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Volume xx.
Helena, Montana, Thursday, October 7, 1886.
No. 46
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THE CHILD AND THE YEAR.
said the child to the youthful year :
"What hast thou in store for me,
i > gi v*-r of the beautiful gifts. what cheer.
What joy dost thou brine with thee7"
"My seasons four shall brine
Their treasures : The winter's snows.
The autumn's store, and the flowers of sprint;
And the Summer's perfect rose.
"All these ami more shall be tliinc,
Dear child—but the last and best
Thyself muet earn by a strife divine.
If thou wouldst lie truly blest.
Wouldst know this last, best }» ift 7
Tis a conscience, clear und tiright,
A peace of mind which the soul can lift
To an infinite delight.
"Truth, patience, courage and love
If thou unto me eanst bring.
1 will set thee all earth's ills above.
<) Child, and crown thee a king"
>0 REST FOR HIM.
When the sun his rays is pouring
Down upon the city bricks
And the mercury is souring
Daily up to ninety-six.
When the editor is writing.
Writing with his sleeves unrolled.
And the pesky flies are biting
Hard where'er they catch ahold.
When the fair and gentle maiden
(lathers flowers at early dawn,
Where the breeze with balm is laden,
In a dress of snowy lawn—
Then to mountains or to beaches.
Fly the bloated millionaire ;
Where no torrid heat e'er reaches,
Where they throw aside their cares.
Hut the editor, poor fellow.
Lacking necessary wealth.
Though his eyes and cheeks are yellow
With a liver out of health,
Cannot seek a scene that brightens
Life—can't join the merry throng.
So bis liver pad he tightens
And keeps toiling right along
ONE It R I DA L.
I bow to that great king who conquers all.
Who cometh now to woo me for his queen
Why do you weep that 1 should pass to view
My future real screne7
Am I not calm, in all this peace content 7
Have 1 not felt his mad kiss on my lips,
Breathing all passion through its ice-cold touch,
That bursts my soul's eclipse?
1 would not grieve you. Oh. believe it so.
Though I keep silent while you press raound :
1 would enfold you, but am powerless
With limbs all iron-bound.
For he is jealous, this stern king of mine,
And h* has bound me w itli such bauds of
might
I cannot move or speak to comfort you
As I wait, dumb to-night.
Aye. put some flowers in my strengthlcss hand ;
And dress me all in bridal white, I pray ;
Then leave me here alone to welcome him.
Who comes in proud array.
Hut come once more, and kiss me once again ;
Why do you shudder as you see me here?
Am I repel laut in my silentness?
Nay, do nut shrink nor fear.
You pause upon the threshold of the door.
And turn again with half-drawn, quiv ring
breath ;
You hear the silence only—and behold
The niaiestji of death .'
Oueer W rinkles.
Tramp—I have lost an arm, sir; will
Passer by (in great haste)—Sorry, but I
haven't seen anything of it.
A COMING TRAGEDY.
Brown—What is the matter with you and
Robinson, Durnley? 1 hear that he has
threatened to pull your oars the first chanco
he gets.
Dumley (jumping up and down)—Ho will,
will he? Pull my ears! Well, you can bit
your sweet life he'll have his hands full.
A CURIOUH CASE.
"You say that he is deal', dumb and blind!"
"Yes."
"I am astonished. I saw him leave church
yesterday just before the collection was taken
up, and 1 supposed, of course, that he was in
possession of his full faculties."
EN RAPPORT.
"Do you realize," said the long-haired pas
senger, "that there is One who sees and hears
all we do, who can solve our inmost thoughts,
and before whom we are but crushed and
bruised worms?"
"Give us your hand, stranger," replied the
other. "I know just how you feel, lam mar
ried myself."
A SAKE CONCLUSION.
"Bah Jove, Charley," said a young man at
a ball. "Miss S. asked me if I wouldn't lie
kind enough to bring her some coffee, and
don't ye know, we've never been introduced.
What do you think of that, eh?"
"What do I think of it?" replied Charley.
"Why, I think she mistook you for one of the
waiters."
SEASIDE ARCHITECTV RE.
Stranger (at watering place resort)—What j
is that enormous building across the way ?
Guide—That's a hotel.
Stranger—And that large handsome brick ;
structure!
Guide—That's the club house, sir.
Stranger—I see. Well, what's that long, j
odd-looking building behind the enclosure? j
Guide—The grand stand at the race course, j
Stranger —Oh, yes. It's all very beautiful, {
but I should think the authorities would re
move that unsightly little frame building ad
joining the hotel away from the main thor
oughfare. It mars the general effect. What
is it? Some sort of a hen house?
Guide—No, sir. That's a church.
T11E GOOD THINGS OF LIFE.
"That's what I call a good dinner," re
marked Bobby, as he leaned back in his chair
with an air of repletion.
The minister, xx ho xx as dining with the fam
ily, laughed heartily.
"Bobby appreciates the good things of life,
he said, "like all the rest of us."
"Don't you think it xvas a good dinner!"
Bobby asked of the minister.
"Yes, indewL I enjoyed it very much."
"Ma said she thought you would, because
she didn't supjiose you got very much at
home."—New York »Sun.
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JAMES G. BLAINE, JR., AND BRIDE.
A Runaway Marriage—Obstacles to the
Ceremon y—Forgiveness.
James G. Blaine, Jr., the youngest son of
ex-,Senator James G. Blaine, is tient on cut
j ting an indejiendent figure in tho world. He
j has been a source of much anxiety to his
father, w ho has endeavored to provide him
: with the liest moral and mental training pos
sible to fit him for life's battle. With this
end in view ho was taken from the public
school and sent to
the strictest and
most select schools
to he found in tho
country. In all of
these he achieved
a reputation for
exceptional x ivac
itv, to say the
least.
While at a school
in Washington it
xvas said that he
started out one af
ternoon xvith the
intention of paint
ing t lie whole Cap
itol red, and would
JAMES G. BLAINE, JR. ^ g ildcd the
I groat dome only that he was taken care of in
I time. His father then put him in tho hands
I of a private tutor, from xx hose care he is re
! jiortcd to haxe graduated several times. Ho
xvas last year at Wesleyan university. It
I was Mr. Blame's intention to enter
I this favorite son of his either at Harvard
j or at John Hopkins university this month,
I but young James has an idea he is best fitted
! 1'or a mercantile career. So to shut off auy
i possibility of further college training ami
liegin at once as a solid business man, he hits
! on the brilliant idea of taking unto him a
j xvife. Then to prex*ent, wliat lie considered,
I idle discussion of his plans with his parents,
, he determines that his marriage shall be a
j secret one. He met and had been captivated
! by a lively young lady during bis x acation at
j Augusta. He proposed the matter to her and
I she consented to become the future mer
j chant's xvife and save him from being sent to
1 a horrid college.
The young lady xvho thus offered to see him
I over his trials was Miss Marie Nevins,
j daughter of Col. Richard Nevins, of Coluin
: bus, U., ami grand
I daughter of the late
Samuel M e <1 a r y,
editor of The Ohio
Statesman. Col.
Ne vins is the pres
ent editor of The
Statesman and a
prominent Demo
crat. Miss Nevins
had been very care
fully educated and
inherited beauty
from her mother,
xvho xvas famous in
that respect.
Two xx inters ago
: Miss Nevins took
the leading role in
an amateur jier
formanoe of "Paul
and Virginia" at
Washington, and MRS. J. G. bt.aine, jr.
the ability she displayed led to many flat- |
taring offers from theatrical managers to in- j
duce her to go on the stage,
The Nevins family xx'ere stopping at a New j
York hotel when Mr. Blaine came to carry J
away his bride. They drox*e around to one I
of the swell Catholic churches of that city, |
but the pastor, Father Ducey, refused to
marry them xvithout permission from the
archbishop, xvhich would require a couple of
days' time to secure. So the marriage xvas
postponed until then, and thoy met their first
disappointment. Un their appearance be
fore Father Ducey they xvere informed that
permission xvas refused on account of their
youth, Mr. Blaine being 20 and his bride 19.
After a hasty consultation between the
young coup]»* the lady suggested that if she
xvas allowed to plead her case xvith the
prelate in person, and her intended could
bring some of his inherent magnetism to bear,
she xvas positive the archbishop would relent.
So, inducing Father Ducey to accompany
them, they sought out his eminence. This
mild-mannered prelate gave them the usual
lecture about the importance of the step and
the advantage of their parents' blessing, etc.
Miss Nevins asserted her woman's right of
having the last xvord, and stated, in her frank
Ohio way, that they xvere determined on be
ing married, and if her own church would
not marry them she xvould go elsewhere. The
archbishop laughed, complimented her on her
grit, gave his permission, and the txvo were
made one. Ho carefully was the marriage
planned that the press did not learn of it for
a week. In tho meantime the parents on both
sides had forgiven the rash young couple.
Our engraving of the bride is made from a
very excellent photograph by Baker, of Co
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A SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.
Tlie Handsome Monument Dedicated K*
«cutty in Hartford.
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SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' MONUMENT.
The memorial arch to the soldier and sailor
dead recently dedicated at Hartford, Conn.,
is one of the unique monuments of the coun
try. It is out of the regulation stylo. It is
built across the end of a stone bridge that
leads into tho city park and to the state cap
itol The arch is 30 feet span and springs
from two massive round towers, each of
which is 67 feet in circumference and 00 feet
high. Above the archxxay, about 40 feet
from the ground, a sculptured frieze about
175 feet in length and 6 feet G inches in
breadth runs around the monument. Of these
towers it has been said: "They seem like txvo
huge sentinels guarding the bridge, or mighty
standardbearers holding aloft a mighty ban
ner on which is emblazoned the deeds of the
men of Hartford who died for their country i
on land and sea in the xvar xvhich kept the
Union whole.
The memorial is executed in Connecticut
brown stone, similar to that of the old stone
bridge xvith which it is connected. The gen
eral surface is rock-faced, in kieeping with
the simplicity of tho design, but relieved by
buff-colored Ohio stone dressings; and the
frieze, which is of light-colored terra cotta,
matches the color of the Ohio stone.
A BASEBALL TROPHY
For tlie Winning Team of the American
Association.
The baseball trophy, for tho xvinning team
of the American association, xvas ordered by
Erastus Wiman for two purposes; first, to
show* that he hail no iil feeling towards the
members of the association because of the
bitter legal fight xvhich he encountered on
entering it, and second. *.s a stimulant to ex
traordinary exertion by the v arious clubs in
order that they might possess so valuable a
work of art. It xvas. of epurse. expected by
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TROPHY.
Mr. Wiman that his own club, tlie Metro
politans, xvould haxe a prosper- of xvinning
and retaining the trophy, but their misfor
tunes and poor play have long ago caused him
to abandon that hope. Nevertheless, he fully
expects in subsequent years to be the holder
of the trophy, simply liecause lie has mado
up his mind to have the best club that money,
ability* and an attractive location can secure.
New York is the greatest baseball city in the
world. There are more people of leisure in
that city than in any other on the continent,
and tho growing interest in baseball con
stantly enlarges tho area from xvhich audi
ences at good matches can I>e drawn from.
For this season Mr. Wiman bas provided a
baseball ground on Staten Island that is
equal to anything of the kiml anywhere. It
is only a half hour's sail from New York <*ity,
and tho multitudes that liax*e visited it this
season attest tho far-sightedness of Mr.
Wiman in preparing for them. Mr. Wiman
is an enthusiastic lover of out door sports.
This trophy which he presents is worth $1,000.
EXPLODING TORPEDOES.
One of tlio Latest Devices f»ir Protecting
a Ifarbor.
At tho recent naval operations at Milford
Haven, England, the chief interest centered
in torpedo warfare.
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EXPLODING A SUBMARINE MINE.
A novelty in harbor defense is shown in
the illustration. The officer is standing in a
bomb-proof shelter on shore watching tho
movements of a hostile fleet in the harbor
through a telescope. This telescope is so ad
justed that on moxing it to follow the course
of the vessel a metallic pencil is moved over a
plate of glass in a line corresponding xvith the
path of the vessel. As the vessel approaches
a submarine mine it is shoxvn on the glass by
the pencil moving toward a series of metallic
buttons inserted in the glass and correspond
ing with the location of the different mines in
the harbor. When the vessel is immediately
over a mine the pencil and a button come in
contact and the mine is exploded. The re
cent trials of this system proved that as it
performed the xvork automatically there x*. *.
no danger of a premature- or faulty ex; lo* '
through the nervousness of the relativ*.
Where the Minority AYou.
The smartest man I ever saw "in charge" of
a primary was an old Dutchman (I am not a
candidate for anything this year myself, con
sequently I use the phrase "old Dutchman)
"over the Rhine' 1 in Cincinnati. The voice of
the meeting was rather against the chairman,
and he saw it, hut he didn't hear it, and ho
kept the meeting itself from hearing. I no
ticed that he managed to defeat all motions
offered by the majority and carry all resolu
tions offered by the minority. Of course,
you know a primary "ox*er the Rhine," in the
city of McLeanvifie, is rather more German
than a mass meeting in Berlin. Well, ex ery
vote was a "ja" and a "nein" vote, and the
chairman always contrived to make the
majority squeak out the thin "nein," while
the minority roared the good, mouth-filling
"yaw !" An obnoxious motion xvould be in
troduced. Anxious looks on the countenances
of the apprehensix*e minority xvaiting for the
chairman to come to the front. He xvas
always calm, always ready, always "in bat
tery." Rising sloxvly to his feet he put the
question xvith impressive, honest deliberation.
"All dot xxas in fax*or of defeading dot raiso
lution will say ja" "Yaw!" baxvled the ex
ultant minority, in a roar that made the gas
flicker. "All obbosed to defeading der raiso
lution say* nein." "Nein!'' thinly squeaked
the exasperated majority. "Der raisolution
was defeaded," calmly announced the chair,
and the wrathful hoxvls of the croxx*d utterly
droxx*ned the triumphant shouts of the minor
ity. It was no use to appeal from the chair
or call for a division, he always got tho "yaxvs"
on his side.—Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
Should Make Things Even Only.
"And you say Willio June hit you on the
head?" "Yes, pa; but just wait until I get a
good chance at him. Ill paralyze him."
"Oh, Bertie, you musn't show such a bel
ligerent spirit. I think if you'd hit him as
hard on the head as he hit you it would make
things e\*en. You must learn how to govern
yourself, my* son."—Tid-Bids.
GEORGE GOULD'S WEDDING.
Tlie Son of tlie Financier ami His Actress
Briile.
For nearly two years there has been serious
talk that young George J. Gould, son of Jay
Gould, xvas going to marry Edith Kingdom a
good and pretty actress belonging to Augustin
Daly's company. First the story xvas af
firmed, then denied, then told as a fact again,
until nobody had any opinions left on the
subject. Young Gould xvas known to bo
rather partial to the theatrical professflm.
Some years ago his father gave up to him
the management of the Grand Opera
House, in Twenty-third street, New York.
George took bachelor apartments in the
building, and gax*e his personal attention to
the management of the theatre xvith a single
ness of purpose that characterizes him in all
his financial undertakings. He is said to be
even a better business man than his father.
He is modest, quiet, and shrewd. He is a
favorite with his brethren of the New York
Stock Exchange, because, he does not think
himself anybody great. He seems as simple
hearted and friendly as if his father was not
Jay Gould.
Although he xvas fond of the theatre and
theatrical people, it is not recorded that young
Gould plunged into the wild dissipations and
extravagance of conduct usually expected of
gilded youth On th< contrary, ho has not
and never had the
name of being a
fast youth. That is
greatly to his credit.
When, therefore, he
saw pretty* Edith
Kingdonat her first
performance in
Daly's theatre, ho
seems to hav e fallen
in love in the xxay
any honest, manly
s-youth xvould have
\done. He sought on
^introduction to her.
She and her mother
kept house in a
modest fiat on Fif
ty-eighth street.
There George xvas
introduced to her, under her own mother's
roof.
That was about two years ago. Miss
Kingdon xvent to Europe in May xvith Daly's
company, traveling with them, playing in
London, Paris and Germany. A few weeks
ago she resigned her place and started home.
Monday, Sept. 13, she landed from a Euro
pean steamer in New York. Mr. Gould met
lier and went xvith her to her mother's fiat.
Tuesday afternoon h»*, Miss Kingdon and her
mother board'd Mr. Jay Gould's yacht, the
Atalanta, and steamed up the Hudson to Ir
vington, where the Gould summer resident,
Lyndhurst, is. Tho Lyndhurst parlors were
decorated with flowers and otherwise the
mansion xvoro a festive appearance, and it
was no- long after tho arrival of the party
before Rex*. Dr. Washington Choate, the
Presbyterian divine of Irvington, had pro
nounced George J. Gould and Edith Kingdon
man and wife. Only* her mother ami Mr.
Gould's father and mother, and brothers and
sisters xvere there. It was a quiet, beautiful
wedding at home, with no fuss and feathers.
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The new Mrs. Gould is taller than her hus
band. She has handsome features, brown
eyes nn»l dark hair, and a remarkably clear
complexion. On the stage her manner xxas
lively anil dashing. At her wedding she xvore
a black'silk dress xvith sparkling solitaire dia
mond ear rings. Sho was a Brooklyn girl all
her later life, though born in Boston. Brook
lyn, besides being the homo of Henry Ward
Beecher, is more devoted to amateur theatri
cals than any other city in the Union. It is
noted for its amateur plays. Many actors
drift from them into tho regular profession.
That xvas xx hat Miss Kingdon did. She went
on the road one season, and then play ed at
the Boston Museum. Her short life has been
a series of lucky* accidents. It xxas by
accident she got her first regular en
gagement. Tho lady* who was to take
the place failed to come to time, and
Miss Kingdon xvas snapped up in a pinch and
put in her stead. In exactly the same way
she got her place in the Boston Maseum. It
xvas an accident that George Gould saw her
first performance at Daly's, and fell in love
with her. To be sure, she is a good girl and
deserves all her fair fortune; but there are
thousands of others with quite as much merit
xvho do not get any thing.
The pleasantest feature of the affair is the
graceful and hearty approval Mr. Gould's
father and mother have given to his mar
riage.
Jay Gould has three sons, George, Edward
and Howard, and txx o daughters. Irvington,
xvhere his magnificent summer residence is,
is near Tarrytown. Jay Gould «i><l George
are more like chums «ÿj
than father and soil.
Next day after his
marriage young
Gould xvas down at
his desk as though
nothing hail hap
pened. He is one
of the hardest work
ing business men in
New York. The
young couple xvill
set up housekeeping
in tho Navarro
flats. This is a vast
structure of eight
buildings, put to
gether in the form
of a hollow square,
xvith central court.
It is somewhat on
the co-operative^
plan, residents
many cases owning
their apartments.
Tho structure is on
Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth streets, near
Central park and Seventh avenue. Some of
the large suites contain fourteen rooms and
rent for $7,000 a year.
Jay Gould's wealth is estimated anywhere
from $60,000,000 to $100,000,000. He is not
fond of telling how much he is worth of
late years, since the Anarchists got abroad.
His son George is a vice-president of the
Western Union company, and director of
several of his father's railroads. He preferred
going into business to going through college,
and his father allowed him to do as be pleased.
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MRS. GEORGE GOOLD.
He now has an income
ments of $40,000 a year, quite enough for one
little man and his xvife to lix*e on.
George Gould has very black eyes and dark
hair and brown skin. He is 24 years old. His
x*acations from business hax*e ln*<*n journeys
ox*er his father's western railway s, getting tin*
hang of the thing. Russell Sage said of him
not long since that lie envied Jay Gould such
a son. Mr. Sage said of the youth: "He is
young and strong an»l capable, and can take
up the reins when his lather drops them."
While 1 have uo one to come after me."
HOW TÖ KEEP WIVES AT HOME.
Xye Answers a Correspondent on a
Serious Subject.
Sweet Home, Grand Island, Neb., ask*:
What shall I do to amuse and instruct my
family of xvife and four children ex enings:
Answer: The younger children, no doubt,
would be best pleased xvith some durable toy.
A two-inch augur is a good plaything for a
small lioy*. With this lie can liore a hole into
the bath tub oat lie piano, xvhile you are en
gaged in entertaining ilie balance of your
family. Still you must lie your own judge.
He may do better xvith a large drab hornet's
nest. This instrument is soft anil pliable, and
will not mar your features in ease the box*
should swat you with it. In this respect it
lias a great advantage over the broad-ax a*
an indoor amusement.
The little girls might anuiso themselves by
putting corn, crab apples, or other snail fruit
up their noses, though they may hax e out
grown this. A good plan by* xvhich to amuse
children is to apply paper overshoes to the
feet of the family cat. This affords great
amusement to the family anil does not injure
the cat. The cat, under these circumstances,
xvill step high, like a blind horse, and when
you laugh xvith great glee sho xvill look at
you in a reproachful way and mox*e around
into the corner like a late husband in his sock
feet. It Is x cry entertaining, anil yet it is
not very wrong.
How to entertain your wife, however, is
quite another question, and yet it is a vital
question. I believe that we do not devote
time enough or thought enough to this ques
tion.
Many a xvife has gone doxvn into a narrow
and disagreeable drunkard's grax'e because
her husband did not keep her at home even
ings by making it pleasant for her.
A wife goes doxvn town where she meets
gay* companions in gorgeous club rooms, and
under tho gaslight she soon forgets her home;
hut let tho hast land throw around her joyous
homo influences instead of reproaching her
when she comes home late; let him make the
house cheerful; let him prepare pleasant little
surprises for her, instead of trying to trip her
up as she comes through the hall xvith her hat
on wrong side before. I,f*t him bring her
slippers, and lier wrapper, anil a mouthful of
hairpins, xvhen she gets home weary and
xvorn. instead of xvailing over his hard lot.
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Let him tiring her slippers.
Husbands may thus <lo much for their
wives to make life pleasant. It is a vital
question »x ith many of us: IIoxv shall xvi
keep our wives at borne? Shall we play
poker with them and keep their favorite
drinks at the house, so that they xvill not
yearn to go down town evenings, or shall xx*e
weep over them xvith low, smothered sobs?
I sometimes think that it is not downright
depravity* on the part of a wife, so much a*
it is thoughtlessness, that leads her to forget
her husband, mid leave him alone tliroug.
the long evenings. So let me say to you,
Sxveet Homo, that whatever you do, you
should make your home so attractive even
ings that your wife xvill not feel that it is a
Lore to remain at your side.
Sing to her if you can, read to her, bring
her the evening paper, smooth her soft hair
gently as you did when sne used to coino to
see you. Do not rudely tell her that you will
smooth her hair if she will take it off and
bund it to you. Be gentlemanly, unselfish
and thoughtful. We must make our homes
attractive if we xvould hope to keep our xvives
near us.
I once knew a husband xvho was cross and
fretful when his wife came home from down
town, and gave her "a picked up dinner," and
in one short xveek sho xvas sleeping in the
church yard.
***** * *
She slept there till supper time, when she
arose and xvent home.—Bill Nye in Cincin
nati Graphic.
Lunk Out for Him.
The season is now at hand xvhen the pioneer
OS years of age gets up early in the morning,
tightens his belt by two notches, and xvalks
into the harvest field to show the boys how it
used to be done in olden times. After gazing
for a few minutes with contempt at the
reaper and binder, he picks up his old fash
ioned cradle and sails in to cut seven acres
before sundown. Seven acres is his lightest
day's xvork. Take him the county over he'll
average about nine, an' ho won't sweat a hair
until afternoon. It will bo all that three
binders can do to keep up with him, and now
aud then he'll stop to turn a back handspring
and lay* some young fellow on the broad of
his back.
When the old pioneer has finished his nine
acres he comes up smiling, leads the crowd to
supper, and then challenges the best man to a
boxing match or foot face.
He appears regularly every harvest, and
this xvill be no exception. He is never less
than IK), and seldom over 03, and the state
ment always follows that he has shaken
hands with every president since Washington,
und was a playmate of the Indian chief,
Tecuuiseh.—Detroit Free Press.
A Night of Labor.
Everybody now knows what the poet
meant when he sang, - 'Tis midnight on the
stormy deep, and still my lonely watch I
keep." It was a Waterbury and he was sit
ting up all night to wind it, so that he might
know xvhen to get up in the morning.— R. J.
Burdette.
The MayHower has won, and Capt. Henn's
pretty wife, with her cutter, is beaten. Let
us drop the gal a tear and pass on.—Macon
Telegraph.
W.K.VANDERBILTS YACHT
SKETCHES OF A MILLIONAIRE'S
PLEASURE STEAMER.
T1 le Splendid Three-XIastetl Steam Yaclit
Alva, tin; Largest in the World— A Li
brary and Nursery—White aud Gold and
Mahogany—Sn inging Dining Tables.
Exaggerated stories hax*e been printed in
some of the newspapers aliout the barbaric
and oriental splendor of Mr. W. K. Yander
built's yacht Alva. It probably is about the
best craft of the kind that can lie made, but
inside or out it makes no display of the taw
ilry gorgeousness \\ ith xvhieli it has been cred
ited. From the liret its internal arrangement
have been under the direct supervision of
Mrs. Vanderbilt, a lady of exquisite taste xvho
would go in for anything rather than vulgar
display.
The Alva is just completed at the ship
yards of Wilmington, Del.
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IA
YACHT ALVA.
That is to say it has ostensibly been built
there. As a matter of fact the Alva is more
British than American. She xxas designed
in England. The Alva's hull is of mild
steel, and she xvas built under the inspection
of the British Lloyds.
Sho is the largest pleasure steamer in
America, being 'Jsr, feet long. If the Van
derbilts xvere e\*er to be ruined in their for
tunes they could sell the Alva for a regular
ocean steamer and get enough for her to
keep them out of the poorbouse.
The .Viva, they say, cost half a million of
money. They say, too, that the total cost of
running her, added to the interest of the lirst
cost, xvill amount to nearly $10,000 a month.
That is more money than the average citizen
of the world owns in his w hole life.
The Alva is a three-master, regular ocean
steamer pattern. She is lighted by electricity
and steered by steam. The cylinders are 4:3
and 4Ü inches, xvith 4*3-inch stroke. The pro
peller is of phosphor-bronze and is 1-» feet in
diameter, cast in Glasgow.
In interior arrangements the Alx*a is about
on a level xvith a seven-dollar-a-day hotel.
The great abundance of bath rooms is one of
the most extravagant luxuries indulged in.
There are a dozen or more of these.
The view in the illustration is that which
would lie obtained by slicing off tlie deck hori
zontally. The section
marked A. in the bow,
is the forecastle. Here
are the crew's quar
ters. Immediately
back of that comes
the steward's pantry.
Then follow tlie pi i- gj
x*ate apartments and
living rooms of tlie
Vanderbilts and their
guests. The space
marked B in the dia
gram indicates some
thing that, so far as
known, nex*er xvas a
fixture on any ship
before, xvhether for
business or pleasure—
B is a nursery. Wil
liam K. and his xvife
have arranged to take
tho xvhole family
along. C is the din
ing room and saloon.
The prevailing tints
of the furnishings are
ix*ory white and gold.
The wood Is dark ma
hogany and gold. The j
chair and sofa cover
ings aud the portieres
are of figured silk
upon a xvhite ground.
The saloon contains
the novelty of an open
fireplace. What xvill
become of the red hot
coals xvhen the Al\*a
pitche s into the
trough of a 30-foot
wave is not stated.
Swinging tables, a
large and a small one,
together seating sev
enteen pereons, will
dine Mr. Vanderbilt
ami his friends. The
tables are fixed upon
a balancing pedestal,
so that whiehex er way
the ship tips they xvill
still hold the soup and
coffee level. plan between iiecks.
The Alva is very slim, with a sharp boxx*.
Back of compartment C is D, xvhere the
steamer's boilers are, directly amidships. Each
side of these are the coal bunkers, which store
300 tons of fuel. Space E is w here the en
gines are. On the starboard side, leading
past the boilers and engines, is a long, nar
noxv jiassage w ay xvhich connects the dining
saloon with the library. In this sacred pas
sage xvay only the Vanderbilt or his guest
may set foot.
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DINING ROOM.
The library is directly aft of the engines.
Opposite them is left an open space and in it
is a sofa There the guest may sit and xvatch
in a strictly amateurish and aristocratic w ay
the working of the engines. Since steamer
building began, it is said there never xvas a
ship constructed in which so much pains w ere
taken to have everything of the liest material,
as is the case with the Alva Extraordinary
precautions have been exercised with every
bit of metal, wood, glass and porcelain that
went into her. What an irony of fate it
would lie if, after all, there were left some
vulnerable spot, ever so small, unnoticed by
her workmen, which xvou! prox*e at last her
destruction. Such thin; have been.
The library is marked P in the diagram.
The smoking room is near by. Adjoining
are more staterooms for guests. The library
finished in French walnut. About it
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;
again are no end of baths, hot, cold, salt and
fresh. There is a vapor bath upon the upper
deck.
Last of ail, in compartment marked G in
the diagram, directly over the screw, are the
officers' quarters, mess rooms, pantry, beds,
lockers, etc. Each compartment has its own
entrance and egress passage, otherwise called
companionway, fenced off to itself. Tbs
width of the Alva is thirty-two feet.
A SHIPBUILDING REVIVAL..
The Uii|irece«leiite«l Demand For Vessels
on the Great Lakes.
There is at present a revival in ship build
ing going on on the borders of the great lakes
xvhich is as unprecedented as it xvas unex
pected. It is caused by the increased de
mand for vessels by shippers. At all tho
great shipyards x'essels are being launched as
fast as they can be put together. One of tho
best informell shipbuilders on the lakes esti
mate's that this year's output from the ship
yards on the lakes xvill 1»* at le*ast $'1,000,(XX).
THE NEW STEAMSHIP SUSQUEHANNA.
There was recently launched at Buffalo a
x essel modeled after an ocean steamer that
may be termed the first steamship on the
lakes. There are other steamers that are
commonly classed as steamships, hut which
are technically steam barges or freight pro
pellers. Her chief claim to distinction from
other fine vessels is that she will be tho
largest, both in point of tonnage anil freight
carrying capacity, of any of the lake fleet.
This steamship, the »Susquehanna, is 323 feet
long by 40 feet beam,xvith a depth of about 30
feet. She is built of iron and steel through
out and will bo used as a freight boat be
txxeen Buffalo and Chicago, her carrying
capacity being 2,800 tons. Pitted out xxith
every appliance that experience can suggest,
her success may he followed by a fleet of
limilar craft
Why George IV. l'eck Enlisted.
It xvas in is**4 that I joined a cax*alry regi
ment in the department of the Gulf, a raw
recruit in a x*eteran regiment. It may be
asked why I waited so long before enlisting,
and w hy I enlisted at all, xvhen the xvar was
so near over. I knoxv that most of tho sol
diers enlisted from patriotic motives, and be
cause they wanted to help shed blood, and
wind up the war. I did not. I enlisted for
the bounty. I thought tho xvar xvas nearly
ox'er, and the probabilities xx*ere that the regi
ment I had enlisted in would bo ordered
home before I could get to it. In fact, the re
cruiting officer told me as much, anil he said
I would get my bounty, and a few months'
pay, and it xx*ould bo just like finding money.
He said that at that late day I would never
see a rebel, there xvould be no fighting, and
it would be just one continued picnic for two
or three months, and there would be no more
danger than to go off camping for a duck
shoot. -It my time of life, now that I hax*e
become gray and bald, and my eye
sight is failing and I hax*e become a
grandfather, I do not want to open the sores
of twenty-two years ago. I want u quiet
life. Ko I would not assert that the recruit
ing officer deliberately lied to me, 1 ut I was
the worst deceived man that e\*er enlisted,
and if I ever meet that man on this earth it
xvill go hard xvith him. Of course, if he is
dead, tj^t settles it, as I shall not follow any
man after death, xvhen I am in doubt as to
xvhich road he has taken. As far as the
liounty xvas concerned, I got that all right,
but it was only $300. Within twenty-four
hours after 1 had been credited to the toxv*n
from which I enlisted I heard of a toxvn that
xvas paying as high as $1,200 for recruits. I
lia\*e met xvith many rex*erses of fortune in
the course of a short but brilliant career, but
I never suffered more than I did when I
found that I had to go to war for a beggarly
$300 bounty, xvhen I could haxx* had $1,200 by
being credited to another town. I think that
during two years and a half of service nothing
tended more to dampen my ardor, make me
despondent and hate myself, than the loss of
that $000 bounty.—Geo. W. Feck in Peck's
Sun. _
Items From The Harney Hooter.
We deem a word of explanation due our
readers in regard to an item published in last
weeks Hooter. It stated that our worthy
fell'jxv citizen, Judge Ezra R. Fuller, had been
arrested and bound over for getting drunk
and riding up and doxvn the street on a mule
he had stolen from a neighbor and shooting
right and left and wounding several persons.
There was a slight error in the item, as it
should have read that "Balily" Ford was the
man that was arrested, and our esteemed
friend, Judge Fuller, the justice before whom
he was arraigned. We cheerfully make the
correction. In the hurry of getting the forms
** press for a large paper like The Hooter
small typographical errors like this will some
times occur and no one regrets them more
deeply than ourselves.
There was a shooting affair in Ed IjiP lace's
Maverick saloon late last night. The facts in
the case appear to be as follows: Henry Bar
ton, a well known and respected citizen of
Harney, xvent into the saloon at about 10
o'clock, when he xvas met by the notorious
character known as Bads Land Bill. The ruf
fian was drunk and attacked Mr. Barton, who
drew a gun and shot him in self-defence. Wo
mast congratulate our many readers on thus
getting rid of a low-lived and villainous
whelp.
Later.— Just as we go to press xve learn
that wo were grossly misinformed in regard
to this trouble. It seems that it xvas Hank
:arton, better known as "Skinny,"' and geu
ei ally supposed to lie an escaped convict from
rlie states, xvho xvas killed. Tho shooting was
• luiio by Mr. William N. Price, mentioned
above, who has a line ranch up in tho Bad
Lands. We shall prosecute tho party who
misinformed ns concerning his character. He
is a gentleman in every respect, and has the
thanks of all for ridding the community of
(lie man Barton.—Clipped by the Estelline
Bell. _
Restricting Roys' Pleasure.
"Too bad?" exclaimed the plethoric* passen*
ger, looking up from his newspaper.
"What's too bad?" asked the hatchet-faced
passenger, sympathetically.
"Why, it's too bad that the innocent pleas
ures of youth are being ruthlessly swept away
in tho tidal w ave of official interference."
"Eh? What have they been doing now to
these innocent little ones?"
"It makes my blood boil to think of it! A
dear little boy in Iowa was recently sent up
for giving his dog a benzine bath and drying
him off xvith a match!"—Drake's Magazine.