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JOURNAL AND mESSL rrnricnHATn TT'T? i-> VTJJJXU THE FAMILY JOURVAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC .VEITS, EtC.-I’KICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. ■—■ GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826. MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1882. .VOLUME LVI-NO 20 A I.EA IF.-TAHIXU. I man-el wlille la either check. Her hair—ah, t Mt bands go there! lint mt carcases * Meet not here, * O golden tresses That thread my (can 1 I kin the eye* on either Ud, Where her loro lice Forever hid. X cease my weeping And amlle and cay, X will be Peering Thus, some day! -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 Liter diseases, headache, and cons tlon, eauasd by bad .digestion, qul cured by Bruwu’s Iron Billers. lighiumg- __ as nearly the lady and her iah stars, and ah* r i-i i.,\ saying that 1 j l but th.* drummer •a is * every time she though * i loif lie says at it he , gelling All depeuda c