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    THE O3VIAHA DAILY SEE : SUNDAY JUNE 18S9.-SIXTEEN PAGES ,
STPAUL'S ' BREATHING PLACES
Beautiful Llttlo Parka All Over tbo
City.
SEATS BENEATH THE SHADE.
TVIicro Talking ARC nnil Whispering
JLiovcro Can IlC4t In Slimmer
Wcftther Nature With Her
Hnlr Coitibcil.
In tlio City.
ST. PACI- , Juno 8. ( Special to THE Bnr.1
St , Paul hnd parks hero nntl there , but no
park v tcm or park commission until Feb
ruary DS , 1887. Since that time Prof. H. W.
8. Cleveland anil n board of commissioners
have done a great deal toward giving the
saintly city an adequate number of breath
ing places. Members of the legislature from
the city get the legislature to pass bills for
the Issuance of bonds for park purposes , and
the citizens are tnxod n small amount an *
nually to provide for the retirement of tho'io
bonds when duo. The park board is com
posed of olRht members , who hold weekly
meetings. The largest park In the city , and
that to which the board Is giving most of Its
attention , Is that at Lake Como. It Is lo-
cntJjout four miles from the center of
the city on three lines of railways. It sur
rounds the lake , anil contains over two
hundred and fifty-six acres. Two years ago
the city was bonded for $25,000 for
this onrk , and about $12,000 of this
amount has already boon expended.
The city wortttiouso is temporarily locatca
on the southwest , forty acres of Como park ,
and the Inmates are utilized In beautifying
the grounds. During the year thov have re-
opcncd the gravel ridges near the west shore
of the lake and have HUpd and reclaimed
about two acres of unsightly low ground that
was formerly a pait of the lako. By cutting
nwny the ridecs a splendid boulovarded
driven ay has been built along the shore of
the beautiful llttlo lako. A carriage con
course , ICO feet In d ! 'i" ° tcr , ° tlio Highest
point in the unrk. and commanding extensive
rio < va imiiitcront directions , was graded and
surfaced. The tr ravel taken fr. m the banks
has been found of an excellent quality for
surfacing , and largo quantities have been
used for that purpose. An Iron road roller ,
weighing 3,000 pounds , about thrc6 foot In
length and rmulo of tnrco similar sections or
short drums , mounted loosely on a revolving
shaft , has been kept continuously at work ,
compacting first the roadbed and then the
gravel surfacing. To make the grnvol ictiln
an unbroken surface under carriage travel u
finely divided stiff loam was placed beneath
the top soil. This also Insures freedom from
seed. Another course of loam Is mixed with
the gravel , and this , when rolled , become :
LTmcntcd together and forms a smooth , hard
roadbed that Is almost Impervious to water.
Surface water is disposed of through French
drains made by digging pits ana trenches and
Hlline them with waste cobble stones picked
from the surfacing gravel. In the viclnitvol
the principal park entrance , 740 feet of vitri
fied pipe drains and clcht catch baisins with
'iron gratings and bide Inlets have been con <
struutcd to receive and convey to the lake
the largo quantity of surface water that
seeks an outlet at that point. To relieve the
barroncss of the borders of the driven , na
tive plants were selected and tiansplantcd
from the adjoining woods to line borders tc
the extent of 2.500 shrubs and 300 trees.
Among the shrubbery selected were cherry ,
dogxvood , honeysuckle , roses , plum , thorn ,
sumack , hazel , alder , white birch , poplar ,
linden , etc. It Is the intention to allow the
woodland borders to run up thick with un
dcrgroutli , except at a few points where
openings will glvo views to partially cleared
ground Jiftv feet or moro away. Of the
trees planted In groups in Como park are IOC
large evergreens , including white und Nor
way pines , spruce , juniper and arbor vittc ,
Hfty smaller evergreens , 400 deciduous trees ,
chiefly white maple , but Including
i elm , ash , butternut , box-plaer and
ittugur mnplo. In the ixiric nurcory thcra nr (
! > 6U small spruce trees and a great , deal ol
shrubbery of different kinds. The season
has proved so propitious that only a vcri
few of the B.OOO trees planted in the parl
have been lost.
The building of flower boas has notyol
been begun to any considerable extent. A
temporary propagating house , 17x40 foot it
size , und located as a loan-to against tlu
southeast end of the old white farm.houso ic
park , has been built. Hero it is intended tc
cultivate bedding plants for the summer dis
play In the parlc flower beds , vases , etc.
The other parks of the city are still
handled by the council committee on parks
but will Lie turned over to the park commis
sion in u short tlmo. Enumerated they an
ns follows :
Suminlo Square , containing 0.75 acres , lo
catcd at Summit and Nelson avenues.
Holcombo Puik , 0.40 acres , at Laura !
avenue and St. Albun's sticct.
Crocus Pluce , 0.03 acres , Crocus Hill.
Carpenter Park , 2.04 acres , at the intersec
tion of Summit avunuo and Hiunscy street.
Oakland Park , 1.83 acres , between Pleas
nnt avenue and Oakland stieet.
Wobstcr Park , 1.14 acres , at Pleasan
avenue and Ncbster street.
Irvine park , U 58 acres , at the intorsectior
Walnut and Franklin streets.
llice park , l.OJ acres , Fourth und
ington streets.
Park place , 0.40 apres , St. Peter street am !
Summit avonuo.
Central tmrlr , 2.20 acres , Summit avenue
opposite Minnesota street.
Smith park , 2.03 acres , at Sixth and Slule ;
streets.
Lnfayetto square , 0.80 acres , Tenth and
Orovo streets. .
Van Slyko place , 0.12 acres , near Marylam
street.
Sunshine place , 0.12 acres , west of Chats-
worth street.
Lo Hey place , 0.13 acres , west of Chats
worth street.
Foundry park,0.03 acres , cast side of Arun
del street , north of Como avenue.
Lewis park. 0.65 acres , north of elevator B
Stmson park , l..M acre : , Park and Mary >
Innd avenues.
Lj ton pnrk , 0.33 acres , Park avonuo.
Mowurt park , 1.80 acres , south of Goran-
Hum street.
Lockwood p.irk , 0.73 acres , west of Forest
street.
Skldmoro park , O.S9 acres , east of Ear
street.
Clifton park , 0.45 acres , opposite Mound
street.
Langford park , 8 03 acres , north of the
Northern Puclllti station ,
Hauipdon milk , 2.75 acres , south of UK
Manitoba railway.
Merriam park , 7.71 acres , souta of St
Anthony avonuo.
Hiawatha park , containing forty-nine
ncrcs , on the east bank of the Mississippi
opposite the mouth of Mlnnohaha creek.
The ccnornl park fund and thn bond func
are kept uqparato. The original genera
fund amounted to $200,000 , and $107,1)12 ) stll
remains unexpended. During the coming
year It U the Intention of the board to cxpem
at least (100,000 In beautifying the parks o
the city.
Prof. N. S. Shalor , of Harvard , dellvore <
an address before students or that collogi
concerning the opportunities of a career foi
college men hi practical geology and mining
Ho said he considered the outlook for gcolo
gists In this country to bo very good. Stati
and United States surveys employ nbou
1,600 men , whoso salaries range us high ai
15,000 a year. The first year's pay is abou
ff > 0 u month and Hold expenses. The salary
of u mlno superintendent In the ouston
states la usually t-.OOOlo $ . ' 1,000 alioar.and It
the Uocky mountains it is often W.OOO.
At Harvard the commencement gpoukori
and tholr subjects have boon announced , ui
follows : Italian Humanists , * ' H. H. Darl
Ing , Troy. N. V. ; 'The Kov-noto of Keats
Poetry. " H. E. N. Dodge , Ilrooklino ; "Dutici
of the Scholar to Public Life , " F. U. Jacobs
West NonVoll ; ( > Slr Quwayno und Qrcor
Knight,1' H , U. Luthrop , Oakland. Cul.
Lntiu orator , C. H. Moore , Cambridge
"Wushlngto.n und Lincoln , " J. H. Hopes
Andover ; 'Thu Place of Mysticism u
Modern Life , " I . U. Frothlnirnum , Jumalc :
Plain ; "Law and Public Sontlmont , " E. I
Smith , Lincoln ; French oration , Juuio
Gcddts , Urooklino.
Did you over ll uro up how innnj
miloa your faithful old Dobbin 1m :
traveled ? An eastern Mntno iniiu hnt
done it , and lindti that in the thirtoui
years hu 1mb driven his horse it 1m :
iono ; 60,000 mtlos by tlio record. In tor
yours u pulr of custom Maine utug
horses traveled 70,000.
MINKS OF TUB Ilh.VCK.
The Homestnkc'B Ilia Strain Stntnp
Proven n SIICOPHR.
LKAD CITY , DnU. , May 27. [ Special
to Tim BKB. ] A number of interesting
occurrences have lately tukon place in
mining circles in the Hills. Not the
lonsl of thcfio is the success of the steam
stamp of the Ilotnestuko company.
Thin stamp has boon in operation about
eight months , anil until its last run was
made was considered a failure , and had
the last trial not been successful it
would have undoubtedly been discarded
by the company. This ponderous piece
of machinery when first erected hero
was said to have n crushing capacity
equal to twenty-live smaller stamps.
such as are used In the several mills ot
the company. It was placed in position
by the Ilomostuko company , without
prior consideration with the manufac
turers. It had proved very successful
in the Lake Superior copper regions ,
and the Anaconda copper company ,
which Is controlled by the same syndi
cate tin the Homostake , had ono in suc
cessful operation on Its property at
ihitto , Mont.
It was found almost Immediately after
erecting the steam stump at this place ,
however , that the ere would have to bo
crushed much finer than any over
crushed by similar stamps before , In
order to obtain the same nor cent of its
assay value ns that secured by operation
of the quartz mills. Such line crushing ,
of course , decreased the capacity of the
stamp , and from the time it was first
placed in operation it has boon re
peatedly experimented with until the
improvements have made such radical
changes in Its appearance and operation
that the stamps bcincr used at other
places cannot bo compared with it. The
lirst thine found necessary by Superin
tendent Ilossborg , who is the man sent
to the hills for the purpose of eroding
and running the stamp , wasthpintto-
ductton of liner screens , which , in turn ,
necessitated liner crushing. Improve
ment succeeded experiment , and at last
the steam stamp is a thorough success.
It now crushes on an averages 11)2 ) tons
every twonty-four hours , which shows
its crushing capacity to bo equal to that
of forty stamps of the Star mill.
kTho exact cost of maintaining the
stamp has not yet bcon announced , but
it will probably bo made known by Juno
15. when the next regular clean-up will
take place. But It is already assured
beyond a doubt that if the new method
of amalgamation now being tried is suc
cessful it will prove a much cheaper ,
quicker and moro satisfactory method
of reducing the free milling gold ores
of the hills than that now employed.
The southern hills are at present the
Mecca of the unemployed. Companies
are commencing work upon their prop
erties in every" direction. The mines
operated contain ores of numerous na
tures , principal of which nro those con
taining tin , bilvor and gold. The Look
out mill is steadily dropping forty
stamps , and an addition is shortly to bo
built to contain sixty moro stamps.
This ism the main ono of the properties
owned m by M. II. Day , the for
mer prominent democratic politician
and candidate for delegate to
congress from this territory in 1886.
Mr. Day has left the political field and
is now devoting his entire time and at
tention to mining matters. He has
some of the best properties located In
the Hills , and himself and associates
are still makinpr investments. The
Harnoy Peak Tin company now has
about ono hundred mc.n engaged on its
different properties , and the machinery
for the three hoisting works , to bo
erected at Hill City , is on the road
there. The recent clean-up mudo by
this company , resulting from the opera
tion of the mill at Etta upon tailings of
three years ago , shows that the tailings
produce fully 2 per cent cassiltorito.
The company is still purchasing claims
and securing options almost daily. This
company has shipped a largo amount of
tin ere to Paris for exhibition at the
exposition in that city ,
In the northern hills there are but
few mines being operated with the ex
ception of those of the Homcsuiko and
Caledonia companies. At the silver
camp of carbonate the Iron H1U prop
erty , which created such a furore two
years ago , Is being developed , and it is
reported that the smelter of the com
pany will soon bo placed in operation.
With the exception of the Spanish R.
property , no ether mlnqs are being ex
tensively worked at present , but if the
smelter of the Iron Hill company .is
blown in work on u number of proper
ties will speedily follow. Nothing defi
nite ) has as yet boon loarnofl regarding
the Keystone chlorination works at
Garden City , ns only test rune
on a few hundred pounds of ore
have so far been mado. Such have
boon very successful and thoroughly
satisfactory , however , and great results
are expected from the process. Ma
chinery is onrouto. Rich ere exists in
the vicinity in largo quantities , and il
the works are successful In treating It
that soctlon of the Hills will experience
a boom.
Rumor has it that Thomas Boll , an
ofllcor in the Caledonia company has
sold his stock in that organization to
the Homostuko company , and that by
the time of the next annual
meeting of the Caledonia company the
latter corporation will bo in a position
to control the election of directors , and
will shortly proceed to purchase the
property. Color la given to this rumor
by the fact that the Homostako com
pany has had surveyors engaged in the
Caledonia mine sovonil times of lato.
The Rochester ( Greenback ) company
company , whoso claims adjoin those ol
the Homcstako company on the south
and west , has placed a Diamond drill on
its property for the purpose of thor
oughly prospecting it. It is expected tc
strike the ore body of the adjoining
mine ut a depth of about six hundred
foot.
foot.Parties
Parties have been returning ovorj
day for the past week from the Lime
stone placer district , in which recent
discoveries of gold caused n great ox-
oltomont. The gold-hunters have
nearly all returned , however , and the
district IH again almost dosortod. There
is no doubt that rich pockets of placer
gold exist in the district , but they ate
soon exhausted , ns was the ono which
caused the Into oxcitomont. Sovorul
prospectors remain in the district in
nope of discovering good tin locations ,
of which there are favorable indica
tions.
A
A novel and quito singular marriage
has just been brought to light , which
was celebrated in Now York city April
80. The contracting parties reside in
Lewis and HurrUon counties. W. Vu. ,
respectively , and the disparitv of their
ages , ns wall as the near relationship
existing between them , has occasioned
no little- amusement union ir friends ,
The groom is a wealthy old bachelor
who has BOOH not loss than seventy-live
Buinmers.whllo the bride is a handsome
blonde of twonty-nvo. The gallant
lover is the great undo ot his youthful
spouse , and Ilia marriauo to her makes
his wife the mint of her father , the
great aunt of 1m r blbtcrs , and the
daiifhtor-in-luw of her father's grand-
fiithor. She is her own aunt by mar-
rluco , the aunt of her mother , und her
tirbt cousin's great aunt.
GREETING THE RISING SUN ,
The Great Army of the Dead Fao6
Eastward.
A RELIC OF BY-GONE DAYS WAS Hh
The Sexton of Fnlrvlcw Cemetery
Talks of nil Anotcnt Custom
It Wits Old \Vlinn the
HlllH Were You n K.
Philosophy of-Ornvc-DleRlnir.
A few ( lays are I was standing in ono
of the many beautiful spot * in that
lovely clti of the dead , Palrvlow cemetery -
tory , where two generations of Council
Bluffs' citlrons are sleeping their
dreamless slumber. On the dusty , busy
streets it was hot and dry , but on the
cool grass flecked by streaks of sun
shine that struggled down through the
dense follago of the trees which spread
their protecting boughs over the graves
in lovely Palrviow , there was n cool and
refreshing moisture that cooled the
throbbing temples and soothed the restless -
loss heart. It was not yet late in the
day and I had not yet rend my BIK. I
pulled It from my pocket and began to
read the latest reports from that awful
Johnstown horror , but before I had
gone through ono of the half-dozon
columns devoted for the day to the
greatest calamity that has occurred In
the civilized world , I was interrupted
by the appearance of a man carrying a
pick , spade and a ton-foot polo. Ho
came almost to the spot where I was re
clining and deposited his tools. Ho re
moved his hat to wlpo his brow and
I saw it was the venerable sexton
whoso sturdy arms and bright spade
have constructed ' 'the ' chambers in the
silent halls of Uouth , " where sloop
thousands of the old and the young and
middle aged of Council Bluils. Resting
for u moment only ho drew from his
pocket a plat of the ground ? upon which
ho stood and studied it intently. " Then
depositing It on the ground ho pulled
out a tapeline and carried ono end.of it
to the east a few foot where ho fastened
\\ithaslako driven through the ring.
Then drawing the line taut ho took a
small magnetic compass from his pocket -
ot and holding it over the line , moVtid
backward and forward until the ring
end of the tape pointed stVaight oast.
Then driving a stake at the point , hoi
picked up the ton-foot polo and proceeded - ,
od to mark olT a regulation si/od grave.
My curiosity was aroused and I dropped )
the paper to ask some questions.
" do and compass
"Why you use a tapeline
pass to mark out a grave ? "
"To got it east and west. "
"But why east and west ? Why notj
north and south , or northwest by southeast -
east , or any other direction ? Do the
dead object to the direction in which
they happen to ho unless it bo the posi
tive east or west , or is it their friends ,
or is ili merely a whim of your own or a
superstition of the 'profession ? ' "
"That's a question I never thought of
much and can't answer. No , I don't
know who can , or that anybody can , but
it's a custon that's always followed and
is old , old old as the grave itsSlf , I
guess. There isn't ' a grave in this cem
etery that is not dug this way. I have
laid out or dug every ono that has been
made hero for the last twenty-six years ,
and there has not bean an exception.
No , it is not a whim of my own nor'vory '
often a request of those whoso friends
are to bo buried. It's a kind of an in
stinct , I guess. I think a good , sensi
ble horse would as soon think of eating
icicles for green grass as a profes
sional sexton would think of digging a
grave any ether way than east and
west , and I believe I would scream if'I
saw a collin lowered with the face of the
corpse looking towards the
west. Ycswo always plant
them with their faces look
ing toward the east. What for ? I
can't toll that , cither , unless it is for
the purpose of bolter enabling thorn to
hear Gabriel when ho blows his horn on
the last day. Yes , I've often thought
it would bo bettor If it wasn't the cus
tom here , for on the west side of the
hill there the dead must Ho and look
forever right into the hill itself , when
It would bo so much plousantor if they
could turn around and look across the
river valley into Omaha. "
The old sexton returned to his work ,
and I began to wonder whence the
strange superstition came und how it
originated. I have looked it up a little
and find that it is as old as the ourth
the old sexton turned up with his
bright spade and that it came from that
cradle of the day and night , that mis-
trees of mysteries and parent of us all ,
the East. You can almost trace it right
back to the first rising of the first sun on
the first pro-historiu man , and tno study
of the question opens up to a broader
view the problem of man himself , and
shows us that wo have mentally , as well
ns physically , the same characteristics
as had the cave-dweller who girded
himself with the skins torn from the
bodies of animals no savagar than him
self , which ho killed with his knotted
club and upon whoso uncooked llosh he
subsisted. It is n little bit unpleasant
to think that this absolutely savage man
whoso limbs and vertebra wore as
strong as those of au ox , and whose
brain , protected by a bony structure
that would turn a muskfit ball , was not
larger than that of a setter dog and had
but a few moro convolutions than that
of a chimmuueo , originated a custom
that is religiously observed every time
a Christian burial takes place In Fairview -
view cemetery. Yet it is an assured
fact. The human eyes through every
age of the world have turned towards
the east in hope und anticipation. It
has bcon the direction from which
every blessing to the human race
has coma , und to-day the Bible and the
religion of Christ teach us tc
loyk there for the final triumph.
Tire imlcoc ] pro-historic savage learned
to look towards the east with the pro-
foumlost feelings of adoration , of which
his nature was capable. Ho had nc
moans of preserving fire , und whoa
after days of storm and cloudy woathot
or nigiits of chilling cold the sun burst
from the east , and its genial rays gave
him light and thawed out hissttlToncd
limbs , ho naturally worshipped it as the
God that gave him his choicest bless
ings and made it posalblo for him tc
live. Thus-naturally ho became a sun-
worshipper , and all his descendants
for hundreds of generations were sun-
worshippers for the eamo reason. Fi
nally when the question of death began
to excite some interest , and ceremonies
were performed over the dead , it was
natural that they should bo placed in
their last rnsting places , so that they
could look towards the spot where the
sun-god made his appearance daily foi
agos. Ana perhaps ut this ago dawned
the first hope in human breasts nf some
thing beyond this Ufa that has blos
somed into the Christian' assurance ol
a conscious and happy immortality ol
the foul.
Through the mighty struggles of the
thq curtn itbolf , when chaos reigned
and the waters warred with the moun
tains , the human bolniiH whono bruins
were enlarged by the activity uoocbh.iry
to overcome "tho constantly incroaaing
p
difficulty to live ntulirsllll poured forth
their bonlsons to tlAJUnli and looked tct
the east tw the Fouipaof all tholr bless
ings. It was thus dow 11 to the period of
traditional history wm\n the sun was
evidently uccountcd'tho'suprcmn creator
and ruler of all , ilful" men vied with
each ether and nation0 with nation in
building temples to hid1 glory and for his
worship. The ruinfed tomplcs along the
Nile , nnil Baalbock1 , tllat most stupendous
deus ruin on Hi o fade of the earth xviioso
mighty hewn stones innot bo moved
by any power wo hAVoHo-day , were all
erected in his honor , ajid in their walls
the priests kept their' eyes fixed intontlv
on the east to watch for Ills coming nnd
herald Ills approach-to Iho people. The
statue of Monition mnj- not have boon
a fable. It is said its face
was directed to the east , Us
eyes intently fixed to catch the first
beams of the rising sun , nnd its voice ,
mute till ether times , broke forth into
sweetest strains , when the god of day
appeared. The Sphiux has looked in
speechless , solemn serenity for thou
sands of years over the drifting sands
towards the east. In our America the
Aztecs have built monuments that will
htand thousands of years for this same
sun-worship with the onst , as the cardi
nal point. The same is true with the
Peruvian prehistoric civilization in
South America. Coming down to bibli
cal times the muno strange Instinct to
look towards the east is prominent. The
patriarchs turned their faces towards
the east when they woishipped. Every
force that has moved and changed
nations came from the cast. There nro
rites connected with freemasonry so old
their origin is beyond tradition , that
recognizes the east as u cardinal point.
Ninotcon hundred years ago a star ap
peared in the onstannounclng the birth
of a blessed redeemer for mankind.
The nngols appeared in the east nnd
sang the glad tidings. The shepherds
watching their flocks to the east of
Bethlehem first announced it. The
wise men followina the star came from
the onst to see the child. Through all
the ups and downs of the church since
then the east has hold Hi central place
in the worship of men regardless of
sects and isms. The mu//orin turns his
face toward the east three times a day
and calls the falthlul to prayers over
half the surface of the globo. In the
crusades the battle cry of the knights
was "Lot mo full with my face to the
cast ; lot mo bo buried with mine eyes
toward the holy sepulchre. "
And thus it is that a custom observed
in Fairview cemetery today by the most
enlightened Christian people originated
so far back in the world's history that
the hills were not .created upon which
the old sexton marks out the graves
With'his tape and compass.
IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.
A Ceremony That Has Itcon Enacted
Every Night lor 80O Ycaw . " - *
Your hansom is allowed to drive in
after hail ing the gate , but youwill | notice
.that a soldier marches in front , partly
us a guide and pai'ty because It is a fort
ress into which ypii * Have penetrated ,
and past 8 o'clock/says a London letter
in the Now York Tribune. You go at
almost a foot's pace down the hill and
then to the loft aloiifJ : .tho inner road
parallel with the , Thames , between
grim granite walls , vvhero the gloom
grows darker , thrqugh'grim gates , bo-
ncath' "grim arch-way' : : the burden ol
this mass of mnsotWyVlying heavier.on
your soul at over 'stop , the shadows
weighing on you , andTjho sky on this
clear night for itjis clbar on the out
side seen by gH\rtpses \ , loouing infi
nitely moro remote t an the usual Tx > n-
don heavens , whikjh'rfro for the most
part d canopy of smoKcVns it Were ? just
over -your hoadi-lt Presently out " "vpu
como into the1 bar > STck yard" ana n
blessed expanse of air and evening
light. ,
Three hours later , as I said good
night , my host stopped mo. "There is
"somotlling'you would llko to see , and it
is just time. Como along. " As wo
wont out'an officer of the guards-rushed
by 'in full uniform , sword ringing
against'tho stone steps , huge bear skin
helmet nnd all the rest and cried out tc
ns : "You will be late if you don't hur
ry , " nnd away wo wcnfr ut the double
quick ucross the moonlit parade. It
was rather soon after dinner for a con
stitutional , but wo followed nnd fountl
the guard alrcadv turned out under the
gallery by the Bloody Tower. A mo-
moiitr later appeared a little squad ol
mononoof thorn in a fiowing scarlet
robe with a lighted lantern , coming uj :
the steep slope that loads from Traitors
Gate. The sentry challenged sharply
- 'Haiti Who goes there ? ' '
The keys. "
'Whoso keys ? "
'Queen Victoria's keys. "
'Pass , Queen Victoria's keys.1 ! Th <
.warden in the llowincr scarlet rob , witl
the lighted lantern , followed by hii
little squad , starts off again , but halt :
again and cries aloud :
"God save Queen Victoria. "
The guard comes to the present , th <
officer brings his sword to the Salute
officer nnd men respond in chorus thrc <
times with a kind of cheer :
"Amen , Amen , Amen. "
Again the warder sots out , passes
turns square to the loft , and vanishes
ho and his flowing scarlet , and his lun
tern , and his little squad. Ho is carry
ing tie keys of the tower to the- governor
ornor of the tower. It was but u min
ute. The squad are dismissed , the otll
cor marches leisurely olT. My friom
nnd 1 nro loft there. Only a minute ; yo
that solfsumo ceremony has boon trans
nytod on that same spot ut that sami
hour every night for something liki
eight hundred years. Back througl
ull those crowding centuries of Englisl
story you hoar nightly that ohallongi
ring out ; nightly that blessing invokci
on king and queen , with , I suppose , ni
interval when Oliver Protector got tin
benefit of it ; nightly the clash of gtoo
which tolls the constable of the towo
that all is well , and nightly those key
have made tholr singular journey int
the hands of the king's lieutenant.
Brooklyn's rot/ortbrs / swear by Rev
T. DoWitt Talirugoybecuubo { ho is nl
ways ready to SIMOOM ] tholr ways fo
them , says the N w York Sun. The reverend
orond gentlemanlinnet telephone in hi
house , and whdn1tho ; reporters , wh
know of this , ring him up und ask bin
quobtions they iuynuiably got rourtcou
und bUtisfaotory ropUes. So it isn'tsafi
to malign Brooklyn'adcmonstratlvo pul
pit orator to uBipolclyn newspaperman
Not long since 01,10 of the craft called 01
the doctor on u inattpr of news , und wu
informed by the sol-yant who unsweroi
the door that ho master was busy am
would BOO no one.'But I must BOI
him , " insisted tlioT&'porter.nml so earn
est was his munnolflint finullv the re
luctuutgirl Consented to invade tho'doc
tor'n bnnctuin with the visitor's message
As the reporter waited in the hall thi
tlulcot twang of ! i distant banjo smoti
upon his oar. Ho listened well pleased
/or the instrument was apparent ! ;
handled by onojo the manner born , 1
moment , later , however , a door to Un
right opened , nnd Tulmaga himself ap
puarod on the threshold ) Vith u banji
under his arm.
"Come in in"cried the
, como , preacher
or heartily , ' -Of course I'll sco you.
was Hist playing my banjo. Sit dowi
und lot mo pluy you something. " Ant
ho took the profane instrument over hi
knee and played a show piece for thi
roportor'B benefit in tv way tWkt wnuh
have made Ituby Brooks liimsolf loot
to his luurula.
OUR HONEST SONS OF TOIL ,
How They Are Living in the World
of Labor.
A THR EATENED UPRISING
Unskilled hnbor Consolidation of
Itnllw.iy laboring Association *
Carpenters Opposed to
Strikes Other Items. ,
A Threatened Bttlkc.
There Is a feeling of restlessness ntnong
ibo railroad men , nnd they are in tlallyjin-
Llclpatlon of a reduction in wages or rnlhor
an attempt on the part of tbo ro.ids to mnko
n reduction. 1'nrtlculnrly Is thlsjtruo of tbo
Union 1'aclllc , olllcors of that rend having
lilntcd that the wages of tbo engineers
would be reduced. An attempt of this kltul
upon the part of tbo company , It is judged ,
would bo mot Immediately by a walkout of
tbo won. Tlio brotherhood Is stronger hero ,
probably , tbnn In nny other soctlon of the
country , nnd fools tlmt It cnn win any fight
It may have occasion to wage- with tbo com
pany. The men claim tlmt tlio work hero Is
arduous and the pay no more than adequate
to tbo amount of labor given.
A few days ago in mi interview hail with
him by a newspaper reporter at Chicago ,
Clilof Arthur declared that ho would never
sanction another strike , no matter what the
grievance. Speaking of this the ether day , a
railroad engineer said , "That cooks Arthur's '
geese and ho will never bo ro-olcctcd. The
idea of his making a declaration like that !
Under such a policy , the brotherhood would
soon become Impotent and useless , bup-
pose us local men should give in hereon
on the Union Pncitlo where wo nro so strong !
The road never wpuld got through reducing
our wages. "
This declaration of the chief's dooms to
have met with tbo general disapprobation of
the mon here , and a largo number of votes
will bo cast against him at the next election
by mem running into Omaha and the Bluffs.
Unskilled Muscle.
Inquiries at labor employment agencies
nnd other points of information establishes
the fact that the percentage of Ubjnoro w
Idle is very small. There are but very few
tncn loaDng In the city , and many of tbcso
could secure work If they really desired It.
There Is much employment for mon In
Omaha , and , In addition to this , the demand
for railroad hands and day-laborers for now
territory la very lurgo nnd keeps employment
agencies busy. Wages for unskilled labor
range from Jl.fiO to $3 a day , the former
pgurc being the rule. This is low , nnd
there is considerable dissatisfaction among
the men nt these wages , but they have not
become sufllciently chafed to strike , and no
trouble of that kind is anticipated.
Don't Ucllovo in Strikes.
"You will llnd us nn anti-striking organ-
Izatlgn , " said n member of the carpenter's
union -No. 71 the now union as ho laid
aside his tools at quitting time. "Wo are
opposed to strikes , nnd that was our princi
pal reason for drawlnp out of the old union
ana forming a now ono. Wo certainly
wouldn't strike for some ono's else griev
ance. Wo refused to ( Jo that when the ether
mon were called oft The 13oo building by the
striking plumbers , and so , ns far as wo arc
concerned , all this stuff that has boon pub
lished about a general strike of the building
tradeis Incorrect. If nil the ether mon In
town go out , you will still llnd us nt the
bench , unions wo have some grievance of our
own which wo find impossible to settle by
arbitration. No. 71 Is not a striking union
The now organizatiou , it U said , is getting
along swimmingly , nnd the membership roll
is being increased right along. At the last
meeting four now members were enrolled.
Knllivny Unions Consolidate.
Ift Chicago , last Thursday , nine delegates
representing thev Brotherhood of Railway
Brakcmen thd Switchmen's
, Mutual Aid as
sociation and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen , met nnd ratified a constitution
which shall hereafter govern the three
organizations now consolidated into ono under
thmUnLtcd Order of Railway Employes.
The c6vprnlng body will bo asupromo coun
cil , of which the following are the oniccrs-
president , F. P. Sargcant , of the Firemen's
association ; vlco president. Frame Sweonio
of the Switchmen's ussocallon ; secrotaiv'
E. F. O'Shen , of the railway 'brakemen s
association.
Members of these orders here were asked
concerning the new organization , nnd , while
ninny ot thorn claimed toknow nothing about
it , there were others who evidently know
moro than they cnrud to toll. The cofttltutlon.
they say , nnd , in fact , everything connected
with the new order Is secret nnd can not bo
divulged.
"Aren't you follows fixing for n general
strllrol" was nsked.
"I don't ' care to say anything about our In-
tcntlons , " was the reply. "You Will sco
what wo organized for If you watch us close
. "
enough. _ _ _
The Printer * ' Convention.
Ed Hartley nnd J. 1C. Fisher , of Typo ]
graphical Uulon No. 100 , and Matt Itchier ,
of the Stcrcotypora' and Pressmen's union ,
left the city Thursday to attend the annual
national convention to bo held In Denver on
the 10th.
Tim time between the 7th nnd the I0th the
men will spend In visiting points of Interest
as the guests of the Denver union.
Ono ot the most important matters to como
before the convention will bo the selection
of n slto for the printers' homo , to bo erected
with iho money provided for that purpose by
the Chillis mid Drexel fund.
Ttio Plumbers Still Out.
What change there has been In the plumb
ers' strlko smco last week Is scarcely worth
mentioning , The breach between the master
and the Journeymen plumbers has widened
and nil prospects of a settlement ot the dlnl >
cullies nro past. A number of outrages have
bcon committed during the week , assault of
non-union men at work and the destruction
of property. Naturally the bosses have laid
the responsibility of this nt the door of the
Journeymen's union. The latter , however ,
disavow all knowledge or connection with
any of them. Upon ono case where leading
men of the union were arrested and tried by
Jury in the police court for assault upon a
non-nnlon man , they were acquitted.
On Wednesday John Howe arrived In the
city from Now York , accompanied by seven
workmen. They were mot by members of
the local union , and after A conference
refused to co to work , and have declared
their Intention of returning to the cast. The
master plumbers have n few scabs at work ,
but not a sufllclcnt number to do the work.
Both sides are still confident of winning.
Ijnbor Notes.
Carpenters' union , No. 5S , In place of tholr
regular weekly meeting , gave nn Ice crcnm
and strawberry festival and n dance nt Unto
City hall , last Tuesday evening. Nearly all
the members of tbo union nnd their wives ,
children and sweethearts were present , nnd n
most enjoyable tlmo was experienced.
The union printers declare that they will
never strike on account of any grlovanco
other orders may have ; and , as the carpcn-
torn of union No. 71 have made the same
declaration , a general strlko lu'bohalf of the
plumbers , It is thought , is no longer to bo
feared.
Slnco the llftcen plasterers returned to
work on tbo Boo building , there have bcon
only about half ns many men of that trade
idle , but there are still many plasterers in
the city who arc out of work nnd unable to
obtain it , simply because there is no work to
bo dono.
The single tax movement , it is said , Is
gaining inoro favor dally with the worltlnc-
mcn , and it now constitutes the chief subj
Jcct of debate in most of the unions.
The secretaries of all the labor unions nro
requested to send their names and addresses
to Tun Bnn.
A number of lathers have boon forced into
idleness on account of the plumbers' strike ,
the plumbing in many buildings being so far
behind that the lathers could not proceed.
The co-opcratlvo store has not been pushed
very Hard during the past two weeks , but
the project is still a live ono and ultimately
will bo pushed to n successful consummation.
Nothing tangible has yet been accom
plished by the carpenters towards the organ
ization of a supreme council.
During Mr. Irving's performance the
ether evening ono of the gallery gods
" in 'Macbeth' ! "
called out : "That not
The rally would have upset the house
but for the splendor of the acting , says
a London letter. It reminds ono of that
utterance from the same celestial place
on the first night of the only dramatic
piece that Miss Brandon has over writ-
Usn , which did upset the house nnd
spoil the piece. A scone was intro
duced in which a child was kidnapped
from its mother and at the end , when
nil were made happy , the restoration
of the child was taken for granted. It
was the fault of the novelist nnd passed
unnoticed for a quito u minute after the
fall of the curtain. Then a "god"
leaned over from the balcony and sol
emnly inquired : . "What about that
kid ? " The piece was swamped in an
inextinguishable burst of laughter.
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD ,
Tbo NorthwoBtorn Will Not Brnnoh
Out Tbla Yonr.
THE ALTON KICK HAS COMEi
Dissolution of iho Fninona Gentle *
men's Agreement I'rPBnRCil Iho
Cut From Chtonito to St. Pnul
linn Now llocomo CSoncrnl.
No Nor t Invest or n Kxtonalonn.
CHICAGO , Juno 8. [ Special Telegram t
TUB BKK. ] The Northwestern railroad dee
not contemplate extending Its lines In any di
rection this year. These are the exact words
of President Hughttt. Ho said nho that the
present policy of the company was against
extension nnd that ho did not know how long
It would bo before nny change was mado.
Not a single step had been taken toward th
extension of the line to Ynnkton from Hart
Ington. Ho seemed to npprcclnto the Import *
nnco of the extension to eastern Nebraska
nnd southern Dakota Interests , but the policy
of non-extension could not bo broken , The
resolution hostile to extension of linen passed
by the Illinois Central , has bcon concurred
In by every ether western road.
The Alton
CHICAGO , Juno 8. [ Special Telegram to
Tun BISK. ] The following letter spo.iks vol
umes to those who have boon keeping trade
of the western railroad situation :
Albaco F. Walker , chairman Intcr-Stnta
Commerce Hallway association i Dear Sir.
Heforrlug to the decision of the executive
board , on the lumber question , wo beg to
say that such decision Is not satisfactory to
us ( the Alton road ) , nnd wo desire to givd
the ten day's notice ns provided in section 3 ,
of the Intcr-Slnto Commerce association
agreement , that on Jnno 14 wo will put Into
clTccl a reduced rate on lumber from Chicago
to Missouri river points. Just what that
rnto will bo depends on negotiations now
ncndlng ; but wo reserve the right , under
this notice , to inuko the rnto ns low ns 10
cents per hundred , C. II. Ciui'riiix ,
General Manager Chicago & Alton Kullroncl.
It will bo remembered that the executive )
board of the Interstate Commerce Hallway
association denied the request of the Alton
for the reduced rate on lumber. The above
letter shows that the Alton will disregard
the decision of the executive board and yield
to the requests ot the Chicago lumbermen to
boat least given n llghtlnir chance In the ter
ritory from which they have been ousted by
the low rates made on yellow pine from
southern points. Whether or not this action
will lend to the withdrawal of the Alton from
the famous "gentlemen's' association" Is still
a qucbtlon. Its demand for a division of the
Kansas City live stock trnfllc Is still unde
cided , but , Judging by the promptness with
which Chairman Walker has met every other
question , It will not long remain in abeyance.
A search with n line toothed comb would fall
to llud n Chicago railroad man who believed
the St. Paul would give up part of the llvo
stock trafllc , which , the Alton claims. Is a re
sult of manipulated rales. A determined
light will occur on the decision and there nro
a hundred prophets in the Hold who claim
that at its conclusion the Alton will bo out
side the fold of the Interstate Com morc
Haihvny association.
The ChlcnKO-St. Paul Cur.
CHICAGO , Juno 8. [ Special Telegram to
Tim BED. ] The Hock Island nnd Wisconsin
Central both guvo notlco that they woula
meet the 28-cont rnto , CMcngo to St. Paul ,
made by the Burllntrton and Northwestern
to go into effect on Monday. All the roads
have now inot the reduced rate. Interested
members of the board of trade met , to-day ,
nnd decided that iho St. Paul roads must
put In n greatly reduced tariff the first ol
the week. Should this not bo ilono , itntnodit
ate relief will bo asked from the iutor-stata
commission. As before stated , It will bo
possible without a reduction In local rates
lor Now York nnd seaboard points to ship
first-class freight and pay only 33 cents a
bundled , Chicago to St. Paul , while Chicago
merchants must pay 00 cents. The dlscrln } *
ination has already cost Chicago merchants
over $100,000. _
Miles of Plnntlng Ijumlior.
BAI.TIMOIIB , Juno 8 Captain Kelley , of
the British schooner City of Nassau , reports
that about seventy-five miles south of Cap3
Hattoras , ho siKUtcil largo rafts of cut him-
Ijcr which lud the appearance ot being in
the water but n short timo. For miles the
lumber stretched away and it was dilucult
for tbo vessel to got along.
To rtFFifF SFFKFRS
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