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THE JOURNAL. tATES OF AlMTEltTISIHG. Oiilttm Space. lte 2m Into 3m Um lyr icoP' 1 1 $12.00 fiy i as ya $so no M " I 3.0l 12 1 15 1 20 1 ; GO jj ' I i.W 1 12 1 13 1 20 1 35 Inches .'I.25 l.M 11 14 o 27 3 " 4.S0J6.73 U 12,' 1ft 21 1 " 1.30 1 2.25 1 4 5j 8 10 Business and professional cards ten lines or less space, per annum, ten dol lars. Legal advertisements at statute rates. "Editorial local notices" fifteen cents a line each insertion. "Local IS ISSUER EVKKY WKDSESDAV, M. K. TURNER & CO., Proprietors and Publishers. tSTOflice, en 11th street., up stairs in Journal building. Tkums Per year, $2. Six months, $1. Three months, 60c. Single copies, 5c. Lnotices" five cents a line each Inser tion. Advert Hments classified as "Spe cial notices" live cents a line first inser tion, three cents a line each subsequent insertion. VOL. XII.-N0. 41. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1882. WHOLE NO. 613. t Itapil mt AltS r ADVERTISEMENTS. HENRY LITERS, BLACKSMITH AND Wagon Maker, Sliojw ner Foundry, south of A. S. Depot. All kind or wood and iron work on V.'agoiiH, Buggies, Farm Machinery, &c. Keepn on bands the TIM 1 KEN SPUING BUGGY, and other eastern buggies. ALSO, TI1K-- Furst & Bradlev Plows. NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOT, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, colii.hkiin, iven. A new house, newly furnished. Good accommodations. Hoard by day or week at reasonable rates. ZaTMetM a Flrfct-Cla Table. Meals, 2Ti Cents. Lodgings 25 Cts 3S-2tf MILLINERY! MILLINERY! Mrs. M. S. Drake & Co., HAS JUST KECE1VED A LARGE STOCK OF FALL A"l WINTER MILLIIEBY IIS FASCY ; O 1 S3T A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EV KRYTIIING RELOKGING TO FlltST-CLASS MILLIX- ERY STORE.I Nebraska Avenue, two doors north of State Hank: 27-tf F. GERBER & CO., PKALGKS IX- FURNITURE, AND UNDERTAKERS. ft TABLES, Etc., Etc. -:o: GIYE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE ON SOUTH SIDE lttb ST., ' One door east of Ilcintz's drug store. CITY: Meat Market ! One door north of Post-office, NEBRASKA AVE., - ColaniliaM. -:o:- KKKP ALL KINDS OF Fresh and Salt Meats, ALSO SAUSAEE. rOVLTRY. FRESH FISH. Etc., in their season. :o: ISrCa.li paid Tor Hide, l.ard aad Elucoa. 542-x "WILL.T.KICKLY. H. B. MORSE IS STILL SELLING VM. SCIIILZ'S OLD STOCK At Cost! At Cost! AND HAS ADDED A Line of Spring Goods WHICH HE IS SELLING AT EASTERN PRICES. M. SCHILZ Can still be found at the old stand, where he continues to do all kinds of Custom Work and Repairing. BECKER & WELCH, 1-H0PEIETOES OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND HEAL. OFFICE, COL UMB US, NEB. Bums DRUGS, MEDICINES, Etc. DOWTY, MR ft CO., OP THE Columbus Drug Store, Have the pleasure of offering to their customers, in connection wiiu their complete line of DSV6S.FATEITHEDICIIES.ETC. A list of Proprietory articles not ex celled by any of the eastern manufacto ries. A few of the articles on our list are a tST A powerful alterative and blood purifier. D.W.& Go's Cough Syrup Concentrated Essence of Ja maica Ginger. - o- SASSAFEASSO, 3QT"The most wonderful remedy ever discovered for chap ped hands, lips, &e. OUR EQUINE POWDERS, J3J"For stock, are without an equal iu the market, and many others not here mentioned. All the above goods are warranted, and price will be refunded if satisfaction is not given. - 37-Sin WM. BECKER, DKALKK IX 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 Specialty. Qooda Delivered Free to nay part of the City. I AM ALSO AGENT FOK THE CEL EKKATKD COQUIIXARD Farm and Spring Wagons, of which I keep a constant supply on hand, but few their equal. In style and quality, second to none. CALL AND LEARN PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A.&N. Depot. STATE BANK, SaecMtorito flirurd k Km! ml Tvnir k Eolft. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000 DIRECTORS Lkander Gkhbard, Preset. Geo. W. Hulst Vice Preset. Julius A. Heed. . . Edward A. Gerhard. Abner Turner, Cashier. Baalc r Depeoit; bif,eRRl aad Exckaafe. Cellectlea a Preatptlr made ea all Palate. Pay laterewt ea Time Depos its. 274 IAG0IS! ! MEMS! END SPRINGS, PLATFORM SPRINGS, WHITNEY A BREWSTER SIDE SPRINGS. Light Pleasure and Business Wag ons ef 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 of Platte,Butler,Boone,Madlson,Merrick, Polk and York, for the celebrated C0KTLA1D WAG0H COMT'Y, of Cortland, New York, and that we are offering-these wagons cheapertb'an any other wagon built of same material, style and finish can be sold for in this county. 3f Send for Catalogue and Price-list. PIIII... CAIN, Columbus, Neb. 484-tf taoiiSrow arm ANDERSON & ROEN, BAE"KEES, ELEVENTH ST., COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. t3TDeposits received, and interest paid on time deposits. tSTPrompt attention given to collec tions and proceeds remitted on day of payment. VST Passage tickets to or from European points by best.lines at lowest rates. XSTUratts on principal points in Eu- REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS: First National Bank, Decorah, Iowa. Allan & Co., Chicago. Omaha National Bank, Omaha. First National Bank, Chicago. Kountzc Bros., N. Y. Dr. A. HEINTZ, DEALER IN DDES. MEDICIIES. CHEMICALS WINES, LIQUORS, Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUHEBY, Etc., Etc., And all articles usually kept on band 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 Pacilii R. R. Lauds for sale atfrom3.00to$10.0n per acre for cash, or on live or ten year 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 residenco lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate in Platte County. G33 COLUMBUS. NER. Hattl QnUMT Bi WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCEES! ALSO DEALERS IN Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Etc., and Country Produce of all Kinds. tii k went of flour al. ways kept on hand.. F.ORtTHE LEAST MONEY! JgTGoods delivered free of charge to any part of the city. Terras cash. Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets, Columbus, Neb. TTE5IRY CLASS, Manufacturer and dealer in . . w. v, -a. A v-7 a &. -. mtL IV"' -J t Wooden aid Metalie Bnrial Caskets All kinds and sizes of Kobe, 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., etci COLUMBUS, NEB. WKBER A KNOREL, AT THE 1 wmii W'imi i ' Oa Elereat 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 6 10 " Sausage, per lb., from 810 u "Special prices to hotels. 562-ly LAW, REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL COLLECTION. OFFICE W. S. GEEE. MONEY TO LOAN In small lots on farm property, time one to three years. Farms with some improvements bought and sold. Office for the present at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb. r t '473-s ' ' COLUMBUS Restaurant and Saloon! E. Di SHEEHaTJ; Priprieter. EETWholesale and Retail Dealerin For eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales. &TKentucky Whiskies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their seaso, by the case can or dish. Utk Street. Ss ktefDepet good GOODS BUSLHESS CASUS. pORKELlUS & SULLITAI, ATTOBNETS-AT-LA Wt Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street, Ab'ove the New bauk. T TOIIIW J. 91AUGIIAIV, 1 JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND NOTAAY PUBLIC, Platte Center, - - Nn. tt j. iiriMnm. -LA m.n 4- mm - "-" - -w i jx vj.a.Jtt j. uruJiJjifJ, 12th Street, 2 doers west or HaMaoad Homse, Columbus, Neb. 491-y P)- M. 1. THURSTON, HESIDENT DENTIST. Office over corner of 11th and North-st. All operations first-class and warranted. IHICAtiO HARDER SHOP! HENRY WOODS, Prop'r. J3TEvery thing in first-class style. Also keep the best of cigars. 51G-y II TcALLlSTER BROS A TTOBNE TSAT LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary Public. J. M. MACFARLAND. B. R. COWDERV, Atten7 isi "StAuy Patli:. CoUittw. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OF JOHN M. MACFABLAND, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. T ll.RUSCIIE, llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc., at the lowest possible prices. Repaid promptly attended to. TIT J. THOMPSON, NOTARY PUBLIC And General Collection Agent, St. Edicards, Boone Co., Neb. BYRON MILLETT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. KVKO ftllLLETT, Attorney; at law, coiumbus Nebraska. N. B. He will give close attention to all business entrusted .o him. 248. T OUIS SCHRE1BER, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kiuds of repairing done on short notice. Bungles, Wagons, etc., made to order, and all work guaranteed. aSTShop opposite the " Tattersall," Olive Street. ,2S Tf J. SCI1UG, M. B., PHYSICIAN AND SUBOEON, Columbus, Neb. Office Nebraska Avenue, opposite the Clother House, three doors north of Bank, up-stairs. Consultation in Ger man and English. JAMES PEARSALL IS PREPARED, WITH FIBST-CLASS APPA BATUS, To remove houses at reasonable rates. Give him a call. TOTICE TO TEACHERS. J. E. Moncrief, Co. Bupt., 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. and for the transactton of any other business pertaining to schools. f67-y Drs. MITCHELL & MARTYH, COLUMBUS mm i nil mwm, Surgeons O., N. & B. H. B. B., Ass't. Surgeons U. P. B'y, COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA. TUTT'S PILLS INDORSED BY PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDICAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. SYMPTOMS OP A TORPID LIVER. JjOMof ppetJte,Hqae,bcwel costive. Peio.intheHead,withadaUeenaetionin the pack pert, JPein under the ahonMer blede. fullnees after eating, with e didE clination to exertion of body or mind. Irritability of temper. Iiow epirite. Jjoai of memory, with a feeling of Bering neg lected eome-dntyr wearineei. Dumneea. ITntterGut of the Heert, .Pom before the eyes, xeuow oxin. u eaoeene, iteaueee- nees ex xugnt, nigiuy colored urine. -. a ' r- - J ijHne nr thxr WAHTjrei ah wvhzeded, SERIOUS DISEASES WTU SOON IE DEVELOPED. IU ITS nLU ere especially adapted to iBcbeaseefonedoee effects aHCacBaage ef feeling a to aatoaUfc tee sufferer. They faereaee the Appetite, aad cmuae the body to Take mm Fleah. Uioe the ayitem is eewtahceLand by thelrTaale Aesieaoa tbe BlgiaStTe SEraM. Meaalai eeeele arepro dnced. Price 2 cecta. Se array at H.T: TUTT'S HAIR DYE. Ghat Haib orWrama caanged to a Otoesr Black by a alngle eppiicaUoa of this DTK. It Imparts a natural color, acta lastantaneooflr. Soldby DrnggitU, or Mot by ezprea on receipt of f l. Office, 35 Murray St., Mew York. wltltth atacAi. r raaMr iinntta ee THE MYSTERY OF THE VILLAGE. Iq tbe southern part of France, about seventy miles from the Medi terranean, is a place called T . It ib now hardly more than a small town, and possesses not above a thousand inhabitants ; but ic the lat ter part of the last century it was more than ten times its present size, and its church, now in ruins, was then one of the most beautiful ever seen in that part of the country. This church was finished in tbe year 1795, and was, for a long time, Ihe great object of curiosity for miles' around. It was of tbe Gothic and Romanesque style of architecture, and was not only finely proportion ed on the interior, but had, within, a magnificence of decoration that as tonished one more and more, the longer he gazed upon it. The church, unlike some of the older ones standing at that time, had a magnificent organ. This had been paid for by separate subscription, raised in Email sums by the common people, and, having been built by skillful workmen in Bordeaux, was at length set up in the church amid considerable enthusiasm and excite ment. But who should play this grand in strument ? How should a competent organist be selected ? The people were greatly interested in the matter, and discussed itou the corner of the rues, in the brasseries. or taverns, and for a period of six or eight weeks you might be sure, if you saw more than two people talk ing earnestly together, that they were deliberating upon tbe choice of an organist. Siuco the people, both high and low, bad so freely contributed for the purchase of the organ, it was thought very proper that they should be allowed to Choose a person to play it. And the decision being thus left to the multitude, the most feasible plan that was suggested was that all should go, on an appointed day, to the church, and should then listen to the playing of the various candidates. There were, in all, nearly a score of aspiring musicians in and uearthe town, and each of these, hoping for a favorable decision for himself, gave no end of little suppers and parties, so that the influential ones among the townsmen fared sumptuously from all. But out of the entire number there were two, between whom the choice really lay. These were Baptiste La- combe and Raoul Tegot. The former of these bad lived in the town only five years. lie had come from Bruges, so he said, and although ho astonished everybody by bis skill, he had not been liked, from the first. lie was very reserv ed and parsimonious, and his eye never met, frankly, the person with whom he talked. But no harm was known of him, and he found in Tranteigue plenty of exercise for his art. Raroul Tegot, on the contrary, was a native of tbe town ; and, together with his young son. Francois, was beloved by all. lie bad married one of the village maidens, and had been so inconsolable at her death, which occurred when Francois was a baby, that he never thought more of mar riage; but devoted himself to his child and his art. He was certainly a very able mu sician, and, being so universally liked, many people urged that a pub lic performance be dispensed with, and that he be elected at once. But although Baptiste Lacomb was not liked, h skill fouud many admirers ', and, besides, it was flattering to the worthy country folk to think of sit ting solemnly in judgment at the great church ; and so the proposed plan was adhered to. Finally, the weeks of anticipation came to an end, the appointed day was at band, and according to the arrangements previously made, at nine o'clock in tbe forenoon, the three great doors of the church were swung open and tbe throng, orderly and even dignified, entered and fill ed the edifice. The seats, which, in French churches and cathedrals, are mova ble, had all been taken away, and the crowd quite filled tbe whole space. All male inhabitants of the town who were over twenty years of age were to vote, and each, the town-officials and tbe poorest artisan alike, had one ballot. The great and beautiful organ took up nearly the whole of tbe large gal lery over the entrance and extended up and into tbe clear-story until it was mingled with tbe supporters of the roof. In tbe organ-loft the candidates were crowded together in eager ex pectation, and the glances that pass ed from one to another were not the kindliest. Each of them bad been allowed several bonrs, at some time during tbe week, for practice on the instrument, and each doubtless con sidered himself deaerviug of the position. Presently, when all was still, Mon seigneur Jules Emile Gautier, a very learned gentleman of the town, who had been chosen for that purpose, ascended two steps of the stairway which curved up and around the richly carved pulpit, and announced the name of tbe person who was to begin. I' should not be able to give, in detail, tbe progress of the trial, for the .history of the affair ia, not !minJjitamay,e -werHtTed.-ao j'flaah ute enough for that. But snffice it to say, that the last name on the list was Raoul Tegot ; and the name im mediately preceding iCwan that of Baptiste' Lacombe. At length, in his turn, Monsieur Lacombe, his iron-gray hair disor dered, his bands rubbing together nervously, and his eyes flashing as was afterward remarked upon with a malicious fire, stepped forward and along to the organ-seat, and, for a few moments, arranged his stops. Then he began lightly and deli cately, creeping up through the var ied registers of the noble instrument, blending the beautiful sounds into wonderful combinations, now and then working in a sweet melody, and then again upward until the grand harmonies of the full organ rolled forth. There was something myste rious and awe-inspiring in the efibrt. It seemed to tbe people that they had never heard music befote. The music ceased. The people came back to their prosaic selves again, looked in each other's faces, and said, with one breath : 'Won derful !' Gradually they recovered their sober judgment, and then, mingled with the murmurs of admiration were heard the remarks, 'That is fine, but Raoul Tegot will make us forget it I' 'Yes, wait until you hear Raoul Tegot !' Soon MonsoignenrGantier ascend ed tbe two steps of the pulpit and called the name of their kind, gener ous townsman. All waited breathlessly. All eyes were turned toward the organ-loft. The musicians there looked around and at each other. But poor Raoul Tegot could not be seen. Where was he ? The people wait ed and wondered, but be did not come. Monsieur Baptiste Lacombe was greatly excited, and was wiping the perspiration from his heated face. 'Perhaps he was afraid to come,' he ventured to remark to a man near him, at the same time looking out of a window. Several noticed his agitation, but they ouly said, 'Ah, Mon Dieu, how he did play ! No wonder that he is nervous.' The disquiet aud confusion in the nave and aisles increased. A mes senger bad been sent to look for the missing man, but he could not be found. What was to be done? Finally, some friends of Monsieur Lacombe made bold to urge his im mediate election, declaring that he had far surpassed all competitors; and they even hinted at cowardice on the part of Raoul Tegot. This insinuation was indignantly denied by Tegot's friends, who were very numerous but helpless; they knew their friend too well to believe him capable of such conduct. He was, they said, probably detained somewhere by an accident. But wherever be was, he was not present ; and when a vote was taken, hastily, by a showing of band9, Mon sieur Badtiste Lacombe had ten times as many ballots as any other person, and, of course, poor Mon sieur Tegot, not having competed, was not balloted for at all. The people dispersed to their homes, some iu vexation" that their favorite' bad not appeared, others in a little alarm at his strange absence. Young Francois Tegot had not seen his father since earjy morning, and could not conjecture where he might be. The next day the missing organist did not appear, and his friends be gan to inquire and to search for him. But thay were wholly unsuccessful. A little boy said that he had 6een him go into the church with Mon sieur Lacombe early that morning; but Monsieur Lacombe said, very distinctly and with some vehemence that the missiug man had left tbe church an hour later to go to a cot tage at the edge of the town, where he was to give a lesson in singing. So the affair lay wrapt in mystery. There were many surmises, but nothing definite was known. A few expressed suspicion of the rival can didates, but the suspicion was too great to be thrown rashly upon any body. Tbns no progress in the in quiry was made. A human life did not mean bo much in those stormy days after tbe Revolution as. for merly, and tbe mysterious disappear ance, without being in the least cleared up, gradually faded from men's minds and passed out of their conversation. Months and years passed away, and nothing was kaown of the young man. His son now come to the years of Boanhood,alwaystdeclared that his father would not have been absent from the.-trial willingly, and he firmly believed-that he had met with a violent death. More than this be, would not say ; but some times when he looked toward Mon sieur Baptiste Lacombe still- the respected organist of the- church meauingly. Thero was to be a grand fete in tbe church, and a great preparation was made. As the organ needed repairs, it was decided to repair it thorough ly; and one of the builders from Bordeaux was sent for. He was to come on Thursday ; but be chanced to arrive the day before, and was to begin work early the following morning. That night a light glimmered out of the darkness of the gallery of the church. Two days passed. The repairing of the organ went on, but there was much to be done and it might take a week. One afternoou, as Francois passed through the center of the vil lage, two men came hurriedly out of tbe towu-house and hastened awa toward the church. It was the organ-builder, very much excited, and one of the officials of the town. The young man, venturing on his well-known skill as an organist, fol lowed them; and the three entered the building. A few worshipers were at the great altar, and the sacred edifice seemed uiiusuall quiet and peaceful. The organ-builder seemed too agi tated to answer the questions that the town official asked him, but led the way quickly to the organ-loft. 'Put your foot on that pedal!' he said, excitedly, pointing to a partic ular one of the scale. The official was too bewildered to comply, and Francois did it for him. 'Now try the next one !' said he. Francois did so, but no sound came; only a queer, intermittent rumbling' like a bounding and re bounding. 'It does not sound said the organ builder. 'Follow me and I will show you why.' 'It never has sounded since the great trial-day, years ago,' muttered the young man. But he followed on. They clambered up a rickety stair case, a 6till more rickety ladder, and came to a platform at a level with tbe top of the organ ; and all around them, reaching up out of the dim light below, were the open pipes. Passing hurriedly around on a nar row plank to tbe back of tbe organ, their agitated guide paused before a row of immense pedal pipes, and without allowing his own eyes to look, he held the light that he car ried for the others. Both looked down into the caver nous tube that he indicated, and both started back in surprise and fear. 'It is a man's legs!' gasped the frightened town official. After the first moment of surprise had passed, they began to get bark their wits ; and the young man ad vised that they send for several strong men and lift out the pipe. This seemed sensible, and iu a half hour tbe men were at hand and the pipe was drawn down to the level of the organ-loft and laid horizontally. The workmen had been informed of the nature of their work, and all were under intense excitement. The pipe was very long, and the body was at least five feet from the top. One of the workmen reached in a pole having a hook at the end, and the next minute drew forth the dead body of the sinister old organ ist, Baptiste Lacombe. There was a pause of silent horror. Nobody cared particularly for the dead man, but tbe manner of his death was terrible. 'How did it happen?' whispered one. 'Perhaps it was suicide,' answered another. They began to more closely exam ine the large tube. Francois Tegot, who, although thus far cooler than the others, now seemed unable to stand, pointed to the band of the dead man, which was tightly clench ed upon a small cord. One of the workmen approached, aud with some difficulty drew out the line; and a new thrill ot expectation went thro' tbe silent company when they saw, attached to the end of the Hue, an old leather bnndlc covered with dust. Young Tegot now seemed to mas ter' himself by a greet effort, and motioning the workman back, he advanced, and, lifting the bag ten derly out into a more convenient position, he ciirl, solemnly, as if to himself, I have long pusprcted some thing was wrong, and now I shall know.' -.Then he examined tbe bag, and at length took from bis pocket a knife and carefully cut open one side. Despite the fact that be.expected the revelation that now came, he started a little back, for the opening revealed a piece of cloth, a coat, which even tbe town official could recollect to be the coat of tbe long lost organist, Raoul Tegot, Francois father. The young man stepped back and sank again into his seat, and the others, coming forward, laid the bag quite open, and drew forth a watch and an embroidered vest ; in a pock et of the coat was found a purse. 'Here is on odd treasure,' said one of the .workmen, holding up a locket of dull gold. Fraucois seized it and opened it. The color forsook his face and his eyes filled with tears. He simply said: My mother.' The town official now whispered to tho surprised organ-builder that the villainous Lacombe had killed poor Tegot on the morning of the trial, and bad secreted the body ia some unknown place and hidden the valuables here. Frightened by the fear of discovery, ho bad attempted to remove the treasures, and had fallen into the pipe and hud thus met a horrible death. 'There is nothing secret,' said Francois, 'but shall bo revealed. Sin is it.i own detector, and its secrets cannot rest. The excitement among the towns people was for many days even greater than it had bocn at the time of Tegot's disappearance, and many and bitter were the reproaches heap ed upon the wicked organist's mem ory. Francois was immediately chosen organist, and held the position dur ing his entire life. Youth's Companion. A Predcet Yankee Coaataale. Mr. Elijah Hitchcock was a Con necticut constable, whose character was under scrutiny. Deacon Solo mon Rising wns inquired of about him. 'Deacon Solomon Rising," said the questioner, "do you think Mr. Hitchcock is au honest man? Very promptly "Oh, no, sir! Not by any means." "Well, do you think he is a mean man?" "Well, with regard to that," said the deacon, a little more deliberate ly. "I may say that I don't really think he is a mean man; I've somo thiuk thought he was what you might call a keerlul a prudent man." "What do you mean by a prudeut man ?' "Well I mean this; that one time he bad an execution for fouf dollars agaiust the old Widdow Witter, back here, and he went up to her house aud levied on a flock of ducks. He chased them ducks one at a time, rouud the house pooty much all day ; and every time he catched a duck he'd set right dowu and ring his nock aud charge mileage ; and his mileage 'mounted to more than the debt. Notbin' mean about it, as I know of, but I always thought after that, that Mr. Hitchcock was a very prudent man. Tfce Otraerxhip of Water melttBM. Who ever heard of any one being punished for stealing a watermelon ? It was tried once in Teunesee, three or four years ago. Good old Judge Frazier, of the Davidson aud Ru therford Circuit, was presiding; an unlucky negro was the prisoner; a very young lawyer was defending him ; twelve good men and true were in the box. Thero was no donbt that the prisoner bad stolen the mclen ; the proof against him was as clear as noonday. Tho at torney called no witnesses whatever, but simply arose and said : m "May it please your Honor and gentlemen of the jury, my client is charged with stealing a watermelon. He does not deny it. But this is a new crime for our courts. I have stolen watermelons myself ; the chances are that your Honor has stolen water melons ; and, gentlemen, I'll agree to Bet 'em up if there is a man on that jury who hasn't stolen a watermel on 1" The Judge jerked up his head, took off his spectacles, and looked with a startled but smiling stare upon the young scamp ; the jurors nudge'd each other aud snickered, the spectators guffawed; but it is needless to say that the brief argu ment for the defendant was a suc cessful one with the honest jury man. Ltfuisville Courier-Journal. No, young man, it doesn't hurt yon a particle to sow your wild oats. Go ahead aud sow as many as you wish. But its tbe gathering in of the crop that will make you howl. And you have to gather it,. too. If you don't it gathers you, and one is a great deal worse thau the other. Go oc and sow your wild oats, but keep away from thU offke during harvest time. Burlington Uawkeye.