Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1884, Page 4

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Now that we have got a charter for an- other bridge, what are we going to do about it} Tuz democrats must not be deceived into the belief that they can beat Blaine and Logan with a dead man. Accoroixa to the Republican the ticket i Thurston and Blaine Wo thought it was Blaine and Logan, LixcoLx may boast of being the state eapital, but she hasno base ball club. Bhe will remsin a second olass town until she becomes & patron of the national game, Tux: Flower bar'l is likely to bo as in- fluential in New York as the Standard oil bar'l was in Ohio. It will take a good deal of yeast, however, to make the Flower rise, Hap Mr. Blaine been aware of the fact that Charley Bancke's Omaha Post and Telegraph was going to flop over to the democracy, L.e never would have consent- ed to become a candidate. Inurors and Maine clasped hands in 1860, when Lincoin and Hamlin were nominated, and again in 1884 Maine clasped hands with Illinois in the nemi- nation of Blaine and Logan. Six thousand venders of fruits and veg- etablesare liconsed to walk the streets of Paris. Bat if a poor orange peddler opens his mouth on the streets of Omaha he is pretty sure to be arrested by order the mayor. Tae bids for street cleaning are all outrageously high, and as a consequence they will all have to be rejeoted and new bids advertised for. Meantime we better submit to the dust and mud rather than to be robbed. Tue grand jury will probably be in s sion for a week or ten days longer. Tt very likely that they will ind some indiot- ments that will have a beneficial effect on the community, and at the same time "'ey will not surprise anyone. Tug ordinance prohibiting cattle run- ning at large within the city limits should be strictly enforced. Omaha is no longer a cow pasture, although some people seem to think so, especially those who own cows and want them to feed in the front door yards and upon the lawns of their neighbors, Awmoxa the important measures that will engage the attention of the house this week is the bill to repeal the pro- emption and timber-culture laws. The pre-emption law was gotten up for the benefit of speculators, and the timber- culture act was passed in the interest of land sharks, — Tom CampuLy, the Cincinnati lawyer who defended Berner, whose conviction of manslaughter instead of murder was the cause of the riots, is now on trial on the charge of attempting to bribe & jury- man, The Cincinnati bar association has presented some important informa- tion against Campbell. The Omaha bar association ought to follow the example of their Cincinna'i brothren and take some steps to weed out the shysters and jury-fixers, HaxpLy a day passes by without some stranger being robbed in this city by the old confidence game known as the express package and bogus check racket. It was only the other day that a man was robbed of $1,000in this way, and the latest vic- tim lost $400. The confidence sharps continue to flourish in and around Omaha with about the eame impunity as Canada Bill and his gang did ten years ago. No honest effort is made to arrest them or to rid the city of them, It is about time that they were atloast run out of town, ————— The well-known English writer on political subjects, Mr. T, H, B. Esocott, editor of ““The Fortnightly Review,” will contribute to the July Century a careful and critical estimate, including some an- eocdotes, of John Bright as an orator and & parliamentarian, He concludes that the great English radical has an innate conservatism which has saved him from extzavagance, and although he considers him neither & great administrator nor legislator, ho shows why he was indis- pensible to the legislation of his time— 8 an “‘eminently faithful reprepresenta- tive of the English Character.” DANVILLE AND CINCINNATY. The atrocious and bloody riots, which ooccurred at the last fall's election in Vir- ginis, were only A counterpart of the political murders that have disgraced the stato of Mississippi ever since the adop- tion of the shot-gen policy. As long as assassination can be resorted 10 with im. punity to suppress the freo expression of political sentiment through the ballot box our republican form of government st remain a farco. Aslong as the demo- cratio party obtains its power at the muz- zle of the ehot gun and the revolver the mission of the republican party romains unfulfilled. The repoctwrhich fias just been made by the democratio minority of the senate committee that hrs inveatigated the Dan- ville riota is & most shameless attempt to condone,if not to justify,theshot-gun poli cy. Insteadof denouncing the cowardly murderers who deliberately shot down and massacred & band of negroes who were attending the elootion, at Danville, €he bourbon minority of the committee point to thejhorrors of Gincinnati, where more than fifty persons were killed and twice that number wownded at the recent riots, Asif intent to add insult to énjury they ask furthormore kow it would be if the cammittee was appointed to investigato the *‘killing of the negroes in Okio for the salo of their carcasses to the medical colleges,” and to report upon the “‘state of trade in that branch of Ameriean industry, and whkother it is likely to Interfore with the pork packing business of the city of Cincinuati. For malignant stupidity the average boutbon democrat can only be compared to the =zealous defenders of po- lygamy. During the JUtah debate in the senate last week a southern demo- cratic momber attempted to preventa judicial consideration of the Utah bill by attacking the morality of New England, and insinuating that the meddlers of the north have enough polygamy to attend to athome. Bucha line of opposition to the Utah bill is & eounterpart of the de- fense which the democrats on the senate committee have made for the political outrages in Virginia and Mississippi. Whatever may be the percentage of divorces in tho north, how- eyer common may be the crimes of its population they have no bearing on the Utah bill. This the peo- ple of the south doubtless sce as plainly a8 do those uf Now England. Tho ques- tion as presented to congress is not one of morals, religion or sentiment, but one of law. The right or wrong of polygamy is not now in issue, Years ago congress made the practice 7a crime. The one point now to be gained is the enforce- ment of respect for the statutes of the general government. 1t is the old con- tost of nullification against national law, and the fact that the nullifiers are inhabi. tants of a territory does not prevent the southern politicians from sympathizing with their bloodless rebellion, The Danville and Cincinnati riots afford no better parallel than there is between the crime of polygamy in Utah and indi- vidual immorality in New England. On the one hand there was organized terror- ism to deprive citizens of the free exer- cise of their rights as electors. There was a conspiracy to murder black men, not on account of their race, but because they were known to be republican voters. Thero was a deliberate and successful attempt to suppress the knownwill of the majority and in lieu thereof to substitute fraudulent returns, which gave to demo- orats positions of honor and trust, to which they had not been rightfully elected. The Cincinnati riot was, on thecontrary, without political significane, Honest men of all parties and all races, wrought to frenzy by the outragoous failuro of tho law officers and juries to vindicate the law against murder, banded together to take the law into their own hands in order that cold-blooded murderers should bo justly dealt with, This was the only object of the Cincinnati mob, and no- body but the law ofticers and worthless juries can be held responsible for the terrible work, It 1va most remarkable commentary on the political morals of the democratic party that its representa. tives in congress should seek to palliate the crimes committed by political mobs in Virginia, instead of denouncing them as they deserve. 1f anything were want- ing to convince intelligent men in the north that free speech and a free ballot would be utterly impossible in the south if the democrats should capture the white house, the report of the bourbon minority of the senate committee affords ample proof. Tuey have a free grass issue in Texas, which is likely to send many a man to grass between now and the next election, 1t will take from the present time until the election to get people to understand what is meant by free grass, With the great cuttle kings it means the right to use the public lands for the pasture of their immense herds, while it is sought to make the owner of one or two cows believe that they must be kept strictly on his own ground, Tuk lower house is now wrestling with the river and harbor appropriation bill, From an economic standpoint it is right- fully opposed by many leading members a8 altogether too promiscuous. Like all omnibus legislation, the river and harbor bill takes in all odds and ends, the creeks and duck ponds between lake Buperior and the gulf of Mexico. It has been customary by the eminent *‘‘garden sass” statesmen, who compose the lower house, to insist upon appropriations for their own petted locality, whether they are entitled to thew or not. As a natural result the great arteries of commerce and the principal inland harbors receive but ® mere pittauce of the whole appropria- tion. This has been especially true of the Missouri river, which has had step- fatherly treatment from Unclo Sam for years, It ia almont a waste of money to dump a few hundred cas loads of lime- stone and willow into vhe river at the principal towns between St. Louls and Ft. Benton every season and seo them washed down the Big Muddy during the following spring rise. 1f congress had the sagacity to insist upon a broad, com- prehensive system of river improvement, which included not merely the pulling out of snags and the building of dykes,but substantial river walls iz front of every large town and city, there would be some object in getting liberal appropriations. But tho present system ie.a shamo and a fraud, dosigned mainly 4o - keep Major Suter and his gang of sharps in high clo- ver. ‘Viewing the matter from this standpoint we shall not be very unhappy if the river and harbor bill goes by the board. Ir is high time now that congress should take some steps in providing for the counting of the electoal wote. Some time ago the senate passed the Edmunds bitl. It provides that the two houses of congress shall meet jointly to count the vote. When it reached the house it was amended by Mr. Eaton so as to require the two houses to meet in joint conven- tion, The amendment chauges the char- acter of the original measure entirely. 1f the two houses meet jointly each house will,in the declsion of any point on which they differ, act asa whole, or in other words one house will have just as much voice as the other. This is the Edmunds plan, The one proposed by Mr. Faton gives each member of the two housesa vote. Under its provisions the demo- crats would just now havea large ma- jority. This will lead the republican senate to object to the amendment, and there is little prospect therefore of the two housea being able to agree on the question. In view of the fact that the margin in either house is very close in the coming campaign, it Is to be hoped that patriotism rather than partisanship will govern, and that some measure which is just and equitable to all parties will be adopted before congress adjourns, Tae red-headed rooster from Colorado is full of impractical schemes of benevo- lence. His latest noble charity is a home for disabled} confederate soldiers, for which he desires congress to appropriate $500,000. The Chicago Herald com- ments on this scheme in the following caustic editorial : If Judge Belford, representative in congress from Colorado, was a democrat, what "a hubbub his bill appropriating $500,000 for the erection of a home for disabled soldiers would ralse. The news- apers would be full of denunciations of Eil measure and of rumors of additional schemes to pay the rebel debt and pen- sion rebels of high and low degree on the public treasury. Every i#imp in the country would ring with eloquence, Every good republican who had a dollar would clutch it closer lest some high- handed brigadier would come along and demand it in settlement of some prepos- terous war claim, Yet there would be no more occaston for such a display of feeling it some cranky democrat made such a proposition than there is because a feather-head republican did it. Belford is a loyal republican, but he is off his balance. Belford as he is is not of much value to anybody. Belford as a democrat would be a bonanza to the re- publicans, Eiant years ago Nebraska sent a dele- gation to Cincinnati, and they voted for Blaine first, last and all the time. Four years ago the Nebraska delegation voted for Blaine until Maine had gone over to Garfield, and then they cast their votes for the successful man. James A. Gar- field was acceptable to all factions of the party in this state, hut nobody thought of making heroesout of the delegates. The ovation was tendered to Judge Cronnse, the chairman, who was fully as good a republican and as prominent a wan as John M. Thurston. But Crounse was not a railroad lobbyist. He had never run an ‘‘oil room” at Linccln while the legislature wasin session. He had never countenanced ballot-box smashing and bribery in conventions, and he has never stumped Nebraska for land sharks bond-grabbers like that magnetic Thurs- ton has. Honce the propriety of an ovation to Thurston, under the guise of ratifying the nomination of James G. Blaine, My, THURSTON'S course was not only admired by Nebraskans, Not a man in the convention attracced ‘more attention by his positions and his presentation of them than did he.—Omaha Republi- can. With Mr. Thurston's course we have no fault to find, But the Republican is the only paper that we know of which has discovered in him a great leader. The Chicago Zribune, the most enthu- sinstic Blaine paper in the west, compli mented Thurston as & begogglad and be-ribboned dude, who was off his base most of the time. If he had ouly painted his white hat red, like George W. Brooks, he would have attracted as much atten- tion as the fiery Tom Ochiltree, Tux oft-repeated recommendation that details of regular troops be made to take part in the encampments of state militia is to be caaried out at Dubugue. Two field batteries from KFort Snelling and a battalion of infantry from Fort Omaha, with full camp outfit, have been ordered to the scene., This will give the camp a little more of a professional air, and be a really useful innovation. Orack infantry companies in the militia companies have nothing to fear from the regulars, per- hape, in point of drill; but there are many things to learn besides the manual. Orry Magsuar Gurasie has accepted an invitation from the grand jury to call on that body, He knows more than he is willing to tell. OMAHA DAILY BRE---WEDNESDAY JUNE BENATORS' SNUFF-BOXES, Oapt.isnnc Basgsett, the Oldest Senate Employe, Tells Their History. Washington Star. Ono of the most familiar figures con- nected with the senate is Capt. Isaac Bassett, the venerabls assistant door- keeper. For nearly fifty-three years he has been an employe of that body. His father Bimon Bassett, of Massachusetts, was messenger in charge of the senate chamber in the first quarter of the pre. contury. Capt. Bassett, in chatting Saturday, said that when a boy he used to follow his father in the diecharge of his duties about the chamber. Daniel Webster frequently took notice of him, and one day, patting him kindly on the head, said: ““My son, how would you like to bo a pagel” The boy thought he would like it, and his father gave his consent, “Mr, Webster,” continued the captain, “‘consulted with some of the senators. There was only one page then, Most of the senators said: ‘Oh, we don't need another page, one is enough. But Mr. Webster insisted that there ought to be two—one on.each side. It was whigs and democrats then, The sergent-at- arms, Mr. Bailay, was seen by My, Web- ster, and finally sgreed to appoint me at the next session of cengress, and on the bth of December, 1831, I was appointed a page and I have been here ever since.” Have you always kopt boxes filled with snuff for the use of senators as you do now?” inquired the reporter, pointing to the two snufi-boxes, one on each side and back of the presidents desk, resting upon the wainscot molding. *‘No; that started when Mr. Fillmore was vice pre sident. It was my custom then to keep a box of snuff on the vice president’s desk, for he took snuff regularly. Well, the senators used to step up to the desk to get & pinch of snuff—it was a very common habit in those days—and they would stop to chat a while with the vice president, Sometimes two or three senators would be standing at the same time by the vice president’s desk, each with a pinch of sauff in his fingers, and all of them tslk- ing to Mr. Filmore, . One morning the vice-president called me, and said: ‘Bas- rett, I want vou to take this snuff-box away from here. I can’t understand what is going on in the chamber because of the interruptions and the conversa- tion of senators who come here for snuff.' Mr. ¥illmore,” continued Capt. Baassett, ‘‘suggested that there had better be a box on each side of the chamber. I got those snuff-poxes,” pointing to the two plain black ones still in use, ‘‘and have kept them filled, on each side of the chamber ever since.” In one corner of the republican cloak- room stands an old-fashioned iron-safe. Capt. Bassett unlocked it and drew out the snuff-box that was presented to him by the senators on the completion of his fifty years servico under that body. It is of solid silver, lined with gold, and on the lid is an inscription showing that it waa presented to the captain by the sen- ators as a testimonial of their esteem and respect for him. The enuff-boxes are but seldom resort- ed to in these days. Both are kept filled but Senator Hampton is the only mem- ber of the body who is a regular snuff- taker, and he rarely uses the senate snuff. He carries a small box in his vest-pocket, from which he gets his pinches, Sometimés Senater Beck steps to the rear of the'‘clsmber and takes a pinch out of some of the boxes. Occa- sisnally Mr. Ingalls takes a small pinch, and now and then Mr. Edmonds helps himself, e ——— A ORANK'S FUNNY YARN, Claiming Miss Astor and W. H, Van- derbilt as His Friends, New York World. An alleged intimate friend of Miss As- tor and William H. Vanderbilt wasarree- ted Wednesday, He gave his name as Mr. Butler,—*‘Mr. Patrick Butler, sir,”"— and said he lived at No. 827 Third aven- ue. Hisindignation at the insult put upon him by the arrest was supreme, and he threatened to appeal to his powerful friends for protection. If he felt so dis. posed, a few lines from him to Mr. Van. derbilt would at once secure his release and bring summary punishment upon his captors, S0 he rattled on as his captors, two policemen belonging to the Forty- seventh street station-house, hurried him away from the Union stock-yards at the foot of East Sixth street. He had been caught prowling around and was taken in a8 a crank, His examination was held before Justice Murry, in the Yorkville court, who committed him to await an in- quiry mto his sanity. “Yuas,” he drawled, in answer to a question by the judge. *Yaus, I went up to the stock yards to look after my property. Town the yards you know Bought them more than a year ago from my friend, Mc. Vaunderbilt—Mr. Wil inm H. Vanderbilt, You see, Willie—1 always call him Willie—did not need the ards, and as I thought of gomg into f;u.mw'pmuy largely, I paid him $2,- 000,000 for the pluca. 1 was up therc making arrangements for new sheds when these fellows (with a contemptuous glance at the policemen) interrupted me,” Officer Corey asked how he had secured the $2,000,000, and Mr Butler explained: “Oh, I had money of my own and could have paid cash for the purchase, but my friend, Miss Astor, hearing that U wanted the yards, insisted on lending me the money. Counie, asshe begs me to call her, is one of my best, my dearest friends, Dear Connie,” and closing his eyes ho drifted off into & rhap.odical roy- erio of the young lady. Leaning forward in a confidential way and speaking in low tones, Mr. Butler told the *‘secret of his life.” ‘*Never have 1," said he **breathed a word of this to mortal ears. But now you shall know all. Sowe years ago Miss Astor fell madly in love with me, and by little sigus, perceptible only to & lover, sho let me know her heart was mine. 1 was on the point of asking her to be mine when the “thought struck me, ‘Does she eat fat? Through great finesse I ascertained that she 5id not like fat—absolutely hated it in fact—and of course 1 broke off the match. Poor thing —if she had only been different. Butit would never do to have two that eat only lean in one family,” and the disconso- late gentleman wiped a tear from his eye with the corner of his coat tail. Then he went on to describe the inner life of the young lady whom he clsimed was his friend, detailing minutely her taste for chocolate creams and for mor- 0ceo prayer books, His relations with Mr. Vanderbuilt had been pleasant, but friends of the latter had tried to poison the mind of Mr, Vanderbilt against him. *‘The last time I was at dinner at his house,” the crauk went on, *‘something was wrong with the five-escape, and he blamed me. Now, in the name of all that is good, what have I to do with a fire-escape?”’ Butler is well known about the stock- yarde, whete he poses as ‘‘the great Irish 11, 1884. detective.”” He oarries huge memoran- dum books, and when a thought strikes him he sits down in the middle of the street to record it. Daily reports of his work are forwarded to Mr. Vanderbilt, who seems to be his patron saint. Near- 1y every day he plays a different charact or. Now he is “Old Sleuth,” with slouch hat and rough clothes, following up seme /magire y clew. Then he blos- soms out as a man about town, wears his hat jauntily on one side, and, with a sprig of green in his button- hole, talks largely of his moueyed inte- rests, 8o he carries himself during the woek, and on Sunday forsakes his old haunts for the Thirty-fourth street fer- ry. Hero he stays patiently all day, silently watching the passengers going and coming and making mental notes of the profit derived from each. He claimed that the ferry was his, and worked hard arranging the carriages out- side in line. The hackmen submitted good-naturedly to be ruled by him and obeyed his instructions as they would those of a policeman. On Sunday Mr. Butler never spoke of his love for Miss Astor or of his friendship for ‘‘Willie.” That was a purely week-day fiction. He perfectly harmless, and it is thought will not be sent to an asylum, —— BISMARK AS A SMOKER, His Audacity and Coolness in the Presence of His Superiors, Busch's Life of Bismark. The following amusing account of the manner in which tho piince treated the Austrlan president at Frankfort, who monopolized the privilego of smoking, is from Bismarck himself. 1 asked about the famous civar incident. *‘Which one do you mean?” “That in which your ex- celiency,finding Rechberg smoking, litup one too.” *‘You mean Thum, simple matter enough, He asked me to waita minute, 1 did wait some time. When I began to feel bored, however, as he did not offer me a cigar, I took one out of .my pocket and asked him for a light, which he gave me with astonish- ment_depicted upon his countenance. But thero is another story of the same sort. At the sittings of the military com- mittee, when Rochow represented Prussia at the federal diet, Austria smoked alone. Rochow, who was an inveterate smoker, would have gladly done the same, but did not dare to. When I arrived, seeing no reason to the contrary, I asked the presiding power to oblige me witha light. This request was apparently regarded by the chairman and the other gentleman with amazement and displeasure. Obviously, it was an event. As matters then stood, only Aus- tria and Prussiasmoked. But the others considered it a question of such impor- tance that they reported upon it to their respective governments, Somebody must have written Berlin about it, too; for an inqniry reached me from his late majesty, who was not a smoker, and probably did not find the occur- rence to his taste. The incident called for serious consideration at the smaller courts, and six months elapsed, during which only the two great powers smoked. Then Schrenkh, the Bavarian, began to vindicato the diguity of his position, by smoking. Nostitz, the Saxon, had doubt'ess a great mind to do as much, but had not received permission from his winister. When, hewever, at the next sitting, he saw the Hanoverian, Bothmer, light up, Yes; that wasa he must have come to some arrangement with Rechberg (Nostitz was under Aus- trian influence, having two sons in the Imperial army), for ho took a cigar out of his case and puffed away vigorously. The only ones left were the Wurtem burger and the Darmstadter, neither of whom smoked. But the honor and importance of their states imperatively reonired that they should smoke, and so the next time the Wurtemberger (Von Reiuhardt)also produced a weed—I think I sec it now, a long, thin, pale yellow thins, the color of rye straw—and smoked it with sullen determination half through, as a burnt sacrifice for his Suabian fatherland. The only one who altogether refrained from tobacco was the representative of Hesse Dramstadr, —— Ravals of Lily Langtry, The coaching club parade was a _credit to New York, says a writer in The Brooklyn Eagle. There were twice as many drags as_ever before appeared in lino on coaching day, and the Griving was very creditable. Undoubtedly the prettiest girl in the parade was Miss Mar- ton Langton. She bids fair to become asgreat a boauty in New York as Mrs. Langtry did in London. Very many people” recognized her as she swept past, and pointed her out to her fricnds. There is no doubt, I suppose, that Miss Langdon is the belle ¢f New York, She is # bright, witty, and graceful girl, high- ly accomplished, and endowed with great wealth, She is a niece of Mre. William Astor, and a step-daughcea of Phillip Schuyler with whowm she lives in Wash- ington place. It is said that Miss Lang- ton is cold and austere, but I fancy tha: wanner is acquired rather that natural, Uongressman Perry Bolmont and young Harry Stevens is certainly entitled to treat men with more or less contempt. Miss Lancton's beauty is a good deal of the same tyoe ast!as of Mss Chimber- lain, who nas created a furors i1 London tor the past two years. Both are tall, slim und graceful, and their faces are characterized by fineness of feature and delicacy of outline, Miss Langdon’s for- tune of $1,000,000 comes to her next year, when she will bo 21 years of age She and Miss Chamberlain will devide tho honors at Newport this year, unless routs the other. This is hardly possi- ble when both of them are so beantiful, Opinions about Miss Chamberlain, how- ever differ greatly. The English peoplo and the press are loud in her praise and think her the most beautiful girl in En- gland, but many Americans insist that there are thousands of women here who are much more beautifal than Miss Chamberlain, A girl who has just re- turned from England told me the other day that she considered Miss Chamber. lain anything but a beautiful woman, She said the first time she met the American beauty was when she went to her dentist's in London, She was wait- ing in an ante-room, when the door opened and a till and graceful girl swept through, She bade the dentist good day glanced coldly at the other visitors, and walked slowly from the room. Her cheeks were elaborately painted, even though it was in the morning, and though her features were well proportioned, she had » fagged-out and weary expression. Of course, howerer, the dentist may have been responsible for some of this, All of the above has litttle to do with the Coaching club, however. Coaching day sottles the winter's festivitics officially. There will be no more entertainments. of any conscquence now. Spring amuse- ments are in order. A girl who has broken engagements with | ° one of them makes a clean’ swoep and |Y GEBHARD AND HIS GROOM. A Tribute to ‘The Only Gentleman in America." Neow York Times, An exquisitely.dressed young man, on whose cheek the bloom of health mantled in glowing colors, and on whose dapper little person the latest novelty in sum- mer suits fitted like a glove, waundered among the crowd of horsey men who pervaded Madison equaro garden yester- day, where the sale of the American horse exchange was continued. All the horsey gentlemen gazed at the youth None recognized him. He held himself aloof from the common herd. For two hours he meandered among the horses, an unknown and solitary man. For two hours he sucked the top of his walking- atick, and seemed to derive inestimable comfort therefrom, At last, however, the fate that comes to all who endeavor to elude the questions of the curious came to the mysterious visitor to Madison equare garden, Baflled by his silence, a sagaclous horse dealer at length announced that the gen- tleman was none other than Frederick Gebhard. He had come to witness the sale of a gray mare, and wished to avoid observatiod, As tho supposed owner of the name still continued along the even tenor of his way, disdaining to speak. a tenacious young dude, accompanied by two boon companions approached him. ‘‘Hello, Gebhard,” the leader of the triumvirate exclaimed, ‘‘that gray mare of yours is a daisy. We've all been ad- miring her.” The youth addressed turned around and stared in amazement. “Heard you'd gone to Newport, Mr. Gebhard,” hazarded the second dude. ““Is it Gebhard you're a-calling me?” at length came from the dazed youth. “Well, you're kinder provious, ain't ye, now?! Don't know whether Freddie would be complimented or not. 1 am, though.” The dudesquo triumvirate blushed sim- ultaneously. There was a Hibernian ring in the voice which answered them, speak- ing of a long acquaintance with the Em- erald isle. “I'm Mr., Gebhard’s groom,” he con- tinued, proudly, “and a d—d poor man for all that, though I kinder turn out trim when it suits me, 'he added, straight- ening his immaculate coat. Then u came half a dozen men with open mouths and a general air of stupefaction. “‘So you're only a groom{” they asked in tones of disappointment. “Let mo tell you, sirs,” was the an- swer, ‘‘that I'm groom to ths only gen- tlemanin America. Gebhard is the only gentleman in the United States.” **Your experience has been limited,” murmured Officer Smith courageously. “No it hasn't,” was thereply. *‘Don’t you call it an honor to possess the finest horse in the country?” “And to be acquainted with the prot- tiest lady in England,” added Officer Smith wickedly. “Nover you mind the lady. That's all right. Freddie is the only gentloman in America, and I'm proud to be his groom, Capital Prize $150,000 e do herely certify that e supervise the ar vangements for all the MontMy and Semi-Annual Drawings of the Louiciana State Lottery Company, and in peraon manage and control the Drateing} themselves, and that the same ave conducted ith honesty, fasrness. and in good Jasth toward all par, ties, and e anthorize the company to use this sare tiflcate, with fac-cimiles of our signatures attached in its advertisements.” CoMMISSION AR UNPRECED({NIEP ATTHACIEIHI! Over Half & Mallion Distrion Lonisiana State Lottery Company, Incorporated tn 1868 for 35 yoars by the loglslature or educational and ohariiable purposes—with ap. 44l of §1,000,000—%0 which & resorve fund of oves 660,000 has since been added, By an overwhelming popuiar vote 1ta franchiss a8 made.a part ot the prosent ‘state’ constitulion adopted Decembor 2d, A. D, 1879, Its grand single number drawlngs will take place monthly. Tt nover scalos or postpones. Look at the following Distribution: 169th Grand Monthly and the D (9270 Prizes Amounting to Extraordinary Semi-Aunual Drawing 1n the Academy of Music, New Orleans, TUESDAY,JUNE 17, 1884, Under the special supervision and management of GEN. G. T. BEAUREGARD. of Louis. iana, and GEN. JUBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia. CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. ey rrorgmaroon Dollars only. Halvoe s . Fifths, 82 Tenthe, §1. : 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000 ... $150,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 60,000 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000 . 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10, 4 LARGE PRIZES OF 6. 20 PRIZES OF 1 50 m 1000 2 APPROXIMATION PRIZ 100 Approximation Prizes of $200 . 100 @ a3 100 . 100 “ “ Agplhnuon for rates to o o to the offico of the Company In New Orloans. For further information write clearly giving fall sddress, Make P. O. Money Ordors payablo and address Reglstered Lottors to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, Now Orleans, a. Postal Notes and ordinary lottors by Mall or Exe press (all sums of 85 and upwarda by Exproea at ou expense) to 8 A. DAUPHIN, or M. 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