f r FREMONT FIRST FHEEDSLAVES. The Pathfinder Anticipated Lincoln on the Great Issue of the War. HIS ORDER FOE MISSOUEI Breaking the Negro's Shackles Was Annulled by the PresicUnf, Unwritten History Prom the Boob of Mrs. Fremont Compiled Prom Ad vance Sheets by Her Son Why the Two Great Patriots Became Estranged Mr. Lincoln's Trust Betrayed by Some One Near Him How Senator Chandler Got Fremont to Withdraw In 1834, Leaving: Lincoln the Presl dental Field The Situation In St. Louis That Caused the Pathfinder to Proclaim the Negroes Freemen. From advance sheets of '-Great Events." (he life or General Fremont, written by Mrs. 3. C Fremont and Lieutenant F. P. Fre mont, U. S. A. X 1S61, prior to going abroad, General then Colonel Fre mont had an inter view with President Lincoln at the Astor House in New York City. This was short ly before the outbreak of the war. In the election Fremont, though in California himself had aided Lincoln by causing his iriends to do their utmost for him, and this interview was to gr y V. explain his refusal of -&UZ offices tendered him . offices tendered him fwn I by the President, and to talk over the trou bled future. At this time, and later, until the plans of self-seeking politi r ans demanded that they become estranged, the President and General Fremont were in accord. When the Rebellion broke out Fremont was sure of the support of the President, and did not hesitate to use his fortune and credit in England where he was at the time, looking after his vast min irp interests in buying arms and other trunnions of war for the United States, al though the United States Minister Adams reused the Government sanction. Fremont i " red his services to the Government as t on as the war broke out. r ompeted With the Confederacy for Aran. Although the experience through which he had passed might well have daunted any man from again submitting himself to the chances of military oppression that had been so unscrupulously wielded against Fremont in 1846, still he did so, and en gaged in obtaining arms often competing with the agents of the Confederacy, who were exceedingly active and well supplied with funds and official credit, while the United States was represented only by this citizen and his private fortune; and it must be remembered the United States was so deficient in arms at this time, and even later, that regiments wsre drilling with ticks. When General Fremont learned in Eng land that he had been created a major gen eral in the regular armr he at once started for the United States. In sending his nom ination to the Senate Lincoln had recog nized the fact that Fremont placed national above State interests, loyalty to the flag above friends and family ties, and that the convictions that had caused him to resist t e introduction of slavery into the new Riate oJ California would enlist him to fight cs the side whose justice he had urged in and out of the Senate. Lincoln' Lack or Confidence in Fremont Th s recognition of Fremont's political fa tb and convictions made Lincoln s subse quent action in surrounding him with secret service spies a cause of estrangement be tween them when it became known to Fremont that Lincoln had given credence to the stories ot his enemies to the eflect cat Fremont meditated the overthrow of the United States Government and the es tablishment of a military despotism, with himself as dictator. How Lincoln, after evincing his iaith in the loyalty of Fre mont br appointing him a Major General and sending him to command a department com) fi ne the entire West of the United States could doubt his loyalty alter Fre-m-o'a emancipation proclamation GO davs late' a proclamation that so shook the ce-'-r of rebellion that its sympathizers in tbt N rth obtained its annulment by Lin-c- i s a problem that even time cannot to ie. and an examination of the corres t ence, while it points to the "man be 1j. late," only serves to identify a niTierv uitbout explaining it. liftnre quoting the correspondence a Fiance at the situation in the Department o the est in 18G1 will aid in an under go ii-ag of the letters. The city of St 1 - jis -ti e headquarters of the Department c 't e A est was so completely in the possession of the Southern element that not a Tciod Cag or uniform was exhibited. A uniD efficer could not even wear the uni form oi the Government he defended. What rrrmont liad to Contend With. The situation is shown in a letter of the EeT Dr V G Elliot, of St. Louis, to his int.rcaie friend Salmon P. Chase: It should be remembered that Fremont assumed command at a time of greatest diffi culty Just alter the Manaisas disaster, when the Luion cause was at the lowest ebb. He foao at Ik uis terribly demoralized. The secessionists wei e in ecstacles and had little doubt of speedy success. Oneofthem openly said that to me "Tiiere was a bullet already moulded for every Yankee abolitionist in St. Louis." Many of our wealthiest men openly declared themselves tor the South Atnnn of the most conspicuous corners of the city Firth and Pine streets, in the well-known Bertnold mau.lon the Confederate bead quarters were established, with the Confed erate flair conspicuously flying, and recruits wero openly enlisted for the Confederate causa Tho city authorities did not dare to 1 ter ere. There was not a United States Caa to be soon anywhere, and Union men spoke with bated breath. Uuuide of St Louis the country was in the hands of the rebels, except the few lort.fied points held by Union garrisons, and these were principally recruited from the three months men whose time was now expiring. A great source of trouble was the action of the rebel inhabitants of the State of Missouri, and a little later this became most serious. Even fjnionitts Doobtrd Lincoln's Power. The farmers would when notified Join the earcps of the rebel commanders in great numbers, suddenly augmenting their forces, and then ir the projected raid or attack was deferred, would return again to their homo reducing the force correspondingly. It this manner, however, it was impossible to foresee which point would be threatened next, and Jailing sufficient troops to control the State through force or arms, it became necessary to devise some mer.ns to prevent tLls guerilla warfare. The credit of the ! Government n-as about ud up, and It liafl . mi lost iiremige tlinxurli tne non-payment of it debt to tlio soldier and tliose who fj msueu mem buppuea (u&i t vus regaruou wliU contempt by the iseessloniBts, and many Unionist j came to doubt Its power to compel. For many days and nights the situation liad been a most anxlons one tor General Fremont; with unfulfilled requisitions in Washington, commanders of troops de manding reinforcements There there -were none to sire, troops clamoring for their pay when there was no money, and those who furnished supplies suddenly advancing the price as soon as the Government was no ion per doing business on a cash basis and they oould take advantage of her necessities as a poor debtor. He determined to force the rebel sympathizers who did not join the rebel armies as soldiers to remain at home, and to make them feel that thero was a penalty for rebellion, and for aiding those who were in rebellion. Beading the Emancipation Proclamation. On the morning of August 30, shortly after daybreak, Mrs. Fremont found General Fre mont at his desk. Ue had sent for Mr. Ed- The Pathfinder. ward Davis, of Philadelphia, who arrived as she came. It was sufficiently light to see plainly, and the General said: "I want you two, but no others." Then, in the dawn of the new day, ne read the emancipation order that first gave freedom to the slaves of rebel', and which he had thought out and written in the hours taken from his brief resting time. This order, or rather proclamation, placed the State of Missouri under martial law, and it so remained until the end of the war. The clause in this proclamation that so threatened the success of the Rebellion was the following: The property, real and personal, of all per sons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be direotly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men. There are some carious accounts extant at to the actions of varioui high officials when this proclamation reached Washington. Certain it is that the official telegram had hardly reached the President when one of his Cabinet received the news through pri vate sources and hastened to present his adverse views. Be that as it may, this was Lincoln's answer: CThat Lincoln Hastened to Reply. WASnnroTox, D. a, Septembers, I66L Major General Fremont Mr Deak Sib Two points in your procla mation of August 80 give me some anxiety. First Should you shoot a man, according to the proclamation, the Confederates would very certainly shoot our best men in their hands in retaliation, and so, man for man, indefinitely. It i, therefore, my order that you allow no man to be shot under the proclamation without first having my ap probation and consent Seoond I think there Is great danger that the closing paragraph, in relation to the confiscation or property and the liberating slaves of traitorous owners, will alarm our Southern friends and turn them against us; Serhaps ruin our rather fair prospect for entucky. Allow me, therefore, to ask that you will, as of your own motion, modify that para graph so as to conform to the first and fourth sections of the act of Congress enti tled "An act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes, approved AUgnst S, 1881," and a copy of which act I herewith send you. This letter is written in a spirit of caution and not of censure. I send it by special messenger in order that it may certainly and speedily reach you. Tours very truly, A. LnrooLir. A Discrepancy In th Dates. Now comes one of the incidents that re veal how plans were marred by those who tried to use their official positions in Wash ington for their private ends. It is evident from the text that adonble game was played by those who had access to the President at this time, and to whom he had confided his plant and actions, only to have them be trayed. Apart from the text of the above letter the following points ought to be con sidered: First The date is September 2 and the President states in his note: "I send it by special messenger in order that it may cer tainly and speedily reach you." The mes senger delivered the note to General Fre mont in St Louis, September 8, six days later, although the journey was only a little over SO hours' duration. He received the answering letter in the afternoon, left the same day, September 8, and delivered it to the President in time for him to write his answer, as dated, September 11. Where, thtn, were the note and the messenger dur ing the six intervening days? Second The President asked General Fremont that .be would, "of his own motion," modify the part of his proclama tion relating to' emancipation, and in order that it might be possible to carrv out this request marked his note "Private," thus making evident his desire, "written in a spirit of caution," that it be known as General Fremont's better indsrment. on second thought, that lreedom should not be given to slaves. Yet, at the same time, the special messenger makes public as he trav els that the President had ordered General Fremont to do this, thereby nullifying the entire intended effect embodied in the President's request to General Fremont Someone Mast Have Betrayed Lincoln. Are we to believe that President Lincoln wrote a note directing a secret action that lie desired should appear spontaneous, marked it "Private." gave it to a special messenger to insure its "certain and speedy delivery," and then told trrkt messenger the contents of that note and directed an inter val of six days before the delivery of his communication? Such is not President Lincoln's known character. Someone in his confidence at Washington betrayed him. The only reason that could have caused Fremont to hesitate in deciding on his course, that of acceedtng to the President's wish, was gone owing to the publicity given the President's private note and he answered at once: HEADO.UAKTERS WestEKN DePABTMTOT, J St. Louis, September 8, 1861. The President: . Sir Dear Sm-Tour letter ot the 2d by special messenger I know to have been writ ten before you had received my letter, and before my telegranhio dispatches and the rapid development of critical conditions here had fully informed vou of affairs in this quarter. I had not written to you fully and frequently first becanan in tiT. in...L ant change of affairs I wonla bn nmm.ii ts give you contradictory accounts: and. sec- r Tr, ri """" '"""ttuum oi me snrjiecttto be laid before you would demand too much of your time. Fremont Stuck to His Views. Trusting to have your conidence, I have been leaving it to events themselves to show you whether or not I was shaping ar fairs here according to your ideas. The shortest communication between Washing ton and St Louis generally involves two days, and, the employment of two days in time of war goes largely toward success or disaster. I therefore went along accordl ng to my ownjndgment, leaving the result of mv movements tojustlfy me with you. And so In regard to my proclamation of the SOth. Between the rebel armies, the fro visional Government and borne traitors, felt the position bad, and saw danger. In the night I decided upon the proclamation and the form of it. I wrote it the next morning and printed it the same day. I did it without consultation or advice with any one acting solely with my best Judg ment to serve the country and yourself, and perfectly willing to receive the amount of censure which should De thought nne if I made a false movement This is as much a movement In the war as 'a battle, and in 6m -TTTtt golug Into these I shall have to act noeord int tomyjudgmont of the ground before tne, as I do on this occasion. I'referrrd to Be Publicly Censured. If, upon reflection, your better Judgment still decides that I am wrong In the artiole respecting the liberation of slaves, I have to ask that yon will openly direct me to make the correction. The implied censure will be received as a soldier always should the rep rimand of his chlet If I were to retract of my own accord, it would Imply that I my self thought it wrong and that I had acted without the reflection whioh the gravity of the point demanded. But 1 did not 1 acted with full deliberation and upon tne certain conviotion that It was a measure right and necessary, and 1 think so still. -In regard to the other points of the proc lamation to whlcn yon refer, I desire to say that I do not think the enemy can either misconstrue or urge anything against It or undertake to make unusual retaliation.- The shooting of .men who shall rise in arms against an army in the military occupation of a country is merely a neoessary measure of defense and entirely according to the usages of civilized warfare. The article does not at all refer to prisoners of war, and certainly our enemies bare no ground for requiring that we should waive In their benefits any of the ordinary advantages which the wages of war allow to us. As promptitude Is itself an advantage In war I have also to ask that you will permit me to carry out upon the spot the provisions of the proclamation In this respect Looking at affairs from this point of view, I am satisfied that strong and vigorous measures have now become neoes sary to the success of our arms, an d hoping that my views may have the honor to meet your approval, I am, with respect and re gard, very truly yours, J. 0. Fbxmoht. A Question as to Seward's Course. The messenger left on the afternoon train, taking with him General Fremont's answer to the President, and made the return trip in the schedule time of a little over two days. It would be interesting to know how the messenger's inexplicable delay was ac counted for to President Linooln. Was the President told that the delay had been caused by General Fremont? To the observer who knows the hlitorv of those days the question that might be aiked is, Where was Seward, and how did he in fluence -Lincoln at this juncture? His previous and later opinions and actions give small room to doubt his action when he hastened to the President immediately on learning of Fremont's proclamation. It has often been said that Llnooln's action at this time was not prompted by his first impulse, but grew out of consultations with some of his advisers. Indeed, the only reason urged by the President, in his letter of September 2, 1861, is the fear of alarming Southern friends and losing Kentuoky to the Union. That this fear was groundless history is wit ness, for the rebels bad already invaded Kentucky and Fremont had in August com menced the movement on 'Paducah and ordered General U. 8. Grant to take pos session ot that town and occupy Kentucky. Lincoln made no question of Fremont's un doubted right to make the proclamation, and the first slaves ever freed by the Gov ernment were emancipated under this proclamation of freedom, and it is an inter esting question what would have been the duration of the war had Lincoln now con firmed and made of general application Fremont's order of emancipation lor the State of Missouri instead of waiting a year. An Old Parchment That Freed a Slave. Before me lies an old parchment covered and interlined with General Fremont's writing, the original of the deed of manu mission which treed "Frank Lewis, hereto fore held to service or labor by said Thomas L. Sneed," who had been taking "active part with the enemies of the United States in the present insurrectionary movement aeainst the Government of the United States," and declares the said Frank Lewis "to b: free and forever discharged from the bonds of servitude." What must have been his thoughts as he penned these lines that broke the invisible bonds and let the first of the race in bondage stand erect a free maul The deed was done, the word spoken, and henceforth the war was no longer alone for the debatable ques tion of Union or no Union, but also for the greater issue, the right of every man to be Ireel When the emancipation order was re 8 lauOTtcfrro ' "j uHnruD cm Not a store in the city can show you such an assortment nor one that can ex hibit them with so much ease and satis faction to the customer. You can sit at ease and a royal feast of floor coverings will be rolled out. at your feet a dozen or so at once. Our one idea has been to collect an unmatchable assortment of fine, depend able carpets, and the thought has crystal lized into a fact Such patterns ! Such colorings! You are used to finding a choice assortment here. Come prepared to have any car pet memory eclipsed by bur Fall showing. Carpets are advancing in price. Al ready the mills have notified us, and in some cases made an actual advance. A good time to buy is now. 923, 925, 927 i E . 1 ; -J.; PITTSBURG 3IBPTOH - voked by Linooln th feel inc. of the tforth waa voiced by Benjamin F. Wade, who wrote to Fremont begging him not to resign. "Persevere," he urged, aBd as sure at God reigns the administration will bare to eome over; we cannot and we ought not to conquer this rebellion on any other princi ples!" The spirit of prophecy was upon him In another year the slaves had their delayed freedom, Fremont's Sacrifice for His Party. Jk. eurious feature of human nature comes to the front at this juncture. Fremont had been unable to get a command from Lin coln, thongh the relusal of the latter had been often qualified with promises that the former should have a command and active service, but these promises were never kept, and many facts had combiued to make Fremont ieel that he was nnder the ban of the Government and debarred from active service, and in '64, when the strength of the Cleveland party developed and the support of the German population and press threat ened the power of the Lincoln party, his tory repeated itself, as it usually does, and after several conferences Lincoln determ ined to ask Fremont's aid in seeurlng his re-election, for Lineoln was determined not to withdraw, and therefore asked Fremont to saorlfics himself. In return he was offered high command and active service and other alluring conditions. These were refused, but Senator Chand ler's presentation of the fact that on him depended the success of the Bepubllcan party, whose first nominee he had been, and that the failure of the party to succeed now would throw the Government into the hands of the Democratic party, prevailed with General Fremont, and he withdrew from the field, leaving success certain for Lincoln. His opinion of him was un changed, and to quote his own words: "It was tor the nation not the man, that I with drew." Senator Chandler's Mission. Senator Chandler's mission to General Fremont was not bruited abroad, and al though it was known at the time to those who goyerened the politics ol that day, the written acknowledgement of General Fre mont's sacrifice to weld the Republican party'has never been published until now. The occasion that caused this letter to be written by Senator Chandler gave rise to the doubt expressed, in the last sentence; but the result showed that he underesti mated the appreciation ot President Hayes: DrrEorr, May 29, 1878. Bon. 3. 0. Fremont: My Deab Sib In 18U the political horizon .was dark and threatening. I then, in com mon witn most, ir not ait prominent itepnD llcans, deemed it of vital importance that ?ou shonld deollne the Cleveland nomlna ion for the Presidency aud unite the party upon Mr. Lincoln. With this object in vlow and In accordance with the wishes of Mr. Lincoln and the chairmen of both the Na tional and Congressional Executive Com mittees, I visited you in New York. Suffice it to say, -the negotiations were successful, the party became a unit Mr. Lincoln was re elected and the government saved. I then deemed the matter of vital impor tance, and now, after H years have elapsed, deem it of equal Importance. Mr. Wash burne late Minister to Franoe ex-Senator Harlan and Judge Edmunds, now postmaster in Washington, were present with tne at each and every interview, I had with Mr. Lincoln upon this subjeot It woulu afford mo really great pleasure to aid you in any way in my power, but I doubt my influence with the present administra tion. Very truly and sincerely yours, Z. Chahdler. Censure for TMeolny and Hay. The split in the Bepubllcan party that caused Mr. Linooln and his confidential ad visers to ask the man the administration had tried to break down to withdraw and permit the re-election of Lincoln is studiously misrepresented by Lincoln his torians, It Is a measure of the lack of veracity of Hay and Nicolav or their lack of confidential relations with Lincoln that causes them to state in their "history" the reverse of the facts contained in the above letter of Senator Chandler. The faot that a misstatement is made in the same work about Mrs. Fremont indi cates intention rather than ignorance. Fbaxcis Peeston-Fbemont, United States Army. BED. Have you ever seen' it? It la the acme of perfec tion in a Folding Bed. We don't care what other styles you have seen, you will say they do not compare with the "GTJNN" when you see it , We are sole agents, so you must come here to see It. It costs nothing to look at the dozen or more styles. BUWD&X SEETEMBER HOMESTEADINAPLAY. An Amusing If Not Ludicrous Por trayal of the Labor Trouble! PDT ON IN NEW TORE LAST WEEK. Hugh O'Donnell Represented as Too Easb ful to Fop the Question. BED-HOT WIEES AKD JETS OF STEAM COBBESFOXDXKOZ Ot TM DISPATCH. TTew" Yoke, Sept 10. "Monongahela, or Homestead in '92," now current at the Columbus Theater, is billed as a "startling melodrama in four acts and 11 scenes." It Is,-in faot, a series of tableaux, not a play, in which a ludicrous effort is made to de pict the recent troubles at the Carnegie mills. As a panoramio display tie produc tion Is interesting, but to anyone who has ever been within sight oi an iron mill, or within speaking distance of a heater or roller, the melodrama has more the appear ance of a faroe in which realism has been abandoned to save the oost of costumes and the salaries of actors who can act The play was written by Frank Norcroas, who might have been on the other side of the ocean at the time he was composing it, and, if so, he probably secured his knowl edge of events at Homestead, as well as the geography of the Monongahela Valley, from the usually unauthentic columns of the London Timet. He starts off by blowing a 6-cent tin whittle for the mill men to go to work and follows that by a series of rattles that the usher says are intended to repre sent the noise in an iron mill, but which sound more like the activity In a black smith shop on a dull day. A Joke on Monongahela Water. The iron mill, too, looks more like a horseshoeing establishment in Fayette county than anything else a Pittsburg man can think oE The programme asserts that Scene L is a good representation of the Homestead steelworks, but then the pro gramme isn't the only feature of the show given to misrepresentation. When the man who blows the tin whistle gets out of breath the entire town of Home stead comes ont in front oi a grocery store and listens to an Irishman trying to talk back to his wife. The dialogue is supposed to reach the climax when Mrs. Irishman tells her husband he is as fresh as the water in the Monongahela, at which point every one laughs except those who have tasted Southslde water and know how far it is from being fresh. Next comes a finisher named Jack Craw ford and Jaok's sister, whose name isn't Gill, but" less poetical Ellen. It happens that Ellen and Hugh O'Donnell are in love and on account of Hugh's not having courage enough to pop the question Jack does it for him. Ellen, who looks more like a prisoner in a 10-story tenement house than a bright Homestead girl, makes Borne reply to Jack, but that, like every thing else she says, doesn't get past the orchestra. Hugh O'Donnell Slakes a Prayer. This part of the plot might have been in teresting if the author hadn't evidently in tended the audience to take it In dead earnest that Hugh O'Donnell is too bashful to ask a girl to be his wife. Even this might be forgiven if it was not followed a tew minutes later by Mr. O'Donnell himself uttering a loud theatrical prayer for the deliverance of the people just at a point when in the real situation everyone knows that all Hugh O'Donnell.'s utterances were purely and forcibly of an earthly nature. O'Donnell is impersonated by John E. VERY ffis ste 'is a city in itself, wM'3 pi can pt jytoii yi mb -ii liseHiis. Bedroom Suits. Come in and see the most complete "assortment this side of New York. A mammoth floor is devoted to them. Scores upon scores of styles in ASH, OAK, CHERRY, MAPLEJ BIRCH, MAHOGANY, etc All new and original designs. No' back numbers, no "chestnuts;" not a suit in the lot that we cannot sell with confidence that it will turn out as repre sented and make you a pleased and permanent patroa expositioni 'VISITORS Should not leave the city without paying us a visit Why not come first and make our store headquar ters? We're ready to ex tend you every courtesy and help in our power. Buying anything is a second ary consideration. Come in and see us anyway. v HLJLJB v II; ' MML Kellerd, an actor of ab ill tv, who might do better if he knew that Hugh O'Donnell; the real, is a good fellow, but makes no claim to being the original good boy in a Sunday school novel. That is just the find of a man Kellerd stsms to think be has to portray, and he does it even to the extent of'sighlng over a lore affair. The one exciting scene is that of the City Farm fence. In justice to the scenic artist, it should be said that his production really looks like a fence, and seems to have a good quality of barbed wire on top of-it. The wires are attached to the electric light plant, and at the proper timo they ore charged un til red hot Exaggerated Ideas of Defence. The stage is darkened at this point and the effect upon the audlenco n as instan taneous as the electricity itself. A roar of applause greeted the scene and then the sound of hlning steam rushing from holes in the fence is added to the confusion until enthusiasm and hot water are both ex hausted. The funniest part of the whole show, however, is the fellow palmed off as "Billy" McCleary. He is called Sheriff, of course, and represented as a very dignified gentleman with a Prince ot Wales accent and an air that would freeze every member of the Tariff Club if the Sheriff were to go around there some evening and aot as Mr. J. Ellin wood, his impersonator, seems to think the Sheriff of Allegheny eounty should act McOleary is represented as walking out of Homestead backward and the audience is left to imagine that the earth opens and swallows him up after the firsf defeat The Plnktrton Battle On. Shortly after McCleary's retreat, the fight of the Pinkertons takes place and the first man killed is a Salvation Army crank with his religion painted on his red shirt Two others fall in battle and then the boat Backs out into midstream and incidentally gets behind a curtain that hides it from View. The most impressive part of the scene is the Monongahela river, as clear as the waters in Lake Tahoe. As very few of the audience have seen the "Muddy Monon," the scene is greatly ad mired. Another feature that pleases the New Yorkers is a reference to a speak-easy. The Pittsburg toby is looked upon as an equally funny contrivance. The audiences at the Columbus have been small, and the prospects for a brilliant career for "Homestead, '92," are not bright The play was launched on Labor Day. but even that did not fill the lower floor of the Columbus, and empty seats have been in creasing in number every night J. W. STEVEJfSOJT. A BOOM OF Tt'OE. IXlri "Listen to My Tale of Woe."l A Cleveland boom in Chicago grew, Listen to my tale of woe; All cut and dried and stnolc with glue, And" radiant with a mugwump hue. It grew. It grew; listen to my tale of woe. It swelled like a toad in the morning dew, Listen to my tale of woe; And made the Hill men feel so blue That they put the convention in a tew, And the Tammany tlcer in a fury flew, 'Tis true, 'tis true, listen to my tale of woe. The Tammany tiger and Tammany crew, Listen to my tale of woo. Seized on that boom so big and new, They ripped and knifed it through and through, Too true, too true, listen tomy tale or woe. And then the trouble began to brew, Listen to my tale of woe. A trouble tbey could never subdne. Though. every mugwump worked like a Jew, To save that boom so nice and new, Too true, too true, listen to my tale of woe. 'Twas all in vain that they could do, Listen to my tale of woe; For soon the peoole tried and true Just buried that boom from human view, Boo noo, boo hoo, listen to my tale or woe. And so we bid it a sad adieu, Listen to my tale of woe; Collapsed and gone without a elue, And that was the end of Orover, too, A sad talo for me and you, Boo hoo, boo hoo, listen to my tale of woe. Chicago Int.r-Ocean. CLOSE FIGURES Either'for CASH or on TIME PAYMENTS. Figures so close that no strictly cash house in the city un derreaches them. It makes some, of them hustle to keep up. The immense quantities we buy give us a price advantage. We) in turn, give this to the cus tomer. An'immense showing this fall of whatever is new and bright in FURNITURE and HOUSE FURNISHINGS, provided it be also reliable. Have a look while the stock is at flood-tide. m credit m Has been abused by some houses and by some custom ers. The trouble is not with the plan but with the people. Our mode of conducting it is a great convenience to thousands."" We do pot ask extortionate prices 'because we lease goods on time pay ments, the small extra amount charged being only sufficient to cover the inter est on money so invested. Cash buyers can do as well here as at any store in town, in many cases better. iaUst s I Hm A r r ' WHIXTEH FOB THE DISPATCH BY GEORGE SEIBEL OHAPTEHL At the age of 23 I was an art stndent at Paris. I had been flattered into a miscon ception of my talents. Step by step I was dragged through the dull routine of a craft for which I was but meagerly endowed. But youthful enthusiasm buoyed me up until the final collapse of my ambition in 1857. I had invited the famous critic,Tron ville, to my rooms. He camej glanced at several of my sketches and finished paint ingscharacter bits, glimpses of landscape and still-life: then, turning to me, said sav agely! "Open the doorl" "Adieu!" was the only further word he vouchsafed me as he descended the stairs. I was too stupefied to set at once but early the next day I sent him a billet demanding an explanation of his conduct The answer was laconic and characteristically merciless. "I cannot think of recommending any of your pictures to the salon: but I will will ingly give you a letter or Introduction to my friend F., who employs a great many house painters. I challenged him. We fought, he choos ing rapiers: and I gave him a scratch on the arm. My honor was retrieved; but alas, my ambition had received its death blow. After that I concerned myself little with affairs of art True, I retained my old quarters and fraternized with my former friends; but, in stead of spending my leisure hours in star ing at dusty old masters, I frequented the plav, the circus and the rendezvous of political and military celebrities, mingling in the gay whirl of metropolitan life. One sultry summer day, 1858, A. D. (af ter dinner), I was seated in the chess cafe of M. Foure, then a resort of great repute, but long since swept away by the high tide of reconstruction which Baron Haussman let loose upon the venerable landmarks of old Paris. My vis-a-vis was a sharp-featured, beardless man on the somber side of GO, polished in manner and dreu, who looked like one of those retired tradesmen, then so plentiful, whose argosies had re turned freighted with fortune through the heavy seas of war aud political unrest This was mv .friend, Eobert Houdin, beyond a doubt the most talented and successful mir acle monger that ever stood upon a stage. His manner of playing chess was "very peculiar. His eyes were seldom upon the board, nearly always fixed upon those ot his adversary tactics which disconcerted me greatly until I circumvented him by looking steadily at the board, not glancing upward till the partie was at an end. I had won. "Excellent," said Houdin, slightly vexed," however; '"there is but one other person in Paris who could have done as well." O, Vanity, thou miraculous anodyne thou lever of worlds! With the magna inmity which is supposed to belong to a truly great conqueror, I forgave him his embarrassment at once. But my curiosity had been aroused. "Who is it," I asked, "that thus shares with me your praise?" "Ah, he is a German a Prussian or READ On a Bill of $ia. $i down and 50c a week On a Bill of $2$ .$5 down and $1 a week. On a Bill of $50 . . ., $8 down and $2 a week. "- On a Bill of $75 $10 down and $2.50 a week:' On a Bill of $100 $12.50 down and $3 a week. . -SETHIS IS NOT ALLX-5- In addition to the above we will give free this month: ' WITH EACH BILL OF $10 A good Jute Rug, 36x72 inches, worth $1.50. WITH EACH BILL OF $25 A good Oak Center Table worth $2.50. WITH EACH BILL OF $50 We allow a selection of -anything in the stock value of S;. r WITH EACH BILL OF $75 Your choice of any ar- tide in the store to the value of $7. 5a j. WITH EACH BILL OF $100 Choice of any article ia the store; value $10. . "f . THESE MA TCHLESS TERMS will positively be for'. SEPTEMBER ONLY. If you are wise you will take ad-y vantage of them. f dU: -ati Dansker," came the reply, slowly; "verj proachable! His name eh, Dieut he is A tall, raw-boned man, military In mien, dress and gait, had just entered, Glanolny about, he espied Houdin, and was now mak ing his way toward us. "Again we meet!" he exclaimed, as h' shook Houdin's hand; then, seeing the still" nudisturbed position, he added, "I see that I have not extinguished entirely in yon the desire for distinction on the checkered field." "On the contrary," replied Houdin, "you have stimulated it" Then, in his blandest tones, he introduced me, adding: '1 have no doubt that Monsieur Smith, who is an American, will prove to be an opponent worthier of yon than I have ever been." The sinewy giant gripped my hand and shook it in a way which afforded great amusement to Houdin.. who, addressing the. stranger, continued: "Pardon me, Monsieur Allemand, and tell him your name your self; you know that my tongue has not the agility ot my fingers." The German smiled, "Helmuth von Moltke I am called;" and he gave my hand another wrench, almost sending Houdin into convulsions. Then, passing back of Houd'.n, he sank into the divan which stood against the wall, directly nnder the window which threw light upon the chess table. I had heard ot the German before; for, during his visit with the Crown Prince to the court of Napoleod HX his brilliant in tellect had speedily won for him recogni tion and even a certain degree of celebrity. "I had the pleasure of meeting one of your countrymen at chess the day before yesterday, and the satisfaction of showing him his master." This was the first remark Moltke ad dressed to me; it created an unfavorable im pression; it savored too much of egotism. Without waiting for a reply, he went on: "His name Is doubtless "familiar to you. It was Paul Morphy." Then he began to scan the chessboard which had been left just as the game had been relinquished by Hondin.. "Did you play the white?" he asked of me. I replied in the affirmative. "Kemarkablel" he muttered; 'T must show it to Anderssen." Then, drawing forth a small brochure, he penciled upon the fly-leaf a memorandum ot the position Beturning the book to his pocket he said: "If you are prepared, I will engage you now;" and, taking my readiness for granted, he swept the board with his hand and- upset all the pieces. 'If you have beaten Paul Morphy," I ex-' claimed, "you will hardly wish to waits time playing with me." But he was busy, putting the pieces into array, and paid no' heed to my words. Having arranged th men, he exchanged seats with Houdin and turned a coin to decide the move. It fell to me. ' The game began. Several spectator gathered about, some of whom, probably knew Moltke; bnt no comments were madej the habitues of Foure's were true chess It's M to M wlo will Is tie ill p resin M easy to aaie tie leaiii loiseforiier ii Pitts-. tirHEECS, THESE TERIIS- 923, 925, 927 E. F'fl .!' 4 ' M n ', isi j vl . a 9 Hl illllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllWMiBBiIMiIIIIIIIBBillllllMiMiillllH SySBjSRajFyB0S?wjSj""BJStMjS
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