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IS IS3UKD KVKKY WEDNESDAY,
M. K. TURNER & CO.,
Proprietors and Publishers.
trOdiee, on 11th street., upstairs, in
Journal building.
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VOL XL-NO. 10.
COLUMBUS. NEB., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 8, 1880.
WHOLE NO. 539.
THE JOURNAL.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. A. 1'aiwock, l'. S. Seuator, Beatrice
Ai.viN Saiindkks, V. S. enator,Oiiiahti.
T. .1. MaJoks, Hep- ,Vru- . . .
K. K. Vai.ksti.sk. Kl.. Wet Point.
STATE l7ItKCTOKY:
A I.HI
NOh N iSCK, linvernor, l.inroln.
Alexander, -Secretary ofMatr.
l.icdlLv. Auditor, Lincoln.
S..1
F. V
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-S. It.
. Harwell, ire.nu"-'.
'..a... ...1. . tfriM.al-dKlllil'Jll.
ptlWUIIII, .iiii'ii".;-' -i
Thmp-on, Supt. Public liiVruc.
Puwii.ii. Warden of Penitentiary.
H. C.
W
. Ab-,i rjHn inspector.
Gould, J ....
(5. lUvt. Prison Physician.
Malhewion, Supt. Insane Asylum.
O. II.
Dr.. I
U.P.
.HTDKMAiiY:
S. Maxwell. "blef .1 notice,
lit-ftrtre B. I.akt AB1M.i,,ie Judaea.
Aiiihsh I'obb. t
HHUtTU JUDICIAL IiWTKICT.
G. V. PW, .Indue Yorl..
M. H. lteofce. District Attorney, U Hhoo.
LAND OFI-'KIKIW:
M. B. Kovie. Register. Oraiid Island.
Win. Ativan, Receiver, Grand Island.
COl'NTY PIRKCTORY:
1.IJ. Ill-.tfiiin. Cmiiity.rmVr.
Jcdtn sunnier. Count t ClerL.
J. W. Karlj. Treasurer,
titnij. Spieluiail, Sheriff.
R. L. Uoi.it-r. Surveyor.
.Iidm Walker, j
John Wi-e. Ounty'ommissloner.
M. Maher, J
Ir. A. Hcintz. Coroner.
S. I.. Rairett. Supt. or School.
a. It. Ititiley, jnHtue-ofthereaee.
bvron Millett,
(Wl., Wake, Constable.
CITY DIRECTORY:
.1. P. Becker. Mayor.
II.. I. Hudson, Clerk.
C. A. Newman, Treasurer.
Geo. O. P.owman, Polic .1 ude
.1. U. Rout-on. Engineer.
councilmkn:
ttt Vtrd -lohu Itickly.
it. A.Sehroeder.
id UVinl Win. I.amh.
S.S, .McAllister.
3,1 jj'?n!-fi. W. (Mother.
Phil. Cain.
CoIumhuN Wont Office.
Open on Suuda n trwm 11 a.m. tol'i.M.
and from 4:::" to (i p. i. Business
hours exeept Sunday G a. M. to S i m.
Ka-tern mail clo-i at 11 A. m.
Wtietrrn mails clone at4:l." p.m.
Mail leave-. Columbus for Madison and
Norfolk, Tuesday. Thnridsys and
Saturdays. 7 a. m. Arrives at 0 v. M.
For Monroe, Genoa. Watcrville aud Al
bltin, daily exeept Sunday G a. !. Ar
rive, same, 0 r. i.
For Potville, Farral, Oakdale and
Newman's Grove. .Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays, K a.m. Arrives
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
at (I r. M.
For Shell Creek, Crenton aud Stanton,
on Mondays and Fridajs at I! A.M.
Arrives Tuesday and Saturdays, at
G I'. M.
For Alexin, Patron and David I ity,
Tuesdays, Thursday aud Saturdays,
I p. v "Arrives at 12 M.
For St. Anthonv, Prairie Hill and St.
Bernard. Fridays. '. a. m. Arrives
Saturdays, 3 l'.M.
IJ. 1. Time Xnlile.
Eastward Bound.
Emigrant, No.G, leave- at
Pa-enc'r, " 4, "
Freight, " 8, "
Freight, " U. "
Westward Bound.
Freight, No. ft. leaves at
Passen'r, " 3, " "
Freitrht. " 9, " "
IAmiiTP.nl 7
G:2a.m.
11:(H! a.m.
2:ir p. in.
4:30 a. m.
2:00 p.m.
4:27 p.m.
r.:00p.m.
1 :30 a. in
Kverj dav exeept Saturday the three
Il'iei. leading to Chicago connect with
C P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, an
hwn bv the following schedule:
A. X. TIME TABLE.
Leaves (Jolumbus, 8:30 A. M.
Platte, 0:00 "
David City, W.2.. "
Garri-ou, i:t0 "
Uivfses, 10:02 "
Stn'plehurst, . . . 10:19 "
Seward, 10:37 "
Kubv. 10:A3
Alilford. 11:05
Pleasant Dale, ... 11:22 "
Emerald. 11:40
Arrives at Lincoln, 12:00 i.
Leaves Lincoln at 1 f. M. and arrives
lu Columbus 4:45 v. M.
O..X. A H. H. 110A1.
Bound north. Bound south.
Jackson 4:M p.M.'Xorfolk 6:30 a.m.
LostCreek 5:30 " Munson 0:57 "
Bound north. i Bound south.
PL Centre 5:57
Hnmphrey:51
Madion " 7:40
Munou S:2S
" i Madison ..:45 "
" t Humphrey 8:34 "
44 J PL centre 9:23 '
44 iLostCreek 9:55 44
l.1uiVsnti io?:o "
XdNolk S:55
Thi iliMi'irinr from JaekhOU will be
governed by the arrival there of the
ll. P. exprc-s train.
SOCIETY NOTICES.
tSgrCards under this heading will be
Inserted for $3 a year.
G. A. K. Baker Post Xo. 9, Department
of Xebraska, meet- every second and
fourth Tuesday eveningB in each
month in Knights of Honor Hall, Co-lunibu-.
John Hammond,P. C.
V. p. lVAtlsffoRTH, Adj't.
H. P. Bowkk, Searg. Maj.
BUSINESS CAEDS.
r J.THOMPSOX,
NOTARY PUBLIC
Aud General Collection Agent,
St. Edwards, Boone Co., Xeb.
notice:
IF YOU have auy real estate for sale,
if tou wish to'buy either iu or out
or the'eity. if you wish to trade city
property tor lauds, or lauds for city
property, cive us a call.
" TTaDSWOUTII & JOBBELTN.
NKLSON M1LLCTT. BYRON MILLKTT,
Justice of the Peace and
Xotary Public.
X. MILLETT Sc KO."V,
ATTOItXEY'S AT LAW, Columbus,
Xebraska. X. B. They will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to them. 248.
T OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
t3Shop opposite the "Tattersall,"
Ollva Strtet. o25
SCHOOL, BLANK AND OTHER
gjj"BooK:ssji
Paper, PeriR,
vttmiz MTjqr
WTI1& 4maLJkMmt99
Musical Instruments and Music,
TOYS, NOTIONS,' BASE BALLS AND BATS,
ARCHERY AND CROQUET, &c, at
LUBKER & CRAMER'S,
Corner 13th and Olive Sts., - - COLUMBUS, NEB.
pOKHKI.UJS A: lil.MVA.
A TTORXEYS-A T-LA W,
ITp.ntairs in Oluck lluildinjr, lltli street,
Above the Xew bank.
Ir..K. I SIGGIW.
Physician and Surgeon,
j3T0flice open
Bank Building.
at all hour.
J
OIIN .I.JIAUGHAX.
.JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND
NOTAi: 1 VUiu.1 u.
PlJlTTE CKNTHK,
tt .1. iinwos.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Xkb.
ISth Street, 2 doors ntt of lliiimnn.l Housp,
Columbux, AW.
4!)1-V
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K. M. . TIH:itST4..
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Olllce over corner of 11th and Xorth-xt.
All operations lirst-class aud warranted.
0
iiik-o HAititi:i: siioi-
IIEXRY WOOD?, Pitor'u.
jarKvervthing in first-clas style.
Also keep the best of cigars. BlU-v
A rcAM.l!TEK IlKO..,
A TTORKEYS A T LA W,
Ollice up.stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St.
Tj jr. s:m;, .fi. .,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
ColiiiiliiM. jS"el.
Oflicc Corner of Xorth and Eleventh
StM., up.stairs in G luck's brick building.
Consultation in German and Kujilish.
TTTM. BI,'ltKSS,
Dealer in REAL ESTATE,
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR.
Airs i:t:32av:e .& ac::?,
CNOA. NANCK CO., ... NKB.
OLATTERY PEARSALL
AKK rKKPAIIRP, WITH
FJRST-CLASS APPA HATUS,
To remove hnuiCN at reasonable
ralfn. (Jive them a call.
GEORGE N. DERRY,
CARRIAGE,
House & Sign Painting,
Paper HunKlne,
KALSOMINING, Etc.
13" All work warranted. Shop on
Olive street, one door south of Elliott's
new Pump-house. aprlfiy
JS. MURDOUK & SON,
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction iu work.
All kindo of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Oood work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tunity to estimate for you. JSTShop at
the Rii; Windmill, Columbus, Xebr.
483-y
DOCTOR B0NESTEEL,
v. a. EiAinnnG .sijrgfo:.
COLUMBUS, : KEHRASKA.
OFFICE HOURS, 10 to 12 a. ni., 2 to
4 p. m., and 7 to ! p. in. OTliee on
Xebraska Avenue, three doors north of
E. .1. Baker's grain office. Residence,
corner Wyoming and Walnut streets,
north Columbus, Xebr. " 433-tf
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND GKNKR1L
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY'
AV.S.GEEE.
MOXEY TO LOAX in small lots on
farm property, time one to three
years. Farms withsome improvements
boiiRht and sold. Oflic for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Xeb.
473-x
F. SCHECK,
ilanufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store on Olive St.,nearthe old Post-office
Columbus Nebraska. 44?-ly
COiriJUTBlIK
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
JSTWholeeale ind Retail Dealer in For
eigu Wines. Liquors and Cigars, Dub
Jin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
FEentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the cae
can or dish.
11th f treat,' Bostk f 3) spat
fcjfaivvUK(.?
Pencils, Inks,
"mvJKTCf
ADVERTISEMENTS.
EXI SPKIXOS,
PLATFORM SPIMXGS,
Wll ITXEY & BREWSTER
SIDE SPUIXOS.
Light Pleasure and Business Wag
ons (if :i!l Descriptions.
We are pleated to invite the attention
of the public to the fact that we have
just received a car load of Wagons and
Kuirjries of all description, ami that we
are the sole agents for the counties ol
Platte, l.utler. Itooue. MadWon, Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
C0RTIAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, Xew York, and that we are
onerinj; these wagons cheaper than any
other wagon built of same material",
style and linish can be sold for in this
county.
EBSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
I'lIIJL. cai:y,
Columbus, Xeb.
4$4.tr
MEDICAL S SURGICAL IK
T. E. MITCHELL, II. D. D. ?. UASTTH, K. D
3. 0. UESCES. U. 0., 1 J. C. DE1II3E, U. C, sfOaha.
Consulting Physicians and Surgeons,
Fortue treatment of all classps of Sur
gery aud deformities ; acute and
chronic diseases, dieae of the eye
and ear, etc., etc.,
Columbus, Neb.
JEWELRY STORE
OF-
G. HE1TXEMPER,
ON ELEVENTH STREET,
Opposite Speice v Xorth's land-otlice.
Has on hand a tine selected
Mock of
iff.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
E2TALI. GOODS SOLD, EXGItAVED
FREE OF CHAHGE.figS
Call and see. Xo trouble to show
gQotU. Mll-otn
Wm. SCHILZ,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
BOOTS AND SHOES!
A cnmplftr assortment of Ijulies'and Clill
dren's Slioft krt on hand.
All Work Warranted!!
Our Jlotlo Good stock, excellent
work and fair prices.
Especial Attention paid to Repairing
Cor. Olirennd 13th Stn.
HAZEN WIND MILL!
HARRIGAN & CRAINE
Havk the agency for this celebrated
wind mill, "and will also sell
pumps, and make repairs on pumps and
mills. The Hazes is better governed
than any other, more durable, will run
longer, go in as little wind and in great
er than any other, and gives the best of
satisfaction. See the one at the Grand
Pacific, and call on us opposite the
post-office. 527-x
A GOOD
FARM FOR SALE
156 acres of good land, 90
acres under cultivation, a
good house one aud a half
story high, a good stock range, plenty of
Witfr snil frnnii h.iv lnnil. Twn milps
east of Columbus. Inquire at the I
A4WUWC1. JJA&QAJ fOVUi
PIS
IWMl
Clocks aiiu Jewe
.X'.TIIIIEIt 31.
Yoti ask why I don't let you havo
tlio bay whitlow room. My dear, if
you have time (liia evening to sit
down a bii, I'll mil you. Why, I
wouldn't put a young lady like you
there (or nothing; not that I'm a
believer in the supernatural, but all
the strange things that have happen
ed since I first took this house,
eighteen years ago, have taken place
iu No. 21. Strange, isn't it ; but
tt-Hgie people all seem to enjoy
pleasant things around them, and
it's a pretty room, with the large
windows and the view up Eagle
street and the hills beyond.
Well, as to the history, 1 had been
here four or live years when thetirst
event look place. One day a car
riage drove up, and a nice-looking
gentleman and lady stepped out and
came into the. home. He said he
wanted a nice place to keep his wife,
and a friend had recommended my
bouse as the pleasantest place bo
knew, so cosy and home-like.'
That's what they all say, Mies Cray.
So I showed him the vacant rooms,
but be wouldn't hear to anything
but No. 21, although there was a
couple of gents in it then. Rut they
said they'd as lief take a third floor
rear, seeing that they were gone all
day and only wanted a good sleeping-place.
So Mr. and Mrs. Morton,
the new folks, settled themselves
in there.
He might have been anywhere
from 25 to 35, yon couldn't tell; a
dark, tine looking man, but with a
look iu bis face that I never liked,
uot from the first. She was a little
thing, near your height, Miss Gray,
with a childlike face and such pretty,
gentle ways that everybody took to
her; even the day boarders noticed
her. She had lived in the country,
she said, and had been married only
three days when she came there.
She had married against her parents
wishes, but. she thought their objec
tions to Mr. Morton were foolish.
And it was plain to see that what
ever others thought of him, iu her
eyes he was perfect. She fluttered
around him, and petted him and
waited on him, and looked her love
so plain that it couldn't be mistaken,
and at first he couldn't do enough
for her, but it began to wane-in a
few months, and alter a while she
was positively neglected.
Among the boarders that took
such an interest in her was the guest
in No. 3G, second floor, rear. He
was tho strangest creature I ever
saw a face as wrinkled aud pale as
if he were (50, aud such young, eager
eyes and mouth looked as if he was
just burnt up with some passion, I
don't know what. He was lame,
too, a little, weakly fellow, and kept
books somewhere. But I never saw
I anything like the way thoso restless,
burning eyes of Ih'r would follow
Mrs. Morton, and her husband when
he was there. 'Poor fellow 1' tho't
I, 'he's just the kind to go and fall in.
love with her, and break his heart
about her. I'll give him a little
talking to.' And I did, in a sort of
roundabout way ; but he just waved
his hand and said my trouble was
unnecessary. Then he seemed to
take it back, for be came and asked
me all about her, and when she was
married, and I told him all I knew ;
and after that he only seemed to
take a friendly notice, of her, though
he still watched her.
Mr. Morton waH away more and
more as the fall advanced, and she
began to seem low-spirited, as I
suppose was natural. She would
come up to my room-sometimes and
sit with her bit of work in her little
hand, puzzling about something, and
never taking a stitch, and I used to
step in aud sit the evening with her
sometimes, for she seemed so lonely.
I was there once when he came
home, and she started as if I'd Btruclr
her when he opened the door, and
looked at him so piteously that I
knew he wasn't good to her. But
she never complained poor thing.
After that time he was gone a
month, I reckon, and she was so
poorly that her meals bad to be sent
up a great part of the time. And
young Mr. Welsh that was the
book-keeper used to ask abont her
every day ; about the only thing he
ever did say.
Well, Christmas passed and the
holidays, and still there was nothing
heard from Mr. Morion. Their
board was back, and they had my
bed-room, but. still I couldn't say a
word to her. But the middle of
January he came striding in one
morning, as good as you please, and
kissed his wife, who was in my
room, and shook hands with me, and
paid the board for a mouth in ad
vance, and gave us Christmas pres
ents all round, and then picked up
his wife and said, 'Come, Pussy, let's
go home ; I'm quite a stranger, you
know, and I want to see you,' aud
away they went off, arm in arm.
It was a happy day for her, poor
child ; he couldn't be tender enough
to her, and they decorated the room
with evergreens, and hung new pic
tures he had brought her, and in the
evening 1 carried them up a little
supper to have by their own lire,
aud he would have Hie sit down and
eat with them.
'You've been good to my chirk
while I was gone; I want to thank
you,' says he.
'No,' says I, 'it's thanks enough to
see her so happy, with your coming,
she's been lonely enough without
you,' and I made bold to say, 'she
ueeds petting and good care now,
Mr. Morton.'
'Yes,' says he, 'and I guess she
gets it, don't she, sweet?'
'Oh, yes, indeed, I am very happy
she says.
Next morning he was gone before
I kuew it, and she came into my
room, happy and yet troubled.
'Men are strange things, aren't they?'
she said. '1 wonder if women ever
do understand their husbands; did
you, Mrs. Compton?
'Oh, yes, but mine was such a plain
man; he wasn't like yours,' says I;
and with that she began to cry.
M rs. Compton,' she says, 'something
terrible is going to happen ; I feel it.
I think I am going to die.'
I tried to comfort her, but she sat
so sad all day, and all the frilling
things worried her so. That night
I heard a scream from her room. I
jumped up and rushed to the door.
She wa3 sitting up in bod, and when
she saw roe she Bald : 'Somebody
was trying tokili rac, Mrs. Compton.'
'Nonsense,' said I. 'You've had a
dream. Turn over and try it again.'
'Not until you come and sleep with
me,' she said.
I fastened my door and went back
to her, and it was well I did, for
when I got back she was dreadful
sick, and by morning her baby was
born a fine little boy, bnt it only
lived an hour. Poor thing! how
she grieved for it.
'My poor little boy I' she sayB, 'I
can't give it up when I have longed
for it so, and I shall always hear that
little cry poor, poor little darling!'
But she was doing nicely herself,
the nurse said, aud so I told Mr.
Welsh when he asked me in the hah.
'And the child?' says he.
'Died,' says I.
And with that he turned and
limped away.
That night I called to .see Mrs.
Morion aboul 9 o'clock, and she
looked well and bright, and hoped
her husband would come in the
morning. At midnight I heard a
scream, and of course I ran to No.
21. The door was half open, and a
low fire burning in the grate. The
nurse was standing by the bedBide,
and when she saw me alio screamed
again.
'What's the matter?' says 1.
'She's dead !' sayB she.
You have no idea, Miss Gray, of
the shock it was !
Why my knees Bhnok and ray head
turned light, till I thought I should
faint. But soon I went to the bed
side, and sure enough there she lay,
white as marhle, and dead. And
when we got a light we found that
she had been murdered! Do you
wonder that I won't let you have
that room now?
It was a cut in her breast, clean
through the heart, made with a long,
slender, sharp knife, perhap? a dag
ger like they have in the play. Well,
I declare, we were all so upset that
we didn't know what to do. If her
husband would only come, we tho't,
it would be such a relief. But, there
we bad the 'quest and laid her out,
and I gave orders for the funeral. I
could do no less, I thought.
And when the day for the funeral
came, here came Mr. Morton, and he
was a great deal more grieved than
I thought he could be. But who
ever did it was a mystery, and we
couldn't even guess at any person's
motive. Such a sweet, pretty little
thing, and her dead body still in the
house ; it was the most awful thing
that I ever heard of; aud we were
so bothered with policemen aud re
porters and artists to photograph
everything.
But the funeral came off, and I
never shall forget the way that Mr.
Welsh glared at Mr. Morton all
through it. I should have thought
bis eyes would have bnrned wher
ever they fell. I thought then he
susnecteu Mr. Norton or having a I
hand in it. But I changed my mind
after a while.
Within two weeks Mr. Morton
was arrested for being engaged jb a
bank robbery, and Mr. Welsh left
for California. But this you must
never tell ; sit nearer so that I can
talk low. A few months after this
I went into a corset store on 4th
street, and a young lady came to
wait ou me. She looked so familiar
that I asked her if I bad ever known
her, aud she said, 'O no, she was a
stranger in the city.'
But whilt ah wai doing up ths
purchase I noticed her hands, and
they suddenly reminded me of Mr;
Welsh ; and then I looked up at her
face, and it, too, was his changed a
great deal, but with his eyes and
mouth. And when I reached to
take the parcel she said : 'Never
raiud; the boy will take it; he is
going up Eagle street now.' And
she wrote out ray name and address
without a word from mo. And I
firmly believe, and always shall, that
she waB that man's real wife, and the
murderess of that pretty girl. Little
things that I didn't notice at the
time came up to me afterwards,
until I was as much convinced as
that I live. Cleveland Press.
Old MaldM.
Although the caption is a term
used by nobody of good-breediug,
or with any self-respect, the words
have, nevertheless, come to a stand
as a reproachful title for a large class
of women who shrink from all re
proacha class to whom the whole
class of humanity are under indebt
edness as faithful elder sisters and
devoted aunts and self-forgetful
drudges, as nurses, as servants, as
watchers with the sick, as those who
lay out the dead, as comforters of
the afflicted.
How few families are there with
out the maiden aunt among, that
epitome of unselfishness, of uncom
plaining effort, finding all her life in
waiting on a parcel of dear tyrants,
taking a mothers place, and perhaps
at last receiving uot even a small
share of a mother's love! And of
how much is a family deprived that
does not possess that invaluable
article. But the maiden aunt is at
hand to put down her work and
help solve the distracting problem;
to praise in good report to others, as
mothers are ashamed to praise their
own ; to teach the "piece" which is
to be spoken before the assembled
school, and to hear it recited first;
to help, to encourage, to Bhield ; to
be up in the morning and see the
urchius off to school ; to sliare every
triumph, to side in every quarrel;
to make the path smooth as may be
for the venturesome young feet the
path, that alter all, she herself has
not found so smooth.
Perhaps to those of us who, al
though uot hard of heart, yet, owing
to circumstances that have shaped
our ways as much as to anything else,
only live in self and its indulgences,
this life of self-forgetfulness seems
very sad. But, to those that live it,
it unusually seams to wear a bright
er view. In fact, nowhere are hap
pier faces seen than thoso of the
majority of these maiden women.
Generally, if they havo plenty of
smaller, they are shielded from the
greater cares, and spending their
lives for others, they have the per
petual gratification of seeing them
selves indispensable. -Whether or
not love and gratitude, in the meas
ure their usefulness demands, by-and-by
fail them, they have them in
plenty for a time, and their expecta
tions are so small that it takes but
little to make them happy.
Few of these single women desire
marriage; most of them have had
the opportunity, all of them prefer
red their condition to union with
one not after their own minds, and
some of them are shrouded in the
great grief o? widowed brides. Per
haps these good women gossip, aB it
is alleged, but so do the married ;
perhaps, as the years pas?, some of
them grow crabbed, but so again do
some of the married ; perhaps their
lives revolye in small orbits, but
who shall 8 ay in ultimate results
what is large and what is small? If
they walk humbly and deal justly,
who Is any better than they?
And since the very instance of the
general reproach of the title, in its
cruel use, implies that happiness and
all that is desirable and blest can be
found in marriage, does it not seem
that terms of pity rather than of
reproach Bhould be given to those
who are denied the happy, cared-for
life of marriage, and who, while
sharing in all its cares, share in but
few of Its comforts and honors.
It is announced by the Democrats
that the Republicans have resolved
on a sectional campaign. The hon
or of originating that kind of a cam
paign belongs to the Democrats.
They declared their purpose to make
It when they claimed the 138 elec
toral votes of the South solid for
their ticket, and the 75,000 bogus
majority in Alabama is the first
fruit of the plan. The Republicans
have merely accepted the challenge
to stand up once more against the
infamouB principles which Wade
Hampton declares are the same as
those for which the South fought
for four years. It is the Democratic
party which has raised the sectional
flag, and it is that party which is
destined to go down in defeat under
it. N. Y. Tribune.
The cheapest way to atttle back
rents it to buy an ulster.
urfild'M iBflueHce.
No man in public life has placed a
higher estimate on the influences ot
the home and home life than Gen
eral Garfield. No man has ever
exerted a greater influence in keep
ing boys aud young men in the
wholesome atmosphere of vigorous
and aspiring manhood than he. No
man has received more heartfelt
tributes from tho representative aud
intellectual women of the country
than the presidential candidate ol
the republican party.
There Is scarcely a npeech of his
in which there is uot a reteronce to
call up the picture of home and to
fix attention upon it as a factor in
solving our governmental problem.
On that memorable Saturday night
in June when he rose in the nation
al republican convention to preseul
the name of John Sherman as a
presidential caudidate there wad
wild tumult all about him. Facing
that great crowd of 15,000 excited
people, his first words were not of
candidates. Dwelling a moment on
the extraordinary scene before him,
he said :
"Not here iu this brilliant circle,
where 15,000 men and women are
assembled, is the destiuy of the re
publican party to be decreed. Not
here where I see the enthusiastic
faces of 75(5 delegates waiting to cast
their voles into the urn and deter
mine the choice of the republic; but
by 4,000,000 republican firesides,
where the thoughtful voters, with
wives and children about them, with
the calm thoughts inspired by love
ot home aud love of country ; with
the history of the past, the hopes of
the future, and the knowledge ot
the great mon who have adorned
and blessed our nation in days gone
by there, God prepares tho verdict
that shall determine the wisdom of
our work to-uight."
Garfield looked beyond the dele
gates to the homes of .earnest Re
publicans. He kuew that in those
homes were womeu as much inter
ested iu the success of the republi
can party as the men who had
fought itB battles, and be turned the
thoughts of the convention toward
that love of home aud country that
has made the people of the great
republican states the bulwark of
the nation.
The question is to bo dotermiued
at the fireside and by the thoughtful
voters. There is in the career aud
character of Garfield everything to
appeal to the family. Some of the
ardent woman suffragists propose to
use their influence to defeat him,
but they cau hardly make headway
iu the homes of the laud. The
mother, marking out a path iu life
for her son, can point to the repub
lican candidate for president as a
model and as a Iiviur example of
the possibilities of American boy
hood. There is nothing in Garfield's
open life to excite a women's dis
trust or suspicion. He is absolutely
clear of the vices that pure women
abhor, and no man has been a more
constant friend to women than he,
and no man has spoken warmer or
more eloquent words in the cause
of women. During his career in
congress his attitude toward women
has been characterized by such a
kindly courtesy as to call out un
Btinted praise even from pungent
writers like Mary Clemmer, and in
every movement looking to the bet
ter education and wider usefulness
of womeu, Garfield ha been a
1 eader.
None knew this so well as those
women who, while in sympathy
with him politically, have found an
under-current of seutiment in his
speeches shading hi most effective
arguments with the warmth of per
sonal appeal, and who, because of
this, have been led to study bis pur
poses and appreciate his motives.
There is no danger that such women
will not in their own way do thoir
utmost for Gen. Garfield. The sons
of such womeu honoring their
mothers as a part of their worship
of meu like Garfield will not need
the urging of the veterans to do
their full duty in November.
There is work for all to do. The
leaders and the leaders of leaders
are preparing to do their best. It
will be a memorable campaign in
the field aud should be as memora
ble for the influences that aro ex
erted through home life.
It has been said that the nomina
tion of Garfield at Chicago was "the
most perfect instance of the resist
less strength of a man developed by
all the best and purest impulses,
forces, and influences of American
institutions, becoming their most
thorough and ablest embodiment iu
organic and personal activity, aspi
rations and character."
But when the result had been
reached Garfield thought most of
his party. In responding to the
speech of Senator Hoar, announcing
bis nomination, Garfield said: "I
have fell with you great solicitude
concerning the situation of our par
ty during the struggle ; but, believ
ing that you are correct iu assuring
me that substantial unity has been
reached in the conclusion, it gives
me gratification far greater thau any
personal pleasure your announce
ment can bring."
Because the nomination came to
him as it did, aud because he ac
cepted it iu the spirit indicated
above, he has been enabled to exer
cise a great influence on the party.
This influence, extending beyond
the ordinary party lines to the "four
million firesides," becomes a curious
element iu the canvass, which will
show in result in November.
Exlruiporiiarou l'fC(raB(c.
We see that at the school com
mencement a favorite nel6ction i
Ingeraoll's "The past rises before
me like a dream." It In credited to
his addresH to the soldiers at In
dianapolis. The first time he de
livered it wa in this city at the
unveiling of the soldiers'mouuraent,
several years before the celebration
at Indianapolis was thought of. It
was recognized thon as a very floe
eflbrt, but the celebration was a
local uffair, and, although it was re
ported in the papers here and the
speech giyen pretty fully, it attract
ed no special attention and in a
short time was forgotten. When
he delivered it in Indianapolis some
of the Peoria people thought they
recognized their old friend, and they
went to the files of the papera, aud
there, sure enough, was " The pat
1-Ucn before mo Iiko a dream" iu
pretty much of its old coloring. He
had brushed it up some, trimmed it
down and mado some verbal chang
es; but to all intents and purposes
it was the same speech. Those who
listened to him in Indianapolis
thought it was the sudden inspira
tion of the moment. The fact of it
is, the inspiration of the moment it
quite as likely to make a fool of a
man as it is to put him on his met
tle. A man does his best work
when he has the time to prepare it,
and the better he prepares the better
he does it as a general thing. A
friend of Iugersoll in this city re
lates that four years ago before he
went to Cincinnati to nominate
Blaino, he went into Bob's office
one afternoon and found IngersoII
walking the floor. As the other
approached Bob turned around and
said: ""Like a plumed knight he
entered the lists and tore the tongue
of slander from the throat of trea
son." The friend did not know
what he meant, but when Bob went
to Cincinnati and nominated Blaine
he saw that even then he was coni
iug over iu his mind what he should
say. Those who saw him then fan
cied'that he went up in the heat of
the momeut and uttered the first
thiug that came into his head. The
fact was that on the top of all his
study, the night before, E. C. Inger
soll, his brother, and It. H. Whiting
iusisted that he should carefully
prepare himself. He sat dowu at a
table in their room iu the Burnett
House. Then he wrote the speech
that Is now historical, gathered up
the sheets, read them over and left
them. The late John T. Harper,
who was present, put them In a
place by themselves, intending to
preserve them as a souvenir. While
they were gone to the convention,
however, the ubiquitous hired girl
came iuto the room and " put it to
right," and carried the papers away.
This is about the way with all ex
temporaneous speeches altho Bob
is a man who needs as little prepa
ration as any one. Peoria Journal.
CIeH.iraBtCampaIga ftprecli
A Galena special says Hon. Phil.
A. Orton, in a speech to a republi
can mass meeting, gave his reasons
for leaving the democratic party,
with which he-had acted for twenty
years. Ho introduced Gen. Grant,
who, alluding to Judge Orton'
speech, spoke a9 follows: "I did
not intend to speak when I came
here to-night. I am very much like
Judge Orton ; I have never made a
republican speech in my life, or any
kind of a political speegh". I am
dure it would require some time and
much preparation to make one of
any length. I can of course go a
little further than Judge Orton, and
say that I never voted a republican
presidential ticket in my life, aud
but one democratic ticket, and that
was many years ago, when I was
quite a young man ; but I pledge
you ray word that if I am spared,
although I shall be at some distance
from you, on the second of Novem
ber I shall return to Galena to cast
one republican vote for preaideut of
the United States, and I hope the
city of Galena will cast a round re
publican vote, such as it has never
cast before."
"My umbrella is getting decidedly
shabby," said a young man about
town one eyening last week. "I
believe I will have to strike another
prayer-meeting the first rainy night."