THE PHTSBTJEG' DISPATCH, SUBpAY, JULY 26, 1891 IB .- . 01 I LOAD OP HAY. T Zeb Comes to Town Again and This Time He Brings Aunt IMda Along. VHAT THE HAY3IARKETIS. Story of a Dog That Strayed to tlio Good Old Couple's Farm. IT ESCAPED THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD The Old Folks Adopted an Orphan and That Brings Out a Eomance. EEPAEATED LI CONElTAUGiTS WATERS W1U1TEX OB THU DISIMTCHj IGH up on a load of hay rode Uncle Zeb and Aunt Hulda. They were going to Allegheny. Tho horses were climb ing tho hill beyond the church glen, and they rested when thu summit was reached. Almost out of breath, I, too, struggled up the elope. I had got to the meeting-house hollow that morning too late, and found that they had driven on without me. I was anxious to accoapany the old couple on their ride into the city on a hay wagon, and so I started on a run to overtake them. Now, ns tho wagon stopped on the top of the bill, their silhouettes stood out against the clear sky. I called lustily, and they both looked back. "We reckoned that ye had walked around tether side of the hilL and would be a'wait ln' for us by .Neighbor Bean's barn," said Zeb. As I panted up by the horses Aunt Hulda remarked: "I'm so glad you come, sir. If we'd missed you I don't know what I'd done. I want you to help me, you know, in that business." And then both Zeb and Hulda, good souls, reached down a hand and pulled mo up oyer the front of the wagon. ihep Had to Go Along. "Who's that?" I exclaimed. "I heard some one trying to clamber up the hay at the other end." "It's only Shep," hastily responded Zeb, in something like pleading tones. "He wnnted so badly to go along with the horses that I hadn't the heart to whip him back." "What! Taking that dog clear to Pitts bur"! "Why, man, he will" "That's what I said, sir," interrupted Hulda, severely. "No dog can go through such a big city without getting us into scrapes, let alone making him walk so many miles each way." "Never mind," uttered Zeb in a concilia tory tone. "I'm going to take him on the wagon when he gets tired." Tub journey was resumed. I had thought I could ride standing, like Zeb, but the diffi culty I experienced in maintaining my equilibrium will be readily understood by any person who has ever ridden on the top of a load of hay. First I would lurch one way, and then the other way. There seemed to be no solidity in the great mass of hay springy ana uncertain, under me. It was deavor to get to me. He enjoyed the fun po much that finally I cot Zeb to stop and pull the dog up on top of the load. As dog and I sat together there I ex amined critically a bodly-rusted collarplate that was welded in the metal band around his shaggy neok. I had often seen it before, but it had an interest for me every time I got to toying with it The inscription on the plate was as follows: To his homo be knows the way, ; It were Impossible for him to stray. ; "Uncle Zeb," I said. "Tell me again, how was it this dog came to the farm?" "Well, it was mighty odd," called back Zeb. "Well do I remember when I found him curled up on a Sabbath morning in June, two years ago, on the buggy robes there by the corncrib. I supposed he was some stray doe trom Primrosetown. and I ordered him otE But he half lifted himself on his front legs, and then dropped back. Then X saw that He Was Utterly Kihanjtod. He had a curious, haunted look, His thick, woollycoat was all wet and matted with mud. Ho was actually dying, air. I moved him to the house, anil a little care brought him around all right. Two or three days after I took him to the village, but the roads all seemed strange to him and I knew he did not belong to any of tho townspeople. I ground the rust out of the letters on his collar plate, and read that strange motto there. I think the poet missed it badly that time, for Shep had most surely strayed, and oouldn't find his home. Well, sir, 1 ve inquired since and had inquiries made in all corners of Allegheny, Butler, Westnvreland and Armstrong counties, and nobody knows Shep. He must have traveled a long distance the day and night befoie, I think." "Yes, it was Sunday morning, June 2, 18S9, when Shep came," added Aunt Hulda. "I know because that was when the calf was one month old. And Shep has been a good dog ever since. I do hope that Zeb won't lose him to-day." On and on we rode. llump-tkumpety. hump, hurnp-tbumpety-hump, the wagon load of hay trundled along. What a beau tiful driveway we were passing over! The narrows" below Tarcntum the sleepy little village of Springdale the sandy roads on either 6ide of Harmarville the romantio ups and downs of the passage along the forest-covered hillside at Powers' Itun, where the command of the scenery along the Allegheny river is so fine that photo graphs taken from this point occupy the scenic advertisements of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Philadelphia and New York depots the groves of the ancient Denny estate the gardens of the celebrated Boss estate '.he rugged hills on the other shore the bend in the valley at Claremont, where first is obtained a distant view of the smoke stacks and spires of Pittsburg at last the old plank road at Etna next the cobble stones of Ohio street extension in Alle gheny City and Zeb yelled in the middle of the Haymarket square, corner of cderal and Ohio streets. llnj market Square In Allegheny. Xon have all 6een it. Every morning the square is covered with great wagons oi nay, waiting for purchasers. The drivers stand about, cracking their whips and exchang ing comments about the outlook of prices, or the condition of crops. What a delicious iS&dSF. Waiting to Sett Their Say. On Top a Load of Sop. and when the wheels jolted over a bit of rock no larger than a cobble stone the bounco imparted to the surface of the hay seemed ell out of proportion in size. Forcibly Persuaded to Sit Down. After I had nearly fallen over the rear of the load, I tried standing in the middle. To steady myself I grasped one of the pitch forks. It appeared to be firmly enough imbedded in the hay, but with the next rut in the road, and the nccompaning convul sion in the load of hay, the lork pulled out, end I very suddenly sat down beside Aunt Hulda at the front of the wagon. I con cluded to sit stilL Ihis position was not much easier to maintain, for the loid now seemed to rock from side to side. It felt as though it might all fall apart It was shaky and it was slip pery. I was surely slipping over the side of thr wagon when the woman by mv side moved over, generously insisting that she was crowuing me too much. But a little latter, when my feet struck out in vain, feeling lor somu obstacle to prevent me from slip ping down upon tho horses' backs, I had to confess that I did not know how to straddle a load of hay. It bid lair to make ice seasics. But. at last, when I did ac custom myself to the peculiar motion of the rounded tou cf hay, the experience became exhilarating. The earlv mnrr,ir, J...I ,,,., decidedly cool in the country, but now the mist had lifted, the sun was shining warmer with each quarter of the hour, and as the campnes? ot tho night gradually dried out of the hay, the air became burdened with odors from our wondrouslv cushioned wagon. A T.lde Worth tlic Trouble. They were sweet the hav was freshly mown. Once getting the swing oi the load it was easy to ride in anv position. No crowded seatsl No cramped legs! No b agon cover to shut oif all view in short, no obstruction whatever. Lying on my back, stretched out full length, I watched the clouds and gloried in the sunbath the next three miles. The world was literally beneath us. Occasionally we heard the click-clickety-click, click-clickcty-click of the mowing machine. A passing vehicle would go by Uncle Zeb would call to some cows to get out of the road somebody would hail us a cheery "Good morning!" but I, burrowing there in the middle of that bounding mountain of hay, saw none ol them. .ETerythingwavnvisible save the ciouus overhead, or ever and anon the eaves cf some barn wherein I could easily see the pigeon eggs. Ah, it was a novel ride to Pittsburg, indeed! Once I heard a great commotion in a field beside the road, bheep seemed to be bleat ing on ail fides and our wagon came to a very sudden halt, while Zeb threw the lines to Hulda and slid down to the ground in short order. felory of tho Dog Shop. "It's only back a moment the hayseed ve cot in our eyes while watch. ing the funl There are some farmers still bringing hay to the Allegheny Diamond who brought it there first 40 years ago. That square means a neat sum of money to very many farm houses in Allegheny county, and "It also means a centralizing point for the f milies of countrymen who do not come to town often. It used to be the Red Lion Hotel, or Red Lion stables, in Pittsburg for the rendezvous of country cousins, but in Alle gheny it still is, "Meet me at the haymar ket as such and such a time!" An Orphan for the Farm. And so it was with Zeb, Hulda and L 'Hulda went out to Lawrenceville to see "her folks, "I attended to business of my own, and at 4 p. si. we all met again at "the haymarket But there were four of us now instead of three. And thereby hangs a tale. Far away in Buttercup "township church, the Sabbath before, the clergyman had announced that he had received from one of the large orphan asylums of Pitts burg and Allegheny a letter requesting him to say that as usual the managers would be glad to parcel out the inmates of their asylum among the farmhouses of the coun try. "They needed pure air and country food awhile," the minister said, "and hr might be an opportunity for some of the members of his congregation to do work lor the Master. The announcement set Hulda to thinking. Oddly enough at family worship that very night Uncle Zeb, all unknown to Hulda, broached the matter in his evening prayer. Tom afterward told me that when the house- now arose Irom their knees a tear or two glistened in Hulda's eyes, and she looked, oh, so gratefully, at Zeb. Of course, the matter was settled there and then they would take an orphon to live with them during the heated term. How Hulda Got the Boy. This was "thebusiness" the motherly old lady wanted me to assist her in, as she had said that morning when I overtook the hay wagon. So I escorted" Aunt Hulda to the orphan home in question, introduced her to the matron", and trusted the balance of the conversation to them. The matron was grateful, she showed Hulda -through the started away. Maurice was eager to get to the country, and he" said quietly that ha knew ne would like Aunt Hulda. At the haymarket wo found Zeb all right, jubilant with the handsome receipts of his load of hoy. It was all arranged that Hulda, the boy and I shonld take the train back to Primrosetown) that I should stay all night at the farmhouse to keep Hulda irom being lonely, and that Zeb should try to be back by midnight with the wagon. Half way down Federal street I heard -gome one call me. Looking back I saw Zeb running after us. Bidding Aunt Hulda to co on to tho depot lest she should be lato tor the train, I dropped baok for a moment to see what was exciting her husband. "It's only Shep," he panted. "I'va missed him for tho last two hours. What will I do? Huldie will bo crazy if I don't find him." I reflected a moment. The cause of the dog's disappearance flashed through my mind in an instant The proximity of the haymarket to the police station, and the large number of dogs usually congregating there, had no doubt got "Shep" into the hands of the police. "Cross over Ohio street to the police station under City Hall, and ask the offi cers," I directed. Then I huiried back to the railroad depot A Boj' Story ot (he Flood. After supper up at the ceol farmhouse we all got well acquainted with Maurice. He responded to the motherly nature of Hulda) the supper was something new to him in abundance and quality, and it seemed to make a new person of him. He had watched Tom milk the cows: he had drunk some of the warm milk; he had seen the chickens fed by Aunt Hulda, and now, thoroughly ex cited, he begged to be allowed to sit up with us and wait for his "new Uncle Zeb." I pleaded for him, and Hulda only consented on condition that the first time Maurioa yawned he should go to bed of his own ac cord. Gradually and gently the conversation there on the moonlit porch drifted to the orphan's late parents. At first he trembled in his sadness, which led Tom to light the lamps within and shut the doors after we wero seated in the old-fashioned rocking chairs. Onoe in out of the dark, the Orphan talked more calmly about the terrible flood that left him in the world without a living relative. He was remarkably intelligent for his tender youth, and to my astonish ment he could preserve an almost perfect continuity in his tale of that terrible night in the Conemaugh Talley. Iknewsome thing of the heartrending events in and about Johnstown, and, occasionally helping Maurice, prolonged the narrative. The clock struck the naif hour after 11, and still he was holding us absorbed in the story of the wreck of his home. More than once Aunt Hulda had sobbed; Tom was fidgety about the nose; the hired man on the lounge leaned intently forward and presently drew back with a sigh as the clock struck. Tho Letters on Shep's Collar "It wouldn't seem so lonely, I sometimes think," continued Maurice, "even if our old dog had been left He and I had been on a lark only the-day before the flood, and somehow I loved him more than I ever did. I mind when we both laid down under the trees to rest He laid his head up against my cheek until tho plate of his collar touched my lips. Thinks I, 'What a lark it would he to copy off what Shep's ool ' " "Shep! Was that his name?" I asked in voluntarily. "Yes, sir, Shep was the only name that fitted him he was so shaggy. Ho was BANKING H MEXICO. The Pawn Shops Do the Greater Part of the Country's Business. VISIT TO THE MONTE DE PIEDAD. Its Easiness Is Legitimate and Its Bates Are Within Season. THE GEOWTH OP AMERICAN TBADB spot that Haymarket square is to wo pent up denizens of the crowded cities? What recollcotions its odors call up, what memory ictures its busy scenes bring to mindl The aycooks in the field, tho building of the huso stack, or the haulinir of the new ! to the barn, the filling of the lofts, and L"I hope that he found his lost dog before "Go on, Maurice," exclaimed Aunt Hul da, who was leaning far over the table, star ing hard at the orphan. "Well, as I was going to sav, I took my pencil and I copied off the words which sis ter had gotten printed on the collar. And, do you know, even that little piece of paper was taken away from me by the flood. But I don't need it, for all my life I can remem ber what the words were on Shep's collar. They came into my thoughts that terrible nigHt when I was being dashed here and dashed there by tho water." The lad paused. An intense silenoe had taken possession of ns alL Suddenly there was a rumble in tho distance that came to us like a momentary roll of far-off thunder. 'It's Zeb's wagon crossing the bridge over tne crceic, x saia to myseii,nnxiou6ly. "T lmrA liof lift fnrinn1 tf? lrta Anr. k.fA.. leaving the city, Bounltod After the Flood. "You know," resumed the boy, "when I think it all over how Shep rubbed his nose so close to mine how His collar plato touched my lips how I got the idea of writing down the words lest Shep and I should bo parted some day when I remem ber all this, I think too that maybe God must have let poor old Shep know that a flood was coming." "But the words on the collar, what were they?" " 'Shep to his home he knows the way It wore impossible for him to stray. " re plied jsiaunce. "ooor uog. it ne ever escaped the waters that nfeht lam sorry for him. He could not find his home, hunt for it as he may it was swept away, yon know. "Hark, Aunt Hulda, what's that?" and the orphan was startled by a noise at the door. There had suddenly commenced a heavy scratching against the door of the farm house. Aunt Hulda was quickly at the boy's side and as ho looked up to her, she caressed his hair, and said very softly: "It's only Shep." L. E. Stofiei. k SPECTACLES AND WMNXLES. Allegheny City May Market. Shep," he explained, coming cent later. He raid nothim. more, though Hulda grunted significantly. "Shep," excited from the chase he had barking along the she riven the road. I lithely tpran een. i whistled to him gaily, and he up and down in vain en- dormatories, and allowed her to take her choice of all the boys and girls. When at last they came back to "the reception room I saw Hulda leading a boy by the hand. 'This is Maurice, sir," she said, brinrin" him to me. "I know we 6hall make"him happy at the farm. And you will get all the milk to drink, and eggs, end apples, and reaches everything rood to eat von' ran stuff into you poor boy, you need them badly enough." Of a truth Maurice did need something to fill out those hollow cheeks, and strengthen that slight frame and put healthy color into that leaden skin. The matron informed us that his parents and sisters were all drowned in the Johnstown flood, not a vestige let of his home, and that since the terrible disaster the boy's health had been steadily failing. Hulda had passed her big fat arm around the lad during this recital and when it was finished she hugged him heartily, while her tearful eye's looked down upon the weakling. Shep Turned Vp Missing. HuM signed some papers and then we If Bean ty Wants to Keep a Fall Bound Taen She Must "Wear Glasses. If a man or woman, particularly the latter, wishes to preserve good looks and avoid wrinkles in the face, he or she must wear glasses. I noted a score of faces en the street, says an optician in the St Louis Glohe-Smiocrat, and each face was wrinkled very much, because the sun's rays poured down with blinding heat, and it was im possible to avoid it The wrinkling of the face was an involuntary action of the mus cles to protect the eyes, and the squinting look that was apparent on each face was an indication that the eyes were suffering from tke intensely bright rays of the sun. In each case the eyes were weak, not weak enough to interfere with the power of sight, but nevertheless weak enough to be apparent The constant blinking and squinting produced a permanent contrac tion of themuscles and corrugated the skin of tho face, so that after a while wrinkles would appear. There were three things to be done. To, avoid wrinkles, and the puckered appear ance of the face under the eyes, a person with weak eyes should habitually carry a parasol or umbrella. This course is not always practicable. So, when it is not pos sible to carry a parasol or an umbrella, a person should always keep the eyes closed when not in use, for instance, when riding in the cars. The third means of avoiding wrinkles and the contraction of the muscles under the eyes is to wear spectacles. This latter means of protection is not likely to be adopted by many people, particularly by many of the fair sex. COUBAGffi OF THE TIGBB. Experiment Showing He Is Made of Better Stuff Than the King of Beasts. The Bengal tiger has more courage than the lion, according to a showman, who states that the matter was tested in this manner: "We placed a shooting cracker in the respective cages and fired the fuses. As soon as tho fuses began to burn they at tracted the attention of both animals, but in a widely different manner. The lion drew into a corner and watched the proceedings with a distrustful and uneasy eye. The tiger, on the contrary, advanced to the burning fuse with a firm step and unflinch ing gaze. On reaching the cracker he took his paw and began to roll it over the floor, and when it exploded beneath his very nose he did not flinch, but continued his examin ation until perfectly satisfied. The lion be trayed great fear when he heard the report of the explosion, and for quite a time could not be coaxed out of his den." rCOXBXSFOITOIUrCX OT TUB DISPATCH. Cnr? or Mexico, July 22. The great Mexican uncle is the-most numerous of his kind in the world. Out of the 11,000,000 in habitants of the country fully 10,000,000 patronize the pawn shops, and you can spout anything from a ilk handkerchief to a 5100,000 diamond. You find these pawn shops in every village and city, and there are more than 60 here at the capital. The biggest of these is to a certain extent tinder the Government It is known as the "Monte da Piedad," and it has been in operation more than 160 years. It was founded as a philanthropic institution by a Spanish Count who endowed it with a capital of (300,000 and this capital has since been doubled. It has millions of dollars worth of goods In its vaults and a great many of the wealthiest families loan their jewels to it for safe keeping. It has its fixed rules and all' depositors are treated alike. The interests charged range from Three to Twelve Fer Cent per annum and it loans from SI to ?10,000 at a time on single articles. Everything under the sun is acoepted as security and the apprais ers estimate its worth and the pawnshop loans two-thirds of of tho value they put upon it All loans must be renewed within eight months, and if they are not the eoods are put up for sale at the appraisers' valua tion. They are sold ot auction for as much as they will bring above this, and these auc tion sales are held once a mouth. If the goods fail to sell they are marked down for the next month's sale, and this marking is continued until they find a purchaser. If the goods do not bring as much as the amount of the loan the appraisers must make up the deficiency out of their own pockets. This nawnshon loans SL000.000 a year and it has about 50,000 debtors, so that the aver age loan is about ?2. The loans average 800 a day and about one-third of the articles loaned are never redeemed. The Monte de Piedad has branch offices in all the big cities of Mexico, and the chief shop at tho Capital is just opposite the great cathedral and within a stone's throw of the National Palace. A "Visit to the Great Shop. I have visited it a number of times during the past two weeks and I attended one of its auctions this morning. It looks more like a great junk shop or auction room than like the big banking institution it is. Furniture of all kinds from pianos to cheap chromos, bicycles and mirrors, saddles and harness, shawls and clothing wero mixed up in a heterogeneous mass, and men and women were examining them and looking at the tickets which contained the prices fixed by the appraisers attached to them. As one found what he wanted he would point it out to the auctioneers and they would put it up and show it to the rest If any higher bid was gotten the auction went on until it was sold, but as a rule it was knocked down to the first applicant In another part of the room were great store cases eontaining hundreds of gold watches, thousands of dollars' worth of dia monds and pearls, and articles of jewelry sat with precious stones of every descrip tion. The appraisers' valuation was at taohed to each of these articles, and they were auctioned off to the highest bidders. I noted that the clerks of the establishment always told whether the stones were true or false. The sales were fair, and in most cases the goods were eiy cheap. For a long time this pawn shop 3a ve all its profits to the Church; then for a time they went to tho Government, and now the Institution is run, to a certain extent, by a private cor poration. The Other Shops Charge Higher. In addition to tho Monte De -piedad you find private pawn shops all over Mexico. At these loans are much more costly and 5 and 10 per cent a month Is not uncommon. They take any kind of property as seourity and they aro in reality often fences, or receivers of stolen goods. In no country in the world will you find more petty thieving than in Mexico, and these pawn shops are largely the cause of it The Mexican peon is natur ally a sneak thief He is not a robber and while he would have no compunotions about stealing a towel or a handkerchief or a suit of ciothes, he would not touch a package of $1,000 if ho saw it lying in your room at the hotel. The penalties for stealing are exceedingly heavy in Mexico, and the maioritv of thefts are of things that would not pay the ex pense of conviction. The Mexicans are ox pert pickpockets, and I have met a half dozen Americans who have lost their watches in Mexican crowds. A favorite place for stealing is in the churches, and at one of the big feasts which occur so often in different parts of the country one needs to watch very carefully after his pocketbook and his watch. Borne of the Precautions. In sleeping on the ground floor it is al ways necessary to guard the windows or you may find your bed clothing and your panta loons gone in the morning. In stops at the station for dinner the windows of the rail road cars are always put down and the doors looked, and in carrying a small valise it is best to keep it under your feet A friend of mine who had just loaned his revolver for $12 at one of these pawn shops showed ma tickets this morning. For the use of the money he pays 6 cents on the dollar for the first month, 13 cents on the dollar for the second month, 18 per cent for the third month, and after that 25 per cent a mouth. Of course he expects to redeem the gun be fore the end of the first month, but he is a natural spenotnritt, ana it is easy to see who will own that revolver. Nevertheless these pawnshops form the only banking establishments of the greater part of Mexioo. In the smaller towns there are no banking institutions whatever, and Moxico City, with its 800,000 people, its immense business and trade, and its num bers of wealthy people has less than a half dozen legitimate banking institutions. It seems to me that there is a big thing to be made out of banking in Mexico, -and the wonder Is that a good American bank has not been established here. Iots of Money in Banking. Bavings banks ought to pay in every city of this country, but, eo far, I have heard of only one, and that at the little city of Jalapa, which lies in the mountains between here and Vera Cruz. The American popu lation of the capital is almost large enough to warrant a good American bank, and New York is the monetary center of Mexico to day. Nine-tenths of all the exchanges go through New York, and drafts on London are sent to New York for collection. The same 13 largely true as to drafts on Paris, and to a certain extent so of Spanish drafts, though tha steamship line which runs be tween Spain and Mexico decreases the Spanish business. As far as I can learn the banks of Mexico City are making a great deal of money. , The Bank of Mexico and London, sq one of its chief directors tells me, made twenty per cent last year and the stock of thfs bank, which as at present constituted was organized only a few years ago, has mora than doubled in value. It does a business of about 518,000,000 a year, on a capital of 51,500,000, and it has a" large reserve fund. Tne president of this bank is a Scotchman, who came to Mexico poor and who is now said to be worth a number of millions. His same is Don Thomas BranitT and ho is president of the railroad that runs from Vera Cruz to the capital aid is a large cotton factor and an extensive real estate owner. Sttonl Bank of Mexico. Sxo at the Hollenden, in Another of tho big banks of Mexico City American and European plans, ' is the RancoNacional.ortheNationalBank u iiicAiuu. tais, lifce tne .Bank oi ijonaon and Mexico, has the right to issue bank notes, and its notes are good everywhere, when they are Issued in Mexico City and not by its branches over the country. All notes of other banks are discounted when out of the territory where they are issued, ?,nd the notes of the Bank of London and he National Bank issued by a branch at Chihuahua, for instance, are taken at a dis count anywhere else, and I am told that the main banks here take their own notes from their branch banks at a discount Thi seems strange, but money Is made on every thing in Mexico, and it takes but a small ground for an extra charge. The National bank is a Government in stitution and at the same time a private bank. It was organized during the admin istration President Gonzales when there was considerable corruption and when any thing could be bought of the Government. The result is that the bank has a number of privileges not accorded to other banks. It IS SUnnOSpd tn liaTnnff lnivrolir in iho -Rnfliq- childs and it is operated by foreign inter ests. The International Bank of Mexico is run on the debenture principle. It issues loans on mortgage and is a bank of deposit An American Bank to Be Started. In addition to these banks there are sev eral private banks, the biggest of which are Beneckie Bros." and Shirer & Co. These are making a great deal of money, They loan on goods in transit and do a great deal of mercantile business. An American bank is shortly to be opened, which promises to make itself one of the leading monetary in stitutions of the city. This bank will do business on American principles. It will not have so much red tape as the other banks, and H will not need an introduction from depositors and the assurance that the deposit will be continued for a number of months, as the other banks are said to re quire in order that the privilege of leaving their money may be granted. It will be a savings bank and will pay 3 per cent for time deposits. It will have the right of safety deposit and the warehouse business and all of the priv ileges granted to otner DanKg, Bave tnat ot issuing notes, and the Government will not charge it stamp taxes for its business be tween its branches. It will put up a big building and all the materials for this are to come in free of duty, and there is no doubt of its success. As the only savings bank of any importance in the country, and the only one in Mexico City, it cannot fail to make big profits, and it will be run and patronj ized by men of large means. One of the in corporators is the firm of Morris & Butte, of Kansas City, who have an immense pack ing house here, in connection with Mexican ....li.l . I 1 r Cnn nnn a- 4. ttjivui, iuiu huu uuy iruw ?ov,uuu 10 xuv, 000 worth of Mexican exchange every week. The profits on exohange here are immense and the credit system of Mexico ought to develop a great banking business. People aide Their Money. There are to-day millions upon millions of dollars in the hands of the rich Hacien dados which are buried in the ground or hidden away under the walls of their homes. These men have for years been making money and hoarding. They don't know what interest means, and they sell their crops and work their mines year after year and pile away the surplus. It is the same with many of the poorer classes. Some of these are richer than they look, and in the coffee districts I hear of men dying who were supposed to have nothing and from 550,000 to $100,000 were discovered about their huts. As to credits all business in Mexico is done on long time, and even where the people have the cash lying away doing nothing they prefer to buy on from six to nine months or a year's credit In tha wholesale business of the country at least one-half of the sales is made on time, and one of the reasons that American trade is not more extensive here is that our merchants will not give tho credit de manded. The merchants don't seem to object to high prioes, but they do Object to Faying Cosh, which is sometimes asked, even before they see the goods, and their motto in business is just the reverse of ours. We believe in quick sales and small profits. The Mexican prefers slow sales and big profits. He is content to wait and he gets his price. Mexi can credit is, I am told, very good. The people pay their debts, and business failures are very few. Mexico never has a great financial panic, and so far no city in tho land has ever known what wo call a boom. The people do not speculate, though they are inveterate gamblers. They live simply, and they are as sharp business people along the lines that they have been accustomed to as any people in the world. There are no Hebrews In business in Mexico and this is said to be so because tha Mexicans themselves are sharper than the Hebrews in business. As far as I can leam tho Mexican is honest in his business methods. If he ha3 a fixed contract he will carry it out. and if you do not attenmt to take undue advantage of him he will treat you fairly. He believes that all business is done with the eyes open and expects to take such advantage as the law allows him. I was surprised to find that Mexico has no such agency as Dunn or Bradstreets. Tha banks have their own private correspond ents, but the people at large have no means offobtainlng such information. Notwith standing this the system of credit giving Is very general and both wholesale and retail dealers give it Diamonds far Fattl's Business. A great many goods are sold on instal ments and a great deal of money is loaned on chattel mortgages. As to mortgages on Teal estate, these are few, and according to the laws of tho country, hard to realize upon. The titles to the property are often bad, and the expense of drawing up the papers, with the heavy stamp duties, is great In the case of chattel mortgages the property usually goes into the hands of tha creditor until the debt is paid. Por thia reason many of the old families havo a great deal of wealth in their family Jewels. These are easily concealed in case of a revo lution, and they are always available for loans, .at tne time 01 lntu a singing in Mexico, quantities of these Jewels ap peared that had not been seen for years. About one-half of the imports of Mexico comes from the United States, but 95 per cent of these are handled by foreigners, and not by Americans. The bulk of the for eign importing is done by the French, the English and the Germans, and so far tho Americans have not gotten a hold on the business of Mexico. There is a prejudice here against American goods, and the En glish and German merchants foster thii prejudice and run down American goods whenovcr they can. They aro very jealous of us and they are banded together against us. Bales for Americans to Follow. American merchants should handle their goods as far as possible through Americans and not througn foreigners. They should send their own agents wherecver possible to Mexico and should study the .markets and the people. With the proper care in pack ing cud in selling there is an immense field here for almost every kind of product wa make, but the trade will have to be pushed. Goods should be advertised and prices regulated on a credit basis and not on a cashbasis. The Mexicans will demand the credit at any rate and they will pay the prices. At present the chief and only tmngs in which we have the lead is in coal, oil and machinery. The Standard Oil Com pany and the white and Singer sewing mpchines yon find all over Mexico and you will see Aultman ana Taylor threshing ma chines and Studebaker wagons everywhere coming in. I met a Mr. Koso who " repre sented the Squier Manufacturing Company, of Buftalo, who told me he had sold 5250,000 worth of sugar mills and other machinery during the post six months, and Seagur, Guernsey & Company, of Mexico City, handle all kinds ofAmericangoqds and are, so they tell me, having a good trade in electrical plants, steam engines of various kinds, Hammond and Bemington type writers, plows and American paper. This firm is the biggest American firm in Mex ico. It has a house in New York, and its partners have studied the trade and are in troducing all kinds of American goods. Pkaxk G. Cabpentbb. HE'S WEATHER-WISE. The Kew Old Probabilities Equipped for His Duties. Well SCIENTISTS HAYE TflEIK WAY. V A Talk With Fugitive Captain Hwgatey Founder of the Bureau. BIS PBETTX COMPANION IN FLIGHT Ugll rWRITTET TOB THE DISPATCH. The new Old Probabilities is a very mod est man. There is only one photographio negative of nLm in existence, and it has taken a month to find it and get a print He does not want his pioture published; but it is better to print it now before be gets deeply involved with the critics and the lampoonists. Prof. Harrington. Tbere was a certain boy who was inquisitive with reference to where the stump ended and the hair began in a mule's tail. The boy was not so beau tiful In the face afterward, but he was wiser. It would have been well had he been pho tographed before ho satisfied his curiosity. It is for the same reason judicious to pre sent Prot Harrington's face to thepublio while it is in the heyday of its oomeliness. Prof. Harrington is a star gazer and. a scientist and he has now made conjunction with a fat job. He was born on a farm near Sycamore.Hl., in 1818, and in less than 30 years ha pulled up, or perhaps down, as a teacher of astronomy to the young pigtails at Pekin. But he didn't stay long with the Celestials. The climate of that part of China was disagreeable and he came home, much to the delight of his alma mater. He was immediately made Professor of Astron omy and Director of the Observatory at the University of Michigan. That was in 1879. He has held the place ever since. Got Glory Oat of a Newspaper. In-1884 Prof. Harrington had the courage to start a newspaper at Ann .Arbor. He calledit the American Meteorological Journal. Por years it has treated instructively and exclusively upon the weather. One of the associate editors, Prof. A. Lawrence Botch, tha well known meteorologist of Blue Hill, is authority for the statement that the in teresting weather naoerhas not thus far had a balance on the credit side of the sheet, but the three editors have had considerable glory out of it; and it is still .running. Scientists throughout the land are in glea over the transfer of the weather serv ice from military to civilian controL The duties of tha bureau under the new weather law are so varied and so compre hensive that the section is worth quoting. It reads: Section 8 That the Chief of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, on and after July 1, 1831, shall have charge of the forecasting of tho weath er, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce and navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance) and operation of sea-coast tele graph lines, and tho collection and trans mission of marine intelligence for the bene fit of commerce and navigation, the report ing of temperature and rainfall conditions for tha cotton interests, tha display of frost and cold-wave signals, tha distribution of meteorological information la the interests of ajjncuUure and oommerce, and the tak ing ot such moteorolotflcal observations as may be necessary to establish and reoord the cllmatlo conditions of tba United States, or as are essential for tha proper execution of the foregoing duties. It will be readily seen from this that Prof. Harrington has a job on his hands. But he will nave practically the same old weather force, and a whole raft of professors and scientists at the agricultural experiment stations and at agricultural colleges throughout the country in addition; so ha ia pretty well fixed for help to begin with. The Fugitive Captain Ilowgate. There is n melancholy Interest in recall ing the origin of the "Government weather service, since the man in whose fer tile mind the plan first took shape, and by whose smart manage ment mainly it was carried through Congress, lhas mysteriously dropped out of life, and la a fugi tive before the vengeance of the law. Th nrtfc win passed February A v, laiv. xne powerful influence of Prof. Eliaa Loomis, of Yale Captain Eowgate. College, tha foremost meteorologist of his day, was enlisted by Captain Howgate, and resolutions of a great many boards of trade and other business organizations demon strated to Congress the existence of a strong publio sentiment for the measure. The sen timent, however, was all manufactured by the brilliant Captain Howgate. In those days hewas the master mind of the great army signal establishment while poor old General Myer was its figurehead. Tha gay and festive Captain also handled tha funds, and that is what made all the trouble. ' n 1 w wwtwwwi y N5SS3. -fS L iO AN AMEklCAN SERIAL STORY. wnu'rmt job tbx dispatch IB-Z" 0 CTIjES "VIEIRIETIEL CHAPTER XIL arm. anotheb yeab. There had been nothing in the letters re ceived from time to time by Mrs. Allaire to give her any encouragement that the ex pedition would be crowned with success, and even the receipt of the letter announc ing the search about to be made among the Moluccas did not serve to raise her hopes. The moment she learned that Captain "Willis had arrived, she proceeded on board accom panied by Mr. Hollister. A glance at "Willie' face told her that the concluding portion of the search among the Moluccas had not been productive of any results. Having given a cordial grasp of the hand to the Captain, she advanced toward the crew which stood respectfully awaiting her ap pearance on deck. "I thank you, Captain Willis," she said calmly and buoyantly, "and I thank you, my friends. Your devotion touches me. You have done all that I could expect. You have not been successful, and perhaps you despair of ever being so, but I do not. No, I feel confident that I shall yet see Cap- Molly'i wishes the steamer was not laid up. Captain Willij and his crew remained la charge of her, and their pay went on just tha same. But there were extensive repairs to be made. She must go into dry dock, her rigging must be overhauled, new boilers put into her and her engines looked after. After all this had been accomplished, the Molly' Hope was thoroughly provisioned and coaled. Mrs. Allaire's life at; Prospect Cottaga had long since taken onrlts old-time methods.but with the exception of Andrew Hollister and Captain "Willis no one was admitted to her intimacy. She lived en tirely In the atmosphere of the past, save as her unfailing hope tempered its awful dark ness. The dead was always with her, th lost forever beside her. Little Walt would have been 7 years old now, an age when tha young and impressionable mind feels tha quickening touch of reason; but Walt was gone forever' Molly's thoughts would often revert to him who had been so devoted to her, to that sailor, Zach French by name, whom she was so anxious to know person ally, but who had not yet returned from, his cruise. It could not last much longer, however, for the shipping reports had oa several occasions made mention of tha jruH'tj ; ffiim"w vMrwfeUjjjf ii IS ffl TUB BOATSWAIK POINTED AT B02TE OBJECTS IS THB W-ATEB. tain Allaire and his companions. My trust is in God. He will not let it coma to naught" There was a w'onderful tone of assurance in these words. They bespoke an extraord inary energy; they expressed so eloquently the firm conviction of the speaker that her husband would yet be found that their ef fect was startling; and yet whiaevery per son present listened with respect bordering upon veneration to this rare woman, he could none the less bring himself to think that her soul's yearning would ever be satis fied. And yet perhaps her audience would have done better to throw itself with a firm reliance upon that instinctive knowledgewith whioh nature often endows woman. While man is unable or at least unwilling to form deductions until he has first subjected facts to actual and logical examination, woman. thanks to her powers of intuition, is often enabled to make astonishing forecasts of the Golden Gate, and no doubt he would be back home before 1881 had passed. Tha moment he arrived Molly was resolved to send for Zach French and make good to him her indebtedness by providing for him ia the future. In the meantime Mrs. Allaire did not cease to look after the families whg had been affected by the loss of theDreadnaught It was solely for the purpose of visiting their humble homes,- of providing for their wants, that she now and then left Prospect Cottage and went down into tha lower town. Her generosity showed itself in many ways, busying itself with the moral as well as tha material needs of her proteges. It was dur ing the first part of this year that she con sulted Andrew Hollister concerning a project which she was anxious to carry out She was resolved to establish and endow a home for the care and custody of abandoned and orphaned children. Jir. Hollister, said sue, it s as a ma- future. It is some kindly instinct which I morial of our child that I desire to erect and acts as her guide and imparts untoherproph- endow this institution. I'm sure John will etio lore. Who could say that the Captain's approve of it when ha returns, for to what Cleveland u Borne years ago. Just alter the return of the survivors of the Greely Polar Expedi tion, I accidently ran across Captain How gate on a Western river steamer called the Daniel Boone, which plied between Charles ton, W. Va., and Cincinnati. He had then been a fugitive four years, and his wander ings had been made romantio by the com panionship of one of the handsomest and brightest women Washington has known for years. In fact it was due to her that I recognized him. His identity was so com-J pieteiy covered up that he was safe irom even his closest friend; but the vanity of a woman who knew she was protty had evi dently stood In the way of any make-up on her part. It was the same woman, without tho change of a hair, who at times had been wont to frame herself In a window of tha cnarmlmj noat," near the corner of Thir teenth and Q, in Washington, which Signal Office money had built and lavishly fur nished for her In happier days. The Btory of His Wanderings. A day and two nights we were fellow-passengers. In that time I learned tha story, frankly told, of their exile, from the day of the sensational escape from the Washington prison guard to the time of our meeting. The strange and romantio itinerary inoluded a cruise down the Atlantic coast and across the Gulf to Sabine Pass and a Journey through the great South Texas pineries, afoot and leisurely, to the famed Acadia In Louisiana; thenco-to New Orleans and up tho Mississippi on the big steamer Franlc Fargond; next to a littio place In Southwest Missouri, where the Captain Invested in a copper mino and eventually lost his money; thence to Michigan and to Nebraska, and finally to New York, within an hour by rail from the metropolis. Ilero in Orange county the thrifty Captain went into a cieainery ontorpriso, and the pair passed quite happily a year or mora under the name of Sir. and Mrs. llarriaon. The creamery prospered, but the commun ity was a littio too thickly populated, and too many people wero coming and going for the Captain's peace of mind. Bo tho nomads again pulled up stakes, got together their skctohlng portfolios and the light traveling outfit that had before done them good serv ice, and took to tho woods. They went to the mountains of West Virginia, where in long Journey afoot the flora and geology of the country wero studied, and all manner of Information about tho undeveloped mineral depoalts.with which the Alleghenies south of the Potomac abound, was collpctedand care fully notect Before embarking on the Daniel Boone they had passed the months of May and June in the wild region of Coal river. west of the Backbone and south of the Groat Kanawha, and had made many interesting studies nfthn nceer natives. It was at tha mouth of Coal river that they took the Kana wna pacKot lor Cincinnati, iowos .ukack. wife would not some day be right and all the world wrong? She and Andrew Hollister were now con ducted to the cabin of the Molly's Hope where Captain Willis gave them a detailed account of the expedition. Maps of Poly nesia and Malaysia were unrolled upon the table and he was thus enabled to trace out step by step, from island to island, and port to port the route followed by the steamer. "Permit me, Mrs. Allaire," said Willis, "to draw your attention to this point Tho Dreadnaught was seen for the last time off the southerly end ot Celebes Island on May 3, 1875, that is, about seven weeks alter leaving Ban Diego, bince then wa have had no tidings ot her. Therefore, as she never reached Singapore, we are forced to the conclusion that she was lost in the Java sea. How? There are two theories: The first is that she went down in a gale or after a collision, leaving no trace of her existence; the second is that she went ashore on the reefs and was completely destroyed by the pirates to cover up their orime. And yet, in either of these last two cases, it is impossible that there should not have been some debris, some flotsam, some bit or scrap of her cargo to survive her; but in spite of our efforts we have not been able to find any actual proof of her de struction." Hence Captain Willis inclined to the opinion that the Dreadnaught had been struck and destroyed by one of thosa tor nadoes so often let loose in irresistible fury upon these waters, for as regards the theory of collision, it is very rare that both ves sels go down one survives to tell the story. Captain Willis' conclusion was, although he didn't express it, that all hope must be abandoned. So thought Andrew Hollister, too. He bent his head, he could not bear the inquiring look which Molly fixed upon him. "No! Not" she exclaimed, "the Dread caught did not go to the bottom. John and his men have not perishedl" And Molly continued to question Willis concerning "the minutest details of the search, encouraging, discussing, combatting. It was not until after a session of three hours that she rose to take her leave. "Shall I proceed to put the Molly's Hope out of commission?" asked Willis. "By no means, Captain," was tho answer. "I hove no intention to discharge you or your crew. Who can say that another cruise will be as barren of results as this has been? Will you retain command of tho steamer?" "I would do so willingly, Mrs. Allaire, but I belong to the Hollister eoncem; possi bly they may need my services." "Don't let that stand in your way," my dear Willis," said Mr. Hollister. "I am only too happy to place you under Mrs. Allaire's orders. "Be it so then, Mr. Hollister, I will Kick to the Molly's Hope." "And, Captain Willis," said Molly, "hold yourself in readiness to sail at any mo ment." In giving his consent the shipping mer chant had had no other thought than to de fer tc Molly's wishes. Both he and Captain Willis had imagined that she would give up all ideas of a second expedition after the absolute failure of the first If time was never to weaken her re membrance of her husband, at least it would In the end destroy every shred of hope of J ever seeing him again. In accordance with better use could.we put our fortune?" Andrew Hollister admirably seconded Mrs. Allaire in the execution of her plans. A hundred and fifty thousand dollars wore to be set aside for the purchase of a suitabla property and for the payment of its running expenses. The project was quickly carried into ex ecution, thanks to the assistance afforded by the city government There was no neces sity to erect a building. Purchase was made of a large residence situated in a most healthful location near the old town. A skillful architect was employed to make tha necessary changes, so that the building was soon in a condition to accommodate 60 cbil. dren, together with a corps of nurses and teachers large enough to take charge of them. As the building was surrounded by a large garden full of shade trees and pro vided with running water, there could be no question that the place would not prove a most healthful resort On May 19 this foundling hospital, upon which the name of the Walter Home had been bestowed, was inaugurated amid tha Elaudits of the whole city, which rejoiced to ave an opportunity of testifying Us sym pathy for Mrs. Allaire, who, however, to tha intense regret of all, was not present at tha inauguration. She had not been able to bring herself to leave Prospect Cottage on this occasion. But the moment a number of children had been installed in the Home, she went every day to pay them a -visit,, as if they really belonged to her. These children were to be permitted to remain at the Home until they were 12 years of age, and as soon as practicable they were to bo taught to read and write, their religious and moral education was to be looked after ana at the same time they were to be taught such a trade as their particular aptitudes might justify. Such ones as belonged to the families of sailors were to be trained for the sea and shipped as cabin boys or appren tices. It really seemed as if Molly had a special affection for this class in tender re membrance of Captain John. The end of lb81 came, but with it no tidings of the loiUbipnr of any tool that had been on board ot ner when sue sailed, and although large rewards had been offered for the slightest trace of the long lost vessel there had been no grounds for dispatching the Molly's Hope on a second voyage. Bof Mrs. Allaire was still buoyant and hopeful. Possibly 1882 might bring about what 188f had been powerless to effect And tha Barkers, toot What had become of them? Where had Lew Barker taken refuge to keep clear of requisition for his arrest? As the police authorities had given up looking for him, Mrs. Allaire found herself con strained to abandon the thought of discov ering Kate's whereabouts. In.truth this is a great sorrow for Molly, who was deeply interested in the let of, her unfortunate relative. It was a matter of astonishment to her never to receive a letter 'from Kate, for how easily could the latter have communicated with her cousin with out in any way imperiling her husband's safety. Could they Loth be ignorant of tha facts that Molly had recovered her reason, that she had fitted out a vessel to search for Captain John, that the expedition had ended in naught? It conld not be possible. Had not the newspapers of both worlds fol lowed the movements of the Molly's Hope, and how could it be possible that Lew ani, . Kate Barker had not noticed any of these accounts? They must also knowthat Mrs. i 1 -.-''-..-. . " -4. J to-..a&iw. uc ' rsdSA1f-(fifs
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