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LIFE LESSONS.
BY WITCH IIAZEL
The road U tiresome, truly,
With never a crook or a turning;
Only down in the valleys, and upon the hills,
With feet that are weary and burning,
And hearts aching bitterly, learning
The lesbon of life,
It's wearisome strife;
Such knowledge is not worth the earning.
Groves where others may linger.
Might afford us a rest, God willing;
But our life is a duty, and never for ease.
Do wo pause; our task not fulfilling :
Press wo on, with hopes that are thrilling
The heart and tho brain.
That not wholly vain,
Is the station in life we are filling.
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OUE WASHINGTON LETTER.
Notes on the Presidents How
have been Traduced and
Maligned.
They
Win. Henry! Harrison John Tyler
James K. Polk Zaehry Taylor
Fillmore-Pierce Buchanan
Lincoln Johnson Grant.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
Washington, D. C,
Sept. loth, '7o
Wt- HENRY HARRISON.
This gentleman, In his "letter of
acceptance" promised that if elected
he would not seek or accept a re-nom-inatfon
or re-election. Poor man,
death, one month from the date of his
inauguration put the seals of truth
and certainty on his promise.
McKenzie, In his life of Van Buren,
(p 104) says that a few month before
Harrison died, one would have
thought that If the official newspaper
at Washington was entitled to credit
for veracity, he must have been one of
the greatest of monsters, one of the
woratof men. The t7fo&csaidof him,
March 5, 1840: "Let them (the
South) beware how they place confi
dence in tho versatility or subservi
ency of n weak, vain old man, in tho
dotage of expiring ambition. The
combination of weakness and vanity,
with three score and ten, is not to be
easily governed. Let Mr. Tyler
mount his old weather-beaten poney
(Harrison) in the expectation of guid-
"12 lllmatWHl.
. weak, old gentle
man, whose vanity, always his lead
ing characteristic, is every day pam
pored wltU flatteries, and whose ob
stinacy is only increased by the Imbe
cility of age."
March 6th, of the same year, (he
same paper said: "Grandma Harri
son, a gossiping old lady, and an Im
becile, who lives on a &inpeure clerk
Rhip in a city, but is pretended to be
farmer living in a log cabin and drink
ing hard cider. The Whigs are mak
ing great exertions for the old granny,
but all to no effect."
JOHN TYLER.
John Tyler then came to the front,
the first "accidental President" the
nation ever had, but as bright an ex
ample or specimen as any "acciden
cy" following him. The National
Advertiser of New York, said : "It
was Mr. Tyler's ambition to ris"e upon
the ruins of prostrate selfishness,"
and charged him with increasing the
public debt ten and a half millions of
dollars. But Tyler had nover been
consistent. In '21 ho supported
Crawford for the Presidency and en
dorsed Clay for voting for A'ams, and
soon after became an adherent of
Jackson, and turned against Jackson
when Jackson turned against the
nullifiers. In '39 he preferred to fa
vor the nomination of Clay by the
Whigs, and finally secured the nom
ination of Vice-President under Har
rison, declaring himself to be an un
compromising Whig. It was not
long, however, before Tyler demon
strated that he had no sympathy with
the Whig party, by vetoing a bill
commanding the regard and support
of all Whigs, viz: a bill for the repeal
of the sub-treasury. Consequent up
on this vetoe all the members of the
cabfnet, save Secretary of State Web
ster, resigned, and during the balance
of his term, papers and speakers, men
of the Whig party, exhausted their
powers to belittle Tyler. He was
charged with wonton and gross viola
tion of pledges to his party, a viola
tion of tho principles enunciated by
the people who caused his elevation,
and an attempt to ingratiate himself
Into the good graces of the Democrat
ic party, which latter charge was pro
ven true in 1S44. Tyler favored the
election of Polk rather than that of
Henry Clay, after having endeavored
and failed securing the nomination
himself. These facts preclude the ne
cessity of reciting tho language so fre
quently Indulged iu against Tylor, as
its character can easily be conjectur
ed. JAMES K. POLK.
This gentleman went into office in
breezy times. The atmosphere was
heavily freighted with charges of cor
ruption attaching to him. Tho con
vention which nominated him was
opened with prayer and praise. The
clergyman or chaplain read in con
vention the 101st Pspalm "He that
worketh deceit shall not dwell in my
house; he that telleth lies shall not
tarry in my sight." He was charged
with complicity with B. F. Butler of
New York, Van Buren's protege,
In custom house frauds and defalca
tions, and being a member with him
of the same mutual insurance compa
ny. He was pledged at Baltimore,
before his election, to hold to the
whole of Oregon, but he offered Eng
land afterwards to deduct from that
"whole" oh degrees of north latitude,
and after his election was denounced
for loaning the government's surplus,
eight millions, to electioneering bank
directors. He was openly charged of
sympathy with England, and it was
said that the occasion of vessels mak
ing such fast time between England
and America was because under
Polk's administration tho two coun
tries were nearing each other. The
Mexican war relieved Polk for a while
from popular animadversion ; but at
its close, the pent up waters of con
tumely burst forth afresh, and he re
tired at the end of his four years with
the unanimous consent of his party
and the opposition, and with tho op
posite of complimentary allusions
from both.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.
This old hero Jived but sixteen
months after his inauguration, but
while a candidate, aud during his offi
cial life, he was far from exempt from
calumny, beingcharged withacquiring
a reputation for himself through the
sagacity of subordinates with being
ignorant of social and moral laws of
perverse irrascable disposition. But
all harsh criticism was buried in the
grave witn nis oouy, anu a nation
mourned his demise.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
This accidental President was not
long in drawing down upon his head
the severest denunciations His term
was a stormy one, during which the
compromise of 1850 was adopted,
which tho leaders of the two great
parties fondly hoped was escaping the
rocks of Scylla, and passing the mad
waters, of Charybdis. But the hope
was delusion. It was but a spark
thrown into the magazine of agitation,
and Fillmore was the last Whig Pres
ident. He retired with a political
reputation blackened by press and
people.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
President Pierce was accounted "the
most accomplished gentleman" who
ever occupied the National Executive
Chair. By this fe not meant educa
tion or a high orderof statesmanship,
but a pleasing temperament, urbane
manners, aud genial, social disposi
tion. But his term was a turbulent
one, though he was elected by an
overwhelming vote, receiving more
than six to one of the electoral vote,
during his administration many Im
portant events transpired the Kansas-Nebraska
Bill was adopted, Sena
tor Sumngr was assaulted, and a reign
of terrorism prevailed in Congress
growing out of the slavery agitation.
Pierce was the center of, and "but"'
the word he was reputed to have
taught his father to spell) of ridicule
and censure. Papers of the opposi
tion was heavily freighted with
thrusts at his excellency, not calcula
ted to inspire regard for him in others
or create a satisfaction in his own
breast. As Holmes says in his "His
tory of Pelitical Parties." Pierce left
tho Presidential chair with tho re
irrets of neither party. The financial
and general interests of the country
suffered during his term. His own
friends refused him a renomination,
and he
man.
was turned aside for a new
JAMES BUCHANAN.
This man truly proved a "fossil,''
and he returned at the expiration of
his four years 'mid tho anathemas and
execrations of the people ho pretend
ed to serve.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
No man was over so wantonly ma
ligned by press aud politicians as was
Lincoln. He was denominated "ig
norant," a "baboon," "vulgar rail
Bplitter,'' etc., and was finally assas
sinated by a representative of the ma
lignant intollerents who had hounded
him from his first nomination. His
devotion to his country cost him his
life. Ho was the last soldier of the
rebellion to tan. Jtie louna a grave
in the hearts of a patriot people, and
an endearing monument In the affec
tions of every lover of freedom and
free institutions.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
This wa3 the last and worst "acci
dental President" ever inflicted upon
our nation. When Inaugurated as
Vice-President he was in an advanced
state of intoxication n fitting prelude
to a disgraceful end. Language has
been impoverished by writers aud
speakers in fitly characterizing the
infamy attaching to him. While
doubtless much of the abuse hurled
at his predecessors was undeserved
and unwarranted, Andrew Johnson
retired with scarcely an apologist,
and such only among those who were
subsidized and suborned by him.
U. S. GRANT.
This brings us to tho present Incum
bent. But it is not our purpose to re
count the measure of abuse bestowed
upon him. Our every reader is famil
iar therewith. But when his name
passes into history, the people whom
ho assisted Lincoln in redeeming, and
the citizens of the nation which he
so valiantly fought to perpetuate, will
reverence his memory, while those
who defamed him will perish from
remembrance as well as sight. For
centuries Washington, "Lincoln aud
Grant will be recognized as the Amer
ican trinity, names not born to die.
"The eternal years of God" are thine.
The Graphic says it is easy enough
to imitate Josh Billings, and gives his
sample of the style : "Don't kerrey
egs in your cottale pookit. Egs ain't
good after they've bin sot on a while.'
THE II1YDEX SUKTEY.
Satisfactory Progress and Interesting
Discoveries.
Prof. Hayden writes to the Interior
Department as follows :
Denver, Col., Aug. 24. I have the
honor to report that reoen t letters have
been received from two of the parties
connected with the survey, and that
the reports are very favorable indeed.
Mr. Gardner has ascended the highest
peak of the Sierra la Sal in Utah, thus
connecting Major Powell's work with
our own. He will undoubtedly com
plete the primary triangulation of the
entire southwest, whioh will enable
us to finish five out of the six sheets
of our atlas next winter. A report
from Mr. Gannett's party is also most
favorable. Ho will completer the area
west of the junction of the Gunnison
and Grand rivers. He informs me
that he has made fifty-four stations,
extending his survey over about 3,000
square miles. He has discovered some
of the most remarkable cannons on
tho continent, fully equal to those of
the Colorado river. I inclose a copy
of Mr. Gannett's letter. In the south
and southwest the parties are discov
ering an almost unlimited number of
the ancient ruins, aglimpso of which
wo obtained last year. This subject
will be thoroughly investigated, and
sketches, photographs, and other ma
terial will be secured for a most valu
able report. The subject is one .which
is attracting the attention of the en
tire intelligent world. The results of
the explorations of the survey for tho
present season will be fully equal to
those of any previous year.
Very respectfully, your obed ien t ser
vaut, F. V. Haydfn,
United States Geologist.
A Castor Oil Episode.
She had had her mind made up for
two or three days that the boy needed
some castor oil, but she knew that she
must approach him gently. She
placed the bottle where ho could see
it, and when he turned up his nose
she said :
"It's just like honey, my darling.'
He seemed to doubt her word, and
she continued :
"If you'll take some I'll let you go
to the circus."
"How much?" he cautiously in
quired. "Oh. only a spoon fult just ono
spoonful," she replied us she uncorked
the bottle.
"And j'ou'll give me some sugar,
besides?" he asked.
"Of course I will a big lump."
He waited until she began pouring
from the bottle, then asked :
"And you'li give me ten cents,
too?"
"Yes, of course.'
"Andj-ou'llbuy meashoo-fiy kite?"
he went on, seeing his advantage.
"I guess so."
"No kite no ile," he said, as he
drew back.
"Well, I'll buy you the kite," she
replied, filling tho spoon clear up.
"And a velocipede?''
"I'll think of it."
"You can't think no castor oil down
me!" he exclaimed, looking around
for his hat.
"Here I will, or I'll tease father to,
and I know he will. Come now,
swallow it down.''
"And you'll buy mo a goat?''
"Yes."
"And two hundred marbles?"
"Yes. Now take it right down."
"And a coach dog?"
"I can't promiso that."
"All right no dog, no ile!"
"Well, I'll ask your father."
"And you'll buy me a pony?"
"Oh, I couldn't do that. Now be a
good boy and swallow it down."
"Oh, yes, I'll swallow that stuff, I
will," he said, as he clapped on his
hat. "You may fool some other boy
with o oircuB ticket and a lump of
brown sugar, but it'll take a hundred
dollar pony to trot that castor oil
down my throat!"
And he went out to see if the neigh
bor's oat had been caught in the dead
fall ho had set for him. Detroit Free
Press.
Care of Horses.
The London Horse-Book says : All
horses must not be fed in tho same pro
portion, without regard to their ages,
their constitution and their work;
because the impropriety of Buch a
practice is self-evident. Yet it is con
stantly done, and is the basis of dis
eases of evey kind.
Nover use bad ba3' on account of
the cheapness, because there is no
proper nourishment in it.
Damaged corn Is exceeding Injuri
ous, because it brings on inflamation
oi tue bowels and skin diseases. Chaff
is better for old horses than hay, be
cause they can digest it better.
When a horse is worked hard its
food should be chiefly oats; If not
worked hard the food should chiefly
be hay, because oats supply more
nourishment and flesh-making mate
rial than any other kind of food ; hay
not so much.
Back-feeding is wasteful. The bet
ter plan Is to feed with chopped hay,
from a manger, because the food is not
then thrown out, and Is more easily
ohewed and digested.
Sprinkle the ha3' with water that
has salt disolved in it, because it Is
pleasing to the animal's taste and
more easily digested. A teaspoonful
of salt in a bucket of water is sufficient.
MR. 3IAX0X GETS ELECTED.
How His TTifc Fonml it out.
James Maxon Is aduly Initiated and
valiant Knight of Pythias, residing
on Fourth street. The other night he
left home, telling Mrs. Maxon that
he was going to the lodge. About half
past eight o'clock two well dressed
men rang tho door bell, and when
Mrs. Maxon appeared they introduc
ed themselves as champion Knights
of Pythias. They said the lodge had
just held an election and that Mr. M.
had been unanimously called to the
Chancellor's chair the highest posi
tion in the lodge. They had been du
ly appointed, in accordance with the
custom which is, peculiar to tho Or
der to Inform her of the distinguished
honor that had been conferred on her
husband and to solicit her consent to
his acceptance of the office another
stipulation peculiar only to the
Knights of Pythias. Mr. Maxon,
they said, according to their rules
would hold the office for three years,
and would receive a salary of $1,162,
this being the exact amount accord
ing to the tribute levied ou each
knight by the superior council. Mrs.
Maxon was overjoyed, thanked
the courteous gentlemen who had
meanwhile seated themselves in the
parlor and gave her freest consent to
the acceptance of the lucrative office
conferred upon her husband. The
visitors rose to leave, and, as they
were about to withdraw with all the
thoughtful etiquette of thorough gen
tlemen, one of them suddenly re
marked :
"Oh! by tho way, Mrs. Maxon, I
almost forgot to give you this note.
Mr. Maxon especially impressed up
on me not to forget its delivery."
A hurriedly written note was hand
ed Mrs. M., and excusing herself, she
retired to the lighted parlor and read:
Dear Wife: I have been selected
from among the three hundred aud
seventy-five members of the lodge to
act as Chancellor a flattering office
worth nearly $1200 a year. It i3 al
ways customary for the newly elect
ed Chancellor to furnish refreshments
for the Knights. I have only $5 with
me. Please send me at least $50, for
T must do the thing up well. Send
$100 if yon have it handy, or borrow
it of the neighbors. It will all come
back when I get my first months sal
ary $100. Your loving husband.
James Maxon.
Mrs. Maxou's eye3 opened and she
thought a moment. Then she went
to-a wafdrobo, plunged. her hand into
the pocket of her black silk dress,
pulled out a pretty Russia leather
purse, and, from i's snugly tucked up
corner took a bill. It looked nice and
fresh, and had in big figures upon it
"$100." Going to the door she en
quired of the waiting gentlemen :
"Will you take the money to him?''
The fine looking fellow who hand
ed her the note, professing not to
know what was in itspoko up,
"Oh, certainly, certainly, I'll see
that he gets it safely. Glad to accom
modate you, madam.
Said Mrs. Maxon, "I have onlj' a
$100 bill; and James wants but fifty,
aud, besides that. I don't want to
send tho whole of it. Will you get it
changed for mo, please?"
The two gentlemen consulted a mo
ment and then said, "Oh, we have
change."
Straightway they made up $50 and
gave it to Mrs. Maxon in oxchange for
tho tho bill, and, wishing her a
very good night retired with all the
elegant grace and manliness charac
teristic of the noble Pythian Kuights.
In about twenty minutes Mr. Max
on came home.
"Why," said the wife, "I thought
you were entertaining your knightly
associates. I didn't expect you home
till midnight, cousideriugtho amount
of money you wanted for your feast."
"What do you mean?" inquired
Mr. Maxon. "I don't understand
vou."
"Why, didn't you send me this?"
said Mrs. Maxon, as she handed him
the note. "Right after you left, two
very clever looking gentlemen called
and said you had been elected to some
high office chancellor, I think and
I, of course"
Mr. Maxonwho had glanced over
the note and tdlscovered Its complex
Ion, ejaculated!
"You gavei?to them ? Why, it's
a diabolical swindle. Did you give
them anydmoney? How much?"
"Why, I gave them a $100 bill and
they gave me $50 in change. Here it
is.
Mr. Maxon in a despairing way
took the moneyaud carlessly glanced
it over at first, then more eagerly,
scanning eachbill carefully.
"Well, well.V said be at last, this is
a double outrage. Why, all this mon
ey is counterfeit except two $5 notes !
But where, in tho rrame of common
sense tlid you ever get a$100 bill? You
didn't borrow that of the.neihhbors,
did ycu5"
"No,"$aId Mrs. Maxon, who ap
peared tocher husband to be strangely
undisturbed. "I took that $100 note
you gave me about a year ago. Don't
you remember? You told me to look
out and not spend it."
"Why 1 that's, a counterfeit!" said
the husband.
"I knew it was. Did you suppose I
didn't see through their stupid game,
Mr. Maxon? Your wife isn't a fool
if she isajTvom&n. Give me them
two good Jo Mils, if you please, I just
want a itew bonnet.
Whensisa.3oldier's ammunition box
like a connfifjrbac ? When it is full
of nartrideec
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OUR SVW YORK LETTER.
The Irish in New York The Times
and Rents Money Fashions
Political Weather.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, Sept. 20, 1S75.
THE IRISH IN NEW YORK.
Morrisey and Kelley are fighting
for supremacy In the Democratic or
ganization in the city, which means
control of tho Democratic party In the
State, and ;New York looks on with
breathless anxiety. What is it all
about? Any question of policy In
volved? Any great difference of opin
ion ou matters of great moment be
tween these leaders of a great party,
these arbiters of destiny, these mak
ers of Presidents? Nothing of tho
sort. It is simply a fight between
two Irishmen one of them a profes
sional gambler, and the other a worse
man as to which shall dispense, to
other Irishmen, the offices In the
city. This is all there is about it.
Do you realize the extent of Irish
rule In New York? Do you know
that the police, almost without excep
tion, are Irish? That the sohools, tho
public works, the well everything,
in short, is from the head to the foot
in the hands of these people? In a
vast majority of the wards it is im
possible for a man not an Irishman to
hold any positiou, and tho conse
quence is, the city is sure and certain
in their hands. It is a regular pyra
mid the Irish people at.the bottom,
Cardinal McCloskey at the top. The
voters are In squads of fifties and
hundreds; then captains and police
men, and rum-mill keepers; over
them come the heavy contractors and
higher officials; over them the
Morrisseys, Kellys and O'Briens;
over them the priests and bishops ;
and over all the Cardinal, who wields
all this power. He really directs the
politics of the city, and to a very large
extent the State.
And that ho knows how to use his
power, the property the church holds
In the city is sufficient proof. The
church has acquired from the city
block after block of tho most valuable
real estate as free gifts. It escapes
the payment of taxes, and it manages
immense appropriations from the
public treasury for the support of its
hospitals asylums, schools, and con
vents. In short the Irish Catholie
Church Is supported by the tax-payers.
But this is the least expense the Ir
ish are to the city. They furnish the
criminals almost exclusively. Read
any proclamation describing a mur
derer, and the words "of Irish birth"
will be found in nine cases out of ten.
The reports of the police courts read
like a poll-book In County Cork. It
is all Mo and O. The assaulting, the
knifing, the garroting the, the rob
bing.is ninety per cent, of it Irish
In short, almost all the lawlessness
that makes New York to-day an un
safe city to live in, is nine-tenths of
it. the work of the Iiish. They rule
the city, they have control of the offi
cers, they make laws and berak them;
they are at once tho judges, crimi
nals, and jurors. Talk about the op-
Dressed Irish ! Those in Ireland, if
they are groaning under English rule,
ought to come at once and join their
compatriots. All that the Euglish
put upon them, they are putting upon
the American branch of the same
family. New York has more Irish in
It than any city in Irelaud, aud that
the Irish cities aro better governed
than New York is simply because
the Irish are not permitted to govern
them.
This condition of things in New
York will continue till the Americans
get time to attend to politics. They
are in a numerical majority, and if
they would unite and act they could
put down their foreign rulers.
THE EFFECT OF THE TIMES UPON
REAL ESTATE.
I said in a previous letter that there
were six thousand houses vacant In
Brooklyn. Yesterday I took a run
among the real estate agents to get at
the cause. They told me that the dull
ness of trade had driven thousauds
from the city, and that mauy more,
unable to keep a whole house, had
doubled with others. And the same
is true of New York, not only iu
dwelliugs, but in business houses.
Where a firm had a whole floor,
tbey find half will answer all the
purposes of their ehrunken trade,
and so two shrunken trades go to
gether, leaving an empty store and a
desconsolate landlord, and a still more
disconsolate party in the persons of
the landlord's famil3. who find their
income suddenly struck out. Rents
of dwellings have gone down a
half, andthe3' aro going still low
er. Per consequence, the cod
fish aristocracy nre coming bank from
Long Branch, Sarstojra, and Newport
In numbers. With stores and dwell
ings standing empty, the bead of the
family can't afford to keep his wife
and three" daughters at a fashionable
watering-place, at and expenditure
of at least a thousand dailars per week.
The mother may rave the girl3 ma3'
weep, but back thej" come, perforce.
to cold mutton and hash in their
house in town. The old gentlemen
sav-s it was business that brought them
back so early, and the feminine part
of his family say the3' find more com
fort at home than In Saratoga; but
the fact is they lacked the stamps to
stay. Aud the hotel-keepers mourn
with their departed customers. Every
one of them has lost money this season,
and thereat rejoice. Their exhorbt-
tant charges made it impossible for
people to sta3' with them. There is
no trouble that has not some
compensation. I could endure more
hard times if it would kill off more
watering-place landlords.
MONEY.
Affairs in this city to-da3 reminds
one of the mournful state of things at
the South In the early days of the
war. There is a blockade of monej'
in the bauks. An immense amount
of moue3 rests in the banks of New
York ; millions upon millions busi
ness men su3 between thirty and for
13 millions, which maj' be above or
below the actual figure an amount
abundant to relievo the distress of tho
country if it could onty be set afloat.
But it Is locked up bj" .very justifiable
fear. Tho banks do not know to
whom it is reah; safe to lend money,
for the firms reckoned the best last
week are failing to-day and besides,
at any moment the feeling of insecu
rity may amount to a general alarm
among depositors, and lead to a gener
run upon the banks, for which they
are determined to be anxioush; and
watchfully prepared.
They aro lending mone3 on call on
the best securit3T, at one and a half
per cent., which Western business
men of the stauchestsort would be glad
to pa3' eight and ten per cent, for,
on collaterals that would rejoice tho
heart of a Shylock. Undoubtedly,
bankers would be glad to set some of
their abundant capital qfioac where it
would do others and themselves the
most good, but iu these uncertain
da3s the3' don't know what hour they
rua3 want it themselves. One case,
that is a specimen of a hundred oth
ers, is that of a man who spent daj-s
the last hot week trying to borrow
$5,000 for six months, with $200 000
worth of first-rate securities iu a West
ern city In his pocket, without suc
cess. Business of every kiud looks
sick.
It is pitiful to see the great retail
stores, which were alwa3s thronged
at this season of new goods, as little
crowded with bu3'ers as tho vestr3r of
a country church at the weekly prayer-meeting.
With all the depression,
there is a rise in some articles. Car
pets are higher, and china has ad
vanced in price at the best houees.
Probably the only way dealers can
make up their expenses Is by putting
a small extra profit on such goods a9
will bear It.
FASHIONS.
A mildly rough finish on all sorts
of wool goods is in st3'le at present.
Cashmeres and merinos, with surface
almost as dull as serge, aud''the Knick
erbocker goods, like winsey, with
knots of brighter color ou the face,
will be the popular wear, with trim
mings of silk, or tho wide woolen or
silk braids seen last3'ear. The shapes
introduced last spring were so grace
ful that they will be retained through
winter. The apron overskirt, round
or square, long, and becomingly drap
ed with closel3-fitted baque, length
ened in frontto give more theidoaof a
wrap, will be models for every sort of
costume. In cloaks, a deep sacque,
fitting in tho back, loo3e but not awk
ward in front, is the newest pattern,
and will be made In heavy drap d' ete
and sicilienne, the soft thick silk,
with tho pliancy and substance of
cloth. Felt hats, in cream colors,
gray, and coffee-brown, will appear
as soon as the chip and straw of sum
mer is laid aside. Trimmings of
heavy silk twists and loops, with a
single long looselj'-floatlng plume,
supersede streamers of ribbon and
clusters of feathers. Colored velvets,
of the darkest shades in green, seal
brown, and blue, will supplant the
traditional black velvet bonnet for
best wear. These aro the few hints it
is safe to offer for tho selection of
country toilets. Modest shapes aud
little trimming is tho rule for every
thing. POLITCAL.
The the triumph of inflationists in
tho Penns3'lvania Stato Convention
has made the solid portion of Democ
racy of this city sick. They hoped
that Ohio would stand alone In this
matter, that they might still act with
their part3', hut the aotiou of the
Penns3lvania Convention shows that
intlation has n sure grip on the Dem
ocratic mind of the whole country,
and that it will be in the next nation
al Democratic platform. Look out for
a split in tho Democrao3r ou this ques
tion. The eastern Democrats will
never consent to wild-cat repudiation.
The3 know that tho business de
mands what only the Republican
party can give it stability and cer
tainty. Thousands of Democratic
merchants and mechanics will vote
the Republican ticket this fall on the
issue.
THE WEATHER
is moderating a little, that i to say.
the thermometer doesn't go above 85,
and the nights are decently cool.
Thank heaven, fall weather Is close nt
hand ! Pietro.
Thunder,' exclaimed a man, rush
ing into a railroad telegraph station,
the other day. 'The express train's
gone off the big bridge!' 'Man3' kill
ed? many killed?' screamed the by
standers. 'Not one,' remarked the
other. 'She just went on at one end
went off at the other, just as usual.'
When Andrew Johnson was Gover
nor of Tennessee, an ex-blacksmith
was Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, and the Governor with his own
hands made a vest for the Chief Jus
tioe, while the Chief Justice went to a
forge aud made a shovel and tongs to
present to the Governor.
Base Ball.
The following, which wo find in an
exchange, illustrates the mania for
base ball playing, which Is so preva
lent in our midst:
"What's the matter with your fin
gers?" "Struck with a ball aud drove up,
but it's a noble game," was tho reply.
"Preoiseh and your thumb, too,
is useless is it not?"
" Yes struck with a ball, and bro
ken." "That finger joint?"
"A ball struck it. No better game
to Improvo a man'a physical condi
tion it strengthens one's sinews."
"You walk lame ; that foot, isn't
it?"
"No; it is the the thewell a
bat flew out of the player's baud and
hit m3' knee-pan. Wo had our in
ings." "One of j'our teeth Is gone?"
"Knocked out by a bail an aool-
dent."
"Your right hand and your nosa
have been peeled how's that?"
"Slipped down at second bnse-r-on-ly
a more scratch."
"And 3'ou like this sort of fun?"
"Glory in it, sir. It is the healthi-'
est game in the world, sir."
A Little Story by Gen. Sherman.
Gen. Sherman's new book of recol
lections Is reviving that orop of war
stories which had been tempora
rlly harvested. ButSherman'sstorlea
have a point and a snap which como
from personal influence and recolleo
tion in the premises, aud a good many
of them are vastly amusing reading.
For example, he tells ono illustration
of the idea of military dl90ipline with
which tho war was beguu. An officer
whose term had expired, remarked ta
Gen. Sherman that he wa8 going
home, although ho had not been mus
tered out. Sherman remarked that ho
should, in case of such attempt, feel
obliged to shoot tho officer on tho
spot. The officer concluded not to
start, but Mr. Lincoln happened to
visit tho brigade tho same day, and
complaint was made to him bj tho
aggrieved party. Sherman telle It In
this way: Mr. Lincoln, who was
still standing said, "Threatened to
shootj'ou?"
"Yes, sir, he threatened to ehooS
me."
Mr. Lincoln looked at him and then'
at me, and, stooping his tall, spare
form towards the officer, said to him
in a loud stage whisper, easily heard
for some 3'ards around, "Well, if I
were you, and ho threatened to shoot,
I would U't trust him, for I bolieve
ho would do it."
The officer turned about and disap
peared, and the men laughed at him.
Soon tho carriage drove on, und as we
descended tho hill I explained the
facts to the President, who answered,
"Of course I didn't know anything
about it, but I thought you knew j'oux
own business best."
I thanked him for his confidence,
and assured him that what he had
done would go far to enable me ta
maintain good discipline, and It did.
A Strange Story.
A private letter recently received
from one of tho crew of the iron ship
Glance, of London, which arrived Iu
the Thames from Adelaide on Thurs
day, gives intelligence of a terrible
event whioh recently ocourred at sea.
On the 27th ult. the Glance passed an
out-bound vessel, bearing the name of
Jessie Osborne, and was hailed by the
captain of the latter ship, who re
ported that ono of hla crew had gone
mad ; that for five da3's the maniao
had stationed himself aloft, and that
nothing could induce him to return to
tho deck, The captain further report
ed that the madman had armed him
self with a largo chisel, with which
he wtts cutting tho ropes, and that tho
boatswain had tried to bring him
clown. The maniao, however, threw
a blocK at tno boatswain, KnooKincr
him on the deok and breaking his
arm aud leg. As a matter of safety to
his vessel and crew the captain of the
Jessie Osborne considered that it was
necessary to shoot the maniac, and,
after some consultation that course
was decided upon. The crew and of
ficers of the Glance were requested to
bo present as witnesses, and in their
presence the man was shot with a re
volver. In oousequence of the way
in which he moved about the rigging
three shots had to be fired before he
was ftitulh injured. He fell dead on
the deck, and hi3 body waa eventually
thrown overboard. London Times.
Tho following from the Omaha J?e-
publican is to the point :
In the matter of this University
business, we have to say briefly that
it cannot be denied that strenuous ef
forts were made last winter, and again
this summer, to put the intitution un
der sectarian control. It is asserted
that none of the professors have ever
attempted anything like theological
instruction as toward the students.
It ma3r be so, and yet efforts have nev
er been relaxed on the part of certain
orthordox churches to obtain the
dominant voice iu the conduct of this
University. Under strict seciarian
rule and an assured majority, a corn
potent educator of liberal tendency,
could not find employment there.
We will soy, for thesake of argument,
that the same state of thing3 would
prevail if the Liberals were in the as
cendency. Tho attitudo of the i?a
publican i3 that neither faction should
be omnipotent. It Is possible to have
a State University outside of the con
trol of any religious sect. And it fe
significant that those so situated are
healthiest financially and education"
ally.
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