M. RTTIMITTAVUii; IJ4l if aSMH- .- B & M. B. R. in Nebraska, MAIN LINK TKAIfta O.IXU WKbT. STATIONS t No. 1. tiO. 3. Fbtttsiii.tith . Oreapulla .... Cueuril. . . I soar t reek. CuuUvlllw.... fcculu Hud.. As-hutd. Creeiiwood .. Lincoln .. .... HUn fled Cloud... McCook Akron Denver JA p ru 7:1ft p in 7 :vs p in 7; p Ml 7 JWpia M :10 pta 0 UW p lu :4S p ai 9 JO p in 10 :I5 p in . 3 :!&! 3 :4 a ru 6 lu 12 ft p in 12 slit p til 1 0; p Ul 6 .DO p lir lu :(' p lu V :m m m t a in :tn m mi 1 0 :4 ft m lu 01 iu 10 ; lu 11 :VS Ui Ar. II JBf.p :p A p up jlp u a m.Ar. L've U .r. i Ar. Ar. - L'Vto .r. L'v t r. t L'vr ft Ar. 11 nil L've Ar. , III AT. n. L've in Ar. I'.L'Vto i llr. 06 Kirhtoit TKtIK UOIftO CAT. STATIONS t No. 2. 6 :1 v Hi No. 4. Hattaii.outh Orepll ... . C ocurJ CeO- Crevk... . VUlnVill. tilth beud.. AitilabU ieenwo.a ... Llucolu . .... U&MtirgS hea Cloud MoCook Akrou Deliver Al. Ar. Ar. 0 :00 a hi 8 :fio a in : a in a if 8 :I7 a in :o5 a in 7 :lrf a lu Ar. -JM p In Ar. 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Kxpreim Ecr-.t rrei;ii( leave l-ava leavrt kottiK xoiux KOiiiK UlilU. AOliTU. KOITH. 7 40 p ut o.oo a.iu 12JA, a 37 2.ou p. ih .42 " O0 " .I.U5 " .o " M 3i0 1.24 0 3.00 .J7 " !5J V45 " i.oJ til ' H.46 " i. (7 a I ;.07 p. in ..VJ p... u a.ii- Gmiuk Ottiug 4iolliK NliBIU. KtiUtll. NUUTU 6j a.ru tf.3J p.iu. 8.3h Ui .! a.ui 10 a., n. 4.24 p.llt. 1.01 p. . " ,.i4 1.10 " :.UA j.u " 45 m aa j.5.t . -I l.-ft .u " .i i .i " MplliloU. m-j KpnuKtielU. . .. Luum villtr . . . VSe-plu Wild AtUM " liuuoar Kaunas Cil) ht. Luuu Vt. JLoula-- - kiuuu tliy. uuliar Utf4. . . ... VSrviuii Wati-i LAll!-iTf SpltiitCt-M... -jrliUi. .. . Thrabiive it Ja?ru lt tune, wliic U miIIiuiks la-li luiii Oinaua Uuik. HltltAL AXU UKfAKTlBK p. IU. I .Mt a. ui. I ' ... hi. I XOn p- "i. . L iu a ui '.jo p. ui. . .. : lu. I KAjbTRKM. .SUUTHKK.I. OMAHA. i a.wi u. . I 4.ot p. i VX't a. i ( t-.Sj p. u 4.-a p. . 9.ih a. J 8.i u. 4. I', ii a. I. DO p. ilO p. U. .M INU MATKU. ll.UOaUl. A. IVttW 'Jtn:. li. lsl. Ou orders not exceeding li - - ' Over la auU i l excef-iiuj; - - - U ecu: Jo - Si - - cent A iuj;le .'louev Ordrr may .in.-- .. aiuouui irom oue oeui to uuy dol.ai. d.i o.usl uol coutaiu a iwt.iouai puit ol Mceu. KAT1LB ITU 1'UirAGK. Ut c ass lualtci vleWei ceuls per ft oiuv. 2a " n'uuiiaucr raiesi tt lr id tlrauaieut cwBpi-ocr a. bowk couic uiu?i tuu cias er:it f acli 2 uiuices. nil clas tuicftfuauuwej 1 crut per ouuce. J. W. JIA-KHUALI. 1. Ai. OXOXAXi DiKLCTORY. U1TV UIKKCIOKY . U EOKG K . BiliTU. Ala) or. vliaAji d.Claui.NU, treasurer. J. If. oi-i i so.n, cil Clerk 1' roillkibi(. I'olice Jurtte. K. B. 1UMA1,CU Attorney. t. n. AiUKfnk.cuieiot roiico. I. AlcCAN N, Overeer ol streets. C KVX.il-Mva. CUiel ol ire l-:pU S. ii. iiictlAloN Cb'u ooard o. liealtu c UM CI !. M lt Ward Vra . Uerold. 11. M. Bona. -2nd H ru J. Al. 1'allersoj. J. li. Irairflela. j var a Jl. a. Aiux, uy.J.L. AlorrisoU. 4tu Ward u. LeUpUoU. 1. AlcCaliail. acuuoi. aoxHU. JESSE B. STKOUli. J. . BAKNES. U. A. ilAKllU N Wuu W lAititel ELN L. U. ttb..Ntll, V. V . iJiOA Attl, fWtear-J.VO. W. MAUSUALU o COO XT lHtfSCTOKT. W. II. NEWELL. Couutjr Ireiuuier. J rt. jt.S.M.Mii,iAiauty titrn. J. vV. ua.au.. County Jude. U. W. li k a,tbi. AUeriH. ti'iit'j Ax.ioN.up'tof Iub. lu-stnictiou. O. V. rAiitr Itiu. County Durveyor. i. i. UA. Coiouer. CVtiJilk COMMUMOMIUU. JAilES CKAWrutfli. soutu Bead Precinct. SAAl L UICUAUU-MJ.S. ll. I'learaul fieouicl A H. Illlili. 1'ialLSUlUUlU I .juo uitiUi. Ousiuea" ' wittl the Couuij Couiullaioui. UI UUU ueui iu Kawu lui IfUM Alouaay aiil lucmU) ol eacb UiouUi. KOAKO ir TKAOC. FKANK CAUuClH. r-reaiueut. . J. A CiJ.NOit. Utitk ti.tcK. Vi'a-PreJi Ueula. Wa. 3, WldK. rfeeietary. tUb-D. livtiueiLi. iroasurer. Kerfuiar lueeuua ot tuo Hoard at the four. Iiou.te.tOtf urat l ueaday eveuuitf ol ett inoulb J. f. b a u m 1 1 r h yuruiaue iTcH. fure"AuiA - ULLlLUbU UAAlat. Hixjlal calia atuuded to, aud r"roU UU Crouiaau lurui.urtU wneuwaaled- 'Jv LATrbfflOUjH" tfli TUiAioUlU St' m ar " U. iMOKii, - Pr...it4r. - tor, Crr iltJ. & '" riAitMuiuMtb' Tetepbuhe Exchange. 1 J.P. YouiiK. realdeuea. ' " ' a 3 Beuoell ti lAiwLt, iitore. M. IS. Murphy ft Co., -Bouuer olaOlea. Couuiy t;i ik'a ofDce. , K. li. Lew la. renldenee. J. V. Meek bach, a tore. Western Citloii FeleKiapb office. I. li. Wliarirr. resldeuca. 4 6 . 7 lo 14 14 Itf 17 I l M 21 1 23 24 A M at a 32 'St 36 37 3S 3tf 40 -41 42 43 44 4A 40 47 4J M I. .Caiupb-ll, U. 1. Wluuuaiu, Jao. Wayuiaii, J. W. JeuulUK. " W.ll Wle. olflre. lofrUaey liroiin office. W a;. Cartel, store. U. W. KairOaia.raaldeoC. M. B luruy. 1. II. W Heeler ft Co . ofllc. J. f. Taylor, renideuce, First National Hank. t. K. lUidnrr'a oRlc.! J. V . Vouuk. atoni. rorkiu lluune. K. W. II v-ra.rt-atueuce. Journal otllce. fall UrilU'a lee office. IIkkalo 1'ck. to office. J. N. v !-, reildeuce. n. M. Cbapmau, " W.l. luuea, " A. N. 6uliivan, " 11. r.. raluir, " W. 11. ncblldkoecht, office. Uulllvan & 'Vim ey, A. W. AiciAiUKbllu. residence. A. I'altcrsou. livery. C Al. Holmes. L. 1. Be.iuelt. renldeuCA. Ueo. "- nautili . oulce. L. A. Aloore, Hor al. J . W. Barnes, realdeuce. II. K. Livingston, office. J. V. Mreckoacti. resideuce. Chaplain Wright. W. 11. ncbi.dkuecbt " lleo. rt .-nuil Hi. K. It, LlvluKxlon. C. C. Ballard, Ml JM .HO H6 i!6 lbe awitcii board connect Plattsmouth with vahlaud. ArliiiKtou, Bi.ilr. t ouuctl BlntTn, I re .iniut, Liuuulu. !uaha KUIioru .Station. rapllUou. BuilaKfleld, oulsvllle ctoutb Bcu.l viiU vv avrrly. PHUF .S8IOMAL CAHD8. SMITH & IIUESOIV, ATTOKNEYH AT LAW. Will practice in all i he Court iu the state. Office over Kirat Na- lonal Bank. - 4T1 PLATT8MOUTU - MKHKAHKA. UK. A.HALISUUKV, DENTIST. Jrtlce over bmltn. Black & Co's. Drug 8lore. Sim class dentistry at reasonable prlcea, 231y ii. nKAUi:, h. u.. PHYSICIAN arid SUKOEON. Office ou Main treet. Sherwood's Block, south aide. Office peu us) ana nigiu COUNTV 1HV81CIAM. CAbS COUNTY. M. O'DONOHOE ATTOKXEY AT LAW ft NOTAKY PUBLIC. Fitzgerald Block, PLA ITaMOUTH, - NKBBABKA Agent lor Stea'usuip lines to and from Europe. di2vv52ly c k. li vi. bitvro.v .n. l-HYBIc-IAM ft HL'UUKOM. OFKI IiOUKS, Irom lo a. m., to 2 p. iu. .xaiinn.i k Sureou lor V. a. Peusiou. lilt. H. MlLLKH, PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON. an oe lound dj calling at bU office, comer 7tb uu aiu oireeia, in J.u. Waicruian'a houso J AM. m. MATIIKU'N ATriiRKitv AT UW. 'C':ee over I : kaT vtwood'a sture ...nil. wi.i. : AJalu l-iv tm At j and bin streets. 21 tl Ml JIOUK a CLARK. fTOKNEYS AT LAW. Will practice lu al- District Mt'L.u.j and Xutaru Public. ATTOKNKY AT LAW. Keal Kal . wire lu--k. PUttHiuouili NeoiasKa. fcsuu i. H. tVKKiKH A CO. LAW OKFICK. Keal ICstale. Fire ani 1 Mr . irauce Agenu. i latuu.oulb; Neerka! .'. .ctoia. tax -pay-irs. Have a coiou, atfa . utiej Bu ana ell real e,t&egVuf . ' 16i AAl US K. .l. UlMO.. aITohvkvit .Notary Public - Wa-eraiaBlock. Piattaiuouth. Nebraska. J. C LVHEUKV, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ,. i"i i!!',fflc?'n,"e front part of bU residence i " " uu "uwre ue in be found ii uli..e 10 atteuu the duties ol th e 7tf. It (Ml K It T II. UlVIMI.Vn. Notary Public ArToa.SKY AT LAW. Office over Carrutb's Jewelry Store. ltu.outh. - - - . Nebraska M. A. HARTICAN, A W 1 EK. i-.iGKlt VLH'8 BLOCK. PlaTIMMOUTH Nki rPractice C!tret"1 Htte"tion to a nera a. N. SULLIVAN, attorney and .Counselor- at- .aw. OPFICE-In r i Union Blick. front room i-ond tory.sou-,. Prompt ittentioa riveai llbunei. mar BOYL & LARSEN, Contractors and Euilders. UI give estimates on all kinds of work. Any ' urir icii at iiib uumoer xarda or fost Offic will receive promot attention Heavy Truss Praiiiing, for barns and lance buildings a arwciaitv 'or refeiencM apply to J. P. Young. J. V. Wei ! or ri. 4. Waterman & Sod. dftw Dr. C. A. Marshall Successor to Clutter & Marshall.) Preservation of natural teeth aapecialty. Teeth extracted tcithout pain by use of Laughing hat. All work warntrd. Prices reasonable. FlTZUKKALD BLTM K. - PLaTTMOUTH.NKB f. I. f 1 M P s O N AGENCY . FIBE IliSDBANCE GO'S: CITY. Jof London. . . A " V . QUEEN. oLdTerpool FIREMAN FUND, of CallforuU - - . ; - ' EXfREESS COUPANES AMEU1CAN EXPKESS CO.. v , -; OOoa la tfuckwvwd Bfoc. wliti Hiubou bmi MAKERS OF PRICES. Something TXxnr to Solomon- Tha Dane of Speculation Cream ila of tha World of Iabor. Worth American Review. While only one bushel in seven of tbe wboat crop of the United btatcs ia received by tbe pruduue exi-liane of Nevv York, iU tradera buy and aell two for every one that oomeaoutof the ground. When the cotton plantations of tbe south yielded less than C,(XJU,0UO bales, the crop on the New York cot- too exchange was more than K2,WJ0,UJU. cnl wells are uncertain, but the flow on tlie petroleum exchanges of New York, Bradford, and Oil City never heMtatr. Pennsylvania does well to run W,0lW,(WO barrels in a year, and New York city will do as much in two sruall rootus in one week, and the petroleum exclianges sold altogether last year 2,000, OX, 000 ban els. When the Chicago board of trade was founded, its member were required to re cord their transaction. The dance of spec ulation has nowadays grown to bo so rapid that no count is kept of tbe steps. Tbe board was lately reiorted to have turned over as much wheat in one day as tbe whole state of Illinois harvests in a twelvemonth. Its speculative hogs outnumber two to one tbe live boys in tbe United 8tates, and it Lh safe to say that the board raises Ave bushels of grain to every one that is produced by the funnel of the West. Securities have be come as staple an article of production with us as wheat, cotton, oil or bogs. One mil lion dollars' worth a day of new stocks and bonds is needed in prnKierous years to sup ply tbe dernan bj of tbe New York stock ex change, and its annual transactions are nearly thrice tha taxable valuation of all the personal property in tbe United States. One of the things that would be new to Solomon, If be lived to-day, is the part played by tbe modern exchange in the dis tribution of the products of labor, and the redistribution of wealth. The honest indus try that builds up our greatest fortunes iti raking wheat aud iork ou the Chicago board of trade, mining on the San Francisco stock exchange, building railroads in Wall street, sinking oil wells in William street, and pick ing cotton in Hanover square While th text books of the science of exchange are describing in infantile prattle the imaginary trade of prehistoric trout for pre-Adamite venison between tbe "first hunter" and the "fii-st flsherman," the industry of the cotton plantation, tbe oil fields, and tbe farm is be lug over laid by an apparatus of exchange which will prove an extremely interesting study to the Ricardo of, say, the twenty fifth century. These exchanges are the creameries of the world of labor. The prices of tbe speculative wheat and tbe special hog of the board fix those of tbe real wbe it and the actual hog of tbe field. The negro planter of Georgia who raises his bale and a half must aell it for what the cotton exchange says it is worth. The man who works in tbe ground must take the price fixed for him by the man who works in the air. No one can understand tbe '-corner'' who does not comprehend the development and reach of the exchangee of our time. The manufacture of prices, like other modern in dikfti-ies, is being concentrated into vast es tablishments, and these are passing under th" rule of bosses and syndicates. The markets, like political parties, are run by the machine. Tbe people are losing the power of making prices as well as nominations. The Raropean Walter Built Eye. W. A. Crofrut in St. Paul Pioneer-Press. I solemnly vowed, at first, that I would not fee tbe servants a disgraceful and demoral izing practice. 'Why,n I virtuously said to myself when tbe garcou came down the ball to serve me at Liverpool, "why should I pay twice for my food! and why should I th reby transform this' Immortal b?in, as I have helped to transform thousards of others, from a man into a beggar ? Not I wid reform r' Alas I I had underestimated tbe power of self indulgence. And I had left out of the ac count the waiter's eye. It was an extraordin ary eye when . turned calmly, upon tho man who had not tipped him. He couldn't over awe me with his majestic claw-hammer cnat and white necktie; I could defy his clothes: but X sat up in tied that night and thought miserably about the way be looked at me. There is an awful air of superiority about a waiter when he quietly say "Thank you!" to a retreating diner who has given . him no pence or centimes. And he casts upon you an Imperial glance of mercy, kindness and pity, which says, as plaiu words can, "I am truly sorry for you, sir: but you have lost your opportunity! From this fleeting mo mnt you shrivel!" Of course next day you purchase happiness by tipping the waiter, as I did. And yon tip the chambermaid, and the boots, and the porter, and the porter's clerk, and tbe clerkV deputy; and ,you give "pour boire" toth .'.river, "buona mana" to tbe gondolier, "manria to tbe guide, "fumata," perhaps, to the lazy chap who opens the carriage door for you, because, when tho gratuity is con finad to a cent or two, as it should be, it U the easiest way .to " get along. So of wine. Thousands of hogsheads are drank here every year by people who do not want it, merely to conciliate the waiter's eye. He says not "will you have wine" but "which wine will you have?" and if you say "none," be starts back in consternation and obviously regards you as a doomed wretch'. I estimate that about OiiO.OOO have been spent here this year by Americans, for wine and tips, to avert the basilisk eye of these bumble servitors for whoee opinion in other matters they would not care a copper. A good many, too, drink wine, as t bey wear camel s hair shawls, not because they really care for it, but as a sign that they can afford it. "We are all poor critters. A, Curious Ilonkey Story. Inter Ocean. A brave, active. Intelligent terrier belong- in? to a laity one day discovered a monkey belonging to an itinerant organ-grinder seated upon a bank within the grounds, and at once made a dash towards him. Tbe monkey, who was attired in a Jacket and hat, awaited the onset with such undisturbed tranquility that the dog halted within a few- feet of him so reconnoitre. Both animals took a long, steady stare at each other, but i the dog was evidently recovering from hi surprise, and about to make a spring for the Intruder. At this critical juncture the monkey, jm ho had remained perfectly quiet hitherto, raised Ms saw- and graoefollv saluted by lifting bis hat. The effect was magical; the dog's bead and tail dropped. and be sneaked off aud entered the house, re fusing to leave it till be was satisfied that his polite but mysterious guest had departed. His whole demeanor showed plainly that be felt tbe monkey was something "uncanny, and uot to be meddled with. G4rge Cltot's Creed. Myers Essays, . I remember bow at Cambridge I walked with her once m the Fellows' Garden of Trin ity, on an evening of rainy May, and she. stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and tak Lug as her text tbe . three words which have been used so often as the inapiruig trumpet eaJJa of men tbe word God, immortality, duty pronounced with terrible earmetut bow inconceivable was the first, how unbe lievable the second, and vt how peremptory fcod absrUute h third. NtTer perhaps, nave sterner acceol amrmed tbe sorei-oity ot impersonal and tmreoortipenstag Iaw. .1 MA- oed, an night tell: bar grave," xaajesebs counienaaes turned uwTOniunBjDut in tbe gloorn; ft was as though, she withdrew from my graop, one by one, tbe two scrolls or promise and tert ma toe Loira only, awnu with inevUable fates. - Aui when wis stood at length and parted. : amid the columnar circuit of tbe forest trees, bhcatb- the lat twilight of starloes skies, I seemed to be gaa- ing, like Titus at Jerusalem, on the vacant stat-) and .caipcr hails orxtt sanctuary with no pieseooe lg bajjcrw it, and brrTOlVafiCt- TflE AMEN OP THE H0CE3. fOelleTt in The Leisure Hour. ' rhe venerable Bede. with age grown blind. Btlll weat abroad to preacu mo uew rran zeL : Froui town to town, village to village, Jour neyed Tha taint I v lrW with a lad for rulde. And preached tlie word with youthful real ana lervor; , And once tbe lad led him along a valo, All scattered o'er with mighty moss-grown boulders. More thoughtless than malicious quoth the - urcuin, "Here, reverend father, many nicu have come. And all the multitude await thy wmioii.'1 lbe blind old man stood upright at nis speech. And b ake his text explained it theuce digrated. Exhorted, wanted, reproved, and com forted. Ko earnertly that tears of love and joy Ran down bis cheeks, and on Lis long gray beard, iben. as was meet, he ended wiib "Our Fatlirr, Thin is tho kingdom, Thine the power, and Thine rive glory is forever and forever. Then came a thousand, thousand answering voices "Yea, reverend father, anion and amen." fhen, terrified, th boy fell down repentant, Confessing to tho saint his ill behavior. "Son," said the holy man, "didst thou read never That stones themselves shall cry if men be silent I Play thou no more, my son, with things divine. - God's word Li powerful, and cuts more sharp Tliun any two-edged sword. And if it be That man toward the Ixrri U stony-heaited. A human b-uit shall wake in stones, aud witness. VEEY EEMAKKABLE SNAKE STOSY. The Ilattla ol i be Wattr-linj and the SloreafttnA Contest to the Death. Louisville Commercial. "The water-dog is dead," said Lncfen Alex ander, tbe well-known druggist and snake .'ancier. "It died yesterday, and I wouldn't 'iave taken tbe whole Tenth ward with the school trusteeship thrown in for it." "What killed itf asked tho reporter, to .vhom Lucien was pouring out his grief. "Ho was scalded to death. I had a moj msin and the water-dog iu t he came jar to ;etber, but somehow or other they couldn't -ot along with each other. They were con inually tig ting over the food I gave them, ind yesterday they concluded to settle tbet lifferenees forever. They sparred around it ;he water for awhile, neither one seeming U Have the advantage, but finally tbe water log executed a flank movement on the noccasiu and swallowed about three inche t his tail and body. Instead of tbe moccasin .rying to free himself, he laid per 'ectly quiet and commenced pumping himself full of wind, like a bel lows. As be swelled up tbe water-dog tiacked off. but it was too late. It was like nulling a boot off as woolen foot. The moc asin kept on pumping, and the water-dog .on tin i led to expand. As he spread out you -xuld bear his ribs crack, and I expected -very moment to see him fly into a thousand pieces, but suddenly the swelling ceased, for Uie moccasin had gone the full length of his xansivo powers, and be commenced to con tract. R'Hluced to his ordinary size the .vater-dog lost no time in slipping off, but he vas so weak from the terrible strain he had eccivod that for a moment or two he was Kiwerlosf . The moccasin took advantage of - his, and, turning on the dog, swallowed him vlxile. Then followed one of tbe most re narkable occurrences I ever witnessed. The tog, evidently scared almost to death, icgan galloping back and forth tbe full ength of the moccasin. By the waving idges on the snake every mo va lient of the dog could be told. Back and forth he went until the friction inside of the nuke must have been terrible, for the water egan to get warm from the heat of the moc-.-asin's body. Every time the dog would gal op toward tlie head of the snake the snake would close its month, causing th dog to turn ind run away. This performance was kept iip for fullv an hour, during which time the water grew boiling hot, and the whole skin peebd off the snake. Then the flesh got soft, and the first thing I knew be went all to -ieces like a chunk of soft soap in a wash 'asin. The dog soon shook oft the remnants f the snake whicb adhered to him, but he, iiko the moccasin, was scalded to death also. You see that grease on the top of that jar of vater' Well, that's,all that's left of my iuoc uaiu and water-dog." llneh to be Thankful For. , Cincinnati Enquirer. Tho old maid of the present day hat much to be thankful for. No dirty-faced children, mud-liedrngged, to scour and clean; no cry ing babies, keeping her awake of nights and lemanding her presence at the nursery when her tast-s and inclination beckon elsewhere. Her days are days of pleasantness, her nights are nights of peace. She retires to her vir gin couch when she pleases, and does not tiave to lie awake listening for the unsteady tep and wavering night-key of hnr better talf, who has been to the lodgo. Kho can toast her feet by her sparkling conl grato, xarm the brick for her feet, mix up her tot toddy and lie down to pleas :nt dreams. No harassing thoughts tbout the children's teeth or flannels, 10 getting up in the night to hunt the paregoric bottle, or worry about that horrid jough, or where the school-books are lefr.- No pa tehee to sew on pants, no basket of sfriek :ngs to mend, no endless lot of shirt and sus pender buttons to adjust. She can have quiet and repose, rest and tranquil peace. She can travel and read, like Lord Lovel, of tbe song, "Far Countries for to Se." But, olessed of all, she can eat, discard corsets, keep the digestion in good order, the appe tite keen. Talk about a lonely life, and liv ing on tho aroma or love and the sweet per fume of affection! Away with such bosh! Give us something solid. Nobody was ever lonely with a well-filled stomach. Loneli ness is not the worst evil in life, any way: it is bliss compared to uncongenial or half hearted companionship, and a silence broken only by "tbe creek of one's rocker is melody beside a fault-finding and bickering husband. The American Child Abroad. Robert Laird Collier in Inter Ocean. - I am sorry to say it. I am most deeply oorry to say it; but tbe American child everywhere in Europe, so far as I know, is considered a nuis.ince. He is wilful, even Imperious; he is unaffectionate, or at least un demonstrative in affection towards his parent; be contradicts; he says often, "Now, I don't want to," "Now, why must If" "I .lidn-t." I have beard him say right here and now in Paris, "I wont." No other child in civilized lands talks like that to parento. Perhaps matters will mend with time. Too Cheap. Boston Budget. Carved wooden ornaments are fancied just now by thos9 always on tbe alert for some thing n.w, but fret-saws are too cheap for things cf this kind to be fashionable very long- On a jRomsa Tile. rhe Athensam. A fragment of Roman tile from Sllcbester 4ioul4 be noticed. When the clay was wet a 'log ran over it and made a most perfect iro pression of one of his feet. We woader wheCUer any naturalist ia so expert as to be able to tell os from this - long preserved im press what bread of dog it was that' slrayad aojoug the Roman ktlna . Fatality ot Color, Boston Badgeiv It would appear from numerous obswm tions that soldiers are Lit during battle ac cording the color of their dress in the fol lowing order: Red ia th ' most - fatal color, Austrian gray is the least fatal. -, .Tho propor tioOH a red, twelve; rifle-green scvgni taws, sivyrsrifta t&itir&(ft'& ' MIB3 KELLOQG'8 TIE3T . SONQ. A XIne.MonthM.Old lrlma llonua ' Mrarea Her Mother With Iter lre eocity. Waterbury American. Mr. and Mr. George Kellogg, father and mother of Clara Ixuiso, are at tlie Uactt house in Birmingham for a week, having arrived unannounoed on Katur.lay. Mrs. Kellogg U.a goo-i deal out of health, though canvalescing. Should the climate suit t.lio will eudoavor to bring her daughter there on the return of that lady from Eurojic, whenco khe will sail on the 11th hist. The Ansonla Sentinel interviewed tho mother St tbe gnfit songstress, and says there will soon be a bi ography of MiHM Kellogg written by Mrs. Kellogg. The circumstances ntUuding tho singing of htr first song by Miss Kellogg are thus narrated by the mother: "Louiso was but nine months old. We had just buried a little one iu the south, nnd had fled northward to escape the infection of a diHxe then prevailing, very fatal among the children. We brought with us a servant girl that had care of the child, and was al ways singing a certain favorite song, couched In the quaint and queer music of tho planta tion. One day little Louise was sitting un the floor when, to my utter astonishment, she commenced singing in perfect time and tune the song alluded to, which so frightened me that I called out to my mother: 'The baby will die! : Oh, my God, the baby will die!' Mother came hastening into the room, expecting to fin 1 the child in the agonies of death, only to exclaim, 'Nonsense! What aiU you, daughter! There is nothing the matter with tho child. See, it is crow ing at you now. 'But, mother,' I ex claimed, 'that nine-mouths, babe has just been singing wonderfully the nurse's song, and it is going to di, I kuow it is!' and I went almost wild ui my alarm. But tbe baby did not die, a: id thafik God that it didn't, for it was born to bless, as ouly music can bless, tbe hearts of a world. This story of our daughter's first song," said Mra Kellogg, "uowevor improbable, juilged"by ordinary events, is nevertheless strictly true. I could not account for it aS the time: I t-au-not fully do so now. I did - not then know bow to interpret so unusual a happening ex cept as a warning. In tha light of subse quent events I may now perhaps guess at H more possible solution." This bit of history Ls, substantially, as given us by Mrs. Kellogg, and in a manner that to our mind left uo doubt of tbe entire sincerity of that lady's own faith in tho real ity of the occurence. Tho house where the family lived at the time is now owne.1 by Mrs. Eliza Stevens and is immediately back of the Episcopal church, a picture of which as being the place where the baby prima donna made Its debut before the world will appear in a forthcoming biography of the songstress by her mother, who is hoi-self a lady of rare gifts as a writer, bajii2 being an amateur artist of fine achieveiuente. Chimney Mweepn and Their Work. Rochester Union. "How do you go to work to clean a modern chimney with small flues" was the first question which troubled the reporter. "We have peculiar tools scrapers, brushes and rubbers made on purpose for the busi ness. We go up on the roof and scrape the soot down to the bottom of the chimney aud make it entirely clean. How do we get the soot out? Well, when ) chimney ex tends to the cellar, we have no trouble. When it ends in a parlor or other furnished room, we take it out of the stovepipe hole and are obliged to take a good deal of care. We never leave any soot or dirt in a room." "Do you often go down a chimney?" "Always, if the flue is largo enough. Wo elbow our way down, cleaning the chimney as we go. We go out the same way ; then wo take out the soot in the way I told you. We take chimneys by tho job so much a chim ney. We clean a great many tall factory chimneys. Most of these have iron bars for stes inside, and we climb up them and cleau down. Sometimes we have to go up with ladders on the outside and let ourselves down with ropes. We get from $25 upward for cleaning these large smoke stacks." "Is the business unhealthful?" ' "Yes; it can not be any other way. You see we can't help making a great dust, and we inhale a good deal of it into the lungs. When we go inside the chimney we cover onr mouths with sjionge, but wo a!way3 catch a good ileal of the soot, do the best we can. How much does it cost to clean a chimney? Wei), from 75 cents to $1.50, for common chimneys, and it takes from one to three hours. Iu the larger factory chimneys we run a good deal of risk. In most of theiu the mortar around the top is rotten, and we have to look out for loose brick falling!' . Very often a sweep is injured by a falling brick, and it is almost certain to be a bad injury. Make money at it? Well, yes; but we don't last long in this business, and we have to make money while we can." Hho Was a Yankee Woman. New York World. Mrs. Towsley is a Yankee woman. She came from the quiet of the Green mountain state to visit her nieces in this city. Like all Vermont women, shn was practical, quick witted and fearless. She had been in tho city for two weeks. Yestenlay she entered the Grand Central depot to take the train for her home. Miss Alice, her neice, who resides on East Thirty-fifth street, accompanied her to the train. Mrs. Towsley put her hand into her pocket her purse was gone. She began to talk sorai hat excite lly and a crowd of uieu formed in a circle about her. "Auntie, let me pay your fare. Just see the crowd!" whispered the blushing girl. "Wait and see me disperse them," said the aunt as she became as calm as the lake in Central park. "Gentlemen, I am from Vermont. I am a jioor woman, and I have lost my pocket book. You all appear to be deeply interested in my case. Maybe you will kindly make up the little amount I have lost." Before the Vermont woman could extend her hand to receive the donations the men had vanished then she found her pocket book. Blood Will Tell. Saratoga Cor. Philadelphia Times. The Philadelphians were amazal beyond measure at tbe apjiearance of tbe dog and his dude, having never beheld such a pair of curi osities in tbe Quaker city, not even at the great centenniaL "That dude is a marvelous being," said the Chicago lawyer. "There's no doubt about that. We haven't anything like him in Chi cago, and we're not likely to have very soon. But we can beat that dog with the black pan talettes all to nothing. Why, I lost a pointer last year worth 100 dude dogs. One morning after he disappeared, while breakfasting at my hotel, the waiter placed a dish of sau sages at one end of the table and a broiled prairie chicken at the other, and you ought to have seen how those sausages turned around and pointed for that chicken. Out in Chicago blood will tell." This story shocked the grave Philadel phians inexpressibly and they made sundry excuses to get ar ay to take a quiet freeze by thetnselv while the lawyer and the judges went off to tbe races. 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