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:o V ■ / -4 ^ 1 aimer. J. 'I’.'VWA’X’EiKlVIA.lSr, PROPRIETOR. Tlic Nurtlwrn Conntli-s of England Insurance 1)1 rectors. The again-t' tin • .r~ r * * 4b# fcr OKf* UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY .... .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.