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A NEW poem is in print by : m on.'lprn
poL-tess ontitlud "Only n Wing. " Tito
Mushing damsel oviiluiilly fet lelt on the
carving of tlio Christinas tnrkcy.
'J'ni ; political history of Nobnwkn bears
witness to tlio truth thai men who violate
their pledges to their constituents die
their own political graves. Treachery
has never yet boon a paying business to
traitors and it never will be.
Tun Reading railroad , which has been
nppraisod at $80,000,000 , is to be capital-
i/.od upon reorganization for $200.000,000.
In other words the public 13 to bo called
upon to pay interest on $120,000,000 ot
water. This is inland navigation with
vcngi-anco.
COXDOI.KXCKS and sympathy arc How-
5ng in upon Airs. Logan from all parts of
the country. They arc litnoly and grate
fnl no doubt , but they must be followed
by something more substantial. The
widow of John A. 1-ogan must not bo
permitted to want.
MK. J'orri.KTO.s has had himself re
qui'.iteil by the charter committee to
draft a section of the new charter with
regard to viaducts. Sir. 1'oppleton will ,
of course , draft the charter so as to
throw the burden of building viaducts
entirely upon the puoplo. This is one of
the advantages of having railroad atlor
noys appointed on committees to make
Migge.nioi)3 for the public benefit.
Tin : charter committee which started
out with a great flourish of trumpets
will end un as n farce. A committee
paokcil with railroad lawyers , corpora
tion managers and contractors is not
likely to agrco upon anything that re
lieves the average tax payer from burdens -
dons which should be borne by all property
orty alike and is less likely to provide
safo-guiirds against abuses from which
the great mass of cili/ons aufl'cr at the
liiuids of monopolies of ovcry descrip
tion.
OIMCOTIOK was made in the charter
committee to a change in the dinner
which would compel railroad companies
to boar the entire expense of making
their crossings safe through viaducts.
This objection can have no application
to tlio contract which the city holds with
the Dttrltngton road for the construction
of an iron viaduct over lower Fiirnam
street. Two years have now passed and
the railroad company has made no niovo
towards complying with the agreement.
The council should take prompt step1 ; to
bring thorn to time.
* If the pavine contractors have secured
petitions for more paving than there it
money in the city treasury to pay for ,
that is their own IDOL out. The city lias
no right to contract for expenditures
which it has no funds to meet. The coun
cil is specltically prohibited by law from
creating an overlap. There is no occa
sion for lettinj : paving contracts to bo
done next spring , The argument that
paving may bo higher next year is offtot
by the frantic efforts of the paying con
tractors to pile up a largonumbor of con
tracts at this year's prlco-i. Tlioy arc not
over anxious to rush losing contracts
through tlio council.
A CTHIOUS commentary on the general
public opinion of tlio sonata Is found in
the many eulogies upon John A. Logan
wliloh till the press. In each and all
strong stress in laid upon the imllinchin
integrity ot tlio dead iolilior-Etatcsman
nnd on the btrnngo fact that amid n bodi
of inlllionalro representatives of the people -
plo "ho died a poor man. " Whoa the
roll of tlio snnato is calod ! the reason for
the comparison will bo at once apparent
Few of tlio mom born of that body conn
their wealth under tlin hundred thousam
dollar liguro Many are from four
to twenty times millionaires , It is
doubtful if another instance couli
lie pointed out in senatorial circles where
the panes of grief of a bereaved wife
could bu madu keeunr nnd inoro bitter
by the fear of impending want , us was
the case at General Logan's death bed
In public life for nearly thirty years , lion
oro'l ' with the highest civil and military
commands , a man of wide iuthienco in
tlio councils of the nation , it will crcr
ttand a monument to the memory o
John A Logan that his unbending lion
city urn ! spotless integrity were conoedoi
by his bitterest political fee nnd used a
& text from which uiorali3t3 over his bier
preached a sermon of purity in o dices o
jepresc-utuUyo trust.
Own UIB Hcpnbllcan Pnrty Afford It ? |
Can the republican members of the
irosent congress nflbrd to place their
larty in ( ho position of defending our
nonstrous tariff lawsf Can western
members , particularly , defend their re
cent action in uniting with eastern mo
nopolist democrats , under Mr. Randall ,
o doicnil even n proposition to consider
hpse abuses ? Are their constituents to
inderBtand from their votes , that our
Nebraska members are in favor of ad-
nittlng the importation of diamonds for
he rich with but ton per cent , duly.wliilo
) otalocs for the poor arc charged 11 ft con
icr cent ? Attnr of roses to perfume the
leu , frco of all duly , while castor oil for
he sick poor must pay 180 per cent ?
law silk , to make fabrics for cloth-
ng the rich , frco of nil duty , while
Bleached cotton cloth for the poor
must pay 00 per cent ? Thread laces for
lie rich at but 00 per rent duty , whllo
common wlmlowglnss lor the poor man's
louse , must pay 87 per cent ? The finest
Axniinstcr carpets for the rich man's
louse , at but 40 per cent , while cheap
drucgot for the poor man's dwelling pays
80 per cent ? Tlio finest India shawl ? , for
.lie rich , JOl per cent ; common woolen
shawls , for the poor , paying 80 per cent ?
Palo do foie gras , for the rich man's
table , only 2,1 per cent ; and rice , for the
poor man's , 100 per cent ? Curry , curry
, 'owdcr , olives , and spices of all kinds ,
'rce of charge for tlio rich , with corn
starch and table salt"bach at 83 per center
[ or the poor ? Can our republican mem
bers from Nebraska , Iowa and Kansas
defend their votes when intelligent men ,
their constituents , know that the people ,
democrats and republicans , pay directly
into the pocket ? of tlic rich tariff monop
olists ? 1,000ODO,000 per year in securing
one-fifth of this vast sum as revenue for
the government ? Do they roali/o that
Ihis vast sum paid to these tiriu" monopo
lists is equal to the amount exacted by
the German empire from Franco at liio
close of the Franco-German war ? A
bum il was at tlmt time thought impossi
ble for Franco , with nil her accumulated
wealth , to pay ? Do they rcali/o that the
American people have been paying this
vast sum every year for years ?
Reforming : these monstrous tarift" laws
is not , nor should it bo , n party question.
If our republican members of congress
nre wise in their day and generation , and
if they wish to perpetuate the republican
party as the party of the people
ple and not n rich man's
party they will make haste to reconsider
their votes , aad endeavor to revise and
correct the abuses of the tariff laws.Ve
do no * believe there is a single dollar of
Nebraska capital nor an individual
laboring man among all our laboring
population in Nebraska who derives ouc
cent of advantage from the vast bonuses
paid tariff protected capital , All our in
terests , both of capital aud labor , arc on
the side of tariff reform. It would be
much wiser for thorn and more truth to
the interests tho3' intend to represent , it'
our western members of congress would
unite with democrats to correct these
abuses rather limn with other democrats
to prevent its being done.
K.vtrii SosHlmi Talk.
Until the death of General Logan over
shadowed all othertonics in public atten
tion , the question of an extra session of
congress and the probability of the presi
dent calling one , in the event of nothing
being done to provide for the surplus at
the present session , was seriously dis
cussed at Washington. It is said that the
antagonism between the Morrison nnd
Randall wings has deepened rather than
lessened since the defeat of the former in
his effort to have his tariff bill considered ,
and this is by no means improbable.
While Mr. Morrison has stated to the re
publican members of the ways and means
committee that ho will attempt nothing
further at this session in the direction of
tariff revision , it is most natural to ex
pect that he will do all he can to obstruct
nnd defeat any cflorts for a reduction of
taxes on the part of those who have op
posed him. Mr. Morrison is the last man
who would yield anything to the Randall
wing , and there is certainly no good rea
son why ho should. On the other hand ,
Randall will nol only spare no effort to
hold his advantage , but if possible to In
nroase it. Neither , ot course , would give
any support to a plan of reduction eman
ating from the republicans. This is tlio
evident situation at present , and if it shall
be maintained it forbids all idea of legis
lation for tax reduction at the present
session.
The suggestion of an extra fiCfs'on is
said to have received some consideration
from the president , who indeed is cred
ited with having first hinted , by way of
warning , at such a possibility. A high
officer of the treasury was a few days
ago reported to have said that ho had no
doubt of an extra session , unless this
congress shall deal with the surplus qucs
lion. Speaking apparently by author
ity ho said the president would not per
mil the people's money to go on accumu
luting in the treasury without any way
of putting it into general circulation
until the subject could be reached by the
next congress at the regular session. The
idea is also urged in support of an extra
session that it would bo a shrewd political
move un the part of the president. Tlio
surplus , if provision is not made for did
posing of it or revenue cut down , will
have reached nlarming proportions by
the beginning of next summer , and the
accumulation will continue at thn rate of
eoven or eight millions n month drawn
from the channels of trade. This will
very likely cause some apprehension
among the llnanoial and business men oi
the country. An extra session , it id
thought , would bo approved by these
classes. The labor ronrodentallvus are
strongly in favor of an e\ra (
session , In order that they may go ;
some desired legislation , and this
clmncnt would bo pleased. It fc quito
possible that these views may have some
weight with Mr , Cleveland if it shall be
come necessary for him to decide with
regard to the expediency of nn extra
session.
lint the practical question for first con
sideration is whether there is any more
probability of obtaining tlm desired leg
islation from the next than from the pre
sent congress , The democrats in favor
of reducing ravcnuo by a revision of the
tariff , which is the policy ol tlio adminis
tration , will bo less numerous in the next
than they are in this congress , while
these opposed to this policy will bo in
creased. Neither will bo strong enough
to carry through legislation in further
nnco of their own policy , A republican
measure coitld succeed with some demo
cratlc support , but this cannot be safcl >
counted on , nnd In hny event It would
most certainly not bo satisfactory 10 the
idnilnlstrntion. Mr. Cleveland would
icsitalo to convene congress If there was
langerof action contravening the views
and policy of the administration. It is
[ losMble , however , lhatlho president may
letcrminc , should the contingency be
> rc. entcd to him , lo do what seemed to
jo his duty and leave the consequences
with tlio people's representative ? . It islet
lot apparent , however , that any good
oould bo expected from nn extra session
of the new congress.
Hotitid Conclusions.
Professor Hadloy , the chief of the
Connecticut bureau of labor and stalls-
Lies , isonn of the ablest men in the coun
try connected with this sort of work. Ho
has given to it careful nnd conscientious
study , from the standpoint of n scientific
investigator , and though still young
man is an accepted authority. His second
annual report , just published , Is a com
prehensive exhibit of facts relating to
labor in Connecticut , from which these
interested in this subject may gain valu
able information , Among tlio interesting
facts is the statement that the factoricsof
Connecticut employ about 20,00 ! ) women
and about 0,0)0 ! ) children under fifteen
years of age. Returns of the wages of
$1,000 $ women In Now Haven show an
averace weekly wage of n tnllo over
? 0.50 , italnrnq from other portions of
tlio state show n fcalo of wages running
down from $1.00 a day for hands over
eighteen years of ago to thirty-live cents
for young children , while thiire nro cash
girls in dry goods s'ores ' who get only
? 1.7(5 ( a week.
There will be a more general Interest ,
however , in the conclusions of Professor
lladley than in the statistics of Ids report ,
though these are all of value , lie argues
thai monthly payments , long hours and
child labor go hand in hand , and when
these arc found together it moaiiH that
society is on a low industrial
level , nnd is at once an indica
tion and a result of the character of tlio
community. The prevalence of child
labor means that the community is more
anxious to increase the quantity of its
products than the quality ot its citl/.cns.
The good workman is better able to work
cllloiently in shorter horns , to work hard
for n moderate time , instead of working
inefficiently for a longer time. Down to
n certain point the nations who work
shorter hours nol merely do bolter work ,
but more work than their competilors.
In a majority of instances , long hours
are duo lo less efficiency instead of
greater. Monthly payments mean loss in
dependence instead of more. Child
labor means a sacrifice of the future to
the present. And where the three things
prevail together wlioro women and
children work long hours nnd nro paid
monthly the special causes which may
jtislify any one of these things arc con
spicuous by their absence. "We arc
therefore , " says ProfessorRadloy , "war-
rented in saying that while one of these
things by itself may not be an evil , tlic
three things together are unquestionably
bad. We may go : i step farther than
this. Wo may say without hesitation
that the state is justilied in attempting to
meet these evils by legislation , provided
such leg'mliition can be made effective. "
These conclusions are of general appli
cation. They arc not derived from n
condition of things peculiar to Connecti
cut alone , but one which exists in most
of the states , and in some of them upon a
more extensive scale than in Connecticut.
They arc worthy of consideration as the
carefully formed convictions of a man
who performs his work conscientiously
and with a high purpose. It is worth
noting that Professor lladley thinks labor
organisations may serve a most useful
purpose in standing up for rights which
the individual workman would fear to de
fend , and favors an explicit declaration
of the rights of labor unions to sue om-
ploycis. He holds that anything will bo
a benefit to the community which will
make the workmen understand that they
have the right to insist on the enforce
ment of the law and the responsibility
for its own enforcement.
Tlio Delegation nnd tlio Charter.
Now that iho committee of citizens has
finished its advisory work on the new
charter the legislative delegation from
Douglas county should lake the matler
in hand and improve onvlml has been
suggested. The draft of the citizens'
committee will doubtless do very well
for a framework. It lays , so to speak , a
creed foundation for subsequent opera
tions. Covering many points well nnd
fully , it loaves many others quite un
touched. Several problems which it at
tempts to solve would not bo properly
accomplished under iU provisions. Thc&o
should bo changed. It will bo the duty
nnd the business of the Douglas county
delegation to draft the now charter. The
members cleet from this city and county
will bo hold responsible ) for the bill as
introduced unit put on ils passage. Lin
coln nnd Omaha will each bu permitted
their own charters without outside in
terference. The responsibility for legis
lation affecting these municipalities must
bo borne by tlio respective delegations
Irmn Lincoln and Douglas.
The peculiar composition of our citi
zen's committee in Omaha made il im
possible for the committee Itself to agree
upon n number of reforms In the city
government which nro earnestly de
manded by the people of Omaha. Pri
vate interests within tlio committee an
tagonized public interests without. For
this reason u unmoor of important ques
tions at issue were not raised at all ,
Others wore skimmed over in a half-way
manner and solutions proposed which
failed to slriko at tlio root of matters of
great municipal moment. On tliu
whole the work of the committee was
good , It will bo of material assistance to
the Douglas delegation. Hut it will not
save them from a great deal of hard work
on their own part.
The UtiHliioss Situation.
The past week has boon a dull and fea
tureless period in most of the wholesale
markolt ) , Holiday trade has inonupoli/eil
attention as was to bo expected and retailers
tailors have been busy in assisting to re
duce stocks by passing them over into
the hands of customers. For the next
fortnight stock inventories , book settle
ments , and other matters incident to tli-j
annual readjustment of commercial
nttnirs , will occupy the attention of mer
chants to the partial exclusion of now
business , And very moderate trading is
likely to bo the rule in all departments ,
The situation in leading industrial and
distributing branches presents man } ' en
couraging featuret ; , and there Is a general
disposition to indulge hopeful anticipa
tions of the future of trade. The fatluics
for last week throughout the United Stitos
nnd Canada were 20.1 , ngalnst 288 tlio pre
vious week. Wool has been belling very
slowly , but whllo tli-jro is , as usual in n
dull market , n slight tendency in buyers'
favor , prices n4' a general thing hnvo
boon very well maintained. Stook.1 are
said to bu comparatively small in all mar
kets , and are known to bo exceptionally
well sold up in the interior , particularly
in the wool-growing districts cast of the
Mississippi river. Receipts of domestic
wool nt Uoston nud Philadelphia show a
decrease of over 3,1,090,000 pounds for the
calendar year , nnd this la popularly bo-
liovcd to bo about the extent ot the short-
ngo in the 1830 United Stales clip. There
is comparatively little activity in any
branch of tlio dry goods trade al whole-
pale , but the market for cotton goods is
very strong , aud thcro is no weakness In
prices of woolen goods , although the ial-
tor failed to advance in sympathy with
tiie recent rlsu in the cost of production.
Tlio iron trade situation continues strong ,
with a general tendency toward higher
prices aud a favorublo outlook for future
business in all departments.
The grain markets have ruled quiet.
The new demand for wheat for export
has been comparatively light , but n largo
amount is under contract for shipment
during tliu next five or six weeks , and
this fact , coupled with favorable ropirts
from Kugllsh and Continental markets
ami Wall street Influences in favor of
higher prices , has kept , the market in n
pretty strong position in spile of a further
increase of 1,470,009 bushels In the
domestic visiblosupplyund the continued
tendency to an accumulation of stocks
ia western markets. After Iho recent
advance in prices , and in view of the
steady growth of .stocks thai goes on un
checked notwithstanding Iho largo ex
ports , tlio average speculator Is inclined
lo mvesl cautiously on the long side of
the market , and expectation is set for
some reaction from present figures in the
near future unless receipts should ma
terially increase during the next few
weeks. The promise of legitimate trade
is , however , very encouraging , Corn is
attracting little attention cither from exporters -
porters or speculators , and tlio price fluc
tuations for the week have been small.
IT is to be n free nnd fair light in open
session with no quarter asked or received.
Caucus conspiracies will play a small
part in the decision of the senatorial
issue.
P110MINI3NT PERSONS.
Senator Fair's seat In tlie senate cost him
5750,000 six years ago.
Austin Cot bin , president oC the Reading
railroad. Is woi th $1" ,00i,000.
Senators Butler , Hampton and Ucrry are
the three ono-IofKCd members of tlio srnalo.
Editor Pulitzer , of the Now York World ,
gave six hundred poor children a Christmas
dinner. '
Congressman-elect Cliailcs U. Hogc , of
West Virginia , will be the youngest member
of the next house.
Mrs. Speaker Carlisle has n parrot which
cries "Hurrah for Carlisle , " and calls fora
cocUtnll with all tlic ardor and enthusiasm of
the average Kentucky democrat.
One of the wralthlcslSan Francisco women
Is Mrs. .Tames 0. Pr lr. The courts save her
S-l.r)00.000 o her husband's estate , and it is es
timated tlmt she does not spend tlio Interest
on this sum.
"Sir Lionel Sackvillo West and Miss West
will give a granu ball at tlio Jiiitisli legation
early in January. T.'io ' third daughter o tlio
minister. Miss Amelia , will bo formally iu-
trod uceil to society on that occasion.
Aitclhm Pnttl has the autograph craze In
Its most virulent form , and for manv years
past no friend of any distinction 1ms been
permitted to pass tlio tlne.sltold of the primn
donna until ho or she has written a few
words either upon Mine. Pattl herself or upon
some other subject of Interest Tlioconse-
micnci ) is tlmt I ho signatures ot almost every
notability both In and outside ) the uiuslc.il
v'Oiu , ! nre to be found In her albums.
ISasjto Do.
. " cio Otlztmi VlMvunt *
The miiirwiimps are holding their own in
politics ; which is easy to do siuco they have
nothing to hold.
Will Soon Have An Ormin.
C'Mcflt/'t Trlliwir.
Henry George keeps n lively monkey in
his luiiiM ) as a pet , and In a few weeks ho
will have nn organ.
It Men Still.
DclrnlL mitune ,
The New Yorlc World is right when It
says the democratic party cannot .stand still.
Uut we notice It lies still.
Popular in Hoston ,
St. I , utiirpubltMn.
Mlnd-rcailing continues to be the criuo In
Boston. It Is popular there because it tends
to Impicris tlio country with the theory tbat
.Boston people have minds.
Science and Knitli ,
ItMtim Tmnscr/jrt. /
Science in sounding phrase can tell
Just how wo live and why ;
Uut never yet hath scoring Science told
How 'tis wo die ,
How mind to matter Is resolved ;
How ri.lit to darkness lades ;
How mental elmosovor wisdom mounts.
Amid death'H ' shades ,
How vital force that rules the world
Jn mid career is cheeked ;
How storm outriding harks on wavoleas seas
At last are wiecked.
At auctions such proud Science halts
Her ineffectual breath ;
Hut Faith cuts tliro' tlu ) ( ionliun knutand
cifes , f
"There Is no death 1"
Mfo In SliiK'Slnjj rrlsou ,
There are at present over 1,000 vonviets
at Slnjr Siiifj.says n porrospondonl of the
Now iork Times. Twuntv-ono barrels
of Hour are consuniuiiper dajr in supply
ing tlioiu with bread. Nine barrels of
pettitoes are iiecossuiT'to furnish tlieni at
dinner , Three barrelsful of liquid coll'eo
are consumed at oueti meal. The meat is
beef , either boiled qr roasted or corned.
\ViuMiuvcr Iho food is not satisfactory
there is n gaunrnl tfrnau which can nol bo
punished bt'causo untraceable. Tlio con
victs are uovur allowed to adiiross cauh
ether or converse , un\l \ are required to
avert tlio face on thn approach of
ix visitor through the workshops.
A view of the numerous details , walking
thn look-stop , emerging from the various
buildings or shops , and oonjjrcKntinf , ' ,
suggest a monster Miuko In sections ,
with a multipllcltv of lo s. All the con
victs are required to walk in the lockstep -
stop , Jaohno iseafd to conduct himself
mora faithfully in iicuordanno with the
rules than any of the other present iu-
mutes , \vltilo Ward Is Bind to be con
stantly asking favors , lu early life he
learned to bet typo and ho works a hand
press for printing circulars in tlio stove
factory , Jaonno Is employed in the to
bacco factory. Tlio convicts are assignee'
a certain amount of work , and if they
finish it sooner than the time allowed
they have to remain idle until minpor
timo. They dread tuo idleness of Sunr
'day , and evidently cek iu dose occupa
tion diversion for their thoughts.
STORIES OF LINCOLN ,
ItcinlnUccncca Sllsicd l > y Ills lllo-
Rrnphera Onthcrotl in tlio
"Olil Snlotn" Kcalon.
Unolo llonry Soars , Aunt VaflhU , and
ether "old sottlora" of tlio Old Salem
region , delight in giving their personal
recollections of Abraham Lincoln , while
that "rather g.-xwkish nnd awkward youth
was keeping sloro on the banks of the
Sangamon , and relate some recollections
that have failed to reach the biographers
llav and NicoUy.
The Into Jesse Uakor salili "Tho ncvr
clerk in the Salem More drew muoh at
tention from the very first. His striking ,
awkward , and generally peculiar appear
ance advertised the store round about ,
anil ilrow many customers , who never
quit trading there as long as young Abe
Lincoln clerked in the establish
ment. Ho gave good weight : ho was
chock full of accommodation , and ho
wasn't a 'smart Aleck , ' A largo ma
jority of the people , after making his
acquaintance paid : 'Ho has n heart
as nig as ti flour barrel and a head
full of the best kind of Drains. ' All liked
him excepting the few rowdies of Clary's
( Jrovo nnd the boss bully , Ilickoy Uiekoy
was nllrucled to the store about four days
nflor the new clerk's arrival. Boss
Hickey took his measure nnd forthwith
banturod him for n wrestle. Lincoln
pleasantly informud the intruding ruffian
llml ho would rather be excused , as he
did nol fool like dirtying his line clothes ,
Hiekey , lie woven , harped away on his
single-tuned lyre until young Abe con
sented tu 'wressle in n playful wnv. ' Bin
Uakor watched the slore and viewed
Iho conflict. The performers shook-
hands , clinched and fell among n
luxuriant growth of dog fennel nnd
smart , weeds , lliokey foamed and tried
to choke Lincoln , who repelled that
charge bv rubbing the under fellow's faeo
with n buiiuli of smart-weeds. It made
him howl ; the smarting quito vanquished
him ; ho cried 'enough , ' and Lincoln
calmly arose from hisgame , and that was
the only light hu uv.er louglit while in the
Sangamon country , lliokov quit drink-
intft joined thoohurch , and solemnly con
fessed his many sins at tlio prayer meet
ings. " Uncle Uakor bald tlmt lie subse
quently , when Lincoln had become a sur
veyor , snmoti'ucs carried the chain for
him , and distinctly remembered being
along with him off Quiver creek In
Mason county during the presidential
race between Henry Clay uml Andrew
Jackson. Lincoln wns a strong whig
while the other surveyor was a
fierce democrat. Kucu owned a dog.
Lincoln's dog was named Clay , while the
other's tille was Jackson. While camp
ing near Simmons' mill the dogs treed a
coon. The surveyors bet $ r > on their
respective curs. ' Lincoln hastily climbed
the trco on a rude 'Indian ladder,1 and
crawling on the coon limb he shook it
with sucli force that it brolc , throwing
the varmint mid himself among the dogs.
Young Abe sprained his ankle , but Clay
mopped the ground with the ccon and
rejoiced all over with his tail , for his
master had won the $5.
Onclo Henry Soars and his wife , Aunt
Vashli , say that they were well ac
quainted with storekeeper Lincoln and
his lady-love , Ann Rutledgc. They at
tended her funeral and think that such n
nice girl as Ann was deserves a hand
some tombstone. Toung Lincoln took
her death awful hard , ' they say. Ho
strolled moodily urouud the neighbor
hood for the next three or four weeks
humming sad songs and writing them
with chalk on fences and barns. It was
3iiorally feared that the death of Ann
§ utiedgo would drive him insane.
About six of tlio distressed j-outh's
sympathizing friends coaxed him to ac
company Ilium to Springfield , where
other events chased away much of his
cricf and turned him towards the study
and practice ot law. There was one
"dressy" man among the six jovial
Salemitcs. Hu purlmscd n broadcloth
coat before leaving Springfield for home ,
which was the lirst coat of
that cloth seen in Old Salem. While
fooling with a croup around
a burning candle the dandy's broadcloth
coat came in contact with the 11 nine ,
burning quite a hole in the much-talked-
about garment. The belligerent apple
jack and other aggravating circum
stances would have caused a lively list-
fight then and there if young Lincoln
hadn't cllHcted a satisfactory compromise.
It was agreed to run tlic dispute
through the Salem justice mill , that
Lincoln should plead the coat-owner's
and coat-burners' sides of the case , and
that the winner should pay the costs and
drinks for all present in court. The mock
court opened twenty minutes after the
interested parties reaelied Salem. The
null was crowded with eager spectators
before the case was prosecuted and de
fended by the lawyer for each side. The
rustics marveled muoh at Lincoln's
knowledge of law , his common penso , his
impregnable logic , and his serio-comic
stones. Ho gained the case for both his
clients ; applejack was supplied the lot.
nnd everybody present wondered nnd
fiskod young Lincoln : "Why don't ' you
become a lawyer ? " Ho answered their
question by becoming one.
Tlio Itomiinou ol' Crimr.
Philadelphia Times : Ono of the most
startling and romiintio chapters of crime
is given in the career of Janms Young ,
alias James H. llorton , alias I1' . A.
Vaughan , alias Phillip Drayton llaywood ,
who 1ms lately figured , under his last
named alias , as n welcome contributor to
the Century Magazine , and ns a success
ful author , with the prominent publish
ing bouso of Iloughton , Milllin & Co. , as
his publishers. His literary Impos
ture upon the Century in un elegantly
written article purporting to describe the
memorable battle between the Kearsago
and Iho Confederate cruiser Alabama ,
and writing as one of the crow lirst cast
suspicion upon him. Some of his .state
ments , especially as to the character of
the crow , called out positive conltadio-
lions from tlio widow of Homines , the Al
abama commander , and others , and va
rious circumstances developed Jittlo by
llttlo , tlnally led to the suspicion in the
niiiulH of some citizens of Lancaster
county that I'hlllip Drayton Haywood
was the James Young , alias dailies II.
llorton , whoso criminal history is yet
well remembered in that community ,
The suspicion led to extensive inquiry
by correspondence In various parts of the
country. It was lirst conclusively ascer
tained that Hay-wood was nol on the Ala
bama at all , nor any one who oould bo
nilMakon tor him ; and the result of the
patient investigation established Iho faet
beyond reasonable doubt , that the Philip
Drayton Haywooil , now of Philadelphia ,
is none other than the Jnmos Young who
robbed his employer of some forty thou
sand dollars nearly a quarter of iv century
ago In this city ; Iho Jainos H. llorton
who robbed the Lancaster bankers of
over llfty thousand dollars , nnd the bank
ing linn of Peterson it Co. , of this city , of
half as much by forgery ; the K. A.
Vaughan who made love and speculated
in stocks in Now Kngland , und the Philip
Drayton Hawood who imposed his story
upon the Contiiry and lilii book upon
Iloughton , Milllin & Co , , nnd who is now
: i skulking fugitive from Ifw own identity
and criminal aot in Phila dolphin ,
Mr , Young , or Mr. Hayward , the ouly
name by wnicli ho Is known In this city ,
is an export graver and forger , and pos
sesses talents which would have made
him an ornament in any circle hud they
boon honestly directed ; but his life is the
old , old story of the porrow that follows
even the most successful criminal careers.
Ho has obtained what would be a large
fortune by his various thefts , forgeries
and confidence games , but there ia liltlo
doubt that ho Is now without fortune and
with no friends outside of the few who
have pressing reasons for the ofllces of
friendship , His recent literary Impos
ture upon the Century uad the pub
lishers of his book , evidence tbo reckless
audacity of his methods. The maga-
7.1 no articles are wiilten in the mos < t at
tractive style tind wore v ell
calculated to disarm suspicion oven
with the greatest oxorclso of
caution , nnd his book is fascinating as n
novel. Had ho avoided the ono mistake
that could not fall to quicken the rosont-
mcnt of nil the survivors of tlio officers
and crew of the Alabama , ills probable
that none would over have taken
the troubln to investigate the fraud ; but
when ho offended the survivors of that
crew and their friends , ho invited the de
tective to his track. The impostor bid
for n northern market for his book , ami
ho branded the ollleers nnd orew of the
noted cruiser as rowdies , thieves and
out-throats , nnd stole or invented thril
ling incidents of soa-faring llfu to illus-
tralo the general degradation of the men.
All other exaggerated descriptions would
have pa. cd as the mere harmless license
of the author , but the crimes he KO cir
cumstantially Imputed to thoio hof.ilsuly
claimed as his old companions , led to
exposure of his remarkable criminal
oaroor. _
LINCOLN'S SPELLING DECISION.
A Pnmoiis Coniinlnqloner of Acrlcul-
mm Who Wrote It "Shoouciir. "
Washington Letter to Philadelphia Re
cords "I was ono of the senators , " said n
venerable republican statesman the other
day , "who favored the re-election of
President Lincoln when that was a debat
able question. 1 remember lhat one of
the points they made agitinsl Lincoln was
tlmt ho had ' '
appointed 'an ignoramus'
commissioner of agriculture. Tlmt gen
tleman's name , you may remember , was
Isaac Newton , and 1 think he was from
Philadelphia. The gnivenoss of the
charge brought against him was that he
could net spell. "
"The opposition had gotten hold in
pome way of one of his note-books , in
which , among other ludicrous mistakes ,
was the word "sugar" spelled 'Hhooggur. '
Armed with his note-book a commute of
senators waited on President Lincoln and
demanded the removal of Nuwton ,
Whether ho was removed or not , they
were going to spring the Newtonian
spelling on the world at the lirst conven
ient opportunity. Hut they thought it
only fair to give the president a chance
to remove him first. So up to the white
house they went.
"When they came back I asktd the
chairman , : i distinguished New Knglaud
senator , what had occurred. 'Well , .sir , '
said he , 'Lincoln is no better than New
ton. Would 3'ou believe it. when I showed
him that wretched spelling of the word
sugar ho said : "Well , I'm not sura bul
what that's right. Sugar spells soogar
fchooggur spells justwluililsuysaud what
we all know it is. Rut whether that's
right or wrong , gonllomcn , is neither
hero nor there. I didn't appoint New
ton , and therefore I can't remove him.
Mrs. Lincoln appointed him. Slio has
the sole power of removal in his case.
You may go to sec her if you please , and.
if she removes him , remove him it shall
bo , but as long as he continues to Fend
lior fresh butler and vegetables , nntl
strawberries out of season , 1 don't think
she will remove him. " ' "
Ho dot Only Hall * Full.
Philadelphia North American : "I'd
like to make a bargain with you. "
This remark was addressed lo the pro-
iirictor of a low-priced eating house on
Market street about 7 o'clock last eve
ning. The proprietor , who also acted as
cashier , looked up and saw standing be-
lore him a shabby-genteel man , with a
llttlo grip-sack in his hand.
"What kind of a bargain ? "
"Ono that will got mo my supper , give
you _ the worth of it and BUVO you tlueo
times the price of it every day. "
"That's a bargain. You just prove tome
mo first that wliat you propose will do
that. "
"Well , see there ; that gas-jet of yours
is burning three times the amount of gis :
that itouglic to to furnish Hie light il now
gives. This burner ( and the gripsack
was opened and : i burner taken out ) will
reduce your gas bill two-thirds for every
jot that it is put on. I sell them for the
unprccedentedly low price of ten ccnt.s.
You give mo twenty-live cents'worth ' of
supper , and I'll put on two burners ,
which are worth the price of tlio supper ,
and vou save more than that in gas everyday
day/ '
day"Well , go ahead. 1 don't know tl-iit I
think your burners are any better than
the old ones , but I'll ' give you n chance. . '
"Half a dozen fried oysters nnd a cup
of coffee , " said the man to the waiter.
These were di.spalched al n. rate which
seemed to indicate llmt. mippera at any
price were scarce with the gas-burnor
man. When hu had finished ho put on
the two burners , while the proprietor
stood and watched him.
"See here , " ho said , when he had fin
ished , "there are two more jets that ought
to have these burners on , even if Iho rest
don't need them. Il would pay you to
have thorn on every jot in the house , but
anyhow you let me put them on Ihe.so Iwo ,
and I'll lake an oyster slew and a piece
ol mince pie. Come , what do you say ? "
"N-n-no. not this time , I guess. " paid
( ho eating-house keeper slowly. " 1 think
I've invested enough for to-night. You
come around a joar from now , and if my
gas bills have been nnysmallcr I'll have
you pill on a dozen ? "
'Rul I may slnrvo bcforo that.1' said
the burner man , laying his hand plain
tively on his stomach. Then Boeing no
signs of compliance on the part of the
eating-house keeper , he walked up and
down the double row of men in the room
importuning each one to buy a burner for
three cents aploco.
TOIcotrloal AVnlillnj : .
Roston ( Hobo : The society of Arts for
the second time has witnessed the firctt
public presentation of nn oleetrical in
vention of great importance , Ten years
ngo llu ; lirsl publlo exhibition of tiie tele
phone , limn in its infancy , was given be
fore the society by Prof. l5oll , Last ev
ening Prof. Thomson , of Iho Thomson-
Houston Elcctrio Lighting company , pre
sented his appan > lus for the wielding of
metal by uleetrioily.
The method consists simply in forcibly
pressing together'tho pieces and passing
: i heavy oleetrical currant through them.
The resistance to the passage of the cur-
runt offered to the joint heat it to tbe
welding point , and the weld IH completed
in quicker time than It can bo described.
The uses to which the process Is ap
plicable are numerous ami of great im
portance. It muy servo for uniting wire
tor telegraphic and other purposes , for
bull-welding water pipes or tubes , for
making anil repairing hand-saws , wheel
tires , etc. . for welding eliiiiu Jinks , for
ttio manufacture and repair of all sorts
of tools ,
The apparatus consists of two heavy
clamps to guide tliu piece * to bo jolnod
and convoy tliu current , which IP pro
duced by an Induction coil of special
form , which produces currmits of very
great volume but of low oloctro-motlvo
lorco.
nA ono-nrmrd boy in Augusta savnd
four persons from drowning ; but Dr.
Hull' Cough Syrup has saved Us thousands
from consumption.
Thttiiso of highly sensoned animal food
und alcotiolie. drinks are the. predisposing
causes of gout. When uware. of its pres
ence Jose no tlmn in proem ing Salvation
Oil. It kills pain. 25 cent ! ' .
A BacrnllKloiiHTIilor.
Ono of the most audacious nnd im
pious robberies on record was reported
at police headquarters yesterday. Oneol
the contribution boxr:9 on the outside of
the St. Philomcnla cathodrul was pried
open by a thief Sunday night nnd about
? il were taken , Tlio act WIB : committed
whiift the .sexon ( was | n the building ring
ing tin ) fcspiT bells.
f
Coiner & Arclipr'u uilililiou
lo South Oninlm , consisting
o .101 o Hie finest lots over
laid oul. Every lot is n
beauty.
Can be scon and thp cnliro
surrounding country is visi
ble. Il is loculcil
7 V
. ,11 ,
From flie
PACKING HOUSES.
5 Minutes Walk from
the New Brewery.
And oi aperfectlylev.e ] '
Piece of Land.
Tlieyai'ftiwotitlieMa '
As llicro arc no poor lots ,
you can cither buy them
By Mail
Telegraph ,
Or Telephone
Do not wait for every
lot will be sold by Jan ,
1st.
AND AVOID THE RUSH
2B Lots Sold the First l ) y.
Or you will be left.
From 100 to 300
PER CENT
Made on money invest
ed in these lots in 3
months.
Price $260 to $500.
Terms Easy ,
Title Perfect ,
For sale by
Rn ftrrnor i
, HIUlCl ,
1509 FiRHAH STREET
Boom 9,1eclick's ? Bloolf
2nd Floor.