Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1880, Page 16

i titer eee io ——<—$<—<— THE CHICAGCG TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, IN WALL STREET. Six Months’ Experience of a Poet in Stock Specula- tion. Joaquin Miller's Story of His Con= flict with "Bulls" and “Bears.” How Ho Raised Less Than $1,000 to $21,000, But Finally “ Busted.” Jay Gould a &Now Napoleon,” and the Most Colossal Figuro in tho World.” Last apring I received n letter from the editor of tho chief London magazine, asking nio to write him an article to be entitled, A Week tn Watl Street.” T knew nothing whatever of Wall Street then, I resolved, however, to oblige wy friend. Twent into Wall Street at once to get tho desired Information and experience. This was six manths ago. I have just sot bnek. Lhavenot yet written s ine of that article, : But I have material enough to write abook bigger than Mnenulay’s “ Iistory of England.” 1 know all Lwant to know nbout Wail Street. And, If you will pardon the digression, 1 may add that I nm getting bald- headed, The first thing J did was to ellind into the gallery of theStock Exchange, and look down Into the den of 2,000 “ bulls,” and “ benrs*? that WERE GROWLING, HOWLING, NOATING, AND BELLOWING there. Ihave been in Dediam, and have pre- aided at n Demoeratle State Convention, ut Lneversaw or heard anything like this. 1 said to myself, "This thing cannot goon Jong. This thing must stop before night. ‘These men wilt kill thomsvives, ‘This thtag wilt burst—explode of Its own Internal fury.’ But Llooked up and read tho legend above the President, "Founded in 1742,” and then concluded that it would still Ko on. ‘Then L went to a broker whom L had met at tho Union Club, and told him what I svanted ta learn, Ie kindly tank hold of the tape which continually streams ottt from the “ticker,” a3 the Httle wheel of fortune is enlied which constantly records the rise and decline of stocks, and tried to explain all about It, ‘1 found it inpossiple to get Interested. There were about 200 different names of stocks on tho list. These were represented by one, two, or thre letters, or figures, of some gort ot abbreviated word that I could nat understand or distinguish, and I was constantly getting confused. ‘Around this “tleker”? gathered and frouped o knot of eager, nervous, and au: jous nen. ‘Ten, fifteon, or twenty nt a ting would clutch at tie tape, as it streamed out with its endless Nnes of quotations, and mut- ter to thomsolves, jabberat each other, swear liko pirates, drop the tape, and dash away. Others would dart in, eluich the tape, swear or chuckle, as their fortunes went, wheel abont, give orders to their broker to buy or sell, as they prophesled the future of the market, and go it went on all day from 10 ti11.3, when tho -battle was ended by tho fuli-of the hammer in the Stock Ex- change. . When I tell you that there aro mora than 5,000 of these “tickers,” or Indleators, you can form some idea of the magnitude of the business, If we give ten mien to cach “tiek- er,” you have the spectacle of 50,000 stalwart anén BtandIng there holding np a sittle dotted atring, wailing, hoflow-eyed nnd sstous, on the smiles of ilekle Fortune. "Lo thls 60,000 you may add 2,000 brokers. You must give’ eavh broker at’ least five clerks, ofllce-hoys, and messengers, whieh awell the Ist 10,000, ‘Yo this. §0,000° you can sately add 200,000 Bpecitiators on the outside, So eo havea total onzaged in this gambling o| MONG THAN A QUARTER OF A SILT: the slockbroker is. nat necessarity a rich Teanust, of course, have a seit in tho Hoard, whieh costs about $2 But, other than that, he requires Hite more th fice, and’ an indirator, or “tleker.” Tio takes the stovk whieh he buys far you to hls bank, aud borrows the money which he pr for lt, But they do not long remain poor they have 4 fulr patronage, for thelr conuy Blois are enormous, double thelr ola price, aul dle y have no risks white: They rare- ty dentin stocks themselves, and thoy are careful to have plenty of ® margin” for thelr own protection, Of the brokenI am bound to say that Lbe- Neve him honest, and not vold of all con- selence, - Besides, 1 found Nin, os a rule, well-read, well-traveled gentleman: ‘Chey chronicle fewer commercial failures by far than do the merchants of the great City ot New York, and they rarely figure tn° tho courts. But to return to my subject, . Finding but Httle Juterest In this great inelstrom of ex- cltement without taking vart, J, under the adylee of my broker, HOVANT A LITTER WABASH. Thought Wabast beeause Ut was tho frat stock on the list which J could distingtish from tho mass of 200 names, And Leame to remember ft because LE had been born on its banks, us ft were, Indeed, on the very bunks ofthe Wabash River £ have seon my father furrow tho fleld for corn in the spring, while imy mother followed after, Meupnttue the vorn in the furrows while three Ittle boys toddted after, myself of the nimber, and covered the grain that Jny in the little aquares of tho mel ow earth, And so [twas with a touch of tenderness that 1 bought Wabash, and be- came one of the eager party holding on to the tape, -watehing, waltlig te turn of Fortune's wheel, She did not botray me. My stock began to move upward from the first. Ut was nat so dull now. How Interesting it all wast 0 called the click of the “tleker™ the pulse and heartbeat of the Nation, If the Innd was. healthy and prosperous, the pulse bent nigh and buoyant. If the land) was threatened with drought, short crops, or misfortune of any kind the pulie was low, foverish, and full, Le was tun Of= x LIKE A VORA, Thad now an interest In tho. prosperity of tho land beyond a sentiment, q wasn fat pwner in the 100,000 mites of rallways in finerien, Krom that diay forth Dstindied the: eouraphy of my country fs never before, My little up-town roanitn the fourth story wt ay ees than a week Lcould quote the opening prclosing prices of halt the stock on the 1st, How patiently [held on to the tape, along with the other Gintd and hopeful Hite limbs! We would exchange opiitons, encourage th other, and Iny great plans for tha fut- We beeane very contidential, our little Knot around that "ticker; and, when one ofour set lost money, he had aur honest sympathy. ‘They were pleasant days, these rst, for stocks went np steadily, and it seemed at Inst, when and where [liad feast expected it, L was to make a fortine without either caro or toll Lam perfectly certaln that in those few weeks I grew to ben better man. Atlast I closed out, 1 had in ‘my hand more than $10,000, 1 hid not invested 60 many hundred, Whatserlbo had ever been so fortunate? Stocks stil advanced, It seemed us If they would never atop golng up. T sat down and tiled for days to Uieelile whattodo, Coolly, deliberately, and after an iquch and as mature thoughts “us Lam eapa- Div of, 1 WENT MACK TO WALI STHEET WITIE MY th Pell MONEY, ‘ad no ise for $10,000, J had grent use for 1000, L tus iuyselé in salistuetion naw to, remember that E thought not se much of iny> ined with miapset Ameren railways, OCTOBER J, KEN PAGIS, lee, ec it er f& “bear” house, and one a“ conservative ” hotise. By this i hoped to get all sorts of opinions.“ I GOT THEM. * With my “bears” L sold St. aul short. There was talk of rust, grasshoppers, talus, floods. St. Paul would tiunbie to the centre, It had already advanced from 13 to 69, sold nt G0, 70, and 71, With the “bulls” I bought Tactic Mall. Na cauger of grasshop on Pacilic Math, No drought. no foods or rust 1 Paeltic Mail Jind fallen from 63, aud would surely ao back upto 0, I bongnt Pacitle Mail, and sat toon to'walt for It to go up and St, Paul to cg MAW ee iigs berman to move my way. 1 bexan ‘to work vigorously on the plans for my elty. had arranged to bring my dear old parents. away from the Far West wilds of Oregon. where thoy had dwelt for a quarter of a cen ury. ‘Thoy had never seen the great: city, Now they shosld see it, hear the mighty preachers, and salon the Atlantic. How fe wihlened out! 1 had at interest now In every ship thatsniled. ‘The tlow of maney te or front te Land was to me of vital concern. AIL commerce was ns rely with interest to mo. now .ns the pootry of Honter. at 10 o'clock sharp 1 found naveute holding. on to the tape, walting to see If Thad grown richer of poorer thronah the wight. Al day, {ill the hammer fell, L stood with my finger on the pulse of commerce. Lought sooner to. have mentioned that, from. the first day there, L found that the stock-deators did not sa much In. quire sfter the weather, the probable it or good fortune of ships. the growth or fathire of crops, floods or fires, as after the movements o: “ONE CERTAIN M. asmall, dark, silent man; modest, unobtrn- sive, even a thnfd and shy man, to all appear. ances yeb a man who held thelr whole world in bis single right tiand, . “Gould ts selling !?—Tho strect trembled, and stocks fell two, three, four polnts in an hour, “Gould ts buying ?—~The street start. ed up, and stocks rose accordingly, Every Funion, sont or bad, came coupled with the natue of day Gould, and he wag held respon stole for all'that was done; while, in truth and i faet, this man, nine cases out of ten, neither knew nor cared how the market was golne. Never was a man so bitterly abused, Laeck Invaln for the mention of one wort of praise, or even respect, for Jay Gowd during my half-year In Wall Street. Perhaps amt too mueh given to shouting for the bottom dog in the fight; but this persistent ant bitter abase begot In me an biterest in this singutar and silentilittle man, and D began to study his Ife and took Into his iighty enterprises. found them so vast, so grand, so. far-reaching and splendid, as to bo alinost Iueomprohensibie. ertainly no Napoleon ever had half such a brain, And yet, for ail this, {never heard a word of admiration. Every man in Wall Strect svemed to bese bound np in his own petty losses or gains that Gould was looked pon agakind of thermometer that marked the rise and fall of stocks, “AN INSPIRE ig the highest pratse I |: after day you contd eons! pressions as these: 5 that —— before ho isn year older he will never live ta enjoy it” took out what he Is about ?’y y fixed ¥isk, and he was a stronger man than’ Goulds) yet very — trananilly tho dark — Iittte’ “Napoleon sel on through ft nll, as if utterly unconselons of these mutterings, and ttterly careless of what mon thought or did. Of eovrso such coolness and courage ns this appeals to i aman from the Pacific, and my Interest In this mun constantly Increased. AImay mention here that I did not find the average stock-speeutator much of n man Quite untike the Franc oll Callfornin gani- Dlers af our tiratd ys L tound then 1 sober, cold-blooded, calculating, fot. And hero let me call attention to the gulf that Iles be- tween the stock-speenlitor ant the legit mate raltroandiman. Lat the Une between them ho not forgotten, The one fs to be shunned, dreaded, despised, ‘The other Is to he res , adinived, sympathized with, The one, ia fares af a quurter of mill- fon strong inen, Slves la usury, and gives to tha, world not so much as one gral of wheut, This quarter of a million brokers antl pro- fessional stock-speeuintors: live on tho fat of the land, and yet, all together, they never give ta the world ‘so titel as one Tueifersnateh, hey ara enmp-followers who plunder the dead, But the grent builders of railways are quite nnother quality of nen, Athough rajlrond-biflders ore Usten, much too often, speeutors also. Gould Is YRE-RMINENTLY A DUSLDER, . TIeis nota man who tears down, If over his hand touches a rallrond it seems to start atonce jute fife, although fe may have lain rusting and rotiing in its grave for yen! ever there wasa nian insplred forany special work In these Inter days, day Gontd seins tobethatinan, You piny study the map of Surope and comprehend’ the sudden moves nents ant colossal combinations of the First Napoleon, if it be possible, ‘Chon turn to America, and) see What this man bns done anil Is doing here, and you wil find that hls dehlevements far‘ outrench those of the great Emperor, When T first, traveled through Europo 1 found 1 had te have apassuort: for almost every one of tho thirty petty States, ‘This was expensive and troublesome, But now Hismarek nnd the Emperor have ted abl these together, and tho world ealls them great, ‘A few yenrs azo the railways of the West lay In broken bitsy and fragnenta,—ane at war with the other, cutthic cach others throats, and malntuinlag standing arinles of Presidents and oMeers an cnormons salaries, allof which the farmer lind to pity far. Jay Gould reached out Inind, reniod: eled all, consolidated all, swept the standing ariny out of existence, and gave the farmer a rond that took hls produco to narket for LESS THAN IALE THE PONMER CORT. Bimarek, with a miltion of men, ted Ger- many together; and the world applauded, although he did deplete the treasury and double tho taxes, Here, n single nian, assaulted on nll sides by tho abuso af enemies and feeble detract. ors, without a dotlar, except, as he could make [tout of hls scheming bratn, bas united and bound together all ‘4 and estabe Usheil systems whieh are ten-fold more tue portant, every oho of them, than tho nnifica- Uon'of the German States; ant, Instead of doubling the taxes, he has doubled, iebled, quadrupled the taxable property of the countries wheroin he ins wrought, Ile has given employment to perhaps a million of men in bailding, and maintatiing, and re- constructing tesa railways; and, what ty most hnportant of all, so redueed tariifs thot the farmer can now ship his graiiat a rate that must soon ninko hin na wealthy man, "Take, for example, what fs wow enlled the Wabash sytem, A Vittle tine age tho stock wns solilngat half a centon the hundred, The old iran ratls were rusting away, aud the whale concern was: bankrupt. Now, steel rails, thausnnda of additional cars, aud tke new equipments generally, blossom all along the 2,000 nilles now connolidated and merged in one corporation, Aud, with new Hig, new towns are gig ip altalong the tines, ‘Truly itinay be sald of this man that i ME HAS BUILT AB MANY CITIES AS some ten we call great lave destroyed, Thiye mentioned the Wabash system only veause [6 ts the most familiar te me, and hence £ know that, under the Presidency of Soll Solon Humphreys, [tinnst conti to flourish Uke a bay. Just as much neh safely he sald o¢ railways away down in Texas, ont onthe Plulns, and even in the Mexicos, that havo been built or called back fu ita by this Uttla King of Ameriean en- But verhups | ought to draw the Mno hero, J do not know Mr. Gould, and he very Iikely inny take umbrage at what L have sald; but Tshontd think that ane who lins borne so much nbuke ought to be ble to bear this much wellearned pratse from one who ad: ullres plies aud achievement and dares ap And now, right hers I want the reader to atlek apn and: ponder well this ono fea; Great-bralned wen are ta ba born tous here in Ametien, What shall they. dot Hew ench other to places, asin Karopo? Nayy—l trust Wwehave grown boyond the age of bazbar- isin? What shat) we ’! Ni Pah eat we do with our Napoleons? I RECOGNIZE THES WHEN THBY COM, rd for him, Day’ ntly hear such ex- ‘IIE shoot + Well, * Det bine self os of wy friends at this thae, JF could get on with that sinall sum well. Hut, awa! tt pithe great auld shore of the vast west sea, Lwanted to build nhome—aeity, LP would gather about me tho dear spirits of old. In bono sweet spot where there were woods and enol waters, 4 warm bun and prolitic soll, we would mect and bull ao city,—a elty of ref- ‘uge,—where every Buhemlsn inlkit come and have @ home, rest, peace, plenty, so lon; as he or she should Jive or care to atay. ‘3 even drew up play of my city, and frained fow brief laws for ts government. I name ‘topla. Onreturning to Wall Street [ chose thi ut brokers,—one & bull” House, ong L should say, fit the first place, tet a of iat brutal (is phiel we ave inner bin Europe, chit 5 & NObIE; i i 4 re % ahha to Bau a tty te ae te buen should say that, instead of bowing dow before an effete nubiiity of urnpe, aut tes pentlig thelr comings and goings in our pres cat day, wo should give some solid recog. ultlon to the great world-bullders in our anlust. Tehould say that, Instead of fawning upon our awn few Genetais who made th f reputations by tearing down, we ou; maa 12, ia them, and’ remember those who But, lf the prophested day of universal Wynse is to come, it will come in this way, Vhen a great-bralned and ambitious man springs up among us, he will do, or under take to do, that whieh ts deemed greatest, And, {€ the public heart 1s a0 coarse and ine culttred ng to still chertsh the otc Ilen that [tis greater to destroy than to create, then he will destrey. Let greatness be measured by tho solid zont a man docs (6 tho Work Me may bo selfish in his works he may bo utterly so. Man Is by nature tat ‘ ate it does not make the subsinntiat enefits less, . Measured by this standard, which I feot-Is the right one, F should say that this man, day Gould, fs not only the most colossal tigure in Amerlen, BUT IN ALL THE WonbD, Itisagrand thing to fight for one's coun: ry. But ltis aerander thing to make one’s eountsy worth dichting far, ‘Tis is the idea should like to {impress wnon every young heart. It ls such an ensy thing to boa butcher. But it takes time, ant kindness, and skill, and rufnement to raiso the flock for lifs shambles, Onr new Napoleons are to iuttate thisone, ‘Thoy arg to understand that he who strikes ono blow toward bullding roads that tap flow of golden grain to Kurope contributes something toward enriching his own land aud aise toward feeding the hungry of tho Old World, Ofcourse, L know nothing of the inner He of my here. Lido notdeslre to know of it, ‘Fhe perpetual abuse of enemies lias made him sua ttanly alone and exclusive. Yet Lam told that hls home-life ts most per- fect and sweet, and that lls sons are gro! ing up to be en of great taste and culture. ‘Ong thing we do know, however: that to the sulfering South, Kansas, and other places, lie hag, in the inost unobtrusive way, sent more solid help than any one man besides hu the world. Fancy any Old World Napoleon heading a subseription-listt ‘Vo hive learned what [have of the magnl- tute and linportance of this new Napoleon's work, knitting the Lakes to the Gulf, the Atlautle to tho Paciti, tho North to the South, Ino network of steo) that nothing ean over break, —this was WORTH MY WALE-YEAR IN WALI. STREET, Wall Street? How dld Teome ont? Ohl Well. Iwas short of St. Paul and long of Pacitie Mall. I expected’ Pacitle Matt to go ‘un and St. Paul to zo down, ‘They did, and L had $21,000, But that was not enough to build a city with. L held on, One day it was rumored that the rust was not so bad in St. Paul afterall. [te began to startup! Pacitic Mall began to shoot down, At was said the Chit Wished an opposition line, [tell you it takes a ble man to sit on two benches abatinie, ‘Pen to one he will spill himself between the two just as stire ns he attempts tt, T sold some St, Paut and bought more Pa- ellic Mails but all to no purpose. ‘They kept right on. Then L got out at Paeitle Mall at tha lowest figure it touched, and bought Wie bash, I began to flounder, and got fright: ened, J sold and bought, and boushtant sold, 1 frequently saw In the papers that L was getting rich In Wall Street, und kept ol working [lke a beaver. ‘Lhe end was only 9 auestion of tine, ’ One day my broker took me by the sleove, and [ed te, like a lamb as 1 was, aside, MY FUN WAS OVE And Utopla Is Sudeed Utepta. Noone with so Uetle mon Wall Street under better advantages. men were kind and good, Lthink no main there aver attempted to misteadk me. Buc it issimply Impossible to make money there, and keep tt, Let mo mention here that dur Ing iny six months there 1 puid) my brokers In conunisslons $11,425! ‘Theso commissions nlone will devour any possible profits. OF course, it is ndt a pleasant thi mit oneself beaten, But if this brie of my. venture In tiis dangero! dimfitsh wt all that tred and anxious army Of tape-holders who waste th hekels, thotr days, and their strength in valu wait ing.—why, C willingly bear the reprouch, : And, after all, L lost, but Httle, having but Ittlo to lose, And L learned so much, hay- Ing somnuch to earn, — JoAQuin MILLER, A HARD MASTER, Mow Hancock Regulnted Matters for Workingmon—How Do Theso Sentl= monts Sound in n Candidates Lite, Gen. Hancock's position with respect to workingmen Js very clearly tokl in the fol- lowhig sections of a ‘Texas law, whieh, a3 military commander, io approved and at- tempted to enforce: “Sue. 8 In ense of slekness of tho In- borer, wages for tho tine lost shall be de dueted; and when tho sickness ts feigned for the purposo of Itenuss, nnd also on refusal to work: necording to contract, double the amount of wages shall be deducted for the time lost, and alsa when ritions have been furnished; and, should the refusal to work continue beyond three days, the olfender shalt be reported toe w dustlee af the Peres or Mayor of a town or city, and shall bo foreed.to Inbor on rands, streets, snd other public works without pay, until the offender consents to return to his Inber, “Sure, 9 ‘The Inbor of tha fanboys shall be koverned by the terms stipulated [a the cou- tract; he shall obey all proper orders of hls employer or his agent and take proper care of his work-nutles, horses, oxen, slack af all eharacter and) kind, aso all ngrlentiural ins plements; and employers shall have the right to make ‘a reasonable deduction fram. the Invorers’ wages for Injuries done tozninials or agricultural fimplements comniced to thelr care, or for bad or negilgent work, Falling to pboy, reasonable orders, neglect of duty, leaving home without permtssion, line pudence, swearlne, or Indecent langungs to or In the presence of the employer, hls famn- ily, or agent, or quarreling aud fehting with one anather, shill be deemed dlxabedtence, For any disobedience a fine of 31 shall be imposed, aid patd by the offender, For all lost tlie from work-hours without permis. sion from the employer or tis agent, unless in eases of slekness, the Inborer stall be fined 23 cunts por hour’ For all ubsenee fran home without permission, the biborer will be fined at the rate ot $2 bi aay: disies to be an nounced at the tine of the delinquency.” = DON'T GIVE UP THE FLAG. For ‘The Chitar Tribune. All hall to theo, my Country's Flag) ‘No Liburty, who guve theo birth, And bale thes.saivy in telumph o'er, ‘Tho proudest Nutlon of tho Earth) Our patriot Cathars ratsot theo frat, Ant bors thee on through fre and smokes Under thy stars they fought aud bledy Ant freed them from Hritannin's yoko, to nt- history tand will You waved o'er Moxio's burning plains; At Hiiena Visi, Alonteroy, ‘ And many athar bloody tlds, You lod 118.0 tu yiotory,. Ani once again, in answer to Sountry's enll, O dear old Flagt Hetore a Revel bost you waved Dellanco to thelr taunting rig! Ilddled with Rebel bullot-holes, Hegrined your stirs with dist and gore, Your tatte: Tolds weft cheered us an ‘JIM vietory esuwned ave Bause ONO jnOFe, And now, when near 9 score of yours, Fhive peavo and plenty round us spread, ‘To prove the Justive of the cnso Yor which vo muny heroes bled, Naw, now, tho crue), vlood-stiined hands «That atrove to hurl thea In the dust, Neaeh forth to weaay thee ne thelr own, ‘And claim our niigbty Nation's trust, Shall Southorn Rebel Nemocrate, ‘Wha strove fo compara Biuvory, Bd Vghtly privileged to bear Tho glorious Standard of the Froof No greater Insult contd wo giva = The Banner Uaat we love, | trow, Thun yield (t to tho hands of those Who spurned It twenty yoard ayo, Float on, O glorious Stara and Stripest Tn teifinph Huat over land and ¢out Whillo Northorn freomen hive x yvolco, No lebel hand sult aul thoo! West Unity, O, ns. dt. W, Ginsizn, A Psychological Study of ‘Tho Medieal Record reproduces in its current number the lending features of tho atudics of Prot, W. Pryor, of dona, in a fleld aa you almost, Unbroken, that is, in the psychological study of futunis. ‘Chis study begins, tho Vrofossur siy's, with tho observation of the mayenonts und sensations of 1 child, and then proceeds to note the dovelopmont of the ditteront sonecs, (he formation of speceh, etc, and tha offeat of alt these thins in awakening the futclligenco, The firat manifestation of voluntary motion occurs about the fourteenth week, whén the fant bo- gins to hold up tts bond. After four months tho atl 18 Usually balanced well, and at ten months tho power to ait up fe ucquired, Ability to stand wus ivunlly, tithe cused etudied by tho Protea. wor, gulned suddenly at the ond of the inst yous, ‘The first wrusplug motions of the band nm tho Bret quarter fon are ontirely ree ‘ex and mechanioal, tho frat yolun- tary nttotpt to tuke hold of un object not deb Noticed before tho sevonteenth week, | The chil doves ot show sclf-consclousneas, a knowlodue of tts indepondent oxlatence, until the second aarlOe of the second year, Tho senalbility of fanta, 8 ekinof n new-born chikt te vers low, arid i | willgive no signs of discomfort if it be prickod on the nose. or lips, or hands. ‘The eyes, tou, close slowly when touched, and dot ot oloso at mL bt tho bath. An inerease of sensil lity, hows ever appears Inn das of hwo after birth, At tatunts are dent at birth, beenisg th? outer ent fe cloged and thera fs.as set no nit ly the middio eur, A response ton thong sound 4 dbserved, at tho enritest, ty aix hours, but often tot fara way or two, The ayvikening of tho reuse tly be detected by the bilaktoue witet a loud noise o¢e enstons, No other orgints thoughtto contrite to the Intollectunt development of the ehild aa mueh asthe cir, The fest perceptions are those of light. Tho Infant shuts [ls eyes ne soon ns Igbt enters then: within a week Tt Gorn [ts lance to tho Window, but itis three weeks be. fore tho eyes will follow a light moved before them. ‘The stuphl expression on the child's {aco oes Not lorve it until the seeond marter year, ant the {nee grows move huinan and spirited with the Incrensa of the power of seeing tntelll- gently, Lie DENCE ty Higilsh colors follows, that of Intolligont a thon, nnd she tnd bright colors are preferred: but tho power to distinguish them by mune dees not conte wlll the beginning of the third yenr, The reeonl- tton of form, size, tind diatitice comes slows, In the Arst month the (utitt pays va atteation to tho aswiftest approach of the person's hand to ite face, and in the third sear it will atitl show irnorance of alzo amt no unprecintion of distance. The Professor set down in writing every sound uttered by nt child during {ts test two years, and whieh could he so represonted. At frst only vowels are hoard. but a! fn the (rst five weeks these notnids are a diversified ns ta express ditterent feelings, ‘hus, the Professor snys, the periods Jeally broken cry, with knit cyes, denotes: buns ger? the codtinions whine, cold; and the high, penetrating fone, paln, The consonant m was ean in tho seventh week, and dn the soventh month fd, tt, 0 and rarely, ef and kk wero distinguished. “Lmptrfect: Initiations of sound were Tieard in the sixth month, and vt this thing volees begun to be distingtighed by the child, Great progress is tnade fu the Imitation of sounds ufter tho third hnitsyent, and the powers of articuiniion become well developed by tho fourth balf-yenr. REASONS AGALNS'T A CITANGE, Address of tho Buniness-Mon's Anos ciation of Albnny, No Xe The Business-Men’s Association of Albany, N. Y., have slaned and Issued an address to the people of thant State, giving cogent rene sons against “a change,” and in favor of the couthinance of ‘the present fiscal polictes of the Government, Lhe document fs signed by nearly 500 business-firms, and reads as fol- lows: Tho two partics Into which this country ts now divided pollileally, however they may differ in’ other respeets, agree in regarding the common safety and prosperity as Uie only legitinite end of political action. Pinnting ourselves upon this selGesident proposition, and belng ealled in this campatgn to dectta between the principles aud representatives of the two opposing parties, for reasons which appear to us to be conelusive and catholic, we have effected nn organization having for its object the promotion of the electlon of the Republican eandtilate, The considerations: whieh have influenced us so to do are Dricily these: First—Bualneas tits mantfald branches fa good. miu is proving better cvrerpe ty, Every department of trade is prospering, while the outlook Is that to morrow shall be ag to-day, aud mich more enty, vaphtal Is cont. thera is plenty of Tho abundant. Money ts. ph dent and Invests: freely work at fair wages for all who desire It, new enterprises ure many,—the fallar fow. Achinge of parties would eertalnty—if It meant nothing morest gard to the Mnanchat polley of the G ment, and site uncertainty aw gener distrust fatal to pros Republlean manngement the cessfully weathered — the was onto of tho natura the War, and lis transformed the hard times Into good times, prefore, If seems to us that ordinary sagacity and prudence suggest that it would be the hight of tolly tor tho American pen ple to change partles and policles now. If the Republlean party Is continued In power the relations of the Government to buslness, judging the future by the present and usta know will be safe and satisfactory. ‘The party, which In spice of strenuous and persistent Democratty ov position has effected the resumption of specie- payments, ean be (rusted to thid 1 wise solu. ton of the fiseal problems that yet remain, But we do not know, we euinot know, the attire and significance of the financial paliey, which woukl be Inaugurated if the manage: ment of aifalrs was turned over to the Demo- eratie party. . Secand—There are good qrounds for as- suming that the financial polley i Gow ernment wider i Demoeratte Admintatra- thon would be positively unwise and dis- astraus, ‘True, the Ginelnnati Convention pronounced In favar of, lionest money. True, equally, that the Democratic purty to- day 13 in open and notorious alliance with the Greenhack party in various parts of the country, and that this fact justifies the appre- houston tint if Tancock were elected the Democracy would puttn practice tinanelal Heresies Whose fruit would bon dlsarrange- tof values and a depression of the cu y, With their ntlendant evils to our mat interests, More thin this, the record ows that all the vicious Ananclal theories concerning silver, paper money, and resimp- tion which have boen afloat during the past ten yenrs have readily gravitated to nnd re- ceived the countennnea of tha Demacracy, An organization with such a repitation 1s fuirly to bo adjudged an uusafe depositury of faaticial power, It woula merely have to be tre to the uustable aid witrustw neter it has established sorlously to disays range the curreaey and hmpair tho publie ereulf, and in so alae to paralyze our yarled. and complex material Interests, Third—The relatlve positlon of the two aayties onthe tary tasue, de our optilan, ternishes mn overicheiming argument In Savor of continuing the tute of the Repul- Ucana. Gen, Garticht Is running ona plat. form which demands that the duties levied for tha purpose of revenue shall so discrlins inate ay to favor American labor, Gen, | eoek la ranulng ena platform which calls for “a laril for revenue only.” Whieh of these two doctrines {4 It for’ tho interest of the businessmen ef Albany to Indorse? ‘The trininph of Hancock In the overthrow of the present torlit, which it would secamplish, wontd Inevitably cause x revolution in nll the great, branchos of business. It would fload thy Innd . with «the products of the Old World, nnd this feava our home pro- duets tingsa market, It would eauso mills, 4, fictories, wad mines to languish, dl tray capital, and place warkingwien onstarvatlon wares, The protective terlif pole fey of tha Repablican party has ealted into being and nourished nimnbertess great Lulis- tries, and tntess our merchants and pantie facturers wre desirous of acelng their proiit and loss wecount assume ghee pronar tlous, ant thelr other necounts proportion ately dwindle, they cannot, as we look at It, vote in favor ef the nominees of a party: that favors 1 tut for revenue only.” Pourth—The Republlean party presents wolth a bilanes sheet whoxe anbnpedeh- able Jigives demanstrate that It deserves well uf all men: whe hate a attke in the Government, Lthns rediecd the National ‘debt nearly $20,000,000; by the pracess of re- funding the Interest necount his heen re. duced frany $11,000,600 por annuen tn 15, to $70,000,000 fr 1850, Pho Inst tine the Demo- erntle party held the ofices whieh they are nowy aeoklog, & Gayernment 8 we vent bond sold for 89 eentas a donn Of $18,000,000 ux- housted the unrket for six months, white the balanee of trade was aga! Us over $20,000,- 000, ‘To-day, after twenty years of the party which hos:nominated Garfeld, a4 per cent bond sulle ota prendam of) per cent; a foan for $160,000,000 15 absorbed Ion single day, while the baldnee of trade Is aver $100,000.00 Inour favor, Such contrasted statistles av thos enforeo thelr own fesson; they enboady atarsument for Republican principles, Re- pubilean policles, and Republlean mlininistra- Jou, whieh fs unanswerable, Jn saylay this, and in whit wo have dono ani by what wo propose to do, we trench fpon ho man's rights and impugn no man's motives. All wo clin far, ourselyes—tho right to enforce our convictions by sperch and vote—we concede ta others, We speak as wo think, and we shall voto as we spent, because we belleve the permanent welfare of the country fcpunds upon tho continued Sseennloniy of the principles wo advornte and the policy we approve, and we shall hone for, us wa Invite, the codperation of all wha wish to have enterprise rewarded, Inbar well pald, the National eredit preserve, pur eure reney unquestioned, the Tnvestuient af eap Ital encouraged, and Amerlean industry pro. tected against the ruluows competition and begaurly wagos daled out to the pauper labor of the Old Work, Velloving that thoso results can bo best secured throuih the ageiey of the Repub Nean party we shall vote for the men who represent ts prlnetples and who favor the policy which hay given ta the country the healthful prosperity whieh now everywhere prevails, and wo invite all who are of ike optnton to codparate with us to secure tho results we have In view, a Douansa Farming, Much interest hag been manifested in regard to the operatious of the “bonanza farmers” of panie, legneies Dakota ang Minnesota in tholr wheat raising enterprisc@® lt hos been urged, with some do- ibility, that thee ayetom af fullaw. ree OF pl fe’ the wheat crop with the sume, will wour out and manufacture: rthy chars | 1880-—SLX’ tho Innd within a few yenrs, and that therefore aitety farininge, i the ‘easly Uctive te tho, future interes f the aietr Itivated, While, however, ther ain be butt lstle doubt of thts frict, suv praltatie Je the present course or the owners that they seen content to let the Punters tnke care of {teelf, Wo learn that tho thie rytiple farm, larger than the one deserted Helow, anorketed well ligt 70000 head wheat, this year, nt nenrly $t per bushel, of tho Grandin firm we have the following from the Fargo Annas : * Daring tho reason of 1880 the Ana Js Ine formed that tho Grandin farm management ents tlynted D221 neres of wheat, the total yietd of whieh amounted to 197287 bushels, of nh iver. te of 2) bushels and 10 ponds to tho vere. In adaition to this thore were HE acres of ants, which produced 18405 bushels, Darley, the erap ar whteh wna dice) bu COrandins wil break: new tnd for th to the extent of 208) neres, gly nt for seeding oxt spring of 800 nes io aplondid estate owned and boing rapiilly devele uped by this conecen consists of the river wheat form of 49.007 neres‘on the Hed Rivorof the North, aud tho atock fart nt Maysville, eover- tise LODO neres: tot, 6000 neres. Ag nm slight commentary on the qitestion, "Does bonanza fuming payee may he mentioned that Jr bushels of wheat will pay uit the expenses of tho institution for the ven, tho other productic onts and barley, wilt feed the stock, and tho, ceeds of 100,000 bushels of North Dakota No, 1 Ind whont wilt represont tho net proilt of tho Grandin erop for 188." —<—$—— * SPIRIT OF THE GERMAN PRESS. The Belloyitle (IIL) Zeltung of Inte date contalus the following ¢ ‘Those Demoeritic fanatics who always tm- agined that Gon. Haneack would secure the State of Winafs are by this thing Mudoutbtedly iiware of the * comedy of tholr errora,” wt leat nll those whe areal tight inthe tipper story, Qneflolt wilt nat alone reeelve the entire vote of sae Hepaieay purty, and nenely allat tho hi depondout votes ef Ulnols, but’ ntse many ine jluentind Democrats have declared In his favor. Among tho prominent Democrats of the Stato af filinots whe tave lately annonce their tne tention to voto for the Republienn cundidate for the Presidengy Is Lewis Stewnrd, of Pano, who: four yearyngo wus the Demoerntlo candidate for the ofve of Governor of this Rtate on the Titen Heket, avd whom the Republleans de- fented onl; Me avory smull majority. THe ex- plans bis netion by the fuot that Gurfield Is a true frien of the laboring men. nad that the a lea! arrogance nd fmpudence of a United South’? ennonly bo met and disposed of by a “United Narth.” This decliration for Garfold on tho part of one of the Invst populnr eltizons of the Sinte of MNnols wit inerense Hancock's minority in this Stute to a considerable extent. mad Uf Tf Gen. Hanenck isa man of honor, then the folluwhig proposition of the Milwaukee Heroted may he considered a good one: Uf there wre any advanteges connected with this lettor-forgery Gen. Manenck will ceeclye the benefits of thon, But would tt be compnti- Dio with the honor of Gen. Tnincock asa cltizen andatn otticer In the ariny of the United States, quietly to stand by nnd ‘eee low his pollefeal party associates Ile, cheat. und defraud ft his in- tereat wud for hls benett? Uf ho has tot lost, vonsequenco of the cloction exeltement, all of bls moral respectability and mental eapuelty to ake a difference between right and. wrong, between what (s Just and what Is dishonorable, between tn honorable man and a scalawiag, faust he not confess nnd say that tho Amorican pouplo—ses, the Whole world—will hold him also, together with his nfers and nabettors, ree ahonsiblo for this outrageous fend, perpetrated to enhunce bis suceess? Stroutd os honor asa man not dictate to hin to renounce all ad vuntages which might average frou thls fatamy: in his favor, inorder te preserve pure and Wie sullled hls owa repitation ¢ In the faco of tls colossal, Infamous crime of which the Demceratly Natlonat Committec Is gullty, Hiancook should, ast iman and a soldier of honor, ns the Deinoeratle candidate for the Tresldeney, * take bls pert tn lund" for (ho Inst timo and welte his tast letter In this eampnicn, directed to that man Barnum. in which ho should stlymatize this letter-forgery ns utterly comtemptible and damnable; that lie vould net indorse sueh nn infamous elcetion-tricks that he would degrade bhinself the acceptances of any favorable results uecritng from the porpos tration of such a fraud; that: he would never aultor tiimsclf to becoine or be looked upon us. nperttecpa crintinis In this forgery, and Unit hey therefore. would resin lle cundidney far tho oltice of President of tha United States, What will Hancock do? Tho New York Handetszettung, 0 finan- cin! paper and independent in polities, writes as follows: Nover before havo our business men taken sich a Myely interest In tho polltient Bus unoly during a cninpaign preceding Preshlontial elec tons; tnt never before, wo must adinit at the AMG time, were the finanelal, commercial, and Induatrint Interests of tho country Involved to such a degreo ns in the present entipatga, witch is now drawing to its close. Polifleal questions aro in this campalgn of inferior importunee. Bat itis the preservation und possible increnso of utr progout proguarity whieh the poppte hive ohlally at heart, And for this prosperity the Natlon is under obligntiona to tho party now In power, whose administration, although not on- Urely freo from faults, bas steadily eared for und protected the gener] publie welfare, ant which ts now in the best situation to intraduca athor more desirable roforme, Nothing ns good oan wo ox peat, but overs thing: worse hive wo to fear, Cee he prety desiring a ehanze; i change In Administration bodes noth~ ing good, and contains nothing invitlug, therc- fore, for the bualacss-men. ‘Phe only, point while could have beon cone stried so for in favor of the Detnocrats, be: their disposition towards froo trade, Is les tioned by tho canressians of the Democrutio Veesidential candidate, coutained in hia dite letter, and the Uittle aynnuhy heretotore felt for him by tho business world hina vanished, and ho kas injured tia prospects very materially within tha rinks of hia own party, Provided the general feeling mid sentiments ut present prevalling In business eireles do not ex [peated iu tho courgoof the few remui: nl duys cfore the election un sutden change, whieh Is very tmprotable, wo can safely aay, and wo cu peut omy what we enld bofore, that tho election ot the Republican Presidential candidate, Gon. dames A. Garticld, must be looked upon a3 posl- tively assured, Tho Minols StaatsZetiung of yesterday contained the following double-leatted edito- rat in reference to tho “Mississippi Plan, which Mayor Harrlson seems to bu deter- mined to enforce In our elty during the last days preceding the cleetion: The occurrences during tho list few days leave no doubt in relation to ane fact at leust, and (hat fa that Mayor Harrlaga Is determined to ine treduee In Chicuye tha election crimes of Kon- tucky and Missisainpl. With an tnipudence unhenrd of since the days of Mayor Colvin, he las transformed alt of the municipal dopartments—the Polica, Mire, and Water Departiunts, and tho Ruard of Pubtlo Works—Into one vist machiie to falsify the election, Thousands of Netitiaus manes havo fwon surreptitiously entered on the registry lste—J.c, uimes of peraous who do not exit at all, or who ure nat untitled to vote, In a few preoinors (for Instance in the Fifth Ward) thore tise nlore nums registered thn there aro Votors over #1 yearsof nage residing thorein. ‘The trish potlvenion are justrieted 10 rope inasmany vaye thonds us they ean tind and tomaks them yois, the Democratic teket. Verocratle Judges ire. not loth to prostitute the dignity of thelr oftlves by fasting, Upon the testimony of ‘perjured vil- hitns, mittivalizution papers to hundreds upon handrada Of men. Ln short, it ia clear ag any that our Kentuekion Chiof Magistrate of tho Clly of Criengo, und his alders and abettors are deterinined to transplant the © Miateslppt Pian" to Chicago, The most impudent performance so far Is tho arrest of a Federal Elevation Suporvtsor by an Irish policeman and a deppicably Justice at tho Pees, Sis Intatay: fe wt open revolt apnlost the Fodor] hive, and aa henorance In fuw ene Hot ho plarded Asn pratectton by any ane (Ox- prossly hot by onleera at the Inw) digainat the eonvequenves of Waliwfal neta, the palleurrin Murphy and Justlee of tho Pollee Wallace bo- Jory by rights inthe Poustentiory, Citizens uf Chiengot Wil you quiotly sub- alt that by a mldarable aoatition between Kone tucky and froland, our city shall bo trausformed ito an arena Cor (ho performmices of Wx repeators mid vlection-falaiilers? If taprovent It you must propare yourselves to qivat thy scoundeols in such a inuniner that thoy willatonce inderstand Uiat ebeathug will not bo tolorated heres that Chieaga ts not situated South, and that olvetion frauds will not Is" puatshed hore, but that you are tho purpotration of such crlin HMONG Laded UpoL poaplg'e ele Lia Gave Hona, there vxistd no greater politieal o than the olection fraud, because tha very founs dation pou whlch auch Government redte 19 at oncorendered unsafe, ‘This foundation Ia tho will of the mijority of the cltizens cntitled to voto, Whoever by fraud, fulalteation, niight, or inthnidution creates a innjority out of n wilnority, 8 gully of tho sumo crime na com mitted “by tha adanaltn ln Ke wha mardors the | tawful rulor that Govermncnt, Ki id ono surreptitiously deposits a fraudulont vate in tho hallot-box invalidates | the: tho yoto of a lawful yeter, It would bo perfectly In order to #lioot down on the spat every ane who knowlnge Jy hands a fraudulent vote to the olection dyed —lke we would shoot down a burglar or highway robber—becunsa the jmportaice of (hu uplmc eomuniteal by tho farmer la tu ua doe vreo legs thin that committed by tha latter. Whoover steals ny money doca tot cause nit, RHI ee jury than he who inyal- datos my vote by a fraudulent ticket, If anyone of the subserviont Irish binok- guurds and tools of our Kentucky Mayor should attompt to bindor or lmpode the npprouch to tho ballat-box of By eltlenn ontltled by law to vote by put Into tho Hug of yaters any pere gonwe that such person may sounce vote than tho othor citizens already in lino, ja ntso guilty of Rcrime, and he tnuat expect to bo troated as aoriningl. In the faco of all tho impudenco with which the arrangements are ‘prepared to bulldoze and Ku-Klux the City of Chicago, it would be both nonsensical und cowardly if the Republicaus would lay sublimely ou thor backs and fot yood Lord be good Devil simply because they ontor- him fn hopes of finding somo trace of th tain tho pions hono that, after all, Mayor Mare ridon aad his gang of Ku-Kinx will not itet quite aa reeklesly. vos, we nastra tho citizens of Chicaga that Harrison and hls toots will net equally, as bad as Vhelr fellowa-in-erime of tho Bouth Uf they nse Hot met with other remerics and proventives than groansand papor-proteacal After (oy have Miredto rovalt ngalnst tho Feiloral iwa they will dare to go farther, unioas thoy nro tight nt ones that we aro in bitter, bloody earnest, ‘Fhe Republicans are In the hinjority ia Chi- ergo: bat thia fact nlone ts not eutlicient. Tho Tanjority must make iteolf folk, and with and by atl tnenns which are nece A repetition of tho crimes alrendy committed and a consume: tlon of all other erhininal plan: thoir oppo. nents must be prevented. Ku-Klux, in Chicago fre only of value na orninionta to lampposts! Hf they are univilling to servo for any stich pure puso thoy should make themselves Beare! a A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE. Seeing 700 Deor at a Look on tho Piko'n Wonk Tratl-Attackot by Mountain Lions, Cotorada Springs Gazette. Sergt. O’Keefy returned Inst evening from on unsuccessful attempt to ns- eend tho Peak, He says that It is the first time within his experience that he has been thus bamied, and ho asks to be vxeused fromever being subjectert to n siinilar expertence. By the reports which ho had received from Mr. Sweensy, who 1s sin tloned at the Denk, he was led to infer that but little snow had fallen, and In consequence he was not prepared to contend with tho obstacles whleh blocked his path, The Journey for tho first few mites of the trall was without any — dissatlsfactory feature, but, while making an abrnpt turn in the trail, in tho vicinity of Minnehaha Falls, the Sergeant wits brawteht to a stand: alt by an Immense herd of black-tailed deer, which impeded his further progress. Ho contends that the herd contained fully i) head, and says took just. ono hour and forty iiiutes for them to pass a given polut. The Sergeant was only armed with a i-callore Smith & Weason re volver, and with this poor apology for a, fire- arm he succeeded In killing seventeen of the ducer, The only platsible reason that Ser- geant O'Keeft can give for the remarkable Appearance of this vast hord is thut they werg driven from South Park by the recunt storm, a\s the Sergeant wascompelled to continues his journey to the Penk, he gnthored the game which bo liad Siatiphtoret , tled thelr talls together, and slung them ayer tie neck of ig falthtat mie,“ Balaom,’? and cone thhued on hig way, Everything passed off sinvothly natil thinber ine was reached, when the Sergeant enconntered another serl. ous barrler, as the fierce northwest wil which necompanted the storm had formed mountains o£ snow teross tho troll. With the much-trusted veteran mule“ Balan’, and at UnusuAl aout of Herseverates ott the part of hinself, Sergt. O'Keefe contrived to sitrmounta tremendous snow drift twenty eight tet indepth, When safely upon the other side he pansed for a moment, and tak lng his fleld-gliss he viewed the prospect o'er and examined the diMcultics with which he had to contend, As far os the eye could) reach nothing but snow banks could be seen, some of which were at lenst 100 feet in hight. lt only required a brief spree of ting for the Sergeant to make Hp lis ntnd that it would be useless to risk his life in making another rash attempt, so he concluded to return to the springs, but upon turning to step Into the suddio he dis- covered that the mule had isa ppeared, The Sergeant was now ina sad plight. Had he only survived the terrible rat raid of 1876 to find death again staring him in the face from staryntlon ? Ile retraced his steps, through the man. moth snow-drlft, and after a terrible sleze of over one hour he found himself standing on the ather side, thoroughly exhausted, After he hid somewhat revived he glanced praund Le los! mule, and what was hls chagrin to poreeive the much-trusted * Balsam” tying upon his hack with fect uplifted in’ the air. at. the bottom of a deep ravine. ‘Tho deer with which he hae been festooned were seattesedl from tap to bottant of the ravine, ‘The Sergeant secured the game and the mute, and again started on his homeward Journey. While passing along a very se- eluded portion of the trail ho was attacked by six ravenens mountain Hons, and, in order to sive hls own Iife, he wis. est pellet to enst away the gane which had required so much exertion to capt- ure. Even the seventeen deer.did not re- plentsh tholr ravenous appetites, and still thoy pursued iin, Int by the proper mantpu- lation of that mule O’Keofe manage to ovade them, He renehed the signal oflice In this elty at 8 o’elock last night, and itis doubtful whether ho ever ngain to traverse the Pike's Peak tral, NELLIE WAGAN. - An Helress to Dilions Abandons Ber Husbaud aud Children, for a Wall Street Curbstone Broker. New York Star. A woman's shame, a trusting husband's dishonor, an elopement, and a divorce suit— all surrounded by tho essential features whieh form the foundation of tha traditional Freneli society = play—wera the facts which | ecnme to tha knowledge of n Star’ reporter yesterday. The woman in the caso is oa buxoin brunet of 28, handsome and viyactous, and the mother of three little children, ‘Tho daugh- terof tho Jate A, C, Yates, a inilllonalre re- aiding on Fifth avenue, nenr Forty-lifth atrget, she was brought up in a manner hefit- ting her station In life, and surrounded by all the Juxurles that money lavishly squan- red could purchase. ‘Ten years ago Miss le Yutes (the maiden name of the erring wife) was mirried to Mr. James W. Hagan, # well-to-do tmanufacturin, fowler of this elty, nnd bore him three children, all girls, feed Seapantively 4s 6, 8 yours, Mr sh and Magan freely hvished his money on his wife, and for years they Nved happy, A year ago they moved Into sumptuous apartments in Q fashtonable apartment house.at No, 74 Wost Forty-fifth street. Mr, Haggg's business emlted hin away from town tr@fiontly aud for Jone hertods, and he was compelled to leave his wife with her two chltaren and survants atone at home, He had no cnuse to suspect his wife's fidellty until within a month, when he came home unexpocledty t 1 ant inet his) wifo in company wit a stranger strolling in Central Park, ‘This ond other tneldents whieh eng to iis knowledge aroused his suspicions, wid he employed Detective O'Connell, of Brvoklyn, te wateh his wife to seo If thoy were well founded, As fars merly, he took her frequently to. places of mansement, and iovarkwwly natleed that the stranger in whose company he hat met her in the park, seemed to dog thelr footstens, He salt uathing, but awalt ed the deteetive’s report, whieh soon came with nm fares of proof that was avyerpowerlng, He learned that his wifs's companion was a Wall-atreet “ourbstone” broker named Louis C, Debson, and that during bis absence from the elty he hind been Uviigln his house, and was supposed by many peonle tobo her husband. ‘Thero was no disguising the facts any longer, and Mr, Naga listened incredulously to the tale which the detective narmited, Tn Mareh, Dobson, necording to his state- ment, sw Mrs. {Lagan at a theater, followed hor home and then addressed anole to hor. She replicd, and nn intiagy sprung up, Dob- son gent her flowers daily, for which ho is now indebted to a Fifth-nvenus florist to tho amotnt of 8340, aud another florist for a lessor Amount. Mra. Hagan understood from him that he was a mtllionulre, and resited at the Windsor Elotel. Ho canie for her frequently hehhul a pair of trotters, and took her upon the read, giving her to understand that they were his property, but Ryerson & Brawiy ropristors of tho Windsor stabica, state that Mr, Debson stil owes thom $278 for the hire of that same pair of horses. Grapes and fruits were also sent to the jady by her admirer, and she was escorted by him to Nickels" rhding-schoul, where sie ‘took | sous abe told her huaband, i horseback rhllag for the benofitat her heatth, When Mr. Hagan earned of atl this, and tho fects fron his sorvants that Dobson had been living in his house and acting ns the master of it durlug his absence, le be came almost orazed, Ho wt once taxed his wife with {nfidelity, and she, although not admitting Wt, asked for a. separa- ton, An extremely painful scene then en: sued, and the husband Ieft the house, ‘The same evening, the oth Inst., Sirs. Hagan left her home, taking with her eight trunks, con- taining her dresses, aliverware, pictures, bronze statuary, ani wearing apparel, valued at over §5,00), belanging to her husband, together with her 6-year-~o! augh= ter, Nellie, When Mr. Magan caine home and found ‘his house stripped of every thing and his wife and child gone he becawa al- most tnsane, ‘Tho detective he had employed searched high and Jow for the orring wouan, and ou the following Monday found her re- alding at tho Irving House, on Bra with Dobson, who had registered, Ifill ag “1. CG. Dobson, wife and ebilt.” ‘The hing bat was at onco apprised of Dotectiy MeConnelt’s scovery, and In company wlth him watehed the hotel, Jin the eventing Pot eon, Ineompany with Mrs, Hagan und hee ehild, emerged from the hotel, and, dogged y the wronged husband and the detective, walked upto Madison nyenna and ‘Twenty. seventh streetyy where they entered “, fashlonable Linardlliug-tuistise and suated thomseives on a piazza for the nr pos witnessing tho Grant parade, Aftor watching a jong Ume from the oppostt sida of the street, Mr. Hagan and tha detective anw Mrs. Tingan carry the elilel Into the, parlor ond Iny Ib onnsofa. Tho detective and the husband then awaited thelr oppor tunity, and while everybody, Was he grossed with the = parade, silpped into the house, ‘The | child asleep, and, without losing a moment, the fattior piekedt np iis ttle ona and dartey into the streot, while the detective stood fare to prevent any one from following hint. A worn who saw Mr. Tagan leavin the house with tho child, screamed and ay pre the mother thatsomething was wrong, She rushed into tho: parlor, followed hy Dob son, and saw her child was gone and the doe tective standing in the centre of tha room, aAtonce realizing what had happened, she shrioked: ale “My child! whore fs my child?” and ( fainting to the floor, ‘Tho Donridingocce was tian uproar when Jt yas learned that the elilld hau been stolen. ‘Cho husband ran homeward with the ehfld hugged to tls breast. and as he reached the housed cab rattied to the door, and his wits leaped from it greatly naltated, while Dobson remained inthe vehicle, She sprang toward her hus band serenining: stole, my child, nadway,, was “Give me my child; you For God's sake only let ine kiss 7 Apucnin her nside, the fiushand replied: “That cliitd you shall never again sce tn this world,” and closed the door on her, Weepmg, she returned to the eb, and the defective thon served her with the papers in a divorce silt her husband vind begin. She drove way, Mut tried again Ineffectuntly to obtain | posses slon oof the child, = On uesday. she applied, through her Inwyers, fora writ of habens corpus inthe Supreme Court for the reeavery of the children, which was granted, but as yet has not been sorvert. On Monday week Mr. Yatos, the {ather of Mrs, Hagan, wha had Jearned from his son-in-law thes story of his wrongs, was prostrated with an attnek of heart lis ense, from which be dled ina few days, Hig will, which was read last night at his resitenes on Fifth avenue, he queathed to his pngalitor a large por ton ‘of his vast estate, the principal of which fg entatled on her childron. A portion of the statuary and bronzes which had been enrrled away by Mrs, Hagan was recovered by the detectives, who fonnd It in pledge with a well-known jeweler on Broadway, wlth swhom Dodsow had lett than Cor a loan of $130, staling that tis father-in-law: lind dist dled, and that he would redecm tho articles as scon as he received the money from his estate, + EDISON. Alleged Completion Light. New York Corrcapondenes indianapolis Journal, On Monday L ran out to Menlo Park to seo whithns’ been done toward tho electrie-light exhibition snnounced for Dee t. The progtess mato slnca I was Jast out there Is absolute, and all lands are happy. When I of tho Electric was at Mento In the spring, Edison expected to rely on his slow-more Ing engine = and the twenty-four dynamo machines that were to convert the power Into electricity, Now, I find that te slow-moving. engine Is to be abandoned, and a high-speed engine of 100 horse-power will bo substituted forit, I also find that the twenty-four dynamos have been sent to tha Jimbo of old, fron, and one dynama has been Kubatituted for thent, capable: of doling the same work, though only four times as larg, This machine will feed 800 samps, eleht to a horsepower, ‘This ta considerably better than Edison's first promis two years ngo, ‘tho First District of New York City hing been organized, and {s naw being canvassed for service. It coyers the heavy business distric! lying between Park Row, Broadway, Wall street, and the Kast River, up to Spriica atreet. ‘This whole «dlstrlet will be feil by twelve engines of 100-horse power each, ‘The right of way in the strects ling atrendy been obtalned frons the City Council, Lnevor saw Edison looking so well. Ho hs galned twenty paunels, and Is Ina very jovial frame of inland, £ found him in tho laboratory, watching a hundred electric lamps, all’ burning, or rathor glowing, on the long work-benel, ’ “What are you doing naw?” [ inquired, “Pals Is one of the Jast experiments,” he anid; “it Is terely to decide on the details of manufacture, Tam going to give sixteen enndles of effective light to'a burner, which is about two candles muro than an ordinary gns-jet. I am testing these lamps to seo which break quickest, All the lamps are numbered, you sec, corresponding to tho numbers tn this book, whore ts recorded a history of cach lamp, [ raisa tho light to suventy-candis power (about four thnes the strain they will ordinarily have to bear), al then Dwateh to seo where they break. Thave alrendy tried the oxpertment twiee, and found that 86 per cent of them brake in exactly the snine piace. I have strougthened tliat spot, and ain now after othor weak- nesses. ‘These amps must be produced by machinery in large quantitics, and I want them exnetly right.” i Insteatl of being a-loop of enrd-board cat: bonized, the form ofa horse-shoo or Inverted ox-bow, 03 Inst apring, the present Ineandes ent part ign filiment of bamboo just te shape nud about. the thickness of the “tir visible hatr-pin” with which Jadies fasten thelr bawlteliluy frizzes. Edison has just started ainnn to Cuba to select and forward fine-toxture bamboo. ‘The United States Electric Lompany, (Maxim) of this city, now amonnees the irst competitive alt by Tneandescence—nll the, former elvetric Hight having bean illumloation by the old Voltaic Are,—i sparc thrown across between twa poluts of carbon. There can and will bons compromise in clectric-lighting,” sald Mn Raison, “for in my contract It ts expressly milpulated that Be atu bs pene a ng lntringera, fustead of. alvid W them, The form of the United States Come pany’s Jam Is that ofa Greek cross. “Wo shall give away our Jumps,” sold tho inventor, or rather hire them oat, taki money only for the uso of them, | Paymen! will be made by the eandle-powet, Instead of hy the foot, nid a simple method of mes: urement will enable every consumer to tell any inament how niiteh has been used. Sixty. men aro now working stendily n6 Menlo Park, and 800 lamp-posts are up re for the lamps. RUTHERFORD B, HAYES, For The Chicago Tribune, Tho alr Isshaken by contonding thuntors Mon's ination boil, and polidiclans baw: While children wateb, and women walt woudor Tho outcomo of it all. Ben plot and pian to subjugate tho Nations Sten Moun tp ovine, and work jn wicked wayet Mon bhicken honcst faine nnd reputation F And no ono thinks of Haye, Grant won his way with hls victorious sabro~ as Gront {a his namo, and hisachleyemonts graies Hut Hayes, by calm and conselentious tabor, Has beautitied the land; Ting shaken off tho hanto of vampires groody ‘That bung nbout tho Presidential place; Has brought delight and comfort to the neody, And Joy to evory face, Tho’ thigvos may dcorn, and ovil mon moan any Tho’ fawning sycophants may dieuppears, And tho’ a thunkloss Nation may consign tea ‘You somo forgotton sphoro; ‘Pho’ friends forsako him, and tho’ foos be hutetuly Tho! all his power and reputation wurios And tho' cur grout Republic bo ungrateful Hla record will remaing Wilt Ingor tong for athor mon to follow— For wany to recall with truthful praisst Without protonse, nor frivolous, nor hallow, Aro uli the nets of Mays. And sho whose simple fife, and love, and beauty Have holped to make bls mission you moro fae Bhall be romembered for hor aciise of duty Sy millions everywhere. Tho workshop echoes with tho busy bammcr. and wilting bands find work. eit not atracnd ‘That mon of caummon sense can crave oO ha pa to b banze? re hope to have acl ane e omnes J HAL Mittanp Avenvs Station, Chicago ee with Morsford’s Acta Phosphate in an old and Obstiuate Case of DyspeP' Ipaye Horaford's Acid Phosphate to aa old and obstinate caso of dyspepala with tha mss happy result, He t@ now bottor than been in yoars. A. K, Wanatst, Bt. Josoph, Mloh,.