Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 8, 1887, Page 12

PLAYING FOR CROVER'S SEAT. feoretary Bayard Doing Adroit Wire Pulling to Succeed His Present Chief, GRANT'S MRS, POPULARITY. Ex-Congressmen as Lobbyists—Cleves land's Hatred of Catholiclsm— Alaska Growing in Favor ~News and Notes, in the maelstrom of puslic opinion just now in regard to the nominations. for president next year. For instance, within a day or two It has been announced that a strange phase of the opposition to the nomination of P’res- ident eland has manitested itself among the Catholics of New York. It seems that when lie was governor of that state he ve- 1 bills appropriating funds from sury to sustain institutions that belonzed to and were controlled by the Cath- olle chureh sol ing no claim upon the )t that in the institutions thero were probably maintained in comfort, many indigent persons who would have [ ¢ charge. These vetoes had much to do in driving from him many votes of that church in 1584, and the feeling has grown stronzer with each suc- ceeding year ever since, and this phase of the opposition tohim, may, in the end,render it necessary for the democ to look some- where else for a candidate than the white house. 1s Mr. Bayard, of the playing dirt on his ehie “Fhis question has been asked frequently in political eircles hereabouts lately. And the reason for asking such a conundrum,is found in the way Mr. Bayard has organized the consular and diplomatic service since he took” charge of it. Anexamination of the rosters of the diplomats andconsuls_appointed by Mr. Bayard, will show that he has ehosen ex- confederates four times out of five to repre- sent this gov ernment abroad, This penchant for ex-tebels has been so marked, that it has provoked a great deal of indiznant com ment upon the part ot Mr. Cleveland’s friends all over the country and many of them do not hesi- tate to_charge that Mr. Bayard is playving his eards for a nomination himself, in case r. Cleveland fails to secure a second show T'hese people say N his patronage in the wa hope of etting the solid case a dark horse becomes ne is Mr. Bayard’s scheme he has played it well, for gratitide, if no other incentive, ought to eure him the solid south in 1838, That thes ex-confederates can do very much towar making nhim the successtul dark horse is c tain as death and taxes, for they all belong to the class of men who, in the south,manage the democratic party asa close corporation, which only can aspiie to rule, the plebes being recoznized by them only as so mueh voting capital There has also sprung up here in the minds njon democrats, a very serious doubt it will be expedient * or politic to r nol Mr. Cleveland, "This class of d oerats say that the president’s recent . Sidney Johnson and John C. Calhoun let- ters will cost him thousands of votes in every loyal state next year; that no sonnd union t tate department, deémocrat ean vote for any man who holds such sentiments at this late day, Those let- ters proguced a profound sensation hero when first made publie, and the surprise at them has not even yet subsided. One leac ing local demoerat said within m’ “What does he anyhow [ no need ot his making such” demonstrations in order to secure the confederate vote. He bought that long ago, and paid for it in good fat appointments, and no one can hope to d prive him of the usutruct thereof, and there- fore his writing sueh letters was a work of supererogation like painting the lily, or gilding refined gold. 'T'h votes neede d to nominate and re-elect hi if he nomin- ated and re-elected—must come from some other section of the uanion; the east, north or nortwest, nd and he shoula have done, something to ¢ ciliate the democrats of those sections. In- stend of that he has caused a huge disgust all through those quarters of the union. He iy itics when Dan Manning Is not fo fenco mat- ters are in much better shape than with those of their ancient foes. With each succeeding y the feeling Is growing stronger and stronger that their true policy is not to anti- clpate events, nor to concentrate on any one man irrevocably, Republicans of all clas: ve thinking caps on just now, and will keep themon, No man can claim the nomi- nation as his, just yet. Whenever one f; in with a knot of republicans, | from where they may, if he will listen atten tively he will soon hear the sentiment that 00 hurry necessary in_choosing the republican leader for 18583 that it will pay to use, ponder, compare notes, and pick out ¢ best and the strongest man, let him be who he inay, healall the differences in the e then go In to win, nd In this predisposition of the party will found in time an invingible presage of an overwheiming triumph, There seems to be no discount on that. = e ‘The announcment made this week that Mrs, General Grant had determined to not visit Washington, as she promised to this suwmmer,was a severe disappolintient to her friends in this city. Mrs. Grant was proba- b‘y the most mpuln and widely-known of the Iadies of the white house. Everybody knew her, and knew her as the plain, sin- cere, and pure Mrs. Grant, and not as an as- sumed society woman, She was fond of her personal friends, and regarded her acquaint- auces of a friendly character as friends as true as herself. Her devarture from Wash- ington was universally recretted. No one ‘was glad of her leave taking. No one was Jealous of Mrs. Grant. She had no rivals, * And when she left Washington she promised to return often ard km‘“ fresh her friend- ships. But the country knows how Impossi- ble that was. She returned buta very few umm and then only to remain a” short period. I8 was Mrs. Grant’s intention to spend a month in Washington in the early part of this summer. Her old and true friends, ral and Mrs. Beale, were to give her thelr entire time and attention. ~ But M Grant shows her a:e and 18 sad. She has sent word that she cannot come, She In- wflo to spend the remainder of her life with children, and says she has no heart to go around alone. When Mrs. Grant is dead name, it is believed, will be nct, 80 far as the country is concerned. one of the children can keep it alive, ui , possibly, Colonel Fred is uuumwm‘y ht forward. Some times his name [s used for a political position, and there is n‘llNHl although not a probability, that may come to the front in politics, as the ©old war horses disappear. *a ‘There are bitter comments made on the fact 80 many ex-congressuien, as 800N as ir terins are out and their constituents are h with their services, settle down in ‘ashington and open offices, ostensibly for practice of law. In reality they never e a case before the courts, but they seem to thrive better than the genuine lawyers * with a large practice. The truth is "‘.:IY are | slmply lobbyists, and use their knowledge of g isiness of the departments and their tance with members ot congress to ince their schemes. irlng sessions of congress the halls and of the capitol are thronged with t| ex-members, button-holing members and ators. lu nsmuthe{ transter their operations to the departments, There is a . amount of room for criticism and : ht In this state of affairs. But there is still worse and more flagrant abuse of ition yet to be stated. Quite a number of nt imembers of congress spend a great jon of their time here during the recess, Il during the sessions in buying and ing Washington real estate and ‘working money schemes, A . an example, one lar member from a western state, who .I““ W years ago a comwmissioner in one departments, nds all his time here, otoriously active in the promotion of obbing operations and ~patent right oes not stop even at this. roposition that comes o congress, |l ich there is a liberal ippropriation asked for he can be found—en- jenched hehind second and third parties, it § true—at work. Heavy ordnance and coast 808 attract hisattenti able to the par- ©0ID N | Al 88 asking for woney at the hands of con- such mewmbers a3 this one,ihe ex-mem- | B OMAHA DAILY BEK: ber anl profess ional lobbyists lay for; and they have an aily in him, ~ This (s only the most prominent” of a number of such members, There are too many of such mem- 'rs - misrepresenting their constifuents. liey are generally men who can make a ood stump speech and assimulate with the voters of their districts. They generally come from large cities and obtain their election by pandering to the lusts and mixing swith the bummers of the wards before the nomination and spanding their money freely afterwards., They get much financial help from outside partles who expect to need their services,and who know thoy can depend on them. growing evil, it has been pointed out ¢ ¥ i number of times by good men, ealls for action from the people of the count Some of these active lobby mem 3 the one referred to is a sample of them all, opposed the passage of the inter-state com- nierce bill when it was before congress, and for a consideration, —worked to defeat it Now they are howling for its sup. port, and are saying it will stand; thatit ther be repealed nor substituted: that tis good enoneli, and the peovle demand it. The secret of this change of heart is the rail- roads have retained them at fine figures to use their official influence upon the commis sioners, and they do not want to be dis: turbed in their harvest. The drag-net of such men cateh the fees going and comin of times suzgested representatives and senators, ouzht to demand to know wiy these publie servants. hang around Washing- ton all summer when congress is not in ses- sion. They are not here for any good pur- pose. Oflice getting does not keep them here —especially republicans, * ¥ Some gentlemen who have recently visited Alaska talk about torming a colony and muk- ing an expedition mto that diversified country, seléct some desirable mineral and timber lands, develop them and make the country their homes. There is, they declare, no law to prohibit them doing’this, and the government will contirm their action. Un- doubtedly there i8 much to attract one there, and those who go early will rec plaudits of congre tain class of development in_every section of the country. Speaking about the climate of Alaska, a gentleman who has been over all fon of the country says: B sarily a wide diversity of n a country so extended, with roll- wide valleys, and high mountains, joral way it may be said that Alaska has an - arctic winter and a tropical summer. At Yukon the thermometer often rises above 1008 in the summer, and from 508 to 708 below in winter. “At Nulato, on the Y ukon river, the fall of snow during the winter averages eight feet, while it frequently reaches twelve feet. Along the immense southern coast and islands the climate is moist and warm, The most excessive cold on the island of Unalaska, recorded by a riest, during a petiod of five Fahrenheits extreme h same period, The rSat7 in the morning wa noon, 40°, and at 9 at nig 13 the averag all clear days, climate ing plain In “a i Inland 263 half clear, it is et 4 Scotland. forty-live vears the ima l age winter of West Virzin average summer of Minnesota.” **x ‘The suggestion has been made to a number of statesmen and very enthusiastically re- ceived that the public strip or No Man's fand, situated in the northwestern corner of In: dian Territory be thrown open to settlement and ninety days’ preference given to honor- ably discharged union soldie ‘Chere is very Tittlo dobt that this unoecupied strip of Ianit will be thrown open to settlement by con- gress this winter, and the justice in giving ex-union soldiers the pick of the land for homes is apparent. There is no land in the public domain to-day which is very desir- able for homesteads for poor and indigent people. Many of the soldiers who would opportunity tosecure a hom at this time either did not have' the opportunity or d ot necd it when there were good n to them, Many of them have recently become dependent or . pneral land office it is learned that @ land which is desirable for home- steads remains open to settlement. That in the domain at this time is far beyond water r access to railroads or other transportation facilities, and will remainso. Much of the choice lands have been taken by immigrants Zpeovle who never have done anything for the country, and people whose sole_ interest in the United States rests in getting free homes. Originally the best of the lands were opened for settlement to the loyal soldiers, but not one-tenth of them were secured by the boys entitled to them. There is very lit tle more to offer the soldlers, and the lands in the publie strip or No Man’s land seem to be about the last chance, since the roll of the deserving 18 fast lessening. **e Congressmen who assume to be financiers —and most of them do—say the first thing which will be done when the national leci lature meets in rezular or called session this ‘winter or fall, will be the reduction of the surplus in the treasury and provision for other national bank security. ] Most of the statesmen say the secretary of the lrv-!sur{ will be authorized or instructed to go into the market and and buy at card rates as many outstanding bonds as he may deem advisable. ‘They contend that, with nearly two hundred millions of idle surplus, the government can better afford than pri- vate indiuiduals, to pay a high premium on her outstanding bonds. All agree that there is but one excuse for maintaining a national debt, and that is to ive bonds to national banks for a circulat- ng basis. Since the bonds have been taken up to & point where it _becomes necessary to rovide another basis for banks, it is held by he ablest financiers that all the bonds may as well be taken in, interest stopped, and an entirely new security for banks provided. 1t is not the security deposited with the overninent that makes depositors in a na- lonal bank secure. 1Itis the supervision over the bank the government has, as a bank ‘with 850,000 capital may not have but $12,000 government bonds deposited with the government. ‘Ihe most popular proposition yet made for bank security is the deposit of gold or silyer in the treasury. This any one with capital can get without I)r(-‘mhull. and there is no fluctuation or call by the government for re- demption purposes. In the event this is not done a new 2 per cent bond is to be floated— a bond to rfin. say 100 i'?m's. 1t is believed two millions can beeold at par. Perky 8. HEATIL ———— SINGULARITIES, A mule. which is said to have bean seventy three years old.died in Stevensville, Sullivan county, N. Y., recently, In Denver, IiL, there Is, laid by a local an egg that i attracting considerable attention aud justly, too. It is smaller and lighter than an ordinary egg, and will not lie or stand in any other position than on its small end. If stood on the large end it will quickly turn to the other,and if pushed down on its side It will jump up again. It does not appear to havé auy unusual weight in the small end. 1n boring an artesian well at Eureka, Cal., they found charred wood at 500 feet, and El«m of shell and parts of the skeleton of a ird at 550 feet. Alfred de Cordova, the Wall street broker, has a retreat in North Branch, N. J. He em- ploys a number of trained carrier pigeons to carry news from his office to his country home. The birds bring him slips of thin paper on which are printed the names and prices of stocks. He is thus able to transact llp{oud deal of buslness without going to the eity. A span of colts ran away in Portland, Ore., and coming to a rallroad bridge ran out fully fifty feet on the ties before either !'GRM through. Then both went down in a heap and were afterward pulled out, with hardly a serateh, While two residents of Galena, 1., were driving through southern Wiscousin yester- dni,me\' witnessed, near Arena, a’ fierce fight between a bald-headed eaglo and a large tomeat. The “*proud bird of the mou tains" had attacked the cat while hunting in the field, d succeeded in fastening its back, when the bat- mediately began and was continued a terrific yowls of the cat and screams of the eagle. It wasa sort of catch-as-catch- could contest, and while it continued the feathers and fur flew thick and fast. The cat was teo heav{ for the le to fly with, but it succeeddd in raising it several times in the air, 100 feet or more at each, effort, but the attempts to ‘el -wl{ with its prey were utile, as the welght of the cat and 1ts fierce strusgle for life invariably brought the eazle to the ground again, where the Dbat was repeated with nurlhlho same result 1n the tinal bout which k place on un: firma, the eagle threw up th -mn|n an fiew laboriously across the river, while the cat, much worried, made tracks as rapldly Ppossible away frai the scena of the battle. THE POWDER RIVER COUNTRY General Brisbin Continues His Desoription of the Northwest, THE PHIL, KEARNEY STOCKADE Shell Creck—Lake De Smet—Indian Hill-Trout, Timber and Griz- zlies—The Repulsive Dog- h — luteresting Notes, Fort Ropissoy, Neb., April 17.—[Cor- respondence of the Bek.]--Some time ago the BEE began the publication of a series of letters deseribing the country in the northwest, its resources and advant- ages together with mention of incidents of settlement worthy of notice, and delinia- tions of scenery. The articles were sud- denly brought to a stop by the sicknsss of the writer, and when he got well the state legislature met and made the whole state si As the legisisture has now happily adjourned and the has come with its flowers would be a good time to continne our walks and talks through the northwest. It is to this country vast numbers of im- migrants are pouring and seeking homes. It 1s to this country ruilroads are build- ing and capital sceking employment and profit ~ for its unused millions. New coal fields, new oil tields, and even gold and silver mines are heing found and to a section where such developments oceur a newspuper may well give its atteution. In our deseription of the northwest we had progressed as far as the now famous Powder river country, when the disasters mentioned in the opening lines of this com:nunication occurred. Let us now take up the thread of our narrative id it down and proceed with of the country northwest d let us hope. “tributary to it for all time to come. SHELL CREEK. Shell Creek 1s in the Powder river country near the Clear fork of the Pow- der river. Itis a small stream and not y long, but noted for the purity of its ors, 1ts timber and trout. It empties Pine creek near its mouti, quite close to Lake De Smet. ‘The timber has now nearly all been destroyed on the lower part of the stream, but great groves of plum _bushes have grown up and there is still some fuel. The valley - is about two miles ide and bears splendid grass, Hay was ent here many year: for Fort Phil Kearney, and w sidered to be of the finest quality to be had in the'country. The stream is in y s similar to Clear Fork,only much smeller. It has a hard bed of sand, with here and there some black rocks on it. The stream is swift, and has alw been a favorite amping ground for both white men and Indians travelling along the ba. f the mountains from east to west, or west to east, We are now quite near the De Smet, and a porvion of it can be from the hills as we descend the creek. LA o This lake is a shallow sheet of water about u mile long, and not over half a mile wide. [t is rather a voor aflair to call a lnke, yet it 1s knowi far and wide, probably more on account of the name of the man it bears than anything else. It is surrounded on all sides by high hills, and the lake seems to have no visible outlet, unless it be a little, narrow dry gulch which extends from the lake to” Big Piny and which I am told runs with water during the wet season. The waters of this lake are alkline and heavy deposits alkali all around its edge which gives it a very beautiful ap- pearance as you approach it. As seen rom the fi n hills the waters look clear and the lake seems to be set in a delicate white frame. NSTERS IN THE LAK| 2 into this lake we go some nfty yards from the shore before the water has reached a depth to come up to the knees. There is a thick black mud on the bottom and it is diflicult wading, the sinking in _the mud up to ankles and holding fast like putty. water becomes b stirred, and lool ahead, Where it 1s clear of fish darting hither a small dip net we bring up ous ftish. Some are a soecies of chub others mud suckers, as known in our school days, and others again white fish. All are too small and bony to eat. Dip- ping the net again we dredge the bottom of the lake and bring up tiny shell fish, large muscles and one or two small green turtles with hard flat shells. Dip- L-ing again we catch a small monster nown as a dog-fish and one of the most repulsive reptiles on the earth. He is about eight inches long and a little over an inch thick and has a long eel-shaped tail. His two fore legs and two hind |(‘fi."§ look like human hands; his head is like the head of a catfish, and he has flexible horns on each side of the lower jaw. His body is yellow in color on the belly = and he has black and yellow ~spotted sides with a black back. He is slimy and moves like a lizard on land and uses his tail like an oar to propel himself for- ward through the water. There was another species of this} water dog and very much like the first only this fellow was darker in color and had a flat head with three gills on each side, one horn on each side of the lower jaw, and two horns on the throat. He "had two hind feet but no fore feet. His tail was long and flet and and so very thin that when held up the sun shone through it—it w: in fact only a transparent membrane, When placed in a pail of water with the other dog this fellow went for him and despite his efforts to keep out of the way he was soon caught and killed. Fhe two- legged fellow then began eating his cousin, like the miserable canibal that he was. Coming out of the lake we found our legs covered with ugly bloated worms known as mud leeches, They had fastened themselves in our skin and were sucking our blood like dear life. The operation was painless, but we brushed them off, preferring to save our blood to fatten our own bones. The water in the center of this luke 1s said to be quite pure and free from alkali, but having no boat we could not test it. I have given this description of animal life in the luke purposely, to satisfy the nat- uralist readers of ‘the BEk,” many of whom want information about such mat- ters, It is interesting, especially refer- lu% to waters of the lakes. If they want a lizard or two, we will gladly send them, ‘The lake, of course, is named after Father De Smet, the famous Cath- olic priest who lived so long among the Indians of the northwest. I do not known what year it was he visited this section, but somewhere about 1843, have never seen an Indian west of the Missouri river that did not respect the name of kather De Smet, and some of the tribes fairly idolize him yet. T ake can only be approached in way from hell creek, and have to go back over the same route we came. All around the lake are deep Indian trails, showing it has long been a favorite resort of the Indians and a camping und. Re- mains of camp-fires and marksof villages were still there, and this 18 the more re- markable as the wood has to be brought from Piny creek some distance off. Near the lake and about three-fourths of amile to the east rises the famous Picket hill, where Indian warriors were stationed during the whole of the occu- vation of the Fowder river country by feet the The ck with mud when ike strong coftee, mlxt SUNDAY MAY 1887.~TWYXLVE PAGES United States troops in 1866-'67 and It is said this eutlook was never withont it Indian tor three ye nd Fort Phil Kearney and the movements of the trains and herds were constantly watched, From the hill the view is mag- niticent and extensive, the roaa being visible for over cight miles east, while much of the country west and beyond the old fort can be seen. 1t was no doubt re- ferring to this outlook Red Cloud said in the council at Phil Kearney in 1868, *“I'nere has not been a day from the time you lirst eame here till the present time that we have not looked down into this fort nor has . man or animal come or gone that we have notseen him or it.” RED BUTTES Riding back to Shell Creek and cross- ing by the Phil Kearney wagon road, we ascend to high groimd and wind about among romantic hills for several miles, when we come out at the Buttes, better known as the Red Buttes. ey are merely red blufls to the right of the” road and unworthy of special mention. The Big Piney is a well timbered stream and a dense undergrowth, ‘The road fol- lows along w line of high hills on the left to their end, where a tn-luliful view pre- sents itself. GRAND SCENERY, The pine covered mountains rise up in the distance, while nearer an inner and lower range spreads out, covered to their base with' perrenial green. Here and there a cone shaped p shoots up toward the sky thousands of feet high A covered with perpetual snows nd glistening in the sun, while its base is shaded in the dark green of monstrous pine forests. The trees are large and e the earth, In some of these forests itis almost dark at noon-day and the shade is so deep along the streams that the sun’s rays seldom reach them, and e icy cold. There many Inttle tributaries with dense undergrowth and pools. Here the trout lurk and rizzly bears used to abound in the The beaver ana otter inhabit the streams and for ages worked unmo- lested at their dams and houses, until in 1865, when the white men came and be- gan to trap them. T could tell a good beaver story about one of the dark re- cesses along the Piney, where perpetuai night almost dwelt and where a couple of fellows prowling about at noon in th gloomy recesses of the forest, came upon a monster grizzly and had to_iight for their lives; but bear stories will keep and this lette only intended as a de- seription of the country. ILE PINY, q Little Piny is 1s a tributary to Big Piny river and the timber along its banks was very dense a fow years ago. ‘The trees W ery small and the undergrowth thick, furnishing an excellent shelter for deer, mostly white tail, who sought this vicinity in great numbers, In - the Big Piney were herds of black tail while the Little Piney were found white tail deer. From this fact [ should think these difterent species of deer are different in their habits, the white tail loving the sun- light and open and the black tail seeking the d ses of the forest, Ihe seener, ¢ was wild in the extreme and thy p tangled wild wood would have satistied the taste even of a Theor- ean or Dudley Warner. ‘The Big Pine, er is almost a dupli- cate of Little P only on a larger scale. It flows over a bed of black boulders and is something larger than the Cr Woman river, wvreviously de- seribed in these letters. The bed of the stream is much like Roek Creek. and the river itself, 1 should say, was from forty- five to fifty feet wide and four miles from its head. The stream is about two feet deep at low water, but often rises to four, five, and even ten_ feetin places during the rainy season. Like all moan- tain streams it 1s very uncertain. Heavy timb f pine and cedar hined its banks some years ago, when we were there, and the soil on both sides of the littl, river seemed to be very rich. The ley was about three-fourths of a mile wide and stretched along both banks. The grass was very luxurient and formed a damask green carpet under our feet, on which our horses loved to roll, and which was as clean s 1f washed and spread out to dry. To the right of the Piny forest, on the Little Piny, and about two miles away, we see the old stockade of Phil Kearney. Following the streaum to its junction with Big Piny we find the old fort situated on a gentle rise. Its stockade is washed by the Big Piny, and in the eastern corner is where the famous fort stood To the east is Picket hill, along whose base we have had to pass to reach the fort, and all around usisa wild panor- ama of nature’s finest scenery. It was a wild and beautiful spot, old Kearney, and it1s little wonder that the Indians coveted 1t and resented the antrusion of the white man into the fatness ot their forest homes. The dear, elk, bear, and fish, were abundant and there they lived as easily perhaps and as well as anywhere on the continent. The coming of the white men disturbed and drove out the game; with their axes they felled the forests and the Indian saw he must fight and drive out the invaders or lose fixis home, and he chose as most men would,rather to fight than give up his own to those who haa no right to it except the right of might. Of the long and bloody contests be- cen the Indians and the white men for ountry, I shall tell n anotler letter. Suflice it'to say here that beyond the fort is a hill and beyond this hill, shut out from view of the “tort, one of the bloodiest tragedies that was ever enacted on this continent took place —the Phil Kearney massacre. S S. BRISBIN, Pecerless Patti's Early Experience. Interview in Hurtford Times: *‘How old were you when you made your first appearance?" I was seven years old, and the occa- sion was a concert at Tripler hall, I was 80 small that I was put upon a table near th ano. I sang ‘Una Voce’ and ‘Casta I'made a success, and my par- ents, who were in want, through the dis- honesty of an operatic manager, made money. I wasreally a mere child, fif- teen years old, when 1 made my debut in ‘Lucia’ at the Academy of Music, on the 24th of November, 1859, Ullman had to be urged to allow me to appear. He 'thtmght 1 would not amount to much. The pcrf;)rmmll_(;le e \;u\s dtho evenin, of Than! ving ay. Mme. finnn Bishop was advertised to appear at the matinee. ~ Underneath It said: ‘In the evening, debut of Mile. Adelina Patti mn “Lucis di Lammer- moor,*’ | sul)portetl by Brignoli and Amodio." "How proud I was of that ad- vertisement! Next year Isang in Bos- ton, Philadelphia, and other large cities of the United States. In 1861 I went to Europe.”” Mue, Patti also said that Elsa, in “‘Lohengrin,” she considered the most exquisite of all operatic heroines, but that she did not dare {o sing Wagner's music for fear of injuring her yoice. *Do you sim‘ ‘Home, Bweet Home' from sentiment,” I asked, *‘or merely for effect? Pardon the bluntness of the uestion, but many people.say you sing the air merely for effect.” **Lwas born in Madrid, February 19, 1843, My father was a Sicilian, my mother a Roman, but we came to New York in 1844, and the first language I spoke was English, and, as I said’ before, my only home was that'of my childhood here. “Hence, sing ‘Home, Sweet Home' for its sentiment.” “What was the first opera you ever heardy'’ ‘'l suppose ‘Sonnambula.’ My mother sang it in Madrid on the 18th of Keb. ruary, 1848.” ———— DR. J. H. McLEAN's Strengthing Cor- dial and Blood Purifier, by its vitalizing properties, will brighten pale cheeks, and transform a pale, hnfgnd, dis- ‘:flud woman into one of sparkling and beautw. 81 nar bottle, | TOUGHEST HOLE IN CREATION The Ex-Folice Judge of a Now Defunc City Indulges in Reminiscence, JULESBURG TWENTY YEARS AGO How Vice, Debauchery and Lawlesse ness Held Nightly Carnival— Passing Sentence Behind Two Revolvers, | Written for the Sunday Bee by Ajax.) “It was about the toughest place in existence,” his expression fell from the lips of the ex-mayor, and police judge of Jules- burg, Colo., Colonel Edmund Bartlett, the other mght. He was discnssing with a reporter for the Bk, that erstwhile flourishing city of the western frontier. He was indulging in some interesting reminiscences of the now “‘deserted vil- lage,” and the time he referred to was when Julesburg w vestern ter- minus of the Union Pacili To-day Julesbarg is nowhere; its relic is now Denver Junetion, Where twenty v ago there was a flourishing town of 6, inhabitants, there are to-day but a few straggling huts and houses. At the time when Mr. Bartlett was the combined mayor and police judge of the place, it is hardly to be questioned that Julesburg was, to use his own expres- sion, “the toughest hole in ereation.” Nine-tenths of the population would cor- rupt the mo afloat. It was a community of thievs MURDERERS, CUT-THROATS, GAMBLE and prostitutes—in short the riffrafl humanity. Dance hal gambling houses and brothels were the prineipal places of amnsement and resort, and out- numt mitimate business houses thre Every night on the strects of this city could be heard the weet notes of the pistol”—the shriek of somo ictim, the hollow laugh of the lot, the coarse jest and curse ichee, the border raflian or the murderer ) and villainy held nightly carniv The annals of the town were one sickening repetition of vice and horror, to rccount which would fill volumes. Tt wasin short the “Inferno” of Dantes, reproduced on earth. Such was Julesburg at the time re- ferred to by Colonel Bartlett. THE JUDGE WAS ARMED, TOO. One interesting reminiscence related by Mr. Bartlett referred to the trial of two toughs, “Shorty’ and Jad Hayes, who came down to Julesburg from Cheyenne. They announced when they landed in the former place that they would run the town. They galloped through the yelling, clirsmg anid firing revolvers at tie bystanders,without vd for age or sex. The police ar- d them and they were brought be- Judge Bartlett for trial. On this oc- urt room was packed with peradocs and ruflians who were friends of the two prisoners, together with « large body of citizen-vigilantes who were determined to see that justice lone to the Cheyenne tonghs,” Both armed for desperate work, )iy mn that little cabin which served as a court house there were no less than 200 revolvers. The friends of the pris- oners openly boasted that THEY WOULD KILL THE JUDGE if he dared to sentence the culprits. Finally the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. ~ The judge rose promptly in his seat and leuned slightly over his desk, a cocked reyolver in each hand. “Gentlemen,” he said, I ave heard your threats and L understand your intentions. If you are disposed to resist the execution of my sentence, th best time is now and the best place is here. 1 want to say that there is plenty of room in these sand hills to bury every man of you. I shall sentence each of these men to pay a fine of $250." There was not a word said and the two men were taken back to jail, under a strong guard. They were released after their friends had paid the aggregate tine of 500 A DE ATE ENCOUNTER, Another incident recalled by the ex- police judge of this ‘“‘Wicked City of the Plains,”’ serves to sihow in what constant danger of their lives were the policemen who did duty in Julesburg. One day a wild and woolly cowboy rode mto town and commencei benhaving himself in a manner anything but peaceable. A policeman munm’] Roadpouch approached bim and was about to place him in custody, when the fellow turned on him and sneeringly said: “You'll arrest me,will you?®” at the same time drawing his revolver and firing. Roadpouch fell to the ground in such a manuer that he could not get his re- volver, and lay there prostrate and help- less, Meanwhile the cowardly ruflian continued firing at the policeman until he had put seven bullets in his body, Fortunately none of them proved fatal and~ Roadpouch jumped to his feet, dashed after the flecing cowboy and fired just one shot at him, The ruflian fell dead. Roadpouch was taken to the hospital, und after two months of careful nursing recovered. The history of the town was fraught with such “incidents” as this, which were of almost daily oc- currence. THE POLICE FORCE, The police force of Julesburg, which was under the direct supervision of the police judge, was, it 18 safe to say, onc of hle best maintained in any western city. It was composed of twenty-five men, brave, trustworthy and true.” They were well id, recewving $125 per month, Their salaries, however, were not at all out of proportion to the difficulty and danger which attended the performance of their daily work. The cost of main- taining the” force was defrayed by the heavy fines imposed by the police {u:igu on the prisoners who were brought be- fore him. THE JAIL WAS SAFE. ‘The jail in which these prisoners were kept was both secure and insecure. Any prisoner could burrow his way out of 1t, Imt to expose his person in such an at- tempt meant instant and certain death, The jail was about thirty or forty feet square, built of pine timbersdriven down into the sand, closely together, and boarded on top. In this the prisoners were kept. A man could easily dig his way out under these boards, but very few ever attempted it. At each corner of the jail a guard was placed, armed with a Winchester ritle, These men had in- structions to SHOOT THE FIRST PRISONER who poked his head above the sand. One or two men were killed in this way, and the criminal population of Julesburg be- came eonvinced that its jail was pract ally as secure as the “Bastile” of Fran or the *“Tombs' of New York City. Most of the lawlessness with which the police of Julesburg were called upon to deal, arose from quarrels in the gub ling halls. The GAMING HELLS WERE ALLOWED TO RUN scot tree. Fortunes were iost nightly ana men driven to desperation by their l0sses, committed the most horrible crimes. One young man rented a building for one thousand dollars a month and people But he was not. n the establish- ment, lars each per night, his prolits were over $3,000 & month, But the glory of Julesburg was ephem- eral. 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This was in the Salvation army bar- racks, in the Argyle rink, last evening. The troops had just returned from a skir- mish through the enemy’s country. None were injured. Headed by two brass bands, with flying colors and steady front, the troops marched through the “Cove" district. The sally was made from the barracks about 7 o'clock. The line moyed down Washington, through Hollis, Tremont, Lagrange and Beach streets to Harrison, and thence back to the barracks, Pretty hallelujah lassies with tambou- rines sang salvation songs, and paid no attention to the remarks of the young men, who stood on the sidewalks as they passed b They treated with disdain such g “Ah there! lin(; i bagy. e m sonk your heuds, *“You big chump, At length the barracks were reached, and after “‘stacking arms' they filed into the rink. At the end of the gull wie @ stage erected. This was completely tilled with blood-washed warriors, all of whom scemed to be earnest and sincere in their professions. There were at least 250 members of the army present on the sta, in. andience, the noted oflicers present were etary and Field | Sergeant Bar! ajors Britton, Jones | and Lunton, Division Oflicer Martin, | Staft Minstrel Walsh, Attache Blandet, and many captains, lieutenants and ser- geants, % The echoes of one of their stirring songs | had just di wav when Major Batling- | ton Booth, second son of General Booth, accompanied by Mrs. Booth, entered the hall. Then pandemonium broke loose. : Wild Imll«elu{nim rent the air, tam- bouri ore shaken, trumpets brayed, and the thunder of the great bass drum added to the din. Major Booth took his at on the platform amid a chorus of “God bless him,” *‘Glory be to God,” ete. ‘Then Staff Miustrel Walsh sprang to His large stock of nice Parlor Furmture and low Bed-room les, Stands, Chairs, Refrigerators, ete., ete, Call an Sets, Folding Beds, Springs, his feet and mnz,lplnymg a lively bunja accompaniment. He was fairly carried away by the excess of his religious frenzy, and it seemed catching. As he finished Major Booth arose ta his feet. He is a tall, thin man, with a pale face and long, black whiskers. Hd a8 a broad English accent, but speaks very clearly and distinctly. After a few words he pro{ms 2d a song, which had fox a chorus: “We'll cross the river to par- don. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!” to which the army kept time by clapping hands, At the conclusion of the song, Major Booth told the story of his voyagze across the ocean, which was very rough. In thd course of his remarks hé had occasio several times to mention General Booth's name. which was greeted each time with a chorus of “God bless him.” Once the speaker proposed a volley for General Booth, which was given “with startling effect. The programme for the soldiers to carry out to-day was then read and then Major Booth called for a song. His red quest was complied with by Major Gay} ttle man with an accordeon. hen Daniel Sullivan jumped to hig feet and told how he was saved, He was followed by Captain Thatcher, & young man with a lisp, who on being asked hig occupation, replied that he was a D. D, a devil driver. After that ared-shirted, gray haired man fumped on the platform ~and shricked, “Oh You Must be a Lover of the Lord,” and after singing related hig experience. Then Charley, the drummer,in ful} uniform stepped on the st and started a song to the air of ' y Comes Marching Home,” accompanying him- self on his snare drum, Then followed the story of how he wassaved, Remarks followed from Mrs.Booth,who 18 a refine pleasant faced lndy, with a symp: voice, The Salvation army doxolog: was then sung. Exercises will be lm‘L to-day at Argyle park at 7 and 10:30 a,m, and 2:45 p. m. dition of the Liver and which may be casily removed 15e of Dr.J.”H, MecLéan's Liver and Kidney Balm, '$1 per bottle, L Edward Fowler Bird, the Warren eounty snake eradler who livés at the Shades of Death, N. J., has a Houdan hen that has built her nest high up in an oid willow tree. The nest is twenty-seven feet from the ground, and contains fourteen eges. The Warren county farmers say they never heard heu making her nest in a tree bofore, of Mr. Bird often goes on top of his house to look into the nest. . The proposition to substitute electricity for the rope in cases of capital punish- ment elicits from the Lonaon Lancet the following ob A : 1t is most de- sirable to avoid casting a glamour of fas- cination about the death penalty. Is there not a peril of doing. this in the im- pulse to be humanet”