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lars. Legal adertlsements at statute
rates. "Editorial local notices" fifteen
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VOL. XII.-N0. 43.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1882.
WHOLE NO. 615.
THE JOURNAL.
18 ISSUED KVKKY WEDNKSDAY, "
M. K. TURNER & CO.,
Proprietors and PublUheri.
0 o ( u m ti tt s
ionpai
9-
"Office, on 11th street., up stairs in
Journal building.
Tbrms Per year, $2. Six months, $1.
, Three months ,50c. Single copies, Re.
ADVERTISEMEHTS.
HENRY LUERS,
"BLACKSMITH
- AND
Wagon Maker,
Kkop r Foundry, south of A. & N. Depot.
" AH kinds of wood and iron work on
" Wagons, Buggies, Farm Machinery, &c.
Keep: on hands the
TIMPKEN SPRING BUGGY,
and other eastern buggies.
ALSO, THE
Furst & Bradlev Plows.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
8. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COLlJItllllJS, IVEB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
BarBets a Flrt-ClaxM Table.
Meals, 25 Cents. Lodgings 25 Cts
38-2tf
MILLINERY! HHfflflff!
Mrs. M. S. Drake & Co.,
HAS .JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
STOCK OF
FALL AftD WIIVTEK
MILLI1EIY AID FAICY
ETA FULL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTH1NG BELONGING TO
FIRST-CLASS MILLIN
ERY STOIlE.gj
Nebraska Avenue, two doors north of
State Bank:
27-tf
F. GERBER & CO..
DKALKKS IN
FURNITURE,
AND UNDERTAKERS.
teals,
j JLTUUWIUUUWJ UU1UUUUJ
TABLES, Etc., Etc.
GIVE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE
ON SOUTH SIDE 11th ST.,
One door east of ileintz's drug store.
Meat Market I
One door north of Post-ofllcc,
NEBRASKA AVE., - Colamba.
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KEKl" ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Salt Meats,
ALSO-
SABSAGE. P80LTBY, FBESH FISH.
Etc., in their enon.
23rCnii paid for Hide. Lard
aad ltacoa.
542-X
WILL.T. RICKLY.
H. B. MORSE
IS STILL SELLING WM. 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 Uill be found at the old stand,
where he continues to do
all kinds of
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH,
raOMUETORS OS
SHELL CREEK KILLS.
MANUFACTURERS WHOLE.
BALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMB US, NEB.
DRUGS, MEDICINES, Etc.
DOWTT, WEAVER k CO.,
OP THE
Columbus Drug Store,
Have the pleasure of offering to their
customers, in connection with
their complete Hue of
OBUBS.FATEIT HEDICIIES. ETC.
A list of Proprietory articles not ex
celled by any of the eastern manufacto.
ries. A few of the articles on our
liat are
TA powerful alterative and
blood purifier.
D.W.&Co's Cough Syrup
Concentrated Essence of Ja
maica Ginger.
JSTThe most wonderful remedy
ever discovered for chap
ped hands, lips, &c.
our equi powder
BSTFor stock, are without an
equal in the market, and
many others not here
mentioned.
All the above goods are warranted, and
price will be refunded if satisfaction is
not given. 7-3m
WM. BECKER,
DEALKR IX ALL KINDS OF
FAMIY GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON II AND
a well selected stock.
Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Specialty.
(SoodN Delivered Free to aB)
pnrt of the City.
1 AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL-
EIIIUTKl)
COQUIXLARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant supply on
hand, but few their equal. In stjle
and quality, second to none.
CALL AND LEARN PRICES.
Cor. Thirteenth and JC Streets, near
A.&N.Dejot.
STATE BANK,
Sseeunrito Qinxri s Beel sal Tirtir s Edit.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTORS
Lkaxdkr Gebrahd, Pres'l.
Geo. W. Huxst Vice Pres't.
Julius A Reed.
Edward A. Gerrard.
Abxer Turner, Cashier.
Baik of Deposit. Miscount
aad Exchange.
Collection Promptly Made on
all Points.
Pay latereHt on Time Depos
it. 274
WA&QIS! BDGBIES ! WAG01S!
END SPRINGS,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
WHITNEY A BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Pleasure and Business Wag
ons of all Descriptions.
"We are pleased to invite the attention
of the public to the fact that we have
just received a car load of Wagons and
Buggies of all descriptions, and that we
are the. sole agents for the counties of
Platte,rButler,Boone,Madison, Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
C0ETL AND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
offering these wagons cheaper than any
other wagon built of same material,
style and finish can be sold for in this
county.
"j2""TSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
taoMSyiiSarsiipH
PHIL. CAIX,
Columbus, Neb.
m-tt
ANDERSON & ROEN,
BAXKEES,
ELKVKXTH ST.,
CObUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
ZZTDeposits received, and interest paid
on time deposits.
TSfPrompt attention given to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
TCZTPassage tickets to or from European
points by best lines at lowest rates.
TST Drafts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank, Decorah, Iowa.
Allan v. Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Bank, Omaha.
First National Bank, Chicago.
Kountze Bros., N. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IN
DREGS. HEDICIIES. CHEMICALS
WI3TES, LlQVORi,
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 Facific, and Midland Pacific
R. It. Laudt. for sale atfrom$3.00to$10.00
per acre for cash, or on five or ten years
time, iu annual payments to suit pur
chaxers. We have also a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also business and
residence lots- in the city. We keep a
complete abstractor title to all real es
tate in Platte Couaty.
633
COLUMBUS. NEB.
Hbim QaiaicH i BlL
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
GBOCEKS!
ALSO DKALKKS IS
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Etc.,
and Country Produce of
all Kinds.
THE KEKT OF FLOUR AL
WAYS KEPT OX HAND.
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY!
jSTGoods delivered free of charge to
any part of the city. Terms cash.
Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets,
Columbus, Neb.
TTEIVRY OAHM,
Manujacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Metalic Burial Casket
All kinds and sizes of KebeH, 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.
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND GENERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
W.S.GEER
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.
473-x
COLUMBUS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
jSTWholesale and Retail Dealerin For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
3T Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltTa Street. So kt ef Depot
Drs. MITCHELL ft MARTY,
COLUMBUS
UEDICiL I 'Mm MML
Surgeons O., N. C B. H. R. R.,
Asst. Surgeons U. P. R'y,
COLUMBUS,
- -NEBRASKA.
Gill
GOODS
flfiP
BUSINESS CARDS.
pOBNELIUS A SULLIVAN.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, lltb street,
Above the New bank.
JOHN J.nAIJGHAil,
JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Platte Center,
Nkb.
TT J. HUDSON,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
12th Street, 2 doors west of HanMond Hosts,
Columbus, Neb.
491-y
Tyt. 91. ! THURSTON,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of lltb and North-st.
All operations first-class and warranted.
O
IHICAttO BARBER SHOP!
HENRY WOODS, Prop'r.
t3TEvery thing in first-class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 516-y
A rcALLlSTER BROS.,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
J. M. MACFARLAND, B. R. COW DKKY,
AtUrsijisdHoUryPaSHs. Collictw.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
JOHNM. MACFARLAND,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
C II.RUSCHE,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets. Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
M.
J. THOMPSON,
NOTARY PUBLIC
And General Collection Agent,
St. Edwards, Boone Co., Neb.
BYRON MILLETT,
Justiceofthe Peace and
Notary Public.
BYRON MILLETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus
Nebraska. N. B. ne will give
close attentiou to all business entrusted
to him. 248-
T OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
J-Shop opposite the " Tattersall,"
Olive Street. J2-'
F
J. SCHUG, 91. ..
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Columbus, Neb.
Office N ebraska Avenue, opposite the
Clother House, three doors north of
Bank, up-tairs. Consultation in Ger
man and English.
TAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give him a call.
lyOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrief. 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, and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. C67-y
WILLIAM RYAN,
DEALER IN
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
tdtTSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on hand.ERll
Eleventh St., Columbus, Neb.
TUTT'S
PILLS
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Ijo of appetite Jfaneea-bowehi costive.
Pain in tneHaad,with anil eeneationln
the beck pert. Pain under the ehonlder
blede. rollneei after eating, with e dSuT-
"1'nt!" yertto11 q? Poay o mlntL"
Irritability of temper. Iiow pirtte. Xoee
of memory, with afeenng of having neg
lected eome dnty. wearlneei. PUnlneeg;
ITntiefak of the Heart. Dote before the
eyee. Yellow Bkln. HeadaeheBeetleae.
tilkai
neaa at night, highly colored urine.
ZFTHSBWASSIVQIAlEinnrXEDZD,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
lUl'l'f PILLS ere eapecimlly adapted to
each casea,oae dote efeeete eebechaage
of feeling as to aatoBlah the sufferer.
Tasy Iaereeee tke ArpvMIc and esnae ta
body to Take ricah. Urns tb ysttm la
nwbhcCuid by tbelrToatle Aetleaon the
Igeetlve wrgaas. Beawlar Utaals arspro
daced. Price S cents. Si M array St a.T.
TUTT'S HAIR DYE.
Orat Haib or Whtbkxss changed to aOLossT
Black by a single sppUcaUon of tals Dtk, It
imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneoasly.
Sola by Dragguu, or Mot by txprM oe reetlpt of l.
Office, 35 Murray St New York.
m Br. Terra bascal tt timu i
IMbl lmlS K W i
OETHSEMANE.
In golden youth, when seems the earth,
A summer land for golden mirth,
When sons are glad and hearts are light,
And not a shadow lurks in sight.
We do not know It, but there lies
Somewhere, veiled under evening skies,
A garden all must sometime see,
Getbsemane. Gethsemane,
Somewhere his own Gethsemane.
With joyous steps we go our ways,
Love lends a halo to the days.
Light sorrows sail like clouds, afar,
We laugh and say how strong we are.
We hurry on, and hurrying, go
Close to the border land of woe
That waits far you and waits for me,
Gethsemane, Getbsemane,
Forever waits Getbsemane.
Down shadowy lanes, cross stranger
streams,
Bridged over by our broken dreams,
Behind the misty cape of years.
Close to the great salt fount bf tears,
The garden lies; strive as you may
You can not miss it in your way.
All paths that have been or shall be
Pass somewhere through Geth
semane! All those who journey, soon or late
Mustpass within the garden's gate;
Must kneel alone in darkness there
And battle with some fierce despair.
God pity those who can not say
"Not mine, but thine;" who only pray,
"Let this cup pass," and cannot see
The purposes of Getbsemane,
Gethsemane. Gethsemane,
God help us through Gcthi-emane.
Ella Wheeler.
MY UNCLE'S SECRET.
'Above all avoid two things,' said
Uncle Richard it was our last even
ing together before my departure for
college, and ray venerable uncle, who
bad supplied the place of father to
me ever since my earliest recollec
tion, was giving me bis parting ad
vice 'never gamble and never fight
a duel.'
Both vices were sufficiently preva
lent then to render such counsel to a
young man leaving home, less super
fluous tbau it might appear at
present.
'I am very anxious to impress this
injunction,' he continued, after a
thoughtful pause, 'and can think of
no better mode of doing so than by
relating an incident of my early
manhood, which has left its shadow
on my whole life since.'
I bad long surmised that some
mystery enshrouded Uncle Richard's
youth. On a certain day every year
he would shut himself in bis room
from morn till evening, and when
he reappeared bis face would wear a
look so saddened that it was easy to
perceive that be had been commun
ing with some secret sorrow.
On one of these occasions, when
he had forgotten to lock the door as
usual, T suddenly entered his cham
ber. He wa9 seated with his elbow
on the table, supporting bis fore
head with bis left hand, and gazing
intently on a miniature held in his
right.
He looked up quickly at my en
trance, and I shall never forget the
intensely painful expression of bis
features, while great tears were
coursing down his furrowed cheeks.
With a hurried apology I with
drew, and heard Uncle Richard turn
the key behind me.
'Was uncle ever married?' I in
quired of Aunt Rachel, who kept
house for him, and to whom I relat
ed what I had seen.
'Never,' she replied.
'I wonder whose picture it was I
remarked, seeking to draw out some
thing that might satisfy my curi
osity. But Aunt Rachel knew nothing of
any picture. She had married
young, and while ber husband lived
she and Uncle Richard resided far
apart, and of that period of bis life
she knew but little. She only knew
it was connected with some hidden
grief which he bad always shrunk
from alluding to and concerning
which she felt it would pain him to
be questioned.
'I was several years older than
you are at present,' 6aid Uncle Rich
ard, 'when I went to spend a winter
in New Orleans, a city whose fash
ionable gaieties to say nothing of
their attendant vices were then un
rivalled outside of Paris.
'One evening curiosity prompted
me to visit a noted gaming-house
an establishment frequented by the
card-playing elite. I had nothing of
the gambler in my disposition, but
bad heard so much of such places,
and of the magnificent style in which
they were conducted, that I wished
to see and judge for myself.
'Not desiring to appear a mere in
truder, I sat down at one of the
tables, intending to risk a few dol
lars as a sort of admission fee. Op
posite sat two young men one was
fair complexioned, and prepossess
ingly handsome; the other dark,
with sinister eyes that glanced fur
tively from beneath a pair of heavy,
black eyebrows.
'I lost several stakes successively,
my dark-faced tM-a-vw as uniformly
winning. I felt a little piqued at
what I imagined was a covert sneer
as he pocketed bi6 gains.
'I put down a heavier wager, and
this time detected my successful ad
versary in the act of 'slipping' a card.
I rose excitedly, and openly taxed
bim with cheating.
'In an instant all was in an up
roar. Before it had subsided I felt
a touch on the arm, and looking
around, found myself confronted by
the object of my accusation, of whom
I bad lost sight in the confusion.
'I demand immediate satisfaction,'
be said, in a tone low enough to
avoid attracting notice.
'I owe none to a cheat and swind
ler,' I replied, shaking off bi9 band
with unconcealed disgust.
'Perhaps you will not refuse it to
me,' interposed the fair-faced youth,
who had been the other's companion
at the table.
'A glance at the speaker's counte
nance convinced me that, however
questionable his present associations,
he was a gentleman, and that he be
lieved the charge against his com
rade groundless.
'I have no cause of quarrel with
you,' I said, 'unless you choose to
make one.'
'I choose to discover one be re
plied. 'That gentleman is my recog
nized associate and friend. There
fore your aspersion of him reflects
directly on myself.'
'1 disclaim any such reflection,' I
returned.
'Your disclaimer cannot alter the
fact,' he rejoined with something of
hauteur. 'I insist on your meeting
either bim or me unless, indeed,
prudential motives should decide
you to decline.'
'I was already too. much irritated
to be conciliatory.
'Very well,' I said, 'be it as yon
will.'
'At that moment I saw a gentle
man standing near with whom I bad
partial acquaintance, and beckoning
bim to me, explained what had oc
curred, requesting him to represent
me in the affair, which he consented
to do.
'A whispered consultation, held
apart, between this gentleman and
one selected by the challenger, re
sulted in an arrangement for an im
mediate meeting with pistolB. This
was thought preferable to deferring
the affair till morning, as the pub
licity of the altercation at the card
table, might lead to official interrup
tion ; and in the clear moonlight of
that bright southern night a duel
with fire arms was as practicable as
in the open day.
'A surgeon, also, was secured ; and
quiet by this time having been re
stored, we withdrew separately to
avoid observation, and started for
the rendezvous agreed upon, my
friend and I walking a little behind
the others.
'If I fall,' I heard my adversary
say to his friend, 'I waut you to
write to'
'I fell back to avoid hearing what
was evidently not intended for other
ears.
'I would gladly omit the recital of
what followed. Let me hasten over
it as rapidly as possible.
'At a retired spot near the river we
took our places. The word was
given, and we fired together.
'A quick, sharp, burning pain shot
like a flash athwart my temple. I
raised my hand involuntarily, and
felt the roughened ridgo left on the
abraded skin by the bullet that had
so nearly pierced my brain.
'An exclamation drew my atten
tion to my adversary. He lay stretch
ed upon the ground, the surgeon and
his second bending over bim.
'Instantly every feeling but that of
solicitude for his condition was ban
ished from my mind. I hurried to
his side. A deathly pallor had al
ready overspread his face, and the
blood was slowly trickling from a
wound in bis uncovered breast.
'Forgive me,' I said, stooping to
take bis band ; 'I should have more
firmly resisted being drawn into a
quarrel with one against whom I
bore no grudge.'
'I was wrong to force it on you,'
he replied, speaking slowly and with
difficulty.
'With a smile he feebly returned
the pressure of my hand. Then bis
fingers stiffened, the upturned eyes
became glassy, and the pale features
fixed and rigid. I knew I bad
thenceforward to answer to my con
science for a fellow-creature's life.
'It was with very different feelings
I approached my home from those
with which I had left two months
before. Then I was looking forward
with buoyant hopes and spirits, to
the end of the brief period to elapse
before my wedding with Alice Lock
wood. I was returning now to claim
the fulfillment of her promise. I
ought to have felt supremely happy
would have done so but for the
ever-haunting thought that the band
about to clasp hers at the altar was
stained with blood.
'I resolved that Alice should be
the first to whom I would unburtben
my troubled conscience. If any one
could soothe and bring it peace, it
was she.
'They told me she was lying ill
very ill when I reached the door.
'Tell her I have come,' I said it
was all I could articulate.
'The messenger soon returned and
conducted me to her bedside, by
which a group of anxious, weeping
friends were assembled. And, oh!
how like were ber pallid features to
those I had looked upon in the
moonlight on that fatal night.
'She looked up at my approach,
smiled sweetly, and reached out her
hand, which I took eagerly.
I must leave you, Richard,' she
said, faintly. 'I must go to my poor
dear brother. They will tell you
how cruelly be was murdered. You
never saw him ; but here is his pic
ture that I have kept by my pillow.
Take it it will help remind you ol
me, for we were very verj alike.
But hark! he calls me! I must
go!'
'And the gentlest, purest spirit
that ever animated mortal clay took
its heavenward flight !
'From the dear face, still beautiful
in the repose of death, my eyes wan
dered to the picture in my hand. A
half-suppressed cry rose to my lips.
It was that of the fair youth the
voice of whose blood 'crying from
the ground' was never more to cease
ringing in my ears!
'Thank God !' rose the prayer from
my anguished soul, 'she died with
out knowing whose was the cruel
haud that crushed her tender, loving
heart !'
fVhstt a Forelsrster aaya f the
Hailed State.
Prof. R. P. Spice, President of the
Society of Engineers of London,
and a very intelligent and practical
Englishman, who has beeu traveling
over the United States, looking at
things with a practical eye, returned
to New York last week and was vis
ited by a reporter, who asked his
opinions on a great many subjects.
Some of his views arc interesting.
"Chicago," he says "is wonderful
in its trade, but seems to bo a city of
gambling and corners." Of the
Mormons and their capital he says :
"I wonder how they get immigrants
as they do; but I think their faith
will kill itself and be crushed out by
the younger generation. The sani
tary arrangements are really abom
inable, although everything exter
nally clean, and in a few years the
city will become a hot bed of fevers."
At San Francisco bis attention was
called to "the shockingly bad pave
ments of all the cities here, begin
ning at New York. It is not merely
dirt but the character of the paving.
In London we have used wood suc
cessfully, because it is laid in con
crete; but in Chicago they laid
wood in sand, which is simply fool
ish." Of British and American ag
riculture, be says: "We have had
five bad seasons in England, and the
sixth or last was also mad 6 unfavor
able by the rain. There is no ex
cessive dampness here, while in
Engl ud the weather has baffled ajr
ricult ire. I found the cost of send
ing a ushel of wheat from St. Lonis
20 cents and 17 cents from Chicago.
If the English farmer paid only a
pound a year rent he could not com
pete with American farming. Well
to-do people in England regard com
ing to America as they do transport
ation, but if they don't do this there
is nothing left but starvation." His
views on the subject of the electric
light are novel : "The more the
electric light is improved the more
gas property will thrive. The elec
tric light is not to be depended on
and is inapplicable to most interiors
and streets. It can be used forspc c
ial outsides or insides, as equares or
large rooms like the composing-room
of the London Times. These are ex
ceptional uses which will only in
crease the use of gas. People won't
go from very light squares or other
places into dark or feebly lighted
streets; and therefore the number
and force of gas jets must be in
creased." Enterprising men of Schuyler and
Colfax county, we advocate an or
ganization in the nature of a board
of trade here in Schuyler, and we
ask our public spirited men to give
this matter due consideration. There
are places in Nebraska, which, from
the character of recent developments,
seem to and to a certain extent do
tower up in the estimation of people
near and far as the only desirable
places to locate. This county and
town has advantages equal with
other couuties; in fact our water
power nas in the past given us more
flouring mills than any other county
in the State. We have all the ad
vantages that any other iuland town
in Nebraska has for material growth.
If we desire auother railroad outlet,
we can have it almost any time we
see proper to press the matter. But
there are other matters iu the way
of ludustiies which demand atten
tion, aud we need to do something
to attract and obtain a large percent
age of the capital and population
that is flowing into Nebraska.
Schuyler Herald.
If Id Yea Ever?
Did you ever see a bald-beaded
man who didn't have such a "beauti
ful head of hair" until "that fever,"
or that something or other, took
it off?
Did you ever see an old bachelor
who was not forever seeking for
marriage infelicities to reconcile
himself to his own lonely lot?
Did you ever think how much tho
great epic poets have to be, thankful
for to those who have taken the
trouble to separate the gold from tho
dross of their writings?
Did yon ever know an Irishman
who didn't thoroughly understand
the mysteries of "Forty-foives ?"
Did you ever know a German who
did not contrive to end every other
sentence with au "already ?"
Did you ever see a small boy so
wanting iu spirit that one diurnal
doubling-up throughout the summer
could effect a radical cure in his im
maturo fruit-eating proclivities?
Did you ever see a young lady
who would not rather hear her hus
band praised by a lady in the next
town than by the lady in the next
house?
Did you ever know a man who
habitually tills all he knows who
did not everlastingly repeat himself?
Did you ever know a man who
talked much of himself who did not
have a poor subject for bis conver
sation ?
Did you ever know a fool who
was aware that he was a fool ?
Did you ever think that you might
be thus oblivious as to yourself?
Did you ever seo another do tho
same thing three times without
thinking that you could do it much
better?
Did you ever know a swindled
man whose hurts wero not partially
beiled by hearing of another man
being swindled in the same maimer?
Did yon ever know a young lady
with a new and neatly fitting waist
who thought tho weather was cold
enough for a wrap ?
Did you ever see a man with large
feet who did not declare that his
boots were two sizes too big that ho
likes them easy, you kwow?
Did you ever think that men are
the biggest fools in creation, and
that the women enjoy the fun of let
ting them remain unconscious of it?
Did you ever see a young man
who carried a cane who would not
repel the insinuation ot lameness?
Did you ever see a drinker or
smoker who couldu't leave off at any
time, if he wanted to?
Did you ever think ? Boston Post.
Leara to Untie Stria Km.
One story of the eccentric Stephen
Girard says that he ouce tested the
quality of a boy who applied for a
situation by giving bim a match
loaded at both end?, and ordering
him to light it. The boy struck the
match, aud after it had burned about
half its length, threw it away. Girard
dismissed him because he did not
save the other end for future use.
The boy's failure to notice that the
match was a double end one wag
natural enough, considering bow
matches are generally made; but
haste and heedlessness (a habit of
careless observation) are responsible
for a great waste of property In the
world.
Said one of the most successful
merchants of Cleveland, Ohio, a day
or two since, to a lad who was open
ing a parcel, "-Young man. untie
those strings ; dou't cut them."
It was the first remark he had
made to a new employe. It was the
first lesson the lad had to learn, and
it involved the principles of success
or failure in business career. Point
ing to a well-dressed mau behind
the counter, he said :
"There is a man who always
whips out his scissors and cuts the
strings of the packages in three or
four places. He is a good salesman,
but he will never be anything more.
I presume he lives from band to
mouth, and I presume he Is more or
less in debt. The trouble with him
is that be was never taught to save.
"I told the boy just now to untie
the string, not so much for the value
of the string, as to teach bim that
everything is to be saved, and noth
ing wasted. If the idea can be firm
ly impressed upon the mind of 8
beginner in life that nothing was
made to be wated, you have laid
the foundation of success. Youth's
Companion.
A countryman who had selected &
seat at a theatre from which be could
obtain a good view of the stage, was
greatly discouraged when a young;
lady wearing a fashionable bat sat
down in frout of him. He bore the
iufliction in silence as long as he
could and then, bending forward
said politely : "Please, Mins, would
you be so kind as to lower yoor um
brella?" She lowered it amid the
applause of the auaience.
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