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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1891)
THE OMAHA DAILY I3EB : FJUJJAY , JUNE 19 , 180JL--TWKLVE PAGES. trnvo , frltvo find cornice. The frieze Is ormunontod with circular nml dlnmnnd-shaimd panels whllo the cornice Is adorned with n dnntll nrnntnont. On top of the ontnblaturo rises ntiothor pilaster which extends through the first nml second stories , while on top of the name appears n soml-clr- culnr atdi nround the thlnt story , the whole being crowned by a richly moulded inodlllloii cornice , the spandrels on top of the arches having Interlnced Moorish fretwork. Tim nrehos ngnln rest on capitals , moulded with great delicacy with French detail orna ments. The fourth and llflh storlos nro plainer but have vnry olTectlvo line * of moulded cornlcas carried nround the court. The sixth story tins n double row of pilas ters , ono sot belli ! ? wldo and forming n con tinuation of the main pilasters below , while the other sot form * mulllons between the windows. The capitals am moulilcd and onininerited In the samu fooling ns nro tno lower oin1 . Over these openings nro semi circular arched heads with n label moulding. The latter Is rich In effect with Ihu dentil or tooth moulding. Tlio court Is crownea with n dcon frloo and dentil cornlco while In the frfc/o are some circular openings. In the second and third stories n corridor passes around the court behind the main pi- factors. Between the latter nro handsome balconies outlined with bronro nml Iron bal usters. The bronco balusters are In the second storv , wbilo these In the third huvo n beautiful design of wrought iron scroll work. All the ofllccs on the inner line of thn build ing open on this court and nro ns well lighted as those which face the streets. As a consequence quence there Is not n dark spot to bo found In the building. In the glass roof is n largo-sired ventilator which keeps a free current of air passine through the court and thus renders the lat ter coel and pleasant. The court will later bo embellished with a fountain. Af tor the building shall have set tled the walls of the courtwhich now present the snowy brightness of stucco , will bo treated to a Judicious tinting in soft , warm colors. Tim halls of the building nro lloorcd with the lluost of encaustic tiles of harmonious color find design. The building is linlshed throughout In highly polished ook. Crystal- Izcd plato glass is used in nil doors and Iran- ems facing the corridors , while the windows of the strticturn are of the best heavy plate. In the plumbing system nro contained all the latest inventions of mojcrn gontus , both us regards service an perfect venti lation. Each ofllco Is supplied with running water and basins of Italian marble. On each lloor nro separate toilet rooms for Indies and contlomen. The building Is heated by steam and llchted by electricity , both of which nro supplied by boilers and dyniimos In the sub-bnsoment. While the structure is absolutely fire proof , there are , besides , seventy-four vaults , which are In themselves , also indestructible by lire or hoat. The roof Is at once both water nnd fire- proof.Itrostsupon heavy Iron beams. Between those latter are the latest improved hollow llreproof tiling thrco and a half inches in di ameter. Those urn covered with ono nnd a half Inches of concrete , and on top of this nro live thicknesses of asplialtiim. Then comes ono nnd n half inches of 1'ortlnnd cement in which nro implanted C.0,000 vitrilled bilck , the ( liter surface of the loof. The last men tioned Is .so smooth and solid that a balallion of infantry nnd a battery of artillery might inamuuvro there with ease. The weight of this roof has boon estimated at 1175 tons. In the siib-lmement , 120 feet square , are the engine , boiler nnd electric dynamo rooms. The lloor of the boiler-room is of cement , the engine-room ol .stone tiling ana the dvnnmo- room of hard wood. There are threu boilers , each eighteen feet in length nnd llvo feet in diameter with of 'JOO- , a capacity supplying a - horse power engine , oifc-third moio than is required for operating all the machinery. The boilers are so arranged that any ono or all of them may bo timployed at the sumo tlmo for any specific uso. The heating of the building is accomplished bv the ono-pipo sys- tniii with the latest improvements. The Dower for heating , printing nnd lighting the building is supplied by two Beautiful and perfect Corliss engines. The smaller is of bO-horso power with n lUxWi-inch cylinder , a drivo-wheol of 10 foot diameter , Mnch face nnd weight of 11,000 pounds. This operates the presses , stereotyping machinery , paper-wotting apparatus , pla'to elevator arid day dynamo. The other engine has a cylin- dei 10x14 Inches , 150-horsu power , with a driver of eleven feet In diameter , ! JS-inch face andwolghtof , 17,000 pounds. This is intended principally for the other dynamos , though each engine is so arranged as to bo used as may bo desired. The electric light Is supplied by dynamos of the United States electric light company's patent. Two of these have n capacity of 000 saxtcen-candlo power lamps , while the smaller has a capacity of HOO lamps. The larger ones mnko SOO revolutions , while the smaller ono makes lor > 0 revolutions per mlnuto. Thcso dynamos supply 1,500 lights for the building , but the number may bo readily Increased. Connected with the dynamo Is a pony motor which operates the blower that works tbo pneumatic tube which connects the busi ness ofllco with the news-room nnd by means of which copy of advertisements , manuscript nnd proof may bo expedited from ono depart ment to the other in half a dozen seconds. The elevators are worked by two immense Crane cylinders , 11 feet in length and 3J inches In diamotor. These are supplied with water from n tank on the roof 10 foot wide , 115 foot long and 1(5 ( feet deep. This tank Is discharged by the working of the elevators Into nnothor largo tank in the sub-basement from which the water is again pumped back to the roof by n Worthington compound duplex pump , automatically work ed by a llo.it in the tank. There Is a freight elevator in the north part of the building worked In tno same manner as all the pnsscn- jjur elevators. The elevator which carries the stereotype plates to and from the stereotype - typo room to the press room Is worked by rope transmission of power. All this machinery is of thelincst / and most expensive kind. It Is kept , in the best condition bv competent engineers nnd makes no moro nolso when In motion than does an average sowing machino. It is visited by hundreds who Invariably coTisidor It ono of the greatest wonders of the west. I * tliATIAtu ( Jl'AUTKUS. AVIioro the Killtoriul ami Muchnnlunl Korocs ol'llio Mco Work Dully. Twenty ye.irs ago today , when the editor of TUB Uii : wrote his salutatory ho was en vironed with Imposing stones , gruesome cases , broken furnlturo and jostled by every body from the galley boy to the proprietor of the Job ofllco. Today the humblest employe of THE BUB , connected with the editorial department Is In the enjoyment of accommodations which only n palatial ofllco can oITor. The elevators noiselessly nscond to the sixth lloor. A little to the loft 1 % the entrance - trance to the editorial quarters , Inside the entrance Is the anto-room , divided Into two compartments by a highbronzo rail. liohlnd this rail Is a stenographer , who Is a news compiler and whoso duty It Is to allow no one to pass to thn editorial rooms \vithout In structions to that effect. Mills regulation Is strongly enforced. Otherwise the corps would bo at the merer of many callers , who , It is said regretfully , lese sight of the fact that ttmo Is not an clo- inont to bo considered by the beam worker * ol the forco. 1'coplo who have nuws to Im part will llnd the young man In attendancu cupablo of proparlug lu Thosu who wish to BOO the editor must atnto upon what grounds the detlre Is based. These grounds iiru some times not valid onoi as is frequently the case with respect to other members of tbo suit upon whom calls nro mado. When , however , It U urgent matter , the request U never denied. liohlnd this rail a door opens lute n capa cious hall. On either sldo of the latter are tbo rooms of the writers. The llrst room is that of Mr. E. Kosdwutur , oditur-ln-chlof. It occupies the corner of Seventeenth and Far- iiam , anil overlooks the city to the east , south and southwest. It Is ilnhly furnished , amonc its most Interesting feature * being autograph portraits of celebrities In politics , liter ature ami song. Adjoining on tbo north Is the editor's ' private library. Tnls Is supplied with n limitless variety of reference books which are required oa a well established Journal. Then comes a room on either side , occupied by associate editors. Next Is the room of the managing editor connecting with that of tbo city editor , lu tbo latter U a telephone. Next on the same sldo is tbo reporters' and night proofreaders' room , large , well venti lated nnd admirably lighted and as clean as a via. This U supplied with running water hAtln of Italian marble , mirror , toilet ar ticle * , and a crles of tube * und electric bell * which render possible communication with nil the departments of the building. On the opposite sldo ol the hall nro rooms orouplod also bv subeditors , the now.s nnd sporting editors'bo ' special BF.IJ telegraphers , three In number , the night editor nnd his two nsslst/- ants. These rooms nro Mulshed In polished oak nnd lighted with electricity nnd gas. They nro supplied with easy furnlturo , the tatlos bolnr ; of the most convenient pat tern. Hulf of the rooms front on the street , the others on the court. JSaoh man has his place , nnd no onelntorforos with him. There is no smell of bonrinc , of ovor-lieatnd nnd antiquated papjr , nor any of n dozen other objectionable odors which but too frequently iiomiimtohcro writers work. In thcso roonu It H u plo.isuro to labor nnd the men fool the privilege and advantages which nro so frcoly reserved to them. During working hours thLMO rojms nro in quiet ns a path In HID forest , the only noise noticeable being the ticking of the telegraph wires. Thoic , by moans of special wires , are recording news from every Important city In this country , intolllgonceof which Is being Mashed by cable from Dvory loading city nnd capital of the world beyond tbo ocean. In n single night the tireless workers who receive 'heso mes sages enable Tun Bun to place before Its renders i0,000 ! words which covers every hap pening of importance for the last twenty-four hours. This , however , n by way of preparation for tbo morning paper. The same system Is In force for tlioafternoon edition , the workers for wnlch are In the main distinct from the night force. At the north end of the corridor Is a door which opens into tbo composing room. This latter covers an nwa of itlt.UlG feot. buing forty-four feet in width nnd eightv-nino feet in length. It Is lighted by windows on two sides by day and by electricity at niirht. It Is heated by steam , is warm In winter and comfortable In summer. It is well ventilated nnd free from the smells which so olten ren der the newsroom nlmost unbearable. Hero , two corps of compositors work , ono by day , the other by night , the former numbering about forty nnd the latter about fifty persona. Mho foremen's desks , ns nlso the advertis ing department , are walled off from tau main part by high Iron latticed partitions. The lloor is of marblo. There are sixty-eight double cases nnd these rest upon substantial Iron frames which are painted creon and kept in n cleanly condition. The "dumps" nro of iron nnd brass of the latest and most approved pattern , nnd tables of Iron have boon substituted for the old-fashtonod Im posing stone. . This composing room has been admitted by experienced printers nnd journalists to have no superior in tbo country. On the west the news room opens Into the SIXTY MILES AN HOUR. stereotyping department. This is nlso lighted on two'sidos nnd rivals the composing room In beautv nnd the perfection of its appoint ments. The lloor is covered with boiler iron securely riveted upon oaken plank. There Is a lite-proof vault In ono corner in which stand martricos which may bo required again. There are two sots of machinery and each may bo used at an instant's notice if the other should bopomo disabled. South of the stereotyping rooms nnd con necting with the news room are llnely fur nished toilet rooms , nnd still further south is the room in which the mail lists are prepared - pared nnd printed. Hero there nro cases of iron reaching to the ceiling nnd in them nro deposited in typo tlio name and address of every subscriber to Tin : BIE. : The appoint ments of this room nro nlso perfect and enables - ables the work to bo performed with the greatest case and rapidity. The press room is situated on the basement lloor , but above ground , opening off the tiled lloor of tlio court. In the sub-basement is located the paper wetting machino. . This works with but lit tle attention. The paper is unwound from ono cylinder , drawn across a metallic table receiving a spray as it does which dampens it and enables it readily to receive the ink on the press. It Is then wound up on another spool on the otlitr side of the machine. The floor rests upon twolvu-inch stool steel beams , arched with brick nnd covered w ith n bed of concrete. The presses , how ever , stand upon walls which are bulit Into tbo ground In the sub-basement. As a consequence quence the presses work nlmost noiselessly , and the rotation of the cylinders and ma chinery hns no effect upon the structure. Light enters through large windows opening on the west , nnd the court and artificial light is never needed save before daybroaic and nftor nightfall. There is no overhead shaft- Ing. Tlio bolts como from the engine below. The presses nro two in number , of what is Known ns the Scott web perfecting class. Each of these has a capacity of 15,000 per fected dipht-pago copies , or liO.OOO four-page sheets per hour. Together , their capacitv is equal to y,000 ( ) full papers or 00,000 half pa pers , folded , per hour. Adjoining the press room on the north is the mailing room. This Is nlso well lighted. The walls are lined with marble top tables with holt's and supports at intervals for mall bugs. A double marble bench auns through the middle of the room. On these tables Tun Bnr.'s nro delivered as rapldily ns they como from the press for the morning , evening and weekly editions. The pnpors are taken by tbo mailing clerks , and with the rapidity nnd precision whlnh como only from long practice nredovoloped , bagged and carried to the wagon in waiting , by which they nro hurried off to the waiting trains nt the dopot. Thu corps of mail clurks must necessarily bo rapid in its work und almost as fast ns the shoots leave the press they nro sent on the way to their destination. THIS M.VHBIjl' ' : COUNTING HOOM. \ \ hero ( ho Business ol1 The Uoo Is Daily Transiiott'il. * The richest npartmont of TUB BBK build ing is the counting room. It Is at the eastern extremity of the corridor which loads from the grand balustrade , overlooking the en trance on Farnam street. The doors nro of antique oak with panels of beaded plate glass with n largo transom of the same ma terial. The room is y > foot in length nnd IIS feet In width. This latter Includes n public lobby which looks through several Imposing windows Into the court. The ceiling raits on four massive pillars with Ionic capi tals. There are llvo massive chande liers , pendent from which nro thirty Incandescent lamps und n similar number of giis juts. Around the room are bung n doion moro douDlo-llght Incandescent brackets. Upon the Seventeenth street sldo nro nine large piatoglass windows which admit n Hood of light by day. The counting room proper , or that whlcih Is aoyotod to clerical purposes , occupies the space behind the counters. Tbu lloor Is of oak. bordered in ornamentation with stripes of black walnut , the wainscot- ling being of antique oak , I'Lo counter runs from the south wall to u line east and west from the north wall of thu public lobby. It is erected on a base of chocolate marble , supporting the russet Tennessee marble pilasters Unit are surmounted by n quarter round section of nmrble of the same color as that of thu base lying immediately below tuo marble crown. Between the pilasters mid the upper and lower courses of russet marble which run along the side of tbo counter nro panels of very dark mottled Florentine marble. Above the marble is n very artistically shaped screen worked In Bower Barff iron , and nt various Intervals In It appear openings for thu advertising , subscription and divers other departments. The lobby or publju portion of thu counting room outside the counter Is lloored with a mosaic pattern of marble Im ported from Bergamo , Italy , and wainscoted with very dark mottled Florentine marblo. touched oft ut the edges by tno russet colored marblo. A piioumatlcj tube carries copy between the composing room and tbo business depart ment. Entrance to tbo rear of the room can bu effected from in vast and woit corridor reached by the grand talrway at tuo north cud of thu court. To lee right of tab roar cntranco are two great vaults s'nndlni : on cacti sldo of n passageway leading to n dressIng - Ing room. The private ofllce , or directors' room , Is 20 feet square , nnd fronts on Farnam nnd Seventeenth streets. It U well lighted , lloored with quarter-sawed oak , the oxtroin- lilos of which nro onmto In oak mid walnut , and finished In mitlqua oak. At the northern extremity of ttio counting room Is the olllco of the cltv circulator to which place the carriers lmvefroe ] access from the rear. KVIDUNUK OF IMIOOIIKHH. Auotirntn KlgiirpsVhluh Toll of * tlio Grant KIIOOCIH of'Tho lice. The phenomenal success which lias nt- tended Tin : BKI : nnd which Is elsewhere de tailed may bo moro readily appreciated by n consideration of thu following llirurus ! Circulation. l 81 3'JI Hl till. ' . KSI 4MiiiR-7 tisia Ml MUi KM . . . .IBUiJJ I8S.I hTUI.ItW < . . .IS > T.Ii ! Ml 7li7lllfl\ > HJ-OI IW5 VUOllHVl aiOTI Clrctilntlon of Wc-i'kly ISr-p. K'O 8.SII IVRil. .SV.II1 iwi ITXS > isst .MVJ isiti Jl.ihU KvS 31.7.11 A'l.ir ? IWf'l 41 IU IsiO ll.liU | vj | IV.)1 ) Statement of amount of postage paid dur ing the past ten years ; " " ISS1) ) . . . t 1,747 UlllasH * j.n.o .u WI 3,117 ISIhS7 | 7.8111)7 ) IKS ; 4,311 H.lfWS. . 11,511 , 21 Mil 6,071 M Issi ) 1I..V1I M3 IRSI fll , DUaW ) 11,211 U > 1'oiloKO ruJucud ono-lmlf on nunr * | > .i | > di4 I'npci' . The weight of the paper In pounds re quired to print Tin : BKI : for the lust three years was ns follows : ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' " " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I iw.r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .r.inlsij I 18W 1,113,611 , I'jXptMi'ic ol' Composition. iHHi" ! " " ' . " " ! ! ' . i'i'5I.iii ! iw ! ! ! ! ! ! ' . ! . " ! ! ! ! ! Swoisi 1-vSi 13.7U.IN ISs-t 4U.aiS.8l 1SSI 1II..I31.80 1KV.I 41117:1.51 : 1HI 17i : > 7.7l IS'JJ ' , lasi 21,715.75 'rdt'fjrnph 1S80 t 3..117.41 ISSft J10.I71.SO IH1 3,151 2 > | SH7 I4.3'.W.1I ISSi 7,077.US ISsS Ki.OiS.fil 18.S.1 4,37ll.liil I8ttf 17h7i.li'.l ' 1SHI . . . ' . 4,711) ) ,11 IbW 11IUIJ,15 1S35 0,0.11 ,1'J ' Annual Cost. The total cost of publishing TIIR BUB an nually for the past cloven 3 ears is as follows : 1 NHO. . $ , - > ( ) . 7 DO. HI. 1KS1 _ $7i,1IOH. 10. iJ . $8O , . lit.Hl. : 1K81 . $ i H8r. . . . . $ i : { : tni7. : i . 18HO . $ ii , : ! i ) . ir. . 1887 . $ iO7loM ( HI. 1 888 . S'-i-j i , i r : $ .ii < . 1 88O . . - Ti.ti , 1 ! > : $ 85. 18DO . $ l00i82.1 ! Til 13 JIKK'S SIM-JClAlj TllAIN'S. Thousnmlf ) of Dollars Paitl for the Earliest Delivery on itocord. The proprietor of Tun BEB fools nnd always has felt , that that it is the duty of u great journal to not only gather all the news , but also to place that news before the reader at the earliest moment possible. This fact is exemplified by the delivery of Tin : EVBNINO Biu within a few minutes after 4 o'clock at thousands of homos in this city , nnd the delivery - livery also of Tin : MOII.NINO BKK in titno to bo read at the breakfast table. This idea may bo still further emphasized by the distribution of the paper on the earliest trains throughout tbo state , and it may bo still moro strongly attested by the chartering of special fast trains , some of which run every day and others only on Sunday , for the purpose of reaching THE Buis : ! readers all over the west. Fancy special trains loaded with UIKS. : drawn by Hying locomotives at a speed exceeding that of any regular special train in the west ! And yet that is what Tan BKE'S enterprise nowadays employs to supply Its readers llrst with the news of the world. This is the achievement of the paper whoso anniversary is todav celebrated nnd which twenty years ago did not have a single iviid carrier. One of these trains runs every morning to Plattsmouth at li : 15 o'clock. At ! ) :35 : o'clock Tin : nir.'b : wagon loaded with mall sacks llllod with Tin ; Bur , dashes up to the train nt the union depot. At 2:10 : n. in , the vehicle Is unloaded ami driven back to town , nnd live minutes later the impatient engine , ono of the lloote-.t on the B. iS ; M. road , specially selected for this purpose , with nn express and passenger coach attached , dashes out of the depot. | To Plattsmouth Is a run of twenty-one j miles , nnd the distance is made in thirty j minutes. I There is found the great B. & M. llyer i from Chicago for the west. It pass through the states of Nebraska nnd Colorado and connects with all south-western points. At all those plucoj , Tin : Bui : has readers. Some of thorn will yet bo m their beds when the great napor will bo delivered at their post- olllcos and in some Instances ut their very doors. Tin : Discs nro hurrldly transform ! to the express car of the passenger train , and at ; ! : , ' ! ( ) o'clock u. m. , the latter pulls out on Its journey to the mountains. Ashland , by this route 73 miles fi-om Omaha , is reached nt llba. : m. , and off Hies n package of BIUH. : Lincoln the capital , by this route 107 miles from Omaha , Is reached nt > : 18 o'clock , before ) the morning paper at that place has made its appearance on tbo streets. Then follow Crotu at , 517 : ! , Fnlr- mont , G5 : ! ! , Hastings 7H5 : , Holdrogo ) : ! , Me- Cook lliO : : , Culbortsou 1 lifts a. m. , nnd Denver , the capital of Colorado , by this rou to nearly < > 00 mlles away , ntJ:15 ( : in the ovon- Ing. This service is ono of the lincst In the world , and. with Its connections and Tin : BIK'S : special couriers , Is excelled only by the other special train on Sundays of Tin ; Bii : ; on the Union I'nclllo wlileii supplies the central , northern and northwestern sections of Nebraska. The latior special train comprises an engine and car , and Is exclusively controlled by Tuu BKK. its run extends 1M miles , terminating at tirand Island. Tim train roaches that place at 7W : ! in the morning. At that hour , thousands of Omaha's citizens nro yet abed , with THE BKK lying on their porches. At that hour , hundreds of citizens are nt the depot and on tbo street * of Urand island reading that morning's BEB. No bettor ser vice was over enjoyed. No butter service was over given In this or any other country. No other paper of Omaha , or indeed west of Chicago , could staiuijtlio expense of such nu enterprise. Some of the feeble , sleepy sheets Imagined at ono tlmn they could bear the ex pense of an enterprise which did not cost half as much , but found it was bovond their strength , They gave up , and nro now hauled along with ox-cart speed , some places ton nnd others twenty-four hours behind Tun BSE. BSE.This This special train system Is in keeping with that enterprUu of the editor of TUB Bis : which , tins given to the world the best tolo- graphlo service , the greatest variety of news und miscellany , ana tbo largest nnd most beautiful journalistic building in the world. Like all of thesu features , TUB HUE llyor , as It Is designated , possesses dotu'ls ' which are not familiar to the people. At U a. m. tbo train shoots westward from the Union depot on the road mentioned. It consists , 04 has boon tutlmatod , of an engine , No , UN , acd a special delivery car titled up with "Boo spcelaJ' ' uhalM nnd n tnblo upon which the pnokaWuro ( to bo assorted. The car Is lo * with packnues of TUB HRI : which have bp u convoyed to It by two experienced handloffl. The papers nro plnood In the order of 4.lwlr destination , these for the nearer stntluHSybomg arranged nearest the door. Thl > narrati cement is supar- Intended by ITIIR " BISK'S special messenger. Mr. i > George CJollenbock. The train is In charge of Conductor O.V. . Cioourlch , nyoiinjrmnti , moU accommodating nnd one of the itKM orvlccablo conductors on the roud. His sctui'tnlo has bean handed him. The signal U given , ) On through the dark- Haas the train shoots. There Is ( no light of course , in the cafflnit ns tbo furnace door opens , nro rovcnIM the youthful , but deter mined features of lii/L'lnour William Clawson , "Cyclone Bill1' as He has been appropriately termed , nnd the somewhat pnmv features and sparkling eyes of Charley Highsmllbtho 11 reman. There Is nobody present to witness Its de parture and the pulling out Is made In the in n most business-like manner. In n mo ment it has rounded the bond , passed over the brlitges nnd under tbo viaducts und Is speeding to the country. South Omaha Is passed with n salute of the whistle. But the town is dark nnd quint. Brilliant sparks from the locomotive trail after the llyor , but serve only to show the dense wreaths of smoke slowly circling behind nnd nscondlmt to the clouds to add to the density of tliu gloom. The limits of South Oitviha having boon reached , the engine is allowed to do its best and the train snoods over the track with t'jo swiftness of the wind. She UIM right of way and n straight triicu. The locomotive is the ono which monthly hauls tbo puv car. its trips have brought hundred * of dollars nnd bnpplncs ; to thousands of homes In the stnto of Nebraska. It Is nuw In Tin ; BKK , bearing a wealth of inlornmtlnn valued In the thous ands and n means to enable tons of thousands to spend the utiy nnd ovt'n their lives In a most happy manner. It scums conscious of the exalted work In which It Is engaged. The rails benind It slip into darkness , but its headlight lights up a pathway which it is anxious to pursue. The messenger opens the door on the sldo. There is tbo glimmer of light visible , like a spark in the distance. The messenger holds two large packages of HUB'S ' and the next in stant projects them seemingly Into the dark ness. The spark now appears to have been the Illuminated window of n station and shines upon the bundles lying nt the door waiting to be nieiied up by the agent. ' That was I'aplllion , " savs the messenger. This station is eighteen miles from Omaha nnd the run is made in twenty-throe min utes. No stou is made and the station is hardly in sight bcfdro it again leaves the range of vision. ' " ' Mlllard. tweuty-threo miles from Omaha , is reached in thirtvtotio minutes , and off Hies another largo bundle , i It lands upon the sta tion platform nnd af the , very door. Only nn export can throw these bundles and the nccomp inynlg messenger is denom inated nn expert.T'Tho package is thrown in a direction contrary to that in which the train is running which , in n measure , coun teracts the momentum which it receives from the train. ; , a Elkhorn , thirtv-ono mlles , is passed in forty minutes nnd-thwe nnothor bundle flics awny from the earn"I , . , Waterloo , and Valley are ti-cntod in llko manner nnd there Is nn energetic pull for Fremont , the morning in the meantime rid ing on waves of light btihlnd the Iron horse. Only the elements , however , elm excel this steed nnd when , nt last , panting and thirsty ho gallops into Fremont , ho linds bo has been distanced by the dawning. Hero he comes ton stand nnd takes n copious and refreshing draught of water. Mean while Tun BHI.S ' energetic neont has rushed up to the car with n bandwagon nnd 000 copies of Tin : BKI : are deposited in the recep tacle. It is now I:1S : a. m. o'clock. The ngent has no time to talk with the trainmen , nor have they with the ngent , because the latter and the train loavu tbo depot at the same moment. At ( ! o'clock every BII : tins been deposited at its destination in" Fremont. Sonborg , Amos , North Bend and Schuylor uro passed by nnd olT at each ono goes sev eral bundles , no stop being made save for n couple of railroad crpaslugs until Columbus is ruached. Into the suburbs' of this cltv , as if desiring to show herself worthy of the attention she receives from the citizens nt the depot , the train skims along at thu rate of sixty mlles an hour. The Columbus packages nro unloaded , ns also others consigned to the mirth. The latter uro placed upon a passenger train waiting especially for them and supplying Sunday reading matter for the towns of 1'latto Center , Humphrey , Mndlson nnd Norfolk. From Columbus also Wayne is supplied. A cheer is given Tin : Bui : by the enthusi asts on the platform , who eagerly open the packages and read the papers , and the train is oil again. There is another crossing stop near Chirks. Central City , IMS miles , Is pnssud at OiilS. Ono moro and the last crossing stop is made outside of Grand Island , nnd at 7 : ! ! u o'clock to the minute , thu engineer , so to speak , draws rein upon his steed and the Journov is ended. Hero two trains nro ir. waiting , ono a fast freight for thu west nnd the other the Grnnd Island & St. .loo. On the former nro placed bags for Ulm Ciouk , Gibbon , Gothenburg , Ivoarnoy , Lex ington , Shelton , Wood Rlvor and North Pintle , tbo lust mentioned lacking only six mlles of being HOD miles from Omaha , is reached by JiO : p m. I The lazy competitors of Tin : Bu : reach there at ! l ril p.m. K\actly seven hours and live minutes behind Tin : Llko tbo competitors , the North Platte people uro then sleepy , and have gone to oed. and the sleepy contemporaries du not make their nppoar.uieo until Monday , eighteen hours behind Tin : Biil ; : At Grand Island , nlso , connection Is made with the St. .loo train onwhich stacks of BII'S : nro piled illrectol to Bolvldoro , Dav enport , Doniphim , vlpdgar. Fuirburv , Fair- Hold , nnd Steele jp ly , the subscribers in which through TIKI ' . , IWIE'.S ontorpri-,0 are treated to a Sumlay.i'.morning . luxury not often enjoyed In parts so distant. Besides , Tin : Ihiii'ibut ' established star routes which still fUTlhOr extend Its iiccom- modatlous. ' , " ' ' " Tobias is reached W,1 way of Fulrhury. as are also McCool Juqfctlon and Milligan , while Bolvldoro is Utusnpply place for Heb ron , .horse routes linking the delivery reg ularly. > e.'l | ' < In all the west nml iiiiloed In the cast , there is no grontor ontoi'ifiM so'displayed. Its grand result Is In gratofiil'nu'd ' glorious contrast to the fcoblu efforts of the little sheet whoso birth twenty yours iigQjs today commomor- nlod. , , - ' . si'Kf I'juu'icoiirs. Whore They ArdjjfhjtloiiCMl l > y The line to Out oY NOWH. As Intimated in another part of this Issue , Tins BKK has several' thousand correspond ents scattered nil over thu western , north nnd southwestern mid ounorn parts of thu country. Thuso wrlturs , however , act only when there is news which is known to bo of Interest to people In this section to bo trans mitted. Independently of those , however , TinBKE : employs n number of people who devote all , or nearly nil , ot their tlmo to gathering for it evorj thing that tinnspircs around them. Among tboso Is thu manager nt Council Bluffs , who , with n corps of assistants conducts tUn depart ment under that name , as If It were n paper distinct from this publication. Alt the news in the thriving and beautiful city across the river is collected , prepared and transmitted to this city by wire , mull and messenger nnd nnds Us way into TUB BKK of tbo following day. Tno same i& ttuo of ad- vorthomonts , the supply of which Is gen erous , Next morning the papers Intended for Council JIlulTs are sacked nt nn cany hour nnd nro sent by special express noross the bridge. In this manner l.iV.W copies nro do- llvcred In that cltv before the citizens have nrlscn from their comfortable couches. This enterprise was Introduced by Mr. Uosowator about ton years ago. It was " fostered under all Kinds "of dlfllcultles. Thu railroads refused to transport Tun BKKon the early freights. The paper had accord ingly to bo sent down to the river where It was taken bv n boatman ami ferried to the IOWA shore. There It wns taken In charge bv nn expressman and hauled , under every kind of elemental disturbance , across thu trackless bottoms to thu Bluffs. Finally , the railroad permitted TUB BRB to send Its edition to that cltv on a hand car , the messenger propelling the machlnu up to tlio Broadway depot nnd there leaving It to bo called for by the circulator. This method of transmission was laborious nnd dangerous. The work had to bo done before daybreak There was then but ono track over the brldgo If the messenger had reached the middle of the bridge nnd dis covered n train coming toward him ho was compiled to got out of the way with ex pedition or be run down without inerav , but , of course , without the knowledge of the trainmen. Fro < iunntly Tun Ilnn man was compelled to rut urn back nnd more fro- ( luontly to pull his car nnd load oft tliotrack to allow n train to pass. Once , however , he was unable to lift the car from the rail In : lmo and the vehicle was crushed by nu onglno Into splinter ! ; as if it had boon only n toy wagon. The building of the wagon brldgo has. however , done away with nil this toll and danger mid n rapid express now does the work. On this trip arc nlso taken about llftoon hundred copies of Tin : BKI : exclusive of those Intended for thu Bluffs , nnd these are placed on board early freights for distri bution In western town. Tno remainder of tbo Iowa mail Is rushed from the mailing room to the postofllco , wbonco it Is dispatched on early pissengors to Its destination. In South Omiilm Tin : BKI : employs n corps of reporters who hoop track of everything happening in the city nnd stockyards. The news is tlio freshest and fullest in both de partments. This service nays great atten tion to the collection of the most reliable market Information , n fact which Is daily noticeable in Tin : Bun's ' reports. Tbo latter are rccogm/od ns authority by the cattle dealers who pat loni/o the yards , as also by farmers throughout the country who con template the shipping of llvo stoclc. At Lincoln also Tin : BII : : maintains n resi dent correspondent whoso tlmo is solely devoted - voted to gathering the latest information for this paper. In Chicago Tin : Br.i : hns an ofllco in room fid" , Kookcry building , under the charge of Mr. A. G. Uichnrdson for the handling of ad vertisements. It nlso maintains n news bureau there , tin ) special telegraphic service from which is n dally feature of this paper. There is also at Washington n special bureau maintained , tbo letters of which , over the nnmo of I'erry S. Heath , have long boon familiar to tlio readers of Tin : Br.i : . In New York 1m : Bi i ; has still another ofllco , rooms II and 15 , Tiibuno building , under the direction of Mr. A. G. Hichardson. No paper west of Chicago is so well sup plied or can afford to maintain so many means of receiving reliable information. TIIIO OLD < ; UAUD. Itcuollcctions ol' Jjarly Subscriber * ) Who Always Stood Iy The Hcf. Papers change but readers , donot.as a rule , chance with them. Now journalistic candi dates rise up , claim , aim perhaps , merit lib eral patronage. THE BIK : , however , does not change. It is , today , as it was twenty years ago , devoted to the city , the state , the people. Recogniz ing this fact , its ranks have not been dosort- oil by its early iriends. They nro lillod with veterans , nnd hayo boon increased by acces sions of later though perhaps less oxcltlntr times. While Tin : Bic : glories in the support which It has always been accorded , it yet takes special pride in the ol'l guard which has stood by it from the start. Death nnd change of rcsidonco have reduced the num ber , but change of sentiment never. To pub lish , hqwover , the names of all these who still remain is beyond the possibility of TUB Bni : in thU'issuo. Appended however , nro the names of n few who rojoicp with Tin : BKI : on this anniver-ary of its birth. John D. Croightcn I didn't move my fam ily hero until Ib7i That was Just about a year after Mr. Hosowntor started his Br.i : , but wo haven't parted company since except when I wns off in ivontucky on n long busi ness trip and than Tins Bin : somotimss fol- fowed mo. John Drexel I've been subscribing for Tin : BKI : only for the past ton years , but my father took it from the llrst press. 1 was liv ing on n farm then and I beard my father say when the second copy reached him , "Well , always tnkon nnothor pnjwr In the morning nnd Tun UKP , ns Indicated , In the evening. William Wallace wns ono of tbo llrst subicribow nnd kept on until during the grasshopper visitation. 1 then stopped'1 MB HIK : for certain reasons , but nuDsequontly renewed the subscription nml nin still Ink- Inif It. Lewis S. Hood -I was In tbo legislature with Mr. Uosowator in 1871. Ho came homo nnd started Tun Bir. : in the little i-lllco on Twelfth street that wns burned down. TUB HKI : has always come to my ofllco nnd I read It dally. Captain U. B. Uustln I have boon In nnd outof town. I've taken tbo paperor boupht It on the streets nlmost ever since It was started. Klehard Wllito I take the morning Hun here nt my place of business nn buy It in thu evening from n nowsuov on thu street and tniui It homo , and have done so since it was llrst sold. Sam Burgsirom I took It from the llrst dav It wns .started ovcopt for n short tlmo , whim I hnd n light with the carrier. Ho col lected twice. I told him 1 wouldn't take the paper until they got another man lu his place. They got ntioHiur man and then 1 fommoncud again. In the moantlnio.howovcr , I bought the paper on thu strouts. C. F. Goodman wns one of the verv llrst subscribers Tins Bin : over had. Mr. Uoso water has made n great success of his paper. I nuvor had any difference with him but once nnd that was oosilv sottlod. Chris Willo 1 came bore In October , lh7J , ami have read and subscribed for Tun BII : : overslnco. Tin : BII'S : : nil right. It's the bust paper In town , the state nnywhcre. It's nlwnys been n llrst-elass paper. F. D. Sutphon Mr. Uosowntur from the start , when bo came litre , Impressed the business men that ho was possessed of n great deal of vim nnd energy nnd when ho stnrtod THE HKI : it wns thought that It would bo a "go. " I subscribed for It from tbo be ginning. I had nn advertisement which ran in It year In , year out , I wns then In the cigar and tobacco business nnd had a sport ing headquarters near Bowman's present Imrdwnro store on Farnam street. I had a big pipe which hung ever the door , nlso u largo gun which was hung up outside. 1 had cuts of those and they nppoarod in Tin : BKI : . When you opened the paper these cuts could bo seen ns far off as you could sec nnything in the paper. They attracted n great deal of attention then , but would not of course attract so much attot.tion at this iluio. George A. Hoagland was In my store when the canvasser lirst made his appearance , and subscribed , for tbo paper right on the spot. J. S. CuulHola Well , I really never sub scribed for Tin : Br.i : , but it lias boon on my counter for sale over slncoit was established , that was in ' 71 , when wo had the great tele graphers' strike. D. T. Mount There's nothing equal to It in the country , now , is there , oven consider ing what Mr. Kosowator has gene through or what ho has not gone throuuh. Of course I've taken Tim BKK from tlio tlmo it was started. John Baumor I took Tin : Bii : : llrst In IS71 when it was begun and have kept It right along , notwithstanding that Mr Uosowator lias criticised mo. I kept on advertising in it too. Philip Lang I hnvo taken the paper from tlio lirst. When Mr. Rosewater started his Bin ; , the.ro was another paper stnrtod from the Republican olllco to oppose him But ho ran them out. Their ofllco was ever Hoafoy it Hoafoy's ' : Tun BKI : has always had moro locals nnd so won. Mr. Rosewater used to enlarge It almost every month. M. Hellmnn I have taken Tins Bin : from the lir.st nay when Mr. Rosewater throw tlio paper around for n few weeks or months for nothing and then charged , I thin It 50 cents per month. I've kept it over sinco. Iliad an advertisement in the llr t number too. I was in business right on tlusspot. I think Mr. Rosewater has done moro for the com mercial prosperity and progress of Omaha than any ono individual. Ho certainly deserves - servos credit for his pluck and energy , be cause he had to light his way from" , the ground up. But now , ho cannot be injured in anything he undertakes for the bouolit of this city. Harry Douol Iilon'tthlnlcl'voovcr missed Tin : BISI ; a day since it started. The Herald nnd Republican wore both old paper * then. The Republican has winked out. The Herald is merged with another , but Tin : Bun still lives. Mr. Uosowator 1ms made a great suc cess of iU Of course , there was some doubt as to its being a success when It was started , because there bad even then boon so many failures among tbo papers. But wo all pat ronized it. P. E. Her I can't remember now that I subscribed for Tin : HUE just at the start , but I know I did soon after. I wont into every thing that came along in these days. I know that I was invited to take stock iii it. I might have been ono of the original stockholders if i had so decided , but I declined nnd I am sorry now that I did , because- think it made money. Milton Rogers I crossed the river in 'ISO and received tbo llrst copy of Tin : Bni : and it has boon coming to mo over sinco. Mr. Rosewater has done a great deal for Omaha , nnd I have stuck up for him for certain good reasons which bis paper has always sot forth. T. J. Beard I have taken Tin : BII : : slnco it was started , and , with nlmost everybody , made by Rod KIbbonltos upon the observnn > < o of Stinony by the Germans of the city. 1 or. of the then local pnpors , tbo Hod Ribbon pen pie found some support. Alstadt's pupi < r u n published In defense of the Germans ait 1 m put n llguratlvo Men In the ears of imr irmluruM. While publishing the Flea , Mr Alstadt mot Mr. Uosewalor. The Inner wanted n canvasser to work the state At that time TUB Urn was scarcely two weeks old But the editor , with thn far-soelng wis dom which has always characterize ! him. wished to extend Its influence through thu state. Nobraskn was tlinu but sparsely HO > tied , having fewer than ono hundred nnd llfty thousand population. AI stndt was going to travel through it for the Flen , nml thought ho could work nt the same tlmo for Tin' Hrii He received bis commission trom Mr , Rase- water and stnrtod for Lincoln. Oinnlm was not tbon connected with thu capital by ran The beU connection wns made bv driing t > IMnttsmouth mid Uionco taking the B. & M to Lincoln. Stioaklng of the .subject Mr. Alstidt sun "In ls ? | I published n paper i-nllod , " at lu < puts It. "Tho Dutch Flea , In the bascin. . i i of Uedllcld's building , corner of Dodgu .r. . i Twelfth streets. Mr. Uojowator common I nt thu same tlmo n shout which he name I I n BKI : . TIIK Bin'still hums , stings and fath urs honoy. Tlio Flo. * is well , das ist nusgcsoldnlrht. My pilper was started ns thu German Flea , but it soon noted ns the traditional lion of the Irishman and llnall ) dlsappeirod forever. "Mr. Rosewater had boon looking far a canvasser und I thought t could do the Job of soiling my Flo'i and his HBP , two pretty live , ly Insects. But , nftor u little while , Tin. Bi.i killed the Flea. "Ho on/agod mound I started on the Jour- noy. I got down to Plattimouth alter n trip of two days. The weather win very hot nnd the roads sandy nnd dusty. I rodoln n wagon with a friend. A snnicu or something bit tbu horse nnd caused him to run away. 'Ihu horse turned abruptly and the wagon , nnlmal and driver wont ever n bluff. I jumped off on the othur sulo nnd w is saved. I'lio wneon was broken , the driver injurod.nnd thu rottun harness torn into loatbor slr.tpj. Tbo driver loft the wagon there nnd returned to Omaha I continued my journey on foot. ' I walked up and down thu Plntto river bank , looking for n bo.it to crois and finally found Ono toward evening. When I reached the other side of the river It was dark , and 1 stopped In n farmer's house and early next morning continued on my Journey to I'lnlts mouth- reached there tired und Hungry , bronzed llko n Hottentot nnd with only n couple of dollars In my pocket. 1 wanted to go to Lincoln and applied at thu olllco of tlio B. it M. road for transportation. The in ilttlo holu-in-tho-wnll headquarters were n - - - structure . I can't recall the name of the man who was in charge at the time. 1 told him I represented the German Flea of Omaha ami wanted a pass to Lincoln. He looked nt mo as an intruder and , If ho had beun ablu would have kicked me from thu of lice. His seriousness made mo smile. That made him mad. " 'Say.mistor , ' " I said , " 'won't ' veil give mo n pass to Lincoln. I am editor or thu GIT man Flea of Omaha. It is supposed to bo thu rod ribbon ' " " 'Seo bore , ' ho interrupted , 'if you don t le.ivo bore , I'll have you put in the Jail. ' " " 1 saw it was no use to tails to him about the Flea so I told him I also represented Tin Bi'E. You ought to see him look at mo then' His eyes stood out like those round pieces of glass they have in colored church windows. Ho thought 1 guess , nt ono time , that 1 was fooling him nnd again that 1 was nn oscnpnd inmate of thu insane asylum. And I didn't hardly blame him , because , who o > ror hoard of n paper called the Fien , and I guess Mr. Rosuwator was tbu llrst man to call n paier | Tin : Bni : . I smiled again anyhow , though not very much , bu cause 1 thought It was about time to show him that 1 was really in earnest. " 'Mister , ' I said , 'If you will give n tlckot to Lincoln I will udvertiso your road in Tin : BHK of Omaha. ' " 'Tin : BII : of Omaha , ' ho repeated , moclc- Ing me. That settled the matter with him. Ho Itnow then that I was cr.uy. Ho called n gooil-si/.od man from somewhere nnd told him to chuci : mo out with the rein irk : 'This fellow savs "Tin : BEI : of Omaha" nnd ho emphasised those words 'wants trans portation for advertising. Now > ou trans port him out of doors and with your boot if you want to. He's an imposter. The only papers in Omaha are the Herald and Repub lican and they don't amount to much. ' "The man ho called was a big follow and 1 was getting ready to run butwoun his legs and throw him ever when I said : " 'Hold on , mister. You are mistaken. Hero Is Tun B'i'nnd : : , I took a copy of the papur from my poukot and spread It upon the pine counter. This prevented war and both the superintendent and the big bouncer well , they didn't know wham bouncer was , in these days , but that fellow know what was expected of him looked nt that paper and laughed. " 'Say , what you follows laughing at ! ' " I asked. " 'Didn't ' I tell you I was connected with Tin ; Bui : , and here she is.1 "Tho paper was about the size of a baby's ' bib and was then about two weeks old. Honestly , I was ash unod of the little thing , but I know it was full of < * > * * " ? : sp i nSTt VJ' jCSSsJfefe j - * . * * " t * & % i &y ? ? 1871. 1891. that'll last the summer nnd tnnu It'll ' qo. " But It's alive still. I used to help one of the caily carriers fold mid deliver it. Dock Smith 1 have taken Tin : BIK : since Rosewater started it in n Ilttlo Sx'.l ' onico , right ever hero on Twelfth street. Ho hud n telegranhlu nrraiiL'omont there. I laud him lor his success. Ho has built up n great en- torpiUe. I don't lind fault with him because bo beat mo und toolc thu city hall from JolTer- son aqunru. Ho made n good light and ho know how to light bolter than I did. L. M. Uonnott have ro.i 1 Tin : BRI : al most regularly either at homo or In my olllco since 1 71-tho your It was established. Luther Drake Tin : But has boon coming to our bank since It was established. I had. thorufore.no reason to subscrlbu for It. But I have read It nearly every day and so have the rest of our poopiO. MaMoyur I have boon taking Tin : B KB over slnco It started , when It was little ix I. Although 1 am n democnit , I would not do without It either as a newspaper or a means of advertising. Our iia-in Inn had yearly contracts for advertising In It from the oo- glnnlug nnd hope to continue them until thu end. end.Goodloy Bruckor I hnvo taken It since It wasn't ntiy larger than a napkin. It's the best paper I Know of In this country. ' In Nebraska lor Nat Brown I've ro-ilded tbo pa a twonty-nvo years nnd I'vu rend 'I'm : BIK : almost dully over slnco 1 learned it was in existence. It's the best paper ever pub lished here and I have tnkon It dally since I moved to this cltv. IS. L. Katun 1 wns ono of the first ndver- tbcrs In Tin : Hen , In fact my advertisement appeared in the llrst number of the papur. It was tbon about the size of ono of my vlg- nottes. I've road It every day slnco. Frank Hnnloii I came hero m Wl. TUB BKB wasn't started till n few yours after wards. I've taken the paper every day slnco it was first banded nround free up to thu present tlmo. Mr. Rosewater nnd I hnvn't always agreed on certain questions but I want TUB BEI : nil the same. Henry. W. Yntoa I wouldn't swear per sonally that I took Tim HUB from the oturt , but tbu First National bank , In which I was ut the time , took it. 1 know 1 subscribed soon utter uud nuvor dbtoutmued It since. 1 have have felt that , for tlio last fifteen or eighteen yoarit has buun thu best paper in thu stato. Mr. Rosewater hits always had the symp ithy of a lighting lorco of democrats and Inde pendent republicanNo matter what his enemies thought of him politically , every body admired the man who could begin with nothing and do what he has done. C. Scliliink Tin : BKK was a tlnv thing when Mr. Rosowatcr distributed it free iknil I took it like almost every otnur person and have knpt nt it up to the present. It Is utmost given awny nuw also , but If the usual pncu weri ? charged it would still be cheap. C. A. Baldwin I have taken Tin : HBI : slnco it was so small. { Indicating on his fore-linger. ] I have itupt du taking It bo- causu I consider It without a pour west ot Now York. I consider It equal to the Now York Triouiio in its bust days , and there was no dun lit that then thu Tribune did nut hnvo a rival in luurnnllsm It was always so re liable. Why , my father used to swear by the Tnbunu as bo did by his blblo , which ho hud road In church. Mr. RoiuwaUT has truntud mo In dllluront wuys at dilluront tlmos , but that don't matter. Some puoplo wuru angrv with mu because I refused 10 testlfv In the ease twoyoarsngobutwuen him and Viuidorvoort. But I know what the Jamas lj' Boyd I wns one of the first reader * of Tin : BKI : and I was ono of the men. too , who Inslstud that It ought to live. Tnosu who assisted Mr , Uosowntur then in bis struggle did not lose anything. It was paid bauk to all of them. Till'FlUVr OANVASSKU. DIIIlunltluH AtttimlliiK the Inlioiluu- tion ol'Tho ItiM ) Into the Country. Mr. William Alstadt is a little man. Ho has resided in this country for many years. Ho is witty , humirous , sententious and counts friends ns easily as people count his jokes. Hu was n lung time In inu service ot IJiiclo Sam. For u llinu ho was a martyr to nllegud civil service reform undur Mr. Clove- land. Ho has again returned to thu registry department of the po < tcfllco. In 1S71 Mr Alstadt published a papur called tuo Dutch Flua , It bud lU uri m m uu altacu ginger nnd would soon make Homebody snun/.o , "Tho .suporliilomlunttouk thu paper between the thumb and forollngor of each hnnd and conduscomlud to hold it up and loon at it , I thought surely then 1 wns going to get u tlckot , but thu fellow said : " 'And you expert transportation on such a sheet ns th.itI Well , you don't gut it' " 1 tell you , I was so mud I could have i united him namus. Hut I didn't. Well , 1 wont out of the ufllcu and wrote to Mr , Rosewater - water and tolil him I must come hack ur lie must send me some money. 1 waited rind when 1 had -spent almost every cunt I had , I rncoivod n loiter containing live dollars from Mr. Husowntur. "i dusted nut of PlaUxmo'ith on thu lirst freight and traveled nearly all night and reached Lincoln in a rain storm nbout four o'clock in thu morning. "Tlio B. ite Ai. ofllclnl later wont to . . . . . . fornin nnd was later tluKutud to eternity. Hu lived , thoiiL-li , long unoiKh to know that bo would fool glad to bo iiikeJ to deal with Tin. HIM : . "I wont right nwny nftor broakfajt to the capitol and showed Tin ; HKI' . Everybody there had hoard of It , but nobody hud seen it. It was nut long , though , bufoio they felt it i sold a couple of BKKS lu the caultol , and tlju IliMl ono , I think , was to n man named Coul ter -it is so long slnco I won't bo positive - who was then deputy auditor. I sold it to him for n yuar , cah in udvanco , $ . " > . "Of course now , I wns rich , and dUn t care for a pass. 1 went among my German friends nnd lecolvud half n du/en subscrip tions for Tii | : li ! : nnd n do/en for thu Flea. 1 had then money enough to buyout lint Bit : at thu tlmo. "I went to NebraiKu Cltv and to nil thu towns on thu Kearney branch of the B & M , and In all received nbout thirty subscriptions nnd Unit pleased Mr Uosuwnteru great deal. "Yes sir , I wns thu llrst canvasser Tim BBB had and 1 sold thu llrst paper outside the city and I'm a young man yet If 1 have grandchildren old onuugh to gut married. " K In tlioio days when monuy was scarce TIIS I Jtr.i. was an indupandunl of thu roadt ns R 1 today. It wanted no favors from them 1 For transportation , it was willing to give ad.ertuink. , a uy tein of which thu roads uro uuly to willing to avail themselves-
