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    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. Since then ho has been very careful
how ho Invests hla gold and has added to his
possessions by many thousands.
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