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VOL. XII.-N0. 29.
COLUMBUS, NEB, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1881.
WHOLE NO. 601.
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HE1STRY LITERS,
BLACKSMITH
AND
"Wagon jVaker3
Shop tr Fonadry, sooth of A. A 5. Dfpot.
All kinds of wood and iron work on
"Wagone, Buggies, Farm Machinery, Ac.
Keeps an bund the
TIMPKEX SPRIXG BUGGY,
and other eastern buggies.
ALSO, TIIK
Furst & Bradlev Plows.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prep'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
co Limit us, .i:n.
A new hoiifte, newly furnished. Good
accommodation-, Board by day or
week at reasonable ratos.
X3T Set a. FIrt-Clan Tabic.
Meals,... 23 Cents. Lodgings 25 Uts
3S-2tf
MILLINERY! MILLINERY!
MRS. M. S. DRAKE
HAS JUST IiKCKlVKD A LARGE
STOCK OF
FALL A:I WITKK
MELLIIEBY AIS FAICY IDS
t3A FILL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTH1XG BELONGING TO
FIRST-CLAsS MILLIN
ERY STORK.JPJ
Twelfth St., (KM doors east State Hank:
2:-tr
F. GERBER Sc CO..
DKALER IX
FURNITURE,
AND UNDERTAKERS.
Claire, fitflstt, Bras,
TABLES, Etc., Etc.
GIVE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE
ON SOUTH SIDE 11 lit ST.,
One tteer east &f Heintz's diug store.
CITY
Meat Market !
One door north of Po.t-otlice,
NEBRASKA AVE-, - Colambat.
KEEP ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Salt Meats,
SAISABE. PQBLTRY. FBESH FISH.
Etc., in their sea-on.
:o:
Z3Cah paid Tor Hide, Lard
and Hucoh.
542-x
WILL.T. RICKLY'.
H. B. MORSE
IS STILL SELLING M. SCHILZ'S
OLD STOCK
At Cost! At Cost!
AND HAS ADDED
A Line of Spring Goods
"WHICH HE IS SELLING AT
EASTERN PRICES.
"WM. SCHILZ
Can stilt he found at the old stand,
where he continues to do
aU kinds of
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH,
PEOPEIEIOES OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOURANDMEAL.
OFFICE, COL U2CB US, XEB.
DOM, WEAVER & CO.,
PROPRIETORS OF THE
Columbus Drag Store,
Zzzzm&t is A. 7. ICLAS3.
The Leading Drag House
IX THE WEST.
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A full and complete line of
Drags, Ckeaicals,
Patent Mediciaes, &c,
Paiaters' Sapplies,
Window Glass,
Wall Paper,
AND
LAMPS. If EYERY DESCHIPTIOI.
When you need anything in our line
we will miKe it to your inter
est to call on u.
ttg-J'r. A. A. Smith retains his
position as Prescription Clerk,tchich
is a positive guarantee against mis
takes, and trith our facilities every
thing in the prescription line is
PERFECT.
Doh'( Tersret the pl:iy?, 3 door
north ol P. O. 557-y
TO. BEOKEK,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OK
FAMILY GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
a well selected stock.
Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Sp dally.
CSomlw Delivered Free to an)
part of the City.
I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL
EBRATED COQUHYLARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant supply on
hand, but few their eijual. In style
and quality, second to uoue.
CALL AND LEARN PRICES.
Cor. Thirteenth and 7T Streets, near
A. X. Depot.
STATE BANK,
2s::tacri .: Strurl 1 lit! isl Tsrssr & Eslrt.
COLUMBUS, HEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTORS
Leander Gerrakd, Pres'l.
Geo. W. Hdlst Vice PresH.
Julius A Reed.
Edward A. Gerhard.
Arner Turner, Cashier.
Bank or Iepoit, DUcoHnt
and Exchange.
CoIIectloBN Promptly .Hade oh
all Point.
Pay Iaterevt en Time Depot.
It. oT4
US! W1S I WA68IS
END SPRINGS.
TLATFORM SPRINGS,
WHITNEY BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Plensare and Business Wag
ohs of all DeseriptiiiHS.
We are pleased to invite the attention
of the public to the fact that we have
jut received a car load of Wairons and
Bupries of all descriptions, and that we
are the sole asents for the counties ol
Platte, Butler, Boone, Madison, Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
C0ETLAHD WAG0K COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
offering thee wagons cheaper than anv
other wagon built of ame material,
tyle and finish can he sold for in this
county.
lSTSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
PHIL. UAUr,
Columbus, Neb.
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WILLIAM RYAN,
DEALER IX
KENT0CKI WHISKIES
IFin, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
SST'Schilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on band.jgj
Eleventh St., Columbus, Neb.
ANDERSON & ROEN,
BASTKEKS,
KLKVKXTn FT.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
E5T Deposits received, and interest paid
on time deposits.
XSTFrompt attention given to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
3T Passage tickets to or from European
points by best lines at loteest rates.
Y5T Drafts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank, Decorah, Iowa.
Ailau ,t Co-, Chicago.
Omaha National Bank, Omaha.
First National Bank, Chicago.
Kountze Bros., N. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IK
DEIS. MEBICIIIS. CHEMICALS
WLHEN, LMfclJOKM,
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 Pad lie
R. R. Lands for sale at from SIS.OOtoSlO.OO
per acre for cash, or on tire or ten year?
time, in annual payment to suit pur
chaiers. We have also a large and
choice lot of other landi, improved and
unimproved. Tor sale at low price and
on reasonableterms. Also business and
residence lots in the city. "We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
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COLIJ.HBIT.q, -F.II.
HffillU Qemch . B
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
G-KOCEES!
ALSO DEALERS IN
Crockery, (Jlassware, Lamps, Etc.,
and Country Produce of
all Kinds.
TIIK BEST OF FLOUR AL
WAYS KEPT OX IIAI.
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY!
27"Goods delivered free of charge to
any part of the city. Terms cash.
Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets,
Columbus, Xeb.
TTKJfRY GAMS
Manufacturer and dealer in
Wooden ami Metal ie Rnrial Caskets
All kinds and sizes of Kobe, also
has the sole rtebt 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., ete. COLUM BUS, NEB.
WK
BEK A: KXOBEL,
AT TUK
KIT UKOT!
Ob Eleventh Street,
Where meats are almost given away
for cash.
BccTper lb., from S 10 cts.
Bcs-t steak, per lb., .... 10 '
Mutton, per lb., from 0(2 10 "
Sauage, per lb., from . 8 10 "
iSTSpecial prices to hotels. 502-ly
LAW, REAL ESTATE
ASD QEXERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
W.S.GEER
GOOD
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fONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
ItX farm property, time one to three
years. Farm- with some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother Uoue,C'olumbuB,Neb.
473-x
COLUMBUS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
"Wholesale and Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
SSTKentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish. -
lltk Street, 8e tk of Depot
BUSINESS CARDS.
pORXELIIJS A SIJLLIVAIV,
A TTORXETS-A TLA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
TOIL" JT. M AUGM Allf,
JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Platte Center, - - Neb.
H.
J. II 8) !,
XOTAHY PUBLIC,
irth Strtft, J doors wnt of lUmmonit HosMf
Columbus, Neb.
491-y
pvK. M. I. TIHTK.STOi,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
OlDce over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations tirst-class and warranted.
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IIIICAUO BAKBEK SHOP:
HENRY AYOODS, Prop'r.
"Everything in tirst-class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 010-y
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cALLIMTER BROS.,
A TTORXEYS AT LA W,
Otlice up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St. W.A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
J. M. MACFARLAND. B. COWDERY,
i:urs7 isi TSsasy PailiJ. Cdlertsr.
LAW AX 1) C0LLETI0N OFFICE
OF
JOHN M. MACFARLAND,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
o ii.ieusciiE,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sell name?. Saddle, Collar, Whii,
Blanket.-, 'urry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
ir ,J. THOMPSON,
XOTARY PUBLIC
And General Collection Aeut,
St. Edwards, Boone Co., Neb.
BYRON MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
RYKO. MILLETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Columbus
Nebraska. N. B. He will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to him. -4S
T OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kind of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagon, etc., made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
EtTShop opposite the "Talteraall."
Olive Street. -"'
U JT. SCIIUG, M. !.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
ColumbiiH, Kelj.
Ojllce Corner of North and Eleventh
Sts.,up-tairs in Gluck'-t brick building.
Consultation in German and English.
TAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give him a call.
"jVTOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his otlice at the Court Hotie
on thetirstaud last Saturdays or each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certiticates.and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. fCT-y
Drs. MITCHELL & MAETYN,
COLUMBUS
UEDICAL & SWL 1HST11DIL
Surgeons O., N. B. H. R. R.,
Asst. Surgeons U. P. R'y,
COLU3IBUS,
NEBRASKA.
TUTTS
PILLS
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERQYMEN, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of a
,ynea,bowela costive,
Pain in thoHead,with. a doll enaation in
the bank part, Pain under the shoulder-
blade, fullne after eating, with a diain-
clination. to exertion of body or mind
Irritability of temper. Iiowpirita. Losa
of memory, with a feeling of naving neg
lected aome dnty. weariaeaa, Dfaaineaa,
blattering of the Heart, Dota before the
eyee. Yellow Hklrt, Headache, Beatleaa
neaa at night, highly oolored Urine.
Ef THME WABaUIGI ASE TWHEZDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WttlSOON BE DEVELOPED.
I U IT'S FILLS epecDiHy adapted to
each cuci,oae dose effect inch a change
of feeling as to aatonlah the sufferer.
They iBrreaae tb Apprtlta, and came the
body to Take ea Fleaa. thus tne system Is
tarUli0d.and by ttaelrToaleAetleaon the
BlajeatlT enaai. 'laiiliirWtaeta are pro
duccd. Price S centa. S& Murray tit-. H.T.
TUTT'S HAIR OYE,
Okay Hair or Wmsssita changed to Globs r
Black by a ulnxle appilcatlon of this Dra. It
Imparts a natorsi color, acts Rutantaneously.
Hold by Drngguti, or Mot by txpreaa oa receipt of 11-
Offlce, 35 Murray StM New York.
CBr. Itm SU3CAL T TaluM, hhraiHM i4 a
Cntel BMto wta kt mat ran aa iWHrt f
THE HAND THAT HOCKS,
THE WORLD.
Blessings on the band of woman!
Angels guard it strength and grace
In the palace, cottage, hovel
Oh, no matter where the place.
Would that never atorms assailed it,
Rainbows ever gently curled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
Infancy's the tender fountain;
Bowers may with beauty flow;
Mothers first to guide the streamlet,
From their souls unresting grow;
Grow on for the good or evil.
Sunshine streamed or darkness hurl'd;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the band that rocks the world.
Woman! how divine your mission
Here upon our natal sod!
Keep, oh keep, the young heart open
Always to the breath of God.
All true trophies otbe ages
Are from mother earth Imperiled;
For the band that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
Blessings on the hind of woman!
Fathers, son and daughters cry.
And the sacred song is mingled
AVith the worship in the sty;
Mingles where no tempests darken,
Rainbows evermore arc hurled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the band that rocks the world.
A LAWYER'S STORY.
'I never would convict n man on
circumstantial evidence if I were a
juror never ! never!'
TIiu speaker was a distinguished
criminal lawyer of nearly forty yeari'
active practice, and whose fame ex
tended farbejond the limits of his
own State.
We had been discussing a recent
cause eelebre iu which, upon purely
circumstantial evidence, a uian had
been convicted of an atrocious mur
der, although many of those most
familiar with the circumstances of
the cae entertaiued the gravest
doubts about the justice of hi con
viction, and had been swung ofl" into
eternity, protesting his absolute in
nocence with his latest breath and
calling upon God to send his soul
straightway lo hell if he was not
telling the truth.
As most of our party were law
yers the conversation, naturally
euough, drilled into a discussion of
the dangers arising from convicting
accused persons whose own mouths
were closed, upon purely circum
stantial evidence, in the absence of
any direct and positive proof of
guilt, and case after case was cited
in which, after conviction and exe
cution, the entire iuuocence of the
supposed culprits had been clearly
demonstrated. Most of the laymen
present agreed with the distinguish
ed lawyer whose very positive ex
predion of opinion has been quoted,
while the majority of the lawyers
contended, with that earnestness for
which lawyers are noted when ad
vocating their own side of any ques
tion, that justice could never mis
carry when careful judges guard
against the possibility of unsafe ver
dicts by refusing to permit acouvic
tion except when every link in the
chain of circumstanlial evidence has
been established beyond doubt, and
the whole chain has been made so
perfect and complete aa to leave uo
room for any consistent hypothesis
of innocence.
The first murder case I ever tried,'
said one of them, 'was stranger than
fiction, as yon will admit, and is
quite as remarkable as any of the
cases you referred to where innocent
men have been wrongfully convicted
upon circumstantial evidence. It
ought to have been reported as an
example of the unreliability of the
direct and positive testimony of eye
witnesses who tell what they believe
to be the truth.
He then related the main points of
what was certainly a most remarka
ble and dramatic trial, and which
constitutes a fair offset to some ot
the memorable cases to be found in
every work on circumstantial evi
dence. The narrative produced so
strong an impression upon my own
mind that subsequently, with his
conseut, I put it into the following
shape, having first carefully compar
ed it with his notes of testimony
taken upon the trial cf the case. It
can be relied upon as absolutely
correct, with the exception that I
have nsed fictitious names, for reas
ons which will readily be appreciat
ed when it is known that most of the
actors in the drama are still living:
One winter evening about eight
o'clock, in the early days of the war,
in the quiet little town of , while
patrolling the streets to pick up
stragglers from the camp on the out
skirts of the town, Corporal .Julius
Fry was shot and killed by oue of
three men of bad character, who
were in company and upon terms of
open enmity with the soldiers. The
men were arrested, committed to
prison,, and brought to trial at the
next term of the CourL Two of
them were gamblers and despera
does, and supposed to have more
than once bad their bands stained
with human blood. The third, whom
I shall call Short, though bearing an
unenviable reputation, was regarded
as unlikely to slay a fellow man, ex
cept nnder compulsion of circum
stances. On account of the charac
ter of the men and the tronble they
had already brought upon qniet, law
abiding citizena, the sentiment of the
whole community was against them.
In order to clearly understand the
force of the testimony given upon
the trial, and tho subsequent result,
it is important to bear in mind the
physical peculiarities, dress, and gen
eral appearance of each of the three
prisoners.
Short was a small man, of not
more than five feet six inches in
height, slender, weighing scarcely
130 pounds, with bright, fiery-red
hair and side-whiskers, and at the
time of.; the-.murder, wore a white
felt bat and au old light-blue army
overcoat.
Ryan was fully six feet in height,
of robust frame, with black hair and
moustache, dressed in dark clothes
and wore a black Derby hat.
Grey was a heavy, broad-shouldered
man of medium height, weigh
ing fully 200 pounds, with a full,
black beard reaching nearly to his
waist. But as the evidence subse
quently showed that he had not fired
the shot it is unnecessary to describe
his appearance more minutely.
Certainly it is difficult to imagine
two men more unlike than Short
and Ryan or less liable to be mis
taken for each other even by stran
gers, much less by their acquaintan
ces. There was uo possibility here
for a case of mistaken identity.
Short and Ryan were tried to
gether with their consent Grey
having asked for and obtained a
separate trial and each wasjlefend
ed by separate counsel.
After the preliminary proof relat
ing to the post mortem examination,
the cause of death and the identifica
tion of the body of the deceased as
the person nampd in the indictment,
the Commonwealth calicd as its first
witness a woman, Mary Bowen. She
bore a bad reputation for chastity,
but nobody questioned her integrity
or her purpose to tell, reluctantly, it
is true, the whole truth. The pris
oners were all her friends and were
constant visitors to the drinking
saloon of which she was the proprie
tress. She was a woman of power
ful physique, almost masculine
frame, great force of character and
more than ordinary intelligence.
From her testimony it appeared
that a colored woman with whom
she had bad some dispute had hit
her on the head with a stone and
ran, aud the three prisoners, coming
up at the moment, started with her
up the street in pursuit of the fugi
tive. Although the night was dark
there was suow on the ground, and
a gas lamp near by gave sufficient
light to enable me to recognize a
person with ease somo feet away.
After running about one hundred
yards the pursuers came to the cor
ner of an alley and stopped under
the gas lamp, being challenged by
the deceased, who was in uniform,
in company with one of his squad.
She swore that when the corporal
called 'halt' Short, whom she had
known intimately for years, replied,
'Go to h 1,' and, while standing at
her Mde, so that their elbows wcro
touching, both being immediately
under the gaslight, he pulled out a
pistol, pointed it at the deceased,
who was four or five feet from him,
and fired and then ran down the
alley, the deceased pursuing him.
She heard four or five more shots
fired, and immediately the deceased
returned, wounded, and Short dis
appeared. While the shots were
being fired she saw both Ryan and
Grey standing at the corner some
feet away from her and alter that
they separated and she went home.
It was also proved that this alley
was bounded on either side by high
fences, difficult to climb, and led
down to a stream of water about
fifty feet wide and three or four feet
deep. No traces of footsteps were
found in the snow except those of
one man leading down into this
stream, and it was evident that the
person who bad fired had not climb
ed either fence, but had waded
through the stream aud disappeared
on the other side.
The next witness was the soldier
who stood close by the deceased
when the first shot was tired and
who, not knowing eithprof the pris
oners, described the person who had
fired and ran down Ihe alley as the
man with red hair and side whis
kers, dressed in a light-blue army
overcoat and white soft hat, and
upon being directed to look at the
three prisoners immediately identi
fied Short as the man whom he bad
seen do the shooting.
The testimony of these witnesses
was in uo wise shaken upon cross
examination.
Then the sworn ante-mortem state
ment of the deceased, taken by a
Magistrate was read to the jury. He
said that he had known Short per
sonally for some time, but had nev
er had any difficulty with him. He
fully identified him as the man who
had fired the first shot and then ran
down the alley, firing one shot after
another until bo fired the last and
fatal shot almost in the face of tho
deceased. lie also folly described
the clothing worn by Short as it bad
been described by the other wit
nesses.
These were all the witnesses to the
occurrence, except the prisoners
themselves, and, of course, they
could not be heard. The case
against Short seemed to be as c6n
clusively made out aa though a score
of witnesses had sworn that they
had seen him do the shooting.
Neither the judge, the jury, nor the
apectatorsentertajned the sligu'test
doubt of his guilt, and when the
Commonwealth, at this point, closed
its case, it seemed as though the
fatal ropo was already around his
neck and his escape impossible.
Ryan heaved a sigh of relief which
was andible throughout the whole
court room, for ho was safe; there
was not one word of testimony
against him or any circumstance
tending to chow any previous ar
rangement or concert of action be
tween him and Short.
After a whispered consultation
between the counsel for the defense
one of them roe and moved the
court to direct the jury to forthwith
return a verdict of 'not guilty' as lo
Ryan, in order that he might be
called as a witness for the other
prisoner. This was resisted by the
District Attorney, and, after lengthy
and elaborate arguments, the court
decided that it was bound to grant
the motion, and accordingly Ryan
wa declared 'not guilty' and the
verdict recorded.
Then came a scene as dramatic to
those present as anything ever wit
nessed on the stage. Without any
opening speech by Short's counsei,
Ryan, iu obedience to a nod from
his attorney, stepped out of the pris
oner's dock aud into the witness
box, looked around the court room,
took up the bible and was sworn to
tell 'the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.' Every head
was bent forward, every ear was on
the alert, every eye fixed on the wit
nesssomething startling was ex
pected. Would he attempt to show
that Short had done the shooting in
self-defense? That seemed the only
thing possible. But how could he
be believed in the face of the posi
tive testimony of three witnesses,
two of them living aud in the court
roQtn, oue of them dead murdered ?
Ryan stood for a moment looking
down, and then slowly lifting bis
eyes to the bench, iu a silence in
which the falling of a feather might
have been beard, he said :
'May I ask the Court a question ?'
Tho venerable Judge, evidently
surprised at being interrogated.Iook
ed at him and said : 'Certainly, sir.'
'I understand that I am acquitted,'
said Ryan, pausing for a moment
and then continuing: 'I want to
know from the Court whether any
thing I may say now can ever be
used against me in any way?'
What did he mean? What need
for that question ? Every one look
ed at his neighbor inquiringly.
The flushed face of the Judge
showed that he, at least, understood
what it meant an attempt to swear
his guilty companion out of the
hangman's grasp. Then, in a tone
of unmistakable indignation came
the answer:
'I am sorry to say, sir, that noth
ing you may say now can be used
against you ; that is, on a trial for
murder. You have been acquitted.'
Ryan's face grew pale and then
red, and he said, slowly and dis
tinctly: 'It was I who fired all the Bhots
not Short.'
Most of the faces in the court room
wore looks of incredulity; some of
indignation at the hardened wicked
ness of the man who had just been
declared innocent and who, by his
own statement, was guilty of mty
der, if he was not gnilty of perjury.
But, quietly and calmly, without a
tremor, as coolly as though he was
describing some trivial occurrence
which he had casually witnessed,
Ryan went on, step by step, detailing
all that had occurred, and when he
had finished his story there was
probably not a person present who
was not folly convinced not only
that Ryan had told the simple trutb,
but also that he had hiniclf tired the
fatal shot in self-defense, or at least
under such circumstances of danger
as would have led any jury to acquit
him.
lie had detailed how he had fired
the first shot from a small single
barreled pistol, in the air without
any purpose except to give bis chal
lenger a scare, and then ran down
the alley and upon being closely
pursued by the deceased with sabre
drawn and raised to strike, he was
compelled to pull out a revolver and
fire several shots towards bis pur
suer, who was rapidly gaining on
him, to keep him back ; and that
when he had but one shot left he
stumbled over a largo atone and fell
on his knees, and at this moment the
deceased struck at him with the
sabre, cutting him slightly in the
cheek, and, being thus pressed, he
aimed and fired the last shot, which
subsequently proved fatal. He farth
er told how, upon covering his feet,
he ran, waded through the stream,
and finding that he had lost his hat
when be felj, retraced his steps, re
crossed the stream, found his hat,
and then went to a hotel, where he
was seen by several witnesses to
dry bis wet clothing. His manner,
bis beariifr, and his story itself con
vinced bis hearers that he was tell
ine tho truth.
But. so that nothing might be
wanting if any doubt remained in
the minds of tho judge or the jury,
witnesses of undonbted veracity
were called who corroborated him
as to the condition of his clothing
and the cot on his cheek within fif
teen minutes after the occurrence.
Besides, it was shown that,aIthongh
the man who had fired had waded
through the stream, Short's clothing
was perfectly dry.
It is unnecessary to say that Short
was promptly acquitted and warmly
congratulated ou one of the narrow
est escapes ever made by auy man in
court room. Nothing could have
saved him had the court refused to
direct tho acquittal of Ryan and
allow him to testify.
The deceased corporal, the soldier,
and Mary Boweu were mistaken.
That was all there was about it.
So much for the occasional unre
liability of the direct testimony of
honest eye-witnesses.
And so much, also, for giving the
accused au opportunity to be beard
on the witness stand, the denial of
which by the law is one of the re'ics
of barbarism which still disgrace its
administration In some Slates at this
late Ola.?. Lawyer XXX, in Phila
delphia Time.
To Iltt.oltnatlw.
Always complain of being tired,
and remember that nobody else gets
tired.
Your wife should have everything
in readiness for you, but you should
not do anything for her.
W'heu your wife asks for money,
give her a nickle; ask her what she
wants with it, and wheo she tells
you, ask her if she can't do without
it. Then go down town and spend
ten times the amount for cigars, for
they are a necessity.
Go down town of an evening,3tand
around on the street corner and talk
politics; its more interesting than to
stay at home with your family.
Charge your wfe not to gossip,
but you cau spin all the yarns you
wish.
Have your wife get up and make
fires, but don't get up yourself till
the rest of the family are eating
breakfast, as you might take cold.
Wear old clothes, and make your
self as untidy as possible until your
wife's health fails, then it would be
best for you to fix up some, for in
all probability you will want another
when she is gone.
Have a smile for everybody yon
meet but get a frown on before you
go home. Physiologist.
Want of Eaergy.
Want of energy is a great aud
common cause of the want of do
mestic comfort. As the beat laid
fire can give no heat and cook no
food unless it is lighted, so the clear
est ideas and purest intentions, will
produce no corresponding actions
without that power to all that 3 of
value, which is, as it were, the very
life of life, aud which is never more
necessary or available than in the
matter of a family. Thoe who have
it not, and many are constitutionally
destitute of it, would do well to en
quire of their experience and their
conscience what compensating vir
tues they can bring into the
marriage state to justify them in
entering upon its duties without
that which is so essential to their
performance. They should consider
that the pretty face and graceful
languor, which, as it is often espec
ially attractive to the most impet
uous of the other sex, gained them
ardent lovers, will not enable them
to satisfy thu inuumerable requisi
tions and secure the social happiness
of the fidgety aud exacting husbands,
into which characters ardeut and
impetuous lovers are generally
transformed.
An old bachelor upon reading that
a burglar entered a fashionable
lady's chamber a few nights ago and
stole her hair while she was asleep,
remarked that he didn't see how it
wa3 possible to commit such a theft
without waking the owner of the
hair. This show3 what an old bach
elor know3 about one thing and aa
other. The deluded man must sup
pose that a fashionable woman wears
her hair in bed. The amount of
ignorance in this world is truly
deplorable.