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CORN, OATS AND POTATOES.
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w Oats and Po'atoes. 10 y in price and reliable
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And he was red in the face as he left.
Detroit Free Press.
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WATERS,
NEW SCALE PIANOS

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WATERS CONCERTO ORGANS
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SO TO S2O: ; organs. SIS to g 10; Second hand
Instrumen ts. s 3to 5 ,moIthly after frst De post
AaErTs WANTED. liberal discountto Teachers,
Ministers. Churchee, Schools. Lodges. etc. Special
Inducements to the trade. illustrated Cataloe ues
Mailed. HORACE WATERS s SONS .4SI Brold-
way, New York. Box 1861.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY
DEPOSITORY.

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NIIII MERRY.

Bonnsts. Hats, Frames Flowers, Ribbons. Feath-
short everything thts line of the latest style,
can be found at the 'sTwin Fronts.' Airs. Gold
an 18th and Miss KATE Walters will be pleased to
their lady customers at early day, and pied gs
thsInseives to nsnufacture and fill to the best Of
their ability all orders entrusted their care upon
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ulating, and the fever seemed to be des-
tined to rage until some failure brought
the public back to discretion and reason
The company had been formed under
the law regulating all chartered stock COM
been one hundred thousand pounds, stock
having been issued to that amount. Divi-
dends we're expected semi-annually. The
amount Of stock issued was protected by
mortgages to the government to the amount
Of one hundred thousand pounds, the
property most mortgaged consisting of
Cecil Esmond's villa a few miles from
London, and other real estate belonging
to the directors. The law required secu-
rity to the amount Of the stock issued, it
being not only illegal but positively crimi-
nal to issue surplus stock unsecured by
mortgage TO the government. Thus every
body felt secure, and the entire amount Of
stock Of the company waSafioat upon the
market.
Of Eugene Faber but little was kuown.
He was a second cousin to Cecil Esmond,
and had been elected the secretary of the
company through the influence OF Cecil |
Esmond. There was as wide difference
between them as it was possible TO con
ceive, the younger and president Of the
company being man who instinctively
inspired confidence in all who met him.
Rumor was rife with much gossip as to his
approaching marriage with the only and
beautiful daughter of Sir Edward Berton.
Eveline Berton The union seemed a
most auspicious one being between parties
who seemed especially adapted to one
another. The young capitalist held posi-
tion Of untarnished honor among business
men, and his future seemed a fair pros
pect for wealth and inf Ience.
On the other hand, Eugene Faber was
unpopular and generally disliked. Cyni-
cal, uncommunicatlve and reticent. he was
not only IN appearance grutf and uncivIl
man but one whose whole manner indi-
Gated avarice, selhshness and singleness Of
purpose only in the way of self-interest.
He was reported to live in fair style in
West End apartments, and numbered but
few personal friends or companions.
This was the status of affairs at the
period at which our story opens. The
world was rushing wildly on In its fever
for speculation, and aplot was forming in
the operations of the Australian Gold
Mining Company which it is our province
to proceed to develop.
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Wages of Engineers.

The following rates of wages paid by the
roads named, We clip from the last issue
Of the Locomotive Engineer Journal:
Great Western pf Canada, 8. 20 per dav.
One day and fourth is allowed for running
the Eastern Division, from London to Sus-
pension Bridge, lls miles. with freight pas.
penger. one day. The Western Division,
from London to Windsor, ITO miles, one day,
passenger and freight. They formerly re-
ceived one day and half for running the
Eastern Division The reason assigned for
the difference Of pay between the two Divis-
IONS Is owing 70 the grades on the East Divis-
ion.
Great Northern of Canada, 81 30 per day.
Lake Shore Il Michigan Southern paws
$50, 100 miles run. freight and passenger.
New Nork Central X Hudson River paws
s.. 80 per day, every day in the year wher
ready for duty 100 miles or less constitute q
days work. There has been an effort made tC
change that system, and believe the Stand
ing Committee on that road have the matter
under consideration. What the final result
Will lie, am unable t. say
Boston 4 Albany pays 500 per month
,, 600 miles constitute a months work
Boston, Clinton 4 Fitchburg. 800 pei
month average mileage, 1900
Ohio Mississippi 81 per 100 miles run
Baltimore 4 Mississippi, main line, -, lO'
miles run.
Pennsylvania Central. main line, So s.
Miles run for that amount by passenger en-
s1neers, vary from 100 to 1871.
Cleveland { Pittsburgh LEASED line Of I'll,
nnsylvana Railroad Company 81 Is
Miles run. l02, which is the maximum rat,
Of wages and miles run on all the leased line
of the same company.
New York L Erie, S4, SS miles run.
Illinois Midland, passenger, S3.S5, l6
miles run freight, S4.25, 81 miles
Nandalia Road, passenger, $3.50, 100 miles
freight, $43
Louisville, Nashville & Great southern
passenger, ll3 miles run, $3.50 freight
500
Western Atlantic, "a 90 per day, every da
in the month. Average miles run per month
1900
Mobile Montgomery, ~ 80 per 100 mile:
Georgia II. r, Of Georgia, So 10 every da
in the month. Average mileage. 900
atlantic 4 Great Western, - per 10
miles.
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Victor Hugo on Wcmen's Rights

The Society for the Improvement Of
the Condition of Women have sent an adj
dress TO Victor Hugo, appealing to him, in
the name Of right, to lend them the aid of
his valuable voice. The poet replies in
the following characteristic letter
MEsDAMEs ! have received your ad-
dress, which does me honor am aware
of your noble and legitimate demands
In our society, such as it has been made,
woman suffers. She is right to claim a
better fate. /, myself, am only con-
science, but understand your rights, and
to obtain them is one of the duties of my
life. You are, therefore, not wrong to re-
ly on my good will and assistance Man
was the problem of the eighteenth cen
tury woman is the problem Of the nine
teenth. And who says woman, says child
that IS, the future. The question thus
put appears in all its profundity, and on
is solution depends the fate Of the su-
preme social battle What a strange and
anomalous situation In reality, man de-
pends on You, for woman holds the heart
Of man. Before the law she is a minor.
incapable, without civil action, without DO
htical right short, she is nothing be-
fore the family altar she is everything, be-
cause she is the mother. The domestic
hearth is what she makes 1t at home she
Is the mistress Of good aud ILL., Sover-
eighty complicated by oppression woman
can do all agalnst man but nothing for
herself. II is imprudent Of the law to
make her 50 weak when she is so strong.
Let us recognize that weakness and protect
It let us recognize that strength and
counsel it. There lies the duty Of man.
and there is also his interest. No, shall
never cease to say it, the problem Is laid
down and It must be solved She who
bears half the burden ought to have half
the right. Half OF the human race IS de
prIved y equality it must be given to
them. This will be one Of the grand glo-
rles Of our grand century. Let the right
Of woman counterbalance the right Of
man-that is to say, let the laws be placed
IN conformity with the morals and man
ners Of the country. Accept mesdames,
my respects.
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prises everywhere springing up among the
co-operators. Suffice it to remark that il
is extensively believed in this country that
cooperative industry will soon control the
whole productive and distributive business
of the country. Scarcely week passes
but we hear Of some large mill having been
sold by former owners to the co-opera-
tors
The most Interesting part of this whole
affair to you will be the fact that sll these
great bodies have, through their central
boards, united to open up direct trade with
the Mississippi valley. All the Roths-
childs combined could not have given an
organization so powerful. They can at
once supply all the goods that the people
of the Mississippi valley require, and will
pay cash for every pound Of cotton or
bushel Of grain they purchase, and they
will require a vast quantity Of both, as
well as OF provisions Of every kind. In
this district they have large number of
cotton mills
On Saturday last the board Of managers
made the hnal arrangements, and you will
not he sorry to learn that they have hon
ored your correspondent by making him
theIrlmanaglng director, with instructions
to proceed TO America and commence oper-
atlons with the Mississippi valley. We
are already considering the propriety Of
purchasing our own ships, which will be
like everything the co-operators purchase,
VIZ, first class, and have commenced ne
gotlatlons tor the purchase. One thing
only remains, VIZ, for me to ascertain
what reception this move ment will receive
ON your side of the Atlantic. In three
months hope to start back, for the pur-
poss of testing the question 1t is not
question Of whether We shall 90 into the
matter, that is settled, but Of where in the
Mississippi valley We shall meet with the
greatest encouragement. There Ne shall
make the centre of operation.
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One Of Buffers Hits.

One ~ the last as Vel as one " the
neatest hits made by General Butler. Just
before the close Of the last session ii Con
gress, occurred during the famous dead
lock fight on the Civil Rights bill. The
question If adjournment vas under con
sideration, and Gen. Butler had stepped
over to Mr.. Randall's desk for a private
consultation. Butler favored SUNDAY
session. Randall opposed.
Bad As am, | have some respect for
Gods day" sand the Democrat, ''and
don't think it proper to hold a session II
Congress or that day,
''Uh. psha~ responded Butler
don't the Bible say that it is lawful to-
pull your tx or ass out Of pit on the sab
bath day You have seventy-three asses
on your side Of the House that | want Ia
get out of the ditch to morrow, and think
| am engaged in holy work
Don't do il, Butler, pleaded sam II
have some respect for yO1 that | don
want to lose. ! expect some day To meet
you in better world.
"Youil be there, as you are here, r.
torted Butler, quick As thought "a mem
Der Of the Lower House
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Written Tor the MogANsHAX's ABvO,ArA
BIRDS OF PREY
FOR LOVE AND GOLD.


London, the NTH decade Of the nine
teenth century, the midsummer Of the
year, and the bright, balmy morn nf day
Just usheIed IN.
Ii was at that period of the world his
tory when the European continent wit
messed an influx Of wealth such as mad
never before been known. 1t was the
golden era uf modern tIme-the aye Of
splendOr, extravaganza, dissipation and
reckless waste the period when men went
tO sleep beggars ana awoke the following
day rlcn. Munty was to be had for the
asking. Gold was king, and its sway was
over the entire land.
Il IS IN this rash age If speculation and
folly that our story begins. Never before
had money been 50 lenty, never before
al the speculative mama ragged SO hercely
now. Men, women and children every
class II society, and members of every
Profession and trade we're all engulfed In
the general VUrteX-all were wildly dash
ing on IN the hope Of accumulatIng the
wealth which seemed To be ready If asked
for. No one knocked at the bankers door
IN vain Gold was as plenty as it hsa euer
been, and all the representative wealth of
IN the private vaults of Europe,
1t Vas during the year to which We have
referred as he opening year Of our story,
that the tever Tor speculation was raging
at Its fullest helgtA A Thousand and one
IaucltuI and deluslye sPecIiatlons were
upon the market t. ensnare the attention
Ot tOo-wllllng patrons. Stocks and bonds
and Investments IN the many popular
schemes tor augmentlng wealth were the
order Ot the day. Companies were formed
with large capital to mine foreign produc-
tive lands, and inconsistency and folly
even went 50 tar as to send out a cargo of
skates to Beunos Ayres, a country where
ice was never seen. The world found
other investments in fully as foolish
schemes, and while money was plenty no
one hesItated to think what might be the
result of all the folly now Abru id relative
TO the unwIse Investment Of capital. The
legitimate busin SIS of London seemed to
be entirely suspended and fancful enter
prlses enchaIned the attention OF those
who were ordinarily engaged in business
pursuits but to whom the love for gold ap-
pealed too strongly to be readily resisted.
Prominent among The many signs which
raised tleH glltIerlhS races TO lhe rising
sun upon the morning which begins our
story, there was one which hung suspended
across the front Of pretentIous-l locking
building which was noticed more than any
other business index on the street. The
street was ElstOn Square, and was com
posed of high far buildings which we're
used mainly as Offices The general char
acter OF every building, Judging from the
signs thereon, Indicated "a predominance Of
the stock business. Here the South Sea
Importing Company announced its loca-
tiun in glarlng gilt, while the South Amer
lean Diamond Mining Association was
| placarded by the side of the Mexics4
Silver Mining Company. The street was
a speculative one, but here upon the build
ing referred to was the sign,
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A LAST MESSAGE To A WIFE
Misery Added TO Misery in Proud
Poor Mans Cheerless Home

About q c,uyk yesterday morning "a
burglar VA dIsc .ycrcd M Nh. James Glib
sons apartments Az 3GG Ninth avenue. TIE
had entered by means w large spike. and
stolen all ovcrcnat. valued AT S2p ON be-
ing discovered he started " run out, after
a hard chase was arrested by Officer Leddy.
aud taken to The Thirty street po-
lice station he described himself a. Al-
fred Harrison, - years old, ~ Jamaica H..
I. tie Was committed tu cell aud AZ
l211 Dporkeeper Kennedy found him
hangin. hy the neck, having tied himself
with his slk handkerchief to a bar Nc the
cell door tie died before Dr Bnrdiok
arrived.
The following rambling sentences. writ
ten on the margin of copy ot yesterday
NIta. we're found in his pocket PLEASE
huy an envelope and put three cent
stamp ou il. and address it, Mrs Alfred
Harrison, Jamaica Long Island, Please
send this Al once On the other side was
written Good ny, darling wife, darling
Anna, good ny forgive me everything
come aud fetch my body kiss me and bury
ne you wanted medicine and coal. had
40 money ! risked everything u yet it
| am arrested forgive me kiss me good
by. darling good BY, my love, you won't
stay long after me, Will (you) dear "
| Harrison seemed to feel his arrest keenly.
and was evidently Of some respectability,
and preferred death 70 disgrace.
Sergeant Brogsn sent an officer to Mrs
1 Harrison, with an account .of the cir
cumstamces attending the fate OF her hus
bmnd.
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CECIL EsNoND, President,
EUGENE FABER, Secretary.

OF all fhe offices on the street none were
more beautiful, exterIor and interior, than
the building occupied by the Australian
Mining Company. Composed Of marble
and lastly arranged brick ornaments its
architecture was of a striking and antique
order, while the tiled hall leading to the
nam counting room was surrounded
by elegantly freseoed walls and cell
ings. On the other side Of the hall
we're the directors rooms, the reception
room, the private office and the secretsry's s
and treasurers rooms, and behind this
occupying a room very elegantly furnished
was the luxurious Office Of the president
1t was a building likely to attract public
attention and command patronage. The
street was filled with just such offices but
none equaled it in decorations and archi-
lecture. Everybody was investing in
speculative schemes and the Australian
Gold Mining Company was favorite com
pany with 5le people. 1t had been estab-
lished for over a year, had, it was said,
extensive mines in Australia, and although
no ore had yet been shipped to England,
the indications promised bountiful re-
turn Of gold. Over hundred men were
WORKING Ln0 LllLes anu m4CHlntry anu
supplies had been sent to Australia for
the purpose Of accelerating the unearth-
ing Of the precious ore.
The stock in the company selling at a
hundred dollars q share had gone up
rapidly. No metal had yet been obtained
but everybody was confident in the scheme.
Cecil Esmond was q young man Of good
connections, and the directors of the COM
pany numbered some of the best citizens
Of London. large amount of stock was
now ahoat, and if the company prospered
it was confidently believed that wealth
unlimited would flow in upon the fortu-
nate stock holders.
| In other eras but the wildly speculative
Oae in which he operated, the president OF
the company, Cecil Esmond, would have
been condemned for the course pursued
by the company. At the best the venture
was an uncertain one and its failure might
involve the entire possessions of many ol
Its investors. But money had for the
time being ceased to flow through the
] legitimate channels. Everybody was spec
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Trades of the Past.

Hall century ago bellows making was
a thriving trade. Every house had its
pair Of bellows, and in every well furnished
mansion there was pair hung BY the side
Of every fireplace.
But as stoves and CRATES took the place
Of oven tireplaces, and as coal was substi-
tuted for wood, the demand for bellows
diminished, and the business, as seperate
trade. died out
The same is true ot hint-cutting Flints
were once necessary not only for tinder-
boxes and tinder-box was az necessary
for every house AS grldiron Or a skillet.
Every one who looks back to a childhood
of forty odd years ago must remember the
cold winter mornings when the persistent
crack, crack Of the flint against the steel
sent up from the kitchen and odor Of gnit-
ing tinder and sulphur which pervaded the
house. We have no more idea what be-
came of the flint producers than Of the old
man of sorrowful memories, who three or
four times week called at our store with
birthstone matches for sale at penny the
half dozen bunches. Both nave complete
" vanished from the country.
Inen again, are gone the pm makers
who, though they have been in their
graves this quarter of century, still fig
ure in lectures and to illustrate the advan-
tages Of division Of labor. Instead Of
pin taking doven men or more to cut,
grind, point, head polish and what not, as
it used to do, pins are now made by neat
little mschines at the fate of three hundred
a minute, Of which machines single child
tends to half dozen.
Nail making at the forge is another lost
industry. Time was, and that in the
nineteenth century, when every nail was
made on the anvil. Now, from one hun
dred 10 one thousand nails per minute are
made by machines. The mailer who works
at the forge has but a bad chance compet-
ing with such antagonists, and he would
have 10 chance at all were it not that
his nails are tenfold tougher than the for
mer.
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Five per cent of the female population
cf Belgium is engaged in lace-making,
little girls being apprenticed to the art at
as early an age as tive, and often earning
their own living thereby. About SO an
inch is paid for real Valenciennes, though
the artist working twelve hours day can
produce but one-third Of an inch a week.
The best Brussels thread IS spun in under
ground cells, because dry air causes the
thread to snap, and the worker his but a
single ray Of light to guide his hand
Many operators lose their sight and grow
cOnsumptive in the noisome work shops.
In reading of the patient labors Of the
poor, ill-paid operators one recalls Hoods
lines of the seamstress
Sewing at once with single thread
shroud well as a shirt.
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Two things in this world that should
not be tritied with womans opinion and
the business end Of wasp
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A muff-A theing that holds a yong
ladys hand without squeezing it. Very
few &C them in this city.
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Interest Paid Quarterly.

OFE'cE HouRs-.9 a. m. To 3 p M, Saturdays and
AOndAys open to D. m.
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DIRECTORS.
HON. s. B. GOOKINS. Counsellor Al Law
J. II. WALLACE, pres't Chicago Int. Agen., As.o,n
ORRIN f. MOORE, Real Estate.
X. II. BULKLEY. Capitalist
HENRY BROOkES, Hide and Leather Co. q C,;eaoo
II, NJ. CURTIS, Wholesale oysters and Fish
CHAS n. BAKER. Real Estate and Loans.
THOMAS Brennan. Cashier City Treasury.
A. c. PROUT, Builder.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
CHARLES II. BAKER, J. II. wALLAo Z
X II. BULKLEY.
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The following a list II the Stockholders. ANA by
provision OF the Charter they responsible for ad
ditpnl amount equal u the Amnuat Il stock held hy
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Six hundred ana fifty cart drivers are
nquiriug whether their pay for the work
they did il April i kept from them solely
be cause Mayor Wickham viii Not w Conn
missioner smith take tile trrasureship wv
the Police Board
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BEST ARMED MAN IN TOWN.

There cannot be put forward any very Sc
rious objection to mans going fully pro-
vided for those little emergencies likely to
arise in his career but this thing of a fellow
converting himself into perambuating ar
mory is not only reprehensible and wholly
uncalled for, but is an outrage on an innocent
community. Tom Anderson has metamor-
phosed himself into an affair of this descrip-
ton, as was evidenced Sunday, about l
o'clock, as he stood on the corner of Custom
house and Bourbon streets, in conversation
with Mortimer Carr and few others.
He became animated and diving down into
his overcoat pocket fished out Trantor,
which he fourished threateningly, whereafter
he got out gimlet knife, and made few in
nocent passes in the air with that instrument
1t was very evident from his gesticulations,
that the redoubtable Thomas was demonstrat-
ing to his friends how he proposed getting
away with some of the banditti. He's not
terrified.