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STATIONS :
No. 1.
No. 3.
ttattamoulh ....
Oreapolla
Concord
Cedar Creek....
Loulvlll ....
Mouth, li. ....
Aahlauu ...
Greenwood ....
Lincoln-
llaatlnga
(S A p m
7:15 p in
7 :'M p in
7:42 p m
7 :M p in
8 :I0 pm
8 !30 p m
8 :43 p in
9 :30 p in
10 :15 pm
8 :15 a m
3 i30 a ra
6 :30 a m
8 ioi a m
l2Kitpm
12 :25 p in
( :3d p in
6 MOp ni
10 :00 p in
V :20 a ni
9 :35 a in
a :48 n m
' 10 :04 a m
10 iM a tu
10 :47 a in
11 :05 am
Ar. II pm
L've M -jo p ni
Ar.
L've
Ar.
L've
Ar.
L've
Ar.
L've
Ar. t-Mpri
L've 4 -J3 p n
r. b ibo p m
McCook
Akron
Denver
Ar. ii jjo p m
L'veli 10 pm
Ar. warn
L'vo um
Ar. hmfiaijij
Ar.
L've
Ar.
KXTBJUA -TRAINS GOING
STATIONS : ,A8T'
No. 2. No. 4.
riattamoutb.... Ar. ft :lo p in Ar. oara
Oreapolla Ar. IdOpui Ar. 8:50 am
Oncurd.. Ar. I :ao p m Ar. 8 :35 a m
Cedar Creek... Ar. 4 ni p in Ar. 8 -.25 a m
Louisville Ar. 4:UipmAr. 8:17 am
South Henri Ar. 3 p ra Ar. 8 .05 am
Aanlabd Ai. 3 M p ui Ar. 7 : 18 a m
Greenwood..... Ar. :13pmAr. 7:34am
Lincoln Ar. 2 :0 p m Ar. 3:30am
L've 2 a 6 p m L'vo 7 an) a m
Uastlcgs Ar. 9oaiiiAr. 10 :15 p in
L've lo : 10 a in L've 10 :3o p m
tied Cloud Ar. 8:iaaniAr. 6:55 pm
L've Hiilani L've 7 :45 p in
MCook Ar. 3 a m Ar. 3 -m p m
I L' VH 4 .0E a III L'VO 3 I'M p III
Akron ... Kr. lo .45 p m Ar. iq mh m
I L've 'u :55 pm L've 11 :01 a m
Oeuver L' ;:o3pmL'vo laam
Tritue Jaul 4. nuiuueiing 39 and 40 west ol
H.;d Cloui, ruutUiiy except buuday.
K. C. ST. JOE & C B. R. R.
Plattsuiouth.... 4:50 am Bpm
Ureapolla 5 :03 a in 6:01pm
' La flat te 6:11 am 6:lipm
He levue .6 :28 a m 6 :26 p m
Omaha :uo a m C :M p m
STATIONS': 0011,0
Mattsmouth .. - 9 :20 a m 8 :10 p m
Oreapolis .... 9 :i a m 8:oopm
La Platte 9 :00 a m 7 :55 p m
Hellevue 8 :17 a in 7 :42 p m
Oman a 6 :.i a in 7 :20 p m
TIJIC TABLE
1 lssouri Pacific Itailroad.
Kxprebt Express Freigiic
leave leave leaves
golUK goln goibK
SOUTH. SOUTH. SOUTH.
OmaKav..- 7.40 p.m 8.00 gun. 12.50 a. m.
Paiiilllou....X- 8.17 " 8.37 " 2.00 p. Ih.
KprillKtietd 8-42 " 9.00 3.05 "
Louisville 8.59 " 9.15 3.60 -
Weeping Water. 9.24 - 9.40 6.00 -
AVOCa... 9.37 " 9.53 5.45 "
Dunbar 10.07 " 10.21 " 6.45 "
Kanaaa City - 6.37 a.m 7.07 p.m.
St. LobU p.m 6 22 a.m.
Going Goiufj Uoing
fSC" I 'tea i KOKTll. NOKTU. NOHTH.
t. Lonta-- .. 8 52 a.ni 8.32 p.m.
iuis City 8.33 p.m 7.57 a.m.
(unbar 5.10 a.in 4.24 p.m. 1.01p.m.
avoca. 5.45 ' .M " 2.10
Weeping Water. 6.0: 5.08 " 2.45 "
Louisville 6.32 - 5.33 " 3.50 "
SpniiUeld. 6.51 " 6.48 " 4.25 "
rapUUon. 7.20 " fc.15 5.25 "
Qmavhat arrive 8.00 - 6.65 " 7.0t "
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The above ia Jefferson City time, which is 14
minute faster thau Ouiaha time.
UitlVAI. A.U DEPAKTl'BE OF
PLiiOiJIOt'TH .nAILN.
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a p. m. 1
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DEPARTS.
J 9.00 a. ra.
1 3.00 p. m.
t 9.00 a. m.
J 6.55 p. m.
4.25 p. Ill
9.u0 a. m
j .25 a. m.
4.2.1 p. ra.
koo a. m
1.0i p. in
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KAflTERX.
WK3TIBV.
JfOKTHERK.
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6.00
l.tM a ui
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4-..30 a m. I
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OMAHA.
WCKPTirO -WATKB.
4.00 p. ra.
11.00 am.
"ACTOB VV 1 U. K.
Dec. 17. 18M.
KATKM CHARUEU FOR
On order not exceeding 15 - - - 10 cent
Over 813 and not exceeding $30 - - - 15 cents
30 " 40 - - 20 cents
$40 " " 85 - - 25 cents
A aingle Money "Order may memu ..n
amount from oue cent to fifty dollars, but
mast not contain a fractional part of a cent.
RATES FOR POSTAGE.
lt clas matter (Irttera) 3 cents per ounce.
2d " " - (Publisher's rates)2cti per lb.
)i 44 . (Traualent Newuppoers and
booka come tinier thia class) 1 cent per
each 2 ounces,
tth class (mershandise) 1 cent per ounce.
J. W. Marshall P.M.
OFFICIAL. DIRECTORY.
. . uirv uiwEuroKV.
"VEOiiuE , SMITH. Mayor.
v J LL1AM II. Cl:sHlNO. Treasurer.
J. O. siiifsOA. City Clerk
W1LLLTT POTf EN Gfc.lt. Police Jadxc
R. li. WINDHAM, City Attorney.
P.- B. MUKftlY. Chiel of Police.
P. McCANN.Oven-eerol Street.
' V. KCEIi-NKE, CUI.-I of Pire Dept.
W. 11. SCUlLDKNliCUT, Ch'n Hoar of Health
1st Ward Win . Ilerold. li. M. Hons,
2nd Ward J. M. Pattersou, J. li. Kalrfleld.
3rd Ward M. B. Mur by, J.E. Morrison.
4th Ward P. li. Lehihuff. P. McCallan.
SCHOOL BOARD.
JESSE B. STRODE, J. W. BAKXES.
M. A. HAHTIU N Vim. WIN TEKSTEEN.
L, 1. BENNETT, V. V. LEONAKD.
TnimatlerZSO. W. MABSIIALL.
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COUSTY DIRECTORY.
W. H. NEWELL, County Ireaaurer.
J.W. JENNINGS. County Clerk.
J. W.- OHNSON. County. Judire.
li. W. HVEKS. Sherifi.
CYKUS ALTON. Sup't of Pub. Instruction.
. W. FAIKP1ELD, County Surveyor.
P. P. UASd. Coroner.
.. COUMTX ;. COXMI8SIOKER8.
JAMES CKAWKORD. South Bend Precinct.
SAM'L RICUAKDSON. Mt. Pleaeant Precinct.
A- K. TODD, Plattamouth
parties having - buslnea with the County
Commlaaioners, will find them in session the
First Monday and Tuesday of each month. .
. BOARD fr TRADE.
FRANK CAKKUTH. President.
J. A. CONNOtt. IX EN UY B.ECK, Vice-Preel-
t dent. ;
WM. S, WISE, Secietary.
FRED. GORDEB, Treasurer.
Regular raeetlnga of the Board at the Court
flouse.tbe first Tuesday evening of each month.
ESI I la TK .
J. F, BAUMEISTER
Furnishes Frei, Pure StlUc
DEIJLTEJBED DAILY.
Special calls attended to, and Fresh Milk
bom same t funuahed when wanted. 41y
PLATTSWOUTH MILLS
TTSMOtrrn neb.
C. HEISEL, ' Proprietor.
' Jtriour,'CornJlfeal AFetd
y( on band and orsal ,SJ23SS
Toe blgbest prices paid Cor
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Had
Plattflmonth Telephone Exchange.
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J. P. Young, residence.
Bennett At l.ewts, aior.
ocn urn at it. iv
M. B. Murphy & Co.,
Bonner Htablea.
CoMiity Clerk's office.
K. B. Lewi, residence.
4. V. Weckbach, more.
Western Uniou Telegraph office.
I. II. Wheeler, residence.
I. A.Campbell, "
K. I. Wlndnam, "
Jqo. Way man, m
J. W. JeuuiiiRS. "
W. 8. Wine. omce.
Morrlsaey Hroa., office.
20 it. w! Fairfield, residence.
21 M. B Murphy.
VS 1). II. Wheeler & Co . office.
23 J. P. Taylor, residence.
21 First Nalioual Hank.
25 P. E. Runner's otUce.
26 J. P. Young, store.
28 Perkins House.
20 1L W. Ilyra, residence.
isl Journal olDce.
32 Faittleld'a tee office.
34 IIkkai.d Pen. Co Office.
35 J. N. Wise, residence.
3i H. M. Chapmau, "
37 W. 1. lones, "
38 A. N. Sullivan, "
39 II. K. Palmer,
40 W. II. Bchildknecht, office.
41 Sullivan & Wooley, "
42 A. W. McLAUghlln. residence.
43 A. Patterson, livery.
44 C. M. Holmes. "
4 L. D. Bennett, residence.
44 Geo. "4. Smith, office.
JI7 I. A. Moore, llor st.
49 J, W. Barnes, residence.
50 it. U. I.ivtiin-toii, office,
37 J. V. Weckiiiifh, residence.
3J5 Cliaiilaiii WriKlit.
3W W. II. Bchlidkuecht "
316 !e. S Smith,
3V) K. R. LlvluK"ton. "
315 C. C. Ballard,
The switch board connects riattsmouth with
Ashland, Arlington, Blair, Council llurt. Pre
mout. Liueoln, Omaha El K horn (Station.
Papillion, Horiugfield, ioulaville South Bend
and Waverly.
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS.
smith & i:kso,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice In all
the Courts in tlu Mate. Office over Find, Na
tional Hank. -lajl
1'l.ATTSMOUTII - NU'.tttsKA.
lilt. A. HALISUL'tl V.
ITTIST.
Jfflcc over smith. Black & Go's. Drug Storr.
First class dentistry at reasonable price. zj!j
II. MKAIK, 91. .,
PHYSICI AN and SURGEON. Office 011 Main
Street, between Sixth and Soventh, south side
Office oieu day and dight
COUNTY PHYSICIAN'.
Special attention given to diseases of women
and children. 21 tf
M. O'DONOHOE
ATTORNEY AT LAW & NOTARY PUBLIC.
Fitzgerald's Block.
rLATTSMOUTH, - NEBRASKA
Agent for Steamship laaies to and from Europe.
dl2w521y
II. B. LIVI.UMTU.', 91. J..
PHYSICIAN & 8DRUEON.
OFFI HOURS, from 10 a. m., to 2 p. ou
Exaiuin.r.t; Surgeon for U. S. Pension.
1K. H. 9I1L.L.KU.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Can be found by calling ft his office, corner 7th
and Main Streets, in J. II. Waterman's house.
PLATTSMOCTH. MEBiCASKA. -
JAM. H. JIATJIKU'H
ATTORN' EY AT LAW.
Office over Baker & At wood's store, south side
of Maiu between 5th and tih streets.
21tf
J. B. 8TBOUE.
ATTORNEY A l l.aW. Will practice In all
the Courts in the state.
DMrict AlOimtj anil Xotaru Public.
Ullili a. IV1MK.
COX, L ECTJQA f .ST'CJtZ. 2 i .
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Real Estate. Fire In-tfUiaiKi-zM-l
1 'ni; tu in Ageiioy. i.iilire I'Mo::
bliw-K. 1'!; l ' -n;i'!'.!i V-L: a.- K;V Zzno
LAW OFF1C1 , 1;h' 1.1 . ; re an : ;
surance. Agents. . .iksoiouth, .i:r un...
lectors, tax -payers. .ia . "lei.e .b-u.;
of titles. Bu and sell e-ta'.e. ue'ii'
plans, &c. t'.
JA5IKS ja ; rtHii..
Notary Public.
ATTORNEY' AT LAW. Will prastice in Cass
and adjoining Counties ; gives special attention
to collections and abstracts of title. Office in
Fitzgerald Block. Plattamouth, Nebraska.
mi
J. C. DEWBERRY,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Has hi office in the front part of his residence
on Chicago Av-nue, where ne may be found in
readiness to attend io the duties of the ot
Uce. 47tf.
UOUEitT II. WIXItHAJI,
Notary TuMm;
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office over Carruth's Jewelry Store.
Platlsmouth. - Nebraska.
M. A. HARTIGAN,
Id A. W Y E B .
Fitzoerald's Block, Plattsmouth Neb
Prompt and careful attention to a general
Law Practice.
A.H. Sclliyan. J2. II. Wooley
SULLIVAN & WOOLEY,
Attorneys and Counselors
at-Law.
OFFICE In Union CI a. front, r-nxi;-second
story, sou . Prompt ttteati n given
all business . mario
BO YL & LAESEN,
Contractors and Builders-
Will give estimates on all kinds of work. Any
orders left at thf Lumber Yards or Post
Office will receive promot attention
Heavy Truss Framing,-
for barns and larse bui!dingsPaIpecialty.
For refeience apply to J. P. Young, J. V. Wee
t ? nor
U. A.
Water man & Son. d&w
O. A. IVRS3LEY & GO'S
ODD
BEST IN THE MARKET.
2Zado OXLTot Vegetable Oil
and Vuixs Heel Tallow,
To induoe housekeepers to give this Soap
a trial. WITH EACH BAR
WE GTVE A FINE
TABLE NAPKIN
This cHer i , aado for a short time only
and should bt. taken advantage of at ONCE.
Wo WARRANT lhi3 Soap to do more wash
lac viih creator ccsio tUaa any soap In the
market I; has do EQUAL lor use in hard
and cold xvatr.
. YO'iS.GSOCES HAS IT.
G.A.Wrisley&Co.
UaRr;oturars of Standard Uutnrlrr
8JEED8
desrribino; CoU't Htlitblt Stf
i Haifl rio to aii. VA.
offer the lmltmt JVtetttia la
and Wbent. and tha Bttt CoiUctum of VreUble,
Flower, Grans and TmMEED. Kwrythlnfflu tIM.
Addrt.. l-OLi: A BBiK, rBBa, FJKLLJ IOWA,
SEED PUT ATOEB. Corn. 0U
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WEOrUTATOES. Corn. Oata
tba Bt ColUetion ol Vaeetable.
IED BODY GUARDS.
A Giancs at Some Peculiarly Ijow
Iievels of City Life.
"Datmeera" and 'SlnEcera" Kmployc4
sus Private Dody Unsrds, or as Pan
Iither of Personal En cm lew.
New York Tribune.
Some little time ago a man well knowrn in
theatrical circles had a depute with another
member of that large and inrTeasing class.
The cause of the trouble may have been tri
fling or it may have been wrious; the remit
was that jx-rsonal violence was threatened on
ilie part of the actor. The manager there
upon appeared in public with a ratlior bulky
individual, who was unknown to any of hirf
intimate, and who was introduced, wlien in
troduction became necessary, as "Mr. Mul
cabcy." The report then gained circulation
that the manager had hired a "slugger"
to protect him from the possible hard hitting
of the actor. The latter was in aliout a week
compelled to leave town to fulfil his engage
ment, and concurrently with his departure,
"Mr. Mulcahey" ceased to join the manager
at the festive bar.
A Tribune rejorter was struck with one
point in this little anecdote when it was told
him. Was it possible for a man to secure the
services of another to guard him against
violence, or could any ono, as was asserted by
a friend of the actor to the reporter, even hire
a man to attack some obnoxious person and
"down" him? The matter seemed worth look
ing up, and some curious experiences were the
result of the said process of "looking up."
Cautious inquiry revealed the fact that a cer
tain "Mike," whoso surname need not be
given, but w ho is employed as bouncer" at a
certain up-town "Garden," could impart
much information on tho subject. Armed
with a card of introduction the reporter
sought out "Mike," who was found in the
congenial operation of showing an inebriated
young clerk with n gray frock-coat and a
dinted while hat, th way to the door, tho
manner of the showing consisting in a vigor
ous application of two muscular arms and au
accompanying volley of unscriptural .ex
pressions. "Mike" proved to be a rather
good-looking young man with mild brown
eyes and a drooping fair mustache, whose
broad shoulders and quick, agile movements
alone hinted at his profession. "Glad to see
yer, sir," said he in a rather hoarse voice.
"Set riht down there alongside of the music
an I'll be pleased to chin yer in a minute,"
and he m-do a sudden rush to part two frail
'--.mbatr- Is who were having a little argu
m. .. ; i'fiir-pulling and scratching in one
corn.: f ilio Lrshaped room. The reporter
threaded his way through the lines of
crowded tables and found that the table
"alongside of the niusic' was vacant, ap
parently owing to the fact that tho big drum
was at ear-splitting closeness.
In a short time "Mike" appeared and an
nounced himself as ready to talk business.
"Are there men as'll be hired to purtect a
gen'leman? Well, I don't knov. none." A
little hard questioning, however, elicited tho
following:
"Well, now, don't give us so much tooth,
but say clear an' square what you're arf ter.
If yer want a gen'leman as'll drop 'round
sociable-like with . yon or yer friend, who
thinks he's been looked for by another man,
and you or yer friends is ready an' willin' to
put up the stamps, why I think I can intro
duce yer to a friend of mine as'll do it. You
understand though that my friendll jest drop
Vound sociable-like with you or yer friends
as is bein' looked for, an' if there's a row
why it's only nateral that he'll take your
part or yer friend's part. But if you want a
man as'll slug any one you point out to him
just for a 'boodle' and without pickin' no
quarrel, why I can't help you to him. There
is such men about the east side along avenoo
A, but they ain't respectable. Do I know
'cir names! Why, yes, I guess I could re
!f!djcr them if it were my interest to, but I
n consort with such a low-lived lot my
if and I wouldn't say as they'd treat any
ne suii: 2 I sent to them."
The reporter was finally introduced to a
- ing man dressed in a tweed suit who for
1 a week and "drinks and such" ("such""
.-an ing board and lodging) would conde
jcend to act as body-guard against the
apocryphal foe. A dirty piece of paper was
also obtained on which a name and address
over on the east side, between the Bowery
and Second avenue, was scribbled in a hieroglyphic-like
script. Thither the reporter pro
ceeded. A bright-eyed girl of about ten
opened the door and in answer to an inquiry
said Mr. Sullivan (it was another name, but
no matter) lived on the "fourth floor front,
left hand door." It was dark," and pro
gress up the rickety stairs was slow
and deleterious to limbs and cloth
ing. However, the fourth floor was at last
reached, and after two wrong doors had been
rapped at Mr. Sullivan's room was found.
Mr. Sullivan yelled out in answer to the
knock that he'd "be wid' the caller in a
"jiffy," and in a minute or two the door
opened and by the light of the kerosene lamp'
the reporter saw a thick-set, red-haired man
with a bull neck and an unmistakable reek of
whiskey about him. "Phwat does yer want?
Ob, yer comes from Moike does yer? Moike's
a noice bhoy, shure, an' a gra-ate frind o'
moine shurely." This hardly coincided with
Mike's statement but the reporter assented,
and after he had taken a seat on the sofa, on
which his host had evidently been taking
forty wiuks,he proceeded to business. "Want
some one settled do yer? Whoy did Moike
sind yer to me thin? Cawn't he foind some
thin' betther to do with his toime than havin'
me waked up out o' me slape to tell yer I
cawnt help yer to what yer want? Well,
now, let me say." This was in response to a
hint of pecuniary advantage. "Come to
think, I do know a gentleman who's not very
pertiklar as to who he sbtrikes. He does it
fur love uv it an' wuld be oSSnded if ye of
ferd him a cint. Well, he's got a family, to
be shure, Now, OiH tell yer. You show me
the gintleman yer've got a grudge aginst an
give me what yer think raysonable fur my
frinds family, an' Oi don't doubt but that the
gintleman will get a nasty knock some toime
or other. Tell me where he goes an' whin
he's loikely to be alone an' Orll say to the
risf
Enough evidence had been gained.however,
and the reporter did not put the matter to
any further test. Promising to communicate
with Mr. Sullivan he tumbled down the mal
odorous stairs and mused as he walked home
under the patient stars on the varying de
grees of human degradation.
Jay : on Id as an Album-Writer.
St. James Gazette.
Mr. Jay Gould, the arch-millionaire, who
is about to make the tour of the world with
the object some one has said, of buying it if
he finds it suits him haa, like many other
wealthy Americans, turned his hand to a
great many things in his time. He edited a
paper ; he wrote a county history ; he invented
a mouse-trap; he even wrote the dedication
of a young lady's album a fact which has
only just come to light. A specimen of the
style of the future owner of twenty millions
sterling may be worth quoting: "Some
men," he says, "think they ought not to show
themselves so weak as to be moved by any of
the finer feelings that actuate the human
bosom, lest its congenial and captivating in
fluence should pervert them. Man, accord
ing to them, ought to mingle in business, to
become absorbed in aggrandizement and
worl'Jly gain, leaving the cultivation of
frin."Lsh:p to wither and die. I trust," he
concludes, "tiat their contaminating influ-enx-
will nver ifeturb the harmonious union
of tht onsteilation of bright stars who shall
z-'ftli the effulgent rays of friendship
fiot successive pages of the lady's al
bum. Their seared consciences are deadened
to all the finer feelings and insensible to hap
py influences of friendship. To them virtue
is but an echo and moral worth an apology."
Clearly, Mr. Gould has nothing to envy Dan
iel Webster in eloquence or Joseph Surface
in point of sentiment. We are not surprised
tst find that he has made miner.
' 1 untff vou have'dohelt
I All the force that thin latter bnnro of the
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.
A Visit to the Greatest En gin ear
ing Work; of tho World.
The Mimple and Wonderful Flee sf
Machinery Whieu Can Plereo
Through thelBed of U lea. ,
London Daily Telegraph.
A tall shaft, a steam engine, an air loco
motive and a couple of wooden shanties 4
marked the sjot destined, it may tie, to abut
upon the English mouth of the channel tun
nel, or rather of a channel tunnel for there
are other schemes afoot to join London and
the extremcot point of tha continent of
Europe In a continuous railway Journoy and
without change of carriages. Hir Edward
Watkin airily calculates that the cost of the
enterprise in which he is interested would
amount to 3,000,000 sterling, and that the
tunnel would allow the passage of 250 trains
each way every day, at an average sjieed of
forty-five miles an hour. So that the tunnel
of twenty-two miles in length might 1
traversed in half an hour a speed, be it said,
very much higher than that kept up in the
longest tunnels of the St. Gothard between
Switzerland and Italy. At the bottom of
tho shaft, at the mouth of the boring, no
more than seven feet in diameter
from end to end; excepting here and
there a somewhat wider square open
ing, technically called a "turnout" we
found a couple of trollies fitted
with seats on either side, after the manner
of the tram-cars of the military train familiar
to habitues of Wimbledon camp. Running
along the sides of the trolly, close to the
ground, was a footboard like that attached to
a railway carriage, and above the scat was a
semi-cireulnr hood, lined with red baize, suf
ficient to protect the head and shoulders from
dropping wet or particles of falling debris,
but not wide enough to save the legs and feet.
By reason of tho space taken up in the lower
arc of the circle, so as to make a level floor,
aloner which the rails wern 1nil it ns iimw.
sary that we should sit with knees drawn up
nd IiahH bnnf. rim-ino- tl. -i,i.
pied in journeying to the face of the tunnel
and back again.
A Rembrandt or a Salvator Rosa might
have done pictorial justice to such a scen.
Under foot for a great portion of the way the
ground is almost ankle-deep in slush; and tha
stalwart fellows who drag and push the trol
lies trudging manfully along have enough
to do to keep their foothold. The travelers,
for the greater length of time, moving through
a dim twilight, cannot well make out the
features even of those who sit beside them.
Now and again the little electric lamps, set
in rudo niches of the naked gray chalk,
cast a brilliant but fugitive light on
the- passing train. Then, for awhile, all
is again but darkness visible. There
are shadows above and beneath and
all around. Looking backward or
forward through the deepening gloom the
traveler sees an ever-receding, seemingly
endless, tunnel-shaped perspective, lit at long
intervals as with fiery eyes. Onward, and
yet onward to no sound save the splashing
made by the tall workmen tramping through
mud, and the drip, drip of the water upon
the hood above our heads we are dragged
and pushed beneath the shingle and the sand
of the shore for a time level with the beach,
and then down, a quarter of a mile deep,
past low-water mark, under the bed of the
channel.
The bore has cut clean through the gray
chalk in a circle as round and true as the in
side of a wedding ring. So thoroughly, in
deed, is the instrument adapted to the work
and to the material, that in dry places it is
possible to see the chisel-marks made a couple
of years ago. At intervals along the route,
where it is feared the water might come
through, the sides and roof have been paved
with lead or clay, and held up with solid iron
bands, apparently about eighteen inches wide.
Sometimes, in the fitful flashes of light,
the eye rests upon falling red rivulets, like
streams of blood, pouring down the damp
walls. Ever and anon there are "faults" in
the clayey chalk not yet remedied. So we
go on and on, moments seeming as minutes,
until the electric lamps cease altogether and
the long, awful cave is enveloped in a dark
ness that would be impenetrable but for tho
glimmer of a few tallow candles stuck into
the bare walls of the cutting. Even a mile
and more from the mouth of the shaft it is
not difficult to breathe; for the same machine
which works the bore pumps drives a contin
uous supply of fresh air into the seven-foot
pipe, which at present forms no more than
the nucleus of a tunnel. At a distance of
2,300 yards from the pit-mouth we came upon
the simple and wonderful piece of machinery
which can pierce through the bed of the sea
with extraordinary celerity and at a cost
cheaper than is required for the making of
an ordinary tunnel under a hilL By permis
sion of the president of the Board of Trade,
the engineer is allowed to make a couple of
turns in order to show our party the method
of its working. Presently we remount our
not too comfortable carriage and pass stoop
ing once more along the fearsome narrow
way; pass by spaces of horrible shadows and
glimpses of welcome light. And finally we
are swung up through the shaft into the outer
air, where the glad sunshine catches the tall
cliffs face and bathes the smiling and yet un
betrayed cliannel in an atmosphere of golden
glory.
Midsninmpr 3Ietapli3sie9.
"G. F. S." in The Century.
These suggestions as to the essence of a few
metaphysical units are believed to be very
suitable for members of summer schools of
philosophy, and for all searchers after truth.
They depend for their signiflcancy on the
words themselves as related to the apprecia
tive intuitivism of the reader:
Arf is the joyous externalizing of inward
ness. licduty Is the joyful internalization of out
wardness. Poetry is tho hampered soul leaping at
verity.
Truth is the so-ness of the as-ifc-were.
Right is the awful yes-ness of the over-soul
meditating on the how-ness of the thing.
Society is the heterogeneous, buying peace
with homogeneity.
A Thing is simply an is-ness. Matter is
is-ness possessed of somewhat-ness. ATind is
am-ness.
1'hilosophy is the mind trying to find out
Its own little game.
Meteoric Stones.
It has been estimated that at least 5,000
meteoric stones reach the earth annually.
The largest ever found is in the Royal Acad
emy of Stockholm, and weighs twenty-five
tons. The museum at Copenhagen contains
one of ten tons; the British museum, one of
more than five tons; the museum at St. Pe
tersburg, one of 1,680 pounds; Yale college,
one of 1,635 pounds, and the Smithsonian in
stitute, one of 1,400 pounds.
An Editor's Advice.
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
"Lilian" writes us, "I am the author of a
good many poems which have found publica
tion, but have never been paid for a single
one. What would you adviser' Quit writ
tng them. ' ' -
.aavaavBtane sser Own Stanaara. ; -This
is the opinion of Mrs. D. H. B. Good
als in an article in "Education" on ."Mothers
as Educators:'? "If God'. made man- and
woman unlike,-f or different -work and tins
wo believe then no man can teach . woman
what she most needs to know. . In the ' fieldLj
of ' life there is a - great realm of common
riches, common pursuits, which may be
shared or divided in a thousand varying pro
portions to mutual advantage aid' delight;
but for her most specific and individual work
she can take her orders from that power alone
which rules alL he must see clearer, deter
mine more firmly, act mora enthusiastically
and devoutly on her own true lines, than man'
can do or can surest. .-She must make her
own standards, fcr own method."
"t fTreTfh'eart of pensinsr." TitT UIeyBtor!e9"T
Ml I of t tnflt ft- Ihinis lam crwtanllv '
HER CONFEC3IOI7.
JlaTinff the Fsarof Judgment Day
Boforo Her, Christiana Con
fosses Her Secret Sins.
"A. H. M." In Texas SL'tlngs.
My first experience with "hired help." was
a girl of 10, whose mother and grandmother
before her had belonged in our family. And
here let me explain that the word slave was
never used in the sout h in Fpcakhig of ne
groes. They were "hands" on tbrf, plantation
and "servants" in tho house. .'.Thoy con
sidered themselves part and parad of the
family, and ChrfsUana's mother was a "fam
ily servant," or born In the family. ; 1 Christi
ana was a jR-rect Imp of mischief, and incor
rigibly "low" in- her manners and language.
Her mother deeply regretted this tendency to
"lowness," and attributed it to Christiana's
father. She begged me to take the girl and
see if I could do anything, with her. I sug
gested that she should send her to gchooL But
Fanny's contempt for a white person who
would mix herself up with "niggers" was
deep and ineradicable, and her faith in the
ability of a "nigger" to teach was of the
smallest possible degree. So I took Christi
ana, and, with her, much trial and tribula
tion. She was very fond of sitting down behind
the sitting-room stove in the evening, and we
didn't object, when we were alone, to her
staying there until her bedtime. One even
ing Frere and I were reading and discussing
Dr. Cummings' writings on the approaching
end or tne world, which ho confidently pre
dicted. All the next day my little imp was
very thoughtful and much given to singing
most melancholy hymns. Toward dinner
time she was sitting on tho back door steps
shelling peas and I was sewing by mi open
window near by. I know I am guilty of an
apparent anachronism, for to one unac
quaiutcd with Texas climnte, shelling eas
and sitting by an open window are hardly
consistent with a stove in tho sitting-room.
But green jk'os are a common Christmas
dish with us, ami the noonday sun makes an
'ln wi,ll,' an,, is oftcn M ,HUl-h
cessity from 12 to 3 in winter as a fir
of a ne
ty from 12 to o in winter as a fire is at
nioruing air! evening.
"Miss Rena," said Christiana after a long
period of sileneo, "was it true 'bout de world
com in' to a' end?"
"The world coining to an end, Christiana?"
"Yes'm. I nitons dat. Do you fink (Chris
tiana couldn't soy think) dat tho world is
goin' to stop;"
"Well, Dr. Cummings is a very smart
man, he ought to know, and he says it is,
and very soon, too."
"Den le jedgemcn day'll come tooF'
"Certainly."
A long pause.
"Evvy nigger has to be Fponsible fub dey
own self now. We ain't got no raarrters an'
mistresses to lie sponsible fnh us," Foliliquizod
Christiana. "I speck I letter 'fess, Miss
Rena, cause if I don't freely 'fess I can't go
to heaven."
"Yes, you must confess your sins if you
wish to be forgiven."
Another pause. A retrospective look on
the bronze face, and hands lying idly in her
lap then :
"I frowed olo missy's teef in Ie veil," she
began.
"You did what?"
"I frowed old missy's teef in de well."
How well I remembered that awful and
mysterious event. I was visiting my aunt
the "ole missy" referred to at tho time, and
can never forget the commotion and excite
ment produced by tho total disappearance of
a new set of teeth from her toilet table.
This was the first clearing up of the mystery
now about ten years old.
"What did you do that for?"
"I jes wanted to make ole missy mad."'
"Did your mother know iff
"Ook ooml No mam, nuvver darsh to tell
her. I nuvver tole nobody 'twell now, but I
has to 'fess." In a few minutes sho con
tinued: "Ole missy used to sen us out to pick
blackbeyes for 'serves, an' she tole us not to
eat any 'twell we got home, cos us use to eat
more'en us brung home, an' mammy she used
ter look at our teef to see if we bin eaten any.
an' I use ter mash 'em wif my tongue so no
body couldn't see de black on my teef. An'
ole missy she'd say, 'Has jrou eat any beyes?1
An' I say, 'No, mam,' an' den she say,
'Lemme see yo teef.' An' I shet my teef to
gedder, an' dey jes es white es snow, cos I
mash the beyes way back in de ruff of my
mouf. An' I tole mo lies an you kin shake a
stick at, but I nuvver tole nuffin' seppen it
wus somepen feat cake, or candy, or
somepen like dat jess a leetle bit."
I sugested various grave offenses of which
I had known her guilty, but her answer was
that they were found out and she was punished
for them, and that settled the account, so sho
only 'fessed what she had kept so long con
cealed with a retience impossible to a white
child, but very common in negroes.
Soma Thins Whlttler Has Said.
"I quite agree with about meeting
matters, but I don't make it a specialty. The
world is wide, and as the Moslem says, 'God
is great.' Things will worry along somehow,
as they always have done, and the end will
be well."
"I don't feel as our friend doe?. I don't
like notoriety. I don't like that part of per
sonal recognition which, when I get into a
car, makes people nudge their neighbors and
whisper, 'That's WhittieiT But I like the in
teresting persons it has introduced to me
the friends it has brought nie."
To a young poet: "Be careful not to make
the book too large. Don't put everything into
it. let who will advise it. Sit like Rhada-
i " antbus in stern judgment upon all that
claims admission. I sreaJ; out of tho depths
of a bitter experience."
"Oh, well, a man, if he Is n man, must face
some things. I recollect a time when I carao
iiD of a meet:":!,;; in the old anti-slavery
!-iv-. . : it .soniri rough fellows threatened us,
. uii.l 1 tu; ned ami faced them, and so holding
. their eyes, went out. No other way would
have done, you know thetbtug for a man to
do was uO face 'em, not turn his back on 'era
or run."
Oyster Weather.
Nora Perry.
"Oysters haven't been very good this spring,
owing to the dry weather. How's that? Well,
you know the oyster lives on stuff that runs
down the rivers and into the sea eatable
driftwood, as it were. When there's no rain
the rivers are low, and the current is slug
gish, there is not so much stuff washed into
the streams, and poor Mr. Oyster finds hard
picking. But when there's heavy rains, then
the rivers are high and full of food for our
friend, and he sits with his mouth open and
just eats and drinks his fill, and gets fat and
saucy. He cant go to market, you know,
and so unless the market comes to him pretty
well stocked it is hungry times for him.
Now you know why dry weather makes poor
oysters."
Ben's Expression.
Louisville Courier-JournaL
Ben Butler's health has been so injured by
his hard work that he can scarcely get on
the sweet, sad smile required by his pho
tographer. Any campaign portraits of
Benjamin that are not up to the mark should
be considered as the melancholy result of ex
cessive Massachusetts toil.
Diplomacy.
Boston Transcript.
We know a lady who wouldn't fib for the
world; but when anybody asks ber about her
hoes, what number she wears, she always re
plies "Twos." As she has two feet, she of
course speaks the truth ; but this shows the
difference between lyin and diplomacy.
'A. Feminine Bank President.
Harper's Bazar. --
Probably the first woman ever occupying
the position' of national bank . president is
Mrs. Louisa " B. : Stephens, who has been
elected to succeed her late husband, Mr R.
I. Stephens, as president of the First Nation
al Bank of Marion, Iowa.
- Miss Mary Crowell won the literary essay
iirixe at the Vanderbilt " university over 121
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