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THE WEEK
PAKtsWa population of about one
million eight hundred and fifty one thou
s.md, who devour, according to statistics
twenty-one thousand tons of game of all
kinds annually.
A man is seen daily on Broadway
New York, carrying a square pastel****
box on top of a pole, on twq p.j‘'es of
,vl,i, h H printed, “Sliamo yr,,, •” on
tin’ tlnnl, “ Ilcwate Of a,e devil and hi,
"r'le-ltun, and 'Tobacco,” „„u „„ the
’’ ' ™ on you, men, to cn
"ll,;i^e \ <x)r women to sweep your dirty
!u j vl ' with their dresses, while multi
-1 .C“ of deserving poor are starving.”
Sultan Mohammed Muiiad EffKndi
( liters upon his reign with thcnnnoiime
ineut that he will abolish the seraglio.
This institution wist the laic sultan $,.
non,ooo per annum. The one thousand
two hundred ladies who dwelt in the
in.it hie halls of the harem required sev
* r:d thousand persons to look after them,
including fifty doctors, one hundred and
liffv black eunuchs and one hundred
messengers. Murad will prove an eco
nomical ]H>tentate by confining himself
‘o one wife. The holders of Turkish
hinds may rejoice.
The present indications are that the
wheat yield in this country the present
year will he very large. California ex
pects a crop of fifty million bushels.
Missouri, Kansas and lowa count on an
c<|ual amount provided the grasshopper
neglects to put in an appearance, and
l lu'y insist that this ought to be his off
year. Minnesota is hooked for thirty
million husk,els, and will sell two-thirds
of the yield if prices are good. European
market*, under the menace of war, are
steady, and the demand is likely to in
< icjisf . '| he Black Sea is not likely to
x|K ,rt grain enough to supply Europe,
In ay nothing of the western nations,
A Philadelphia letter tells us that
’•one of the largest hotels in the immedi
ate vicinity of the centennial grounds
discharged one hundred waiters the other
• lay, and it is very evident that many of
die hotel proprietors have been indulg
ing in -great expectations’ which will
at be realized.” Tens of thousands of
peoj.lo everywhere are waiting for rail
|VwC to reduce their rates, and when
r ’’is is done—when the rates are reduced
fifty per ‘•cut,, lower than they now are
—that hotel will re-employ its one
litmdivil waiters and a realization of
those “great expectations” by the hotel
proprietors there generally will begin at
<na> to wear an air of probability.
M u t ints are looking rather squally on
fhe west coast of Africa, and sir Garnet
Wolseley may yet have to find his way
'> A homey. The screw corvette Sirius,
with twelve guns and two hundred men,
has been sent to reinforce commodore
Jfewctt. All along that portion of the
oust known as the Bights Division out
rages are reported. But the Tory gov
ernment don t stand any nonsense from
•.uiuw is, ood lr iho hluvkmlv of Whydah
doesn't bring the king of 1 lahomey to
knees in a few weeks, a scheme is under
consideration for marching to Abomey
and put ting an end to his bloodstained
sovereignity.
That season has arrived when the thin
man may rejoice in his tenuity. His
fragile exility no longer suffers by con
trast with the broad, fat man, who wad
'll's through the tortuous summer, a
lumlcn to himself and an object ot pity
to all his less expansive fellow-beings.
I lie person of physical insignificance, as
lie cooling zephyrs play through his
U'loton, thanks his stars that ho is as lie
is and ais serenity and contentments, as
l!C proceeds to his daily haunts, are pleas
iiic to behold, lie pays out nothing for
thermometers, and his laundry bills do
not oppress him. His pipe-stem legs are
joys to him, and bis hatchet-face looks
• lean and cool. Happy is the truly thin
man in these days, be the mercury ever
o near the top and the shade trees ever
"0 hr apart— Courier-Journal.
Kkpokts from Cuba all agree that the
insurrection in that island is gaining
length continually, in spite of the most
determined efforts of the .Spanish author
ities to crush it. The impossibility of
reconquering the island begins to dawn
on the Spanish mind, and the captain
moral has become somewhat alarmed at
t!ie situation. The Spanish government
!>as empowered and authorized him to
Iraw upon the Spanish treasury for $50,-
l in gold daily to meet the exigencies
•it the army. It certainly looks as though
I"' inhuman contest for the possession of
■m island which Spain cannot govern,
mil only holds to curse, is very nearly at
1,1 raid. Events have showm how much
'l'i r and hotter it would have been had
; i>e Spanish government yielded to the
I lvicc and solicitations of the United
' iitcs years ago, and thereby saved thou
mnisof lives and millions of treasure.
s ay what we will, the rich and the
I I mi' have to struggle on together through
e world, and the sooner those who
lvp "ot wealth learn to make the most
"1 the bcit of the means they have, and
Tprcss every feeling of jealousy and
,;iv y towards their more fortunate neigh
the happier for everybody. — Graph
■ Ah, now, that’s the talk! II the
11 would only silently declare their in-
I'Piidcncc and live such lives as the rich
Aght envy; if they would study to be
l ' : " ,u l and devote their spare money
' s pare moments to books; if they
cease in every way to imitate the
Polities and vices of the wealthy; if
"lie and wicked gossip they would
' the exchange of their best
" ias ; if, etc., etc., etc., the rich would
Tsoon come to attract so little notice
,'! at the poor man would begin to censure
:H,, f for his coldness toward a small
lKs ofhi,s fellow-beings whose only of
was tlie inheritance of a few paltry
J Courier-Journal.
Two Dollars Per Annum,
VOLUME IV
UMex of mi: nosE*
BY PWNNV bhlSfcOLL. •
through I ho <lust;
a lio Sew moon silvered lawn and lea •
1 lie roses tilt the air with iniwk • ’
A brooklet Labided of these*' ’
He twined a rosehuo !n h’er hair
ite kisser! (he, Desses Klcamini; fair
‘I will lie true, f.vr aye, to thee ” ’
He whispered, “ Keep (his rose for me;
And when Us leaves have turneo Is diist
cliow me, and say I’Ve keF* jay trust.”
They *’M‘uered slowly dewn the lane,
• oe Inoon was hidden ’math a cloud,
/hey murmured to a brook's refrain
’I hat by ttie wayside plaintcd loud.
Nile could not see his haiiMiv> eVGH,
Mm only heard I*is *W'tfct replies
1 o her low words. The mcon shown down
Open a rosebud crushed and brown—
/he tender blossom frail and sweet
That he had trampled ’ueatli his feit.
r f * <■ . * v
IShe twines a red- rose in her Ifnir,
'i lie youth is stricken from her fares
Her eyes are dimmed with her despair,
Her mouth is hopeless iti its g ate.
< > woman’s Unavailing tears!
O weary, lagging, lonely years !
She leans out in the summer night,
'1 lie old moon glimmers, wan and white ;
#A nd, faraway below the lane
A brooklet sobs as if in pain.
Milwaukee, May 1876.
PRINCEL Y IXCOMES.
Enormous Wealth of Owners of tin; (Irent
Silver Mines.
Virginia City (Nev.) eotrespohd’enee to N. Y. Sun.
The yield of the Consolidated Virginia
mine in March last was $3,634,298.29.
These figures are official, as I got them
from Mr. Taylor, principal bookkeeper.
►Since this mine commenced paying divi
dends its stockholders have received
$20,000,000 in round numbers. The Cal
ifornia mine, the richest known mine in
the world, paid its first monthly dividend
on the fifteenth instant, $1,080,000, or
two dollars per share for each of its five
hundred and forty thousand shares.
These two mines pay monthly dividends
of $2,160,000. Beginning in July, the
California mine is expected to pay a
monthly dividend of three dollars per
share, or $1,620,000 monthly. The pre
sent price per share of these stocks is re
spectively : California, eighty dollars;
Consolidated Virginia, seventy-three dol
lars. lake all mining stocks they are
subject to startling fluctuations. The
knowing ones, however, do not look for
any material changes in the prices of
these two stocks this summer. It is not
altogether a matter of speculation with
regard to these mines. What ore they
contain is pretty closely ascertained. At
present there is enough first-class ore
therein to keep the mines going for at
least three years.
Col. Fair, superintendent, is now erect
ing anew eighty-stamp mill, in addition
to the numerous mills already possessed
by himself and pat tners. When this is*
finished you’ll hear of some unparalleled
results from the Bonanza mines, h air
expects to turn out five hundred thou
sand dollars a month. He can do it. It
is only a question of milling facilities.
There is no lack of ore.
In view of the stupendous wealth of
these mines the question often occurs to
me : What will be the eventual limit of
the wealth of the four gentlemen popu
larly known as the “Bonanza Kings?”
People who have watched their fortunes
with critical eyes aver that they are now
worth in money and property upward of
$100,000,000. It is a common remark
here that Mackay has an income of
SBOO,OOO, gold, a month. Since
the California mine commenced pay
ing dividends it must have added at
least $150,000 to his monthly income. I
think I may say that his monthly income
is in round numbers, a million of dollars.
James G. Fair’s income is not less Than
$600,000 a month; Flood’s $750,000;
O’Brien’s, $500,000. Now, here are four
men with a gross income of nearly $3,000,-
000 a month, every one of them hard
working, practical business men. AV r ith
$100,000,000 ahead already, and a yearly
income of $36,000,000, I think it is safe
to put them down in January, 1579, as
the richest quartette in 'the world.
The question is frequently asked, What
will Mackay do with his fortune?
People seem to forget that the more
money a man has the more uses he
finds for it. Of all the people on this
coast, Mackay himself is the least
anxious about finding a use for his
money.
I notice in the letters of correspondence
a widespread error in regard to all these
men. It is generally believed by eastern
people who have read of the wonderful
fortunes of the “Bonanza Kings,” that
they have been acquired within the last
year, and that none of them were com
fortably fixed be (ore the developments of
the consolidated Virginia mine. This is
all a mistake. Flood arid O’Brien were
worth 200,000 ten years ago, and they
have kept adding to it ever since. Fair
was worth half a million seven years ago,
and Mackay was a millionaire long before
the consolidated Virginia mine was
dreamed of. 1 make these corrections for
the benefit of such innocents as think the
millionaire quartette have nothing to do
but throw twenty-dollar gold pieces at
ev’ery person who takes it into his or her
head to write begging letters to them.
It would not be believed there are such
arrant fools in the world as some of the
letters received here prove their writers
to be. Money is asked for by people
hundreds, aye thousands of miles away
on every conceivable pretense. For in
stance, a Washington woman wrote Mac
kay recently that her daughter had been
slandered, and she requested him to for
ward fifteen hundred dollars to hire coun
sel to take the matter into the courts. And
this is but one of hundred of applica-'
EASTMAN, DODGE CO., GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1876.
lions that come here every week for
from ten to ten thousand dollars. Peo
ple who -contemplate “striking” the
Bonanza Kings would do well to think
I better of it.
Otu LABOR SUPPLY.
The German Emigration Fallen off More
than Fifty Per Vent. Shire 1*73
He Matti ()ur Oirn Work.
I’all Mall Gazette.
r l he continued depression of trade in
the I nited States, as well as the scarcity
of money among the agricultural and
laboring classes in Germany, has had the
effect ol materially checking the outflow
Of labor from the latter country; and
from the returns given by consul An
nesley in his commercial report on Ham
burg for the past year, just issued, it
seems that emigration from Germany to
America was nearly one-half lower in
1875 than in 1874. The number of Ger
man emigrants in 1875 was thirty-one
thousand eight hundred and ten, of whom
eighteen thousand seven hundred and
.eighty-two went by steamer direct to
New York, four hundred and eighty-one
to Brazil, Monte Vidoe and Buenos
Ayres, four hundred and eighty to (Jhili
and twenty to the West Indies; one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight
emigrants went by sailing vessel direct
to Australia and South America and
three hundred and seventy-seven to
other ports, while nine thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two went by steam
ers indirect to North America via Hull
and Liverpool. Of the emigrants for
warded direct, twelve thousand six hun
dred and seventy-eight were male and
eight thousand eight hundred and three
female, sixteen thousand eight hundred
and fifteen being adults, three thousand
seven hundred and six children under
ten years of age, and one thousand and
forty infants. Besides the decrease of the
numbers bound to the United States, the
numerous warnings that have lately ap
peared respecting the unsuitability of
the climate of Brazil for northern consti
tutions have at last produced an effect
on the Germans, and emigration to that
country has decreased nine tenths in two
years. The following figures show the
remarkable extent to which German em
igration has fallen off within the past five
years : In 1871 the number of emigrants
were forty-two thousand two hundred and
twenty-four ; in 1872, seventy-four thou
sand four bundled and six; in 1873,
sixty-nine thousand one hundred and
seventy-six {Nn 18UT, forfeytWeo thou
sand four hundred and forty-three, and
in 1875, thirty-one thousand eight hun
dred and ten. As emigration from Great
Britain to the United States is also on
the decrease, and that from China is to
be forbidden in future, the Americans
will probably in a few years he thrown
on their own resources for a supply of
labor, and perhaps they will be none the
worse socially, physically and politically
for a little healthful exertion.
WAS IT SUICIDE.
The dethroned sultan Abdul-Aziz has
relieved himself and his successor by re
sorting to the “ happy despatch.” It is
a convenient custom the oriental gx
rulcrs have of taking themselves out of
the way. They understand that “ su
perfluous lags the veteran on the stage”
after his crown is taken off, and show a
consideration for their successors which
lif* the despair of western ex-monarch.?,
who have an unfortunate habit of living
on to plague their successors by plottings
and other things. Whether it is true
that Abdul-Aziz actually opened his
veins with a pair of scissors and died by
his own act is a question that is impossi
ble to answer. The probabilities are
decidedly against the suicide, though he
has had temporary aberrations of mind,
and it is possible that in a moment of
derangement he committed the act. Sus
picion weighs against the new sultan and
his ministers, and already the Russian
minister is making anxious inquiries,
while queen Victoria expressed her con
cern for his fate last week. His death
does not materially affect the situation
of affairs. The anti-Russian party is in
the ascendancy at Constantinople and is
likely to carry things for a time with as
high a hand as it dare. Russian influ
ence is at a discount and that of England
seems to be on the increase. It is re
ported from St. Petersburg that the
Turhish coup d'etat is there attributed to
British influence, and from many indi
cations it appears that the attitude of
Russia is becoming more determined.
Meanwhile the Servians have not ac
knowledged the new sovereign and show
no disposition to do so. They are armed
and prepared to precipitate hostilities at
a moments notice, and only wait for the
assurance of Russian support to throw
off the Turkish yoke and declare inde
pendence. This places the peace of
Europe at the mercy of an exigency
whit’ll is likely to occur at any hour.
But the interior condition of Turkey is
so disorganized and demoralized that it
will be impossible for the present sultan
to hold his thro I# a great while at the
longest. He sits on a magazine that may
explode in another revolution any day.
Looking at the matter in any light it
seems impossible that the inevitable
break-up of the Turkish empire can be
delayed much longer; nor is the delay
desirable.
7n God We Trust.
THE COTTOX etiOP.
Eirst Tidings of the Grotrkig Crop, Iteeeiv and
through the Gal Vest rm} X>tr Orleans
ciiul Nashville Colt oh
EJceha n
The Galveston cotton exchange crop
report is as follows: iSentouton twenty
third of May, two hundred questions to
correspondents in ninety counties and re
ceived only senveuty-nine replies from
forty-eight counties, dated from twenty
sixth of May to first of June.
First—The area of land planted in cot
ton in this state compares with last
year’s as follows: Sixteen counties re
porting a decrease of frofii five to thirty
three and one-third per aent., seventeen
the same as last year, fifteen an increase
of from five te three a.id one-third per
cent., the land planted averaging about
the same as last year.
Second and third —No overflows or
damage reported.
Fourth—The character of the weather
for planting this year, compared with
last year, is as follows, Twenty-two
counties report the same as last year,
fifteen less favorable, eleven more favora
ble.
Fifth—Thirty-seven counties report
the stands of cotton good, five fair, six
not good.
Sixth—The cotton crop is reported in
ten counties t* he early as last year,
four counties two weeks earlier, thirty
four counties about two weeks later.
Seventh—Labor, in number and effi
ciency, is fully as good as last year.
Eighth—No fertilizers arc used in this
state.
Ninth—The condition of the crop is
but about two weeks late.
Tenth—The rains in tfie latter part of
May have been beneficial generally, im
proving the prospects.
NEW ORLEANS DEPARTMENT.
The New Orleans cotton exchange
crop report for May, is as follows:
Louisiana reports from thirty-three
parishes eighty replies, average date,
May twenty-sixth. Average decrease
in area planted nearly ten per
cent. A large proportion of the cul
tivatable lands of the river parishes,
equal to about one per cent, of the whole
state, has been inundated and the waters
will subside too late to replant. The
season is three weeks late. The weather
is much less favorable than usual. Con
sidering the inclement weather, the
ground is fair, hut the condition is not
good, the plants being small and very
grassy, Heavy rains have done consid
erable damage. Labor is about the same
in numbers, but more efficient. No com
mercial fertilizers used.
Mississippi reports from thirty-three
counties: One hundred and one replies;
average dates, May 25th to June stli;
acreage decrease, one to two per cent.;
damage from overflow confined to river
counties, and estimated at eight per
cent, of their production ; weather gen
erally less favorable ; too much rain and
cold nights; plants small and backward ;
crop two to three weeks later than last
year; labor good; no fertilizers used;
present condition not encouraging; plant
in grass and backward from heavy rains;
complaints of inferior seed.
Arkansas reports from twenty-three
counties; fifty-three replies, dates rang
ing from the nineteenth of May to the
second instant; acreage, decrease eight
per cent.; damage by overflow confined
to Chicot, Desha and Drew counties;
Chicot suffered forty per cent., Desha
twenty per cent, and Drew ten per cent.;
weather as favorable as last year; it
seems the counties are wet and unseason
ably cold; stands good in more counties;
crop ten days later than last year ; labor
good, about equal in efficiency and num
bers, hut somewhat demoralized in the
inundated districts; present condition of
the crop, with few exceptions, good ; no
fertilizers used.
NASHVILLE DEPARTMENT.
The May report of the Nashville de
partment of the National cotton ex
change, covering eighteen counties of
Middle Tennessee and North Alabama,
shows a decrease of acreage of three per
cent; stands of cotton good ; crop from
ten days to two weeks later in the aver
age; labor supply ample, and fully equal
in efficiency to last year; favorable re
ports of the crop largely predominate ;
only about one-fourth report an unfavor
able condition; some complaintsof grass;
and a few of insects, but not sufficient to
be of material importance.
A OXE-lIORSE F IRM IX SOUTH CA Ro
ll XA.
A gentleman living in Bishopville, S.
C., has furnished the Sumter Watchman
with a statement of the proceeds of a
crop made by him, in which all the plow
ing was done by his buggy horse, the
time employed averaging two days in the
week. Thirteen acres were planted, six
in corn and peas, and seven in cotton.
All the work of cultivation was done
with day labor, at fifty cents a day with
out meals, except for plowmen a part of
the time. The cost of preparing and
cultivating the c >rn and peas was thir
teen dollars and seventy-five cents. The
cotton seed and commercial manures
cost one hundred and fifty dollars, and
the cost of gathering was thirteen dol
lars ; a total expense of one hundred and
twenty-seven dollars and twenty-five
cents. The land produced two hundred
and fifty bushels of Cdrn, three thousand
pounds of fodder, and thirty bushels of
peas, valued at three hundred and ten
dollars. The net profits were one hum
dred arid eighty-two dollars and seventy
five cents. The expenses of making the
cotton and preparing it for market in
cluding one hundred and thirteen dollars
for manures, was two hundred and one
dollars and forty-five cents, and the pro
ceeds of the seven bales produced
amounted to three hundred and seventy
five dollars and eighty-five cents. The
net profit on the cotton was one hun
dred and seventv-four dollars and ten
cents, which, added to the profits on the
other crops, gives a total net profit of
three hundred and fifty-seven dollars
and fifteen cents. The cotton cost seven
cents a pound to produce it, and six
bales sold for twelve cents, and one bale
for seven and a half cents net pound.
A SCALPED MAX’S STORY.
How it Feels to Have Your Top-knot lorn
off by the Aid of an Indian’s Knife.
From the Kansas City Times.
There arrived hereon Friday evening’s
Kansas Pacific train a party of three per
sons, direct from Dead wood City, the
new mining town in the Black Hills.
Learning that one of the party had been
shot and scalped by Indians, a reporter
sought them out and from Air. A. P.
Woodward, formerly of Boston, but lat
terly of Custer, obtained the following
interesting facts relating to a recent mas
sacre about seventy miles north of Fort
Laramie. Mr. Woodward was accompa
nied by T. S. Gates, of St. Louis, and
Heiman Ganzio. of Milwaukee, the lat
ter wounded and suffering from a wound
in the scalp. The scalp is, in fact, half
gone.
It hasten of been said that a man can
live after being scalped; but until last
Friday evening no ocular proof had been
produced in this city substantiating t
fact. Herman Ganzio’s head from the
center of the forehead back to the crown
of the head is at present one mass of
sores. The hair has been cut away by
the surgeons in charge at Fort Laramie,
but the pear-shaped patch made by the
scalping knife is thus made all the more
distinct. The poor fellow has been in
hospital since the 13th of April, but his
companions have stood manfully by him,
and reiterated their intention to see him
through to his home. In conversation
with the reporter, with whom he bad
been previously acquainted, Ganzio said,
describing his mishap:
“ You see we were coming down into
the valley of Hut Creek, on our way to
k’ort Laramie, when wc thought we saw
Indians coming down the creek to the
right. Instead of camping there we
thought it safer to water our stock and
go on into the hills and make a dry camp
in the bushes, if we could not make
Running Water creek, where a large
camp of freighters were reported.
“I had been sent on ahead up the hill
just where the big stone hut stands, by
the road, and with a boy named Kountze,
from Omaha, and sat down to wait for
the wagons, which were slowly coming
up out of the valley. When the wagons
reached us I started on alone through
the rocks and pine bushes to seek a good
camp. A few hundred yards further on
I looked down a ravine to the right and
saw five mounted Indians ride across the
valley. I started to go back to the
train, when at least a dozen Indians ran
at me out of the bush, and you bet I ran
and hollered for help. In a minute more
two or three of them shot at me, I felt
a sharp, stinging pain in my left leg and
another in my left sfftukler, and I fell.
Then they were upon me in a minute,
and [one of them put his knee in my
back, while another hit me a clip with a
club or a butt of a gun. I don’t know
which, as I had no time to think. All I
knew was I was being scalped ; my hair
was held tight. I felt a hot, red hot,
stinging sort of pain all around the top
of my head—being torn-out by the roots
—it was too much; I couldn’t stand it;
I died—at least I thought I did. But
my scalp was saved just as it was being
torn oft. The boys at the wagon had
seen me running ; saw the Indians, and
came on--thirteen of them—-and got up
just in time to pr©%?©nt the red devils
finishing their work. The Indians, as
well as my friends, thought I was dead.
But I came to again, and mv scalp was
laid back again. It was only half torn
off, as you will see, and is growing again
nicely.”
The poor fellow 7 was taken to Fort
Laramie and received every attention,
and as soon ns he was able stated for his
parents’ home in Milwaukee. He is the
first white man who has felt the “In
jun’s” hand in his hair this year who
has lived to come home and tell how it
feels. The Black Hikers spent yester
day in the city, and last evening con
tinued their journey eastward.
Her Identity Fixed.— Last Sunday,
says the Brooklyn Argus, there was
quite a stii in one of your churches,
when a gorgeously robed young stranger
swept along the main aisle, preceded by
an obsequious usher. All eyes were at
tracted by her blazing diamonds, her
costly laces, the splendor and profusion
of her toilet, and when she settled down
in anew pew, with a mighty rustle, hun
dreds of female voices seemed to have
been guided by a common inspiration as
they whispered: “ The daughter of a
Philadelphia hackman! ”
Payable in Advance.
NUMBER 20.
LOADED WITH MORTGAGES.
ftitinous Effect of the Monetary Pressure
in the East.
The New Yoik Herald publishes an
interview With General t>. F. Butler, in
which the following occcurs:
The fact is the people are in trouble,
and we arc not yet at the bottom point.
We are not spending any money. I con
sider, after careful thought, that an av
erage retrenchment for man, woman and
child is #OO. Well, that retrenchment
by forty millions of people takes $2,000,-
000,000 out the general pocket. I make
axes and you make prints. My mills
stop and my hands can’t buy your
cloths. Then your mill stops and vour
people don’t buy my axes. And so
throughout the whole country. We are
all mortgaged up to our eyes. If the
property in New York city from the
I ifth Avenue K<_.ioi uj.*to Central park
was sold to-day it wouldn v ;l | ) ] 0 t()
discharge its mortgages. It’s the s— ,
way in Boston ; it’s the same way every
where. Three years ago a client of mine
built two stores; one cost sf>o,ooo, the
other one hundred thousand dollars.
They gave him a rental of twenty-eight
thousand dollars. Some property in the
town was, by the death of two old maids,
thrown suddenly on the market. My
client purchased it and borrowed ninety
thousand dollars on his stores for that
purpose. Rents fell so that lie was able
to get only twelve thousand dollars on
the two. Interest and taxes made a big
hole in his receipts. Presently he couldn’t
pay the interest, and he came to me to
know if there was any law by which he
could compel the savings bank that made
the loan to take the whole of the estate on
which the loan was made and discharge
him from the debt. I told him I knew
of none. Well, he struggled along for
six months longer, and then said the
bank people were pressing him for
the interest, and he feared he would
have to sell all he had to get out of
the scrape. It was a hard case, and I told
him as a last resort to say to the bank
for me that they must give him time,
and, if not, to sell the property, and I
would go before the people with the
provable statement that they had been
loaning the people’s savings on insuffi
cient security ! They haven’t sold him
out yet.
Are the eastern banks loaded with
these mortgages ?
Certainly they are, and they can’t get
rid of them. A smart actuary said to me
the other day, “If these people don't
pay their interest I’ll foreclose on them.”
“Hold on,” said I; “these people bor
rowed money in good-faith. It’s a matter
of life and death with them. They’ll
pay your interest just as long as
they possibly can. They’ll raise and
scrape and turn and twist to do it. Sup
pose you foreclose. You transfer the
aggregate of their individual troubles to
your shoulders. What they as inter
ested individuals can’t do, do you expect
to be able to do ? They pay their own
expenses and can’t meet the interest.
Can you so manage their aggregated
property as to meet expenses, taxes and
interest?” It seemed anew idea to
him. Why, the whole amount of cur
rency in circulation is $50,000,000.
What’s that? It wouldn’t pay in any
one day the total wages of the people of
the “land, and yet we talk about the
effect of adding or taking away a few
millions of money. What we need is
work; and there comes in the Cuban and
Mexican idea. War would be popular
both with Mexico and Spain. Money is
always easy in war times. Eveivbody is
flush then, and when we are flush we
spend money freely. Mexico would use
at least $2,000,0000,000 of our produc
tions in a year. That was Grant’s mis
take. If he had done that he would to
day be master of the situation. He
didn’t and he isn't. And here comes in
the strength of some unknown who is
not responsible for complications or mis
takes. __
$1,000,000 SUIT.
Ex- Secretary of the Interior Jacob Thomp
son Procee 'eA against in Civil- Suit tv
Recover $1,000,000 Taken
from his Department.
Jacob Thompson, secretary of the inte
rior before the w r ar, has been served with
a process in civil suit to recover one mil
lion dollars, principal and interest, of
bonds taken from the department, and
for the amount received by him from the
confederate states, and which it is allcg
ed reverted to and became the property
of the United .States. Thompson says he
noticed in the newspapers some days ago
that secretary Chandler had made the
charge that he had abstracted these bonds
but now his charge has been abandoned
and a civil suit instituted to hold him
pecuniarily responsible for the acts of a
subordinate clerk. Thompson says he
was, as agent, instructed by the confed
erate government to turn the unexpend
ed balance of one million dollars over to
the confederate agents abroad. This he
! did, and afterward there was a final ad-
I justment of his account, and a full and
final receipt for all moneys was given
‘him, which receipt he has now in his pos
| session.
. The California professors are eccen
j trie. A scientific man in San Francisco
| recently sent a petrified codfish to his
1 niece as a wedding present.
GRAVE AND GATT
. .Calvary cemetery, New York, aver
ages fifty funerals a day.
. .The outlay for artistic and literary
features in Harper's Magazine is stated
to lc otcr $70,000 a year.
.Three lots c*f tapestry, more than
one hundred and twenty years old, have
been sold in England for £7OOO.
. Among English scientific men the
opinion gains ground that hydrophobia
may result from the bite of a pert ctly
healthy dog.
" I is not in tfie storm nor in the strife,
We feel benumb’d and wish to lw>
But in the after silence on th* shore,
When all is lost except a little life.
..Always pick out a bald-headed bar
ber to shave you, because he can’t con
sistently ask you to buy any hair re
newer
. .The Cincinnati Commercial thinks
that no one should start for the Black
Hills without a wig and some muci
lngO.
..A wag hi “what he knows about
farming,” gives a very good plan to re
move widow’s weeds. He says a good
looking man has only to say “ IN iltthou?
and they wilt.
..A young lady who won the scull
match last week at Harlem, is to be pre
sented with a beautiful yawl. She ought
to have a smack thrown in, addstheNew
York Commercial Advertiser.
. .Nearly twenty albatrosses are said to
have followed the Britsli war ship Chal
lenger from the coast of Japan to within
+wo days’ sail of Honolulu, a distance of
eight n— m ii es>
.. A single lette* jlobert Burns sold
at a late London auction . „ Jn it
he says lie is determined to , , u^c
poetry with all his vigor, as he beiu (
the knack and aptitude to learn the
mule’s trade is a divine gift.”
..A Wisconsin editor illustrates the
prevailing extravagance of the people of
the present day by calling attention to
the costly baby carriages in use now,
while, when he was a baby, they hauled
him around by the hair o( the head.
..“ How shall wo-settle the labor ques
tion ?” exclaimed a member of the Geor
gia legislature, in the midst of his speech.
“ By all going to work and earning your
living honestly?” thundered a spectator
in the gallery. That sentiment brought
down the house.
What mortal knows
Whence come the tint and the odor of the
rose ?
What probing deep
Has ever solved the mystery ot sleep .
—2. B. Aid rich.
Have patience, Aldrich.
Some mighty nose will yet disclose
The sweet, mysterious odor of the rose.
And as for somnolence,
Somniloquence may vet speak out
/ nd tell the uninstructed world about
That soothsome mystery;
Or if the talking sleeper keep it quiet, ;
Rest sure' ’twill out in some hold snorer s
r i o t. — Courier-Journal.
..Vermont newspapers tell of a lu r
lington womar, who, when her husband
came home drunk, waited till he went t<>
sleep, then took his only pair of pants
from him and made them over into a pair
for their twelve-year-old boy. working
nearly all night to finish them. Ihe
husband awoke, about the middle of the
forenoon, ready to eat breakfast and start
out for another drink, but when last seen
was wrapped in an old skirt, ami bad
promised to join the reformed men s club.
A TIRED WOMAN’S LAST WORDS.
Here lies an old woman who was always
tired, , n
For she lived in a house where help "<isn t
hired. ,
Her last words on earth were, “ Dear Iriemls,
I am going
Where washing 'aint done, ncrclnirning, nor
sewing;
And everything there will be just to my
wishes,
For where they don’t cat there’s no washing
of dishes. ,
I’ll he where loud anthems will always be
ringing,
But having no voice I 11 get rid ot the sing
ing,
Don’t mourn for me now, and mourn lor me
never
For Fm going to do nothing for ever and
ever.”
. .The old Romans who lived in abou
the climate of the southern states, were
excellent agriculturists, and watched the
signs and the seasons closely. N irgil,
who wrote some agricultural poems
about nineteen hundred years ago ‘ Ob
serve also when the nut trees shall clothe
themselves with blossoms in the woods,
and bend their fragrant boughs; if the
coming fruit abound in like quantity the
corn will follow, and a great threshing
with a great heat shall ensue; if the
shady boughs flourish with only n luxu
riance of leaves, in vain the flail slial
bruise the talks fertile only in chaff.’
. .Two literary ladies were lately wit
nesses in a trial. One of them, upon
hearing the usual questions asked,
“ What is your name?” and “ How old
are you ?” turned to her companion and
said : “ I do not like .to tell my age ; not
that I have any objection to its being
known, but don’t want it published in
ail the newspapers.” “Well,” said the
witty Mrs. ,“ I will tell you how to
avoid it. You have heard the objection
to all hearsay evidence; tell them you
don’t remember when you were l*orn,
and all you know of it is by hearsay.
The ruse took and the question was not
pressed. _________
Difference of Opinion.— An oi l
Baptist minister, says the Religious Her
ald, enforced the necessities of difference
of opinion by argument: “Now, it
everybody had been of my opinion, they
i would all have wanted my old woman.
One of the deacons, who sat just behind
him, responded: “Yes; and if every
body was of my opinion, nobody would
hive her.”
M. Andre, a wealthy Parisian banker,
gave a ball lately, the peculiariltv of
which lay in the fact tl;, by means of
hidden mechanism, the partition wall •
between the splendid saloons on the
first-floor could be made to sink into the
ground and disappear, strips of flooring
fitted into the grooves, and the whole
floor suddenly transformed into a ball
room.