4 f n K. R. TIMK TABLE. 6 & M, B. K. in Nebraska, MAIN LINK MPJllCMHTKAINIt IN1 W KT. STATIONS r A.. No. I. No. 3. Pluttsnioutb . Oreapulls .... Coocorii Cedar t reek. Louisville. ... feoulU Uend.. Ashland. Greenwood .. Lincoln Hastings.... Bed Cloud... MqCsok Akron '.. Denrer 0 :00 u in y -:m in V :3. a in w :4H II III 10 :M a in 10 ittt a in 10 :47 a in e -stt p in 7:15 p in 7 :?H p in 7; p in 7 :M p in H :Iu p in e VM l in 8 :45 p m 9 :30 p n 10 :I5 p ni 3 :15 a ni 3 a in C :30 a in 8 M' a in 12 :06p in 12 :lbm I :.Vi p ni 6 ;M p in ltf :00 p in 11 .-OS a ui lAr. 11 A', p ni Ar. L'vs Ar. L've Ar. I.'ve Ar. I M ilVve 12 uv i SI :2ft p m pn XA p in :2upiu : p r. i io p 111 Ar. i L've tr. e L"vt Ar. II i.'ve . Ar. L've 4 Ar. e Ml am uain Ur. 'L've oa a in Ar. r.xrr.rttH tkainh oin STATIONS: . No. 2. No. 4. inattimouth.... A'. 6 :10 p m Ar. 9 :no a in Oreapoli Ar. 4) m Ar. M a in Concord Ar. i:Upin Ar, :'' a in Cedar Creek... Ar. 4 r.-J p ni Ar. h:-j."iu Louisville Ar. 4:lpinAr. H:i7am outh ltnd.. Ar. 3 -VipniAr. H :iS a in A'hland ....... Ai. JJSliwAr. 7 Ai a in ireenwosd Ar. 3 :1 J p m Ar. IJtam Lincoln.. Ar. 2:0pinAr. 3:30 am L'vo 2:'.6pm L've 7 twain flaMlngs. ....... Ar. mAr. lo:l5pw lf lo :ioaui i.'ve lo uso pin Mi Cloud Ar. 8 i a in Ar. 6 M p n. I.'ve n a in L've 7 : p ui MoCick Ar. aaiuAr. a-oopiu L've 4 M a in L've 3 :'J0 p m Akron Ar. 10 -.45 p m Ar. 10 :5ft a m L've '0 : pm L've 11 M a in Deliver L'v 7 :06 p m L've 7 ut a in Traius3and4. numbering 39 and 40 west ol Led Cloud, run daily except Sunday. K. C. ST. JOE. C B. n. R. I KirHfiM TRAINS HOIKO NOKTii. I lailsinoulli lraHli .. . I. i latle . . 4 JM a in 6 :UJ a in 1:11 k u & ;jx "a in tKiO III 5 at p ni a -mi p in 6 :M p in 6 :'J6 p m .. lev lit . nulia STATIONS ; 6 :i i n i EXrUE-SH TKAINH liOINU '! SOUTH. liaiMinoiiiii . (.i-Hk'1h La l'lallt ... ftellevue .. Omaha. . . 9 0 a ! :io a 1 :00 a :47 a :-." a in in ui in in 8 :I0 M :00 p lit 7 :r5 p in 7 :42 p nt 7 :20 p n TI31C TABLE' Wiaxniri Pacific Ruilread. , Kxpre.s.s EXress leaven leaven g.iliiK KoliiK HutlU. aoUTU. 7-40 p. in m.oo a.m. 8.17 " .J7 " .42 9. IK) " 8.59 " a. 15 " 1.24 9.40 (.37 " 953 .t7 " t).2l " ii .7 a.' 7.7 p.in pm ti-J.'n.i- leaves Roli'K SOUTH. 12.no a. in. 1 i:iilllll. .. tVil-ufUt'l. J11WV if. . WvfpiiijT 'A ATlKll ... . Liuubar Kautan Cily St. Lonis 2,no p. ih 3.0 " 3 Ml " 6.00 " i.45 " H.45 Uoiuk MlKl'H. 11U MUMH. 8.3J p. Ill 7.57 a. Ill .J4 p. Ill ..M -J.W " .3 vi " ,.15 - MiK'I II 5t. Loois-- - ansa l ilV unliar 4Vea. Veeili! Walt l llllVl:lt rS-i.iil:-ut l aliiimi. . . l-ui.4ii'jk ariivt s.a.- p. n 10 a. n i is " m ' . .1 - ii .tht ' 1.1)1 i.i: :.5 t.Ji . p. I.!. ':. .iiKive is .K'llursuii City time, which Is i r"in..i' i.i;fi i nan Unidita tinie. A.V1) DGPAUTl'Hfi O. ' ..tA, . p. m. i a. 30 a. ui. ( D.JU a. 111. f . tkUU p. III. i ll.oo a m i.5o p. in. 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I was introduced at Haratoa to a gentle ma n by the name of Milton Hay, who was said to bavo been A bra am Lincoln's very near friend, and to abound in reminiscences of him. Mr. Hay was a singular man, origi nally fine looking, I suppose, and still of a pleading, generous fnce, tlionh Lin skin had the dark tan color bo often found in the bot toms of the Mississippi valley, especially among persons of Kentucky descent, as I understood ho was. An opportunity oc curreI whilo returning to this city from Saratoga to have some talk with Mr. Hay. Kaid I, "You knew Mr. Lincoln very welir "Yes, before he was made president of the United States I knew him almost as well as anybody. AVo were of the same general stock. I liked him, and was glad to be in his com pany." "Can you give me an idca,n said I, "of Mr. Lincoln's voice that voice which none can hear again, and which but few Lad the privi lege of hearing?" "I do not know enough about music," said Mr. Hay, "to describe that voice exactly. I hardly know whether it was a tenor voice or not. It was pitched a little high. It was not entirely pleasant to hear, particularly after he had proceeded some time in his speech. It was a reacliing voice with pathos in it, but it was high pitched." "What was the color of Mr. Lincoln's eyes; were they brown T' "Well, now, I should say," said Mr. Hay, "that he had a kind of grayish-blue, eye, but do you know I never looked at that matter closely. I was under the influence of his eyes and did not analyze them. I think, however, that ho bad a light eye." "Was h a man who laughed out loudf" "Yes, ho was as hearty a laugher as ever you heard. When he would get off bis stories he would laugh when be came to the point, and his laugh was as infectious as the story had lieen sharp. Now," said Mr. Hay, "it has been denied recently by somo distin guished men that Lincoln told stories off color. There is no use of gilding the lily or painting the rose. Lincoln did tell many a story which I have heard that was what might be called smutty. He did not tell them for the sake of the smut or the coarse ness, but to illustrate his point, and no stories that ever I heard were so cogent to that end. I recollect," said Mr. Hay, "that after he hal been nominated for president allega tion of Methodist ministers concluded to pay him a visit. He received them in very gol style. He got the gaugo of them very quickly, and he could no; resist the inclina tion to try tho brethren with a good yarn, and my recollection of it was that it was a little bit fragrant." "Did he invent any of tbae stories, Mr. Hay?" 'No, I don't think he did. He picked them up among the homely common people with whom be had lived so long, in tho woods, at the country store, on the flat boat, in"the leg islature and around the court-houses. He had an extraordinary memory of stories. He also bad gratitude to the man who could tell him a good new story. I recollect on one oe--asion that someone who bad told him a first rate story went into the rebellion, and Lin coln, telling the yarn that the man told him, -aid to us: 'If I ever catch that fellow fight ing the Union I think will let him off a good part of his share of any punishment he may ct on account of that story. ' He took of fence at Horace Greeley when be came to lecture in our town for saying in the lecture : hat he thought humor was a very small part :f ability. Lincoln somewhat admired Greeley, but he concluded, after hearing that statement, that Greeley did not know as much about human nature as ho had sup posed. He expressed his dissatisfaction with that particular view of Greeley after the lecture. "When Lincoln told these stories," said Mr. Hay, "he would almost always rise from his seat and give the ancedote or the best part of it standing, and then, when he come to the point, he would perhaps fan hu nands and bend with laughterv" "When you say he was a cosmopol itan do you mean that he was not a sectional man?" "Yes, I mean that Lincoln recognized bis fellow-citizens in every corner of this coun try. He had been to New Orleans. He had been to New York. He could get along any whare. He was not a local patriot. He was a general patriot." "Is it true that he wa a man of certain sadness or melancholy?" "Yes, I think it is. He had a disposition at times to take a forlorn view of himself and of human nature and of man's situation in space. These fits did not annoy his friends, but seemed to bo a kind of inward depres sion." "Is it true, as Mr. Herndon says, that Lin coln was for a part of his life rather an unbe liever or a skepticf "Yes, guess that is true," said Mr. Hay, "almost all serious men pass through a con dition of belief to skepticism, or vice versa. Unbelief is merely the passion to believe something else. I think that Lincoln had formed views different from those he bad been brought up in, and perhaps different from those he died in, because I do not see bow he could have made some of the speeches be made as his presidency proceeded, unless be had been a believing man, and in that case be must have changed. Perhaps the great re sponsibilities thrown upon him mode him grope his way toward a supreme responsibil ity." "What author did Lincoln most read?" "Burns was his favorite author for many years. I have never seen that mentioned any where. Lincoln did not read many books, but those be fancied took strong possession of him. He could quote Burns by the hour. I have been with him in that little office and beard him recite with the greatest admiration and zest Burns' ballads and quaint things. That was one of the sources of his wisdom and his wit. As years passed on be did not quote Burns so much. He had then taken tip Shakespeare and became deeply interested in him. and yet I fancy," said Mr. Hay, "that a great deal of Abraham Lincoln is bottomed on Robert Burns and William Shakespeare. Sometimes I think I can see the traces of both men in his writings. When 3'ou consider the bringing up of Lincoln, what a writer he was! The Anglo-Saxon seemed to come to Liui as if he had been taught by some Anglo Saxon mother iu her own land centuries &zo. The poets undoubtedly had their influence on Lincoln s style and probably ou his mind." "How was Lincoln as a lawyer, Mr. Hayf "He was not a deep lawyer, a jurist. In the trial of a case where he might be re tained with men of more grasp or reach iu the law, he would perhaps sit down and lis ten to their speeches and say nothing at alL But be had a genius to see the truth, and an honest way of reasoning a thing out before jury, and therefore he mad ( a respectable living for hu time and place at the bar end was considered a safe counselor, a true man to retain, and an upright man to fight against without mounting into the high places at the bar. He rather lived in the realm of morals and politics than in that of pure law.'' For an I a valid. New Orleans Times-Democrat. A nourishing drink for an invalid is made T toasting slices of bread which is made of rye flour and ludiah meal; tbe slices should be rut thin, and should te tnorougniy dried to tbe toasting process: put them in a pitcher, or in a bright tin pail ;. pour boiling water jver tbem. and let this stand for half an hour. This may be iced, or may be drank while warm, and it will satisfy thirst and give nurisbmeot at the raxne time. PROPINQUITY. T. TL Sullivan, in Life Augustus saw Alice one morning By accldf nt over tho way And smitten without any warning, lYoposed, and they marry1, to -day. And Alfrwl and Agatha meeting By accident, quit', at tho play, Were caught at the very first greeting, And nro to be married to-day. Had A!fml, now, chanced to meet Alice, In just that original way. I'll wager, without any malice. That they would have married bxlay. Had A pat ha walked for an airing In Alice's shoes let us say, Augustine might now have lieen swearing To love and defend her alway. Ah! blind little god of the quiver, Thy wings ever flutter astray! To think of thy sport U to shiver 1 Tby arrows Ily all the wrong way! For Alfred and Agatha matej No more than a season shall stay. Augustus and Alice are fated To wrangle their wedlock away. Abl blind littlo god, if thy blindne&j Should lead thee to flutter my way. Uncover thine eyes in all kindness, And kill ma in mercy. I prayl A FOREST FIRE. A PasHenser Train Ietalncd by Tornado of llittnlnc and Itoariuje Flames. "Andrews" in Chicago Inter Ocean. Last night we had a glimpse of the inferno. We had left Montana to cross Idaho, when, at about 9 o'clock, the train came to a stop without a moment's warning in the midst of a wilderness. We hastened to the platform and looked forward. There was spread out a panorama such as seldom greets tho eye of man. The forest was one mass of seething flame. The engine panted a time or two, and then, gathering courage, crept nearer. A few hundred yards, and it again came to a standstill. It was impossible to pass. Tbe heat made tbe paint on the cars crack. Tho glass of the windows grew feverish un der the heated breath from the Ore. There was, amid all tbe glare, the roar of ap ap proaching tornado, crackling and popping like a giant's whip. This was accompanied by a hissing like tbe sound of frying salt, as the gmen foliage of the living pines was con sumed with a white flash. This roaring and crackling and snapping, terrible as it was, only set off the grand accompaniment of fall ing trees. Every nve seconds a giant, with the strength of a score of centuries, meas ured his 200 feet across the tlery bod to which he had boen felled. He stood till seared to the core, and his hoary top was crowned with lire. As be yielded the mountains rolled back the liooming of cannon from one height to the other. We hold our breath and craze at the sky, overcast with leaden smoke, tinted here and there with a rosy hue. Tho crashing of the falling giants is still for a moment. The fire breaks through tbe gloom of the forest in a new place. The flames go racing like de mons up tall trees and quiver lu their tops like ruddy lanterns for a moment. The foli age melts away with the first hot breath and then tbe crashing and booming goes on again. For the moment the rush and crackle is drowned and the very craigs of the mountain side soe.ni to be rolling upon us from their seats far above our heads. We ask the conductor when we can go on. He says two hours. Long piles of wood stored all about tbe track have caught fire and scores of Chinamen with long poles in their hands are hurried up from the nearest station to save the track from ruin. Two hours pass and still tbe infernal pan demonium of hissing, roaring, crackling, booming, crashing, devastation goes on. The conductor and enginoer are afraid to go on. They fear the heat will fire our train. Should it yield to tho first spark it would melt away like tinder in a furnace. For over four hours wo watched the scourge till it drew away from us and let us go. Kenned Conversation Where Xo One In at abosti for Words. Boston Transcript. (Enter Thomas and Charles. Thomas and Charles "Good evening, la dies." Kate "How do, Charley, Tom? Where have 3-ou been this age?" Josephine "Sure enough! Henry Brown was in just now. Did you meet him!" Thomas "Hen is a great fellow, ain't he? Did he give you a lecture on metem psychosis or a dissertation on frogs' legs as a remedy for the unsettled condition of tbe labor mar ket r' Kate "Oh, Tom ! you're too hard on Henry. You should't have said that before mamma. But his conversation is a little tedious some times." Charles "Hen's a muff." Josephine "What's the news!" Thomas "Aint any. Charley who wan that girl you was so sweet on in the car's after noon!" Charles "Didn't I mash her, though!" Josephine "Ob, you naughty boy!" Thomas "Charley gets the bulge on all of us." Charles "Where did you get those cigar ettes, Tom? Boss ones!" Thomas "Got 'em in New York. Can't get a decent cigarette in Boston. Have tried 'em alL By the way. Charley, you want to try Snigglefritz's beer. Beats anything in town. Drank six glasses there last night." Charles "Who beat's this afternoon!" Thomas "The Long Stockings six tf nothing regular whitewash. Catcbemup 's an awful muffer, and Slick pounded the Yel lar Legs all over the field. But we must be going, Charley. Good-by, Joe; good-by, Kate." Charley "Good-by, girls." Kate and Josephine "Good-by. Should think you might stop longer, though." Exit Thomas and Charles. Kate "Tom's a nice fellow, isn't he?" Josephine "What a splendid conversation alist." Kate "Ob, yes; Tom can talk on any sub ject." Josephine "He Isn't much like Henry." Kate "No, I hope not No matter what comes up, Tom's never lost for a word. He's so entertaining. And th?u one learns so much talking with him." Business Sense and Cents. New York Sun. ' Nashville is agitating the cent question. Tbe smallest coin in circulation in that city is the 5-cent piece, and shopkeepers are be ginning to see the folly of keeping out the once despised cent. One dry goods merchant estimates bis losses at f 1 to $ a day ou ac count of failure to make exact change. An other merchant is going to use postal cards in making change if tbe cents do not come into favor. A retail dealer has ordered $100 worth of cents from this city, and proposes to start the reform at once. Room for a Sew Society. Cincinnati Enquirer. A suggestion was recently made from the pulpit that there was room for a new society, which should teach husband and wife their duty to each other. Such an organization would bo usefql only in the event of branch societies, consisting of two members each, be ing formed in families consisting solely or principally of married couples. The first arti cle of the constitution should be that any per son applying for membership should solemnly covenant and agree that throughout married life ho or sho would carefully observe and practice all courtesy, thoughtfulness and un selfishness to what is known as the "engage ment" period. The second article should be that neither member of a conjugal parter- ship should listen to a single word of criti cism of tbe other member from soy relative hatever, even should the words of wisdom drop from the lips of father, mother, brother or sister: Tho rules of the new society need not extend beyond tbese two, for there would be nothing iu the conduct of members in good standing to rcquira other special attoni tian. Fashions in Buttons. inter-Ocean. Buttons are legion, Varying from the simp lest to tbo&e as costly as ge mi Ttuwe are Imported lately of oxidized silver, old bronze, and silver gilt. One of tho new Styles in Persian design on old bronze again, shows the fire-worshi jxrs in high relief light ing tbo torch. Somo oxidized silver sets, tinted in dull Khadcs of open work, show clusters of tinted strawberries and vines in relief. Another style of silver gilt has silver dolphins sporting on a hammered surface. Some exquisite heads in cameo bave a back ground of a different shade in contrast. Some large buttons in sets, including several sizes, are in oxidized silver with ojeu centi-es, which are filled in by a tiny Bacchus wreathed vine leaves, or an Ariel swinging in grape vines. There are, besides, historical as well as mythological studies represented in dull, oxidized silver, cameo bends of Atalanta, Hector, Leandcr, Hero and I'rism on copper, silver or dark bronze grounds. Some artistic styles of concave shape in dark iridescence are decorated with gold stars in high relief. Another set of the same style has a decoration exquisitely carved of daisies and cat tails. Very dark pearl buttons, convex, are deco rated with fine gold and silver branches of delicate elaboration. Not loss costly aro some sets with open centres filled in with deer of tinted dark silver; tho borders are engraved with fine foliage and antlers. Some silver gilt grounds show a decoration of a mirror-like steel creseut and stars. To cor respond with the superb jet trimmings there are jet buttons generally of small size in ball, pyramid, cone, flat shape, cut in facet or simply polished. For mourning materials black ivory buttons are used flat or raided and set with an edge of fine beading. Ireas and Womanhood. Cor. Milwaukee SentineL Women who ba'e control of sufficient means and the inclination to spend it on dress are few in number. While possessed of a larger liberty of choice, they are usu ally governed by a more refined and experi enced taste, and by certain conventional ideas which are scarcely known, much less fully recognized beyond tbe limits of a cir cle. There is another class possessing money and making a larger capital out of the ab sence of scruples and a restrictive delicacy, and of this are the women who usually stand as the representatives of fashion, whose ex travagance and sensationalism, fed by a doubt ful class of men, are made tbe synonyms of American womanhood. This false estimate is all tbe more hurtful and mischievous be cause it effects the minds of young girls and furnishes them with a bad example, when they need a high ideal, lowering their stand ard below the average when they should bo inspired by every possible influence to raise it to a higher level. Notwithstanding all drawbacks, however, the actual science of dress is gaining; tho survival of the fittest helps here as in what are considered more important matters. There are constant ad ditions to the stock of permanent ideas, and the "revivals" which frequently take place are in tbe line of that which has adapted Itself to tho general requirements rather than of folly, eccentricity and extravagance. The Adornment of Children. Providence Journal. There is nothing more beautiful than the children of these dayj as they appear out of doors and in the parlor. They toil not, neither do they spin; yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like ono of them. In one sense this is a public benefaction. It is not only the eyes of the parents and friends that are gratified with tho spectacle of tho fresh young faces in all the bloom of child hood, and the lissom or tenderly toddling forms set off with a quaintness, a brightness, and an elegance of attire that add to the grace and beauty, and make them figures of delight and charm. They are a blessing and a pleas ure to all who see them, adding to the con tentment of the fortunate, and, save where vividly recalling a loss with a momentary pang of recollection, softening the stings of misery and despair. Uncharitableness, greed, and the whole brood of evil passions, the absorptions of occupations, and anxiety, and all that makes life unlovely and painful must yield somewhat to the presence and sight of childhood, and they are a blessing of nature, as the flowei-s are, softening, reliev ing, and renewing the heart of man. They were certainly never so finely, artistically, and eleguntly dressed as now. The Two Extreme. Laramie Boomerang. We overheard two ycung ladies the other evening discussing whether or not love is suffi cient capital on which to vod. The girls have forgotten the story of the knights and the shield. A loveless marriage is the poorest of enterprise, the poverty of which cannot be overcome by all the wealth that was ver coined. On the other hand, the man who weds with the expectation of living on love alone without the necessity of rustling tor pork and beans, will find himself the worst fooled individual in the community. What Dealers Will Xot Believe. Milwaukee Sentinel. It is always difficult to make ilealtrs iu or makers of womens' clothing believe that any idea can obtain a permanent place. They know nothing of the laws of development, and that, no matter how greatly retarded by ignorance and stupidity, its action is in evitable, even in so yliit'ting- and so changeful an arena as that occupied by modern dress. They particularly dislike the advent of useful ideas as these mean less money spent -ind less dependence upon their authority. i eftil Itiqt. Mary Winchester in Good Cbeur, If you are to spend the evening out in com pany or at an entertainment, it is good policy to take a nap, or at least a thorough rest dur ing the afternoon. Care like this, whica seems to be but trifling, to preserve the health, really maks a great difference in the aggregate of one's life. Keep a dish of Indian meal on tbe toilet stand near the soap, and rub the meal freely on the hands after soaping them for washing. It will surprise you, if you have not tried it, to find how it will cleanse and soften the skin, and prevent chapping. It is better not to put woolen carpets in the closets, as being dark and quiet moths and other vermlns are more apt to collect Straw matting or oil cloth is much more easily kept in order. Even heavy brown WTapping paper is not a bad substitute for a caipet in closets but little used. Make a small square bag of flannel, leaving one end partly open. In this put all the rem nants of soap as the pieces become too small to handle easily. When the bag is filled, baste up the opening, and it makes a good bath tub urrangement. Pet Xanien at Heine and Abroad. Christian Intelligencer. Far from disliking pet names in the nursery or in the retirement of the family, they seem to us very fit and beautiful there, but there they should be kept. Outside acquaintances have no right to call a young girl Sis, or Pussy, or Birdie, or Pearl, or auy other pretty or affectionate name which may be given her by her father and mother, brothers and sisters. Wives, too, seem lacking in the reverence which all true women and high-bred ladies show to their lords, when they seak of them in society as Ned, Tom or Dick. - Nor does a husband pay his wife the honor which every gentleman chould, wheu be alludes to ber in a roomful of strangM or acquaintances as Polly or Fan. It is very much better to , be found too formal than too free and easy; and society is the gainer wherever people are on their guard about these seeming trifles. 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