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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JULY 24 , 1897. it
PEER PRAXES OF LICHTSIXC
Etrange Happenings on tJommerraal anfl
Eailroad Mugrapn Lines.
STORIES TOLD SY RAILROAD EMPLOYES
How n I.nrkr Klectrlc Holt Snril T-no
Unllronil Tmlim from ! > ! ruc
tion nnd Killed \Vtmld- -
JlcVrccker. . ,
Aa oia telegrapn DpemtoTwho fcn worked
till o cr the country , and Is now one of
the conductors on the Southern ronfl , was
itarted talking by representative of tbc
St Louis GInbe-Demorrat about HgbtnlnE
jiranko He naifi.
"To the uninitiated tberaort dangerous
r.HDt flurlnc a Uiunflrr iorm Is a telegraph
office ut statistics will substantiate the
tact thai no place It. safer" Continuing In
the bttme line , the old telegrapher Bali.
"lletween the manufactured nnfl natural
electricity there appears , from -clone observa
tion , to be n sort of affection , and under
cover of the slightest storm mutual ci-
changcr , of oanflflmices unualljrIndulged
In "by them Modern devices , ofctnine ,
lame brought about thin stale of affairs but
tbe ineiEt persistent insurances can not
convince tbe timid of this tart. |
"Seldom , indeed , will tbc veteran telegv
rachrr lift hit hand from tbe telegraph key
njitm which he is siuJtltiR out the mystic-
sign * of tbe Morse alphabet Titian -the ap-
Iiroach or jit-op-pi , ! , of the heaviest -Btorais ,
-while - thejoung aspirant for iclusmimit
lame will nit through a worm with beatluc
Jieart Tatbcr than &how tbewhite feather
to bin companion * bj deBertliip his post
"Jt Irequentlv oraurs that the flense nu-
anldity prevailing Ju t previous to a storm ,
coupled with a heavy Downpour of rain.
will intiee the strongest electrical currents
Irom the wires and for the time being
-klllr- their usefulness. It Is during one of
these btorms that the electric wa\es are
felt , coming and going , and what danger
tbere Is Is then most Imminent It was dur
ing one of these lulle in business , up in the
iprrating room of the Western "Union tele
graph ofllue recently , that wveral exprrt *
gathered around < * > iw.tcbboard ane
watched tbe lightning < " * into the room
- strike tbe Tlgbt-
over tbe numerous -wires
3iing anebter and switch off on the o-oun2
wire By aetual count neventj--J.lx loud re-
j.orti , Mere heard aii8 the flafclies r.een some
eif them no heavy that tbe leterans would
athinUlncly duek their heads.
"I recall a humorous fctory that nnd lor
3ts vlr-tlm a well known telegrapher named
Bogarduf , 'Hncy. ' * " te ta-HoS * m short.
SB known In the telegraph profession from
Boston to San Francisco .and from New-
Orleans to Toronto , Canada. He possessed
a. roving disposition , a love for peed old
TJurbnnwhisky and a mind that was a
lilank as lo the alue of money. Although
"Bogy" at on ? time wae one of the finest
operator * in .the imKlnefcs , these three de-
Iwts kept him always on the tramp and
Irom attaining any position of trust or
prominence- Poor 13ogy * Is now In a Chicago
cage hospital rounding up a career that
< , houll uave been n i rlghtone. .
A CLOSE SHAVE.
"The following occurred when 'Bogy1 war
In his prime He luid recently hern 'fired'
Irom the New Tork office , and for bread
end butter had drifted on to a railroad cen
tering In Plttsburg to get a new start. He
was always careful of hit , pemonal appear
ance and while "he could shave himself , the
cutting of his own hair was an linpDsbibllity
Pittfiburg , some thirty miles from the little
station where he was working , WL.E the
nearest place " herein "he could Tiave tht
tonsorial Jeatperformed. . To po to the city
meant nnotlier 'spree' and consequent dis
charge and "Bogy' laiew this only too well
But his hair grew , tbe weather became hot
-Jinfl le trotted and fumed , The comments
f the rallrcad men did not add to his com-
lort.
lort."Late
"Late one afternoon after a very hot day
a thunderstorm of remarkable Intensity
came up.and the Jiehtning plaved ilfle and
eek among the relayh. pounders uud
-switchboard in "Bogy's' little ten by ten of
fice * Every moment the storm increased In
intensity , and the electric display wat
grandlj sublime. As tbe cracks of the "bolts
< m tbe Ewitrhboard bacame mure frequent
< ind the flashes more luminous -"Bogy. ' Jiot
c. bit Irightened , concluded to put the cut
out jlug in the switchboard and thereby
save hit Instruments from burning out in
case the lightning became too strong.
-'On the instant be applied tbe } ilug a liolt
of lightning struck a telegraph pole about
fifty jfert Trom the ofDce. and the surplus
lectrJclty came Jn the ewitohboard over the
"wire and "Bogy's" head was wrapped In
Hame The shock thrw him on the Hoar
und for a minute or BO fitunned him. Shak
ing hrniseU iopetiier , ne arose to .his feet ,
and. IceJing no pain , he congratulated him
self : upon his lucky escape. There was a
peculiar odor Jn the little room that 'Bogy'
could not clearly account for , but concluded
It came Irom th& burned silk and war that
anafle up the covering of the offlrn wires.
" JBogy' had Just succeeded In putting
3iinoflicp to rights and had returned to it.
aftej making a tpmi > orarj' connection at the
Jiole where tlm lightning Btruck , when -a
train drew up for orders.
"Me-e-TUEalem1 ! bboutud the conductor at
IP caught Eight ' - ' '
of 'Bocj'Whexe1 * your
ialr' '
" 'Bogjin affright , clapped his haras to
-his head and. with a startled ejaculation
rushed for the little mirror Jn a rear corner
of the ofllce. One look was enough. 'Bag } '
Jiadu't as .much hair as a month-old bab >
-and , Btrangp to relate the electric flame had
not 'lujuied hie scalp In the3eaBt Thelniock-
down blow the lightning uad given him had
driven the thought of hin "hair for the mo
ment out of his mi d. and until the conduc
tor's nurprlBud exclamation had reached him
3ie thought his lair btlli needed cutting ,
AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
"Another t > od ktory I remember ias for
4t local surroundlngfi a little telegraph sta
tion on the BaltlTHiie k. Potomac ruad , ntat
BotuiiuK , Just outfiide the lirnlu , of R'aBhluR-
ion. At the time of the occurrence or tht
Irjldent herein stated an operator by tht
namn of Brady wae on duty nights and nout
loved a practical joke better thai he. A
constant louugBr aiwund the officens as
old darlty by tht > uiuue of ipomderter and
a lilg lary companion named Julius. Nu
merous jilanh vpre dovistid to mukp these
wo worthlct eteer clear of the offit-o with-
iut resorting to lorce but ill w ere fallur E.
J > ? ow and theu Juliut would be missed for
5 wo or three nights , but "Dextpr. * as "he wat
tailed for brevity eakt. always turned -up ai
Highball ana left with the break of day.
"Tim telegraph office jiroper was a email
jiartiticimia-Dff apartment Jrom tbe waitu !
roaai Jor pasEungure and ctintainod one chu'ir
On the evening in question a terrific utora
"brolk isuddenlj- over that mcilou aud abouj
u floze-n jiersons , "Deiler1 includud , taut
refute lu the rtatlon Consid ri.ble of the
< lnwu-p uTlng rain came In under the dour
and sw ppt by Brady into the little telegraph
< lepartrncnt , A wet floor will act as en ul-
Jucuve ground or .magnet tor ihe wire ki
catp a person jilarte hie hand - uponany ol
leu iuBtrumeutB w hllc hif feet reit ujion tht
\Bt flcar
"Jirudy knew thk and edie knew of 'De * .
4cr's habit of falling asleep if left alone Im
a lev minutes. Thinking to give the olc
d&rky a i.hock and a fright , Brady called hiu
to the utlice aud told him to wach thingi
wh le he attended to eomethlng flue out-
Elde
" 'Dexter , flatter 3 by tht reBponslbllltj
jilaced upon him , Smcinfliately dosed tht
duor and took & keat in the chair Two min-
Tilt * had hardly juu .t > a when his hud f I
forward upon hie uruui , which were sprcuc
out on the table , one of which covered th
telegraph key , and . loud Euaruuuuouutnc
tht- fact that lie litd talleti ueieep , as an-
Cicijialod
" 1'iie fctorm raced with uoabated jury , au
til the ctonu-VeuleD i > eop ] hi fbt Btatiui
SKME INTO YOUR SHOES ,
AlluSi ruo'-Euse u Jipw der for the feet U
cure * luilntut , mullcn , wodKlnc le t und lii.
.iuuty tuiuui tlu * ttnf put ul XUUIIE jiA lutnlout ,
3t t.-if crcjiltirt .uuiulurt dUcoverr < "I liie
-Allen i > Foul-Have luuke * tlent-tiulnc ur ne
vtiuek IM-I ea > - It I * K certain rurr tor me t-
ji p rnUMT ! &sid luit itrv l , 4 cUlHKXtmt. . yff ii
uy hold by ull Crutclnlt und ( .hue tttoret.
umi' > o in mumpi. Trlul juickuct
. Allen . Oliufctei , L * Ilur. K. X.
except Brady lorcot * T > exter In
tb * eler nral dirplar in the heavens ,
' All At mice t viria fianh of lightning
seen followed by a thunderous peal At
tbe same Instant shriek came trem 'I cx-
ter tfrttewefl by tbe crash of breaking
.board * a the thin partition came tumbling
down , and out rfrtled the olfl darky Ifrto the
midst of the terrified spectator * .
"U WR * en that 'JJexterV coat was nn
fire and the onlookers ct onee sprung to hit
bid. "beat out the fire aufi nulled htm to hit
feet. Then tt a found that it was a case
of more frightened than hurt , but Brady
realized Ibit he had almost fathered & tras-
"It was surmised that the bott had come
Into the office over the wire. Jumped the
liphtrMnc irrester fastened to the rwHeh-
board and came out at tbe "key on which
"OexterV arm rented , the -wet floor making
fi ert of grount wire flat nf tht old 8arky' *
body
"It would be harB to usy whether ;
or tbe Ooren and more people In the
were tbe most frightened The lmuttane-
ous c-at-bes were something terrible to the
tar. and all who .could . get nut of that little
room had left in a "bunch , thinking the ,
"building bad been struck by lightning and
WRI , falling in upon them.
" 'Dexter' immediately .pulled out for other
parts , and although seen in the vicltrfty. no
amount of coaxing could gel him to come
near the office for utrmc months afterward
He fvidtntty told 3ulu ! * of bit experience ,
lor he. lot > disappeared and for many nights
then-after Operator Brafly keptup Mis
nightly tlgll alone. "
' A MEDICINE "HAT TARN
Ar. the following sensational tale came
from the Hj * . of a western telegrapher , who
maBe one of the croup of railroad men , be
plBjlng an Important part In the "Incident ,
and tie Ills varaclty lias never bcin quen-
: tloned. tbe talr war accepted at tbe pioper
- value or unliduted truth , and * u passes Into
tbe record of tales -undoubted from the then
; wiia and woolly west.
"In my early experience with tbe telegraph -
graph buMnee" Bald he. " 1 was located at
a place called 'Medicine Hat * a small rrmip
-fchantles on the Northern Pacific railroad
a * operator , ticket and express agent. Med
icine Hat t-ould be classed among Tbe town *
, -as lielng thirty miles from nowhere What
little business wae flone was on account of
a mining village some thirty miltw Tiack in
the mountains. The entire population of
Medicine Hat could have "been eaefly Trowde3
into tbe little vlllace station.
"One night , after a day tif the most sultry
weather that 1 had ever experienced that
summer. I was detained at ni > ollie * > on BC-
t-ount of -lsyed trains. A continuous roll
of thunflo.r , accompanied "by sharp flashes of'
lightning In the distance , warned me of nn
approaching storm 1 fretted and fumed
n 1 wanted to get to my boarding ehanty.
about a quarter of a mile -up the cnuntrj
road before the norm "broke 1 was lean
ing buck in any chair , muring over tlie
events that had "brought " "roe west , when suddenly -
denly a voice broke upon my care.
" 'Hold up your hands , quick' "
"Glaucing < up I t-aw a revolver Jioluted
throuch the little window in tlie wall
through which 1 sold ticket * , , and behind it
a -weird mask with terrible shining eyes.
In endeavoring to comply with the com
mand , especially tbe latter injunction , my
thalr frwuug around , my head struck on thi
edge of the table and , unconwious , 1 rolled
to the floor.
"When 1 regained mywits - 1 found my
self lying on the floor of the outer waiting
room , bound iiand and tout with a tall , un-
galn.1 } looking fellow standing guard over
me with -a "Winchester. The storm had
broken oveus. . and tlie wind raiu , light
ning and thunder -v.-eri something terrific.
All at once my trained ear caught the
nnnnd of the telegraph sounder , and turning
my head I perceived a man at my desk work
Ing away at my kej. Hewore a mask , but
this did not disguise tbe fact that he was L
young man. As the characteis , were tickeo
off and cauie to my ears. 1 knew be wai
feeling his w-uy us to the location of the de
layed trains. I also noticed that lie tre-
cnently arcse and made use of the grounu
wire from the switchboard , -which > cut on
the main office , in which was located thr
train runner of the division At frequent
intervals sharp cracks of lightning v.oulu
re-echo through tbe room , as the 'bolts '
struck the arrester on the frwitcu. But the
man worked on totally oblivious of Tils sui-
roundfngs.
"Suddenly -caught the drift ofwhat ne
was Bending out over the wire and "was
horrified to learn that was trying to flupll-
c-e and .manipulate the train orders so as ,
to cause a" wreck- Trains No. 47 end 4k
passed each other about five miles up tht
road from my station , and he was sending
out orders with a cool , steady nand to train
So 47 to talie a siding about ten miles
east of Medicine Hat , and to tram No. 4b to
pass No. 47 at the regular place.
thrown tbe iwo
"Tnese orders would have
trains -which were Icavily laden % v3th pas
sengers and express matter , together near
* tuu.u _ - - . . , hear the Bounder , rad from
' "knew the vouia-be
tlie masked man's orders .
expert teJegrapner rnd
wrecker was an
thoroughly familiar with traini running.
Every now and then the man would raise lis
"hand from the key as a more severe slrou.
of lightning -would come in over the wire
nls deadly wrfe
but newas too Intent upon
to desist. The tramp of heavy UOD B on
that the contemplated
the jilatform outside told me
templated wreck was an orpanlzsd Ht-l-cme
for robbing the express company and PUB-
BimBers. Muttered curses frequently camt
from tne man at the "key us "his 7/laas for
wrecMnc the train would meet with M > -
ttacles in the shape of pertinent questions
from operator * , up the line , -who would not
follow the new order of things wiihaut full }
-undemanding their import.
PARALYZED AT THE KEY
"My mln * was in a liorrible whirl , and I
frequently Ftralned at my bindings to get
my hands loose , but a bin-age curbe from
rnv guard warned mo to be careful or my
life would not be worth much. On account
of tlie trains being behind time 1 knew they
would be pushed to their utmost spi'td by
the engineers , and If they -came together
the wreck -would be n frightful one.
in lorce.
The storm continued to increase
and Jieal after jKial of thunder re-echoed
over nnd aleut the Unit ( station. Still the
man at tbe key kept steadily at work TVCBV-
inc Ins "vvt-b of flestruction. Suddenly he
called out in a voice of minglud Eetisfac-
tiou and fleviUbh glee :
" * 1h that axes the matter all right
Forty-seven hat signed tlie orders "t the
water tank , and in ten mluuteb they 11 be
'
together Tell tbe men to hpread out uji
. A blmd-
-He never finished tbe sentence.
inc flash at tbe switchboard , a bhrick from
( hp man and the oflice appeared to be one
inaHs of flameMy guard rubbed from the
building und with a mighty effort I wenched
rnr lands free and pulled myself through
the door out upon the jilutform. The littli
station building was as dry as tinder , the
oil from the trainmen's lamps added to tbe
combustible nature of its make-up , nnd in a
momenj flames were breaking out iu every
"With loud cries several ol the wrecker's
conffdinetes dashed toward the little room
to pull their Jwtder out. but tbe heat drove
them "bad ; , and , as voices wen.beard up
tbe country road coming toward the station
they all disappeared up the line in the
darkness.
-A man named 'Humpy' Logan untied
my legs , as my hands were undoes on ac
count of the great numbness oomBlonna tiy
tiut tightness of tlie thongs , and I gulcldy
explained the situation to him. He hunted
up a lamp and flatbed down the track and
around the curve in one direction , while J
swung the lantern upon the train coming
down tbe etralgbt piece u ! track to tlie kta-
Uou in the other direction. Aly larnn was
uot seen by thu engineer , but tiie burning
station actud us a danger t-lgnal , and the
train drew up slowly , tbe engineer totally
ignorant of the danger he was escaping mid
only Intent upon helping to subdue tbe
flames. Twenty-five word * explained the
situation to tbb engineer and a group uf
patfcenguri that phlliejwJ around , and as
train < T slowly rounded tht.cunt * Irum tbe
tiast. substantiating ray etory , tbe organi
zation tit a jimyrr meeting mere and then
would nave been tn easy matter
"Tbe englnwrs of both tralnt with their
conductors , held a consultation , and IE
finally hacked to the next aiding , followed
by 47 , end the tangle we * straightened out.
* 'Tbtt next day tbe remains of the would-
be - wreckerwere louna in tbt ? ruins of the
tuition , end the railroad company's phy
sician , titter holding an uutii ty , declared
that tne man hud only Ix-en t > nmn < td l > l' tbe
lightning and while im'-uuBciout had been i
cmotherttd end then burtmd to a cnyi.
"In all my exjierleuct ) with llghtnluB that t
was the luckiest bull that ever liueged a
vire" * saia tht- narrator uc "hf fiul&httd lik ,
Btury "an3 tb * lucky flan of tbe pnojil *
on luufcft two tratuiu rt ; undoubtedly in
th * & &oendunt on > f-t tA rfult )
ITffASPQKERAXDKOJISWKE
Cost "Bit Moaer to Plsy Befnre the Draw
"Was
PLUNGER FROM THE HEAD WAT RS
rot In Wlilrh Inv - At.lt > f Jlt.l.lle
Won FMMXKI nml jj AVifc for tltn
I'laj K.
"I tiae vpry much Intcrcstefl In thtt ctory
that -was publlsh'jfl the other Say about the
Came of draw poker that Henry Clay playrfl
in. " nald the gray-hairod. j-oung-Jooktng man
to the New Tork Sue , "ana especially no , a *
; the date o ! the game was plven explicitly
UE 1B4S. TJmr fi&rtirulnr game wet played
at leant a dozen y ars bolorf draw pokttr had
been evolved Irom the olfl crigtnal game of
jiokrr.
"They flia jilay puker ns long tgo as ' 48.
but it was fctraight pukor with no flruw
Tou bet on the flrst Sve card * you : e-
j j ceived In the deal without petting any more
and you made tht but lury olten without
looking at them jourselt , whertrfore the
game WEB appropriately called 'bluff' a * often
i as it wae called Tinker. Morpovrr , the EUki-s
were ofttd verj' high , se that the S31,0 li
w'hlcli Mr. Clay is said to have lost betting
against four kings and en PP was not an
unprecedented wager. Ben Ash of Mobile
snu a game In that fiatnt- year lu whioh the
fial.ct. were much .higher. Over J8H.OIK )
changed .hands in one put. and even that , he
, Ouilared , was only a small ) 't of the real
ttLger that was , made , won and ln t
"Ben was a youngster thru , but was old
enough to have won the affection of a charm
ing young girl who was the daughter of a
Trench planter named ITAutilgnj. He vn. .
exceedingly anxious to uiarrj her and slit
was ready , ( but there "was a formidable ob-
uacle in Ae AVBJ The paternal D'Aubigny.
thimch born In the United States , -w as the
ticiou of an aristocratic family in France
mid hud retained nil the pride of caste list
belonged to his. atieestoth while Ath. though
a worthy young it-How enougli. Avlth u lair
* nclal etauding. was the bou of llax e Ash ,
ihe vtOerKn thratripal manager of Mablle.
' who -was a Philadelphia Quaker bj btith.
i A ( PLTTKGER TBOM WA113ACJC.
"M. D'Aub.gny wt-s a t'-itc3 nf Dave and
wat , a typical northern plantir. This , bcins
intcrjirotcd , mtaw. that he was not me'pe
to cards , and beirg extiemejy x calthy he
was H plunger from the headwaters o *
, Plunge cresk Ath was a stiff player him
self and it was u icry usual thing ior a
J game to be going on in hit private oftpe
after tbe play wut over and the thcate * wrr.
supposed to be closed Ior thi night. And
D'Aubignjas often among the players
"Ben made a confidant of his father , wbt
told him frankly thai lie saw -no liope nf
winning 'D'-Aubigny's ' eonaent , and thtt
knowing U'e lienchmau as he did he WI.G
"by no means d > pu ed to urge Ben's cam
'It would only Jend to a quarrel' he fiajd.
that would hurt your chances more than
anything I could do would btlp them. ' Bu
Ben wLt , desperate , and ntlll weed the o d
man to make mime kind of a trial , tayiug
that matte e couldn't be worse , for D'.Au
btg y hud alrtiadj Hotly refused , and that
he Ben , could see no chance of moving
him So Dave promised ID nee -what he
could da.
"The chrnce came Enoner then he had
expected , for only a few nichti Inter D'Au-
bigcy wns playing In Ash's Toom. and toe e
came a duel in the game lietwern him md
the manager They each held four of a llnd.
and lu the old game louns vere big enough
for a man to bet hlf entire fo-ture DP
The -others in the game d-opped out after
Ath ! md raiaed the bst live thot'iiirnd. but
DAublcay dsublrd his Tai"t PS coolly r- =
poas'ble. and 'hry had it tnck and forth ,
ten thousand and then twertj- thousand at
a -clip , 'till there wts tncrJICWJOD tn the
pot.
pot."It
"Itwak t'emendous "hotting , and so far
beyond what Atb haB ever Reen that l > t
WES staggcrc-d. HPwas EtM is confidt-n'
of his Jour of a kind us ever. 1 1 it ace ntd
like insanity to gunilile M curb figures. Ht-
hcaitated. as he well might , v hcn , with
K120 01)0 ) already tip D'Aubigny raised h m
JiD.OOO more , end thought losrxcral miu
utes before spenlricg. There was no que--
tiot ) of doubt ts to the payment invc"vcd
for though tbej- were playing in an un
limited game , and a fortune wns on the
ttble in the &bnpe of psnrlled ficraps uf paper
only , n gambling debt wrc a dtbt of icnor.
and each ecraw ] was as TuluaYile ns a certi
fied chock. There was , however , u srriou-
qucGtionin WE mind re to how iar 1-c
houd ! go , whrn eufidenly he happened tr
notice Ben's eager face In the tniail ci'cle
of lookers-on.
TYON THE GIRL.
" 'J will see that 2 , OOD. ' he said tlowly ,
'and I will make you another bet in addition
if you are willing to close tbe pot on th t
Vt have enough mcney up now , and this
i > et will BBttlt a question that IB mort > im-
jiortant than inouey tc both of tis. ' *
" TVhat is ii * ' wflied D'Avbigay in BUT-
prise. He would probably hirve lept co brt-
tiug jis long as he bed anything Jrft to put
up , but even be realized that the stakes
were already unreasonable.
" 'My sou wan's to marry your daughter. '
said Akh , 'cud as I tmderEtund tne mpttrr ,
she is willing but you will not tonfient
Now 1 will bet you Ma wishes agalr.Et
youre. If I lose , 1 will gupraatep that'tbert
thall be ns marriage , tud no further an
noyance to you from him. If you lose , you
give your consent. '
"W-ell the Frenchman didn't Imow
whether to be insulied or rot. Iis first im
pulse was to resent the prnpn ition bnt
Abb spoke aguln to him BO diplomatically
and tactfullj that bis , nngt'r was coaled. , nnd
after sputtering a bit he actually began to
consider the idea A .h. neeins thlt.
clinclK-d tbe matter bj fcajing that , of
uouree , if D'AubtsBy Doubled tbe valnt * of
his cards be needn't call thebet. . That
quickened the gambling fever , aud be
liaally said. 'YPry well. Ifyou do not rare
to bet any more money I will call you tin
your own tenni. . '
"They showed down. D'Aublguy had lour
fivpK. A , h hud Jour cightt Aud Ben
married the Rirl.
"That wat > by long odds the heaviest game
of poker that 1 know -anything about , but 1
often tbiuk that cards were jUayod more
ifLklechly iu tbe old days before Die druw
was introduce than U is .now. I caw a
game bltortly before tbe war In the card
room of the old TVorden house on the
Bowery. One night Jim Lingurd , George
Be-SEford , tSeorge Hionlffecp , and two or three
others were playing poker , and 1 wafc among
the lookers-on , 3t was straight poker. Tom
Leigh came in The game was table fitakca ,
and tbe chips -were 50 rents co there -VES a
general laugh when Tom pulled three silver
half dollars Irom Itis pocket , and putting
them on the table , sat down 'behind them
and called for a hand.
EIGHT TVINNTOG HANDS.
" 'That's all 1 hint with me , ' he caid , join ,
ing In the. laugh , 'but there'll "be a friend of
mine in here in a few mlnuto. , aud I can
gut all I wont In the meantime I'll win a
little of your money with this. *
"And he most certainly did He played
each hand that lie got and put up all the
money be had ach time. Of court-e , under
the rules , ttat gavp him u EUOW for the
entire contents of the pot as long as he
made rood Whatever other money WTB put
vp afterward would go to the next high man.
supposing he won.
"Seven times ne did this and srven time"1
he 'wnn tlie pot At the beginning of the
eighth deal he bad tHUO in front uf him and
the otlierkwere disposed to "beat lilm out if
pDHclble. Accordingly Llngard put up un
ante of 1250. George Bassforfl came next
and put "up his ! * ( ) . Blonlfac * had no liana
aud he dropr.ed out. So Jid tbe othen till
it came to Leigh , but be thoved his whole
? HM > into the pot -without looking at II *
cards. This sttgnttrefl "Ungard and be let bis
tr > D e without malring good , wo that Bam-
forfl and Irfilgb were left to < fight It out "be
tween them ,
"BasbTord covered Leigh * * money and tlien
said "I'd like to ruibt Tou. Tom , but as it U
til you have. I suppose it'll hare to be a can. '
" 'Oh , no" " said iLeigh. 'J told you J fl
have come montj' htsre clirtirUy. Thayer. let
me "have tome .money , will yon Let Jne
have S2.000 ' This be ruld to a man who
had JUKI come into tiie room and wtiuwiu
luokinc onwltii grin.
/ caid tiUBman , ttldcg out iiU
wallet Bu : ncfnf he tad ibe monev eounlefl
oirf IBaMtord roifl 'Oh. 32ve called you I
fltm'l want yon to T > o-fo * any money lo l rt ,
l > B'j twe I've gt t Ton tweV-
1 Oh CD on ani % > etP'i4lfl ,
Inply Thaycf * pot nifir * money th n
rooB for him. enybcw Brt year "hsni If
you've pot anythinp. * piR'itlnswtrra we WnX
" " Tve callpfl you , ' arreld. . 'What have
TPB pot"1
" Two pair " salfl l > gh after ttftlnp Ms
cards.
" 'Aha1' exrtaimrtl 'Enssfwa. ' 'It's a goat
thing fer you 3 dldn'3 Jitte yen. To r twe
pair are DO pooft. ' Anfl lie Bhowt4 flown a
fall band.
" 'Why aren't tb r"coftflr s 1fl Leigh.
'Thpj-'re otn-ros. *
'Anfl thev w-crc It wat thp only time 3
ever saw s onan brt b9 pfle oa fight tot-
resslve hsnflf. rt poker olid win them all
| Lelg"h baB at rly JS.OOO from his three "halt
4Dlan and Barfrforflvrcs Hi dl patpd tlwt he
< jatt thr game , swearlni ; he would -never play
cards ngnln. Whrthrr he t-vrr aid -or not 3
can't KBJ , but 1 never raw him play after
that. "
A l.IJ(5 ,
ir n ll t r tr - J-inn lu-r niul
ItK Aim Hi. t Truulo I nillim.
Whrn Dcvld ITiitiier hohblefl Into the
union station with his wife and their
5-moBth old 4auchtrr the otl'or nirht to
bnard the Clover Leaf train for Kokomo , InB. ,
rulntes the St. Limb Rrnublic. the bagragp-
! men and other ctupluyw at the station
learned that the mini who had wurkcd
' among them a Ji-ar. had undercnne the
h&ranhlpf of bis praition because he placed
i Currld's dictates hwnrr a fatlior's commands.
' Thev uleo learned tliat a terrible accident ,
of which ITHnier.as the virtlm about
, month ego bad beun tbe cause of a happy
I luio iu his imnance.
I UHmt-r wat. a check men in the baggage
| room at the union mctiun. He came to St
! Ltnils about a year ago and was fortunate
I tinougk to obtain employment almost 1m-
| mediatelj. He was industrious , but had
.little to fcuv about b.mn-lt. "While he diti
not bold himself aloof , his fellow employes
suspected that he v.as unaocumomed to t.ie
hard woil ; he WPS pel forming All that the }
knew tbout him drflnltely AS &at he w c
tnanied aud lived lh : his wife at the
northwest comic of Twentieth and Eugenia
ocreets.
The man's duties compelled him to mee-
incomini ; trains and tecrive from the men
iu the bagcnge cars cl.eck ( , lor the t-uaks
thai erc to 'be tekrn from them.
One Saturday t'venlt K. abaut a month
ten. X'lluicr slippefl itlidri a car while win
ning along the jjlatform at the west Elfle
of the train shnfl to meet the moving train.
His wife , .heated on the jiorch of their house
across thebtrert. . saw him tall , hut did not
jeccguizehliu. . hen tTllmer was takra
from under the wheels , 4ii ? right leg wnt so
crushed that it \ . ucccsssarj' to send him
to St. 31ar"s inntjnanJirs. . ITllmer was
horror-strickt n whnn she wltnesied the nt-
clueat. She swooned when told that her
hunband v.as the victim At tie iuUrmsry
"Ullmcr'k leg was amputated.
A com of the Republic containing an ac
count of nimtr's mislci-uini and the cir
cumstances "reached hij father In Kokomo ,
lud.
lud.Tor
Tor a year no worfl bed passed butweai
father ttid ton The father was wdl-to-do
and did licit approve ol < ce son's choice of
a life'CoiDpEnion ' The youDgHAOmtn WIA 3.1ia
Kmily "Woodson of Kfiliomu. Ullmer con-
cludid that the bibllci'l iiiJUDction to lor-
father nnfl rnmker under truch clr-
aj.plitd In lilfc CH P and "be
obeyed it. Then hi * father disowned him
and he decided to UT > his- fortunes in St.
Louih. ? a
Tjutntiil Indignation was -no proof ngcinKt
the Icnow Irtlge ( if tfap ran tf terrible mifcfor-
tunc. V."hcn the old mun read of it he at
once wrote to his mm , curivt'xiiig his for-
gvcnes.'i ! r.nfl Tirgiirg llm So return bnuie
with his wift. That wih Impossible thtu
owing to Ullmer's condition , but the soi.
was pble to reply , tiifi ihe cont'spoadencj
W.-B cantm-u 3 uuil a ci > y or two ego , when
Ulhner wrote to his father" to look for nit
speed } return. ' * , ,
Iji flt ! " t'me ' IllmpT anfl hs v.-ifc and the
little babe , vhosc preuinee Bill aarprise thi
grnnalathraepprrred lit the tlniou tvtEtion
rt-fcJy for Hit lEumejUllmtr's happrricci
WFE unailcje-d. in Eplte"ol his utSictinn
His i'ife's , smiles , Entianrd when rti'
glanced at nis mainipfl lnb ! and CDnsi3crcJ
ikf terrible cci-tt of the TCf-nclnatiDU , DUI
sbe smile'd cgaia when si' icoked into her
fcuribartl'E fere. Xfce li't'le ' rae rroweflvrttt
dcligiit nn"i1 isatuie gel in its. work jiafl rhc
fr5 ! r.slecp in her mother's armb. Vilmci-
crdtv.hDe fellow cnroloyts KEtULred around
ril ! oongratiilfTed him vlthout seeming ta
no'Jce il physicfil afflirrSon Filially tl
Uain pulled out with its throe actors in
one of life's pxstorala.
A3.T3 S-VM
T.i-tfTfc-a tlie
lj ; 1rr iiiiiS ilif
At the btglnnnn of Forry-llfth congress
(1R ( ) v.iioh is ofcourse the same ns ESy-
ing the beginning of the world or a lev.-
flays after , I noticed the figure - ofDinar
D. Const r of Mitliigaasrrltts Speaker ReeU
In the Illustrated Amerizon The OricntnT
P3cfi2 strucU me viviaiy , at did the -man bin-
sill. us jiianuer wat satumtee tnd inci- ]
ij ai\c. Ws all WHU3H3 lilm , WE jitw inuntoeT
j ; infl cnjojed much Us c-ui.dc wcy and tht
3 sub-tcid flavor of his rerasrks , lie wnt. thin
ij and spare aad wore always a BV.-allowtai ! i
i coat. Gcueral Thomao Ewlns had come to
tlifc bouse from Dnlo fUlt-a with t3 tlniBiocin
j to rttcae the pouple irsm the money power.
1 an .enUiutlLGin vhich alwys msnlftntE itoeh
in CEJ-B cf Jiflvtreity and EUtslSe * in Sayr tif
j proij.erity. Tht jiarticultr form in which
jclitf was then to r.omt' wt * tnrcugli th re-
'
Jieal of the resumption net EvFn Samuel .1
! Tildon was an favor of tlm. hsiar jiersunded
m his mind , or at least in tits Setter -of ne-
icpt-uce , that a great "cra'riJ reservoir of
eoia" must fi-st be accumuli-tpa before the
j distribution pijius t-ruld b-- set to wort Two-
j thirds uf the house were on tht cide o !
| thtgciHSsJ as the e\rnt proved , but he began
j v. rorij , . He was s new member and tliDURh
the rules were esi'laincd ' to htm. ti'-nher he
nor any other member ever comprehended
the rules from any rxpl&natlon ever given
He began irtlie "morning hour " In those
daj-s Mr. Itandill , vho was sptalier , had
limited the moming liocr to sixty minutci
fnfl ep the general was "in a "tunnel" a
tuunel vith no outlet , if people vpre pn
minded. Mr Conger WTS to minded , and for
j duyj , he kept the refortrrr cnpefl Up and
the great work of regeneration V.M > stopped ,
to the gieat disgust of tbe friends of tbe
people. Conger ga e nn outward and visible
signs of joj , but those -who watched 1 i
could bee that a great peace was filling utb
noul.
It was during flils Bomlire jieriod. w"hlle
Mr Randall wcc trying ID help his political
friend , that Friday arrived Now. Pridnv
it. the day for private pills , and the rule
said that on that day. until the housu voted
that private business CbonRI not lip flotp :
public bushiest could not be done. In vain
the speaker pointed out"that there vw , not
rven one 7 > ocr private "bill on the culend-r.
But Conger would how none of It The
rule said so and o , and thinrs must pro
ceed decently and Jn order. The epeaker
got out of patience , end calfl if there was nn
private business to he Onnp.liow could an }
tie done and added that be wes trying to
use a little common senno about the thing
"Well. " naid Mr Conger , ns he turned
w-fcrily to hit fceat , "if tlie epcaker Is mak
ing an effort in that fllrpcticin I thai ! not
interfere " And BO. at ihe etpcnse of much
laughter , the speaker had bisway , and Gen
eral Ewing hud another hour , 1 > ut hid finally
to fcusjiend the rulet before he c&uld art a
real hearing.
Arnold's Brome Celery cores beaflacjiEs
10 , 2C and CO centa. AH
Sulintniltlal Mriuurlul.
Mrs. Alf'f d Corning Clort of Coopp-etown ,
widow of the great sewing machine capital-
tat. inttiudi to . .honorhit memory by a noble
institution at tbe uonier uf JUvlugton end
Cannon EtrertE , New Tort It to to I * e
kindergarten and an ectertainzne&t hall for
the education and mtwttae of the people ID
the district The site has been procured and
this week the housee trpan the ji'emieee will
be torn down by the -workmen. On the
site will be a E'eat handsome Btructure
four storiee high , of brick and terra cotta ,
which -will include a model tlnderearten of
the largest size , t huee entertainment hall ,
with kitchen , laundry , committee roomt ,
toilet ruamt and ctore lunm and a roof car-
den. At lean JDOD.OM , it i 1:14 , will be
reaulred to build the establishment , which
will Ix : oat o ! Hit ertuu btatujltuttt u ! thr
city.
titPOU p np i nnnPTUTTAn
PASSINC OF A PROSPECTOR
He Etrnck it Bid , Wooed & Matt
Tool
CAREER OF THE FOUNDEfl OF CREEDE
n Tortutie from tbr Mtinu-
t ti I n > . 4 > f ColOrnilo mid n Oroji of
UotiirKllr Mrlfr frnin
Ifo Dlnns of men take tbplr ups and flnwns
more jibdoBOjihlcally than tbe average pros-
j < eetor lor hidden -Health In the mountains
tvf the -west The strike of today ma } prove
a barren one tomorrow , but lirj'oud a
momentary banishment ol great cxprrtatlotif
lie preserves the serene TiDpefulDe s charar-
terisitic of his clafib.
It ispa Blng utmnge that when E pros-
ppctor overtakes the fickle podfleBS tiftrr
jin haps 3 ears of hardship and privation a |
! tiemeeis of domcotlc fllscorfl fchould camp
, on hif traU and make hir life anvthinc but
| "a gratifl cweet pong " Such seems to be
i the oouMiiot fate of mmi who BtriKe It rich |
I The domestic dlseords of the houses of Talr
nnd Tabor are notable Instance * . A later
i and equally .triking ovidwiee of the melon- i
i choly fact is fumihhed in the death by h.s ,
i own band of Nicholas -C. Creefle at Los
i Anceltt Apeordlng to the rrports. the 1mI I
I Tnt'dikte eauhe of Creede's suicide was the '
failuip of hi * v ife to keep uway from Mm
"both having agreed to Ihe apart
The passing of Crwflp recalls the career
of a man whcse nnme was a household word
in the vpgt a few years ago. HP wat born
at Fort Wuyue Ind. , In 18 < R , but while yet
n ehHfl liis jiarpcti. moved to lerw-a. TlVre
he began 10 rustle lor hlm elf nt noon as
he wns "knee high to o due"k. " at. lie once
raid in talking on the subject , nnd In IRfil
being then about IS } ears old. be entered
the service of Uncle Sum at first in the
quartennuKtrr'i , department and then s u
scout Ht- received the pay of a first lieu
tenant in the regular army , and served with
a baud of I'Lwnee warriors In campaigns .
npi'iiitn the Sioux and ether hestile tribes
for fceven jeare This service took him all
over tbp t-tates of Wyoming. Colorado. DH-
kata atid Nebraska , a portion of country
that was then wholly wild He WCE tn a
cpod many hard figh's , under Major Irani ;
North , with the Indians , but encaped in
every instance -without a wound worth men
tioning.ErSTLTNG
ErSTLTNG FOU A STAKE
Arter leaving t\e j ervlce he went back to
thf states , but life was too tame lor him
there He had passrd mcst of the upvcn
yt rs during which he served "Uncle Sam in
the open air on horseback by day and
unflrr u blanket , with a tent , at'licst , for a
shelter nt night. It hid tipen to his taote
to live that way from the first , and in 1670
hs returned to Colorado. Then came the
Black Hills mining excitement , whrn gold
w-a-i founfl there , and thr rush of fortune
seekers forced awaj the barriers that the
Indians tried to kttp up Crpefle had
tMivtObfl Avlthout seeing anything right over
ih placer diggings -winch others found.
When he learned about tlie cold there he at
onee determined to turn prospectoi. It
was -a life .lust to hit. u-bte a homplt-ss
roiming life without restraint or renponsi-
blllty and with a great fortune for its , peal
Ho went to New Mriciro for afirst vrn-
tun. but was not pleased with eithrr the
t-ouutry or the customs and habits of thf
JJrsictnB there , so hp came back to - Colorado
rado aad remained thert for tOght yeais
Jart of the time wandering over the moun-
tJns tijfl for the rest rustling for a grub
stake. He came Into what 1 now Creefle
in May , agU ! ) , and located the Holy Moset
mine. He was grubstaked b } Smith :
Nalor of Salida He got into trouble with
his partJiii-b and negotiated a sale I > H
? JoHat , S. T. Smith and L E. Campbell
liuaded it for yTS.UOO. While working the }
employed -Crt-f-de at JSa day , a grubstake
juid r. third Interest to jirospoct for tbtrm
TN > y never took .up the .bond on the HoU
Moses , not bsing tatihfitid with the return. "
Tlio jirajierty is now owned by J J. Abbott
THE TOWN OF CF.EDDE
"While wort-Ing on cbp Holy Moses.CreeSe
lo-ptefl tbe Amtrtlyst. It paid him as rnurb
us Jl.OOO c dp-v for i : time and caused him
to "become famous over the continent at a
niulti-mniianaire.
The to\-n of C'eeflp in its day was one of
the liveliest and zccet picturesque mlninc
camps v.h 'h ever rp'ang up In a mining
fsuntrr. At the time its first great mme
iiert rj > ciira there had been no ph.nomenul
tr-lning eiciteaient , unce Ihe rush - toGilpin
CTnrty , tn the * G E and the Leadvile at-
il\ity , vhichcume In tiip ' 70s. Thp atten
tion of ll-r world was attracted to the sihur i
ramp of CrceBE Ilund'-ils of prDtnectii- " |
' ruElicd to the town. There tiere htJntirrd : I
who vcaloS to invest and come -who de-sr-ei
] * o locate and live In the pluee. While ttit
] bacra was et its height there were more
klnSs and clasKes rfpirrile in the lamr
. * hsn any ruining tov.-n ias ever known bp-
r ce or sitEE.
Ortedtwas in no way 'a rrmarkablr
man , and wat b ? no means even popular wlili
Ills tiiwiiiaitui. It was t > v liard work on the
JET : of o few people that Ills name w-
. ffivon to the toc-ii and theii only by dividwc
thp place in half and calling the neighbor
Jin'town.
; The marriag ? which caused the death or
Crrefle jprew out of a late-ln-life lovp affair
cud -what tar Crf ede pioneers regarded as. an
Eilcpemont. It f-marla-d ol a rough milling
caTop romance in Its every detail. Ten o-
twtiHe vfturs ago , whpn Crepde roamed th'
mountains a punr and lonely prospector , he
cu-de the acuuaintance of IP-e prenr-nt wife
S.P : ran a travriers- boarding house in DeJ
Korie and wap maTTit-d.
In winter when the deep EIIOWI n tb"
mountain * made prnEpectiug well-nigh im-
t > r(5 ible , "Ciiptaln" Creede drifted Into IIP !
Nnrtr HP usually made his headquarters
in tht houte of the woman. Once te re
turned wjth diffiv-ultv in the luidEt of a
enov. storm , w Inch had almost bound him
in the wilderness and ridges and cauyaus
The experience brought on pneutniniu , and
iiFglectlijR her own busIneKp , the landlady cf
this Uaardinc house spent flay and night by
the bedeidp of tbe stricken prosnectnr until
the jiurned him into health. She was not
any too jcepusft King then , luting large
angular and over-addicted to mauufbrturing
her own facial completions. But die was
liind to old Crende , as the boys called him
and when hii. j.hlp with its caigo of bllver
came in the jirotpector rewarded her.
MIKING CAMP ROMANCE.
In the foil of IKJil Creeds -dlscoverefl the
Ampythj'Ft vein in wliat was then known
as Suium.lde tectlon now Creode , giving
him rich OIB before his first VEST'S aufcep -
ment work v.as flpne. When the output
rtached fl.OOO a mouth a notion that he
oould afford to keep a home and wanted one
tool , hold of him He built a cabin at the
head of West Willow gulch. In upper Creefle
and made -quiet trip to Del JCarte to call
on the kind landlady of hip prospecting daye
What promises he might have made her are
thPir own tecrct , but wnen N C Creede
returned to his tiew made log abode In West
Willow gulch tht. DP ! Norte boarding house
v/oman accompanied him She beeamp
Creede't houspkeeiipr. She remained in that
rapacity until Crtdp' savings amounted to
JS.dOO She then went to Del None and se
cured a divorce from -her 3iur.baTid in that
town , Jn tbearty fall of IMC she wat mcr-
ried to N C Creede in the Hot Springs
hotel. Las Tegar. . N M tiy n justice of the
peace. While on their honeymoon Mr and
Mrs Creede went to Pot bio and bougbi u cot.
rage oltu-r to the utate lunatic asylum There
they remained until the bridegroom bank
account reached ll.DUO.IHiU aud then they
moved to the more fashionable Los Angeles
A Colorado mining paper sayt Cr'ede u real
name was William Harvey , The reason for
bit change of name us sold to have tieea
nothing at til disgraceful to himtielf. He
and a brother courted the same cirl , and
when hit brother rcBorted to trickery te win
William Harvey .quit hit Jamiir and tu.tive
town .changed lig name juid.went west
TORfA
Ptir lBfsr.tt , , and ClulSrea.
'
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It will
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Thousands of
Visitors to Omaha.
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THE OMAHA BEE.
"CUPIDEHE"
.n.-wlll quietly curej-mi til ull ner
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. . of tnuon. , tntnjw . wliich uossps 11 . clit-rtJ-fl yu J . . .
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You ure making no experiment
in bnyiag & Crescent Bicycle.
56,000 inen.'wcrmen jind children
liongnt Crtscentt , in ibys ; 70,000
in iSg& .
Owners of Crescents are all
arounJ jrou. Afah them a"bont
Crescent quality. They tsaw
how good it is.
Crescent agents -will explain
tnetnanj'irnprovementsfor 1697.
"We want _ > ' 0 to ride a Crescent
this vear.
$ T5
WESTERN V/HEEL WORKS ,
Factory , Chicago.
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BILTOH ROBERS 6 SOH ,
Exclusive Otuubu Agents.
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