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VOL. X.--NO. 41.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1880.
.WHOLE NO. 509.
TfiE JOURNAL.
IS IS6UKD UVKUY WEDNKSUAY,
M, K. TUENER & CO.,
Proprietors and Publishers.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. S. Paddock. l -S. Senator, Heatrice.
A I.VIN SAt'MKit..r. S. Senator, Omaha.
T. J. Major.-., Itep.. lVru.
fc. K. Vai.kntisk, Rep., 1'olnt.
STATU DIRECTORY:
Ai.MiNUr Nasck, Uovernor, Lincoln.
S..I. Ah-vander, Sueretary of State.
F. W. l.iodtke. Auditor, Lincoln.
. M. Hartlelt, Trci.urer, Lincoln.
C..1. Wlwnrtli. ttorney-Gcneral.
S. n.Tliinip-on. Siipt. Public Iiutriic.
II. l DaUMin. Warden of Penitentiary.
AV. W. Altbey, I iriwoll inspectors. "
Dr. .1. (!. l.ivis. Prison Physician.
II. P- iiatbewson,Supt. Insane Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
Chief Justice,
(uorjrc It. l.ake.l . on,.:,,!,. Juil?ifi.
r. -.i. r j''- - r
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S. Maxwell
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Ty M. CORIVKI.llJg,
ATTOIINEY-AJ-LA ir,
Up-stairs intJluck Building,. 1Kb street.
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
(i. AV. Po.t, Juilr. York.
M. U. Reese, Di-trict Attorney, A ahoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
31. It. Hoxie, Ite'lster, Grand Inland.
V:a. Ativan, Receiver, Grand Island.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
J". O. lliirins. County Judire.
John Stauffer, County Clerk.
V. Ivunimer, Treasurer.
Henj. Spiclman, Sheriff.
R. L. ltoiitpr, Surveyor.
"Win. Hloedorn j
John Walker, CountyComntihsioncrs.
John "VUr. J
Dr. A.lleintz. Coroner.
S.'L. Harrctt. upt.of Schools.
S. S. McAllister,! i,,l.t;,-l.HfvfthpPpaep
Byron Millett, ,"autH0Ilucl eace
Cbarleh Wake, Constable.
t.rk
" r. A. Speicc, Mayor.
John AWrmutli. Clerk.
Charles Wake, Marshal. -C.
A. New man, Trensiirer.
S. S. McAllister, Police Judge
J. C Koutfou. Eiurincer.
couxcilmkn:
-1 "' lt U'n7-J. E. North.
G. A. Sehroeder.
CITY DIRECTORY:
jifcALLlJlTER IIKOS.,
A TTOIWEYS AT LA W,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build.
Ing. 11th St.
TAELLEY & SLATTERY,
Tiono rovinar
and house building done to order, and
In a workman-like manner. Please give
us a call. t5TShop on corner of jOHve
St. and Pacific Arenue. - 485-tf
GEORGE IT. DERBY,
CARRIAGE,
House k Sign Paiatiig,
QEinmu, blazon,
Paver naaclag:,
XALSOMINING, Etc.
13" All work warranted. Shop on
Olive street, one dour south of Elliott's
new Pumn-hou.sc. prl6y
1- :
T S. MUKDOUK & SON,
" Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
AH kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us au oppor
tunity to estimate for you. fcSTShep at
the Rig Windmill, Columbus, Nebr.
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.ism '"liass
ADVERTISEMENTS.
COLUMBUS DRUG STORE.
A.W.DOLAND,
(SUCCKSSOR TO DOLAND SMITH,)
DUGS, PATEIT MEDICI I ES,
Wall Paper, Toilet Articles,
PAINTS AND OILS,
KTC, KTC., KTC.
Best Of M And Low Prices.
MR. SMITH will still be found at the
old stand, and will make prescrip
tions a specialty, at heretofore.
401-x
U Ward -VI.
R.
C. Kavanaugh.
II. Henry.
Sd
Wtird-i:. J.
A tii.
Raker,
HllTKCSS.
CoIuiii1u. Kont OfHrc.
Open on Sundays tram 11 a.m. to 12 M.
and from -i : C I to 0 i m. Rusiness
hours cxeept Sunday! a. m to $ p.m.
E.tMern mail- Iiie at'll A. m.
Wchtern mails elos( at 4:1. p.m.
Mail leae Columbus for Madison and
Norfolk, dailj, eveept Sunday, at 10
A. M. Arrived at 4:30 p. m.
1-or Monroe, Genoa. Waterxille and AN
blwii, dail except Sunday 0 a.m. Ar-
ric, .aim", U p.m.
For O.sccola ar.d York,Tuesdays,Thurs-
davs and Saturdns. 7 a. M. Arrives
Mondiys, Weiluckday and Fridays,!
op. St.
For "Wclf, Farral and Rattle Creek,
Mondavs, Wednesdays and Fridays,
a.m." Arrics Tuesdays, Thuridays
and Saturda s, at P. M.
For Sholl Creek, 'restou and Stanton,
on Mondavi and Fridaj at 0 a.m.
Arrives Tuesdays and Saturdays, at
' P. M.
For Alexis, Patron and Daxid City,
Tuesday. Thursdss and Saturdays,
ll'.u Ariives at 12 M.
For St. A nt bom. Piairie Hil! and St.
Bernard. Saturdays, 7 a. m. Arrives
Fridays, n p.m.
, t II. I. Time Tabic. .
Kat.ticiMnl Hound.
Kmigrant, Nn.fi, leaves at . . . fT:2. a. in.
Passciiiz'r, 4, " ".... ll:(Hia.in.
Freight, s, " '.... 2:1. p.m.
treigbt. "in, " ".... 4:30 a.m.
Westicard Hound.
Freight, No... leaxes at ... 2:00 p.m.
Passt.ng'r, " 3, " ". . 4:27 p.m.
Freight, " !, 4 " ... 6:00p.m.
Emigrant. "7. " "... 1:30a.m.
Everv dav except Saturday the three
li'ios luadiiig to Chicago connect with
IT P. trains tit Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, as
shown bv the following schedule:
FOR SALE OR TRADE!"
MARES I COLTS,
Teams of
Horses or Oxen,
SA1II: P:ES,,wild or broke,
at the Corral of
429 GERHARD & ZEIGLER.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DKALKR IN
TWO CROSS WORDS.
Columbus Meat Market!
WEBER & KNOBEIi, PrepV
KEEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh
meats, and smoked pork and beef;
also fresh fisb. Make sausage a spec
ialty. jg-Reniember the place. Elev
enth St., one door west of D. Ryan's
hotel. 417-tf
GOOD CHEAP BRICK !
AT MY RESIDENCE.ouShell Creek,
three miles east of Matthis's bridge,
I bftTe ,j
70,00 t;eed. kanl-burnt brlclt
Tor xaile.
which will be sold in lots to suit pur
chasers. 448-tf GEORGE HENGGLER.
HISS. MEIICIIES. CHEMICALS
WIIVES, LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand b
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Oae deer. East ef Oalley't. en
Klereatit Street,
COLUMBUS.
NEBRASKA
HABNSS8 k SADDLES
Chicago Barber Shop.
Ojpalti "Einseal Sreii,"
COLUMBUS, NEB.
HAIR CUTTING done in the latest
styles, with or without machine.
None but tirst-class workmen employed.
Ladies' and children's hair cutting h
specialty. Rest' brands or cigars con
stantly an baud.
HENRY WOODS,
472 0m Proprietor.
PpCT0iVBpHESTEEL.'t r
ij. s. Eunni.'VG mubgeox
COLUMBD8, t NEBRASKA.
FFIOE HOURS. 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to
O1
4 p. in., and 7 to 0 p. in. Office on
Nebraska Avenue, three doors north or
E. J. Baker's grain office. Residence,
comer Wvotuing and Walnut streets,
north Columbus, Nebr. 433-tf
Daniel. Faucette,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Barnin, Saddles, Bridles, and Collars,
keeps constantly on band all kinds of
whips, Saddlery Hardware, Curry
combs, Brushes, Bridle Bits, Spurs,
Cards. Harness made'' to order. Re
pairing done on short notice.
NEBRASKA AVENUE, Columbua.
68.4.
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK KILLS.
O.. N. &
Bound north.
Jack-on 4:."m im
LtCrcek.i:30 "
PL Centre .i:.7
lIutnphreG;."il '
Madi-on T:4 '
Jlunson 8:2S
It. II
L.
ItOAD.
Bound south.
Norfolk 0:30 A
Munson 0:.i7 "
Madison ..7:45 "
Humphrey8:S4 '
PL Centre J):2S
Lo-tCreek !:.V "
M.
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Norr.dk 8:." " Haekson. 10:30 "
The departure from Jackson will be
governed by the arrival there of the
l'. P. express train.
BUSINESS CARDS
H.
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XOTAliY PUBLIC,
12th Strrrt, t looi wrt of llimmond Ilouiif,
Columbus. 2eb.
491-y
Ir. K. I.. SI?LS,
Physician and Surgeon.
M'
STOflicc open
at all hours
Sank Suilding.
VyW. BIJKttlS,
Dealer in HEAL ESTATE.
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR,
ACT IKSTCIXCE ASX7,
KNOA, NANCK CO - NKU.
BEICK!
RIEMER & STOLCE keep constantly
on hand and famish in the wall,
the bet or brick. Order solicited. Ad
ress, a aboe. box !5, Columbus. 478.
PICTURES! PICTURES!
NOW IS THE TIME to secure a life
like picture ot yourself and chil
dren at the New Art Rooms, east 11th
street, fouth side railroad track, Colum
bus, Nebraska.
478-tf Mrs. ?. A. Johsklyn.
NOTICE!
IF YOU have any real estate for sale,
if rou wish to'buv either in or out
of the'eitv, if you idi to trade city
property for lands, or lands for city
property, cive n a call.
"WaPSWORTH & JOSSELYK.
NKLfcON MILLKTT. BYRON MILLETT,
Jutice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
J. niLLE'IT Ac SO.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus,
Nebraska. N. B. They will give
c!oe attention to all business entrusted
to them. 248.
" STAGE KOIJTE.
JOHN HUBER, the mail-carrier be
tween Columbus and Albion, will
leave Columbus everyday except Suu
da3' at 6 o'clock, sharju passing through
Monroe, Genoa, "WnLirvUIe, and to Al
bion. The hack will call at either or
the Hotels far pas.eugers if orders are
left at the post-olfice. Rates reason
able, f 2 to Albion, 222.1y
F. SCHEGK,,;
3Iauufacldrer and Dealer In
CIGARS' AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OP
SMOKING ARTICLES.
.Store on Olive Sfc, near tie oldJPost-office
Columbus Nebraska. 447-ly
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND OKNJBRAL1
C0LLECTIQ$fi0FFICE
AV. S. GEER
ONEY TO LOAN in small Iota on
farm property, time jne to r three
vcars. Farms wttn some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb.
475-x 4
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COLSJJIBIJS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
j3-Wholesale nd5leUi? Dealer In.Kor-
eicn "Wines, Liquors and Cigars,"Dulr-
lin Stout. Scotch and English Ales.
83rA"etucJty Whiskies a Specialty
OYSTERS In their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltk Street, Sontkof Dejot
COLUMBUS wLWf
(One mile west of Cilumbus. j
TnOMAS. FLYNN A SON, Propr's. i
GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK;
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AJLtvnys on Hand in r :
QUANTITIES la snit PURCHASERS
. .371-tf
Wm. SOHILZ, -
Manufacturer and Dealer in
BOOTS AND SHOES!'
MANUFACTURERS A WHOLE
SALE DE ALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMD US, NEB.
WM. BECKER,
-DKALXR IN(-
GROCERIES
Grain, Produce, Etc.
hMMFM
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NEW STORE, NEW GOODS.
Goods delivered Free of Charge,
anywhere in the city.
Corner of 13th and Ifadiaon Sta.
' 'North of Foundry. S97
STATE BANK,
aueMNft to itmti A ImS as! Itnir k Iilit.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CXStf&AiMTAE;
i '.
$60,000
X romplf te amortmrBt of La4io' aid Cat),
drea's Kko kept oa ktsd.
All Work Warranted !!;
Oar Motto Good stock, excellent
work and fair prices.
Especial Attention paid to Hepairitg,
Cer. Olive aad 19tk Its.
DIRECTORS:
Leandeu GcRkARn, Pres'i.
Geo." W. Hdlst, Vice Pres't.
JiiriU8 A Heed.
Edward A. Gerraud.
vAbnee Turner, Cashier.
Bak f a9eplt, Iaceaal
mad Kxcasuase
, CelIeciloaal?raatlj- Made nm
all PIata.
Pay rlateret a Time lteaos
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"Lucy, if you menu to sew on this
butlou, I do wish ypu'd do it I
can't wait all day."
Tom didn't speak a bit cros?, only
emphatic; but I was out of temper
that morning, and my head ached
badly from sitting up late the night
before. Tom had gone to a supper
for the second time since our mar
riage, given by some of his bachelor
friends, and had come homo the
worse for it. It had provoked me
intensely. So I had followed him
to bed in sullen silence, and awoke
uone the better pleased after my
sleep, on tho morning alluded to.
To mako tho matter worse, just as
he spoke to me about the button, the
knife, with which I was cutting
bread for his luuch, slipped inflict
ing a deep gash on my hand ; and the
baby awoke, and set up her sharp
littlo cry from tho cradle, all in ouo
and tho same moment.
'You can wait as long as I did last
night, I reckon,' I. replied sharply,
really angry at last. 'Don't hurry
mo I do all I can, and more than I
am ablo to do with one pair of
Tom dropped his button and turn
ed toward me with a startled "Why,
Lucy !'
'Don't Lucy mo,' I retorted, throw
ing down the bread, and catching up
the baby, while tho blood streamed
from my hand over her white gown.
'You've done enough you've broke
my heart! I wish I had never seen
you I wish I was back agaitrwith
my father and mother.'
I broke down with a burst of hys
terical tears, and seeing the blood on
my hand, Tom came over and knell
down besido inc. 'Why Lucy,' he
said, his voice and eyes full of ten
derness, 'you've cut your hand.
Why didn't you say so? Here, give
me the child while you bind it up
see how it bleeds !'
He held out his hand for the baby,
but I snatched her away and went
on sobbing.
'Don't you cry, Lucy,' he contin
ued, stroking tho hair back from my
forehead, 'please don't; I know l'vo
dono wrong.dear but I didn't mean
it. I fell in with some of the old
boys and they persuaded me against
my will. But it's the Ja9t time
the last timo.'
Why didn't I turn to him then,
and help and encourage him? Be
cause my men, tyrannous temper
got tho better of my woman's heart.
Oh, yes!' I said, sneeringly, 'It is
easy to mako fine promises you
told mc the same thing before How
can you expect me to trus.t you
now?'
Tom was spirited and quick tem
pered, great, loving-hearted men
always are. He sprang to his feet
like a flash, and, before I had timo to
speak or think, had loft tho room. I
tossed the child into the cradle, and
rushed to the door, but it w&s too
late, he was gone. I just caught
sight of him turning the corner.
I went back to the little breakfast
room; how blauk and drear it look
ed, and what a sharp stinging thorn
there wa9 in the very core of my
heart I I loved Tom and he loved
mo. Wo had beon married only
eighteen months, and this was our
first quarrel. I sat down with my
baby in my arms, heedless of my
morning work, and fell to thinking.
All tho old, happy days came back,
and the one in particular when we
sat in Dumbcrry wood. It was in
Autumn, and all tho world seemed
in a blaze of gold, as the sun slid
down, and the squirrels chattered
overhead, dropping a ripe nut now
and then, iuto my lap, as I sat there,
with the last roso of summer in my
hair, knitting a purse for Tom.
'Lucy,' he had said, as I wove in
the last golden stitches, 'you've knit
my love my very life up in that
purse. Tell me now, before you
finish it, how is it to be? am I to
have you and oh 1 I won't think of
it even, Lucy, It would be too
dreadful !'
'No, Tom,' I answered, 'you are to
have the purso and tho hand that
knit it, too.'
Poor Tom, he cried then just like
a littlo child he, the bravest man in
the village.
'No fault in him, only a little too
wild, too fond of gay company; but
you must tame him, Lucy, as your
mother did me.'
That was my old father's advico on
our wedding day. My heart smote
me dreadfully as I recalled it to
mind that morning. Had I done my
duty? Had I followed the example
of my mother, who uever let fall an
unkind word?
But Tom would be home to his
dinner. The thought brought me to
my feet. I did my work briskly,
and went about cooking just such a
dinner as he liked. Tho plum pud
ding was done to perfection; the
baby in a clean slip, and myself all
smiles to receive him when the clock
struck one. But he didn't come.
I put by the tmtasted dinner and
prepared supper, and lit a bright
fire in the little parlor. He should
have a pleasant welcome. But he
did not come. Eight, nine, ten
o'clock, and I put by the untasted
supper, and baby and I went up to
the nursery to wait and watch. How
the little thorn rankled 1 Tom had
broken his promise, and myunkiud
ness was the cause I Nothing else
rang in my ears through tho long
hours.
About two o'clock, I heard a noiso
bolow and went to the window.
There was a mnu on the porch ; I
could see him in the dim light.
'Tom, is that you ?' I asked softly,
putting out my head.
Yes ; open tho door, Lucy ; quick,
the police are after mo.'
My heart suuk. The polico after
him! what could ho have done? I
ran dowu swiftly and unlocked the
door. But as I did so two men,
wearing official badges, stepped
upon the porch, and one of them laid
his hand on Tom's shoulder, and
said :
'I arrest you, sir.'
'For what?' I cried.
IiV. mittlni I '
The floor seemed sliding from be
neath my feet, but I caught at the
door (o steady myself and looked at
Tom. At that instant the official
uncovered his lantern, and, oh, my
God ! thore was blood on my bus.
band's hands.
All the rest is a blank. When I
came to myself again I was in my
own room, and kind, companionate
faces were around me. I asked for
Tom. He was in prison, awaiting
his trial. There had been a quarrel
at the tavern, whither my cruel
words had driven Tom ; and Tom
had struck his antagonist. The man
wasn't dead, though thoy thought-he
was at first but he was badly hurt
about the head. But if he recovered ;
well, it would not go so hard with
Tom.
I arose and went to the prison ;
but they would not admit me. No
one was to see my husband till after
tho trial. Another day crept by ; a
night; and when morning came, I
went down to the door and opened
it, with a vague feeling of expecta
tion which always accompanies se
vere afflictions, and looked out. Tho
sun was rising; God's sun; rising
grandly and brightly over the black
stone jail. The frost hung thick and
sparkling over everything, even on
the scrap of folded paper that lay at
my feet. I stoopod and picked it
up idly as we catch at a straw or a
twig, sometimes, without any mo
tive or power of volition. The su
perscription caught my eye ; it was
my own namo, and my husband's
handwriting. I tore it open and
read:
'Dear Lucy : I have broken out
of jail, and am going well, no mat
ter where. I didn't strike Hastings
witn an intention to kill him. i was
ntoxicatcd and it was more his fault
than mine; but he may die, and
then ; at any rate it is better for you,
Lucy, for me to go. I never "was
worthy of your love. Now you can
go back to your father, and forgot
mo and be happy. You will find
the bonds for what money I have in
(ho bank in the desk ; it is enough to
mako you and the child comfortable !
Forgive and forget me, Lucy. God
bless you you and the baby.
Tom.'
This was the end ! That wa9 the
reward that my cross word had pur
chased for me! Truly, truly, the
wages of sin is death. We shall
not need one pang of corporeal pun
ishment, one spark of real fire, to
perfect our torment if wo are lost.
Conscience is all sufficient remorse,
that worm that never dies. It is not
for me to attempt to talk about what
I suffered in the days that followed
that morning! Words could not
express it save to one, that has pass
ed through the same furnace of
affliction, no one else could begin to
understand it. But I lived, for sor
row and death rarely walk in each
other's steps, and nursed my babe,
aud did the work my hands had to
do. I did not go back to my father.
I remained at Tom's home, and'kept
his things all about mc, even his cap
hanging on the wall. Forget .him?
Does love ever forget?
Hastings did not die. Ho recov
ered, and made a public statement.
He was more in fault than Tom was.
Then he put a notice in all the pa
pers, telling Tom to como back; but
he did not como.
The wiuter passed away with long
nights of bitter remorse, aud tender
recollections of the dear husband,
whose strong arms had once been my
stay and support. The spring came
tho summer another winter.
Three years went by crept by, ray
child, Tom's little baby, grew to be
a fairy little thing, with blue eyes
and golden hair, and a tongue that
never wearied of its childish prat
tling. All day long she sat on the
doorstep, whero. tho evening sun
beams slanted in, lisping to her doll
while I told her of her father who
would come back to us some day.
For surely ho would come. Surely
God's mercy would vouchsafe some
compensation, some pardon for such
repentance as my soul had poured
forth.
That third spring was peculiar
somehow, tho far-off sky seemed to
drop dowu in nearer, bluer folds;
the sun wore a softer radiance; the
trees, tbo grass, the flowors, a divin
er, tenderer beauty. I roso every
morning, and looked out of my littlo
window at tho kindling glories of
morn, with a feoling of straqge,
tremulous expectation. I.seomed to
feel the shadow of some groat event
that winged its flight oyer mc the
otie prayer of ray heart seemed to
be answered.
One evening oh, that evening!
A May sky, soft and blue, hung over
a green blossoming earth. The tur
tle dove cooed in tho distant wood,
aud.tbe robin twittered to her young
brood amid tho milky bloom of the
orchard. God's love shone in the
golden brightness of the wostsvard
going sun. My child, littlo Effie, sat
on the door step talking to her doll,
and watching the birds. All at once
she clapped her dimpled bauds and
bounded to her feet.
'Mammy,' sho cried gleefully,
'pappy comin, pappy comiu ; Effie
go meet him !'
Tho words stirred my heart to the
utmost depths, and dropping my
work, I followed her out of the
door. A man was coming up the
garden path his garments tattered
bis steps slow and uncortain,
beggar, no doubt. I called to Effio
to come back, but sho ran otr, heed
less ot my command. Tom's little
spaniel that I bad petted and taken
care of for his sako, darted from his
kennel with a peculiar cry, such as
I had never heard from it before.
What did it all mean? My heart
throbbed and my knees trembled.
Little Effie ran on, holding out both
dimpled hands, her golden curls
blown all about her rosy face. 'How-de-do,
pappy ! I'so your'e Effie,' she
lisped as she reached the man's feet.
He stooped and raised her in hia
arms and then his glance rested on
me. And such a glance Buch a
face! Pale, haggard, worn by sor
row and suffering to a mere shadow.
To in '8 ghost come back from the
grave. Not that, either, for my arms
grasped some tangible form.
Oh, Tom,' I cried, 'is it you?
Speak, speak and tell me.'
'Yes, Lucy, it's mo. I could bear
it no longer, I'm dying, I believe
and I couldu't go without seeing
you aud the little ono again.'
My arms held him fast, tattered
garments and all ; my kissos fell on
his poor face like rain. I would
never let him go again.
Tom, Tom,' I sobbed, getting
down on my knees bofore him, 'oh,
forgivo me ; forgive me ! I have
suffered so much.'
'It's mc that must ask forgiveness.
Lucy,' he said, humbly ; 'not you
I was wrong'
But I stopped him short.
'No, Tom, my cross word did it
all,' I said, 'but for that we might
have been happy together all these
weary years'
'Mammy, mammy interposed
Efflo, twisting horself around on her
lather's.Bhoulderdoult cry no more ;
pappy's come back.'
Yes, thank God, ho had come
back, poor, and tattered, and hun
grylike tho prodigal but my Tom,
my husband, nevertheless. I would
never speak cross to him any more.
It is springtime again. The sweet
May sunlight steals iu at my wiu
dow, as I write, and I hear tho tur
tle cooing in tbo distant wood. My
husband is a man now, staudiug up
proudly, his feet upon the grave of
old temptations. I know that God's
mercy is equal to His justice, aud
His love greater than either.
Hew I Wav Kalaed by a Qomc-feerry.
Not Tkat Klad of a Starcaer.
An absent-minded man, travoling
with his wife in a railroad car, left
her side to get a drink. When he
returned he dropped iuto a seat, im
mediately in front of his better half,
beside an unprotected female over
whose heau the snows of about thirty-eight
winters had glode. His
wife was looking out of the car win
dow at the scenery and didn't notice
his awful blunder. Presently, with
out turning bis head, he impatiently
remarked : "Jane, how often have
I told you not to starch my shirts so
infernally tiff." The ancient female
whose uatac happened to be Jane,
bcrcamed "Monster" and fainted on
the spot, and the absent-minded man
looked uncomfortably warm as he
changed seats.
My name is Smith. The family
name is old and honorable. Wo arc
very proud of it. It baa been traced
back to Shem, of the sons of Noah,
with tho usual philological modifi
cations. Three brothers of tho uame
camo over in tho Mayflower or soon
after.
It was always a tradition in the
family that sorao one of tho name
would bo elected to the Amorican
Congress. Five had already been
hung before.it fell to my lot to be
tho honored Yico President by the
votes of my countryman.
" I had been re-elected, aud by tbo
advocacy of moral popular measures
had myself become popular. One
of my speeches had beon published
at government expenco and widely
circulated. My reputation was un
tarnished aud tho future looked to
be full of promise.
Just at this juncture the hand pf
fate iutervened, and I fell a victim
to horticulture The causo of my
political disaster was so unexpect
ed, so contemptible that I am
ashamed to tiamo it. One of my
constituents was an enthusiastic
gardner. He had his hobbies: ono
of them was the gooseberry. A hob
by that may he be compelled to rido
aftor death. He had innumerable
seedlings. To those he had yoked
the names of all the public men in
the land. My own name duly writ
ten on a zinc tag hung on one of
lhoscr bushes. It was sent out to tho
world as the great success of tho
season ; the John Smith Gooseberry,
large, smooth, hardy prolific, sweet.
Thousands of those gooseberries
were disseminated among my con
stituents. They bought it on credit
of tho name. It must surely be a
fine thing named after our Congress
man, it was thorny, moldy, small,
bitter, barren. It was however
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hardy. It would not die. That
gooseberry made me one thousand
enemies at first hand. Those thous
and made me five thousand more.
It cost me my seat in Congress. The
district became full of thorns forme.
Instead of Hon. John Smith, our
representative, I became Gooseberry
John. I tried to convince the pub
lic that I had uo hand in the swin
dle. Men would not listen. I ought
not to lend my name to such things.
Sure enough one's namo is not to be
easilv loaned. It Is the last thin? to
be borrowed even after his cow and
his spectacles.
I was obliged to move from that
region. My reputation hung like a
last year's scarecrow on a prickly
goosoberry bush. It was too lato to
begin political lifo over again else
where. I am now raising sheep iu
Texas. There is not a gooseberry
allowed to grow on myranche. Will
not seedling raisers let alono the
names of houest philanthropists and
patriotic office holders? They have
worked hard to secure a name. It
is their sole capital. It should not
bo borrowed, at least not without
tho consent of the owner. "It is bad
enough to- be compelled to share
with babies, without losing all on a
gooseberry. Call your seedlings
Ralph Farms, Wonderful Amaze
ment, but not John Smith. Cor.
Gardner's' Monthly.
WI vearfer Barkeeaers.1
Some one a9ks how the barrooms
can be closed. Bar roorasrarer sot
kept for amusement. There is not
a man in the Slate who woeld keep
a bar if there wa9 no hope fof a
profit. Let overy maa who has
brains enough to attend to his own
business refuse to drink at a bar,
and the bar rooms will soon be
closed. Men who aro ashamed of
their habits of drinking, and must
havo a screen to hide them, will not
ofteu havo an opportunity to drink
elsewhere, and ono great step in the
temperance reform wili have been
taken.
Barkeepers in this city pay, on an
average, $2 per gallon for' whisky.
One gallon contains an average of
sixty-five drinks, and at ten cents a
drink the poor man pays six dollars
and a half for his whisky. la other
words, he pays $2 for the whisky
and $4.50 to a man for handing it
over tho bar. While it would be
better for all not to drink, some men
will have whisky, and my advice to
them is this: Make your wife your
barkeeper. Lend her $2 to buy a
gallon of whiskey for a beginning,
and every time you want a driuk go
to her and pay her ton cents for it.
By tho timo you havo drauk a gal
Ion, she will have $G.50, or money
enough to refund tho $2 borrowed
of you, to pay for another gallon of
liquor, aud have a balance of $2.50.
She will be ablo to conduct future
operations on her own capital, aad
'when you become an inebriate, una
ble to support yourself, shunned and
despised by respectable people, your
wife will have saved moitey enough
to keep you until you get ready to
fill & drunkard's grave. But had
you paid all this money to a bar
keeper he would not have given a
cent to bury you, or a crust to keep
your children from starving.
Few people ever stop to calculate
the cost of dram-drinking. At ten
cents per drink, one drink per day
will cost $36.50 per year, two drinks
per day will cost $73, three drinks
$109.50 aud four drinks $144.00 per
annum. A man came to mo the
other day to pay tho interoit on a
noto for one hundred dollars I bold
against him. Said ho, 'I only re
ceive six hundred dollars a year,
and with a family to support I am
not able to pay my debt." I asked
him to take a pencil, aud make a
slight calculation for me, and then
asked how often he drank at the
bar. His average was three drinks
per day, which, by his own calcula
tion, amouu ted to $109.50, or enough
to have paid both principal and in
terest of the note, and have $1.50
left. He was astonished at this dis
covery, aud is now determined never
to drink at a bar again. From T. C.
Campbell's lecture at ZIarysville,Ky.
Hull read latelllsxeace.
KatllcaaakcK a MlMnleaarlefi.
Iu 1850 there lived in the south
ern part of MiBsouria a family by
the name of Weaver very hard
characters the old man, hia wife,
and five grown-up boys. During
the spring John Weaver was bitten
by a rattlesnake. Everything was
resorted to for relief, but all to no
avail. When they saw be must die
they sent for an old Baptist preach
er to pray for him. Ho prayed as
follows: "We thauk thee, Almigh
ty God, for thy watchful care over
us; and for thy -goodness and tender
mercy, and especially do we thank
theo for rattlesnakes. Thou hast
sent ono to bite John Weaver. We
pray thee to send ono to bite Jim,
one to bite Henry, one to bite Sam,
ono to bite Joe, and we pray thee
to send tho biggost kind of a rattle
snako to bite the old man, for noth
ing but rattlesnakes will ever bring
the, Weaver family , to repentance.
There are others in Missouri just
as bad as the Weavers. We pray
thee to stir up Missouri, and, if
nothing else will bring the people to
repentance, we pray thee to shower
down more rattlesnakes. Amen."
The gigantic railroad combina
tions of Jay Gould are beginning to
excite feelings of distrust and alarm
among the leading business men 6f
New York. The feeling is growing
daily that it is time to put some
limitation upon the power ot indi
viduals to exercise absoluto dicta
torship over the highways of traffic.
A petition to congress calling atten
tion to this subject is beiug circu
lated in all the exchauges, and is
receiving many signatures. The
petition recites that great alarm ia
folt at the rapidly growing power of
railroad corporations, which feeling
is greatly intensified by their policy
of consolidating under the control
of a few individuals all the princi
pal competing roads to the Pacific
seaboard, thus forming a gigantic
and powerful organization to control
absolutely the iudustrial and com
mercial interests of the country and
the value of its products. They ex
ercise and abuse their power by
discriminating unjustly between in
dividuals and corporations. The
remedy sought is the early passage
of the Reagau inter-state commerce
bill.
"Where's your partner, this morn
ing, Mr. Hyson?" the neighbor
nsked the grocer. "Don't know
for certain," cautiously replied the
old man, "he died last night." Ex.
The smallest perfect achievement
is nobler than the grandest failure.
There is a mountain pass in Switz
erland over which tho traveler is
conducted blindfold. He might lose
his footing if he caught but one be
wildering glimpse of the chasm be
low. In like manner, a wise love
conceals from us those circumstan
ces which, might dfstract our atten
tion from the immediate line of
duty, and withholds the knowledge
that might occasion bewilderment
and a fall.
A BcaMtlfal TkeMKht.
When the Summer of youth is
slowly wasting away on the night
fall of age, and the shadow of the
path becomes deeper and life wears
to its close, it is pleasant to look
through the vista of time upon the
sorrows and felicities of our early
years. If wo had & home to shel
ter, and hearts to rejoice with us,
aud friends have gathered round our
fireside, the rough places of way
faring will have been worn and
smoothed away in the twilight of
life, and many dark spots we have
passed through will grow brighter
and more beautiful. Happy, indeed,
are those whose intercourse with the
world hasn't changed the tone of
their holier feelings, or broken those
musical chords of the heart whose
vibrations are so melodious, so ten
der, and so touching in the evening
of their lives.
