EXPENSIVE WHIPS.
SOME COSTLY ARTICLES OWNED
BY WEALTHY DRIVERS. T"
"Whips That Must He Regarded More aa
Ornaments Than an Iuctrnments of Use
fulness for Urging- Sloir or Fractions
Animals A Vanderbllt Possession.
The Vanderbilt family owns a valua
ble whip. It was presented' to the late
W. H. Vanderbilt by the Jackson &
"Wooden Car company, of Berwick, Pa.
The design was made by Fritz Kalden
burg, the sculptor, at a cost of $3,000.
The whip and ivory stock, before any
carving was done, cost $600. It was seven
feet long. Above the stock the whip
was made of solid whalebone, then worth
three dollars per pound, now. scarce at
ten dollars. Over this solid whalebone
was the finest braiding of split tapered
whalebone ever attempted.
The braiding of the whip and making
of the snapper occupied one whole
month. The case for the whip cost $100.
The handle of the whip was of the purest
ivory, 21 inches long and li inches thick
at the butt end, which is an ornamental
capitol, from which a floral pattern ema
nates, emblamatic of power, truth and
perpetuity, which encircles four panels.
In each panel is a wonderful piece of
carving on one side a locomotive and a
train of cars; on the other a steamboat,
symbolizing the foundations of Cornelius
Vanderbilt's great achievements.
On the third and fourth panels are the
achievements of W. H. Vanderbilt's
genius, the Grand Central railroad de
pot on one and on the other himself in a
buggy driving his celebrated fast horses
on the road. Uu the end of the handle
are two-portrait busts in high relief of
Cornelius and W. H. Vanderbilt, father
and son. This whip is sacredly kept in
a glass case among the art treasures of
the Vanderbilt gallery, and in future
generations will bo treasured as a work
of art, even though it is simply a whip.
Jim Fisk had a driving whip covered
with silk thread, heavy carved ivory
handle, handsomely engraved, gold
UUIUlbUlgE), H1LU 1110 Uwllci B UttKHe ID
diamonds. Tho Whip, with its velvet
lined case, cost $600. W. K. Vanderbilt
has a fine whip,, costing $330. .
SOME FAMOUS WHIPS.
Jay Gould has a whip, made for him
twenty years ago, at a cost of $100. He
has had it repaired only once.
Mr. Hammond, of the Murray Hill
hotel, New York, had a whip worth $75,
and Harry Hill, the famous New Yorker;
had one worth $30.
Hon. Arthur Siedler, of Morristown,
N. J., has an ivory handled whip, beauti
fully mounted with silver. On the iv6ry
is carved his monogram. The whip cost
several hundred dollars.
The late Theodore Stewart, of JTew
York, had a whip that cost him $300.
Pierre Lorillard, of New York, has a
fine whip, with a handle of ivory, richly
carved and encircled by twining leaves
of tobacco, into which his monogram is
deftly carved. It was presented to Mr.
Lorillard by friends, and is valued at
$500.
, ,v,It is quite a fad with ladies Who ride
to have a couple of fine gold mounted
whips, tied with their favorite color of
ribbon and laid in t ha form of an X on
their beds.. '
Many thousands of dollars is expended
very year in fine driving whips, costing
from $25 to $100, as presents to promi
nent men in clubs, societies, railroad
and steamship companies, etc. Fine
whips share witli the gold headed canes
in "their use as gifts. As nearly every
gentleman keeps a fine horse, he must
needs have a fine whip.
For female riders, a large variety, is
made.
As the country grows more densely
populated, and richer and finer goods
become a larger part of regular trade,
new and novel designs are continually
brought out by manufacturers.
THREE KINDS OF WHIPS.
There are three kinds of whips the
straight or buggy whip, the lash whip,
and, for riding, the English crop. The
crop is a handsomely mounted, short,
straight stick, with a flat leather thong
at the end, into which may or may not
be fastened a lash.
America leads the world in whips, and
the Englishmen have found this out long
ago. A year ago a number of noblemen
ent a man over here to pick out some
whips. Now, the American whip is a
straight whip, while the English, French
and German whips are all lash whips.
A New York lady has a driving whip
-which she values at $5,000. In the stock
of the whip are forty-seven diamonds.
One of the costliest whips eves made
in this country was made in Conneticut
for a Frenchman. It was paid for by an.
American and cost $1,500. . The stock
was carved ivory, gold and jewels. The
whip itself was . whalebone, braided
with tapering whalebone thread. It
took two weeks to braid the whip.
A farmer living near New York has a
whip over 100 years old. He bought it
at a country auction for thirty-six dol
lars. He has been offered 1 00 for it su
a curiosity. lie refused it. It is a very
thick, heavy ivory, clumsily turned stock.
The ivory alone ia worth twenty-five dol
lars, and is a beautiful piece.
A whip dealer in New York has a very 1
old whip stock that has carried off prizes
in London and Paris, and will be on ex
hibition at the World's 'fair in Chicago.
It was made in 1762.
Bismarck and the German emperor
have their whips made in this country.
Many costly whips are made here for
English and French actors', who take
them home to present to friends. Most
of the swell guardsmen in England who
drive tandem send here for their whips.
National Harness Review. .
H Made Boom.
Lady Mallard was rather fond " of
crowding her dinner table. Once when
the company was already tightly packed,
an tin expect d guest arrived, and she
instantly gave her imperative orders:
"ImttrelL make room!"
"It most certainly be made," he an
iweied, "for it does not exist." All the
'Tear Bound.
I . A Swell Boston SUoe maker.
For several years there has been a col
ored ' shoemaker on School street. He
has owned his little shop, which is big
enough for about four people to stand in
without noticeable discomfort. -He is a
good looking young fellow, and there isn't
anything remarkable about him at first
sight. He has a very good trade for a
small place, and his income is sufficient
to enable him to live comfortably. . If
you go into his shop any time of the day
between 7 o'clock in the morning and 5
o'clock in the afternoon yon will find him
seated on a little stool with a leather
apron on. His sleeves will be rolled np,
and he will be pegging away for dear
life. .' .
If you go into the place at 5 o'clock
and wait a few minutes, yon will pres
ently behold as novel a spectacle as may
be witnessed in the city anywhere. You
will see that a gorgeous light overcoat
has been hanging on a peg in the wall
in a corner of the shop, and that a pair
of flashing patent leather shoes have
been reposing in. the same corner on . the
floor, and that near by a big silver
knobbed walking' stick has been stand
ing, while on a little shelf has been rest
ing a glossy silk hat. When this young
man's work is done in the evening he
doffs his leather apron and attires him
self in his swell apparel. . -
He may be seen on Washington street
in the. neighborhood of the Adams House
an hour later, silk hat, patent leathers,
spring overcoat, silver knobbed cane and
alL He goes to his shop in this dress in
the morning and leaves it similarly gar
mented in the evening. He moves in
the swellest colored society of - the city,
and is looked on by bis acquaintances as
a person of quality. Yet he makes no
disguise of his business. Boston Cor.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. -'
- A llival of tbe Tosemlte.
. In the' vast Sierra wilderness far to the
southward of the famous Yosemite val
ley there is a yet grander valley of the
same kind. It is situated on the South
Fork of King's river, above the most ex
tensive groves and forests of the giant
sequoia and beneath the shadows of the
highest mountains in the range, where
the canyons are deepest and the snow
laden peaks are crowded most closely
together. It is called the Big King's
River canyon or King's River Yosemite,
and is reached by way of Visalia, the
.nearest point on the Southern Pacific
railroad, from which the distance is
about forty-five miles, or by the Kear
sarge pass from the east side of the
range. .
It is about ten miles long, half a mile
wide and the stupendous rocks of pur
plish gra'y granite that form the walls
are from 2,500 to 5,000 feet in height,
while the depth of the valley below the
general surface of the mountain mass
from which it has been carved is consid
erably more than a mile. Thus it ap
pears that this new Yosemite is longer
and deeper, and lies imbedded in grander
mountains than the well known Yosem
ite of the Merced. Their general char
acters, however, are wonderfully alike,
and they bear the same relationship to
the fountains of the ancient glaciers
above them. John Muir in Century.
How Ancient Builders Built. '
The builders of Babel built well. Tra
dition relates that it was only a confu
sion of tongues that checked their aspi
ration. There can be no doubt that the
fonndations of the celebrated tower that
was designed by its architect to reach
"heaven" were of the broadest and heav
iest sort; let ns say vast walls of the
most solid granite, bound and knit to
gether by that most excellent insoluble
cement that is one of the lost arts to
modern constructionists. Yet if latter
day engineers be not . hopelessly in error
with concern to the conclusions they
have drawn as respects ancient ma
sonry from the -ruins of ancient struc
tures, ancient builders counted only on
the law of gravitation, which they knew
in an empiric way, for the safety of the
works they wrought.. The projector of
the Nagron-Wat, whose walls and roof
might have sheltered a St. Peter's and a
St. Paul's and still have had room for a
building like the Equitable in Broadway
within its vast inclosures,-' would never
dream of setting his masons to begin the
laying of his walls say at about fifty feet
from the ground. Harper's Weekly.
Her Views.
; Charlie B is a board of trade man.
His wife has ideas of her own.
A few days ago she told Charlie at
dinner: :-. , . .
"Reciprocity is a great thing."
f When did you find that out?" asked
Charlie. . ,
"A lady stepped on my dress today and
never offered a word of apology."
"Of. course no," chuckled Charlie.
. "But Bhe smiled." ' '"
; "Ohr . " . - .
. ; "Then I smiled. Yon' see that smile
produced a smile in return." .
"A man would have smiled, too, nnder
the circumstances." remarked Charlie. ;
"That was. reciprocity," said Mrs
Charlie, ignoring the remark.
"Almost as satisfactory as if you had
slapped each other."
And she answered in a dreamy voice:
"Almost." Detroit Free Press. .
Feminine Superstition.
The elevator .in one of the big news
paper offices was filled with men. One
woman, fashionably- dressed, was a pas
senger. - Next her stood, a hunchback
an aged man, neatly dressed and shrink
ing as far asossible out of notice. The
woman looked at him with a thoughtful
air as if weighing vast possibilities. Sud
denly she leaned over and with the tip
of her white gloved finger daintily
touched the hump of her neighbor.
"What was that for?" one man asked
another -in an undertone. "Dont yon
know? For luck," was the answer.
"Touch a hunchback and bring good
fortune, is one of woman's pet supersti
tions." New York World.
At the present day the Persians call
asafcetida "the food of the gods," the
Russians delight in caviare and the
Eskimo in train oil.
FOOLED BY" MOSBY.'
The Confederate Guerilla Got the' Federal
' Password and Made a Raid.
"The man with the coolest nerve 1
ever- met," said Colonel A. E. Seifert,
who was in a reminiscent mood, "was
Colonel John S. Mosby. I was a' high
private at Harper's Ferry when .that
place was captured by Stonewall Jack
eon in 1862. . After waiting for some time
for our exchange we were ordered down
to Fairfax Court House, Va., where we
were on the lookout for Mosby. "
"One - cold, clear night in February,
1863, I was on picket duty on the War
ren ton road. I had post two.. I was
walking my post almost on the double
quick, trying to keep warm, when I
heard a troop of cavalry coming down
the Warrenton road at a quick trot.
They were stopped by the man on post
one all right, and then came down on my
post. ; When they came close enough to
me I halted them.
" 'Friends with the counterign,' was
the answer to my challenge.
'One man dismount and advance
with the countersign,' was my next com
mand! '
"A well dressed officer dismounted
and advanced to the point of my bayo
net and gave the countersign 'Jamaica.'
" 'Countersign . correct.' I shouted.
Pass on.
"There were about three hundred of
them: a motley crew in appearance, but
they were a jolly lot, singing, talking
and laughing. They passed on, and in
due time I was relieved and soon was
sound asleep.
"Early the next morning the seargeht
of the guard roused me up and told me
1 was wanted at headquarters. In
charge of an orderly I went. ' When' I
got there the man who was on post One
.was ahead of me. He was ushered into
the presence of General Alexander
Hayes, our commanding officer, and
wiien he came out I went in.
" 'You had post two at last night?
demanded the general.
' " 'I had, sir." .
; " 'Tell me about the troop of cavalry
that pasaed your post.'
"I told him what had happened. '
" 'Well, he said grimly,, 'you did it,'
and he dismissed me.
"I discovered pretty soon that the men
I had passed were Mosby "s command,
with Mosby at their head. They had
ridden through the entire camp, taken
the tent of one of the general officers,
mounted it on a mule and escaped with
it to the Confederate lines. '.
"How did he get the password? We
found out that afterward. At one of
the outposts was the rawest kind of a
raw recrnit. While he was on picket
duty a man dressed in a captain's nni
form. with the red sash of tho officer of
tbe day -across his breast, approached
him. He challenged and the officer re
eponded. -
'Officer of the day with the" counter
sign.' '."''' ..;
'Advance and give the countersign-.'
"The officer advanced and gave a word
which was not the correct one. ,; ' .
" "That's not right,' said the sentinel,
and you can't pass.' "
"After considerable wrangling,, the
.fficer insisted that his word was right,
he exclaimed angrily, 'What word bare
youfcot? The man said, 'The sergeant
of the guard gave me the word, "Ja
maica," and nobody can pass without it.'
"The officer was no other than Mosby
himself. He had all he wanted, and,
waiting for night, got his' men together
and made the successful raid. .
. ','For codl uerveit beat anything. I
ever heard of." New York Herald.
. The Best Joke.
As I was leaving Pittsburg I was ap
proached by a young man who, after
giving me his card, thanked me most
earnestly for my lecture of last night; in
fact, he nearly embraced me.
"I never enjoyed myself so much in
my life," he said.
I grasped his hand. .
"I am glad," I replied, "that, my hum
ble effort pleased yon so much. Nothing
is more gratifying to a . lecturer than to
know he has afforded pleasure -to his
audience."
"Yes," he said, "it . gave me immense
pleasure. .Yon see, I am engaged to be
married to a girl in town. All her family
went to your show, and I had the girl
at home all to myself. Oh! I had such a
good time! . Thank you so much! Do
lecture here again soon."
And after wishing me a pleasant jour
ney he left. .1 was glad to know I left
at least one friend and admirer behind
me in Pittsburg. Max O'Rell..
' A Little tike an-Insnlt. .
"See many of my paragraphs or stories
in the exchanges?" asked the funny man
of the exchange editor. .
"Haven't poticed," returned the 1 ex
change editor! 'Tve seen a good many
things credited to the paper, but haven't
looked - to see whether they rwere
dog 'fights,' weather items or some of
your gems. Want me to cut yours out
and lay 'em aside for you?" .
"Oh, no; I wouldn't put you to so
much trouble," jsaid the funny man. -,
"No trouble at all." asserted the ex
change editor..
- The funny man went back to his desk,
thought over the matter for a minute
and then threw a paperweight at the ex
change editor. Chicago Tribune.
Gloves Mot Made of Bat Skins. '
it has often been said that the glove
makers of Paris make use in their trade
of the skins of rats which are caught in
the sewers, but this is denied. Certainly
the material would not 1 strong enough
to successfully counterfeit the kid, unless
it Were for the thumb parts only, which
are generally of a thinner and different
kind of leather from the rest. Sugges
tion has been made that a trade might
be opened with the Chinese for the skins
of the rats which they eat. Washington
Star. - '
Smoke is finding its champions in Eng
land, notwithstanding the efforts made
to prevent its diffusion in the atmosphere.
It is claimed that the carbon in the smoke
la a powerful deodorizer, and as such is
tv blessing rather than a nuisance.
A Question for 'English Lswrcrs.
A correspondent raises' the question
whether a retired judge can practice ' at
the bar, and goes on to say: "The point
is an interesting one, and if report
speaks truly it is not unlikely to be
raised by the action of Mr.' justice
Hawkins, who, on his' retirement next
month, it is said, will resume his old
role of advocate.. There is no precedent
for an English judge appearing again
at the bar after retirement, but it is not
an uncommon thing for an TnrK-n or
colonial judge to resume practice when
he has left the bench. These officials,
however, are in an entirely different
position to their English brethren, and
their example counts for very little!
"The absence of an English precedent
is much more to the purpose, and it
would probably be considered conclusive
by the bar committee if not by the
judges-before whom the question might
be raised. Anyway, it would be decid
edly unfair for a judge who had received
a handsome pension to enter into compe
tition with his. struggling professional
brethren who had yet a career to make,
to say nothing of the awkwardness of
the situation which would be created."
Yorkshire (England) Post.
' The Ailanthas Tree. '
The' first ailanthus trees grown in
America were brought from tbe far east
and planted in the garden of Burns' cof
fee house on lower Broadway, opposite
Bowling green, New York. They were
much admired by the New York beaux
and belles of seventy-five- years ago,
from which the conclusion is drawn that
fashions . in odors also change. Ex
change. Surveyors at work on the Gila river
in New Mexico claim that they have dis
covered a mountain of pure alum a mile
square at the base and 3.000 feet high.
1 1 I
A :::v;shalf tho Amei:"au .jHrople yd there is
o-.ily o;io preparation of S.-insnparinu i'uat nets on
the liawvU and readies this iinimr'uint trouble,
and tbat is Joy's Vegetable CarkapariHa.' It re
lieves it in 21 hours, and uu orcasioiinl doso
prevents return. -Vc refer by iierinissiou to C. E.
Eltii:toiii.l25 Locust Avenue, San Francisco;
J. II. Urotrii, retaluma;-!!. S. Wiuu, Geary Court,
Ban riauciseo, uud hundreds cf others wbohnvo
used it In constipation. Onelcttcris asamploot
hundreds. Elkingtoii, writes: '-I have been foi
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa
tion. Have been po bad tor a year back havo
had to take a physic every other night or else I
would have a headache. After taking one bottle
of J. V. 8., I am In splendid shape.. It has done
wonderful things for me. , . People similarly
troubled should try ii and be convinced."
Joy
-Vegetable
w 'sarsaparilla
Most modem, .iu w eKectin:, .lurgest bottle.
Same puce, II.Oj. sU ft.r iOu.
For Sale by SNIPES &, KINERSLY
THE DALLES. OREGON.
PEOPLE
Say the S. B.' Cough Cure is the best
thing they ever saw. We are not
flattered for we known Real Merit will
Win. All we ask is an honest tiial.
For sale by all druggists. .
S. B. Medicine Mfg. Co.,
." .' '' Dufnr, Oregon.
A Severe Law.
The English peo
ple look more closely
to the genuineness
of these staples than
wc do. . In fact, tbey
have a law under
s' which they make
seizures and de
stroy .adulterated
products ' that ere
not what tbey are represented to be. Under
fctHtute thousands of pounds of tea have
bcox burned because of their wholesale ad ul
tonitlon. ,
; Tea, by the way, is one of the most notori-
O'f.'y- adulterated articles of commerce. Kot
H.'occ ore the bright, shiny reeu teas artifl
rj;ii;y colored, but thnu'aiids of pounds' of
':):! t:t for tea leaves are nted to r well
tlie'bali of chi-ap tea ; ash, Hloe, and willow
li-Kvrs hc::iat (hose xd.Os.1 commonly used.
'.-Aali, t weepings from tea warehouses cro
. colored and nc'M as tea. Even exhattci tea
leaves gaihoted from (he tca-honses are kept,
- dried, and madooversnd find their way into
, tbe cheap teas.
The Ent;-"h jjorrrr.ment at'-ouipu tosinmp
t hi out by rouiiti-.u; tut no tea is too
ponr f - r u', and the result i, that probubly
. t!e j. K.ro-t tca used by auy nation are those
.iu:isumf d in Arueri-u. '
idea's Tea is presented with the guar
au:y thui it is uncolored and unadulterated;
In fact, the snn-cmed lea leaf pare and sim
I'.e. l.s purity i!...ir.a f.T.persqr strength, .
:Ki;t one third Jeas oi' it being required for
- aa infusion than. of tlrna tlfli iiJ teas, fjid its
- fragrance and erquiil.e uvor is at once ap
parent. It will be a revelation to yon.,' In
order that its purity and quality maybe gaar-
. anteed, it is sold only In pound packages '
bearing this trade-mark: . -
'Pure As -Childhood
.1 IfTJH
BEAL MERIT
Price Oo per pound. For sale at
Zjeslie Sutler's,
THE DAILES, OEEGON.
Still on Deek.
Phoenix Like has Arisen
From the' Ashes!
JAMES WHITE,
The Restauranteur Has Opened the
Baldmin - Hestaarant
- 'ON MAIN STREET
Where he will be glad to see any and all
''':' . of his old patrons.'
Open day and Night. First class meals
twenty-five cents..
YOUR flTTEflTIOIj
: la called to the act that
Hagh Glenn,
Dealer in Glass, Lime, Plaster, Cement
and Building Material of all kinds.
Carries the Finest Line of
Picture -
To be found in the City.
72 UClashington- Stireet
ANEW
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to our business a
complete Undertaking .Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
the Undertakers' Trust our prices will
be low accordingly. :
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank. ,
Undertaking E !
: DEALERS 18:
staple ana
Hay, Grain
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
ffeu; o. Qplumbia jotel,
THE DATiT.FiS, OREGON.
Best Dollar a Day House on the Coast!
First-Class Meals, 25 Cents.
First Class Hotel in Every Respect. . . ,
None but the Best of White Help Employed.
T. T. Nicholas, Pvop.
Washington JOftb Dcill6Sy Washington
SITUATED AT THE
Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center in
the Inland Empire.
r For Further Information Call at tho Office of . "
Interstate Investment Go.,
JOHN PASHEK,
1 - Tailor,
.'.'.Next-door to Wasco Sun.
Madison's Latest Syetem used in cutting
garments, and a fit guaranteed
:- each time.
Hepaiping and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
R. B. HOOD,
Livery, Feed and Sale
Horses Bought and Sold on
Commission and Money
JlavancedxtTi Horses
Left for Sale. .
OFFICE OF
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Line.
Stape Leaves The Dalles Every Mornine
at 7:30 and Goldendale at 7:30. All
freight must be left at K. B.
Hood's office the eve
ning before.
R. B. HOOD, Proprietor.
Opposite old Stand. The Dalles, Or.
THE
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
Elegant Steamer
Will leave the foot of Court Street
every morning at 7 -A. M.
. for ' - '.'
Portland and Way Points
Connections Will be Made with the
Fast Steamer
MliliES CITY,
-At the Foot of the Cascade Locks.
For Passenger or Freight Rates, Apply
. to Agent, or Purser on Board. '
Office northeast corner of Court and Main street
NOTICE.
R. E. French has for sale a number of
improved ranches and unimproVel
lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood
in Sherman county. They will be sold
very cheap and . on reasonable terms.
Mr. French, can locate settlers on some
good unsettled claims in the same neigh jf '
borhood. His address is Grass Valley,
Sherman county, Oregon.
vis,
and Feed.
Court Streets, The Daiies.Oregon
HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
Best Selling Property of
the Season In the North
west. ;
p. d. taylor;the dalles.
72 WASHINGTON ST., PORTLAND.