THE JOURNAL.
18 IfeSOKU EVERY WEDNESDAY,
M. K. TURNER & CO.,
Proprietors and Pabliihen.
t3Office, on 11th street., upstairs in
Journal building.
Terms Per year, 12. Six months, $1.
Three months, 50c. Single copies, 6c.
F. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store on Olire St., near the old Post-office
Columbus Nebraaka. 447-ly
HKISTRY LITERS,
BLACKSMITH
AND
Wagon Maker,
Hhop nr Foundrj, iouth of A. A X. Depot.
All kinds of wood and iron work on
WaKons. BuceW'h, Farm Machinery, &c.
Keeps on'hands tli
lie
TrMPXEX SPJRING BUGGY,
and other eastern buggies.
ALSO, Til E--
"Furst fc Bradlev Plows.
MILLHI!
MRS. M
S. DRAKE
HAS .lTST
RECEIVED
A LARGE
STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER
MILIUM Jill FAICY
-:o:-
13-A FIM.L ASSORTMENT OF EY
KItYTIIING BELONGING TO
FIRST-CLASS M1LL1N-
ERY STOitK.JgJ
7rrU'th St., ttoo doors east State Hank:
,F. GERBER & CO.,
-DKALKKS IK
FURNITURE ,
AND UNDERTAKERS.
If
'J
TABLES, Etc., Etc.
GIVE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE
ON SOUTH SIDE lllh ST.,
One door tast of Iteints's drug store.
Meat Market !
One door north of Post-office,
NEBRASKA AVE., - Columbus.
KEEP ALL KINDS OK
Fresh and Salt Meats,
ALSO
Etc., iu their season.
X3T Cash paid Tor II id en, I.ard
and Wacom.
542-x
W1LL.T.1UOKLY.
NEW STORE!
VH QBMj Bl;
(Successors to HENRY A BRO.)
All customers of the old firm are cor
diallv iuvitrd to continue their pat
ronise, the same as heretofore; to
gether with as many new custo
mers as wls-n to purchase
G-ood Goods
For the Least Money.
STATE BANK,
Btc:iu:rt te Oiruri k lul t:i Tvsir it Eilit.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL,
$50,000
ILLIMY
C
Rattans
mm
DIRECTORS:
Leandeh Gkbra-BD, Pres't.
Geo. "W. Hulst Vice Prcs't.
Jtjlius A Reed.
Edward A. Gerbard.
Abnf.r Turner, Cashier.
Basic of Deposit, DisceBBt
.md Excaaace.
Collections Promptly Made oat
all Polat.
Par Interest on Time Depos
its. 274
flie
YOL. XI-NO. 47.
LUBKER &
Booksellers
-) DEALERS
Sewing Machines, Organs,
Small Musical Instruments,
Sheet Music, Toys and Fancy Goods.
S3TIf vou want anything In our line, give us a call.
i:Ia tfood,at l lowest HviK prices.
SING-ER SEWING- MACHINES at $25.
CORKER 13tb AND OLIVE STREETS.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
END SPRINGS,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
WHITNEY BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Pleosure and Business Wag
ons of all Descriptiois.
We are pleased to invite the attention
of the public to the fact that we have
just received a car load o,f Wagons and
liturgies of all descriptions, and .that we
are the sole agents ror tnc counties m
Platto, Butler, Boone, Madison, Merrick,
Polk and York, for the,celebratrd
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
offering these wagou? cheaper than anv
other wagon built of name material,
t vie and finish cau be sold for iu this
fount v. . , ,. .
J-Send for Catalogue and Price-list.
PHIL. CAIN,
4H4tf Columbus, Neb.
.AMERIO-AJST
medical a mm 1OT,
T. Z. 1HTCHEU, V!. S.
S. T.UABTTH.U.S
8. C. XtECIE. U. 0., . 0. CEUISI, X. D., ciOaila,
Con-ulting ftysicians ani.Surgeons.
For the treatment of all classes of Sar
gery and deformities; acute and
chronic diseases, diseases of the eye
and ear, etc., etc.,
Coluxnlms, Neb.
JEWELRY STORE
OF
G. HEITKEMPER,
ON ELEVENTH STREET,
Opposite Speice & North's land-office.
Has on hand a fine selected
stock of
IfcGli
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
E2TALL GOODS SOLD, ENGRAVED
FREE OF CHARGE.Jgl,
Call and -see:
goods.
No, trouble to. show
- 61941m
Wm. SCHILZ,
Manufacturer and Dealer In
BOOTS AND SH0.ES !
A romplrtt amort mm t of ladies' and Chll
dren'tKboeo Vept on hand.
All Work Wairantfid!!
Oar Motto Good stock, excellent
work and fair prices.
Etpecial Attention paid to Repairing
Cor. OSIre and 13cfcJitu
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS
& WHOLE-
BALE DHALHRjoIr? "- -
FLOUR ANDMEAL.
PllSlCMS
nis
Wa
dcs ana Jewelry
OFFICE, COL V31B US, NJBB.
CRAMER,
Stationers,
IN'(-
We sell none nut first
TUEBER A KKOUEIi,
AT THK
COLUMBUS HEAT MARKET
Om Eleventh. Street,
Where meats are almost given away
for cash.
Beef per lb., from 310cts.
Best steak, per lb., 10 "
Mutton, per lb., from 6 10 "
S:msa'e. nor lb., from 8 10 "
" - - I - . p.r ...
Special prices to noieis. ov.-i
TTKNHY GASS,
Manujacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Hetalic Bnrial Caskets
All kinds and sizes of Kole, also
has the sole right to manufac
ture and sell the
Smith's Hammock, Recljning Chair,
abinet Turning and Scroll work, Pic-
Cabin
tute
Picture frames and Mouldings,
Lookuig-glass Plates, Walnut Lumber,
etc., etc. COLUM BUS, NEB.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IN
IBIS. MEBIGIIES. CHEMICALS
WIXES. LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
Xnd all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Eleventh itreet, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS. : NEBRASKA
ANipSON & RO.ENk
BACKERS,
KLKVKNTH ST.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
JSTDeposits received, and interest paid
on time deposits.
KS'Pmmnt attention aiven to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day t of
payment.
VSTPassage tickets to or from European
points by best lines at laicest rates.
ZSTDratts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFEREHCESANa CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank, Decorah, Iowa.
Allan A Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Bank, Omaha.
First National Bank, Chicago.
Kountze Bros., N. Y.
SPEICE & NORTH,
General -Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific
R. R. Lands for sale atfromf3.QP,to$10f00
per acre for cash, or on five or ten years
time, in annual payments .to suit pur.
chasers. We bave,also. , Jargo-.and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms.' Also business and
residence lotsin the city. W.e Jceep a
complete abstract of title to all real, es
tate in Platte County.?
633
COL.UMBIJBvNEB.
LAND, FARMS,
AND
cimppjpvp
-AT THE
Union PapLinPftqe,
On liong Time and. loto rate
'' 'of interest:
All wishing to buy Rail Road Lands
or Improved Farms will Jlnd.it to their
advantage to call at the TT. P. Laud
Office before, .lookin elssw.b.ew as I
make a apecialty of .buying anseUing.
lands on commission; all persons wish
ing to sell farms or unimproved land
,will find it to their advantage o leave
their-Ua'dft-w'ita-we for,iale, asjnyfai.
cllities for affecting--sales-'hfe- unsur
passed. I am prepared, to, make final
proof for all parties wisning to get a
patent for their h6mesteads.
J-Henr.y Cord.es, Clerk, writes and,
speAKB.German.
SAMUEL C. SMITH,
Act. U. P. Land Department,
" Bw
.tod Department.
COCUMBGS, NEB.
555-y
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,
BUSINESS CARDS.
pORNEI.IVM dcSUaJLIVA,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
JOHN J.MAUGOAW,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Platte Center,
Neb.
H.
J. HUUSOX,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
12th Street, doon west or Hammond House,
Columbus, Neb. 491-y
D
R. M. O. THURSTON,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations first-class and warranted.
C
CHICAGO BARBER SHOP!
HENRY WOODS, Prop'r.
3T Everything in first -class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 616-y
M
cAILlSTER BROS.,
A TTORNEYS A T LA W,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing, 11th St.
Tj II. RUSCHE,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars. Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brusho. i-te.,
at the lowest possible prices. Re airs
promptly attended to.
If .I.THOMPSON,
NOTARY PUBLIC
And General Collection Agent,
St. Edicards, Boone Co., Neb.
NOTICE!
IF YOU have any real estate for sale,
if you wish to buy either In or out
of the citv, if you wish to. trade city
property for lauds, or lands for city
property, give us a call.
Wads worth & .Tossei.yn.
MCLtiOK MILLKTT. BYRON MILI.KTT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
flf. M1LLETT Ac SOW,
ATTORNEYS Al' LAW, Columbus,
Nebraska. IT. B. They will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to them. 243.
T OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notiqe. Buggies, Wagons,, etc.. made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
UQTShop opposite the " Tattersall,"
Olive Street. M
T J. SCI1UG, M. O.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Columbus, Neb.
Office Corner of North and Eleventh
Sts., up-stairs in Gluck's brick building.
Consultation in German and English.
XVTM. BIRCUESM,
Dealer in REAL ESTATE,
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR,
AUD IH8USAHCX AOtWT,
GENOA. NANCK CO., - - - NKB.
s
J.ATTERY & PEARSALL
ARK PREPARED, WITH
FIRST- CLASS APPA RA TUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give them a call.
J.
S. MURDOCK & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had au 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. JSTShop on
13th St., one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus, Nebr. 483-y
LAW, RjBAL ESTATE
AND GENERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
W. S. GEEE.
MONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
farm property, time one to three
years. Farms with some improvements
bought and Bold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus. Neb.
473-x
CO.L,IJBIJS
Restaurant and -Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
tarWholesale ind Retail Dealer in For
eign Wine, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
ygTKentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OUSTERS in their aeason, by the case
can or dish.
lltk Street, Soatk of Depot
NEBKASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Dep.Qt,
COLUMBUS, HEB.
A new bouse, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
Egets a First-Class. .Table.
Meals,. ...25 Cents. Lodgings. ...25 Ct
TWO WOMEN & LIVES.
Two babes were born in the self-same
town,
On the very same bright day;
They both laughed and cried in their
mother's arms,
In the very self-same way.
And both were pure and Innocent
As falling flukes of snow,
But one of them lived in a terraced
house
And one iu the street below.
Two children played in the self-same
town,
And the children both were fair,
But one had her curls brushed smooth
ly back
And the otber had tangled hair.
The children both have grown apace,
As all our children grow,
But one of them lives in a terraced house
And one in the street below.
Two maidens lived in the self-same
town,
And one was wedded and loved;
The other saw through the curtain
drawn
The world-where her sister moved.
And one was smiling, a happy bride,
The other knew and woe.
For one of them lived in a terraced
house
And one iu the street below.
Two women lay dead in the self-same
town,
And one had tender care;
The other was-left to die alone
On her pallet so thin and bare.
One had manv to mourn her loss,
For the other few tears would flow,
For one had lived in a terraced house
And one in the street below.
If Jesus, who died for the rich and poor,
In wonderful, holy love,
Took both of the sisters in His arms
And carried them up above,
Then all the difference vanished quite,
For none in heaven would know
Which of them lived in the ternced
house
Aud w ich in the street below.
A SCKAP OF PAPER.
Herbert Balfour had been brought
up with great expectation. His
father had been a wealthy Manches
ter merchant, a man who had risen
from nothing, as the saying goes. He
was wont to relate how he had
walked into the great manufacturing
city with nothing in his pockets but
threepence-halfpenny, an old pocket
knife, and a piece of string. With
this limited capital he had started
life on his own account, and a great
euccess he had made of it. In due
course he had married, and display
ing in matters matrimonial the same
good judgment that he had displayed
in business affairs, he fixed upon as
good a wife as man could desire to
possess. The offspring of this union
was an only son, the hero of this
over-true tale.
Perhaps it would have proved far
more beneficial for Herbert Balfour
had he commenced life with even
less than the proverbial half-crown,
and after the manner of his father;
but as it was, from his cradle up
ward he was surrounded with all the
comforts that we poor mortals can
desire
Ho was the-idol of his parents. If
ever a boy was spoiled by which
we mean indulged Herbert Balfour
was that boy. But for all that his
father had the good sense to draw
the line somewhere ; so, hard though
it was to him and his good wife, they
dispatched young Herbert to a first
class boarding-school.
He shall be as well educated as
any gentleman in the land,' said Mr.
Balfour with tears in his eyes, as he
saw his idol borne away by express
train to the region of study.
'So he shall, my dear, so he shall !'
sobbed the doting mother.
TTfirbert'a school-davs over, ho at
once prepared to enter upon college
life. As yet it remained undecided
as to what profession he should
embrace.
'I am sure he would make an ex
cellent clergymansaid Mrs. Balfour.
'Or a doctor,' said Mr. Balfour.
He reads so beautifully, and would
look so imposing in a surplice,' said
Mrs. Balfour.
'He would be so gentle and sym
pathetic with the utflicted,' said Mr.
Balfour.
Imagine him at the bar V exclaim
ed the enthusiastic mother.
He would become Attorney-General
in no time,' cried the equally
elated father.
Alas for the vanity of human
hopes. Neither divine, doctor nor
barrister became this youthful idol.
Like the generality of young peo
ple who had been brought up to have
pretty nearly everything their own
way, Herbert Balfour was wayward
and undecided as to his future.
'There is heaps of time,' he would
say ; 'why on earth should I worry
myself in arriving at any decision?'
Being able to command what
money he needed, he could, he
imagined, afford to go in for a pro
fession just when it suited, him or
not at all, for the matter of that,
unless be felt ao disposed.
But, fortunately, Herbert Balfour
was not an utterly idle and selfish
young fellow of which nowadaye,
as ever, there are so many specimens
for he bad his really good and
redeeming qualities.
He was not a reckless spendthrift.'
Hedid not squander money in gamb
ling. He took no mean advantage
of his father's generosity in the mat
ter of monetary allowance.
Of course, like all yonng men, he
Imtpal
1881.
had his faults ; bnt, if the troth were
known, there is little doubt that he
was quite as good as, ( not better
than, half those model students who
cannotapparentlydpanythingamiss.
Poor Herbert Belfour had not been
at college much over twelve months
when his misfortunes began.
His father was among the victims
of a bauk .failure, which, Tu plain
English, should have been designat
ed' 'The Directors' Swindle aud in
consequence found himself a ruined
man. To use hia own words: 'Thirty-three
years ago I came to Man
chester with threepence-half-penny,
a pocket knife and, a piece of string ;
and to-day, after a life's toil, and
when my hairs are gray, I am not
worth the coppers I started with.'
Addressing his wife he said :
'My dear Mary, it is not for myself
that I care so much, 'tis for you and
the boy. I began with nothing, and
was used to rough fare from my
cradle ; but with you two it is diff
erent.'
'Never mind, my dear,' said the
wife, 'we shall be just as happy in
poverty as in wealth; aud who
knows but what you may recover
your position.'
Now, Mrs. Balfour was very de
cently connected; aud her people
had rather turned up their noses at
the idea of her having married 'a
person iu trade.'
But the said 'person in trade' hav
ing a long purse, thoy had borne it
with Christiau resignation. They
had done more than this ; they had
borrowed with charming willing
ness from 'the person in trade,' who
had become a family connection.
Hum having fallen upon her hus
band, Mrs. Balfour appealed to her
grand relatives. The only result
was the repayment of a small amount
of the moueys which had been for
merly lent to them by Mr. Balfour.
In consequence of .this, the once
wealthy merchant was left to battle
agaiust misfortune, comparatively
speaking, unaided. The struggle
continued for a period of two years,
when death came to the good old
man's assistance, not by way of call
ing any one to his last account who
had left him any money, but by
tapping Mr. Balfour himself upon
the shoulder, and so forever closing
his eyes to the trials and sorrows of
this mundane existence.
A few months later, and his wifo
also laid down her burden, leaving
Herbert au impecunious orphan.
There was but one person iu the
world who took the smallest interest
in the young man's fate, aud that
was a well-to-do paternal uncle, pos
sessed of a remunerative business
in Leeds.
He gave Herbert Balfour a clerk
ship in his counting-house, aud paid
him a salary of 25 shillings a week.
Ont of this the once well-to-do
Oxonian had to find himself in
everything.
His uncle treated him as he treated
the other clerks, both in business
hours and out of business hours iu
short, he behaved toward him as
though there existed no relationship
between them whatever.
When Herbert entered his uncle's
office, he knew nothing whatever of
business matters, and the only ad-
vantage he gained by being there
was tho acquirement oi Business
habits, and a slignt Knowledge oi
commercial traneactionB.
He bore his uncle's coldness with
out a murmur, 'but felt it none the
less.'
So matters went on for two years,
at the expiration of which Herbert
Balfour took unto himself a wife, his
salary at the time having been raised
to thirty shillings a week.
His wife was the daughter of a
tradesman.
Surely one who had been brought
up as a gentleman, with a university
education, might have looked higher.
Boing handsome, polished and fasci-
nating in manner, he might have
gone in for an heiress.
Well, so he might, even though he
was only a clerk in his cold-blooded
uncle's counting-house ; but if he had
aspired to anything so tempting, and
won it in the bargain, he could not
have gained a worthier or better
wife than she who so willingly
shared his lot in the days of his
impecuniosity.
Not long after his marriage he
heard of a vacancy in a London
merchant's office, where a higher
salary was offered.
Like a sensible fellow he applied
for it, and was lucky enough to be
engaged.
His uncle was wild with indigna
tion when he found that Herbert
was going to leave him.
'I won't give yon a charier, sir,'
roared that outraged individual,
'unless it be for base ingratitude.'
'I can do very well without it,
thank you, sir,' answered Herbert.
And so he could, for the father of an
old Oxford friend of his, at whose
house he had stayed in happier
WHOLE NO. 5C7.
times, was the. personage who had
used his influence in obtaining him
his new and improved appointment.
Herbert Balfour, with his good
wifo and their little baby hoy, arriv
ed in London. For six years he
remained with hia new employer.
Happy years were they, too, iu spite
of the very humble way in which ho
was compelled to live. His good
wife and his little oues made a per
fect heaven of home.
But misfortune had not yet played
her worst trick upon the hero of
this story.
His good-hearted and ever-considerate
employer died, and the bus
iness passed into other and less
pleasant bands.
The old staff of clerks, with two
exceptions, was dismissed, and Her
bert Balfour had to look out for
another situation. Time's were bad,
and the task was a difficult ono to
find employment.
As one can easily imagine, he had
not saved much out of 2 a week,
with four children and a wifo to
provide for.
But it is hardly fair to include 'the
wife' in the expense, since as far as
she was personally concerned she
proved, like all really good wives
who are not afraid of soiling their
fingers, the means of saving him
many oxponaes, which as a single
man he was sure to have incurred.
Persevere as he would, he could
not obtain a fresh opening, and
things became as bad as they well
could be with him.
Through all the misery that pov
erty brought with it Herbert Balfour
had iu his beloved wife a comforter.
of whom he might justly bo proud.
Indeed, had it not been for her,
Heaven only knows how far desper
ation might have driven him. Prob
ably it would have been the old, old
story over again ; a plunge in the
darkness of night from one of the
somber bridges which span Father
Thames, and then
The dreamless sleep which lulls the
dead.
For days nothing passed the lips
of any among the poverty-stricken
family but dry bread. Butter be
came an unknown luxury. Their
only shelter was a garret in Drury
Lane.
Yes, it had become as bad as that.
Heaven help them I
Entering a email baker'n shop in
the vicinity of hi lodgings, Herbert
Balfour was induced to confide his
troubles to the good-hearted pro
prietor, who offered him a few shil
lings for going through his hooks,
which had been long neglected.
If you give me satisfaction,' said
the sympathetic man of flour, I shall
be willing to recommend you to my
fellow-tradesmen, and perhaps the
trifling job I give you may lead to
something better.'
Herbert thanked the baker with
sincere gratitude, and straightway
applied himself to the accounts in
question. When the job was com
pleted he received prompt payment,
which amounted to something over
a couple of sovereigns.
Making his way homeward thro'
the dull November evening, with his
welcome earnings in his pocket, be
resolved to give his wife and family
a treat; ne uetermineu upou pur
chasing a quarter of a pound of
butter.
He entered the wretched garret
that now constituted his home with
a smile upon his wan face such as
had not been seen there for months
past.
Mary, my dear,' he said, 'I have
brought you and the little ones a
luxury for supper.'
A ln-viirtr ilonp?' nnnwprpr) hlfl
wife, in a tone of incredulity.
Ayl a luxury.'
'Some fried fish?'
'No.'
'A pot of dripping?'
A quarter of a" pound of .fresh
butter ; really fresh butter, Mary I'
Placing on the table the two half
quartern loaves that he had been
carrying, he drew from his pocket
the luxury in question, carefully
wrapped in a fragment of the Daily
Telegraph.
And now, dear, you and the chil
dren most have a really good feed.'
Ah, with what pleasure did the
half-starved father cut substantial
and satisfying slices of the bumble,
but much-needed fare. And with
what still greater pleasure did he see
the hungry months he loved so well
busily devouring the staff of life.
'Bnt you have not left yourself
any batter; you are eating a dry
crust,' observed Mrs. Balfonr.
I I really prefer it,' apologized
Herbert.
I'll not eat another mouthful,' ex
postulated his wife, 'nnless '
All right, my dear, all right,' in
terrupted Herbert. 'There is quite
enough left for me here.'
So saying he commenced scraping
the remnant of the butter that re
mained upon the scrap of Daily
Telegraph in which be carried it
home.
See I' he observed, scraping away
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with such diligence that the scrap of
paper was &s readable aa when it
came from the printer's hands. 'See !
I have not wasted an antom.'
While thus engaged his eye was
attracted by the printed matter,
which bis energies rendered so clear.
To his utter astonishment he read his
own name contained in the adver
tisement, 'To the next of kin,' print
ed on the fragment of the Daily
Telegraph which had served aa a
wrapper for the quarter of a pound
of butter.
On making the iiecessary inquiries
he found thai be bad come into a
very commendable fortune.
Herbert Balfour's trials through
the pressure of poverty were over
forever, and now he is a happy and
wealthy man; and doubtless all the
better and happier for the struggle
which adverse fortune for a time
brought upon him.
Misfortune never barms a man
spiritually if he only bears it bravely
and trusts in Providence.
Good Advice.
Young men, be busy. Don't
loiter about the streets in idleness.
Don't be out at night; for if you are
vice will overtake you. Tho first
little step in the path of error is the
biggest, longest and most fatal step
of all of them. Stay at homo with
your parents and books. Look for
something to do; there is plenty of
it everywhero if you will but take
hold. It is your duty to be indus
trious and energetic. Life watt not
given you for idle pleasure; it wai
given you that you might improve
yourself, glorify God, bless your
fellow-men with good examples a
well as good deeds. Remember that
the errors of today can never be
corrected. The little fountain that
gushes out of the mountain-top and
hurries on to the great ocean cannot
go back to its source and retrace its
step. Like that little fountain, you
are leaping down the hill of time to
the great ocean of eternity. AU
along the way of life there stands a
sentinel on either side, above and
below, who records your every
thought, word and deed. That these
reports may be good, make haste to
improve every moment of life;make
ha9te to be just, honest, truthful and
honorable in air things. Go at it
now. This is the time. This is the
most important moment of them all,
because it will be lost if uot used
uow.
In the late Nebraska Legislature
there were no more able, faithful
and industrious members than the
representatives of the editorial fra
ternity pent from four counties of
the State. The only editor in tho
House was Hon. E. M. Correll, of
tho Hebron Journal, the successful
advocate of the woman snffrasfe
amendment, and one of the hardest
working members of that body. In
the Senate was C. H. Gere, of the
Lincoln Journal, a fine piirlinraenta
rian, and withal one of the ablest
men in the State; H.M.Wells, of
the Crete Union, who was so nearly
successful in getting through a bill
reducing passenger fares to three
cents a mile, and a member whose
vote was with the people on all im
portant questions; and M. K. Tur
ner, of the Columbus Journal, the
only member from the North Platte
country, a legislator of marked abil
ity and sound judgment. Of this
number Mr. Gere is the out-going
president of the Nebraska Press
Association, Mr. Wells the ex-secretary,
and Mr. Correll its late poet
and at present vice-president.
Beatrice Express.
A lawyer, whose visits were more
frequent at the shrine of Bacchus
than that of Themis, was one day
entering a church, and caught the
eye of the preacher, who waa just
uttering these words: ''I will bear
witness against that sinner at the
day of judgment." The lawyer felt
the rebuke, and shaking bis head
with drunken gravity, replied: "I
have practiced twenty years at the
bar, and have always found the
greatest scoundrel is the first to turn
evidence."
A newspaper is a window through
which men look out upon the world.
Without a newspaper a man it shut
up in a email room And knows little
or nothing of what is going on out
side of himself. In our day a news
paper will keep a sensible man in
sympathy with the world's current
history. It is an unfolding encyclo
pedia, an unbound book forever ia
sning and never finished.
'See here," said a fault-finding
husband to his wife," we must have
things arranged in this house so that
we shall know just where every
thing is kept" "With all my heart,"
she swe'etly answered, "and let ui
begin with yonr late hours, my love ;
I should dearly like to know where
they are kept." He let things run
on as usual.
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