharp fusilado of Hebrew words which I did not under stand. Auerbaoh asked nfo lo stop the carriage , which I did' , and ho jumped out , slammed the door to behind him , and ordered the coachman to drive on. The situalion was embarrassing. I stopped the carriage again , gel out myself - , self , and ascended the box with the coachman. I loft madame at her house with a very formal salutation and drove home. When I met Auorbnch again ho was just as cordial as though no such- episode had taken placo. P. T. Bnrnum , the veteran showman , appeared ns complainant recently in Iho Yorkvillo. N. Y. , police courl against a female- swindler , who gave Iho name of Mnggio Morgan and said she lived nt No. 218 West Eighteonlh street. About two weeks previous Mr. Burnum was accosted by the woman on Thirty- seventh street , between Fifth and Sixth .avenues. She asked the way to No. 153 West Ono Hundred nnd Forty-third street , ami was told that it was miles away. "I must walk there , all the same , " said she , "lo loll my slslor lhat my hus band broKe his log and is in the hos pital. " "You never can walk there , " said Mr. Barnum/and ho gave her a handful of change. The woman said : "God bless you , sir ; may you never break your leg , " and wallccd away. Mr. Barn tint related aho circum- slanccs nl his hotel , and was laughed nl by his friends. The olhor day HO was accosted by Iho same woman near Iho Murray mil ho lol. "Sir , " said she , "will you toll mo whore the coronor's ollico IaV My hus band is dead and * I must tarry word hero. " Mr. Barnum recognized her and caused her arrest. lie told the story to Justice Kilbroth , and while they were heartily laughing over Iho joke Iho woman broke out with : ' 'Mr. Barnum , if you won't make a complaint against mo , I'll go with your circus for nothing and show myself as Iho only woman you over had arrested. " This produced the desired effect , and Mr. Barnum agreed lo take iho woman al her word. She was thereupon dis charged. Young Arthur Brisbane , who has made a reputation for himself us Iho London corrcspondonl of Iho Now York Sun , has boon recalled , and retires in fuvor of Blakoloy hall. Brisbane's re call is said to bo Iho result ot his atti tude on the Boulangor election. Ho persisted in cabling over reports to the effect lhat Boulungor would bo swamped , and that nothing moro would bo heard of him after his defeat. The result of the election was just the reverse - verso of what the young man had pre dicted , and there is said to have boon considerable cussing at the homo ollico , Brisbane lived in London like a prince. His apartmoiituatthe Hotel Victoria on r-mm the Thames ombankmonThllve boon the envy of all the glided youthi of Britain's capital , llydo Park sawthlm every day behind a valuable cob. > Ho will prob ably como bnck to "do tB6 circuits" at homo /or awhllo in ordof to give the gilding a chance to wcar/off. Congressman Frank T. Slt/uv was sU- tlng in his room recently , , busily engaged - gaged answering' letters land inquiries from his constituents , llo wns inter rupted by ono of the colored ; waiters of the hotel. Ho came In itinluly , nnd af ter considerable preliminary the waiter finally told tlio doctor that ho wanted to write n loiter to a young lady in St. Mary's , and wouldn't no please write it for him. Dr. Shaw is omlnot'y a philanthrop ist. Ho put aside a mass of letters , and after getting all the necessary data from the waiter , wrote out the letter. Into It ho breathed lender devotion and coy love , and whonat last ho signed tlio waller's naino ho felt conscious that ho had written a letter that hp might in other days have boon proud of. Ho gave it to the cagor lovor. The waiter read it over. Then said ho : "Would you add another line , plcaso , doctor111' "Certainly , " said the good natured Tuombor. "Well , sab. , plcaso just say : 'Excuse mistakes and bad wrilin' on account of pen. ' " Pellegrini , Vanity Fair's caricature artist , was ono ot whom public men were doubly afraid of his attentions and his neglect. His "sketches" were taken mentally , sometimes as ho passed his subject. A "silling" with him was not n sitting nt all in the ordinary sense of the word. While his subject was with him his pencil was never pro duced. It was a statesman , a divine , a soldier , an artist , an author , an actor , a journalist or a jockey Pellegrini re ceived him in his studio , chatted with him , made him at homo and finally said , "Good dayl" The sitter wns never allowed to bo "discomposed by the sight of paper or pencil. Pellegrini , smok ing cigarettes Incessantly , talked , gos siped , draw his man out nnd threw him oil his guard by compelling him lo bo quite at case. But when the "good- by" had boon said ho had got all ho wanted. "I got him hero ! " ho used to say , tapping his forehead. A week , a fortnight , or even six months later ho would work out his picture. Some time ago Pellegrini wns travel ing on the underground railway to the West 12nd. Next to him in the car riage sat a fashionably atlircd lady , while on Iho seal opposite was a man well dressed , but evidently not a gentle man. This Individual hurriedly loft at the Temple station , and a few minutes after the lady discovered that a purse containing $10 in gold which she had carolcsslv placed on the seat beside her had boon stolon. Information was given at Scollnnd Yard , and Pellegrini ten dered himself as n wjtncss. When called upon to describe' the man the lady confessed that shp had scarcely taken any notice of hlm'Slurine ' the time that ho was in the carriage. Pelle grini asked for a sheet of' paper , nnd taking from his pocket tho'stump of a pencil , ho drew with marvelous rapidity the flguro of the man he"had carefully noted during the journey between the Mansion house and the Tnames Em- bankmoiit. So lifelike ' , vas 'the sketch that the police recognized it as the portrait of a notorious swell mobsman. That very night the thief was arrested , and in his possession wtt found the btolon purse , though thoftrjoter portion of the money had boon frittered away. Pellegrini requested that hoi might not bo taken into court ns icwitnoss , and his wish was complied with. George W. Childs' applicants for charity are nlmost endless in number , and the devices they resort to display an amount of ingenuity which , if di rected toward honest labor , would probably win success. The other morn ing a man walked into Mr. Childs'ofllco , with his hair artistically disarranged and the appearance of long-drawn mis ery on his countenance. "Mr. Childs , " he said shortly , with an air of utter dosneralion , "I am an emboz/.lor and a thief. " ' Dear " said the mo , philanthropist , looking over his spectacles cnlml.y at his visitor. "My family , " continued the man , "will bo disgraced and I will be ruined for life unless I can get $ 2,0)0 ! ) before U o'clock. I am the cashier of a certain bank in this city , as you shouul k now if your memory for faces is good , since wo have met several times in the course of business arrangements. " Mr. Childs looked Ihe man over care fully and decided that ho had never mot ttio man before. A relation of this fact did not seem to disturb thu alleged cashier to any'largo extent. Ho poured out a torrent of eloquence , in which he pictured the awful disgrace which was about to fall upon his family , the mis ery which his exposure would entail on everybody , ana wound up by saying that if the $2,000 were notjorthcoming at once ho would commit suicide. Mr. Childs said ho was very sorry , but it would be impossible for him to assist his unknown applicant. Then the man , after fully digesting the fact that ho had failed , arose , and with n bitter smile left the room. It was ono of the many schemes which Iho impecunious endeavor to work with the aged philan thropist. Mr. Houston , the young gentleman who acted as the go-botwuon for Mr. Pigott and Mr. Macdonald in tlio matter - tor of Iho Times letters , was Homo years 'ago a reporter on the Dublin Express. During thai ncriod of his life ho hud some peculiar experiences of the methods of "law and order. " During the strike of the Dublin police the task of keeping the streets was entrusted to the military , who frequently charged the people. On ono occasion a regiment charged straight down on a street where Mr. Houston , note-book m hand , was making his impressions of the situation. Mr. Houston waved his note book frantically , and shouted "Press , " but the soldiers charged on juum ono of thorn made a pass at Mr. Houston's flying form. The bayonet wont to its mark , and Mr. Houston boars the scurd to this day. Castles In th-j Air. Cor.i FuM. i The smoke goes curling round and round my bend , " ' As tho' to Imltato the clouds afar. How fust ttio minutes spqpdl How they bavo sped , , While I hove smn'rfol my afternoon cigar. While I have built my castles In , iho air Of fnurjc.i frailer than this sinpko , alas I While I have looked back upon each year , Hellvlug all tbo moments as they pass. While I have conjured up a vision bused On largo dark o.ycs and wind-towed , gold- ringed hair , My arm has stolen round her slender waist Oh , sweetest , frailest castle in the air ! Her hnad has rested on my shoulder here- One coat still bcura u tiny shiny spot Wliero her gold head did rest for just ono year. I have It Btlll by her 'tis quite forgot. I have it still , and Ills laid amid A glove , a lock of hair , a ribbon blue ; No talu of broken heart therein In hid , For she was five , and I was sixty-two. Naturo'N Muifc. Helen L. CVirfy , Slide up thy silver sands , O booming sea. The pines that skirt thco catch thy min strelsy , * And over all the forest swells a tone Tlmt echoes but the wublo of Ihiuo own. SHtt M. > U4i THROUGH THE STOCKYARDS , A Roportorinl Visit to the Regions of Unsavorlnoss nnd Llvo Stock. WHERE BIG FORTUNES ARE MADE Boino oT tlic Officials find Their Clinr- notcrUtloa ArraiiROinont of tlio Yards and Pens Sys tem of Weighing. Tlio Stockyards. The first plnco visitors go when visit ing the Mnglo City is to sco the Union stockyards. For slght-seors the loca tion of the yards could scarcely bo bet tor. Situated on the eastern slope of the swell just west of the hollow through which passes the Union Pacific railroad tracks , on n gentle slope to the southeast , nearly the whole fifty acres of stock pens , can bo scon at one timo. Viewing the yards from the eastern sldo ono sees the main tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad company with a dozen side-tracks , the Union stock yard's railroad track forming a Y , and the long transfer track to the northwest connecting with the main line near the depot of the B. & M. Railroad company , on which tracks are over standing between - tween two hundred nnd throe hundred cars. To the north of the yards the Exchange building , a brick building four stories high , tlio right-an lo fronts being 150 and 100 foot respectively , in which nro the Union stockyards ! olllccs , hotel , bank , two telegraph olllccs , A. D. T. olllcoand about fifty olllces of commis sion firms , railroad nnd transportation companies. At the southern end of the Y is located the largo brick Hacking houses of Swift & Co. Midway along the cast sldo of the Y is lo cated the George H. Hammond packing houses , and on the extreme west end of the Y nro located the Omaha Packing company's houses and the Armour- Cudahy Packing company's houses , the former on the south side nnd the latter on the north sldo of the tracks. West of the Exchange and north of the Ar- mour-Cudahy Packing houses is the big stand-pipe of the American water works. Such is a bird's-oyo view of the Union Slock Yards at. South Omaha. Entering the yards one is surprised at the pens , covering acres in area , in the morning filled with thousands of cattle , hogs nnd sheep. Driveways , well planked , surround all the blocks of pens , making access convenient and pleasant. The cattle-sheds , covering the north half of the yards , nro uncovered , and are surrounded by high board fences with broad , board walk-ways on top , so that one can got to any part of any of the pens at any time in safety. The first place ono goes to is the cat tle and sheep scale house No. Itut which "VVoighmuster M. C. Goodrich presides with the courtesy of a French count and the dignity of an English gentleman. Round this scale house fortunes are often gained and lost in a day , and whore more than 8100,000 worth of cattle - tlo are bought and sold almost every day nnd where ns high as $2.iO,000 has been paid in one day for cattle , may bo seen the familiar faces of the men who have made and maintain the reputa tion of the South Omaha Btouic yards : Colonel E. P. Savage , with his military figure nnd benring , John D. Dadisman , M. F. Blanchnrd nfid J. B. Smiley on horseback and circling round with their busy , business-like air ; .Tamos G. Mar tin , Richard Gilchrcst , John Brown , M. E. Forrall , J. E. Boyer , James A. Frafc- ier , J. A. Hnke , Draper Smith , Ab Waggoner , Albert E. Nee , C. C. Clif ton , D. S. Parkhurst , James Foley , An drew Gillespio , A. D. Boycr and Wil liam E. McCloud. Entering the scale hoube , presided over by the weigh- master with his trusty assist ant , William B. Meyers , ono sees load after load of cattlp count ed , weighed and registered with an ac curacy , promptitude and expedition that nro surprising. From forty to fifty head of cuttle are driven on the scales and weighed at ono time , and about 500 are ubunlly weighed in an hour. Hero , too , is the sheep mart and the towering form and olognnt but bu&Siiess-liko ways of Leroy Hough and the genial T. E. Sauuders nnd Patrick McGrath are the Jay Goulds of the ovine pens. The business of buying , weighing , counting , booking and penning cattle , is hardly over finished till well towards the middle of the afternoon. When 6,000 or 0,000 cattle are in the pens as is frequently the case , few more interest ing bights can bo seen than to stand on the top of the fence near the scale house and watch the surging pens of fat bullocks , of every grade from the wild Texan to the tamest domestic cow , and from the 2,000-pound , bull to the tiny calf , and sco an hundred men , without noise , without bustle and with no com motion or excitement traflic in stock and exchange moro than $200,000 in money for this .article for human food. Down to gcalo house No. - then the visitor goes and hero the click of the boll tolling that a loadof hogs has been weighed by woSghmnstor Edward A. Stearncs andjthen counter Frank Lake's announcement of the number of hogs run through and weighed. And farther down at scale No. 1 , where weijrhmus- tor C. C. Marsh and counter Patrick J. Alurphy are in charge. Circulating about these two scales houses and around the pens south of thu scale houses and to the drive way next to the unloading chutes are scon the familiar forms nnd intelligent , indicative and business faces of Al. Powell , E. M. Rich ardson , Franks. Dewoy. J. B. Blanchard - ard , William II. Alexander , L. C. Rod- ington , Nols Purington , George S. Brown , James D. Jonus. E , S. Hcrrull , Charles S. Mnloy. Daniel O. McPhnil , Prank Chittonden , Solomon Harper , J. Samuel Gosnoy , J. S. Horn , Fred D. Chitteiidon nnd Miles French. Those nru the men who have made the South Omaha hog markets thp best in the country and known the world over. Under the excellent management at the hog scales one hundred loads can be weighed and counted and punned on each of the scales within two hours. About 1,000 hogs can bo run in , weighed , counted and driven into the receiving pcn % within an hour , in an emergency fully 2,000 can bo run through the scales within nn hour. At those markets fully $300,000 is ox- changott for hogs every week while some wcokd the bum is nearly a round $1.000,000. , Not the least interesting place for the visitor to go is the unloading chutes in the morning and the loading chutes in the eveningOn the north side of the tnfcks are forty-two unloading chutes and on the opposite side of the tracks are twenty-two loading chutes. A train of thirty or forty cars of stock may bo run in , unloaded and the empty cars pulled out within half an.hour. A long platform , from which a tramp block is thrown into thu car when the door is opened , allows the stock to walk out and swinging gates guide the stock to the chute leading down to a car pen next to the main driveway , Hero they are all numbered and a complete icoord kept of them in books in the ollico , giv ing the number and kind of stock , the number and designation of the car and the pen driven into. So accurately la this work done and so perfect is the system that stock can bo traced without doliy nnd without the least possibility of doubter or mistake from the consignor through the consignee to the purchaser. On the opposite side of the tracks are pens and twonty-two loading shulos where cattle or hogs cnn bo loaded in the cars with such case nnd expedition that it seems to bo done without olTort or trou ble. ble.Tho The little army , of a dozen teams and an hundred men , under chnrgo ot Frnnk II. Boyd and Isaac R. Bray ton , with W. J. State at the head of the commissary department , works with the steady and silent precision nnd olToctivo results of trained men or veteran soldiers. And when a stranger is Informed that only live voars ago the lands of South Omaha were farms with less than half a dozen houses in view , and that since that time moro than ono million of cattle , moro than throe million hogs , about flvo million sheep and 15,000 horses and mules have boon received at these yards , aggregating in value about six million ot dollars , and that tlio pack ing house output of cured meats in 1888 alone were $20,000,000 , and that the city now has n population of moro than ton thousand people , ho involuntarily says this is truly the hinglo city , nnd nil seems duo to the Union Stock Yards of south Omaha. EUUC/YTlON/YLi. F. O. O. Darlcy's collection of Shakes- pcrian portraits has recently been presented to the Cornell university library by H. W. SilRO. The value of n well-equipped college gym nasium , with systematic training , Is forcibly shown by an Investigation nowv in progress at Harvard. ' Prof. Herbert Tutllo , of Cornell 1ms been engaged to deliver the Phi 13ctn Kupa oration during the commencement week at the Uni versity of Vermont. The now catalogue of Vnssnr college shows nn attendance of ail ) students. D urine the year largo additions huvo been made to the library which now contains 18,000 , volumes. Mrs. Eliza Clark of Cleveland , Rives $100- OCO to the woman's college of the Western Uescrvc university. Half will bo used ns an endowment and half to erect the Clark hall of Liberal Art. Amos W. Stetson of Boston , bus recently donated to Wcilslcy college a line collection of pictures , valued at about $30,000. These paintings will bo placed in the new Fnrns- worth art building , now almost finished. The school bunking system was introduced into the public schools of LOUR Island City , L. I. , about three years ago and already the pupils in the nine schools have ilO.'Ul.Oj to their credit. Last week's deposits amounted to SJ30.41. The publication for IS'sO in the series of "Johns Hopkins University Studies in His torical and Political Science , " of which Prof. H. H. Adums is tlio editor , will in- elude several valuable monographs in social science , education ami government. Another step in the policy of raising the standard of admission to Cornell was taken by the faculty at their last meeting , when it was voted that , after Ib'Jl , candidates for ad mission to any of the technical courses must offer a full year's work In French , Gorman or Latin. , Notwithstanding its financial embarrass ments Johns Hooldns university continues its important work in all departments. Among the special lectures delivered during iho winter have been a course for advanced stu dents in physiology , by Prof. H. N. Martin and others In connection will. ) the physiolog ical seminary , and ono to the undergraduates on physical graduates. Among the lecturers in the latter course have boon President Oil man , Gen. A. W. Greoly , and Prof. Simon Nowcomb , G. H. Williams , W. 1C. Brooks and M. Uloomfleld. RELIGIOUS. Lummga , on the Congo river , lias a Bap tist church of seventv members. The humber of place * of roljgious wor ship in England and Wales , certified , re corded , and on the register at the close of 18SS , was 'J.b57 , , an increase of 030 In the year. The Uev. Dr. A. F. Beard says that the government's wars wjth less than half a million of Indians have cost the United States $300,003,1)00 ) enough to plant missions in all the heathen tribes of the world. Some statistician asserts that the net train ol now churches in tlio United States during the year 1SS8 was 0,434 , the increase in the number of ministers was 4,505 , while the in crease in church members was 774,801. The average gain for each day of the year was 17 churches , 12 ministers , and 2,120 members. D. L. Moody announces that on the 4th day of April , 18S' ) , he will begin holding In Chicago n convention of Christian workers , similar to that held in the summer at North- field. Thcso meetings will continue from Unity to sixty days , and instruction will bo given by well-known loaders of Christian thought and action. There are 1,218 Young Men's Christian as sociations in America , 023 m England. Ire land nnd Scotland , 1KU : m Germany , Hol land nnd Switzerland , 200 in Japan , and 55'j in eighteen utlier countries. .It is an inter esting fact that there Is an organisation nt Nazareth , where Christ lived for thirty .years and at Jerusalem , where ho was crucified. Twelve years ago the Modoo Indians were uncivilized heathens. Now they are n com munity of industrious farmers , with half their number professing Christianity. It cost the United States government ? 1,84S,000 to care for 2,200 Dakota Indians seven years while they were savaecs. After they were christianized it cost , for seven years , $120,000 , a saving of * 1,728XX/ ( : There has been a revival of religion at Mo- bcrly , Mo. , and atnon ? the conversions wns that of a man who had been a very hard case. When ho went forward in the church to make a profession of his faith ho sur prised the parson nnd pcoplo by handing to the former a bottle half full of whisky and a slung shot. He said that ho proposed-to re nounce all bis evils. PEPPERMINT UUOPS. A dentist refers to his collection of ex tracted teeth as gum drops. Late hours nro bound to toll on u man , but not half so surely as spiced breath. ' The ollico should seek the man , but It haste to Uodgo him a great deal nowadays It would not bo strange If the copper ring should turn out both hollow and bra/en , The trust makers becoming altogether too frosh. Now they are conorlng salt. Now Hampshire has gene "wet" . Yet thut will not persuade the piohlbltionists to dry up , The Nipsio war story may have been started by BO mo patriot who had taken u nip and was sick. Those who marvel at the pouularity of base ball must remember thai thcro Is something very catching about it. Secretary Tracy has proved himself a true sailor. His first oQlclal act wu4 to put a liraco In his dcpaitmcnt. No matter how stingy a man is , lie has to "coma down with the rocks" when ho gets mixed up In n landslide. With the latest style of hair cutting in vogue army onlcors go out in the pompadour and circumstance of war. A waiter In u Sun Francisco restaurant lias won a prize of $15,000 in a ralllo , All things come to him who walls. Miss Kin ICats is trio nnmo of n Jnpuneno student at Wollealoy , Would ft bo proper to mention rats In this connection ? Ono reason why so many Americans re turn penniless from Europe Is because too much Hoylo is cast upon the waters. Some of the patriot * who caught cold In the Washington rainstorm on Inauguration day are preparing to tlemand pensions , John L. Sullivan has renounced Boston and will hereafter claim New York ift his homo. Congratulations for Boston condolence for Now York. The emperor of China wants to pay for damage to the personal effects of a lot of Milwaukee Chinamen. How will the empe ror have It ; In largo or small bills ! Country editors on being appointed pout- masters should bo warned by Postmaster General WunamaUer not to accept cordwood - wood in payment for postage stumps. Mr. HowelU has discovered a now pool in Canada. The dominion , however , will always be noted more for Its Napoleons of llnauco than for Hi Napolcou * of rhyme. Secretary of the Treasury , ENDORSES HIM. UOCTOH Charles M , Jordan ( Lnte of the University of Now York City and Howard Unlrurslty , Washington , I ) , ( j. 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