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FREIGHT MANIPULATION. Sketches of Some Scenes in a "Bustling 1 Railway Freight House and Yard. Illustrations of the Processes of De livery, Loading 1 . Sealinar and Car rying Merchandise. The Level Heads and Quick Wits Which the Foremen, and Por ters Must Possess. • (Episodes in Lives of Brakemen and Yardmen — How They Make up and Send a Train. the Freight Conductor the Bluest Man ou the Hoail-How He Looks and Acts. A one-story structure of brick, with an ap proximate length oi 500 feet, a width of 50 feet and a roof, the obtuse angle of which does not aspire to rise above a height of 20 feet: in fact, a building so long and squatty that it might be compared in general propor tion to an average train of freight cars built together end to end with the ends knocked out. Its sides are pierced with broad arched doorways every thirty feet and its lloor of heavy planking is at the level of an ordinary commercial delivery truck from the ground. Inside, a wilderness of timber trusses and iron rods overhead, and all around a chaos of boxes, barrels, bags, vehicles, machines, agricultural implements, domestic utensils and commercial goods of every conceiv able description. Outside on the left, a tangle of wagons, drays, truck?, horses, men and goods, teamsters of evc-ry na tionality bawling, swearing at each other and wrestling with packages of every size and shape. Each man is straining to get his load ', "loading. off his own bands into those of the perspir ing gang inside. The latter individuals are divided into groups. each group under the con trol of a man with a book or clip of bills in his han<l3. Some of the men are wheeling loaded trucks in every direction. Outside on the right stands an englneles3 train of freight cars, pome of the cars closed and loaded and others open and empty. Into the empty cars men are wheeling and carry ing certain pieces of the heterogeneous col lection of articles. In an office partitioned off at the frort end of the building are a half dozen clerks and officials working away with pen and ink as though time were press ing. BITCH IS THE SUPERFICIAL APPEARANCE presented by the outgoing freight shed of one of the great railway systems having its headquarters at St. Paul, and although it is but one of several of like size and capacity in the city, it has been selected as an illus trative type of a comprehensive system of railroad "freight handling which is one of the executive marvels of the day. A general idea of tbe enormous quantity of outgoing freight bandied in St. Paul by the freight de partments of the various railroad lines' "may be gained from the. statement that in this building alone a force of eleven men receive and load An average of twenty-three car loads of freight per diem. The system by which this marvelous daily amount of labor is accomplished is so interesting in de tail ttiat it lias been deemed worthy of detailed description anil illustration in these columns When the teamster from one of the great commercial establishments of the city gets a chance to drive Ufci, be pre sents to the receiving clerk a mi. i. op iftOODS, specifying number of articles, weight and mar on the packages delivered to the charac of t!i" railroad company. Tuesedctails the teamster proceeds PEALINO. *> call out in an Inspiring tone if voice, and the receiving clerk checks them off on the bill us he unloads them. If the bouse shipping chr goods is one which experience ha;- demonstrated to (><• as a rule correct in weight specified the figures are sometimes tjk«-n as correct and the goods receipted for If the goods arc from a new Shipper or house Known to be tricky in this trifling matter, special attention is paid to weighing Che giH>d.-« are weighed upon one of h lies 'i moth scales in the center of the floor 1' found correct, the receipt — which I* usually -'"I In book form and carried by the teamster— ls stamped with the camp of the agent, railroad company, date and a proviso stating that the weight is sub Ject to cortaCion The bill is also initialed with the sli;ti«iurc of the receiv ing clerk, Hit airtnoranda of weight •ml Initial Of i^-tiei, and are classified by bring hung on our of a series of hooks placed under a label bearing the • am« of the place of destination or of that section of the road In which It Is included. After in*. C.iKM^ ARK UNLOADED the teamster, they first go through what Is known a? the distributing process. Upon the wails and suspended from the rafters at varying Intervals are hung signs bearing the names •>! town* upon the line of the railroad. riu-«<* stgn« arv so numerous that In seme [nttancrs fifteen may be counted in a space of thirty feet. Upon the space of flooring cocruNO. Immediately beneath these stfM are piled tbe goods directed to tbe place designated or In proximity to IL The* then pass iato tbe change cf the load leg ci'rtu a tacwt Important functionary, up. a vbo*e sboolden rests considerable re sponsibility. He has at command a gang of six men. one of them being stationed in the empty car near by to receive and pile the articles, those destined «for the longest Jour ney being'piled first It might not appear at first glan«e that MUCH SCIENCE IS REQUIRED to load a car, but even a casual examination of the process will demonstrate that this idea is an egregious fallacy. If the reader will for SWITCHING. « sake of example take a list of his household movables, providing he owns any, or those of some other man who does, and with a plan of a freight car before him try with pencil to outline them in a manner to make them dovetail together in a reasonable manner, he will at once understand the amount of rapid planning required. Rapid, necessarily, be cause time is the most important clement in this business. It is indeed surprising to tbe native to witness tbe celerity with which such incongruous articles as eggs, barbed wire, matressee, buggies, horse collars, iron rods, tubs, crates of crockery, threshing machines and mirrors are made to lie duwn together with the harmony of the pliant ppoon. With strident voice the caller yells the marks upon a package. At the same instant the loading clerk checks off upon his book the article, while four muscular men rush forward and pick up the thing bodily and either carry or wheel it on trucks through the door nearest the car in which the goods be long. Into the car they go, and return in stantly, leaving those inside to do the piling. Great care is necessarily exercised by the loading clerk to see that the men do not get hold of the wrong packages, for in the course of time when he gets around to the bill call ing for a missing article, if it has been al ready LOADED BT MISTAKE, it becomes necessary to 6end out what is known as a "tracer." Ibis is a circular sent to the agents between points at which the article is known to have been, asking each local agent whether he has received such a package. Ench agent writes his answer upon it, and upon it 3 return, if the missing article has been located, it is then forwarded to its proper destination. These missing articles TTIE CONDUCTOR. are sometimes found by means of what is called an "over- report," in which the agent at a certain town reports to headquarters any articles received by him which do not belong at his station. After being classified upon the books be fore mentioned, the bill which accompanies the reception of a package is given with its comrades upon the book into the hands of the billing clerk, who proceeds to make an other and more elaborate bill, and from this several copies are made. There an- usually four required — one each for the conductor, general freight agent and auditor, and one for the oflice records. In addition to this, a weekly or monthly abstract of these details is made for the inspection of the auditor of the road, who checks up mistakes in weight, charges, extension, etc For all of these the •agent Is held responsible, and he In turn, locates the direct responsibility by reference to Ills own records and signature of clerk upon the original bill. To lessen the proba bility of these mortifying little occurrences in well-regulated offices an expert accountant is kept at work nightly, whose special duty is to run over the day's work and see that the details are figured correctly. After the car is properly loaded it is next taken in hand by the "sealer/ who closes the door and attache* to the book by which it is locked a strip of tin called A SEAL. This strip bears upon it the name of the rail road. Initial of series and number of seal. It is sih>Di*d through the staple and the ends ! joined together by a hand-punch in seen a way that they cannot, be inked without [ breaking. As it is impossible to open tbe door without breaking the seal, its function as a safeguard is obvious. A record of every seal with name of sealer and number of car ; is kept In what is known as th* "teal book.** ' This book contains a record of the date sealed: initials of car: number of car; station billed from and to: train number: name of conductor: initials of seal: seal \ number on right and left side of car. an 1 j nature of fastenings on . front and end ! of the car. As soon as the sraltr has done ' bis duty the loaded and sealed cars pas; into ' the charge of the yardmaster, who proceeds to make op a train. This is to the sigbt-seer tbe most interest ing part of the business. Scattered at inter vals along fifteen or twenty parallel j tracks of railroad are hundreds of freight ' cars, reaching as far as the eye can discern la either direction. In fact they seem to reach over tau horixoa and form a Chinese ■ wall on either side. They are of every variety ; — box and flat, a miscellaneous assortment — . at band conveniently for sketching*. Here ! are flat cars loaded with cordwood or lumber; Cat can with low sides enclosing huge chunk* of coal; fat cart loaded with vehicles and agricultural machinery; box cars jammed with household effect*;" refrigerator cars with ventilating towers; stock cars loaded with . carriage running gear; greasy tanks of iron topped with a dome, acd several species of j THE ST. PAUL SUNDAY GLOBE. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 29 1885. that peripatetic home of the railroad freight conductor and train men — the ''caboose." SWITCHES CUT ACROSS here and there with a bias directness which brings up vivid remembrances of schoolboy days. Grunting switch engines with bevel topped tenders make constant dashes at the pedestrian, and before he can sketch their cow-catcherless outlines back coquettishly out of sight. Train men remark "Hi, yi," and blast the stranger's ensanguined eyes for uu apparent attempt to bloody the track. The yardmaster, a man of short, sharp conversation, comes striding along the track with a list of cars in his hand. In case he does not give the list to the yard foreman to look after, his first accomplishment is to yank out a caboose from the row of them and slings it over where he wants it. Then he picks out certain cars with date «md number of train marked in chalk on their sides aud fires them up against a guilty look iug young fellow who stands between them and the caboose. Bang — bump — and the young fellow steps aside nimbly, having done his duty by risking his life tor the sake of glory and 52.10 per day. It is understood, oi course, that the yardmaster does all this giant work by proxy. He simply waives his hand or howls pleasantly, and one of tiie übiquituous engiues dashes up and hooks on to the cars he indicates. The rest i 3 easy sailing. After the young fellow, whose life appears to be spent in racing ahead of the engine to turn a switch or make a coun ling and theu ride on the place where the cowcatcher usualty rides, has stood the brunt of from fourteen to twenty cars, of which tin train is said to be made up. There are usu ually, however, three of these active chaps, besides the engineer and fireman, who par ticipate in the ceremony. In making up a train the usual way is to place those cars nearest the engine which have the shortest trip to make, placing at least six cars between the caboose and TARDMASTER. the missellaneous cars, such as oil and flat, excepting when there are cars containing live stock in the train. In this case the stock cars are placed near the caboose in order that the stockmen may look after animals easily when stoppages are made. It gener ally takes from twenty minutes to half an hour to make up a train, according to cir cumstances connected with the loading. THE TAIJDMASTEB has a little oflice of his own in the locality back of the warehouses, known as the train yard, and, as may be inferred from the fore going sketch, is an important and autocratic personage. He is usually a man of prompt decision and handy with his adjectives in cases of exigency. But the bosß of them all is tbe freight conductor. When he rolls along with a list of cars in his hand and murder in his eye, the casual tramp who bap peus to be loafiug around watching for a chance to steal a ride involuntarily murmurs a prayer and steps out of sight until after the train has started. Then_b.u usually turns up at the first stopping place, nonc'nalently walking along the side of the train and look ing at it curiously as though it were an un familiar sight When this terrible conductor, who evi dently proposes to be president of the rood, some day — checked off his list and satis tied himself that nobody has tried to make a chump of him by pocketing one of his cars — he steps into the office for a moment as if to tell the officials and clerks to try and get along without him for a few days; walks ma jestically back to the platform, and takes a fresh chew of tobacco. Then he looks up and down the track, turns a shrewd eye heavenward, expectorates gloomily, averts his eys, waves hi:- band to the engineer, who has got his machine hitched on by this time, and steps aboard the caboose. He doesn't look to see whether the train is going. He knows it has trot to go if he says so. He simply stands on the back platform of the caboose as the train recedes into the cloud made by his wheezing engine, and eyes sus piciously everyone who regards him. Then the tramp seated astride the brake-beam un derneath begins to breathe freely — and cinders — the loaded train is fairly off. THE TRICKS TO BEAT the freight agent are many. It is said by the agents that even houses known to stand high in commercial repute are sometimes guilty of attempts which, to put the matter as mildly as possible, look a trifle "funny." For instance, an agent of one of the great 4 railroads leading out of St. Paul says that one of the leading business men of this city once attempted to ship a lot of butter and eggs as "feed." As "ani mal feed" was at that time handled as fourth class matter and groceries as second-class the shipper was willing to save a few dollars by turning casuist. In like manner mer chants have attempted to ship cutlery as bolts and pistol cartridges as hardware. In deed,one firm in this city had printed plainly upon a letterhead used as instructions to its traveling men to "ship as —to secure low classification." Another firm in the East prevailed upon a certain railroad freight agent to favor him with "advance charges" upon what be said were crates of valuable crockery, worth about $13,000. Upon the strength of his representations quite a sum of money was advanced him. as is customary for railroads to do when dealing with well known business house?. When the crates reached thtir destination they were refused by the consignee — being found to contain only pieces of broken drain tiling. As a consequence the crates were left on the hands of the railroad agent, the shipper prov ing a non-locatable myth. Sometime?, too, advance charges are obtained upon packages which are directed to non-existent con signees. These, it is sail. are only a few out of the many methods by which the railroads ' are worked for sums of money ranging from a. few cents to a great many dollars. The excuse is. generally, "anything is fair to beat a railroad.*' The result has been ex ceedingly disadvantageous to the shipper at large, who has been compelled to pay higher rates, which tbe railroad companies have felt obliged to levy in order to compensate them for losses incurred through under-billing and 1 other methods of ••gettingevea with Vandcr bilt,* 1 For the purpose of regelating these and other matters of detail in freight handling at this point the local freight agents some little time nee formed an association which now consists of thirteen members. The organi zation is known as the Local Freight Agents' association, and it has been of considerable service in the way of practical suggestions to the large shipper* as well as to each of tbe members thereof. Nothing in the Paper. Evxcirnie Argvt. Wife sarcastically- When you baTe learned the morning paper by heart, my dear, I would be glad of a chance to look it over, bat I'm not in any hurry: oh, no. Husband (tossing lt across tbe table)— Take it, there is ao news in it; nothing of any importance., whatever. Wife (glancing it over)— l do not under stand what you meant by no t-«*s of im portance. Here Is a statement to the effect thai Smith Brothers baTe rcJnced their 18 black silk to £2. Isa't &■! news of im portance? Embroidered surahs are now In all-over patterns of any figure on a quiet ground that may be very bright or very dark. THE SOCK AND BUSKIN. The First of the Second Series of Cham ber Concerts a Pronounced Artistic Success. The Union Concert at the Grand Last Night Productive of a Wealth of Melody. Return of Our German Cousin, In His New Play, the Npt' Attraction at tho Grand a The Fny Templeton Opera Company—En gagement of Keono, the Tragedian-- The May Festival. BAD IN BOTH CITIES. BOTH GRAND OPERA HOCSES CLOSED AND LITTLE ELSE GOING ON. The patrons of the drama in St. Paul have had but meagre pickings during the week just ceased, tht: principle temple of Thespis, Ihe-Grand opera house, having remained closed. For the ensuing week the theater goers •ire promised a rich entertsiinment in the re turn of the favorite actor, Mr. J. K. Emmet, with whose smiling phiz the william boards and shop windows have blossomed during the past lew days. He will present his new pbiy/'The Strange Marriage of Fritz," which is described as bubbling over with quaint humor and pathos, and as affording the star a fertile field for the exercise of his rare gifts. During the play he will render several of his popular songs, interspersed with dances. The cast of char acters is as follows: PROLOGUE. Fritz J. K. Emmet Neil Corwin T. H. McCabe Pat Hennesey C. 11. Riegel Conn McKeena Thad Shine Eileen McCarthy Emma Field Laura Bruascoinbe Jessie Burbanks PLAT. Fritz, a pretty farmer J. K. Emmet Dirk ftanrlal W. H. Hurley Macintosh Footlight Mart J. Cody Neil Corwin T. 11. McCabe Conn JleKenna Thad Shine- Tom Edward Rue Pike O'Fake Harry Tansey Mr. Bobolink C. J. Martin Cowmanip Charles Pierce Eileen -McCarthy Emma Field Clara Clara Grady Mary Ann O'Hodgan Louise Raymond Yacopina , Emma Livesy Welhinderica Mamie Livesy For the last three nights of the ensuing week the return of the winsome and sprightly Fay Templeton with her opera company of high kickers and swoet singers is announced. They will appear at the Grand in several of their brightest operas. THE CHAMBER CONCERT. The assertion has been frequently made that in proportion to its inhabitants St. Paul has attained a degree of musical culture which ranks second to no other city in the country. The assertion was never more strikingly illustrated than on last Thursday night at the chamber concert given at the First Methodist Episcopal church. The truth of the remark was doubly ap parent in the high character of the program, which comprised numbers classical and ar tistic in tbeir range and scope and the per sonnel of the performers. Although modest in their claims to recognition, the ladies and gentlemen participating, both from culture and temperament, are entitled to rank with any professionals in their respective studies in the country. It would be difficult, for example, to find persons more gifted or thoroughly en rapport with their art than Marie Geist, Herr Paul Stoeving, Mr. Sohns or Prof. Titcomb, each one of whom has had the advantage of the best musical culture of Europe. As intimated, the program on Thurs day night was composed of musi cal* gems rich in sentiment and wealth of meloJv, and the numbers were heard with delight by a large audience aud one which was lavish ii its tributes of appre ciation. The entertainment was delightfully varied with song, the vocal numbers of Mrs. Glidden affording a delightful contrast to the more classical character of the instrumental numbers. This was the first concert of the second series aud two more remain to be given in April. They should be liberally patronized and encouraged. TIIE OLYMPIC. An entertaining show has been offered to the patrons of the Olympic during the past week to a good business. Commencing to-morrow night the origi nal Muidoon's Picnic company will open an engagement with McYone & Mason iv the star rolls, supported by a strong cast, which includes the trained donkey "'Jerry" and a «trona olio. George Nelson, Willie La Fonte, Frank Harsall, M.iy Neal and other new stars will appear. RICHARD 111. An ovent of unusual interest will be the engagement of Mr. Thomas W. Keene, who will appear at the Grand opera house for three nights only as Richard 111., commenc ing Monday. April 6. Mr. Keene has sur rounded himself with a first-class company, tbe leading members of which have been with him for several seasons. H> will also have the advantage of about 100 well-drilled auxiliaries, court ladies, noblemen, pages, aldermen, soldiers, madrigal boys, friars, bishops, etc., who are no*' being rehearsed by the stage manager of the company in bat tle scenes, processions, coiona tion secnes, etc. The manager, Mr. William R. Hayden, deserves great credit for the liberal mounting of this piece, which has been tbe subject of the highest commendation wherever seen. All the rich costumes and properties, such as banners, maces, armors, spears, battle-axes, etc., are historically correct, and the newly -painted scents are faithful copies of the castles, prison*, palace? and battle field?, where those dreadful deeds took place. Following is a list of the scenes that were painted especially for Mr. Keene by that celebrated English artist, Mr. Charles E. Petford: Act I. — Scene 1. Court yard and keep of the White tower. Old London in distance. Scene 2. Apartment in the White tower. Act ll.— Scene 1. Ludgate, o!d London. Scene 2. Apartment in Bayard castle. Act 111. — Scene 1. State room in Crosby palace. Scene 2. Apartment in Bayard castle. Act IV. — Scene 1. In the Tower. Scene 2. Throne room in palace. Act V. — Pom fret castle . Act VI. — Scene 1. Country, near Tam worth. Scene 2. Country, near Bosworth field. Scene. 3. Tamwortb ßichmond's camp, night. Sc««ne 4. Richard's tent. Scene ">. Near Bosworth field. Scene 6. Near Tarn worth. Scene 7. Battle Bos worth Field. THE MAT FESTIVAL. The arrangements for the May musical fes tival at the Exposition building are progress ing admirably. Mass rehearsals of the chorus and orchestra are being held weekly, and Slgnor Janaoita express^ the opinion that j the festival will exceed and eclip»e any event \ of the kind ever attempted in this city. A full mass rehearsal is called for to-mor row night, at which the names of all the mcmber3 of the chorus will be taken for pub lication in pamphlet form. A full attend ance is therefore requested, for the reason ] that those who fail to appear will be omitted ! from tbe publication. THE UNION CONCERT. The Grand opera house contained a fair gized but critical audience last oigbt to enjoy the exceptionally fine program as rendered by tbe combined strength of Seibert** orchestra of St. Paul and Daaz's orchestra of Minneapolis. Tbe program was rendered by forty instru mentalist*, assisted by Miss Fannie Wach3 sopraao, Charles B. Pottgieser solo pianist and Arthur Hoidl solo cello. The enteVtaio meat was delightfully varied, consisting of several concerted orchestra numbers, a piano solo by Mr. Potteieser, - whose wonderful skill and perfect technique was never better displayed tban on last night, a Canada a from Lucia by Miss Waeba and ' a cello solo by Mr. Holdt. Each of the latter respoaded to the hearty call* for an encore and the entertainment -was decidedly the most artistic affair of the kind ever given in St. PauL Tbe numbers were > all carefully selected aad the? were rendered [ with a precision and decree of artistic skill and finish highly enjoyable and very credita ble to all participating. %' ' . — — — — — "• ON THE STAGE. The Various Amusement Attraction* Of .-■.'. fered Minneapolis. The Danz matinee at the Grand to-morrow promises to.be an unusually fine musical event . Fay Templeton will be with us again on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Un doubtedly she will receive the same large audiences. This evening "Faust" will be given at the Harmon ia as a benefit to Dr. Hiusch. On Wednesday Mme. Ahlander-Bergstrom and company wil* give a concert. The regular concerts will be given at Tur ner hall, Columbia and the Pavilion.' Fritz Emmet will play the last half of the week at the Grand. > He has duly sobered up, and will, he says, keep that way. That means large houses for him. • NOTES FBOJI ELSEWHERE. -['{ WHAT PLAY EKS AttE DMNG. JN OTHER FLACKS. 'THE Ml ABO." Gilbert & Sullivan's new opeia, "The Mi kado,','was brought out in London a week ago and it scored " a success. The opera opens with a scene in the palace of King Koko in Titipu," and discovers the chorus dressed in curious Japanese costumes, all with fans in their hands, which then wave as they sing the following verse: "It you want to know, who we are— We are gentlemen of Japan; On many a vase and jar, On many a screen and fan. We figure in lively, paint. • With attitudes queer and quaint; You're wrong if you think it ain't." Toe. wards of Kins Koko sing a trio, which created an immediate effect, to the words: "Three little maids from school are we, Pert as school girls well can be ; Three little maids who all unwary, Come from a ladies' seminary." This goes to a waltz movement, and is very catchy and melodious. It is followed by a chorus of condolence with the lover, who is sentenced to decapitation, and which pro voked roars of laughter: "To sit in solemn silence in a decided dark dock, A waiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block." The entire libretto teems with lun, arid is made up largely by suggestions from Mr. Gilbert's own previous work in the "Bab Ballads." : GENERAL NOTES. ' Mr. Irving and Ellen Terry are play ing a farewell engagement at the Star thea ter. New York. "Hamlet" was played last week. • "Adonis" is verging toward its 300 th night at the Bijou theater, New York. "Diplomacy" is being played in a charm ing manner in Wallack's theater, New York. "May Blossom" has been revived in New York. ' Frank Mayo played ' "Davy Crockett" in Chicago last week. Miss Minnie Palmer displayed her 240 th pair of parti-colored and embroidered stock ings and executed her last graceful dance at the Grand Opera house, Chicago, on Sunday evening, in the presence of a large concourse of her admirers, who applauded her a great deal and seemed really sorry to think that two years must elapse before she would again be seen here. — Ex. The charming Lotta appeared in her play, the "Little Detective," in Chicago last week. The new Chicago opera house will be opened about the last of September next by Edwin Booth. It will have a seating capacity of 2,200. Lawrence Barrett will produce three new plays next season . Thomas a Becket, the Historical Tragedy by Charles Osborne, will probably have its first representation . at the Star theater, Jan. 4, ISSG, the first night of Mr. Barrett's engagement there. Costumes and properties for this play are now making in Europe. In addition Mr. Barrett will try another play by Mr. George H. Boker, and a piece by Mr. A. E. Lancaster. During hi« forthcoming tour of the southern states, Mr. Barrett will appear in cities he has not visited for several years . j> CLEVELAND'S BED CHAMBER. The Gorgeous Boom in Which the President Takes His Rest. Washington Letter. President Cleveland moved at once, on taking possession of the White house, into his predecessor's beautiful blue bed room. The opposite room, in which President Gar field was ill so long,and which was President and Mrs. Hayes' bed room, is occupied by Miss Cleveland. Except Arthur and Cleve land, no presidents have occupied the room which is now the bed chamber of the latter, and from December, 1881, until he moved out of the White house, last week, was the bed room of the former. The other presi dents, including Grant, Hayes and Garneld, usually slept in the opposite room, which, be ing on the south side of the mansion, is sunny in winter and has a breeze in sum mer. During President Grant's adminis tration, until her marriage, Miss Nellie Grant slept in the room President Cleveland now has. and during the Hayes administration bis niece, Miss Platt, used it until her marriage. When President Arthur selected it in the autumn of 1881 for his bed chamber it was superbly fitted up before he moved into it. It has the furniture all up holstered in "baby blue" satin damask with a faint gold flower wrought in it. The cur tains at the windows and those beneath the lace canopy over the bed are of the same material, and there is also a lounge covered with the same, which looks just fit for a lady's boudoir. Even the wood work around doors and windows was painted blue for President Arthur. The chamber set is of handsome black walnut, and includes a tall chest of drawers. Over the bed is lightly thrown an eider-down quilt, one side of which is sky-blue silk and the other' deep rose color. On the blue side are worked in colors Kate Greenaway figures. Some of them are human beings shaking bands with each other, which probably is thought a most appropriate decoration for a president's bed-quilt. A lambrequin A blue satin covers the marble mantel, and the mirror above has a red plush frame. There are in the room a "slipper chair" *nd "boot chair," in one of which, it is said, President Arthur sat ip have his boots put on, and in the other when encasing his feet in slippers. The latter chair is of ebonized wood and has a straight back and no arms. It and also the boot chair have red plush cushions finished with bows of satin ribbon. The "boot chair" is of black wicker-work with gilded arras. Ad joining this luxuriously-furnished room on one side, with a communicating door is a bath-room, and on the other side also with a door of communication, is a room less than half the size of the bed-cbarnber, which is on the northwest corner and is fitted up as a private office. It has a handsome and con venient desk in it, and it used to be said that President Arthur always worked there be tween 1 and 30r4 a. m. and then went to bed. ' Of Con He Yon Buy Groceries and want to save money on them. , Read Michaud Brothers" offer on eighth page. n'iitf They Did Sol Dane*. Philadelphia Record . Lafayette, at the age of 20, left bis young wife and flew to aid Washington. He loaded a ship with supplies which were mostly needed by American troops.and helped them with the prestige of bis name, with the scant military experience, and all the cash be oul-1 command. He not only drilled the soldiers bat clothed and fed them, and when his own means were exhausted be appealed to the I generosity of others. When the ladies of Baltimore proposed to give a ball to tbe gal lant Frenchman he said to them : "Ladies, I should be delighted to dance with you, but my soldiers nave no shirts." Tbe ball was postponed, and tbe belles of Baltimore made sfcirtß for the soldiers. An Answer Wanted. Can any one brine as a case of Kidney or ! Liver Complaint that Electric Bitters will not speedily . cure? We say they cannot, as thousands of cases already permanently ! cured and woo are daily recommending Electric Bitters, will prove. Brfght's Disease, Diabetes, Weak Back, or any urinary com i plaint quickly, cured. They purify tbe blood, I regulate tbe bowels, and act directly upon the diseased parts. Every bottle guaranteed. , For tale at 50c a bottle by Lambie Betfaune. KNIGHTS OF THE QUILL Some of the Bright Intellects Who Have Achieved Distinction in the Newspaper Field. Methods of Work of Correspondents at the Seat of War and Else where. Gath the Long- Winded Bat Interesting- How He Writes and What ne Gets for It. Leander Richardson and Some of His Freaks — W. A. Croffut's Self-Conceit— Other Journalistic Lights. Correspondence of the Globe. Chicago, March 27. — I wonder how many readers of the Globe give a thought as to the authorship of the "special correspondence" columns of the Sunday supplement? Do they ever stop to think whether the gossip embodied in those columns is indisputably accurate, or that they may be reading the product of a ready pen backed by a fertile imagination? Your newspaper correspond ent in nine cases out of ten is a needy fel low, and on the product of his pen depends his daily bread. He has a certain amount of space to fill for one, two or perhaps a half dozen papers, and it not unfrequently hap pens that there is lack of good material for his work. He is not always — very infre- quently, indeed — foot-loose and untram melled that he may devote the proper amount of time to his correspondence. Indeed, some of the best known and most popular corre spondents are the very ones who are crowded to death with routine work, and who have made names for themselves by hard work in the exciting service of large dailies. There is no class of wiiters more maligned, whose occupation is more arduous, and whose say ings — or writings are ACCEPTED AS GOSPEL TRUTH than the special correspondents. Each writer has his own peculiar style and wins the clientage of a class of readers to whom his efforts most strongly appeal; and within a short time that particular class turn each Sunday morning to that page on which that particular writer is usually alloted space. The message therein contained is accepted, swallowed and assimilated by the receptive organs of the reader. But few "specials" are paid by the letter — generally by the amount of space their correspondence occu pies on the printed page. Hence arises the temptation to "pad," and the managing editor remorselessly cuts out whole para graphs. But the editor who eliminates and revises thd "copy" is not such a bugbear to the correspondent as that genius who, after the intelligent compositor, is the one unmitigated nuisance of the print shop. I may say (with great applause from the several legions of type setters in tbe land) the aver age proof reader is a fraud. He it is who, better than the writer, knows how to spell and punctuate, and considers himself a walk ing encyclopedia of general information. He it is that is paramount to the managing edi tor in the matter of altering your manuscript to suit his own ideas, and he'll change a name or date or word provided the copy does not agree with his ideas. Truly your corres pondent's life is NOT A HAPPY OXE. I had a chat with one of the best known newspaper men in the country a few. days ago. Ten years ago his name was a familiar one, as he, was a bnive and enterprising cor respondent of a leading New York daily dur ing the war, and he afterward spent several years in Europe writing a series of let ters which have since been republi6hed in book form and have met with a wide sale. But the flower of his youth has cone and his health left him years ago and he is now doing editorial work in small quantities on a large salary. Conversation turned first on the pro fession in general, but later I gathered . no small amount of information concerning newspaper correspondents of the day and some others that were well known a few years ago. The old man filled his pipe, took off his glasses and settled himself comfort ably in hia chair, remarking: "Yes, I have known all the prominent "specials" that have appeared before the reading public for the last twenty-five years. I suppose George Alfred Townsend is the best " known writer of to-day. If he were more reliable his communications would be more sought for, and he would be the gainer thereby. When I first knew him he was ass a column man, but now-a-days he gets $20 for. the same space and will do no work for less than that. HE HAS A PECULIAR STYLE, a retentive memory and an acquaintance larger I believe than any other man in the country. Yet withal he's driven for stuff to send his journal very frequently, and in such an event he gets hold of a new book or resurrects a bit of ancient history and manu factures an interview. But what he does say is always readable, and I doubt much if there is another man in the profession who can grind out two or three columns a day every day in the year with the ease that Gath does, and still make the matter good reading. He employs two stenog raphers, and while dictating his letters smokes a strong pipe and walks the floor, brightening hi? ideas with occasional dashes of brandy from his well-stocked sideboard. Oath has made more money and saved less than any other man in the profession, and he'll die poor. Leander Richardson — he's the "Itburiel" of the Boston Herald and Phila delphia News is one of the raciest writers in American journalism, but a thorough Bohemian, with no stamina, little principle and less business ability than a man with one-tenth his brains. He came honestly by his love of journalism, for bis father WAS WAR CORRESPONDENT of the New York Tribune, and a good fellow he was, too. Leander'a New York exper ience proved him a bright, capable fellow, but too unstable and not to be depended on. One of his earlier experiences was in the West, where he had been sent to write up one of the Indian outbreaks. One day he sent to his paper an elaborate three-column report of his own death, with a biography and lengthy laudatory notice attached. Ran out of material and bad to till tbe space was his excuse for the freak. Later he went to England, and while there became corres pondent of the Boston Herald, and through his Hj|| ACTIVE EFFORTS AND HARD WORK the Herald's cables contained news, reliable, too, ttiat no other paper in the country could get bold of. The New York Herald, which has always, made a , specialty of its foreign news, was badly left in first-class intelligence from Great Britain so long as Rich ardson was correspondent of its Boston namesake. After bis return from England in company with another newspaper man, be started the Journalist. They made an ex cellent paper, but bo;h editors too evidently had "axes to grind." and paid off old scores in a manner that disgusted their subscribers. This, coupled with the fact that neither had any business capacity, forced them to aban don their venture at a considerable loss. W. A. Croffut bad an experience in Minnesota journalism, and is quite an extensive prop erty bolder in Minneapolis. Croffut*s letters are always interesting, but so OVEBBCKDENED -WITH SELF-CONCEIT that one tires of him. He was at one time editor*of tbe New York Graphic, but was not a brilliant success. He writes for a half dozen journals, and a3 he is well known gets a good price for his work, and has a comfortable • income. i As he has none of tbe vices that are common to tbe craft, he gets along comfortably and gives enough to take a foreign trip every summer. J. 11. Haynie, tbe long-winded Paris correspondent of the Boston Herald and other papers, used to be a Chicago re porter, and was /.not regarded as especially talented, thoagb a bard worker and cheeky as Gatb himself. . He went to Paris for the Chicago News, and threw up journalism to manage an opera company which be brought over to this country and proved a fail are on a grand scale. He afterward returned to j Paris, where be baa since remained, translat : in? sensations and editorials from tbe ! Parisian press and forwarding them as the j product of bis own massive intellect. "H. H. A.," the - clever correspondent of I tbe Chicago Tribune, is tbe wife of Herbert Avers, a wealthy iron manufacturer of this city. Minnie Smith, a clever young woman brought out by the Inter Ocean, it the author of interesting letters from the French capital over the norn de plume of "Minimum." I had almost forgotten one of tne old landmarks, one might say, of New York correspondents. I mean Joe Howard. He's one of the jolliest, fattest, and the greatest Bohemian in the profession. Hia letters are always meaty, witty, with perhaps A BIT OF PATHO3 OR SENTIMENT thrown in by way of contrast. He was at one time editor of the Star, but he drifted back into the ranks of Bohemia after a brief but in glorious service on the paper mentioned. There's a Joe, Jr., that bids fair to rival hi rotund pa, so clever is his work. B->: father and son are prosperous, their lettc. always salable and worth good sum* The identity of many of the best writers is unknown to the public, although tbeir noms de plume are familiar to the newspaper-read ing public. There were few twenty years ago fur instance that knew Whitelaw Reid as the sharp and trenchant "Agate" of the New York Tribune. Whatever may be said of Reid's ability it cannot be doubted that his work was good, for Horace Greeley was a difficult man to please, and the old man was delighted with Reid's letters. George Augustus Sala was as well known as a novel ist as in journalistic ranks, and chose for his norn de plume "Benedict Cruiser." The "Bill Arp" of the Atlanta Constitution is known to his friends as Charles H. Smith. When George Peck of the Milwaukee Sun was doing legislative and other work for Wisconsin papers his letters were signed "Cantell A. Bigly," and a close inspection is not required to discoyer Qthat the name was well chosen. Henry W. Moore, the brilliant managing ed itor, made "Caradoc" A WELL-KNOWN NAME through the columns of the St. Louis Specta tor, and the "Sir Galahad" of the Kansas City Times owned the to same authorship. The "Dan bury Newsman" in every-day life was knewn as J. M. Bailey, and "Eli Perkins" is sometimes addressed by his baptismal ap pellation, M. D. Landou. William Winter, the well-known dramatic writer, but illy con ceals his identity under "Mercutio," and "Perky," in the Boston Journal, is well known to be Ben. Pcrley Poore. Of course everybody knows "Petroleum V. Nasby" as D. R. Locke of the Toledo Blade, and the talented Miss Skidmore, the Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, signs herself "Ruhumah." Her interesting letters from Alaska, written last summer, are to be published in book form, and will be profusely illustrated and highly instructive and ■entertaining. Joe McCullagh of the Globe-Democrat claims the honor of "discovering" Miss Skidmore, and she certainly has developed an amazing amount of ability in a very short time. John A. Cockerill, who would have been widely known through his ability as a journalist if he had not KILLED COL. SLATBACK in the editorial rooms of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch a few years ago, is the spicy "Trin culo," whose letters are widely quoted. He is now at the head of the New York World. "Clara Bell," whose letters on matters fem inine create such a stir occasionally, is better known as Frauliu File, a prolific and inter esting writer. There are a score of others whose work ia excellent, although less widely known. But lack of space forbids further mention. Cheney. CHESS. Prt'M-m, 36. For the Globe, by Prof. Frank Wood, St. Paul, Minn. BLACK — 10 PIECES. WHITE — 12 PIECES. White to play and mate in three moves. Of thi? the author says: "It is a revision oi a problem of mine published four or live years ago in the llolyoke Transcript. The : idea re mains the Fame, but the problem . is very differ ent. The leader is different and a number of variations added." I'rnblan 'J7. For the Globe, by Dr. P. F. Harvey, U. S. A., Washington, I). C. BLACK— 7 PIECES. WHITE — PIECES. ■ White to ploy and mate in two moves. Problem 28. For the Globe, by Dr. P. F. Tlarvey, U. S. A., Washington, D. C. This is No. 19, corrected by placing a Black Pawn at Knight's sth. "Deep au<l subtle ;" "A masterpiece, «uch as might well take first prize in any tourney :" are the comments upon it of two of our expert folvers. j/. : .. white. - King Qn-en Rook on X Xt 3 on X 7 on Q 7 Knights Pawns on Q 3 and Q 5 on KIt4,KB 2, K3 j BLACK. King Bishops on X 5 on X It 1 and X 1 Pawns on X R 3, KKt 5, X 82, K4, QKt 3, . (■I R 4. White to play and mate in three moves. ut ions. Problem 22 (9. T. No. ll.)-Wh. 1. Q-Kt 8. Problem 23 (S. T. No. lIWWfI.L P.-K 7. Problem 24. Key move, W'h. 1. Kt-R 3. Problem 25. Key move, Wh. 1. Kt(K sq) x P, but it seemi that 1, B — R 4 also effect* mate. Problem 20. Key move, Wh. 1. Q-R 7. Elab orate and elegant, indeed! Problem 27.— Wh. 1. Q-Kt «q. Beyond doubt, tbe Doctor's hardest aud hand«omeHt two mover. Problem 28. Key, Wh. 1. Q-B 5. If 81. 1. Px(J, P-R 4 or K-B 4 ; Wh. 2. Kt-K 7 ! Th* Award in our Solver* ' Tourney. The highest number of points poitpible was twelve. Elsie (Dr. A. Ortman!), Minneapolis, ranks first, with a score of eleven; Dr. P. F. Sbillock, C'banka, second, with a score of nine; an* Q. K. P., St. i'anl. third, with a score or six. In jr;«tice to the la«t named it should be said, his eolations began with No. .0. The prizes offered were, a year's and a half-year's sobHcription to tbe Sunday GijOkz, ami a handle of cheos clip pings, respectively. Bat as the Globe will not, probably, publish a chess column the coming year, the chess editor extends, instead, for first and second prizes the choice of a subscrip tion to any chess paper or periodical of the same price. Tbe Chicago Mirror of American Sports ' is recommended as admirably representing northwestern chess. Will Q. K. P. please favor as with bis address, and onr Minneapolis and Cbaska friends inform us of their preference at to papers. Xotc*. Owing to tbe enormous press of matter on onr column* for Sunday's paper the regular chess de partment wih be diteontinned witti this number. Dr. Zakertort takes tip Mr. Steinitz' challenge at last and says he will play him a match Id either England or America. Could this come to pass it would stir tbe chess world to the highest pitch of interest. To those of oar readers who wish to keep In formed of the proceedings in the great tourney and chess confers soon to be inangnrated at New Orleans, we would •*>• that .the Snriday Times-Democrat of that city, supplemented door»tle«» by the daily local columns, will faroisfe the fall particulars. 9