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VOL. XL-NO. 26.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 18S0.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. S. I'akoock. I. . senator, Beatrice.
Al.viN : 41'NiiBita, V. ". Senator, Omaha.
T. J. M uoita. Kep., IVtu.
K. It. Vaubntink, Bep.. tt et Point.
STATE D1KECTOKY:
At.m
sus Nasck. Governor, Lincoln.
S..I
Alexander, secretar) or "stair.
K. W,
IkmUm-. Amlitor, i.iih-oiii.
itMrtlrtt. 1'reiilirer. Lincoln.
U. M
C..I.
OHwurtti. AUriic-ticiieral.
TLawltMlH. -Ut. I'Ultlil llllM-UO.
a. K.
!i. C.
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Dttwx.ii. Warden of Penitentiary.
. Abb'v.i priMon Inipector.
iinum.
C. I!
Dr.. I
. tt. Pavis, rristn lMiynleiaii.
II. 1
.MUwsH,Mit. insane A-ynii".
.U'DU'lAliY:
S. .Maxwell. hi'f Jiitice.
Of;?' K. Lake. A,cjate Judge.
IHU'ICTII .II'IHCHI. 1H8TKICT.
a. v. rst,.iMic'. irk.
M. l. Kuose. HMriet Attorney, ahoo.
LAXI OFFHKKS:
M. B. Haste. Itet;lster, Grand Islitnd.
!Vm. Aiivhii. Receiver, Grand Island.
HirSTY IHKKCTOHY:
.1. !. Huckih. Ht .linlitf.
Jwwh mh r. Cotintv Clerk.
J. V. Knrlv. I'lva-nrer.
Benj. Spielinaii, heritl.
It. L. Itstilir, .Hrveyr.
.Jwhn Walker. )
Jehu Wiir. J- CoiintvCoiniiiUsloners.
,M. .Maher,
lr. A.IIcinti:. Coroner.
-S. I.. Barrett, itpt. !" School.
G. II. ItitUcy, J liistii.rihflVacr.
Ilywn .MilleU. f .Msllf,olluci e.u...
'tmrle Wsl.c, Constable.
CITY IMUKOTOUY:
.1. T. Becker, Mayor.
II.. I. IIhiNhh. ricrk.
'. A. Xewinati. Ticisllrer.
Geo. G. IUiwiii in. Police .ludpe.
.I.e. Kutilxtii, Knsrinecr.
ConxciIAlKX:
st Ward lolni (Sickly.
G. A. Seluoedcr.
Td Willi! Win. I.:iiiiI.
S., McAllister.
3. H'.ir-O. V. Clother.
IMiil. ".in.
'iiimtniM ioi oiti'o.
Open u Suiiflailnin II . M. to 12 m.
ami from :'M t i y. lttiMiic'
hours except Minriav . a m. to s p. m.
Knitem mail, close :it 11a. m.
W'tihlerH ih:iiN rl.e at 4: Li l.M.
Mall lenvei ColiimlMis for .Maili-on and
N'Arfwik. Tnetla, Thursdays and
Saturday-. T . m". Arrives at 5 v. m.
Fnr .MoHioe, (ietioa. Waterx illc anil Al-
liiun, ilnilv e-ept unda (5 a.m. Ar
rive. vtuiie.fi r. M.
Fr IVstxille. Farral, Oakdale and
.'i' iiihiiV Urove. Mondajs, Wednes--iltixsaitil
hriil-. fi a."m. Arrives
TuVsdajx, Thursday and atunlajs,
at G i. m.
Fr ShHl Creek, rreston and Stanton,
an .Mnd s aii.l Fndar at fi a.m.
Arrie Tuesdays and Saturdays, at
fi p. m.
For Alevis. ln trim and livid City,
Tiioshhvs, TkHr-divs and Saturdays,
1 p. m Arrives At li m.
Far 5t. Aathonv, Vrairie Hill and St.
Burnard, Fridavs, fl a. i. Arrives
Saturday,Sp..M.
I. . Time Table.
ftxsttcaril iJff:nrf.
Emigrant, Na.G, leave at .. ti:2Aa. in.
T'ahM'tiu'r, " 4, " " .. 11:HJ a.m.
FrtHekt, " N " " .- 2:13 p. in.
Kndk'ht, "10, ". . 4:30 a.m.
Freight, N. ft. leaves at ... 2:00 p.m.
Fasvons'r, " 8, " .. 4:27 p.m.
Freight, " K, ' "... 0:00 p.m.
KmiKrant. "7. " . . 1:30 a.m.
Every day except Saturday the three
ll'ies leadiiic to Chicago conneet with
U 1. trains at OniHlia. On Saturdays
taore will he but one train a day, as
kwn Uv the follow in? r.chedulo:
H.JfcM. TI.ME TABLE.
Loaves i'olumbus S:20 a. M.
llollwoml :30 '
" Iaid Citv, H.15 "
Oarri!on, . . . n:.?l "
flvhses, . ... 9:35 "
" StaplohursU 10:12 "
" Seward, 10:30 "
" llubv, ... 10:40 "
.Milford. .. . 11:00 '
" Pleasant IHle, .... 11:1S "
" Emerald 11:37 "
Arrives at Lincoln, 12:X) M.
Luavec Lincoln at 12:50 p. M. and ar
rives in Columhui 4:1 p. i.
O.. N. B. II. BOA I).
Hoiirnl north. i Bound south.
.Tueksou 4 :.u p.m. Norfolk 0:30 a.m.
LantCreek fi:3ii ' Miinson 6:57 '
l'L Centre 3:57 " Madison .7:43 "
Humparevfi;31 Ilumphrev8:31 '
Madison 7:10 1M. Centre 9:
MiutsoH s:28 LostCreek 9:53 "
Norfolk S:55 l.lackson 10:30 "
The departure from .lack eon will ho
poverned Itv the arrival there of the
IJ. P. express train.
SOCIETY NOTICES.
toTCaids under this heading will be
Imorted for $3 a year.
CJ. A. 1L Baker lt No. 9, Department
of Nebraska, meet every second and
fourth Tuesday eveniiics in each
maath in 1v nights of Honor Hall, Co
lamitHf. John II immoxd, 1. C.
l. L. Wah.svvokth, Adj't.
11. 1. Bovvkk. Sear;. Maj.
BUSINESS CAEDS.
r J.TIIOMFSOX,
XOTAJiY PUBLIC
And General Collection Agent,
St. Edteanls, Boene Co., -Vcfc.
.XOTICK!
IT YOU hav'e any veal estate for sale,
if you wish to buy either in or out
of tke'citv, if you wish to trade city
praperty lor lauds, or lands for citj
prapertv, pive 5 a call.
"WAP" WORTH & JOSSEI.TK.
NHUOX MILLtHT. BYUUX MILLKTT,
Justire of the Peace and
Notary Public.
:. .lsii.t.iyrr jc ?of,
TTOKNEYS AT LAW, Columbm,
2. Nebraska. N. B. They will give
cloe attention to all business entruted
to them. 248.
T OU15 SCIIREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairinc done on short
notice. Bugzie, Wacom, etc., made to
order, and all work ruaranteed.
tSTSbop opposite tht "Tattersall,"
Olive Street. .'JS
SCHOOL, BLANK AND OTHER
i(iij& B; QlQ KiS I
Papei", Pens,
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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.
A TTOIiXEYS-A 2 -LA ',
Up-stairn in Gluck Building, Hth street,
Above the New bank.
roil .i.rviAiJGfiA:,
f JUSTICE OF THE PEA CE AND
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Pl.ATTK CKXTKK,
Nkb.
tt a. ih;m5Jo,
KOTA II Y P UliL IC,
12th Mrwt, i doon nrwt of lUinniond Uoiite,
Columbus, Neb.
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IC. 1. . TIIIIKSTO.X,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
oiHeeover corner of 11th and North-nt.
All opcralionw tlrst-clas and warranted.
C
lllA( HAKItFIC NIIOl!
HKNItY WOODS. Puof'K.
tSTKverythlnK in first-class style.
Also keep the bent of cigars. BH-y
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cAI.I.lNTi:it IIICOS.,
A TTORXEYS A T LA W,
Olliee up-htair- in MoAllistcr'a build
ing. 11th St.
VTTKSCOTT Sc TAFFE,
DRESS AND MANTUA MAKERS.
tt Work done in the latest and neat
est styles. Shop on 12th St., east of
Hank. 01.MJH1
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7 II. Kir.NCHK,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
SclU Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Bnuhes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
T? J. NCIIIIG, JI. !.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Colximtu, Well.
Q0tceCorner of Xorth and Eleventh
St8.,up-stairs in Gluck's brick building.
Consultation in German and English.
VTP. B1JRGKSS,
Dealer in REAL ESTATE,
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR,
ACT IK3?SAUCt ASEKT,
nV.XOA. XAXCE CO., ... NKB.
O LATTERY & PEARSALL
ARK 1'REPAUKP, WITH
FIIiST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove houses' at reasonable
rates. Give them a call.
PICTURES! PICTURES!
NOW IS THE TIME to secure a life
like picture of yourself and chil
dren at the Xew Art Room, east llth
street, south side railroad track, Colum
bus, Xebraska, as Mrs. .To8elyn will
close the establishment this Fall. Those
having work to do should call soon.
T S. MURDOCK & SON,
" Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experienco, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is. Good work and
fair prices. Call and pive us an oppor
tunity to estimate for you. J3"Shop at
the Big Windmill, Columbus, Xebr.
4S3-y
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND GENERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
AV.S.GEEB.
MONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
farm property, time one to three
vears. Farms with "some improvements
Iiought and old. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Xeb.
473-x
V. O I. 1) .tiBim
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor.
USHVliolesale ind Retail Dealer in For.
ei;:n Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and Enj;lisb Ales.
EST Kentucky TtiskiC3 a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
Hth Street. Soath of Depot
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOT, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COL.U.1H1US, XEB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
53"ete a First-Clan Table.
Mli, .. MCtnts. LdgJni....iS CtB
53--Jtf
Pencils, Inks,
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wa Mr
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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END SPRINGS,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
WIIITNK &BRKWSTER
SIDE S Pit IXC!.
Light Pleasure and Business Wag
ons of all Descriptions.
We are pleased to invite the attention
of the public to the fact that we have
juwt received a ear load of Wagon, anil
Bup;icH of all description., and that we
are the sole agents for the counties t
Platte, Butler, Boone,Madlson. .Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, Xew York, and that we are
ort'erinjc these wagons cheaper than any
other wagon built of same material,
style and finish can be sold for in this
county.
iSySeml for Catalogue and Price-list.
11111.. I,
Columbus, Xeb.
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AJVCERICAJST
UAL I imUi INSTITUTE.
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7. Z. kITCHZIX, H. D. S. T. UAS7717, U. S
S. P. VXBCES, If. S. & L C. DEUI3E, M. E., :f Ccibi,
Co'ultt j Fhjrsicians and Surgeons,
For the treatment of all classes of Sur
gory and deformities; acute and
chronic diseases, diseases of the eye
and ear, etc., etc.,
Columbus, Neb.
JEWELRY STORE
OF-
6. HEITKEMPER,
ON ELEVENTH STREET,
Opposite Speice & Xorth's land-otllcc.
Has on hand a fine selected
stoek of
iBS, (Hi
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
33TALL GOODS SOLD, ENGRAVED
FREE OF CHARGE.g53
Call and see. No trouble to bIiow
goods. ol9-3m
m. SCHILZ, .
Manufacturer and Dealer In
BOOTS AND SHOES!
A complete aKortmmt of I.idliV ami Ciiil
drra's 8hot kept on lianil.
All Work Warranted!!
OHr Motto Good stock, excellent
work and fair prices.
Especial Attention paid to Repairing
Cor. Olive nail 12th St.
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
S ALB DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFIVE, GOLUMB US, NEB.
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F. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KIXT9 OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store on Olive St., near the old Post -office
Columbus Nebraska. 447-ly
FTTvDvTRY LITERS,
BLACKSMITH
AXD
Wagon jVTaker,
SliOM near Konndrj, south of A. A X Depot.
All kinds of wood and iron work on
Wagons, Bugjrles, Farm Machinery, A.
Keeps on hands the
TIMPK EN SPUING BUGGY,
and other eastern buygies.
ALSO, T1IK--
TTurst tt "Rradlev Plows.
IR.S. AT. S. DRAKE
HAS Jl'ST RECEIVED A LABC.E
STOCK OF
FALL ATO) WINTER
23TA Fl'LL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTHIXG BELOXG1XG TO
FIRST-CLASS MILLIN
ERY STORE.gJ
Twelfth St., two doors east State Bank:
CITY:
Meat Market !
One door north of Post-nrtice,
NEBRASKA AVE., - Columbus;.
:o:-
KEKI' ALL KINDS OK
Fresh and Salt Meats,
ALSO-
Etc., in their season.
:o:
TSTCitHU paid l'ur Hide, I.ard
iind.Uucoa.
542-x
WILL. T. RICKLY.
NEW STORE!
Hsrm Qebm i gso.
(Successors to nENRY A BRO.)
All customers of the old firm are cor
dially invited to continue their pat
ronage, the same as heretofore; to
gether with as many new custo
mers as wish to purchase
GtOod Goods
For the Least Money.
ANDERSON & ROEN,
BANKERS,
KLEVKNTH 6T.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
E3T Deposits reetived, and interest paid
on time deposits.
TSTPrompt attention given to collet
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
SSTPassaye tickets to or from European
points by lest lines at loicext rates.
TSTDraits on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
First Xational Rank, Deeorah, Iowa.
Allan ,v. Co., Chicago.
Omaha Xational Bank, Omaha.
First Xational Rank, Chicago.
Kouutzr Bros., X. Y.
ATTENTION!
Purchasers will do well to remember,
that they will find the largest stork
and the best and cheapest place
in the city to purchase
DRUGS! MEDICINES,
Paints, Oils and Glass,
And everything belonging to the drug
trade at the store of
C.B.STILLMAN,
ELEVENTH STREET.
Machine Oils and Paints
Sold cheaper than elsewhere. Call and
see my stock of
WALL PAPER.
Prescription! filled with accuracy
and dispateh. Call and got prices.
COLUJ1BU9, NCB.
".llAMIG OUT."
You needn't cry, Roxie. It seems
to you worse than it is. I am hap
py, truly I am. I wouldn't ask to
be happier if it wasn't for the tho't
of him. Aid sometimea I'm at
peace pvm about him. "While
there's oup poor heart like mine to
follow him with prayers, I cau't
think the Loid of all j;race in going
to forget him can you?
Now you nre ciying more than
before. Do not take it so hard,
Roxie. It seems harder to you than
to me, because we are so unlike.
I'm used to making out, you know?
Do you remember when we were
iltle girls how you uced to hate
your patchwork. You hated it so
fiercely I never quite dared tell you
how much 1 liked it for fear of pro
voking you. Iiut I liked putting
the odds and ends together to see
what they would make. Once you
came into our hotite when mother
hail ?et me to making myself an
apron out of her old calico dress.
You said you'd never make an apron
for yourself if you couldn't have
new eloth to make it of. But I did
not wih for new cloth at all. I
really liked the other best because
it was old and soft, and 1 had grown
familiar with it, seeing it on mother.
And don't you remember when
we were apprenticed to Miss C'um
nor, the dress-maker, how it was?
It wan't long before she'd trust you
with the very best goods that came
in, you were so sure and thrilty
with them. You liked to cut out of
whole cloth, and, nobody could do
it better than you. You said you
could see your way then from the
beginning to the end ; and you never
failed in what you undertook. But
6he never gave you the old dresses
that were to be re-made to rip up
and look over, they vexed you so.
She brought them ull to me. I
would rather have them than the
whole- cloth; I was afraid of the
responsibility when I handled it. I
liked to take the old thinir.a and fnnl
ymy way to the good that might be
got out of them by the good that
was left in them. And you and
Miss Ciimuorsaid it was witchcraft
the pretty suits I could get out of
old goods. I liked to do it, Roxie.
It was my genius, you know. And
it isn't so hard for me to make out
now, dear, though you think my life
has been so badly cut up.
You never fairly understood the
difference between us. How could
you? For you always spoke your
mind out plain, and I never could
tell you much in words, I was so
cowardly and so afraid of making
you impatient. 1 wanted to tell you
long ago how it was about Robert
and me, but I couldu'l. I knew all
the time how disgusted you must be
with me, and yet I couldn't speak,
not even that night when you warn
ed me. But now you have come
back and are so kind, and sit there
crying for me, I want to tell you
how it was.
You know I had scarcely ever
spoken to Robert while ho wns
waiting on you, or spoken to you
about him. But I noticed him a
great deal. I had a great sympathy
with you both in your happinoss.
Evenings when we came Irom the
shop and ho joined you, I used to
drop behind and watch you as you
walked along. I was proud of you ;
I thought you were so well-matched,
both so tall and handsomo and full
of life. Robert talked the most, but
it was you who led him, and settled
plane and opinions between you.
And when the cloud came that I
didn't understand at first, and I saw
your face getting more stern and
moody every day, I was as much
pained and troubled, Roxie, as if I
had been your mother. I was most
sorry for you at first, but little by
little, as I gathered the truth I be
came even more sorry for him. You
said you would not marry an un
steady man, even if he were Robert.
I knew it pained you to push him
on, but you were right and firm to
do it, and you went your way strong
Land safe afterward. .Hut lie! be
had not only lost you, but he was in
danger of losing all. I could not
help. being most sorry for him. I
never questioned but that you were
right, but I could not get over the
pity of it. It seemed Btich an un
speakable pity that one so bright
and handsome and hopeful should
be let go into bad ways. My heart
ached to think of it.
For all the sorrowful feeling I
carried in my heart for him, I never
thought it would fall to me to do
anything for bim. You know he
hoped you would relent, and he used
to haunt our way with that haggard
face be wore in the first days after
you parted from him. You would
never turn your head to give him
one look. You were right, and yet
it used to turn me faint almost with
pity and regret to see you pa6s him
tjo Que night you took to going
home through the by-streets so that
you need not see him again, and you
would not let me go with you.
That night Robert came up and
spoke to me. He said he felt I would
be sorry for him. His talk was all
about you, Roxie. He seemed to
find comfort in praising you. He
thought there was never such a
strong, beautiful woman iti the
world as you, never another that he
could so love and leau upon. At
first I felt so strange with him I
could only listen to him and answer
him a little, enough to show I cared.
But when he began to say that you
had taken the wrong way with him,
that you had takeu away the spring
of his energy in trying to overcome
his fault, that he had nothing now to
try for uothiug to look forward to
then I found tongue to talk to
him. "Why don't you wiu her
hack?" I said. "You can do it. It's
only to be manly and upright as you
were meant to be. If you would not
drink again, Robert, and would keep
away from bad companions, she
would see the change in you so soon !
She's very clear-sighted, and in her
heart I'm sure she loves you. Why
won't you try to win her back?"
I spoke so fast and earnestly, he
looked at me in surprise. But I did
not care, 1 was so sorry for him ; I
went on talking; I said more than I
could repeat. All that was in my
heart about him came out, and I
could not say it without tears. From
looking inrpriseil he began to be
moved and sobered. He said ho did
not know any human being cared as
much for his salvation as I seemed
to. He said I put new courage iuto
him. and that he meant to try again.
When I thought it all over at home
that night I wondered that I should
have said so much to him. But it
made me happy to have done it, and
happy to think ho would now win
you back and that the pain and hard
ness between you would be ended,
aud things would be as I thought
God meant them to be.
You know that from that time
Robert fell into the habit of joining
me every night. He did take a real
earnest start toward a better life. 1
could feel sure of it, aud presently
I wanted to see it. I asked you oue
night to go home our way. You
refused; aud then I told you plaiuly
I wanted you to see Robert that I
thought he had changed. You
looked sharply at me then, and I
remember what you 6aid :
"He will never change except as
the weathercock does. He's weak ;
it's ingrained." And you said that
for yourself you'd not be such a fool
as to see him again.
Presumptuous to judge him so?
Xo, dear Roxie ; that was your light
and you saw it clearly. You were
uot wrong because I was led by a
different way. But I could not help
seeing that you were losing your
tenderness for him, and I was so
troubled about it that I begged
Robert to write to you or try to
see you.
He said ho would wait a little
longer; he did not believe you could
trust him yet.
Every day I grew more uneasy,
and urged it again. And at last he
said plaiuly that he had given it up
about you that he knew you
could never trust him nor have pa
tience with him. I could not deny it
anymore. When I thought of your
face as you last spoke of him I knew
it was true. And even while I was
sorrowfully thinking about it he
began to say other things. He said
there wa3 no one in the world from
whom he could hope for love, and
trust, and patience, unless it was
from me. He asked me if I did not
know it. And when I looked into
my own heart and thought it all
over, I did know it. I could no
more deny it than I could the other.
You thought mo weak and foolish
to accept his love, Roxie. You did
not know how full of awe and fear
my heart was. The more glad I was
that I could love him, the less blind
I was to all the dangers that hung
over us both. I was not so rash as
to think that my weak hand alone
could avert them. There was only
this, Roxie; it was the only human
hand that was nerved to try. I
knew in my heart that I did right.
I knew you had ceased to feel pain
in regard to Robert. I knew it wa6
not jealousy that led you to give me
that warning when you heard we
were engaged. I would live to be
a drunkard's wife, you said. I knew
it might be true, but it did not shake
me then ; and since it has come true,
Roxie, if all were to be done over
again I think I could not act differ
ently. I only want you to feel that
my marrying him was not as you
thought then just a blind surrender
to what I knew was foolish and
wrong.
1 was better than you? Oh, no;
my way was open when yours was
barred ; that was all. You needed
to marry a strong, perfect man like
Adam Mayhew. You could work
freely with him. But if I had mar
ried such au one, so great and self
sustained, I should uot have lived
freely. There's a strange cowardice
in me, Roxie. I never dared use my
life much except when I felt a very
great need for it. Robert needed it.
You may kuow I waa not needless
by this. I told Robert I would not
dare enter iuto married life without
claims ou a strength greater than
ours for help. I asked him if he
had uot such a faith iu tho graciouc
help of the Lord Jesus Christ as he
was willing to confess before men.
He was true and earnest when he
assented to that if ever a mail was.
We waited to be married till we
were admitted to membership in the
church. Roxie, you kuow when the
halt and maimed were called into
the feast they came just halt and
maimed. Some of them might have
stumbled aud fallen before ever they
could be led to their places at the
table. They wero to be made whole
rfomo time, but the were not bro't
in whole. The Lord of tho feast
knew when each one's turn would
come and how he would do it. But
he could uot get to each nuo all at
once. He had to bear with them as
they were at first. My poor Robert
was maimed. He was born weak
where some are strong. The Lord
knows.
Tho first time that he fell after out
marriage I was as wretched as you
could have foretold. But I had been
sick and ho was out of wort. I
hastened to get better, and then he
got better also. The next year we
got on much better than I hoped til!
that last night.
Poor Robert! If only he had not
gone away! If I could only once
haye talked it over with him and
comforted him !
He did not strike me so hard ; it
was not the blow that made me fall.
I was weak, and staggered. I had
the baby in my arms, and could not
break my falling. It would not have
hurt me if it had uot been tor the
rocker of the chair. I fell upon it.
It was that which hurt my back.
I know how it was with him ; it
sobered him to see me fall ; and in
one minute he was full of remorse.
When they told him I was coming
to my senses and calling for him he
fled away out of the houpe. It was
shame and despair in his heart. He
felt as if he had bocn a curse to me.
They said he had deserted me be
cause I was now helpless. That is
false, Roxie. Do not believe it.
You do not? That U like you, so
generous and just ! Let me tell you.
I have had money sent me from some
unknown person. Miss Cumnor
does not encourage me to think it
comes from Robert. She thinks it
is sent by some charitable person.
She hopes he may never come back,
and does not want me to think of
him. But I know he sent the money.
You think so, too? O, Roxie
then he is doing well somewhere,
and thinking of me! If I might
only see him. You think I could
ouly be a helpless, discouraging
burden to him, now that I may never
walk again. And it is hard to think
if he should come back he would
still find me lying here. I wouldn't
mind it at all if it were not for bis
sake. And yet if he would only
come back I know I could be some
thing to him still. He would find I
could be happy lying here and
Roxie oh Roxie 1 I never had
before never before such love,
and courage, and faith iu my heart
for him as I have now !
You say you think he will come
back. I know he will some time;
but it seems hard to waiL When I
think of his sorrow and all his
temptations, and think I might talk
to him and comfort him, it seomw
hard to wait. It is a wbolo year,
Roxie! Think, it you had beon sep
arated from your busbaud a whole
year, while yoJ had been in sorrow !
You think he will come back
soon?
Roxie, you know something about
him! He has been to South Amer
ica ou one of your husband's ves
sels. He has been doing well. It
was he who sent me the money.
Oh, Roxie, tell him I want to see
bim. Tell him I must see bim !
Could I bear to see him now?
Then he is here! Call him quick,
Roxie! That is hi step I near!
Oh, Robert! Robert! JI. E. Ben
nett, in Sunday Afternoon.
A praying church is the bulwark
of the pulpit. A laboring church i9
the right hand of the pulpit. A
dead church ha been the death of
many a pulpit. Mr. Spurgeon says :
"Have you ever read 'The Ancient
Mariner?' I dare say you thought
it one of the strangest imaginations
ever put together dead men
pulling the rope, dead men steering.
But do you know I have lived to see
that time? have Been it done. I
have gone in churches, and have
seen a dead man in the pulpit, a dead
man as deacon, a dead man handling
the plate, and dead men sitting to
hear." lie Arthur.
Democratic NcatliucBt.
Col. Kernan. the editor of the Ok
olona, Mississippi, State, laH week
wrote a letter to the Chicago Tri
bune, in which he unbosomed him
self in the following true Southern
chivalaric style. What lu says is
the sentiment of the masses of the
South. His paper U one of the best
paying papers in the South, and is
heartily applauded by the people.
We ask our retidr to ponder well
what he say, and to remember thit
no democratic paper North or South
denies the influence or the position
of the Okolona States. We make
the following extract from his letter.
Your party lias a way of making
merry at our expense because wo
have elevated a Federal soldier to
the 'op of our ticket.
You forgot that ever siuce Han
cock has begun to make a political
record he has touched elbows with
the State sovereignty men iu our
tanks.
His order No. 40.
Wa the inspiration that united
the white people of the South, and
ultimated in the triumph of the Con
federate Brigadiers.
Ho supported Seymour in ISlW,
when Seymour stood ou a platform
that declared the Ameudmentn.
"Revolutionary,
"Null ind
"Void."
The South as I said in my last
letter rules the Democratic party.
And her orders will bo obeyed
wheu Hancock walks up the White
House steps.
I have lived in this section live
vears.
During all that time I have never
heard a democratic citizen, in pri
vate conversation, speak of the I'n
ion without a sneer.
They love their State as the Ath
enians loved the city of tho Violet
Crown ;
But thoy hate the Union ;
They hate your filthy flag:
They hate your Reconstruction
laws, and their fingers tinge to rend
them from thp statute-books;
But, with Hancock iu the White
House,
Thoy will rule that Union as they
ruled it from 1783 to ISfll.
They will make that tlug tho sym
bol of itate sovereignty.
They will purify the statute books
of the Senegambian stench and
flavor.
And thoroughly Southernize tho
land and all its laws.
Aye, more; they will render the
treason of your Linkhorns. et at.
odious, and mako th Confederate
uniform a passport to official rank.
They will indemnify the South for
the value of her slaves and the forc
ed repudiation of her war debt.
And leave no means untried to
undo the colossal crimes of your
party to the uttermost.
You seem to forget the aublimo
fact tho Secessionists of the South
and their sympathizer0 in the North.
Constitute a majority of the Amer
ican people to-day.
And that this majority has just
pledged itself anow "to the consti
tutional doctrines and traditions of
the democratic party" (vide Cincin
nati platform).
The "doctrines and traditions" in
clude. Nullification,
Secession, and
Votes for white voters only
Include al! the principles that I
ever championed in the Okidnmt
States.
Among the veterans at the great
soldiers' reunion at Columbus, O.,
last week, were 1,323 who had been
inmate? of rebel prisons during the
war, and suffered the tortures of
those earthly hells. They registered
their preferences for president, and
it was ascertained that 1,322 wer
for Garfield and Arthur and one for
Hancock and English. No doubt
our Democratic friends will see
fraud in this wholesale preference
for the republican nominees by ex
Union soldiers, but there was no
fraud in it; it was not against Han
cock, the soldier, that they cast their
preference, but against tho princi
ple? of the democratic party. Tho
boys that wore the blue are opposed
to the principles that Lee and Jack
son fought for. Lincoln Journal.
Happy marriages are not made in
heaven, but heaven is made in hap
py marriages.
Father: "Here you have only
been married four weeks, and al
most every day you come to me
with complaints about your hus
band. You ought to be ashamed of
yourself." Daughter: "But he
fights me all the time." "Foolieh
child I Haven't your mother and
me been fighting every day for thir
ty years, and don't get along peace
ably and quietely with each other!"
A Califoruia bruiser is named
Belcher. "Beltyoursetf'hiscrooiei
say ; "we don't want any of it."
