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VOL. XIII.-N0. 16.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 16, 1882.
WHOLE NO. 640.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
C. H. VanMyck, U. S. Senator, Neb
raska City.
Alvin SauxdkrSjU. S. Senator, Omaha.
E. K. Valkxtink, Itep., West Point.
T.J. Majors, Contingent Kep., Peru.
STATE DIRECTORY:
Albinus Nance, Governor, Lincoln.
S.J.Alexander, Secretary of State.
John Wallichs, Auditor, Lincoln.
G. M. Bartlett, Treasurer, Lincoln.
C.J. Dilworth, Attorney-General.
W. W. "W". Jones, Supt. Public Iiibtruc.
C.J. Nobea, Warden of Penitentiary.
ShTgouM,7' f Prison IPtors.
J. O. Carter, Prison Physician.
H.P. Mathcwsoi,Supt.'lusane Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
AmCll Associate Juces.
S.Maxwell, Chief Justice,
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
G. W. Post, Judge, York.
M. B. Reese, District Attorney, Wahoo
LAND OFFICERS:
M. B. Iloxie, Register, Grand Island.
Wm. Anyan, Receiver, Grand Island.
LEGISLATIVE:
State Senator, M. K. Turner.
" Representative, G. W. Lehman.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
J.G.Higgins, County Judge.
John StaufTcr, County Clerk.
C. A. Newman, Clerk Dist. Court.
J. W. Early, Treasurer.
D. C. Kavanaugh, Sheriff.
r..J.urmer, surveyor.
M. Maber, 1
Joseph Rivet,
II. J. Hudson, t
County uomnnssioners.
Dr. A. Helntz. Coroner.
J. E. Moncrief Supt. of Schools.
eyron jimett.
W.H. Corneli
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Justices of thePeace.
CITY DIRECTORY:
J. R. Meairher, Mavor.
A. B. Coffroth, Clerk.
J. B. Delsman, Treasurer.
W. N. Hensley, Police Judge.
J. E. North, Engineer.
couxcilmkn:
1st Ward John Rickly.
G. A. Schroeder.
'2d Ward Vat. Havs.
1. Gluck.
3d Ward J. Rasmussen.
A. A. Smith.
Colambus Font Office.
Open on Sundays Iroin 11 a.m. to 12m.
and from 4:30 to r. M. Itusiucss
hours except Sunday 0 a. m. to S r. M.
Eastern mails close at 11 a.m.
Western mails close at4:15.M.
Mail leave Columbus for Lost Creek,
Genoa, St. Edwards. Albion, Platte
Center, Humphrey, Madison and Nor
folk, every day (except Sundays) at
4:35 p. in. " Arrives at lu:.V.
For Shell Creek and Creston, on Mon
days and Fridays, 7 a. m., returning
at 7 P. M., same davs.
For Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
1 p. m Arrives at 12 m.
For Conkling Tuesdays and Saturdays
7 a. m. Arrives G p. in. same davs .
II. I. Time Table
E?nl,nartl Ttnunil.
Emigrant, No. 6, leaves at
Passeng'r, " 4, "
Freight, " S, " "
Freight, "10, "
Westward Bound.
Freight, No. fl, leaves at
Passeng'r, " 3, "
Freight, " 9, " "
G:2." a.
1100 a.
m.
in.
2:13 p. m.
4:30 a. in.
2:00 p. in
4:27 p. m
0:00 p. m
1:30 a. in
Every day except Saturday the three
HneB leading to Chicago connect with
U P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
X4here will be but one train a day, as
shown by the following schedule:
B. & M. TIME TABLE.
Leaves Columbus, :4."i A. m.
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David City, 7.20 "
Garrison, 7:4(5 "
Ulysses, 8:25 "
Staplehurst, 8:55 "
Seward, 9:30
Rubv, 90
Milford 10:15 '
Pleasant Dale, 10:45 "
Emerald 11:10 '
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Arrives at Lincoln, 11:45 M.
Leaves Lincoln at 2:25 p. M. and ar
rives in Columbus 8:30 p. M.
Hakes close connection at Lincoln for
all points east, west and south.
O.. N. A B. II. ROAD.
Time Schedule No. 4. To take effect
June 2, '81. For the government and
information of employees only. The
Companv reserves the right to vary
therefrom at pleasure. Trains daily,
Sundays excepted.
Chitinard Bound.
Inward Bound.
Norfolk . 7:20 a.m.
Columbus 4:33 p.m.
Munson . 7:47
Madison .8:20
Humphrev9:05
PL Centre 9:4S
LostC reek 10.09
Columbusl0:55
PL Centre 5:42
Huraphrcyti;25
Madison 7:04
Munson.. 7:43
Norfolk . 8:04
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ALBION BRANCH.
Columbus. 4:45 p.m.
LostCreek5:31 '
Genoa.... 6:10 "
Albion ....7:43 A. M.
St.Edward8:30 "
Genoa ... 9:14 "
I.ostCreek9:o9 "
Columbusl0:45 "
St.Edward7:00
Albion :4
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H. LITERS & OO,
BLACKSMITHS
AND
"Wagon Builders,
Sw Brirk Shop opposite Helntz's Drug Stow.
ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON
WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
Eleventh Street, Columbus, Nebraska.
50
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
8. J. MARMOT, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COL.IHKB1TS, NEB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week st reasonable rates.
fTieto Flrii-Clsui Table.
Meali, 35 Cts. Lodgings..
38-2tf
.25 Ct8.
COLIJMB1J8
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
fy Wholesale nd Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
"Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OTSTERB in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltkJtreet. SestkefDepet.
BUSINESS CARDS.
-pvR. CARL SCHOTTE,
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Office at Dowtv, Weaver &, Co's store.
A KDERM)3i 4c KOE.,
BANKERS, Collection, Insurance and
Loan Atrents, Foreign Exchange and Pas
sage Tickets a specialty.
pOKKLlVS & SULLIVAN,'
A TTORNEYS-A T-LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
H.
J. I1UUSOI,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
12tli Street, 2 doors west or Hammond Honne,
Columbus, Neb. 491-y
D
R. M. 1. TIIIIBSIU,
HESIDENT DENTIST.
Ollice over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations first-class and warranted.
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lIIICAtiO BARBER SHOP!
HENRY WOODS, PuOP'K.
j3TE7erything in first-class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 516-y
f EER &, REEDER,
A TTORNEYS A T LA W,
Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska.
2-tf
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G. A. 1IULLUORST, A. M., M. D.,
OMEOPA Till C BIIYSI CI AN,
ISTTwo Block, south of Court House.
Telephone communication. 5-ly
M
cALLlSTER BROS.,
A TTOBNEYS AT LAW,
Office
lice up-stairs in McAllister's build
g. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
in
Public.
1 . EVAHS, OT. !.,
PII YSICIA N tfc SURG EON.
JST Front room, up-stairs in Gluck
building, above the bank, 11th St. Calls
an-wcred night or day. ft-Gm
.1. M. MACKAKLAM), B. K. COWDKKY,
Att:ne7 11 Hctiry raWc. C:Uort:r.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFAR1jAND& COWDERS",
Colum bur, : : : Nebraska.
f EO. 3T. DERKY,
PAIN TEH.
jOfCarriage, house and sign painting,
glazing, paper hanging, kaNoiuiniug, etc.
done to order. Shop on 13th St., opposite
Engine House, Columbus, Neb. 10-y
rp ii.RrscuE,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blanket, Curry Comb, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
BYROS MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
IIYKO MILLETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus
Nebraska. N. B. He will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to him. 248.
X OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to
order, and all work guaranteeu.
aSTShop opposite the " Tattersall,"
Olive Street. '2-r
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AEKWEiTOTT,
AT T11K
CHECKERED BAIiN,
Arc prepared to furnish the public wrth
good teams, buggies and carriages for all
occasions, especially for funerals. Also
conduct a feed and sale stable. 49
TAMES PEARS ALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIBST - CLASS APPA RA T US,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give nim a cull.
1CTOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. B. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his office at the Court House
on tiie first Saturday of each
month for the purpose ol examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transactton of any other business
pertaining to schools. 507-y
pHARUE SLOAX,
PROPRIETOR OF TIIE
Dealer in Chiuese Teas, Handkerchiefs,
Fans, and French Goods.
12th and Olive Sts., Columbus, Neb.
7-12m
TAMES SALMON,
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.
52 Omo.
WILLIAM RYAN,
DEALER IX
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
JSTScbilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on hand.g3
Eleventh St. Columbus, Neb.
Sts. MITCHELL & XABTYH,
coEinnBus
UEDICii & SR6IUL DB
Surgeons O., N. & B. H. B. B.,
Asst. Surgeons U. P. B'y,
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
JS. MURDOCK & 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
tunitytoestimateforyou. ETShop on
ISth St., one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus, Xebr. 483-y
ADVERTISEMENTS.
MJ1RY! MILLINERY!
Mrs. M. S. Drake
HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
STOCK OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
MILLIIEBY 110 FMCY MODI
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J3T A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTHING BELONGING TO A
FIRST-CLASS MILLIN
ERY STORE..
Nebraska Avenue, tvoo doors north of the
State Bank.
27-tf
BECKER $ WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE. COL UMB US. NEB.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IN
DODOS. HEDICIIES. CHEMICALS.
WINES, LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on band bj
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 years
time, in annual payments to suit pur
chasers. We have also ft 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 abstractor title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
621
COLUMBUS, IVER.
PniMY'S BUI
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'4 BRO.,
GROCERS.
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WM. BECKER,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
FAMILY GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A
WELL SELECTED STOCK.
Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Specialty.
Good Delivered Free f
part rtfce.Clfty.
I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL
EBRATED 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.
CALX AND LEARN PRICES.
Cor. Thirteenth and K StreeU, near
A. &N. Depot.
Terrilc Natural Farces.
The present year bids fair to be noted
for its frequent and violent elemental
disturbances. Cyclones, tornadoes,
heavy and lon-continued rains, fol
lowed by terrible floods, hail-storms,
unseasonable and severe cold and frosts,
have thus far strewn the path of 1882,
and if all predictions turn out to be cor
rect, the next two months will gfive
additional variety to the meteorological
programme in the shape of terrific
thunder and lightning showers. What
is the matter with the powers of the
air? While no new forces seem to be
apparent in this general weather melee,
it is yet quite evident there is an un
usual combination of forces at work
somewhere. The kaleidoscope of
Nature is revolving rapidly, and sending
her hidden machinery into new po
sitions and displaying constantly a
succession of fresh and varying phe
nomena. But high scientific authority declares
that this world, like a huge bead, is
strung upon a thread of law, and if this
be so, we must not suspect any element
of chance or capricious uncertainty in
the regular and orderly movements of
natural forces. Vennor has recently
givou out that he bases his observations
and guesses in part on ihe periodical re
currence of certain courses or demon
strations of atmospheric phenomena;
that about once in so often peculiar
seasons appear, and unusual occur
rences take place in earth and seatftnd
sky, and that by a careful study of the
past lie is able to predict to some ex
tent the future. It v .u! I thus seem
that in the original con i.iutiou or ar
rangement of things, uniformity and
regularity were to be the prevailing
-rules of all natural movements and
sequences, and in addition to this the
law of variation was also to come in at
stated intervals and modify or inter
rupt the otherwise monotonous proces
sion of events. Just as in a skillfully
composed piece of music, there is the
central theme of melody running
through the whole, and then, harmoni
ously mingling with it, an almost in
finite number of divergencies and varia
tions, so in the grand plan of the world,
as revealed in the operations of the ma
terial universe, there is a main chord
of regularity and uniformity visible,
and, coupled with these, any number of
variable and extraordinary divergen
cies from the usual course.
Many years ago, among the popular
and instructive lectures of the Rev. T.
Starr King who, as a far-seeing and
subtle thinker, has never had an equal
in this country was one entitled "The
Laws of Disorder." in which he demon
strated with rare I'eautv and force the
fact that the most uncertain and appar
ently capricious of all earthly events
and movements were under the control
of fixed and unchangeable laws. In
like manner the results of the patient
and protracted studies of all modern
scientific naturalists, like Darwin and
Spencer, go to prove that the idea of
unity and uniformity, coupled with the
power of variations, forms one portion
of the ground-plan of the world. This
is seen alike in the perpetuation of spe
cies or t'pes of animals and vegetable
life, in the movements of history and
the unfolding of civilization, in the re
currence of natural phenomena and in
the rolling of the worlds through the in
finite spaces.
It can thus be seen at a g'ance how
erroneous are the views of those who
would attribute all the extraordinary oc
currences of life to the direct interposi
tion of an unseen and divine hand. The
conception of a Creator and Kuler of
this and other worlds sitting on a hid
den throne and hurling thunderbolts at
his own will and pleasure far and near,
as Jove was supposed to do from the
top of Mount Olympus, may be Grecian
and classic, but .in the liirht of ascer
tained scientific facts andlaws, it can
hardly be called either Christian or civ
ilized. Another thought in connection with
the working of these terrific natural
forces is, that any new light which can
be thrown upon the times and seasons
which they observe, or the methods and
laws which they follow, would be a
great public benefaction. And to this
end the recent efforts of General Hazen
and the Signal Service corps to observe
more accurately the origin and courses
of tornadoes in the various portions of
this country are worthy of all commen
dation. It is not much, at the best,
which can be learned or communicated
concerning these terrific aerial visita
tions, but all that can be known should
be known and distributed broadcast
throughout the sections of country most
liable to sutler from their desolating
ravages. The recent exhibitions of cy
clonic power in Iowa and elsewhere
nake this subject a most pertinent one
at the present time, and call for renewed
activity in the direction which the
Signal Corps has so happily and oppor
tunely marked out. Chicago Journal.
Handy Husbands.
Every family needs one! No house
hold should be without at least one! He
is the most convenient labor-saving
article yet discovered, combining the
strength and readiness of machinery
with the intelligence and adaptation of
minds. With a quick appreciation of
the condition of affairs, t'ie handy hus
band takes hold when and where help
is most needed; and, without any bluster
or blunder, moves the work on. And
oh! how good a little help seems when
one is very tired! It rests the mind more
than the body.
First of all" the handy husband waits
on himself that is, usually. He does
not expect somebody else to bring him
whatever he wants, lay all his clothes
right under his hand, and hunt up
everything he has mislaid. I remember
once being very much impressed by
seeing a gentleman whose business gave
him supervision over a hundred work
ers, actually leave the table to bring a
carving-knife which had been forgotten
by some of the three ladies sitting at
breakfast with him, and he did not ap
pear annoyed or make any remark
about it, either. We should offer and
give assistance to each other when there
b special need when one is sick or
very lired, or greatly hurried but no
human being has a right to make him
self or herself a constant burden to
others unless the "burden" is helpless.
Next, the handy husband does not
take unnecessary work. When he
builds a fire he brushes up the litter;
when he gets anything on the floor he
cleans it up with moo or broom: when
his boots are muddy he takes them off
Deiore waiting around the house. He
puts things in their places, which, if
every one would do, how much work
and worry would be saved! Saturday
night he makes himself clean, and Sun
day morning dresses for church without
once asking where anything is, and on
Monday he brushes his clothes and puts
them away for the next occasion.
The handy husband sees when the
water-pail and wood-box are emptvg
well as the flour-barreL He nur! not
bring all the wood and water; that de
J tends upon whether there is more help
or the out-door or in-door work, but he
does not allow a woman to do these
things when two or' three grown boys
are about. .
The handy husband will keep house
for himself, if necessary, in order to let
his wife have a holiday or short vacation
occasionally. He will even stay home
with the baby sometimes to let nor go,
and is always ready to do his share in
taking care of children. How much
more care children will take for father
and mother when they have the example
of the parents' thoughtfulness for each
other!
The handy husband is careful to en
tertain company, since the most of the
serving must fall on his wife. He has a
set of tools with which to keep the
premises in repair, and contrives con
veniences for the house and barn. Many
a man could make meat bovs. .shelves
and benches if he had but the V.iols and
good will to try it.
in short, it is hard to tell what the
handy husband will not do. He is al
ways giving you a surprise. He can
sweep, mop, wash, iron, bake griddle
cakes, skim milk, wash dishes and pans,
make a bed, and has even been known
to make bread, pies, cake and biscuit.
Much of this skill depends upon obser
vation and some upon home training
when young.
Let the mothers of these boys raise a
generation of handy husbands, but let
not the wives abuse these precious treas
ures because they are so very hand'.
There is always a temptation "to expect
more of them than we have the right.
One notable instance of a hand hus
band which came under my observation
deserves to conclude this article. The
wife was a partial invalid; the husband
had an errand to town which she could
do; it was the family washing-day, add
as he knew that he was better able than
she to do the washing, and that the ride
would do her good, he kept one little
child at home with- him and washed
while she took the other and went to
town, did the errand and made a visit.
Rural New Yorker.
A. Decided Agony.
A young man from the best circles in
New Haven started out last 'evening to
call on a lady friend, a very proper and
laudable exhibition of his gentlemanly
qualities. He had taken exceeding
pains with his toilet, wearing his extra
double-reefed trousers, his wash-bowl
hat, the watch-fob of his father, and
other appurtenances pertaining to what
might le called the best stvle of the
day. It was the dreamy, dusky hour
of "twiHght that he came to the front
gate of the residence of the father of
His "best girl." for 'twas she he was
calling on. With palpitating heart he
brushed the cigar ashes from his vest,
put his hand on the gate, and with his
most charming smile looked up the
gravel path. There stood in defiant
attitude a big bull dog. The close cut
of the young man's trousers precluded
his going boldly past that bull dog.
There was not enough "slack" in the
cloth to give fiee play to the animal's
teeth. The young man was in a pre
dica'menL Somehow he never knew
the old man kept a dog before, and he
thought it very strange that the girl
had never cautioned him in regard to
the savage brute. However, he con
cluded to try the power of kindness
awl his " animal magnetism " on the
dog. So he carefully opened the gate
and advanced with his eye fixed steadi
ly on the brute. "Bose, Bose, Bosey;
nice old fellow; Bose. Bose, Bosey;"
but the dog remained imperturbable,
not even a tail wag of recognition did
he vouchsafe. Not exactly in love with
the situation, and still being of cour
ageous mold, he advanced a step fur
ther. "Bose, Bosey, Bose; ah, you
rascal! Bose, Bosey, Bose! Nice old
dog! Bose, Bosey, Bosey!" But
"Bose" didn't wince or move. The
cold perspiration stood in great beads
on the young man's brow, but the dog
seemingly cared not Just as the
yonng man was about to postpone his
call to some other evening, the hired
man sauntered around the corner of
the house, picked up the big earthen
pug and set it on the piazza out of the
wet, remarking with a knowing wink:
"It's a new idea of Miss Flo's. She
thought it might scare ofl some o' the
fellers." And hearing a sound as of
rippling feminine laughter behind the
blinds the young man walked rapidly
up the street New Haven Register.
A Brare" Man.
. At Brother Barnes' meeting last
night, there was anepisode in which a
colored brother and'the highest judicial
officer of the State gave a public exhibi
tion of the fraternal relations existing
between the white and colored races in
Kentucky. While the evangelist stood
with outstretched hands asking: "Who
will trust the Lord?" Judge Thomas
F. Hargis, of the Court of Appeals, was
moved to confession and took his seat
on the front row of chairs. Shortly
after there passed down the aisle a
penitent, blacker than the midnight
eyes of the sable goddess. Then came
others who Brotuer Barnes observed
were careful to choose seats as far away
as possible from the dusk- brother.
Stopping right in the midst of the siug
ing. Brother Barnes said: "My dear
friends, you see that this colored
brother has come forward to confess
Christ, and you are staying away simply
because you don't want to sit beside
him. Here he sits alone on this front
row, and all that have come for
ward have been careful not to seat
themselves near him. Any man com
ing forward despite the prejudice
against color anil taking a seat by the
side of this colored brother will' be a
brave, noble man. I know that in the
eyes of society there is a difference be
tween you and him; but, dear friends,
before God the difference does not exist.
He was born this way. He cannot help
his color. Still, he has a soul to save.
If you stay away now it will prove the
success of the devil's device. The devil
knows Frankfort people and has taken
this advantage of their prejudices. 4Jh,
my friends, this same devil is a sharp
old fellow, but I'm going to get ahead
of him. He doesn't think any one will
have the courage to sit next tb this col
ored man, and. friends, will you let the
devil triumph? A brave man, remem
ber, is he who takes a seat alongside the
colored friend who has come forward to
confess Christ and save his soul from the
peril of eternal damnation." At this
Judge Hargis arose, and. taking the
sable penitent by the hand, sat down in
the chair next him. Brother Barnes in
the meanwhile looking on approvingly,
and, with a quiet smile of happy satis
faction, exclaiming: "The Recording
Angel will note this in the Book of Life,
praise the Lord!" Frankfort (A"y.)
Dispatch
' Kamen r . Cnauo, a Cuban planter,
has bequeathed $-100,000 for a Cuban
college in New York.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Colonel George W. Patton, of the
regular army, retired list, who died re
cently, was the author of several well
known songs, Including "Joys That
We've Tasted."
Not long before the death of Dr.
Holland he wrote to a young correspon
dent: " A literary life is a hard and dif
ficult one; look well before you choose
a life so full of difficulty."
Charles O'Connor, the veteran law
yer, it is rumored, is preparing a vol
ume on the famous law cases in which
he has been engaged, which he intends
to have ready for publication before the
end of the year.
Fanny Davenport says: "HI had a
daughter who had a taste for the stage,
I would take her to see the most horri
ble things. I would so sicken her mind
that she would never mention a taste
for the stage again."
The Rev. Charles C. Sewell, of Med
field, Mass., attained to his eightieth
birthday recently. He is the oldest liv
ing preacher of the Unitarian denomi
nation in this country, having been li
censed as preacher in 1826.
Musurus Pacha, the Turkish Am
bassador in England, describes the form
of verse which ne has employed in his
translation of Danto's "Inferno" as "a
twelve-syllable paroxytone meter, re
sembling the iambic, though wanting
the quantitative movement.
Mr. Emerson is generally known to
have been, of late years, a sufferer from
aphasia, or enfoeblement of memory.
After attending Longfellow's funeral,
he said to a friend: "That gentleman
whose funeral we have been attending
was a sweet and beautiful soul, but I
forget his name."
George Otto Trevelyan, the newly
appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland,
is a nephew of the late Lord Macaulay,
the historian. He is about fifty years
old, has a wide acquaintance with public
affairs, and enjoys considerable literary
reputation. He has, for some time,
been Secretary of the Admiralty, but is
best known in this country through his
"Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay,"
a work entitled to rank with Boswell's
celebrated u Life of Johnson."
The Rev. Mr. Strettel, rector of St.
Martin's.Canterbury, England, although
born in that country, is a lineal de
scendant of Robert Strettel, who was
Mayor of Philadelphia about tho year
1750. He is now searching in this
country for traces of the family line,
and, although he has found no kinsmen
bearing his name, he has brought to
light some curious and interesting
documents relating to his ancestors and
the early history of Philadelphia.
The Louisville Courier-Journal thus
speaks of three famous Tennesseeans,
who are now dead: "There was a time
when 'Parson' Brownlow, 'Andy' John
son and Horace Mayuard were the
three great men of Tennessee, and,
though differing in every other charac
teristic, they were much alike in sway
ing the people by their blunt honesty.
The three were perfectly fearless in that
they clung to their opinions and prin
ciples irrespective of the popular re
gard." HUMOROUS.
What constellation resembles an
empty fire-place? The Great Bear (grate
bare.)
A pretty young girl in the country
has a six-foot lover, who lives in a town
two miles distant, and visits her three
nights a week. The neighbors say she
is an adept at "drawing the long
beau."
A bootblack, smoking a "butt"
which he had just picked up, is accost
ed by a comrade with: "Say, what brand
of cigar is that?" "Robinson Crusoe?"
" Why d'yercall it that?" " "Cause it's
a castway."
She: "Why is it that whenwe were
lovers, you always got me a box at the
theater, and covered the front with bou-
auets, but now you buy seats 'in the
ress circle?" He: "At that time your
father paid for your bonnets."
It was an Irishman who remarke
of a miser who had died and was treat
ed to rather a pretentious burial:
"Faith, and if he'u lived to see how
moighty expinsive a thing it was to doie
himself, he'd never been born."
The young ladies of a social club in
New Albany, Ky., call themselves the
" Buds of Promise." Whenever a fel
low wants to ingratiate himself with the
girls he puts his hand on his heart and
exclaims: "Am I not a man and a bud
der?" Courier-Journal.
The paper-pattern fiend who calls
on newspaper offices for a few exchang
es, to be used in his family for cutting
paper patterns, alwavs wants papers of
tho latest dates. He probably has a
notion that the latest style of patterns
can only be cut from the latest papers.
N. O. Picayune.
Jones, who possesses no musical
ear, was hugely enraptured at the vocal
fireworks of a poor singer at a recent
concert. "Don't you think she is
splendid?" he inquired of a musician
nearby. "I think she is a glorious
screech er," was the truthful response;
and Jones was satisfied. Musical
Herald.
He had always told her that levity
was not becoming, especially in a girl
about to enter into the sacred duties of
a wife. She promised to reform and
the wedding came off at last. When
the officiating clergyman, in the course
of the ceremony, turned to the groom
and in a very solemn manner asked him
to repeat the words: "With all my
worldlv goods I thee endow," the bride
ducked her head against the altar rail
ing and just snorted with merriment.
The groom was a deck-hand in a Myrtle
avenue thread and needle store. Brook
lyn Eagle.
A Negligent Conductor.
When the train going west over the
Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad
had pulled out of Howell the other day
the conductor discovered that a man
who should have stopped off there was
stiK n board.
"Didn't you hear the brakeman call
out your station?"' he asked.
"Yes, I heard him call Howell, but
how did 1 know it was the Howell I
wanted to get off at? I've never trav
eled over this road before."
"Well, w don't have but one Howell
on this line."
"Then why didn't you come to me
like a man and say so? Pm from Nova
Scotia, and how was I to know but that
your country was full of Ho wells?"
"Passengers should know where they
want to get off," muttered the conduc
tor. "So they should, sir, and if you had
kindly come to me and notified me that
this was the only Howell, and that this
was the Hewell where my aunt lives, I
should not now be here, sir. I shall
now decline to get off this train until
kave the advice of her Majestr Consul
t Detroit!" JW " Ma
Taking Boarders.
To take boarders for an absolute de
pendence iu the way of support
is probably as harassing an occupa
tion as can well be found, especially
with the risk of hiring a large house and
furnishing it for the purpose. A great
deal, however, can be said on ooth
sides. The case is not so difficult .with
tho owner or occupant" of her own house,
who, having room that can be very
well spared, chooses to diminish her
housohold expenses by adding to the
number of the inmates. It increases
her cares also, but money cannot bo
made in anv way without effort of some
kind, and this method seems preferable
to ordinary teaching or sewing.
To succeed, however, in takinz and
entertaining boarders, either on a large
or a small 3cale, requires good house
keeping, and what may be called a gift
of economy, which does not mean pro
viding poor things, but getting tho
most for one's money. An economical
housekeeper who understands her busi
ness will furnish a good table with a
sum which, in the hands of one who
thinks of saving money, would produce
the most unsatisfactory results. The
manner of cooking and serving food
has quite as much to do with its at
tractiveness as the quality of the pur
chase made; half-cooked vegetables, and
meats scorched without and raw within,
can never be inviting, whatever the
original cost or quality may have been.
As a general thing, there is a sort of
airy unconcern about those who take
boarders, in regard to all matters not
absolutely " down in the bond," which
is highly exasperating; and considering
all things, the wonder is not that so
many fail in this calling, but that any
succeed. Were it not that there Is al
ways an abundant supply of homeless
people in the world, landladies who
trouble themselves only about what is
barely necessary, and do even that in an
inefficient way, would oftener find that
"it dosen't pay to take boarders."
How often, for instance, does any one
looking for board chance to find a room
that has a home look about it? Do not
the apartments generally shown look as
if some one had just died there, and
everything had been dismantled In con
sequence? Not a bit of drapery to bed
or windows, not a bracket or a table
cover, not a cushion or footstool. The
four walls are there often with an ug
ly paper on them with the orthodox
bedstead and bureau and chairs, pos
sibly a hard lounge, but probably none
at all. What possibilities of cheerful
ness are there in such a room, if the oc
cupants have no furniture of their own
with which to brighten it?
"But we can't afford to ornament
rooms," say the struggling landladies;
"it wouldu't pay. We can scarcely
make both ends meet as it is."
This is just where they make a mis
take, because it tvould pay. It would
pay to drape the windows with cheap
and tasteful curtains those of white
muslin, cretonne, unbleached muslin,
Canton llauncl, or low-priced worsted
stuns being particularly serviceable for
winter to drape the mantel with the
same, and to have a 'table cover that
matches or harmonizes. A lounge im
provised from a packing-box, with
springs and a small husk mattress over
them, could be covered to suit the dra
peries. A few touches of this kind
would completely transform a bare,
ugly room into something homelike,
ami the small outlay required would
certainly be returned tenfold.
A la(ly who desires to receive into her
family one additional inmate, as a
means of increasing her income, will
find no difficulty, if she reside in the
city, in obtaining a desirable lady or
gentleman boarder willing to pay liber
ally for homo comforts. Many such
people detest boarding-houses, and
would dispense with a great variety at
the table for the sake of having what is
put upon k made inviting. Even so
simple a thing as the popular breakfast
dish of oatmeal is seldom cooked so as
to be fit to eat. Often placed upon the
table half raw, because so few cooks
seem to understand the immense
amount of moderate boiling or simmer
ing that it requires, it quite deserves the
name of "chicken feed" facetiously be
stowed upon it. It can be made,
though, a very delicate and nour
ishing dish bearing in mind the fact
that cream or good rich milk is its nat
ural congoner.
It is not necessary, however, to go
into the details of breakfast, dinner and
tea dishes, a passing allusion to the
causes of failure on the part of those
who attempt to take boarders being
sufficient for our purpose. The asser
tion can easily be proved from facts
that more people are looking fruitlessly
for home-like quarters than there are
people having such quarters to offer.
It follows therefore, that any one who
will furnish something more attractive
than is usually offered will have no rea
son to complain of want of success.
Ella Rodman Church, in Harper's Mag
azine. Poisoned by the Thorn of a Rose.
The death of Allen J. Cuming on
Friday last was attended by circum
stances which created much comment
in the circles in which he was well
known, and among those members of
the medical profession conversant with
the facts in the case. On Sunday, April
30, while arranging a bouquet on his
dinner table, he scratched his thumb on
one of the thorns on the stem of a rose
bud. At the time he did not notice it,
nor were the three trifling scratches on
the thumb discovered until he began to
feel paiu some hours afterward. With
in twenty-four hours from the time
of the infliction of the wound
inflammation set in, and th
scratches developed into painful
wounds. Dr. A. B. Ball, the family
physician, was called, and, despite the
best known methods of treatment, ery
sipelas set in, and was followed by ab
scesses of the hand and the lower third
of the forearm. Dr. Robert F. Wier
was called in consultation, the abscesses
were lanced; but, though ever- treat
ment that modern surgical and medical
science has devised in such cases was
tried, blood poisoning resulted. Pneu
monia, combined with a slight attack
of pleurisy, followed, and Mr. Cuming
was relieved from his intense sufferings
on Friday by death. Whether the in
jury from" the rose-thorn was the abso
lute cause of disease and death the at
tending physicians will not state as a
certainty, though no other local cause
leading to the final result can be ascer
tained. N. Y. Times.
It has been suggested by a South
ern gentleman, in view of the number
of steamboat fires which have occurred
lately, that there be put in evesystate
room of passenger steamersejfjf electric
bell connected with thoierk's office
and the pilot house. By this means, in
ease of disaster, the palsengersjaight
all be awakened at oiWrnnk
precious time saved. NT' IndepensL
BEUGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Joseph Longworth, who gave $50,
000 to the Cincinnati Art Scnool not
long ago. has added an endowment
fund of $10,000 a year. Detroit Free
Press.
The Anti-Gossip Cociety isi the
name of a new organization set on I foot
by the Sunday-school people and others
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Attleboro. Mass. Boston Post.
The people of Egan. D. T., finding
it impossible to complete more- than one
church : the town, erected a ueat edi
fice, called it a Union Church, and
services are held regularly with a rota
tion of resident ministers.
Of the Yale cL-us of 1882 no fewer
than seventy-two confess that they
drink intoxicating liquids, sixty-seveu
smoke, fifty-seven bet. forty gamble
and fifty-two swear. Fourteen of the
class are engajied to be married. N.
I. Sun.
A Sikh gentleman in Lahore, the
capital of the Punjaub. Northern India,
has offered $12,500 to Kev. William
Harper, of the Church of Scotland Mis
sion, toward founding a Christian col
lege in that province. A few years ago
ho could not have done it safely.
A novel and quite successful feature
of the Protestant work iu Ireland is
preaching in tents, which are removed
from place to place. It is found that
while Roman Catholics will not on any
condition enter a Protestant place of
wors'iip. they will attend and listen to
preaching iu these tents. Chicago Tri
bune. President Robinson, of Brown Uni
versity, took the ground in his bac
calaureate sermon, 'hut belief in Christ
was a practical help to worldly success.
"There have been eminent men." ho
said, " of high character and of brilliant
parts, who have not avowed themselves
to be practical believers in Jesus. But
their eminence, and learning, and char
acter, and brilliancy, have not beon be
cause of their unbelief. Neither is
there anv evidence that belief might not
have adtled to the grounds of their
distinction." AT. Y. Sun.
A society established in Austria for
the benefit of the Gerjuan schools of the
Empire is to acquire an abundant work
ing capital by means of a voluntary tax .
which the students of the University of
Vienna have agreed to impose upon
their consumption of beer. Whenever
one of them disposes of six glasses at a
sitting he must, instead of taking a sev
enth glass, contribute seven kreutzers
(about four and a half cents) to the fund
of the society. There are '2,000 such
students, and it is estimated that each
of them on an average drinks his six
glasses at lea-.t twice a week. This will
give the society an income of nearly
$10,000 a year.
The season of college commence
ments, graduations and female semmary
anniversaries is upon us once more, and
now lookout for new species of an
atomical phenomena with which the air
will soon be filled. "Hand of mem
ory" that points backward; "fateful
fingers of the future" that point for
ward; "spirits of ambition, courage,
hope, etc.;' "eyes that jaze tearfully
down the vistas of the past;" "loving
groups of sisters and "courageous
bands of brothers" all with assorted
emotions, a bouquet in one hand, a dip
loma iu the other, their tickets and
trunk checks iu their pockets, and ready
to fly for their long vacation tho
moment they hear the "Vale." AT. Y.
Independent.
Understanding Men's Natures.
About mid-afternoon yesterday a citi
zen who pulls down the scales at 196
pounds descended the first flight of
stairs beyond the post office in just tho
same manner that a bag of oats would
have chosen, and whim he brought up
at the foot lie was in no frame of mind
to chip in anything for the heathen in
Africa. The first citien who arrived
on the spot knew what his duty required
of him on such an occasion, and he smil
ingly remarked:
"I don't believe you can improve on
the old way!"
Hie second citizen passing was in a
hurry: but he knew that he must halt
and inquire:
"Like that any better than coming
down the way the rest of us do?"
The third citizen had business at the
post-office, but he turned a-ide, cleared
his throat, and remarked:
"Evidently fell down stairs? Curi
ous how it sets the blood to circulating!
Some of you had better see if his nose is
broken good-bye?"
There was a fourth spectator, and he
slowly entered the door-way. bent over
the victim, and remarked:
"I'd hae given a dollar to see him
come down! He's one of the sort who
bump ever' stair!"
The fifth man was about to add his
mite when the v ictim rose up. " His
elbows were skinned, his nose barked,
his coat torn and his back sand-papered
the whole length, but he was a -man
who had traveled. He knew that ev
erybody in the crowd was hoping to see
him jump up and down and shake his
fist", and paw the air. and to hear him
declare that he woull lick all the man
who could be packed in a ten-acre lot,
and therefore he brought a sweet smile
to his face, lifted his nat like a perfect
gentleman, and limped up stairs with
the bland remark:
"Stubbed my toe as I came in the door,
you know, and came near falling in a
heap." Detroit Free Pres.-.
m
Terrible Predicament.
Messrs. E. S. Early and S. E. Hines,
who have just completed a saw-mill in
the mountains above Wolf Creek, East
Tennessee, furnished the following par
ticulars of a recent ground-hog hunt:
A few mornings ago a man living
near Wolf Creek was attracted by the
barking of his dogs, and going to where
they had treed on the side of the moun
tain he found his game in a hollow log
lying upon the ground with the entrance
up-hill. He procured a Ions: pole to
I reach the game, but this being too short.
, he crawled iu to lengthen the pole and
. hung his toes over the end of the log.
In this position he lost his hold, and
down he went into the log on top of the
ground-hog, and a lively light began.
J'he man's superior strength prevailed,
but not till he had been bitten in eleven
places and badly scratched and scarred.
ISut the trouble had not ended, but the
man had. and wrong end down at that,
but he could not crawl backward up-hill,
so he- was a prisoner, and in a critical,
not to sa ridiculous position, with no
means of escape. Fortunately, at this
frightful juncture, the family became
uueasy and went out to see what had
happened, and were horrified at the
discovery. Finally, after a round of
cursing, praying and crying, the victim
was cut out of the log and "set right
side up," clothed ami in his right mind.
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