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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1894)
12 ? THE OMAIIA J > JVJILY O5BE : SATUBDAY , NOVEMBER .2-i , 180-t. THEY BEGAN AT THE BOTTOM Famous Klch Men Who Bid Not Inter i Their WealtL FROM CrflCE BOYS TO M LLIONAIRES InclilenH In Hie Enrly Strugc ! " ' Wuim- maker , Honnor , Cnrnefjto natl fago of Otlir Orcat furtmiei , "Boy ! Whe6Tthat boy ? " This l an exclamation that Is heard n thousand times a day In the great office buildIngs - Ings where the big financial operations of the world are conducted , and In tha marts of trade and manufacture. And the llttlo mes senger thus summoned by call or bell ap pears at the office door , cither willingly or reluctantly , and receives the order , for the execution of which ho Is paid anywhere from nothing at all to great riches J I-a week. But If these small men of trust could know n llttlo of the histories of others of their kind who , llko thorn , nave been office boys , mid have risen Into miillonalrcdom , they would , perhaps , step livelier at the familiar call ot "RoyI" nnd would try harder to make themselves both liked and prized In order that they , too , might stand a chance of worldly distinction nnd bo able to look upon their youfiifulpsJayery and poverty as things BO dlffercnt1r6m their mature condition as to be mere rlsloiiB. John Wanamakcr began as an office boy , but the recollection Is too vivid with him now ever to'become vague. He worked too hardetidured too much privation In order tojjav'e"money , and went without too many hours of sleep , ever to be able to for get hi * early experience. When 'ho was only 14 years old ho went to work "fo'r/Hays / & Zell , an old Philadel phia puljllshjnghbouse , nnd his weekly pay was $ l.SO.-M/fJu * of thla turn ho bought Ills lunches fmdj savecl money , until about the beginning' ' of" tie | war , when , having had small advances. t\o went Into business for himself , choosing his present line of for tune making. Ucfore the period of being office boy , Mr. Wanamaker , then called "Little Johnnie , " had an occupation , lie "squatted" In the Band and turned bricks In the sun. Ills pay here was 2 cents per day , nnd his flrst week's earnings came to 7 cents , us there was too much competition In the business of turning bricks to give him thu monopoly. And this money , saved , was the nucleus of the big Wanamaker fortune , llut It was when on jl.GO a week that he really coined money and saved most of the $2,000 that afterward launched the dry goods house on the sea of trade. Robert Honncr was an office boy , and of the type often held up to scorn. He was a printer's devil , off somewhere In New Eng land. Young Robert got a very small sum , and he soon saw that he must learn more If he would earn more. One day one of the printers , who was , as Mr. Bonner says , "a dandy , " asked the boy llonner to "wash the roller , " a process familiar to every printer of the old days. WHERE DONNEH GOT HIS START. Young Robert said that he would wash the roller If the printer would show him how to "lock the press , " which was agreed upon as a bargiln. After that Robert , knowing more , became more the errand boy , nnd earned a little In advance of his clothes. When he came to New York , after the war , ho hnd ? 62 , which ho deposited In n savings bank. Currency then was uncertain , nnd one of the dollars was not worth 100 cents In the eyes of the teller. "That was the bitterest day of my1- ' life when thaf'dollar was thrown back tq jne " says Mr * .lJonner , remember ing cygri yfitthe pang oflils first "shortage , " although how he regards ? 10,000 n small sum to paylfor a trotter. Add-on Cammack , now one of the great est men on Wall street , remembers when he wiia an errand boy. It was n long time ngo , when ho was 1C , and the city of his younfendcavors was New Orleans. Young Cammack's father had n tobaccoplantation , but I he boy was ambitious to see the world and to own money and property of his own. So 1)5'ran away to the city. lie went Into a , shipping house , ran errands , did little jobs and came out 'way ahead somehow. Andrew Carnegie bus liad a very strange career. He began upon a small beginning nnd In a tlow business. He was office boy for tha Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph company In Plltsburg. Between ths times when he was r\nnlni ! ? out with messages ho listened to the "click" of the Instruments , and planned how he would learn telegraphy. After n time he was put In as a substitute operator , and one day there came an offer to bol'gencral manager of the Plttsburg office of tlilf Pennsylvania railroad. How ho got Into ifircat financial operations Is another Etory jt But , remember that back of nil the later < Successful operations was the deter mination which made the little errand boy resoWS. to advance a little as soon as ho could. Juntas O. Fair , the California millionaire and eX-Untted States senator from Nevada , Had iwvcry hard time getting out of the er rand boy rut. "It was pretty hard work to rise , " , lie Is reported to have told an Intcr- vlewey.In n mlnuto of confidence. At ae the age when so many millionaires \vero Utlll ndrlft and looking for their first pcnnyrf-young Fair went to Chicago , and fern n tim&worked at anything that would pay a nickel. * Ho was errand boy for almost every kind of a tiuse. and served every kind ot a busi ness , Sso far as doing Its chores was con- cornw But oh , how hard and Blow It was. At length , with the "old forty-niners , " young l < Mlr Itjiouldcred his bundle and started for the dallfornlas. Here ho struck gold after many''seasons ' . of 111 luck , and hero ho made bis jiat fortune , nl\\ays being , llko his name"fair" to those employed with him and under him. nuS9fll Sagel Can you look at the gray- Italreiyman now and picture him as the "boy"jfor a grocery establishment ? Yet such lie was. It might have been back In 1830 , 'tflien ' llusiell was a boy of about 14 , The grocery belonged to his brother , and the boy w.03 of great value , because ho could be dependedUPOTL Jq carry lha baskets safely and tt ? hwrj traclf for the next commission , That was In tha city of Troy , and there are people In that town now who can remember the lull , lanky boy n ho then looked. SAdfc'S STRONG CHARACTERISTICS. "GreatndUB ) , > ry , strict honesty , a saving propensity aid ) , a wife ot the right sort were the things thai made Sage. " Is what his friend : ) say . JNIts < Sago was a graduate ol thai arls. , { ° cratlu Emma WJllatd seminary , 1 nnd there. Is no doubt that there were those to slgb dismally , \vhen she linked her for tunes with those , of the ex-grocery clerk , Vrtmtc\r.r niay bq ( he criticisms upon Rus sell Sage , there- must always bo the admis sion that heIs democratic , and never for gets how hard .ho had to walk as n boy , Ills family was ot the best old New York stock , which may In part account for hi : romarkabld carper. 0 , W. UouynK * , another California million aire , was a walking boy. And In those day ) lie did not dream ot coast prosperity nor ol stretches ot land , leaching across San Fran Cisco. Mr. Uonyuse was not , strictly speakIng - Ing , an errantl' boy. Ills first appearance Ir public was as a drummer boy In the Crl- mean war , , Atqf ( ho went to California hi worked as a gardener's boy , and was tin ployed tyy1 W. II. Bavco. n % ery rich real cs tale owner , to J4kb earn of his plants ant ttoot i ? phqra nnd npxlous things. "Bill " afc lie railed lilt Here , was by family , mivrd Ills money. "His pay was $40 a month Soon ho had $1,400. Thli Air. liovce Invest ! ! fcr the boy. and H V > as Invested so well tha when young Bonynse Jcft the work of garden ing lie haft $71) ) 000'In stocks and money. "I'm afraid r shall have to leave you ti look after "my Block's 'and Interests , " he saUte to Ills employer. In tlicio days tuclf a very suddea fortuni would be hard to set. MIis Virginia ( Honynge recently bccanx tut Vlacomitess .DrrrliurM , making one o the most brJIUanJ-iforeign matchen ever or ranged ( or an .American girl. And at tbi wedUIn * It will be- recalled that the brUi wcr f. real lace veil , presented to her l > : the rrjncfts ; Christian , with 'vhom she li : great fa.votltB. ' . While it cannoty'ii ' xJrtilled that A. II. Hum niel U ol)9 ) of lue'er i ) , millionaires of Amer lea , there U no doubt "that hU fortune Is no for from the mark of nillllonalreiVjin. Ttier ere many''piuor"'iiillllaualre whose fortune etm qrcat , beeauti tttcy cause rumors to b N.oB. FALCONER. SATURDAY- " WE OPEN UP OUR J " ON THI'RDi ' FLOOR , We ha've decided to go out of the toy business entirely , as .we want the space for a new department , We must close out our entire stock before Christmas , and in order to do so we have gone through the stock and have marked everything at half price , and marty articles much less 'than half price. There never aslah opportunity like this to buy Christinas toys at such prices. We/atej / po busy today to quote prices ; but come tomorrow. You will find the best assortment ever shown by any Jiouse in the country , This Sale will be for cash Only , Come yourself and bring the children with you. It will be a1 rare treat for all of you. REMNAMTS An immense sale of wool Dress Goods -Remnants , lOc yd Hundreds of short lengths , \ % to 8 yar.ds.V ; Plain and fancy dress goods will be clos d out tomorrow at lOcyard. Not a single . remnant will be found in the house by tomorrow niffht. f * Ladies desiring the choicest selection must come early. CLOAK DEPARTMENT. Another- great day of bargains in this department. Golf Plush Gapes hat we have been selling at $20,00 to $25.00 will be closed out at $15.00 each. We will offer tomorrow all our $5.00 Mink Boa for $2,50 ; $6.00 Mink Boa for $3.00. A BL NKETBARGAIN We haVe gone through our surplus stock of blankets. This is those we have the most of ; altogether we have 100 pairs. Among them are $5.00 blankets , $6,00 blankets , $7.00 blankets , We put them all in one lot tomorrow At $3:98 : a pair See Them in Our Show Window. Saturday Evening , Alter 7.3O P-M. ' 500 patterns % all wool and silk and wool Imported Novelties , Styles and qualities equal to that we have been selling at $5.00 , $6.00 and $7,00. _ - Saturday Night's price , $3.50 per p'attern. ' We consider this the greatest value fcT T " A v "X T T'T T1 we have ever offered in strictly fi\l I-C H A I .1 II I | \ | W , l < up-to-date goods. Al JO * A JTLJU V/W JL1 AJJLI. Irculatcd rCAarJIng thcni. Hut It l&.cloubt- 'ul ' If many New Yorkers who began as office oys can sliow greaterjyixury of living , more ihllanthropy and gkiiefr > $ Uy arid a bigger iank account than Kfyf , ' HU collection of jewelry , seldom or never' worn ; his library , lila pictures and trlc-a-brao and hla souvenirs and Jueracntocs of famous perzcns are worth a fortune. At the ago of 12 , about thirty years ago , 'Able" Hummel went to work as errand boy for William H. Howe. And that ho seized every avenue to advance Is apparent to all who know the history of the courts of the city for the last two decades. Probably Mr. Hummel can be recUJiieJ aihontr the million aires. < f George M. Pullman , Vtts a carpenter's boy. Hla father was a carnontw , , andllttlo , George worked for him and- the other , neighboring carpenters. At his fclsUrd he learned cabinet making. At this he worked and saved money , le got his start at the time Chicago was raised. " It will bo remembered that the Windy City was In ( he mudi\jhce. The water con tinually flooded It , and the land could never become very valuable. Young Pullman , who lived In Chautauqiia " "county , " heard from a lady visiting the place , that Chicago was to bo "lifted , " and his ambition was fired. The elder Pullman had patented a plan for liftIng - Ing buildings without stopping traffic In the streets or making a litter or Injuring the buildings , and his son had the Idea per fectly. PULLMAN'S FIRST UK } CONTHACT. Young Pullman \\ent to Chicago , got the contract for raising a whole block of build ings , Including a hotel , audjhs set to work. Ho did It successfully- * cleared $20,000 , with some of which he settled up his father's bankrupt business. Afterward he fancied the sleeping car business , and actually. In 1861 , got possession of the whole concern , patents and all , for $5.000. So much for the enterprise of a man' vJhJse early education consisted In watchlrlg the saw and plane , and mayhap , handing tools .to workmen. 0. P. Huntlngton worked as "boy" at dif ferent things , but the thlhg of which he Is proudest U that he saved $81 the flrst year of his errand-rnnnluc and that he put the money at Interest. "H Isn't what a man earns. It la what ho saves , " he has said many , many times. James It. Kceno. carao very near being an ofllce boy. Perhaps hq really was one. He was bom In England , -and came to this country and went to California tvlien a lad. Ho wanted to read law. and to do this he "clerked" In n law pfflco , , no doubt acting as errand lad many n ( tlme. After graduating he wrote .newspaper articles to support hlmbelf , finding that profession very kind to him. He made frldnd ? , and soon got a case or two at law of his own. His after hlstorv and his great wllcal dea's ' with the Goulila , hla wonderful turf Intreeats , and his delightful personality , with the social position of his family , all combine to make him as great a man as evti" rose above of- flccboydom. Gcorga W. Chllds was an office boy In Baltimore , and when he Yit'length got con trol of the newspaper wherehe made his fortune ho had worked at almost every branch of every trade where a boy could be useful. He , too , saved Ills moneH was only In later days , when-ho- became \et-y rich , that he allowed himself the luxury of giving. , ' GENEROUS MR , GUILDS. Onn ot Mr. Chllds' prettiest customs was the presentation to each lady , who called upon him ot a beautiful tea cup and saucer of costliest make. Thla llttlo 'cuttom , It Is ald , occurred to Mr. Chllda one day In tell ing some stories of his early struggles. "That dear lady gave me a cup of coffee out of her licst cup , " he said lit winding Mp the story. And then , as the thought occurred to him , ho added , "And I dcclUre that- from thla time forward I shall glvfc a nice cup and saucer to every woman whonteps Into my ofllce. " . James Kveranl , now many times a mil lionaire , had a pitiful struggle * At the age ot 8 , with money sorely needed at home , he went to work for a stercotyper at the cor ner of Nassau and Fulton streets , and for a lane tlmo the child ran eccands and as- slsletl with * \t > hot caldron * , doing all that hU tiny strength would permit * Did he save hla money ? No. He hardly had the oppor tunity to gave. Out he- worked , hard , learned much miJ watched his chance for something better. Ids business nqw employ * many & email bay , but surely none ten rise higher In Ihj branch ot buslutrs. tbau UUJ this en terprising man , who began In the""very hum blest way at 8. John D. Rockefeller and his brother Will- lam had early struggles. When John , now the wealthier of the two , married , he was only a book-keeper , having risen to that de gree by long , hard work. And S. V. White , while never an office boy , was a farmer's boy , running errands and "doing chores" until he was a man. But tfie list might be greatly lengthened. These are but representatives. All are now living except George W. Chllds , but If ono were to go back to the departed millionaires those who left fortunes behind for their sons and ( laughters one might tell over again the story ot the office boy who persevered , saved money and became a millionaire. The secret of their great success lies In this or that , according ! to the judgment of the narrator. But all agree that two things must be present for permanent success honesty and frugality. After that comes op portunity , personal favor and luck ! A. C. Kllpatrlck of Plllmore , Cal.t had the * misfortune to have his leg caught between a cart and a stone and badly bruised. Ordi narily he would have been laid up for two or three weeks , but says : "After using one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm I began to feel better , and In three days was entirely well. The peculiar soothing qualities which Chamberlain's Pain Balm possesses I have never noticed In any other liniment. I take pleasure In recommending It. " Thla lini ment is also of great value for rheumatism and lame back. AN UNFORTUNATE COIN. The Sorrowful Illntory of the Souvenir Unit Hollar. The order of Secretary Carlisle to use the Columbian souvenir silver coins as cash Is the closing chapter in the history ot an un successful venture , says the Washington Star. In spiteof the efforts ot the promoters of the exposition to sell these half dollars at double their face value , Ith the general co- ( opeiatlon of the banks , the newspapers anil a number of leading stores in Chicago , New York , Boston , Philadelphia and elsewhere , about 3,600,000 remain unsold and. In th ; hands ot the treasury authorities. At llrst the Chicago people pleaded with Secretary Carlisle to hold the coins till they could raise a fund to redeem them at their double price , in the hope of saving the value of those already sold , which would.be bound to dcclino as soon as the remaining coln.a were thrown Into the ordinary channels pf trade. Thla was done , but the attempt was fruitless , and a few days ago the projectors of the scheme notified the secretary that they could not do anything , and that they would not ask him any longer to carry the load of unavailable silver. Mr. Carlisle shrewdly decided to do some thing which would make the coins pay tor a part of the trouble and delay they , had caused. So ho ordered them paid out at par , but In exchange for gold coin. This would have the effect , he believed , of stimu lating a few enterprising retail shopkeepers to buy up the lot and advertise that they would use them In making change for their customers. The treasury would by this means add a little gold to Its balance , while at the same time the coins would probably be held as souvenirs by the cus tomers attracted by the advertisements , and thus would be prevented from passing Into "general circulation The collapse of the souvenir coin fad re calls the fact that a syndicate was formed during the summer of 1893 for 'the taking' and disposing of 100,000 of the halt dollars. Some large Jewelry houses were Interested In the enterprise , which might have grown to larger proportions if any encouragement had been received. It seema that a leading American Jeweler' while on u journey abroad , caw some of the British souvenir coins struck In honor of Queen Victoria's jublleo beautifully dec- oiatetl with enamel and mounted as watch charmn , brooches , etc. He took n number ot Columbian halt dollars to London .with him last year and had them Created In tha same way. One dcvlco was to cover nil the body1 of the obverse of the coin with translucent enamel , leaving the head of Columbus anil the Inscription uncovered. In another the reverse side was treated , the caravel being " colored on the field agaloit which U w s projected. No two designs were alike , , mi the tolns were eagerry snapped up at $5 , ? S and even $10 apiece by-ajurloslty seekers. But no sooner was the formal proposition made to take the 100,000 coins out of the custody of the treasuryfor the purpose men tioned than the secret service people pounced upon the interested parties and walked them that cvery coln thus treated ami exposed for .sale would bo seized. fo ) law against tli9-\ mutilation of coins appeared to stand In the way ; but the argu ment ot Chief Drummond , as well as It could be understood , .v > a that some evil minded person might scrape off the enamel from the decorated coins and pass them upon unsuspecting poor persons , who would then find themselves TVltH a coin In their possession bearing on Its face the value of GO cents , but on account of Its mutilation com manding In the market only Its bullion value , which , with silver at Its present de preciation , would bo only 25 cents. The op position of Chief Drummond , supported by Secretary Carlisle , broke up the plan. Cook's Hxlra Dry Champagne Is the wine for * Americans. Its purity and boquet com mends it to them. STUBBORN MAN. Gcorco Vandcrbllt'8 llercnce Upon an Ob- ntlimte FuriniT. Even a millionaire has his trials. George Vanderbllt , who has been paying out Jll.OOC a month down at Blltmore , N. C. , where his magnificent house Is going up , awoke ono morning to find himself In , very much the same position as was Ahab of old , when he set his heart on his neighbor's vineyard. George Vanderbllt had set his heart on his neighbor's six acres of land. They were not fruitful and particularly fair , but they lay between ground that he had already pur chased , and these six acres ho determined to add to his large property. But , you know the old adage , "Man proposes , " etc. , and George Vanderbllt felt the truth of it to his sorrow. The worthy owner of the six acres was ap proached. It was poor land , yielding little or 'nothing , which he could not have sold for 450 under ordinary circumstances. But when George Vanderbllt desired It , Its value Imme diately rose. Ten thousand dollars was the modest sum which was put upon U. Mr. Vanderbllt said he would pay $6,000 a pretty penny for that land ; but the owner refuged. He was then offered $7,000 , but this was also spurned. The nest offer was still more munificent. 7 The owner possessed a team of oxen with which , he worked his farm , and Vanderblll now raised his offer to $7,500 , and , as an ad ditional Inducement , offered to employ the man nnd his team for $3 a day until his house should have been completed , and after that , to buy the team for $300. He alio agreed to give regular employment to the man's daughter. But , no ; It was all In vain. Ton thousand dollars or nothing. This obstinacy arousec the ; Just ire of the millionaire , nnd he pro- c'seJed to execute swift and righteous venge ance upon the obdurate farmer. A wall seventy feet high Is now building about the six acres. When completed , it will be painted bl ck , so as to be as unobtrusive as possible Mr. Vanderbllt will also proceed to draw the water of a well which supplies the farm , so that the six acres will , be practically worth- IMS , Now the man Is offering to tiff at any of the prices named , or less , but Vanderbllt declares that he would not take It for $100. .last August while working In the harvest field I became overheated' , was suddenly at- . ( Apked with cramps and was nearly dead. ' Mr , , Cummlnga , the UruKKist , gave me a dose of ; Chamberlain's Col'c ; Cholera and Dlar- rttgea Remedy which completely re'leved me I pow keep a bottle of the ren .tly handy. Aj M. Bunnell , Cenlerrllle , Wash. , Archaeological Ground. - . At Athena the Greelf > government has re cently declared the wholrt region lying be tween the Theselon and the monument of Iterates archaeological ground , thereby compelling the proprietors * to sell at prices , to'be fixed by a commission ofnoru experts. It1 TV believed that the i/Unsrlcan and German 'edllools and the Archaeological society o Athena can easily ralsoithe funds needed to bdyMt. The latter society , . In Ita excavations ftf'&pldauros ' , has broqghtito light the ttad- .lum/ . which la apparently InUct. Oa linking \ \ ' " " . 3 HP nU. . . nor business reasoiis Fe offer our entire stock of $15- -$18 and sonfe $20 . ' 41. t. * and Overcoats for $5.00- nt . , . i ( > ( -i i . . . < ! i , . . . , , i I .i r ( > i > 4v ti > iII \'f II . ' Your choice of all thesingle . and / / * * i * double breasted kersey Over coats silk and Fanners' satin lined worth up to $20.\ go at $5 tomorrow j. . ; . , . . : * f r j * Your choice of any of the Gassi- mere or Cheviot suits in four pat terns , single or double breasted , ' f worth all the way from $15 to $20 II HI tj for $5.00 , f'1 III' ' . > ( . ' Vl' - \ f - FEEL OF THEM LOOK AT THEM IN THE WIN-DOW. q 00 f ' ' ft > -I Ill l-l Alt ) V > M. H. Cook I < k successors to Columbia'.Clothing Co. , n ' 13th and 'Farnam'Streets ' , Omaha. t' i T * * < * * ' , , ' ' . * . , ' V 1 'I r- Orchard & WiHielni Carpet Go , IbU " 'Tl U 0-8 RUGS. /i "li Ji . . IV 1 > > ! ' . : Just at this season we offer. * riiany attractions in our Rug 1 .1 .i. ' . department , Wilton Rugs , in shades to match the new 'car .M It HI pets or in the Turkish effects , are > desirable for hard wear. - ' OUl't ' SCOTCH RUGS , in soft. CJriental effects , are now made in small sizes as well as for carpets ; If you are fond of old i. 'III. Turkish colors these will please you. OIIJ I > fi' < ' FUR RUGS ; never so ma Vy" , never so popular. Animal A ( IJWJi , skins , with and without heads , * Mats all colors. I'CIf" Sheepskin Carriage , " Smyrna Rugs , Moquette Rugs , Japanese Rugs and Art Squares in all the new things. -rrs\ . , , I < 1 j ! i . , 1 .1 u.l I . Orchard & Wilheta Carpet Co , mill i 1414-16-18 Douglas St. : "i Complete Draper-y JDapt. 2nd Floor. trenches across the area to a depth of five yards or more , the rows of marble chairs , each with its Inscription , which ran com pletely around the stadium , were found In their proper places. It will be the first Greek etadlum yet known Injts original state. Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney -'roa- blei. Trial lze , 25 cents. All druggliti. A MARKED DIFFERENCE. Crossing Hie 1'lalin In the ' .Fifties anil the Nlnotlei. A day or two since a family of Immigrants from touthein Kansas who had traveled all the way across Oregon In their own wagon and were five months on the way camped at Judge Seneda Smith's farm , a few miles cast of this city , nays the Portland Orcgonlan. So seldom do Immigrants "cross the plains" with teams nowadays that Mr. Smith In quired how they had come to make the. trip. The Immigrant said there were many more families on the- way , strung along , whom ho had pasted. He had become ueury of the up ? and downs of life In Kunsar , and had started to make a home on Lewis river , where he had some frlenda. Ho wax a man ol sojne means , anil had a wife and several half grown children. When he concluded to emigrate , he had nine horses , one ot them a mare for which he had paid $500. He could not'sell them for anything , to concluded to drive to Oregon , save railroad fare , and have hts horses after he got here. Ho bought a carriagQ and a cart for his family , anil , load- ( ng ! ( ls outfit in a farm wagon , hitched up his hprses and struck out. The ; man's account of the trip shows that , while crossing the plains now la much the same as In the days of of ' 49 and thereabouts , In ether respects It la a very different affair. For instance , Instead of finding pUnly of grass for hla stock end game for b'js family , he found no game and had to buy , , feed for his horses all the way , the V'plana" ) being now comparatively a settled -cpuntry. As far as wear and tear to wagons amijanlmals goes , the trip waa all that could luv been anticipated. He lost all his horse * , hi * , cart tad carriage , and came through tbe Barlow Gate with a pair Of eastern Oregon caytiscs hitched to his fat in wagon , the wheels of which were braced with oak gruba and body bound up with withes. Ho said hla $500 in arcs was stblcn , nnd the others had succumbed to o.flall water and other things. Ho now suys that Itould have been cheaper to filiQOt his horses and come by railroad. He polilil luvo arrived at his destination In ( hrco days from the tlmo he ' started at a cost of 'about ? 2QO. However , he did not rare. Ticy | , ' haJ seen the country , and li.ul at last safely 'reached the promised land. / Krom the Kansap man's account there are several scare families foliating on his trail. It Is a comfort to know that there will be no trouble In finding-bread for them , and bacon , too , should any < of tliom'Pliance to ar rive hungry , aswis often the case In days gone by. _ NICKS IN THEBOoF HEELS. llorv rullman Cur" Porter * Van AluiiR In- formntlnii Ki-Riirillni ; Truiclerii "Pullman car porters form one great secret society , whoto ritual differs only In a slight degree on Boparata systems , " eald Philip Welch , a traveling man , to a writer for the Washington Star. "Von know the pro- fesalonal tramp leave ? hieroglyphic Infoima- tlon for tliotc of } | itlr guild who come after them on fences and gate posts along the roads they travel. Pullman porters ln trnct each other about < . the traveling publto In much the namewjy The means toUen by the porters areilmo4e ; lint unerring. The favorite place In which they put their cipher * so full -meaning Is on the Inside of iravclcr * ' boot hocls. P.vcry patron ot a Pullman must , ot CoUrco , place hla footgear for a tlms at the Tiicrcy of the porter , nnd If inch a travfUMwwts * In his generation and will examln - ' h heel * ot hU shoes , he will nnd a nlclr lier ami another there , whloh , If he can tecuro a translation of them , will tell him what the porter thinks ot him. A nick In ono part , of the heel will mean that their wearer li fl generous , open-hearted man , nnd the porter who gets a pair of heels marked In such a way will fairly overwhelm their owner nlth1 attention. A nick at another place will denote a crabbed , clo : and bad tempered owner , and future porters who get gaiters hearing that Information- will steer clear of the wearer. A' 'epottcr' one of the Individuals who are employed by I ho Pullman company as uples on. the con ductors and porters Is known by u certain nick In the heel , and you can bet the em ployes mind their p's and u'n when such a heel Is found In the porter's aggrcgatldn of boots and shoes. The American railway porter Is a pretty cute Individual , I tell yoil , and when you see one ot them particularly attentive lo ono passenger you 'cart ' ntaUo a , bet that his heels bear the propdr cabalistic marks. " _ _ Oregon Kidney Tea cures ncrvnui bead * aches. Trial size , 25 rents. All Tim lluttcit Spot. A comparison ot the maximum 'tempera ture In the different paita of the 'world ' ghova that the Great Desert ot Africa , la by far the hottest. This vast plain , which extends 2,000 miles from past to west Ami 1,000 finm north to toutli , has a temparaturp of J50 Oe- greet Fahrenheit in the hottest days of siiiii- mer. It would bo Impossible fur any puo but the acclimatised Moors , , erliers , and Arabs , to live , even for a day , In the Jieart'ot the rainless Sahara. In spUo , ol the fact that the days are extremely hot , the nlghta arc nearly always uiiconitor.tahy''poM , ) , . . anj the travelers are obliged to. burd.cn them selves with blankets In ordjr.to onduru tin change. ,1 , , r It l < Somntlmr * % . _ ' 4 Washington Star : "I 'upoaa1 yer Imibanfl 'II have moro time ter tend te'r th farm now , " said the neighbor * 'Who had Jiiit dropped In , "Tliat'a one consolation , even If he la defeated. " ' - "No , " replied the candidate/a wife. "I thort that way at fust. Hut IJIrnm thet Axplalnln * how ho happened .Ur git licked 'II take a heap more Of Tils' time than the duties of the ofllce uppld. ' \a \ ' * * ' t Oregon Kidney Tea cur * ail.kidrjey bles Trl-U ilze. 25 ccuti. Alt
