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WALL STREET.
HOW THE GREAT MONEY MART'S
TREASURE IS GUARDED.
Thr* Elnanrinl Centre a District Ta-
boocil to Professional Thieves—
Some Heavy Robberies—Tlio
New Detective System.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
A moderntelystout middle-aged man.
with closely croppe 1 small whiskers,
gold-rimmed eyeglasses, and sedately
respectable raiment, entered the office of
tho Detective Bureau at Police Head
quarters one recent afternoon and said to
Inspector Byrnes: ‘ I want to go down
on Nassau street, near Pine, to-morrow
to see my lawyer."
lie did not sny it in a confidential way,
for it was heard by the reporter talking
with the Inspector a moment before and
still standing near. And he looked like
the sort of pecunious old fellow who
might want to see a lawyer about some
real estate transaction, or perhaps the
making of his will. It would not linve
been surprising if the Inspector, aside
from his < haracteristic courtesy, had re
plied with some mild paraphrase of the
response of the Bowery b'hoy to Thack
eray's expressed wish to go to Broadway
—"Well, why the deuce don’t you got"
But it was a little puzzling to near him
answer:
"What time?"
“At 10 o’clock."
Very well. A man will be ready hcie
to go with you at that time."
Could it be jiossiblc that citizens were
in the habit of claiming police protec
tion when going within a mock of Wall
street, or did the elderly gentleman pat
ronize a particularly dangerous lawyer?
The applicant returned Ins thanks po
litely, and went out. Inspector Byrnes
resumed the interrupted thread of his
conversation. Neither of them seemed
to see anything novel in the situation.
But the reporter did, and asked an ex
planation.
“Well,” replied the Inspector, “that
mnn used to be a first-class bank sneak-
thief, operating on Wull street, and al
though he claims to have reformed, nnd
done nothing crooked for several years, I
don’t trust him. Men who are known
as thieves, nr as having been thieves, are
not allowed to go into the Wall street
district unaccompanied by an officer.
It would be dangerous for them even to
go below Fulton street, for if recognized
they would be liable to arrest on sus
picion. Consequently, when they have
any real, legitimate business down there,
they come here, report it to me, nnd 1
nssign an officer to nccompany them into
the district nnd sec them safely out of it
again. They submit without a kick, of
course. What else could they do,"
How long has that preventive policy
been in vogue f"
"Ever since the first week in which I
took charge of this bureau. When I as
sumc-.l control, one of the early things
I did was to send for all the forgers,
sneaks, and crooks generally that used to
frequent Wall street, nnd iny down the
new law to them, that they must not go
down to the Wall street district any
more, exci pt by my permission nnd
under the eye of one of my men. They
knew that I meint what I said, and have
since kept very clear of any incursions
upon the tabooed grounds."
Prior to the placing of tho Detective
Bureau under charge of Inspector Byrnes,
ingenious sneak thefts and successful
forgeries were by no means infrequent,
and occasionally the sums lost wero o: -
ecedingly large. Here are some, at least,
of the large losses by these means in
the Wall street district since the war and
prior to 1880, when a new mau came
along to whom old oceusions taught new
duties:
IMkf—A tin box containing $204,060 wn«
• •■ken from tho safe of tho Koyal Insurance
Company.
IMP—The Unitod States Sub-Treasury lost
143,000 by a sneak robbery.
IsiO—Vermilye & Co. sufTered to tho ex
tent of $10,000 by n forgery.
.1871—'The Hopkins safe robbery of $300,-
1*00; tho Union Trust Company robbery,
$100,000, and the National Park Bank for
gery, $10,000.
1*73—Samuel White & Co., bankers, lost
$10,000 by a forgery.
1877— The New York National Exchange
was robbed of $0,700, and James King & Son,
bunkers, of $140,000.
1878— James H. Young wae robbed of
$200,000.
187H—Merritt Trimblo was made the vic
tim of a sneak robbery to the extent of $38,-
003.
The new order of things was instituted
on March 12,1880.That wa; the day upon
which Inspector Byrnes was put at the
head of the dete tivo force of the city’s
police. The tirst thing he did, having
obtained that authority, was to go down
to Wall street and hire an office to be a
headquarters for such portion of his force
us he might assign for protection of capi
talistic interests there during business
hours. The Governing Committee of
the Stock Exchange assigned a room in
the Exchange building for the uso of the
detectives. There, from 0:30 a. m. until
4 :30 r. m., every business day, sits one
of the detectives to do clerical work and
be ready to send out in response to tele
phone calls the two men who are kept
there on duty with him for such emer
gencies. Meanwhile, eight other mem
hers of the force are on the street, pa
trolling certain established beats in the
district with the utmost exactitude, so
that the whereabouts of each of them is
known at every minuto of the day The
telephone connection with the office en
ables any banker, broker, or other busi
ness man in the district having occasion
for their services to summon the detec
tives at once, and tho man will reach the
caller’s place generally in one minute,
and never more than three, anywhere be
tween Cedar street and the Produce Ex
'change, Broadway and the East River.
' In addition to the system described
there are special arrangements for in
suring the safety of the millionsof dol
lars’ worth of securities and money that
Hre daily drawn from and replaced in the
safe deposit vaults under the Stock Ex
change by bankers and brokers in the
vicinity. The boxes containing this val
uable portable property are taken out
when business hours begin and put back
when they end, under such conditions of
protection as would seem to render im
possible the lilching of any of them, even
could the boldest and most skillful of the
old time thieves venture within the
boundaries set by the Inspector for their
exclusion. It is not, however, deemed
best to particularize what these condi
lions arc. Anybody who has an uncon
trollable curiosity about them can, iiy
trying to get at the treasures, be very
certain of learning some of them quite
promptly.—New York Snn.
Tho following gives the language of
the various precious stones: Amethyst,
peace of mind; diamond, pride; emerald,
success in love; ruby, cheerful mind;
sapphire, chastity; topaz, fidelity: tur
quoise, success and happiness; opal, pure
thoughts; pearl, purity and innocence;
garnet, fidelity in every engagement;
blood stone, I mourn your absence.
Obstinacy in opinions holds the doe-
At.- -17-•_ . / . , O
Love, like fear, makes us believe every
thing.
Better that the feet slip than the
tongue.
Silks and satins put out the fire in tho
kitchen.
He who rovealeth his secret mnketh
himself a slave.
When all is consumed, repentanco
comes too late.
It is a foolish sheep that makes tlio
wolf his confessor.
Frugality is founded on the principle
that nil riches have limits.
Praise, when the reasons for it are
given, is double; censure, without tho
reasons for it, is only half cen-uro.
Contentment is more satisfying than
exhilaration; nnd contentment means
simply the sum of small and quiet pleas
ures.
Nature hns supplied remedies for great
evils—has balanced genius with adver
sity, ambition with peril, virtue with
calumny.
There are natures which blossom nnd
ripen amidst trials, which would only
wither nnd decay in on atmosphere of
case and comfort.
Low measures of feeling are better
than ecstacics for ordinary life. Heaven
sends its rains in gentle drops, else the
flowers would be beaten to pieces.
A man or woman may bo highly irri
table, and yet sweet, tender, gentle, lov
ing socinbic, genial, kind, chnritnblc,
thoughtful for others, unselfish, gen
erous.
The law of harvest is to reap more than
you sow. Sow an act nnd you may reap
n habit; sow a habit and you reap a
character; sow a character and you reup
a destiny.
Good mnnners, says Swift, is the art of
making those people easy with whom wc
converse; whoever makes tho fewest per
sons uneasy, is the best bred man in the
company.
Fitz John Porter'* Balloon Ride.
“I suppose you never heard of Fitz
John Porter's hnlloon ride,” said an old
army officer the other day to a corre
spondent of tlio Atlnnta Constitution.
“Well,” he continued, “it was one of the
most romantic events in the life of that
gallant soldier. He wns with McClellan
in the Peninsular campaign, and was dis
tinguished for his intelligent activity.
Porter conceived tho idea that balloons
could be made very useful in reconnoit-
ering, and nt his request General McCIcl-
lnn obtained the necessary equipment for
this service. Tlio balloons and the
apparatus for the manufacture of
the gas were procured without
much difficulty, out an aeronaut
was not so easy to obtain. Some of the
officers of the Engineer Corps agreed to
make the first trip in the balloon which
was to afford a view of tho Confederate
operations. I’orter watched their prepa-
tions with keen interest. Just as they
hnd everything ready, lie stepped into
the basket of the clumsy gas bag to se :
that everything had been properly pre
pared. Wliilo he wns examining the
machine it slipped from the grip of the
men who held it nnd shot like an arrow
up into the a'r, carrying Porter as its
lone passenger. He )in<l never been in a
balloon before nnd knew nothing what
ever about managing one. A stiff breeze
wns blowing, and the great bulb flew
like a bird away from tho astonisln d
camp until it became a mere speck
in tho sky, and then faded com
pletely from sight. Not a man
who watched it disappear oxpcctcd
that he would ever see Porter alive
again. Ho started on his wild flight at
o'clock in the morning. Tlio day wore
away with the camp in a state of grent
commotion over the probable death of
its favorite officer. AYlien night (nine
nnd nothing bad been seen of tho bal
loon, it was the general conviction that
Porter had either boon killed by a fall
from his baloon or hnd been captured by
the Confederates. About daybreak next
morning a picket challenged a mnn
coming towards tho Federal lino, nnd a
moment later recognized General Porter.
His balloon hnd carried him clean over
llio Confederate Army. He was fired at
a dozen times by the Confederate artil
lery. At night the wind changed and
brought him back, and when he saw that
lie was over his own army ho let out tho
gas gradually and safely descended,
after being twenty hours iu the air with
the vision of a borriblo death constantly
before him.”
HORSE SHARPS.
METROPOLITAN DEALERS IN
WORTHLESS ANIMALS.
How Unsuspecting Countrymen nrc
Swindled—Some Specimen Adver
tisements—A Confidence Game
that Is Frequently Worked.
“Skin" horse dealers flourish in New
York. They are the confidence operators
of (he horse trade and are not to be con
founded with the “square" dealers who
may neglect to point out some of the de
fects of their living stock in trade. Their
purpose is robbery pure and simple, with
just enough tinge of trade in it to give it
a color of respoctability and to keep out
of State Prison. They conduct their
business much after the fashion of the
bunco men,sending “steerers" out to the
railroad stations, the ferries nnd the big
horse sales to brinjj unsuspecting coun
trymen to their lairs. They also reach
victims like the fortune-telling cheats
nnd many other forms of metropolitan
swindlers*, through tho advertising col
umns of the daily newspapers.
It is not dillicult to pick out the ad
vertisements of the skin dealers. TI19
favorite dodgo is the “death of tlio
owner," or the “family going to Europe"
pretext for selling a magnificent animal
for a song. Here is a sample advertise
ment which may be regarded with suspi
cion:
A FAMILY going abroad will sacrifice im
mediately very speedy roadster and
stylish, gentle' family hor.se; also quiet pot
horse, used by ladies; Indy's phaeton, sidebar
top buggy, extension top lamily phaeton,
ness, &c., in superb order, ~
THE HOME DOCTOR.
AN ANCIENT VESSEL.
Owner’s pri-
IVest — st., near Broadway.
Uso of Homo Pigeons.
From an article in tlio Century we
quote ns follows: “The use of pigeons
bv Mr. C. T. Arnoux as message-bearers,
in the yncht races of last September, proves
conclusively the value the birds might
have as messengers from off the water. The
purpose wns the thought of tho last
moment, and when almost too late to
make tho necessary preparations. The
arrangements wore hasty and the mate
rial homed at several centres, some of
them miles away from the centra of use.
Still, with all drawbacks, insufficiencies
nnd mistakes, it was evident to the most
prejudiced that with birds trained for
the work, and with the atmospheric con -
ditions at all favorable, the birds would
six times out of seven prove to be of the
greatest value; and failing th- seventh,
wc would be only where we nre without
them. The messages were at least not
less than ten pages of manifold note, nnd
were carried upon the middle feathers of
the tail, to which they were fastened by
fine copper wire, wound about and
pressed flat, to hold the message close to
the feather. The editor of a newspaper
served by these pigeons said: ‘It gives
me a peculiar sensntion to receive copy,
from the hand of one I know to be out
of reach upon the water, and to feel that
ho may talk to me hut I ennnot answer
back. It is a wonder to me after this
experience that the officers of any vessel,
excursion steamer, yacht, sail or tug
boat should be willing to leave the shore
without this means of communicating
with it.’
“Very many of the merchant marine,
especially in European waters, have pig
eons on board for use in communicating
with the vessel from the small boats away
from it or from shore. These birds, it
is said, never mistake another vessel for
their own when at dock or in the harbor.
It has been remarked of several flights
that tho birds iu exercising, when far out
of sight of land, will go away for hours
at a time,and upon their return will have
dried mud on their feet and legs, show
ing them to have bee 1 upon shore.
“Mr. A. P. Baldwin experimented
with pigeons for sea service twice in
1885, and to his satisfaction. One bird
liberated by Officer Croom, of tho Waes-
land, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, when
315 miles from Sandy Hook, was in tho
loft at evening. Another let go from the
Circassia at 9 in the morning, when 255
miles out, brought a message before even
ing.”
Celery plants should be pricked out
about six inches apart as soon as they
are large enough to handle with the fin
harness,
vate stable,
Tho oft-repeated announcement of a
firm well known to the public reads as
follows:
A BARGAIN to Immediate purchaser—
Handsome pair coach maros, tender
In tho feet, sultablo for country use, $00 for
both: 3 strong young horses, sultablo for gen
eral husinoss use; price from $50 to $100 each;
sold separately: trial allowed. Owner’B pri
vate stablo — East — st, botween 3d and 4th
aves.
It will he seen that great leeway is
ullowcd here for infirmities of almost
any character.
Perhaps it is n lady who lias a turnout
to sell, and who will conduct the nego
tiations through a trusty “groom” in her
own private stables, for a gentleman
suddenly called out of town. They may
bo oxpectcd to woo you in somo such
wise as these:
A LADY offers her turnout for sale; hand
some cob, 15 lmnds, seven years old,
warranted sound and kind; eloganttopphuo-
ton, harness, oto.; sold separately.
A GENTLEMAN suddenly callod nway
must sell a beautiful brown horse, Hi 1 *
bauds high; fast traveler; safe and perfectly
sound; suit family, doctor, coupo or busi
ness.
Thero is nothing suspicious in the
language of there offers, nnd the man,
woman or child in search of a bargain
will find nothing suspicious in tho com
modious stable to which he is directed
or in the glib-tonguod, horsey-looking
man lie finds there. Tlio rascals simply
uso the machinery of a reputable business
to carry 011 their nefarious operations,
trusting to the always good crop of cred
ulous individuals to furnish them with
a supply of victims.
The confidence game, which is often
worked in tho “skin stables,” isasold ns
the hills. While tlio agent of the wealthy
owner, gono to heaven or to Europe, is
engaged in showing off tho “points” of
his racer a confederate rushes in nnd dis
plays uncommon anxiety to purchase the
Dorse.
“No,” says tlic agent, “you arc a
dealer and my principals will not allow
me to sell to a dealer. The horse is too
valuable. You know very well that they
do not cure for the money. ’What they
wish is to ho assured that the animal
falls into good hnnds."
Pretty soon the alleged “dealer" gets
an opportunity to whisper to tho victim
a word of temptation.
“1 must have that horse,” lie says; “if
you will buy him for me I will givo you
$50 commiss’on; but don’t give me away
1 to tl e agent.”
Tickled to death over the opportunity
to make money so easily, Mr. Greenhorn
swallows the hate, and hook, too; pur
chases the horse and leads him away to a
certain specified corner where ho is to
meet tho “dealer," Needless to say,this
worthy docs not turn up and the victim
finds himself most unwillingly possessid
of a piece of rope with something in tho
shape ofa horse at the othcrendof it. As
n party to a little deception he has no
ease against the man who sold him the
worthless animal.—New York World.
mafcist in the chains o( error, without j gtrs. When six or seven inches high
.hope of emancipation. j transplant a loot apart in the rows.
A mountain groure pursued by a hawk
flew into Lake City, Co! , and through a
pane of plate glfts^ three eighths ot an
inch thick. Damage to glass. $75.
For Impaired Digestion.
Those who would aid an impaired di
gestion may seek in certain foods, such
as broths, stale bread, milk or coffee,
taken awhile before regular meals, effi
cient helps; while alcoholic drinks, nnd
especially tho sour wines, sugars nnd
others, may be not only of no uso, hut
even actually prejudicial. To the child
nnd tho invalid the results arc no less
useful.
For Sores, Wounds, Etc.
For any kind of insect or hug in the
enr, wet your finger in the camphor and
rub the inside of tho car just ns though
you were washing it.
When the skin is broken or for any
sore that has no corruption in it, wet tho
margin of a nowspaper in your mouth till
very soft, nnd stick it on the wound.
To stop the noso from bleeding, stick
a wad of brown paper ns far up under
the upper lip ns possible.
For poison oak, bathe in cream nnd
gunpowder twice a day until cured.
Children and Nature.
Children have quick perceptions, and
therefore arc good observers or seers.
The observations they make, howevei,
regarding the animals and plants about
them, while often in themselves quite
accurate, load to very incorrect conclu
sions. This is hecauso children do not
reason deeply. It takes a long time for
them to learn that not once or twice, hut
a great many times, must one phenomenon
follow certain otherprecoding phenomena
to warrant the use of tho logical terms
sffoet and cause. Caution in forming
deductions comes only with experience
and education. Children have keen eyes
for an.v strange peculiarities as well as
for real or fancied resemblances, and are
quick to appreciate the qualities of
plants. An enthusiastic botanist and
teacher, speaking of children, raid:
“They bow as to some fetich before
poisonous plants." Monstrosities in
Nature fascinate them. Double apples,
strangely shaped knots from trees, gro
tesque roots, curious lichens adorn many
“play-houses." Their readiness to get
hold of the properties of plants explains
how it is that children (boy’s particularly,
because they are more in the out-door
world) find so many things to eat in the
woods and fields. A hoy accustomed to
tramp about will seldom go a hundred
rods afield before he begins to nibble or
:hew something that ho finds growing in
his path. Can you not recall a dozen
wild things of which you were fond
in childhood which long ngo passed
from your list of edibles? Sassafras-
bark, both of twig and root, spice wood,
“Blippery-elm,” the buds of the linden-
tree, the tender shoots from the spruce
and larch, all tickle the palate of the
hoy or girl. Men whose boyhood was
passed anywhere in Northern New Eng
land may recall how fond they once were
of something which was called “sliver,”
the cambium layer of the white pine.
In certain places it is the fashion to
chow the leaves of the Antennnria,
“Indian tobacco"—in others, thistle
blossoms. Will ever honey taste as
sweet as did the dainty droplets taken
direct from some unfortunate bumble
bee captured and dismembered by the
boy seeking what he may devour?—
Popular Science Monthly.
street, preparatory to
repairing the wharf
Castor Oil to Remove Warts.
A correspondent announces through
our columns tho virtues of castor oil in
the removal of warts. “Constantly ap
plied for from two to four or six weeks
each day—that is, once a day—it has not
failed in my hands," says the writer, “ill
any case of any size or long standing.
Tho time it takes may try the patience of
tho user, hut if faithfully used they will
get their rewnrd in the remofal of tho
wart without leaving any scar. I have
used it with somo success in other
growths, and had benefit enough to mcril
further trial.’’—Therapeutic Gazette.
Quinine for Scarlet Fever.
During the lato epidemic of scarlet
fever in I’eorin, a writer in the Medical
Monthly claims to have successfully used
quinine to prevent the spread of the dis
ease in families ns soon as a singlo mem
ber wns nttneked. In no instance, lie
says, has it nttneked any other member of
the family unless the attack cum-: on inn
day or two after commencing tho qui
nine. He gave two or three grains three
times a day, according to the age of the
child; then, after four or five days, the
dose may he lessened; but tho uso of qui
nine must ho kept up for three weeks, or
until the sick members of the family aro
fully recovered. — Chicago Newt.
Discover? or an Old Wreck Opposite the
City.
The dredge Tomochichi lias been nt
work for some time dredging nt (lie
wharf of the Propeller Towboat company
across tlic river nnd opposite Drayton
driving piles nnd
„ vlinrf. Tlic dredge yester
day struck an ancient wreck, supposed to
be that of an old war ship. There is
every evidence that the vessel was
strongly built.
The timbers are of oak. Both the
planking nnd timbers and the greater part
of the frame have been brought up by
the dredge. Tho wood is in n fine state
of preservation, being as sound ns when
first put into the vessel. The dredge
also brought numbers of old bayonets
und gun locks, rusted and nlmost destroy
ed by age. The ring stopper from the
anchor, nnd tho stump of the vessel’s
foremast can be seen at dead low water,
and also the stump of tho main nnd
mizzen masts.
The wreck is buried deep in the mud,
hut liow it came there is a mystery.
From the appearance of the stuff brought
up from the wreck it is evident that the
vessel belonged to the last century.
It is said tlint during the revolutionary
war n 74 gun British ship chased a Span
ish war sloop into this harbor, nnd that
the crew scuttled the sloop to prevent its
capture. But nt wliat part of the river
she wns sunk was never dcfinatcly set
tled. At the time she was supposed to
have considerable money on hoard, ns
usual with Spanish war vessels at that
time. About fifty years ago a company
was formed in Philadelphia nnd New
York, and parties came out here for the
purpose of finding the wreck nnd recov
ering the money supposed to linvo been
sunk with her, hut whether they ever
succeeded in finding the wreck or money
is not known. The wreck is certainly
thnt of an old war vessel. Everything
about her shows it. The prcscrvntiou of
the wood is wonderful.—Savannah News
A Pioneer’s Tussle With Indians.
A (laughter of Adam Poe, known to
the present pioneer-history reading gene
ration as Adam Poe, the Indian lighter,
is tlio oldest person living in Wayne
county, Ohio, writes a correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer. She is ninety-
live years of age. In speaking of tho
conflict with Bigfoot she states that her
father's account of the fight dif
fers from the account given by his
torians, who wrote that her father,
Adam Poe, had the encounter with Big-
font, when she says that her father ill;
wavs told that his brother, Andrew Poo,
had the haiul-t'-hand tight with the
Indian chief, while ho, Adam, shot
and killed the Indian. Her recital of her
father's account is as follows: “A lody
of seven Wynndottcs made a raid upon a
white settlement on the Ohio Biver, near
Fort Pitt, and killed an old man who
was alone in a cabin. Tlio news of the
murder soon spread, nnd my father nnd
Uncle Andrew, with somo neighbors, set
out to capture and punish the murderers
They followed the Indians all night, anil
next morning found a trail leading to
the river. My uncle Andrew did nut go
directly to the river, hut left father nnd
the others and went through the thicket.
Hcstolodown to tlio hank nnd discovered
Bigfoot and a little Indian with guns
ready waiting for tlio pursuing party.
Uncle Andrew concluded to shoot Big
foot, and raised liis gun ami pulled tho
trigger. The gun only snapped, and did
not discharge. The snapping attracted
tho attention of the Indians nnd they
discovered Andrew, who saw it was
too late lor him to run, so lie sprang to
ward tho Indians, lie caught them
both nnd threw them down. Tlio little
Iiulinn got louse and drew his tomahawk
to kill Andrew, who kicked bnckwnrd
and knocked the tomahawk from the
little Indian's lmnd. Meanwhile Andrew
was holding Bigfoot. He finally released
him, and seizing a gun belonging to
the Indians, shot the little Indian. Big
foot again grabbed Andrew and they
rolled into tlio water, nnd Andrew got
Bigfoot’s head under water, nnd, suppos
ing the Indian was drowned, he released
his hold. His supposition was not cor
rect, and they hotli started for shore.
Bigfoot reached the shore first, and
picked up the gun with which Andrew
had shot the little Indian. At this
time my father appeared on the
scene, uttrnctcd there by the re
port of the gun. His gun happened
to he empty, and both he nnd Bigfoot
started on a race to load. In his
hurry Bigfoot jerked his ramrod out too
far, and it fell out of his hand. My
father loaded first and shot Bigfoot just
as the Indian was raising his gun. Seeing
Andrew in the water, my father looked
after him, and found that lie had been
wounded in the wrist by tho little
Indian's tomahawk. Andrew called to
father that he could help himself, but
father was anxious for his safety and
went to his assistance, while, Bigfoot, in
his dying struggles, rolled into the river
and his body was carried off by the cur
rent. The remainder of the pursuing
party came up, and seeing Andrew in
the water, took him for an Indian and
shot him in the shoulder, but ho soon
recovered. The other Indians were over
taken and killed, and in that fight my
father was wounded.
Mrs. Ferdinand Ward.
In a recent interview with reporters
ivho visited him iu his Sing-Sing prison,
Ferdinand Ward, ex-wizard of Wall
street, told them it was not true thnt I10
lmd stored nway several millions of dol
lars out of his ill-gotten gains. “My
wife is living on less than $1,500 a yenr,”
lie said. I wns in Stamford, Conn*, tlic
other day on business, nnd chanced to
1 make some inquiries about the life
i of Mrs. Ward, who is living there. From
| what I saw and licnrd I was convinced
tlint if Mrs. Wnrd really does live on less
than $1,500 per annum, she is ns pecu
liarly talented in financial management ns
her enterprising husband. Her house is
a large, three-story dwelling. A sweep
ing eariiago drive lends past the portico
on the side, nnd in the rear is a well ap
pointed stable sheltering three horses.
The big slinde trees on the grounds,
from one of which depended 11 hammock
tilled with satin covered cushions; a
group of cozy ensy chairs on the portico;
vases ami hanging baskets filled with
flowers and trailing plants—all this gave
an appearance of wealth which seemed
altogether incompatible with the small
income which Mrs, Ward says she enjoys.
While I stood eying the house with the
curiosity ami freedom of a stranger, Mrs.
Wnrd came out the front door und com
menced to water and arrange the plants
in tlic swinging baskets on the portico.
She wore n dainty morning wrapper of
foulard silk, which, despite its flowing
proportions, could not conceal the beau
tiful contour of her graceful figure.
There was a cold indifferent look on
her fucc and a certain mechanism about
her movements which showed that her
mind wns not on her work. Could she
have been thinking of her dashing young
husband, pounding stove-plates within
the gray stone walls up among tlio Hud
son hills? It seemed more than possible
as once she paused, and, seating herself
slowly in one of the chairs, turned her
face wearily skyward. She sat like a
statue for nearly three minutes, when she
caught a glimpse of the motionless spec
tator near tho street, then she got up and
disappeared.
Mrs. Ward’s home is small, hut it is
handsomely furnished, and she keeps
three servants. If she lives on less than
$3,000 or $4,000 per annum she certainly
has acquired the faculty of making a
dollar go twice as far ns tho average
mortal.—Baltimore American.
A PiTTsnunon house-builder, in tljc
construction of his edifices, uses matched
flooring in lieu of laths and plaster for
the sides and ceiling of the room. On
this cotton cloth is glued, und upon that
wallpaper is pasted, lie says it is better
and cheaper than plaster, and cold
weather does not hinder work.
Hope is a prime virtue, vet you can
not get fat on it any more than
you enn on soft soap. But a reasonable
amount of hope and a considerable
amount of “(lusting around” has “bulled
the market” before now.
Even if a man hns to act like a fool in
order to round up the measure of his
happiness, it is even then a good invest
ment. One happy man in a neighbor
hood is conducive of more happiness than
a case of twins.
Hoir Bananas arc Ripened.
“Banana bakeries are played out here,”
said a fruit dealer of Fulton Market,New
York, when shown by n reporter for tho
Mail and Express a description of a banana
bakery in Michigan. “They wero
abandoned by New Yorkers twenty or
twenty-five years ago. The Michiganders
are behind the age. Ripening bananas
by artificial heat did well enough before
better appliances wore found out. Wo
have to import the bananas green,or they
would all be rotten before they reach
here. Dry heat, such as would be pro
duced in an oven, rots the stalk which
supplies the fruit with life while ripening.
There is heat enough in the banana itself
to cause it to ripen. Put a lot of green
bananas in a barrel and close it uptight;
then start the barrel on a voyage to this
port from any of the banana-growing
countries, and when the barrel is opened
here the fruit will be found all burned
up. Bananas ripened in an oven must
be sold and eaten at once or they will
soon rot and become a total loss. The
process now adopted in this city is to
hang the bananas within an air-tight
closet or room with tight windows. Not
a breath of air is allowed to get at them
while ripeuing. The natural heat of the
plant will, as soon as the door is tightly
closed, raise the temperature inside to as
high as eighty-five degrees, no matter
what it may be outside. With this tem-
perntur? the fruit will ripen in four day*
and be ready for sale.
Serve an Injunction an Dlaenae
By invigorating a feeble constitution, remov
ing a debilitated physique, and enriching thin
nnd innutricious circulation witli Hostetler's
Stomach Bitters, Lite finest, tho most highly
sanctioned, and tho most popular tonic nml
preventive in existence. It strengthens the
stomach, remedies torpor of tho liver and
bowels, and gives n healthful impulso to tho
secretive and discharging functionsof the kid
neys and bladder. Not only does it arrest nnd
f irevont tho recurrence of malarial fevers, but
t furnishes the only ndequnto safeguard
against them to persons who have never been
afllictod witli those maladies, hut would lie
liable to incur them if medicinally unpro
tected. It eliminates from tho blood certnin
impurities wlucli the most skillful patholo
gists assign as the exciting cause of thaso ag
onizing complaints, rheumatism nnd gout, nnd
it is, moreover, an excellent remedy for an en
feebled or overwrought state of tho nerves,and.
for mental despondency.
The excllcncc of Christianity consists
in lightening the world’s load of care and
sorrow with tlic least amount of gusto.
The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oil
In tlio world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
livers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely pure
and sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others. Physicians havo de
cided it superior to any of the other oils in
market. Made by Caswell, Hazard A Co.,New
York.
Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap,made by
Caswell, Hazard A Co., New York.
Tlie true way to enjoy life Is Dy living up to
the principles that sustain It.
Save your gin house from burning, by using
Wilson's Chnmpion Spark Arrester. See ins
advertisement in this paper.
Any man looks like a sloven with run-over
heels. Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners keep boots
straight. 25c.
A candid lawyer: “Do you think I’ll
get justice done me?" “I don’t ihink
you will,” replied tho other; “for I sec
two men on the jury who nre opposed to
hanging.”
Mr. G. E, Reardon, Baltimore, M<L, Com
missioner of Heeds for all tho Stall’, suffered
for a lung time with rhoumatism, which yield*
cd promptly to St. Jacobs Oil.
Tlie School Board of Paris looks nftcr tho
health of the girls, and in order tlint they may
perform their tasks under the best sanitary
conditions possible, a indy physician hns boen
appointed ns medical inspector of girls In
l’arlsiun schools.
Diphtheria Is frequently tlie result of a neg
lected sore throat, which can he cured by a
single bottle of lied Star Cough Cur--, Pries,
twenty-flvo cents a bottle.
Men In tlio lumbering camps of northern
Maine nnd Canada have to depend so largoly
upon salted foods tlint they havo a great crav
ing for ncld", nnd if they cannot get raspber
ries nr blueberries will seek anil devour with
avidity tlio lnrge. lilnck ants of those reglobs.
Farmers and others who have a llttlo leisure
time for tho noxt few months will Anil it to
their Interest to write to 11. V. Johnson A Co.,
of Richmond, whoso advertisement appears In
another column. They offer great lnduco-
ns to
of their time.
Consumption caff B® Curodl
DR. II i I I > Q
0
WM.
HALL
i«n«.BALSAM
for the
-nso, nnd prevent* me nl*lit 2
I i.hlnra. arms* the ohrst which * Pemeitjiy
1. t'gnsainiiiinnis not nn Incurable .«mlnar.
{ALL'S IIAl.sAM will euro ye*, even.
Ihouah professional old falls
If you nre Buffering from Clironlo Cough,
Bronchitis, Asthma, or Loss of Voice, Dr.
Kilmer's Indian Cough Cure (Consumption Oil!
will relieve quickly—reinovo the cause and
cure. Price 2oc., 50. and 1.00.
Tho Ilrown Colton (lln Is “A No. I.”
"It Is simply perfect." Has all tho latest
Improvements nnd Is delivered free of all
charges at any nceessllilo point. .Send to Com-
pnny at New London, (Jt., for catalogue or ask
your merchant to order one for von.
Twonly-fonr flours to Live.
From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind., who nn*
houncos that ho Is now In “porfoct health,”
wo have tlio following: “One year ago I was,
to all appearance, in the last stages of con
sumption. Our best physicians gave my ca-o
up. I finally got so low that our doctors .aid
1 could not livo twonty-four hours. My friends
then purchased a boltlo of I)a. William
Hall's Balsam fou tub Lungs, which bene*
fitedme, I continued until I took nlno boltlos.
1 am now In perfect hoalth, having used no
other mcdlcino."
ASK TO 1* TUB
W. L. DOUCLAS
Hatton sml Lsce. Hoys n*l(
for the W. L. Doufl**'
•9.00 Shoe. hame .tyTci *•
the $3 00 Shoe. if you cannot -
cat theaa ahoea from deal*
eri.aand addreiaonpoital
card to W. L. Douflai, A
Brockton, Man. avza
BOOK AGENTS WANTED Dor
PLATFORM ECHOES
•r LIVING TKCTII* FOU HEAD AND Ht. AUT, ,
By John B. Gough,
nil tail and erownlnr Ilf. work, brim fall of thrilling later. •
—Stood, lull of ■
To It la ndd.d
LYMAN AD-
Nt, humor and path..
It Is wise lii bo prepnred for evil, but bettor
to he out of its reach.
'* Hlg 'leery In It For IIs.”
Among tho 150 kinds of Cloth Bound Dollar
Volumes given nway by tlie Rochester (N. Y.)
American Rural Home for every $1 subscrip
tion to that Great 8 page, 48 col., 18 year old
weekly, (all 0x7 inches, from 300 to 900 pages
hound in cloth) aro
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Family Cyclopedia. Oomisolor.
Farm Cyclopedia. Boy*’ Uaeful r.iatlm’s.
Farmers' nml Stock- Five Years Before tlio
breeders’ Guido. Msst.
Common He uso in Peoples' History of
Poultry Yard. United Stales.
World Cyclopedia. Universal History of
Wliut Every Olio All Nations.
Should Know. Popular History Civil
War (l>otIt sides).
Any one liook and paper 0110 yenr, postpaid,
91.15 only! Satisfaction guaranteed, llcfer-
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ft ..ill Of tlfhil. —, .
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OTT. 1000 Ar.nl. Wanted,-Man and OMroa. *100
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AT THE YVOItt.tr* EXPOSITION, Now Orleans..
(Four Cold Medals. All other principal. makem
competing). Truck " nlc*. Hay fje*IJ& 1 -F|»ttnrm
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BEST VALUE far TOUR MONEY- full partieuUrt, address
. BUFFALO SCALE C0MMNY f 0UFFAL0,N.Y. ,
The
anipioi
ter, N.
Tho misfortunes of ignornneo aro tho bless
ings of wisdom.
I’iso’fl Remedy for Catarrh is nerecnble to
1 h«». It is not a liquid or n hiiiiIT. ftOe.
The Mrxlrnn flrfftirrerllnn Vlnntt ippftrrnii'
It dead, when placed In w iter noun comes to life,.
■ .lowing aU the tint* of the rainbow. to $4 pet?
day ead-y made, as It sell* to four out of fir* per
sous nt sight. Hand 23a. for 3. or Bk\ for 7 sample*
(enll for 2.V. each). Low prices by tho 10J and l.LHXL
A year’* subs 'rlptlon to one of Mix pa pore Riven tw
Orni 50c. order from each county and to first order
mentioning tide paper.
iv. iii.KUftoi:,
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I I’lniplee. niotrhri, 8cnly or Otif Pkln,
■ Vile til I eli on nml nil Nltln llieomice C’tirer.I
■ itiul Complexion Hcntitiflrd by
B Beeson’s Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap. J
Sold by Drug&Ut* or aent by mall on
ZScrnta by WM. DHKVDIH’PEL,
(actm-cr. -JOS Nor.h l'rontst., rhlladel
IN ADVANCE
OF ALL OTHERS.
BrTTtn INSTSUMCNT*.
LOWER PRICES.
EAstcnTesiaa
Pt-AH..
BEST’
WRIT*
SOS
Full
PasTtcuLana to
BEIN BROS. A CO.
NEWARK, N. J.
-THE
ST TONIC.
This medicine, combining Iron with puro
vegetable tonics, quickly and completely
Cures Dyspepsia, IndluratIon, Wcnk-
nc«n t Impure llloori, Malaria, Chills
and Fevers, and Neuralgia.
It is an unfailing remedy tor Diseases of tho
ICtdney and Idvcr.
It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to
Women, and all who lead sedentary lives.
Itdoesnot Inin re the teeth, causchcadnchc, or
produce constipation— oilier Iron vicdtcivrn do.
It enriches nnd purifies the blood,
stimulates tho appetite, aids the assimilation
ot food, relieves Heartburn and Helchlug.and
strengthens the muscles and nerves.
l or Intermittent Fevers, V*assltnde,
Lack of Hnergy, etc., tt has no equal.
f F" The gennino hns above trade mark and
crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no oilier.
VmU only bj UnoiTS CIIFHK AL (0„ ttlI.TIHORK, flp.
DR. KILMER'S
^ton Unit Cold, Cough,
nnd Tickling In tho Throat.
Arrest tlmt(’uturrb,Hron-
cbitist or Asthma. ThU
Remedy relieves quickly,
Cure* permanently. It
proven ts Decline, NighfrSwcats
and death from Consumption.
Prepared nt Du. KiUnuT
.... —„nT. Dlnffhoi
I^ttemof inquiry n
Quldo to Health ( Sent JYeoi
Bold by llniggiata.
CUR|.llTSf.
ttluia and than hava them raturii * l Sviu 1 ”iV£«nr
cat ruro. I h»v« mads tliS d!••••• »*f FITS. ErlLlPST
•r KAI.LtNO 8ICKNB88 a Ilf* Ding Atudjr. * ^f rr * n * “J
vamady to euro tha wont easoa. B®c*uao othara naa%
railed fi no roaeon for not now reeaUIng a «ure. Band si
oc:e for a traetita and a Prea Bottle of tof Infallible
lanivdy. Olve Kipreee and Pn,t Offlcn. H ca»te joe
Bolblug tors trial, end I will cara you.
O. ItooT, ill Paarl 8L, Naw Itffc
Tina STYXE tHA/V
PflILA.SINGEB$2U
A r HAYS’ TRIAL.
In * full Act of
Iw AtlnrllWriiit*.
3 warrami:d
Yoat». St.nl for
Circular.
C. A. VVOOIt A CO.,
17N. 101b Nt., HliUa., V*.
rman mm
FOR ONE DOLLAR.
A first class Dictionary gotten out at small
>rlce to enooiiragu llio study of the Herman
i*aiiKUaue. It give* j inHMi word* with the
Qi*riimn equivalent*, nml Herman wmdswlih Kiiglleh
v **ry cheap Bend 31.00 to
hOOK Fi ll. lioiJSK, I.TI Leonard Hi., N.
■ * Clly, nml net one or iheMe liook* by return niaiL
Salvo CORES SROHKEHKESS
ROANOKE
COTTON PRESS.
Tha Heat and Cheapest Pres*
made. Cost* lent than ehulter
over other presse*. Hundruda
in aetuMl mho nt both xtnam
and hoieo power gin*. li»lm
'•■tf r than any kid oan i»iok.
Address Roanokk Iron and
Wood Work*, Chattanooga,
etfi »*>d Inlentprrnitrr, not Instantly,
but cffectuall v, > he onfv scientific anti-
CD dote for (ho Alcohol flnblt and the
only remedy that dare* to send trial
bottle*. Highly endorsed by the mod-
leal profession and prepared by well-
known New York physicians. Send
stamps for circulars and referenoen
Address "SALVO 21EMKDY,”
No. i Wart 14th 8(., -New YotlL _
No Ropo to Cut Off Hones’ Manes. AX
Celeari el‘ROLIPHK' H ALTKIt JA
and Hit ID hK Combi nod. cannot
be *11 aped by any horse. Svuplo
Halter to any part of U. S. froe, on
receiptor $i. 8:)l 1 by all-Saddlery, j
Hard ware and Harness Dealer*. VL w r
Special discount to tbo irade. CA
Send for Price-List
J* C. IjIUHTIIOUSE, w* J
Itocliestcr, N. Y# ' » w
DIaSJo Dill** Grcal English Gout and
Dial! S rillS. Rheumatic Remedy.
Ovnl llox M.IKII roiniil.OO cla.
WILSON’S
CHAMPION SPARK ARRESTER
J}.®* 1 open draught nrrcalcr in
iiie world. No morn gfn lions cm
ournud Irom engine aparka. Hold
I.! K'inraniee. Write for Circn-
\*r. T. T. WINDHOIttV CIO., Noa.
“3 A 2/> WajriuM.,.llUlcdgcYlllc,(«n.
aw Responsible Agitata wanted *or sale of Arrester.
OPIUM:
to 98 n riny. Ram pi r. worth II.! KKKR-
1 Line, not lliuh-r tlio hor.o*. feet Aridre*,
1 Ultl WSTKIl'ii.S.rZTY IlKlN lloi.or.n. llollv.MI.-h.
for the Wh sYers, is permanent and natural.
To promote digestion, to keep the body
A*«lthy ated.ihe mind clear, take Ayer'* Pill*.
Don't bay * watoh until yon
find out about the latest improve
ments. Send for new illustrated
cataioguo and price list. J. P.
Stevens, Jeweler, 47 Whitehall
Street. Atlanta, Ga.
IONIAN’S Snre.t and S.fn.t Roxniatnr is
BELLAMY’S EXTRACT
COSSYPiUM
Doctors recommend it. Sold by all druggists,
tl. B DANIEL, Wholesale Agt., Atlanta,(la.
S700 to $2500
r D .V^! ,0 .," ork,n « ? or UH * Agent* preferred who can
ii.«\ . L 1 J ,u,r °' vn horse*andgive their whole time to
niool i i sS ' bparo moment* may bo profitably cm
pioycu u so a jew vacancies In tow ns and cities,
u. 1’ JOHNSON & co., mia Main bt., KiiMtnond, Va,
For -
Send to MOORE’S
BUSINESS UNIVERSITY,
Atlnnta* Cin.
'Bui*. A Ilvonvtuni Husiness School.
rmRST0N’s; voB ”
PEARL. TOOTH POWDER
Keeping Teeth Perfect nud Gum* Healthy.
HDITTM W »I-8KY IIAIUTB cared
UrlUjfl pa [VI rli'l or, aent #«£ B “ k
j3. M. \Y (JOLLEY, M. D., Atlaotg, Q|
DaHABAua to.Soldiers A Heirs. 3enclsfam«
w, fwllAJl. Att y, Washington. D. Q.
PATENTS
■ ham. Patent Lawyer,
Rial. Do not run the risk of losing yonr llorsc for
want of Knowledge to cure him, when Wc. willps/
for a Treatise. Buy one and Inform yonrsolr.
Itcraedie* for nil Horse Diseases. Plates showing
how to Tell tho Age of Horses. Sent postpaid fol
S5 cents In stamps.
N. Y. HOUSE BOOK CO..
. 134 Leonard St, N, Y. City. _
(J In, taken th« lead la
the sales of that class ol
remedies, and has give*
almost universal satisfac
tion,
MURPHY BROSm
Pans, T«
G has won tha favor of
tho public and now rank*
among tho leading Modi-
cine* of tho oildoso.
A. L. SMITH.
Brad ft*. J, P*.
Bold by Druggist*,
fries #1.00.
Sa^IK!lE3
■ CUR[S WHERE MltLKFAIir™
Beat Cough Syrup. TaBlea good. Uso
m In time. Hold by drm-jriHtA. m
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MARLIN FIRE AMIS CO., Now Haven, Conn.
r 's:i bbX8»
Is Tte Best
Waterproof Goat
n ■ _ „ Ever Made.
1,?fir n i,TT?i 8 j 8y ? ur money on a gam or rubber cost The FISH BRAND 8LICEKF
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*tn” BMnri fr.*. N * « l, ckrr and take no other. If your storekeeper doe
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