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The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29
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Some people who are fond Of conn
pairing modern with early civilization
profess to find no evidence that the
world has advanced. But they are
either ignorant of or purposely keep
out of view conspicuous facts bearing
upon the question. While the ancients
had the philosophy of Plato. which one
can conceive might be preferred to the
utilitarianism of Bacon that dominates
humanity to-day, they lived and died
without having attained the degree OF
development in the evolution of the
moral and physical leaning to the
eternal verify, as now demonstrated,
that the perfect man is a muscular per-
son, with little flesh and no brains, and
under the autocratic control of the
fighting instinct. The Romans, had,
it is true, good type Of man, fat
headed and full-chested, and whose
prodiguous muscles made his arm
resemble Typographical map of
Northern Italy. He was fighter, a
gladiator, but what of his art? He was
wholly deficient in fisticuffs, which the
low-grade Roman civilization condem-
ed. With q measly blade the gladia-
tor went into the arena to let the life
out of his antagonist It was largely q
stabbing matinee and altogether q
clumsy piece of business that our mod
ern civilization would not tolerate.
We want art with bloodshed. Our re-
fined taste demands succession of
rounds in the ring, with no other
weapons than the bare fists, and a
combat is more or less a failure if one
of the participants be not artistically
pounded to a jelly. Herein is one vast
difference between the crude ancient
and the polished modern. A clean
stab that ended worthless life in a
jiffy was barbarous; the process of
MASKING man all out of shape for the
delectation of the multitude and still
allowing him to live. to be admired by
the rising generation as noble speci-
men of heroic, If unfortunate. man
hood, is beatitude of the refinement
OF our age. Such, no doubt, would be
the verdict of an inhabitant of Mars
could he read the dispatches from Lou
isiana, and were he to look no further
into social conditions than to note the
public manifestation of interest in the
recent prize fght.-Cincinnati Times.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29
Mountain Railway.

The mountain railway to the summit
OF Mount Pilatus has been successfully
inaugurated, having an incline twice
that OF the Right line, namely 4s in
100. The ascent of 5000 feet is ac-
compaished in hour and 40 minutes.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29
.Isiisrs ef Z ar,at d aceai .iTassIl,; IIIl

n lalazs ct . Great Dry Qoo4G
Lewis Brothers & Co., of Philsdel-
phia, have failed for 81. 600, 600. It 4
one Of the greatest dry goods firms In
the United States, and has branches in
Boston, New York, Baltimore and Chi
cago. The aggregate Of its sales in q
single year has been as high as $15,-
100000, which is small compared with
Stewart's $5O,000,0oo, but large at the
present day, when dry goods are so
very low.
The house was founded in 1852 by
Henry Lewis, and has therefore been
in existence thirty-seven years. This
seems short life for great establish
ment. but is about as long as any of
them run in the United States. We
live in changeable country, and
mems lives are short in every sense of
the word.
In April last the firm wanted to bor-
row money and made statement to a
financial institution which was intend
ed to be accurate. This statement re-
presented that the assets were 81, ,343,-
600 more than the liabilities. But
these assets were unfortunately in the
form of uncollected accounts, and as
collections are and always will be diff
cult. the firm could not realize on its
million of excess. They could not
take up their maturing paper, and so
they have failed.
Some of their friends think the firm
will not be closed up, but will go on
under an extension. This we doubt;
as 1862, 900 of their paper is held by
the banks in Boston, Providence,
Hartford, New Haven, New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. Bankers
cannot wait long for their dues, in JUS
tice to their own creditors, and so we
think the Lewis Brothers will be clos
ed up.
The history of Lewis Bros. & Co. is
that of almost every other business
firm in the United States. They are
all trying to do too much business on
their capital. They had a capital of
$1,000, 900, and on that basis they did
business of $15, 100000. Yet they
trusted freely, as thousands of others
do, and after they got their property
out they could not get it back again; SO
more than $1,000.0OO remained uncol-
lected when they failed.
Too much credit and too much busi-
ness on narrow capital have become
the bane of the mercantile, the indus
trial and the manufacturing establish
ments of the United States. The
waste of competition has become so
devouring that merchants and manu-
facturers will sell goods at a very low
profit and even then take doubtful pa-
per.
So we go; SO We hurry -scurry, and
so we smash; and a national bank
rupt law to wipe out the existing OBJ
legations has become an essentiality
every twenty years in the history of
the country.
If everybody dealt for cash, or SO
limited their credits that slight loss
only was possible. then these sweeping
periodical revulsions, producing bank
ruptcy, insolvency and ruin, would
not be the concrete history of the
business of the United States.-Mil.
waukee Wisconsin.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29
In the Adirondack.

you're the most coward ly creature
I ever met" sneered the dog to the
flying deer.
True" was the reply, but I al
ways die eame."-Life. Z
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29

Ohice:seekers say that the coolest place
they can find in Washington is the White
House. There is where so many Of the N
get the 'cold der."-Norristow wn Her.
aid
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29

THERE is q movement In Canada
to abolish the wearing of black for
mourning.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29

41sOOn Uecame widely known Mackey,
on Musconetcong Mountain, sold the
best breed of pigs in the country;
hence he got the name of Hog Mac
key. His life was perfectly harmless.
His only eccentricities were that he
visited nowhere, spoke to no one un-
less it was absolutely necessary, and
would allow no woman to enter his
house.
every Christmas until I was Is
years of age, l sent him remem-
brance of socks and mittens, to which
mother added table delicacies. Iwas
then away for three years at school,
and one of the first things heard
was that John Mackey-1 would al
low no one to call him Hog Mackey
in my presence-had been sick and
had asked for me. He did not say
he wanted to gee me. He only asked
the doctor where was. The very
next morning I sadled a horse and
rode to his house. Without knock.
ing pushed open the door and walk
ed in. He was still quite feeble, and
sat in o chair by the fire. The mo-
ment he saw me he exclaimed:
Go away, womanl Have you no
more sense than to rush into q mans
house that way
Z" I'm no woman replied; Pm
only the little girl you wouldn't eat
out of season..
God bless mel he exclaimed; you
don't look as though you had been
out lost on the mountain for two
days and nights latelyl'
II told him Ihad not, and did not
particularly want to be again. Then
! won't to work fixing up his room
and preparing him something good
to eat. He demonstrated with me
first, then he ordered me out of the
house, and swore at me; to all of
which paid no attention whatever,
but worked and talked away cheer.
fully until he subsided into q kind of
despairing apathy that / could have
laughed at in any other person. Al.
ter that I went to John Mackey's
house when I pleased, and he got
used to me, but not another woman
would he let in My visits were alto.
gether directed to making his house
cleaner and more comfortable, and
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29

are out of season now; and: besides,
l think you have more need to eat
somebody or something yourself
II am right hungry. I candidlv
admitted. "With that he hurriedly
brought me a gourd, full of milk,
which he thrust into my hands and
was rushing after something else,
when ! dropped it on the floor, being
too weak to manage it. He quickly
filled the gourd again and held it for
me while I drank. Then he softened
bread in the milk and gave me. As
soon as my hunger was a little salts
fled, he ran out of the house and
halloed with all his might. Then he
came in, cut slice of ham and put
it on q gridiron to broil in the open
fireplace, where there was no fire.
Then he ran out and halloed again.
Then he come in and threw the grid
iron across the room and grabbed
down his gun from off some hooks,
and went in and shot it off. After
this he built q fire and cooked his
ham and made some coffee, and fed
me with them stopping every minute
to go out and halloa and firs % off his
gun. Once in a while he would ex-
claim.
'"Confound theml If I didn't
want anybody there would be q dog
en- poking about
'tAfter / had been fed q half dozen
times, and had my face and hands
washed as though I was q baby, and
had been nearly strangled again with
raw whisky, It occurred to him to
ask me how felt. Itold him I felt
pretty good. only I couldn't move.
"'Conld you bear to be carried?"
he asked. :.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
aHE raEunp pARrY M TOXIN.
rarx ABE HELD AT Police HEADQUARTERS

r,Hyry ARE HELD AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS
BUT THEY EXPECT TO GET BAIL.
President cotteiu of the Eectsfc suear hehnins
Company, was jubnant yesterday over The success
fu issue Of his plans for the arrest CT the ftcunu
party. He was nos bit put out BY hc riniois Va
disclosures With which It said no had oeeh
ened BIZ Mrs Freund He called ON the prsoners ~
Police Headousrters but told The Tribune reporter
that poth,nr material had passed between nm ana
tlscm. THEY'VE been hiufing right aaongT no
INDEED but with all their blufing they arc nere'1
There IA quite as much confidence IN tho Frenhd
camp, however, as In tho Cotterfn camp Tne sor
vices Of Howe q Humnel have been secured Tor inc
aefence. Mr.. Hummei said yesterday that his
clients who may be srragned before Recorder smytn
at O'Clock to-day would certainly get ball ana p
he anauifte6 OF any criminal charges that might %
brnuelt againsf them. The prosecution mas no ln-
eFfInfnesfng evidence, whatever he saiu, ana we
vii ask IL 70 make at once whatever chadges ~ nas ~
maks, 80 that the case may 80 70 trlsa ~ S'oA -
''I pssore noon the prisoners were taken TO tne
rastyct Attorney,s otce The Ave defe1dants sas iDr
short time IN the office while Asslsts A ne mo-
ceeengs to-day before tho Recorder me. VET nS
suaried by Detectives Creed Rutland, McNaugns . sn
Hurd Lawson n. Fuller, on whose COMPANY t NJ
Of the three tndctmsnts aganss mem ece and loudly
sxnressed lis low at their arrest feel tWeny Ys
looks fEe coun,yIasn but Ss n saa THAT'S
one reason why they were all able 20 npDsT on HE
city lkosis That htout woman whe ioohs AAe
Madame Dlss Debaf IS Mrs. Freund" -. - a,1
Inspector Byrnes said In the aSernoo1 snss Ia 10
Police Headquatcrs and he had not ta,ke eo via 'o
They were locked up IN the basement COILS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08

sss,,rbs. except On the Cambridge limo For about
fro weeks lire equipped by the Thomson Houston
overhead systenf has boen running regularly ara sue
square, Cambridge A motor IS attached 70 one car,
md second is tOwed, and the p0JferBtatton 10
Cambridge Is strong enough 10 propel two heavily
loadod cars up tho steep giade on Canbridgost at
rnog rate of speed, mneh quicker than three bores
can drag ono car up
At present tlere are about ffteea miles Of tFack
equipped With electrical motors The RPraepe MOTOR
Is used on the lines running to Chestnut HiI Eeeer
voir and to Brighton and the Th0msoI- Hops So,
motors on the newly-equippod Cambridge me me.
The railway officials arc not prepared 10 say wnieD
method VIM eventually De adopted but that eectcly
viii be the motive power on ell the Boston sLrees ~
in the near future e generally conceded. MAJ
be definitely stated now. The comparative cost q
horses and electricity Is not exactly known nut ~ y
generally understood that the latter when once es-
fablshed I'm good running ORDER. win not pc much
moro than hall the expense Of horses 20 lan tan.
The now system has rapidly gained IN ploe iayos:
and hundreds Of people riding eyofy peasant Gay
merely 10 crafty their curiosity a& to what inc system
Is Ike The cars are lighted by lncandesoent electro
amps IN itseif luxury, as compared with smoky OIL
lamps A number Of serious runaway accidents have
happened Horses generally regard car without
visible means Of propulsion with much suspicion and
then, too, the burning sound OF the up on the over
head system Is not reassuhng 10 timm hofse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
TIE ACADEMY OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
SITE ZOE NEW BUILDING SECURED IN WEST
FoRTY.THTRp-aT.

EORTf.THIHD-bT.
ne New-York Academy Of Medicine has as last Sc
cured site for building worthy OF II and Of Its OBJ.
isets and one which IS probably destined to become
the scientific well as the medical headquarters Of
this city. Yesterday the trustees Of thu Academy
completed the purchase Of three lots this north side
OF Forty thirdst, between Fifth and Sixth ayes about
200 feet from Fffh-avo. II is most desirable stua-
tion for tho Academy; within easy distance of the
elevated railroads, the Grand Central station, and the
horss-earS Two years ago, during Dr. Jacobs pres
dency Of tho Academy, It fayorably regarded By
Of the trustees, but purchase was then made.
Tho Century Club has been intending since then TO
make the purchase but retired in favor Of the Academy
II Is possible. however, that tho club may become
neighb0r OF the Academy.
In addition to tho tbree lots acquired by the rus
tees, two fellows OF the Academy have secured
another 10 be placed at the disposal Of the Academy
in easo u wants to extend It's building In the mean
Tine & VIII build on at least seyenty-ve feet. The
new house VIII provide ample accommodation for the
members, It VIII be freProof throughout, and VIII
contain big meeting hall, library, reedtng rooms,
general rooms, and half dozen roomN Of middle sEe
which VIII DO devoted 20 the uses OF tho AeademJe
ten sect Ions which all bold regular meetings.
Dulntr o. scientific societies win also hold theif meet
IL q expected that tho Academy win begin TO bild
during the summer. There +, foTtansteiy p eoed
deal OF money IN tho treasury but President = =
LOOMS and tho other members Of the Doand Of TFus.
tees win not object 10 receiving subscriptions toward
the building-fund nom any nienos OF nealcho u
ecenco who may be disposed sO give them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
TO, MAINTAIN ANTHRACITE RATES
PRESIDENT coRBIN PROPOSES THAT SALES
AGENTS SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF THE
POWER TO MAKE PIECES.

Phlladelphia, March z OspecaD.--At the Reading
Railroad Office prominent Official said that the
presidents Of AL the anthracite producing companies
have boen ASKED by President Corbfn 70 sdop sssio
Of prices themselves, and tlat Is quite possible
that this plan for msntalning prices win b tried
The coal trade Is monopoly" said this eafeszi-
Only few companies hzve any hard coal, and We
ought to SGT good pEiee for II without any troabe"
President corln according 70 another oieiaI 10 Of s
opinion tht the sales aguus who sell commission,
ara not 90 anxious to maintain prices ~ sfsy sre
% earn thpiR gssEss~t~nst ~pA heisssss sas-s -
imperative orders Issued BY the presnf< AxinE
prices from which the saies agents should not 10
permitted TO dsyiais better results eouh DO 0szins
The Largo cor,panies SELLING through aeanss com,
mission are the pelayazs, Laahawsuna and WstorD,
the LehIgh and wIisesbaxre Coal Company, The Della
ware and Hudson Canal Company, the Remsyiysnsz
Railroad Company, and the Pennsylvania Cod Com
pany. Tho Delaware, Laokswanna snd Wesesrn sasls
all It's coal f6r interior NevYoxk State points srega
Holden and Brother. r. r. Holden, vice. president Of
the railroad rs q member Of the 1rm. Tae tontor
member Of the firm Of Ward a. olyphsnf, which sails
All tho Delaware and Hudson Canal company's COAL
is a son Of tho president OF that company Y. A
Potts d Co handle the Lchigh and Wilkesbuxrv Coal
Companys coal, stickney & Cunningham diapose OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's prodnet, and
Albert swords who Is son-inaw Of President Hcyt
Of tho Pennsylvania Coal Company, is tho agent for
that company. All OF them have consdcrao1 iatirioo
m making prices. They try TO get the regular
circular price, but, whatever terms they MAKE they
never fail to draw their commission of ten cents ton
Tho new arrangement, as Mr. Cosbin would have IL,
q that tho agents should DO deprived OF the power
20 maks prices, and should soil the coal on THO
terms fixed by the presidents or not a. al AS
about 20 per cent Of the output Is eonuohsd py
the railroad companies he believes they could FIX tho
prices for tho trade these prices woald % uniform
throughout the year. The fact that me pFesEsnnS
OF the trunk lines have become personally siDso
for the maintenance Of rates over thelr INES
quoted rs . reason why the presidents o. me Coz.
Tor tao plan 25 cents more ION couo DC secuseo
from, the consumers, which would make eiesf gam
Of 90, 900, 900 year. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
THE FIRE RECORD.
FLAMES MAKE A SECOND STARE

FLAMES MAKE A SECOND STARE
A large tbreestory brick building at No. ZOE
MafkHtst., Paterson N j.. erected only about year
ago. was harmed at about o'clock yesterday morn.
ings The flames had broken out Of about midnight
and were thought to have been extnguished after
doing slight damage, but took frcsh start, The
building belongs to q. NJ. Ehdngs. who built IL The
walls stand but the Interior Is damaged TO the eztcnt
Of about 90 1000. Insured r. NJ. Ekings Co, In
sursnce agents. occupied part Of tho upper floors !;
their papers IN the safe were not harmed. The
greater part of the upper floors was occupied by the
Young Mems Christian Association. Their effects
were total loss. which an insurance Of 81 800 win
probably cover The gymnasium. In separase
frame building, escaped damage Thore were four
stores on the ground foor John Best. Ieweier, IN
whose place tho fire Is thought 20 have started from
paper having been left next 10 steam.piIes. loses
goods worth about $500, inSared for "a 600. John
Froelch, tailor had a. 800 insurance his stock
which viii about cover the loss. Emil Marum's
stock Of tobacco was mined insured for 90 500 The
loss and INSURANCE on 4 L Bradley's stock Of hats
are put at 81 600 each The total loss 10 tho In
surance companies foots up about $iS, 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
4 Young GIRDs TROUBLE.
SHE rs DIsCoSsoLArE WIFE AT SIXTEEN AMP
ATTEMPTS TO KILL HERsEL

she Is DISC0NsoLATE WIFE AT siATEbh any
ATTEMPTS TO KILL HERsEL
A beautiful Girl, who had been married and almost
divorced az the age Of SIXTEEN and had rod to kill her
sef becxso she did not want to be forced into another
dstasteful marriage, was a prisoner In bellevue Hos
pital YESTERDAY, she was Hattie Sanlewsh, mere
chid when she ran away from her home at No. 80 East
Thirdst. less than year ago and got married 20 AZ
fonse Chrostowsk young Polish reporter, In BROOK
lyn The honeymoon was brief and unhappy, De-
cause chrostows could not support her, and sho was
Obliged to return 10 her parents. What Followed was
told by her paintIvely 10 Tribune reporter IN nc
hospital yesterday.
sMy parents are poor she said, = and they visned
me to marry Alfred Patterson. He Is wealthy fesn.
but hate him. I loved my husband, bot be had no
money Ny parents and Patterson set about ectang =
divorce after Alfonso sent back home, and rs WAS
rnder the legal ego when married him knew meg
could succeed. ran away again. but my husband
would not take care Of ne. Then nm SICK ana Ely
true friend Mrs, Kramer ia Fourteenthyt Iot " "
have some money. went 70 ne % osE ~ssn
I was wen enough. Ny father had disownsd me. an3
did net wabf 70 20 back erd mary fnHofs9n- =
f,rned Ara gss on IA my room and thougnt spal a,ss
am sorry they found me out this morg'ns ~ iS et x
to the hospital little longer ana snouiu hs's
bosn beyond trcuble.a ,,,h x.s shxs
before Hattie tried 70 succate herself WIN z. sSS
nos i've wishout him She win b. able 70 icase tns
hospital and win be argegned 70 ponce Du ssr
morrow or next day. Her case ought % ih'0s'''' -
Gefry,g society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
A WIFE BEA7EB soUxDLY WHIPPED.

PUNISHED BY MASKED MEN IN coNNEoTAOUH'
Middletown. Conn, March Z tspeciaD.-what seems
10 be the first appearance in this locality Oh an
organisation of the aWhite Caps" appeared N FORT
land on Tuesday night Dennis MCCARTHY ~
employe of the Smaller 8 Hall Quarry Company was
taken out Of his house that evening and seVereg
whipped Mccarthy was dissolute fellow, VINO haa
been in the habit Of INDUCING in frequent spreeS n
such times he would brutally beat bis wiie' On
Tuesday night he was called out Of the house about
IL O'Clock and YVES immediately surrounded BY about
q dozen men, who carried him to vacant lot where
they proceeded TO whip him unmercifully Inc Danu
made him promise on his Bonded Knees tna' nc WV',u
resume ors IN the morning and never beat hls wife
again After this he was allowed to depart BIS
back shows several severe wets whore the lash struck
him he could not recognize hs tor1nentors bF Their
voices but Is positive that they had on wni'e
IL has now been learned that several persons have
received threatening letters In TIE past two weeks
reminding them that II was for their interest 70 welS
straight In the future and McCarthys experience VIII
probably furnish good example
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
TIE somAsqE or ErDow nscoor,
oARRIED orw By A DRUMMER AFTER a SA1AA
SHOOTING ARRAY IN WYOMING.

CARRIED ofB By phumMEn ~ @rA' :" 1917
SHOOTING ARRAY IN WYOMING
cheyenue wyo.. March BpecIsi), --Ihrce mon'ns
ago the widow Mccool whose natural beauty sp..
grace were heightened BY her somne aftlro os'A'.s
aeeat for the stage company u Dry Snosonns, -
lmuortsnt station between Doussss ana puus~s
Every cowboy and rsnehman In hs ros,on an.
= victim 10 her destinations As. ncecoi 49, ~
aocepted Frank Mead, son Of weassy fsnsnla- ~
thsy vsrs 70 have been married this monsh Lsas
weak James Kidd, handsome sna hsev 10y y
rassed tho MACE. Ho boeama enamoed o. thc ~'asy,
.ao w,a smitsn IN hor turn The iited hysr salAee
"a sws:sei favorable opportunity sor revenee 9.
$3.50 on qucsdAy night large crowd atena.u
: asnos At Dry cheyenne When the fcsfiyiuos 49,
oss n,,sr,ouy. Mead, ovsrtAAing KIDD IN the oon1s
- ~. nj, room slapped his fxes and gave nm
e...es,,l tongue ssshins, Tho widow, with sas2pms
svss svittsd her new lover Of eovssdics. ~.
s.,so,,,arrd he drew . revolver and Desan n.
heng too frightened 70 use hg Ne*vss
s<Srsss,,ssiv Ia An Instant Dozen SIX sn9ossn lss
ss}cr No ano needed the woundeo 9st
~ 1890 S.os, Mcads partner, feb with @ ptHot
IS. 80 e,snsn,cr,a gun thrDeHh hi< tx.fn, ~ 80
sfe T7,cro were cries OF Lynch the
NJ hs drum1ner had become WesSefIsor " sreh
NV ~. ssdv sbor time. He b2thcd % tne eo2x w ~
tse swd6w ~ shield and the PAR m9e11' MI
hasxe ard dashed away. Th1y soon reeotSu jsFu
scsJ Proceeded TO Chaldron, Eeo ~nsse s1 49,
sssr:tad ia marriage sheriff W. 49, ~. -
cesmU s On naNuit ~ ktdd ~ - 49, 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
rHE HEAYY rnAyEL 10 TIE oAprrII.

Baltimore, March THE Official reports received
to-day say tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad COM
pany carried into Washington over its lines, be-
tween O'Clock .. M March and noon Of March A.
an aggregate Of over 10000 passengers This re-
CURED 100 trains Of ton each, all In addition to
The regular passenger trains The number OF paSsen-
gers carried was abont so pcr cent creator than the
corresponding period Of four years ago. ami represents
receipts of not less than $4,000. The schedule
has been arranged for the through passenger trains
which Win on Sunday next begin running between
Washington, baltimore End New-York.