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VOL. XIII.-N0. 7.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 188
WHOLE NO, 631.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
C.H. Va-cWyck, V. ". Senator, Neb
raska Cin.
Alvin salsueks, L.. ?'iiator,Omaha.
E. K. Valentine, Us p. West l'oiut.
T.J. .Majuks, Contingent Rep., Peru.
STATE DI HECTOR Y:
Albinos Nance, Governor, Lincoln.
S..I. Alexander, Secretary of State.
John Wallich-, Auditor, Lincoln.
G. ii. Uarllett, Treasurer, Lincoln.
C.J. Dilwortli, Attorney-General.
W. V. W. Jonc, Supt. Public Instruc.
C. J. Kobe-. Warden of Penitentiary.
?;iL,m,lde,y' f 1,ris IPCdors.
J.O. Carter, Prison Physician.
II. 1. M.ithcw-on. Sup t." Insane Asylum.
JPDIC1ARY:
Ooorsr.. It I.:ik.- t A,u.i:ltl. ,,,!,,..
Allias:t Cobb.
S. M IX Well. Chief Justice,
roi'inn .inncHi. immtkict.
O. W. Post, Judire, York.
Al.lt. Reese, District Altorney, Wnlino.
LAND OFFICERS:
y. It. llovie, K.-jrlster, Ctraml Island.
Will. Anyan. Reeeier, Grand Uluml.
LE! ILLATIVE:
State Senator, l. K. Tinner.
" Repic.eiil.ttic. G. W . Lehman.
rul'NTY DIRECTORY:
J. S. Hiins, County Jtule.
John Stauil'er, Countv Clerk.
C. A. Newman. Clerk DM. Court.
J. V. Early, Treasurer.
1. C. Ivuv.iuailu'li, Sin-rill".
L. J. Crun-r, Sur evor.
yi. .Ma her, 1
Joseph Rivet, Countv Comniission
H.J Hudson, )
M. Ma her.
er.
lr. A. lleint.. Coroner.
J. E. Mtiiicrif-r upt.of Sehooli.
ltvron .Millett, I , .- ,.,
V..M. Comeliu-,f -''-" ofthePeace.
CITY DIRECTORY:
J. R. Meanlier, Mavor.
A. P.. CoHVoth, Clerk.
J. It. Del-man, Tre-isurer.
V. X. Ileiish-y, Po licit .Indue.
J. E. North. En'ineer.
council.mkn:
1st Ward John Rickly.
(J. A. S'-hroeiier.
'2d Ward-ViX. Havs.
I. Clint.
"d Ward J. Ramusson.
A. A. Smith.
CoItimttuM PoMf Office.
Open on Sunday- Irwin 11 A.M. to 12m.
and Iroin Az'.W to ' p. m. I!uines
hours except Sundaj 0 a. m. to 8 i. m.
Eastern mails close at 11 A.m.
Western mails close at 4:1." P.M.
ilail leaves Columbus for Lost Creek,
Genoa. St. Edward-. Albion, Platte
Outer, Humphrey, Madison and Nor
folk, every day (except Sundays) at
AzXi p. ni." Arrives at 10:. "j.
For Shell ( reek and CrcUon, on Mon
days and Fridays, 7 a. M., returning
at 7 l. M., same day.
For Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
1 1-. m "Arrives at 12 M.
For Conkling Tiusdas ami Saturdays
7 a. in. Arrhes ; p. m. same days.
V. t. Time Titble.
Eastward Bound.
Emigrant, No. 0, leaves at 0:2.r a. m.
Passeng'r, " 4, " "... 11:00 a. in.
Freight, " S, " " . 2:1." p. in.
Freight, 10, ' " . 4:30 a. in.
Westward Bound.
Freight, No. .", leaves at ... 2:00 p. m.
l'asseiisi'r, " ::, " . 4:27 p. ni.
Freight, 4t !, 4 ' 0:00 p. in.
Emigrant. 7. " " . . 1:".0 a. in.
Every day except Saturday the three
lines leading to Chicago connect with
IT p. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, as
shown by the following schedule:
O.. N. A- It. H. ROAD.
Time Schedule No. 4. To take effect
June 2, "i. For the government and
information of em ployees only. The
Company reserves the right to vary
ih'-refroin at pleasure. Trains daily,
Sundays excepted
Outward Bound.
Inward Bound.
Norfolk 7:20 a. m.
Mim-ion 7:47 "
Madison .8:20 "
Humphrey! :0T '
PL Centre i:4 '
Lo-HCrceklO.09 u
Columbusl0:."i5 "
Columbus 4 :'& lM.
LostCreek.r:21 "
PI. Centre r:42 "
Huinphre0;2." "
Madison " 7:04 '
Munson 7:4.'! "
Norfolk S:04 "
AI.lIION KKANC1I.
Columbus 4:4.1 r.M. .Albion 7:4:A.M.
Lost Creek.1:;;i St. Edwards :S0 "
Genoa 0:10 " Genoa !:14 "
St.Edward7:00 ' I Lost Creek!!:.".!! "
Albion 7:47 " I Colunibusl0:4.1 "
It. Ai M. TIME TABLE.
Leaves Columbus, .1:1.1a.m.
Itellwood 0::50 "
44 David City, 7.20 "
" (Jarri-on, 7:40 "
Ulysses, S:2.1 "
44 Stapb-hurst, S:.Vi 44
Seward :) 44
Rub :.10 4
Milford 10:1-1 4
44 Pleasant Dale, 10:4.1 "
44 Emerald 11:10 44
Arrives at Lincoln, 11:50 M.
Leae.s Lincoln at 12:.10 i. M. and ar
rives in Columbus 7:00r. M.
Makes closi- eonuectiou at Lincoln for
all points cast, west and south.
H. luers & CO.,
BLACKSMITHS
AND
AVapon Builder s9
Srn Urlrk Shoji oiiiio-.ite HilntzN Pros Store.
ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON
WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
Eleventh Street, Columbus, Nebraska.
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NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. UARHCY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
coLi.nis. .i:n.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
tSTSetm . Flrt-Clu Table.
Meals, 25 Ots. Lodgings 25 Cts.
3S-2tf
coLiinBi;M
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
"Wholesale and Retail Dealer in For
eign "Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
3TKentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltk Street. Seatk of Depst.
BUSINESS CARDS.
pvK. CAK1. SCHOTIE
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Office at Dowtv, "vTeaver &. Co's store.
4 1KR.0. At BOK,
IJANKERS, Collection, Insurance and
Loan Asri-utfc, Foreigh Exchange and Pas
je Tickets a specialty.
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OIOEI'IIJM 4: NUiI.IVAK,
A TTORXEYS-A T-LA W,
Up-stairo in Gluck Huilding, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
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3. IIIJINO:,
3T0TA li Y P UliLIC,
Hh Strret, 2 doors west of Hammond Houne,
Columbus, Neb. 4il-y
TK. SI. O. TIUJKSTO.",
11ES1DENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations first-class and warranted.
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iiih;auo ha k Kit siioi:
HENRY AVOODS, Pkop'r.
t3TEverythin in first-class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 510-y
p KER & KEKDKK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office on Olive St., Columbui, Nebraska.
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G. A. Ill'LLHORST, A. M., M. D.,
'llOMEOPA Till C PHYSICIAN,
JSTTwo Blocks south of Court House.
Telephone communication. o-ly
"ITT F, SI VERM. SI. !.,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
"Will attend to alL calls night and
dav.
Office with O. F. Merrill, east of A & X.
Depot. -11 oino
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cAM.MTER MHOS.,
A TTOliXEYS A T LA W,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build
in.!,'. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
1 O. EVAKM, SI. !.,
PHYSICIAN t- SURGEON.
$3T Front room, up-stairs in Gluck
building, above the bank, 11th St. ChIIs
answered night or day. .1-Oin
.1. M. MACKAKLANIl,
II. K. COWDKKY,
Cellsrt:r.
LAW AxNI) COLLECTION OFFICE
-OK
MACi ARli AND & COWDBRY,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
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ED. L. McRELVEY,
PUOPKIKTOK OK T1IK
riTliBARRGR SHOPIh
C37Twelftht st., live doors we.st of the
Hammond House. .12-tf
F.
II. Kl UK,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, "Whips,
Blankets. Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
BYRON MILLKTT,
Justice of the Peace and
Xotary Public.
IIYRO: JIILI.ETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus
Xebraska. X. B. He will give
close attentiou to all business entrusted
to him. 248.
T OU1S SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
uotice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
jSTShop opposite the 44 Tattersall,"
Olive Street. J"2.1
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AUKER Sc WKSTC'O'IT,
AT TUK
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. 49
TAMES rEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST - CLASS APPA RA T US,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give nim a call.
lyfOTlCK TO TKACHKRS.
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his office at the Court nouse
on the first Saturday of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transactton of any other business
pertaining to schools. E6T-y
TAS1ES SAL.S10IV,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, uear
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Xe
braska. 52 Cmo.
WILLIAM RYAN,
DEALER IX
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
ll'iites, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
iSfSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on band.23
Eleventh St. Columbus, Xeb.
Drs. MITCHELL & MAETYN,
C'OLUSlllUS.
MEDICAL & SMUl INSTITUTE.
Surgeons 0., N. X- B. H. li. J?.,
Asst. Surgeons U. P. Ify,
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
JS. MURDOUK & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Havebadan 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
tunitytoestimateforyou. f-jTShop o
13th St., one door west of Friedhof &,
Co's. store, Columbus, Xebr. 483-y
ADVERTISEMENTS.
MILLINERY! MILLINERY!
Mrs. M. S. Drake
HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
STOCK OF
SPRING A.D SUSISIER
ffllLLIIEEY AID FAICY
IS" A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTHING BELONGING TO A
FIRST-CLASS MILLIN
ERY STORE.gg
Nebraska Avenue, two doors north of the
State Bank.
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BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IX
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE. COLUMBUS, NEB.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IX
WINES, LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PEBFUMEBY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS. : NEBRASKA.
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
REAL ESTATE.
Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific
R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00
per acre for cash, or on five or ten yearn
time, in annual payments to suit pur
chasers. We have also a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also business and
residence lots in the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
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CJOL.IJSIBI7S, JKR.
pnxsun BEST!
BUY THE
Patent Roller Process
MINNESOTA
FLOUR!
ALWAYS GIVES SATISFACTION,
Because it makes a superior article of
bread, and is the cheapest flour
in the market.
Every sack warranted to run alike, or
money refunded.
HERMAN OEHLRICH & BRO.,
GROCERS.
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WM. BECKER,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
FAMILY GROCERIES!
I KEEP COXSTAXTLY OX HAXD A
WELL SELECTED STOCK.
Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Specialty.
Goods Itellvered Free to
part of the City.
ay
I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL
EBRATED COQTJIIXARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant supply on
hand, but few their equal. In stvle and
quality, second to none.
CALX AND IXARN PRICES.
Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near
A. & 2T. Depot.
" YES, AS A CHILD.11
!Cotaa a child shall we again behold her."
Lonqfeiiow.
O say not so' how shall I know my darling
If changed her form, and veil'd with shininx
hair?
If, since her flight, has grown my little star-
How shall I know her there?
On memory's page, by viewless fingars
painted,
I see the features ot my angel-child;
She pushed away, ere siu her soul had
tainted
Passed to the undefllsd.
0 say not so, for I would clasp her, even
As when below she laid upon uiv breast:
And dream of her as ray fafrbud in Heaven.
Amid the blossoms blo-,t,
Mv little one was like a folded lily.
Sweeter than any on the azure wars;
But nltfht came down, a starless night, and
chilly;
Alas! we could not save I
Yes, as a child, serene and noble poet,
(O Heaven were dark, were children wanting
there!)
1 hope to clasp my bud as when I wore it;
A dimpled baby fair.
Tho" tears have flown, toward my blue-eyed
daughter
My heart yearns oft-times with a mother's
love ;
Its never dyins tendiils now infold her
Infold my child above.
E'en as a babe, my little blue-eyed daughter,
Ncstlo and coo upon my heart again ;
Wait for thy mother by the river water
It shall not be iu vain!
Walt as a child liowthall I knovrmy darling.
If changed her form, and veil'd with shining
nairr
M, since her flight, has grown my little star
ling. How shall I know her there?
A CHINESE LOVE STORY.
Chang Wing was oar laandrynmn.
He had a wife a bright, chatty little
body and a baby, which, having been
born in this coantry, he proudly boasted
of as an "allee same 'Melican baby."
His wife used sometimes to bring
home the laandried clothes,on which oc
casions the children of onr famly would
make much of the baby, aad give it
presents, and beg from the baby's moth
er in return a real Chinese story.
She was fond of telling stories of her
own country, and as she spoke very
good English, for a Chinese, and used
very expressive and animated gestures,
she afforded us much entertainment.
One of her stories I well remember.
It was no extravagant, half-mythical
romance, such as the Chinese in general
'delight in, but a simple love episode,that
might have happened in any country ;
and, in fact, Mrs. Wing vouched for its
entire truthfulness "allee same."
I will here give it, though not in the
broken English, to which it owed half its
attraction, from the lips of the original
narrator:
There was once a good, and pious,
and beautiful young man named Hop
Hi. He had a big boat, and a little
house on a small island in the river,
where he raised ducks and geese, and
caught fish. Whenever he had readv a
boat-load of fish and fowl, he would sail
away down the river to sell them, and
when they were disposed of would come
back to the little house on the island to
raise more. So he slowly made a little
money, but he was a poor man,notwith
standing. On the river bank, nearly opposite
Hop Hi's house, lived Whang Lo, who
owned and cultivated a large tea-garden.
His house was fine and large, and he
was rich, for his soul delighted in mak
ing and hoarding money. He thought
more of his money than of his beautiful
daughter, Sing Lo, and therefore it was
that she had grown lo the mature age
of sixteen without having a husband
provided for her.
Now Hop Hi, living opposite, could
not help seeing Whang Lo's beautiful
daughter. He watched her each day as
she went gracefully tottering around her
father's tea-garden on her lovely little
club-feet, all bandaged up in linen cloth
and wooden shoes.
He caught the gleam of her glittering
almond-eyes peeping through the blinds
at him, as he sat in the bow of his boat,
fishing with his cormorants; and so
much did he think of her on these occa
sions, that he would often forget what
he was about, and allow long-necked
birds to devour many fine fish, which
otherwise they would have been com
pelled to disgorge when half-swallowed.
And so it was that the beautiful and
pious Hop Hi and the good and lovely
Sing Lo came to fall in love with each
other.
One day Whang Lo's wife refused to
eat her bird's-nest soup at dinner. This
alarmed her husband, for never before
had Mrs. Lo been known to refuse
bird's-nest soup ; and when he inquired
if she were sick, she heaved a deep
sigh and said :
4 My heart it is which is sick. Here
is our daughter, sixteen years of age to
day, and still without a husband. Dost
thou think, oh,- Whang, that I, her
mother, do not feel the disgrace of hav
ing a daughter an old maid, at sixteen
years old?"
But Whang answered :
"Pooh! We can not yet afford to
give her away. Let her gather tea and
feed silkworms, and make herself use
ful for awhile longer, and when it suits
us she will be given in marriage."
Meanwhile Hop Hi fell more and
more deeplv in love with Sing Lo,
until all his friends and relatives
felt uneasy about him. And
at length, one day, his ven
erable grandmother called on Whang
Lo, bearing in her hand a brazen warming-pan
for a present, and in Hop Hi's
name besought the hand of his daughter,
Miss aing, in marriage.
But the tea-gardener turned up his
snub nose and replied that never should
daughter of his marry a poor man ; and
that Hep Hi was as brazen as the pres
ent he had sent. So the grandmother
took up the warming-pan and went sor
rowfully away.
Next day the yet more venerable
grandfather of Hop Hi presented him
self at the house of Whang Lo. Upon
his aged back he bore the offering of a
dragon-kite of magnificent size, and
said that his grandson had sent him to
propose for the hand of Miss Sing Lo in
marriage.
Then the tea-gardener waxed exceed
ing wroth, and he kicked the venerable
sage out of his doorway, and cut the
string of the dragon-kite, so that it went
floating away in the air, and was never
more seen.
So hard did he kick that he crippled
the toes of his right foot, which made
him yet more angry; and while he
hopped around on his left leg, using
very copious language, poor Sing Lo,
who had heard and seen it all, sat be
hind her bed-screen and wept in secret.
So constantly did she weep that she
wed up two score of rice-paper pocket
nandkerchiefs, which her mother had
provided for the May-day procession.
For ia China everybody goes into the
country on May-day to Dring home
spring flowers and spring colds.
Next day Whang Lo said to his wife:
" Truly, for a marvel, thy words were
right, though they were but tne words
of a woman. Our daughter is an old
maid and a disgrace to us. Then she is
getting sick, fer she weeps and is silent,
and does not naif the work she did. I
ahall go straightway and offer her in
marriage to my wealthy friend, Ah Sin.
He has had seven wives, and be will
know how to manage her. Then we
shall hear no more of the presumptuous
goose-rai3or across the water."
Soon it became known to everybody
that the beautiful SingLo was betrothed
to the crook-backed Ah Sin, who was
older than her own father, and had but
two teeth left in his head.
Already was the day fixed when
Whang Lo's friends were to come to the
feast after which the bride was to be
borne away in a sedan to the house of
the bridegroom, who would then look
upon fier face for the first time.
What could poor Hop Hi do? No
need to ask the question; for where
one truly loves one can always find a
way.
It was the day before the wedding.
W hang Lo had gone to town; Hop Hi J
nau seen mm ride off on a mule. Mrs.
Lo was in her back kitchen preparing
great jars of tea for the wedding fes
tival ; and the fair Sing Lo sat on a
mat behind a big screen, chopping cab
bage in a tray for the dinner soup.
Hop Hi knew very well that she was
watching him through the bamboo
work of the screen ; so he caught a par
ticularly perverse old gander, which,
when let loose, invariably made for the
shore, instead of staying around the
island with the rest, and under its wing
he tied a bit of paper.
Then he bowed low to Sing Lo with
bis hand first on his head and then on
his heart, and he held up the gander
and showed the paper beneath its wing.
Then, dropping the bird into the water,
he retired to his house and shut himself
up out of sight.
No sooner did Sing Lo perceive all
this than she tottered down to the
water's edge and lured the gander
ashore with bits of chopped cabbage.
Then she caught him iu a net, and when
she had gotten safely back behind the
bamboo-screen she unfolded the paper
and read the following words :
Life of my life! rose of all roses! slender
willow of tottering gracefulness! nop III
bend- before thee on the kneen of his heart,
and kisses the dust of thy most exquisite feet.
O, breath of my life, if thy soul burns tor me
as does mine lor tlice. hearken to mv words !
At sunset to-morrow there will come a guest
to your father's house, helpless, and poor,
and old. Despite her not, but seek her alone,
and barken to and obey the words of her
wisdom. So shall joy and thanksgiving await
us. From the hand of him whoso soul goes
out to meet thine own. Hor Hi.
Sing Lo kissed the beautiful letter,
and bathed it in her tears. Then she
hid it in her bosom, and seeing her
mother approaching she chopped garlic
and onions to account for her tearful
eyes.
Next day was the day of the wedding.
The guests were assembled to the feast,
the ruusic of toms-toms arose, and the
house of Whang Lo blazed with lan
terns both inside and out, while a hun
dred flags adorned its sides, and gorge
ous kites floated from its roof. Sud
denly an old woman, who was passing
by, fell down in a fit, clawing tho earth,
and frothing and foaming at the mouth.
What could the servants do but bear
her into the garden-shed, and there, at
her own request, leave her to recover
alone? But no sooner were they gone
than she arose, and peeping cautiously
about, made her way unseen to the win
dow of Sing Lo, who, with a heavy
heart, was attired herself for her bridal.
A few whispered words was all that
passed between them, and then Sing Ix
begged of her parents, as a last favor,
to be allowed ten minutes alone in her
chamber for meditation before leaving
the home of her youth forever.
In his own house, gorgeously attired,
Ah Sin awaited with his friends the
coming of his beautiful young bride. In
an elegantly-decorated apartment, he
and his sister, with their nearest rela
tives, received her; and when her
mother mounted upon a three-legged
stool to remove the long, silken veil of
her daughter, his little red pig-eyes
peered curiously out to behold the beau
ty of which he had heard, but had never
yet seen. But when the veil was re
moved, what did he behold? No fair
young girl, but a withered and wrinkled
old hag, with a bald head and no teeth.
It was the venerable grandmother of
Hop Hi.
Then Mrs. Lo fell off the stool, and
swooned away, and Ah Sin howled and
tore his gray beard. As to Whang Lo,
he rushed on like a maniac in search of
his daughter. But she was nowhere to
be found. She was gone; and Hop
Hi's boat was gone ; and it was soon
discovered that a casket of money be
longing to Sing's father, with all the
costly clothes and ornaments presented
her by Ah bin, had also disappeared.
And be sure that the good and pious
Hop Hi liked his bride none the less for
this token of her prudence and fore
thought. It was a whole week before Hop Hi
and his bride returned. Then one
morning, as the sun arose, the boat was
seen moored in its accustomed place,and
Hop Hi and Mrs. Hop Hi were discov
ered seated side by side under the wil
lows on the island, skinning eels.
That night, as they were seated at
supper, feasting upon the eels, a hideous
noise suddenly arose on the opposite
bank, and they rushed out to learn the
cause.
There were collected Whang Lo and
his wife, with their servants, and Ah Sin,
with his sister and near relatives, all
blowing trumpets, and beating drum3
and tom-toms, and firing off hideous
rockets and pop-crackers, with the de
sign of frightening awav the new-mar
ried couple and setting fire to their
house.
Twice, indeed, the bamboo thatching
took fire, and if Hop Hi and his bride
had not climbed on the roof, and run
around the house all night with buckets
of water, their abode must certainlv
have burnt to the ground.
Ah Sin was half wild with fury. Ho
cursed the bridegroom and called the
bride uncompli-nentary names. And at
length, in his rage, he called her a toad,
and the daughter of a viper and a dra
gon. Now Whang Lo could not stand this.
For he, being Sing's father, was it not
a direct insult to himself, to say nothing
of her mother, to call her the offspring
of a dragon and a viper?
So he sharply rebuked Ah Sin, on
which they got to quarreling, and then
fighting. Upon this Mrs. Lo rushed up
and seized Ah Sin by his pig-tail, and
Ah Sin's devoted sister tripped up
Whang Lo with a bamboo, and the fight
became general.
Finally, Whang Lo's cowardly serv
ant's all ran off, upon which he and his
wife were well beaten, and, with hands
and feet tied together, were left hanging
helplessly acros3 a bamboo-pole, liko
trussed fowls on a spit.
Now no sooner did Hop Hi and his
wife behold this piteous spectacle, than
their hearts melted with compassion.
They forgot all their injuries, and, cross
ing over in their boat, brought the half
dead couple to their own house. They
laid them on soft mats, and rubbed
them down with castor-oil and tallow,
and held burnt feathers to their noses,
and poured asafestida-tea down their
throats.
Under this affectionate treatment thy
revived, aud were for some days ten
derly nursed by their good aud dutiful
children.
When they were quite recovered, they
went home, and made a great feast in
honor ot" their son and daughter, Hop
Hi and his wife. But they did notinvite
Ah Sin, neither his sister, nor any ol
his relations. And all the family, in
cluding the venerable grandparents,
lived very happily together forever af
terward. Saturday Niqht.
Importing an Elephant.
The advent of Jumbo calls to mind an
elephant story of many years ag In
the year 1SJJ3 the ships Cashmfcre,
Captain Elias Davison, and the Saciiem,
Captain Albert Brown, were loading
their cargoes of sugar at Bankok, Siam.
Davison, who died recently, was a
genial, whole-souled fellow, a great wit,
a practical joker, and wherever he went
he always made friends. The owner ol
the Cashmere, Mr. Alfred Richardson,
was distinguished for no one of these
qualities. He was stern and morose,
his prevailing characteristic being an
inordinate love of money and a disposi
tion to squeeze it out of his employees
on all favorable occasions. Davison
had by his pleasant manner so ingratiated
himself with his consignee at Siam that
he was presented by him with a rather
extraordinary "cumshaw," one not
usually received with thanks, hut a
preseut that was really valuable if it
could be brought safely home an
elephant. It was a baby elephant just
weaned, and as it required by no means
such extensive accommodations as those
allotted to Jumbo the Captain stowed
him away under the main hatch, where
there was plenty of room for him, and,
the ship not being full of sugar, boxed
the hatch around with a rough sort of
ventilator, laid in an extra supply of
water, and such other elephant "sus
tenance as the passenger required,
congratulated himself on the probability
of a successful adventure, and got under
way for Boston.
In the meantime, while these prepar
ations were going on, the Sachem had
completed her cargo and sailed. Having
a start of a week, and being a somewhat
faster ship, she arrived about ten days
before the Cashmere, and reported her;
for it must be remembered that there
were no telegraphs or even steamships
in those days. Five months were often
occupied in bringing the news. So when
Captain Brown arrived he brought tho
latest intelligence from Davison, and
among other things told of the " cum
shaw." Wlien the Cashmere passed Boston
Light the wind was ahead, and, the tide
soon running ebb, she anchored in
Nantucket Roads. Tugboats being un
known, the Captain left the ship in
charge of the pilot, to be brought up to
town on the next day, and took a shore
boat himself. He was a prompt busi
ness man, and knowing that his owner
appreciated this quality, he brought his
papers and accounts with him and pre
sented himself at the office immediately
on landing. He had made a good voy
age ; the price of sugar was high, and
so he received a cordial greeting. The
papers were at once produced.
" Here are my disbursements and my
account carrenV' said Captain Davison.
"lou will find them all correct, sir. I
overdrew a little, and there is a balance
due you of $36-1.25."
Mr. Richardson scanned the docu
ments, carefully added up the columns,
and pronounced them satisfactory.
"Except, one thing, Captain. You
have not allowed me any freight on that
elephant."
"Elephant!" returned the Captain.
"Who told vou I had an elephant?"
" Oh, I know all about it," replied
Mr. Richardson; "and I didn't think
you would try to smuggle him in in this
way."
Davison did not permit himself to
show any resentment, but calmy argued
that the elephant was presented to nim,
that he occupied room otherwise vacant,
and that he provided at his own cost for
his food and water.
"'Twon't do, 'twon't do, sir," re
plied the calculating shipowner, the
ship is mine, and I shall charge you
freight or," he added, after some re
flection, " I will take the elephant over
for my account. He ought to bring a
good price at a show, and you had that
object in view, hadn't you?"
Captain Davison acknowledged that
he had.
"Well," replied Mr. Richardson,
"people speak of me as being close, and
all that, but I'll show you that I am not.
There! I'll take him over and square
our account."
" I'm in your power, Mr. Richard
son," replied the Captain, mournfully;
"but it is hard on me, for I did think
when I got the elephant that I would
get $2,000 for him at least. Can't you
make it any more?"
Mr. Richardson answered "Not one
cent!" and so the bargain was com
pleted. On the next day the Cashmere came
up to the city. Mr. Richardson and the
Captain stood upon the wharf, the latter
superintending the hauling in.
" Mr. Hallet," shouted the owner to
the chief mate, "you might as well be
getting up a tackle to hoist out the ele
phant." " Aye, aye, sir," returned the mate;
"as soon as she is in at the wharf."
" Mind, be careful not to hart him,"
returned the owner, thinking of the
two or three thousand dollars in store
for him.
Whereupon Captain Davison disre
spectfully punched his 'elbow into the
owner's side and whispered in his ear:
"Guess he can't be hnrt much. He
died day before yesterday off Cape Cod.
He'll look well stuffed, and it won't cost
you anything to feed him."
It was the old Captain's last voyage,
and he felt independent. He made'more
than $.164.25 out of that dead elephant,
for he used afterward in his subsequent
career of wharfinger on Granite Wharf
to spin this yarn and lie back in his chair
laughing with a lauh that prolonged
his life at the remembrance of the way
in which he squared his accounti Cor.
N. Y. Evening Post.
A great many women will thank
Louise Chandler Moulton for proclaim
ing through the pages of Our Continent
this generous sentiment: "I hold that
in smill things as well as in great a
husband should be his wife's protector,
and should ward off all annoyances
from her as far as possible. I think
that he should be for Eer a sort of spe
cial providence, and interpose himself
as a shield between her and any possi
bility of annoyance. But the very es
sence of this care should be its unobtru
siveness, and be absolutely invisible to
others."
The New Orleans Picayune wonders
why Judges of the United States Su
preme Court must appear in uniform
attire, looking like children in a charity
schooL
"Hatcher's Run."
While we were yet before I'etersbarg,
two divisions of our corps (the Fifth
with two divisions of the Ninth, leaving
the hue of works at the Weldon Rail
road, were pushed out still farther to
the left, with the intention of turning
the Mitiny's right flank.
Starting out, therefore, early on the
morning of Thursday, October 27, 1864,
with four days' rations in our haversacks,
we moved off rapidly b' the left, strik
ing the enemy's picket-line about ten
o'clock.
"Top! pop! pop! Boom! boom!
boom ! " We're in for it again, boys ; so,
steady on the left there, and close up."
Away into the wood-? we plunge inline
of battle, through briers and tangled
undergrowth, beneath the great trees
dripping with rain. We lose the points
of the compass, and halt every now and
then to close up a gap in the line by
bearing to the right or left. Then, for
ward we go through the brush again,
steady on the left and guide right, until
I feel certain that officers as well as
men are getting pretty well "into the
woods" as to the direction of our ad
vance. It is raining and we have no
sun to guide us, and the moss is growing
on the wrong side of the trees. I see
one of our Generals sitting on his horse,
with his pocket-compass on the pommel
of his saddle, peering around into the
interminable tangle of brier and brush,
with an expression of no little per
plexity. Yet still, on, boys, while the pickets
are popping away and the rain is pour
ing down. The evening falls early and
cold, as we come to a stand in line of
battle and put up breastworks for tho
night.
We have halted on the slope of a ra
vine. Minie balls are singing over our
heads as we cook our coffee, while
sounds of axes and falling trees are
heard on all sides; and still that merry
"zip! zip!" goes on among the tree
tops and sings us to sleep, at length, as
we lie down shivering under our India
rubber blankets, to get what rest we
may. How long we had slept I did not
know, when some one shook me, and in
a whisper the word passed around :
" Wake up, boys! Wake up, boys!
Don't make anv noise, and take care
your tin cups and canteens don't rattle.
We've got to get out of this on a double
jump!"
We were in a pretty fix, indeed! In
placing the regiments in position, by
some blunder, quite excusable, no doubt,
in the darkness, and the tangled forest,
we had been unwittingly pushed beyond
tho main line were, in fact, quite out
side the picket line! It needed only
daylight to let the enemy see his game,
and sweep us off the boards. And
daylight was fast coming in the east.
Long after, a Company A boy, who
was on picket that night, told me that,
upon going to the rear somewhere about
three o'clock, to cook a cup of coffee at
a half-extinguished lire, a cavalry picket
ordered him back within the lines.
"The lines are not back there; my
regiment is yonder in front, on skirm
ish!" "No,"said the cavalryman ; "ourcaval
ry is the extreme picket-line, and our or
ders are to send in all men beyond us."
"Then take me at once to General
Bragg's headquaaters," said the Com
pany A boy.
When General Bragg learned the true
state of affairs, he at once ordered out
an escort of five hundred men to bring
in our regiment. Meanwhile, we were
trying to get back of our own accord.
"This way, men!" said a voice in a
whisper ahead.
"This way, men!" said another voice
in the rear.
That we were wandering about vainly
in the darkness, and under no certain
leadership, was evident, for I noticed in
the dim light that, iu our tramping
about in the tangle, we had twice crossed
the same fallen tree, and so must have
been moving in a circle.
And now, as the day is dawning in
the east, and the enemy's pickets see as
trying to steal away, a large force is
ordered against us, and conies sweeping
down with yells and whistling bullets
just as the escort of five hundred, with
reassuring cheers, comes up from the
rear to our support!
Instantly wc are in the cloud and
smoke of battle. A battery of artillery,
hastily dragged up into position, opens
on the charging line of gray with grape
and canister, while from bush and tree
pours back and forth the dreadful blaze
of musketry. For half an hour the con
flict rages fierce and high in the dawn
ing light aud under the dripping trees
the officers shouting, and the men
cheering and yelling and charging, often
fighting hand" to hand and with bayonets
locked in deadly encounter, while the
air is cut by the whistling lead, and the
deep bass of the cannon wakes the echoes
of the forest. But at last the musketry
fire gradually slackens, and we find
ourselves out of danger.
The enemy's prey has escaped him,
and, to the wonder of all, wo are brought
within the lines again, begrimed with
smoke and leaving many of our poor
fellows dead or wounded on the field.
Anxiously every man looked about for
his chum and messmates, lost sight of
during the whirling storm of battle in
the twilight woods. And I, too, looked
but vhere was Andy? Ham M.
Kinffer''s "Recollections of a Druminer
boy," in St. Nicholm.
The Reno (Col.) Gazette is responsi
ble for this yarn : A gentleman who has
a mania for ventilation was recently
visiting in Reno, and by an unhappy
accident was given a room in which he
found it impossible to raise one of the
windows. He went to sleep with the
matter on his mind, and it woke him up.
He found it impossible to get to sleep,
and imagined himself nearly smother
ing. After suffering for an hour or so
he determined to stand it no longer, and
felt around for the window. When he
found it he held a chair against it and
broke out the glass. Then he went to
bed and slept sweetly all night. In tho
morning he found that he had broken in
the glass door of a book-cae.
A peculiar circumstance happened
in the town of Leon, Cattaraugus Coun
ty, N. Y., the other day. The wife of
Charles Lilly gave birth to a male child
at eight o'clock. A few minutes before,
Georgie, her three-year-old boy, was
noticed to breathe strangely, and the
instant the new-born child uttered its
first cry he died. The boy had alw ivs
been in perfect health. Chiaujo 'limes.
Dean Stanley's successor appears to
sympathize with Von Moltke's theory
that "war is an element in the order of
the world ordained by God, for in it the
noblest virtues of mankind are devel
oped." He said, in a recent sermon at
Westminster, that he was deeply inter
ested in war, "because it has don to
much to develop human character."
The New York Aldermen approve
givingall policemen, regardless of grade,
$1,200 per year.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
The friction of a belt is claimed to
be double as much on wood as it is on
iron.
Over 10,000 people are working on
the Northern Pacific Railroad in tho
Territory of Montana.
The observatory on Mount Etna is
finished. It is 'J.653 foot above the level
of the sea, or 1, 18o feet higher than the
Great St. Bernard Monastery.
A marine bicycle was tested upon
the ocean recently by two gentlemen,
who started from" Salem Neck for Bos
ton. When off Nahant a blinding snow
squall came on, and they put into Lynn.
N. Y. Sun.
Zigz.ig lightning is a vertible spark
between two clouds, or more often be
tween a cloud and the earth. This grand
spark is able to divide or bifurcate into
two, seldom three, branches, hence the
name of "chain" and "forked" light
ening. It proceeds from clouds im
which the globules are packed so closo
as approximately to form compact mass
es, and tho electricity on their surface
is orougut most into piay. uenver
Tribune.
A smokeless and sparkless locomo
tive was tested recently on the Fitch
burg Railroad. The run was to Waltham
and back, a distance of twenty miles,
with a consumption of 27o pounds of
Cumberland coal for the round trip.
The average consumption of coal for a
twenty-mile trip with an ordinary engino
is about 1,000 pounds, showing a very
large saving in fuel, besides the stop
ping of a loug-felt nuisance in railroad
traveling smoke and cinders. Chiaujo
Herald.
Some of the European astrono
mers remark upon the fact, as recently
observed by them, of the increased
twinkling of stars when there is a dis
play of the aurora berealis ; the increased
scintillation is also seen all the more
clearly on winter than on summer
nights, and the phenomenon is more
apparent when stars in the northern
region are observed. It is thought that
the effect is not due to the direct influ
ence of the electro-magnetic light of
the aurora on the scintillation itself, but
rather to disturbances probably a cool
ing which coincide with the appear
ance of the aurora in the upper region
of the air traversed by the star rays.
The quantity of paper which a na
tion consumes is in many ways a fair in
dex of its prosperity and intelligence.
Statistics show that the per capita con
sumption is in no country so large as in
America, where it is 8 kilos. In Eng
land it is 6 ; in Germany, 5 ; in Australia,
4; in France, 3 1-2; and in Russia, 1-2.
For the entire earth the number of mills
is estimated at 3,000, and their com
bined production at 900,000 tons annu
ally. While Germany ranks third in
per capita consumption, she is first in
production, her total being 180,000 tons.
Great Britain is next, with 170,000 tons,
and then comes the United Suites, 150,
000 tons; France, with 148,000; Austria
with 80,000, and Russia with 33,500.
Brazil has but one mill, and Africa but
one. Chicago Times.
PITH AND POINT.
"A smile" in the bar-room makes
tears in the home-; remember that,
young man. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The man who has half an hour to
spare generally drops in and occupies a
half hour that belongs to some other
man.
It was Sydney Smith who retorted
upou some one who had called him an.
every-day man : "Well, if I am an cv-ery-day
man, you are a weak one."
Bennett's polar expedition will cost
him all of $200,000, and nothing has
been gained. That sum would have
added 200 to the number of brass bands
in the United States.
When we have a postal card with a
flap, why not go a little further and have
one with two llans? Then why not have
one where the flap can be locked, and
the key sent by miul?--Pttruit bree
Press.
" And now," shouts an excited ex
change, "wher shall we look for inde
pendence?" Oh, friend and brother,
searching and 1 mg-suffering fellow-sufferer,
look in the kitchen, look in the
kitchen. Hawkeye.
Will some one who is versed in the
science of sound please get up and ex
plain why a hoUil waiter, who ean't
hear the call of a hungry man two feet
and a half away, can hear the jingle of
a quarter clear across a dining room?
J. M. S. Little Rock (Ark.) : "Can
you give me any recipe for preserving
fence posts? Please reply in your next
is3ue." Wecan'tdoit. Ye have asked
several ladies, and all of them say they
have never tried it, believing that it
would take too much sugar, and that
the thing wouldn't be much of a deli
cacy any way. But they say if you want
to know how to fix tomatoes or can
green corn, they can flood you with in
formation. Texas Siftings.
"Good morning, Fogg," said
Brown, briskly. "How did you like
the opera last night?" "O, so-so," an
swered Fogg, moodily; "nothing strik
ing about it, excepting the drum-sticks."
"Come, come," returned Brown, "be
serious. Didn't you think that bravura
passage with pizzicato and appogiatura
embellishments was lovely?" "Guess
I didn't see it," answered Fogg, as be
fote; "there was only feathers and
flowers and things on the one in front of
me." "What are you talking about,
man?" exclaimed Brown. "That girl's,
hat, of course. Wasn't you:"' "Good,
morning," said Brown, as he turned tho.
corner. Puck.
This Noise Mut Cease.
On a recent occasion Bishop Gilmour
was preaching in the Cincinnati Cathe
dral". It appears that, like some other
preachers, he i- in the habit of pound
ing while expounding the go-pel. The
pulpit at the cathedral is situated near
the center of the auditorium, against a.
large pillar, and the altar is some dis
tance away. Seated at the north side
of the altar were Bishop Elder and
others, and on account of the pillar
they could not command a view of the
pulpit or Bishop Gilmour. At about
the middle of his sermon Bishop Gil
mour came to a forcible passage, and
hammerod vigorously on the pulpit,
creating a loud noise", and kept it up
for nearly a minute. "Stop that noise,"
cried Bishop Elder, rising to his feet,
and astonishing the congregation, who
were at a loss to know what to make
of the unusual proceeding- Bishop
Gilmour kept on the even tenor of his
way. "I demand that there be silence,"
said Bishop Elder. This brought the
thumping emphasis to an end, and the
astonished Bishop turned and faced the
altar. Bishop Elder now discovered his
part of the mistake and said: "I beg
your pardon, sir; I thought it was some
one in the congregation creating th
disturbance." There were no other ia
terruptions. Exchange. 1
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