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THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, iSSJ. "l5t::i :is PcricSM, C:lts. Srt.. eliK sitter. CCMl JUSTICE. KR. MTTRPnT EXTLAINS HIS SON'S CONDUCT. That bov, do ye mind, isn't yet seventeen Ye'd im'wrinc in tricks of the world he was green; He'd ulways such gintle an" innocent ways He made mo belave him as K"od as yo puue. An' now I find out that for threo months, at That boy's been indulgra his love-matin taste. , ,, It's Nora McCarty, the daughter of Tim. Who seems to possess an attraction for nun, The two are about of the same njrc an size, She's a dacent youwr thin?, wid a pair o black eyes , .,.. That twinkle an' seem to be laughln when The rest of her face lookB cxtramcly de mure: . . Thoujrh she's elegant teeth to be shown by a smilo, ... . An her black hair is banged in American stvlc An in truth, altogether, 6he looks mighty fine, " , For to be makln' love wld that Johnny o mine. Sure I'd niverhave foundoutthe sacretrrom him. But I learned it by goin' to call upon Tim; The night it was dark 'twas a little past eight An', as quietly walkin', 1 came to his gate I beard a whispered talkln', an', afthcr, a sound .,,.. Like a f ut comin' out o the mud. I looked round An' beheld the young lovers in hlvenly bliss. He'd his arm round her waist an was takin Wull, I sazed the young rogue be the ear, an'sarsl: .Now wbatnie yez d.dnT He tried to reply. Ihollercd: " Hi 1 not a dang word from yer head; Te just travel home an go right to yer Deo. An' for you, miss," I said I was thryin' to look An spake very sternly, by way of rebuke 1 You know that your futher and mother"d bo wild m , If they were to learn of this thrick of their child," An thin Nora spoke, an' I thought I could hear A sound in her voice that was much llko a Tear: Oh, plazc, Mr. Murphy, forgive us you might: It's my fault, not Johnny's." Bedad, she was right. But 1 tried to lie stern, an' said: " It is sad That two children like you should bo actin so bud. An I niver musht hear o such actions agin! Now you, Johnny, run home, an' you, Nora, run in." Tbey run. I should rightly have taken a s thick An' have bate the young imp to pay for the thrick. But, indadc, I can't blame him for kissin' the elf. Beinehivoof ould Ireland, I'd do It mo seirv Boston Post. DOLUE'S HAND-ORGAN. Dollie's uncle, who was a sea-captain, brought home a hand-orean from Italy on one of his voyages. It had belonged to a passenger who had died on the way to this country, and as Uncle George knew nothing of his relations, if he Lad any, the organ, which was all he possessed with the exception of the clothes which he hail on, was left on his hands. At first he thought he would sell it or give it away to one of the second-hand dealers in such merchandise which crowd the city. Then he con cluded to take it home with him, as it might amuse his brother's children, who lived on the old farm in the country. It wa an old organ with a sweet, plaintive ting in its melody, and it played a great variety of pleasing airs. He was right in thinking the chil dren would be pleased with it. There wore three of them, and thev were all ! wild over it. He gave it to Dollie, who was his favorite, out, of course, Will and Nell enjoyed it just as much as she did; and, as for that matter, so did nil the children in the neighborhood. It was rare that an organ-grinder liad ever strayed so far out into the country, and when such a thing did happen, it had always been a gala day to the 'ounger popula tion of the town, and even the older folk were interested in the musician, if not always in the inu-ij. The moment the sound of his organ was heard in the Btrcet out trooped the children after him as after the pied piper of Hamelintown, and they followed him through lane and cross-road everywhere. So to own a hand-orgau seemed like owning a bit of fairy land. Nell, who was hardly more than a baby, was lulled to sleep every night to its music, and Dollie and Will both used to cry when, on its first arriv al, they were obliged to go to school and leave it. Sometimes Mrs. Evans, the mother of the children, would declare that she should go distracted with the sound of it, for it was never silent from mornin" until night, unless Nell, who was too little to go to school, and jnst large enough to grind it, were asleep and the others at school. And, strange to say, though of course it was not always quite so enchanting as when it was a novelty, it never ceased to be a delight The children resorted to its music as a conso lation in all their trials. Even Rob, the wise old house-dog, used to lie down by its side and listen gravely to " It is better to langh than be sighing;" the kitten would mount it and try with all her might to get her mischievous, furry paws into the inside to feel where the sound came from; and the birds who came around the door soon grew to recognize its voice, and answered it gleefully. Hut the parrot which Uncle lieorge brought home on a former voy age scolded at it and about it continu ally. " Polly wauts quiet," she would screech, keep still, keep still," forty times in a day. Good-natured Uncle George was de lighted at the success of his gift. He remained at home a few mouths on account of ill-health, aud the noise the children made with it must have been rather tedious to him, but he bore it like a martyr, and when ho first went away he wrote home that he actually missed the noise of the old organ almost as mueh as he did that of Dollie herself. Three years passed away, and great misfortune came to the happy family, ir. Evans died after a long illness; the farm, which was heavily mortgaged, passed into the hands of strangers; and dear, kind Uncle George came home no more from sea His ship was wrecked and all on board per ished so the newspajMjr said which was sent to Mrs. Evans, after two years of suspense. Dolly was eleven years old now, a jrrave. womanly, but beauti ful little girl, with large dark eyes and an exquisitely fair complexion. Will was a sturdy boy of nine, jolly in spite of the adversity, and Nell was a bright eyed little fairy of seven. Mrs. Evans moved, with her little family, to the city, where she managed to earn enough to sustain life by her needle, but ner health failed in this occunation. anil having always been aeenstomed to 1 nreathe the pure free air of the country, the stilled, smoky atmosphere of the city was like poison to her lungs. The doctor advised her to move into some surrounding town, and find different employment. And after a while she decided to go to Danby, a brisk little village, where she could find employ ment in the factories. Just on the borders of the village there were green fields with daisies and butter-cups tossing in them, and the river came rushing down from the city, bearing sails on its breast which made the place more pleasant and bright, and it brought a breath of coolness, too. Here they hired a little cot tage, and for a while all weut compara tive well. Mrs. Evans grew strong again, and earned much more in the factory than she had earned by plain sewing. The children grew plump and rosy once more, and went merrily to school. The peal of the organ was still beard within their little home for a good part of the dav- and the children of the neighborhood were as much interested ' fin it as tho farm-house ch'ldrcn had been when it was first presented to ' Dollie. The parrot, who had grown 1 verv old. and was crosser than ever. ytilf shouted: Polly wants quiet, keep still, keep still!" and old Rob, the dog-, who had been with them through all their misfortunes, still seemed to enjoy its music as if it were the very voice of homo. . But the work in the mill was too hard for a delicato woman like Mrs. Evans, and the end of the year found the fam ily in a sorrier condition than ever. The poor mother was ill in bed. The last penny was gone from the purse, there wasn't a mouthful of food in the closet, and the rent of the little cottage had been due for nearly two weeks. Poor Dollie, who was twelve years old now, felt a great responsibility on her shoulders, and did not know which way to turn. She felt that she was able to do a great deal of work, but no one would hire her because she was too little. She did manage to earn a few pennies every day, by taking care of Mrs. Cart er's baby, while she went to the mill to carry her husband's dinner, and these pennies she had expended to day in a bit of oat-meal and milk for mamma; and now Nell was crying with hunger, and Will, who had been out in search of errands to do, came home with empty hands and a very doleful little face, for him. Rob, who had been favored with a nice bone by the butcher, who came round in a cart, was the only one of the family who did not seem de jected. Even the old parrot seemed to feel that she was passing through seri ous times, and was silent and motion less upon her perch. "What shall we do, Will?" said Dollie, clasping her hands tightly to gether. "The doctor said mamma must have broth and a plenty of nutri tious food,andwc can'tstarveourselves." Will shook his curly head dismally. " I could pick up shavings," said he, " only they have fell clear down, so you can't get anything for 'em even if folks would buy 'em at all. "Fallen, you mean," said correct Dollie, whom distress of mind did not render less fastidious. "There must be something that we can do to earn a little money. We must havo money. Will, and that at once. We haven'thad any dinner, we had only a crust for breakfast, and we shall have no supper." Suddenly a bright thought struck her as her eye chanced to fall on the hand organ. "O! I tell you what we will do, Will." said she, " wo'll take the hand organ and go round with it as the men do. Don't you know what a stir it makes about the mills when an organ grinder comes out from the city? and I haven't seen but one this summer." "How can we carry it?" said WilL It's awful heavy, and I haven't any straps to strap it on to my back like the men do." "Why can't we wheel it in your wheclbarrowP" said she, after a mo ment's thought. "Jolly, so we can!" said WilL Let's go right off, Dolly. You can play, and I will pass round the hat." " It's a dreadful thing to do, it seems almost like begging, but perhaps we shall be able to collect enough to buy something nice for mamma ana oar own supper besides." And bidding Nell to take good care of mamma, and not let her know what was transpiring, Dollie put on her bonnet, and she and Will went down the street, wheeling: the hand-organ. It was noon of a warm April day, and the girls and men at the mill, during eating their lunches, were seated in lazy groups in the open doorways or prome nading in couples about the grounds un til the great bell should call them back to their labors. Will wheeled tho organ quite near the buildings, and Dollie began to play a waltz. Whereupon all the girls and the younger portion of the men commenced to dance lustily and with great glee. " Splendid music to waltz by, I de clare," was heard from every direction. "Where do you s'pose those children got a hand-organ? Can't you play a little faster, sis?" Will, taking the advantage of a pause, modestly passed around his hat, and quite a shower of pennies fell into it Nearl3' every one contributed one or two pennies, and many more moved to give as many as five; for they enjoyed the fun. and did not dread to pare with a few cents, as thriftier people, who have much more, often do. The children went at the right time and to the right place. Dollie thanked them with a very pret ty blush; and when the bell rang, and they were obliged to go to their work, they said: "Come again; some day, won't you?" " Dolly," said Will, when they had got out of hearing, " what a pile of mon ey we've got! Let's sit down here by the side of the road and find out how much." " We have three dollars lacking a few cents," said Dollie, after a few eager moments spent in counting, " bat do not let us go home quite 3iet. There are a quantity of children in those little houses by the river, and w may pick up a few pennies there." "There is a new brig in this morning," said Will, looking down the river. "I wonder where she came from. I'm going to be a sea-cap'n when I grow big. JSay, Dollie, what are you going to get for mamma and what are we goiug to have for dinner? I'm almost starved," he added, after a little pause. " It will depend on how much more money we get, Will. I don't care to spend very much of this, for we may not be able to get any more for a whole week." " Oh, yes we can," said Will; "we can go all round the lot with tho organ, and get a great deal" A tall, brown-bearded man who looked strangely familiar was coming toward them. He was evidently a sailor, and Dollie regarded him wistfully, thinking of Uncle (ieorge. She could not re member how Uncle George looked, for four years had passed since he went away, and still she fancied that this strange gentleman looked liko him, but perhaps it was only because he wore sailor clothes. He was walking as if he were in a great hurry, and merely glancing at the children, was hastening on, when his eye suddenly fell on the hand-organ in the wheelbarrow. "My goodness! are you Dollie Evans?" said he, stopping, and pushing Dollie's hat from her forehead. " That used to be Dollie's hand-organ, any way." And without waiting for a reply, he caught her up and kissed her. "And this is Will. Will why, j-ou young rascal, why didn't you have some Evans look in your face, so that your uncle would know you when he met you?" "I haven't got no uncle." said Will, whose grammar was always uncertain. " Uncle George was drowned at sea." "Indeed! But if Uncle George was drowned how can he be here? and I cer tainly am he. Uncle George came near being drowned, but he wasn't; he was Eicked up from the wreck of his vessel y a ship bound for China, so of coarse he was bound to go to China himself, and ever since he got home he has been looking for you. They told me you had moved to the city," turning to Dollie, "but when I reached there, I found that you had left, but no one knew where you had gone. If it hadn't been for that old hand-organ I should have missed you to-day. You have both grown out of my knowledge, but I could not mistake that, any way. Why are you wheeling it about?" Dollie was shedding tears of joy. She told the story of their circumstances in a few words. Uncle George shut his month very hard, and Will said after ward that he saw tears in his eyes. T.ot. ii on tn baa irrair mnr.TiAi' a fast If as we can," said" he. Mrs. Evans was well-nigh overcome 'with surprise and joy when she found that uncle Ixeorge was ali3 ami well, and in tho very next room, .hough Dol- .lie broke the news very jjently. Rob fknew him, and nearly went wild with delight, and the parrot shouted "pleased to see you, pleased to see you," until they were obliged to take him away up-stairs. Dolly ana Will never went about with the hand-organ again, but they Srize it more highly than ever. Uncle eorge, who had money enough and to spare, bought back the old homestead in the country, and before the straw berries and daisies had fairly blossomed in the fields, the family was established there, Mrs. Evans growing stronger and more like her old self every day; the children happy as the familiar birds in the trees, ami Rob pretending that he was young: again, and frisking like a puppy. Even the parrot seemed to share in the general joy, and scold no more at the hand-organ, though its voice was still heard at all hours of the day. Ballot? s Magazine. The iHdiTidaality ef the Wile. Few women, however lovingand self sacrificing, if thev are endowed with sound sense and judgment, fully yield up, in the secret recesses of their own hearts, all their pre-conceived ideas and theories to their husbands. A man would despise a woman who did ex cept when it was by his own dictation. But wives may learn to keep silent, and in their daily intercourse make no at tempt to argue or dispute, whatever their convictions may be. It may not be a heavy cross to a devoted wife to submit, and allow her husband to shape her life not in accordance with her own natural tendencies but to suit his own tastes and wishes. No sensible woman, however, so far loses her own indi viduality, and becomes so like wax in her husband's hands, that her heart does not often whisper to itself: " Does ho ever remember that I am, although his wife, a responsible being that I, not my husband, at the last day, must stand or fall according to what I have, individually, done with the taleuts in trusted to me alone, not to him? If he endeavors to mold my acts, wishes and asnirations in accordance with his own pleasure or judgment if on that dread day they should not be approved, will he'then be willing to answer for them, and have me as irresponsibleas he wished me to be in my daily life?" No woman can be as happy as God intended marriage should make her if her husband's love is mainly manifest ed by government That is a word that should never be shown in word or act never enter the heart between husband and wife. The best and purest ele ments of a woman's character can never bo so fully developed and brought into constant uniform action, as by the love, confidence and tenderness of her husband. If he gives this from a heart full of manly, loving courtesy, he will find a rich reward in such joy and comfort as only & happy woman's thoughtful care can bestow, while her heart sings grateful praises to het Heavenly Father who has made her life so blessed. But if the husband expects his will to be the controlling motive for his wife's conduct, God be merciful to a house thus governed. This course is not usually called will, but is spoken of as his "rightful authority as head of the house, a better sounding expression, but, nevertheless, those four letters ex- Eress the same thing, and the wife, in er uspoken thought will so understand it She may love her husband devoted ly, and in her youth and inexperience imagine that the sweet attention, the tender courting of the engagement days, must not be looked for when marriage has united and made the twain one. United! One I What a mockery! It is just this assumption of rule, of dominant power, that robs so many homes of the glory and blessedness that should be only one step removed from Heaven. If all could fully realize the true difference between the service ren dered by woman to authority and that poured out unceasingly, spontaneously, for love, what a difference would be found in many homes! No duty can be hard, no toil oppressive. A wife's whole life is gladly, joyfully poured out for the comfort of him whose every word and act tell her she is precious in his sight; not useful or valued simply because she is convenient, but that she is truly beloved. If the husband, from his heart, without condescending ox as a mere act of politeness, seeks her opin ion or approval, shows that he respects her judgment, and in just fulfillment of ioe marriage vow minora ana eueriues her, what words can reveal all that she will be, quietly and without pretense, to her husband and her children? His love thus manifested will be to her a tower of strength, a strong fortress to shield and shelter her, so that all trials wil have lost their sting. Pain, toil and anxiety will be met patiently, for loving attentions and tender words will give unfailing strength. He has no faith in that kind of love that is too proud to give it expression. A woman's heart wants words as well as acts, and often repeated too. " Ior love will die, if it is not fed: And the true heart cries for its daily bread. A home governed by such influences is to a home governed by man's author ity as a person to a machine. One is life; the other only mechanism. A wife governed may have bread just as light and a home just as tidy, as one guided not governed; but the latter wfll give to her lome and her husband a joyous ness, a brightness and devotion that the first cannot counterfeit Her heart is made so full of happiness that it shines through every act The humblest house hold duties have for her a richness and pleasure inexpressible; for i it not her offering to him whose care and love have made her life so rich and happy? In such homes and we verily believe it rests more with husbands than with wives to build them up the thought of supremacy never intrudes. Marriage in such homes is a true union, each mutu ally helping the other, bound together with united love and confidence. The husband's manifested by unremitted care and tenderness, the wife's, as is woman' 8 nature, by that devoted serv ice which is most happy in ministering to the comfort and pleasures of her house hold. Mrs. II. W. Beecher, in Christian Union. m None Genuine Without Signature. "This, sir," expounded old Daddy Winterbottom, holding up a bottle; "this, sir, is the finest gin that comes into the market" "It looks clear," commented old Uncle Wotherspoon, who had dropped in to see his friend for a few moments. " I guess that's pretty good gin." "Try some," said Daddy Winterbot tom, holding out the bottle and a glass. "It won't hurt ye. Bless your soul, man, there isn't a headache in a gallon!" "No, I don't suppose there is," con ceded Uncle Wotherspoon. "Wall, here's health!" and down it went And they drank and drank until they were both sick at their stomachs, and when they parted it was with fuddled expressions of distinguished consider ation and mutual promises to have it out on a similar basis some other night And yet these two old innocents had only been drinking a preparation of salt ana rainwater which Mrs. Winterbot tom had pot up as a hair-restorative, and about the only suspicion of gin was the label on the bottle. "None genuine without aignatara." Brooklyn Emgle. Jl Little Story About Tabic Economy. It is Saturday afternoon, and I will tell you in coniidencc, my dear reader, (of course with the understanding that you won't speak of it,) a little of my personal, private experiences during the pist week. On Sunday morning last I thought I would try for the week the 'experiment of living cheaply. Sunday breakfast, hulled Southern coru, with a little milk. My breakfast cost three cents. I took exactly the same thing for dinner. Food for the day six ceuts. I never take any supper. Monday breakfast, two cents' worth of oatmeal, in the form of porridge, with one cents' worth of milk. For dinner two cents worth of whole wheat boiled with one cent's worth of milk. Food for Monday six cents. Tuesday brealcfast, two cent's worth of beans, with half a cents' worth of vinegar. For dinner, one quart of rich bean porridge, worth one cent, with four slices of coarso bread worth two cents. Food for Tuesday five and a half cents. Wednesday breakfast, hominy made of Southern corn (perhaps the best of all food for laboring men in hot weather) two cents' worth, with one cents' worth of sirup. For dinner a splendid beef stew, the meat in which cost two cents. A lit'le extravagant you see. But then, you know, " a short life and a merry one." Perhaps you don't believe that the meat was purchased for two cents? But it was, though. The fact is that from an ox weighing eight hundred pounds net, you can purchase certain parts weighing about one hundred pounds, even in this dearest of Ameri can markets, for three cents per pound. Two-thirds of a pound made more stew than I could eat There was really enough for two of us. But then, you know how careless and reckless we Americans are in regard to our table expenses, always getting twice as much as we need. I must not forget to say that these coarse, cheap portions of the animal are among the best for a stew. The very genius of waste seems to have taken possession of me that fatal day. I poured into my stew all at once, slap dab, a quarter of a cent's worth of Lei cestershire sauce, and as if to show that it never rains but it pours, I closed that gluttonous scene by devouring a cent's worth of hominy pudding. Food for Wednesday eight aud a quarter cents. The gross excess of Wednesday led to a very moderate Thursday breakfast, which consisted of oatmeal porridge and milk, costing about two and a half cents. For dinner, cracked wheat and baked beans, two cents1 worth of each, milk one cent's worth. Food for Tiiursday cost seven and a half cents. Friday breakfast. Southern hulled corn and milk, costing three cents. For dinner, auotherof those gormandic surtieits which so disgraced the history of Wednesday. Expensa for the day, eight and a quarter cents. Phis morning, when I went to tho table I said to myself: "What's the use of this economy?" and I made up my mind for this day, at least, I would sink all moral restraints, and give up reins to appetite. I have no apology or de fense for what followed. Saturday breakfast, I began with one cent's worth of oatmeal porridge, with a teaspoonful of sugar worth a quarter of a cent Then followed a cent's worth of cracked wheat, with half a cent' s worth of milk. Then the breakfast closed with two cent's worth of milk and one cent's worth of rye and Indian bread. For dinner I ate half a small lobster, which cost three cents, with one cent's worth of coarse bread, and one cent's worth of hominy salad, and closed with two cents' worth of cracked wheat and milk. Co3t of the day's food twelve and three-quarter cents. In all of these statements only the cost of material is given. The cost of cook ing is not given. Cost for the week fifty-four and a quarter cents. Of course I don't pretend that every body can live in this luxurious way. It isn't everybody that can afford it 1 could have lived just as well, so far as health and strength are concerned, in half the money. Besides, ou three days I ate too much altogether, and suffered from thirst and dullness. But then I may plead that my habits are yery active. Not only have I written forty odd pages of this book during the week, but I have done a large amount of hard, muscular labor. By the way, I weighed myself at the beginning of the week and found it was just two hundred and twelve pounds. Since dinner to-day I weighed again and found I balanced two hundred and twelve and a half pounds, although I have had unusal demands for exertion of various kinds. But let me feed a family of ten in stead of one person, aud I will give them the highest health and strength upon a diet which will cost here in Bos ton not more than two dollars for the ten persons for a week. Let me trans fer my experiment to Iowa, where wheat, corn, oats and beef are so cheap, and the cost of feeding my family of ten would be so ridiculous "that I dare not mention it lest you laugh at me. And so far from my family group be ing of ghosts or skeletons, I will en gage that they shall be plumper and stronger, healthier and happier, with clearer skins, brighter eyes, sweeter breaths, whiter teeth, and. in addition, they shall live longer than your Del monico diners, each of whom spends enough at a single dinner to feed my family of ten for a week. And last, but not least, they shall enjoy their meals vastly more than your Delmonico dinners. Bio Lewis, in Golden Rule. A Russian Favorite. Potemkin had an inordinate affection for honors and titles; whenever he saw a decoration on the breast of an Ambassa dor he had to be informed whether or not it was an "order," an association, or a badge, the history of its institution, and the grounds on which it was awarded. Many a one was bored with his disquisitions on the orders of Russia His importunities to be created a Prince were wearisome. Catherine was not in the habit of conferring this rank on any of her subjects; she therefore besought Joseph of Austria to ennoble her favor ite, who at the time bad performed no public service to excuse his elevation to such rank. The Emperor, with a sense of shame and degradation, signed the patent of nobility. Anxious to concili ate one whom the Empress delighted to honor, Prussia decorated him with the order of the Black Easrle: Denmark fol lowed with that of the Elephant, and I Sweden with that of the Seraphim, It was a bitter drop in the cup of life that all Catherine's entreaties could not se cure for him the orders of the Garter, of the Holy Ghost, and of the Golden Fleece. In spite of his vast wealth and occasional prodigality, he was avari cious; a just debt lie paid by kicking the importunate creditor out of doors. He summoned a French veterinary surgeon from Vienna to prescribe for a valuable horse; after months of labor and of skill ful treatment the doctor waited on the Prince officially to announce the cure, really to receive his fee. He was re fused admission, and, after a few weeks of weary waiting, returned to Vienna without receiving so much as his travel ing expenses. Yet his prodigality, when the whim seized him, was bound less. No grander entertainment was ever given oy a subject in honor of a sovereign than that Potemkin gave in honor of Catherine a year before his death. The Prince received her Majesty at-the doors of his palace dressed in a scarlet coat; over his shoulders there hung a long cloak of gold lace orna- wun practow atotaea; "there were as many diamonds in his dress as a dress could contain;"' his head-dress was so heavy with them that an aide-decamp was detached to carry it. As Potemkin conducted his guest throigh the hall of his palace, a choir of three hundred hired musicians welcomed her with a burst of soni;. Thence ho led' the imperial lady, beaming with fat and greasy smiles for the symmetry of her early years had long ago lett her into the saloon; its pillars were of sculp tured palm trees; vases of Carrara marble stood at either end of it; count less mirrors Hashed back the light of its crystal lusters. The finest specimens of statuary abounded; shrubs in flower and exotic plants made endless summer in this enchanted hall. In the centerof the saloon Catherine was met by a statue of herself carved from Parian marble. After her Majesty was seated, forty-eight dancers, all dressed in white scarves and ' gfrdles sparkling with dia monds worth ten millions of rubles, entered the saloon to amuse the guests whom the Prince had assembled in the sovereign's honor. The company was thereafter ushered into a second saloon hung with the richest tapestry; in the center of it stood an artificial elephant draped in robes interwoven with emeralds and rubies. After a pause a signal was given, and a curtain was drawn expos ing to view a magnificent theater, to grace the stage of which the first.actors of the day had been engaged, the en tertainment winding up with a pro cession in which the costumes of tho various tribes and principalities ack nowledging Catherine's sovereignty were represented. Afterward every room in the palace was thrown open to the proraenaders; then came the trans formation scene; the whole building was ablaze; diamonds sparkled amid the soil of the summer-garden; prisms and crystals and mirrors mutually re flected each other's glory; the trunks of shrubs and fruit trees glistened and shone; the perfumes of Araby the blest filled the halls. At the supper-table six hundred guests sat down; the plate was of gold and silver; the viands were served in v-ises of alabaster; the wines were poured from golden cups and the waiters were dressed in the richest robes. Behind Catherine's chair lo tempkin stood that he might wait on the Czarina, refusing to be seated till he was thrico commanded. At one in the morning her Majesty took her de parture, an orchestra of vocal aud in strumental music discoursing a hymn in her praise. At the door-step she turned round to express her gratitude to the Prince, who thereupon fell on his knees, and impulsively Kissing her hand, stammered out, with broken voice and bedewed oyes, his loyalty and devotion. Temple Bar. A New Pardon Clerk. A pretty story is told of the Attorney General's little boy Ben, so called for short, but named after his distinguished father. On the day of the dinner given by the President to the diplomatic corps a fortnight ago the little fellow had been unwell, and all day his father, who is extravagantly fond of him, was sending messages and telegrams from the De partment of Justice to the invalid child some frolicsome, all cheering. Public business was pressing and the Attorney General was detained late at his office, and after dark came a dispatch which the boy handed to his mother, suppos ing it to be, like its predecessor, in tended for himself. Mrs. Brewster, however, soon perceived that it was for the Attorney-General, and contained a recommendation for a reprieve in the case of a man sentenced to be hung the next day. It was signed by Judges and Sheriffs, and stated that information had been received which rendered it probable that the innocence of the al ledged criminal might be proven if tho reprieve were allowed. Mrs. Brewster was greatly distressed at the delay which the miscarriage of the message had occasioned, and hast ened to forward it to its proper destina tion the Department of Justice. The child, however, contrived to get the document into his hands, and scribbled a line to the Attorney-General: "Dear papa, give the poor fellow another chance." Mrs. Brewster then dispatched the paper to her husband. It was now nearly ten o'clock, and when the Attorney-General received the document he at once determined to lay the matter before the President He had come from Philadelphia during the daj', and was in travel-worn dress, un suitable for evening assemblies, but he drove at once to the Presidential man sion, for there was no time to lose and a man's life was at stake. The diplo matic dinner, however, was over, and the President, with his guests, had all gone over to a reception at the . bouse of the Secretary of State. Thither Mr. Brewster followed, still in his morning dress, and entered Mrs. Frelinghuy sen's brilliant rooms, where the entire diplomatic corps were assembled in their state uniforms. He approached the President, who listened to his ex planations, looked at the paper, and then declared: "I will leave the matter to you, Mr. Attorney-General." But the Minister had come to receive the directions of the Chief of the State, and replied: "I beg your pardon, Mr. Presi dent; it is for you to decide." Where upon the President promptly replied: "Well, I am on Ben's side in this mat ter." The reprieve, of course, was sent, and, thanks to little Ben Brewster and the President of the United States, "the poor fellow had another chanco." Washington (D. C.) Republican. Poor Philip. Poor Philip Vanderdonk. All his life he had toiled and saved and scraped, and pulled every string that had a dol lar at the end of it And now all his hard-earned wealth was gone, and a great hateful, interest-eating mortgage spread its black wings over all that he owned and loved on earth. He sank into a chair, and folding his arms upon the table before him, bowed his gray head upon them and groaned great groans from groanville, groan county. His heart seemed breaking. " Did you mortgage the farm?" asked his wife, anxiously, stealing softly to his side. "Yes," he growled, "both farms and sold the wood lot over on Big Island." " And did you have to mortgage the town house, too?" she asked, with quivering lips and glistening eyes. "Oh, yes," said the man, in hollow tones, "Oh, yes, and sold all my stock in the Northern and hypothecated what I had in the Sixth street bridge." "And was it enough?" she asked, trembling with eagerness. "Was it enough? " Not quite," he growled, and then, as he saw the ghastly pallor of deathly disappointment spread over her face, he added, "but the milliner let me have it on ninety days time for the balance at eight per cent. "And you've brought my new hat home then?" she caroled, joyously. "Oh, Philip, you dear old duck!" "Well, no, not all of it," he said. I brought the plume and one of the bow3 down with me in the express, but the hat itself is coming down from Chicago on a flat car." And the next week after that, eleven dark browed men, who sat behind Phil ip's wife at the theater, waylaid the wretched man on his way home, hauled him off down Valley street, rolled him up in a wad and stopped up the new sewer with him. Burlington Hawkeye. m m The word " carnival," so often in use at the present time, is derived from the Latin carni vale, "farewell to meat" FACTS AND FIGURES. A Cincinnati factory makes eleven miles of candles a day. A Pittsfield (Mass.) manufactory is to furnish sleeping-car blankets for an Italian railroad. I When Kansas school lands are sold the State will have an endowment fund of $10,000.000. Chicago Tribune. It is estimated that the State of Louisiana contains 80,000,000,000 feet of good lumber, more than twice as much as Michigan. The Long Branch property of ex President U. S. Grant,-nearEIberon, has been transferred to his wife, Mrs. Julia Dent Grant The consideration named was $40,000. The city of Utica, N. Y., was fifty years old the other day, and of the 10,000 inhabitants who lived there when the city charter was obtained, only 175 remain in the present population of 34,000. During the year 1881 Sweden ex ported about 19,000,000 pounds avoirdu pois of matches. One firm employes 872 persons, of whom 339 are women. The boxes to contain the matches are made by the prisoners in the jails of Stockholm. Messrs. George Howland, Jr., and Matthew Howland, of New Bedford, Mass., have relinquished all active in terest in the whaling business, a pursuit in which their family has been engaged for a longer period than any other firm. The first whaler was built for their father, George Howland, in 1806. During the past nineteen years Brooklyn has paid for the maintenance of her public schools nearly $'20, 000,000. One half of this amount was paid to teachers. About $200,000 were used in providing free books. The expenses of the educational board have increased from $307,720 in 1864 to $1,424,895 in 1882. The value in round millions of the cereal crop of 1881, according to the estimates of the Department at Wash ington, are: Corn, $759,000,000; wheat, $453,000,000; oats, $193,000,000; rye, $19,000,000; barley, $33,000,000; buck wheat, $8,000,000. Total, $1,465,000, 000, against Sl,361,00O,0O0 in 1880. The First Baptist Church of Boston, at Rutland street and Shawmut avenue, has purchased, for $100,000, the edifice at Clarendon street and Commonwealth avenue, erected by the old Battle Square Church Society a'few years ago at a cost of about $300,000. It was sold at auc tion a year ago and was purchased by J. Montgomery Sears, who has sold it to the Baptists. There are several departments in the government of New York State which are substantially self-supporting viz., the State Engineer's, insurance, banks, the salt-works at Syracuse, State Prisons, which earned, last year, $475. 000; gas-meters, shore inspection. These, with the retained school money, make $3,621,450 of the '$8,747, 746 named in the annual appropriation bill. Statistics show that the annual con sumption of eggs in the United States is about 10,600,000 barrels. Tho poultry marketed or consumed is estimated at 680,000,000 pounds, at $68,000,000, and yet there are some that say that chickens don't pay them anyhow. If this is so, some one must be losing money in dis posing of the vast amount of chickens and eggs consumed in the United States. The packing business in Maine has reached immense proportions. There are sixty-one corn-canning establish ments, with an an annual production of about 11,350,000 cans. The packing of fish is roughly estimated at 1,500,000 cans of lobster, 750,000 cans of mack erel, and 250,000 cans of clams annual ly. The sardine business, which had its origin four or five years ago in a small shop at Eastport, has attained va3t proportions, there now being fif teen or more factories in operation at different points in the State, and others are projected. Several factories are also quite extensively engaged in the canning of meats, chiefly mutton. Others at present are canning apples, while immense quantities of blueberrries and other small fruit are put up at the various establishments throughout the State during the summer season. WIT AND WISDOM. A book with a loose leaf should be bound over to keep the piece. A Frenchman has invented a ma chine for " caressing" cats. It is formed a la boot de Jaques, and can be fired from any elevation. Scientific mammas are feeding their daughters on phosphorus, because it is a good thing for making matches. Baltimore. Every Saturday. At a trial of a new fire escape in New Yotk on Saturday, no one was killed. It is the first time an accident of this kind has occurred. N. Y. Com mercial Advertiser. In the temple of fame, it is said, there is a niche for every honest man; but the truth compels us to add that in that same temple there are a great many niches to let. N. Y. Graphic. If it is right to say a train is " de railed," it should be right to say that the passengers are " de-rided." Come to think, however, it is generally some official that is derided. Philadelphia News. A man who left Syracuse thirtv-one years ago without a word to anj-body returned last month and tried to make folks think he'd only been fishing and was determined to stay until he got a bite. Detroit Free Press.. Hopkins, who believed a hearty laugh to be a cure for all the ills that flesh is heir to, had a severe cold and went to hear a celebrated lecturer. When he returned he explained to his inquiring wife that he had been out to get some Gough medicine. No place, no company, no age, no person, is temptation free. Let no man boast that ho was never tempted; let him be high-minded, but fear, for he may be surprised in that very instant wherein he boasteth that he was never tempted at alL Home Treasure. Do you feel heavy in the morning, weary, unrefreshed, unrested, languid, limp, utter, blase, faint-hearted, une qual to the battle of life, querulous, morbid, disinclined to exercise you've got it The aesthetic craze is upon you; take a sunflower liver pill. N. Y. Com mercial Advertiser. A lecturer asking on a rainy day why one of the audience had paid the admission fee and come in and slept all the while: " I will tell you," said the old man, with a shrewd wink of his eye. " I was out in the rain, and as I had no umbrella to keep me from getting wet, and tickets are only twenty-five cents and umbrellas are seventy-five. I saved fifty cents by coming in." He pressed his lips to her shining hair and then suddenly withdrew them with a look of mingled surprise and dis rust She noticed it and said reproach fully: " Clarendon, you didn't use to act that way. " " True. ' ' retorted Clar endon; "but when the sweet oil got too rancid for the table you didn't use to soak lemon-peel in it and clap it on your hair." Chicago Tribune. A Washington girl, Gertrude Nel son, won a prize of live dollars by writ ing the best letter accepting an offer of marriage. That is all right Gertrude, but let us tell you and any other girl, that when a man is afraid to come to the house and ask for you right to your face, but sneaks off behind the post office and asks for yon at kv grange with a three-cent declaration of hi love, the best answer you can make to h'm is No," in fire-line pica. Hawkeye. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CUBE! IT tTIII S SI'AVIVF, JPI.IY r i i v ' COXES "l'RI5.S A VI i ISI1ES AND Jtl MOVE- Til . lUWt 1 WITHOUT BLKSThl; IXG. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE! It ha cured t!inunnd or cases and is destined to cure inilliom and uiillious raor KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE! Is the onlj positive cure known, and to show what thU remedy will do we ive i as a sample of oa-i-s cured bv it, a .statement which was GIVEN UNDER OATH. To Wh.uii it .Mar Concern. In the yenr 1STJ I treated with "Kendall's Ppa in Cure." a hone spurn of several months' growth, nearly half as Iarae as a hens ejrg, and completely stopped the lameness and removed the enlargement. I hai- worked the horse ever iuee very hart!, and he never has been lame, nor eould I ever see any diUcri-nce in the size of the hock joints ince I treated him with -'Kendall's Ppaiu Cure." It. A. Gaixks. Enoslmrgh V-Als. Vt.. Feb. -Si. T!. Sworn and Mihscrihcd to before me this i"th day of Feb., . i. 1S7!. Joux G. ,Ii:nnk, JiMiceof l'eiee KENDALL'S SPAVIN CUBE; ON HUMAN FLESH it hits been ascertained bit repeated In ib to be, the very best liniment ever used for tint deep seated 'vain of lonq standing or of short duration. Also for COJINS, BVNIUXS. FliUS P-BU'IiS or any bruise, cut or lameness. Some are afraid to use it on hit -nan flesh simply because it is a horse medicine, but you should remember that what is good for UFA ST is good for MAN. and we know from Experience th at 'KENDALL'S SPA VJN CURE" can be used on a c'tild 1 year old with perfect safety Its Effects arc wonderful on. hitman jlesh and it docs not blister or make a sore. Try it and be convinced. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE; IT Read below of Its wonderful elloots as a liniment for the hit k-ui family. IlKMAlirK. .MSt'UKI. AujisttJi, ltw. II. .1, KKNiiAiXiV Co., (Jknts: I am so o-rj vi-il in xu-w of tlu result of an ap plication or your KeiiilallN Spavin Curr that I f. -l that I ouirht Tor Humanities' sake publish it to the world. About thirty-lite e-irs aijo while riilini; a toiinir ui,'ly horse, I was injured in one or my testicle, and from that tim to three weeks ayoa slow but ccn-tant enlarjjetneut has been the result, jiivinsr me a irreat amount or trouble, almot-t etitirely preventing me from horseback ridina. which was my usual way of traveling. I saw a notice of tour Kemia IV spavin t ure, neter once thought or it Tor any thing except for horse-, but after receiving he medicine and reading over what it was good for, reeling terribly exercised about r.iv ditlieiilt v, Tor I had consulted many physicians and none gave me -mv specific but'when it couM be endured no longer to remove it v.ith the knife. 1 applied tour Kendalls Spavin Cure as an experiment, and it was so painrul in its application that 1 concluded not to repeat it and thought no more about it until near a week, ai.d lo and behold one-hair the size was gone, with joy I could -eareelv believe it, I iiiimediatelv ap pliod it over again, and have made in all about 14 dozen applic'tion running'over a space or two weeks aud the terrible enlargement i-. almost goe. in view of tt hich I cannot express my feeling.-, of delight. It ha-, been :i God ml to me. mav he send to others with like troubles, John Kick Pastor of Hematite Congregational Church. P. S. 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