JTHE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1901'.
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ALL RUN BY
ELECTRICITY
COLUMBIA COTTON MILLS AT
TRACT MUCH INTEREST.
Graphic Description of the Olympla
Mill, the Largest and Finest Es
tablishment of Its Class in the
World Negro Labor Not a Suc
cess Pennsylvania Skill Credited
with Installing the First of This
Electrically Driven Machinery.
Fpttl.il CnnopniiilpiHP ol The Tribune.
Columbus, S. C, March 1.'..
THK BUSINKSS Interests of Colum
bia arc In the hnnds today of pro
gressive men. Many northern capi
talists hnvn romp hero and allied
themselves and their Interests with
the younger up-to-date southern-born
business men. many nf whom are sons
of former Confederates, who, forget
ting past (inferences. Join hands with
their northern neighbors In developing
their city and surrounding country. In
manufacture. agriculture and com-,
tncrce. The board of trade, the cham
ber of commerce, the hoard of health
nnd the city councils ate made up of
this young blood, the a vera up ago bo
Ins US oars. From thin business ele
ment the hand of friendship and good
will Is ever extended to the now comer,
who Is received with old time south
ern hospitality. The two social clubs
comprise the best elements of the city,
and visitors for cither pleasure or In
formation will be cordially received,
loyally entertained and made to feel
jit home. We were especially Indobt
vd to the &eerotary-treasuror of the
-Merchants and Manufacturers' club,
William ('.1st minean. also to chairman
of city schools, A. V. Kundorlimt, and
lopreseiitutlvcs of the Columbia press,
for polite attention and valuable mem
oranda. T1IK COTTON INDUSTItY.
We submit the following concise sta
tistics pertaining to the cotton mill
industry hero, courteously 'given me
by Kdltor N. a. Conales, of thn State,
one of the three dally papers pub
lished In Columbia, and icgarded as
one of the brightest, ablest and best
paiiers In South Carolina. Ills stnte
liKiit has since been veiitled by the
.M.inufaottlieis' Hceord: Columbia Is
is the largest manufacturing city in
the south today. .She runs L'10,000 spin
dles to Augusta's ISO.000 and rhalotte's
TO.nrm. In ism she had but one cotton
mill. The Olympla Is the largest cot
ton mill in the United States under
one roof, with in 1,000 spindles and 2,400
looms. It makes print cloth only, and
cost $ I -,7ii,0(if). The Urnnhy has ii:,000
spindles and l.tioo looms and cost $000,
000. THH POYVKIt PUOBLKM.
Tile power problem Is by far. the
most Interesting feature of the cotton
nianufncturins industry in Columbia.
'' ' " I he use of electricity ns a
i "ower in cotton mills has here-
i ' ecu considered a luxury and
1 i 'coiiouilc reasons, impracticable;
but the results accomplished with the
fwo power plants here, ara simply mar
velous and are having an important
influence upon th utilization of water
powers elsewhere In the South.
The development of the Congaroo
water-power into electric power K
run the several cotton mill nnd other
establishments, is Introducing now
activity, find new social problems Into
the life of Columbia, and the South,
even the whole country and the world.
Is anxiously watching the experiment
ation with electricity as the coming
motive rower. This experimenting
commenced with the Columbia cloth
mill here about six years ago. And
that mill is about the first In the
world to have its machinery driven
directly by electricity. within the
last three years four other mills
through the enterprise of W. H. Smltb
Whaley, ;ind an eastern manufacturer
have been built and equipped with
electric motive power the Granny
the Palmetto, the Capital city and
the last, the palatial Olympla, the
finest mill in the world. Columbia
today is the most important center
for elect! Ically driven textile mills, in
the world. The results of her experi
ments have led to the ere.itlon of three
mills with electric power plants in
both Manchester, X. It. nnd I-owell
ami Holyoke, Mass. The Columbia,
duck mill, built In 1S95. consumes as
much cotton asj.'00,oni spindles can use
and cost fl.ll 0,1)00. The Richland has
2ti,000 spindles nnd "fiO looms. it
makes sheetings. Three other smaller
mills make sheetings. The Capital
city, built In ldOO, makes print cloth.
It has some 6,000 spindles. Has $100,000
capital. The Palmetto, built in 1S0S,
makes print cloth, has some 9,000
spindles, and represents ?100,000 capi
tal. The duck mills manufacture
overy kind of duck, tip to 110 Inches In
width. The total capital Invested in
the cotton (-pinning Industry In Col
umbia Is $4.7.10.000. Five mills are
run by electricity, the Columbia, Is the
first large mill run by electric power
In tho United States
The Columbia, Granby, and Palmet
to mills ate run by electric power
fiom a 10,000 horsc-pswor electric
plant owned and operated by the
Columbian canal company, a corpor
ation of Now Kngland capitalists that
talis the Congaree over. Tho
Olympla nnd Capital City mills are
operated by electricity generated by
Meiim, coupled right on the steam en
gine. The Richland mill Is run by steam.
The electric light system and also tho
Electric city railway, are run from
ihc surplus power of the Olympln.
These mills employ from 4,S0 to 5,000
'lauds, all whlto people. All this has
jicen accomplished since 1SD1,
The great electric powcr-houso with
ts eight huge turbines of 1,250 horse
jowcr each, (making In all, 10,000 hnrso
lower), Is one of tho sights of the
illy and tho South a veritable mccca
!or progressive mill men and mnnu
'acturers, a delegation of whom re
tently came from Now Kngland nnd
ithcr states north to see this novelty,
Jnusual Interest centers In this huge
mterprlse, as well as the Now Olynt
a, which la the creation of W, R.
ImltlMVhaley, to whoso memory
tther enterprises backed by Northern
tapltallsts, Columbia is greatly In
lehted. an uxjQurc an Mi.
Having viewed most of tho largo
otton mills In Now Kngland and tho
Corth, I feel warrantv.l m siylug the
)ympla. excels them all In size, elo
;anee and masslveness, with the
post advanced Ideas in construction
md equipment. Tho Olympla Is no
inslglitly brick barn, with no enn
'tnlences, but as handsome ns an
fllce building outside and furnished
ntlde far better than many hotels,
rt'h tuch plumbing and ventilation
ar arc Used In the finest modern city
buildings, In view of the unique
character of tho whole plant, a brief
description of Its principal features
based Upon personal observation, ns
well as data furnished tne by the
secretary of the Manufacturers club,
William CI. Duncan, nnd tho architect
nnd builder, Atr. Hmlth-Wliutcy, seems
appropriate, and may ho of Interest
especially to manufacturers.
Imagine a palatial work shop, tho
main building nf which Is 553 feet long
and l"il leet wide, with four stories
of eighteen feet In the clear; with two
li.igo clock and boll towers, beside
three two-story buildings In tho rear
adjoining the mill, 40x110 feet each
tor machine shops, engine room, boiler
room ,and also draft room 40x40. In
the engine room are three large
vertical engines with cylinders 20 and
45 Inches In diameter by 42 stroke,
each weighing 221,000 pounds, nnd
each with a fourteen foot My wheel,
that weigh (io.000 pounds. These en
gines with lfi." pounds pressure are
capable of furnishing 2,000 horse
power each, or 0,000 horse-power In
all which form the generating plant.
Kc.ch engine Is especially designed for
operating with electric generators.
The sliced Is IBS revolutions per
minute. The power plant, which Is the
chief feature of Interest In the mill,
J( Ins on to the center nf the mill In
the rear. In tho boiler room nre.
twelve vortical boilers of .'100 horse
power each. Theic are twenty-two,
lf.0 Jiorno-power motors used to apply
the'power through the mill. They are
suspended from the celling, below the
lloors on which the machinery Is
to be operated, the short belts run
ning through boles In the floors.
There are other and smaller motors
that drive tho pumps to feed the boil
ers, run the elevators, operate the
machinery in the machine shops, run
the hot. air fans In winter and the
it Id air fans In summer.
Draft Is secured artificially by tho
use of large fans. The absence of
belting and shafting is one of the
novelties of the Olympla. It is the
only mill In the country so construct,
eil. In fact, olectrlcty Is utilized at
every point as n labor savor. It carts
the ashes from the furnace, It. pumps
the water into the SOO.000 gallon reser
voir: anil also .supplies tho mill village
with pure spring water.
IDKAli SHOr CONDITIONS.
The floor of tho engine room Is of
mosaic concrete and marble. The
walls to a height of si: feet, nre
wainscoted with Georgia marble and
the celling Is of stamped steel nnd ab
solutely lire proof. A twenty ton,
three horse-power motor electric
crane, capable of handling any of tho
machinery, travels the entire length
of the engine room, thirty feet from
the floor. The switch board Is a very
elaborate one of Tremont marble
some ,17 feel long and about half the
length of the 120 foot engine room,
and from It all the thirty motors aro
controlled, each Independently from
tho others.
The machine shop Is of interest,
having a very complete equipment of
improved tools, so that almost any
thing in the shnpe of repairs or new
construction, can be made right at tho
mill. Peneatb the shop is tho heating
and ventilating plant.
The condensers 'and air pumps aro
located In the basement of the boiler
room, and the floor is cut away over
them. They consist of throe sets,
each of .1.P00 horse-power, this largo
capacity being necessitated by tho
high temperature of the water in
summer.
The mill Is equipped with a humidl
tler system: a lighting system of
3fi0 arc Kamps; combination freight,
and passenger elevators; and a clock
system, including a tower clock with
four electric dials, nnd twelve electric
ciocks. distributed through the mill,
all controlled by a master clock In
tho engine room, which also operates
the watchman-detective system. Mod
em sanitary plumbing, with mosaic
and marble work in tho closets anil
pas.-,enger elevators to carry the help
too and from the upper floors are
provided. The Olympla employs fif
teen hundred hands, all white, the ex
periment with colored help having
proved a failure. The product of the
mill Is filxM print cloth, ISSli inches
wide. Iho Olympla runs 104,000
spindles and 2,400 looms. Tho spindles
are the best AVoonsocket & Press com
pany manufacture, and the looms aro
the Improved Draper, 40-Inch pattern.
DOES IT PAY?
The question Is asked, will such a
palatial mill pay its stockholders?
air. Whnley, who is an expert archi
tect, builder, mlll-englnoer, and has
planned mills for different companies,
says It will. "The cost of running
this enormous plant and the other
plants here, electrically, Is less than
by steam," says he, "tho cost of re
pairs In the steam mill here, has been
twice as great as in tho electric mll.
though the latter Is much larger, and
because of the more uniform speed of
electric driven machinery It produces
four tier cent, more goods to the
machine."
As tho Olympla's maxlmlm con
sumption of power Is 3.000 horsepower
and the engines generate ti.OOO horse
power, tho excess Is disposed of to tho
uniiimum Kiectrlc Street Railway,
which niso iignts tne city,
A NKW KXCI.AND VILLAOK.
A unique feature here is the New
Kngland village connected with these
mills. This mill village, exclusive of
tho mill, cost $200,000, Tlio streets are
laid nut with double rows of shade
trees, The houses of the operatives
aro superior In character, and have all
tho modern improvements. Kvery sani
tary precaution is taken. A spe
cial hospital with free nursing and
free attendance Is provided, also, free
schools are specially conducted for
.the mill children, in order to Inter
est the operatives in church services,
President Whnley or tho management
offered tho villagers to support a
preacher and give $2,500 if any denom
ination would subscribe $2,500 addi
tional and build a $.1,000 church. This
offer was, accepted by the Kplscopal
church. In tho way of amusement for
tho operatives, free vaudeville enter
tainments several evenings each week
and freo Sunday concerts aro provid
ed by tho Kiectrlc railroad which Is
under the sumo control as tho mill
with a connecting lino nm Into tho
heart of tho vllluge. air, Whaley ex
peels with such opportunities and en
ircnmonts, to conimund tho best class
of operatives In tho market and thus
secure the, best results. The manu
facturers nnd owners of cotton mills
throughout the country are watching
this feature of tho experiment with
much Interest, as also the uso and
economy of electricity, as a motive
power.
CONGRATULATIONS.
Scrantnn, the Kiectrlc city, which
first made practical use of tho electric
railway In the United Slates will no
doubt be glad to congratulate Colum
bia, the Palmetto city, In having the
flntst and largest plant of up-to-date
cotton milts In the world and Upon
being the first to Introduce electricity
ns a motive power In these mills.
However, Honestlalo Justly claims
the credit of furnishing the mnstor
mcchnnlu In the person of Richard
Thlrsk, one of her citizens, who
while South in 1894 and 1W5, Installed"
the very machinery Into tho Columbia
Duck Mill, now electrically used, that
has made that Institution so fatuous
as the pioneer electric mill of tho
country.
Tlio National Elevator Works, of
Honcsdale, In which so much Scran
tcn.iapltat is Invested, and of which
Mr. Thlrsk Is now superintendent,
also claims the honor of being the
pioneer olevntor company in tho Unit
ed States, to equip Ihclr factory
throughout with electric motors for
the transmission of power, and that
too, within noo yards of the very spot
where the llrst locomotive that over
ran on the 'Ainerlcnn continent "Tho
Stourbridge l,lon," made that wonder
ful exhibition August S, 1S20
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BiiTTalo Bill
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T IS no wonder that people go more
or less daft over "Huffalo Hill."
It Is no wonder that we as a na
tion aro proud of him nnd greet him
with adulation and dollars whenever
ho comes our way. The writer of this
Is prepared to burn Incense nt his
shrine to the end of the chapter and
to look back with unusual pleaB
ure upon a chat with one who is dis
tinctly a representative product ot
America.
He didn't greet one of his humble
admirers yesterday with a war-whoop,
neither did he give an exhibition of
marksmanship hy shooting tho buttons
off the bell hoy at the Jepnyn. He
sat down nnd talked very mildly and
politely and didn't seem to have, nny
guns or swords immediately at hand.
Tho general public thinks of Colonel
Cody as the mujestlc llgure on a mag
nificent horse, the sweeping locks
falling upon massive shoulders, the
head bared, with a regal gesture, bo
for the applause of thousands, the
superb grace nnd dignity of one who
has done things in the world. It
thinks of him as tho great Indian
lighter, the brave soldier anil the man
who has perhaps received more at
tention and admiration from those of
lofty estate on this continent and
abroad than any other American. It
Is often most satisfactory to see peo
ple In professional life similar to that
of Buffalo Hill, at long range, but In
his case It'mny be a satisfaction to
know that ho is twice as interesting
at near acquaintance.
The first Impression one obtains Is
that of his entire simplicity. He is
not eloquent regarding his own deeds,
the marks of favor he has received
from those the world calls great, nor
of his successes. Got him started on
the subject of some of his heroes and
he waxes eloquent enough, but ho is
modest Indeed as to himself. One Is
not disenchanted at close range with
regard to,, his appearance. Those
who seldom sec him dismounted have
no idea of tho stately presence of this
man with his more than six feet of
stature and the nobly poised head on
shoulders as erect and square as if
they belonged to a soldier of twent
flve. His fine silky hair, although
touched with tho snows of years, curls
in boyish tendrils about his temples
and neck, nnd his eyes, so full and
kindly In their glance, have In them
the fire of youth. How many years
young he Is it Is unnecessary to tell,
but although he talks of age coming
the listener feels that he will never
be old.
He has tho fine, delicate complexion
of a woman despite the decades of
frontier exposure and his present
mode of outdoor life. If Colonel
Cody would allow his name, to be af
fixed to some cosmetic as being "tho
kind I always use," he would reap a
fortune beyond that annually rolled
up with the assistance of Indians and
Toddy's Rough Riders. Those who
think of him as the bluff buffalo
hunter, the Indian scout, whoso keen
eye it was impossible to elude, scarcely
reconcile with their tales of him tho
polished gentleman with the long,
slender hands and the ease and grace
of a patrician, the maimer of one
trained in kingly courts.
Yesterday he wore the brilliant
souvenir of a famous buffalo hunt of
nearly three decades ago, when he
rode like the whirlwind of fate over
the plains with the Grand Duke Alex
Is of Russia. Tho souvenirs of that
great chase are wonderful heads of
buffalo, blazing with diamonds and
worn ns sleeve buttons and scarf clasp.
They nre treasured as the gift of tho
Grand Duke, whose visit to this coun
try If recalled with pleasure by many.
Colonel Cody carries many other
marks of favor of monarchs and prin
ces, but none are more valued than
these splendid jewels.
Rut if you want to stir up Colonel
Cody's enthusiasm, simply mention the
name of General allies, that Is all is
needed. If the general were the pro
prietor of a great show, ho would not
require any other advance agent or
press manager than this devoted friend
and admirer.
"Why!" exclaimed the colonel, his
blue eyes (lashing like steel, "he Is tho
greatest general of them all. Thorn
was never anybody to compaie with
him, in somo respects. He lights with
his head; that's the way allies fights.
Whllo the other little fellows depend
on tnctlcs and numbers nnd bullets,
allies uses his brains, Why, that man
knows tho condition of overy horse
that overy soldier rides. Ho knows his
men and their equipment down to tho
finest detail. Ho knows which com
pany Is best fitted to go hero or to bo
sent there; and then ho knows tho
roads, every Inch of them. Ho can tell
which route Is best for tho artillery
nnd where tho cavalry can make fast
est progress. Ho knows which one to
pick out for tho Infantry and. then, ho
doesn't leave anything to chance.
"Tho scouts aro sent out here, there
and everywhere, and ho doesn't allow
his troops to bo surprised and cut up
In umbush.,No such blunders whom
allies is In command. I tell you," and
his voice rang out like a call to arms,
"I tell you there's a leader, and ho will
bo our next president. They' can't keep
him down. I haven't any kick against
this administration, It's all right, and
I tell you, too, that man Hanua Is a
smart fellow, He's all for aicKlnloy,
and it was for his Interest to keep
allies down. They've dono It, too, but
they can't keep on, doing It. Some of
the people In this country don't ap
preciate allies. They call him a parlor
soldier, but ho Is the greatest general
we have had In many a year, and ho
can endure hardships which most men
would shrink from, and It was to allies
that every Indian chief from Sitting
Bull down has had to surrender.
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"In that winter of ISTfi. after Custer
was killed, there vus a great cry that
the 1 1 oops must go home. The men
Mere worn out nnd exhauMed and they
didn't want to spend in. other winter
cut, for they couldn't endure It. Jlllrs
said, 'I will stay on the frontier with
my men,' nnd stay he did, with a little
iiimpnny of Infantry. It was a bitter,
oiucl winter, but he slept under neither
roof nor canvas when there weren't
roofs and canvas for his inon, nnd ho
endured frightful privations for mouths
without a complaint, aiore. than that,
he so planned an attack on a hostile
1 1 Iho which had been committing dep
redations In tho vicinity of the camp
that he suppressed an uprisal. cap
tured ."till horses and thus, before the
breaking of spring, had his men all
mounted, 'faddy Miles,' as bis sol
diers all love to call him, Is no car
ina knight, lie Is a man they would
go Into the jaws of death with, and
never murmur,
"lie has accomplished the most won
derful results with the Indians," con
tinued the colonel. "In that war of re
ligion, the ghost dances of lS'.lf), when
the Indians were maddened with the
fipnssy of fanaticism, tleueral allies
planned the campaign as a skillful
player plays a game of chess. Nothing
is so dlflleult to quell as a religious
war. but ho massed his men nt the
right points, r, to l, and checkmated
every move they made, and while It
was niu a nioouiesc victory, yet no
other could have wrought It out with
so little loss of life. General Miles,"
added the speaker, "Is tho most
humane, the most modest and tho
wisest military man nf the day,"
Ho then spnko of the letter bo had
Just written to the general regarding
tho hoped-for visit to the armory ball.
"I'm telling him," ho said significantly,
"that this Is a great .Miles' country up
hero and lm must bo sure to come."
When asked apropos of tho Indian
question whether Ceueral King Is cor
rect In his sarcaatlo commonts preva
lent in his novels regarding tho disad
vantage In which tho United States
army labors In Indian wurfaro becauso
of tho hampering orders dictated by
somo one In Washington unfamiliar
with the situation on tho frontier, Col
onel Cody admitted that there was
somo truth In the complaints. He
then told a characteristic oxperleuco of
his own where tho ollleer u command
had received orders from Washington
to refrain from ilrlng on tho Indiana
who had been killing whlto settlers un
til they began hostilities on tho troops,
"Huffalo nill" had lu tho moantimo
nsked for a detachment of six men
and a sergeant to do somo reconnolt
erlng. They had started off and tnumj
tho Indians red handed from a horrid
deed nf blood. They had shot seven
nnd routed tho remainder when tho
captain in charge camo up wringing
his hands in distress and walling that
ho should lose his commission for dis
obedience of orders.
Colonel Cody has only one swear
"The Atterbury System"
ricans Smart Clothes,
The high degree of perfection at
tained in our "Atterbury System" of
clothes making is the topic among good
dressers of this city.
They tell us it is a source of satis
faction to know that a system has been
perfected in Ready-to-Put-On Garments
that retain all the fashion and distinction
found in the custom tailor's best pro
ductions. We believe that these new ideas
and methods that govern the 'Atterbury
System" will interest you. All we want
is a chance to explain. May we have it
at your convenience ?
,
Leading Outfitters,
"The Atterbury System"
fleans Smart Clothes.
word, apparently. He doesn't use it
Indiscriminately, but in describing this
scene he grew a little excited and ro
mnrkeil: "'Look here, captain,' says
1. 'you didn't do It. You aren't to
blame. I'm the fellow, b'gosh! I'll
take all the responsibility. You just
write back to Washington that Huffalo
Hill and a few other fellows were off
on a bit of a trip and found tho In
dians killing and burning and pitched
Into em, b'gosh, and you and the troops
came up just in time to relieve us.'
Well he thought that was a great
Idea," chuckled the colonel, "and ho
wrote the message and sure enough ho
got n promotion for bravery and dis
cretion." "No, I'm about done," said Colonel
Cody In response to a question as to
his future plans, "I believe this is my
last trip. 1 don't mean to die a show
man. I want to leave some other
memory behind me the memory of
having done something for my fellow
man."
"lint you have done something," his
listener protested, "you have niado a
unique spot In the records of your
country. You have done much for the
younger generation lu an educational
way; you have shown tho world what
a brave man can be and do, and the
world loves a leader, one who can con
trol men, and do things, not merely
dream them."
"Do women like that, too'.'" ho said
wouderlngly. "I know men fool that
way. I know men will follow ouo lu
whom they have conildeneo Into tho
gateway of distinction, becauso they
realize that ho has left nothing to
chance; he lias planned for their pro
tection at overy point, but they loso
heart with ono who goes In Imp-hazard
and In whom they can't rely,"
Then ho continued: "I've picked out
tho place where I shall Ho one day,
beneath that marvelous western sky,
under tho sun and tlm stars, The
town of Cody Is my pot and my pride,
I have reclaimed It from tho desert, I
am planning to glvo comfort and hap
piness to a multitude of dwollers lu
what was once known as tho arid
lauds.
"Why, don't you know that beyond
tho Missouri river lies the richest half
of this country,' The earth Is teeming
with precious minerals, and now that
Irregatlou Is reclaiming tho waste
places It can bo mado a lieu veu. It
costs n or ;nr, an acre to fertilize farm
land in Pennsylvania. For that
amount you can buy forty acres of
land with perpetual water privileges
out there whero you have no master
but Cod and do not havo to pray for
rain, and whero no walking delegate
conies along ami tolls you to strike."
Incidentally, Colonel Cody paid a
high tribute to tho citizen soldier. "It
was not tho ollicors," he said, "who
won San Juan Hill. It was not even
Teddy Uoosovelt. brave as ho was and
patriotic, but it was tlio volunteer sol
dier, tho Individuality of tlio men, who
knew little of tactics and of military
CLOTHES.
Brothers,
traditions, but who saw some men on
top of that hill and got there and took
them."
With regard to the West Point affair,
the colonel expressed himself as great
ly pleased with tho stand taken by the
government. "I believe in trained sol
diers," ho declared, "but there Is no
need of training them to be bullies and
thugs. If there is any place where a
man needs to be kind nnd unselfish, it
is In the army. Discipline is all right,
but there Is no call for a boy to bo
brutal to another becauso the other
happens to bo a now boy."
Colonel Cody Is certainly a type or
something which Is swiftly passing
from our race and our country. Ho is
distinctly Western, for very early ho
was taken from Town to Kansas,
"bleeding Kansns," where the fiercest
stage of fight for free soli was In pro
gress, nnd It is a .singular fact that
his father was the llrst man to lay
down his life fitr the negro, as ho was
killed in one of the wild battles for a
free state In lS'ili.
While tho people go to his show and
look with Interest on his Indians and
his gallant cavalrymen, the greatest
attraction of all would bo lost If the
man so long known as "Hurfalo Hill"
did not himself ride at tho head of tho
milium, He is a unique llgiiro ami one
that tho world would miss If ho stepped
out of It forever, So, long may he II ve
to lause the heart of tlio sordid Ameri
can public throb a hit faster and may
ho finally realize the dream of his heart
and spend a peace fill, beautiful old ago
in that Ideal city of his building at the
gateway of Yellowstone Park.
GONE TO THE VERGE.
I'rom Hie IMrnit I'rrp l'ri'.
This young man was not so conlld
ing as ho was, and iis Ideas of friend
ship aro not so exalted. Yet he takes
It philosophically and Is willing to
place a heavy credit III favor of ex
perience, "I started In a small way," ho tolls,
"ami I had no Idea that my business
would expand rapidly. Hut I llnd a
good many leaks and drains. Of
courso. you know Jouos, Ho Is my
friend 'and knows about horses. So
when my one horse wont lamo I con
sulted him as being tho ono friend I
had who, l thought, could help mo out.
" 'Pretty bad shape,' he Mild as ho
looked the nag over. 'Need him oil
your delivery wagon, don't youV"
' I need him or some other horse and
asked Jones what I could got for the
lame one. He looked him over, fet
his legs, examined his eyes and teeth
and finally said that, being a friend of
mine, he'd give me $10 for the horse.
I took It. That same afternoon ho sold
tho bursa for $SU, a fact 1 learned about
a week laler,
" 'Now,' said Jones, 'I'm not tho man
to leave a friend in a scrape. I'll Just
rustlo around and find you unothcr
horse."
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Horner's Forniture,
"Wo bid for
tho following j
your patronage on
rounds:
1. Our stock represents tho pro
ductions of tho LEST MAKERS
ONLY, in addition to goods of our
own mnnufneturo.
U. Our assortinonts aro ns com
plete in tlm plain mid inexpensive
g ukIr ii:t"i to tlm modest home, us
in ihe inure cluborato nnd artistic
lines i.i. .led for tho more preten
tious, home or mansion.
:i. Our prices nro tlio lowest at
which furniture of standard quality,
and bearing tho stamp of stylo and
merit in its appearance, can bo ninnii
fnetured and sold.
All tlio lati'-t designs and finishes
in each mid every line, Ini'luding
tlio fublilouuhlo liidit woods mul
effects for summer hirnlihlng,
R. J. Horner & Co.,
rimilturu Maker mul Importcra
(51 -G5 W. 2:u St., Now York
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Before buying, send for catalogue.
H. 3. GORDON,
ijq pllth Ave,
New York" City,
" 'Thank you, but keep within a hun
dred. I can't afford to pay more.'
"Next morning my friend showed up
with a horse lie told me I could have
for $!$, though ho was really worth
more. Jlu was sound, gentle, 7 years
old, according to Jones.
"Ho had bought that horse for $G0.
Ho had spavin and ringbone, was kneo
sprung and 1U years niu. So Jones
had 'made $7S off me and left niu with
one of Hi'.' worst old crowbalts you over
saw. I'm i.ot saying much about It,
for Jones Is my friend, you Kpow. But
an old codger that buys croceriea from
mo says friendship ceases in horse
dicker."
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