The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 06, 1886, Image 1
VOL. XLIII. WIXNSBORO. S. C.? WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 0, 1886. NO.IO.
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' THE FAMOUS DEATH VALLEY. I'
. : '
THREE ADVEXTIROIS MK\ tl \li THE j
LO\<; LOST MIXES.
Their VVaiion* Shriveled anj Their Water Bar. !
rel* Bf.it?AlinM PerUhins Krfore llir [
.>lountain<? Were Reached. j *
Los Angeles, Cal., September 27.? ' \
There are now in this city three men who s
have recently crossed and recrossed the i *
A famous Death Valley of Southern Cali-j ^
fornia, and who have succeeded in solv- r
ing a mine of mystery which has battled i ^
the most daring and skillful prospectors :
for many years. The Gunsight placers : ?
were located in '49, but afterward lost, c
and though repeated attempts have been I c
made to find them, most of the men en.-' c,
r gaged in the effort have perished. . 'J
About six weeks ago when A. F. Jud- f
son, A. D. Spring and Barney Carter an- i v
nounced tliat they were going after the j C
Gunsight trail, their friends tried to e
disuade them, and chance acquaintances ! c
laughingly bade them good-by forever.! f
Xo one ever expected to see them again, b
and when they set out confidently on I "V
their mission they were given up as dead } Jmen
might have been. So many such >
expeditions had left this and other towns .d
only to meet death in its most horrible j d
form that this one was regarded as es-j
pecially fool-hardy. o
t About a week ago the three men re- ^
turned. They came in by rail, ragged, d
emaciated and feeble, and one of them,
Carter, sick abed. But all were enthu j a
Jy siastic over their achievements, and each j"?
had in his pockets nuggets to prove his , c
assertion that the Gunsight mine had j p
been found. The story of their trip i t-1
would be incredible were they not here I ti
as living: witnesses to its truth, their, V
bodies bearing all too plainly the proofs i
of the sufferings which they have under- i
gone. h
r Knowing that the discoverers of the is
_ Gunsight mines crossed the Death: Val- tl
ley, these adventurers sought." if possi- 'tl
ble, to make the same trail.' Once h
through the Mojave desert, they* soon t.3
eame to the dazzling white sandy plain h
where no life can exist. Almost at the c:
first step they were prostrated by the n
fierce heat from above and below. Their f 1
feet swelled so that they were compelled st
rto rip open their shoes, and the goggles
which they had prepared were but feeble
protection for their eyes.
The men had two wagons, each drawn
by two horses, and in these vehicles they carried
water in barrels and other supDhes.
After an hour or two of the most
painful locomotion, the heat becoming j ri
rmore intolerable at every step, the party ; sf
paused a few minutes for rest and re- j a,
fresliment. The poor beasts fairly | (j
groaned in their agony, and the men I
themselves did not dare look at c-ach j w
other lest they would read in each other's i ?
eyes the despair which all knew was set-j V;
tfing upon them. On every hand they ;
beheld the whitened skeletons of men, of! C;
horses and of burros. In some places j
they found the remains of what appered f 1
to "have been an expedition?ruined rj
vehicles, with the skeletons of horses ?
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riiliu. ill c Li ?\ iii?^ <xk/vui-. ? ujliujl^o o?W|/cu | y
down upon them with angry cries, - and - f,
other birds of prt?v eircieti - high above t3
their lieads, following them as tliey js
progressed. * i0
"When night came they followed the ]}
north star, ore man trying to sleep while ; a;
the others drove.At daybreak there i c,
was nothing to reHeve the eye. Ail1
L around them was the gleaming sand; i n
k-- overhead the brassy sky, and far away u
the rocky sides of mountains on which w
no vegetable life was ever found. u
"Wearily they pressed on, confident that a;
Br the worst -was over, but when almost in ^
I AAO<- AI' I]"?A A movrrAcoc ?
L Ui U1C caoi tJLL^ Tnu?aijv;.xwj I Q
to which they were bound, the blasting !
heat played them a merciless prank. j
The scorchirg which the men and I
^feasts were er luring with reasonable ! ^
lortitude were too much for the water j n
barrels and their wagons. The wood of
which they were made shrank and!
shrivelled until they fell to pieces, first j
the wagons and then the barrels. All j cattempts
to keep them together were; e
useless. Y/ith the water gone the party j ?
L was well nigh in despair, but when the ; r
wagons, too, fell to pieces there was a ' v
Wt minute when ail recognized the proba-!
bihty that another expedition was to be j
added to the long list of those which had ; ^
goce-into that abode of death never to
f be heard of,again. When things appeared
at their wcrsr, Garter spied some- j
thing in the'wliite sand a few rods away, !
and. hum lag 'toward" if; found " the i
pieces of a wagon which had belonged \
to a '49er whose Skeleton lay close at
Khand. Wood never decays in that atmosphere,
and of the three wrecked l
wa?ons the men were able to gear up j 1one
veliicle that would" convey tneir re- j v
maining supplies and their tools. j <
This delay came very near being fatal a
to all concerned. One horse died in the <1
harness, and Carter was prostrated 'so i
completely that for a time ids life was s
despaired of. Toiling painfully along, I
now without 'water and w'th no hope of c
r any until they could clef the desolate t
valley, Judson and Spring were at J
length compelled in their agony to dig 1
Am*.-** fSo caTirJ in fl>e fmrkA f>f find- 1
XUIV >x?uv? jw-fc **vjvw ? J
ing moisture with which to quench their |
intolerable thirst. At a depth of a few j
feet they camo upon water, but it was i
salt. They drank of it, but it only
served to increase their suffering, and
when they gave some of it to their horses
the beasts refused to swallow it. With
ra firm determination to press on to the
utmost limit of their strength, the men
continued their journey, and, at length,
more dead than alive, they emerged from
the valley and began the" ascent of the
mountains.
Here they found some bunch grass on
I which their horse.1 feasted, and a spring
p of water, copious draughts of which soon
revived the entire party. 'lurrying at
- +r>ie crm'-nor fnr a rl,iv or two for the T>l?r
r"1" ur?o ? ^ of
recuperating,- the men finally
fished on, prospecting the country
closely as tliey went, for a week no .
trace of gold or the previous presence of
man was found, hut on the eighth
day, as they were digging for water, they
came upon gravel abounding in coarse
gold in nuggets "worth from ?1 to 85 a
r piece. This, then, was in the vicinity
of the far-famed Gunsight placers, and
another day'sinvestigation brought them
upon the very ground where nearly
years ago the mines had been staked
Out. Procuring many fine specimens, .
tli? men returned by V roundabout way,
, and on arriving here mads known their !
discover}*. The dilapidated appearance
' of the adventurers and the magnificent
Ut. specimens -srbish thjsy with them
m/f brought plenty of frieads to their side,
and already preparations are in progress
for an expedition which is to have for its
object the opening of the mines.
This caravan will be supplied with
wagons with steel wheels, and it will
earry v$ter in barrels made ox .sheet
--nrv The experience of the party has
r~"~ cozTineed theci thai wooden vehicles
and reserv oirs are useless iatl^ parching
atmosphere of Death Valley, and they
\vill run no further risks with them. It is
^pectedthat a start will be made in
*
ibout two weeks, the company this time
>eing larger and going prepared for a
vinter campaign.
WADE. norULVS A\5> TOOMBS.
' Ben P*rl*y Poor? in the Boston Budget.)
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OtfUUWJL > > iiue JULUU ^ V CI <11 SUO-I V CX U?U
ncounters* with Senator Douglas. One
lay the Illinois Senator arose in his seat
md interrupted Wade in the middle of
l speech. The Zvebraska bill was the
opic. "You, ?ir," said Mr. Douglas,
continually compliment Southern men
vlio support this bill, but bitterly delounce
Northern men who support it.
.Yhy is this? Is it not as much a crime
or a Southern man to support it as for
. Northern man to do so?". "I say not,"
eplied Wade. "The Senator says not,"
ontinued Douglas; "theft l.e has a code 1
if n->r?T-ol>; /liffntwnt frnrn mino " "Ynnr 1
ode of morals!" Wade interrupted;
'your morals! my God, I liope so, sir!"
r'lie "Little Giant" grew crimson in the 1
ace and quietly took his seat. After- j
raru, in a speech, Wade alluded to
Joionel Lane, of Kansas, in a complimentary
manner. 'Colonel Lane," ex- :
laimed Douglas, "has been guilty of
orgery and perjury!" "What proof 1
:ave you of those allegations?" asked
VWIp. "I have the affidavit of Colonel 1
jane, in which he swore to something
ume time since which he now contra- 1
icts." "And yon, sir, a lawyer," thim- 5
ered Wade, "presume to charge this <
lan with forgery and perjury, and then 1
ffer him as a witness to prove your own 3
ord!" "Well, what are you going to i *
o about it?" exclaimed Wade one day, *
liile Douglas was picturing in the Sen- <
te the sad condition of anarchy which i
wnl/J -if "PrAA Snilprc: cnr?- t
eeded. Douglas's speech was com- i
letely spoiled. Afterward he admitted
oat Wade's question was the most effecive
speech he ever heard in the Senate.
Vliile the Lecompton Constitution for
Kansas was under discussion Senator
'oombs said in a speech: "The majority
ave rights and duties, and I trust there
> fidelity enough to themselves and
aeir principles, and to their country, in
ie' nmjority. to stana. together at all
azards and" crush this factioiis minorir!"
Wade sprang to his feet, shaking
is fist at Toombs, and roared: "Have a 1
ire, sir; have a care. You can't crusli J
le as you would a nigger!" Here iends
interposed, and peace was re- *
:ored. c
1
AEWsBOYS AXD THEIR DO(i.
a
amins in the Unnker City Take Good Care
of a Run-Over Cur. C
(From the Philadelphia Pre?s.)
Tn Tionnoff ft-froof o norrA-a- alle-rwav ?
mning through from Seventh to Eighth \ ,
:reets, below Chestnut, there stands
gainst the back wail of one of the =
hestnut street stores a box, over which (
angs a tattled American tiag, and in
hich, on a soft bed of 'excelsior, lies a ^
oor little "jailer" dog, grievously .
ounded, both his forelegs having been *
roken by being run over by a watering
irt at Eighth and Chestnut streets.
The poor little animal was not without
iends in his misfortune, however,
'here is pervading the neighborhood of *
liprhth and Chestnut streets a gang of j""
oung newsboys and bootblacks who are *
ot the cleanest or always tile i^iost orerly
of Gods creatures, but that there
; a large-sized spark of good in the
reasts of most of . the gamins is shown
y their treatment of the poor mutilated ^
aimaL As one of them related the eir- ,
iimstanees:
"Yes, we saw the poor little cuss git ,
m over and the man what owned him ,
as in a wagon and druv right off 'thout
aitin' to see what was the matter; then 1
s fellers picked him up and got a box *
ad fixed it so's he could lay easy, and
len we all chucked in and got a horse ?
octor to fix his legs."
"How much did you have to pay the 1
orse doctor?" v (
"Well, he done it for us cheap, 'cause ]
e hadn't much cash. He only charged ,
s a quarter. He said it'd be SI for any.
ody else."
"How is the dog coming on now?" ]
"0! bully; he kin most walk. We all ,
Liucks in and we gits him a little milk
very day and a lot o' meat, and he ,
nows us all, and I guess "he'll be all ,
ight now pretty soon. I don't know ,
ho he'll belong to when he gits well,
ut I know if I had my legs broke I'd ,
ke somebody to take care o' me like we ,
jok care o' that dog."
THE AUSTRIA'S STEEPLE JACK. i
l Oaring Feat Performed fn Honor of the Em- ,
peror's Birthday. j
(London Graphic.)
On tlie night of August 17-18 an un- 1
recedented feat in steeple climbing was :
performed in Vienna. Those loungers 1
,ho were in the neighborhoad of St. :
itephen's Cathedral were startled to see '
man suddenly start to climb the Cathe- 1
iral spire with a flag in his hand, which
to manifestly intended to affix to the '
ummit of the spire in honor of the j
inperor's birthday, which was to be- <
elebrated, with the -usual rejoicings, on <
he 18th. The man, who was named
'oseph Pircher, "was speedily perceived i
>y the police, and requested to desist; :
>ut he persisted in his task, and climbed :
rom the base of the tower in the Stefan's i
?latz to the golden cross on the steeple's 1
>oint?a height ol 432 feet 6 inches Ger- <
nan, equal to 486 feet English?without '
issistance of any kind. He swarmed up '
he lightning conductor and planted his <
;eet on all the stone projections. When ;
le reached the platform of the tower, ;
md began the ascent of the steeple itself,
le had to hoist himself twenty-six times
jy his wrists, a distance of 6i feet from
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Descending as he had (gone up, lie took
:wo hours and thirty-three minutes in
die accomplishment of his- whole task.
A.s may be imagined, a huge crowd assembled
to watch Pircher perform liis
hardy feat, and loudly cheered him
when he reached the ground in safety,
manifestly tired, but in no way' injured;
He was, for form's sake, taken" ill charge
by the police, whom he laughingly told
to fetch his boots, which he had left, lor
convenience sr.ke, at the top' of the
tower, as he found it safer to descend
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bareiootcu. ne speeauy Decaiue tue
hero of the hour in Vienna. The F~nperor
sent him a present of ?100, and a
subscription was raised for a handsome
testimonial to reward his temerity.
Joseph Pircher is a Styrian by birth,
and is 36 years old. By profession he is
a steepk'-jack, and liad climbed 130
steeples before ascending St. Stephen's
spire. . H:5 is h.me, the result of fall
from a steeple.
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?A cucumber has been raised in Iowa
which measures four feet in length.
?A young man at .Neciie, V. T., near
the Manitoba line, waiited to marry a
girl At Gretna, on the other side. Her
parents forbade her leaving towy., so she
stood on the Manitoba suTe and he in
the United States, and the minister
stood with one foot in the Queen's realm
and the other in Ur.de Sam's, and the
two were married. The legality of the
[ performance now troubles them,
.MR. CLEVELAND'S NEW HOISE.
The Villa on Tennallytown Koad Is Xot Vet
Keady for Ofcu|iancy?What May be Seen
There Xow.
CW-shington Letter to Pittsburg DLcp tUh.)
I went out to tlie President's cottage ;
on tlie Tennallvtown road this afternoon
to learn the exact condition of the novel
residence of the chief executive of the
United States and his bride. It is novel
because no President has yet purchased
a house and taken up a residence at his
own individual expense outside of the
Executive Mansion, where expenses are 1
paid out of the public purse. President j
Grant and President Hayes lived for!
weeks and months in summer at the j <
Soldier's Jtiome, but tiiey n%'e<i at tne j
expense of the soldiers of the reg"ilar
army, out of whose pay is deducted
twelve cents a month each for the maintenance
of the house. The meat they
consumed was furnished by the private
soldiers, the milk they drank, the newlaid
eggs they ate, the garden truck that
whetted the royal appetites, the !>very
flowers that were placed at the plates of
the distinguished guests were produced
by the aged and- decrepit soldiers, or
cvere paid for from the slender purses of
the enlisted men of the army.
It was left for a Democratic President
to purchase a private residence in the
suburbs of the national capital out of his
3wn purse, where he might live 'with his
tvife as any other American gentleman
night, at his own expense and pay for
:he roof that shelters his private guests tnd
for the food and drink wherewith he
intertams tliem. Tlie residence ana its t
mprovements will cost Mr. Cleveland in j
he negliborhood of $50,000,(and to keep a
t up with the expenses incidental to the i
position of its owner not less than $10,- i
)00 and probably ?15,000 to $20,000 a j
rear. President Hayes went out of c
)ftice with $100,000 or more, or a saving j
>f half his salary. President Cleveland g
\*ill not save anv monev out of his Presi- t
lential salary. He evidently believes t
ihat salary was given by the government 1
o enable the President to live like a f
gentleman and pay his bills, and the j
:ost of entertaining such guests as are f
vorthy of the honor. His purchase on t
he heights above Georgetown includes c
wenty-two and one-half acres of land, t
n-io-ro ttoc fir) nl/I cnnoro c+j-rno Tirmsp r>f m
lie cold, old-fashioned type on this plot c
>f ground. It lies or lay back from the c
)ike about five hundred'yards, a strip of a
orest trees along the road hiding all but z
l glimpse of the manion from the vulgar
:ye. To the southeast lies the capital >
:ity, the great white dome of the legis- o
ative halls arising above the horizon of t
jreen, and the sharp outlines of the c
Washington Monument appearing against o
he blue sky. Only a shght dip of the &
jreat city is exposed between a bird's- o
:ye view down the wooded gorge. To- p
lay, under the fierce heat of the sun of v
apiring summer, the white dome is i:
vhiter, the monument outlines are fi
harper, and the green is a groener t]
preen. The old stone house lias been s;
netamorphosed into an artistic residence ti
>t tiie coionia1 ?tyie, trie very grounds n
lave changed, ?ue roads and drives ap- s;
>ear where none were before; nothing p
ave the prospect remains, and that no g
trt can beautify and no money can make p
nore lovely aii'd picturesque. A myriad j a<
>f workmen are busily engaged on house I ti
md grounds.
Under the trees near the entrance is a j o
acani chair, and, in the absence of the e:
vatchmen, your correspondent drives up tl
he winding roadway unchecked. A a
nan in brass buttons rushes hastily down s1
lie hill from the house, waving his ii
lands frantically, but it is too late, the tl
:orrespondents are up on the other side p
jefore they can be intercepted. The man a
eaches us and says we must go out, we b
ire not permitted there. We tell him r?
ve are there anyhow, and hope we don't 11
ntrude. He says it is against strict t<
>rders from the White House to come ti
vithin the grounds. We innocently say
hat we are only two newspaper'men n
ooking for an item. This sets the man li
vild. Newspaper men are especially k
prohibited. We ask to be allowed to -r
valk around and look at the outside of t<
he house. The guardian of the place c
m-ns fairly white at the idea. Couldn't t:
ive look at the city?surely we couldn't a
lurt the city, what we would see of it n
:rom this hill, by looking at it without a
i pass. But the man is inexorable. Then p
ive ask him how he is getting along, s:'What
you see in the newspapers is lj
nonsense," says he. "The house isn't o
2ear completion. See the workmen out- o
ade?" We saw the workman outside, e
Ehey were swarming on the unfinished p
ceraadas, and spread out among the half p
finished drives about the grounds. h
"There are as many as can be ad- b
remtageousiy employed," continued tne a
superintendent, "inside tliey have just
begun to lath. The house will not be a
ready for occupancy before the 1st of c
November, though the President has b
been pushing us all summer." o
And things in sight bore out this s
statement. A dozen laborers were p
grading the new drive up to the porte e
jochere; out in the rolling field another o
:lriveway was being built, leading to a
Woodley lane, a lovely road that leads
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it ngjut angles irurn me LaiJuy.ui.e uuv>.u a
into the Kock Creek gorge, while the li
sound of the hammer inside and out of e
the mansion woke the echoes of the hills, a
Ihere was another gang of men with a
sarts pecking away at a gravelly knoll ?
which lies by nature a little higher than u
the foundation of the house, and in e
direct line of vision between the veranda ii
and the dome of the Capitol, four miles ?
away. Part of this hill has already been i
carted away, the gravel being deposited s
to build the roadways. Along Woodley
lane on the south another gang of men
are at work on a high barbed wire fence.
It is six feet hisni at least, and appears
to be especially designed to keep news- t
paper men out. No pair of journalistic s
pantaloons can ever stand that climb. t
We took a hasty glimpse of all these 1
signs of preparation and turned our dog t
cart toward the road again. From "Wood- 1
ley lane a tiner view of the mansion is <
obtained. The irregular high pitched t
curving roof of red tiles i? "the main J
artistic feature of the new house, though '
? + if r/ivcn/loo r\rr&v +1*11C ]
XL AO V1V7CIU f ^xauuwo V TUX UMAVM, v
roof extends which. give the air of com- <
fort to the place. The workmen look at :
us suspiciously as we pass, but go on 1
with'the hammering and digging and 1
grading and leveling, at which we leave ;
them to dij) into the gorge. On every
side are great yellow and white signs in ]
big black letters announcing "Villa
sites." The names of real estate men :
crown every elevation and line every
picturesque vale, and the sedactive titles
are enough to moke the month water.
Every bare knoll covered with weeds
and bowlders, eveiy clump of scr^b oak
lined with golden rod and every rockribbed
run has been gobbled up'aijcl }$
on sale by speculators.
?A convict in the jail at Athens, Ga.,
stripped the iron hoovs from his cell
tub, made ihem into saw-blades, sawed
through an iron bar an inch square mak:?
? f ; t
111^ a 11W1C -LL1 LUC ?.LU,UL>Y> J.UUJ.L'CC.U lilUUCd
square, soaped his naked body, and thus
slipped through it, and was tnen detected
by the sheriff. He said he had to get
out of his dark cell.
THE LABOR PLATFORM.
Platform Adopted by the Worliiiiiimen of Xew
York? Mr. Henry George the ."Nominee for
Mayor.
(From the Baltimore Su?.i
It ha.s already "been announced in the
Sun tliat the labor campaign in New
York city was opened Thursday evening
by the adoption of a platform" and the
domination of Mr. Henry George for
1 nfl /! TT'AT*ri -r\vr>QP"nt
UI<1>UJL. WCI Utitjjaw o
representing, it is claimed, (5,000 organized
men. The following is the platform,
which was adopted with great unanimity:
THE PLATFORM.
The delegates of the trade and labor
organizations of the city of New York,
in conference assembled, make this
.ieclaration:
Holding that the corruptions of this i
government and the impoverishment of '
iabor result irom neglect of the self- i
evident truths proclaimed by the founders
of this republic, - that all men are i
created equal and are endowed by their .
Creator with inalienable rights, we aim ]
it the abolition of the system which ]
compels men to pay their fellow crea- i
aires for the use of God's gifts to all, 1
IA /^or\Vlt*A i
ILLU permits JLULUJLHJJ^*JU.ZiCXO W ugpi>g
abor of natural opportunities for em- 3
Dloyment, thus filing the land with <
ramps and paupers and bringing qbout 1
in unnatural competition, which tends 1
o reduce wages to starvation rates and i
o make the wealth producer the indus- 1
rial slave of those who "row rich bv his <
oil. " 1
Holding, moreover, that the advanages
arising from social growth and im- <
movement belong to society at large, we
tim at the abolition of the system which i
nakes sucn oenencent inventions as ran- =
oad and telegraph, a means for the op- 1
session of the people and the aggran- t
lizement of an aristocracy of wealth and )Ower.
We declare the true purposes of 1
government to be the maintenance of 1
hat sacred right of property which gives
o even- one opportunity to employ his
abor and security that he shall enjoy its ^
ruits; to prevent the strong from op- >ressing
the weak and the unscrupulous 'J
rom robbing the honest, and to do, for ^
he equal benefit of all, such things as 1
an be better done by organized society e
han by individuals; and we aim at the 1
Doiition 01 all laws which give to any *
lass of citizens advantages, either judi- c
ial, financial, industrial or political, that c
re not equally shared by all other citi- *
ens. " f
We further declare that the people of a
few York city should have full control t
f their own local affairs; that the prac- r
ice of drawing grand jurors from one t:
lass should cease, and the requirement a
f a property qualification for trial jurors s
hcuid be abolished; that the procedure
f our courts should be so. simplified and t.
eformed that the rich shall have no ad- a
antage over the poor; that tLe officious t.
ltermeddling of the police with peace- t!
ill assemblages should be stopped; that c
lie law for the safety and sanitary in- c
pection of buildings should be enforced; fi
Liat in public work the direct employ- t<
lent of labor should be preferred to the 71
ystem which gives contractors an op- i]
ortunity to defraud the city while li
rinding their workmen, and that in C
ublic employment equal p?y should be a
^corded for equal work without dis- s;
nction of sex. ^
We declare tlie crowding of so many A
f our people into narrow tenements at h
cormous rents, while half the area of b
ne city is yet unbuilt upon, to be a ^
;andalous evil, and that to remedy this t]
tate of things all taxes on buildings and c
nprovements should be abolished, so t<
lat n<J fine shall be put upon the em- n
loyment of labor in increasing living ti
ccommodations, and that taxes should p
e levied on lands irrespective of im- j'
rovements, so those who are now hold- o
ig land vacant shall be compelled either "
3 build on it themselves or to give up" o
lie land to those who will.
We declare furthermore that the enor- a
ions value which the presence of a mil- si
on and a half of people gives to the o
md of this city belongs properly to the tl
rliole community; that it should not go b
3 the enrichment of individuals and tl
orporations, but should be taken in n
ixation and applied to the improvement tl
nd beautifying of the city; to the pro- f<
lotion of the health, comfort, education e:
nd recreation of its people, and to the e:
roviding of means of transit commen- t:
urate with the needs of a great metropo- t]
s. We also declare that existing means t<
f transit should not be left in the hands h
f corporations which, while gaining tl
nArmAMo iwA^fc fliA nrrArrfll A"f
AIVJLiXiUUO iimu UXJ.\s ?IWAJL V* -opulation,
oppress tlieir employees and r;
rovoke strikes and interrupt travel and
nperil the public peace, but should, by b
iwful process, be assumed by the city
nd operated for public benefit.
To clear the way for such reforms as tl
re impossible without it, v>e favor a
onstitutional convention; and since the t<
allot is the only method by -which in h
ur republic the redress of political and si
ocial grievances is to be sought, we especially
call for such changes in our "
lective methods as shall lessen the need d
f money in elections, discourage bribery si
r? rl i "n 4*i m i rl o 4*1 r\Yi c
JUL VI j/XWTVUU AUVt I * I UlVAiO.
And since in the coming most import- tl
nt municipal election, independent poitical
action affords the only hope of t]
xposing and breaking up the extortion v
nd speculation by -which a standing g
rmy of professional politicians corrupt
he people whom they plunder, we call *
pon all citizens who desire honest govrnment
to join us in an effort to secure
fc, and to show for once that the will of i]
he people may prevail even against the s
aoney and organization of banded 1
poilsmen. \
.John and His Fight With the Indian*. * ?
r
I
A number of years ago a Dakota set- ^
ler who had recently come from Mis- e
ouri went in a hastily formed company a
o repel a Sioux outbreak. After a few \
veeks a neighbor who had also gone re- f
urned aiid informed the man's wife that r
ler husband was dead. "Was he killed *
luring a light with the Indians?5' asked g
he woman. "There was a little skir- \
nish going on, that was all." "Yes?," j
'We had retreated to one side of a (
ravine and the Indians were on the othix.
He ventured "down into the open
space and was killed." "Do you mean
to tell me that Joiin crawled out ot gooa
jover right down where the Indians i
30iild see himV'? "Yes, ma'm." "I can't ]
believe it, sir; he knew more about In- <
dian lighting than that. I don't believe <
he would risk his own life that way, even <
if he knew he could kill an Indian." 1
"Oh. he didn:t qreep oat to kill Indians." 1
"What V;'as it, then?" ' ""Why. when we
retreated somebody dropped a bottle of <
whiskey in the actt-o.ni fit me ravine,
and Vent back to get it before the i1
Indians did," "Hott large was the bot-1
tle.J "It was a quart bottle of good old j
whiskey, and he got most of it drunk j
before the Indians succeeded in hitting !
hin?." "Well, I believe you now. John j
TTflC OT? TTt/lnr/% /-if M-llicl-OT- orm f
would make almost any sacrifice to get
it."?Estelline Dakota Bell.
?A cooper in Exeter, Canada, built a
large tank in the shop and then had to
tear down the whole front of the shop
before he could get it out.
OLD TIME Dl'EL.
A Be!Ie\er in the Code Han Something ti; Say
* on the Duello as tt Was.
(From the Not York Suz.)
''Is dueling still popular among gentlemen?"
was asked by a Star reporter
tlie other day of a military- man who has
been prominent in several "affairs."
"Xo, tiroes have changed marvelovisly.
During Jackson's second term the Democrats;
flushed with victory at the Presidential
election, were rather arrogant.
Many dashing and gallant young men
had been elected from the Western and
Southern States, and conscious of their
great jm clerical superiority were somewhat
disposed to carry matters with a
high hand. Dueling in those days wr s
much in vogue, and personal discussions
in the House were frequently brought to
an abrupt termination by an intimation
that idiurious imputations would be re
sen ted elsewhere. John M. Patton and
Henr;:-/. vVisS^f Virginia, Bailie Payton,
ofTennc^see, Gcllatin Hawes, of
Kenti3ty Jesse Eynum. of North Carolina,
dS? many otlier Southerners were
kjiowi^o be prompt with the pistol, and
it was understood that a call to the field
tvould follow any damaging personal attack
upon distinguished members of the
ruling party. The rude demeanor and
offensive vituperation by which Congress
las been disgraced for some years past
;vould have been promptly punished
:ortv years ago. Now it excites comparatively
little public attention and is \
>nly met in Congress by a retort in 1
;ind." 1
"Hotv do you account for the decline <
)f the dueling mania?"
"The decline dates from the time it <
vas made ancillary to gambling and <
swindling, or to the settlement of dis- *
jutes between vulgar scoundrels. Since 1
hen it has gone out of fashion rapidly, i
die gross abuse of dueling has. done
nore to remedy its owe mischief than 1
noral appeals and legal enactments." s
"What do the Irish think of dueling'?". <
"Gratton's dying advice to his sons 1
vas: 'Always be ready with your pistols.' i
Clie Irish are often much too ready. 1
[here is a trait in the Irish character ?
vhicli is considered by many to be 1
n _1_ * l _ J xl. ~J. * ~ t
laiioiiauv cmvairous, auu mat is a yen- '
iral dislike to seek in courts of law a t
Qonetary compensation for honor out- t
aged through woman's folly. In this 1
:ountry reparation for loss of service is 1
:onsidered a thing as correctly reclaima- 1
>le as loss of profit on a broken contract c
or a cargo of wheat or cotton, "while 1
,mong Irishmen, in nine cases out of a
en, the man who works upon the weak- c
tess of .a wife, or trifles with the afi'eci'ons
of a sister, is not subjected to an 1
ssessment for damages by a jury, but <
ummoned to give personal satisfaction.:'
Men disinclined to make targets of a
nemseives in ooecuence 10 a convention- i
1 code of honor have often got out of c
lie difficulty by availing themselves of a
be right accorded to the challenged to a
hoose the "weapons. An old whaling 1
aptain not long since declared he would i
ight "with harpoons or not at all, an alernative
declined by his adversary. A a
lissourian daunted his antagonist by i a
listing upon a combat -with rawhides, r
! mi ted to half^ an hour's duration. 3
reneral PutnaonVas once challenged by c
young officer aid proposed tliat eacii a
liz-mlr) cit nnnn n n/.Trrlr-r-lrAnr Ttrifli il t
plated fuse in -the bung. As he would a
ear of no other terms, the General had I
is way. At the appointed time the i
elligerents took their seat?, the fuses v
ore ignited, and the veteran watched e
tie progress of the flame with unmoved i:
ountenunce. Not so his opponent. He
30k intense interest in the fast-lessening
latch, and when the flame got sugges- y
ively near the bung hole showed his
ossession of the better part of valor by
imping off the keg and making for the
pen field till arrested by Putnam roarig
out: "Hold on, my boy; it's only
nion seed." _ _
Two Western editors of opposing j *
evYspttjJcra uuuc muuv; IUUIO ui wicmgives.
It came about though the editor
f one of the papers declaring in a leader jiiat
the editor of the other paper was a igamist,
and that gentleman resecting 0
ae calumny by pulling the libeler's ?
ose in the public street. The 3Iuyor of *
lie town kindly undertook to arrange c
?r the difficulty being settled in a prop- ^
r way, and the two editors were soon ?
usconced, rifle in hand, behind the L
reesinawood. For two mortal hours ^
iiey dodged and peeped, neither caring -*
) fire, lest by missing he should leave c
imself at liis enemy's mercy. Then *
lie rain came down, and one of the c
ombatants discovered that it had satu- I
ited his powder. ^
"Is your powder wet?" shouted he to
is rival. c
"]S"o," answered the other. ^
"Kline's beautifully dry," continued *
be first.
But his adversary, guessing how mat- jrs
were, came boldly out of cover, with -J
is weapon ready to come to the "pre- *
cnt." - s
'Stop!" cried the appalled man, c
;stop! Let's have a parley. You're a ^
amed cood fellow. Suooose instead of ^
booting we go into partnership/' c
"All right," replied the other, and c
key returned home together. *
Of course both editors had to set *
liemselves right with their subscribers,
hich they did by telling them that their '
uns were wet, ami wouldn't go off. c
m _ s
Horn With Three Eye.'*.
A rvf riofnro TCOC CAAT1 ^
-rx wuuuciiia iiguik vi umwuxv WVwa
a child born in this city a few days
ince of respectable parents which doubtsss
has no parallel. When the child
?as born it was discovered that it had :
hree eyes, one of which was set directly c
a the top of its head. The eye was per- f
ectly formed, with lids, and was similar <
o the two eyes in its forehead, with' the 1
sxception that the eve was very large r
jid perfectly' blue, wkile the others were [
)lack. The child was hideously de- V
ormed otherwise, both of its feet being
jrown together, but were well formed.' t
[here was also about two inches of the .
pine missing in the small of its back. '
Che monstrosity weighed fourteen
>ounds, but only"hved about two hours ,
ifter birth.?Chattanooga Times.
* IVftpnlnw A (pninuf HnH Wfitlfllf- /
Henry Clay, who Mas a neat penman, ,
aras quite an enthusiast on the subject of <
plain handwriting and was in the habit; i
A telling a story in point about a Gin- j i
;innati groceryman who wanted i; lot of 11
cranberries and thought he could got i <
them cheap in a little Kentucky town. 11
To 'this end he wrote to i> qiictcmer at j
fclxe place ^iiuestiiirj l;ji? k* r-*d him {
onp hqndvetl bushels of cranio n'K:S j*!' j
SimmoBr-the UMBO ?l ^ teamster, i
-C Vn'ang was so bad that the party to I
whom the note was addressed could not!
make out the word '-cranberries" at all,
but did conclude that his correspondent;
did want one hundred bushels of per- j
Mill HIUllP, W1ULU11 VVtrie III ^u.LXJ.v^JL\-vv I
and forwarded, much to the disgust of j
the Cincinnati man.?Ben. Perlev's Xew i
Book.
It looks as though woman would succeed
in asserting her rights after a while. A
Connecticut factory is turning out four
thousand rolling-pins a day.
THE PLYMOU TH ROCK SOLD.
Merry Litton tilt- Old Boat During Jim Fink'*
Time.
The famous old steamboat Plymouth
Piock, redolent with memories of Colonel
Jim Fisk in his palmiest hours, of the
great reign of shoddy at Long Branch
in 1871, of the famous coaching rivalry
of Fisk and Helmbold, of Jay Gould and
Black Friday, champagne and oysters,
Jarrett and Palmer, and mysterious
petits soupers in gilt-edged state rooms,
has been sentenced to death. She was
sold ut auction on September 22 to Butler.
Clancy and Co., of Boston, for the
c-.-.vinn
OUH1 Ul X\J\J, JL lie J OCTJUt ALXXCJTy
a crack steamboat skipper, and their
junior partner, Mr. H. Fitzgerald, here
with a crew to take charge of her. This
morning ut S o'clock, in tow of the big
tug Cyclops, she will move out to the
eastward through Hell Gate, and bid
fareweli to the Bay of New York forever;
for when she reaches Boston she' will be
broken up and sold for old junk.
.She ran fifteen years on the Sound before
Colonel James Fisk. Jr., saw her
and fell in love with her. It was at the
time when Fisk was in his glory as a
railroad and steamboat manager and the
proprietor of the Grand Opera House.
He was also Colonel of the Ninth Regiment
at the time he formed the idea of
becoming a commodore, and he engaged
the regimental band to play on board
the steamer. He himself used to appear
in her saloon wearing a yachting
cap heavily trimmed with gold bullion,
a blue reefing jacket with black buttons,
and white trousers. Just before reaching
the city or Sandy Hook he would
disappear into his stateroom and pressntlv
emerge clad in his street costume.
On the same boat traveled Dr. Helmbold,
then full of wealth and ambition
tor display.
On arriving at the Branch the Doctor
svas always met by his coach, drawn by
six bay horses, and whirled to his splenlid
mansion in Chelsea avenue. Fisk
iad three cottages on Ocean avenue,
Dear Bath avenue. He occupied one
limself, while the other two were tenmt'ed
by several beautiful young women
dio appeared to be very well acquainted
nth Fisk. These enchanting creatures
icprl fa mppf flip r/allflnt. r^nlnrtAl at thft
:rain, whither they went in a handsome
andau with gold trimmings, drawn by
jay horses with gold mounted harness.
Fisk himself used to ride in an enormous
Iray drawn by a crossed team of six
slacks and grays. He had a coachman
tnd a tiger on the box and two footmen
>n the rumble behind.
All the wealth and fashion of the
3ranch, from John Hoey and Charles J.
Jsborn to old Jeremiah Curtis, the fath
;r of Mrs. "Window's Soothing Syrup,
md Russell Sage, the grandfather of
nits, call-, and straddles, used to travel
>n the Plymouth Rock in those days; :
md with the music and the champagne, j
.nd the gilt-edged staterooms with spring i
ocks, every trip was a picnic, a menage- i
ie and ;i sideshow thrown in.
Altera enecKerea career stones got
.float tliat the vessel was unseaworthy, :
.iid Scoiield, who then owned her, lost
coney on her as an excursion boat.
Chen'he built a great platform on top :
>f her, put an awning over it, called her
. floating skating rink, and ran her up
he Hudson. But she failed to draw,
.nd on November 12, last year, she was
>ut up at auction. Scofield bought her
a for ?7,875, and owned her until she
ras sold last week. Her career ha%
nded, but no boat ever had a merrier
ife of it.?>7. Y. Star, Sept. 29.
OOK.M.W li. TALKS Or CLEVELAND.
le Think* the Pre.sident Will be Renominated
and Re-elected.
' (Fi'cni the Now York Wo*'d )
Domian B. Eaton, being in town for
iew days, consented yesterday to tell a
Vorid reporter something about his
iews on the possibility and probability
if Cleveland's renomination in 1888.
"There exists no doubt,"he said, "that
Cleveland's worst appointments have
teen brought about by the willful deceit
f the politicians of his party. This has,
f course, hurt him. but in his position
owards Civil Service Reform the best !
lements of both parties are certainly in (
lis favor. By the time his present term ,
f oiiice has expired two-thirds of the <
ii'teen thousand people who hold office i
mder the Civil Service rules will be ]
)emocrats, whose interest it will of '
ourse be to support him. In addition
o this, if the Democrats nominated any 1
'ther man except Cleveland, he would <
>robably be defeated by the Republican ;
ote: whereas if Cleveland is nominated 1
>v the Democrats he would not.only '
arry with him the Democratic vote as a '
natter of policy, but' also that of the
ndependents and many Republicans."
"The motto of the Democrats," said ,
>Ir. Eaton, "is 'Better Cleveland for (
'resident with such spoils as we can get
han a Republican administration and no ,
poils.' The consular service should :
ome under the Civil Service law. That <
ras a splendid chance, too, but it was <
o'st. Succeed? Of course it would sue- ]
eed. Why, Blaine was in favor of this
ivil service in the consular service, !
hough I haven't much confidence in ]
Blaine. Yes, sir, whichever way I look
,t it Cleveland's renomination seems to :
>e a thing of some certainty, but not be- ;
ause his party wants him, for if con- :
idered through a private ballot they
vould doubtless throw Irim over, but '
>ecause it is policy to appear favorable i
o him.
Basine** Courtesy.
In visiting business offices one meets a ('
jreat variety of persons. Most are' kiuii,
:ourtcous, and accommodating: others arc
air to medium in these respects: another
:l:ujs?fortunately very small?are ill
tumor nearly al! the time, full of grufftess.
and crank}, having much of the na
urn. r\t unnlMcont "fretful nmrnalc
is bears ami porcupines: a fourth class are I
anguid ami indifferent in their replies to [,
:ivil questions, and are apt to b'; ti^ciured
nore or less with a sort of ape: eil:ousness
md a v.er.-deveioped self-importance.
I'lie?'- persons appear to think that if they ,
ivould unbend, throw oil their awful diglity.
and try to be accommodating, they
.vould not be estimated at their true worth
ind importance. This class is generally
i-omposc! of young men who have more
conceit than good sense, and requires a
ijood many years for some of th'-m to get
jured. tiie time required for a cure depending
upon vigoc'of their mental constitution.
The newspaper man has met all
these characters and "sized .them up," and i
:*an pigeon holf thorn as rapidly as a postal f
. 1 ..1. y . :... T...1 1. 44 4
;iCJ ?.mi rugouxi i;u:y urucrs,
!! Would .Y>?
St. Lotus, October I.?A special from
Steeleville. Mo., says: At H o'clock last
night a body of masked meu went to the
jail where Wallace the alleged murderer of
ti.A T <-\<wn fnmilv u"k frmtinod hrnUp flnwn
AsV-.ULA LU""V ~ ? I
the doors, in spite of the resistance of the j
Sheriff, took the man out and hanged him
to a tree. After a few minutes they let s
him down thinking he would confess, but j
he continued to protest his innocence, and
leading citizens finally persuaded the lynchers
to surrender the victim to the Sheriff
and iet she law take its course.
Love N blind, but matrimony is a great
oculist.
WOME.VS XAMES.
A (simple Device Which Personal Identity
May be Retained.
(Charles Dudley "Warner in "Their Pilgrimage."')
Now, however good a woman's name
may be, she is in danger?except, they
say, in Massachusetts?of losing it, and
commonly in the change she blots out
all traces of her former existence and
even identity. In royal and noble families
the attempt has been made to pile
1 so manv names rmon the female infant
that some stick through life, and we have
to some extent imitated this in our republic
by giving girls two and three
names, sometimes a string of verr pretty
appellations taken out of novels, and
especially if the child is poor will she be
rich in names. This is all very well so
long as the girl remains Clarissa Elvira
Euphemia Hoskins; but when it would
become Clarissa Elvii-. JSuphemia Hoskins
Pond it is-too much, and either the
surname or some of the baptismal names
have to be thrown overboard. All these
and many other inconveniences can be
avoided and the personal identity of a
woman be secured through all changes
by a very simple device.
'in the first place give the girl in :
baptism only one name. She will be 1
C 1.1 x x. :x"L
perxecixy coxxiexii wuxx it. xiex xuvex
never requires, never uses, but one of :
her names, if she has half a dozeff. In
the height of his tenderness he never j
says: "Amelia Jane, come to my arms!"
He simply extends his arms and cries: 1
"Jane!" In the second place, when the j
girl marries let her always keep her sur- .
name. Then, whenever we see a wo
man 's name we shall know whether she *
is married or single; and if she is married, *
we shall know what her family name is. '
If she has earned a reputation as a :
writer or a doctor or an LL.D. as Mary ]
Rmwn slip. will ozittv fhfit Tvith hftr as <
Mary Brown Johuson; and in all cases
there will be spared an indefinite amount
of talk and inquiry as to who she was before
she was married.
This system is essential to the "cause"
of woman. It may be said that it lacks
perfection in two respects. "We could
not tell from the three names whether
the bearer of them might not be a
widow, and it makes no provision for a
second marriage. These are delicate
questions. In regard to the first, it is
nobody's business to know whether the
woman is or is not a widow, unless she
cnooses to maKe mat xaci piomment, 1
and then sli? has ways enough to emphasize
it. And in the second place it
does not at ail matter what becomes of
the name of the first husband. It is the t
woman's identity that is to be preserved. ^
And gftj t&nnot be required to set up (
mile-stones all along her life. ^ I
? ' t
Those Good Old Tiniest. .
We came across a journal the other -day ^
used by Wm. P. Younge <k Co., at Thorn- *
aston, Ga., in the year 1833. On the back 1
edge of the book was the name of the firm ?
in gum leiiers. lis covers were very mucn .
like those now in use, except that the cor
ners were of white sheepskiD. We found i
tiie following articles charged to dif- '
ferent parties at the prices named. "Ete
right hand column shows the prices of^Pe ^
same goods now:
1833. lSbo. l.
One bandbox $ 6'2 $
One washpot 8 00 2.0O_J|
One bushel salt 3 5U 7u ,
Ei^ht lbs. coffee 2 00 1 00 \
Half pound tea 8?i -30
One spool thread 3U 5 1
ime pair socks ou zo '
Due pound salts i2} 3i y
Half pound powder 62} 20 ^
Dne pound nails 25 5 ?
Eight yards calico 4 00 48 ?
Iwo and a half yds. homespun
TO 17 y
Dne yard muslin 1 25 6
Dne bottle castor oil 75 15 r
Dne pair brogan shoes 2 25 1 50 ^
Dne pair suspenders 2 00 50
riiree yards iinsey 2 25 45 f
Dne set tumblers 87} . 25
six and three-quarter lbs.
sugar 1 68i 50 ^
Five yards bagging, twine I
furnished 1 50 63 1
This firm sold during the month of December
$2,980.31}, according to this jour- e
aal. and thev oaid three cents Der oound 1
for cotton in the seed?equivalent to nine a
^ents ginned. A striking feature in their =
node of doing business was sticking to the
fractions. 16j* 124, 16^, etc. That was a =
,iine when the maxim, "Many a mickle c
makes a muckle," was rigidly followed. c
We found an item of one broken line r
comb 31 cents, but were unable to 11
find where they had charged a whole
?ne, as our curiosity was aroused to
;ee what they would charge for it. These
were the "good old days" of which we f
nave heard so much. From such days de- a
liver us.?Exchange.
Marriage of a Hebrew and Gentile. ?
New Haven, Sept. 26.?Much surprise {
tvas occasioned among the Hebrews in this
jity to-day when it was learned that David
Bretzfelder, a young gentleman prominent j
imong the adherents of that faith, had
married Miss Kittie Cannon, of Broad a
street, a member of a strictly Roman Catholic
family. Bretzfelder. -who is an em- j.
ploye of the post office, has been acquainted {
with Miss Cannon for several years. Rev.
Father Maloney, of St. John's church, 0
performed the ceremony in the presence of j
i few friends of the contracting parties.
None of Bet/.felder's relatives knew that j
lie was to be married. His best man was
John Moran, and the bridesmaid was Miss
Kittie Moran. it is said that Bretzfelder s
?ome time ago went to Father Maloney ^
and told him that he was ready to denounce
his faith and adopt Catholicity. ?nd it is- t
understood that he did He belongs to j
a highly respectable Hebrew family, but
was willing to sacrifice everything ijrf order i
to win pretty Miss Cannon,"
Three Children, $}Uea to Dea,th by a Rattlesnake.'
* S
CniCA(K), September 28.?Near Andalu
sia, Ala., three children of a family (ranging
from two to. six yoar* old) went out 1
Sunday afternooa. to play near the house. I
A lar<:?. wne tree had been blown down.
and they were playing around in a hole I
made by the roots of the trve being torn up. <The
afterno.05 passed, and at night the
children we^e missed. The parents insti- i
luted a search and soon found, them lying c
near the roots of the fallen tree. The two
younger ones were dead and the eldest was S
in a dying condition. Upon investigation (I
it was found tliftt the children had all been
bitten Uy a rattlesnake, which had made its I
uen Tinder the roots of the trie. Their 1
bodies were terribly swollen, and looked as
if they had, been bitten in several different .
places. The eldest child, divd uurirvg the*
night, and the tlwee> iv\iwxenVs wyfe Juried
toge^j
The Ancestry Cliestnni.
A great deal of comment l\as been oecayitf-nrf*
An r\f 11.n tnu- t
MU11CU U\ lUt A\?. \JJL UUU \j\Jlllllll^m \
siouer of idioms in dismissing from his
office a lady who is said to. be the great-1
granddaughter of Ifabeit AJojTis of Kevo- i
lutionary fame. The Commissioner says j
that the removal was made in order \o pro- *
mote the efficiency of the service, says
that it is a very common ihing fox- persons
dismissea iccuum mr-.i ineir- ?rea;-granuinotker
ur great grandfather was prominent
in the revolution, or at some other ancient
period. Being a descendant of a revolu
tionary hero has become a "chestnut" with
the Commissioner, and he says that here
after he proposes, when necessary, to improve
the force of his office according to
his own ideas. - *
WATCHING BIG HEAPS OF MONEY.
The System Was Loose Before, but Now It Is
Closer and Safer.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)
Assistant United States Treasurer S.
Davis Page lias been in actual charge of
the Sub-Treasurv in this city about three
-u?J. .1?
?Clliij UUL UU-Llll^ UiaL UIIIC 11C IliUS 11 IftUC
many changes in the method of conducting
the business of the office. There is
stored in the vaults of the office over
$22,000,000, and great care must necessarily
be exercised to insure the perfect
safety of this large sum of money. After
the experts sent from Washington had
completed their count of the money in
the office Mr. Page stepped in and assumed
control. The first day he was
suprised to find the clerks and tellers go
in and out of the big burglar and fire
proof vault and deposit therein trays
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containing nunureus 01 uiousanas 01 -dollars.
It occurred to Mr. Page that
this -was lather a loose way of doing business,
as a dishonest clerk could steal a
roll of bills or a package of gold from
another tray and get an innocent man in
trouble. He issued an order that no
clerk or teller should enter the vault
alone under pain of dismissal. If a
clerk has any business in the vault he
mnsf rail unnflipr flprV anr? t.liA twn
must enter together, -where the first must
transact his business in full sight of the
second. Mr. Page also caused the combinations
of the big safe to be changed.
One combination was given to one teller
and the other to another teller, so that
both must be present to open the safe.
Proper precautions have teen taken to
2over any exigency that might arise in
sase of the sudden death or sickness of
either of the gentlemen possessing the
secret of the combination. But the most
important reform is a perfect system of
checks upon each of the clerks and tellers.
At the close of business each dav
;he redemption clerk and paying, assistng
and interest tellers make out a statenent
of tlie amount of money received
:rom eacli and tlie amount paid out.
riiese are furnished to the book-keeper,
s-ho makes out a general statement which
proves the correctness of the individual
statements. These are at once furnished
x) Mr. Page, who can tell at a glance if
everything is running smoothly and
properly in his office, and, at the same
it orrroo ATaccnra/n/va fn
jentleman of the safety of the many
nillioiif intrusted to his care.
Anent Chestnuts.
The proverb, "There is nothing new
inder the sun," is a very old one, and
vould seem to point to the existence of the
:hestnut far away in the dim past. Of
ate, ridicule, if not opprobrium, has been
he lot of the chestnut, and yet chestnuts
ire not wholly 'undeserving consideration.
3omer is a chestnut; Shakespeare is a
;hestnut: the ocean is a chestnut: the moon
s a chestnut; the Declaration of Indepenlence
is a chestnut. The best flights of
lumor that divert the world are chestnuts.
3lots of play.s and of novels are chestnuts.
Ill sermons are cliestni^s. There is nothug
new under the sun. 2so sooner is a
resh discover}' made than it is found to be
. chestnut. Every new invention is traced
0 a chestnutty origin. Why, then, should
he chestnut have fallen into such discredit?
tVhy should not the man who has heard a
1 crood stvrr for the first time be permitted
o^tcli it to a company of friends in order
o afford them the same diversion it has aforded
him, without being reproached as a
>urveyor of chestnuts'/ His intentions are
>f the best. He does not deserve the sneers
if the man who ha> had the good or the
>ad fortune to hear it before. He does not
leserve to be terrified from making himself
ntertaining according to the best means
mown to him, in the tear of insult because
omebody else may have already told what
ic has to tell. Then, too, the man over
eady to shout "chestnut" is an offensive
gotist, who considers that what he has
ieard and enjoyed should not be heard and
joyeu u\ vlilera v\iiu may oc picscut
rhen the unhappy story-teller attempts to
ie entertaining. It it better to be a teller
if thrice-told tales, over and over again,
hun to be an impolite and aggressive boor,
riiere is no merit in having heard a story,
["here ma}- be much merit in the telling of
ven a "chestnut" in a bright and effective
nanner. Besides, too, noblesse oblige. To
vound a man's feelings wantonly for no
greater cause than his" effort to amuse to
he best of his ability is not the act of a
;entleman. To shout "chestnut requires
lo wit iu the utterer; and finally, this de-.
lunciation of chestnuts is becoming as
nucli of a chestnut as is the stalest chestiut
it is intended to extinguish.
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Fun at the White Sulphur.
From the Richmond Dispatch we take the
olio wing list of entries for the mule race
,t the White Sulphur:
W. J. W.?Bay mule Sibutante, out of
School, by Toleration; dam, Dam Fresh,
iider, R. T. W., Jr.; colors, white and
due.
G. A. G.?Bay mule' Lightning, by
thunder, out of Electricity; dam, Quick,
iider, E. T. 31.; color, blue.
E. T. 31.?Bay mule Cocktail, by Branlv.
out of Glass: dam. Livelv.
"j. L.?Morning Germain, oulot Time,
iy Gracious; dam, Warm. RicLr, W. S.
colors, orange.
W. S. C.?Bay mule Group, by Conceit,
ut of Admiration; dam, Disappointment^
lider, J. D.; colors, pink.
S. C.?Bay mule Match, ov* of Lovers.
,eap, by Sulphur: dam, Risky. Rider, P.
I. H.? Jr.; colors, white.
P. II. H.--.pLri,y mule Ciiaperon, by Gosip
o\\i of Flirtation; dam, Nuisance,
lider, S. C.: colors, red.
W. E. S.?Bay mule Milk, by Adultera
ion, out of Economy; dam, Water. Rider,
S. W.; colors, lavender.
J. S. W.?Bay mule Mule, out of Stubjornness.
by Stupidity; dam, Lookout,
lider, W. E. S.; colors, red and white.
The second race, open to all mules, irrepective
of size, age, color or previous conlition.
Prize, bottle of sulphur water.
The following were the entries:
W. S. C.?Bay ir.uie White Sulohur
k'llc, out of City, by Inclination; dam,
fascinating; colors, orange.
K. T W.?Bay mule White Sulphur
5eau, out of Funds, by Tiger; dam, Broke;
:olors, white and blue.
S. C.?Bay mule Saratoga, out of Fashon,
by White Sulphur; dam, Jealous; col?rs,
red.
J. L. ?Bay mule Sulphur Water, out of
>pring, by Dipping; dam, Smell; colors,
G. A. G.?Bay mule 3Iint Julep, out of
Bar-Room, by Order: dam, Good; colors,
*ellow.
Martyrdom.
Accounts of the massacre of Catholic
missionaries aud converts in southern.
China show that the race of martyrs is by
means extinct. Father Terrace, who
liad lived, for uine years in Yunnah, when
:i mob surrounded his house at night,
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Li^UUt'iUU ui^ iuuv;??gio i&i uig ^arg
the lost absolution, wont to the door, and,
presenting himself to the rabble, said:
"Here am I to ansv.*er for all.*' He was at
once cut down by sabres. Father Iiechet,
a Young priest in Tongking, saw a number
of his converts beheaded, and then, refus
ing to be bound or blindfolded, offered his
neck to the executioner without a tremor.
Father Chatclct, ordered to de scend to the
place of execution, as hundreds of his converts
hud done, said: "I shall not go so far.
If you want my head come and get it."
The swords made short work of him where
he stood.
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