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AKRIVF3. T.M p. ni. i a.30u. in. f a.oo a. m. . 0.00 p. m. f tl.vo a in f.60 p. ni. wj?i a m. I .so p. ra. f 4.v0 p. m. PEFAHT3. t 9.00 a. m. .i.oo p. m. i'.W a. in. C.o? p. m. 4.'Ji p. m 9.oo u ra j 8.25 a. ru. 4.25 p. m. x.oo a. in l.oo p. m MOXEY EAHTEBy. W ESTER X. XOKTHEKX. SOUTH KK.N. OMAHA. WEKPIXO WATKK. U.oua m. FACT OK VV ILL E. Dec. 17, lira. KATES CIltAUUEI) FOR OISUEUZS. Oa orders not exccedlnp 913 - -Orer 15 and nt exceeding .30 - 40 " " $5 10 cenU - is cents 20 cents - 25 cents A single Monev Order may inctuue n . amount from one cent to fifty dollars, but must not contain a Irac-ional part of a cent. RATES FOB TOSTAGK. lt class nmtter (letters) 3 cents per ' ounce. 2d (Publisher's rates) 2 cts per lb. id . " " (Transient Newspewers and books come unaer this das? 1 cent per each 2 ounces. It h elas" (nerchnn'l'.-e) I cent per ounce. .1 . W. Marshall P. M. OmCIAL DIRECTORY. city pirktokv . iKORGEJ. SMITH, Mayor. UILLIAM H.CL'SHINi;, Trcsatacr. J. l. siHrsON, City Clerk. VYII-LKTT FTTEi;EK. Folleo Jt.die U. li. WINOIUM.City Attorney. . K. Ml'KPUY, Chief ot I'olicc, r. Mi-CANX. Overseer of Streef-i. C. KUiHNKE, Chief of Flm Dept. . 11. Kit U.MO.NL, Ch"n Board oi Health COCXCIL3IEX. m Ward Y.'ri'. KeroW. 11. M. Boks. 2nd Ward.!. 51. 1'ntTersnn. .1. II. FatrHeid. " Urd Ward M. B. Jliu-i.hv, .1. K. Morrison. 4th Ward F. D.LeULhoi.r. McCaUnu scnooc BOAKL. JESSE B. STRODE, .T. W. BAHNES. M. A. HAKTU: N Wm. WIXTERSTEEN. L, D. BENNETT, V. V. LEONARD. Wwr-JNO. W. :i AK-MTAM.. cooiv 0IL'i:otoi:y. W. H. N EWEI.U County In-asurer. J.VV. JENNINiS.Couuty Clerk. .1. W. ..OHNSON. Coujity Judi;?. K. W. IIYEKS. Sherift. CYRUS ALTON, Hup't of Bub. Iiwtruction. O. W. FAI UFIELD. County Survt v or. I. 1. UASS. Coroner. COCXTI COJIMISSIOXUI". JAME3 CRAWFORD. South Bend Vr, emct. SiMX RICHARDSON'. Alt. I'leaant rrecinct. .K. B. TODD, FUttsmoutU Pirtles bavins business with the County Conimlloni3, will fled-ihero iu session the First Monday and Tuesday ol each month. o T.OAHD OF IRADC FRANK CAUKU I'll. Evident. .1, a. CONNOR, HENRY B.ECK, Yice-rr.i-Uent. WM. S, WISE, Seeietary. I RED. CORDER, Treasurer. Uogular meef Jne of ihe Board tt the Court Huue.t lie li rst Tued ay e ve u i n of each won t h. LVIL JL JLUl ITli. . J. F. BAUMEISTER rurnlshes FresJi. Pure ZtllU DELlVEBtl); DAILY. . . Special calU attended to. and Tresh MUk from same - fqrniahad when wanted, "ly PLATTSr-ibllTHr r,lII,LS TTSJIOCTn NEB. O. IIEISEI,, ' Preirletor. i . Flour, Corn Meal d- Fad lMiilttuuoiiUi Telephone Exrlintiire. .1. 1. Voting, roldcbcc. i.eiinon a: i.eui-4, hiit' M. II. Murphy (tl., " iJunncr Maiden. ronnty iJlirk'n oflro. K. ! I , residence. .1. V. Wcckliitcli. More. Wctlern L'nioii Telegraph olfiff 1 1. II. Wlll'Cler. reslHflfl.. H U ... . ....... i it I'l I. IIIIMfl'll. II H. li. Wiuditam, l i .l:;. Waviiiaii. ' in. 17 , H l: 20 21 t u : 2i ; 2.-. 2rt ! r J 81 .1. V. .Jennlne. V.'. K. Wise. olUe. Murrl.i'fy l:ro,, Hilce. W. It. Cart it, More. J. W. J- :tirnr-ld, rc-lI :ir,-. .M. 15 Murphy, 1. II. Wheeh T & CO . J. 1. Taylor. rld'Wi 1 irit National liank. 1'. K. Kiiiincr'n olXU-o.' .1. 1'. Vouiik, torv. 1'ClklUH lloU.HO. II. V. llvrH.rot-luciKv. .Inuriial ofiicr. 1 'altnrMV len .ffl'0. ilr.KAi.i l'ris. : oiiioo. .1. N. Wine, rcxldPurr. h. M. Cliapinaii, ' V. IK loiius, - ' A. N. iSullivan. II. K. rainier. W. II. Seliildkneclit, ollirc. Hullivan & Wcioli-y, A. W. McLauKlilin. re.sideiK'f, A. l'alterson. livry. C. M. Holmes, I.. I. lii'nnett.resldoticc. ISiro. S. Smith, oltioo. 1 A.M'Kjre, Hor 8t. .1. V. lianieit. rcniilctiri'. It. K. l.lviiif-ton, oIIIi-b, .1. V. Weekhach, re-iclnipe. :t: Wi 3! 40 41 42 4:; 41 45 i; 47 4' M so; 340 3 Hi 3"x iiaiH.un riuiit. w. tt. I Ki-hililkiipc'lit " ;en. M. Kniitli. K. K, l.lvin-toii. C. C. liallard. Sir, Thn ...l,.1. .....-..nlj HI .... ........ I. ...!. Aiilaii l, Arlington. I'.lair, Council I'.IuITh, Fre nioiit. Lincoln. Omaha Klklioru Station. raiil!icn. Spiinliclil, i.oui-viUo South Itend and Waverly. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C A- MARSHALL, DEHTIST, (Successor to Clutter & Marshall.) J'rct rvatlon of natural tet-th a specialty. Cse Nitrous Oxide S;is. On'.ce in FitK-rald Ill.M-k. - l'lattsiuoulh. Neb. SIITII & BECKO., ATTOUXEYS AT LAW thti :onrts In the state, tional Bank. rLATISMOUTH Will practii-o in all Oltlce over Firt Na 4yl NKUH3K.V. lIt. A. HALISBI Kl . DENTIST. 'Jfllce over Smith, lilx'k A Co'. DniK 8tori. I'ixt class dentistry at reasonable price, CT;ly II. MKAIK. It. ., VIIYSICIAX and SUIiOKOV. Oftlee on Main Street, letw-en Sixth suid SovcntU, south idu Olliec open day and dlht ioL:.MV ruvtiin ax. Special attention given to Uiseaiei? t women and children. 21 tf M. O DONOHOE ATTOUNKY AT LAW A NOTARY ri'llUC. Fitzi;crald'n lllock, I'LATTSMOUTU. - .NKBli.."kA ARCnt for Stc.i'iislilp lines to ami Ironi Kur. dlJw.'ly K. K. LI VIA UMTOX. 31. HIVSKIAX A Hfl;iiKl. OKFI K HOt'KS. from 10 a. m., to 2 p. m. Exaiuin.i: Si;rgeon for l:. S. Feusiou. int. h. niLiiKii. rilY.SICI AN AMI StKUEOS, Can be fomnl by calling at bis ofilce, corner 7th and Main Streets, in J. II. Waterman's house. l'LATTSMta'TlI. NF.BHASKA. JAH. N. 3IATIIKY? ATTOKXKY AT LAW. Otilee over Baker Atwood'n store, eolith side ol Main between 5th and 6th streets. 21 tf J. it. HTKODK. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice in all the Courts in the State. District Att-rrnt-j a,ul y-'inrij Public. ATTORNEY' AT LAW. Real Estate. Fire In surance and Collection Agency. Otliee Union block. Flattsinuuth Nebraska. 22m3 i. ii. Yi iiki-:ll:i a co. LAW OFFICE. Real ICntate, Fire and Life In surance Agents. I'lattsmoutU, Nebraska. Col lectors, tax-payers. Have a complete abstract of titles. Buy and sell real eetate, negstlate plans, &c. i5j 1 JA3Ii:S K. .UOltlXISOX, Notary Tublic. ATTORNEY AT LAW. WniprasticeinCass and adjoining Counties ; gives special attention to collections and abstracts of title. Ofllce in Fitzgerald Block, lTattsmouth, Nebraska. I7yt J. C, YCli CCRKY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. nas his office in the frout part of his residence on Chicago Avenue, where ne may be found in readiness to atteud io the duties of the of flce. 47tf. IKM1EUT II. WI1)1IA, Notary Public ATTOKNF.V AT LAW. Office over Carruth's Jewelry Store. Plattsmouth. ... - Nebraska. M. A. HARTIGAN, i A W Y E B . FlTZGECALD'S BLOCK, TLATTSMOUTH JfHB Prompt and careful attention to a general Law Practice. A. H. SULLIVAN, Attorney and !Counselor at'Law. OFFICE In the I'ni-.ii Clack, front rooms 6e.md story, sou" ! Pmiaiit iitentioa invent 11 business . mar25 BOYD & LABSEN, ) Contractors and Builders. ! Will give estlmatei on all kinds of work. Any ! orlr? left at the Lumber Yards or Post ; OlUee will receive promnt attention I Heavy Truss Framing, r for barns and large buildings 'a specialty. - ! For rcfeienee apply to .T. P. Youns, J. V. Wee i li; i or II. A. Waterman & Son. d&w i C A. WftlSLEY & CO'G T n DE0T IN THE MARKET. Jf;u!e OXZT of Vegetable Oil and JPutg ItGef Tallow, To induce housekeepers to giro this Soap a trial. WITH EACH BAR - IT 77 ii uiih jv xxiiij TABLE NAPKIN Thl3 offer 17 mado tor a 6hort time only and should ht taken, advantago of at ONCE. Wo WARBAXT this Soap to do more wash Ins with greater eano than any soap in the market, li has no EQUAL for use in hard and cold water. , YO'JR GROCER HAS IT. G.A.Wrisley&Co. taxsw?ietarars of Standard LaumSr; - fcad Tcllat Seeia s-v n n - PRIVATE CAES. l Wealthy People Who Will Ti-avel in Nothing Cheaper than a HpociaL I'liujuleli.hia l'reso' Iickn wa aiii Ixltor. When l'rexidfiit Huirh J. Jewett. of the I Erio railroail, pahts through this littlo tow a the c itizens flock to the stativn to gazo upon i Lbiprivuto car, t ho Itamapo, viljlch is oro I of tho most luxurious over mado y the j l'ulluuin company. "in those- days the luxury of travel Is something astouihhiug," said President Jer ott, a few days ago, to a representative of Tho Press. "There were two other cars built just like this," ho continued, with a comprehensive wave of his hand. ''One was for Henry Villard, president of the Oregon l!ilwny and Navigation company, and the othT was for Thomas W. Pierce, president of tho Sunset route, hi Texas. Just look at thU car." At the forward end of tho car Is a kitchen) Lack of this is a parlor, which cau be turned into a lino dining-room ; ad joining w a bed room ; with a small bath-room attached, and at the roar end a nrnoking-room and observa tory. Kloctric ljells connect with the kitchen. The upholstery is niagniflcout, and tho interior is decorated with inlaid woods of the most costly kind. Tho cost was $20,000. "lho 'Old Commodore'" (Vaudorbilt), said Mr. Jewett, with a smile, "used to ride over hia roads in a car that ho thought was about as hue as could lie gotten up. That car is now owned by the "Wagner company, and is called tho Iroquoi.-i, and any one may ride in hi it who chooses to pay the extra fare. Peo ple who are not able to control as many pennies as the commodore bad dollars can to day rido iu better curs than tho railroad king ever dreamed of. It costs at leaat 15,000 to build a Pullman, car now-a-days, and, the Imjuois did not cct more than half that sum." "What kind of private car has William H. Vanderbilt!" was a.skod. WILLIAM IT. VANDERBILT'S CAR. "A beauty. It 13 about seveuty-tive feet L-ng uud six feet wido, by alxiut thirteen feet high. It has a kitchen in front, just like this car; back of it is Mr. Vanderbilt' state-room. The dining-room, fritting -room and card-room come next. The observatory Is at the rear and has inclosed sides. It is elegantly fitted np in the moet luxurious style, and on the sides of the car are four views, representing the Wert Albany bridge of the New York C'Ltsal, Niagara Falls, the Grand Central dej .t at Foily -second street, and one other, which I di not ca.ll to mind. The car proba bly cost rOOO." "ilr. Vanderbilt doexsome fast traveling et lejint ho used to?" "Yes. "When he makes a trip he goes as fast as he can. lie takes a special engine, orders all trains off the main track, and he travels as rapidly as the engine can go. A time-table is marie up, generally, for lus train tiefore he starts, and telegi-aphed to every station along the road. This prevents the possibility ot accident." "IIow alout Jay Gould's private car!" "The Convoy, No. 143, is its name at least it used to be. It Is the same car that Com niodore nrrion nsed to occupy, and hs ac commodation for twelve. It is not strikingly beautiful; finished in black walnut," "Are the cars of the Pennsylvania lailroad officials strikingly elegant?" "They are hamWwe supplied with state room, sloeping room, kitchen mid other apartment. John W. Garret car, the Maryland, used to be considered 'strikingly elegant.' Ills son KoWrt used to have a special car, too, called, I tbink, ti e Balti more." "Then all tho great railroad magnates have special cars, do theyf "Nearly all in fact I might say all. There are many others, you know, who own cars of thoirown. Patti, Nilsson, Mrs. Langtry and so on, ad infinitum. Mrs. Langtry's car, I see, has reently been finished at Utica, N. Y. Queen Victoria does not travel in such a luxurious car as Mrs. Langtry will occupy." "Will foreign railway carriages bear a nj comparison with our American cars?" ADVANTAGES OF AMERICAN TRAVEL. "Not very much. The fact is any one who can pay his way on a parlor or hotel car to day in America can travel quite as luxuri ously as the empress of India. It is a com mon thing to see special cars now ; ten years ago they were a curioslsty. AlTJrich menride in specials when making a long journey, either south or west. If a party of ten or twelve is made up to go to San Francisco, the expense is no greater to hire a car with cooks and waiters than it would be to ride on the ordinary palaco cars end stop at first class hotels on the way. Noblemen and wealthy foreigners coming to America often hire a special car. The Duke of Sutherland, the Grand Duke Alexis, Dom Pedro, of Brazil, and Baron de Something-or-other, the Rus sian embassador, are among those who have crossed the continent in special cars." "You remember that Jarrett & Palmer, the theatrical men, once ran a whole train as a special to San Francisco?'' i?When a whole train is chartered the rates are made according to the distance, number of cars, etc. "What is the cost per mile!" "Well about 25 cents, I think, although no company will send out an engine as a special for a short distance for less than 820. The schedule time is so fast to-day upon nine tenths of the roads that a special could not bettor it more than a few minutes. People in these cars insist ujon fast time. It is not permitted, however, to attach a special car to any of the limited trains like the New York and Chicago or the Washington limited. These trains are made up of the full number of cars that the engine can pull through and make schedule time, and I doubt if even the president of the road would presume to at tach bis special car to one of these trains and risk delaying it. "Do railroad magnates have to pay for hav ing their cars hauled over the roads T' "Not as a rule. Most of them enjoy the courtesy of the other roads, owing to the business relations that are continually exist ing between the different roads. The work ing offloers of the western railroads live in their cars for weeks at a time, and it would be a great expense if they were obliged to pay when they traveled over other lines. All the principal roads have a car known as the directors' car, and in this the officers and di rectors go over the road once a year to make their 'inspection.' The Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western owns a fine directors' car. Those directors of western roads who live in the east have the car sent on to them, and take them to the annual meeting and back. On some roads the president's car has to pay bridge tolls. This is where the road runs over bridges owned by private corporations, for which privilege they pay 3 or $3 per car." "There are also hunting cars, are there not?" "Yes; hunting and fishi ng cars. The Pull man company, three or four years ago, built two handsome ones, the 'Davy Crockett' and the 'Isaac Walton.' The charge is $35 a day, including a cook and a waiter, both of which expect douceurs.however. These sportsmen's cars are smaller than the ordinary Pullmans, although large enough for ten persons, and are provided with gun-racks, kennels for thr dogs, and they are in constant damaEd." ".Are there any of this kind of cars owned by private individuals V '-'I havo heard that Jerome Marble, of Massachusetts, built one for his own use. and, finding that his venture was so successful, he built two more to let" "Private individuals often hire cars then?" "Very often. Charles A. Dana took his party Of friends to California in a privates car; President Arthur took his Florida trip in a private car although he paid nothing for it, I lielieve and a great many people do tlie same thing. There are cars constructed for the express purpose of hiring to families and private parties. These cars are arranged to hold ten persons; - the main salon is furnished with an organ, and - the charges are only . $S5 a day, including the cook, conductor, porter and waiters. But, bosirie this, the nerson who liti-na the c.r uiust purcnarte ruir iicfvn tor Cii Uie party ut the line over which the car passe. This U to pay for hauling the car. lVovislons and liquors are supplied at cost, or jou can stock tho car yourself. Sleeping cars aro lot atf65 a day, including attendants, and eighteen full tie'kc-t must lie bought. Hotel cars are charged for at the rato of 73 a day, and tho same number of tickets must be bought." ' While this conversation wan coinr on tho tpocial car of President Jewett, attached to the fast train of the Erie, the St. Louis ex press, No. 8, was humming along over tho rails at the rato of forty-eight miles an hour, averago speed, toward Port Jervls, N. Y., the end of the Delaware divhiiou, without a particle of nowe and without scarcely any perceptible motion. Tb run of twenty-two miles was mado hi twenty-eight minutes, and after a moment's rtop the "llamapo whisked away from tho ktation on its voyage to tho metropolis. Roaeoe Conk. I Ins ad the Heporters). Washington Letter. Pvoscoo Conkling makes a good many flying trips to Washington in connection with his law business. Ho avoids the white house, and is as unbending as ever toward reporters. An eastern correspondent trlexi to interview him tho other day. "Sir," said the dignified ex-senator, "you must excuse me. I cannot converse with members of the press." Roacoe had some bitter lessons in interviewing when he was in the icenith of , his political career. The representative of one of the leading pa pers of the country called upon him before he had soured against newspaper men. Conk ling received him like a prince, and was at some pains to give him the desired informa tion. The scribe assured Itoacoe that his lad- guage would bo given verbatim et literatim. But the scribe reckoned without his chief. On reiorting the result of his mission the latter said: "Psliaw, if Conkling gave you that he meant just . tho opposite. " I'll twist it into shape." Ho-, twisted it into such a shape that made the "proud Roscoe wild with vexation, and threw the scribe into epileptic fits. A year or two afterward this inter viewer was made chief of the bureau, and he determined to make amend to Lord Roscoe at the first opportunity. That opportunity arrived sooner than he expected. During a time of great political excitement, when the. views of Conkling were looked forward to with great interest, a prominent Republican asked this correspondent If he would print an interview with the New York senator just as it was given. "Certainly," was the prompt reply. "I will guarantee that not a word hall be changed." The interview took place. It was wired to the home office as Conkling dictated it. The editor evidently suspected this, since he prefaced it with a stinging in troduction to the effect that Roscoe had caused himself to be interviewed, and strutted like a peacock as he talked to himself. That was the last straw. It killed every vestige of Conkllng'9 faith in newspaper men. To-day he would rather have a scorpion dally with bis favorite curl than spend five seconds in the company of a reporter on business. Girl si la the Breaker. ' St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Did you ever sit in one the "grand stands" at Coney Island and see tho girls in fancy stockings wade in till the puny surf just about wets tho tops of them tho stockings, please remember and then hop up and down, clinging to the ropes and yelping! Well, that is what you don't seo at the unheard-of bath ing places I am telling you about. You would tie surprised (writes a New York cor respondent) at tho number of girls who are expert and daring swimmers Murray Ilill daughters of from fifteen to twenty summers, who walk coolly down to the breakers, follow out the receding sweep of water till they, meet an incoming "roller," then poise them selves on tip-toe, stretch their brown arms above their heads and plunge headlong into the wall of the water just as it is about to break and dash down upon them. With a seething sound the crest of the wave shoots upward, combs over gracefully, thunders down upon tho beach, and goes back with a roar, and Miss Murray Hill is seen floating at her case out beyond tho line of breakers. I saw her when she had been venture some enough to do just that thing whilo the tide was running out with unusual force. The breaker had given her a hard tussel when she went through it, and she turned to swim in ; but the outward cur rent was too strong for her, and though doing her best, she was being carried farther and farther from land. Did she yell and swallow salt water, and strangle and sink? Not a bit of it. She raised one hand out of the water to show that sho needed assistance, flopped over on her back, spread out her arms, and lay still as a mouse, with her precious sun burned nose barely above the water, Jetting the tide have its own way with her. In one minute more a couple of stalwart swimmers were at her side with a plank and line. Then she rested her arms on the plank and was hauled in smiling, for which service she quietly said she was much obliged. American "Lawyers. London Times. "In no country In the world," said Burke, fully a century ago, with reference to Amer ica, "is law so general a study;" and this re mark still holds good. Law is, and always has been, regarded there as a road leading to all greatness. Usually two-thirds of the members of congress are lawyers. They swarm in journalism. They become "railroad men" or great financiers. They pull the wires, organize parties, and play a political part altogether out of proportion to that which belongs to the same class here. Our lawyer, even the greatest of them, have rarely had more than a secondary position in polities. On the other hand, from Hamilton's time to our own, the same class in the United States has always been in the very front rank of party warfare. It is, however, a much more numerous class than with us. We have, to be sure, no lack of lawyers, but an average American town will contain three times as many members of the profession as an yngHcii town of - equal use. Amer ican lawyers might claim with con- ctrlnraLla roc-cnev that thev haA cultivated not merely the gracSs of their profession more assidiously than the English bar, but j that they were accustomed to look at new legal questions raised by the circumstances ot modern society with a freedom and breadth of view which is very rare here." BraxU'e Progress. Braail i wheeling into . line a a land of freedom, and many influential families are voluntarily freeing thalr slaves. ASTOB AND BELMONT. The Fall r Twi Yr atnuonatre relttlelaa. Kew York Letter in Chicago Herald. I am compelled to record the ruin tf two young millionaire politicians William Wat dorf Astor and Perry Belmont. They went into politics on the English idea that Aristo crats can appropriately play at ruling the common people. Astor went to Albany as a P-epublieau assemblyman, and ruined his chances of re-election by voting submissively with tho jobbers. Then he, struck out for congress, and his famous "personal canvass'' ensued. He made the round of all the saloons in his district,, treating the loungers in each place and taking no change from a 20 gold piece; he attended a political association's ball and danced with its belle, who happened to be a girl from a tobacco factory ; he shook hands effusively with workingmen in their places of employment, and all this he did with such a palpable feeling of condescension that he gave offense instead of gaining favor. Moreover, that course damaged hint im mensely with his wealthy and fashionable neighbors, who read copious .reports ot bis previous day's doings in their morning jour nals, and were disgusted by his sycophancy. He made the most strenuous efforts to cir cumvent the reporters, but their carriages usually kept up with his own. He was de feated overwhelmingly in a district nominally Republican. President Arthur, looking for ward to-social solidity here after his sei vlces in Washington are over, appointed him minister to Italy, and all the world knows what a fool be has made of himself in Rome, Wt.ll. about Bfitroont. it went Into toolU r.cs m a Democrat, thoosiug u. Lwii iinana district in which he could ckiiui 'a residence by ostensibly living on his daddy Vftock farm. Ho was elected toctingrcviuii'l'.'rtheguidami of ex-Editor Ilurlbort, of Tho World, and got along without fceriou.! ini.-hap in Washington. Put at homo hU prosjifct havo fill gone to tho dogs. John Devoy, editor of Tho lrWi Nation, recklof-sly and unjustly vaildoM man Auppifet Belmont for leaving li verted omo Fcian fund money Lito British ha mis, and the millionaire prosecuted him into tho penitentiary, where ho is now serving a six months' sentence. Yv'hat's tho consequence! Every Irishman iu tho son's dist rii -t is down on the young chap throjgh hatred of the father. The handwriting is so distinct on the wall that, when the local Democratic leaders were lately invited to a grand dinner iu his honor, so many of them declined that tho project was abandoned. Polities will not much longer bo a playtLla ; for Perry. So aro ended th- jiolitie.il careers of an Astor and a Belmont. They hrivo demon strated that money will not buy favor with the American peoDlo. It taks brains. Often tho menial requisite is unfortunately allied to dishonesty or meanness, but that is ludter than to let moneyed mediocrity win. But it is too hot hero to discus.? politic. Tho city was almost empty on the Fourth of July. Some thousands ami 1 went to Long Branciu There I camo arross cx-I'rcMileut Grpnt. Everybody addresses him us general, which would seem to prove that his military glory surpasses his civic glory in popular estimation. He sat and chatted on tho veranda of Geor;; . Childa' cottage. He doesn't know yet for certain whether he will come down for tha summer. There came along a most remarkablo double locked, red and yellow and blue wagon, gor geous enough for a Vermont jioddk'r ami odd enough for a circus street proeessimi. It was built for a green grocer, who loads it every' morning and sends it on the rounds among tho cottages. That started Grant on his experi ence as a Loner Branch householder. TWO. In the but 'gloom of a winter':; morn A lialie was- born. The snow piled hiifh against wall and dxr, On the mighty oak houghs the l'rost lay hoar; But the warmth and lilit shrined tln happy face, Ho softly pillowxl mid down and lace. The bells slashed out from the ivaling spire. The ni;;ht. was reddcuod ly many a lir; The cottage smiled for tho joy at the hall, As the poor mad answered tho rich man's call, And 'ot for a day was le.s forlorn, Because a little child wa s Ix-i n. In tho bitter gloom of a winter's morn A babe was born. Tho snow piled high in tho narrow street, Trodden and stained by hurrying feet; On the hearth the embers lay cold and deud, And the woman who crouched on tho tamp fctraw ld Muttered a curse, as thu drunken sport. Swelled up to her lair from tho crowded court, Riot without and squalior within, To welcome a wuif to a world cf sin, Aud a pitiful lifo was the moro forlorn, Because a little child was hau la a smiling home amid suu and ilowcrs, A child grew up. Calm, and beauty, ami culture, imd wealth, To give power to" life and grace to health ; fieutle influence, thought and care, To train the darling of love and prayer. The stately heirlooms of place and blood, To crown th ilower of maidenhood, With childhood's fiearly innocence kept, On tho folded leaves whore tho simuihiue t.k-pt. So sweetly and richly foaaie.l the cup Life held, where the happy girl grow up. Where "licmo"' was a vague aud empty word A child grew up; Whero oath and blow wore the only law, And ugly misery nil she saw; Where want and sin drew hand in hand. Round the haunts that disgrace cur Clu-i.-itian land ; A loveless, hone-loss, joylo-s lifo Of crime, and wrcteliediics?, f lrugglo find strife! Never a glimpse of tho swet spring skies To soften the Hash in tho wild young eyes; No drop of peace in th nois-ried cup Life held where the reckless girl grew up. On a summer eve as the slow sun set 1 A woman died. At the close of a lo:i and tranquil life, Honored and guarded, mother an 1 wife. With gentle hands whso work was dono, And gentle head whose cro vn was won, With children's children at her knee, j And friends who watched hr reverently; Knowing her memory would remain, Treasured by grief, that scarce was pain, With her heart's dearest at her side, I Blessing and blessed, tho woaian died. On a summer's eve as the slow sun sst A woman died. She had fought th3 failing fight sr long! But time was cruel, s;i i hard, a:i 1 strong. Without a faith, without a prayer, With none to aid, and none to care; With not a trace uwu the pac j. From desperate youth to loathsome ago, But sin and sorrow, wrong and chance, And bitter blank of ignorance; With not a hand to help or save, With not a hope beyond the grave, Tossed in the black stream's rushing tide, Cnmourned, unmixed, the woman died And we are all a'dn, nui3 the kindly creed! Ah, tho riddlu of life is hard to road. A Lesson in (xood 21 r.nners. Amos Kaeg in San Francisco Chronicle. Hanover has the reputation among foreign ers of being the most desirable place at which to initiate their children into the mysteries of the teutonic tongue. And tha natural resur. is that tho town is pretty well filled with foreigners especially English and Ameri cans. So that one hears a good deal of his mother tongue as he strolls about tho streets, and has to keep a pretty close watch of his own, if he does not wish to get himself dis liked by making remarks about the personal appearances of such people as he may meet. And it is strange how careless one becomes in this regard after he has been in a strange country awhile. At first he docs not realize that his speech will not be understood ar 1 he is s careful as he would be at home. But after awhilo he begins to got bold, and it is not very long before he laughs and jokes and carrMB on, and pa-sscs remarks about his neighbors in the most abandoned and hard ened way. None of us have yet been caught in any disagreeable manner. But we received a warning last night which I hope will not soon desert us. Wa had been to a concert in the Palm garden, and coming out, found ourselves In the mi 1st. oC a daas9 and not very gentle crowd. Just in front of as was a silver-haired old lady, who was be ing jostled in a most cruel way. Black saw the old lady's uncomfortable position, and he said, loudly: "Say, Kaeg, look at that old lady. It's a shame the way she is being shoved around. You get on ono side; Chicago, you get In behind her; I'll look out for the other side, and we'll see if we can't keep these peo ple from walking all over her." So we took our places and escorted the old lady safely to the door, giving her a safe and comfortable passage. And when we reached the sidewalk the old lady turned on us aud said in the kindest, gentlest to'ss, and in b3tter English than I can speak: "I am ever so much obliged to you, gentlemen. You were very kind, in deed." Black was, for once, without a word to say. He stammered and stuttered, raised his hat and stood like a statue until the old lady disappeared in the .darkness. Then he slowly turned away, drew a long sigh of re lief, and anxiously inquired: "Thunder! 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