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SHORTHAND AS A CALLING
f oisibilitiei of tba Pro'ession Eiplained bj
laooeufnl Eipert.
STEFPINGSTONE TO SUCCESS IN LIFE
Faarlnntlng tod which nrlnsj Am
nio Rowarit In F.molnmwnt ana
the Wnv lo High
FnsHlon.
Mr. W. I,. J,m,, nf Chtragn. a m'tnlwr
or nn- or the groat shorthand firms nf that
city, writes thus of hiii profession and its
possibilities:
No study offers better prospect or grenter
, possimntle than that of shortha-.nl.
whether It la viewed from' the standpoint
01 advancement In the commercial world
as a profession ltslf. ns an educator, as a
Marinating study, or ns an arcomnli.hmonf
In the, commercial world there Is n-ady em
ployment for the excellent stenographer,
while th opportunities for advancement
re much greater for that stenographer
man ror any other employe. As a profes
Ion. there la none better. The expert writ
ere of the country are men of ample means,
and In the larger cities the profession
Is attractive because of the fact that there
Is a demand for reporters, and the emolu
ments compare favorably with those of any
other profession.
In severs of the large railroad offices of
the country no man Is employed In a cler
leal position unless he has a knowledge of
snortnartd. The demand for people skilled
In this art Is extending throughout th
country, and the prediction has been made
that the time will come within the next
core of years when shorthand will be
nearly a necessity to all people In commer
cial work.
'Career ot Cartel yon.
Perhaps the most shining example of
young man who obtained advancement
through shorthand Is to be found In Post
master General Cortelyou. Ten years ago
he was stenographer to the Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General at Washing
ton. When Postmaster General Maxwell
came Into office, he found Cortelyou there
and. notwithstanding the fact that Cortel
you was of a different political faith, he
waa retained In that department. A shoit
time afterwards President Cleveland u.
sired the services of a good stenographer.
and when the chief executive was Informed
by Mr. Cortelyou that he was a republl
can, the answer came. '"I don't care what
your politics Is; I want a good stenog
rapher. Mr. Cortelyou stayed as the
stenographer to President Cleveland and
Afterwards aa stenographer to the lata
President McKlnley, from which position
he was promoted to private secretary. It
was his knowledge ol shorthand that made
him valuable o these people, and today l.e
is chairman of the Republican National
"Committee and one of the most prominent
men In America.
Ten years ago Joseph Cashman was sten
ographer to the business manager of the
Chicago Tribune at a salary of fifteen do
lBr a week- Today he is business manager
of the Philadelphia Record at a salary of
US. ooo a year. Nearly every prominent rail
road official In the United States came up
from the position of stenographer, and a
Urge percentage of the men . now promin
ent In business and political life owe their
advancement to the medium of stenog
raphy. What Shorthand Pays.
Shortriand as a profession In Itself offers
to young people an attractive future. There
la no better profession than that of court
reporting. A short time ago, William E.
Curtis contributed an article to the Chi
cago Record-Herald In which he detailed
the amount of work being done and the
money made by the court reporters of that
city. Ha showed that one firm of court
stenographers of that city are now doing
business of upwards of J100.000 a year, while
every court reporter is counting his year's
profits In figure amounting to thousands.
In most of the large cities there are official
court reporters who are well paid, and In
some Instances enjoy larger salaries than
the Judges in whose courts they report, and
In most Instances receive larger fees than
the attorneys of the court.
In the 8an Francisco Chronicle of May
. 1906. there appear the results of a report
of an expert employed to examine the ac
counts of the various county officers at
Redding, Cal. The article showed that
Fred J. Brownlee, official reporter, received
last year as fees within less than 1100 of
twice the salary of Superior Judge Head.
The fee were not exorbitant, being those
allowed under the law. Aside from almost
IS.000 received from reporting the criminal
cases alone, ha was paid extra for civil
cases, that sum not appearing on the books,
and, in addition to that, he filled the po
sition of court reporter in Tehama county
as well as In Shasta county. In all proba
bility his yearly Income is $18,000, and it
la not at all beyond the bounds of reason
to state that no attorney in that circuit
enjoys so lucrative a practice.
So that. In the commercial world, short
hand Is one of the best callings, while in
the profession of court reporting there are
few vocations to compare with It. Aside
frem this standpoint, the practice of the art
broadens the intellect. Increasing the writ
. er's practical and theoretical knowledge.
Whether It Is ever used aa a means of
livelihood or not, it is an art worth know
ing. Bring aa Edacatloa.
If shorthand la practically studied and
practically used there is no better medium
through which to obtain a practical edu
cation. The court reporter Is each day
taking legal questions of a technical na
ture. From minds trained in this specialty,
he receives discussions of questions of law,
and aa a result absorbs a practical legal
knowledge. It has bten stated that three
fourths of the shorthand writers of the
country know more about the rules of evi
dence and are better trial lawyers than
are seven-eighths of the practicing attor
neys. Every day the shorthand reporter
takes debate after debate on lugal ques
- Uona and on the admissibility of evidence
Then, too, he la reporting evidence of ex
perts, such as doctors, surveyors. I chem
ists, rnlcrosooplats, real estate experts and
men specially trained in every line of busi
es, and. with the reporting and tran
scription of the report of expert testi
mony, he assimilates an expert knowledge
n all thasa subject a The shorthand re-
PIBLISIIFUS.
Is the data of tho eclipse ol rr
the sun an interesting story of which
undor tho title of How Eclipse
ara Predicted" by Paor. David
P. Todd, Director of the Observatory,
Amherst College, Ha., appear in
the September issue (out August
15th), of Th Technical "WORLD
alagaxiua. This article and twenty
others ol aqnal Interest should prove
wkhout question that
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porter is called nron to take a lecture on
some given siitject This h reports In
shorthand and then writ" It up It stand
lo reason that the lecturer Is an authority
on that subject, else be would not be lec
turing. Tins mattr Is given for the edi
fication of his audience, and If the audi
ence a benefited by the lecture the re
porter Is doubly benefited, for he first takes
the lecture In shorthand snd then tran
scribes It. thus receiving the matter twice.
In this wsy he Is broadening himself snd
becoming more and mote informed In all
lines. Then, of necessity, his business re
quires that he shall broaden himself, for.
In order to report a talk on a given sub
ject, he must acn.ua.lnt himself ss much
ss possible with the subject. The result Is
that In a few years the general rerortr,
through Ills profession, acquires a knowl
edge on various subjects which could be
acquired In ro other profession.
Shorthand Introduces the writer of it to
successful men. TV.rr is one reporter In
f'hlragi) who Is personally acquilnted with
every prominent politician, every prominent
lecturer and every eminent divine in the
country. He has reported all of them, has
traveled with candidates for high offices,
has met the brightest minds In the literary
world, and has obtained an acquaintance
which Is valuable to him. A year ago one
of the prominent politicians of the country
took a trip abroad, visiting the king of
Kngland, the pope, the cmr and other
forelirn notables. A shorthand man se
companled him as private secretary. He
met these people, and It would have been
an Impossibility for him to have obtained
an audience with them In any other way.
no matter how rich In this world's goods
be might become.
Opportunity for Independence1.
Then, there Is another consideration
which should not be lost sight of. The
shorthand reporter does not work for
someone else on a salary. He can go Into
business for himself at any time. The man
In the ordinary walks of life who works at
a stated salary and who has a family to
support. If he works all his life, when he
comes to die he will have saved possibly
enough to buy a shroud and perhaps leave
his family a few thousand dollars In life
Insurance. The shorthand man goes Into
business for himself, and many young men
in Chicago are now well-to-do, owning their
homes, and have acquired a competency
through court reporting.
There, is a fallacy that a shorthand re
porter Is a man who is horn with a certain
something without which It Is an Im
possibility to succeed. People have be
lieved that a shorthand reporter is born
and not made, and many stenographers
have hesitated about entering this work
for feari that they had not that certain
Indescribable element which they believe
must be possessed in order to become an
expert. The shorthand reporter Is not dif
ferent from anybody else. He Is Just an
ordinary man who has perfected himself
by devoting to shorthand the same study
that he would have devoted to any other
profession In order to succeed. The
young man or young woman of fair ed
ucation wjio desires to become expert In
the profession may rest assured that he
or she will succeed providing conscientious
pet-severing study is given the subject.
There Is such a thing as aptitude, but the
man who Is made un of 75 per cent of
aptitude and 28 per cent of perseverence
will not attain success as will the man who
Is made of 75 per cent of perseverence and
26 per cent of aptitude. It is the "plugger "
the one who goes at the study with de
termination to succeed, and persevere In
his work who Is successful in this line.
DOCTOR OSLER MUST EXPLAIN
Mea Who Achieved Fame After They
Have Passed the Chloro.
form Ago.
Richard Wagner died at 79. Wagner did
not reach the tenlth of his powers until
he was BO. THe entire "Nlbelungen ttlng"
was produced after he wa 60 year old
"Parsifal" was written at 64. Haydn died
at 76. His oratorio, "The Creation." was
written at 67 years, and "The Seasons"
om year later. Handel died at 74. He
composed "Saul" at 63; his greatest work.
"Th Messiah," at 66; ' Belshaztar" at bB.
and other works until he had passed 70
year. Gerome, the artist, died at 80. He
did not reach his greatest power until after
he was 60, and much of his splendid work
was done after 6U years. Verestchagin was
63 when he was cut off in what might be
called the vigor and prime of his work
by the blowing up of Admiral Mukaroff s
flagship a year ago. W. W. Story, the
culptor. died at 76. He was a lawyer and
writer of law books In early life, and did
not take up sculpture until 40. In this he
was eminently successful, aa well aa In
the literary fields which he continued al
most to the end of his year. Lord Kelvin
(Sir William Thomson) Is now il. He was
at the head of the department of natural
philosophy at the Glasgow university un
til 72 year of age, and hi work in the
department of physic and mathematics
has continued to the present. After he had
passed 40 years he originated the mirror
galvanometer and the siphon recorder,
which solved one of the greatest problem
In ubmarlne telegraphy. HI works upon
navigation, matter, physics and geology, ex
ecuted after he had passed 60 years, are
among his strongest and best. Faraday
died at the age of 76. His discoveries of
the effect of magnetism upon the polarisa
tion of light and diamagnetlsin were be
tween the ages of SO and 60. and many im
portant discoveries in chemistry and electro-magnetism
continued until late in life.
Dr. O. W. Holmes entertained and de
lighted the world with his writings until
ne was su. jonn riske did all of his his
torical work after he reached 40, and the
most Important of his productions, both
historical and philosophical, were after he
passed 60. Popular Science Monthly.
ATTRACTIONS AT KRUG PARK
Balloon Rape, Firework and fom
pnny. of soldiers on Exhibition-
Day.
This afternoon, between the hours of 4
and 6. Manager Cole will present a balloon
r&.- at Krug Park. George Toung, "the
aerial bridegroom." will captain one bal
loon, while Veo Huntley will command the
other. The ascension will be followed by
a parachute Jump by each contestant. A
gold medal will be presented by Manager
Cole to h balloonist scoring the highest
number of points. At o'clock a balloon
with basket filled with fireworks will
ascend. The effect of firework from a
height of several thousand feet la remark
ably pretty.
Monday, August rt will be Maccabee
day, when lnlform hive No. Si. Ladies of
the Maccabees, will hold its annual ant
ing. The Grand Army of the Republic out
ing and reunion, which was postponed on
account of the storm from last Thursday,
win be given Thursday. Aua-uai n
the auspices of George Crook post No.
ana the w oman s Relief corps No. &
Phoenix lodge No. Royal Achates, will
picnic September 7. while the German
Mannerchor wlli hold Its annual outinr
on September 14. Organised labor s national
noiitlay win be fittingly observed on Mon
day, September 4. under the auscloea of
the Indies' Socialistic union.
From t o'clock this morninr until A
o'clock tomorrow morning Company A.
i-uiruem i lilted state lnfantrv. Cantsin
Palmer ouinmandlng, will be In camp at
aruf rark. The comtanv la nun-hin
overland from Fort Crook to Bennington,
wnero tney win be in cams mnl
In attendance upon ttie U.-an4 Am ot U
THE OMATTA
DUTIES OF RURAL CARRIERS
Notabl Development of tie Bartl Free
DeliTfry BerTice,
ADDRCSS BY DIVISION SUPT. LLEWELLYN
Important Patles of tho f arriers and
Their Relations to the Depart
ment, the Postmasters and tho
Pnblle They Serve.
Chas. E. IJewellyn of Omaha, division
superintendent of the iiral free delivery,
attended the recent meeting of the rural
carriers of Missouri at Kansas City and
delivered an address showing the remark
able development of that branch of th
mail service and the Importance of elevat
ing the ' service to the highest possible
standard. He said:
"I am here by the direction of the de
partment to aid in any way I can by sug
gestions or advice in the objects of, this
meeting of the rural carriers of the state
of Missouri. The department Is deeply
interested in any organisation and In any
effort to promote the efficiency of the rural
service. This, I take It. Is, as a matter of
course, the purpose, the sole purpose, of
your organisation.
"Postmaster Oeneral Cortelyou, In his
address last spring defined with great
sccuracy the alms of legitimate organisa
tion when he said, ''organisations within
the department, to receive It sanction,
must have for their sole object Improve
ments In the service or be of a purely
fraternal or beneficial character. With any
other purpose they are detrimental to th
service, to their members and to the
public."
"Tou are connected with a great and Im
portant service. It is Indeed a new ser
vice but no other branch of the post office
department, or any other department, in
the history of the government, has de
veloped with such marvelous rapidity, a
the rural free delivery service during the
past five years. In 1SS7 there were In the
I'nlted States only forty-four free delivery
routes; to-day, the number Is, In round
figures, about 13, COO. In your own State,
the great state of Missouri, I,62s men are
employed at a total cost for salaries,
alone, of $1,200,000 In carrying on this great
service, and the state not fully covered.
Dnty of the Carrier.
"Tou are th men upon whom a carrier
In large part the responsibility for the
success or failure of this great system
depends. The duty that rests upon you
Is a grave one. Such a work should arouse
the pride and enlist the utmost efforts of
every man engaged In it to do hi full
duty. The government I paying enormous
amount, and paying it cheerfully, but at
last It comes right down to you, gentlemen,
to Justify the expenditure and make the
system successful. It can be done only by
efficient, honest and loyal discharge of
the trust reposed In you. For your places,
every one of them, are places of trust.
"I want to Impress this point particularly:
The government Is a good paymaster. Tou
do not have to wonder and worry whether
there will be money in the till to pay your
salaries at the end of the month. That is
worth thinking about. Tou have your dlffl
cultle and hardships, but what occupation
on earth has not 7 We are all too prone to
reel that our particular lot Is the hardest
on earth and that we do not get ufflclent
compenation. Of the 36S day In the year
wneu you exclude gunday and holiday,
you have littlo more than 300 working davs
Some day are hot and ome are cold, but
there will hardly be more than sixty day
of any serious discomfort. It Is an open
air employment and a healthful employ
ment. How many people are there in th
crowded clUe who would consider it great
gooa lonune to have such employment
Good Service, Good Pay.
"Tha department' sympathies are, and
always will be, with the men who faithfully
carry on this work In sunshine and in rain.
in the dally rounds of their duties. I have
been Intimately connected with the rural
free delivery service a a special agent
nearly from Its organisation. I feel sure
that th dewirtment wants to see the men
rainy comnsated. The department a
Postmaster General Cortelyou shows In the
address from which I have already quoted,
operates under definite limits of law. The
law has already raised the carriers' salary
from 300 at the beginning to 730 per an
num at the present time. But, after all.
In this as In all other employments, the
central thought and striving should be tb
efficient performance of duty and making
the service valuable. Compensation and all
Ilk matter will follow In due time and
are to be promoted only Within the rule
clearly laid down by law through the de
partment. "The department Is bending every effort
to put this service on the highest possible
plane 'of efficiency. You have every evi
dence of this In the basing of the system on
merit alone. Tou remember how the
appointments to the position of car
rier were made In th early day.
Now the whole matter of appointment Is
entirely out of the hands of the Post-
office department and within th classified
service under the Civil Service commission.
Political, social or other Influence Is of
absolutely no force. Tour tenure of office
as well as original appointment, rests on
merit alone and on the record you make
for faithful and efficient work. This is no
trivial or light service, but one of as much
responsibility as that of the postmaster
himself or any branch of place In the de
partment. Do not think that you know
your route so perfectly that you can sleep
in your mall wsgon. Carelessness will not
do. This Is the reason why cases occur in
which mall is returned to the postofflce
which should have been delivered upon
the route.
Knowledge of tho Rales.
"It 1 no light task to famlllarixe your
selves with th rule and regulations and
the order of th department. These are
numerous and are being continually
changed and added to as the experience of
the work point th way. They are not is
sued by chance" or for amusement, but to be
obeyed. No carrier can discharge his duty
or make a creditable record without seri
ously laying these matters to heart and
keeping strictly and without fall up to date.
It require work, pains and serious atten
tion, but It make an efficient carrier. The
patron will not fail to not the carrier
who thus qualifies himself, they will know,
and appreciate It. The service will also
show It. The department will know it. Tou
can rest assured of that.
"One of th moat Important thing 1
strict attention in making out your report.
These are thing that th department re
quire and It I your duty to attend to
them. Promptitude, accuracy and neatness
In filling out and returning all blank are
absolutely necessary. A careless carrier,
who blunders In hi repotta, may cause no
end of trouble and delay In the routine
work of th department. It show a shift
less disposition and mean an inefficient
carrier.
"So much for your relation to the de
partment. Tou have also relation of no
lea Importance to the postmaster. He la
your immediate superior. It Is his duty to
report to th department any shortcom
ings, faults and violation of th rule on
your part, it la your duty to aoe that there
are no violation for him to report.
Rotation with Patrons.
"Tour relation, likewise, with th pa
tron oa y6ur route ars of th moat Inti
mate and direct character, serving your
ruuU vary da and be lug faaiUlaj with
DAILY BEE:' SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1905.
their social and business life and all thels
interests, courtesy goes rar to win the
goodwill of the patrons. Nothing will make
a better Impression than the fact that the
carrier knows his business, and to be able
lo establish confidence in his ability to give
Intelligent and prompt answer to all proper
questions relating to the service. The peo
ple will give confidence to the carrier who
they know is trying to do his duty and
erve. them well. Certainly you will meet
with rebuffs and sometimes your patience
will be fried. Occasionally you will have fo
do with an obstinate and unreasonable man.
But a faithful carrier, who uses tact and
common sense as well as patience, and
who knows the rule accurately, will build
up a sentiment among reasonable patrons
on the route and entrench himself In their
respect.
"In conclusion, let me say that this serv
ice has come to tay. It Is no longer an ex
periment. The standard of qualification for
admission Into It and for continuance In it
Is being raised higher all the time. It Is
far higher now than It was at the begin
ning, and It will bo higher In the future
than It is at the present time. Not every
body that wants can get Into It. It Is
worthy of your best effort, for a thing that
Is worth doing at all Is worth doing well.
The department knows well that 'It I get
ting a good and reliable class of men to
carry on this work. That Is exactly th
kind of men It Is looking for. Th day will
conie when times will not be as good and
prosperous as they are now, and when that
day comes the advantages of the carrier's
place will be better appreciated and more
keenly competed for than now. Keep your
records straight,"
PERILS. OF THESALTON SEA
Dana-era of Trifling with Groat
Kataral Force Demonstrated la
Southern California.
A few weeks ago the California Develop
ment company was confronted with a large
claim for damages resulting from the es
cape of the Colorado river from it con
trol and destroying the salt works in the
Saiton sink. That damage, however,
shrinks into Insignificance compared with
the danger of whose existence there Is
now official warning, that the river t may
permanently reoccupy the great district
lying below sea level and once forming
an arm of the Gulf of California, and
later an Inland sea. Unless artificially re
strained and restored to Its channel the
main river will apparently revert to this
old course, with the result of submerging
a district Including hundreds of square
mile, more than 100 mile of railroad, the
Imperial colony and all other settlements
In the depressed region. This occurrence
shows the wisdom of the law forbidding
Interference with the course of navigable
streams except by permission of the secre
tary of war. upon the recommendation of
the chief of engineers, made after his ap
proval of the designs of the proposed
works. In making Its diversion the Cali
fornia Development company Ignored this
law. Ultimately application for permission
to divert was made to the secretary of
war and refused, after which application
was made to congress without result. It
Is now evident that permission to divert
could not have been obtained from the
secretary of war, for the reason that the
controlling works which would have been
required by the engineers would have been
wholly beyond the means of the company.
The river, however. Is not being di
verted through any opening of the bank
made In United States territory. Aa a
result of the controversy In congress the
then president of the development com
pany publicly announced that if his de
mand were not granted he would con
nect with his canal by an opening made
In the bank below the boundary line, for
which he had a concession from the Mexi
can government, and the American gov
ernment might go bang. That opening was
In fact made. The opening cost very lit
tle, but the construction of suitable bead
gates, with their necessary flanking walls
and supports, required money, which th
company could not get. Th flood cam
and took possession of the cut, widening
and deepening It until It has become the
main channel of the river, and the result
Is the Saiton sea. Wnat the outcome may
be cannot be foretold. The river must be
falling by this time, but will not reach Its
lowest stage for some months. It Is prob
able that It can be brought under control,
but not certain. Unless the damage can
be repaired before the floods of next year
It seem certain that the Saiton sea will
become a permanent body of water, with
an outlet by some new channel to the
gulf. The annual evaporation from its sur
face would be enormous, and. In the opin
ion of some, sufficient to produce decided
climatic changes, since the vapor must
be condensed and precipitated somewhere.
How that may be we do not know, but the
situation as It exists today la an emphatic
warning not to tamper with great natural
forces until assured of the means and the
skill to provide superior forces for their
control. San Francisco Chronicle.
OSAGE A VANISHING TRIBE
Lnxarloa iJfe of Civilisation Too
Much of a Good Thing for
tho Tribe.
"The full-blooded Indian Is gradually
passing, Just as the deer or the wild turkey
will soon die If penned up." said Colonel
John N. Florer of Gray Horse, Okl., who
has lived with the Osage Indians for thirty
three years. "My prediction is that In
twenty-flve years more there will not be
a full-blooded Ossge left.
"When I first went among th Osages
the tribe comprised between 6.000 and 8,000
people. Now there are but 1.7U0 or 1,600 of
them. Including, of course, all those of
mixed blood. The Osages have been hold
ing their own pretty well in point of num
bers In the last four or five years, but they
are doomed to go the way of their fellows.
"The dying out of th race Is due In
large measure to the chang in their habit
of life. They used to be out In the open
air all th time and when they traveled It
was always on horseback. Even when they
moved their camps each Indian would
round up hi string of pontes and mak
pack animal of six or eight of them to
carry his belongings. Now they ride about
In buggies and carriages, the best to b
had. Tbey are rich enough to afford all
the luxuries of that aort. and, with no
Incentive to exertion, their live are about
a far removed from their former habits
of activity a could be.
'I waa present at the council near Inde
pendence. Kan., when the treaty was signed
ey wmcn tne tribe urrendered to the
government the Osage ceded lands In south
ern Kansas, and purchased In their stead
th million and a half acre from th Chero
kee, which they have since occupied. That
trao waa a good thing for th 0age.
They got 1 X an acr for their land and
the deferred payment were to draw 1 per
cent interest. That mounted up rapidly
and Is the source of the annuities which
the Osagea enjoy today.
Tho were the good old days which the
Indian alway apeak of a th "buffalo
day.' I went out on the plains with them
In their hunts for years. On west from
th Oeag nation there used to be time
when one could see buffalo for mile and
anile. At a distance It looked like a dark,
urging sea. Ia on year there I bought
tt.000 buffalo hidaa more than there are in
the whole country today. Of oourwa. there
are lots of (be younger member of th
trio to wnom that 1 all a tradition, and
may wui mi around tor hoar and Ilstan
to in sic ers talk at th aid
OLD TIMES ON THE PLAINS
Recent Jouintj Pnti a Hebraaka Fioneer
in a Eeminttceit Mood.
FORMER SOLITUDES NO LONGER VISIBLE
Scene Beyond th R nek I en Progres
sive Stride af Ogdea The Neigh
boring; Monntala sad Canyon
Renaloa at Patriarchs.
OODEN, Utah, Aug. IS. (Correspondence
Of The Bee. Riding over Nebraska by
rail a few day ago my mind was contin
ually running back to the territorial days,
while I was anxiously peering on cither
aide of the steel highway to catch a glimpse
of some of the pioneer homesteads and
other land marks of y "early day," before
the building of th Union Pacific railroad
or the location of any of the present town
along It Una, except perhaps Fremont,
Columbus or Grand Island, which wer
then but mere, hamlet. All the stately
trees that now constitute the numerous
groves and adorn th quiet, peaceful farm
house that are so graciously dotted all
over the length and breadth of our state,
have been planted and fostered within th
memory and observation of th writer, so
the reader can readily realise the stupen
dous Interest I experienced on this occa
sion. While traveling by rail, the same
open plain and vast expanse of loneliness
and solitude, I was wonf to travel with ox
and mule team In that long time ago of
nearly fifty year. From the observation
car my thought were especially attracted
toward the Julesburg sand hills, south of
th Piatt river, through which the old
Mormon and California trail wended Its
dismal and tortuous course for miles and
miles. Then again my mind was diverted
back to an adventurous and perilous trip
I made from Omaha to Denver In the
dead of winter In I860, with no com
panion except my old faithful dog, who
accompanied me over the plain on two
previous trips. The Cheyenne Indian at
that time were hostile and actively engaged
on the warpath.
Oa the Plain In Early Dayn.
I alo recall to mind a return trip from
Denver In the fall of 1869, when our train
overtook at Julesburg crossing, at that
time known a the parting of the way
enroute to Colorado and California, a not
able group of traveler from Salt Lake,
bound for the eastern states, enjoying th
pleasure of their company all the way to
Omaha. Among this Jovial party was
William H. Hooper, delegate to congress
from Utah; Joseph Toung, son of the Mor
mon ruler, and Charles F. Brown, alia
Artemua Ward, the famoua wit and humor
1st of that period. These famoua preson
ages added spice, music and wit to camp
fire life cn the plains, which made the re
malned of the Journev peasant and highly
enjoyable.
The last time I crossed the great Rockies
and over fhe 00 miles of cactus and sage
brush area by rail was twenty-two year
ago. Arriving here at Ogden, Utah, a very
great change Is perceptible; its general
aspect Is greatly Improved. The old rattle
trap building of that date ha been sup
plemented by a large, apacloua brick
structure uaed as union headquarter for
all railroads entering the city. The popuhv
tlon ha grown to more than ffi.OOO
genial people, tha majority of whom
own their own home. The street
are broad and clean and mostly macadam
ised. All streets running east and north
appear to terminate at the base of a high
mountain. Like Salt Lake City, IlttI
stream of mountain water course their
way through the gutters of many treeta.
All public building are spacious, of splen
did modern architectural design -and up-to-
date In every respect.
Monntalns aad Canyon. .
The highest mountain peak la Malan'a
Heights. 11,000 feet above sea level, over
shadowing half the city. A narrow, steep,
winding wagon road has been constructed
to the summit. Three hour I consumed
by th trusty old horse team that haul
passengers up this stupendous and awe
inspiring precipice.
Ogden canyon Is a very attractive place
for tourists and slght-seers. It Is a rest
ful and cool hot weather resort. The can
yon reaches for miles up Into the very
boughs of the Wasatch mountains. Th
Ogden river parallel and run through Its
entire length, crossing the great gully many
time In It meandering course toward th
valley below. Hundred of people from dl
tant point are camped along the margin
of this rumbling, majestic stream all sum
mer long.
Th Mormon inhabitants her predom
inate, but Mormons and Gentiles get alone
amicably together. I have carefully watched
th course and conduct of th Mormon
peopl for lxty-flve years, or sine Joeph
Smith, the prophet, proselyted throughout
the eastern part of Pennsylvania and
stopped two night and day at my father'
home. A little later, in 18, Joseph and
Hyrum Smith, his brother, wer killed by
a mob at Nauvoo, III. As far a my knowl
edge extend they are an Industrious, tem
perate and frugal. God-fearing and law
abiding people.
Rennloa of Patriarch.
Last Thursday th first settler and pio
neer of Ogden and vicinity held their an
nual picnlo at Glenwood park. It was
strictly a patriarchlal affair, 300 men and
women were present over 70 years old.
while a score or more wer up In the to.
Many of these aged people away back in
the eo-s traveled on foot all the distance
from the Missouri river to Salt lake. Well
do I remember the long trains of prairie
schooners wending their way westward
past my farm and ranch In those early
days, and how earnestly and eagerly, with
bright anticipation .of the future, th
quiet. Inoffensive Mormon emigrants, in
mall group and squads, tramped and
trudged along, mostly barefooted, while
many pushed along go-carts, containing all
their earthly possessions. It was a pitiful
lght. Indeed, to see these careworn, fa
tigued Individual tram, tramp, all day
long, on their long and tedious Journey
toward Zlon, their land of promise. How
ever, the majority of these loyal pilgrims
to their religious faith have been amply
rewarded with good health, prosperity and
longevity Jn this, their new Eldorado.
Testerday, Sunday, w attended th
doubt funeral of Mr. and Mr. Alexander
Swan, both deaths occurring within thirty
hour of each other. Mr. Swan waa well
known during the 70" s and Wi by many
Omaha and Nebraska dtlaena, as an ex
tensive cattle grower In the weatern part
of th tate and Wyoming. J believe he
waa also one of the original stockholder
In th South Omaha Stock Tarda company.
DAVID ANDERSON.
Why th Horse Arte go.
"I wonder what' th matter with that
horaa." said a man to his wife while he
waa in th act of unhitching th animal
at Thirty-fourth street and Glrard avenu
recently. The horse wa rearing and plung
ing and displaying sign of terror whenever
hi master oame near him. A passerby
cam to hi aid and while quieting the ani
mal ex plained to th owner. I noticed."
aid he. "that you Just ram out of tb soo.
ver there, A slight arent of th wild an
tmala ha clung to your clothing, and, al
though your bora ha probably never seen
anything wilder than a cow. bis Instinct
tall him that where that soect 1 thr ia
dangwr. It will wear S aooo, ftod yea will
ANNOUNCEMENT
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for McCarthy Tailoring Company; 0.
D. McElvain, Red Oak, Iowa and D. H.
Beck, formerly manager Paris Woolen
Company, have purchased the tailoring
establishment of J. A. Rylan, 320 South
Fifteenth Street.
The store has been thoroughly re
modeled, new lights and fixtures haying
been added, making one of the lightest
display rooms in the city.
"First-class tailoring at moderate
prices" will be our watchword. An
assortment of new fall foreign and do
mestic woolens, in suitings, overcoatings
and trousers has just been received
and we are pleased to say that every
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and made in Omaha.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all our old friends and patrons to call
on us at our new store.
Molony, McElvain & Beck,
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