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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1888)
r , X. ' -ill M J rUr fM who tetm thejjeesf tf" V??. kTrse tfJRJf, srastaer aWcied fo bis fcmXSTStU.m subscriber or not, U " 1KtMrtl ASM tllt refusing to take SWsejeejSfS m ma i tet' sxst9.fflcc, or removing M.mn anesuea it, priu. VtOMM rtosAi, rAft. llV LL'S W,1H' IThat, fjetiajt astute 1terho1. WeeM mrngc place wlth- WMHT I eliclo In l aA Willi Tlio star; 4 a mrt or, iron yon lr i. Pour Mr MwUlnflatft A Milord trHvraaV I tmiiit thn blur, Ht h(m for a 'Hr.l ' Kn,aMiJUwiiuy. Ami artsr might get iiiy. So, I'd boHjipr-imw. don't st .1 )" .sister ' Nods sua MtMMttftA teams on mi VrfsjBaetrjrlt.'i i Hbeds bnyertjijrthst she ran t Ax!4lmtiftaUI:Ms, i 8 sjalui sml Inqr, That stands with horUhteri thr la til sun ns th a cVi?.,tt ", Puritan ip.Wr, ' ' Trouble, In ilMI vOnot not on. t'vo read the story Of I ho Kin lu )il shrjr Who "w not arrayeil lit,,1 nn ol thato. 'Tw Helomoa ; ,nllll ho ' Coul.ln'l oiiual a IJtv A red ffthttllr, ljnt,llnt tn 1'ie u-e. 1 Iso.lf.IeoulAiliti'jiqiiio, " T'4 '. , With node to refs.e mo. i I Tlio lot 1M Ilk hcl of nil on Weei-tli. TiraiiM bo Hut of u'io llnwisn Who nil thrnsli th" lionrs Hut o nolhlnii to ilii from t'i(i h j if of tlielr Mrtti. Then' nro no Imos ' On their fulr faro Of sU-Iidus. sin row , of Rrtof or iln; Their only dlity ' 1 it r '! Onenrth Is beauty Thoy toll nut, neither il.t they sn'i " UW,ImjK LUDDINUTON'S NERVEi Tho Story of an Amntour'a Bruah With Wall Stroot. I Written for Thn Taper. roilN MIDDINdTON iww a tlltocn itollur 5clerltlallriUo,,ii 'Mori'. Hi'vornl joirn 'boforo tho tlmo ti'in I rcforrol lohohitil rif lojtilwxl hi otitlmi tlona ti society by I marry lntf pretty Allt'o r Harlicw and urooooil- Wing to arvutmilalo iiti lntorcttlD ram u. v ' around Mm. Ho lnul now tv.o cblldri'n, (loortfo atul lUhy I, anil by tho cxt'ollont vcanomv of hit wlfoiitid hl own patient Imlimtry and aolf-tluntnUn the matter of heor ami rlpim, tho hox-ful pair had lucvcilrd In puttln I.VX) Into tho av Inpi bntik, which It wm tho younij wlfo' dream to liuva prooiitl.v go Into a pretty homo. Her hope nevar fullered, hutJohti'n, it mutt b ronfoMod, aotuetlmo did. It aoemoil rcry alow and very hard work to mvo money nut of a aalaryof 11.1 n weok and eupiwrt a family boililen. John (rot to UtlnkluK that then muot be faator waya of Roltlnx on In tho world. About this tlmo tho atook market botfati to attract hla attention. He aivnt odd mo menta In reading tho report frotti .Wall atraet, and found it ipitte Inturontln r to compare tho prices of tho leadlnir utocttt from day to day and noto their tluctuatlom. A New York paor published adlaroin o.ich month traolnir tho upward and downward course of alocka for tho month prcccdlnir, which. It aoomod to John, throw a uroat deal of llRhtou thonubjivt. lit tho coursi! of two or throe month ho fnncUsl that be had dincoverod a kind of Uw which seemed to operate with a certain iloreo of regularity, and hollered tin could deal In such a way oa to make and not nB. It hapiwned that at that purl loular tlmo stock were tondlag upward and had been forinmo mouths. All tho talk from Wall strvot was "bullish." It was said thore tv a practical certainty that stocks would ho blither. Tim argument tn support of thl low leotmnt to bo conoluslve. Nover before had atsck iMwn so low In comparison with real citato mid othor value. John l.uildluitton lookod into tho mutter, read tho tttmuclal piimr, KOt points from Mio bnikem, mid the more lio studleil It tho moro sntUtlisI ho Ix-tiimo that there was money in toc! If one opjr atcd with cam utid lntelliirence. He concluded at length to try It In a mull iruy. One day when ho wm nut for hit nnou lunch, ho went to the bank, draw out MX) and hurried ton small "rxchungo" with a very largo immo one of thono ctabllh raettta that are known In common parlance aa "bucket shopn," olttimi).'li lie tried tn con ceal won from hlinneU the fact that It wa auch an lntltutbn that he wa patrontting. He tried to exhibit tho coolnoof u eterun "operator'' but tho effort was a failure. Ho was In a tremble of suppressed excitement. Ho had settled upon Northwestern foru trial onot-t ami Inmltly scanning ttio liiack board whore iuotatlous went marked, with bla head all In a whirl, he hastily went tip to the desk and loft an order for the pur chase of twenty shsret of that stock. "Common or preferred I" was tho prompt, inquiry of the dork in charge as he glanced at tho memorandum. John had been contemplating common so ateadlly that he had actually Ignored the nslstcnce of some twenty mllns of pre forred stock of theroadatid wu nonplussal tor a momont. The obliging young man helped hlui out. "I suppose you mean common the active stock, do you not I" John admitted that that was what he had mode up bis mind to buy. "How much do you wish to deposit 1" was (be next query. "Fifty dollars," said John, and tho money was planked on the counter. Ho tud no mind to put up the ordinary dollar a share margin and have It swept away If toe tnsr. bet should lutppen to fall a single point Ho would margin for two and a half points and be safe for a tittle "shake up" at least. The clerk looked a trifle surprised but took tho money and gavehlra tho usual memorandum of audi transactions. John liUddlngton did not sleep well thut nlghu He bad a secret In which hi loyal little wife was not to share, a new thing for him. But ho had determined thut sho should pot know of this transaction. If the ven ture were successful It would bo a pleasaut surprise to her; If otherwise, a knowledgo of It would only cause her.jiuiiecesnary anxiety. It was with a fooling of apprehension that he picked up the belated paper next morn ing and turned arst tfl the stock market. Had a Are burned up Chicago .during tho night he would set have stopped to read even the keadUsea uutll ho had seen what the bulls aad bean In Wall street had done the day before. His pulse beat more calmly when be saw that Northwest crn had aot declined and read the confident predictions of the bull broker that the market was "strong" and would certainly show a rise. Yet he felt feverish all tho foreaoon aad strangely anxious to know what stocks were doing. Ho could with 4Uaculty ceneeutrata his thoughts on his woct.thiaklagose moment whst he might make aad fearing the aext what he might iose. When twelve o'clock came be did not stop ia laach but hurried first to the "exchange," eraieh b,rooa4, as oa previous ouuasloos. f ietii5tnrauh a hotel entrance and com lac la tram the rear, me had not yet tost Me self rosasrl eumdeaUy to eater boldly taeiroavaoor. wim tii-ooacesjed he ajfrenhed the blackboard i tV.lJ.-1 .aWIvili WMn w AT-f7 a aMp jpjj Bte.. '?IWSI W '''. ft before which it number of m"n wore ((tf I nil latiJ(nif. To tilt connWroktlnn ho mw tbnt general Joolliin hmi knn Iihi, Northwoitorn wun t'iv; (tM'htvl bouulitll at 19t, AlmtMt f of hU W wu nt roaily icdiio. A ilmji of aoolhur pul or two would rWivii It all away. Ill lirarl lio it lnuil afcl tie fell n raotiipiitary iIIwIhom roiuo ercr lilm. Hu-aJjliu hlmtiJf, lit aUi'il ono of tho men, Who rcoiihhI tliorou'iil.r' lotted, whit ho tnaJo of tho ni.ula'l. 'Ilu mini w. vMititIyh "licir," for Uo u!il very promptly uiiil with fin ptiMl thilt 4tt. worn biliuhl to rotno iloun; thin they fial Ixvn too hUli for vuno lltnc, thoro Win lutlilni; to bvp tln'iii mi, mill In 1 tit tK't)!i looUlii? for u cruinl ttitnlito in tli'-m. r m. m& f s& 'jsrim 1mwm vr.tr in tin rirrf imm.iii COM!, At Ul IT 1 At thl the trtuco veni"'! very i Inio nml itppreMlrc to Ii'jillliuton.ubilhcirDtniit Into tint fresh mf as f.ut im tin cuiilil lie IM not fii'l huiiry utid was shin yllmut Inconveu llnciHo save Mm ten r.nls whleli his Ixiwl df lire ill a:ul inlllt usiriliy coil lilm. lie wiillo'il tlui liitu'h time aiy tlilnl.'lm;, "My ludtt" bo faltered. "My luik! I hint no bislu'M i(0 1 tu 1'iti) It. t have pre ichcd araltist It all my life, n'nl my con ti'lonco told me It was wtniig. I ibMorve what I am getting." He thought wlietherheit'.intiM notifo buck, iiid'i' the stiH'k sold, lose tlif.") and Have tho other k befnro It should be Uhi late. "No," I1 be, "I will tint do It. Thut Is ust my trouble. I never have nerve enough I ulvn up ton iptle'c. Tor once I will try what nerve will U. If the thing noes It can all go," And ho thought blltmly that ttiuttliiM-humvs ttcro many to imo that It all would go. TheeiHirlencn he was t'olng thtough was far from pleasant, and Inr resolved thut whichever way tho thing turned nut ho would let spvutatloti alone thereafter. It wudlquluting to tin nerves, kept ono lu onstant iippiehnuslnn, innde It hard to Htocp at nUhtiiuil disagreeable to wnUe up In the tnoriilnv;. Next day the market was better. North western hud reoovenil Its less and had crept up to la',' J. tie could close out, make . ami he out of nl worry. lie was tempted to dA It. It nl ii rUlug market now elated lilm us miichasuileelluliu one had iloprcsMvi htu tlind.iv pruvlotii. Mke all amateur i.pecu titers hn wm a "bull." Ho could see no reason why rttoc'cs should tint cent lime to rise. 1'itrhips lu aiiotliT day or two they would go up a point r two nml tli"ii he would "feel tllce klcklm; himself" If ho hold now. Avnln lie expressed the eonxlctlon that It was a propr time for the exhibition of "nerve" by holding on. Hn he held on. Ker some davs the market was "Urmbut Inactive." Htoeks would neither go tip nor down, ii'.i 1 I,UddltiKton suffered tnnro iinxl ety and montil strain than several time tlfty dollars would pay for. Then ono day therowas a little rlv. Northwestern got up to I'.'!1, thl point at which ho had or ijerisl hi lnck lo be sold, and he drew out twenty dollars of clear protltou less than a week's Investment. Then he nlmrctt his secret with his wife. Ho could afford to tell her now. And Alice was In II sense pie iseil. She was glad ot the clear guln to tho small bank account. Anl Vet her satlsf ictlon was not as lively as John had expected Hhe qeniiHl to Im u lit. tlo troubled about the manner In which this euslly-gnt m.inoy was enruetl, and asked souiutrnubluft.imo question!. Her huslmud exilnlml tlio matter In such n way as tn re lied it good ti il of credit on his sagacity liml nerve a-s a stotk operator, hut Alio Houlelinw seome.l dUposed to nttiihtitn liU naiV'jss to aecldnnt. Hlio ndvlsed lilm tn l th'iulifitl for hi good tuck, put the uinimv lu bank und let stock nl me thetvafter, for Hhotmd liiard that it was net n Kile bu-,1-lies, lie liiitf promised that ho would do so. And thl protnlsn he kept fernwhllo. Hut he iMUtluued to watch tho tcck timrket, notisl its tliU'tuitlous closely ami male tuntinury Inviulnvnts to ih how they would I'Jlitft nut. They cabin out so well that he camo to licllovo that postlhly he wa aisiMit rlnaucler in iIIhkuIsc, a mm who mlaht bj rich If ho hud u little more nerve, tnsteilnf tttlfteiMidollar-a-wcek clerk for Orlg't ei Co. He studied comparative table ot Htocksnnil found that loss than a yeirb.'forj Northwestern common n id ben down to MO. To think of that! Whv. If he hud thou bought ,1M shares, a he could have done, uud h ld on to It, hi S.MM would have Hivetliid tos,.VXl, a sum thai he could never boM to gat by keeping honks ut !. ii wivk. Tlietliuuglit mudublin fairly ilusv, llavliu scored one msll siuvms lu Wall street It was not likely that this lutoxic iteil jnuiig man wo lid kJeti out of it. The idea uf milking a fortune lu a few months grow upon lilm. He thou-rht of hi faithful, hard working little vlre, cooklnx, wuhlng, drudging, deuyim; and sAving atul he thought w'.at u life he would give her could he but succeed In the stock market, Thou would come the long dreamed of heme, its hiindsouie furniture. It horse anil carriage, seriaut to do the work, fi lends nml pleas ure a u i e mat would imieed be woith living! Hut of all the wild dream he said not a word to patient, loving, hoping Alice. He hsd surprise.! her once. Might ho not soon give her a grand surprise ! Hlio heuldyet acknowledgi) hUubltltle which somahow be felt thst she unilerrutiil. Hut he hesitated and waited. "What If It should go tho other wa I" he asked himself, and luckeltho "nerve" that was to lead him on to fortune. Monday there wa almost a punle in Wall street. Stock all went down with a tum ble, like ii row of brick net on end, Then they rullled, steadied, gained a little uud an other turn downward. II y and by tho market seemed to Kettle and Nnrthweitcru wiim fully the point lower than when l.ud dlngton hud made his lucky purchase. Tho broker were unanimous that thero wiu nothing to ui'iko them go lower, Tho panic was n moro ncuro, the result ot utatilmiln- tlom by the bear uml the elu-ulatlon of Idle gtmslpuml fale minor. Never had there becnuch ucliuuco to make money In utocks they said. They were bound to gu um and up u good deal higher thuu they worn be fore. Our amateur npeo.it.itor thought ha reiH)gulced hU opiwrtuiilty si last. In a moment of uncontrollable Impulse be drew out all tho money lu bank. Thl time ho would play for u big stuko. Instead of M ho bousht .NsJ shsros of Northwuterii com- mon. "It served mo well before," ho thought. "I will try It again. Durcly It can't go lower than It Is now." And tho very next day was the day on which tho great break In Manhattan Klo vated occurred, carrying every thing down with It. Thcu there was a real panic on the New York Mock Kxchange. Jforthwostern went down tolIT, suuftlng out Joha l.ud dlnaton's t-VX) margin as a whirlwind stuffs out a caudle. When ho went Into a broker's oraeo and saw what had happened be turned pale, but he was cool and col lected. "There Is only one more thing to do," he aid. "Icaa't tell Alice what I btve don.e and I can't long keep It froai hor. Fortu nately I have SV Insurance on my llfo." Hn (pint the afternoon a usual at his work, and when ha reached homo his wife ws busy getting the nupp-sr. Ho kUsed her with a 'culUr tenderness which she noticed, but did not guess It meaning. Ho could heur the voice of (Icorge and Kthyl plying In the bark yanl. He went up stnlrs unleMy to hi wife's hed-ronm Onnplcenf paper with whleh'tiohnd pro vfcli',1 dims! f atthauflli.il for tho purise, lie wrote with n pencil n brief note lo his wife This ln fuM.-d mid laid mi th dresser (ibu'luv the hand mirror on one coiner to hold It ilowii I'nlocklng a riblnct that humr nc.imst the wnll, ho took from Iho top shelf a sin ill, Ivnrj handled revolver, wbhii he hal owned before his war rl .jo uiiil which wrs reserved as a k'cpsiko und as n defense ugaltisl uirt.irs Ad the barrels were loaded lie lifted t'lO hsmmor pnitl.illy with his thumb und tuii.ed the cylinder with hU linger. The weapon (wired to Im lu erfcet older, lie stiwid for a few inn menu relleellng tvlirlliee there was uny tliln:; els that he Qiiith, to i',o, II J could not Hi rik of mi)' thliu, Just tlinil l.n bean I llthyl's voice In iho ro'iui bnlnwaliiginirmii) df her liiiliynmigs. Itsoiiiiled Hiarvelnuily kwret, und was approaching thestnlrwiiv. Ilrhlehlly slot hud luianl that papa wu home mid was iienlii tb tlnd him. Wlllmiil sound of (my footstep oh t!ie stairs or lu the hull, llo door Wis suddenly pushed open und Alli-o sprang Into tho roilm. "tVluil uiti ynu doing, John!" she, nsked, (villi an liiiiiilrliJjwlnuiMutthupUtol, "Why hafeyou Invii su (pilot up licrel" "(, notblii,'," hn unaltered, circlcssl.v "I tvisjuit looking at tho rntolver lo see If (t was ullrlht lu ciso of nn nuirrgency," Mo muted ipllotly tots urds the dnwor, picked up the nolo uiiil slid It lutnlilspoukut. Well, Is It ml right I" ' Yes, I rcc'iou It n'ljm to be " "Well, then, put II up mid comedown to Slipper." And she le.iulnelln the ro)in until her orders wein ernjuleil. .liihti's npiot!lo was not ferocious tbnt ivonltiu.ttul hu tun to shift to swallow a few inouthfiils. After supir he ild! "I nm going nut for ii little walk. I feel tho mill of ii llttl'l exercise.'' Ho w.i really piliu out to thln'i, and ho lighted a elirnr (toinnibliu horurclydld) to assist him In the o'iiitl(ui,t (How do uien think who liafo never Irirueil tosmokol) Hnuv,l, tollghtlt with, tlio noto which tie IckI taken from the ilnts1ngciiso, and Which ho ciuvfully held In hi tlngiirs until It was all i-oiKimn-d.. Ho walked and smokeit und tlueight for a long tiiie. HU thought ran unethlng after this fashions "1 never can tel Alice that I lost that moboy. Vet bow r.w I keep her from know Infill I must get II back some way, and how thn deuco inn I ever lo trot It hack on a salary of flf t -en dollar a week I" A score of project rushed through hl mind, hut each lutnrn was dismissal ns Im practicable. At length a now thonhl Mianeil to strik ililm. BHrf "wiitT sitK tot noiMi. joun)" "Thsre's thst banned old house out al (,'.ilciltU," hp ul, aloud. "I do' wonder If any thing could Ui got out of that by thl time." The bunged old liotiii ut Calcutta was a piece of property heavily mortgaged, which l.iiddhnitoii h id taken lu a trade, before his marriage, In a small country town, and which, m iro than once Im had been tempted to surrender to the mortgagee for hi debt. Hut Alice, with it woman' Impracticability In bu-iln.M tilT.lIrs, hud al wus persuaded him tn "held onto It a little longer" In the hoi' tint "some'.tiliur rntM turn up, ynu know, John," and so John hud kept holdliiK on ye ir after j ear. although iiotlilug ever had turned Uv or Indeed seemed ever likely to. Il wa to thl property that the worried imib's th.iuaht now turned a to the pro- voi hill last. straw ur a drowning muii. "I'll tell you what," hu said aloud, for he bud a lulilt of talking to himself at time when no one else wiu by. "til go out tlure day after to-morro-v end sea about It" He get leave of absence for a day and went tn Calcutta without mentioning the fact tn his wife, A in! wont at au opiiortuue taomuuL The little old town looked duller uud uinro desolate than lie bad over mini It before and the particular house In which he was interested looked especially ii.vkvted and woe iNigoue. Hut the natural ga ex citement had touched Calcutta, (las had boen found at Arvcntiue, only a few miles away, and tho well ut Calcutta wa nearly down to Trenton rock. The people wero full of expectation and wild hoie. If gs should bo found ut Calcutta the town would tuko a "lutein." And gas wa found at Calciittu, sum enoutftt. A few days luter tho si lit went Into the Trenton limestone and there wa ain outrunning of gu that blew thine high Into the air. It was ''a gusher" uud no mis take, and Calcutta's "boom" bad arrived, liUddin.'ten' little old tuniWe-lewn houtn III the iimsUUod vision of excited L'ulcultans leouusluiaprospivtlva buslaes roperty uf rouslderutile vuhie.i He was uromntlv offeretl ftM for It hut concluded that It was a good time "to hold on" a little longer, as something seemed to be turnlag up, Mix, seven, eight thousand were the offer that rapidly succeeded one oiiolher. Hut I.ud dliiutoa rii'iilleit the advantage whleli 'nerve'1 had ben to him la bt first Mock deal uud refused to sell. "1 will takolU,,)0 for It," ha said to him self, "Ten thousand for tho property and five hundred to cover what I lost lu stock." And when tho oiTer of 0,0Ou eeme he Indued that Calcutta' "boom" had nearod the bursting H)lnt, and coolly addlug tho (.VM, let tho "IwugiHl eld house" go. When Alice wo signing the deed he looked tip tmpilrlngly and saldt "I thought you said Hie price wa leu thousand, ,lnhul" "Ye, so I did," "Hut tb'.iK.ijs ten thousand five huudretl." "Tiuit nmouulH to uothlug, matUme," ex plained the accommodating notary. "The consideration In a dc.sl Is ofteu stateit to bo larger than It really Is." Thus assured by a gentleman whose busi ness It wu to know such thing Alice had nothing moie to say. And so It was that Alico l.uddlngton never know thai her husband had tost their money In svultlon. (luce, years after, when she rivalled the rlreumsUuco of hi maldeu effort In the stock markot and sug gested that It was so fortunate that he had never tried his band again, it wa on hla tongue to make a full and free ceufesslou, but he had not the nerve to do It; or, to speak more truly, perhsps, he had tho nerve not to do It, und so bold his peace. ttiti Hrait. Thoro is an old jHirjiolso thut hna been tn tho harbor ot St. Augustine, Flu., years ami years, Tho iorHilso U piirtlouiarly tamo and frollcMuue, Ho is called Did (Jhoul, and la known by having- ono fin (one. Iteofum plays around tho fishermen's boats mid his pretence always augur a good cu-tok WAQQINQ THEIR TONQUC8. A Tbrss Mlnates Coniersallttii uf Ml (llrtt Ivsrhesrit t a Ijnlet ss-rlbe, "What on eartli did you do with my needle, Ivw?" "It wiisii'l me. I hint I.llllo'a. Uon'l pull tho Iln like Hint!" "('nn 1 Imlp It? Domoiu toiirelinlf ii little mi I rim yet my feclti." '.tcn'H hiHM in j lust 111m youiM!'' ".Idii'ii shoes net or mi w tlui liny they'd lol liko ml.. or Jen's feet, t.elll..'.'." i ".fi.st Mi; luiw my lininls urn tirit.eil, j 1 1. 0 iii. wits liliiln-i on tlio wiilcr. You lmil yloviM on." "I hmlii't. "You liiul, loo. I suv them." "Wlmtl yiMtenlu .'" "Yns yu-.tiTiluy." ",Vo Htiehtliluir -not jeslnrdny," "Willi. I've cot ti's, I liope. When ivo Mood .... the pier there. Moro V" eot Into the boot. ou hail those lon brown ilmmoh, Unit whs Ihursilny. ( "itttiiel,iiil.iyl Miiii'l. illilntMl huvn uIovih on toeteidny " 'I Kites you um thinking- of me. I j ivoiool.liliiflioii.il. Tin poiltltn 1,11 lui.l uIovim on when, UKHtooil on the pier uny wny." ' "No, tliut'rfiiinMitki1. I.lliln't renlly. 1 My brown pjot us worn It. in fray eotit pocket. Honor bright!" '(), I suppose I'te got tohellevo you, I must huvu been hullueluiitc,) then, for I certainly saw lliose glotes." "Noj you euw mine: your lirnln'e till right ho fur, Nell. You mistook tho .nihil-., that win nil." "Thorn go-.i tho 'Muggle, Who tonic I her out this morning?" i'luit Isn't thn Miiggle.'" "Will Manning took her out." ' "Ofcouoe. Itntho'Magglit.' I ihouhl think I ought to know thn '.Maggie.'" "Von ought to, hut you don't. That'. tho "Mystery " O listen thn 'Mt story!' It's tho Mn guli).' " " It' till) .lf'(lfT.' " "It's the Mi'jiiii;' itmlWlll Maun I tig. He's got those It'illly girls on hourd. I hom he'll sleet them Illicit to thnlr nntlvct Isle." "Will Manning couldn't snil thu 'Moggie.' Hec.Mil.ln't still u tub." ilu'il be ii mighty clover seuniiiti if hueouhl. Miss 1,11." "1 know I'd ho awfully scared to go tmt with him." ".So would l." 'I, too." "1 wouldn't ilarn go out with Will Manning. Would jou, Ijiuia?" "Well, that's too hiwl, girls. Iln wants us all to go, Hu told nm to nslc my Kirty und he'd run us down to tilIT lloiisn for lunch." ') my! ho ill.ln't. 1)1.1 I.e. really?" "Yes, ho illil, unit it'- tho jollinst pliicn for lunch -lots of Yule boys. Hut, of course, If ton urn till iifrulil" Afraid?" "Who's iifi-iitd?" "Thorn Isn't any iliiugmiti the M.iy !,'!" "I'll go. ' "I'm going." Tim hleu of lining afraid. I nover Hllill I WHS." "Well, lie's pulling In now." Miooily! euro's you llvo." "Let's go iloivn to tho pier." "(). let's." Hustle, scamper, gent-rut stani'silo und gratjliil silence. Mii'ltliiw S. llrhfifi'i, in Jwly: LIFE IN QOSSIPVILLE. tVlivre lliinntr 1n llkliiltjr Wnrslilps-it liv Um Old anil Vitima, There are miiiiy (iiiislpvUle scat tilled iihout thn country. One mil scarcely go 11 fly tulle In any direction without plumping into a (osslptille. From somo cause or other, the nitiuo hits Imh'Ii omllte.l In the gii.etleeix. and untravelcil persons may possibly eon- shier this el.vumstanco iriiiitifttchi evl ileneo that the place referred lo bo long only to tho loiogritphy of Divnm land. Hut io we know that ninny vil lages ilivsciibed nml depicteil on aier have no existence in fact, why should not tilln;ee tluit exist in fuel Ik Minio times uiicntalogi.nil on paper.' That last suggestion Is thrown in for tho houottt of Inductive philosophers. I'raetloal men are well awmv tbatovery uounty, to say tho loit, has tta(iosp vllle. The specimen of tlio goniis wo have In our mind's eye at present It Is unuecossary toloeuto. Wo will merely deserlbo tlio lu'cullarltles of tho In- habitants, and any community that tho cap llts Is respectfully Invited to put it on. The lulsanthropii Intllvidiml who ae quired n fortune by inlnillnif his own business tvosibl be out of tils olenient In (tosslpvUlo. Tliero the Inhabltuuts tmignanliiKNieiy neglect their own af-fuli-H, louttoml without feo or roward to tho.se of tlH'li uelglilMirs. The woman kind tiro his unselllsli that they wlU lent o tho HHift jinisslng household work ttullulshod.to cant ass conllilentluUy, In ii)tnnillt.Hsof ttviM and threes, the say ings and doing of their dearest fiiemls. Humor I very imteiil lu (io.sslptille, In fact sho I tho tutelar divinity of tho pliun. "whom all in public and lu (irlvntn ttovshlji." Bxaggoratlon I cultlviit.il there as one of thu fine arts, ttud tlio legnil of tho three black crow would bo coiislde.nl a very feeble at tempt at ampllllcntiou by the tins slpvlllliins. Header, If you have, over been among thetu, wo need not toll on what a deep, not to say enthusiastic. Interest they take In the private, concern of tho stranger within tho Kates; how skill fully thev exumlno and eross-oxunilno hltn; how they watch III incoming and outgolugs. and what unpleasant theories they get up lu relation to hi antecedents, his moans, hi motive ami his morals. lr. Kranklln, who knew thotiosslp vllllans well, wa accustomed on enter Iniftliolr territory to display a caul which forestalled iiinury. On It wero inscrilieil his name und ago, milliner ot lite, tho object of his visit, ami such other Information of a personal nature a ho supiHed to be In special request at Oosslpvllle. This l u very excel lent plan, ami wo heartily commend it t all who may have occasion to ojourn among these Inquiring people. .V. 1. Intyir. VALUE OF HONEY-COMBS. me frartlesMlllr of H1c Thsm lee Sarrrsl Year' Oprallmi. It hn lon Iwet) a iii't!on ltli b' kiH'pem whttllior honey-tiiimlia could not Imi used for n;K'atml nilliig, thus mtvlns? lunch tlmo to tie) busy insect. A eorr'sxinli!iit of thn (tunruititown 7We!riiiAi'oiii!er tlio iiiostlnn ns wit tlod, fur liu linn tliorouglily t;stel the rsporlinent tu Ills own iitiiitry. Ho H?',:. ""' '"l' ''1"1' iiifiMit ,IK ii nuiniri"! "r iitii tuwu- isjiml euliii; Inelics In the brood chain-li-ir, whleli will require ono mill n ii.'irti'r iouiiis of combs to llll It (If properly iutmiiu'ciI n.s tlio l''s will do), this bnlnif it fuel us every one who uny iMnif eaii tustl'y. It ieulros nt le:it tweoty-llvo miiiiiiIs of llriuld, Mveut or honey us tlio cum) may lie, to mulct' tho one uml oiio-tm'l"r pound f Wlln1, ,,,,.,, It lr min nl (iwt (,fl(,ii( Anya. tn, fp u siturm of l.ees to Kiithur mid seemlo (, wnx ni,. i , U,.j minlw fmm ,,,1,!,, ,, , Hll,,,y tt .iHt,i lilmmlwr. It I ulso u fuel, not sticcoe' flv ....mroviirtcl. that u ood nwuriii f u-e. s.iy twenty thotisimil stion, wm K.lt. ,lt l,.UHt elu'Iit or ten poumls uOioiiuy Inuiliiylf thn honey Heimon 1 u,M)il one. Wo hnvo often li.nl swiirms gather double llmt amount in a day. At llrst thought, thus.) ithothtnlt hut little about O.n trim talun of combs can hardly believe that It takes twenl.t lite pound of honey for tlio bees to produce a pound and a quarter of eoiuhi, ynt this statnin.ini Is tino, and uny on who can ilguio will tln.l that hoes will store ut least one hundred pounds of iilc.i honiiy in a season in comb,-, given them to start with, mid not compel them to use up the best and most valuable honey for making thnlr combs, Wu huvo often eoiiteuiled and mi) still of thn opinion that thu best hniiey I gathered about tho tlmo that fruit blooitiH enmo out, and especially whim tlio whlto clover and other earliest bloom aro In full vigor, which Is usually tho tlmo our bee hern in the North do their swarming. They tiro too often place. I in an empty hltn or gum to liullil new combs and shift for themselves, or, as it is usually c.illcd, luck, while wo urn very sum tho old sinner luck ha for many year been a failure. A before stated, thn llrst honey is our bust, mid lu order to procure tho host wo must save our combs from stock that may have died or in some other way loft their hive which Is douo too often by .spring dwindling. These combs are truly taluablo toth.) live bee-keeper and can Im turned to good account by Kilting them for another tear's operation. Don't melt tlie.n up for wax, (or surely there Is but little pay lu the wax to tho producer at twenty and twenty-three cents per pound, while thn comb in many Instances can hn turned to good account by giving them (nicely trans ferred and fastened In movable frame) to the bee, which which will soon llll them with tho IhjsI of all sweets thai of honey which you can with very little expense extract mid return tho comb to tho bees for refilling, and thus iniiko a sating of at least one hundred pound of nice extracted honey ivutth, as a rule, tlftemi cents per pound. "We know whereof tve speak tvhon we state that In tho year ISS'.' wn took from ono stock of Cyprian bee 71H Miuuds of nicely extracted honey, w liich netted its twenty cents per p'u.uil: this tve could not have done had wo not have saved our best combs anil u-ed them as heforo stated, sating both tlmo uml honey in the early part of the season, giving thn bee the full li'Miellt of a splendid honey hart est. Again let mo say look well to your Ii . utid they lu return will richly repty you for all tlio trouble you nuiy be at in their euro. Tlmo it. bee-keoping may be as valuable a any oilier calling on earth, mid ho who will not heed it demands must expect to make slow progress." A REMARKABLE STORY. Novelist I'alile Yell of l.miUlsna K. manes of Slatrrr list s, (eorgo W. fable said to a newspaper reporter the othor day: "It is Interest lug that so many short stories have their scenes laid lu and around New Orleans ami lAiulslann. It Is a roii.un tie country- A friend in New Ilnvon told me some tlmo since that while rummaging around among some old la w reports ho found an account of a slave girl who secured her freedom by learn ing that sho had no colored blood, a she had always herself supposed. It was a noted ease at that time, but hid passed from tho memory of the piesent generation. I applied to mi ex-.lutteo of tho Supremo Court of Louisiana, and ho knew nothing of thu ca-o until he searched nml found It In the records. Tlio case was llrst tried In the lower court, which declared the girl a slave. The Supremo Court reversed the finding nt oueo. Its decision substantially said thut If the girl wa black that fact would bo proof enough of her slavery, but a she wa white tho girl could not be compelled to prove her right tn free- dom, but sho must be asnumed to 1k- five, and her negro blood and slavery must bo proved. That could not be done nml she wa no longer a slat o Thn court records I posses by courtesy of tho court to which I must return them. Those record of tho case tell a fascinating story of the girl's life. In company with her parents and a do lor she came to America from thn Trench province ot Alsice. Tho slilp was captured by mutineers, and her father wa killed. The mother died soon after landing, ami the daughter experienced various adventure among the Indian'-, whom tuey wero coil by the mutineers. They dually were sold Into slavery and lieenme M.parated. Sho wa at liwt recognized by some ot her relative, who had followed her family to America. Her identity wa proved by a startling rovmbl.ineo to her mother and by birthmarks In tho shape of blackberry Maxis upon the In side of both legs, Jiut above the knees, 1 IriIIovo that she I still lit lug, mi aged woman, In Sacramento, t'al,, where she ha a family, and where hei st range history U unknown. XuvUU American. Potatoes should be well drloi b Itore storing, that they may not gather moisture, juilkiout Ui decay cully. UNCLE SAM'S TREASURY. A NlaMr fh ! '" TfclcsM. or Kvssj MU In Vtttk. If on uf those giant, about which we heard so much In our younger days, Has to develop ' modern Hill yke tendency, and select the Treasury Department iws the scene of his opera tions, ho might make n pretty good haul, provided tho small nrmy of watch men allowed him to get mra .suppose all the money In the Trot tiry was piled up In one room. My giant burglar would find at hi hand -Ml.ir),trl lu gold and sllter. t.'-U-0.gj,fv) In Ism. Is, ami nn addi tional riu.j.OM) ft M In new silver dol lars If hn happened to time his visit when th'i new silver vault lu the main iiMirt.tard Is full, and a sllter stream of fVr ),)') a .In) Is steadily (lowing Into thai subterranean treasure house. Here U noirly f(V)'),0'.in. .lust think of It! Mote money than c.tu bo found lu any of the banks of Knroe. Thn Hank of Knglaud hits only 10l, iiOO.iHH); thn llink of Franco, '-'.''.- sit); the lmM'ilal ll ink of Cermauy, fi!.'17.lK,im This little "wad" or fiX.fXi.OVi I nominally In charge of .lames W, Hyatt, thn United Suites Treasurer, who, by the way Is a tery bright iqool men of a Connecticut Yuuki'. Mr. Hyatt has to git o a bond ot fl.Vi.iw) for Iho safe-keeping of that money, not a cent of which he ever actually han dles, but Im doesn't tay awake of night counting his eimh uml tho cares of olllee nit llg!itl upon him Massive Iron safes. Imbed. led in solid ma'o.'irv. imported by tlmo look uud every other kind of antl-bi.rglurdevt.v knoit n to Ingenuity of man, guard tlilr troasiiie, uud, lu a.Mltlou, a force of armed Miitelimeil pit.ol thn building night and day. If a man itunt.il to steal iiu.l money out of the Treasury hi would hate a pretty hard time of it. I don't remember now of anj attempt ol the kind hnviug ever been made, al ways excepting thn llrtu of T .1- llrady iH'ii,, and some oth.!" gentlemen ol the suiuu kidney, who planned a very successful raid. Hut they bad the com bination at that lime, and since then wu have changed all that. Any one who ha been abroad Is at once struck by tho armed sentries con stantly on guard lu front of the gov ernment banks. If you should happen to p is the llanlt of Knglaud uny night about live o'clock you would see a de tachment of thn (trot.iitlier (iuards march Into tho bank, anil there thoy remain until nine o'clock next morning. There Isn't a sentry, not even as iniiuh as a marine, to be seen ant when1 round tho treasury, nut at eiery door sits a vigilant watchman, and ho sharply scrntlulesall coiners, especially those who are stt augers to him. Ho doesn't look very llerce, but the drawer of tho desk at which ho sits contains a heavy Colt's ret olver, und at a given signal he would Immediately close his dooi ami stand on guard, levolver in hand. At two o'clock the department Is closed to visitors, and a tight iron grat ing serve to bar out the general public. Only crouH uriue.l with a puss are then admitted. At four o'clock the emplo.tes leave ami tho building in turned over to tho night watch to re main in thnlr possession until eight o'clock the next morning. I'ourty-four men comprise the night watch In twe relief, each of which is lu comm mil of a lieutenant. Tim night watchmen carry their t.Voallber revolt or lu their hells, reult for u! al a moment's no tice. The lint thing they do when they go on duty Is to sen that ntory room Is properly locked and all lire are "hanked up" for tho night, then they turn the keys Into the olllee of the captain of the watch, where they are hung on a hlg bo nil. The men are distributed round the various Moor and unsigned to certain corridois, and every half hour thujl turn In a signal from a watchman's box. The big money Vaults urn never led uuttatche.l for a moment during the entire nlglit, ami lu a case of necessity tho guard can Immediately summon assistance by turning in a signal from his call bo .v. Th ice men patrol the building on the outside, lu the captain's oitlce is a case containing thlrty-ttve Spriiigllold rltles and batouets, the same number of cartridge licit and live hundred rounds of hall. All things considered, it wouldn't 1h a very safe thing for a mob to try and tool tho 'treasury. lliii'iinfoi (.Vr. Ititntim (ife'it. THE NOBLEST PRIESTHOOD. Wearing Hie llnlm uf True Manttoa.l, Vir tue snd UlthleoiKnsM. To Shammiil :i heathen once came, MMylng: "Promise me that I may some day lie invusled with the High lVlesi's rolM', uml I will become a .lew. "Away with you, heathen mocker!" angrily rejoined, tho rigorous master, and drove him off. Hi! next applied to Iflllel. and tho liberal minded toaohersald: "Mysou. do you expect to.lM.iiu' High I'rlcst in Israel without being familiar with tho law? First 'tudy, and I will Instruct on." Tartly In fun, partly fixun curiosity, the Human sat down at tho master's feet and begun studying, mid as he pro ceeded his interest grow. Ho learned to uduilro this religion he had imulu u luughlugsstock of. After some time he came across the words of the law: "No one who i not from the house of Aaron may enter tho holy of holies or he must die." "Nthis the law?" he asked, with qulterlng Hp. "Not et en King Hatid, with all hi putter, would hate been exempt from the rule,'1 sharply answered lllllel. "then how could ton at the start hold out the promise to me o( euro wearing the High lVlesi's vestments for which I stipulated when Mrt addressing tou?" the Human Mild, reproachfully, "To le sure, 1 could not offer ,tou what wu foroter denied to myself," wa tho master's mild reply. "Hut there Is a High Priest' a robo accessible to you and to me, moro precious than the costly apparel which adoi n the chosen descendant of Aaron. It is the priestly roU ot noble manhood, uf virtue and righteousness. This I did not want to withhold from ou should you aspire to IL" Tho heathen win tUlleil, and hu be come a loyal .lew, Dr. Kthttr, in American Ihbntc. MISCELLANEOUS. I'ulloinn say h can bulb! ! Ing cars containing six nice IwdrvM. but KWenger would have to piy six dollar Instead of to dollars per night, -somebody has said of Volapuk. tlV It can be learned in Ave minutes I'ru feor Mar. h replies; "It may '. to: It cm certainty Im forgotten lu firs CO lid." In Its u hum Ire, 1 vear from now. said Dr. I'jliltnati In hL recent uM'v at Hiiffnlnun "Change In the Falls of Niagari." Ihe work of re'.nss.loa will have so far progress.! a to obllt erite the present American Fnl,s en tlnlt and convert (loot Inland into a peninsula. - It is a mntterof ren-soimblj nutlvr tie history that lsok Illustrations i i this country originated with liajnnilii Franklin, who cut hh his own haul the plates In "poor IMchnrd's Alma nac." The llrst pmfuslon.il engr.it or In America was Alexander Anderson, oho Mist hung out his sign In No York In 17'l. A Yule graduate, who was a stJ dent about thirty jir ngo, said, l-i speiiklng of changes that had taken plnro since his time "I never knew whether to attach any lgntll(ainco t it or not, but when I wa there the la a eihool adjoined the jail, the tii'il n! college was next the cemetery and h divinity school it as on the road to tvi poor-hou so." Thn .Sew Yorlc Sun leenrds an UX truoiillu.irj occurrence lu city life I. states that one day a policeman to-.k a hag of peanuts from un Italian frut stand and actuully offered live cents ,-i pat meat (hereof. The Italian wh minted the mount, mii.le a mirk un the coin and toned that he would jir--serte It for a luekt piece foretermni' It wan tlio tlr-t time a policeman hal over paid lilm for uny thing, - All reader of "lithalr" v 111 - call tlio famous pearl that had lo be opened nud aired lo proserin their pale luster, but few, obsertcs the Now Yoik t'oiiiiiicni'if .Iiiirfi'scr, trul r stand that almost the anu eare is totaled bj tho nns'k pearls now in plentifully sprinkled through th Uuul-otne-t lsiid garnitures. "Yet such Is the fact and it is well to know, also, that a layer of thn iintiseplU) cotton Usui for dressing wounds I the best i.-sib!.; covering for tliein when not In Use. - "My .tin. tig friend," said old Mr Surpliw to toting Mr. (tld.llboy. "did you not think that you worn r.ih to ask in) daughter to marry you when )Oii tiro not ublo to support her'" "Well," said the joung man. craftily, "perhaps I wa. I admit m.t fault, and throw myself on your generosity, sir." "That" rlglit,""dcolurod the ,,!d gentleman. You shall not lo! by It, I assure ton. Their, sir. Is a nickel to pay your cur fats' homo. No thuuk. If you please, lossl-diiy, Mr. tJI.IJl boy." i'hii'iiijt) Xi in. - A secd.t -looking man came Inlo the olllee of one of the largest soap manu facturers in Philadelphia the other day and said. "Mr., I'm a nceilj mm and would Ilk.) twenty-live cents" "Well, now," remarked the man ad dressed," I consider that ooiil. You might havu fared Imltur If you hint asked for a few mnnio.' With a look of leal Indignation an. I a voice almost angry tho applicant ald: "Now, see here, Mr. . too knowyuiirbiislness and I know mine, tmt If you think ou can give mo any iolnts on begging Jut stall out and try It." Ho got the quarter. Two stotles. Illustrating phaes of mind cure, or Christian ceim, or whateter It may l caliiil, come from llosinn. A lady called to ss-e a friend wlios.) mother Is a linn hotlotor lu I'lnistlan science. Tho mother camo to in. id tho caller, and rom.irkiil cheer fully ns slie eutiiistl tho riMun: "My (laugliter ha a iwllef in a Imtl and can't conu ilo'vn." Too second story I told with ntidenii) of sltuvrlty: A lady stinng tu thn faith fell doun a long Might of mariile stall-, and while she was In thu air both. Might herself and said: "Here I a chance to apply my truth." She did so, laud.il gently, atut rosn and walked unharmed, -It Is Htulcil out by Oarwiti and others that certain kind ot birds havn a remarkable appnvlution of beauty, .mil that in building their not they use material sisesiug thu most beautiful tutor, which they Inter went o In such a way as to give nn ar tistic and picturesque character to their alKkles. The buwer birds of Australia construct a largo assembly room shap.il like a bower, (hence their name of bower birds) every spring, wheiu they assemble at p tir ing time, "tt hep et ery male bint In hi best plnnmgn attend and disport himself in the way which to him soem U'st calculated lo win tho ob ject uf his affection." Wash-Bo-trd Statistics. A U-.ivellng agon l of one of the largest wash-board factories In the lJnlt.il Slate gave a roorter tho fol lowing iiiU'ivsting statistics mid Infor mation. He said that million ot wash-hoard aro made and sold in the United State every year, and at le.it T.iUO.Oo.) are sold yearly letwt'n the Allegheny mountain and Missouri river. There U one factory which turn out over a million, and at least to factories which make TlKI.OU1) and 8oi),0X) a j ear. Thero are at least twenty variolic of wash-lstim!, and tho hest are made In the West. The Ir.tsleru f.ictorlci make their wah board out of pine. Hani wood Is un- . iloubtcdly the Ix-st. Pine Is soft, 'and white plue I. too expensive. Th jHHirer kind can be bought low us MO cents a dozen wholesale; these are single wah-bo.ird for family us. Tin bettor kind cost f ....) er dozen wholesale, and doutde washboard that I that have tine itlge on both side eot much more, retailing at .VI cenU a)ive for tho best. Uaundry she of this description co-t much more. The first wa-sh-lounl made entirely if" wixxl, and our wash women used to jound tho dirt out ol clothe with a stick, by laying thero on the Ixiard. Tlio tlrst wash-board made of sine were put ujkto the market about tn outy-0 e j er ago. CffrxMn-l UUr.