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6 THE GAI.VESTON A I NEWS, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1892. JAY GOULD AND SOCIALISM PORTTINE BU1LDIH AKD TU2 MA- BIPULATIOM PROPEKTY. The American Pnblio Becoming More Critical, as to the Means by Which Fortune Is EeaoheJ.

Prof. Arthur T. Hadloy iu.Tauuary Forum. There are two radically different views of business. Some people reprud it a fight betwoen buyer and nolle: ethers regard it UB a means of mutual service.

Iu the ono ciue the business man iea lioensod robber, in tho other he IB a public benefactor. Tho former riew prevailed iu mediuvnl times; we still see survivals of in the attitude of trades unions toward employers, of ai- linnce toward Wall atreot, of tho extreme protectionists toward England, and of the socialists toward modern business as a whole. The uthcr and more liberal view is generally accepted by business men to-day aud lies at tiie foundation of modern industrial society. The world of trade organized on the assumption that a man makes mouoy best by giving tho public what it wnntd. If hie goods command a high price it is because they meet an autual need if that price furnishes him a large margin of profit it is because he has known how to produce them to the best advantage.

So confident are we oi this substantial identity of interest between the man and tho community as whole that wo give our capitalists the freest chance to direct tho productive forces of society to their own individual profit. If in BO doiug they render society the Kurviee which is expected of them they furniah the strongest arcurncntfor the continuance of tho system; if they fdil to render such service, whether it bo through malice or through ignorance, they furnish an equally utroug argument to those who advocate its overthrow. The contrast between the two types of business corredponding tu tin tie views was never so sharp as in the years immediately following the war. Many of tho which had previously limited the power ot business men for good or for evil were done away with. Now methods sioved the restraints of tradition large combinations rendered the action of competition unco-iain.

Thu intricacies of railroad accounting, puzzling enough at boot, a Horded in ihoao years an uimosi unlimited opportunity for concealment of facts fioin a public which knew much loss of theso things than it does tu-duy. The uiun who controlled tho capital of a hundred others besides had thu ower to do either a good business Dr a bad usinesson a scale previously unknown. Of those who took tlm opportunity to do good business Commodore Vunderbilt serve as uu example-- not thut he ated primarily by unselfish motives in hiri work. BIB immediate object was to mnku money. But he made it ou inclines in which financiers as a class had won their position of power in community.

Ho applied to larger business the meihudd which had made ordinary busmetu honorable. He sought gain iii others' gain, no 1 in their i.a uced his power uf combination to make railroad freight cheaper, thereby in reusing tho vulumoof irafllo tonuchau extant thathchim- folf was moro lhau repaid, and noi he himeeif alone, but also tnode who had intrubtod with the administration of their mouoy. The profits of Vnndcrbilt were tho prollls of thu New York Central railroad and iis connecting lined Uu) protitu of thotto Inica were not made by cheating the shipjior, but by offering him lower rates than the world before dreamed of, lower than thu steie railroad systems of Europe, managed by the roproaon- tntivr.u nf pritHVjiic, hrivo ovpn yet boon able to attain. In tho yearn from to 1879 tho rules chnrged hy thu Now York Central railroad fell from $1 88 per tun or mile to 78 cents; but tho stoi: lr ouud rich profit the incroofio of the trafllc from tons inlloa 7o Nor do theue facts ineauuro thu whulo good doao oy the railroad men of that day. The activity of Vauderbilt aud others like him com pelled general reduction iu railroad charges utluxnmplud any other country, which, in spite ol the abuses connected with it, meant quick development for tho United Slates plentiful foud lor the world.

Buiiness methods and business management rimed the transportation system of Iho country to a higher dceroo of elllcioncy find highnr capacity lor public eorrice than govern in on znanagemeut has anywhere been able to Commodore VandorbiU'a work is thrown iutu khtirptir raliuf by thu caroor uf uudiuosa mon of another class who troated llnaiioo as a tight and sought their gain in others' loss-not that the ngnting clement wae by any means absent from Vanderoilt's financial career; but Vanderbilt fought his rivals nnd not his associates. "He was one of thoso who ate whan he was uungry and drank when ha was thirty, loved his friends find hated hi 8 There wore others, however, to whom friendship and enmity were matters of little conuoquonco as compared with the absorbing aim of money- fietting; mon who did not hesitate to use thoir position? of trust and authority to plunder those whom they were supposed to op resent, ipho took advantage of the intricacies of rail- Toad aocounting to deceive invfuiiora as to tho real condition of affairs, and used their own superior knowledge to buy stocks cheap or them tiuch mtn's gain was ropre- by no public service. It was not based on the creation of wealth, but uu its diversion from the purse of some one else. Destruction might serve such men's purposes as well as upbuilding. When th-i Erio directors were for a fall in tha price their own 0tocke a horrible acciflcnt on their roid proved A welcome auxilituy to their schemed.

They diu not cause this accident thcmeelves, but the fact that they had put themselves in position to profit by it made matters oldest as bad. The pubMn cannot afford to have its largest suterpriscB in the hands of those whoso personal gain is to be found in managing them badly. Such a state of affairs in ay not always wreck trains, but it ia sure to wreck reputations. A groat many men of thin sort mado tnoney; but comparatively fow, in tho worst days of American corporate finance, won the consideration which is supposed tu attach to the possession of monoy. Some of thorn, Jika Fidk, simply defied public opinion they guilty to Liie uf Gnaucial irr fcj iu ilugrGut irivuU.

immorality A uiau like iu the long run probably did as much good as harm to financial morals. His personal character cnst a ctigma on financial operations, his social outlawry helped men to gee his buatnoad methods ia their true light. Jay Gould was a man of a wholly different His was not tho stuU of which outlaws are made. His private wnn in strong contrast with schoincs and methods. The very diffcrcr.ctu whi intde him a better man than risk perhaps hiu.

to (iy more harm to tho busmcna community by continuing his career for a much longer period and meeting less out- disapproval. Such disapproval ua there was neither attempted tu pro piling to defy. Tho contrast between Gould's and private morality is not easy to ex- It may bo that great financial power was attended with of normal hi in Abort, from obliquity o- Or it sr be that be believed the common ihdi fn9 jjut'li" V.T'TKU in Jnoner-gtUin? too highly lo be over- Crilioal about the iiKsans by which it was reached and tli.it ho hnd only maintain fow years hand of ihn flnnnoial wnr'i) tn from docieiy a bill uf indemnity fcr pnat often see. If hs waft mistaken. The Amnncan public provod bettor than reputntion.

Hnovpr in liould'fl iv.ethods, Ti lawn to the of hia worst offenses. It drew IIPPS of iinnncia) logal- ftj yfnr- irr-nt on. IV'hif ho inKm cuuid iioinevo bjea reuesieil iu Cnioa Pacific Imlf a dotou yean later. What he did in Union Pacific wiu than he allowed to do iu ManliaUun. What he did iu Muubntt.au could hardly be repeated iu the name form to-tiny.

Loose as our finau- ciul uifthudtj uren now, thoy nhow a. tremendous at.lvnui.-v vrur the worst days of Krin nnd I'ocitic. Nor was society ready to furcivutmd tho violations o2 burfinwss moraU. The nuwsuaper cow incuts on his lifo furnish a suW.ooat refutation of the charge thut America cares for nothing else iu comiJiu'iEou with Buecect in tho pursuit of wealth. Vet there in 'something not wholly consistent iii tha attitude of innuy who judfto Gould moat severely, Thn uxoessoi which society condemns were in une sense but the RcciuouU of his cureor-- auperll- cial evils us compared with the osseutials which it countenanced.

It is like the rejection of Zola by the French academy for going little farther than thorn in a direction fur which French public sentiment is responsible. Tlie laJicul evil in UouldV career fay iu his conception of business us a game instead uf a means of public service. The public condemns him because he played the game unfairly. It may be better to condemn him nnd ourselves both for pi ay inn the game at till. Thu wrong ho did tu invesuure in Erie or tlie Uuiuu 1'ucitic ia easy to recognize.

The wrong ho did to society as a whole is not BO easy 10 recognize, but it is equally in oue seuse far moro for it is ono which society as a. whole countenances rathor Mian condemns. Society givei its ureat financiers a trust, compared with which all other trusts sink into iiiaitfDiticaneo. li gives them tho power of directing tha Inbor and capital of the country. We hart? aeeu how a man like Vandor- bilt, deserved that by using it for the beuotit of society.

What does a man of the opposite typo du to deserve it? Less than nothing. When the Gould securities iose on tho ucws of the great speculator's death it was not alone the investors who were interested. Tho increase in the value of the property monut a possibility of management for tho public as a whole. Tho interests of tlie ihvosior are important; but the chief element of their importance lieu in the fact lint under good management they are identified with the far wider interests cf tht public. one would measure services 10 the business interests of the country by the profits of hid bonds, but by tho good management and widespread bonelit which such profits represent.

Nor can Gouid's wrougs be measured by the losses to the investor, great as those may ba, but by the failure to attain high standards of management and public efficiency, which those IOESCP represent. The public beuctit iu the one caae or the public wrong in tho is wider than private bonotit or the private wrong to the treats money as anything loss than a public trust not only does a public wrong, but emlangprn existing social institutions. Whoever own fails to recognize tho existence of Biich a trust countenflees the wrong and courts tlie danger. Tho most effective check upn tho e'ils of universal suffrage lies in the fact chut tho industries of the country are innnagrAl, not by votes, but by property. Of all tno "checks and balances" fa our social system the most important in (his balance between tho political organization of the voters and the industrial orguuizaliuu uf thu pi-up- erty holders.

Each nets as a check upon Iho other. Il is division of powers far more fundamental than that of executive, legislature aud judiciary; one which reaches UUWD to tho roots of things us deeply as did the separation of church and state in tho middle It is the aim of the socialists wholly to do away with this separation uf industrial and political poweifi; it. is tho effort of bodies like thy Fanners' alliance to restrict the former and enend the latter. Universal suffrage gives such efforts a great apparent advantage; but an long as business men do their duty thore IB li'Dc to fear from such movements. If a man's personal advantage is identified with tho success of his if hia position in.

the world is dependent on his com euro in tlie industrial world if, in short, ho arranges to sinml or fall with the success or failure ut management, theii we have a process uf natural selection under which loaders hue inevitably eouio to tho front, whilo their leas ground. If industrial imd Ihmncinl struggle seiiiRUy i-rinjji the best men forward they show their ability iu such a manner that wo have little to four from the encroachments of the poHtiw-iU power. If, on the other hand, tho question of control in settled in tho "street," instead of in the workshop; if the possession of financial authority is mado tc depend on success in stock operations rather thau on MUCCGKK in organising producers and meeting tiie wan in of consumers, then we have a process of selection by which londom like Mr. Gould cotnooto the front, driving out who mijful serve tho public bucvor, though they havo not known IKW to serve themselves quite so well. When the wrong men are brought forward tho industrial system JH in rcnl danger, booniirto it does nut du what the public has a right tu do- wand of it.

Whoever countenances this view of business, though he may not appiovo ail the things that Gould did, nevertheless must share the responsibility for tho essential featured ot his career imd tho socialistic dangers connected with them. Our system of business ethics is behind the times. It is based on tha ilncndal conditions of the pact.) when money was chicQy valuable as a means of enjoyment. It does not take into account the new conditions which arise from the use of money as a source of industrial power. Th-jro Jb a whole set of now duiisa which the financial world must recognize if it would retain that industrial power in tho future.

It is nut enough to abstain from robbing some ono else of tho enjoyment which money commands; wo must also use tho power which Kires us as cf positive res rice. There are a groat many mon who do this; but tin-re are fow who recognise the extent of our obligation to do it. The obligation is ignored in the thoughtless gambling of cvery-day life, violated in much of the habitual practice of reputable financiers, and antagonized and undermined by tho work of some of the most members of tho local profession. Tho man who gambles away Ins monoy ie not simply parting with his own ttpjoymunt, but with his control of the industrial of tho community. It ia not IIKO selling his labor; it is like soiling If a TMsn cells his labor, our chief fear is that he may do nn injustice to himself.

If he sells his vote, we know that he is doing an injusnco to society. Society intrusts its voters with political power and its property owners with industrial power, in the belief that thoir intelligent judgment will direct its affairs to the beat a(tvunt-ogo; if they refuse to exercise that judgment tiie penalty in cither case nnd must be disfranchiaomont. The results of gambling it not to be ensured by its eltect on the pockets of the partic- immediately cor.cornod any more than tha of bnbii-y are to bt ineaftiiied by its effect iu a fiiugloelcOliud. li iiiuu a wrung viow of the ethics of money. It educates them to ignore a public trust nnd look only ut the means of private enjoyment.

Our financiers condemn such robbory or fraud aa constituted a plain violation of tho old-fashioned ethics of money, but they fieri fail to rncognizo the necessity of taking broader view of thoir duties modern pui.ditions, Tiike the "Oentlornrn's Atrrpo- mont" as an example. In the year 1887 an un- Ui.ualiy l.irgc amount of new railroad mileage wai built, much of it in advance of actual necessities. There wju also a groixi doal of adverse legislation. a result railroad dividends in 1888 foil and investors nntnrally bo- cnine unwiiimg to put. their money into rnil- road securities.

This was an absolutely aor- and healthy condition of thinira. It stopped railroad building until the demand for facilities fthouhl agiiiu fix- ceed the supply and profits be restored. But of 1 A'IW (n tliio that prevented thcn from maikcting the eo- ci'rit in which i work to restore public conlitloiiL-e by forru- Ation of a iitm'h-luirHhk-il irulVie ainong (bu linos of tho Tho mon. 1 frank And Among tho rnilrond who worn fullod foi-niirijf Thfttngn 1 ment painted that, in original form )tt any lire, thrro vrero nc it into Thoy wnra pulitclj 1 but toU to keep thoir rnltios to tho.n'mr.ivpf, (hut, ihf o' tlifl mooting to public ccmliJonco, and ihftt ttw pubho wr-uffJ bo 'rightAned if tiio ele- unntclv lor the community, rmbho contidouce was not restored until somethiug uvire had doue to deserve it but the kind of enurt thai wait than, made by most buuorablo financiers shows how completely their soU-iutereat as dealer? iu securities had wade them forget their larger rohponBibilitien manugoro of industrial outoipriscd. T'nay xvoulil )wo shrunk from the by Gould they would not Imvfl thoir sort of wor 1 wae- tha same as that for which thoy condemned him.

But the ditforoui-o OIIQ of decree rtither than of kind. Tho altitude of tho I ejrul profession this matter invites shuirper criticism. Lw- ytra of high not merely treat monoy getting us a game, but carry tho conception of a game to extremes. tako laige tecs for teaching people how to conic us as possible to tho limits which tho rules of the game ullow, aud do not thereby i i their standing in the profession. Thoy would probably say that was tho of tho lawmakers to prohibit unfair means of mciiey- getting, and that any inau had a right to tako advtmiago of what the law allowed.

UUL the dangers to the financial world which arise from tho prevalence nnd toleration of imeh view are overwhelm ing. It not only ignores the purunsu for which such great powers were granted to the representatives of wealth, but it actually invites the political Ruthuritied to limit those powers. It looks to the politicians, and not to tho business men, ae the source of care far the widest interests of the country. If buBinoBB not to bo controlled by commercial ethics-t-elhics Ut- timt the economic conditions of 'to-day, uot those of 600 years ago-- they must expect, to be controlled b-y something else. If they will not accept the full measure of responsibility which goes with thpir industrial powfer, they must expect to be deprived of leapunsibility and power together by a n.onular movomeni in tho direction of socialism.

Jay Gould did more than anyone else to tomut such a movemtut, but he was aided and oounieuanctd by every tinaaeier in tor- eats in the ntock market led hitn to forget tho interests of his properties, by every lawyer who tnutfhb his clients to evade the responsibilities attaching to wealth, by every man who in the excitement of the gaming table lost, siffht of these by every wue, who forgot that under the ox- inting the posscfisioD of money involved public trust, with whoso i or non-fullillment tlmtsyntom must etund or fall. THE WOMAN DRUMMER. Sbe Travels About the Country Selling Everythins Tou Can Think Of. Buffalo Evening It has come to puss that woman new disputes tho of the Sold with man as a drummer. Women travel for everything and bell everything.

They ure found mostly in small businesses, where the orders for goods ure confined to a few dollars, but occasionally thcra is ono who vins with her flossy brotberri aud takes orders for thousands of dollnrft. One of the rnopt successful of these female drummers wno travel extensively over tho west represents a paint company. She i a large, masculine woman, and she seldom enters drufj, paint or hardware store without ptJ'ectmj; wile. She can bhow oruars fur the past few yeara GguregniinK worth of paint. One familiar in all the western cities selln satin advertising which are printed with the rules and huntr upon the door of ovory room in the hotel.

There is another, and very hiuirlsoinQ ymina liidy, who trnvelK for a Iftco fuutory. Sho Belli? tu all tl-e whole- fmlorfl and in f-ooc! authority on the subject. She knows more abuut than most of her malecompetitord. A very petite young blonde, who the odor of roses about her, perfumci) fur oue of tho most prominent Chi cuffo bouses. She a delicacy of smell which enables her to tell at a tunff tho component parts of any pcrfumo shown hor, Sho in also vory KuccosHf-jL Thrre a certain brand of por- fumed which is a in gen- oral uuf- in the west.

They ara extremely nor- cptic, nnd are sold in ouslern cities to Turkish bathrooms, and may bo nurehmed ut any French stora where women's toilet articles are sold. A vory chic young French woman is coining money otic of this. Women sell toilet articles, health waists nnd braces, IIORU patent articled of ovory description, trimmings, buttons and everything iniagiuablu. Futures inMttrlmony. ChlcQKO Tho yxmnfi woman who suing a railroad company for $10,000 fur the loss of her "future- support uud has tho originality of Mm.

Lease of Kansas and the courage of one of King Behanztn's potticontcd warrioro. Ilor bolrothed killed in qn accident on the road against whoso company she has tiled suit. She has A Gargantuan task on her hands, fur after making it plain" to all hnnds concerned in tho settlement ot the case that there was earthly chance of a slip up in the matrimonial arrangements, nho will have tu an itemized uf the worth uf joys and bone fit a that she expected tu find th marriage tfrvtc. The compnay will play the aHRer- tion that mnrringo is a lottery for all it is worth. It will probably show that where a woman expects uonLskm boforo the wedding she is very often willing afterwards to weather through the cold teason with rcefur jacket- ana that tho ante-nuptial droaiu of diamonds and angwl cako freauuntly turns into post-facto nightmare of tin jpwoiry and doughnuts.

The soulless corporation may also cruelly show thnt "futurp support nnd Cir.intcr.ascc" ia poetic periphrasis for the vice voraaof that very thing. Then, afrain, tho killing of une betrothed docs hot destroy a chances of matrimony. The world is full of men uud it ought to ruHlb the feoliugs of a fair tniiidou still in the rose paths of life to bn obliged to that the'only $40,000 man Bha cuuld catch in the hymeneal trap is a dead one. Knilroaclmoa on Dirt lioada. Albert Pope has agitated dirt roads and ro- t.ho fnllowiufi 1 IctterdT PREHTDZNI'S OFTICE, Chicago, May 0, 16D2.

It gives me great pleasure tu write you 011 tho subject of good roads, knowing full woll their value to all linen of transportation, Tho present condition of business in tho west and south isvporhapn, the Dost illustration we could hmve of now utterly deficient country liU'to, Not- wiihstnndinif lifts xijiclnumenal crops laat non- eon, there at railway sta- tionn than last year, being unablo to haul their croftd'to the nnd therpforo wilhout uurchusos, all of which rDoultsin geherfil Ettagnaiion and dull- new of trado, You can rest assured at all times of my hearty co-operation in your efforts to secure the amelicirntto'n of ths roiua in this part of the country." SniTVRSANT KISH, E'res. Illinois Central Railway. CIXCISSATI, May 9, I yours of tho 30th ultimo. I cortaialy think it will bo a vaiuublo adtlitiun tu tho position, your nxhibil. WB nnort in i country, more than ar.ything else, good high- and wo Reom to know about them than a i olsn.

if ono of Iho of yourexiiibition will be to aid in getting them it will be a valuable addition to thn wealth of the country. M. K. INUAI-LH, Fren. 0.

C. C. fc 8t. L. By.

The Gardner Unse. Now York Hy conspiracy and much hard uwoaring (he -police aud tho sinful might navo ol, A cent of Dr. into hib vorf dinio.ulfiM wiLhoiit guilt. OT fault on hin part. But if no is tho innoctint Tictim of wickod and designing porsonn, ho wiP pnaily out ol tl.rir for if Iho olaborMA Htocy that told of hii rnitrnnping it nn inrontior, those who it huvo oxpuoed themsftlToa to drrtproof At scoro of points.

Coatriwtion of thn iron in oonstYur.tin^ the grout Kiffcl towor inRVfi that, it is during the hot summer months. ALFRED PACKER'S PLEA. R.GKABKABLE STORY OF TEE COLORADO OAWiniUi. CONVICT. Tlio Fate of a Party of Six Treasure Seekers ia Iho Wilds of the Kan' JUQII Valley.

St. Lmiis Pust-Diapiitoh. Now thnt it ie prubablo Umt Alfred Pucker, the niun who was convicted of the murder ot his five companions at the Pinod agency in April. 1874, may soon be restored to Hborty tht're is intense interest mnnifutitod iu his CHSO. The crime is unparalleled iu the history of Colorado, but on account of a dofpct in tho law at Umt time Packer eoulu not be sentenced to deulh.

He wan Riven years each on five count for mnaBlaughtor-- a sentence of forty yours' imprisonment. Tho story was not fully told at tho time, but since Packer's imprison in out it has all come out, at least as Packer relates it. Alfred Packer in company with five men, Swan, Miller, Bell, Noou and Humphreys, all prospectors, left Dry Creok, iii the San Juuu country, for tho Los Piaos ugoiicy January, 1874, and in March of the em no year Packer appeared at the agency alone. He told uiuuy conflicting stories an to the fate of bin companions, finally stating that all had died on the trip and that for several days he had subsisted on the tiesb from their A party was organized to go in search of the bodies, but Pucker refused to go along and was arrested mid placed in jail on the rlmrge of iiiurder. He wan taken to Sajjuacho to await triul, but escaped and was at liberty until the Bunmier of 1BS3, when he was arrested near Cheyenne, Wyo.

He was taken to Lake City, convicted of murder in tug first degree and sentenced to be hanged. The enso waa apucaled to tho supreme court aud remanded to the lower court for retrial, AB the murder law inoperative in the state at the timo of tho second trial ho convicted of manslaughter on five uounta and sentenced to eiyiit years on eauh count, or forty years all. At that fcjmo the feeling against Hacker was strong, find the penalty way considered a light oue, and if the people of Hiuddnle county could hare secured the prisoner ho would have beon hanged. I'ArKBu's CONFKSH1ON. At tlic timo of hia second arrest Packer made a confession of the horrible affair, which, ho maintains to this day, tu bo the truth.

Itwnn practically as follows: "In 1873 I was working in Ut.rth, si; hatn, around the 1 got triple--loaded. 1 heard of an outQt camped ubuvo and that they wuru going to Colorado. 1 -hod been to Colorado Hiid wanted to po back. I wont to Bob McOrue aud Tracy aiid told them I had been nick and uidn't havo much monoy and wanted to go through to Colorado with I was to pay them and tako care of four horses they were to board me. Tho boys kupt falling iu until we numbered tweuiy-uue.

As wo came down, towari Green river wo ran. short ol provisions. The boys commenced to growl and I biippuso I growled with them. had Borne IJUIM along but could see no game. 1 told tho boys 1 had buun in Colorado on tho Grand and Blue rivers and oiTered to guide "Aftor crossing Green river wo met eomo mid Ouniy us to his onrap, treiucd us very kindly and sold us Homo provisions, A tew ot ua miide up out in Jo da to hunt up Loa PiuoH aijouey.

Ourny pointed O'lt. tho way by a map ho mtido on the ground aud Swan, Noon, Humphreys aud bundli'il up rioome took a horeR. fjim nnd Rnrno conking and Btaneil out. "A fow fftljows had left camp before UB but I didn't act: any of them again until I reached Los Pinos oyoncy. Wo fioon hud to turn the horse loose.

He couldn't travel over tho road wo wcro guinit, BO cuch man had to curry a part of the omtlt. "Whim wo started out wo had only sovon days' grub for one man eating threo me a la a day and eating nil he wan to .1. We hud traveled only two or three when we hud only a pint'of tiour loft. Thuii it comuicucod to Biiow. Tho blow tho snow in ao deep that we couldn't follow the gulches and hud to follow thu ridgea.

It was frightfully cold. Tho wind blew the snow in all directions, so Umt we could no, BUU lire feet in front of us. "Wo took turns in breaking the trail, those behind carrying the utensils. When the man ahead got tired another would his place. A fter our food had ull been up we coin- lllUllLcJ ull lUuCCttDiUf.

pUliUii LllO hair oiT and ato them, cutting our blankets up for shuoH. We EOOII used up our matches nnd hnd to carry tiro with us Ln a coffee pot. "Wo lived on our muccasins sevoriu days. SomolimoH wo found rosebuds and Imrrifs and we ale them. Although rosebuds helped to keep UB alive tho cut (ur in- siucs and we boon began to bleed iuteriiDtly.

Moat of us were ready to lie down and Boll wna nffontod differently. Ke got unruly. und cursed und swore all tho TIIE CAMF OP TIHATH. "Wo tried to find shelter and finally got into a clump of trees, whore we camped to wait until it stopped snowing. Swan by thin time had givon cut and had hard work to keop from freezing to death.

"Wo commenced to grow wild, Bell stopped talking altogether. Ho waa crnzy. We all prayed, shouted, criocl--everything. We prayed for ovurything every wail ended in a cry for salt, wait, halt. We came to a lake aud tried to break tha ice to find flfih, but couldn't tlnd any.

"Old man Swan was nearly gone. He couldn't move uny further, and we didn't want to leave him there alouo. Tie bogged mo to go up the hill and maybe I could aeo fliirnfl of tho agaucy or civilization. I Buid I would go, iiiid took tho gun for a walking-stick. On the mountain I round rosebuds, and if I hadn't found them I wouldn't bo hero.

"I was cold, starved, weak, utterly worn out and wouldn't hTO been able to (jot back to 1 camp without the help those rosebuds gavo mo. But I couldn't see any signs of lifo of nny kind, so I wont back. "When I camu back I saw Htooping over tho flra cooking something. I sjioke to him. didn't any a word, but looked at me in wild, way.

Then ho grabbed tho and mado for me. 1 ran back on the had made going out Jand coming back, aud fell. Bill was aliuwtt on. uio whm rniard my jjnn and fired. "An hu foil 1 grabbed tne hatuhnt and struck him on tho Imnd.

1 looked nfc liiin for moment and thvu thought it that thn others make any moves noiso. I went up to them and naw what was the mat- tor. "Milior wu.s hit on tho baok of Lhu huud thrne timoB with the hatchet. Swan had two licks--ono struck on the head and broast --all were ptruok on tho forehead. I found that Roll had isrcr.

moat cut off from Swan's log, but didn't think of ujuchtnc it then. I thoro. I J.ricil to IOIIVM, bin was too wtiak. I wont back- fouiid Unit pic-co of meat and ntn it. "VtiH, I ato it, and that was what hurt inn.

That in what hftfi mado my life- mine-able for ye MM 1 uot rosponi-ibis fur tlitl ai'tor thut, right thnro I had my last a HBHU mbn. 1 was just happy. I laid dowu alont. I don't know long I wna iu this coijdit.ion, I felt porlectiy happy. I slept iiml nlopi actl eiept--floiuotimoB 1 would waltf up, got of inoftt and then "loop, I didn't think frooming or of tH ngoncy or anything.

A fcnr f.n.;, back. I juiit had to Iciivn that spot. I look so'. 10 iii tho coffeepot, aotno meal inn! dtnrt The enor wm; i vory i i i i to KDOW, Jlrtfnrn Irnvinj: i tonJi 70 from thrt mon, for wh.it- thnt. do thotn ihnn.

"Shortly i i A 1 fror.o -ny foot. I CP.n't wai of thodiwctiuu in -T'lioh tho ttuenuy lay, so I wont ou in ihis conditiuu fur i days "Tho last iriuht I cMiipwd I wun only within unit A uiilo of thp agonoy, but it SKOWIHK to hard I i-ouldu't wn it, 1 saw it tho uuxt morauigiindunidw far it as font ua 1 could, Aa druw uimr 1 s-tuelt uookusir and it, uiado me vonut, They treated HIP kindly, but wouldn't li't ruo rut all 1 wtm'ed to." KSCAl'B tXll'IUUtt. Packer then went on to toll of hlo lifo after- waid; how ho rofusoJ to go witli the parly iu Beareli of tho butUoa and was placed uncior arrcBl. Ono day ho was loft by his keeper aud sumo one, vhu hu will nut tell, placed in hia hands tho means of eticapo and told tiita if ho wished to escape mob violence ho must go. Ho did ao, and fur the next ten yoara tried to lend an honest life iii various portions of Wyoming.

Ho was liually arrodted in Cheyonnn in 18K(, returned to Lako City, and tried imd convicted. Packer's Biory to the effect that Belt did the killing wan not the time of tlio trial, nnd not believed to-day by the pooplo who live in the vicinity of the scene of the tragedy, and, indml, it would be unsafe for Packer oven to this day in that yectiuu. Strangord visitiuy ijako Ciiy are shown the skull of ono of thn men, kept in ono of the nowHpnper offices with a bullet kulu through it. The groimdR on which Packer's release are now asked by his attorney are that ho has served his full timo of tho Beutp.nco imposed upon him by tho law, eight years, less tvvt, for good behavior. Hitt aitorncy claims that there is no such thing as a cumulative ppuUiuee, tlitti.

is if he committed a dozen crimes ho could not bo permitted to servo a separate- sentence for each crituo. The decision of Judce Bailey, who is hoar- ing the arguments, is looked forward to with much interest. I'ACKIZn'fl HIHTOHT. Packer, the man in question, ia a tall, slender man, with oval face, deop set eyes, pointed chin, broad and moderately high forehead, sharp, straight nose, and 0110 whoso every appearance would impress oue as beuig a man of stealth. He was a union soldier and it is believed draws a pension.

Packer 19 of guod, family, being a nephew of cx-Gov. William F. Packer of Pennsylvania. Mr. Packer occupied the, chair of chief executive of the Keystone state during the years from 1857 to 18UO.

Col. J. M. of Lako City, who ia now ia Denver, a a schuolmatt) uf Fucker. Ho slates that as a boy PacKer was of mild disposition ordinarily, but waa a terror when angered; he was also noted atuony his plny- matoB as a boy of avaricious hubiw.

Ho was characterized as cunnmu and stealthy, and ut- times he showed 11 spirit of malice. When quite IL yuuui; mini Pitcner snovvuu ti roHTinug and reckless disposition. He was courrtgeous and daring and in tho oarly Indian camps and western CiSlorcdo and eastern Utah, finally drifttou to civilized sections of the Mormon territory. It was while in Utah that he mot tho party of prospectors for whose murder he now in prison. A NCW TUKOHY.

At ono time dunny hia imprisonment, when Packer thought he was dying, ho rent for the prison physician, who hud always treated him kindly, and told (lie doctor that juct before ho and his companions ran out of food they lisd discovered a uilvnr i if fnhulous Packer askod for sotno paper, upon which hu made a diagram of the country imd pointed to ft certain apot, which ho designated as tho "JjoeL Miao." "The.ro iu that plaje," Haid "is money enough for all the people of Colorado. If we had not discovered, that apot I bo a free man to-day, mid my coir.ian- iont would bo living." Pucker wroto moro und asked that'ho letter bo not Gjirnyrt until ho was dead. Very littlo interest was tnkeu in story then. The hypothesis uow is that Packer told ia that Icucr that lots wore drawn an to which man should die to give food to tho others, and that Packur aud Bull wora I tie ouly ones Itjii wiiuu limy LK-HDUJC iu tiie UncomiJttliifrt'dthtriel, und thut Packer Boll eo that hVmignt havo all. This is borno uut by the fact that Lho bodies of the dc-sd mou were found hovenil miles apurt, anu thut Bell's oody wits found nearest the Hgcncy.

It well known fact that tho Uiiocm- pahgre Indianfi of Colorado posscitnod largo (luautitics of silver--in fact, Uio supply flcomcd nhnoat inexhaustible. Tlio of thoir ponies, the boaiU about their ntoic, tho ornamonts on their bown and about their trappings were silvsr, but the 1 of supply was always koot a secret. Many wt.ii.«'. men who sought to gain the (secret have, 1 entrance to tho Indian camps, beec lust. Their fates can only bo imagined.

Tradition tells of the great silver minoa of the Uncom- pahgro district, but so inatty iirospcctora lout their lives in fruitless sen re lies for tho hidden treasures years tigo thnt interest haa almost nnRJnd nwnr. French ifonbonn. York World. The word bonbon from doubling the adjective boa--moaning good, t'or home- mudo boubons uoufeutiouor's tjugur is used to mato tho foundation or "fondant." To one pint of sugar add a scant pint of water. Put in a porcelain Unod kettle or now tin pirn set on the brick of the range until tho is dissolved and add oau-fourth letiapooaful of cream tartar.

Shako it if ou wish, but never put a spoon in or stir tho liquid while cooling. When the sugar is molted net it tr or tho firo where it will cook slowly. In fifteen minutes drop in eomo ico-coid woler; if BuHiciently cooked it will inrm'asoft ball. When it is cooked just right you can toko it between youe fingers and work it easily; it should not ba sticky; if it IR, it is not cooked enough; tho cooking requires nearly half an hour, but it must not bo cooked too much. When done set it in a pan of snow cr ico water and whilo it ia quite warm begin to stir and work with a woodon paddle or spnon until it is creamy.

Much beating is required and you will find it hard work. Aa soon as it is cool enough tako out part and work with tho hands. boating with the paddle add vanilla tmough to flavor. Have prepared English walnuts, almonds, datca with the seeds out, llga cut in chopped MRS with hickory nut moate. cheppcu almonds, some of Bukor'e un- Bwcatened chocolate, gratoci, nnd a boi of deasicuted cocoanut.

Tno fondant imir.t he worked quickly while it ia warm, and not uttudled too tuuuh. Taku run it 11 and work in flhape, press half a walnut on either Bido, or on ono side, if you prefer. Cut a slit on ono side of oach dr.to, taking out thn stone; have a piece of fondant, sprinkle a little corn on the molding bimvu.mll tho fondant into a long pieco the size of pipcntoni, cut off short pieces and put in tho dnlM. some fondant and add few dcops of coehint'ftl to part of it, which makcfi it a heautiful link dip tho figs, cur. in in tha ito; whou tho piuk is eool the hiiiidn inako i oval nnd inaert blnnclicd nltnonds.

Make sonia pink and ftqtno white. Mixed chopped hickory nuts with nome white fondant, knnd togothnr nnd form in roll) with white- of tin egg ami ary. thcu dip wniui, pitik fybilnuL. Whon dry 01. nlico iu thin pieces.

Vftluo of tho Mornfnff Bath. Jonnees Milior IllustrnteJ Monthly. The days avo crisp and snappy and when you Awako in the morning and thtuat one bare fuot out from unrlor covers you a litfle smothered "ouch'' and cuddle down mdor blmv.i.t-? nrrin- Kvorj-onr th.ii kiiiri of m.iri.inii wo u.o.in, when window prtiips are cov3nd with duhonte loft, uy ilii when a compromise olfeciori bj pultiutf on one'b and ithontt in bed. Now it this Vind ot wonthar thnt rnnkd.H us nojj'oct our toilet. Wo hurry through our at apology for a good wnsh--and got.

down tlfi.in an quickly AS wj con. When TTO wo out doors nro fllrvorv end vo don't mom than half mvalcrt and wo nro rrry ult'iprcttior. ()( rnr.r«p it, in nvcr CKJ ipurh tf hnlhct in a warm ronin in toitiu and every of linyv toilol wilt-, tUat'lfi a DuniWve luxury: but blood to ttvf.h glovs with warm pink i and you feel H'JM bii-d, uot half awjikcncU 1'ieaturo wliu hts but out) aim 'hat i.s to hug tho tire. .11 tlw htith r-eeins toe lengtny an operation, at Joust the uock, aims tujU face well with AH wator. Thuro is nothing so good fur tho complexion BP a regulation scrub, and uottung that will so soon make it muddy as tlio hctlo dab that many women consider equivalent to a genuine bulb.

Divorces Whilo You Wait. Noiv York World. Hero isiietury by which Mr. Depew shucked an English duchosn. wan ono of thoso insular old ladiorf who are vory anxious to know if all thuso dreadful things i-aid about America are really so.

Mr. Dopowc took her in to dinner. "Is it really true," t-ho asked, "that your dhoK'u are so lax that Auiuricati courts Hoiuetiuics grant divorces iu half an hour? I have been told so by people who havo beou there." "Indeed, it is not true. Such stories are told not by your own countrymen who have been iu the United States, but, by Americana who delight in shocking the English people by outrageous stories about Americans. I km.w ct only 0110 state and town in my country where tho divorce laws are so scau- daloufly lax us the That is a small town in ludiana.

"There are two great American railways which have very luxurious trains--fast trains, which wo call exiiru-s. One of thueo tniiiib uvc-r tho York Ceriinil rnil- way, of I haiethe honor tu be president, uud tho utht-r over the Pennsylvania. It is cudtumnry, I believe, one-half hour before limited on the Pennsylvania road reaches that town for the conductor, or gunrd, ho is called in Briinin, to annouuco that tlie-traiu will stop half an hour at ihe next station for thoso desiring to obtain divorces, and that at tho right of the blatiuu aud dirtv'Jy tho street. So ninny Americans, I regret to say, avail themselves of the escape from matrimony that tho Pennsylvania limited express is never without pa-seugers. Sumeiiiiius, if tlie divorce has been mutually agreed upon by husband and wife, they travel together iu the luxury and trood will imaginable, and where either party intondu Lu marry again, it is, I believe, nut uncommon lor the new bride-olecr.

or bridegroom elect, to accompany as a third party the two persuns abuut to obtain their Uivurce. The court iy uhvays iu tira- sion when the train that tho petitions may be filed, argued and decrees entered woll within tin- i i i half nn hour, which thu nlluwc'. A. clergymau htift his ollice next door to Iho court notice, iiorsoim may be r.nired to others seekmir conjugal iniineuintely after the Ir.te inarringo been dissolved. So at the end oi imlf au hour Chicago limited resumes its flight west nnd the cmiplca who came divorced have tukcn their partners and ure ulreadv off on thoir second honeymoon." The up both hunda iu horror nnd said: "A civilisation that permits tmch outrages as that is bimply UruuLilul." Two Dolliirs' Worth of Boston.

Lifo. Scene: A long-dislauce telephone ollico in Now York. Clerk in charge. Eiitcr i a in a hurry. Man in a hurry--Can I telephone to Boston here? sir.

Man in a much do you charge? Cierk--Two dullars tor five minutes conversation. Man iu a hurry--All right. Hingup Boston and gut mo the public library. Whirr-r-r-r. (in rjiiono)--Hello! Oivo mo Boston ticlio! I want the public library.

(Pmwn ilellol Public iioniry? Hero you nn-, Man in a hurry (iu 'phoue)--Hello! Is this Boston? Voico in 'i-i: hurry -Of countc. know that. Where at yuu ut? Voice in Mfiij i hurry--Coiifuuod your impudence! I ihd't ask you unything about ondmg eon- tcnccd with propositions. 1 waut tho publiu library, Voinq in 'phono: Man iu a hurry--Well, why didn't you say no tit Una? Wo linvrin't got no timo in New York fur prepositions. Tell--what's that? Voice in 'pone: Mrtn i hurry tho top of Ins voiceJ-pJumpiug Jupiter! Uo you suppose I'm noiug to puy SJ4 an.

hour to have you toncli me grammar through a telephone: 1 Clerk you talk in nn ordinary tonn of voice; sir, you will bo hoard much bettor. Man in a hurry--Confound you, let my alono! I'm talking to aa idot U(K miles out of my reach. clerk me, sir. Man in a hurry--Hello! Tlostou publio library! I want to on a matter of iinportanco with Mr. Smith, Voice ia phono Mnn hurry- Smith.

Voice in 'phono Man iu hurry--By all taat'M --ercuso me! 1 don't whether he spells his name with a or au i. IS i'I IX? Voico in 'phone Mim in a why in thunder nnd all thuoiciiionta didn't you nay BO at first? Geowhillikins! If I had you hero I'd-Clerk--Five minutes are up, uir. Snooked Atuinsta Store. UOLDTHWAITE, Dec. A.

Scaly, un onirineor, waa hurt pretty badly ia Santa PC yard. Ho wan sitting iu thu caboose near tho stove waiting for his traiu to bo made up. The switch engine ran tho cars flgamat with considerable force, knocking: Mr. Sealy out of his chair ayainsfc the atovf, cnttmg a henvy pash under hia eye, A physician sowed up tho wound. Tho Largest Monolith.

Now Vorlr Son. Wo congratuluto Ashland upon having quarried the larprat monolith ever brought out of tho earth, exceeding the Roman monolith, ucnoeco falls; Qroece nor Kumo in her palmiobt days a monolith 115 feet hiyh." A siynal MiTfet to wouk rvoinan- Kind is tlu find- lug of lost health of buildlng-ua a run-down" (low it so sturdy us Dr. FaTorito cures oil the irrogularitloi aud peculiar to the sex. It's tho uioit wrfcot of strength-givers, imparting touo nnd vigor to tho whole system. Kor overworked, deliili- tated toucherR, milliners, seamstresses, "ehop- gh-Is," uiirslng mothers, and feoblb womeu norally, it tho greatest earthly boon, iug urioqualod as an appetizing coruiai and rostorativo tonic.

gives satisfaction in every cose, or monoy paid for it IB promptly lufundcd. That's tho way it'a soul; that's tho way its makers prove thoir faith in it. Contains uo alcohol to iiicbrlato; no cyrup or SUROI' to derange digost.lon; a legituitP.teTnec/icuie, not Purely vegetable and perfectly harmless in any condition of tha system. World's Medical Associalioa, Froprtt, Uuffolo, Y. i a an trancepts and admirably proportioned gothi bnttleiiicnted towor surmounted by its gruce ful Bpiro render the exterior of the church a OH0EOH OOH EOfiATION Of tho Enlarged and Beautiful St.

John's Episcopal Church. COHSIOANA. Oec. Tho now St. John's Episcopal church was consecrated yes- torclay keeping with tho realistic ritoB of that organization; Promptly at 11 o'clock the reutur, J.

ilillyar, and tho vestry met Bishou Garrett at the eutruce of the church, where the the consecration was reud. Tho bishop was, then conducted "to the sacrarium and tho regular sentences wpro read ami offered up for tho blessinir of all who should henceforth be baptized, con- lirined or married in or buried from the sacred edifice. This was followed by a seruion by the rector. Thea come the beautiful communion service of the church, during which, among other things. Hunt's Deuui Londamus" was rendered by the choir, by Miss Uurncss soprano.

Miss Maudle Loe alto, aud Dr. O. E. Buck basso. Mrs.

Addie Stuart was also heard ia a beautiful soprano aud tenor duet with Mr. Long, the choir master. This enlarged and improved church has boeu changed from quadrangular 16 'cruciform. The present length is Ii6 feel, width of tnuisct- pt 4G feet, depth of sacrurium 13 feet. The roof itt upheld by beautifully carved and oil finished guthic rafters.

The tower is sup- poned by four large pillars handsomely curved find highly polifihed. The Bacrariurn IB papured with a beautiful criinaon material. THf nnH pmyfr are placed upun tho sub-chancel, outside thu communion rail. Over, the altar is a circular window scVcu feet in diameter. At tho east end of the church is the beautiful trefoil got hie window thut used to occupy the chancel.

The mamigemont of the gables and thic uce- an edifice, reriecting grout- credit upou ttiu ttisie find ekill of their designer. The building committee IB C. H. Allyu, Phillips, W. H.

Nichol uud Dr. J. A. Soutb worth, who havo earned tho thunks and jjrattude of the members of the church for their of forte. Tho Indies 1 guild, ubsieted by the altar coin- initteo, t-(mrecf no PUILS in adduig beauty to the finishing touches' ol the edifice with wreathe of evergreeus and hanging ioetoons ond the nltnr, lectern, were taitfefuMy bunked with potted plauti of variegated hue und perfume.

The church was crowded with members of all denominations, as well as (he church oom- tntmii'ftuts. The church is oniirely out of debt und hus money in its treasury, Thocon- roponded nobly with an offertory yesiorday, ilnio making glhd the hearts of thu church aiSlciolti with a generou? chriatojaa oir'jruig. To the Ifldias' guild, under the ieaderahip of Mrs. Addis Stuart, is duo the crodit uf raising lijL. 1-LiuQvi I Ui ikkflj by M'r.

Gcorpo Phillips, Judge Autry, Er. South worth and Mr.W. H. Nicol of theTMtry. a)pi KNIGHTS TEMFLAB.

They Celebrate the Birthday of the Em- bod im out of Their Bopea. DALT-AB, Dec. Ghrwtmu day coming this year on Sunday, Dallas oom- mandery No. Soighiis Templar, yesterday at their asylum celebrated the birth of tho Savior pursuant to the following lution at the lute trcrtiial conclave and niulgated ia Dallas by Eminent Commander John G. Huntir: Resolved, that the grand encampment approval and Rives its otiiciai Ronccion to tho observance of cliristma-" day by Knights T'amplar, tilthar in oflicial capacity or as oommndfiriea, ani Uiui HUIIUUIJ uiioru ciu'ittiiiiue umnt aitU prepared and transmittod to nU frrand and constituent oommanaaries owinc allegiance to tho oncataptneot.

"Whilo lifo aud atrcDgUi remain to him, the manoKomcnt of the mutter could not be in bettor hands than tuoso'of the beloved fpatar to whom credit is dno of oricinatius tho beautiful idaa, anii wo therefore funhor rucummtiiid ibat he be ciiarueclwiUi the duU prupariim tho 'beatl-, mom annually duriug tbs pluakure ot tho grand oucHinpmoiit, und. tbo pipontB thereof be paid on tho order of tho grand niniirr," Iu conformity to this resolution tiie committee, ouroijtoomod frnter K-U)pheii Borry, has promulgated tho follow ing toast to bo offered "To our grand master, Hugh McUurdy. from ocean to ocean and from the gulf to the 90.000 tem- plars nand merry chriatmas greetings." The grand master Bends tlio following reipoojo: "Christmas The birthday of him who la tne embodiment of all hopes. The inepirer of that spirit which makes all Templar one, wheroioover around Uie globa. A Inrgo number of kuighta were present' end the celebration waa solemn and beautiful.

The Wandering Quoit, Bright, vf andorinc nacleus of A nfleceot world 1 ItothinkR tho Michty Power, Omnipottnt. Hath from his hand thy lurid (raffmonti imrlod To aoarcli nil ipacc, on own m.ifition No rotindod oyclo of a myriad years Can measure thy return to mortal ken Amidht tho immortal music of the epheras Tlmu ehaU unite ia harmony acaln. God aalth: "Ho forth I and Jft each atom find All space alive with suns and jjracd; Go SPO--and hear--and know--a master mind Can hold thorn in the hollow of hand. Go! warrior forth, in etrango, erratic ways, For twicd ton million vet unborn. Lonrn all--roturu--and with tliy rayn God's crown of whirling FpherOB thon nhult adorn.

--JameatJiarenco Karney, Advance of the Pipe Brigade. Retreat of the Cigar Cohorts. Yes the Pipe is coming to the front as never before. The high price of good cigars is helping drive-them out of use. Millions of smokers use Blackweil's Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco.

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