The Progress., 1893-11-04

barrel of money with his Wild West show
At the Worlds fair. He has given there all
summer, two performances every day, by
! far the best show of the sort the world ever
| saw. His congress of rough riders brought
| together characteristic horsemen from all
parts of the earth, and it was Il spectacle
which even ChiCagOanS, though Surfeited
with triumphs, were proud to take their
friends to see
Unfortunately for Colonel Cody (and
this is another interesting bit of gossip. he
does not own the show. He has a small
interest in it, but Colonel Nate Salisbury
and Colonel Burke are the real proprietors
of the Buffalo Bill establishment. All
three are well known in Washington and
/ have many friends here among public men
! of the highest station. Buffalo Bill never
has any difficulty in securing the consent
| of the Indian Office for the employment of
wards of the nation for his performances.
| IL is well understood that he always treats
his Indians as good Indian should be
treated, and he knows how to manage
/ them to keep them from falling into the
ways of vice to which they are so prone.
Royal Entertainer.
/ More thaIE fae Washington statesman
| has been entertained at Colonel Cody's
ranch at North Platte, Neb. Out in that
/ country Colonel Cody regns as prince.
/ When he is in hard luck financially, every
rancher in that region wants to lend him
/ money When Colonel Cody is playing in
/ big luck his ranch is "A center of lavish and
even reckless hospitality. Away out there
/ on the frontier, senators and members of
congress tell us they have seen banquets
md wine suppers which even the Chinese
legation in Washington would never dare
attempt to outdo.
When Colonel Cody is feeling particular
| " happy, he has IA way of riding into North
Platte, asking everybody in sight to accom-
pany him to the best bar in town and setting
up the wine for all hands. Now and then
the boys become too hilarious and start in as
if they intended to mob the establishment
On such occasions Colonel Cody has been
known to calm the fears of the proprietor
by asking him how much he will take for
the whole outfit. As may be imagined.
the proprietor always sets a fancy price
upon his concern, but fancy price or no
fancy price Colonel Cody reaches down into
his wallet and pulls out the necessary cur
rency with which TO complete the transac-
tiOn upon the minute.
As soon a. he has purchased the saloon
them he has bought it for their benefit
They are invited to sail in and do with tho
property what they like. In about - min
utes Colonel Cody's purchase has the ap-
pearance of having been struck by cy-
clone. Not a bottle of wine is left in the
place, and liquor is running shoe deep on the
floor. Colonel Cody enjoys these things
once in a great while, even now that he is
a grandfather
An Acceptable Gift.
A man who has led his sort of life and
gone through career of continual excite
ment, as he has, must now and then have
something out of the usual run to interest
and amuse him. 1t has sometimes hap
pened that Colonel Cody did not have
money enough in his pocket to buy the sa-
loon which he wished to present to his ever
ready friends. In such cases he has drawn
his note for the amount, and man in the
North Platte country would as soon think
of refusing gold as declining a note of Buff I
falo Bills in payment for anything. To
this day, it is said Colonel Cody is strug-
Cling under load of debts acquired in this /
or some similar manner The friends of
this dashing and generous frontiersnan
and Snowman are glad to hear that he has
succeeded SO well at Chicago and that his
share of the enormous profit is great enough
to put him on his feet again.
Concluded to Vote.
Senator Dubois has been compelled to
vote at last. In the senate there was nos
power enough to force him to answer when !
he did not wish to do so. When the secre- |
tary read his name from the roll, he sat |
mute in his seat. Attention was called to /
this breach of the rules; there was debate /
about the matter; the vice president read
the rule which applies in such cases; there |
was more debate; somebody talked of ex- |
pelling the young senator from Idaho; the |
senate took a vote upon the question of eX-
cusing him and by a large majority de /
clined to excuse the senator; the secretary |
again read his name, and again Mr.. Dubois .
sat silent. That was all. The senate could I
say with all its majesty and power that he |
must vote, but it could do no more 1t /
could lead the horse to water, but could not |
force him to drink.
Mr.. Dubois came out triumphant in his !
contest with the American house of lords, |
but he met with another sort OF experience |
a few nights ago when he attended a meet
ing of the National Capital Press club, OF |
which he is a member Merely by way of |
joke, Mr. Dubois refused to cast his vote !
when a question was put to the meeting by /
the president of the club. The president |
read the rule which required every member |
present to cast his vote unless excused by |
the club. Still Mr. Dubois sat silent.
But the newspaper men of Washington /
have not so much respect for the American /
senate that they propose to follow its foot
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