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COBS FLOWS BB.
From Good Words.
Along tho swelling of Ihe npland Icm?
Where, loved of Bummer suns, the country spreads?
The rlpen'd llide> *rc swaying In the breCM
That soon will Mgh above their sheaved heads;
And fair ai ever early reopen tound them.
The twining weeds and popples cling around them.
0 Lord, when from this reaplne, ground I pass,
And hear my scanty sheaf te oiler Thee,
Of gaudy weeds and clinging Wades of gras!
loo many mid the grain will twined be.
Hut Thou?wilt Thou not say, with smile divine,
? Itxir iew*IS? poor weedlings! they were also Mine?"1
TREASURE COVE
A LEGEND OF Tl IF. TBORC SEAS.
Thc sanest light covers with splendid glow Hie
oust, of the PaciHe, nnd hut hfs in heiuity the sands
of <i lonely beach, wirara the raates are breaking
gently. Hus is n barra?e tidal creek, and Ita
cove is nsoott nnd peaceful, la- ing well protected
hy 8 line of breaker* that here He further out from
.loire tlnn is usu.il in snc'i plnces. Black against
the baekground of crimson nn I gold willi amish
Hm. greet orb deena bis deteent to Ins tomb, s
Loot looms up, rounding tli" i.iim from the sea
juro th" creek, thence opening inland; nnd arra*
emly the frail Tiara 1 grounds and tera men leap
ns!,orv nnd draw thc canoe up beyond danger of
drift! ay.
S . inief is th" twilight ef the tropics thnt it is
airly night frill rs they alight on the brink. Tbe
Btata rare coning ont nnd rel! "t themselves In t. - * -
sea. and fas away gleam the lights from aeatterad
orri,ins. The chattering blackbird! lune Sown
horn'* te th-ir night-haunts, and ihe belated gulls
n? winging toward their craggy neeta In the
adte of tin- darkened water hue maagroree rustle
-iitih. the bri ad beltana lenten wave irt the plant*)*
tion' further Inlaad toward th" ravaanahs. The
mournful cr,- t-( the lurking Jackal resound! from
the thicket and from the forest come- tue roar ol
the tiger?the Jaguar, while a thousand Insects
call fr.ni the jung1,". Nature i ems calling te i-*--'p;
s n. heaven, and earth, all animated creatures n-v
penr to be in prayer, llw <"n!v aoundi of aetivity
me the splashes ol the count-era ii*;i that lean into
thc air and fall back Into the placid, onward-flow
in'/ w:>icr ri the berra, and the fitful pl.nm of the
myriad fr il: s agninst their formicas hnekgronnd.
Kven those, however show th light Of their green?
ish, phosphor? a -ni limps but languidly, ns if they
lacked energy or stimulus for a more sustained
glow.
Tlie men from tlie bom. who had sat down upon
tire Lani., ns if weary from their t.isk of rowing,
arise as the moon clim's slowly np fm:*-, the
horizon, and turn to whore tin ir canoe lay canted
ii'iori the muda
** .lust yonder in the thicket," says one, " is the
.pct I lane m.'c'.cd ont on thc parchment that UTS
baa-*' lef; in vou- rea "rhett, thal erich ol us micbt
he ..!>le to trace th" woy again should aught befall
t'*o other. You cnn se.- the palms I spoke of. t.vo
t_>]i bul slender ones, growing close together."
"I see.'" says the other, briefly; "it is not far
to carry, and well cn*-.-.; h lor us for the los 1 is
heavy i non li."'
?'j iu.-i ure n? many who would complain of
the weight of ir." rejoins his oompnnlon, "if it
avere il,, irs for UM earn in?. And it i.* ours be?
yond n question. No one ran claim it from us,
though if cur eomrsdes un-rw of o>ir hating it
they mighl determine te take a share by foul or
by r:'.n- means."
They hive come to rhe boat now and are lift
in. onl the load from il?a massive-looking coffer,
under whose weight the iw , with theil forces
combined, -*)]'. stags r. And *,, th ??,- j? unstead?
ily ap th* batik and Into the langlo, rn the loot
ot the iii; young palm-trees, nnd there, plying the
spode ami mattock with a righi good will, they
s,.iPii have dug s pi! nm ng the nodding ferris nml
other herbs i". rank nr.d c usl wing, an ! with roany
a green an i sta iii*.. ? : knottc I sinews, they
lo)\rr in'o n the heavy, pr * i u- coffer.
"And row ;n buy our trensure," say. he who
hii.s fl'iyi spillen, "ti cover it over so'well timi
nene bul ourselves * 'n lind lt ever."
-- ' \ , bury M dei ply," rays tho o*h"r, " for the
her,-.-. ? -. ,ng earth betray- no secrete.'1
?* I am not *. sure nf thnt," returns the former:
? as thc son -'i < ? un its dead fir ra time to tim . i i
the earth bea hoon known ri lay bare ghastly bur?
ied barron-"' ibewntenoe is never finished. As
the apeakor hi i bren stooping to push into the
pir the loose-lying earth, his companion, grasping
the mattock, ii.-s ball lifted it now and then lr
resolutely, and at insr he lifts il sud lenly on high
md senns ir emailing down upon the skull of th
defence] .\ unsuspecting man liefore hil ! ti
lorou-,. cownrdTy murder! The victim falls in a
huddled, shapeless mass; hi* lady ls convulsed in
one or two fong, horrible quivers, and theo thnt
lorrn. so lately tull of strength and rigor, ls Inert
nnd st iii forever.
Thc awasein stands stock, till for a few moments,
gazing nor:! thc work of liis hands, upon !hc ruin
be bus wrought Thou be lam* nastily away
from tbe spat, and even takes a few wild steps
toward lire creek-ai de, bul suddenly fae stope, re
turna, tin-sis rh" body into thc pit above the
tren.uro, pushing it with the mattock, carefully
i.a. id,ng ita touch with his honda Then hur?
riedly, frantically, ho throws the dirl upon it, until
thc ?t ;.s le\e[ with iii" surrounding plane, ere
he tuns away again. Thc freshly-moved earth
shows plainly its disturbance, a Largish mound re?
mains, displaced by the box and the indy ol the
dead man. the ground about is trampled and in?
dented, and (yen one spot, ominously darker than
Ibe r*?, where the moonbeams stream through th"
ral? leaven, si* ow- whi re the life-blood of the mur?
dered man had poured mit, In pimms wasts and
Spoiling
Dui the red-handed one no longer notes aught
of tins. Thc silence and the solitude of the spot
weigh upon him with s potent, dreadful terror,
and his only thought and care is i*> floe from it.
Why. the very palms above his head, rustling
their havel at him loudly, nre accusing bim, he
thinks, with intelligible voices. So he dashes
madly through the low growth of the Jungle, ami
reaching the boat, jumps in, easts loose the rope.
rmi! pushes oil ni i.ast... from that si ore accursed.
But has fae left Ins sin und his av. lui liar bc
hind him . Not bo. Even hore, on tho boson ol
tlie tranquil water, a thousand witnesaea seem to
murmur ot bis crime. The voice of the distant
tiger, that roars in the Jungle, he fancies might
be the wai] ol his victim. The luminous wake of
H phosphorescent fish hus Tenors Mr him; he sees
in it the glenn of tlie '.'hostly moonlight, filtering
through the pulm-l'-iivs OU thar pallid count.?
aaec yonder. Ile ls rowing un, wildly, blindly,
eedlera of his eoume, and, Instead "t rounding
fie point, he is going st roi ghi on, ont toward the
briaken. Ile looks up to heaven in dcaperuie
hope of solace; alan I imt beaven i.seli (linties
mn! threat* ns. he thinks, lor in the flying scuds of
rio'id he sees bu! spectres. On. on, be hurries.
lending lo his oars till his frail bark bounds and
leaps on the beating swelling water, now grow?
ing .'?' r*- *.urbulent with every Impulse that urges
the light boat forward. The roar oi the breakers
m his cars is demoniac, but lm heeds not the warn?
ing; rather he hears in tlie clamor the outcry of
denuncintion. II*' is in the midst of churniojc,
loaming, n nirry waters, a black ri.eic seems re
uprear linell from thc raging waves, ;.n*l wrest
hu car from lum. As he bends to si:: t? Ti at the
fhatiered fragments, the ot her saps from his band
ai ?'. goes .pinning away in the moonlight, n* if
whirling in a weird dance of mockery. His boat
(rashes on the reef, whose fantastic mantle of
spray, (Inn-- high in the air. he takes at the su?
preme moment lor another phantom There is a
brief struggle between a stupendous loree nnd an
atom?and the mun and his sm are buried In the
??..?ivis forever.
a o o a o a e
Lon. years hate ga ra ed The two men who
once landed herc are forgotten, ths tate of them
buried ni oblivion, unknown, indeed, <*f ilnir r>? 1 -
lows, lint?who sLaii s-,y bow thone things nome
about??the spot is known as ""The Cove of the
Treasure." No one knows bow, or when, or
why. ihe name hg! come to bc applied. There is
no definite tradition or legend concerning the
nutter* but through some subtle medium Ute as
socistion ol Ideas has become a fixed ene. And
the two polras nave long since gotten a name ol
? vii reputation, and here, Indeed, there is some?
what oi definite sh; ping tor iii*' story goes thal al
nightfall a grisly tpeetre comes forth from their
shadow ead pursues the affrighted wayfarer. In
all the eountry around there is nol a human being
who will approach ikes.- palms winn the sim is
{nirry sinking, and In truth they are shunned at
tost ol n wide circuit at any hoar whatsoever.
Once again?inti th<- hour is now Inch mid-aftcr
liooii ol B brilliant treaiiii.nl day?(rice stain a little
b'-at comes around the Point ami makes for the
leach of the barra, ard once again two men step on
Che abase. They itand a brief while contemplative,
impressed bj thc abaolute repeae el ih.- scene.
The bread, green levee ol the bananas are scarce
BMir. all sensitive as they are to ihe lightest
raphyr. Thane uncouth forms that salute tl
uapractietd though ll be, with something ol di i ;
end horror, are not rough lofra, as mighl bs thought
m first sigl.r. imt swininafa alligators, lazily bask?
ing in the slime ol the creek or In tbe shade of
Um cane-brake. Thc Jaguar and tbe lizard, too,
are asl* rp, inn further within the Jungle, where
their more sensitive bodies receive lesa ol ihe in?
tones bent of the hour. The bunco sits m tbe
high ee.be?fee this tall, siik-eotton-tree will be
the first point ?o c.itch the grateful breath ol the
Land breena, when thal cool, refreshing wind
shall blow up sweetly Tl . ra his grat?
ing, strident challenge, but its measure, far from
relieving the weight of the day !>y a hint, of
aetivity. only serves to enhance the feeling ol
brenthiesbiiess. as the cicada call avill do. the wale
world over. So. too. au added heaviness romes
from contemplation ol the hawk overhead, moving
In la?- elrC-Oe
"Cnrnmbal bur what heat!11 says one of th*
new-comers, in liri ti j ? 1 Spanish ; " we have found tbi
spot, there is no doubt, but ihe hour i* badly
ch' ten. Dees it not seem strange, Felipe, that wi
should so readily bate found the tit ueeerihed in
th?, old parchment, written in mr uncle's scrawl?
ing hand, an*;, oddly enough, preserved la the sea
chfst of your father, seat hom* so long ago, nftei
that last luckless voyage, on whleh the two tm
I
.irked together, mid from which neither ro?
ar ned ."
'* Most, strange, indeed," says Felipe; " and. for
av part. I nm still inclined to think yve have come
n a fruitless quest 'liny were dna mern most
ik-e. your uncle and my Cather, and we shall lind
heir treasure trove to bc Imt rainbow gold"
" If. is more likely.** says .'ortunnto, " thnt. they
ron it by loree or violence; nnd you knoyv that
old that hus bern baptized in blood shall not bs
njoyed !>y ono ol' the same race as the iheddei of
hat blood. What have you there, Felipef" His
una changed from simple earnestness to alarm, as
is companion suddenly is shaken hy n poyverful
badder.
** I do not. knoav," snys Felipe; "I felt, that
trange, mysterious thrill of horror whieh is said
o be caused "ny the tread of nn alien foot upon
he around where one's grave shall be."
"nih! nonsense|" says ] radical Fortunato;
low WMk of y<*.i to remember dd WOBMB'fl
? up", st it ions! What. 1 fear is that, you may be
io*. * lupine ealentaraa That, lon,: row la ibis
leatnig, blazing sim. the sudden change to the
?tininess of this dense shadow, and the reek of
ank, decaying vegetation?eurely these nre causes
?Hough to bring on chills and fever in these
mylands. I think lhere must lip marshes here
iboute?1 had s whiff jusr now of sickening,
harne! lil? air thnt savors of malaria or miii*:n.
lal what I* thar? A man?perhaps a contestant
li our claim. Felipe I"
They are nearing ihe pr*.!?'-, from wheel shads
marges the stranger?s st ran;", fantastic ligu?.
imi in a tom and dusty gara of nautical mod
md antique fashion. Ile draws near f) the young
men, snd they note ihat he wean about, liis ii BM
i clumsy ..lil rosary, holding a massive cross,
mi? ha pen from oxidation.
" Mv friend I" iii is Fortunato who hails him;
- du you live hereabouts'"
The approaching flgUN returns no answer.
Felipe gripes his comrade's arm in a very con?
vulsion of terror. " l>*> you see," hs eri-s, " hs
lias no lace? He has no BUbutanee! Oh. God I
Fortunato, it la no mani It is a s?-otre!"
Fortunato gazes more intently upon the strange,
?lowly-moving object, and he perceives in truth
that he can distinguish no outline of a counte?
nance. Not that the face is eithi r veiled or
turned asidt?ii is simply vague and eonfnsed.
I'lieri he notes, concentrating the rame Intensity
*t obeervation, thnt tin* iigure, which glides
rather than wallis, stirs no leaf nor blossom.
bhough many must be brushed violently in ihat
??I ?- growing lungle. As the Shape passes lirt.le
gaps of thc op n, no suadow n*>r reflection falls
on tho srill waters of the lntrnon. nn*l th" shy
cranes beding among the reeds, ever alert to
take wing al thc nearing footfall of a haman
being, now forage on in undisturbed .serenity,
while the limn! humming-bird-- still boyer fear?
lessly over the bells of the convolvulus.
Fortunato hears a crash behind him, and he
know* by instinct that Felipe has fallen, senseless
from terror, but he does not turn aside, nor avert
his eyes from the horror. On. nnd on. till eldee
beside him, the Thing Bpvoechea, brit. the stool
heart of rh** young man triumphs over his natural
terrors. In the highest form ot courage.
Thc Mystery makes an Imperative g'-sture. nnd
Fortunato moves forward in prompt compliance.
Iii., ghostly eu i'll* recedes through ihe jungle till
!?(? rea*!.es the palm-trees: he parts the rank fern*
ind trailing brien, and the young man sees upon
ihe ground an antique, cumbroo! mattock, half
covered hy decaying haves, nnd verv rusty. Again
ihe Spectre signal! a command, and the yoting man
sgnin obey! that tierce arni awful gesture, wrench?
ing thc i ool fr* tn its imbedded phtee among ihe
dinging creepers, and digging furiously, impelled
by ft-verish excitement to a strength abnormal.
ile is bathed in perspiration, liis face is crimson,
his breath comes **? shorl und fast that he can
scarce continue, yet his energy fine*, nob
Suddenly his pick strikes through a mass of
rotting woiid. There is a jinnie of metal, and. as
lie wrenches the tool away, be tears off a great
linke of the decay .| t inilic r, and lays bare a
glcnmi*ag heap of gold.
Ile Hit! h.s ?. '..? to liis terrible companion, nnd
behold! no more the antique garb arni the vague
ci nfusion of ontlinea ("lear. aJstinrt in the broad
- i day, it is a skeleton that stands erect be?
fore him I
Then he knows no more until long hours la'er.
when the -en-breeze fans him back to conscious?
ness, and he revives, slowly and unremen_berins
st firsts roi-A-s himself to a sining posture, ami
looks aliout bini.
Yonder, s few steps distant, lies Felipe, cold and
rigul. in the distorted position in which he lin*
fallen. The eyeballs are still rolled upward an.l
the lips drawn hack, in the contortion of mortnl
terror, from which they will relax t<> conaciousni m
ina er, fur Felipe is n dead man.
Fortunato, gathering np the threads of his re?
membrance, turns back io the pit he has uncovered
beneath the palm-trees nnd there is still the gleam?
ing y* How mass ol gold, a-, i.b. tlie bonis ri a human
frame lying in cha*riv disorder upon it.I?Y. ll.
Addis, in The Argonaut
ONE WAY TO EECOolE TAMOES.
I'rom The rhlraco Tribune.
Author Von say the story has merit. Then why
do you he Pate aboul taking lt?
Book Publisher?Why. yon ran, slr. you have not
an established reputation. You aro not. widely
known yet. The announcement of a srory by yon
would no. of itsr-if ;.e rufBdenl to make a sponta?
neous demand fur lt.
Author I've Bzed all that. I have a friend that
ls a hook reviewer, and as soon as my story appears
he ls to brand ii at or.ee as a plagiarism fmm one
of /".ola's cartier works.
THF. HOS EST OLD SOVL.
From The Chicago Mail.
Wi think we ar- moving alon_ st. a ran!*1 nfc in thli
Mc.li!, 8<-r!?at:r>n of mus. But we do not knew lust
What rt" r.':i',v is until a-. p mer nome honeat old soul from
the MttlemenU, the has sot bad in opportunity "t
keeping -breast of the tim?. It, ls his innocence tba'
- bul wi sw too mens lo lauafa ;-; fall laaoranee.
There i* sometiiinc lin in !t-a smdv Shewing ores.
1 met l Bl "f UMBI Old men the ot lier dur in a hank. Bl
bad ?me busmen transaction there. lie mitered on thi
??. 1 ol the Bo -a nnd liked if " thl!" wa* the minai*
si vim."- and Trust Company, fi" irai Informed that li
iras, ile glanced at the floor and saw in the doorway ;
toot-mal af nib"?, an which was Um aaec t,r the bank
?? 1 lev ain't _,dn' as much blsneaa as th?v wan." Ratt!
the old mia. " Wh? I fust doric blmoss arith 'em the)
had the i-rjii over Ihe dour. Now the?*VI cot lt on Un
li'",r.
Th" old man ?? Instructed on the foot-mit prorres?
" Then this ben't tho linn, but a mat to wipe yow
boots on ."'
? Tea, air."
" W. ll. that beats rn*. I reckon when I po bick am
tell Bamathy about this shs'll ro off lino hyeteilkei anr
__r iv- l*:i Um Prohlbltioo party aein."
Bl Wilted In and looked about the room. The wnln.
eottlng of tte' hlilMl?inn room la of polish?d mailple and th
r.'.oi li ol Ulina- Th! old man looked around and a-skid
?? Anybody d'ad:~'
'- Leek! like a prrivevarrt. So much marble everywhere
I didri"; know but whs* it was a new*tragloB tombstone
_ kind of family burrin' ground rl?!i. downtown, yoi
know, i've keen a cood deal told ifaoul Chicane nm
ie in' mighty t.'isv. i thouciit. maybe they died ban
and the people ali.e wa* too busy lo \ate the dead ou
to Ile- p*-n\ eva,-!.''
This was explained te him by the vialror who hld bee:
actiim hs cuido.
" What'I tb*'iii brass thine* on tha borton* of tb
Counter r he Biked.
? Ths?i ire foot-it rata."
" v, |
" !v,it r.sts. Rails upon which the customer ti'its on
of his teeta as a sort of rest, when be ii attending t
buatnem.
" Wher*i tho chairs r
"They faavi Bone. Thor hiv* theae foot rails ao ___
a man caa r.-' without si tine dawn."'
" V.rMs while he is standing Up!"
" *i ? a, -tr."
?? <m one I -"
'?Yes; g?> oi," foot an1 th?n the other."
" Like an al l got -?? I've got down on the farm.*,
"lt is Quite mu Idea."
" 1 thought you sail lt was a foobrocstr*
'? Wp ll, s.m.e t),.
" V? I *!"ti't think I'll sar rattfall
about, that wiall I gel le,rue. They'd never !i"iie\"
in ii," world. They'd -weer I had 'em."
?? Toa <"ir'!it i,i ..a, Irdilnd there and see (he loci on th
safe. Il 1. a iiice pll ? t,f work, lt .* as noe as a avatc]
in fact lt mils una ena, When nie ,. aa eleeei the \_,t
in the afternoon faa ein't cct it open hlmeell until tl
? ork nar- n i er< lin numbai i.' boura."
The o'1 bub li iked r?\>t h's gu?. The veins I
his templei si,md rv timm tke rarfira, "Deft a*
.'i : ?".; a' anything Bl rhat sal'." he mid. "I don
believe lt. I wouldn't bellr-vo lt if I e. el it. You'i
treated bm an right, -tranger, and i alnt gel nothln1 ?_?
v,u, but I den', want v,,u to tell BM any rrore. I tit.
the sicn on th! IfalQI BPI I s-1 tie- f..ot roosts on tl
counter. Whet! a BM Wat! M r. toot While hr- ls trai,
artin' his btrueaa B* bby I can t.'il usaman thy atm
that, and bv lier aniidlin' ruy breath BMh
l!rs- ni" Bat ih! wouldn't liar- ntth me. stranaer. If
WM in tell kel Hir.1 tleefa yam. I guee! fi) ?(. ti
t ... ri. v OB ilil* the et. standln' on ono toot while 1 tl
arri tt.cn 1 mu*t b- shawn' uy the ci e. 1. '
j>;:/./f licsTist; is the south wood*.
I- ..e. Tl ' L'Uei Herald, Aug, !?'..
i v. ia n dei. amy 'p*- legally killed la 'iii- Sta
retal Utli mi ire bob in Um Bel
Woora preparing '? r'-' "'" '""' "r '''<? ihoetlnt 'I
? a wi cool r,f late tit" fleei have not emne
.- ? | bi they would ba? dom* )___ n,,. ;,, -.
been bet, bnl then will ne doubt be anotfaei , rn In I
IO? I ? fore long, and Ile n ]|< I: lvl.t ?
.,,'.? ,ai nearly every laka and atinnm in tho a*
laaBwki b rason tad ny dr-ei. far th*- BaaUag maaen is
very fattay mic Here. Under the n.w ]uw d?r may
kn,,d umi! November l. Thi Maim for bunting tlc
with Boga opens Beptemfaei r Bad ,!,?-- OeieherSO, (/i vi
Bayi mon thaa ina lUowed ia?r y, ar. Thi- _
d,,m of tims langthealng Um beoadlag Um is aaaMaa
bv I'tii-* .jiarMnra, r.lol many toinl. || m ,i,, | l,e fat ledi
stip.ucn thc season fay _______ i tortalghl "ff fn
Um other "nd. Bl panra li Btowed la kill ai UUM ill
more thia three geei Report! from Um Worth Wat
Ib wiiii/ larillU* - ticer are ,t,iir- plentiful, thoo
nu moir aa than la? yeal Th! ne,st ineouraging -ia
h., ai* ooma itt ? i .ii , Bala eeoai rj. ?
weaaa Umm is attrthutad i<> Um Uriel entoreemaai al I
lawn in t.tii-r imrti. .,f ti,.. w.,.,d? when houmllBg w
cr.iitlnucd umil Baaamhm U-t year, and when* " cru.stln
wa* done, the dc.r hara dlnilnlancU In nombera
BROOKLYN'S RAPID GROWTH.
NEARLY 30.000 rtlWCOlU-ttl IN A YEAR.
THK OUTM.I-.Q WAKPf* MM-lNO Bt?mwwUM Or
nArin mAKSiT.
The growth of Hrooklyn is I constant, mnrvel
nnd the added increment, hy Hie increased facilities
for travel, albulad by the Brid pe and the rai>:d
transit tims far in opera!ion. is already-enormous.
With the openinp of the now routes this yrnr, a
willer field has hoon reached in the outlying wards,
nnd the experted increase of popnlat:on is _*____%
l-roviilod for hy I.nj: ro.vs of new hou.es willi shops
af convenient points. The older parts of the city
also show- considerate prowl h. rspee'nlly where
huge npnrtmcnt houses hnve recently heen hnilt,
within ensy walkinp distance of tho Bridge.
The population of the eily, as estimated
hythe Health DepMtBMBti which invariably places
its ."pures lower than the census returns, ema
774,870 on Deeemher 31, 18R7. This is an increase
of -9.7.. in thc ytot, or e. -mall city added to the
already prent one. At this rate of increase this
yent will see the number rise above moo.ono and
Within five years there will he over a million peo?
ple in Um present bonndnriea of the city, which are
likely to be extended soon over some more of
Kings County in tho advance toward the sea. In
IMHO the last census WM Bt-DBB, which -trowed the
population of Hrooklyn to be r.PO.rn*'. 'I.iis has
increased g| i-f* per cent, in the last seven years.
Il tlie same ratio of growth is preserved, anl it is
likely to )>e increasr-ti largely, tbe poaefbilitiee In
the next few years are such as to show that the
city nt, the other end of the Brid;? bids fair to
dispute with the metropolis the supremacy in
point, of numbers within a feav years.
lhere aro. practically no limits to Brooklyn's
fTOWt-t, ns :i broad extent of territory bounds the
I re'^nt city on the southwest, son th, east and
northeast, uniting only adequate means of travel
Irom the Bridge and ferries to fill up with homes
for those engaged {n -ie commerce, trade nnd
manufactures in the buetneea portions of the two
cities. Already little tillegra are prowinp up nt
various points outside the city limits, over which
the protecting bend of t ho municipality will soon
Ire extended.
i>'C_tr!ASE OF TUT. rOI'ULATION.
The followinp table shows tho |opulation of
Brooklyn hy wards and of the increase in such a
way as to disclose nt a glance where the city is
(.rrr.vviru. ?.esr raoidlv:
.--Population-.
Warrtl. i Kui of Kiri ot l In
i laSii. ins.. ;cr?.??.
I.I _u..Il
ii. io.: oe
iii. _o,__o
IV. 14,019
V. '.'o.'-'illi
vi.! ns.'.).-..;
-7.180
'-??..?'oil
IT..'at!
:ai 4*'-*
8:1.9-6
2 0.O13
VII..
vin .
IX..
x..
X!..
XII..
xnt.I V
XIV. J-.SHdT i
XV. 27.1 ns I
xvi. .*??;< '?
XVII .i lf>,ft.8
xviii.i is.lal I
XIX. ii:..lin I
XX.I -?'.?'?"
XX!.I i
XXII.I 4-._8_
XXIII.I ail !!?
XXIV. i
xxv.i iis.T.a-. '
XXVI. 21.071 t
Tot-!a.i 745. WH
30.08.
ll'.iill)
10.371
1 I, I*'.
se. ure i
S7.B.8
31.00. i
I I.-il I
.1 I -Os
24. ISO I
2-.S43 i
.a.oc.i
'.'*,*; in
27 'iii*
4N.-I1.I
iOi.ilSH
*; 221
m.:?'?_
2B.BU I
?15.I'll
17.".?*:?.
13.419
277
1*1
ll.
ITO
:;ni
;", T 0
- 1.',
2. Roi)
.'jr,
400
SOS
?j. io
las
Va
BM
400
SilO
4.leo
Bil
2.con
4,.
.'.ililli
.sa. . i .. -,..,,..
ll.!-il I I.o' o
Wi*..:
2 m
28. soe
?"..870
'Ilie population in 18 on wag 2.HT"*. When the
city was Incorporated, in is:;4, it was 2.*>,ooo
in 1840 it wea 88,138; In 1880, 08,884; in
1880, -?;?""?.i.OM : nnd in 1870, 808,000. The eipht
outlying wards, the Eighth, Eighteenth, Twenty
lirst, Twonty-eecond . Twenty-third,Twenty-fourth,
i wenty-flfth and Twenty-sixth, supply 88,878 of
the increase last year or more than four-fifths.
Thone warda '-Te the ones to pro'i., ni*>st by present
or prospective rapid Iransir. The linea <>f
elo.'i.t.o raitW-)' now in operation traverse the
Motions ct the citv represented iy thc.- warda,
save tbe Eighth ural Twentj'-aeeond, and rhcy will
lie ranched ny projected lines. The new reid In
Pulton-en reochea tlie bi*st parrs of the Twenty
third, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Wurdi yet
uni nilt, and the new road In Broadway ii
of ciuaI benefit to the Eighteenth and Twenty
ll11li ..'ards on rhe dividing line of which it- runs.
Jn no portion of the city has more aetivity in
building oeen displayed in the last, year than Hie
Twenty-second Ward and tin's too without the
adventitious aid of rapid transit, which has not
yet. reached that port of Bl.kl] n. A -eon
sidernble part of this building ha.* been In tbe
'construction of (lat houses along Pifth-Ote., in
anticipation of th*' elevated road there, which has
bten abandoned for the preaent, owing to the great
amount of opposition evoked. But in the portion
of the yvard nearer to Prospect Baric the building
of handsome brownBtonc arni brick boones li going
on uninterrupted ly, the deairability ol the region
being siiih thnt now that tho tide of fashion has
Itt in thal direction, it is not likely to he di?
verted. Tho sa'e of the adjoining east side lands
of the Park in the Ninth Ward will still more en?
hance the attractions of this garden -pot of the
city and will stimulate the long retarded growth
of this rep-ion, which has restr-l under n clonil
since th*' original plan of th" I'ark trna modified.
'Hie Hiiriitoeiitj Ward represent* the other extreme
of the building ni new bouses, long rows of small
two-ototy woolen structures being put. up ns the
On limits have not been extended so as lo prevent
the building of frame hOUBCB.
ROW T'> r.i.T a BOOKST HOM"..
Many *.f those are owned by their occupants
who are thus enabled to avoid the miseries of
crowded tenements in the heart of the eily nnd are
tree from the exactions of landlords. Many pur?
chase their homes for the same monthly sums
that they formerly paid .as rent. The Twenty
aixth Ward has only been in the city little more
than a year, but il is feeling the beneficial effects
oi annexation. The farms so long h dd by th'-ir
owners nie being divided into building lots and
placed upi'U th. market, while many detached cot?
tage! in Queen Anne end other styles nra being
built with ground surrounding them, giving rural
delights with eily conveniences.
I ins part of th*' ciiy is rapidly bein-- transformed
nnd ns soon na tbe puvemi nts and sidewalks are
put in pro; er condition, aaill be ns deairnble as
any, ante for the time ii taken t*> travel to the
Bridge. The extenaion of tbe Kings County Ele?
vated mai will reduce thia and afford a direct
ronto in place of the preaent devious one. As
the newer wards ar*' fast lilli nr; up with popula?
tion, it is proponed thnt steps be taken t*> provide
them with adequate pork facilities by selim'-' B| art
open square* before building up shall make it r<-<?
expensive t*> put aside any lund for thia pnrpo
["bete aie still many netta oi vncani lota within
tba iTisent city limits and people who lira In the
warris remote Irom Brcsp'-ej. Bark should be pro
tided witli pieces for recreation and enjoyment <d
the open air, without having to travel two or
three miles in crowded Btreet cars.
lia- whole Bnatern District, eomprialng one
third of the city, is entirely destitute of parks,
hcverel abortive fiT..n*. to supply the deficiency
have heen made, hut up to the present time nothing
has leen BC-Omplithed of any value. Wis.- i, ,.
thought would not have neglected so important a
matter. One step now urged ia the retention of
the unsold portion of th?* cast salo lards fur park
purposes, as Prospect Bark will prove too smell
for the (i'v of the future. But toe penn.'.-wis...
' pound-foolish policy of the city government is
! likely lo prevent any provision f< r thc Deeds of
posterity. 'Hie principle which prevails is that
of the Irishman who said: "Whyahould we do
anything for potter.ty* What baa posterity done
for us:"'_
i iii: a UTOMA tic i xs ipi sci: ac, pst.
DROP A BICXEL IN* <)M-. Bl.**T .BB AN* A*-* mu NT
POLICY is TBXUST OUT **!' I.BOTBKB.
The |Kipu!iir demand fur MtaB-tUc Btteklnery that Wis
nair weight innis faa ihewlag cann or Bgawttaa, er
Ba the wheel, nf _ t,,r engine t,, revolve, when ? rilrrh I
Bve-cmt steel is dipped imo * .int, finds its lateei tie.
vetepawot la a psteated devtee to Beltvar
lecldent insurant gollelei le narvena paran!
v. iiie.n'. the t taral leeawpfaalwehi af on
with a catechism ai i Boater wltfa a t. ii-tai** arecii<>
Beepa, A rhre-ti lorantei, nleulatlag apoa nie (Bataan
, cf mont people far ii,pv"d'ic-, lia* pitenod n BMtHVBBM
, win. ii un Neatvtag ? alehal in one hint win thraat ara
of mother Bat ? t!iln strip of cardtward. tn, u,[. rarrt
, faoarB i? prinN'tt i .a.tai.!.-'" leeldeat laauraaei
BbubB tia- a Bew-Terk eaaraany, rad payabB la hearse
a__tet sitaii.ir eenBltleo! n. thov ?.r otiier reddenl Inrar
?nea pelleiea. Eaah i-dicr win aevet a j.* r iori al twenty.
four hours and win guarantee aa InBeaultji al |800 for leai
of life, gBOB for n le?, ano fur ari arm, Ind BBB 1 week
f.,r t','ti iiis.iiiiinv ai Uraga eily to gurrai HM ndlaary
?VOntlen M the. Injured purchaser.
A different ret of ticket! will lm supplied e?rh d?r ?n*l
Uirbo will le Inserted in the mi< nine, and thone left mci
moved once In oyr-rr twenty-four hours br the at* .nd
if. who will, lt ls hop-d, nil his bau at the aime time
Uh i-hliilng half-dlt ne*. An Insurance cnmpanr haa
en aerund to lasne thc? policies at two cent* each,
us leaving three ?nta to ply the projectors' rentals and
addends. Th" machines will tie placed wherever the
iMIc csn get at them easlly-ln raliway nations, hotel.,
umboats. ferry-houses, barbershops, blr-roorr.t ind
lier i>l:iroii whets m?n tn. women most do ronarojiafe for
I pui po.? of spend,nc their money, or where the dingeri
eldin; to travel are mott forcibly thrust noon their no
WA TERM E LONS AND PA NA NA S.
SCENES AT TUB DOWN-TOWN PIERS.
?BBB TIIF.SE FRUITS ARK GROWN AND BOW
tiif.y Arti* i)i-'rniiuTi.i) iir.nr.
The watermelon Rea. on ls now at Itt height, ami
rory day, <>n an average, there are from flfiv to
xfy Ihousanrl melons reeelvod In this city. Some
lea of Hie enormous ira le dune in this product nf Ihe
nilli Blay b. BBtbOIT-l kOSa Hie fact that ono firm
ono lu Waablngton Korbel faaadlei from flfreen to
.venty tbonsead melons every day. There are twelve
thor bouws la the same line of builnstl. and thc?
rmi have exclusive control of this pioBtable I.ranch
f the fruit trade. The chief supply of t!i|s libelous
Bil conlea from Bm Southern Statis ; around Savannah,
oorgla, TnQahamea, Timaiasviiie and Bainbridge
lorlda, being Hie greatest of the melon producing
mtraa.
Tho Sou!hern steamer! do a great deal of the carrying
rado, but the 'mil-, of the produce comes to N'ew
ork Btes Bte Pennsylvania Ual'.ro-d and Its Southern
nnnertlons. The main point In handling tho melon
; to ire! lt from the grower to the market a-s speedily
I j,,,. Idle, as the fruit ls suscoptlbl. and frequent
nndllng rapidly spoils lt. For this reason tho rall
>..ds mai the linn'! share of fabe trattle Later In
fal ,t ni, which lasts until the first of October, the
DOBtlng schooners br^ln tn deliver cargoes of melon.
?om points on the roast within thre. or four dayl
ill of New-York. Vrsey-st. ls the place whero most
f the fruit vessels dispose of their cargoes, ami every
norning from 2 io 9 a. m. the scene on the pier li
seeedlngly Intareettng Though the melon is the
hlef product being handled at Mic. present time,
maohM aad pear* from the Bouthern orchards are
p nln| Into market In great abundance. Virginia,
(Bryland and Delaware are the favorite growing
list rifts for thc latier fruits.
.Most of Hie schooners and railroad floats loaded
vii), Belt leaeh the Washington Market pie? before
lajllgl t. The Jobber and grocer generally (ret the
BolCS consignments, but with the first streak of
layllgbl the ilusky Italian with his push-cart bcjrln .
o appear. The sceno chances rniiiplnfely from avhat
lie market was two hours earlier. When (ho street
?oricir tender conies on tho irene, fhe eholc-v.t frill!
ms disappeared and ls ou Hs vray to tlie Interior of
he .'aie, p. the kitchens of the big hotel-, arni the
.tores of Ihe rrjriilar dealers and grocerytnen. Rut
here la plenty left for tho Italian*. Very soon, with
mich gesticulation and amid the continual din
nada by the rliatterln;; of the foreign monopolist of
he sidewall' fri.lt stand, the thousands of theso
tlnermit venders are supplied, and they scatter Mietn
?!v?s over the city to make work for tho doctor*.
undertaken and thc sanitary police, 'bia nf tho
largeel trull dealers In Washington Market attempted
o make an estimate of the quantity of watermelons
and banana! dlaprawd of hy these Dillans, but his
patience v.as unequal to his knowler!;? of arithmetic
and te p.ivo It up.
When an F.ngllsh tramp steamar arrives at Pier
Co. C, Borth Biter with a cargo of bananas from the West
lilllie, the lillians aro always on ham! to purchase -fae
demeged fruit, left b> the ?zular doalers. There ls
a lmvo trade done lu this fruit, and at. this season
most of lt conies from Central America, Jamaica and
I'uha. I'p lo tlie present tltr.o there had been re?
ceived In this city from Jamaica 1,179,884 bunches
of bananas, and from Cuba 771,"SS bunches. The
reaooa proper has only Just begun, but the receipt.
Dm. far this year almost equal the total receipts for
1-7 lt ls estimated that tha Inenaaed receipt! ol
banana! p"r yera are IO per cent. The total Imports
lriM year were 1,090,048 bunches from Central America
and Jamaica, anti from Coba 883,708. Pron 1681
in U i preaent time the Imports ol this fruit have in
rreai '! In a niara'?linus manner. At tlut tim* a reaaol
carried a cargo ot ..OOO bunches, and that, was then
considered a ;r?at consignment. Now the steamers
carry from l-.OnO to 80,000 bunches, and the ship?
pers do not think them to he above an averago load.
So \^st has the banana business become that one
New-York lian has thre*s first class steamers con?
stantly aogaged In the trade. These steamers ate
specially constructed for carrying fruit. They have
larso stoic rimins. Wltb plenty of ventilation, so that
the fruit will not ripen too quickly tn transit, of
comae these mormon! Imports are not all for local
COninmptlon Shipments are made to Western
citlei, i hu .iso and tho Northwest "? far as Mani?
toba. Formerly Bow-York was the only port at
which th" banana was received, hut since fhe trade
has increased so extensively Roston, Philadelphia
ami Beltimore are now importing the fruit.
The yellow banana Importations are 40 per rent
more than those of the red species. The sale of the
red banana ll confined to New-York. Ihe Ra*trrn
-talcs ar.d some portion! of Canada. The yellow fruit
ll preferred aa account of Us superior flavor, and
beeantc it is more profitable t*? handle. In a
bunch of yellow fruit, there are Just about twice ns
i,,any bananas as In a bunch of the red variety.
Most of this fruit comes on iteanie? to Piers Nos.
ll and IS Fast Uiver, and Nos. tl, 81, _?_, and 1*1
North Uiver
Pineapple! and other tropical frutta come from
the Weal indies anrt (entral America on the regular
steanicrs, but no fruit U Imported In such quantities
as tho banana.
.__.. t
Iir.V.IX .V! 7X7. ff.
From The Chicago Tribune.
'? You want a position In my store, do you, m'" T*
sal*! the kind hearted menkent " Von don't look as
If yon hr\<l had lunch experience in selling goods. I
hove onlj oas plaee vacant now. lt's in ihe soap
department, m the faaaement, and tie* salary li only
?i 7_ a wei-k. Bnl my wife informed noa this morn?
ing ihe needed another girl In her kitchen, li yon
would liku that place she will "va you $A a week
arni a j:.I homo. Which would yp.u prefer!*1
- lil take Ihe soapladv poa,;.on, slr," was the
haughty reply.
-?
TO tBOBBABB THE SUPPLY OF TERRAPIS.
Prom Tbs llaltimore American.
Whatever may ho the condition of tho Delaware
peach crop, the harvest of tramps ls more abundant
than ever recorded. Picking time has begun, and
the JaiK are all Ulled, good meaaura, bnl as yet there
ls no Indication ol the supplv giving out. Indeed,
io great li the abundance thal lt li r.eeominc a p.-sr
.-rs bad Bl tba* of Hm rabbits In Ann rull... Dwellers
nu tia- pcnlMuli are in a dilemma. Therefore tha
suggestion will nol be Impertlnenl thal Hie crop ix*
canned and els month! hence be dtapmed of to tho
New-Vork market a.s terrapins.
THE nrnoToy.woodsdale TBAGRDY.
From The Didl-D-polls Jnururil.
a traveller who has recently p??,*d through stevens
County, Kinna, tho ??.'.nc of rh., rceant uar between the
twa iowna ,,f Rugotoo rad Woodsdale, waa ai iii" !'.,-,
lieu ?? Ito Mid I f r* (iM ra,tv BK c's u
very watlikri appearance, ii: ? under tba aurvelltanee "f
troops, -Tic rr.,*;',is tua i* "ii I gl*eai blow to
the commercial advaneeneat ot Steven* County," he con
tinned " I found li almost lmpoa"bli ta nil merehii ts
anything. 'Wewani towal) nun! thlaga get Battled,' they
wou i -j t" ia lt is wont than thu it, hum im
fer |, ?pll Bl nty, and BOW cn!' r
j,rt?-- thal wera about *,. ba eatabtlabed hnve Uren aban
doned. Tha tr.ppii.ie is nut then l* liable at any time
I,.?:? prrp-r t.i t." aerlaui trouble between tito pmpta of thc
twa towns, i ,,tu <.r tiie 1,,-n t,* w,??!-,i -?? H-.re ihamefull"
BUrdered; ihe lelatlvae ot Iheai men emnprlM nearly an
the n?!? rn - i,r the place, and iie-y will never re.t content
until rh" marden ar" in nm way aveaged. As rut
llu.a.t. ti. tie- ptoU -?? BM la Ip' ( iii.plet-dy under tli" lie
Una, ia! critru] of the deaperadoea, Jr would fal hard
ipi lind nt,vwti ?!?? i | a.- et Magi robbers or euUthfOBta a
Inhuman as - .heal dawn unarmed men in told Mood ai
did tie' lin.'oroti fellows."
? \v i* iii. killing amah as lt has been described P ht
\.0* t -ked.
? I thinfa th..r the struy of the only survivor. Ilerhet
Tanney, the young nan ulm feigned death afo-r bavtni
an atm "!i?'. ott, ind thu maped, is an accurate leeouo
of lin affair. Tonney lived in Wood_dall bul a ?hni
nis i...ii,,, ia ni Kiara, ni. His Mather arrived ..
\v.ladala tha dav 1. ton 1 lett, ami *ai 1 aha would tah
ii- I haa with her aa anon 11 fal eoaU fal moved
\. ? - fae l -iii" siie wai preparing to sieve thor
rr. rn i'iin:i. roana Tonnoy gives .1 \cry dear seconal 1
iii-. affair, ii* and bia r.air compenloaa pul up for th
iv.t'i .a lol p.r har renell 'iii.- lattei wen Ib teni
but then ?.is nut nota \aai*e f..r tha Woodada!! bud
ai, ar 11 o'dor k n, ", wen awakened ta tin-t am tha
lift, .'tl of the ItUgDU) .1 men bal slipped 1I|inll them in,
theil MM. Ra I, las,, n, the 1, id, I td th! il Ugo t Ol
men, ort "l Um nae Woudedale inn m st,mt jp am
(f.-l litt.t I.nc 'Ile Utter Bid ?. little C-peet-BI win
v...- i,r;.v ii. happra. rhea Rabinaon pain tad lils <?
at fheiiB Cnaa, ..f the Wiuxlndale party, and savin,.. ?
ye.s- imi begin tm '.,.n,' ind. Thi athen followed iii
example, ind the ti\p' maw "fe thee Bown 11 K>- ? man,
bot . un? ot ihetn balag that r...,i4i times. Thea th
nd "\"r th- r?.<n.-K. kieklag them t
,,,,,!" -ne thal they wen Bead, teuag Toaaay ncelva
,1 torrlMe K!,-k lu ths alda, ami augend awn tren Um
r?r ?rv-tal ll ? niau he dirt rn.ni his la.cr_li*d arm."
?? w bj ti!p| net Um ham au r ? ititerfnn 1
??'ii. wen kepi gale) bj one ..1 twa maa who ?tn*>
over them a? nh Kim- \ ? al the Woodada!
neri w.re young fellowa al bm chameter, i?,i <,r 11>< ?
I....' engaged la yanna ladiei nea. tlie vii.de art.u
wai aa,,,rn.il ia Um Beuatala Maedea mas.acre, _n
'iitptii 1 ba d'.ni wita a* h.nsiiiv ai Um lau arlll nii..*\
The winne llelllile. t. ls In _ gnat li,...sin.- line o, ih
,\i?tAit,e ,,f Umi ab,,1 nimble niUW >f MUBUt known a
?Ma Man* I,mid ' * MUROM should take nc'isurcn lu
mcdi-f-iy tu lealM! th-i i.giuu {rum au much crlmluallty.
ABOUT MEN AND AFFAIRS.
OTES ABOUT TITE PEOPLE ONE MEETS IN
PUBLIC PEACES.
Pinion Coif, of Washington, who was at the Repub
can headquarter! last week, la ono of the prominent
lobrews of thli country. Ile has held a number of
npoitant Fedcrat trus!i, but hil great work ls In
inneeflon with the Hebrew benevolent organl_a'lon
nowa as ll'nla n'rlth. He ls president of fhe board
f control for the district In which Washington ls
Ituaterl. It ls under his dlrrcllon that a new orphan
lytum B !>elng erected at Atlanta, at a cost nf some
7.-),000, for which two thirds wero pledged be" io
he corner stone waa laid. Mr. Wolf labored for ten
ears to accomplish the building of this InstlitiMoti.
le will deliver a nntnl-cr of speeches during Ihe coming
ampalgn, and ls a fluent speaker both In Kn-I! _
nd rjerman. Kr. Wolf has recently returned from a
rip through Ohio and Indiana, where he nowie some
oUtleal observations, wlilch led him to say that if
.'eneral Harrison's success could be determined by
tu'ilana, ll would bo settled affirmatively without
urti.cr effort. -*pcaklrg about the situation In New
"ot dc, where ho ls well acquainted, he said. " Tho
republicans could not do a bett? thing in thli S!a-e
han to put Mr. Schroder, of lirooklyn, on th- Mate
leket ns a candidate for Lieutenant-* nivcrnor. With
Warner Miller nomlnateil fur Governor from the rountrv
eglon, If ls no moro than fair that New-York and
brooklyn should select, tire second man on the ticker,
md such a selection as thl. would give us a grear
mid In Bow-York and Brooklyn."
Captain fibed Wheeler says that In Dutchess County
inch numbera of Democrats aro turning Republican
bal lt ama7.es thc oldest Inhabitant. In chatting
illicit the situation th.ie he mentioned the names of
ia!f a dor.er. leading Democrats who wero out-pokrn
or (ieneral Harrison on tho tat Iff Issue, and added
hal these wen only BTBBiplf*a of the gathering throng,
rho Captain thinks that New York will go for Harri?
son as Malno went for Governor Kent.
Charles E. Rand, the president of the fhlcago Maine
Clnb, which enjoyed the honor of boin;; Iho first club
fo arrive In this city to weBotM Mr. Ulallie, ls the son
of rhe head of tho well known publishing firm of Rand,
MrNally A Co. The club In entirely composed ?f young
men. has about 400 member! and is Incorporated per
manenlly under tho laws of Illinois. They propose
to keep up their organization as a Ulallie Club, aa one
of their BB-bnBaaBe BMMBban raid, "until every state
In tho I'nlon i. Kepubllcan.? Mr. Rand says there ls
no chance for tho Democrats anywhere In tho West
and Northwest.
?Senator A. P. norman, the silent, man of the Demo?
cratic party, has been here recently, posting Chairman
Rrlce as to plans and movements for the coining cam?
paign. Mr. liortnan believes thoroughly In one-man
power, ne says that after the machinery of organi?
zation has been perfected within party lin?, only
ono man can handle tho lever. In 1884 he allowed no
Interference from any quarter wnh himself and dir
taterl every point In tho campaign. Ho ls not l!l;e!y
to Interfere at the present timo with anything that
Mr. Rrlce may undertake. Tho stories a'out his In?
tention to remain here throughout the COOtaU bl
pronounced to be wholly untrue. Ho ls satisfied with
lils experience In lundlng h!i man In 1884, and more
than willing to bo relieved of tho responsibility of
trying to further th* progress of Mr. Cleveland. Penv
!or Gorman ls fond of bunting, and men who have
been In the field with him say that after he roi h's
game In the bag he never cared what became of it,
nor even to discuss lt after lt had been prepared for
the tallie by the cooks.
Judye William ... Muller may be found fr*t|fl.ntly
ar night In the corridors of the fIo!7tnan House, since
service of rho Aqueduct Investigating Committee's
subpoena has been made upon him, although hs
was shady for some time before the subpoena
server raptured him. He has been yachting and faa ls
heavily tanned. When ar. preached on the Aqueduct
matter his disposition li to laugh If off. Aiming his
friends he deelares that Governor TT111 can be norn
Inated by acclamation If he ?*Vs fit to accept a nomi?
nation.
President A. P. Edgerton, of th" f'nlfed Stat? Civil
Service Commission, was recently at tbs Fifth Avenue
?Hotel. He ls a gentleman nf Ihe old school, standing
straight aa an Indian ami bearing his sixty years
wltb much dignity and impressiveness. He has snow
white hair and whiskers, but keeps hi* chin and his
lips smooth shaven. A high collar, almost Uko th**
old fashioned stock In shajy* and stiffness, supports
Ms hea'l In position and gives bim a stiff appearance
not at all In keeping with his somewhat 'Hy nature.
Tha Commissioner ls an Indiana man, nnd noth'ng
pleas? him so well as to hear a good Jolea or deliver
himself of a delicate blt of sarca.sm. " I am over
hero on private famine*!," he said In conversation
here. "What about Civil Bertlwl Well, now, slnco
(ienrgo William Curtis has declared that lt ls unfort?
unate that fhe President of tho Commission diners
radically from his colleagues, you might better a.k
thal qiiMtlon of the other members. Mr. lintis has
constituted himself, I believe, the supreme arbiter of
Civil Service Reform, hasn't lie? My Individual
i,pinion ls that wo are getting along well enough and
fast enough. The man on horseback on a ferryboat
may let his animal cavort and prance and frighten
aaomen and children, but he doesn't get across too
liver any quicker than tho passengers afoot. No re?
form run be accomplished in a day, and If you go tot
fast you becoino examples of fho old adage of more
baale and less speed. We can't expert In four years
lo accomplish what required fiffy years In langland.
Tho trouble with the Commission ls '.hat lr wants to
seize, the earlh. It Isn't, content to make steady and
lure progress. I was asked the other day about lt
taking charge of the Labor Bureen, and I waa obliged
to answer flint lt had decided not only to do so, but
was going to take chargo of rho oats, the mice and
tho rats.**
Mr. Edgerton was asked If Tho Trlbuno's full ex?
posure ol the Civil Service Reform record of tho Ad?
ministration had been filed with the Comm! sion. A
! rood smile spread over his fae? and deepened Into a
hearty laugh as ho replied: "No, but I hate t'.led
away a copy for my own Information, and trouble
enough I had In getting lt. Kvery copy of Th.
Tribuno of fliat date wits told out early after Its ar?
rival in Washington, ami 1 only managed to get a
copy by bogging it from a friend who had faoogbl II
on tho train on the woy up from the seashore. Will
WC cover theso c.vs In our report ? Well, the report
avin be very voluminous, it will cover everything
that has been done and a great deal that hasn't been
done, and Include altogether too much inoculation
about the future. The report aviu cst over 85,000.
ll will lake up nearly every cent appropriated to lin*
Interior iapartment fpr the CommBslOU'l printing,
so that by Juno 30, 1880, wo will be without a dollar
for that purpoee."
Congressman King, of Minnesota, who has been
down to New York for a week, at:d Who has the repu?
tation of bellin tlie only man Who ever succeeded In
winning a lrpr.d battle agaiist Jay Qould, li i bi.'y
taii.er, and bm created considerable onthnetasm among
Republicans fay predicting that his snit.- will give
between 85,000 ami 45,000 majority in -plte of all
Democratic assertion! about freo-trade converts there.
i ieneral King's experience with Jay Oould "ans racy.
Ile had bret,tm- involved In a law Bull Oltfa 18,000,000
or *M,()00,lK)<) at stake. Ile went off to Canada to
proton! seivlco !>e|ng mado on him, and remained
there for two or three yeats, until Mr. (ioultl decided
to sett!*) the case with him.
While (ieneral ll. A. Al-PT. of Michigan, was In New
York last wcrk he secured fruin Mp. Blaine . promise
io visit Michigan, shortly after tbe elora of tba Maine
stme cantara, to make live ipeeebes. Genera] Algei
regard! Mtebtgea ami New-York as the twa Btataa la
winch Democrata win nraka their moa) itmnuoui fight,
Mini is preparing for th" contest lu Hteblgan. He
says with positive emphasis that tba electoral vote will
be given te Han Ison and Morton.
when Mayor i M. Welton, of Grand Raptdi Mich..
romes tn New Yolk h-* lives ? the fifth Avenue Hotel,
am! likes to havo thc first Hour moms un Twenty
fourth st. which in campaign line's are occupied by
the Kepubllcan Slate Committee. He wm recently in
i,ne of ih?'' rooms for i\^> weeta, The room bad pre
vieusly been occupied by General john B. Knapp, ehalr
mnii of Hi*' KeiMhllcnu state I-, vc ut Ive i (jut mn te*,
ami one morning the door opened nKora_BOQ_oualy on
>lr. Weston ami a couple of men caine In reeking the
(ieneral. Mr. Beeton tried to explain thal General
Knapp was nm occupying Ihat room bul was fm ther
Bown Hie ball, whereat ono ol the men ssid : "Well
It'l no maller; we ran tell you Just as well as General
Knapp ami you can tell h!iii.' Thereupon, In spltl. ,,f
Mr. Weston's protest, ami his tryii,K t,, explala that
he was not of fieneral Knapp's party, they wont on to
tell him an Important matter affecting the Republicen
canvass, when h.- wai at length abB lo enforce it on
their minds that he was a member ?f u,,- DemeeratB
National Conimllt."", and chairman of Um Michigan
Many blue silk handkerchiefs M f(,nilng Into use
which bear the luac rlptiou In white lette?, ?? Tm
____.-V-?__
lue Republican. Rroteetlor. to Induitry." Bevera!
oustnds of the-fl handkerchiefs were distributed al
iil.ago. They are made by tho firm of -falch Lucius
Stanton B a member. He ls a graduate of Yale
tile?, of the class with Chauncy M. Depew, and
? haiidkerchl-fI were designed to beeome the official
idrro of the campaign In ease Mr. Depew ihould I?
?e the l'resldenflal nominee of the Iteniihllcan party
it..- Lino- th- Yale color. Althongn Mr. Depew
. i,< .1 rtfm neted .the bendtereh-eB hate become
...ular and Mr. Stanton"* firm has li-ci unaole to
ippty the demand-_,
New Yorkers have leen a good deal of Hamilton
Isston, of Philadelphia, within a _SW dayl, and have
arned to Uhr, him for his unaffp-ctcd manner, hla
irdlallty and lack of oitenr.aMon. Although ha li a
dlllonalro aeveral times over and iho owner of toni
dillons of acres of land In Florida, fae marched oa
mt down Fifth ave. on the night of the Blaine ?
"rptlon parad?, like his other fellow Republican! whe
ad less wealth but no moro _?-WS_B__B -''r- l?-BB_BI
liowed bis eaO-UMMa and color* WhBa here by put
ng up .7, .00 BgalMl 010,000 rhar Qtayotei Harrison
rouM be the Best It*? ident of tho United Sfarei.
Tlie great Cumberland ball, which rolled dowd
Ifth ave. on ti.e occasion of BM Republican parade,
i a larger patten of tba original ball which rolled
brough the eountry Buring i IA Although Mr.
Halal was th-n only a tod, be remembers vividly tha
Umbertand ban el toa Int Barrlsea campaign, ai
pa -'-'I through Itrowpsvllle, Penn., where he wal
hen living. In his youthful eyea lt was the grr-ateit
urlo-liy he had ever seen, and lt was months after ll
a*l rolled Its way through the tillea before he eeaaed
alklng about it. The Cumberland ball of this year
.as mode by the grandson! al 'te* mea who con
tructed the flrei one, and cs existence t* duo te tho
Inanclal enconragetnenl given tr rm fay s. i:. Elkins,
i they made their appeal for funds to carry
?it tiiiar plana _
General John C. Fremont !s the guest of a personal
rtonid In Baw .array, and viii remain In thli vicinity
or a month on private binlness. Hs family li al
.os Aug lae, i ai. when Mrs. riemonl i* engaged ii
Iterery work. Tba General has a tine hoara there,
mt ls by no means weall hy, and finds lt nccssary t**>
emaln In active bn'lrr-.s pursuits in eldee to ma'.?
mis m.ot. He was uptown the other day, and la
epiy to an Inquiry about h!s own partlelpottoa in the
tolitlcal campaign for the pavty of which he was tha
Irst Presidential leader, remarked that no exertion
rn his part v.as nccesiary, because tba Republleaa
Icket was sure to win. (ieneral ! lemont spent ran
ildenbla time on the stump In 1--1. and lt ls not
ir,!:., ly tbat ho will tum ont with the younger
reneratlon this year. His hair ls snow white and hil
!__eely triaused full heard like the driven Enow.
n making about California, he said: 'The people
if the Slate ar-* Intellectual and Intelligent m a high
legree, grea* numben teing natives ol e Mlddfa and
? state ??? here I i educated. There
s great weall nd unexceptional racial
ondltlons, which v.. find v.-ry plaaaaal for awi
-Unlly." _
General creen n. Beam, of illinois, was at H .
. Ifth Avenue nofel last week In an alpaca coa ard
i straw hat. no frequently removed his hat to
arlpe the portpliatlon from his high bald forehead.
He carried a gi-ar palm leaf far. about, but lt seemed
io give him little relief from tba boat General
iJaum was Dnited Stales Infernal Revenue rommis
iloner by appointment from General Grant, and la
now engaged In the legal profession at Walkington*
ii" takes a bli shaw ol taten i in political ___y%_*
it'.oiits and wa. bm "f Senator Sherman's principal
-daleen in thc caucus for tba BepnMlcaa Presidential
nomination. Speaking of the situation from a Wash
Ing'on point of view, he said: '-President 'leveland
ls evidently holding ba- k his letter of a-reptanr.
until tho Senate Republican! shall preaent a substi?
tute Dir tba Milln bill They are I adj fo produce
lUCfa a bill .ts BOOn BJ lil* letter I lie. It ll
a very pretty game "f I tb tho al
vantage all on om ikle, because wa can wait till
niter election." _
Vermont's Democratic boss, Colonel Bradley n.
Smalley, was here on Friday. He ores fp*rmerly ??>
rotary of toa Democratic Kallona] boeotian CaaaralB
tee, and things have been going so badly at head*
?iarters, between lbs talkative chairman, disgusted
bade? and leaky emph yea, that h* WM requested tn
corrie down and help ger the campaign Into sonia
ihape. The Colonel, when asked for an election r??
diction, sa'd he li'd better relate as hil reply h's ex?
perience of last winter with ex-Con gre? maa ".Tack
Adami, of th', city. "Jack wai tory much disgusted
with Cleveland'! met aga," raid Colonel .-malley.
" He was telling me that the Democratic party was oa
Ps way to hades; rhat we WOUld lose New-York, New
Jersey, Connecticut and ra on. 'Look lr-:-**. .Tack,' I
said to him, 'I don't know anything about N'*w-Y*ar\-,
New-Jersey or Connecticut. Int Ive jut got f.00
In my locket and I'll tell you what 1*11 do wirh yoi,
I'll bc' you 8500 even that Vermont will give Cleve
laird 75.000 plurality for President.1 Jack looted
at me steadily for a minute am! I never flinched,
'('et a'.mir-.' he .aid at last, 'I don't know anything
about Vermont' so i bluffed him In spin* of th_
tact thar Vermont has only 65,000 antes all told.
'I I ?? point to my story ls just thia, thai when I wal
secretary of tba committee, if i bad known wa wen
piing to be whipped by a million majority. 1 wooli
have bluffed everybody who asked n.e. just as I dil
Ja.-k.-'
A prominent merchant of Detroit ls Allen Sheldon,
w!io has been here for several days, and was seei
yesterday In company with (ieneral R. A. Alger al
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. They are both six footers,
but Mr. Bhaldon has more Boah than tho General,
arid has a plump, broad, clean-shavrn face. He waa
the business partner of the late Senator Zachariah
Chandler, of whom Mr. Daine once said that thu
country needed "a new crop of Each. Chandler back?
bones." Ills persona! ambitions are all In the line
of buslne-,, ami he does not take any active part la
politics, although an earnest Republican. He saya
that his correspondence Indicate! thai the Republleaa
party ls almost absolutely certain to win tua PresU
dential election."
?
THE .VJ FF TRAINING SQUA PROS',
IT TAKES POOR B'*>TS AND TERNS THEM OCT.
GOOD sa il.*)KS AND GOODCITUEKB
The r-c-'n*. Betlan of the Navy D'; ailment ?!..ttva tl
tii? laying M ?f Um three mltlM 'c,i '""r* of the training
lUtadr?). a Map which eaoiei BppnfaraBoa en *_?> part of
tra |.'i>'-: *. \snc. aavi tottered :ii" ->?*?-m. and who now.
r aar Ita des'ru, ti..n, << deprecated ir aerally, bath in ant
aol af tM Bavy. Tri') training ayttt m had almost, reache.v
perfection, and In th'< Bfteon \- in ri i-* BSlaaraee Ad?
miral* .ion,-", .tn i Loee, rad Captain! ft bm . Bl I i. wiitm
arel u'lier* ha\--' Bl -?''.!'; iliv Bl ' 1 time, MMgJP anl
mai? tn miiMitnin it. Tier extBleoos lu Bew?Yaiti amt
other large cllies ,,f ? r. luiidaiit. population U a fact ad*
uiitte.d bT all'sn,'ml _nd pollUeal ??,?.?!!..mists. Th. nuin*
ber ol chfldna who, from tM poverty rad laek el Butti I
th?ir parnta, ar.- setthei i In ated mir Inatraeted lu any
trade er industrial raitt) ?-? is all rhe time laereaBag.
i ? 1 r anita ot
the mis-.lb _, pind'tf.-i . i poor, mil many
tMawnda ef toem tatt te And any I tn m. Tt>
deal wi?li th.. i li , fig | -..b'.env,
tl waa In pan Mtved r:' I years iga bv th.tablla_nMt
, ?; ih* ii ival tr m. On *',, : I -
?? - nrvlee there have bean al et i amny ra 880
Mya A u?ful rrnlnine was gtveo thea-, ail they wow
brooch! andei discipline at aa sgt whom theil tali i. wero
?nieepttUi of good | iii pa ens govi their
?ai nt ,,f theil - "i- BBtil tMy we?,
ne yean ... age, ? >. . .tined iMi I I v. > _\
never been inside .f ,i reformatory bot convicted of any
cr::!i".
Tia* boyi wereael ted a il tee*, md uj..on ur,
riving pm b aid il ob aaaui i 1 tM ordinary ravy dress
and began t!e lr Bril - They
vcr" UVUgfa! tn dn tlie I III !" \MirI. ur a war \t-s-!, the man*,
nins nf the vari*. tM looting H '. makiri- Tnt tarting of tha
sall*, til" bandon, af Mi" ISM?, .Hit BU tM ?? I"- ib'slis.
V.i',- tMy lac-e. in indi*.'. , ? vip tn
Bambara it i- an tetereatlng righi ?,? ?*? these young
lapwatl ? i . heap al _?_?__? on
in ant hui, !.ii torengfa '!"'"? Intricate ev_tul mi with an
i tu.* wrneetaeea faegoiti a ol pborare uti Interest in taeir
VOTfa : an i ta reflect fol ii mu,.ern M B _ 1MB BM OOBl 1
(?av- t e. n h , 1 |,,,t _%_ p. ; |, .,, .. | .
i ?'I'* ? - ' - envy 'ie- originator et thi? v..,ric.
After paieing through their tratnti ? ? lei tM a.-tiva
mrvtee ft Ute Wavy ? tM merchaai -Mrlne, lu a h!.!.
?tate "f efl cy aa ?? | ii I with thal ,.f tM Navy dpir
llIB lM * ivd Wi: ,r they tnav i.'ntii to the I f.> ef fha
l.nip'isiii-ri. in MPttip* eas.'s ?i .|._ metU hsfa h.l\e 1-+
eoste v..'.?mi- o --. ,i". ra | bbmib m th- Navy.
i- I _ ? I whether Um Bwral BtrarayheN of tha
ship ami tM ntrron . Mya ai anea iftel .1 tts
theoo ?M faa.
trey ? s;,iiit ?f in,- ... nitn-i
tinia.?'!%, >, are I,,,,! lb.-.* who >tar
ur.- happy and conti ? i tM] ihe i ??? ntmaai inlaraal in
their work, ami while Improving la bi lilli sad phyMiiue.
ap|pear tn apple,dat.- toll] IM idVBBtagM faeBaN them.
IM VIM," POI I DMD DTDJ IV.
t rom 1'orvst ami BtNom.
If an Indian ls Ulled IB a quarrel h's reUflv? art
uauall) appeased by payment, i remenitor once a
ovei-ltearlng young Vaslnabolne bock -.itu. into
(he Milk inver Agency and beat kia bow and arrow
on ihe agent's p.?t dog, yan ageni warned kim lt he
shot iM it?>-_ ie- would kill iii* Indian, tho lonni
luck .hoi in* arrow, toe anal killed kim. we ec*
txeied i" hav,- some Irouble, bul tho gi let -a nicken
tatter came torwi | , ,if ,.f the relatttei aad
claimed that. In < onsidei-atlon p>f the young man faeina
tuc fa a good bu if alu runnel-, iii" aa ol 1101*1 pa) br tho
lo.-s of iuch ? oerton 1 1 ??! blanket, a pi. te ot ,'.i!t..i
and lour ponuai of sugar, ll.mplied wltb their
deiiiaiitls. hui the Vengeful ninia es thereafter
adopted him as their banter, rte mother a,-. ?(-,,
i"Uti\t.s of ihe sum Nilling mau warcely ever mei
the agent without embracing lum anti erith rm- aj-lna
'??ib us beggtug for suniniaiug umro in iviuembraivoa
of the good bulfalo runner. warn