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VOL. XJIL-NO. 15.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 9, 1882.
WHOLE NO. 689i
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CONGRESSIONAL .DELEGATION.
C. H. VasWyck. U. S. Senator, Neb
raska Cit .
Alvix Saunders, U.S. Senator, Oniaha.
K. Iv. Vale .tine, Hep.. West Point.
T. J. Majors, Contingent Hep., Peru.
STATE DIRECTORY:
Aluixus Nance, Governor, Lincoln.
S..I. Alexander, Secretary of State.
John Wallich-, Auditor, Lincoln.
O. M. Uirllelt, Tre-isurer, Lincoln.
CI. Dilworth, Attomej -General.
"W. W. W. .Jone-s Supt. Public Iiistrue.
CI. Xobe, Warden of Penitentiary.
I IK Gm' i n I-HPector.".
J.O. Carter, Prison Physician.
II. P. Mathevon,Supt. Insane Asylum.
.1UDICIAHY:
Conr.ro It I..iL- )
Aina-u t'nhh.
Aociate Judjres.
S. .M ixwt-ll. Chief Justice,
lOURl'II JUDICIAL DlbTRICT.
G. V. Post,. tudirc. York.
M. K. Itcese, UNtriet Attorney, Wahoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
1. 15. Hoie, Kt'Kter, Graiul Island.
Win. Any.tn. Receiver, (5 rand Island.
li:giltiye:
Stale 'm'U-iIoi, M. K. Turner.
It'pu-M-iii-itir, G. W. Lehman.
COl'XTY DIRECTORY:
I.G. Ilirin-. County .fude.
John taurtrr. roimtv Clerk.
". A. New man. Clerk lNt. Court.
I. W. Karlj, Treasurer.
D. t". Kav.-i'u 1114I1, Sherill.
L. .1. t'rnuT, Sur eyor.
M. Malirr, l
.Joseph Uivet. v Couutv Cominisi-ion
H..I IlncNon, J
er.
ir. . Ileint, Coroner.
.1. E. Moncrief -upt. of Schools. '
!5lon .Millet t. I , ,. ,,.
W. M. Cornehu,r -'""t u eof thePeace.
CITY DIRECTORY:
I. If. Menrher, Mavor.
A. 15. CHi.ith, Clerk.
.1. II. DcKiuan, Tro-iMirer.
W.N. If n-liy, Polieo .Inline.
I. E. Vi.riii, Engineer.
't.NfII.MKN:
1st Wntd John Uieklv.
G. A. S"h metier.
Id Ward Pnt. ILu.
1. Clink.
"d Ward ! K.imhiisspii.
A. A. Smith.
4olmiituM PomI Office.
open on Siiiul:i - irom II a.m. to 12 m.
ami i'mmii :::o to t i M. llusiut'ts
hour-except Mindav a. M. to p.m.
Ealern mail- -lo-e :itl I A. m.
We-tern mail- elo-e at 4:l.ip.M.
.Mail Ieae- Coluinliu- for Lo-t Creek,
Genoa. M. Edward-. Albion, Platte
( eutei. Iluuiphrev, 3ladi-on and Xor
folk. every day v except Sundays) at
4 -:ir p. in. Arrive-at 1:.V.
Foi Shell Creek and Cre-ton, on Monthly-
and Fridav-, 7 a. m., returning
at 7 P. M . -aine d.i -.
For Alexi-, Patron and David City,
Tuesday.-, Thursday- and Saturdays,
I p. m Arrive-at 12 m.
For oukliii Tut-dav- and Saturdays
7 a. in. Arrive- ti p. in. -aine davs.
;. I. Time Tnlile
EasHciird i:und.
Emigrant, No.fi, leaves at
Pa eug'r, 4, " '
Freight, " S " "
Freight. " 1(1, " "
Westward Hound.
Freight, No. Tt, leav e- at
Pa engr, " :, "
Freight, !, " "
Emigrant. ' 7. " " .
0:2.r( a. in.
11:00 a. in.
2:l.'i p. m.
4:30 a. in.
2:00 p. m.
4:27 p. m.
tJ:0O p. m.
1:30 a. in.
Every day except Saturday the three
IIiet leadini.' to Chicago connect with
IT P. train- at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a da', as
-hovvn b the following -chedule:
15. A: M. TIME TABLE.
'M ,. W" Leaves Columbus, 5:45 A. M.
5ir- " Hellvvood 0:30 "
T " David City, 7.20 "
A " Garri-on, . . 7:4( "
M " Civ e-, S:2Ti "
" Staplehur-t, . .. 8:55 M
1 " Sewanl !:30 "
1 ' Kubv !:50 "
" Milford. . 10:15 '
Plea-ant Dale, 10:45 "
t " Emerald 11:10 "
I Arrives at Lincoln, . . 11:45 m.
I Leave- Lincoln at 2:25 p. m. and ar-
i rive- in Coluinbu- S::JI p. m.
W Make- clo-e connection at Lincoln for
W all point- ea-t. We-t and -outh.
O.. X. .vr 15. II. ROAD.
Time Schedule Xo. 4. To take eflect
June 2, "M For the government ard
information of em plov ees only. The
Company re-erve- the right to vary
theiefroin at plea-tire. Train daily,
Mindav- excepted,
Outward Hound.
Inward Hound.
Xorfolk 7:20 a.m.
Mun-on 7:47 "
Madi-on .:20 "
HumphrevO:a" '
PI. Centre J):4 '
Lo-tCreeklO.O!)
Columbu 10:55 "
Columbu- 4:35 P.M.
Lo-tCreek5:21 "
PI Centre 5:42 "
Iluinphrev(i;25 "
Maili-on ' 7:01 "
Muu-on 7:43 "
Xorfolk S:04
Ai.mox iirancii.
Columbu- 4:45 p.m.
LostCreek5:3I -Genoa
(:10 "
St.Elwsrd7:00 "
Albion 7:47 '
Albion
7:43 a.m.
St.Edvvard8:30 "
Genoa 9:14 "
Lo-t Creek!:5!) "
Columbiih 10:45 '
H. LITERS & CO,
BLACKSMITHS
AXD
"VVaoii TBuilclei s9
ew Ilrirk Shop opposite llrlntzN Irur Store.
ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON
WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
Eleventh Street, Columbus, Nebraska.
50
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARKOY, Frop'r.
Nebraska Aye., South of Depot,
A
COLII.UBUS, Hi KB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
3SeN a Flr-Clsss Xable.
Meals 25 Cts. Lodgings.... 25 Ctf.
3S-2tf
COLtMlllIN
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
jgf Wholesale nnd 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.
UtfcSteMt. Semtfcef
BUSINESS CAEDS.
rIL CARL SCHOTXE,
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Office at Dowtv. Weaver & Co'8 store.
A rtUERSOX 4c ROEI,
15 ANKERS, Collection, Insurance and
Loan Agents, Foreign Exchange and Pas
sage Tickets a specialty.
(ORKKllIJM'4c HUl.I.IVA,
J ' Zi
ATTORN EYS-AT-L A W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
IT J. lUJOSO-V
NOTARY PUBLIC.
12th Street, 2 doom west of Hammond Uoise,
Columblts. Neb.
491-y
ry. M. D.XHlIKrO,
ItESlDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations first-class and warranted.
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UlCACiO BARBGK WIIOIM
HENRY WOODS, Prop'k.
5QJETerythinjj In first
Also keep the bet of cigars
class style.
510-y
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i:i:k st rekugr,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW-
Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska.
2-tf
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G. A. HULLHOBST, A. Mi, AI.D.
IIOMEOPA Till C I'll YS1 CI AN,
JSTTwo Rlocks south of Court House.
Telephone communication. 5-ly
M
vALLlXTKR BBOS.,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office up-stairs in
inj;. 11th St. W. A
Public.
McAllister's build
. McAllister, Notary
f 1. EVA.Ufi, 91. IK,
PU YSIVIA 2V tft SURGEON.
JST Front room, up--tairN in Gluck
building, :bove the bank, 11th St. Ctlls
an-vvered night or daj. ft-Gm
J. M. MACKAKLAND,
AtUrsiy aaiKetirj PoW'c.
B,
R. COWDKKY,
Csllr.:r.
LAW AND CIOLLEOTIOX OFFICE
OF
lffACFARlAND& COWDERY,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
p ko. . di:rki, ,
PAINTER. '"
2JCarrirtge, houe and sign painting,
glazing, paper banging, kal-'omiiiiug, etc.
done to order. Shop ou 13th St., oppomle
Engine Houxu, Columbus, Xeb. "10-y
Tj H.RUSCHK,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck'9 store,
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
preinptly attended to.
BYRON MILLKTT,
Justiceof the Peace and
Notary Public.
JIYKO niLLETT,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus
J. Nebraska. N. B. He .will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to him. 248.
T OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc.,' made to
order, and all work guaranteed. r
i3Shop opposite the' '. Tatteraall,"
Olive Street. 25
W
auker sc wixrcorr,
-AT TI1K-
CIIECKERED 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. 40
TAMES PEARS ALL
IS prkpakkd, with
FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give nim a cull.
J. B. Moncrief, Co.'8pt
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 certificates, and
for the transactton of any other business
pertaining to schools. '"07-y
pllAKI.lt: SLOAW,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
Dealer in Chinese Teas, Handkerchiefs,
Fans, and French Goods.
12th and Olive Sts.
CoLUvnus, Xeb.
7-12m
TAMES SAL.'HO,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska.
! timo.
WILLIAM RYAN,
DEALER IX
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
QTSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on hand.gI
Eleventh St., Columbus, Neb.
Drs. MITCHELL ft XAJLTTV,
txuvu.nnus
mm i mm, mam.
Surgeons O., N. & B. M. B. E. v I
Asst. Surgeons V. P. B'y,
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
JS. MURDOCH & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
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
tunity to estimate for you. 39"Snop on
13th St., one 'door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus, Nebr. 483-r
ADVEETI8EMEHTS.
MILLINERY!
1I7TT TlTTlTnr I
milililP.nl
ILIUVlJlll
Mrs. M. S. Drake
HAS JUST
RECEIVED
STOCK OF
A LARGE
SPRIXCi AXD 8V9IGR
HILLIIERY m FAICY
I3T A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EV,
. ERYTH1NG BELONGING TO A
FIRST-CLASS M1LLIX-ERY-
STORE. Jgl
Nebraska Avenue, ttcb doors north of the
State Batik.
27-tf
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEE MILLS.
M AXUgAOTUBSRS JLND WHOLH
" SALE DEALERS f.S
A -1
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFTOE. COLUMBUS. NFTt.
--t
Dr; "AviHEINTZ,
DEALER IX
drubs, mucins, chunk.
WINES, LiqiJOMM,
Fine Soaps, Brushes
PERFTJMEBY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on band by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
'""CoWoMted.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS. : NEBRASKA.
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
REAL ESTATE.
Union VacAe? an'dMfifrWtfd Paclfie
R. R. Lands for sale at from 3.U0 to $10.0Q
per acre for cash, or ou fire or ten years
time, in annual payment! to suit jiun
chasers. We hatre also a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved! and
unimproved, for sale -at' low price' and
on reasonable term. Also business and
residence lots in the' city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
621
COLIJMBIJfl, NKR.
"PILLSBOBfS "REST !
-BUY TUE-
p!t&M Process
FLOUR!
ALWAYS GIVES SATISFACTION,
Because it makes a superior article
bread, and is the cheapest flour
in tbe market.
of
Every sack ivarrantedjo run alike, or
iv-motiey nfimdatl. t
HERMAN OEHLRICH & BRO.,
GROCERS.
r
1.3m
WM. BECKER.
dealer in all kinds of
FAMILY GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A,
WE LL SE LECTE D S I'OC K.
Y.
Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Specialty.
Goods Delirered Free to
part of the' City.-.
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I AM ALSO AGENT FOR
EBRATED
THE OEL-
t
COQUHXARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant supply on
hand, but few their equal, in style and
quality, second to none.
CAJXAHDIXARM.PmiCEtV .
Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near
A. db N. Depot.
Alfca Talk.
That cheer but not Inebreiate, wait on eaea.
f ' Mdneybmitn advised people of . a
imaUnphnl,, tamruMmonf tn .lomva
ft wwy WtMVVVIUVM WW IMTIMT
.keep ','a tea-kettle simmennsr on tat
I hob," and it is related nt him that
once.
when, at a fashionable tea-drinkiner he
noticedi a servant who had vainly tried
to make his way through the crowd of
guests suddeuly reappear carrying!
steaming tea-kettle, when everybody
moved as if by magic. "I declare'
said the eminent divine to his hostess
a man who wishes to make his way in
life could do nothing better than go
through the world with a boiling tea
kettle in his hand."
The power which tea has to steady
and exbilorate the nerves is -not, .an im
aginary one, as can be easily demdn
"Btrate'd by drinking' a cup of "it' strong
"ud clear on retiring to rest There
will be a pleasant sense) of rest diffused
J 4 through all the limbs, but the brain, will
t'i! 'H t ' i. i .1. . ?
ue actively hwukc auu tne imagination
filled with brilliant imagery. Tea5
topers are a very numerous class 'and in'
some localities a stronger and more in
vigorating fluid is introduced into the
social beverage. A writer on German
social customs speaks of tea' that was
offered to him, flavored with vanilla and
rum; and the' lower order of English
and Irish, greatly relish a dash of gin in
their tea. It is only of late years that
.tea-has ceased to bo a luxury When
the East, India tea company commenced
to import it into England in 1678 it sold
at froma to $45 a pound, and during
th(i;Rqvolutioiarv war. when tea .was
made in Boston llur' .r. i .vns priceless;
the "Loyalists could nut buy.it and
the Yankees would not. In the late
war' of the rebellion it doubled' and
trebled in -value, and at the present lime
it is probably cheaper than it ever will '
bo again, ranging from thirty-five cents
a-pound to '$1:50. The English. Irish
and Scotch tare wholly dependent on tea
as a,secial beverage, but the Germans'
jind, Italians prefer coffee as the Jows
"do 'also. ''The young people of this coun
try are not indiflerent to the good qual
.itks of the .beverage; (they like it hot
1andl sweet, but not strong, aud they are'
afraid that drinkin? tea is iniurious to
" tire complexion, a3 it undoubtedly is.
tne tannin in it being a strong-dye. But
the old folks loTe-tea; they liko to daw
dle .comfortably overa genial cup that
has the goldeu glow, the aromatic flavor
that soothes with its mild oolurh and
u warms the cockles of "the heart." 'The 1
shell-like china and tinkling golden
spoons of, the millionaire cannot give a
more dream', sensuous delight tp, the
cheering draught than the firelight of
'the clean hearth re'lce'.'elbn the shining'
tins of a picturesque dresser aud dimp
ling into the cup of .hoMea , just turned
from the brown teapot on tlie coals and
which a good 'woman vith bare elbows
sips with rofreshing zest. She will tell
ou that it is meat and drink, to her,' and
er idea ol .happiness is to have some
Id cronv to drink tea with hpr. whnn
th'ey will'each ut their elbows on the
table and sip the tea from a saucer held
in lx?th, hands as Queen Victoria herself
Ls said to be "fond of, doing when ab
solved 'from court etiquette. Tea is also
the name given to the final regular meal
of the day, and there is a restful, sooth
ing melody about-thename, implying as
it does much social cheer.
" So let us welcotno peaceful evening1 in."
The day is done, and at the tea table
all its burdens should fall oft. There
may not be much spoken sentiment, but
there will be rest after the long day; the
baby may fall' asleep with its head in its
plate, but that will be only cause for
diversion. The light savory food of the
evening meal need not be partaken of
hurriedly, so there can be a gentle lin
gering and entire relaxation from'everv-
' thing, that disturbs, and the tea itself
will ,ba a gentle, stimulus to.Jight and
agreeable conversation. "When the lat
flush, of sunset dies on the "horizon, and
Jthe evening1 star hangs like a gem
,'against.the' amethyst sky, then is the
time for a bene jieent. good-night repast.
I'From silver spouts the grateful liquors
Vhile, China's .earth receive the Bmokhur
tldo':
At once thoy gratify their senseand, taste
And froqvenC cups prolong tbo rich repast.'
' -Detroit Tost and Tribune.
Mending.'
, Mending is one of those homely occu
pations' that, like sweeping, ducting and
washing" dishes fills up a great deal of
time .and leaves?very little to show for
.itself. But if it isn't done, .then it
shows a great deaL Jf garments were
made as tlie "one-hoss shay" was
mane. Jt tne thread was as good as the
cloth,, and the work as good as the thread,
and the fastenings were sure, and. the
linings matchetlwril the rest, and the
wear, vtts even and uniform throughout,
there would be little mending to be
done. The worn garment would " dis
solve," so to speak, and leave nothing
uuoinu, noiuing even iorrag carpets',
but such, alas! is not the, case. The
cloth grows thin at the elbows and
knees (of Boys'), the Duttons come off,
the button-holes stretch and grow fuz
zy, tjie seams . rip, the edges, fray, the
iabric is .torn by, sharp points that lurk
un-seen anil part the threads without
giving notice, and, little by little, gar
unents -go to pieces, unless the constant
," stitch in time "' is taken. ,
There are those who can afford to lay
aside tlieir clothing askfastas it becomes
soiled or worn, and attire themselves in
new; but these are not the majority,
The most of men and women are glad
if they can keep themselves neat and
tidy by the device of mendimr. and often
of patching, and rich people who are
not spendthrifts aro slow to throw away
a well-litting and handsome garment
because it needs mending. This occu
pation, therefore' is quite universal,
and, in fact, is carried on more elab
orately .and systematically by the well-to-do
than by those who live from haid
to mouth
The' same line of remark applies as
well to houses and equipages as to
clothing. Our houses, the best of them,
are continually getting out of repair and
need mending. H,inges break and get
lodse, plastering crumbles and falls.
doors settle and become hard to -onen I
and shut, cracks open in the walls, leaks
. , .. . r- ,
start, in the joof, window-pane3 are
broken! paint grows rusty, pickets drop
from the fences, and, unless constant
and careful repairs are made. & look of
oeoay-awMetiioratkHicreepa over the
promisesti.moJteeupp". p. placs. as
the phrase goes, requires constant ex
penditure of time, labor and monev.
Our bodies, w less than our houses,
need frequent repairs. Invisible ene
mies, in the shane of rrmn. htrig
and the like, are always at work under-
uiixung our neaun; our dead selyes are
always at war. with our living .selves, .
aad the fight airainst dirt n7l iluno1
ends only with onr lives, with which it-
oegsn. we often mistake grievously,
intrying (fo mend np our bodies by
mean of drugs and tonics .and stimu-
and
J vastNul alee taetead.
. .--..- w,w wuuiu umj wuuf
I -Doubtless there are few of us all but
j night mend our ways with profit to our-
eives ana our fellows, uood and evil,
light and 'darkness, life and death, God
and Satan, wage an incessant conflict
on the battle-ground of our hearts, aad
not in this life may we hope this conflict
will ever cease. When we would da
good evil is present with us, in one or
othe r of its Protean forms. The charity
that thinketh no evil, the love thatwork
etn no evil to its neiffhbor. the con-
science void of offense toward God and
man, perfect obedience to the Divine
law, perfect conformity to the Divine
pattern these must be daily striven for
as we daily strive for physical cleanli
ness for physical clothing, for physical
nutrition. In this warfare nothing but
"faithfulness unto death" will entitle
us to 'the crown of life. In order to mend
with neatness and dispatch we must be
well , supplied with materials for the
Eurpose. The provident housewife has
er wbrtbasket well-stocked with every
requisite for - mending. She has her
rolls of pieees where she can easily put
her hand on them, and she never al
lows a garment to be put away in a
dilapidated condition, 'unless it is past
weanng. ne week s mending is done
as regularly as the week's washing.
The thrifty householder has his" chest
of tools and 'keeps his house, his out
houses and his fences from going to
pieces. A nail driven here, a brace
Slaved there, a screw put in a sagging
iuge, a lost picket replaced, a swing
ing window-blind fastened back, a Bash
reglazed these little things go a long
way in making a place look tidy and in
keeping it 'from going to pieces.
The wear of our bodies can be best
withstoodby attention to what we are
often disposed to call little things diet,
rest, clotning, pure air, congenial 'sur
roundings. Under favoring uircum-stances-,;
men and women of normal
constitutions can do an immense amount
of work through a long succession of
'Wars, and' then enjoy a serene old age.
But ia order to do this they must take
care pitnemscivea ana " keep tliem
selves up" as they ""keep up" their
houses, by constant attention to all
little repairs,,, by avoiding stimulants.
drugs, overwork, worry, and providing1
everyinmg necessary to comioir.
For the -renewal of 'our spiritual
strength 'we have the Bible and access
,to the infinite, source, of wisdom aad
power and goodness and love.
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xY. J.
J. I IUUH6.
A Beceat Freach Conquest in Cochin
China.
The Tunisian game is being repeated
by France in a quarter of the. globe so
distant as to attract but little attention.
Recently came the news from Honj
Kong 'that- the French had captured
Uannoi after two hours bombardment.
For the second time the French are in
possession of the capital of Ton qui n,
and this time they will undoubtedly
stay. Tonquin, or'Tong Kiug, is one
of thethree Provinces of the Empire of
Anam, or Cochin China, whicli stretches
along th6" China Sea. with the Celestial
empire to the north, and the Kingdom
of biara to tlie west. Tonquin is the
most northerly of these provinces, and
lays along the Gulf of Tonquin. The
climate is subject to severe heat and
cold, and there are frequent and heavy
falls of rain, which cause disastrous in
undations. But for all that the climate
is wholesome, and the whole region is
one of great fertility. It contains mag
nificent forests of tine woods; produces
endless crops of rice, cotton, ginger,
Indian corn, sugar-cane 'and tea; and
embraces vast plantations of mul
berry for the rearing: of silk-worms,
producing the finest article of silk
while the earth contains rich de
posits of gold, silver, copper and iron.
Adjacent to Tonquin is the French
colony of Cambodia, and for several
years past the French have been moving
slowly, bit deliberately, in the direction
ol annexation. IJiey nave nad an ex
cuse for interfering in the operations of
pirates in the adjacent sea, and the ex
pedition which was fitted out last year
for the ostensible suppression of the
pirates is about resulting, as was ex
pected, in the annexation of the whole
province to the French dominion in
Farther India. Hannoi, the city which
has just fallen into French hands, is the
capital of Tonquin, and is situated on
Sank-Koi River, 100 miles northwest
from its 'Confluence with the Gulf of
Touquin. It is a poorly-built town of
150,000 inhabitants, most of the houses
being made of lumber and mini. But it
is already the center of a valuable com
merce, which admits of vast develop
ment at the hands of the French. In
1870 M. Gamier, at the head of only
180 men, captured the citadel of Han
noi, and witn two colleages practically
annexed the whole provincq to the
French dominions. M. Gamier and his
officers were assassinated, but his suc
cessor had almost secured the formal
cession of Tonquin when the arrival ol
a new Governor, M. Philastre, led to a
sudden reversal of the forward policy.and
France contented' herself with a treaty
with the .King of Anam, signed the 15th
of March, 1874, which recognized her
sovereignty over the six provinces of
Lower Cochin China, and established a
sort of protectorate over Anam itself.
This nominal protectorate, however,
has not satisfied the colonists and those
at home who were interested in the
trade of Cochin China, and now the op
erations of those convenient pirates
which have for years dominated the
whole country abpve Hannoi have giv
en a plausible excuse for a protectorate
mat will bo found more substantial.
The annexation of Tonquin will place
ui me possession oi r ranee tue wnoie
eastern coast of the China Sea, which
'has many good harbors and several
outlets for the commerce of the region.
The Meikone or Cambodia, the Saigon
and the SangJJo". are magnificent
rivers. In. 1878 , a,, .French merchant
named Onpuis succeeded in ascending
the last named stream to a point within
the Yunnal boundary. He showed that
it wastperfectly navigable, and that the
only obstacles to traversing it were
caused by the disturbed state of the
country on its banks. The French will.
of course, remedv this difficulty when
i.tr .rj.;.. ..n i.: .i.-".
try. London Paper.
j -wui ui- pusacssiuu vi iuu cuuu-
"Canst tell me, Brutus," queried
Casiius, removing his Havana from his
lips to say it, " why our mutual friend
Antonio, who yesterday feasted upon
his fattened Brahma chicken, resembles
the -valiant' Spartacns?" "Go to," re
plied Brutus, toying with his revolver in
a menacing way. 41 pray you trifle
not with me. Thou knowest I am not
given to these trivialities." " Nay, but
tell me," continued Cassins. " Away,
slight man!" exclaimed Brutus; "when
Caesar , lived .he dared not thus have
moved me." " 8oybu give it up?" By
my troth I do, and instantly." "Well,
then," said Cassias, "it is because he
is glad he,ate,hr.!. And, Cass jus I
tripped ugntiy out ox tne tent, just in
time to escape the tip of the enraged
Irutas' sandal Mtftn TrmnseriyL
FACTS AND FIGURES.
The city of Boston consumes an r
erage of '4,520,200 gallons of water daily
from its .Cochituate and Sudbury reser
voirs. In the Pincate district, San Bernar
dino County, California, the San Jacinto
mine is said to be producing from $8,000
to $10,000 worth of gold per month.
During the year 1881 1,700 locomo
tives were made in the United States at
eleven establishments, the greatest
number at any one place being 554.
Detroit Post.
There have been sold of "Apple
ton's Cyclopaedia" 91. 222 sets, or 1,459,
550 volumes, or, adding the "Annual
Cyclopedia," 1,722,750 volumes, -Chi-cayo
Journal.
The Chinese of San Francisco pay
about $60,000 annually in' licenses.
while iticosts the city 8100,000 a sear to
maintain the law in the Chinese quarter.
Chicago' Times.
For lighting the new residence of
Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt. it is stated that
there are 2,000 gas-burners, supplied by
about 15.00J feet, or nearly three miles,
of pipe. N. Y. Sun.
The total length of fencing in tlie
United States is upward of 6,000,000
miles, and the cost over two thousand
million dollars. Cost of fencing during
the last census year was nearly $79,
000,000. The North German Gazette com-
I plains of the guzzlery of its country
men, li nxes me amount paid ior Deer
and brandy in Germany in the last eight
years at $1,800,000,000, of which $1,
600,000,000 went for beer.
A cuttle-dealer informs the Salt
Lake Tribune that he ha3 shipped 2..100
head of beef cattle from Utah to East
ern, markets during the past year. Hei
says Utjih furnishes 40,000 head of beef
cattle to "Eastern markets every1 year,
and cattle-raisers have realrxd about
.$15 per head.
rLand in, tLo, more common streets
of New York is, worth $250,000 to' $350,
000 per acre; in the best part of Broad
way it, is $2,000,000 per acre, and the
corner of Walland Broad streets, the
most valuable comer on" the Continent,
was recently sold at the rate of $l4;000,
000 perere. N, Y. Times:
According to the observations of
the New York City, examiners in lunacy,
insanity is on the increase in that city.
The fact is said to be noticeable among
persons.of foreign birth and more par
ticularly amoug.tbose of German nativ
ity. In January ill patients were com
mitted: in February, 67; in March. 123;
and in April, 87; -making a total of 388
for four months. . Of this number 210
were females. Chicago Journal.
WIT AND WISDOM.
1 1
When is a lady's arm not a ladyV
arm? When it's'a little bare .(bear.)
The trouble and worry anil wear"
and tear that comes from hating people
makes hating un profitable.
The best way to discipline one's
heart against scandal is to believe all
stories false which ought not to be true.-
It is really very little use teaching a
future great man penmanship. When
he gets to man's estate he is sure to
write as if he were drawing a design for
a cobweb factory. N. Y. Commercial.
An old jellow (login Cologne,
Run away -with n old woman's bogne;
But tbe wrathful old cntguo
Hit him twice with a ttogne.
And it was dreadful to hear the dog irrogae.
Hunuiyton ttawKeve.
At the extinguishment of one in the
night out-broken lire comes a fireman
remarkably too late. The Command
ant stands him about it to a speech.
Fireman "1 could not before come, as
I so far from the lire location distant
live." Commandant "Then must
you next time nearermoveP' Fliegende
Blatter.
An English-turfman visiting Mount
Vernon engaged in conversation with a
native, and, after a few preliminary re
marks, observed: "I ' dare say Mr.
Washington didn't care much for
'orses. You cawn't tell me. I suppose,
if he was ever a 'orse-breakerS", The
Virginian eyed him a few seconds
doubtfully, ami then answered: "I
ain't much on .history, but to the best of
my recollection the General was a lion
tamer." Danbury News.
A country clergyman hatl been
raised to the dignity of rural dean.
When before the Bishop he complained
of not receiving any extra tklo plain
reverend did not seem sufficient for his
new dignity. "The Bishop." he said.
"was called Tight reverend; a dean
very reverend. Why had not tie rural
dean also some prefix?" "Well," re
turned his lordship, r don't know
what it-can' be unless it be 'rather rev
erend.' " Detroit i'oU.
A nice-looking young, man. who
seated himself in a well-filled North
Side car, held in between his jeweled
fingers the stump of a cigar, givino- out
its dying fumes. They are not a pleas
ant odor, even to old smokers, and in
this case were specially vicious. One
bright little miss, a dozen' years old,
saucily remarked; 'so i as to be heard:
"If he will throw it away, I will pick
him up a longer stump as soon as we
get up'to the park." It was not. long
before that young man went to the' front
platform to see a man. Chicago Inter'
Ocean.
What He Would Do.
It was in the smoking car on the New
York Central. There was one chap who
was blustering- a great deal and telling
of how many duels he had fought, and
behind him sat a small man reading a
magazine.
" Sir!" said the big man, as he wheeled
around, " what would you do if chal
lenged?" " Refuse," was the quiet reply.
"Ah! I thought as much. Refuse
and be branded a coward! What if a
gentleman offered you the choice of a
duel or a public horsewhipping then
what!"
"I'd take the whipping."
" Ah I thought so thought so from
the looks of you. Suppose, sir, you
had foully slandered me?"
"1 never slander."
" Then, sir, suppose I had coolly and
deliberately insulted you; what would
you do?"
"I'd rise up this way. nut down mv
book this way, and reach over like this
and fake him by the nose as I take you,
and give it a 'three-quarter twistA-just
so!"
When the little man let go of the big
man's nose, the man with the white hat
on began to crouch down to get away
from bullets, but there was no shooting.
The big man turned red then pale
then looked the little man over" and re
marked: '
uncertainly of-course that's it ex
actly!" " And then conversation turned on th
general prosperity of thtf country. -tfte
trail Vwa &. ' 1
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The Washington JfeaaaeaL
The approval bv the President of tha
aot fori. another -appropriation for the
Washington
Monument has infused en
ergy anions:
the contractors aad
bosses having: charge of its erection.
A
soon as the fund is available, proposal
for bids will be issued by the engineer
In the'meantime Superintendent P. H.
McLaughlin is busy in erecting the iron,
work in the interior of. tlie bhaft, a fore
of twelve men huving been put on onl
two days ago. In about ten days th"
masons will ou omployed in putting th
marble blocks in position. The super
intendent is confident of adding seventy-five
feet to Its present height 'before
the new appropriation is expended, nut1
thus reaching au altitude of 325feet
The summit of the shaft in its present
undressed condition, is forty-five feet
square, thewalla .being seven feetthick.
At the base thet monument is fifty-live
feet square,' thus decreasing in its up
ward rco'mSe at the rate of one-quarter
of an inch per foot.
The memorial blocks which were
sto'rcTd away during the thirty years the
work was-suspended. have been bright
ened up and are ready to be put in posi
tion. Between forty, and fifty stones
have been put in the walls, and, inp'ass
im; up and down in tile- elevator, are
studied to, an advantage .by the, aid of a
lantern. About ninety more are in the
lapidarium' yet to be put in "the walls.
Some of these' have been mutilated by
vandal hands. The most seriously de
faced, slone is that which was presented
by the Temple of 'Honor and Temper
ance. Some of the carved emblems are
badly kbrokeii.done.before Superintend
ent McLaughlin took charge. Conspic
uous among the stones that -will' be put-
in ihu siuui. Lais year.is me, ooe irom
t)the Temple ,of .ifcculapius, on the Isl
and of Paros; a block lrom the original
rfiapctrof William Tell, built in 1388.jon
Lake Lucerne, where-he escaped from
.Gessjer, auta large quare of marble
from the Grecian' Archipelago, sbht as a
tribute from the islands of Paros and'Nax-
os. A finely polished .piece of marble,
which was gijrtjn byiJ. A. Lehman, jias
also been set aside. Imbedded' in its
face is" a head which was carved' two or
three thousand.years ago bytho, ancipnt
Egyptians for the temple erected in
honorof Augustus, on the banks of he
Nile". 'The nead is of a hard, dark
brown rock, of a granite graintand from
its irregular appearance was apparently
broken in its removal from its original
resting place. The stones from the
.Swiss confederation, Turkey and China,
will, it is said, take precedent of the
many fine pieces of carved work that
have been presented by the secret feo-
cietie8 unit, other organizations. The
latest block sent to the lapidarium comes
from XevadaVhaving been received but
a short time ago. " It is 3x1 feet and is
, cut from granite. Its lace, which, is jol
islied, bears the inscription: "All foV
our country 1881." in gilt letters. The
line "Nevada extends across the mid-
.dle un plain six-inch letters of solid
silver. It is one of the most attractive
stones in the collection and the only one
. that has been received for a number of
years. Washington Post.
Italy's Start for Independence.
J here never was such a contury as
the nineteenth for looking back kindly
on the past and commemorating events
which can in some way be linked with
the present. Even the gloomy massacre
known as the Sicilian Vespers has had
its turn, and has been dug out of the
congenial obscurity of remote history to
be the occasion of a national' fete. Pa
lermo, was the .happy city where the
massacre began,., and six hundred
vears after the catastrophe or crime
'Palermo has been wreathed in flowers
and illumined with fire-works in, honor
of the great deed which it performed.
The French adventurers who were then
'ruthlessly destroyed-were distinguished
evenin the thirteenth century for.blood-
thirstiness, rapacity and arrogance, andf
accuruiiig tu me siauuaru oi me uav,
'well deserved "their fate, and the well
laid plot of a Greek Emperor, a Pope
and a King, was supported by popular
furv, and ended in' the temporary es
tablishment of a Separate monarchy of
Sicily. It is as the first germ of na
tional , independence that the mas
sacre of 8,000 Frenchmen is now cele
brated with triumphant joy and enthusi
asm. Thp germ long lay dormant, and
if six hundred years nave been suffered
to pass ' without any celebration of this
remarkable event, "this is, as Slgnor
Crispi explained to his willing listeners
at Palermo, because on no former occa
sion has it been possible to couple the
centenary -of' the 'massacre witn anything-
like the .visible independence of
oicuy. as jne years went round it
was a sad 'but incontcstib'le fact tiiat
'Sicily did nol'seeni' to have come into
the legitimate fruits of her glorious out
rage. At the end of one hundred(years
she was torn with anarchy; at the end
of another she was a Spanish province.
-The luck was always against Sicily,) and
it so happened that when the centenary
of 'the v espers came round Sicily was
not only" under a foreign King; Tout un-
um B-aueuituiy uau loreiga ivinff., mow
at last Sicily, is free from the foreigner
and under the rule of a good ' and lib
eral Prince of the House of Savoy who
is enthroned at Rome. To this nappy
change of circumstances the active in
terference of Garibaldi contributed even
more than the lingering memory of the
Sicilinn Vespers. The fete was, there
. i..i z- m .. i . " ., :'
fore, a fete in honorof Garabaldi as well
as of the nameless heroes who "killed
the French intruders six hundred vears
ago. London Saturday Bevicw.
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Keeping Food for Months.
The more people reflect on Prof.
Barff's discover- that by heating borate
acid with glycerine a compound was ob
tained which keeps food perfectly sound
and swet for months, tho greater wDl
be their conception of the revolutionary
character of boroglyceride. To begin
with, the vast refrigerating vaults which
have" been constructed at Victoria
Docks, itfwhich 4,300 "muttons" can
be stored at one time, will be rendered
useless and the demand for refrigera
tors suddenly cease. That, however, is
one of the 'most trifling of the conse
quences of Prof. Barff s discovery. A
sultry day will no longer be able to
spoil "the harvest of the sea," and Lon
don and all' the inland towns will for
the time be able 'to enjoy a constant
stipply of cheap fresh fish. The revolu
tion will fall heaviest oh farmers. Mut
ton is a penny a pound in New South
Wales,, and " beef three half-pence a
pound in Xexas. If Devonshire ,cream
can be delivered in Ranzibar as fresh as
when it left the English dairy, the one
great element which has hitherto fav
ored.. Jibe, British .agriculturist in. his
struggle against, foreign competitioa
will disappear. Rent's will f fall on'ct
more; and tlie reluctance of the Irish
tenant.to, purchase his holding will bt
freater thaij ever. rof. Barfimay yel
gure In hutory as the revolutionist
lifho 'administered the coup de grace t
the ancient landed system of Gnat
Britain. -Pall Mali Gazette
EELIGIODS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Printing has been Introduced as
study into the high school of San Jose,
CaL
At a school meeting in London,, Dr.
Gladstone responded to a proposition
for making elementary schools free, by
denouncing it as a step of retrogression.
- -A Chinaman, dvinsr of consumutioa
in Chicago, erected an altar in his laun
dry, and worked before it, with his faco
to the east, as long as he was able to
wash at all.
Forty thousand dollars, the full
amount needed, has been contributed to
endow a professorship in Syracuse Uni
versity in memory of the "late William
Penn Abbott. -Utica (iV. I'.) Herald.
The Professorship of Anatomy in
the Harvard Medical School has had
but three incumbents in the century of
its existence J)r. John Warren, Dr.
John Collins Warren and Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes. -
The Wesleyan Female College la
Cincinnati, O., has been struggling,
along for someyoars with an oppressive
debt, and announcement is now made
that unless $90,000 is raised before the
expiration of tho current academic
vear its property must be sold. Detroit
Post.
The Rev. Dr. Georgo D. Boardman,
of Philadelphia, completed, recently, a
series of 626 lectures on the New Testa
ment which he began in 1864. and
which, liegiuning with Matthew, ho has
prosecuted continuously, chapter by
chaptor, and ver..e by verse, until he
ended w ith the closing words of Reve
lations. While, preaching from tho text:
" Ho giveth His beloved sleep," a To
ledo minister stopped in the middle of
nis sermon, gazed upon his sleeping
auditors and said: " Brethren, it is hard
to realize the wondrous, unbounded
love the Lord appears to have for a
.good portion of this congregation."
Toledo Blade.
The new uav roll which the Board
of Education of Brooklyn. wUl probably
atiopt makes an increase in tlie pay of
some principals. The Principal of" tho
Central Grammar-Schobl will receive
$3,300; twenty-six others will roceivn
;$3,0QQ. fl .this. schedulers Adpnttl the
pay of tmchew, imtim public schools
of the city will amount to $839,742, of
which, the State will apportion $260,
539.56, and the city $570,202.44. Brook
lyn Eagle.
Bishop Moore made the annual
address before the Conference of the M.
E. Zion Church, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y..
receritly. The prospects of colored
Methodism were never brighter, the
Church having a membership of 3,000,
OOQ, scatterettin nearly every State, and
Territory, Canada. Liberia and the In
dian Islands. There are twentywo
Annual Conferences presided over by
six Bishops, ahd church property to tho
amount of $16,000,000. and a recently
established institution of learning in.
North Carolina. Chicago Tribune.
President Eliot, of Harvard, haa
that last best gift of man tact. At
one time his students developed an un-
fileasaut liking for sitting in targe nuiu
ers upon the fence that surrounds the
college yard. The President, not de
siriug such a thing to become a custom,
was at a loss how best to break up this
practice. At last, one evening, as ho
was walking along the sidewalk, and
the students were sitting on the fenca
singing, etc., the President said: "Gon
tlemen, allow me to congratulate you
on having adopted the Yale custom."
He was never troubled afterward by
students sitting on the fence. Chicago
Journal.
Saffacatlea by Coal Gas.
Cases of poisoning by illuminating gaa
are sufficiently frequent to make ono
suppose that greater care should be
taken to prevent their recurrence. Not
-long-sinceTs-rnan-in-this-city-attempted
suicide by means ot gas which .he in
haled through the mouth, but the time
ly interference of neighbors prevented
its having tho intended effecL A few
days later a Fall River steamer came ttr
Iier pier with two of her passengers in
sensiblo from the. same cause. Coal gas
contains from five to nine per ceut, of
carbonic oxide, to which its effects are
chiefly due. M. Tourdes says that pure
coal gas is instantly fatal, but the qaso
of attempted suicide, as well as the rare
occurrence of fatal poisoning in gas
works, where workmen are sometimes
exposed to gusts of undiluted gas, makes
this seem at least doubtful. The same
authority says that one-eighth of gai
will kill a rabbit in five minutes, and
one-fifteenth in ten to fifteen minutes.
In one case that proved fatal Dr. Tay
lor estimated the quantity at three per
cent Even small quantities, which are
only perceptible by their odor, caue
unpleasant symptoms, headache and
nausea, if inhaled for a long time. Time
seems to be an important factor in gas
poisoning, for in most cases where per
sons are exposed to its inlluence for a
few hours they can be resuscitated, but
if left a longer time this is not possible.
Carbonic oxide, as already stated, is
credited with being the principal factor
in gas poisoning, a question that Could
b'e quickly settled by the spectroscopic
examination of the victim's blood.
Two of the large gas works in this city
supply us with gas still richer in car
bonic oxide, sometimes reaching twen-tr-live
or thirty per cent. It was ex
pected that this would prove particular
ly fatal to its users, but. accidents have
thus far been fortunately few, which
may perhaps have been due in part to
its vile odor, which serves as a warn
ing. One of the most convenient safeguards
against possible poisoning by gas is- to
sleep with an open window where fresh
air can always enter to dilute it in case
of any escape. A person has been
known to sleep in safety the entire
night in a rooni where the deadly (?)
water gas was escaping from an open
cock at' full head, the secret of his es
cape being the open window. At
tempts have been made to construct au
tomatic alarms that should report es
caping gas, but none of them are .so
efficient as might be desired, are liable
to get out of order, and are not likely to
awake the person who is destined to bo
tlie victim. Scientific American.
Assurance that Paid.
Canno-ou get to the store earlier
morningsr Henry?" asked his employer,
as the young man came in an hour late.
"Yes, sir," replied Henry, "I suppose
I could if I should dispense with my
morning nap and go without my break
fast." and Henry sat down in the
most comfortable chair in the counting-room
lighted his cigar, and W3f
soon buried in the morning paper. His
employer meanwhile was hard at work.
Of course. Heury was not allowed "to
remain in that store many weeks. Hia
impudence and assurance were too
massive. He Is now a comrnnnual
' traveler, with an income of f 10,000 pat
tnnnm D.f..M 'T r oJ. .
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