THE JOURNAL.
16 fcssVKO EVBKY WEDNESDAY,
iM JL TURNER & CO.,
Ifroprietore and Pabllshers.
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tlen. AdvertUniBt- classified aj "Spe
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tion, three eests a line each subsequent
insertion.
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Tbkmb ler vear, J. Six mentbs, $1.
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YOL. XII.--N0. 32.
COL0MBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1SS1.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
HENRY LFEKS,
BLACKSMITH
AVD
AVaroii jSHaker,
hem atar loan dry. Math of X. A X. Itrot.
AH kMtfts mi wood and iron werk eu
'WteM. Wwgf u . Farm ilacnincr,.fcc.
Ksiif aw band. Ut
TIM PJCEX SPRING BUGGY,
mmd mikcr msier Uufoiet.
A1jK,THK
iPhaacst Sr Israeli ev Plows.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
'Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
roLrnuiw, xnu.
A Mt' fcoo-e, newly tarnished. Geed
ifwiitUir Board by day r
. wcoi at reoabie rates.
33"el. a Firt -CI Table.
Si Cents, i Lodemr . . . 2ft Cte
MRS. Al S. DRAKE
MA- 41 sT KRCKtVKb A LARGE
STOTK OF
l'AI.L A"W WI.Ti:iS
iminr 111 fakcy goods.
A I.i. Ai.ltTMKNT OF E
KKIHli. KELONUlNti To
FIKT- LA-x MII.L1X.
Ein TRL.EI
Ttlftk St.. t. ' est SUU4 Hmttk.
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F. GER3ER & CO.,
ItALKIt I
FUENITUHB ,
ANI UXDLKTAKERS.
H,
TABLES. Etc.. Etc.
1YE H!MA ALL AT HIS TLAC'E
ON MH.TH MDKUlli ST.,
V 4r emt of Remix's dntg store.
C I TY
Meat Market !
u- Uitr nortb "! Pot-oSee,
XtBitAbKA ATE.. - Columbus
KKKT AU. KIXDdOF
Fresh and Salt Meats,
AL0
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UU,
Ki . in their -fa-oa.
fS?ah paitl Tor Hilr. Lard
iiud Ilacua.
WILL. T. RICKLY.
H. B. MORSE
1- -TILL SELLING WM. -(.HILZ'S
l)LD TOt K
At Cost ! At Cost !
!
AND HA ADDED (
A Line of Spring Goods
WHH H HE I? CELLING AT
EASTERN PRICES.
-W-Js'L. SCEEILZ
Cam MiU te found mt the old stand,
tvhere he coiimes to do
mil kind of
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH,
PE0PSIET0ES OF
SHELL CHEEK HILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALXRS IN
FLOUR AWD MEAL.
MET
Bss
0miXEtQ0LU2LB US, XEB
DOWTY, HI & CO.,
PROPRIETORS OF THE
Columbus Dm? Stars,
The Leading Drug House
IX THE WEST.
A fell aitd eon pldte line of
Hrnffs, Chemicals,
Patent Medicines, &c.
Painters Supplies,
Wi ldow Glass,
Wall Paper,
AN 0
LAMPS. OF EVERT DESCRIPTION.
When you need as rtaine in ear line
we will make it to yeor inter.
est to call oh u.
ta?"Jr. A. A. timith retains his
portion as Prescription Cterk,tchieh
i a positive onnrantee against mis
tukee, and with our facilities every
thing im the prescription line is
PERFECT.
Doh'i forget the pluce. 3 door
north ol P. O. 57-v
TO. BECKEE,
DEALEK IK AIX KIXDs OF
FAMILY GROCERIES !
I KEEP rONTA!.'TLY ON II AND
a Hell selected stook.
Teas, Coffees, Jsugar, Syrups,
Dried and'Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Sp calty.
2ool Ielivti-t Free lo any
pari ol'ilie City.
KB RATED
COQTJH.XATU
Farm and Spring Wagons.
f which I Keep a cun-tiut supply ou
haitd, but few tbeir equal. In style
aHd quality, second to none. -
CALX. AND tE AJIN PRICES.
Cer. Thirteenth antf K Streets, near
A. d-X. Depot.
STATE BANK,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTORS
Leandek Gerrahd, Preset.
Geo. W. Hblst Vice PresH.
Julius A Reed.
Edward A. Gerrard.
Ah.ver Turxer, Cashier.
Rank of Uepowlt. IicoiiBt
and Eichaajre.
Collection. IfomptIy 31nde on
all Point..
Pay lnteroxt en Time Iepo-
it.
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END SPRINGS.
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
WHITif EY BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Pleasure and Business Wag
oas of all 'Descriptions.
We are pleased t) invite the attention
f the public to the faet that we have
just received a cat lead of Wasens and
Buffffies of all descriptions, and that -we
are the sole aren1 for the counties et
Platte. Butler. Boo ie.Madion. Merrick,
Plk and Y'erk. for the celebrated
C0ETLAKD WAGON COMFY,
f Cortland, New Tork. and that we are
offering these wagons cheaper than any
ether wagon built of same material,
tyle and nnish ean be -tld for in this
eeunty.
SSend fr Catilogue and Price-list.
1IIII. CALA',
Columbus, Neb.
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WIlLIilAM RYAN,
DEJiLXR IX
KENTUCKF WHISKIES
Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
22?SchiIz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly en hand.jgj
ELEVXXTH ST COLUMBDS, NlB.
ANDERSON & ROEN,
BACKERS,
KUEVKSTH ST.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
iSTDeposlts received, and interest paid
oh time deposits.
tSF-Prompt attention given to collec
tions and proceeds remittal on day of
payment.
tS" Passage tu'Jcets to or from European
points liy best lines at loire'st rates.
TSTDratts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
Firt National Hank, Decerah, Iowa.
AllaiV & Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Bank. Omaha.
Fir-t National IUnk, Chicago.
Kountzc-Bros., X. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IN
WTM, LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMEEY, Etc., Etc.,
Ami all articles usually kept on hand b
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
K. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00
per acre for cash, or ou fire or ten year
time, in annual payments to suit'pur-eha-ers.
"We have also a larire and
ehftice let of other lands, improved and
miitMpreved. for sale at low price and
n rea-euableterm-. Also business and
residence lot- in the city. We keep a
esmplete abstract of title to all real e
... (n vinti Pountv.
esr.
coKi'3im:s. ivcr.
Sbm Osama i 3m
AVnOLEALE .t RETAIL
GKOCEKS!
ALS4" DEALERS IX
Crorkery, filasswave. Lamps, Etc..
anil Countrv Produce of
all Kinds.
TIIH IICT Or FJLOIiK AL
WAYS KLI'T 0 I1AAU.
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY!
22TGools delivered free of charse to
any part of the city. Term-cash.
Comer Eleventh and Olive Streets.
Columbus, Xeti.
TTKXRV GAMS,
JSnnujacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Metalie Burial Caskets
All kinds and size- crRohe-, also
has the olc riht to manufac
ture and -ell the
Smith's Hammock Reclining Chair.
Cabinet Turninsr and Scroll work. Pic
tutes. Picture Frames and Mouldings.
Looking-:;!-- Plates, Walnut Lumber,
etc., etc COLUMBUS, NEB.
w
i:ui:k a: k.iohel,
AT TnE
GOODS
i CI WIS HEAT MARKET !
... . - .. .--.-
On ElovontL. Street,
Where meats are almost given awaj
for cash.
Beef per lb., from . . S10cts.
Best steak, per lb . 10 "
Mutton, per lb., from . . . . C 10 "
Sausase, per lb., from . S g, 10
"Special price to hotels. 562-ly
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AXD GEXERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
V.S.GEEE.
MONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
farm property, time one to three
years. Farm with some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother Houe. Columbus. Neb.
473-x
COLl.nillTS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
y?T Wholesale nd Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cisars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
iSTXentucky Whiskies a Specialty-
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltkStreet. So th. of Depot
BUSINESS CAEDS.
nOI.ULIlV Sz SUUJVAA,
ATTORXEYS-A1-LA W,
Up-stair in Glucfc Euildln?. 11th street,
Above the New bank.
TOHIV .1. HHif.lt AA.
JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND
NOTAR1 PUBLIC,
rLATTE CEXTEH,
Ner.
IT J. IIIJWSO.V,
XOTAJIT PUBLIC,
12th Street, 2 iloort west of lUmcioml Home,
Columbus. Neb.
401-y
D
K. 31. I. THURSTON,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and Nortb-st.
All operations tirst-class and warranted.
C
tHICAtiO ltAKKEi: shoi:
IIENIIY WOOD?, IROPK.
l3Everythin!r in nr-t-das style.
Also krep the bet of cisrars. 510-y
M
cALLlSTKK HROS.,
A TTORXEIS A T LA W,
Orhee up-stair.- in McAllister's build
ing. 11th ?t. W. A. McAllister. Notarj
Public.
J."M. MACFAICLANU. B. U. COIVDERY,
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OK
JOHN M. MACFAELAND,
Columbus. : : : Nebraska.
t? ii.iii;sniiu
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sell Harness. Saddles. Collars, Whips.
Blanket-, furry Combs, IJnuhes. etc..
at thelet Kis.ibl; prices. Jiepair-pn-Hiptly
attended to.
AT J. THOMPSON.
XOTAItY PUR LIC
And General Collection Agent,
St. Edhcards, Boom Co., Neb.
BYRON MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
kyko:n -lin.iirrr.
J. NebraKa. .t. n.-Tie '-"in tivt-clo-e
attention to all business entrusted
to him. -'
T OUI SriIUFIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
11 kinds of repairine done on short
notice. Buggies. Wagons, et.. madt to
order, and all work guaranteed.
jSThop opposite the "Tatterall.'
Olive Street. "-fi
F
.1. xTir.3i.i-.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Colini1iis4. e1.
nfictfCorner of North and Eleventh
St-.,up-tnirs in Ghick-' brick building
Consultation in German and English.
TAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove neu-e- at reasonable
rate. Give him a call.
N
toticc to Ti:Arni:R..
J. E. Moncrief. Co. Supt.,
AVHI be in his oifiee at the Court Ilon-e
on the first and last Saturda) - of ejcl.
month fur the purpn-e ..f eanuuin'
appliiant- for teacher'- cert i flea tes. ami
for the tramaetton of any other lH-nie
pertaining to schools. ."JT-y
Drs. MITCHELL & MAETYN,
f'OI.lMIIll'.N
Surgeons O., N. B. II. R. R..
Asst. burgeons U. P. R"y,
COLUMBIA,
NEBRA-kA.
PILLS
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
j LoMOf Kppetite;Kanaea.bowela costive,
i igin in theHflftdywith. a doll eenaation in
the bacic part. Pain under tne ahonlder
blade. faunega after eating, with a disin
clination to exertion ofbolr or mind,
ImtabUity of temper. Ijow ipinta. Loss
or memory, -with a leenne oi navin neg-
I lected soma dnty. weaxineaa. Dizzraesa,
Pmttertng of the iieart. uota Dgiore mo
eyes. Yellow Stan. Headache. Restlegg
ceaa at night, highly colored Urine.
U THESE WAESEf S3 ASE TIJIHZZDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES W1LS00N HE DEVELOPED.
I'll ITS FILLS re especially adapted to
ruch cae,one doae -ffecti inch a change
of feeling as to astonish, the sufferer.
Thy laereaa U ATPtlte. andcaca the
body to Take on FleiUi. thus the system is
noarUhcd-iacl by thrlTToaie Aetlooon th
DtrMUTr Oriaa. Becalar KtooU are pro
daceg. Price Scents. 35 3arraySt3f.T.
TUTT'S HAIR DYE.
Grat Hair or Wmsi-m chnced to a Oist
Black by a single application of this Dn. It
imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneo3iy.
told t jtra?gau,cr .cot br txy m on receipt of I.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
Dr. TtTTS KAICAL mt TiluU I.IWtmSU. ti
Vmlal UtttfU will be ulk4 rUI . tyIWMl f
A DOCTORS STORY.
Hygiene and Eoooomy in the
Hoitit.
One evening in the early part of
the winter, the door-bell ranjr with
enerr, and the servant announced
a mau who wished to eeo me. A
"man" h one thing with a servant,
a '"gent I em an" another; a "person"
still different from cither. The man
stood in the hall, bnt I wondered
wh' he had not been called a gentle
man. 1 was puzzled where to place
him myself. His dress was plain,
bnt rather course. Ilis linen, that
'ladge of refinement, was white, in
perfect order and almost elegant.
Everything about him seemed sub
stantia!, but nothing gave a clue to
his position iu life. In all outward
seeming he was a gentleman. "When
he spoke to me, his address was
simple, direct, clear and with a cer
tain air of self reliauce, the farlhcst
possible from vulgar bluster.
"Doctor," he said, "I wish you
would come and see my child. "We
fear he i- threatened with croup.
" The case, which he described as we
went along, was a pretty clear one.
and I hurried my walk still more,
and in a few moments we were at
the door. You will see in time why
I give these little particulars.
I entered the open door and wa
met by a rather pretty and remarka
bly tidy woniau, who could have
been nobody in the world but tht
wife of the man who had summoned
me.
"I am glad yon have come so
soon." she said in soft, pure accent.
"Little Willie seems o di-tro-;sed
that he can hardly breathe ;" and the
next moment a we parsed through
a narrow passage to where he lay,
I heard the unmistakable croupy
sound, that justly carries such terror
to the parent's, heart.
"Is it the croup, doctor?" asked
the tather, with a voice of emotion
as I bent over the child, a fine boy,
three years of afe.
"It is certainly the croup," I said,
"and a pretty violent attack. How
long since you thought himick?"
"Not above an hour," wa- the calm
reply. It was made calm hv a firm
er. She was ven pale, but did not
trust herself to speak.
"Then there i- prob-ibly but little
danger,'' I said; "bnt webnvesome-
tlt.nt t r An Ilfli-A t'Aii nntni Kam 2' '
The husband went to what seemed
a closet, opened two doors, and dis
closed a neat pine bathing-tub, sup
plied with crotou. This was be
yond my hopes; but I had no time
to wonder. The little fellow was in
a high fevtr, and laboring for
breath. Taking him from his little
crib, where he lay upon a nice hair
mattress fit for a prince to sleep on,
I took off his clean night-clothes.
stood him in the bath-tub, and made j
his father pour upon hi neck and
chest cool water, while I rubbed him
briskly with my hand. He was
then wiped dry, and rubbed until
his body was glowing like flime.
Then I wrung a large towel ont of
cold water aud put it around his
throat, aud then wrapped him up in
blankets.
The brave little fellow had borne
it all without a complaint, as if he
understood that nnder his father's
eve no harm could come to him. In
litteen minutes after hewas wrapped j
in blankets he was in a nrotuse ncr- !
spiration, in a sound slumber aud
breathing freely. The danger wa
over so rapid is this disease, and so
easily cured. Happiness has shed a
serene ray of light upon the counte
nance of the tather, and thrown over
the mother's face a glow of beauty.
I looked upeu them, and was more
than ever puzzled where to place
them. There were no mark? of high
birth, or superior breeding not a
shadow of decayed gentility about
them. It was rather the reverse, as
if they were working np from a low
rank of life to a higher.
I looked around the room. It was
the bedroom. Everything in it was
perfectly neat and orderly. The
bed, like the crib, was excellent, but
not costly. The white counterpane
did not cost more than ten shillings
yet, how beautitul it looked! The
white window curtains were shil
ling muslin ; but their folds hung as
richlv as if thev were damask and
how very appropriate they seemed.
The bath, with its snug folding
doors, I knew had not cost, plum
ber's bill and all, more than ten dol
lars. The toilet table, of an elegant
form, I had no doubt wa3 of pine,
and cost half a dollar. The pictures
on the wall were beautifnlly tinted
lithographs better, far better than
oil paintings I have seen in the
houses of millionaires ; yet they can
be bought tor fifty or seventy-five
cents, and a dollar apiece had fram
ed them. The Hoor had a carpet
that matched everything with it.
small neat figures, and a light cham
ber color. It wa3 a jewel of a roon
in as perfect keeping in all its parts
as if an artist had designed it.
Leaving the little boy to his un
troubled sleep, aud giviug direc
tions for a bath on his waking,
we went into another room, which
was differently but was just as neatly
arranged. It might have answered
for & parlor (only it had a cooking
stove), for an artist's studio or a din
ing room. It was hung with pic
turesheads, historical pieces and
landscapes, all such as a man of
taste could select and buy cheap;
bnt which, like good books are in
valuable. And speaking of books,
there was a hanging library on one
side of the chimney which contained
some of the very choicest treasures
of tho English tongue.
The man went to a bureau, opened
a drawer, and took out some money.
"What is your fae, doctor?" he
asked, holding the bills eo as to
select oue to pay me.
Nov I had made up my mind be
fore I had got half way up the stairs,
that I might have to wait for my
pay perhaps never get it; but all
this had changed. I could uot, as I
often do, enquire into the circum
stances of the man and graduate
my price accordingly. Tnere he
stood, ready to pay me, with mone
enough; yet it was evident that he
was a workiusrman, aud far from
wealthy; I had nothing left but to
name the lowest fee.
"One dollar does not seem
enouah," stiid he; "you have saved
my child? life, and von have been
at more trouble than merely to write
a pre-cription."
"Do yon work for a living?" I
asked, hoping to. solve the mystery.
He Pinil.Hl and held out his hand,
which pIhiwimI the unquestionable
mark of honest toil.
"You are a mechanic?' I Baid.
willing to know more of him.
"Take that." he said, placing a two
dollar note in my hand with a not-to-he-refusd
air, -and I will gratify
your curiosity : for there is no use
preteudinir that you are not a little
enrious!"
There was a hearty, respectful
freedom about this that seem
ed irresistible. I t the note
a door, opened it into a closet ot
moderate size, ami displayed the
bench and tools of a shoemaker.
"You rattst be an extraordinar
workman, said I. loekinjr around
the room, which seemed almost lux
urious; but when I looked at each
item I found that it cost very little.
"No, nothing extra. I barely
manage to earn ovpr a dollar and a
half a day. Mary helps me a good
deal. What with the housework
and our boy to look after, she earns
enough to make our wages average
ten dollars a week. "We began with
nothing w live as you see."
All this comfort, this respectability,
this almost luxury for ten dollars a
week I I expressed my surprise.
"I should be sorry if we spent so
much," -aid he. ""We have not on
ly managed to live oujthat, bnt we
have something laid up in a saving
bank."
"Will yon have the goodness,"
said I, "just to exphiiu to me how
you do it?"
"With pleasure," he said, for you
may persuade others no better off
than I am to make the best of their
situation. My name is William
Carter. My father died when I wa
young and I was bound out as an
apprentice to a shoemaker, with the
usual provisions of schooling. I
did as boys do generally at school,
bnt I was very fond of reading; I
made the most of my spare time and
the advantage of an apprentice's li
brary. Frobably the books that
helped me most were the sensible
writings of William Cobbett. Fol
lowing the example I determined to
give myself a useful education, and
I have to some extent succeeded.
But a man's education is a life-long
process ; and the more I learn, the
more I see before me.
"I was hardly out of my time
when I fell in love with my Mary
there, whom ome people think very
pretty, but whom I know to be yery
good."
Mary looked up with such a bright
loving smile, as to fullj justify some
people in their notion.
"Wheu I had been one year a jour
neyman, and laid up a few dollars
(for I had a strong motive to saving)
we were married. I boarded at her
father's and she bound f hoes for the
shop where I worked. We lived a
few weeks at home; but it was not
our home; so -we determined to set
up housekeeping. It was rather a
small set-up, but we made it answer.
I spent a week in house-hunting.
At last I found this place. It was
new and clean, high and airy, and I
thought it would do. I got it for
fifty dollars a jear and though the
rents all around advanced, onr land
lord is satisfied with that or takes it
ia prefurence to risking a worse
tenaut. The place was naked enough
and we had little to pat in it save
ourselves; but we went cheerfully
to work, earned all we could, and
you see the results."
"I iee; but I confess I do not un
derstand" said I, willing to hear
him explain the economies of thin
modest and beautiful home.
"Well, it is simple enough. When
Mary aud I moved ourselves here
we took pos.-ession, with a ta
ble, two chairs, a cook-stove, a
sauce-pan or two, and a cot-bed
with a straw mattress, and the first
thing we did was to hold a conncil
of war. Xow, Marv, my love,' said
I, 'here we are. We have next to
nothing, and nobody bnt ourselves
to help ourselves.'
We found that we could earn then
an average of eight dollars per
week. We determined to live as
cheaply as possible, save all wc
could, and make us a home. Onr
rent was a dollar a week our fuel,
light and water-rent and soma little
matters a dollar more. We have
allowed the same for our clotbiu".
and by buying the be3t things, and
keeping them carefully, dress well
enough for that. Even my wife is
satisfied with her wardrobe, and
finds that good stufl at seveuty-livt-cents
a yard is cheaper in the long
run than calico at ten. That make
three dollars a week, and we had
still our living to pay for. That
costs us, with three in our family
just two dollars more."
"Two dollars apiece?"
"No two dollars for all. You
seem surprised; but we have reck
oned it over and over. It costs more
at present, bnt we have learned to
live cheaper so that we have a clour
surplus of four dollars per week,
after paying all expenses of rent,
fire, light, water, clothing and food.
I do not count our luxuries, such as
an eveuing at a lecture or a concert,
or a little treat to our friends when
we give a little party."
I know a smile came over m
face, for he continued :
"Yes, give a party; and we have
some pleisant ones, I assure you.
Sometimes we have a dozen guests,
which is quite enough for comfort.
but this is not very often. Out o
our surplus which comes, yon ser,
to two hundred a year we have
bought all you see and have money
in the bank."
"I see all," said I, "all bat the liv
ing. Many a mechanic spetids more
than that for cigar?, to say nothing
of Iiqucr. Pray tell me precisely
how you live."
"With pleasure. First of all, then.
I smoke no cigars, and chew no
tobacco, aud Mary takes no inuff."
Here a pleasant smile came in ;
but there was no interruption ; for
Mary seemed to think her husband
knew what he was about, aud could
talk well without her aid.
"I have not drank a glass of liquor
since the day I wa married. I had
read enough physiology to make up
my mind that tea aud coffee con
tained no nutriment, and were poi
sons besides; and I tried a vegetable
diet long enough to like it better
than a mixed one; and I find that i'
agrees with me better; and as we
have read and experimented togeth
er, of course Mary thinks as I do."
"But what do yon cat and drink,"
1 asked, curious to kuow how far
this self-taught philosopher bad pro
gressed in the laws of health.
"Come this way and I will show
you," he said, taking the light and
leading the way into an ample store
room. "Here, fir3t of all, is a mill
which cost me two shillings ; it
grinds my grain ; gives me the fresh
est and most beautiful meal, save
tolls and the profits. This is a bar
rel of wheat. I buy the best and am
sure that it is clean and good. It
costs less than three cents a pound ;
and a pound of wheat a day, you
know is food enough for any man.
We make it into bread, pies and
cakes. Here is a barrel of potatoes.
This is hominy- Here are some
beans ; a box of tapioca, and maca
roni. Here is a barrel of apples, the
best I can find in Fulton market.
Here is a box of sugar, and this is
our butter-jar. Wc take a quart of
country milk a day. I buy the re-t
down town, by box or barrel, where
I can get the best and cheapest.
Making wheat eaten as mush or
bread, aud made coarse without
bolting aud potatoes, hominy or
rice, thestaple; yon can easily see
that a dollar a week for provisions is
not only ample, but allows of an
even variety. For the rest, we eat
greens, vegetables, fruit and berries
in their season. In the summer we
have strawberries and peaches, as
soon as thoy art ripe and good.
Mary will get np a dinner from
those materials at the cost of a
shilling, better than the whole bill
of fare at the Astor bone."
I was satisfied, nere was comfort,
intelligence, taste, moderate luxury,
all enjoyed by an humble mechanic,
who knew how to live at the coat I
have mentioned. How much use
less complaining might be saved
how much more genuine happiness
might be enjoyed how much evil
and suffering might be prevented,
if all the working men and Women
were as prudent as William
and Mary Carter. Phreneteaical
Journal.
Ilafty People.
Oue of the oldest things to wit
ness, if not one of the most dis
agreeable to encounter, it the fac
ulty some people bnve for taking
offense where no offense is meant
getting huffy' as the phrase goes,
with little reason or withont mak
ing themselves and everybody else
uncomfortable, for nothing deeper
than a mood or more than a fancy.
Huffy people are to be met with,
of all ages and every station, neither
years nor condition bringing nec
essary wisdom and unsuspicious
nesa ; but we are bound to say thai
the larger proportion will generally
be found among women, and chiefly
atnoug those who are of an uncer
tain social position, or who are un
happy in their circumstances, not to
speak of their tompers. HntSneis,
which seems to be a self-assertion in
what may be called the negative
form, and which the possessors
thereof classify as a high spirit of
sensitiveness, according as they are
passionate or sullen, U ia reality the
product of self-distrust. The per
son who ha.s self-respect, and noth
ing to fear, who is of an assured
social status and happy private con
dition, is never apt to take offense.
Many and great are the dangers
of intimacy with huffy people; and
you are sure to flounder into the
bog with them while innocently
thinking yaa arc walking on a
smooth aod firm road. The dangers
of jesting are, above all, great. It
may be laid down a- an absolute
rule, which has no exception any
where, that jw ItHfir person can bear
a joke good-humoredly, or take it
as it is meant. If you attempt the
vory simplest form of chaffing, you
will soon flud out onr mirtakeind
because a thin-skinned belly person,
has taken a plea-ant j?st a? a per
sonal affront, and either btaaed out
or gloomed sullenly, according to
his or her individual disposition.
MnrryiHs: tli Ieat.
A a extraordinary marriage cere
mony took place at Portsmouth,
England, not a great while ago. A
Miss Main waring, the daughter of
an army officer, was about to bo
married, and her trosseau had been
prepared and ail other arrangements
ninde, but a few days before the
time fixed for the wedding she sick
ened and died. Nevertheless, it was
determined to go through the mar
riage eereinony as for as possible
before the interment. Her body
was, therefore, taken in the eofSu to
church, followed by her friends ia
wedding costume, the deceased'.)
wreath of orange blossoms bein
placed at the head of the coffi a.
Several clergymen otii'itfed. sad,
after reading th? m trri Mf service,
that tor funerals xri proceeded
with, after which the cortege pro
ceeded to Portsmouth cemetery,
where the interment took place.
Capt. J. A. Force planted iixycara
ago a small grove of timber around
bis house, and this fall in trimming
Hp the timber be chopped the limbs,
into stove wood and found to bis
surprise that he had over seven
cords of good wood. His trees will
be all the better for the trimming
and the Captain is several dollars
ahead in fall. It pays to plant trees.
St. Paul Phonofraph.
Just after election a gentleman
approached the defeated candidate
with "How do you feel?" "Well,
pretty much as Lazarus felt!" "Laz
arus? Why what do you mean?
"Lazarus was licked by dogs and
so was I.
AH the good things of this world
are no further good to us than a3
they are of use; and whatever we
may heap np t give to others, we
enjoy only as much as we can use,
and no more.
John Teidgen, of Battle Creek,
received 1,000 sheep last Saturday
night from the east. They were
billed to Munson station. Afaduon
Chronicle.
Bodily labor alleviated the pain of
the mind. Hence arises the happi
ness of the poor.
Never count on the favor of the
rich by flattering either their vani
ties or vices.
It costs more to aveHge than to
forgive.