-. . -. 4 Kates of Advertising. Space. lto 2tg Imp 3m 6m lyr 'I IS ISSUKD EVERY WEDNESDAY, lcol'mn $12.00 frft ) $23 1 ya 1 10 1 1100 X " 8.001 12 15 1 20 1 35 1 68 'K " I COO 9 1 12 1 15 1 20 1 35 M.X TDltNER &C0. 4 Inches 5.25 7.50 I H 14 15 27 .50 6.75 10 12,' 15 J 1.50 1 2.25 4 fi 8 20 10 Proprietor! aad Pablitnert. Business and professional cards tea t lines or less space, per annum, tea dol- v tars. Legal advertisements at statute rates. "Editorial local notices" flfteea cents a line each insertion. "Local notices' Ave cents a line each Inser tion. Advertlsments classified as "Spe cial notices" live cents a line first inser tion, three cents a line each subsequent insertion. t.Mrd .w- . VOL. X.--NO. 50. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1880. WHOLE NO. 518. -THE JOURNAL. wImbii pl mm !i i V. W t -'ITOfflce; on 11th str et., upstairs in Journal building. Terms Per rear, $2. Sir mentas,'$l." Three months. 50c. Single copies, 5c. r: : CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. A. &. PADDOCK, U. S. Senator, Beatrice. Alyin Saunders, U.S. Senator, Omaha. .T.rJ. Majors, Uep., Peru. E.'K. Valkntink, Itep., VTest Point. STATE DIRECTOEY: VAlbinus -Nanck, Governor, Lincoln. S.J. Alexander, Secretary of State. F W. Liedtkc, Auditor, Lincoln. -'Q. M. Bartlett, -Treasurer, Lincoln. C.J. Dllworth, Attorney-General. S. R. Thompson, Supt. Public Instruc. U. C. Dawson. Warden of Penitentiary. W. V. Abbey, I PrIsnn Tenector8. C. If. Gould, Dr. J. . Davis, Prison Physician. ,H. P. Matbowbon, Supt. Insane Asylum. v JUDICIARY: ;S. Maxwell, Chief Jiibtice, Oeorve ft. L-ike.l Associllte Judges. A mas a Cobb. J FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (. W.'Post, Judfe, York. M. B. Reese, District Attorney, AVahoo. LAND OFFICERS: M. B. Hovie, Regl-ter, Grind Island. Win. Anyan, Receiver, Grand Island. SCHOOL, BLANK AND OTHER im BOOKS! 3?apex, Fens, Pencils, Inks, 'TAcoun' f. G'tllKKins, COUNTY DIRECTORY: J. GTIlKKlns, County Judge. John Stauffer. County Clcrt. J. W. Earlr, Treasurer. Benj. Spielman, Sheriff. R. L. RoHssitcr, Surveyor. John Walker, J John Wise. Count Commissioners. M. Mahcr, ) Dr. A. Ileliilz. Coroner. S. L." Barrett, Supt. of Schools. G. B. Bailey, I T,irfrp,,,rthePeaee ilyrou Mllletl, f Juciiccsonuei eace. UhsrleB Wake, Constable. UL'.iQL. CITY DIRECTORY: a WIM ? M$?miM w, M yj, 9 Musical Instruments and Music, TOYS, NOTIONS, BASE BALLS AND BATS, ARCHERY AND CROQUET, &c, at LUBKER & CRAMER'S, Corner 13th and Olive Sis., COLUMBUS, NEB. O. A. Speiee, Mayor. John WTinuth, Clerk. Charles Wake, Marshal. C. A. Newman, Treasurer. S. McAllister, Police Judjje. (- Itontson, Engineer. cou.vcilmkn: Ig- Ut-Ward J. E. North, - - G. A. Schroeder. TX7M. M. CORNELIUS, ATTOIiNEY-AT-LA Ur, Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street. yR. M. I. XIIURSTOf, RESIDENT DENTIST. Office over corner of 11th and North-t. All operations first-clas and warranted. ALVEETISEMENTS. COLUMBUS BRICK YARD 2l Ward Michael Morrlcney. - U. U. Henry. irarrf-E.J.Baker, L. Gerrard. CeluretmN Pent OMce. Open on Sundays trttru 11 a.m. to 12m. 'and from 4:30 to 6 r. m. Business ' hours except Sunday C a. m. to 3 p. M. Eastern mail;) close at 11 A. M. Western mails close at 4:15 p.M. . Mall leaves Columbus for 3ladison and Norfolk, dully, except Sunday, at 10 a?m. Arrive" at -1:30 p.m. For Monroe, Genoa. Waterville and Al bion, daily exrept Sunday C a. m. Ar rive, same,fi p.m. For Osceola and York.Tucsdays.Thurs days and Saturdays, 7 a.m. Arrives Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, For Wolf, Farral and Battle CrtfcC, MoudayM, WedueRdavg and Fridays, C a.m. Arrives Tue.-days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 0 p. M. For Shell Creek, Crrston and Stanton, on Mondays and Fridays at 0 a.m. Arrives Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 6 p. M. For Alexin, Patron and David City, l Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays, lijjw. Arrives at 12 M. "For St. Anthony, Prairie flill and St. Bernard. Saturdays, 7 a. m. Arrives Friday j, 3 p.m. " . 1J. P. Time Table. Eastward Bound. Emigrant, No.C, leaves at Paaxcng'r, " 4, " " Freight, " 8, " " Freight, " 10, " " Westward Bound. Freight, No. ft, leaves at Passcng'r, ' 3, Freight, " 1, Emigrant. 7. Everv day except Saturday the three liiejf leading to Chicago connect with U 1. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays there, will be but one train a day, as ihown by the folio wine schedule: C HIICACaO BAICIIER MHOP! HENRY WOODS, Pitor'R. t2TEverything in first-class stjle. Also keep the best of cigars. SIG.'y rcAUJTF.k-RKO.., f A TTORNETS A T LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build Ing. 11th St. (One mlle-woKt of Columbus.) THOMAS FLYNN A. SON, Tropr's. GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK Alwnya.on IJantl In QUANTITIES lo suit PURCHASERS . . 371-tf MY WIFE'H NEW SHAWL. JELLEY & SLATTERY, lloufio 3Iovlna: and house building done to order, 'and In a workman-like manner. Please give us a call. SrShop on corner of Olive St. and Pacific Avenue. -1ST tr GEORGE N. DEERY, CARRIAGE, House i Nmi Painting. Paper 1Iiibs;Ihc, KALSOMINING, Etc. KT All wors warranted. Mion on -Olive street, one door south of Elliott's new rump-house. aprlCy 41 (I C:2o a. m. 11:(HJ a. m. 2:15 p. m. 4:30 a. in. 2:00 p.m. 4:27 p.m. 0:00 p.m. 1:30 a.m. itf 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 and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunity to estimate for you. j3TShop at the Big Windmill, Columbus, Nebr. 43-y O., N. & B Bound north. Jackson 4:.'iS p.M LostCreek5:30 PI. Centre 5:57 Humphrey 6.-31 " Madison .7:40 " Munton 8:23 " VnrfnlL- KCiX i( u H. ROAD. Bound south. Norrolk...C:30-M. Munson ..0:57 " Madison. ..7:45 " Humphrey8:34 Pi. Centre 9:28 LostCreck 9:55 Intinn 10-30 ' The departure from Jackson will be governed by the arrival there of the U. P. express train. BUSINESS CARDS TOHX J. AUG II AN, JUSTICE OF THETEACEAND NOTARY rUBLIC, PLATTE CKNTKr., - - NKB. FOR SALE OX TRADE ! MARESr a COETS, Teams of Hors.es. pr Oxen, SAIUL.E PONIES, wild or broke, at the Corral of 4291 . GERRARD JtZElGLER. Columbus Mcaf Mhrket! WEBER & KNOBEL, Prop.. KEEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh meatsi asd smoked pork and beef; aIo fresh ish. Make -sausage a spec ialty. JSTRemember the place. Elev enth Stn one doer west of ET. Ryan's hotel. 417-tf -1, Manufacturer and Dealer in BOOTS AND SHOES! A complete aMortraent of Ladies' ami Chil dren's Shoes kept on hand. All Work Warranted!! Our Motto Good stock, excellent work and fair prices. Especial Attention' paid to Repairing Cor. Ollrenml 13th St. COLUMBUS DRUG STORE. A.W. DOLAND, (SUCCKSSOU TO DOLAND t SMITH,) DRB&S, PATEMr MEDICIIES, Wall Paper, Toilet Articles, PAINTS AND OILS, ETC., KTC, ETC. Best Of Goods And Low Prices. MR. SMITH will still be found at the old stand, and will makeprescrip. tions a specialty, as heretofore. 4UI-x TT J. IIUDSO, KOTARY PUBLIC. lith Street, S doors went of Htaaoad Houe, Columbus, Neb. 491-y r. E. I- KICKSirVS, Phygician and Srgon. tSTOffice open at all hours. Butyduig, Dealer in SEAL ESTATE, CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR, ASS liTrZASCI XitST, GENOA, NANCE CO., ... NKB. PICTURES! PICTURES! NOW IS THE TIME to secure a life like picture of yourself and chil dren at the New Art Rooms, east 11th street, south side railroad track, Colum bus, Nebraska. 47S-tf Mrs. S. A. JosSELYN. NOTICE! ' IF YOU have any real estate for fcale, if you wish to buy either in or out of the city, If you wish to trade city property for lands, or lauda for city properly, give us a call. f " "JVADBWORTn & JOSBELTN. N KLtiON MILLETT. By EON MILLETT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. NBllt,I-ETT 4CHOX, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus, SeUraska. -B. They will give close attention to all bui-iness entrusted to them. 248. STAGE KOUTE. JOHX HUBER. the maUarrier be tween Columbus and Albion, will leave Columbus everyday except Sun-day-at 6'clotk, Aarp, passing through Monroe, Genoa, Waterville, and to Al. Lion. The hack will call at either ot te Hotels for passengers iforderi are left at the post-office. Bates reason able, fc! to Albion. 222.1y DOCTOR B0NEST11L. , COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA. OFFICE HOURS, 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 oflicci Residence, corner Wyoming and Walnut streets, north Columbus, Nebr- ' " 43fctf f. sohecb:, Manufacturer and Dealer in CIGARS AND TOfeACCO. ALL EINDS OP SMOKING ARTICLES. Store on Olive St., near the old Bost-oice Columbus Nebraska. 417-1 y & DanieL Faucette, Manufacturer and Dealer in Barsess, Saddle:, Bridles, and Collars keeps constantly on hand all kinds of whins, Saddlery Hardware, Curry combs, Brushes, Bridle Bits, Spurs, Cards. Harness made to order. Re pairing done on .short notice. NEBRASKA AVENUE, Columbus. fi3.4. A. J. ARNOLD is Ageul for the sale of THE DIEBOLD Ere Mff BsrHar-iiroof Safe. Not a safe lost in the two great Chi cago tires. Call on or address A. .T.ARNOLD, Dr. A. HEINTZ, DEALER IN GOC-y Columbus Nebr. "LAW, REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL COLLEqriONOFEICE .S.GEER v MONEY TO LOANJasmall'lats'on farm', property, tifti hobo to three years. Farms with sonemprovements boughtsl eH.v .O0fcJorZthe present at the Clotber House, Columbus, Neb. 473-x CLUMmiN DBDGS. MEDICIIES. CHEMICALS WLLS, LIQUORS, Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc., And all articles usually kept on hand by Druggists. Phys'iciiyis .Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Omc door East or Galley', oh Elcrentk Street, COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OP SHELL CREEK MILLS. Restaurant and Saloo-n! E. D. SHEEHAN, Preprietor. jgrWholesale ind Retail Dealer in For-J eiea n ines, liquors aau Cigars, Dub lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales. tSTJTentuciy IWiUkies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their season, by the case can or dish. lltk Street, Soatk ef Depot MANUFACTURERS AWHOLI J ' BALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COLUMB US, NEB, 'But why did you pay so much for a shawl? It was aheer non sense,' said my old friend, Capt. Morton, as he mixed his third glass of grog, and stirred in a multiplicity of spiceB -before drinking it after the manner of sailors when they can get it. '"Why on earth did you pay so much money for a shawl, when you could buy one so moch cheaper? Nine hundred dollars by tho blood of a shark it would buy a house.' That was his oath 'By the blood of a shark ;' he never sworo any other; aud the most abusive epithet he could apply to a man one that to him embodied the quintessence of meanness was to call him 'a shark.' 'I tell you, Captain,' said I, 'but then you must ackuowledge that the shawl is a beauty if it did cost a small fortune to a poor man. Last year, when I camo home with a cargo of tea from China, I left my boat in good hands aud hurried to my home in the little village of Twiceaweek (we called it that be cause our mail came twice a week,) where all my hopes and affections were invested in a wife and two children. I was in joyous spirits, and as happy a man as ever stepped on terra firma. My handsome wife was well and young as ever, my boy as much like me as when I left him many months before, and my gentle G-year-old Ncllio lovelier than I had dreamed she could be. My welcome was an l couiu nave wisticu ; and oh ! what bright days those were that followed my immediate arrival 1 The third day my boxes were brought out. Now, the opening of a sailor's boxes is always a momen tous affair to his family, and I had brought mine all the presents I could possibly procure or them. Two pieces of rich silk for dresses for my wife, beautiful Chinese table linen, carved chessmen, and so on. 1 6aw a look of disappointment on my wife's face, but I said nothing, and the matter passed off. 'My old friends came to see me- -my wife gave me my favorite dishes and the week so happily spent was gone before I knew it. Sunday moruing came, bright and beautiful. To my surprise, my wife came to breakfast with rumpled hair, and looking decidedly cross; after a while she decided that she would not go to church, though she was as regular as the sexton, for she had nothing fit to wear. I thought it very odd, but said nothing, having long since found out that arguing with a woman is about as effectual as dipping the ocean dry with a tea-spoon. 'When Nellie and I got back there stood my wife, her hair still un combed, and ready to scold the child for muddying her shoes her blue Chinese boots, with the little bronze bird on the side of them. I inter fered with a good deal of firmness, aud we went in to dinner. Nothing On the table was cooked decently. And so it was all tho next week. My coffee was thick and muddy, my meat done to a crisp, and I well knew that the demon of mischief was about lobe let loose; but why I conlcl not guess. 'In the'mcantimo my wife's sister who had been a kind of ship's cous in quartered upon me ever since my marriage, looked as demur as a Connecticut deacou, and gave me no hint what it was all about. On tho next Saturday afternoon I was sit ting with my wife and children when there came a knock at the door, and in came First Mate Wil liam Bendoin and his wife, she in all the splendor of a new rig. He had returned the week before me from Calcutta, and we were the only seafaring meu of the place, and our wives wero neighbors, and had al ways been professedly great friends. 'I was delighted to see them, and thought at the time that my wife was very cool, though so exceeding ly polite. I soon forgot all about her manner, though, in the pleasure of talking over old times, and they made a long and to me a very pleas ant call. 'As soon as they left, my wife went up to her room, and I saw her no more that evening, for when tea was ready she sent down word she had a headache, and wanted none. The next day things were no bright er than before, and when the first church bell rang, my wife burst into a flood of tears and set off for her chamber. I followed her, and there she lay on the bed in regular hys terics. When she came to herself a little, I asked : 'What on oarth is the matter?' 'She looked at me full in the face, and said : If you don't know, Thomas Wil cox, you ought to !' 'I wilted under her looks like a boy caught stealing marbles. The truth is, I thought some villain had been telling tales out of school; bat, for. the life of me I couldn't con ceive who it could be. 'By this time my wife was in an other fit, worse than the first. I conjured up all the recollecliond of my voyage and they were not half so pleasant as I could havo wished them but, finding I could not res tore her, I ran down stairs to make some mulled wine. When I reached the kitchen, there was my wife's sister, with her demur face, which helped to irritate me still more. I called for wine and spices, aud, while I was heating it, she began. She wished to gracious hor sister knew how to treat a husband as he deserved to be treated ; that if she was a wife, she would know how to prize a man who did everything a man could do to please her. I was in no humor to hear my wife abused my conscience at that time making a kind of coward of mo so I burst out npon her in a rage, told her she was a snake in the grass, aud I would rather havo her sister than a thousand such as she was ; if there wa3 any trouble be tween Mollie aud me, why, I knew who to thank for it. 'She lifted up her eyes and hands abovo her head, and said that all men were fools, but I was the great est fool of them all. This brought on a spirited alter cation, in which I spoke my mind pretty freely. As soon as the wine was heated, I decanted it into n tumbler. My sister-in-law recom mended hot vinegar, but I told her I would leave that for her. 'On my way up-stairs I thought I heard my wife's footsteps in her chamber, but when I entered she was lying on the bed, crying in a very sensible manner. I had no difficulty in persuading her to drink the wine. She caught hold of my hand and kept sobbing. She did not deserve such a husband, she said. I was too good for her, and she was not worth all the kindness I gave her. 'I felt encouraged, and, kissing her again, begged her to tell me what was the matter. At this she began crying and sobbiug again, and said she could not tell me, as I would hate her, and she deserved to be hated, etc. 'The more she decried herself, the more peniteut I became, and, in fact I was on the point of making a clean breast of it aud asking her forgive ness; but luckily I did not, for in a little she told me the terrible bug bear. First Mate Bendoin had brought home1 to his wife a cash mere shawl, while I had only bro't her the silk dresses. Is that all?' I cried, clasping her in my arms and feeling intense re lief; aud then told her how unkind it was to keep mo in such suspense; and she laid her brown head on my breast and begged to be forgiven. 'Now every woman has her Na poleon Bonaparte, and my wife's was Sirs. Win. Bendoin, and the agonizing thought of being outdone by that lady at church had caused all this commotion, and perhaps given me dyspepsia through eating tough bread. I explained to my domestic angel that cashmere shawls came from one part of the country and silk from another but as soon as I possibly could, her wish should be gratified. By dinner time the pretty face was as smiling as ever, and to my astonishment she spoke sharply to her sister the first time I ever heard her do so. I had reason to believe afterward that my wife, hearing our loud voices, had come to the top of the stairs and listened ; for once in the world a listener heard good of her self, and it resulted in my sister-in- law's marrying herself to a saddler aud leaving my house. 'The next week I had to go to the city on business, and I took my wife along to have her China silks made up; I secretly resolved lo buy a shawl that would outshine Mrs. Beudoin's, and the day after rny arrival I was lucky enough to find a claret-colored satin bonnet, the ex act shade of her handsomest dress, with a long, drooping plumo that penectiy enrapiurea ner. wc re mained in town five or six days: her dresses-came home beautifully made, she said, and just suited her. I bought her all the little trumpery she wanted, aud she was delighted with her visit. 'Two days before we started home I met my old friend Legget, just from Calcutta, with four of the most beautiful shawls I ever saw; he allowed me to take my choice at cost price, M'hich was ?450, while he modestly made out the receipt at $900. This I put safely away in my trunk when my wife was out. 'We reached home the last of the week, found the children well, and heard that the world-renowned Prof. Lumley would preach in our little hamlet the next Sunday. I saw my wife's eyes dance at the in telligence ; perhaps at the thought of ner new dress and bonnet, her six I worst." button gloves, Mrs. Bendoin had never had any higher than five-buttons, perhaps of the excellent dis course she was to hear who knows ? 'Sunday was a bright, frosty day, and my Mollie really looked charm ing as she camo down stairs ready for church iu her.rich silk and new bonnet. She had on a light cape. 'My dear,' said I, 'don't you need something heavier around you?' Oh, no, not to-day, I think.' I stepped out of the room a mo ment, brought out my splendid present and threw it around her shoulders. She looked at it iu a dazed way for a moment, then threw herself into my arms and burst into tears. I soon kissed them away, and we started to church. 'Wo walked up to the head of the broad aisle, aud it would have done your heart good to hear her sweet, clear voice as she saug that day. When service was over, she had a kind word for everybody ; especially was she anxious to hear from Mrs. Bendoin's children ; sho lingered on the church steps for a good while to see that lady. 'I put the bill where I knew Mol lie would find it, aud while tho men all voted me a fool, the women all said I was tho best husband in Twiceaweek; that I liked lo see ray wife look like somebody, etc. Nover had our place been as dressy as it was that winter, and I hud the satis faction of knowing that I was tho cause of the other married men hav ing to spend some money for dry goods, aud especially those whose wives and daughters attended the same church with my wife.' , 'But none of them had a $000 shawl eh, Tom?" said the captain, slyly, as he drummed on (ho table with his glass. nf ake IleasrkeeBers of the Girl. 'Not a bit of it did they! And remember, captain, mum's tho word. about the price of my wife's new shawl.' A Ifllne OwHcr'n ruititalcc A man now a prominent merch ant of Virginia City won at poker an undeveloped gravel claim near Ne vada City, worth in the neighbor hood of two hundred dollars. His friends had the laugh ou him for several days regarding his "invest ment," and asked him what propor tion of the taxes ho would pay in case they accepted the property as a gift. He finally got mad at their incessant guying, and told them they would see he was not such a fool aB they took him for before he got through with that mine. Ho then wrote to some capitalist acquaintan ces that he had a claim worth a fab ulous sum, which he would sell for $2,000, boing hard pressed finan cially. Tho bank was next visited, $500 worth of gold-dust and nuggets bought, and the claim thoroughly "salted." When the intending pur chasers arrived they prospected the ground a little, and the panning-ont was attended by big cleanups. They paid the $2,000 the same day, and got possession of the ground. Work was at once begun, and they took out $8,000 inside of three weeks. The "salter" was bo taken aback that he did not smile for a month, and the parties to whom he confided his shrewdness at the time of its perpe tration never meet him to this day but they ask him if he has another gravel mine to sell. Nevada (Col.) Transcript. Among the matters affecting our well-being, tho better fitting of our girls for their entrance into the so cial and family world, is of serious importance. Of course, the girls must be educated as thoroughly as circumstances will permit But when she has become proficient in tho usual feminine accomplishments, is that all the education necessary to make her a useful and happy woman? Sho desires a home of her own, and although her mother is loth to lose her from the home nest, she can not deny her the privilege of following her mate, as the mother did before her. Indeed, it is con sidered au undesirable thiug by most mothers to have a houso full of "old maids." But It its a fact, in spite of this feeling, that many mothers do not prepare their daugh ters for happy marriages. They neglect to teach them the common est duties of a house keeper, under the mistaken idea, which they hold in love aud tenderness, that they do not want their daughters to have so hard a life as they have. So they ignore the truth that- no ono am place herself at tho head of a house hold without taking on care for which, if she has not been properly educated, her lot will be all the harder. Mauy young girls begin this new homo-life without even the first elements of essential knowl edge of what is required of them. I could tell of a newly-made bride, past thirty, though blooming as a girl, who was a thorough and popu lar teacher in the city schools, takes a high place in society, excels in fancy work, and is a good seam stress; but who has no more idea how a meal of victuals is prepared than a bird of the air. This may be all well enough while she 'board?' but the time will come when nhp will wish her good mother had taught her how to cook a beefsteak and make a pudding. Tho young woman needs, too, to know how to fashion and make gar ments for ordinary wear, for we rarely fiud an average family ih our country communities that is able to hire all the necessary cutting, fitting, and sewing, without seriously crip pling its resources for other needs. One need not, in order tt be thrifty and economical, always be her own dressmaker, or her good man's tail or; for there is often real economy iu getting these heavy jobs off one's hands, thus leaving the wife readier and stronger for the many duties constantly arising, which no one else can do so well. But tho plain sewing can he moat neatly and sav ingly done at home, uudcr the care ful, instructed eye of tho "house mother," even though she has a good sewing-machine, and cau afford a competent person to run it. Hope Harvey, in Land and Home. ' .v low XfaU Nolld Earth Kceos make a hard line against the bur nished sky. But Arab and Spanish chroniclers alike record the facts, and geographical science explains the cause. There is scarcely a dis trict iu tho whole range of tho civilized world where some equally interesting geographical story has not been recorded, and where the same valuable lessons may not be taught. Thi3 Is comparative geog raphy. Exchange. THE POWER OF MUSIC An Epiaode of the Southern Excur sionists Visit to Cincinnati. ChsHglMC- From Kitchen to Throne. We read of peculiar things hap pening in life, and a wise man sho'd be surprised at nothing. In like manner a comely aud modest wo man has often a fortune in her face, if she knows how beauty should become her. To witr During tho troubles in the reign of King Charles I a country girl came up to Lon don in search of a place as servant maid, but not succeeding she applied herself to carrying out beer from a brew-house, aud was one of those then called tub-women. The brew- er, ooserving a weu-iooKiug girl in this low occupation, took her into his family as a servant, and after awhile, she behaving with so much prudence and decorum, he married her. He died when she was yet a young woman and left her a largo fortune. The business of the brew ery was dropped, and the young woman was recommended to Mr. Hyde as a gentleman of skill in the law to settle her affairs. Hyde (who was afterward (he great Earl of Clarendon,) finding the widow's fortune very considerable, married her. Of this marriage there was no other issue than a danghter, who was afterward tho wife of James 1L, and mother of Mary and Anne, Queens of England. A case of domestic scandal was under discussion at a tea table. "Well, let us think the best of her we can," said an elderly spinster. "Yes," said another, "and say the The student of history reads of the great sea-fight which King Ed ward III. fought with the French oil' Sluys; how iu those days the merchant vessels came up to the walls of that flourishing seaport by every tide ; and how, a century later, a Portugese fleet conveyed Isabella from Lisbon, aud an English fleet brought Margaret of York from the Thames to marry successive Dukes of Burgundy at the port of Sluys. In our time, if a modern traveler drives twelve miles out of Bruges, across the Dutch frontier, he will find a small agricultural town, sur rounded by corn-fields and meadows and clumps of trees, whence the sea is not iu sight from the top of the town steeple. That is Sluys. Once more. We turn to the great Baie du Mont Saint Michel, between Normandy and Brittany. In Koniau authors we read of the vast forest called "Setiacum Nemus," iu the center of which au isolated rock arose, surmounted bj;a temple of Jupiter, once a college of Druid- esses. Now the 6arae rock, with its glorious pile dedicated to St. Michel, is surrounded by the sea at high tides. The story of this transforma tion is even more striking than that of Sluys, and its adequate narration justly earned for M. Manet the gold medal of the French Geographical Society in 1828. Once again. Let us turn for a moment to the Mediterranean shores of Spam, and the mountains of Mur cia. Those rocky heights, whose peaks stand ont against the deep blue sky, scarcely support a blade of vegetation. The algarobas and ol ives at their bases are artificially supplied with soil. It is scarcely credible that these arc the ame mountains, which, according to the forest book of King Alfonso el Sabio, were once clothed to their summits with pines and other forest trees, .while soft clouds and mist hung over a rounded, shaggy outline of wood where now the naked rocks Before tbi3 there has occurred a thrilling episode. The great orches tra, under the puissant baton of Michael Braud, struck up the thrill ing old air of '-Dixie," with its soul thrilling associations and memories. For a moment there was a hush. The old soldiers of the North aud the old soldiers of the South looked at each other and the vast throng was still. But before the second bar was struck the emotion of the gal lant Southerners overcame them, and almost simultaneously their sprang to their feet, more than a thousaud strong, aud the old South ern battle cry made the lofty arches ring again. Side by side with them stood the Northern hosts and cheer ed with them. Again aud again tho men ol the South broke forth as the gay measuies woko their enthusiasm, aud tho strains of the orchestra were Tairly drowned by their united voices. A prominent gentleman of Cinci'u nati, and a famous soldier, turned to Gov. Mnrks, of Tennessee, and said : "That is the old rebel yell." "Yes," was the reply, "and now hear it raised for the stars and stripes," for just theu the orchestra struck up that grand old patriotic air. The scene that followed is in describable. Such an one was nev er witnessed before. As thi full orchestra poured forth the graud old strains of "The star-spangled banner. Oh, Ions may it wave O'er the land of the free And the home of the brave," the great organ burst forth in glo rious unison with nil its magnificent power, and the vast audience arose as one maa, and the old Union cheer blended with the old Jtebel yell to the notes of the national air for tho first time sinco the dark and bloody years of the great civil war. Men who had faced each other on many a crimson battlefield, under the stars and stripes, and under tho stars and bars, clasped hands and waved hand kerchiefs, until the great level of the hall was like a white sea. Ail the sound of the orchestra and organ was lost iu the exultant shouts of reconciliation and common patriot ism, aud the great wave of enthu siasm bwept over the vast, glowing concourse, and carried everything before it. It was a scene never to be r forgotten by those who participated, a moment that was cardinal in the history of the great Ilepnblic. C't't cinnati Commercial. llotr to Take Lire. Take life Hko a man, says the Spurgeon. Take it just as though it was as it is an earnest, vital, es sential affair. Take it just as though you were born to the task of per forming a merry part in it as tho the world had waited your coming. Take, it as though it were a grand opportunity to achieve, to carry for ward great and good schemes, to hold and to cheer a suffering, weary, it may be heart-broken brother. The fact is life is undervalued by a great majority of mankind. It is not made half as much of as bhould be the case. Where is the man or wJ man who accomplishes one tithe ot what might be done. Who cannot look back on opportunities lost and plans unachieved and thoughts crushed, all caused from lack of nec essary and possible effort! If wo knew better how to take and make the most of life, it would be greater than it is. Now and then a man stands aside from the crowd, labors earnestly, steadily, confidently, and straightway becomes famous for wisdom, intellect, skill, greatness of some sort. The world wonders, ad mires, idolizes; and yet it only illustrates what each may do if he takes hold of life with a purpose. If a man but say he will, and follow it up, there is nothing in reason he may not expect to accomplish. A jury in the City Court of New York disagreed one day last week, and when Judge McCue Inquired, "How do you stand, gentlemen?" the foreman replied : "Your Honor, there are six of ns on one side, and four on the other; one is on both sides, and one didn't vote." Judge, jurors and spectators were convuls ed with laughter, but the foreman was unable to see the joke. '1 ' 1 I y V, at it a J h vn