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
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isiti Jl.ihU KvS 31.7.11
A'l.ir ? IWf'l 41 IU
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Statement of amount of postage paid dur
ing the past ten years ;
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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.
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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-
