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Hon. W. F. Cody-"Buffalo Bill."

We give in this weeks' issue a picture of Hon. W. F. Cody, a man known the world over as a border hero of whom too much cannot be said in the way of praise for valuable aervices rendered the Government as an army scout, guide, and Indian fighter.
Born in Iowa in 1843, at a time when the State was a border, and at an early age going with his father to Kansas, in the midst of the troubles there that "tried men's souls" William f. Cody was reared amid scenes of danger, and met with many thrilling adventures here he reached his thirteenth year, becoming a "boy hero" when killing his first Indian before he entered the teens.
the death of his father, from the reslut of wounds recieved in the Kansas War, left the boy the support of his mother and sisters, and, precocious for his years, he joined an emigrant train as teamster, and rapidly rose from that position to hunter and guide over the overland trails to the Far West.
Of his numerous adventures, narrow escapes, Indian battles, and hardship volumes could be written, for he made his name famous along the border from Utah to Texas, and, though a mere boy in years, few men were his superior in strength and endurance, while the cunning, and, in fact, won the name of being able to "out-Injun, Injun."
Of Mr. Cody's gaining the title of "Buffalo Bill" several stories are told, one of which is that when a boy-hunter to one of russel, Major, and Wadell's trains carrying government supplies west to the forts, he was alone on the prairie one day hunting, when he espied a tremendous herd of buffaloes coming toward him at full speed.
The train encampment was miles away, the boy was on foot, and there was but one chance to escape being trampled to death, and that was to reach a lone cottonwood tree some distance off.
A fleet runner, he gained the tree, and drew himself up into the branches just as the herd of thousands of buffaloes coming tearing along beneath him.
Scarcely hah he menatly congratulated himslef upon his lucky escape, when he espied behind the herd half a hundred Sioux warriors in full pursuit, and he knew that they would make short work of him, for they would also pass under the tree.

To remain was certain death, and his fetile mind saw a chance, one in a thousand, and he seized upon it at once.

He would drop down on the back of a huge Buffalo bull, and thus ride out of danger.

This he did, landing astride of the back of an animal that, frightened fearfully, endeavorewd to throw him off, but in vain.

Fortunatley the herd headed iin the direction of the train encampment, and as the men ran out to secure fresh buffalo meat, they saw that one of the bulls had a rider, and a crack shot bringing the animal down, it was found to be Bill Cody, who was then and there christened Buffalo Bill.

Another account is that when hunting for the hounds on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, he in one season killed 4,280 buffaloes, and thereby won the title that he is know by the world over.

As a pony express rider, when fifteen years of age, under the famous alf Slade, Buffalo Bill [word] as being a rider of marvelous skill and entrance, making on one occasion a continuous ride 332 miles, and accomplishing the whole distance in 22 hours, truly a wonderful feat.

But it was when he became a scout in the army that he made his greatest name, and the general officers under whom he has served, and those who have served with him, give him the credit of being [word] of unimpaired skill in prairie craft, indominable courage, a miraculous marksman with rifle and revolver, and at all times a gentleman.

Receiving only a common-school education, Buffalo Bill has since educated himself, for, a thorough reader of human nature and close observer [word] men and things, he falls, nauturall, into the [word] of polite society, while, a great reader, he has [word] and of general information one would not be-[word] possible to be attained by a person who had [word] his arduous, busy, and adventurous life.

Over six feet in height, formed like an Apollo, [word] as handsome as a picture, he is a man to at-[word] universal attention wherever he goes, to [word], however, he seems utterly indifferent.

At the time of the visit of the Grand Duke [word] to the United States, General Sheridan [word] [?]ted Buffalo Bill as his guide, and he received the duke a magnificent diamon ring in re[word] for his services, and an invitation to visit him [word] [?]ussia, which Mr. Cody says he will one day [word].

[word]ing also as guide and hunter for numerous [word] of English noblemen hunting on the plains, also for Mr. James Gordon Bennett, J. G. [word], Leonard and Lawrence Jerome, Colonel [word] Crosby, and other noted Americans, he became known as a "bona fide" frontiersman.

[word] becoming famous through his own deeds, [word]ody was seized upon as the hero of many an [word] true tale" in the weekly papers, and was to come to the East and engage in a dramatic [word] [?]ise, in which he ahs been successfl as an [?]nd made a snug fortune.

A pistol and rifle shot Mr. Cody has no [word], and his deeds with firearms are simply [word]ous, and must be seen to be believed.

[?]resent, Mr. Cody resides at North Platte, area, where he has a large cattle ranch, which [word] him a handsome sum annually, and where [?]own as a "cattle king."

"BUFFALO BILL" (W. F. CODY).-- SEE PAGE 307.

Academy of Music-- Buffalo Bill-- "Alvin Joslin"-- Mahn's Opera Company, The Adelphi.

Hon. Wm. F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") and his company gave the first of two performances at the Academy of Music last evening, and the audience was a large on. The dress circle was well filled, there was no unoccupied room in the family circle, and as for the gallery, that proved utterly inadequate and several scores of the gods failed to gain admission.

The play was "The Prairie Waif," written expressly for Mr. Cody by John A. Stevens, author of "Unknown," and is, we think, the best border drama Mr. Cody appeared in his original role of "Buffalo Bill," and played his part in a way peculiar to himself. He has the benefit of exciting situations and strong climaxes and figures in them to good advantage. As everybody knows, he is a fine looking fellow, graceful in manner, and gentlemanly in deportment. He can draw a knife, pull a revolver and handle a rifle more gracefully and effectively than any man we know of, and he never fails to bring down the house in his heroic scenes. His role was well sustained and his performance showed a versatility which pleased the audience exceedingly. The supporting company is the best he has played here. The "Mark Stanley" of Mr. R. C. White is a good performance; the "Jim Hardie" and "Jack Hardie" of Harry Clifton and George James are well taken care of; Mr. Jule Keen is very funny as "Hans," and the other gentlemen in the cast are unexceptionable.

Miss Lizzie Fletcher makes a pretty "Oneta;" and Connie Thompson, as a matter of course, afforded amusement as the soubrette. "The Prairie Waif" will have its last performance here this evening.

AMUSEMENT NOTES.
Buffalo Bill and his combination drew a splendid house at Comstock's last night in his new play, the Prairie Waif. There was an unusually large sprinkling of ladies in the audience. Josh E. Ogden, formerly press agent for Mr. Cody, is now his business manager. He states that the receipts last night were over one thousand dollars, and thirty-five hundred dollars during the week.

GRAND OPERA-HOUSE-- BUFFALO BILL.
That the romance with which popular fancy has invested the life of a border hero and scout has an almost unlimited power of attraction was demonstrated at the Grand Opera-house last evening, when an audience completely crowing the upper portions of the house and comfortably filling the lower portion gathered to see Buffalo Bill in the drama "The Prairie Waif." It is fitting that when, by the natural evolution of events, a man who has gained for himself a national reputation by his participation in life on the frontier, finds his occupation gone, he should live again the life of danger and romantic adventure in the mimic representations of the stage. Hero worship is a fact, and the success which Mr. Cody has met with in his life as an actor is the result of a form of hero worship. His drama "The Prairie Waif" is about such a dramatic production as one naturally expects from the author of that "dramatic nightmare, Unknown." But "The Prairie Waif" is a much better drama than the ones in which Mr. Cody has hither to appeared. It possesses some continuity of action has little of the blood-and-thunder qualities, and introduces the three all-important elements in border dramas-- mountains, a Dutchman and a jackass. Mr. Cody's acting is not amenable to the ordinary rules of criticism, and it is not necessary that it should be criticised. But his rifle shooting may be given unqualified praise, and was made a leading feature of the show. Of the support, Miss Lizzie Fletcher deserves complimentary mention for her very pleasing assumption of Onita. She is an intelligent actress, and ably seconds the effort of the star. Jule Keene, as hans, made us unnatural and imporbable a Dutchman as the wildest gallery god could wish for. The subordinates in the cast were equal to the requirements made, and Miss Conine Thompson, in a soubrette part, was shown favor for her comely appearance and bright acting. A band of genuine Indians lent the aid of realism to the drama with "war-whoops, war-dances, and 'ughs.'" "The Prairie Waif" will be repeated to-night.

Buffalo Bill.
The CAPITAL was the recipient of a pleasant visit, last evening from Mr. Josh E. Ogden, the gentlemanly business manager of the Buffalo Bill Combination. Mr. Ogden was for eight years an advance agent and is now on his return trip with Bill as Business Manager. There was an immense audience at Comstock's, last night, to witness the rendition of the "Prairie Waif." The crowd down stairs in the parquette and dress-circle seats, which were all occupied, was noticeable, there being a large number of ladies present. The company gave evident satisfaction, and was heartily applauded.

Hon. W. F. Cody-"Buffalo Bill."

We give in this weeks' issue a picture of Hon. W. F. Cody, a man known the world over as a border hero of whom too much cannot be said in the way of praise for valuable aervices rendered the Government as an army scout, guide, and Indian fighter.
Born in Iowa in 1843, at a time when the State was a border, and at an early age going with his father to Kansas, in the midst of the troubles there that "tried men's souls" William f. Cody was reared amid scenes of danger, and met with many thrilling adventures here he reached his thirteenth year, becoming a "boy hero" when killing his first Indian before he entered the teens.
the death of his father, from the reslut of wounds recieved in the Kansas War, left the boy the support of his mother and sisters, and, precocious for his years, he joined an emigrant train as teamster, and rapidly rose from that position to hunter and guide over the overland trails to the Far West.
Of his numerous adventures, narrow escapes, Indian battles, and hardship volumes could be written, for he made his name famous along the border from Utah to Texas, and, though a mere boy in years, few men were his superior in strength and endurance, while the cunning, and, in fact, won the name of being able to "out-Injun, Injun."
Of Mr. Cody's gaining the title of "Buffalo Bill" several stories are told, one of which is that when a boy-hunter to one of russel, Major, and Wadell's trains carrying government supplies west to the forts, he was alone on the prairie one day hunting, when he espied a tremendous herd of buffaloes coming toward him at full speed.
The train encampment was miles away, the boy was on foot, and there was but one chance to escape being trampled to death, and that was to reach a lone cottonwood tree some distance off.
A fleet runner, he gained the tree, and drew himself up into the branches just as the herd of thousands of buffaloes coming tearing along beneath him.
Scarcely hah he menatly congratulated himslef upon his lucky escape, when he espied behind the herd half a hundred Sioux warriors in full pursuit, and he knew that they would make short work of him, for they would also pass under the tree.
To remain was certain death, and his fetile mind saw a chance, one in a thousand, and he seized upon it at once.He would drop down on the back of a huge Buffalo bull, and thus ride out of danger.
This he did, landing astride of the back of an animal that, frightened fearfully, endeavorewd to throw him off, but in vain.
Fortunatley the herd headed iin the direction of the train encampment, and as the men ran out to secure fresh buffalo meat, they saw that one of the bulls had a rider, and a crack shot bringing the animal down, it was found to be Bill Cody, who was then and there christened Buffalo Bill.
Another account is that when hunting for the hounds on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, he in one season killed 4,280 buffaloes, and thereby won the title that he is know by the world over.
As a pony express rider, when fifteen years of age, under the famous alf Slade, Buffalo Bill [word] as being a rider of marvelous skill and entrance, making on one occasion a continuous ride 332 miles, and accomplishing the whole distance in 22 hours, truly a wonderful feat.
But it was when he became a scout in the army that he made his greatest name, and the general officers under whom he has served, and those who have served with him, give him the credit of being [word] of unimpaired skill in prairie craft, indominable courage, a miraculous marksman with rifle and revolver, and at all times a gentleman.