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: "-. HB ADVERTISER THE ADVERTISER W M -BR'iTJIKR. T. t HACKKK. o. w. rAinnRoniKB. T.C. BACK Kit. .trRBKOTIIER & U1CKER, puljlittiiers ami Proprietor. FAIRIIROTIIER & nACRERi Publisher &. Proprietors. Published Every Thursday Morning ADVERTISING KATES. One Inch, one vr AT llKOWNVILLE, XEIIIIASKA. .tiooa . is oo Twojnches, one year . .Each sncceodlng Inch, per year. 5 00 Legal oil vertlsemen ts at legal rates One square , J (10 lines or Nonpareil, or lens) first nscrtlOD, $1.00 ;. eachsubsequentlnsertlon.Wc. : 3S" All transient advertisements must be paid for In advance. TERMS, IN A ! VANCE taeccpr. one year S'-i 00 1 00 30 wccpi six moniat .,,,nf. three mourns r P jf'opapvr sent from the office until paid for. I JlUMXC; MATTER OX EVERY PAGE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEYS. J. W. Newman, . - .nm - urtorTP Lrr1.opVo-.tC.nrit;NaUo.1l Bank. Main st. .-!? AT LAWI UIAU1 x-ujVrf- .e. Nebraska. . E. E. Ehrlffht, ...fv t r.AW Notary punllc and Ileal TTta A'nU Office in Court Houfe IlnHd- :;r. vn ville Neb. '' " T. !. Schick, --.t.vFY AT LAW-MAY RE CONSULT K ,r?E the Herman language. Ofllce next : c?uSr Clerk's OIHce. Court House Build- B . ...v-iii. Nebraska t Iir" " .... J. S. Stullf J ttOHNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Oc-.No.TO Main treetnpstalrsOItrown- Neh J. II. Hroarty, TT JUNKY AN'II COUNSELOR AT LAW. H 02l"e over Statu Bank. Brownviile.Neb. K. W. Tlinmns, i ttoUN'EV AT LA W.-OITIce. front room over VVnwn A'ros's!Hard-nre Store. Brown-.-v . C. . V' ' W. T. lingers, A TTOnVKY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. " .l...tiAi,ii9ro noire In Court Huse s a-s a-ffl"'" : -,---.-. E.l 'S Brownvllle.Neo. PHYSICIANS. . s" nOM.DAY. M. D Physician Surgeon M I Obstetrician. Graduated In 1851. Loca- ..V. a-1 '" .. ,n-c .. T , Jr C!rflt-li'R istw APlierion:niock. Special attention 1 'to Obstetrics and diseases of Women and '. ' dren . ' , V dren tt I, MATHEWS. rhy-loUn and Surgeon. Office H . InC.ty Dru? Store. No. 32 Main street. Brown- t :. Neb. NOTARIES fc COLLECTION AGENTS Ij. A. nfrpmfttin, VOTARY PUBLIC AND WV1WANCKR. iN o'H'-e. No. 41 Main street, Brownvllle. eh. BLACKSMITHS. .T. W. Gibson, t oKXHTir AND HORSE SHOEIl. First I) itr-'-Oetwen Main and Atlantic. HrownvIIIe, Work don to ordered satisfaction guarau- SOCIAL DIRECTORY. LODUES. Vrmnhn City Loilce No. 1 01), I. O. Mwtsevcrr M .ndav evenliiK. David W i T Mrs Kll IIen-IiBjmos, Sec. a. T.- Moiitus, O. F.- Meets every iaiuruay. t'iui.ii-visuiuiuii j.'- v. M OKirriTK Sec. . Ptrrl.Ur Lodst.- No. 1.1. K. V.-MeetR evory W1nf3n .--aInR In Mawinlc null. V!slt!:ifi; Ki."elits conllallv Invltel. J. B. Dov-xkii. C. C. V if.JonvsoN, K. It. S. HrownTillf Lo.Ikp No. 5, I. O. O. F.-Reular aetlncs Tuesday evening ol each week.In tnelr cerrhaMovt-rIOwman'.tore Visltinx brothers n-tpectfully Invited. A. O. Gates. N.G. James OkiibaX. Secy. Hrownvlllp BivlHion No. Ifl, Pons nfTem jwrnnce Meets cvorv Friday evening In Odd fcviliws Hall, over Nlckell's druir store. Main wtreet Strangers of our order vlsltlntc the"lty r Invited fi meet with uc. W. II. Lohance. W V K.JL IIUMirKD.lt. S. r.'a.nahn YnllfV T.OlllTP .'n. -1. A. F. iV A. M. .irm'""" '"'.. ---V -iJ.. V-.7.: . -v n "Uttvl me.tlllK, third Thursday evenlnR In each mtntli Rrownvllle Cbnptor No. 4. It. A. M.-Stated mej-tias flrst Monday night In each month, t'urnax Council No. II. l. S. V: S. E. M. Vjitid nieetlnss foUrth Monday In each month. 3li.CarinclConmnnili-ryNo.:i, K.T. Slated rneetiiisss cond Monday In each month. Hd,e and Lily Conelnve. No. :, li. It. t). It. itC Meets at Masonic Hall on the fifth Mon- d&Vf1. Adah Chnpter No.M. Order ol the Kastern Star, tatcd meetings third Monday In each month. CHURCHES. MrliodNt E. Church. Service each Sabbath at J'in. tn.. and T.W p. in. HunJoy School at ZtP m l'rayer Meetlui; Thurkduy evening. J M KicilAKin. l'nitor. Irelij terlnn Church. ervlce each Sabbath at In yj . ni and 7:30 p. m. l'rayer Meeting W ed nesday ovenlngs. Sabbath school it 2 o'clock p. m. J. T. lUlun, Pastor. CITY OPFICKRS. City Connrll. Meets the rtrat Monday In each month. Mayor. F. K. Johnson. Aldermen First Ward K. lluddart. T. McLnUi;IiHii : Second Ward W. A. Judklns. J. J. Mercer ; Third Wurd LevrU Hill. Fredrick arker. Marfhal, J. B. McCabe "lerk. J. B. Docker. Treausrer, John IMake. I'ollceJudge.J.H. Stull. COUNTY OFFICERS. ConntyCommlKsloneris-J. Illngini. Alex. Mc Klnney. John H. Shook. County Clerk. Wilson L.: Majors DUtrlct Clerk. W. H. Hoover. Sher iff I) Plasters Protrtte Judge. E. M. McCo mas. Treasurer. A. II. Gilmore. surveyor. J. Gilbert. C-ountvS'iperintedcnt. D. W. Plerson. IPtUES yres"3-" " ' " m j3jf Clocks, Watches, Jewelry JOSEPH SHUTZ, No. i9 Main Street Bro-wnvillo. Keeps constantlv on hand a large and well assorted stock of genuine articles In his line. iti.lrlni? ofCIockH. Watches and Jewelry 'done on Bliort notice, at reasonable rates. ALL. WORK WARJiAXTED. I Plofts star Organs. Any norson, mnlo or femnle, who has a lit- 110 leisure time, can procure- ii mm w.ui u Rtrument at a greatly reduced prlee. Send Mamr. for particulars. Address. EDW ARD PLOTTS, Washington, N. J. G-. S. DTJiTIT, DEALER IN CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY SCHOOL BOOKS, Xlu-ellancons and Blank Books, Pens. Paper. Pens. Inks. Slates. Wall Paper, Win dotvShadeH. Dallv and Weekly Papers. Mag azine. Ac, Ac Repairing of Clocks. Watch es. Jewelry, io. All work warranted. PRAKZ HELMSR, I AGON &IJLAGKSMITH5HO? ONE DOOR WEST OF COURT IIOUSE. WAGON MAIvIXG, Eepairing, Plows, and all work done in the best taanner and on short notice. Satisfaction guaran ty. Olvehlmacall. f-ly. Jolin MoPIierson, MANUFACTURER OF A.ND JOBBER OF TOBACCOS, 3ph?jes, AJisjy SMOKER'S ARTICLES, DHOWKVILLE, NEB. 2- Orders from the country solicited and promptly filled. I. S NACE, Traveling Agenl. PLOTTS1 STAR ORGANS Are as perfect parlor organs as are manufac tured. Correspondence solicited with orttan lts. musicians, and the trade. Address K D WAUD PLOTTS, Washington, N. J- CIGARS ' HIGGINS' ULiOTT BEST IN MARKET. Every Sack Warranted! ESTABLISHED 1856. i Oldest Paper in the State. J TIIE SPUING DOWN IN THE DULL. Though years have gilded, like a dream. Since I htood by thy side, Yet still, thou little rippling stream, I'vothoughtof thee with pride, And blessed thee, as I bless the now Oh ! I remember well, How thou dld'stcool my fevered brow. Dear Spring, down In tho dell ! On many a golden Summer hour, I laid mo down to rest, Where every wind would thrown shower Ot blossoms on my breast. Tlio spangled flowers grew around Oh ! I remember well. The mossy rocks; the velvet ground, Tho Spring down In tho dell. Thy waterssparkled In my cup. And flashed along tho rlrn ; And when I raised it, gladly, up, And broke Us dimpled brim, Fur s wee tor Hi an tneSnmlan wine Oh ! I remember well Was that bright crystal wave of thine. Dear Spring down in tho dell. And mirrored In thy mlmlo glass, I've watched the artless grnce, Of mnny a dark-eyed village lass, As she did kiss thy face; And I have envied theo thy lot Oli! I remember well! Thou wilt not, canst not bo forgot, Sweet Spring, down In the deli.J -o g MORTGAGED. "Ah !" ea!d Harry Graham, look ing aoroea tho tea-tahle at hia prettj' wife, "eay what they may, there is nothing on earth bo pleasant as this having a home of one's own ! Mrs. Graham smiled fondly on her husband as she handed III hi hid cup of tea. "lam so Rlad you feel like that, Harry. I will do my best id make it a happy home for you." "You darling! You shall have a kiss for that aweet speech the moment lea Iriover!" cried theyounghusband committing ravages among the "roll ed" broad and butter, the dainty shavings of dried beef and cold ham and the delicate cake, which his Mar garet had furnished for her tea-table ou this first; evening in their "very own house." "Where did you got these delicious quince preserves, my dear ?" "I made them, Harry." "PosHible?" "Yea, I made them In the last days at the farm. Mother showed me how." "frhen you shall ask her to come and see us in our little cottage before the preserves are all eaten." "She will be very glad to come," said Margaret, with a delighted look. "She never liked our plan of board ing, Harry." "What elsecould wo do, my dear?" asked the young husband, in a slight ly altered tone. "I was too poor to buy a house when we were first mar ried. As we could not well roost up on the trees like the birds when they begin life together, to board was the 011I3' way possible. But I never liked It myself," be added, his face olearing again. "It was a nuisance to be oon fined to two rooms as we were ; and how John Grey's children did scream at night on the opposite side of the hall. Besides, that untidy ehamber mald never half oleaned our rooms. Now this Is what I like," he conclud ed, rising from the supper table and glancing proudly around the neat, bright parlor, with its open fire and easy chair drawn up beside the grate; Its crimson curtains and table covers and carpets ; its tea-table, sparkllug with china and silver, and Its tall glass-doored book-case, stowed with volumes which he was to read aloud, while his wife sewed, on chilly, rainy evenings such as this. Mrs. Graham rang the bell. A tidy young servant maid came in and took away the tea things. When tho room was made orderly for the evening a handsome dressing gown and a pair of embroidered slippers appared, con jured frow some mysterlouB closet by the happy wife. "My first present to you In our new home, Harry," she eald, with moist ened eyes. And he drew hor fondly toward him and gave hor the promised kiss, with many another after It. Then, putting on the comfortable evening Bttlre ho selected a book from the crowded shelves and sat down in the easy chair, while Margaret drew her little sowing stand nearer tho fire and prepared to enjoy with heart and soul the firBt quiet evening beneath their own roof. But before tho book was opened a shadow bad fallen over the brightness of her joy. "Your mother would like to look In at us now, my darling," said Harry, glancing round the pleasant room again. "I know she will think this house a bargain when shssees it. Six rooms and a garden a good-sized gar den, too and forg$2,000!" "And the pretty furniture, Harry. All paid for, too. That is the best of all, and very good, substantial furnl nlture It ls,"replied his wife. "Yea. I was determined that Bhould bo paid for, on the nail. What stloks I have about me must be -- rvtTr "Oh, Harry ! How can you oall our nice new things etlokc!" "Chairs and tables then, child ! I got a good discount by the way, be cause I paid cash down. I wish I could have done the Bamo by tho house. I might have had it $200 cheaper. However, If we are careful of our expenses, chickabiddy, we shall soon cleur off the mortgage. It Is only $900." The fancy work dropped from Mar garet's hands. "Nine hundred dollars!" she said, turning a little pale. "A mortgage! on this house, Harry, "On whose house should it be?" Baid he, laughing. "Why, you look as scared as If I had Btolen the house, child!" "I thought It was paid for." "How on earth did you suppose I could pay such a sum down and buy the furniture as well?" he answered, sharply. "I can tell you it took every cent I had In the bank, as It Is." "But the house expenses! What shall we Ho about them?" asked she, looking bewildered. He laughed again. "Is there no such a thing as credit, Margaret?" She waa silent. "Get whatever you want at the shops child. Of course you will be as economical as possible ; but still we must live, you know. Once In three months or once in six months, I'll settle the bills. Then whatever we can have shall go toward clearing off this mortgage that seems to be such a bugbear in your eyes." "I will save In every possible way, Harry," she said, earnestly. "It Is foolish, I Buppose, but a mortgage is a bugbear to me. Father had a heavy one on his farm, Harry, and the first thing I remember aa a little child la seeing him sitting on the granary staircase near the big barn, sighing and groaning to himself. I was frightened, and ran and told mother: and she kissed mo aud began to cry, because she staid the interest was due on the mortgage money that week, and poor father was unhappy because he oould see no way to pay it." "Aud did he pay It?" questioned Harry, aorubwhat interested. "Yes. He borrowed the money somewhere, and then, of course, there was the Interest to pay on that: and so it went on, from bad to worse, till father died, and the farm went back to its owner. Mother fiald It had fair ly worried him Into his grave,'' she added, wiping the tears from her eyes. "You cannot wonder If I am afraid of mortgages, after that." "But, pet, the two cases are entirely dlflerent," said her husband, kisB Ing her cheek. "Your father was a poor farmer, and found it impossible to raise money, I dare eay. Now, I am a thriving merchant, aud if all goes well, I hope to make enough the coming year to clear our home. Don't you srjg? Come, don't think of trouble any more. Be as oareful as you oan in the house expenses, and you will find that we shall own our pretty home, olear of any claim be fore you know whero you are." He drew her down to the wide crim son foot-stool before the fire, and rest ing her head upon his knee, began to read aloud. The fire and lamp burned clearly, the pretty French clock on the man telpiece ticked musically and rang out itB fairy hour chimes once before his voice ceased to echo in her ear. The book was a lively and pleasant one, and Margaret was able to discuss it with him intelligently as they ling ered before the blaze for one delicious half hour before going up stalra. Yet all the while her thoughtful eyes were seeing visions on the orim boii coals, and her heart and brain were busily at work devising plans to ward off the evil that, to her seemed to be threatening tho peace and com fort of their little dwelling so long as any other person hold a claim there on. The Chiming bells of tho Frenoh clock rang out tho hour of ten, aud Margaret rose and went about the room putting it daintly in order be fore leaving for the night. Her pret ty face was blooming and happy as ever, for at last she saw the way olear before her to banish, with the energy God had given her, this brooding cloud of evil from their domestlo sky. Aa their married life began, so it went on, In the new home for nearly three years. The house expenses were carefully kept down by Margaret, who made bn& servant answer where many of her other friends kept two; and onoe In three montha, or ofteuer In six, as the daya went on, the ac counts were settled by the husband, oheorfully enough at first, but by-and-by with sighs and shakos' of the head, which Margaret seemed not to notice, and of which She certainly never spoko. During the laet of the throe years Harry's handsome face began to wear a look of anxious care. Not a cent, so far, had been laid aside to pay off the mortgage on their home, and the chance of succes seemed less thau ever to him now, because, like others in business he began to see a llmo ap proaching which would "try men's souls." The evening reading was gradual ly laid aside and during the summer months oOhe year Harry began to sit brooding after tea in his arm-ohalr be fore the empty hearth, til! Margaret, without appearing to notice his de pression, came to him and Induced him to accompany her on a walk. At bucIi times ho strode along beside her, silent and Bad, and at home buried himself in tho columus of the Bank er's Day-Book till it waa time to go to bed. And all this time the true wife held her peace. She noticed everything she guessed more;but, till the ice was broken by him, It was not her place to speak. So it went on till that dreadful au tum season of crash after crash, ruin after ruin, old and long established houses toppling into the gulf aud car rying a thousand minor ones with them in their fall. Men looked at BROWFVILLE, NEBRASKA, TEUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1875. each other with pale faces, asking, "Who will go next?" and all through the country, wave, after wave, the wide-spreading Btream of desolation rolled ou. During that one last week of sus pense, Harry Graham came aad went between his store aad hie home, say ing nothing, suffering everything. On the Satdrday evening he went out, alone, for a b troll, after tea. But in half an hour he was back again, hav ing made up hia mind in that brief time to tell Margaret all. He found her In tho parlor. She sat beside the window, bending over a small package In her lap. At hia sud den entrance ahe startediand hid the package In her pocket, blushing so violently that at any other time he would have noticed and wondered at it. But now his mind was full of hia troubles, and he had no leisure to no tice trilles. Ho went straight up to his wife and took both her hands. "Margaret," said he, "I am a ruined man. This panic " And then ho broke down and burst into tears. He fell on his knees bo side her choir. "Oh, Margaret," ho Bobbed, "Itho't I could give you a pleasant homo! And now we shall be beggars !" Margaret put her arms around hlra, drawing his face down upon her breast When he waa calmer, 6he kissed him, asked him to alt besldejher aud toll her all. She listened mutely. "And if the panio ends and these country custom era pay all that they owe you, can you go on, Horry?" she asked. "Yes that is, I need not close the shop nor go through bankruptcy. But then the panio majT not end ; I see no signs of It at present. I made every effort, but all lu vain. I wish I was dead and out of the worry of It all." "Oh, Harry," oried hia wife re proachfully. "Do you want to die and leave me?" "They would not worry you fdr the money, my darling, as the do me. And yet I cannot blame them," Bald be sighing. "They want their mouey, and 1 feel like a thief so long as I withhold it from them. Margaret, I see my mistake now," he added, ener getically. "Credit baa been my bane. If I was beginning life again I would buy nothing that IJcould not pay for at the moment; aud before I would live In a mortgaged house, I would build a lbg hut for myself at the foot of a tree! But there! It Is too late to talk like that!" ho oonoludod, burying hia face in his hands. "No dear, it is not too late ! It la never too lato to try and do better !" said Margaret, wiping the teare from her eyes. "Harry, I always dreaded debt, as you know, and I am bo glad to hear you say that you have grown afraid of it, too. Oh my dear, dear husband, take this. Pay all that we owe pay off tho mortgage on tho house and tieu wo will live on broad and water, If needs bo, till tho better day comos round again." "This" was a purple morrocco pocket-book, well filled, which she thrust Into hia hands, laughing aud weeping at the Bame moment with joy. "Open it open it, Harry," she sob bed. "It is all youre ; I havo saved it for you." He opened It. It was full of bank notes tens, twenties, fifties, and two one hundred dollar notes nestled in a compartment by themselves. Fifteen hundred dollars in all ! "Where in tho world did all this money como from ?" he asked, with an astonished look. "Isn't It delightful, dear?" "But Is this yours, margaret?" "It was. It Is yours now, Harry." "But were did you get It?'' he per sisted. "I have not been out on the high way to rob people, and I have not committed burglary," lauged Marga ret, whose good spirits begad to come back. "Come up stairs, :Harry, and you shall see the good Fairy that He followed her, with a bewildered look up into a pretty baok chamber, furnished with chairs, table and a stove. Near one of the windows Btood something covered over with a oloth. Margaret drew the oloth to one Bide. Ittoa8 a Sewing Machine! "Ever Bince I knew about the mort gage on tho house I have UBed this," she said, looking at him with eyes full of love. "I had all the work I oould possibly do In your absence, and I was well paid for it; and when Unole John came to see us this spring he gave me two one hundred dollar bills for a birth-day present. I am so glad if tho money can help you In yonr troubles, Harry." "Help me! It will save mo!" eald her husband, olasping her to his heart. "Oh, Margaret,- I will repay you for your gift a thousand fold when onco good times come back again. This will pay off the mortgage and settle the bills, and pay our way trough the year if we are careful. Oh, Margaret, what a treasure you are !" "And we will ask no more credit," she whispered, with her lips close to hie ear. "Not a bit, my love bo help me God. I say It fervently, my wife." And he kept his vow. -a n Elder sister (condescendingly). "See, Ethel, you had better come and walk In my shadow. It will be cooler for you !" Younger sister (who re sents patronage) "You are very good, Maud ; but I have a shadow of my own. thank vou!" St. Louis Olobc- I Democrat. OUR SEW YORK LETTER. The Great Failure Jlorrlssy Politics and Business Hospital Barges Home Again "Woman's Dress Telegraph Monopoly-Business Bcecher-Tilton. Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser. New York, Aug 23, 1S75. THE GREAT FAILURE. One not in the eocrot of business ar rangements, and not entirely oonver- eaut with business morality, would really feol very sorry at the failure of a banker or merchant, particularly If the said merchant had long enjoyed the confidence of hia fellowa." Wo Imagine the man waking up some morning and finding himself unable to meot his engagements, and we fan cy the anguish that tears him almost limb from limb. Then comes tho sheriff, the eviction, the giving up of the grand mansion, the taking of humble rooms.ithe'.humlllatlng search for employment, and all that bort of thing. That used to be the program me some yeara agrf, but It Isn't now. Duncan, Sherman & Co., failed a few weeks ago, but there wasu't any an guish about It. They proceeded delib erately to shove out all the letters of credit they could ; they put acceptan ces on the market wherever it was possible; they gathered In all the de posits they could ; they turned over all their real estate to their fathers and wives, and theu In tho coolest and moat 'dignified manner possible tney aunounood their "inability Jto meet their engagements," and eaoh mem ber of the firm retired to hia country seat. There are hundreds of ruined men who had their all In the hands of these sharks, but thet doesn't disturb the serenity of Duncan, Sherman or the Company. Mr. Duncan has the grandest palkooou Btaten Island. His magnificent mansion stands in tho centre of forty acres ; and within that mansion there Is silver plate aud fur niture enough to buy a bolliity In the west. The richest conservatories, the moat delightful grounds, an array of servants, horses and carriages without number, all these things Mr. Duncan haa always enjoyed and always will. If you should suggest to him that his place ought to be turned over for tho benefit of hia" oredltora, Mr. Duncau would laugh in your faoe. That isn't the way they do it. He haa an income, fixed and secured, enough to keep up the establishment In the samo hospit able manner that haa always charac terized It. How did they fall? Easy enough. Their own money safely put away, they took that of tho other people who placed It in their hands and spec ulated with it. Their speculations re sulted adversoly, and they went un der. And, would you believe' It, there is but one news paper In New York that has dared to characterize this thing as a villainy only one. On tho contrary, they all express sympathy for the firm! There Is Httlo tempta tion to an honest life whon tho rogue gets aii the sympathy. If swindled depositors would occasionally hang a scoundrellytbaukor, It would havo on excellent moral effect on the business. JOHN.MORRISSY, Tho pugilist, gambler and leader of Democracy, don't propose to be killed as easily as Kelly and the other Tam mauyltoa would wish. Tho faot Is, John la stronger than Tammany. He has an Immense following of the' low er classes of Irish and Americans, and hocan conttol morecaucusses than any man In the olty. With this Btrength at his back, John objects to being counted out as a man of no acoouut. He wants his way In matters; he wants his share of the ofiloes ; he wants his dip into the treasury; in short, the short-haired John wants to be a leader of the Demooraoy. So when Tammany Btruck him, he struck baok, and Tammany was astonished at the force of the blow. Ab the Dem ocracy are very likely to Split, there Is a remote possibility that the Bepubll cans may get control of the city at the next election. I say remote, for some how the many factions of the Demoo raoy havo a trick of coming together when tho spoils are in danger. But let us hope that their angry passions may be aroused sufficiently to enable the decency of the city to have a show. POLITICS AND BUSINESS. The city takes a very ilveiy interest In tho Ohio election, because of the peculiar position of tho parties. The Btand the Demooraoy havo taken for Inflation has awakened a feeling here against the party that finds a very free expression. The best Democrats here pray for the defeat of Allen and his rag money. New York is suffering more from the general depression in business than any of the cities, and tbey all know that inflation would be a temporary relief, but they know also that settling day must come soon er or later, and as they aro part way to it, they prefer to hold on till It la here. What they want is something settled and fixed. The merchant now goes to bed with $300,000 in goods he wakea up to find the declines In gold has knocked off 5 per cent, which of itself Is a profit. True, a rise helps them, but as he is a merchant and not a broker, he does not want his trade affected by causes which he neither understands or can In any way con trol. If the business men of New York had their way Allen would be beaten by 100,000 majority. the hospital barge of st. john's Guild. Mention was made last year In these letters of the excursions of slok chil dren, sent out by the aotlvo and wise obarity of this noble association. Thousands of ailing infants and their mothers twice a week went out in the bay In the steamer chartered by the Guild, and the days spent In the cool pure air, away from the? feted, stifling dens thoy inhabit, were tha only things that stood between these little Uvea and death. Tho statements of the health officers show thai the de crease In infant mortality among the poor la no iniaginary result of senti mental charity. Probably twenty-five per cent of the sick children reached by this aid owe llfeand health to these houra of pure air. This year the Guild was able to own a barge, fitted up aa a floating hospital with every conven ience for the sick, and every pleasant day It carrlea out a load of patients' away from the heat aud smells of the city Into the blessed coolnesB and brightness of ocean. A better work, more trully becoming the name of Christian, waa never done In our city. It Is much tho fashion to pity dwel lers In large ond crouded cities, but If interior towns wodld take the Idea of similar eanltary measures, it would tell greatly ou the epidemics which are lnoreaslng weekly this fatal season. There is better chance for the poor In New York, Boston and Philadelphia to-day, with the oloae Inspection of health officers and sanitary rules, than in the undralned, untended outskirts of a manufacturing village, In shan ties sandwiched between the wash of a stream, which istbe common sewer of a township, and littered streeta, odorous with garbage and Jamestown weed. By-the-way, it would have perceptible effeot on the fever and ague and tho typhoid, that hold car nival this rainy year, If there were a general mowing of herbage, aud clear ing up of streeta and waste places in rural towns. These things poison wholo neighborhoods. HOME AGAIN. The railroads are crowded with vis itors to tho Bummer resorts, driven home by the wet, chilly weather. There is no fun sitting ou wet veran dahs in the evening with a blank Bhawl and overcoat, or shivering In vast damp drawing rooms, ond dress ing by fires while the rain pours a galnst the windows. Rheumatism Is too dear at $4.50 a day. The great debldoratum, as the school ma'ama off duty always say, la not bo much a cool place aa a dry one, and a auuny one. The present 1b not a cheerful season, looked at from any point. Tho cold aprlng killed tho cherries and small fruits. It Is hot and rainy In town ; cold and rainy in tho couutry. Tho news in business circles is of suoh a nature as to call for courage to opon the evening paper, and the wildest prophet had rather bet on TIce's cold ChristmaB and October earthquake than venture to guess when trade will be better. WOMEN'S DRESS. The difference In women's dress Is a Striking cofcntnent on the hardness of the times. The trim figures In dobego and plain Oxford ginghams that fill the promenade offer few of those gor geous exceptions In lace and ruffiod silk that used to make gay tho pave ment before tho Fifth Avenue Hotel afternoons. Money buys three times as much as it ueed to, but where la the money? Women look .as pretty aa they used to, even prettier. The sub sidence of tho late extravagant styleB of hair dressing and panlers, reveals the faot that they were originally made with some attention to tho lines of grace. But the heavy silks and over dress of lace, the oostly bonnets of marabout and tulle, and wonderful combinations of train, overakirt, ond pouf that'struck wonder to the heart of bystaudera, are known no more, and as a result dressmakers aro going out of business by the score. TELEGRAPH MONOPOLY. Jay Gould, having gobbled up the Union Pacific Road and the Pad Go Mail, has swallowed tho Western Union Telegraph Company, and Is paving the way to take In with It the Atlantic and Pacific, Its only rival. The times we shall have with our dia patohea, when tho only wires In the country are under the control of the most unscrupulous man in the coun try! Heavens! how ho will flay us! Now, with the lines In active rivalry telegraphing Is to aome points no more than four times what It ought to be, but when the opposition ia removed by consolidation, up go the rate tojuBt whatever will satisfy tho cormorant. There Is But one remedy for this, and that Is the placing of the telegraph In the hands of the postal department, just as the transmission of letters Is and always has been. When Mr. Gould'B plans mature, and he puts the screws on a little, po'salbly the people will see it, and instruct their represen tatives so plainly to do it, that Gould and his ring will not bs able to buy them. There can be just aa many reasona given why the Government ahould not oarry letters as why It should notsend telegraphicdispatohes. BUSINESS. la still wretchedly dull, and there are no signs of its being any better in the fall. In fact, business men have given up the Idea of any decided chaugetill next year, or at lea6t till after the pres ent crop ia harvested and marketed. By that time they believe the stocks on hand will be exhausted and that exchanges-- must commence' ugalu. VOL. 20 NO. 9. They are encouraged somewhat by the later reports from the country. De spite the terrible rains, tho average production will be good, and there will be a fair European demand for It. So buoyed up by hope, they are all taking In sail by. reducing their ex penses and holding on till good timed, so long looked for, come to them again. Heaven send that tbey may uot be too long In coming, for a moat terrible experience the business of the country has gone through for three long, dreary years. THE BEECHER-TILTON CASE remains In stuttf quo. Tilton Is going for Beeoher once more, but the an nouncement makes no sensation. The publio hero have lost all interest In the sorrows of Theodore, and I doubt if anything can gulvanize tbe corpse in to life. Whenever the name of either of the patties Is mentioned, people simply hold their uoseaand don't stop to discuss. Consequently if the trial ever takes place It will be of very short duration. It was the Interest the pub lio took in It that prolonged It bo be fore. Let us hope we havo heard tbe last of it. PlETRO. HOW HE GOT THE SALOON KEEP ER. A Front street saloon keeper is a great historical scholar, aud will argue for hours ou the issues, events aud men of past oolibrlty. Old tnau Prea tou was aware of this, and he drop ped into the place one warm day last week and Bald : "By Crlokey, Jim, but this Is warm. I havn't been so warm since old Gen. Casa wad President of tho United States." "What!" said Jim. "Oen. Cass never was President of these United States." "Why, yea, ho was," replied Pres ton, with well-feigned astonishment. "I'll bet you tho drinks for tho house he wasn't," said the excited proprietor. "Done," said the old man, and he drew forth his pooket-book, unfolded a page of tho Congressional Olobe of 1848-49 aud proceeded to read that Presldeut Taylor having died on Sat urday, and Vice-PreBident Fillmore uot being at Wushlngton, tho Presi dent of the8enate, Gen. Cobs, became President of tho United States uutll tho following Monday, pending Fill more's Inauguration. When the old man had finished the reading, he looked around aud said: "Como up, boya. A Httlo stougton In mine, Jim. Must excuse Ignorance you kuow." Then he rambled out, while Jim rammed tho bottlea baok on the shelf, soused the tumblers in the riuae, and as he wiped the counter remarked : "I've seen a good many mean mon lu my time, but for the first-class star beat old Preston can take tho money." Marguette Mining Journal. SUPERSTITIOUS BUCII. Herodotua and Xeuophon tell a story of the fall of Babylon, which la, per haps, familiar to the reader. At the tlmo whon Cyrus waa besieging the city It was annouueed to him that when a mule foaled the olty would fall. Tho foaling of a mulo was cbn sldored an impossibility. On this oc casion, tho mulo, aa everybody knows did foal, and tho army of Cyrus waa let into the olty by treachery. The allusion to the foaling of a mulo occurs in Egyptian history, and v&t probably one of thoso wide spread myths, which, as Baring-Gould showa, are constantly turning up in different forms at various poiuta In hiatory, and in different localities. The latest In cident which calls up the Babylonian legend ia the sudden death In Paris of M. D'Agrignac do Buoh, tho lost de scendant of the famous Captal de Buah. There was in the family, aaln hundreds of other sin Europe, a pro phecy of the Immortality of the raco. In tho DoBuch family, as in that of Macbeth, the prophecy wos consider ed to mean nothing else. It was hand ed down in a couplet thus translated : When a horse and a mule are one. Then tbe last slre'u race is run. Unfortunately for the DeBuoh faml ily, the Directors of tho Garden of Acclimation recently bred a mule which could uot be distinguished from a mule. The marvel waa shown to the last of the line, and when ho realized the situation, be fell dead up on the Spot. The case la interesting as an historical aa veil aa psychologi cal study. Why Some People are Poor. Silver spoons are used to scrape ket tlea. Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are left to stand open and lose their strength. Potatoes In the cellar grow and the sprouts are not rubbed off un til the potatoes are worthless. Brooms are never hung up aud aro soon spoil ed. Nice handled knives are thrown Into hot water. Tho flour Is sifted in a wasteful manner, and the bread-pan is left with the dough sticking to It. Clothes are left on the lino to whip to to pieces in the wind. Tubs and bar rels are left In the sun to fall aphrt. Dried fruits aro not taken care of in season and become worriiy. Rags, string and paper are throwu luto the fire. Pork spoils for want of salt, and beef because tho brine wants scalding Bits of meat, vegetables, breud and cold pudding are thrown away, when they might be warmed, steamed aud served as good as new. Cottage Hearth. T'hc flies amount almost to a plague on the upper-Missouri river. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THEC0UNTY. IIU . A WOXDEHPUI. ESCAPE. Tho story comes from tbe London Graphic, from which It appears that Monte Chrlsto'a sscapo from tha eaok in which he was flung into the sea from the Chateau d'lf has been imi tated by an Ingenious Persian. Hav ing Incurred the displeasure of a high functionary at Shltaz, Mohammad Mirza was condemned to bs fastened up in auaok with a viper, a cook and a cat, and after an hoar's tlma, when1 this happy family had Improved tholi acquaintance, the saok and Its con tents were to be thrown into the river.' Fortunately for Mohammed MIrra, his executioner forgot to Bearoh hia pooket, whioh contained a small knife. Directly the mouth of tha sack was olossd upon him and his oompanlona, he cut in half the viper, which was already encircling hia leg ; tho oock and the oat were next diapatohed, and our Peraian ocoupled the remainder of his hour in slmilatlng a fight of the; three animals, and giving tha moai exoruolatlng orles of agony. In due ' tlmo tho aaok and all were consigned to the water, and then Mohammed Mirza, speedily freeing himself from the priaon, gatuod tho other aide of the liver, and came post haste to Eu rope, for the future a voluntary exllo from hia fatherland. : A Discovery About Corn. The Western Jiural tolls of a man who plants, two or three weeks after the crop Is planted, a new hill of oorn ev ery fifteenth row eaoh way. And this la the reason: If the weather be-' comes dry after tho filling time, tho silk and tasaals bothbeoome dry and dead. In this condition, if It ahould become seasonable, the silk revives aud renews Its growth, but the tassela ' do not recover. Then, for want of pol len, the new silk is unable to fill the office for which it waa designed. Tha ' pollen from there planted oorn la then ready to supply tho silk, and the fill ing Is completed. He says nearly all the abortive e&ra, so oommon lu all oorn crops, aro cauaod by tho want of pollen, and he has known ears to double their size iu thlsseoond filling In portions of Ireland, tho rod fus ohlu assumes tho proportions of trees, mounts above tbe eaves aud ohlmuoya and shades tho windows with big clustering sprays of tiny, dark-green leaves, and deep soarlet waxen bells. Many of these shrubB must be of pa triarohial age, for their truuks are gnarled, and tough as oak ; but the older they aro the moro determined Is their perseveranoo In showering 'a rouud an exhaustless wealth of hardy graae and color. In one or two In-.' stances the dwellings aro completely ' hidden aud turned into bowers by this quaintly beautiful plaut or tree. E. W. Herendeou, of Maoedon, N. Y., who has recently visited the ex porimental grounds at Washington, .under the charge of W. Saundera, in forms tho Country Gentleman that some experiments for proveutlng the mildew of tho grape, by ereotlug a ohoap roof over them, seemed to anB--wer tho purpoae perfectly. The roof, he states, may Tao simply a board six teen inobea wido, nailed to the posts. On a hundred varieties treated this way, not any mildew was seen; while all the rest in the samo yard were en-' tlroly rulued. Further experiments' aro nooeesary. One of tho most ready means of ex tinguishing the flames of ICeroaono Is to throw a oloth of some kind over the flames, and thus stifle them ; butr ai the oloth la not always convenient to the kltohen, where suoh aooldenta are moat likely to occur, some ono recommenda flour aa a substitute which, it Is said, promptly extinguish es the fiamea. It rapidly absorbs tha fluid, deadena the flames, and can be readily gathered up cud thrown out of doors when tho lire is extinguished. During wet spoils, whloh delay out door farm work, look after your Im-' plemeuts. Do not let them He around, in out of the way places to get rusty, but have "a place for everything, and everytblng In its place.'' Wheu you are through, and ha7a looked over your cattle and sheep, take your pa- ' per in hand, and see if you cannot get' some new Ideas to work upon when tho rain Is over. - In hot weather it la almost impossi ble to prevent the sinks becoming foul uuIcbb some chemical preparation Is used. One pound of ooperaa disaolv- ed lu foil? gallons of water, poured over a sink three or four times, will4 completely destroy the offensive odor. ' As a disinfecting agent, to aoatter around, nothing la better than a mix ture of four parts ground plaster Pails to one of charcoal. The following la published as a new remedy for hydrophobia. We suggest that It be cutout and pTStjerved for' rofereuce : Batbe the wound well immediately with warm vinegar or tepid water, and apply a few drops of murlatio acid. Thia vitiates tho poison of tho, saliva, aud places the patient out of danger. The gardner v.-ho hung an old coat out to frighten the blrda away, aud ufterwtfrda found a young brood In one of the pockets,' wants anotheif remedy. - -