Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 22, 1886, Page 10

THE COUNTY SEAT OF CASS. Progressive Points Fr. ‘:x‘t)» Plodding Town of Plattsmouth, STEADY GROWTH OF THE TOWN ilroads, Factories, Busit The and Improvements Campaign Waxing War Sabt h Day Scenes. PrarrsvorTin, Neb., August 17 tespondence of the Brk. ] —The per tive view of Plattsmouth from the M. depo! Hedged eler from north, ¢ limitc the cars with its rows of two filled 158 fronts [Cor B. & nd a blufls, th m m by towerin st or oy of burb of Omaha from the Main street nd thre rac thriving st however tory brick Ve 1 there a cdown shanty, the monuments ot local Tom Murrays, will that the town wlily pushing ahead and overcoming disheartening obstacles in the path of progress, THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDINGS have been “touched and freshened by the addition of signs proclaiming the nature of their business. Here and there clusters of antigue poey the apets; sun-dried brick, grown weary the ed company and threaten to er ny moment; the bald-headed nk with the age and rust of generations, and the win dows only lack a plugging of old clothes in broken panes to complete the pieture of desolation and deeay. 1t is dangerous to life and limb to point out this sickly mass of ruins to a resident, and Ilonk for its carly destruetion by gunpow der or dynamite, Elogant residences are going up in goodly numbers on the various hillsides, Tere tie taste of the builders 1s displayed in numerous gables, mansard roofs, and an occasional mixture of ancient and modern styles. These architeetural abom: inations ate relieved oceasionally by wide and sweeping verandas, the only graceful feature of the buildi The progress and prosperity of the veople are planly shown, however, in theimproved appear ance of the homes recently built or now under contract “The town 13 getting to the front in good shape, " said i business man. T has not been a business failure of any consequence in five years, and very few merchants complain of the scuson’s trade. The finances of the ecity are in good e, and the publie improvements con remplated will put the city in aavanee of any of cqual population m the state.’ Ihe nssessed valuation of eity property approaches 1,000,000, the thrce banks have bital of $250,000, and £30,000 are invested in manufacturing enterprises, now in their infancy. Tne railrond shops are the backbone of the cit They are in reality the only manufacturing shops of the Burlington west of the river. The plant is a complete one and can turn out anvthing from a coupling-pin to a loco- motive. The pay-roll of the company averages $35.000 & month in ti THE BUSIN THE RAILROAD is quite large and worthy the attention of other ronds secking profitable business points. The location of the B. & M. 1s such that it cannot properly accommo- date its patrons without the expenditure of vast sums of money in grading down the biufis encompassing the road. A strin of about three hundred yards opens out on alevel with the road; at either end the earth towers up from fifty to one hundred feet—freaks of nature s s and as ornamental as sore thumbs. Of the level strip referred to the company has purehased some two hundred feet in depth, on which it con- templateserceting a depot at some re- mote period, or sooner if a competing line strikes the city. At present there 15 n business circles a searcity of independ- enco and backbone on the railvond ques- tion. It is n plant of gradual growth, but it is slowly gathering strength through commerei P ity, and”is likely to assert itself within a yoar in the shape of bonus to a rival line from the south or west. The business of the B. & M. here aggregates $125,000 a year for freight and 000 tor passengers. LAST SPRING BONDS WERE VOTED and the contract let to the Inman broth- ers, of New York, for the construction of a system of water works, For some unexpliined reason the contractors have delayed the work on various protexts, and it is fearved that the winter's snows will nip the job. "The latest assuran receiyed from the Inmans was that wol would bogin this w The citizens are anxious for a beginning, and, like mar- tyrs of old, calmly it the coming of the plumber and his bill. The works proper and house connections will in- volve an outlay of fully $50,000, The Plattsmouth csuning factory has entered upon its second year with its ca- pacity doubled to meet” the demand for its products, The building is a commo- dious frame structure, painted red, of soutse, 10 symbolize s business vim ind ty. The company expects to place half o million cans of corn, tomatoes, beans and peas on the market this sen. son, and tickle the stockholders with a liberal dividend. In the northwest corner of the town a handsomely rounded brick chimuey rises among the hills and sends forth clouds of smoke from the brick kilns beneath. The method of burning brick here is new in this region, and has so far proved sue- cessful in economizing fue i the heat and producing bric requisite hardness and finish, is & permanent semi-cireular strueture of varying thickness, with doors ten fe apart, A temporary roof of bourds mounts it. Here the brick is fiest d by wood fire in the doors, The dr, process over, the doors are plugged the fires on top started, The heat is ried down through the kiln by the dr: of the stack, while the heavy black smoko passes through the roof without discol- oring a brick, This industry was started by local capitalists, who will doubtless harvest o snng return on their invest ment. walk up blocks, well and stores plate-gl tum | convinee one up Moss over job, have Dot THE CAMPAIG is growing warm with the approach of September, The city and county, like many others in the' state, are aicted with” a cluss of political perfectionists who imagine that the planets move and have their being in their personal att tions. Scveral of the alleged leaders are old and suflicicntly worthless to orna- ment & funeral procession, but Provi- dence, for some inserutable reuson, per- mits them to live on and pile up torments for the hereatter. So great and over- whelming is their love for the republican party that he who refuses to “'bend the regnant hinges of the knee,”’ that polit- ica) thrift might follow, is ostracized and forbidden to enter the sacred preciners of the caucus. District Attorney Strode and Political Banker Patterson, with a few others, have taken the contract to deliver the county to the anti-Van Wyck and Howe faction, This pair of pérspiring deities have publiely declaved themselves on this line. Strode has been uncom- monly successful as a criminal prosecutor, especially in cases where the criminal confesses and pleads guilty. He is now anxious to go to the legislature and re- model the codo. Of Patterson it can be said that he has for y handled the city and county funds with interest for him self and the treasurers. He is a skillful distributor of politieal boodle, and will THE OMAHA DAILY BEE These | beat close and constant watching. smuliwarts and their followers are cinlly bitter against Senator Van Wyck They are thoroughly competent, by na ture and acquirement ) the | honest sentiments of the people and de { Tiver the county on o his e I On l very little of ( s neighborhood. On the quict the west end of the Missouri Pacific grave we will have a stror smallwarts of t} 1t and d Howe. This pian on paper, but Lean confident primiries will not jug-hand n fact, tie of wor among repul 18 ou ite-n and - will be y armed f when the T'he vain boasts of the air o nt. The wvalanel top their | Suppre Howe in th 1ven out thit TH uth young ween the SABBATIE DAY s not devoid of interest ind old, divide their depot, the postoflice churches. The variety of lawns | ribbons and seersucker suits at either | Place is charming to the eye, The belles und beaus troop from church to the post office at_noon. Fhe latter pose their im mature forms on the sidewalk, brush the down on their upper lips with infantile jeweled fingers, and by winks and knowing nods invite the girls to ot on to my siaape.” These curbstone niashers are a necessary aflliction in and small cities, aifd no_cure for the evil has yet been discovered. One group of three young men standing in a doorway attracted my attention by the nervous anxiety of their looks. They peered up and down the street, and furtively glanced at the barred and curtined doors of a store neross the way. A side door soon opencd and aoman appeared carrying a closcly wrapved package under his arm He hurvied o the group, delivered the goods and vanished. The latter shot around a corner. Convineed that ther was some sokedness he I followed Around corners, up streets and alleys they durted, and finally brought up in’a livery stable. Here the goods were di vided. “Hit it quick,” ‘w ed the leader of the party as the owner of the stable appeared ‘i the distance. ihe “hitting'” was done without further 3 lev, and anempty bottle flew through a back window as t stableman entered the door. “Why this unseemly haster” Linquired, “Is this man a prohibition snyY No, he's a two-legged hog and would Kkick like « mule if be didn't et halt of it.” 1 afterwards learned that Sunday prohibition prevails here, and not a drop can be had without the countersign. I, in Plattsm | The nati time b and th canes or BULLY HAYES. A Pest of the Pacitic Ocean Now Hap- pily Extinet, Buliy Hayes began his eareer as a pilot on the Mississippi river. Ounc day he turned up in Shanghai, and soon after he suddenly disappenred. A stanehlittle schooner that had been at anchor in the harbor was simultaneously missed. Bully Hayes had begun his career as - trader and buceanc The New York Sun prints some cdifying stories of that career, and these among the rest: One of the smartest tricks Bully Hayes ever played was when he outwilted the authorities of Victoria, Australia, and made several thousands of dollars by being o person of fertile resoure it was at the time when the provinces of South Australia feared that they were going to be overrun with Chinest, and 0 to restriet imnugration Vietoria imposed an entrance tax of § head. One day Bully Hayes landed at s Chinese port and loaded up with immigrants for Australin, He took care to collect his passage and head tax money in advance, for as owner of his eraff he would be held responsible for the tax on every Chinaman he landed at Melbourne. After filling every corner of his vessel with Chinese laborers he set sail for Australia, and in due time arrived oft Melbourne harbor. Then he set to work and pumped his vessel half full of water, set a distress signal on his topmast, lit his pipe, and set down to await developments. It was not long before a government vessel bore down upon him to learn what was the matter, “I'm’in a sinking condition,” yelled Bully Hayes, as she came alongside, 1 want to save my ship, but I can't live with all my cargo aboard, If you'll take off the Chinamen I think I ean” make the harbor." The Chinamen were transferred to the government vessel with great alacrity, and were carried off to MeTbourne. Then Bully Hayes pumped his vessel dry and set suil for one of his island retreats. He had landed his load of Chinamen in ustralia, and the tax of $50 a head was Jingling in his own pocket One of the meanest rs that Bully Hayes ever perpetrated was when I robbed a party of ‘missionarios who took passage with him from the Fiji islands to anew field of labor. One of the mis- sionarics scems to have had nusgivings that something was going to happen, for before sailing he exaeted a promise from Bully Hayes that he would land him and all his goods and chattels safe and sound, During the voyage Bully Huyes com- pelled his crew, under peril of the rope, to go forward every morning to attend divine service, Ho said he running A missionary ship, and that 1t was tho chance of ~ a lifetime to become prous and respeetable. When the varty reached their destination he landed Brother Crawford’s goods as he prom- ised, but when the other missionaries asked for their property Bully Hayes coolly sud that he knew nothing about the matter, He swore by all that was good and holy that not a box or a bundle of theirs hadbeen put on board. There they were among savages, with no tribu- nal within bundreds of miles to protect them from the robber. He set sail with his plunder, and it was afterward learned that he sold the missionary outfit among the islands that he visited in his cruise, Rully Hayes' missionary trip was a very | protitablé one On one occasion he had a_quarrel with his mate and he knocked that worthy down by hitting him on the head with a bag containing $250 in gold and silver, Then he pitched the bag and its contents over the side into the “sea, saying that any money that had touchc¢d such a skunk us "his mate wasn't tit to be handled. The mate was lucky to escape with his life, for Bully Hayes had a terri- ble temper und during his career killed several men with whom he had fallen out. Although stories of his lawlessness were rifo in almost every island in the Pacific, Bully Hayes never once fell into the clutches of the law. He always at- tributed his good luck to the fact that he was a total abstainer. He often said that whisky would ruin any man. ———— A correspondent of the Mimng and Scientific Pross calls attention to the un- usually high fineness of the value of gold found'in two of the mines of Tuolumne county, Cals.—higher than that of any other gold quartz mine in_any country, it is claimed. "The fineness of the gold from one ol these mines is stated to be 983, or 20,39 por ounce, and that from the other is 0504, or $19.64 per ounco. When it is considered that the value of chemically pure gold, one thousand fine, is $30,6718 per ounce, the close approach to absolut purity of the gold found in these mines i remarkable. —— There ave forty-nine clubs in Spring- field, Mass., organized for the express | curred | began to draw back purpose of furnishing liGuors to mem- ers [THE MAY DAY REVOLUTION. Andrew Oarnegie Reviws the Eight-Hour Straggle of Labor. USEFUL AND NEEDED LESSONS. A Short History of the Strikesand the Ber Capital “fits Acerning to Laborand Substantial Proge ress Nowed, Andrerc Carnegte in The F When the article published 1n the number of the ing its proper funct for wants of labor larly discharging its daily task fore that paper reached the public labor revolt that ev this conntry was frightened almost X April rum was written, labor | pord capital providing wnd labor regn But be tl (L were at peace, onc m most serious in upon panic, nto its strongholds, of public opinion seemed to self-command. Among the number were not a few of our fore most political economists of the closet, a small but important class in this country, removed from personal ct with every-day affairs, and unin formed of the solid basis of virtue in the wage-reeciving class upon which Amer: iean socicty rests, necessarily regarded such phenomena from a purely specula tive standpoint. Some of them appar- ently thought that the fundamental insti tutions upon which peaceful development depends had been, if not completely overthrown, at least gravely endangered, and that eivilization itself had received a rude shock from the disturl More than one did not hesitate to intimate that the weakness of demoeratic institutions luy at the foundation of the revolt. gostions were made that the suflrage should be contined to the educated, that the masses might be held in stricter bonds. Wien we hear the ery of these armists we are tempted to reverse the rebuke of the saered Teacher: They s always troubled more by the mote in their own country’s eye than by the be in the eye of other lands, The that not sixty days before mor Belgium was convul with labor re volts, compared with which ours were insignificant and practically harmless That country, with its five and millions of mhabitants, had m than the United States, with its fifty-six millions; and instead of restoring peace, as this country did, by means of the established forees of order, the Belgian government Lad to abandon for a time law, und publiely authorize every eiti uto wage private war against the in- surgents. Qur magazines, us Capital into and many leaders lose 1ce. Sug reviews and news- papers have been filled with plans in- volving radical changes, considered necessary by these sciolists for the resto- ration and maintenance of proper 1 tions between capital and labor. The pulpit been cqually pro Thirty days have not clapsed sinee the excite- ment was at its height, and yet to-da capital and labor are agiin co‘operatingy everywhere, us at the date of my first saper, and’ we are now in position to judge’ of the extent of the disturbance and to reduce the speetre to its 1 di- nen It will soon be seen that what oceurred was a very inadequate eause for the alarm ereated. hie eruption was not in itsclf a very serious matter, cither-in its extent or in_iis conscquences. Its lesson lay in the indicationsit gave of the forces underlying it. There are in the United States to-day a total of more than twenty millions of workers who earn their bread by the sweat of their brows; in trade and transportation alone the are more than seven millions. At the very height of the revolt not more than 250,000 of these had temporarily ceased to labor' This was the estimate given by “Bradstreet’s™ on the 14th of May. Thred days later it was 80,000, and four day after that only 47,000. The remaining millions continued ' to pursue their usual avocations in peace. It is fair to assume that the num veported on the 14th of May included all those who were dissat- isticd and had requested advance of wago: or red { nees, but were not really strixers at all, A demonstration that “shrinks to one fourth its size from the 14th to the 17th of May, and then again to one-nalf its remaining propor- tions in the next three days, can scarcely be called a contest. The number of those involyed in a serious struggle with capi- did not, therefore, ny one time d50,000—-not 1 per cent of the total e-receiving in_the branches where alone labor troubles oceurred. How then, one is tempted to ask, daid so small an_interruption seem so great? Wity was it taken for granted that @ gen- eral revolt of labor had taken place when not one workerin a hundred had really entered upon a contesty ‘The reason for the delusion is obyious. The ommipresent P , With the electrie telegraph at its command, spreads the report of a local disturbance in East St. Louis over the entire three million square miles of the lund. It is felt almost as distinetly in New Orleans, Boston and San Francisco as in the city'of St. Louis itself, upon the opposite side of the river. The thoughts of men throughout the country councen- rate upon this one point of outbreak. itable natures fancy the trouble to be general, and oven imagine that the very ground trembles under their own L. n this way the petty local difliculty upon the Wabash system of railwuys, which involved only #,700 Knights of Labor, and a strike ‘of a few hundred men on the Third Avenue railway, New York, to- ther with a few trifling and temporary disputes at other points, were magnitied into u general warfare' betwoen capital and labor. The were but a tew local skirmishes; peace already reigns; and our professors and political economists and the whole school of pessimists who tremble for the safety of human society in general, and of the republic in partic- ular, and the mmisters that have boldly d to revolutionize existing condi- tions, are free to find another subject for their unxious fears and forebodings. The rolations between capital and - labor, which have slowly evolved themselves in the gradual development of the race, will not be readily chau The solid walls with which humanity fortifies itself in each advanced position gained i its toil some march forward will not fall to the groand at the blast of trumpets. Present conditions have grown up slowly, and can be changed for the betteronly slowly and by small, successive stops. A short history of the disturbanc will, how- r\'\-r. furnish many uscful and needed essons. The trouble grew, as many serious troubles do grow, from a trifle. ~ A leader of the Knights of Labor was dismissed, Whether the fact that he was a labor teader influenced his superior to dismiss him will probably never be known; but this much 1s to be said, that it was very likely to do s0, Salaried ofticials in the service of large corporations are naturally disposed 10 koop under thewm only such men as give them no trouble. On the other hand, the safoty of its leaders is the of labor’s position. To surrender this s to surrender everything. Even if the leader in question had not been as regularly at work as other men, eyen if he had to take days now and then to atend to ofticial duties for his breth- ren, the superior of that man should have dealt very leniently with bim. The men class These writers | SUNDAY cannot know whether stricken down fo but, the their leader 1 Proper cause or nots same timegthey cannot help suspeeting. And bere 1 call the attention of impartial minds to the ments of manhood and the Wigh of and Joyalty displayed upon the part of working men who &cfifice so much and throw themselves in the front of the con flict to s the safety of their standard bearers. Everything ‘reasonable ean done with men”of tiis spirit. The loya which they show to their | n | transferred to their ing them as such has nothing to fear i doyal to one anoth alty shown in tl honor sense en desery oM en so staun Nor is the loy it distinguishos workinfr men s a class Mr. Irons has said that *‘one hour's gen tlemanly courtesy on the partof the man ager would have averted all this disas ter.” Whether thi e or not, the wtement should not be overlooked, for it is true that one hour of conrtesy on th part of employers would provent many strikes. Whether the men ask in propoer mannoer for interviews, or observe all the rules of ctiquette, is immaterial. We expect from the presumably better in formed purty representing capital much more in this respect than from labor, and it is not asking too mueh of men intrusted with the management of great properties that they should devote some part of their attention to searching out the causes of disaflection among their cmployes, and whe any exist, that they shouid meet the men more than half-way in the endeavor to allay them. There i nothing but good for both parties to be derived from labor teaching the representative of capital the dignity of man, as man, The working man, becoming more and more mtelligent, will hereafter demand the treatment due to an equal. The strikers at first were excusable, even if mistaken, in imagining that their fer had been stricken down; but, under the excitement of conflict, violenee was resorted to; and further, aiattempt was made to 'd into the quarrel railway fines that had nothing to do with it The men took up these wrong positions and were desery edly driven from them. And labor her received a salutary lesson, namely, that nothing is to be zained by violonce and Tawlessness, nor by endeayoring to un- justly punish the innocent for the sins of the guilty. Pubhe sentiment, alwaysdis- posed to side with labor, was with the men at first, but soon finding itself un able to sanction their doings, it veered to the other side. When the strikers lost that indispensable ally they lost all. ‘Lhe other branch of the revoit of lubor oceurred in New York eity, where the employes of the Third Avenue railway struck for fewer hours and better pay. If ever astrike was justifinble this one was. v is simbply disgraceful for a cor poration to compel its men to work fifteen or sixteen hours aday. Such was the verdict of the publie, and the men won a deserved victory. Lere again, as at St. Louis, for lack of proper leadership, the went too far, and in their demand for the employment of certain men and the dis missal of others, they lost their only sure support—public’ sentiment. This was compelled o decide against their i demands, and consequently they failed, and deservedly faded. How completely public sentimént, when! aroused, compels obedience, as we live seen it did, botl St. Louis and in Naw York city, is furthe shown by the result of the order issued June 6th, requiring the men of all the city railvoads in Brookiyn and New Yor to stop work until the striking employe of the Thivd Avenue line were reins! The edict was disvegarded by the men themselves, who fanmid that complianc would not’ be approved by the commu- mty, and that, therefore, the attempt would fail. It was an attempt that the worst foe of labor might have ins| These were the two ehief strikes from which me the epidemic of demands and strikes throughout the country. None of these @bullitions proved of much moment. Aypash had broken out upon the body politic, but it was only skin deep, and disappeared as rapidly as it had come. At a somewhat later date the disturbance took a different form. A demand was made that the hours of labor should be reduced from ten to cight hours aday. To state this demand is to pro- nounce its fate. Existing conditions are not changed by 20 per cent icaps and bounds, and especiaily in times like these when business is not even moderately profitable. Such a request simply meant that many employers of labor would not De able to keep thoir men at work at all. History proves, nevertheless, that the hours “of labor arc being gradually duced. The percentage of men worl ten to eleven hours in'this country i 1850 wus 20.5. These ten-hour workers in- creased in 1830 0 59.6 per cent of the whole, while the classes who in 1830 worked excessive hours—from twelve to thirteen—constituted 325 per cent. In 1890 they were only 146 per eent, while the number of men compelled to work between thirteen and fourteen hours, which was in 1830 13.5 per cent, had fallen in 1880 to 2.3 per eent. Those working twelve hours are generally employed in donble shifts, night and day, * 1do ot bekeve that we have rcached the limit of this reduction, but I do_believe that any sermanent reduction will be secured only by the half-hour ata time. If labor be guided by wise counsel, it will ask for ductions”of half-hours, and then wait until a reduction to this extent is firmly established, and surrounding circum stances have adjusted themselves to that. In considering the reasonablencss of the demand for fewer hours of labor, w must not lose sight of the fuct that th Amcrican works more hours, on erage, than his fellow in Great Britain ‘Twenty-three trade revorted as working sixt) enteen . minutes a week, ‘on an while the same crafts in Great Britain work only fifty-three hoursand fifty min- utes, showing that the American ‘work an hour u day longer than his English brother. In British textile factories, the number of working hours in a weck ranges from fifty-four to fifty-six. In mines, foundr machine shops fifty-four hou a week's work, which is equivalent to nine hours a day, six days a weeR; but the men, in all cascs, work enough overtime each day to insure them a half-holiday on Saturday. In some districts, notably in Glasgow, the men prefer to work two weeks, und make other Saturday a whole holid ves them aun opportunity to leay rly morning trains, on excursions, 1 to spend Saturday and Sunday with friends. The Allegheny Valley Railroad company, under the management of my friend, Mr. MeCargo, introduced the half- Saturday holiday i the shops some time ago, with the "happiest resuits, Mr. McCargo found, by years of experience that working mon 10s¢ about half a day o week, Sinee the half-holiday was estab: lished no more time has been lost than before. The men work five and one-half days a week regularly. While they are not paid, of course, for the half-holiday, they could not be induced to give it up. This example should be followed, not only by ull the rafronds of the country, but’ by every cmployer of labor, and oyt R ey supported by every man who seeks to improve the condition of the wage-receiving ¢ Societ I venture to suggest to the representa tives of labor, however, that before they demand any reduction upon ten hours per duy, they should concentrate their efforts ‘upon making ten hours the uni- 1 practice, und secure this, At present every ton of pig-ron made in the world, except at two establishments, i made by men working in double {Welve Tours sat, having nei day nor holiday the yeur rouud. kyery two weeks the duy men change to the night shift by working twenty-four hours consecutively, Gas works, paper mills, tlour mills, and many other industries, are run by twelve-hour shifts, and brew eries exact tifteen hours a day, on an av- her Sun- | | months, for it | TWELVE PAGES. | bm their men. I hold that it is | ble for men workin n hours a ‘ day to enlist public sentiment on their side in a demand for the shortening of their task, as long as many of their fo lows are compelied to work twelve or more hours a day Th ht-hour ever, withont Works that run day orage, f not pos movement'is not, how tantinl foundation wnd ni t should be operated with thre 18 ne cach | ht hours I'he el-rait mills | we generally so run. The three on the Iatter wlditiona has been di ind the emp ng to meef an’ advanc \tont of 16§ per cent to be placed the rens which can be obtained. Thi considerable, especially during the hot has been found that men hours a day continnously cannot produce as miich por lour #s men working eight hours a_day; o that, if there be any profit at all in the business the employer derives some advantage from the greater productive capacity of his svorks and eapital, while the gencral exy ot the establishment remain practically as thoy were hefore. Since eleetrie lighting has been perfected, many | establishments which previously ecould not be run at night ean be run with sue 1 therefore look for a large increase in the number of establishments working | men only cight hours, but employing the machinery that now runs only tén hours the entire twenty-four. Each shift, of course, takes tarn of ench of the three parts into which twenty-four hours are divided, and thus the lives of the men ¢ rendered less monotonous, and many hours for recreation and self-improve ment are obtuned [0 BE CONCLUDED NEXT SUNDAY. ] - - STEEIiAGE AND OABIN, Prank Lestie's Tistrated. I was in the steerage, She was in the cabin. Not that I was not as muchuston- 1shed to sce her as possibly she was tosce me. Ihad no adea that she was in the Persia, though I knew it was settled some timoe before that the Dufours were going to Europe. 1t was a glorious moonlight evening the third night out. How well I remember it! The first mate was a good friend of mine. He had known me in my callow days of spending and pleasure, for I had one as cabin passenger more than onec 1 was indebted to him for the neat arm- chair in which I posced nightly to enjoy my cigar and make mental apostrophes to the moon. Now and then I conld go on the passenger deek at night through his courtes not yet seedy, though my clothes were far from new, 1 faney I did no diseredit to the aristoer loungers who never noticed me, as, at his loisure, 1 was always in company with Alvord, the mate Musing as usual, I sat on the lower deck, my hat thrown back, my gaze tent on” her majesty the moon, when 1 rd a voice that sounded familiar. It | 0. merey ! and then a moment after “Don’t let’s stay here, Lu.” I looked up just as the beautitul, proud face was turned, profile towards me *Gracious heavens!™ I said, under my breath “Lilly Dufour, the banker’s duughter!” 1 did not see hercompanion, and before Lcould move or speak, if [ had been so minded, both ladies had gone I smiled to myseclf, though my face burned and my eirs tingled.” Onlya few months ago and [ had heen her pactner ina german given in one of the most aristoeratic homes in New York. e beauty impressed me; the acquaintance ripencd into love. She had accepted me, and [ was the happiest man in the uni verse. Then a great misfortunc oc curred, involving me in the disgrace as the head of the firm. Innocent though Lwas, Lhad to undergo many scarching in quiries before the true verdiet was niade public. Stripped of money, my good name under a cloud, for a time at [east, 1 looked for sympathy from my lovely fiance, and was astonished beyond meas: ure af the coolness of her reception, the almost indiflerence with which she | ened to my defense. And when again she declined to receive me, and wrote me a cool little note in which she informed me, in @ beautiful [talian hand, that our engageme s at an cnd, [ was abso- lutely petritied with amazement. How often she had talked of Jove in a cottage! How eloquently she had deelared th failing fortune und failing healti, and even nonor, her heart would be true to itself and me—her love the shield and the reward. I could not believe it possi ble. Ttried to see her, but was always | repulsed. I wrote, but received no reply. I haunted her walks, her drives. She uever looked at me. Desperate and disheartened, T cared | not what became of me. « For weeks 1 moved, ate, worked like an automaton, I wus at my worst when anote came from u young lawyer, formerly my chum, and a good fellow to hoot: “Diar Hat—There is sp.endid nows for you. Come down to the ofl as you can. Yours, Frep.” What news was'there that matte anything to me? I searcely cared to obe the summons. That evening Fred stop e me on the stres *Why didn’'t you come®’ he asked *Of course you got my note? There's willions in it!"’ Millions in what?" I interrogated. “Pounds, stullings and pence. I hap- pencd on an advertisement in an English paper yesterday. Uve heard you say your family name was Preston; that there was some coolness between your wother and your English relations. Now, here is a certain Hulsted Preston, Esq., who has just died at the age of seventy- two, and he leaves—well, enough and plenty to the son of his sister, who mar- ried a Thomas De Long in America. Of course he must be your unele, and they are searching for the heir. So you are wanted " 1 looked at my much-worn suit, For a moment my heart beat as if it would leap from my body. Now, if this wero true (and | knew I had an uncle Hal sted Preston in Devonshire—I was named for him) 1 was the peer of any banker's daughter in America eep quiet aboul fhis matter, will your I asked. *Don't let it get in the papers just yet. I have good reasons tor askingit.” Above all, don't tulk among your friends 1 have nothing to do but o start at once.” “You will Jet me help yous” he said “Not a cent. I took u bitter outh that, so help me heaven, 1 would never hor row agmn., It hearly been my ruin once. I have enough to take me there and back, steers 1f on arriving ther I can establish my identity, money wi be easy enough and I shall huve inc no obligation. 1'll go justas [ am.” In loss than three days { had plonty of proof concerning my identity—my moth- er’s marriage certiicate being the most important paper; had engaged my pas. steorage—in the Porsia; and, do siring to be known to no one, enjoyed my peeuliar position with a zest of one superior to circumstances Did my hoart throb faster when on that beautiful night [ saw the face of the gl I had loyed? Well, yes, for a moment or two. But I had also loarned to despise her character too thoroughly to give wa, to sentiment. 1f I had not quike con quered my infatuation I was master of wyself She, over there, in her r colored reveries, speculating upon the possibility of winning w duke at the lowest in that marvelous London; Lin the steerage, if not a companion of the Mikes and (pidgets, at least in close proximity to them, though kindiy cared for by my sailor | ded betw vers, th sots of men | on | ntly work \ppat of wa but agains 1 produc not in working twelve nses rd [ and b | self befor | and two sons, u, friend. Tsmiled as thoughts conld be just now, T was more than nxions to know her opinion through | some available means, and taking advan tage o my friend's permission I haunted the upper deck of nights For some time | was disappointed. At last one evening she came upon deck, a young lady follo: carrying hershawl and a pillow. They eame quito neav where I'sat, my face to the sea, watching the wonderful’ gold-and-crimson gleams that mingled with the ripples and wave lots 1ot in her wake by our good ship “Now, are you quite well fixed ho young lady, whom 1 supposcd was her_companion ha? thanke, Sit down, T w you somcthing. Have you hont him ye indved <hto nsk found out How can I talk ly knows him but youand 1 Stringe that we shoitd meet here Al things, and he in that horrid place Nothing strange, if he is poor swoet W Vol of the other, I hato poverty! Besides—" Her tor fell, her words were inaundible I iope you will never be sorry,” was the answer, Cdptrpl No t with a scornful lTaugn. *‘He has cortainly lost s beauty," she added with a bitterness in her voice that I had never heard before, and in which only ler pride spoke, “One ean never tell in these business troubles how far di<hon esty will lead a man. Probably running away, I pulled my hat over was one burning flame. T longed to turn ipon her and” upbraid her with her hery, but I eontrolled mys Never!' said the other, with emphasis “How can you speak of such a thing believe him to be the soul of honor—a thorough gentleman, He “Who could this girl steal g nee at her, but the outlines of a very remembe my face, which looks it bey I tried to could sce only weeful figur 1 od then that Lilly had once or twice spoken of a cousin in such a way as led me to think her a dependent upon her bounty. This must be she. And low grateful I was for her sweet, heartielt defense of me! I wondered if T should see her again ke Night after mght 1 waited patiently in the moonlight, until at last 1 gave up looking for her. She did come one night, however,with an elderly gentieman whom I did not know. 1 wasin my old place in the steerage. Some of the other pas were around, lonnging about, leaning over the rails, but [ had chosen my: seat where I could sce without being sen I saw her face, It was as I had hoped lovely, youthful face, and 1 conld hear every inflection of her clear, low voice Juite nice people, 1 suppose, go as ro passengers sometimes, " 1 heard sengers steer her say 0, "yes in reduced had a rich even gentlemen errenmstances. Indeed, Tonec triend—youmight eall him a crank—who went “for the fun of the thing,' he said, to see life in a new phase. 1 believe he liked it best,” and the old gentleman langhed “A_girl with such a face,” I said to myself, “must be worth winning: by no means as beautiful as my former divin ity, but more lovely in cevery way. Lilly was taller, more queenly. but_tins girl’ with the sweet voice and zlorious, star-like eyes was, in eyery way but t mere matter of fortune,” her” cousin's superior. Of that [ felt assured and was quite willing her image should haunt me A few weeks had passed, and I stood before the gates of a fine mansion—now my own estate—in a Devonshire village, and looked up the broad avenue hordered by noble oaks. All that my uncle had died possessed of was left to me—money and lands, T eertanly did feel the pride of possession in the first flush of propric torship 1 held my head erect: T'wasonee more even with the world. The conntry about wus exceptionally beantiful, Rosc oA the village lanes, herc a thrifty farm lay smiling in sunshine, cottages dotied the Nill- Everywhere the land spoke of are and prosperity. ‘Fhe house was well preserved and filfed with <olid though quaint furniture. There were hot-houses and all’the inventions of this utilitarian age needed for farming on a lurge seal on the grounds. 1 saw the houses of n tenants. I was lord of the soil. Once more in London, my thoughts turned back to my own countiy and some i thece. There was yet kes to correct, eneniic the side work to do, misf to meet, friends o reward Among my acquaintances in the me- tropolis was & young German baron, who had married o lovely English girl, and with whom I had passed many Lapny hours, “You must come here to-night,” said the young baroness one day. I expeet some Americans whom perhaps yon know--the Dufours. The young lady is exquisitely beanti thete consins, | think.” “1did k Dufonr, the bankel New York,” I seid quicily, though pulses fluttered with anew thrill of ness ©0), yes, it must You will come, “On one condition,” I said “And what is that " “That you will not speak of me till I come, A8 I have another engagement [ shall be here late in the evening.” What! may I not even tell” the story of your good fortune?” <“Anything, so you do not mention my name,” laughed—her quick woman's wit siended—and, promising to reful, she said her adiens, The reader perkaps anticipates. I was spoken of as the young man about whose extraordinary lick they might have heard—the American nephew of an old Devonshire gentleman who had quarreled with his sister because her marriage had displeased him, but_who at the last hud relented aud left mitlions to her son she withheld my name. Lateronle They were at tea, my host told me was a standing tea.” 1 flutter myself made my debul with singular found mysef, teacup in hand, face to fuce with Miss Dufour, to whom I bowed with haughty empressement. To see her start, grow white, and eatel hor breath—and to_near her unguarded, “Why, Hal!” Well, it was almost worth losing a for- tune for t experiene “Miss Dufour:" T s bow. Pen of mine cannot deseiibe wfiture. It wus almost like For once the reigning belle, t of the world, was toiled, mor guishoed Rullying at last she tried in some sort of way to rogain hor lost power, but 1 wais 1 jove with the starry oyes and soul Nt face of her cowsin Lucy—had been evor since that cyentful aight, looking up from the lower dec—and on one other memorable oeeasion —saw her sweet fa wrd ier speak for the poverty stricken aid almost banished man " Wa took our honeymoon trip back in the Porsin. Since tie failuro of the groat banking house of the Dutour brothers, and the death of the great pker him solf, laly has liome with us, for § feel' that in some sort f owe to her my treasure of a wife uly aro two of my alad the be same family th« chilling ler dis terror womun cd, oxtin —~ A Centenarian Student, New York Herald: A Chinese st aceording to the Journal du Havre, has reachiod the tablo age of ono bundred a r tly presented him. learned body of Chinese sa vans, and asked permission to bo ined, He was accompaniod by iy wife 1 ninety and eighty re spoctively. Tho otker candidates for de areos who happened to be present costed the centenariun in 8 most re speetful manner, addressing him as *'Old Mastor" Ho objected, however, and in sisted that they simply eall him *'Con- rade.” Oue is never to old to leara! nt, who eXuI i [ | od s T wondered what her | | lie 1s | orto the hordos of t | its curious construction almost 1 splendid castle [ into There he ! of tho fike is | English | Up smali rucos BEAUTIFUL ~ TAKE ~ CONO. Elogant Villas, Mostly Owned by Euglish People, Line its Shoros, HOMES OF SOME CELEBRITIES | Praces of Tistoric Tnterest of Como The Town A Pictaresque old Tower —An Ancient Love Story, LAk Ttaly, A respordence of the By liard to find, 1 fancy sorts the year round those 8o well the three principal Italian lakes, Como, Lugano and Maggiore LAKE COMO, Cono, rust 1 It more delig Cor would be tful re than known on * | from its sheltered position among the | mountains, is delightful in winter and the hotels are well filled even during the cold months. Lake Maggiore much Iarger and the seenery, in many parts, much more beautiful than that around Como, but the English prefer the lattor, and le both Lugano and Maggiore more or less to Italian pleasure sockers, avellers of all nation alities who haunt the north of Italy at certain seasons, and who, in flecting vis its of a fow hours to each place, get only a suporficial idea of the splendid wild beanty of the Swiss-Italian lakes. More than two-thirds of the beautiful villas on Lake Como are owned by Eng- lish people, who come down through Switzerland and France between the 1st and 15th of August and remain until the end of October, usually. The hotels are tilling rapidiy, but as there are to be no regattas next month, fewer Freneh and Gorman visitors will be here than usuul July ran through o most extraordinary thirty-one days, and_ disappeared in a cold'wind, bearing plenty of snow, on the surrounding mountain tops. The Itatians, who are already in their summer Lomes, are very quict, “saving up," so wlics say, for the gaitics of arly autumn A CHABRMING VILLA. The most magnificent, thov means the most charming villa on the lake, is the property of the Viscountoess Mudvoda, and was formerly the Summer home of the Countess Raimondi, the daughter of Garibaldi, It is a large white marble building, with three great doors in front, over which hang heavy canvass curtains at present, and before which the famnly congregate about b o'clock in the aiternoon, to take some light refresliments and ehat until dinner time, The extremely beauti ful, being wild and woody in parts, with quaint grottos and curious fountaing here and there, and the lawns dotted with iy mense magnolia and Jemon trees. A great crown surmounts the eentor pinacle, and on the iron gate is written the word “I'Orman,” the name of the place, The lodges, one at each end of the grounds, are also of white marble, The viscountess entertains a great deal, giving many dinners, lawn parties, fancy balls, ete. Just above, on the mountain side, " is the lovely country palace of Mons. and Mme. Capada, who were both famous singers, here in Italy, some ton YERES 450 Farther up on the lake are the old vil- las of Tagliom and Vasta, where the slebrities onee lived. A little farther on is a beautiful island, formerly fortitied, hich played an important part in the itary annals of the middle ages. Arming rum tew modern house cover u portion of it now, but the old anide still shows you shadowy looking caves that the spirits of the thousand witehes burned in +are said to haunt continually, and on the highest prowmontory of the little iste stands A RICKETY BELL TOWER among the azelia and eamellia bushes, and there, every May-duy, goes a young veasant lad of the vieinity to ring the bell, and call all the young men and maidens witnin e g together, that from amo them he may choose the aid he loves best to be s bride. The custom s very old and very regularly observed in the lake districts, and no spot could he more fitting assuredly than that on the AUTIFUL ISLAND OF COMACING At the upper end of the lake are the wiful resorts of Bellamo and nabbia. Charming balconies from tne hotels, vestaurants and villas hang over the water's edge, and the view in every diveetion is enchanting. At Bella zio ihe tourist may purchase the silk Blankets and scarfs of vich Roman colors, or the lace that the little girls make, sit- ting in front of the houses in the narrow strcets; also the tmy wooden shoes of the Ttalian peasant givls, At Cadenabbia is the famous Vilia Carlotta, the property of the duchess of Saxemainaggen, The ter- raced gardens are boautiful - beyond deseription, and the tiny landing place (steps and breakwater all of white mar- ble), is one of the pretticst on the lnke In the gre hall of the house is Thor- waldsen's fricze, representing Alexan der’s trinmph. - Several works of Canova are there also. 31 and alwavs first for beauty and grace amon, works of the seulptor, 15 his Psyche.’’ The combined ‘nmnr lightness of design scem almost t the marble with life, and one half ex pects to sce the two exquisite figures move and_fly away, or step from their cold, black pedestal into the light and sunshine, to rest with the butterflics among the flowers. There are but two or thrce places of any historie interest on Lake Como, und of these THE TOWN 0¥ COMO itself is the chief, On the top of a hili, which forms the skgground of the town, stands & most picturesque avy-covered ol tower. Not a window, erack or creviee breaks the streteh of stone from top to bottom, and tells its Vo ol by no md airy mdow cruel story. AN ANCLENT LOVE STORY Some time m the fitteenth century a | Duke of Como loved a beautiful Veronese Judy, who, however, preferred a young It At e s et + at the rejection of his suit, vowed upon the tuckless lover, and ded the tower, mentioned above, to his Thien he waited, like all evil spirits in legends, until just before the marriage of the happy pair, when ho Look the young man prisoner, one night, and, beating him away to his own do: wain, low him with ropes the vk round tower, Jeft him, and the third night after, so the story goes, the peasants in the neighbornood =iw a wlite dove fly from the tower, and bear straight to heaven a human heart, And to this day the old ¢ s Buradella (sueh it is ealled) 15 the favorite haunt of the doves, and no good peasant ever kills one without breathing an Ave Maria or devoutly erossing himselt. At the northern end 1o A RUINED CASTLE of the thirteen century, a tew yards from which there 15 a rocky pass. bearing the seeuliar appellation of “Orange Juice." n o 1709 when the Russians were invading the territory several hun- dredt pushed up to this castle of Rozzo- nico and were surprised and overpowered by the Italians, who flung them to the iast one down the dreadful gorge. Not a Russian escaped alive. Many of the on Lake Como have pretty yachts, and they are continually getting Last fall, however, & capsized 'and the cap tain aud a littie girl were drowned,which event made the residents on the luke good sized yncht I wuoh more reful than before. Muuan Craske b