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.... .directors,
^ich 4mm ot copird one of the courts
fm- a whole week, is certainly remark
alilo. It is, o( course, a case of cons
spirocy ami fraud; hot the fraudulent
aspect of the ease is almost thrown
into the shade by its elaWate child
ishness. One almost forgets the crim-
inality of the accused in reflecting
what’fools they were. The scheme
just exposed had for its originator Mr.
.1. K. Crabtree, who is distinguished
from the other defendants in being
found guilty without a recommenda
tion to mercy, llis calling was that
of an insurance agent, and he appears
to have been ambitious of figuring at
the head of a great company. He
picked up some half-dozen jiersons
who were holding respectable posi
tions in life, who bad no knowledge ol
that in which he invited them to em
bark, and whose intelligence was of
that opaque sort which leaves the
moral side of the character but dimly
lighted. Willi such materials for a
dm clorate, the Northern Counties ol
England Insurance Society started.
The articles of association were vols
uminons. Every contingency that
con'd come across the path of inpn
about Vo engage in a great enterprise
hi eincd to be anticipated and provided
foi. Mr. Crabtree managed, and
once a week the directors sat in their
official chairs like monarchs on their
thrones, not at all intending to be
dishonest, but glorying in their for
tune, fancying that they were on the
way to find out "a thing or two," and
abundantly willing to be made rich.
The capital was fixed at .€100,000, in
20.000 shares of t‘5 each, with ill per
share paid up. By the 1st of March
eleven hundred shares had been sub
scribed for, yielding the modest ca-it
capital of as many pounds, only two-
" “ WISDOM, JUSTICE AND k MODERATION:' 1 ? t
Volume LXIV.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 18S0.
• Number 49.
r . MONEY.
TAKING THE CHANCES.
i'A A
HE WAS LYING.
“ SUCCESS'. WITH SMALL
Professor Bonanty Price, of Oxford
University, England, in the “ Inter
national Review’’ for September, re
views the book on “ Money,’’ recently
published by Prof. Francis A. Walker,
of Yale College. He says : “ As to
the great subject which' Professor
Walker names,—the fearful commer
cial depression which has oppressed so
many nations for so many years,—it
is supremely important that its cau -e
should be clearly understood, and file
invaluable lesson it teaches be gather
ed «y> by aft.’’ it'.** **•
It is, says the Professor, “ over
consumption ; and by over-consump
tion we mean the using and destroy,
ing more wealth than was re-made.
The necessary consequence was ims
poverishraent,—there was less to dis
tribute among the whole people. One
necessary result was that there was
less to exchange, less to buy with,
and manufacturers and shopkeepers
on every side were doing less business,
often none at all. This is precisely
commeicial depression, and its cause
is easy to understand A great fam
ine furnishes a good exampie of such
. , . . depression. The laborers have used
fifths of which was paid into the bank, ; U p and clothing; horses have
the rest being absorbed in expenses.
In the course of the same month, pre
paratory to a bolder flight, Mr. Crab
tree arranged with the company that
he should receive 2ft per cent on the
gioss premiums received tor insur
ance, mid a month later the first for
mal prospectus was issued. The pub-
li were informed in this document
that, the success of the company hav
ing alteady exceeded the most san
guine expectations of the directors, it
lnd been found neces-ary to increase
the capital from XT00,000 to £250,-
000. Here was an announcement lor
people anxious to hit upon a good
thing—only three months in exis
tence, yet a necessity forced the coni
pany to inerca e their capital one and
a half times, forced upon them it
would seem by a wondrous extension
of llieir business. Of cour.-e when
the slum s were o: ee taken up, and
any sum, however small, paid down,
the investor- were in thi manager’s
net. In the meantime there were
many innocent contrivances for
sweetening the toil of the directors.
1’iopcrty oll'cicd for insurance had to
be surveyed. Accordingly the di
rectors acted in pairs as surveyors,
pocketing the lees. No very strong
arguments woic wanted to conviuee
the directors that it was necessary,
as a matter of business, to declare
' good dividends. They- aoon found
the need of increasing the amount ol
their apparent assets so as to make i;p
a plausible balance-sheet, and this
they did by creating mortgages for
large su es on diminutive oi non-ex
istent values. Those were deliberate
lies on parchment, and, considering
the use ma le of them, absolute frauds
To make things safe, they had their
own olficial auditor, who attested the
honesty of the fraudulent misrepresen
tations contained in successive bal
ance-shifts, and helped his employ
ers and himselt by loudly lamenting
tiiat he was not rich enough to take a
larger share in the profitable under
taking. So the huge imposition rolled
on, growing in size like a snowball as
it rolled. It was soot, found necossar
ry to raise the nominal capital from
£250,000 to £1,000,000, and the di
rectors may be considered modest in
stopping nt that sum. They began a
foreign bu-iness, and as their agents
were beyond the reach of local inqui
ry, it was easy in the balance-sheet to
describe them as bankers, and to
make the sums in their hands large
enough to square deficiencies. Their
ambition grew as their home opera
tions began to show symptoms ot col
lapse. At length the swindle could
be kept on its legs no longer, and Mr
Crabtree resigned. He seems to have
bad a lew years of luxurious living,
and to have caused some scandal l>y
his sumptuary indulgences. When
his genius was withdrawn the compa
ny soon came to grief. • But it had
hi ought others to grief. The share-
holders whom it had enticed by false
representations of unbounded prosper
ity are liable to the extent of the cap
ital they subscribed for, and every
2s 0d which they paid down has now
to bo made «p to £5. Many ol them
are utterly ruined.—Jllanc/iester Ee-
a miner.
been fed ; manures bought and de
posited in-the soil,—but at the end
there is no harvest, no com. With
what is another year’s crop to be
produced? The stock of capital is
now much reduced, the nation is
poorer, the means for trading'greatly
diminished, for there is far less to ex
change.
“The capital destroyed in making
the railway or the field-drain is not
replaced for years,—often many. The
nation is distinctly the poorer, is des
titute by all the part which the rail
way used up which was not restored,
say within a year. Carry ou this
process to excessive proportions, and I bad accident to a
now locomotive engineers lobe
THEIR NERVE.
A map talks as easily at the rate of
sixty miles an hour as he does at an
ordinary.aftemoon dinner pace, auda
veteran railroad man who sat with his
feet cocked on an adjoining cbfiir, on
the Ohio and Mississippi fast train, let
his recollections and gossip flow enter
tainingly to a Louisville Courier-
Journal reporter.
* Evqr in j, smash-up ?’ asked the
veteran, laconically.
‘ N ever!'
* That accounts for your lack of
nervousness. A child never dreads
the fire until he is burned, and so it
was with every kind of danger. There
are two classes of engineers, .who are
known on (be road as ‘ good runners’
and • bad -runners.’ A good runner
is always‘sent out with special trains
and in other eases where fast time is
to be made. He is an engineer who
knows the road and his engine, and
will gauge the speed by quality of the
track, taking a good many chances on
safety. I know one of these fellows,
who was regai ded as the coolest and
bravest man in the business. He
would Lake a lightning special as safe-
Iv through as another would a freight.
One dark night be was hauling the
night express around a curve’like
meteor. A tree had been blown
across the track by a storm, and be
ran upon it before it could be seen.
The train was smashed and he was
badly hurt. He got well in time, and
took his place at work, but lost it, and
he could not get a passenger train on
any road. Tne accident filled his
1 nerve,’ and he couldn’t take a train
through on even schedule time. He
was always lagging and behind time.
That is the fate of a gn at many. A
ROCHESTER ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVA
TORY.
the commercial depress'd! stands vis
ible to our eyes as clear as day. The
Americans took the lead, and it was
most di-astrous for them and others,
in the excessive creation of fixed capi
tal. They are said to have built some
thirty thousand miles of new railways?
What a vast destruction of food,
clothing, tools, coals, was accomplish
ed by this reckless proceeding ! Is it
to be wondered at if the suffering,
described by Professor Walker were
the punishment of such wild conducts
The railroads probably could not re-
place the wealth they had destroyed
in less than hall a century.”
Speaking of bi-inetalisn, and the
difficulties produced by jt in_ France,
the Professor says f— ' •’
“ The cause of all the trouble has
been the great fall in the metallic
value ot silver, in combination with
many harassing fluctuations. It has
turned purely silver currencies into
bail money; it has poisoned them
with unsteadiness of value, the great
est and most pestilent fault which
money can have. For a long time
na ounce of silver was worth 60(7. in
the metal market; it then fell as low
as 4$(/.,and, with endless oscillations,
now stands at about 52</.
The advancement of any great
fast train al says j science is always a matter of public
spoils a good engineer.’
‘They are always in danger,’ said
the reporter.
‘Yes; it there is an accident they
are almost sure to be killed. They
go through life on liiilh of good luck.
One day, several years ago, I went
for a day’s hunting in the country,
and made arrangements tor an engine
to be sent for me at seven o’clock.
It came, and, with three of us aboard,
started to make the mil of twenty-five
miles an hour ahead of the regular
train. We got a mile or two and the
headlight flickered and went down.
The engine was stopped and the lan
tern was tinkered with, and we started
again. We ran a few miles, and had
to stop and linker with the con-f. tril
founded lamp agaiu. This time it
went out clear, and to our horror we
discovered that the regular train was
ithin five minutes of u*, and there
was no sidetrack near. It was as dark
as original chaos, not a star out The
engineer started carefully, worked the
thorttle out gradually, and, all ot us
clinging to the cab for dear fife, the race
began. For all that we could sec it
was a plunge into space. The engine
snorted and rolled, and faiily flew
along the track, until the welcome
light of the home yards fell upon as.
Wt had run thirteen miles upon pure
faith in nine minutes, and the regular
train was an hour nod 1gny--miunte«
•behind lintel--- » •• w *
That was-a close shave on luck?’
Yes; I don’t want to ride under
pressure again.’
In the bi-metallic countries, in
which both gold and silver were legal-
teitdeva, the tall in the value of stiver
produced its invariable effect, which
some call the Gresham iaw, but which
is a natural fact rather than a law.
Silver was overrated in the coinage.
At the fallen value,■ there was not
silver enough in the coins tor which
the gold ones were exchanged,
lienee, dear gold was bought with
cheap silver, and was taken to coun
tries where its value had full play.
It was very, profitable to send over
cheap silver,, btty.e. it CQined.-wh.b j qjjllinmp,tp a get
the coins buy t|e goMopue. Mt circu- though, it wasmot
sit them-dr v ”"'
A ST A TESMANS OPINION.
T1IE NORTH POLE.
The New York World of yesterday
says : ‘Governicnts have ceased fit
ting out Arctic expeditions either to
discover the Pole or find out the fate
<>t\sir John Franklin. Everything of
importance which has bten done of
late years in Arctic exploration, has
been done by private enterprise,
and goverments have done 1 tile more
than lend tl.cir sanction, sometimes
not even that. The report of the
revenue cutter Corwin which has been
received at Washington, is interesting
only as showing how much more is
likely to he done by private than by
official expeditions. The Corwin, at
the time when her leport was made,
had only attained the latitude of 00
degrees, while a private Englishman
has made a voyage in his own yacht,
and coasted the western, shore of
Franz Josef Land as high os 80 de>
green north. There Are, of course,
differences in the conditions ns well as
in the purposes of the \wo cruises,
but the contrast is nevertheless odd
between the results of au exploration
iirdertaken in search of missing ships
and of a voyage undertaken rnereiy as
a pleasure noise. The result s of
Lieut. Serwarka’s expedition do not
seem to be important, geographical
ly or otherwise, and it seems likely
that the North Pole will continue to
baffle mankind tor more generations
than those during which the vast
equatorial lakes which from the source
ot the Nile lay undiscovered.
“ More money," is the cry of the
radicals from Maine to Minnesota.
la'ion, melt them -TTown, and" export
them abroad. So it happened in *he
Latin Union. In France, fifteen and
•a half jounces of silver eoinsdould buy
an ounce' of gold worth eighteen.
Silver poured in, and gold left France.
The process went on so rapidly that
France and the Latin Union were
compelled to limit their silver coining;
and the final result is that the money
of France consists of gold Napoleons
and trancs consisting of silvef coined
in the proportion of 15 1-2 to'l’of
gold, with no right to demand that
silver shall be ( coincd at the mint.
This is the system Supported 'fry bi
metallists.
Professor Price, however, has his
own theory for utilizing both metals :
«# * * * * * Gold is reason
ably steady,—is good money. Let it
be the standard to which all other
coins are referred ; but let the princi
pic to govern its use, in o
with" the uncertain and cgpriciou
metal silver, be the proclamation from
time to time, by public authority,
of the proiiortion tu silver
coins shall exchange with those
composed ot . gold.,. . Uf
a basis both ban; be (egal-tdnde
gold always ■without change ;.the
coin standingeypplyoa. r the quantity
of metal it contains. Silver, too, can
be legal-tender, but iu paying debts
reckoned in gold coijas, , .iu fact,. In
their relation to silver coius; the num
ber of silver coins constituting the
gold oi.e to bp determined, from time
to time; -according to jthe'metwlte val ■
ties of both in the metal market
The machinery required for thework'.
ing of this process will iprnlve compli
cations and require consideration;
but, il the end is desired in earnest, no
difficulty of detail will ultimately bar
out suc es-. r
<-Tlia Union League Club of New
York has been boldly invaded by its
Hancock members. Pho Garfield men
having posted a notice suiting for'con
tributions lor the Republicans, the
Hancock members of the club lave
also posted their notice asking for
contributions to be sent to Frederick
P. Olcott, ad old and prominent
member,' to promote 1 lanoock’s elec
tion. Thijn^a .are .getting, uiix^l in
interest and accustomed as the people
of America to wonderful discoveries
in the world of inveulion, they take
no less delight in those revelations
which concern the material universe
including the most remote heavenly
bodies.
The erection of a new building,
therefore, which is designed to advance
the study of astronomy in all its de
partments is a matter of both national
interest and universal importance.
Such is just what the Warner Observ
atory at Rochester, N. Y. is designed
to do. Being the finest private ob
servatory in the world, and containing
a telescope third in power to any on
this cqutipant it cwnot fail to con
in the United
But, however, much may be accom
plished in the future, American ass
Monomers have already doue grandly
iu the past. Among the prominent
revelations which they have made to
the world may be mentioned the fol
lowing : The separation ol Biella’s
, . . , iQ.r .1 much time talking about him-elf that
comet into two parts in 1845; the yo „ can’t talk about yourself.
At the first ills no great matter
how much you learn, but how well
you learn it.—Erasmus.
We may do a very good action and
not be a good man, but we cannot do
a.vary ill one and.not be an ill main
[From the Watchman.]
We have been permitted to publish
the subjoined extract from a private
letter written bv Hon. Wm.M. Sprin-
,3 gentleman of this
_ irnbt written with
any vie w of publication. Mr. Sprin
ger, as is well known, is one • of tho
foremost men :in the Hogse of Rep
resentative^ mid Wields? a splendid
influence in his Own State. ’He is a
thorough democrat, is chairman of the
committee of elections, one ot the most
important in congress, and stands
high as >n energetic, intelligent and
unswerving'member of the House, in
the discharge of bis duties. The good
opinion of such a man is worth much
to any one who is so fortunate ns to
gain it. Mr. Speer is on the same
committee with bint, and will no
ffoubl feel gratified at this expression
of esteem, when he sees it, while his
friends will rejoice to know that he
has taken such high rank in ^congress
as-to'merit this warm commendation
from so high a source.
All the democrats of the Slate will
read with delight the good news of
rets ot UiM»qsckM4Rfiglish’s
in UBnois. It certainly looks
as if victory would at last perch upon
the banner of our glorious democra
cy. Let tostahd firm till assurance
crowns our hopes. Here is the
DRIFTWOOD.
The population of Kansas is 906,-
300.
He is happy who lias conquered
lnziiK-ss once and forever.
Rains and floods have greatly dam
aged crops in the north ol Scotland.
Low as the grave is, only faith can
climb high enough to see beyond it.
If you would have a faithful servant,
and one that you like, serve yourself.
An extensive grain and flour ware
house in Nashville has been destroyed
by fire.
Over 810,000,000 a year are ex
pended in private horticulture iu
Great.Britain and Ireland.
By forest fires in Canada, near
Quebec, last week, 120 families were
rendered homeless.
A sort of Whittaker, scandal has
broken out in Annapolis, in which a
‘tas beez. caned;- - -
.a rainbeau may be gaud
ily attired but he tvilj never propose.
Waterloo Observer.
It is a fact worth remembering
that it does not take half so long to
make a wound as to heal one.
A bore is a man who spends so
discovery of the eighth satellite of
Saturn in 1848, by Prof. Bond; the
discovery of the transparent ring of
Saturn in 1850 by Bond. Prof. Hall,
of the Washington Observatory, dis
covered the two ntoons which accom
pany Mara, which was cite ef the
greatest astronomical events of the
present century. In addition to the
above the United Stales claims the
discovery of more than ono thousand
double and triplets stars (among them
some ot the most wonderful in the
entire list of those objects), over fifty
■steroids and fifteen new comets while
Profs. Watson and Switt during the
eclipse of 1878 discovered three intra
mercurial planets. This is a record
of which Americaus can justly be
proud
The new observatory at Rochester
is to be a large and airy buildin
specially designed for astronomical
purposes, and its endowment is due
to a fortunate circumstance. The
original idea was to construct a tower
and building of moderate proportions,
but the financial success of Mr. H. H.
Warner, who made the original en
dowment, and ia the proprietor of the
Safe Kidney and Liver Cnre and oth
er remedies, induced.that gentleman
to expend a much larger, sum, and
make the building what it is as shown
above. The new telescope will cost
about 815,000, and is to be in charge
of Prut. Lewis Swiff, u ho has become
so famous by reason ot bis discoveries
cometi and two intra-merenrial plan
ets. The tube of the new instruments
is twenty-two feet iu length, while
the lent is sixteen ladies, iu diameter
It wffl.be mounted in the revolving
turret, so as^o most thoroughly sweep
the horizon in all possible directions.
The advancement which science has
made in the last few years has been
very jiteatr-but much more mav reas
eonaMjr be'expected hr the future,
and although the locality of Roches
ter is not well designed for aatronom
ical researches, as there are so many
of; IlFtholk is now a.LJtormsJp that region, still much may
doubtful Sfdf^Ljsay the least of it. be looked for from the new. Warner
Ourfricnds—those who'arc ber - — * - ' — - "
best post
ed—believe that Illinois will cast her-
Electoral vote for Hancock and En
glish, Trumbull.andthe State- ticket.
The election of Hancock is now as
sured, almost beyond a doubt. We
%re'ttWng^o gjve him- a majority ol'
the Electoral votes or ihe NOrthern
States. What is the outlook in Geor
gia! I hay,e not heard whether Mr.
Speer.’!**candidate for te-election to
Congress or not. I hope he is, and
that he will be elected. His record
in the present congress has been such
that bis constituents may feel proud of
Jaim-- A coiuistcpi democrat, he bad
thexriurage dL hUj convictions, and
the ability to make his influence felt
aud appreciated, Na new member of
the Hobi* ntsde a bitter dr tore hon
orable record, and a brilliant future
•waits him if he ooutinues in public
life.’ ,
Observatory ib the very near future.
——■——— —-
A way to bet with perfect safety on
same offer on Hancock. B accepts the
offer, of course. A then says : ‘I’ll
Jt815 I efkn name four other States
iAt brill go for Garfield.’ B thinks
this- irmorfr' atotfrif tbeirthe ykwvSousi
proposition, aud takes it up promptly.
Then A names twenty-five States,
leaving out four that are snre to be
cirriaf by Oaftivldfandtheso four
nameCtoike 'four other*’ Thus he
loses $5 on the first but gets fl5 on
the second.
A Maine man who didn’t care for
tbe newspapers rode fourteen miles to
ty of a weekly .that spoke bl
...
It you wish to appear .agreeable in
society, you must, consent to . be
taught mauy things which you know
already.
He who truly wishes the happiness
of any one, cannot be Iogg without
discovering some mode of contribut
ing to it. - •>*» .. .10*
/The best way to sileuce a talkative
person is never to interrupt him. Do
not stiuft the candle, and it will go out
of itself. , ,
As the soundest health is less per
ceived than the slightest malady, so
the highest joy touches us less than
the smallest sorrow. , *
The greatest joys aud hopes are
soon turned turned into the greatest
griefs and fears with them that live
by sense and not by faith. .
If you would be pungent, be brief ;
for it is with words as it is witn sun
beams, the more they are condensed
the deeper they burn.
Life is a casket, not precious in-it-
self, but valuable in proportion to
what fortune, or industry, or .virtue
has placed within it.
Anybody can play the violin, but it
takes years of practice to so play that
yonr neighbors can liv^ the Uvea ..of
consistent Christians/ j ' ! f
The way the king of the Sandwich
islands carves a chicken is to Lake
hold of both tegs.draws a long breath,
and pull for all he i» worth. « -
An elephant traveling in a car next
the locomotive on an Indiana rail
road, opened the tank, drank all the
water, and so compelled the train to
top.
‘Wifi you fly with me, dearest t'
lie whispered in her ear. ‘Oh,
Charles,’ she softly replied, ‘don’t you
know I cantaloupe' until' alter the
meldiff season "
An impecunious liian,genefrall_
ignatOM a tcn-Aollnr qoM as M^iikfjBi,'
because he is not on such terms’ 'of
familiarity with it as it would entitle
bhn to call it-*RiH ’
A visitor' visits a French, newspa
per office, and. is- greeted politely by
the office boy—‘If monsieur comes to
fight a duel he will have to be kindf
enough to call again ; all our editot
are engaged for to-day.’ -
* ft s*vW -W 4sl
New York
[Galvetton News.]
There was a row last night in a sa
loon on the Stiand, and a middle aged
men was forcibly ejected. A News
reporter was detailed to find out the
facts, which furnished an amusing in
cident of the campaign.
There was quite a ctowd in the
saloon, talking politics. The ahabbw
est man pushed his way iu and seemed
to take an absorbing interest in the
discussion. Oue gentleman said :
‘ Hancock will get nine-tentlis of
the Federal soldiers-’ ,. ■<.' \
You are right,’ said Ihe seedy man,
in a loud, and sonorous voice, clap
ping the speaker on the shoulder.
‘ You just bet we will scoop ’em. I
am an ex-federal myself, an I’ll vote
for old Hancock.’
The attention of the crowd was di
rected to the patriotic soldier.
‘ Were you in Hancock’s corps ?’
* Gentlemen,’ said the seedy man,
running his ai m through the hole in
his liat, ‘ I have voted tho Republican
ticket all my life, but next November
my vote goes for my old commander.
I may not like h’s politics, and they
may say lie puts oil style, but when a
general of the United States army
gets off his h’orse to help me when I
am lying on the blood-stained field of
battle slippery with human gore, I am
going to vote for him anyhow.’
‘Hurray for Haucoek !’ shouted the
crowd.
‘Will you join us ?’ asked several
enthusiasts of the soldier candidate,
as they advanced iu solid column on
the bar. The healths of Hancock and
English uere drank with enthusiasm
several times.
‘Hand out soaie of those high pric
ed cigars,’ said another enthusiast to
the barkeeper. The ex-federal took
half a dozen.
‘ I’ve a great notion,’ said another
enthusiast, holding the Hancock man
at arms’ iength and surveying him
from top to bottom. • I’ve a great
mind to make you a present of a new
suit ot clothes.’
‘ Were you badly wounded ?’ asked
another enthusiast.
‘I was lying ou the blood-stained
field of battle, slippery with human
gore, weak and faint from the loss of
blood, with my leg shattered by a veb
— I mean a hostile cannon ball. I had
fallen early in the battle.’
The earnest crowd gathered close
around the patriot to catch each
wotd.
* Gen. Meade had given orders to
advance and drive the reb—I mean
l.he hostile foe—from his position.
Just ns I was expecting (o be tram
pled under foot, up rode Gens. Han
cock and English.
‘English !’ bawled the crowd.
Yes, Generals Hancock and Eng"
lish, ridiug side by side just as you
see Llieir picture*, only they had tlieir
swords diawn. I was lying weak and
helpless on—’
And so it was, but this time it was
not on the blood-stained field of bat
tle, slippery with human gore, but on
the hard pavement slippery with to
bacco juice.
He got up and shuffled down the
street, muttering: ‘It seems to me
that English don’t bring os much
strength to the ticket as I thought he
would.’
CJjeifflefklg §mtncr.
J. T. WATB3RMAN,
PROPRIETOR.
SCIENCE
Did you ever go to see your sweet
heart and when leaving the parlor
and the girl for home, run over ’ a
baby carriage in the ball, and ride out
to the porch and down the steps to
the front gate? If yon have not,
thfi fllnnipfft IMl4. n) f UAn B i;r A hao
FRUITS.'
‘ I jnst rolled out here from tho
grocery,” said the little green apple
as it paused on the sidewalk for a
moment’s chat with the banana peel;
‘ I am waiting here tor a boy. Not a
small, weak, delicate boy,’ added the
little green apple, proudly, but a
great big boy, a great bulky,, strong,
leatherlunged,|noisy fifte'enyear-oldcr,
and little as I am you will sec me
double up that boy to-night, and
make jiim wail and howl .and yelL
t)h, I’m small,'bot Um good'for a ten-
acre field of boys and don’t you for
get it. All the beys in Burlington,’
the little <jreen apple went on, with
just a shade cf pitying contempt in its
voice, ‘couldn’t fool around me as any
one of them fools around a banana.’
‘ Boys seem to he your game,’
drawled the banana peel, lazily ; ‘well,
I suppose they are just about strong
enough to afiord you a little amuse
ment. For my own part, I like to
take somebody of my size. Now here
comes the kind of a man I usually do
business with. lie is large and strong,
it is true, but—’
And just then a South Hill mer
chant who weighs about 231 pounds
when he feels right good came along,
and the banana peel just caught him
by the foot, lifted him aliout as high
as the awning-post turned him over,
banged him down on a potato basket,
flattening it out until it looked like a
splint door mat, and the shock jarred
everything loose in the show-window.
And then while the falleu merchant
picked up his property from various
quarters of the globe, his silk hat from
-he gutter, his spectacles from the
cellar, his handkerchief from the tree-
box, his caue from the show-window,
and one of his shoes from tbe eaves-
tiough, and a hoy ran for the doctor,
the litlio green apple blushed red and
shrunk a little back out of sight, cov
ered with awe and*mortification.
‘Ah,’ il thought, ‘I wonder if I can
ever do that ? Alas, how vain I was,
and yet how poor and weak anil use
less I am in this world.’
But the banana peel comforted it
and bade it look up aud lake heart,
and do well what it had to do, and
labor tor the good of tlie-cause in its
own ureful sphere. ‘True,’ said tbe
banana peel, ‘you cannot litt. up a
two-hundred poundjman and break a
cellar door with him, but you can
give him the cholera morbus, and il
jou do your part the world will feel
your power and the medical colleges
wi'l call you blessed.’
And then the little green apple
smiled and looked' ujrwith gratefnl
blushes on its face and thanked tbe
banana peel tor its encouraging coun
sel. And that very night, an old
father, who writes thirteen hours a
day, and a patient mother who was
almost ready to sink from weariness,
and a nurse aud a doctor sat up until
nearly morning witb a thivteen-year-
old boy, who was all twisted up in
the shape of a figure three, while all
the neighbors on that block sat up aud
listened and pounded their pillows
and tried to sleep and wished that boy
would either die or get well.
And the little green apple was
plea sed and its .last words were: ‘ At
least I have been of some little use in
this great, wide world.’
SOME SENTIMENTS OF GEN
ERAL HANCOCK.
As a soldier I am to administer
the laws rather than discuss them. If
I can administer them in spirit with
due charity to the governed and to
the satisfaction of our whole country
I shall indeed be happy in the con
sciousness ot a duty performed.—
General Hancock’s s|>eech at Wath-
ington. Sept. 24,1867.’
Woe be to us whenever it shall
come to pass that the power of the
magistrate, civil or military, is per'
mined to deal with the mere opinions
'or feelings of the people.—Hancock
to Governor Pea-e, of Texas, March
9, 1868.’
‘ I was not in -favor of the military
action iu SontbCarolina recently, and
if General Ruger had telegraphed to
me, or asked for advice, I would have
advised him not under any circum
stances to allow himself or his troops
to detertnioe who were the lawtul
members of a State Legislature.—
Hancock to Sherman, December,
1876.
‘The bayonet is not a fit instalment
for collecting tbe votes of Irecmen.’—
Hancock’s letter of acceptance.
Hancock’s character gives the peo-
f ile confidence in what he says. If they
tave confidence in his declarations,
could they ask for nobler and more
patriotic views than we find exhibited
in these extracts. We see in them
fidelity to the constitution, aud devo
tion to the rights of the people. He
places the civil above the military
power, and is in the path of Washing
ton, Jefferson, Clay, Calhoun, Web-*
ster and all the other greatest States
men of our country. We will furnish
other extracts from time to time.
JfaJ u
Herald: There
men, by no means few, in the Repub
lican party who, twenty yean ago,
were hpngor stricken whan j»en like
fefcacejBwdS/' AmmMMyliM
spoke iu any way Sbbut ~ retting the
Southern States go, but uow they wy
that they wish that nothing had' ever
been done to bring then? back
A poet asks: When I am dead
and lowly laid. * * * *. And
clods fall from the spade, who’ll think
.w . « - —- - of mef Don’t worry. Tailors, and
the funniest part of "your life has I shoemakers have very retentive
been spent in vain.
Begin Now —Slake au effort
Every young man inleuds to make an
effoit. He is going to do wonders.
‘You’ll just wait,’ he says, confident
in liis own good intentions and abili
ties. 'I’ll snow you some day,’ Show
us now, lad ! Now’s the time! You’ll
never have a better. We can’t wait;
THE CLERKS WHO RISE.
are we are«nxious Pi see you begin. Let
us at once see you animated by the
practical purpose of doing—not by the
dream of doing—and then we will ci
pher up. your futurp for you. Make
an effort! Even if you faij the first
time, a hundred times, that’s no mat
ter. Stick to it! The result is inev
itable! It is only, those who back out
that, come to grief
A youthful lover lias received the
mitten, who, while endeavoring to
persuade his.inambrata to e!»pe with
him, suggested that she could make a
Many "clerks .continue in subordi
nate positions all their lives because
they are of no special value to their
employers. If a clerk wishes to rise,
he must make his services so valuable
to the bouse that they cannot afford
to do without them.
It is not enough, in order to ac
quire this special value, to be handy
and willing. Ue must also gain such
a knowledge of the business as to be
master of all its details.
Sir John Walmsley, a rich mer
chant of Liverpool, began a* a clerk
on a salary of forty poundj a year.
His employers were grain* merchants,
and tlie young man, determined to
rise, set about acquiring a knowledge
of grain.
The man who had charge of the
warehouses of the firm prided himself
on knowing grain better than any one
in Liverpool. Finding the clerk anx
ioua to learn, the old warehouseman
was willing to teach him.
Twice a week, belore breakfast, aud
long before office hours, they would
go together to the store and Rhips.
‘Old Peter,’ as ho was called, would
show the pupil samples of various
kinds of grain. At first, the number
bewildered tlie youth. But perse'
verance enabled kiim in lime to mas
ter all the mysteries ot grain, such as
quality, weight, condition and origin.
Old Peter would take a handful of
all sorts of grain English, Irish,
American, Scotch, European, and
spreading tiieni on a table, ask his
pupil to tell all the characteristics of
each sample.
No one knew of these early lessons,
and the employer wondered at his
elerk’s knowledge of the business.
Customers soon found tiiat the youth
knew more about grain than any one
in tlie establishment, aud consulted
him.
One day the firm’s ‘traveler’ and
salesman resigned. It was the best
position in their employ, and they at
once promoted young Walmsley to it
His superior knowledge of the busi
ness justified their jumping him over
the beads of the other clerks.
Tbe rise, though a great one, found
the youth abundantly able to meet it*
responsibilities. He had so trained
himselt that his employers recognized
hia value. - When the ter n oi bis
clerkship expired, several ofiers pf
partnership were made him, one of
which he accepted. He rose to wealth
and honor, because he made himself
valuable to hia employers. ’
A few days ego ti Boston girl 'ito
had been sUouding tha school to phi
losopliy at Concord, arrive*', at Brook
lyn ou a visit to a seminary chum.
After canvassing thoroughly the fun
and gain drops that made up their
e'dtfeanuir in the seat of learning at
which their early scholastic efforts
were made, the Brooklyn girl began
to enquire into the nature of the Con
cord entertainment.
‘And so you are taking lessons in
philosophy. How do yon like it ?’
‘Oh 1 it’s perfectly lovely. It’s
about science, you know, and we all
just dote on science.’
‘ It must bo nice. What is it
about ?’
‘It’s about molecules as much as
anything else, and molecules are just
too awtully nice for anything. If
there’s anything I really enjoy, its
molecules.’
- “Tell me .about them, my U» ar.
What are molecules V
‘Ob 1 molecules! They are ^little
wee things, and it takes ever so many
ot them. They are splendid things!
Do you know there aint anything but
what’s got molecules in it. And Mr.
Cook fa just a^weet as die can be,
and Mr. Emereon toO. ^Tiey eiplain
everything so beautifully.’
‘How I’d liko to'go there!’ said the
Brooklyn girl euyiously.
You’d enjoy il ever so much. They
teach protoplasm too, and if there is
one thing perfectly heavenly it’s pro
toplasm. I really don’t know which
I like best, protoplasm or molecules.’
‘Tell me about protoplasm. I know
I should adore it.’ •
‘Deed you would. Its just too
sweet to five. You know its about
how things get started, or something
of that kind. You ought to hear Mr.
Emerson tell about it. It w. uld stir
your very soul. The first lime he ex
plained about protoplasm there wasn’t
a dry eye in the house. We named
our hats after him. This is an Emer
son hat You see the ribbon is drawn
over the crown and caught with a
buckle and a bunch of flowers. Then
you turn up the side with a spray ot
forget-me-not Aiu’t it just too
sweet? All the girls in the school
have them.
‘IIow exquisitely lovely ! Tell nte
some more science.’
‘Oh ! I almost forgot about differ
entiation. I am really and truly pos
itively in love with differentiation. It's
different from molecules and proto
plasms, but it’s every bit as nice. And
Mr. Cook ! You should hear him go
ou about it. I really believe he’.- per
fectly bound lip in it. This scarf is tbe
Cook scarf. All the girls wear them
and we named them after him just oil
account of the iuterost be takes in
differentiation.’ .>
‘What is it, anyway?’
‘This is mull trimmed with Lan
guedoc lace—’
‘I don’t mean that—that other.’
‘Oh ! differentiation ! ain’t it sweet ?
It’s got something to do witit species.
It’s the wav you tell one hat from an
other, so you’ll know which is becom"
ing. And we learn all about a-cidians,
too. They are the divincat things !
I’m absolutely enraptured witb ascid-
ians. If I only had an ascjdian of my
own, I wouldn’t ask anything else in
the worlds’ - --
‘What do they look like, dear? Did
you ever see oue ?’ asked the Brook -
lyn girl, deeply interested.
‘Oh ! no ; nobody ever saw one ex-
cept Air. Cook and Mr. Emerson, but
they arc something like an oyster
with a reticule hung on its belt** I
think they are just heavenly.’
‘Do you learu anything else beside
all there?’
‘Oh yes! We learn about common
philosophy and logic, and those com
mon things like metaphysics, but the •
girls don’t care anything about those.
We are just in ecstasies over differ
entiations' and molecules, and Mr.
Cook and protoplasm, and asckliatis
and Mr. Emerson, and really don’t see
why they put in those vulgar branches.
If anybody beside Mr. Cook and Mr.
Emerson had done it, we should have
told him to his face that he was too
terribly awfully mean.’ And the
Brooklyn girl wens to bed that night
in the dumps, because fortune had
not vouchsafed her tbe advantages
enjoyed by her friends, while the .Bos
ton girl dreamed of seeing an ascidian
chasing a molecule over a differenti
ated back fence with a club, for. tell
ing a protop'asm that his youngest
sister had so many freckles on her
nose that they made her squint-eyed.
—Brooklyn Sunday Eagle.
A MINER'S DEATH.
Ou Sunday evening two miners a-
e Leith Station coal shaft near Una
iontown Pa„ were lowered in s
bucket to make some. repair-
the machinery in the ft vet
foot vein, 250 feet below the
surface. In hoisting^ the bucket
after the men had left it it came en
tangled in the ropes and could not be
moved. Communication between the
meu nt the top and the men iu the
vein was cat off. An hour’s efforts
by the workmen on the surface to
raise the bucket proving unsuccessful,
John Donohue, one oi their number,
volunteered to let himself down the
rope hand over hand to the bottom
of the shaft to see what was the mat
ter He refused to have a rope fast
ened to him to save him in case he
should lose his hold. A few seconds
after he disappeared in the mouth of
the shaft the men at the top heard
the faint exclamation from the depths :
“My God! my 4t«nd is getting
hot P
The miners knew the terrible mean*
ing of that. Tho next minute they
heard a dull thud at the bottom ot
the shaft. The miners in the vein
had also heard Donohue’s exclamation,
bnt, ignorant ot the fact that lie had
started down the rope, did not under,
stand its meaning until Donohue’s
body fell in their- midst, crushed into
an almost unrecognizable mass. - He
could not have been more than fifty
feet from the surface when Ids blis
tering hands lost their grasp on the
rope. The men below had not known
that there was anything wrong with
the bucket. They disentangled the
rope that had become fast to a timber
and were hoisted with tlieir dead com-
rtide lb file Surface:
Watermelons are said to be more
- t* plentiful in Madison than at any time
memories and you'll not be forgotten, rope ladder out of her shoe-strings, during tho summer,
A New York man was‘challenged
to fight a' duel the other day, being
at liberty loohobse his own weapons
proposed, a trip to Boston on a. stea*
mpr. Thu pi.aUeiqtor, .b^ed .out.
He said that the idea that death
should attend a diiet was ij fclfc of
thodarkages.