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tpll •* - THE OLD WALtfc STOL I Bte wn 'A' : tltmew • or twOv " . s ..Jttuwrtasftdtar jj/fiwoAfta in : my sonnet. MM fche street, an ! ftt the ddflL * • _ mm hlni ntundiog there before - Tb» iwllttg at lay neighbor. house is closed, tbe oamin'l _ ,f know my neighbor'! oat of town, ' - And Tttn ttw mliutnl'i labor. - cij'ttt yot two small admirers fitssd pnv«ly before him, hand in hand, -Front row--dress circle --center-- A boy, a girl without a hat, ',a|ot with a battered sunshade tM ' Borne otber child has lent her. fbe minstrel pauscs-what, ro anon! •» tu.n* a stop to change the tmie • ;'i>c coin responsive il&tlliig, • ®*®yes 'he windows that rivoal • > , $o sign; then with a sigh ^Resumes his patient grinding ' A*id fo! the minstrel's lost to vtortr, "Slieboy and girl have vanished t)M; •, The street , my neighbor's dwelling-- , rJUi. all arc gour; and l ans thera "Suing again upon the stuir .... jily tale to Mabel telling. itfhile from the crowded rooms steal miff. " Sfew» st>ains of music, where tbaront - ' « «2V hose chatter «nd wboae diuMiea ' JH-e left still whirling waltz, the while 's iSlwhinper low to Mattel's binile ,iAnd watch for Mabol'e glances, Spring no blnshes t,o her ol»eekjji|f' ior aa an ardent lover speak; «*>.' .• :,-JBnt rather as a brother ggjfc -Jtafce a confidential tone Jpfr-< • Jjid find we're both inclined topHMt .* iW« understand each other, f J: flfce is not always gay- nor I . My fingers iust clasp hors. Wo sigh, Life is a Berions matter. Better this moment on the stair, Shis sympathy complete and. jaw,. Tlma bours o'idlecfcatWfc _.jjj£tter this touch-- e grinder's done ; Hi> olowly lifts hie box with one Glance, sad reproachful, hollow t o my neighbor's vacant blind. . Iben takes his way: and cloee behind The two small cb Id ran . ••-Qentary Magazine. I®?:. PETER OF CORTONA. ________ A little over 200 years apo there Stood before one of the most elegant residences in the city of Florence a poor, tattered boy of some twelve years. Be was not a beggar; for be­ ing employed by a Cardinal, rich and influential, of coarse be had all the food he (wanted. But why was he there? History does not say. He was gazing listlessly at what was going on around him when he felt a sudden tap upon his shoulder, and on looking up there stood, to his astonishment, a boy from Cor ton a, from which place he himself had come only four years before; •'Why, Peter, is that you?" he ex­ claimed. "What in the world brought you to Florence? How did you leave all our friends?" The boy shook back Ixis shock of dark hair, crushed his hat into a shapeless mass as he looked at his old friend Thomas, the tears, mean­ while, fast coursing down his cheeks. "I came here to be a painter, Tom, and they say Florence is the best place to learn: and there's a school here, too, where they teach you all about it. Mother's died since you came away, and I can't stay, now •he's gone. I just hope I'll never kave to go back. Oh, how lonely I'd • iiWJV «s ?*> m £& m • 7 •. »vS "Yea, but don't it take money, Feter, to learn how to paint? Have you got any?" asked his frietffc/ be­ lieving from the boy's general ap­ pearance that he had not. . "Not a penny." At tbis honest confession Peter bung his head. "Then of course you can't do any­ thing. Hew would it be if 1 got a place for you in the palace where I live? At any rate I'll promise you enough to eat." "Do you really get enough to eat?" aiked Peter, earnestly, as if doubtful that could be--it took so much for throwing appetite! "Indeed you'd think so; but come and see for yourself. Yoa won't be perry, I'll warrant you." "I can't take a position, Tom, in­ deed I can't 1 must be' a painter. The desire was born in me. I came all the way to Florence on foot for that, and so don't ask me to give it UP, or put anything in my way to stop me. But I'll tell you what I'll do; suppose, if you have so much more than you need, you take me on trust, ^nd share with uie, and wheal get be a painter, grown up and fam- vou know, I'll pay you. YTould at suit you?" I'll do it, old fellow, and be glad feo. We can but try and see how the plan works. Come with me to the Jarret in the palace where I sleep, nd I'll give you a part of my.dinner o-night" Two jolly boys, poor as they were, Igoon hurried to the little room where rifrhomas slept, the one with the ^thought of a good meal, the other tleased that he had the company of n old friend to dine with him; an V jf'jJ Unusual treat in his lonely dwelling. iff' , It was so small a place that the low ' jstraw bed, table, and three-legged - :• -#tool completely filled it up. There, jfcf-'- 1/'.V'rSwas onlv one thing really worthy of ! notice--the wonderful whiteness of the walls on every side. Tom folded up his old coat to make a rest for Peter's bead and begged him to lie down, saying the same time,-- "Don't you get frightened, Peter-- 111 be back again before YOU know it" But Peter looked so miserable that he almost repented taking him in, | puny, sickly boy that he was; but the s poor fellow's wistful eyes were reas- t suring, and he was off as quickly as his old shoes would carry him. Thomas, you must know, was in blgh fa,vor with the cooks, and after bis work was done, and the meals well over, he had a grand opportunity with the broken meats; and to-night, to his great delight, he was even more lueky than usual, for among other things he found half of a pigeon pie,, which he triumphantly carried off to bis friend up among the chim­ ney tops. Can you believe Uow the poor boy enloyed it? He had tasted scarcely a morsel of food all that day or the day befoie. But even this did not alto gether satisfy his cravings, for to be a painter was first of all. This would not give him paper and pencils, brushes, or colors; money only would do that. How he wished that some ene might give him credit! Could he mskc up his mind, after his kindness, to a#k Tom if be bad any money to •pare? "i can but ask him, sad Pm sure lean pay bim back some day." Acting upon the thought, he ven- t»«d. •'I nd feed, Peter,'I'd be glad to do r - * • % 1'^ M £*• < ? , S' 'Pm "'Phn '-w-f ' • •F'i I % y p %ah ilfe m J \ thins for tbree long jears to con^e." Ttils indeed looke l dubious. \ "Oh, dear!" Peter said aloud. "There's no use in trying. Wb%t shall I do? I can't bear itl" "Now suppose, Peter, you get first a piece of charcoal and draw on my walls? That won't cost you any­ thing, and it will ornament me up, you know. . How would that do, think?" 1 , This of course was a good deal of a downfall to the boy's pride, his aspir­ ations were so great, but it was evi­ dently all he could do at present, at least, and he was glad to exercise his talent even with a piece of charcoal. When Tom, now greatly interested, brought him a piece, he set to woik vigorously, and there was no end to the figures of every kind and shape that be put over the walls, until there was not a space left uncoveied. But boys and g>rls all there lives, as well as men and women, will find that if one earnestly desires to suc­ ceed, some way, somehow, the way will be opened. So it was with poor Peter, for as he was walking the streets one day, just, at his feet lay a weli-Hlled purse. ^Vhat joy! But the next moment, .great as his need was, he felt ho had no claim on the prize--for he was honest as well as ambitious--and must try and find the owner of it. Of course he ran to the attic the very first thing to tell his friend Thomas, wben he should come up, of his wonderful luck, and to ask his advice aoout finding the owner. To­ gether they printed some slips, for they both knew how to make the let­ ters--only that, and very little about spelling--and posted them up in pub­ lic places. But no one applied for the purse. After waiting for weeks, no owner appearing, Peter could bear it no longer, and one day, in Tom's absence, he bought not only pencils and paper, but the whole paraphernalia of an artist's outfit Was he happy, think you? You would have said so if you could have seen him with his outfit everywhere in Florence where there was a handsome church or public building or statue, drawing as if his life depended upon it, and only when it grew top dark to woric did he re­ turn to the humble lodgings where he was always welcome, and where, if Tom was not there, he would always find tucked under the straw bed his dinner, that it might be kept warm until he came back. The place had become home to him now; It was better than ail the fine things in the world, one knew yet of his coming and going; no one had ever seen t ;e wonderful work on the walls. Some of the servants at the palace often remembered, though, that even for a boy Tom had an un­ common appetite, and wondered why he should keep so small with so much good food to eat. The cardinal was a rich man, and though he lived in an elegant palace, there were alterations he desired to make. One day, going over the build­ ing with an architect, he came at leugth to Tom's attic room. Imagine his astonishment when he saw his beautifully whitened walls covered with charcoal sketches from top to bottom, and not one of them to be despised, either! What could it meau? Calling the butler, he asked who slept there. "Thomas, the boy In the scullery, my lord." "What a genius! Call him to me." The servant obeyed, and our poor Tom came trembling before the Car­ dinal, into whose presence he had never been before. He grew very red as he looked first at the charac­ ters on the wall and then at his mas­ ter. "No longer are yqp to be in the kitchen, Thomas," he said kindly. But the boy, feeling that the Car­ dinal was displeased and sending him away, implored that he would not. "I have no home, and shall starve, and I couldn't take care of Peter then." Whenever he mentioned Peter's name his eyes lit up, he bad grown so fond of him, yes, and very proud, toa 1 Tetei? Who, who is Peter?" the Cardinal asked. "Oh, only a friend of mine from Cortona, who has come all the way to Florence to learn to be a painter. See those pictures on the wali?" said he timidly fearing least his master would be angry that he had allowed Peter to draw them. "I could'nt do such work as that. He'll die if he can't be a painter. He's so nice, too, and has such soft girl's ways." "Where do you keep the boy, pray? There isn't room for you here. 1 didn't think the place was so small?" " Oh, sir, he's out all day, and only sleeps here at night I've taken him on trust." Of course the Cardinal did not know the meaning of that, but be demanded to see the youngster when he should come in. But Peterdid not return that night nor for two weeks more Thomas was greatly troubled, but when he came back it was all explained. He had seen a head of Raphael on ex­ hibition near a convent, and had asked it he might copy it; permission was granted bim by the monks, who had fed and lodged him all that time. But you are wondering if Peter got his long-for teaching. He did, for the Cardinal saw his merits, and used not only his pnrse but his influence in the boy's behalf. He was placed in one of the best schools in Florence. Tom's noble spirit so pleased bis master that he was raised to a position of greater trust and teach­ ers were given him that be might be­ come familiar with the learning of the day. Thus Peter's vagabond lite' was ended, and could you, a half century later have looked into one of the ele­ gant houses in Florence, where the elite of all nations were often enter­ tained, you would have found two peaceful men, believing and trusty friends, living there together. |One was Peter of Cortona, called the greatest painter of his time, who would with trembling voice, pointing tenderly to his dear friend Tom, of whom it was always said, "Happy is the man who can claim his friend­ ship," tell you that he never should have been what he was if, when cold and homeless and hungry, he bad not found lodging in that little attic room, and made his first effort there. --Waverly Magazine. *?. i i r , w 3 ^ ̂ l £ irw i i«AT)ELPMlA..... PARIS OHIO AGO. .•.»..217.826 .....307,160 .....710,823 pleasantly with the girls who Never has the World s Fair grounds presented such an appearance as they did on Chicago day. Vast crowds surged before the gates long before 6 o'clock in the morning. Every line of conveyance to the Fair was crowded to ezces9, every platform on the Illinois Central and on the elevated road, every street crossing downtown was black with people anxious to get to the Exposition. The Illinois Central trains were packed, and poured people into the Fair by thousands. There never was such a crush. By noon there were fully 400,000 people in the grounds and they still poured in in huge streams through nearly seventy entrances. These made their way in great blaek columns, interspersed with color, to the court of honor, where the gilded goddess of liberty shone doubly bright in the sun's rays. The mammoth plazas east and .west of the Administration Building were soon living masses of hu­ manity, which cheered and laughed and shouted when the cannon of Bat­ tery D began to thunder forth, from points north, south, east and west of the Fair, its salute to the nations. This salute, at stated intervals, occu­ pied the whole forenoon. A silence fell on the multitude when the "heralds of peace," attired in their gaudy costumes, began their fanfare of peace. These were stationed on the peristyle, administration building, manufactures building, agricultural building, all turned toward the God­ dess of Liberty, and played on their brazen instruments the motto, "Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards Men." When they ceased a prolonged cheer evidenced the enthusiasm of the multi­ tude. 8tr«»m of Mighty Melody. When on the platform on the west plaza 2,000 voices sang "The Star- opangled Banner" the multitude, car­ ried away by their feelings, took up the refrain, and a dull roar of harmony mounted to the heavens. It was be­ yond all description magnificent and grand. Following the great burst of song the united bands of the Exposi­ tion joined in playing "Dixie Land," "Maryland, My Maryland," and simi­ lar melodies awakened responsive chords in the hearts of the people- The chorus, orchestra, and band joined in "Columbia." A notable feature of the occasion where everything was notable was the ringing of the new liberty bell. This took place at noon. Mayor Harrison, young preceded' them. Then followed the States of the Union, the six principal cities of each State represented by maidens bearing pennants. The States were in the order of their admission to the Union, and as State after State passed in review the cheering was loud and long. The whole affair lasted un­ til late in the afternoon. sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty-three was the exact number of paid admissions. Nearly a mill­ ion souls at a holiday in a town yet an infant, in a town without his­ tory, in a town but a score of years out from the blackest, cruelest scourge that misfortune ever dealt. It was a glorious day--glorious as to the weather, glorious as to the occa- to tort' _ r&incut lxttooarrMeipte» so that urdajr we were abort of the estimate justilfii&OOO. On Saturday leaUedfor our white wagon and nude a trip around to see what the reserve due us amounted to. I got tlSSjOOO and hauled it over to the World's Fair branch of the trupt company. . Forty-three thousand of the amount was from con­ cessioners «and '918,000 came in one lump from the Ferris wheel. When we figured up all our resources and our liabilities we felt all right. We had notified the contractors and everybody else who had, any sort of claim on us to be on hand Saturday and get what was due. A good many of them<came and a few staid away, but practically everything was paid, and our balance in bans amounts to more than any claim un- presented. Counting the big check, the Exposition has paid out since its origin, for all purposes, a little more than $30,286,000. On the same basis that furnished us with data when we figured on paying off the bonds, we ought to close the gates and find a bal­ ance in the treasury on Nov. 1 of about $1^500,000." President Higinbotham emphasized IWhat the treasurer had said about the bright financial outlook. "We were very anxious," he said; "that all our creditors should be wiped off the books. As it is, every voucher was satisfied so the accounts could be balanced off. Where a man failed to come and claim his money we had a check made out and pinned to the voucher ready for the owner. Of course there are a few claims in dispute, but every adjusted indebtedness ia settled and out of the way." When the president and treasurer made' up their estimate of assets on hand after the liquidation of all claims they were figuring on an attendance of less than 500,000 lor Chicago Day. As the event proved they were somewhat OONCHOLOQV.̂ ̂ k'M-: LriisM i MIGHTY CRUSH OF PEOPLE AT THE VAN BUREIf VIADUCT. ALL BIQHS FAIL IK FAIR WKATHK3& Asr ins: i ( lit but, ble&i you! I won't get| any J writer. !' " -iflii-.' 'TA. Standing by the bell when the hour of high noon struck, reached forth and swung the huge clapper amid the plaudits of the multitude which sur­ rounded him and the blare of the trum­ pets and crash of the drums of the united bands. During this forenoon celebration the chorus under Director Tomlins and Professor Katzenberger sang from the platform erected on the west Bide of the Administration Building "Die Wacht am Rhein," "Marseillaise," Austrian Hymn," "Russian Hymn," "Star Spangled Banner," and other national and patriotic hymns. Keunion of the States. If the morning festivities were grand those in the afternoon far outdid them. The plaza cast of Administration building, facing the Court of Hcnor, was black with spectators. The "Re­ union of States" was the grand spec­ tacle which they had assembled to wit­ ness. As the States passed in review around the Court of Honor, represent­ ed by 3,000 school children from all parts of the city, cheer after cheer at­ tested the interest and gratification of the vast audience. The review was divided into five sections. The first was led by a chorus of 100 boys from the Diocesan choir, followed by thirty-four youths, one se­ lected from each ward in the city, bearing a shield with the word "Wel­ come" inscribed upon it, representing the great metropolis of Illinois. Then came thirteen young ladies prepresent- ing the thirteen original States, each bearing the sheild of the particular State represented and wearing a crown with a star to indicate the sovereignty of each State. A company of twenty-four boys dressed in the Continental unl form and selected from the First Regi­ ment of Illinois cadets coatrastoA pp. - 1 ! ! , ; • r -V& At night the most gorgeous pageant ever produced took place at the Fair, followed by the most wonderful display of fireworks it is possible to imagine. Twenty-five great floats illustrated the arts, sciences, peace, -war, Chicago, and the nations. How They Got There. Tremendous as was the crowd at the grounds, the figures almost pale to in­ significance when compared to the to­ tal of fares paid on the lines of trans­ portation that day. The West Side, South Side, North Side, Alley L, and Illinois Central Railroad companies figured up a total of nearly 2,500,000. This of course included the return trip of Fair visitors. And it is safe to say that if more people could have found means of travel to get to the frounas, the paid admissions to the 'air would have passed the mill­ ion mark. But it was impossible. The steam and cable lines ran trains as thick as they could be operated, and aside from the crush inside, the tops of cars were literally black with peo­ ple. The steamor lines were jammed to the laBt permissible degree. And thousands upon thousands of Chicago- ans from the West and North Sides, who had intended to go to the Fair, found it impossible to get further than the down-town district. So it was with numberless visitors from abroad. At the grounds, it was in countless in­ stances three hours before one could get to the ticket sellers' booths, and a grand scramble to get to the entrance. At night men and women alike climbed through the windows of the elevated coaches to get seats or standing-room back to the city. Multitudes did not go back at all, but spent the night on the open prairie, with the sun-warmed earth for a couch, a stunted shrub for a pillow, and the star-studded sky for a cover. The South Side and down-town districts were fairly stormed by luck­ less wanderers looking for lodging, and by midnight hundreds had got west and north for from two to four miles, in a vain search for rooms. It was like nothing. It had no di­ mensions to describe it, no heights to measure it, no tapes to circle it; it was simply incomprehensible. • It was creater than Paris, greater than Lon­ don, greater than Vienna, greater than all the tales of numberless hordes of marauding barbarians; greater sion, glorious in its program, glorious in the mighty result which attracts the attention of thinking mankind the world over. It was a day of great days. It was Chicago Day. Dark Hide of the Day. Four killed and nearly a score in- like $200,000 short of the actual ceipts from all sources. Fast Gathering* Tabulated. A glance at the following table will give in comprehensive form an idea of than all the legends of ancient phalanxes, squadrons and cohorts; greater than all the romances of pious pilgrimages, invasions and expeditions; greater than all the stories of embat" tied retinues of sacking princes; greatoi' than the dim yarns of the wild mobs of pillatring armies. Seven hundred and Jured. This is the record that Chicago lay made at the Fair. The explosion of a mortar during the fireworks dis­ play blew out the life of John Dryden, cable trains crushed Charles A. Clark and Thos. Robinson to death, while James Malcolm fell from the steps of the intramural railway, breaking his neck. The management of such an enor­ mous gathering was a matter of con­ cern not only to the city police but to the Columbian guards. The congested condition of the downtown streets, from an early hour in the morning un­ til late at night, made the task a most difficult one, and the greatest precau­ tion was used in trying to prevent panic and accidents. One hundred and fifty men and women fainted in the crush at the alley "L" station. Forty women were taken away in the ambu­ lance and patrol wagons, but not one was fatally hurt The Fair Out of Debt. In addition to assembling the most stupendous crowd of modern times, the World's Fair management achieved another notable triumph on Chicago day. Treasurer Seeberger and Aud­ itor Ackerman celebrated the day by making out a check payable to the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, trustee of the holders of Exposition debenture bonds, for $1,565,310.76, the las# cent of debt owed bv the Fair. Of the amount called for by the check, $231,960.76 is for interest anu $1,333,350 for the last installment of 30 per cent due on the issue of $5,000,000 floated to insure the completion of the Fair. After the check had been signed and verified Treasurer Seeberger had something to say about the financier­ ing that made the check possible. "We had estimated," be said, "that we should have enouch money on hand «•««( the Cariosities tie rind. "What is the trumpeter shell?" asked a writer of a dealer in sheila The shell merchant went to a case in tbe rear of his store and lifted out ft conch-shaped shell nearly two feet in length, and marked like a tortoise ihell. A hole had been drilled at large tad of the shelL Tbe merchant placed his Hps to tbe hole and blew. A rich sonorous ttumpet blast echoed and re-echoed throughout the shop "It isn't necessary tbexplaln further why it is called tbe trumpeter, is it?" exclaimed the merchant with a smile, "This shell comes from Singapore and belongs to the Triton family. Sailors often use it as a fog-bom, and it makes a good one toa Among what one might call the eccentric specimens of the shell world are tbe colossal fucus, which sometimes grow to two feet in length, and are curi­ ously formed; the dipper shell, so called because it is shaped like a dipper, with a long pointed handle; the angel wing, and the Venus bas­ ket. The last named shell is a sort of insect, looking for all the world like a film of lace. The basket shell is shaped like a cornucopia, and is so brittle that it is most dittiult to se­ cure a perfect specimen. It is snow- white, and of the most exquisite de- ,,,4 sign. Tbe angel wing is also a white shell, and is a bivalve. The two halves look like folded wings, with the feathers clearly outlined on the outer surface. These shells are found in the West Indies. There are hun­ dreds of these prizes, including the black helmet* a shell that is not very rare, but whlcb can be made very beautiful by carving. The ancients cut their cameos from the helmet shells. They are large and make ^ striking ornaments for a bookcase or a table." , ••What is tbe rarest sbell of all?** ••That," said the conchologist, tbe superb specimen that is called The Cone of the Holy Mary.' Why it is so called 1 do not know, but it is the rarest, because there are but two specimens in existence. One of , them is in tbe British Museum, and tbe shell is valued at several 'iiou- sand pounds sterling, a sort of Koh-i- noor among shells, of wondrous beauty and rarity." "What is the largest shell knoWn?" "The giant oyster. You can see giant oyster shells on exhibition in front of several well-known oyster j shops in town. They are imported from India. I remember that 1 im­ ported a pair that measured three and a half leet by four, and weighed ' nearly 500 pounds." "And the smai. "Is the rice^nell. Lying in belle to a basket of barrel, the shell would be readily mistaken for rice grains.n i mi % 1 TH* CBILDBM S PARADE. the comparative size of great gather­ ings in the past. Greatest day at Paris Exposition 897,1M Greatest day at Centennial. 218.A9S Bank Holiday In London, I8ff0 test.) 330,000 Cleveland day, St. Louis Fair, loefi loO.OOO Melbourne oup day. Melbume, 1893 (est.).2»,ooo flhah of Persia day, Paris Exposition--330,<00 Closing day, Paris Exposition 370,000 Cleveland's Inauguration (est.) 275,000 Grand Array encampment, Washington, 1892 (est.) •8as'000 Review of Union armies, Washington, 1B65 (eat.) J®®-®®® English Derby day, 1893 (est.)..^WO.000 Oxford-Cambridge boat race. 1898 (est.). .300,000 Unveiling Grant monument, Chicago, 1891 (est.) 1TO.OOO Edison day at Paris Exposition American Derby day, l«a2 ' Naval Be view, New York, April », (est) Weakly Bank Statement. The New York weekly bank state­ ment shows the following changes: Reserve, increase Loans, decrease Specie, Increase 3,686.600 Legal tenders, increase Deposits, increase Circulation, lnorease W4,*oo The banks now hold $28,628,726 in ex­ cess of the requirements of the 25 per cent. rule. The oyster plant of the Booth Com­ pany, of Chicago, located on the Gulf coast, was destroyed by the recent hur­ ricane. The company^ lose is $100,010. Two persons were killed at Preston, Ark., bar a wind storm. A Few jStern Facts About Sinker*. It i» probable that between 300 and 400 tons of lead is melted into sink­ ers in this country every year. This may seem like a great deal of lead to put into sinkers, but there is one con­ cern in this city that makes fifty or sixty tons of sinkers every year, and that frequently in the busy season melts two tons of lead for this pur­ pose in a day. There are other con­ cerns in New York that make sink- ere, and they are made also in Boston, in Brooklyn, and elsewhere. It is not a business by itself, but is car­ ried on in conjunction witb other business. Sinkers are made in a great v riety of styles and weights for vari­ ous kinds of fishing, and for nets as well as for single lines. There are a number of patented sinkers. A sinker perhaps as well known as any is the eight-ounce Bank, a six-sided sinker, such as is commonly used on the fish- • ing boats. It might be wondered what becomes of all the sinkers; it may be said that a single hshing boat in the season will buy tbree or- four hundred pounds a week. A man who ought to know says he believes , the bottom of tbe ocean around tberj lightship is paved with sinkers. An Independent Man. An independent farmer Bhould the most cheerful man in the countrji^ during a general financial crash. By t independent farmer we mean he who owns a quarter section of land unen-, cumbered by mortgage. He may snap ; his fingers at failing banks, at silent ,i mills and manufactories, at mer- ; chants without customers, at th0 | world at large; and gathering his fam ; i ily about him he may proudly realiza j that on no one is he dependent, andj^li that so far as their limited means will allow the people of the town ana ; ; city must dance to his music, or 1 when payment ceases, then he may "hang up his fiddle and his bow." To the farmer who is free from debt the ebb and flow of finance is a matter of small consequence. Ha has no sleepless nights in a vain en- ! deavor to formulate a plan by which he can raise a mortgage from the bome What matters it to him it storms rage in Wall street* or if the local banks do retrench, he owes no man on earth a cent and has no mas- v l ter to drive him to bis woric, or to the sacrifice of hia possessions during ; such stringent times?--Ooleman'4:;; Rural World. i Outwitted at His Own Game. A Bar Harbor cashier had a check for $2,000 on the Rockland bank. Ia the ordinary course of business the , check would have been; sent to Bostoa and thence forwarded to the Rock­ land bank, the whole transaction be* ing carried on by interchange of drafts without expense, but the Bar Harbor cashier thought he saw a way to get $2,000 incurreucy without pay* ing the premium demanded by hi| Boston correspondent. So he for­ warded the check to Rockland bjp v express for collection. It is. how­ ever, a very rare day when the cash­ ier of this particular Rockland banlc gets caught at disadvantage, and he easily saw through the game that his Bar Harbor contemporary was play­ ing. He had two bills in his vault of the denomination of $1,000 each, and ^ with these he cashed the check. When the cashier had paid the ex. press on these bills and then paid an­ other express fee in forwarding them to Boston to be changed into bills small enough to do business with, he probably had less expensive ideas as to his own ; ahrew4a**a.? ,Lewi>ito»> (1C») Journal. tr *:>v \ 1 4; f?: * ' > • i • ...... m A