Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1890, Page 20

THE OMAAH DAILY BEE; SUNDAY, OVEMBER 30, 1890—TWEN Y PAGES “To any overcoming man y difficulties to build up & name show not a faint mile; on the other hand endeavor to en eourage, losing nothing, your chances are great.” ~[Translations from writings of Confu lus To acquire the equivalent to an M. D. after your name in Cnina the difficulties are almost unsurmountable, It necc itates fiftcen y; ars of unremitting labor and attention. If there is nosuccess at the first sitting one is disqualified for six long years, These studies include Class- ics, Ancient History and Astronomy, each subdivided into half dozen distinct epochs, My reniedies are easy to take and perfectly hurmless. It often is in many instances (before the student leaves either of the great universities of Pe in or Canton) a matter of twenty=five to thirty years, vast institutions are located in the cities mentioned, and each s The examination halls of these two and on four and fifty acres of ground. There is room enough to accommodate between ten and twelve thousand at one sit- ting. The most of remedles acton the blood, puritying it aud destroying the microbes or b teria. The examiners are selected from different provinces and appear personally before the Emperor who personally enjoir I personally €njoll ; ¢ in guarantee of any disinterested intervention on the part of any subordinate officials. them as to their strict sense of duty, This is in itse!f a distinct Tak e any view of the matter you may, the measurement of justice never changes or is modified in any case (whether a prince of the first blood or a pauper), his head is rolling off the bench or his body cut in two, which is the only atonement for such is considered a capital offense. In either case his remains are exposed to the gaze of the public fora period of fifteen days, at the gates of the city awaiting the pleasure of the emperor, 1t you are suffering from a long standing disease try me, perhaps I can cure you. When the results of the examination are known the emperor’s mandate entitling success- ful candidates to the Thumb Ring, an emblem of Chinese authority, which, when once in the €. Ppos ion of the candidate he lives at the expense of the government, at an annuity of from three to twenty thousand dollars, according to what his aspirations have been, So very confi- dent are the Chinese of impartiality during the examination that there is an organized lottery called the Wei Sing (surname). It is a general lottery and open to competition as it were, The only difference is that the drawer deposits with his invest (the more, the larger the ), with a €lozen gue pr stakcholders any sum of money he wishes to s on the successful competitor's sur- names, in the exact order in which they are named in the result. There are only one dozen suucessful candidates of the 10,000 names on which the lottery is drawn, The prizes aggregate from three hundred thousand to four million dollars. Try the Chinese treatment, or at least consult me, and it Tean’t cure you, I will tell you so. From this you will see that without indefatigable effort and indomitable will, it seems al- most an impossibility to obtain either a title or a diploma of any kind in China, so it is justthe matter of my success in passing through without a single hitch that I am here to-day. China is authoritatively the oldest country in the world. Seven-eighths of the Ameri ans, and in fact European nations have not the remotest idea of China asa country. Romans, Grecians, Israel- ites, Normans, Saxons and Panes have seen their day, but China with its seventy-five millions in one single province has yet to be unearthed, the germ is_yet to be found, and will remain a problem which I think will be the fortune of the American in China to solve. With apparently no resources whatever they live, and what is more, thrive. It will cost you nothing for consultation, and you will find my prices very reason; able In case T undertake to cure you. In China 200,000 doctors prescribe for sixty-five million in one province. You will always find me obliging, and willing to help everybody so long as it lies in my power. Quacks are forbidden to enter dwelling houscs, Their stalls are in the streets and patients get prescrip- tions at their own risk. And am daily in my parlors in the Osthoff block, and am always there to havea friendly conversation. The and school-master are father, doctor the most respected in- dividuals in our try. There hundred thousand men who reside in boats on the river. of Macao, Aportuguese possions are salt fish and shrimp. find a great deal more coun- are two Consulta- to do than that. tion and advice free for all. punishable by death in Disobedience is many instances. Twenty-five to thirty A different lines of steams ships. The whole exports The Chinesa My husiness cannot be interfered with so long as my medicines effect a cure. There are no streets in the city of Canton, with a population of two and a half million souls, broader than five feet. Callers from the country may be sure of a permanent cure before le aving. My testimonials which I am reciving every day are being published. Ihave no need to my healing powers. — — = show better proof of Y DR C. GEE WO, ] ¢ Chinese Physician, Office, Osthoff Block, B19Y% North Sixteenth Street. SUNK IN THE SILVER POOL. Congressmen Who Lost by the Decline in Price of the White Metal. BIG CHANCES FOR SPECULATION. How Public Men at Washington from Cabinet Officers Down to Clerks Could Make Money if They Would. Copyright 1890 by Frank G. Carpenter.\ WasiNaroy, Nov. 20.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—The failure of the Barings,the th: ened panic and the consequent tightness of the money market, has knocked the life out of the famed silver pool of the last congres- sional session, Silver is down to par instead of being up to 128, und ubout twenty of our representatives and senators, ave figuratively speaking, trotting back and forth from the capitol to the white house, on their uppers, Instead of riding behind their coachmen and pairs, The silver pool contained congress- men from all sections of the country. It was organized at the time that itseemed sure that the free coinage silver bill would pass, and it began to buy silver when it was at 05. It bought a big block on a margin before it got to par, and its members fixed the figure .to which silver would rise at the passago of the bill to 128 or 180. They watched the stock reports, as it crept up point by point, to 105, and hugged themselves when it jumped to 108 after the free coinage bill passed the sen- ate. Their faces fell when the house struck out the free coinoge provision, and silver dropped to 105, but they thought that the four and one-half millions a month which the treasury was to take, would bo practically free coinage, and they still held on and waited for a further rise. Some of the lead- ing silver men in congress, then consulted BSecretary Windom, and he told them that the purchase of silver ought to be restricted to the product of American mines, or that all Europe would ship her silver here for sale. There is, however, no greater crank, nor no more obdurate crank, than THE SILVER CRANK, and the silver men sneered at Windom and said that they would take the silver of all the world. For a time it seemed as though they were right and that we coula swallow all the silver the world had to give. Silver went up- ward right along, till it got tobe 121, when the congressional pool sold out a big block of its stock and held the rest for a further rise. The Lill by this time was a certainty. The treasury was taking in the metal in Gargan- tuan mouthfuls, but silver, strange to say, be- gan to fall. It went down to 118, then to 117, then to 16, and then to 12, In the meantime our money making statesmen who had cleared themselves at the sale of 121, ve-invested their earnings expecting to seo silver rise again and reach 128, But it did not rise, It con- tinued to fall and the speculators are now dead broke, England did it, France helped, and Germany was another of the bears, England could not afford to carry on her trade with India, China and the easton a gold basis or with silver at a premium, and she sent §11,000,000 in one chunk over here to quiet the bear market. The recent troubles have made the matter worse and a number of our statesmen, by the sad lesson of experience, will speculate uno longer, SPECULATION IN CONGRESS, The nuinber of speculators in congress is, however, very small in comparison with the number of mombers, and still smaller in com- son with the immense opportunities for ‘Wm. mouey.. It isa nwnr question as to how far the congressman has the right to speculate on matters of legislation. Some men see no harm 1n 1t, and some do not hesi- tate to give information to their friends as to what congress will do as to pending financial or other legislation, the passage or failure of which will materially affect the markets. Suppose the general subsidy bill which passed the senate last year is going to pass the house and vecome alaw. The advance knowleage of this fact would be iworth millions. It will put up the stock of a num- ber of the steamship liues several points, and 1 know @ half-dozen congressmen who are watching it, and of others who expect to in- vest in Pacific mail as soon as they are cer- tain of its passage. Nearly all the committ of congress afford opportunities for money making in the changes in the prices which ure affceted by their recommendations tocon- gress, and it is to the credit of American statesmanship that sp many of our congress- men are poor, Take the ways and means committee of the house, and millions could be made off of ulmost any article on the tariff bill on which the auty is lowercd or raised. There aro hundreds of men who hang around the lobbies of congress during the session seceking for such information, and if a chair- man were dishonest, he could mnake a hun- dred times his salary. Still Morrison is com- paratively poor, Mills is worth littla more than his salary, and all the money McKinley has he got through his wife and inberitance, Tom Reed is not rich; and you will find hardly a chairman of the ways and means committee who has profited by his oftice, It is the same with the finance committee, but Sam Randall was on this for years, and he died leaving ouly about §,000. “Randall was the most scrupulous man in regard to such matters we have ever bad in congress, The fact that one of his friends or his relatives was to indirectly profit. by a piece of legisla- tion was a reason why he should vote against it, and he killed many an bonest bill for this rcason. It is the same with other committees in congress, and the wonder is not that con- gressmen speculate so much, but that they speculate so little, FORTUNES IN WHISKY AND BONDS. An immense deal of money was made by congressmen during the war, and the rise in whisky, when §1 a gallon was put upon it made & nice sum for a number of statesmen and their friends. It was a question in the minds of the finance commattee of the senate, as to whether the revenue tax on whisky ought not to be increased 50 cents a gallon, All'at once, in a secret meeting, they decided to put it up to §1 agallon. One of the cor- respondents, a man who is still 1n Washing- ton, met Senator Sherman just after this mecting and asked him what' the committee had done, Hesaid it was a sccret and would be known the next day. The knowledge was at that time, however, worth millions to this correspoudent's friends in the stock market of New York, and he went from Sherman to another senator on the committee, and was told the news. The result was that his friends made fortunes, and he netted several times a congréssman’s salary out of the stock they bought for him. Horace White, Villard and Whitelaw Reid also got this information in advance and they each made $30,000 out of it. It was this that gave Villard his start. Heo took the money to London and there bought our government securities for 50 cents on the dollar, realizing handsomely on the -purchase,’ White took his money and bought an interest in the Chicage Tribune, and Reid invested his money in a cotton plantation in the south at the close of the war, and lost it. Senator Sherman was accused of having furnished the information to his friends away from Washington, but he indignantly denied tho accusation. 'The ways and means commits tee at this time had & constant effect upon ahestock market. Am hour or two of ad- vance kuowledge was worth fortunes, and the members posted their friecnds, The sec- retary of the Lreasury would send up & mes- sago that it had been decided to issue §0,000,- 000 more in greenbacks, and this would send the prices on everything upward. A great deal of money was made out of the Morrill tariff bill, and in this, as in all legislation, the first knuvlml;{e is worth money. All of the government boud lssues were produc- tive of wealth to the men who had the nerve to speculate on the information which was furnished them before the general public got to know it, and the same is true today, MONEY IN RAILROAD SCHEMES, The big railroad grauts which were given by copgress were productive - of weallh to statesmen. The Credit Mobilier in vestigation showed that a number of vote bad been secretly bought with presents of stock, and there are men living in Washing- ton today who made their fortunes out of it. It is said thut about $500,00 given by the lobbyist Dick Irwin to securc the pas- suge of the Pacific mail subsidy, and C. P. Huntington and Jay Gould have spent, it is said, fortunes in pagsing or Kkilling bills, Judge Jerry Black once visited Tom Scott, the President of the Pennsylvania railway company, in behalf of a client who had a claim against the Texas Pacific. Scott opened a drawer of his desk took out a paper containing a long list of names of aistin- guishedmen with big figures and a number of cipbers opposite them. *“What is this?’ said Black. “Tnatis what I paid to get the char- ter of the Texas Pacific,” replied Scott. Black grew angry. He threw down the paper and said: * What do you mean by show- ing me that, I don’t wint my soul seared with your sinful secrets. I shall not be able to read those names again as they appear from di to day without thinking of y country’s dishonor. *On.” said the railrc king, as Black turned away, ‘theydon't think it dishonorable,” and pulling outa budle of letters—*I have notes from nearly every oue of them demanding more monoy.” Stephen A. Douglass is said to have made a good deal of money out of the Illinois Central railroad grant. MONEY IN LANDS. Public men at Washington have many chances to make money in land speculation. A great deal of money has been made in Wabhington real estate, and this has been in nearly all cases of late'years legitimate. I know of & congressman from Kansas who made more than one hundred thousand dol- lars during the past year out of suburban property on the Massichusctts avenue exten- sion, The man is a millionaire, and he is a bold speculator. A rairoad is now being built from the northwestern fashionable part of the city out to the district line by what is known as the California syndicate. This syndicate has more than a million dollars cap- ital and several senators are interested in it. They will make fortunes, if we do not have a pavic in therise of the land fromthe building of this railroad. Senator Sherman, William Waiter Phelps, James G. Blaine, Don Cam- eron and ascore of other statesmen of na- tional note have added to their fortunes by investing in Washington property. Sevator Sherman is both an investor and a speculator and the same may be said of most of many of the other men of the senate. Ido not mean to say that they speculate on matters before congress but they are shrewd and farsighted and thoy are mot afraid to pay for a good thing when lmfl see it, During the Boss Sheppard regime here there was a great deal of speculation in Washington property and everv time thatanew public building is located there is a chance to make money in buying lots if one can know where it is to go before hand, The location of the city post- office last summer gave & business value to Eleventh street which was almost altogether a residence street prior to this and a number of Washington real estate speculators did well out of it. A STORY ON HANNIBAL HAMLIN, One of the most punctilious statesmen who have ever been iu Washington was Hannibal Hamlin, He did not believe he had any right to -~use information which he got as a public servapt to advance his private inter- ests and he once refused to buy a whole square in Washington for haif a cent a foot on this ground. Had he made the purchase be would have been now a millionaire; for this square is worth about §3 a square foot today. He acted the same in regard to bonds and at one time one of his fellow senators in speaxing of a bill which was before the sen- ate, asked him to vote for it telliug him he could take him to a place where he could get all these bonds he wanted for six cents on the dollar which would be worth 100 cents when the bill passed. He closed with: “Well, Hamlin, what do vyou say to the chancel” “I say,” replied Hamlin, with an angry frown as bo turned his back, *I say damn your chance and damn your bonds.” And that was the end of the matter. PUBLIC LAND FRAUDS. The commissioner of the general land offl and the secretary of the interior have ad- vance knowledge of the most valuable tracts of public land in this country, and it is ouly their honesty that keeps them from being wealthy, Suppose a valuable tract of coal land is repor It could be bought of the government by their friends at $1.25 an acs re 8ud they could bave an luterestin it and wo | one would be the wiser. Congressmen have the same chance as to land grants and as to the opening up of new reservations. The first steals which were discovered in the govern- ment service were land steals, and as far back as 1795 there was a scheme to get 220,000,000 acres of western lands from congress for a nominal sum. This scheme was engineered by a lobbyist named Randall, aud he claimed that he hid thirty members of the house and a majority of the senate in with him. two New York congressmen had 1o resign because they acted corruptly as to a land grant, and the bribe to one of these for his services was seven square miles of land. MONEY FOR CABINET OFFICERS. There are hundreds of men in the govern- ment departments in Washington who could make money if they would out of their infor- mation and out of their position. Every member of President Harrisou's cabinct might grow rich if he cared to be corrupt and some of the cabinet positions have the possibilities of riches beyond the dream of avarice, It is to the credit of our government that we have so few scan- dals. The argus eyes of the press are on all government ofticials. and I do not now recall a cabinet minister who has been impeached for crime. Take the position of the sccretary of the treasury. Secretary Windom's word will raise or lower the value of bonds and stocks. He knows of legisla- tion and of finuncial acts which the depart- ment is 1o perform days and weeks in ad- vance, and o wink from him could turn cer- tain things into gold. Still he is a poor man, and no one has ever charged him_ with cor- ruption. In the awarding of a contract like that of the seal trade of Alaska, involving millions, a corrupt man could squeeze matters this way and that, soas to make his services worth thousands, and every secretary of the treasury has a chance to make his friends rich, It is said that Salmon P, Chase while he would no nothiug for his own interests gave many a pointer to his friends, und the same is _true of other secretaries, ‘The men about the president have chances to make money in many ways if they would. Access to tine presence of the executive is often worth fortune, if it can be accomplished in the right manner, and during the days of Grant the influence exerted upon him was, 1t was openly charged, bought and sold. There is no doubt but that President Cleveland was scrupulously honest, and then his pri- vate secretary, Lamont,’ was equally so. Still Cleveland made §100,000 out of his real estate investments, and the friendships which Lamont made by his courtesy and ability as the white, bouse watch dog, have since given him openings which wmake him a rich man today. LETTING GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, Consider the immense amount it takes to run the government ! For1501 it is estimated that §341,000,000 will have to be spent by the different’ departments, and this money goes out through all sorts of ways and through all sorts of agents, Think of the new navy which takes milliops at a clip! Of the pen- sions which will eat up some place between £101,000,000 and $150,000,000,and the contracts for army, navy und Iudian’ supplies, which eat up millions more! What is 1o prevent a collusion between contractor and officialt You may make the safe-guards as many as you please, the only surety is in the honesty of the government oficials, and that these are honest the records of the past generation show. CROP REPORTS AND COURT DECISIONS. The information as to the crops as gotten at the agricultural department might be another means of money-making to the secretary or anyone connected with it. The brokers in Wall street have their agents here who tele- graph these reports the moment they are is- Sied and who malce big money by buying be. fore they get out through "the associated press. The justices of the supreme court pass upon cases every week which affect the value of the most important stocks of the country. They get but $10,000 a year, but they séttle matters involving many millions during their terms, When the telephone cases were before court a few years ago a friend of mine was offered a fortune if he could get & hint as to the decision upon them in advance, but he could not, though he was & close friend of Judge Waite's, 1In all the history of the courtno instance of corruption is known, and few men would have the temerity to ask asupreme justice for a pointer on & decision about to be reudered. Fraxk G, CARPENTER, — Dr. Birney cures catarrh, Bee bldg. MONEY SOLD VERY CHEAP. Experience of a Council Bluffs Man with a Green Goods Dealer. THE BILLS ALL LOOKED GENUINE. Even the Microscope Falied to Detect a Flaw, But When He Opened His Package He Found Brown Paper. “Green goods” continue to tempt still greener suckers, Barrels of printers ink and acres of paper have been wasted in the vain attempt to forewarn and thus forearm those liable to become victims to the cunning wiles of confidence men, There is little sympathy merited by those who fall into the numerous traps set Tor them, because the tempting bait is nearly always an appeal to & vietim's cupidity or dishonesty. Heis led to believe that he can ‘“beat the game” by his own trickery ; ho takes advantage of the drunken condition of the fellow who is dealing monte; or his sharp eyes detect a corner of the envelope slightly rumpled, and he can surely identify it and win, In all cases he puts up his money in the belief of beating ‘‘the other fellow.” When he finds that he is himself ‘sthe other fellow' then he howls for sym- pathy, and cries ‘‘stop thief.” There are numerous ways of working “‘the green goods” scheme, and yet a sameness run tnrough them all, It recently cost a Council Bluffs man $350 to learn the details of one of these schemes. His name is not made public because he has been perhaps punished enough and the object in publishing his exporience is not to further shame him, ~ Nor s it for the purpose of warning others, for they will not heed such a warning. It is given rather as a matter of interest to those who, busy with {be honest duties of life, know little of the traps by which the cunning trickster catches the uncunning one. ‘T'he victim referred tonot longago received a “strictly confidential” letter of considerable length, of which ran something like this “My Deak Sin:1am desirous of secu a shrewd agent in 'goods.’ 1f you business I have been unsu can supply you with with which you can’ pay off all your debts and start free again, An opportunity like this to make an independent fortune has never crossed your path before, and probably never will again, Others h grown rich about you, no one knows how. was nover intended that one man should have millions of dollars and another nothing. If you coneludo to embrace this golden chance, jtwill be absolutely necessary for you to come on here and see me in person. I only deal face to face with my customers, When ou meet me you see what you are buy- ng, and 1sce who Iam dcnliu[{ with, conse- quently both are satisfied. [ do not expect one cent until you have examined my entire stock, selected what you want, and the goods are in your possession, You must carry the goods away with you, and if you wish, T will see you safely out” of the city. I can't consent 1o send you goods either by mail or express. 1 will make a liberal allowance to cover the expenses of your journcy. Your own good sense should tell you 1 can have no object in misrepresenting the quality of my stock, and bringing you here on a fool's errand, for I ask no money until you have ex- amined my entire stock, selected what you waut and the goods are in your possession. My prices are $350 for $4,000 in my goods; 500 for §7,500; §650 for §13,500, and $1,000 for $28,000. I will positively not sell less than $350 worth, as 1 won't do a retail business, as it would let too many into the secret. If you wish to do business you must do only as I tell you. First, don't as long as you live ever o letter; if you do Isball refuse to e it, and all business velations will cease. Second, if you wish to come on_here and sce me send me a telegram as follows G. W. Grace, Lintuer, Pratt county, Lligols. goods Will do all in my powe and postofiic address. I will then send you full particulars how to meet me at my headquarters. Ionly re ve my telegrams at this address, but transact business elsewhere. Act square; be true and honorable; do me no harm, and you will neverregret it. Yours very truly in honor and confidence, (Sign your name P. S. My goods are first class in ov particular, and as fine s the newspaper ar cle speaks of, which I enclose. A clipping was enclosed, it being a telogram from & Wushington correspondent deseribing some very dangerous counterfeit bills, lately discovercd, and which defied detection ex- cept by theé sharpesv-experts. The victim sent as requested # telogram, and soon after received @ letter containing full instructions. He must m the waiter in New York, A little bitof ribbon ofa pe- culinr shado was enclosed, and he was told to tie this in the buttonhole of his coat. He was also told to_telegraph to the dealcr at a certain hotel in New York, just what train he would arrive on that he might be met at tho dopot. Other details were given, and he was iustructed silently to follow each strictly and us silently us posslble, Taking with him the money for making tho smallest. possible purchaso he started for New York. 'Arriving at tho depot he was promptly singled out aud cordially greeted bya fino looking, business acting gentloman, and stepping into a carriage they whirled off. Where they went or how the went there the victim could not tell, It scemed that they rodea dozen blocks or so, and then drew up in front of & large business block. Alighting, and stepping into an ele- vator, they were soon ushered into @ luxuri- ant office on the fifth floor. “You've como here, of course, for busi- ness, and not for fun, and I suppose you want to get at it at once ! The victim smiled. Certainly, that's what ho wanted. He did not propose'to part with a dollar, though, until he had examined “the goods" and had them in his possession. He was ushered into the next room, and there he saw piles of bills of various denom- ions from $2 to £00, He examined them ly. They seemed as good as the genu- ine. The possibility of their being genuine never entered his mind, He was delighted. Prudence, however, induced him to take some of the good bills out of pocket and compare them with the supposed count : He could not by the closest serutiny d A flaw. A magnifying glass was courteously tanded him, and b s urged to look at the bills eritically. *“They look as good as those [ brought with me. 1'should as soon thinkof my own money being counterfeit.” The ne- gotiations were soon concluded. He decided 10 buy #3530 worth. How would he take the §1,0001 He preferred large bills, say from §20 up. As ho was makiug his sclections, an- other gentleman was introduced—a magnif- cent sp en of physical manhood, He was the president of the assox His superi- ority of wisdom and exper seemed con- ceeded, so when he ? that the westerner would be safer in handling small bills than large ones the advice came with resistless force. I T was in pour place T would take twos, fives and tens—with perhaps just a fow twen- ties and say a couple of fifties. You see out at Council Bluffs you'd find it more risky to try to work big bills, for they’re not so com- mon as in the large cities of the cast. By the way,have we got enough of the swmaller bills bere to supply the gentleman (" One of the others repliod that there were plenty, and pulling out & drawer began fumbling in it. The Council Bluffs man concluded to change his selection for the smaller bills, and amidst much talking and many bewildering cautions for secrecy and self-protection, two packages were put up neatly, tied and sealed, and safely stored away in the westerner's hand grip. The $350 was paid over and the deal was concluded. In the seitlement allowed the westerner coming o New York, buy bim a return ticket. ““This is visky business at tho best, and I want to warn you that if you stay in the city a few days do not open your money or scok to use it. You can't tell who's watching you. And be sure not to come up here and $60 us again, for it might cause us ali trouble, Wo can arrange so you can send us word n roundabout way when you need any mors l You can not be Lo careful. The least care, “‘the the and president’ expense of agreed to lessness on your w the penitenti: g The westerner concluded to hurry right baclk w0 Council Bluffs vy the first train, The gentlemanly “‘president” took him in chargo this time, saw that his ipner man was well filled, drove him to the depot, securcd a sleeper for him, a return _ticket, and giving lim a 810 note for credentials, sent him hupe_ pily on his way. The jubilant possessor of the $4.0%0 coul not wait long to examine his tréasure and repaired to the toilet room of the car. Ho cautiously pulled down tho blinds and pros ceeded to tear oven one end of a neat packs age. It contained some carefully packed slips of s ~brown pape ¢ A TAL l;\;’ part might send us all ¥ — H A MORAL. Keep Yourself Posted Concerning Prominent Men, George B. isan extremely busy young Wall strdet man, e is ambitious, and for several years ho has been devoting all of his time to business in the hope of finally attaining an independence, says the New York Time: Prosperity in his case has not been of rank growth, but he is still contident. He was called to a small Connecticut town some time ago. He finished what he had to do and found that he must wait an hour for the return train, Glancing over the register of the little hotel he saw a familiar name. It was that of aman who had attained great eminence asa traveler, a writer, and a lecturer, Some years ago B. had known him slightly and had admired him a great deal. He could think of no better way of passing & portion of the hour than by calling upon the distinguished man, 1o quieted a fear that the traveler might not wish to be disturbed by the resolus . tion to make his call brief. He was re- ceived cordially. He was presented to the wife of the traveler. He noticed that she was a very beautiful womun. At once B. plunged into a mire of er< rors, Ignorant of the fact that the news- papers (ho was & very busy young man and did not read the newspipers closes ly) had chronioled all of the movements and plans of the traveler, and hud told of his great achievements, B. bezan to inquire what he h; omplished,w hat particular work he was then engagec upon, how he contrived to compuss ull of the domands upon his tim nd to seck other interesting information. The traveler responded graciously and told B. many entertaining things about him- solf. Unobservant of a look, first of sur- prise and then of slight impatiens which passed over the face of tne trave or's wife, B, departed uf ving spent a very pleasant quarter of an hour. A fow days later ho met a friend Who - was also a friend of the trave Youmet K. up in Conn other day,” said the friend. “Yes,” replied B., with wild enthusis asm, “I was vory glad to seo him ugaine I had an interesting call,” “H-m!” vesponded the friend, reflac tively. “You appear to mide ruther a poor impression on ni “Why, how s0?" exclaimed surprised, “I thought her v ing.” “Well,” answered the friend, ‘I met her yesterday, She told of your call, She asked mo if you were thought to be o particulavly bright young man. I spoke a good word for you. She said, *Well I was rather disappointed in him, Why, he didn't know a single thing about my husband, 1 never saw quite such a display of ignorance.’” E) The moral of this simple tale is thist “Before you meet a great man and hiy wife, flunf«.utunm.«mt him, She knowf the subject by heart and ehe has little charity for those who do not.” et Lo Dr. Birney cures catarrh, Bee bldgy - ticut the ry Churme