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COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1881.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
J-IKNJiY J.rivKS,
BLACKSMITH
-AMl-
"YVnpjon jSlnkor,
$liois iit-if loHinlrj. sftutli r A. A -V lci.l.
.All Liml t wmwl ami iron work on
'Vufic. ltaerien. Farm Machinery A.-.
K'tjt- hii butiiU the
ttmpkex sriuxc. buggy,
and of her C4it,ern buggies.
AI.Mi, Till!
Fuvl vSr l-iividlev Plows.
NEBKASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
'on mi it i is, ai:ii.
A new liBHsr. newly fiirniidiPd. Good
uf'auiiiiMl:ttiHi. Jtfthiil by day or
wi'i'L at reasonable rales.
ISTSrt a l'irsi-:iai TnMe.
iieaK, . . .A tViu. I.odgmes.
Tta
2S1 RS.
HAS .11 vr
"Tt. S. 1 )17AK1-:
UIX'KIVKP A l.AltC.K
i-TOtb. OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
17
s.
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I5TA Fl I.I. mikti:tof i:v
KinrniNu kf.i.oncim; to
i ii:t-ii.as mii.i.ix-
KltY TolM-..jv3
Tmiftk St.. two doors cast Stutr Hunk:
F. GERBER &; CO.,
ii:Ai.rn. in -
FURNITURE ,
AND FXDKKTAKEBS.
If
t XfUUUlUUUUl
TABLES, Etc., Etc.
rtlVK HIM A tWl.l. AT HIS 1M.ACK
ON SOI Til Mli: Illli ST.,
One ttoitr st of llcintt's drmj store.
-C I TYi-
Meat Market !
One door north of 1'ost-ofliee,
XEBliASKA AVE., - Columbus.
KfcKP ALL KINDS UK
Fresh and Salt Meats,
ALSO
Kt.
in their -eaon.
S3T" 'jisli tnitl lor E2i(l'. I.nrtl
nml lt:i4oii.
fili-x
W1LL.T. RK ELY.
H. B. MORSE
IS STILL SELLING WM.
OLD STO k
MMULZ'S
At Cost! At Cost!
AND HAS A DIM D
A Line of Spring Goods
Willi II HE IS SELLING AT
EASTERN PRICES.
"W-M. schihz
Can still be found at (he old stand,
ichere he continues to do
aU kinds of
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH,
PBOFEIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & "WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UAIB US, XEB
1 HAVE ltK KSTLY l'lTHCHASKI)
T1IK Vl'ocii OF
HARDWARE, STOVES
AND
I
OK
.MIL KOHI.lt F IJIII.IC.
Anil will I'otnitniL' tin- business at the
oht tnuil, here I will he leaet to nee
the old euMoincr (no ohjeetiou to a
few new ouc). I b:c on baud a large
Mock of
STOVES
AND
RANGES,
ALL STYLKS, S1ZK" AND 1MMCKS.
13TBOIGHT! Vl'ltY LOW'JEJ
NAILS, PUMPS,
Rope, Mass, Painl, Puliy.
BARBED WIRE,
I bought before the monopoly price)
Affliural Iigeiiiits ! !
of all kinds.
I:: John to Goois a Specialty.
PLOWS,
HARROWS,
RAKES.
thki i:li:kti:d
Buckeye Cultivators,
DRILLS AND SEEDERS.
CLIMAX MOWERS
ELWARD HARVESTERS AND
CORD BINDERS.
EUREKA MOWERS,
wide cut and li;htet draft machine
made, tome and .ee this machine if
u don't look at a in thing else.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Chicago Pills Thresher,
with Steam or Horse power.
The Iron Turbine Wind Mills,
The mill that stand- nil the storms and
is alway ready for action. Agent for
Davis, (jori.D eo's
BiiRtjios, Cnrriaffns, ami Platform
Sprint; Waoiis,
which 1 can s-ell cheaper than j on can
go on foot. No trouble to how goods
r talk prices.
If sijnare dcaliii" and ".live and let
lie" prices will secure a share of your
patronage, 1 shall be pleased to re
ceive it.
i:o. I. FOSTRIC,
'I'm Successor to IL Ublig.
COlVCriCBTTS
STATE BANK,
Zs::e:s:rsu 3tm:l & Seel as! ?:r:tr Hsl:t.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTORS:
Leandek GERRAnn, Pres'f.
(Jeo. "r. Hui.st ViccPres't. '
Julius A Reed.
Edward A. Gerrard.
Aijnf.r Turner, Cashier.
Itnnlf oT Deposit, IIrount
nml EvclinnKc.
Collections IroniplIy Itlnde on
nil lo!nts;.
lny Interest on T"ne Depos-
lis.
274
-AJMERICAJST
MEDICAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE.
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aircsiLL, a. d. s. t. Kisr-n, k. r
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S. B. KESGI2, U. D., i J. C. aruisr, K. V., ef CribJ,
Costing Physicians and Surgeons,
For the treatment of all classes of Sur
gery and deformities; acute and
chronic diseases diseases of the eye
and ear, etc., etc., .
Columbus, Neb.
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Surgeons
ANDERSON & ROEN,
BANKEKS,
KI.EVKXTII ST.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
tsrz
eposus received, and interest paid
deposits.
on time
T&ri'rompt attention oiven to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
ISTPassaae tickets to or from European
points by Lest lines at lowest rates.
TSTDratts on principal points in Eu
rope.
REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank", Decorab, lowa.
Allan .t Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Hank, Omaha.
FirM Nalion.il Hank, Chicago.
Konntze Bros., N. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DKAI.KU IN
wirvi's, -liii;oicn,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on band by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS, : NEBKASKA
SPEICE & NORTHS
General Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific
II. IL Lands for sale alfroin$:i.uOtoflO.Ou
per'acre for cash, or on live or ten ve.ir.
lime, in annual payments to suit pur.
chasers. We have also a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also business and
residence lots in the eitv. AVe keen a
complete abstractor title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
im
:oi.i;.tiiiij.s, rvi'tt.
WHOLESALE &. RETAIL
G-EOCEES!
AIO DKAI.KUS IN
Crockery, (Jl.issware, Tjamps, Etc.,
and Country I'roduce ot'
.ill Kinds.
Till' IIF.KT OF FI.OIJR AI.-
WAYS Ki:PT OA IlA3iI.
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY!
I3Gonds delivered free of charge to
any part of the city. Terms cash.
Comer Eleventh and Olive Streets,
Columbus, Xeb.
END SPRINGS,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
W II ITNEY & BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Pleasure aud 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, llutler, Boone, Madison, Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
otl'ering these wagons cheaper than any
other wagon built of same material",
stylo and tinish can be sold for in this
county.
JSTSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
PHIL. CAI,
Columbus, Neb.
484-tf
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND GENERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
W.S.GEEE.
MONEY TO LOA in small lots on
farm property, time one to three
years. Farms with some improvements
bought aud sold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb.
47C-X
GOLIJ3IBVS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
JSTWholesale ind Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
1ST Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or disb.
lltk Street, South of Dopot
BUSINESS CARDS.
poitti:i,n;s a: xn.i.ivArv,
A TTOBXEYS-A 'I -LA W,
Up-stair.x in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bunk.
ron; .i.:iai;cjha:v,
JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND
XOTAJll PUBLIC,
1'I.ATTK CENTKK,
Nkb.
H.
a. iii;imkv.
XOTAHY PUBLIC,
12th Strert, 2 tloors west of Hammouil Home,
Columbus, Neb. 401-y
rK. M. 1. TIIUKS I (,
ItESIDENT DENTIST.
Olliee over corner of 11th and Xorth-st.
All operalioim first-cla?.?. and w arranted.
IIICAO KAR1CKIC
SIIOP!
HENRY WOODS, I'iiop'r.
JS7"Everything in lirst-elass style.
Alio keep the best of uigai't. OKi'y
ircAIil.ISTF.Ii: IIKO.S.,
A TTOliXEYS A T LA W,
Ofllce up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 1 1th St. W. A. McAllister, Notarv
Public.
77 ii. fltiiscHi:,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
SelU Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible priep. Repairs
promptly attended to.
JIT J. THOMPSON,
XOTARY PUBLIC
Anil General Collection Agenf,
St. Edwards, Boone Co., Neb.
IJYKON MILLl'lT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
iiyko.a iin.i.i:kwr.
A'1
ITORNEY AT LAW, Columbus
Nebraska. N. B. He will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to him. 2JS.
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.
JfirShop opposite the " Tatlersall,"
Olive Street. VA'i
17 .i. sc:iii;, .u. i.,
I'll YSl VIA N A ND S Ull OEON,
Columbus, Wil.
Office Corner of North and Eleventh
St., up-stairs in Gluck's brick building.
Consultation in German and English.
J
AMES PEARS ALL
IS l-KKl'AKKD, WITIf
FIRST- CLA SS A PPA BA TUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give biu a call.
"NOTICE TO TEACH 1'ICN.
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in bis otlice at the Court House
on the lirst and last Saturdays of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, aud
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. CB7-y
J.
S. MU11DOCK & 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 aud give us au oppor
tunity toestimate for you. dESTShop on
l.'Ith St., one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus, Nebr. 4b5-y
WILLIAM RYAN,
DKAI.KU IN
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
13ScbiIz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on hand.jpj;
Eleventh St., Columbus, Nkb.
TUTTS
PILLS
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
jLoga of appetite,Naugea,bowelg costive,
Pain in theHend.wlth a dull sensation In
the back part, Pain under the shoulder-
.ij ,m 1 -j-. u H.Y. jh--
blade. fullness after eatine. with a disin
clination to exertion of body or mind,
Irritability of temper, Cow apirits. Jjobb
of memory, with af eellng of having n eg
leetedaomo duty, weariness. Dlxtinesa,
"Flattering of the heart, Jota before the
eyea. Yellow Skin. H wadache, Restless
neta at night, highly colored Urine.
IT THESE WASHIKOS ASE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TUTTS FILLS are especially adapted to
inch caios,onc doso effect such a change
of feeling as to astonish the sufferer.
They lBfreastbv Appetite, and cause the
body to Take on I'loah. thus the syntera Is
ourlahed.and by tbPlrToiiIcAellouoD the
DIsrestlTe Onrnna. Betrulitr Mtools are pro
daced. Price Sj cents. MMurraygua.Y.
TUTT'S HAIR DYE.
Grat Hair or Whiskera changed to a Glossy
Black by m alnt-le aupllcatiuu uf this DYE. It
Imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneously.
Sold by Droggisu, or sect by expreu on receipt of f I.
Office. 35 Murray St.. New York.
I Dr. TriTS 1I1.MIL ef Vtlubl Uronutlaa aad k
' lrfXul lUclpU irul U aaUc4 FBKK ca aspUcatlga.f
OWH akl'HT'M PAVJIiaT.
It was the dusk of evening, and
night's Blmilowa were quickly galh
ering in the little German village
through whose outskirts two lovers
stroll otl.
Tlioy had left behind them the
cottages, aud had wandered off
among uie green noma ami tiiut.r
the shade of the trees, behind which
tne sun "a" almost sunk to rest.
It was an old story, the story of
their loving. They had been be
trothed since the girl was 14. It was
well-nigh five years now, and on her
19th birthday they wcro to be mar
ried. She was an orphan, and her snug
dowry, lying so safely nestled awaj
in the village bank, she had accumu
lated by the labor ot her own hands.
But a 9ha''5 was on her lover's face
to-night, and even iu the shadow her
quick eye discerned it.
'Sing to me, Hans,' she whispered,
knowiug that iu song Hans AVertei
forgot all else.
After a moment's silence, he obey
ed her, and the sleepy birds woke iu
their nests and almost indiguantlj
drew their heads from beneath the
soft shelter ot their wing, to listen
to this strange, wonderful rival to
the sweetness of their notes. The
air was tilled with the exquisite
melody. It rang full and clear and
sweet. It sank down to the violet,
as they stirred in the listening wind,
they soared to the stars.
Poor little Marguerite! Hans'
music always brought the moisture
to her blue eyes, but to-night it
seemed filled with something she
had never heard before, and her
little hands were tightly interlaced
and her red lips parted in a sort of
painful ecstacy.
But at the close she was all unpre
pared to sec him end that last note
in a dry sob, then fling himself
down on the sward and bury his
face in his hands.
Ilaus, what is it?' she cried, sink
ing herself down beside him, and
trying to raise his head upon her
breast.
Was he weeping? She had never
in all these years seen him thus
moved. His powerful frame seemed
shaken to its innermost center bv the
torrent of emotion that swept over it.
Almost rudely, iu his unconscious
ness to all but his own sufiering. he
repulsed her, only the next moment
to be filled with remorse.
Conquering himself by a mighty
efl'ort, he drew her to him with gen
tle force.
'Forgive me dear,' he said softly,
'but never ask me to sing again,
Marguerite. It only teaches me
what I might have been, and what I
am. Think what I would be if I
had the money to reach Italy! I
could have the world at my feet,
Marguerite I could be great and
famous. I know it I feel it. But
I am chained here, tending my
herds and feeding my cattle, power
less to break the chains. I need so
much money so much aud I have
so little. Though I sold all I have
in the world, it would not briug me
to my journey's end. No, no! I
must give it all up ; but never
never ask me to sing again.'
The girl answered him nothing, as
she stroked the hot brow with the
little, cool baud, which, all browned
and hardened as it was, fell very
softly, very lovingly.
In her eyes he was a king, this
shepherd lad. Instinctively she
knew that silence is oftentimes more
healing than speech, and, besides, a
wonderful, dazzling thought had
crept into her own busy brain, and
driven all lighter thought away.
Still silently she rose, and walked
silently home. At the door of her
little cottage, he stooped and kissed
her on the brow, as they stood be
neath the stars.
In two more months he was to
share her cottage the home left her
by her dead parents so they both
had thought scarce an hour agone.
To-night Marguerite knew differ
ently. How inuch would it bring, the
sale of this humble little shelter?
It was this problem which banish
ed slumber through the long night
hours. It was solved three days
later, when the sum for its possession
by strangers lay iu her hands, and,
added to it the nest-egg from the
bank, made iu the child's eye a
fortune.
What mattered it that she had
begged? It was for Hans' sake ! It
was now her turn to be silent, as,
hand-iu-hand, they 'walked beneath
the gold-studded sky.
She felt, for the first time, timid,
almost afraid, in his presence. That
she had performed an act of almost
heroism, she never dreamed. He
was a hero; she was but n little
humble maiden, whose proudest
duty was to serve him.
'Hansshe said at last, very softly,
'I have been thinking, dear, since
me oiuer nigui, ana aua, tians, we i
won't be married yet awhile. A
wife would only pull you down,
instead of helping you soar to the
birds, where you belong. I don't
want you to think of mo. I want
you to go away and study to be a
great singer.
Iu the gloom, the man could see
the pallor on the speaker's face, as
it grew reflected on his own.
'Are you mad, Marguerite?' lie
questioned, at hut. 'I've crushed
the dream, child ! Don't lloat it
again before my fancy.'
'Von couldn't crush it, Hans, for
it is no dream, but a very part of
yourself, and that is the highest,
noblest part! Nor is it madues?.
Hans. See heiel' and she unloosed
the string of a little bag she held
tightly clutched in her trembling
hand.-;, and showed to lite dazled
eyes the glittering gold pieces lying,
on a snug little pile of notes. 'HV
enough, Hans!' she said, in answer
to his gaze of utter bewilderment.
'It's more than what I heard you
ouce say would let you be taught
for a whole year. Aud it's your's,
Hans all yours.'
And as she spoke, she strove to
thrust the bag within his grasp.
'Marguerite!' she shrank from
the sternness of his tone 'how did
yon gel the gold?'
'Honestly !' she answered, proud
ly. 'The gold was to have been my
dowry ; the note- I I sold the col
late for those.'
'You did this for me, and you
think so meanly of me as that I
would accept such a sacrifice?'
His voice quivered a he spoke.
'llano,' I was to have been your
wile,' she whispered. 'Who had the
right, if not I ? Oh, I shall be so
proud so proud, some day, when
you come back for your little Mar
guerite and 1 shall bo the wife of
the great singer! They will point
to me and say, 'Yes he married this
little nobody, this little Marguerite,
but they a:iy he loves her,' and they
will flunk it strange that you should
lovo me from your great heighth.
But you won't forget to do that.
Hans ever, ever will you, my
love?'
'Never, until my voice forgets its
music. I would pray (lod to still il
forever, could my heart prove so
false. Something within me, Mar
guerite, conquers myclf. II is hope
springing within my breast. 1 will
take your money, little one, a sacred
debt. Wait for me two years, fiau
lein. Then I will return to give
you the richest payment. I sweat
it, and I seal it with this kiss.'
Hans had gone, and Marguerite
was left, alone. She lived now iir
one little room, high up many stairs
up which she toiled wearily in the
evening's gloom. There wcro no
more restful walks jindcr fhe stars
now. She might have had lovers,
like other girls; but no Hans must
find her without reproach on his
return. All day she had to labor
from early dawn, even for the hum
ble shelter now hers. Sometimes
she was hungry, sometimes cold, but
all mattered not to her. It was for
Hans' sake.
The winter's icy breath but has
tened the spring' blosioms, and
their first fragrance would herald
the incoming summer, which would
make the year complete since Haus
had left, and then there would only
be another year to wait.
At long distances apart, letters
came. Oh, how eagerly Marguerite
spelled them out ! She slept with
them under her pillow bynighf, and
they sank and rose with every pul
iation of her heart by day. Labor
grew light. She oven forgot her
loneliness, for they told her that step
by step Hans was nearing his goal.
Then there were weeks aye,
months when she heard nothing,
and the child's figure grew thin and
her cheeks pale, while every night
she would run breathlessly np to
her room, only to find the table
vacant and that the postman had no
errand for her.
But one evening, when she had
almost given up hope when the
great dread lest Hans should be ill,
dying or way the silent messenger
smiled her a welcome. She burst
into a passion of tears ere she broke
the seal. It seemed as though the
joy must kill her.
But at last she unfolded the sheet,
when something white and fluttering
fell to the ground. She stooped to
pick it up.
What did it mean ? It was a little
slip, with some figures iu one cor
ner. They represented the exact
amount she had given Hans. Be
wildered, she turned to the letter.
Its first words explained :
I pay you my debt. Think, my
little love, what it cost us, yet I
earned it, Marguerite, on the very
night of my debut. I have sung, and
people have listened. I looked about
among all the faces on all the
young and beautiful women, with
their eyes fixed upon me but uoth
jng inspired me. Then I thought of
you, aud, looking straight into space,
I forgot them all, darling. There
was your sweet, pale face floating in
the air, your blue eyes looking, not
as theirs looked, but down into my
soul, and I sang to you, darling to
you. The flowers rained at my feet.
GrcHt ladies toro the roses from
their breasts; but I would have
given them all, darling, for one little
wildblossom your baud had plucked.
They say 1 will be rich and famous.
I cannot tell the world is fickle.
The village batiker will cash your
order. But you need not buv back
the little home. I am coining for
you, mountain-bird.
Again and again Marguerite read
and re-read the precious words.
What cared she for the money? It
had made Hans great.
it
'Going back to your native village
you, who have the world at your
feet !' sighed one of Florence's most
famous bi-autie3, a she looked into
the young singer's eyes.
Six mouths had passed since he
had paid his debt to Marguerite, aud
still he lingered. He had spent
thrice the amount since then on a
trinket to clasp some fair lady's arm.
Did he, in holding it so lightly, for
get that once it had been a girl's all ?
Why, then, did the sigh the lady
tittered find a re-ponse in his own
breast ?
'It te duty which calls me.'
'Duty !' rihe murmured. A re vou
sure it is uot mistaken duty? All
your life has changed. Hans Werler.
If, in its early time, you pledged il
to some rustic maiden, think could
she fill its measure now ?'
The beauty's voice trembled. The
cool softness of her flesh pressed
lightly against his burning palm.
'And if I give her up,' he said,
'what then? You will be mine?'
But the 'Yes' she uttered was
hushed by the madness of his kisses.
And Maugerite watched and wai
led. Ho was coming, therefore he
did not write.
'He was great now, Margeurile;
he has forgot fen you,' the gossips
said, while she I timed her back
upon them, in the hottest wrath her
gcnllc spirit had ever known, that
they dared thin malign him.
It was the second anniversary of
tin day which was to have celebra
ted her wedding, wheti they burst
into her room.
'Ha, ha!' they said 'did we not
tell you so?' pointing, as (hey spoke,
to (he paragraph in the paper.whieh
announced tUc bclrothal of Hans
Werter and fhe greatest beauty in
all Florence.
'Leave me,' she said at last, when
they looked to see what she would
do. 4I wish to be alone.'
But one of kinder heart, after
some hours had passed, stole back
into the darkened room.
I he child lay tossing in dclirous
fever, and the physician, when call-ed.-shook
his head.
The strain had been too great, he
said. She must diel
On the third day after, as the
watchers sat about the bed, a step
sounded on the stairs. A man,
stained with the dust of travel, burst
impetuously into the room.
Marguerite! he exclaimed Mar
guerite!' Then he stopped and
gathered the import of the scene
before him. ! did but falter,' he
cried, falling on his knees beside her
bud. 'I came back, my wild German
daisy, to tell you so. Oh ! Marguer
ite, is it thus I pay my debt?'
Then, as though that voice must
penetrate even the mists of fever, the
blue eyes opened, a wonderful ecsta
tic light in the depths.
'Hans,' she whispered 'Hans!
Forgive me for the doubt which
killed me!'
And with the words a dagger
thrust in his own remorseful heart
the spark of life flickered and went
out.
Marguerite was dead. She who
had lived for him died for him.
They found the paper he had sent
her among his letters.
Thus had lie redeemed his debt!
An empty slip of paper, worthless
to all, to return to him, but beariug
the interest of a broken heart.
One of the banks of New York
city in 1S:J7 held a note against a
firm, endorsed by a Boston firm,
both of which firms failed in the
great panic of that year. The note
was considered by the bank as a
dead loss. Not long since this bank
was visited by a representative of
one of the endorsers of this note,
who presented a written statement
of the whole transaction, which the
bank, upon examination, found to
be correct; and what is more im
portant, this Boston gentleman pre
sented a check from the indorser to
the amount of $12,300, which cov
ered the note, both principal aud in-
lerest, and insisted that the bank,
though it had no legal claim, should
accept tne same in payment of the
note which had been due and un
paid for forty-four years. Ex.
There are no fragments so pre
cious as those of time, and none are
so heedlessly lost.
lr. rtlVlmiinra oh the I-'hIVhh-cliiciiif
itt of" Women.
Tho Ifev. Dr. McXamara'a batca
laureate address delivered to the
graduating class of Brownell Hall,
at Trinity cathedral, on Sunday
evening, was beyond doubt the moat
significant and important ever de
livered iu this city or state on any
similar subject. The occasion, tho
auditory and all the circumstances
under which it was spoken, com
bined to render it impressive. The
whole burden of the discourse, from
beginning to eud, was the advance
ment of women intellectually, mor
ally, socially and politically, through
enfranchisement. The foundation of
the discourse was iid iu a luminous
sketch ot the career of Deborah
"Judge of Israel," embracing her
services not only as the judge of
God's people, but as their counsel
lor iu public atl'ttirs aud their leader
iu war. Coming down to modern
times aud to our own day, Dr. Mc
Namara said that woman, disfran
chised, legislated against aud op
pressed, will protect herself when
she has power as well as speech.
Addressing himself to the young
women before him, and to the young
women of our state, he told them
that they were living to-day "on tho
eve of the greatest revolution which
the world has ever seen an era
when one-half of the human race in
to be emancipated ;" aud, in closing,
he added : "I pray God that my
death may be deferred until I shall
have seen women standing in tho
balls of legislation aud giving laws
to this nation !" These are noblu,
brave and timely words. They aro
the words of a man who has pro
found convictions, and the couragn
of them in face of "the fashion of
this world,'' and of its prejudice, it
folly and its proscription. They aro
the boldest words not merely, but
the weightiest words which havo
been yet uttered on woman's behalf
among our people. Coming from
the source they do, uttered on tho
occasion which they were, address
ed to the auditory to which they
were spoken, rendered conspicuous
by all the ciicumstances under
which they were tittered, they will
carry weight. For they were not
hnlf-spokeu nor ambiguous. They
were inspired by the opportunity
which the people of Nebraska have,
of voting for the amendment to tho
constitution, submitted by the leg
islature of the sfate, to strike the
word "male" from the provision of
that instrument relating to the qual
ifications of voters. They can bo
neither misunderstood nor misrep
resented. They present the issue
before the people and before the
churrh fairly, squarely and fully.
They will serve to array on the side
of the enfranchisement of woman
the sense, judgment and conscience
of the be.it elements of socipfy and
public opinion. They come from a
source which prejudice, p'mion and
ridicule cannot touch ; which nil
fair-minded opponents, even of im
partial suffrage, must rpspeel ; they
may, indeed, be "argued" against,
but they cannot be laughed down,
nor can Ihey be dismissed with an
epithet or a sneer. We thank Dr.
McNamara for his manly, cour
ageous, timely, sound aud conclu iivo
declaration, that when women have
jiinrer, as well as speech, they will
protect themselves, and that the eve
of that day ot enfranchisement is at
hand. Omuhti Republican.
The 4.: rent U'ull oi't'Iiinu.
The great wall of China was meas
ured a short time ago by Mr. I'n
thank, an American engineer engag
ed iu a survey fora Chinese railway.
His measurement gave the height as
eighteen feet. Every few hundred
yards there is a tower twenty-four
feet square, and from twenty to
twenty-five feet high. The founda
tion of the wall is of solid granite.
Mr. Un thank brought with him a
break from the wall, which is sup
posed to have been made 100 yeara
before Christ. In building this im
mense stone fence to keep out the
Tartars, the builders never attempt
ed to avoid mountains or chasms to
save expense. For 1,300 miles the
wall goes over plains and mountains,
and every foot of the foundation is
of solid grauite and the rest of the
structure solid masonry. In some
places the wall ia built smooth up
against the bank, or canons, or prec
ipices, where there is a sheer de
sceut of 1,000 feet. The small
streams are arched over; but on the
larger streams the water's edge and
a tower is built on each side. On
the top of the wall there are breast
works, or defenses, facing in aud
out, so that the defending forced can
pass from one tower to another
without being exposed to an enemy
from either side. To calculate the
time of building, or the cost of this
wall, is beyond human skill. So far
as the magnitude of the work U
concerned, it surpasses anything in
ancient or modern times of which
there is any trace. The Pyramids of
Egypt are nothing compared to it.