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s -j fr "!?"?!? "TSJWS1' - THE JOtTEOTAI,. ISSUED EvlRY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TURISTER & CO., Proprietors and Publishers; H3T OFFICE, Eleventh St., up t-tairs in Journal Building. J ..- '- . TPaSTlISs PerTear, . ... Six SlentbK, . . 3'Stcce .JXH Uuh Slaarle CJopi . r.ii" r' r J 92 00 1 Oft zm. s CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. C. H. VaxWycjC, U. S. Senator, Neb raska Citv. AlVinBauNDEBSjU. S. Senator, Oraafia. 32. K. Vjilbstwc, Rep. West KwBt. T. J. Majors, Coutiiient Rep., Peru. STATE DIRECTORY': , Albixus Nance, Governor, Lincoln. S.J. Alexander, Secretary ,of tate. Jobs WalHebs, Auditor, Lineplu. O.M. Bartlctt, l"re isuer, Lincoln. C.J. Dllworth, Attorney-General. W. W. W. Jones, Supt. Public Instruc. CC.-J. Kobe, Warden of Penitentiary. SHToould?' l'rl8n lMliPector8 J. O. Carter, Prison Physician. H.P.Matbewson, Supt 'insane Asylum. JUDICIARY: George Bl.uk.-J Aociate Judges. ' Amasa Colli., f S. Maxwell, Chief Justice. Fouifrir '.miner u. wsruirr. G. W-. Post;-.'udr;e. York. M. B. Reese, District Attorney, , ahoo . i LAND (IFFICKKS- M. B. IIova. Ile-Ntcr, Grand I si nd. Wti Airvanf IN ceivefrj Grand lslnml.5 ' ' i V - O V1;J LEGISLATIVE: State Snti.itnr, M K. Turner. , , ., " Representative, G. W. Lcbmnn. COUNTY I1 RECTI 1:Y: ,1 J. G. Ilijiirui, Count .lude. f ,, John Staurter. County Uleik. -J. W. Early. Trcaur-r. D. CKavanaugh, Sheiill. ' L.J. Crnii-r, Surveyor. M. M.iher, f l JosephJtiv'et, v Countv Commissioners:: H. JiHudfon. J . - .- Dr. 'A7He"int. Coroner. J. L. MOHcrief Sunt, of Schools. Byron .Milieu, W.M. Corneliu,f Justices of thePeace. CITY DIRECTORY: J..R. MensrlKT, Mavor. ,. t HJ.J. Hudson. Clerk. W John V. Verinuth Treasurer. Geo. d. Uowinun, Policu Judsrc. 'L.J.Cramer, Ehtrincer. councilmf.n: 1st Ward Join Kickly. G. A. Schrocder. 2d Ward-Wm. Limb. I. Cluck. aa ward), i: iMiiussru. , - I " A. A. Smith. Columbus IoMt Office. Open on Sunclavs lrm 11 A. m. to 12 m. ana iroin :. ro t v. M. I'Usiih-ss hours except Sunday a m. to S i m. Eastern ni.iils ilo-c at'll a.m. Western mall- el-e .tt i 15 im. Mail leaved Cnluinhut for Lost Creek. Genoa, St. Edn.inN. Albion, Platte Center, Uuinphrev, M idion ami Nor folk, cery l.iv (except Sundays) at 4:35 p. in." Arrives at 10:-5"). For Shell Creek and Creiton, on Mon days and Frilavi. 7 A. m., returnini; at 7 r. m , xanii' d vs. For Alexis. Patron and Daid City, Tuesda-, Thurd-i and MatunLivs, 1 I, m Arriei. at 12 M. For ConklitiL' Tuo-d.i.u ami S.uurilivs 7 a. in. An iv en (i p. in. s-uiie ila . tr iMI1W IJ. I. Time Table. Eastward lioxuid, Emigrant. No. fi, Icive- at :2" a. in. Passen'r, - i, " " 11:0(. :i. in. Freight, " -. " " 2:15 p. in. Freight, ' 10, " , , i:30 .. "in. Westward Hound. Freight, No. 5, lca es at . . 2:tHt p. m. Passeng'r, ' :t, " " -1:27 p. in.. Freight, " , ' : p. ni. Emigrant. 7. " " 1:.W a. in. Every da e.iept Satuida the three lines leading to Chicago connect with U P. train-, at Oinah-i. On Saturday, there will be but one train a da, a shown by the following schedule: O., N A It. II. ROAD. Time Schedule No. 1. T. take cllect June 2, 'SI. For the government ami information oj" -m ployei- only. The Comnanv reserve the risrht to yar therefrom at pleauie. Trains dally, -j Sunuays excepted. Outward Hound. Inward Hound Columbus l:.Via'.M. j Norfolk 7:5t a. m. LostCreek5:21 ' Muumi 7:t7 " PL Centre 5:1: Madison :2 " Uumphrr!i:i)5 Humphre.-25 Madison 7:04 Munson . :4' Norfolk S:(U it PL Centie-!i:4S LostCrcekin.uiJ Columbus 10:55 " I , AUUON Columbus -1:45 r.-M. LostCreek5:31 ' BltANClI. Albion ..7:43a.M. St. EdvvardiJ:30 " Genoa 0:14 " Lost Creek9:'J " ColunibiiHlO:45 " Genoa... (:1 St. Ed ward 7:00 ( Albion ..7:I7j . B. & M TIME TABLE.. Leaves Columbus, 6:30a. ai. BMlwood . . " -7:10' llaviil Citv. . 7.5t Ganion -b:l5 v- Ulwxcs. . S:15 4 Staplebuisi, Hil " Seward, . ... !:50 " Rubv. 10:10 " Milford 10:30 ' Pleasan Dale, 10:. 5 ' Kinirald 11:18 " Arrives at Lincoln, . .. H:50kM. Leaves Uuculu' at 12:50 p. m. anil ar rives in Columbus ii:35 p. i. Makes close coiinvtioii at Liuctdn for all poiut east, west and south. I.TJERS, 1 v BLACKSMITH -AND AVagon dVXaker9 Shop nr the Foundr) , xtiulh of A A . Hi pot. t J t AH kind" of wood and iron work on "Wagons, Buireles Farm Maehiner, &j. Keeps on hands the TI21PKKX SPUING BUGGY, and other eastern kuyyies. ALfcO, THE Firrst --. "Bradley Plows. NEBRASKA-EOm- ! 'Tf '! S.irrMARMOi', Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, A new house, newlj furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rate: , - o - "s ' " , '" fgrSclw a Firs.t-Cla Tafcle. Meals. 25 Cts. Lodgings 25 CM. ' 3S-2tf TARMGKS! B E OF iiVUlf KjUCjCjU.. tiei'uui iuc inu- nrices of vour products dis. courage vou.but rather limit your ex penses to your resources. You can do so bv stopping at tne new nome oi j our fellow farmer, where joucan find goou accommodations cheap, tor hay foi team for one night and day, 25ccts. A room furnished with a cool: stove and bunltfein connection with the stable freeTthose wishing can be accommo dated at theThouse of-t&e undersigned at the following rates: 'Meali 25 cents beds 10 cests. , J. B. SENECAL, C mile east of Gerrard'B Corral. . v -""ifi-ieaf"- t?SKS TVm G9eViVtZaF3: ,JTCii3J-C-5r r, y it Tr"5 . M v Itu' YQIXII.-N0. 45. "-- -"-v Jtf iiLi.r a J 2 OR&EYS-A'IJLZi lnucKBuild"ing,'5lt?street, Up-staJ Atibve fB$ew an'. mm- f . toil IfKTOfiA?f,9 JUSTICE LPEICCEAND NOTAul HUHIiiV, ! 1'tATTE CKNTKlt, j$s&' M rj J. tit;so."t JTOTJJtY PUBLIC. Jith. Street, i doors ni-nt or lUaunond Hoiup, ' ColU-pibitsrN'b. 4l- 1 Alt. 31. 1. Til UKM'1'051. -KEtilDENT DENIIXT. - Office dvJer oornVrlotllth and North-st. 11 oprrAlionslitst-elass and warranted. VTUlC'AttOt-ltAJCHBK-rsntfaT : ?' - i . .... n . ,V7, J K S 14--. Vf :u. "riENRT WTJOI)S"Tl',K" IT f XT J3TEver thing in first -class stlc. fso keep tliVbest of cif,'ai . 510-y M c A 1.1-ih n:it (iir.om - ATTORNEYS A T LA W, ,dlliie up-stair in McAllister's build A. McAllister, Notary mil'. Uth M. V ublic. r -"I- J M.MAAKUCIM ' II M. -B. UCOVvnEKY,' Cillsrtcr. i. teuntj ni Vi'Mj ntaz. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE ''JsTACFARLAND & COWDiJRY, Columbus, , : .. : . ' Nebraska. Tp II. KIJKC1IK, Uth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Sells liurness, Saddles,, Collars, Whips, lilaiikets, Cuny "Combs, Brinlu's, etc., at the lowest possible prices. Repairs pioinptly attended to. iJYKON MILLETT, - JustictTot thel'eace and Aftit 'iiotarv Publiei ti3a. -3- UVKO' .llll.l.KT'r, ATTURSEYA-T CXAAH, Columbus ebraska.'"S". R. He will give close attention to all business entrusted .o him. 248. LOUIS SCIiREIBER, ' ' ' BLACKSMITH AND-WAGON 'MAKER. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Bunnies, Wajjoni, etc., made to order, and all woik suarautted. j"hop opposite the Tattersall," tlJIvc'Strcet.. '", -25 T J. MC'llUtii, 31. 1., P1I YSI CIA N A ND SUH UEON, Office NcbiJska A vi line, opposite the C loiht.r liuusu three doors north of Consultation in Gcr- Itauk, up-stairr.. mnn and English IA.ML PEARS ALL Is PUI'I'AKKD, WITH PI HST - CLASS A PPA RA T US, To remove luniso at reasonable "" rates, tine him a call. OXIC'i: TO TE4C1IEK.S. J. E. Moucrief, Co. Supt., Wirl heTri his ollice at the Court House on the first Saturday ot each month for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates, and. for the transaction of an other business pertaining to -chools. 507-y WILLIAM RYAN, DEAL'EIt IX KECTDCKY!,WlIISKiiiS B'l'ueji, Ales, Ciyurb and Tobacco. l3"rSchil.N Milwaukee Beer comiunt Iv on ha'nd.pa ' , Elkv kn i ii r Coi.UMnuh. Neii. D K. CAR!, JSCilO 1TE, . -.. 'i-.to.r..R - - vLitminani aunutun. Speaks Uerman, English and Scandi navian. Ollice at Hovvty, Weaver & Cos drug store. " Columbus., Nkiikah-v. Drs. MITCHELL & MARTYN, , coi.i;mijh HL i 'MU IHSTITDTE. Su. i,euns O., -V. H. II. Ii. Ii., Asst. surgeons U. I'. H'y, v , COLUMBUS,,, -' 7'' .NKRAislCA. J: MUKDOUK&JSON, Carpenters and Contractors. Have had an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaetionitf wbrtr. All Jtindnfrep'airipg, done on short notfe"j.J Our niotto"is, Good work and fair prices. Call and ;ive us an oppor tunity toestiniatefor V041. BSTShop o 13tlLjt-. Sue 4ppr weitl of Friedhof & Co'. store. Columbus. Nebr. 4Sl-y i : : OLU .11 k t; SJ Restaurant ' and 'Saloon! E. D. SIIEEHAN, Proprietor. "Wholesale and Retail Dealer in For-ei-rn Wines, Liquors'and Cigars, Dub lin -StoujtnScotehpnd EogirsbliAles. SSTKent'ttcfy n'Aiskie's'a Specialty. ' OTSTERS in their season, by the case cau or dish. 11th Street. South of Depot. LAW, REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL COLLECTION OFFICE, B Y W.S.GEEE. M ONEY TO LOAN in small lnt nn faun pro pert- time one. to three years, taenia with'soine'iniiffBvctu'ents bouRht and sold. Office for the preseut at the Clother House, Cohimbus, Neb. 473-x ,- - -f T "f J FdfiEcC Tl jr. Manufacturer and "Oe'a'lef in " CIGARS AND TOBACCO. ALL KINDS OF SMOKING ARTICLES. Store on Olive St., near the old Pott-office ibuajfobraaka. 4 rwm esl bs& rsfleeae s3eBfcv Jf "ra ey jer L BU MSilCAEDS . OK.ELtl Mis w 1 uoiaa WRiJ'.Z?t-ZVZ:.- c && ?,,,Jr T Hihiiii ii TliHTii ilfi "i i iryTi lT1 A?r - -. -cc ADVERTISEMENTS. MILLINERY! 1LUKEBY Mrs. M. S. Drake & Co., FIAVC JUST RECEIVED A LARCK STOCK OF kprlxo Ann Ni.n.m'K HIUIIEBY AID FA1CY GOODS. Y3T A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EV ERVTIIINC. KELONOINC TO A FIUST-CLASS MILLIN ERY STOUE.J Nebraska Avenue, two doors north of the Stale Hank. BECKER & WELCH, - v I'KOrRIETOIJS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. 31ANUFACTUREUS AND W1IOLE SAL.O DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFTCff. COL UMH US. NEli Dr. A. HEINTZ, DEALER IN ivi::, -LKiuoRs, Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUMEEY, Etc., Etc., And all articles usually kept on band b Druggists. Physicians Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Eleventh street, near Foundry. COLUMBUS. : NEBRASKA SPEICE & NORTH, flcneral Aqents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Parific, and Midland Pacific 41. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre tor cosh, or on live or ten year. time, in annual payments to suit' pur chasers. We hae also a large and choice lot of other lands, iinproed aud unimproved, lor ale at low price aud on reasonable terms. Also business an.d residi nee lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of titleto all real es tate in Platte Count . InT" COT,'-tlBIJ, KKB. Km Qshlmcb i Ban- WHOLESALE RETAIL GEOCEES! AI.SU DEALERS IN Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Kto.. ami Country' Produce of all Kinds. im-BKii' or ii.oi;k ai.. .WAl-l.KI'rr HAHD. . FOR THE LEAST MNEY! I3"floods dcliM-red'free of charge any part of the city. Terms cash. to Comer Eleventh and Olive Streets, a Columbus, Neb. WM. BECKER, DKU.KK IN ALL KIND-, OF FAMILY ' GROCERIES ! j j I KEE1-.C.OXSTANTLY OX HAND A ' WELL SELECTED STOCK. o r Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. " J' ill . Goods) . Delivered Free te part of the City. AM AvLSO AbENT FOR THE CEL EBRATED t COQUTLLARD Farm mi Spring Wagons, of which 1 keep a constant supplv on ban '.but U tfi'ir equal. In sts'e am! qualil , sccuiid to none. CALL AND LEARN PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near GOD 7-lj 1 - A.&lf. Depot. - - -,l over uw eepf sott snow, my li-ieet- nfiwii COLUJilBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1882. THOU ASD I. April days tire over! 0 i, my frav j oun lover; Forth e tare together In the soft May teather; Forth we wander, hand in hand, Seefan an enchanted laud Undeme.tlb a smiling sky. So blithely thou and II Sott spring davs are overt Oli.tm anient love; Many a lull together. In the July weather. Climb we when the days are long; And the summer beats'are strong, And the harvest w ains go by. So bravely thou and I! Jul' davs aro over! Oh. my ftnthf ill lot cr ; Side by side together In the August weather, When the swift, wild storm befall us, And the rtery darts appall us, Wuit we till the clouili sweep by. And stars shine thou and I! Summer days aro over! Oh, my one trw lover; Sit we now alouo tojeether In tin early autumn weather! From our nest tho birds have flown To fair dreamlands of their own, And we st-a the days o bv. In silence thou and il Storm and stress are oer! Oh, my friend and lo er, Clo-ei now we lean tog ther In the Indian summer weather; See tho bright leaviw falling, fnlllnfj. Hear the lov wiihN calling, calling, Glad to let tho worid i? by Unheeding thou nnd'l! Wlntirdays aro over! Oil, ray life lonir !ov er, 1 Jest we now in peace together Out ol reaeh of chaui ful weather! Not a sound can mar our sleeping Somxl ot laughter, or of we "ping. May not reat h us wheiewc lie "UiH-aring thou and 1! 'Julia C. II. Oorr, in Chrutian Union. AN EXI'ERIENCE OF SNOW-SHOES. A great many people can't imagine snow-shoe in the way they are intended to be managed. Of course, any one could build a rail fence with them, if enough were supplied, or split 'em up into kindling wood, or convert 'em into cricket bats, or well, do almost any thing with them except walk on top of the snow with them. That's what a great many people can't manage to do with them, aud I know what L am as serting. I tried it one time. Compared to u pair of suow-shoes, such as I expe rienced, roller-skates arc things of joy and a bucking mustang symbolizes re liab'lity in the matter of locomotion. It came about in the course of business. I was "running" the Bodie paper, which was published in Aurora, just across the Nevada State line. In order to make tho oflicial advertisements in the paper legal, it was absolutely necessary that the papers should be circulated in Bodie on the day of weekly publication. On one of those days itwas snowing, so the stage did not make its regular trip, and I &et out to iind some means of sending a bundle of papers over to Bodie. In the principal saloon, in every mining camp the main depot for news and gen eral intelligence, I found a man who had a pair of snow-shoes. " Will you go to Bodie for me?" "I will " "How much?" " Fifty dollars." " Am! only ten miles." 44 My friend, Ie got the only pair of snow-shoes in Aurora." The peculiar and binding force of the man's argument struck me with re doubled power when he added, after an elo-uent pause, "And snow-shoes are the only things on which a trip to Bodie can be made for twentv-four hours." "Fifty dollars,!" I repeated, "why 1 suppose 1 could buy a pair of snow shoes for less that that." " Buy a pair? You needn't do that, even if you could. I'll lend you mine for nothing." T was surprised. Here was a man controlling a monopoly which, in a most unmonopolist manner, he was offering to place in my charge free of cost. " If you only would," I said, " I wouldn't mind taking the trip, just for the novelty of the thing. You are very kind. Let's take a drink." The generous mopopolist accepted the invitation, aud so did all his friends, who were numerous. " Now," I said, "if you have those shoes about you I will just put them on and start right away." The man stared at me curiously. "I haven't them about me exactly, but they are in the back room." He brought them out, and I was sur prised. They were not just what I thought-they would be. The pictures T had seen of snow-shoes represented things made of a light frame of wood, Hat-iron shaped, three or four feet long, and laced with rawhide thongs, like the end of a lacrosse stick. The "shoes" the man brought out and laid out in the street were pieces of pine fourteen feet long, five inches wide ami about an inch thick, with one end slightly curved upward. Across the center of the shoes were straps, into which the feet were thrust and held in place. The bottom of the shoes were polished and shel lackul into amazing slipperiness. "These are not the kind of shoes I have been accustomed to," I said, with some misgivings. " You have seen the Canadian shoes, then," my man said. "These are Nor wegian shoes. Just strap j-our papers on your back and start off." 1 fixed my feet into the shoe? and my bundle ot papers on my back, but did not start. I felt as little like stat ting as though I hail fastened 1113 feet to the sidewalk. "Just shove your feet ahead," said the owner, and the crowd which had gathered in front of the saloon to see me start volunteered much valuable advice to the same effect. Finally I did shove ; but just as far as I pushed my left foot forward, my right foot pushed itself backward. Then I came together like a pair of shears. I tried it several times, but with results aggravatingly the same. I would have kept that action up even longer than I did, for, though it was not exactly what I wanted to do, it was easy to do, had not a spectator in the crowd remarked to a companion, critically: "He does a pietty good double-shuttle ; I wouder what kind of a jig he dances?" Then I stood still for a little while in the mid dle of the street, and looked -at the crowd on the sidewalk, and wished that I had not borrowed the shoes. I tried to summon up enough moral courage to five up the attempt, and might have one so, had not the fellow who had ad mired my double-shuttle said: "Do you think, Bill, that he's doing this lor fun, or will he really start an independent mail line in opposition to Wells, Fargo &Co.?" The owner of the shoes gave me some more advice then, by which I profited. ""Just kind of hold on by your toes," he said. .Instinctively I knew what was in tended by " holding on by my toes," and xvht"n I next slid my left fmt for ward I 'ore douu with the front of my right foot, and was delighted aud sur prised to iind that I stuck there, so to say. -Then I bore down with my left and brought up my right, advanced it, repeated the operation, and felt a thrill of satisfaction to find myself sliding long shoes leaving only a narrow, shal low trail behind. My thrill uid not last long. I bore down on the front of one foot just a little too much once, and tho toe of my shoe caught in the snow, and there was a sudden convulsion, an up heaval, a disturbance of the order of events that was startling. I must havo been under considerable headway, for when the end of that shoe stuck in the snow I rose in tho air, much as if I had been tired out of a mortar, like the ui:igician's wife. The earth appeared to be leaving me with astonishing sud denness, but it was nothing compared with the suddenness with which I imme diately struck the snow, plowed the snow, rather, for I continued to progress for a dozen yards after my outstretched arms first struck the snow, and when I came to a halt my sleeves were filled with snow up to my armpits. I can't attempt to describe'the work it was to regain my feet. I had to unfasten the shoes, lay them out properly, and then climb up on top of them. I did not pay any attention to the crowd back there by the saloon, though I may have lacked in politeness thereby, as the crowd appeared to be paying considera ble "attention to me. It was not so far away but that I heard some one ask : 44 What was it a comet? "' 44 No," some one else remarked, "I think it was a land-slide, or an earth quake, or both." Then I made another start, and trav eled carefully until I reached the brow of the first hill. When I began to de scond the hill, which was long and steep, I knew what rapid transit was. I had no more than started than I was travel ing at the rate of a mile minute. Lean ing back, with my shoes forming exact ly parallel lines, I came so near flying that my breath left my body, and I was powerless to recover it. But the total lack of breath did not trouble me as much as the lack of some thing else I suddenly remembered to have forgotten. It Hashed through my mind that I had heard of this kind of snow-shoeing before, and that in going down hill men had to regulate their speed and steer themselves by a pole, or staff, used as a drag and rudder. At the same instant, for all this Hashed at once through my mind, I felt the need of some means of either altering my course or stopping myself, for directly m the line ol my lightning passajre, and not so very far ahead, was a bluff, par taking almost of the dignity of. a preci pice, over which I was sure of going unless I could steer around its edge, where the load ran, or else stop. To alter my course without a staff I felt at th.it moment to be an undertaking very much in the nature of lifting myself by nry bootstraps, and to stop, something like interfering with a locomotive on a do.vn-grade. As short a time as it took me to realize all this, I had yet made an unpleasant advance toward the edge of the bluff; and I lecollectcd, with un comfortable vividness, that at the foot of that bluff was the rocky, icy bed of a dashing winter torrent. The situation wa -erioiisly alarming. Suddenly one of my shoes was diverted from its hue parallel with the other, and that acci dent caused a startling change in the aspect of affairs. If the reader will pause a moment to consider the method by which I was tra cling, he will realize what the result would be if the two long shoes were di verted even the slightest degree from e idly parallel lines. One of my shoes slightly pointed outward. At the rate I w.ls going that meant that my feet were departing from each other something like twenty feet a second. It occurred all at once, so to say, when my legs were stretched out like those of the stage con tortionists, and I felt that my body was about to divide itself iu twain, each half taking its separate and individual course, and at its own sweet will make its dis appearance over the bluff at points much further apart than I hoped my body ever to separate. I again left the earth. I described a graceful, I trust, parabola, Hew a certain remarkable number of feet in the air and landed on my head. I think not much more than my feet remained above tho snow. In deed it was the resistance the shoes of fered to the snow that prevented me from going to tho bottom of the deep drift into which I dived. If was some time before I felt entirely sure that I had not split in two, as I thought I should. I felt very much broke up, but managed to dig out and lie on the sur face and recover breath and view the situation. The latter was not encour aging. Within a few feet from the edge. .of the bluff, at the bottom of the hill, thorough! convinced that I was not a success as a snow-shoe traveler, bruised in body aud mind, aud anxious only to return to town and get dry and warm and feel safe. I saw no way out of my difficulty. I tried to walk with tho shoes first. The effort was a lamenta ble failure. No such process as Vhold i.sg on by my toe" effected a headway up the hill. The slippery shoes would slide back with me as fast as I attempted to climb up. Then 1 took off the shoes and tried to walk. That was worse. I floundered around up to my waist in the light snow, and only got mad. Then I sat down on the shoes and thought, I could not climb up without the shoes, and the shoes were too slippery to climb with. Naturally, after turning this grave problem over in my mind for some time, the solution presented itself ; the shoes must be made less slippery. I took off a long woolen scarf which I wore around my neck, cut it in two, and tied each half over my own and the snow shoes. That settled it. I learned after ward, by tiro way, that travelers on that kind of snow-shoes carried pieces of gunny sack with them for the same pur pose I used my scarf, giving the shoes a "hold" on tlie snow aud making hill climbing possible. When I got back to the saloon which was after a long, hard struggle I cheerfully gave up the shoes to the owner with the remark: "I guess you can make the trip; I've had fun enough. I will give you an order for the -ioO." The owner answered, coolly.: 44 Well, you see, you've been enjoying yourself so long that I could not start out now and reach Bodie in time to re turn to-night. Board and lodging are high in Bodie, and I guess I'll have to charge you 75 for the trip. I won't charge you anything for the use of the shoes. There is nothing mean about me." I gave the man an order for the amount, under the revised tariff. San Francisco Poit. The evildoer is sure to meet his fate at last. This is like the Irishman who covered him-elf up with the sheets to escape the mosquitoes, but who ex pl lined when a lightning-bug entered the room, ''Therf'sno ue; here is one or 'em fume, wid a lantern. It's all over wid uie, sure." It is about time for some antique old ajsthele, after the Mother Shipton pattern, to rise up and say "There's going to be a hullabaloo. The world will end in 'SQ.VNeioJIuvenJieyistcr. 4 ""- w- "sf- iv r. &SL UUVHul Thu Xew Cable Road iu Cbicac. About a year ago Superintendent Hohnes conceived the idea of construct ing in Chicago a system of cable street railways, aud with this plan in his mind ho went oat to San Francisco to look into the workings of the road there. After carefully examining the system ho returned to Chicago, consulted with a number of practical engineers and me chanics, and one day he dropped into Mayor Harrison's office and submitted to him plans for the proposed new road. The Mayor looked over the plans care fully, and expressed it as his opinion that if carried out the enterprise would, be an unqualified success. With this assurance an' ordinance to build the road was introduced into the Council about ten months ago, and was passed without the opposition which was ex pected it would meet. The real work on tho road was begun about August 15 last, and the line was virtually finished by December 15. Thero were nine miles of track laid dur ing these four months. The amount of material used in the construction of the road was as follows: 8,000,000 pounds of iron; 500 tops of steel rail; 300,000 feet of lumber for stringers; 50,000 wagon-loads of crushed stone, gravel, sand for the concrete ; several thousand barrels of cement; 31,915 square yards of paving-stone; 50000 bolts; 225,000 brick; and 350 cords of rubble-stone in the excavations. About 1,500 men and 250 teams were employed in the work. Everything except the yokes and the iron which forms the slots was prepared in the company's shops in this city. Thu whole work was c irried on under the immediate supervision of Superintend ent Holmes, to -whose energy and indus try the success, of the enterprise is due in a great measure. A brief sketch of the way the road is operated may be of interest at this time. The engine-house, where the py wer which runs the road is generated, is situated at the northwest corner of State and Twenty-first streets, aud was constructed expressly for this purpose. In it are four 250-horse-power engines and four Ixiilers, and the cable now in working order is operated by one of these engiues and one boiler. The cable is composed of the best quality 01 Swede's iron, with 111 strands of wire iu the rope six large strands of nine teen wires each. Attached to each en gine arc two large winders, around which this cable passes, and two large cog-wheels. The winders make eight een revolutions per minute, the cogs thirty-six, and the piston seventy-two. The cable passes from one of the wind ers out to a large set wheel under the street, and around that to the small pulley wheels in the cable chamber on which it rests. It runs down the east track to the wheel under the track at Madison street, and back to the engine house over thp second rudder, and out again tho same way. Just back of tho engines in the house are two machines, operated on narrow-gauge tracks, and these, by means of weights, keep tho cable taut so that there is no slack. Electric lights are to be put on the engine-house, and an arrangement has been made whereby any imperfection in the cable will be brought to the notice of the engineer by the ringing of a bell. In case one of the strands breaks out the bell will be rung, the engines stop ped instantly, and the break mended before the cable leaves the house for the street again. The water for the b tilers is drawn from cisterns under the house, and is heated before passing into the boilers, thus saving an immense quan tity of fuel. The forty-two grip-cars to be used have bean built in the company's shops, and are very neat affairs. About the size of the old bob-tad cars, they are open all around. In the center is a compartment for the engineer, and in the center of this the grip is set. -On either end of the cars are small head lights, for use at night, which throw a light on the track about thirty feet ahead of the car. Juat above the en gineer's compartment is a gong-bell for his use, and in the center of the car is a large shade-lamp. Tho regular passen ger cars of the company are to be at tached to the grip-cars in such numbers as travel requires. The grip is connected with the cable by a shank, which runs down tin ough the slot between the tracks. By means of a long lever the engineer throws the grip on. the cable is chtsped with a vise like grip, and the car is pulled along. Starts and stops can be made much e t-sier and quicker than with horses by means of a brake, which is worked in the same way as the grip. The cars will be run slowly at first, until the people get us'ed to them, in order to prevent accidents. It is calculated that this enterprise has cost the company $:5000,000, and the success of the road is a source of great gratification to the officers and to the public. Chicago Tribune. Not That Kind of a Hollyhock. An Austin colored man, Jim Webster by name, of rather limited education, and whose memory is remarkably de fective, was recently blessed with a son. His wife, who is more intelligent, deter mined that the son and heir should have a high-sounding name, and select ed a very beautiful one. When the child was presented to the clergyman to be baptized the latter said : 44 Name dis infant?" Jim scratched his head for a while and finally said: 44 Squash." 44 Dat's no proper name for a Christian child." 44 Sunflower, den." Once more the clergymen shook his head incredulously. Jim Webster leaned over and whispered to his wife to give tho right name. 44 Hyacinth," she replied. 44 Well, I knowed it was some kind of garden track." Tcxtis Siftinyft A Black River train, after passing Glendale, Lewis County, N. Y., a few evenings since, ran into a horse. The horoe waa carried some distance and dropped into a sluice, and the train stopped. On examination a pair of thills was found attached to the horse. The train was backed to the crossing, and a cutter was discovered standing beside the track with a man in it drunk. Mr. Underhill, a well-known New York stenographer of inventive genius, has contrived a theater seat that, with the aid of simple mechanism, will fold up, fall down and become a part of the floor. They can be instantly folded in ca'-e of fire, or to clear the floor for dancing, by one man and a lever. The best cure for far-sightedness is to overlook the faults of your friend. Baltimore Ecenj Saturday. There are no pumps where the co coanut grows, which, perhaps, accounts foe the milk iu it. ... rj $. ?v ?-Sa-4&253& WHOLE NO. 617. Three Tines Jilted. All Nicetown is laughing over the dis comfiture of Michael Lycet, who has iu no less than three instances within the past year been the victim of misplaced confidence in fickle woman. As a final resort he has appe.ded to the courts, and instituted a breach-of-promise suit against the girl he last fixed his affec tions on. For many years he was one of the most energetic spike-drivers in the employ of the Reading Railroad Company at Doylestowu, and being a person of regular habits saved several hundred dollars. Having no particular use for the money he, when thirty-seven years of age, resolved to indulge in the luxury of a wife. But not being familiar with the habits and customs, or, as he expresses it, ' the goings on" of the gentler sox, made no progress in his huflt for a companion until he fell in with a Milesian named Madigan, of whom he asked assistance. Mr. Madi gan is a fiddler, and is reputed to know the merits and demerits of every mar riageable woman between Reading and Conhohocken. In his hour of despondency Michael unbosomed himself t Mauigan, who agreed for the small fee of ten dollars to find a bouncing girl willing to become Mrs. Lveet. Madijran sot the fee. and three days later introduced his em ployer to one Mit,s Dohin, but Michael objected to certain pecul'arities of her visual organs. Madigan said Lycet was too particular, and demanded an additional fee of ten dollars before he went in search of a Venus that would meet the approval of his patron. After inspecting three nymphs unearthed by the indefatigable tiddler, Michael found in a Miss Degan all tho perfections of her adorable sex. and made love to her in"" orthodox style. He gave her two dresses, a cloak, a bracelet, an umbrel la, and a tin-type of his own counte nance. On the strength of the grace with which she received the last-named token of his affection he ottered her the original, but she declined the honor, and two weeks later cut him dead With a broken heart and crushed spirit he sought pastures new in Nicetown, where he found employment last fall, anil two weeks later met a Miss Casev at a rattle given by a mutual frsniL Michael followed his old policy of court ship, and soon Miss Casey burst upon the public with a green silk dress, a pair of eight dollar gaiters, a gorgeous bon net, white kid gloves, and other highly tinted plumage, all of which were pur chased by 4hur Mike," as Mr. Lycet bitterly avers she oalls him. It finallv dawned upon Michael that his courtship was frightfully expensive, and that week after week went by without his being any nearer matrimony than he was before he left Burks County. Not long after this Miss Casey jilted him. In time and by the way an exceed ingly brief period it was the victim's w ounded heart healed, and his atten tion was attracted by Maggie Moran, the daughter of his boarding mistress. His interest in the young lady increased daily, and to Magistrate Krickbaum he yesterday gave his experience with her. After dwelling on her hair, her eyes and her build, he said: "Furst she axed for asilkdhress. Do yeznioind that? Sez I, 'Will ye marry me?' 'It's hasty ye are,' sez she. 'Margaret," sez I, 'It's no silk dhress ye'H have from me till e promise.' 'Very well,' sez she, wid a Siiiile on her; 'I'll be Mrs. Lycet on Christinas-Day.' When she had the dress made she wanted a cloak. Twen ty dollars fur a cloak. 'Ye'll have no cloak from me,' sez I. 'Then I'll not marry,' sez she. So pwhat could I do but do pwhat she wanted? Then she borreed fifty dollars out uv the monev in the bank to buy things for the wed din'. "Sez I, 'Margaret, go alsy wid the money.' 'Oh, it's savin I'll lie,' se. she, but spint every blissid cint uv it that very day in shoes, and ribbons,, and sleppers, and fol-de-rols. 'The day before Christmas, sez I, it's mur ried in the mornin' we'll be.' 'Phwat tnornin?' sez she, openiu' her oyes and slurin' in me face. 'Christmas morn in,' sez I. 'It's New-Year's 1 sed,' sez sho, as bould as brass. I wur hi In mad, but she stud like a cow in the mud and cud naythcr be druv or blarneyed. So I waited, an' to put her into supirits I gev her a thirty-seven dollar goold ring. On New-Year's Day she wint oil" wid young Tom Monuhan to a rulle and sint me a litther she'd not m my me if I wuz made of goold. Mind f at, now. She sint me au ould ring w .rth twenty sints an' vowed it wuz the weddin' ring I gave bur. 1 want a warrant fcr her and she'll be put in jail, so she will, for her de cavin' thrick." Yesterday an officer recovered the ring from Miss Casey, and later in the day the unhappy Lycet brought suit against her for breach of promise. Philadelphia Cor. Chicago Tribune. Completely Accommodated. 44 You had better get rid of that stove pipe hat; you'll be livelier without it," oaiil a poworfuiljr Ltiilt. iol-fqout yui truck driver the other day as he nearly drove over a delicate-looking gentleman on Park Row. The pedestrian had to skip in a very undignified manner to es cape. "You want your neck wrung very badly," he said, as he gained the side walk and looked after the truck. The driver heard him and pulled up his horse at once. " Will you ring it?" he asked in gruff tones. The gentleman took a few seconds to consider the question. Then he said: ," No, I'll leave that job for the hang man; but I'll flatten your nose, if that will" suit you." It appeared that the proposal suited the driver, for in thirty seconds he stood before his fragile-looking man. 44 Now flatten my nose," he said, de fiantly. It was done before the wqrd3 were well out of his mouth, and as he lav on his back in t'ie gutter the expression on his blood-bespattered countenance was that of mingled pain anil amazement "What did you strike that ram for?" asked a policeman, hurrying up, and seizing the gentleman by the arm. " Because he asked me to strike him, you know," was the reply, "and as he looked like an honest, crood-natured young fellow, I didnH like to disoblige him 1? The policeman looked at the truck man, who rose slowly, and without mak ing any complaint mounted the seat of his wagon and drove oft. "Well." said the policeman, impress ively, as lie walked away, " there's no accountin' for tastes." N. Y. Sun. Captain Eads estimates the cost of the ship railway as follows: Improve ment, of the Coatzacoal cos, $3,000,000; improving the bayou, !J4,000,000; ship railway, $60,000,000; terminal improve- 0,UW,UW; total, f72,0W, .'-. s?""r-J - jr BjHMBJ-BfllJl-M'V KATES OF AtoYEHTISlNG. W"' Ida .Business ana professional carv? of five lines or less, per snnum. ftrfi. dollars. "jj Ida or um a advertisements, appiy, - i-- l at this office. J' J EsTLegal advort'sementa at tatut'? y rates. "STFor transient advertising, aari rates on third page. JSf All advertisements payabM monthly. Fashioas la Perfaatery Raskin has said of color that it? tro bcautv lies in the moderate use of it. Tim sump niAV hfl said of nerfumo. esoe cially as ap oiled to pcrsoual use. Ths c unmitigated burst of somo particular', scent with which our senses are assailed F. when a vulgar fop or his equally vulgar I equivalent 01 the weaker ser uraws forth and flourishes a handkerchief. an offense, and not to our noses only. It is an infringement of those rules of po , liteness that requiro of civilized beingSKjj that they shall do nothing to revolt tha t a senses of their neighbor, it is. How ever, an offense of ignorance. Tha owner of the handkerchief, revelling in, the pronounced qualities of his patchouli. nis eau ue coiogne or ouier leinuiu wm pound, is of tho opinion that saturating t the atmosphere with it is an amiablo.' -4 action, and one that not only gratifies - ,3$ 1 his own tastes but also those of his com- 3- panions. Who knows? I lis grosser sense may be unable oven to perceivo the suggestion of delicate odor that per vades the garments of the woman of re finement Not for her the perfumo a la mode! Alphonse Karr says of a woman who changes her toilet scents according fummte, and of her who remains faith- ' ful to one special perfume, that she is a , fcmrne adoriferautc, like tho rose, tha lilac or the carnation. The distinction, is a nice one, and infers a very decided Perhaps the most perfect odor yet dis- t covered, in tho sense of delicate, insinu- j ating fragrance, as opposed to the oveiv if "3 powering, is produced from pot-pourri, t ' loved of our grandmothers, but all too jfe" rarely seen or heard of nowadays. Of it the old-fashioned china punch bowls &Gf could tell a tale- Diverted from their -3 original use of holding the strong yet "Jt ." mellow "brew" of tho "grog" that la now displaced by claret, these bowls "f'"l4 left the dining room and found their way ;3(L to the drawing room. Every summer r they received in their capacious em- brace handfuls of-dried and spiced rosa leaves; every autumn a fresh install ment of the blue gray ears of lavender; every winter additions of dried and powdered -'cinnamon and clove; overy spring the hay suggesting leaves of tha woodrufTc. with those of the lemon thyme and the sweet-smelling blosom less verbena. As the bowls became full their contents were drafted off into small silken sacheLs, which lay cosily tucked away among the laces, lawns ana linens of which tho chests and shelves of old held such goodly store. Not only articles of dress, but house and table linen were thus impregnated with their delicious, compound perfume. This is attainable by everybody who care- to devote to its manufacture the very slight trouble necessary; and scattered in glove-box, handkerchief sachet, lace drawer, and throughout the wardrobe, its results will soon be apparent in a re fined delicacy of spice-like odor that suggests itself to the senses, and is cov er impertinent or obtrusive, though al ways present. Among the most successful of those manufactured perfumes Iiorrowed from nature are the white rase, mignonette," stcphanotis .and new-mown hay. They are, however, very evanescent. Those who lovo violets find it difficult to obtain a perfume that does more than suggest their favorite flower for a few fleeting moments. To these it may be useful to mention that silk bags of the best violet Eowdcr. if placed among dresses, hand erchiefs and laces, are much more effectual and more pleasing than any liquid preparation from the flowers, cs- Iiecially when the fragrance is called brth by heat. It never becomes exces sive, but the contents of the bags must be frequently renewed. Bunches of vio lets, if laid away when fresh in the pock ets or sleeves of dresses, impart a deli cious odor of the flower. The blossoms must be quite dry. and should be re moved when they become scentless. It is said that Josephine's boudoir at Mal maisou is impregnated to this day with the odor of violets, owing to the quanti ties of that flower with which tho room was kept constautlv supplied. London Truth. IT hat Vivisection Leads To. Experimentalizing in the interests of pathological science does not seem to be confined exclusively to the lowor ani mals. In htst week's Hrttish Medical Journal, Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, senior surgeon to the London Hospital, discourses as follows to his students on a patieut just cured of a sort of plagua of boils: " He was sent in by my friend and former pupil. Dr. Tom Robinson, in order that he might be cured. Yoa will say that the hope of cure is the mo tive which brings most of our patients to us. True; but in this instance thero was something more than this. Dr. Robinson could easily have cured him himself, but lie sent him here in order that I might do the miracle of cure un der your eyes, and thus claim your belief in the efficacy of drugs. You will remember his state when, admitted; he was covered from head to foot with bulla;; the trunk, was less severely affected than liis lnnos. heart, etc.; on tnesc tnere was nowhere a space as large as the palm free from bulhe. and on the trunk also there were a considerable number. Ha was in a miserable, corulttion from pain awl irritation. The eruption liad beea out about ten days, and it affected tho mucous membrane of his mouth, as well as the skin. You nunj remember thai we kept him in bal for a few days 6c forc tee. used tie magician's tmnul. in order that all might see that there was no natural tendency to amelioration More bullae came out; then, without making the slightest change in tliet, wo ordered a few drops of a tasteless solu tion of arsenic to be swallowed three times a day. The result was that, at our next visit, most of the bulhe had dried, and there were no fresh ones." The sentences we have italicised sho that tliis unfortunate patient was de liberately kept in a state of extreme sufiecing sevend days longer than he need have been, in order that the stu dents at the London Hospital might "improve the occasion." And for th3 f-ainful experiment, we suppose, no icense was taken out, or was needful. We suspect the subscribers to our Va rious London hospitals would not ap prove at all of this deliberate prolong ing of suffering for the intellectual bene fit of the students. But this is the kind of attitude toward human patients which the habit of experimentalizing iu the torture of animals is apt to produce. London Spectator. The bullion output of Arizona, in 1881, as far as heard from, was $9,085, 679, including $5,149,129 from the Tombstone district alone. The copper output was 8,098,495 pounds. 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