IWMh Wljr." "Then come, corns at once te my fa ther!" "Tubbe the! dfahyer night air te cttUy, en' my roeautU is a caution. Wener te Mlisl virey get any me' dat liniment, Misy? Yeu see I done de bes' what I eeuld." "And Ged blew your said Missy, fer vently. "Yeu aball suffer for nothing se long as we have anything. Cernel Come quick, and tell my father." CHAPTER XXIX. THE MUCK OF IHK.MOlje. "Let me read, loe." The colonel was in the effice: Missy saw the gleam of his light through the window as she crossed the yard. Toe eager te delay for permission, she pushed open the deer and entered with the words "My father;" but she could say no mere. Her father looked up in sonie alarm, but when he saw behind her a bent old negre leaning en a stall, he half believed that he must be dreaming; it seemed in credible that old Gilbert should be stand ing en that threshold, with scarce a wrinkle mere than when he traded for the mule. The colonel started te his feet stagger ing, and put out both hands. "Gilbert?" he said, "Gilbert? Is this you?'' "Tubbe bIie, niawster! I'60 been gawn a long time, but de Lawd is spared me ter git back." "My son?" faltered the colonel. Missy burst into tears. "Make him sit down," she sobbed. "Tlicre is se much te tell." "Sit down," the colonel said, pushing a chair toward him. "I'm 'bleedged ter you, mawstcr," old Gilbert stammered; te be seated in the presence of quality shocked his sense of decorum. "De wuz a wagin gin me a lit' us I come along. I 'lighted by de back let ter git ter my beuse, en dcre I met Missy." "Sit down," tlie colonel commanded, and old Gilbert felt he must obey. But he shunned the chair, and spying a box in the corner he went ever and perched thereon with a sigh, while Missy eagerly repeated te her father the account given of Nicholas. "And he has n letter for you from Brer Nicholas; will you net read it?"' she entreated. The colonel could net speak, but he put out his hand for the letter that old Gilbert was seeking in the crown et his dilapidated hat. "My 'pendance wuz strong in de Heb enly Mawster ter spare me ter ban' you dat, sub," he said. "I'd a fetch hit buf fo', but de roematiz spilt my chances ter wuk out my travelin' 'spenscs." The colonel seized the letter, but his hands trembled se that he could hardly adjust his glasses. "Weill welll inawster is ceme ter spec tiklcsl" said old Gilbert in .admiration. "En' ye' hair is ii-shcddin'. 'Minds me of ye' paw. Yeu is niiddlin' ele, inawster, tublKj she!" The remark was intended as a compli ment, but the colonel was absorbed in his son's letter nnd it escaped him. "Let mu read, tee," Missy entreated, leaning ever his shoulder. "I cannot, cannot wait!" It was a touching appeal in which the banished son besought his father's pro tection for his wife and child, and then implored justice for the devoted old Blavo who bad proved se trne n friend. He re counted hew freely old Gilbert had sup plied him with money, the savings of hit years of industry, and besought bis fa ther te discharge this debt. "Ah, my brother, ceme backP sighed Missy, passionately kissing the letter, "and everything you ask shall be denel" "Gilbert," said the colonel, with a tremulous smile, "hew much money did you lend my son?"' "Dullaw, mawstcr? IS' Mawse Nick wretened you 'bout dat? En' I tole him net ter fret, bccin' dis ele no 'count nig ger is'mes'ter de cend of his row. 1 dean 'zactly recellict. I had it en ter n crap e' paper Mawse Nick writ me, en' a tally stick besides, which I could oner ener stan' better, but I les' 'em bef, 'long with my rumbcrilla, en de flel' e' battle. J you been in de wall, mawster?" "Yes," said the colonel. "Praise be ter gleryl" ejaculated old Gilbcit. "Den you kin encrstnn' de wuj pew'ful Bcatterin' times, en' bit druv de amount plum euteirmy uiln'. Seme of hit wuz what Misslc-virey sent him, en' I had ter purtcn' lak hit wuz all mine ter git him ter berrer hit. Hit wuz like Mawse Nick wuz my chile. Net but ez 1 encrstan' hit, mawster, you wuz beun' ter slftt ye' eyes leginst him fur c'reo c'ree c'reo tien," the old man hastened te nraend. "En' I wuz after him cawstant ter 6en' you his 'pentnnce, but my min' misgive me, nil along, dat Miss Rexy she win wukin' beginst Mnw60 Nick's 'pentance. Yeu 'members Miss Rexy "White, maws tei?" The colonel nodded. "She wuz a pe'ful holpte MawseNick, en' a mighty geed 'eman; but" and h paused nndloekcd areuniVas though MIbi Rexy might be eavesdropping "she ain't finality. Miss Rexy is pe'ful set in her own notions, 'en she is plum bound up in dat chile, Mawse Nick's llttlobey, en' she is dat feard e' lesln' holt ou him, hukkem she ain't no inceuridgemiut tet Mawse Nick te turn his desires homo hemo home wuds." The colonel glanced up quickly with a leek of enlightenment; he was beginning te understand his son's ebstinate silence. "But new new we will bring him back?" Winifred entreated. "We shall see," the colonel 6aid, and sighed. He could net consent te lay bars his hcait, nnd he changed the subject. "New that you are your own man, what are you going te de, Gilbert?" he asked, with amused curiosity. "I U-en studyin' "bout that," old Gil bert answered, hesitatingly. "I'se allera lowed te be hones', en I paid you fur de lillirl." "Se you did!" exclaimed the colonel, with sudden recollection; andhoresoand unlocked the secred drawer of his secre tary. "But den hit 'pears ter me lak I stele ye' nigger?" pursued old Gilbert, with a furtive grin. "Ain't 1 beun' ter wuk out dat time I stele myse'f? Maybe I better git n lie yer's 'vice en hit?" "Ne!" said Missy. The colonel smiled. "Well, de you want te stay en here at Therno Hill?" lie naked, aa he took out the little bag that ild the mice of the mule. -Hit w a geed room, ' t ' had here," Mid old Gilbert, with a re gretful sigh; "but hit te dat batted down, en' dat grewed no. En' e for dat mu 1, hit wuz a short lived muel fur de money; hit tuk 'n died In less 'n six months." "I'll give you n deed te the house and tend, making it yours for life," said the colonel. , "Well, tubbe she, you kin spare dat much," said old Gilbert complacently. "En' ef dat'a ye' will en' pleasure, maws ter, why I paw my cawnscnt." Hew much an acute sense of his own advantage, hew much of affectienate fidelity and the power of habit, went te the making of this consent it is impossi ble te say. "As te the prlce of the mule," contin ued the colonel, "there is the money just as you left it." And he tossed the bag of coin te old Gilbert, who grinned and twisted with mingled embarrassment nnd satisfaction. "But I would like te knew hew you contrived te convey it te me, nnd hew you contrived te convey yeurielf away?' Old Gilbert hung his head sheepishly, and glanced nt Missy, who said, as the quick bleed mounted te her forehead; "It was me managed It!-' Her father looked at her with a smile of sad perplexity. "Hit wuz jes' dct she wuz se set en Mawse Nick, tubbe she!" old Gilbert ex plained, as he hugged the remnant of his savings. " 'Ceptin' I had done les' track of him, I wouldn't nu vcr have ceme back bedeut him, 'long e' my premuss ter Missy. But what a pe' no 'count nigger can't manage, sh'ely a man e' gumption, lak mawster, kin fe' shortly bring ter pass." "Oh, my father!" Winifred exclaimed. "Yeu will bring him back? And life will be sweet ence mere, nnd we can for get the war." "We will see," the colonel said, and sighed.- He had net the heart te remind her that there waa no certainty that Nicholas still lived. ' "Well! well!" said old Gilbert, with a subdued chuckle, as he slipped down from his perch en the box. "Ef I ain't been 'stenished eutcn my manners at glttin' home! Hew is Missle-virey, tubbe she?" "She is well, and she will be se glad te see you," said Missy. "Come te the house and you shall have a Christmas dinner. After ull, this is net such a sor rowful Christmas day." Yet she wiped away the tears as she went. Old Gilbert's nppearance at the "gret house" created a hubbub of excitement thnt penetrated te the room where Jehn Fletcher sat in moody meditation. Five weeks had he been a guest at Therno Hill, and, his immovable resolve was taken; he would go en the morrow; he would run any risk rather than remain longer under this reef, new that he knew the fate that threatened him. But en the morrow Jehn Fletcher was again an invalid, no had contracted a chill from exposure te the night air, and for some days following he was serious ly ill; but though the colonel's courtesy never flagged, and Miss Elvira was prompt with kind attentions, his im patience te be gene increased with his illness. Cel. Therno jicrceived this state of mind with extreme annoyance. He had ticcepted this northerner as he might liave accepted a decree of fate, but he never forget that Capt. Fletcher was hia guest, and he would fain have had him feel at case. 'It is a dull house, a dull house," he repeated, with a deep sigh, as he sat be side the sick man's bed ene morning. He looked strangely worn and haggard: 111 though he was, Jehn Fletcher noted the change wrought in Missy's father since" old Gilbert's return. His dignified self possession seemed te have deserted him, and he talked witli nu absent nir, ns if thinking nleud. "Yeung peeple require gayety," he said. "My daughter must go away for a few days; she dwells tee much upon her brother." Then, with an instant nnd haughty change of manner, ns though he repented the momentary weakness, he interrupted himself: "But, sir, I disturb you, and Dr. Lane advises perfect quiet." The colonel had spent an hour in the sickroom that morning, but of all that he had said Jehn Fletcher understood only this, that Missy was going away; that he blieuld sre her no mere. His reason, hit pride, his sense of "the eternal fitness of things," assured bini that this was best; but mere than ever did he new desire tc leave Therno Hill. Otntimifil vert Saturday Kntlicrlne lMcailnr Conway. Bosten, July 3. MisH Katherine Elea Elea eor Conway, of this city, is a poet nnd critic of exceptional talent. Miss Con way was born in Rochester, N. Y,, but has been for many years a literary worker of Bosten. Miss Conway is en the edi- .&&fi&&S&g l ' i1 KATIIEM.Nr. KIXANOlt CONWAY. terinl staff of Beylo O'Reilly's journal, The Pilet. She has published a vnluine of poems called "On the Suniifie Slope," and edited for Mrs. Clara Krskine Clem ent, the well known art writer, n volume entitled "Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints." An exquisitely bound copy, in white velvet nnd geld, was sent te Pei) Lee XIII, and his holiness ac knowledged it in nu autograph letter. In her cuily girlhood Miss Conway came under the jiersenal iufluence and instruction of Bishop M'Quaid, one of the most distinguished Catholic prelates in America, and under this stimulus her litciary gifts were harmoniously devel oped. Miss Conway is the president of the Rexburv branch of the Catholic union; she is a leading member in the Weman's Press club, nnd is very much in demand before clubs nnd societies as a reader of her own papers. Mis3 Conway was the first Catholic woman ever invited te nddress the Wo We man's union in Boaten, an organization that while net sectarian is st ill positive in Protestant tendencies. Miss Conway has a peculiarly earnest unci impressive pretence, and unusual as are her gifts, and finely as she expresses thein, of her it m.'.'? still be well said: The x.t'i devj, H'llc hiart I Ijetlvr than Uli xx't' fame. Tlnnnu. ('. riutt'n Itcailli'K. Mr. Piatt is a great leader. Thack eray, Dickens anil Rebert Leuis Steven son are among his favorite authors. 'As te newtiupers, it is said that he reads every paper published in New Yerk city everyday. H is a tall, thin, nervous looking man. His hair, lward and nuts (ache are brown, ettcrtkvil villi tfraj . vi' .'j i .-j.;im - .. ii i' COLcfftp OUR COLOftSBRETHREN TA MANY OF THMWARE IN GOOD CIR C'JMSTANCEJr If WASHINGTON. GlTlng m lteatjCutata Owning Barber Tip of Ten (jenta Anether Barber VThe Bar Be Is a Very Ilnqr Man "Colored Society" atthe Capital. , lSptUI Cormpendcacr. WashinoteV, July 3. A stranger in Washington was getting shaved in the barber shop of Villard's hotel, ene of the eldest tavemMn the city. He was operated en by art elderly and sedate ,. E A BENATOK AND HIS NKldHDOn. colored man, who while wielding the razor with practiced hand carried en a conversation with a white man sitting nearby. Apparently the conversation was en business matters, for the white man remarked! "Well, Mr. Stewart, I'll raise my offer from oiic-five te one-ten. That is the best I'll de, positively." "Then we can't trade," replied the old barber, "for one-fifteen is ray price and I'll net tnke a cent less." "Pretty close trading fornsccend hand razor," thought the customer in the chair. "If I wanted te buy u razor from a barber I'd give the man his price'nnd be dene with it." The would be purchaser finally raised his eiler te onc-twelve, greatly te the disgust of the customer, w)ie thought such haggling ever pennies disgraceful. He inade no remnrks, however, until the shaving was dene and the ether man had left the Bhep. Then he said: "Uncle, let me see the inzer that man was trying te buy of you. If it's any thing of a razor it's cheap enough ut one-fifteen." At the same moment he slipped n quar ter into the barber's hand and bade him "keep the change." "I wasn't talking about a razor," re plied Mr. Stewart. "What then?" "A building let." "A building let for one-llf teen eh, I 6Ce; oue hundred and fifteen dollars." "Ne; ene hundred and fifteen thou sand dollars." The stranger turned Bharply, looked the old barber in the oye, whistled softly, as if te liimself, and went up stairs mut tering: "A let worth oue hundred nnd fifteen thousand' dollars, nnd I just gave him a tip of ten cents!" Mr. Stewart is the eldest barber in Washington. He shaved Abraham Lin- M.ACK BABIES AND WHITE NURSE. coin and cut his hair en the day of the emancipator's arrival at Washington te take the presidency. He owns, besides the valuable piece of property Hjeken of nbevc, a number of houses and lets. One never knows in Washington when he gives tips of dimes or quarters te col ored persons whether he is helping n very peer man or swelling the horde of an African Cnesus. In a hurry for a shnve one day I ran into u ten cent bar ber shop en D street. The barber and I exchanged confidences. He had ene bhep in Washington with eleven barbers, an other in Georgetown with nine barbers. "Bnt I am net able te give them the close attention they should have," he added. "Fact is, I am a very busy man." "Other business?" "'Deed I has. I have a factory where I make trusses, which I invented myself. 1 am presi dent of u colored man's bank, vice presi dent of ncoleicd man's insurance com pany, ene of the trustees of our church and cemetery association, a member of six secret societies and an officer in tlnee of them. Beside tins I am partner in a liv ely htable, part owner of a grocery steie and superintendent of our Sunday school. These nre two instances out of hun dreds that could be given. Washington contains n greater number of educated, refined and well te de colored men and women than any ether city in this coun try. A few have made money in trade, but mere have grown rich by investing their ravings in real estate. In the flush times following the war the colored men of Washington prospered. What was then outlying prejierty, unimproved, and in many sections low ground, unhealth ful and nndesirabl". could bobeujrht for little or nothing, here Uie black men invested, nnd many of them held their property te this day. An ordinary build ing let, which they bought for $100 in U03, is new worth $10,000 or f 13,000. The section which a colored colony monopolized many years age is new rapidly becoming the rit of fashion, nud hence it is nothing uncommon te see a humble hovel, inhabited by negrees, next deer te a brown stone mansion. On Massachusetts avenue a senator has a neighbor of this sort. But 1 de net mind it at nil," says the statesman; "I am a ioer man, who pays out one-half of his salary for heuse rent. Why should I turn up my nose at my neighbor, who owns his home and is rich?" Nowhere else in this country has civ ilization reached such it high f-tate among the ex-slavo of the cotton nnd te bacce plantations. A striking iiistuuce of this fell under my observation en K street a few days age. A baby cart in habited by two black infants was i charge of a pretty white umse. Colored men here enter into all the activities of life. They are shopkeepers, Ikiss me chanics, money loaecrs, bankers, law yen, doctor, dentists nnd mchitects, il KcnHl ujLiaiawi i iBaav iRi s uney erganise tneir own lire and are in lurance companies, savings banks and building societies. There are colored policemen, firemen, city and Federal of ficials, colored military companies, col ored clubs, colored Grand Array pests. Our colored friends are inordinately fend of secret societies. In Washington there are nt fewer than thirty councils and ledges of colored Odd Fellows, a Masonle grand ledge with ten ledges, a grand Royal Arch chapter and five chapters, a grand cemranndery Knights Templar and four ceramandcrics and n Scottish Rite supreme council. There are many ether secret societies, these or ganized by colored women nlone being almost innumerable. On a Connecticut avenue car I overheard this fragment of conversation between two well dressed colored wemen: "Hew many a'ietics ye' membah of new?" "Only seven; but I'se gein' in two me' dis week." "I beats ye'. Tee in nine." bWELUS ON THE AVENUE. As a rule the colored men nnd women of Washington dress better than the white folks. Yeung colored men wear white flannel snits, belts and russet shoes, nnd ride bicycles nnd play lawn tennis with dusky belles radiant in yellow slippers and blazers. Colored men nnd women drive their own carriages, deg carts, Russian Burreys nnd mall wagons, and ride their own saddle horses. A Sundny morning sccne in front of the First Presbyterian church, en Fif teenth 6trect, is worth looking nL It is in the heart of the fashionable region. Next deer is the hotel which Secretary Blaine made pepulnr by living in a year age. In front is McPherson square, sur rounded by elegant mansions. The vice president's hotel, the Shercham, is but a block away. At church hour the fash ionables of the colored world ceme up by ones and twos. The majority walk, but many ride in handsome equipages. Seme of the costumes of the women are magnificent. Plenty of diamonds nre te be seen. The men wear high hats, patent .leather 6lioes nnd geld headed canes. Tliis is the swell church of the town. Membership in it is a passport te upier ten society. There is a surprising number of churches for colored peeple in Washing ton. The Baptists take the lead with thirty-five churches and missions, the Methodists following with twenty-nine. There nre three Episcopal churches, two Congregational, oue Presbyterian ntnL, ene Catholic. The last nnmed, St. Au gustine's, is ene of the famous churches of the city. It is attended by many members of the diplomatic corps. The music of this church attracts visitors from near nnd far. The colored schools of Washington rank as high as the schools for white children. The system is complete There are kindergartens for little black folks, nineteen graded Echoels, aNennal school, a high school and a university. With se many nids te progress it is net stir- w - ... V 1 1 lit i' ' Ii.. If ' v -; . IN FIIONT OP THE IIIOII TONED CHUnCII. prising that the colored peeple of the capital city nre growing in culture as well as in wealth. If the Afre-American race is anywhere te develop men of ge nius nnd a community of sterling char acter and widu influcnce, ene would naturally expect te find it in the city of WnHliimrtnn WAi.TFfi Wku.mav. SHE WAS A SERVANT GIRL. Hew raltlifill Werk Ilnmslit Oppert'.inl ty In a Demestic. After an nbsence of eight years in In dia Miss Annie Gcisinger has returned te the Uuited States, and is new visiting New Yerk friends. She enjoys the pecu liar distinction of having Iwgun the career of a Pres byterian mission ary before attain ing her eigh teenth birthday. She is said te have met with rcmarkable sue- annik nnisiMiKit. cess, and only intermits her labors en ac count of failing health. Miss Qcisinger is a native of Warren Warren ten, Me., nnd the daughter of German parents who are in humble circum stances. When 14 years old she went out te domestic sorvice nnd performed her duties se faithfully that her mistress afforded her an opportunity te secure an education, After graduating she ex pressed a desire te become a missionary, and the Presbyterians sent her te India. l'lazza Ciithlfiui. Striped awning cloth, dark blue and old geld or old geld and white, makes excellent cevars for piazza cushions. Turkey red, orange and blue cotton, which comes at five or six cents a yard, is a bright, clieap covering for hammock pillows. Denim or workman's blouse cloth in blue or brown is also excellent for piazza cushions or beat pillows. It costs but fifteen cents a yard, nnd with an eutline of cearse white, green or red Scotch floss is quite artistic and will de for library or hallway cushions as well. Jacob Fisher, who died recently at Kutztown, Pa., was 100 years old. Up te his fatal illness he had never been sick a day in his life, and boasted that he had eted for nineteen Democratic Can dida an for the presidency. The Chicago Advaucehas made an nd vnnce even for it. As its agent, repre senting its interests in New Lngland, a weuiau lias 1m.-cii appointed, Mrs. Kinily L. Leeds. She is a cultivated woman of unvuiuw'ii business ability. - I1 v'" 'lift ' IP W a UW$M 'ntMir i fTtKrfifjriVf't1! II HA. , - I. I ABOUT WALL STREET. THE FINANCIAL CENTER OF THI9 NEW WESTERN WORLD. fti Ontnlde. ami Intltle lrel trailer Swaltnirnl Up In It Vertex Tlie Trag edies It Ciuir A Letter from .tiinlui Henri Itrewne. (SkvUI CorrejeniUice New Yekk, July 3. Famous as Wall street has Iteen for mere than a genera tion, it has never Ikhmi half se famous as during the past twelve or thirteen years. The extent nnd variety of its ojieratiens is se constantly and rapidly increasing that sonie of the bulls nnd Iwars of 1870 nnd 183 would show te very little ad vantage new. Wall street has always been national in importance and influ ence, bnt recently it has grown decidedly international. Londen lias lccome al most ns closely associated with it as Chi cago is. The Bourses of Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfort, Berlin nre often seriously af fected by its feeling nnd quotations. Its throbs, indeed, nre communicated te the furthest reaches of civilization. Its vel ume of business nnd its audacity in en terprise are hardly equaled anywhere. Its methods and manipulations, its de vices nud schemes nre wholly and pecu liarly American, often arousing the ad miration nnd wonder of the entire mone tary world. The street it is commonly se spoken of has changed as much in its archi tecture as in its transactions. Beth tend te the colossal. Where a brief while age ancient, grim, solid struct ures steed, today su)erb, lefty, com pletely contemporaneous piles nre reared. It is net a street, though called Riich; it is a quarter, embracing lower Broadway, Nassau, Cedar, Pine, Will iam, Pearl, Hanover, New and Bread streets nnd Exchange place, a territory mere than half a mile square, ene of the very richest tm the glebe. Trinity church old Trinity blocks the sheet proper nt ene end and the deep F.ast river cuts it off nt the ether, illustrating nt ence the mockery of what is known ns religion and the reality and sugges tion of suicide. If consolation cannot be found in a theolegic creed, peace the peace of death may lie sought in the tidal stream. Hew'stuiTcd with history (much of which will never be revcaled) nnd prolific associations that quarter is! " It leeks very calm and restful after the day's business has ended, like a bat tlefield when all traces of the strife and carnnge have been removed. But When it is aroused, full of financial fury, as it commonly is from 10 a. in. te U p. m., it is a strange, bewildering spectacle. Mes senger boys, most of them carrying tele grams, dart here and there ever carts and wagons, directly under horses' heads, lictween men in clese conversa cenversa conversa teonthey have no time for manners as if their life depended en ten seconds' time. They nre never slew there, what ever they may be elsewhere. Their or ders are always te hurry, and hurry they de. Besides they catch the epirit of the quarter, the feverish restlessness of these about them. There seems te be mero electricity in the air en the eastern side of the lower end of Manhattan Island than in any part of this highly charged republic. The excessive- electricity affects the nerves and quickens the bleed te an un healthy degree. Men whe.walk leisure ly and tranquilly in Fulton street Or Maiden lane, no Beener turn into Wnll street than they accelerate their pace and get excited, They may net have any interests there, bnt they are in fluenced by the locality, nevertheless. They cannot be distinguished in the driving throng from the great stwculn stwculn ter wliose fertune is nt stake en the is sue of the day, or the small speculator hurrying te his broker te make his mar gin geed before his stock shall be sold out. ' Net every ene gambles, its it might np pear, in that district. The big banks nre conservative and carefully managed. If they were net their credit would be ruined, and no bank can disrensu with credit. But even they make large call leans en stocks, the prices of which con cen cent them nearly. They nre secured against less, under all ordinary circum stances, by the amount of their collat erals, but when these decline te a certain lelut their demands nre inexorable. Dealing in meney lint dens the heart, and hundreds of millions are locked up in their btreng vaults. The gray sub-treas ury at Wall and Nassau streets, where stands the bronze statue of Washington en the site of his inauguration as first president of the United States, is burst ing with geldand silver and stuffed with bank notes. What innumerable eyes must leek every day with hunger and envy en tliose firm walls shutting in that prodigious wealth! Hew impossible- te the Father of his Country would the ro re nlity of today have seemed te him when he took the oath of office in the spring of 1769? A well dressed, well bred wetnnn, though occasionally a feminine operator is visible there, is a rare sight in the street. She attracts much attention, consequently, among the fomale fruij venders, the scrubs, the janitors' wives and assistants. New nnd then a new wife comes, radiant und beaming, te bet husband in her carriage after ' o'clock. As he drives away with her, nubmissive nnd sentimental, the elder and mero seasoned lordssmileand say, "He'll seen get ever that." The temper of the place is plainly net uxorious, but it is gal lant out of business hours, gallant te u fault, as the liberal purchases of flow ers, bonbons and jewelry by its frequent ers for their bwcethenrts after a lucky turn amply attest. All the exchanges, metal, cotton, coal, coffee, petroleum, produce, stock and real estate, are in that region, but the two stock exchanges, notably the elder and bigger ene. in Bread struct, are generally active, and frequently the scenes of wild excitement. Failures aie continually occurring; tertum- are con tinually made and let. Firms whose credit has steed high, unshaken t 'ireush years of revolution and disaster, which are bupiescd te be very, very rich, sud denly go down, nnd then it is known that they have long lieen crippled, un able te pay their debts. If they are honest and honorable much is forgiven them the street is generous and mag nanimous in its way they nre regarded sunply as unfortunates, and are encour aged and helped en their feet again. Very few men held out there. The victors of last year ure overthrown tins year. The latuels of summer are nipped by the winter frost. Leaders regularly npiiear and disappear. He who made such a noise, who gained repeatedly the golden prize, uiue or ten seaseus since, is already forgotten. The coming man is always going. The Napeleon of the time is ever meeting with his Waterloo. The annals of the street furnish a dreary record of extinguished leaders. What becomes of them? Some retire with a remnant of the wreck; mero die jioer. Seme end in insane asylums; ethers commit forgeries, or swindle their cred itors, or steal securities and run away. Seme get into prison; ethers blowout their brains. Bnt the wnve of oblivion e-pcedily sweeps ever all. Ne worship or recollection there of thu rjun uHininu or aectined. success alone Degots.taeiatry. Often men who have been prosperous, who have had seats at the beard and had a following, tumble and sustain hurts beyond healing. Conscious that they cannot recover, they still limp around they are known ns lnme ducks held te their old haunts by the grate ful, torturesemo memory of the iast. Their figures nre melancholy, depressing. They nre ghosts of their lermcr selves. Countenance, dress, manner are wefully nltered." Their leek is dejected, distrust ful, half appealing, half submissive the leek tlint conies from permanent failure, from expectations crushed. There is something pitiful in their shabby gen tility, in their hollow effort te appear what they have been. Many of their old associates are kind te them, aid them in little ways. But they seldom last. They canuet bear the mortification of irre trievable defeat. They are missed for a few days, then their death is announced. Perhaps a subscription is raised te bury them decently. 'Teer Jenes has gene. He couldn't have cared te live he had lest his grip. Let's take a drink. West ern Union's up two pelnK" The street keeps a brave outside. It seems se pleasant under the sunshine, se pros perous, se premising. What vast wealth it has, what tcmptatienslt offers! Brown nnd Thompson, Smith nnd Robinson had nlmest nothing when they began, nnd see where they are new! Beautiful town houses, villas at Newpert, carriages, lexes at the opera, sumptuous entertain ments yes; but where nre the hundreds of ethers that fell while they rose? The many never think of the defeated, who are net te be counted in the reckoning of hope. It nppeara very easy te make money there. Watch the market; get a few points; venture boldly and the thing is done. The thing is done, dene every day; but hew? Net as the venturer hopes nnd desires ence in twenty 'times. Contrary te jmpular opinion, the great mass of speculators, big and little, leso in the street in the long run. The out come of gambling is generally disas trous under all conditions and in all places. It is natural tlint the battlefield of the bulls and liears should externally com mand interest nnd admiration. Every thing moves se smoothly and regularly. Everybody is se neatly and elegantly nt tired, se ngrecnble in manners, se buoy ant, se cheerful; even when most excited it is a quiet sort of oxcitement. The brokers appear, whether old or young, like boys at piny. Americans possess a degree of Bteicisin that ether peoples cannot reach. Thoysmile nt ruin; jest en the briuk of the grave. The street is eminently stoical; but stoicism cannot annul the perilsnud terrors of gambling. The street is leprous as te speculation. Albeit it shows but a financial strife, a daily rush and crush nnd commotion, a frantic effort te win at all hazards, it in cludes the gravest questions of morals. Nobody can estimate the sum or unhappi iiess it causes nnnunlly,net here alone and in the large cities, but in every nook and corner of the land, directly nnd indi rectly. More than half the defalcations in the east may be traced te speculations there. We may knew the crimes it en genders by newspaper reports; but the silent suffering, the moral deterioration, the blasted hopes, the conquered virtue we can never knew. But the street is less responsible than the weakness of hn mauity. The street is here becnuse the metropolis is here. Every great city in Europe hns n similar evil, growing out of the greed for meney, which cannot be removed while mankind is what it is. The mass of men nre gamblers when the lust of gain is aroused, and the habit formed, it is stronger than principle or pleading. The Btreet, like seme mighty monster of fable, devours every Avcelc hundreds whodareto trillewith it. But no ene learns by the experience of ethers or by Ids own. Fresh victims are ever forth coming, nnd they go the way of deem serene and smiling, aa the host of their predecessors have done. While the wife wails in ngeny; while the children are deserted; while the pistol of thu suicide hounds; while the defaulter llies from justice, Wall street, which has wrought theso tragedies, leeks innocent and staid Trinity invites te prayer. WHEAT FIELD INSURANCE. A Nmrl lli'Milt of Calirmnln .Muteor .Muteer .Muteor iilejclcfil Ceiiflltluim. Special CerreiB)nJcncn.J San Fiiancisce, Jutm 28. The fact that it never rains in California except when it rains is generally known throughout the country as ene characteristic of this Gelden state. But just why these long annual droughts eccnr is net se generally known. As the meteoro logical conditions which produce the long, rainless summers are set forth in the cneycleiedias it is net my purpose te explain them. But some of the effects of this state of affairs will net be with out interest te eastern fanners nt least. Te say that except where irrigation is practiced the fields become dried up sand banks is but te relate what every ene might expect. But the resulting danger from field fires anil the practice of insuring the grain in the field against less from fires nre features of this coun try which nre novel, flrnin insurance hns ceme te be nu extensive branch of business, and has some interesting feat ures. The basis of valuation is figured at se many pounds of grain te the acre, and is insured ut ene cent per pound upon the eatimated yield. The premiums are at the rate of one and one-half cents en the dollar of insurance, nnd it continues in force for three months. This is figured as sufficient tlme te allow the grain te ripen nnd be harvested nftcr it becomes) dry enough te burn in the fields, if n fanner writes insurance en the three months basis, but gets his grain in the ware house ln-fore the time expires, he is entitled ten rebate or draw back en Ids premiums. When the grain is stored in ware houses it is then insurable en another basis. The soliciting insurance agent gets a commission of SJO per cent, of the premiums. Te keep track of such a large number of short time policies requires nu army of clerks. The salaries of these clerks, together with the commissions of agents nnd the profits te the companies, which nre usually large, all come down and constitute a heavy tax en the farming community. When therefore we eat het cakes made from California wheat, and compute from the cost te the consumer what the profits of the fanner are, we must net overlook thu nimy which in tervenes between the hemy handed till ers of the soil nud our breakfast cakes. Nature eccius te have conspired with the speculative spirit of men in this case. Til.' UlnuW-M r t!n I'imI. A filing essential te beauty in the old days appears te have been a set of curls. They all had their clustering, clinging ringlets that hung down ever their cars nnd around their slender, twisted necks, just as they all had deme like foreheads mid an expression of mild melancholy. They appear te have beeu particularly proud of the culls, for through whatever vicissitudes they went the artist always kept these rfnglets un ruffled and looking ,us if they had just come from under the hand of the hair dresser. They probably thought it would be very immodest and disrespectful te put a woman with dUhevcleO. lir iute a picture xPWl'j GOWNS OF FAIR WOMEJfr OLIVE HARPER'S INTERESTING LET TER ON CURRENT FASHIONS. Mnnj- tlnmlitnme. Drettet Tlint Have Bam Mxln nt Heme or Abroad for Bea Tlme Are Juit Iteglnnlng te Sm the Mslit of Ilnf. Special Corriwpendisncu.J New Yerk, July 8. Dainty, pretty gowns that wcre made, or may be im ported, during Lent are only new seeing their first dnvliaht since- then, and soma will still be kept a conple or three weeta Al BIXIlETa TO TELL mero until the senseu nt the fashionable resorts has gotten into full swing. Last week I helied a couple of young friend of inlne te pack for Saratoga. But before I say much about the stii m .-3 ai HV iinw-.s lei me toil new tnev wcre nacicea. s Sfer Hi (S'J mrh f 4f Mill m MMl ill i se that each dress will loeit as iresli ana ?w ... .. a". A.VU crisp after a month's wear ns if jufc i!-j frein the hands of the fairy godmother; Ji; Thern is for each uress u large, liar, pane beard box some 3 feet long nnd about j'O 18 inches wide by 4 deep. These bexee &" nre quite, butnet unusually, strong. The fyJ& circss BKtrc is iiikpii hi uie miuuie ei iu :;, belt nnd ut the bottom in front nnd then ?V held tight nnd laid flat en bed or fleer, &' . ll. - 1 .1- -Vl .1 1 ,. ..1 taal . Jka Ala HA .-i ' It anil UIU uacK luuini iumhijiiki in unn ;"j, folds nnd kept without, wrinkles, and taj natted and nulled out quite smoeth.Ji Then this is laid carefully into the.bexi's nnd folded down te fit in without press- $ ing. The waist is also folded neatly nml,f 1 laid In tlie box, uetn bkiw ami ueuice,,, ngni siue qui. ,?p,-'s . . i . .... -?'! If the dress does or does net quite fill the box a sheet of line tissue paper iiSr Intil ever It. Each dress is lflaCcd in iU ??,'! Benarate box. and the nanie of it writtenls en the top se that there will be no cpnH fusion. liach gown has its lace sewn in c in thu same box, se that it is also keptift'JH its best condition. ft JSa We will btippose that ene of these twetj3 y pretty fcirls is relating this secret te herlJ m dearest friend. Among the dresses wmcn&-a Milly carried away was ene which sheiM llllt IIIU DIIU V.II'VVVVI MWUIV w TWIJ V. ,JJi - .1.1 iin ulm nvrwttml trnlil 1H1 VArV nf. V'21 nearly always have a background ej .11 v a twv ..fc.w ..w - green. It was of cream colored silk with cardinal flowers, thr eWrt.iEa caught up in a tangled mass of wrinMM''3 en each side, forming partial paulertlvril The sleeves, sash and vest front were Of J , cardinal small, while the bnt and parMOl, .. both beamed in the same fervid color; Spanish trimming of cardinal crochet , Vandyke lace added a finnl touch te tli costume. 'Tlie cream color tn ,tfh' groundwork tones down the brilliance i ,i... ...i . ?v Ul lliu ni. i'1" The ether young lady had ft preurV dress in old rose veiling nud surah, madt'-ffl with pinked out Vandykes ever knifed '31 plaltlngs en the front of the skirt, Her.i ; ripeul nmt lmf triimnttifr emitnliA? IiJ ' 1 """". " , " "vi .: .'"& guwiii ever uiu piiuiuuurn niiu Hwuuuiwe l.f. atiijil rt (ttlitflli iiliA sitttt Inlit fulfil . : ,A Seinu of the prettiest dresses of the sea.fe, son nre for afternoon wear en the plat- J&s 7.;U and in ireneral. I took HDecinl no- 1a tice of two; ene was of figured cliallie in $yj peun gray wim K"1 " i"iiiig nuu rusea v. ta iii medium sized patterns nil evor ,., with a border. Mil' unucrsKirt we m knife nlailed. and the cliallie draped inm:X vest front and across in a most graceful'. .-kM . .. . e. i .1. ......... ..e - 1.i L.-a. way, u npuniHii jaci(i;i. u green vpiyoste trimmed with geld embroidery extend i?5 into panel ou the sides. The sleeves are of cliallie with velvet caps and cuffs. rilKTTY AFTKItNOON OOWNS. The ether is of beige colored India silk, with polk.idetsof alternate red and blue. The dress is cut princess style, and draped in n manner easily understood by referring te the illustration. The ilaik part isef cuqtu'licet red surult. A red ribbon ties the hair and encircles the neck. All that is required te complete these toilets for the promenade is te den hats te match the costume and te take parasol, or fans as the hour is early or late. Oi.ur. IlAitfKU An Anriilel" f Artemin Wanl. Ni:w Veuk, July U. The fear of death always remained with Artemu Waid (Charles F. Brown), and even after he had becouie famous he resorted te some of the strangest freaks te drive it away. 1 have licen told of his getting up one morning nt 2 o'clock and going te the residence ei a iauy wuu n great admirer of hi, lle rang the bell, and she came down te the parlor rub bing her eyes. "Madam," wid Artciuus, "I hope you will excuse me for disturbing you at such an unseasonable hour, but your ,-neU .loes frv nerk se deliriously that I presumed en your friendship te the ex tent Of aslilllg you lO nave net uj; iiiu ft slice new." "Certainly, Mr. Brown," said the lady, amazed at the request. But she aweke the cook, who fried the perk and served it in the dining room. Waid sat down gravely at the table and ate it. He kept up u miming conversation andtne lady ainwered in sleepy yawns. When the lierk was eaten Ward weet out te the corner of ilie street aud laughed se len and loud that a police officer thrnuenej te take him te an insane asylum u ' he went Itejue, it m Sf& v Tja 1 &1 " K est .3. .-.iasrO y.ycV
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