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VOL. XII.-N0. 21.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1881.
WHOLE NO. 598.
THE JOURNAL.
IS ISSUED GVKKY WKDXKSDAY,
M. K. TURNER & CO.,
Proprietors and Publishers.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
HENRY LITERS,
BLACKSMITH
AND
Wagon Maker,
hhop near Foundry, Msth of A. ft X. Depot.
All kinds of wood and iron work on
"Wagons, ltuggles, Farm Machinery, &c.
Keeps on hands the
TIM PKEN S Pit I NO BUGGY,
and other eastern bugyies.
ALfoO, THE
Furst & Brad-lev Plows.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
t3THct a. Flrt-ClaB Table.
Munis,.... 25 Cents. Lodgings... .25 Cts
ss-2tr
MILLINERY! ILLIiRY!
IRS. M. S. IXRATvE
HAS JUST RKCE1VKD A LARGE
STOCK OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
MILLIIEEY MI Ml HOIK.
t3TA Fl'I.L ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTII1NG BELONGING TO
FIRST-CLASS MILLIN
ERY ST0RE..23
Twelfth St., tico doors east State Hank.
F. GERBER & CO.,
PKALKStS IN
FURNITURE,
AND UNDERTAKERS.
Ciairs, Bettafls, Bureaus,
TABLES, Etc., Etc
GIVE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE
ON SOUTH SIDE llth ST.,
One door cast of Jleintz's drug store.
CITY
Meat Market !
One door north of Post-office,
NEBRASKA AVE., - Colunibu.
-:o:-
KUKP ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Salt Meats,
ALSO
WWM
Etc., in their season.
:o:
Z3TCiinIi paid for Hides, L.nrd
und Uiicob.
612-x
WILL. T. UICKLY.
H. B. MORSE
IS STILL SELLING WM. SCHILZ'S
OLD STOCK
At Cost! At Cost!
AND HAS ADDED
A Line of Spring Goods
WHICH nE IS SELLING AT
EASTERN PRICES.
-WM. SCHILZ
Can still be found at the old stand,
where he continues to do
all kinds of
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH,
PE0PEIET0ES 0?
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COLUMBUS, NEB.
laMSf
I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED
THE STOCK OF
HARDWARE, STOVES
AND
M11LTMI IMFLEMEITS !
OP
MR. RORERT UIII.IG,
And will continue the business at the
old stand, where I will be pleased to sec
the old customer (no objection to a
few new ones). I have on hand a large
stock of
STOVES
AND
RANGES,
ALL STYLES. SIZES AND PRICES.
E3-BOUGIIT1 VERY LOWIJgJ
NAILS, PUMPS,
Rope, Glass, Taint, Putty,
BARBED WIRE,
(bought before the monopoly price)
Weiieits ! !
OF ALL KINDS.
The John Deere Ws a Specialty.
PLOWS,
HARROWS,
xvAIS.
THECELERRTED
Buckeye Cultivators,
DRILLS AND SEEDERS.
CLIMAX MOWERS
ELWAR HARVESTERS AND
CORD BINDERS.
EUREKA MOWEKS,
wide rut and lightest draft machine
made. Come and see this maelmu .if
you don't look at any thing else.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Chicago Pitts Thresher,
with Steam or IInr.c power.
The Iron Turbine Wind Mills,
The mill that stands all the storms and
is always ready for action. Agent for
DAVIS, GOULD CO'S
Buggies, Carriages, and Platform
Carrincos, and
Spring Wagons,
which I can sell cheaper than you can
go on foot. No trouble to show goods
or talk prices.
If square dealin and " live and let
live" prices will secure a share of your
patronage, I shall be pleased to re
ceive it.
GEO. 1. FOSTER.
r65 Successor to R. Uhlig.
STATE BANK,
Cs::iu:rt to Qinirl Seel isi Trrsjr & HzM.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, . $50,000
DIRECTORS:
Lkandkr Gebrard, Preset.
Geo. W. Hoxst Vice PresH.
Julius A Reed.
Edward A. Gerrard.
Abxee Turner, Cashier.
Rank of Deposit IHscouHf
nad Exchange.
Collection Promptly ITInde on
all Points.
Pay Interest on Time Depos
it. ' 274
END SPRINGS,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
WHITNEY A RRE WSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Pleasure and Business Wag
ons of all Descriptions.
We are pleased to invite the Rttentio
of the public to the fact that we have
just received a car load of Wagons and
Bugpies of all descriptions, and that we
are the sole agents for the counties ol
Platte, Butler, Hoone, Madison, Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and thatwc are
offering these wagons cheaper than zmv
other wagon built of same material,
style andtinish can be sold for in this
county.
2J"Send for Catalogue and Price-list.
PHI I. CAIN,
Columbus, Neb.
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ANDERSON & ROEN,
BACKERS,
ELEVENTH ST.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
tSTDeposits received, and interest paid
on time deposits.
XSTFrompt attention given to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
VST Passage tirjeets to or from European
points by best lines at lowest rates.
"SSTDratts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank, Decorah, Iowa.
Allan fc Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Bank, Omaha.
First National Bank, Chicago.
Kountze Bros., N. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IK
WINES, LIQUORS,
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,
General Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific
R. R. Lands for sale atfromfu.tHtto$10.(H
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 lands, improved and
unimproved, tor sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also business and
residence lot, in the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
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COI.IJITIRIIS, NEB.
Hbuui Qsbim & B&L
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
GROOEES!
ALSO DEALERS IN
('rockery, Glassware, Lamps, Etc.,
and Country Produce of
all Kinds.
THE REST OF FLOUR AL
WAYS KEPT ON HAND.
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY 1
JSTGoods delivered free of charge to
any part of the city. Terms cash .
Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets,
Columbus, Neb.
TTENRY OASS,
Manufacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Hetalic Burial Caskets
All kinds and sizes of Robe, 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 and Mouldings,
Looking-glass Plates, Walnut Lumber,
etc., etc. COLUMBUS, NEB.
TT7ERER & KNOB EL,
AT the
! COLDiiBilS ME At MARKET 1 F
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Oa ElevoHth. Street,
Where meats are almost given away
for cash.
Beef per lb., from 3 10 cts.
Best steak, per lb., 10 "
Mutton, per.lb., from C 10 "
Sausage, per lb.t from 8 10 "
!2J"Special prices to hotels. 5G2-ly
LAW, RE AX ESTATE
AND GENERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
"W. S. GEBR
MONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
farm property, time one to three
years. Farms with some improvements
bought and sold. Ofice for the present
at the Clother nousc, Columbus, Neb.
473-x
COLUltinilN
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.
BSTiTentucA-y Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltfc Street, Sestk of Depot
BUSINESS CARDS.
pORftELlUS 6c SUULIYAN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building,llth street,
Above the New bank.
JOHN J. ItlAlIGU AIV,
JUSTICE OI THE PEACE AND
NOTAliY PUBLIC,
Platte Center,
Neb.
H.
J. IIlUSOIV,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
12th Street, 2 doors nest of Hammond House,
Columbus, Neb. 491-y
TR. M. . TIUJKS rO.K,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Ollice over corner of llth and North-st.
All operations first-class and warranted.
C
IIIICAtiO RARRER SHOP!
HENRY WOODS, Prop'r.
JSTEverytbing In first-class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 510-y
M
AI-LISTEIt BROS.,
A TTOHNEYS AT LAW,
Ollice up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 1 1th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
J. M. MACFARI.AND, B. R. COWDKRY,
Aittrsey isd Nitiry Psttlc. Csllectsr.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
JOHN M. MACFARLAND,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
TD II. RUSCIIE,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collar.s,Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
JIT J.THOMPSON,
NOTARY PUBLIC
Ami General Collection Agent,
St. Edwards, Hoone Co., Neb.
BYRON MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
RYRON MILLETr,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus
Nebraska. N. B. He will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to him. 248.
T OU1S SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc.. made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
JSTShop opposite the " Tattersall,"
Olive Street. "2."
P JT. SCHUG, 91. !.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Columlrus, Nol.
Office Corner of North and Eleventh
Sts., up-stairs in Gluck's brick building.
Consultation in German and English.
JAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove houses at reasonablo
rates. Give him a call.
-jyOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrlef, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his office at the Court House
on the first and last Saturdays of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, ana
for the transaction of any other business
pertainlug to schools. 0G7-y
Drs. MITCHELL & MABTYN,
COLUMBUS
ni i mmi iiiiii'o::
Surgeons O., N. & E. H. R. R.,
Asst. Surgeons U. P. R
COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA.
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it
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Irritability of temper. Low spirita. Uoaa
of memory, with a feeling of having nog
leotod some duty, wearineM, Dualneaa,
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eyes, Yellow Bkin, Headache. Bestleas
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TUIT'B PILLS are especially adapted to
snch cases,ono dose effect luch a change
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body to Take on FIrih. thus the aystein la
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TUTT'S HAIR DYE,
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Black by a Mnele application of thla Dyk, It
imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneously.
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OAX.Y A ROSE.BUD.
Margaret Radnor stood before the
mirror drawing a scarlet ribbon
round her collar and fastening it
with a bow in front. You would
have thought she was wasting pre
cious time over a very small thing,
but she was really paying not the
slightest attention to the manner in
which her bands were employed,
but was intent upon a conversation
going on near her between her moth
er and a visitor.
'What has become of your aunt,
Mrs. Radnor; that handsome old
lady who used to live here in so
much style? I have not seen her
now in two or three years.'
'My aunt? Oh, you mean Aunt
Eleuor,' replied Margaret's mother.
'She lost, nearly all her property
about a year ago, and having noth
ing left but a place called Linwood,
about ten miles out, she went there
with her brother to live. The es
tate is a very tine one, and the house
furnished luxuriously; but now
those two old people live there with
no society whatever. I sometimes
wonder how Aunt Elenor manages
to live so, for she is very fond of so
ciety; but I imagine,' with a laugh,
'she is not able to do anything else.'
'Do you never go there?'
'No, not now ; I did at first, but it
was very lonely ; and after Margaret
came home from schoo, I had the
excuse that we saw a great deal of
additional company, and so I could
not leave home.'
I remember her as a very lovely
old lady.'
'Oh ! she is, very ; so stylish, and
nil that sort of thing. She sends us
most tempting fruit sometimes, which
is quite good, as we never go there.'
The conversation branched off
upon other subjects after this, and
Margaret, excusing herself, left the
room. 'She was going out to a par
ty this evening,' she said, 'and there
were various preparations to be
made.'"
All the rest of the day, turning
over muslin, and lace, and silk, she
thought of the conversation she had
heard, and as the hours Hew by she
laid her plans.
When she camo down, by-and-by,
in the evening, in her full dress,
with' her white cloak over her arm,
she said to her mother :
'I am going to-morrow, to see my
Aunt Elenor.'
'Margaret, you aro wild,' said her
mother, in despair. 'Why need you
go just now, when you have engage
ments every evening this week and
next? Wait a fow weeks.'
'Now or never, mamma,' replied
Margaret, shaking her head.
'What will Mr. Thornton say
Maggie?' asked her mother, urging
her last and strongest plea.
'There ho is now,' replied Mar
garet, evading the question, and ris
ing with a brighter bloom upon her
cheek'to welcome her escort, who
came forward as if the sight of her
was a most welcome one.
The mother, meantime, thinking
the evening's pleasure, with the
prospect of others in the same com
pany, might dispel Margaret's vi
sions of Linwood, said nothing fur
ther; but, in a very motherly way,
wrapped Margaret's cloak about her,
and bade Mr. Thornton 'take good
caro of her.'
His 'I will try,' In answer, said
enough even for the mother's pleas
ure. 'I hope I shall see you at our house
on Thursday,' said Mr. Thornton, as
they drove homo after the party.
'You received cards, I believe?'
Yes,' replied Margaret, hesitating,
'but I must decline. Tell your
mother I very much regret it, for I
am going out of town on a visit to
my aunt.'
'Not to remain long, I hope,' he
said.
'I do not know. Probably not
more than three or four weeks.'
He looked as if he would have
said something more, but he did
not; and his, .'good-night' and 'good
byo'at the door was spoken very
gravely.
'You are not offended that I must
decline your mother's inviiation for
Thursday?' asked Margaret, with a
little tremor at her heart.
'Do not think so for a moment,'
he returned, earnestly, taking her
hand again : 'I wa3 only very sorry
that you were going away.'
Margaret went up stairs, feeling
very sorry likowise, but a uight's
sleep did her good, and she arose
very well pleased to think that the
evening would-fiud her at Linwood.
She busied herself all the morning
with her packing; and then, just
before she was ready, she found her
way down town, and bought two or
three new books and some delicate
laces for her aunt, articles which she
knew were longed for, but beyond
the means of the dw.ellcra of Lin
wood. The stage set her down at the gate
just before dark, and she could see
the light of her Aunt Elenor's lamp
gleaming brightly down through the
ice-laden trees of the lawn, and over
the snowy ground. It gave her a
cheery welcome. There had been
but few tracks upon the snow from
the gate to the house, but Margaret
stoppod carefully and succeeded in
reaching the steps without getting
wet.
Her ring brought a woman-servant
to the door, who, in answer to
her inquiry, led her to the -room
from which she had seen the light,
and ushered her in. Her aunt, a
dignified, noble-looking old lady of
sixty, with soft, gray curls droop
ing about her face, sat under the
lamp reading, whilo her brother
smoked in an easy chair and listened.
Margarot advanced as her aunt
rose.
'Auntie,' she said, 'I've come to
see you. Aro you glad to have
me?'
'I think,' said her aunt, in reply,
seizing her and kissing her between
the words, 'I never was so glad to
see anybody in all my 1 1 f e I
'Maggie, yon have corne like flow
ers in springtime,' said her uncle,
taking her as her aunt released her.
Mnrgaret felt the welcome from
the bottom of her heart, as she took
her seat between tho two, and look
ing from one admiring face to the
other, sho felt as though she had
come to a haven of rest. She said
something to tho same effect the
next morning, when Aunt Elenor
had drawn her from the library into
the conservatory, and was putting
leaves and roses into her hands.
Something about the perfume of the
heliotrope reminded her of her lust
evening at home.
'Auntie,' she said, 'you cannot
thiuk what a delightful quiet this is
after the turmoil of the past three
months. I havo been going con
stantly, and had engagements stead
ily, but I thought I would come
here '
The sentence ended abruptly, for
this noble-minded, unselfish girl had
no mind to tell her aunt that the vi
sion her mother had drawn of her
lonesome life, had led her to stand
ing just where she did at that mo
ment. 'I hope you will not find it too
quiet, love. You may rest assured
it is very delightful to have you
hero.'
I cannot tell you what sho was to
that old couple in the weeks that
followed. She sang for them, and
read to them in the evening. She
played chess with her uncle, and
knit warm riding-glovos for her
aunt. Sho arranged dainty dishes
of flowors for the table, and made
nico little bits of French Sweetness
in tho kitchen.
Maggio was everywhere, and
made joy out of everything. It was
sho who found chestnuts down in
thovillage.and having brought them
home, sat down before a great, roar
ing fire to roast them for her aunt,
laughing and springing up as they
snapped out from under the ashes.
Somehow the evening paper always
made its appearance now when the
stage came in, and it was Maggie
who discovered something new and
curious to read alond.
Fastidious and dainty as Madam
De Vero wbb, Margaret's dress al
ways suited her. S,he blended col
ors in a way that rested the lady's
eyes when they looked at her. Dress
was not thrown aside because she
saw no one but the two to whom she
was a daily delight. There was no
diffcrenco between her appearance
now and at home, and she most of
ten wore a warm, glowing dress,
with glistening trimmings, in which
she had been wont to receive Mr.
Thornton the evenings when bo
called. Margaret was very happy.
She busied herself for Aunt Elenor
all day long. Sometimes she tho't
she would have liked to spend a day
in the library, but there never was
time.
One evening, just before tea, she
was standing between the heavily
curtained windows, looking out at
the trees rocking and swinging in the
wind, and listening to the sound of
the heavy breeze sweeping round
the comers of the house. The stage
had just gone by, and she was wait
ing for Aunt Elenor to como in with
the evening paper. She was press
ing between her fingers the odorous
leaves she had just gathered, and
thinking of other flowers which had
been given her one night early in
the winter, when her Aunt's voice
routed her.
'My love,' she said, M am even
more glad for you than I am for
myself.'
'For what, auntie ?'
Because, Maggie, the only other
person beside yourself who some
times comes here to make us bright
is. the son of anjMugiend of mine,
and he writes fHEiiight that be is
about to pop in upon one of his un
expected visits. You will like him,
I know, for he is ono in a thousand,
and for goodness and kindliness ot
heart I know not a man who is his
equal.'
'Who is he, auntie? asked Mar
garet, who was on her knees before
the tire, trying to persuade it to
burn brighter.
'His name is Percy Thornton. He
is '
Margaret was on her feet in an
instant. 'Auntie,' sho said, hur
riedly, 'I know himl'
'Do you, my dear? Then you
know what to expect. How very
pleasant that is. Was not my des
cription correct?'
'Yes, ma'am,' replied Margaret,
very quietly; but the hot blood
mounted Into her face, under the
smiling iutentlcyes ot her aunt, and
when sho was fain to run away,
Madam DeVerc kissed her, and let
her go.
Mr. Thornton did not know what
day be should arrive, and so the two
who wero watching looked everj
night when the stage came up. Mar
garet from the window of her room,
where she would he out of sight, and
Madam DcVere from the library.
But it so happened that on the
evening when he did come, Margar
et had gone downjuto the village
with her uncle, and Madame De
Verc was tho only one to welcome
him.
'I have my niece stopping with
me,' said that lady, after sho and her
guest had been some time chatting
by tho library fire ; 'and she has been
like sunshine in the house for the
last three weeks. I am only won
dering what I shall do without her,
when she comes to go.'
'I was not awaro you had a niece,'
said Percy.
'Yes, Margaret Radnor is my
niece and a choice blessing she is.'
Mr. Thornton started, and then
said quietly, 'I know a Miss Radnor,
ofSwamley is it she?'
'Yes, the same one,' replied Mad
am DeVere, with a little amused
glance at her guest.
Just then the library door was
thrown open, and Maggie, fresh
from hor walk, with her cheeks all
aglow, and her Utile plumed hat in
her hand, ran in toward the fire.
'Auutie, it's cold,' she said, and
then stopped sharp, for her hand
was taken, and a voice she imme
diately recognized, said :
Miss Radnor, this is :i very pleas
ant, unexpected meeting.'
Margaret summoned all her wits
to tho rescue, and then replied very
sedately and demurely:
'I did not know you had come,sir.
I am very glad to see you here.'
Now come and get warm,' said
her aunt; but Margaret had recov
ered from her chill, and ran away
without waiting for anything fur
ther. When she returned presently, she
was the very essence of what Mr.
Thornton bad known at Swamley,
with an added freshness and sweet
ness, which he was quick to notice.
She had on a soft, dark dress, with
no ornament but a little cluster of
pearls. But she had been into the
conservatory and there had gathered
and fastened in her hair a most su
perb damask rose with drooping
buds. She made a lovely picture.at
least to those two who watched her
entrance.
'And this was she who had loft
the gayety of the city to bo sunshine
for these two old friends of his.' Mr.
Thornton thought he could under
stand what sort of sunshine it must
have been.
He had free opportunity to judge;
and his admiration did not lessen as
the days went on, and be saw how
she had wouud herself around Aunt
Elenor's heart, with her thousand
delicate acts of affection. She might
give him her society, and she did,
continually; but if, in any way, her
aunt's comfert interfered, she would
dismiss him with a word and a
smile, which were almost worth her
short-time absence to obtain.
'And you came away for this?' be
said one day, as be stood beside her,
listening and watching her hands, as
they buried themselves with some
flowers she was arranging. She had
been telling him of some pieco of
work she and Aunt Elenor had ac
complished together.
She understood his meaning, and
replied, simply, 'Yes, that is the rea
son, and it has been a great pleasure.'
'I wonder what sort of a little bird
told me you were here,' he said, af
ter a few moments, watching her
again as she had risen, and stood
toying with a tiny bud she had
chosen from the dish of flowers.
I don't think it was any little
bird,' she 6aid, smiling, 'for you did
not know I was here.'
'And yet I left the city because I
could not stay in it while you were
away.'
She glanced up quickly at bim,
then, with flushed cheeks. He came
toward her suddenly, and taking
her hand in which was the rose-bud,
said, shortly and abruptly, half un
der his breath :
'I want to put this in your hair,
because it is so liko you ; but I can
not, unless with the understanding
that both tho rose-buds belong to
me.'
Maggio stood a momont, with a
confusion of thought in her face.and
then stepped nearer and he fastened
in the rose-bud.
'You were very foolish to leavo
the city,' she said, after a moment.
'Why, Maggie?'
'Because you might have known,
that present or absent, my thoughts
wero often with you.'
'He carried the two rose-buds off
together then, and showed them to
Aunt Elenor.
'Well,' said Madam DeVere, smil
ing with her eyes full of tears, 'I
only hope, Percy, that she will be to
you, for your joint lives, what sho
has been to me for these few weeks.'
John Hull on IEtrilufloa.
When a mother disregards tho
laws of health in the treatment of
her little one, no matter from what
cause, sho suffers in the care, toil of
nursing, and anxiety regarding tho
child in whose system she allowed
to be laid the foundation of disease.
And it will not alter tho case that
sho did not know the laws sho vio
lated, or did not thiuk of them, or
was so placed that she could not pay
to them deserved respect. Inexora
ble law is asserted, and sho is pun
ished. When a man eats or drinks what
docs not conduce to the healthy
nourishment of the body, he suffers
for it sooner or later. Nor will it
avert the penalties that he can plead
his ignorauce of the effects of hia
indulgence. The diseased brain or
disordered stomach vindicates tbo
dignity of law.
When a lady deceives her hu3
baud in the mutter of expense, ob
tains goods on credit when ho
wishes to buy only with cash, she
endures the consequences when tho
bills come at length, in the just dis
pleasure of her husband, in the loss
of his confidence, and perhaps, later,
in the evil influence of her example
on her children. That she has ex
cuses, reasons of their own, and tho
like, will not avert these sore evils.
When parents make the one Ron a
plaything, forget their obligations
to train and restrain him, iudulgo
his every whim, and foster every
form of self in him, in sclf-aertion,
self-pleading, self-will and self-in-dulgoncc,
they reap as they sowed
in the young tyrant who rules them
before he is in his teens, and breaks
their hearts before he has attained
his majority. That thoy loved him,
or did not think of tho future, or
had but the one, is no barrier to the
flood of misery. Men can see this
principle in operation on the narrow
field of individual and family life
but they aro slow to notice it, and
still more slow to lay it to heart, for
practical U'es on the broader field of
social and national life.
When we allow an ignorant and
vicious population to grow up in
the community, wc are punished by
the examplt, the contaminated at
mosphere, the injuries inflicted, tho
costly defences against the evil, or
tho expensive machinery for detect
ing and punishing the criminals.
The school is cheaper and better
than the j til ; the Sunday school and
the church are better than the police
court. Let ns ignore tho cheap and
needful agency, and wo most, in
tardy self-defence, provide the cost
ly and imperfect remedies for tbo
consequences of this neglect.
The New York Ilome Journal
thinks that an uniform marriage law
for all tho states would simplify
legal proceedings and enable every
body to know who is married and
who is not, without unraveling a
snarl of conflicting decisions In diff
erent states. The Ilome Journal
favors a simple "civil service" at the
altar, and urges: It will abrogate
no institute of religion nor rite of
fancy. It will simply rccogntze the
complete separation of church and
state, and say to devont and poetic
souls, "let each possess his throne in
peace, but not try to make his fellow
bis footstool." Let each settle with
himself, his church and his God, hia
points of conscience, and fashion bis
dream 8 and modulate his fancies as
best he likes. But let bim ask tbo
state to read only the plain prose
and common sense of the marriage
contract; to occupy itself with only
the simple matter of faithfulness,
protection, justice aud equity in tho
matrimouial bond, as the corner
stone upon which are builded tho
life and well being of society.
The compositor who set np a lino
from Bnrns. "Then gently skin thy
brother man," knew more about
Wall-street than he did about poetry.