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SUPPlMENT.
THE INDIAN'S DECEMBER DAYS.
Tim Indian summed smoky veil
Uttniz o'er the hill nn nzuro mist;
ivnuil UK mini 8UUiilMl-ii:m Kltllf
From CAu-tan-tow-wltV court dismissed,
W'ns blowing from tlio Summer land.
O, pleasant were tlio dreary days
Obscuri, yet clear J that season bland
Tlio Indians harvested their maze.
Xovomber'a chilly Krcczo has blown
From regions cold where winter dwells;
Alas I tlio summer birds have llown
Down to milder parallels.
ita winter, from the land of death,
Where oft tho fitranco aurora Blows,
Is hastening now with gelid breath
From realms of everlasting snows.
And llqhtly falls
lie snecia in
Tim ornatu bo
While sunllgb
thoi
leathery snow;
or ine streams ;
vo to and fro.
the forest gleams.
i thn nlr:
oTecblu rays
Tlio frost Is flvlnc In I
Obllnuely shine the !
Of sunshine with diminished claro
During Uecembur'a shortened days.
Fresh to renew our energies
Then Christmas cornel with pleasant
cheer;
Amidst the say festivities
Wo while away tin; closing year.
Can-tan-tow-wlt (Jodof thn Southwest,
from whoso court proceeds directly tho
southwest wind of Indian summer. (In
dian tradition.) lie.
AT THE WHIPPING POST.
wlp-
want
A Sccno Not Far From Richmond, Va.
How a Negro Took His Punish
ment for Stcaling---Rcformcd Influ
ence of a Cowhide Tho Thing for
Wlfo Beaters.
Ccrrcfpoml-nci) Detroit Fret l'iti.
"Did you ever aeo a public whip,
ping?"
"No."
"Well, let'a lido over to Glcndnle.
Old Turner 13 going to 'peel' a victim
this afternoon."
i was at Malvern Illll.and Glendalo i3
at Hamlet about four miles nwny. As
wo rodo along tho highway wo found
ourselves in the company of
qulto a number of negro men
ami women who wero bound
to the samo place, and hail tho same
object in view. It was known for a
circuit of ten miles around that Lish
Taylor, a negro, had been sentenced
to thirty lashes for thoft, and there
was a general desire on tho part of tho
olored population to hear him holler."
Tlio thoft was tho taking of a hoo or
shovel I forget which from a farm
er, and tho prisoner would doubtless
havobcen let down easy if tills had
not been his second off em c.
Arriving at Glendalo wo found half
a dozen white tieoplo and about seven-ty-flvo
colored citizens on hand.
Among tho latter were about thirty
women.
"How far did you walk?" wo asked
one of them.
'"Boutfo'rallessah."
"And you camo to seo tho
ping?"
"Yes, sail."
"I shouldn t think you would
to seo a man whipped."
"Deed, sah, but I doan' kcer so werry
much about it, but my olo man am
lamo an' couldn't come hisself, Izo got
to tell him ill 'bout it when I git
homo."
Somo of tho ciowd had walked sev
eral miles, and nearly all of them over
two, and it was plain to seo that a
whipping was a sort of a circus parade
to them, xiiero was much speculation
as to whether Old Turner would lay it
on hard or not, and as to how the pris
oner would bear tho punishment; but
all dispute was Anally settled by n lit
tle, old sqclnt-oyed darkey, wearing a
stovepipe hat with tlio crown caved
in.
"Who's doin' dis talkhi'l" ho de
mnnded as ho mounted tho step3 and
overlooked tho crowd. "What you
uns sayin dis nn dat fur when ye
doan' know? Mass'r Taylor am gwino
to boiler liko a calf 1 Izo been right
dar myself, an dut Mass'r Taylor ho
doan' go light on nobody I"
I havo seen hundreds of petty offend
ers sent to tho jail or workhouse with-
out a change of countenance. Of the
linU-hundred murderers and burglars
I have heard sentenced I never saw
ono of them "take on" as Taylor did
when brought down to tho post. He
was a strapping big fellow, able to
knock nn ox down at a blow, nnd vet
ho begged nnd whlfW and noted liko a
baby, and was on ulfpoint of having
a real good cry when tho hoots and
hisses of tho colored people around
him acted as a brace. Still, he trem
bled and cringed and exhibited actual
fear. If he had been going to jajl for
threo months his faco would havo
worn a grin of satisfaction, nnd ho
would have felt himself n hero. A
large share of the crowd looked
startled and nnxious, showing that an
impression had been made, and I
heard ono man whisper to another:
"Fo' do Lawd, William, but I
wouldn't bo dar fur do bes fa'm in
Tirglnnyi"
Old Turner, ns everybody calla him,
has done nil the whipping at Glendale
for years. His faco Is nolther refined
nor brutal, and I could not see any
change in it from first to last, ne pro
ceeded to business in a matter-of-fact,
methodical manner. Tho prisoner was
ordered to "peel," and as ho slowly and
reluctantly removed his coat, Turner
leaned against the whipping-post and
switched tho ground witli the whip he
was 10 use, this wiup was a small
rawhide, about liko those used with a
saddle horse, and had a suspiciously
red color for half Its length. The
prisoner was slew about removing his
garments, and the executioner finally
took hold to assist him. Coat, and
vest and shirt were at length removed,
and Taylor stood with only his pants
on. The thermometer marked 90 do
(trees where he stood, and vet he
shivered nnd shook like a man freezing
to death. His arms were drawn around
the post and his hands made fast at the
wrists, and thon his pluck wns all
gone. If his sentence could have been
changed to five years In state prison he
would havo jumped for joy.
Old Turner wore the samo neutral
expression of countenance as ho took
Itis station and swung his whip for
the first blow. It was a pretty hard
cut, and Taylor yelled ut tho top of his
voico:
"Ohl Oodl ,' Oh! for de Lawd! but
somebody savo me I Oh I MasVr Turner,
If you'll lot mo off I'll die for youl"
Had a prisoner shouted thus in a
jmllco conrt in tlio North tho spectators
would havo roared with laughter. Thcro
wasn't n omllo to bo seen in tho crowd
around tho Whtpplng-poat. It wn3 a
warning which mndo men tremblo and
women wlpo their ojes.
two three four flvo fell tho
blows, and a boy 10 years old would
not have exhibited moro cowardice. I
think ho got it worso for taking on ns
ho did. After tho twelfth blow I saw
blood on tho prisoner's back, but when
tho thirteenth had fallen there was
nothing revolting In a clo30 Inspection
of the flesh. Thcro wero welts nnd
ridges and somo blood, but tho simplest
remedy would heal tho wound within n
week. When tho last blow fell tho
prlioncr, who had kept a truo count all
through de3plto his excitement, wns
ovcrcomo with joy, nnd raising his voico
to Its highest pitch, ho shouted:
"Oh I yaln't I happy 1 Oh! donn't I
feel blessed! Oh! fo do Lawd! but I'ez
do gladdest nigger in do hull world 1"
Every person in tho crowd looked
upon the prisoner ns a disgraced man.
Thirty days in Jail might havo mado a
hero of him, but to bo publicly whipped
was qulto another thing. Virginia has
few Jails and somo of those nro always
empty. Michigan has to lncrcaso her
prison room year by year. Tho idea of
tlio law i3 to punish. In Virginia the
petty thief gets tho punishment on ills
back. In tlio Notthho is sent to jail to
Idle away thirty or sixty days; to in
crease hi3fat:to feel himself nhero;
to play cards and read novels, and to
come out with his hat on his car. Ono
public whipping has n more salutary
effect on tho class to which tho victim
belongs than fifty sentences to jail, nnd
the records of Virginia, when compared
with those of any other Northern state
will prove tho assertion.
A northern drunkard, or brawler, or
villainous wlfo beator, who cannot
payla fine, goes to jail or tho work
house. In thousands of instances men
commit offcueses in order to bo sent
there. Thoy live well, sleep well nnd
hnvo little to do. In Virginia tills
class of men go to tho chain gang, nnd
nro mndo to benefit the general public
and pay their way. Itoads, ditches,
bridges and parkBTtro built, improved
and kept clean, and the law enforced at
tho samo time. And tho result is that
Richmond, with its 05,000 population
nnd its chain gang, does not show ono
sixth of tho arrests mado in Detroit,
with its 130,000 population and tlio
jail and work house. A bummer sent
to our work houso gains from three to
five pounds of ilesh in thirty days, has
a warm suit, a good bed, and flvo or
six hours' work per day. Ono sent to
tho chain gang of lllchmond lets the
first tlmo bo his last, unless he is a
chronic loafer.
At Alexandria tho whipping is done
by the police, nnd Instead of a post the
prisouer's hand3 are put through the
bars of n cell door and mado fast. I
saw a white man get thirty lashes thcro
for stealing a game emcken, ana alter
tho affair was over he told mo ho
would rather tako a year in state pri
son than n nother thirty lashes. Our
snivelers may call it barbarism or
whatever they like, but Virginia, with
her chain gang and whipping post
laws, does not record tho arrest of ono
petty offender where Ohio or Now
York records six.
PRECIOUS METALS.
Judge John K. Porter.
Tho farao attained by Judge Porter
as one of counsel for tho great preacher
in the Tllton-Beechcr trial, great itas
was, will probably bo exceeded as the
result of his being retained by tho gov
ernment to assist in tho prosecution of
the nssassin of tho lato Chief Magis
trate of tho United States. In tho
Beecher trial, as it is called in short,
Mr. Porter acted subordlnately or In
association with somo of the best law
yers in tho country. Even under such
circumstances his industry and elo
quence earned him an enviable notorie
ty. Ho was particularly strong in In
vective. No lawyer engaged In tho
case mado a moro forcible use of the
weapons, so terriblo in the hands of n
fluent and scholarly counsel, of sarcasm
und tho direct nssallment of the man
who, according to his theory, had de
llberately and shamefully sought to
ruin a great minister. So strong then,
what an opportunity is given him now,
as probably tho ablest and tho acknowl
edged head of tho prosesutlng lawyers,
to denounce the fiendish act of the
murderer who slow his country's head
and plunged tlio civilized world in grief.
Judge Torter Is in the prime of his pow
ers, and the cause in which he is now
engaged is worthy of his greatest ef
forts. He will doubtless bo found equal
to the occasion.
District Attorney Corkhlll Is fortu
nate In his associate, who is an adept
in criminal law as well as n most ef
fective ndvocate. His capability in
both these directions wns very con
spicuously seen in the Whisky ltlng
trials at St. Louis. Judgo Porter has
his olHco In New York city.
Up a Treo.
A Georgia paper tellS an amusing
story of how nn untamed steor troubled
several negroes who attempted to drive
tho animal home to his purchaser. The
ox was driven from the pasture, and
started on the road for Crawford. For
the first half mile he gave but little
trouble, but while going down n lane
he suddenly realized tho fact that ho
"wanted to go back home," and made a
bolt for the drivers. They held their
ground till they saw that the ox was
dangerous, when a ignominious stam
pede commenced. Ono of the drivers
escaped by scaling a fence, while others
scattered to the right and loft, but nn
old negro named John Deadwyler was
not so fortunate He was pressed so
close that ho had to escape behind a
tree, when commenced a tilt between
man and steer. The ox chased him
around until his head began to swim,
but during a temporary lull, while Ills
steershlp was fighting a fly, John start
ed up that tree. But he was not quick
enough. Tho animal sprang at the
man, and caught his horns In his cloth
ing, For several minutes there was
an exciting contest; tuo negro trying to
escape, while the steer did his best to
pull him down. At last, the hold of
the horn broke, and the old darkey
went up that sapling like a sky-rocket
He was kept thero for over an hour be
fore the animal decided to give up tho
siege and depart lor Home.
As tho boast vanished In tho dlstanco
Johu yelled nfter hlm,."Is'o a member
ou no ciiurcn, nut or 3011 tinks you can
skeer mo, you'd ono big fool,"
Wliltelaw Held draws 80,000 a year as an
editor, nnd 838,000 an a husband,
Tho Gold and Silver Coin Now In
Circulation,
Tho annual report of tho directors of
tho mints to tho secretary of tho treas
ury, notv in press, contains In nddltion
to tho customnry details, statements
of tho operations of tlio mints nnd
nssay officers; much vnluablo Informa
tion in regard to tho production of
metal in tho United States and in tho
world; their uso in coinage of this nnd
foreign countries jtholr consumption In
nrts und manufacturing specio circu
lation and nn examination of prices
comparing paper and metallic circula
tion for nservlco of fifty-six years with
tho percentago of tho yearly prlco to
mean staple articles, indicating tho an
nual variations In tho purchasing prlco
of money; gold and silver received nnd
operated upon by all the mints nnd ns
say offices exceeding by moro than $50
000,000 tho receipts of any previous
year, nnd nmountlng to $220,225,522.4G
of which $193,801,101.01 wns gold,
nnd $32,854,421.45 wns silver. This
largo lncrcaso was duo to tho con
tinued Influx from abroad, over $95,
000,000 deposited from that source
alono. Tho coinage facilities of tho
mints wero run to their fullest extent
In converting this bullion Into coin.
Gold colnago amounted to $78,733,804,
of which $15,345,520 was in doublo
eagles, nnd thobalanco in coin of lesser
denominations. Tho colnago of sliver
was confined to n minimum value of
tho silver bullion required to bo coined
by law, authorizing tho colnago of
BTANDAUD SlLVKlt DOI.I.A11S,
27,037,055 of which wero struck or an
average of nbout 2,300,000 n month.
Of subsidiary coin only $12,071.75 were
coined, nnd of baso metal or minor
coins $105,109.95. In addition to the
coinage tho mints nnd assay offices
manufactured standard sterling nnd un
parted bars to the amount of $100,750,
750,040 in gold and $0,242,282.35 in
Bilver. In tho refineries 11,449,-734.19-100
ounces of gold nnd silver
bullion wero separated and rcdued,
producing 1,295,443,259-100 ounces of
standard gold. Tho purchaso of silver
bullion for the colnago of Bilver dol
lars amounted to 22,130.920.39 ounces,
standard, at n cost of $22,578,911.72.
This was obtained by direct purchase
in settlement for silver parted from
gold. During tho year $17,700,924
wero transmitted for distribution.
Tho total colnago of dollars sinco the
passago of tho act for their colnago has
been up to November 1, $100,G72,G59
of which $34,090,397 aro in active clr
culatlonand $53,858,770 held by the
treasurer for payment of outstanding
certificates, leaving $7,737,0 J8 for dis
bursements by tho treasury In ordinary
payments. Tho net actual I033 to tho
government by wastage on tho immenst
amount operated upon during the yeni
wns but $12,204.10. From data re
ceived nt tho mint bureau tho direct
ors cstlmato tho production of the
United States coins during tho
l'AST FISCAL YKAR
have been of gold $30,500,000, and of
silver, nt its coinage value, $45,100,000,
a total of $78,000,000. Manufacturers
of jewelry and other articles and ma
terials of gold and Bilver reported tho
consumption of over $10,000,000 In
cold nnd nearly $3,500,000 in silver.
Tho assay ofllce at Now York delivered
to tho manufacturers during the year
$5,700,000 of gold in bars and $5,100,
000 in silver. Taken together they np
pear to indicate tho consumption of at
least $11,000,000 in gold nnd $0,000,000
in silver, which would probably have
been confirmed had all manufacturers
that wero addressed promptly respon
ded. Tho director estimates that at
tho close of tho olllcial year tho gold
coin in circulation in tho United States
amounted to $440,000,000, and of silver
coin, $171,500,000. Theso amounts
wero further increased up to tho 1st
of November and nt that date the
amount of specie, including bullion in
tho mints and ns3ay offices, available
and awaiting coinage, was $5G3,000,000
of gold nnd $180,000,000 of silver, a
total of $749,000,000. Tho silver circu
lation of this country boforo tho close
oftlils
FISOAT, YEAH
will amount to $200,000,000 and will
suffice for tho needs of our people for
coins of the denomination of one dollar
and less. The United States has done
her part toward retaining silver as one
of tho monetary agents for measuring
and exchanging valuables as was said
in the first of the report. Should $050,
000,000 of silver coin now full legal
tender In Europe, become demonetized,
tho United States could not, slnglo
banded among tho commercial nations,
with no European co-operation or allies,
sustain tho valuo of silver from tho In
evitable. From n digest of dispatches,
together with other reliable data, the
directors cstlmato tlio world s produc
tion of cold for tho year 1880 at $107.-
000,000 nnd of silver at $87,500,000,
and tho consumption of tho world in
ornamentation and arts is likewise es
timated for the samo period at $75,000,
000 of gold and $35,000,000 of silver.
'The estimated circulation of tho prin
cipal countries of tho world is placed
at: Gold, $3,221,000,000; full legal
tender silver, $2,115,000,000; limited
tender, $423,000,000; total, specie, $5,
759,000,000; paper, $3,044,000,000. Tho
circulation, including amount held in
the government treasury, banks, and
Inclusive of circulations, $9,403,000,-000.
ALL 80rTTf.
It la with happiness as with watches
the less complicated the less do
rnnged. NoYcr lend n borrowing friend more
than you nro willing to loso if ho can
not pay.
Manners nro tho hypocrisies of na
tions; tho hypocrisies are moro or less
perfected.
Each man has an nptitudo born with
him to do easily somo feat impossible
to nay other.
Tho season is now at hand when n
tallow candto can show ns stiff n back
bono as n broomstick.
Tho conductor's punch makes n holo
In tho tickor, and tho liquid punch
makes a hole in tho pocket.
If a dime with a hole in it is worth
flvo cents, n dlmo with two holes in it
ought to bo worth ten cents.
Thero nro some who fall to get rich
and so dlo poor;. thero nro others who
fail in order to got rich nnd succeed.
An advertiser In Texas calls for "an
industrious man, ns n boss hand over
5,000 head of sheep, that speak Spanish
fluently."
"Two hearts that beat has won," as
Fenderson romnrked when ho heard
that Ilobinson was about to marry his
second wife.
frpsldmit Arthur wan onnn n Rcboul-
master. Somo of tho olllcc-holdors an becauso
anxious to know whother they are to
bo "kept In."
"I say .Tone?, how did your book
como out?" Jones "It camo out all
right, but it hasn't sold worth n cent
since it came out."
The now revision calls it by tho less
terrifying namo of Hades, nnd now n
Southern editor mildly terms it "tho
tropical nereatter."
A Texas judgo knocked six months
off n nlnoty-nlno year sentence in order
to show tho prisoner's friends that ho
wa3 willing to glvo him n chanco.
"What a flue, protuberant forehead
your baby has, Mrs. Jones! Did ho get
it from his father?' "No," replied
Mrs. Jones: "ho got it from n fall down
stairs,"
Boston ha3 this year shipped 2,000
barrch of rum to African ports, and
will probably declare herself "off" on
further missionary work for aorao tlmo
to come.
Tho government has finally secured n
cannon which will throw a ball twelve
miles, and tho next thing is to bring on
n war somewhero within twclvo miles
of tho cannon.
An Ohio man who owns the battle
flag of the Forty-sevonth Ohio regiment,
of which Garfield was colonel, has re
fused a ten thousand dollar offer for
the relic of the war.
An Ohio girl sued a man for breach
of promise, and proved him such a
mean scoundrel that tho juiy decided
that she ought to pay him something
for not marrying her.
Breakfast Table: Egotism and per
sonal profit cover a multltudo of tho
nlledged charity that goes walking
around this land nt tho head of sub
scription papers for tho poor.
An Indiana boy has aspirations for
tho seat of David Davis. Although
but three years old he weighs one hun
dred and thirty pounds, and measures
sixteen inches around tho calf of the
leg.
Elmlra Telegraph: Will you please
Insert this obituary notlco?" asked an
old gentleman of n Binghampton edi
tor. "I make bold to ask it becauso
tho deceased had n great many friends
nbout hero who'd bo glad to hear of his
death." .
An old Scotch lady reprimanded her
pastor soverly for walking out in tho
ilelds on bunday. Tho good man said :
"Why, my good woman, tho Savior
walked out on Sundy." "Yes," said the
old lady, "and I never thought any the
better of him for it.
Texas Sif tings: In our account of
tho burning of the state capltol last
week wo forgot to speak of tho fire as
the "devouring element" and we failed
entirely to refer to the burning as a
"holocaust" The description of the
flro was written in a hurry, just before
going to press, which is our only
excuse lor apparently slighting this time
nonoreu purase.
Tho London Lancet mentions this
freak of nature: "A hen at a house in
Lalnferras began to lay early in tho
season, but after laying a few eggs
she suddenly loft off, and in time grew
very fat. Finding the fowl did not
lay, the proprietor killed it, and on
opening the body was astonished to
una two perfect chickens, with feathers
on them, within It."
Philadelphia Times: It happened
on a railroad trajn which was going
well, it wasn't exactly a lightning ex
press. Tho engineer whistled "down
brakes." "What's tho trouble, conduc
tor?" excltodly asked a passenger.
"Cow on tho track," coolly responded
the conductor. Tho man was satisfied.
Shortly nfterwards "down brakes" was
again whistled. "What's the trouble
now?" cried the same passenger. "Cow
on tho track," was tho reply. "Great
heavens I" cried tho man, "haven't wo
caught up with that cow yot?"
Rats that Enjoyed Fun,
A good story is told by a lady who
lives lnBnltimore, which shows that
rats have n kind of humor about them
at times which they will exercise even
to tho extent of forgetting their plund
ering propensities. In tho house of this
lady was a child's rocking-horse and
every night the rats would Jump on
the rocklng-horso and start it rocking,
and rock it for hours, seemingly with
the greatest enjoyment In tho world.
At first hearing the noise, tho people
couldn't imagine the cause, and didn't
Know nut mat tlio spirits had a hand
In it; but when they cautiously peered
out nnd saw tho performance, it became
one of the marvels of tho neighborhood
to see tho rats in their gambols enjoy
ing themselves, laughing and having
their fun rocking tho horse.
Burlington (la.) Hawkoye: "You aro
on tho wrong tnck," said tho pilot's wlfo,
when tlio narciy eon 01 tho loud-sounulug
sen sat down on It and arose with tho usual
oxclaianllons: "No," ho replied, after n
critical examination, "I'm 011 tho right
tack, I guess, but shoot ine dond It 1 nln't
on tho wrong enfl of It."
Not Used to Him,
Detroit Free r-roii.
The other evening a brush-street po
liceman heard a whistle shrilly blown,
and a female voice calling for help,
and after a short run ho reach
ed tho eceno of commotion. A
man was getting up and falling down
again on the door steps, and a fe
male had her head out of an upper
window, and seemed to be half scared
to death,
"What's the matter," asked tho offl.
cor..
"A man has been kicking on the
door," she answered,
"This man here?"
"Yes, I thought he'd tear the whole
nouse down."
The officer reached out for tho man
and made two discoveries at once. It
was tho woman's husband, and ho was
fighting drunk.
"Why, this man wouldn't hurt you
ho'a your husband," ho called out.
"Is that ao? Charles, is that you?"
"Bet yer life's smeo," mumbled
Charles.
"Then you really must excuao mo,
Mr. Officer. You eeo, wo havo only
been married six weeks, und I do not
readily recognize him yet, I'll ip
down In a minute, darling."
The Small-Boro Demagoguo,
Tixti SlhtaRS.
Just now being tno dull season in
politics, it is very hard for nn editor td
get anything exciting to write nbout.
This is n distressing condition to bo In,
as every editor known. Wo nro pretty
much in that kind of state of uncer
tainty ourselves. After tho editor of
tho party organ has chewed tho end
of his lead pencil for half nn hour,
without success, as far ns obtaining any
ideas is concerned, ho comes to tno
conclusion ho might ns well glvo that
great public enemy, tho independent
press, nnother rnklng over tho coals,
Just for luck. Ono might suppose, af
ter reading ono of these editorials, that
tho independent press was to blame
for tho high prlco of fuel last winter,
or tho now rocent burning of tho Capi
tol. Having nothing in particular to
wrlto nbout, wo havo determined to
furnish n description of tho averngo
demagogue, tho paramount potentate
of tho political ring, n living character,
who is disagreeably familiar, more
particularly about election day, with
everybody who has n vote.
Physically, tho political bashaw is
not gotten up to charm. Ills faco is
not as much nglow with heaven-born
enthusiasm for tho just causo of tho
peoplo, ns It is with tho glow that may
safely bo attributed to an Inferior
articlo of whisky. He rarely pays
much nttentton to his clothing, partly
thoy nro not his own, being
nly borrowed to keep up appearances,
ii tly because I1I3 tlmo is so complete
ly taken up with matters of great po
litical import, that it would bo con
trary to his conceptions of his duties
as a "patriot, to squander any tlmo or
energy in removing grease spots, or
manipulating a clothes brush. Ho is
so completely absorbed in discussing
the financial policy of tho secretary of
tho treasury, and demonstrating tho
pernicious effect of that officials flnan
cinl plans on the Industries of tho coun-
try, thnt ho never thinks of expending
n borrowed nickel in having his own
boots (also borrowed vory likely) pro
perly sinned up.
Tho nverago pot-houso mogul of
small calibre for this Is tho particular
boro wo nro now describing, 13 tho vie
tim of many strange hallucinations
One of his most cherished delusions is
that ho Is indlspcnslble. Ho has an
undefined sort of suspicion that tho
perpetuity of tho cntlro planetary sys
tern, somehow or other, rests on him.
But when it comes to tho party, whose
mlsfortuno It Is to havo him claim it
ns his own, ho is posltlvo thnt without
his sago counsel, it would resolve itself
into chaos. It Is almost impossible for
tho small boro demagoguo to believe
that his party could survive a slnglo
campaign, in caso he should rankoa
preferred creditor of nature, nnd pny
tho debt ho owes her the only debt,
by tho Avay, ho ever Is expected to pay.
If, however, as occasionally happens,
he draws a salary from some office he
has secured by sheer persistency In
boring tho delegates and voters, the
moro offensively positive is ho that he,
and ho alone, is supporting the party,
whereas tho truth is, that it is the
party that is supporting him. Instead
of his being n modern Atlas, with the
whole world on his shoulders, he, him
self, is a public burden, previous to be
bornje. He wanders nbout in an aim'
less kind of way, never, however, allow
ing himself to stray far away from his
freo lunch route liko an ovil spirit,
seeking rest, but finding none, nor al
lowlnc anybody elso to find any. He
will halt gentlemen ou tho public high
way, and. unless tuey seen satcty m
flight, or offer him actual violence ho
takes no geutler hint ho will inflict
on such victim, In a whisky laden
whisper, a whole volume or stale po
litical loro and decayed campaign rub.
blsh.
In regard to tho actual services tho
small boro politician has rendered his
party, there will bo an honest differ
ence of opinion. Thero Is reason to
belelvo that the dimlnutlvo profession
al demncogue. and postulant for pap,
does more to causo the respectablo ele
ment of his party to go over en masse
to tho opposition, than all tho other
causes for dissatisfaction combined.
The shrewder politicians and office
seekers see that tho unsavory, but en
thusiastic demagogue, instead of an
element of strength, is in reality a dan'
serous Jonah, who should be thrown
overboard headlong, to save tho rest,
consequently they refuso to fall down
and worship him as devoutly as he
thinks they ought, taking his zeal and
sacrifices for tho party into considera
tion. Finally they intimate that, In
stead of being the life of tho party, he
is m reality a destructive screw worm
in tho body politic.
Occasionally, tho small boro politi
cian and his clique got into power and
stick witn a tenacity that is wonderful.
Tno tax payers discover that thoy are
being robbed by n set of hungry cor
morants, who propose to Keep on gorg
ing themselves at cue publlo expense,
Men who have always voted the strict
party ticket fairly, yeam to officiate at
tho obsequies of tno. regular nomineo.
Then it is that tho man whose property
Is being sold for taxes lifts up his voice
and a rebellious hoof, and rails at tho
Bmall-boro demagoguo and the pernic
ious results of his success. An Inde
pendent wave Bweepsover tho country,
and tho small-bore demagogue and his
friends aro left high and dry by tho re-
ceaing wave,
THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
A Veteran Banker's Warning to Depos
itors and Stockholders.
New Yortc G'rplito.
Tho recent Boston bank failures fol
lowing so closely nfter tho collnpso of
the Mechanics' national bank has, in n
mcasuro, weakened tho confldcnco of
depositors nnd business men, who havo
awakened in tho fact that tho presi
dents nnd directors of mnny of the
leading banking Institutions nro but
figureheads," nnd to the necessity of
tho adoption of somo system of examina
tions of accounts which will prcclnde
tho possibility of breaches of trust,
large or small, on tho part of cashiers
or other officials in tho future. So wide
spread is the alarm, nnd so strong is
tho destro manifested to securo honest
and capablo bank presidents nnd di
rectorsmen who will dovoto tholr
entlro nttentlon to tho interest of tho
shareholders nnd depositors that thcro
is no doubt that in tho annual elections
now near at hand thcro will bo many
changos in tho directories of many
banks throughout tho country. A few
of tho old, cautious bank presidents of
this city who havo weathered not n
few heavy financial storms, and who
nro familiar with nil the symptoms
that precede a monotary disturbance,
bellevo that tho threo crashes of tho
past threo weeks are but tho forerun
ners of others, nnd warn peoplo to tako
in Bali nnd no on their guard.
"xno ueu nas been rung," said tlio
veteran John Thompson, of tho Cliaso
National bank, to-day, "and it will bo
well for banks nnd business men to
cxerclso.moro prudence, for it Is evident
thnt thero 13 danger in tho atmosphere.
Depositors in banks nro npprehenslvo,
nnd while I cannot yet believe a revul
sion is upon us, yet n few moro of theso
disasters such ns has ovoi taken tho
Newark and Boston banks will pre
cipitate a panic, nnd n panic will lead
into a rovulsion, nnd a rovulslon will
cssentlnlly break up tho prosperity of
tho country. Tho failures demonstrate
tho fact that thero is n vast deal of
reckless gambling being carried on
throughout tho country, which had its
first impulso in tho profits when tho
boom' was on and ill most every venture
yielded a profit. Wo aro going too fast.
I refer to this becauso in tho delin
quency of bank officers it is often shown
that the defalcation Is tho outcrop of
a venture. Banks that undertake heavy
negotiations which, If fortuno favors,
will yield enormous dividends, but in
which, if fortuno frowns, bankruptcy
is inevitable, must always stand in tho
category of doubtful institutions.
"The depositors and stock Holders in
banks aro sufficiently numerous to
mako tho question of bank manage
ment vastly Important. I attach very
little Importanco to bank examiners or
official examinations. Their discov
eries are generally too Into to savo a
badly managed bank. Having receiv
ed their appointment nt tho recommen
dation of bank officers, they are too
modest or too squeamish to exposo the
small financial deviations of their
friends, oven if they aro smart enough
to una out tneir sins or 'omission' and
commission.' Bank examlnersaro not
bank managers. Examiners can only
exposo, Managers aro presumed to be
on duty. Directors nro presumed to
direct or manngo, and to them tho de
positors and stockholders must look.
It is notorious that boards of 'directors'
are mado up of high sounding names,
with the object to draw' business, and
with no expectation or desire that man
agement bo required. In this fact, in
my opinion, lies the greater portion of
danger; and tho power to securo good
management lies in the bands of tho
stockholders at their annual election."
"What can bo done to secure the re
forms In bank management necessary
to restore confldence and securo safety
to depositors r
".First," suld Mr, Thompson, "eradi
cate every figurehead from tho board
of directors, and elect directors who
will direct Second, If nn institution
has a multitude of directors, diminish
the numbers to the minimum allowed
by law, so that tho old adage, what is
everybody's business is not my busi
ness, cannot be thrown from one direc
tor to the others. Third. Strive to
place the management of banks In the
lianas or stockholders who nnvo tbe
largest interests in Its welfare, and
who will bo tho heaviest sufferers in
case of disaster. Fallinc to effect
tome salutary guard, sell your shares
sjart a now institution, and bo sure the
owners and directors can bo counted
on your fingers. Depositors can surely
catch an idea from what I have Bald.
I repeat it, my idea 1b that directors
are fiduciary agents for tho stockhold
er and depositors, and as such fiduci
ary agents they should by law be held
responsible for tho full amount of
losses sustained by bad management or
by neglect or duty, and tlieir liability
should bc4f a fiduciary character, and
judgements against them should not bo
wiped out by taking tho benefit of the
insolvency act. This would securo
good rtnnagement In banks."
MUM HOTEt,
Tribune and Tanner: Although
wo occasionally find thoso wlw prefer
spring for planting, yet the Baajority
of fruit growers agree that fall is
just as good ns spring, and decidedly
better for mnny small Traits, such, for
Instance ns blackberries and raspber
ries. Tear trees and cherries, set out
ns early as tho middle of September,
do well, ns we have shown before.
Thoy become rooted and start much
earlier nnd consequently mako a better
growth than spring-set plants. Tho
only objcctl6n to fnll setting, is that
upon wot clay or hard pan land, plants
set Into in tlio fall nro sometimes par
tially thrown out by the frost In winter.
This can bo remedied by drawing the
oarth'woll up around thorn bofore the
winter sets in and removing it In spring.
Fruit trees Bet in early fnll, if exam
ined In spring, would show that they
had made somo roots, nnd the great ad
vantage of thoso to the treo needs no
dwelling on hero. Get trees In in tho
fall, when you havo tholelsuro to plank
them right.
Bccont botanical researches lias
shown that the trunks of trees undergo
dally changes in diameter. From
early morning to early nf tcrnoon there
is n regular diminution till tho mini
mum Is reached, when tho process is
roverscd, and the maximum diameter
is attatlncd at tho tlmo of twilight;
then again comes a dlmlnutlon.to bo suc
ceeded by nn Increase about dawn nn
increase moro mnrKeu man mat in tuo
evening. Variations in diameter nro
belloved to coincide with variations of
tension, but they aro shown to be in
verso to tho temperature, tho maximum
of tho ono corresponding roughly to
tho minimum of the other, and bo on.
In connection with theso Investigations
It may bo remarked that tho height of
a man Is greater in tho morning than
in tho nf tcrnoon, nnd ngnln that, other
influences being suspended, tho barom
eter is higher in the morning than in
tho afternoon.
Dovers Journal: I our western
farmers consider cun prices of
cattlo, $5.007.50, not high enough to
justify full feeding of grain, what
would thoy think wero they in Canada,
and only getting $4.505,25 for export
steers. Ono of tho main troubles with
man seems to bo that ho does not know
when ho has a good thing. If Canadian
farmers can afford to sell export cattlo
at tho sea-board for the prices current
at Chicago n thousand miles from tho
sea for ordinary butchor steers, it
certainly looks ns If wo havo no cause
for complaint.
Sweet potatoes can bo preserved
through tho winter packed in barrels in
dry sand or sifted coal-ashes and kept
in n warm place. They require a tem
perature of 00 deg. In the spring the
seed potatoes aro planted in April in a
hot-bed, nnd in May tho sprouts aro
removed and planted out in hills nbout
two feet apart in rows three feet dis
tant. The cultivation consists in keep
ing tho ground freo from weeds and
mellow, nnd in preventing the vines
from rooting at tho joints, which they
will do If not moved about continually.
An old teamster of fifty year's ex
perience says he has never had a case
of galls upon his animals where tho
following preventive was adopted,
which wns simply to rub the collars
Insldo every few days with a little
neatsfoot oil, and tho moment any dirt
was found sticking Uko wax to wash It
off with warm soapsuds and then oil.
A yoko from oxen or collar from horso
should not bo removed when brought
Into tho stablo from work until tho
sweat is entirely dry and nil chaffed
spots should be oiled.
Teach every ono in your employ, as
well n3 yourself, always to put every
tool back in its place as soon as done
with, no matter how great a hurry he
may bo in. Botter spare half a minute
now in doing so than for you to hunt
half an hour with a team or a man
waiting.
Petroleum is nn excellent preserva
tive of exposed wood work and tools.
It penetrates tho pores and repays its
cost many times over. It Is good for
all farm buildings, gates, tools and
rustic work, and is very cheap.
A pound of bones contains as much
phosphorlo acid as ono hundred pounds
of wheat. On many farms thero are
bones wasted sufficient to Bupply
phosphoric acid for all the wheat consumed.
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Cincinnati commerclil.
Moro than fifty years ngo 11 vory
good private school was taught upon
the Island of Nantucket, Massachu
setts, by an excellent Quaker gentle
man. Among the children who at
tended, were two brothers, very unlike
each other, The one was slight In
form, graceful and attractive. Tho
other, his exact opposite, clumsy and
awkward, and withal dull.
One morning the father of these boys
called to see the teacher, and, in the
course or conversation, was told plain.
ly by tbe latter that the boy whom we
nayo caueu "unattractive," "never
wouia maKe anything." "You are
mistaken, sir," was tho quick reply of
me pnrenr. "it you nnd 1 live we
shall hoar from that bov." Both con
tlemen are now deceased, but last week
me noy was noara from. His name is
Charles J. Folger, and ho is secretary
of tho treasury of tho Unltod States.
Tho schoolmaster first montloned tho
Incident when Judgo Folger was made
assistant troasuror at Now York-rrwitb.
a quiet smite at; a own Wpp fit "S'
BllllUl'lll',
pedal Market Report,
men Steady.
Lively, willing, and In de-
Tas i inn, but deoiining.
amas Unsettled, but waiting for
ft.btds.
fee Considerably mixed.
Fresh fish Active and slippery,
Eggs tjulet, but will probably open
En a snore time,
ky Steadily going down.
Imb Strong and rising.
Is ma shoes Thoso in market
ued.Mand constantly going up and
lively
WU
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Bol
are si
down.
Hats and caps Not as high as lost
wintetftfxeept foolscap, which Is sta-tlonerW
SilverClose, but not close etpugn
to get hold of,
A Picture of Autumn.
Laramie Boomerang.
The November sky already frowns
down upon us, and Its frozen tears bo-
gin to fall. Tlio little birds nave nusueu
their little lay. no nas tno latiguou
hen. Only a little whllo, and tho
vawnlna chasm In the cold, calm fea
tures of the Thanksgiving turkey will
te ulled witn voluptuous Burning and
then sewed up. Tho florid features of
tho polygamous gobbler will bo wrapped
in sadness, and cranberry pie will bo a
burden, for the voatoutlot goeth to its
long home, and tho ioe-cream freezer a
broken lr thjs wppdJiouBe.
A Phenomenal Child.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: There
arrived in this city to day a man
named Adam Castleman, of Casey
county, Ky. Ills family Is with him,
one of which is n striking curiosity.
This Is a young boy only 3 years old,
who stands 3 feet 4 inches in his stock
ings, measures 10 Inches around the
calf of the leg, 26 inches around the
thigh, 42 Inches around the waist, 88
Inches around tho chest, and weighs 130
pounds. The child, his fatber says,
weighed but 9 pounds at his birth, but
at G months had increased to 40 pounds,
and then jumped by rapid stages to hU
present enormous proportions. The
child Is bright enough, although tha
physicians have counseled his parents
not to tax hlra closely with mental
effort. Physically, although so huge
for his ago, ho is sound and healthy,
and makes what might bo called a
waddling effort nt romping round,
Castleman and his wife, though both
of good size, ore neither of them large,
and cannot remember any ancestor
from whom this prodigious boy could
have Inherited his extraordinary Jgo.
portions. They havo another chMlfan
Infant girl three months old, but liv
ing no ovidoncos of fo5r.ln V
brother's footsteps. ThgfdWiBr prCfJ
poses exhibiting tho boy as a curiosity,
Advice to Girls,
Tho Boston Sun has a column, of ad
vice to girls, from which we take the
follong:
Alwnrs grio church. It is a Bplen
did place to show your bonnet. In
order that nobody snail miss seeing it,
mako yourself as conspicuous as pos
sible. You can do this by rustling the
loaves of tho hymn book, playing with
your fan, jingling your bangles, and
constantly turning about in your pew.
When a strange man accosts you in
the street, or remarks on you In an
audible tone, giggle with all your
might nnd look around onco or twlcej
ond when you catch his ey'o glgsle
again. It is fine fun, aud by adopt
ing this course you will Uayo plenty qf
ill