Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 14, 1894, Page 10

THE TRAINED JOUKEY, The Ups and Downs In the Lite of a Protes- slonal NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—(Special Correspond- ence)—8o tamiliar has racing become in Amer- foa that the successful jockey is a personage of considerable importance. Owing to their enormous salaries and regal gifts they are enabled frequently to retire with fortunes of several hundred thousand dollars twelve years after first touching the saddle. Almost gvery jockey who has attalned celebrity started as a stable boy—that is, ho at first performed menial duties—but {dentitylng himselt more and more with the stable, learning its secrets and eventually riding for it exclusively. In England a law has been passed which fixes the lowest welght to be carried by a horse at seventy- five pounds. This raised a great cry among turfmen; but when the education act was passed preventing boys under 12 being en- gaged In a racing stable, they gave up all hope of producing any more good jockeys. Americans, however, are not hampered by any restrictions as to the age of stable boys, and consequently we find little mites there who 100k as though they had just emerged from kilts. So Important is it considered to get an early training that most of the boys start In at the age of § or 9 years. A great many of them are taken from asylums and homes of different kinds. Colored boys, however, who seem to predominate, generally come of thelr own accord. GETTING A MOUNT. Horseraanship seems to be a natural at- tribute with some of them, and as soon as this makes itself evident the boy is “given a mount.” This apparently unimportant phrase means everything to a stable boy, it is the open sesame Lo all stable fellow- ship. To “get his mount” constitutes his sole alm, for not until then is he recognized by the fraternity, This was illustrated to me in rather an amusing manner. During the races, while the horses were in the paddock, numbers of stable boys, black and white, employed the time by playing marbles. Standing by one group was a young colored jockey, lately graduated from stable dutles,” who coached each player in racing terms. ‘‘Head yer marble this way, boy! Oh, yer weak in the dukes Shoot over here and ketch him when he gets to the post! I say, there, kid, you're foulin’! Yes, y'are! Don't lie to mel” And thus with a threat here and command thers this pseudo ‘‘gaffer” di- rected the game. By and by a little fellow, dressed in a neat suit of blue, came up and faces. 1 heard one remark to another that “he was that slumpin' hungry he thought he could eat his pigs,” the latter referring to his riding Breeches, which are made efther of plg or moleskin, The other replied that he was layin' for tomorrow, when he was to have a steak If he finished first.”" They are eventually enabled to live with very little nourishment, so that many of them ride at 120 pounds when they are men 40 years of | age. Notwithstanding this slim diet they ac- quire a great deal of hardihood, which, owing to thelr constant exposure to danger, often amounts to sheer recklessness, The cele- brated steeplechaser, Jim Mason, cleared at one time a new, unbreakable gate six fest high, instead of going through a penetrable hedge, which he was supposed to do. His reason was that “he intended going to the opera and didn’t want to serateh his fac wthing About the Amateurs. There was conslderably more amateur base ball played In this city Just closed than s generally supposed. There being no amateur or clty league of any kind, however, the claim of clubs that they won the enampionship, is not tenable. There was much good ball played and much that was not so good, but there seems no way in which to sift out one from the other. Manager Ellington of the Sandy Griswolds asserts that his team, as originally organized, made a showing that will compare with any of the numerous teams with which it was cotemporary. They played 21 games, won 16, and lost 5. Bllington claims that the team who figured in the field during the I er part of the season under this name, was not his team, and In ract was not a regularly organized team at all The Originals played splendid ball 20 games played, they last but 4, Steve Brown was the captain and much of their success was due his superior management and playing. The Carells played fine ball during the first of the season, winning seven straight games from the best talent In the city. Los- | Ing their best catcher was instrumental in thelr disbandment. The Carell Juniors played 21 games and lost 6. The Railsplitters played and lostng 7 The Fairmonts made a record out of 32 played. The N. B. Falconers of 13 played. SUMl game. 17_played. The Hayden Brothers team was a good one, but thelr work is not obtainable. The Orchard & Wilhelms played a great many games, winning a majority, but the number is not at hand. The Tony Heralds were in it always, but did not play many games Johnson's team was a fair one, but they didn’t hold together and made no record wor- thy of mention. The Seventh Wards ereated a sensation, but went to pleces for lack of a manager, The Dupont Stars won a majority of their mes. P The Clean Clippers were very strong and made a brilliant record The Gate Citys, while intact, out of 18, winning 11 of 13 won won 6 games out The Falconer Juniors put up a They lost but 2 games out of g played the ked to join the game’ “What!" ex- med the indignant players—'you play! ub! you ain't got no mount yet, boy. ‘Aln’t yer got yer seat fixed?” ‘asked big boy in a surprised voice. “No, mwered the other, In great chagrin, an- “but the trainer said I could ride Morning Glory | latter, | to the paddock tomorrow.” This though giving him some cast, did not per- mit him to join the game, so he leaned against a post, looking on very disconso- lately. I asked him where he had come from. He told me he had worked in an attorney’s office, but didn't like it, and ran off to the races. e had been there only a week and was not well acquainted, but, pointing to a lad who stood apart the crowd, he said that “he had his mount.” JOCKEY MOUNTS. “This youth had a sallow and hatchet face, having the appearance of an under-sized man. He joined in none of the games, and rarely spoke. 1 intimated to him that I could hardly tHink he was a full-fledged jockey. To this he replied, curtly, that “he finished second in the Suburban and rode a dead heat in the Handieap.” 1 learnad afterward that he was 15 yoars old and weighed ffty-eight pounds. Think of that! Fifteen years old and weighing fifty- elght pounds! And yet those fifty-elght pounds commanded more respect than all the others put together. As soon as a boy “gets his mount” he wears the colors of his stable, and when any one is alluded to he is simply called Black and Red, Navy Blue, or, perchance, goes by the owner's name. There is intenso rivalry between the stables, and disputes frequently end. up In a set-to, when the combatants are deslgnated by the horse that is racing from thelr respective stables, and betting runs high. 8o loyal are they that even their hand- kerchlefs and necktles bear the stable colors. The life is disastrous to a boy’s morals, for & more corrupt atmosphere it would be difi- oult to find. They live right in the stables, and a boy finds very few comforts, indeed. A DANGEROUS TRADE. There 1s a bright side, but only for those Jockeys who make large fortunes and retire With honor. In England riding schools are eonducted for the instruction of stable boy But though American boys do not have this advantage, they make just as good riders. At first a stable boy s allowed to perform minor duties, such as carrying watery keep- ing the stable clear and helping to rub down. When the trainer thinks he knows enough ha is put on a horse and taught the arts of & jockey. Finally he Is allowed to ride a race. And this, let me tell you, is no joke. You see a little fmp of a fellow perched on 1op of a vicious long-limbed racer. But what admirable control ho has, Look at his hands and then remomber he weighs only mixty pounds. Any one who has seen a close race where there are ten or twelve entries knows what likelihood there is of a stumble, foul, cross, jostle or throw, and so many unprin- clpled “Jockeys are there that these occur- rences are not always accidental. I saw one boy whose legs were absolutely black from being jostled and pushed against the fence. Notwithstanding this the ranks are always full. This is not to be wondered at. Thirty yoars ago a jockey carried his own saddle, dressed himself ana even rubbed down his own horse. Today he rides to the races in a victoria, attended by a valet, an amanu- ensls and sometimes a clerk. He Is the cynosure of all persons and his face Is known o every nowspaper reader at the end of a race. I approached the jockey who had ridden the winning horse and asked him a ques- tion. He was a little mite of a darkey welghing seventy pounds. I was referred to his valet, who was a tall, strapping Irish- man, with a beard. This individual conde- scended to chat with me for a few moments, The associations here are certalnly unique The spirit of betting Is instilled In a boy's mind s soon as he enters the stable, ff it Bas not already existed. A strictly houest Jockey Is hard to find The story is told of the famous but unscru- lous Bill Scott, who rode Launcelot in the ish Derby of 1840. So confident of win- Bing was ho that he staked his whole for- une on the race. But when, on the last slretch, he saw that Macdonald on Little Wonder would finish first, ho shouted: “A thousand pounds for you If you stop him, Macdonald!” “Too late, Mr. Scott, too late!” was the answer. TRAINING DOWN. Comparatively few stable boys become pro- fessional jockeys. They are unable to keep down their wéight, This is the one thing that preys upon a jockey's mind—his mortal dread of “getting on flesh.” Before and after every race ho is required to pick up his saddle, which weighs one pound, and step on the scales. 80 careful is the clerk ©of the heales that he tosses a handkerchlef on either side, and If the scales ylold to the ure, then only does he consider them to weigh on. If a boy gets on a pound or two extra adipose tissue it is an easy matter to reduce him, but should it be four or five pounds, great consternation ensues. Owner, trainer and groom all conspire to work It oft, He I» bundled up in & couple of gvercoats and sent for a five-mils walk with a long-legged groom, whose teelings are sufficiently hardened to pay no attention to the little mite of a boy who is “‘just that bloomin' hot that he'N melt.”” It this does not sufMice he is dosed with saits and rolled up In hot blankets and heated until ho ceases to perspire. At this point treatment s dis- continued, for there is danger of the boy be- coming 50 weak that he cannot ride a close falsh. It is really pititul to sce their plached the | from | best kind of bail. The Morse Dry Goods team, with more practice, would have been a factor in amateur The West Omahas, while they lost oftener than they won, embraced a good all-round lot of players. The Shamrocks were cracker-facks while they lasted. The Dalsles were daisies, indeed, and It was a rare thing for them to get left The Grand Views were all right as long as they lasted. The Bemis Bags made it interesting for vthing they went up against. The U. P. Browns were a warm crowd, but they quit at an early stage in the game. The Tenth Streets was another good but ephemeral team. The Needmores were all right, but went to pieces long before the season clos The M. B. Smiths had some good timber in their ranks, but disbanded just when getting good. The Omaha Juniors played but a games. The Burt Street Stars played well, but were weak in two or three important positions. In addition to the above were numerous other teams, but as no record was kept of their work most of them have disappeared from view for all time. Next season it fs quite sure a strong city league will be formed, a regular schedulo drafted and lots of good work done. The Bee is a stanch friend of the amateurs, and will cheerfully lend every as- sistance in their behalf. With the Ball and Bat. ALREADY the cranks are getting tired talk- ing about the wonder- ful race Jjust closed. They have discussed and rediscussed it from evory known stand- point, and expatiated on this phase and tha until the intricacies of the subject have all been mastered, and all grounds for argu- ment have been consumed. The merits and demerits of the various players, umpires and magnates have been exhaustively descanted upon, and the orators are all hard up for subfect matter on which to feed thelr in- satiate appetite for gossip. The season closed and the players scat- tered to the four winds, there is nothing left the enthusiastic fan now but the prospects for the coming season. It is always bettter to tall of something to come rather than of somothing that has gone, and consequently trom this on it will be the probabilities for 1895 which will claim and command the at- tention of the gossips. Will Omaha have a winning team next season, seems to be the ieading question However, it is a question that is difficult to answer. As yet nothing whatever is known even by the management In this regard. That some of this year's team will be here again_there is little doubt, et it is safe to say that their number will be limited. The makeup of the circuit for 1895 i& yet one of the things to be developed by time, but the probability is that a majority of the cities now constituting the association will again be represented. So far as s known there is no disposition on the part of any of them to withdraw, but the prosperity of the organiza- tion as a whole may make some changes highly advisable. The association strongly fayors cities wherein Sunday ball is per- mitted, and a number of such cities not now included in the circuit are knocking at the door for admission. The past season’s success has made a franchise desirable, end there are no less than four new applicants for membership. As to the Western league little can be said at this time. The subject is a vital one, and must be carefully and seriously considered before any definite steps are taken. That the Western is exceedingly anxious to includo the Gate City in its cir- cuit, is & very manifest fact. It is the larg- est and most prosperous city In the west, and in time will be a great baseball center. In first-class company once more, & good, strong, winning team would create a furore here. Of course enlarged grounds would be a necessity, but these will come in due time. The present management 1s anxjous and de- fow during the season | various | difference what organization they are in the coming year, they will not be found wanting In the way of a good team and good ball. The Omaha Whist Club, The Omaha Whist club held its annual election In fts pleasant club rooms on the seventh floor of The Bee building at the regular elub meeting Wednesday evening last, which resulted in the choice of the following official roster: W. J. Hawkes, president; G. W. Tillson, vice president; Stockton Heth, secretary and treasurer, and Will Wilbur, Harry Reed, A. J. Lave and V. P, Musselman, executive com mittee. The retiring officers were W. B. Meikle, president; W. J, Hawkes, vice presi- dent; H. G. Jordan, secretary and treas- urer, and L. A. Garner, D. L. Stubbs, Rich- ard Carrier and G. W. Tillson, exccutive committee, The report of Secretary Jordan showed the lub to be out of debt and with a satis- ctory fund in the treas L Without an exception the Omaha Whist club s one of the most flourishing social organizations In the city, is growing rapidly and promises to be a permanent institution. The regular club nights are Wednesda Saturdays, from 7 to 12 p. m. Wednes and from 2 to 12 p. m. Saturdays. club rooms, a cosy suito on the seventh floor of The Bee building, are handsomely appointed and the contest evenings are a source of inestimable enjoyment and profit to its members. There are something like 100 membe 1d among this number are included some of the most skilled whist players in the city, Wednesday evening Mr. W. J. Scannell made a motion suggesting the advisability of inaugurating for the present winter season a serles of club team tournaments, with the idea of Inciting a keener interest generally in the beautiful game and achieving better results In augmenting skill In the play. Mr. Scannell's idea is to hold a club tourna- ment once a week, to consist of two game of twelve hands each, duplicate whist, each team to contest with each other team, a committee to be appointed to take charge of these tournaments, and the secretary (o keep a record of the contests and to post conspicuously in the club room a report of each meeting. The motion was cordially and warmly re- celved by the various members present, and in order that the innovation might be properly put on, the matter was left to the discretion of the executive committee. As duplicate whist Is played exclusively in this club, it might not be amiss to give the con- ditions governing this very interesting sys- tem. It Is governed by the common laws of whist, except in %0 far as they are modified by the following special laws 5 A game consists of any agreed number of hands. They may be played and. replayed at the same table, or overplayed at two or more tables. Every trick taken is scored and the result is determined by a comparison of the aggre- gate number of tricks won by the competing teams. Tables may be formed by cutting or by agreement. In two-table duplicate, If the tables are formed by cutting, the four having the pref- erence play at ons table and the next four at other. The highest two at one table are tners with the lowest two at the other. liest two at each table sit north and south, the lowest two east and west. The deal is never lost; in case of a misdeal, or of the exposure of a card during the deal, the cards must be redealt by the same player. The trump card must be recorded befors the play begins; at the end of the original play the trump card must be placed by tho dealer, face upwards, on top of his car In single-table duplicate one suit may be declared trumps for the game. If a player is found to have either more or less than his correct number of cards at single or two-table duplicate, there must be a new deal. In a game in which the same hands are played at more than two tables, each player should count his cards before beginning the play of a hand, and in case he has not the proper number, the hand must be sent back to the table from which it was received, and the error rectified. If the irregularity Is not discovered until the hand Is played through, the hand must be sent back as before to be rectified, and is then passed to the next table without being played over again. If a player has a deficiency and his adversary the corresponding surplus, each team takes the average score for that hand. If, however, the partner of the player has the,_corresponding surplus, the team is given tho lowest scors for that hand. If the irregularity occurs at tne original table the hand must be redesic. On the original play, each player, when it is his turn to play, must place his card face upward before him and toward the ocenter of the table, and allow it to remain upon the table In this position until all have played to the trick, when he must turn it over and place it facy downward and nearer to himself, placing each successive card, as he turns it, directly on top of the last card previousiy turned by him. After he has played his card, and also after he has turned it, he must quit it by removing his hand. A’ trick is turned and quitted when all four players have turned and quitted their re- spective cards. A revoke may be claimed at any time be- fore the last trick of the hand, in which it occurs, has been turned and quitted, and the scores of that hand recorded, but not there- after. The members of the club are as follow: H. D. Allee, Captaln James C. Ayers, F. J. Burkley, C. F. Barnard, J. F. Barton, J. F. Barnard, R. W. Beck, W. H. Beekman, Willlam F. Baxter, F. A. Brogan, A. N. Benn, F. N. Conner, Dr. B. F. Crummer, Richard ~Carrier, A. L. Carson, Stockton Heth, A. B. Hudson, Netherton Hall, M. A. Hall, Charles B. Hall, W. J. Hughcs, W. A. Holmes, Dr. 0. §. Hoffman, Dr. A. F, Jonas, F. B. Johnson, H. G. Jordan, Lyle Johnson, Walter M. Keenan, G. A. Kimmel, 0. D. Kiplinger, W. E. Pease, O. S. Potter, Arthur Pickering, Major A. M. Pinto, N. A. Peters, C. 8. Raymond, A. L. Reed, Harry D. Reed, George S. Ralston, Dr. M. A. Rebrt, H. L. Reber, F. A. Rinehart, G. C. Smith, George P. Stebbins, D. L. Stubbs, 8. G. V. Griswold, I A. Coles, A, H. Comstock, N. N, Crary, Major W. H. Comegys, W. H. Dox, Francis Dana, Latham Davis, J. M. Daugherty, M. F. Funkhouser, L. P. Funkhouser, L. A. Garner, J. H. Gates, H. B. Gates, Dr. A. P. Ginn, Dr. Isidor Giuck, F. Gruninger, W. I. Hawks, George M. Lawrence, A. J. Love, W. B. Meikle, V. P. Mussleman, W. H. Megquier, C. 8. Montgomery, Joseph P. Megeath, Henry Morrow, Will McCague, F. M, Marsh, Charles Martin,' E. G. McGiiton, W. A. Murray, Major H. McElderry, G. L. Nason, George O'Brien, Robert E. Pease, Henry L. Pease, B. J. Scannell, H. P. Stoddart, W. D. Sunder- land, E. A, Shepherd, H. W. Snow, Frank Teets, George W. Tillson, Gegrge C. Towle, W. H. Wilbur, G. E. Warner, Dr. W. P. Wileox, Henry Wyman, J. H. Wheeler, Will Webster, John Westphaling, J. E. Willard, Frank Zug. fa Expiring Gasps of the Game. It is quite apparent that Baltimore didn't win that pennant any too soon. New York's four straight victories in the Temple cup series show fairly the relative strength of the teams. Members of the Giants carried off nearly $1,000 h, and the Orioles nearly $700 each, as the result of their post season exhibition. Buck Ebright and his husky farmers are termined to give Omaba the vory best ball possible, yet they must consider the amount of money they can realize at the gate, and this season’s receipts will form a good bas: for computation. It i3 a well established fact that a losing club here cannot be made a winner, financially. It Omaha should enter one of the big leagues, it would be abso- lutely essential for the public to demon- strate in some manner that the club would be properly supported. According to Presi- dent Rowe the present management in- tends to enlarge the Charles street grounds, but just how this is to be accomplished he does’ not say. That it will take both time and money is a fact patont to all. They de- sire to do everything that will enhance the convenience, pleasure and comfort of their patrons. The president is also desirous of correcting the erroneous impression that pre- vails as to the club’s success thls season, While it has surely been a flattering segson considering all the oircumstances, as they have been fortunate enough to meet all thefr obligations, they have raade but an insignif- cant amount of money tp be lald away. The new grounds cost about $3,500, and the play- ers' salary list and numerous other ex- penses run this figure ub yery materially, and it ls unreasonable to think that they oleared much over their outlay. They exe press the deepest gratitude fen the encour- agement extended them, asd W makes ng| chasing the fugitive dollar over the prairies in_the southern part of the state. Sioux City realizes better mow than ever what it Is to get It whero the lady wore the beads. It must go awfully against the grain of the loyal fans of Huskville to have Milwaukee, Kansas City, Minneapolis and To- ledo, four of the wors; quitters in the coun- try, talk of dumping them overboard to take on St. Paul, a town with a quitting record above all others. When the barefaced robbery attempted in the effort to steal Sioux City's franchise 1y added to this the whole force of the Insult becomes apparent. Manager Ellls of Grand Rapids wired President Beck of Sioux City for prices on all the huskers not sold. Beck didn’t do & thing to Ellls io retyrn. Beck will show the Western League pirates a thing or two yét. It Is quite probable that Chicago will set Willy Billy McGill loose next season and giv Abbey more of a show In the box. McGLII's indifference 18 agaigst him, while Abbey's exemplary conduct, on and off the fleld, ha won him as many friends In proportidn in Chicago as it did during his short stay in Omaha. Dave Rowe {s positive of one thing Omaba will not be handicapped by lack of pitchers mext season. Big Amow Rusie and little Meekin knew ived $1,000 as his share Meekin has improved some since St. Paul and Omaha had him. 80 far as can be noted the new league into which all the jyers are going hasn't made a great dealght Wifference with the plans of the big leaglie. ; It Is noted, however, that most of the nolse |5 made by piayers for whom the bell has rung Captain MeVey is handling the fvorfes as cleverly as he ever handled the horsehide. orge Is a very popular young man in Omaha, and he hasn't let his success turn his head. Pa. -Rourke s another of the team who will vote in Omaha this time. Something of & change seems to have como over the spirit of Milwaukee's Na- tional League dream. It is the business sense of the bl league managers that counts against Schlitztbwn. Old Dad Clarke pitched fifteen games for ew York during the season. Ho had twenty flelding chances In them and made two errors. Esper pitehed thirty-four games during the season, had fifty-elght chances and no errors Uncle Adrian C. Anson writes his name first among first basemen and second only to Esper in the league as a fielder. He had 798 chances in elghty-two games, and made five errors. Tommy Tucker of Boston had 1,197 chances In 122 games and made twenty errors; Dan Brothers of Baltimoro | had 1,267 chances in 124 games and made thirty errors; Juke Beckley of Pittsburg had 1,313 chances in 131 games and made thirty three errors; Oliver Perry Tebeau, Omaha's old Patsy Bolivar, had 1,145 chances in 111 games and made thirty errors. 4 MINER BOY'S HEROISM. Willie Lentz is a miner's son, 12 years old, and lives in a tumble down shanty beside the Lliinols Central railroad at Rutland, a min. ing camp situated in the lower end of La Sallo county, Tlinois. He is an odd little chap. His face is gen erally crossed with Intersecting streaks of dirt, and his tow colored hair usually sticks out in_every direction from bencath a nar- row brimmed, old brown felt hat, but his big blue eyes look you straight in the face, and you scarcely ever see him without say- ing to yourself, “What an honest looking boy!"* When the great miners' strike began Wil- lie had to leave school in order to help his father at gardening and doing odd errands for people about town, so that the family might better struggle against that wolt— hunger—during the long, weary weeks which Mr. Lentz knew would follow. People with comfortable homes, as a rule, think but little of what a protracted strike means to a miner. The small sum of money Mr. Lentz had saved was soon exhausted, and one morning, like thousands of other fathers in the coal regions, he had to divide the bread for the hungry little mouths that confronted him at breakfast, 5o that a portion might be left for dinner. The strike was presenting the ter- rors of starvation. In the afternoon of the same day Willie wont, with several boys, up to the “Santa Fe Pond” to fish, for, should he succeed; he thought, in bringing home even a few “bull- heads,” it would serve for one meal, at least. The “Santa Fe Pond" Is a depression of about 300 fe t in length by fifty feet in width, made, a.couple of years ago, in ex- avating for the n n extension of the Atchison, Topelid & Santa Fe railroad from Chillicothe t8" Ancona, - 111, “This railroad rosses the Illinols Central at a point about two miles north of Rutland. Willie spenk perhaps two hours sitting in the hot sun on the west bank of the pond, with a long, green willow rod in his hand, to the end of which was fastened a strong plece of linen thread, a bent pin and a “mangle worm.” But:fish® didn’t bite well. Wiliie had caught three and one of his comrades had landed a niserable little sunfish. So the boys were growing tired and dis- couraged. “Let's git up on the track an' look around,” suggested Jamesy Brady, a brown- ved Trish boy. I'll go ye,” was the response in unison, and in a moment ‘the boys were scrambling up the thirty foot embankment upon which the Santa Fe .tragk rests. This high cm- bankment extends' along for nearly a mile on each side of the Illinois Central rafiway. The Santa Fo'crosses the Central on a fine iron bridge, and, 200 feet west, passes over the Wenona and Ruiland wagon road upon a flimsy structure of oak piling. The boys reached the top of the embank- ment and played about for some time, throw- ing pebbles at the birds as they would alight for a moment on the telegraph wires, walking the rails or watching the farm wagons as they crept slowly along the smooth prairie roads. Wiliie finally wandered down the track toward the wooden bridge, and as he reached it began to pick his way over the heavy ties. Suddenly he noticed that oil had been poured over the beams, and tiny pools with their dark, green scum, lay in the hol- 1ow and crevices. He went to the other side, and saw, partially concealed beneath a rail, a_plece of round iron pipe, while from the end there protruded a short piece of rope. The child looked at the spot horrified. He knew what all this meant. The miners were going to set fire to the bridge and blow it up! He remembered how he had heard his father say the day before that the miners were angry because the Santa Fe company was bauling coal from Toluca, and that some had been heard to avow that they would blow the trains into pieces before the thing had gone very far. He remembered how his father had also declared that he should have nothing to do with the stopping of trains or the destruction of railroad prop- erty, and that the miners had no right to threaten innocent lives. As this 12-year-old boy stood and looked at the gas pipe, With its rope fuse, he thought of the passimger train that was due to pass over this very bridge early in the evening and of the coal train that would follow an hour later. The thought frightened him so that he could scarcely stir. Willle at last found tongue to shout down to his playmates: ““Come up hera!" “What ye want?” inquired Jamesy Brady as the boys slowly approached. “D'ye see that?" said Willie, as he pointed toward the bomb. “Humph!” ejaculated Pete Robbins, the big boy of the crowd. Pcte was 15 years of age and felt his authority among his com- rades. “Guess they're goin' ter blow her L ““But think o' them people that'll be comin® over here in that passenger,” replied Willie, feeling something he did not like in Pete's tone. " “What 't they'd touch’t off tonight? There'd be an orful lot o' folks killed.” “Well, I'm agin the ’noplies,” declared Pete stoutly, imitating as well as he could the speech of his father, who was known among the strikers as an agitator of some note. “Ye jus’ got ter do 'em up every pos- sible way ye kin.” “I'm goin' ter'tell the p'leece,” declared Willle, with firmness. “No, ye ain't,’} said Pete quickly, * goln’ ter ‘low it.; “Well, I will,” and bofore Peto knew what had happened Willle had given him a sudden push that sent him’ rolling over and over down the north #fde of the embankment. Before the other’ frightened and astonished boys could maks’'a ‘Wove Willle had darted down the south ¥d¢°0f the embankment and was running aloiig the wagon road toward Rutiand as fast as his little bare feet could take him. L The boys, in_thelF, loud and excited talk, had not noticed'the Slow approach of a lame Italian, who had Deei stationed by the strikers to watch the bridge, He had been dozlng near the track, p;z,, nmh:,g the nolse had aroused himselt gnd Was now hobbling toward the bridge, shouting and gesticulating. He caught sight of;Wiljie down the road, and surmising that pemething was wrong, pulled out an old French Revolver, pointed it at the fleeing boy and;fired. lie's companions screamed with terror as they saw him sud- denly pitch forward and nearly fall. But in a moment he had recovered himself and was hurrying on. A ‘sharp pain ran through his arm near the shoulder, but =~ he was determined it should not overcome him, for he must get to Rutland, and in some way prevent the destruction of the hundreds of people that wouid be on that passenger train. iy AT | Ve “Hi, kid, what's the matter of ye?" lax- ily inquired the Rutland village marshal, who bad been sitting on a store box whittling and telling horse stories, as a dusty, be- # little chap came panting down the fireet, and towafd the Dlace - whers the marshal sat. “Why, why, what's that bleod on yer shirt, yo been—7" ‘Goln' ¢ blow up Santa Fe bridge!” gasped the chndr“- he selzed a hitching t, aln't ohain to support shaking lopA “Mipers ot & bomb under 1 seen It, ‘0’ they shdt At me, 'e'—' Willie's strength was gona ) The little feliow tumbled forward, and, roll. 1ng down the sloping sidewalk into the gutier, for the first timo in his it fainted. What excitement thers was! Why, It wasn't twenty minutes before a crowd of fifty were nbout the biceding child, and faces became whitened as the word ““bomb’* was mentioned. 1 need not tell how the village doctor was called to attend to Willie's injuries, which consisted of a deep out In the fleshy part of the right arm, where the bullet had plowed its way through, but had Tuckily not struck the bone; how the marshal ran for dear life to the telegraph office and sent word of what was Santa, Fe tralnmaster division, That evening deputy United States mar- shals, together with the sherift's posse, captured twenty men at the bridg Just be. fore the Chicago passenger thundered along Rutland’s citizens held a meeting and gave Willie a purse of $i0. 1 was talking with Mr. Todd, the Santa Fe trainmaster, a few days ago. He said: That boy saved us that time, He'll go to college after a while and get $1,000 be- sides, and you can state in your paper that there's one railroad company that wants to reward real grit. on the Chillicothe JOH ROMANTIC HOVH L. WRIGHT. HODS, A Wonderful Baby King. To be a king at 5 years of age and hold & court of superlative magnificence is the lot that fell to only one monarch that ever lived. He was cailed the Dauphin until at his majority, attained when he was 14 years of age, Louis XIV. became king of France. The little Louis never knew what fun was from a boy standpoint; his babyhood was made up of formality, elegance and rich clothes, He set the pace to his little Jects in politeness. Inheriting the most stately courtesy from his beautiful ish mother, he added to it 4 polish and glitter that made his name famous as a master of etiquette No gay rides or swims, or meeting the rench sub- | common people, as his Kngiish cousin, Prince Charlie, did. ~ Prime ministers, cardinals, dukes and princes talked to him and sur rounded him jealously. But he probably would have had elaborate, showy manners, anyway, his disposition being formal and’ exacting of the courtesy due him. When he had been christened, in his 5th year, with great state in the chapel of the palace, his mother carried him into the room” where his father, Louls XIIL, was dying. “Well, what is your name?’ his father, the king, asked. “Louis XIV.” the little replied, ““Oh, not yet, not yet, my son.” But he was king in a few days, for his father's crown descended on him, and the stately little tot was the ruler of a great nation. His first act of state was to receive the oaths of allegiance from his people. This he did, sitting in regal state on the throne, with a royal violet robe on and superb crown jewels. Sitting in front of him on the steps was another little boy, the Count de Guiche, Both the little chaps behaved Ifke grown up men. The infant cirele that little Louis gathered about him was famous as the most brilliant court of children ever assembled. He in the Palais Royal, which cost something over $1,000,000 to build, and occupied the apartments that had served the great Cardi- nal Richelieu. The most magnificent furni- ture and tapestry was placed there for his use, and he held his household in there. A cardinal superintended his tion; he had also his governor, his preceptor and his valet de chambre. The Marchioness de Senecey and other women of high posi- tion told him falry tales to put him to sleep, and looked after all the frills and ornaments and velvets he wore. an_abnormal fondness for two things, his tory and military exercises. This was a sig- nal for his after life, for he was noted for kinowledge of kingly and political affairs and for controlling some of the greatest fellow promptly generals, who conquered for him vast terri- | tories, This loye for military maneuvers persuaded him to gather in his palace a young regi- ment of boys. These were children of the nobles who were about his father's court. Louis, himself, would general them, shoul- dering the musket, brandishing the sword and beating the drum. Then he seemed to be entirely pleased. But there was never any intimacy " between the little king and his ‘children of honor,” as they were called. He addressed them with punctilious polite- ness, and their answers were necessarily the same. Lessons in kingly etiquette were forced upon his mind by his older court; for in- stance. one day he loaned a crossbow to a little friend. When he started to take it back the Marchioness de Senecey reminded him_with “'Sire, kings give what they lend." The kingly little fellow, with a low bow, said ‘Monsieur de Leminie, T wish the gift wer of more importance.” Think of this from a boy of 5! AlL this extravagant elegance did not tend to weaken the character of the young king, as Cardinal Mazarin, who nation through a weak king, hoped The cardinal even had the histo- rical readings stopped, for their Influence was too dangerous for his game. He would not let him be taught anything of service, and when he was 7 years old, though he was muscular and tall, he knew nothing of men- tal instruction. This deficiency he tried in after life to make up, but he always realized bitterly how material a loss this lack of study was to him, If he couldn't spell at 17, though dgnce. This accomplishment he remained famed for throughout his life. ~ At this early age he led the queen of Poland through the figures of a dance with such courtly grace and perfect ease that it called out the ad- miration of men who had served their years at the courts of the world. Etiquette was all through boyhood to him a factor of great importance. Every per- son was assigned a seat in his room, and any omission in taking It was a serious affair, The cardinal, who was very shrewd, scon had his eyes opened fo the fact that young Louis was not a fool or a coward. He ad- mitted to a noble that “His majesty has the making of four kings and an honest man in_him."* Political troubles between the Parliament and the court were rapidly developing. The little king and his court had to be awak- ened at 4 o'clock one morning and hurried out a prisoner to escape from the mob. This war of talk—for no blood was shed—was caMed the “Fronde,” that being the French name for a sling, and a witty Frenchman said these people were like children “frond- ling in the ditches.” But the Fronde succeeded in getting Car- @inal Mazarin banished. Then Louis, at 14 years of age, was declared absolute monarch of France. Al the grandeur attendant upon a coronation was present; people thronged the streets and frightened his steed, but Louls' athletic nerve stood him in good stead. His first announcement showed that he was no weakling, and from that day, young as he was, he took active oharge of affairs. He studied the affairs of other gov- ernments closely, he took pains to familiar- izo himself with all detalls of policy, and then and there commenced to weign over the he could greatest era Francs has ever known, and in- | augurated the longest reign of any king in the world—seventy-seven years. And still, unlike his cousin Charlie. who threatening to the | splendor | duca- | He developed early | wanted to rule | it | {was catied the “merry monarch,” he was always known as the “grand monarqu g NOTED MEN OF OUR TIME. Thera Is one man In this city who, at the age of 70, Is beginning the world again, says the New York Sun. Ho Is A. Oakey Hall Mr. Hall bas been a politiclan, a newspaper man antl a lawyer, that he is now once more before his fellow townsmen after a long period of retirement He has made a remarkable career, He was born in New Orleans, of English parentage. | He was a graduate at the University of New | York. He soon became assistant district at- torney. He was afterward district attorney He became, in 1854, one of the law firm of Blunt, Vanderpoel & Hall. He left the whig-republican party when Mr. Lincoln dofoated Mr. Seward for the presidential omination, became a demoerat, and fought Hall until that organization was @ him into its councils. He was of the city when the Tweed frauds startled the nation. He stood trial fc alleged complicity In these frauds and was acquitted. His appearance shows his glish ancestry and his southern birth He is pale and sallow, has bright dark eyes and, though of slight build, 1s sturdy in his make-up. His hair is now snowy white and thick and brushed back from his forehead, This man, who was famous before most of thoe present generation was born, has recently returned to the practice of his profession as a lawyer. His health is good and his wits aro sharp. Since the days when he was in the fray many new practices and usages have come in. But without fortune and with a rounited family to guard he has begun the world again. mayor Josiah P, Cooke, head of the chemistry department at Har- vard, who died recently, had his one little | Joke which he perpetrated on the freshman o every year with great good humor. Prof. Cooke's lectures in chemistry were | about the only course which the whole fresh- man class wis required 1o attend in a body, At the first lecturo each year, when the 0 or 300 freshmen were gathered before him in the big amphitheater in Boylston Prof. Cooke would bring out a small boitle containing an innocent-looking white liquid. At a certain stage in the lecture, after he had touched upon the tremondously destructive qualities of certain chemicals, the old gentleman would pick up the vial and hold it out in his trembling fingers before the view of the whole class. “Gentlemen,” he would say, in a voice full of tremors and “'gentlemen, this bottle contains a explosive. It it should drop from my hands to the floor"—and hero his fingers would tremble alarmingly—‘you would all be blown to atoms.” Invariably this speech, combined with the pathetic trembling of the old man's fingers, would cause a commotion in the room, and half a dozen or more timid freshmen on the front row would jump and flee precipitately. Prof. Cooke would turn and look at the fleeing students, and then, with a broad, genial and knowing smile to the rest of the class, which would smile back at him, he would carefully lay the vial back in its little case ready to use at the next annual joke. Prof. the well known In an appreciative sketch of Joseph H Manley, the skillful politician who looks after Thomas B. Reed's Interes a writer in a Boston paper says: “‘Mr. Manley is a young man, as political leaders go, not only in feel- ings, but in years. He was born October 14, His father was the well known pub- of the Gospel Banner, James S. Man- and his mother was of the noted Maine family of Sewalls. Ili-health prevented Mr, Manley from pursuing regular courses of study, except at home, from the time when he had been, as a little boy, to the ‘Little | Blue School' in Farmington, until at the age of 19 he began the study of law in Boston, | continuing his studies at the Albany (N. Y.) Law school until he was admitted to the bar just before attaining his majority. Mr. Man- |ley is a successtul business man, and has large and Important interests intrusted to him. He has long taken a great interest in the public schools, and has been for many years a director of the schools In Augusta. He is one of the trustees of the public Ii- brary of the city and active in the affairs lof the Congregational church in his town, ¢Ho is also a prominent Mason, having reached the 32d degree.” Richard Vaux, Phila | delphia, has never been to a theater In his !life to see a theatrical performance. An in- | | the Chesterfield of teresting incident is given of his boyhood days, over three-score years ago. His father, a highly respected and prominent Friend, | resided on Arch street, and believed it was best for his children to be tralned within the rules of the good old Quaker habits. At that period Ned Forrest was the brilliant young American tragedian and had captivated | all the boys of Philadelphia in his character | of the Roman gladiator and big Indian Meta- mora. Young Vaux naturally desired to see | the great actor play, but shrank from going | without his father’s consent, so one day he ventured to ask his father for a half-dollar to get a ticket. The old gentleman kindly replied in Quaker accent: “‘Richard, I don’t begrudge the money, but thee knows I don’t pprove of playhouses, and wish thee to promise me not to g0 to a theater without my permission.” The promise was given and lis father died suddenly soun after without glving the pe; don. 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