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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1893)
111 ( WATTA miT.Y "RHK' SUNDAY J ANITA It.Y 50 . 1803 STY'PKHIXf PAme ANCIENT YEW TREE'S ' SHADE Beneath Which Gray's Immortal Elegy Waa Actually Written , WAY TO WORDSWORTH'S ' OLDEN HOME AllrllMi Ofllrliil In I'cttlconM Whole Driv ing liy N ll n Hliollnnilrrn Thn 3lorry Wniilinrn oiniin of Mmlrjil Ilrtiiljt- liiB at MB Cent * u Hay , lCo } > vrtu > itr < l , 1802. } LosnoK , Jan. 10. [ Special lo TUB BEB. ] It has been pretty well settled by literary , ferrets that Qr.iy actually composed a portion tion If not the whole of his Immortal Klegy , while sitting In the south jwrch of the old Stoke Pogls church , beneath the "yew tree's shade. " It is ono of my favorite tramps from Ixm- don to this spot In sunny weather , as there 1 * hardly u sweeter or moro restful place in nil England ; and I love to sit whcro Gray sat , beneath the yew tree's shade , and muse on the quiet and hallowed surroundings. In this way the famous yew tree of Stoke Pogis churchyard has come to IMDSSCHS for mo a most loving and precious interest. There Is no record of Its ago ; hut as it was already a tree of mature growth when dray wrote , In n churchyard between -100 and MX ) years old , Us antiquity must bo considerable oven for the yow , which In England attains to most venerable ago. It stands fifty feet south of the old stone south porch of the church. Its top has been repeatedly cut away to preserve the tree , which Is still about thirty feet in height. The girth of the trunk Is n trifle over twelve feet and Its lingo spreading branches , reach- to the north , almost touch the roof tiling of the church above the porch , while towards the south and southeast fully a do/on branches from ilfty to sixty feet long sweep to the ground or softly tap the headstones of the ancient graves. I should think that from ! ! 00 to ) < ) ( ) persons could stand beneath its gcntlcshado. If you were wandering north to the main coach road fromWlndcrmoro to Kcswlck , In the county of Westmoreland , England , a steep wide roadway to the right and east would attract jour attention. From the enclosures on cither side huge beech trees nnd sycamores push tremendous arms across the walls and completely cover the way. It Is as shadouy as twilight here. You will not have passed a score of rods up this high arched nature's aisle until the sounds from the highway the rumbling of the stages , the laughter of gay tourists and even the notes of the coach horns are stilled. In summer the place is thronged with birds. Even these Irreverent choristers seem as if subdued and ruminative hero. In autumn your feet sink In feathery masses of pale golden leaves. It seems a long tlmo that you have been traverslng * these few rods ; all is BO hushed and still. Ascending a little further there is a break in the follugo to your right. Some lingo gates are seen. A lodge stands Just beyond , and suddenly the splendid facades of Hydal Hall , the scat of the Le Flemings , appear above the luxuriant shrubbery of its splendid park. Higher still you climb , nnd where the dark roadway seems to make a final clrclo over the brow of the hill to the left you pause to listen. Something like low and hesitant organ notes Is murmuring in minor chords , whllo a gay and Joyous treble plays in ex ultant tones above. Ah I you remember. These aio the voices of the two cascades of Hydal. Their songs were sung to the poet Wordsworth for forty years. Between the Llttledaloalls and the Westmorland hills , in the Luno valley of Lancashire , England , In ono of my recent wanderings in the lake district I carne upon an interesting British government olllcial. This ofllcl.il was a woman. You could not , and she would not , tell \\hethcr ; she was forty or eighty years of ago. In other re spects she was exceedingly chatty and friendly. She ws nearly six feet tall. Her frame was like a man's , and so was her face. She could outwalk any yeoman of the hills , nnd was firm and hard as Iron. She were hob-nulled boots , a short heavy woolen skirt of nome spinning and weaving , an un- der-Jackot of corduroy and the grotesque short-skirted.red-stripped blue coat and reg ulation cap of the British postman. I have pride In my own achievements as a vnllcor , but I could not keep in pace with this woman for n half-mile. Before I had , puffing and panting , fallen behind her for rest and rumination , I had learned that this faithful Iwdy had carried the British mails , often being laden with from fifty to eighty pounds of post parcels for delivery , over twenty inllcs every week-day for the past twcnty-ono years. Aa I sat on a roclc by the roadside thinking the matter over , as she disappeared with a fine strong stride that I envied , 1 could not help llguring out with my stick in the chalky dust of the stonv road that she had already walked nearly the dis tance of live times the earth's circumference ence- for the pittance of 10 shillings per week , or but i54l ) for the cntlro term of twenty-one years drudgery I A few mornings since I heard some prlde- ful conversation between "cheery" London costennongom and Co-rent Garden porters , which I afterward found to bo true , showing that two of the most famous singers London has over known , reached fame through the peculiar nnd hard training originally secured among the lowly of their Ilk. Albert Choval- Her , now the greatest of living character im personators , practically lived among the costers for years ; and the marvelous fidelity of his songs and Impersonations of coster life and character were wholly gained In this manner. Sims Heaves , the ono tenor who , for nearly half a century held all the song- levers of Britain enslaved , oneo "carried the knot. " that Is , the head pad , of u Covent Garden porter , and got his start as a singer in the former foul dens within the sound of Bow bolls. When your tourist fancy leads you Into Scotland , go further. It is but n little sea- Jaunt from Aberdeen , Peterhead or Wick to the Shetland Islands. Their people are very lioapitable , possessing many pleasant ancient inistoms , and there is no end to modem historic and pagan monuments of strange and curious Interest. Not the lo.st of your pleasures there will bo witnessing a "drivoo1 ea'lng whales , " which you are almost certain to do , if your visit to the islands happens in May or Juno. Tno Peterhead and other whaling ships formerly completed their crows at Lenick , nnd thcso times were always periods of great activity. Of lute years Shetland's Interest in whaling has been principally confined to driving the monsters ashord. This exciting work is often tremendously profitable. In 1815 a great shoal of 1,540 "ca'ing" ' whales were driven nshoro In Qucndalo Bay , the southernmost buy of Shetland , lying .be tween Sumberg and fitful Heads ; and in Juno , two years ago. a shoal of several hun dred was successfully landed on the east coast. Until qulto recently these shore whalers were Illy requited for their captures. The financially omnivorous landlord , called the "laird" here , true to his octopus instincts , claimed the right , up to 1830 , to tax the i > oor Sliutlundcrs ouo-half of the entire proceeds of all whales driven Iso Into shoal water oppo site , or upon the shores of , their domain : o'a sort of riparian right on the Almighty for u hut was sent to save men from starvation on account of rents and oilier burdens im posed by the 'laird' himself , " an old Shot- luudcr explained to mo. A Uio vuluo of the blubber will average PW per ton , the "laird" often thus secured tram $2,000 to * . 'i,000 as his "right" in a single ( Catch. Frojn IKtO to 18S > $ the "lairds" ro considerate enough to rob the whalers of ut cam-third. In September of that year the claim was resisted lu the courts ; the whalers wpn ' their cause ; and the "lairds" bavq sinco'bcen compojled to content them selves with the meager enjoyment of wit nessing , rather ithnn profiting by , the hazard ous work. dar When drove " ' " a of "ea'lug" whales appear on the coast , the news spreads like oil-drops on marble. As the whole town of St. Ivcs , Cornwall , pofs mad when a shoal of pllchers : t - * is sighted , o docs every live Shotlandor , de sert every other vocation , oven ton wedding , | to Join In the "drive , " A rush , is made by tb'o men for the boats , whllo women and children wildly collect guns , ammunition , lutrpoons , scythes , lances , knives and oven bags of stone , indeed any thing portable whlcu , may assist In the hopod-for destruc tion , ' , l'hoT hiilers make all haste und splendid 'tuuiitnff m gottiiif between tuo whales and the open urn Their fleet ot oil manner of crnfl then Knulunlly closes In upon the "pack" or "drove , " directing by thnsplondld mntmuvors of the different boats tliu counio of the wlmlM to n shallow buy. So axpcrt nro these Sbftlnnd whnlers In drlvlnp that a flhonl of wlmtc * Is seldom lost If tlmo Is Riven for forming the "drlvo" well outside the "drove. " If the whnlcs oneo enter the chosen bay their pursuers como to eloso qu.irtcrs nnd then the conflict , begins. Finding the waters becoming shallow the terrified whales endeavor to make for the open sea , but nro mot nt every point by ft iKsrfoct wall of boats , altogether filled with hundred * and sometimes thousands of men , seemingly dcsiKjrnto In their efforts nt c i > - turut nnd ' . .Ho howling , shouting , screaming , lashing of the water , discharging-of flro arms , stoUo throwing nnd. rushing to nnd fro of the enually despornto whnlcs , form us exciting a sccno as ono over witnessed outsldo n pcntilno field of. battlo. Occasionally a few broalc through the line nnd escape. As a rule the school is doomed. Once driven Into shoal water Where they can only flounder In mighty struggles , or hlifh nnd dry on Innd , where they often toss themselves In their mud efforts to escape , their butchery , w hich is always a s.ivngo nnd sickening sight , pro ceeds with wonderful dispitch. In their bloody work the hardy and powerful Shet land women take u gleeful and almost fren zied part. Tno dripping thing they call n river , the Mnnzamircs , ut Madrid , Spain , comes down from the cold , gray heights to the north and winds half way around the city from the northwc'st to the southeast. What water flows through it breaks in sandy shallows , forming Innumcr.iblu islands and curiously bounded strips of land , all accessible at most seasons by nny barefoot boy Or girl ; and It is nn odd fact that though there nro two vast nnd pretentious bridges across it , the Pucnto do Segovia , nearly 7H ( ) fcot long with nine arches , designed by the architect Iferrcr.i. nnd the I'uuutu do Toledo , nearly -100 in length , crowned by tliu statues of San Isldro nnd his holy wife , Its solo use to the city of Madrid Is that of an endlessly used and all- sufllcicnt washtub. Ten thous.ind women soak and splash and souse and beat the linen of Madrid within Its scant waters every day. Not an article of clothing Is elsewhere washed. No other than these MaiiMwiros lav.indcras are per mitted to lalwr us laundresses ; and tor three miles up and down the stream , from oppo site the infantry nnd artillery barracks uixjn the heights of Montana del Principe , past the windows of the queen regent's ap.irt- mcnts In the royal palace , and circling around away beyond Toledo Gate , the mov ing dots of red nnd blue , yellow and pray , comprise thH great nrmv of Amazons with arms and legs on them like trco trunks ; with voluptuous breasts nnd shapely necks ; hard muscled and bronrcd as Turks ; the most arduous tellers , the wickedest blackguards , and withal the sunniest t em IK.-red souls in Spain. Thcro are thrco grades In this labor. They nro the mistresses , or amas , the overseers or ayudantas , nnd the lavandoras themselves. All are women , The first are the agents who receive the work from the hotels , grout houses , and the city agencies iu hugo lots , and are responsible for its safe return. The ayudantas or overseers , are really the fore-women of from u dozen to a score of lavandcras each , and they are responsible for work placed In their hands by the amas. At five in the morning , winter and summer , .ho lavanderas will bo seen , many of them with children trundling beside them , creep ing along fiom the barrios abajoa , or lower quarters of the city towards the Manza- neres. Near the river is nn asllo or asylum , a refuge for their children. Here the lav- nndera llrst dciwiits her charges where they have food , care and training free , until she returns for the little ones at night. Then she saunters to a vcnta do lavandera , or cheap washerwoman's inn nnd takes her cojeta of brandy , or cup of colTeo , and at once rcp.iirs to her own banca , or iittlo washlngbox or station , provided for each washer. By 0 o'clock you might count from 5,000 to 8,000 of thcso strange creatures at work. The entlro sloping , sandy banks are covered with drying poles. At this tlmo of the year the water from the mountains is of icy temperature. But it seems to make uo difference with their labors. Hero and there are hugo cauldrons of boiling water. From tlmo to time a trillo of this Is poured in the little hollow where each ono tolls In the sand and water ; hut this seems to bo done moro from habit than necessity. Each lavandera brings her own huge roll of bread , perhaps a bit of cheese , n clasp-knlfo to prevent undue liber ties from the straggling soldiery near , as well as to use In cutting bread ; and Just before - fore noon they breakfast in hugo wooden sheds on suit fish , potatoes and coffee with a measure of rod wlno provided by the ama , duplicating this meal us a dinner at1 in the afternoon. They eat like animals , nnd the moment their food is disposed of the tinkle of the guitar is hoard , and you or any kindly dis posed passer may dance with them , as I did , until the 80 minutes allowed thorn for Aioa and rofrcsco h.ivo expired. On these occas- sions every ono dances , girls of 18 and wqmen of 80 , nnd the scones along Manz.inarcs are very picturesque and Interesting. Hut when I tell you that ono of these iron-framed wenches must wash and dry ready for the starching , " which Is done by the crladas in ho city , pieces of linen equaling the clc.ins ng of seventy sheets , in order to earn 25 cents a day , the poetical sense in it all is with the interested on-looker rather than with the drudging lavandaras of the Manza- nares. KDOAK I. . WAKEMAN. A I'OEM Ol' trillTTlKK'S. Kate Field's Washington. [ .Written Juno 18 , 1830 , In thn nib inn of a young lady who liontclod ut ono thnu where ho boarded and made fun of him as "a prosy awkward young limn. " The courtesy of UiV olcsantioveiiRO , was , probably , only e\cecdcff by tlio laiiKlilnp uycs and nlniblo lingers will wliloh ho wrote It. Tliu norm Is printed by the courtc.sy of Miss M , Cnrrlu llydo.J Thou art KoliiK hunri > , Rod bless theo ; Thou art ( 'olni ? hence , farttwcll ; May the ilovll ne'er distress time. May the wldu world UMJ theo well. Thou art coins hence , forever ; And thou .shoddest not a tear ; 'TK well , for lours shall never Lament thy leaving huio. Yet some will not forget theo , A torment as them art : And homo will e'en regret theo Who do not j\eop to part. They will miss thy merry lauxhlor , As the schoolboy does his led : And HID Jokes which follow oil after Thy visiting almmd. - rnrowelll tholord be near theo. In thy futuut Kolnj ; on ; And the pious hhun and fear theo , As thy Quaker friend hath done. Thy llfo. may nothing vex It , Thy years ho not a few , And at thy final o\lt. May the devil miss his duo , * I Costly Honor * . Queen Victoria's wedding present to Prince Ferdinand of Kouimuiiu , who is about to miirry her gnuuld.ughtor , is to consist of the Grand Cross of the Ordoi of the Bath , and is likuly to provo moro expensive to the rcciiilunt uian to the donor of the pift , ns the fees of investi turo whiuh the princu will bo callci' upon to pay to the various digniturlcs and ollloiuls of the order amount to no less than 52,000 , u somewhat costlj honor to a prince wlio&o financial re bourcos are bo limited an tiioso of the brldojrrooin-olcbt. Ho nifty , however , consider himolf for tunato that the queen has not taken I into her head to confer upon him the Order of the Garter. The dues of ovoi a private investiture of that orde amount to from $8,000 to $10,000. Ii some cases the Knights of the Carlo have absolutely refused to pay the * duos , and the late Lord Palmorston in particular refused to ivo a winkle penn ; toward the settlement of the do mauds made upon him by Garter King at-Arms. The latter retaliated by re fusing to ulllx Lord Palmorwton's banne over the stall assigned to him in the choir of St. Gcorgo's chapel at Windsor This neglect , however , had no olTec ujxm Lord Pulmorstou , who replied tha ho did not often go to the church , and tha when ho did it was perfectly immateria to him whether ho had an old Hug lloat- ing over him or not. After a night with the boys Yours for a clear head Hromo-Seltze GREAT RIDES BY AMERICANS Fonts of Oar Soldfora and Plainsmen Boat the World. HENOMENAL PERFORMANCES IN THE WEST tocnnU or.Sniiin r.nni ; UNtntico Killed Tlmt 11 live llrnn Autlimitlnitril Mnrvrlout Ilinlunincn of Ainnrlcini Mm anil In llmornnnclui. The recent 'raco of Austrhn and Gorman fllcors between Berlin and Vienna was houghtof sulllclont Impjrtati33 toc.iblode- ailed accounts of It across tliu Atlantic , and t lias been undo tlio text of Innumerable .Isscrtutlons . , moro or less lcirned ( on tlio nllltary value of tlio "lessons" to bo drawn "roni tlio performance. This long distance ido was considered a remarkable feat , and o It was , but America c.m discount it In ilmost every respect. The American soldier ind plainsman are so accustomed to remark- iblo rides In tlio regular line of duty that bey take such feats as matters of course , nd their astounding achievements seldom Ind their way Into the nowspipers ; much ess are they cabled across seas and conti- icnts. It Is not easy to make u comparison bo- ween the old and the now world rHlng bo- auso tlio conditions are entirely unlike , but his dissimilarity all redounds to the credit ) f the American. The European race which ot two continents talking was won by Count stahroniborg , an Austrian , iu sovonty-ono lours and thirty-one minutes. The cable ro- lortcd tlio distance nt 801 miles. 'Lieutenant { oiUonstolti , the llrst German to finish , ro- ulrcd seventy-three and one-half hours , . 'bo count's weight was given at 123 pounds , .nd . his animal carried little else but a aid- lie and a bridle This ride was through a ivllfocd , well settled country over excellent oacls , and every convenience had been ar ranged for beforehand. The inounts were ilcked animals selected for oflleors' use and been prepared for the ordeal. Tlio Gor- nan's horse fell from exhaustion at the cud if the Journey , nnd the Austrian's died the lay after Its arrival in' Berlin. Thcro are traditions of many won- lorful feats on the western plains ! > ut only such records as have been authen- icated will bo considered. It should bo > erne in mind that the long distance rides of.Amcrlcan soldiers are made on horses in egular service antl not on picked steeds. A nllltary authority says the impedimenta of cavalrymen will weigh eighty-eight pounds , ind the riders will average about 100 pounds , naklng a burden of 288 pounds for each torso to carry. It must also bo remembered .bat . the American rides were made In a wild country , often swarming with hostile ndians , and most of them were through ough mountain districts or across parched ind sandy plains that afforded little food , v.itor , shelter or rest. "IliillUlo Hill's" Great Tout. Perhaps the American-rido corresponding nest nearly in distance with the Europ.ean icrformunco was that of William P. Cody ; "Butfalo Bill" ) , made in Kansas in 1808 , when the state was comparatively unknown. Wo are not compelled to take the famous scout's word for his fc.it , for General Phil Sheridan has loft thy record In his autobiog raphy. That commander started out in mid winter to punish the troublesome redskins ind got as far as Hays City. The following extract from Sheridan's memoirs tells the story of the remarkable ride : "Mr. William F. Cody ( 'Buffalo Hill' ) , was first brought to niy notice by distinguishing himself In bringing mo an important dis patch from Fort Larned to Fort Hays , a dts- kftico of sixty-live miles , through a section Infested with Indians. The despatch in formed me that the Indians near Larned wore preparing to decamp , and this intel ligence required that certain orders should bo curried to Fort Dodge , ninaty-llvo miles south of Hays. This , too , being n particu larly dangerous route several couriers hav ing been killed on It it was impossible to get ono of the various 'Petes , 'Jacks'or'Jims' hanging around Hays City to take my com munication. Cody , JcAi'hlng of the strait I was in , manfully came t < o the rescue , and proposed to make the trip to Dodge , t'nough lie bad Just llnishcd his long and perilous ride from Larned. I gratefully accepted his offer , and after short rest bo mounted a fresh horse and hastened on bis Jouinoy , halting but ouco to rest on the way , nnd then only for an hour , the stop being made at Coon Creek , where ho got another mount from a troop of cavalry. At Dodge ho took some sleep , and then continued on to his own post Fort Larned with moro dispatches. After resting at Larned , ho was again in the saddle with tidings for mo at Fort Hays , General Hazon sending him this time , with word that the villages had lied to the south of the Arkansas. Thus , in all , Cody rode about 350 miles in less than sixty hours , nnd such an exhibition of endurance nnd courage at that-time of tlio year nnd in such weather was moro than enough to convince mo that bis services would bo extremely valuable in the campaign , so I retained him nt Fort Hays 'till tlio battalion of the Fifth cavalry arrived , and then made him chief of scouts. " I'ony llvpri'ss Kldora llri'iik Itccorilx. The pony express , established In 1800 to carry letters between tlio outposts of civili zation on the Missouri river and the mining camps of California , was productive of many notable rides. The distance from St. Joseph to San Francisco was 10DO miles. The llrst trip was made in ten days , the second In fourteen f , the third and many others In nine. Tlio riders had divisions of 100 to 110 miles to cover , and there were relays of horses at distances of twenty to twenty-five miles , In each corner of the saddle was a pouch for letters 1t 1 , nnd In order to keep the weight nt the t minimum the arms of the rider were re duced to a revolver and knife. Night and day , in rain and sunshine , in winter's cold and summer's heat , across patched plains nnd over rugged mountain trails , these hardy 1 plainsmen rode their tough steeds at breakneck 1 speed. Thelato , James A , Moore , the flrst post 1l trader 1 at Sidney , Neb. , made a ride which may 1i well lay claim to being thoinost remark able on record. Ho was at Midway station in i western Nebraska on Juno 8 , l&OO. when a very important government dispatch for the Pacific 1 coast arrived. Mounting bis pony , 1i ho 1 sped on to Julesburg , Colo. , HO miles away i , and ho got o\"ery inch of speed out of l.ls mounts. At Julosburg hemet met i another important government disp.itch for J Washington. The rider who should have carried the dispatch cast had been killed the day tl before. After a rest of only seven ti minutes l and without eating a meal , Moore started i for Midway , and bo made the round trip I , 280 miles , in fourteen hours und forty- six minutes. The west-bound dispatch rcaahed 1 Sacramento from St. Joseph in eight ( days , nine hours nnd forty minutes. 'Buffalo Bill" was ono of the rldeis of this overland mall service , and Buell's "History of the Plains" makes this record ono of his notable feats- "Whllo riding jwny express between lied Buttcs and Three Crossings , seventy six miles , Cody had a dangerous and lonely route , including tlio crossing of the North Platte river , one-half mlle wide , often much swollen and turbulent. An average of fifteen miles had to bo made , including change of horses , detours for safety und time foi meals. On rouchiug'Tlirco Crossings , finding the rider on the next division , a route of eighty-six miles , had been killed during the night before , ho made the extra trip on timo. This round trip of 821 miles was made without u stop except for meals and change of horses , ono of the longest and best ridden my express rides over made. " In 1SOO the pony express made ono trip from St. Joseph to Denver , 023 miles , In two days and twenty-one hours. lid mini Crcighton of Omaha built the first overland telegraph , nnd In looking over the route in INK ) hu got as fur as Salt Lake City , when It became iniK | > rtant for him to finish the Journey to the coast in u very short time. Ho thereupon took horse andfor safetycom. pany and guidance , kept pace with the several nouy express riders all the waj to Marysvlllo , Cal. Ho was in tlio saddle something over four days and four nights und must have traveled nearjy IJOO miles much of the distance through a literal desert and over rugged mountains. Few long distance riders lu America liavo boon made for prizes or on wagers , but tho.ro is ono remarkable performance of that Itltit on record , A frontiersman named F. X Aubrey galloped from Santa Fe to Indo c pendeuce , Mo. , in a few hours less than I seven days. The distance was tUU miles , nnd > the rider had four changes of horses. Hu 1 won u wager of J 1,000 , but ho had to bo lifted I from his horse at the end of the Journey. i Colonel ' " " Honry'H "HulTUloos. i Many remarkable rides hare been made In t the army service of the west , but so modest t U the urcrago officer that It require * con siderable rosoontili Ito unearth the records. Probably the moMMix-cent of these foils was that of Coloimir ( Suy V Henry's command during the IndUnxtroublo two years ago In South Dakota. 'Tito cnnimnmr consisted of three troops of colored soldlors of the Ninth cavalry and a HfAOHklss battery. They had beeU'wbutlng fora week in the Badlands , A\fl-M \ on the morning of Do- ivmber SU , lSltahoy , | started out on n scout that covered fvrtyttwo miles and they re turned to camp i. About 4 In the after noon. At Si.10 ) > : : ln. news of the battle of Wounded 'IWtti ' was received and an hour later tnoT arty "was cnnmto I for Pine Hldgo agciwy. which was reached nt 5:110 : n. tir. , aftcry iv night ride of forty-llvu miles. Two hoHrUcrn , | | courier reiwrted an attack ' on the > i v.igon train , which had becii.le'U behind , nnd the "Buffaloes , " as the colored soldiers were called , dashed back two . miles to the rescue. The Indians were driven off in n short skirmish , In which 0110 trooper was killed. The command had linrdly returned to' camp nnd unsaddled when it was ordered out with the Seventh cavalry to the mission building , six miles listant , which was burning. Colonel Henry iskod for two hours to feed the horses and rest his men , Which was granted. At noon n courier reiwrted the Seventh hard pressed , and "boots and sad- lies" was ag.vln sounded. The Seventh was : not near the mission' , and under cover of the Ire of the Hotchklss guns both regiments withdrew to the agency , arriving at 4 o'clock ) . m. of December HO. In thirty and one-half hours Colonel Henry's battalion had nurchod 103 miles i ml fought two skirmishes with the Indians. The actual time in the saddle was twenty- two hours. In addition to the usual pack o.u'h horse carried a blanket-lined cover and JlOroumls of amunltion , weighing twenty- t Ivo pounds. Ononnlmal ipped den after returning from the mission and another two lays later. Thdso were the only casualties ind there was not a soro-b.iekcd horse In the ot. This ride was over a rough country In winter weather. Twenty-four hours later .ho "Buffaloes" were again In the saddle Ittlo the worse for their hard marches. For .his feat Colonel Henry , now stationed at Fort Myer in Virginia , was warmly recom- nended by General Miles for n brevet briga dier generalship. Three riii'iionu'iuil Porforiimnri'S. Colonel T , H. Stanton , now stationed at Dmaha as paymaster of the Department of the Platte , is to bo credited with ono of the emarkablo rides of the service. During the Indian troubles of 1870 ho was commissioned , o carry dispatches from Fort La-ramie In Wyoming to Fort Itoblnson in Nebraska , distance or 100 miles. Ho made the trip on ono horse for twelve hours , list ween noon and midnight. There was no road except for ; ho last twelve miles , and ho had to make ils way across country from his knowledge of the lav of the land. The last four hours were ridden In darkness. The colonel was accompanied by four half breeds , among whom was Baptistc , often mentioned by Captain John Bourke m his writings of the frontier. The next day two Indians on fresh dorses made the return trip in twelve hours. These -.two rides resulted In keeping the Cheyennes from Joining the Sioux and saved the government much money , to say nothing of lives. iVnothcr notable performance occurred 187U during the Indian uprising which re sulted In tno Meeker massacre in Colorado Colonel Thornburg had started to the relief of the agency , bujx about noon of the third day his command jvus surrounded by the enemy in a valloy/iuul thocolonel was killed early in the eng.ifceifieut. The troops in.ido breastworks of their horses , many of which were killed , and sptmt the afternoon on the defensive. Thai njght Sergeant Murphy and a private brpko through the cordon of redskins on two Chargers and started for relief. In n little "less than twenty-four hours the sergeant'i-iMp ' 170 miles and reached General Merritts [ ' .command lu Wyoming. Morritt started wit -four troops of cavalry and with a b.ittaliqu/bf / Infantry in wagons. Thus handicapped/hd covered the 170 miles in fifty-four and no-half .hours , and his com mand was in con'flitlon ' to go info a light at onco. AV'hcn it' Is remembered what Murphy had undergone durino the preceding three days , his ride ( through n mountainous country over ill-dotlned trails nnd much of it at night , must-stund as a phenomenal per formance. I' * ' ' On this simo occasion'paptatn F. S. Dodge arched MA eomm'Hnd-eighty miles in six- icn hours. Lieutenant Wood of the Fourth cavalry' and his Crbop rOtio seventy mites in twelve hours and came in fresh. During his invasion of California In 1842 John C. Fremont nnd two companions rode from Los Angeles to Monterey and back in eight days , which included a stay of twenty- four hours at Monterey , a stop of over half a day at San Louis Oblspo on account of a pub lic reception and delays for sleeping , eating , etc. Fremont figured the distance at boo miles , and the road ( was merely a trail , much of it through the mountains. Each rider hadthreo native horses for making frequent changes. Other Great Army Hides. In 1870 four men of company H. First cav alry , bore dispatches from Fort Harnoy to Fort Warner , 140 miles , over a bad road twenty of It sand with little and bad water , in twenty-two Uourij , eighteen and one-half of which was actual marching time. The horses were in sucH.\jood condition at the end of the ride that attor ono d ay's rest the men started baclr , nnd'made the homo trip at the rate of sixty miles a day. In 1880 Lieutenant llobertson , First cav- alrj' . rode from Fort Lapwal to Fort Walla Walla , 10.3 miles , over the snow , deep in places , in twenty-three and one-half hours ; and , starting next morning , rode back In two days. In 1877 while Chief Joseph was rampant , Geiur.il Miles sent Captain Ezra B. Fuller and five men out on a scout to discover the wily hostllo's whereabouts. They loft Fort Keogh with n horse apiece and traveled through a mountainous country , where they found only three feeds of grain. The cap tain returned after a short rest at Fort Ellis , making the round trip of SOU miles in flvodnys. Some of the men extended the scout still farther , and covered GOO miles in twelve days. General Miles himself has a record for fast riding that is to this day the admiration of the cowboys of the southwest. After the surrender of Gcronlino to Crook in 1835 , ftliles took command of Uncle Sam's forces iu that region , and ho rode from Hu.ichio Into Now Mexico , a distance of 150 miles , in thirteen hours , only stopping to change horses. . In 1882 Lieutenant Bell of the Seventh cavalry rode 103 miles through the Bad Lands in , North Dakota in about twelve hours witli ono change of horses. In 18711 Colonel MoKonzio rode his com mand Into Mexico after Lcpan and ICIckapoo Indians , beat them iu n sharp fight and re turned across the border , making 145 miles in twenty-eight hours. The following year ho made a dash into Mexico after hor.su thloves and covered.eighty-five miles In fif teen hours. Colonel Lawton pnwJ took a troop of cav alry from the lied Cloud agency to Sidney , Nob. , 125 miles , in i > 76nty-four hours. Ono of his scouts turned -Jidwanly , on another occasion rode sonm days and nights In the SlerfTT Madre induritains and covered 450 miles horse1. ' . IV on ono . ; Captain Fountain" ! ouco rode eighty-four miles in eight hours and at another tlmo traveled 110 miles In tiwenty-threo hours. Orcnt ht.iKliij ; Ilecoriln. Stngo coaching'is"'tt ' ' little foreign to the subject in hand , but a few records will bo of interest In this fxwncctiou to show what Americans nro capable of doing. In IbW Ben Holladay , the owiler > 'of ' the overland stage , made the trip frortl'FolsomCal. , to Atchlson , Kan. , in twelve dAVfl rnnd two hours. The distance was very n irly 2,000 miles. Holla- day had special oowihcs nnd the trip cost him several thousand aollars , many horses being ruined by tllUfUrious driving. lii 18G5 Schuylfir COlfax , accompanied by Sam Bowles , of tlio Sprlngllold Hepubllcan , and Albert Richardson , the war corre spondent , traveled from Atchlson to Denver. 020 miles. In four and ono-half P. days. From Salt Lake to Virginia City the distance was 57fl miles , and they made it In seventy-two hours , ono stretch of eight miles being covered in thirty-two minutes. A stretch of seventy-two miles into Placer- vlllo was made In sovea hours. Including stops. This was the piece of road on which Horace Greeloyhad his celebrated experience with Hank Monk. (2rc. < t Cowboy Unco Most May. A now record In long distance racing mny bo made within the nuxt fuw months. The cowbovs of western Nebraska and South Dakota are arranging for a race to the World's fair during May. The start will bo from Chadron , Nob. , and the Missouri will probably be crossed at Sioux City , la. The ride will bo on cowboy ponies , and half a dozen crack riders have already entered for the contest. The distance will bo about l > 00 HOW MICHAEL MADE HIS PILE Interesting Story of How a Westerner Got His Wealth , HIS COMPOUND FOR CURING FEVER \VrritlliiK\vltlt thn I'lrkln UnililcM Tlmt lie- % * uHetl In Connor's ( luliilnjr i\rry : 1'nll anil 111 * rinnl l.oiip In Cotiipntrticy llrc ; ll- IIIR inrly : Inja In I So many fortune * huvo boon inailo In the west that It Is a conimon | > lace thing to say that a man c.iinu out hero with nothing niul Is now rolling In wo.ilth , hut the story of Michael Connor's wrustlo with fortune pos sesses moro than ordinary Interest. Connor Is now the proprietor of a nourishing MatU- sou street saloon in Chicago and owns prop erty In that city of considerable value , be sides possessing paying mining stock and a resourceful b-ink account. Ho Is now In the city on his way to Denver to look Into a min ing speculation In which ho Intends to on- gago. In 1878 Connor was a nomadic being , float ing from place to place and always wanting to leave the town in which ho happened to bo , A few dollars was ( [ itito a fortune In his eyes and the possession of a few silver coins would often Induce him to midcrtaku hair brained expeditions. Ho rarely s.jw greenbacks - backs or gold coin , as his earnings when ho worked , were small and ho generally man aged to live up to his income , s Ho had no rarticulai o.-cupitlon but could do many things. At times ho was a waiter , or , as ho terms It , n "hash sllnger. " 1 hen ho could wash dishes In big towns and cook in small ones. Ho also could tend liar where no mixed drinks weru asked for and could mend umbrellas , julnt doors and window sills , and mend damaged iwts and pans. To this very day , Connor has an ovorjwwcrlng preju dice against mixed drinks of every descrip tion. tion.After After wandering around through the \\oaV Connor ono day found himself in Leadvillo , Colo. It was in July , 18T8. In vain ho sought work according to his own mind. Ho had plenty of chances to wield a shove 1 and a plcic , but there was no cooking , "hash slinging" or dish washing for him to do. I'aint was not in much demand and the pee ple of the bustling mining town managed to worry along with their damaged pots and pans , without giving any thought to the possibility of repairs. Perhaps the trouble was with Connor. It was in the summer time. The mountains wore looking beautiful. The melting snow from the summits filled the streams and all around was the freshest verdure , unlike that of lower land at the same heated period. Overhead the skies were of the fairest blue. Nature wa4 beguiling and the vagrant heart of the wanderer was longing for freedom and the pure air rather than the reward of swel tering labor. Down in the mines the beauty of the mountains was lost. Though the miners , arc-well paid , the > surrendered all right of enjoying the balmy weather , the blue skies and the green mountains , and their impressions of earth were limited to the dingy mess rooms , with smoking lamps or lllckcrlng candles , the uninviting bunk houses or tents , and the Jawing soiled and labor-stained men , ravenous for a share of the silver they were uncarthinir. Now , Connor was poetic. With his two good hands he had an opportunity to make more money than ho had ever hoped to make before. But ho did not want to sell his hap piness for pelf and refused the work that would have paid so well. Ho was not a graceless scamp. Had his opportunities been better , ho might have made , his mark in seine profession or In letters. As it is , ho Is a saloonkeeper , but n Tory remarkable one. Ho reads all the poets and , though without education , the selections of which ho is most fond indicate that tlicro fs tno genuine poctlo sentiment within him. In all candor ho was a tramp in ' 78. It was not'duo to low Indo lence , debauchery or criminal inclinations , but to a nature with which every man who earned his bread as Conner did Is not blessed. Leaving Leadvillo ho started on an aimless Journey westward. Several miles from the town he found a place whcro there had been a camp. Strewn around.were a number of small Jolly Jars , indicating that the departed dwellers in the camp had been luxuriating , to some extent , in their mountain abode. Searching carefully Connor found the tin : covers of half a dozen Jars. brilliant idea had , struck him. After cleansing the Jars ho gathered , together a lot of withered scrubs and brewed a tea in an old tomato can. The tea was duly placed in the Jars. It was of a lurid red that is , a very dismal looking liquid which an uninformed person would re spect as medicine. Turning back , Connor reentered - entered Leadvillo and sold the tea as a sure cure for mountain fever and every other complaint prevailing in tho.camp. Ho dis posed of the six Jars. His conscience Miioto him , but ho was glad to got the money and was wild for moro. With the cash in hand , ho saw a man who kept a stock of drugs along with a variety of other things In a small shop that seemed not to bo making a great deal of money , and invested his capital in a lot of small bottles and some really wholesome medicines.Ills , preparations s sold well and ho quickly amassed quite a small fortune. Ho then invested his money Judiciously. Prospectors having more than * ordinary changes of striking something were "grub-staked" the by medicine man and the upshot of It all was I Connor went to San Francisco with what ho said was barrel of inonoy. Sad to relate , ho fell into bad habits in 'Frisco and , be tween gambling and drinking , ho blow in several thousand dollars. But luck remained with him. Out of several speculations on the Pacific coast ho made moro money than lie spent , and then wended his way eastward. After dumbfounding his old acquaintances in the places where ho had worked as a lowly menial , ho sailed for Europe and spent sev eral years seeing the sights. Heturning to America , ho htartod in a hat store ontho Bowery in Now York City , but failed. Several other bushiest undertakings collapsed , and Connor discovered that ho had no talent for business before ho had gone very deep into his capital. After a while ho moved to Chicago and opened his saloon , moro to have something to do than to make money. 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