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MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1882.
.VOLUME LVI-NO 20
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-Vdwi Whitsonli Mile*.
COWBOYS.
•Pony Bill** Gives n Graphic Deserlp-
tlon of tho Wee torn Cnttlo JJUHlnew*
audtho lien of “Grit and Lentlior”
who Conduct ft
Written for the Telegraph A Messenger.
Very general Interest in cowboys and
tbeir calling being excited by recent events
in Arizona, possibly you may find space
for some explanations under the above
caption. Having for some years been a
cowboy himself, drawn cowboy's pay, and
endured the vicissitudes of cow-camp life,
the writer knows practically whereof ho
writes.
On returning to his native South to en
joy for a time what Eastern people are
pleased to call civilization—though you’ll
find a very high type of the latter article
in settled regions west of the Mississippi
also—the cowboy in nearly every paper
picked up finds some abusivo.article about
cowboys. It reminds one of the time
when the people of the West were edified
daily by tho productions of the ‘‘Outrage
Mills” and tbeir account of “Soutbeitf
Outrages” on colored voters;
Only a few weeks since, your own Tel-
eobapii and Messenger iu “skinning”
some writer who had been “shooting-up”
a little, over the signature oi “Jayhawker,”
used the word cowboy as figurative of all
that was Infested and contaminating.
Every hum of the telegraph wire flashes
eastward to the Associated Press some
electrical bosh about outrages by Arizona
cowboys. Even good motherly old Preal
dent Arthur has deemed it £pcessary U
Issue a couple of manifestoes concerning
them.
Not in defence of Arizona cowboys par
ticularly, nor yet of any violators of law
and order, but for tho sake of thousands
of respectable cowboys earning honest
and useful livings in the cattle business,
which adds millions yearly to our national
income, the writer is impelled to this
Who, then, are cowboys? The name
cowboy originated In Texas, and is applied
ed to those hired to herd and handle
cattle raised wild on the prairies. The
life betng outdoor and ftill of hardship
and danger, requires a healthy, wiry,
active man to endure it. Nearly all those
following it for wages are young men,
hence tho namo cowboys. Cattle man
and stock-man is the more dignified term
used In referring to cattle owners and
and live stock raisers. In Old Mexico,
California, Nevada, and Arizona, where
>p.i:.:ird* are largely • • 1 Sr. !!.**
business, and where Spanish is more or
less spokon, the cowboy is called a Vaqu*
ero, bar kay ra, a cowherd. In Bueuas
ATres and tho vast Pampas of South
America, on account of his nomadic Uff,
he Is called a Guacbo, awahcho, a moth
erless, fatherless, homeless one. In Aus
tralia ho Is called a stockrider. In Colo
rado, Wyoming, and nearly all the Rocky
Mountain grazing region, he goes by the
ridiculous same of cowpuncher.
Cowboys working on the range are
called rangemen, these hiring to drovers
to drive bento over the trail to market, or
some shipping joint, are called trallmen.
The main duties of a rangoman is to
break broncos (tame wild horses), lasso,
. trim, brand, mark and herd cattle.
The principal duty of a trailman Is to
herd and drive cattle on tho trail. This
in largo herds requires experience and
judgment, so that tho cattle may reach
their destination in good condition.
A lull range outfit consists of a fore
man, (in California called Padron,) a
cook, day liorso-herder, night horse-herd
er, and from four to eight cowboys. This
force is sufficient to handle from 3,000 to
8,000 bead of cattle, on tho range, accord
ing to tho smoothness or roughness ot the
country. -
A lull trail outfit oonsists of foreman,
cook, horse-herder, two pointers, two
flankers, and four drivers. With this force
from 1,000 to 1,500 of Western cattle, aud
from 11,000 to 3,000 head if Colorado
natives or Texans can be driven over the
trail at an average sjieed of eight to ten
miles per day and to a distance of 600 to
1,000 miles. For shorter distances a speed
of tvilfl to twenty mile* j>er day is often
attained. Whether on range or trail, the
cowboy lias sufficient always of dangor
ami hardship to endim, but ik is on 0“
long “drives” over the trail, often lasting
over six months, that all the grit and sand
In his nature are needed to enable him to
“stay with It” till tho drive is done. Be
tween hard riding all day,s!#epless hours
on guard around the herd at night, rain,
hail, enow, frost, blistering hot days on
the treeless plains, blinding, suffocating
dust, half-wild liucking ponies,stampedes,
the possibility of losing his scalp, some
times short ration*, an>l almost daily stag
nant alkaline water, the trail-man needs
to*be made of good leather ho last well.
“Whether oo range or trail, eacn cow
boy has “spotted” out to him, for his own
exclusive rhling, frere three to six ponies.
These like the cattle are raised wild aud
free on the range till caught to be broken.
They seldom become entirely gentle, but
are always more or Jess wild and intrac
table. Whenever needed for use thay
have to bo “roped** (lassoed), and every
mother^ son of them w ill buck whenever
it feels ftwah ami lively. This bucking is
a vice peculiar to the Western horse
The wn!*-r has never seen » horse 1-red
cast of! •• river buck. Buck
ing con'jis'.s of bowing up the back, lower
ing the head, and Jumping stiff-legged,
just as a buck deer does when killing a
snake-hence the name. If au inexperienc
ed rider is subjected to a severe bucking,
he to apt to wndihc nevei bad been born.
T! • jimj 'v a/ony, and ri ivs havv
SOPOtimCfl suffered concussion of the
brain, blet-ding of tho long*, and died
fro
i125 head of
n*. fo
ply astonishing how the dim
grass-fed ponies will carry
nia and Texas, and the Indian pony
of the Northwest.
The method of raising and handling
wild cattle may be briefly stated thus:
In winter the cattle, unherded and un
cared for, run lose wherever they please.
In the spring the various outfits go out on
a general round-up. Every day all tho
cattle wiihin a radius of ten miles or
more, are driven together and “rounded-
up” at one place. Each outfit “cuts out”
and herds separately its own brand of cat
tle. The calves aud short yearlings are
trimmed, branded, and marked. If con
tracts have been made to drovers, the re
quired number are gathered, classed,
tallied aud turned over to them at the
date promised. Bay by day tbe round
ups move on, often working over a acope
or country 200 miles square (40,000 square
miles), till tbe Inclement weather of iall
begins. Then the round-up season is
done. Wherever the outfit moves, it car
ries its bedding, grubfand cooking utensils
in wagons, where tbe country is smooth,
aud ou pack animals whore it Is rough.
At night the boys sleep, eoldier-fashlon,
on the earth In *eir blankets, very sel
dom possessing the luxury of a tent.
Lire on the trail Is mainly monotonous
drudgery of driving the cattle by day and
herding them by night. This Is varied
sometimes by a stampede, when the
frightened herd rush frantically away
with a noise like rolling thunder, and a
tramp that makes the earth tremble.
Stampedes are caused by some cf the herd
becoming frightened and the contagion
spreading through tbe herd, they rise to
their feet quick as a llasb, and rush off in
aimless terror, carrying death and destruc
tion to every living thing that falls under
their hoofs. Sometimes a baud of wild
horses with floating long manes and tells
fly by in the distance, and their easy grace
ful movement stirs up the blood of the
trailman, and causes him to send after
them a pistol ball or two and a regular
Indian yell. Buffalo, bear, elk, antelope,
mule-tail deer^edge-hen and piairie chick-
ends also afford him a little sport now
and then, and add a savory dish to his
“grub pile.” Most generally, however,
he has to shoot the despised jackass rabbit,
or else “run his rope” over some “maver
ick” for fresh meat. Cowboys are deci
dedly materialistic. They appreciate the
material good things of life. But few of
them have any admiration for the grand
and beautiful scenery through which the
trails often lead. If the average cowboy
have any love for the beautilul at ail, it
is for hii silver-mounted horse-rig, hi^
gaudy sash and tassels, and for tbe bnxom
prairie girls, of whom he sings songs every
night on herd around tbe cattle. Poor
Lo! the Indian, is becoming rather sup
pressed and harmless, but still in the far
away regions of the Northwest and South
west, there Is sometimes Just enough pos
sibility of his raising hair, to keep cow
boys interested and awake on guard.
However, he is never sorry when the drive
and its terrible hardships are over. The
ponies are either sold, or sent back to tbe
range on hoof In care of some of the most
trusty boys. The cattle are either sold
outright or shipped by rail to the great
cattle markets of SU Louis, Kansas City,
and Chicago. Most Texas and South
western cattle go to the two former, all
Northwestern and many Texan go to
Chicago. One cowboy to every five car
loads Is required to go along with the cat
tle and keep them “punched up” from
lying down In the cars and being tramped
to death by the other cattle. This is bow
the “cowpuncher” obtained bis Colorado
name. Every twenty hours the cattle in
transit are unloaded at immense stock-
yards where they are permitted to rest,
foed and water four hours. This is done
both as a humane act, and to prevent
shrinkage and loss of flesh. Arrived at
market tbe cattle are unloaded finally at
the stock-yards and pass into the bands of
the stock commission man, who sell them.
Some are reshlpped to points farther
eastward, some go to Europe alive, some
to packing houses and beef canncries^ome
to wholesale butchers, some to Illinois
and Iowa farms to be corn-fattened, some
to distilleries to be slopped, a few are sold
for work oxen, and if it be cold weather,
many are slaughtered and ablDped abroad
in refrigerators. Some idea or the mag
nitude of this business may be formed,
when it is known that In Chicago alone
about 1,500,000 cattle are annually sold
for cash, netting tbeir owners, tho stock-
men of the far west, not less than $45,-
000,000. This U one result of cowboy
work.
After “doing the town” for a few days,
the cowpuncher, being provided with re
turn passes, rolls ont for his old range,
maybe 2,000 miles away. Most of the
Southwestern roads run a rough kind or
emigrant sleeper free, especially for him.
In a region where competing railroads
are largely dependant on their llve-atock
traffic, cowboys and stockmen are care
fully fostered by them.
Arrived back on his old stamping
grounds, ho seeks some kind of work for
support during tbe winter, and generally
swears never to “punch up” another bo
vine quadruped while he lives, hut In
spring he Is sure to hire out as a cowboy
at the very first opportunity, and Joyously
gives himself up to the free, reckless life
of tho range, or endures again tbe hard
ships and romantic Incidents of the trail.
Having shown who the cowboys are,
we will now endeavor to deicribo what
tbey are. Being made up of each mixed
material tbe task Is difficult. One w/riter
has said they are half angel, with hearts
compassionate, and tenderly liberal with
comrades In distress; end half devil, in
different to the euff-rings of a wounded
enemy, cruel In the use of girth and spur
on tbeir ponies, and totally unmindful of
tho agonizing bawls of cattle enduring
the bloody edge of tie knife and the red
hot torture of Die branding iron. Another
writer, mindfal of some gallant cowboys
who have stamped tbeir names indelibly
on border history, has said that the now
unwritten up hereof the coming novelist
will be a cowboy. Many cowboys, and
they are the best, are bred to tbe business
from childhood, but tbe majority are sim
ply wild young fellows from all calling!
and grades of see eiy, brim full of romance
and energetic force, and a thirst for ad
venture on the plains. With present
facilities for reaching the border by rail,
thousands such are pouring there dally.
Some ten or twelve years ago, the cow
boy wav an ignorant, brutish lout from
Texas, but to-day, tbe man who tackles
the average cowboy In oofirerfaUon will
find him onite up to tbe modernisms of
tho age. The cowboys are made up of
just such adventurous elements as armies
are recruited from in time of foreign war.
Classically educated young men*cut
loose a little too early from the galling
restraints of college life, young mechanics,
embryo medicos, tooth butchers, young
railroader*, youths with aouto above office
work and conntcr-bopplng, very many
yourg men from tbe Soalh who were
never taught any way to be aelf-suataln-
ing*-ah these and many .other* arrive
out West find no room' for nonproducers
in that land of rush and rustle, and glad,
ly turn to the free and romantic, but ter
ribly bard life of a cowboy.
When roand-op* and trail-work borer,
rau/cmen and trallmen congregate In the
towns of livestock regions to bare, as they
ces it, “a little time of tbeir cvrn.”
is then that occur those bloody trage
which, glaringly sub-headed, blazon
tbe columns of sensational sheets. Tbe
cowboy, as a rule, ppeeress* abundance
of physical courage. A few days work
with bronco ponies and wild cattle tbin
oqt all those who scai
T,
When the
cowboy fights, he fights desperately, and
generally having a forty-four calibre pis
tol at bis lilp, be uses It too often rather
freely aud effectively on the impulse of
tne moment. When he shcots he shoots
to kill; but seldom shoots at all unless
wrongfully dealt with. We do not
defend him in tide, nor in bis
shameful orgies, nor reckless wasto
of his hard-earned money. We
simply wish it known that It is tho few
aud not tbe majority who do this. Very
many cowboys rule the range all summer
and return Eut and South to spoud the
winter in quiet enjoyment with friends
and relatives. Very many cowboys are
from tbe South proper, especially Ten
nessee, Kentucky and Georgia.
The business of herding and handling
cattle is an honest one, and It la unfor
tunate that a lot of cattle thieves iufest-
lug Arizqpa have brought the name cow
boy into notorious bad repute. It should
not be so, as tbe following clipping from
tho Drovers’ Journal of Chicago will ex
plain:
“A correspondent, a resident Arizonian,
writes to tho Sun as follows: 'I notice in
the Washington dispatches that tho Presi
dent, on the advicn of the cabinet, has de
termined to Issue a proclamation calling
upon the cowboys of Arizona to disband,
and In tbe event of their refusal, to turn
loose tbe army oa them. Being myself
an Arizonian, and knowing the situation,
and also to whom the epithet cowboy is
applied, I was much amused at this threat
ened pronunciameuto. The term cowboy
is a Texas name applied to men employe i
on cattle ranches. In Arizona every roan
who wears big spur*, a broad hat and tbe
legs of his pantaloons stuffed in his boots
is called a cowboy, and for the most part
tbey are employed on ranches as vaque-
roe, herdiug cattle. There is no organiza
tion among them. Yet tbe President or
ders them to disband. What does he
mean? It it that they must put on white
shirts and engage in other pursuits? The
proclamation will be directed against one
of the most important industries of the
Territory—stock raising. If tbe army is
to bo u*ed to hunt down criminals, why
not say so, and not by proclamation iu-
uul xny BUf miu not uj pivnuaiimuuh iu-
anlt and studer of hundreds of law-abid
ing citizens engaged In cattle raising'.’ In
conclusion, penult me to say that this
whole thing Is claptrap and buncombe.’"
In the suppression of Indian outbreaks
and swift annihilation of border outlaws,
the cowboy has proyen always a most re
liable and eHectlre instrument. Tbe
Texas Ilangers are nearly all cowboys,
and cowboys ol grit and leather at that.
The writer has a vary dear Irlend, a cow
boy, who was last heard from as a govern
ment scout near the White Hirer (Ute)
agency in Colorado, pay $150 per month
and a royal good time during peace.
As population Increases, and the graz
ing regions are settled up, there will come
a time when the raising of wild cattle on
f ;orernment lands, as at present, will be
mnoaslble. Then tbe cowboy, like Othello
“his occupation gone,” will hare to seek
his living In some other Industry. Natu
ral inclination will lead him to outdoor
camp life, and as long as he can secure
such work he will prefer freighting and
packing to tbe drudgery ot hiring out as
a ranch hand. Stripped of his rig, than
which there la none more becoming and
picturesque In the world, all bis marked
peculiarities of manner and lugnago
K undoHamootb, he will be reduced to
commonjlevcl of commonplaco people.
Poealbly the change may belter his happi
ness and usefulness, for it Is a truth that
mounted men, leading a nomadic life, are
bad when bothered—witness Arabs,
Bashl-bazouks, Tartats, our own horse
back Indiana, and ya-as, our cowboys*
Too often the most daring criminals are
from horseback people. Possibly it were
better to unhorse the cowboy, but you
can never get him lo part hia hair In the
middle, wear plug silk bats, and rig him
self out In dog-eared collars, btid-faced
shirts, and other toggory affected by oar
vast horde of useless cityded nonproducers.
He la made of other atuff. Kespectfnlly,
Poxy Bili,
A STBJ.YCE STORY.
Paitearawl Heunn on (tie Infinite,
litre is a*moreeiu from Itenan. He
despairs of his own craft, and be thinks
that in another ceutury men will read
and care for nothing but science, and per
contra, here la a translation of the speech
of U. Pasteur, his recently admitted con
frere la tbe French Academy:
Everywhere,” he said, “I aeo the Inev
itable expression of the Infinite In tbe
world. By ft tbe supernatural is seen in
the depths of every heart. The idea of
Ood Is a form of the idea of UieJnflnlte.
As long as the mystery of the Infinite
weighs on the human mind, temples will
be raised to tbe worship ot the Infinite,
whether the Ood be called Brahma, Al
lah or Jehovah, and on the floor of those
temples you will see kneeling men ab
sorbed In the Idep of tbe Infinite. Meta
physics do but translate within us tbe par
amount notion of tbe Infinite. The fac
ulty which in the pretence of beanty leads
ui to conceive of a superior beauty—la it
not, too, the conception of an ever real
ized Ideal.’ Where are tbe real apringa ol
woman's dignity,of modem liberty and de
mocracy, unless in the notion of the In-
■Unite, before which all men are equal?”
The conclusion of his speech was a tri
umph of geuuine eloquence. ’#he great
ness of human actions la measured by the
Inspiration which evokes them.
Ilappy it he who bean with
him a God, an Ideal of beauty, and
who obeya it. Ideal of art, Ideal of
science, Ideal of country, Ideal of gospel
virtues—those are tbe living springs of
great ideal and great acta. AH are Illumi
nated by reflections of tbe Infinite. Mr.
Lime had bis God within. The ideal
which filled his aoul wu a passion for
work and a love of humanity. He has
olten appeared to roe, seated by bis wife,
as In a picture of the early time of Chris
tianity—be looking down full of sympathy
for sufferers; she a fervent Catholic, with
her eyes raised to heaven; he Inspired
by every terrestrlsl virtue; she by every
divine influence; tbe two wearing but one
radiance from the two sanctities which
form the halo of tbe God Man; that which
proceeds from devotion to what is bumau
aud mat which emanates from ardent love
of the divine—abe a taint In the canonical
sente; he e lay uiul. This last eipros-
s ion '-not mine. I gathered ft from tbe
lips of all who knew him.” After this
M. Itenan a moat polished irony fell flat.
Men were not in the mood for a skeptl.
ciam which would deny even the Justifica
tion of denial. Probably, when thApecch
cornea to be read It will be found full of
Ite author's moat characteristic quality,
Its tumor I most cnaraciensuc quality,
will auggeat where It fails to prove, aud
charm those whom it cannot convince.
Bright's •isesse. Diabetes.
Beware of die afUir that pretends to
cure these diseases or other serious kid
ney, urinary or liver diseases, at they on
ly relieve for a time and make yon ten
limes worse afterwards, bat rely solely on
Hop Bitten, tbe only remedy that will
■ureiy and permanently cure you. IV de
stroys and removes the cause of disease so
eflectuaUy that it never returns.
In Contagions Diseases.
Small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet, typhoid,
yellow aud malarial fever*, expose In the
tick room Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. It
will attack all Impumiea and odort. The
Fluid will draw toitaelf tbe germ poisons
in the atmosphere and recharge U with
ozone, the mysterious agent by wnicb --
tun vttaline the air.
(nu It** Equivalent B« found?
St, Lout, Litter.
There is an old proverb In tbe French
language to tlio effect that it is always
tbe improbable that happens, and any
one who will give tho matter a close
study will find that this Idea is fully cor-'
roborated by passing events. Dickens,
Thackeray, Hugo, and Bataac havo been
metaphorically crowned with laurel, the
emblem ol genius, for tbe remarkable tal
ent displayed by each in the construction
of romances that resemble reality, yet
any one who will take the trouble Lo in
vestigate the musty records of any old
public department will find that tho pro
totypes of Jean Valjean, Becky Sharp and
Mr. Pecksniff are in every-day life, and
that the remarkable books of fictlcu are
surpassed in the improbable by sober,
atafd, monumental facts that occasionally
come to light, and that cannot be pushed
aside, Such is the character of a case
that was recently bronght to the notice of
the police department of this city, but
was subsequently kaudedover to the mer
cies of private detectives. Several years
ago one ot tho most popular Leaeh-
ers in the Irrlug school, in this city, was
a young lady whose real namo it would
not do to publish, but who was called
Harriot.
HU* WAS HANDSOME,
intelligent, and possessed all the attrib
utes that go to make woman attractive.
She was a favorite both with tbe principal
and scholars, and her brightness aud
beauty won her many friends. As was
very natural, a young lady of such dls-
posstiuu and accomplishments could not
be without her admirers iu the opposito
sex, and Miss Harriet bad no small num
ber. Only one possessed her heart, how
ever, and the admiring throng gradually
lessened until there were but two, Harriet
and ber sweetheart, a mutual admiration
society. He was yonng. She was young.
He did not bare tbe means to support her,
but wanted to marry her; aud thus It
came about that a secret marriage was
proposed, to which she consented. It was
consummated, but the twain still appear
ed in public as lovers, and she went on
with her teaching as usual aud he con
tinued
THE EVEN TENOR OF HI* WAT.
This was kept up for nearly a year, tbs
time being passed in stolen visits, though
the fruit was not forbiddeu. At tbe end
of that time tbe husband died, and if an
observer would have noticed ho would
have discovered that the teacher’s grief
was dseper than a sweetheart’s, though It
was in that position that sue stood before
tie world. Neither ever breathed a word
of the clandestine marriage, and the
young teacher was confident that the se
cret reposed only in ber bosom, and that
there it should remain tiulil her soul had
passed beyond tbe threshold of tho hero-
after. She continued her vocation as
teacher, and everything run along smooth
ly. About six months after the death of
her husband sbe was suddenly confronted
ono day by an ex-admirer, who politelv
informed her that he was acquainted with
the secret that she was carrying, and,
moreover, of the fact that she had enjoy
ed all the privileges of a wife without
being
MARRIED TO fHE MAN
whom the befitted was her husband.
The young woman Insisted that she bad
been married, and ho defied ber to prove
it. She did not have the certificate that
was given to ber dead husband, and she
did uot know the name of tbe justice of
tho peace who performed the ceremony.
The fellow then coolly informed ber that
if she did not marry him tbe whole mat
ter would be made public, Sho resisted
his coercion for a long time, but finally,
rather than have her namo bandied from
mouth to mouth, abe consented to the
performance of the ceremony. She Im
mediately gave up teaching and started
with ber husband on a wedding trip.
Tbey made a tour of all the Eastern wa
tering places, and finally wound up In
Chicago. There they lived for a short
time, when suddenly the second husband
took sick and died. The widow returned
to St. Louis attimdln the deepest mourn
ing, and when questioned by ber hus
band's family a* to the nature of tbe
disease that carried him off answered that
it was heart disease. After a short sea
son of mourning she
LAID ABIDE THR “OMBRE WEEDS
and wu once again transformed into a
belle, she evidence no disposition to go
Into society, but wu the same intelligent,
demure creature u before the secret mar
riage. Her natural fascinations were
irresistible ami suitors again thronged her
home. Meanwhile tbe family of her
second husband, but publicly known as her
first, became suspicious for some reason
regarding the manner of his death, Tbey
reported tbe matter to Chief of Police
McDonough, and requested him to send a
detective to Chicago to investigate. Tbe
detective wu sent, but tbe chief of police
advised tbe parents to turn the matter
over to the hands of ths Pinkertons or
come equally efficient private detectives.
This wu done and tbe ot. Louis man wu
recalled. Pinkerton placed on the shrewd
est men on the cue, and little by little
evidence accumulated that placed the
wife m anything but an enviable light.
IT WAB DISCOVERED
that tbey bad lived In one of tbe palace
hotels of the Garden City, and that ex
travagance ran riot. Although living
well they did not live happily, for the
husband continually informed tbe wife
that be was not ber choice, and that it
wu a marriage for convenience. People
who mot the couple at the hotel and else
where testified that the man appeared
exceedingly healthy, and tbe night before
he died the proprietor stated that he play
ed billiards until a late hour, and an-
C ared to be in tho best of spirits. Bell-
ys and waiters testified to tbe quarrels
between the two and the violent temper
of tbo man. The detective found that tbe
burial certificate wu marked heart dis-
ease, and that tbe body wu buned Iu Cal
vary cemetery. He went to the city of
tbe dead and inquired, and wu Informed
that a week after burial two men came
with an order for tbe body, saying that it
wu going to be sent home. It wu dug
up and banded over to tbe men, and then
all trace of it wu lost.
THE WirB WAS ASKED
concerning the order, and denied making
out any such document. The detective
wu baffled. He Inserted pertoaala in the
newspapers for tbe men who removed the
body, offering large rewards for Informa
tion concerning it, but ail hl» expedients
were fruitless. Tbe men never came for
ward. He reported hia investigations lo
his superiors, and the family then re
ceived the information, and, u further
discovery seemed to be suddenly stopped,
tbe case wu allowed to drop. Meanwhile
the handsome young teacher had created
a social furore in this dty, and eight
months after the death of her husband in
Chicago she married the son of a wealthy
family In this city. The marriage wu a
happy one, tbe two Ming of congenial
temperament and similar taatos. °'~
months after tbe marriage In (his city
AVAOEANT WAS ABSENTED
by the Chicago police, who, before going
to tne workhouse, related the story or the
removal of the body from Calvary Ceme
tery to a companion who wu locked up
with him. Tbto man bad seen tbo no
tice* iu the papexs. and Informed the po
lice, who came down aud applied the
pump to the tax-dodger. Ills story was Is uncertain. Two or three nights later
that a mau had met him on North Wells lie plays with Napoleons. There is
street one morning and uked him If be
wanted a Job. He stated that h»> '
and the man stated that he bad just ..ad
a talk with a woman who wanted the
body of a friend removed from Calpry
Cemetery to the corner of Prairie avenue
and Thirty-first street, where a carriage
would I>e waiting to receive It. They
went up one evening about 0 o’clock, but
the man who had charge - if the giawyard
protested agaiust the removal at such an
unseemly hour L aud asked them to come
around in tho morning.
THEY OX1.Y HOT HIM ID t UN>KNT
by stating that the body would liaveio bo
placed ou board tho outgoing train that
evening. They carried tbo coffin in a
spring wagon and drove to Prairie avenuo
aud Thirty-first street, where they turned
it ovor to a colored mau in an express
wagon. Ho received $10 and did not
kuow what his companion got, Tho
mystery of tho body has Dover beon un
veiled.' Tho man whom tho world never
knew as tbo handsemo teacher's husband
Is now sleeping ’neatb tho sod and dew
of Bellefontaine; tbe secret of the man's
death who forced himself upon her is bu
ried forever. The woman is now living
happily with her third husband, though
not yet thirty, and this is all sober, solid
truth. Search Dnmas for its equivalent
In fiction.
MONTE CARLO.
IKowTbej Gamble at tbe Gambler's
Paradise.
Boston Herald"t Letter. ,
Wo pass a couplo of attendants, enter
first a long, narrow room, occupied by
tables, and, immediately after, into a large
rcom, beyond which is a third, draped
like tho* first, all tkreo magnificently dec
orated. In tbo largo room aro three
tables, and around them a quiet and or
derly, but larger crowd of men aud wo
men, some standing, some sitting, players
and onlookers aro groujicd. These are
rouletto tables, in the centre there is a
sunken bowl, in which is mounted a
wheel. This wheel has thirty-seven
divisions, marked from 0 to thirty-
uot in tho order of sequence,
Bit, UUb III IUU U1UU UI 1-r-jucm.r,
and aiiernattog red and black, 0
also being black, and not subject to color
bets. This wheel being whirled in one
direction, a ball in the opposito, both
slow down, and tbo ball dropping into a
division determines the result of the play.
On each side of tbo tablo, next tho wheel,
aro seated two croupiers or tallleurs, ana
at each end is another, while just behind
one of the middle palr t on an elvatod seat,
one or tne miaoie pair, on an etvaies seat,
is a seventh, who overlooks all aud set
tles disputes. On each end of the table
is a geometrical figure with tho numbers
s» arranged and distributed tbat ono can
bet on red or black, odd or even, abovo or
below half, on the first, second or third
dozen, on ono or three other groups of fig
ures, on one, two, three, four or six num-
l-t-ri, the return being in j»ruj>ortion to tho
bet and nurabeis covered. The smallest
bet ou the roulette table is five francs, the
largest being, on a single number, 180
francs, aud ou a color, 0,000 francs. The
returns, of course, vary in the same way.
Before twirling tbo wheel, tho croupier
notifies players to make their bo’s, and
just before tbe ball falls into a division,
forbids any more play. Meanwhile, all
arcuud tbe table people are putting down
money, silver, geld and Bank of France
notei, Jn frein one to * dc*en places,
the conclusion of each play, the croupier
calls out the number sad the winning
color, and with little rakes ths money lost
is drawn In, and the winning stakes being
left aro paid In full, with marvelous celer
ity. These croupiers are many of them
Germans, cool, collected, and possessing
quick eyes, but tbe strain is considerable,
and t hey aro relieved every two hours.
Tho gaming table is a great leveler of per
sons, and tbe crowd that surrounds It Is a
great mixture. Here aio young and old,
so old, many of them, that much of tbeir
gray hair is a memory only, rich aud re
ally poor, good and bad, virtuous and
positively not so, sick and well, fair and
ugly, all olbowmg a place to play or
watch others play. Some are here for a
short time only and look on lo curiosity,
some are occasional player* of small
amounts,others play a fixed amount every
evening, others again who play madly,
recklessly, and, although the bank has a
percentage of 1-33 in its favor, it makes its
erateet pdns probably because ol reck
lessness and tho never-satisfied desire for
gain. For Instance, a man having won
ono night will almost invariably return,
trusting to a continued run of luck, and
plays till he has lost bis winnings. A story
Is told of a mtn who came in with 300,000
fraacs, and by an early hour had won a
like amount from the bank. Tbe tablo
being supplied with further funds, he won
CO,000 francs more. Aftor the close of the
play the croupier reported the loss to M.
Blanc, who only said, “Well,” and sent
h'.s servant the next morning to tbe stran
ger’s hotel to Inquire if he bad departed.
When he returned and reported that the
winner was still at the hotel, M. Blanc
smiled complacently and assured his fol
lowers that all would be well. That night
the man rfctunied,j)lsyed,Ioet his winnings,
his 300.000 francs, and 50,000 francs more,
which be had borrowed. One of the most
remarkable playera to be noticed was a
tnano! pale complexion, regular features,
dark haJr, eyes and mustache. He la an
Italian, said to be a prince, and to have a
fortune of 20,000,000 franca. Night after
night he is found at tbe table, cool, col
lected, Lever losing his head. Ho not
only plays himself, but hires others to
~>lay for himself. Ho has a pile of Napo-
_eaus, 20-fraue-pieces, In front of him,
and every turn of the wheel puts down
seven or elgnt piles of three or four Napo
leons each. On bis right la an old lady of
fifty-five or sixty years, gray hair and
glasses » pinched expression of tne face,
an av^cious look In the eye—she
is playing for him, 25 franos
to luO francs at a time. Later In the
evening a young woman, one of the
coolest players in tbe room, Is plaving
for him, and toon be leaves the table to
look, perhaps, after some other of his
players. Another man who has been
loalog heavily hai r lucky turn and wins
8,000 francs on his number. A pleased
murmur goes up from the crowd, and
tbe croupiers amlle at bis good fortune,
while the winner** face flushes, then
pales, and great beads of perspiration
break out on Hi face and neck. The
jewels worn by some of the female play
ers are magnificent, and eost fortunes In
themselves. Some of the finest are
worn by tbe young wife of an English
gentlemen, but scarcely second to these
are those of a fair but frail habitue of the
salon de jue. Let ua go to the “gold ta
ble,” so-called, because nothing less than
20-franc pieces can be played. Here the re
turn, If any, only equal* tbe *takc, wMch
varies from 20 to 1*1000 francs. The
game is trente tt qwenmfe, and constats of
dealing out cards from a pack which has
been shuffled by the dealer and cut by one
of tbe players, till the Dumber, counting
face cards ten, is between thirty and for
ty, two deals belnc mads at each play, the
other table in this room, but it is a roulette.
T1..S third‘room Is the richest of all, is of
recent conitruction, and wa* designed by
Gamier, architect of the Grand 0"ira
House, Paris. Thero aro several panel
pictures by Clairin, female figures In fan
cy costumes, engaged in bunting, shooi
ng, and tho like. They are full of life
aud well executed.
AX A. T. STEWART ROMANCE.
How tbe UllllouAlro Dry Good* Slau
Jilted the Lover of Ills Youth.
CUvetand Leader.
In the village of Glouville, six miles
from this city, was laid the scene of ono
most Interesting of tho unwritten chapters
of A. T. Stewart’s life’s history, and a lit
tle mound In tb« township cemetery of
East C'leveland,uiarked by a modest mar
ble slab, contalus the ashes of the heroine
of the romance. The story has never been
glv n to the public, and would not bo
j>reseuted now were uot all the principal
actors in tho melodrama past raring for
ucwsjmjier accounts of their doings when
tenants of earthly frames. Froiu Mrs.
Morrow, sister-in-law of the lady whose
name appears In the following, a Leader
reporter obtained tho facts which are
given, and of the reliability of her state
ments there cannot exist the shadow of a
doubt. The story In brief, as related by
Mrs. Morrow, Is as follows:
In the latter part of 1818 the
FUTURE MERCHANT riUXCE
of this country, then a boy sixteen years
of acr, left Belfast, Irelend, tb« place of
his birth, and landed in New York with
a few hundred pounds In bia pocket. Be
ing possessed ot a fair classical education,
obtained at Trinity College, Dublin, he
ODiaineu at xnouy oouego, i/uvun, ut*
found ready employment as teacher in a
private school. A few months later he
invested his ready money in a mercantile
business, becoming a silent partner only
in the concern and not forsaking his edu
cational calling. In this manner he con
tinued for two years, when by the sudden
departure of hi*' partner, the youthful
Stew art wu forced to the ranks of trade
himself, although ho continued to teach
school. In 1822, leaving hts clerk in
charge of the business, Stewart started on
a return trip to Ireland for the purjwse of
settling an estate at Belfut, left hffb by
his grandfather. Near Belfut lived a
family named Morrow, whose residence
wu charmingly located near the cout,
andwu known u the “The Knock."
With these people the Stewart family had
been Intimate, and on bis return to the
homo of his childhood Alexander T. re
newed the friendship of and took up bis
residence with the Morrows, living with
them tbo entire winter and going into
Belfut whenever his business demanded.
One of the members of the family was
Miss Abby,
A FRESH FACED ORIOHT-ETKD
Irish lauof somo eighteen years. Thrown
constantly intc her roeicty, Stewart fell a
victim to the young lady's manifold
charms, and wu soon an accepted suitor.
In the spring, the ynuug man haying sold
out his interest iu the elder Stewart’s
property, began preparing for his return
proj***R), (jvgaii pr* paring iui uia
to America, aud suggested that the fami
ly of his betrothed accompany him. Miss
Abby added her solicitations and tbe
move wu decided upon, and Mrs. Mor
row, tbe mother, Davy and Abby dispos
ed of “The Knock,” afld earns pver pntho
•amo boat with Stewart. They arrived
In New York in the spring of I s 25, and
the Morrows, who had friends In northern
Ohio, pushed on to this place. Stewart,
who bad invested his patrimony, which
amounted to £500, into Irish laces and
linens, moved his former stock to a store
on Broadway, and with bis imported
stuffs laid the foundation for the largest
jdry goods house In America.
Tne family of his betrothed lived in
Cleveland,at that times small village,
for two years, and then bought a small
farm out on the Erie road, now known as
SL Clair street. Here they lived and
died. For ths first year Abby received
the usual number of letters from ber lov
er, and at the end of ten months her life
wu rendered brighter by
DRIEF VISIT* FROM HIM.
He, it is said, wu all tenderness and
affection oil this occasion, but it wu the
!ut time tho girl saw her commercial he
ro. From the first be had met with more
than moderate success In hts busluess,and
with his improved condition he forgot bis
earliest friends. After bis return to New
York his letters grew infrequent, and ul
timately evased. Shortly, Mist Morrow
received tidings of Stewart’s marriage.
The news prostrated her completely, and
after ber recovery from the Illness which
ensued she wu entirely changed. Before
that time she had been light-hearted and
cheerful. Afterwards sbe wu never
known to sj>cak above an ordiiary tone,
and smiled only on rare occulons. Tho
roses permanently left her cheeks and she
bccamo prematurely aged. Her mother
died tho year following Abby’a sickness,
and for thirty years she kept house for her
two brothers. lathe early years she did
not lack of suitors, for attractive girls
were even fewer In proportion in those
days than now. None of them succeeded
in awaking any reaponalve emotions In
her breast, and in 1850 the died, and with
her griefs and blighted affections wu laid
away In a grave dug by her brothers in
front of
THEIR COTTAOB HOME.
. jiation of the last 'ards la each &ul
determining tbs winning color, thirty-
five being a tit, a new deal must be
made. There are a great many cards in
i pack, probably 200 or 300.
Prominent amoi
... among the players to a slen
der, dark ccmplexloned man, buivy beard
land moustache, and a watchful but rather I
nonchalant manner %boui him. He is!
playir.* 1,000 fraoe not** wins one, then
two, two again, three, one and two—llr
000 franc*; then be loses, and bis playing
Tboy dared not Inter her In the ceme
tery, fearing that the grave would be des
ecrated for sienlifle parpoees by certain
ambitious medical students belonging to
the college of tbe city, and who were tbs
terror of this vicinity. Tbe grave, fenced
In with white palings, wa* tenderly cared
for by the brothers, and remained to ex
cite tbe comment and curiosity of travel
ers along the Sllvertown road for a period
of twenty years.
Two years after his marriage A. T.
Stewart sent to his former affianced a
silk dress pattern, with the attendant
trimmings. Each following vear until
tbe time of his death Miss Morrow re
ceived a similar offering from hor faith
less, aud possibly remorseful lover.
All tbe presents she received with
out reruia, and all were
carefully laid away, and ne7er
worn. In 1861, Davy Morrow, ;the
younger of the two brothers, then 67
years of age, took to blroself a youn« and
blooming wife to comfort his declining
days. The other brother, William, never
married, and died in 1874. In accordance
with bis lut wish, he wu buried in tbe
cemetery at. Ulenville, by the
side of his mother. The following year
the surviving brother built a new house,
and caused his sister’s coffin to 1m
exhumed and placed in the family
burial plot. In 1876 Davy him
self paid the debt duo his Maker,
ami wu Interred in the East Cleveland
Cemetery, opposite Lake View. Shortly
after, hi* widow caused the remains of
the other members of tho family to
bo placed bealdo her husband’s, and
side by side tbey sleep tbe eternal
sleep. After hia marriage Miu Morrow
wu never known to refer to Stewart Iu
any m*uuer, and after ber death her
brothers rarely spoke of the man who
broke their sister’s heart, except on one
oceuion. Boon after his marriage, Davy
told the story to bis wife, simply and
plainly, and substantially as given vbore.
THE DEATH OF MOSES TA YLOH
•day
For Half • Century « LenUluir Her-
cImdismI Baukerta tbe City of 111*
Hlrlb.
Nev York Sun.
Moses Taylor diad at his rcsidcr
Tilth urenue, at 0.T5 o’clock T
morning. A year and a half ago, he wu
attacked bjt paralysis, and since then he
bad suffer' from a variety of complaints,
and his strength had gradually ebbed.
At .time* It so for returned u to excite
hojvt’ that bis lifo might bo prolonged,
but when on Thursday last symptoms of
bronchitis appeared, and tlio dlseue de
velojwd into pneumonia, Dr. Sabine gave
up hope. All Mr. Taylor’s family except
one son, who is in Europe, were about bis
bedside when he died. The funeral ser
ves will be at tbe house at 10 o'clock on
Friday morning. The Rev. Dr. Johu
Hall will conduct them.
The flags on nearlv every bank In Wall
street were set at half mast yesterday, and
the flag of the City Bank, of widen Mr.
Taylor wu president, wu heavily draped
withcraj>e.. At noon the director* of tlio
bank met and adopted suitable resolutions.
A special meeting of the board of directors
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad took similar action. Both
boards will attend the fuucral.
MobCS Taylor's life history is interesting
as the narrative of a remarkably success
ful career identified with the mercantile
and fiuandal development of tho metrop
olis duriug tbe put half century. lie
wu born Janojwy lltli, 1800, at the cor
ner of Broadway and Morris street, when
tbo business centre of tbe city wu in Wall
street, and tbe limit of^population was
drawn at Canal street, uis boyhood
passed iu tho locality in which he spent
the mature years of his life In active bus
iness. lie was a descendant of Moses
Taylor, an EnglDbraan, who emigrated to
this country from London in 1736, and a
century and a half after this founder of
the New York family had established
hirnsolf in business, a lineal descendant
In tbe third generation, and of the same
name, wu conducting business within a
stone’s throw of his ancestor's home aud
shop. Tbo youngest son of the pioneer
wu the grandfather of tbe Moses Taylor
who hu Just died. Ho wu born in 1731),
and wu a man of family at the time of
th j revolution. 1I«; removed to New Jer
sey when New York wu captured by the
British, and wbtl# ho lived there, Jacob
B. Taylor, tho father of tbe merchant and
banker just dead, wu born. Id 1813,
when Moses wu seven year* old, his
father removed from Broadway and Mor
ris street Into what wu then upper New
York, his new homo being in Broadway,
nearly opposite wbat Is now the New York
Hotel.
For an education young Taylor wu
sent to private schools In Chambers,
Church, and Thames street. The bent of
bis mind was practical rather than scbol-
utlc, aud at the age of 15, with a good
commou school education, he entered
upon his business career, lie got em
ployed In the counting room of the ship-
plDg house ofG. G. & 3.-Howland, which
now exists as Howland & Asplawall. The
business of the house wu snojinous. Its
vessels sailed to nearly every port known
lo commerce. Here the young man s in
telligence and industry soon r.ttracted tbe
notice vfhl? Cffiplovcra. Hia inuttO
“to be always ahead al his work.” Tb«
systems of the various brandies of the
business were all more complicated than
at present. During successive promotions
young Taylor mode himself thoroughly
Iconrersact with the duties of each de
partment. As lie advanced he wu al
lowed to mako small ventures on his own
{account, and he soon provided hirnsolf
with tbe capital which enabled him, In
1832, at tho age of 26, lo begin business
i bis own account.
Uq had savod from his small salary, and
[accumulated from Ills speculations, $15,-
(XX) during his eleven years' service us
clerk, and had gained » thorough knowl
edge of the banness he embarked In. To
experience and self earned capital he add
ed great self-reliance, energy, and a good
character, which placed within hts reach
ample credit. This he kept good by never
using it. He put up his first sign at 53
South street, but soon moved lo 44 South
street, which during fifty years was his
place of business. He formed a deep at
tachment for this part of Mouth street. It
wulhc scene of his struggles, vicissi
tudes and success. Such a man u Moses
Taylor would not speak of a locality u
lucky, but he regarded the apot u aus
picious. Five of his clerks, who grew up
I In his employ and left him at different
periods to go into business for them
selves, settled within a hundred feel of
their former employer, who used to
cite with gratification the fact that all
of them were eminently successful. Ills
own beginning, however, was uot auspi
cious, notwithstanding all tbe favorable
ouditioi.i mentioned. Just as he open
ed hit office the cholera broke cut In New
York, and all business enterprises were
depressed. The young merchant waited
patiently for the revival. Three years
later he had got his business under proe-
perous headway, when tho great fire of
December, 1S35, swept away his store,
and its content* were totally destroyed.
He succeeded In laving only hb books.
Ou his way home In tbe morning, ex
hausted from hi* 1 abort, he inel his fa
ther, to whom he expressed the belief tha r .
taru ruined.
Never mind, Moses,” said the Alder
man. “You have good health; try
again.” “I will, sir,” replied Moees, with
Urrermiuation.
Before night he was at work, arranging
to reopen his businees. He opened an
office in the basement of his hoase in Mor
ris street, and as soon as an office could
be found in the business district he moved
into Bread street. Ho realized more
from hia insurance than bo^bad expected.
Tliis he Invested In tho Importation of
those commodities for whi:b tho fire kad
created the greatest need. He made
more by these operations than ho lost by
the fire. Tbe dr y after the fire be ar
ranged with his landlord for ths rebuild
ing of a store oa the s’le of 44 South
street. The work of construction was
poshed eo rapidly that it was one of the
first bouses erected after tbe fire. Soon
afterward he bought tbe properly. From
general trading Mr. Taylor began to tuakr*
a specialty of the Cuban trade, bis hous<
becoming one of tbe largest in lb
sugar trade. For many years, however,
he continued to Import from and trade
with all parts of the world. 11* was r
at one time an extensive ship owner, i
chartered vessels as well, but all of •)
and other mercantile ventures were subor
dinate to the Cuban trade, upon which lie
concentrated his best energta, and from
which he accumulated the greater part of
h'S large fortune. He baa not taken an
active part In the bon ness of bis bouM for
nearly twenty years betorehis death. Tbs
details have been conducted by his part-
jeers, Air. Lawrence Turnure, Mr. Percy
It. Payne, his sou lu-law, and his son,
Henry A. Taylor.
In 1855 Mr. Taylor wu chosen presi-
d.;i.t ol the City Bank. \Vh< a t:.e pa i «•
of 1857 came there wasarun ofm *ieor
I'-s magnitude on :i-ar*y >a..k.
The banker? organized for mutual aid
and protection At their tint in-.oMig
stu-r business Lours on the U < -la;, t-a-h
Bank was called Moees Taylor replied;
“We bad $400,<X)Q this mornl'ig and we
have $480,(XX) lo-nlght.” He distinguished
himself most as a bank.president during
the late war. lie was a strong advocate
of the proposition tbat tho banks should
loan money to the government to meet
the enormous expenses of the war. For a
year and a half he filled the position
of eiiairman of th* loan committee of
tbe associated batiks. Though the rem-
inittee bandied over $200,000,0)0 worth of
securities, be took no compensation tor
his work. Even In the darkest days of
the war, when tbe Federal government
was most sorely pressed for funds and its
credit was questioned, Mr. Taylor con
tinued his efforts as a negotiator of loans,
auu expressed the utmost confidence In
the successful result of the conflict, tbe
resources of the country, and Us recuper-
tlve powers. It was a matter of pride
with hitu that he did uot miss a day at
his desk in the biok when he was in
l. Alter he bad partially recovered
from the paralytic stroke that prostrated
him in 1878, ho attempted to re
commence his visits to the bank,
it was Obliged to discontinue them.
About the time that he became presi
dent of the City Bank, Mr. Taylor turned
his attention to railroad investment*, and
with William E. Dodge aud others, built
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad. Tbe development of that ooad
to the present svstem, which reaches out
from the metropolis Into the coal fields of
Scratiloo and to tbe Wyoming Valley and
to tbe lakes, was largely due to Mr. Tay
lor’s efforts. He was reputed to be the
largest holder of the securities of that
corporation. He wm also largeiy inter- |W
ested in the Philadelphia arid Heading
railroad company.
Mr. Taylor's fortune Is variously esti
mated, the most current statement putting
it at between $25JXXJ,000 and $30,(XX),000.
He recently endowed a hospital at Scran
ton for tbe employes of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad and
connecting lines, setting apart for the pur
pose bouds of the Lackawanua exte’islou
valued at $270,0<X). lie owusd & pew in
Dr. Hall's church. Ho was one cf ths
oldest members of tbe Union Club. One
of the chief social diversions of his later
years were the Baturday night dinners
given in turn at their houses by himself,
Mr. Samuel Sloan, Mr. Percy R. l'yue,
Mr. Lawrence Turnure, and a few others
of Ins immediate friends. In politics be
exhibited no party preference. Although
he traveled extensively in this country, be
never went abroad.
Mr. Taylor was tall aud stout, with a
large round face and paternal aspect. HU
physical decline dates from the stroke of
paralysis referred to. Ho leaves a widow
and five children— three daughters aud
two sons. One of the daughters is Mrs.
Lewis, of Tarrytowu, N. Y.; another
Mrs. Percy R. Pyne, and the third the
wife of Mr. Rebel t Wintbrop, the banker.
One son, Henry A., is a member of the
firm ol Moses Taylor & Co.; the other
resides iu Europe.
Hide ft addle* for Banister*.
Thera is no little town in the Jjtate
that is more pious than Toinab, in Mon
roe county. The people there are still re
ligious, and they strain every nerve to
raise mouey for their ministers, aud to
pay expenses. A traveling man who
goes there a good deal, and always
seems benefited when ho comes away,
says he never struck a place where
there waa ffiole Jilely, tuore genuine, true
goodness, than Iu Tomah. He says the
peopld seem to tie with with each other to
see which can do the most for their
church. The traveling man attended a
sociable at a residence there net long
ago, which was held to raise money to
buy the minister a pair of rubber pants
for baptismal purposes, and he witnessed
a scene he says he never shall forget. The
residence was filled w ith the bes: people
cf the town, aud at the bead of the stairs
were a number of iadiea aud gentlemen
who were discussing the characteristics of
citizsna. One beautiful lady raid to lira
drummer, “Yes, we are full of enthusi
asm for ths cause of religion, and would
do anything reasonable for tlio develop
ment of our finances. Why,” said she, as
she leaned against the railing aud tucked
the lace Into tbe dashboard ot her dress,
which was cut down at the heel in trout,
if I could moke a dollar toward paying
tho salary of our minister, I would slid*
down that bauistor.” Tho traveling man
thought to bluff the beautiful and stylish
ly-dressed lady, and, pulling out a silver
Collar he handed it to her, saying, “Y\ 111,
there’s no mau that enjoys giving to the
church any more than I do. Hero ia your
dollar, and now let's see you slide down
th*; banister.” The lady blushed a little
and acted as though she was surprised at
being taken up so quick, but seeming to
realize that Is was her duty
to turn all the shekels she could
tuto the coffers of the church, she
atonco threw herselt over the banister
and began to go down slowly. It was
evident that she Intended to hang on
tight and go down easily and quietly, and
have It over and ' je dollar In the contri
bution box before the crowd fmiul it out,
but somebody announced in the parlor
that Mrs. bo-and oo was sliding down
tho banister, aud everybody rushed Jute
the ball. Whether it waa tho crowd
that made the lady nervous, or
something let go unexpectedly, prob
ably nobody will ever kuow, but she
seemed to cut loose all at once, and shot
down the banister as though sbe was shot
out of a gun, and as tbe procession arriv
ed at the newel-post at the bottom the
searcher after a silver dollar yelled like a
Comanche, and went over into tba
crowd, against the bat-rack and card
basket as though she had fallen out of a
balloon. The drummer says tLe air
seamed to be fairiy surcharged with
beautiful women. The minister, who
came out of the parlor just as she wa*
coming down, was hit on the ear by
the heel of a number oue gaiter, which
blinded him so he held bis hands over hi*
cy« s and said, “Mercy on us I” and os she
struck o.i one shoulder he rushed up to
her and asked if she had broken auy
bones. The remains were inverted, and
as she pulled the frizzes out of her mouth
..BM , mind the bones;
here’s your dollar,” and she handed the
shining silver to the preacher, lie took
it mechanically, while the lady *,ot up
aud was helped up stairs. Oue deocoii
who was struck in the p»*
of the stomach by what he took to be a
cannon-ball with blonde hair ou it, and
a back comb on top, was picked up from
under a marble table, and they had to
blow in ins face before he could breathe.
When hi came to the hist thing he
asked the mau of the house, “Why
ehenna don’t you hi
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