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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-24
THE WALL STREET FAILURES.

srATEMENT FROM T.. C. sTEpMAS Co.-CEciL'
WARD q co. NOT PREPARED.
Tba Stock Exchange Committee on lnsolyeneies
1900 an Investigation into the recent f9llreS Oh
Ell Ward q Co and Il. T.. Stedman * 20. yes
terdav The committee consists OF Donald Mackay,
OF Vermiye IL Co.; W. b. D,ckerlnah. ~ Ion"u NJ
g. Diekerman and Laurens Joseph. Mr.
Uickerman went TO Europe IN June and has not yet
retnrned the 40 other members OF the committees
,y,re present. The investigation Is cxpecteo y" 20
a long one and not much progress toward q result
was made yesterday Inc Senior pA stedmav snb
wv ,0,t,od staiemcnt of the condition
az hrs firm on the daY OF the faiure, puS the
Statement of Cecil, Ward 81 Co. had not been com,
n,eted When the committee snall nave hnisnen
its work il will report TO the Gossinns
Cecil Ward & Co. failed ON Monday August ID,
ass ring that the suspension was uue 10
the delinquency OF customers Two Jays aioi
ward the failure ami dissolution Oh tng urn III "a
\ q SIedman * Co. led 10 the discovery that Cecii,
Ward a COS prlnc pal customer was Mr. Steimans
ND onIv p,rsner Young Stedman had been
snrcuIatng on his own accounS through Cecil, ward
a. Co. pledgng securities belonging 10 the urn 40
a margin. On tho return Oh nis lasno.
a mart of these securities from Cecil,
Ward a. Co. as no had done several times peIre
bu' was unable TO return them Inc re,ult was
Cecil Ward * Co.'s suspension. lac eluer mr'
Ind no legal proof that tue securities claimed by
Cecil. Ward 81 Co. had ever Deen out
~ his office but IRON the slaiemen since
msda by his son Re had no DOUBT
that they had been pledged at one time TO that hrm
The missing securities. amounting To me pSo,ooo,
,hat he mad reason TO believe. we're IN the w all
Street National Bank, where Cecil. ward * 20.
KENT N account. Mr. Stedman presented inc lol
10 .Ing statement OF the condition OF us hf Oh Tue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-24
GIFT TO A BASEBALL PLAYER.

WATERBURY, Conn, Aug. ga game of
baseball was played here to-day between the NswYork
aud Monitor clubs resulting favor Of the former by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-24
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, AUGUST 2s' 1850

,core Of IL to Conner OF the NewYork C,so put
~ the MouItors was presented al r tne nrss
inn,rv with diamond ring worth $40.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Gstting Ussd 70 Il,

An Austin man has business partner
who. like Mark Tapley. is always In
clined TO look on the bright side Of ey-
erything. The favorite expression Of
this jolly partner is, whenever one COM
plains to him, "0h, you'll get used to
it." One morning the serious part
ner came down to the store and OBJ
served: .. -r.. -.... .... -.
81 had rather q singular dream last
night"
9.Did, ehP" said his partner, kriskly.
"What was it?''
81 dreamed l died."
"No-did you? Dreamed you went
to heaven, 1 suppose.
"On the contrary, I found myself in
hades."
"Don't say so! Well. 1 reckon you
didn't find anybody you knew theree"
"Yes; | met you about the first man
struck" .-a ..r.
"Met mep" ...
"Yes; and we held short and some
what hurried conversation.
"What did you say?"
al remarked that / was pretty mid.
ding blamed hot!''
"Well, what did 1 sayP" .s.t.
"You-0h, you wiped away some OF
the sweat on your blistered face with Q
cast-iron pocket handkerchief and said
it was all right, you thought, and that
I'd soon get used to it!'-Te1as Syt'
in0S
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
In a Tight Place,

How often is the man who che ws to-
bacco caught in tight placer Most
travelling men chew; we don't know
why, but they do. 1t is probably be-
cause they want to keep their jaws from
getting rusty, and as on the sweat of
their Jaws depends their bread, it seems
perfectly right and proper.
Sometimes drummer gets into a
church. It is so seldom that he goes to
church that he gets mixed up, asst were
as he enters the door and forgets to
throw out his chew. AS he timidly
stands near the door he notices that the
church isn't carpeted and he heaves a
sigh of relief, but the sexton (anxious to
show him that though country church,
it has some style about itsel) leads him
away up near the pulpit into the only
carpeted pew in the church, and seats
him next to a pretty country girl with
red cheeks and wonderfully roguish
eyes, his heart sinks again and this time
il stays away down in his boot leg. The
congregation rise to sing and the girl
offers him part of her book. He can't
refuse; that wouldn't do, and there he
stands, afraid to sing, because, his jaws
are beginning to bulge out and his
mouth feels like Niagara was emptying
into it. r..
Next comes the prayer and he feels
that now his chance is coming and he
bends his head away down between his
knees. But the girl bends her head
too, and-his heart goes down q little
further.
Finally he coughs. jerks out his hand.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
A Frenchman's Estimats of Us,

The more l see and mix with the
Americans, says De Bacourt, the more
difficult do I find it to pass judgment
upon them, owing to the great variety
of types. The Northerner is very differ
ent from the native of the Middle States.
The Northerner, who is styled a Yam
kee, is of the English type, with which
are combined the sharpness and skill OF
the Jew-this mixture of pride, of cold
ness and of Britannia stiffness with He
brew acuteness making the Yankee a
unique parsonage. The Yankees are
English at heart, despite the scorn which
the English show for them. They 60 to
England to acquire their tastes, their
manners, their customs, their fashions,
and even their aversion to France and
the French. Much more civilized than
their Southern countrymen, they ap-
prove of an aristocracy and all the
gradations of rank which the English
approve Of, and in what is called New
England not many changes would be
required to establish there form Of
government similar to that of Old En-
gland.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Smuggling Through the Mails.


"Can you tell me some of the de-
vices for sending goods through the
mails.
"Laces, kid gloves, silk stockings,
silk handkerchiefs, and other light ar
ticles are inclosed in newspapers and
pamphlets. They are inclosed so that
It is hard to detect them. A pair OF
silver sardine tongs, going to California,
was recently found hidden in a package
of pamphlets. In an English newspa-
per were discovered lady's silk stock
ings, one black and one red. Accord
ing to the revenue law, these might
have been taken as samples and entered
free. A trick was suspected, and the
articles detained. The next steamers
mail contained newspaper addressed
to the same person. In it were folded
one red and one black silk stocking, to
match the others. The lady to whom
they were addressed was sent for, and
paid the duty.
"Old Bibles and books are used tt
send watches and other jewelry, the
leaves being cut and spaces followed
out to hold the smuggled articles. Ons
book, arranged in this way, disclosed
on being opened, three gold bracelets
two watch chains, two lockets, a set o.
sleeve buttons, five gold pins and two
necklaces. This collection was on it,
way to lady in Cincinnati. Itwas ap
praised at 1884. One mail will bring
the first part of book, and the mex
mail the rest of it; but this trick TO
getting in books free is rarely success
ful. .n-N. 7. Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Beef Tea Too Thin,


A Heidelberg graduate gave report
er some facts and figures the other day
that will surprise majority of people.
He said: at is thing most curiou.
that almost everybody seems to regard
beef tea as kind Of essence of all the
nutritious and strengthening qualities
Of the meat. You will even hear some
doctor talk of building up their patients
on beef tea Now, the fact is that there
is in a bowl of beef tea but little, II any,
more nutriment than there Is in glass
of lemonade. How could there bep We
know that the principal nutriment part
of beef, besides its rs per cent. of water,
are albumen and fat. Now, albumeI
coagulates atI176 degrees Fahrenheit, and
at 2l2, the boiling point, it becomes like
eggs hard boiled. As a consequence,
the albumen contained in the meat be-
comes entangled in the meshes and is
firmly held there. OF course, then, the
albumen does not find its way into the
beef tea. As for the fat, the only re.
naming strengthening ingredient, that
comes to the top and Is always careful
ly skinned of, for nothing is more dis.
gusting to q sensitive appetite than
greasy beef tea. And yet you will say
that well-made beef tea is very palatable
and seems to do good in many cases OF
weak and disordcred stomachs, stimu.
lating, not nourishing.
80 it is, and SO it does. And ye,
beef tea is not nourishing. 1t is stimu.
lating, however. and when we are sick
and have no appetite. we know that il
we can get the sto";ch to retain o cur
of beef tea it will hu, be long before the
organ will call for something that is
really substantial and nourishing. II
has the same stimulating effect as aglass
of brandy or whisky, without entailing
the depressing after effect which alcohol
produces. The ingredient that gives to
beef tea its strong, agreeable flavor is a
fluid that is dissolved out of the white
fibrous tissues of the meat. and which,
as said before, is no more nourishing
than so much lemon juice. An expert
ment was made on three dogs, all as
nearly alike, as to age and size, rs we
could get them. The dogs were all shut
up in separate pens, side by side. Fol
the first dog was ordered diet Of
Liebigs extract of beef and all the water
he wanted to drink. Dog No. 2 was res.
tricted to water only, being allowed
nothing whatever to eat, while the thirt
animal was allowed neither food of any
kind to eat nor water. OF course the
dog that had no water was the first to
die; but if you should guess which wa:
the next to succumb you would prob
ably make mistake. It was:not the dos
that was allowed nothing to eat, but tht
one at the lower end of the row, wht
died with quantity of meat extrac
within six inches of his nose. Dog No
8, with nothing but water in his kennel
got along we'll enough for about month
and then died suddenly. We expected
him to remain about six weeks, but
think the death of the other dogs had ;
depressing effect on him. Now, it i
just as certain that the dog which diet
with the Liebig's extract under his nos
was starved to death as it is that dos
No. 2 died from the same cause"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
It Worked Like q Charm.

Smart Boy" Mamma, I've conun
drum. Do you know why that story
papa told you about being kept out sc
late taking stock at the store is like
Sampton's Liver Lotion, advertised in
the evening paperP"
Mother. .-"What foolishness are yol
talking about, child?"
Smart Boy.-"Well, I heard Major
Brunson ask papa how the old woman
took the yarn about being kept out late
taking stock, and they both laughed
and papa said: 1T just worked like s
charm and here is man, writing il
the evening paper, says that he rubbed
the Liver Lotion on three times, ane
that it just worked like charm"
The smart boy got cuffed by his mother
and locked up under the stairs by hi
father, and he has learned that conun
drums of that brand are not safe t.
handle. e.-TeraS Sytings. ..
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

kerchief and as he makes q spasm0dic
kick with his foot, he releases his over
charged mouth little, and the COB Of
saliva (excuse the expression; 1t is the
only thing that will do the subject jCs-
ticeO falls to the floor with thud that
seems TO shake the foundation OF the
building. The drumDler turns red, his
ears burn, heimagines everybody in the
church is looking at him. and he swears
TO himself that he would give fourteen
dollars to be back at the hotel where he
can spit all he wants to.
The sermon commences and his last
chance is gone. Once he drops his book
and under cover of picking it up he gets
rid of little more saliva. Then q
''yaller" country dog trots up the aisle,
and as the drummer is certain every
body is looking at him-the dog. not
the drummer-he gets rid of little
more. Oh, If that girl would only 60 to
sleep or look in some other dircctionl
Or If that dog would only come back.
But the maiden stays and seems to be
enjoying the sermon, and the dog curls
up under seat and drops into quiet
doze. And the sermon goes on and the
preacher tells of the tortures of the
damned and the drummer wonders IL
they suffer as much as he is now suffer-
ing. He doubts it. His jaws swell still
more. He feels that the chew has swol-
len till it is as large as a hogshead Of
tobacco. His eyes begin TO water and
his ears ring, and he feels that Death on
a pale horse going like Hades beating
tan-bark, is coming his way.
Suddenly a brightidea strikes him. Out
comes his handkerchief. up to his per-
spring face it goes, and under the old
and worn out dodge of bleeding nose
he flies out of the church; out in the
balmy sunshine; out among the hum
ming bees; out into the air laden with
the thousand odors of spring; out where
he can spit.-EUansvilte Argus.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
A oforv is told of how Rarnum m

A story is told of how Barnum once
succeeded in emptying his big show at
time when it was densely crowded and
thousands were waiting outside to OBJ
tain admission. He knew that a start
was all that was needed to effect this
purpose, but how to manage that was
the rub. At length a bright idea occur
red to him. Painting up in large let
ters on piece of calico, "This way to
Egress," he hung it up at convenient
angle of his show. Some of the simple
country people thinking "egress'' was
some strange new animal just added to
the collection, passed through the slit
in the curtain, and to their amazement
found themselves outside the show. The
thing was done. Everybody saw every
other body making for the corner where
the new animal was on exhibition, and
in a few minutes the show was emptied,
and the outgoing stream being 40 great
that it was quite impossible to turn
when once caught in its eddy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Mississinpi 'SkeeterS.

The railroad station at Mississippi
City is located among the pines, and the
way the mosquitoes were biting there,
was enough to keep a mule moving.
After while we got to talking about
the insects, and asked native of the
country:
care they thicker than this in the
summerP'' --... ..-- "a.
Thicker! Why, in July there's a
million to one!'
"And largerp"
Larger! Why, sir, one Of the regu-
lar 'skeeters of this section could carry
twenty of these on his back and still fly
high!'
I Thought I'd down him at once, and
so continued:
"Now, sir, answer me truthfully. Do
you believe that six of your biggest
mosquitoes could kill mule if he was
tied up out herep"
He looked at me in amazement for q
minute and then went to the door and
beckoned in the man sitting on a box
and watching the horses. When the
man came in the native said:
":William, you rememberth air roam
mule O yoursp"
Il reckon
''In perfect health, wasn't he?"
"He was"
''Could run like deer and kick like
saw-logp"
sHe could"
"And he was all alone in ten-acre
lot, Williamp''
''He was"
"And two of them mud swamp 'skeet
ers got arter him one morning and run
him down and killed him and devoured
both hams and sucked every drop O
blood in his bodyp William, speak up!
stranger, if they didn't then hop'
to be chawed to rags!' said William
and he said it exactly like a man who
wouldn't have allowed there were TIVE
'skeeters if he hadn't been earnestly
convinced of the fact. He walked out
doors and a deep silence fell over u
two, broken only after long interva
by the native saying:
| "I've allus kinder suspected tina
them two 'skeeters had assistance from
a hoss-fy, but l can't prove it. I kind
er think that the hoss-fiy held him dow
till the murder was committed!'-M
| QHQU.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Classical Education.

"Do you not think that American in
stitutions are progressive?" inquired a
Boston girl of an eminent English tour
list on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
"Indeed do, was the hearty reply.
s'The classical education of even your
railroad brakemen make them far su-
perior to the common guards of our
English system"
"What do you mean by the classical
education of our brakemen?" inquired
the Boston girl, with no small show o1
surprise.
'Why, I notice they open the cal
door and call out the names Of the sta.
tions in an unknown tongue. lam fa'
miliar with seven distinct languages
but your American brakemen are gull
of learning compared to our most emf
nent scholars. Their salaries must Ger
tainly be enormous, and their eruditior
vast and unfathomable. "-TeraS Silt
t1ldS,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Oysters Grown on Trees.

For years the waters Of Poquonoc
River, Conn.,, have been noted as pro-
ducing the most delicious oysters known
in the world. The demand was far in
excess of the supply. On account OF
the thick. black mud that plastered the
bed of the river, and which is fatal to
oyster-culture, only a small margin Of
the bottom, q rocky strip far in shore,
could be utilized by the oyster-gIowers.
1t was not until three or four years ago
that a speculative inventive Yankee de-
vised q plan for extending the oyster
cultivation upon the mud bottoms. He
went into his woods and cut down a
|, forest Of tough, wiry white birches, drag
ged them TO the bank, bore them to his
boat upon the river, and dumped them
overheard, taking care that they should
be left at proper intervals on the bot
tom. He had an idea that the oyster
spawn would come sailing along in the
season, catch hold of the birch boughs,
and grow into fabulous fortune for him.
The idea was good one, but not per-
fected. He allowed the birch to lie a
suitable time and then pulled them up.
Every bough and twig was thick with
half-grown bivalves, but the weight Of
the growing shells had dragged the brush
down into the fatal mud, and the oysters
had perished by the million.
Enlightened by his failure he made
another trial. He planted the birches
upright on the bottom, setting them al
IN angle with the current The sub
merged trees were from fifteen to TWEEN
ty feet in length, and the butts, which
were three or four inches in diameter,
were thrust three or four feet into the
mud. Their tops just pricked through
the waves at low tide. Itwas just what
the oysters wanted, a ready-made home.
They drifted as thick as snow-fakes to
the bending boughs and plant twigs.
Singly they were SO small as to be almost
invisible, but their legions speckled the
trees with brownish patches. The trees
bowed under their load of growing
shells, but the elastic wood kept the
fruit clear of the mud. At the end oi
few months it was seen that the oys.
| ter orchards promised an astonishing
harvest. All the oystermen along the
river were anxious to try their hand al
the new style of oyster farming. Under
the law of the State the mud bottom or
each side of the 100-foot channel was
staked and set off in plants 10 dozer
or more applicants to be planted with
oyster trees. Soon both sides of Po-
quonoc River, from its head for a long
way toward the sea, was bristling with
sunken birches, waving an ebbing ant
flowing welcome to the drifting spat. -
Ncrwtch (Conn.) Cor. N. Y Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16


Soapsuds will not chap or injure the
hands, even if kept a long time in it, if
on taking them from the suds they are
thoroughly sponged, ordipped in lemon
juice or vinegar. The acid destroys
the corrosive effects of the alkali and
makes the hands soft and white. In
dian meal and lemon juice used when
washing the hands, when roughed by
cold or hard work, will heal and soften
them. Vinegar will answer if lemons
are not easily obtained. Rub the hands
in this, then wash thoroughly. and if
you have it, after drying put on few
drops of glycerine. Those who suffer
from chapped hands in the winter will
find this comforting, and will make
sewing much easier.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
English Girls Abroad.

American girls are much more popu.
lar abroad than ours, and for obvious
reasons. They are more Continental in
their tastes. They live for society, dress,
Irritation. Our young women, like their
fathers and brothers, are profoundly in
different to Continental opinion. When
Swedenborg visited Heaven he found
that the English there kept very much
to themselves. So do our countrywo-
men abroad. They have plenty of in
terests apart from society. They bot
anize, they walk, they play lawn tennis
as if they meant winning sets, not
hearts. They carry hammers, they ex-
plore fossils, they dig up bits of primi-
tive man, they collect sea-beasts, they
even study the peasants and their pa
tois. They regard foreign young men
as being Of another species, no more
marriageable than monkeys. For all
these reasons they do not dress to please
foreign young men. They wear big
nailed boots, hideous sunshades, and,
when very Alpine and pedestrian, seem
chiefly to robe themselves in seedy old
ulsters. Sealskins and waterproofs
limit their ideas of costume. They
wear out their old things. Occasional.
ly they introduce aesthetic dresses to a
foreign population which never heard
of MIR. Wilde. 1t is curious to observe
tue horror-stricken curiosity of a for.
eign town when the first peacock-blue
pair of puffed sleeves is promenaded
through the streets. All these signs Of
the cold and insular indifference of the
British fair make her unpopular on the
Continent. She is not thinking about
love and sentiment and fine feelings
She is taking her pleasure manfully
after the manner of her race.-LondO'
Saturday Night.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

A Philadelphia paper suggests the
propriety of uniforming the letter car
riers in knicker-bockers Gen. Huide-
koper had seen the men with their pan
falcons ragged and dirty in wet wealth.
er and he thought that something should
be done to protect their clothing. The
postmen could not easily carry umbrel-
las, and even if they did it would not
help the rough appearance of the pam
falcons of number of them. The idea
is to have knee breeches for the carriers
and in the summer they will wear a
light gray stocking, and in the winter a
heavier of the same material with light
leather leggings. In addition it is pro-
posed to have the carriers wear q shoe
that supports the ankle well. The prop
osition will be submitted to the depart
ment at Washington.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
A Way Out of a Dilemma.

Countryman: "By gosh, them sus-
penders air too short. They pull my
pants up SO tight l can't work my legs
Haven't you got longer suspenders?"
Nose Schaumburg: "Mine fren, you
wash mishdaken. Dose susbenders wash
de longest kind -imborted goots. You
keeps desc susbenders, und shoost you
puys for dree toller und halaf o bair
of bants, vat comes down more on der
ground, und dot will fit dose imborted
braces. ''-1eras Stftings.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

A middle-aged lady applied to Mr..
Barnum for the position Of circus mana
ger. When she was asked about her pro-
fciency she naively replied that she
had been married three times, and il
any one could explain the word circus
she was the person.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

The "Dude" cigar has made its ap-
pearance. The description once given
of cigar will answer equally as well
for this: "a roll of tobacco with fire at
one end and fool at the other.''