Evening star., 1894-04-12
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

have been out at Roby, Ind, with me a
couple of weeks ago." said F. w. Stickney
of Indianapolis at the Ebbitt yesterday.
Il don't believe the most enthusiastic of
them would have raised his voice IN its
favor at the end of the day. I had never
been out at the track before, and having
day on my hands while in Chicago, con-
cluded to take the outfit in. When / got
there it was showing hard, but that didn't
stop anything worth cent. The boys were
selling programs; the touts were getting in
their work on any susceptible visitors they
could run across, and the bookies, clad in
ulsters and storm coats, were shouting their
odds as cheerily as if the sun was shining
and summer breeze blowing over the bet
ting lawn. Every race was run in the
srow storm and the flakes fell so thickly
that only the start and finish could be seen.
The fourth race was a four-and-a-half-fur-
long dash, and there was long delay in the
horses getting off, but none of the Judges
could see what was going on at the post.
At last bunch of horses came out of the
storm and they said Linden Boy had won
IL was glad of this, as l had a two
dollar bill on him at to 1. i heard
FELLOW, evidently connected with the stables,
gloating over the storm, because he said
the snow would melt and soak the track
ana make the going excellent. When / left
the ground was covered with snow three
or four inches deep, and the fifth and last
race OF the day was just going to be rum"
BILLY Mason of Chicago is very anxious
to step into Senator Culom's seat when 1t
becomes vacant" said Arthur A Green Of
Chicago at the Riggs House. 1T may be
considered in some quarters that Billy is
merely indulging in some of the humor that
made him so well known when he was in
the House of Represen tatives but such is
not the case. He believes that senatorial
Ioga would look very picturesque his
f1gure, no matter if it is five feet high and
-FOUR feet broad, and has been doing some
pretty cute campaign work. Not long ago
it happened that some legal business as he
called il, took him into Jasper Clark and
Richmond counties. By some hocus-pocus
or other the republican conventions in these
counties were Just on the eve of being held.
Bllly hobnobbed with the people, cracked
jokes with the delegates and when the
conventions were held, blamed If every ore
of them didn't pass resolutions instrIcting
lhelr delegates to the state convention to
IaVor Mason for Senator instead of Cullom.
AS Mason is the only republican candidate
from Cook county, and Chicago thinks that
she should have one of the two United
states Senators, stranger things may nap
pen than Billy Mason becoming a Senator,
providing the legislature has a sufficient
republican tinge."
Every visitor who has ever gone I'D in
Alaska as far as Sitka well remembers
Baranof castle, perched away up on the
kekoor HILL and the numerous legends that
more" said Philip NJ. Stangroom of the
Alaska Salmon Company, who is at the
metropolitan on a hurried visit east. 1T
was burned on ST. Patricks day, or rather
night. 1t was valuable mark on the
Alaskan coast and recalled many memo
ries. For a hundred years il stood ON that
bare hill defying the storms and tempest
and ii was the first thing TO greet the eve
OF the tourist approaching Sitka. II had
been the scene of many startling incidents
and in the early days the Russians planned
many outrages upon the Indians within its
walls. 1t was built in the last century by
Count Baranoff, who was of the loyal
courLlerS OF Catherine II of Russia, and
assisted that ambitious woman in pushing
her domain across Bering sea and establish
ing II on the western hemisphere
What paradise Washington is for the
small boy on roller skates" exclaimed
Henry r. Gill of San Francisco at La Nor
mandie this morning. Il wish my boys
were here to enjoy it, but reckon they are
having a good time on the ice at San Fran
cisco. l see it surprises you to hear me
talk or skating on ice on the California
coast but hundreds of people enjoy that
dehshttul sport every day, / can assure
you am very fond OF il myself, old as
am, and in my young days / was con-
sidered an excellent skater up in Putnam
county New York on Lakes Mahopac and
carmel. But about ice skating in Frisco
There is rink there now in Mechanics
Pavilion. operated by some wide-awake in
dlVlduals styling themselves the Natural
Ice Skating Company. The ice is produced
by Hercules machine such as is Used in
cold storage buildings. and the floor Of the
rink is composed of pipes, like those in an
artl1cial ice factory. The entire surface
which contains about 1000 square feet, is
frozen over to a depth of five inches, and
thls is done three times a day. in order to
keep the surfaC smooth The venture is
very profitable, and it is novel sensa tior
to skate on ice while dressed in summer
clothlng. L believe a similar venture would
pay IN any large city. l said 1000 SQUARE
ieet OF surface; we'll it's about that as the
hall Is 100 feet long and 90 feet wide"