, 1881-09-23

the estrIous winding form of this closely
Iyackett double coluMn, Its actual length wits
more than twice that III tho distance III n
tlirect ]Fnc which wis covered. As tho
crnwls continued to arrlyc. ttoy rtter took
their places At tho ettl Ut tho line as 1t moved
slowly along, or fnrnlctt part of tho great
multitude ot ol,loDkers wllo, I'll account Df
the great length Of the line, had tlespaircI of |
cllteringit.
rr WAS 4 MOTLEY TItlloSu.
Moro than ilalf Df tuse. wlia stool here for
llours hnl r.Mchcd tho Capitol by si"w.
sllufllfng steps over thu asphalt were black. |
There werc n!cn. won.ell, children, and In. |
fnnts III nrms. the iMftrm aud agrd crtpplcs
fro,n thu Wur, so1,,u Of thcn wearing batlres |
nf service, and latics IN Swiss muslin dresses.
alh young girls III pretty costumes, atUnR
Will, ragged street Mrct1ns ard Il few tranips.
Tile weak nnl crippled Md dark!es in wlsaso
faces reverence and awe were expressed,
inbblcsl on crutcfles md caMcs with
difficulty up tlla l'rond marble steps.
Tie sight nf ltleEr si,tcere mourning WIS
pathetic. There wns iiO lcvity, ant but little
conversation as tho patient linz dragged Its
slow length nong. 1'l'nso who rarly In tho
morning stdtted at the extremity of the line
did not reacl, tho rotuntia niati1
THREE wEAltY ltDuiss Latch,
at,l yet they moved along up the steps Of The
Capitol ut the rute Uf U,U00 persons an hour,
mud this was continued from very carly I'll
tho morning NIL through the hot day. LII the
evening thers was but little d'Mlnuti0n III tic
,ll,mbors. nnd even ut midnight pcupiu coil-
tinueti to piss through. Surely not less than
lD0.o00 pcoplo will hayc passed through the
rotnntla aud passed the dead body Of tio late
President I'll the twcnty-f0ur hours ending
| at midnight. There were great many boys,
| white and black. fl tho line, who tempered
their dole with u fine commercial instinct.
asld did Il lucrative business with tic place
hunters who sto0. without thu line.
These boys entered ut tho foot, If
they were unable to steal p1aco midway,
! ulld when n pUssible customer WIS GsptGH
| THE POSITION wAY OFFERED 1tIN Fon Is
OFT I CENTS,
according to Its nenrness to tho Capitol.
Money handed. Tho boys scampcrcd to the
foot Of the line, n1ld worked along far cnong1.
in half an hours tino to Inake their places
again marketable. When tho folds Of the
serpentnu column came near together ut oilc
| Or two points there were collisions which the
police at tlues were almost powerless 10
control. Twice Or three times people broke
ll5ElF plHcE Ill UUE phlk VI A44E w ~
weak plnce III the column running almost
parallel but in tic opposi1 direction. III
omu instance two old women had quite
tuss|u over tho effort Of one OF
them to fnrce 1Ier way into thu column ahead
OF the. other, who 1lah already been nearly
two hours working UP to tic pluce she pos
| sesscd. Next to the wonderful patience Of
these people, their pain ut the sight OF thu
| dead Presidents fnce was most touching.
| and hardly without exception cries of dis
tress wero uttered By the thousands who
passed. Not q few Of them regretted the
haunting spectacle. Some, OIL tho contrary,
fingered, drawn by II strange fascination,
searching In the shsiveled fentures Of lilo
dead mai, fur sotlo token Of that nobility
which marked them til life.
DUittSti THE FORENOON
u double tite of people passed through the
rotuntia. Afterwards It wis doubled ut the
steps Of the Capitol. 50 tint, four abreast,
they cntere'l tho rotuntla. On the west
porch many fingered In the halls and cort['
| dors, nild the porccs were tllronged nil day
long. Many took their positions high up In
the galleries Of the dome to view tho scene
, As the file Of people passed the catafalq,te
the line WIS still preserved by tle t1owcrs
, | wl!icl, were arranged along tho fool
Of the rottlda to the extt. Al
J | either enu was q wreath OF IVY
There WIS large column of whlte roses,
, upon which white dove was mounted. a
beautiful representation ut "Tl!e Gates
| | Ajar" was n,ade Ut roscbuds and smtax,
, and there were besides crown Of white
j | flowers md pillow of white rnses, upon wlicl
T III letters Of y1olots were tte words "Oa
!. Martyr President" At night the rostIl.
J la and dome were again lighted, and unti