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iiL.iHtcaiJiar.jn;. THE JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERY WKDNESDAY, tfl. "K. TURNER fc GO:, Proprietor! and Publiihen. BATES OP ADVEHTMMCi. JSTBuaincss and professional cards" of five lines or less, per annum, five dollars. STFcr time advertisements, apply at this office. BTLegal advertisements at statute rates. GTTor transient advertising, sea rates on third page. ' 237 All advertisements payable monthly. L 13" OFFICE, Eltzealh St., vp ttairs. in Journal Building. . .. tibms: , ia. Peryear Six months 1 VOL. XII.-N0. 50. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, APEIL 12, 1882. WHOLE NO. 622. Three months Sisgie copies fte fulumlms iuwpal I I V v V Y i CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. 'it ' ft " C. H. VaxWyck, U- S. Senator, Neb raxka City. Alvin saUN'Debs, U. 6. 5entor,Omahm. E. K. Valentine, Rep.. "West Point. T. J. Majors, Contingent Hep., Peru. STATE DIRECTORY: Albinus Nance, Governor, Lincoln, a. J. Alexander, secretary of State. lohn Wallicbs, Auditor, Lincoln. G. H. BartlettTreasurer, Lincoln. CI. Dllworth, Attorney-GeneriT. "WWTTT. '.Tone-, Supt.Tubllc Instruc. C J. Xobe. Warden of Penitentiary. CHuld?' 1 '" I"Pecto. J. O. Carter. Prison Physician. H.P. Mathewaon, Supt.'lnuane Asylum. JUDICTARY: S.Ji&x well. Chief Justice, FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. U. W. Po3t,.Iudire, York. M. B. Reese, District Attorney, TCaboo. LAND OFFICERS: , M. B. Hoxie, Register, Orand Island.? Wm. Anyan. Receiver, Grand Island. -v- LEGLSLATIVEr - . State. Senator. M .JC Turner. - i. 'f Representative. G. V. Lehman. COITNTV DIRECTORY: J. G. HisKin, County Judire. John Stautfer. County Clerk. J. VT. Early. Treaurcr. I). (. Ivav.inniih. Sheriff. L.J. Crnier, Surveyor. 31. Jlahcr. i Joseph Rivet, V Cc H.J Hud-pn. ) bounty Commissioners. Dr. A. Heintz. Coroner. J. E. Moacripf Supt. of Schools. Bvron MHIett. J , . , . .M.Corneliii,f Jwtice-ofthePeace. CITY DIRECTORY: J. R. 3fev.rhr, Mavor. H. J. Hudson. Clerk. John F. W'ernnith. Treasurer. Geo. G. Bowman, Police. Jude. L. J. Cramer, Engineer. " councilmkn: " 1st Ward .lohn Rickly. G. A.iichroeder. ---d Ward Win. Lamb. 1. Cluck. 3d Ward J. Rimmsen. A. A. Smith. Celsuibaii Pott Oflee. Open on Sundays trm II a.m. to 12 M. and from 4:30 to p. m. Busines hours except Sunday ti a m. to U P. M. Eastern mail close at 11 a. m. Western mails oloe at 4:15 p.m. Mail leave Columbus for Lost Creek, Genoa, St. Edwards. Albion, Platte (enter. Humphrey, Madison and Nor folk, every day (except Sundays) at 4:35 p.m. Arrives at 10:55. For Shell Creek and Creston, on Mon days and Fridays, 7 a. M., returning at 7 V. M., ;aiiie day-. For Alexis. Patron and David City, Tue-sdays, Thursday and Saturdays, 1?.m "Arrives at 12 m. For Conklinjr Tuesdays and Saturdays 7 a. ni. A rri es 6 p. m. same days . IT. P. Time Table. Eastward Sound. Emigrant, No. 0, leaves at ... 6:25 a. m. Passeng'r, "4, " " 11:00 a. m. Freight. s, " " .. 2:15p.m. Freight, " 10. " " . 4:30 a. m. Westward Hound. Freiirht, No. 5. leaves at 2:0) p. m. Passenir'r, " 3, " 4:27 p. m. Freicht. " 9, " " :) p. m. Emigrant. 7. " " 1:30 a. in. Every day -xoept Saturday the three lines leatlin to Chicaco connect with U P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays there will be but one train a day, as -hown by the folio wins schedule: O.. N. B. H. ROAD. Time Schednle o. 4. To take effect June 2. "SI. For the government and information of employees only. The Company reserves the richt to vary therefrom at pleasure. Trains daily. Sundays excepted. Outtcard Bound. Inward Bound. Columbus 4:35 p.m., Norfolk 7:2 A. M. LoCreek5:2l Munson 7:47 " n. Centre 5:42 " ! Madison ..8:26 " Humphrev6.-25 Madison "7:04 Munson 7:43 Norfolk s:04 IIumphreT9:05 ' PI. Centre 9:48 t i LostCrekl0.09 Columbusl0:55 " ! ALBION BRANCH. Columbus 4:45 p.m. , Albion r:43 a.m. LostCreek5:31 Genoa ... 6:1C " St.EuwardTOO " Albion .. 1:47 " St.Edward8:30 " Genoa .. 9:14 " fLostCreek9:59 " Columbus 10:45 " B. 4 M. TIME TABLE. Leaves Columbus, 5:45 a.m. " Bell wood , 6:30 " " 'Dafiu;City, 7.20 " " Garrison. -....- 7:4J " " Ulvsses, S:25 " " Stapleburst, 8:55 " " Seward, 9:30 " " Rubv. 9:50 " " Milford 10:15 ' " Pleasant Dale, 10:45 " " Emerald. 11:10 " Arrives at Lincoln, 11:50 M. Leaves Lincoln at 12:50 p.m. -and ar rives in Columbus 7:Oyp.M. 'Makes close connection at Lincoln for all points east, west and south. H. LITERS & CO., BLACKSMITHS AND- Wagon IBuilclers, Se Brick Shop opposite HelnU'i Drn Stwt. ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. Eleventh Street, Columbus, Xebraska. 50 NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOT, Projr. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot; COLl.TIBlIS, 3fEB. AaewhouaCj. newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. . C - 0"8eCsi a Fir-Cl TaUc Meals, 25 Ct. Lodgings. ...25 Cts. 3S-2tf FAKJ1ERM! BE OF GOOD CHEER. Let not the low prices of your products dis courage you, but rather limit your ex peases to your resources. You can de so by stopping: at the new home of your fellow farmer, where you can find good accommodation!: cheap. For hay for team for one night and day, 25 cts. A room furnished with a cook store and bunks, in connection with the stable free. Those wishing can be aeconnio. dated at the house of the undersigned at the following rates: Meals 25 cents beds 10 cents. J. B.SEXECAL, X mile east of Gerrard's Corral. BUSmtS CABDS. AT1VBN1'3-AI-LA W, Up-stairsin Gluck Building, lith itrwt, VAbove the New bask. roiix a. JtjkUGHA;, j t JUSTICE Of TEE PEACE AND , NOTAli 1" PUBLIC, Plattk Ckxter, Neb. NOTARY PUBLIC, VStk Street t dMrs wtat of Haatatoad Hoaae, Columbus, Neb. 491-y D H. M. . THUKNTO, BESIDENT DENTIST. OlHce-orer'conier-of-llth and North-st. All operation firt-Jan8 and warranted. Hl'tlGO B A K BE at SHOP! S3"EverythIngu' first -claa5tT!e. Also keep the best of cipars. 516-y IfcALLISTER BROS., A TTOBXBTS AT LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ing. 11th St. V. A. McAllister, Notary Public. J. M. MACFAHLASD, Attcaiy ssi SatArj PaU1 : B. K. COWDERT, Cellseur. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK MAC1 ARLAKD COWDBRY, Colvmbs, : : : Nebraska. p- M. BUiCME, Ilth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Selis Harness, Saddles, Collars, AVhjps, Blankets,CutTT Combs, Brushes, etc., at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. B"YRON MILLXTT, Justice of the Peace and Kotary Public. YBO.H Mii.i.rrT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus Nebraska. N. B. He will give close attention to all business entrusted to him, " 218. T OUIS SCHREIBER," " - LACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kinds of repairing done on short notice, liugg'es. Waoni, etc., made to order, and all work guaranteed. 'f3TShop" opposite the "-Tattersall," 01iv Street. '" " -25 w AtiEat St WtXllulT, AT TOE CHECKERED BARN, Are prepared" to furnish the public w'th good teams, buggies and carriages for all occasions, especially for funerals. Also conduct a feed and sale stable. 41) TA31ES- PEARSALL IS IfEEHARKD, WITH FIRST -CLASS APPARATUS, To remove houses at reasonable rates. Give him a call. TOTICi: TO TEACHEKS. J. E. If oncrief, Co. Supt,, Will be in his office at the Court House on the first Saturday of each month for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's cer'viflcatee. and for the transaction of any other business pertaining to schools. SG7-y WILLIAM RYAN, DEALER IX KENTUCKY WHISKIES s .Wines, Ales, Ciuars and Tobaeeo. ISTSchilz's Milwaukee Beerconstant ly ob hiatija " Eleventh St Columbus,. Neb. 0 CirCAJKEL tSCi TTE, . v VETEIHNARY 5WGE0N." Speaks German; Eaglisb. and Scandi navian. , ' - Office at'Dewty, "Wearer" Co's drug store. Columbus, Nebraska. Dr. MaTCMELL ft HAETnT, Surgeonss .QN-ijB. M. . B Asst. Swrgeons U. P.B'y, COLUMBUS, - - NrBRASKA. JS. MUKDOCK & SOX, Caraenters and Crntractora. Have had an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto Is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunltytoestimateforyou. yyshop o 13th St., one door west of Friedhof & Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-y COLDMBUli Restaurant and Saloon! E. IT SHEEIAN, Praprieter. "Wholesale nd Retail Dealer in For eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales. Cr-Ekmtiatf'WkUtiesrtiTSpeeialtw ' '; .aMtmm ia in tut season,-, ay -in a, case can or dish. lltk StrMt. Smtk f Da. LAW, RAX ESTATX AND GEXERAL COLLECT ION OFFICE, BT W.S.GEER MOXET TO LOA' in small lots on farm property, time one to three years. Farms with some improvements bought and. gold,; q for. the. present, at the Clother House, ColumbuSjOi- 473-x ' ,'fjX, F. SCHECK, Manufacturer and Dealer. ia aGASS AND TOBACCO, ALL KrXDS or SMOKING ARTICLES. Store on Olive St., near the old PoU-ofiee CohwbsalTabraaka. , Ul-ly 1D7BSTI8SMS1TS. Wm KLLQeY! Mrs. M. S. Drake UAS JDST DECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF . uluiebt aid iaict hibs. BT A Fl'LL ASSORTMENT OF EV ERYTHING BELONGING TO A FIRST-CLASS MILLIN ERY STORE.3 Nebraska Avenue, two doors north of the State Bank. 27-tf -BEOKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEE KILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOL E SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE. COL UMB US. NF.B. Dr. A. HEINTZ, DEALER IS K KEDIfllES. C5EMICALS. WIXES, LIQIJOBtS, Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUMX1Y, Etc., Etc., And all articles usually kept on hand by Druggists. Physician Prescription 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 S.0O to $10.00 per acre for cash, or on tire or ten, years time, in annual payments to suit pur chasers. TVe 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. JJeeuu Qimn ii WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS! ALSO dealers IX Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Etc.. and Country Produce of ail Kiiis. THE BENT OF FI.OI!at AL WAYS KEPT OX IIAiXD. FOR THE LEAST MONEY! iSGoods delivered free of charge to any part of the city. Terms cash. Corner Eleventh and Olive Street, Columbus, Neh. WM5 BECKER i a -' j DEALER T!r ALL KIXDS OF FAULTS GEQCBUES ! I KEEP COS-STAXTLY OS HAND A WELL!SLECTED STOCK. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dritd and Canned' Fruits, and other Staples a fecidty1. Ged IeliTr4 Free amy - faWrtrtlie .Oiv. rthe.Clly. t2 I AX ALSO "AOEXT FOR' THE CEL EBRATED coqtjtlard Farm and Spring Wagons, Of Which T kpen . cnnnlint Tirvrlv nn hand, but few their equal. In stjletad I quality, second to none. '" j ' 1 CAUL AMD LEAK PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near 'A. 4b N. Depot. GOOD O00DS Souths' Department. TEE BIRDS' MEETING. Tke blnstrr wind had called them all: The birds arrived, the iarjre, the small. The owl, of course, wus choson Judge; S staredaround, but didn't budge. The robi&a, jays und meadow-larks Got up to make a few remarks; Taey said the time had come to go. Bed leaves and gold new to and fro. The sparrows then grew spiteful quite. They tnoturnt it much too soon for flight; But bluebirds longed for bluer skies. And wrens thought this was very wise. The blackbirds said their time was up: The berries rone, where should they sup? The catbirds said they quite agreed. 'Twas time the warning- they should heed. The owl this question put: " Say 'Ay, Thufte who intend away to nyl" All but the sparrows vote ro go; These cheep a most decided 'No!" Tte carried." said the owl: "adieur Tna birda cry: "Now for skies of blue." "Gol" chirped the sparrows, "why this fuss? Oar home is good enough fur us '." Gtotyt Cotrper, in Our Little One. LITTLE SAVINGS. lamatloawi for Both Toan; and Oli. "Often "we fail to take note of how much can be accomplished through the accumulation of pecuniary trities saved. Wealth comes from careful savings, more than from large earnings. A little laid by every year and put at interest soon counts up. A single deposit even !row3 to handsome proportions, A gentleman at Taunton, Massachusetts, has shown us a savings-bank book which teaches a lesson to those who despise the day of small things. A deposit of twenty dollars, placed for him by his grandfather in a savings bank at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1&C7 and afterward increased to thirty aouara, oy me audition oi ten aoiiars, in 1832 amounted in 1874 to over four hundred dollars. Our rising generation should be re minded that there is no virtue so easy of practice, and yet so reckh ssly disre garded, as economy in little things. Steady, small savings grow into inde pendence so easily that it is more than wonderful to ht'ar persons who have power to make them complain of how hard the world soes with them. A young fellow with a ten-cent cigar in nis mouth some three of which he will smoke in a day will unblushingly say he cannot make both ends meet, any way he can manage, the while he is puffing off in smoke the very means through 'which he could be rich in this world's goods. Samuel Lee, Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge. England, vnfl tiprpntppn vp?r nr ncra htfafrtro h - -." conceived the idea of learning a foreign language; out of the scanty pittance of Eis weekly earning as a carpenter he purchased a book, and - . when this was tymlH "ha ornfinnfirojl it fnr nnntho anil V. MW ....bV- . VT. .W..W1, .M.IA seventeen linguages! . ." . This illustrates the value of spare minutes. Many careless people waste more time every day than is needed to make them masters of a science, if well wsed. Some great works have been written in intervals of ten or fifteen minutes from reenlar emDlovmenta. Any young person who will find an w " . ". .. -- boot a day tor reading can easily ac quire large learning. Try what you trti r,A 1vr.b- Kn.b- nnnn lha fnclr .. tl,o ain nn ruimn nnw in imr roiro j ... . r y , w most pleasant and profitable you ever performed. Sir Astley Cooper had, perhaps, the largest income ever received by a sur geon in England. It amounted in some years to about $190,000. But only thrnnorh trrAfit. hnrilshms did ho riinnh this wonderful success. When a stu- dent in the Edinburgh University, he lived in a very modest way in a third story room, at an expense' of about a dollar and a half a week. mftar ho aut.t.lp1 in T.rnilrn income amounted to only twenty-five dollars! We are told that a well-known Ameri- can professor once entertained ProL Agassiz on a dinner consisting of pota - toes and salt Three times a week, for mnr roon thu riit,ni hnrt hSBn t-ot . .... ... .m . ..s. . ..... a..... .ibiu . up. wnoever cnancea to oe nresent; and , 1 , . , . ' the saving thus made had been iudi- ciottsly invested in books, till the Pro fessor owned a magnificent library. The late Empress of Germany was one of the most simply-dressed of women, except on occasions of cere mony. Her dry-goods bills are said to have been less than those of the wives of many merchants. She often drove out in a calico dress. And yet she was very liberal in her gifts. The Princess Bismarck, fresh and comely, though neariv seventy, superintends her farm-1 work, goes about the house with a great ' bunch of keys at her girdle, watchful of the familv expenditures, and her house tilled with knitted quilts and such like, the evidence of her skill and in dustry. - At Ghent, in Belgium, an experiment has been made, which has been at tended, it is said, with very good re sults. A gentleman who felt deeply concerned at the large amount of money wasted by children, and the careless, improvident habits thus early acquired by them went round to all the public schools, and, after talking to the scholars. on the.subject, made arrange ments withjthe teachers to receive all the money which the children might be willing to intrust to them. W hen this reached a certain amount it was deposited in one of the city banks. When a pupil's savings had thus reach one franc (twenty cents), he was to receive a bank-book, and be allowed three per cent, interest by the Bank of Belgium. The plan has met with entire success. The children now save their money instead of spend ing it foolishly, and by the time they leave school "have often a large sum wherewith to enter into business or procure an outfit. It is well known that it is not those who have the most money-who speed the- most on caady, cakes peanuts, etc1, things which do n good, and often cause positive injury to the health. Besides the money saved, which may be very useful in time of needrthe habits of-self-denial and econo my thus formed are of the greatest value. ' s n Young people, also, by judicious sug gestions and' instruction, may be in duced to earn money enough to pur chase their own books, papers, play things, etc, and tbe pleasure of earn ing an object is almost equal to the Saif-reliance adds both to the happi mtm aad moral strength of youth, and little efforts often produce large re- Each scholar in a Sabbath-school at fraakindale, Pa., was given ten grains thus he advanced in knowledge. He PoaP- ere J" win una ine source had not even the privilege of balancing o the disease. between reading and relaxation, but . 1 am acquainted wtth the table hab- was obliged to pss directlvfrom bodilv u oi alare number of persons. Ihey fatigue to mental exertion. During the have al1 eatjen to mllch fPtL Nearly six years previous to his twentyIifth a11' too much m quantity, but all have year he omitted none of the hours uau- atea f00 to hly c?nce.ntrated- ally appropriated to manual labor, and Xesterda-V Isaw dyspeptic friend eat he retired to rest regularly at ten o'clock ;,ruPears at a fruit stand. He said in the evening; and vet: at the age of Wl a mile V1 g few Bartletts thirir-nrMii hrbfiM,nliv.ifrT,0H half a dozen times a day." Certain o corn to be planted and cultivated during the summer, the proceeds of the harvest to be used for the benefit of the schooL The girl3 were each to raise a chicken. In the fall the grain and poultry were sold at auction. The proceeds of the sale amounted to $10.25, which was laid out in subscrip tions for papers for the cMldren's win ter reading. These children enjoynd the reading of their paper much more than if it had been provided for them by their teachers or parents, without any efforts of their own, and the exam ple of this school is suggestive to alL Every family have little and loose ex penses, entirely useless, and sometimes worse than that. Their accumulation would soon amount, if saved, to s vir tual pecuniary independence. It will pay in many ways to "hoard away the gleanings in the fields of evil customs and bad appetite, and the habit, would soon become most laudable pleasure. Golden Days. Sure Signs. Solomon said, many centuries ago: "Even a child is known bv his doinirs. i whether his work be pure and whether When I see a little boy slow to go tc school, and glad of every excuse to neg lect his books. I think it is a sign that he will be a dunce. When I see a boy in haste to spend every penny as soon as he gets it, I think it is a sign that he will be a spend thrift. When I see a boy hoarding up his pennies, and unwilling to part with them for any good purpose, 1 think it is a sign that he will be a miser. When I see a boy or girl looking out for "number one," and dislikinjr to IV lC lliUh f share good things with others. I think it is a sign that the child will grow up a selfish person. When I see bovs and girls often quar reling, I think it is a sign that they will be violent and bateful men and women. When I see a child obedient to his parents. I think it is a sign of great fu ture blessing from Almighty God. A"trf Words. Eating Too Much. Ten pel sons die prematurely of too much food where one dies of too much drink. Thousands eat themselves into fever, bowel diseases, dyspepsial throat affections, and other maladies. Some years ago, the residents of a German citv were one morning: wild ' with excitement. Everybody was poi ' soned. The doctors were flying in ev ery direction. Water was the ouly rfkmr rtiA.r nor onrn lAtnAii in rtAmwit sxn : " luc? " anauuncu ia tumiuuu. thing they had swallowed , lhe reservoir was examined. In one a PaPef ?f PolsOQ was fun(j u , The stomach is the reservoir which annnlitM f l i" ifnnlA 9-xrmr vnTim nn fuHi"'ca " " uW. . , mnammation or some oiner inaiauy ap- ,.. -.1 .- , .1 ' alinfafin l,flfnfTifli,w' coum t-v fVtinv ?f fTiarr eat coarse bread and ripe fruits, a peck is all rlirht. Fine flour bread, pies and cakes are great evils. A friend who has decayed teeth, dys pepsia, and a disagreeable eruption, all produced by excessive eating of im proper food, declared in response to ! my remonstrance. YVtrtra than I tt? but I never eat more than I want. ' Jwery persou wants the quantity he has been in the habit of eatinsr. If he could digest I Well tWO POUndS . ---- - --. a day but eat torn - pounds, he wants the latter quantity. A man may want a glass of spirits on rising. He is in the nabit of drinking at that time. The body is strengthened by what it can digest and assimilate. Every ounce mora than this is mischievous. The ', H"? who, eats l1 eaoug suffers lit tle from hunger. Pardon a word of my own experi ence. During many years of practice The first vear ' at my profes300 I had but little mus .innh.a ,v..,i cular exercise. I ate enormously. An , hour's postponement of my dinner was painful- Now I can omit a dinner al- ' together without inconvenience. 1 ' have Iost tweuty pounds m weight but . fe, a geat deal younger. (More than ha,f the thl? PfoP16 W0U,Id &m ah hJ eating less.) I have only one dietetic " rule from which I never depart, this rule, kind reader, I commend to you. Always take on your plate, before tou begm, everything you are to eat. Thus you avoid the dessert, and are pretty sure not to eat too much. This simple rule has been worth thousands to me. Yes, I think there are persous who eat to little; but where there is one such, there are hundreds who eat too much. Dr. Dio Lewis, inUo'den Rule. The Policeman. The policeman, children, is a pretty fair sort of man, notwithstanding he is generally on his beat- frequently when he comes in sight the boys call out, "Cheese it." This is when something has a curd, and they wish to get a whey. The policeman is one of the most clubbable of men. He belongs to no club, however. The club belongs to him. He always takes his club with him. As his club is always on hand just in the ace of time, it is known as the ace of clubs. It is a trump. The policeman is often put to his trumps. From the fact that the policeman has frequently to turn an Irishman into the gutter, he is called a Pat-roll-man. , The policeman is also called the guardian of the night. He is a brave knight. He watches over the night errant. The policeman has a very keen mind. He can apprehend the most difficult subject, and these subjects are most ap prehensive of his approach. The policeman, we are sorry to say, has very bad associations. He is al ways running after bad company. There are a number of men on the police and each one has a number. The policeman is sometimes called Charlev. He always has his billv with him. The two are bound together by the strongest tie. The policeman is re nowned for a billy tie. The policeman is not given to litera ture, but has a-pistol-ary correspond ence with dangerous classes sometimes. He is a measure of public policy. What should we do without the public poiicer aeer The policeman h not a deep thinker. He does uot cudgel his brains over ab struse problems. He uses somebody else's brains when he cudgels. The policeman is not a profane mas, but he does a good deal of swearing when in court. When in chase of a criminal, if tbe man becomes tired, the policeman will kindly give him arrest. We will foils his example, and give you a not. Boston Transcript. The Spdealatian U Confederate Beads. The Washington (D- C) Post says: Many readers have had their bumps" of curiosity intensely agitated during the past few-days by "the numerous applica tions in the " Want" column for coupon bonds issued bv the late "Confederate States of America." . To jump into the true inwardness of this sudden demand for bonds that for many years had been paper upon which they were printed, a U' representative called upon the brokers named in the advertisement. The firot one visited a woman, by the way said that her husband would pay $4 for all the 1.000 bonds of the right kind offered, but as to the right kind she was ignorant; her hus band, who was absent on other busi ness, knew how to pick the good ones out. He was acting, she said, for a New York firm on a commission; he had not as yet purchased anv large number of bonds, but there had" been many in quiries. A second dealer in the'bonds was ab sent when the reporter ealled, but his confidential clerksauLj&&tade was a brisk one. During the dav the house had purchased about eighty .'51,000 bonds at S3 to $4 each, mostly from Washington people, and in small sums. Bateman & Co. stated that inside of a week they had purchased Confeder ate bonds of the face value of over $2, 000,000, iu bunches of from $2j,000 to $150,000. The price ranged from $3.75 to $ 1.50. They had about completed arrangements to purchase a batch of 31,000,000 fwm a Texas party. They were acting on special orders from an English broker, and did not know what the Englishman intended to do with the bonds. They only purchased bonds buuj;uvibu vrt UU IUU1C ItUUC blUlU bUU with the coupon due July 1, l.Soo, at tached, and most of their purchases were the Gs, 7s or 8s of the issue of 1865. A prominent banking house was next visited. The Cashier said that no reg ular house would touch these Confed erate bonds. He had seen a dispatch from a New York broker offering $7. OOJ for $1,000,000 forb's. 7s or 8s. issue of 1865. Williams & Son smilingly admitted that they were driving a lively trade in the bonds of the defunct Confe-leracy. Of late their purchases averaged $1. 000,000 a day, at rates of $1.75to $1.50 per $1,000. They purchased all kinds of these bonds, but only paid the top rates for bonds w th the coupon due July 1, 1865, attached. They had also purchased quite a number of cotton bonds. The reporter modestlv asked the objoct of purchase, but the ques tion remained unanswered. "I sut pose," said the elder Williams, " that these purchased bonds will all go into English hands, and that the English men expect to get the coupons of July 1, 1865," cashed out of the gold that rests in the Bank of England and in other depositories to the credit of the ex-Confederacy. If all reports are true, there's a heap of gold across the water locked up in the name of the South ern Confederacy. The United States can't get the money. Now, what will prevent the holders of these bonds from gettug their proportionate shave of this gold? Again, the market price lor these bonds is steadily advancing. A coupon on a $1,000 bond, bearing eight Car cent-, calls for $40; the bond now rings only 5 1 4.50. There is no tell ing how high the market price will go. In fact, the whole business is mighty uncertain. The price may jump up to $30 per $1,000; itmay fall down to zero. They are good bonds to speculate in for bold speculators." A prominent ex-Confederate was in terviewed on the subject. "I think," he said, " we fellows have millions of credit over in Europe; how mnch onl the Lord and Judah P. Benjamin know. The trouble is, those confounded En glishmen won't give it up. I th-nk the Bank of England ought to be gar nisheed in the name of the surviving braves of the Confederate army. The good Lord knows that the gold, be it $2,000,000 or $200,000,000, as is vari ously estimated, would come mighty handy to most of us. I burned up all my bonds, save one, when we surren dered to Sherman, after I had wasted half a day in vainly endeavoring to ex change a $1,000 bond for a bottle of whisky. My advice to the people of the South is to selL" A call was next made on the Treas ury Department. Treasurer Gilfillan said that he knew nothing about the Confederate bonds save the single fact that they would not figure in his forth coming debtstatenient. The enstodian in charge of captured and abandoned I property said that there were stored away in the Treasury building not less than $50,000,000 of "these Confederate bonds, all properly signed and ready for delivery; they had been captured by the Federal troops at Richmond and elsewhere during the latter days of the civil war. " Why don'tyou sell them?" asked the Post reporter. " At $4 on the $1,000 the sale would put $200,000 into Uncle Sam's strong box." "Couldn't think of such a thing," re- I plied the custodian; " we want those live on rice will usually be found unfit bonds to pay off the Southern Congress- , to do anything better than to grow rice men." " ! Monotony in food, as in other things, Judge Lawrence, the law officer of ' begets dullness. For all classes ther the Treasury, was next consulted. I mast be something in life to look for "This movement in Confederate i ward to, if men are not to become bonds," he said, "is a genuine sur-, pnse. The movement, if it means any- thing, means that the parties who are purchasing these bonds, English bank- j ers. i am miormeu, lmeuo. to garnisnee oui u me use in luxurious ioou im ue the Bank of England. At the col-' fensible on these grounds, absolute lapse of the rebellion there was con- siderable mouey in the Bank of En-) fland to the credit of the Confederate tates, I have heard the sum estimated all the way from $800,000 to $10,000,000. ' By every principle of the law of nations I that money belongs to the United i States. Acting on this principle our . Government, some years after the col- ' lapse of the rebellion, made repeated efforts to secure the money. For that i the Treasury, was sent to England, but his mission was an unsuccessful one. 1 1 have heard that he was told that if the ' American Government claimed the as- sets of the defunct confederacy it must also assume the liabilities. Anyway, Mr. Kaynor came home without the money. The purchasers of these so-' called Confederate bonds evidently ex- y. m sume way iu capture mat goto, locked up in the Bank of England. I am not of the opinion that they will succeed." The Sew Spoopendyke Baby. "Well well, well," said Mr. Spoop endyke, with a grin that involved his whole head, and an effort at a tip-toe tread that shook the whole house. "And so it's a girl, my dear." Mrs. Spoopendyke smiled faintly, and Mr. Spoopendyke picked up his heiress. " It's the image of you."- she said, regarding with some trepidation Mr. Spoopendyke's method of handling the infant. "I don't see how you make that cut," said Mr. Spoopendyke, gravely. "I don't know when my nose looked like the thumb part of a boiled lobster claw. Do I understand you that my eyes bear any resemblance to the head of a screw?" ' I mean the general features," mur mured Mrs. Spoopendyke. raouth?" retorted Mr. Spoopendyke. the general features seem to be examining his acquisition. "If our gen oral features are at all alike, my visage must remind vou of an earthquake. Hi! kitchee! ki tehee! What makes her fold up her legs like that?" "She can't help it," reasoned Mrs. Spoopendyke. "They'll straighten out in time." " " No time like the present," quoted Mr. Spoopendyke, and he toolr. his daughter's feet" and commenced pulling herlimbs. "Idin't want any bandy legged first in this family while I'm aj the head of it." Naturally the babv began to cry, and Mr. Spoopendyke essayed to soothe it. "Hi! kitchee"! kitchee! kitche-ee-ee!" he chirruped. "Great Scott, what a cavurn! Any idea how much this mouth weighs? Hi kitcheel kitch-e-e. You'll have to get that mouth roofed in before cold weiither. What's the matter with her, anyway?" "Perhaps you hurt hor. Let me take her,ple:is3," pleaded helpless Mrs. Spoopendyke. "She's doing well enough. Hi! you' Hold up! Haven't you anying to catch this mouth in? it's spilling all over the neighborhood. Hi! Topsy. Genevieve. Cleopatra, dry up? I'm going to have trouble breaking this young one's tem per, I can see that. Here! bend the other way once!" and Mr. Spoopen dyke tried to straighten up his off spring without avaiL "Let her come to me. do, please, moaned Mrs. Spoopendyke, and Mr. Spoopendyke was forced to hand her over. "Well, that's quite a baby," said he, nursing his knee :md eyeing the infant. "What' re those bumps over its ees for? What preponderance of intelli gence do they represent?" "You musn't talk so," remonstrated Mrs. Spoopeudvke. "She's the hand somest child vou ever saw." "Well, she's got to stop bitting her nails before she goes anv further w'th this procession. Here, take your hands out of your mouth, can't you? Why don't you put your hands down?" "Well, all babies do that," explained Mrs. Spoopendyke. "You can t stop that." "I'm going to try," said Mr. Spoop endyke. "and I don't want to be in terfered with In bringing up this child. Here. you. Maud S., Bonesetter. put vour hands in your pockets! Don't let me see any more nail-chewing, or you and Til get mixed up in an argument She gets that from your family. Mrs. Spoopendyke." " Say, dear, don't you want to go and order some things?" asked Mrs. Spoop endyke. " No," rejoined her husband. " I want to see this youngster. Where's her chin ? Do babies alwavs have their upper jaw set right on their shoulders? Kitchee! kitchee? Her scalp comes clear to the bridge of her nose. I don't be'iev she's quite right. Where's her forehead? Great Moses? Her head is all on the back part! Say, that baby's got to be pressed. That's no shape." " Get away," exlaimed Mrs. Spoopen dyke, indignantly- "She's a perfect aiigel. There is nothing in the world the matter with her." " Of course you know," growled Mr. Spoopendyke. "You don't want any thing more than a fog-horn and a mis spent appropriation to be an orphan asylum. If I had your faith and the colic I'd mak a living as a foundlings' home! She'll be old enough to spalck in a week, won't she?' "No, she won't!" said Mrs. Spoop emhke. She'll never be old enough for that." " "I'll bet she will." grunted Mr. Spoopendyke: "if she isn't, she'll get it before she" matures up to that period. That's all. Let me take her. Here, let's have her." But Mrs. Spoopendyke flatly refused. " Keep your dodgasted baby, then!" roared Mr. Spoopendyke. "If you know more about babies than I "do, then keep her. The way you coddle het one would thinkshe was anew paste fot the complexion. If you had one more brain and a handle, you'd make a fair rattle-box! Fit you up with a broken sofa and a grease spot and you'd do for a second-hand nursery. And Mr. Spoopendyke started off to fin(j hig frienti g, ecklewottle who con gratidated him, and started off with him to assist in the selection of an over coat and a pair of ear-muffs as preen n tionary against the approaching winter. Brooklyn Eayle. Pleasures of the Table. The simplest food will not suffice tc maintain a community in mental and phvsical health, and to Droduce the highest form of efforts. A people wha soured; and constituted as we are at present, the pleasures of the table must continue to form an important element among the pleasures available for man. waste of food, at any rate, produce the ill effect pointed out, without any com- j pensating advantage. The diner at every gluttonous city feast contributes ' his quota to the already existing distress in some other part of the community. So j does the guest at a charity dinner." The . money he subscribes to the charity is merely a transfer of wealth which leaves the world neither richer nor poorer; . the dinner he eats or leaves increases nigldly Beview. , , 7 "TT? 7- An Amicable Reparation. An Ansonia wife of thirty sought a j divorce from her husband, aed seven- ty, on the ground of cruelty? The old ccntleman, who is said to" be worth 20,000, took a sensible view of th case, and proposed to hh wife a note for 1U,UU0, secured by a good ruort- gage and payable at his death, also to pay her $100 per year in quarterly in ; stallments, and to support her son by a former husband until he should be able ' to take care of himself- The wifa brought the proposition to her attor- ney, and Saturday afternoon the law- . yer visited Ansonia, drew up the con tract, took the note, and was. by terms of the contract, appointed trustee. By I this expeditious business a long trial j was prevented, harrowing details of : matrimonial unpleasantness were kept from the public and the gentleman signing the contract became"" the most happy and satisfied party of the three who figured in the transaction. Barb jord CL) CouruitL Censnmptive Canaries Adrlot far I Those who Keep the Pets. " Yes. canaries often die of consutao- ' tlon," the bird fancier said, meditative , ly, as he fed the white macaw with a piece of apple. "They are also subject to many other lung troubles, and noth ing is so common for them to have as astnma. naturally tncy are nsray , birds, and. if treated with proper care, should rarely be attacked by disease. , Consumption is not hereditary with canaries, but results from cold and ne ; lect. You see, ladies hang the little j fellows by the windows to get the ben ' efit of the sunlight. If the day chances to be pleasant or the room becomes too warm, the window is pulled down two or three inches. The cage is in the draught, which plavs directly on the bird and gives it cold". Again, the win dow may be loose-fitting, and tho canary gets the draught through the crevices. The first uotice that it gives of indisposition is by ceasing to sing. Then it huddles down on its perch and bikes no notice of what is going on around it. Its owner sees it moping, and. with the remark that 'the dear lit- i tie thing needs more sunlight,' on the following day again hangs it at the window. Its cold contiuues, and its lungs become affected. A week later it is fountl dead in the bottom of the cage. Canaries also take cold from being kept in very hot rooms, or subjected to too sudden changes of temperature. The room in which they are kept should never be warmer than sixty degrees. Cold often leads to asthma, and from that to a disease known as the gajes. The gapes can be cured, however, but consumption cannot. " Birus are often brought to mo for treatment, but most of them are so far gone that in the majority of cases they cannot be cured. It us easily told when they are victims to consumption. When they sleep they burv their heads deep in their feathers," and look like yellow puff balls. Their chests heave convulsively, and their breath comes hard. Their eyes look heavy, and they give a kind of hiccup, as though something stuck in their throats- Canaries ought not to die from lung affection, if they are taken in hand in time. When they first stop singing and show signs of cold, they should be placed in a room entirely free from draught, anil dieted on seed and water, and sometimes a paste made from a hard boiled cg and a pulverized cracker. We have a hospital for sick, birds which is ventilated from the top, and has the temperature regulated by a thermometer. The treatment of the" birds varies with the disorder which af fects them. Persons oftcu come in and say that their birds are sick and ask what they shall do for them. The an swer would be as hard to give .is the; reply of a physician would be who was told that a patient was ill. and then asked to treat him without seeing him. " Among the diseases to which cana ries seem Heir are epilepsy, yellow gall, sore feet, sneezing, sweating, hoarse ness and loss of voice. They are also troubled by insects, which cause them great annoyance and often cause their death. These insects during the day hide in crevices, and at night when the birds sleep, they crawl out and suck their blood, and so torment them that the birds cannot rest. Epilepsy results from too rich food. There are two methods of treating it. The first is to The sec- dip the bird into cold water. ond is to bleed it. This is done by cut. ting with the shears the hind claw far enough up so that the blood will flow, and then holding the foot in warm water until the blood ceases to run. Snefzing is one of the results of cold, and is caused by the obstruction of the nos trils. It is cured by dieting the bird and keeping it from draught1. Most of the other diseases are treated in this way. " To my mind there is the greatest similarity in the moulting of canaries and the teething of children. Both suf fer from fever and are pettish and cross. The moulting usually takes place dur ing the months of September and Oc tober. If properly attended to, they should get through moulting in from four to six weeks. The tail and wing feathers sometime do not fall out, and in that instance they should be pulled out one at a time." .V. '. Sun. A Reception at the Home of the Jupaiiese Minister. Last night the Japanese Minister gave one of his unique entertainments. Mr. Yoshida has been in Washington since December, 1874. He is a finely edu cated gentleman, with many accomplish ments, and the courtly manners of a European aristocrat who has habitually associated with the most refined and polished society of the world. His wife was a bride when he first brought her to Washington. She was shy, did not speak any language but her own, and wore flowing garments, according to. the custom of her native land. Five chil dren have been born to Mr. and Madame Yoshida since their arrival in this coun try, and yet with the cares of maternity the Madame has studied English, and sneaks the language sufficiently to en able her to dispense hospitality most agreeably. Very soon after her arrival here at herhusband's request she visited a French modiste, and was fitted out a la mode. Her husband considered the change necessary to protect her from rude stares anil impertinent remarks. We conceited Anglo-Saxons consider ourselves so superior to the Oriental na tions that we either patronize or de spise them as inferiors. They have known and forgotten more things than we with onr boasted civilization have vet acquired. Mr. and Mad- ame when The not Yoshida were revisiting Japan General Grant was there. only one of their children born here made his advent at that time, and is named Grant. The children are all bright and interesting; the voungest is less than two months old. Madame Yoshida. assisted by Misj Alida, the daughter of Mr. Justice Mill er, received with her husband last night. The Japanese Government has pur chased the residence occupied by the Yoshidas for a permanent legation. The house is roomy and furnished richly; the walls are covered with paintings. Some of the paintings are by Japanese artist3 anil some by Europeans and Americans. Several are painted by Mr. Yoshida him self, and evince both" taste and talent. Superb vases tilled with roses and flow ers were artistically disposed about the parlors, dining am cloak-rooms. The table covers, screens, bed-spreads and pillows were of satin, covered with rich embroidery. On the -upper-table were many edibles in the shape of curios. Among these was a Japanese tree filled with birds- When a bird was taken from the tree the head was pulled off and the wings torn from the body, when all the feathers came off, and there was a hot, juicily-cooked quail or tolan or snipe. In confectiouery thara were Chinese pagodas and other forms f ioss Washvimloa Vr. XoMMtfi urur-Journai. W 3 9 II n ir. V