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VOL. X.--NO. 40.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1880.
WHOLE NO. 508.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. S. Paddock. U. S. Senator, Beatrice.
Ai-vi.N Sauxdkks, U. S. Senator, Omaha.
T. J. Majoks, ltiii.. Peru.
K. K. Valknti.sk, Uep., West Point.
STATK DIUKCTOUY:
Ai.uisus Kasck, Uovcrnor, Lincoln.
S..I. Alexander, Secretary of State.
F. Ijiedtke, Auditor, Lincoln.
O. M. IUrtlett, Treasurer, Lincoln.
C.J. Dllworth, Attorney-General.
S. U. Thompson, Supt. Public Inntrnc.
II. C. Iavion. Warden of Penitentiary.
)y-.VA,,.'iP-T' l'rNon Iaspectors.
C. II. Gould, J '
Dr. J. G. Davis. Prison Physician.
II. P. Mathewson, Supt. Insane A)ium.
JUDICIARY:
S. Maxwell, Chief Ju-ttice,
George It. l.uke.l Aociate Judge!.
Amaia CoM. J
FOUKTH JUDICIAL DISTKICT.
O. W. Post, .fudge, York.
M. B. Itceso, District Attorney, A ahoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
it. II. Hoxic, Keglttcr, Grand Island.
Wm. Anyan, Keeelrer, Oraud Inland.
COUNTY DIUKCTOUY:
J. G. lliggliu, County Judge.
John Staufler. County Clerk.
V. Hummer, Treasurer,
llcnj. Splelman, Sheriff.
B. L. Kos-iilter, Surreyor.
Win. Bloedorn.)
John Walker, CountvCoiuiiiWsloiier.
John Wise. J
Dr. A. llelntz. Coroner.
S. L. Barrett. Supt. of School.
' S. S. McAlliiterJ i(.irpsofthePeacc
Byron Mlllntt. f Juiuresoiiuci cacc.
Charles Wake, Countable.
CITY DIUKCTOUY:
C. A. Speice, Mayor.
John Wttrmuth, Clerk.
Charlea Wake, Marnhnl.
C. A. Newman, Treasurer.
S. S. McAllister, Polictr Judge.
J. G. tioutiou, Knjlneer.
councilman:
lf Ward -I. E. North,
G. A. Scbroeder.
2d iVanlYl. C. Kavanaugh.
U. H. Henry.
id n'antK. J. Baker,
Win. Burgess.
4'oSumtiUto Poht Office.
Opeii on Sunday train 11 a.m. to 12 m.
ami from 4:30 to G v. m. Buslm-Hit
hour except Sunday 6 a. m. to 8 l'. M.
-EaMern mnilx close at'lt a. m.
Western mail clone at 4:l.rii.M.
Mail leaven ColuuihUN for Madison and
Norfolk, dally, except Sunday, at 10
a. M. Arrives at 4:550 r. M.
For Morroe, Genoa. Waterville and Al-
Mmi, daily except Sunday G a. m. Ar
rive, naiiu,(i r. M.
For Osceola and York.Tiiewdayi'.Thurs.
ilav and Saturdavn, 7 A. M. Arrives
Monday, Wednesday ant. Friday,
G m. "
For Wclf, Farral and Battle Crnek,
Mondays, Wednedaya and Friduy,
a. m. Arrives Tuettday, Thursdays
aud Saturdavft, at K t. M.
For Shell Creek, Creston and Stanton,
on Mondays and Fridays at G a.m.
Arrives Tueadavs aud Saturdays, at
v. M.
For Alexin, Patron and David City,
Tuesday., Thursdavs and Saturdays,
1 V. M Arrives at 12 M.
For St. Anthon), Piairie Dill and St.
Bernard. Saturdays, 7 A. M. Arrives
Fridays, Sr.M.
U. P. Time Table.
Eastward Hound.
K5lp;rant,No.G, leaves at ... G:25a. m.
Pasneng'r, " 4. " " .... 11:V, a.m.
Freljrht, " S, " ".... 2:15p.m.
Freight, "10, " i'.... 4:30a.m.
Westward Hound.
Freight, No. ft, leaves at . . . 2:00 p. m.
Pattong'r, " :t, " "... 4:27 p.m.
Freight, " W, " ".... 6:00p.m.
Emigrant. "7. " "... 1:30a.m.
Everv dav except Saturday the three
liies leading to Chicago connect with
U P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, as
-.bovvn bv the following schedule:
O., N. & 11. II. UOAD.
Hound north.
Jackon. 4:53 im
LotCreekr:M "
Pi. Centre Ti;", "
liuiiiphrcG:.ril "
Madiiton 7:40 "
ilnnson S:2S "
Hound south.
Norfolk G:.-!0 a. m.
Miiiii)on 0:57 "
Until con ,7:4." "
Humuhrev8:n4 '
PI. Centre 9:2
LontCrcek !:.V
Norfolk . S:.Vi
lackson 10:30
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Tlit. il?nrtii-.. frnin .lAi-kon will be
governed liy the arrival there of the
U. P. express train.
BUSINESS CARDS
TT J. HUDSON,
XOTAIiT PUBLIC.
letV Street, 2 doom mtit of Haatiuoad House,
Columbus, Xeb. 431-y
lr. K. I,. MICIGINM,
Physician and Surgoon.
t3Ofliee open
at all hours
Bank Building.
"VyM- HIIKC8KSS,
Dealer in HEAL ESTATE,
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR.
AXS RTS7SAit:i A3XK7,
CiKNOA, NANCE CO., ... NKB.
BEICK!
RIEMER i STOLCE keep constantly
on hand aud furnish in the wall,
the best of brick. Orders solicited. Ad
reas, a above, box 93, Columbus. 474
PI0TURES1 PICTURES!
NOW IS THE TIME to secure a life
like picture or yourself and chil
dren at the New Art Rooms, east 11th
street, south side railroad track, Colum
bus, Nebraska.
478-tf Mrs. S. A. Jossklyn.
NOTICE!
IF YOU have any real estate for sale,
if vou wish to buy either in or out
or the'cltv, if you wish to trade city
property for land or lauds for city
property, give us a call.
Waibworth & Josseltx.
nkujon millktt. byron millktt,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary rublic.
n. wiLi.i-rrr ac son.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Coluinbm,
Nebraska. N. B. They will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to them. 248.
" STAGE ICOUTE.
JOHN HUBER, the mailarrier be
tween Columbus and Albion, will
leave Columbus everyday except Sun
day at 6 o'clock, sharp, passing through
Monroe, Genoa, Waterville, and to Al
bion. The hack will call at either of
the Hotels for passengers if orders ar
left at the post-office. Rates reason,
able, 2 to Albion. 22ily
A TT0R2TEY-A 'I-LA W,
Up-stalrs inUluck Building, 11th street.
T)- R. J- REII.L.Y,
Office on Thirteenth Street,
Opposite Engine House,Columbu,Neb.
Er spricht Deutsch. 4H9-X
K
ELLEY & SLATTERY,
IIouu'o MovhiK
and house building done to ordor, and
in a workman-like manner. J'lcase glvo
us a cull. 3TSbop on corner of Olive
St. ttn Pacific Avenue. 4S5.tr
I II I I . . ,
GEORGE N. DE&ET,
CARRIAGE,
House & SI! FaiBtiag,
ouisma, ouzmt,
Paper If ajiglaff
KALSOMININQ, Etc.
13" All work warranted. Shop on
Ollvn street, one door south of Elliott's
new rump-housa. . aprlGy
P . I Ml .1 III-I !! I
T S. MURDOCK & SON,
" Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is. Good work aud
fair prices. Call And gUe us an oppor
tunity to estimate Tor you. jSTShop at
the ig Windmill, Columbus, Nebr.
4S1-y
FOR SALE 0E TRADE !
MARES 1 COLTS,
Teams of
Horses or Oxen,
8AHUI.TK PONIES, wild or broke,
at the Corral of
42)4 GKUUAUD & ZE1GLKU.
Columbus Meat Market!
WEBER & KNOBEL, Prop's.
IrEEV ON HAND all kinds of fresh
L meats, and smoked pork and beef;
also freith tit.h. Make sausago a spec
i ..n.- rsrititiiinibnr the nlace. Elev
enth SU ouo lloor wcui r D- Ryu'8
hotel. 41"-tf
GOOD CHEAP BRICK !
AT MY RESIDENCE. onShell Creek,
three miles east of Matthls'a bridge,
1 have
70,000 eood. hnrd'hHrnt brick
for k1c,
which will he sold In lots to suit pur-
ClUMt' GEORGE HENGGLEU.
Chicago Barber Shop.
Oppstitt "Sixaal Iism,"
COLUMBUS, NEB.
HAIR CUTTING done in tho latest
styles, with or without machine.
Nonu but flrst-clans workmen employed.
Ladles' and children's hair cutting a
specialty. Best brands of cigars con
stantly on hand.
IIENRT WOODS,
472 0m Proprietor.
DOCTOR B0XEST2IL.
U. S- EXAMINING SIJKGEON,
COLDMBU8,
NEDRASKA.
OFFICE nOURS, 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to
4 p. m., and 7 to 9 p. m. Office on
Nebraska Avenue, three doors north of
E. J. Baker's grain office. Residence,
corner Wyoming and Walnut streets,
north Columbus, Nebr. 33-tf
F.SOHEGK,
Manufacturer and Dealer im
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Slorebn Olive St., near the old Tost-officc
ColumbuB'Nebraka. 447-ly
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND OKNKKAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY- .;.'
W.S.GEER
"fONEY TO LOAN In small lots on
1VJL farm propertv, time one to three
years. Farms wlth'some Improvements
bought and sold. Ofiee for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb.
473-x
columbi;.:
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
jSTWhoIesale nnd Retail Dealer lu For
eign "Wines. Liquors vml Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English-AIee.
VST Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
O'ZSXERB iu their season, bjr the case
can or dish.
11th Street, Sentk of Depet
GOLUHBBS BM YABD,
(One mile west of Columbus.)
THOMAS FLYNN & SON, Tropr's.
GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK
Always on Hand 'In
QUANTITIES ta salt PURCHASERS
371-tf
Wm, SOHILZ,
Manufacturer and Dealer In
BOOTS AND SHOES!
A complete anortaieat f, Ladlta' aad Call
drea's Shot krpt oa hsmi.
All Work Warranted!!
Oatr Motto Good stock, excellent
work and fair prices.
Especial Attention paid to Sepairiag
Cor. OIItc aad 13th St.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
COLUMBUS DRUG STORE.
A.W.DOLAND,
(SUCCKSSOR TO DOLAND A SMITH, )
D1ISS, PATEIT HEDICIIES,
Wall Paper, Toilet Articles,
PAINTS AND OILS,
KTC, XTC., ETC.
But Of Goods And Low Price's.
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MR. SMITH will still be found at the
old stand, and will make prescrip
tions a specialty, as heretofore.
4Gl-x
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
PEALKIl IX
HIES. MEBICIIES. CHEMICALS
W1XES, I.IQUOKM,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Comjwunded.
0e doer East ofCJallejV, oh
KlvreMlk Street.
COLUMBUS. : "NEBRASKA
&
Daniel Fauccttc,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Harness, Sallies, Bridle:, asi Collars,
keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
vhlps, Saddlery Hardware, Curry
combs, .Brushes, Bridle Bits, Spurs,
Cards. Ilarness made to order. He
pairing done on short notice.
NBBRABKA AVBNUB, ColumbUB.
58.4.
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS 07
SHELL CREEK KILLS.
MANUFACTURERS WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMD US, NEB.
WM. BECKEE,
)DKALKB IN(
GROCERIES,
Grain, Produce, Etc.
ir
NEW STORE, NEW GOODS.
Goods delivered Free of Charge,
anywhere in the city.
Corner of 13th and Madiaon ts.
North of Foundry. 397
STATE BANK,
CwcMMn to Osmrl i 8til atl Tvur ft BiliJ.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
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DIRECTORS:
Leandeb Gkbuahd, Pres'i.
.Geo. W. Hulst, Vice Prcs't.
Julius A Herd.
Edwakd A. Gerraud.
Auneb TuiiNEK, Cashier.
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4 Exckaaie.
CUectIBB lrmMBtlr Made ea
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mil FlBta.
Pay latcrent Time le8.
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BARB
Gooq Goods aiiQ Fa
Deali
FROM THE DEPTHS.
A sweet-fneed woman and a sweet
faced child aro wandering among tho
shipping docks of tho great city.
The woman is plainly dressed, but
evidently in her best attire, and
there is a touch of gentility iu her
finery, in the renl lace collar, relics
of better days, perhaps, the pearl
car-rings and neat gloves. Tho
child is neatly dressed, too, and she
cla9ps the woman's hand, looks lovo
at her guardiau. But the woman's
face is not at its best now ; a care
worn look, aud a faint wrinklo upon
tho pale forehead that ages her and
lessens the charms of her face.
She is inquiring of the dockmen,
stevedores and loungors about the
wharves whether tho brig Good
Luck has como iu. She always re
ceives the same reply to her eager
d,neslion, for the brig Good Luck
had been lost a month ago, dashed
on a lee shore, and ground to pieces
by the sea, and will never come iu
never nevermore.
If they told her, she would not
bolieve them, for (he woman and her
child have supreme faith that the
brig Good Luck would come iu soon
with cargo and crew, though they
have been asking the same question
and prayer for many and many a day.
Tl'en she goes across tho street
and winds her way along the bales
aud boxes and passing carts, aud
througli all (he hubbub and bustle of
the wharf, and climbs a flight of
stairs to where the brig owners have
their office. They are used to seeing
her. They smilo sadly when she
enters with tho child, and look sig
nificantly at one another, as much
as to say :
'Poor thing! she's mad. No won
der, no wonder !'
Mad ! Yes, she is mad with 'hope
deferred,' with anxicly lo meet her
husband, Caleb Shelter, master-of
the brig Good Luck; to meet the
master of the brig, her husbaud and
tho father of her child. Why does
ho stay away lrom her so long?
Is the Good Luck in yet?' she
ask 8 of a clerk.
Not yet, ma'am.'
'She is cxpcctedjOf course,to-day ?'
'Of course.'
'There's a vessel coming in now.
I see the tall masts. Look!' point
ing out of tho office window to the
river front. 'Maybe that's it. Effie,
doar, look! there's father's vessel,
with father on board.'
Tho child clasps her little hands nt
tho eight.
'Sorry to say that ain't it, ma'am,'
says tho clerk, relapsing into his cal
culations aud paying no more atten
tion to tho woman.
Sho stares out of (ho open window
at the approaching vessel drawn by
a tug, and then with a blank look
upon her face and a moan that is
heart-rendering, says :
'No Effip, no! That is not the
Good Luck. I can seo tho figure
head. The figure-head of tho Good
Luck is an angel ; a white and gold
angel. No, no, that isn't it.'
'But, papa will soon come home,
won't he, mamma?' 6aid tho child.
Old Mr. Tawmati, who is the head
of the establishment, horc came from
behind his desk, and, approaching
the woman, said, in a kind tone :
Mrs. Shelter, sit down; make
yourself as comfortable a3 you can
in a dingy office like this. Here,
little one, como hero and give me a
kiss. A bright, pretty little dear,
Mrs. Shelter.'
She looks pale,' said the mother.
'Sho is very tired, aud has been
walking too much.'
The old gentleman sits down and
lifts the little girl on his knee and
kisses her.
She winds her arms around his
ueck and says :
'You will tell my papa to como
soon, won't you?'
Yes, dear.'
It was the habit of this firm to pay
a sort of peusion monthly to the
widows of captains who were lost in
their service. Il was not much of a
stipend, but only half-pay, but it
was certainly a blessing in very
many cases. Mrs. Shelter, had al
ways recoivod her husband's money
here, while ho was at sea, or it was
sent to her when she was sick or tho
weather was bad.
'Ah, Mr. Tawman, I'm sure the
Good Luck will be in to-day.'
'Certainly it will. What's to hin
der it?' ho answers.
Ho puts the child down and goes
over to his desk, and unlocking his
drawer, he takes out an account
book and begins writing a receipt.
Then he goes over into the cashier's
room. While he is there tho tele
graph operator calls him over.
Click, clickety, click goes the
magic instrument, repeating its dot
and dash message.
'Hear that?' says the operator.
That's news for you !' The proprie
tor could read every word by its
sound.
'It's like a message from God,'
says Mr. Tawman, reverently. 'I
must not tell her.'
He comes back to where the wo
man is sitting; his faco is flushed
with emotion; some strange excite
ment. He throws into her lap a
bundle of bank notes.
There, Mrs. Shelter,now go home.
Take a car at the door.'
'Oh, I'm not tired. And I should
like to bo hero when tho brig comes
in. But I thank you so much.'
'Hero, little oue,' says tho good
hearted Tawman, 'here's something
for you to buy candy with.' Ho put
into her tiny, outstretched baud a
bright quarter of a dollar, aud
laughs at tho wonder and delight of
the little recipient.
'I'll keep tliia for my papa.'
Poor little thing, sho is weary
unto sleep. She cuddles herself iu
the big chair and siuks into slumber
in an instant.
'Now, Mrs. Shelter, you've had no
dinner," says Tawman.
'Oh, yes sir.'
'Yesterday, perhaps, but I mean
to-day. Go down with Mr. Pelton,
there ; our young man wants some
thing to eat. You soe we have ar
rangements for the comforts of our
clerks. Wo give them a hot dinner,
and a good one, too.' 'There's no
body there.' 'Go down there and
ask tho waiter, George,' addressing
Mr. Pelton, 'to give this lady a cup
of tea and a piece of toast, some
chicken, and all that.'
Then, pausing a minute, as if pro
priety and philanthropy are strug
gling for mastery iu his miud, he
said :
'No, no, George. Tell Henderson
to send tho dinner up here; that's
better.'
The young man leave tho office
again aud consults the telegraph
operator.
'Send the message at onco, Mr.
Lindsay, if you please.'
He writes something a long mes
sage, a very long message indeed
but the President's message itself is
not half so important, so interesting
to those it concerns.
Then, by the time the message is
sent, tho dinner is ready in Mr.
Tawmau's private office, whon Mrs.
Shelter partakes of it, but does not
think proper to waken the tired
child that she may cat also.
Then Mr. Tawman says:
'Now, you had belter go. I'll see
to the child ; I'll bring the little girl
up with me to-night.'
'No, no !' exclaims the mother, 'I
must have my Elfio with me always,
sir. You arc good though so very
good. And is there no news of the
Good Luck?'
'Not a word, I'm sorry to ay.'
'It can't be possible. The brig
must como in to-day.'
'I'm suro I hope so with all my
heart and soul, Mrs. Shelter.'
'I know you do,' she responded
with a sigh.
'Now go. I'm sorry you havo to
wake the child, but I suppose you
can't help it.'
'Come, Effie,' says the mother,
touching her lightly on the shoulder.
The child with a start awakes and
cries :
'It is my papa. Dear, dear papa.'
Then, seeing her disappointment,
she burst into tears.
'Don't cry, dear, don't cry; the
brig will como in. Don't cry.'
The good old man speaks sooth
ingly to tho sobbing child ; and tho
mother, catching her hand, walks
sadly away, followed by Mr. Taw
man, who lifts the little girl down
stairs, and helps her and her mother
into a car.
Tho next morning the mother is
again loitering about the wharves
with tho same agonizing inquiry.
Sho again puts the question to the
wharfman, and again only receives
the same answer. Then, as before,
sho seeks the office of the brig own
ers, still accompanied by her little
girl, and asks :
'Has the brig Good Luck come
in yet ?'
'Not yet, ma'm.'
She sighs and looks out -of the
window at the shipping. Sho says
sho will wait for Mr. Tawman, and
sits down.
When Mr. Tawman comes in, as
usual, ho greets her yery kindly,
and kisses the little girl, and says:
'I'm sorry the brig isn't in yet.'
'Will it be in to-day?'
'I hope so.'
And then ho goes behind his desk,
and lookB over his letters. Ho has
not long been engaged in his cor
respondence when a scream from
the woman startles him. She had
risen, aud is pointing excitedly out
of the window.
'Here is a ship coming in. Look!
look!'
'That's not it,' says a clerk, 'that is
a schooner.'
'Oh, no,' adds Mr. Tawman, 'that
is not the Good Luck.'
It is, it is!'
She darts from the office, dragging
the child after her; runs across the
bustling wharf, out to tho vory
edge of tho water. Mr. Tawman
rushes to the window, opons it, and
calls to her. To no purpose, how
ever. All the clerks cluster around
the widow to catch sight of her.
'Tho woman is mad,' says ono.
'She's going to drown herself.'
Tawman says quietly to the tele
graph operator:
'Is it tho Mary?'
Tho schooner is being towed up
the rivor by a tug. She Is making
preparations to anchor in (ho stream
opposite tho wharf. All this time
Mrs. Sholtor is standing in the
midst of a crowd of excited people
waving handkerchiefs, and tho little
girl is waving hers.
'Look look thore ! There's a man
overboard !' cried one of the clerks.
A cry of alarm goes up from the
wharf.
'Heavens!' exclaimed Mr. Taw
man, thoroughly aroused. 'What
doos that mean?'
'Ho is swimming like a fish,' says
a clerk.
'He has landed. Listen to the
cheers.'
'Look, look !'shoutcd the operator.
'She is hugging him ; so is tho little
girl. It's Captain Shelter!'
'Thank God !' exclaimed Tawman,
'and pray heaven sho may not sink
under the shock. Poor woman!
how she clings to the drenched man !
Dear, dear!'
Then he pntfl on his hat and runs
down (he steps like a boy, and darts
over lo whero husband and wife and
child are united and happy.
'Ah!' he exclaimed, shaking the
Captain by the hand, and not caring
for the gaping and wondering crowd
all around him ; 'this is good luck,
isn't it, eh! Did you get my tele
gram ?'
'When the man can speak he an
swers: 'Yes.'
'I planned it all!' chatters old
Tawman. 'Yon see, I got a dispatch
yesterday from tho Breakwater, say
ing that Capt.'Sholter had been
picked up on a raft by (ho schooner
Mary. I told her in the car yester
day that the brig would come in,
and come in it did? Over to the
office, every ono of you, and after
dinner and dry clothes, Captain,
we'll have a talk about business.
Come on.'
IfoHHellOltl IllHtN.
Common lyo of wood ashes will
soften hard putty- in a few minutes.
Tho fumes of a brimstone match
will remove berry stains from a
book or paper engraving.
Dry paint is removed by dipping
a swab with a handle in a strong
solution of oxalic acid. It softens
it at once.
If thcro is rust on your flat iron,
or other roughness, put some finu
salt on a board and rub it rapidly
while warm, until it moves smooth
ly. A single drop of sosquipedc chlo
ride of iron, put on a corn between
the toes, once n day, with a camel's
hair brush, will effect a marvollous
cure.
Ten grains of oxalic acid in half a
pint of water will rcmovo all ink
and water stains. Wet the article
in hot wator, and apply it to the top
of the bottlo, so that tho liquid will
reach it, then rinse it well.
Keep some strong spirits of harts
horn in a ground glass Htoppered
bottle; a teaspoonful in a table
spoonful of water will clean combs
and brushes, and restore colors in
jured by acids. A weaker solution,
applied to ill-smelling feet and arm
pits, removes tho odor, and removes
grease spots from carpets aud cloth
ing. A weak solution in water
makes a good wash for the hair, aud
stimulates its growth when impair
ed by fever, and cleanse1 the scalp
effectually. A weak solution scat
tered over the leaves of plants from
a fine, soft, limber brush, gives new
life to the plants. Even if a little is
sprinkled over tho earth at thoir
roots their growth is invigorated.
Boils and whitlows aro reliovod
or dissipated in their earlior stages
by using tho tincture of camphor.
Dip a finger In the camphor and rub
it over the boil ; do this eight or ten
times aud repeat ever four hours
during daylight. For whitlow, dip
(he finger into the camphor and let
it remain ten minutes; this often
gives immediate relief. Repeat
every three hours during the day
until cured, eating nothing, mean
while, but coarse bread and butter
and fruits. Prepare the camphor
thus: Put an ounce or more in a
vial, fill with alcohol, shake it well;
some of the camphor should always
be seen at the bottom ; this ensures
a saturated tincture, which is the
strongest.
In Chiua men buy their wives for
cash. In this country men give their
notes, and after marriage the women
take it out in hair.
71
A Story About Key.
I havo another Btory about Judge
Koy, tho Postmaster-General, who
is not only the best naturcdjnan iv
the Cabinet, but who does not hesi
tate to tell a joke upon himeelf. Il
was upon tho surrender of the rebels
that Licut.-Col Key, of a Tennessee
rebel regiment, found himself in
North Carolina, vory poorly oil' for
clothes, surrounded by his wife and
six children, also poor in raimcut,
without a dollar of money that
would buy a rasher of bacon and a
pint of corn meal. He had a few
dollars of Confederate money, but it
was not worth the dirty paper it
was printed on. Judge Key says
the world has seemed dark to him
boforo now, and that the silver Iin
ing of the clouds that tho poets sing
about was not oven trcrmau. silver.
Indeed, ho thinks the lining wiu the
blackest part of tho clouds. He
knew not where to turn. Nearly
everybody about him was as poor as
ho was, and tho suffering through
the section of the State in which he
found himself was very great. He
appealed to his wife, a woman of
stout heart, who still blesses his ex
istence, and sho was more hopoful.
He had nothing in tho world but
a half starved mule that had been
his war horse for many months.
This was before tho days of the
Commune, aud he didu't know that
mule meat was good ; besides, he
did not want to kill his war horse
that had carried him through so
many deadly breaches. Before
Judge Key and his excellent family,
howovor, had reached that point
whore prayers take the piticc of
hunger, relief enmo. An old resi
dent of North Carolina heard ol
Key's necessities and helped him
out. He irave him seed to sow. a
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shanty to live iu, and some land to
till, also a small supply of bacon and
corn meal. The Judge then went to
work. Ho beat his sword into a
ploughshare, and he beat his fiery
charger into a plow horse. He
worked with his little family, and
lived scantily the wholo summer
long. Thcro was no fancy farming
about iL It was hard work and
small nubbins. Whcu the corn was
sold the Judge had 80 in despised
Yankee greenbacks. "Too fruitful
love his fruitless life outrau,''liow
cvor. He had so mauy children that
he could not pay their fare by the
railroad. His ISO would not reach.
So he decided to go across country
with his war horse aud a rigged-up
cart. The tribulatious of that jour
ney the Judge will never forget.
His wifo iusistcd on carrying the
money for fear it would be lost, and
finally sho lost it, and there was
wailing in the camp. The heavy
hearted party rot raced their slops,
and Heaven rewarded them. Tho
cotton purse, with its priceless con
tents, was found on the ground
where Mrs. Key had slept. Then
thero was joy aud thanksgiving. No
doubt thoy issood an extra ration of
corn meal to tho children that night.
Judge Koy says that ho had been
intimate with Andrew Johnson, who
was then President. They had been
close friends in Tennessee, but ho
did not know to what length John
son's temper would carry him.
Johnson proposed to hang all the
robols at that time. So Key, while
he was in North Carolina, bethought:
him to write to Johnson, and see
what would come of it. Tho pco
plo wero in a very unhappy, uncer
tain and anxious stato of mind, and
Key wroto all tho circumstances at
length. He waited a reply with a
good deal of apprehension. It came
in due course of maila very kind,
brotherly letter, inclosing a pardon !
Judge Key had not asked for this,
and he was quite overwhelmed. Ho
says ho has in his lime had some
important aud interesting papers in
his hands, but he shall never treas
ure a document as ho treasures that.
What became of tho Judge's mule I
nover heard. Probably it closed its
career as all children's stories end
by living in peace, dying in groase,
and boing buried in a hunk of tal
low. Mrs. Koy,who loBt the money,
is now the popular wife of the Postmaster-General,
as handsome aud
genial a matron as you can find iu a
week's travel. She is the mother of
nine children and is iu tho full
blush of middle-aged womanhood.
Washington Cor. Phil. I'iines.
Young men should beware of the
following paragraph, which was
started by a Philadelphia paper, aud
is now going the rounds. The
chances are that the man who wrote
it is tied to a woman with a hand
liko a Japanese fan, and a voice that
would make a buzz-saw pauso in as
tonishment. It reads: "Marriage
is a safe way to gamble; if you win,
you win a pile, and if you lose, you
don't lose anything."
A Connecticut man recently said :
"Lend me a dollar. My wife" lias
loft me, aud I want to advertise that
I am not responsible for her debts."
JLlHCoInV CJettj'sbHrf OratI
Col. Lamon's assertion. thatLia
coln's ppocch at Gettysburg (Nov.
19, 1803) attracted no attention until
sumq lime aftcc his death, has pro
voked such.., a Tariejy of criticism
that the speech itself will not bo
uninteresting reading:
"Four score and seven years ago
our fathers brought forth on this
continent a new nation, conceived iu
liberty and dedicated to the propo
sition that all men are created equal.
"Now we arc engaged in a great
civil war, testing whether that na
tion, or any nation so conceived and
so dedicated, can long endure. We
are met on a great battle-field of
thai war. We arc met lo dedicate a
portion of it as the final resting-
place of thoso who hero gave (heir
lives that the nation might live. It
is altogether fitting and proper that
we should do this.
"But in a laiger sense we cannot
consecrate, we cannot hallow this
ground. The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled hero consecrat
ed it far above our power to add or
detract. The world will little note
nor' long remember what we may
say here, but it can never forget
what they did here. It is for us, the
living, rather to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work that they havo
thus far so nobly carried on. It is
rather for ns to be here dedicated (o
the great (ask remaining before us
that from these honored dead bc
lake increased devotion to the cause
for which they gave the last full
measure of devotion that we here
highly resolve that the dead shall
not have died in vain, that the nation
shall, under God, have n new birth
of 'freedom, and that the Govern
ment of the people, by the- people,
and for the people, ehflllnot perish
from the earth."
If brevity be Ihc soul of eloquence
ns it is of wit, then this address de
serves the very highest praise. And
whcu we analyze the manner and
the matter, it is indeed difficult to
see how anything substantially bct
(cr could be crowded into the same
small compass. Yet no point of
real importance U left untouched,
aud the points touched are driven
home to the dullest mind iu that
simple aud earnest language of
which Lincoln was a perfect master.
Only nn orator can appreciate an
orator, and it is reported that Ed
ward Everett who was to follow
the President in an elaborate effort
lasting over an hour said to him :
"Sir, your address will be rcmem-j .
bcrcd aud cherished when mine i
forgotten." And so it has turned
out. Yet Everett was perhaps the
most thoroughly accomplished ora
tor America has produced, and the
Gettysburg oration was not un
worthy of his high renown. If les
offective than his predecessor, it was
because (he one appealed (o the head
and (he other to (he heart ; and at
such times and places the feeling
are of more consequence than the
intellect. j$7. Louis Hejmblicnn.
VavtM Tor the Curlew.
Ninevah was fourteen miles long,
eight miles wide and forty-six mile
round, with a wall one hundred feet
high and thick enough for three
chariots abreast : Babylon wa filty
miles within the walls, which were
seventy-five feet thick and 0110 hun
dred feet high, with one hundred
brazen gates. The temple of Diana
at EphestH, was four- hundred and
twenty feet to the support of the
roof it was one hundred years iu
building. The largest of the pyra
mids wa3 four hundred and eighty
one feet in height, and eight hundred
and fifty-three feet on the sides.
The base covers eleven acres. The
stones are about sixty feet in length,
and the layers are two hundred and
eight. 1 1 employed 3.0,000 men In
building. The Labyrinth in Egypt
contains three hundred chambers
and twelve hall. Thebes, in Egypt,
presents ruins twenty-seven miles
round, and contained 350,000 citizens
and 400.000 slaves. The Temple of
Delphos was so rich in donations,
that it was plUHdorcd of $50,000,000,
and the Emperor Nero carried away
from it two hundred statues. The
walls of Rome were thirteen miles
around.
A very rich old man had married
a young wife and died suddenly, on
which the widow raved like a ma
niac, and exclaimed to the doctor
who stood by the bedside of the de
ceased, "Oh, I'll not believe that my
dear partner is dead ; he could not
die and leave me. No, no; he's
aliye I'm sure he's alive! Tell me,
doctor, don't you think so?" "Mad
am," replied tho medical man, with
much gravity, "I confess that it is
possible he may be revived ; I will
apply the "galvanic battery." "Oh,
no, no!" cried the gric'f-stricken
widow. "Hard ai it is Co bear :ny
fate, I will have no experiment
against the law of naturt7. let him
rest in peace."
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