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? - Barbara.
Barbara aits in her porch so green
All day long till the sun goes down.
8h? bears the buzz of her sewing machine.
She bears the hum of the distant town.
And sometimes the drone of tfce hive sedate,
Or the tick-tack murmur the mill wheel makes
Bat at every step at the garden gate
A pause she makes and a thread she breaks
And sadly saying : "He comes not, th( ?"
She sighs and turns to her sewing again.
8mnmer winds, can ye bring no balm
To a weary bosom that knows no calm ?
a*. er and winter, and ear ly and late.
Doth little Barbara sit and hark
For that one swift step at the garden gate
That never comes of shine or dark.
I wotfler, if she but the truth could know
Tbilt is kept from so many fond, anxious
y -ioulS
~That her lover's head hath been long laid low
? Wbsre the grassy sea of the prairie rolls?
How kmg would it be ere window and door
Would be empty both, and her waiting o'er ?
Oh, wteds, west winds, will ye never tell
What long ago in your wilds befell ?
May, have her be; let her knit and sew,
Anllinger and listen, and watch and wait.
Mi its own go6d time there will come. I know,
A missage for her at-the garden gate?
A whiter will breathe in the anxious ears.
Her Tasted figure a soft arm fold,
And ths love and trust of these weary yonrs
Will kring .their reward in a bliss untold.
Though watching and waiting consume our
Irimfl.
f ?
There *e angels in heaven that bide their time.
Te wink, blow lightly ! still let rejfc>sc
The h^jpy ignorance Barbara knows.
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twenty Millions in beef.
The Upland Downs of Cattle Kni>iii<r on the
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Plaint?llcrd* (ireal and tfusall ou the
, Bor#n of the Great American Desert.
A gdfd share of the best beef in the
Westell markets comes from the plains
of Colo^lo and Wyoming. The supply
is increasing every year, as the shipments
frin the cattle yards at Cheyenne,
Denver, tDeer Trail, Las Animas and
other poi its show. The l>est ranges are
now hirj iy occupied, 'and tlie valleys of
the Plal e, Republican and Upper Arkansas
f( rly swarm with cattle. Some
of the l st known Texas drovers have
removed heir herds from the Red river
country o the Platte. John Hitison's
great ran h on the Bijou, a tributary* of
the Piatt, where his'herd of 40,000 head
are grazi g, and the lynches of John W.
\ Iliff, J. ?. Parmer, and other "cattle
kings," i >w located in Colorado, are examples.
The State auditor's books sh< ?w
that ther are a half million head of cattle
in Co )rado and over '200,000 in Wyoming.
i i a large number escape assess*
ment by >eing transferred over the line,
back andjforth, at the proper season, it
would ben fair estimate to say that there
are a rofid million of cattle grazing in
>?*? euro iT?rwt<?i Thev are wortii
' from 000*000 to $12,000,000, and
I when mjfketed at Kansas City or Omaha,
twict that sum. Last year's shipL
ments frpn Colorado were estimated at
90,000 worth in market $2,700,000;
i and the shipments from the Laramie
plains iidVUp?mingOYer 25,000?showing
in round numbers a product of al>out
' * $3,500,0Q) in beef raised for market on
the we^ern borders of the "Great
America! desert. "
The slipping season is generally from
August io November. Sometimes the
I drovers laid back, as they did last season,
for .better prices, resulting in a
-^^great ru% for the market iu the latter
half of Odober and the first two weeks
in November, taxing the railroads beyond
theif capacity. During October
there **re 460 carloads taken Eastward
from^ints on the Union Pacific
railroad, list of them being loaded at
Ohevenne and Julesburg, and coming
from the lerds on the Laramie plains
and the llatte valley. For the four
months eijing with October, 1,561 carloads
had been shipped from these
points. Che shipments by the Kansas
acific ff>m Denver, Pox Elder, River
Bend, leer Trail, Kit Carson and
Las Anitas during two months have
been vej- large. One hundred and
fifty-thre carloads were slopped from
Las Aniias alone during October. The
total shi^nents for the season, from the
above 6ttione, L; ve probablv been 20,000
heil The Atchison, Topeka and
Santa F^ine lias stockyards at Pueblo,
West La*Animas, Granada and one or
two otheioints within Colorado. Their
shipmentfoave been considerable, but I
could nofebtain the figures. Last season
they X)k 8,013 head from Las Animas
and S 074 from Granada. Large
numbers bund for the Eastern markets
were dritn out of the State, feeding
leisurely long, and finally loaded on the
cars at Ddge City, (Treat Bend or Wield
to, froi which stations there were
forwarder in four months 37,875 head.
It seems p>bable that there will have
l>een sbippl out of Colorado and Wyoming
durdi tins season over one hundred
and ttnty-five thousand fat beeves
for the iQrkets of the Missouri and
MiwwBMppfvalleys. Ha<l better price*
prevailed, especially in October, the
exports weld have been much greater.
Shipping lessed beef to market is cara
rietl on at ?o or three points, and is n
f business f some magnitude. The
I slaughter ouses at West Las Animas
i put up an? sent into Eastern market*
t over twentthousand L' ad in this waj
I last winte* The prospects are that vers
large sliiptnts will be made during tht
(winter mitlis. It will depend 01
the market Beef is now low, and al
who are nqpbh'ged to turn their brevet
into money.ill hold on for better times.
* Good steeibring but two and one-hak
cents per jnnd on the hoof, from one
l.olf /-?? 1< ?iK rVir>n last season
Ordinary ^;ans nile so love that neitlie:
buyer noi$over cares to market them.
The drove on the plains are giving i
good deal attention to "breeding up.'
Large nubers of thoroughbred bulk
have heeintrod need. The old Texa:
stock is fa disappearing, and the vonnj
improved df breeds, which iiiakechoici
beef and a fur more marketable, tik<
t their phi? As a result there is an in
creasing irnand for the plains cattle
The Tex*},enters see this, and out o
last seasls "drives" from the Re<
river coiirji numbering about 350,00!
head of 'ttle, about one-third, iiistea*
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of being marketed, were driven west- 1
ward to feed until another season, and 1
then to be shipped East as Colorado or
. Laramie plains beef.
While five or six years ago cattle in this
section were herded in sufficient quan i'4-ioa
frtr tliA lrvml ilpmnml ism-li
; us comes from the scattering settlements
. and military posts, and the business did
; not attract much attention, it is now '
! grown to such importance that it seems
| likely in p. few years to be more extensive
and profitable than gold or silver mining.
i The returns are large, and it is noticea- i
ble that a greater share of the capital j
that has come this way during the last I
year has been put into stock as the safest 1
and best investment. There are large I
numbers of moneyed men, out of health, '
who have their cattle ranch on the plains
; or in the parks, and are getting the j
1 double returns of restored neolth and ,
: multiplied ducats.
The tendency to go into the cattle busi- j
ness in a large way seems to be growing, i
The amount of capital represented in j
Some of the herds is sufficient to run a
national bank. Five hundred or a thou
sand cattle are looked upon as of very
small account, although from $10,000 to ,
$20,000 is represented. The average
herds run from 1,000 to 3,000 head.
; There are many having from 8,000 to 1
i 10,000, and several from 20,000 to 40,000. J:
At only $10 through and through here is
from $200,000 to $400,000 in a single
1 herd, to say nothing of the corrals, the
; hundreds of ponies, the hired "cow-;
; boys," the grain and feed in store, and
the reserve fund necessary in handling ; <
such a " bunch " of cattle. While most :
of the herds are owned by individuals (
' and firms, the capital invested is larger ; <
than some actually employed by com- ! 1
panics in working some of the most ex- *
; tensive gold and silver mines of the j i
t Rocky mountains. !
* - ' - i ai .i xt ja ru\i\ . i
it is estim&teu mat mere mu i
i square miles of grazing lauds, fit for
! herding and nothing else, west of the Kansas
borders, between the Union , ,
Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and Santa* j 1
i Fe railroads. Owing to the rapid in- j i
, crease of cattle many of the best ranges i
! have been eaten off, so tliat new ranches, : \
j handy to water, are at all times sought' i
, for. The sheep men have gradually i
been in vailing this field. Grazing ]
! as they both do ujk?u the public ]
; domain, tlie only right one has over the ;
' othor is priority of settlement. The
Suite and Territories cannot legislate 1 ]
upon the matter. Quarrels have at | j
times come up, and at one time, two j
years ago, there was such a bitter feeling j
that considerable numbers of sheep were |
; killeil by the catttle men, followed by i
i retaliation in kind. The two interests
seem to be antagonistic, and, as if by |
common consent, the sheep men, at least ]
those doing business on the largest scale, ]
ore operating south of the Arkansas anil j
i -in the San Luis valley. Northern New | (
Mexico is a kind of paradise for them, I ,
: though there is dCcasionally trouble from i
. the fact that cattle men are also carrying 1 ]
; on a large business/n some parts of that j
1 Territory. It may not be generally j j
known tuat stock raising is an extensive i j
f and profitable business in the slow Ter- j ritory
of New Mexico. The largest herds '
I are to be found there. One man owns ' 3
! forty-two townships, which he has stocked j ;
with 60,000 head of cattle. New Mexico " ,
cattle are of an inferior grade, as no | j
attention has been paid to breeding up. j
, This is also the case with sheep, which (
in some districts seem to cover the coun- (
try for miles. A limited number of 3
families, mostly pure Castilians, have ! (
absorbed anil own nearly all the flocks, j
prominent among whom may be named
' tl.o Aran jo family, who have 250,000 j
sheep. They drive to Denver every
spring from 10,000 to 20,000 for market. ;
To return, however, to our subject?a 1
talk about cattle. It seems as if the ,
next few years were to largely change I 1
the beef supply of the East, instead of \
coming from Texas, as now, the best and i*
most will come from the old buffalo j
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ranges :u western xvausus, vuiun?uu tmu j 1
Wyoming.
; There are now more cattle on the
plains than ever l>efore. Large mini- 1
! bers from the Texas 44 drives " instead
of being marketed at once are driven '
westerly over the ranges to feed a few
mouths before being sold. Generally, j .
cattle winter well, without shelter or ;
much if any feed beyond what they get j,
by grazing. Last winter was open and j
mild, without any hard storms or severe j
weather. But the winter before that was :;
unprecedentedly cold and thousands of j
cattle perished. On the average the i
stockmen take the chances, and come out!
without much toss from exposure; but it I
is found best to be prepared for storms !
;ind extreme weather, and it is now ens- j
toninry among the most experienced i
herders to have shelter and feed for their 1
flocks during the winter.
The plains cattle men are now wholly j
dependent upon the ups and downs of j
Eastern markets. Borne of thein have a j
regular demand for their beeves from the i
markets of Denver, Cheyenne and the
larger towns of Colorado and "Wyoming,
and large numbers are driven into the
mountains to supply the miners' camps.
The 6ales to butchers iu Denver last seai
: son amounted to $159,000, and to the
; mountain trade $165,000. During the
> past summer there has been a brisk de
j mand from the Sun Juan country and
i fv.?? a.o >i.?u t/m'iis in tliA Rlnnlr Willn
T XJL V'lll I 1,1 V iivn am w.x- .
; There has l>een a good deal of risk and j
k much toss in trving to drive cattle into
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> the latter region, owing to the frequent
i Indian raids and stampeding; but where ;
i j a man could get through safely he had 1
r; no trouble in disposing of his beeves at
' a high price. Fat cattle are worth eight ,
i cents per pound on the hoof at Dead- ;
i 1 wood. At the older settled towns along j
I : the line of the railways iu Colorado and !
} j Wyoming the price of beef is moderate,
| but high euough to give a good profit to I
f the drover. At Denver the price is from j
j two and one-half to three cents. It re- j
, tails in the butcher shops at ten cents ,
r for round steaks and fifteen for sirloin. I
The market is easily affected, in an upi
' ward direction, by an overshipjpent to
' the Erst, 1 earing a supply of marketable
> ; beeves short, or by a stampede in the
3 winter. Very often it cold, windy snow(
storm will be followed by au advance, as,
? for instance, last spring, when beeves ad
! I n/mfa rvuv 1 \AUinl All t)if.
* VHIlCt'U IV# utc vcuia jjv. 1 jyuutnt vu iuv j
- hoof, anil for some weeks retailed at the '
. i butcher shops at twenty to twenty-five
f , cents per pound.
I What depresses the Texas drover nnd
3 entails upon him heavy loss has little
1 \ effect upon the Colorado drover. The i
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cost of raising beeves, and the losses by :
stampede, thieving and Indians, are not '
nearly so great as in the lied river coun- ]
try. The Colorado drover ran at any
time gef his beef, fat and sleek, into the
Kansas City market, off the range, in
five days' time, and thus take advantage !
of a rise. On the other hand, the method (
of marketing Texas cattle is to drive ]
them across the country, north, to the <
Kansas Pacific and Atchison, Topeka ' 1
and Santa Fe railroads, taking generally 1
two months' time, and then holding' 1
them, at considerable expense for feed, i
at the sliipping points until prices are 1
favorable. A hurried glance at how the ' I
Texas ilroyer liaa fared m tins way may ; (
be taken. He is always more or less at t
the mercy of the speculators, who even* t
spring go down earlv into tlie cattle (lis- 1 t
tricts and spread tlie most dolefid ac- : (
counts of tlie prospects for the coming 1
season's trade. If the times are dull and t
the drover hard up they have all the i
better chance to. frighten and squeeze >
him. The result is large contracts for t
beeves, to be delivered at such a time to ]
certain shipping points. Whole herds
have, during the past few seasons, often j 1
been bought off at $3 per head, or culled ! t
out at $5 per head. This is from twenty- 11
five to thirty cents per hundred pounds f
gross. From the year 1865, when what i f
is known as the annual Texas cattle j c
"drives" began, until 1875 tlie busi- 1 c
uess has been a series of ups and downs, i
more particularlv tlie latter. Take, for f
instance, the experience of 1866, when
the Southwest was undergoing tlie pinch t
of hard times. Everybody was anxious ! i
to sell. Money was scarce. Some who ! 1
tould count their long horns by the tens c
of thousands could hardly raise cash for j i
their ordinary wants. In fact, a man's j j
poverty was almost according to tlie size
of his herd. The "drive" of 1866 into t
western Kansas numbered 260,000 head, g
The drover went forward with visions of g
bettor times and big pay for his beef, but c
was destined to meet with unlooked for j '
ih'fficidties. Bands of outlaws infested jj
the "trail," and if tiiey coma not uy i
some means make away with the drover 1
and steal the whole herd, would at night 1
time stampede the cattle in every direr- 1
tion, and seize the opportunity to gather 1
up and hurry off what they could. His t
losses were fearful, and many of the n
rising cattle kings were "snuffed out." i
[n later years the Texas drover has been 1
put to great annoyance and loss by the f
laws of the Kansas Legislature establish- 4
ing "dead hues," and compelling shipments
each year to be made at points i a
much further west, lengthening the drives
find turning them into sections where i
food is short and dear. r
During the past eight years about 3,- ; a
300.000 Texas beeves were put upon the ! c
market. Iu 187-4 450,000 head were <
bandied, the cost value of wliicli at the j
dripping points hi Kansas was only $5,- : i
300,000; and when finally sold to butch- ; I
zth and packers, $12,000,000. This was a : 1,
poor year for the business. The grass- j j:
hopper plague depressed everything, s
There was no feed, and so the drovers J c
hurried to market, the supply beiug so : 1
ap-eat aud the quality so poor that prices
were down, down. s
The cattle men of the plains suffer I v
one of those drawbacks. Stock is easily ! s
raised, multiplies fast and is of better j r
quality and generally in better condition t
for market than the Texas; the drovers ; I
ire old hands at the trade, give a good i
leal of attention to improving the breeds t
[ind are carrying on their business in a
methodical, business-like way, and have j
i?ood markets at their command, all of v
which seems to point to the "Great,! i
American Desert" as the Texas of the ; t
future.?New York World. a
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Winter Fashion Note*. *
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ind with his vest on one shoulder, while j
Villiam balanced himself on the edge J
)f tfie hat stand. Both patriots were j
jtoeking-footed. They had just taken in j
lie morning papers. Very little conver-1
ation was made at the breakfast table, !
jut father was extremely polite to Wil- !
lain, and said lie didn't know when he j
iad eaten buckwheat cakes that tasted j
<o much as they did when he was a
joy.
At noon William didn't stay to des- i
*ert, but father, having eaten his own !
pudding, drew William's untasted plate ;
to liimself.
The tears were welling to nfy eyes, j
md father kindly inquired why I wept, j
44 I've been thinking my old hat fixed ;
jver won't look at all suitable with my
new cloak, but William is so blue I can't
bear to ask him for more money."
44 Merev on me J" said father, 44 don't
cry over a bonnet. Go down and get
what you want and bring the bill to me."
My hat was to be of seal brown.
14 Two feathers or three," asked the milliner.
I thought of the hundreds out of,
employment, of the destitution and wmit
the winter would behold, of the. vanity
find pride of dress, but while I hesitated
? newsboy, just out with the afternoon
papers, yelled: " Florida and Louisiana
both sure for Hayes!" I knew how
father would feel, and said: " Oh, three,
certainly."
For two or three days there was a look,
not so much of pure melancholy us of.
gloom, wrath and vengeance commingled
in William's countenance, and
he sprinkled pepper on his beefsteak
fearfully. Father said that he awaited
the actiou of the Louisiana returning!
board with confidence in tlieir integrity, 1
and sipped his tea with a spoon. 1 never
knew father to sip his tea before with a
spoon in my life.
By-and-bve it was reported that electors'
names had been omitted from He?
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A great many buttons appear oil all j
tlie new suits. a
Fancy feathers ore worn more than ]
ostrich tips anil plumes. ; 1
Coquettish little bows of ribbon and ( ^
lace are worn in the hair.
Buckles of gold, silver, jet and steel j r
are used in trimming hats again.
One of the newest fabrics is of camel's J
hair, interwoven with feather down. * j 8
Smyrna lace is the fashionable trim- j tiling
of the moment for underclothing. ^
Sky blue and myrtle green is a fash- ! ^
ionable combination for evening dresses. !c
Marine and ink blue, myrtle green, i '
and seal brown are popular colors for j
kid gloves.
An exquisite new shade of blue for '
fancy silk stockings is called moonlight ' .
on tiie air. ;
Hamburg embroideries are cheaper ^
and more used than ever for trimming , t
underclothing. J i
CiU'ilinal red kid gloves are seen 011 j (
some of the glove counters, and the j t
salesmen say a few ladies call for them. ! \
They are stiched with white or black on t
the back of the hand in three triple rows, i
Some of the latest importations of Paris 1
suits are simply long princesse, polonaises, 1
looped very low down in the back, anil j f
have one deep flounce put on at the bot- 1
torn in such a manner as to simulate an
underskirt. f
Some of the handsomest imported: 1
French suits have the underskirt of cam- 1 ^
brie of the color of the polonaise, with <
deep flounces of wool serge or silk set on ''
at the bottom. In these suits there is always
a finish of velveteen, silk, or serge '
put around the bottom, under the lower- j !
most flgunce. Holbein green is a new j '
shade of this popular color.
The most fashionable coiffure at the [
moment is a catagan loop or waterfall of
waved hair, falling on the neck and in- ,
cloRed in a large meshed silk brsud net, j
which covers all the back of the head 1 j
with puffs and is fastened on the top i ,
with a bow of ribbon. Anotlier bow of f
ribbon is placed in the nape of the neck, I
just above the catagan loop. The net is 1 ,
of cardinal red, or blue, green, or brown ;
silk braid, and is called the "Lucca" or ,
the "Massaniello." The front hair is j
crimped, waved, or banged in this style
of coiffure. i.
j l
Alexander Mitchell, the railway king :
of Wisconsin, is building a magnificent.'
bank building and sjife depository in !
Milwaukee, and in tlie construction 01
his money vaults has hit upon a ii>vol j
idea. He has made the floor, walls and
top of two thicknesses of railroad rails,
and lias surrounded this seemingly impregnable
barrier against thieves with a
very thick wall of stone. \
TOR1
ROYAL C<
THURSDAY, JA
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
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How It Appear* from an rubiaxcd Point
of View to a ixmnrt Woman.
[From the Lancaster (Penn.) Examiner.]
T never until tliis fall realized the J
lebt we owe tlie press, and I never ap- i
areciated the advantages of living in n
country that electa its own rulers. My
lusband is a Democrat, and my father,
vho boards with us, u Republican. On ,
lie seventh of November I took down
ny last winter's cloak, and I couldn't
seep back the tears. That cloak cost
}25, but it was short, and of course I
wouldn't wear it tliis season. It didn't
>eem as if I could wear my double paisley I
;hawl all winter, but I thought of the j
sufferings of the poor, our heavy church
lebt, and of the many obligations Wil- !
iam had to meet the first of January,
uid I" concluded I wouldn't say a word I
ibout it. I might be a dowdy, but I '
vould go calmly forward?up the church
lisle?supported by the smiles of an apjroving
conscience.
When William came horn# that night
le said New York had gone for Tilden,
ind there was a glow unon his brow and
i light within his eye I hadn't seen there
or years. The biscuits were light as a '
eather, and said 1: 44 William, what,
lo you think I had better do about a i
tfoak tliis winter ? You know they don't !
year short cloaks. I suppose you don't j
eel as if you could afford a new one ?"
44 See aliout it," said William, scraping ;
he last drop of peach juice from his ;
preserve plate. That's a dreadful vulgar i
labit, and I've told William so over and |
iver again, and I don't wonder, tliat be- j
ng a genuine, elegant Democrat, he will J
persist in it.
The next morning, when I passed
hrough the sitting-room, William sat |
ihivering over a closed register in his ,
'locking feet, liis hair imcombed, but he ;
Tied out from the top of his paper : I
4 Democratic victories everywhere ?" j
Die country gone cn masse for Tilden !" j
4Intense excitement and rejoicing!"'
iVe had waffles and maple molasses for !
ireakfast, and I made the coffee myself. j
tVilliam had made one earnest dab at his
lead with the hair brush, but had evilently
missed. Father called for toast,
Old said he had neuralgic pains streakng
all down the left side of his face.
.Villiam read aloud soatliing morsels
rom the Democratic paper, such us;
4 Indiana gives Tilden 10,000 majority !"
44 What do you tliink tliis morning
.bout my having a new cloak, William V" j
44 Of course you can have a new cloak,
f you need one. 4 Full returns not yet
cceived from Oregon, Nevada, Florida
.nd Louisiana, but they ore undoubtedly
>urs!'"
44 Urn!" said father. <
I felt a good deal of anxiety about fam- j
ly prayers. Wfiliaw ian*t a professor, j
father lends devotions, and I was afraid j
le would 'be too supplicatory ; but he
>ruved mostly for the heathen, Jews and
uch like, but didn't refer to the Demorats,
and only ?*nc??just after the
leathen?alluded to our suffering country.
Wlien William came up to dinner he 1
aid returns of Democratic majorities ,
Fere pouring in from all quarters, and .
aid I: 44 William, I've been tliinking the ;
natter over, and I do believe it would be
he best economy to buy a fur clunk, i
Everybody is wearing fur. It might cost
ore at first, but it would be cheapest in j
he end ; fur is so durable."
44 How much will it cost ?"
44 Mrs. Ck)l. Tucker's sealskin sack
ras ?200 last winter, but I don't feci as
f, in our circumstances, we can afford
hat. Furs are cheaper than last fall, j
nd I think I could get a good, desirable,
tot so rich as some, but still good enough !
or people in our circumstances, for ?150. j
44 llm !" said father.
44 William had taken out a blank cheek, i
ml was reflecting, when in whisked the
>resident of the Democratic club and said
Florida and South Carolina had gone for
Pilden, and William was wanted down to
he club room to see about the illuininaion.
He filled out the check, and I imnedintelv
went down street and selected ;
he cloak.
That evening a shade of anxiety?a 1
oarcely perceptible tinge of melancholy \
-had settled on William's countenance,
vliile father's neuralgia was better. :
iVilliam asked if I had done anything ?
ibout my cloak, and, if I hadn't, he j
ihonld suggest waiting awhile; furs,
night bo cheaper. He said, when I I
isked him about it, the illumination had !
jeen postponed.
The next morning I heard the boys in !
he street screaming that Hayes was
dec ted, and when I went down father i
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DMMERCIAL.
NUARY 18, 1877.
publican votea in Louisiana, and father
s/ud tliere waa a chill in theee November
days that struck to the very marrow, and ,
William soul no intended 10 arrange nut
business so that he could spend two or
three weeks of winter in some Southern
clime, say in Georgia or Louisiana. That
afternoon I went shopping, and at teatime
laid 011 the cloth four or five samples
of seed brown merino.
" William," said I, "which of those
do you call the best piece of goods ?"
His opinion coincided with mine. I
held two bits off at a distance. " Ever
so many women that I know have dresses
off that piece," said L I laid the bits
down and sighed. Then I held them off
again and said : " How dreadful it is to
be poor !"
"If you want a dress so badly, get it,
Mary Ann," said William.
" I really don't know as in our circumstances
I ought, William."
" If there's anything I hate to see it is
a shabbily dressed woman?get it." So,
in order to satisfy William, I had to get
the merino.
Since that time Hayes has been sometimes
elected and sometimes Tilden. All
disguises have fallen off in our family,
and though my father and William treat
each other with forced politeness, such
words as "corruption," "nigger," "bulldozed,"
have become familiar language
in what I once hoped would lie a refined
Christian household.
"William," said I, as I rung for more
baked potatoes one morning, " I never
allowed myself to read the Beecher
scandal?much' as I wanted to?and if it
was worse than this I'm glad I didn't."
One day, when Louisiana went for
Hayes, father promised me a new parlec
carpet. If the question isn't settled
soon I think I can easily get the house
refurnished, and perhaps have a new
China set and a silver dessert service. I
am so sorry the Centennial is closed, for
I know I could just as well spend another
fortnight in Philadelphia, and 1
do believe I could have that lovely pink
coral set I wanted so badly.
I don't understand politics, but I am
so glad I live under a republican form of
government, and I do feel sure, if any
one makes good resolutions, and tries to
be economical, and really means to be a
good -wife and daughter, a way will open
out of difficulties.
Ashtabula and Angola.
The scene of the terrible accident on
the Lake Shore railroad is in many respects
similar to that of the Angola disaster,
the horrors of which it more than
equals. It is at the crossing of the Ashtabula
river, a small stream which drains
the fanning country of the same name,
and close by the village of Ashtabula, O.
The stream is shallow and not navigable,
and vessels engaged in trade of the lake
and country have to load and unload at
the port on the shore of the lake three
miles below. "Where the railroad crosses
the little rive-r the banks are high, the
perpendicular height of the bridge from
the water being seventy-five feet.
It will be remembered that the Angola
disaster, which took place Dec. 18, 1808,
on the same road, occurred at the crossing
of a stream. The traiu in that case
was much behind time, and was coming i
down the line at lightning speed to make t
up the lost raomeuts. A car jumped the c
track aud was dragged across the bridge. 1
Just before reaching the embank- t
ment on the other side it fell i
over with a crash and was thrown down ]
the ice covered slope a distance of forty ]
feet. This car was dashed to pieces and t
burned, and but three of its occupants re- 1
mained to tell the story of the horrors of i
that wintry afternoon. One of the other '
two passenger cars of the train went e
down the opposite side of the embank- t
ment, a distance of about tweuty-five c
feet. It was wrecked completely aud (
twice caught fire, but the flames were s
put out both times by the passengers. t
The situation was not as horrible as at i
Ashtabula, because the wrecked passen- i
gers were not in the water, but it was 1
nearly as bad, because of the ice and cold 1
and burning cars. The loss bv the An- {
gola accident was twenty-six killed, of f
whom twenty-three were so badly burned 1
that they could not be identified, aud 1
forty-six wounded. The injured were i
taken to Buffalo and cured for. A bril- (
limit ball was to have been given at that 1
time at Buffalo, but was abandoned out 1
of respect for the dead. 1
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Among: the Alligators. J
The schooner Ann E. Carll, of North- 1
port, has been wrecked on Largo Key,
^outli coast of Cuba. Capt. Tyler, her
commander, says they were muking a
very quick passage, when a hurricane
struck the vessel. She was driven at its (
mercy for four days, and on the fifth ]
wont ashore on this Key, a small deso- 1
late sand island. Great numbers of alii- J
gators swarmed around during the
first night, and came near devouring the
crew, being kept off by a fire. The snap- '
ping of their huge jaws were heard on ]
every side. The Key is about sixty
miles from the mainland, and out of the ]
usual track of vessels. Soon after the '
j Carll had thus been wrecked, her crew
I were the fortunate means of saving a 1
Spanish and an Euglish crew, whose ves- 1
sels had gone to p.eces, and Capt. Tyler, !
Ending that he must divide his scanty
store of provisions with these brothers in 1
i misfortune?there being nearly thirty- ]
! five persons on the island?and that shir- :
vation must soon end them, "seuf his 1
mate and one seaman in a boat to Cien- 1
fuegos, about one hundred miles dis- ]
1 taut, with instructions to ask assistance. ]
The Spanish government as soon as pos;
sible sent a gunboat with provisions for |
the relief of the sliipwrecked erews, who j
were found in an almost famished condi- j .
; tion. Capt. Tyler shot with liis rifle |
three alligators that were skiDned and
I eaten. i
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I Restaurant proprietors in New York i
have been losing their oysters lately, J
on?l ftnRTwtinc that thev were stolen, i
set a watch at night to detect the thieves'/T\
when, lo! they were found to he <
They selected the largest and t\nesyv$- t
ters, nibbled at the mouth of thp^hells i
until they made a hole large eiongh to | t
admit their tails (so rims the^e)? euck- j 1
ed out all the juice, and tK shells then f f
burst open, leaving theyystera exiKts^d. : (
1 The rate then at$ theaters. . * " ' \
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$2.00 per A
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All UIH'imiiic lam
Near one of the pretty villages with '
which Saratoga county (N. Y.) abounds ' <
lived a pretty girl named Lisette . i <
She was the only daughter of loving and j
5oo well loved parents. About four j i
miles from the residence of Lisette lived J1
i young man named Frank , who ]
jad graduated from college with honor i
uul was respected by all who knew him, j
aotwithstanding some stories reflecting j
)U his moral character that were told of \
liis life while absent at college. When <
md where Frank first met Lisette is not j i
jertinent to the story. But Lisette's t
nother heard the stories against Frank, 11
ind she conceived a great antipathy ! \
igainst him; so much so as to forbid him ! \
he house, and finally to bid her ilaugh- I 1
er cease all intercourse with him. But j I
lp to this time the mother's injunction f
lad been disregarded. The lovers met J i
whenever opportunity offered, and had j (
he parent lived the pair would no doubt; i
lave been happily married. But fate or- J i
lained otherwise. The mother sickened, j i
md when on lier deatlibed laid her dying j <
njunction upon her daughter to discard j t
Frank altogether. The mother passed i
iway, and Frank, httle dreaming of the t
;ruel blow that awaited him, attended e
he funeral of the mother of the girl he f
oved, hoping by his presence to soften <
ler sorrow. The mother was laid in her ]
jrave and as the pair walked from the f
lew made mound to the cemetery gates, i
vhere the carriages awaited them, Lis- t
?tte told him of her mother's dying com- <
nands and of her intention of obeying j t
hem. There was no time to soften the | c
flow by further explanation or protests- j 1
ion, and at the cemetery gate they part- i t
kI never to meet again in life. A year j (
lassed away, and in that year Lisette, ; \
rom a happy, buxom lass, had become j f
hi invalid. Phvsician3 said it was con- i r\
uimption. Perhaps it was, but she well 1
mew that sorrow had been the messen- g
to bring the life destroying agent. < ]
it last she, too, was laid upon a bed of . s
nckness, and when assured that it would 1 c
De one of death she dispatched a mes- f
jenger to the only man she ever loved, g
But, alas! the messenger was too late. ; i
Prank, who had been gradually wasting c
iway for a year, was stricken down with
t malarial fever and could not recover.
But. the messenger (Lisette's brother) ,
sorried a message back to the dying
jirl. A few more messages were earned I
o and fro before the end came. ' Lisette 1
lied, and -with her last breath told her i fl
brother to carry tlie tidings to Frank and ! c
ell him she would wait hi/ttpming. Not *
ong had she to wait, for th\tidings of I c
ler death snapped tlie slight W that ?
ret bound Frank to life. In tnbse two
lomes, four miles apart, two forms were E
ittired for sepulture. On the same day c
wo funeral corteges starte'd and pursued ?
heir way toward the village burial V
ground. "Slowly and mournfully they j
noved and singularly they met at the
semetery gate. Together the coffins J
vere lifted from the hearses, and side by
lide the remains of those loving ones T
vere carried through the entrance where i ?
hey last parted, rather more than a year j .
jefore. J
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A Russian Story.
The Russian princes in Paris are all ; t
nen of large incomes, but generally spend- t J
hrifts. One of them borrowed the sum i
>f ten thousand francs from a money 1
ender, giving his note for the same. On 1
he day it fell due the holder presented
t for payment, and was told by the 1
irince that he had no money to waste in i
laving debts. At that moment a gen- t
:ltffiian entered, and the prince handed f
iim twenty thousand francs to meet the 1
osses of the night before at the club. 1
die lender tore up his note of hand, and laid,
when going out: " Now, prince, <
here is nothing between us but a debt 1
>f honor." The prince bowed and hand- <
?d over the money without a word. The <
iccond begins in the same way, but when 1
;he lender presented his note the prince }
lew in a passion, called him hard names, /c
md, drawing a revolver, made him eat a
;he note of hand. A few days later tly *
ender received his money, with a thca- a
land franc bill thrown in as intend ?
Shortly afterward the lender receiv4 a ?
etter "from the prince, telling hiipthat
le was again in want of money' an^
jelling him to present himself w/h 10,- I
)00 francs anil stamped paper upon ;
ivhich to write his infernal /Otes of , ^
Hand. The lender came with money, \ "
" Where in your paper for tfe note ?" I <*
lie said, taking the money. <Here it is, j *
prince," said the lender, draAog ft large ! "
3ake of gingerbread fron^nis pocket.
The prince laughed at the i*e and short- ?
ly afterward paid the deb/with interest, g
A Madman's filicide. *
A French newspape/gives an account v
:>f a strange incidenfvvhich occurred in tl
its locality. A geitleman dressed in d
fashionable style wfit to a leading estal> d
iishment of the place and asked for a hot o
bath. Before uidre3sing, he sect the a
waiter for a nuinler of articles, of which *
be gave a list, vritten on a piece of pa- j 1<
per. Among ether tilings he ordered a j j'
bottle of whit/ winev some whisky, red j a
pepper, earrtfs, turnips, tomatoes and 1 *
Dnions. . ft'
.After pouring tie liquor into the bath ! s:
lie cut the vegetables into small pieces, j e
sprinkled die pepper over them, and 1 c
then turned on the tap of Ixrilin? water.
When tlitf bath was filled he undressed, j
tuid crying out: " Good-bye; I am go- i
ing to oook myself in'the American fash:?
ft ,oor#?d in. Suipefting some i c
it'ii, yi ? - ,
strange conduct, the attendants burst' a
open tl? door, and found the man al-} I
most l?iled to death. An investigation | F
proved that he liad gone >uddenly mad. i
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The Russian Soldier. J
Tlr. Eugene SchuyUr, writing to the j 1
London Daily Newt, says : I do not ; J
Jiink the Russian oficers and soldiers 11
ire habitually brut*!, cruel or savage,' 1
md I have always oensidered the Turko ; t
nan campaign and the Khokand cam- i
paigu as very exceptional. I do not be- i i
Lievp' I am far wrong in plaeing the : <
tyAole blame of the acts I reprobate j i
ipon General Kaufman, the commander , I
>f botii expeuuionsr" Personally, Bus- 1
linn soldiers are good hearted fellows,
ind I would not for a moment compar?
hem to Bashi-Bazouks, as has of l tte <
>een very unjustly done. I see no rea- ]
ion, however, for concealing the ill con- <
luct of Russian officers in matters live j
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bide Single Ccpj 5 Cents. e.
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Batter from Mud.
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" Batter from Thames mud." An article
with this sensatiocal head line in
)ne of the London papers has had such
% demoralizing effect upon the British
stomach that the Sanitary Review has
oeen compelled to describe the churning,
ft says : On visiting the place indicated
re found four men,, provided with long ?
poles and nets affixed to the ends of
hem, engaged in collecting portions of
she materials floating on the water at the
mtlet of the North Metropolitan sewage
ivorks. The men were in boats, moored
?o as to lie across a series of channels
hrough which the sewage passes into
he river, and we were informed that the
ime of collecting is limited to about an
lonrand a half daring the flow of the
ide. The materials as collected. were
itored in the boats, and they presented a
noet uninviting appearance, consisting
>f a great variety of articles, such as
natted hair, bits of wood, pieces of
natches and straw, tarry matter, and a
air sprinkling of particles of fat. After
each skimming operation the boats with
heir contents are taken to small barges,
vhere there are appliances for extracting
ind purifying the fat. We obtained
tample8 of the materials from the men,
ind afterward operated upon them to
extract the fat, with a view to determine
iow far it was practicable to purify the
at so as to render it flt for up? in the
nanofacture of butter as alleged.- We
(Objected it to various purifying processes,
but completely tailed in rendering
he fat bright and free from offensive and
tisgusting odor, and we can have no
lesitation in assuring the public that
here need not be the least apprehension
>f their breakfast table being supplied
irith "best Brittany" manufactured
rom fat recovered from Thames mud.
rhat the refuse fat from the millions of
utohens in London, and contained in the
lewage discharged into the Thames near .
Marking creek, mAy in part be recovered
aid utilized, is beyond a question of
I Ll i". /innnllv /lavfoill fVl A
1UUUI| UUl lb iO c\j[luhuj vviwmm .,.. -i
at so recovered ca*" only be purified to
luch an extent as to fit it for use in the
nanufocture of the most common kinds /
>f soap and dip candles.
The Worst of It
A fact that is strongly commented
ipon relative to the Lake Shore dia-~>?. ^
tster is that ftnmediately after the aocilent
a train dispatcher is Cleveland telejraphed^Sot
t6 permit water to be thrown
?n*j5hfe*burning cars. The dispatcher
dmits sending the dispatch, but says'
hat it was through fear that the wounded
night be drowned by a too liberal use
if water. Near the west pier stands an
ngine house with stlani pumps for / .
orcing water up into fiie tank t ^
iHJ. It had plenty of h^ae that I
iavk been instantly attach^, *
jowerful stream of water^'coula/^h118
lave been thrown upony * burning
vreek. In this way ifc?J|tfl&vri<sd
nost of the wounded biuwB^ mt , ^
o death might have b?A ^?d> ana th#r *
riends of the lost, nhldened by their
ailure to find anythitf hut the ashes of
heir friends, charge^hat it was the deliberate
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The bri<3HhM^^e way was crossed .
5y a doub^3Hwf the wrecked train
tm oomin^Wpon the left hand, or
southern tra*- That side-of the bridge
jave way fi^t, and the train in falling
vas thrown^ome thirty feet to the left of
i direct 1&? between the abutments.
The brid? fell directly downward, and
jnisbed erough the ice to' the bottom of
she riv*. It would therefore form a
lar* wkch would stop the bodies washed
loam /tream under the ice. It is a curynt
heory at Ashtabula, where public
feelijfg is intensely bitter against thw
aanagers of the road, that they are
njious to remove the bridge first so as
3 permit any human remains now lodged
gainst it to be washed away, and thus
bliterate evidence upon which claims . j
m be based for damages by the friends
f the lost. '
Swallowing a Cent
A physician, while on a railroad train,
as consulted by one of the employees
a the train in relation to his little boy,
ho had that morning swallowed a cent.
1 What have you done for him T asked
tie doctor. "We gave him a dose of
astor oil," was the reply. " Good
ractice so far; as soon as you reach
ome, give him the whites of three raw
ggs daily; l?t his diet be bread and
lilk and nothing sour." The directions
rere followed faathfally, the JjMtes of /"
he eggr repeated every day, and the
oseof oilat night, and ontne fourth
lay the cent was discharged/ It was one
f the new cooper, coins^and ConsiderHy
corroded oy the action of the gasricjuioes.
Since fatal/esult* often folm
the swallowing of /k copper coin, the
idicious treatmentyftdvised in this intenee
should be remembered by all
rho have the care of children. The esential
paints to be borne in mind are
imply these : Albumen or the whites of
ggs, a blond diet, f ree from acids, and
astor oil. \
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A Change of Heart
Mr. Moody, in an address at the Chiago
tabernacle, made rather a practical
pplication of the parable of the sower,
le said that he did not believe every
protestation of a change of heart which
le heard Men came with the crowd and.
cted with die crowd, but the seed was
>nly in a subsoil, and a good stiff breeze
rauld bear them down like stubble. He
mew one who sang liosannas and was
" j i? J
Aery much worked uj>on ; uie seen nui
alien And sprung up. But there was a
ack of depth. He knew this, because
he man owed his landlady a board bill
rhich he was able to pay, but which he
ltterly neglected. He believed in the
jonversiou of deeds. He did Hot believe
n the Christianity tliat found time to
ead a Sunday paper but none for the
Bible. "
Turkey Resists.?Turkey has officially
leclined every proposal made by European
powers.* Her plenipotentiaries have
especially resisted the proposition of having
Turkish provinces occupied by for*
sign soldiery,