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OITICIAI. l'AI'lIlt or COOS CO.
Hmai.I. Talk". Homo ono has aptly
tleeoiibod ptolilless small talk iih a
inciiliil shifllcssuess which foibids
our making nn iilfbit fo talk usefully.
It coitH an t'll'ort to lliinl;, and mine
at aH to go through tho customary
louiiil of weather obscviilions. Anil
ho it comes to pass that wo inovo
(hio'i:;h a world that is full of beauty
with cyox hliliil lo (lin mill vets spiing-
illg lll 111(11111(1 UK. Willi IIIOIIMIIllllllH
llllll IIIUl(tll(lIIOIIK llll'Mti0IIH pICSsillg
ttlllUI IIH for HOlllollH'lll, wo luivo 'loo
liii'ii energy lo think of llicin or lalk
of llii'iu, ami wo behave ciiiiiimiiilv' us
if pining mill diiiklng anil slewi'tig
mailo up the tot.il of lifo. Tho sectel
of improving til' U 1m to lliul n lovi'l up
on which n'l iule'lepls can meet. If
tho iutoHootunl lovolof ii mail is about
that of moit of (lie pconlo aiming
who'ii ho inovci, it in for him to im
fia t a sl'inn'l's to i no moo sluggish
or 'ess cultuipil-minds of those with
whom ho talks. Hocitn niiivo nt this
rcMii't by u xpecics of coiiMiomixo.
I, ft him talk with tho fiiruior iihout
his fiiini mill with tho intisnn ithou1
his tools nnd Inhoi, mid bnvi.ig thus
cstiihl'shed what limy ho cnl'cil in
p'eot'ienl piirlaui'o n "p' cu'l," eon
vpcunt'ou or mi l.itcll'gcut ami though
fill sort becomes oiim It may not ho
of the highest nn's" but it is profitn
lilo. For anything mo.o satisfying,
no can tin u to hooks.
I novor saw a garment too
IIomi
lino for man or maid ; there 'never
was a ehair too good for a cooper or a
rohhler or a king lo nil in; never a
house too flue to shelter 11 human
head. Thee elements nhout us, tho
glorious xky, the impend kuo, mo not
(00 good for the human i.kc. Ele
gance lit" mail. Kill do we not value
tlipso tools for tho houcokeoping a
litilo uioro than they am worth, ami
coinet'ines inortgngo a lnnco for (he
mahogtiiiy wo would hiing into it?
I had rather eat my dinner off tho
head of a h..rrel, or drers after the 1
fiiMhlon of John (ho Kap'.ist in (lie
wilderness, or nit 011 a hlock all my
life, th. 111 consume all mynolf hefife
I got to a homo, mid tnko t-o much
pains wilh the oitlxido th.tt the inside
wns ns hollow as an empty utu. Scan
ty is a great thing hut beauty of a
giiiuieu(, house, and fiini'Mi'-e, am
lawdiy oiiiamonts couip.ued with
doinclie love. Alt tho elegance of
(ho woihl will not make a homo, and
I would give more for a npoonful of
real, hearty lovo than for whole ship
loads of furniture and nil (ho go-go-ouxuexs
that all tho uphoiteiois in
tho win Id could gather.
Tot: Hii'TIkii Ti'.nant Fakmkii.
Tho Miitisili landloid is gitimhlSng ut
his falling ion's. Tho len.iiil fanner
win always gitimhliiig ; ho is now do
hpaitiug. Tho laborer iill, as he
nlwnys wai, dull, htohd, iudi'Vccnt.
IMso'ily hope is in enivaiion. Mo
lia.snhettcrcducatiou I bun the Fieneh
tcascui, though hy no menu" xo good
ns the (lormau and yet look at tho
(lireieiico between I'lem. Those have
been awakened to new l-fe by the
"limbic of pioperty." Tho l'nglish
lnbo.er is hut a chattel oil the xoi! ho
(ills. Tho tenant (.inner is wearing
hix lien t out in tho vain xtiugglc lo
force a xuhxixtonco from anoiher
mail's laud, and in I ho face of for
eign competition swelling 1'ko a ris
ing i'.ood agaiiiRt him) is traveling a
load whoso oud is the court of bank
ruptcy. ImikIoii Vor. SI. 1'ittil 1',-i'n.i.
Tic-: Now: optiu: FiN'('i:i:.--ln tho
ciirient in mbor of t'lO.V "'''((-' I'eco.'il,
Dr. Ilammont'. says that when you
poke Hid e id of your linger in your
ear, (lie 10.11 ing noise you hear is (ho
ciioulalion in your Hugo , which !s a
fuel, which anyone can do iionsltulo
fir h''iielf hy Hist puiliiiK I''11 Hui,ors
in his ears, and then tnop dug them
up w'ih iu lorxu'iisianeos. T y it. and
(hi ik wi'.U a wonder of a iuiioIi'mo
your body is. that even tho po'ins of
your linden a e xuoh busy wo'Vxhops
that thoy loar "ko a hiik.11 Ni.igaia.
Tho inuring in piohahly 1110 0 than
tho no'xo ul tho 0' ciilal'ou of (ho
blood. H is tho voice of i'10 vital
pioi'osxo.i .ogCkhor- -the loiiilng dovu
nuil building up processes that aio id
ways going on in ovov living body,
from coueopt'oii lo death.
ClItCIIMH'i'ANCDri Oi'tOU lletOllllillO
how inucli hIiow a man shall make.
To ho famous depends 011 sonio fouiii
(los : (o ho a I'losldout depends 011 (ho
ncuto Hiuolloiri of n Tow politicians ami
a inystorious set of wiies: lo ho lich
depends on lii.'lh or luek ; to ho inlel
Ipedially oiiiluoiit may iloioud on tho
njipoln inout of I'loviilouooj but to
l'o a man in tho buiio of unbalance,
(lejiouds xololy ou ono'ti own noblo
ambilloii and dotouiiinntiou 10 live
in contact witli (Jod'a open ntmos
ldifixj of truth and right. -Stun- Kin;
'I'll 11 I.IINt IPlll.
"I novor ilcnlt again I"
Those words fo' I fiom the lips of rt
gonilciniiii well known in Lonilvillo,
yet fow recognize in tho elegant easy
going man who now commands tno
icsncct of hid follow citizen, tho onco
coot-hci'dcil, iinpoii'iih'o gitmlilcr,
who, in his day, llgii'cd pioniiuoiitly
along tho i'licillc coast, and was nl
most iinivoisally recognized ns the
slnewdosl fiuo ilou'er in tho West,
"Ah fori ho game's morality, that's
neither here northo'c. When dealt
upon the xiiiro il is much liko tiny
other game. It is not to bo thought
that tiio law wi'l hinder inon u hit if
thoy want to play, iiml often they nro
fou'voreuiod of pl.iyiog when Micy
find it doesn't pay. I dealt iho game
for tweoiy yoa's, but J vo ipiit now.
I mailo nothing nor lost anything,
mid, hut for ii sight I oueo Maw, I
should probably be n gambler m! Ml.
Ilciohy bangs n tnlo. hot mo tell it:
Homo three yearn ago I run n h:;jh
toned gaino at n eeitriu place you
piohahly know, for it Hi ikes mo I
saw you (hero. It wns a sijim'-o game,
as I will leuvo any one to nay u
(hiking game, for I don't for .'lie
bloods in town, nuil 1 o'.en hail m
innuy ns llvo liiy-ootx nt u time, wnh
too much bus'iiexs on liiuid lo even
get linieto .chI. One evening n young
ehnp xiiollcil in, with n unit of euri-
ohm to. id on h's fuco, ami I coiicluc'ed
j right -'ioio that ho was giecn. lie
wiiHrnii-!ia ctl, and had a pair of hluc
eyes and e'ear-cut fe.ituics .111 in
iioeoul looking young follow if over 1
caw one. Uon'y icquhcd a glance
to convince you that hu win a s(.-iing-or
in the gnmhiing loom. Ho roon
was at homo though, for 1 buw in his
blue eyes the lovo of play ; after that
evening ho was a coiiKtaut visitoi.
lo played h:s p;lo right up iiml up,
mid never giowled if his luck wes
haul, and on ou'ty can! he'd slake
the limns tin to hluc. Take it alto-
gcthei, hii luck was haul .oinoliiiieH
toe haidexl, I ihink, I eor taw. I've
known him lo loo -at a single deal
seven double shots.
I'.uxiuess for me, of coinse, but
Niuicliow it M'Oiiicd aliiiojit too bad.
I coii'd not xay a womI, (hough, and
yet I I'd. cd the boy. Ho had litis of
the filthy. 1 think f-om tho day ho
began ho must hao dropocd a cool
lOi),(HH) 011 the gaino mid never
growled.
Wo both (put gamhl'iig tho na no
night he, poor lad, for xiilllcient lea
xous, and 1 because I loathed the
game, It was in (his wise:
"His coin gave out in a deal or two,
and he put up a diamond ling just to
see his 'II luck out.yo.i know. The
chips miou went. Do had a pin,
llnining xtono in .nnxs'vo metal. Ho
passed (liai in without a word, irid
ilow.-00 cold. So he'p 1110 liodl I
wished him 'nek as heart'iy 11.1 any
p'ayer ihoie; hut l'o, his last s.aek
went my way on a losing aco. Ho
diew t"(K) moid I think, on his watch
and chain, en! irled h's lino of bets
again, hut his luek vas gone. My
Hot!! I'll never 'o got tho oalp.liag
g nd look (rat etossed !i!s face, hu. ho
was ga no. lie novor tiUoiod a wo.d,
hu( !:. hix plinii-, liko a pll'ar of
xloue. For a iiioinoat ho xeoined
ilii.eil at his leverxcs, but suddenly
his eyo caught the (hin wo n nu
clei of du'I gold on his little (Minor.
Ho looked nt it a lit. lo while, and a
dink wave of hot, o'Miixo!! blood pau
ed ovo" his face, for this eircle( xeein
cd .0 cling even fuse1- Minn (ho ll.uii-
!.ig gem ho had passed in lufou). Ho
I'lh'stx. ipped it oil' his linger n.id
hinded it :o 1110. It canio roiuelailly,
this woin, old ring. 'Wlmt can 1
linvo ou (hix?' ho iishec. M don't
know what its value is, hut 1 II lodeom
it llrst or all.' It might h..vo coU 5
now, hut it win wo' hless t'.ioo. S.ill
I paxi-cd oat 11 iK.y st.'ck iurotuiu
just 0 lot h'm liy ngain. Ho planked
it dow 1 in tho pol, and tlion low U
011 (ho tnh'o ho la'il h's fneo upon his
folded 11 ins. Well, for a wonder, his
luek oliniijcd, nnd ho won Citeo times.
Ho look no notice of 1110 when I told
him when tho IlinU barred, and so wo
played to II dy on each caid. Could
you heliovoil? In tho deal tho pot
won out and never lostl And st'll ho
lay with his fneo in his anus. Tho
deal was out, and 1 nhook him up, lint
not a muscle moved, and, rals'iig h's
face, I H.arlfd luck in lio'roc at tho
glmstly o::n"ossiou of his oyes, for (ho
boy was dead!
I've often wondered (0 myself since
tluit n'glit W'liit. (houghts worn Hit
(ing (liiough hix Ina'n i ho bowed
his head ami hid his face from our
s'ghl, what pledges of 11 belter life,
legiolsfor a fortuno ho had thrown
away w'lh lavish hand, and loathing
of his Irrevocable courso. Who can
loll? Wo can but ruins nt tliom, but
mav never feel. II is face showed
.... .... . I !.. .I...I l.J..f
years ol licit enuiucu 111 uuu wm
1
game, hut it was not until (ho Coron
er's jury nut that I learned nil. He
fine them wns developed (ho fact
(hat (ho ring which had changed his
luck, as it did his existence, was ouo
given him hy his dour (lend mother
years before. I 'our hoy I I never
dealt again."
A Dclllii'i'iitc .lltii'iter.
On the morning of the 1211 1 1 ult..
leo. W. Smith, ex-Sheriir of (he
county of Nevada, Cal., met T. W.
Higoiiinoy, an old unit wealthy resi
dent, in front of the National hotel
olllce. .Smith charged Sigourncy of
lobbing him, and without further
wn.-iiing drew his pistol and com
menced shooting at Sigourney, killing
him at (ho third xhot. Trouble had
existed between them for many
mouths. It appears that Sigourney
held 11 moitgngc oil n'l of Smith's
properly, which had been foreclosed,
nuil .Smith has been disposcsBcd of all
his pioierty save a small house i lto
which he had moved his family nnd
in which ho wns now living. This
morning, by oidc of Sigourney, no
tice wns served on Smith's family to
vacate (ho homo or cabin in winch
(hey lived. Smi h c'aiius unfair
(rt'.i. incut 011 (ho part of Sigourncy
through his many and long transac
tions with him, am! that the attempt
th's morning to eject his family from
(heir 'irexotit very humble abode, xo
eniageil Smith lint he bought out
Sigourncy and kil'cd him. On the
other hand, many claim that Sigour
ncy was veiy lenient and strictly hon
orable in his iiiauv ye.irs dealings
with S o'th, and ii'ic much hesita
tion was ojI'soJ to take severe legal
mcusuics to get his dues.
Hit iii-ocU its 11 llr coy Tor Votcm,
(lonc'id Deiiity, in a late i-pceh nt
Columbus, OImi, said: )i was not
love for 1. 10 xoU (! iicoid of (icneivl
Ha icock i'n'1 seen Til !i:x 110111'. kumiii
at C'ee'-ina'5. ()'i tho coo :i -, i(
wir "e bel'ef .hat he cou'T, bo gov-
cii"!1, (,;'cc.cd chI iii::-cd poli.'cal'y
by the Lemii'x, (ho IJi'lx, fie ICelleyx' behind the cuitain nnd pull the irap
and the T'dens. Thoy put his biil-jdooi. Kate and Magg'e always went
limit rccoid to the irout for the same
H'.ixoa thai a jiiirio ship 1.1ns ti he
penniiiii of an hoiioied uat'ou to the
niasliic.nl; forthosaino loasou that
a s.illiiil hu.i-er nm.'i'ovs a decoy.
Had the'r 1110 ives been go,)!1, and
their iiile.ii'ons (o give usa f,i-,opeii
and manly battle, toey would have
M'lee.cdii candidate who lopioxonted
i'io principles and 1i-adI(iors o' thei
party .iiev would have 1 ikon Tiiden
Itayard Lamar nuil liendrickx. Mime
of ibo hi'iu'red distinguished dough
faces of the No'-il, or of (ho thousand
ex'-Con'ei'e'.ile geneia's and .-.talesmen
of ho South. Hut they know
too weM that if (ho De.noei'.iiie t-hip
we 0 Ian ichcd wilh any of these
will any man, in f..c. who had a
Dcaioeia e. iceoii.as its 03. cus'tile
commando. it would bohoa'-t'ed anil
see it 'ed hy an indigii.'iit Noi'th tux!
xiink so deep (hat no'ibo' lime por
t'lonfiv would wi.iiessi's resii"cc(!o.i.
i.'tMiecnletl 'l'ri'ii-iire.
Thoy tell in Now Mexico, of a lich
mine (hat was woikcd in fust half of
too p-eseiit century, and of tho pack
ingof Ihesireh'id bullion on (ho hacks
of Initios along the well traveled San
ta Fo load for eighty miles down (o
tho ancient ci.y. Wo listen with eied
ulous ems (o (ho statement that 011
tho day proceeding that on which tho
yea.ly t.anspo-iation of tho riches
was to have i.-.kon place, an ou break
between (ho Mexicans and Indians
occur-ed, lUidlli.OOO.lMK) inaiksorSO,
(XX),fXX), (ho tiensuro of tho year was
t blown hack into tho mine and the
...mo caioi'ully hidden. Tho Mexi
cans verily hellevo (hat only the old
I'uohlo liulLiis know of the location
of tho mine, and (hoy say (hat 01.0 of
them a wni'o sinco bold his in'onna
tiou to 11 wliito mini for a load of mer
chandise, hut was butchered by his
own ti ibo while pointing tho way to
tho opening of lie mine. O.her sto
ries as marvelous are (old and be
lieved. A MoNYitKAi. special says (hat tho
oof and upper lloor of tho bui'ding
in tho west oud of tho city, used by
Napoleon Dniseau as a grain btoro,
collapsed on tho 11 ih, burying tho
proprietor and ih'rtcoii young lads
liolwcon 11 and Ifi year old, engaged
in paok'ng bran.ui'dor it. One lad
was killed mid iwo fatally wounded,
(ho odiors 1 aving iniiaoulously es
caped. A TKi.ao.nAsi from Aden ropo.ts that
tho steamer Jidduh, fiom Singapore,
foundered olVOuaiilanio 011 tho Sth
wiih !;! pilg'ims for Joddih, and nil
on hoard perished except (ho captain,
his wife, tho chief engineer, cliio! offi
cer, nssisiaiK engineer nun sisieoii
natives, who wore picked up nnd
drought to Aden by tho steamer Siai-dlu.
A Hori-lblo Stovy ol' 4,'rluie,
Omaha, Aug. (',. Ilendcr made the
following statement: My nnmo is
Alexnuder McfJrogor; was horn in
the Stale of New York ; lived there
till I nun ried my first wife; when I
iniiiried I had one child called Win.
Houck, begolton in adultry ; after he
ing married (wo weeks, John Ilender,
my son was born ; (hen I moved (o
Illinois, wheie Knt.o wns born ; K'ate
and John were good children, hut run
uwny when 17 years old, and went to
Kansas; my llrst wife died in Illinois
with consumption ; afier iwo years I
miiiiied my second wife; she had
three ehildien : her name was Nancy
Pensly; the ehildien nil died ; I had
no children by my second wife.
While living in Illinois I committed
my fust inurdci ; tho ki'led wns a
shoil, dark haired man; I sunt him
down cellar Ihiough a trap door; I
got some mo.icy from him; buried
him hack of (ho liouc two iods,' the
old woman helped me busy him.
Went lo Independence, Iowa ; worked
on a farm at my lradc(ulncksini:hiiig)
there. After a while I went to Kan
sas; had heard from Kale nnd John
and (hey wrote for 111c (o come on.
I went to Knnsas to live with John
am1. Kate; Maggie, his cousin, wa
theio at the place called Deiiden ho
tel ; niter being theio n few days, I
helped John to make n dap door (ho
same ns I had in Illinois; (ho first
man I killed wouldn't get on the trap
door; he nod Knte slept together, and
xho killed him with a hiiicher knife;
she showed me the knife; I buiicd
him near the houxc. The only man I
ever kil'cd alone was a peddler; I hit
bun on the back of the head with a
stone hammer; hit him only once:
got a good deal of money fiom him ;
don't know how much. I icnieinbcr
others Hint weio kil'cd. One man
John killed and put him under. The
two children, both gills, were huiied
alive. Tho children wcra seven or
eight years ol I. The parents weio
j killed (ho day before
I iicd toi-iand
down into (he poller (o cut (!io vic
tims tlno.its. I oiieii henrd them
whetiiug the knives. John nnd Kate
used to sleep (ogcdier. Leander
Smith was Kate's lover; Justice
(iiimshaw used to be Maggie's man.
Alter leaving Kansas wo went with
(ho J uilians. Wo thought this spi ing
Ihut we must go to Illinois to die. I
1 stir ted with tho old woman, Kate,
John, Mnggie and four ch:U-ieu.
The old woman and I Jet (hem n(
Schuyler, l'hoy had (ho (cam, one
bit and one giav lioie, nnd an old
wugon.
Sheriir Daniel ,M. ttendor, from
Kansas, has arrived at-Fieiiion( with
a ivipiisitiou. He doesn't know the
Menders, and has nover seen (hem bc
foie. tVurrow INciipo 11-0111 Ilea I It by
'1'diPHl.
An exchango i"ihlislies tho follow
ing account of tho sullb-'i-igs of asui
veying par'y in Soi'Mioin New Mexi
co and Western Texas: Maj. l. J.
Lawrence rud eoips. of tho Texa-sand
l'aciiio Haihoad smvoyois, a-tci a
iii'iuher of dins' cxtiomo Mid'eiing
from thi,-st in (hoWhito Sand lli'lx
inii'aciflous'y 1 cached iho Tocos liver
without los'ng 11 ni.t.i. "out with (he
loss of soino stock. Wngons wore
abandoned at diflcicut iutcivals fo'
foity mil s along tho 1 ..'I O.cai
su'eiing was experienced hy ho h
men and snick. 'Iho 111011 straggled
along, ar.iving nt tho ivor in sfjumls
from tho moi.iing of I'io f?Sth until
the next moru'iig. With tno essist
anco of (hoso who first aniveit nt tho
liver, tho Inst of tho strnggleis wcro
hroi'ght in with much dilliculty, as
many of thom whon found wore eras
ed f 0111 thiist, and had stripped
themselves of all wealing appaiel
from head lo foot. Some woo found
within lOOyiKils of tho Tocos livoi,
wlioio thoy woro di'nking tho blood
of an anini'il thoy had killed. Sev
eral others when found had blood in
thoir pan. eons and woro sick from
drinking it. bonio 01 tiio men were
toi.iliy blind. On 11 -riving at thoilv
or (ho jioor fellows plunged in head
foremost. The pa .y coui (ulated
themselves on their nanow escapo
from pcVhlng on Iho plans. Had it
not been for several of tho most expo
lieneed nnd thoir hiavoty the greiKor
number would havo died in Iho sand.
Tho survey was abandoned on Iho
biind-hills, but will ho lesumed as soon
as the inon and animals lecuporato
W.M. A. lloM.ANP, of San Francis
co has been attached to tho Geological
Survey of (he I'nited States, and giv
en a roving com mission to gathor sl.i
tisdps ami other information coiiooru
ing tho precious metals of Oregon and
Washington.
Ai'lcimiM IVurri (mil llic iuuil. I
I met A r. emus Ward but onco. Ij
was quilo young at tliotime, and wns 1
iicting as city editor of the Stm; pub
lixhcd at Schenectady. New Yoik.
While I wns city editor of that sheet
I met Artcintts. I wns standing 011 a
bridge at tho time, and iu talking
about newspaper work, was about to
say something in regard to my heavy
editoiiat lesponsihility, hut Waul
checked me by saying :
"What creek is this?"
"Clock I" I exclaimed, "Why this
is the Eiic Canal."
"How far is it navigable?'
"Why, of ooiuse, it is navigable from
one end to tho oilier."
"Well," solemnly replied Ward,
"that bea 3 all (ho s(eauis I ever
heard of. Jly (ho way, I think I can
make out some large bonis anchored
up the si' cinii there, what avc they,
propellers or sidc-whecle'sT"
I replied that thoy weic mere canal
boats, and weic moved hy hoisc pow
er. "Ah! I didn't think the sl'c.im was
ns shallow as that," said Ai tennis.
"As shallow ns wiinl?"
'Why, you s.'y that thoc boats mo
pulled along by hoises. Now, of
cour'-c they must walk along in fiont
of the boat, mustn't they'.' I used lo
run a stone boat on my lamented Un
cle John's faun, audi dislincily ie
member lh.it tho horses walked along
iu iionl."
I inonla'Iy dccl.i.cd that I hr.d nev
er bcro.o mot w'ih such 1311011MICC.
I spcntsoinc I'inc in explaining tho
peeu'vi't'cs of the big d:lch, and
just as I had begun to think that at
h'st I had set tho slanger right on
the subject, he knocked my hopes in
to klud'ing wood by renia-'k'ng:
I supoose (hat when the si 1 cam
diies up in the summer they nut the
boats on wheels, don't they?''
I"ior( and Kiin'if- js.
A I.ii'c Now Yoik disi).! eh says :
Ji"v has b"en a month of lem.' "kn'j'c
li'igebus'iic-s. T.ice-: wur have been
h ger .ben in Juno,.crceediiig (ho
impor's. 't is p.o'o.-.Ii'e, by about ?12,-
OOO.IXX) and C'c iniero- irovemcot of
pioducis have 'occiiunii.ccct'ented for
the season. Fo- example, the move
inent of giiiiu at LuCi'Io was ineom
paia'oly loo 'a 'scat over k.iown in Jti
Iv ; r id tho movement o" cotton, con
sitle':i)g the la'enc'ss of the "eaou,
was lcma'kably huge in niampncfo
I'es; also a veiy he.ivv bu-si.'cs was
dooe, a.id ihoiiitii-rupdons were few ;
and the demand for Iho products
seemed (o (read closely on (he heels
of the sunnly in ne.i 'v I'll i n loitant
biaucncs. An oncoii'fg'iig rov;val in
tho i-on business was no-iced though
it was duo ina'nly to the exvraoidina"
ry demand of huUiois of now nn'iroads
in every part of the couii.ry. The Io
ci'l and lc'.i'l trade was uui'sually ac
I've aNo w'.hout miv dangcous up
waid rush in p.ices. July is usually
one o .ho inon 1 '.is :n which t. ansae
ions aic smallest. J 11 ICJOasiu JS70
all o d'ua.'v "iiies enncr (o be disre
gpidcd in tho lcsistless forwe u more
niouiof coaimeico aud indus.iy. Tho
exchanges of the month snow an in-
cicso o' 2o0 per cent, in t'.io agg.o
geto, though a comna-iSon is wiih 10
tii'iis which snowed an iiicicase of
L'O!) pc cetu. over ihoo of July, 1879.
Ou.sido of Now Yo k tiio 'iiciease
is IDS per cent., tliough tho iacoasc
of July 01 last year was 100 po.- cent.
"a:i rbjuc
A Cifeagod's latchofiiiollthsays:
A Washington special 'o tho Jii'.--Otifcn
says tb..t tho o.11e'.i's tit ink
Ihoio is ovidonce of viuilcnt 'o ms of
Spanish fever picvai'inf; among tho
caltlo of Texas, nnd fe..r ..lint unless
grent euro !s iakoa it may spread to
H'-uois and decimate- caWlo on the
great stock farms in tho southern
part of tho Stnto. Over 200 cattle
havo died from th's imported disease
in Mis-.ouri sinco last spring, whither
it was brought with eattlo from Texas.
At Cue.i nonga Statiop, in San Her
uaidino county on (ho 12th ins mil,
(ho tenth iroiglit train, a lingo 0110,
on tho way from Arizona, lying at tho
station, was run into by a fast fieight
tra!n,enstwanl bound. Tho engineer
perceived tho danger but too Into to
avoid a collision. He, together w'th
tho brakpsmon nnd conductor, saved
himself by jumping. Tho luiin wns
uncontrollahlo and dashed down tho
hioavy g'lido plunged into tho Sta
tionary 1 ain, dostioying both en
gines, thirteen cars and tho water
lank, foriunaioly no poison was se
riously injured, though sovcial sus
tained minor bruises.
Mit. lluuKCST Youxa, living near
Low'svillo, was robbed lately of $;HU).
1 1 0 bin ied Iho inonoy under the house,
nnd while absent to Independence,
some M-'cf stolo i.
1,1 fc Saving: Invention.
j',,,,1 0ynton is surpassed. A
young man named W. C. Soulc has
invented a pair of shoes with which
lie walks upon the water. I'aul Uoyn
ton, clothed in his life-preserving ay
parntux, flounders in it. Young Soule
cinsscd the Harlem liver a fow days
ago in his shoes, walking in nn up
right mminc, and maintaining his
balance without difficulty. An East
ern journal suggests that a pair of
these shoes ought to be crunied by
ovorvone who risks tho steamboat
travel on the Sound. Iu tins connec
tion it may he staled that Captain D.
T. Dobbins, of the Lifo Saving Service,
has invented a li.'o saving boat superi
or lo anything that has gone before it,
nnd which has withstood every tcstlo
which it was submitted in a manner
to suipriso and delight beholders.
One of its chief mciits is, that it is
self-righting. The following letter
from the inventor (oSupciiulcndcnt
Kimball, of the Life Saving Hoard,
explains what it can do. He says :
"She pioves lo be a perfect success.
She will right instantly and carry her
cuMe crew when full of water, as she
is on righting, and wilh (he crew at
ilie'r siiit'ous. She shows a side ovr
six inches out amidships, so she can
bcb.iil'-d icadily. She is very stable
or si'iT under foot and in seaway. It
was qu'tc difficult for the seven men
to capsize her, full as much so ns it
was for the crow of the English self
bailing and righting life-boata to cap
size then. The prescribed beam of
the boat made it difficult to sccui"
tbe readv lighting I claim for my own
dimensions, hut I have succeeded
at the loss of a heavier boat than I
designed for nspecial surf-boat. She
will weigh not over 1,000 pounds, how
ever, which is COO pounds less than
our oulinary surf-boats weigh. She
is roomy, stoui, staunch and strong,
pulls easih. and it is a most beautiful
sea boat."
There never was a time in tho histo
ry of navigation, when more thought
was given to the subject of providing
means forsaving lives from shipwicck,
or anv of the other serious casuabies
wVch arc so liable (o occur on our in
land bays, livers and the ocean; for
never has (here been such a series of
accidents on the water, following each
odor in rapid sucessiun. Tho idea
can be still further elaborate, nnd
men of inventive genius should not
fai' to give it their attention.
Lifting out Siiunps -rllli Wjtia
iuttc. A wri.er in (lie "London Garden"
desenbes the process hy which he
removed stumps from a park in
wired tees liru been felled, nnd in
cleaning out old hedgerows, where
Iho ioo(s had obtn'ned unusually
sf O113 foothold. Man' wero from
n foot and a half to four feet and a
half in d'nmelov. The dynamite is
put in car.v'dcs varying fiom one
to two inches in d'ame.er, and four
inches' n.;. An eaiih auer, mak
ing an oriiica two inches in diame
ter, nnd about four feet Ion", forms
an inc'incd hole so as to place the
cartridges nearlv under the centre
of the Sii'inp. The number of ca:'-
triiiKCS required depends on the size
and Strength of the roots. A primer
ca-tridge wiih cap and fuse is at
tached to the charge, and tho whole
rammed down with loose earth by
a wooden lainmer. The fuse is of
suflicieut length to allow tho work
men to get out of the way, to a dis
tance of 50 to 100 yards, according
to the strength of tno charge. The
whole mass is usually blown out,
and the tools broken up for loading
or burning. A large hole lemains.
No damage is done to surrounding
tr?"!S. Tho writer states that the
work was dono in a far more expe
ditious mr.nner than before, and at
50 per cent. less cost. Ho adds that
the dynamite used is 75 per cent,
nitro-glycerine, and 25 per cent, of
an i.nusonal or porus earth pro
cu ed from the bottom of German
rivers. It is ground very lino, and
a powerful microscope shows every
giain porus or honcy-c inhed, which
soaks up tho nitro-glycerine, form
ing a pnsly substance, without al
lowing tho 'liquid nitro-glyccrino to
exude. Ho regards it as safe as tho
uso of gunpowder, witii ordinary
caie.
Of Hniieoeh's letter of acecpianco
(ho 2W&UH0 ways: It is not a Demo
o nt'o loUor. It is philliudo on tho
platitude which Democrats soino
times preach, hut which they nover
practice Tho greai ;st incongruity
of nil appears whon Hancock dojlares
solomnly iu favor of 11 "full voto, a
freo ballot and a fair count." Of all
stolon platitudes th!s scorns the most
grotesque. There has not been a full
voto, n freo ballot r.ud fair count in
the Southo-n Stnte for years pnst,
ami Hancock's olc3(ion would not ho
possible if by any miracle thoy should
co.no to pass.
Atldrrnft lo the I.nborer, by Carl
Hcliur
Tho following language was ad
dressed hy Carl Schurz to tho work
ing men of California, in his late
speech in San Francisco:
Above all things, I desire lo warn
you, as I have formerly warned work
iiigmcu in other places against the
insidious pretence mado hy some that
they can further the cause of labor hy
inciting the hatred of the latufer
against the capitalist, of the pomr
against the rich. To excite the ha
tred of tho poor against the rich has
in nil ages and in nil countries been
the favorite resort of desperate dema
goguery: hut in a country like ours,
where no harrier of privilege separ
ates the (liffcient classes of society;
where honest individual effort is ham
pered neither hy legal obstacles nor
hy prejudice or custom ; where every
day we sec millionaires as fathers of
paupers, nnd merchant princes who
were rocked in a poor man's cradle ;
wherj fortune and fetation, social and
public, are equally opt.n to the intel
ligence, virtue and energy of all ; in
this count'-y such appeals should
meet with contemptuous ridieple as
well as ahhorence. Such a cry is blas
phemous calumny on our political in
stitutions nnd our social order. Why,
show to me, among tl.e millionaires of
San Franc:sco, ouo whyears ago was
not a poor man's son ; show me the
poor man heie who may not himself,
or may not hope for his son to be
what many former millionaires havo
ceased to be. And are not open to
the lowliest of your distinctions higher
than those which mere wealth can
con.'e ? Within the memory of tho
youngest men before me you hvao
seen a mil-splitter from Illinois and
a tailor fiom Tennessee in the Pres'
dential chair of this great Republic ;
and to-day you see, aa the candidate
for the Picsidency of the Republican
partv, James A. Garfield, who as 11
boy earned his bread as a laborer on
the tow-path of a canal, and then, by
his own exertion, gradually raised
himself up to what he is now, ono of
the most distinguished men of the.
land, and the future Trcsidcnt of tho
United Slates; a man who, in tho
fullness of his power, can and will
not fail, when thinking of his own
youth, to feel the warmest and prac
tice the most active sympathy with
those who are now as poor and lowly
as he was once. And in a country
like this, with its resources and oppor
tunities, which the survival of the fit
test is tho order of the day, where a
measureless field or labor and enter
prise never ceases to encourage every
honorable ambition in such a coun
try we must hear appeals to tho ha-,
trcd of tho poor against the rich I
Truly, the man who makes such ap
peals, insults the people, and the man
who listens to them does not respect
himself. But when, as is this case,
such appeals are made to determine
the political action of the- working
men as in the piesent emergency
against the Republican cause, it is
doubly absurd and contemptible If
you want to honor labor, then add to
elevnto him who began his lifo as a
poorlaboiing hoy, and by his own
unaided efforts qualified himself for
the highest tiusts of the Republic. If
you want to encourage your children,
and inspi 0 them with an honorable
ambition which may lift them nbovo
poverty and obscuro station, show
them this example of 0110 who was
among the poo rest-of the poor, attain
ing nil the honors his woith deserved.
And now, fellow eiiizons of Califor
nia, let me express the confident hopa
that you will calmly and conscienti
ously, as befits a great people, consid
er the questions which so noarly con
cern tho weltaro of the Republic, and
that tho far West will join hands
with the far East for Garfield and
good Government,
Tiieiik is n little old plain wooden
school house, painted ied, nnd sitting
back from tho counly road, in tho
Western Reservt, Ohio, which must
possess tho magic power of conferring
gieatness. That little school houo
is shaded in front by a couplo of big
buckeyo trees, nnd hack of it a slop
ing play-ground runs down to a creek
whoso banks aro lined with hickory
trees. Tho school house has but one
room, and in tho cornor of that room
hangs tho teacher's lunch basket, and
huts and shawls. A modest little af
fair is that school house, nnd yet it
has given to this country Elisha' Whit
tlesey, Joshua It. Giddings, Ilenjnmin
F. Wndo nnd James A. Garfield. Ex.
A Washok mini was reconHy tried
for stealing milk from a neighbor's
cow nt night. Tho jury, after mnturo
deliberation, returned a virdict of
"guilty of milking a cow in the first
degree."