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ADVERTISEMEHTS.
VOL. XII.-N0. 45.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1882.
WHOLE NO. 617.
S
HENRY LITERS,
BLACKSMITH
ASD
"Wagon Maker,
Shop new Fomndrj. south of A. k X. Depot.
All kinds of wood and iron work on
"Wagons, Buggies, Farm Machinery, &c.
Keeps on hands the
TIMPKEN SPRING BUGGY,
and other eastern buggies.
ALSO, THE
Thirst & Bradlev Plows.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COLl'MRUS, NEB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
B3TSete a Flrwt-Clatw Tahle.
Meals, 25 Cents. Lodgings 25 Cts
3H-2tf
Mrs. M. S. Drake & Co.,
HAS Jl'ST -RKCE1VED A LARGE
STOCK OF
FALL ANi WI.KTKR
HIIUIERY MI FAICY
1ST A Fl'LL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTIUXG BELONGING TO
FIRST-CLASS MILLIN
ERY STORE.Jgl
Nebraska Avenue, two floors north of
Stare Hank.
27-tf
F. GERBER Si. CO.,
DKAI.F.RS IN-
FURNITURE,
AND UNDERTAKERS.
leads, B
TABLES, Etc., Etc.
GIVE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE
ON SOUTH SIDE 11th ST.,
One door east of Heintz's drug store.
CITY:
Meat Market !
One door north of Post-office,
NEBRASKA A VE., - ColasaoaK.
KEKP ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Salt Meats.
ALSO
SAUSA&E. FBULTBY. FRESH FISH.
Etc., in their season.
5TCa.h paid Tor ITIde, Lard
aid Bacoa.
542-x
WILL. T. RIGKLY.
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.
M. SCHILZ
Can still be found at the old stand,
where he continues to do
all ki7ids of
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH,
PKOFKHTOKS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS WHOLE-
8 AXE DEALERS IXC
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMB US, NEB.
DRUGS, MEDJCCS'ES, Etc,
DOffifilR' k CO.,
OF THK
Hare the pleasure -of offering to their
customers In "connection with
their complete line of
BBieS.FmiTHEBICIIES.ETC.
A list of Proprietory articles not ex
celled by any of the eastern manufacto
ries A few of the articles ou our
lifet are
a
A powerful alterative and
blood puritier.
D.W.& Go's Cough Syrup
Concentrated Essence of Ja
maica Ginger.
SAS8AFRASSO,
j3TThe most wonderful remedy
ever discovered for chap
ped hands, lip's, &c.
OUR EQUINE POWDERS,
JSTTor 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. 37-8m
WM. BECKER,
DKALKK 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
Specialty.
Goods Delivered Free to
part of the City.
aay
I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL
EBRATED COQUTLLARD
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, AMD LEARN PRICES.
Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near
A. AN. Depot.
STATE BANK,
Saeeuunto Otrard Stil ui Tanir Hnlit.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASE CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTORS
Leander Gerrard, Pres't.
Geo. W. Hulst Vice Pres't.
Julius A Reed.
Edward A. Gerrard.
Abxer Turner, Cashier.
Baak of Deposit, Dieceaat
aad Exckuge.
Cellec tloaN Promptly Hade oa
all Palate.
Pay latere! oa Tiaae DepeH
Its. 274
IMMS! BluSIES! MINIS!
END SPRINGS, f
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
WHITNEY & BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Plessare and Bisiiess 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 or ail descriptions, and that we
are the sole agents for the counties of
Platte, Butler, Boone, Madison, Merrick,
Polk aad York, for the celebrated
C0KTLA1D WAO0V COMFY,
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.
ETSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
hi, cain,
Columbus, Neb.
484-tf
CobfeOT Store,
GsiBoiiu Syrop sarsap
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ANDERSON & ROEN,
BANKEES,
CUCVXNTHBT.,
COLUMIUS, NEIRASKA.
&" Deposits received, and interest paid
on time deposits.
XSTPrompt attention given to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
iW Passage tickets to or from European
points by best lines at lowest rates.
1ST Drafts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank, Decorah, Iowa.
Allan & Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Bank, Omaha.
First National Banks Chicago.,
Kountze Bros., N. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DIALER in
isms, lUIIiliS. CHEMICALS
wines, UCfcUOMtS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS. : NEBRASKA
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific
R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00
per acre for caBh, or on five 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, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also business and
residence lots in the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
633
COLUMBUS, NEB.
Hems Qwmi BlL
WHOLESALH-& RETAIL
GKOCEKS!
ALSO DEALERS IX
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Etc.,
and Country Produce of
all Kinds.
THE BENT OF FLOUR AL
WAYS KEPT ON HAND.
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY 1
jSTGooda delivered free of charge to
any part of the city. Terms cash.
Comer Eleventh and Olive Streets.
Columbus, Neb.
TTENItY GAS!,
- Manufacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Metalic Bnrial Casket?
All kinds and sizes of Kofees, 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 PlateB, 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 Bold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb.
473-x
COLUMBUS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
5rWholesale nd Retail Dealerin For.
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
JST Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
llth Street, So at of Depot
Drt. lOTCHSLL MARTY,
COLUMBUS
uebiui i smm mm.
Surgeons O., N. B. H. B. B.,
Asst. Surgeons U. P. B"y,
COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA.1
GOOD
GOODS
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BU8IHESS CARDS.
pOMNELIUS SULLIVAN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
JOHN i. Jl Alien AN,
JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Platte Center, - - Neb.
TT J. HUUSON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
18th Street, 8 mh west of Haaaoad Basse,
Columbus, Neb. 491-y
B. 91. D. THURSTON,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations first-dab and warranted.
iMHICAtiO BAKBEK SHOP!
HENRY WOODS. Prop'r.
ygEverything in first-class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 516-y
-JITcALLlSTER BBOS.,
A TTORNEYS AT LA W,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
J. M. MACFA BLAND, B. R. COWDERY,
Atteniiy ul Hour PaMIe. Collictor.
LAW AKD COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
JOHN M. MACF ARLAND,
Columbus, - : : : Nebraska.
Tj H.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.
"If .T.THOMPSON,
NOTARY PUBLIC
And General Collection Agent,
St. Edwards, Boone Co., Neb.
BYRON MILLKTT,
Justiceof the Peace and
.Notary Public.
BYRON MILLETT,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus
A Wahrnsll. N. B. He Will 2iVL-
close attention to all business entrusted
to him. 248.
X OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of-repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
B3TShop opposite the " Tattersall,"
Olive Street. 2.r
rp J. SCHUG, 91. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUB6E0N,
Columbus, Neb.
Office Nebraska Avenue, opposite the
Clotber House, three doors north of
Bank, up-stairs. Consultation in Ger
man and English.
TAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARXD, WITH
FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give him a call.
1WTOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. B. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in bis office at the Court House
on the first Saturday of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. f6T-y
WILLIAM RYAN,
DKAL2R IN
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
(Fines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
ISTSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on hand.JPJ
Eleventh St., Columbus, Nib.
TUTTS
PILLS
INDORSED BY
raYSICIARS, CLERIYMEN, ANI
THE AFFLICTED EVEITWHEHE.
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
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MISTAKEN ECONOMY.
'We really mast economize some
where 1' said Obadlah, tugging wild
ly at bis whiskers.
'Yen, indeed,' said I, wringing my
handp,' 'we must! Bat I'm pure,
Oby, dear, we are neither of us ex
travagant. We mast eat, we must
drink, and we mast live!'
And Obadiah and I sat and looked
at each other in a sort of mild des
pair. We had only been married six
months, Obadiah and I. We were
very yonng both of as, and perhaps
we had begun the world too early.
Oar relations told us we hadn't any
business to marry ; but as their gra
tuitous opinions were all that they
had ever given us, or ever intended
to give as, we had not paid much at
tention to these utterances.
We had taken a little one-story
cottage, just on the high road, which
was let cheap, because there were
only two rooms and a kitchen to it.
But what did Obadiah and I want
with more than two rooms and a
kitchen ? I bad the furniture which
Grandmother Newcomb had given
me, and a rag carpet which my poor
mother had woven the winter before
she died. To be sore, our accom
modations were not extensive, but
we did not expect to bold fashiona
ble receptions or give large dinner
parties. Obadiah bad plenty of work in the
woolen factory, down by the depot,
and I hung out my little sign,
'Dressmaking and Millinery,' and
hoped that somebody would see it,
and come in and give me an order.
But no one came. I had plenty of
time after my housekeeping duties
were over in the morning, nnd
couldn't be always beeswaxing the
furniture, arranging the china cup
board, or polishing the windows.
(I wish I could get some dress
making to do!' said I, wistfully; for
Obadiah's earninga were small, and
T did so long for a dollar or two of
my own.
'Why don't you advertise in the
village paper?' said old Mr. Meggs.
Obadiah burst out langhing.
'Advertise !' said he. 'Why, what
on earth do you take us for, Mr.
Meggs? It costs a deal of money to
advertise.'
'It costs something, certainly,' said
Mr. Meggs, thoughtfully stroking
his chin ; 'but, then, it calls public
attention to the particular sort of
iron that you have in the fire.'
'A little local paper like that?'
said Obadiah, rather contemptu
ously.
'It's local custom your wife wants,
isu't it ?' said Mr. Meggs.
'And I never did think much of
newspapers,' added Obadiah.
So that settled the question ; and
afterward, when the foreman of the
woolen factory cut down all the
wages of the workmen twenty per
cent., and coal went op, and the win
ter set in hard and cold, and we be
gan to consider the question of how
and where we could economize, the
local newspaper was almost the first
thing upon which Obadiah settled.
'That, at least, is an unnecessary
extravagance,' said he.
I winced a little. The Boggsville
Herald had been my companion for
more lonely evenings than I cared
to remember.
'It's only a dollar and a half a year,
Obadiah,' said I ; 'and really it's a
very interesting little paper.'
'Just a dollar and a half a year too
much,' said my husbaud, curtly, 'The
subscription is just out. I'll tell 'em
we won't renew it. If you care so
much about it, Josie, you cau easily
borrow Mrs. Meggs' paper.'
I was sileut. I never could make
Obadiah understand the deep-rooted
aversion to 'borrowing' of any crea
ture whatever that I had inherited
from my mother.
So we cut down the weekly paper,
and left off using butter, and burned
candleB a penny a pouud cheaper,
and I sponged, and cleaned, and re
bound, p.ad new buttoned Obadiah's
great coat, instead of buying a new
one, and left off going to church be
cause my old cloak was so shabby
and I couldn't afford anything better.
And oh, how I did miss the Boggs
ville Herald!
'If I could only get a little dress
making to do,' said I to myself, 'I
would subscribe again myself. But
I can not bear to ask Obadiah for a
cent of bis hard-earned money.'
I was sitting, very sad and lonely,
one freezing February day, by the
window, trying to mend one of
Obadiah's old waistcoats, so that it
should last a few days longer, when
a traveling peddler, with a huge
basket of china ornaments on one
arm and a bundle on bis shoulder,
knocked at the door. He nodded in
an insinuating manner to me as I
answered his summons.
'Couldn't I sell you anything this
morning, ma'am?' said be, with a
liberal display of a very white and
eveu set of teeth. 'Anything in the
way of elegant mantle vases, stat
uettes, decorated china, match
boxes' 'I have no money,' said I, spirit
lessly. 'And I do not need any of
your wares.'
'Ah, bat you do not know what a
splendid article I have here,' he per
sisted, loosening the strap which
passed across his shoulder, and low
ering the precious package carefully
to the floor. 'A pair of real Wedge
wood faiences. Oh, don't shake
your head, ma'am ; I shan't charge
you anything for looking at 'em, yon
know. I'm certain you're an artist,
all the ladies are born artists and
this is really something quite out of
the ordinary.'
And with a succession of nods and
grins, he unwrapped a pair of really
pretty blue vases, nearly two feet
high, and ornamented with raised
garlands in white.
'Only six dollars a pair, ma'am,'
6aid he. 'Dirt cheap. It's positive
ly giving them away At that price.'
'I have no six dollars to spare,'
said I, indifferently.
'It's a great bargain, ma'am,' he in
sisted. 'I do not want them,' said I.
He was silent for a few seconds.
'I'm sorry, ma'am,' said be.
'They'd be a great decoration for a
house like this. Bnt if you really
won't buy, it would be doing me a
great favor to allow them to stand
here until to-morrow. I've a long
tramp before me, and I'm not going
to any place where I think they'd be
likely to buy anything of this sort.
I'll set 'em back by the chimney
piece, ma'am, where they won't be
in any one's way. And I'm very
tired with carrying 'em.'
I felt sorry for the poor, -jaded
wretch so I made no objection.
And when he was gone, the vases
did make the room look wonderfully
pretty. I could not but wish that
they were mine. Obadiah perceived
them at once, when he came home
to tea.
'Hello!' said he, 'what does this
mean ?'
So I told him, adding:
'I only wish that I could afford to
buy them they are so handsome.'
Obadiah walked around and
around them, with his hands in his
pockets, and his brows knit thought
fully. Yes, they're pretty,' 6aid he. 'But
they're not perfect.'
'Not perfect !' I echoed.
'Not by any means. Don't you sec
that lengthwise crack down one?
And the end of the little raised rose
bud is chipped off on the other. I
hope you didn't do It, Jo6ie?' with a
sudden glance of apprehension.
I? Certainly not !' I cried. 'Why,
I haven't so much as touched the
things!'
'Then I dare say it's all right,' said
Obadiah. And he sat down to sup
per. The next day, however, my friend,
the china-vender, came along, smil
ing and obsequious as ever.
'There are your vases,' said I, 'just
where you left them !'
But all at once he broke out into a
storm of reproach and obloquy.
They bad been cracked aud damaged
in my care. They were perfect
absolutely perfect when he left
them there the day before. I had
worked the mischief, and I was of
course responsible for the value of
the articles! Of course I knew that
the rascal was telling a falsehood;
but what could I do? I was alone
in the house, and fairly cowed by
the ferocity of the man.
'You must pay me for them,' he
reiterated, again and again, 'or I
will have you arrested at oucel'
I burst info tears.
'How can I pay you ?' said I. 'The
vases were damaged when you left
them here. And, besides, I have not
five dollars no, nor one dollar in
the bouse.' (Which, also, was true
enough.)
While I spoke, he had been glanc
ing furtively around.
I don't want to be bard with you,
ma'am,' said he. 'Of course, a poor
man like me has got to save himself
from loss, and if you'll let me have
that set of blue and white India
china in the dresser, in exchange,
I'll leave the vases and we'll say no
more about it'
It went to my .heart to part with
the India china, which had been a
relic of my mother's housekeeping
days, but I was so cowed and terri
fied by the man's bullying manner
that I believe I would have given
him the honse from over my head if
he had asked for it; and he went
away, leaving the beautiful vases on
the floor. How glad I was to see
Mrs. Meggs come cheerfully in, half
an hour afterward I a good, moth
erly old soul, with silver spectacles
and an elderly dimple still lingering
on her cheek.
'Why, my dear," said she, 'what's
the matter?'
And I told her all.
'But, my dear,' said she, 'how came
you to be so taken in ? There was
an article In the paper last week,
warning everybody against this very
impostor. Didn't you see it? It
was called The Vase Swindler.'
I colored deeply, and hung down
my head.
'We have stopped taking the pa
per,' said I. 'Obadiah thought we
couldn't afford'
'And your beautiful old china,
too !' said Mrs. Meggs. 'Why, there
was half a column in the paper,
week before last, about the value of
old china just now. And by what
is stated, your set of old India-ware
must have been worth twenty dol
lars at least.'
Twenty dollars! And I had frit
tered them away for a pair of wretch
ed, cracked, tawdry things, of the
very sight of which I was already
sick.
'My dear,' said Mrs. Meggs, 'your
ideas of economy are altogether mis
placed. You should read the papers.'
Obadiah went and subscribed for
the Boggsville Herald that very
evening. And in the first numbr
he saw an advertisement for bands
at a new steam factory In the neigh
borhood, which offered steady work
and wages a third higher than he
was now receiviug. And I inserted
a modest little 'Dressmaking Warn
ed,' and it was answeted within the
week, and I am making my own
snug little income now, tbauk heav
en! And if anybody tells us uow
that we can't afford to take a paper,
we tell them, Obadiah and I, that we
can't afford tu do without one.
South Jersey Times.
A Telescope Story.
The San Francisco Call tells an
extraordinary story respecting a
monster telescope made by Professor
Lefevre and Longtour, French scien
tists and erected at San FranciBco.
The lenses are twenty feet in diam
eter and this is what happened when
the astronomers turned the instru
ment to the heavens: "M. Dutevre
was the first to apply his eye to the
eye-piece of the telescope. For
fully five minutes he looked on in
speechless amazement, then, without
a word turned away to hide his emo
tion. Oue by one gentlemen pres
ent tested the telescope, exhibiting
their astonishment in various ways.
The planet which happened to cast
its beams upon the great speculum
was Mars, and the revelation is too
wonderful for credit, The eye
piece of i he lowest magnifying pow
er vvas first placed ou, when the
plana presented u most astounding
sight. The powerful lens brought
the surface of the planet nearet
than that of the moon has ever been
brought by the most powerful tele
scope. The green of the sea was
brought out iu unmistakable color
and one could almost imagine thai
he could see the waves upon the
surface. There before the eye wat
6pread out a splendid paronama of
hill and dale, dark patches that niu&t
be covered by forests, green yellow
ish patches that looked like autumn
fields, silvery threads that must be
rivers and several unmistakable vol
canoes in action."
Dreaded. Net Iftreaaral.
'The small-pox," said a city phy
sician, "is no more to be dreaded
than the scarlet fever, and of the two
I think the latter the worse. Small
pox is a loathsome business, but
aside from this is not so bad. Where
well attended the per cent, of deaths
ueed not be large. In large cities
the mortality from the disease is
sometimes large among the very
poor who live in tenement houses
where some disease is always raging,
bnt among people who have com
fortable homes the number of deaths
from the disease is not great. The
pest-houses are often poorly kept,
and deaths there are frequent. But
with good treatment, and in an oth
erwise healthy neighborhood, there
is nothing so dreadful about small
pox. When it is over it leaves no
bad effects, unless it be the pitts.
But with scarlet fever it is different.
No good method of treatment has
yet been found for scarlet fever. The
disease in often very malignant, and
when the patient has recovered there
is always somet ng remaining in the
system to show that the scarlet fever
has been there. Take it altogether,
I consider it worse than small-pox."
Omaha Republican.
A Philadelphia man has invented
an electric church pew, which will
accomplish much good. They are of
metal aud eo connected with the
pulpit by a powerful battery that
every time the preacher brings his
fist down during the sermon the
congregation is waked by a power
ful shock. It will fill a long felt
want.
Womeu are not cruel by nature.
We never heard of one thoughtless
enough to step on a mouse.
Soaae New geography.
"Of what is the surface of the
earth composed?"
"Of corner lots, mighty poor roads,
railroad tracks, base-ball grounds,
cricket fields and skating rinks."
"What portion of the globe is
water?"
"About three-fourths. Sometimes
they add a little gin aud nutmeg to
it."
"What is a towu ?"
"A town is a considerable collec
tion of houses and inhabitants, with
four or five men who 'run the party'
and lend money at 15 per cent, in
terest." "What is a city?"
''A city is an iucorporated town,
with a mayor who believes that the
whole world shakes when he hap
pens to fall flat on a crossing."
"What is commerce?"
"Borrowing $5 for a day or two
and dodging the lender for a year or
two."
"Name the different races."
"Horse race, boat race, bicycle
race, and racing around to get a man
to indorse' your note."
"Into how many clashes is man
kind divided?"
"Six; being enlightened, civilized,
hrlf civilized, savage, too utter, not
worth a cent, and Indian agents.'
"What nations are called enlight
ened?" "Those which have hid tho most
wars and the worst laws and pro
duced the worst criminals."
"How many motions has the
earth ?"
"That's according to how you mir
your drinks aud which way you go
home."
"What is the earth's axis?"
"The lines passing betweeu New
York-and Chicago."
"What causes day and night ?"
"Day is caused by uijrht getting
tired oat. Night is caused by every
body taking a street car and going
home t supper."
"What is a map?''
'A map is a drawing to show the
jury where Smith stood when Jones
gave him a lift under the eye."
"Whit is a mariner's compass?"
"A jug holding four gallons."
Detroit Free Press.
In the year 181G there was ash---frost
in every month. It was kno
as the year without a summer. Ti
farmers uxed to call it as "eightcci
hundred and starve to death." In
May ice formed half an inch thick,
buds and flowers were frozen and
corn killed. Frost, ice aud snow
were common iu June. Almost
every green thing was killed, and
the fruit was nearly all destroyed.
Snow fell to the depth of three
inches in New York, and Massa
chusetts ten inches. July was ac
companied with frost and ice. On
the fifth, ice was formed of tho
thickness of window glass in New
York, New England and Pennsyl
vania, and com was nearly all de
stroyed in certain sections. In Au
gust ice formed half an inch thick.
A cold northern wind prevailed
nearly all summer. Corn was bo
frozen that a great deal was cut
down and dried for fodder. Yery
little ripened in New England and
scarcely any even in Middle States.
Farmers were obliged to pay $4 or
5 a bushel for corn of 1S15, for seed
for the next spring's planting.
The Nelwe or the Finger.
Dr. Hammond says that when you
poke the end of your finger in your
ear, the roaring noise you hear is
the sound of the circulation in your
finger, which is a fact, as any one
can demonstrate for himself by first
putting his fingers in his ears, and
then stopping them up with other
substances. Try it and think what
a wonder of a machine your body
is, that even the points of your fin
gers are such busy work-shops that
they roar like a small Niagara. The
roaring is probably moreLhan the
noise of the circulation ofS'e blood.
It is the voice of all nte vital
processes that are always going for
ward in every living body from
conception to death.
A Slaaralar Case.
The Carthage (Iowa) Republican.
gives, in a recent issue, a singular
incident in connection with a case of
diphtheria in that town. A little
girl sick with this disease had been
so reduced by it as to cause her
friends to despair of recovery. At
her worst period when it seemed as
if she conld not last long witboat
relief, she was taken with a spell of
sneezing, lastiug several minutes,
during which she threw off large
pieces of the false or diphtheritic
membrane and other diseased mat
ter from her throat and nostrils: As
soon as tho spasm ceased the girl
girl seemed greatly relieved and
immediately began to improve till
she was restored to perfect health.
Lincoln Journal.