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rfoom house. This afternoon twent,
our men will begin its construct ion
Here is contract for its lease already
signed at SIS per month. and a weel
from next Saturday the tenant will
move in. My name is Herrick. III
sell you a lot fronting this double-track
street car line on this broad avenue for
$1,000. Cheap as dirt. Next week
you can refuse $4,000 for your prop
erty."
Catching my breath, l protested:
Broad avenue! Double-,rack street
car line! Great king, this is an open
prairie. 1t has never even been
ploughed."
But from the other pocket jumped
another roll of papers. Here is the
plan of the street l had recorded this
morning, and here is a petinon for
street car line. In sixty days you will
have both. Here l have a deed all
filled out except signing, and l can make
this lot right over to you now. Wen
get witness down town.
"Your lot!" l timldly venured, us
small, only sixteen feet"
"Small!' yelled Herrick in a tragic
and injured voice. "Do you call six
teen feet front small! Why, you can
build three-story house on that lot.
snd that is large enough for anybody"
AT this time l cut the horseand
galloped away through TIE grass
least should fall victim to Herrick's
Establishments and schemes.-4Miwuu-
kee.(,
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Useless Young Men.

There can be no question, says a
New York letter writer, but that one
leading cause of the present unsatis-
factory condition of general business
in this. If not IN other cities, is the
fact that too many people are gong
about doing nothing who have to be
supported by those who are at work.
The number of young men, especially,
that are personally unassocla,ed with
any useful industry seem to be stead
lily on the increase, and what is more,
there Is no prospect of any change
for the better as long as they persist in
staying in town, where there is no em-
ployment for them, instead of pushing
INTO the country. where, probably,
no one need be idle unless he choos.
eS. An advertisement for a clerk IN
commission house IN lower Broad
way one morning brought twenty-five
or thirty applicants to the door be-
fore 1t was opened-and, sad to say.
this is a common experience. Wall,
Broad and New streets also are over
run with vast number of genteel
Young men, without the cap ital with
is the reward of industry. who want
to be brokers, in the expectation o
realizing fortunes by looking at 1.-THE
tape" but who never get beyond the
barren region of expectations. There
is scarcely one OF these who wouldn't
be affronted if it were suggested to
him to go west" or to address him.
self 20 some trade or avocation near.
er home. that was not already crowd
ed. This false pride. must be got nd
OF, or the great army Ct able-bodied
will be augmented to a
point that will seriously Cypress the
more thrifty and industrious of the
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THECENTURY.
PROGRAMME FOR 1884

The programme for the fourteenth
year OF this magazine, and the thin,
under the new name, is If anything
more interesting and popular than ever
With every season, The CENTURY show.
a decided gain in circulation. The vol
ume begins with November, and. wher
possible, subscriptions should begin
with that Issue. The following arr
some of the features of the coming
year:
A New NOVEL By GEORGE w. CABLE
author OF "Old Creole DAYS." etc. en-.
titled DIR. Sewer a story of New
Orleans life, the eve of the late Civil
War.
LIFE IN THE THIRTEEN COLONIES.
by EDWARD EGGLEsroN. separate illus.
trated papers on subjects connected
with the early history OF the country.
THREE STORIES BY HENRY JAMES. of
varying lengths, to appear through the
year.
The New ASTRONOMY untechnical
articles, by Prot. S. P, Langley, desert
brig the most interesting Of recent
discoveries in the sun and stars.
A NOVELETTE, BY H. H BoyEsEx.
author of "Gunnar," etc. A vivid and
sparkling story.
The NEW Era IN AMERICAN ARCHIrEc.
TURE. series of papers descriptive of
the best work of America architects IN
Public Buildings. City and Country
Houses, etc. To be p~ofuseIy illustrat-
ed.
A NOVELETTE, BY ROBERT GRANT.
author of Confessions of Frivolous
Girl, etc. entitled An Average Man.
a story of New York.
The BREAD WINNERS. one OF the most
remarkable novels Of the day. Ia be
IN January.
CHRISTIANITY AND WEALTH" with other
,ssays, by the author of Christian |
-ea9ue OF Connecticut" etc, on the
application OF Christian morals to the
present phases Of modern lite.
COSTING ABOUT THE GULF OF ST..
LAWRENCE. a series of entertaining
rticl S, profusely illustrated.
SCENE FROM THE NovELIsrs, Haw-
horne, George Eliot, and Cable, with
uthentic drawings.
Ok THE TRACK OF ULYSSES, the record
I a yatch-cruise IN the Mediterranean.
, identify the rout of Ulysses on his re.
IN from the Trojan war.
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The breeding Of cattle on the West
em plains has long been lucrative
business 1t has enriched thousand:
of men of limited means. -Four yea
old steers could be raised for abou,
$3.50 each and were then sold for Sis
TO $a5 at the railway station. But the
old conditions are changing. The
settlement of the Western country has
limited the free pasture lands, and, as
in all other occupations, the large cat
tie breeders have driven out the smaller
ones. The business IS being concen-
trated into the hands of few men
comparatively but this monopolizing
tendency has some advantages.
The land is being fenced in. and
successful endeavors are being made to
improve the quality of the stock.
American beef and mutton are now
equal to and will soon be the best of
any in the world. When ensiIage is
we'll understood in the middle and
northern states we will probably be able
to raise more of our own cattle to sup
ply the local demand, and then doubt
less the smaller capitalists will again
have chance. Ensilage, it will be
remembered, is the system by which
fodder is kept succulent and fresh all
through the winter months. 1t cores
ponds to the canning of fruit and vege.
tables, and is a comparatively inexpen-
sive. But while the great droves of
cattle on the Western plains are get
ting into fewer hands, il is also true
that the large farmers are monopolizlng
the soil to the exclusion of the smaller
tiller of the earth in all the prairie
countries. This tendency to make
great land and cattle kings is not a |
wholesome one, for the for the hope of
nor country is, after all i'll farming
class which t,lls its own soil and are not
Luckily, in other parts OF
the country, there is steady increase
of the farmers who own $40 and less
acres. In California, for instance,
there are but little over 5000 farms Of
more than 500 acres while there are
over 10000 OF less than 500 acres.
All the hilly and mountainous regions
Of the country, including the ocean
slopes. IS more suitable for small than
large farms. In the neighborhood and
of the great cities, also, the fruit and
vegetable farms are always limited in
extent. Landlordism is more likely to
develop its evils on our Western prair-
les than in any other part OF the coun.
Monkhiy for Oa
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James Underhill, of Mexico, Oswego
county, n. L.. has an English verge
watch, which was made by Charles Tay-
lor, of London. in 1886. Mr.. Underhill
received it sixty years ago from his
grandfather. who, to preserve it during
the RevolutionaryWar. removed stone
from his cellar wall and put the watch
in, then replaced the stone. 1t remain
ed in its hiding-place about two years.
1t is still in good running order and
keeps good time.
Lands in the Eastern States, which,
had run out" for wheat culture forty
years ago. are now found capable Of
producing n good crop.
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ST. NICHOLAS,
EDITED By MRS. MARY xApEs DODGE

EDITED By MRS. MARY MAPEs DODGE.
The Nem York Tribune once said
"ln the avalanche of immoral litera.
ture that threatens the children, some
strong, vitality wholesome, and really
attractive magazine is required for
them, and ST.. NICHOLAS has reached a
higher platform, and commands for
this service wider resources IN art and
letters, than any of its predecessors or
contemporaries The reference to the
wide resources in art and letters com
manded by ST.. NICHOLAS was never more
fully illustrated than by the extraordi-
nary list OF attractions which that mag.
aZine announces for 1884. The follow
ing viii be some of the leading con-
tribut7rs:
Louisa N. :ilcolt. j. T. Trowbridge,
Cap. Mayne Reid. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen,
Maurice Thompson, Frank X. Stockton
Charles Dudley Warner. Joaquin Miller.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Mrs. A. d. Whitney,
Julian Hawthorne, Celia ThaYter.
Mary NJ: Dodge, Lieut. Frederick Schwatka,
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. E. S. Brooks,
George W. Cable. Chas. q Leland,
SusaH Kenmore Cooper. John G. Whittier,
II. H., NO. StOddard, C.P. Cranch,
and scores of other distinguished writ.
erS The best artists and engravers
illustrate the magazine. It has been
truly said that the reading of ST. NicH-
oLAs Is a liberal education for the
boys and girls who are fortunate
enough 20 have it. In no other book
or periodical is instruction so happily
blended with recreation and amuse-
mant.
The price $500 year, or % cents
number: Booksellers. news-dealers,
md postmasters receive subscriptions,
y remittance may be made direct to
he publisher, by money or express or
Ter. bank check, draft, or IN registered
etter.
The CENTURY co. Nrw YORK, N.Y.t
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While riding out ac,oss the unfenced
prsiries three miles beyond the city
came across two men. One had his
pocket full ofsigns and the other car
RED an Ak and bundle of stakes. After
pacing around for a time in the tall
grass the man with the Ratchet drove a
stake and the other pulled fourth and
tackled 10 il: This house and lot for
sale OF rent on easy terms" Accusing
him, / exclaimed, "Man alive. what do
you mean by putting up such sign on
an unknown prairiea There isn't a
house or 4 street within mile Of here"
Looking up pityingy. and drawing a
roll of paper from his pocket the agent
replied: "Here is the plan for seven
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! NV u Az aZlN =
GIRLS.
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community. There would be nc
such thing as dull times in a young
country like this if everybody was at
work and if there were fewer people
tying by their wits to live off other
people who earn their bread by the
sweat of their face.
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ALFRED N. SMITH.
Notary Public, Real Estate and TAI
purinD Aronf

Buys and sells commission. makes collections e1
auines titles furnishes abstracts writes deeoJ
veyance. Have for sale large OF the de.
sirabie grazing lands, at low figures either In Ada
bra dom az counties, well wafer.d and eau ,dvc
:ine on payments TO sui: purchaser with low rate OF
iaiereo! Lands especially adapted to sheep raising
being elevate and rolling Have also large list OF
inDrOved FARMS in tracts from 40 acres IL any de-
sIe amount hear market and contiguous to ontlyfn
range. Also town property andbnilding sites No
Rcgistry fee-cOrrespondence with non-resIence
owning lands or town property In this adjoining
counties is respectfully solicited. No charge with
out sale Is effected
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-07
The AStOr Family.

The Astor family is beyond question
the leader in New York society. The
two brothers John Jacob ard William B.
Astor. lead very qui lives, Mr.. William
BIS family 60 out more i'll society. Mr..
John Jacob Astor's only child is William
W., who is now with his wife and twochil-
dren Mt Rome. He had three daughters.
The eldest Mrs. Van Allen, died two
years ago Mt Newport.
Mr.. William w. Astor, to whom his
father, John Jacob Astor, has decided
his entire estate, rescrving an annuity of
800, 900, is bright literary man. He
was elected to the Assembly IN his dis.
trict, but was defeated by Roswell B.
Flower in his contest for Congress. He
is spoken of rs n pleasant, agreeable
man, loving his books and his pictures,
but more than these his wife, Miss
Mamie Paul, the celebrated Philadelphia
beauty, whom he married some four
years ago.
Mr.. John jacob Astor is wcll-built old
gentleman with snow-white whiskers and
Of striking appearance. He enters his
Office in West Twenty-sixth street with
brisk step and with nod and smiie
for every one. He is careful and gem
erous landlord. His houses are kept in
the best of repair and the rent market is
virtually in his hands. =,
John Jacob Astor is n very religious old
gentleman. Every Sunday he may bt
seen at Trinity Church, where he is {
vestryman. At the appointed time h'
rises from his seat and passes around thu
collection plate. A story told of him, il
to the effect that on meeting a washer
woman loaded down with her clothes
basket, he assisted her to the cars an'
dropped 500 gold piece into her basket
The Astor estate continues to grow il
value, as it must, every year.
Besides the city property of the Astor
there are also immense tracts of land a
Newport, and elegant cottages at tn.
different watering -places.-New YorA
World,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-07
About Telegraph Operators.

81 suppose" said reporter, "you
operators must have some funny exper-
iences."
"Yes, there are some droll things every
once in while. but we get 30 used TO
them that we don't mind anything about
them. l suppose you have heard that
story about the countryman who saw an
operator working an old Morse paper in
etrument and called his girl up to see
this fellow make paper collars
"How do you manage to keep your ear
on one instrument when there are twenty
or thirty going in the same room p
"There is no difficulty in that" was
the reply. at is MS easy as it is for
you to keep the run of friends CONVEX
sation when there are other persons talk.
ing in the room"
'But no two voices are alike" limited
the reporter dubiously.
"No two Instruments sound alike 10
an operator, and there is no more diff
Guilty in distinguishing the click of your
instrument in n roomful, than in dis-
tinguishing the familiar tones of broth.
er's voice."
"Can you tell who is sending at the
other end?"
"We can easily detect friendly hand,
although / don't know as | could make
you understand how"
"Do You hear anything that goes over
the wires ?"
"We could if we cared to, but that
gets to be very old story. We only
listen for our call, which is repeated till
we answer, and then the message is
sent"
81 suppose you have some sad expert.
ences when you receive messages of death
or sickness"
"Well, hardly. If we were affected
by such things we should he in pcrpct.
ual state Of grief. You don't notice them
at all. Why, once Ircceived message
addressed to me saying that had be
come father, but l had become used to
to such things-I mean to receiving such
messagcs-that | never noticed to whom
! it was addressed, and sent it down to the
counting room with bundle of other
dispatches / had received Mt the same
time"
Speaking of curious experiences,
chimed in another operator who had been
listening to the onversation--"sp speaking
of curious experiences. l remember
when / was working nights at little
station on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy road. About one o'clock one
cold, sleety morning the circuit was
broken off for n little while and then
heard the word Help come over the
line several times. This wns repeated
ut intervals for some minutes. | was
decidedly frightened, but nothing could
be done till daylight. After the break
had been located men were sent along
the line to repair the wire, and as soon
as the instrument began to work we re-
ceived word that Charley Adams, the
day operator, had been found there
dead, with both his legs cut of. We
afterward learned that Charley had been
to dance in neighboring town, and
had fallen, unseen, from the freight
train MS it crossed the bridge, and had
been run over. With his little remain
ing strength he had crawled to the edge
of the bridge. and broken the wire He
had telegraphed the word 'hclp' by
touching the ends of the wire together" !"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-07
A Minneapolis Land Agent.

While riding on. across the unfcnc ed
prairies three miles beyond the city !
came across two men. One had his
pocket full of signs and the other carried
an axe and bundle OF stakes. After
pacing around for time in the tall
grass, the man with the hatchet drove
stake and the other man pulled forth
and tackled to it "This house and lot for
sale or rent on easy terms"
Accosting him, l exclaimed
"NIan alive, what do you mean by
putting up such sign on M unknown
prairie? There isn't house or street
within mile of here"
Looking up pityingly, and drawing q
roll Of paper from his pocket, the agent
replied:
Here is the plan for seven.room
house. This afternoon twenty.four men
will begin it's construction. Here is a
contract for its lease already signed ut
1926 dollars month, and week from
next Sunday the tenant will move in.
My name is Herrick. I'll sell you lot
fronting this double. track street-car line
on this broad avenue for 1000. Cheap
as dirt. Next week you can refuse $6, 600
for your property"
Catching my breath, protested
"Broad avenue Double-track street
car line Great King, this is IN open
prairie. It has never even been plowed.
But from the other pocket jumped IN.
other roll Of papers.
"Here is the plan OF street I had re-
corded this morning, and here is peti.
ton for street-car line. In six days
you will have both. Here have deed
all filed out except signing, and I can
make this lot right over to you now.
Well get witnesses down town."
"Your lot," I timidly ventured, "is
small, only sixteen feet"
"Small |" yelled Herrick in tragic
and injured voice. "Do you call sixteen
feet front small2 Why, you can build
a three.story house on that lot, and that
is large enough for anybody"
At this l cut the horse and galloped
away through the grass, lest l shoult
fall victim to Herrick's blandishment
and schemes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-07
What Il Belle Has TO Do.

The life Of n belle at watering place,
says n newspaper correspondent. is one
of continuous hard labor, with little
compensation, and still, unlike the teleg-
raphcrs, they do not strike. After n
late breakfast she begins her series of
engagements divided by the hours and
in the press Of business into the half
hours. At eleven n. m, she gives A an
hour on the lawn; at twelve she has
B for half the morning german and G
for the other half; ut one p. m. ID has
his hour for II promenade i'll the great
parlor; Il takes her to dinner, + has
dessert with her; after dinner G has his
cnuncc at tenpins; II then takes her to
tide. Following the ride she takes tea,
then comes the german again; then n
supper and then to bed Mt two n. m. SO
from ten in the morning until two next
morning she is on continual strain,
and girl will have engagements filling
her whole time in this way for two
weeks ahead. OF course only few
reach this pinnacle of success, hut some
do. During day girl who is u sue
cess will dance ten miles and talk ten
hours. So the exercise of the muscles is
prodigious. The strain on the brain is
not SO great. But all this makes n
changing kaleidoscope. The women
are beautiful and well dressed. Thcii
manners, acquired by constant socia
life with brothers and cousins ant
brothers friends from the time they are
six years old, have n frnkness, cordali
ty and grace that you do not see else
where. They are pure, innocent ant
charming; but they are likewise shrcwd
observing, and with MS keen IN eye tc
the main chance as their Northern sis.
ters. This is great matrimonial mar
ket. Here the great heiresses from the
North and the Northwest and the
"heirs from Virginia and the South
do congregatc. Adventures have fire.
quentIy been seen to meet here, and
they find mutual disappointment; but
none Of these Southern girls were ever
known to be taken in by show or tinsel.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-07
Why he Voted No.
EMPHATIC REASONS WHY DRUMMEI's
SHOULDN'T BE TAXED.

There was lively discussion in the
Wacco City Council the other evening
The body was considering the question
of lcvying tax Of fifty dollars per ycal
on drummers selling goods i'll that town.
81 shall vote no, and want my vote
recorded in red ink" fairly ro0ied one
mobile. faced man.
81 should like to ask the member from
the Third Ward what his reasons are
for being 50 emphatic? ?" remarked n cool
member.
Reasons, sir, reasons, almost shout
ed the emphatic member; "my reasons
are these: The South is prosperous now.
We are prospering as we never pros,
pcrcd before; and why? 1t is because
we permit these drummcrs to invade our
State free OF tax. They come singly
and in drovcs. There are hundreds Of
them here every day, and they leave
thousands Of dollars in the city and mil.
lions in the State every year. That,
sir, is rly reason for voting no SO EN-.
phatically."
81 can't see the logic of your argu.
mcnt, - said the cool member.
"Mr. President, and gentlemen of the
Council, continued the emphatic mem.
Der, 81 was in hopes my words were
pointed enough to probe their way into
your heads, but / see that | must ex-
plain myself. Imust he more explicit.
III tell you." and the man bent over his
desk and almost hisscd. "rhesc North.
crn drummcrs are passionately fond of
poker, sirs, they are wild over it, and
they can't play worth continental.
Srs, in imposing this unjust tax or
license we materially cripple one Of oui
greatest sources of income, our principa.
channel of influx. BY that route mil
lions flow into our State yearly, sirs
and it has grown to be our greatest in
dustry, and We can't nourish, cherish
and protect il any too warmly. That
gentlemen, is why / vote No. and de
maud my name to stand ont in bol(
RELIEF" raid the member, rs he resumed
his seat.
The ayes and nays were called and
the measure was lost. and the bars are
down, aud the drummcrs enter Waccc
without tnN.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-07
Sober Second Thoughts.

True friends visit MS in prosperity only
when invited, but in adversely they come
without invitation.
Children are travellers newly arrived
in strange country. we should there.
fore make conscience not to mislead
them.
Great trees, as fg-trces, make shade
for others, and stand themselves in the
glowing heat of the sun. They bear
fruits for others, not for themselves.
These truth.speaking women are
friends in solitude, are fathers in matters
of duty, they are mothers to those who
are in distress, they are a repose to the
traveller in the wilderness.
The law of the harvest is to reap moro
than Won SOW. Sow an act and you reap
= habit. SOW a habit and you reap charsc-
ter: SOW character and you reap dos
iinv