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Men Of Millions.

In the Treasury Department, writes
correspondent at Washington, there
is an interesting set of books printed
and bound, and each one about the size
of Webster's Dictionary. But they are
not open to public inspection. These
books contain the name and residence
of every holder of registered four per
cent bonds in the United States. The
amounts range from $50, which is the
smallest, up to S5l, 0)0,0 900, which is
the largest sum owned by one person.
This latter sum is owned by w. II. Van
derbilt and upon it he draws $4,000
in interest every ninety days. A check
for that amount is mailed to him quar-
terly. At the same time the owner of
$50 bond receives fifty cents. These
bonds are very popular, and although
the original holders of them paid but
par on little share, since which
time bonds have advanced to about
thirteen per cent. premium, yet the
books of the company show but COM
paratively few transfers. The premium
is not sufficient temptation to cause the
average holder to part with his securi-
ties. For instance the bonds owned by
Vanderbilt are now worth about $685.
600, 900, but he holds on to them allth
same. W. Ii. Vanderbilt individually
owns more registered United States
bonds than are owned in all the nineteen
Western States and Territories. These
States and Territories have a population
of over twenty millions, yet there is
held among them but $40, 100000 of
registered bonds, or less than Mr.. Van
derbilt owns. In the fourteen Southern
States $4,000, 900 are owned, or about
one-fourth the amount held by single
citizen in New York.
A prominent Treasury official. in
speaking of the inequalities of fortune
as illustrated by these figures, said he
thoughtit would eventually cause discon-
tent. A man with the enormous wealth
now possessed by Mr.. Vanderbilt could
add to 1t very rapidly; in fact, it will
double itself in twenty years If put into
four per cent. bonds and let alone save
to add the annual interest. With the
present &c start which Mr.. Vanderbilt
has in bonds and dividend paying stocks
it will be an easy matter for him to be
worth at least $3.50. 900 should he
live twenty years hence. It's said that
he is worth more than half of this sum
now. a3t...f
Outside the Vanderbilt family there
is no single individual who owns over
$1,000. 900 of registered bonds. Those
who own 81 900 QUO are not numerous.
Quite a number, several hundred in
fact, in different portions of the coun-
try, have over S100,0 900. This is re-
garded as nice plum and the man who
has tugged a long time to get the round
-Sl00.03O can afford to take a rest, and
draw $1,000 in interest every ninety
days. He enjoys it almost as much as the
men, who by daily labor and applica-
ton, earns an equal income.
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That Frozen Pipe.

When a plumber plumbs a new house
he makes provision for the freezing of
the water pipe at some point under the
house. 1t is always at some point which
can be got at by opening trap-door
and crawling less than half mile
through the darkness. You begin the
winter with the feeling that you will
neither borrow nor lend pail of water,
but will stand ready at all times to SYM
pathize with a neighbor who gets up in
the morning to find his pipes as dry as
bone. just as the feeling begins to
put fat on your ribs you 90 home to
dinner to be met by the COOK with the
remark:
81 guess the water has all run out of
the river, for can t get drop to cook
with" ..a, - 49,.
You turn the faucets this way and
that. There is hope that she doesn't
know how to draw water, although she
has been in the house for three years.
There is signing in the pipes as if they
had met with some great sorrow down
in their depths, but no water appears.
Under these circumstances it takes
only ten minutes to come to the con-
clusion that the pipe is frozen some
where. len minutes more spent in
deep reelection will convince YOU that
the guilty point is under the addition
where the pipe leaves the ground to
enter the kitchen.
All you need do to is to get candle,
a hammer, pine stick and a hot fiat
iron. After you have crawled under
and bumped your head on the brick col
umns and raked your back on the ioist
and barked your knees on the old iron
hoops which always take up lodgings
under q house, you put the fiat-iron to
the cold water pipe. 1t is no use to
try to iron the wrinkles ont of a water
pipe. The most you can do is to heat
the pipe, and no man was ever known
to persist in that idea over ten minutes
before adopting the other. Take your
hammer and drive the nail into the pipe.
BY driving next to the tloor and close to
the ground you can tell if the pipe is froz-
en- between. The nail-boles are easily
plugged up with pine. When YOU have
come as near as may be to the frozen
spot hold the fiatiron on the pipe and
settle down for ten minutes of medita-
ton. You won't have. Travelled down
memory's lane over half mile before
something will happen. The pipe will
burst exactly on line with your eyes
and you will have cause to wonder all
the rest of your life how gallon of
water could have collected at that one
point for your benefit.
Some men can close O. burst in lead
pipe by use of hammer. You can't,
and so you must crawl out for rags.
crawl in to wind them over the spot,
yell for string, whoop for the water to
be shut, off and crawl out with icicles
hanging to your ears and raging de-
sire in your heart TO shed blood. And
yet. when you come to shake your fist
under the plumb er's nose and offer to
lick him for two cents, he kindly replies:
:, - g Burst in the pipe, Ell? Well. Ill
have man there the first thing next
week. Detroit Free Press.
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80
Good Manners.

The secret of good manners is to for
get ones own self altogether. The
people of really fine breeding are the
ones who never think of themselves. but
only of the pleasure they can give to
others. No adornment of beauty, or
learning, or accomplishments, goes so
far in its power to attract as the one gift
of sympathy.
In all French history no woman had
a stronger fascination for whoever came
within her reach than Madame
Recamier. She was called beautiful;
but her portraits prove that her beauty
was not TO be compared with that of
many less charming women, And when
every attraction Of person had long
since passed away, and she was an old,
old woman, her sway over the hearts of
others was as powerful as ever. What
was her seerete.a. .9sfaui grof.7axa6
1t was this one thing solely--her
genuine and unaffected interest in the
good and ill fortunes 9of her friends
Authors came and read her their books;
painters came to her with their pictures;
statesmen with their projects. She,
herself, wrote no books painted no
pictures, had NO projects, She was
sweet, simply and uhconsciously, as
rose is sweet. She reaily4caredi for the
happiness and, success of others, and
they felt the genuineness Of her sympa-
thy. 1t surrounded her with an i'm
mortal charm.
Let any girl try Madame Recamier's
experiment. "a Let her go into society
thinking nothing of the admiration
she may win; but everything OF the Hap
piness she can confer. It matters little
whether her face is beautiful. or her
toilette costly. Before the end OF three
months she will be happy girl herself;
for the world likes sunshine andsympa-
thy, and turns to them as the flowers
bask in sun of June. -ToatRs Cont
Da7zton. oil .4.g4y gafItn 30 tetY5
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SThe Member From Macomb. ;,

Half an hour before the train left for
Lansing, yesterday morning, battered
looking man about forty years old,
whose breath gave away his last drink,
and whose face was anything but. pretty
appeared at the Union depot and intro
dnced himself TO one of the officials of
the Central Road with:
''Sir, my name is Jones. | am the
member from Macomb. Igot left here,
have been robbed, and | want to reach
Lansing and enter upon my duties as a
legislator"
The official looked up from his writ
ing, but made no reply, and after a long
silence the man said:
Suppose. should ask you how am
to reach Lansing, what would be Your
replyP'
g L d tell you to walk" was the quiet
answer. ..
I" Can't | get pass?'
"a " No, SIR" es.-s
g Let ME inform you that the mem
Der from Macomb is man of few
words, said the applicant, as he drew
a long breath. 81 will charter locomo-
tive and proceed to Lansing. / will at
once go to the State House. AS soon
as am in my seat. l will introduce a
resolution to repeal the charter of your
blamed old road and sell the rails for
scrap-iron."
The impostor did not wait to be
coaxed not to do so, but walked out as
stiff ss a poker. made for a saloon over
the way and placing bogus nickel on
the bar commanded:
''Gimme sunthin' to tone me up
Detroit Free Press.
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A Poor Woman Falls Heir to Million
@AS & and q Half.

On a truck patch at Sixteenth and
Dickinson Streets, says the Philadelphia
Record, lives a family named Glen.
They are in rather poor circumstances.
The husband works the truck farm and
sustains afamily consisting of a wife and
four children. Recently the wife was
notified that her father had diedin Mel
bourne, Australia, leaving 81 100000 to
her.. The story told by the Glen family
is this: A 4 -L
Somewhere about thirty years ago
! James Boyle, his wife and two children.
were living upon farm in Laghtnagai-
leigh, County Donegal, Ireland. Years
OF hard toll struggling with. the .impov-
erished soil had failed tophce the farm
ier IN comfortable position. and finally,
when his lease expired he determined to
seek his fortune elsewhere. A home was
found for the children the girl Mary,
who was then but babe, being placed
with her grandparents and Boyle and
his wife took passage for Victoria, Aus
tralia. On arriving at the colony he OBJ
tanned employment, and by care and in
dustry saved enough in few years to
buy a farm. Prosperity continued to
one of the most extensive farmers in
the district. Meanwhile, the baby
daughter whom he had left behind was
growing to years of womanhood. From
time to time the mail brought words of
good cheer from her parents, but the
welcome mlssives ceased after 1870, the
last one stating that her mother and
sister who was born in the colony, had
died. and that her father had given up
farming and was investing heavily in
gold mines near Ballarat. In 1871 Miss
Mary married Glen. and immediately
afterward the couple embarked for this
country. They are now living with their
children on truck farm, in sthree-
story brick house at Sixteenth and
IS Dickinson Streets. rt4<v y kss
For nine long years Mrs. Glen had
mourned her father as dead. Often,
almost hoping against hope, she wrote
to his far-distant home. but none of the
= letters elected response. A few
months ago, however, a letter with the
Irish postmark reached the house. This
proved to be from an uncle, and con-
tanned the information that her father
had died, leaving an estate of about
"I-co.ooo. nearly S1,oto,ooo, tndU ner
only brother had also died in 1874, and =
that therefore she (Mrs. Glen) was the
sole surviving legatee to her fathers
wealth. This information seemed al
most incredible to the Glens, who could
not realize the possibility of being raised
from their present humble position to
one of luxury and affiuence. Letters
were sent to the Australian lawyers, the
good news was confirmed, and, within
the last week, Mrs. Glen has received a
letter from solicitors in Melbourne, ask
ing for a certificate of birth. This must
be obtained from Ireland, and the whole
charge of the matter has been placed in
the hands of lawyer John Austin Pur-
cell, who viii take the necessary steps
by which the family can come into pos
session of the enormous fortune.
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pond viewed these preparations with
considerable wonder; but. gathering
courage, finally skated up and warmed
their fingers at the fire. ! ksE VI .
Then somewhat more than a dozen
other boys looked out from the windows
OF the houses scattered along the HILL
SIDE, and said something. like this:
Mother, | guess there amt any school
to-day; | don't see any smoke comm
out of the chimney. Can't | go down
to the pond?" 1850
And an equal number of mothers re-
piled: ''Why, of course not. It's much
too cold for you to 60 out. You said
so yourself, and, besides, you don't
feel very WE'LL
There's lots of boys on the pond.
mother, an the skating's splendid. [
don't feel 80 badly now Can't 90? I
won't stay long. | think you might
Upon which all the mothers said, in
effect: We'll, do GO along; but mind
You don't get into any air. holes"
| Thus. before an Lour Lad passed.
nearly all of the boys in the school were
gliding over the pond, or gathered, in
the group watching Mr.. Chalker and his
fishing party. a-.. Ts@'R
Meanwhile the school mastnr and Ben
had enjoyed remarkable luck. Four
fine pickerel lay on the ice, and fifth
(much the biggest ever seen in the
pond, OF course,) had been lost by Ben
in pulling him up. ..' 49, =,
| Now it occurred to Mr. Chalker that
it would be much nicer if everybody
had seats, so he suggested to the bows
| that they should bring sou,e fence rails.
and sit down in a circle aboutth fire; all
OF which was done with merry good
Will, and Mr.. Chalker surveyed them
with infinite satisfaction through his
| glasses as he hauled in another strug-
CLING victim of his.hook.
Now" said he, II see plainly chat
it is all a mistake to hold school up
there in that uncomfortable bull ing on
the hill in such weather as this, and so
I'm going to propose that on all cod
days this winter we shall meet here on
the pond and hold our classes; in fact,
think we may as well begin now
Without further ado the teacher pulled
a supply of spoilers from his several ca
pacious pockets, and said, 1.-The first
class in spelling will take seats on this
side"
Then it davned upon the minds Of the
boys that they had been fairly trapped,
and they nearly choked with inward
laughter as they went through with
spelling, arithmetic and reading. taking
turns at keeping their toes warm by the
fire; and though a big pickerel was do
ing his. best to carry off one of the lines,
none of them dared to pull him up, for
Mr.. Chalker looked like q very severe
and dignified pedagogue, indeed, and
Ben could scarcely realize that he had
seen him tumble head. over heels into
snow-drift but a couple Of hours be-
fore. - frsete; sfsg faizrrr
When he thought that the real les
son of the day had been web impressed
upon the scholars, Mr.: v Chalker dis
missed his school, and as he landed the
last fish, and strung him through the
gills with the others upon a., willow
twig, he chuckled to himself, ~ don't
know who's had the most fun to-day,
the boys or the master, but1'll venture
to say they'll be on hand, cold or no
cold, after this. '-Fr0sk. Il. Taylor, in
Hupers Young People. gu ~ ~ a'F
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-Adornments for African notentate

-Adornments for African potentates
are an item of some little Importance in
the Birmingham jewelry trade, which
embraces both real and sham iewelrv.
A firm of what are known as floral
jewelers. has just completed crown
for King Ego, of Greek Town, Africa.
1t is copy of that of William the Con-
queror. The cap is of blue velvet, the
binding of ermine, and the circle and
spikes of semi-dead gold, decorated
with thirty-two real stones, consisting
OF amethyst, topaz, crystal, and emer-
aid. Two sceptres have also been sup
piled of gold and the other of sill
yer-for Duke Ephraim Eyamba TX, of
Duke Town, Old Calabar. These en-
signs of royalty are five feet six inches
long, one being surmounted by Mall
tese cross and the other by a dove.
They are both made to unscrew at the
end, for the insertion of peacock s
feather, which is used in some portion
of the State ceremonies of old Calabar.
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flor nonng Beaders.
TO a FORWARD YOUNGSTER OF
SEVEN

Seven already. Why, know
lis not very long ago
You were only four or sol
And little while before -.
You were only three or morel
And litile earlier you
Registered as one or two!
Yes, in brief, the times but small
Since you didn't count at all!
Seven! 1t is a week of years; --r
One for every day appears.
Sunday-ab, You roguoi-yOu kept u.s..
Like deacon; for you slept!
Monday, teeth began to come,
Pricking through your little gum;
Iuessiay, you set out TO walk: .-e
w Wednesday, oh, how you did talk;
Thursday, You left baby suits, ,..
DOMINIC pantaloors and boots;
Friday, you with ardor ran ....
After hand-organ man;
Saturday-why, that's to-day,
And you're seven years old, you sayl
Seven kisses you must take;
Seven candies on Il cake:
Seven centS-whitt say you, sir2 -.
Dimes or dollars you prefer?
Well, never! In my time -s..-.....-
Boys saved up to get a dime.
Well, considering the day,
We would let you have your way;
Yet, considering the times, ESD.
We must keep You down to dimes,
Dollars of the Fathers don't
Cnctllate as they were wont; '.-.
Or, though some NAV get their shares,
Here's father finds them scarce.
Seven years old and soon, no doubt,
WhiSkers will be coming out!
Don't you feel slight mustache
In the way of soup or h1shO
Presently you will be able F.Ara
To employ the livery stable;
In buggy you will ride .- ,;---
With a lady by your side, r'-''7
While the folks say to their wives,
"Goodness gracious! how he drivesP'
You are blushing-ah. the lady?
What! you've picked her out already2
Tea person so mature ~% .s.r
need not suggest, I'm sure,
That all Guarreling with sisters,
Crying over bumps and blister5,
DiSObeying mothers rule. .-.t
Telling fibS at home or school,
Seltishness and manners rough,
Must be counted childish stuff;
For. of course, you'll leave such tricks
To the bows who are but six;
They will not be thought of even,
Bya gentleman of seven! 1855
r. ". .,dUm0nd, IN Plymouth Triangle.
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Five thousand Beers have entered
Heidelberg in the Transvaal Republic.
They could not have come front Ameri-
ca We have noticed no falling off in
the number of bores hereaway. -Boston
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=" That's my impression" as the
tall person remarked when he got up
from the snow.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-02-17

When the Indians 60 on a Staying
party, they get out their runners.
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THE soil from which the best crns OF
wine in the Rhineland are made isyery
limited. and a few feet, or even inches,
divides vineyard whose produce IS
known and valued highly all lover tae
world, from what will only, make hbTh
ordinaire. But nature chemistry !.
too subtle to be analysed. and the sdlb
ference can not be detectedin the ear, V
The limit where the vines can %
probably grown is, also,t now reae1eG
and hardly any new ground i, a as 4as
any freshly attempted position IS iounu
to be too exposed. or too sunless. OF Wv
bare to succeed. .f os,;,.sy.t
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Miss BETsEY RoATH, Of Greenville,
Conn.,, died recently, aged one hundred.
She was supposed to be the. Oldest per
son in Eastern Connecticut. She re-
tanned her faculties almost to, the last,
and her appearance was that Of WON
an about seventy years old. She. was
twenty years old when, Washington
died. and remembered the gloom that
spread over the, country at the time
She did all her travelling by the old,
fashioned modes, and, though she had
lived opposite the track of the Norw .li;p
& Worcester Railroad for forty years
and had six nephews, three conductors
and three, engineers, in its employ, she
never stepped upon steam-car.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-02
TELEGRAPHIC JOEEINGS.

Mr. Gladstone denies the rumors that have been in circulation of ministerial changes.
 The Von Steuben party left Chicago at 33O p. m. yesterday for Niagara via the Lake Shore road.
 Paul Boyton started down the river from Omaha, Neb., at noon yesterday and says he expects to reach St. Louis by the 18th inst The International Peace association .at London have passed resolutions of satisfac- tion at the salute to the British flag at the Yorktown centennial.
 The American ship Humboldt, from Shang- hai for New York, has been totally wrecked on the Paracels reefs in the China Sea. Part of the crew were saved.
 The Democratic candidates for Mayor and Police Justice at Detroit, Mich, have both resigned from the ticket because of criticisms of the Free Press, as has also one of the Democratic candidates for the Town Council.
 The grand jury at London yesterday found true bill against Lefroy for the murder of Mr. Gold while robbing him in compartment of railway coach on the Brighton road last spring.
 The advance in freight rates on the Mich igan Central & Lake Shore road took effect yesterday. The rates are 20 cents on grain to New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore 25 cents on grain to Boston, 25 cents on pro- visions to New York, Philadelphia and Balti- more, and 30 cents on provisions to Boston.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-02
TO RENT.

For Rent-$S5O Per Year. Nh HOUSE No. 24O Columbus avenue, corner of &I T. R. TROWBRIDGE, OC4 If 7o Long Wharf.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-02
FIRE RECORD.
A Boarding House in Flames-Several of
 the Initiates Badly Burned.

A Boarding House in Flames-Several of
 the Inmates Badly Burned.
 LOWELL. Mass, Nov. 2.-Fire broke out at Patrick Rourke's boarding house on Worthen street caused by the tipping ever of lamp by Thomas Maloney occupying the front room on the second floor. The flames spread rapidly through several rooms, followed the hall and stairway to the third floor where there were number of roomers. Bridget Murray domestic of the family. rushed out into the hallway where she was confronted by the fire and after breathing flames and smoke went to another room where she was subsequently found by the fremen in dy- ing condition so badly burned from head to feet that the flesh dropped from the body. She was living at two o'clock 8. m. but can- not survive. Thomas Maloney was taken from his room in similar condition with no hopes of his recovery. Peter O'Donnell, a police officer, occupied 8 room on the third floor and jumped through the window to the ground, distance of twenty weight thirty feet. He was badly burned, bruised and shocked, but will probably recover. The damage to the house is about $1, POO, covered by insurance in the Merrimac and Lowell companies.
 A Foundry Wiped Out.
 BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. Nov. 1.--The foundry of Charles W. Osgood was destroyed by fire at 11:3O tonight. Loss $1O,OO0.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-02
NEW YORK.
End orthe yvater Famlne,

NEW YORK, Nov. News of substantial increase in the water supply was received by the department of public works this morn ing The rainfall of the last few days up to o'clock this morning reached :. 50 inches at Croton dam and 2.69 inches at Boyd's Cor ners. Croton river is rising rapidly, and it is expected that it will be flowing over the dam by tomorrow. It is no longer necessa- " to draw water from She storage reservoirs, and the department to day increased the sup ply furnished the people of the city. The increase of water is due to the facts that there Was a heavy rainfall in the Croton lake re- zion last night and that the water has poured down very rapidly from the up- Fer watershed in Putnam and Dutchess coun- ties, where there were soaking rains on Sun