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An Anti Monopoly Convention Called to
Meet i'm Utica. N. " August rs

New York, Aug. 10.-The anti-mo-
nopolists' convention, which is to be
held OF Utica, is attracting considerable
attention on the part of the CONNER
cial interests here, and in all probabili-
ty the gathering will be very largely at
tended. The chamber of commerce
has taken official action on the confer
ence and will be represented at the ses-
sions by delegation of five, the mem
Ders of which-Charles s. Smith, F. B.
Tnurber, Jacob Wendell, John S. Ter
ry, and Osgood Welsh-were appoint
ed at a special meeting to-day. The
Hepburn committee, it will be re-
memhered, pronounced the charges
that "fiagrant abuses existed in the
management Of the railroads of this
state as fully proven, and recommend
several remedial measures. But the
most important of these were, it is
charged, defeated through the abso-
lutte control of the senate ofthe state of
New York by railroad corporations.
The railroads persistently discrim-
mate against the property of
the state by charging shippers who
patronize the canals in summer higher
rates than others during the winter,
and it is matter of record that the
railroads of this state are in the habit
Of contributing larger sums to control
nominations and elections, the result
of which is shown by the action of the
senate last elected in defeating the
most important bills recommended by
the Hepburn committee, in
PERSISTENT HOSTILITY
to measures looking to the improve
ment of the canals, in emasculating
the corporation tax bill, and killing the
bill passed by the assembly to prevent
the consolidation of the telegraph com
panies. The committee set forth
in resolution chat reasonable,
uniform, and public rates of freight
will best serve the interest of both the
public and the railroads; that we will
ingly concede rates which will pay
liberal dividends upon the actual cost
of construction of these modern high
ways, but we share the recently pub
lished opinions of the present presi-
dent of the New York Central & Hud-
son river railroad that the issuance of
first and second mortgage bonds and
common ard preferred stock, each to
the full value of roads now being con-
structed upon which
| TREBLED FICTITIOUS VALUE
the public will ultimately be assessed
to pay interest and dividends, together
with other methods of stock, watering,
crime against the public which
should be prohibited by severe penal
ties, and that while the stock watering
of the past has in many instance been
sanctioned by law and cannot be RENE
died, immunity from this practice for
the future should be guaranteed to the
public by adequate legal enactments.
The chamber Endorsed all these points,
and also the further one urging the
support of their railway friends in the
future for the appointment of board
of railroad commissioners for this state,
and the passage of the Reagan bill for
the regulation Of interstate commerce,
which they (the railroads) have so
strenuously opposed in the past.
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The Lifetime of Man

When the world was created, and all
creatures assembled to have their life
time appointed, the Ass first advanced
and asked how long he would have to
live. Thirty years" replied Nature;
twill that be agreeable to thee?"
"Alas," an wered the Ass, "it is a
long while. Remember what weari-
some existence will be mine; from
morning until night L shall have to bear
heavy burdens, dragging corn sacks to
the mill that others may eat bread,
while / shall have no encouragement,
nor be refreshed 10y anything but blows
and kicks. Give me a portion of that
time pray~
Nature was moved with com passion
and assented but eighteen years.
The Ass went away coInforted, and
the Dog came forward
"How long dost thou require to liver
asked Nature, Thirty years were too
many for the Ass, wilt thou be content
ed with them ?"
''Is it thy will that / shouldS" re-
piled the Dog. "Think how much /
have to run about; my feet will not
last for so long time, nor my teeth
for biting, and what else shall be
| fit for but to lie in corner and
growl?"
Nature thought he was right and gave
him twelve years. The Ape then APP
peared.
"Thou wilt, doubtless, live willingly
the thirty years, said Nature. Chou
| wilt not have to labor as the Ass and
the Dog. Life will be pleasant to
| thee"
"Ah, no 2 cried he, $50 it may seem
to others, but it viii not be Should
buildings ever rain down shall have
no spoon. | shall play merry tricks,
excite laughter by grimaces, and be re-
warded with a sour apple. How often
sorrow lies concealed behind jest
/ shall not be able to endure for thirty
( years.
Nature was gracious, and he received
but ten.
At last came Man, healthy and
strong, and asked the measure of his
days.
"Will thirty years content thee p
d, Chow short timer exclaimed Man
"When SHALL have built house and
kndled a fire on my hearth; when the
trees which l shall have planted are
about to bloom and bear fruit; when
life will seem to me the most desirable,
/ shall die Oh, Nature, grant me a
longer period !"
"Thou shalt have the eighteen years
of the Ass besides"
THAT is not enough" replied the
Man
"Take likewise the twelve years of
the Dog"
at is not yet sufficient" reiterated
Man; "give me more !"
81 give thee, then, the ten years OF
the Ape; in vain wilt thou claim
more r Man departed unsatisfied.
Thus man lives seventy years. The
first thirty are his human years, and
pass swiftly. He is then healthy and
hearty-he labors cheerfully and re-
joices in his existence. The eighteen
years of the Ass come next, and bur-
den upon burden is heaped upon him;
he carries the corn that is to feed
others; blows and kicks are the re-
ward of his faithful service. The
twelve years of the dog follow, and he
loses his teeth, and lies in the corner
and growls.
When these are gone the Apes ten
years form the conclusion, then Man,
weak and silly, becomes the sport of
his children.
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A Mistake.

Don't try to give large party if yon
have a small house. Such attempts
are special nuisance, failure, and
"a mistake" Why should we be driven
out upon the staircase? We don't
live upon the staircase when we are at
home and neither our wife, sons, or
even daughters (who are apt TO he free
with paternities), think that we ought
to dose. Why are we to be condemned
to play whist for five hours, because
our hostess does not know what else to
set us down to? But our girls seem to
enjoy it. Neither Flora, nor Bessy, nor
Emily, appear to mind dancing, al
though their faces are more than pink.
There is scarcely breathing rOom-and
so we put up with it for their sakes
and when our wife thanks our hostess
on parting, and says what delightful
evening we have had, we try to believe
so but next day, when a lady friend
drops in to gossip about the party, we
find our feminines were not as pleased
as they appeared. There was no room
to dance only half the people could
get seats at supper ; and what stuff
those charades were Does not every
body know that gentleman with
saucepan on his head, the lid in one
hand, and a poker in the other, means
"lnight," and that his holding up
copy of Don Quixote, means "of the
rueful countenance ?" Did Miss Jones
(how much longer will she be Miss p
ask the girls think it very clever to
bother everybody with that conun-
drum? What has nature done to be
so-amused? A crowd is not amusing
themselves in, or rather, if you ask
more people than your room will hold,
they will tire themselves out, and set
your party down rs a failure. Don't
attempt more than you can pleasantly
perform.
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Tie Lawyers Boy.

Anybody who thinks that the boy
employed around a lawyers Office has
nothing to do but to empty the paper
basket, run to the postoffice, sweep the
room and read the jokes of Blackstone,
is grandly mistaken. A boy--that is,
prize of boy, and one who will event
ually become a great lawyer himself
has heap on his mind, and no time
for sling-shots or tops. Yesterday
while Detroit lawyer was in court,
with his boy in charge of the Office, a
newspaper man who was hunting
through the Moffat block stumbled up
on the young attorney and was receiv
ed with:
"Come right in. The papers in your
case are ready to be signed
"What case ??
application for divorce"
"But Pm not the man."
"Ain't you? Well, you look like
him. Let's see? Are you the defend
ant in the Jones VS.. Brown case of tres
pass If so, am to tell you that the
case is put over until next Saturday, at
the same hour in the afternoon"
"No, | am not Brown"
"Well, that's all right. Let's see
again I was to tell Ryan that his
case against Peters for SANDER would
not come on this term, and to suggest
that he amend his declaration. You
have not given the dates wherein the
defendant called you a reptile ana a
sneak,
''But | am not Ryan"
sis that so? That's too bad, but per-
haps you can't help it. Was it your
wife who eloped with a man named
Blake ?"
"No."
"Then you are not Mr.. Glenn. l was
to tell him that he forgot to state the
particular time at which he first noticed
a GOODNESS in her demeanor. Let's see?
Oh! there's that bigamy case. | was to
say to the defendant that the prosecu-
ton appear to have hunted up and got
mold of the testimony of a third female
who claims to have married you in
Toledo in 1864, and that your case
looks shaky. We will, however, do our
best to pull you through as we do all
our clients
"You are off again; | am not the
man."
"Dear me, that's another. Well, all
right, was to say to any new client
that Mr. -- would be back in an
hour. Come in and sit down and look
over the city directory. We will take
your case at the lowest cash price and
do our level best to win it. Consult no
other firm until you have given us a
trial. - Detroit Free Press.
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GENERAL NOTES.

Miss CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, who has
arrived at New York, states that the po-
lice of st. Petersburg opened her letters
and cut her newspapers.
THREE huge sharks were recently caught
IN the rivers at New York.
VENNoR has made arrangements for
Is to 20.
SIX Sioux chiefs from Standing Rock
are en- route to Washington for a confer
ence.
THE strike on the Illinois Midland road
brought around the pay-car, and freight
blockade of a week was raised.
THE veteran soldiers Of Indiana will be
reviewed by Governor Porter at the re-
union at Lafayette in September.
THE national Swiss festival at New ark,
Nj, is attended BY delegates from hearlv
every city in the United States.
A DISPATCH from Yates says two squaws
were caught carrying guns and ammuHl-
tion into Sitting Bulls camp.
THE people of Yankton, Dakota, pro-
pose 10 erect on bluff near that city d
Congregational college TO cost 100000.
Mrs. JOHN KLINE, of Brooklyn, after
twenty-five years of married life, took her
clothing and $1,000 in money, and eloped
with the husband of her most intimate
female friend
THE city engineer of Montreal has
found a woman who for sixteen months
has been engineer in a boot-heel factory,
has a perfect knowledge of her bust ness,
and never had an accident.
The wheat corner in Chicago has made
prices for sash and August delivery SIX
cents higher than rule in Milwaukee, and
cargoes continue to arrive by lake from
the latter port.
EFFORTS are being made in Arizona to
secure the removal of John c. Fremont
from the governorship, as for the past
three years he has spent most of his time
at the east.
AT the funeral of General Robert Pat
terson. of Philadelphia, Generals Grant,
Sherman, Hancock and Porter officiated
as pall-bearers. and Generals Schoheld,
Sickles and Hartranft were present.
Crow DOG, who assassinated Spotted
Tail, proceeded TO Fort Niobrara and sur
rendered himself Colonel Montgomery
has asked instructions from Washington
as to what shall be done with hun.
TRE widow of ex-president Fillmore,
who died in Buffalo recently, was IN her
list year. In October last she suffered a
severe stroke of paralysis. The only sur
vivor of the ex-president is an unmarried
son by his first wife.
OMAHA has nearly ready for use wa
ter system constructed by a private COM
pany at a cost of $3.50. 900. The storage
capacity Is eighteen million gallons, and
there are thirty-one miles OF pipe.
TaEoDoRE ALLEN, notorious gambler
of New York, was recently united in
marriage to Miss Ella A. Glover, a
Young lady of beauty and refinement,
and possessing half million in her own
right.
DURING the races at Saratoga, BENJAMIN
H. Benton, of New York, was arrested for
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sets supreme bench. committed suicide at
his office in Pittsfield, Mass. He held the
revolver against his right temple. For
some time he has been in very bad health.
The house of negro named Charles
Moody, at Lake Village, \. H., was burn
ed July 4. three children perishing in the
flames. The coronef's jury found that the
little ones were murdered by their parents
and the house set on fire to conceal their
crime.
AT Jersey CITY, n. j., Mrs Eliza Downs,
who had Just arrived from England, with
her child and her mother. and was wait
ing for a train TO take them to Peoria,
where her husband resides, was Frustrated
by the heat Saturday and died.
A FLOOD at Central City. Col, caused by
the bursting of a rain-cloud, did damage
of $780, 900. Ore man was killed. A vol
ume of water FIVE feet hig b ran through
the streets, and at some points the debris
was piled up twenty-five feet.
A TANK in swimming school in st.
Louis, at the regular hour for draining,
was found to contain the corpse of an I'M
known lad The r was well filled
with bathers all day. 40 one knew of
an accident.
-FOUR patients escaped from the insane
asylum on Wards island, New York. This
fact was first ascertained by several cries
from He'll Gate for help. 1t appears that
they set out to cross Harlem river in a
leaky scow, and it is PROBABLE that two of
them were drowned.
A BARTENDER in Fourth avenue, New
York, on opening the ice-box, Saturday
morning, found the proprietor's corpse
resting on beer keg. 1t is believed that,
in distress from the heat, he spent the
night in the box, and was frozen to death.
I The residence of DIR. William Bowen of
Scituate, X. l., burned recently. Flames
subsequently appeared in his barn, which
led to the discovery of an internal ma
chine operated by clock-work. The doctor
had been very active in securing the en-
forcemeDt of the liquor law, and has been
prosecuted therefor.
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A Peculiarly OF the Nevada Moon.
Virginia New Enterprise

AAfNNrJ A@'s~i fAA7N"
For several nights past the moon has
presented peculiar appearance.
There has been the appearance of a
mock moon partially overlapping the
true moon, now in crescent shape. The
upper horns are joined, while the
lower ones stand apart, making a fork,
This curious appearance was first OBJ
served five nights ago by Will Thomas.
Waterman at the C. and C. shaft. He
called the attention of the miners
coming off shift to the moon, asking
them If they saw anything peculiar
about it. After taking look, the first
thing each man did was to rub his eyes
and consider within himself whether
or not ne had at any time within the
last week taken too many glasses of
beer, for he seemed to be seeing double.
There is not only the partial double
ness, but peculiar bright mist or haze
close in about the moon that adds to
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FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A DAMAGE Of $4,000 was inflicted by
fire in the city brewery at St. Joseph, Mo.
SIX negro convicts were killed by land
slide in a railway cut near Lexington. Va,
The tobacco warehouse of j. R. Bosnian
& Co, at Athens, Ohio, valued at SO 900,
was swept away by fire.
A Loss of $4,000 was incurred at San
duskv. ILL.,, bv the destruction of F. Harris
horns lime-kiln.
The guests ofthe Parry house, al Beach
Haven. \. j., had to flee from fire in the
night and reached Camden in bathing
suits. The loss on the building Was $780,
900.
yellow fever is sweeping off the Off
GERS and men Of the De Lesseps Canal
company.
The large WOODEN mills in Iowa belong
ing to the Amana society, valued at 500
600. have been destroyed by fire.
Taos. NJ. CARTER, of Pendleton, Inc.
was fatally poisoned by colored lemonade,
served at an old settlers meeting.
THE wire and nail mills of the Old Col
onv company. at Taunton, Mass, were
swept away by FIRE, causing loss of $780,
GOO.
MRs. H. NJ. HARRIS, OF Easton, Pa,
WhlAe aux AVN
the third-story window of a house IN
Newport, R l., and was instantly killed.
FRANK RUSSELL, of Rockford, ILL.,, fell
thirty feet from telephone role at Ev-
ansville, Ind, and broke his skull. shout
ders, and arm.
Miss MINNIE WILLIAMS, of Hastings,
| Neh., graduate of the state university,
finding herself going blind from study,
drowned herself in the creek at Lincoln.
! WHuE group of twenty white road
| laborers were standing beside house in
Hartsville. s c.. bolt of lightning
killed four and dangerously wounded ten
/ of them.
THE excursion steamer Flower City,
valued at $4,000, was burned at the dock,
| at CLAYTON, n. Y, on the St. Lawrence
river, She was owned by John Ii. Barry
| of Rochester.
JUDGE JAMES D. CoLE Of the Massaehu-
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Virtues of a Lemon.

A recent writer of note has the fol-
lowing to say regarding the virtues of
the lemon
Lemon juice is the best antiscorbutic
remedy known. 1t not only cures the
disease, but prevents it. Sailors make
daily use Of it for this purpose. |
advise every one to rub their gums
daily with lemon jnice, to keep them in
health. The hands and nails are also
kept clean, white, soft and supple by
the daily use of lemon instead of soap.
1t also prevents chilblains. Lemon is
used in intermittent fevers, mixed with
strong, hot, black coffee, without sugar.
Neuralgia may be cured by rubbing the
part affected with cut lemon. 1t is
valuable also to cure warts, and to des-
troy dandruff on the head by rubbing
the roots of the hair with it. In fact its
uses are manifold, and the more we
employ it, externally, the better we shall
find ourselves. Natural remedies are
the best, and nature is the best doctor,
if we would only listen to it. Decided
ly rub your hands, head and gums with
lemon, and drink lemonade in prefer
ence TO other liquids.
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Charity VS.. BeneyOlence.

Charity gives, and as often unwisely
as wisely Benevolence helps, teaches,
suggests-puts people in the way of
helping themselves. We have enough,
if not too much, Of the first; we have
too little of the latter. Waste Of aims
is one ofour sins, one, too, which daily
brings its retribution in crowds of wilful
idlers, miserable paupers, mendacious
beggars and pilferers. If only the over
flowing kindness of humanity, which
now expends~ itself in ill-advised and
promiscuous alms-giving, was utilized
in efforts to teach the poor how to man.
age and make the most of what they
earn, and in finding work for them to
do, it would be better for the interest
of all. Those who have enough of this
worlds goods to feel any obligation
resting upon them to ameEorate
wretched conditions are generally salts
fed with alms-giving. 1t is the easiest
way, and the common thought is psy-
chologized with the power.
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Official Account of the Murder OF the
Sioux Chief Spotted Tail.

YANKToN. ID. T., Aug. 12.-The Off
cial account of the murder of Spotted
Tail was received here last night by
General Cook, agent of the Spotted Tail
Indians. from acting agent Clar. 1t
runs as follows:
About noon of the 9th inst. Spotted
Tail reported at the agents office to re-
ceive instructions regarding his con-
templated visit to Washington, he hav-
ing been selected as one of the repre-
sentatiyes of the Sioux nations at the
coming conference at the national cap
ital He was urged to start at once, as
letter from the Indian office directed
him to report to agent Andrus at the
Yankton agency, no later than the 8th
inst. AS the delegation from the Pine
Ridge agency was to reach Rosebud
agency on the evening of the 9Th, Spot
ted Tail concluded to wait till the next
morning and go with the Red Cloud
delegation to the Yankton agency. This
arrangement having been concluded
upon, Spotted Tail decided to have a
talk with his people that afternoon and
receive an expression of their views up
on subjects to come before the confer
ence. Bicding Clar goodbye saying
that he would call at his office in the
evening to receive any further instruc-
lions which might occur to that gentle
man, Spotted Tail left for the Indian
village to confer with his people. An
interview was held with the Indians.
They had a big talk ard feast and the
council broke up. Spotted Tail mount
ed his horse and started homeward, the
Indians were scattering in all directions
with the noted chief somewhat in adj
vance of the others, he being the first
out of the lodge. After leaving the
council lodge Crow Dog was seen APP
preaching Spotted Tail. He had his
wife with him. He got out of the wag-
on and was STOPPING down. When
| Spotted Tail rode up to him he sudden.
ly raised up and shot him through the
left breast. The chief fell from his
horse, but rose to his feet and made
three or four steps toward Crow Dog
endeavoring to draw his pistol. He
then reeled and fell backward, dead
Crow Dog jumped into the wagon and
drove off at full speed towards his
camp, some nine miles distant. The
acting agent at once issued orders fol
the arrest of Crow Dog under para
graph in the treaty of 1868, which rem.
ders him amenable to white man law
In compliance with this the Indian pc.
lice accomplished the arrest of Grow
Dog, and he was sent to Fort Niobrara
! to await trial for murder.
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The Value of Kind Words.

1t is probably natural that at the last
scenes which have made the strongest
impressions in life should be recalled
by memory. The old mountaineer,
when he comes to die, with his last
whisper says his snowshoes are lost;
with the stage-driver he is son the down
grade and cannot reach the brake
the miner Cannot get to the air-pipe;"
the sailor says eight bells have sound
ed;" and the gambler says his ''last
trump" A little girl died few years
ago, and, as her mother held her wrist
and noted the fainting and Pickering
pulse, smile came to the wan face,
and the child whispered, There's no
more desert here, mamma, but all the
world is full of beautiful flowers" A
moment later the smile became trans
fixed In an Eastern city not long ago
Sister of Charity was dying, and at
last from a stupor she opened her eyes
and said, at is strange; every kind
word that have spoken in life, every
tear that / have shed, has become a
living flower around me, and they
bring to my senses an incense ineffable.' .
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Beverages for the Heated.
Navr Vork Tribune

"What is the best drink in warm
weather." said a reporter to an official
at the Chambers street hospital the
other day, "Cold water" he replied;
'but not ice cold. Ice water chills the
stomach and so ultimately Injuries the
power of digestion. One of the best
drinks in the world for hot weather is
buttermilk with little ginger in it.
know people don't like it excessively,
but it is valuable for all that. If some
of the high livers who suffer SO severe
ly at times would live on nothing for a
week but brown bread and butter-milk,
they would feel like fighting cocks.
Another excellent drink, and which
bricklayers use great deal, is the old
fashioned drink which the farmers use
in the hay field-water with ginger and
molasses in it. 1t cools the system
and opens the pores sufficiently for a
comfortable perspiration.