Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1890, Page 8

KINGS OF THE TURF. Famous Horses to Meet at the Brook- lyn and Suburban Handicap.s SPORTS AGOG Kingston, Raceland, Tenny, Proctor Knott and a Hendred Other Cracks—How the Horses Look~Their Performances. OVER THEM. ——_—. ‘Written for Taz Evexrte Star. {Copyrizhted. New Yor, April 10. EN of the turf and book makers all over the Union are looking forward Withlively interest to the great sport- ing event of the spring season—the Brooklyn handicap—the ent:.cs for Which are already made up, although the race Goes not come off nutil Mar. The list shows a field of over fifty horses, including almost all of the famous cracks. and money enough has ¢ im on anumber of the entries to make the fall se far ag they ure concerned. Pretty wearly all the great racing stables of the conn- try be represented in the grand struggle Over the Brooklyn Jockey Club's course, which fs to be followed a month later by a race of eanal interest—the Suburban handicap. Among the owners who have entries in both events are the Scoggan Brothers, the Dwyers, Angust Bel- mont, the Lloyd. Lakeland and Pulsifer stables and the Ditmans stabies. California will be represented by the Palo Alto and Hearst sta- bics. Never before were the betting fraternity embarrassed by so magnificent a show of talent fn the leading spring event, and it is equally true that no such heavy betting on a May race ‘was ever known in the cast, BETTING ON THE TURP, Hike every apecies of gambling, has its whimsi- ealities, and these have been strangely shown fm the book making on the Brooklyn and | Suburban. In the former the books are al- yendy full om Rico and Dunboyne, the first | being Mr. Rose’s three-year-old and the latter | # six-year-old belonging to H. Clay Ditmans, | Br In the Suburban, also, the same two horses | wave filled and so have St. Luke, a clever horse longing to the celebrated “gentleman | Jockey,” Mr. Lloy@, and two others of loss ac- | count, Jubal and Fresno. Sorrento in the same race is alvo full; but it is significant that al- though the owners of all of these animals have fancied them so greatly, the realiy dangerous horses. according to the judgment of the vet- @rans, must be looked for elsewhere. RINGSTON. Whether a horse is a favorite or not in the Garly betting depends largely on how it is fancied by the book-making fratermty. Now that the field for the Brooklyn handicap is all in sight there are many wio think that King- ston. the Dwyer crack, is the best horse in it, He the champion aged horse last sezson. 4t has generally been supposed that Kingston is not an “‘early” horse—that is, one that can be got ready early in the season—and it has been contended that he has shown himself a better horse in July than in May, but as he has been declared out of other events it is euerally thought that the Dwyers will do peir best to win the Brooklyn with him this ear and that he can be an “early” horse if ey want him. LONGSTREET'S CHANCES. The Dwyers also have in the same event Longstreet, the winner of the omnibus last Year, when he defeated Proctor Knot® He is | receiving a great deal of consideration, prin- cipaily om account of the fact that he showed remarkably fast trials last year, although at times he ran very unevenly and disappointed ners, backers and everybody else. Long- street is regarded by good judges as very un- ¢ertain and inconsistent in his performances; still, be ran a great race when be beat Proctor Knott and Salvator and proved without a doubt | that when he is good and fit he is a very hard horse to beat over a mile and a quarter of ground. On the other hand he is a Longfellow and itis a stock that always improves with age. He is now four years old and won ten races inst | Season out of twenty-three starts, or nearly Bitty per cent of the events im which he was en- tered RACELAN ‘There is an impressioa among turfmen that Mr. Belmont's great horse, Raceland. will not start in the Brooklyn handicap and that he will be reserved for the Suburban, the Belmont contingent regurding Kingston as a pretty good horse in the Brooklyn. Kingston, by the Way, is not entered in the Suburban. I saw the banker sportsman yesterday and asked him | about this. The keen old millionaire for answer called one of his dlerks and directed | him to tring the big ledgerlike books in | wineh he keeps the records of every event in which hia stables are interested. Turning to the list of entries he said “See, the list is made up. As to ranning Raceland in one or both I cannot say what [ | jude to do, I may not start any after | :s are the entries in the two eventa. J have Kaceland and Fides in the Brooklyn heudieap nnd Prince Royal. Raceland and Chesa- Peake in the Suburban “Ali in good condition, Mr. Belmont?” as far as my trainers vi been down to the stables all looking very | T judge so Dills I have to pay f6r ots, ‘What do you think about the California | youngsters?” } “There, now! Tam not a bettmg man and I xt know snythiug about the California Aud the books wero returned to their appro- | priate nooks somewhere among the great bank- | ex's ledgers, PRoct. R KNOTT, Scoggan’s famons racer. of course will always western people. This year, although b+ ran very unfortu- ately last season. he is baked ver: Ty | by wany New York turfmen who b: capable of winning either the Brooklyn or the | Snberban. Doubtful reports have been cir- | cuiated as to whether or not heean stand traip- ing; but the general opinion now is that he ean, and that he Will be prepared specially for the Subarban. He is quoted «t odds from 15 to 20 for both events. It is qu..> possible that he May not start for the Br» kiym handicap, but may be resérved for the Suba.ban. Senator Hearst's fast California ere, Gorgo, | has many supporters. thoagh she is | Known to be excessively fast, she rea third in ‘the Suburban last year. FROM THE SLOPF. Rico, the California three-year-old from the Rose stables, is a horse to which great attention ned. He started four times last year in ‘alifornia and won twice, making a capital showing. He is said to be very fast, bat of course is an unknown quantity in this eastern climate. Mr. Rose is wealthy and would prob- ably back a California horse any oy for the honor and glory of that state; but Rico is said to be a remarkable horse and may prove s sur- rise. . Little Badge, winner of many races, is con- sidered by many people to be « dangerous GOVERNMENT “PERKS” Things That President, Cabinet and Congress Get Free. horse and is much fancied. He is quoted at 15 fol in the books and finds many backers} DEAD-HEADS IN POWER. Danboyne, the entry of Mr. H. Clay Ditmans, showed up pretty well on the winter tracks and | 9p, is also backed quite heavily for both. the | The Brooklyn and Suburbsn, being full in both | es events. Mr. Lloyd's St. Luke. who opened av 200 to 1, is backed liberally. There are some books open now, however, that offer 100 to 1 against him, but his own stable got 200 to L. He was a very consistent performer last year and is a great weight carrier. He won ten races last season altogether. TENNY. William Lakeland leaves Tea Tray out of the Brookiyn and enters him for the Suburban, for which the books quote him 25 to 1. iy aged and may prove a dangerous competitor. That fast little sway-back horse, Tenny, bi longing to Mr. D. T. Pulsifer, has ‘occupied at- tention lately as a favorite for the Suburban at 8tol. Some of the veterans hke him better for the toboggan handicap than for the Suburban, however. THE opps. The straight odds quoted against the entries in the two great events are as follows: - Brook) oI Sy Loantak Tea Tray | A tables, But Congressme: Ne Pay nist. ———— LL THINGS considered the office of President of the United States is rather bare of perquisites, Prob- ably he has fewer such than any other great ruler in the world. Be- Yond a few articles inthe vegetable way the nation provides him with very little in addi- tion to his salary of $50,000 a year. He has even to pay out of his own pocket the wages of | his cook and maid servants as well a8 the hire | of his coachman and the price of thé fodder for his horses. When he gives a state dinner, which is clearly an official and nota personal affair, he has to pay for it. Not only doos ho not get anything cheaper than other people on account of betug President, but he has acta- | ally to give more than ordinary folks for what- Lever he buys, At least so a Stax reporter was (informed. The moment it is known that he desires a pair of horses the price of the ani- mais jumps 50 percent. Itis the same way | with everything. As for horses and carriages, the President must bay his own, | It is trae that the President does have some | things allowed him. He has his dwelling rent tree, which means that he is permitted to oc- | cupy a few rooms upstairs in anofiice building cailed the Executive Mansion, When he gives an entertainmentthe rooms wherein he re- ceives his guests are decorated for him in the highest style of theart with plants and flowers j from the great city greenhouses, sapplemented | by what the White House conservatories are Gorgo. . Gipsy Queen. the stables entered and looked over many of the cracks, He said: “Judging from present information as to the condition of the entries I like Kingston, with Longstreet and Tenny for | the Brookiyn handicap; that 1s, on the supposi- tion that Raceland ana Proctor Kuott ¢ start in that event. about; indeed, it is believed by many that he | joo: made fit and if that rebellious leg were in shape he might even yet have achance of coming to | trations for the S the front as a strong favorite. grand old prize-winne: lon, in prime condition. year-oid, so little does he show the effects of | abousetop. He is gentie as quite fitto contend in the great battle next | not so new. month, which wiil ! terian minister im th Badge... Ben Harrison, Biackb: 15 Longstr 3) | able to supply, 40; ALL FREE OF CHARGE, 300 { Supposing that the entertainment is a dinner, 300 all the equipments of the table, including the napery, silver, china, glassware, mirrors and 200 Maxi ‘80 Montague BU Montrose 190 My Fellow... 60 4.5, | other centerpieces, as wull us the floral decora- _. Oritizmisie tions, are provided gratis. In fact, all such } 20 Porsimirons.. 200 | household accouterments, as well as supplies of | 206 Proctor pot. 26 | linen and turniture of all sorts requisite, are | 25 Quesal placed at the President's disposal. When the | 200 Racetand 38 | things wear out Congress replaces them by ap- ieee *’ | propriation, Only a little while ago £5,000 was | “| paid fora new china set for the President. 5 | Although the Chief Magistrate of the United | 20 | States has to pay his own cook and chamber . | maids, a butler and house keeper are paid by | 20 | the government to take care of his dwelling, | The butler is a bonded officer known. ofticially J | as the “steward,” whose duty it is to look after } the domestic affairs of the establishment, He |seesto the heat and lighting—both of them supplied at the nation’s expense—and pur- chases ail the provisions for the Presdent’s household. The ho eeper sunerintends all such things as ordinarily come under the super- vision of a person acting in that capacity. It is trne that the chief executive must provide | his own horses, carriages and coachman, but | one strictly official turn-out is given him, with | agroom in addition. Also there 1 appropri- atedench year 33,000 for White House sta- telegrams, library books and other tingent expenses. Last, but not lenat, a it is placed at the President's disposal by Navy Department—the United States z-James Flood Tide. Eranco, 2 French Park... Hanover. 1s | 100 | 300 I talked with * who has personal jencairn™ of the Sportsran visited mest of the steamer Despatch, which is always kept ready for his orders and serv Mr. Cleveland would never make any use of the Despatch, but no other President has ever entertained any scruples on the subject. Mr. Artimar found the vessel especially available as a pleasure craft. Mr. Harrison had ONE FUNNY EXPERIENCE on board of her not long ago. He had to make | an address from her deck to a crowd of people atthe navy yardhere. But just as he was. starting in Baby McKee set up such a howl that the President was obliged to take that inter- esting infant from the arms of a naval lieuten- | antand carry him while he concluded the no speech, Le vociferation of his «mail grandchild : » SU . | almost drowning his own oratory. Serra mace | | Arter all, pethapa, it would notarpear that Oe President is so very badly off as to perquisites. Cabinet officers have more reason to compiam. | They have absolutely nothing outside of their | salaries of £8.000 a year, save an equipage | } apiece, and that is ‘oniy obtained by a very | onstruction of the law which provides | two horses and a carriage for each department. It has been enstomary through many adminis- aries to use these offi- As it is, the | cial equipages for their private purposes. See- almost neglected, | retary of Agriculture Kusk, when he was ap- | Within the next two weeks the racers will | pointed to his present position, for the pur- | begin to come East and undergo the final | pose—as he on one occasion expressed it—of reparation for the coming contests. ‘The eeping the flies off the administration.” wyer eracks are already under extra handling | provided himself, for the department, with one and Trainer McCabe pronounces their condé | of the finest pair of horses in Washington and | tion perfect. In the Belmont stables at Baby- | a brand new carriaze of a fashion somewhat | Poog Island, Trainer Rowe has his charges | out of style. the coach ting low down in- Raceland looks like a two- | stead of aloft. In this vehicie the ladies of his amily make their social ronnds, Secretary his hard races. He canters around witha little | Noble also has a stunning pair of department English lad perched on his back like a crow on | horses and the swellest kind of a victor! itten, but looks | retary Blaine’s carriage 1s like Mr. Rus! This is the only cabinet janditimust be suid that the Secretaries are | fairly entitled to it, inasmuch as their official tions impose on them certain duties of a social nature which ought not to be permitted to draw from their slender pay. PLANTS AND FLOWERS NoT “PERKS.” Members of the cabinet can and do get} SALVATOR. land, Proctor Knott and Salvator are most to my liking, and Tenny for the Loboggan Slide | handicap. AMONG THE FLYERS. Hanover does not seem to be much talked will not be in either event. If he could be decide which of the famous horses entered is to be hailed as king of the American turf. G. H. Saypison, —~ "ee Written for THe Evento Stan, The Sweetheart- Bird. (THE GREAT CAROLINA, OR MOCKING, WREN.) aoe eae flowers and even plants from the horticultural Wasa te a aeeelll Pa ee a keane gardens of the city near the Washington mon- Enchbants the boseage o'er the sea; r lark that soars, by vapors Liurred, At dawn o'er son a Engtish lea, By love and joy still upward spurre. And showers his blithesome mel ument for decorative purposes when they give | entertainments, but this is not in the same * a perguisite smuch as they depend for such favors enti npon the lof the superintendent of publie grounds, It he | | chooses to oblige them in way they get the things and not otherwise. Many Congressinen j and other persons of distinction are similarly ied by the courtesy of t! trols al rks, p and things that grow in the capital city of the Union. in Nor finch, nor thrush, nor vireo, Nor oriole with gulden wings, or he who well may boast to know ‘The song of every bird that sings; For these are wanderers —come and go— ‘Though awhile their musi: rings; ‘The other d terviewing ‘They fear sad Autumn’ frost, the sugw Col. MacDo: r, when ‘That Winter o'er the landscape ings. who should walk in iumseif to the colonel but tain well-known Repre- But I would be the bird that stays sen ve Said he Anear our homes the whole year long, “L want you to give me some gold fich and The laureate of his race, whose lays 1 oue of those big tanks of glass that you have Outring those of the vulgar throng, such alot of down etai ou ean send ein Not boru of passion nor of pr The sweethea! Voice oft resounds up to my house, I suppose? CONTENT WITH A Box 1, whose ¢ nd strong . FULL. lays The fish commissioner replied that he could | Who sings but fc ot song. | not possibly spare one of his large aquaria, ~ SHOEMAKER, | and jinally compromised on a g — soe First Presbyterian Chureh in America. | gold fi said he wou rr yearv of toilon the part ot the Pres- | Aiter b ia C re gn tic ats: ill, Me ~ eee See St Ener HR, WM, hey | hs vee constantly made | have sueceeded in erecting a hands ! eehurch | to him not v. Francis Mac- je. an Irishman sent to America b: presbytery of Laggon, and who is be! have been the tirat regularly ordui kenz to fish in the earp | caby.. | PPopagating ponds at the base of the monn- a, | ment, labors n they want to obtain gifts of plants, are dne the estab | Congressmen are obliged nowadays to apply to | ecburehes at Snow Hil, d Wicomico. The church just cou te ey oor ey a at Snow Hill, which is to be dedicated during |" Pini aaae Ps Flared the first part of May by the Rev. Dr. Patton ry era jm president of Princeton College. stands on ¢ gelled site of the original church, It is «a handson Gothic structure of brick, with red stone | £%’ , 2 apie trimmings, having two steeples, through | 4, stuck asmall florist'sshop —that » law which the building 1s nies oe WIN- | passed prohibiting the giving away of enything dows, ate ot Baten al coed in, | #tall from the city greenhouses, though’ thou- doa! he aildir oa he sands of rose bushes and other things of the The original Snow itch, e thrown outat vertain times of the year : is claimed to have been the tirst Pres! Se - chureh in America, was erected in 1648 | fondtyupwen: However, want th Pete aul wat described ag a plain wooden | Anothtr congressional perquiaite is free tele- foun OE teense ede rake of wae | graph. A majority of the Representatives and | Senators enjoy it. To any member who chooses | to apply for it—and in most cases application | | is promptly made—the Western Union eome any seads, as a matter of courtesy, a little book containing 100 stamps, each one about usual size were unearthed, and were evidently from the found. of the old honse, The immediate pre sor of the new building was situated farther back brick, and built succeeding the one S erected in » Which took the place of the TWICK THE SIZE OF A POSTAGE STAMP, original Mackenzie meeting house. Thus the { One of those sta: tuck upon a telegraph new building i the fourth house of worship | blank franks the message and makes it dead- erected - the ow Hill Church — is | head. When the book is exhausted the Con- moet, prominent mon’ ha the come conte | gressman sends for another one. Stipulation buted ‘to the building of the now church, |™ mde by, the company that such free tele- Chthalies on wall ae Peetauits * | grams whall relate exclusively to domestic mat- = coe s ters. but there is the best possible reason for believing that the regulation in question is much stretched. Until comparatively recently Congressmen were permitted by taw to frank all sorts of packages and things, and they worked the privilege to such anextent that the abuse had to be sat down upon. Bai boxes, suits of clothes, everything imaginabie, they dispatched frec in this way. Even now, whon they are perimitved only to frank public documents and letters on official affairs, the e street, was of | Collision on the Baltimore and Ohio. A special ftom Maustield, Ohio, says a freight | collision occurred there on the Baltimore end | Ohio railroad at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by | the overlooking of orders by the engincer of the westbound train, ‘Two engines seven emigrant coaches and ten freight cars were demolished and the debris piled as high as telegraph poles. Loss, $30,000. br has been given in preparation for the coming events. Ho is so great a favorite with hisowner two books almost as soon a3 they were sitiends that they filled ap the pepe is made to serve illegitimate purposes lo a great extent, Inprove THR NUTRITIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE SCALP. by using Hail’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair tenew Free shaves and hair cuts are perquisites of hus Keop the bair froin falling aud becuming | Senators but not of Representatives, though = = | why ibis distinction is made it is not easy to | with ice, some co find out. Asa matter of fact, however, the barbers who Ms acre de off the cloak room of the lower house charge the usual tariff for their services, whil their end of the Capitol the Senators pay nothing at all for tonsorial attentions, preferring to support the artists who manipuiste razors and scissors about their august heads out of the contingent fund. This is a great economy, reflecting to advantage upon tlie Wisdom of the sages who sit at the feet of Vice President Morton. It has been thought judicious to encourage the habit of BATHING AMONG CONGRESSMEN, and with this end in view baths were made free for both House and Senate, it being thought that no member would be likely to resist in- dulgence in anything that was gratis, Thus it happens that members of the lower house even do not infrequently bathe at the Capitol, where tubs are provided and likewise attendants to rab, draw water and offer towels, Liberal members often give tho attendant 50 cents for such services, but it is averred that Senators are usually too dignified to offer tips. If thore mire to be paid the Senate prefers to pay it out of contingent fund. The House im also a special officer in the person of a chirop- odist, who ministers to the afflicted tootsies of Representatives free of charge, They may give him something if they like. Each member of Congress has ass perquisite $125 worth of statiouery. Formerly “station- ery” ineluded such things as monc hs cases, opera glasses, clocke, brushes and combs. &c.. &c., all of which wero kept in stock by the big government stationers’ shops at either end of the Capitol building. In those times Senators and Representatives were accnstomed each year to lay in their supplies of Christmas presents from their stationery allowances; but, alas! the priv- ileges of the national legislator are being sadly cut down year by year. It is even proposed now to take away is power of directing the appointment of fourth-class_postmasters in his district. However, he is still entitled yearly to about 1,000 VoL.UMES OF PUBLIC BOOKS, perhaps 600 of them agricultural reports—and the latter, at all events, if he is not from an agricultural district, he can geli and does sell to a second-hand dealer or fellow menber at the uniform rate of 10 cents apiece. Here isa source of ineome in itself. Alko he re- ceives 5,000 small packages of seeds for distri- bution among his constituents, Congress ap- ropriates $109,000 for this purpose each year. Nor would it do to leave out the point about mileage. Each member, by law. gets 10 centa for every mile traveled in going one round trip from his home to Washington and back for each Congress. A Catifornia Congressman in this way receives a neat little #6,000 extra for @ach two years of service. Congressmen sel- dom thought of paying railway fares until the interstate commerce law was passed, and even now, it is said, they sometimes travel largely in the samo way, though surreptitiousiy, it is supposed. In the far west it is considered a matter of course that a palace car shall be placed at the disposal of any mem- ber zoing east, with servants, provisions. wines, cigars and liberty to invite as many friends to go along as he desires. Sach packing boxes as Congressmen care to use are made for them free of charge in the carpenter shops at the Capitol--beantiful pine chests with hinges, and altogether desirable for packing dresses and famtiy goods of all sorts, though it is under- stood, as a matter of form, that they are in- tended for storing away papers aud documents exclusively. Meals in the restaurants beneath the House and Senate are served to members at considerably reduced prices. Tne Srar dis- covered this only the other day when he proffered a 50-cent check and half-a-dollar for a dinner at one of these eating house: “I guess the waiter made a mistake,” said the eashier. ‘You're not a member, are you? I thought not. Dinner is 50 cents to a Congress- man, but 75 cents to any one else, Another quarter, if you please. Tnanks.” FIFTY PER CENT OFF. A Representative came up to the desk at that moment and paid 50 cents for the same feed precisely. He had a beautiful shine on his boots, which he had just got for nothing in the barber shop. The Senate's great hold is the contingent fund, which is made to cover a muititude of expenses such as might be conside| 4 personal than of a public nature purchases by the quantity of “pon 9 -lily wash, quinine pills, strect ear tiekets, snuff, olivo oil, talian cosmetic, castor oil, alcoho:, salts of tartar, hair tonic, briiliantine for senatorial moustaches, court plaster, &e., &c., a¢ ‘The published account of the secre nate, Gen, McCook, for the last fiseal year in- cludes, among nfttmberless other similar things, a grocers bill for supplies furnished the Senate during July, August and part of September, 188%. This bill, paid by the nation, contains very many small’ items which, summed up, amount to 714 pounds—nearly half a ton—of granulated sngar, 40 cases of apollinaris, 23 boxes of lemons, 5 dozen bottles of ginger ale, 1 lemon squeezer, and ltincan, What the tir can was fer it is im- | possible to say, but the use of the other things may be faintly guessed at, especiaily in con- templation of supplementary accounts, which include spoons, strainers and tumblers by the gross. And, mind you, the grocer’s bill re- ferred to only covers seventy days, from July 5 to September 14. An apothecary’s bill fora like period, also paid by the nation, is for #651 worth of stpplics furnished the Senate, items of which are 6 dozen combs, 30 aclect mop sponges, 50 select hand sponges, 3 bath sponges, 2 fine toilet sponges——-no wonder Senators are ciean—500 quinine. pilis, 2 powder puffs, 1 bot- tle Humphrey’s specific, 1 kip of chamois skins. 1 dozen cologne, and so on. But these are only a few of the thousands of small senatorial per- quisites supplied by amiable tax payers. If you are alter “perks,” be a Senator. ae eee oats Written for Tite Evexixe Stan. The Poet, Nature’s Interpreter. Like to the child, whose lips have just begun ‘Vo frame themselves in gleeful lisping speech; Words that maternal love alone hath won Detinable—deep love alone doth teach— ‘Thus they whose thought, in subtler strength doth reach, ‘Through forms material; while asa cloud, Low-winding on a summer's morn, doth blench ‘The joyous qacen of earth; like this pale shroud, ‘The grace, aud language, of the breathing world, From horde plebeian hid, Ob! gifted few: Full graciously to ye, she hath unfurled Her every mood. For love her language knew, When first yo heard. Your Mowers of song un- curled, By light divine—chaste, beautiful, and true, —K. J. McELuinsey, fa Se ee THERE IS PLENTY OF ICE, Au Enormous Crop Reported in North- era land, Ageutleman who has returned to Boston from tour of inspection in nortlern New Engiand and along the St. Lawrence says that the ice crop in those regions will be enormous, The shores of the lakes and rivers of Canada are still thronged with men pams gathering ice. The peopie of north- ern Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as have made the most of their oppor- The shores of L Champlain, wherever it was possible to operate, are stacked red for delivery next sum- mer anda part ready for loading upon the ears, Freight rates from New Hampshire and Vermont are about $1 per ton, and consider- able ice haa been bought by boston men at €1.25 at the cars, making the cost laid down in Boston $2.85 per ton. The Knickerbocker Ice Company ot New York and the company of the | same name in Philadelphia are cating large nantities of ice on the St, Lawrence river, al- thougii the former company has nearly enough in Maine to supply its ordinary demands. At Castloman, on the Cauada-Atlantic railway, is being harvested day and night. e This | Rorthern ice is of fine quality and over two feet ick. ~---—— see Probable Nominees in Wisconsin. A special to the New York Tribune says: ‘There is no longer any doubt that Gov. Hoard will be renominated by the republicans for gov- ernor of Wisconsin, He will be indorsed by the convention by acclamation and no name other than his will be suggested. The demo- crats will probably nominate W. C. Silverthorn of Warsaw, as Mayor Peck of Milwaukee is said to be satisfied with the success he has achieved 34 polities and wants to let well enough alone. Mr, Sulverthorn isa lawyer and is largely inter- ested in many peerers ‘The republicans have a number of candidates for the heutenant governorship. Thomas B. Miils of Jackson county, who was the speaker of the house in the last legislature, will have a good deal of ate iu the convention, Thomas A. Dyson, who represents the thirty-first district in the senate and is the presideut pro tem. of that body, will have many friends among the dele- gates. Many of the older men in the party will try to nominate Allen P, Lovejoy of Jamesville, one of the most noted republicans in Wisconsin. ‘The Most powerful weapons emplo; artof curiug'are iron. and ernehone. fron principal of our blood, of which and richness; cinchona affor organs and activates their functions; these, combined with p are Catalan wine, torm in Laroche au 5 of indiges: lever ald: ague, poorness, Blood, Seuraigis and lows of appeilie. A THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON D. C., SATURDAY. APRIL 12, 1890-TWELVE PAGES. | { ! TROPICAL CLIMES, A Very Ancient City of South America. LEGENDS OF CARTHAGENA, Some Sixtcenth Century Celebrities and ‘What They Did For Colombia—Bich Mines and Rains of Fortifications— ‘The Cathedral and Its Palpit. > From Te Stan's Traveling Commissioner. Canruacexa, Covompta, March 10, 1890 NE OF THE MOST interesting Places on the western hemisphere is this ancient Carthagena, a city hallowed by history, romance and tradition, but now wearing an air of decayed gentility pitiable to behold. By con- sulting a map you will find it near the Carib- bean coast of Colombia, a little way west from the mouth of the Magdalena. In the days of Philip [1 it was the most strongly fortified city ou the continent, the headquarters of the Spanish naval forces in the new world, the great rendezvous of the galleons that eame for treasure, and until a comparatively late day it continued to be the principal commercial me- tropolis of the vast region known as “Ni Granada.” Its prominence was partly due to the cele- brated mines just back of the town, from which many tons of gold were sent to Spain. Some idea of their richness may be imagined from reading the old records that yet remain in the archives of Carthagena, Thess docu- mente set forth the fact that the king's share was oue-fifth part of all the gold produced, while another fifth went to the church, and that, during more than two centuries, the king’s portion amounted to several millions of dollars every year, Hard and fast after the galleons followod the pirates for plunder, and so much damage did the latter commit that the Spanish soveroign thought it worth his while to build a wall around Carthagena, so wide and strong that forty horses could walk abreast on it, at an expense of more than ninety milhons of dollars, THE ANCIENT FORTIFICATIONS, Though no longer occupied, the ancient for- tifications are still in tolerable condition. Their massive walls are to all appearance im- regnable, and the subterranean passages lead- ing trom them may still be distinctly traced. Throngh one of these passages, which leads | outward to the foot of the mountains..commnu- nication used to be maintained in time of siege. Another ran between an ancieut fortress on hilland the dungeons of the Inquisition. aud through it prisoners were conducted from prison to punishment. The Inquisition building still stands, but since the power of Catholicism was broken on this continent it has not been used for the tor- ment of heretics, It remained empty for many years, but of late has served for tho igngble purpose of a tobacco factory. Some time ago a party of United Ntates naval officers, finding time hang beavy on their bands while waiting in the harbor, attempted to explore Cartha- gena’s underground pathways; but they found them so full of obstructions and fallen debris that not much progress could be made. Even the stately old castle, like everything else about the place, has fallen into a mourn- ful condition of decay and is now utilized as @ signal station, from which a flag is ran up by & man on guard as soon asa vessel is seen to enter the harbor, ther iz the captain of the port and the merchants of the city of its approach. ‘There aro several once fine but now diiapidated churches in Carthagena and many decrepit palaces, which, though partially in ruins indicate the maguificence of the old-time trandees. Many of the paiaces are now empty and others have degeuerated into shabby tene- ment houses, THE CATHEDRAL AND ITS PULPIT. The cathedral, though architecturally one of the largest to be found in the three Americas, is somewhat shabby inside, and contains noth- ing worth mentioning except the big marble pulpit. The latter is truly a magnificent affair, covered with exquisite carvings, and the good Carthagerians think, not without reason, that there is nothing like it under the sun. The story of its early vicissitudes adds to its value andinterest. Aboat three hundred years ago the pope of Rome, wishing to show especial favor to his devout subjects in “New Spain,” ordered the construction of this marble pulpit for Carthagena’s cathedral. It was designed and carved in Rome by the foremost artists of the day and when properly consecrated it was shipped with great ceremony on board a Spanish galleon bound for the western world, While on the way the vessel was overhauled by pirates, who ripped onen the boxes con- taining the pulpit, and being angered at dis- covering nothing therein for which tuey could find any use they dumped the whole thing overboard in mid-ocean. Bat—wonder of won- ders!—by direct interposition of the saints, not one of the ponderous cakes of solid marble could be made tosink! The buccaneers, fright- | ened out of their wits by this miracle, fled from | the ship, leaving all their booty, With great | difficulty the Spenish sailors got their sacred cargo aboard again and sterted on their way, But they had not proceeded far before a second lot of sea robbers overtock them and burned the galleon, having made way with all its valu- ables aud murdered every one of the crew, However, the saints still preserved the pre- | cious palet and while everything else was | consumed or swallo’ thé greeny | waves, it floated away serenely upon the sur- face of the sea, and, guided by invisible hands, finally went ashore on an unfrequented beach a few miles above Carthaggna, THE PULPIT RECARYED. For many years the beautifully carved mar- ble lay on the desolate beach unknown and un- noticed, while sands drifted over it and waves occasionally washed them away, until one day a party of explorers stumbled upon it who rec- guized at ones the value of the work and | took it on board their ship, which was bound for Spain, mtending to sell it there for what it would bring. But it seems that the sain still kept their eyes on the pope's contri- | bution, and they sent the vessel such bad weather that it was obliged to put back into the harbor of Carthagene for repairs, ‘There the captain toid the story of his treasure trove and so it reached the ears of the bisiop, His grace immediately remembered ail about iracalous pulpit, and having sent for the | n informed hii that he could have no | m upon it. Now it happened that this eap- tain, unlike most of his profession, was nota partic) v godly man, aud intimating plainly to the august bishop that it was no use trying to humbug “‘a sad sea dog” he offered to sell his tind to the Carthageuians for a good round sum, ‘The money not being forthcoming he declined to leave the pulpit and soon set sail, intending to carry out his original intention of seliing it in Europe. But hardly had he Jef: the harvor when a most frightful gale struck the ship, sending it to the bottom with all on board, The miracnious pulpit arose from the wreck un+ harmed and one fine day it came floating into the harbor of Cartagena, And at last it was safely placed im the sanctuary for which it was intended, where it now remains, THE CITY'S FUTURE. There is a faint prospect that this old city of Carthagena may retrieve its fallen fortanes somewhat and become egain a lively me+ tropolis, if two of the enterprises that are now being agitated do not prove abortive. One of them is the construction of a railroad betwéen Barranquilla and Carthagena and the other is the reopening of the ancient dique or ship canal between the latter place and Calamar, which formerly connected Carthagena with the f eecape with which every school boy is liar, Ithink it was in the year 1510 that Martin raaciseo de Encisco, whose name is closely jody Sag og ey colonial doings in this ion, came C ®. Which even then was a thriving to: agg gprs he found a brigantine, Which contained the dis- co! remnant of a Spanish colony that had been driven by the hostility of the Indrans from their settiement a littie farther down the coast. Its lender was no less a personage than Fran- cisco , Who had mot yet entered upon his career of bloodshed in Peru. Eneioce soon sailed for St. Sebastian and tok Pigarro and his brigautine with him. Just before the yessel was to leave port some men brought on board an ordinary cask, sup; to coutam provisions, that was lowered into the hold with the rest of the cargo, but hardly had the snore faded from sight before out popped the head of this cask, followed by the figure of A SPANISH CAVALIER, high-raffed and gauntleted, in gold-em- broidered satin waistcoat, velvet breeches and top boots, no less a personage than the spend- thrift nobleman, Don Balboa! At first Encisco was so angry at the decep- tio ‘ticed upon him that he threatened to ua waway ashore on a desert island, ut relented when Balboa swore eternal alle- giance and promised to be a good soldier in | the murderous expedition then on the tapis. On the way to St. Sebastian Enciseg’s ship gop the rocks and was lost with all its cargo, ut most of the crew escaped to Pizarro’s brigantine. While in this sorry plight Balboa bethought himself of an Indian village on the | bauks of a river called Darien, where he had heard the land was fertile and the natives pos- sessed plenty of gold. and he offered to con- duct the adventurers thereto, a RICH caPrenr. They easily captured the city of Darien and compelled the inhabitants to deliver up more than fifty thousand dollars’ worth of goiden ornaments, after which Encisco established a colony there and forbade any’ to traffic with the natives, under pe: death, This too arbitrary order cau in the hitherto peacetal party, for Encisc followers were quite as covetous as their leader. Headed by Balboa they joined in making thia bone of contention the basis of a revolt; and so well did Balboa munage matters that he was Soon appointed governor of the colony, with absolute authority over it, while Encisco was alled to Spain in disgrace, The new goveraor sent Pizarro to explore the neighboring provinces and after that worthy had been driven back by the Indians he eaded a similar expedition himself, While | Balboa and he immediatel: ernising along these coasts of Colombia he picked up two Spaniards in the dross, or rather the undress, of Indians, who proved to be de- serters from another Spanish’ colony and had long been living in an interior province under the protection of a great cacique named Careta, Though the latter had spared their worthless lives and treated them with unvarying kind- ness they did not hesitate in offering to pilot Baibon to the Indian viilage, which they de- clared to contain a grent store of the precious metal so ardently desired by the adventurers. When the expedition reached Careta which lay about twenty miles above nt town called Careto, the chief received them in good faith and entertained them freely with the best his kingdom afforded as iong as they chose to stay. Finally Balboa, who had oniy 150 sol- diers, pretended to leave, having spicd out the land to his axtisfaction, but the same night he returned. attacked the city and made prisoners ofthe kind cacique, his family and nobles, Careta at length made peace with the vipers he had nourished by yielding up a large amount of gold and giving his young and beautiful danghter in marriage to Balbos, Having promised to help the father-in-l against his enemies Balboa went to # neic! ing province and destroyed Ponchos village, where he had hoped to find a good deal of goid, but was disappointed. Then he went on to the territory of Comagro, a chief who was Careta’s | friend, and there the rascals found better Inck. Comagre himsel? came out to meet them, es- corted them to his village and londed them with kinduese, His people were more advanced in civilization than any the Spaniards had yet seen in America. The chic’ residence was a frame building 450 feet jong by 250 feet divided into ‘numerous apartments, Under. neath the whole was a great cellar for storing | Provisions and in one part was a mansoleum, | where the bodies of Comagre’s ancestors were | preserved. ‘The corpses were first dried by fire to prevent decay and then wrapped in great quantities of cloth, which was interwo: with threads of gold and silver and iastened here and there with native emeralds and lumps of gold. The sight of these rich bundles hanging all around a room was more thau enough to excite Spanish eupidity to such a pitch that no amoun? of indebtedness to their hospitable entertainers could SAVE THE DRAD from desecration. To prevent this and satisfy Balboa’s demands the chief's eldest son brought four thousand ounces of gold and directed it to be divided among the guests. Of course they got into # row over its distribution, when the disgusted savage sprang between the disput- ants, dashed the scales to the ground and ex- Why do you fight for such trash as If you want gold go beyond those moun- tains! There isa great sea on which sail ves- sels like your own. The streams that flow into itare filled with gold and the people who live on its shores eat from plates of gold.” The hasty words made a deep impression on demanded to know The young chief all abont the “great sea.” offered to conduct them to it if they wished to go. Of course they wanted to if gold was so plentiful, and Balboa hurried off to Darien to prepare for the expedition, FINDING THE SEA. Nearly two hundred men responded to his cali for volunteers, and on September 1, 1513, he set out with a brigantine and ten canoes. Reaching the domain of his father-in-law he arricd 4 while, and from that poiut the inland march began, After many battles, in which the simple na- tives were always routed with fear at the first discharge of fire-arms--they believing the strange weapons to be thunder and lightning i human hands—the adventurers reacked the footof the mountain, from whose summit the guide assured them that the ocean was visible. Determined to have THE FIRST GLIMPSE of it himself, Balboa ordered a halt here and went into camp that iis sick 2nd wounded fol- lowers might have needed rest. At the first peep of day he prepared to ascend with sixty picked companions. It was high noon before they emerged from the dense for- est and stood at the base of astony peak that crowned the mountain top. Biddiag the rest remain behind until he gave them a sigual, Balboa pushed forward alone until he reached the summit, and there below him, stretebing away to the horizon. lay the mighty sea, whose shining waters had never before been beheld by theese of a white man. Faxste B. Waxp, CARNEGIE UNIVEKSITY. Expectation that the Iron Master Will Found an Institution m Pittsburg. James B. Scott, who superintended the eon- struction of the Allegheny, and is one of the commissioners in charge of the projected library in Pittsburg, yesterday disclosed the fact that Mr. Carnegie has in contemplation an institution of wide scope for Pittsburg. Said he: “Mr. Carnegie has repeatedly declared that his gift to Pittsburg was not to be less than ©1,000,000, How much more it is to be I don’t know and don't feel like trying to guess. He is building a great library for west- ern Pennsylvania, There are to be branch libraries, which will be well stocked with books and appliances, These are for certain localities. but it is the central building which is to chiefly occupy his attention and his time, and which {fs to be great institution of learn- ing , as it were. Magdalena river ot 4 point many miles above the delta. When Carthagena’s decline began, about the beginning of the present century, the ship canal feil into disuse and gradually Glled up with the riotous vegetation of the tropica, the old city has natural advantages far supe- rior to any other in Colombia, and should either of the above-mentioned enterprises be carried out it will again become the foremost city of the northern end of South America, within easy communication-with the fertile valleys and plateaus ot Colombia's interior, the gate of commerce in time of peace, and when war threatens secure alike from siege and sue- cessful assault. BALBOA AS A STOWAWAY. Ihave been shown the crumbling old casa wherein Vasto Nunez de Balboa, the discoverer of the Pucific, lived in Carthagena before his short and somewhat berger pe career of ‘gan. It Hoblemas bad quickly govea rid‘of all he and soon fortune in Old Castile, of Columbus trom his fo: lowed “Mr. Carnegie wants ten acres of ground for the site of his new buildings, On it he intends to erect a structure which will be an ornament to this section of country. It is to be the central building for a great institution for all the arts, sciences and for literature. In the next three or four years, if he chooses to build an addi- tion to this central library bailding equal to or superior to the present Alleghe: ibrary, wh; he has the ground all ready on which to he wante to add still another build- there is still room left in the ten acres, The people of this city have no idea of the im. mensity of Mr. Carnegie’s gift and what itated yp seoredl Ex = his offer to proceed arin Ea Lapnege M, Gases, Sor maay yonse died iu Philadeiphin, yesverday aged ndy but himeelf | 000 Carnegie library in | _EDUCATIONAL. __IN WASHING TON. i | COLOMBIA ave — 1 ll, SEXVICE INSTITETR 10th st Re —Papiie prepared for aller | Stivations. Special Lessous for Census Bursa | Hurhest reterences aps | QRECIAL LESSONS FOR WAR DEPARTMENT | S Examinations at Mise Baich’s Civil Service Lwatl- | tet. 1207 100 wt a.w. aps. ow? iss B. 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