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WEST VIRGiNIA'S ' SEATO1tw
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Typical 4marican , Progosslvo , Parever-
lug nnd Prosperous
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MANY-SIE ) STPHE U. ELKINS
8kclcl.el ur 11Mulllnin 10me nnl\
, 'n"t IIIINItLCMN InteretM-IIftTI '
Inllnl' ' Inlerelhl-lun'
Jc Inlle 11M State Re-
luiIIteun.
WAI3IIINC2TON . Aug. 2S.-I wa the night
of the last state election In West Virginia.
The repubLIcans and democrat had bn \av-
, Ins one of the haraest nghts In their hlRtory ,
anti Stclhcn ) 1 ] . FIkIri . the manager oC the
republican campaign and now sen1tor from
the state was seated In his library In his
mount'lln ' home nt Elkths . with his friends
about him receiving the returns. He hlll a
special wire and the dlspatclH's came thick
and fast. They were favorable but the
mater was yet unsettled . when the operator
turned to Mr. gldns and said :
' I "here Is a dlspa\ch \ about some she s. "
"Oh , " replied "Ir. lklns , "that must be
one oC ? 1rs. Eldns' store ord n. Tel thun
to hold that. What we want now Is cltlon
news. "
This was done. There seemed , how.ver ,
- to be a lull In tim dispatches. None wrre
received for some time , and Mr. Elkina pahl :
You might as well take the shoodlspatch.
There don't seem to bo anything on the
wlro. "
Ing A : moment later hI was handed , the followg
"s. D. Elllns , West Virginia :
"W/ere shall I send my shoes 7
1SI ned ) "JOHNSON N. CAMD1N. " '
There was a hearty laugh. Camden was
the democratic United States srnator. He
had received the news oC his defeat In ads
vance oC Elcns antI hence the dispatch. Mr.
' Elkins' has already gotten the shoes. lie has I
-4 them on and I shall be much surprised If i
they are not stretched considerably In the
way of I national reputation for himself In1 i
West Virginia before ho gets through wIth
them.
ELKINS , THE MAN.
The people oC the United States know but
little of Stephen n. Elkins. Ho hi a natona'
reputlton as a politician and a buslnes man ,
but . only those who have come Into close :
contact with him realize that ho Is one of the '
biggest and broadest men of the UnIted
Sla tes. I have known him for several Unied yeir
1S
and I have just returned from
I visit to him
at his home In the mountains ofVest
VirgInia. Ito has a strong personality , and
his individuality grows upon you. 10 Is full
of Ideas , and Dalne used to say that he knew
more people than any man In I
publIc life. Mr. Eltns Is of a I
literary raher than of a buslneEs I
bent and today he keeps up his readIng -
- . . lag of the best authors and the study oC
' 'I. the classics and the poets. le reads LatIn . ,
Greef and Hebrew In the original , and he S
can Quote Tennyson and Drowning by the
lour. , lie I. thoroughly posted on the history -
tory of his country and he likes to dlEUSS I
the heading noyelLts , such as George Eliol L
lot
and Thackeray over whom hOt Senator Ailer I
Alen
G" Thurman James G. Dalno and AbigaIl I
Dodge had many a literary fight while he u
lved In Washington. He keeps abreast of I
the tihe.- You find all of the latest Eng
lsh magazines , as wel 1 those oC Amerlpa ,
on his library table , and his books number
thousands oC volumes. He Is one of the S
healthiest psychicAl entities that I have ever
"I met He never loses his temper. He Is
Interested In ' every sUbject that If proposed
and usualy' has something new to offer upon
It. ills soul Is made of the finer fibers , and
his language Is clean and pure. Still , he
Is thoroughly In sympathy with his fellows.
. and the workmen on his place are as much
lt home with him as he Is In the prernce of
the United States senators , otter whom the
' stations on his and Senator Davis' railroad
are named Ho Is a good judge of men , and
he seldom forgets a name or a face. lie
10
reads men easily . and decides quickly He Is
a man oC strong , haracter. He knows
what he wants and uSaly gets It. He
turns off work easily , never worries nor frets ,
and at [ ; 4 he has the heart and energy of a
boy. 10 enjoys mo In alt Is i phases , and I
almost goes crazy over the beauties of nature I
and the delights oC a country life . Ho has
a bg ! forest at the hack of hi ! home , and he
knows every tree In I. and looks upon them
af his dearest friends
no has a dozen horses In his stables , but
he prefers walking above all other exercises ,
and tramps his guests up and down over his
estatt showing thor his garlens , his fewer
and the magnificent views which bound I on
ever , > ' sldo. Not long ago he bought a moun-
tain . for fear some fellow might destroy one
.phis views or take away Its beauty by cut-
ting off the trees , and ho ture a country
road In order to Improve the symmetry oC
his homestead.
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RICh POSSESSIONS . I
Dut' let le tel you something about sen-I
alor Elkns' ! untry home and the wonderful
property which he and ex-Sonator Davis . In
conno = ton with one or two other men , own
there In the wIlds of WOJt Virginia I s
one of thl most wonderful erhtes In the
union , and I will be worth untold ml'ons In
the future. They have tens of thou8n.s cf
acres oC the flnst caI lands and their r'il'
rod , which la 160 miles long , goas for neny :
' 100 miles over tho'r own coal. They have
tens of thou lands of acres oC valuable timber ,
and there are town and beores : : and GNat
tannerle3 all along the line oC their road
They mine from 2,000 to 4.090 tans eC coal
every day. They make hundrels of tons of
coke daily , some of which Is shpped as far
Salt Lake and acme to different
& Sal gees dlreront Parts
of Mexico They own more towns than you
can count on your fingers anj toes and they
, 'fO building modern settlements away 11
there In the heart of the Alhghenles. They
made the railroad wth ! their own money , and
they ara developing the proe-ty themsolv& ,
They lall out the town , and they have cJued
4 .m them to spring up like AIaddn's ! palace , al-
most In a night. The city of Dav's five years I
' aho was a forest Il has today 3,000 poeple ,
ale
al11 alt the modern Improvements. The lawn
of Elkins four years ago was a corn field. I
has now a bank a frat class hotel , a mag-
, nifcent public school blllng. a fys'em of
sewerage and water works and It Is light d
by electrlc'tyh'ch Is furnlhol so che.ply
to the people that cottages with two roams
' can affords It , the service ccslng : them 75
cents a month. 'fhe town baa I publc : square
: or plaza In the center fled with trees , and
there Is another largo park at the bock wh'ch
Senators Elkins and Davis have gvm : to thl
people for all time. I Is here that the"shops
of the Welt VIrginia Central rairoad are 10-
. . cateti . and the men are 10 well treHel\ that
- ' . they have never had a strko ! The hote' , the
' works , the bank and number of the
, anl a bul d-
logs of the town are heated by steam trim
, one central staten , and Senatcr Elkins and
Davis expect to heat their homes train ths !
lame source , though to do so they must carry
the stern In pipe a distance oC more than a
mtio This town of Elk ns lies In a basin In
the Allegheny mountafls I Is ab u ; 2,000
4 feet above the sea . and It'ls surrounded 1y
. ' lomb of the most beautiful senery on the
American continent. Gret blue and go. y
I' ' his rue on every aWe. Just below It Is leh
mountain , where cne of the first battles 0 : t e
. war was fought and the place where Mc-
Clelan gained the reputation which mad him
a major general and gave hIm mmand cf tie
army , . _
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'i , SENATOR ELKINS' MOUNTAIN nOME.
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0'1 one lido of the mountains rre'two : great
buildings . which , with lhell turrets and
. tDwers. make you think eC the castles on the
, ' , . Itlulno . and on another bILL a lte cates the left
i.v I another big stone residence 'which II
I , , being built by Mc Ichsd C. ICerens , the
millionaire of St. Louis who baa ben con-
necte with Senator Eklnl for years. and
. who has some Interest In this Wcst Vlglnla
property , The two cate are the homes of
Senator Elkins and hll f.ther.ln.law , ex-
Senator n. G. Davl. who served In the
senate for twelve year tram West Virginia
I , a dornoerat. A declpUoo of the curious
features of either of them would make I
go od lettet . I have space for only a few
\ eras about that at Senator EIkinu I
ands on the side ol the mountain overlook-
Ing the town , with many acres of velvety
lawn sloping down to the park. Back oC I Is
I great Core.t oC oaks and maples , and the
mountnlnl beyond rise upward until they almost -
most kiss the clouds. The ground contain
more. than sixty acres and they are a9 well
kep as In old English parl You ride by
them for n full quarter oC a mile before you
core t the entrance. This consists of Rates
of wrought Iron fastened to walls oC granite .
wblch are so smothered with Ivy and cholc
flst ewers hint you can hardly dhllngulsh the '
st one . At the right Is 1 porter's iodg ! oC i'
blue atone which would be conai ] lered a I
g oed sized house anywhere else. : cnsfcre by
gth 1cln
this , you are In the grounds pr6per. The I
road on which you drive Is oC blue stone ,
ground down to the size of iron flings , which
Senator Elkins bad brought here from Ihll-
delphla and Harper's Ferry for the making
of the road. I Is as dry u a bone and : s
sl00th as a floor , and you ride for almost a
mlo over It In your ascent to the house
proper. You wlnll ( In and out through the
fo rest . now going through acres of ! green
velvet , past bcd oC luxurIant vtants by the
g reat barn which contains Mr. Elkins' horses ,
past h n garden big enough to supply a New
York hotel till you come to the ledge on
which the house stands.
ITS WONDElFUL INTERIOR.
The front of the house faces the forest ,
amI It Is only the back that can bo seen
from thl valley. I Is an Immense structure
of three stories , so carefully idannel that
ls i beauty , rather careuly Is Illannel , hn-
rzaslve Its big rooms are so furnished
t hat there Is nothing barn-hike about them
and the house Is more like a comfortable
homo h than a rniilionatro'a palace. And
s till , its slzo Is enormous. The stone porch
which runs about its two skies Is ISO feet
l eng . and so wide that you could run a
freight car around I and not touch the
edge of the walls . The main feature oC the
! round floor Is the hal which runs through
the center and Into which the palors , the
lbrary l amI the dining room open. This
hal Is so big that you could drive a wagon
load l oC hay In through the front doors and
drive out again without grazing the wooll
work. Sixteen big chairs ahd two large
s ofas form a part of its furniture . and I
has a fireplace at one side which eats up
wooll by the cord , and In which the logs
are put without splitting or sawing. At
the t right , as you enter , Is tIm parlor , and
beyond this the senator's library . This
Ibrary.
lbrary l has the biggest fireplace In the
UnIted States , and the room Is , I venture ,
lrger l than any committee room In the
c apitol. I I walled with books , and the
pictures of the greae Americans of the
tme t , who are close friends of Senator El-
k ins . look down from its walls. Opposite
lie ( parlor Is the ( lining room , which is . I
Judge J , as big lS the dining room of the
white house , and at the tables of which
from I thirty to forty often sit down to din-
ner. Senator Elkins keeps open house , and
his .rlondphlps arc so many that he has
plenty of guests Not long ago he had a
large l number of friends stopping with bini
when a crowd of sixteen more appeared
wIthout notco , Mrs. Ekins took care QC
them all , and nearly every guest had his
own sleeping room. The bed rooms are -ar-
rnged In suites , each of which has an 110-
'ant bath room , with a porcelain tub , and
some of the guest rooms are enormous.
The furniture , however , malls them Ionic
smalor , and It gives you some Idea of the
slzo oC the house when I say that I took
many car loads of furniture to fit out the
r ooms. The house Is heated by steam , and It
his all modern conveniences. I has ls own
gas plant but It wIll soon 'be ' supplied with
electriciy , and the steam wIll come from
the railroad company's works In th ? town.
The Ice home connected with It now con-
tains 200 tons of Ice , and the senator has
all the luxuries of the city here on the top
of the Allegheny moUntains. lie entertains
lke h a prince , 'and his home lIfe Is d lght-
ful.
A WORD ABOUT MRS ELKINS
This moultaln estate Is named 'after his
wife. I If called "liaiiiohurst. " The word
"hurst" means wood , ant Irs. Elkins was ,
you know Miss Hale Davis , the daughter
oC Senator Henry G. Davis , when the sena-
tar marred her , now twenty years ag' .
Henry G. Davis was then the democratic
senator from West Virginia. Stephen n. gl-
klns \ now the republican' senator from that
state and this Is the first instance of a
woman being the daughter oC one senator
.nll the wife 0 another , both from the same
state. Senator Eltns was In congress at the
time of his marriage , and Miss DavIs was
one oC the belies of the capital . Old Senator
Thurman told her that Elkins wu a man
with a future , and urged her not to male the
mistake of letting him go. I was , however ,
a case oC love on both sides , and the mar-
riage has been a most happy ono. Mrs. I I-
klns Is todl one oC the most accomplished
women of the country. She I thoroughly
wrapped up In the senator and her children ,
and she Is hIs helpmeet and friend In every
sense oC the word I was she who planned
this house , In connection with the architect ,
and she It Is who manages it. he has uec"
utIve ability . and I am told that else Is almost -
most as good a politician as her husband.
The two have four boys , the eldest of whom
lu 19. and one girl , Miss Catherine , who at
9 Is the baby of the family , and who Is a
host In herself . In addition to these Senator
Eikins' married daughter 'Mrs. l3runer. and
her husband are now with him , and his
father , who at 8G Is one of the brightest old
young men of the country , Is an Important
part of the establishment.
THE ISSUES OF THE DAY.
Senator Elkins Is one of the mozt charm-
log conversationalists In public life. He lIkes
to talk , and his .ssociaton wih the proml-
nnt men of the past his beets so close that
his reminiscences are mot Interestng , Dur-
Ing my stay at hil house I felt very close to
Grant and l3laino. Ills library Is filled with
relics and mementos of them and Mr. El-
kins knew them so well that talking with
him about them seems almost like chatting
with the men themolves. One morning I
remember , I asked him to explain to me the
meaning oC a frame filled with closely written
manuscript containing many erasures and
corrections , which hung on one of the wails
wals
of his library. "That " said hue . "Is the
first Ilraf of Elaine's estmato of Grant .
which be published In his book This manu-
torlpt had something to do In bringing
Grant anti Dalne together and tD make
them friends again. They were great men
and I seemed a pity to me that they should
not be friends. I knew them both very
well. White they were not on good
terms I was living near General Grant , on
Fifty-eighth street In New York apd during
his later days I visited him very frequently.
I often had Dalne visiting me , and I would
excuse myself and say wanted to go over
and see Grant for an hour. Grant would
ask me about Dalne , and Dalne never had
a bad word to say against Grant. The
two men were too great to stoop to little
thinKs. At this time I hall a summer house
at Deer Iarl ( , and Grant came up and spent I
a week or so with mo. I got to know
him better at that time. . He looked UpOh
mo as a kind of a boy ant I was LS much
at ease with him as with you. One day I
got a letter from Dalne , In which he spoke
very kindly oC Grant , and I then asked
Grant why ho and DalnE could not be on
better , . torms. Said I :
" 'You are both great men and It seems
to me as great Americans you ought not
10 go on through the world closing your
career without being closer to one another
here Is what DalnE has written me about
you. and I know that he has only the
kindest feelings toward you I wish you I
two could come together" I
"Orsnl tlereupon said that he had no ob- :
jection. ant - shortly after this , when he
was at Washington , Mr. and Mrs. Elaine
called upon him , and were well received
and the two becal0 recol.led.
HOW GRANT FELT IN DATTLE.
"Oeneral Grant , " Senator Elkins went on ,
"was a great big man The closer you got
to him , the bigger he grew lie was a
broad guage man In every sense of the
word and entirely unselfish , and with all
wlb
his greatness he was the soul of simplicity.
simplciy.
Simplicity belongs to greatness you know ,
and no great man was ever a selfish man.
One day a we lat on my porch chatting
and looking out over the mountains , the
thouht of isis grot del In war came
to me , and I asked
, ,
. ' 'Genersl I want you to tel me how a
great man feels when le Is In the midst of
a bate which II to decide , perhaps , the
ft of a IUoa and mae a mark 10 his-
-
tory t for all time , knowing , a he does that
the t world Is looking on , and the success or
the failure oC the bate Is largely dependent
upon him as a commander ? '
"Orant smoked. a moment , and replied : ' 1
can't say bow I felt . All that I thought
of wa whipping the [ enemy and putting
down the rebellion , and saving the union ' "
"Senator was Grant a religious man ? "
"Yes , " was the reply . "Ho was a simple ,
earnest Christian . "
"low about Elaine ? "
"Elaine had a strong Cath ! inrehIgton "
"Dalno I Inrolglon. ro-
pled Senator mklns , "and 110 did evorYUI ng
he could to strengthen it. Ho would nv. r
Ilscuss the foundations c his f9lth. Ho dt :
not want to IoJbt , and ho did not want to ro : -
wn on thc matter . Ills mother was a Catho-
lie , all this Inf.en : ed him greatly . cal made
hs ! respect her faith. I am ted : the csrd'nal
cJllnal
and Father Tom Sherman saw Mr. llto before .
fore his death , ansi still the last } time ho
went to church It "as at the Church oC the
Covennnt , In Washington , which Is , you '
know , Presbyterian. "
ELKINS AND RglIOON.
" 110w about yourself . senator Ycu Ire a
Cathol , are you not ? "
"No " replied Senator Elicins. " 1 care
from the old . c1\roo Scot ' h Iro'bybrlan
stock. My ' nnces'Lors were all Prt03tants ,
and my church Is the ChrIstian churci : som-
times known as the Church 0 the Dse'llos : ,
or CampbeIlt03 , whch ! I joined white at cI ,
lego. DurIng my term In congress I attended :
the New York Avenue l'recbytorlan church ,
and : I suppose I will go back there when I re-
turn to the cap'tal to live. The reason why I
sometimes have been thought to be a Ca hot c
arises from the fact that I have a great many
Cathelc ! friends. One oC these Is Cardin I
Gibbons , who spent some time "Ith me here
at Elkns : not long ago , arid who Is , by the
way one oC the greatot len 0 the Unl cd
Statos. "Iy daughter married a C4hol'c. . She
asked my advice about the matter , 'and I toLl
here that If she really loved the man she wa'
about to marry I did not think the differanca
-oC religion was to be consfdered ! . Her husband -
band wae very strcngin his faith . and as sh'
did not think the _ queston oC dOomlnat : n
made much lereIco ! , shl becJI0 a Catholic.
As for mo I beleve In the Christian re-
lgIon , but I am riot much oC a sectarian .
All of the churches are doing ! great geol f r
civizaton , law . peace and er or. H I can
not attend my own church , I am contnt to
worship at any ether at hand. I wa a yes iy I -
man five years In the All Souls' Epis opal
church In New York . hero at hOle m )
family and I worship at the PresbytorJa'
chueh. My relg'ous bo'ef : , In shert lay be
summed up In a quotation from Tennyson ,
whIch Ie :
" 'There's a something that watches over
I RomethlnA
us , . and our individuality endures. '
ane 111\llunlt endures.
"That'R my faith , and that's nil . my faith. . "
JOHN ShERMAN AND THE 1RESIDENCY.
"Speaking of Tom Sherman , Ienaor , what
do you think oC hIs Unc'e John , \ilc stat'r
Wi he cut any figure In the coming nat"onal
convention 7"
"I think nol , " replied Senator Elkins , "Cor
I have understood that he will not be a candidate -
date ne Is perhaps the heat equipped for
the presidency oC any of our public men . He
Is a great statesman and n great all-around
man , and he would have made n good preal-
dont. He might have been nominatd In 1188.
The choice wavered for some time between
him and Harrison. I swung on the turning
of a hair , but the hair was turned In thc
direction of Harrison , ant he was nominated
The turn was made through the frIends o'
malne. They felt that their favorite had
been defeated party by Sherman's friends In
1876 , and again In ] 880. and they could not
forget thui. The truth Is , Il was un lersto I
along the friends oC Elaine that I It came
to be a Queston & between Harrison and Sherman -
man the Elaine strength would , as far al
possible be cast for Harrison Dut that
there should be no mistake Mr. Elaine was
asleed by cable , being In Europ at the
time. and the answer came bade. ' Harriron. '
"You can't tel anything about a conven-
ton , however , " Mr. Elkins went on. "Take
that 0 1880. We thought we would surely
surel'
nominate Elaine , and the convention clearly
wanted Grant or Elaine. I foresaw the cos
contest which was bound to come between
Grant \ and Dalne , and I urged General Oar-
field. who was for Sherman but after him
for Elaine , to give us twentY-fve votes from
Ohio , If at any time It should bo shown that
this would nominate Elaine. He promised to
do this. But during the next ballot his own
name was sprung , and , In order to end the
contest , he was nominated. "
TIE PRESIDENCY.
"You arc mentioned as a presidential candi-
date senator. lave you aspirations tha :
way ? "
"No I have not " replied Senator Elkins.
"I have you know , lived a long time , bath
In the cast and the woat , engage,1 all tha
time In active huslness. For sixteen years I
have served on the national committee , have
attended the four natIonal conventions and
have taken part In all the campaIgns. This
has given mo a wide
acquaintance and 1'lde
me ' any friends throughout the country
some oC whom , In their partiality , have Iln-
toned my names even In connection with the
wih
presidency. " That Is' all. I do not say that
If the presidency were In
my grasp that 1
would not reach out and take It. Such a
statement would be
very conceited and no
one woul believe it. I am ambitious but
woulbeleve I. ambitous , I
do not believe that I am the logical conclusion -
sion of the situation. I am content to be a
United States senator. I see In that position
a field where I believe I can work pollen
vantage and where I think I can do good to
my state and the country. it Is a position
I
which I think posiion
Is worthy oC any man and his
best energiea. ! "
energea.
"How " about the vice presidency senator7"
"I am not a candidate for the vice
presidency -
deney , " replied Senator Elkincu "I don't :
know that I would like to give up ron'l !
years of my senatorship , which I am now
assured of , for four years of the vIce presi- /OW
dency even I I were sure I could have it .
The position In the senate Is
positon an active one ,
and I like I for that reason. I would not
like to give up a
lke Possibility of
pOSibiity doing something -
thing , which I think I have as scnator fome- . to
. scator.
that of the.vice
thcvlce presidency where I could do
nothing but preside , "
.
. ISSUES NOT MEN
"You say you era not the logical candidate
Cor the presidency Senator Elkns Who Is ? "
" That I cannot yet say , " was the leply.
"The talk about myself comes , In addhtlou
to what 1 have said before . from my being
the frt republican senator
elected
republcan Ienator from
SWeat.
VirginIa
In
West twenty-five ) earf and from
a southern state In a long
time . This
, to.
tme. -
with he fact that the Wesl together ,
republicans broke the solid south , and that
with West Virginia republican
republcan we could lose I
New York and win the presidency next
baa drawn attention to this' state nut year this ,
Is not enough. Tllo INues 10 bo fought thIs I
year are not those oC the north and south
That kind ef campaigning has . I hOe , passed
away forever. This Is an era of buslness-
era -
not sentiment. Wo want the Issues whIch
want
tend 10 the uphuilding of the :
United
upbuldlng States
Unied ,
the devzlopment of the
loplent country and the makIng -
Ing UD more than ever a great and
prosperous
nation ; Indeed , the greatest and most .
prosperous -
perous In the world. As to candidates , there I
are plenty of good men and great men In the
field. t
"Tom Reed of
Maine
would make a good I
president So would Harrison , McKlniey ,
Morton or Allison. Although I have no right
to speak for General harrison
. yet I believe I
he will not enter Into any scramble for the '
position before the convention , Having been L
one oC the greatest Presidents the country
I luau ever had , and having received a second
nomination . In my JUdgment he'l not enter
Into any contest Cor the place. Ho might
accept I the ' nomination were '
unanimously , " nominaton given him
"Ho\v about McKinley ! " '
"I think Governor McKinley would make a
strong " candidate , " repled Senator Elkins ,
"though his selection will depend somewhat
upon whether the party at this time
concludes -
eludes to make a fight for an entirely new
tariff . He stands I a great leader In this line .
' '
I dDn't think however , that the Important
question now Is that of candidate . What we I '
want tie to secure party harmony and to decide -
cide upon the issues which
IUles vIli Insure
IUC-
wi -
, principles. ceas . It is " nol a question of men ; It Is of
MR. ELKINS' SENATnEIATI hOPES
"Senalor , I know you have been ambitious I
to come to the senate . Now , won't ambitous i
mB what you expect to do when you get
there. WIll you drop Into your seat as a
member of the Millionaires' club , and be a con- ,
tent 'ih lisa honor and the lar1f wm
you be In advocate of le nsatonal attacks on
caplal and corporatlOis . or will you bo the
have and agent of .be monopolies ? In other
words , stnator , whit do you propose to d07"
" 1 Iion't kno\\ that I ought to answer that
queston , " replied Senator Elkins . "I can
say , however , that I ant not going Into the
senate to take any one of the three places
you have laid out for me. In the first place ,
I could not be inactive If I tried In the
s econd . while I am In , sympathy with honest
labor l anti the laboring man , I believe I am
too fair to attempt td gain Innlenca and
notoriety by supportnk any oC the semi-
anarchistic or socialistic cienuents. And , In
the t thIrd place , I am' not and never have
been the slave oC any corporation. ' Such
Interests i 19 I have I 'control In connection
with two or three men , and while lie cor-
poratons ( oC the country ! may nol want to ,
they know they can no control use No I
am going Jnto the senate to do what I can to
help along my state and to better the con-
diton of the country I don't know that I
wil be touch. lint I have my own ideas ,
and I think there Is rOQm for me to do some
gool' " . .
AMERICA AS MISTRESS OF THE SIMS.
'
"Along "what hues , lator7" ;
"I believe , In the firs place " replied Senator -
tor lklns , "that the huiruess Interests oC the
United States are the ( tones wo should look
out for Wo have , reahued the point where
government Is , after aji I , more a mater o
sound buness reathed than of sent-
ment. Wo , the people , are , In a certain
sense , a great stock company . owning this
United States and ( laO ' executive antI con-
gross are our trustees 'to whom we look to
manage our Internal an foreign relations for
our own Individual and national advantage.
Wi have period the fornative period and the !
era of experiment In forFaive ( . and we are '
nOw In the ( era oC progcsa and dovelopment.
We must now adopt and seek out such measures -
urea and policies as wil , In the surest anti
most rapid ways , promote these end ! . I believe -
levo the ultimate destiny oC lho United States
Is to leal In the buslneHI affairs oC the world :
I want to see New York take the place of
London as the financial , center. In a word ,
I want and expect to lee this country lead L
the world In trade ' counmerce . mining and I
manuCactures and In my small way I desire to I
do what I can In tl' . seDate to aid In bringIng -
log this about. '
"Among the questions which arc pressing
now are those of \ foreign trade and ship- .
ping. We ought to extend and enlarge our
foreLgn trade and hayo our own shipping , and I
carry our own goods tomtnd ' from the I foreign I
marlels. Think oC II Wo pay England I
OOOOOOOO a year for cartage before wo I
begin to compete wiLls her as to trade This I
'seems to me very poor : blslnes. There Is a I
great deal of wasted energy In the denuncll-
lion of the word 'sublly , ' I came Into our
vocabulary In connection with the Pacific 1al I
scandal twenty years agr. got a bad name and I
frightened our statesmci into doing nothIng -
Ing for our shlppln pgland has built up
her steamship lines by means of subsidies
stoamshll lnes
In twenty year ShE' , Ms paid thuC Cunard i
line alone nearly $ I.OOI.O and she giVEs
bounties to the shlpl' 'carrying ( lie malls .
This Is a matter tht. should b carefuly
considered anti studied. We cannot compete E
pete with England In , shipping while she
h'Ips her shipping Interesls , and wo do
nothing I don't sax I am for subsidies ,
but I do Bay I favor some policy In the ;
way of help tnt wi put us on a footing
with England until we can build up a
shIppIng oC our own . and make America ,
and not Enlal11l , ml tress of the seas. I
thInk the day bas come when we must
consider our foreign trade. The Asiatc
countries lie nearest Co ' us , and they are
now forced upon our consideration. "vVt
should turn toward the beautiful Orlant
anti gather from It trade as wall as wisdom
Asia has more than 800,000,000 01 people
More than half the. pulaUQn of tbt globe :
live on that continent. Thso people havi
lve tat
bcks to bo clothed. etuiach to be fed anu 1.
Innscles to bJ worke. ' 'Thly are now , following -
lowing the recent \\'r between China and
Japan , to come Into rompeUton with the
rest of the world. We must have our share
In the work , and In , the supplying oC ( bet r
wants. Wo need closer connection wltb
thom. We must have It In the future our
trade relations wills China , Japan and the
oat will bo relatively inore ! important than
with Europe. Mark I say relatively. As
hens ( countries adol tl1o manners , customs ,
habits and methods of our western civiza-
ton ( , the wants of their pcplo will multiply .
and wo must be really to meet thom ChIna ,
after 2,000 years , Is again learning to eat
flour . and cargoes of' four are beginning to
leave the Pacific coast' for Asia. Take the
Nicaragua canal. It should be built at once
Suppose It doc cost $100,000,000. What Is I :
that We ought to build It even IC It C03t
more. At UOO.OOOOOO I wuuld only be flu cc
paying of a shilling , 121 cents , a head for
a possible customer In AsIa for our goods
from now on to eternity. The croakers wi
.
say : 'lint we kon't know how the c'nal
should be built Qon.t where I should come
out. ' That Is a question fur the engineers
and not for mo. What the country wants ,
Is the canal. "
HE BELIEVES IN RECIPROCITY. ,
"How about Mexle and South 'Amerlc,7"
"I think they sholid be closer to us In a i
commercial way We should cultivate them , I
and we should have their trade. I have re - I
centy returned from a 15,00O-rnili trip , In I
whIch 1' visited Mexico City and traveled' '
through I mot of that country. I Is a land : i '
of great possibilities , ant the EnglIsh , French'
and Oermans are doing all that they t can tI'
hell Its trade. The Mexicans are very :
'Irlendly to us , but we do not sUfcienty : V.
cultivate them nor their business Our con
Euls and ministers should speak Spanish
They should , to a large extent bo comm :
niorcial agents , just a hose ( of England ] I ,
France and Germany are , and should bil
able Ito keep us pOt ll on the wants and '
possIbilities of the country "
pssibites meet President , Daz ? "
"Yes : ho treated me ' very w1 Indeed 1
speak Spanish , you know , and from my :
having lived In New Mexico I know something I- ,
lved . .
thing of the Mexicans and Mexican char
acter. President Dlaz seemed pleasd at
actel. this. I was much impressed with him. ttf
Is a strong man one of the great men oci f
the world , and In some ways hI reminded
me of General Grant. "
NEWS ADOUT' WEST VIONI , "
"How dill you come to tetto II Wta ) t
Virginia senator
"There were a variety , it reabI ' . " lelled
Sepiator Elkins , "and tune Is that : nen . as
Seruior
they go on In me , naturally seek residence S
along the lines where , they vere horn. I vay
bor In Perry county \hlJ , ' lie alc county
that produced Oenert , , Phi Sh rlm : , nud :
.ot far from the Slrm.1 : anti Ew'l'gm '
ly father came from 'Vlrgimuia . smear lucre c .
few coiles If Uls
and he passed wihin , a mlos
place when he emigrated to Ohio. rtopJe
don't undertanlI lie btl.le . ) f \ VL'BIi
Virginia This state I In r"JI\ a norlll , n
state I Is only 10 miles from clue lakes .
mila ' lJdc'vatci
anti seventy-five ml s , fro'l (
Wheelng Is In lie latitude of Pltilidelphs l ) I ,
and I am verr near to : ti'ts ' latitude In which
I was born. Another cs'Ja was that I
in'arrIed a wife who Is a West Vir.inismu. I
.
am ale a natural pl nel'r. I was tk.11 as a
baby to the west and spelt 1) ' bllicotl lar
Kansas City , In Missouri , When I became a
ypung man I went flr1lcr : west to New
Mexico and aided In its devclop'UI.lt. I live .1
for years In the Heckles and then , : tvlng
made Bore money Ir New Mexico . , . asic .
Ington and New York I found [ what I re-
gaded as a great opening f'r 'm and rcy
boys In the developm\nt tiVst VIrgin ! I
The state Is , you know , In mant Fans a
wIld as the west 1 have my ( 'mu- I"YI
here. They are learning how : to .10 1181nel.
even while going through ' \lele. ard l&y
can live here away from 'cltel ' and make : mln
'of themselvel.
, ,
"You ask something abut my wealth , "
Senator Elkins welt on. ' 'I began life a a
poor boy , with nothing but my college educe
lion I have made what I have without aid
from any source. I know r am set down as
a man of large wealth . This Is not 10. I am
comfortable , and have an organized and
promising business to heave my children. I
am not a rich man In the sense of the rich
New Yorkers . but we have a great properly
here In prospect and a chance to do some
thing. We have altogether about 10 00
acres of coal and timber land , and 'we
are rapidly building up a population along
the lines of our rairoad , W" will probably
extend our lines eat and put In a branch
south to connect with 'the Chesapeake fe
Ohio. We are now sending our coal and
coke to the west , to the Atanto leaboard
and t Mexico , &d our lupply Is practcaly
inexhaustible . When we came Into this
region with the road the ( most of It was
wilderness. I now contains ten oC thou'
sands oC people . and I Is Just on the edge
of its development. West Virginia Is one oC
the richest states In the ( union aM 1 think It
his a . great attire "
illS OWN CAMPAIGN.
"How dil you become Interested In Politics
here ? " I nsiccd
"I ha\ always been more or less Inter-
estel In . national politics . " replied Senator
Elkins , "and as soon a I decldell to settle
In thIs state I resolved to 110 what I could
to snake It rcpubhicatm . I had had SOIO ox-
penance as to what organization wil do In
a campaign. I made a study oC the state ,
anti did what I could to carry It . "
"how about money Was much spent ? "
'No none , except to secure boroughs ( organization -
gnntzaton and get out the voto. I do not
bElevo In spending much money In cams
paigna I Is corrupting antI should bo dis-
couragod The great thing In n camp
paln Is getting the voter to the plls.
Thousands of men are indifferent , and some
are decrepIt. The party which gets out Its
own vote In an'thlng like a close state Is
the p"rty which wins , and that was the
conditon here Tim democrats had no idea
. 11e :
wo would elect anything Senator Camden
told mo might the but
we carry state up
to thin last he laughed at the 110 of our
electing lie legislature. I thought at Hut
tmo that we would have three majority on
Joint ballot. When the returns came In we
had twenty-nino majority In Iso legislature
and West Virginia was I republican state
by 13,000 majority In addition to our perfect -
feet organization . the new northern element
which hiss come' In or account of the IUII-
I her and coal Interests helpE' us . and I be-
hove that we will make the state perma-
nenty republican . "
THE UNIVERSAL NOW.
"Senator you have : been I very sueeessCul
man. You started life poor , and you have :
yourself mate a great fortune. I want .to
ask you I you think the chances are as
good for monty making today as they were
when you began. "
"OC course they arc , " replied Senator El-
kins. "The universal and everlasting Now
I full of opportunities. I fairly bristles
with them . The world Is just on the edge
of its development Take the , mater oC
electricity. I promises to change every-
thing under the sun. and Its possibilities
are inestimable . This country now has
70,000,000 people. I will support 700,000,000 ,
and until I grows to t that there wi be I
Innumerable opportunities and ) unlimited
posslbilte ! for ( fortunes and fortune mak-
Ing. "
I "How about the times Has prosperity '
come to stay ? " -
"That Is a question , " replied Senator E-
kins , "which I am not able to answer. Ate
to ultimate prosperity . there Is no doubt
As to an Immediate change , I do not knots'
This ! may be wordy a spurt or I may be ;
a steady race for the better. I fear , however -
ever , that WI have before us an era oC
lower profits and lower wages , and I doubt
whether there will be permanent prosperIty
until after the next presidential election . "
C I , ,
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lEU SUII 1 OUTING.
Detroit I"ree Press.
She didn't seem just happy here
In the old farm house wllh her mi 1n' me ,
So wc fixed her off nn' ! he went down thar
To stay I whlo by the sea.
She writ about the big hotels ,
An' boats the : yachts , au' steamers , an' saihin '
'An' 'bout gals In their splendid togs an '
men
In trousers of white an' striped coats
Sho'd tel of the sea with the sun a"rlsln' .
An' the sea with the sun goln' down ;
An' of evenln' 'avalu ! nlon" the' beach- - '
'Vhen the star an' moOn was shlnln'
roun' .
Tom ho couldn't help a-frownln , '
Ani a-shaltln' his head at this ,
Dul then he'd say "She's enJo'ln' herself ,
Bless lel but- h , yes , she must mlss- "
'Val , here's what she lays In her last-
"Look for me homo tonight on the cars ,
Il bo just In time to drive homo tIle cows
Under the light of our blessed ftar :
The folka down hose are stylish , but-
'rell Tom to be at the bnr "
Tel .
TUE oIfl-'I'IMIOltS.
Catherine Parr Trl I yet w-i''ng ' bClks ,
although she Is 93 roars of al : " .
John Thomas . a l'hlaI'lphlan. Is JJW 13
) "car old , and Is hale and hearty
The police of Milwaukee recently picked up
an old lady named Margaret I'autsch who
claimed to be 101 years old . and was lost.
Edward Nanglo , a healthy arll dear leade1
resident oC Heading , Pa. , Is ' 7 years dr ) sric I
i:1
has been an Inveterate smelter since tlhoal ) .
The oldest judge on he I Englsn ban" ! . Is I ;
said to be Lord Esher who has jut rtlJlned
his 80th year. He has b"on twenty-seven
years a Judge , nineteen years a justice cf appeal -
peal , and master of the rolls twelve ) 't'ar.
Hev. Samuel lhs'ti , whose death , JcuI'eJ
a Twlnsburg , 0. . on theth. ( . was born In
Middiefiell ! . Mass , In 1'3. ( Ills family novel
to Ohio when he was 0 years of .Ige. . When
19. having mast rid ul 1 11" education avail -
. nval-
able In the vIcinity he trudg tack to ( . -
nectcut and worl.d ruts way throug Y"il'
college.
Jonathan S. Corner of Hanover , N. H. , an
old man of 85 years , Is the last of lhe stage
drivers who carried the traveling public between -
tween Burlington , Vt . and Boston In the days
before the railroads. One of his old-tmo
passengers was Levi P. Morton , then a young
man of 20 , and a traveling agent for a Dos-
a
ton firm.
John Norton , who Is 93 years old has hivet Ii
all hIs life In lila house .near Compounee
Lake , Conn . and although ho has been In
sight of both the Northampton division of the
Consolidated and of the New England railroad -
rai-
road he never rode In a car of any kind unti
recently. The old man In hale and hearty
with all his faculties keen and alert , and has
a good prospect Df living to be 100. II a
seemed to enjoy his ride very much Ie
Mme Deschamps , oldest of the Paris mar
ket women , Is dead at the age of 94. She
supplied the Tulerles with vegetables In the
II days of Charles X and Napoleon III , and she
had the Impression for
years that the
I emperor L -
: peror was In love with her. To Mint
, Deschamps was attributed the invention of
, Julienne soup , or a least of the practice of
chipping the vegetables used In that soul )
Though a famous character she was burled
without any funeral honors Crom her asso-
dates . '
. .
COrUIIAII''IES.
I Is report that the novelist , Oeorge
Moore Is shortly to marry Airs . Cralgic I
better known by the pen name of John 011 -
ver liobbes who recently secured a divorcc
The account of Corbett's . the pugilist 1 .
latest marriage was something of a modern
classic. I states that ho wore a black broad
cloth suit and black satn scarf , not
sweater and a the ceremony concluded put 1
his wlCe's head In chancery and basted her
twice on the mouth
A curious marriage certificate , received 'by
the State Board of health of New York
from Port C.vhngton announces that on
August G Joseph Across-tue-Water and Mary
Tlpover were married In the presence of
Christie Curlyhead The parties cDncerned
are Indians.
A girl of 1 married a boy of 21 In New
York the other day , and when the story
came out time girl's mother , It Is said r .
spanked her welt for her act. Whether this
Is true or not . certain I Is that when the
bride was spoken to concerning the marrlao
ceremony she said : "I don't want to talk
about my wedding : I Is a painful subjeel
My mamma will do all the talking'
A Cincinnati '
Cincinnat cergman refused to go on
with the ceremony when the bride broke
Into a fit of laughter The clergyman wu
probably . a married man himself and knew
that marriage Is no laughing matter ,
Married life Is one grand sweet song for
Joseph Lyden of Malden , W . Va. , also. The
long In his case has been very contnuoul ,
Lyden having become the father to twenty :
eight children . lie Is 7 years old and bls
wife 55. They wocotned a ten-pound boy
early last week ten-pund
Thomas Courtney of Veedershurg Ind. . II I
, one of Montgomery county' \eal t
f armisera , who lives uicar Waynetown , but his
m arried life lua licen ruttier troublesome.
l b has been muierrisul to his present wife
f emur ( lines and divorced three tlnies , and his
sv ifo How mminke application to ( ho Mont-
g ornety courts for Usc fourth divorce , also
GQ00 mciimuiony. The ether cases cost colt-
a iderabio money , but this is promised to
o clipso them nit ,
Thu engagomutent of Miss Enima Rocke-
fe ller , dunugister of the Standard Ott magnate ,
t o Dr. David lImiter MAlpin , , jr , , son of the
n clhiionairo tobacco manufacturer. is an-
n ounccd. As in tiuo case ofthie , ilurdemo-Sl030
m arriage , two very wealthy families will tlitms
b e allied by a miiatritnonial arrangement.
V. I' . Mallory and Mrs. M , E. Mallory of
C larksviile , Temin. , have been uucarriefi the see-
o nti time , ievcrat years ao they were
w edded , but soon afterward becauuio dissati-
fl etl and a divorce was sectire&1 , Separation
s uited neither party , anti each sought to
r econcile tim other , ( lie result being ( hunt ( lie
p air again hiccamne hovers and agreed ( lid'
c ould not live longer mpart.
An unmarried moan or woman of marriage-
a ble age is somnetluing that is i'arely seen in
( hue Fiji islands , , The reasoms of this is not
f ar to seek , Tue natives believe that if a
p erson tiles wlmiic in an unmarrIed state his
o r her soul Is doomed to watstler abotit
t hrough the iimmtlless ages of etcrnit in an
im iternietiiato region betwecus heaven and
h ades. At ( lie end of each ncoon they are al'
l owetl to look Into heaven , but are never per-
u nltteil to enter.
Two wedthing cereunofiies were conducted iii
t im littia I3almtist cltnrclm at. Coal Itutu , iCy , ,
o n the 22d. "Uncle" Levi Thorusberry , SI
y ears old , married Mrs. Liustla Fiddler , a
p lotis widow of 80 years. Both hiatt been soar-
n od five times prevIously. 11ev. Samuel hay ,
C l years old , was marrieti to Miss Martha
L owe , 60 years old. Neither had beets mar-
n ed before.
IMI'IlO'l'IES.
Those who have seen an Irish jauusthng car
k now that tIme passengers sit on opposite
s ides , anti ( lint it is a matter of considerable
i unportance , both to the springs of time s's.
i dele amid the horse which draws it , ( lint the
c ar slioumlti be as evenly balanced as possihia.
O ne Ulster minister always asked clerical
b rethren seriotusly , before seating two of
t iueiui iii the jaunting , car , "Now , which of
y ou is the heavier preacher ? "
At one time the Presbyterians of Ulster
were discussing the igmuoratuce and atupihity
o f one of their number , whose blunders were
c onstantly getting other people , its welt as
h imself , into trouble.
"And wInd a netion hue has in his head
n owi" exclaunced one of the elders , in dsmay.
"Ills head ! " echoed one of the ministers.
" lie has no heath What you call a hucati is
o nly a topknot ( hunt hula Maker put there to
k eep him front raveiling outi"
outi"t
In otue case a minister who hind a , aery
s tromug will usurped the functions of , bel'siOn
a nd comuimittee , much to the displeasure et
his iariahmioluers. One Sunday morning , as
t his ominister was trotting up to the meeting
ts th h ouse on lila little pomuy , omie of his elders
s aid to another
"It's a fine ss'ee pony the minister rides. "
' 'Yes , " respomufied tue other , meditatively ,
"and it's a strong one , too , It can carry inn-
l ater , session and coununittee without turnin'o
a hair. "
In ( lie "Reniuniscences of an Emigrant ,
Milesian" t'i the following curious anectiote :
Stack , formerly of Walshe's regiment , was '
among the olhlcera of the Irish brigade who I
wrist on half-pay at its dissolution , lie had I
remained on half-pay so long that hue became I
the oldest colonel in the army. lie obtained
his promotion to time rank of major general
after a somnewimat curious interview with thit : '
duke of York , the commander-in-chief at
that time. having solicited the honor of an
u4teTT'dThrf1V'TO'flI''hiIghnohs1a.rucahvad I
an intimation that , the duke would recey I
hint at the horse Guards next day. lie wam I
punctual In hmis attendance , and being intro'
ducech to the comnmander-in-chief , was hon.
ored by the cst mary question :
"Vell , colonel , what can I do for you ? "
"I perceive , sir , " replied Stack , "that tluerc t
li a brevet coming out , in which I hope to I
he included. I am tue senior colonel in hi
unajesty's service. "
"True , Colonel Stack ; btmt give me leave to I
ask you of what religion you are ? " ,
" 1 ant of tIme religion of a major general , '
The duke bowed , and Stack was gazetted.
A comuntry minister in a certaIn town tooli .
pernsanent leave of his congregation In thu ,
following athmetic manner : "Brothers an i
sisters , I cattle to ray goodbye. I don't tluinli :
God loves thii church , becatuso none of yor
ever die. I don't think you low .
;
each other , because I never marrl
any of you. I don't think you love mc , be' .
cause you have not -paid sny salary. Youm
donatlcns'are mouldy fruit anti wormy apples :
and 'by their fruits ye shall know tbeni ,
Brothers , I am going away to a better place
have been called to be chaplain of a peal. :
tentiary , Where I go ye cannot come , html L
I go to prepare a place for you , and may ( lit I
Lord have mercy on your souls. Goodbye , "
A good story is told of a. Pittsburg clergy
man-who is a good fisherman. He is spenti'
i ng ( lie atummer in Maine , auud sought a se
eluded pool the other day in quest of I
speckled bicauty. lie found all the fishmcrmner I
of the neighborhood there engaged in fishing
but catching no fish. After waiting awbuhtu hi :
cast into the pooi jiust above them , and extra :
ordinary luck attended him , Trout aftel r
trout caine to his basket , until one man re
marked : "Stranger , yost beat the devil , '
"Thank you , " responded the clergyman , "thai I
is my profession , "
A man who always borrosved the paper and i
who brought a chair with him to church Ic
order to avoid payImig pew rent invited ( lii
editor and thq preachier to dine with him '
There was nothing on the table but bacon am I
greens.
ask a blessing , parson ? " said
the host.
"I will , " exclaimed time preacher , ' w'th m
energy. "Lord , make us thankful for whtai t
we are about to receive , and when we hiavi S
received it give us strength to reach hcrnt a
safely with our appetites. "
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A lilC1'CLt COCIC'I'AIL ,
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Frank I , . Stanton.
I'm out when dawn's fIrst fires
The somber hills assail ,
Mud away I go in ( hue rosy glow
For a bicycle cocktaiil
For a bicycle cocktail ,
That's made of the morning gale ,
And the bright champagne
That the cool clotmd rain.- .
For a bicycle cocktaiii
'Tis drink for the gods ! I quaff It
Afar from the crowded street
lth noise tfnd strife : 'Tie a draught o (
Dashed with a blossom ssveeti
'TIs a bicycle cocktail
That's made of the morning gale
And the dews that rle
To tue ptendid skit's-
'Tis a bicycle cocktahli
I drink from a living fountain
Whose sources never ( nil ;
A . fountain rare , in the bracing air ,
holds the bicycle cocktail.
A bicycle cocktail
That's made of time morning gale'
No king In state
Has a drink as great
As a bicycle cocktalhi
Yticiutiiig Costa Miimut-y.
He who owns a yacht nowadays must 1mev 0
money to burn. William K. Vanderbilt keep a
his yacht In commission the year round at a a
expense of 15,000 a month , Then Elbridg e
T , Gerry on liii princely yacht , the Eiectre I ,
spends i0flfl0 a month , three-fourths a if
ijchis spent on the cuisine and sunuir y
delicious concoctions of an amsti'prohibitioi
flavor. On board the Electra claret cup an' '
champagne are the standard drinks , water I a
a luxury , and beer is not to be bad fur th a
reason that it does not agree with person 5
sensitive to a rolling sea.
Then George Gould spends $8,000 a montl
° n the Vigilant for glory , while Oliver Isell : is
is spending flOO,000 ( liii seasoit as lii shar e
of the expense in defendiag the America' a
cup. Mr. helm is in the business solely to r
the sport. lie likes ( tie excitement of hand .
ling a sailing craft , and does not bother abou L
uagaiflconco In Its equipment.
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V IEW A\VAKES \ 1EIOllh1S (
R ecollections of Pioneer Life In the Valley
of the Wahoo ,
u ps AND DOWNS OF BOO.M TOWN'
C iuiitSi'it t Pighit ii , ' , umtI.hut'd 'i'on'i15
liuilimuii SelIrt'M ml miii 1miiiiduiiuim
of Sommit'oteOl.lest In-
liitbitmtmtt a htenhity ,
I
ASllIAND , Nob. , At'g. ' 29-Correspont ( ! .
c oca of Time llco-Tmue ) person seated ous ono
o f the high hills just below tluis city anti
ho eking to thu northwest beholds a beautiful
si ght. 'the littio'iihmoo valley lies before
h im , straight its an arrow , scemnimigly scooped
o ut by somno ituunsenso shell , Altlmotmgh of nd
g reat tt'itlthm , this valley is time richest section
o f Satinders county anti eastern Nebraska ,
T o this north amid east exteuitis a huighu table.
la nd ; toward ( lie west time country is mnoro
ui nduiatiiig , This is thin finest tarums laud of
( l ie state , With its large amid substantial
fa rm houses , its rohiltug pastures , greems corn
h auls amid heavily laden orcimaids , it is truly
( l ie gartitmi of Nebrasita.
Looking over the valley two objects of
h istorical Imutercat mire seemi , At time foot of
th e hill stands the old court house of twenty-
fi ve years ego ; twemuty miles tmp the salley ,
ti me present stat of jumetice atVattoo can be
d iecerneti diiuiiy iii thio distance , Timesu two
s tructures recall stories of tIme olti Saimmtder
c ounty seat tight in H74-tim mmiemnorabi
cti nto of the grasshoppers amuui the temmuperanco
c rusades , Ashland svmis tIle county seat at
t Ime tinse , bitt its position irccipitatod a
t riangular fight for ( Ito location mmear tIme
c enter of time couumty , Eltlreti hind a store anti
a ( owls bali ; \Valioo voaseaseti a store anti a
b lacksmith shop ; Alvin boasted nothmimmg but
t he first noose of the mmmii after whom tIme
c otmmity was called. As an lusduceinent to
v oters this last place cut imp several farina
IT I nto tots and gave ( item away to settlers.
T he struggle was exciting , but resulted in a
v ictory for Wahoo. The citizens of Ashland
s uspected fraud amid umidertook to get out , nut
in junction , resttaiisung the ofllcinis from re-
m oving thin records. AnticipatIng time move ,
h owever , they bunthied ( lie county possessions
i nto a wagomu , drove to time new county seat
d uring the night amud the next morning
o pened for business in the back amid ot
Vaiioo's only store builtuimsg ,
SOME lthIAN HISTORY.
There is also much interesting Indian his.
t ory connected with time W'ahoo valley of
t hese early tunes. Tue old California trails
t roimm Nebraslta City rutuil Pittsnsoutlm joimsedi
a t Saline Ford , near Ashulanui , amid timemic
p rocerdel UI ) ( lie "brands , " as tile \'alioo
I s some timises called. Three Indian village ,
w ere situated near the road. One of these
w as about ten miles sip the valley , near ( lb
p resent town of Itluaca , and amuother a few
m niies sootim of Saline Ford , at ( lie mouths
o f P.swnee creek. These two bands were
o f thus daring I'awneo tribe and Were con-
s tnnthy raiding anti plundering overland
p ioneersWiuenever a traveler encamped toe
t he night a crowd of savages would spring
t ip as if out of time earth , stlrgoumictung hiieni
l ike a pack of wolves , and stealing what.
e ver they could lay hands upomi. They oven
u nordered the pioneers and the little settlement -
ment at the Ford was In constant fear of at.
t ack ,
ft
lion. J. Sterling Morton , secriary of agri.
c ulture , is tenth of relating an adventure
witiu tiue Indians. WIth a party of friends
f rom Nebraslca pity lie svaa prospecting the
c ountry svost of Mrreo. They hadheard ,
v eryfas'orabje repots of that section and do.
t ermnimied to pay it a visit. They drove u
( room theIr homes , crossed time ford and emi
c amped at the lower anti of time valley for
t he night , which passed peacefully , In the
m nernhng , however , a band of savsges ap.
p eared and made things so decidedly un-
p leasant that they immediately hastened bacl
t o the etttetnent and cut short their ez -
p loration of the new region.
The third Indian village was farther from
t he California road , it was situated on a
l arge promontory called Ifeauhiong , whuichi jute
i nto the Platte river several miles above thus
c ity. Near this'Inthinn village was a sttc. !
went of considerable size , made up of east. .
c m people.
A MEMORY.
Neapolis wan Its astute anti it figured lit
t he fight with Omaha and Bellevue for thco
capital of the state. l3roati streets were haiti
out , extensive parks were plattei , business
blocks and subatamutial dwellings were
erected. Its hopes were bight nail it really ,
seemed as it Neapohia svas to be thm first
city of Nebrashea , Omaha secured the capt.
( oh , however , and Neapolis died away , Noth.
i ng could check its decay. The people removed -
moved to Omaha and the houses were torn
down or deserted ,
Several interesting characters hmave resided
i n th valley of the Wahoo since its settle.
mont. Toward the hmeati of the stream nose
tile county seat lion , Moses Stocking , for.
mnerly well , known in ( Ito state , located as
the first settler. This nina was a aturdy
pioneer of far' more than ordinary ability ,
well educated , intelligent , practical , and posa
sessed of a great fund of consmnon sonse.
Speaking of a farm kept In bad order he ro.
marked , "that it looked as If it belommged tea
a widow woman and she was away from
home , " He himself possessed a large anti
exoehlent farm which be mnamuged with great
success. lie dted several years ago , esteemed
and highly respected by a large acquaint' .
anco.
OLD MAN FAUST.
Still further dow'mi ( hue stream was the aol
dugout of o'd man Faust , time mimer. Her
lived ( Ito dirtiest , foulest , moat cantemptibi
niortal ever seen. lie never wac known to
wash or change his apparel. lIe never spent
a cent for fCod , fuel cr clth'ng. It a soti
house fell in and with his cwn bands ho
erected a ctrcular structure of uurniortarei
stones , roofed over with rough pank : . ht
only entrance was a single hole near thm
ground. Time interior was wore titan a pig
pen , Ills ianti was ncvr broken ucept Ira
single furrows , three ftet apart , in whi h ho
raiseti his corn. Faust caine to town up a thiS
fore wheels of a wagon , drawn by a coht anti
a cow. Durimug his halt days time old man
moved Into Ashland and occup'ed a dar1
room In one of the oldelt buildings. Every -
day ho could 1)0 aeon pokimig abut the gut.
tars and alleys , pcking ! up crusts , bIts of
wood and coal , and whatever grbago lid
could find. This filthy 'and miserly hcabts of
( ho man luafi long before driven lila famiiy
from hint. lie soon dIed , unattended and tin.
musdurned by frlenl or kindred. Dyng as ho
lived , In want and aquilor and loneliness' ,
Fauat was buried In time patter's corner and
speedily forgctten , Ills fortune of several
thousand dollars , amaszol In ths wretched
manner , svas left to an aid woman who had
shown him a little kndnees just bet-re b
died.
AN OLD-.I'IMEIt. '
Perhaps the most interesting character of
the valley in Colonel John Johnson , who hia $
just passed hula 100th birthmtlay. Ito is probi
ably time oldest citizen its Nebraska and bda
fair to live many years yet. lie Is wonder.
fully well preserved and 1cm aprouanc , is a
typical lttp Van WimoleI , Colonel Johnson
was born in Cleveland , 0. , anti pass d his
boyhood upon a farm. He cast hula firat veto
for Presidcnt James Madison , when hue * ai
elected to lila second ( cram in 1812 , lIe also
raised a cosnpany anti parL'cipatoI in the Wa
of the same year , gaining the title ice ye
holds. The old gentleman is very fend of ro.
counting ear'y exploits with the Indiana , anti
especially prides himself on his remnemnbranc
of General Washington , whom he raw whe
be was but 10 years of age ,
But , droppng ! these metoor'es , one is again
charmed by the view of the valley , wth itS
creek and lakes gleaming in this sunshiqp ,
The \Vahmoo itself is a beautiful and romanti4
stream , fed by springs and furnishing a nevar4
faiiing water pawer ( or several large mills ,
anti finally emptyitug Into Salt creek , just b.
fore reaching the Platte. Fine farina line it
banks from mouth to source and no moors
prosperous or wealthy class Cf farmers can
be found from one end of the state to
Other than In this beautiful little valley.
IL 0. SIIEDI5