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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 27 , 1892-TWENTY PAGES. in
PERILS OF PIONEER PERIOD
Bald of the Little Blua Valley by tbo
Ohoyonnos in ' 04. .
INDIAN OUTRAGES AT EUBANK'S RANCH
btniK trK of Sntllnr nnil ItrtHieln on tlio
Old Cnlltoniln Trull In NelirmUn
Itiiplno nnil llntrlbntlnii U | ilil
The I'nntiliiK of l.o.
In an article publtshod In THE Ilnn a few
wcclts slnco under the caption "Tho Old
California Trull , " the statement was made
that tti.it now hlstorio roadway was a path
way through a gravoyarJ and that every
inllo had boon marked by the grave ot someone
ono who hau fallen the victim of the mur
derous savagery of the Indians or succumbed
to the tnuny dangers Incident to overland
trafllo. The statement was not nn ox-
nggornlcd ono uud hundreds ot Instances
may bo cltod in corroboration. No his
tory of Nebraska that has or
will over bo written will contain onc-
bulf otho stories of war and raplno
wnred by the hosltlo donlzona of the
plains against the men who formed tbo aa-
vance guard of western civilization. A few
reference * In the pages of history , n few
mugnzlno ntul nownpapor articles und a
plethora ot aliened adventures printed In the
thrill in a ( ingot ot the exponents ot morbid
llctlou , innko up the annals of the plains.
Uno of the most ferocious attacks made
upon Iho pioneers of the stivto of Nebraska
occurred In August , Ibdl , und U known
among the old settlers as the "Choycnno
raid of Iho Llttlo Blue valloy. " Its history
has never bean fully written , und never will
be , for the reason thut so many of the inon
and women who mli-'ht have told Uio story in
nil the details of Ils horror perished at Iho
bauds of tlie Indians.
lloaiillr * ol the I.I t tie Dice.
No part of Nebraska Is in ere beautiful or
inoro fertile than the vallov of the Llttlo
Blue river. This little stream has Its oricln
In tbo custom part or Ivearnoy county. Its
course Is generally to the southeast , and it
wands a rambling course through Adams ,
cuUoffa corner of Clay , passes through part
of NuuUolls und Thnycr and llnally les&s Its
Identity lu the Big Blue nt or iiour the city
of Falrbury In Jefferson county. The jmt-
ural udvantagcs of ttio Little Blue valley' led
John C. Fremont to make It a nart of the
overland route to the mountains , and cunso
quently the old California trull followed the
vulloy Its en tire length from n .spot , uuur the
present town of Alexandria almost the dis
tance to Fort Kearney.
-Iho fact that the Little Blue valley was a
part of the great route across the plains
enabled it to be settled in iidvnnco uf other
parts of Interior Nebraska , and nt thn time
of which wo write sottlu'iiijnU ' had been
made at Big Sandy , Kubank's ranch , Spring
ranch. Pawnee ranch nud Liberty funn.
lion Holliday's overland stages made stop
nt nil of these places und not Infrequently
Detachments of .United States troops vtoro
locntcd nt fomo'.of the points for the better
, „ rotectlon of the emigrant trains dolly pass-
lue of or the plains. Sovonil companies ot
I Ohio volunteers were located hero and at
\ least ono company made un of confederate
[ unsoner. * was pressed into" service to make
I iifo and property moro secuiu in the little
I valloy.
I OlicytMiuuH Tnlcn tlio Wnr I'atli.
I III the latter part of July. 18CI , the Choy-
I cnno Indians left their country at the head
I waters of the Holouion river in" western ICan
I t.as and took the war path. 1'hero were at
I least lClU ) of thorn , and thov wcro under
I command of Black Kettlo. White Antelope ,
| Two Face and One-Eyed George Bent. Tbo
'
f latter was the half-'urcod son of Colonel
T Ben' , , whoso name was at ono tlrno.famlllar
' In western mllltnry'nniiuls , and , like many
other half breeds , lie was moro ferocious and
daring tlmn tbo Indians whoso blood llowcd
in bis veins.
Almost the llrst ulaco r.ivSRod by the
Choyennes utter reaching this state was the
llttlo settlement at Plum Creek , now the
slto of the town of Lexington in O.iwson
I county. Hero several neoplo were killed and
i ono or two wagon trains dnstroycd. Cou-
I Itnulng their way eastward the savages de-
I ilcotcd to the southward In order to avoii
I nny possible collision with the troop * nt For
| Kearney , and then entered upon tbcir work
f. of destruction in the Little Blua val
I loy , The settlers were murdered
I their \vives and daugutcrs ravished
I nud carried Into captivity , littl
I children butchered , horses ran oft' and
I ranches burned. The rcdsk'.ns traversed the
I entire length of the valley before setting
I tliolr faces to the wcstwurd npuln. Tho.v
I then struck across the country to the valley
P of tho'Kcpublican nnd rapidly retreated tc
I the v.'ostern part of thu state. Hero they
F separated Into iwo bands , onu returning to
I the headwaters of the Solomon with Black
I Kettle and Ono-Eycd George Bent , nnd tbo
\ other penetrating far to the northward
I under command of Two Faco. The latter
I band llnally wont Into winter quarters at
I the biso of the Black Hills.
I All Incliliint lu Adlims County.
I In Iho Eoulhcrn part of Adams county a
I truglo Incident occurred , the fuels oL which
I nre corrobqratod by cvldencn collected by
I the wrltor. Two man , whoso names nro for-
I ever lost to lilstor.v , started overland with
two wagons loaded with muclnnerv to bo
I used in a quartz mill in thn mining Voulons
I or the mountains. Tticlr journey had been
f without incident until they passed Spring
I ranch , The day alter Icavinc the latter
I plnco tlio.v encamped for the nlu-ht ot a point
I on the trail wbnro the latter crosses Pawnno
I crcolc , about llvo miles south of the city of
I Hastings. Purlin ; the nlKbt they word nt-
I' ' tuclici' ' by u lianu of the Cheyenne nmrudcrs
| nnd killed. Thuir horses and mules wcro
B ran off nnd the wagon train uurnod.
Tim next day their bodies were found und
' luirlod by n detachment of soldiers from tlio
fort. Learning of tbo incident afterwards ,
E Prof. Daviu of the HiiHtlnjjs puollu schools
und a Dr. Perry , also of that city , made n
m thorcuuli Investigation of the ground upon
Iwhich thu massacre occurred. This was lu
tbo winter of IbTlt. Their search was ru-
warded by the discovery of thu graves of thom
m , two men , The bodies wcro exhumed nud
( .Uio MittUs roninvcd. Onu of thn skulls waa
ft tukrn by the physician , wullu Prof. Davis
Itrpt the other. Sovcral years afterward
thu profesnor removed to Colton , Cnl. , and
B Voloto ( caving Hastings ho presented the
Hkull to tlio museum at Hastings college ,
when ) It was yea to bo seen to bo seen tha
last limn the wrjlyr visited that institution ,
Attiivltiul by lliienliiiNuldliirM. .
At L'awneo ranch the Choycnnos were at-
tbcKod by u dottichuicnt of Iho Savanlh lown
cavalry , under the command of Captain E.
P. Murphy. The detachment consisted of
'jr.O mini und curried two pieces of light ar-
tlllery ; but the uoops were so greatly out-
numiiarcd by the savages thai they wcro dc-
rented utter a desperate ronllicl. The com-
K imicd with dinicuity made its way back lo
1-orl Kea'rnuy. In the toulluvostcrii part of
Cottonwoou townehlp , in Adams county ,
therouroyot to bo seen tlio craves of eleven
Boldlor' , and It is believed that thov were
m Itillcd In this cucngcnout with Uio" Chov
oniics , although the writer has never been
able to uscortalu the fact with any degree of
certainly.
Near Pnwnco rani-H a wagon Iroln of
seventy WUKOUS was attacked , the men
Idllod aud the train destroyed , The train
was loaded principally with a largo ronsicn-
inunt ot dry goods and the Indluna had
scattered thu calico , flannel , ribbons nnd
other articles of domestic economy over the
pralrlov for several inlloi. Taking ouo end
ot n bolt of cloth the facetious rvdikin
would put Uls pony on a gallup und reel the
goods oil In long streamers until the prairies
looked ns it they bad been decorated with
parti-colored buntlni ; In honor the orfsucoass
of the attaoj upon the wluius ,
lli-jkilry itt liuli.iuk' * K-incli ,
m It wMUl Kubauh'd ranch thut tbo Chov.
rntii)5 poriwnr.ueu their most dastardly outages -
ages , Kulmnk camu to tlie Llttlo Blue
Valto.v from Ohio to tuku churt'o uf the ta-
tion on Bon nolldav'i | , ovorlaud stage route.
With him caiuojils wife , ayiuug lady named
Mary Uouor , A horvaut glr | und several
small children. The big fcWtes made rouu-
lac Btoim ot Kubank's und the place was ono
ot the well Itnown HetUumenls on the
overland routo. The C'hoyeimoi cetue
down upon tUo pluccH llku u whirlwind
uud without warning , Eubauk wut
out on the prairie and subjected to Uio most
horrlbla torturn. His board was plucked
out by the roots , n flro nullt upon hit breast
nna M the flumes tlowly ute their xvny Into
his vitals his body was hnnkod to pieces.
Then when llfo had b5onjoarly hsuton and
tmrnoil out his body WAS shot full of arrows
nnil Inft lor the prowilnp coyotes. Thn serv
ant plrl W < M subjected to tnulpnltlos too horrible
rible to describe nnd her ( lend nnd nnKcd
body loft on ' .ho ground. The llttlo children
were picked up by the hcoU nnd tholr brains
dashed out uanlnsl the sides of thu lop oabln ,
which had been tholr shelter. Mrs. liubnnk
nnu Miss Hoper were also subjected lo tor
ture vionto than do.ith and then strapped to
the back * of ponies nnd carried awuy lor n
fete not to ba i1"3onbMl. ( Thou leaving Iho
burning hnllillnua ot tbo ranch the Cboy-
ouiics turned their faces to the westward ,
nnd after several days ot hard rldinx , were
nafo from pursuit.
ItiiiiKomcMl liyToin 1
An soon ai posslblo thn military authorities
nt Forts Kearney nnd Larntnlo took steps to
punish the marauding Choyennes , but It was
not for several months that the expeditions
ngnlnst the savages wcro orcamzod nnd
lucnd In the field. General Tom Moonlight ,
fterwards governor of Wyoming , was then
ii command of tbo district ot Colorajo.
Carly In the winter of ISOI-O. ) ho learned
hat two whlto women were hold ns rap-
ivos by a band ot Choyennes under the com-
nand of Two Face , then hi winter quarters
n the Black H1IU country. As soon ns pos-
Iblo ho opened communication with Two
'nco and finally agreed to pay u liberal ran-
'Oin ' of pnnlc ? , blankets , llnur , etc. , for the
oturn of the women. By the terms of tbo
grconicnt Two Face and two ot hlssuo-
n ! inn to chiefs brought the women to Fort
. .ara'.nlo. To thu everlasting credit of Tom
Moonlight bo It said that bo paid tbo ransom
erccd upon nnd then took Two Facn nnd
ils companions to n canyon neat1 the fort nnd
tinned thorn until they were dead ,
Thu womi'tt proved lo bo Mrs. Eubank and
illss Mary Hopor. Thov told n story that
untied the blood ot ttio gallant Moonlight
uud his brother ofllcor.-i. They had been kept
or the sport of Two Face niid his lecherous
loiiipanlons and nt the some ttmo were com-
lelloci to perform the moat degrading acts of
orvltudo by the sciunws ol the camp. Their
bodies wcro covered with Iho murks of con *
taut boallngs , nnd they appeared to bo nt
east twenty years older than when taken
tito captivity but ( i row short months boforo.
Mrs. Eubank was restored to her friends In
Ohio , while Miss Hopur returned to Ne
braska mid Is today the happy wife of a
prominent citizen in ono of the best known
itius of the stato.
PilllMiml tint Ilust of thu Ituild.
In the meantime- expedition wni sent
nto Kansas to punish the bar.d of Cluiyonnos
iitidor tha command of Bluck ICnttlo atid Ono
Sycd George Bent. The expedition con-
isted of three companies of the First Colo-
.urn nnd a detachment of the First Colorado
regiments , the former being commanded by
Colonel.I. M. Chivlngtun nnd tuo laltoi * by
Colonel George Shotlp. Tno redskins were
tlnnlly located at Sand creek , 110 miles
southeast of Denver , nnd by making n
forced march of forty miles through tlio
darkness the camp was surprised In
the early morning In November , 1SOI.
The Indians taken by surunse wcro unable
o make any resistance , and they were shot
down by scores , men , women and children
suffering death alike in the confusion of Iho
early morning churiio. The warriors wcro
completely panlo-strlckcn , and those thai
could sprung upon their ponies and made
their escape. Black Kntlle escaped seriously
wounded'but among the dead bodies loft on
tno plains was that of Ono Eyed George
Bent , the greatest rascal of ' .hem nil.
This was the last time the Cheycnnos
made nnylhlng Hku u serious effort 'to drive
back the settlements In Nebraska. Tbo
awnees made" a similar attempt a year
ator and their devastation of the Plalto'val-
oy forms tlio last chapter In the historv of
Indian warfare in this state. C. F. U.
The American Baptist Missionary union is
pledged to . < ocuro $1,000,000 before April 1 as
i centennial mission fund. The union
will have to scratch pretty lively if success
crowas this effort , from tnu present outlook.
four hundred and fifty Catholic papers
nrj published in Germany , including ninuty-
'ouidailios. .
The name of the Lnno Theological Scml-
mry prolcssor now on trial in Cincinnati lor
iicrcsy is littery Preserved Smith , but who.i
.ho reporters tncklo him ho becomes Ilonry
! { ciorvcd Smith.
I'rotostant Christians of the United States
expend $81,0110,000 annually in Christian
evangelization. Four millions of this ROCS to
foreign lands.
By the will of Mrs. Coles , which has Jus :
boon admitted to probate in Now York , the
cathedral of St. John the Uivlno receives
the munillcont sum ot $100,000.
Archbishop Kenrlck of St. Louis has ro-
cclvcd instructions from Homo to appoint u
coadjutor. The voner.iblo urclato has now
readied an ago that renders this action noc-
ossary.
The late Amos Shlnkle of Covlngton , ICv. ,
cave § 1,000.000 to various Method
ist churches in the course of his llfo
nnd was for years n Sunday school toachor.
The estnlo he loft is valued nt fcj,500,1)00. ) H
Had only ono child , n son , who survives him ,
but wus not present at his death.
Of the Hov. Mary T. Whltnoy. who bo :
lately accepted u cull to the pulpit of the
Second Unitarian church In Somervllle ,
Muss , , they tell this story : Her husband
was once preaching for u society then with' '
without n pastor and was complemented on
his sermon. "Do you call tfiut a good ser
mon' ! " ho rnplied. "You should hear mj
wifo. " They decided that they would heaV
his wife , nnd .tho result was a unanimous
call to the vacant pulpit.
Hov. Mr. MoDride , a Methodist minister
of Tennessee , was recently a director of a
national bank which held some whisky us.se
curity for loans. So charges uirniust him
were laid before the conference on the
ground that he wns aiding and allotting the
sale ot intoxicating liquors. Hut aftoi
scratching Its head ever the question , so to
speak , the conference decided that 11113
action lu thu ease would bo Inadvisable.
At the tlilrtlo'th anniversary of the Evan
Kolieal ICducatlon society , recently colO'
bratod nt llaltlmoro , the troiitmror's report
showed rcpoiptH from all sources 8l4b',7.1'J
and n balance of ? lfi'J7.71. During tlio yeiu
$ y50 , ; ! had been added to the trust fund 'niu
the sooioly is hi dally expectation of tlio ro
celpt of f. > , ( H)0 ) inoru for this fund , bringing ii
up to nearly f 100,000. The numbar of stu
uonis the past year has leen greater than
usual.
IMl'llfllKS.
U Is told In n English religious Journal
that n clergyman recently olllciatcd for a
brother clergyman. Bolne anxious to know
what impression ho had mime , ho imkcd the
clerk , "Was my discourse pitched In" too high
n key I 1 hone I did nut shool ever the heads
IUUII *
tOOlODgi , . . - * . . . .v .UH . .WM M ,
" 1 am Rlad of that , for , to tell you the truth ,
the other day , as I was KOttlui ; this sormcn
ready , my dot : destroyed four or llvo pages ,
nnd Uiut'lms | made It much shorter. " "Oil ,
sir , " said HID dork , "could you lot our viuur
o' that ' do ( "
have a pup 010 ?
Kector What onlhom are you golntr to
Bliib'uitcr ttio sermon J I want t > omothiiiR
partlculitrly iippropriuto.
Choirmaster Well , wo have been rehears-
luir the "AwaUo , Awakol" ol Sir Jonn
Str.inor. How will that do I
City Minister--Do you actually toll mo
that your conireK tloii oudures sermons
thrco-quarlers of nu hour loncl
Country Minister-Yes. They did Insist
for u whllo that , on the salary they paid mo ,
1 ought to preach tin hour , but J managed to
got the time reduced
A pnroon who had u cull from a llttlo coun
try parish to u largo and wealthy ono in u big
oltv sk d lima for prayer nua uousidora-
tion. Fiiiallv > < emu onu mot his youngest
son on the street , "How U It , Josiub , " guld
the neighbor , " 1 * vour futhor going to 111"
" \Voll , ' ' iinsworcd ihoyoungstur judiciously ,
"paw Is mill pr.iylu' lor light , but most of
the tultifs U packed. " *
On the way to church :
Mr. Hobo * How much shall I put In the
contribution box I " '
Mrs. Hobt Walt nnd seo. If that oalous
Mrs. Jennings is looking , put lu u f j ull I. If
not u nickel will do.
" 1 your duUKUtor a good musician ) "
asked the clorzymaa who was making a cull ,
"Uno'oubtcdiy" replied the feud mother ,
'Suo plays uotulus but byuiui. "
CHELSEA AND IIS MEMORIES
Features of the Fathom London Noiqh-
bsrhood Where Thomas Oatlylo Lived.
WRAITHS THAT HAUNT GRFATCHEYNE ROW
\Vhcro tlio t.ltor.iry Mght * nl Two ( Irnorn-
tlons blioiiu llriBlitimt Out LhcMca
llostillul and \Vur-senrruil 1'uu-
Hloucrs Homo . * sotithlu Men.
tfop.tl htj.l ISM. ]
LONDO.V , Nov. 11. lUorrosuouitciioootTnu
HEE.J A good UOOK cuiilii uo wrltton aujut
lliu lolK wuo imvo loved uinl Known old
UtioUen whom wo linvo Known mid luvud tor
what tuoy ilia for thu world.
Many yuurj ugi ) 1 saw 0110 of tlicsj foUc
oil n London 'DIU mid nud a good hour'n
study of him ns n ctulouft cl.urauiur wiitiout
luiowluc wlia uovtis. . He llrst uttructcd my
ulluiittoii by tils Konerally dUUuvclud uud
tUrowii-tOKottior api > ciu'.uico. Wliun Uo ou-
turcd the "oua ho hold a copy ol itio Loadoii
Times in onu hand und di'agijcd a very old
bit of n traveling vuij In the othor. Ho
snipped tliu KUlor uvcr his kucos us Uo But ,
down , glared ul ttio | ) .i sengeM savaifoly mid
Imiuudlntely closed his eyes mid btft'i > : > u
peuuliar motion of Ills iiiuutb ttut suomotl
illto it nervous chawing ot hi ) nether Up.
Havnb u scrugpy , and It ttica soomad tome
mo mi ill-lciiit | ) , man , out ot scris with ull
the world. 1 mentally ondcavorod to pliiuo
him. 1'orlinps ho is otio of tliosu sued y old
ciui'ks so woudi'oualy pictured uy Diuicuns ,
tlioUKhl 1. Ho urn ; ho u miserly old bnuliulur
wuo dully tuujulus. out , of his lodgings and
Into tils work uud buuk ugalu , never Unow-
\iK ctiriugd , sloopliiK lu Ina i-lolbing , in u ui-
inio.t tu uvorythuiK on cutlti but hn Icdgurs
iiul his do.ilt. If no tiuvo n wtlo and lamlly ,
10 units thu children , warns tlio COOK , abuses
lie houjoni.itd and "blows up1' Ills xvlfo be-
ere luiivlntr his hubitulloti , uud this p.irticu-
nr morning ho has nmdo them unUurjUind
, vlio is manor with grouter vuhcmuueu Ihuii
usual.
Pretty soon ho seemed to nwalto with a
tnrt , glared nguln at his follow pasaencors ,
und , jfivniR his bony kuucs a vicious twist
nway from proximity to nti elderly fat woman
who sat uesldo him , plunged into his paper
as though so fur ho had overlooked his duty
of discovoriui ; , cuplurmi ; uud punishiiiK
ionic sort of sedition within , duru enough
t WAS tlioro.
It U'us Thoiiiut Curlylo.
( i Ho scanned the editorial uago for u mo-
neat , smashed the paper together with
his kuuckly bunds , dropped it upon lUo
"bus lloor , and , pawing It back beneath tils
'cut , for sorio time gavu it a nervous kind of
joundlnn xvlitch plainly told his sentiments
tor the balderdash he had discovered. Then
ho fell to eliowtnt ; agulu witu his eyes qulto
Uoscd , and shortly awoke with a ntiiri to
ungo toward too door and souuilly berate
the conductor for carrying him past his
destination. 1 could not hear all of this
scolding ; but it brought trafllo on the Strand
o a standstill ; and tncn the scraggy , hairy ,
tumbleu-iip , loose-jointod old man disap
peared among the cabs nud 'busses , a tangi
ble. irusclolo Altercation with a Scotch dia
lect , prompting Irom drivers ac ho passed
the choicest blackguard quips and quirks
that roll from London drivers' roadj tongues.
The incident left a smile on nearly every
face lu the omnibus. A pleasant-faced map.
sitting beside me , notieiinr my look of in
quiry nno rightly Judging my nationality ,
Itindly solved the mystery. "My dear sir , "
ho said witn almost an air of pride , "he's a
bravo literal y man , that , lie wasn't born
in England , but he's the biggest man in. it.
When you get bacl ; to America you can toll
Iho Yankees you've seen old Thomas ( Jar
lyio ! "
1 never saw him ucain. But the London
Incident of long ago made mo a student of
Carlyle onu 01 the moil diflicult tasks of my
life ; and , from mucti reading , many pilgrim
ages to his birth and burial place , up there in
drearv Ecclofcchan , and to other British
localities which his strange personality and
genius made something like shrines , 1 nave
coma to love his memory , and , osuecially. to
Imvo nn affection for the place whore forUalC
a lifetime Uo struggled , contended , railed , as
saulted , defended , suffered and repented in
his humble und imperial , niggardly and noble
career.
Attractions of Ulielscii ,
That place is Chelsea. It is London now.
You ciuuol Hud a break in all the great
nasses of solid structures from tbo densest
jiart of the Boroanh out to ola Chelsea , and
for many miles hiwond. Yet the
Chelsea region Is still mobt charmingly
distinct. You know insensibly when
you oomo to it. You feel , with
out being told , that you Imvo crossed its
boundaries on leaving it. Without partici
pating In Its memories , knowing none of its
history , If you were set down within it , its
lovely , leafy , somnolent air has' "tlio very
spirit and hush of linnering noble presences.
You dally anu Idle upon the streets ( IB if
wooed Uy the unconscious pleasant compan
ionship , 'as if held by the gcntlo hand of
reminiscence.
lu Iho very heart of this pleasantost of
the London outer districts , Thomas and Jane
Welsh Carlylu literally battled along to
gether from the lUth day of October ,
ISIH , until Mrs. Carlylo's sad and
strange death in her brougham In
Hyde parlt. In April , 1SGO. The lonely
old soul that was loft remained rather than
lived In the same house to tlio end , In 1S31.
And I somehow helluva that the 47 years'
staying ot tun sago of Ecclefechan In No. 0
Great Chovno raw has thrown inoro of a
po-nlc glamor over old Chelsea than all the
other famous and great who have como aud
tarried and gono.
Matorlttlly , Sir Thomas More originally
nnide Chelsea. Carlyle rounds out Its fame.
Vast fields of history and romance Uo bn-
twcen. This "poru nouso In CUnli'liith , " as
the ancient records speak of tlio homo of Sir
Thomas More , was not so humble an huoita-
lion after all. It had u great porch , many
line windows , dozens of gabion , a pretty
tower , splendid gardens for the time , and lie-
allies housing the happiest family living In
England In tlio sixteenth coutury was so
attractive a place , though then far nway
from London , that Queen Alary was "moved
to purchase It ; " the garrulous Erasmus
found it u hospitable retreat ; and King
Henry Vlll often camu up the Thames In his
royal barge to debark and stroll to this lir.-u
old Chelsea mansion with his arm lovingly
arour.u the ucck 01 Moie , which his lioiuU-
man's ux severed ono July morning n little
later on ,
Lying along tlio northern bank of the
Thames , to the west ot the city , ( /uohea
proper may ho said to begin on tbo east at
tbo famous Chelsea hospital ot HrlHih pen
sioners , The mau'inllcoiit Tnames emuunk-
ment lorins tbo shore edge here , and near
UioBotanU ! panleiiK becomes C hey no walk ,
which continues a inllo or i > o to Uattcrsea
bridge. In this two or three miles distance ,
about the center of which 1 * the Cnrlylo
neighborhood , and nxtouillng back from the
rlvor to tlio depth of a mile or more , there are
u'omlrously quaint old structures , clumps ol
ancient cottages cuvurcd with vinoi and din-
bcddou la urcunery , Elizabethan mansions
by the score with monstrous chimneys anc
gray old gables , winding lanes loading from
the Thames , where once were line water
stairs and picturesque JUher huts , oils ot
venerable park and moldy gardens over
shadowed by prim modern rows , whore the
aristocracy have crowded in upon thu oidei
haunts of lUoraturo und art , und cobwoUbcd
inns Innumerable.
IHieUoa hospital itself Is a world o
memories not only of British history ulield
hut of Ihu time of Charles II. , of old Kini
James' college , of Sir Stephen Fox , nud o
wayward though iclndhcimcd Nell ( Jwyimo
Aud as ( o the pensioners themselves
ChoUoa would hardly bo Chelsea witbou
thorn , titrucyling along UK shady thoroucn
furos , sitting bent and silent on sunny
benches , leaning against wimuling fountains
or vases rind stntues , resting ai composedly
as house owners on stops anu In vestibules
or stumping gravely ulone vlth orders t (
this or thut servant , as 1
long hublt bad given then
supervisory rights over the dally affairs o
residents , thay irresistibly suggest bevies o
croaking cockatoos turned loose lu park am
garden , each one querulously harping upon
1.01110 fancied grievance or delight.
At too western sldo of the hospital sttl
stands Sir KoDcrt Wai polo' a house , ulmos
precis' I v as it stood when ho all but rule *
Kngland through thu two ( jeorgtu , First ant
Second. U l now a uorllou of thn Uosplu
WlltTR CI.OTH I'EI.KHtNK.
nflrniary. It was to this old red brick man
sion that Walpole's rival , Uolingbroke , came
o dun and half cuoUoa for his clmlcr ; where
Swift and Uay oamo to cot material for
satire ; and whoroljopo came with scandal of
ils past umours nnu , probably , to bog for
isslstauco in others.
Chi'lscit .Nclgliluirlinmls ,
Not far trom the hospital , over in the
northeast corner of Chelsea , is a llttlo green
oval like a pretty emerald lozenge , n round
which crowd some very ancient two-story
brick houses. The windows arc little , Iho
lanes nro little , the stops , scrapers and
mockers arc little , but always bright and
clean , and it seems that every face you see
nt the tiny panes Is llttlo and snnppy and
old , like all else in this vonerahlo Huns
plnco. At ono of tuoso bits of habitations ,
nroclsoly llku nil the rest , was born the
poetess , L. E. L. But two doors away , in
iiiotnor box of a house , she wont to school.
Her school follows were the East Indian
writer , Miss Roberts , and Lady Caroline
Lamb. Years after , hero were alsooducatcd
other famous women : Lady Hulwor , Miss
Vlitford , and the best and tondcrest of all
writers upon Ireland , Mrs. S. C. Hall.
Tbo one-time famous Cromorno gardens at
the western edge of Chotsoa has special In
to rest to Americans. A granddaughter of
William I'cnn , named Philadelphia from
the city of her birth , beramo
the second xvlfo of Viscount Cre-
morno. Outliving uor husband , she inherited
the beautiful ground * once known as "Chel
sea farm. " Oranvlllo 1'enn , once lord of the
Stoke Pogia manor , wlu-ro Gray lived and
Wrote the "Elosy , " fell heir to tno property
and sold it to the Cromorno gardens corpora
tion. Wicked enough lr , grow in time. IJo-
cereus associations retrieved it , and nn inuo-
cent nursery garden now veils its unhallowed
slto and memories.
iVt least tbrco aii'Sier.t taverns In the neigh
borhood have peculiar old tlrao interest.
Two , ono at the western rtnd the other at the
eastern edge of the parish , are directly asso
ciated with Nell Gwynna , That to the west ,
in which I found a noble sort of publican ,
and , oddly enoimb , a cousin of that rampant
llttlo pugilist whoso skill of tongue has never
been delcuted , Charley-Mitchell , was built
oy Ctiarlns 11. as a homo for his favorite. It
was from the windows of this house , now a
resort of Chelsea pensioners , that Nell's ayes
'ooki.'d in upjn the the then line meadows
of Iving James' college , In her dream , when
she saw the beautiful palace rise with Its
1,000 chambers out of wnich "divers many
old and wornout soldlormon" came and
cried , "God bless King Charles ! " which led
to the merciful rounding of the splendid
iiospltal ,
Celotiritlns of Chnynu Ituiv.
The other associated with the fame of the
pretty orange-girl is ascdato old rookery nt
the western fiidu of Chelsea. Ii is ca'lod the
"Noll Gwynno tavern , " and many a rare
tradition of Charles' campanion lingers about
the mellow old place. Anolncr curious Inn
still In existence U the "Prince of Wales , "
nt the corner of Lawrence street and Justice
walk , but u stiuoro's distance from the old
Carlyle homo in Great Oheyrio row.
Chelsea was once made known through the
artistic world for its famous china. For tbo
forty years after 17-15 its china works ,
which stood on the site of the "Princo of
Wales , " turned out n product ciiual tu that
of Sevres. In the collars of the Inn you can
see the remains of the evens und b.iuing-
rooms , Just as they were abandoned. Dr.
Sainuol Johnson waa suddenly possessed of
the idea that ho could as easily make china
as n dictionary ; und the douglily old scholar
but unskilled native workman fora long time
cumo hero dally to spoil good material , his
faithful housekeeper trudging after htm with
n liupo basket containing his daily food.
'
In Great Chovno row Smollett' lived , long
before Carlyle came , and hero ho wrote
"Ferdinand Count. Fathom" and Ilhlslicd
Hume's "History of Englund ; " while Georco
Eliot died In n house near Cnrlylo'ti In the
same modest llttlj thoroughfare. Chelsea
old church , ono of the sweetest old places In
London , overlooks tlioThamns butafow rods
distance. Hero yon will Und the blank me
morial slrib of Sir Thomas More. Lndy D.icre.
Lady Jane Choyno and the duchess of
Northumberland , three of Chrlsen's for
mer grand ladies , lie beneath monuments
within the church ; wlnlo Churlos , Gooruo
and Hunry ICingsloy , once lived In its rec
tory with their father , who had received
the "living" from Lord Cadogan.
U'riiltliH of tin ) Itotr ,
Jr. Choyno walk along the rlvflr oldo lived
Turner , the painter. Uossettt lived and sang
hero utnonir his birds und ( lowers. Leigh
Hunt's gypsyllko home , of which Carlylu
has loft immitablo description , was just
around tbo earner from Great Cboyno row ,
Queen Elizabeth used to visit the
ourl of Shrewsbury at Shrews
bury house Just liack of Chevno
walk , The poet George Hcrboit dwelt in
thosamo neighborhood ; and at u llttlo bar
ber shop , colfeo house uiul quaint museum ,
called "Don SalteroV bv the wits of the
time In honor of us grave nobody proprietor ,
ono Salt , who "browoa dlvmo coffee
mid Blmvod with equal terror , " Klch-
aru Cromwell , Stccla und AddUnn
and Benjamin Franklin , who worked In
u printing shop In Hanholommv close
near by , came to get shaved and to loiter
ever their colfoa , "where the literati then
nut In council. "
Long and pleasant U one's loitering hero.
If you como many days or but ono , un endless -
loss host of wraiths of worthies tart up unbidden -
bidden In your wande'rlngi * . If once or
many times you depart , > ' ( > will over insen
sibly bo drawn at parting < lo ttio gray old
habitations of Grout * Choyno row ,
The windows ot all overlook the
turbulent rlvor , darkening Hatter-
sea at its further shore , und the pleas
ant villages unon the hills of Surrey beyond.
At n wludow of one , It matters not who lives
ttinro now , your fanoy'rminot but see n
sbagity , sturay , haggard face. Us gray , de-
liaut but sorrowful oyoi bra lifted across the
turbulent river , and rosfboyond the hills
upon that material and spiritual Light that
aomewUoro over brings \\\v \ \ \ blessed morning
time , F.-'flfii U W.IKU > UN.
SMIlltous bavo drank auti praUed ( Jeok's
Extra Dry Imperial Chnus'jagno lu thojast
forty years ,
If you hive Clnanl'noss
rrookies Is iinxt
your fjioo is to
Dirty. Godliness.
How to Cure Freckles
IN 3 DAYS.
. MME. M. YALE'S
LR FREGKLK
WILL DO IT.
Slnco the liOKlntiliiKuf thn uorld pretty fac < M
boon spoiled wllli frcukh's mid tlio most boautlf u
complexloni htililon up by tlioto unsightly bieuiUhos.
LA FRECKLA
In tlio onlr euro cvc-r known. IMsrovorod by MMK
M. VAI K , tliu trorlJ-laiiioil Hoatity : iml Complaxlnn
hpcclnliHt. Ainu1. Ynlt ! has treated rrownoil ho Kit-
ot Kuropf. luillosnf tlm Whlto Ilniiro. mi 1 tlio coli'bs
rilics ot tlui wurlil. Wrllo her In I'nnliiloncc. Him
cnnmiiWo you btmtillful. Hlio can niikt : > you yoimu
iiunln. Turn Kriy : hulr lo Ils iiiitnriU color. AO ilyu
nrtl nulliliiK bill inuillclne. Hliur.m develop your
tiii. tllll uiit yoiirHUiikon cliost , c-nrc you nf nny skin
blenilsli. .Stfinl ( nrlior fniniMiH llcmity Hook. U will
bu nndlud > ou free. All of .Mnio. valc'ii rciuudlu < i
will bo MilppcJ you from ( 'Idcnu' ' ) , or you can irct
tliotu from your druKKlst. He will not tliumlor you.
( lo toyniirdriicslit nn Monday nnclKPt bottle nt
Iii frock In. tnku It lioino nnil npply Itiieconlhid to
illrrrtliins on .Moiiilay/rucnilny nnu Wi'dnojdiiy. nnil
on Sunilay you will not lutvo. a Irccklu. Vourcoiu-
ploxloitvr III boils pcrli'Ct us when H little baby. This
is Hbsulutoly true. 1'rlcn f l.UU.
Mme , M , Yale's-Temple of Beauty ,
140 Stale SI. ,
Chicago , HI.
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