20 TII13 OMAHA DAILY "BJi > E : SUNDAY , OCTOH.EH 'I , 1800.
A ROGUE ELEPHANT ,
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Only a Xnmbi GobiMorNotlilng , Hut He Played Ills A
Part Well.
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< tt j.yrlRht , 1'5C. ! ) } S 8. McCIuro Compnnj- )
Mawana was only a good-for-nothing
young 7nmill , His father said so , and he
certainly should hnvc known. Ho tlcclnrcd
that Ma wan a was not strong enough or1
brave enough to bo a warrior , so the boy'n
kinky locks were never trained Into the
warrior's knot and the boy's ungainly bowlegs -
legs were kept busy nil day Ions running
errands for his brothers and the other mem
bers of the household. I needed a native
boy. and In spite ot the protestations of lilH
father that ho would bo of no use to me , I
decided that Mawana would make a passa
ble servant. So It was decided and the boy
paused Into my hands. He was grateful tome
mo nnd tried to show It In Mi clumsy Euinbl
fashion by being very fallU'ul nm' ' obedient ,
but at best he was n trial.
OIIP day soon after I set out on n tramp
across the country , accompanied only by
Malmuke , Mawiina and four native carrlern.
IN THIS ORA3S.
\Vo bad left the Vundu station about four
hours behind and I was walking silently
and somewhat gloomily along with my rlflo
on my arm nnd Mawana. carrying my eight-
bore gun , close behind. Suddenly the boy
darted up and touohlng me on the arm
pointed to a thick clump of trees a hundred
yards ahead , crying out :
"Onzow , master , onzow ( elephant ) . "
I could not see anything , but the boy In
sisted that there was an elephant ahead of
us , so , calling Malmuke to my Hide , wo went
forward cautluimly.Vo had not gone muru
than n dozen yards through the heavy sovcn-
foot elephant grass that lay between us and
the timber where .Mawana assured us there
was an elephant , before -Malmtikc stooped
down , and , parting the grata , showed mo a
tingle large nnd fresh elephant track.
Wo made our way painfully through the
tall grass , that tore our hands aud faces
until we reached Us edge. Uevond that
about U\ony jards of open ground Inter
vened before the fig trees could be reached.
\Vo halted and listened carefully , but no
A BULLET 11EHIND THE EAR.
sound reached our ears , a fact which seemed
to me rather disappointing , as an elephant
usually makes considerable noise when feou-
Ing. After waiting for live minutes I rose
to my feet.
"llavo a care , master , " said Mawaiia , put
ting out a detaining hand.
AN ENRAGED UEAST.
But I was satisfied that there was no clo-
pliant In our vicinity , and started boldly
en.- ' ' . ? ' , . "Li > . . . opace. I had not gone more
tlmn fifteen feet when I heard Malmuko glvo
a warning cry "There ho Is ! " from his
shelter behind a flg tree , it ml at the same
moment I caught sight of a huge gray mass
through the trees. An Instant later the
silence was broken by a tremendous crashing
In the timber , and the largest tusked ele
phant I had ever aeon charged Into the open ,
bearing directly down on me. Ho looked
the picture of frantic rage as ho loomed up
before me as big as a. mountain , and I must
ndmlt that I was scared , though I didn't
stop to think of that at the time.
"Bang , bang , " went two shots almost to
gether and then I turned and ran for cover.
I had not taken a dozen steps when I
tripped on a trailing vine and fell head
long. It seemed as though I lay there
nn age , waiting for the maddened elephant
to plunge over me. In reality It was not
a quarter of a minute , for the Instant I
fell Mawana sprang to thu rescue. With
a loud cry the Zumbi lad , with my eight-bore
gun still In his bunds , leapc'd Into the path
of the great brute. The elephant had lost
Eight of me , and , winding Mawana at the
Muno Instant , he wheeled almost In his
tracks as It eccmcd and plunged toward
the hoy. Wo had often laughed at Mawana
because of his fear of a gun , but ho seemed
to have forgotten his terror of firearms In
this critical moment. As the sldo of the
elephant turned toward him two sharp re
ports rang out from the clght-boru gun
and Mawana leaped nimbly to one sldo
while the elephant went pant him with the
rush of a railway train. It was the cool
est piece of work that I ever saw and Unl-
mukc , who had killed a score of'elephants
la his time , afterward said the same thing.
, . , MAWANA'S MANEUVERS.
Hut the battle was not yet over. The
rush of the angry bcai > t carried him some
distance beyond Mawuna , but ho quickly
turned and charged hack again. I was just
trying to rise , but bank back again , as the
anklu which I hnd sprained In falling re
fused to bear my weight , The elephant
had caught sight of me as I halt rose to
my feet nnd now be came charging down
on mo once mure. But again Mawana saved
mo. Again ho Hprang directly before the
brutu and then as the elephant wheeled
toward him i > ped away Into the timber.
There was a crashing like the falling of a
hundred trees CH the elephant broke through
the thick growth after him , but this time
the hugo beast , now thoroughly frenzied
by thu sting of the bullets , kept straighten
on Into the forest , An Malnuiko and the
Motives rushed forward expecting to find
the body of Mawana crushed among the trod
den bushes that marked the elephant's
course the lad sprang laughing from behind
thu shelter of a fig tree and caino dancing
toward mo In his grotesque fashion ,
" \\'o have- him now , muster , " ho cried , "I
ehot'hlm Just behind the ear , "
Jn splto of thu pan | of my Injured foot
mid uf tli ? fever , which was now returning ,
I could not help smiling at the first sign of
enthusiasm I had seen thu boy manifest , and
ct the Idea of lib killing the elephant he
who scarcely Iniew which end of a gun to
"lake hold of. Of course , ho had not killed
the elephant , but ho had acted the part of
a lu'io and I wasted no words In telling
htm so.
"Ah , master , " ho said In a low voice , "It
was nothing when 1 saw that you wore In
tinnger. "
On the chnnco that the elephant might bo
fatally Injured , Malmuko anil three ot the
natives set off to follow his trail , while the
feniitli , with Mawuna's help , carried mo to
thu neighboring village of the Unuubaa.
f Tlicio thu pain In my unklo and the ruturn-
i K Sever , aided , I suppose , by the excite-
iiK'iit of our adventure with the elephant ,
qvi'rciiinn ' mo nnd I lost consciousness.
Itva lute In the evening when I recov
ered , to tlnd injBelf In thu tent of the
llnsuba chief with two of bin women at-
, tcmljug mu. From the other side of the
vlllugn came ( bo Bound of the tom-toms and
MifilU , and It needed noords to assure
me that the elephant had been captured. Aa
soon au It was seen that I had bccomo my-
eolf again a messenger hurried off to Inform
tUo merry-makers , and picscntly a strange
.procession filed past the tent. First came
, halt r. iloreii youths and muldcim male-
' , "ilng Iby'.mos } diabolical noise that can
"bo Imagined on the tom-toms nnd skin
drums. After them cumo follr warrior *
bearing tlu > huge tusks of the dead elu-
phnnt Directly behind the warriors were
the chief's four principal klavca bearing
thu rhk'f'B chair , and In the chair sat Ibo
brro of tlu luuit Muwanu , the good-for-
unUiIng , Thu boy had been right In saying
( hat ho biul killed the bit : rogue elephant ,
for hit ) bullut had reached a fatal spot aod
| | the beast's carraes had been found less than
a mlle from the place from where we hat
encountered him. IJchlnd Mawana , In bis
chair of state , cnme n motley procession
made up of everybody In the village , carryIng -
Ing huge gourds of native toddy , jams , am *
1 great pieces of raw clnphant steak.
All night long the din of the tom-toms
the shouts of the warriors and the feasting
was kept tip. The next day when wo
I started on our way home we were accom
panied by a band of the Unsubas who car
ried the elephant's tusks , nnd presents o ;
meat and wine to our village where there
was another feast.
You may Imagine the surprise ot Mawn-
na's frlenda Most surprised of all was his
I father. When I finished telling the old war-
! rlor of the brave part his son had acted
I ho looked thoughtfully at thu floor of Hit
| hut for a moment and then said with a grin
that was his nearest arnroach to a smile
"Perhaps the boy Is not a good-for-noth-
Ini ; aflcr all. "
u'A'rmi SCOUTS.
The l.Utlc Tot-tii'ilo lloulM ( lint HUlr-
inlnli I nilcrVtilcr. .
At the Newport naval station they have
good fun , the best Ot the season , the officer
says , exploiting and experimenting with the
torpedo boat Cashing , under thu commnm
of Lieutenant Fletcher. 0 course , the boa
Is named after the young hero who sank
the rebel ram Albcmarle during the war
Ho did the great deed with a sort of rough
Imperfect torpedo boat , one of the first built
The purpose of the torpedo boat Is no
only to blow up bigger vessels with torpc
docs ; her duties have developed till that It
almost overshadowed by the part she playu
as a scout nnd skirmisher ; somebody has
eald that In the navy the cruisers arc the
cavalry , the battleships the Infantry , the
monitors the artillery , and the little torpedo
boats are pickets and spies. Of course , then
it Is a great object with the torpedo boats
to nee without being seen , to act on the sly
The torpedo boats arc'an American In
vention ; they have been built different
sixes , but theflcrirtency has been to enlarge
them since th'o'Stiletto , one of the first , wao
built. The Stiletto carries only one ofllccr
and ten men ; the new boats have a crew
from thirty to forty all told , ' but these men
have no rpom .to spread themselves abou
In. The space Is , mainly taken up by the
powerful hollers that make these the fastcs
boats In Ihc world. Berths that fold up
like those atm sleeping , car are put In every
corner and ( turn that . .offers a little space
In action ey ry onc-.stays . below , and the
. vcrv chimney1 stacks a're built short ant
flat , so asfto be ok Inconspicuous as possible
' with all the grc'ht flrcff'that drive the pow
erful hollers " "no "spark comes from these
stacks ; that Is provided against. The shape
you can guess from the name of the Stiletto
It Is as long and narrow as possible , ant
the torpedo boat cannot only run faster than
any other Irtit. she can turn and dodge li
a way all her own.
The "Erlcston" Is one of our newest tor
pedo boats and on her trial trip she was gor.
geous In whltd and gold , oven her smoke
stacks , If you please , we're glided ; but all
this splendor was only a holiday affair ; she
will never go Into action In any such shinIng -
Ing splendor ; thpse gold-marked stacks
would catch the gleam of the searchlight
much too radiantly. Now It has been de
cided tha't a dull ollvo green Is the color
that Is the hardest one In the dark , so a dull
ollvo green Is the color for the torpedo
boats.
Another great point Is that these boats
shall bo as noiseless as possible. During
ono of the recent experiments with the
"Cashlnt ; " ono of the officers on a cruiser In
the harbor said ho thought he could hear
her , though the searchlight revealed noth
Ing In sight , but , another officer replied em
phatically , "Hear her ; you are not likely to
hear her , for she makes no more nolbc than
a sewing machine. "
Torpedo catcher * have been Invented to
fight the torpedo boats and one In England
en hoc trial trip lately made thirty-thru )
miles au hour. ; Wo have no torpedo oatch-
crs , but If war came on us suddenly doubt
less many of our fine steam yachts In pri
vate hands would at once bo bought for the
service. Of torpedo boats wo have only a
few dozen , while EngHnd has hundreds , and
Germany , France , Italy and Russia have
each about 200 , and even Japan has 120.
fill A.MKMOTII KIPS 1IOUSH.
The Anliital'N Krli'iiilNlilp Tc.slril In
.ManyVnyx ,
One day my grandfather brought homo anew
now horse , one that ho had taken In some
trade ; hitched with n halter totho _ hack of
a wagon , hu was , when ho entered his new
homo , because , forsooth , my grandfather i
had not been , able to ride him home.
"That's flue lookout " said ,
a , my grand t
mother as she stood on the long porch at tI tI I
the back of the liouso and heard this ac I
count of things , "and you say he's daugrr- r
ous Ini harness , too I admire your bargain , J
John. " |
' \Vell , It was thla brute or nothing on that 1fi 1
debt , and he's a flno fellow If Tin wasn't fi
so Ill-tempered , Come hero nnd look him
o > er yourself. Bmmy , " so said my grand K
father to my grandmother , for nno was t
as good a judge of horseflesh as the other , v
and that Is , saying a good deal for both. 1
All this time the new Iiorso stood or 1V 1I I
pranced restlessly , while a negro boy held V
his halter. "Take care , ole mlso , " cried the 1
boy when the lady stepped up to the big c
grey brute , but she didn't notice the warn cR
ing. Shu took hold of the horuc'a head and 0
drew U toward her and looked lu his eycu. 0tl
Now herjj is as curious a part of the story tlp tlc
as any , and It Is absolutely true ; she and p
"Jake , " as he wasj already named , naturally C
surveyed each other , and they did It to such V
good purpose that she said after a moment a
to the negro boy : o
"Tom , do got my saddle and bring It here ; " u
then to her husband ; "Now , don't say a E
v.ord ; I know what J am doing , See ! " and
she picked Up the horse's feet , opened hU
mouth , took every liberty with him , while
ho acted us If she were Mary and ha the In
lamb. She put the saddle on him with her
oun hands , then led him to the porch steps ,
sprang Into the sad-dlo and rode around
thft yard , Jake stepl'Iug pis carefully an If
ho had a load o ; cpg on his back.
Well , ho was a lady's h'orsci with a vengeance - )
geanco from that tlmo forth , for no one \ \
but my grandmother ever mounted him. No '
onu flso could ; but between those two the
tie that had been formed when they first a
looked In each other's ' eyes continued down
to ( ho day of.JaoK'.s death , years aflcr. No
better iiiultrMuErtlng over' existed in the
whole romantic -.fluid oOrfciidnhlpj between
horses and rider ? . The lady was not then
young. She wu nlrt-ady a grandmother
( though not mine ) and one of her frequent
rides WAS to a married daughter's five miles up
away , and do you want to know how she
amused herself pn that trip7 She used to
throw the ] | ncs aq.Jjick'ii neck , trot him >
to a gallop , draw out her knitting and so , 0
knllliuir and riding , progress to her journey's
cud. There you tiavo one little bit ot pure
history about a woman of yo old tlmo way
down In Tennessee.
1'rntie of ( ho YnmiKN < rr * .
"Johnny , " asked bis teacher , "what mus
wo do before our sins can bo forgiven ? '
"Sin , " replied Johnny.
Teacher Suppose you were a king
Tommy , what would you do ? Tommy I
never wash my face any more.
"Bobby , what are you so Unhappy about ? '
"I'm mad 'cause we ain't got no big fam'ly
over nt Billy Hopkins' house he's got tw
gran'mns an' three aunts tcr help him gc
his own way. "
Teacher Billy , can you tell me the difference
enco between caution and cowardice
Billy Yes , ma'am. When you're afral
yourself , then that's caution. But when th
other fellow's afraid , that's cowardice.
Llttlo Benny Mamma , picnic let me hoi
the baby for a minute. Mother I'm afrabl
Benny , you might let her fall. Little Demi
Well. If she does fall , she can't fall vcr ;
far.
"Tommy , what Is n miracle ? " "Som"
thin * that never happens , mum. " "No ; I
Isn't exactly that. But can you lllustrat
what you mean ? " "All I know Is tha
mother sars It would bo a tnlraclu If pa
comes * < otno rober. "
" 1'apa , " said Jackey , "would you like t
have JBC give you n perfectly beautlfu
Christmas present ? " "Yes , ludted. " "The
now Is the time to double ihy allowance
so's I'll have the money to buy It who
Christmas comes. " \
WIlllo had been accustomed to the com
paratlvo freedom of a klndclgurtan , and th
strictness of the discipline In , the prlmar
department at the public school struck hli
as being particularly scvcie and Irksome
Near the close of thu afternoon of the firs
day ho rose In his scat and tiembllngly ail
dressed t'u ! teacher.
"Miss Kasterbeck , " he sal.l , "please may
blow my nose ? "
AIIOl'T ' SOT12I ) I'KOIM.K.
A writer In the Paris I'alrlo. says that th
working day of the sultan of Turkey , will
his secretaries , Is from G o'clock In th
morning until noon , when ho partakes of
slight breakfast , and aftci'ward goes for
walk In his park , which has "been dcslgnet
after the English fashion. When he return
to the palace ho gives audience up till
o'clock In the evening. He dines mostl.
alone , occasionally In the company of an am
bassador. In the evening ho plays with on
of his children , takes a turn nt the piano
which ho loves , his favorite composltloi
being "La Flllo do Madame Angot. "
Captain Thomas Brltton of the Unltci
Stales army , whose death In San Diego
Cal. , Is announced , was one ot the fe\
officers In the army who have risen fron
the ranks. When the Mexican war brok
out ho was working In an Iron foundry
He cnteied the Fourth Kentucky volunteer
as n private and served during the war
Flvo jears later , In ISIS , he again cnterci
the service as a private In the Sixth Unltci
States Infantry , and was identified will
it until his retirement. Hra'vcry In Indian
troubles won him his place as first sergeant
but his promotion to a captaincy came dur
Ing the civil war , chiefly for his gallant con
duct at Galncs' Mill , South Mountain , An
tlctam , Chancullorsvtlle and Gettysburg , am
later during the draft riots lu Now York
City.
Apropos of ex-Senator Phlletus Sawyer'i
80th birthday , which was observed re
cently by a great reception at his homo it
Osbkosh , Win. , The Milwaukee Journal tell
some interesting anecdotes about him. He
has two daughters whom he trained to worl
In the kitchen as though ho did not owi
a dollar's worth of property In the world
On a certain Thanksgiving day , when he
considered their education In the culinarj
arts about complete , he told them that h
expected particular friends to dinner am
wanted them to expend all their skill li
preparing the best and daintiest dishes fo
his guests. The dinner was prepared am
passed along to the dessert to the satlsfac
tlon of all concerned. When the desser
was served each of the daughters foum
under her plato a check for ? 25,000.
While the late Enoch Pratt of Baltlmor
was most generous , he had a number of pe
economies. He was In the habit of walking )
between his homo and his bank , and wbci
some one suggested that he ought to us
the street car , as the fare was -only G cents
he rejoined : "Only C cents ! Don't yoi
know , sir , that $100 will have to work nearl ;
a whole week to earn that 5 cents ? " H
had a grim sense of humor , and the stat
got a lot of fun out of him when ho wa
summoned by the county authorities for an
Increase on his tax assessment. He appearei
us a down-trodden farmer. "Don't , " h
said , "put It on us poor devils who only
get 40 cents a bushel for our corn. W
can't live. H costs me $5,000 a year to run
my place , and I get no Income from It.
have two cows and they are both dry. " H
went on in this strain for some time , cndliu
by telling the commissioners that the taxa
bio basis was already too high. But they
raised his taxes just thu same.
The Philadelphia Record says that the late
Charles L Chapln , the old-time telegrapher
was probably the discoverer of the modern
method of reading telegraph messages by
sound. It occurred to him while In charge
of Cornell's line from New York to Eric tha
the sounds made by thu Instrument for each
separate letter were as distinctive as the
letters on the dial. By careful study he
enabled himself to read messages altogether
by sound , and ono day he surprised some
of the operators under him. They had beer
In the habit of sending private messages
over the wire , and It was Impossible to stop
them. Finally an operator do < vn" the line
somewhere tried to work an old trick of his
and get excused for a day's fishing. He
telegraphed to the operator In Mr. Chapln's
oflice , asking to get Mr. Chapln to let him
off. Mr. Chapln was sitting with his back
to the Instrument when the message came
in , and , without turnlngvaround , ho said to
the operator : "Tell him no. " The man was
so surprised that ho almost fell off his chair.
Kventually Mr. Chapln divulged his secret ,
and In time the knack of reading by sound
became generally known. Now It Is used
entirely.
The oldest man and most Interesting figure -
uro at thu reunion of the Mexican veterans
of Missouri at Lexington the other day was
Major Harry II. Hughes of this place , who
Is n hero of three wars. Major Hushes waa
born : in Je samlno county , Ken
tucky , October 11 , 1812. and came
to Missouri with his father
In 1S20 , settling In Howard county. In 1
Harry Hughes enlisted In the 'First ' Missouri
regiment and was made major of the regi
ment. Afterward the regiment wont Into
,
quarters In Jefferson barracks , and thence
It was sent to Jackson barracks. New Or
leans. From there It entered Into actlvo
ccrvlco In the Florida war , In .which It con
tinued until the authority of the govern
ment had been established In that penin
sula. Subsequently It did .service against
the Samlnolcs In the Carolina and Georgia
war , after which It xvas musforcd out. In
1SS7 , having been absent tbreu years , Major
Hughes returned home to Ilouard' county ,
where he followed the peaceful and quiet
life : of a farmer until 1840 , Then the Mexl
can war opened and thu bravo sons of Mis
sourl sprang to arms. 'Major Hughes was
ono of the first to take up the march for
the halls of the Montezumas. Ho was made
captain of company G under Colonel Donl
phan , and followed the starry flag to the
City of Mexico. At the conclusion of this
war ho again returned homo and gave his
attention to farming until 1S01. Then ho
enlisted In the confederate service and was
madt"major ? of the Ninth Missouri Infantry ,
serving tbiough the entire war , and finally
stacking arms with the last to leave the
field at Shrcvc-port , Lu. In the three prin
cipal ware In which he did service ho was
many of the hardest fought battles and ,
received wounds In both the Florida anu
the civil wars.
A Rlilnoxn IMliDriver. .
Piles were being driven Jn one of the new
ulldlnga for u foundation for a punch. They
\\ero eight Inches In diameter and fourteen
'cct long , Thu staging was bamboo , aud so
was thu frame for thu hammer , which was
round plcco of cast Iron , with a hole In '
bo center for a guide-rod.
Attached to the hammer block were twcn-
y-scvLii ropes , curried up ( o the top of the
ratno and down on the outside , looking very
much like ( ho old-fashioned Maypole. Twen-
y-sovcn women had hold of the ends , and
vlth a slug-song , all together , pulled down ;
the rod , four feet , traveled the hammer ;
hen , at a scream , all let go , and down It
atne on top the pile , which was unprotected
y a band or ring. The women wcro paid
cents In gold per day. This Maypole
driver Is In general use throughout Japan
and China.
LEADERS OF OTHER DAYS
Reminiscences ofrormdr Candidates for
National Office *
MANY HAVE JOINED THE MAJORITY
A Vf\v MtiKer on tlu > StiiKOt SonuIn
Itctlrrim'iit Iiu'liliMitM < if Nil-
( Imml CmivciitlittiM ami
, .
WASHINGTON , Oct. 2. A picturesque
participant In the present campaign Is thu
venerable George W. Julian of Indiana. Mr.
Julian Is the hero , ofan Interesting career.
Ho was born of Quaker paivntago In 1817 ,
taught school In his teens and became a
lawyer at the age ! of 23. Ho was elected
to congress In 184 . was re-elected In 1S6D ,
and served In thatt body without intcrrup-
tlon until 1873. Arboni radical , his lot In
that body was. from rst to last , a stormy
one. Through a lonj ? line of Quaker an
cestors ho had Inherited an avcl lon to
wrong ! n all Its fooiis. and as Burdctto says
In his humorous biography of William Penn ,
"He was n man of peace , and determined
to have It If It took a lifetime of contention
and dispute to get It. "
Julian was ono of the original free-soil
and anti-slavery men , and carried on the
war against slavery nt the risk of his life.
Ho had not only to encounter the opposition
of his pollfcal enemies , but also that of
mcmbeis of-hls own party , among whom was
Oliver P , Morton , an acknowledged power In
Indiana. No man wan ever more bitterly
denounced than Julian , but ho took It all
with unruflled serenity , and seemed rather
to enjoy It. And with success crowning
every political contest In which ho engaged ,
he could nv-ll afford to laugh at the Impotent
rage and harmless vituperation of bis ene
mies , and was doubtless well repaid for his
labors In seeing the principles for which
ho so zealously and heroically contended at
last bccomo the settled policy of the whole
country and .Imbedded In tits fundamental
law. His was the reward which comes to
those who arc willing In a just cause "to
labor and to wait. "
LABORING AND WAITING.
But Julian , while willing to labor , was
not always willing to wait , A radical of
NRAL DOW.
the supreme type , he has always believed
In cutting down the tree Instead of ma
nuring it and digging about It and trying
a little longer tosee If Lt would produce
gooQ ffultV"'Ho''WJS ! 'impatlent-jd Lincoln's
conservatism lu dealing' with the rebellion ,
anil thought It required more drastic treat
ment. Ho favored the confiscation of the
landed estates of confederates as well as
the abolition ot slavery , believing that the
former was the foundation and buttress of
the latter. Ho was ione of those who most
bitterly opposed itho southern policy of
Johnson , and his * llsllko for Grant In 1S72
led him Into the liberal republican move
ment. Four years : later he was , one ot Til-
den's moat ardent supporters. Such are
the political legacies/which / Julian can leave
to future generations.
He started out a whig , then was an aboli
tionist , Joined the" free sellers , became an
extreme republican , rthen a liberal republi
can and from that to democracy , which , ho
has left In the present campaign to return
to the ranks of tlioi party which he helped
to create forty years ago.
All of which Is worth remembering , but
the chief Interest which Julian's career
holds for men of a later day lies In the
fact that ho Is the only vlco presidential
candidate nominated prior to l&GO .who la
atlll living. In 1S32 ho was the running
mate of John P. Halo on the free soil ticket.
The free. Boilers polled only 1CC.OOO votes ,
but effectually blazed the way for the birth
of thu republican party In 1856 and Its suc
cess In 1SCO ,
POPULISM AND PROHIBITION.
All the men who were nominated for the
presidency and vice presidency when the rc-
publleau party first came Into power are
dead , and so are thoco who were candidates
In the four succeeding campaigns. How
ever , two of the presidential candidates In
1SSO , General Neal Dow of Maine and Gen
eral James B. Weaver of Iowa , arc still
living , General Dow In now In hla
03d year , but when I called upon
him at his home In Portland a few
months ago I found him In the full
enjoyment of a green and vigorous age.
General Dow was the father not alone of
the Maine law , but of the prohibition party.
For many years ho was that parjyjs direct
ing spirit and chief almcner , and * In 18SO ,
as before stated , Ita candidate for presi
dent , Au such bo polled a trlflo over 10,000
votes. Ho Is spending hla last years In
Portland , where everyone docs honor to the
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WILLIAM'.H. ENGLISH. :
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:
vhte-halred ! , sturdy1 brave and serene old
nan ,
General Weaver was the presidential can-
lldato of thu grcenUfckers In 18SO and of the
lopullsts In 1892. i In the former year ho ,
ecelvcd 307,740 voUia and In the latter
,041,028 votes. Weaver's political record la :
IB varied as that of' thu veteran Julian.
3orn In Ohio and reared In Iowa , ho started
Ife us a democrat , 'but lu 1S5G joined the
'oung republican party. He served In tbo >
Ivll war , and lateo was for a number of
ears a leader In republican politics In Iowa ,
n 1S77 bo became 9 Krenhackcrtand as such
erved several terms In congress. For a t
Ime he was the ; greatest power In the
louse. All of the rial of the mumbera com-
Ined , with the speaker thrown lu , were
lot as powerful a * ho was. Ho used to ;
( and on the floon and prevent their doing
nythlng. He waa worse objector than
lolman and could kick harder than KIN
ore. As an obstructionist , at a tlmo when
no man , If be so mluded , could bold co -
ress up by the tall , so it could kick affd
claw to no purpose. Weaver was the peer cf
any , and no man probably has cost the gov
ernment more In the way of wasted time
than has he. During his last term In the
houto. and after he had failed to secure a
ro-electloh , ho was particularly active In do
ing nothing. As the last days ot the ses
sion which would end his congressional
career were rapidly slipping away and he
was ambushing legislation , he was the cause
of much anxiety and grief on the part of
members who wanted to get certain bills
through before the noon hour of the 4th
of March , Allen of Mississippi went up to
him.
STOHY OF A KICKKIl.
"Do you know , " said Allen , "you remind
mo of that man on Uie sinking ship. ' . '
Weaver smiled , for he thought ot that boy
\\lio stood on the burning deck and whose
whereabouts schoolboys have been Inquiring
after for many > cars. "The ship was n Ink
ing , " said Allen. "All the ciew and the
captain wcro worn out working the pumps
night nnd day. All the passengers had
taken a hand at the pump all but one man
they , too , wcro exhausted. The one man ,
however , would not do a stroke of work ;
would not lilt his hand to save his life and
JAMBS B. WBAVnii.
the lives of his fellow-passengers. Ho was
utterly indifferent. The captain became
Impatient beyond endurance , and demanded
that he take a turn at the pump. 'Da you
know , ' replied the Indifferent passenger ,
looking down Into the blue ocean , 'that I
have a cancer and cannot live more than
twelve houis anyhow ? How long do you
think it will take her to sink ? ' "
The story was not new , but It applied to
Weaver's situation just then , and It Is prob
ably Illustrative of his dlspcoltlon at other
times , for he was born with an Innate fond-
ncs.i for kicking and be has been Indulging
It all his life. Weaver has the body of
an athlete , the cyo ot a hak and the pluck
and tenacity of a bulldcg. For the last half
dozen years he has been one of the chief
apostles of populism. His home Is In DCS
Molnc.3 , where he edits a newspaper and is ,
or was , superintendent of a Methodist Sun
day school. Should Bryan be elected Weaver
would not object to being made bis attorney
general.
A KANSAS Iin.MINISCENCE.
None of the other candidates of 1880 arc
living. Arthur dietl soon after hla term ex
pired. Hancock ten years ago and English
In the early part of the present year. Dur
ing the last years of his life English wao
engaged In the work of preparing and col
lecting material on the early history of hla
natlvu state. This work lie only partly
cojipletcd , ono volume , that touching on
the conquest of the Northwest territory ,
being in print. Both 13131110 and Butler art-
dead , and aside from Cleveland , John P. St.
John of Kansas Is the only presidential
candidate of 1SS1 who Is still alive. St.
John , after a pyrotechnic career as gov
ernor of Kansts , ran for president , as the
candidate of the prohibitionists In the year
named , polling 151,809 votes. Since then lit-
has , divided jUs.timo between preaching
temperance and the creed of the populists.
This year he Is one of Bryan's most active
supporters.
"Allen G. Thurman died In 1S95. All ot
the other candidates of 18SS promise to live
for many years to come. Cleveland , when
his present term expires , will probably re
turn to the practice of law In New York
City , a pursuit which has claimed the
greater part of the time and ability of cx-
Presldent Harrison during the last four
years. Morton , Harrison's running mate , is
now serving out the closing days of his
term as governor of Now York. In memory
JOHN P , ST. JOHN.
ho must often go back to the republican
national convention of 1880 and Its dramatic
sequel. When the Grant nun were de
feated In that convention and Garflcld re
ceived thu nomination Hoacoo Conkllng
went to hh room and sulked. When a
deputation waited upon him and asked his
choice of a New Yorker for vlco president
ho disdainfully refused to reply.
MorrroN AND THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
Thu deputation then asked Morton If ho
would accept thu nomination for vlco presi
dent , The banker said ho first desired to
consult his wife , and , accompanied by a
friend , ho sought her In the galleries of the
convention .hall , "What ! ' exclaimed Mrs.
Morton , "vlco president ? Certainly not.
Who over heara of a vice president except at
election times ? What was the name of the
last vice president and the one before him ? "
So Morton courteously declined the honor ,
and It seemed strange to those who remem
bered this Incident that after four years of
social supremacy at the court of Franco
tie and his wife should , In 18S8 , have cliangol
their minds and accepted thu nomination
which four years' before had been so dis
dainfully declined. But. Arthur , who ac
cepted It , had thereby been raised to the
highest office In the land ,
No man ever took defeat more philo
sophically than did Whltelaw Reid , the re-
lubllcan candidate for vice president In 1S92.
There was reason for this , for In every
thing else he has attempted Reid has been
remarkably successful man , Ho gained
-ilBli honors at Miami university , He made
i hit with his first paper , the little Xenla
News. Ho acquitted himself so well as
legislative correspondent at Columbus , O. ,
hat several papers sought his services. As
var correspondent he made a national rcpu-
atlon. Ills first book , "After the War : a
Southern Tour , " bad a wide sale , and bis
second , book , "Ohio in the War , " made a
Much bigger hit. HJs marriage was eml-
icntly successful , both from the point of
-lew of domestic happiness and financial
prosperity. Ai minister to Franco ho uuc-
eeded so well that his nomination to the
rice presidency came as a well-earned re
ward for the services bo then rendered to .
ils country and his party. Since the cam- At
algu of 1892 Reid has given much tlmo to of
ravel In Europe , Kgypt and the west , but ing
las kept In close touch with the leaders
f his party , and should McKlnloy be elected 1
would not be surprising to find Reid
imong the members of the new cabinet.
Lady Beatrice Butler , the most beautiful
lrl of thu season , will marry Lord Water-
ord , She is a daughter of the present Mar-
nils Ormonde , who , having no eon , will be
lucceeded by his brother , Lord Arthur But-
er , who married MUs Stager of Cleveland ,
Soon the whole British peerage will have
lose American connection * ,
n
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Council Bluffs Friday , Oct. 9 Beatrice Thursday - Oct. IS
North Platte Monday , Oct. 12 St. Joseph Friday - Oct. 16
Hastings Tuesday - Oct. 13 Leavenworth Satur. , Oct. 17
Lincoln Wednesday , Oct. 14 KIIII-.IIK CMy , 'I'din-1.n , Tort Si-olt , Me
tlnlln unit Mold-fly (11 fitllou.
Col. Cody will positively take part in both
the afternoon and evening exhibitions at all
these points.
An CMK-I iluiillciilt * . mail fur iniiit nnd linrNi * for liorNc. of ( In- exhibi
tion * prlvi'il at tin ; roliiiitlilini UiprMN 1'lllr Ml ClilcnK < > 111 IStt. ! ; till xtiiiinn-r
III ? . 'i-\v Voi-U In J.SIM , ami Kit ) of tIL. | prlin-lpii 1 olllfs of ( Intn l In I.SiirV.
ORGANIZED ON THE MOST LAVISH SCALE ,
WITH
H
THAN ANY TWO EXHIBITIONS ,
And perfected In all the details that the combined managerial experience nnd wcaltU
commanded by the trio of Triumphant Careered Caterers to
public Instruction and entertainment ,
ii i m m COL i. F.
Assuring to the public the production of
flfuefica'sNatifloalfnleFtainnieDt '
In a colossal manner , equaling If not sur *
passing the niagnlflccnrc of masslvu
magnitude at
, - Yurie , London , I'arln , Home ,
Vienna , Ili-rlln , JlriiHMrln ,
anil al
The Columbian World's ' Fair ,
CHICAGO ,
i\\ Where the multitudinous millions meted
equal honors to
The White and Tented Cities
\IMV , ICiilaruoil anil J
THE ORIGINAL WILD UEST
Absorbs Primitive and Civilized
Horsemanship.
= 53 READ THE ARRAY
Tim \alloiiN KiirnlHh anil I tin-I'M nro
ICvliuiiNd'il In Complete.
* * * & . /fe / sS § Xn All kinds , all colors , all tongues , all men
fraternally mingling In thu picturesque
racial camp. All born
pl\l \ Hereditary Princes of the Saddle
. " * , * " " "S V- \
100 ir.'niAV w.Millions.
Ogalalla , Brule , Uncnpnppa , Slnux , Obey *
W cnne and Arapahoe Tribes.
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*
saiifWtrv v
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'IO 'Mcxlciin ViHiiirroN anil Hiii'iillcN ,
IK ) South AllltM'lt'MII ( illllrllON ,
( > ( ) AVcNlcrn I'l'iilitlfrnniiMi , .MiirUM
men , nil' , ,
! i > * > IIi'iloiilu AmliH ,
; : < ) IliiHNlnn CiiHHiicUH of llu : CauoaaiiM ,
Di-lnuliiiifut of U. N. Cavalry ,
Hojlll I
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German
ALL UNDKR miK COMMAND OF
COL.W.F. CODY BUFFALO BILL
s&r
frtf t nfv nr * Titv nniririnii n
THE LAST GET TE ! BUFFALO
O.\LV IIKKI ) O.ICMIIIiri'lO.V. .
This enormous outnt is transported In
KAIIIAD mm
Using its own specially constructed rolling
stock , the largest traveling Commlaiiary ,
Dormitory and Kqticrry Accommodations ,
complete In every paitlcular , and equaling
the lequlrements of the modern mcthodu
of moving
A fULLY EQUIPPED ARMY
I.V TIMK HI- ' ' . * H.
Carrying all the paraphernalia necessary to
Seating 20,000 Persons.
riiti'TcT : :
Protection from Sun or Rain.
Bo organized and arranged as to camp close
to the city In an easily accessible location ,
On thu flrnt day of arrival there will ha
given
AFREESTREFreAVALCADE
At 10 a , m , , by detailed detachments fioin
each division ( Wild Horses , Buffalo , Cattle ,
etc. , being nccoigarlly guarded In camp ) ,
"So that ho who runs may read. " The
march will bo enlivened by
MAGNIFIOENT
BANDS OF
Iril ! > > ' ( InKiuni'il , \Viirlil-TritvcluiI
Falo Bill's ' Cowboy
night a lUllllant Klcctrle Display by the Largest Portable Double Ulectrlo Plant
250,000 candle power yet constructed for any similar purpose , Two circuits ensur
a perfectly U'llablu Illumination , making night as light as day.
Two Exhibitions Daily , Rain or Shins
AI'TISIINOO.V AT 1 ! O'CLOCK. MO I IT AT H O'OI.OCIC.
DunrH Onuu Onu Hour llurllrr. Mich I IIM l 1114 Day mill n Coiuiilelu In
Ill-tall.
General Admission 50c. Children under 9 years 25c.
Numbered coupon , actually reserved , acata will bo Bold on the day of exhibition at
& Co. ' Drug Htore , IBtb and Douglai Btreeti , Blcyclco checked. ' '