Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1887, Page 3

FROZEN AND THAWED OUT. A Captain's Wonderful Ride in] the Hard Winter of '40, DID NOT MIND DYING. But Coming to Life Again was Terri- ble—A Horse that Broke a Channel Through the lce— An Awful Experience. HE New York Sun: ‘“‘Whenever cold weather begins to approach.” says Capt. R. L. Zeby of Uniontown, *I can’t help thinking of the remarkable winter of *89 and ‘40,when I was frozen to death— frozen square, plumb to death, sir! No- body was ever frozen any deader than 1 wag,but I had the luck to be called back to life. And that coming back over the boundary makes me ache yet to think of it! 1didn’t mind the dying. That was rather a pleasure. But the coming to life! If 1 ever freeze to death again, I'll leave word some way that the man who resuscitates me does so at his peril. “That was a great winter, that winter of 139 and '40. And the fall of 39 wasn't 80 common, either. Neither was the spring of 40, 1’1l tell you why. The first snow fell on Oect. 8, ’39. The last snow came down on May 16 in '40. Be- tween these two dates there wasn't less,| than six feet of snow on the level all the time, and where the wind had good chance at it twenty feet wasn't anything uncommon. We bad sleighing for ov eight months, and the thermome for five months’ was at no time higher than twenty above zero, while most of the time it sported between 15 and 20 degs. below. This memorable fall, winter, and spring [ am speaking of may not have bee 50 memorable in this part of It was in New England e 1 encountered them, ind espec- Maine, where I then lived. If they were ns memorable as that here- about, maybe some of you will recollect them. “In February, 1840, T had an interest in some lumber way up in the Piscata- quis region, and I had to go up there and see how things were getting along. 1t was a long journey, but the sleighing was like glass, and 1 had one of the best horses that ever stood inside the thills, ond day out the thermometer degs. below.and was inclined ver. I knew I would reach one of those queer little villages common to the Maine backswoods early in the evening. There I intended to stay all night, and drive on next morning tothe house of the agent of the lumber prop- erty, twelve miles further along. 1 reached the village, and found that there was no tavern there. Accommo- dations were offered me at a pr house, but I was informed that l v(mltl not obtain a drop of water for my horses in the entire settlement. here had been no rain since winter set in, and there wasn’t a well or a wspring any- where in the region in which there was adrop of w The nearest wate was in the F aquis viver, two miles away, to which the few stock in the village were driven every day to drink, ough water was brought back in buckets to keep the wants of the vil- lagers supplicd “This, of course, upset my plans. My horse was badly in need of water, and I couldn’t think of letting him go on all night without a drink. So I ate supper in the village and started on, intending to water my horse at the rive and proceed to the agent’s the same night. It was o starling night, but the air was filled with that peculiar frozeu mist fre- uently noticenble on very cold nights 8 we neared the river this haze be-- came denser, until finally it was with difficulty Icould see ahead of me. It was Jike passing through a storm of scaly ice. Suddenly, as I was thinking thlll. we must be almost on the margin of the river, there came a crackling sound, a lowd splash of water, and the next second my ho was floundering aboutin the water, which also covered the sleigh, the robes, any myself up to my waist. In that thick bank of icy mist the horse had plunged into the river below where we had been told to cross, and had broken through the thin ice that had formed since ice had been eut away that evening for the purpose of allowing the villuge cat- tle to drink. The water splashed about by the horse soon drenched the rest of me, and in less time than T can tell it 1 was conted with a rapidly thickening armor of ice. I guess my noble beast must have floundered at least a minute in that hole before he knew exactly what had happened. When the situa- tion did come tohim he became quiet, threw his fore feet up and lodged them both in the ice with a concerted blow like a trip hammey. The ice was thick, but beneath that blow an im- mense cake was broken off nnd carried down in under the edge of the ice below. - The horse swi u onward, dragging the sleigh with it through the rapidly freezing slush, Once more he pounded the 1ce ahead of him with his powerful fore fect, and again the ice yielded. During all this time 1 was shouting for he I might, at the first break, have turned and leaped back to shore. but had not col lected myself in time, It was now too late, and even if it had not been I was ko stiffened by the casing of ice that [ couldn’t have moved tosave myself from death. horse kept on, and strange as the story seems, broke a chennel for fifty fect across that river, and drew the sleigh out safely on the other side. And he didu’t tarry when he got there, but started off at the topof his speed toward our destination. He soon struck the road and away we went. I knew that although one danger was es- caped, n greater was before us, and I urged the horse on with my voice. My robes and clothing had frozen so solid that if Ihad been encased in ivon I could not have been more motionle My horse was a jet black, but his i coating made him stand out, even in that frozen mist, like a spectre horse. We were not yet half way to the agent’s house when ‘I drow: ,.? felt mysell growing . 1 could no Ion;,u‘ use my voice. The clatter of the horse's hoofs and the creaking of the runners on the ice sounded to me like thunder claps and wierd, hideous crses. 1 knew that I was freezing,but [ labhored hard torouse my will and fight with it against my fate. 'The stars looked like great coals of five, although before they could be seen but dimly through the peculiar haze. The trees, with their branches covered with snow, took on the shapes of gigantic ghosts, Still Tpreserved all my powers of veasoning, Fivally T felt myself growing deliciously warm, A languor,such as De Quincey might have described, with attending visions' of h\wlmew, took possession of me. T heard the most delightful music, Still 1 made one meytal effort to shake off this fatal spell, and that was all. “I don’t know how far [ was from the agent’s house when I froze to death, but the thing I remembered I was auflermg such tortures as the victim of the racl might feel. He never felt v.orse. Sud- denly, at my feet, the pricking of a mil- lion necdles assualted my flesh. 7'or- turing me at that spot & moment. uitil I writhed in agony, it dashed quickly up my leg, stopped an instant, as if gloating in my misery,and then ¢ rawled With thes awhil pain slowly upward, un- til it scemed thal tiny jetsof the fiercest flame were being blown into my body. heatt and brain. The intensity of this agony was not constant. It it had been I would have died again in ashort time. It came in waves, =0 to speak. Each wave was a little less furious than its predecessor, until at last the storm was Ims.wtl. and [ found myself a weak, speechless, limp, and helpless mortal, lying on a robe before the fireplace of my friend, the agent. He had brought me buck to life. but, as true as I tell you, I did not feel it in my heart to thank him. “When I was strong enough to hear it he told me that he was awakened in the night by the peculiar and loud neighing of & horse. He looked out of the window and saw a sight which startled him—n ghostly borse and sleigh and dri in the road before the He recoverea himself and went Then he discovered that the s was dead. He quickly carried the drhm' into the house, laid h the floor before the fireplac nized me. Knowing that not beyond all aid. nothing could be doue for me until the robe and clothing were thawed, he made the fire blaze and hurried to the rescueof the fuithful and intelligent horse that had r ed with 1f that it must stop at the first house it came to on that terrible night and that life and death depended on it. By the time the horse was cared for I was in shape to be resuscitated in_case such thing could be done. 1 was stripped and rubbed kriskly with snow and snow water for more than tn hour before T gave any evidence that T might be called back. Then another hour was spent in the same trehtment, when a spoonful of brandy was pourcd down my throat. After that the circulation was started and my agony began., That suffering lasted for an hour, and.—well, I can say thi Frecze to death if you want. You'll like it. But don't let anybody fetch you to again. i *Tis an 11 Wind That brings with it gusts of rain from the northeast. When the wind blows from that quarter on a wet day, the rheumatic are apt to suffer, cven if seated by their “ain comfortable ingle™ in a cosy arm chair. A few wine glass- fuls of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitte most genial and comforting of spec vill afford them unspeakable reli There is am 0of on record of its ¢ in t sease—more particu- y if used for its relief at the outset. Chills and fever, dyspepsia, constipa- tion, liver complaint, and a lack of tone in the kidneys and bladder, should also be treated with this useful, family medi- eine of botanic origin. Appetite im- proves, refreshing slumber’ once more visits the weary eyelids of the nervous and the circulation is enriched and ac- celerated sonsequence of its invigor- ating and 1 wing action. Use it as a protector against getting wet., g e Books and Magazines. HSERMONS FoRr CHILDREN,” is a re- cent publication issued from the house of Charl cribner & Sons, New York. These sermons have been selected from the discourses of the Rev. Arthur Pen- rhyn Stanley, late dean of Westminster The little w is valuable and instruc- tive to the old as well as the young. B A RECENT publication is entitled “Onlya Yearand What It Brought.” Jane Andrews is the author and Lee & Shepard, Boston, the publishers, A pleasing tale, with ample moral and suf- ficient adventure to make it attractive, this little work commends itself to the younger readers as one they may peruse with profit. HARRIET F. I‘u\\n L has translated the very interesting conclusion of the Buchholz family, entitled “‘Frau Wil- helmine.” The work is an excellent one and one which will bear careful read- ing. Chas. Scribner & Son’s publishers, New York. s A VERY enter mmm;: tala is that en- titled **The fortunes of the Faraday by Amanda M. Douglas and yublished by Lee & Shepard, Boston. The book is particularly appropriate for young readers though it will be found decid- edly interesting to :hc older ones. THe DK('H.\HIHI:.II mber of the Woman'’s World, by Wilde, and and published by Cassel & Co., New York, is replete with excellent articl from the pens of some of the ablest writ- vs in which women are espe- cially interested. The number is hand- ly ll]uslrmud and well worthy the cents single num- v, A BUNDLE OF GIRLS, by Miss Grace H. Dodge, is a re- e LETTERS TO Busy 1t pubi] New York. These twelve letters are all on “*Prac- tical Matters” which enter into the life of all our *‘girls.” Miss Dodge origin- cation from Funk & Wagnals, ated what has become alarge institution -=*Workin, Girls’ Socseties,” ¥ y evening is devoted to “Practical Talks.” These letters have grown out of those talks. They lay no claim to literary merit. All i3 subor- dinated to produce wise, practical and much-needed instruction, is plain com- mop-sense, brief and wonderfully effec- tive words. They are indee model. in which, The author, us one of the ‘“girls,” puts herself on their level, and speaks in their language, and voice their feel- ings, wants and trials. Nothing could be more wisely done, for the object in view. And the little boek cannot fail to do great good to the elass of givls for whom it has been prepared. OUR LitTLE ON AND THE NUg- SERY for December gives its al quota of new things and somethimg more in happy glimpses of holidays to which the little people are looking forward with great expectations. These stories and pictures will go straight to the juvenile heart and set young ears listening for the fivst tingle of bells denoting the ap- proach of beloved Santa (laus. Pub- lished by Russell Publishing Co., 36 Bloomtficld strect, Boston, Mass. THE COMPLETION of the eighteenth volume of the Magazine of Am n History with its December issue is an event ‘of interest. These elegant vol- umes, elaborately indexed, are preserved by its sul ibers in the choicest of binding nd they are counstantly in- eyeasi ve with age, It is the only extant where back numbers are in as demand @s the current ones. he con- of sue are i 3 ur Coun- v Years N he editor, a sevies of quaint pictures le at that time, um{ never before published in thiz country, together with incidents in connection with the journeyings of Lafayette in 1824 and 825, not lenst among which is a graphic account of his entertainment by the fishermen of the oldest clubin Aiferica, at thie State in Schuykill, "alovhn n A, [)uu las and the Free Soilers,” by A. &aaen i¥ an informing and readable Mrs. Prances Hodgson Burnett has cree contribution. In the departments are numerous short contributions from eminent sources. “Buby Grace” is a sad little Christmas story in verse: and “Thanksgiving” is an amusing item of statistics, There is not a dull page between the covers of this superbly printed periodical. The December is a* ‘strong, instructive, and delightful num- ber. Price, %5 a year. 743 Broadway, New York City. The * Wit THE December number, w maguzine iter, that bright Boston for literary workers, ends its first vol- ume. The magazine was started as a sixteen-page monthly. It has been in- creased in size to thirty-two pages, and the success that has warranted this en- largement assures for it & prosperous future. Its value and helpfulness to all who write have been :reiterated in nearly two thousand newspaper notices, writtén by practical newspaper men, who know better than anybody else what such a magazine should be. _Of all thes only three have contained any- thing like adverse criticism, and these only minor points. The iter begins its second volume with brilliant prospects. The December number is especinlly solid and valuable. It contain cernl Newspaper Top- C at Boston Press club din- hv Charles H. Taylor, Eliot Lord, M. Hammond, and Robert Lu ‘A Half Hour With a Very Modern Poet,” by John P. L‘\’ons. “How to be lnh-r ad,” E. Brighamy “*Some Things R Should Avoid.” by D. J. McGrath; i Brain,” by Frederick Teiegraph Corres H. R. Chamb Needs Physical l‘ er T. lhxglmun and “A Pic tion, usual ayune Sugges- by William H. Hills, besides the interesting departments of ““Helpful Hints and Sugges- ‘Literary Articles in Peri s and Notes.” \nl(u » *"e T 18 a peculiarity of Harper's Maga- zine for December that it contains no continued stories. It isa volume com- plete in itself. The short stories and sketehes are_exceptionally good, how- “nju’ is an almost painfully re- le'hy Amelie Rives. “Annie vie” is a pleasing bit of fiction by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, with four il- 1 Ali(m-( by Relnbut. wCaptain s Taus™ King: is by Captain ‘(uuloih Hv\du AL N Courtenay a sketeh of “His *Day in Court Charles Egbert Craddock. * *x CrrisTMAS WIDE AWAKE is made up i ive pocms, stories, sketches, sorts, long and short, and fifty-seven. Publishers, D. Boston. Py picture Lothrop company MERRILL & C0,, New York, press, and will publish this month. ‘First Steps in Electricity,” by ‘harles Barnard, describing a great sty of simple experiments with elec- nave in . the laws that govern it, and tion to the telegraph, tele- pl-um' light, cable railways, ete. The book is designed for the én- inment and instruction people at home ov in school, and most of the experiments may easily be per- formed with materials to be found in every household. of_young T Tie Pal 5 Euclyclopaedia, con- taining definitions of “all important words in the art of in and artistic puintings, with details of practice in coach, carriage, railway car, house, sign and ornamental painting, in araining, marbling, staining, ing, polishing, lett stencil, gild- ing. bronzing and val le hints and helps in scene painting, porcelain painting, plain nting, distemper painting and all work in which brush, 'pvuul or palette is used. Price §2. M. Richavdson, publisher, 57 Rose street, New York. R WITH THE 1orthcummg number (De- cem? 18! the *‘Political Science Quarterly” Lomqll,tes its second year. In this number Mr. Henry C.§ Bannard attacks the oleomargerine law A. Dunning reviews the legi: the reconstruction period. P B. Clark, of Smith college, “‘Profits under Modern Conditions,” and My, F. H. Gidding endeavors to deter- mine the natural rate of wages. Prof. F. J. Goodnow gives a_concise descrip- tion of the historical development and present condition of England’s local government, Mr. Martin Ward, long a resident of British India, shows the progressive impoverishment of that country under English rule. Tn the department of book reviews, Prof. Free- man, of Yale, criticises recent works on hugllnh benefit societies; Dr. Hart, of llnnmd reviews Tyler's ‘“Patrick Henry,” and Dr. Seligman, of Colum- bia, gives a compte rendu of several re- cent works on railways, published by Ginn & Co. ' THE DECEMBER (holiday) number of the English Illustrated Magazine prom- ises to be an unusually attractive one. The full-page illustrations, of which there will be no less than fourteen, com- prise: Portrait of Rembrandt, by him- self; Potato Planting; Study of Head, from a drawing by Sir Frederick Leigh- ton, P.R.A.: Herons, from a drawing by Maude M. Clarke; St. en Cove,Corn- wall; Mrs, Yates as Medea, Peg Wof- fington as Mrs. Ford; Mrs. Abington, from the picture by Sir Joshua Rey- nolds; David Garrick as Abel Drugger, from the picture " of Zoffany; The Post Boys, from a drawing by Hugh Thomson; The Meeot at an from a drawing by Hugh Thomson ard of the Church House Crane lhdgn- ", from a painting by hcmhr illustrated articles inclue Sea of Galilee,” by Laurence Oliphant, “Ornithology at South Kensington™ by R. Bowdler Sharpe, *“What Players Are They” by J. Fitzgerald Molloy, and “Conching days and Coaching Ways,” by Prof. \humu, and the author of “John Herring” will also be continued, and there will be a chapter of a new one by Mrs. Molesworth under the title of “That Girl in Black.” DECEMBER MAGAZINES, TnE DECEMBER number of *“The Pop~ ular Science Monthly,” is one of even more than the usual variety and att Inn,” tiveness. The opening le is en- titled *‘Tuventions at ¥ ma,” by Stuart F. eld, nother ticle is by Hon. David A, Wells, I|| 1e Rise of the Grange Movement,” Mr. C. W. Pierson nagrates aninte: ~l|||u4'h.tpln r len gives, in “American ! hn;,ln. and valuable Prof Huxley on sience and Practi "is a plea in favor of the art kuowledge for tho love of it, in the tainty that alldesived practical advantage will not fail to be fortheoming. A portrait and sketch--the latter by J. Howard Go are given of John Jacob Baey a dis tinguished German geodetist. The edi- tor ut his ‘able” discusses the human striving after ideals as an “Alleged Ar- gument Against Evolutic and Les- sing’s paradox respecting the pursuit of truth, e THE READERS of St.Nicholas will dis- cover in the Decembeér number that ated a worthy volm“ium character to *Little Lord Fontleroy, of her story, “‘Sara Crew Happened at Miss Minchin i Frank R. StotRton Clocks of Rondaine,® and Re 1 ory What gives “The . Wash- ington Gladden tells of “*Saunta Claus in | the Pulpit.’ strange story Bank Accoun while J.T. Trowbridge gives an account of ‘“How the Hart Boys Saw Great SaltLnke,” and Sarah Pritchurd draws an interesting teh of “The First (hristmas Tree in sw England.” Edward Duffy ‘reportee New York World, recounts the stirring adventures which attended the baloon voyage. “The, Children's Chris mas Club of Washington City” brief history by Edmund Alton. Mary Mapes Dodge, Mary E. Wilkins, Amelic Rives, Edith Thomas, and H. C. Bunner contribute the poetry for the number, and there is the usual comple- ment of short sketches, jingles and pictures. H. H. Boyeson tells the - THE DECEMBER CENTURY opens with a frontispiece portrait of Lincoln from a photograph made about the time of his Inauguration, which event is the sub- ject of the present part of the Lincoln history. Prof. Charles W. Shields, of Princeton college, contributes an im- portant and interesting paper entitled he United Churches of the United State: Mr. Kenna's second paper deals with the “Prison Life of the Rus- sian Revolutionists.” An _illustrated paper on the “Sen of Gulileo" is cor tributed by Edward L. Wilson. M Brander Matthews contributes an in- teresting study_of journalism entitled **Notes on Parisian New: spaper Mrs. M. G. Van Rensselaer writes this month in her series on the English cathedrals, about Durhan The fiction of the num- r embra the second part of “The sons,” by Edward Bggleston; the nd fourth of George W. Cable’s novelette of the Teche country, *Au :,” and thedfirst part of “The Du- Frank R. Stockton’s ywml('l l(» Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine. he of the number is ('onlnhulod by Annie Field Rose Hawthorne Lathrvop, Edith M. Thomas, *‘Stuart Sterne,” Maurice . Egan, Henry Blood and Walt Whitman, (a Twilight™) and in b -brac John Vance Cheney, Charles H. Crandall, Jénnie W. Nettner, and others. » * e TueE DECEMBER Harper willbe inter- esting as usual, with the following con- for Abbey; Bur- tions tents: Frontispicee, “The Viear,” “0ld Garden bridge, F. L. S illustration by Edward A. Flowers, w. with ten illustr by Alfred Parsons; “The Viear poem, Winthrop Mackworth with ten illustrations by Edwin Abbey: “Another Way,” a poem drew Lang; “Inja,” a story melie Rives, illustrated by Freg dielman; “Pauline Pavlovna,” Thomas Bailey Aldrich, illustrated by C. 8. Reinhart; “His Day in Court,” (hml.-« abert , with five b; Frost; “The Con- a_poem, Wiil cton, illustrated by Gilbert Gaul; Five F'clock * a farce, William Dean “()\\\‘“i\. illustrated by C. 8. Rein- hart: ‘‘Precious Stones in the United States,” George I". Kunz, with a colored plate and sixteen engravings; *Captain Santa Claus,” a story, Captain King, U. S. A., illustrated by R. {*‘. Zogbaum; Anthony of Padua, A poem. Harriet Lewis Bradley. With one illustration hum the painting bv Murilloy auric, a stor, y Il zabeth Stu 1 ielps. Tllustrated \,y C. S. Reinhart; Craddock Heldest. A story. Frances Courtenay Baylor. Illustrated by Frederick Barnard; From Heinrvich Heine. a poem, William Black; Editor’s Drawer: A Christmas for the Rich as well as lm‘ the Poor; “A tition to the Queen of Ej n]_.,h\nd“ (Mar Twain); ‘“*Shot through the Head:” after the fashion of a French Vaudevile, gil(h six illustrations (Edward Everett ale. dramatic poem, Y g istmas Eve,’ .ll‘t Ex Scribner’s \Ingmmu. issued No- vember 25, is a superb Christmas num- ber. The illustrations have been in- creased to double the usual number,and represent the best work of the most famous artists and cngravers. The number is an unusually excellent one throughout. s Itis a blind confidence to suppose yourself incapable of mistake. It isin- deed a serious blunder to refuse to take Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup when you even suspect you have taken cold. cents. ‘What a grand, great country this is its Price 25 with its vast territory, its big rivi pretty'women, and its Veni Vidi cure—Salvation Oil. e GREAT PEOPLE OF NEW YORKk. Power Exerted by Depew, Conkling and Others. New York Correspondence of the Globe Democrat: nother man to whom people go for every sort of help, for advice upon business, family affairs, politics, love and literature, for half an ‘m\u' of brilliant mental fencing or for a i(;lly change n( witticisms, is Chauncey epew. He is a social monarch, whose '.hlflnv is set far above Ingersoll’s, be- cause he holds a vastly important semi- public positian, interests himself in the widest possible range of subjects, and is accessible to nearly everybody at nearly Grace, all times. Since Harry Clay “died this country has never known a man as pop- ular as Depew—and Clay left offt where Depew begins, as the saying goes. Chauncey Depew is the one_other man besides Ingersoll who is spoken of lov- ingly.though in a limited circle Eugene Kelley, the Irish banker, shares this most enviable reputation with these two far more versatile fellow citizens. Mr., Depew mounts his throne at8 o'clock in the morning at his home, where he sees intimates, his wifé and boy, his news- paper and his family mail. ~ When you understand that during two hours his front parlor, backs parlor and dining room are occupied by men and women coming and going constantly, you can estimate for yourself whether he pos- sarival in popularity. At 10 he s to his office, where other callers are scattered through three rooms, and there, among his railroad reports and papers, over his luncheon, between the calls of subordinates and amid all the ctions of his post, he continués to receive the world at large, which re- news the attack after business hours at his dwelling door again. **Sometimes you would think I was the only man people called on,” he once remarked, “as if it was the fashiou for me to stay in doors and for every one else to turn out and visit m: hen theré is ex-Mayor William B. Grace, about whom, if hiis importance is understood out of town, it is only by re- worts that ave as whispers compared to his popularvity here. He is a little man of Nupolconic body under the brain_of an American Talleyrand. He lives three lives, In one he looks after the most importantinterestsin Peruand at- tracts merchants and shipping men, South American tr and natives for advice and entertain- ment,. T his second life he moves as a master politician, planning, building up, tearing down, giving counsel, do- nating money like a nee, encourag- ing novices, aiding d states- wen, The phrase *‘a powh behind the in the heroine | f *The Bear That Had a | throne” describes him in politics ex- actly. His greatest quality as a poli- tician is his patience. What he wants for himself or his party or his friends he can wait for, knowing that sometimes things started ahead of time roll the | wrong way. His third life is that of an | old country gentleman, with a fine town house and country place, a beloved | family and ornate surroundings. None but an Irvishman or a Frenchman can hope to fill a triangle like that. In all things he is honest and he sets an ex- ample to born Amoricans in his patriot- ism. Just at present Mayor Hewitt is high in thislist. As a congressman and a citizen he was either ill or immersed in private cares or congressional business, und he and the world sought not one another. But as mayor of Néw York he is an_oriental official, a sheik. ~All day long he is in the city hall listening to the people and advising them, and busying himself with their affairs; it makes no difference whether it's a sew- ing woman who can’t get her puy or a contractor who would like to inter the telegraph wires, or a rich old grampus who complains of a strong-smelling stable behind his back yard. Abram S. Hewitt running this town, and, big as it is, none of it gets away from him. Three blocks above the city hall on its Erastus Wiman. He be- fongs also in a separate list with Jlul;z Charles P. Daly, the geographer, C, W Field, Secretary Whiimoy, and Mvs. Paran Stevens. These five are the en- tertainers of distinguished strangers, ‘What is (‘n\h‘d in Europe ‘“‘the freedom *of the ul\ is gotten in their houses. They don’ t compare in this respect wi Mr. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia. Nobody docs. But they do the honors for New York, and do them well. To return to Wiman, there he sits all day, iistening to everybody, turning no on xplorations, inven- shows, politics railroads, new for dinner, the gossip of trade, England and Canado, knowing ybody und dipping into everything. Roscoe Conkling holds court also, but it is like the levees that used to be held 5 poleon shook the dice Paris was crowded with pauper prince e the gr f £% off, hearing ubout tions, dish and kings and s 0ld henchmen came to snator, and to talk over his and homeless Hi past. He has been born again since he quit polities. He is a new man through and through---except in one grand respect; he never tiresof h friends; or of paying homage to thos who have served him, - The the hay-sced hand of up-countr ‘must bore of politi- him, but he never Jay Gould sees only a few . and those only when he wants , the next in power on Wall st cet, will soe_whoever is able to ch him. But he resembles the hman's flea in ubiquitousness and 4. The head of the house of Seligman, the bankers, are ever acces- ub\e In spite of their millions they are democratic and kindly. They hold a kingly court for Germans and He brews. = The most popular Ger- man, though, and the one who holds an incessant 1 day at his office and at night Liedérkranz club—is William v. Music, literature, fun, fin- politics and society are in his He to the ermans what The brain. Chauncey Depew 18 to the rest. William' R. Grace of the Germans is Os- is wold Ottendorfer, the editor of the 'fild'\i* Zeitung. The French have only 0 men to whom they pay court, Fred- erie Courdet, the lawyer, and Charles . Rewauld, the wine unpm'h-r In charities, politics, society and good fel- lowship and clags lendership these men are kings of the French colony and princes in the town. A great many thoughtful men in town and abroad gather around Felix Adler and sing his praises loudly. He is the liberal Hebrew, the prophet of the mod- ern Judea. He teaches children for a profession and men for recreation. He presides over a wonderful philanthropic oundation, well worthy a letter in itself for the manual as well as mental train- ing of youth. Among men he isad- mired for his originality, bright thoughts, comprehensive understanding and groat tact. He is a natural’ leader and manages men so skillfully that he could change a mi; into a philanthro- pist. Inliterar) 'les the Gilders,the refined and elegant brother and sister, receive the most homage. B Border Bandits. In speaking of the banditti on the lower Rio Grande the Brownsville C'os- mopolitan says: The action of the Feder- action, a paper published¥in Victoria and in active partisanshi of the state gov- ernment, can hardly be indorsed, and we trust that its utterances do not ex- press the sentiments of its party seems to us, to say the least, very bad taste for a political paper to, even covertly, uphold the cause of banditti, even in the heat of political discussion, and to attack ‘ the military author- ities in this section for wusing every effort to maintain law and order on the frontier. It seems to us worse tuste to champion the cause of the noted bandit and murderer, Lorenzo Vela on whose head the price of $1,500 is set the day he is delivered in any jail in Texas, and who should consider immurement in the fortress San Juan de Uloa a light pumishment for his-crimes. But a pa- per does not make a party, and we trust to see the state autho es standing shoulder to shoulder with the military to put down banditage and secure law and order on the frontier, so much the advantage of every ranch-owne: the state of Temaulip: On the Ame side of the border there is no question, for the author ate, county, and federal—the res idents of towns and every ranch-owner along the border see that their own safety, the necessitics of the country, and its future prosperity demand the utter extermination of the bandit ele- ment on the frontier. The only question is how to be doi Here is just the trouble. A sheriff starts out to hunt down a party of bandits; he stops to secure a party of rancheros to add 1o his , the matter becomes brusted about, every ranch or neighborhood there is some dissolute character, some horse- thief. some secret agent of the bandits, perhaps, who starts out and gives the timely warning to divide and in the apparel, or to boldly enter some banco, where they know the officers can not follow, or {0 as boldly cross the riverand escape arrest. These bandits operate in bands of ten, fifteen, or twenty, sometimes forty or fifty men. To defeat them needs a SRR one vastly large Where this to be found easiest? Why, in the garrvison of United States troops along the border, who by uact of congress siwuld be permitted to vid the horder sheriffs when their scrvices may be needed to operate against binds of marauders, Let the two republics open them to the ofticers of nu(h nations, s0 that they may be entered at will, searched, and criminals be arrested therein. And, lastly, a reform of the 0 s nottoallow crim- under the lamest pr u\nmlnmu between the eriminal vadically different legal systems, or from the question of mlllmum\), which the bulk of border m 1o be either .\luxicun or Ameriean, at their pleasure. Agricultural Im llealer Il Agricultara] Implements, .fi. Whnh-ll‘ O-I?tt‘ N'hl‘lll “PARLIN, ORENDORF & MARTIN, mmmmfiifi'fiém sad W, Jones P. MAST . Mannfachmers of Buckeye Drills, Sceders, CHURCHILL PARKER, cultural Tmple Iyt oy “LININGER & METCALF CO nplements TUTCHAS. RULEE, P Dealer in Hardwood Lumber, ¥ Nooa Carpets and Parquet Flooring. %th and Dougled _Millinery and | nd Notiones 1. OBERFELDER & CO., ~—~—q- Importers & Jobbers of Millinery & lomal Wagons, Carriages 208, 210 and 312 Bouth 11th Street. ey 3T ROBI 10N CO., Wholesale Notions and Furnihing Goods 1 400 66 South 10 uree, Omani, VINYARD & SCHNEIDER, Wigins & Buggie Btrest, Om aco. Oultivator Ay "'"L?fi" I“e'llal: .n.lg bln Pui 1 wmom}m:;m;w'c R Notions and Gent's Farnishing Goods. —Wholesale—— Azrlcnlmml Imnlemcnlt'l‘u, ‘ggom &Buggies Corner 141 and N 1106 Harney Sirest, Omans. = Oile, CONSOLIDATED, TANK LINE 08-_ Artisty laterlals Pia 1813 Douln Mnn Omi Wholesale Relned and Lubricating Oils Azle Grease, eto., Omaha. A, H. Bishop, Masnager, nos and Organs, ebraska. CARPENTER PAPER CO,, W. V. MORSE & CO Jobbers of Boots and Shoes, Famam st., omn Neb. u-nuneum. upmer Whelesale lannfacturen Agenta for l!n:“mn f an” g.:“n:l‘ 104 & 1308 Omaha Coffee Teas, Coffees Spices, Baking Powder rl.vnnn.axlruud Laund?y Blue ks, Kto. 141018 ireet, Omabia Arent for the Manufacturars and Tmporters of Glassware, Lamps, Unlmneys, .. Omnha, Nobras Mo, 2178, l!rnckery Commission aud b : uarters for Stonewar drape Basket 414 Dodg B S WIEDEMAN & CO., Produce CD]IH!]!SS]I]I!E Merchants, ltry, Butter, Game, | GEO. SCHROED (Successors to McShane Produce Comumission and Cold Storage, Omaba, Nebras A. HURLEY, Consignments sollelt 3 rfer Boxes s Wholesale Paper Dualm (Carry a nice stock of printh ‘Paper. bpecial attention n' "WESTERN NEWBPAPER UNION: Auriliary lelshm , presses and prii o0 130k Sireet, Onia of Bum aml Shlm ~"GMAHA RUBBER GO Manafacturers and Dealers in Rubber Goods 01l Clotbing and Loather Belting. 1008 Farnam Street. A. L. STRANG CO., Pumps, Pipes and Engines. Siewm, wajer sy and miping gl CHURCHILL PUMP CO., Wholesale Pumps, Pipe, Fittings, ) llnl RICHY Junrters for M Veoodd it s b Orbahas U. 8. WIND BNOINEk PUMP CO-. Steam and Water Sapplics, Halliday Wind um- 918 mlm‘m 1 8t., Om Btea; Jobbing, BROWNELL & Engines, Boilers and l}enm::lo nacnmary. Bheet Iron Work, Steam P@hups, Saw Mills. AvCnworth Street, Omnlia cese. Poultr uth l4th Strest, PHIL. ‘s’r.l.:we:« EL& bb“.."m"' Wholesale_Farm, Field and Garden Seeds 911 and 013 Jonen St Omatia !lornga, For ard & Cor ARMSTRONG, TTI Storags, Forwaniing . Commission. 2 South 14th 8¢, ER & CO., -~ & Bcbroeder,) missjon om al, Coke and Lime, COAL, COKE & LIME GO., Jahbem of Hard and Soft Coal. 30 South 13th Btrect, Omal wholesale and retaii, I8 h house of the H, Buguy Co. Bugle Branch house of the enuey B uuy T “:’ ‘Omaha. Tolcphone 0. Nebraska. J.J. JOHNSON & CO., Mannfacturers of Illinois White Lime, Qowl. Coke, Coment, Plaster om, \-u Sewor Pipe. ‘m“m“.“ n& t., Omaha, Neb. NEBRASKA FU Shippers of Coal “"EAGLE CORNIC Mannfacture Galvanized Iron and Cornic John Epeneter, Froprietor. 920 Dodge and 103 and 106 North 10th Street, Oma VIIT‘ EL 00.. and_Core, 8moke stuck-. !ollara. Eto. H. K. SAWYER. M. E. SMITH . Dry Goods, Farnishing Goods and Notions 1108 and mmou!n Cor. 11th St., Omaha, N KILPATRICK-KOCH DRY "GOODS Co Tmporters and Jobbers in !lry (oods, lllmllll Genta’ Furnishing Goods Comer 1 Nebraski Mannfacturing Dealer in Smoke Stacks, Britchings, Tanka and General Boller Repairing. 131§ Dodge Street, Omatia, Nob. & C co.. “PAXTON & v:znmf“*"fl Wronght and Cast Iron Bmldm Wurk Engines, Brass work, blacksimith work, 1Tth l!lncl Omu E & IRON WORK 3 Nel DEWEY & STONE, Wholesale Dealers in Faraiture, Farnam Street, Omaba, Nebrasks. Manufacturers of Wire and Iron Railings OMAHA WI el gl T ST AR e SR S o ¥ & Br o | _______ Grocerles. PAXTON, GALLAGHER & CO. Wholesale Groceries and Provisions, W06, T07, 09 and 711 8. Wth St., Omabs, 1114 aud 1116 Harney Street, Omahs, Ned. D. M. STEELE & CO., Wholesale l!mcm, 1, 1231 and 1238 llll.l ltrul' ALLEN BROS. Whalsale Grocers, Vaulta, fall work, tron and wire fencing, ote. G Andreen, Prop'r. Cor. 14th and J N&STODDARD Co URN&STODD Wegns Biggs, Hi, Pl B MEACHER General Agents for Diebold Eafe & Lock Co.'s Fire and Burglar Proof Safes, Time Locks, _Vaults and Jail Work, 415 Farnam sueu. Omaba. Successorsto A. . Wholes Booksellers and SIalmunrs. Fine Wedding stationory, Commercinl Ktationery. S, Owaha, Overalla, CANFIELD MANUFACTURING CO. Hardwi Tinware Sheet Iron, Mismi Powd Mechasics' Tools sud Ru RECTOR & WILHELMY CO,, Ware, ‘Western Ay o, JoRerson umn'n-x'fl. A s Siandard Bosiss Wholesale Hard h and Harn P R B ru- er ( _Heavy W.J. BROATCH, Heavy Hardware, Iron and Steel, rings, Stock, Hard Soreas, Witk KA EDNEY & GIBBON, Wholesale Iron and Steel. Wood Btock, ‘Laavenmorh o Ouatia gt G LEE, FRIED & CO., Jobbers of Hardware and Nails, . onts f AL SR eienane HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR, Bl Fantware b Sl i iy its., Omaha, :Neb. Q Manafacturers of Overalls, Jeans Pants, Shirts, Ete. 1102and 1104 Dougias Btreet, Omaha, Neb. 'holel e Manufacturers of '. Sash, Doors, Blinds and Mouldings, Branch Office, 12th and Isard Streets, Omahs, Neb. BOHN MANUFACTURING CO., Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mopldings, Siatr Work and lnlnmuuum Wood Fige B venworth Streets, 10 Douglasst. R e 70muhlv OMAHA PLANING MILL CO., Manufactarers of Monldings, Sash, Doors, Aad Biinds, warning, Stirwork, Bank o Omce Fittings. th'end Poppicion Avenue. Lumber, ete. 1300 L N ~ Browers. Ty STORZ & ILER, Lager Beer Brewers, e 1621 North Eighteenth Street, Om nnnhu, Nob Hats, Ca W. L. PARROTTE & CO. " Whnlesale Hats, Caps and Straw Gundx 1107 Harney Btreet, Omahs, Neb. WILLOW SPRINGS DI and ILER & lJurlm & Juhhflrs of FineWines & Liguors India Bitters sad Domestic OMAHA LUMB! Al klnds of Building Material at Wholesale | o Bireet and Unioo Facifl C. N.DIETZ Dealer fn all Kinds FRED W. GRAY, I.nmher Lime, Cement, EE Bte, 'l'u W. HARVEY LUMBER cC To Dealers Ooly. OMce. 1405 Farnam Street, Omabs, Liquore . LOUIS BRADFORD, Dealer in Lomber, Lafh, Lime, Sash, Doors, ete. Yards- Corner Tth and Doy, and Dougise. SOUTH OMARA C. R PALMER. N.P.RICUMAN. J. 1. BLANCHARD, PALMER, RICHMAN & CO., Live Stock Commission Merchants, Omee—Rogm 24, Opposite Kxchange Iuilds ‘u i McCOY BROS., LIVB Stock Commission Mercbants, furnished free on application. Stockers and rnished 03 fi"" torms. Refereno outh Oiaba Nation Eto. STILLERY CO CO.,. Liquors. 1112 1 roey ER CO., o Track, Owala. M WL leu stuck Commlssmn e Buillding, Union Stoes Yards, b Owaha, ALEXANDER & FITCH, Commission Dealers in Live Stock. Room 23, ite Exchange Bulldi Stooly = O, Ronth S, Neb: V% “TUNION STOCK YARDS co., 0f Omaha, Linfited. Joha ¥. Boyd, Superintendent. THE CAPITOL HOTEL LINCOLN, NEB, Corner 9\ of Lamber. JOHN A. WAKEFIELD, L Wholesale Lamb et TS er, Ete, Freschais sy Tho beet koown and waost popular Hotel in be state. o Ceential ‘pptintment rat Heatiquariars wen a a0d pALIC katueriuge. e mere sl political E. P KOGGEN Proprietos,