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TEfl BROESK {US PET
FHWK" B. HARPER, ONE! OF THE
M«»ST NOTED OF OLD-TIMK
TURFMEN.
MONUMENTS TO HIS HORSES.
LAST OK THE ILLUSTRIOUS COM
-I*.V\Y OK WOODFORI) COUNTY
SI'ORTS.MKN.
I>ll> MUCH FOR TMiiItiiH.IIHKDDS.
Now in Hi* S<-\ «'iil v-Kourtli Tear —
'lVii:i»«*ram<-iit «»f 'IVn Broeck
him i Longrfellofv.
VERSAILLES, Ky., Jan. 28.— The
history ..f the turf and the history of
Woodford county, Kentucky, are indis
solubly bound up together. If the ros
ter of pioneer turfmen had not held the
names of Buford, Blackburn, Harper,
Alexander, Swigert, Kinkead and Ford,
}i::ii, if they had not played their parts
on th<- breeding farm and at the race
.track, the annalists of the American
turf would have a different story to
tell. •
These men raced horses in the days
when tiny w< re run for glory and
when the bookmaker had not been in
1. Of this school of turfmen.
Prank B. Harper, now in his seventy
fourth year, Is the last survivor in
Woodford county and one of the most
illustrious of them all. He is a nephew
of John Harper, who died in ls?a and
who laid the foundation of the great
*>oroughbred nursery at Xantura
farm many years ago. After owning
and racing a number of horses, John
career was crowned, near the
ge of his life, by the successes of
gfellow, who was foaled in 18(57. He
. Dred Ten Bro< ek, but did not live to
Bee any of his performances.
Frank Ft. Harper was associated
with his Uncle John from childhood,
Bnd it was under Frank's regime thar
1 ongfellofv won many of his greatest,
races and made his wonderful name in
the stud, and that Ten Broeck made
the world ring with his exploits on the
track.
The Harpers have been in Woodford
county Cor over 100 years. The records
of ih>- W '.fold county court house
show that in March, 1795, Jacob Harper
.Sr.. the grandfather of the present
owner of th<- place, purchased from
one Andrew L< v. is "7tJi> acres of land
for the sum of nine hundred and
twelve pounds, lawful money." Xan
tura farm took Its name from the great
race and brood mare of that name,
tin- dam of Longfellow. The estate now
Includes within its northern boundary
the old "Ned Blackburn" farm, when:
• x-Senator J. C. S. Blackburn first saw
th • light, some threescore years ago. It
i-- a magnificent tract of 1,200 acres,
studded with grand old trees of black
walnut, ash, li.no' maple, burr oak.
hickory, elm ;::•] now and then a
honey locus: and hackberry.
Mr. Harper is ;1 heavily built, white
led old g-entleman of the utmost
simplicity of manners and life. He
knows few greater pleasures than to
sit .ii th.- front porch of the little one
and-a-half-story cottag< — part log and
part brick, of iiv ■ . ;• six rooms— which j
eonsiitut. * his home, and to talk of his
animals, which he has loved with
an affection rarely given by man to
man, and aim* st unheard of between
man and beast.
Mr. Harper is a bachelor. The quief,
simple, lon< ly life he leads, and has
always ltd. j> remarkable in a man of
■rsuch large means, amply able to gratify
every wish his heart could conceiv*.
A very fair index ■<( his character was
his famous and oft-repeated injunction !
to his jockeys to run his Imries from
"eend to <-,-!:.•." Ii well illustrates his
op n and straightforward nature.
With the death of Ten Broeck and
Longfellow, his most dearly loved
equine companions, Bar. Harper lost in
terest in the turf, and. indeed, a good
deal of his interest in life. Those were j
glorious days for the old man when !
Longfellow and Ten Broeck were both !
on exhibition at "Xantura." and had
visitors from ail over this continent
ard Europe.
Imp. Rossington and Patton are the
present stallions, but while they are
constantly earning money for their
master, they have not in the least as
suaged his prief for the dead heroes. I
Ten Broeck and Longfellow. Imp. |
Roseihgton (who is a half brother of;
the preat Ormonde, that sold for $ir>o,
--000) was purchased by Harper at auc
tion in Lexington in ISS7 at six years
old.
"1 paid $12.(H>0 for him," said Mr. j
Harper, "and now he doesn't owe me a !
cent. I believe that I have been In his
(i'-bt for several years."
Rossington had eleven successful
two-year-slds, and. all told, about six
teen winners out last season, one of
the bpst of which is the two-year-old I
Traversa, out of Betsy Brooks, by Ten j
Broeck, he having recently won sev
eral good races at £an Francisco. Pat
ton, twelve years old. by Ten Broeck. j
has been in the stud only four years '
and has produced some good two and j
three year olds.
When Ten Broeck and Longfellow |
died. Mr. Harper gave them each a
resting place befitting their great
achievements on the turf on a beauti- j
ful hillside in the paddock where they
were wont to gambol. Their graves \
are marked by marble shafts, hand- !
somer by Car thsn most of those to be !
seen in the cemeteries of man. On
Longfellow's monument is carved:
LONGFELLOW.
The King of the Turf.
Brown hor*r-, foaled May lv, ISG7.
Died Nov. 5. 1593.
17 Starts: 14 Tim s First.
Kins of Racers and King of Stallions.
Ten Broeck is commemorated as follows:
TEN BROECK.
Bay hors». foaled cm Nantura
BtCCk Farm, Wo dfo d Co.. Ky.. Juno. 29, 1572.
DUd Juno, us. l£B7.
PERFORMANCES.
1 Mile 1:39%2%M!1e3 4 : r,BU
l%Miles 2:49»43 Mlle.s :,:&'.
2 Miles 2:;7 ! j4 Miles 7:15=4
Mr. Harper was the first man in America
and is the only man in Kentucky to erect a
monument over the resting place of a horse.
Sa:il Mr. Harper:
"A story recently published about the
■ graves of America's groat horsos stated that
the late Robert Akxander erected a monu
ment over the grave of Lexington, and was
tin* first man to thus honor a dead turf hero.
This la a mistake. Mr. Alexander never put
a monument over Lexington's grave. Keene,
of New York, and myself are the only men
•who have done su<h a thing, and I was the
first."
It Is very eas> to sr-e that of his horses Ten
Broeck was Harper's favorite, although Long
fellow, besides being a great race horse, was
Infinitely more successful in the stud, and
his progeny has shtd lustre upon ''Nantura"
to a greater extent than that of Ten Broeck.
This favoritism is- accounted for by the fact
that lyingfellow was already fully developed
and had made his reputation during the life
time of John Harper, while Frank Harper had
'•the raising" of Ten Broeek, who was given
to him as a surklinK colt by his uncle.
"Uncle John didn't think much of Ten
FROM BABY IN THE HIGH CHAIR
• To grandma in the rocker Graln-O Is good
for the whole family. It is the l',ng-<ses:r;d
substitute for coffee. Never urspts the
nerves or Injures ih«- digestion. Made from
pure grains, It is a food in Itself. Has the
taste and appearance of the best coffee at >4
the price. It is a genuine and scientific
article and is come to stay. It makes for
health and strength. Ask your grocer for
Graln-O.
Broeck," said Mr. Harper. "Ha was an un
dersized colt, very awkward and mischievous.
He had a way of humping down his back
and crawling under the bar into the Calves'
shed, where ho would make way with all
their feed. Uncle John came down to the sta
ble one day for the purpose of making a
gelding of him. I begged him to let the colt
alone.
" 'Why should I?' he asked.
" 'Because, Uncle John," I replied, 'I have
been watching that colt in the pasture, and
he's bound to make a race horse. When the
colts run across the pasture he pushes a little
ahoad of the others every time.'
" 'Well, you may have him, Frank, to do as
you please.' was his reply. 'Maybe he will
make you a little hack horse.' He gave me
at the same time a horse named Turner, by
Kndorscr. I sold Turner and held on to Ten
Broeck.
"Ten Broeck'a first start was as a 2-year-old
at Louisville in 1574. and he was beaten by
McGrath p s Aristldes. He didn't start any
more until he was 3 years old, when he wan
his rare at Lexington, and then he kept on
winning. It kept the horsemen pretty busy
in those days, hunting purses that Ten
Hrooek wasn't going to run in. They didn't
hanker much after his compnay.
•"I guess his greatest race was the match
contest, for $s,o<X> a side, between him and
the California mare Mollie McCarthy, at
Louisville, in 1578, though it was a bad race.
When they came to see me to arrange for
the meeting they told me the Californians
were going to bring a world of money he-re
to put on the race. I sent them word to
keep their money at homo, that when the
horses had gone two miles there wouldn't
be any race. The betting went on for weeks
beforehand. They said there were 30,000 peo
plo at the track the day of the race. The
horses ran neck and neck to the first quarter
Mollie gaining and tinally leading in the
h(.-ruP3tret<'h. She kept up her pace around
to the half-mile post again, and presently
tl)p crowd saw Ten Brorrk take the lead. On
he flew, the raarn making a o>speratr> effort.
to regain her ground, but without avail.
Mo-llie quit at the two-mile post and galloped
the rest of the way. The excltemeut was
Daughter (innocently)— Oh, mamma, George k'ssed me last night.
Mother— Yi v ought to be ui-'-d to it by this time, my child.. Didn't T hear hj-n ki:-? you r.iur n&his a: •?
Daughter (impulsively)— Oh! mamma, of course you didn't. That was Charlie.
terrific h :;ci men rushed on i he track and I
nearly bid ith< r"d Ten Br ••■•k with cai
I was ■\.ught up in the arms cf r he ciowd and
carried v:> and down the track, cmi.! tely
overpowered. I was naturally very hippy
over the result.
"Ten Broeck couid run longer ;ir.<l
his wind than any c<h>-r horse thai ever
lived i;i the wor!d. And I never say him
race wh« n lie was lit to run bur onc< iv ray j
life, and that was when be beat a horse
nan^d \d. ovintd by J. B. Krouse, of OJ;iu. i
in d three-mile race, at Louisville. Krouse
rook Ad F.js. and won everything until h>
tackled Ten Broeck. When they hati run
two miles some Fellow hi 11. red 'Ad has him |
f?o:nK.' but a moment !;:tcr they .-aw Ten
Brocvk walk away from him, aisd he roach, d
the stand fully an eighth of a mile ahead.
"No horse ever had a kinU*-r, better < i:.s
position, or appro tclud as near to perfec- ;
tion as old Ten Broeok-he was that way all
his life. Longfellow, too. was a good-tern- j
pered fellow. In a race you could ride either
of them up to the .string, and they would
Stand there perfectly quiet and obedient
while all the other horses were frisking and j
cutting up But the moment the drum tapprd i
lh ey WfTe ..<*."
Mr. Harper contends that horses are not a
bit faster today than they wen- twenty ycar3 j
ago. but thJl the difference Is all in the |
tracks. 1 10 does not believe thjt nny of the? |
records of Ten Broeek could dp surpassed by
the horses cf today if th^y ran on the same I
kind of tracks.
Six years r^o Mr. Harper retired from i
the turf. It is a singular fact that he novor !
bet on one oT his horses in his life. Ho h-s
never had anything to do with, trotters, and ;
rather looked on th.-m with contempt.
SKATIKCi OY TIIK "CUT-OFF."'
\u O!«l Timer Relates an Kxperlciui
on the Canal nl Ollinvii.
'doing ska/ing, eh?" askrd E kins, as the
y< nag folks bundled up for the sport. "It
tcikes me back to tho time when I went skat-
Ing with the boys and girt*. Let me see. that -
in "64; and I haven't had a pair of Bka.es
on since."
Mr. ISlkins was one of a group of o'd
timers g-jthered in front of a modern open I
fire.
"'Ever been to Ottawa?" he asked in a rem- !
Iniscent mood. "Ottawa. 111., I moan. When :
I livfd there it was the seat of the state
supremo court. » The Illinois river and the
Fox river meet just below the town. Then
there's the canal right along tho Illinois, j
■with a great aqueduct over the Vox and the
cut-off that ran through the country and ■
all round the city. There was no traffic
on the canal in winter, and so they used
to flood the cut-oil and lot it freeze, and cv- i
erybody that could wear skates went there ;
to use them. The giKs all skated and took >
their beaux for partner*, and then maybe
thej changed off. Ah. those old times'." and
Mr. Klkics fell into a reminiscent fit until j
roused by a question.
"They didn't have as good skati s in these
days as our young folks have now, d'd they?" ',
"Maybe not. but they had a li"ap more
fun. Skates didn't cat any Ice then, as you
f.llows Bay now. They were big and clumsy, j
but the runners were as sharp as a knife, j
and we could cut pigeon wings or figure •
eights or iv anything you young folks can. ;
The toe of the skate turned up, after the
Dutch pattern, and we were proud of it.
They were fastened on with leather straps
and weight d a lot.
"But I must te'.l you about that cut-off.
Sometimes they would draw ail tiie water
off. It would go with a rush, aud the cut
off would be < mptied in ten minutes. One
da> — it must have been when I was home
from army on a furlough— two of my girl I
friends wanted to go skat'ng with me. I
took them down to the cut-off. Tru-re wasn't
anybody skating at the time. We thought
that rather queer, but never dreamed the
water had been drawn off, so we started as
gay as you pleaso.
"We hadn't gone far when I heard a re
port like a pistol shot, and my head hit the
ice with a crack that madi> me see stars.
The Ice had cracked the whole leng-th of the
rut-off. Beneath where the water had been
there was four f«<»t of mud. Into this I p'u'g
ed head first, and would have been smothered
If these girls hadn't given the alarm pnd he p
ed to get me out. I was ial'J on my hack for
two weeks from the effect cf the crack en my
head, and 1 never put on my skates again."
>s»
Rhodes Komi of Animals.
Cecil Rhodes is passionately interested in
wild animals, and in his beautiful Cape Town
home he has afforded himself the expensive
luxury of a regular zoo, which consists of an
immense park peopled by almost every known
carnivorous animal to be found in South Af
rica. In truth, this curious patch of forest
may be called the animals' paradise, for all
its inmati-s are at complete liberty, except
for the wire fence surrounding it. As for the
African lions and leopards, they are. of
course, kept on another portion of the estate.
Cecil Ithcdes has spent on this hobby alone
| considerably over $500,000.
THE) SAfNT FACU GtdSSr ISONDA^ JANUARY 31, 189 8.
OLD "DIGIT WfiTTI
LAST OF THE «'SPORTS»» 'WHO
MADE THE CITY OF LOUIS
VILLE FAMOUS.
POPULAR ALL HIS LIFE.
KINDLY OF HEART— WON EASILY
AND LOST WITHOUT MUCH
REGRET.
FIGHT FOR AN OPEN GAME.
When the Gambling Place He Ope
rated Clotted He Worked as a
Clerk.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 28.— With the
death of "Dick" "Watts there passed
away the last, the best known and the
most popular of all the old-time gam
blers who once made Louisville so
widely known as a "sporting" town.
The others died years ago, some with
their boots on and some in their beds.
Anderson Waddell, who was Dick's
greatest rival as an owner of gambling
GUILELESS YOUTH.
games and racing honks ami who wa:
one 'if the very few who could hod o;
tc money, dii d of he-art disease two '>■
thrte years ago; Eli .Marks, a prrnc
in his way, died heartbroken and poor
Bob Cathcart. the famous pool s.:ir.
f:ni.-hed life's course in Cincinnati:
"Male" Kdward Kugfies, chief of tin
Louisville tiro department, was <>nr ■ ;:
partner in the- ownership of the turf
exchange, the most noted pool room
in the South, but the "Maje," as he i?
eallod, was always first a fireman and
next a "sport," and for a long time h ■
has had no connection witli such eit
t> rprises.
Watts was a fine type of the old
fashioned gamb'.er, prodigal in his way
of living, willing to bet his last cent
on any proposition, not ashamed of his
calling, and yet holding himself a good
citizen. He was equally noted for ex
travagance and generosity; for his dar
ing as a better and skill in calculating
desperate chances. He never quarrel
led. Anderson Waddell had the mem
ory of the taking of threp lives to make
him shrewd and feared, but Dick
Watts had no man's ill will and lived
in such an atmosphere of popularity
that he must have, found it hard to b -
lieve that he could be looked upon as
a lawbreaker or that he was one.
James Richard Watts was born in
Louisville sixty-two years ago. He
learned the printer's trade. When the
war broke out he enlisted in th>- F.-d
--eral ranks and became a first lieu
tenant. When he returned he worked
at his trade for a while, but, as he
afterward expressed it. •"sticking mi::
ion at 50 cents a thousand was too
slow," and, as the gambling houses
were "wide open" then, he drifted into
the ownership of one. He had a spe
cial fondness for keno and faro, and
in manipulating these games rapidly
made a fortune, though it was spent
almost as soon as acquired. He was
witty, genial, and a daring gamester,
so he soon had the largest following
of "sports" in the city. He was an
accomplished faro dealer and divided
honors in this line with Ell Marks and
other noted players. There was no
limit when he held the box. and many
are the stories of the desperate plays
he made when he was in his prime. Ha
was always "on the square," and the
honesty of house or his game was nev
er questioned. He lost his money as
easily as he won it, scattering it among
his friends like a prince, and he never
lacked players. As a consequence
wealth rolled In upon him. but only to
be squandered cr given away. It is
said that no appeal for charity passed
unheeded if he had a cent In his pocket.
"If Dick Watts had saved his
money," said an old friend of his,
"even allowing a large sum for neces
sary expenses and a living as good as
any man could ask, he would today
be worth $800,000. There must at least
be $209,000 owed to him by people to
whom he loaned money and who never
returned it."
Watts made it a rule, if a player at
his games ever lost money to the in
convenience of his family and com
plaint was made, to return it without
question. If a mother, a wife, or a
father asked for any sum it was paid
over, and the erring husband or son
was never allowed to sit in that game
again. He was also a liberal giver to
charity.
"I have been in the room many a
flPOf Gold Dust
stl§ya| Washing Powdtr
fiO^ |fi^f|i makes house cleaning
eas y- Largest package
Wasliin2Pi(33F.|y 7? r !? tesr ccon °">y.
tH — * — v Ask the erocer for it.
time," jsaKf-qne of Wff admirers, "when
fi§ wad dealing rard. Often I have
seen b. man 'walk up to him and lean
ing 6ver, feay. 'Dick, let me have & hun
dred dollars/ Without looking up, he
would hand "but & bill or two, always
the amount asked tot, and when the
man had gone, he wotild ask, 'Who
was that fellow?' No one will ever
know how many thousands of dollars
he gave away and never got back and
never expected^ t3 • ifet iback for that
matter."
"I remember an instance which
shows how easily W£.t^B lost money,"
said a man who w,as acquainted with
the game when it was' wide open in
Louisville. "He wafc'grofhg to New Or
leans on the midnight train and wand
ered into a game which was going on
in the Crockford. ,He ,played pretty
heavily and when it was time for him
to go out to catch his train he was
about $4,000 loser. This did not inter
fere with his plan& He put on his
hat and hurried out without trying to
retrieve his fortune.'
He was a close friend of Jim Craw
ford, a faro banker, who ran a game
in Cincinnati, but who was well known
in Louisville. Watts was sitting in
Crawford's game, and a great deal of
money had changed hands. Watts got
tired and said he believed he would
return to Louisville on the next boat.
"No use going back now, Dick," said
Crawford. "Wait until tomorrow morn
ing and I'll go down with you. Be
sides, you will get into another game,
and you might as well stay hero in
mine."
In order to please his friend Watts
stayed in the game and returned to
Louisville "l>iok.\" c leser to the tune
of 515.C30.
Watts was one • f the first bookrtiak- j
ers in the West Hf qpened in Sr.
Louis some time in the seventies. His '
lurk was the o«'y one on the track, !
ami when it was found that he would !
!;■!■" bets on a r y horse, the "sports" j
of the M.-urd City thought they could
m:ike thsMr fortunes'. When the meet
ing o'opi d Watts went away with :t
roll ..f $89,000: Cnminß baok here he
f-undfd the Turf Exchange in 1878; the
fust poolrcom in Tjouisville, and the
>■•: -i Rtiro s**tu\. His partners were
"Map-" Kd Hushes rind Bob Cathcart.
The Iprome frnni 'he Turf Exchange j
was J6o.r0 1 ) to (75.000 -i year, hut Cath- !
cart died, ETuffhes quit, anjd Witt's sold j
out ii order to open a] magnificent J
pamhHng i stabli- hmcnt ire the heart of i
the city.
Alwrys vcrv popular it politics, lie was a
member of the general witobil. and for a |
while »as a cower. Hut hv Was too open in
b\z v :iv of living, ('onc.tjrnjiifr tliis. a char- i
ai-trristic anecdote i? told by Aid. Patterson, '
who srrv.-d in the noraL|C,ouncil with \\;it s:
"I rrr'll.'ct whrn th*> lo>y^r li^tard was about I
to pxivl him for runnini? Qyg&ajbliog hous ■. I
Up p?(J j .■! sik'ci h in wbi.^li he'soiti if lie was
expellrfl the conuril woult2-.be lurDi^s out the '
best qt'ftllftrd member of .(he board. Hg said
be m.-d" nionpy pneugb lint to b'^ liablr >o
thp t^ptatioa of b<~irc bwidtf. and lha< Up i
I'ad no hosi ness wbicb rfonilSkji'H with his
duties. Up was ii>"l'r>etnli>nt af the corpora- ;
tirna ;T.d hey could not ;^iftn-ric? him."
But rhn stDi-m was rislne.' Public Bentimpnt I
was dirf-crrd against jrambling; \io:js«k and the
p< wsnaners wore making war on them. QTatU
armp on th" floor of the council one night
and Kaid |- hrd been sta'rd that t!i? owner of
the Crccktord cor Id not be a> ■■ ttiin. d. Up
nnrounopd that he was th»* < « >er and in
trndrd to continue to run thf» olaep. At the
Baipp time :> cry was ralsod for "more lis;ht
on hp cramhiing nlac«i." Watts had the <"ront
of tftp Cro.-kferd littrd out with PlPCtrlC 11 Ms
wh'ch ntade Jefferson rtroet ?<? ligh' y.< day.
••>:. v i «unnos» thfv liave light enough on
£b* f'rocUf.rd." lip .<nii\.
It was -hla d>flant snirit that Ipd to the I
•■'<,\v,K of h)s olace as wpII as ,->!! otlu-r gam
bl'np <-^tabli~hnienls in Louisville. The Law
iUid Or.lrr IpßßU<> was formrd. All the nlaca |
WPH" r;id-d niehtlv. It W ;i=; in the middU of
■winter, hat Wntts dcterniinrd to continue, j
He wnrM Ptiord nights on Riiard befo--- bis
rsme when 'he w< ?th. r was bitter cold. In '
this w*y be contra cted rhenmafism which
medn him sli?htlv crippled. He also con tern- ,
pl^trd start ; n°; another panic next door, in
wbal was intended to be Hip finest gambling
house in 'he POOOtry. With this obiei t in
vl"w he built the house where the Kn^lish i
KitrhPTi is now located, in the center of the !
retail district. It was to be called the Palais i
P.ovnl but there was so miu-h ;alk about it :
th;>t the eri-FPf'..- ,<?E;aiiiFt ua>-iblers was pushed '
wttii Increased vigor and all the houses were :
clo«rd.
That wps the ppd of h:? nrneppritv. For a
while !,.■ li"tr..red nrm»nd thinking th»» clamor
would sn^-id- and the attcrontß to enfun-p the
laws vr-o»!d cease. )>"t h<> was mistaken. Wh»n
ho found that gambling houses would no more
bo tclevalfd ht; d.'lared *c wouW obey the
Mw an<l would muke a, living in some 'oth"r
way. Tlrs wa 3 fiftr.-n years ago. Up found
thp honest life a hard one. Se^ral little
burfnem enterprises nrovrd unprofitable and
at lspt he was without eafcitil. ' At this junc
ture the Republican rnstm^ofpr-of Louisville
offered him a little elertfsfhio Hvhi.-h hP ao
cepttd. and for thp rrvr four *fars he drpw
a small saliry for ralthfu! wdrk in a sub
ordinate raDacity. Th'Mi fr^Deirfcrraf was an
[>ointrd and the ex-samb4*r ' w*s (lis:-hirgrd.
An election for count? cfßcprs' was oming
■in and Dv-k annninrp.l himspff as a candi
date for jailer. The RftyubliQ«ns were not
thought to have anr i-haiu-p. in he Rot th"
nomination. He had just $14. -'but he r t
sient a nickel In the rftcupai^n excpp: 'T
<-ar farp. and whfn elation d»y was nv;-r he
hpd Jl.."<) I»ft. pnd h-'d bf*>n chosen by a big
majority. All of his old 'rtionds "tallied around
him in his canvass. Wh»n hp'entered a sa
loon thf proori»-tor \vo»;M tr<saf the crowd
for bini. Nobody would nerrnit him to
spend a rrnt. A renjarVable feature of the
canr.DpUn was the organuation«.of a club of
4.000 nemoordts. >H of whom >.«rpre pl-dgfd
to vctp »r>d work for hiip. asd was
thf-ir rejoirini? when he 'was 'triumDhantly
f'pnoen. It wss a tributp to Vindnpss of hearf.
Wstts was not a good jailer. He was too
indulepnt to pr'sorers and guards. The
guards neglr-cted their duties and escaped
wer» rnmerous. But Watts was determined
to do his hpst in the office, and usualtv had
the escaped prisoners tfi-nntured by offering
big rcwaMi which he naid out or h>s own
P<>oke?. ?till his official record was so bn?
that ho was defeated for nomination i^st f»ll.
Th» Kanm>r in whirh he s'ood by hi*
(ri<*«<>e i^ shown h» *be caap of n turnkey and
a d»-tpi"ive. who '-i'lnd a man they h'd gone
to RrreEt in Ind:?"?. It was thonsM t»iey
woHld have a hard time, and at the begin
ning a Deni'ent'Tv sentence, wra '•on^idrrcd
Inevitable. Dut Watts secured the best law-
yers in Indiana to defend them and spent
$2,200 on the case. The manner In -which hla
friendship was often requited, was shown by
the fact that later one of them worked against
Watts when ha was trying to secure the nom
ination for jailer.
Although Watts was a gambler, he had
gteat respect for the church. His wife and
children were Episcopalians and he was al
ways a liberal giver to the church charities.
In his old age he united with the congrega
tion and he died in the hope of a better life.
HE TRAVELED OX A PASS.
As a Result lie Thought He Owned
the Whole iW...
"It brings joy to my soul to see a
grumbler laid low," remarked a travel
ing man to a reporter for the Star re
cently, and when asked for the story
implied the following was related:
"We were making the run from New
lork to Washington. It was a fast
train, in charge of an amiable conduct
tor. The porter In our car had the
patience of Job and the good nature
peculiar to few men. There were no
crying babies aboard; not a single brid
al couple; no complaining old maids,
and no "boy orator." in fact, it was
an ideal traveling combination with a
single exception.
"In the face of this all-around com
fort, there was a well known Washing
ton man aboard, who had as much
fault to find as if he were a passenger
on one of the Fourteenth street cars
going north, at the present writing.
-Nothing suited him, and the service
and attention he demanded proclaimed
him nothing short of a bank president
or a director of the road. During the
entire run we heard nothing but \-om
plaints The roadbed was uneven as
a. cobblestone street. There wasn't a
t?2ft v V r t ? inabl ° in the dinine car fit
to eat. rhe smoking compartment was
so small a man could not stretch his
egs and so on. until the rest of us
would have willingly enduro.d a wreck
to put a quietus on the kicker's dis
agreeabe tongue, or at least furnished
him a substantial reason for his whole
sale complaining.
"It was a trying ordeal for his fellow
passengers, and our combined sympa
n>rtWen^; >Ut tO the c °nti"ually abused
n or T f !f &rumbler made the atmos
?™J£ ? he Car heavy Wlth the most
emphatic oaths in the un-Christian
SEME . anL L th " air was r endeSS S
dark blue by hi., profane eloquence. A
K.-n.-ral prayer of thankrulness ascend
ed heavenward when the grumbler
finally slept W, even endured is
goring without a murmur. The next
mormn whi ch u ,, s Saturday, he w£
'• first person up. and he made things
"vely In that car. Pretty soon every
body else was up. and the people we're
sitting in their seats holding on £
grips and umbrellas ready to fly di
rectly the train steamed into the sta
"The grumbler was being brushed by
tn« car. and every movement of the
in the porter's hand wL accom!
pan.cd by a volley of profanity. At
conclusion of one of these startllne
out nnsts a mild-looking old gentlemai
\a ■ ,V V nc "' the «"" Synced to
ward th.. offender, and in the gravest
manner drawled ou. this innocent [n
t< ;; m my brother, where do you preach
kn ' ,i } , "■ ( ' r saw " ;nan so completely
Knoi ked oul by a chance M>W The -■, ■ i
Son* body asked who he was The Dorter
<ue tr:ii. —Washington st:r.
VAGARIES OF JOHN SIIOI P.
Odd Opera H,,*.> iU . Bnlii :lnfl OJhep
Uu«-er Tblncrs He l>i,i.
»fi.' hn «- hhu^' was uhat lh °y fia " l^
I well off hi this world's goods; in fact
; he was til.- wealthiest man in the little
! town in which ).p lived. He and Sarah
[had worked hard and saved until they
! had a start, and then he had bought
and Bold cattle and shaved notes until
| he was able to own a fine house in th»
I country.
i Jn all this he had succeeded but
■ John had uaid but very little attention
I to his education; in fa«'t. it was a pret-
I ty hard jd. for him to read however
well he might "riper." He liked to be
considered the leading rran of th.' town
and to keep up appearances h<» ha.i a
fashion of using a great many big
words .f whose meaning he had very
little conception. He was very proud
i of his new house, and. while it was
; building, gravely informed people that
I he was goinu to have a "miraada" run
; ning around thn outside and a "pur
j satory" oil top, where he could go up
I and view his outlying farms.
tie built an opera hous^ on the north
sio> ,)f the square and lighted it with
| tallow candle*, H<> said he did that
because ir he put in lamps they might
j "explore" and th« "ordnance' " would
i get excited and "jump right out of the
, windows." The roller to the drop cur
tain was hollow and had about a pint
of bullets ! n it. which rattlwi furiously
; whenever (he curtain went op anil
<l(.wn He said that was because h"
, wanted it different from other theaters.
I The stage was about six inches higher
! at the back than at the front, so he
could see the actors' feet when th< y
danced Performers unacquainted with
his pU'iT" had trouble to keep from slirl
ine: off into the orchestra.
He bail big landscapes painted on
i the outside of his window shades by
! an odd fellow who lived down on the
creek, and also hid h'm paint his por
ti::i;-hpad and shoulders, without any
; clothes op — his reason t>"ing that the
styWs i>f clothes changed, and he want
ed his true to life.
His mother died and. as he wanted
to . c hip th" body to th» old home for
burial, he procured a metallic coffin.
i When he came to pay for the coffin hs
I was angered at the prit" charged, and
swore that if he ever had to have an
other h" would "telescope" to Burling
' ton and have them Bend up one of th^m
! "italic" coffins.
He had a suit before a justice of the
j peace with a neighbor in regard to the
! ownership of a calf. To save attor
! ney's fees he pleaded his own ca^e.
! As might be expected. th*> case was de
: cided again::t him. He didn't seem to
j understand how it could happen that
'■ way. anri told the justice thut. although
! he was doubtless a very learned man.
! he had made a great mistake, and If
i if he had b?rn trying th^ case "he
would not have decided it that way."
THE DIFFKREKCE.
The day. like I. was very hot.
When, flushed and half d°mfnted.
I asked MUs Rose to share my lot—
And rapture! she consented !
"Oh. bliss!" I or>d. "then now we'll stand
Ard rise by honest trying.
Well tarn our livings hand-in-hand,
A jealous r.-orld defying!"
But Rose replied: "Ton talk as though
You only were inviting
Your wife to risk the toil and woe
Of poverty's hard fighting.
But tha\ of coursp. is quite absurd;
You'ro only being funny.
From mother 1 have often heard
You've really hraps of money!"
"Alas! that's wronj." I answered bark;
"I'm very poor, I swear it.
But yet my lot no joy can lark
Since you've agreed to share it."
"Oh. stay!" said Rose, in tones that got
Kx^epding barah and brittle.
"I truly vowed to shore your lot,
Bui not to share your little!"
— New York Weekly.
Hitch Mjchts.
They also s?rve who only stand and kick.
Wheretwo are company and three might as
well be a hundred.
Lady Macbeth would have won distinction
as umpire in a ladies' progressive euchre
cluV
Man always meets trouble half-way, and
j then stands on a corner expecting happiness
I to come along.
One reason why bald people dislike red hair
j is that the owner o£ it always baa such an
1 awful lot.
WANT ADS.
May be left nt the following loca
tions for Insertion in the Daily and
Sunday Globe, at the same rates as
are charged by the main office.
_ _ DAYTON'S BLUFF.
Sever Westby 679 East Third st
_.„., _ „ ST. ANTHONY HILL.
to 1 ! B J^ l Grand ay. and St. Albans
W. A. Frost & Co....Selby and Western ays.
Btraignt Bros Rondo and Grotto sts.
A. A. Campbell 235 Rosdo st.
A. T. Guernsey 171 Dale st
Brackett's Victoria and Selby ay.
„ .. _ UPPKR TOWN.
°- "• Reeves Moora Block. Seven Corners
» Z- S. eller St. Peter and Tenth ats.
B. j. Wltte. 29 East Seventh st
F. M. Crudden 486 Rice st.
W. B. Lowe Robert and Twelfth sts.
Ray Campbell Rice and Iglehart sts.
i r ™. MERRIAM PARK.
A- L. Woolsey St. Anthony and Prior ays.
n b „ ARLINGTON HILL 3.
»" m * I * re Has Cor. Bedford and Decatur
•*- *•• O. A. Schumacher 954 Payne ay.
tern « LOWER TOWN.
wi.Mam K. Coliw Seventh and Slbley
U**sr A . rKay ■•••Cor. Grove and Jackson sts.
M. D. llerrill 442 Broadway
•M -„ WEST SIDE.
Tha Eclipse S. Robert and Falrfle'fl ar.
Gctjrgo Marti Wabasha and Falrfleld ay.
Concord Prescription Stor<\. State and Concord
A. T. Hall South Wabasha and Isabel
WEST SEVENTH STREET.
A. A O. A. Schumacher.. 499 West Seventh st.
J. J. Mullen.. Cor. James and West Seventh st
_ „ „ UNION PARK.
C. A. Moncbow University and Prior ays,
NO AD. LESS "THAN 2O CENTS.
Situations Wanted, Mnl« and Fe
male Help. Bnslness Chances, Homes
nnd Carriages, Lost or Found, llcnl
Estate, For Rent, Etc
ONE CENT PKR WORD i
EACH INSERTION.
Personal, Clairvoyants, Palmists,
Blassage, Medical, Etc.,
TWO CENTS PER WORD
EACH INSERTION.
NO AD. .'.ESS THAN 2O CENTS.
HELP WAMr.li-Jiuu.
ENGINEER— At St Joseph's hospital.
HARNESSMAKBRS Wanted at once, several
Kood harnpssrnakers. Apply at the Kouantz
Suddl ry C<ini|>any. St. Puul. Minn.
UNEQUALED opportunities op«n at all tluics
for reliable, energetic Balesmen to sell our )
lubricatiiiß oils and apei-ialties; exclusively i
<tf side line. Tho Polar Oil ■ '0..<'1-vcland.,O.
WANTED— Salesmen for lubricating oils,
greases and speiialtl.s; lm-Kest line In tlw
market; salary or commission. Equitably
Refining Co.. Cleveland, o.
WANTED— Men to learn barber trade. Short i
and thorough apprenticeship; only two '
months required. Constant call for grad
uates; growing demand for men with our
diplomas. Complete outfit of tools present
ed students. Wages and experience In city !
shops before completing. Illustrated 1894
catalogue mailed free. Holer System Hir
ber and HairdrrsHing College, 223 Wash
ington ay. south Minneapolis. Established
In 1593; incorporated In 1897. !
WANTED Your address Immediately, if,
traveling salesman, agent or inventor. I
American Patent Market and Novelty
Works. liT'j-l'.si William.-- sr.
HELP WANTED— FemaIe.
CHAMBERMAID Wanted, competent cham- I
berjnaid; references. Apply '■'■'- Sum.mil .1 . .
DISHWASHERS Experienced dlshv
wanted at Windsor hot I.
HOUSEWORK Wanted German girl fo (
ii.il housework. o.°,') Lafoi;d st.
SIT! ATIONS WAITED— Male.
EMPLOYMENT— Married mem. 25. from the
West, experienced In office work and good
penman, wants position, ofli.- 1 or any kind
of work; good references. C 13, Globe.
HOItSKS A.\l> CARRIAGES^
HORSES! HORSE!-*CO head of horses,
farm irarea and draft- :s. at Barrett &
Zim.nuTman's stabl<-.s. Midway. Minnesota
Tranter. St. Paul. Minn., private x^l. a
daily; part time B.vt-n if desired; take inter
utlmii <ar from < lther rlty.
AJ(XOI Ml KHiOXTS.
I NOTICE — Notice Is hereby given that Hugo
llcnnecke and Thomas O' Ma I ley, co-part
ners aa Hsnnecke & O'Mailey, doing busi
ness at UH liast Sixth nt.. St. Paul. Min
nesota, have mutually agrred t>) a dlssjlution
of said firm, and Thomas O'Mailey will pay
all elaimß against said firm due and ow
ing by it Jan. 28. A. I). IS9B. Hugo Hen*
nii'ke. Thomas O'Malhy.
LOST A.M> KOIND.
WATCH LOST Lady's gold watih. attached
to a lit hi- il'- lit: p.n. A suitable reward will
be paid jf left at the office of Field, Schllck
X- Co.
POR SAI.K.
1 MOTOR— For sale, two-horse power ('. & 11. i
motor, with switch and stop, almost now I
and in perfect order; also shafting and bell,
cheap for cash. W. A. Frost <So .
■IKDICAS* ,
| ANNA MACK, from Chicago; bath 3of (ill I
kinds; select massage. lS*i Kast Seventh st.
DR. STELLA KRK.\;ONT. 138 Kast Sixtll St., I
Rooms 10 and il; osteopathy, electric, vapor.
tub and massage batbs.
i MASSAGE. ELECTRIC AND VAPOR BATHS
-414 Phoenix Duilding. Mrs. Hurt!.
MME. LAURETTA'S masuga hath parlors;
elite patronage solicited. 319 Jackson st.
SCIENTIFIC MASSAGE and baths. 27 Bast
Seventh 3t.. suite 200.
WAJfTED TO Bl'V.
IJARRETT &. ZIMMERMAN, Minnesota
Transfer, St. Paul, Minn., are ready to
pay cash for all kinds of personal pronert>.
i:i:;.n:r sociktv
I '.miiloy :i)«-ii t RcßlMter.
Offlce, 141 East Ninth st. Telephone. 183.
iWE HAVE the following worthy persona
needing employment:
! BOY — A gocd. hMinrt boy of \j. wants work
of any kind, eun do driving, etc.
STENOGRAPHER AND TYPEWRITER-A
young woman, the support of an Invalid
mother. Is anxious to secure a position.
PENMAN— An expert penman to address en
vplod^s or invitations.
WASHERWOMEN, ETC. -We ran furnish
reliable women to do washing. hou.-;eclean-
Ing. or earing for the sick.
WOODSAWYERS and men to remove ashes.
etc., and do odd jobs.
I'MK FARMER'S AI)Vi:RTISi:>!K>T.
"Gosh! There's th" notice thet Ipu t in th" paper." Reads: "If the man
who stole my rope and bucket will kru dly call, he can th>- veil aISO, as I
have no further use for it. — Hiram Ha yseed."
WAWTADS.
A I CTOOJJ SALES. '
T ti^ RE '""i 88 JOLD AT PUBLIC AUC
n th V', I T da l . y - Feb - "■ 1853 - a * 10 a. m.,
Paul Mnrf *%*•?s Ka3t SUth Et -
Paul. Minn., tho following property re
maining unclaimed throo months or longer-
Three valises, checked 21. 7. 39- five coat*
checked ! 16. », JB, 49. 23; one' trunk, marked
check 52 ; OQO 3aCk> ChCCk l; ° n " b;;n11 -'.
FOn RENT.
HOUSE— For rent. 311 Smith ay. three-room
house; clothes close t. pantry and Jell.r
ROOIIIN.
S^nT l AV.rM^XMTthe' Buckingham For
rent, newly furnished rooms.
■ " — — -3
FINANCIAL.
W « JJ AY wK home , mone y to Joan at lowm*
rates, without charge for commission or
exchange. Require no gold clause, and giva
Savings Hank. Ciermania Lire Bdg.
TO EXCHANGE.
T 2J2* C ? A 2 O^T?r r «°°* exchanged for
second-hand. Cardozo Furniture and Bx.
_chauge Company, 232 East Seventh st.
~ — ■ " ' ' '!J3
CLAinVOVAXT.
THE CHEAT ASTROLOGIST and healln^m^
dlum Is at 67 West Tenth st.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
lows*' 03 - ISaVe and ardve at St - Paul as fjN
I MOX DEPOT, SIHI.KY STREET.
PdrtT TICI <ET OFFICE,
- Tho.e H43.
WOn 1 ' ,1/tfVri i:-l Ulver Valley. Du-
II rtAllWn" llHh - Wiunipfg.Montana.
HjUM Kootenai Country and
fl**^ rat-Mo Coast.
Leave.| a Dally, b Excepl .-"unlay Arrive."
b9:ooam ...iir. , k. Div. &. B'ches... bS
bS :20am .F'gus Falls Div. & B'ches. l><; !:>i>m
bS:2Oam l ..Wlllmar. via St. Cloud. b6Mspm
a 7 00pm Brack., Fargo, Qd Fks.W'pg a 7:4. r >aru
a4 :3opm.. ..Montana & Pacific Coast. . al:4fipm
b4 :sopm ..Excelsior & Hutchinson.. bit :4sam
a7 :3opm .... Cnokston Express .... aT'.SOam
aii 7S I'"!"'" «nJNY.<, Su, : r g
/^h^ TICKET OFFICE,
( LljAh ~1 62~
WvjJflrO/ BAST 'I'll lit I> STREET.
Union S:at!;n, St. Paul.
Milwaukee 1 ).-i'ot. Min::t<apolts.
Dining and Pullman ears on I ST. PAUL.
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Paclfla Mail (daily); Fargo, | l
Hutte, Helena, Spokane, Ta-|
coma. Seattle and Portland., -i :;;»;■ :n 4:)opta
Dakota. Manitoba Kvpress
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Cro-jkston. (ir'd Forks, (iraf
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Office, 396 Robert St. 'Phone 480.
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::i ..Chicago "Day Expn ss".. l>9 56pm
bG 30pm ..Chicago "Atlantic Ex"... all :3oam
aß:lopm|. Chicago "N. W. Limited". a7 :soam
b9 25am . Duluth, Superior, Ashland. bs :ospm
pm . I luluth, Superior, Ashlan i al
a9:3sam|.Su City, Omaha. Kan City. a6 :sopm
b4:sopm}Mankato, New Ulm, Elmore blO :00am
r>mf.Su City.Omaha, Kan. City. aT 25am
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
FINEST TRAINS on i:\itrii.
I.v. For. ST ATIONS. Ai I -r^.-u
8:15 a.m. ..Chicago, except Sunday. .ll:so p.m.
8:15 a.m.!.. St. Louis, except Sunday
h.x, p.m. .Chicago * St. Louis, daily. 7 4j a.m.
Ticket Office, 100 Hubert st Tel. X
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul fhilr.nl.
Ticket Office, 365 Robert St. 'Phone, BS.
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Miibank and Way M:Soam b6 :lopm
AJwd^opnand D.:k';».( Ex a7 :ospm i-B:lsam
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StPaul All Trains Dally. StPaul
1 Eau Claire. Chlppewu Falls,
8:0»)am Milwauk.'f and Chicago S;liiam
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TicketOftoe: Robert St,ew.Sth St. PhonsUOk
Trains leave from St. Paul Union !>i-|«>t.
•Dally. HSxcept Sunday. Leare. Arrive.
Dubuque.ChicagD, Waterloo, ( + H.io:tiu ;>,;?] pm
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•8:0 am DULUJ *J:\b »q
*»;»pa m* OUrtnlUn »a:Bopm
Trains for Sulllwalef: •9:00 am »12:10 tais
t4:uc «fl:10 pm. i^r Taylors li'ails: 1«:Ooaia
Iff.* ST. P. & S. S. M. R'Y.
Leave. EABT. I Arrive.
7 :2opm |... Atlantic Kiiniteil (dallyi .. g :46am
9.06 am . Kbinoland<-r I»nal (»x. Sun.) ."jilQpm
WEST.
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|St Crolx Kali.s Local. Except
Sunday. From Broadway
i Depot, foot 4'h 8< Sl'.am
s:2opm (ilen wood Ixx-al. Kx. Sunday.
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H ALBERT I.K A KOI TB."
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b»:ir.am ..dar Rapids. Kan. City., b
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