Nebraska Newspapers

    12 THE OKAHA. DAJLT BEE , SUNDAY. JULY JS.
T1IE WELD'S ' FAIR PRESIDES
Ej-ffinlstor Palmer tad Ills Peculiar Tit-
ness for tlo Position. .
HIS MILLIONS AND HOW HE MADE THEM.
SimictliliiB/VlJout III * ClrcntKnrtu mill
IIlHTlicory ol' Mtuicy-JIaUlns
"l'liiiicr" ( toii'8 Cureor
Tlicllnrrinoii Cottage.
t , tSflt > nVratAO. Oirpenler.l
July 0. [ Spoclnl to TUB
J3tr. . ] -Hx-Mlnistcr I'almcr's uppoltitmciitna
tlio hcil of the worlds fnlr livery popular
in Washington. Ho was ono of the richest
nieinbcMoftho 'MllllonulfM' tlul , "atidnra9
polnttvl out as cno of tlio "uicdlooio jold- ?
bigs" whonho first came licre. Aftcrn sliort
time , liowctor , ho shoxvcil himself to to iv
man of broid culttiro und u thinker. Ho
made sivoial st'cecbos ' which load lllto the
old lC ill3h | ? chwslcs , and at the ctnl ol the
first ycir lie was known as the Jollloat and
brainiest of tlio new senators . /Y / ihort ex
perience \\H\i \ Utn. ilioucd that liodidnot
vorHblp his money and ho rwtonno more
nlrs tlnn the poorest incHicngor who stool at
the senate doors Ho rental the bigmuniloti
onSc-ott Crclo which Vindom then oiincd
nnd kept opm houso. The jciar following ho
iDiiphta lot and built his < i"i,000 brown stone
jnlnco on MacPhonon 80unro , nnd enter
tained mngnlllcmtly Ono of tlio doctrines
Inhlsplillwophjror life isthut n imn should
uiltlvito his nodal naturu uid tint of hia
frlotiih. Tihncr did this Ho wcut on the
| irlnclplo that Itvta just ui cuiy to siy n
jilcnsaut thing ni n ino.in ono , and his lutloni
Ijrcd him friends as fast in though they had
Iwcn so many .Austrillim rabbits. Bofoiohls
tcrnnvas ever ho had Iho friendship of nil
his biothc , mil ho got
Afoio IllllH 'JhroiiLcJi
for bis cointituints thun any man from the
iiortli cj t.
Piilmor h a man of strong1 friendship ! and
ho Htlcks tohlsfilcnK Ho is also a man of
few cremios , nnd hoonco told mo that lifo
was too sliort for re\engc \ , aiidthiitho could
not afford to spend tlmo thlnliiiig how to get
even witliu imn who did him an injury ,
These feuturcs of his character muJo him nn
excellent minister to Spilti , and they will
make Him strong nahotulof tlio fuir. Ho Is a
diplomat without u diploinnt'sliypx'ris } , and
ho \\\\l \ \ msko thn fair pToiitlnrln [ thl * country
and t'io ' v.urld over. IIo will travel over the
United States In Its Interest , will know ill of
tlio governors before IS'.W , end will
evoij oticof thcso Morltlng for him to
the exposition a success I heir It rumored
thathoill tnko 11 run over to Eui'opo and
looltup I'mtton there this yiw or next , and
the nuinnlntanco lie bus will do wonders.
Senator Piilmor Is In many respects 111(0
Ohuuncoj Dojievv. IIo ran make nearly a
goodan nftor-diuncr spcfc'h asCbauuccy anl
then ) Is no mnii in public llfcwho can equal
him In singing Methodist hjiinis or Moody
nudSuiiky aongs. Lllo Mi Dopow nohusn
tomncr nssmooth as thoLitilioof Coinoln iU
guntlc-it mood Nothing over worries him.
Ilo doesn't ' fret , and ho novcr loses his head.
If lie is ctor imno cd hodocsu't show it , and
ho can do
A.II IniiiiiMtHO Amount or Work
while pretending U do nothing. Ho under
stands how tomuko othci-s vorkfor him , und
ho carries 011 ono of the biggest businesses of
the country -with no friction
Just liow much Tom Palmer in vorth I
don't ' know. I believe if any ono nslted Mm
ho would tell him hi a lazy , unostentatious
iv.iy , without thinking , I know , howour ,
that ho his Ills millions , and thnt his lunibjr
mill. } , his pine forests , his great salt wells ,
atidhiBrc.il eituto If put under the hammer
would liringin a pile \\iniUllrivobought
out Jobton tlmos over , that would hmo milo
thoiiuccn of Sucba bow do.vu to him as aho
did to yolomon , and would luv\o \ rjJoonucl
Mldus fwin the lust of mow gold. His vlfo
Is also worth sccral millions , and the two
control ono of the bluest fortunes of the
country. This fortune , was made in lumber ,
and Senator Pulinor imirrlcd the daughter of
hispuitucr. When hoboKiu llfohowus fern
n time imsuccosHtul , but after Ills imirriago ,
in connect ion with his father-in law , ho made
money handover flat , and now cvorjthlngho
touchoUunu to gold. Hoonco toldnio that
a man ought to vork hard until his property
broucl't ' him hi an incoiuoof ? ! ,000 < jcar ,
and utter tlut lie ought to lot up nnd take
"I'vor thlng cornea totho man
\wlts , "said ho , "and if you keep your
ojci open , you'ro suw to imlco by
und by. 1 don't bcllcvo that a big fortune
inakcaii man any happier and uftor ho g U to
ncortnln utiut ho reaches the limit of his
spending power There Is no mini in the
voild uho can , for hU personal gnitincatlon ,
\bo moro tlian 4 per cent on a million dollars ,
und us for mo , I can bo sutlstK'd with littlo. "
B till Senator Palmer hnsa number of
Very Eipoiislvol.mxnrlc'i.
Ills farm near Detroit is ono of thorn , but the
iucToaio in thevaluoof the Imd has made
this [ iiy for itself muny times over. If ho
could IIIOM ) this farm to the worlds fair it
\\ouhlbo \ onu of the great sights of the CXM >
fcltion Itrantnlns CJ7 uctos and It U luld out
like a Kitut Jlni lUli p.irlc. There Is a big
forest on it , la which are shady glens and ro
miintlo dilvos and \vhoro \ you may wander
through all thomu7cs of Uosamond's bowci
and lese jouvsclf in the end. Hvcry ono of
the iull Imslts niinoimd some of those
nooks lu-o ullod after the boiintor's frlonds. I
romomborMiinJorsou avcnuoand Shorniun'i
bill , and I saw a gray sq.ulrrol playing on
Kvait'a ' linoll. The senator has sixty line
Porche-ron horses , each of which is worth nt
least 81,000. , IIu brought 'somo of
thorn over from Franco and ho hns
ono Iwrso three yours old wlileh woIglisa.OOO
pnuiub. Ho hw four months old colts nhlch
woi'h us muclms the ordinary how , nnd lie
has his own theory of harso brooding. IIo
fell In love with the Ponhoroa howe in mak
ing n study of ROM Bonhour's ' famous pie-
tui-o , "Tlw Horse ralr"imd ho believes it U
tlio tlne t horao that walks. Ho claims that
It is a crou between tliaribliu and the
Noriiuin , and It was with this idol tlut lie
sent his firm nmiagor to Jerusalem to pick
him out nil Arabian stulltim. The farm m an
agei found that \ory few of tlioArabian
horses weio sound , and Palmer's permit from
the sultan to Ulco away a horse from his do
minion amounted to nothing. Outslclo of
lonhuroi > horaoa Senator Paluor wns to
Joracy cows. Ills butter eosU him SI
pound , but bo tfots ? i worth of fun out of
every jxiuud , and tno eighty cows which ho
keeps ai-oa perpetual sourcoof amuscmoutto
him I wish I could gho you a plUuiO of bis
burn. 71)0 ) cew stable Is as
\VollLlRhtcdaM nl'urlor ,
and the lloor back of whcrotho animals stand
is so clciu that } ou could drop a wmbrlo
handkonhlof on It and pick It up without
selling. The woodwork .of this stiblo Is
polished yellow plno Unlshcd in oil , end ills
as well Unbilled us that of many cottaftos.
Senator Palmer Is careful In his treatment
of bU cattle nnd Uonea , nnd lie has rules
posted up in the stn'jlos ' for his men. A
wlilp is novcr us > cd on his horses and no loud
wonls tin bo spoken to the cow * .A regular
record Iikojitof the inlllc each animal gi\cs ,
and o.vci ! cow haa its name and Its page in
the hunl book. It takes a sUjaincnglno to do
the work of these coivstabloa Tlio buy la
ruliod to the ttoc'ond story bystouni. 'iho
; uU uud com uu ) givuud into meal In tlio
snmo way nnd the miter is ivjtnpel nnd on 1
ngocut tp bjmtoam. Senator 1'alnicr to-
HPVCS In modem inventions , IIo blows out
his stump ) byilynatnlto In clearing up tils
Innil and ho hu n | nml In front of Ms lei
cabin homo the water of wlileh is kojit fresh
by tlio pumping of a stoitn engine.
of Senator Palmer's is , i judge , ilfty feet
siiuaro. IIo lives In it throughout the sum-
morand ho lelK mo It is wuyahenJof n
castle In Spain , Thcro It awlda hall running ;
through It-s center and on ono side of this Is
an Iromcnso silting room or parlor llllcd with
antique furnlturo which Palmer pot nt the
old Vermont bdrncstcad and brought out to
Detroit. On the ether side of the hill Is a
dining room which must ho fully twenty
feet square. This is also furnUhod In the
st > loof our forefitheii aud if you take a
moot with the senator 3011 \\lll Hud liohun the
most ( Iclleioui hatn In hit Ijrdcr and that his
spring chit-kens uro tondor. IIo has a
cook nud it is a recommendation for tlio mm
to know thnt ho keeps his servants a long
time. Some of Mis. Piiltiioi's ' girl * ha\o \ been
with her for years nnd Iho senator is as caio-
fulof tliclr com foil * tuof hi * o\\n.
1 was ono of the party of Washington cor
respondents uho visited Capo Tvhy lust wick
us the guests of thu Pennsylvania i.iilioid
company AVhllo there -MO stopped at the
Stockton hotel , uhii-h Is now kept by W.
Walton , the inin whoma-to h in self famous
by his horse-raring huts In Kngluml some
yens ajo. Ho loolts Ulco
j\ny think ImI a Horscraotr
and has given up betting nnd settled down to
leaping bold on the "mmo siila Unit ho
phjodtlio Iwok-inikoM. 1'lcturo ' tojoursolf
n nail-Ailed out mm of incJliiiu height , Ith
n. lilir , round ho.ul uiula complexion as fair as
tbo girls of old Irclatul Let him hive
ojcs as blue in the skion of Greece ,
wreath pleasant siiiilo nbout n \\e\l- \ \
slnpetl mouth uud you ha\o \ sorao iOci of tbo
"Plunger. " IIo is a geiitloiniii from tlio
ground up and ho tells moltiut no nym over
got aiij peed out of money nnlo on IIOMU
races. IIu does not llko to talk of his own
horse nciiijoxpcilonces , and siyst holrunot
bet on a race simo 1831 und that ho las comedown
down to legitimate husinwi. He h u man
ultli nhlstoiy and I uormoloutof
thing of his itory. IIo talks of tons of thou
sands In thomostmolost manner , nud in the
cntcrpilscg wheio helms loured ho las pliij oil
dolliirsas ether men play cents "I inido , "
said he , ' 15,000 a yenn.3 an ollbrokar , at the
tlmo of the oil on itoment , nnd I aotod us the
agent for Sim I'lko ' when ho bought till the
\\hisUjrhi the country Justbofoio the taxw.vi
put on Atthistlmo I mule ? 130OJ9 , njuar
and I got ono fco of J50OOJ. I have novcr
ton any tiling but tiinonoy maker anil slnco
I have been old enough to work I have mndo
at least ? 2. ,000 , o\eryyci\v" \
"Tell mo s > omotluug of yojr iiolltical ex-
pei'ieuc""suidl.
"I v.is aeindlJato for honll inPhihdoI-
l > hia lu 187J M'horo wcu two otlur can Jl-
dates-one a mm iiatied LcoJs , nnd another
Harry Binjhum , now the in3inlwr of con
gress Well , Leotls was elected , nnd tlio
nevt joar they nominnted mo for tlio recorder
of deeds. I went into tlio thing systematic-
nlly , organised six hundiol election dlstilcts ,
spoiltf 10,000 and was elected Shortly after
tills 1 took ohnrgQ of tlio big hotels at the
UontcaiiialoxnDsition anl ovnod the Conti
nental and the Ulolw. Itvai a hot nuaunor
and the poopio wouldn't patronize us and I
made nothing. I tiled to got even with my
losses nt the hotel by buyltij Pennsylvania
railroad , stock and I ha ] at ono tlmo3l,090
slmrw. It went down nnd I lo3t$30i,0 > ) J by
It. I then bought the St Jamea hotel In
NbwYoiknmlimxda it p'iv , got into tioublo
ftboutthopurch-xsoof it from the owners anil
In 1881 found myself
Down -\vitli Nervous I'rostratlnn.
"Icontludcd to go to Europe , and I-was
woitli this tired about f300,000. I vent to
Bohemia and got cured and returned to Lon
don on my wuy homo Just about the tlmo of
the Jcrby , T wciitout Intending not to beta
dollar , und made there what the world would
call a fortune , I flwt pat jCIDU OT ono of iny
friend's horswat Jlvo to ono and mads JC3DJ.
I putiiiiotnor 100 on the horse ot another
friend utslx to ono and novvon nnd tills gave
mo JCCOO more I now had 1,1000. I took
1,001) ) oi ( t n.iil put it on Irlquols ntslxto
ono nud Ire uols brought mo la $00 , < UJ.
Shortly utter this I put * 10OJOon Potorat
the Royal Iluat Cup against 855,0) ) nnd
Peter won. At the St. Logor I put 4,000.
on luquols ngainst 9,030 and I won again.
After ether winnings I baukod Foxlmll for
the Charowitz and put up $10,000 ngainst
$100,000 und FVUia.ll ) walked in. I then
backed him to win tlio Cambridgeshire ) for
JoOOOOand ho stuck out his tongue and on
It. Itwas so with ether ventures , nnd my
winnings all told nmountod tolOi , OJO I
had gene into betting u ; an amusement and I
wai thunderstruck -whoa I found upon my
return to .America that 1 was looked upon
as a horse nicer and liad liecoino famous ns
"Tho Plunger. " I don't llko the title nor the
reputation. I atn a man of family and I ex
pect toenrn my money from now on by the
svcnt of mybrow and hruln. My ndvico to
young moii nnd to old mou who are Investing
Inraccjls to
Ijct tlio IJoolciiialccrs GoVcst
and till the soil nnd tomalco racing uuproflta-
bloby not patronizing It.
"Wmt dojoa thinltof Capo May i"I asked
"I think it's ' going to bs tlio greatest seaside -
side resort along the Atlantic coast , " waUho
reply. "I Jiudo J20.0JO off this hotel last
year , and liuri going tomalco $10,000 thi :
year. I bought It for (90,003 when it was los
ing money and when I put $50,0)0 ) on It in re
pairs they said Ivat I a fool. I believe that
Capo May Is goliiR to bo the gioat spring ro-
sortoftho Uultod States. Wo have us yarm
\venthcr hcio in winter ns nt Fortress Jlon-
iw and thcra Is no rotson why wo should not
liavo oil the silling travel I am going to
build a sun pailor 400 feet long and I'll pu
$30OOO mow into lilting this placoupns f
spring \\atcrlng \ placo. The Hyg
sii liotol at l ortrcss Monroe inakos
$100,001) ) a 3 ear nnd there is no reason why i
Capo May hotel should not do equally vcll. ' :
Whllo nt Capo Nay I took a rldo upp.is
the prosldcnt'u cottago. It is located about
two miles from tbo mnln city and it stands
bleak and lure on the edge of the \uives. 1
is by no moms an expensive cottaga and at n
glimco I should say It could La rcduplkatoi
for OOO. There nro no fcncy furbelows
about It and it U pnluteil a light drab , is o
two stories nnd hnsvlJo galleries runnint ,
around it. Mri Hurilson , I uiulontund , has
boon much worried over the irlticlsins
huvu been made as toher nicoptmuoof it
and I undcratand that the president did iiol
know thnt the cottage was to bo given untl
after the transfer had boon made and tlio
deeds recorded
GcorgoAlfivd Townsend tells mo tlmt his
novel on titled "Alexander Hamilton and Mrs
Hoyuolda11 Is soiling well. Its iirst ulltlon
of 3,000 has boon sold and a second edition of
51,00) ) Is now Lelug Issued. Tlio book as Mr ,
To\\nseiid wrote it was originally ouo bun'
drcd pages loiijor than It U now and ho had
to cut It down to suit tbo ideas of tlio pub
lisher. The probability 1 * that ho will raa'w '
some money out of It , Ho mndo fOOOout of
"Tho Entailed Hat'1 ' and ho once told mo that
the same time
Spent In Newspaper \Viltlnjr
thatho had put upon this book would hmo
netted aim over $10OOO , He made $1,000 out
of hit booic \Vuuhlngton which lie putt-
ten years ago , und ho has been maUIng
jeer and upwards oj newspaper -
rospondenco slnco the war. Ilia
work now nets him about S13,0\K , ) u y
Ouu of thu brtgttcst uowsj lx-r writora pf i
oilayii l\nnk A. Burr , who la now on his
my 14 London to wrlto syndicate letters ,
lurr paid I'arson Nonrimn $3)0 to wrlto the
loith bed scene of ( loiicwl Grant for his bi
ography of Grant and ho mnkw n great deal
of tnoioy In literature ) .
I wet Morgan II. Will * , the proprlotor of
ho 2s'orristown Herald , last weelt , nnd wi
urprlsod to hear him say thnt the Herald bad
not n great national circulation , lie tolls me
\VtllUmsthe \ man who does all the funny
vork on Vho Herald , and whoso lettcn nro
copied all over the country , writes two and a
mlf columns a day , and that ho is ono of the
nest general paragrixphors In tbo United
Statei. Ho wiltosa half a column of funny
natter c'xcry diy , nnd hit salary Is lots then
hundred dolhru month. This U nil the
lewld can afford to pay and Mr. Willlann ,
although ho hns had tunny other 0 ( > d offers ,
irefers tostny whcro ho can mulia a small
alary without friction.
friction.PlUVK
PlUVK 0. CAIU'UMI'.It.
The
The editor of Sit tain's Mapiuino ,
peaking of. Poo's poum. "Tlio liolls , "
lioitly nftcrits first publication said :
"ThoDolls'Ijy MI'oo , which MO
MiMlshod in our fast number , has bocn
oiy oxtonslvoly oopiod , There ib u
jurlous piuio of literary historj ion-
lot ted Mtli this pooin wlileh wo may as
veil ffho novr us at any ether /line. It
llustvnlos the giaduul ilovclopinont of
in Idoalti tlio mind of a man of oilgiiml
jenlus. This pooin came into our
> os30-Jblon nbout a } oir : ago It then
consisted of oightocn lines. About six
nonthf after tills wo received the poem
anlargod anilaltorcdneaily toitsptesoiit
si-/o und foim , anil about thruo months
since tlio author BOiitiuiothoi nltur.itlon
ind onlitr cmoiit , In which comlillon the
loom VIIB kit al the time of his death.
Wo miy rcmnrkiu | usng ! thnt thiriis
lot Mr. Poo'rf last pooin , as some of the
nipors have iidbOi tod.ro hnvo on hand
> no of hlbhiolils \ piob.ibly his lust. It
was roiolvcil a Miort tlmo bcfoi-o ills do-
: oiso.Vo will ( , 'iva It in the January
numboi. "
Tlio follottin is the poem of
\vueli ! Mt. Snitinn s.iji ) the pool
Hut bent him :
nn : nct.i.i
Thobcllsl Hcurtbobollsl
Thoinony woldlnK bolls 1
The Little sil very bells 1
How fulry-likon melody there swells
Trom the silcr tinUins cells
Of the belli , bells , hcllsl
Of tln bolls !
The bolls i nh the bolls
Thohcavj iron bolls t
Hear the tolling of the bolls ,
He.irtbo knolls I
How horrible u monodj thcio ilo.lt3
Fro u thflr tlno ts
Prom tbolr docpt ncd tluoau.
Hoiv I shudder at the notes
From tliomolmuholy tbioats
Of the bells , bolls , bellal
Of the bells.
A. GYTSV ON DUKAKIS.
Head This , Tlion Go Homo anil Hat
TooMTuch Clioi'so.
According to the gypsy , todrciiu that
jou Intlioin clear w.itcr is u fcijjn that
jou vlll enjoy good health ; if muddy ,
the death of relutbo < 01 frionda To HOG
a bath , anger ; to take a wium bith do-
notesimpplne-is ; ifjou tnko ono either
too hot or too cold , domcatio troubles. If
jou uuilresawithout going into the water
jou maj- expect trouble , but it will soon
ILISS awzij ; a sc.i batli is a sign of honor
and Inure use of fortune.
If any ono dioain that lie or she is
ascending to hoaycn or is already enjoj'-
ing its delights , itshows tlmt womo joy
ful o\ont is to happen , such as the birth
of an heir to chilute&s people , coed for
tune to those who nro poor , dibtiiietion
to Uio woilthj and high honois to the
ambitious. 3f lovers luivo such iv dream
it foiotolla nnoarly marriaffo under the
most auspicious circumstances , und thnt
their wedding vlll bo attended with
tioops of congratulating friends , who
willshovfor presents upon them. On the
other linad , to drtum of seeing hell de
notes tliat the drc irner's health la a bad
ono , nnd is un intimation to him of re
formation.
To faoou cofllii in your diearns signifies
that you will soon be ratiniod and own n
house of youi own. This is u dream girls
nro always Avishing for , bays tlio gipsy
book.
If anyone should bo so unfortunate ns
to dream that ho or she Vt.is picsent at a
happy und jolly wedding it denotes thnt
they will attend u funeral ; it will not
necessarily bo at the buri.il of either of
thoporions jou dreamed you saw inar-
riod , but j'ou will undoubtedly bo willed
to mourn soinu fiiondor icliitne. To go
to weddings when ono is wide awake is
oxcoedinglj' pleasant , but wo should bo
cnieful how wo dreum about them. To
dream , of being maided yourself foretells -
tolls j-our do.ith.
Tor n girl to dream of rnUngnouly
mown hay isu sign alia "will bo married
luforo thu liivy is eaten. Young fellows
who dream of raking liny with their
sweethearts had bettor get iondj' their
necks i for tlio inatrimoninl uooso , nsthoy
nro i pa&t praj ing for. If a nun dionms
hols ] conflncd inn pilsonoi- jail itshows
that 1 ho will luup honois or dignities
conferred upon him ns such dreams go
contrtiij , wins ; if hit > arrest and imiirKon-
mentworries , Iiim itonly shows thnt ho
will bo the moro delighted with his now
dignities. This is nn excellent dream
d i cum for nolitleinns nnd olllcoholders ,
as the jail is what thoj- would naturally
dream of.
For agitl to dream that she was so
slconj'in < hurch zw to nodtowatd tlio
minister , isn Hlgn she -will have a young
parson fur her husband ; If a young imn
dieunis this , ho will bo npt tniuiiko upto
the minister's daughter , provided his
position warrants it , and if not , that ho
will marry a girl noted for her piety.
To dream of a widow signifies a reward ,
to dream you are a widow jMirtcons
death or disappointment. To dieiun of
a widower denotes fctrife iindquiurols.
A fox it. a bitfn of tliiovos ; to dream of
fighting with thorn shows that jou will
h.ivo to deal with some cunning enemy ;
to keep a tame fox signifies that jou
A\lll hno a lewd vomnn , orha\o a bud
servant who will rob you. A number of
foxes , falbo friends. If you dream that
your mouth is stopped bj * a gng , it denotes -
notes that you wilt soon thereafter bo
Idssod by a prolty clrl. To a j'oung girl
bucli ndroun predicts that she will see
feoino gentleman vho takes ho" fjuioj * ,
and perhuns will full in love with him.
If jou dream you nro pleased with a
pretty chunbenmild , milkmaid , or anj'
clean or nice-looking jouiig girl whoao
oecupitlon cnirioH with it the title ol
nmidit , is a good omen , for it predicts
: m excellent match nnd plenty of chil-
tlion. It also forc'tolls , In many c.isos ,
that the droainor will marry a lich wife.
J'or ninairletwoman ) to dieamthisls
sign she -will Imvo trouble with servants
\VelI
Duiingtho fliuineiul yoarolobln Muj
1 the Gcininn povornuioiit rccoived t
surplus of 18,01X1,000 f loin the Iinporin
nostnl nnd telegraphic ilonirtmoat nu
of $350,000 from the Imperial ' '
ollico ,
The fnmipr1 friend hua for many years boon
Dr. J. 11. Mc&ran's Volcanic- Oil Liniment
far hordes , cnttlo , hofrrf nnd shcvp. U hu :
proved ltd w orth in thousands of coses ,
I-Vinlnlno Mnrkmunslilp ,
Burlington 1'roo Prcssi Ho Come , come
now I You uiusn't Indulge in Illnfe'b ,
She IM Ulco to Itnowwhyl
Ho Because you couldn't hit the side of a
barn with a beau bug.
lOCKSWJIS LAOCn AT LOVE
The Eomantld Story of nn lumnto of tbj
Btito Penitentiary ,
EIGHT DARK -VtAUS IN A BRIGHT LIFE ,
The Strnnxj Stoiy of it Yottiix Ijovor
AVIlO WHS1 Till DM II 111 1'rlHOIl
to ITefrotit a. Kuimwny
LIXCOT.N , Neb , July 12.-tSpscI.il to TUB
BCK. ] Stnmgo things are sometimes Uonu III
.ho nntno of justlca while n multitude of
itningor things nro oftcner loftuuuotio umlor
ho same siilsu ThU luct w.r strongly 1m-
ircsscd upon your corroapjiiileiithilo at tlio
stntts iraultenilary u fo\v ihys slnco gathering
stiitistlca ( .oiKcniiiiR convicts. Ihopihuto
secretary to tlio warden was found to lie n ro-
n.irlnbly bright imnvlio o roaJy incuioiy
mil unusual iutuUymioo i > revel liivnluublo
u trotting at t'u infoniutlon dojlrou , Tlio
; eiitlmuii ( ! | for such Ills maunon urovoJ him
aba , was of iplonJlcl oJucitlou , having ro-
clvcJ both 11 tjlk > < jlilo nnd imlvcnlty tiMln-
ng , nnd lia poisassaJ n lomiiluiblu tund of
iifuimatlou on nil topics. Ho liul traveled
I'xtciislvU ) iitul hud the cultivated tilr of a
nnuof leisure ami we ilth , and jet hooro
, ho ugly and u'publvo strlpci of tlio convict.
No poison lUlug could help minting to
tuov. whntiii thowoilil luulilbritigsuuhii mane
o such unlace Kotucct for tlio in m's luuUiigs
, vits wttlilont to dlsirm cuirloilty. but
.lirough tlio aits Known totho iiitorvlewcr ,
ho story \vu- drawn out \\lthout nny < JU .H-
.lons bailiff ( Uiuctly asked to Unit cifcct.
Lutci thostorv wits coiroboratoil fioin other
sources uud Is given herewith :
"Iiim H ci\ll engineer bj profession , and
, cn Jdirsago I Mould not huvo uxcliangul
ny jnosiwots In Ufa with nn ) man Ihlng. 1
aid received evoiy ocjuipmuit for my life-
, \oilt tliat nmnoy ami haul Btuiiy would
bring , and iluiing my lollc late anil univer
sity career uiy eflotts wuroru\\urtlid with
high honors.
AIy tastes lay mnitily toward nmtlieiii.it-
: cs and nit , and I clucldcdto bceouiou civil
oiiglno.i. I atU-nJed u rSuauiu unhei-ilty
For threojears mid roiuruul to Amenta mill
iiniiii'dlutoly stopped into a splendid position
vcrj thing wmt swimmingly with mo , and I
know so little ot inlsfortuna thut u gtiMt deal
of the lom uittu fooling that ovuij vciy
young nun ( .xiterlcuura clung tu mo when I
bhoulit huvo bom beiouiiugntoro pini'tUal.
Yw , I MOB too highly favoiocl , and UllnnUy
[ irincd ncimo to nio. Hut over ) thin , ; wont
well until 1 umo to Nebraska nbout ulno
years ago and 1 met u M\cot-faced gill of
llftceu. I ncvur know what love inonit lio-
foio ; I inner bofoio ieali7Cil the depth and
foreoofits pown 11 uoiuiucrcd niv Judg
ment anil ambition I lo\cd tint stxeot gill
to mail 11033 , und in hci o es 1 siw inlrroiod
my own devotion
'When I ollorod to make her my vlfo
she accepted , and my cup of
joy vus full to oturilowlug until
wo lUstovorcd th it her paruits ore opposed
to tlio nmtcli 'L'cai-s , entreaties , arguments
availed nothing. Thoj laughed at ttio stoiy
of our lee unit irowiilngly lot bade us to ever
ace each other again Jiku thousands of
youiiR mou who huvo preceded mo and lilco
thousands 11 hoill H\o hereafter 1 icsoliod
utany luzniil to imiriy thogirl I lo\ed. Wo
managed to communicate with oaeb other
otheT despite parental vUilutico mid at a
clandestine mcctiug determined to elopa to
Missouri where the laws were easy concoin-
ing man iages , and wo could secure n license
without trouble.
"I cuti ronioiubor still tlio thiill that quickened -
oned my blood us wo planned our cloponicnt.
We loft the town togcthci that niglit und
boarded the cnrj for Allssouri. No fe-oliug of
puilt u\or nosse'd my mind us I was soon to
bo wedded to tlio girl that I idolized Thos > o
moments weic the ones of the supremc'st hnp-
plncss of my Ufa mid little did I drc im that
they wei-o to be followed with years of an
guish , t
"Tho parents of the irl did not learn of
our elopcmcnC until the following day. 'iliey
iinmodmtcly tologniplied in all directions und
discovered our whereabouts in Missouii.
T.hoy then lunnlngly wired thoauthoiltics of
that place to uirtbt : no o.ii the charge of kid
napping tlio fj'rlWo ' weic at thu court
housotogether applying tor u llcoiiso when
the \\arrutit vaa served on mo. lutilrst
laughed at thorn nud told them
to wait a few minutes until
the county judge could pronounce
u marriage coivmonj , but the officers were
decpl ) in earnest luiuclnpplngii puir of hand-
tufts on tny wrists ordered me to rollo\v thorn
to the jail. This was the first time in my
life'that I was o\e r nndor niix'st and the
feeling was a Aery peculiar one. faomuthlng
bccmtd t > bo clutching my hcuL mid throt
tling mo and I could sevirce-ly hioatho.
"Tlionoble little ouiun who \vusbo near to
the point of being made my wife , on her
Imecu and with tcaisiu hui beautiful o > cs ,
besought the olllcen to release me , assuiing
them that she came with me voluntarily und
was willing to betomo my wife. liut her
entreaties , that would buro melted n hcait of
stone , fell on deaf cats uud I was lockeij up
with u foul-mouthed and foul vlsnged lot of
fellows who had a grout muny renmrks to
inuku about the "duilo being run in , " a * thoj
termed it , I Imvo no\cr kuo\\n fteedom
since I wni brought bick to Nebraslca nnd
wl i arraigned for tti.il the lidlculous charge
of Tiidimpping was dlbimssod aifuinst me.
But , insUid , the father of tlio gill iilod an
Infoiination against mo chaiging moith
rapol My Qodl Just tlilnk ol itl Clurgod
witb yiohting the girlllo\ed to mudneis
The trial was the most damnable faixo over
knovu. I was the pci-bon outraged.
' 'I was found guilty and sentenced to eight
joara in tlio penltcntiar } . I had been liberal
with my lawyers and nftoi the hcoundieU
found out that thoj had gotten all my inouoy
they lotuscd to carry the cabo to the supiemo
con it.
" \\asbrought hereto this liing death ,
whcioa , inuii loses his lilontitj' , his liboity
o\ei ) thing. I ha\o Buffered all manner of
indiguitic-i und leainod that Ivius I not half as
good as the dog tint loams the streets. 1
havd slept for eight jeais In-the murow
graAelikoculls , with muidorors , liurglirs and
cutthroat * for compaulons , and I hiuo been
these buino roinpaniona Unoeked down and
afteiwards dlo troni Injuries received. Of
course death fioinuatuial cause's wasnlwajs
loportcd and some loarncd Latin or Greek
term applied to his alleged ailment. You
uonlil uot believe half that I could tell you
about prison life , The man that goes to a
CcnlUintlary sullen all the hell that is possl-
lo. Just look at the palo faces of these poor
follows pounding away at their stlut tint
inuit bo done daily I j\iul jet some pcoplo
suy this Is a great banitaiium.
"hlncoMr. Hopkins became ivardcn things
have changed somewhat , and the abuses once
practiced uru forbidden. Cut If ho h absent
irom thobulldlnfrwo all know it. Mr. Hop
kins became pono'iially ' interested in me on
account of bouio paintings and pen
work executed by mo for him and
placed mo 1nr > his oltlco hero. Ho
ontilisted to mo hU coirrspondeneo und other
cleilcal worlt. Inthrcodajs , the time of my
.sentence ) \ \ ill bo ciulod und I will stop forth a
Ircoman , but With the odium of having the
words "penitentiary blid" always attached
to mv namo. >
"Do jou think 1 are sorry the causes that
brought mo horql .No birl nnd if lliadau
opportunity to' li/o my life over again I
would liavo done Jniit as I did , only I would
ha\o belli a llttlb fjuleker in having said the
words that would tjavo made us one. "
The day of tlio 'release of this interesting
man , your corrp' Ddudint met him by appoint
ment at the CapU ( I hotel. Ho hud thrown
ubldo thu gaib pf the convict , and was dressed
as u man and u cltf/en. The transformation
wrought was rcmai table , Ho was his old
hnppy , couitcous self again. Ho had been of-
forc'U and accepted a responsible position with
one of thu loading railroads in the country ,
and commcni-cd IIfo again wlie.ro lie left off
eight jeara ago.
A Oluiroli on WhrolH.
An clght-wheolcd niilrotid church luia
just beun linlbhed nt Tlllls , In the fac
tory of the Tranucuusiun railway com-
inUy , for use along ' .ho lino. It IB sur
mounted. Ijy iv crews ut ono end , anil nt
the otlior thoio is iv Imndisomo belfry
with thrco Iwlls. Besides the church
proper , It haa nnivrtmunU for the prlost.
Jt win comfortably uoivt seventy persons.
The ultur Is made of carved oak , and all
the church fumlturo way made In St.
1'utoisbuig ,
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r So It is ; he was rightenough so far. It's ' a monumental work
and cost more than a million dollars to get it up. But theroarc spots
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Of course he-was ; or pretty nearly so. But the Encyclopaedia
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Blaine , nor Cleveland , nor Harrison , nor Harriet Beeehor Stowe , *
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1 Stewart Parnell , nor Bismarck , nor Jeff Davis , nor
Oh , yes , indeed. It contains some ofthemostmagnifloent biog
raphies that over were written. Maoaulay's life of Dr , Johnson for
example. But , you see , -what they called , "the plan oftho work" ox-
'cluded oil mention of Hvingcjinracters , They wanted to see how
man would turn out first before they made room for his life in their
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Hal Hal Hal Excuse niobut , 1 can't help laughing. I suppose
your canvasser told you his encyclopaedia was a brand new book ,
just , issued , eh ?
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first volume oftho latest edition of tno Encyclopaedia Britannica was"
issued , fifteen years ago , and the greater part -was compiled at that
aato. So you see they didn't get General Grant in it after all.
j That depends on the kind of book you want. Let mo ask you
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f "Yes , I thought so. Now tell me , about which do you want the
most detailed Information , an American city or an English town ?
An American state or an English county ? The battle of Gettysburg
[ or the tattle of Waterloo ?
Just so. But , you see , the Encyclopaedia Britannica wasn't
compiled for the use of men like you. It was put together to bo used
by Englishmen in England , And , you see , they want the exact op
posite ofwhat you do , and the Encyclopaedia Britannica , very prop3
erly , gives it to them. It fills pages with the account of some insig
nificant English borough or county that you may never want to
know anything about whatever , und gives half n dozen line's to
some state or city here thnt you want the fullest particulars of , but
about which an Englishman carcsjust nothing at all.
Pightasn trivet , whatever that may bo ; I never saw one that I
know of. But you'ro just exactly right , all the same. It's the AMER
ICANIZED Encyclopaedia Britannica that wo propose to put In
every home in the West. The long-winded articles on potty British
subjects have been cut down to tlio snmo length that would have <
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articles on matters of American Interest have been all rewritten and
treated just aa exhaustively as they would have been in the original
work had they been specially Interesting to Englishmen.
Well , rather. One of the host nnd most complete ever written ,
And there are three thousand now biographies besides , in fact , tlio
work contains the lifo of every distinguished man or woman , Amer
ican or foreign , now living , or- who has died slnco the Encycloptodla
Britannica v/as compiled.
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.There are a great many very excellent illustrations , too.
Ten good-sized volumes , excellently bound. About 7OOO pages
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And that is ? *
Hal Hal Hal It seems as though wo were ready for you at
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