GOOD-BYE. Stannary Century. We say It for an hour or for years : IVosay it smiling , way it choked with tears ; "We say it coldly , say it with "a kiss : And yet we have no other word than this , Good-bye. "We have no dearer word for our , friend , * " * yorfclm who Journeys to the world's far end. And scars our soul with going ; thus we'say , As unto him who steps but o'er the way , Good-bye. Alike to those we. love and those we hate. Wo say no more in parting. At life's gate , To him who pastes out beyond Earth's sight , We cry as to the wanderer for anight , Good-bye. > . A HAPPY FAMILY. It was Sunday. Mr. Skinner , was tired , nnd thought he would lie down on. the sofa in-the back parlorand - rest. People never learn by experience , and iho was no exception to" the common mlo. mlo.He He lay down , and crossed his feet a parade hardly justifiable under the circumstances , flis wife came in and sa\v him. 41 Why , Lot Skinner ! " she exclaimed. "If I ever heard of the like ! Lying .down on that new eofa with your boots on , and oh , my goodness ! your head on fthat lace tidy I had done up only last week. You are the most inconsiderate sunn I ever saw in my life ! " Mr. Skinner got iip and his wife smoothed out the tidy and rearranged a. "The idea of anyb'ody putting a head n that tidy , " said Mrs. Sninner , who Jind no intention of using slang.1 "I did suppose you had more sense. " "I se to have , " said Mr. Skinner good-natnredly. "Ya-a-a-h. I could " ' Sake a nap if "looul'd find a place to drop down. Ya-a-h. " "You had better read , youf bible. " said Mrs. Skinner. She was a good , raicomfortable woman , so clean and raeat and orderlv that she made her family wretched with her domestic ' drill. Something called Mrs. Skinner ofl ihcn , and when she came back Mr. Skinner was gone. She sat down and took a book , when h thought struck ier , and fehe bounded from her chair as 2 it had been.a cannon ball. Yes , it was just as she had feared ; 5cr husband had gone up stairs , and she ioand him stretchhd out on tlie bed , on top of a white counterpane , his grizzly- gray head sunk deep into a white , starched pillow-sham , with these words embroidered in the center : "Sleep sweet , beloved ! " He wa < < not only asleep , but snoring , srith a look of "sweet content on his wide-open mouth. "L-o-tS-k-i-n-n-e-r ! " - - - - - - - - He got up in a manner that would jhave done credit to a gymnast , and stood storing at the fearful hpltow in fthe "bed and the wrinkled dent in the 3 > illow-sham. "I declare I forgot , " he said , looking srery foolish. "Alipe , haven't I a place trrhere I can lay my head ? " "Don't talk nonsense , " said his wife , sharply. "The idea of a sober man go sag to bed with his boots on. . " 44 Would you rather I'd get - " "I'd rather you'd set some common sense , " she said. "If you must sleep an the day-time , why , there's an old lounge down in the kitchen. ; no one -srill disturb you there. Or I suppose" ungraciously "I can take off the quilt , and the shams ? , and let you have jour nap here , though it's wicked , tJiat's what it is , to sleep Sunday. It's a bad example to set to the children , ] Lot , and you know it. " "But I am so sleepy , " answered her 3rasband ; "my head is as heavy as lead , and I cannot keep my eyes open. " "Laziness ! sheer laziness- ! " said his wife sharply. Mr. Skiuner went down stairs and disappeared. The last words his wife beard him say "were that there was rest Jor the weary , but she was picking up the embroidery on the misused sham srith a pin , and did not heed him. When she went 'down stairs ho was not an sight and she busied herself with Betting dinner , which on Sunday took tuie place of supper , * and thought no more about him. She was a dintinguishedwoman ; distinguished in the town where she lived , as being the cleanest housekeeper an it. No girl could be found neat enough to live with her ; all the mot toes in her house were to the effect that cleanliness is akin to godliness. She dusted every article of furniture in the Jkouse several times every day ; she scrubbed so often that the children had chronic diphtheria ; she scrubbed so clean that at last she scrubbed through ier kitchen floor into the cellar , and sras nearly lost to the community. It was a perpetual warfare between her and dirt. The front parlor was never opened to tne family , and although Mr. Skinner had furnished it he had never sat down in it a moment since. Its air gros that of a tomb. After it had been opened to oompauy for an afternoon , fcfie children went round with flannels" about their throats and drank ginger tea. It was the handsomest parlor in ; iho community , too , and had the family jpictures and their marriage certificate -framed and hung up there. When dinner was ready and it was a good dinner , " too , for Mrs. Skinner was a notable cook she asked the children where their father was. They did not know. , This seemed strange : she questioned Shem closely , but they had not seen which way he went when he passed through the room. ; * > , , Didn't he say where he was going ? " she asked , wonderingly , for Mr. Skinner never went out on Sundays without his family. "He said he was going where he'd have more peace , " said little Harry Skinner. "Well , we won't wait dinner for him , " said his wife , and they sat down to eat. But a spell seemed to havef alien upon them , and when the dinner was over and cleared away , and they were in the sitting-room with their books , there was a sense of dreary loss , and Mrs. Skinner sat with the Bible open on her lap , and wondered why he had gone out and remembered that he had looked queer. It was in consonance with her habits of living that she got up in the middle of these speculations to catch a wander ing and belated fly and induce him to' be annihilated. " ! " she said - "Strange , as itgrowdark- "I'll take the children and go down to his mother's and see if he is there , and and if ho is , I'll just give him a piece of my mind. " But. he was not there , and his mother said. Lot had looked badly the last time she saw him , and she thought he seemed worried ; hoped it wasn't business troubles. No , it wasn't business troubles ; Mrs. Skinner knew that , and she began to wonder if she had cleaned her husband out of his "mind. It came over her with sudden force that she had been in the habit of driving him from pillar to post at railroad speed and at the end of a broom or dus't brush. He actually found no rest for the sole of his foot in his own house. It might have worked upon his nervous system until he had become suddenly insane. Horrible thought ! . He might have committed suicide. She hurried home with the children. All was gloom. She went to his bureau to look for his razor. It was the only firearms he possessed- was gene. Then Mrs. Springer broke down and cried , and the children , cried , and it was indeed a scene of desolation , when suddenly the door of that horrible par lor opened , and an apparition no , it was Mr. Skinner himself stood before them , looking very sheepish. "I overslept myself , " he said in a meek , apologetic tone , looking at the clock. "I should say you did , " answered his wife , "and the dinner is all eaten up , but I'll fix you up something nice , " and she went out , taking the children with her , How much of it Mr. Skinner ever knew it is impossible to say , but there was an immediate and satisfactory change that at first surprised and then delighted him. He could lay down " anywhere when he was tired "and his wife would throw a shawl over him and leave him in peace. * He has even been seen to lie down on the sofa in the par lor where he took his Rip Van AVinkle sleep , and nobody disturbed him. Mrs. Skinner was at heart a woman of sense , and whod she realized that one hair of that grizzly-gray head was worth more than all the pillow-shams in the world to her , she put the last one away hi the company of a demented assortment of superfluous tidies. And they are really and truly , and hot in any zoological sense , a "happy family" now. [ De troit Free Press. COMMERCIAL. OMAHA. WHEAT Xo' 2 . 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The "close of the year witnessed a re markable scene in lowen Broadway , A.t midnight fifty thousand people sur ged around Old Trinity churcb to hear " he chimes ring in the new year. All. the streets near the church , for a dis tance ot several blocks , were packed with people. The elevated cars came lown near midnight jammed full and ' running over witn people , passengers sat on the car roofs. As the bell com " menced to toll the midnight hour the ' rash assemblage was hushed , and as he last stroke of the deep-toned bell inelled the departing year , a breath less silence reigned for a few seconds , inly to be broken by the sweet and- plaintive melody of the chimes , which blayed a regular programme. For the iext two or three hours pandemonium reigned supreme. The ringing of bells , he whistling of tugs and ferry boats , he tooting of horns , and the firing of sistols formed a conglomeration of in- larinonious discord that lasted until . ho crowd gradually dispersed. A BROKEN RAIL. A'Decidedly Serious Accident on the O. K. V. It. 11. Omabn Republican , Jan. 8. One of the most serious railroad accidents that has occurred for a long time in this part of the country was that which took place between 10 andll o'clock yester- 'day , on the line of the 0. & R. V. , about three miles east of Valpariso , and ' 'about seventy .miles south of this city. It was se rious only in the nature of the accidents it self and the number of persons who re ceived injuries , but not in any fatality or even dangerous hurts to the passengers. The train was the regular passenger which leaves Lincoln each morning , arriving In Omnhalatl&SSp. m. She left Lincoln on time , with an engine , two coaches , baggage car and mail car. i After leaving Valparaiso'thoro is an ascen- dinc grade about-four miles long and the train was proceeding up this at a rate of not exceeding a passenger , says , fifteen miles an hour. The conductor had passed through the train after leaving the station and had just turned about to go back to the smoker , when the first indications of trouble were perceived and they had then nearly reached the top of the summit. All at once there was a peculiar jar caused by th&puttin ? on of the air brakes. The conductor was thrown forward on the run , and all at once the coaches were lifted from the track as if by some powerful hand and were set down at the foot of the enbankment , about eight feet below the track where the two turned over on their side. The baggage car \vas also overtunied and the mail car nil off ex * cept the front trucks. Several physicians were Foon on the hceno of the accident. It was found upon exam ination that the following persons had been injured : Mrs. Day Mills , Marshall , Iowa , Injured on left side and one. of her children injured about the head. Mrs. May Bushnell , David City , left ear. lacerated and left side of face bruised. Will A. McCutcheon , traveling for the "Weber "Wagon company , left elbow and right thumb bruised. llev. T. C. Osborn , Fremont , severely In jured about the head and hips. llev. C.C. . Harris , Lincoln , head and chest injured. Book-keeper Nye , Coulson & Co , Fre mont , collar-bone broken. Miss Ayers , Illinois , injured in chest. Rev. John Miller , David City , shoulder nnd backed bruised. E. S. Rood , Lincoln , head and face slight ly injured. A. M. Searley , Stromsburg , two ribs broken. J. M. Rogers , train conductor , Omaha , right shoulder cut. Harry Ostrom , Omaha , brakeman. Index finger broken. J. C. Kimball , Omaha , express messen ger , chest and right leg hurt. Louis Vesperman and wife , Lancaster , "Wis. , both slightly injured In right hand. 0. D. Kaufmaun , DCS Moines , right shoulder sprained and right hand bruised. JohnHommel , Morale , la. , contusion of left foot. Mr. Orr , Springfield , 111. , head and back slightly Injured. Mark Anthony , slight injury In left hand. J. II. Armstrong , Peoria , la. , cut eve right eye. A. "W. Smith , Dakota , thigh broken. Several others were slightly injured. THE ARMSTRONG CASE. Tne Arguments Concluded and the Case Given to the Jury The Defendants Acquitted. . Special to Uio Omaha Republican. YORK , Neb. , January 10. The argu ment to the jury in the Gilmore-Armstrong case closed to-day at 11 o'clock. Eenry Clay Dean failed to put in an appearance at court this morning , and Judge Vermillion , of Iowa , closed for the state. Mr. Dean claimed to be slriously sick , but the people generally believe that he saw the prosecu- on was defeated by the evidence. Judge Thurston , for the defense , made the best speech of his life , and was loudly applaud ed by the audience at its close. , The ca.se was given to the jury at noon , and the belief is genaral that Walter will be acquitted , while John may receive a light sentence. LATER Walter and John Gilmore , on trial for the murder of W. H. Armstrong , were acquitted. Armstrong was Walter's s father-in- . The feud was caused by the ? elopement of the young people. j How He Took It. n Richmond Baton. An old country darky , who was driving a small meek-looking steer to a s cart a few days ago , was hailed on one of our streets by an 'enthusiastic dem ocrat with : "Hello there uncle ! " Halting his team , he inquired with a puzzled-look : "Whome , boss ? " "Yes you. They are all ready for you. " "What is-boss"he asked hesitatingly approaching the speaker. "Those ; Readjustee. They are all up in the Capitol Square , and I want you to i haul 'em out into the country and bury [ ' 'em. " A comical smile slowly spread . aver the old man's face as he replied : "Boss 'taint no use to send mo after 'em. " Then bursting into a genuine a African haw-haw , he added. Boss , af y < ter I voted agin dem readjusters in old fea Hanover I ain't ! " a ] , seen nary one sence He have been and fee may lying playing a Jeep game for a quarter , but as he e ( Irove off , after having slipped one in ci iis pocket , he chuckled all the way iown the street. An Indiana family that uses black tea ai aihi jecause they are in mourning , are prob- hi ibly as sincere mourners as though sr .hey wore crape on their hats. [ Peck's srw Sun. HYPOCHONDRIA. The Hystrfrloug Element lit the Mint ! that gArouses Vague Apprehensions ITliat Actually Cannes It. The narrative below by a prominent scientist touches a subject of universal importance. Few people are free trom the distressing evils which hypochon dria brings. They come at all times and arc fed by the very flame which they themselves start. They are a dread of coming of derangement caused by present disorder and bring about more suicides than any one thing. Their first approach should be carefully warded. f 'dilors Herald : It is seldom I appear in print and I should not do so now did I not believe myself in possession of truths , the rev elation of which will prove of inestim able value to many who may see these lines. Mine has been a trying experi ence. For many years I was conscious of a want of nerve tone. My mind seemed sluggish and I felt a "certain ' 'falling off in my natural condition of intellectual acuteness , activity and vigor. I presume this is the same way in which an innumerable number of other people feel , who like myself are physically below par , but like thou sands of others I paid no attention to these annoying troubles , attributing them to overwork , and resorting to a glass of beer or a milk punch , which would for the time invigorate and re lieve my weariness. After awhile the. stimulants com menced to disagree with ray stomach , my weariness increased , and I was com pelled to resort to other means to find relief. If a physician is suffering he in variably calls another physician to pre scribe for him , as he cannot see himself as he seea others ; so 1 called a physi cian and he advised me to try a little chemical food , or a bottle of hypopnos- phates. r took two or three bottles of the chemical food witk no apparent benefit. My lassitude and indisposition seemed to increase , my food distressed me. I suffered from neuralgic pains in different parts of my body , my muscles became sore , my bowels were consti pated , and my prospects for recovery- were not ve.ry flattering. I stated my case to another physician , and he ad vised me to take five to ten drops of Magende's solution of morphine , two or three times a day , for the weakness and distress in my stomach , and a blue pilljevery other night to relieve the con stipation. The morphine produced such a deathly nausea that I could not take it , and the blue pill failed to re lieve my constipation : In this condition I passed nearly a year , wholly unfit for business , while the effort to think was irksome and painful. My blood became impoverish ed , and I suffered from incapacity with an appalling sense of misery and gen eral apprehension of coming evil. I passed sleepless nights and was troubled with irregular action of the heart , a constantly feverish condition and the most excruciating tortures in my stomach , living for days on rice water and gruel , and , indeed , the di gestive functions seemed to be entirely destroyed. It was natural that while in this con dition I should become hypochondrical and fearful suggestions of self-destruc tion occasionally presented themselves. I experienced an insatiable desire for sleep , but on retiring would lie awake for a long time tormented with troubled rellections , and when at last I did fall " into an uneasy slumber of "short dura- tionit was distributed by horrid'dreams : In this condition I determined to take a trip to Europe , but in spite of all the at tention of physicians and change of scene and climate , ! did not improve and so returned home with no earthly hope of ever again being able to leave the house. Among the numerous fiiendshat called on me was one who had been afflicted somewhat similarly to my self , but who had been restored to per-1 feet health. Upon his earnest recom mendation I began the same treat ment he had employed , but with little hope of being benefitted. At first I ex perienced little , if any , relief , except that it did not distress my stomach as other remedies or even food 'had done. I continued its use , however , and after the third bottle could see a marked change for the better , and now after the fifteenth bottle I am happy testate state that I am again able to attend to my professional duties. I sleep well , noth ing distresses me that I eat , I go from day to day without a feeling of weari ness or pain , indeed I am a well man , and wholly through the influence of H. EL Warner & Co.'s Tippecanoe. I con sider this remedy as taking the highest possible rank in the treatment of all iiseases marked by debility , loss of ap petite , and all other symptoms of stom- ich and digestive disorders. Itis over whelmingly superior to the tonics , bit ers , and dyspepsia cures of the day , ind is certain to be so acknowledged by ho * public universally. Thousands of people to-day are going to premature aves with these serious diseases , that have above described , and to all such would say : "Do not let your good udgment be governed by your preju- Uces , but give the above named remedy fair and patient trial , and I believe rou will not only be rewarded by a per- ect restqration to health , but you will ilso be convinced that the medical pro- ession does not possess all the knowl- ; " idge there is embraced in medical sci- ince. " A. G. RICHARDS , M D. , 468 Tremont street , Boston , Mass. ' i a m When a person enters a sample room md sees a peron there with whom he ins sworn off , the man on the ins ide nys he entered to warm hi.- ? hands , r vhile the other says he dropped in to cir iscertam the time of day. [ Puck. i ci _ . d VOt- - ' The Marty s of Beauty. London Truth. Miranda has the loveliest arms you ever saw. She is delighted that short sleeves are worn , and her gloves are not nearly so long as other people's. Her favorite attitude is sitting , with- her right elbow in the palm of her left hand. She waves her hand when she speaks. At a dance her right arm is well displayed behind her partner's left , if he is tall , on on his shoulder , if' he is small. These beautiful arms have spoiled Mirauda. She wears black , though it does not suit her complex ion , because her arms look so white against it. Sh6 is always directing your attention to those unlucky ones , numerous enough , who have thin anus. Whoever marries her will have to bo very careful never , under the oircum- stances , to admire another woman's arm. If he should make a slip in 'this direction , th'-fo would , to use a good old phrase ; he "wigs on the green. " Did you ever see such dear little feet ? Or such perfectly turned ankles ? Or more wonderful stockings ? Never , in deed. Her pretty feet are Lesbia's speciality. That is why she wears those flowered stockings and those lit tle pointed shoes. That is the reason her skirts are so unusually short. Les- bia is bright.and clever. She is sen i. sible about everything but feet. She is a trying girl to talk to. She will interrupt the most interesting con versation , just when you thintc jou are both getting on so well , to ask if you approve of high heelg , or home other such leading question. She is like Mr. Dick with King Charles , and must drag the topic of feet into everything. It is a pity ; and yet many prefer her to Nora , whoso feet are well-shaped enough , but has "no style. " She talks merrily and pleasantly when you know her well , but is quiet with strangers. Not at all the sort of girl to get on. Her voice is not sufficiently loud or im perious. She does not bustle about with an air as though the world were made for her. She wears pretty gowna , but does not bunch them out nor mince along with a soubret-like trip , swaying her gown from side to side , as Lesbia does. In fact she will never look any- thiug "in a room , " though she may bo well enough as the presiding spirit of a home. She is hopelessly unfashion able. able.Letitia Letitia has a waist. It is her reat point , and she is very proud of it. Well she may be , for it is the result of years of pain. She has laid on the shrine of that little waist many precious things good health , good temper and good spirits. Having sacrified the first , the two others follow as a matter of course. But there it is , such a wonderful waist ! It cannot measure more than seventeen inches at the very most. The pressure has made her nose permanently red. Not all the waters of Araby would make that nose white again ; but what matter ? "Does it not belong to the smallest waist in London ? One thing immediately strikes the beholder. He wonders how so small a waist can pos sibly be so obtrusive. Were it two ' yards round it could not more aggres * sively insist on being noticed. Draper ies are so arranged as to lead the eye down to it , and skirts are of such a fashion as to guide the attention np to it. Letitia walks with her elbows well out from her sides , so as to advertise , in a pointed way , the fact that your view is scarcely interrupted by her slight and well distributed figure. As she stands talking to you she puts a iiand on either side of this wonderful waist , and appears to bo curbing her self in , as it were. She wears the tight est of jackets , and never is seen in a dolman. She gets terrible colds in winter because she will not wrap up. In fact , her whole existence is a burnt of fering in her waist. Were she to grow stout her object in life would be gone. Letitia denies herself even the grati- Ication of an excellent appetite in the Interests of a small waist a self-sacri- 5ce that would be" noble in a better cause. Arirza has the loveliest complexion in the world. Without it she would be a perfectly charming girl. With it she is quite a bore. If there is any wind she is unhappy "because it makes my cheeks so rough. " If the sun shines she is miserable , "because I tan so frightfully. " If it is hot she srumbleg , "I flush so painfully. " If ft is cold her cry is , "I can't go to-day , for I get so blue in cold weather. " Her cheeks are of such an indescribable texture that roughness has never yet invaded them , tanning never approaches them. She flushes the prettiest dainty pink you ever saw , and in cold weather a soft color rises in her face and a wistful look comes into her eyes that makes her quite adorable. Why , then , all these excuses ? Simply because"she be lieves prevention better than cure , and afraid of a thousand viewless enemies on her complexion's account. * She is a martyr to her own consciousness. The December number of the Ameri can Agriculturist contains about one hundred engravings , which is twenty- five per cent , more than that in any ather illustrated periodical in this or my other country. These ' illustrations ire engraved expressly for'the paper by leading artists , covering a wide variety jf rural subjects as well as well as farm inventions and contrivances. These jngravings alone in any single issue of he paper are worth far more to every "ariner and housekeeper than the sub scription price for five years. Notwith standing the American Agriculturist is tally worth four dollars a year , the sub- ' . cription price will continue atr$1.50 luring 18S-J. A desperate fight occurred between L'ottawattamie and Chippuwa Indians n the Wisconsin reservation. combatants were killed.