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A
SPLENDID
WRECK
Decaying Bains That Represent the
Millions Poured Into the
South Penn Project
MAfiYELS OP ENGINEERING WOEK.
Great Tnnnels That Extend for Miles
Through the Solid G rani to of
the Mountain's Heart.
TALLEIB BPAKSED BY MAMMOTH PILLS.
Cats Isronja the Bills Tint Look Like ths nanalwcrk
cl the Floods of lean.
irnOM A STxrr cormKsronDEirr.J
Bedi-okd, Pa., July 12.
HE route of the aban-
'l - P ' doncd South Penn
ijKJ fl Railroad Is lined with
r"ta I engineering triumphs.
mj j Ti Tew persons have any
MJyrv Idea what lmmen"
Ji ' mnili. with lhi millions
of dollars spent in that
ill-latcd enterprise.
An army of thousands
worked in the mouu
I tainoni interior of h"ul
ton, Bedford and Som
erset counties for threo
and four years. They
burrowed their way un
der every range of the Allcgheuies. 'With
jfTiVS ttauBP nT 1 i lir jriJC'I'J J ..!' t v i r V jh tMW fl- JisMkT
0 m,'1KSAyfiJS'SsS!sS
SIDLING HILL TUNNEL, TVITH OEEAT FILL AT EASTERN APPROACH.
adarincakin to engineering recklessness, f masonry Is far ahead of anything seen else
they hollowed out "cuts" in solid rock I. where in tne United States,
most 100-eet deep, literally moving moun- L,,The fourth photographic illustration of
. . . .. . .. n-t -.j . I this article represents a gigantic fill in the
Ulna out of their path. They waited not at . rtIo of SoJlet ponntT. h6
WM....A.1 M..II.A.I .. . ...A. .Wla .am n I
winding belt of rail down the face of
the hills to cross it, or for horseshoe-bends
to be created to master the geo
graphical difficulty, but they took the stones
and dirt from the bowels of the mountains
and filled up the valleys. More than one
hemlock canyon through which some dashing
creek has plunged and foamed since time
began, and was apparently as eternal as its
overshadowing hills, has thus suddanly been
choked and dammed up by human skill.
These South Penn Bailroad builders seemed
to simply slice off the peaks of mountains
and throw them over into the valleys. By
the one process they succeeded in getting a
roadbed not too hish up, and by the other
avoided the necessity of going too low.
One of the longest tunnels on the line is
that which pierces Sidling Hill, between
Pulton and Bedford counties. It was
planned to be miles long, aud at least
one mile of that is already bored and partly
walled. A photograph of the eastern end
of this great tunnel is reproduced In The
Dispatch to-day. As the stone jind dirt
was hauled out of the hole, It was dumpod
right in front of the approach to the west.
This dump Is scon In the foreground. Thus
was being couetructed an enormous fill on
which to carry the railroad over a ravine at
this point 1)3 lect deep.
The ntit photograph printed with this
article Is a oloto view of the same eutraneo
to Sidling Hill tunucl. It shows tho abrupt
ssmmMm
BIDLINO IIILL TUNNEL WHEW WOBK VAS STOPPED.
approach without the dump or fill, and the
solid rock that bad to be cut away. The large
rubber hose lying about were used to supply
air to the men at work In this deep excava
tion. In addition to the air being sent in
through tho two entrances, it was forced
down by mean of holes or shafts drilled
through the ground from the mountain torv
Uiaally on these large tunnels a smalt
.building was erected on the summit of the
Tnou'utain, just over and about midway, be
tween the two entrances. In this was placed
a steam air compressor, and by means of
tbat the air was forced under cround to the
jneu. Thus the one compressor answered
jcr both ends o the tunnel.
Another costly tunnel that was finished
Wore the road was abandoned was that at
"1 Bay' Hill, not very far from the Sidling
' g-'fflUork It is probably 13 miles eartot
Everett, Bedford county. The entrance to
this hole shows what character of rock ob
structions the railroad builders met with.
Some of this rock was of the strongest kind
or granite, and could only be blasted
through with dynamite. Ordinary blapk
powder scarcely made an impression on it.
BAY'S HILL TPNNEL TVITIT
In the piclnre Is seen the head of the tun
nel. The tunnel-head was first arched
above aud blocked on each side. After that
the core ol dirt was taken out and tho in
terior was then arched with solid masonry.
Engineers who have examined tho South
Penn say that in this particular tho tunnel
S
ONE OP THE
the railroad approached Nigger Mnuutaln,
through which it cut Its way by both cuts
aud tuuiioii. The fill ibown In this picture
erotics' u ravine 100 loot riuep, and ft was to
carry trains ut that great height over tho
valley. Thero are many such fills aluug tho
wholo line In both Hcdlurd and Horacriot
counties. One is 1J miles east of the east
ern opening of tho tunnel through Alle.
gheny Mountain. It crosies a gully 105 feet
deep. The dirt and stone of which it was
constructed was all taken from the bowels
of the Allegheny Mountain in cutting the
tunnel through.
This Allegheny tunnel is within a fraction
of one mile in length. When the work
was commenced the engineers sank a abatt
65 feet deep and then commenced the boring
of tbe tunnel from the bottom of that in
either direction, Tbe dirt was hoisted by
means of a shaft-elevator, and then it was
run on'small cars by light locomotives one
and a half mile east to the fill shown in the
picture, and there dumped overboard.
ob tbe eastern side is a cut through solid
rocs; wnicn wuen ununeu wouiu nave oeen
95 feet, deep. M It Ilea at present It li
rVx?P&ljr'3mJ3--
finished in three galleries of different
heights. Eventually these would have all
been planed down to the same level. The
rock and broken stone which was excavated
here was thrown into a ten-acre field, and
fills it almost completely to a depth of
several feet over the surface. There if
A CUT THROUGH BOCK.
enough stone in tbat field, that if broken
up small would bo sufficient to macadamize
all tho public roadways ot Bedford county.
The scientific theory on which tjje South
Penn Itailroad was being built was that In
utilizing the high ground lying between the
mountain ridges an easier and quicker
ascentof the Appalachian chain could be
gained nnd much distance saved. After
leaving Harrisburg tho route took the crown
of the Cumberland Vnlley, then followed
the Path Valley to Tuscarora Mountain.
Crossing that at an advantageous grade, it
found the higher valleys of Fulton, Bedford
and Somerset counties, reaching the base of
tho Allrglieny Mountain in a great many
miles shorter distance from Harrisbnrgtban
the Pennsylvania Bailroad accomplishes it.
Tho reason of this is that the Pennsvlvanla
Company avoided grades, cut) aud tunnels
between Harrisburg and Altoona and fol
lowed the winding of the Juniata river and
Spruce creek through the mountains. This
made their line of a tortuous character, just
as it is west of the crest of tho mountain
whero it hugs the Conemaugh river.
On the other hand, tho South Penn sur
veyed a nearly straignt line to the base of
the Allegheny Mountain, and then in order
to keep exactly to that straight line they re
sorted to expensive cuts, tunnels and fills.
This tremendous cost, the projectors be
lieved, wonld be more than made up to
them in tho end, by having a railroad be
tween the Bast and West almost an air line,
and over half a hundred miles shorter than
the P. It. It. between Pittsburg and Pnila
delphia. To-day these five great tunnels, a score of
expensive "cuts" through rock, and sev
eral gigantio "fills" lie useless. Grass is
growing between railroad ties, moss clings
to the rock walls of artificial mountain
canyons and subterranean springs have con
verted two or three of the tunnels into dark
mysterious running brooks'. The little
frame tool houses and the huts of the la
borer havo long since been deserted and are
gradually falling to pieces.
In a large warehonse at Berlin, Somerset'
county, are heaped several hundred wheel
barrows, 2,000 picks and shovels and COO
HEAVY FILLS.
water buckets.
On Market street, In Harrisburg, may
still be sceu a signboard nulled to the wall
of a three-story brick house down near the
Union depot, on which are painted the
Initial;: "S. IMt. It." In till, office are
packed a dozen huge drygoods boxei and
tea cheiti, and slowed away In tlieia chests
and boxes are the dusty account books and
reeordi of the South I'diiii llallroad, They
have been tightly uailcu up or the last two
years.
In money vault of one of tho largest
hanks In Philadelphia are looked up the
t'ic'k uurtlfJaitt of the old South Penn
Jlnllroad, Thoy wero put thero quietly
niter being purchased from their Pittsburg
and Now York owner.
In u future article It will be rslalod how
nuil why the railroad was abandoned, and
with this Inloruiatlon several other photo,
graphic views of the work will be ropro.
duced, together with a table oi exaot met.
uruinoul a to distance, grade, te,
L, It. BlOfflXL,
HE LIKES THS ZLE0IHI0,
An Old Driver Pled Il 'letter Than the
Horse or Cable Nrsreiii.
"There it leu physical exertion In driving
an oleotrlo street ear than la either a oablo
or bono car," tald u driver of a Second are
nueoar the other day, "I drove mule and
horo SO years off and on, ran a grip car
six months, nnd havo now had a short ex
perience with the latest fad In street locomo.
tlon, The cable Is cleaner than the horso
car, so far as tbe driver is conoerned, but
tbe grip consumes an immense amount of
muscle, especially when tbe leverage is
short.
"There is no hard work for tbe muscles
on an electrlo car, though a man's brain ii
kept busy wondering why certain move
meuts of the very convenient levees produce
certain results. Another immeuse ad.
vantage Is the ringing of the bell by tbefoot
Instead of the hand. When there is a close
call on a cable grip the man wants both hit
hands to work his levers and cannot get one
of them away up above his head to jerk the
bell cord, while on the electrlo car be can
sound the gong with his heel, nse one hand
to shut off the power, and the other to apply
tbe brake." r '
Tho Way or Woman.
Helen (7 r. M.) Jack will get his walk,
lng tioket when he calls to-nigbt I'll tell
him I don't care anything for hint.
Helen (9 p. m.V-Oh. dear! Isn't he com
ing to-night? I hope he didn't taKQUutt
little quarrel of Wednesday seriously,
PITTSBTJB&, SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1890. v
CLEVELAND AND HILL
The Former Gets in a Blow in Penn
sylvania, Whilo the Latter
RETURHS IT OUT IN INDIANA.
It Is the Old Fight Over Again, Hill Eepre
senting Hendricks.
TABIFF EEFORJI AGA1SBT. 8F0ILS
fCOBRXSFOXDlUrCII OT TUB DZfiFATCIX,
Hew York, July 12. The first serious
attention directed to the next Presidental
campaign has been evoked by the recent
visit of Governor Hill to Indiana. While
the immediate and ostensible occasion of
that visit was the unveiling or the monu
ment to the late Hon. Thomas A. Hen
dricks, the real germ of the matter lies In
the Presidental aspirations of Mr. Hill as
opposed to those of Mr. Cleveland. In the
opinion of tho partisans of Governor Hill
here tho occasion of last week was the most
auspicious one for their candidate
This because, first, of the peculiar and an
tagonistic relations which existed between
the late Vice President of the United States
and the then President, Mr. Cleveland; sec
ond, becanse of the incipient revolt of tho
Indiana old line Democracy against the ad
ministration of Mr. Cleveland; third, be
cause in tbe presence of David B. Hill tbat
particular wing of Democracy of tbe coun
try finds its cblof exponent at this time;
fonrth, because Cleveland could not from
the nature of the case be a participant in the
ceremonies, and, fifth, because in the combi
nation of all these reasons the Governor of
Hew York found his golden opportunity for
the enunciation of tbo political doetrlnes
represented by tbe man whose memory the
Democracy had assembled to honor.
AN AUSPICIOUS OPENINO.
Such a combination of circumstances has
rarely been offered any aspiring politician
In this country. The very fact that the late
Vice President of tho United States, Mr.
Hendricks, differed widely and tatally Irom
President Cleveland while tbo two were in
office, and that Indiana has been regarded
as a sort of a keynote State, was in itself a
favorable opening'lor Governor Hill. These
ciroumstances, on the whole, must bo re
garded by those familiar with the political
evolution of tho last six years as somewhat
remarkable.
I knew Mr. Hendricks well during his
lifetime, aud while I have a great admira
tion for him as a man, and for bis stalwart
political charaoter, it may as well be
acknowledged by even his friends that his
firesence in the administration of Mr. Cleve
and was not only calculated to render that
administration inharmonious, but to pre
vent the solid alignment of the Democracy
in the Presidental campaign which was to
follow. We all know what tbe remits of
that campaign were. The defeat of Mr.
Cleveland was moro the effect of the fatal
political differences between himself and
Mr. Hendricks, if we may go so far back
for a cause, than Irom anything that hap
pened alter the latter' death. Tho first
real party revolt, and practically the only
serious one dorlng Cleveland's administra
tion, occurred in the State of Indiana.
NOT ACTIYB IN THE BEYOLT.
While Mr. Hendricks did not as Vice
President take an active part in beading
that revolt, ho was the mouth-piece at
Washington during the time for all of the
discontent launched upon the bead of the
reform President. His rooms were contlnu
allv thronged with representatives of the
old line Bourbon Democracy. Mr. Hen
dricks himself wsb not chary of expressing
at all times to these his disapproval of the
administration of President Cleveland. It
is not possible that these expressions of the
Vice-President's were unknown at the
White House. They were familiar to every
body about Willard's Hotel, and were car
ried from there to all part of the country,
where they might ferment or add to the po
litical discord.
It was not because Mr. Hendricks was
not quite as able and good and as politically
honored a man as was Mr. Cleveland, but
beeausothey differed primarily in their ideas
of what constituted modern Democracy.
The very honesty of Mr. Hendricks made it
impossible for him to assimilate with Mr.
Cleveland; and the honesty of the latter, in
his fidelity to those to whom he owed his
election and to his own personal ideas of
what was due to his country, quite as effect
ually prevented him from being absorbed
by the great leader ol the Bourbons.
CONCESSIONS THAT WERE COSTLY.
That Cleveland made important conces
sions to this old-Uno Democracy is evi
denced by tbe character of n largo number
of his appointments. Thoso concessions
provoked serious criticism, not only In tho
ranks of the Itepublican and Mugwumps,
but In the rautc and file ol his own party.
Cleveland represented essentially the
younger Democracy. With that Dcmoc
ruoy Mr, Hendricks had nothing in
common, Tim latter did not afilllnto
politically with tbo majority of hi purty in
the Lower lloune of Congre. The Hen
dricks wing of tho party wanted everything,
and was not conleut with anything short oi
a full recognition of the apoll syntom law
or no law, plntiortn or no platlonn,
Doing lully committed to the opposite
rounuby hi reoord, by tho demands of a
modern demoeruey, by hi pledge to the
on u n try In hi letter of scooptmice. by the
party platform on whloh ho stood, by the re
(ulrometitof the stutulm Mr, Cleveland
had no other course opiu to him thuii (hat
whloli he followed, It I a matter of grave
doubt to-day, as wo look baak on the history
o that time, whether the ooiieeiiions of the
Democratic President to the Hourhon ele
meuts ut hi party did not actually damago
"I'ftdmliilitratlon more than It added to in
political strength,
There I a certain faielnatlon even to tho
young man ef thli day In ueh great polltl
cal oharaqten a Hendricks, Tllden and
Thurnjun, but the great power behind all
till lay In tho ersr faithful, uiiolmuglng
deraoeratlo heart of those who lived polltl.
cally heloro the War ol tho llobelllon, idko
the men and women who aro continually
ayln that boyhood and girlhood 1 not
what It uied to he when they were young, to
these old "moit-bsckn," at they are called
by the younger generation or polltlclum,
deollno to set their stakes forward In har
mony with tbo march of a newer civiliza
tion, THIS OLD TROUBLE UP ACTAIN,
These elemtnt of ioharmonyand uncer
tainty begin thui early to foroe theniielve
npon the Democratic party, Ilv the recent
demonstration at Indlanapoll over the
dead body of tbe Bourbon leader that rtarty
I confronted on tbe tkirmfib tine of it next
Freildental battle with divided rank and
insubordination. With onr knowledge of
the source whence spring this division the
occasion for the Intervention ol au almost
miraculous political wisdom teems ver
nearly at band. With the Republican
party more mildly united than it has been
for a number of year It will require the
harmonious consolidation of the best blood,
bone and sinew of the Democracy to present
an even chance for success.
While this break in their ranks in the
State of Indiana indicate what Democrats
have before them tbe situation in this
State i equally serious. Governor Hill i
a popular man in New York, yet I doubt
very much whether Governor Hill on a
Bourbon Democratic platform could come
anywhere near throwing the vote ol the
State ot New York to bia party, There is
too little left beside a sentiment of the
tradition of tho old line Demoeraoy to com'
m.nrt , ..., .7 f thn Vh.
, B-v..
have recently voted the Democratic ticket.
The course of the late Democratic majority
in the House of Representatives and the re
peated enunciations of various State Demo
cratic platforms aa to legislation have done
more to destroy tbe old Democratic tradi
tions of States' rights and anti-paternal
government Jacksonlanism in every form
than all of the Clevelands, Mugwumps
nnd all else put together.
IS TRADITION STRONG ENOUGH?
While the recent action of the Republican
Honse of Representatives will have the
natural tendency to solidify the old Bour
bon eloment, the Democratio party may as
well make up its mind now and for good
that it has passed beyond tbe stage of
affairs that produced such leaders. The
party passed upon this question at Scranton
by the rejection of Wallace and the accept
ance of Pattlson as its -leader in the Guber
natorial campaign In Pennsylvania. Wal
lace, in most respects, stood in the same re
lation to his party in Pennsylvania that
Hendricks did to it in Indiana and as David
B. Hill docs to it in New York and the
country at large. But party tradition was
not strong enough to command the support
of the modern Democratio party for Wal
lace. Will it be strong enough to secure
the indorsement of Hill in tho next National
Convention? The latter's friends claim
that it ought to be and will. It Is the ques
tion of the hour.
Tho contest between Governor Hill nnd
Mr. Cleveland In Now York for the control
of the New York delegation iu tho next
convention will bo a very interesting one.
Just at present Mr. Cleveland's friends ap
pear to bold tho whip hand in this Stato.
Mr. Hill by n lucky coup d'etat has
captured Indiana. But Mr. Hill will soon
be out of offico and no longer able to com
mand the support of even the politicians
nnd ward heelers who aro most voci'erous
for him now. The Democracy of New York
is a selfish machine made up of selfish mem
bers, each on tho lookout for his own ag
grandizement HILL BEREFT Off HIS POWEE.
Once out of tbe Gubernatorial mansion at
-Albany, it may be taken for granted tbat
Mr. Hill will not be quite as big a man at
homo ns ho now is. Tbe struggle, if we
can call it a struggle, between two men who
will never show their hands aa candidates,
will then be narrowed down to two private
citizens or New York. That they will, if
alive and well, stand faco to face pre-eminent
in tbe next convention, seems to be
generally admitted. A good many Stite
delegations will doubtless be instructed for
one or the other. It will be Mr. Cleveland,
representing the new Democracy and the
livlug idea, "The Tariff is a Tx,,r und Mr.
Hill, representing tho traditional Democ
racy and the equally living Idea, To tho
Victors Bolong the Spoils." Thus far,
Cleveland scores first blood in tbe action of
the Democracy in Pennsylvania; while Hill
cross-counters with a Jcnrfck-down in In
diana. Tt is entertaining, if not amusing, to note
the vicious stab delivered at Mr. Cleveland
the other day at Indianapolis by tho widow
of Thomas A. Hendricks. During her hus
band's political life, Mrs. Hendricks was
very close to him. Sho was one or the
cleverest politicians ot the day. She could
be consulted by the friends of Mr. Hen
dricks with the full understanding that
whatever she said could be deemed as an
authorized expression ol his own opinions.
Mrs. Hepdricks, outside of this absorbent
political characteristic, is a very clever
woman and a very charming one.
TnE -WIDOW'S HOSTILITY.
Her hostility to Mr. Cleveland, while her
husband presided over the Senate of tbe
United States as Vice President, was not
less marked than his. I remember on
frequent occasions in visiting Mr. Hendricks'
room at Wtlliard's Hotel in Washington
Mrs. Hendrioks conducted the major part
of the political cenversition and proved
hersel ' as shrewd a tactician, and as clever
at political repartee aa any in the room.
Mr. Hendricks frequently told me himself
that he never made any political move and
never prepared a political speech without
consulting her, and added that his experi
ence, in this respect, was that of the experi
ence of a good many other men in public
life, namely, that his wile waa his best coun
selor and friend.
Those lew who know the inner life of Mr.
and Mrs. Hendricks will fully appreciate
the force and source of her exclamation to
Davie! B. Hill: "If vou let that Cleveland
beat you lor the nomination never enter this
house again." .
In the iace of all of these circumstances
some people affect indignation and others
wonder because Mr. Cleveland preferred tbe
quiet banks of a Massachusetts fishing
stream to an attendance upon the ceremony
of raising the Hendricks veil.
Charles T. Murray.
AH AMERICAN 60NOSTRES3
Who line Found Much Favor la Baropo Is
ML. Nltu Carlttc.
Illustrated American.
Miss Nlta Caritte would attract attention,
on account ol tho beauty of her face and
form, even In America, whore sho was born,
though her fame ns ono ol Gounod's pupils
will no doubt mako us forget everything in
the charm of her voice alone. Her father
wa n phyilolan of tomo dUtlnotlon, who
died In Vlralnls, and Mitt Caritte 1 now
living with her mother, one of tho most at
tractive womou one It likely to toe In any
drawing room. At 8 year or age Mist
Carltto had already tung in concert,
and the favor with whloh the wa received
determined her mother, alter tho death ol
her husband, to bring liar talented daughter
to Now York for the purpose of serious
study, Signer Kmlllo Dqlarl win the
fortunate man ohoisu. nnd to him wn In
trusted the loriulng of this promising pupil.
Hlia remained with him for two years, until
1HM7, whim sho went nhrnnd nnd carried
further tho work already begun by placing
herself In the hand or Madame Anna do
Lagrange, fmm whom the received the most
flattering encouragement, aud by whom the
wa preparod for many concert, both In
London nnd Paris, betides large private
soireot.
At ono of tho latter the ex-Queen of
Spain, Isabella, wn to favorably struck by
tho young American' voice that the In
tinted on preioutltig her to that grand old
musioinii, Gounod, who st once took deep
Interest In her future progrett, preparing
her himself In the two roles of hi moit cele
brated opera the itarpuerltt of one and
the Juliet ol the other, To Gounod, a well
a to the other two to whom tho owst part
of her Instruction, Mil Caritte entertain
the liveliest gratitude, and wo may from
this fact conclude that alio ha not had to
tpend a much time In unlearning bad
method at most of tbo young ladles of
talerit who fit themselves for the operatlo
stage. Miss Caritte la at present under en
gagement with the London Impresario, Au
gustua Harris, at Cavent G rden, for a
month or two yet. Next winter it Is possi
ble tbat she may.slng in Brussels, as tbe
director of the oners there it now In corre
spondence with her on the subject. She
longs to sing in America, and doubtless
will before long.
HYPXOTIZma ONE'S 8ELP.
It Is an Easy Ferfornianee lor Heme People
nnd Certainly Net Harmful.
It is not a difficult thing for some people
to hypnotize themselves; tbat is, to a certain
degree. They assume an easy position, sit
ting up or half reolining, and breathe
deeply and evenly, and at the same time
rapidly. Very soon sleep ensues. And
a.ter retiring, if troubled with wakefulness,
H can generally be quicklv overcome by this
simple procedure. Another way is to take
an easy position and steadfastly gaze at a
small, shining object, placed abont two leet
from tlia a... -j . Jifii. .i .v.,. i i
at-1Z'Z 8UW Uiu OOT. lnelr- '""
-lm.B.p jim onen ensue witmn aye minutes,
A PLUNGER'S ADYICE.
The Famous Walton, Who Palled In
a Cool Million in England,
TELLS BOYS T0JEWAEE OP RACES.
How He Mado a Big Fortune, All From a
Hundred Pound Wager.
TEET BDSI NOW BOOMING CAPB MAT
pnurrxxi-ORTus pisrxTcn.1
I was one of the party of Washington cor
respondents who visited Cape May last
week as the guests of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. While there we stopped
at tbe Stockton Hotel, which is now kept
by Walton, the man who made himself
famous by his horse-racing bets in England
some years ago. He loots like anything
but a horse-racer, and has given up betting
and settled down to keeping hotel on tbo
same scalo that he played the bookmakers.
Pictnro to yourself a well-filled-out nan of
medium height, with a big ronnd bead and
a complexion as fair as that of the girls of
old Ireland. Let him havo eyes aa blue as
the skies of Greece, wreath a pleasant smile
about a well-shaped mouth, and yon have
iome idea of tbe "Plunger."
He is a gentleman from tho ground up,
and be tells mo that no man ever got any
good out of money mado on borso races. He
does not like to talk of his own horse-raolng
experiences, and says he has not bet on a
race since 1884, and that he has come down
to legitimate business. He is a man with a
history, and I wormed out of him something
of his story. He tnlksof tens of thousands
In the most modest manner, and in the en
terprises where be has figured he has played
dollars aa other men play cents.
ALWAYS WAS A MONEY MAKES.
"I made," said he, "JiO.OOO a year aa on
oil broker at the time or the oil excitement,
and I nctcd as agent for Sam Pike when he
bought all the whisky in the country just
before the tax was put on. At this time I
mado $180,000 a year, and I got ono fee of
(30,000. ,1 have never been anrthing bat a
money maker, and since I have been old
enough to work 1 have made at least $25,
000 every year."
"Tell me something of your political ex
perience," said I.
"I was a candidate for Sheriff in Philadel
phia in 1872. Thoro were two other candi
dates; one was Bill Leeds and the other
Harry Bingham, now the member of Con
gress. Well, Leeds was elected, and the
next year they nominated me for the Re
corder of Deeds. I went into tbe thing syi
tcmatlcallv, organized 600 election districts,
spent $30,000 and was elected. Shortly
a ter this I took charge of tbe big hotels at
tbo Centennial Exposition, and owned the
Continental and the Globe. It was a hot
summer, and the people wouldn't patronise
us and I made nothing. I tried to get even
with ray lossea at the hotel by buying Penn
sylvania Railroad stook, and I had at one
time 34,000 shares. It went down, and I
lost $500,000 by it. I then bought the St,
James Hotel in New York and made it pay,
got into trouble about tbe purchase of it
Irom the owners, and in 1881 found myself
down with nervous prostration.
MADE A MILLION BY ACCIDENT.
I concluded to go to Europe, and I was
worth at this time about $300,000. I went
to Bohemia and got cured aud returned to
London on my way home just at about tho
time ot the Derby. I went out witbout in
tending to bet a dollar, got interested and
made there what the world would call a for
tune. I first put 100 on one of my friend's
horses at S to 1 and made 500. I put an
other 100 on the horse ol another friend at
6 to 1 and he won, and this gave me 600
more. I now had 1,100. I took 1,000 of
it and put it on Iroquois at 6 to 1, and Iro
quois brought me in $30,000.
Shortly after this I put $10,000 on
Peter, at the Royal Hnnt Cup, against
$55,000, and Peter won. At the St, Leger I
put 4,000 on Iroquois against 9,000, and I
again won. Alter other winsinga I backed
Foxhall for the Czarowitz and put up
$40,000 against $400,000, and Foxhall
walked in. I then backed him to win the
Cambridgeshire for$350,000 and he stuck out
his tongue and won it. It waa so with other
ventures, and my winnings all told
amounted to $1,000,000. I had gene into
betting as an amusement and I was thun
derstruck when I found upon my return to
America that I waa looked upon as a horse
racer and had become famous as The
Plunger.
THE ADVICE Off A TETERAN.
"I don't lito tho title nor the reputation.
I am a man of a family, and I expect to
earn my money from now on by tho sweat of
my brow und ay brain. My advice to
young nieu and to old men who are invest
ing in races Is to let the bookmaker go
West and till the sell, and to make racing
unprofitable by not patronizing It."
"I made $20,000 off of this hotol last
year," he continued, "and I am going to
make $10,000 this year. I bought it for
$00,000 when it was losing money, and when
I put $50,000 oil It In repair they said I
was a fool. I believe that Cape May I
going to be the great tprlng resort of the
United State. We have at warm weather
her in tho winter at at Fortrun Menron,
nnd there I uo reaion why wo thould not
have all the iprlug travel. Iaingolugtu
build a tun parlor 400 leet long, aud I'll
put CO,000 more Into fitting up Wilt pises as
a spring watering place. The llvsela
Hotel st Jfortret Monroe nmk $100,000 a
year, and there I no reason why a Cape
May hotel should not tin eiully well."
VllAMK O, OAIIl'JWl'KU,
A BB0KEN K1TSS J0HTI.
Wlrlnil the risess Taasihtr I lb Only
Cerlals Cure far It,
What Is oouimonly called the kneecap,
writes a pbytioinu In the Boston JJtrald, Is
a (null trlingultr bene (Ituated at the front
of the knee Joint. One of It purpotsi 1 to
protect the joint; another Is to favor the
action of certain inuiole. Whoa this bone
I broken across the parts are ssparated by
It attachments. To bring thira together
until they are united Is always a dlflleu.lt
operation, unlets tbe fragments uio wired
together. '
There nro certain fractures which cannot
be treated In this way, but Iu those whloh
can, the method should be employee, for it
promises by far tbe best remit. Not only
Is rteovery more rapid than wheio other
firocedure are used, but tbe victim sudor
bo least possible discomfort. When tbe
knee-oap I broken nnd the physician ad.
vise "wiring," tho patient ought, by all
means, in his own Interest to unhesitatingly
content to tbe operation.
VISIT 07 THE DUO D" ORLEANS.
American Snobs WIIIHiivea Chaiceto Com
pnre II Ira vrim England's Finest.
Boston Horald, 1
Jt seems the Duo d'Orleans is to take a
19 months' journey round the world, and
be made a man of, if attrition with other
men can do it. The fat Prlaee baa been
weighed in the balance, it seems, and found
wanting, in spite of paternal counsel and
tbe experiences of the last threo months.
But lots ot sons disappoint their lathers,
and have to be sent away from home. As
the Due is coming to America, our fine
flowers will have a chance to compare his
deficiencies with thoie of titled Englishmen
who are regarded aa tittle tin gods on wheals.
Anything for a change, however.
- -
(0Ia(yO
A NOVEL DEALING WITH COTEMPOBABY LETS.
WEITTEN TOE THE UlSPATCH.
BY WILLIAM BLACK,'
Author of "A Princess of Thule," "Sunrise," and Many Other
Stories of theHlghest Reputation on Two Continents,
SYNOPSIS OP FUEVIOU3 CnAPTEBS.
Tho story opens at Piccadilly with aeed Oeorg Dotliuae and hl granddaughter. Malsrie on
their wy to the roiidenco of Lord Mn welburitb. Tho old gentieauaa I of a nble Hcotcb honsa
and claims to hare been defrauded of bis property ri'bts. ow ha is enraeeil In crecarisz for
tbo publication of a vulume of Scotch-American poutrr, aod his nrrand to Lnrd Jlaisefuura Is to
procuro assistance from him. Malsrie is Jost building into womanhood and (eels bumllUted
when her grandfather accents 50 from Lord Mnsmlburff. On tha way home she asks her Grand
father when he will begin the work. Bbo recelrei an evasive answer whleh evidently convinces
her that her grandfather Is not in earnest. At last see begs her grandfather to allow her to earn
a living tor the two. He refuses in his prondest vein. Utimating tkat people should feel bizhlv
honored to hare tbo opportunity to assist tho family of Uethuao ol Ualioray. ilalsrle's mind la
evidently made up to tako some Independent coarse.
CHAPTER II.
NEIOHBOBS.
The young man whom Lord Musselburgh
had hailed came into the middle oi the
room. He was a handsome and well-mado
young fellow of about three or four-and-and-twenty,
with Caely-cnt aud clear gray
eyes tbat had n curiously straightforward
and uncompromising look in them, albeit
bis manner was modest enough. At the
present moment, however, he seemed some
what perturbed.
"Who were those two?" he said, quickly.
"Didn't you listen while the old gentle
man was declaiming away?" Musselburgh
made answer. "An enthusiastlo Scot, if
ever there were one! I suppose you never
heard ot the great Betbune lawsuit?"
"But the other the girl?"
"His granddaughter, I think bo said."
"She Is the most beautiful human creature
I ever beheld!" the young man exclaimed,
rather breathlessly.
His friend looked at him and laughed.
"That's not like you, Vin. Tako care.
Tbe Hope of the Liberal Party enmeshed
at four-and-twenty that wouldn't dot
Pretty oh, yes, she was pretty enough, but
shy I hardly saw anything ot ber. I dare
say ber pretty face will have to bo her for
tune; I suspect the poor old gentleman is
not overburdened with worldly possessions.
Ho has his name, however he seems proud
enough of that and I shouldn't wonder if
it had made friend for him abroad they
seem to have traveled a good deal."
While he was speaking his companion
had mechanically lifted from the table the
card which old Oeorge Bethune had sent
up. The address in Mayfjir was penciled
AMERICAN GIRLS HAVE StJCII EXCELLENT GOOD SEVSE.
on it And mechanically the young man
laid down the card again.
"Well, come along, Yin let's go to Vic
toria." "No, if you don't mind. MuMelburgh,"
said the young man, with downci'l eyes,
and something ot embarrassment, "I wsuld
rather not go down to the Bnngalow to
night. Bomo other time It is so good of
yau to be always asking me down"
"Mr dear fellow," the young nobleman
ald, looking at bis friend curiously, "what
is the mutter with you7 Aro yeu In a
dream? Are you asleep? Haven't I told
you that Qramlison I earning down by a
late train to-night) and Isn't all tbe world
envying you thai the great man thould
make nuoh a protege aud favorite of you?
Indeed yon must come down: ynu can't
afford to lots tuch a obance. We will tit up
for him) nnd you'll talk to him during
luppurj and you'll llitea t htn lor hour
after If he I In the humor fur moaelegue.
Then to-aiorrew morning you'll take lil'U
away blril'-ntliig lie It a eager for any
new diversion a a sohsolboy) and you'll
have him all to yourtalf; nnd on of thss
day. belore ynu know where yau are, he'll
haudvou a Juulor lordship. Or Is It the
under secretaryship at the Home Ofllro
vau're waltliiar for? You knew, we're all
unilous to see now tho new Znrlnirnl will
come off. The young man unspoiled by
Oxlord or Oarabrldga .unUlnlud by
landlord sentiment trained for pub
llo life on drat principles) one
want to see how all this will work In prac
tice. And wo never dloUto h, no, we
never dictate to the euiiitltuenelss) but when
the publlo notleo from tisi to time In the
newspanirs that Mr. Ylacent Harris was lu
oludsd la Mr, Qrandlton' Ulrfner party on
tho previous evening, then they think, and
perhaps they wondtr when that lueky young
gentleman I going to take hi teal in the
House of Common. So really, wy dtar
Via, yoa oau't afford to throw away thl
obance of having Oraudlson all to yourself.
I tuppose be quite understands that yeu are
not inleoWd with any of your father's Be
cialiitlc theories? Oi ceurs It's all very
well for an enormously rib man like your
father to play with cotniaunlsm it must be
an exciting sort of amusement like strok
ing a tiger's tall, and wondering what will
happen In consequence, but yeu must keep
clear of tbat kind or thing, my boy. Now,
come along"
"Oh, thank yon, Musselburgh," the
young man said, in the same embarrassed
fashion, "but if you'll excuse me I'd rather
stav iu town to-uight."
''Oh, vert well," tbe
other said, goed
naturedly. "I shall be
up in a dav or two
again. By tbe way, the Four-in-Haad
Club turns out on Saturday. Shall I give
you a lift and we'll go down to Hurltug
ham for the polo? Mrs. Ellison is coming,"
"Oh, thanks awfully good of you I
shall be delighted," the young man. mur
mured; and a few seconds thereafter the two
iriends had separated, Lord Mnsselbargh
driving off in a hansom to Victoria station.
This young Vincent Harris who now
walked away along Piccadilly toward Hyde
Park was in a sort of walking trance. He
saw nothing of the people passing by him,
nor of tbe carriages, nor of the crowd as
sembled at the corner of the Row, expecting
the Princess. - Ha saw a paia and pathstio
Jface, a dimly lined -figure standing by a
r "v.
te
afad d,
Cndt(m
table, a chastened splendor of girlish hair,
an attitude of meekness and diffidence
Once only had ho caught a glimpse of tha
beautiful, clear, blue-gray eyes when she
came In at the door, looking startled almost:
but surely a man is not striokon blind and
dumb by a single glance from a girl's won
dering or Inquiring eye? Love at first
sight? ho would havo dismissed tbe sugges
tion with anger, as an impertinence, a pro
fanation. It was not lore at all: it was a
strange kind of interest and sympa
thy sho had inspired compassionate
almost, and vet more reverent
than pitiful. Thero appeared to bo
some mysterious and subtle appeal in her
very youth; why thnuld one so yonag be so
solitary, so timid, sheltering herself, aa it
were, from the common gaze? Why that
touch of pathos about a mouth that was
surely meant to smile? why tbe lowered
eyelashes? was it because she knew sho
waa alone ia this great wilderness of stran
gers, in this tectum,' town? And he lelt In
his heart that tbia was net the place for her
at all. She aught to have been away in
sunny meadows golden with buttercups,
with the laughter ot young children echoing
around her, with the wide air fragrant with
the new-mown hay, with thrushes and black
birds piping clear from amid tbe haw
thorn bouglM. Who had imprisoned thla
beautiiul child, and made a white slavo of
ber, and brought her into this great roar
ing market of the world? And was thero no
ooe to help?
But it was all perplexity to him; even as
was this indefinable concern and anxiety
about one to whom he had never even spoken
a word. What was thero In that pensivo
beauty that should so strangely trouble
him? She bad made no appeal to him;
their eyes could scarcely be said to have
met, even in that briel moment; her cruel
fate, the tyranny of her surroundings, her
pathetic resignation were all part and parcel
ef a distracted reverie, that seemed to tear
his heart asunder with tears, and indigna
tion, and vows ol saocor. And then some
howamid this chaos and bewilderment
Ills onr desire was that she should know ho
wished to be her riend that someday oh,
some wild white day of jyl he should be
permitted to tako her hand and say: "Do not
Leu sad I Ynu are not so much alone. Let
me bo by year side lor a littlo while nntll
you speak until ynu tell me what I cast
ilii until you say 'Yes, I take you for my
friend I' "
He had wandered away from the fashion
able orawd paring alinletily along th un
freqneatfd roitdwayio' the park, and llttl
rtrklng of the true cuuoi of the unrest that
reigned lit his boinm, For one tlilog, no
uUtlonn about Inyo or marriage had so far
conoerned him but slightly) tueo things
were too remote; his aiplratlnn aud ambU
tlant ware f another sort. Then again ha
was familiar with feminine tnelaty. Whilst
ether Iasla were nt colleafi, their thought In
tent on nrlolt.l, or boating, r gU, he had
been kept at home wlta masters and teauh
ers to lit III i for th practical career which
had hern designed for him) and part of the
currlsulum cn that ho should mix freely
with hi kind, aud get to linow nhal
ptnplo of our own day wero think,
lng, not what people ef 3,000
Star ago had beta thinking.
e consequence ol this was that 'Via'
Harris, as he was ualvursally tailed, If ha
did not know everything, appeared to know
everybody) and of cnurso he was acquainted
with (cores nail score of pretty irlrls
whoai he tf kail lu look at when, for ex
ample, they wore a smart lawn tenuis cos
turns, and who InUresttd bttu mere perhaps
wheu they wtre tiusy) and also he waa ac
quainted with a considerable number of
married ladles, who were Inollntd to pt
klsi, for be was good natured, and easy
Maunersd, and it way be Just a littlo cars
Jo o' their farr. lint as fur falling
seriously In lev (If there wore such a
thing) r perplexing hluself with dreams
of marriage that was lar from bl schema
f life. His warning companions were
Spencer, Bain, John Mill, Delolme, Hallara,
Preeman, and tha like; during tbe day ha
wa baiy with qnsstloas relating to food
supply, to the influence ofalimataon ebar
aeter. the effect f religions creeds on mental
development, the protection and cultiva
tion of uew induitrits, etc; then in the
evening he was Jowa at the Honse of Cara
mons a good deal, eipeclally when any
well-known orator was exaeeted to speak;
and again he went to all kinds of social fes
tivities, particularly when theso were of a
political east, or likely to bo attended by
political peeple. Fo'r Vln Harris was
known to b a young man of great promises
and prospects; hs waa received everywhere;
and iran ted a consideration by bis eldera
which waa hardly Justified by bis years.
That he remained unspoiled and even
modest in a degree unnsail at his age may
be put down te his eredit. or moro strictly
to the un ortnnate accident of his tempera
ment aud disposition.
How long bo walked, and whither ha
walked, on this particular evening he hardly;
knew; but 03 daylight waned he found him
self in Oxford street, and over there was
Park street. Weil enough ho remembered
the address pencilled on the Tisiting card:
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