Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1881, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 188I—SIXTEEN PAGES. 7 Ee ee RAILROADS, tableness of Low. Pas- pe Profi Fo senger Rates. a," Bloomington’ &*"Western dian: 5 she pemne Building in. Kansas. ow PASS fxg Louisville, , jroad Company deserves the thanks of pail thern people for reducing passenger ae itsline to three cents per mile, This nis oil no doypt have the effect of bring- about 3 general reduction in passenger ing throughout the South. The rectors of the Louisville & Nashvillé Direct ¢ Company, which ~ controls 2 portion of the railroad system in the a are\nOW considering the advisability of meeting ‘the rates made by the Short Line. can hardly afford to maintain their at high passenger tariff any longer, as Cincinnati Southern, also a competing ee charging but ‘three centsa mile. Peo- ine, or be apt 10 pay the Louisville & Beshville four afd five cents per mile when a fake ennpeting lines for three.cents thes ca 9 reduction of passenger rates on puisoudhern roads: will certainly prove 2 te sft to their interests, as the travel will no bent increase so largely as to -more than. aor up for the losses on account of lower at ‘his has been demonstratcy pyre i ‘which, during the. past year, els ons veal passenger ‘aritts to, cents per mile. Every one tare ese oats has made . more a ey since the reduction went into, etfect at "when charging four cents per mile ren tes stimulate f of that low rates \ ame vah an extent as to increase the mings of of the roads is the fact that both oeralion ‘and Wabash Railroad Companies, which hare been carrying passengers during the last four months at less than one cent mile, have increased their passenger pet es lareelY while the competing lines have maintained former rates show a decrease in passenger earnings. ‘The fact is,: that three cents per mile for passenger rates js sufficiently high to insure the railroads even at points not very thickly settled, a got sempneration, while. on roads running througn tiickly settled portions of the country two cents per 1 ile should insure a ‘and their profits from pas-. as, if not ines charg- some Years D: ger ess have been as lar sen as Se of competing ing higher rates. 3 NEW SOUTHERN PACIFIC ROUTE, ‘special Correspondence of The Chicago Triburie, Lgapvitte, Colo., Dec. 24.—I have re- cently made a trip. over the new Seuthern Pacific route from California through Ari- zona and New Mexico, making the crossing from the Southern Pacific to the Atchison,- Topeka &, Santa Fé Railroad by. stage through the mining districts. As this rezion is just now the subject of much interest; an account of the trip may not be uninteresting. ‘In going out to California I pursued the old route over the Union and Central Pacific Pailroads, which I have often traveled; and ‘which isso familiar to youf readers’ as to need no description. -I was, however, sur- prised by the immense business these roads, are doing. The old mountain scenery, and “the long stretches of treeless: and almost grass- tess plains looked just thesame as of old. ‘The deep outcropring ridges’ of +the- Devil’s. Slide had not worn off any, and the romau- tie binffy and fantastic shapes of sandstone jn Echo and Weber. Caiions were interesting ‘ssefold. The dasking stream was fretted with an Iey border, old Salt Lake lay “placid between its sandy shores while the mount- tains beyond, like eternal sentinels, looked ‘down upon it in thedistance. We found bit little snow in the plains, but’ the mountain. Slopes were well covered. .-The weather was told and the wind blew sharply most of the way until we came down into the: Valley of the Sacramento, when we seemed suddenly to have changed zones. Here the trees and shrubbery were green, with. ional touches of November yellow, and with’ the smooth and balmy ‘sunshine the chinze ‘Was most agreeable. From Sacramento, I have heretofore gone to San Francisco by way of Stockton and Lathrop, the‘old round- about way, but nov the main. line rims by way of Benicia, crossing: the.arm of the bay for: about a mile on one of the enormous ferry-boats, which are capable of carrying ' cn two large trains at orice. Our train was a large one, but it seemed to affect the boat no more than if running upon solid rock. For along distance the road: runs through salt- Tass marshes with a treacherous founda- tion, which in places is quicksand, and in one Viace we saw where an dider track had sank altogether out of sight unger water, and, al- thongh hundreds of car-loads of rock had deen dumped: ‘into, it, they shad . not found its bottom. Before reaching Be- nics we pased through an immense Nineyandin which hundreds of Celestials woe canned, in drying grapes for raisins. ‘or this purpose the grapes are spread out carefully on board ‘platforms, about three square, tilted ta the sun, and are occa- sionally turned over so as. to dry equally. -: }eighteen miles, v road, cutti ill by a tunnel, cireumnay gates it, and crosses its own line on the hill over the tunnel by which it gains about sev- enty feet of elevation. Then for several hours we cross the Mojave desert,—a desert indeed whose monotony is only relieved by the gigantic specimens of the tree cactus which make ‘it look like .scrubby forest. We pass through'.San Fernando tunnel, ‘about one and a quarter. miles long. About noon we descend into -the fertile and beauti- jul Valley of Los, Angeles,—almost buried and hidden among the luxurigus growths of magnolia, almond, and other.foliage. Los Angeles is distant from'¢h",ocean about th’ which “it’is connected. by two Tilliroad lines at Santa Monica and Wilmington, and is protected*by its position from all the harsh: sharp sea -winds. Its Italian climate and the watering of the clear limped stream which runs -by it makes it produce Juxitriantly all the semi-tropical fruits, and the figs, almonds, oranges, and lemons from this vicinity are famous. The Jarge, ich, ‘and. ‘Jucious “Mission ” grapes grown herd are the most aro- matic and delightful to the sense of any_ I have -ever eaten, Before leav- ing I bought 2 paper-bag containing pdthaps fen pounds ef aS froistand for 25 cents, and .other fruits in proportion. From here the road runs a little” south of immense ranches and-vineyards, among them those of the celebrated. Cucamunza Wine Com- pany, AtColton is the station for San Ber- nardino, two miles north, nestled at the foot of the hills, and for Riverside, seven or eight niles south. This latter place is hardly a town as much as an aristocratic rural. settle- ment, and ene of the finest in the State, It is settled mostly by wealthy‘ colonists from the Eastern States, and’ is charmingly sit- uated and splendidly improved. The car- riage-road leads through tong avenues of ssplendid shade-trees, and each house is an elegant. villa surrounded with groves of oranges; figs, almonds, and vineyards, which. are famous throughout the State for the size and quality ot their fruits. A few miles from Colton we enter the long, desolate reaches of the Desert of the Colorado River. ‘The time-table of the rail- road is arranged so. as to pass through this desertin the night, but our train was de red for several hours by a sand-storm, which drifted the. silex_ upon ‘the track to such a degree that it was impossible to prov ceed, so that when we waked in the morning we we were standing still in the midst of it, ‘These sand-drifts are much more difficult than snow-drifts, and “will throw a train from the track much quicker. This desert js very extensive, reaching for hundreds of miles from the northwest. to ‘the southeast, and the greater part of it lower than the sca- level. “Death Valley, famous in story and tion, isa portion of this desert. For a’ it, tra distance of sixty-one miles we, in crossit were below the sea-level, the distance ‘below atone point* being 268 feet. It would not require a very long canal to divert the waters of the.Colorado River into’ the desert, and many have’ advocated that it should be done, either at State or Govermental expense, claiming that the clitnatic changes that would be produced, and the eat amount of. land now waste ying upon fts borders, which would thereby become arable and valuable, would amply justify the expense. Isaw no vegetable growth in the desert except'a low, very green and small- leaved tree, much like our willow in ap- pearance, and called the folliverde, and an oceasional cactus. The railroad company have established station-houses every fitteen miles.across the desert, occupied by labortrs whose duty it is to pass over the intervening spaces every day with hand-cars to clear the track from drifting sand. ‘These station- houses, like all of those of this Company through Arizona, are built with double walls and double roofs, the upper roof being sup- ‘ported on posts about two feet above the other, and projecting some six feet beyond the building. The object is to protect the inmates from the prostrating summer heats of this-locality.. It is said to be not uncommon here and through South- ‘ern Arizona, along the line of road, for the thermometer to record 140 degrees, or even, -miore, in the shade during the summer. ‘The’ Company have also been sinking artesian wells in the lower part of the desert, but though down 9 low as ‘2,000 feet, no water has-aSyet beenreached. All the water used for every purpose is brought in tank cars. The reach of sand continues unbroken, though the altitnde increases, until we cross the Colorado Ktiverat Yuma. The river here is a wide, rapid, turbulent stream, whose waters are always loaded with the sand and iting them in-bars here and. there, and it is dificult to believe that it is the same river which, clear as crystal, dashes over the rocks vand through the wonderful cafion so vividly described in Prof. Hayden’s narrative. ‘The railroad crosses the river on a wooden truss bridge with a draw for the passage of the steamers, which run for several hundred’ miles above, and carry supplies to the minin, eamps and ranches of Souther: Nevada anc Southwestern Utah, 23 well as for the Indian reservations in, Northwestern Arizona. Old Fort Yuma is’ situated on a sandy bluff on the west bank of the river, and th City of YYuina is on the east bank. It ‘isa thorough- iy Mexican town, nearly every house except @ railroad buildings’ being vf one-story adobe brick, and most of the residents being Mexicans. Therewere a great many Indians of different trines standing, sitting, and lying around the station, men, women, and chil- dren, in afl stages of dress and undress. The young men of one tribe were absolutely naked except for a. breech-clout of bright colors which‘was tied around their Joins, and the ends of which hung in fancy orna- ments in tassels behind. Their dark skins, however, somewhat relieved the shock of their appearance, and their lithe, slender limbs were generally well shaped. This costume also seemed quite appropriate for Yuma, which is perhaps the hottest place in America. Tradition has it that asoldier who had been long stationed at this post died one day md went to the lower region; and from that place of torment sent back to earth tor his blankets, saying he was freezing to death. Its streets are deep with Joose’sand, which drift with the winds and cover every object. Tsaw no trees or shrabbery of any. -kind ex: cept on. the low shores of the river, and it is as disconsolate .a - looking. place, now that its commercial glory has departed, as one could well imagine. But few troops are stationed at the fort, and even the brizlitness of military life is want. ing. Several parties of whow I inquired told e that there was an abundance. of rich agricultural lands lower down on the river between Yuma and the Gulf of California, but that it lay so low, and the beatand mias- ina were so great, that Americans could. not liye there, and the native Mexicans and In- dians would not improve it fo any great ex- tent, During the fall and winter the season at Yuma and through Southern Arizona is very pleasant, and it will eertainly be a de- The vines have’no poles to support them, but we allowed to run over the ground. It is es- ite i fo perfect curing of the grapes that they : ould ‘not be wet after being gath- saeg aL aS weather in thtat climate -can_be 1 a : ‘upon pretty safely at that ‘season. ise afew days in San Franciseo, the ad scaptial of the American. Pacific of whted is indeed a beautitul eity, and one ‘hae in its location and architectural } jareelsiment our Nation may be proud. flts Ba sand-hills, “which looked so bare ro ‘uninteresting when I first saw the palo, ago, are now crowned with hs aces of the railroad kings and. mag- tH the stock boards. Yet San- Fran- eget city of contrasts. Large districts oo mecuied With the humble dwellings and = led pens of the very poor, whi Th the splendid homes of ‘the very Breat fortunes here were mostly accu- ‘were booinn’ ago when mining industries bedien ing and the rich veins and decp- torrents Pacers Were pouring forth -colden The sno: things have greatly changed. iim Leiter companies have either ex- < epi elr veins or worked them to such ble ant to make them no longer protita- tk although there ate fall, seotna ¥erS. z properties in Neva es- Reaially about Eureka, they do not enrich ‘Tancisco as formerly. For this reason business reported. as _very fe cant fprough the State. q ‘alifornia, taken as) a mal, 2 first-class agricultural State. | ‘There any Superb valleys, some of them of rope e's where, under irrigation, enormous them i Pag ha are produced, but between Where inigemense tracts of sterile plain, sible, he is either “difficult or impos- purposes Niet are porte for all RoOW of these valleys are devotes pmostexclusively to the culture of th Te UTpOses, and which yield stex ic yams to the growers. ‘he Central Calitorné road ig the great monopoly of and eae Louns neal all of the rail- aud ferry, internal steam navi fon fines in fhe State. itis avers close cor a made the few smart ASR who founded it stupendously rich, Wow; acbkins, who died not long ago, and Yared Bete son of old Dr. Hopkins, the re- ofthis eet of Williams College, was one he lett ne ad quintumvirate, and the fortune fons ang sy erOved up at over fifteen. mill- een me others who survive hin: aré worth: Keud Tabor ey orernmen: subsidy: none. it and equipps ie orlg- Cent pacliie Hallson leaving the whers of al 2, stock, to frog as added enormous sums. derived Solenaidh Bale of the bonds. -‘Thesroad is ae se auauaed, and with its preat busi- erest on i E iv i Value to the stock bon ae EN ¢, iny visit ended, I started by the “dl train over the Southern Pacific Rail- i The te) Arizona and New Mexico tran- ene owinE morning found’ us wind- bing over the hills by _a way.al- Devoked asthe San Juan Extension back wer & Rio Grande Railroad, doub- RS at er, changing ‘points of the. com- the, turn around the hills, on whose 8 scrubby mesquite | and = man- LEE EH, lightful winter route for tourists and others crossing the continent. ‘Moreover, itis like visitin: foreign land to one familiar only with Eastern fife,"and the various forins of Indian and Mexican manners, life, and habitations, the great plateau be- tween mountain ranges on either. hand.in which the railroad is built, the many curious varieties of cactds which grow to an iinmense size all along the road, and the ancient ruins left_by forgotten races, which may be seen by short excursions from different, points, as well as the wonderful and rapidly develop- ing mining interests, will atttract great num- bers to this new route. D. 8, Covert. 7 ITEMS. ‘The Lexington Press save: “Anent the sale of the Kentucky Central, some of the railroad men here think that the same parties have bought the road who Will lease the Cin- cinnati. Southern. Itis suspected by many people that the whole thing is a fraud, and ‘that the practical result will be to remove the Kentucky Central out of the way of compe- -tition with the Cincinnati Southern. In that case shippers will suffer.” * “Mr, Thomas S. Sharpe, for some years past Receiver of the Long Island Bailroad, has resigned, and Mr. Austin Corbin. has been ap- pointed in his place. Mr. Corbin now per- sonally possesses alarze interest in the Lon; ‘Island Road, and thisarrangementis intende to protect his interests. Mr. D. C. Corbin is tobe Assistant Receiver, and J.D. Barton Superintendent, Mr. Corbin is ngw the most important railroad man on Long island. i The Indiana, Bloomington &:Western Rail- Toad Gompany has om to “puild its road through from Pekin to Peoria, Til, and as @ step in that direction filed articles of associa- tion Thursday with the Secretary of State of. Illinois. The capital stock is $500,000. The jncorporators are A. Corbin, ‘A. Sully, B.S. sreorhne. G. W. Fairbanks, 8.0. Grier, W. Reynolds, and J. J. Fletcher. This will give the Indianapolis, Blooomington & Western an independent line to Peoria, and will no doubt prove of great benefit to the property. . This being . “presentation. “season,”” the clerks of the Chicago & Grand ‘Tronk Rail- way, ‘ocal freight office! presented the Agent, Mr. Thomas C. Hatch, with a hand- some office chair. The chair is a model of beauty and durability, and was the best that Tesembled much our Colorado piit pifious. We passed the “loop” where i could be bought at the extensive mannfac- tory of A. H. Andrews &Co. Air. ch east, following the stream, and passes several | clay it has washed from its low banks, depos-: has endeared himself to his staff and is as popular with fhem as with the numerons shippers with whom he he has come in con- tact during his fifteen years of service as Local Agent of the Chicago & Missouri, Chi- 20, Milwaukee & St.Paul, and the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railways, respectively. Mr. . W. H. Pettibone is the efticient Superintend- ent-of the new Grand Trunk fine. The Kansas Railway Company filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State -of Kansas Tirursday. :'The Directors are as -followse. Kersey Contes, Thomas B. Bullene, John D. S. Cook,’Theodore J. Lynde, A. B. Cooper, J... B-Edwards, James A. Drake, James Wiley, Alexanier Blake, James -K- Finley, J. W. Simcoe! radiey, and John li. Whitstone. It-is the intention of the Company to.run the main line from Kan- sas City through the Counties of Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Lyon, Morris, Marion, Dickinson, McPherson, Sa- line, Lincoln, Osborne, Rooks. Phillips, Nor- ton, and Decatur. One branch will be run from Dickinson County to Greeley, and an- other from the west. line of Franklin County to Emporia. The total length of the new road and two -branchés is 30 miles. ‘The capital stock is put ut $5,000,000, divided into 50,000 shares at $100 each. It is the intention of the Company to put the road in operation during this year. The Erie & North Shore Dispatch recently had on filea claim for a ‘lost trunk,” with adetailed statement of the contents, which was put up by ‘the owner at 5546.9. The trunk subsequently was found. It was a small-sized aifair, somewhat worse for wear, and kept from falling apart by ropes. If the statement was true, its carrying capacity was almost equal to that, of one of the Erie & North-Shore ears. The owner's memory may have peen defective, but among the principal Itemis were seven_table-cloths, $23; one suit, $60; two ladies’ Princesse dresses, $02, one sacque, $62; one Knight Templar sword, $25; one lock-box of valuable papers, $50; alsty two numbers Picturesque Europe, $31; twelve bed-sheets, $9; six_pairs pillow- Slips, $4.80; two undershirts, $$; one dozen silver -table-knives, $10; one dozen silver forks, $13,50;. one umbrella, $4; one set hand-made mats, "SSF"ete. ‘The . statement verbatim would fill a quarter column. ‘: POLITICAL. DAKOTA. * special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Sr. Pau, Minn., Jan. 1—The Pioncer- ‘Press’ Bismarck special says: “J. F. Wal- lace has been gathering in data upon which ‘to found a contest in the Territorial Legisla- ture. The certificate of election was given» to P. R, Smith, the Democratic candidate for the Council. Upon the face of thereturns, the majority for Smith was 65. The preliminary investigation has been concluded, and Wal- lace’s Attorney, George W. Sweet, has ar- ranged his evidence of fraud and prepared his brief, which embodies the. contestant’s story. He first pays his respects to the river. precincts. William Oscar Ward, who was at the polls from 10 o’clock a. m,. until the polls closed, swears there were not more than fifty legal votes cast at this precinct. -The total votes cast were 142, D. C. Preston, who took the United States census in June, after a careful examination of the first ninety names on the poll-book and a comparison with the census returns, could only find nine of that ninety who were residents of that ‘pre- cinet. Just one in ten-were in June last resi- dents of the City of Bismarck. A. steaier’s crew with Democratic ballots in hand rushed to the polls and voted. The affidavits of 2 large _mumber of these. men are appended’ to. the depositions taken in: behalf of Wallace. ‘The frauds of the river precinct were com- pletely eclipsed at Mandan, The river. pre- cinet could be trusted to a lieutenant, but Mandan was under the com- mand of Patrick B, Smith himself. Maj. Thomas J. Mitchell, one. of the oldest and most prominent citizen of Mandan, whose testimony stands uncoutra- dicted, ‘and who- was well acquainted with the vote! ‘of that precinct, swears that on election-~day, and -even now, there were. not to exceed legal voters there. Yet these 200 voters cast 304 votes for members of the Council. ‘The place was well_ stocked with free Demo- cratic whisky in front of the voting-place, and between there and. the railroad ‘track, and, ‘when: the. arrangements were all’ completed, Smith “lad- a Jot. of: Irishmen, many of: whonr had . been brought ‘from outside of the Territory but a few days before, some even’ arriving on that day, brought in on a work train and un- joaded in frout of this impromptu bar, and as soon as they were in a condition to vote early and ‘often were | sup plied with tickets and rushed | to the polls. This” drunken. howling crowd, crazed with whisky, had possession of the polls for one hour, as one witness says, cursing and swearing in yotes, and, to make the vote doubly: sure, the United States soldiers from. Fort A. Lincoln were brought up, their blue suits removed, and after being clad in citizens’ dress_ they were used to swell the free Democratic vote, nnd only for the vigilance of Mr, French they too would have repeated. ‘The 104 illegal votes at Mandan, added to the 92 votes at the steamboat landing, make 196 votes to be sub- tracted from the 871 votes counted for Smith, leaving him 675, which is 131 less than Wal- lace received.” PENNSYLVANIA. ‘Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. PriLADELPuTA, Jan. 1.—~Senator Cameron has returned to Ilarrisburg after a pleasant holiday visit to Cleveland and Mentor. He was accompanied by Charles E. Smith, of the Philadelphia Press, and George C. Gor- ham, of the Washington National Republic an. They went from Cleveland to Mentor in aspecial train. The President-elect sent his carriage to the depot to meet them, and they spent the greater part of the day at his house. It has been incorrectly stated that John C, New, of Indiana, and Senator Kirkwood, of Jowa, were of the party. “Mr.: New was not there at all, and Senator Kirkwood arrived after the Cameron party had returned to Cleveland, Senator Cameron’s friends, with whom he has talked since his return, are reticent, but there'is the best reason to believe that ms interview with Gen. Garfield was mutually agreeable, and that in all of the President- elects: plans, so-far as they have been matured, he will have the codperation of the Pennsylvania ‘Senator. lt is reported that four names are before Mr. Garfield with reference ‘to a place in the Cabinet for Pennsy!vanin,—Congressman Harmer, of Philadelphia, for Postmaster-General, and. Wayne MacVeagh, W. i, Armstrong. and Benjamin Harris. Brewster for Attorney- General. There is also an independent movement to make Wharton Barker, the banker, and owner of the American. ne’ ‘iper, Secretary of the ‘Treasury. But Mr. arker does not enter into Senator Cam- eron’s calculations. % \- MINNESOTA. Svectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns, Sr. Paut, Minn, Jan. 1.—Although the Légisiature does not meet until Tuesday, a number of members are already here, and tife usual buttonholing is progressing in the hotel corridors. ‘There are ‘/half-a-dozen cangiglates for each minor office, afd most of tim are here and working like beavers. The three principal candidates for the Speak- ership are Andrew C. Dunn, of Faribault; “J. V. Daniels, of Olmstead; and Laven Fletcher, of Hennepin County. It was gen- erally supposed that Fletcher had the insidt track in the race, but mutual friends of Dunn and Daniels, between whom the friend- liest feeling prevails, predict that Southern Minnesota will insist upon having the Speak- ership, and that the Speaker will be either Mr. Dunn or 3ir. Daniels. The candidates for the minor offices are us'vet bunched be- hind. the starting-place, all ready. for the race, The caucus Will be called on Monday evening. MISSOURT. : ‘Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Sr. Lovrs, 3fo., Jan. 1.—A_ strong effort has been made in the lastfew daysby friends of Senator Cockrel! to influence the St. Louis delegation in his favor, it having been ascer- tained that a majority of the Legislators from this city were opposed to him. In or- der to further their schemesin this matter persons of supposed influence hgve been sent here froin different sections to work up a sentiment in favor of Cockrell. They have now got to the point of desperation. It vould seem by their loud boasting that he cannot ‘he defeated, and that he will be cer- tain of ninety votes ou the first ballot,, This proposition is laughed at A caucus of the St. Louis held on Monday. by the opposition. delegation will be TENNESSEE. Spyptal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Nasuvite, Tein., Jan. L—The Repub- Hicans'held a caveus to-night In which har- mony prevailed. .They named R. R. Butler, | formerly member of Congress, for Speaker of the:House. They feel confident of being nble to organize the House. All the Repub- lican members were present save two, not yetarrived, They will meet again in caucus Monday to decide upon candidates for the Clerkship. ‘The -Low-Tax Democrats met in caucus, but without coming to any definit conclusion adjourned untli: Monday morning, at which time it: is understood the Democrats will at- tempt ta harmonize on candidates for Speak- er and other officers of the Hou: CRIMINAL NEWS. LYVE-INSURANCE FRAUD. PORTLAND, of, Dee. 30.—A singular case of fraud on a life-insurance company, which ended after seven years in the discomfiture of the swindlers, hug just beon decided in the courts. In 1873, Jeremiah Eliott, of this State, arranged nplanfor beating tho Northwestern Lite-In- surance Company. He .took his boy, Moses Elliott, 18 yeara of age, to the Company's Agency in Portland, and got his life insured for }. $8.000. Then, with the boy's uncle, he manu- factured a case of drowning. A few months after taking out the policy. Moses suddenly dis- appeared, and was reported drowned in the Co- Jumbia Hiver. The father made a claim on the Insurance Company, but the only evidence of the boy’s death wus the testimony of the uncle, who said Moses was on a reft with him, when the boy. fell overboard and sunk before he could be saved. . The Company hesitated about payment, us the case was sus- picious; but Elliott threntened to bring suit, and they paid the policy. The two conspirators then went to Jackson County, this State, and invested money in'a sheep-ranch. A. fow:months ‘azo a letter came to the main office of tie Insurance Company, in Milwaukee, Wis., ‘asking if they would like to have Moses Elliott, on whom they had pald $8,000, produced alive, The matter was at once worked up by Portland agents; and, | after a long investigation and tedious trial, the court gave the Company the policy, with in- terest, amounting in all to $1i478. “The farm had been attached by the Company. and was sold to satisfy the judgment. - "The two Elliotts swore that the young man alleged to be Moses Elliott was another person, and that the ranch was not bought with insurance money. DISAGREEMENT. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Derrorr, Mich.; Dec. 31.—The conviction of a colored pension claim-agent named James Richardson, charged with defrauding the Gov- ernment to the tune of £50,000, has been men- tioned in these dispatches. Richardson pos- sessed himself of tha muster-roll of the One Hundred and Svcond Colored Regiment, and was ennbled to file many ‘claims good in themselves, but in behalf of fraudutent claims. In this work » German lawyer named Eugene Fecht was associnted with [ichardson, and was arrested with that worthy,-.Ongthe first trial Feeht was acquitted, and Richardson made a statement implicating him in the conspirac’ Fecht was then tried separately, and nls hag occupied the attention of the United States Courtfor ten days, and culminated to-night in the disagreement of the jury. ; | WISCONSIN “BENDERS.”? “Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Suguoraan, Wis., Dec. 31—The last and head of tho Sheboygan County':*Bencer™ family, Peter Vandorhoof, was arrested at Fond du Lac and brought to this city yesterday, Joining his wife, two sons, and two sons-ifi-lawin the Coun- ty Jail here. He will answer, among other crimes, for assisting in wrécking the train on the Wisconsin Central Railroad, theft and rob- bery, and attempting to''stoot the officers who! took ‘him, ‘The ‘triin bearing bim hither was met by a crowd of'tfifty: men at Glen- beulah, who were bent on lynch law. They were prevented, however. {The house of the YVanderhoofs in'the Town of Greenbush wus found full of stolen goods-, The fmnily will be taken to Greenbush to-day, ¢o answer upon the scene of their crimes for thyir commitment. BLANNIGSN’S REVENGE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Osawa, Neb., Dec.31.—Doug-Black, alias Fian- nigan; a barver of this eityywho.worked at Sid- ney: a. few. .woeks: 280, wwasthe subject of an article in the Sidney’ Plaindéater,” show ing’ ‘bin tobe arascal and thict. The ‘said article was inserted by Detective James. Smith, A day or two ago Flannigan left’ for Sidney to. get revenge, saying he would kj}i him. This morn- ing homet Smith at tho Lockwood House and fired two shots at him, shooting off a cont- button. Smith returned” the fre and fatally wounded Flannizan. Florihigan bas a bad rec- ord here. He hus served stxty days for stealing from his employer, whom he threatened to Will, ‘but was discharged on a promise to leave town, and he accordingly teft foriSidney, HANGED. Jackson, Miss., Dee. colored, was hanged here this afternoon for the murder of Bir. Hillworthy;/ white citizen of ‘Hindes County. He made a full confession of his guilt, and acknowledged the justice. of his fate. The execution was,donducted inside the jail inclosure.. The condemned. man was at- tended on the scaffold by:the Rev. Dr. Tucker. ‘The drop fell at 3 o’clock.; His neck was broken by the fall, and in less than,two minutes he bad ceased to struggle. Decossed made two ut- tempts to escape from jail INFANTICIDE. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Sr.Lovis, Mo., Jan. 1.—A warrant charging the late society belle, Mary Grover, with murder in the first degree, bas beéu sworn out, but is not likely to be served, as she Isat the point of death. ‘The night she picked up her newly-born babefwrapped it in a blanket, and carried it three blocks awuy toa field, where she left it to freeze to death, was a very severe onc, and the strain upon her weak body was such 4 terri ble one that puerperal fever followed. INCEST. ‘Speetal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Moncis, Ind., Dee. 31—John Jones, farmer, residing in Wells County, thirty nriles north of here, bas been arrested, charged with incest, his daughter, a beautiful girl aged 17, being the ruined party. She brought the charges against the paternal ancestor and seducer voluntarily. The nrrest and crime cause yrcat indignation at Bluifton, the seat of Wells County, where Jones is now held. Jones will be roughly dealt with. BRUTAL TREATMENT, Somerset, Ky., Dec. 81.—John Dove, who is accused of talkimg too freely about bis nelgh- ors’ wives and otherwise.rendering himself ob- jectionable, was visited by a mob of fifty masked men at his home near Fowbush. They took him out almost neked, and hanged him by the keels. He was found soon afterwards al- most dead, and will probubly dic. Vigorous ef- forts will be made to bring the lynchers to jus- ce. “ [SUICIDE OF A CONVICT. JEFFERSON City, Mo., Dec. 31.—Churles Staun- ton, a convict in the Penitentiary, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a knife which he had in some way obtained, and which the Deputy- Warden and guards were endeavoring to take from him. : £ GAVE HIMSELF UP. Special Disvatch to-‘The Chicago Tribune, Davenronr, In., Jan. L—W. A. Raddic#, who has been considered oncof the Dilley murtierers, and for whom a reward of $1.250 was otfered fave himself up last night. Ho 1s confident of proving an-alibi. ARRESTED FOR MURDER. Crevenand, 0., Dec. 3t—A Herald special gays: Conductor James Snow. and Engincer George Chamberlin, ot the freight train which caused the recent’ collision near Tiffin, have been arrested for murder. ———————__— Maj. Dawson, Sentenced to Dismissal by Court-Martial, Is Allowed to Re- sign. a * Dispatch ta Cincinnati Gazette. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.—A special dispatch from Washington states that unothor care of Executive clemency of - peculiar nature has just occurred. Maj. U.*2. Dawson, of the Ma- dine Corps, was recently court-martialed in that city for conduct unbecoming an olficer and & gentleman, and was sentenced to be.dismissed fhe service. ‘The Secretary of the Navy up- proved the sentence and sodid Mr. Hayes; but. r few days since the latter revoked the sentence and permitted Dawson to resign. a ‘Maj. Lucien L. Dawson is. weil known in this elty, where he has Sgured in several escapades. He isa putiveof Kentucky, was ‘commissioned Second Lieutenant Jan -13, 1859, and during, the War rose to the position of Major. In 1867-8 Murine. Barracks fy Tamang NavyeYard. the ‘League nnd _ Navy-Ynre Since that time he has resided at Philadelphia, and his tall, erect figure, fauitlesly dressed, with a nosegay in bis coat, has been familiar to all the promenaders of Chestnut street, Maj. Daw- gon, {tis allezed, was mixed up in tho Adams- White ducl, fast spring, and is reported tu have loaned his pistols for use in that affair of honor. For several days after this statement was pub- lished in the papers, the Major made bis favorit drinking-haunts ring with oaths, and declara-" tions of how be intended to “Cane the reporter, bemud, sah,thrash him fore and aft, san!” for buving bud the audacity to mention’ his nume. ‘The cuning.never took place, and the Major wus content to swallow. bis indignation. A short time afterward be was arrested for dranken- ness and'insulting ladies on the strcet, for which he was locked inthe Central Station, and put under bail to keep the peace. For these offenses ho was court-martialed, with the result given above. Ba GOSSIP FOR LADIES. SA LITTLE MISTAKE. How slowly sue walks on tho shore, ‘And siniles as in reveries sweet; fling thomselves at her feet. A voice.softly sings in my heart ‘That tells mo she’s thinking of me; That: ’tis my name she breathes from her nec- tarous lips, And me she is longing to see. Now softly I'll hasten behind And give her a pleasgnt surprise. How sudden her face will illumine with Joy— How brightly will gleam her glad eyes! Til be there in one minute more,’ What would [ not du for her sake? Ah! who now appears atthe turn of the shore? “OQ Will!" she cries. ——My name is Jake., They fall in each other’s embrace, ~ While I glide uway out of view. How willingly, easily, men will believe ‘Whatever they wish to be true! —WNew York Mail. GOING TO A DINNER-PARTY. Brooktyn Eagle. “Now, we haven’t got much time to get ready, my dear,” suggested Mr. Spoopendyke, cheerily, “and I won’t be late at a dinner- party. -lwant you to tix up so as to be the best-looking woman atthe table. You -can get.ready in an hour, can’t you?” “Jthink I can,” .replied Mrs. Spoopen- dyke, with a titter. ““O yes, { can dress in that time, and I hope you won’t be disappointed in. me,” and the littl woman began to take down her back hair. “You might get my shaving tackle for me,” said Mr. Spoopendyke, appropriating the dnly mirror. “And now I think of it,” he continued, after a pause, “my dress-coat needs a button. Sew it on, won’t you?” Mrs. Spoopendyke lugged out the coat, and hunted through a broken-down old bag after a button that would do. ign “Got that button sewed on yet?” inquired Mr. Spoopendyke, Jathering away comforta- bly. Rin a minute, my dear,” responded his wife. “Well, hurry up; want you to:put these: studs and sleeve-buttons into my clean shirt.” £ © Mrs. Spoopendyke gradually got: around to those oftices, and laid out the habiliment in readiness for her lord. “Did you take those stitches in my gloves >” inquired Mr. Spoopendyke. “O yes, certainly,” replied Mrs. Spoopen- dyke, going right to. work at it. as Well, en, You can; brush my vest and pantaloons, and by that time Dll be ready to’ have you tle my cravat.” : A few moments more found Mr. Spoopen- dy ke arrayed coupletely. “Come, you ready >” he demanded, having assured himsejf that his wife had hot ac- complished: ‘a dingle step toward her toilet, © Not quite, dear, responded the lady, with one half her hair in her mouth and the other half crackling under the brush. “ What's the matter with you 2”, he asked. “ Didn’t you say you could get ready in an hour? Didn’t you hear me tell you when I came in that we only had an hour,to dress in? What have you been. doing? Why enn’t you go as you are?” You look well enough “W) was busy fixing your things,” faltered’ Mrs. Spoopendyke, “and I couidn’t do two ings at once.” a Ono! You ean’t do anything at once. Why tidn’t you have my things, fixed this morn- ing? Why don’t you keep house somehow ? "Phat dress you've got on is ‘good -enough. Why can’t you go in that dress? If you’ve’ got to put on all the frills you won’t be ready till next fali. Ain’t you “most ready now? af jug of mineral water?” i} =Srs, Spoopertdyke wvisted: jammed in the pins. ip her hair and he put on her ‘the other: put one hand up behind and shoved it forward, and it in front and pulled it down. © Well, if you're ready, let’s start,” growled ‘Mr. Spoopendyke. “You've, been long enough for'a telegraph wire; now. Come on.” * “Oni 1 haven’t got my dress on yet,” pleaded Mrs, Spoopendyke. “Vilbe through ‘ina minute.” = “Dod gast the_dress!”” ejaculated Mr. Spoopendyke. “ Where’s my paper? Give me-my paper and I'll read for a month or two. You won't beready till spring. Where’s that paper?” “fake a book, dear,” recommended Mrs. Spoovendyke, blushmg deeply and glancing around. nervously, ‘| don’t want any measly’ book,” retorted Mr. Spookendyke. “I want. the morning paper. Find that paper the first thing you do, and then you get ready in four seconds.” “T think you'll find the paper behind—be- hind the book-case,” said Mrs. Spoopendyke, as red asa brick, and she. hustled into her skirt, and began clawing at it behind in an effort to Joop it upstraight, ‘1m almost ready,” she giggled. hysterically, as shedrew on the waist and buttoned it up nervously. “TH be ready before you -could turn the paper inside out,” and she snatched a ribbon from the drawer, tied it in a bow, pinned it at her throat, and backed away from the glass to see how it looked. Z T want to know whether you’re going to find that dod gasted paper for me!” thun- dered Mr. Spoopendyke. “Tm all right except m cloak,” jerked out Mrs. Spoopendyke, “If you'll hand me my eloak, we'll start right away. It’s in the closet there”. And Mrs. Spoopendyke flopped down on the floor and began putting on her shoes. : “S’pose I’m going to hunt around for that measly cloak?” howled Afr. Spoopendyke. “Can't you get your things for yourself? I. wwant my paper, and T want it now,” | “Jean tell you what was in it,” said Mrs. Spoopendyke. “I can tell you all about, it while I dress,” and she looked up at him piteously with her face all flushed. “No. doubt,” retorted Mr, Spoopendyke. “You know all about it, All you want is 0 can of oil and ten men. swearing. at, you all Hay to bea printing press." When are you ing— Bc\Now, Pm allready. dear,” smiled Mrs. Spoopendyke, who wasn’t anything of the sor “You won't need to read now, tor we're going. Sid "They started off together, arm in arm, Mr. Spoopendyke growling and his wife hitching other various garments as they went along. «Another time we're going out to dinner, you be Tends ite aay betore, ‘you hear?” de- manded Mr. Spuopendyke. ef x “Yes, dear, responded his wife, and the she thought-to herself. “I’m very glad he didn’t insist on looking for that paper.” HIGH-ANT IDEALS. Detroit Past. “Lillian,” said Mrs. Verd Antique to her statuesque sister, who was leaning against & Greek tile nantel ina costume of the Renais- sance, “do you remember the seamstress We, had before we went abroad 2” “Sappho Helena Smythe, do you mean, Beatrice, or plain Margaret, who broke your Dresden téte-a-tdte?” : “ No, Sappho Helena, the girl with dreamy eyes and soulful hair; she used to pose on the stairs, and had stich « sweet face for the paluster, just like on old carving!” “T remember,” said little Verd Antique, who was in the room, “cath pa. kithed: her -on the thairs, and you thed she was an artful dodger.” 3 “Dear little angel, what a memory he has! Well, Lillian,” continued, Mrs. V. A., “you know‘we thought dresses awfully scant, and must be very poor, while all the time it was _her severely classic taste; she has gone into artistic drapery, and makes 2’ whole. costume with about three stitches in it, just enough to secure the dra- ries. a ns lovely of her! ‘But of what madd ieohe a uisepie?” school is-she a disciple - oo “Fler own.—that is, the very things it is the harmony ote self-developed brinelple. the expression of A strugeling sou out in cloth ‘of gold...0 Lillian, think of the transcendental severity of the ideal in white satin with Jace applique panels, ‘and the de- sign of purpose in -pearl beadings! Her trimmings are all thonghts, and the folds of her robes ate rivulets of song. Can you im- agine anything more progressive?” “And low much paltry gold does one pay -the skin and the dress. Think I’ going to stand around here like al pe nev hint and twitched it first to one'side and then | then caught’ hold of , then that she wore her | for these expressions of art?” asked Miss Lillian, practically. “Why, they are awfully cheap, too,” was the satistiedanswer. ‘In order to meet the Tequirements of idealized thought, that sweet Sappho has lived on a diet of bread and milk, and will not permit any of her girls to taste any grosser food; so you see she can inake the costumes very cheap, and—another hit—they are all posed to:.order. * If you want a leaning costume with -averpentine train,there it is; but: it will always lean. - If you wanta sitting picture, gold’-and silver draperies in repose, she furniskes. it’in a chair harmony, bauffant sleeve puifei drapery, sunset effect. A-walking dress will only need.a head... It will be posed for a tour around the. worl At *O Beatrice! triumph of art >”: t “ Never. in my wildest dreams; ‘and these masterpieces are xbsolutely under lock and key. You have no idea how to get into them until the master mind gives you the key, nor how to get out whett-you are once'in. They” just wrap you round -and round in a laby- rinth of esthetic harmonies P” © Beatrice,” said her sister, solemnly, “1 have set my heart upon having a Tudor gown. it must be of ‘violet. satin, embroid- ered with gold daisies, and the whole effect Jambent devices of the old Tudor days wrought out in expression. It must be ab- normally eritical, and yethalf conscious with a pensive individuality. You remember how artistically apple, used to dispose our towels into Greek ideals for herhead?”” “She. sthole them all, didn’t the, ma?” aspired young Verd at this precise mo- ment _“ Tiave it correspond and assimilate, Lil. lian,” remonstrated her sister. “You must not’ Tudorize .Greek ideals. The waist must be very short,—a. brief thought; and the draperies long and voluminous, like an overpowering respousibility. Shall it be a reclining dress, ora sprituelle languor ¢” “T think a dreamy reclining dress, to con- trast with your harmonious background chair: yes, that will do. You will centralize into a euphony of -art, Sappho will suggest an illuminated missal. Whattalent that girl has? * * Fappho in her ideal studio of drapery.) SF ere, Imogene, take these old duds over to Miss Verd Antique, and tell her J’d like the money for that gold and whitesymphony, and her realistic costume calls for an expression in greenbacks. Daphre, where’s that old art almanac? _Imust getan idea for a simply severe style of the classic order. The daugh- ter of Virginius and the Goddess of. Liberty must help me out on that. Such geese 28 women are!”” BEAUTY IN DRESS. + Mr. Haweis, in a volume entitled “The Art of Beauty,” makes the following points with regard to beauty of dress: “The reason that an ordinary low neck with short sleeves looks worsqin black than in any other is because the hard . line round the bust and armsis teo great acontrast to the skin. A low neck always lessens the higlit, and a dark dress made thus lessens it still more, and it strikes the artistic eye as cutting the body in pieces, in this way: it you see a fair person dressed in alow dark dress standing against light background some way off, the effect will be that of an empty dress iran up, the face, neck, and arms being searcely discernible. “On the other hand, against a ‘dark back- ground, the head and bust will be thrown up sharply, and the whole dress and body will Gisappear. The effect, common enough, is execrably bad. If you must wear a low back Dodice, let it be cut square, giving the hight of the shoulders (or, better, with the angles rounded, for corners are very trying), and have plenty of white or pale gauze or. thin plack net to soften the harsh line between syou eyer imagine such a soften down-the blackness of the dress at the edge of the bodice, and thin black stuff, has an equally good effect, as it shades the whiteness of the skin into the dark color of the gown. Only under these conditions does the sudden contrast. enhance, 2s some per- sons suppose, the fairness of the. complex- ion. Fs “Short women should never wear double- skirts or tunies—they decrease the hight so. much—unless, indeed, the tunic is very short and: the skirt very long. Soaiso “do large, sprawling patterns used for trimming; jet these be. left _to women tall enough to carry them off. Neither Jet. a: very little” woman wear her hair half way down her, back; Jet her lift it clean up. as high as: ossible. ‘Large feet should never be cased in kid? —least of all, white kid slippers,—for kid re-, yeals so clearly the form” and niovemente-of; the feet, and stretches “so easily that few feet haye a chance in them. a : “Those who are very stout should wear nothing but black; those who are very thin should puta little padding in their gowns; ‘and neither should be. in’ the least accoller.. Perpendicular ‘stripes _in dresses give hight and increase'fullness, and are therefore pat- ticularly suited to very slight, smail people, . and particularly unfitted for stout figures.” BEFORE AND AFTER. "New York Graphic. ‘This is a year before marriage. ile is mak- ing heracalk Hes at the front door ring- ing for her. Tle has been thinking all day of her. These are his boots newly blacked, col-. lar spotless, his form ditto outside, his gloves drawn on for the first time, his’ hairnewly parted and oiled, his face newly shaven; his heart palpitates for he r; his nerves are nerv- ous for her’; he fears she may be out, or that her parents may object, or, worse than that, some other fellow may be there with her. ‘The door opens. She is there and alone. Ie is happy. ‘This is year after marriage. Te is ring- ing at the door. His face is unshaven, his collar much worn, his boots unblacked, his hair unbrushed. He rings again in exactly ten seconds. Ig gives the bell a short, ett- Jant pull. Ie is thinking of her. Me is grumbling that she doesn’t answer it sooner. Jie lias not all day been thinking of her. He has’ gone further, maybe, and fared worse. Now she opens it: He pushes past her end remarks, “Fakes you forever to answer that bell.” Tlis unbrushed boots sound sullen as he ascends the stairs. She follows meekly after. He thrashes into the room and around the house,.snd sings out, *Isn’t dinner ready yet?” She bids him to be patient but a moment. But he won't. Because dinner isn’t ready within one minute after he gets. home. Because this is the one year after marriage. Because the bloom is ¢ tho -rye, the down rubbed from the peagh, and various other considerations. Because it’s the way of the world, of man, of matrimony. "Tempora! O Moses! O Matrimony! Y — ST. LOUIS VS. DETROIT. Detrolt Free Presz. ‘s One wouldn’t: think there was such a dif- ference between the people of St. Loufs and Detroit in the matter of committing suicide. In St. Louis, when a young woman has made up her mind that life isa burden tooheavy to be longer borne she sits down and writes a dying Iament to three different daily pa- pers. Then she writes a letter to the Coroner and tatls him to buy a $200 lot to bury her body in, erect a $500 stone in her memory, and to select a jury of poets and clergymen to view her-remains. ‘Then she dresses in her best and starts for the river. It is always. awild night.. She always reaches a whart- boat without being seen. Her wild, despair- ing eryas she leaps-into the murky river always floats to Heaven on the shrieking gale, and when her body is found a smile of ansetie sweetness is playing around her snouth, How different such things are in Detroit! ‘The young women write no. poetry, and;have no thoughtof the Coroner. ‘They care not for a burial lot centrally situated, or a inon- ument with a cherub to crown it They never goout to commit snicide ona wild night, as it might spoil their clothes. one always sees them as they go down to the river. They never say anything’ but “Oh! when they jump. ‘Chere are always a dozen men on hand to pull them out, wring them «ry, farnish them with a glass of cheap Inger, and send them home with the warn- Oe ow, 1, if you come fooling around with our drinking .water any more. we'll for six months!” “irhere isn’t any romance here in Detroit, Everything isa cold, stern. reality, and our greatest poets and sentiment alists give their personal attention to buying the family cab- bages- < FEMININE NOTE*. Some women are like shotguns. They would attract no attention if it wasn’t for their bangs. Jones thinks 2 manis fortunate who -has his will contested after death only... He says. his will has been contested ever since he inarried Mrs. Jones. ® = The Saturday Revtewhas an able article upon the il! appearance of women in specta- cles. Now what Harvard man would think of going to the theutre to see a svectacle like have you sent up White gauze or lace |- “Enéhantment,” for instance, unless there were women in it?—Lowell Courter. A young man in.love mathematician; but-he is nearly always 3 sigh for her. “If you can’t cipber this out we sigh for you.—Steubenville Herald. When you hear a young lady very carefully say, “I haven’t saw,” you may be quite con- fident that she is a recent graduate from ono of the most thorough of our numerous fe- male semlnaries.—Cincinnatt Saturday , Night. A Sonth End man ‘shook a handkerchief full of peanut shucks out of a window, and 2 gal across the way tookitfor a handkerchief- flirtation proposal, and has sued him for breach of promise. Man_is nowhere safe.— Boston Post. a is not necessarily a “Why, Jennie, you foolish girl, come into . the house. What are you out in the snow for withont wraps>” “0 nothing much, ma. You see Augustus has just cafled, and here -are his footprints in the snow. 1’m measur- ing to get the right size for those slippers, and—do you know ?—1 don’t believe Pve got halfeloth enough in them.”—New Haven Register. Jones and Robinson were both “engaged.” Jones was of a sweetly romantic, not to say even dreadfully poetic. nature. Robinson was—not. One evening, in the smoking- room of the elub—it was rather Jatish— avout the third B. and S. period—Jones be- came awfully poetic, and quoted muchly with reference to the ailianced one. “* L live,” cried Jones, enthusiastically, “in my love’s eye!” “I dare say you do,” said Rob- inson, brutally, having suffered enough from similar quotations: “because she’s got a sty in it."—London Judy. Not long since, in one of our neighborisiz © villages, a. young lady-<who had nm en- gaped to a fine young man for some tine, inet a richer person, and soon put olf the old love for the new. She wrote to the old lover requesting him to return her photo- graph. Here was a chance for revenge, which he took by sending the following note: “1 would gladly comply with your request, but if I do so it will spoil my euchte-deck. Thavea collection of photographs which I use for playing cards, and I do not wish to break ip by giving away the deuce of dia- monds.”—Qll City Dergick. A Lesson in Making Out a BIN. Speaking of sextons reminds the philosopher of the Syracuse Herald of a story which one of the old members of the craft used to tell He had a funeral to conduct for the family of Mr. . & Very wealthy but eccentric merchant, . ME. Wien it was over he handed in his bill, made out after the usual custom. Mr. M. put on hiseye- - read it clean glasses, opened the bili and for through. “I see you bave a charge of kid gloves here," said he, “how many pairdiy. — you buy?” -* A dozen,” was the reply. “And here again you have charged $50 for searfs used in the procession. How many scarfs. ‘were there, and what did they cost?” “JT bud to have a dozen of theni—two new, and the rest cleaned and made over. Their entire cost was about $35." “And you have put down carriage hire at $30, How many carringes had you?” “Eight in all.” ch it you how much apiece?” “And thet “Four doltars. “Well, sir, L decline to pay your bill.” Tno sexton was thunderstruck. The gentle- man hid never before been known to dispute. a reasorable account with any one, and he was re- puted very rich. : “T could have gone to the store and bought all those gloves for $2.0 pair myself,” _the million-. aire went on, “or $2t for the lot. I could have hired ten scarfs and had the other two made for #35. Icould have got the curriages at the liv- ery-stable for $22. Twenty-four and thirty-two are fitty-six, and thirty-five make ninety-one. You have charged me $186 for urticles I could have purchased myself for $91. I presume there are other items of the same sort elsewhere inthe account.” “But, Mr. M., I—" “T decline to pay the bill, sir; take it back and make {t out right.” » But, M.. [ must make something on these #?- fairs: this is the only means I have of guining a livelthood.”” “Make your vill-out as you should, Tsay.” Sudly crestfallen, the sexton was about to turn away, when the merchant poiated ta a seat at his writing-table, é “Sit down there,” said be, “and I will teach you how to’ make oufa Dill. In the first place, enter tho hearse, coffin, advertisements, etc.. as you have them. Then write: ‘To dozen pairs black kid gloves at 22—fA; to making two ‘scarfs and repuiring ten old ones, $55; to hire of eight carriages at $4—S2." Now you ‘bave your aceount correct as far us it goes. Butyou bave said nothing about your own services; so write: « “fo sexton’s services, $100." Is-that satisfacto- ry? If ROE, make ft $150—$200—whatever you -consider a fair sum. We shall not dispute avout that. What I object to Is not the amount I am calted upon to pay, but the pretext under which it is demgnaed.. Your first bill wasn’t business- eycyour second’ willbe. Do-yeu see.the dif- ference?” ‘ ‘The sexton both saw.and admitted it Te learned n lesson from that interview which he never afterward forgot. _ —————__— A Child Detective§} ‘Tucson (Art. Ter.) Citizen. * Yesterday afternoon a Mexican was riding by a tendajon in Convent street ona small pony and making his way out of town ina southerly direction. A little boy,. just 5 years of aze, rushed into the store and culled out to bis father that “a man is riding pastonour pony.” The father looked at the passing animal, but sald it was not bis. The boy persisted that it was, for be knew it. The father walked up to the an- imal and even then did not recognize it, The_ boy persistently asserted the ownership, and the’ man brought the rider to a standstill, and there, sure enough, the child pointed to the, brand and the horse was identified. The man dismounted when ordered, and it seemed he was ma, inzotf with the animal, which had been stolen from the Rincon ranch, about twenty-three miles distant. The child had not seen fie pom for several months before. The thief was detatued, and, after telling several contradictory stories, qas handed over to the police. VITAL RESTORATIVE. RICORD'S VITAL RESTORATIVE There Isa well-known principle in_ animal physto'o~ fy that no vital action can take place except through the azency of the nervous system. If the nerve pow- er Inany organ ix weakened, then that organ Is wonk: Thereisa remedy in the rench of all, one thnt bat sfond the test for over half'a century, Dr. Ricori VITA. 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