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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
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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. - -