Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 13, 1886, Page 2

2 —————— e — A VISIT 10 CHARLESTON, The “Bee's” Correspondent Reviews Bituation in the Shaken Oity. the SCENES OF HORROR AND FEAR. | Buildings a Century O1d Destroyed by | the 1 struction Their Poor Con- City Irre- Injured. thquake The tricvably Than a Se Sent. 10, o B Worse Wasms pondenee dent ins just returned from Cl the seat of the earthquake excitement rived there in the midst of the appr of horror were th cre pense, the fear, the horror, at Charleston during the forty-cight hours fmmediately following the bombard: ment of Fort Sumter at the inauguration of our late civil war, did not reach the height of that entertalued on Wednesday and Thursday or last week. Indeed the trepida- don continued till Monday last, and 1t will be come weeks betore people can sleep well and confidence will return. There is an palling feature about these earthquak which seem to have passed the comprehen- slon of the people at a distance and which it 18 difficult to appreciate without feeling. 1t 18 the suddenness of the approach of the earthquake, its power and the absence of any indication when the thing Is over, or rather under that makes it awful, That bravery which leads a man to rush to a rescue in water or fire, tuat prompts him to strike down an encuwy and, asserts physical man- hood does not apply to the panies in earth- quakes, Strong men become as weak as women or children, It Charleston is given proper encournge- ment she will benetit by this visitation, so tar as business and all that goes to make a successful city is concerned. It will re- sult in putting some new bulldings in there, and that is one of the greatest needs of the eity. There was not a more dilapidated eity in the United States than Charleston before the calamity of August 31 came., The buildings were not only old in architecture, but they had long been built. ‘Phey were ' tottering from age, and were ready to fall at tho slightest ind cation. When finally they did fopple they were a perfect mass of sand and lime, There was 10 mortar in the debris, It appears that the buildings were eonstructed before our present knowledge of brick and stone ma sonry was discovered. Such a thing as hair in the line and sand—an important ingred- ient to mortar—was not known, [am told that in the middle of the last century, when many of these structures were put un, that a Plnxlur was made of pulverized shells and ime which teok the place of mortar, and that it was soinetimes superior to the mortar of the present day. An old builde rleston, speaking of the character of the ildings there, said: “The work was well done, on the whole, a century and a half ago. What has made these buildings weak and made them fall so wildly is age. The cyclone a year ago loos- ened the walls in many places, and this jar, thes nstant recurring shocks, have done the work of demolition, " 1t 18 the most difli- cult thing in the world, however, to have good work put in |I\A”llill¥l here. The great majority of it is done by Golored men who lay no claims o any special ability as mechanics. Why, three-fourths of the sand used in the construction of build- ings here during the past fifty years was se- | by digeing Loles in the ground st the s where the work was done. The s s you will see, but by th Indifference almost as'much mud as sand has &one into the lime for mortar, Besides, when you put the average hod-man here to work at mortar he is just as apt to put twice as much 1ime in as be should use as he is to put in too much mud and sand. The material used has been and is now very inferior.” A member of the relief committee sald this about rebuilding the city : I don’t think Charleston will ever recover from this calamity. Her business has been kept up by the cotton and rice trades. Those have for years been shifting to other cities, and we have not held our own. The t bulk of the loss by destruction of buil falls upon an aristocracy whieh has been - tained more by pride than wealth. It owns these blocks of business houses, which are its only support. Ithas no other means and cannot rebuild. Pride—family pride—will not permit the tran to persous who have the means to rebuild, und ‘unless assistance comes from the outsido the lots where the wrecks of business houses stand now must bo vacant. When the debris is taken away, Charleston has less real wealth than any othercity of its'size in the country. You will observe that, as a rule, the wholesalers have not large stocks, the bank deposits are not heavy, and short-time sales are the rule. Business property does not pay good rents, sidénce properties are a-hindrance. 1t Yol 4o not becupy tiem yourself 1 was especially impressed with the sn- preme quietude of Charleston. In times of tement in northern cities the streets are 1 with people by day and by night. n ston in the day tinie one will not meet dozen persons “in a biock in traversin the business l\urll«m of the city, and will frequently walk two squares in the residence portion of the city without encountering a Bolitary pedestrian, During the most ox. citing nights I was there I would walk uares and squares in going o and from the telegraph offices without seeing a dozen peo- Elo moving. There were many in the streets, ut they hiad camped out for the night. Al of the residences bore the old-fashioned roomy pinzzas running around each story, and the members of the families not actually aml)]n)‘ml spend their time in the siesta the Balt breezes produce when one reclines thus in the shade, here is very little pushing work in Charleston at any time. The very ating to the northern man and inherited an inclination to and this he cultivates, ‘There is a profo 8 about the appreci- ation of the people rleston of what the north is doing for them that remunerates one for what h 3. ‘The natives look north now for the little boy turns to his u tor for advice in the ¢ are yet in the eity wome of the men who helped to bombard Fort Sumter and inaugurete the very initial blow given the government more, they s I " At this moment, however, they speak of 't government at’ Washington” as “Our Goy- ernment,” and as earnestly anticipate assist- ance as the child could hope for aid from a fond father, The magnanimovs treatment the north is extending to those people will solder their patriotism to the old flag and weld them firnnly to the constitution, It is not a umely occasion to make the remark, but it may e said \hat whatever Charleston laeked of reconstruction ten days ago she has recelved aid and 1 such abundance that she can give o otliers, A peoplo. with larger hearts, more generous Imrulw‘ never lived. They ave honest, companionable and gener- . They observe the Sabbath, have good chiurcl and sehools, and if they had more h‘nlluntry and mouey would develop a great y* - al Corros. Ilie Brk correspon arleston, 8, C., Iare m, most ap when the scenes Tor palling, and week anyy he s take the w S — REWARDING REPORTERS, The Associated Pross Substautially Remembers the “shake” News- gatherers, Cuaxt \ Sept. 12.—The weather was fine to-day, and many ehurehes had religiou s services as before ‘the earthquake, while others for convenience, or satety, had ser- vices 1o the open air. All the orphans of the orphau home are in the building again and had services the Captain Dawson, of the News and Courler, to-day received a letter from Charles R. Williaws, assistant general nager of the Associated press, in which he Ou Wednesday, the Sth inst., Mr. Richard Buiith, of Cincinnati, telegraphed e to the g offect: 1 understand that the reporiers of the News and Courier stood at their posts and furnished the Associated ress with the full and adwirable details rstsent out. The Assoolated press owes these wen wore than a debt of gratitude. Mr. Smith suggested that | sbow his Ispaten to Mr. Slone, 'president of the New Press woull 4 miribute halt of any .I:lnll that |h£i ?Ie\v ated press might suggest. This palch was showi to Mr. Blone, and he at a0co aprov: of the idea aud left the de- After over for fur. the 850 This you, yon tails entirely o my discretion ther consulfation with Mr. Smith wire it was decided that the ehec shonld be made out to your ord check 1 therefore enclos 10 with request that distrib amount insuch a manner. as you may « hest an & the reporters who d K for the yeinted press, It to e personally to send I trost that 1t may com men as a tangible irance of th ppreciation which the Associated t their taithful and servi y much personal los profonnd feel sable nd uift distributed, and acknowledg It c1y the 1 prosy L onr own publie testimony to the loyalty, courace and industry of the gentlemen, throngh whose eforts and by whose work the News and Courier has continued to be published ~day by day, and been enabled y A beacon to the \ nmunity, It not improper to mention that' we _are s that every oneecnnected with the Newsand Courier lus suffered more or less by the ston d this f ft of the Associated accoptable, But, unless we mistake the men, to whose uses the gift is dedicated, they will esteem even wnore highly the feeling and character which promotes the gift than the gift itself. TO-DAY IN MAL Tickets in the so appropriately made has been the News and Courier, in worrow, will say pleasur handsome gift of and to add to to recetve “How the Pros- hok. PORTLAND, 11.—The biennial electlon occeurs to-morrow. Tliere are to be chiosen a governor, congressmen, thirty-one state senators and 151 representatives, with county officials in all of the sixteen counties. “There are three complete tickets in_ the field, namely, republican, democratic and prohibi- tion, and the labor party has put up tickets for congressmen in the First, Second and Third distriets. The nominations are: Republicans, for governor—Joseph R, Bordywell, of Hallowell. Congressmen—First district, Thomas R. Reed, of Portlands See- ond district, Nelson Dingley, Jr., Lewiston ‘Third distriet, Seth L. Milliken, Belfast; Fourth district, Charles A, Boutelle, Ban- gor. All these names for congress aro the vresent oceupants of the places. Democrats, for governor—Clarke 8. Ed- othel. Congressmen—First di illiam 1. ‘Clifford, of Port ; Si district, Alonzo celon, Lo ‘hird district, Joseph E. Todd, G Fourth district, John F. Lyneh, Machias, Prohibitionists, for o on Clark, Puxton. Congressmen—First _district, Timothy B, Hussey, North Berrenlek; Sec ond district, William T\ is, Dixtield; Chird district, Henry ey, Augusta} Fourth distric Pitcher, Labor ticket1 nor, o nomina- tion; congressmen, First district, David_ 0. Moulton, of Falmouth: Second dlstrict, Wil- m L Eustis, Dixfiel; Thi Jo- h E. Ladd, Gardiner; Fourth distriet, ‘no nomination. ‘The nzeregate gubernatorial vote in 1884, with which comparisons will _be made, was 142,107, divided as follows: Republi 600 democratie, 58,0545 prohibition. greenbackers, 8,250, ' Tn'1552, an off- the present, the aggrogate vote dlvided as’ follows: = Republi fusion, 63,9213 prohibition, 831 1,324 independent republica ing, 1002, ' There is no_reason for anticipating a smaller vote than in 1552, so that the republi- can expeet an ample margin on tho gencral tickets. "The prohibition vote may be double, but the Iabor vote does not look more promis- ing than the greenback vote in 1854, yet it must be borne in mind that it is an unknown quantity. ional pluralities in 1834w ! 3 Second dis- 5, d + 5,518, 'The legislature : Senate 31, all republican: of which 115 were republicans, and two greenback. It is generally accepted that Mr. Hale will be returned to the senate. —_——— NO HOPE FOR JARHNE. He Proves tobe a Baa “‘Fence” From Way Back. NEW York, Sept. 12.—It is said that the convicted Jachne's friends despair of his pardon now. The rumor that ex-Alderman Alter was a prisoner at police headquarters proves to be well founded. He returned from Canada_about ten days ago and was ar- rested Thursday night by a detective. Alter has since told Inspector Byrnes all he knows about Jachne's busi- ness methods, not only as a fencer but as a politician. Alter admits that he perjured himselt in the Jaehne trial. District Attorney Martine considers him a valuable witness. Alter is thirty-eight years old, but has aged five years lately, and is all broken up in spirits. He went into Jaehne’s employ in 187, At that tinie he says that Jaehne was in Burope with two well known thie Andy Curtin and Jim Stewart. Curtin and Stewart turned their spoils over to Jachne and e sent them to this city. Curtin'is now in London prison, A R More Mouth Than Money. NEW York, Sept. 12.—The cabinet makers had a meeting to-day to support the eight hour movement. A call for funds for the support of the men now striking to enforce elght hours as a day’s work brought forth $12.00, and much of this sum was n nickles, After the colicetion speeches were made in Germav, and the Clicago jury, that convieted the anarehists now under sentence of deatn in that eity, were vigorously denounced as creatures of cap) ey An Unrivalled Record, Allcock’s Porous Plasters bave, in the last twenty-five years, proved themselye the best, safest, and most effectual remedy for Spinal Complaints, Incipient Consumption, Diarrhaa, Pleurisy, Tumors, Asthma, Bronchitis, Epilepsy, Lumbago, Debility, Rheumatism, Gout. Sciaticn, Loss of Vigor, Dropsy, P sis, Loss of Voice, 1y iu, Nervousn: Indigestion, Palp They Didn't C PAss, T atch “El Coyote, ., Sept, Covote” returned to Piearas Negras to-day. ‘They report that his men dispersed and crossed the Rio Grande into ‘'exas before the troops could cateh them. This, it is supposed, will put an end to the revolution for the present, There 15, however, a strong feehng of disaporoval of the government, which is silenced only by the presence of troops in large numbers, iy No Uncertainty. ‘There is no uncertainty abont the effect of Chamberlain's ~ Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, No one need to suffer a single hour if they will take one or two doses of it. -~ A Bold Thert. About 11:30 last night Jeseph Sohrauer, who keeps a restaurant at 408 South Tenth, was robbed of about $70 by a bold thief. He had counted his money pre paratory to closing up for the night, and stepped back into the kitehen for a ma wont, when, iooking mto the front p of tho r irant, he saw a stranger in the act of taking the money, He made a rush for the robber, but he made his escape. The matter has been reported to the police. About the Same, Wall Street Ne “‘Father,” he said, as he sat on his purent's knee, “have we got lots of moneyt” “A pretty fair sum, my bo; “Did we make it in Canad “In Canadat How could we make it in Canada?” *“That's what I told the Smith boy, but he stuck to it that it was the same as waking it in Canada. He said you com- promisea with the bank for half ana was allowed to return. Father, I . “You go to bed, sir," exclaimed the indignant father, “and if [ over hear of Jour playig with that Smith boy ugein 1l have your hide on the fouce,” H alfora i-ué expressly for uniform use THE I0WA'S STATE FAIR LUCK. Providenoe Goes Against the Show and the Buperstitions Man's Reason. DRUG STORES AND PROHIBITION, The Violations of the Law and Changes That Will Proba bly be Made—Other News Fro Numerc towa. The State Fair. Dis Morsks, Ia., Sept. 12— Special to the Bk |1l state fair for 1556 has passed into history. Looked at in aifferent ways it has been a success and a_comparative failure, or at least & disappointment. Cousidering the weather, and the fact that this was the first year of the fair in its permanent quarters, it has bean quite successiul, and the results are quite gratifying, But at the same time, be- cause of the weathier, which has been raining most of the time, the fair has not attracted the number of people that were expec The fair seems to be havin reak of bad luck. Last yvear there was but one day dur- ing the fair when it did not rain. This ye it rained on the days that are usually re- garded as the big days, and kept thousands of people away. *“This is a queer country you have,” said a gentleman from out of the state, who was attending the fair. “Here you have baked and sizzled all the summer long, and now that the fair has come, just when you need good weather you h the hardest rains of the season.” “IIL tell you what's the matter,” said a solemn looking geutleman standing by, “Providence is against the fair, because it keeps open on Sunday.” ‘V‘I‘"‘I!l’)llll‘llllnu seems to be against the fair, and the reason of the religions gentle- man, may be taken into consideration. At any rate the fair would ao about as well if it didn’t open in s, as it practically doesn’t in fact till Mon, , As it now is though the fair is advertised io begin on Friday, the ex- are not in place till Monday, and com- paratiy few people attend till then. The {s but little demand here for a Sunday dis- play, as there usually is not_much to see till lay, and many have a prejudice against openiniz the vates to paid admissions on Sun- day. It wouldn’tbea bad idea to close on Sunday next year, and see what the weather will be. AF THE DRUGGISTS. Gradually the commissioners of pharmaecy are getting after the druggists who violate the prohibitory law, but not half as acti s ought to,” In many localitie as it applies to druggists, is a perfect Men obtain_liguor almost as 3 dose of quinine. In many s the purchaser is not required to fill” out the formal application, stating for which of the mechanical, medicinal and he wants the liquor. In other where he is required, he is often allowed ign any name but his own, and as a mal rof factusually does. So that if the il of a druggist’s book were lcoked over they would show, in many instanc that Go! ernor Larrabee or Grover Cleveland, or pe haps St Jolin or some otlier lemperan apostle had purchased very freely at some drug stores of that which is comnionly sup- wosed to come within the prohibition of - the Ln\" There is this to be s for the mew law, however: best it is an experiment. Iast legislature was importuned to do some- thing to regulate tl of liquor for pur- poses not forbidden by I and this tenta- tive statute is the result. It i3 possible, even probable, that the next legisiature will be called upon to make some changes in it— strengthon where it is weak and provide for some of the contingencics that experionce can suggest but weré not_anticipated when the law was framed. ‘Uhere is a good deal of complaint by many, some even saying that it is just as bad to have the druggists sell bot- tled liquors as they do as it would be to have the saloons running in full blast EXAMINING EXPOSED CATTLE. Dr. Stal the state veterinarian, was in the city yesterday in response to a summons from the copmissioner of agriculture at Washington, fho wrote him that he under- stood that oue of the herds of exhibition cat- tle at the state fair, from Eldora, had been in Quebec a few weeks ago, at the time a cattle vlague destroyed 850,000 worth of fine cattle, nn‘:fso he wanted Dr. Stalker to examine this herd and see if they h en inspected, Mr, Stalker found that the cattle had been shipped home just before his arriv but he will start there at once and says he shall prob- ably put them in quarantine for awhile to avoid all possible daner, The republicans open with grand rallies in every — con- gressional _district the state on Thursday, September 23, The central com- mittee has completed the list of places where ectings will be beld as follows: First district, Fairfield; Second, Davenport; Third, y: Fourth, Elkader: Fifth, Cedar 7 Sixth, Ottumwa; Seventh, Winter- set; Eighth, Bedford; Ninth, Stuart; Tenth, Webster City; Eleventh, Sioux City. In each case the republican candidate for congress wiil address the meeting in his distriet, and in some instances several other prominent speakers will also speak. ‘The committee in- tends jto make a very vigorous mpaign, and expect an old-fashioned majority. ———— HEBRON HAPPENINGS, Lively Items From the County Seat of Thayer, Sept. 12.—[Special to the —A small fire occurred yesterday in a building occupied by Cummins Bros. ' 1oss amounts to about $50. For several days past parties have been searching for the body of William Branpre, who is supposed to have committed suicide, ‘I'he missing man is a crank and has wmade several fruitless attempts to shuffle off the coil beretofore. He lefva lettor stating his intentions and asking that his body be fed to the ho; But as yet no trace can be found of him. As he has left several unpaid bills behind some think that it will bea cold day when the swine havea lunch of William's vemains, and Lis creditors are seeking, hoping to find. A German whose name is unpronounceable happened to pass through town and was at- tracted by a Mary Andrews, who lately came from Kansas, and upon entering the house made an indecent proposal to her. That is her story, although the German' claims she invited him in and made the proposition her- self. But just at the interesting moment an old man by the name of Parker, whose visits to the house are the cause of 'considerable comment, appeared on the scene, and seeing his object of udoration in 'male eom- puny his wrath knew no bounds. He at onee drew a conclusion and rushed up to Deputy Sheriff Hughes and told a cock and bulfi story about the woman being ravished. The ofiicer at oneo gavo ehise to the Gorinan, who was found walking slowly down the road. The officer Illlll[)\‘ll from the wagon and manacled the frightened Teuton. He was conveyed to the county jail until this morn- ing, when his hearing took place before Jus- tice Gates, who, after hearlng the case, de- cided the prisoner was more sinned against than sinning, and after delivering a lecture upon the state of affairs in Utah discharged the prisoner and adyised him, in order to keep out of further trouble of the kind, to Join the Mormons, “Ten state cases 'will be tried this term of court and forty-four eivil, It is said that a Hebron attorney who has been in Alexandria since the Owens lynching has the names of all parties wnierested and wholesale arrests are looked for soon, ———— A Connecticut Cyclone, Haurronp, Conu., Sept. 12—A cyelone passed from the southwest to the northeas through the edge of Burnsides, four miles east of here, at 7 o'clock to-night. Its course fortunately was mostly through the woods where it et & straight path an eighth ot a wile wide, the campaign -~ Forced Into Falsehood, Detroit Free Press: He climbed three }mlrs of stairs to get to an insuraince of- lice on Griswold street, and as he came face to face with the occupant he said: “I believe you are Mr. Blanky” Yo, sir." z “You cams down on & Michigan ave- nue car about bhalf-past eight o'clock this worningt" “Sodid I. We were all talkiug about the earthquake. I stated to the occu- OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, pants of the o the shock jarr in my residen of Patrick bracket.” “I _remember cloarly.” “And I added that my ormolu clock stopped dead still, and that a £100 mir ror in my parlor was cracked across.” “Yos, you did.’ ‘Well, sir, [ have come up to tell you that Ilive ina rented house and lave of the articles mentioned. 1 burn_kero sene in two old_limps 1 place of glass chandeliers If Patrick Henry busts were selling for a dime apiece I couldn’t uy one, and the only ormulu clock 1 have came from the dollar store. The §100 mirror was all in my eye.” “What on_earth possessed you to tell such a story? “Well, you were the earthquuke and how your pianos d ary 1 and your silverware and your #3500 vases fell down, 1 must lie or be degraded in your estimation. Ideeply regret my wenk ness and have come to beg your forgive ness. " ‘DIl forgive you. " “Thanks this, if a cyelone oc- a flood or earthquake, about the statements you ma acrowd. You don’t know to what you may drive innocent men.’* He went away with his hat in his hand, and the other fell into a doep reverie and failed to hear the knock of the man who vanted a quarter to help him reach San- dusky and nisdying wife. “W* Stands For War, Florida Herald: A wandering, way- aving locust, that had tlown all the way from South Jacksonville, attempted to enter tho reportorial apartments of the Herald through an open window this murllinf. but miscaleulating the opening it struck the glass, and a subseriber who 1 just come in to take the paper for a your, not knowing what 1t put his oot on it as it struck the floor. “Hello, a locust ad the religious reporter; “let me sce it," It was put in his hand. “By Jove, it's got a ‘w' on its back.” On examination the back showed a irly well defined *“‘w” just at the base of the wings' “What does that signify?” w were one, that d all the glass chandeliors and threw down a bust Henry which stood on a statement your very all bra about the qu now, bo at dat mean,” said the old_colored janitor, Bob, who has been with the Herald for so many years. “What? asked the whole l:ll" ina n. Well, sah, I done seen one of dem ngs in Tallahassee in 1860, on Cap'n Dy s coat, at de time secesh conven- tion was being held dar, and de Cap’n y to all de gentlemens dat de ‘w’ on de 1k mean wit, and wa come sure nuff, and dis’ locus’ jes' like dat one.” o Rheumatism thirty ! ars of ago withers wnd dies when S cobs Oil is applied. - The Arab Balance Dance. Rochester (N. Y.) Herald: The Arab quarter of Port Said con present of booths and wooden huts, and the b zaars possess for experienced travelers little int or picturesqueness. In one of them, however, we found a native cafe, where two 7 girls were lan- gudly dancing before' the usual audience of low-class Arabs and negro connoi seurs. One in scarlet was a novice of no skill (Imnv}r,gmcnml and clever, with a handsome facaof the old Egyp. tinn type, worn hard and marked by a life of vice, was pret- tily dressed in wide trousers of rurple and gold, & spangled jacket and head-dress of coifis apd beads, with a jingling girdlo of silver amu Asked if she could perform for us the ‘‘balance dance,” she _consonted to exhibit that well known Egyptian pas for the modest consideration of two francs and a bottle of English beer: The ¢ork’of this contri- bution being drawn a Iighted candle was fixed in the neck of the bottle, which was then placed upon the crown of her black and glossy little head. A carpet was next spread upon the sand, and, extend- ing her hands, armed with castanot singing in a high but not unple voice to the accompaniment of a q bouks and rabab, she swayed her lithe body in slow rythmical miotions to the words of "hor song and the meas ured beat of the musicians: “‘I am black, but it is the sun of thy love which has scorched me! Send me some rain of help from thy pity. 1am thirsting for thee,’ The Ghawazi began with Arabic words of this tenor, keeping exact time to her strain with foot and hand and the tremors of her lhrillinFnh-,ndcr frame; now slowly turning round, now softly advancing and receding, now clasping her hands across her bosom or pressing them to her fore- head, but erwumn_y keeping the bottle and hghte ndle in perfect equilibrinm upon the top of her head. Suddenly she sank, with the change of the mu- sical accompaniment, to the ground, and, while notonly maintaining the com- pletest harmony of her movements but even making this strange posture one of grace and charm, she_contrived 1 some dexterous manner without tonching 1t, to shift the bottle from the top of her head to her forehead and thus reclined on the mat, her extended fingers softly slapping the tanets, her light girlisi frame palpitating from crown to feet al- ways in the dreamy passionate measure of the ancientlove song. This was really an artistic picce of dancing, though the performance was only a common “almeh" from the deita; but thed. is, no doubt, the Pharaohs, and every step sture tradi handed ‘down. d Sauce—only in bottles, Best pest, —~—— The Price of Whisky. Atlanta Constitution: The price of Ky gone up 1 cent u gallon in The R_ricu is now $1.08 a gallon wholesale. ow, let us see about that. The tax 15 90 cents a gall that only 18 cents is paid for the whisky. ‘There must be a profit in making it at 18 cents per gallon, or the distillers would close up. If the tax was off, whisky would be almost as P #s water— cheaper than Salt Spr water, which is 25 cents per galion, — In the days of whisky sours thé Afkéntian paid 25 conts for the lubrication’of fiis whistle; that is, he paid about fifty’times the cost. Really it seems that this is npt an age of whi drinking. It 15 the.ake of Stamp drir ing. A man who U8 ‘supposed to imbibe #1.08 worth of whisky really takes into his system 90 5" “worth “of revenue stamps, ‘There is Wutjone way Lo avoid it, and that is to hayeatt the liquor. Bargain—Two fifl y-fifth, within § blk of Leavenworth, finely im- proved; house, 7 rooms; barn, fruit fr grapes il bargain, $4,500; cusy terms. . SLOMAN, 1512 Farnam. T Bargain---Northéust corner worth and Fiftesnth; impr rents for $000 =~ r. One blk from entrance to Sixteenth-st. viaduet; one blk frow trackage and business in rear. A splendid investment, $10,000. S. A. SLOMAN, 1512 e Faull Styles of Hars JUST ISSUED BY FREDERICK, THE LEADING HATTER, AGENT FOR CEL BRATED DUNLAP HATS, CREIGH- Leaven- 1ents; Arnam. —-— lot, 83x138, on 11th sidl for §3,000. 8. A. SLOMAN, 1512 Farnam streot. — - Dr. Hamuton Warren, Eclectic Physi- cian and Surgeon, Room 6, Crounse block corner 16th and Capitol avenue Dayaund night calls promptly attented to Burgzin -A full street, with nice EPTEMBER 1: SAM PATCH AND HIS LEAP. The Cateer of the Famous Jumper Perished at Geneseo Falls. Who The Odlum of Sixty Years Ago and His Sensation His Barly Life, His Vaulting Ambition and His Death, 1 1eaps the Brooklyn Niagara, have world will Brodie and Donovan at bridge, and Graham at striven in vain for a fame the never accord but to the one person who earnod it by prorvity of The name of Sam "ateh is as immortal as that of Rip Van Winkle, though not s fabulous, The place of his leap t Niagara is still pointed out to the in quiri t the fall i thou- sands of travelers, who daily and nightly s the spot where the Genesee dashes its heights at Rochester, endeavor to cateh a glimpse of the place where he made his last leap. As long as these famous waters run the renown of the rng jumper is assured, and no weak imitators can ever hope to bear the palm away from him r the benelit of 1ts younger readers the Bk will briefly give some account of the adventures of the remarkable person who jumpedinto fame and finally into cternity more than half a century figo He was ot obscure origin, and was born in Providence, R. L, in1807. His childhood and boyhood wers ssed as o wharf rat, spending his days” in pieking up whatever unconsidered irifles he conld find without an immediate claimant, and his nights where night found hinm. He then became a sailor, and being a skillful swimmer, amused himself by jumping from yard arms and bowsprits into the s Abandoning the sea he led roving lite on the land, and about the time he ached b twentieth year found himself at Paterson, N.J. Here he was employed for time in a cotton mill, nd here, also, he commenced the earcer that led to altimate immortality. Besides the falls of the Passaie, which ank Stockston, in “‘Rudder G ! immortalized as a *'dry falls, son has, or had in the “days of famous chasm bridge, cighty fecet oyer the this bridge in 1 daring leap, and_ bec hour, After this fIu- country jumping from yar main tops and all sorts ol In this same year of 18 whole country wer “alls by a widel el, or as it was called, the Pirate Michigan, would be sent down the rap ids and over the cataract with a crew of furious animals on board. Thousands of people from all parts of the country journeyed to Niagara to see the spec cle, and on the 8th of September, 1827, the brig Mick a condemned v 1, W ver i On board the vas a crew in efligy, an old buf- falo, an old and a young bear, a fox, a T le, two geese and a dog. The young bear cscaped trom the vessel before the falls we hed, and sue- ceeded in swimming ashore; the rest were carried with the vessel over the falls. One goose was recovered below, the only survivor of those that made the descent. This exhibition created so great an excitement throughout the countr, that Sam Patch determined to outdo it. Proclaimmmg as his motto that ‘‘some things can be done as well as others,™ he avowed his intention to make a'leap from the top of Niagara Falls into the river below. On his way to Nis gavo oxhibitions wherever e Could find a suitable place, and coming to Roches- ter he there undertook to leap the falls of the Genessee, a height of 100 feet. As part of the show Sam had a pet bear which he myvariably eau to make the first leap. His first exhibition at Roch- ester was given in the presence of a large number of svectators, the banks of the river being crowded. Ascendi heights the place ted, dragg nis bear after him. he calmly’ surveyed the crowd below him, and then shoved reluctant bruin off’ the ledge into the devths below. The animal’s descent was successful and he swam ashore. Then Ssm followed him. Leaping st down, his feet together and his ha pressed to his side, he shot like an arrow into the vool beneath. When the crowd saw him emerge from the water a great cheer resounded, and the people rushed to the water’s edge and carried him tri- umphantly up the bank. The report of this feat, with that of the others which had preceded it, attracted reat crowds to Niag: to witness th cap to be made there. The place whenc it was made is called ‘‘Sam Patch's Leap,” and is pointed out to the visitor to this day. Itis on the w s of Gont island near the Bi ladder was raised, the bottom re on the edge of the river, the top of the 1- der inclimng over the edge of the river, the top of ti tastened to the trees on the bank. A" small platform reached from a ledge of oy to the top of the ladder. ym this elevation Sam made two successful leaps m the presence of crowds of people. Sam was now invited back to Roches- ter, to repeat and even excel his former performance. In the early days of No- yember, 1820, the newspapers of th lage contained an advertisement like this: HIGHE] SAM'S L HSOME THINGS CAN B OTHERS, THERE 13 NO M SAM PATCIL! ywed the announcement that on Friday, November 13, at 2 o'clock »'would leap from a scaffold in height, erccted on the brink of the Genesee Falls, into the abyss below, a distance af 125 feet, On 'that chill November day every avallable spot on_ the river bank was crowded with people, who had come from Canada, from Oswego, from Buflilo and from all the surrounding towns and_vil- lages, to witness the crowning ach . ment of the great jumper, It was_to be his last great featin the United States, Already he had signed an agreement to o abroad, and it was his ambition to eap from London bridge. At the appointed time, with a hght heart and full confidence, he reached the falls and climbed hand over hand up a pole to the platform. 1t has been charged that he was drunk that d. Most of the reports so have it, but an eye-wit ness who was with Sam throughout the day, and who accompanied him to the x L, in an account published only a few yeurs ago denies this and says that Sam hud but'one drink of brandy, was in no degree under the influence of liquor. 4 Standing on the platform and bowing \rong below him, Sam spoke | ws: “Napoleon was a gre and a great general. He c n‘lm-lml armies and he conguered nations, but be couldn’t jump the esoe Fulls. Wcl- lington was a great man and a great sol- dier. He conquered armies, he con quered nations, and he conquered Na- poleon, but he couldn’t jump the Gene- see Falls. That was left for me todo | nd I can do it and will.” He threw | himself forward, but instead of descend- ing in an erect and arrow-like position, such as he had always before maintained be fell sprawling with his arms above claim Sam m me the he went r ms 4 heights. os of the JUMPY DONE AS WELL A8 Display at thelr warerooms, 1 == STEINWAY, FISCHER, LYON & HEALY OR Prices, quality and durability lowest OvanA, GokpoN. TON ROGERS & SONS. . For weeks afterward the people of Roch- ester felt they { been nceuvssories murder, and ’thl)r eproached them- selves for permitting the foolhardy under- taking. The preachers denounced the spectators as if the brand of C: was upon them, and charged that they were murderers'in the sight of God. Throughout the country the adventures of Sam Puateh filled the “newspapers for months. Poems were written in his praise and honor, but none of them have borne his name to posterity. His fame has out- Dived the poetry. The following is the conclusion of a tribute to him in one ot the newspapers of the day: *‘Go, then, say we, to the sacristan of the temple of fame, clear the niche and place the ped- I'for Patch, and let the priest_who ministers to immortali panegyrie of Sum t B without bloodshed and his patriotis was pure, for he fell i his country’s talls.” His body was not recovered until the following spring. B _Michael Grace, a workman in the Lead- ville smelting works, had his head torn from his body by the machinery. Ee ‘Temparance in Baltimore, BAUTIMORE, Md.—Perhaps the greatest met-back that the temperance cause has received In this city for & long time, were the recent disclosures made by a reporter of the Every Saturday. Among our old- est and most respected citizens are five survivors of the war of 1812, known as “The Old Defenders,” whose ages range from §9 to 93, to whom the people have been accustomed to look with very great respect and veneration, on account of the part they took in the defence of Balti- more In that war. Every year it has been the custom to commemorate the defensa by an anniversary parade and banqued, fa which these veterans participato, the iay being a general hollday throughou’ the State. These old soldiers, hale and hearty in appearance, have marchod fa procession annually and aro the finess Specimens of robust old age in the clty, For some time past there has been come siderable agitation in tiis section over the temperance question, the adherents of the canse golng so far as to demand absolute prohibition. The reporter of the Every Saturday, who did not sympathize with this movement, accordingly set out in search of public opinion, and among others Interviewed were these Old De- fenders. He found that every one of them—Mr, John C. Morford, aged 89; George Boss, 92 Samuel Jeunings, 89 John Peddecord, 90; Nathaniel Watts, 90— had always been in the habit of taking & little stimulaut of some kind, and since the discovery of Duily’s pure malt whisky—an article from which every trace of fusél ofl is eliminated by u secret pro- cess—this was their favorite brand, In the words of the venerable Nuthaniel Watts—aged 90—when interviewed: “That sir,” said he, “Is what I call & pure arti- cle; that is Duffy’s pure malt whiskey. That's like they use to have in my time.” An eminent London physielan, John Gardner, M. 1), whose specialty 1s dis enses of the aged, has written a work on his favorite topi, and the result of his re- gearch is, that the only sure and abidin, strength which Dlm nge rec Blva; I; a medE ey. conmendations &N ontatns d_ Cailnara. 150 Tmperial Dys Weilk w14 aine S o Slorry. " Tuvaluabioto il Bl 1. Nurzous, it e hoys. his head. When he struck the water a thrill of horrer went through the vast concourse of spectators, and, when, after some minutes,the body did not reappesr, the erowd incontinently-fled as if some terrblie disaster was coming upon them. Cowple. O drugy. of Sarssparilia, is AN Her Majesty's Favoritls CosmticGlycerae | 205 and 1807 Farnam Street the largest assortment of Pianos and Organs to be found af any establishment west of Chi highest class and medium grades, including ago. 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