Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 8, 1886, Page 5

FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. In the Sewer—The Gronnd Opens and 8wal- lows a Horse. A GAY AND SABLE LOTHARIO. Office Holders Quarrel and blic: Suffer—Unhappy News: per Men—Amateur Boxers ~General Notes, the TYROM THRE DER'S LINOOLN BIREAU Wednesday morning as the driver of Kendall & Smith's delivery wagon, was Jogging along N street, “*he felt a shi and then a shock,” and looking up found that his horse had suddenly dropped out of sight, He pinched himself to make sure that he was awake, and then began to prospect for the missing equine. The wugon was standing in the mud nearly hub deep, and between the shafts \ ugly looking hele, into which part of the harness was hanging. Peering down from his seat the driver found that the sewer roof had e in, and that the horse had droppe: the trench, his weight breaking the harness, and letting him free from the wagon. Down at the bottom of the suwer, up to his knees in slush, stood the horse, moekly wonder- ing how he came the and when and how he was going to get out. The latter L of the conundrum seemed to trouble ver also. for he tried numberless schemes, in his mind, without success. At last some one suggested that he get down in the sewer himsel d lead the horse through it to an opening about two blocks below where they would find an easy exit. It was not a pleasant job, but it hiad to be done, and after a walk through the mud in abysmal darkne The opening was reached, and the snimal led out, Nig IAUL g or reported to the voiice Thursday mght that he had seen a colored man and two white women enter a building on his beat, and from th actions was convineed theve othing wrong. The place was raided and the coon and his lady friends |Hvlurc<l while occupying one bed, In wolice court yesterday the darkey guve iis name as L. B. Hawkins, and said he was & cook by trade. The girls called :lves Rose Reed and May Smith, were one and all fined $5 and cost: amounting to $9.70 1n cach case. Durin the trial the prisoners swore that when they found out that Keyser wus “onto’ them, they gave him a liberal tip to keep still. He'accepted the money, and then went dircot to police headquarters und complained of them, which they thought was very unprofessional in a guardian of the peace. A DELAYED VOLUME. The nincteenth session of the Nebraska legislature was closed nearly fourteen months ago, f-m the record of the doings of the lower house is just n-,mlf for dis- tribution. Ihe delay is said to bave be pute between Jam f clerk, and nis assis ant, Frank H. Wilson, as to which should do the work of preparing the copy, proof reading, indexi c., for which an al)- propriation of 1s made, in addi- tion to their regular salary of $6 per 4|:Y. After a long tusslo the Krinl.ar linully succeeded in getting the job finished, and the representatives who served in the session of 1885 can _get the fifteen copies to which each man is entitled, by calling on the state authorities, The book con- tains 1614 pages, and is a fair companion volume for the Senate Journal, which ‘was issued many months ago. BIRIEF MENTION. The inventory of the McConnell stock not proving satisfactory to George M. T'raver, that gentleman rofused to com- pleto the negotiutions for the purchase of the goods, and Mr. Louie Meyer yester- day sold the ¢ntiro lot to J.A. Schonneber- er, of Jamestown, Dak. Mr. Schonne- berger had been walting to see what Mr. Traver would do, and was on hand to tako advantage of the situation. The wordy war between Brucgmann and Bleudhorn has broken out again. The latter is insisting in the Frie Presse that Bruegmann cannot show receipts for the money he was given by the Ger- mania society to send to the fatherland for the relief of the flood sufferers, and Bruegmann, in the Staats AIIZ\si;flul‘, inti- mates that unless the matter is dropped somebody will get whipped. Miss Lillie ‘Tobin, of Chicago, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs, B. O. Kostka. Two aspirants for pugilistic fame, re- joicing in the names of Sullivan and {amilton, werc run in by the polico yes- torday for fighting in the strects.” As there was no stake or purse up, Jud, Parsons insisted on each contributing $3 80 that there would be something to fight for. Liko Paddy Ryan, they could not find backers for so much ‘money, and consequently were locked up. Joo . Mitehall, formorly" of this city, was married Thursday to Miss Adele King at the residence of D. Brace. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have gone to Umaha to make their home there, A number of changes in the police force are bulletined. Will Eusey, who was -{moinwdaluw days ago. has re- signed, and James Malone has been pro- moted from the nigit force to the va- cancy. Capt. Hiatt isto take Malone’s place, ‘Thirteen tramps were introduced to Judge Parsons yestorday morning under the new vagrant ordinance. The judge assessed them $6.40 for the honor, and in default they were bundled off to the county juil on a thirty days’ sen- tonce. 4 Conner, one of the gang, is wanted by the Umaha authorities Prof. Strayer, a_traveling magician, wndortook to do.n littlo slight. ol hand business with Al. K. Hall yesterday and fell by the wayside. It cost the profes- sor about $4 to explain matters satisfac- torily to the police juage, Hon. R. D. Stevens returned from Stromsburg yesterday. where, in the face of a stift opposition and seme knotty faets, he succeeded in convineing the ex- ciso board that it was proper to i nt license to one Wm. H. Donalson A committee of citizens waited on Sheriff Melick yesterduy to protest against the appointment of Harrison D, Littlefield as a deputy sheriff. Little ield is the Law and Order lo::fguu police- man who was released from duty a fow wecks ago by Mayor Burr, and his friends are anxious to have him again invested with an arresting oflicer's powers and prerogatives. Under the treatment of Dr. Billings, the trott, acMahon is improving rap- idly, and soon be in shupe for train- ing. X 3 Long before the hour fixed for the eir- cus parade yosterday the streots of the city, especially about Fiteenth and Farnam, were thronged with wen, women and children, anxious and agape. The crowd was composed prineipally of the two lntter, most of whom were quite evidently from the '“rooral destricts.” The infantile elemeut was also well vep- resentod, The parade itseit was ot as long a one e anticipated, but what there wiis of it was good. A good slzed crowd sed the performance this afternoon, evening's performance was attended., s Pall. Yesterduy about 9 o'cloek a earpen- ter named Johnson, who was engaged in repaiving the vave on the north side of John A" McShane's roaidence, on West Great Bargain Sale Toé THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1896, A ay and All Next Week J. L. BRANDEIS & SON'S, SOC and SO08 soutlh 13t streect. To reduce our immense stock of dry goods, we will, today, offer the following unheard of bargains: Muslins. As we have more muslins room for, we will tomorrow, put it all on sale All the best brands of muslin at 5¢ per yard, in the market, Bleached Mustin and Unbleached Muslin heother well known brands Lonsdale,and al GINGHAMS. Good Qualiy Apron Check Gingham) e o, CURTAIN NETTING nstock than we have ONLY ORIENTAL Very wide for flouncing. 1 lot very nice, wide, Curtain Netting, in white only, Only 18¢ worth 30c 1 lot extra good quality CURTAIN NETTING 1In white and ecru, 25c worth boe, Jo ) IS acall 20 yards for SI Only 81 sold to each per- son. LACES. Tomorrow we will put on sale 28 styles 30c a yard, worth 75c. quality, all the latest shades, 25C a Pair Worth 50¢ LAGES All shades, 1 lot Ladies’ Silk Mitts, extra good 2 CASES SOLID COL./ ORED: POPLINS, Very uice. DRESS GOODS 40 iehes wide, in ull the lntest! Calicos, Tomorrow we will put on sale all our stan durd Calicos at 3 3-4¢per yard. Best Shirting Calicos, Pink Calicos, Dress| Galicos, Lease very wide Inain Linon, S EX. GQ DI ONLY 18c Per Yard. Worth 5 cents 3 CA | ONLY 5c Per Yard. Worth 124 cta 506 and 508 South 13th Street. India Linen[ 4c Jaf iOnly Twenty yards to one rerson. Por yd. Worth 1%, D QUALITY A LINEN Short length. Only 8c, worth 20c. Lace Mitts. 1lot Ladies’ Lace Mitts in all shado, Only 9¢ a pair worth 25¢c. iven Away toevery Lady ttending Our Sale To-day, we will give a Beautiful Japanese Mikacllo’:Fan, of our own importation. BIRANDKIS s¥ SON, Farnam strect, near Twenty-fiftn, fell to the ground, a distan of about twenty feet. He was considerably shaken up, though no bones were broken. The fall was oceasioned by Johnson's stepping on the end of a plank which was without support on the scaffold. The State's Insane. Wm. H. Ijams, chairman of the board of commissionors of insanity, recently wrote to Dr. Matthewson, superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at Lin- coln, in regard to the admission of a Douglas county patient. He received a eply that the paticnt would be admitted. writes the superintendant, presont crowded oon- dition we can not receive confirmed incurable cases. I had hoped that the new institution at Norfolk would afford some relief, but the surplus here now would fill that hospital if they would re- ceive them to-day, yet thereare some hundreds of patiouts in the state besides those here,” Mr. E. C. Pierce, the missing Blair un- dertaker, has returned. He offers no ex- planation of his strange absence except to say that he went to Californin. Itis supposcd that he has been luboring under a fit of temporary insanity. The Southwestern Strike. One of the effects of the great south- western railroad strike is already plainly noticeable in the increased number of tramps. Judge Stenberg says that every day he has arraigned before him one or more men, whose faces and manners give indication that they do not belong to the *perfesh,” who were thro®n out of work by the great ruilroad strike. They al- ways show up their hands, hard and rimy from long work on the trains, and the judgo. it satisfied that their story is correct, relexses them, A Stolen Light. Thursday J. F. Dailey, the sewer con- tractor, who is building a sewer on the corner of Capitol avenue and Thirteenth streets, decorated the opening he is se w- ering with three red-light lanterns as sig- nals of danger, This morning he found that the lights had been stolen during the night, Boyd's Benefit, There is every indication that Manager Boyd, of the opera house, will have a rousing benefit next Monday' on the oc- casion of the appeara: of Kate Castle- ton in **C utch.” The Elks will be present in full force, occupying secats in the front part of the hou; TJUTT'S PILLS 256 YEARS IN USE. Tho Grootost Modical Triumph of tho Age! SYMPTOMS OF A JORPID LIVER, | cisco w. Brevities, Pat Murphv, the *‘Irish Lord,” was shipped to Ireland last evening. The Fantasma company arrived here yesterday with all its wealth of scencry, and workmen, The Battle of Gettysburg panorama will be open to the public on Sunduy from 1:30 to 9 p. m. Boating at Cutoff lake 18 becoming more and more popular among the mem- bers of the club and their friends. will be no gzame of ball on Sunday St. Joe Reds and the Unmion he former have backed down The cigarmakers’ picnic, fpuatpnned from last Sunday on account of the rain, will take place from Hasoall's park to-morrow. A county warrant for $16, in favor of Martin Gahlon, was lost by Officer Whalen yesterday, and if found should be turned over to him at the city jail . The grand jury was discharged terday. They found but one indict- ment and that is against the convict, Mc- Carthy, who is now serving a term in the lowa penitentiary. He has been indicted for inducing the woman Swan to swear falsely in a case in which he was inter- ested. Frank Moody, a brakeman employed by the Union Pacific,met with a slight acei- dent in the lower yards Thursday night, While coupling cars the draw-bars passed each other, permitting the cars to meet. His shoulder was caught by one, and the clbow joint by the other, eausing the arm from the shoulder up to brace between the two cars. Although painful, it was not serious, . es- Progressive Presbyterianism, Rey, 8. D, Beatty, of Peoria, Ills,, is in the eity. _Hon. A. 8 Paddock arrived from Bent- rice yesterday. E. C. Morton, Fort Bridger, Wyoniing, is at the Paxton, A. H, Swan, the Wyoming cattle king, is in the city. dJ. C. Osgood, representing a large con and iron firm of Chicago, is 1 the city. L. M. Korty, superintendent of tele- rraph foc the Union Pavilic, is on the sick ist. Mr. E. Rosewater left yesterday for the south, intending to be absent two weeks. G. L. Patton, and Gertie and Edna Pat- ton, of Weeping Water, were at the Mil lard yestorday. J. D. Donnelly, of Plattsmouth, eashier of the Cass County bank, was in the city yesterday. Charles A. 'Tanner and Mrs. C, pleton, of Nevads, lowa, are visiting their brother in this city. C. H. Hammond, superintendent of the lowa Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, was in the city yesterday. ‘I'. M. Marguette, Lincoln, while in at- tendunce upon the United States circuit court, is a guest at the Millard. Mrs. Elijuh Stodds E. Adams returned Wednesda; absence of some wee )i 8. C. Sulls and wi Chadron; Charles Philpot, Weeping Water; F. 8, Cotton, Kearney; are at the Canfield. Mrs. A. J. White, from the south, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harrison Buck- ner, of Omaha, and will probably make this her future home Prof. A. 8. Maxks, of Chicago, author and publisher of the “'Holy Land," is in the city and will give several illustrated loctures on Palestine. Mrs Louise Hilleck, living néar the corner of Thirteenth and Douglas streets, is suffering from a broken arm, which she fractured a few days since. Mrs. W.F. Allen, who left for San Fi § th Mr. and Mrs. Coutant, togethor with her child, will remain on the coast u couple of weeks longer. Postmaster Coutant arrived home yester d‘l{ from California, where himself and wife huve been for the last twenty-five . Nathan after an n California. They visitéd ' Los Angeles, Santa 'y, the Geysers, Sacramento rancisco, and spent the time most delightful John 8. Ci the railroad contractor, well known here from his earl; struction of the Union Pacifie, is at the Paxton. Mr. W. Smith, who has for several years been chief clerk in the construction department of the Union Pacific, leaves on Saturday to take a place with Mr. Me- Murray in the claim department at Den- ver. e THE ROMANCE OF GOLD. Fate of the Men Who Discovered Some Great American Mines, Fort Keogh (M. T.) Letter: The super- stitious belief is an old one that unless the discoverer of a camp meets an un- timely or bloody end his find will never amount to anything; and this scems to be borne out by the facts, since nearly all the discoverers of the great gold mines in the United Staf with but few exc tions, have, as the »-:L‘yin%v Zoes. ed with their boots on.’ Df thivty-eight booming towns in earl; tors of twelve were killed by bullet, thre were buried in their creations by cave- ins, and the rest drifted away with the tide of immigration, have become lost in ivion, or died and were buried in pau- *graves. George H. Fryer,from whom elebrated “Fryer Hill,” of Leadville derives its name, died at Denver not long ago from an overdose of morphine admin- istered by his own hand. Two years pre- vious to his death was worth a million or 80, but he died a pauper and almost with- out u friend. Old Virginny, after whom the *‘Con- solidated Virginia’ was named, and who sold his claim for $25, a pony and a bottle of whisky, came to his death by an over- dose from a bucking mule near Dayton, Neyada, Bill Bodie, the discoverer of the great Stundard mine in Mino county, Cal., slept his life away in a snowstorm while making his way to the mines. Col. Story, who gave his name to the unty in Nevadn where the Comstock is situated, was killed in battle by the Pyr- amid Lake Indians. Thomas Page Comstock died a beggar in a strange land. “‘Old Pancake," as he known in the mining camps, com- mitted suicide at Bozeman, M. T. on > mber 27, 1870, by shooting himself. He was the leader of the famous Big Horn expedition of the Lost Cabin mines, supposed to be. somewhere among the Big' Horn mountains. The expedition was a failure, and Comstock, whethe from disappointmient or some other cnuse, while encamped near Bozeman drove'a pistol bl through his head and died mstantly. He was buried there, nd his grave isanmarked and unknown. Near the wild spot where twelve years before the hidden treasure of Alder guleh wasrovealed to him, William Fairweather | est, Like poor “Old Pancake, " this erratic_soul stranded on the shoals of dissipation, although each in his day had ‘un-(wd a key ver, the other golden—which unlocked millions for othgrs: but nothing for them- solvos. Willtaih, Rarroll, who “struck” Meadow lake, died a vietim to remorse in one of the leading hospitalsin San EFrancisco, “haunted by the spirit of 1,000 deluded pioneers an Jrospactors puss- ing and repassing his dying bed.” ' The locator of the famous Homestake, in the was laid down to Black hills, is said to have aftorward | turned road agent. Times going hard with him, he attempted to stop a stage loaded wid “propyred for just such cmergencies, and he was planted side the road by the express agents whom he had tried to voband kil Homer, of the Hom trict, followed in the suicidul tr: Comstock. After squandering a small fortune he shot his brains out in the streets of San - Francisco. Doughnut Bill, "*Old kurcka.” Kelse Austin, Lloyd Magruder, ‘Nine-Mile Clark,” George ankiuson, Henry Plummer, aud scores of others died violent deaths nt, of Painesville, OO, | connection with the con- | days, the loca- the one sil- | in one way or another and reaped noth- ing from the rich finds ench had made in'his day. Doughnut Bill was planted | in the Lone Mountain cemetery in Utah in 1808; " lone grave under » white pinc tree in’ a_froutier mining town in Culi- fornia _tells where poor Old Eureka' sleeps his last sleen; Kelse Austin was killed and buried in Echo county, Ne da. fifteen years ago. Lloyd Magruder, while conducting a number of wagons loaded with treasure from Virginia Ci to the nearest rail- d, was murdered and robbed by his teamsters, who were Plummer’s outlaws in disguise. George Hankinson and Henry Plummer were hauled up by the vigilantes and strung up without the dolay and formality ofa thal, - Plimmor was a great rascal, In the early days of the mining camps of Monts Plummer w elected sheriff of the eamp about Virginia City. He was the first locator of the rich ground about Virginia City, but thought he could make more money, | and quicker, too, by taking what w. already mined than by laboring in the f:ul L day after day and getting it by hard, honest toil. But e was tripped up at last, and died 8 cringing, miscra- ble coward, on a gallows of his own con- struction, Jefferson Davis in Irons. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes: The ceremonies at Montgomer, Ala., on Wednesday last, and the all sions made by Gen. John B. Gordon in his oration there to the imprisonment of Mr. Davis at Fortress Monroe in 1805, re- vives some incidents rarely now men- tioned, but, neverless, of rave historical interest, and belonging to both the period and the subject, they may now be truth- fully related; An eye witness, engaged thero in the ordnance departmentat the fortress, now a resident and attached w0 the police de- partment of Baltimore, suys that when Mr. Davis landed from the gun-boat on the government wharf, the guard that received him kept back the lookers-on to fe considerable distance while they con- ducted the prisoner to the interior of the [ fortification and to the casemate nssignod for his incarceration, Soon after he was | lodged there the oflicer of the day called and advised him thut orders had been re- cived from Washington to place ! him in irons, and ‘asked him to | submut by 1y IF prostrate on the cot when within the casement. My, Davis, i vehemonce, objocted, and 2 order shonld be read to a8 done, and he still refused, | and declared that the manacle should only be sed on him by force. The blackswith was then presént with leg irons, ana a soldier being so ordeved, placed his musket across the breast of the prisoner, pressed him to and then | down on the cot. While held in thut po. siton the snuth rived the irons on the | ankles, and the prisoner, thus seeured, was locked in the A day or so ame from Washington cs, and so00n after ward to open the door, and finully to al- low Mr. Davis to exercise himself hy 1 d walks within the grounds. Tho 1 was issued, it was Stanton, and the prep: to do so were all made prior to the ar- rival of the gunboat. President Johnson issucd the ameliorating orders that fol- lowed. him, This s Whon Baby waa sick, we gave her Gautoria, Whea siie was a Child, sbe cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, sho clung 1o Uastoria, What abie ad Clildres, she gave thei Uastaria Whitehull, Wis, a v 500 population, in Sep to have the liguor licens and ¥200 for wholesale visors w recently raise the liconse for $000 for. both clusses. y who will the comiug year to The Uause of the Cyclone. Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat: The re- sults following the advent of the solar disturbance of the 14th were far more disastrous than expected. We spoke yesterday of the barometric depression lingering in the northwest and expected that the solar flames of the disturbance would hasten it eastwaad with high tem- perature and electric storms. But itseems that as the extended facular disturbance just in advance of the sun spot came to bear on our atmosphere tornadoes devel- oped immediately in the depression, with the most disastrons results to three pros- i)el'o\ll towns of Minnesota, two towns in owa and one in Dakota. In Sauk Rap- ids and St. Cloud the destruction of prop- erty and loss of life were appalling. The tornadoes seemed to have a partiality for towns. No such destruction has ogeurred since six southern states were visited the 19th of February, 1884, On_ that da) er a hundred peopte were killed an sky was of a lurid hue at midnight. The facular disturbance justin adyance of the sun spot which came by the sun's rotation Wednesday especially attracted the attention of Dr. Veeder "of Lvons, who reported it by postal card Wednes- day afternoon. As observed by us Thurs- he disturba was of the character. What seemed like w vast billow of intensely white lame with its summit far above the absorbing vapors near the photosphere, swayed and twisted and changed form very myhlly, At times it was almost ob- scured by cloud-like masses. This facu- lar flamé must have been 60,000 miles considerably to the sun's It nlso electrified our atmosphere, was evidenced by an aurora between 9 and 10 o'clock W ednes- diy night which was very striking, con- sidering the brightness of the moonlight The eloctrieal displays in the northwest were also very intense,and the electrie dis- charges are probably responsible for the gluwmg up of the carth by the tornado at St. Cloud.” A tornado is probably noth- ing but the pasage of an immense volume, 80 to speak, of eleotricity from the upper atmosphere to the earth, forming a vor- tox, with a practical suspension of gravity for'the time being A Simply Testing His Love. Detroit Free Press: The other evenin as a Detroit Fitznoodle called on his girl he found her with tears in her eyes and her face tied up. “It's the awly 1, a5 he as ry camphor “But the deetist says I must have two of thom out! Will you go with me, “Of course.” **And will you—you alsc have a tooth pulied?, “Certainly.” *“I'wo of 'em ¥ “Yos,” “Before I do “Yes durling.” Then she thung the handerchief from her tace, brushed the tears from her eyes and gave him a long, lingering, tinating kiss on the left jaw, simply been testing his love and deyvotion They will go to Ningara their bridal tour. 1, awful toothache!” sho for an explunution. - Happy in His 1 ¥ond Wife 1 dreams last night, rge? Rude Husbahd-—~“Why do you ask:" Foud Wife—""Boc noticed a pleas- ant smile on your fa s you slent."” Rude Husband—"Yus; [ forgot for the time that 1 was married. Pass the butter.” ams at Least, you have pleasant Whilo the Apache race is deere i number, yeurly, the Navajo, though keoping pace in decay from 1802 to 1380, is now at u standstill, if not absolutely iner Z in e Ap in 10,000 souls 105" numberoed; To-day they aré not quite 7,000 strong. dlod The Navajoss dwin from 16,0000 12,000 in 1830, and have remuined at about the latter ligure eves ) iion Sewing Machine, 200N. 16th st. EXPENSES OF THE HOUSEROL Koeping Accounts the Boginning of Frae = gality, b Harassing Life by Contract cssary Debts—Kaso of Moneys Gotting Hostllo to Good Husbandry. The misery o Philadelphia Record: debts and duns hold about the same rolas tion to the disturbance of social happi that colds and consumption do to the vention of physicial well-being. Ne pase carries off so many victims as consumption, and no ayoidable mental aflliction contributes so much to the havassment of life as the worry of debts contracted in excess of ability to pay. The insane hospitals are full of crasmy debtors, and thousands every yvear rid then.selves of an unendurable weight of liability by running unprepared to their final account. The writer of these papers, more especially intended for the purusal of women, has already preached & serion from tho text of “Pay ns you go.”’ But the way in which you go is important. You may go so fast that outgo exceeds income, and uwr,‘r year capital 18 en- croached upon until your gait is reduced toone of uncomfortable “slowness. As women are among the chief debt-makers of the world it is important that they should understand the limitations within which they may procecd safely. To persons so comfortably situated that they own puid-for houses to live in, but are dependent upon a certain fixed income, or certain wage-earning capacity it should be an cxlrx\m‘llhmr?' inducoment indeed whien would justify them in in- curring debts beyond_ the immediate means of payment. Every debt pulls from the security of the home and home comfort that grows out of possession. Those who do not own their homes, but oxpect to, must make whatever denial is necessary every year to lay by something toward the accom- plishment ot the desired end. They must do more than pay as they go; they must not go quite so fast as they are able to puy. i ot ito can, it she chooses, ad- just herself to the circumstances with the greatest precision. Once having ascer- tained the earning power of her family sho can adjust fho pay depnxtmont to necessary outgo as readily as the horse- power of an_ engine is adapted to the work required of it. But there must be mothod. The true method is to keep an accurate account of expenditure. Even a running nccount mav be kept within proper bounds by the housckeeper who makes it a point evory day to know how far and fast the account runs. It is & thousand times botter to onl, y what you can pay for out of cash in hand. But the cash is not always in hand. The blacksmith's wages are sometimes repre- rented by his book accounts for work dons and not puid for. Tho farmers cash may for a time lie in his ungathered crops or his unfattoned oxen. But the running account should never be per- mitted to go beyond the surety of ac- quittal, The blacksmith’s bill at the store should never be permitted to ox- cced the amount he may certainly expect from solvent debtros, and the farmer should never eat up_his corn before it ripens. The housewife who keeps as close and conscientious knowledge of what she buys and does not pay for as what sl nys and pays for within the limit of ability has adopted a rule, not of absolute safety, but of near approach toat, There has been a wonderful inorease in latter years in croaturo comforts Every honeést weaver and shoemaker or other craftsman in Philadelphia can fill his house with luxuries and array his wife and daughters in fabrics more come- ly and gorgeous than Richard III or Honry VAT, or any other of out’ savage ancestry in the middle ages, could pos- sibly procure for himself or those about him, “But with ense of living and ease of wetting has come a certain diminution of thrift. One cannot go back to the ivate memoranda of the business trans- actions of George and Martha Washing- ton, John Adams and his wife. How careful the father of his country was about his shillings. Or even to come later down, when Attorney General Marcy, of the state of New York, debited the com- monwealth with 50 cents, which the tailor charged him for patching the seat ot his breeches, worn out in staging across the country in his professionaf cayneity. His expense account went even to the charges for his rum snd the blacking of his shoes. But there was not a farthing too much or too little. He did not ride on a free pass and charge the state with mileage. f we could bring back into the house- hold administration something of the care, procision and honesty ot an earlier day how much larger enjoyment we might get ‘out of our improved facilities! By remembering what a great man Mr. Marey was, how well he acquitted hims self in trying positions when great affairs W 0 be dealt with, and how well he preparcd himself for the management of great affuirs by the accuracy of his deal- ing with small affairs, we shall be vastly encouraged in adopting the Marcy plan as the guide of household adminisration, caidllileatly A young man in Athens, Ga,, has a vals nable diamond pin with a history, whicl he evidently isn't ashamed of. His grand- father was a slave dealer, and one AW 0 wel wenting a dinmond pin, He asked her where ghe got it, and wh:‘i she'd tuke for it, She said she b picked it up in a stroet in Montgom: Aln., und would trade it for a red hand- Whereupon the honor: rave the slave girl $5for it, $5Wn to s admiring postari - - G handed it The Texas & Pacific bridge over the ‘Trinity river at Dallas, Tex., is ninety bove the water level negro walking across the brh‘lfgu recently was ken by u traun, and so scared thag jumped from the bridge, went plunfi down in the water, and after a minul arose and swam ashore unhurt, e ‘I'he mild December weather caused s pair of ravens to lose run of the season, and on the Gth of that month they were along in housckeoping, having u t Of four young in it. This pair of built their home upon a ledge om high eliff facing the Irish Channel, ledge is on th te of Mr, Kon- nedy, in Glenapp, Ayrshire, MOST PERFECT MADE Purest and strongest Natural Fruit Flavors. 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