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0HB ? OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 11 , laSO-SIXTBEN" PAGES.
"LET THE ASSASSIN SHOOT. "
Thomas H. Bonton'a Memorable
Quarrel With a Brother Senator.
ELECTED BY HIS RABBIT FOOT.
The Queer Superstition of a Florida
Cnnarpfisinnn Violation Snrdou's
Fatalism Two dtnrics of Cam-
ron Editor Shopard's.
Current Anecdotes.
I witnessed this Incident In the sen
ate , In which Thomas H. Benton played
a prominent part , writes Hannibal
Hamlln. Senator Footo , of Mississippi ,
hnd nssallod him violently dully until
Mr. Benton deliberately tiroso one
morning In the senate and declared If
the rules of the senate wore not en
forced by Us presiding officer ho would
talto the rules Into his own hands. Ho
notified the senator from Mississippi
that "if ho continues his personal as
saults on myself , I will take ctvro of htm
myself. "
Well , I was quietly writing one morn
ing when niy oar told mo that Footo
was pursuing precisely the same course
of proceeding as the day before ; the
chair of Benton on my loft was thrown
back with great violence nnd ho passed
mo In the area and wont toward Footo
as though ho had a purpose in his mind.
I never doubted that ho hod.
Footo glided out from his scat down
amid the senators , taking from some
part of his person a pistol and attempt
ing to cock it. I suppose it was one of
that kind of pistols that had a guard in
the rear , and ho had forgotten to pull
the guard around nnd couldn't cock it ;
but when he was passing down and try
ing to use the pistol , Bontoa lUorally
tore ma vest ppon and said :
"Senators , stuud aside and let the as
sassin shoot. "
Well , the assassin finally reached the
coat of Daniel S. Dickinson , of How
York , who disarmed him , and there was
a cry all over the Bonnie , "No quarrel
ing ! No quarreling ! "
liutilon hod returned to his scat , and
vrlth the dignity of a Homan he said :
"Mr. President , I never qunrrel , I have
sometimes fought , and when I fought , I
( ought lor a funeral ! "
Congressman Dougherty , ot Florida ,
is an earnest believer in the rabbit foot.
Ho says that when ho was first nomi
nated there was great opposition to
him. One day during his campaign he
was training a lot of young hounds , and
they scared up n rabbit , which ran into
r. burying ground nnd disappeared un
der u tombstone. When he went homo
he mentioned the circumstances , and
his friends decided that he must have
that rabbit * Some of them were so
superstitious that they vowed they
would not vote for him unless the rabbit
was caught. The moon was shining
brightly , and n party went out one
night and caught the rabbit. One of
the feet was cut off and mounted , and
Mr. Dougherty says ho xsurried it and
was elected la a pi to of the odds .against
him.
him.To
To an accident is attributed Vic-
torien Sardou's singularly superstitious
mysticism , for ho is a great believer in
portents and omens. Along the narrow
street there was passing a. wagon laden
with cut stone , and to allow room Sar-
flou took rafuge in a doorway , lut ho
imd scarcely established himself there
when a big , fat man was driven to the
same shelter. It was obvious to the
dramatist that there was no room for
two of them , so he crossed over the
street and established himself in a door
way opposite. The wagon passed , the
swearing driver all the time whipping
his horses , and it was probably owing
to some jerk they hnd given thata huge
cube of stone was detached and crushed
in itd fall the man to whom , waiving his
claim as first occupant , ho had surren
dered the place. It was this that laid
the foundation of his superstition. To
express it ho his borrowed u. word from
tbo Arabs , those inveterate fatalists ,
boukra , whieh means to-morrow. After
thoso'Wild bursts of passion at rohor-
eals , when ho is reduced to dumbness
by his own shouting , this is his first
word when ho ia suillciontly recovered
to utter it.
On one occasion the duke of Welling
ton received a letter in the following
terms , says u writer in the Pall Mall
Gazette. I correct the spoiling. "Mr.
TomkiiiB ventures to address the duke
of Wellington. Mr. Tomkins' mother
is a washerwoman ; Mr. Tomkinu regrets
to say that , having washed for the mar-
quls of Douro for many years , his mother
lias boon unable to obtain payment , for
the last throe years. Mrs. Tomkins is
very poor , and cannot afford to lose the
money. She hopes the dulco will kindly
pay it. Mrs. Tomkins' address is . "
Alto r carefully reading andconsldoring
the letter , the duke sent the following
reply : "Field marshal the dulco of Well
ington bus received a letter from Mr.
Tomkina , stating that the marquis of
Douro is in debt to his mother , Mrs.
Tomkins. The duke ot Wellington la
not the marquis of Douro. The duke
rogrotf ) that his oldest son has not puld
hit washerwoman's bill. Mrs. Tomkina
bos no claim upon the duke of Welling
ton. The duke recommends her. fulling
another application , to place the matter
in the hands of a ropeotnblo solicitor , "
Borne six weeks later the duke had a
dinner party at Apsloy house. One of the
guests uskoit the duke If ho was not tor
mented by applications for his auto
graph. The duke replied. "Oh , yes ,
constantly. " The friend then said : "A
low days ago I was examining a most
interesting collection , with your grace's
in the place of honor In the book. "
"What was that ? " said the duke.
"Well , the collector's plan is to write to
very person of eminence and to accu e
hie eldest son of bilking his washerwo
man. Ho paste * bis own letter and the
reply face to face. " I should like to
have scon the duke's face when ho heart
the llrwt Prussian cannon at Waterloo
I should also like to have seen it on
this occasion.
The Now York Tribune prints the
following anecdote of the Into Simon
Cameron.
Speaking of Gnu oral Logan ono day
General Cameron remarked : "JvOtrm
was a grand num. JIo uud I were great
friends , and I don't think wo over differed
fored but on ono occasion in our lives
Just after the close of the war , Genera
Logan introduced a bill which was de
signed to abolish the olllco of military
Btarckoepor , which I opposed. He came
tome and said ; 'Cameron , you seem
to be fighting my bill. '
"I replied : 'Vos , general , I nra. and
I I propose to fight your bill as long ea I
m in the United States senate. '
" 'Well , why do you tight it1
"Because , General Logan , when
tras candidate lor the boimto a friend
el mine who was sick caused himself t <
b carried in a cot to th'j ' capital o
Pennsylvania to vote for ma , and he it
eoe of the men whom you propojo to
\ Iteialato out ot olllco. '
1 'Oh , that's U , ' said Logan ; 'well
how would it suit you to nmond my bill
o that horonftor In nil cases of death
or resignation the vacancy will not bo
filled/ ,
filledThat would ho satisfactory , " Bald
I. And the [ old gentleman remarked ,
with a smile ! "My friend is still hold-
"ng that office. "
Ono day I asked him :
"General , what nro the faots about
the planting and raising of 'ft crop of
corn in the streets of Charleston. S.O.V"
"Well , " said the general , ' . 'that is
true , but it woa a very foolish thing-
very foolish ; but you. aoo partisan feei
ng was running very high at that time
and wo did things that wo would not done
no W. The way it happened was thla :
"Before the war Mr. Davis and ! wore
warm frlonds , nnd up to the time ho
loft the sonnto wu had numerous con
versations , which sometimes becnmo
rather warm , not to say bitter , Just
before ho wont south ho spoke of firing
on i'ort Sumtor. I replied :
" 'Mr. Davis , K your people over dare
to lire on Fort Sumtor your city of
Charleston will bo laid In ashes , ' and
during the conversation I further re
marked : 'If your people over dare to
fire on Fort Sumtor I myself will raise
corn on the streets of Charleston. ' Mr ,
Davis went south shortly afterward and
Fort Sumtor was llrod upon , and in duo
time Charleston was captured. Shortly
after the capture of the city I wont
there. After landing at the wharf nnd
while passing a commissary depot , I
found ono of the sacks of earn was burst
open. This reminded me of my prom-
lee to Davis. I tilled the pockets of my
overcoat with corn and hired a man to
plant and cultivate it in a triangular
ploco of land in ono of the streets , nnd
no shipped to mo the crop. But it was
a very foolish thing to do , after all. "
Elliott F , Shupardhas kept this whole
town laughing throughout the year and
a half in which ho has controlled the
Mall and Expros , says n Now York let
ter to the St. Louis Republic ; but the
laughter has boon subdued in compari
son with the chorus of shouts that
would have hailed a full account of
what wont on in the ofllco of the great
religious daily. When Colonel Shepard
"took on" the Mall and Express , to use
his own picturesque phrase , bis well-
meant efforts to exploit his peculiar
notions in its columns wore care
fully balked by the staff. ' His
scriptural texts wore lost on'thoir way.
to the printers , and his absurd puns
were "hilled" in the proof. This wont
on until tbo colonel suspected treach
ery , and then strict orders wore issued
that what ho wrote should "go. " Go it
did , but his editorial articles wore
shown about the ottlco in proof to a
wondering staff , and the first edition of
the paper uas eagerly scanned above
stairs , that the colonels latest eccentric
ities might bo discovered. Ills oddest
things wore greeted by the staff with
roars of laughter nnd exclamations of
incredulous astonishment. As the time
went on , however , queer things became
a matter of course , una the staff grew
hardened to the chief's oddities. This ,
however , did not prevent a vast amount
of ollico gossip , and the colonel wis
maddened to find his most secret coun
sels spread abroad in rival newspapers.
He cave strict orders that nobody
should talk , and finally hired a detee
tive to spy upon the ofllco. One of the
funniest scones of the year occurred
ono day when the managing editor was
informed that the "text , " by that time
a well-established daily feature , hod
been lost. For five minutes the atmos
phere of the pious sanctum was blue
with profuue denunciations of the man
who had lost the text and of tbo text
itself , and even of the amiable colonel.
Finally the loss was reported to head
quarters and a new text supplied.
Lord Fife , who is to marry the eldest
nnd ugliest daughter of the prince of
Wales , comes of a queer family , says the
New York Metropolis. The cable has
told us how three of his sisters have
been divorced and married again. His
mother was n very stout and handsome
lady ; vho used to wake up in the middle
of the niaiit and devour chicken and
champagne , which were placed upon a
table at her bedside. She was liberal
in her views and furnished a house in
Kensington gardens for Edmund Yates ,
then a popular noveiest. When ihe
died suddenly her husband , old Earl
Fife , found the bills for the furniture
and , like a true Scotchman , closed his
eyes to their suggest ! venoas nnd merely
requested Yates to pay them to him.
At any rate no eulogy of Lady Fife appears
in the "Reminiscences"
pears ot Ed
mund Yates.
When poor Dion Townahend , the Illi
nois congressman , wus dyine that last
terrible forenoon in the Rlgga House ,
when there was nothing but delirium
and agony for the sufferer , ho called
now and then , as his mind would clear
a little , for Tom Lowory. Ho was an
old friend , the big railroad man of Min
neapolis , whom ho could somehow faint
ly remember was in town. Mr. Lowery
came to the bedside at once.
"What can I do for you , Dick ? " ho
asked. "Is there anything I can do ?
Only say what It is , Dick. "
The dying congressman was able to
tell him in the next few moments that
a mortgage for 85,000 on some property
of his in Washington worried him , be
cause it might raako trouble for his
wife. As soon as he could gather his
friend's meaning , Mr. Lowery retired
for a moment to a corner.
"Hero , poor follow , " he said , as bo
bold a ploco of paper up before the eyes
of the nufforor. "There ! Perhaps that
will relieve you , Don't worry , don't
worry , Dick. "
The piece of paper was a check for
$5,000.
Grant used to chop cordwood In a pe
culiar way. says Judge Lunham in thu
St. Loulb ICepublic , cutting the tree all
round instead of half down on one side
and then on the otherlike the ordinary
axman. While president ho visited
St. Louis and I wont with him to his
farm , and passing- the spot where
ho ODCO chopped wood , I Bald :
"General , the follow who cut those
stumps was a poor wood chopper , don't '
you think so'r' The president replied
with a stub : "That might bo true ,
judge , but to toll the truth , I was hap
pier then that * now. I cut my wood ,
hauled It to the city , got my price for
it , returned to my family , and was
happy ; but now the bunion of a nation
In on mo , mid I know tie rest. Those
were happy da > s , iudge. "
Speaking of minister * ' salaries , re
calls to the Providence Telegram a bun
mot of tht > late Iloury Fail-brother.
Meeting a minister in Pawtucket with
whom he was well acquainted , one day ,
the divine told him ho had received a
call to another parish and should ao-
copt. "A call ? " said Houry. "Yea , I
have boon laboring in the vineyard of
the Lord here in Pawtucket for a num
ber of years /or a salary of 81,000 per an
num , and have received a very flatter
ing offer to go to Brooklyn with a salary
of $3,000. " "And that la what you mean
by u call ? " "Yes. " "Well , up at the
club wo Hhouid call that a raise.
Our soldier boys have been hav
ing n great time at the state camp
says a Now York letter to to the Phila
delphia Hocord , where the Seventh has
been followed successively by the Suv-
outy-first and the Ninth regiments. I
was in company with a group of Sev
enth regiment mon when ono of them
remarked that each company had ita
characteristics. Ono company is de
voted to athlotloa nnd another to so
ciety , and eo on. "My company js re
markable , " said ono in reply to a quoa
; lon , "for the number ol roprosonta-
ilveaqf old families which It contain * .
0 of thom is the descendant of a
famous cabinet' minister of many years
ago , n secretary whoso name wa at ono
Lima a household word throughout the
United States. When wo wore at
Washington wo waited on General
Sherman and this young man , vl\Q \ wa.s
carrying about as largo u load of cham
pagne as ho could conveniently mane -
; o , stopped up airily and introduced
msolf , remarking that ho supposed
the general had hoard hifl mun.o.
"Yes , " said General Sherman , with
'omothlng like n twinkle ip his eye , "I
have often hoard Hand always honored
it. You hoar a famous puma indeed ,
sir. and I trust you fool the full respon
sibility ot the load you carry , "
Now that the Persian minister has
taken his departure 'for Ilia country a
number of tun using stories are related
concerning him stories which do not
in the least reflect upon his cleverness
or his ability to aarvo his sovereign
most creditably hero , but which plainly
evidence that ho is not altogether con
versant with seine of the pleasantries
incident to Washington life , It may
not bo amiss if I toll you two vhloh I
heard yesterday , says the gossiper of
the Washington Prosq. Thu minister
found when ho camn to Washington
that ho hnd at least two acquaintances ,
if not frlonds , They wore a lady and
gentleman who had for some years Jived
in Persia , whore the gentleman was
connected with n largo importing
house , Calls wore at once exchanged ,
and finally an invitation was extended
to his excellency to dip nor. The in
vitation was graciously accepted. Un
fortunately the former American rcsi-
dcuta in Persia bad one drawback
to their marital happljioss they hnd no
children. It seems that in Persia it IB
the custom to assemble around the table
all of the children of the family when a
very special dinner is given. When ,
therefore , the mlniator noticed there
was An entire absence of the little ones ,
ho inquired through his secretary , who
tipoaks English well , the cause of it.
The lady of the house replied that she
did not have any children , but that if
she had been eo blessed she could never
have loved them as she did that "dear
roaturo" whose portrait hung just over
the mantel-piece. The dear creature
referred to was the likeness of n "pug
dog , " a pot in the household , who hod
died a short time before and whose
memory was perpetuated in oil. When
this was translated to the minister an
expression of horror cumo over his
countenance. He evidently did not en
joy his meal and ho brought his visit to
tui abrupt conclusion. Ho never could
bo Induced to enter the house again pro
testing that ho could not associate with
a lady "that loved dogs more than she
did children. "
Upon another occasion the minister
called At the house of an official who
had been away from his homo for u lit
tle while. As he was , through his in
terpreter , conversing with , the lady of
the house the husband entered , and ,
after shaking hands with jtho minister
and his secretary , turned } to his wife
and naturally kissed her. i The minis
ter rose immediately , and ] bowing pro
foundly to the lady ana gentleman ,
placed bis hand over his heart and an
nounced , through his sectary , that ho
would hold ever inviolate the con
fidence which had thus been placed in
him , and uothing should induce him to
reveal to any ono the scene which he
had just witnessed. In explanation , it
apnears that no Persian ever kisses his
wile or wives in public , or is in any
manner demonstrative before stran
gers. The minister properly imagined
that , as the gentleman kissed his wife
before him , he desired to pay him some
special honor , for which ho was grate
ful and must keep to himself. It is no
wonder , after seeing so many unaccus
tomed tights and hearing eo many
strange expressions , that the minister
felt that Washington was no place for
him.
him.A
A remarkable trial has just occurred
at Brownsville , in this county , before
Justice Sparks , in which'Daniel Fosa
was charged with stealing water from a
ditch , says a Marysville ( Cal. ) special.
Local excitement was intense. Tbo
prosecution was conducted by District
A ttorney Forbes , and the defense by
W. G. Murphy of this city. The trial
consumed six days , and was enlivened
by the constant exchange of personali
ties on both aides , which wore hugely
enjoyed by the spectators. Justice
Sparks said , in presenting the case of
the defense to the jury : "Gentlemen ,
them's my sentiments and I want you to
bring in a verdict accordingly , as they
are the law. " Tossing the district at-
tornoy'a instructions to the jury , the
justice contemptuously remarked :
' 'Them's not my sentiments ; they are
no good. You can take them for what
they are worth. " The jury after a
few moments deliberation returned a
verdict of guilty. The justice was
dumbfounded. ' 'What ' ! " ho shouted ;
"you dare go agin mo sentiments ? The
verdict is sot aside and the prisoner
discharged ! " This ends the case for
the present , but further proceedings
are expected. Both parties to the ac
tion claim a right to the water in dis
pute.
1 was recently sitting in MarkTwalns
homo in Hartford waiting for the hu
morist to return from his daily walk ,
says n Now York letter to the Boston
Journal. Suddenly sounds of devotional
singing came in through the open win
dow from the direction of the outer con
servatory. The singing was low , yet
the sad tremor in the voice seemed to
give it special carrying power.
"You have quite u devotional domes
tic , " I said to a member of the family
who came in shortly afterwards.
"That is not a domestic who la sing
ing , " was the answer. "Stop to this
window , look in the conservatory and
eo for yourself. "
I did BO. There , sitting alone on ono
the rustic benches in the flower-house ,
was a small , elderly lady. Keeping time
with the first linger ol her right hand ,
as if with a baton , she was slightly
swaying her frail body as she sang ,
softly , yet sweetly , Charles Wesley's
hymn , "Jeaua , Lover of My Soul , " and
Sarah Flower Adam's "Nearer , My God
to Thee. "
But the singer was not a domestic. It
was Harriet Beoohor Stowo. There sat
the once brilliant authoress like a child
crooning a favorite air.
Dining ono evening with Wilkle Col
lins , lie spoke of the dilliculty of imag
ining a piece of character which had
not its original in real life , says a
writer in the Now York Metropolis.
After he had described the house in
"Armadalo" a gentleman called upon
him and upbraided him for putting his
residence into print. The description
was exact , although Wilkie Collins had
never seen the place. Ho invented u
man who wus to careful about his food
that ho weighed it in little scales at
table. A gentleman was introduced to
Mr. Collins and aatd : "You had no
right , air , to caricature mo. I Weigh
my food in little scales , sir ! Hero they
a'ro , sir ! I always carry them about
with mo by advice of my physicians.
But is that any reason why 1 should be
hold up to ridicule , sir ? " In vain Mr.
Collins protested thut ho had never before
fore hoard of such a habit.
III } TO AFTEHEAR
a Plonoor Michigan Justice
Suddenly Adjourned Court.
KNE\V YVHE.N
GcnprM Q P , lltmftrU's Kxpnronoo |
( Old Ilutoh" Kmporor
Sett-Control.
Plonoor Jintloo Sft
A story that Judge RoiUy occasion
ally repeats whort thZriubjoct of Michi
gan justice is up Jor discussion , rutp )
substantially as follows , say the Potrojt
Tribune :
When Gratlot county , Michigan , flrat
began to bo disturbed by pioneers , and
after it had its first justice pf the peace ,
a farmer named Davison walked three
miles to secure a warrant for the nrropt
of hlf ) neighbor pained fvjcachivm for as
sault and batttory , * To P YP the con
stable a slx-mllo trip the defendant
walked with the plaintiff. They encountered -
countered his honor just leaving hia
house with lua. gun gn hlspbouldor , apd
Davia.on halted him with :
. "Squire , I want a w'arrant for this
man for striking mo , "
"I'm in an awful hurry , " said the
squire , "Come to-morrow , "
'So'in ' I in a hurry , and I'm going to
have a raising to-morrow. "
"Meacham , did 1'Qu hit him ? " asked
the justice.
' Yep , "
"Davisou.dld you strike first ? "
"No , "
"Moaoham. hud you rather work for
Davison three days than go to jail ? "
"I guess so , " answered Moaoham.
"And will that satisfy you , Dav-
tson ? "
"Then moke tracks tor homo , and
don't bother roe another mlnutel My
son has just como In with the news that
an old boar and three pubs are up in
the same beech , down at the edge of
the slashing , and I'm going to have
some bear moat if it upsets the supreme
bench of Michigan , Court stands ad
journed at present. "
General Blicrnmn's Rank Rcdnood *
The other night General Sherman
wont up to tire Broailway theater , eays
the Now York World , to oujoy Francis
Wilson's merrymaking In the comic
opera ot "Tho Oolah. " There was a
clear sky when the general wont in ,
but before the performance was over it
began to rain and the temperature became -
came raw and cold. At the end of tbo
second act ho went into the Gcdney
house , a few doors , botbw the theater ,
and inquired of Clerk Majilton if ho
could uiro an umbrella , at the snroo.
time explaining that ho had beoq
caught out in his evening suit and ho
feared rheumatism aud other com
plaints. Majilton didn't kuow him , but
he thought be could w ll afford to take
chances on such an eminently respecta
ble-looking gentlqmn.n' ; and although
the polite plork haaa , rotund figure and
weighs about two hjin jiecl and twelve ,
be gladly-offered to loan him his over
coat , as well us his silver-handled um
brella. , , V.P
"But , " .said the gpnoral , "you are
lending these things to an entire
stranger , and you ought to accept some
kind of a deposit to secure you against
dishonesty. " * * p
"Oh , that's all * right , colonel , " re
plied Majilton. as he tossed a key grace
fully to Louis Harrison. "I can 't be de
ceived by you. I'd trust that face of
yours for anything. "
The warrior was tickled by the com
pliment. and ho remarked casually as
ho wont out with his tall , gaunt form
enveloped in the garment that fitted
him like a meal-sack : "I'll take you at
your word , and you shall have my card
when I return these things. "
The next day the coat and umbrella
arrived , accompanied by a note of
thanks and a photograph of General
William T. Sherman , with his auto
graph across its face. "Groat Scott ! "
said Majilton , "and I called him 'col
onel , ' just as if ho had been any ordin
ary American citizen. I wouldn't mind
it half so much if I bad called him
'judge. ' but to be reduced in military
rank after all his years of service aud
by a hotel clerk ! It's awfulJ'J
Ncixl Uoiv's War on Hinoklnf ; .
General Dow is strongly opposed to
the use of tobacco as ho is to liquor
drinking , and has carried on a lifelong
crusade againet it , eays the Lowlston
Journal : Ho always has claimed that
tobacco dulls the moral sense.
Many years ago , before there wore
any railroads , a man traveling in a
stage coach with Dow , one day , lighted
a cigar.
"I wish would sir "
you stop smoking , ,
said Dow.
"Is smoking offensive to you ? " the
man asked.
"Yes , sir. "
"Well , I'll stop as soon as I've finish
this cigar. "
Without another word Dow suddenly
reached forward , pulled the cigar from
the man's lips and thow it in the road.
The man fired up. looked at the well-
knit figure of hia fellow-passenger , re
garded the bright light in his eyes and
cooled off.
"I recall an incident coming down
the Rigl , while I waa traveling in
Europe. " said the general. "European
railroads did not provide a separate
smoking car then , and I don't kuow as
they do now. A passenger in our car
waa complacently smoking hia cigar.
" 'You're an Engllahmuu , air , aren't
you ? ' I eald to him. . „
" 'Oh , no , ' said ho ' briskly ; 'I am an
American. ' , i
" 'What ! you an' i American aud
smoking in the presence of ladies ! '
"Ho stopped smoking , but with poor
grace ; and ho lookou us if ho would
like to oat me. ' "
"Ho was of a dijTcrpnt typo from a
man whom I mot oaju steamer in the
English channel. , I asked him to atop
smoking , and he dld ieo , with profuse
apologies. I told him that I believed
that tobacco dulls thoi'morul SCUBO , but
ho smiled at the idea. "
' "You furnish a proof of my theory ,
air , ' said I. You.fyoro smoking when
you ought not to 3'aVjO ' boon and you
acknowledged it tip'oon as I called
jour attention to 'it. v ; Tobacco dulled
moral . ' " ,
your sense. n
Miserly Dlllllonalro.
I never talked to a board of trade
man ton minutes without hearing some
thing about "Old Hutoh , " says u writer
in the Chicago Mall , He seems to bo
as persistent In getting into men's
mlnda and on their tongues as was
Charles I. in Mr. Dick's Memoirs. Thla
man said :
"You can find 'Old Hutch' on one of
the stools at a cheap lunch counter
down near the board every morning of
the week. Gooa iu there regular and
orders two so t-boileU ogga and rolls ,
and ho looks at the chock as closely as
any poor clerk in town. How's that for
a man with his money ? Millions and
and millions of wealth , and eating a 1C
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or 20 cent breakfast. But that's his
style. He surprised mo the other day.
As long aa I've boon around the board
I never saw 'Old Hutch' wear anything
but a black slouch hat ; but , the other
day he appeared with ono of the new
style straws with straight still brim.
Nobody could look at ( him without smil-
ingand the old man 'turnblod'and wore
it only ono day. Ho doesn't care , for
dresa , or comfort , or good living , any
way. Ho has just ono passion iu life ,
and. that's gambling. Ho is the first
man on the floor of the board always ,
and the last ono to leave it. The ex
citement of tbo trading hours is the
moat and drink of hia life. Ho revels
in it. Imagine , if you can , the supreme
delight to such a man of running a cor
ner such as ho manipulated last Decem
ber. But he's almost parsimonious in
his daily life. I saw him at the theater
ono time alone , sitting in a parquet
seat without a soul to talk to. He's a
oner ; that's what ho is. "
Kmpcror WHUam'a Self-Control.
Emperor William , who is naturally of
an excitable and nervous temperament ,
never loses an opportunity of schooling
himself to prevent any display of feel
ing , says a Berlin letter. A few nights
ago ho gave a most astonishing exhi
bition of absolute self-control , and even
cold-bloodedness. During the state per-
formnnco at the Royal opera in honor of
the marriage of the princess' sinter to
Prince Frederick Leopold the dresa of
the premiere danseuse caught fire from
the gas jot in the wings , and in a mo
ment she waa wrapped from head to foot
in a sheet of ilamo. With great pres
ence of mind the principal baiso , who
was standing near by , draped in Roman
toga and waiting to "go on , " daahon
her to the ground , and tearing the toga
from his shoulders enveloped her in its
capacious folds , thereby extinguishing
the flamoa. She was , however , so badly
burned that during three days her life
was despaired of , nnd as it is the
poor girl will bo disfigured for life.
Her rcacuror was also badly burned
about the hands , arms , and face. The
incident , although concealed from the
major portion of the audience , was
plainly visible from beginning to end
to the emperor , who was seated in one
of the stage boxes. Notwithstanding
the exciting nature of the scene , ho
neither raised a hand nor oven moved
hia chair , but remained apparently in
different and unconcerned , coldly gaz
ing on the poor girl battling with the
cruel flames. Only at the conclusion of
the act did ho send one of his aido-do-
camps to make inquiries as to the con
dition of the sufferers.
bliu Couldn't Stand Blacksnnrdinm
When General O. O. Howard waa
marching down through Tennessee ,
General Whittlosoy , lute president of
the Frcodman's bank , was absistant
adjutant-general on his staff. Whittle-
soy had been a clergyman down in
Maine , and was fully aa straight-laced
as Howard , says the Washington Post.
One day Howard drove into a farmyard
from whloh Whlttloaoy waa just depart
ing. A woman and her grown daugh
ter were standing outside the door.
'My good woman , " snid Howard ,
"will you kindly give mo a drink of
water V"
"No. Got out of my yard. A lot of
more impidont Yankees I never seed. "
"But I have done uothing and said
nothing out of the way , and will se
verely punish any of my soldiers who
should say or do anything wrong. "
"That sojcr insulted mo , " said she ,
pointing to the retreating form of General -
oral Whittlosoy , "He axed mo for a
drink of water uud when I done give it
to him ho sussed mo. "
"But but that la General WhlttJesoy
of my staff. I am sure ho wouldn't bo
rude to any woman , "
.Maw , " said the girl , pulling her
mother's dreas , "I reckon ho moughtu't '
have meant anything misboholdon. "
"Hush ; don't I know low-down black
guard talk when I hears it ? Ha aakod
mo what waa the state of my nativity. "
Not "General" But 'George. "
Some time ago a party of gentlemen
at Woodland , says the Sacramento Boo ,
were discussing the characteristics ot
George Washington , the father of his
country , when Sam Ruland , the gorgeousness -
ousnoss of whoso imagination has made
him well known throughout the state ,
broke in uoon the conversation.
"You are right , gentlemen , " said ho.
"Washington was a cold , austere man.
He was us haughty as could bo , and u
stickler for formalities. There was
never but ono occasion , so far aa I have
heard , when ho throw aside the usual
frigidity of his demeanor. That in
stance was narrated to mo many yoar-
ago by my grandfather , ' who served under
dor Washington in the'war of the rcvo
lution. It was the next day after a b.it
tloin which the British troops had booi <
routed. The Colonial troops wore drawn
up in ranks , and Washington rode
down the line , mounted upon the white
charger , of which you have all heard.
When ho came up to whore my grand
father was standing , the latter called
out :
" 'Why , how do you do , general ? ' "
"General Washington reined up his
charger , dismounted , throw his arms
about ray grandfather's nock and ex
claimed ;
' "Ruland , do not call mo general-
call ' "
mo Goorgel'
Grant's Gallantry.
It is doubtful whether any chronicle
or romance of the days of chivalry con
tains so touching an incident of matrimonial
menial devotion as that lately told of
General Grant , says the Graphic :
When the honors came upon the Grants ,
like sorrows to the house of Denmark ,
not single spies , but in battalions , the
mistress of the white house began to re
new the dream of her girlhood to
have her cross eyes straightened.
Wiahing to surprise the president , Mrs.
Grant , tolling' nobody , sent for the moat
eminent oculist In American. Ho wil
lingly promised to undertake the opera
tion , which he assured her would be
easy to accomplish , and .without danger.
The good lady could not contain herself
for joy , an woman-like , ( am I right ,
lucadnmed ? ) guvo way when she saw her
husband and confided to him her secret ,
thu pleasure she hnd iu store him. Ho
looked wistfully into those dear eyes
which had hold him in tender gu/.o
through all the trials of a checkered
oaroer , and said in a simpl e way :
"Julia , I wish you would not change
thorn. I love them as they are , nnd
they might seem strange if altered. "
Nor Lnuucelot , nor Romeo , nor lover of
any clime or ago over spoke worda of
tenderer gallantry than tboso of tbo
hero of Appomattox.
How Olliiioro Maintains Discipline
Band Leader Pat Gilraoro has boon a
pretty prominent man out west , A'horo
his musicians have boon playing at expositions -
positions and public performances , says
the Now York Ghxphic , How ho retains
discipline over his performers is one of
the unfathonablo mysteries to the west
ern mind , but a Now Yorker tells u
story which explains it easily. lie wont
up to the band room ono morning where
they were practicing a dlfllcult compo
sition , and ho says : "Mr. Gilmore was
standing on a liitlo platform , waving
his baton energetically. The band was
playing for all it was worth. Sud
denly Mr. Gilmore stamped hia foot ,
frowned viciously , nnd on the instant
the musio ceased , f wondered why this
was , aa my untrained eura could detect
no discord , With a stern look upon his
face the great bandmaster turned and
pointed hia baton at a cowering trom
bone player over in ono corner , In
a voice that Hounded like the wrath
of the storm king , Mr. Gilmore said :
"Karl , that was very , very bad , The
boors nro on you. " Then no raised his
magical wand aloft , and the musio
bogiui again. "Pat , " said I , shortly
afterward , in low , dulcet and somewhat
familiar tone * , "what flo you mean by
saying 'tho boors are on you1'
"Don't ' you know ? " ho replied , "Well ,
I'll ' toll you. When ono of my musi
cians make a mistake I line him by
compelling him to buy the bear for the
crowd after rehearsal. It's a great
scheme , and it pleases everybody but
the victim. "
llonry Ward Uanohnr in T ar .
The interesting fact is junt disclosed
hat of all the stories which Honrj
Ward Boochor road during his lifetime
Mr. Thomas Nelson Page's beautiful
tale of "Marao Chan" was his special
favorite. The story was first brought
to Mr. Beechor'a attention from a reading -
ing of it by a rich southern lady , who
subsequently moved to Londonsaya the
Washington Press. When the great
preacher was on his last visit to London
ho madoj it a special request that the
i-cnding should bo repeated to him by
the same lady ; and ho had actually ,
unid all his engagements , not forgot-
.on to bring over u copy of "Murao
Jhan. " so that ho might not
jo disappointed. 'An ' evening
was then fixed at Dr. Joseph
Parker's house , at which Mr. Booohor
stayed during his visxt to London. The
scene which followed the reading was
ono never to bo forgotten by those
present. Mr. Beochor had begun by
the statement that ho intended to have
"a good cry , " and before the story was
half through ho had realized the ex
pectation , for great toara were falling
down the Plymouth pastor's checks ,
nnd every lady in the room , including
the reader , was sobbing aloud.
Sara Stnccorod Kclltor McdIU.
According to Rev. Eugene Field ,
Colonel Joseph Medlll suya that Sara
Bernhardt la the most singular woman
ho ever had any dealings with. Hav
ing boon introduced to the eminent
actress by Mr. Abbey in Chicago sev
eral years ago , the colonel thought it
would bo no more than polite to call
upon her when ho visited Paris. So
ono evening last month ho dropped at
the Hotel de Rlvoll and sent up hia card "
to the fair Sara. It was about 7:30
o'clock. S.ira had no engagement at
at the theater that evening , and a bet
ter season for a call of propriety could
hardly have been ehoson. But pres
ently Sara's maid came tripping down
to the waiting-room with this message :
"Madame ooz vor sorry , but madame
0015 engage at 7.0 praiaont ; wlllmonsiour
bo so kind to como again at haff-pass-2
in 20 morning ? "
"It win the most extraordinary re
quest I over hoard of , " says Colonel
Modill. I put on my hat and walked off
in high dugoon. Yet , after all , I uin
glad that it was I and not my son
Robert. "
SINGUIjAIUTlKS.
The two-year-old daughter of a Cniali
( Vt. ) farmer ! reported to have slept forever
over ono hundred and twuaty cousecutlvo
hour * .
J. Backus , of Inglmru county. Mlahlgun ,
has u swnrm ot lighting boos. Tuoy recently
attacked a Hock of twenty-five turkeys and
killed ovary bird In tliu Hock.
A rnUlcanuka Kept by un Orlailuo ( Fla. )
Icwolor lived olgliluou months without oat-
liKHia \ owner ttion put un and to the
smiko's misery by chloroforming him.
Wlrt county , W. Vu. , icporU the discov
ery of a gruon Bnalto , with two heads mid
two necks. The rcptllo U about two feat
lo.ti ; nnd sbujiud fiomotliiuj : Ilka tUo let
ter Y.
A Btrollhig Italian musician In Philadel
phia ha * an Improvement on the monkey. It
U u parrot which ingu operatic music In a
eoprono voice thut U beurd for Bnuaros , and
then collects coins from high window * . Tun
bird can lly whore the uioukoy woula full to
roach ,
The people who live naar Goguac Lake ,
LSattlo Creak , Mich. , claim that ttio shores
uro gradually vouilng together , nnd that m a
few years the luke will bo dry land. No ono
knows of any mlot to It , and tlioro is a con
stant drainage of sovcral hundred thousand
gallons daily.
Mrs. John Porter , of Otscgo , N. Y. , gave
birth last week to a baby that weighs only
thirty ounces , The child is barely tan Incho *
long , and measures but three Inclios acroac
tbo shouldoi's. It is perfectly formed , ap
parently healthy , and lively and vigorous.
It Is clotbud In doll's raiment , mid roils coin ,
fortubly In a small doll'a carriage , BotU
parents uro of usual statue.
A phenomenon vrhioh Is astonishing tha
people of Sussex county , M. J. , U tbo Un4 >
lug of DOW lee dully ou tlia land of Polo *
Feather. Lost Sunday Mr. Feather gath
ered uuOlolant lee from tha place the mouth
of an unexplored cavern to freere two can *
of Ice croam. A small stream ruus out ol
tbo cave and forms a pool at the opening ,
and bore it U that tha too forms. A cofd
draught of alrltauei continuously frou U
cavoru and conceals Ibft watvr.