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VOL. X.-N0. 32.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1879.
WHOLE NO. 500.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. . Paiimck. I- s- Senator, Heat rice.
AI.VIN SaUNIKI!. I'.. Senator, Omaha.
T. .1. Majihm, Hep., l'eni.
K. K. VaI.KSTINK. i:.-... W.-t 1'oillt.
ST ATK MUKCTOHY:
Ai.wiXtw Nantk. (ihvoiiuh, Lincoln.
S.J. Alexander, fi-i-riary i Mt-.
I". r. !.ii'UU Auditor, l.iHt-oIn.
O .M. Hartlidt, Treasurer, Lincoln.
(..l.IHvvrth, Attri-y.(JiMUTjiI.
S. K. Thhmh. Siit. Puldie Iii.slrHi.
II. C. Ihm. "trdin of IVni;enti:tiy.
V. V. Alle, I .,-ion lArtMfctor.
C. II. r.ld,
Dr.. I. ".. Pavis, PriH lhyiMn.
II. T. MalhowH, SHt. Insane Aylum.
.H'im'lAKY:
S. MhxwoH. Dtier Justice.
C.vwfv L.Luke.l AsoriHl'JHill!i-.
AlMHsX Cmm. S r
rouuiit judicial MKiiucr.
rt. V. rst..lile'. Yrk.
,M. It. Kreer, lilrlct Attorney, Ntilioo.
LAND OVKICKKS:
31. H. Uxie. Uecl-ler, Croud Inland.
Whi. Antui, Iitvcher, J rami Island.
COITXTY IMUKCTOKY:
.1. O. Hi-;riHs, County .Indgr.
.IkIih SlMiilVr. ouiity Clerk.
V. liHiitiHcr. Treasurer.
Iteni. Snii'liii'iii. f-k riM.
It. L. Koil-r. Smwyr.
Win. I5lM'lrn.j
.IhIhi Walker,
.ImIih YNi-. )
County CmmisMiiior.v
Mr. A. Heintz, Crnr.
S. I., ltcirretl. SH)!.f S"1iim1.
3.'i$. .McAllister,! irjirf.snfii,nl,.nio
Htnonjlitlelt. ,,,,lPS011"01 Ul
t'Tittrle Wake, Cnllde.
CITY DIKKCTOUY:.
C. A. peice. Mayor.
.IhIiii WVruuitli. clerk. .
Charles Wake, Marshal.
C. A. Newman, Trent, urer.
S. S. McAllister, Ilice Judge.
.1. (!. ItouJon, Knsiiieer.
"oiX(Mi..Mi:x:
imt JIW.I. K. North,.
C. A. Schrooder.
tf irVuW I. ". Kiivniitiu?li.
It. II. Ih-nry.
4 HWrrf -K..I. Hnker,
Will. ItMrgCS.
Ok'titiCoci. Pn-l OfttVc.
ttjtun m Sunday- lnm II a.m. to 12 m.
(Htld IVelll 4:l l li M. Ull-ilir
httttl's eCet SHIlda ! A. M. to S P. M.
Iialern mail- 'ln-i' at II A. M.
viilnrH iHail- cl-t at l:l."i p.m.
MTI Iwivi'k ('tliiiiifeu. for Madi-on anil
Nmittlk. dail. I'M'rjd Sunday, at l
a.m. Arrie- at l:i p. m.
Khi A1hio(. tSfiinn. Vatorilli" and Al-
Wn. dail '-rj Sundax U A. M. Ar
rive, -awr, C. p. m.
Vm' OM'ottln and Yoi'k.Tu"-day-,Tliui-
dHy and Satnrda-, 7 a. m. Arrivi -
AIuda, Wdii'day- and Ki iday-,
P. M.
For WVlf, Kan-al and Untile fivel..
Alwnday-, Veilne-da -" and Kriilny,
a.m." Arrie- Tue-dny-, Tlmr-ilay-
hmI aiHi'tla.X". al II p. M.
Vr Sto4l friN'k, 'n,iln and Slnutnu,
on Mtmta- and I'ridays at ' a. m
Arrives TueMlaj- and Satiirdaj-, at
P. M.
Pv Alexi-, 1'Htroii and Paid it,
TMi"dayf, Tnur-d-ix- and aturda-.
1 P. m "Arrive-at 12 m.
r"r St. Antkoit. I laiiii- Hill and M.
I'.ei'Mard. Mlunlax-, 7 a. m. Arrive
Friday-, S p.m.
li. &. Time Taldp.
ISMipttut, N.rt, leaver at . . . I5:2" .. in.
1 i-Ht'r, " I, " ". ll-.tHia. in.
Freight.
t!:to p. m.
1:30 a. in.
Frelirtit. ' 10. "
FreinW. ,'.JiJvo?t... 20i.in.
Iavpei"r, " 8, " " -t:i!7p.ni.
Frelrtt, " '., " " . :ii'-ni.
llwiKiHHt. "7. " ". I:."t0a. in.
Itvery day evnjd Saturday tlio throe
Use- leading to t'liirapo rnnnret with
V. F. train- at Omaha. On Saturday
tWre Hill ! Imt one train a da, a
imvH Itv the follow iu; i--li-lii 1-:
BUSINESS CAULS
TT .B. IH'BSO,
xotajiy run l re.
tilth StrtH't, - !nnr- o-l nT tUiiininnil lloioo.
' Wmm6m. AV.
-IIII-V
ir. e-:. i.. sk;;ias.
Physician and Surgeon.
JSB'OHiee oien
at all hour-
Ssnfc Buliinsr.
7-.ti. iujic-'i:ss,
Penh r i JiKAL KSTATK.
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR.
HtNOA. N NCK C.,
xr.n.
.B3.ilClv!
RIKMKK.V TOLt K k-ep eon-tanJly
ah hand and rmnir-li in the wall.
Che ber-t flriek. Order--olieited. Ad
re, alne. Jo 115. Columlm-. 47.
PICTURES! PICTURES!
MOW IS TIIKTIMK hupdirc a HtV
1 like jdeture of your-elf and eliil
drcn at thy New Art" ltonin-. ea-t 11th
treet. -otwh -ide railroad track, C'olnm-W-.
Xelrnka.
47S-tf Mr-. S. A. .Iossklyx.
XOTIOIl! .
IF YOU have any real e-tate for -ale,
if v wih to'lmy either in or out
f thc"eiU. if you w"ih l tnule city
jtrwiMM-ty fr land, or land.- for eit
rwperty. eive u- a call.
" Wai?voi:tii a: .Iosf:i.yn.
r 1MPSOX & L1XLEY,
.-I TT01iX:rS A T LA ir.
AVitl jrnetiee in all the cmrt- of the
State. Prwt attention riven to all
h-iue.- etru-ted to hi- eare.
Ojfcc: On 11th lreet, oM-ite I.in
rtelilllel. -iTIMlin
XHIOX MII.LKTT. nVISX MII.I.KTT,
Ju.tief of the Pi-ace and
Notary Puldic.
rv. .iiiB.i.iyrr a- sckv.
TTOUNKYS AT LA AY, TIuml.:,
ftY. Nehra-ka. N. U. They will ive
el-e atteiilion to all lu-int s entru-ted
to t bem. ii.
T S. MUUDOCK &S0N,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Have hail an extended experience, and
will guarantee ratifactieu in work.
All kind- of repairing done on short
iiMtloc. Our motto iC(iood work and
fair nricu. Call and give us an oppor
tunity to estimate for yon. 5TShop at
the Big Windmill. Columbus, Xcbr.
463-y
A TTOUXEY-A 7 -LA W.
I'p-'.tiir- in Cluck Uuildin;, llthhtreet.
TvEC. K. .B. ICB:H5.I.V,
Qjlirr oh Tl(irtcenlh Street,
Opposite Engine House, Columbus, Neb.
Krsjyricht Deutsch. -JSii.x
T'liLI.KY Ac SI.ATTEUY,
and hnur building done to order, and
in h 01 i.m:tu-like manner. Please give
u- .1 call. JjTMiopon corner of Olive
St. and Paeitie Am-iiiip. -lS5-tf
.va'Ai: komi:.
JOHN lH'P.KU, the mail-carrier be-tw.-in
Columbia and Albion, will
leae Columbus everyday except Sun
da at C, .iVlock, nharjt, p is-ing through
Monroe, IJenoa, Wat .r ille, and to Al
bion The hack will call at either of
th Hotel- for pa--enger- if orders are
left at the pot-nllii'c. Kates rea-on-able,
to Albion. 2J.ly
GEORGE N. DERRY,
o--v--: CARRIAGE,
485-- Hiw 4 Sisn I'ninlina.
:Srr- Lai csiisiKa, uLa:i3,
-
" ' I:iiier IlaniiiK'.
KAI.SOMINING. Etc.
JjTAll work warranted. Shop on
Olive street, oppo-ite the "Tat tcr-all"
Stable-. aprlOy
FOR SALE OR TRADE !
MAKES COLTS,
Team- of
IToriscs or Oxen,
SlEmi.i: HOXIHS, wild or broke,
at the Corral of
tin iM-:im:aim& zkkjlfk.
KELLY & SLATTERY,
CONTBAETOR AID CARPENTER.
nOMis IIIM-KLF IN UK.MUN'KSS
to! ait work in his line. Ucfore
bttii' ui i-oiitratt- for building- of
m !.- riptiou call on or addrc him
.it Miiiibiis. N't b. JTiT Fir-t-cla ap
par.it ii- for removing buildings.
Columbus Meat Market!
WEBER & KNOBEL, Prop's..
ILFP ON HANDall kinds or fresh
J V meat.-, and Miioked pork and beef;
alo frth li-li. Make all-age a spec
ial! . J'7","leiiieniber the place, Kle
eiith Si., one door we-t of 1. rtxan'.s
hot I. 417-tf
GOOD CHEAP BRICK !
T MY l: !:-1 1) LNCK. on Shell Crock,
t lirei- miles east of Matthis's bridge,
1 have
?0,OI0 ;!. lin:-4l-lmnil Iirit-U
li -:ile.
wbifh will I'u sedd in lots to suit pur
chaser. ns-tr (iLouci: iii:n(;hli:i:.
H. 3. CAZI7T. J. B. CA1IP.
V:zi:y rstH:.
CAKKWcNr-CAAI1,
AUonicys ami ('(Uinscloi'sat Law,
AND REAL ESTA TE AGENTS.
Will give piompt attention to .-ill bil-i-ne-s
intriislcd to them in this and ad
.Hinin counties. Collections niade
OHii on tlth PI net, opposite Ileilit's
drug, store, Columbus, Neb. Spricht
lelit-ch Parle Fralicia-.
Chicago liarbcr Shop.
COLUMBUS, NEB.
nAlK ( ITTINt; done in the latest
-tylr-, with or without machine.
None but lir-t-cla-s workmen employed.
Ladie- and children hair cutting a
specialty. Ibt brands of cigars con
slMiitlv on hand.
11 EN KY WOODS,
172 im Proprietor.
DOCTOR BONESTEEL,
si. s. i:AMi.ii.t,! sijk;i:o.,
roi.tMr.r-, : xr.intASKA.
0FFICK IIOIUS 10 to 1-2 a. in., 2 to
i p. in., and 7 to It p.m. Ollice on
Nebrak' Arnue. three doors norili of
K. .1. llaker- grain otlice. Itc.-idcnce,
corner Womlng and Walnut streets,
north Columbus Xebr. -jf-tf
SietrioIts rIat .llarkcl.
Wa-ldiipton At nfarlj- oi'.pr.sltr Cenrt House.
0W1N0 TO THE CLOSE TIMES,
meat will be sold .at this market
low, low dow n for CASH.
Hot -teak, per lb., 10c.
i:ibroat, " Se.
It-oil. c.
Two cent- a pound more than the above
prices will be charged m time, and that
good responsible parties only. 207.
"kT s check,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
AM. KIXPS OK
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store oh Olive St., near the obi Post-office
Columbus Nebraska. -I '7-ly
MRS. V. L. C0SSEV,
Dress and Shirt Maker,
3 Uoors Wr-t orstillinan's lru? Store.
I)re-e- and shirt cut and made to
nrtlcraml-ali-faction guaranteed. Will
ale do plain or fancy sewing of any de
scription. rtTPlUCES VEUY REASON A HLE.
Give me a call and trt mv work.
4iu ly '
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AXt CiRNKKAL
C0LLECTI0N0FWCE
-Y. S. GE"fcE.
MONEY TO LOAN in small lot- on
taim property, time one to three
year. Farm with some improvement.
bought -ind sold. Offigc for the present
at the Clotller House, Columbus, Neb.
J7::-x
C I. V ."SI K 5' S
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEE1IAX, Proprietor.
3S3" Wholesale and Retail Dealer in For
eign AYines. LiiUorsand Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and Eugli-h Ales. .
tSTJventHcly Wltixkies a. Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or disb.
Uth Street, South of Depot
ADVERTISEMENTS.
COMBOS Bffi YABD
(One mile west of Columbus.)
THOMAS FLYNN & SON, Propr'a.
GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK
Always on Hand In
QUANTITIES to suit PURCHASERS
::7i-tf
Wm. SCHILZ,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
BOOTS AND SHOES!
X complete a-bOrtnirnt of Ladlra and Clill
ilmrMMioes krjit on hand.
All Work Warranted!!
Our .llotto Good btock, excelleut
work and fair prices.
Especial Attention paid to Repairing
Cor. Olive and 12th fits.
COLUMBUS DRUG STORE.
A.W. DO LAND,
(SL'RCKSSOK TO POLAND t SMITH,)
D1K, PATE IT MEMOES,
Wall Papei', Toilet Articles,
PAINTS AND OILS,
KTC, KTC, KTC.
Best Of Goods And Low Prices.
VriL SMITH will still be found at the
TtJL old stand, and will make inscrip
tions a speeialtv, as heretofore.
4iil-v
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DKAI.KK IN
081. MEDICIMES. CHEMICALS
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggist.
riiysictans Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Ouo ltnr I'ust of (silloy'M, on
JKIvventli Street
COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA
&
Daniel Faucette,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Him:::, Saddles, Sridles, and Collars,
keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
whips, Saddlery Hardware, Curry
combs, Brushes, Bridle Bits, Spurs,
Cards. Harness made to order. Ile
pniring done on short notice.
NEBRASKA AVENUE, Columbus.
r:t.L
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS 0V
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMB US, NEB.
WM. BECKEK,
)DKAI.KU IN(
GROCERIES
Grain, Produce, Etc.
2.
NEW STORE, NEW GOODS.
Goods delivered Free of Charge,
anywhere in the city.
Corner of 13th and Madison Sts.
North of Foundry. 397
Goofl Gooas ana Fair Dealin
IVY ROSE.
The settiug sun gleamed through
the dark green foliage of the apple
trees, and tinged with a shining glo
ry the golden brown hair of Iv'
Rose, as she stood thoughtfully fill
ing her willow basket with the ri
pest and mellowest fruit of the
grand old orchard. Her beautiful
face wore a grave expression, and
she was so deeply lost in thought
that ever nud nnou she had to stoop
and rescue from the ground some
golden apple wjiich had slipped
from her, and fallen ere it reached
the basket. Neither did she notice,
in her absorbing reverio, the ap
proach of a male figure through the
orchard, until she was suddenly star
tled by a light touch upon her shoul
der, and a voice, awoet and clear as
liquid music, softly said :
"Why, my little Ivy. how absent
minded you intHt be this evening,
not to hear footsteps of your true
lover until he stands beside you !"
The deep brown eyes of the girl
lit up gloriously through their shad
owe, as she replied :
"Yes, Harry, I believe I was; just
theu I was thinking so hard that I
was perfectly unconscious of any
one beiug near. You will forgive
me, Harry, for you know what I
was thinking of."
"Yes, darling," he answered, fold
ing the slender, graceful form close
to him, and gazing down into (he
troubled, beautiful brown eyes with
a look almost of idolatry ,"but Harry
could never be unconscious of your
presence."
Then there was a minute or two
of delicious silence, iu which the
girl's bright head rested upon his
bosom, and his lips were bent until
they touched the gold brown curls,
and both hearts throbbed so tumul
tuous!)' that they could not have
spoken had they wished. At length
the yonng girl gave a frightened
start, and tremblingly exclaimed:
"Ohl Harry I must surely go. It
is getting lale, and mother will be
looking for me. Please let me."
With a passionate kiss he released
her, saying tenderly :
"Go, then, little Ivy, since you
must, but it will not be for long.
You will not fail me, dearest?"
"No, Harry," she answered, firmly ;
then, half-sadly : "But do you know,
tho hardest trial of all is leaving
Fred poor Fred, who loves me so.
It seems harder even than loaving
my dear parents."
"And why such an amount of so
licitude for poor Fred ?" asked Har
ry, with a gay smile, for he could
afford to smile at her mention of
Fred Grace, now that he was so
secure in her love.
"Because you know, dear Harry,
how much he loves me, and in fact
he almost considers me as engaged
to him. I have not treated him
right, poor fellow 1"
"Well, never mind that now, ray
pet; you are not engaged to him,
you know, aud you love me best
don't you?'"
Tho adoring look she gave was
sufficient answer, and bidding her an
affectionate adieu, he turned to leave
her, with these last entreating
words :
"You will surely be at the gate at
midnight, Ivy? Kemember."
"At midnight I will not forget."
Ivy Rose walked slowly to the
rambling old farmhouse turning
now and then to glance at the grace
ful form of her bold, blue-eyed
young lover, sauntering through the
orchard iu the direction from which
he had come.
At tho gate which divided tho
orchard from tho garden-grounds
she paused to take a last, parting
look at the golden sun-set light just
fadiug away from (he dear old spot
which she had kuown and loved
from infancy.
"I may, perhaps, never see it again,"
she sighed. "Oh, how I wish papa
would consent to my marriage with
Harry, then all this trouble and
parting would be saved us."
Ah 1 Ivy Rose, your wiser parent
see not with your lovo-blinded vis
ion, and they have heard enough
about your beloved Harry to fear to
entrust their daughter's future to his
care.
After tea Ivy's old time friend and
and lover, Fred Gtace, dropped in to
spend the evening, and despitoall
her efforts to appear her natural self,
she could not eontrol her throning
heart uor keep her agitation from
showing a little in her manner.
AVhen she went to the door to say
good-night Fred (ook her feverish
hand in his and said, in a low, pain
ed voice :
"Ivy, darling, yon are not like
yourself to-night. It is that city
admirer of yours that has changed
you so, I know. When he is gone
you will care for me again, won't
you, little Ivy Rose?"
"Nonsense, Fred; don't be a baby.
You know I have always cared for
you. There, Fred, don't feel badly ;
I never meant to be' unkind to you.
Good night, you dear old boy!"
Fred pressed a passionate kiss on
the little hand he held, and went
away with a strange pain in his
heart ; while the girl, for whose sake
he would have died, ran hurriodly to
herown room, and spent the remain
ing hours until midnight in getting
her little possessions together for a
flight with her favored lover.
The glorious morning sunrise
which saw Ivy Rose a timid bride iu
a strange city, brought consternation
aud grief to the inmates of the low
roofed old farm-bouse.
A note was found, telling thorn
that she was going to marry Harry
Lane, and beggiug them all to for
give her. That waa all, but it was
blotted with her toars, and thoy
knew how hard the patting from her
old home mtift have been for her.
When Fred learned of his loss, his
diet thought, iu his great agony,
was of suicide; but, too much of a
Christian to destroy life and soul
together, he tried to bear tho burden
of life bravoly and resignedly.
Three years passed on, and no
word of Ivy ever renchod them.
They wuld gladly havo forgiven her,
but they know not whether she were
liviug or dead.
Again it was.au Autumn aftornoou
in the orchard of the old Roto farm.
Seated high up among tho golden
fruit of one of the oldest aud largest
apple trees was Fred Grace, ostensi
bly reading Oweu Meredith, but, in
reality, lulled by the passionate,
throbbing measures of hie verse into
a day-dream of his lost love, Ivy.
Fred had tried to forget hor tried
faithfully. He had sought forgot
fulness, when his work and his
duties at homo had failed to soouro
it, in foreign travel and in study;
but nothing sufllced to drive her
imago from his heart.
He sighed deeply, and looked
dreamily down upon the soft, fruit
scented turf below. Good Heaven I
Iiis eyes met those of which he had
beon dreaming the dark brown
eyes he had thought he should never
sec again.
How he found his way to the
ground ha never knew, but in an iu
staut he bad tho soft white baud in
his own, and waB calling her Ivy,"
then asking hor pardon for tho lib
erty almost before he knew It.
"No, call mo Ivy, as of old," sho
said, with a weary smile; "I have
come back to live at home, if father
and mother will forgive their diso
bedient girl."
"They forgave you long ago. But
pardon mo I had forgotten your
husband."
Fred now noticed the deep mourn
ing which she wore, and his heart
gave a great bound as he thought of
tho possibilities of the future, for In
that instant he divided the cause
of it.
"Harry is dead," said Ivy, quietly,
but in a low, hushed voice ; and then
a silence fell between them, in which
they turned and walked togethor to
tho dear, familiar old home, where
Ivy was received with open arms ;
and when all were quietly settled,
with Fred in their midst, she gave
them a brief account of her experi
ence aiuce leaving tho homo of hor
childhood. In it thoro was but little
that was bright, sickness, poverty,
wanderings from city to city, and at
last Harry's death from sho did not
say it, but they understood it from
her dolicato allusions execessivo
dissipation; and finally, hor sup
porting herself by hor needle until
she saved up sufficient to enable hor
to return to her parents.
It was easy for those who loved
her to sco that Harry had not beon
kind to her that hers had, indeed,
been the hard and thorny path of the
undutiful.
Need wo tell how, as tho months
wore on, bringing the long, cosy
winter evenings, she and Frod spent
them together, reading, singing, and
growing into each othor's hoarts as
thoy had never done beforo? And)
one soft evening in February, as thny
sat alouo in the warm, crimson
tinted parlor, with only the mingled
light of tho glowing fire and the full
moon whoso softened brilliance
flooded the ioom. Fred suddenly
took her in his arms and passionately
told the story of his love again a
love which was never again to be
i-efiiEed, for Ivy clung to his manly
breast, as her name-sako clings to
the oak which Heaven sonds for its
support.
Nor need wo more than add that
in the sweet rose month of Juno Ivy
Lane bade good-byo to tho sorrows
of the past, and, as Ivy Graco, pass
ed out of the little village church,
leaning upon the arm of the proud
est man in Christendom our dear
old patient Fred.
Something more than the bare
necessities are necessary to make
life very agreeable.
A Drunkard's Dream.
It seemed as though I had been
suddenly aroused from my slum
bers. I looked around aud found
myself tho center of a gay crowd.
The first sensatiou I experienced
was that of being borne along with
a peculiar, gentle motion. I looked
around, and found I was in a long
train of cars, which were gliding
over a railway many miles in length.
It was composed of mauy cars.
Evory car opened at the lop, was
filled with men aud women, all
gaily dressed, all happy, all laughing,
talking aud singing. The peculiar
gentle motion of the cars iutercslc'd
mo. Thoro was no grating, such as
we hoar on a railroad. This, I say
interested me. I looked over the
side, aud to my astonishment found
the railroad aud cars made of glass.
The glass wheels moved over the
glass rail without the least noise or
oscillation. The soft gliding motion
produced a feeling of exquisite hap
piness. I was happy. It seemed as
if everything was at rest within I
was full of peace.
Wbile I was wondering over this
circumstance, a new sight attracted
my gaze. All along the road, on
either side, within a foot of the track
were laid long lines of coffins, and
OTory one containod a corpse, dress
ed for burial, with its cold white face
turned upward to the light. The
sight filled mo with horror; I yolled
in ngony, but could make no sound.
The gay throng who were around
me, only redoubled their songs aud
laughter at tho sight of my agony ;
and wo swept on, gliding with glass
wheels over the glass railroad, every
moment nearer to the bend of the
road, far, far in the distance.
"Who arc these?" I cried at last,
pointing to tho dead in their coffins.
"Theso aro the persons who mado
the trip befoto us," was the reply of
tho gayest person near me.
"What trip?" I asked.
"Why, the trip we are now taking
the trip on the glacs railway," was
the anawcr.
"Why do they lie along the road,
each one iu his coffin V
I was answered by a whisper and a
half laugh which froze my blood :
"They were dashed to death at the
end of the railroad," said the person
whom I addressed.
"You know the railroad termin
ates at an abyss, which is without
bottom or measure. It is lined with
pointed rocks. As each car arrives
at the ond, it precipitates its passen
gers into tho abyss. They arc dash
ed to pieces against tho rocks, and
their bodies are then brought here
and placed iu tho coffins as a warn
ing to other passengers, but no one
minds it, we are so happy on the
glass railroad."
I can never describe the horror
with which these words inspired me.
"What is tho name of the glass
railroad ?" I asked.
The person whom I addressed re
plied in the same strain :
"It is very easy to get into the
cars, but very hard to get out; for
once in these cars everyono is de
lighted with the soft gliding motion.
The cars move so gently ! Yes, this
is the railroad of habit, and with the
glass wheols we are whirled over a
glass railroad to a fathomless abyss.
In a few moments we'll bo there, and
thon they'll bring our bodies aud put
them in coffins as a warning to oth
ers, but nobody will mind it, will
thoy?"
I was shocked with horror. I
struggled to breathe, and made
frantic ofibrts to leap from (he cars,
and iu tho struggle awoke. I knew
it was all a dream, aud yet, when
ever I think of it I can see the long
train of cars move geutly over the
glass railroad. I can sec the dead in
their coffins, clear and distinct on
each sido ef the road. While the
laughing and singiug of the gay aud
happy passengers resound iu my
oars, I only seo thoso cold faces of
the dead, with their glassy eyes up
lifted, and their frozen hands upon
their white shrouds.
It was indeed a horrible dream.
A long train of glass cars gliding
over a glass railroad, freighted with
youth, beauty and music, while on
either hand stretchod the victims of
yesterday gliding ovor the fathom
less abyea. Delaware Signal.
A little girl found a shelless egg
under the currant bushes in the gar
den, and, in high excitement bro't it
and showed it to her aunt. "Sec,
aunlio," said she, "what I found
under the en riant bushes I And I
know the old hen that laid it. I am
going to put her back on the nest
and make her finish it."
After spending a day tacking
down carpets, and another one in
moving and setting up household
goods, a fellow feels as though he
could give Methuselah a hundred
points and then beat him on age.
U'lint n Woman Can Do.
As a wife and mother, woman can
make the fortune and happiness of
her husband and children ; and, if
she did nothing else, surely this
would be sufficient destiny. By her
thrift, prudence aud taut she can
secure to her partner and to her
self a competency in old age, no
matter how small their beginning or
how adverse a fate may be theirs.
By her cheerfulness she cau restore
her husband's spirit shaken by the
anxiety of business. By her tcuder
caro hIio can often restore him to
health if disease has overtasked his
powers. By their counsel aud love
she can win him from bud company
if temptation in an evil hour has led
him astray. By hor example?, her
precepts, and her sex's insjht into
character she can mold her children,
however adverse their dispositions,
iuto noble men mid vrmno-i. And,
by leading iu all things h true and
beautiful life, she can r.i'ip, elevate
aud .spiritualize nil who cmuo within
reach; so thai, with others of her
sex emulating and assisting her, she
can do more to regenerate the world
than all the statesmen or reformers
that ever legislated. She can do
much, alas! perhaps more, to de
grade man if she chooses to do it.
Who can estimate the evil that wo
man has the power to do? Asa
wife she can ruin herself by extrav
agance, folly or want of affection.
She can make a demon or an outcast
of a man who might otherwise be
come a good member of society.
She can bring bickerings, strife and
discord iuto what has been a happy
home. She can change the iuiiocci-.t
babes into vile men and even into
vile women. She can flower the
moral tone of society itself, and thus
pollute legislation at the spring
head. She can, iu fine, become an
instrument of evil instead of an
angel of good. Instead of making
flowers of truth, purity, beauty and
spirtuality spring up iu her foot
step., till the eatth smiles with a
lovlincss that is almost celestial, she
can transform it to a black and arid
desert, covered with tho scorn ol
evil passions and swept by the bit
ter blast of everlasting death. This
is what woman can do for the wrong
as will as for the right. Is her mis
sion n little one? Has she no wor
thy work as has become the cry ol
late? Man may have a harder tisk lo
perforin, a rougher road to travel,
but he has none loltier or more in
fluential than woman's.
Lecturer Allen, of Harvard, hold
that iu many of the topics taught it
would be an immense gain if text
books in common schools were en
tirely abolished with the exception
of some very brief manual of dates
and results as a guide to memory.
History, physics and astronomy, for
example, should be taught orally,
and Mr. Allen adds that in the grow
ing accumulation and cost of text
books, and the crowding of school
work, this method will be the only
escape from a breakdown of Hie en
tire system. Perhaps; but if people
arc not willing to pay righteou
wages to good teachers and oral in
struction requires thoroughly good
teachers such a method cannot pos
sibly be adopted.
There is a good deal of suggestion
in this paragraph : "A State super
intendent who had made, during a
long term of oilice, hundreds of
visits to ungraded country schools,
declared that he never once saw a
Icachcr conducting a recili;ou with
out a text-book in hand; hat he
seldom saw cither teacher or pupils
at (he black-board; that he never
saw a teacher give an object lesson ;
that he never heard a lesson on mor
als or manners; that he never saw a
readiug-claa.s trained lo stand erect
and hold a book properly ; that he
never heard a teacher give a lesson
in local geography; that classes,
when asked to point north, uniform
ly pointed upward to the zenith;
that he never heard a spelling lesson
dictated iu which the teacher- did
not mispronounce one or more
words; aud that he never found a
school where the pupils had been
trained to write a letter, cither of
business or friendship."
"Throwed up the sponge, did he?"
i-aid Mrs. Spilkius, as her husband
finished reading an account of a
prize fight. "Why, he might a know-
cd he couldn't keep a sponge on his
stomach. What did he .swallow it
for, anyhow ?"
A number of citizens living in tho
unorganized territory west ol
Wheeler Couiity, in this Stale, have
petitioned Governor Nance for per
mission (o organize a Military com
pany. Their headquarters will be
at Kent.
It isn't pleasant for a man in deli
cate kid gloves to grasp a door-knob
just after it has been turned by a
man in search of a towel.
ChlldreH of Oae Father.
A touching incident occurred the
other day in one of the great hospi
tals in New York. A young man
was brought into it seriously in
jured by a fhll from a horse. He
lingered two or three days, during
which time the matron read from
the Bible to him, talked to him in
short tried as best she could to All
the place of his dead mother to the
dying lad.
One day, feeling that be waa f9t
.sinking, he aoked for a clergytnau.
One was brought quickly, a young
man, the pastor ot a neighboring
Baptist Church. As he took the
boy's hands in his, and spoke to
him earnestly of Christ's love, sev
eral pale faces were raised from tho
rows of beds that lined the ward on
cither side, listening attentively,
many of them with eyes wet with
tears.
"Lord, I believel" whispered the
dying man. Thon the clergyman
knelt, praying that God might re
ceive the soul of his departing broth
er. At the beduidc also knelt tho
Episcopalian matron, two Roman
Catholic sisters of Mercy, and from
the beds of the patients came hearty
Methodist anions 1
When the little company rose
from their knees aud looked down
upon the calm dead face, thoy did
not remember that they belonged to
different sects. They were all chil
dren of one Father, and he was very
near.
When the 9cvcu men imprisoned
in a Pennsylvania coal mine lately
were rescued after five days' impris
onment, (hey were asked if they
hoped to escape.
"We prayed for it" was the reve
rent reply. "We prayed together.
Some were Protestants, and some
Catholics, but when death's as close
as that, you only thiuk of God."
I This a iVatloa.
It has always been a mooted ques
tion whether the United States is a
nation or simply an alliance of
Slates. Not because it makes much
real difference but rather to get the
truth of the matter. And indeed it
is a puzzling question as the subjoin
ed facts will show.
It is claimed to be a nation.
First. Because as a nation it de
clared ils independence.
Second. As a nation its inde
pendence was recognized by foreign
nations, and international law no
Slate ever had its independence
recognized.
Third. No State ever sont or re
ceived ambassadors ; the nation did
both.
Fourth. No State ever claimed to
act independent during the revolu
tionary epoch.
Fifth. No Slate was over any
thing but a Colony or a State and
both arc terms of dependence rather
than independence.
Sixth. As a nation it took a na
tional name The United State3 of
America.
Seventh. As a nation it asserted
its own perpetuity.
Eighth. In the organization, pro
visions were made for the modifica
tion of individual States.
IVIch oTActloB.
Some men seem to be sent into the
world for purposes of action only.
Their faculties are all strung up to
toil nud enterprise: their spirits and
their frames alike redolent of enorgy.
They pause and slumber like other
men, but it is only to recruit from
actual fatigue. Occasionally tbey
want to quit, but only as a refresh
ment to prepare them for a renewed
exertion, not as a normal condition
to be wished for or enjoyed for it
self. They need ret, not repose.
They investigate and reflect; but
only to estimate the best means of
attaining their end", or to measure
the value of their undertakings
against the cost. Thoy think ; they
never meditate. Their sole misaiou,
their enjoyment, the object and con
dition of their existence, is work;
they could not exist without it.
They cannot conceive another life as
dcfcirablt: without it ; their vitality is
beyond that of ordinary men ; they
arc never well, hardly ever comp.
scan to be doing nothing. When
doing nothing else, they are always
sleeping. Happy souls! Happy
men at last !
"There is nothing," ",o delight
ful as the hearing and speaking of
truth." For this reason there is no
conversation so agreeable as that of
the man of integrity, who hears
without any intention to betray, and
speaks without any intention to de
ceive. A boy will occasionally listen pa
tiently to what his mother has to say
but it makes him dizzy to hear her
talk of cutting down a pair of his
father's old trowaers to fit him.