Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-10-27
AT TIE EXPOSITION.
Bin Nye Visits tho Great North
western Show.
How Fl" Made for His Umbrellas and Em-
barrasSed "a Young Lady by HIS
Radiant Smi'e--A Poor At
tempt mt Identification.
nam Nre. IN BOSTON alohel

1t is great triumph Of mind over mat
ter.
There. on the east bank Of the grea.
parent Of waters bv which term L wcult
imply the Mississippi river. and near to
and overlooking Celenei St. Anthony's
Justly celebrated falls, stan Is n building
costing 1859 H01. full of the produces OF
every cline, and all prepared in eighty,
three days. II filed me with won Ter, as
II must any one who views II thou yhtfully
an1 from purely bipartisan point OF
view.
Less than three months ago, where ths
morning sun rose reluctantly over the
ellns Of the east side and lookei down
upon several acres o. unimproved real
estate. and broad sweep of wet saw
logs, necksd with -co'ored boys
wear:ne nothing but an air Of defiance for
the police, now a magnificent luilding
faces the turbulent tide, and people from
the four quarters of the globe josle each
other to the weird music OF the Mexican
banl, while ever and anon a large and ex-
pensive fountain is dreamily squirting it's
Rhythmic squirt.
Every where science an | art are visi-
be. Here in the new West, where Min
ME Haha but few fleeing years ago
strained maple sirup through a pillow
sham, The. ptle-face waaders through
acres of beautiful anil u esul articl ., tho
OF 'pring, l may say, of t;relcss hands
and throbbing brains al over the uni
verse.
Here where the warrior wooe1 his ma
hogany mate, and the panpoose seemed
INDIGENOUS to the soil. people from Farther
lndia AMI r in Prairie, Wis, come to
AZ.
lean band and stab their umhr .llas into
the old masters.
large policeman at the door of the art
gallery, in harsh tones, requested me to
deposit my umbrella with young wom-
an. l did II; for resnect a p'liceman
wherever meet him. me of then are
strangers to ma, but thcy are generally
men whose advice it is we'll to heed. Hat
il not been for these men do not know.
where I would have been to-day-thou-
sands of mics from here, perhaps.
He told me afterward that he had 10
stop people from carrying their canes and
umbrellas in the art department because
thoughtless visitors now and then iabbed
hole il an $4,000 painting, AMI it de-.
laycd the exposition, when they had 10
wait for Minneapolis artist to paint an
other onN He also stated that excited
people pnled the statuary with their
canes anil knocked off the drapery.
SO loft nv umbrella at the check room,
for ill not wish TO delay the exhibit
while new overcoats were being prepared
for the revised statues.
When l came back the young woman took
my check, and as my radiant smile burst
upon her and lit up that part of the build
ing, she became embarrassed, dropped tho
check on the floor, where II mingled with
the redeemed checks, AMI when asked
for my umbrella, she oked at me with
eyes like a startled codf III AMI murmured:
"What umbrella:"
Time was gliding swiftly by and I
wanted to see some other things leside
the umbrella exhibit, so got over the
counter to show her which one was mine,
To jump over u counter Is but the work of
moment with me. l em tall, athletic nAd
easv in my movements, so l got over
readily.
1t seemel to surprise her and startle
her. learned afterward that it was nos
Gus omary to climb over the counter in
order to identify goods.
But she would not give UP the umbrella.
She wanted it herself, no doubt. do no.
blame her, for il is a good one, AMI has
the name of James Whitcomb Riley en-
gravel en- the silver plate OF the handle.
That is the way identify IT.
She wanted me to identify myself.
thought of showing her my pass to the
exposition. but decid not to do so be-
cause wen. in ON another mans pass, so
told her that IL sho would seni male
attendant with me to an adjoining room
would demon strate to the practical eve by
certain embroidered hierog lyphics on nv
linen that was the man passed myself
off for.
A Young man who is an attache of tho
building accompanied me.
i succeeded in convincing him that my
linen was marked Amos J. Walker, In
d:anapolis. Ind.
did not again dem1nl the umbrella.
II has only been about two years since
began to con form to this um mbrella habit,
snl TO revel in It's false joys, and know
that was happier and more contented
when did n 1t wear one than have ever
lecn siDce.
Some would have lost their tempers but
/ did not. 1 was a perfect gentleman
thr u ,hout. thought succeeded in con-
Vinc;ng the most sceptical that, no matter.
how signally the young lady may have
falled in that respect, was a gentleman.
thought SO, at least, until / was going
through the hardware exhibit about an
hour later, when / heard spectator say
TO the owner of the hardware:
"Here comes the party that Is claiming
to be Bill Nye. the bumorsome writer, and
just tried TO nip an umbrella that belongs
TO j. w. Rils y. Watch your cook stoves
and keep Your eye ON the hot air fu naces
till he goes away
]. seems to me that wealth certainly
brings with IL degree of care and respon-
silility and heertache that poorly recon-
penses enc for the long, hari struggle.
And how much Of comfort, too, we yield
In cur mad efforts to arpear well in So
tiey. Had sill clung to my simpls
ways, instead OF aping the wealthy and
s.raining every nerve 10 wear al umbrella
far ahove my station how much happier i
might have been.
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