The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, June 15, 1881, Image 1

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    THE JOURNAL.
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M. K. TURNER & CO.,
Proprietors and Publishers.
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Business and professional cards tea
line or Ie.s space, per annum, ten dol
lars. Leual advertisement. at statuta
rates. "Editorial local notices" fifteen
cents a line each insertion. "Local
notices five cents a line each Inser
tion. Advertiments classified as"Spe
eial notices" ne cents a line first inser
tion, three cents a line eac.h subsequent
insertion.
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Eiroiliro, on lltli street., upstairs in
Journal building.
Thums Per vcar, 52. Six month'-. I.
Throe month, 5U . Single copios.oc.
Ar0L. XII.-N0. 7.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1881.
WHOLE NO. 57fl.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
BLACKSMITH
AMI
"Wnoii jVInkcr9
v)io, ntr lounilrj, south r A. A .V IK put.
AH kind of wtMMl ami iron work on
Wurns. Bmnfie. Farm Maclinicr, Ar
Keeps on band the
TiMJ'ifnx spur kg it roar,
and t'ther caufcrn huinjies.
AL.-0, THK--
Fur-l V lli-adlev Plow.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
coi.t'.mti's, :rit.
A new house, iicwlj turnished. Good
accommodation. Board by day or
week :it reasonable rates.
X3T&t u l'ir--',lii. Tali If.
Meal,... 25 Cent. Lodging.
3s-2l f
. . .25 Cts
IIK.. "M. S. DKAKK
has .ii r i:fci:i i:d a i.aimjk
STOCK t'F
SPRING AND SUMMER
i
J3TA Fl II. A-miITMKT(M- K
EKVIIIIM. i::i.O(JI(J TO
1 li:-T-( LA-.- M 1 1.1.13 -K:
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WWA St.. " ttiHtrs . Statr l'.nxk.
F. GERBER &. CO.,
nru ri:.- i -
FTONITME ,
and rxi)i:i;TAKi:i:s.
'j
TABLES, Etc.. Etc.
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C1VE HIM Ai'AI.L AT IMS PLACE
ON SOrril -IDE lllli ST.,
Our ? nl of Heinle's drug store.
-OITY-
Meat Market !
One door north of rot-otlice,
NEB HAS KA AVE.. - I'oliuuliu-.
:o:
KKKl' AI.I. KINDS 1K
Fresh and Salt Meats,
VLM) -
inv
Etc.. in their season.
KsTa-li pall Tor IIid. I.nrd
uiitl Il:inn.
r.t-x
WILL. T. UICKI.Y.
H. B. MORSE
IS STILL SELLINi. M. C!11LS
OLD TO( K
At Cost! At Cost!
AND HAS ADDI.D
A Line of Spring Goods
WHICH HE IS SELLING AT
EASTERN PRICES.
AVM. SCT-ITLZ
Can titl he found at the old stand,
inhere he continues to do
all kinds nf
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UAtB US, XEli
MILLINERY
I HAVE KElENTLY 1'UHt HASED
THE STOCK OF
HARDWARE, STOVES
AND
I
flJ4JV AM m
OK
if ne. kii:kt ijhi.h.-,
And will continue tin- luiucs at the
old tand, where I will he pleaded to .ee
the old cutoiner no objection to a
lew new one). I have on hand a large
Mock of
STOVES
AND
RANGES,
ALL STYLES, SIZES AND PUICE.
ttTltorr.HT! VERY LOW'jrj
NAILS, PUMPS,
Rojii'. Class, Paint, I'liliy,
BARBED WIRE,
, Nought before the monopoly price)
Icultnral I
II
OF ALL MNP".
The Join Deere Hoods a Specialty.
PLOTS,
HARROWS,
RAKES.
THEt ELEItKTED
Buckeye Cultivators,
DRILLS AND SEEDERS.
-:o:-
CLIMAX MOWERS
ELWARD HARVESTERS AND
CORD BINDERS.
EUBEKA MOWEES,
wide cut and lightet lraft machine
made. Come and ee thi machine if
ou ilont look at an thing el.e.
THE OLD IIKLIABLE
Chicago Pitts Thresher,
with Steam or Hoe power.
The Iron Turbine Wind Mills,
The mill that tand all the torm and
i alwa ready for action. Agent for
DAVIS. (idl'LD CO'S
BugRios. CarriaK", anil Plntforxu
SpriuK WnKous,
which I can sell cheaper than oil can
go on foot. No trouble to hoV good
or talk price.
If iiare deal in and "live and let
lie" price will secure a share of your
patronage, 1 shall be pleaed to re
ceive it.
WHO. I. IM1STKK,
.'(!." Successor to U. Uhlig.
STATE BANK,
Cz::e:t:rst: 3::::i i Eosd i:i ?;r::r k Ealit.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CA SII CA PI TA L, - $50,000
DIRECTOUS:
Leandkr Ggrkard, Prcs'l.
Geo. tV. IIui.st Vice Pres't.
Julius A Kekd.
EOWAKI) A. ((KUKAKI).
Ahneu Tuknkh, Cashier.
It link of Ieposit, DNcount
uiid "Exchange.
Cnllfrtlonxlroiiiptly rtlntlcon
all IoInt.
laj- Interest on Time Ipoi
Is. 274
A.MERIGAJST
MEDICAL I SURCICAL INSTITUTE.
im-W
T. E. UXTCSILL. It. E. 8. r. JJASTOT, if. E
Plysicis ai Snois.
s. b. M2:zs, s:. d., & :. c. ezsisi, u. a., :f ck.
Consulting Physicians and Surgeons.
For the treatment of all classes of Sur
gery and deformities; acute and
chronic diseases, diseases of the eye
and ear, etc., etc.,
Columbus, Neb.
AST
iiuiiPls
ANDERSON & ROEN,
BACKERS,
KI.EVKNTII ST.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
t3TDeposits received, and interest paid
on time deposits.
XSTl'rompt attention given to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
1ST Passage tickets to or from European
points by lest lines at Incest rates.
TSTDralts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Hank, Decoruh, Iowa.
Allan ,v Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Hank, Omaha.
Kirt National Bank, Chicago.
Koimtzo Bros., X. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DKAI.KK IN
wim:s, i.Kiuoits,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS. : NEBRASKA
SPEICE & NORTH,
Oeueral Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
Union Paeitic, and Midland Tacilic
H. U. Lands for sale :itfroin$;:.00to10.U0
per acre for cash, or on live or ten years
time, in annual payments to suit pur
chasers. We have also a large and
choice lot of other land, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also businc and
re.ideiico lots in the citv. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
rcn
coi.iJruHU.s. rvi:n.
WHOLESALE UETAlL
aROCEES!
AIJsO 1KALKKS IN
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Etc.,
ami Country Produce of
all Kinds.
Til: KENT OF FLOUR A I..
WAYS KIIIT 0. IIA.I.
FOK THE
LEAST MONEY!
J3"Goods delivered free of charge to
any part of the city. Terms cash.
Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets,
Columbus, JVei.
END SPRINGS,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
W II ITNE Y .t BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
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
just received a car load of Wagons and
Buggies of all descriptions, and that we
are the sole agents for the counties ot
Platte, Butler, Boone, Madison, Merrick,
Polk and York, for (lie celebrated
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
offering these wagons cheaper than any
other wagon built of same material",
tylc and finish can be sold for in this
county.
ESTSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
P11II. CAI,
Columbus, Neb.
484-tf
LAW, REAL STAT
AND GKNKKAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
AV.S.GEEE.
"rONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
ItA. farm property, time one to three
years. Farms with some improvement
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb.
473-x
c o i, i j ;ti n i; m
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
ETWholesalc ind Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors aud Cigars, Dub
lin Stout. Scotch and English Ales.
1ST Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltb Street, South of Depot
BUSINESS CARDS.
niti:Mis kiti,i.iva:v
A TTOIiXEYS-A 'I -LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
rOIIIY .T..11A1JG1IAIV,
JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND
NOTALY PUBLIC,
II.ATTK CKNTKIt,
Neb.
TT J. HMS,
XOTA 11 Y P UBLIC.
12fh Street, 2 itooro nest of Hammond Home,
Columbus, Neb. 491-y
TR. Itl. 1. THURSTON',
It ESI DENT DENTIST.
Oilice over corner of lltli and North-st.
All operations lirst-class and w arrauted.
C
IIICAUO HAKIIKie SIIOI!
HENHY WOODS, Pimip'r.
JS3Everytbing in lirst - class style.
Also keep the best of cigar. f10-y
A rc-AI.I.ISTKIt HltOS.,
A TTORNEYS AT LA W,
Ollice up-stairs in McAllister's build
iug. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
Tj II. Itl'SCIIE,
Hth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Soil Ilarnes, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Itlauket, Curry Combs, liriuhes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices, lfcpair
promptly attended to.
JIT J. THOMPSON,
XO TA Ji Y P UBLIC
Anil General Collectiou Agent,
St. Edwards, Boone Co., Nel.
BYKOX MII.LKTT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
RYltOIV .1III.I.KTT,
A'lTOUNEY AT LAAV, Columbus
Nebraska. N. 1L He will give
close attention to all business entrusted
.o him. 24S.
T OU1S SCIIIIKIUEK,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
JSTSliop opposite the "Tattersall,"
Olive Street. ''i"
Tj .1. SCIIIIG, "tl. 1.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUIIGEON,
Coliinlus, Neb.
Oj?fcg Corner of North and Eleventh
Sts., up-stairs in Gluck's brick building.
Consultation in German and English.
xrrrti. iuiiu;i:s,
Dealer in HEAL ESTA TE,
conveyancer, collector,
ai;d ij;:u2akcs a3ei;t,
OKNOA. NANCK CO., ... NKIl.
TAMES PEAHSALL
IS I'UKrAKKD, WITH
FIIiST-CLASS A PPA HATUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give him a call.
TVTOTICK TOTEACIIEKS,
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his ollice at the Court House
on the first and last Saturdays of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, aud
for the transactton of any other business
pertaining to schools. f'GT-y
T S. MURDOUK & 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. ISTShop on
111th St., one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-y
WILLIAM RYAN,
DKAI.KK IX
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
JSTSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on hand.ggj
Elkvknth St., Columbus, Nkb.
A GOOD
FARM FOR SALE
!." acres of good land, SO
acres tinder cultivation, a
good house one and a half
nood stock ranee, nlentv ot
water, and good hay land. Two miles
east of Columbus. I-uquire at the
Pioneer Bakery. 473-fim
F. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store on Olive St., near the old Post-office
Columbus Nebraska. 447-lv
TTIWRI GASM,
Manujacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Metalic Burial Caskets
All kinds and sizes of Kolcs, also
has the sole right to manufac
ture and sell the
Smith's Hammock Reclining Chair.
Cabinet Turning and Scroll work, Pic
tures, Picture Frames aud Mouldings,
Looking-glass Plates, Walnut Lumber,
etc., etc. COLUMBUS, NEB.
storv huFh. a
MnE&i&czI sriA
MRS. OWENS STAIR-CARPET.
I5V MAliOAKETTK W. SNODliUASP.
'I wish Tom wouldn't bring- those
boys iuto the house,' and Irs. Owen
closed, impatiently, the book she
had been reading-. 'There they go
now over that new stair-carpet! I
must insist on his not taking them
tip to his room.'
Oh, mamma! You ought just to
see how Aunt Josie does with her
boys,' said Nannie, lifting her great
brown eyes from her dolls. 'Why,
she lets them go everywhere, and
sometimes they have suppers such
jolly times! I wish you could see
them. Maybe they might all come
and make U3 a visit. Wouldn't that
be splendid ?'
Mrs. Owen smiled faintly. Sister
.Tosia could do very differently. So
little was expected of one in her
position in society, and she had just
that much more lime to devote to
her own family. As to the boys
well, her home was one of the old
fashioned kind, aud the furniture
was not over costly nor so good
that one need be in constant tear of
spoiling it. Mrs. Owen cast a lin
gering glance over the rich folds of
the curtains, and the softly tinted
carpets with the roses strewn upon
them.
'Mother. I want my silk trimmed
with that new style of tritntninir. It
is all the rage, von know : but so
expensive. Do you think I could
have it?' and Cracie looked coax
iugly into her mother's face.
'Yes, child, I meant that yousho'd
have it, but you must have patience;
to-morrow or next day will be lime
enough, and in the meantime I will
speak to father.'
'Nothing must be denied her now,
if we can help it. It is so import
ant just at this time, when she isJ
uegiuiiing io go oui into society,'
that she should not be scrimped.'
The thin face was all aglow with
interest, transformed from its habit
ual listless expression into some
thing so very like its youthful
brightness, that Mr. Owen, as he
looked, relaxed his knitted brows,
and the request was granted.
'Our Grace is a girl to be proud
of,' he said, one evening a week
later, as lie watched her in the first
flush of her girlhood's loveliness,
daintily robed for the reception ot
her friends.
Surely, his wife had exquisite
taste. The dress was beautiful
and he moved graciously among the
smiling groups, with a cheery word
here and there, and, now and then,
an interesting story which enchain
ed them all.
'"What a happy family the Owens
are, remarked the guests, as thoy
were separating.
By the way, where was Tom this
evening? I have not seen him at
all,' said Mr. Owen, as they found
themselves again sole occupants of
the large parlors.
'"Well, really! I do not know,'
answered the" lady, drawing her soft
white shawl around her. 'Tom has
taken to staying out evenings lately.
I can't imagine why he should with
such a home,' and she glanced at the
bright blaze in the fire-place. 'Tom
is a very peculiar boy.'
'I'll manage him Panel Mr. Owen's
gray eyes snapped, as he took out
his watch. 'Nearly eleven o'clock,
aud he uot home! I'll see to this!'
'Supper for six! What is this,
Tom ?'
Mr. Owen laid the bill on his
desk, and closed the office door, one
morning.
Explain, sir!'
'All the fellows do something of
that kind, and you know mother
does uot wish me to bring them to
our house, so I had to take them
somewhere it was my turn. But I
meant no harm, sir,' and the boy's
flushed face grew cooler as he looked
his father in the eye. 'I will pay
for it; I did not mean the bill to
come to you, sir.'
'Possibly not.'
The words were cold and stinging.
'Let it uot be repeated.'
It was not.
The boy became silent and un
communicative. Always faithful and obliging in
hut father's store, kind and polite at
home, but still there was a change.
The old frankness was gone. At
table and in the family circle there
was a strange reserve. No need
now for mother to exclaim :
'Oh, Tom ; you tiro me so with
your ceaseless talking.'
No one could desire a more quiet
boy.
'Fine boy, that of yours, Mr.O wen,'
said Deacon Frost, one evening, as
they walked home from the weekly
prayer meeting. 'Fine boy, I wish
he had been with us to-night. Theso
young folks need looking after
pretty closely just the time when
they are forming habits that will
cling to them through life.'
Mr. Owen entered his house with
bowed head and thoughtful face. '
Had he been so neglectful of his
boy ?
There was no word of welcome
for him as he opened the door of the
sitting room.
There by the table sat his wife,
with a face from which all the light
had flown.
'What is it, Annie?'
Aud then, between the sobs, she
told him of the boy their boy who
had come home with eyes unnatur
ally bright, and burning cheeks;
how now, in his own room, he lay
in an intoxicated slumber.
'What can we do? What can we
do?' she moaned.
'Do! We have not been doing.
Oh, Annie, we are more to blame
than the boy,' said the poor father,
with a groan.
It was a sorrowful little gathering
around the breakfast table next
morning; and when, an hour alter
ward, Tom lay with a sick-headache,
trying to keep back the tears that
would creep from under the closed
eyelids, no one could utter a reproof.
How did it happen that aunt Josie
came that day?
Or did it happen at all? Is not
everything planned just a? is bet
for every child of the great Father?
Certain it is she came. And look
ing into her bright face tho boy
found strength to tell her all the
invitation to tho oyster Ptippor, about
the wine that followed with the
fruit and cake, how he was templed
when everyone else tasted, how he
yieltlpfl fell !
'Let him come home with me.
The change will do him good and
give him time to think!' said the
good woman, in her hopeful way, as
she talked with his mother.
f Out on the farm among the happy
workinir-tioys, a new light dawned
upon him, and he learned that here
and there, life will bo pure and
great, or hopeless and degraded, as
n-o run bo it
'Thnnina' his mnllior oniil wlion
he had been home a few days, I
want you to invite your friends in,
whenever you feel like it. I'll be
glad to sec them.'
'Yes, my boy,' said his father,
'and when you want any of the fel
lows to conic in and spend an even
ing, you will find a good fire in the
sitting-room, across the hall. You
may have it all to yourselves; the
piano is there, and (Jracie will come
in and play for you, and sometimes
we will have refreshments.'
Tom's voice was huky, and the
thanks came indistinctly, but they
were sincere and deep.
The boy was very choice of the
associates whom he would' bring
home and introduce to his own
mother aud sister. Such a mother
and sister how they entered into
all his plans however trivial.
So a strong cord of sympathy
bound them each to the other, aud
through the temptations of hi.s early
years he was held firm by this
anchor of home aud a strong faith
in God.
A Toiicliiiipr lEoiiiuiicc.
A number of years ago some
miners in Wales, in exploring an old
pit that had long been closed, found
the body of a young man dressed iu
a fashion long out of date. The
peculiar action of the air of the mine
was such as to preserve the body so
periectly that it appeared asleep
rather than dead. The miners were
ptrzlcd at the circumstance; no one
in the district had been missed
within their remembrance, aud at
last it was resolved to bring in the
oldest inhabitant an old lady long
past her 8Uth year, who had lived
single in the village the whole of her
life. On being taken into the pres
ence of the body a very bI range
scene occurred. The old lady fell on
the corpse, kissed it, and addressed
it by every term of endearment
spoken in the language of a by-gone
generation. He was her ouly love,
she had waited for him during her
long life. She knew he had not
forsaken her. The old lady and the
young man had been betrothed sixty
years before. The lover had disap
peared mysteriously, and she had
kept faith during the long interval.
Time had stood still with the young
man, but had left its mark on the
woman. The miners were a rough
set, but very gently and with tearful
eyes they removed the old lady to
her house, and that night her faith
ful spirit rejoined that of her long
lost lover.
Church Howe, that pink of gran
gers and champion aiiti-monopolit,
took it upon himself to keep Gen
eral MclJride out of the Lincoln
postoflicc because McBride'a paper
helped to defeat Church for speaker
last winter. Senator Van Wyck
was appealed to by the Nemaha
acrobat upon the score of great ser
vices rendered, but tho senator in
clined to the opinion that the states
man from Nemaha was poking his
nose into the wrong closet. O. T.ec.
Till: TAHI.IX 'l'l'IO'EIK
A lluflciimu -ivlio lmlrtiiml
Ihc Kulexoi'Tiirlir.
A comuiunistic person identified
with the dangerous classes of the
Comstock aud notorious for his dis
regard of truth and contempt for
vested rights, has just returned from
a viit to San Francisco. This morn
ing ho endangered the good iiameol
the Chronicle by entering its edito
rial room. The nihilist declared that
he had a good thing ou San ford and
Stevo Gage,' but he supposed the
Chronicle, like the rest of the cor
rupt and time-serving press, would
be afraid to publish it.
'Tell your story,' said the editor
with dignity, and gazing inquiringly
at the boot of the socialist, which
was resting upon the editorial table.
The boot remained there, however,
while the following ridiculous nar
rative was delivered:
It's line weather at the bay and
everybody who can afford it takes
a spin occasionally out of the dust
and heat. Last Saturday Stanford
and Gage, were walking along
Kearney street, and when thpy got
to the corner of Bush the Governor
took oil' his hat, wiped his brow and
remarked :
'Steve, it's to hot for anything.
What do you say to a breath ol fie-di
air i
'Have we time?' inquired Mr.
Gage, pulling out his- watch. So
did the Governor, who replied:
'There isn't anything very pres
sing for a couple of hours, I gues.
and wo may as well take a spin out
to the park. It isn't worth while to
have out my horses. Let's take a
hack, and then we can enjoy a walk
when we get there. It'll be better
than ridding around the drives.'
So they got into a coupe aud were
driven out to Golden Gate Park.
At the cntrancu the Governor and
Gajre alighted.
' What's the fare? ' asked the gov
ernor. The driver, a retired pri.e fighter,
rcpled :
' On'y Slf) guv'ntir.'
'What ! ' yelled Sanford and Gage
in the same breath.
' Fifteen dollars,' rcpoatcd cabby,
unbuttoning his coat aud spitting ou
his band.
' Hut,' my good man, protested the
governor, 'such a charge is exorbi
tant. The law confines you to a cer
tain price tor your services and you
can be arrested and punished for
such a violation of the ordinance.'
'Hang the law! 'growled cabby.
' My money bought and paid for this
hack an' bosses 'an tho essence of
ownership is control.'
Ileni !'" coughed the governor,
looking slyly at Steve, who began
to trrin. 'That's all well enough
when applied to my raiIroads,but
but cr now if you charge
us fifteen dollars to bring us to
the park, what on earth would
you charge us to take us to the Clin"
House?'
'Five dollars.'
'From here?'
'No; from the city.'
'But it's twice the distance!'
'Yes, but its a competitive point.
Flteen to the park, five to the Clifl".
No hoggin' about it. Through rales
to the Clifl", local rates back to the
park added just as you fellows do
when you charge f'lOO for drawing
a carload of stiill' from New York
to 'Frisco, and make it S00 if you
drop tho cur at Klko, about ;"00
miles nearer New York.'
It was Stcve'n turn to cough and
the governor's to grin.'
Well,' said the governor with a
sigh, 'take us to the Cliff.'
At the Clifl" House tho governor
aud Stephen drank their beer and
smoked a cigar, and listened to the
barking of the seals, and filled their
lungs with the seabreeze. Suddenly
Sieve clapped himself on the leg aud
cried out :
'By Jove, governor! I forgot
that lot of coal of Smith's that the
sheriff is to sell at '. o'clock. It's 1
now. If wo miss that a chance to
save at least a thousand dollars will
be gone.'
'Good heavens!' cried the gov
ernor snatching out his watch, 'let'
hurry back at one. Driver! Oh,
driver!'
'II pre, sir,' answered cabby, who
had been leaning over tho balcony
parapet within ear phot, 'here, sir.'
'We want to return to town im
mediately,' cried Mr. Gage.
'Ya-as, I s'po-c so,' said cabby,
slowly chewing a straw, 'hot I'll
take my pay in advance, if it's all
the same to you, gents.'
The Governor growled somewhat
between his teeth and tendered ?5.
' 'Taint enough,', said cabby, con
temptuously. 'In heaven's name, how far will
your extortion go ? ' snorted the gov
ernor. 'How much do you want?'
'Five httudred more,' caraly re
marked the hackman.
'Hcy 'shrieked Steve and the gov-
ernor.
'Five hundred, an' not a cent lei,'
repeated cabby.
'How sir er damme, sir! how
do you dare ask eucb a price for
driving two gentleman four or live
miles?' spurted the governor.
'I bases my charge on what the
traflic will bear,' replied the hack
man with a grin. 'If tators ia sellia'
iu Los Angeles for fifty cents a
bushel and at $3 a bushel atTuckson,
you fellows charge the poor devil of
a rancher $2 50 a bushel to pack bi
tatcrs to Tnckson and gobble all tho
profit. Now, I aiu't so hoggish as
that. I heerd Mr. Gage say that
if he could get iuto town by '.) o'clock
he could make a thousand dollars.
As there ain't no other back here,
I'm as a good a monopoly for tho
wuust as tiny blasted railroad ou
earth; but ain't ho greedy. I don't
waul all you can umko usin' my
hack. I'm willin' to get along with
half.
Willi a dismal groan the governor
and Steve emptied their pockets and
counted out the money.
'Now, ee here,' said cabby, as ho
closed the door of the hack ou hia
victims, I've done for wuust what
you fellows do da' in an' day out
an have been doiu' 'or years au'
made your millions by it. I happen
to be able to give you a small dosa
of yor own medicine for wuust, an'
I don't waul you to do no kickiu'
I know you kin semi nie to jail for
ruiiniu' my business ou your prin
ciples, but if you jails me I'll have
to have yer blood when I get out,
an' don't yer forget it.'
Hereupon the hackman clapped,
the door to with a bang, and climb
ing to his seat drove at a rattling
pace to the place where the Shoritl
win about to sell out poor Smith.
Smith was a coal dealer who didu't
have special rates.
When tho nihilist had finished
this absurd and libelous tale he took
his foot oil' the editorial desk, laugh
ed hoarsely aud departed for tho
nearest saloon. Virginia (Xcv.)
Chronicle.
Iowti Creamery Itutter.
As many of our lady farmer read
ers would like to get the highest
prices for butter, and as they cannot
command them unless they have
good butter for sale, we give the
following method of makiDg the
same. It may be well, also, for the
good wife to urge the husband to
prepare a good milch house, with
the proper facilities for handling the
milk and butter. Iowa creamery
butter ranks among the very be9t.
The following statement is given by
J. B. Kose of DeWitt, Iowa, con
cerning a premium lot, of his mako:
"This butter was manufactured in
tho Glen Hose creamery : The milk
was received from about forty dai
ries of native cows (about 'lOO) and
put iuto cheese vats iu the morning,
then heated to eighty-six degrees (aa
the milk was to be made into cheese
the same afternoon); six hours after
wards it was skimmed and the
cream placed iu tin pails or cans,
surrounded by water of about sixty
degrees temperature, where it re
mained twenty-four hours, or uutil
it (the cream) became slightly acid ;
then churned iu a square box churn
until the butter globules became
about the size of buckshot ; the but
termilk was then drawn and the
butter rinsed iu the churn with cold
water, placed on a worker, salted
(34 ounces per pound), lightly work
ed, put away for eighteen or twenty
hours, then worked agaiu and pack
ed iu tubs for market."
The tramp nuisance shonld be
looked into a little more seriously
than heretofore. Laziness is more
than a vice it is a crime and it
should be, where its manifestation,
is plain, punished as any other crime.
The confirmed professional tramp,
who will not work, but begs and
steals aud sleeps at the expense of
his fellow man, should be placed on
the same footing as the man who
steals a horse. Long practice of
petty cunning makes this a danger
ous class, and it should be suppress
ed. Lincoln Joumul.
Abraham Lincoln was once called
upon to address some young people.
He responded to thft call, but said
he would not attempt to give them
an addrens, but rather a short ser
mon. The sermon wa.s as follows:
"Don't swear, don't gamble, dou't
lie, don't cheat, don't steal, don't
drink, don't smoke, don't chew;
love God and man, and be happy."
'Whon a stranger treats mo with
want of proper respect," said a phil
osophic poor man, "I comfort my
self with the reflection that it is not
myself he slights but my old shabby
coat, and hat, which to say the truth
has no particular claims to admira
tion. So if my hat aud coat choose
to fret about it, let them, it is noth-
ing to me.