Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-29

would be ne commotion, bnt If on the south
side there would be a grand rush for the
other side. IF the train would not stop the
tween and against the moving cars, frequent
ly causing the derailment of the engine and
train. What few of the animals are left are
now in the mountain valleys Of Montana
This is not good year for corners. One
of the last to go to pieces is the rubber COR
ner, which has caused the failure of the vi
anna Brothers, of Havre, who conducted 1t.
In the summer of 1882 the price Of rubber,
owing TO diminution of the visible supply,
was ruling above the normal level and the
head of the firm of Wanna Brothers organ
lied syndicate in Europe with an immense
capital. The price of rubber was from 80
to 50 cents per pound. The tactics of buy.
ing up the whole visible supply were follow
Sd and the price of rubber speedily went up
with bound. At the close Of 1882 the
price of rubber was $1.08 in this market, and
it was estimated that the cornerers then held
under control stock worth about So, 600 900.
La October, 1882, howeysr, the rubber manu-
faoturers of this country having determined
to make an organized effort to break the
corner. met in New York city and decided to
close their factories until the state of trade
would warrant their paying the extreme
prices demanded for the raw material This
movement virtually decided the battle, and
since the price of rubber has been declining,
If the failure of the corner induces the man
ufacturers of rubber shoes to put little
rubber into them it will indeed be a bless
ing.
Mr.. Tilden's ''most intimate associate" has
been heard from, and he gives very encour-
aging description of the mental and physical
condition of the head of ''the old ticket
He says: Mr.. Tilden weighs between 125
and 130 pounds. I have knowR him 40
years, and his present weight is what it has
averaged since he grew to manhood. He
has not taken narcotics to induce sleep for
years, and never was in the habit of doing
SO. He Is nat paralyzed. He has a rheu
matte affection of some of the fingers of his
left hand, and is sometimes subject to trem-
or of hand, but generally it is not sufficient to
prevent his writing his signature. I hap
pened to know that he lately affixed his sig
nature 400 times in one day. His sense of
hearing is uncommonly acute. His eyes are
something wonderful. He reads from three
to five hours every evening, besides what he
does in the daytime. He has a quick and
erect walk, and does not mind going up three
or four figkts of stairs. His veiee is feeble
by reason of debility of the vocal chords,
which increases when he is fatigued.- Medi>
ooIr hot h.
does not reach any vital powers. He at
tends to divers business interests, and is
called on to advise in matters of Importance
in which he has been long connected. He
selects, buys, and reads more books proba-
bly, than any private gentleman in New York
city.
An old British army psnsioner relates an
interesting story of General Chinese Cor
don. On the first day on which fire was
opened at Sebastopol from the twenty-one
gun battery, the sand-bsgs forming one Of
the embrasures caught fire from the fash of
too closely mounted gun. A corporal and
q sapper OF the engineers were told Off to
-ere:= th2 la.-ag-ss2. Tho o5ERora. ordered
the sapper to mount the embrasurs and pro-
posed to hand up the fresh bags to him.
They were under heavy fire at the time and
the sapper, with some want of dis
cipline certainly, demurred to this
arrangement, and suggested that the
corporal should get up, and that he (the
sapper) would go on with the handing up
business. There was a bit of wrangle over
it. Gordon, who was passing, inquired into
the matter, and quietly telling the corporal
'Never order a man to do what you are
afraid to do yourself" got up on the pile of
bags himaslf and said, ''Oome up here, both
of you,'' and then ordered the men who were
working the gun to hand the bag up. The
storm of bullets sweeps over Gordon and the
two men, but his charmed life seemed to
protect the trio. He finished his work,
and came down as coolly as he had
mounted.