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* The reapers bend their lusty backs ;
Their sounding sickles sway ~
At every stroke the golden sea
"A <1 * -Recedes to give them way,
The heavy ears fall bowing down,
And nestle at their feet.
Such will, such work, as tlieir's perforce
Must w inmust homage meet.
. ?qf? *? -- 9 So oftreleBB of fcitigu%tlioy go, .
* So true, so steadily,
Tho admiring traveler on the road
Leans o'er the gate to see ;
With marvel of tho soon-fallen breadth
The lonnging gossips tell;
But the reapers lnbor for us all;
'Tis need they should work well.
Ere the great sun that burns above
Shall crimson in the west,
And tho cThldreu's poppy nosegayB fade,
And they lib down to reBt,
Each golden spear that upward points ,
Shall fall upon the field,
And the farmer drain a sparkling glass,
Rejoicing o'ortho field.
My, bonny men, your sickles bright,
And give the people bread
At overy conquering stride you take
On want and woe you troad.
Drop, heavy ears, and give the strength
You gathorod from the plain,
Tliat men may rise refreshed and firm,
Aud do great things again !
Qod bless the hands, all hard and brown,
That guide the cleaving plow,
That cast abroad the shining Becd,
And build the wealthy mow !
They rear the bread our children eat;
'Tin by tbeir toil we live ;
Hurrah ! give them the loudest cheer
That grateful hearts can give !
THE BANK PRESIDENT.
r nun i-nvcriy 10 rowrr?ADiblllon or itlcn I
ltorn'I,o??Tlie HnnU of California Noth- i
luff bat William it. Hal?ton?Tlic Enor- ]
houm Anpirntioiin nnd Ucallnffa of Both.4 |
From mate of a Mississippi steamboat <
to head of one of the largest banking in- j
stitutions in the world?undoubtedly i
the largest in this Western half of the ?
world?seems a transformation dazzling ]
and dramatic. But it >vns a gradual one. J
In this instance, as in all others, it was <
no royal road that led to position and i
{lower. The climb was a hard one and 1
lad its different stage's and halting 1
fihices; by no single bound was the <
leight readied. Different indeed the
fall looking up, men won- \
dered ; to-day, looking down, they stand 1
aghast. Fot one of the adveidrmiiia ,1
who then sto<id with feet seehxthgly i
firm nlanted hierh no the hill. whfah no. /
many aspire to eliinb, now lies a crushed
and sLyipeless mass at our feet. ?iess
far indeed from top to bottom than from
bottom to top ; for the one journey years
are necessary, for the other a single
* minute suffices. It is very hard at just
this point io retrain from preaching.
But I will. Thj^.oorpse found floating
and drifting about the bay of San Francisco
has been dragged ashore,' and if
you can look upon it without learning
somothing, all that the gliastly lesson
conveys, indeed, a sermon would'but be
thrown away.
William C. Ralston was the most restless
and ambitious man I ever knew,
and among restless and ambitious men
my lot has principally fallen. As already
hinted, his beginning was an obscure
, one. The precise details of his early life
I do not remember, and will not endea
vo* to repeat, though I have had them
from his own lips. But unless I much
mistake, the banks of the * Mississippi
river were the only banks with which he ?
had to do prior to immigrating to California
in the early gold days, and with
these ho had to do in the capacity o?
mate?some say d ?ck-hand only?of a
storn-wlieel steamer.
To the comparative lowness of this
starting point, may we not attribute-that
Atmiinnrr amhitmn nrbinli lo/1 9
wiu>'XVtv/ll TTiUl>U UU WU ? 11U1 | I
For yon may have noticed tbat men born i
to a middle station in life plod always t
in it contentedly, while those born in
the lower levels are scarce ever satisfied 1
till they have climbed to the tqp of the i
social shaft. It does not exactly "follow i
that those who start on the top round of i
the ladder are uneasy till they have t
climbed to the bottom, bat it' is very ^
frequently the case. In this matter 1
society is like the ocean, that Which f
breaks loose from the bottom struggles. 1
up, and good ships which are -launched t
and expected to swim on the surface go i
down if uccident knocks a hole in them, i
* Little by little, Mr. Ralston got on.. But i
tho more he got on the longer were his <
strides. Most men set for themselves .
a point in life at which to rest when
reached?at least they say they will rest ]
at it; ho never did. * The Only point i
where he proposed to stop "Was when he i
had gotten as far as he could go, and i
this programme carried with it very few ]
limitations as you can well imagine.
Nothing shbrt of all could Satisfy the |
man. As in business, so with pleasure. <
For pleasure in itself he did not really i
care?indeed, I much doubt if ho know )
what it was. Lavish surroundings con- |
tributod little to his happiness, but ho i
maintained the establishment of aprince.
How it was afterward, when railroads i
came to be built, I do not know, bnt in
tho day of my knowledge he was whirled
to his country seat bv relays of horses
at tho close of each day's bnsiness, with
all the speed and more of style than any
two railroads could furnish. For horses,
as horses, he cared vory little, and- abont
horses, as horses, he.knew leas ; but his
stablos were full-of the most famous of
goers. For wine, ho had no inordinate
W - fondness, I think, bnt down in his oellars
you found brands whioh aro commonly
pnpposod to be reserved for the tables
if royalty alone. His "hospitality "
vae marvelous ; but I do not know that
wy one can say he was hospitable. Go
to him with a letter of introduction?or
without one, if you happen to be an
jnunent editor, prize-lighter, lawyer,
theologian, or a member of any one of
the learned professions?and he insisted
jpnii juu iuub.uig him imuHe your ltoiiiu
while yon stayed, furnishing you with
aorses, steamboats, palace cars, or anything
else you wanted to go with when
jrou went.
Invited down to liis country seat, you
were at liberty to remain as long as you
pleased, and perhaps you would not see
four host more than once during your
visit. Tho whole ranolie and all it contained
were at your disposal, however,
rnd if a man cpuld not enjoy himself
with such freedom of range as this, the
[ault surely could be but his own. I
[ have heard it said that the Bank of
California allowed him JB25.000 a year
wherewith to entertain Eastern visitors.
Again, I have heard it stated that no
limit was fixed, but that a carte blanche
was given him to entertain valuable visitors
as he pleased, and that at the end of
the year he drew for the total expense
incurred. If you ask me which of these
stories I believe, I reply, without the
least hesitation, neither!
You have heard of tho Bank of California,
of which William C. Ralston was
president at the time of his death, perPaps.
Bo you know what it was ? No ?
Well, the Bank of California was William
0. Ralston. At the time of its organization
ho was cashier only, it is true,
but if you suppose that tho president of
i bank is anything less or is meant to be
anything more than a respectable figurebead,
you know less about banks in cen
anil, anil New York banks in particular,
than one would suppose possible in this
ige of general enlightenment. As
aashier, William C. Ralston ran the
bank. As president lie ran the bank,
rhe bonk he always was, anil when the
bank no longer was, he died?by suicide,
MJine say?naturally enough, say I.
Here you have the whole history of the
t>ank in a nutshell. As for the directors
jr trustees, all, they were good men and
rich men, undoubtedly ; and as such
they, in comtnori irith other stockholdirs,
will now have an opportunity of
performing the first real duties which
;he. honorable situation of stockholder or
lirector makes imperative, viz., paying
n a handsome assessment to make their
itock good. Thus the end crowns the
vork, and perhaps some day the day of
iummies will bo done.
It may be complained that I have writ?n
too much about an individual and
too little nbout an institution.* But it
-necessary to tall what the one was
n order to explain the workings of the
jthor.; Tlio Bank of California was
rettless and ambitious, in direct response
io the characteristies of its founder,
rhe two pulses beat together. As a
ynonym for strength, its name on the
Pacific coast long ranked next to that
if the Bank of England. As a# power,
ihe Bank of England was but a country
ichool master in comparison with this
nost despotic canpn?locally considered,
L mean. The Bank of California either
xmtrolled, or meant ultimately to gain
.he control of everything on the coast,
[t was at any time ready to contract to
ake all the quicksilver, all the cattle, or
ill the wool that the conntry produced.
V small slice of a valuable mine would
lot be touched at any price But go to
t with a controlling interest to dispose
>f, and you could name your own terms
?that is to say, if William C. Ivalston
vented it. Anything that he wanted,
from a Congregational church to a
maintain iu the uttermost wilderness of
Nevada, the Bank of California was wiling
to buy or take on deposit. It was a
lower in politics, a mighty engine in
elections, a Colossus bestriding the
ItaUv as well as the mastodon of the
municipality of San Francisco ; admit;edly
it controlled the courts, but still its
estloss arms were outreoched' for furilier
oouquest. (Again I find it very
lard to refrain from moralizing. I'll do
t, though, or perish nobly in the
ttempt.)
Tf tr/in rlnnm fliinli o mnnnixo nn
Al J v/1* MVViil ( U1UI1U|/U1J (13 l/IIU
Sank of California actually was (to say
lotbing of what it threatened to become)
letrimontal to the morals of a commality,
injurious in the highest degree to
he welfare of a State, I'll not quarrel
with you. But if you think such a
nonopoly has ever reared its head, or
jono 011 breathing for any comfortable
.engtli of time,'' without getting bowled
lowu d? tke| good Lord's earliest leisure,
you're less devout than I, and well say
nothing nioro about it, for tear of getting,
into a theological disputation, a sort of
judgel play that should be avoided in
August.
It never seomed to me that William C.
Ralston did business for the purpose of
making money, exactly. Ho did business
mainly for the sake of doing business,
and this, to my thinking, is not the
legitimate end of business doing. If the
nxcitement alone is wanted, why not.
gamble? Why do business unless you
rlrx if- nrifV* o oiinnoao ir? wint" 9 Tt
it's to como to the same tiling at lust, I,
for one, had rather lounge than seize the
greasy reins of commerce in my mad
grasp. Sooner far would I go eliarioteering
through the world in au ox cart than
driving a random tandem. So with
pleasure. If there's no fun in it, I don't
want any. (As for lugging a niuo-ponnd
gun over the fair face of creation, a
swampy swale below and a blistering
July sun above, with a chance perhaps
of getting one woodcock, but more of a
oertainty sof getting none, no more of
that for me.) Tlie man who doesn't*like
drinking for its own sake is a fool to get
drunk, and why should one who's not
fond of riiling tako the risk of a broken
neck, simply because his next-door
neighbor jogs round on horseback- ?
William
C. Ralston did not care enough
about money to keep it after it was made.
What wedded him to his work was the ^
excitement attendant upon making im- ^
mense trades and moving millions. As ^
for keeping the money he made, that
never entered his miud?he scattered it [j
broadcast on every side. It was as
though a man should ptunp away for dear
life and all the while have nothing but Hj
a bottomless vessel to hold hispnmpings
?yes, as though one should pump away,
with clang and nose, but have never a r?
valve in his pump. Men do this some- j1(
times, for exercise. But exorcise Ls not r{
work. One must have a serious purpose ^
in view, or even the swinging of dumb- w
bells avails not. And if I had not reso- y>(
lutely resolved to refraiu from pointing n]
a moral, I would say "right here that the w
want of a worthy purpose is just the ej
hole in which William C. ltalston aud 'a
his bank went under. But I prefer that a.
each reader should apply the great a|
ethical blister, which 1 have bj gener-. aj
ously spread for himself. Place it where
it wul do the most good, please. a]
William C. Ralston was not a bad man w
in reality. True, he did very many ^
things which are commonly esteemed cj
bad; but I do not tliink that he put ^
much heart into them. There was little
of earnestness or vim about any of liis fr
dissipations ; seeing another person do ^
a thing he thought it was the thing to a,
do, and there must bo fun in it. He
never wanted to be counted out on any- e.
thing. In a very similar way he did
much good. So did the Bank of Cali- ^
fornin. It encouraged many praise- w
worthy enterprises, developed valuable ^
industries, lent* its shoulder frequently q
to public improvements, where a bank a]
conducted ou prudent principles would ^
not have lent a finger. On one occa- .)(
sion it even lent money to mo?is there ],
need to Bay more ? Then agniu tho w
Bauk of California gave aid to some u,
schemes most outrageously corrupt. But ^
nature in her own way turns most ?mal- _
feasances to good. I do not know, how- m
ever, that in such cases a credit mark n
goes down in the book to the account of C(
individual ?r institution, unless good 0
was intended. John Paui..
*= = = P
Some Hard Words. *'
n
Milliners and dressmakers, says an ex- tl
change, have sent more husbands and ni
wives to the divorce courts than all h
other human beings combined. They o
are the great sowers of domestic uiihap- c
piuess. As a class, they are unworthy 1<
of tho least respect, for they seldom at- n
tempt to do busin&ss on honest princi- h
pies. Perhaps none of their customers fl
know or care whether, in dealing with w
them, they get the full value of their ai
money or not; and, relying upon this ?
state of things, the bonnet seller and
dressmaker almost invariably become li
cheats. They go or send over to Paris a*
and get one or two bonnets as patterns ir
(which they contrive to smuggle through u
the custom-house), and then they get ?
them imitated at a very cheap rate. -All v
these bonnets they sell to eager custom- n
ers as the "real, imported article," and sc
of course no one is content now with o
anything of home make. In the matter fr
of dress, it is much the same. The ma- ii
tcrial itself, even though it be of the o:
finest silk to be bonglrt, costs little in
cuuijiiuinuii witu Liit* uni iur trimmings.
" That will generally range anywhere
from $40 to $150, and no donbt
many of our fan- readers could show us ^
bills for much larger sums than eitherof ^
these. That wonderful "tie back" ur- ^
raug. incut, which is now thought to bo j(
so becoming to ladies, cannot be the
cause of these enormous charges for {(
"trimming," for people had to pay ^
them before they began to " tie back."
The truth is, that whatever may chance
to be the fashion, the dressmaker soon
makes it the vehicle of extortion?not to
iise the ugly word robbery. We hear of
failures in every trade but hers. She j.
comes here almost a beggar, and after a ^
few years slie drives a showy carriage, |
says a New York paper, and flings the i
dust of Fifth aveuue iu the face of the ! *(
people whom sli? has lamely helped to I
ruin* - n,
Chicago's drain Elevators.
Chicago is the biggest grain mart in ti
the world, and handles about 90,000,000 tl
bushels annually. How this vast amount tl
is received, stored, and shipped, is the ti
subject of an interesting article in the li
Chicago Times. The first steam olevator tl
was established in the spring of 1848, cl
with a capacity of 100,000 bushels. To- e:
day Chicago has eighteen steam eleva- u
tors, with a combined capacity of 15,- ni
350,000 bushels, or more than the h
product of 1,000,000 acres of tho fertile rr
wheat producing lands of tho continent, tl
Their capacity varies all the way from tl
200,000 bushels to 1,500,000. The entire tl
cost of tho eighteen elevators now in ai
rmoruiinn uma olumf HAH AAA nvnln <1
V^/V4MV?\/i? nw IWUVItV WV) V'AVlli ~ U
sive of the grounds on which t hey stand* v
Add for this ?1,000,000, and the result si
shows 80,000,000 invested in this indus- I
try. Two Arms handle more than one- 1<
half the grain that passes through
Chicago. Thoy control eight of the
eighteen elevators, and last year they
together dolivored over sixteen million
bushels of wheat, seventeen million w
bushels of corn, four million bushels of ft
oats, and over two million bushels of rye ft
and barley. C
! * ft
During tho prevalence of the recent ji
flood on the Wabash river in Indiana, a
two young men were carried away by
the water, and were saved from drowning
only by climbing up on the limbs of t
an overturned tree which had stuck in a
narrow elmyuel. Here they clung for v
a day and a half. When they were taken I
off, they passed the following night at i
a house whore twenty-four families were
quartered, j
Women as Voters.
A gentleman from Cheyenne, Wyo
ling Territory, who lias devoted somi
me to gathering the details, gives in
le following interesting facts on tin
ractical workings of woman suffrage ii
10 Territory :
The most interesting facts are in re
ml to ladies us jnrors. Good and evi
e strangoly mingled in the new Terri
>ries, and Wyoming contains a larg<
roportion of intelligent and eminenth
sligious and good women ; it wa;
oped, therefore, thnt great good woult
'suit from placing tlieu^ 011 juries,
fter a few trials, however, the systen
lis quietly abandoned, aud has neve:
ecu revived. The reasons for this ar<
lany. First is the fact that so fev
omen are eligible. The following
asses are, from the necessity of th<
ise, exempt : A11 nursing mothers ; al
oproaching a condition of maternity
11 the delicate, nervous, or hysterical
1 who from temporary physical condi
011 are not fit for sitting on a long trial
,1 of notoriously bad character, and al
ho are exempt from the same cause
iat men would be. These classes iu
?.i? *1,..
u\?v iiiUCbV. unin \/i tuu *T UU1C OCA
/hen to those aro added those who hav
ck or very young children, who nee<
equent care, it seems that all Wyomini
as no more than a hundred women, a
ay time, fit for jury duty. The system
lerefore, was given up, uot as a failuri
sactly, but as utterly impracticable.
Another difficulty presented itself
/hen a jury, consisting of men am
omen, (five of the hatter,) was long de
lined and locked up for several hours
io resulting inconvenience was so great
ad tbo expense so much increased, tha
otli sexes wero heartily sick of the ex
eriment. The general result is said t<
o that both the friends and foes o
omau suffrage are disappointed, a
either the good nor the evil predictei
as come to pass. One good is claiinei
-that there is better order at the polli
lan formerly. If any othor benefit ha
jsulted, it is not apparent yet. Som
amplain that the cost of running fo
ffice has vastly increased, as the candi
ates have to bring out their lady sup
orters in carriage ; but the ladies, ii
leir convention a few weeks since unaui
lously resolved against it, declarini
lemselves 4' as able to walk to the poll
b to church or market." A few fight
ave resulted Horn challenging the vote
f ladies. The first lady whose vote wn
hallenged at Laramie dropped her bn
>t and indulged in a good cry, where
pon her escort sailed in and made i
ot for her challenger. After a fe\
guts on tins suoject cnauengmg ladie
as, by common consent, discontinued
ud in that particular at least they liav
u advantage of the men.
As to the effect of suffrage on tli
idies there are almost as many opinion
3 there are people in Wyoming. Tli
lajority, however, declare tlicmselve
nable to see any change. As far a
m be known the ladies divide thei
ate between parties much as men do
ither more, perhaps, voting for pei
>nal friends. To sum up, the opinio
f the best informed is that woman suJ
ago in Wyoming has resulted in mal;
lg everything just as it was bofori
illy a little more so.
Itriilnl Keepers.
There seems to lie very little dout
lat the unfortunate man C'onolly, wli
ied at the New York penitentiary, wa
) all intents and purposes mnrdere
y his keepers. His legs and the lowe
art of his body Were covered with livi
raises, and one of his great toe-nail
as torn off. It is plain that injuries c
lis kind could not havo been caused b
succession of accidental falls, as pr<
nded by the deputy warden. Keep*
'ill Km ili>nlnrpu flint f'mmllfT
...... ?..r. mil
cted to the most brutal treatment b
eepers Geary, Reese and others, an
'stities specifically to a number of oui
lges committed upon the nnfortunnt
risoner, which are revqltiug to ever
mse of humanity. The fact that th
ictim was half-witted, if not positivel
11 idiot, deprives his murderers of tli
ist semblance of an excuse for thei
rutality. The commissioners of char
es and correction must investigat
lis case thoroughly, and take care thi
le guilty are punished. It is not th
rst case of the kind which has occurrec
leepers of an inferior class think tht
10 only way to keep the outlaws in thei
liarge under subjection is to make a
sample of somo feeble prisoner who i
nable to defend himself. By beatin
ad overworking a man of this kind the
ojie to intimidate more unruly and ut
tanageable prisoners. This proces
icy call "{making a market of a man.
leir theory ib, of course, founded o
10 grossest ignorance of human natur
ad a naturally brutal disposition. If
iscriminate tyranny incites men to r*
olt, and if e\er a general upriHiu
liould occur among the BlockwolT
slaiul eonvicts, wc shall not have far. t
>ok for the cause.
Would Certainly be Called.
It was the same old lady who was see
ralking up and down the street in Vicki
urg while the boat was taking o
roight. She was ticketed for No
)rleans, and the first night aboard th
oat she opened her stateroom dor
ust l>efore retiring, stuck her nose 01
nd yelled :
"Capting!" capting!"
" What's wanted, madam.'** inquire
hat official as he approached the door.
"I'm a lone woman, capting, as yo
rell know," she squeaked, "and if th
oat blows up I depend on you to oa
ae !"
He agreed, and she slept soundly an
teaoefnlly.
A Wealthy Tramp.
A Kansas City paper says that as Mr.
s Anthony Matheny -was' coming in from d
i his work on the Midland road, he over3
took an old iryui near the four-mile 0i
1 bridge, in the Kaw bottoms. He appeared
trt be staggering along under the .
- influence of liquor, and, from his ragged
1 and dirty oondition, Matheney at once
- came to the conclusion that the old fel- .
3 low was a tramping pauper coming into 11
7 Kansas City for relief. He passed by K
a him without speaking, and thought no
I more about it. Next day, when he g
started back to his work, he was some- la
l what surprised to find the old man lying no
r upon the side ot the railroad track, in a
a helpless and apparently dying coudi- tl
v. tiou. He approached lum, ami on in-, ^
j quiry found that he was quite sick, and Bt
3 had been lying out in the open air all
1 night, and was unable to walk. He gave e]
; liis name as Angus McGregor, and that Q,
; he was on his way from Fort Dodge to ^
- Kansas City. Mr. Matheney came in
; and procured the assistance of an ex1
press driver, and brought the old man
s to his house near the water works, and
- .left him with his wife. He maintained "
. a stolid silence until night, but ate a
e hearty meal, thus showing that it was a tl
J want of food rather than sickness which f<
? hod caused him to fall by the wayside. t<
t But he was too far gone for food to re,
vive liim at once, and when night came ^
B on ho was dangerously ill, so ill that ^
medical aid was deemed necessary. n
. When ho was offered a bed he declined u
1 it, and positively refused to take off or ^
i- allow his dirty rags to be taken off his .
i, body. b
, He slept upon a blanket on the floor,
t and under no persuasion would he take "
oil' his boots. The old man being un- ?'
0 able to help himself, however, gave up
f and ordered his boots taken off. To the n:
s surprise of every one present, he took cl
1 from his boots between two and three t*
1 thousand dollars in greenbacks, nioely tl
s wrapped up in oil paper, and used as
s pads for his sore aud blistered feet. h
e In explanation, the old man said he it
r had been a soldier in the United States at
army for the last twenty years; had s<
i- served in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
a and Colorado. He had recently been
i- discharged from McKenzie's regiment, jj
g in Arizona, and started from Fort ^
s Dodge, Kan., about two weeks ago, to ^
s walk to Kansas City. He says he is
s going home to Glasgow, Scotland, aud
s that he has been afraid of being robbed \
I- on his way home. He is close and pe- I'
i- nurious, and says he could not afford to '
it pay so much for railroad faros. Ho was, d
v after great difficulty, persuaded to de- v
h 'posit his long-hoarded wealth, and take
I, drafts on New York for the amount do- d
e posited. He is very suspicious, and un- a
usually reticent about his own affairs. ?'
e He paid Matheney liberally for the care s
s bestowed upon him, and proposes to d
e continue his journey east as soon as his
s health will permit lnm to move. w
i
Italian Brigandage. ?
v
r- The Court of Assizes at Viterbo, ii> }
n Italy, has lately had to deal with a case
t- of brigandage of more than ordinary ce- f
lebrity. It involve<l the murder of a v
S country gentleman, the father of Signor Q
Faina, a well-known deputy, who was ^
I uapiureu oy me nana laieiy mcu wnen
driving near Orvieto in the spring of
1874, and carried off to the mountains.
Signor Faina recoived a letter soon 8
0 afterward informing him tliat his fath- 1]
lH er's ransom was fixed at ?4,000, and that *
(] the money must lie delivered at a cer- P
,r tain spot l?y a fixed date. It was sent, 8
J but by mistake to the wrong place , and
[s the brigands, liaving observed a party of ^
,f gendarmes moving in the vicinity, g
y thought a trap was being laid for them, p
?_ and ordered the youngest of the band tl
>r at once to blow out the brains of their ^
prisoner, who was a man of seventy p
y years of age, nud could not be forced off
,1 in the hurried retreat they designed,
t. They gave out publicly, that the murder jj
a, was designed as a special example of
v their justice ; and this boast, following R
*e snob an act, caused so effective a pursuit
y to be undertaken by the authorities that ^
e the gang was at last, after many escapes,
[r fairly hunted down. The actual murj_
dorer has got off with imprisonment for j1
lif#? nil t.lin rrrnmwl nf liiu nrfrnmo vnnfli *
and his having actcil under compulsion.
0 But the leader, who was formerly in the *
1 Papal gendarmerie, was condemned to
l?e executed. On hearing his sentence 2
[r ho sprang over the dock, precipitating
n himself liko a tiger on the accomplice f
[? who had turned approver. But tho po- ?
g lice mastered and manacled him, and it '
y is now devoutly hoped that he in his c
x. turn will bo made an exnmplo of the t
B prompt justioe he professed to execute ^
" on his unfortunate captive. 8
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t. A Couple of Monkeys.
In Paris quite a commotion was i *
g created by the entrance of a very singu- | *
s lar party. It consisted of two tiny cava- j *
o liers mounted upon exquisite little j &
puuiuH. v/iie 01 liiuho Hiiiiui nuers was v
a 1 audsome boy about seven years of |
age, and the other was a large monkey ?
strapped to the saddle of his steed. A c
n servant in livery followed on horseback '
?- at the distance prescribed by etiquette. n
n Finding that this strange cortege was d
w attracting a crowd, the police interfered,
10 and the young gentleman and his com- 1
>r panion were forced to return homo. On s
it inquiry being made it was found that t
the boy was the only son of a Portu- f
gueso eonnt, at present residing in Paris, f
d s terribly spoiled child, to whom his i
parents can refuse nothing. Conse- t
u quently, when he took it into his head
is to take his monkey, which is his special ]
11 pet and companion, out riding with him, t
lie found 110 one bold enough to oppose <
id his whims. That duty was reserved for 1
the police, j
Items of Interest.
If yon don't bridle your tongue, sodle
be your ?ate. , r(
A man falls, into an error when he falls
at with his wife.
For thin people to get suddenlr fat?
?p on a banana peel and come down
Lump.
The ladies of Memphis are working
idustriously to form a centennial comrissiou.
Somebody advertises for " machineiris."
The question is in what particult
a machine-girl is better than a handLaid.
A new industry is being developed in
le South in the raising of fruit for the
iflrket. A large crop has been sold this
xmmer.
An editor says he cannot be independat
when he is obliged to collect his
cvn subscriptions in a town where evoryody
keeps a dog.
The reward of learmng grammar is
rand in being oonsflmtly shocked by
le conversation of those who have not
earned to talk by rule.
School vacation is almost over, and
le good boy may be seen seated on the
raoe rubbing resin on his hands to
raghen them against the ferule.
In St. Petersburg bread is three times
? dear as in Paris, and every other eatale,
from butcher's meat downward, is
early double as costly as it was yeare
jo.
Seth Oreen says that editors can never
e successful fishermen. They get dis
~ri * at.
himji tt taw muiuico tuiu turuw
own the rod to write an abusive article
a the finny tribe.
" Never mind, sonny. The rain
lakes boys grow," remarked a Massabusetts
tramp the other day, when he
K>k a silk umbrella away from a lad in
ie midst of a rain storm.
During the last fifteen months eight
undred and eight families of MannonrO
immigrants, numbering four thoumd
eight hundred and forty-four perons,
have settled in Manitoba.
Three months ago the Montana papers
rould have stated that a horse-dealer
ad been invited to a hempen-necktie
ociable; now they say that the citizens
ave put a pull-back cravet on him.
A subscriber writes to an editor in the
Vest: "Idon't want your paper any
ouger." To which the editor replies:
' I wouldn't make it any longer if yon
[id ; its present length suits me very
rell."
"Did my moustache trouble yon,
ear?" said Noggs to his sweetheart,
fter giving her a hearty osculation.
' No, sweet; considering the size and
trength of that moustache, I felt rather
own in the mouth."
The technical name of "hanks," aplied
to skeins of worsted yarn or other
bread, it is supposed was derived from
ne Hankemus de Brabant, "a Flemish
reaver, dyer, or fuller, who settled in
rork, England, in 1731.
A Partingtonian juryman, in Vermont,
ecently informed has fellow-jurymen,
rith great gravity, that " no external
lagnitism being visible, he would vote
i the defensive." No attempt was
lade to change his decision.
"My son," said a stem father to a
even-year-old hopeful, I must disciiline
yon. Your teacher says you are
be worst boy in the school." " Well,
apa," was the reply, "only yesterday
lie toyl me I was just like my father.
Aii Artificial sponting bath of sulphur
rater of the same temperature as the
prings of Bollicame, at Viterbo, was
repared in the Vatican for the use of
lie Pope, who had the rheumatism, bat
rho recovered before the bath was
eady.
" Figures will lie," said a young
larried friend to onr reporter this morntig,
" and don't you bet on the figure of
woman until you know by actual obervation
just what you have to sustain
our judgment. Yes, sir, I know that
Igures will lie."
Yesterday, when a woman fell down
tear the city hall, a man, leaning against
lie fence, waved his hand and remarked :
' Zhere's where zhay have 'vantage. Fi
all down folks zhay I'm zhrank. Women
all down on' folks zhay she oughter sue
he city for ten thousand zollars."
A recent advertisement oontains the
ollowing startling information : if tlio
gentleman who keeps the shoe store
rith a red head will return the umbrella
?f a young lady with the ivory handle to
he slate roofed grooer's shop, he will
tear something to his advantage, as the
ame is the gift of a deceased mother
tow no more, with the name engraved
tpon it.
Three months ago a discharged condacor
was killed by an express messenger,
rhile the former was tryingtorob his oar.
locently, $4,000 was paid by the conduoors'
mutual benefit association to the
onductor's widow, her husband having
een a member in good standing.
Ike is an exoellent woman, in poor
ircuinstanoes, and the association paid
he money without raising any question
-s to the way her husband met his
lea tli.
A lady residing in Lansingburg, N.
f., hailed a passing car, with her little
on, the other day, to see him safely on
ho horso-car for a trio to Trov. He
itepped on board and scrambled for the
ront of the car. As lie was going his
nother said : " Why, aren't yon goin^
o kins yonr mother before yon go f ' ,
rho little fellow was so delighted at the
prospect of a ride and in such a hurry
hat he hastily rejoined, looking back
excitedly : " Mr. Conductor, won't yon
kiss mother for me I" Am} of course the
passengers couldn't help wwfjpig,