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10 THE OMATTA DAH.Y . BEE : SUNDAY , flEPTEMBEn a , 1890 , RETURN OF NEBRASKA'S FAVORITE EXHIBITION. Streets T and Night EXTRAORDINARY STREET CAR FACILITIES-ONE FARE DIRECT TO THE DOOR. EXTENSIVE AND INTENSELY INTERESTING ADDITIONS TO ALL TIME'S GREATEST IN TERRAOIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND I I A Kindergarten of History. Two Decades 1 n Existence Teaching Equestrianism. Prl mltlvo Savage Civil and Military Conjoined WITH AN ANNEX OP COLONIAL HQUIT ATION ILLUSTRATED 11Y THE HOIISBM EN OF 1'OUTO H1CO , CUBA , HAWAII an d a vivid Inspiring reproduction of history's LAEST MARTIAL TRIUMPH , presented b y a detachment of those E Modern Marvels of Civic Military Merit , to all Future Famed as Roosevelt's ' Hough Aiders , Worthy Heirs to the Glory of the ITalnsmo n of the Past and Veritable "CHIPS OF T HE OLD DLOCK , " together with their companion PATHIOTS and LAUREL CROWN ED PARAGONS OF BRAVERY , DISCIPLI NE , ENDURANCE AND SKILL. THE UN ITED STATES REGULAR CAVALRYMAN. With thcso appear In SPLENDID INSPIR ING CONTRAST and Illustrating the Myriad Features of THE OLD PROUD PtONEE 11 SCHOOL , upon whoso lines nre based all succeeding MILITARY , NATIONAL AND CIVIL TOURNAMENTS. o L AND THE FA6VIOU ILL. Presenting In perfection the people's passing pnntinie and In a manner undreamed of by the MYTHOLOGICALLY CROWNED GODS OF THE ARENA. AN EPITOME OF THE CAVALIER FROM THE TIMES OF ANCIENT TROY to MODERN TEXAS , from the HOME OF HELEN TO THE RIO BRANDE , eclipsing In blood-stirring LIFE AND ACTION the World's Treasures of the Art of Painter , Sculptor or Writer. PRESERVING IN PERFECTION THE LEGENDARY ROMANTIC CHARM AND HEROIC AT MOSPHERE SURROUNDING FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THAT FIGURE GROUP , OBJECT OF CHIVALRIO WORSHIP. THE MAN ON HORSE , as Typified In Historic Epochs by ALEXANDER. CYRUS. KNIPH TS ERRANT. RICHARD COEUR DE LION. HENRY OF NAVAURE. NAPOLEON' WELLINGTON. W\SHTNVTON O"VT. . SHERMAN , SHERIDAN. THOMAS. CUSTE t. MBRRITT. MILES AND THOSE WORLUFAMED KNIGHTS OF THE SADDLE , THE TRAIL AND THE BATTLE , BOONS , s BRIDOER , CARSON , CROCKETT , to the daya of COL. CODY , "BUFFALO BILL , " all bringing these Historic Pictures up to date with the Heroes of THE EASTERN AND WESTERN ALLIANCE , led by ROOSRVELT , WOOD , O'NEILL , CAPRON , KANE , LLEWELLYN and BRODIE , who emblazoned their names In letters of blood and flra upon the LATEST PAGE OF CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY MADE BY THEft P LL H ft A vivid truthful thrilling heart-stirring dlorarale reproduction of which will bo presented by some of the GENUINE PARTICIPANTS IN THE FAMOUS BATTLE. This will be but ono of the SPECTACULAR FEATURES added to the Intensely Interesting and Instructive programme of this WORLD-FAMED COSMOPOLITAN EXHIBITION. Read the unlquo Muster Ron of the WORLD'S MOUNTED WARRIORS , brought together for the first time In history In peaceful rivalry and forming a grand exhibition of the BROTHERHOOD OF MAN. To which are also added great bands and troops of American Indians , Russian Cossacks , Frontier Scouts , Mexican Ruralles , Argentine Gauchos , Cuban Veterans , Western Cowboys , English Lancers , United States Cavalry , German Cuirassiers , Miss Annlo Oakley , Johnny Baker , United States Artillery , I United SWxtes ( Colored ) Infantry. Arabian Horsemen , Bedouins of the Desert. Porto Rlcan Cebelleroa , , Hawaiian Rldera , a detachment of Roosevelt's Rough Riders from In dian Territory , Oklahoma , Arizona and New Mexico , under leadership of COL. W. F. CODY , BUFFALO BILL. The Grand Street Cavalcade and Review of P WILL LEAVE THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS AT 8:3O O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING , SEPT. 18. E General Admission 50c. Children Under Ten Years , Half Price. Reserved Seats , $1.OO and May Be Secured Without Extra Charge on Day of the Exhibition at THE BEATON-M'GINN DRUG CO. , 15th a'nd Farnam streets ( Buffalo BUI ) Appears at Each Performance , JL JL. MIGHTY HAUL OF MILLIONS Career of the Man Vbo Sequestered the Fortune of A. T. Stewart SMOOTH WORK OF CONFIDENTIAL ADVISER TJi'e Petted Protege of tlie Mcrcliunt Prince as Legatee , SiieccHMor , Ho and Tyrant How tlie Entitle \Viin Handled. Few men precipitated Into the business world of Now Yo'rk achieved such unenviable i notoriety In a few years na did ex-Judge Henry Hilton , whoso death at Saratoga la announced. Trained for the law , a Judge , tor a term , confidential adviser of A. T. ' Stewart , the legatee and business successor of the merchant prince , his career combines the elements of romance and tragedy. Henry Hilton was born In Newburg , N. T. , October , 1824. Ills father moved to Now York City when ho was a child. Ho was th youngest of four sons , all of whom entered professional life. The eldest son , I James , was for many years a Judge In Iowa , I iind Is still living , at an advanced ago , at Hilton , Monroe county , Iowa. The second son , Joseph , bocaino a physician , and was 000 , He bought mills , ho sold to mill owners at one tlmo coroner In Now York. The third eon. Archibald , was a lawyer In New York city ; ho died whllo comparatively young , t Annocliited with StiMVurt. ' The chief feature of Hilton's career was bis nesoclation with A. T. Stewart , the mer chant prlnco of Now York. Doth were sons of Irish parents , the latter born In Ireland. Hilton married a cousin of Stewart's wife , and tbl relationship brought him Into cloee contact with the merchant. His advice was frequently sought and proved profitable. It' 1 was at Hilton's suggestion tlmt Stewart built the great white marble structure at Ilroadway and Chambers street. It was begun In 1848 , nnd two years later Hilton was Installed as Stewart's private secretary. The now store woa the wonder of the period , and Stewart's business kept on growing. In fourteen years It had become too large for the one store , so the merchant built the great store on Uroadway between Ninth and Tenth Btrooto , at a cost of nearly $3,000,000 , 1 In this great ehop an army of 2,000 employes tolled dally , swelling his fortune at smalf coat to htmsoU With running expenses of 13,000,000 Stewart's sales In three years amounted to $203,000,000 , and his net prollts for the fourth year were more than $4,000- und took tholr property In payment. He This is no Boy's Play. "Hilt Is a Serious Matter to .Many of Our Hest CltlzciiH. The more on * hears of Gloria Tonlo tn die oura of rheumatism , tlie more convinc ing1 become * the foot , Unit here ait least U the ono cure for the disease , the one great ejMtolflc tlia-t hundreds ntid thousands of < holpe ) , crippled and bedridden rheumatics ure awaiting m-fth feverish anxiety. The intrK of this wonderful remedy has oven rireaa among physicians who are not particularly ticularly- favorable to now remedies , that euro without the doctor's assistance. Hon. Jacob Sexouer a very reliable and prominent g ntl nmn of Fountlan City , Wi , although TO years of ae , cured him self of a cans of rheuinatlain of S3 years ut&ndmc , Savn physicians had tried their wkttl in vain and when his church pap rl told tilm of the marvelous txollng power of Gloria Tonto tie used It and was com pletely cured. Try < thls marv&loue r m dy and ycu will soon see why it became 10 famous. I'rlce tl CO a package or live paolc S s , a two month's treatment and usually average our * JS.fO. Sold by Kuhn & 16th and Douglas , Omaha. Neb , , _ established agencies at Manchester , Olas-1 gow. Berlin , Lyons and Paris. Even In Peru , Hong Kong and far away Thibet the name of Stewart was weir known , for in these places ho had established bureaus , and was fast running away from competi tion. tion.His His real cstato holdings became enormous. Ho bought a desert on. Long Island and made a fairyland out of It. Ho forced the Lolands out of the ownership of the Grand Union hotel at Saratoga nnd bought the | Metropolitan hotel In New York. Then ho built the Windsor. In 1870 the value of his real cstato In New York city alone ag gregated $5,450,000. A. T. Stewart was not a man of wcrds or grace of manner nnd was absolutely lacking In those qualities which would enable him to glvo proper reception to his guests on ceremonial occasions. This deficiency Judge Hilton supplied , and at all social gatherings fie stood by his patron's aide , and quietly coached him. They traveled through Eu rope together , nnd , In faut , when Stewart played th host , Henry Hilton actually sat at tlio head of the table and spoke and acted In the rich man's behalf. This pecu liar form of assistance gave the judge a con trolling Influence qvor Stewart , which could have been gained In no other way. ( iniiit l"II-i- ( o Illliini. The fact that Stewart depended upon Hil ton for aid In everything outside of hla regular business affairs woe never better demonstrated than when the dry goods man > vas nominated for secretary of the treas ury by President Grant. Stewart selected Henry Hilton as his assistant. Charles Sumner , however , as will be remembered , discovered an old law by which any im porter was disqualified for the position of secretary of the treasury or that of a collector - lector of a port. When this revelation was made , nt Hilton's suggestion , Mr. Stewart , when ha found that It was Impossible to have a qualifying act passed in his favor , decided to put hie business in the bands of trustees. Ho offered to devote every penny of his Income for four years to charity. General Grant , however , felt that ho had done sufficient to show his gratitude and iccordlngly withdrew the name of the am- bltloiu Irishman. Stewart's bitterness on account of this -was most Intense and to the day of his death ho never forgave the warrior preoldent. It is generally under stood that Grant believed that Judge Hll- jin did all in his power to Increase the cool- BOM between himself and Mr. Stewart , and for that rcaron , when Hilton called upon the dying soldier at Mount McGregor cot tage , he was denied admission to the tick man's chamber. ! Stewart then planned the hotel for work ing women at Fourth avenue and Thirty- fourth street and epent more than a mil lion dollars upon the undertaking before his death. Yet , with all the practical chari ty that Stewart Intended by the erection of this building , ho retained Just as much of the selfishness that characterized him as before. Ho was educated , and a great lover of the beautiful , Ho would build a palace for himself and collect therein ' all the treasures of art and nklll , and keep fhem there for himself and his wife to admire all to themselves. So soon there sprang up the palace at Fifth avenue and Thirty- fourth struct. The moat costly of marbles , the richest of tapestries , the most famous of paintings of ancient and modern times went to adorn the in&ldo of the beautiful structure , and the old merchant and his wife , both chilled and dry from the lack of a human sentiment , lived till the end of things ctino for him , Hilton lu HteiTBrt'n Hhoe * . One night early in April , 1876 , there > - asa a dinner at the great Fifth avenue house. Just a email , Informal dinner U was , but served on the name business principles that oharacterlied all dinner * at the Stewart man/ilon , The eoup was brought In at 6 by the clock , end the finger bowli were done with Just 9. When the function was over the guests , with the host and hostess , repaired to the galleries , Just as uuual , but on this particular night Stewart caught cold. Two doctors were called In and were assiduous In their attentions. Hardly anybody know that ho was ill , or If they did the merchant was such a strong , robust man that not a second thought was given to the matter. A week passed. On the 10th of April the crowd who thronged Broadway were startled by the cry of the extra editions of the newspapers and the news that Stewart was dead. In bin great marble palace with everything about to please the eye and charm the sense. In Bplte of every aid that medical oklll could offer , Just at the height of his money-getting , the merchant prince had been brought lower than the meanest of his employes by the hand of death. The great stores were closed. The nu merous mills shut down. The bureaus in the great cities stopped business and ev erybody wondered what would happen. Thousands of employes deprived of a means of livelihood , great business Interests looking - I | ing to him as the fountain head , everything ' i a mass of confusion and no way to turn. | | The millionaire's will was dated seven j I yoara prior to hla death and that ho had I been careless In giving it amendments , which he certainly must have intended , is Indicated by the fact that It contained be quests to the amount of $30,000 to omploycs who had boon dismissed for embezzlements at least two years before. By that docu ment Henry Hilton wns made an executor of the estate and given $1,000,000 , and Mr. Stewart left a letter to his widow requestIng - Ing her if nho deemed It advisable to con tinue the business which bore his name and to make Mr. Hilton her adviser. Heir He Overawed Her. The Stewart estate amounted to several millions ; estimates ran from $20,000,000 to $50,000,000. Hilton was not satisfied with his enaro. Mrs. Stewart was not a woman of great strengUi of will and ifho could not resist the domination of her husband's friend. She had no children and she feared to consult her relatives. One of tbo Stew art clerks testified in court that she had said to him when ho advised her to consult with others : "I dassent do that on account of ths Judgo. " In Now York the Judge used to rldo up to bar house dally , at drat in her carriage , and , the evidence showed , took It on himself to give orders about the IIOUHO. Ho told the servants what to do and what not about admitting visitors to Mrs. Stewart. The architects and builders of the Stewart cathedral at Garden City told how , when she came thuro to see the work , Hilton was always close at her side and she never had aught to say , The only thing Architect Harrison board her say during the construction woa : "Mr. Harri son , you'll take lunch with us. " As for the cathedral plans , ulio never now thorn. There were many tales of the ceaseless surveillance under which Judge Hilton kept the poor llttlo widow. It was said her servants spied upon her and Etood near' whenever in her ridings abroad she stopped to talk with anyone. Her tongue , and her goings to and fro , as well as her ducats , wore In somebody's custody. People mar veled at It During her latter years , when the burden of her losses welched heavy on her mind , she would try , now and then , in the Judge's absence , to talk about her troubles to those whom she thought might bo trusted and would lend her their sym pathy. U was of no avail. When the Judge was present eho was almost like one tongue- tied dumb , In his absence bar lackeys wore there. It was ho whom the servants minded , though she paid their hire. The judge's orders In the Stewart household seem to have been final law , to mistress and maid alike. A man , well enough known In Now York , told of Mrs. Stewart's stopping him one afternoon In Fifth avenue and calling him to tie step of the carriage , A * they talked the footman stationed hlraeeU at the man's elbow , where ho might pay strict heed to every word spoken. When the conversation turned Into the sphere of Mrs. Stewart's private affairs , her "troubles , " as she was wont to call ttaem , the flunkey put a stop to It , telling the widow she could not wait any longer or ehe would ho late. As for the man , he was elbowed away from the door. She succumbed meekly , and was driven away. In RxcUnnjje for a Million. Hilton found a ready acquiescence when ho proposed to Mra. Stewart that , in place of the $1.000,000 loft him by the will , ho should take charge of the business of A. T. Stewart & Co. In return for this $1,000,000 she gave him all the estate. It is stated by people who were very close to the mll- llonalro that on the day of his death , when ho was lying on a couch moaning and callIng - Ing for "tho Judce , " the latter remained all day In the ofllco of the big dry goods firm , and when the news was brought to him that Stewart was dead ho at once went to Hopkins , chief bookkeeper , and , announcing - nouncing that he was the executer of the estate , demanded to bo shown the dead mans' private ledger , to which no one was given access. Included In the business credits , It Is said , were thirteen woolen mills and the lease hold of the big store at Broadway and Tenth , and of these Henry Hilton took possession. Ho Issued an edict forbidding Hebrews en trance to the Grand Union hotel. Saratoga , which was part of the Stewart estate , nnd ' the larger portion of the trade of the dry i goods establishment was quietly withdrawn , ' and as a result the thirteen woolen mills wont to ruin and 0,000 people wore thrown out of employment. Mrs. Stewart died In 1886. Ilor will had boon drawn by Hilton nnd ho was loft a large share of her estate , as well as ex traordinary powers In dealing with the re mainder. Her heirs and people claiming to j bo heirs of her husband began to put In claims to the catato and the vast property hno hardly been free from litigation. In the contest to break the wldowa will , twelve years ago , the most eminent counsel In New York appeared. Among them were 1 Joseph H. Ohoate , now ambassador to Eng- I land , for the contestants , Roscoe Conkllng I and Ellhu Root for the defense. Choato i claimed Hilton hod unduly influenced Mrs. I Stewart. Hilton replied ho was her dourest friend. The contest was closed and the case was in the surrogate's hands for de cision when the announcement was made that there had been a compromise. Judge Hilton had arranged to distribute the prop erty loft to him in trust In a way that was satisfactory to all concerned , This trust fund was assessed at $2,990,070.65 ; the value placed on the entire cstato was $ # ,003,424.96. The business at the Ninth street store shrank. From $13,000,000 It sank to $3,000- 000 a year. On August 26 , 1896 , the firm of Hilton , Hughes & . Co. failed , with lia bilities of $2,592,000. Previous to the failure Hilton hod loot about $5,000,000 in the busi ness. Ho had mortgaged the downtown store to keep the business going. The suits in court bad cost him Immense suma of money , though ho won every case. Tlio Theft of Stewart' * Iloily. One of the mysteries in connection with Hilton's relations with the Stewart estate was the theft of the body of A. T. Stewart from the vault at St. Mark's church , in November , 1878. St. Mark's churchyard IB the center of a densely populated district. The Stewart monument and vault was the most conspicuous object. It was guarded and circled with every conceivable precau tion. Yet the robbers had done their work and mode away with their booty before their depredations had been discovered. A most curious fact was that an attempt had been made to rob the vault but ono month before and that precautions had been doubled to protect the place. Hilton had caused a special watchman to bo employed. Tbe momorlol stone which had marked the vault had been removed to a spot at which there was no vault. These precautions worked so well that at the end of November the vault was considered to bo safe and the watchman was withdrawn. The motive of the crime was unquestion ably blackmail. In this It was a failure. Hilton at once announced that he would give $100,000 for the detection and punish ment of the outlaws , but not ono cent for the return by them of what they had taken. Mrs. Stewart offered n reward of $25,000 for the return of the body. A body was re turned , but It Is believed that It was not the body of Olr. Stowart. Henry Hilton was a great lover of art and left a collection of about 200 pictures , said to be ono of the finest private collections in this country. In the collection nro several by Molssonler , Including a portrait of the artist by himself , ono or two by Munkaczy and other famous artists. Mr. Hilton choao all his own pictures , as well as most of these In the collection loft by Mr. Stewart. It was said of him that he could walk through a strange gallery , taking only a casual glance at the pictures , and , on leav ing It , could toll the narao of the artist who painted it. From the Stewart collection ho purchased for $70,000 Mclssonler's "Friod- land , 1807 , " and the "Defense of Charn- plgny , " by Dotalllo , for about $50,000 and gave them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Molesonlor cost Mr , Stewart $50- 000 nnd on the back the artist posted an autograph note to Stewart , In which ho stated that ho considered the picture bis masterpiece. Mr , Hilton also purchased Mr. Stewart's collection of statuary. This col lection , with the exception of a few pieces which ho retained for his New York and Saratoga houses , he lent to the museum about three yearn ago and It Is there now. TUB JIALIGM5I ) AIIMY 3ITUM3. Tribute to n Patient , Indimtrlous nnd Mlicli-Alllinrd Jlpiixt. I have often promised myself the pleas ure of paying an appropriate tribute to that much ridiculed but Indispensable animal , the frontier mule , says a writer In the Chicago cage Heoord. His usefulness to civilization has been exceeded only by the pioneer representatives of the human race , whose endurance he has shared and whose pi- tlenco and enterprise ho hns surpassed. His character is complex and comprehensive , and ho who aspires to analyze the psychol ogy of the mule and search the motives that actuate him undertakes a problem that no man has yet solved. I Imvo often heard his ! character and peculiarities discussed by i army teamsters nnd others ' who are accustomed - | tomod to handling him , but it requires a special vocabulary. ' The amount of fatigue , exposure and ab- | stlnonco that a mule will endure Is marvel ous. Making long marches across dusty and shadeless plains , going for days with Il'tlo water and less food , pulling heavy loids over rocky hills and through heavy slough1) , subject to cruel treatment and neglect , it is no wonder that his soul Is soured. Ho is worked until he Is worn out , and then he Is turned in with a herd of broken-down ani mals that furnish as melancholy a sight as ono can see among animated things. Gaunt and lean , with drooping ears , disconsolate tall , and a woebegone vlsago that would frighten an inexperienced ghost , the abandoned - donod mule Is an Ideal of desolation. There is a popular tradition that no mule ever died a natural death. On the mountain Bides , burdened with a heavy pack or bearIng - Ing a trustful rider , his foothold Is firm and sure ; but when the earth gives way , and the mule gocj rolling over and over down the preclploce , he has lives enough Itft to secure him a ripe old age. I hava seen a mule fall in the mud and become burled under a heavily loaded wagon , yet when the wreck was removed he got up , shnok him- eelf , and began to nibble the gran as un concernedly aa if nothing bad happened. The ordinary army team , which Is imi tated by all the transportation "outfits" la the west , Is usually composed of six mules driven by a single line and a long snake whip , especially the whip. The line Is at tached to the left bit or the "night reader , " which may bo considered the rudder of the team. The driver , or helmsman , sits astride of the "nigh wheeler , " and if ho wonts to "gee" he Jerks the line savagely. It is a moral certainty that the "nigh lender" will turn his head away from It and take the rest of the team with him. If the helms man wants to "haw" he pulls gently on the line , drawing the "nigh leader's" head around and ho goes "haw. " There Is noth ing cosier or more natural in all the phi losophy of the sages. The position of "mule skinners" In an army train or a caravan of "learners" is conspicuous. His chief requirements are to crack a hlackanake whip and swear , and such swearing is never heard under other circumstances. On an ordinary troll the mule team joga along quietly and sedately while the driver snoozes In his saddle , but somehow or other ho awakens whenever anything goes wrong , or when a bad piece of road Is reached. Then ho "haws" and "goes" nnd yells and cracks his whip , nnd Jerks the line , nnd digs his spurs Into the poor animal ho Is riding until ho gets his team into position ; then with a few Jumps and a few tugs , under a frightfur torrent of ] oaths nnd a crackling of the whip like the rattle of musketry , the other side Is ! reached , nnd with a sigh of relief the team resumes its patient pulling , Just as meek people do when they have passed through great trials and come out purified. I do not know of any living creature whose destiny Is BO absolutely terrible as an "off-wheeler" In a mule train on the Arizona desert. If fifty * whacks are given n team of mules In crossing a bad piece of road or creek , the "off-wheeler" gets forty , or when the "cooly" Is full of soft mire the ordinary "mulo skinner" who rides the "nigh-wheeler" la assisted by a half-dozen gentlemen of the same profession , who dis mount from their teams to encourage the crossing. They , too , have long , black whips , and they have a better purchase for their feet than saddle stirrups , so they can whack back harder and moro frequently , than he , and the majority of tholr blows , of course , fall on the "off-wheeler. " These deputies , as you might call them , stand in the middle of tbo gulch or "coory. " The wagons go down so quickly that the leadIng - Ing mules run under while their whips are In the air , but the "off-wheeler" comes along Just In time to catch the downward stroke , and the tug of pulling the wagon up the other Bldo Is so hard and slow that they have tlmo to whack him again before ho Is out of trouble. While the caravan of tenms Is waiting at n bed croBslng. waiting for their turn to crons , you can always hear on occasional bray about one-Blxth as many brays as there wo mulcn on the pay roll. It eomcs from the "off-wheelers" and Is a subdued protest agalnnt fate. The mule Is not tlie stupid animal he Is often represented to bo. His powers of ob- , servatlon and memory are remarkable. Old teamsters will tell you that a mule nlwayo remembers a man who bos fed him once or has done him an injury , and he knowoth his master's crib. For example , take a train of 200 wagons , which la the usual number necessary to carry tlio food and forage of H regiment of troops upon a march , and there will bo 1,200 mulfu. The wagons nre exactly alike. When the train gets into camp the mules are uubarne&sed and turned out to graze. They are sometimes driven a mile or two away. When night cornea and It Is tlmo to give them tholr corn they lire herded back to the train , and every animal will gt straight to his own wagon , I have heard old teamsters say that they never knew on to make a mistake. When a mule Is depraved be finds a thou sand opportunities to ahow his depravity. It 1 that whloh Isada him to BUmd still When others desire him to move. A vet eran "teamer" will tell you that th ordi nary mule will Invariably visit upon others the Inflictions ho suffers himself. That is. If there are twenty mulco In a line and you kick Uie first ono , Instead of retaliating upon you he will kick the mule behind him. The eccond mule will pass the kick along to the third , and the third to the fourth , nnd so on until the end of the Hno la reached , leaving tha last mule unjustified fox the time being , but you may be sure that sooner or later ho will find an opportunity to enjoy his vengeance. TJio pack mule Is qulto OB much on Inotl- tut Ion as the team mule , and la absolutely Indispensable In the mountains. Mule paoli- Ing Is o flno art , and with a well trained animal and n skillful packer you can aofely transport anything , from a piano to a. bog of oats. When the packer has finished hla Job In an artistic manner the animal may buck or back , kick or rear , or roll , but ho cannot rid himself of hla burden , and he finally gives It up In despair. After two or three experiences he will submit to his destiny and fall Into line with the reot of the train every morning to receive his load from the packer. A well broken pock mule la always proud of hla load , nnd if by any means It gets loose he will step o iletly out of line and wait until the packmanter comes along to tighten it , The most serious objection to the mule , which you sometimes find la human beings ) also , Is the delusion tlhat ho can sing. Like everything else about a mule , his song la strictly original. It belongs to no other animal. No ono can describe and no ono can Imitate It. PHIOKS FOH Imtort Qtintntlonn on Bonm from tb Kiironeiin BInrkrt. Pauper Europe has caused on outcry from a now line of American Industry , reports the Philadelphia Times , American artioulstors of skeletons are up In arms against the im portation of the pauper skeletons of Europe. Native bones , In consoquanco of rooent Im portations , are quiet and depreeaod , while the demand is for the products of the French nnd German markets. Flret-olass American skeletons are a drug in tlio market a/t / $8.00 ® 12,50 , while the Gallic or Teutonic article , not ono whit more serviceable , bringa a fancy price. A rocunt Frenchman , who happened to de part this Ufa with a full set of teeth , Is offered at $35 , ordinarily Imported skeletons going at from $20 to $27.EO , according to the number of teeth ( hey were shy. Purchas- urs cannot bo fooled by fulso teeth. The only superiority In the foreign article Is in the matter of complexion. Frenchmen and Germans who have shexl all of thomaolves except tholr bones , bleach bettor , or their survivors are bloto bleach them hotter. In the matter of articulation the American workman Is perhaps the superior of the European artist , hut ho cannot get fn the tints nnd the refreshing shades of com plexion BO muoh admired by skeleton ex perts , or those who desire such articles for household ornamentation. Skulls ore $2.BO@3.25. varying according to alzo and the skill displayed In preparation. A skull that was prepared for the tnarkot with a brick li not In as much favor BJI one that found its way In by the natural channels , The demand for polvlaos Is light , at $1.40Q > 2.05 ; tibia , In slight call at 45@EKc. Feet articulated are quoted- Lofts , $2.00i8 > 2.75 ; rights , $2.10@2.86 ; weet sides ( by weight only ) , $4.30 : Hands are slow and generally unsatisfactory at $1.00@4.BO , although * \ r fancy price , $88.40 , waa putd for one r * M cently. * Wooden lofTB are heavy and alow , but con tinue moving up end down a peg , In teeth it Is the same old grind. Full sots are moving up and down at $3.00125i bicuspids , by the brace , ore steady at $2.00 ® 2.76 ; molare , dull , at 76o@fl.OO. Wisdom are dear ,