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VOL. IX.--NO. 51.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1879.
WHOLE NO. 467.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. S. Paddock. IT. S. Senator, Itcatriec
ALvis Saunders, U. S. Senator, Omaha
T. J. Majoku Hep- Peru,
r. K. Valentine, Kcp., West Toint.
STATE DIKECTOItY:
Albikc.4 Nance. Governor, Lincoln.
S.J. Alexander, Secretary of State.
K. V. Lirdtkr, Auditor, Lincoln.
5. M. Uartlett, Treasurer, Lineoln.
C.J. Uilworth, Attorney-General.
S. It. Thompson. Supt. Public Ins.ruc.
II. O. Iawon. Warden of Penitentiary.
)y)V".A,,ihiCy" r Prion Inspector!.
. II. (iould, J
Hr. J. (t. Davis, Prison Phytirian.
II. P. Mathewson, Sunt. Insane Ahvlum.
JUDU'IAKY:
F. JIaxwclI, Chief Justice,
flnorgo II. l.akr.1 Ass0c!ate j,uiRCs.
Amata ( nidi. J
rnntrn judicial district.
O. AY. Pot, Judge. York.
M. 11. Iteenc, IM-trict Attorney, IVahoo.
LAND OKKICF.ltS:
JA. H. Ilosrie, KcgUter, Grand Island.
m. Anyan, Kccciver, Grand Island.
COl'NTY DIUECTOIIY:
J. G. I!ij;sns. County Jude.
John StauflVr. County Clerk.
Y. Ktimincr. Treasurer.
Hcnj. Spielinan. Sheriff.
11. L. liossitcr. Surveyor.
"rt'm. IMoedorii j
John Walker, V CountyCoinmi-bionor.
John Wiie. J
Dr. A. Hfintz, Coroner.
S. L. lUrrett, Supt. of School.
S. S. McAllister,) tiirtici'siirthePe-icc
nrn.ii Miilett. f .Mlclia.Milliim.in.
Charles Wake, Constable.
CITY D1KECTOKY:
A. Sprier. Mayor.
..din Sehram, Clerk.
John J. Kickly, Alar-dial.
J. W. Earlv, Tressnrer.
S. S. McAllister. IoIiec .Tudjc.
J. G. rtoutton. Mutineer.
COUNCILMEN:
1st n'ord I. E. North,
E. Pohl.
3d H'ardK. . Kavanaugll.
C. E. Morwe.
Srf flnZ-K. J. Haker.
Wtn, Ilurges.
CohunbuN Wot Ofllc.
(Veu on Sundays lrm II a.m. to 12 m.
and from AiVh to v. m. Humiio-s
hour except Sunday fi a M to "5 1. M.
astern limits cloe at 1 1:- a. m.
Western maiU close at 4:20 P.M.
Mai! leases Columbus fir Madison and
Norfolk, on Tuesday?., Tliursilays and
Saturdays. 7 A. M. "Arrives Mondavi,
Wednesday, and Fridays, : i m.
Ir Monroe," Genoa. Watervillc a!id Al
bion, daily except tiuda I! A. M. Ar
vivc, same. II i M.
For Mimmit. riyt.se, and Crete. X! ou
tlay t and Thursdays. 7 a. m. Arrives
Wednesdays, and Saturdas. 7 r. M.
Fur Itellrvilfe. Osceola and York, Tucs
da, Thursday sand Saturdays, 1 r.M.
Arrles -,t t i.
For Welf. Farral and llattle CreeK.
Xlnmlavi and Wediiesdnys, ti A. M. Ar
rives Tuesilavs and Fridays at 0 l. M.
For Miell Crerk, Nebo, Cre-ton and
Stanton, on Mondays at 7 A.M. Ar
ri es TuomIsu s C r.M.
For Daid CitV, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, 1 r.M Arrives, at 12
SI.
WANTED AG-ENTS
For the fastert -fllinir booK of the
ae:
I-) The HOUSEHOLD and I
Farmers cyclopedia
Ji household necesit one that every
faniiU needs a Libr.iry of itself.
.AaE-.VIi are meeting w ith tfreat nie
ces. br every laiiiilv who rc, the hook
wants it. Secure "territory at once.
Address; Anclioi I'uMU'liInO..
St. Louis. Mo.: Chicago, III.; Ashland,
O.: Philadelphia. Pa.: and Atlanta, Ga.
2apr 4m
t;. I. Time Tabic
Easttcard lUmnd.
EMigrant. No.ii, leaves at
Pas.VnR'r, 4. "
Freicht. 4 S. '
r rcijtht.. l. "
HVific ird Ji'iund.
Freight. No. R. leaves at
t5:2." a. m.
1 l;l-G a.m.
2:l.r. p. in.
4:30 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
4:27 p.m.
0:00 p.m.
1:50 a. in.
rasseiiR r, ..
Freight
v.
Emigrant.
Everv dav except Saturday the three
lines leading to Chicago connect with
1" P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there "ill bt but one train a day, an
known liv tne loiiowmt; sciieuiuc:
ii' t. V IV V Ttli ini
J CAN. W. ) 7th
!.. i, i. ,i ( ml.
7th and2th.
S'ept
v ., It. " v f """
(C, U. I. k P.J 21st
:th and 2Gtb.
Oct
'c., n. i. x- p.V
Jc. .t x. w.
12th
liith
(C., U. I. & P.) 2d a
sN.W. !tha
(C., 11 & Q. ) H.th
r. j ft i "li ii
2d and 2.1(1.
Xoc .
nil .filth.
7thand2Sth.
Dec
h,ll. I. A- P.V Uth
(C. A- N. W. J 21st
FAKAIvRK!
BK OF GOOD CHEEK. Let not the
low prices of your products dis
courage you. but rather limit your ex
pcncs to your resources. You can do
so by stopping at the new home of your
fellow farmer where you can tiiid good
accommodations chea'p. For hay for
team for one night and day, 2-" cts. A
room furnished with a cook stove and
bunks, in connection with the stable
free. Those wishing can bo accommo
dated at tho house of the undersigned
at the following cate: Meals 25 cents:
beds in cents. ' J. H. SENECAL.
mile east of GerrardV Corral.
$-l''' not easily earned in these
times, but" it can be made
III in three months by anyone
of either sex. in any part of
the country who is willing to work
stcadilv at the employment that we
furnish. $06 per week in your own
town. You need not be away from
home over ni-rht. You can :ivc your
whole lime to the work, or only jour
spare moments. We have agents 'who
are niakin? over ?20 per day. All who
encage, at once can make money fast. At
the present time money cannot be made
so easily and rapidly at any other bui
ness. It costs nothing to try the biisi.
ness. Terms aml$ Outfit free. Address
at once. II. Haultt & Co., Portland,
Maine 375-y.
Ucan make inonev faster at work for
usthanatanvthingelse. Capital not
required; we. will -btart you. $ 12 per
day at home made by the indus
trious. Xlcn.. women, boys and girls
wanted everywhere to work for us. Now
is the time. Costly outfit and terms free
Address True A. Co., Augusta, Maine
$))a week in your own town. $"
rt Outfit free. No risk. Header
VVif you want a business at
which persons of either sex
can make great pay all the time thev
work. write for particulars t II. Hal
lettA Co Portland, Maine.
BUSINESS CARDS
XKLSOX MII.I.ETT. BYRON MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Tubllc.
IV. -tIII.I-.TETT A: SOW,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus,
Nebraska. N. B. They will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to them. 243.
"OT7Cnn business vou can cngago
JL JlO X in. $' to $20 per day made
by any worker of either sex. right in
their own localities. Paticulars and
samples worth $" free. Improve your
spare time at this business. Address
Stinson A Co., Portlanii, Maine.
FOR SALE OR TRADE !
MARES 1 COLTS,
Teams of
Horses or Oxen,
SAIIIE BMKVIEviS wild or broke,
at the Corral of
42:1 GEKUAUD A ZEIGLElt.
STAGE KOBITK.
JOHN HI' HER, the mail-carrier be
tween Columbus and Albion, will
leave Columbus everyday except Sun
dar atC .I'clock, sharp, passing through
Monroe, Genoa, Watjrville, and to Al
bion The hack will call at either of
tho Hotels for passengers if orders are
left at the post-oHico. Rates reason
able, ?2 to Albion. 222.1y
GOOD CHEAP BRICK!
AT MY RESIDENCE, oiiShcll Creek,
three miles east of MatthiaS bridge,
1 have
70,000 p-ootl. linrd-Imrnt lirlclf
ibr sale.
which will be i-old in lots to suit pur
chasers. 4tS-tf GEORGE II ENGGLEK.
Columbus Meat Market!
WE3ER tS: KNOBEIi, Prop's.
I--EEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh
L nieat, and smoked pork and beef;
also fresh fish. Make sausage a spec
ialty. JjSritcincnibcr I lie place. Elev
enth St one door wevt of D. Ryan's
hotel. -H"-f
F. SCHEOK,
3Ianufacturcr and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
A 1.1. KINDS OK
SMOKING ARTICLES.
More 0:1 Olirc St., near the old l'ost-ojlice
Columbus Nebraska. 417-ly
DOCTOR BOXESTEEL,
V. . EAMI.'I" UESi:0.,
rOM'-Mlll'S,
NKIIKASKA.
OFFICE IIOt'RS, 10 to 12 a. 111., 2 to
-1 p. in., and 7 to ! p. in. Office on
Nebraska Avenue, three doors norih of
E. .1. R.ikcr'.s crain office. Residence,
corner Wyoming and Walnut itreets,
north Columbus, Nebr. iKt-tf
IMotriclt Jtacnt .'rlarket.
Wanblnctoa Atr., nrarl- opiKisItr Conrt llonsr.
OWING TO THE CLOSE TIMES,
meat will be sold at this market
low, low down for CAfcii.
Rest steak, per lb., 10c.
Rib roast, " "
Roil, " Of.
Two cents a pound more than the above
prices will be charged on (ttne, and tint
to good responsible parties only. 2U7.
TTK-fRY G.CAKKW
Attorney and Counselor at liaw,
COI.rMBl, NEItllAbKA.
Formerly a member of the English
bar: will give prompt attention to all
business entrusted to him in this and
ndjoinini: counties. Collections made.
Oliiee one door eat of Schilz' shoe store,
corner of olive and 12th Streets. Spricht
Deuth. Parle Fruiicais. -HS-tr
MRS. W. L. COSSEY,
Dress and Shirt Maker,
3 Poors Wst orstlllman'j Prn; Store.
Dresses and shirts cut and made to
ordcrand satisfaction guaranteed. w"l
also do plain or fancy sew ing of any de
scription. Z5T PRICES YERY REASONABLE.
Gil c me a call and trv mv work.
42.V1V '
ClllS BRICK YARD,
(One mile west of Columbus.)
THOMAS FLYNN A SON, Propr's.
GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK
Alirays on Ilnnd. In
QUANTITIES to suit PURCHASERS
371-tf
HENRY GASS,
UNDERTAKER, KEEPS ON HAND
readv-mado and Metallic Coffin,
"Walnut 1-icture Frames. Mends Cane
Seat Chairs. Keeps on hand Rlack Wal
nut Lumber.
Tiiiirrt-s Ave. cjjciito Cnrt Hk, Cdssta, V&
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
jSTSctK a. I'lr-Nt-Ons Talile.
Meals,. ...23 Cents. Lodgings... 25 Cts
3S-2tf
Ir. I. I,. SIGC;i..s,
Physician and Surgeon.
JSTOllice open
at all hours
M Building.
T J. BYRNE,
" ' "DENTIST,
COLUMBUS, NEB.
J5J" Office: Eleventh St., one door cast
of Jocknai. building, up-stairs.
CALIFORNIA WINES!
E:is:iriito,
1.25gS1.75
A GALLON
-AT-
SA3IL. GASS'S,
KlfTcnth Street.
EL AXISTE OIL
AT-
Win. BECKER'S.
RECOMMENDED a far superior to
any other lamp oil in use in the
State, "it Kiveaery bright, clear light
and is perfectly safe. .VM
-flAKY AIjltRK-mT,
Merchant Tailoress,
13th Street, c?p::l'.p P::t-:Sco.
Men's and boys' suits made in the
latest style, and ood fits ruaranteed. at
very low prices. Men's suits J(.0 to
$!t.o0, according to the goods and work.
IJoy5' suits $.5.00 to f4.(H, according to
size.
"3TCLKASING AM) RKrAUtlXO DOSK.Jgl
Bring on your soiled clothing. A
whole suit renovated and made to ap.
pear as good as new for $1.25 42-1-y
LUEKS CHKEIBER
"Blacksmiths and Wagon Mahtr,
ALL KIMS OK'
Repairing Done on Short Notice.
"teEEie. Waecs:, It:., STiis t: Crier.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
They also keep on hand
Furst & Bradley Plows,
SULKY PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, &C.
Shop on Olive Street, opposite Tatter
sail. COLl'MRUS, NED.
J. p. ELLIOTT,
AGENT FOKTIIK
STOVER WIND MILL
$20 OSCILLATING FEED MILL,
And All Kinds of Pumps
AND
PUMP MATERIALS!
ALfcO
ChnUciujc Wind and Feed Mills,
Combined Shelter and Grinder,
Jl alt Jf ills. Horse Powers,
Corn Shelters and
i-'a n n imj Jfitls.
Pumps Repaired on Short Notice,
Farmers, come and examine our null.
You will find one erected on the premises
ofthe Hammond House, in good running
order.
WJL BECKER,
)DKALKK IN(
GR0CERIE&,
Grain, Produce, Etc.
Gooa Gootls ana Fair Dealing.
NEW STORE, NEW GOODS.
Goods delivered Free of Charge,
anywhere in the cify.
Corner of 13th and Madison Sts.
North of Foundry. 3!7
.AJSJOSRIC-AJSr
UEDICAL a SH Itl'IilD'S,
Physicians ii Snrgeons.
S. S. HE2CI2, X. D. 4 J. C. ISKISS, li. 3., cf 0ai.
Con-ulting Physicians and Surpons.
For the treatment of all classes of Sar
Eery and deformities; acute and
chronic diseases, diseases of the eye
and car, etc., etc.,
Columbus, Neb.
'"Hv'""""""""""""""""i"("""CHH'"Uil'F&?
THE MYSTERIOUS MARRIAGE.
One night in the early part of the
ISth century the old and respected
pastor of the village of JN'orwig, in
New Zealand, sat in his easy chair,
lost in devotional meditation. His
house was situated at the furtherest
extremity of the village, and the
simple inhabitants knew so little of
mistrust and dishonest', that bolls
and locks were alike strangers to
them, and every door remained
cither opened or without fastening.
The pastor's lamp burned dim, the
solemn stillness ofthe hour was on
ly interrupted by the murmuring of
the waves, and the pale moonbeams
were reflected on the surface ofthe
ocjau, when he suddenly heard the
house door open and heavy steps
nsccnil the stairs, and he naturally
expected a call to the sick bed of
some of his parishioners to a fiord
the last spiritual consolations, when
two 6trauge men entered his apart
ments, their faces concealed in large
white cloaks. One of them ad
vanced and said to him very cour
teously :
"I'evereml sir, be good enough to
follow us immediately. "We want
you to perform a marriage ceremo
ny, and the bridal pair already
await you in the church. This sum,"
continued he, taking a purse from
his breast, -'will reward you for
your trouble, and for disturbing
you at this unseasonable hour."
Silent and frightened the old man
regarded his visitors, who seemed
to him to have something strange
and even unearthly In their appear
ance. The stranger repeated his in
vitation in a commanding and
threatening tone. When the old
man had recovered himself a little,
he began, in a mild manner, to re
monstrate, and told him that his
sacred office did not allow him to
perform the solemn ceremony of
marriage without knowledge of the
individuals themselves, and com
plying with such other formalities
as the law directed.
Kovcrciid sir," said the other
man, stepping forward in a threat
ening manner, "you have the choice
to follow us and take the sum of
money offered you or remain here
with a pistol bullet in jour brain."
Willi that he held a pistol at the old
man's head and waited his answer.
The pastor grew pale, rose up si
lent and trembling, and hastily
clothing himself in his robes, said:
'I am ready, gentlemen.'"
The strangers had spoken in Dan
ish, but with such a foreign accent
as not to be mistaken. The myste
rious men went silently through the
village, buried as it was in slum
ber, and the pastor followed them.
It was a dark night iu autumn, and
the moon had already gone down.
When they approached the church,
the bewildered old man, with fear
and astonisment, saw it brilliantly
lighted up, and his companions
hastened across the sandy flats
which intervened between it and
and the village, still concealed in
their white mantles, while his limbs
palsied with age and fright, he with
difficulty strove to keep up with
them. When they reached the
church they blindfolded his eyes.
The (to the pastor) well known side
door opened at their approach, "rat
ing on its hinges, and he found him
self then thrust into the church,
which appeared lilTed with a great
multitude. All around him he
heard a muttering and sound of
many voices in a tongue unknown
to him, but which he supposed to be
Russian. And as he stood amid
the multitudo with blindfolded
eyes, puzzled and not knowing what
was going to happen, he felt his
hand seized and was pulled with
considerable violence through the
crowd. At last, as well as he could
judge, the throng was thrust abide,
loosed the bandage from his eyes,
and he recognized by his side one of
his former companions, and found
himself standing before the altar,
which was lit up by a row of wax
lights, burning in splendid silver
candlesticks, and the church itself
was so completely illuuminated by
the numerous lights, that the most
distant object could be plainly dis
cerned; and as, when he was thrust
blindfolded amid the crowd, the
noise had terrified him, so now his
soul was struck with astonishment
at the dead silence that prevailed.
Although the aisles and benches of
the church were densely crowded,
yet the center aisle was quite empty
and the pastor perceived opeued in
it a newly-made grave. The stone
which had covered it was placed
leaning against one of the pews.
The pastor saw none about him but
men, but he thought he could dis
tinguish one fomale form in one of
the distant pews. The stillness last
ed some minutes without any one
attempting to break it, ju&t as in the
human soul a still, gloomy brooding
ofthe thoughts generally precedes
some deed of crime.
At last a man rose up whoso no
ble appearance distinguished him
from the rest of the assembly, and
betrayed his rank. lie stepped
quickly through the empty aisle,
while the multitude silently gazed
at him as his steps resounded
through the church. This man was
of middle height and stoutly built,
of a most proud and haughty car
riage; his complcclion was very
dark raven-black hair and a high,
acquiliuc nose gave a very com
manding expression to his counte
nance; while long, bushy eye-lashes
overshadow his small black eyes,
which appeared to gleam with wild
passions. He was dressed in a
magnificent green 6uit richly em
broidered with gold, and on his
breast glittered a star. The bride
who knelt near him was carefully
and even sumptuously attired. A
dress of sky-blue satin embroider
ed with silver, enveloped her slen
der form, and hung iu large folds of
drapery over her graceful limbs.
A diadem, blazing with magnificent
diamonds, adorned her golden hair.
The highest grace and beauty could
be traced iu her face, disfigured as
it was by terror. Her bloodless
features were immovably fixed ; her
pale lips appeared death-like and
her powerless arms drooped help
less on her half-sinking body. So
she knelt, a picture of death, an in
describable fear and paralyzing hor
ror appearing to freeze both life and
consciousness into the semblance of
deep sleep.
The pastor then, for the first
time, perceived a hateful-looking
old woman dressed in a fantastical
costume, and her head covered
with a red turban, who grimly and
even scornfully gazed upon the
kneeling pair. Behind the bride
groom a man of gigantic stature and
forbidding countenance, had placed
himself, who, standing there as im
movable as a statue, glanced around
him in a fixed and earnest manner.
The pastor, paraljzcd with fright,
remained for some time as if struck
dumb, until a savage look from the
bridegroom woko hi in from his
trance. What now puzzled him
was whether the bridal pair could
understand his language. This ap
peared to him improbable; how
ever, composing himself, he ventur
ed to ask the names ofthe bride and
bridegroom.
''Xeandcr, Feodora," answered
the latter, iu a rough voice. The
pastor now begins to read the form
of the marriage ceremony, and as
his voice faltered and as he made
many blunders in the reading,which
the bridal pair did not seem to re
mark, his suspicion was confirmed
that they did not understand his
language. But when he asked:
Ncinder, wilt thou take Feodoria,
now kneeling beside ihee, for thy
wedded wife?" and he doubted
whether the bridegroom, ignorant
of his language, could answer him,
to his great astonishment, the latter
spoke out, "Yes" in an almost
screaming tone, which resounded
through the church. Deep sobs
bursting out simultaneously from
the crowd accompanyed this excla
mation, and a visable emotion, tran
sient as the distant lightning flash,
appeared to pass over the almost
emotionless features of the btidc.
The old man then turned himself,
speaking louder to the bride, as if
he wished to wake her from her
dealh-Iiko lethargy, while he said,
"Wilt thou, Feodora, take that man
kneeling beside thee for thy husband
and honor him as such? If so, an
swer tne in the affirmative." Then
the lifeless bride appeared to waken
up, a deep and awful shudder ap
peared to move her pale features,
her bloodless lips moved, and a
quick, transient fire sparkled in her
eyes, her bosom heaved, while a
plentiful flood of tears extinguished
the momentary sparkle of her eyes,
and the word "Yes," was heard like
the last word of a dying soul, and
appeared to fiud an echo in the
uurcprcsscd cry of sorrow which
simultaneously burst from all pres
ent. The bride sank exhausted into
the arms of the old woman behind
her, and relapsed into her former
state of insensibility, and so the
ceremony ended. The bridegroom
rose up and bore the lifeless form
of the bride to her former place and
the old woman and gigantic man
followed them. The pastor's first
conductors then appeared again and
blindfolded his eyes as before, and
led him, not without some trouble,
through the crowd, and having
pushed him rudely through the side
door they bolted it on the inside,
and left him standing alone in the
churchyard.
Here he remained for some time
bewildered and confused, uncertain
whether all he had just witnessed
was not in a dream. But wheu he
had torn the bandage off his eyes,
and he saw the church before him,
all lighted up, and heard the noise
of the people within it continued,
he felt convinced of the reality of
tho mysterious event he had been an
actor iu. In order to observe as
much as possible the conclusion of
tho strange scene, he concealed him
self iu a corner of the porch, mid
anxiously listened, as every mo
ment the noise within became
louder and louder. It seemed as
if a warm strife had risen; he
thought he could distinguish the
rough voice ofthe bridegroom who
loudly commanded silence. Then
followed u long pause which was
succeeded by a piercing scream
of n female voice. After that an
other silence, and then a voice of
loud lamentations, which lasted for
nearly a quartor of an hour. The
lights were then suddenly ex
tinguished, the confused noise of
the crowd was again heard, and the
whole multitude came streaming
out of the church, and hastened
noisily down to the sea shore.
After a little while the pastor
crept out of his hiding place and
hastened to the village. lie then
awoke his friends atid neighbors ;
and, still laboring under the effects
of his fright, related to them all that
had occurred. But so peaccful,stil 1
and monotonous was the usual
course of events iu the community,
that ati alarm of quite a different
uature siczed on them. They be
lieved their respected pastor had
lost his senses, and it was not with
out some trouble that he at last pur
suaded some of them to accompany
him with pickaxes and shovels and
follow him to the church.
In the meantime the night had
passed away and the sun had ap
peared ; and as the pastor and his
companions ascended the hill on
which the church stood they saw a
ship iu full sail leaving the shore
and steer in a northerly direction.
Such an unusual sight is such a soli
tary neighborhood mado them a lit
tle inclined to credit the old man's
story, and it was fully confirmed
when they found the church door
had been forcibly broken open.
Full of curiosity, they entered the
church, and the pastor pointed out
to them the gravo which he had
seen open during the night. It was
easily perceived that the stones
had been lately displaced, and the
tools the' had brought with them
soon enabled them again to remove
it, and in the grave was found a new
and richly decorated coffin. With
almost youthful impatience the old
man descended into the grave oth
ers followed him and the pastor
soon found his horrible forebodings
confirmed. In the r.offiin laid the
form of the murdered bride. The
magnificent diadem was gone, and a
pistol bullet had apparently been
discharged through her heart. The
traces of grief and sorrow had vau
ished from her features which now
wore a placid smile of almost heav
enly expression, and she lay there
like an angel. The old man threw
himself down weeping beside the
collin, and deep wonder, horror, and
astonishment siczed all the behold
ers. The pastor found himself in duty
compelled to report this strange oc
currence to the Bishop of Zealand,
and before he went for the purpose
to Copenhagen, he requested his
parishioners on no account to meu
tion what had occurred. The grave
was again covered up, and no one
again ventured to speak ofthe mat
ter. A short time afterward a man
of high rank arrived at the village
from the scat ot government, desir
ed them to show him the grave, and
commended the pastor's prudence
in preserving silence about the mat
ter; he ordered the whole affair to
be kept as private as possible, and
threatened any one who dared to
speak of the subject with the
highest displeasure of the authori
ties. After tho death of the pastor,
among his papers was found a de
tailed account ofthe transaction at
tached to the church records. Somo
believed that it was in some way
connected with the events which
occurred in Russia, iu the period be
tween the death of Peter the Great
and that of the Empress of Cathar
inc. It is hard, and, indeed, impos
sible to satisfactorily explain this
dark and mysterious occurrence;
but the very rough and brutal man
ner of the Russian nobility of the
highest rank, and even of the im
perial family, of that period, reuder
it probable that some of them were
concerned in this tragedy, of which
the victim is supposed to have beeu
a princess of Courtland, and the
principal actor a grandson of Felcr
the Great.
The stars arc supposed to average
larger than our sun, and to have
plauctary systems like his.
Komuntlc Story of Tito Or
phitiiM. A little bit of a story of two or
phans came to my knowledge the
other day, which is almost equal in
pathos to the story as told iti the
memorable play of that name. Some
years ago a boy Ictt his home in
Bavaria and enmc to this country,
where his success induced him after
a lime to send for his younger
brother. This left to the sole care
and protection of their parents two
still younger girls, one possessed of
remarkable beauty. The parents
died; the girls were left alone with
very small resources tipoti which to
depend for support. Of their broth
ers they had heard nothing for sev
eral years, but with natural instinct
and longing they turned to the
thought of them as their only com
fort in their distress and loneliness.
Against the advice of their pastor
they turned their effects into money,
and set out for the new world,
quite sure that iu it they would have
no difficulty in finding their truant
brother. But it wan not so easy as
they anticipated. On lauding iu
New York they were appalled by
the magnitude of the great city.
They did not know where to go.
Their inquiries were met by laugh
ter aud rude repulse. Sickness
overtook one of them, and the oilier,
almost at the end of her small stock
of money, frightened at the pros
pect of being left penniless, and
ignorant of the character of the
persona who professed an interest
iu her accepted an invitation to sing
in a concert saloon. On the very
first night she. was shocked by the
scenes which transpired around her,
and the bold admiration her beauty
excited. The extreme plainness and
modesty of her diess and demeanor,
however, attracted the attention of
two gentlemen, one of whom was
engaged in showing a friend from
the country the "lions," and when
an insolent fellow attempted a fa
miliarity which she resented, he
stepped to the rescue and obtained
from her, amid her heart-breaking
sobs, the story of herself aud sister
aud the failure of their hopes. The
truth of what she said was self
evident, and the young man, who
was really honorable and kind
hearted, promptly took her away
from tho place in which she was,
found her aud her sister another
and respectable lodging, and inter
ested himself to procure them em
ployment. Shortly afterwards, in
company with a party of young mcu,
he told his adventure, aud was con
siderably surprised by the interest
of one of them, who proved to be
one of tho long-lost brothers. Of
course their troubles were now all
over, for this brother occupies a
position in a large mercantile firm,
and can well afford lo take care of
his sisters. Whether a romance will
grow out of it remains to be seen.
But there arc four extremely happy
people in New York, and a young
man who feels that he has acted the
part of a knight-errant in a manner
quite worthy of the middle ages,
aud who will doubtless be a better
man all his life for having allowed
the best part of his uature to assert
itself on that single occasion. SS"cw
York Letter in Baltimore American.
Tit-IIUs- or Iom;tic Uiwilom.
HOW TO CHOOSE A IIUSKA.VD.
That woman is wise who selects
for her husband, a man who desires
to find in his home a place of rest.
It is the man with many interests,
with engrossing occupations, with
plenty of people to fight, ami with a
struggle to maintain against the
world, who is the really domestic
man iu the wife's sense, who enjoys
home, who makes a friend of his
wife, who relishes prattle, who feels
in the small circle where nobody is
above him, as if he were in a heaven
of ease aud recreation. The draw
back of home-life, its contained pos
sibilities of insipidity, sameness, and
consequent weariness, is never pres
ent to such a man. He no more
tires of his wife than of his own
happier moods. He is no more
bored with home than with sleep;
he is no more plagued with his chil
dren, than with his own lighter
thoughts. All the monotony and
weariness of life he encounters out
side of his home. It is the pleasure
loving man, the merry companion,
who requires constant excitement,
that finds home-life unendurable.
He soon grows weary of it, and
considers everything so very tame,
aud so like flat beer, that it is im
possible for him not only to be
happy but to feel lhat he is less
unhappy there thau anywhere else.
We do not mean that the domestic
man, in the wife's sense, will be
always at home. The man always
at home has not half the chance of
the man whose duty is outside of it,
for he must sometimes be in the
way. The point for the wife is that
he should love home when he is
there, and that love wo contend bo
longs, first of all, to tho active and
strong, and deeply engaged worker,
aud not the lounger, or even tho
easy-man. In marriage, as iu every
other relation in life, the competent
man is the pluasantest to livo with
aud the safest to choose, aud the ono
most likely to prove an unwearied
friend, and who enjoys and suffers
others to enjoy, when at home, tho
endless charm of mental repose.
I'RAtSE VOl'K WIFE.
Aye, praise your wife! not only
by words. Why do you praise any
one? To please them, make them
happy? Well, whom do you wish
more to please aud mako happy
than her upon whum your own hap
piness depends? So, praiso your
wife, man! if only from selfish
reasons. For just Iu proportion as
you render her happy, you will in
crease your own happiucss. Why
uol have your house tilled with sun
shine aud beauty all the time when
you can so easily do it with kind
words aud kind feelings, rather than
shut out the cheering, health-giving
lights by clouds of churlishness?
Your feeling towards her are,
doubtless, kindly, but how can sho
fully understand them, if they aro
never expressed? What good does
the gold do as long as it is hidden
iu the depths ofthe mine? Bring'
out the glittering metal, circttlato it
and let its ring ninkc music iu tho
home circle. Greet jour wife with
a kiss and a -smile when you return
home. You would bo indignant if
we 6aid you do not love her, but
how will you prove that you do?
When you praise her, however, do
it in a delicate way, and let her seo
the refinement of your heart. How
came she to love you, to marry you ?
Did you not win her by your gcu
tlcinanly demeanor, aud show an
appreciation of her charms ? In this
way you attracted her attention and
charmed her, until she loved you
with all her heart aud soul. Now
strengthen your union by a contin
ued exhibition of the same tender
ness, and praiso every effort she
makes for your comfort and happi
ness. Praise your wife, I say again
whom should you praise if not
her? How delicious to her ears aro
words' of praise from your lips!
How she treasures them in her
heart, aud lives upon them during
your absence 1 13 she less a womau
by becoming your wife? Docs sho
less need the expression of your
love? No! no! words of affection
arc quite as needful to the perfection
of her daily life, to her happiness
now as they ever were, aud sho
misses them if they aro withheld
from her, as the flowers miss tho
sunshine when heavy clouds conceal
its life-giving rays. Aud if sho
seeks praise from others becauso
you no longer lavish it upon her,
blame your own thoughtlessuess,
not hers. But you arc, indeed, unpardonable-
if you do not prevent
her love from declining, by the eamo
efforts which attracted her to you.
But if you respect her rights, regard
her feelings and give her the pleas
ing attention she ought to receivo
from you there will be little com
plaint of her coldness, and she will
ulways be ready to anticipate your
wishes aud to heed your desires.
I'raise your wife, then, and not
by words only but by deeds also.
Springfield Mass.) Republican.
TulIe i:tiiuuttc.
There arc many people who aro
conscientious in the discharge of
what they esteem is right, but who
arc opposed, for one rcasou or an
other, to the optional rules of tablo
etiquette as practised by those who
lay some stress upon thcimportauco
of good manners at the table, a3
well as upon the importance of hav
ing something to eat. But certainly
no one will refuse to avoid the fol
lowing named practices:
1. Reaching past any one for
an article instead of asking to havo
it passed.
2. Rising from the chair in order
to reach anything.
.1. Keeping the lips open during
mastication of food.
4. The disgorging of wind from
the stomach.
5. Watching another person or
plate closely.
(j. Flaying with any dish which
is used by the whole company (tho
writer has seen the salt cellar licked
with the tongue).
Incognito.
A singular chemical change U
sometimes effected by the mixing
of the cream of a full milch cow
with one well along with calf, or if
it is not a chemical change, what is
it ? The crcam,as above iudicated,has
been churned hour after hour for a
whole day with no appearance of
producing butter, and finally aban
doned as a hopeless case, but upon
withdrawal ofthe cream of the cow
in calf, the other would make butter
with no difficulty.