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VOL. XIIL-NO. 19.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1882.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
C. H. VasW yck, U. S. Senator, Neb
raska. City.
Alviv aAiSDERa.U.s.eiiAtor.Omaha.
E. K. Valentine. Rep.. West Point.
T. J.iUJOKS. contingent Rep., I eru.
STATE DIRECTORY:
A.LBIXCS Nance. Governor. Lincoln.
J "vlexander. f-cretary of State.
John Walhchs. Auditor. Lincoln.
G. if. Bartlett. Treasurer. Lincoln.
C J Dilwortn. Attorney-General.
VT VV W.Jones, supt. Public Inatruc.
C.J. Nobes, Warden of Penitentiary.
W. W. Abbey. pri.on in.pectors.
C.H.Gould, f . .
J. O. Carter, Prison Physician.
H.P.Mathew-on.Supt. Insane Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
George B. LakJ .0ciate Judges.
AmasaCobb.
. iUxwell. Chief Justice.
FOURTH JUDICIAL IHsTKICT.
U. W. Post. JudL'e. York.
M. B. Reese, Di-trict Attorney, Whoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
M. B. Hoxie. Reclster, Grand Island.
Wm. Anyan. Receiver. Grand Island.
LEGISLATIVE:
State Senator. M. K. Turner.
Kpre-eutative. G. W. Lehman.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
J. G. Hiems. County Judse.
John MauffT. County Clerk.
. A. Newman. Clerk Dist. Court.
J. W. Earlv. Treasurer.
I). C. Kava'nauh, Sheriff.
L.J. Crmer. surveyor.
Jl. Jlahor. j
"V-j Joseph Rivet. Cuutv Cor
i U.J Huti-on. I
-jff Dr. A . Heintz. Coroner.
il. Maher.
imiui-ioners.
Dr. A . Heintz. Coroner.
J. E. Moncripf upt.of School-.
Byron Milieu. t .,U3Uce?0ftbePeace.
W. M. Corneliu-,
CITY DIRECTORY
J. R. Measrh.-r, Mayor.
A. IJ. t'onroth. Clerk.
J. B. D.-1-man, Treasurer.
W.N. Hen-lev, Police Judsre.
J. E. North. Engineer.
cuincilmkn:
1st Ward lohn Rickly.
G. A. S-hroeder.
2d Ward -Pat. Hav,.
1. Glu-k.
3d Ward ' Rasmus-fn.
A. A. Smith.
C'olumbuN Poi Office.
Open on Sundays tr-m II a.m. to 12 m.
and from 4:.'5i t t r. m. Bu-iness
hour- except sunday t a m. to s p. m.
Ea-tern mail- lo-e at 11 a. si.
Wetern mail- lo-e at 4:l"r.M.
Mail leave- Columbu- for Lost Creek.
Genoa. St. Edward-. Albion. Platte
Center. Humphrey, Madi-on and Nor
folk, every day except Sundays; at
4:115 p. ns. Arrive- at 1:.V.
For Shell Creek and Cre-ton. arrive- at
12 si. Leaves 1 r. si.. Tuesdavs, Thurs
dav s and :tturud -.
For "Alexis. Patron and David City,
Tuesday-. Tnur-dav- and Saturdays.
lr.M Arrive- at V2 si.
For tonklin.- Tue-da- and Saturdays
7 a. m. Arrive- t :. in. -ame dav .
I . I. Time Tiille.
Easlxcard Hound.
Emigrant. No. ti. leave- at 6:2o a. m.
PaB-eni;'r, 4, " " 10:53 a. m.
Freight, " -. " " 2:15 p. m.
Freicht. " 10. 4:3o a. m.
Westward Bound.
Freight, No. o, leave-at 2:00 p. m.
Panenc'r, " 3, " " -1:27 p. m.
Freight. " 9. " " - :0o p. m.
Emigrant. 7. " " . . 1:30 a. m.
Everv dav except Saturday the three
line- leading to Chicaeo connect with
U P. train- at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, a
-hovvn bv the following schedule:
B. JZ M. TIME TABLE.
Leaves Columbus, 0:45 a. M.
Bell wood 0:30 "
David City. 7.20 "
Garri-on. 7:40 "
Ulvs-es, s:25 "
" Staplehurst, S:.V "
reward, . 9:30
Rubv. 9:50 '
Milford. 10:15
Plea-ant Dale. . 10:45 '
" Emerald, .. . 11:10 '
Arrives at Lincoln. 11:45 si.
Leaves Lincoln at 2:25 p. si. and ar
rives in Columbu- :. P. si.
Make cloe connection at Lincoln for
all point- eat. vve-t and outh.
O.. N. A B. H. ROAD.
Time Schedule No. 4. To take effect
June 2. Sl. For the government and
information of employee- only. The
Company re-erve- the richt to vary
therefrom at pleasure. Train- daily.
Sundays excepted.
Outicard Bound. Invcard Bound.
Columbus 4:35 p. si. Norfolk 7:2a. 51.
LostCreek5:2l " Mun-ou 7:47
PI centre 5:42 " Madisou .::$ "
HumphrevC:25 Humphrey :a"i "
Madi-on '7:04 " PI. Centre H:4"
3Iunson 7:43 " ' Lo-tCreekl0.09 "
Norfolk :04 columbusl0:55
ALBION IIKANCII.
Columbus 4:45 p. si. , Albion 7:43 a. si.
Lost Creek5:31 -t. Edward?:30 "
Genoa 0:10 " Oenoa V:14 "
St.Edward7:Hi Lo-t Creekfi:50 "
Albion 7:47 " ColumbUsl0:45
H. tUERS & CO,
BLACKSMITHS
AND
AVasron Builder:
ew Brick fehop opjioslte Hrlntz's Drag Mor.
ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON
WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
Eleventh Street. Columbus. Xebraska.
50
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOT, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
. coLinnrs, :eb.
A new hou-e. newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
lTHtM a. Firrt-Ciaw Xable.
MeaU 25 Cts. Lodgincs 25 Cts.
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COLIMIBIS
Rsstanrant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor.
g-Wholesale ind Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
"Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
littftract. So wll- ol Ij.ct.
BUSINESS CAEDS.
T-R. CARL SCHOTTE,
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Office at Dowtr. Weaver & Co's store.
A
DERSO A: ROO,
BANKERS. Collection, Insurance and
Loan Agents, Foreien Exchange and Pas--are
Tickets a specialty.
pORELIi;i A. SlLLITA.,
ATTORXEYS-Al-LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
TT J. Hl'lSO.,
XOTART PUBLIC,
lith Strwt, i doors wt or Hammond Hoa,
Columbus, Feb. 91.y
TR. M. THl'BSTO.1,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations tirst-class and warranted.
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1I1ICA;0 BARBER SHOP!
HENRY WOODS, Prop'k.
"Everything in first -class style.
Also keep the best of dears. 516-y
ry EEK A: REEDER,
A TTOEXEYS A T LA W,
Office on Olive St.. Columbus, Nebraska.
2-tf
p G. A. HULLHORST, A. 21., M. D.,
BOMEOFA TBI C FHTS1 CI AN,
j3TTwo Blocks south of Court House.
Telephone communication. 5-ly
ArcALLMTER BROS.,
A TTORXE TS AT LAW,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build
ine. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
p D. EVAXS, 31. .,
PHTSICIAX tl- SURGEON.
3ST Front room, up-stair- in Gluck
building, above the bank, 11th 5t. Calls
anwered nitrnt or dav. 5-0m
J. SI. SIACFAP.LAND, B. K. COWDERY,
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFARiiAND & COWDERY,
Columbiws. : : : Nebraska.
r EO. 3f. MERRY,
PAINTER.
T3TL arriage. house and sisjn painting,
blazing, paper hanging, kalsomining, etc.
done to order. Shop on luth St.. opposite
Engine House, Columbus, Neb. 10-y
TT H.RISCBLE,
Nth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
SelU Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blanket-, curry Combs, Brunhes, etc,
at the Iowe-t po-sible prices. Repairs
pn-mptly attended to.
BYRON SIILLETT,
Justiceof the Peace and
Notary Public.
BVRO- 111LLETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbue
Nebraska. N. B. He will give
cloe attention to all business entruited
to him. 24ti.
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.
3TShop opposite the ' Tattersall,"
Olive Street. -ffi
TTfAGXER A; WESTCOrr,
-AT THE-
CHECKERED BARN,
Are prepared to furnish the public w'th
good team-, buggie- and carriages for all
occasious, especially for funerals. Also
conduct a feed and sale stable. 4'J
TAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST - CLASS APPA RA T US,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give nim a cull.
"V-OT1CE TO XEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his office at the Court House
on the first Saturday of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. 5t57-y
piIARLlE EOA-,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
,FrAA?s, .toee;
Dealer in Chinese Teas. Handkerchiefs,
Fans, and French Goods.
12th and Olive Sts.. Columbus, Neb.
T-12m
Tajies salmon,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plan- 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 6mo.
WILLIAM RYAN.
DEALER IN
KEXTDCKY WHISKIES
Wines. Ales. Cigars and Tobacco.
J3TSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on hand.SRZ
Eleventh St., Colusujus, Neb.
Drs. MITCHELL & KA&TYX,
COLUMBUS
n i mm ink.
Surgeons O., N. & B. B. B. E.,
Asst. Surgeons U. F. 2Ty,
COLOIBUS,
NEBRASKA.
JS. MURDOUK & SOX,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Havehadan 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. fShop on
13th St one door west of Friedhof Jfc
Co, store, Columbus, Nebr. 453-y
ADVEETI8EMENTS.
MMJN1I! ffiLLHRY!
Mrs. M. S. Drake
HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
STOCK OF
SPKHG A. SUJMEK
MILLIIEEY B FAICY
" A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTHING BELONGING TO A
FIRST-CLASS MILLIN
ERY STORE..
Nebraska Avenue, two doors north of the
State Bank.
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BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEE MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMB US, NEB.
Dr. A: HEINTZ,
DEALER IN
MS, MEBICIIES. CHEMICALS.
WEVES, LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PEEFTTMEEY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS. : NEBRASKA.
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agent- 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 a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also businesi and
residence lots in the city. We keep a
complete abstract of titleto all real es
tate in Platte Countv.
621
COL15IBIS, EB.
PMMTC 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.
l-3m
WM. BECKER,
DEALER IX 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 DeliTered Free to
part of the City.
I Ail ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL
EBRATED COQUILLARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant supply on
hand, but few their equal. In style and
quality, second to none.
CAXL AXD LEAXH PRICES.
Cor. T7iirteenth and K Street, near
A. d 2f. Depot.
TEE BOY TEAT I KNEW.
Ireenjf the people I've chanced to kmo
In the course of mj" varied career.
Was a certain youngster who, yars ago,
1 held eiceedsmriy dear:
A roUic-na?, blue-yed. mischievous lad
Hot painfully gnod nor shockingly bd.
Though a tntie precocious, 1 1 ear.
He was wiae in the lanrer wisdom that
n hiie tn nngera still nuniDer on? s yers:
He was stajTB-ered by none of life' h&rd sum,
lusmayed by ii-naof its fears.
Die future Xiut stretched away at his feet
Was full of pruiruse and tmptinjr and sweat.
And free from the gall of tears
And wonderful thing he intended to do
. This boy whom I used to know;
For fame he would win. and fortune, too.
When toman's e-stat a- should irrow.
He would help ttw- poor lift up the oppressed.
And cause his name by the world to be blessed.
As he told me, with cheeks asiow.
And then, in good time he would woo and wed
A maiden bewitcmnir fair.
With eyes like the Uiiiht and lips ruby red.
And coils cf raven black hair:
And sh would be alwaj. and erer his queen,
lhe prettiest girl that the world has seen
His Joys and his triumphs to shAra.
Ak, well for that youngster of other days.
And well for his jrolden plans;
If he failed to tread in the dreamed of wnrs,
Gdl the fault aot the b s, but the man's:
If the world, as he found it. wa not the same
As that which he dreamed would bring honor
and fame.
Twos the world which yeuth erer scant 1
They ted he still is alive the boy
Whoia I knew in the vears lotur tied
And I would not their simple faith destroy.
Though. In truth. I know he is doad !
He died whn the freshness of faith went out
In disippomtment and sorrow and doubt,
Aad the man was born instead!
Tea, be Aed forever, the lau?himr lad.
When the bitter lesson he learned
That the world jrrows bleak and the soul grows
sad
Whatever the hope th-it Hsv burned.
He died, and th. tni:''' ' youth.
Who Jump-d at the i. guessed at the
truth.
To tbedoubtin? cynic was turned!
I know that the world declares to-day
That I am that youngster of old
That the man m the boy crown bearded and
the world has been wrongfully told I
For Time ba killed the gentle youth
With the sharp, keen blade of naked Truth
And left htm tark and cold !
Vandyke Brown, in A. T. Clipper.
A LITTLE MISTAKE I MADE.
I had an awful time the last week of
school. You see the boys called me
molly-coddle and girl-boy and things
that no feller can stand without being
riled; and I just pave out that I'd lick
any one of them that wanted to try it.
and I can tell you I had to pitch in rijjht
and left pretty lively, for of course they
took that the same as a stump, and all
for standing up for my cousin Lrtty
Mason, and I'd like to know what kind
of a boy I'd be not to stand up for my
own cjlusin visiting at my house, too.
You Bee Ned Allen was mad because
I said Letty was as mirt and pretty as
any six girls in town iut together, and
hits big brother goes with a young lady
that Ned thinks is just perfection, be
cause she treats him as if he was grown
ap, and asks him questions about history
aad things, and I'd like to know what
business she has to make him think he's
the best scholar in school, wheu he gets
the worst reports of most anybody; it's
deceitful. I think.
Then, besides, she hasn't any eyebrows
to speak of. and her teeth stick away
out. Letty has little curly rings of black
hair all over her head, and her great
black eyes shine like Uncle's boots after
a polish; and the pinkiest cheeks with
th cunningest little dimples whenever
she smiles. But all that wouldn't go
for much if she wasn't so smart. She
won all my allies, playing marbles, and
I tell you she skips atones just bully, if
she is a girl.
But I was going to tell you about Ned's
brother Phil. He isn't here all the time,
because he's a lawyer, and this town
isn't half grand enough for Master
Philip's talents. I haven't anything
against Phil though: he's a nice "feller,
only he does wear such dreadfully clean
shirts, and is forever twirling his mus
tache. Well, so it was the last week of school,
just after Ned said that Letty couldn't
hold a candle to Phil's young ladv. and
we just had it hot and heavy, and were
both of us pretty well bunged up. that
Phil came home with a broken arm. A
horse had run away with two ladies, and
Phil grabbed the bridle and stopped it,
but he was thrown down and trampled
upon and got pretty will brui-ed up. be
side his arm. But I guess it paid, for
he was about as much 'of a hero as Gen
eral Grant. The sewing society talked
about him a whole afternoon. Ned felt
as set up as if he had done some jreat
thing himself, and was always telling
what "my brother Phil" said. Ana
Phil went round as grand as you please,
with bis arm in a sling, and said any
man with the courage of a mouse would
have done the same, but of course that
was all bosh, he knew as well as any
body; and liked it. too.
And all this time Letty was shut up
in the house with a sore throat; and she
pretended to think it wasn't anything
great and couldn't see what all the fuss
was about- Bat the queerest was when
Mrs. Allen gave a lawn party in honor
of Phil's being at home, and" let Ned in
Tke some on his own account we'd
made np by that time: he promised to
keep still about Phil's young lady, and I
promised not to say an thing about
Letty! only I told him I should think just
the same, ami br teeth did stick
out anyhow so he isked me. And Mn
Allen came over on purpose to ask Letty
to some and get acquainted with the
young people in the village; and Let
looked as scared as anything and said
something about her throat. I guess
Mrs. Allen thought it wasn't polite, for
she looked surprised, and said kinder
tiff:
"I hope Miss Mason's throat difficulty
is not serious and will disappear before
then: and at any rate I shall expect Joe"
that's me and she smiled and patted
my head. I can't bear to have folks pat
me on the head, generally; it makes you
feel so small: but Ned's mother ain't
that kind a bit. It's an awful thing to
have your mother die when you're a
baby. So after she was gone aunt says:
"Letitia. what possessed vou to be "so
rude to Mrs. Allen?"
Letty' a face was as red as fire, and she
burst out erying, and ran out f the
room. So then sh turned to m and
aid:
Josephus" Aunt don't approve of
nicknames "Have you any idea what's
the matter with your cousin?"
"Not the least! ma'am, says I, "with
out her throat's made her delirious."
"Throat!" says Aunt, "stuff and non
sense! She takes after the Pendletons:
always were a queer lot. Old Abe Pen
dleton's more than half crazy."
And off she stalks up stairs, and 'twas
lucky she did, fori wasn't going to sit
there and hear my own second cousin
ealled a luny. Pm'fond of Letty. She'd
have made an awful nice boy, "and aunt
don't think so either, only she was kind
f riled just then, and I was glad I didn't
gs a ehance to say anything.
The next morning at breakfast Letty
says: "I believe I was rude yesterday.
Aunty, and if Joe will carry it fr me," I
will write Mrs. Allen the'nicest Bote I
eaa and accept her invitation."
Annty looked real pleased aad so tkat
was settled: but a! the same Lesty
scared and worried about going; I could
see that, and when the day of the party
came she jiut stayed up in her room most
all the time. We started about half past
seven aad I tell you Letty looked just
stunning. Slie had a lot'of pink rose
bids out of the garden that just matched
her checks, and" her eyes sparkled like
anything.
" Joe," she says, "we won't stay very
long if you don't mind. If we go to bed
early you know we can get up and go
lishing before breakfast."
" All right." says L "any time after
the ice crelim."
Mrs. Allen seemed awful glad to see
Letty, but that was only because she was
a stranger, and o she" took her round
and introduced her to everybody as if
she had been the queen. " The lawn
looked festive with Chinese lanterns
strung up between the treea, and croquet
sets, aud rustic seats. Phil's young lady
was there and she called Ned "Mr. Ned"
and he just thought she overtopped ev
ery one else. She had on a kind of a
faded blue thing; Letty says it was baby
blue: and anyhow she did look pretty
nice, only her teeth. It seems to me 1
should know enough not to smile so
much, if I was that kind.
Well anil so I went off with the boys,
and by and by we had ice cream and
cake, and lemonade in the cutest little
tumblers. And I hadn't seen anything
of Lettie for a long time and I was be
ginning to think we shouldn't go lishing
if we didn't go home pretty quick, when
Mr. Phil comes up to me. and he says:
"Joe." jas he. "will you escort one of
the little girls that live up your way? I'm
going home with vour cousin.'
"Well." thinks I. "that's pretty cool."
but everybody was starting towards
the gate and I was getting awf ul sleepy,
so I says:
"All right. Fetch along the girl."
Phil laughed, and says: "There's little
Miss Plunkett; go and ask her if you
shall have the pleasure of walking home
with her."
Well, I just thought I should like
to hear mylf getting off that rigma
role, but an way I went up to her, and
says 1:
"All the fellows are going, Liza, and I
guess Mrs. Alien wants to clean up and
go to bed some time to-night, so we might
as well go along."
And she says: "All right. Joe, wait
till I get my hat"
I didn't ee Letty again that night, and
we didn't go fishing the next morning,
for I never"woke up till awful late, and
I wouldn't then if aunt hadn't come aud
hollered in my ear. But if you'll be
lieve it. the first thing I saw when I
looked out was Lett- in the garden with
a great bunch of roses she'tf been pick
ing and Phil Allen with her. But that
"isn't all. The net thing I knew he just
put his arm around Letty Mason's wait.
and kissed her, and me looking out of
the window, but of course they didn't
know that. I let 'em know though pret
ty quick. I just opened the window and
hollered out:
"It's lucky it's nobody but me. Phil
Allen, for I shan't tell, but what would
your young lady say to that hey?"
They both jumped, and Letty blushed
so I could see her way up there. Phil
laughed and says:
"Gome down hare, you young rascal,
and my young lady will tell you what she
says."
But the most surprising part of ail is
this Phil had been spoony on Letty a
long time! He knew her in Boston and
wanted her to marry him. and she was
going to make up her mind while she
was visiting aunt. Aud who do you
suppose were in that carriage but Aunt
Letitia and Letty! And shedidn't know
he lived here at all, and when she heard
about the other young lady it made h
mad; at least she says it didn't; but I'll
het she thought it was mighty queer.
And it turnecf out that the other young
lady was engaged to somebody else, only
nobody knew it. And what do you sup
pose? Phil and Letty are going te- be
married this fall; and Letty is going to
have me instead of a bridesmaid. She
says pages are the fashion now; but
she would anvwav.
Won't it be bullv. Golden Rule,
Practical Jokinsr by Will.
A French visitor lately staying at
Vevey lived in good style upon his repu
tation as a man of fortune, and when he
died expressed much gratitude for the
happiness which he had enjoyed in that
pleasnt place. He came there too late,
indeed, to save his life, but he believed
that hb death had been delayed by the
tine air and the skillful medical treatment
which that famous health resort had pro
vided for him. As a testimony of his
thank-fulness he bequeathed the whole of
his property to the hospital of Vevey,
with the condition that it should be
mainly devoted to the provision of sev
end rooms for girls and young women
suffering from diseases of the chest. The
property was reputed to be of so much
value that two claimant came forward
as presumptive heirs; first, the town
hospital of Vevey. and. secondly, the
Hospice du Samaritain. which a philan
thropic visitor founded some time ago.
The rival claims were brought into the
law courts, and the suit, which was car
ried on with a much friendliness as pos
sible, necessitated an "inventorization"
of the property of the deceased. It soon
becam-clear that this ostentatious friend
of humanity had left no property at all,
but, on the contrary, had managed to
defraud his confiding fellow-men out of
theirs. The inquiries which were made
in France about the bombastic testator
brought the fact to light that he had
piled ap debts amounting to 40.000
francs. The communal council of Vevey
thereupon renounced all claim on the
frart of the town hospital, and it is scarce
y likely that the private institute will
insist upon its right to a share in the be
quest of nothing. Lowlon News.
A new horror has been added to the
cigarette in California. "Leprosy,"
says a San Francisco physician, "is re
vealing itself about the lips and tongues
of boys who smoke cigarettes made by
the Chinese- The disease, though fatal,
is slow in giving tokens of its first ap
proaches." No less than 170 cases of
infection by cigarette smoking had come
under the physician's notice.
Albany, N. Y., has a citizen eighty
four years old who can jump and crack
his heels together twice before alighting.
Somewhere else in the East there k a
man ninety-five years old, who served
in the Mexican war, and who annually,
on the fourth day of each July, repeats
the Declaration of Independence from be
ginning to end- He has observed the
custom for seventy-five years.
It wasn't ignorance, but a desire to
tease the young man from Chicago that
made her say to him: "I should think
you'd find it very gloomy living where
there is no society, no theatres, no street
ears, no anything!" And he foamed at
the mouth", he was so mad, Bosien
Transcript.
How to Defy Cyclones.
A dispatch from Alexandria durinj
the late bombardment stated thai
'some houses in Fort Mex, apparent!
of concrete, withstood the fire of the
heaviest guns of the Monarch." Thii
is a signincaat statement with regard tc
the power of resistance of concrete
walls, and it contains a hint of the solu
tion of the much agitated problem how
to secure immunity from ths horrors o)
the deadly cyclone.
The presumption is that cvclones an
not a new phenomenon of Nature, bir
that the localities which kuow them now
have known them for thousands of years
That their visitations were not previous
ly noted is owing to the fact that the re
gion where they prevailed, and still pre
vail, wa3 until recently uninhabited ex
cept by savages. Iowa and Kansas,
where cyclones are most desructive,are
now States. In the former as late as
I860, twenty-two years ago, there were
only twelve inhabitants to the square
mile, and in the latter at the same dat
there were only one and a fraction
100,000 persons "on 81,000 square mile
of territory. "
Cyclones will doubtless citinne and
become increasingly destructive of prop
erty and human lite in the ratio of the
increase of population within their
range. It will be the part of wisdom,
therefore, to make permanent, substan
tial provision against their ravages.
Caves in the earth are not sufficient,
neither are retreats constructed in the
corners of cellars. They do not com
port with the dignity of civilization.
They are powerless to relieve the mind
of the constant terror inspired by ap
prehension of the coming storm. Be
sides, they do not avail in the leat tc
avert the destruction of property, which
entails in many cases immediate if not
lasting privation.
Judge Jameson reaches the conclu
sion, utter careful investigation, that
"buildings of brick and stone are gen
erally, but always, safe from torna
does'" Architect Randall believes that
frame buildings may be so constructed
and so anchored to stone foundations
as to resist the most formidable cyclone.
If these propositions be true, there is a
substance out of which buildings may be
constructed which would stand firm
against the assaults of any known
storm of wind. This substance is con
crete, composed of one part cement to
six or seven parts gravel. A wall com
posed of it costs only one-third to one
half as much as a wall of brick or stone.
The wall of concrete is a solid mas3,
without joint or seam, or exactly equal
strength throughout its length and hight.
The far greater power of resistance of
the concrete wall over that of brick be
comes apparent when the workman at
tempts to break through it. A few blows
shatter the surface of the brick wall and
disintegration proceeds rapidly. Not so
with the concrete wall. It must be
literally drilled and chiseled out.
If any one doubts the power of resist
ance of a concrete wall let him examine
the large building now in process of
erection by the Messrs. Farwell on Mar
ket street." The main walls are of con
crete, two feet thick, and when com
pleted they will constitute a solid mas3
from foundation to turret. No one
after seeing these walls can doubt their
practical indestructibility. The better
opinion now is that the huge blocks of
stone of which the pyramids were con
structed 4,000 years ago were manufac
tured of cement, sand and gravel, mold
ed on the spot.
The English and German Portland,
the cements now in such general and
successful use throughout the world,
are proof of the recovery of a secret of
the ancients. They bear new names,
but their composition is undoubtedly the
-same as the famous Roman cement" nu
merous evidences of the indestructibility
of which may be seen to this day in the
Eternal City.
The jetties which form the harbor ol
Port Said, the Mediterranean terminus
of the Suez Canal, "were constructed of
blocks of concrete made of hydraulic
lime from Teil mixed with beach sand.'
Concrete has been used in the harborj
of Marseilles and Toulon ; the piers in
closing the harbor at the ocean termi
nus of the North Sea Canal of Holland
are laid iu Portland cement, and the
same material enters into the structure
of the Cherbourg breakwater. The
elaborate work of Mr. Henry Reid, of
England, on the "Science and Art ol
theManufacture of Portland Cement,"
and the treatise on lime, hydraulic ce
ment, and mortar, of Gen. Q. A. Gill
more, of the United states army, show
the wide adaptability of concrete tc
works of construction harbors, fortifi
cations, buildings, etc.
For a long period concrete has been
used in the construction of houses in
England and on the Continent of Eu
rope, especially in Germany. The rea
son of its use in house construction in
2urope is not for protection against cy
clones, for they are comparatively un
known there, but on account of iu
cheapness where lumber is dear.
Why should not concrete be used in
the construction of houses almost uni
versally in the cyclone region in thi
country? Walls of concrete are cheapei
than walls of brick and stone, nearly, if
not quite, as cheap as wooden walls,
and stronger than any known wall used
in the construction of" houses. It is be
yond question a fact that houses of one
story constructed of concrete the walls
being, say, a foot thick would resist the
action of any of the cyclones of recent
history. All fanners' houses and barns
can be made as convenient and as com
fortable of one as of more than one story.
If they are so constructed of concrete
the farmer may rest secure in them,
both in his person and estate. As for
the villages lately destroyed, let them
set the example of rebuilding with con
crete, a material possessing ample pow
er of storm resistance. "The English
and German Portland cements are the
best known now, but the materials are
at hand everywhere in this country for
the manufacture of good cements. After
the cement all that is required is a gravel
bed. Chicago Tribune.
The pastor of a certain church at
Hempstead, L. I., asked a furniture
dealer the price of a sofa. The dealer
told him he could have the sofa for
nothing, if he would carry it home.
Much to his surprise tne minister shoul
dered the sofa and carried it to the par
sonage, amid the cheers and encourage
ments of the villagers. A few more such
spectacles would convince the world
that muscular Christianity still exists.
Christian Union.
There arrived In Philadelphia the
other day, from New York, for the
' Zoological Garden, an animal of a very
curious and rare species. It is called
the twc-toed sloth," and Is peculiarly
shaded with hair of a grayish brown
color. This animal lives ia trees, and
moves about while hanging from the
branches, with its back to the ground.
, The present specimen, which is two feel
long, came from Guatemala.
i
About lteatembering X
M Geod morning.
Good morning. Now teH me wbe
that man is. He always speaks to me.
yet I eanaot for the life of me tell you his
name."
" Don't know thai man? Why, that's
Mr. , Pshaw! what's his name! I
I know him as well a I do you. but just
; because you have asked me I cannot
1 think of his name."
j " U it Mr. , what's his name?
' You know the old chap who went to
Europe two or three vears ago."
! - Old who?"
i Why. the okl man whoe son mar
ried last summer married Miss
I've forgotten her name that pretty
i young lady who "
I "No. that isn't the maa; he has not
got any son."
i The above conversation took place re
cently on Griswold Street in the pres-
' ence of one of the male teachers in the
public schools of Detroit, and he joined
the conversation with " It's embarrass-
ing. isn't it"'
" It's the most embarrassing thing of
my life." wa the answer to the teaoher.
andthespeakercontinued: "Now I know
' your name, have been introduced to you
I two or three times, yet I confess I cannot
now recall it."
"Now, let me tefl you something."
said the teacher. "The average Ameri
can underestimates the dignity and im
portance of an introduction. Heisgen
erally in too much of a burn to listen
i the name of the stranger, and hastily
answering: How are you? Glad to
know you.' rushes off with his mind on
business which h:is never left his mind
I during tlie introduction."
; "Yes, that is true, but how are you
going to remedy the evil?" asked one o?
1 the first speakers.
: "I'll tell you how I did it. I never
forget a name or a face." said the
teacher, and he continued: "When 1
was a boy I clrrked for two yean in a
hotel, and to be a good hotel clerk I was
told that I must be able at any moment
to tell the name of any guest- I tried
various ways to learn to re:nnihr
name, and at lat succeeded by alwa
jaref ullv spelling the name of tiii giie-it
after it had been written on the hotel
register. Th habit became a ruie which
I still follow, and now I nnconscion-dy.
upon an introduction to a stranger,
formulate a method of spelling the name
given me."
"Good idea." was the only comment
! as the three men separated. Detroit
. Free Press.
"I'll No Trust Ye."
Two centuries ago. in the Highlands
of Scotland, to ask for a receipt or prom
ising notP was thought an invtlt If par
ties had business matters to transact th-y
stepped into the air. fixed their ees ujmn
the heavens, and each repeated his obli
gation without mortal wim.'s-. A mark
was then carved on some rock or tree
near by as a remembrance of the com
pact. Such a thing as breach of contract
was rarely met with, so highly tlid the
people regard their honor.
When the march of improvement
brought the new mode of doing business
they were often pained by the- innova
tions. An anecdote is handed down of
a farmer who had been to the Lowlands
and learned worldly wisdom. On return
ing to his native parish he had need of
a sum of money, and made bold to ask
a loan from a gentleman of means named
Stuart. This w:t- kindly granted, and
Mr. Stuart counted out the gold. This
doue, the farmer wrote a receipt and
handed it to Mr. Stuart.
"What is this, m.m?" cried Mr. Stuart,
eyeing the slip of paper.
" "It is a receipt, sir. binding me to give
ve back the gold at the right time." re
plied Sandy.
"Binding ye? Weel. mv nan. if ye
eanna trust yerelf. I'm .., , . irut
ye. Ye canna have my gold." Ami
gathering it up. he put it back iu his desk
and turned the key on it.
"But. sir. I might die." replied the
canny Scotchman, bringing up an argu
ment in favor of his new wisdom, "and
perhaps my sons might refuse it to ye:
but the bit of paper would compel
them.1'
"Compel them to sustain their dead
father's honor!" cried the Celt- "They'll
need compelling to do right, if this is the
road ye' re leading them. I'll neither trust
ye nor them. Ye can gang elsewhere
for money; but you'll find nane in the
parish that'll put more faith in a bit a
naperthan in a neighbor's wordo' honor
and his fear o' God. Exchange.
Plavinir Poker.
Certain persons in Newburg have
come prominently before the public in a
lawsuit regarding an extraordinary game
of poker. It seems that there were
three persons in the game, and the pot.
as it is called, netted the winner 450.
IHiO. One of th per.-ons who lost had
four aces, but it -eems that what is called
a straight flush, that is canis in a se
quence with a king on the top. is the
better hand. The bet went up $5,000
at a time, and finally the hands were
shown and the holder of the straight
flush took the money. Poker is a pe
culiarly American game, and is the
most popular and most demoralizing of
any baa cf gambling which takes place
in clubs or in any social gathering of
men. There is no skill in the game, for
there is no playing as in whist, but a
good brazen cheat and liar has an ad
vantage over his competitors. An abil
ity to deceive, by which the holder of a
poor hand can " bluff" one who holds a
better, is a help in the game. American
women ought to set a face of flint
against all gambling games and poker
iu particular. The man who plays it
ought to be looked upon as on the road
to beiug a rascal. Bowling and billiards
are healthful if no money is bet; chesa is
a game of pure skill and whist requires
memory and judgment: but poker, bac
earat. faro. Boston are all pure gambling
games which should not be tolerated by
heads of families or any one who wishes
well of their kind. Indeed, why games
of chance at all. when there are so many
good books to read and fine pictures to
Be seen? Why not cultivate conversa
tion and a taste for rhe beautiful in an
and nature? Let the ladies start anti
card associations, and make their rela
tives and friends join them. DemoreM''s
Monthly.
Consul Catlin was driving out a
short time ago in the suburbs of Stutt
gart, Germany, and as lie parsed a car
riage containing one of the royal family
he bowed with so much elegance and
grace that he received in return a win
ning smile from the leading lady. Then,
turning to his friend on the left, he re
marked, with his characteristic pungest
ey, "You see, the right bower always
takes the queen." Being a worthy rep
resentative of this great country he spoke
by the card." JF. Y. Commercial Adver
tiser. I
.
The latest fashioa k often the latest
folly.
At the end of the first year Dr.
Sozinsky says that on an average a child
should be thirtv inches high and should
weigh twenty-five pounds.
A useful packing for steam engines,
pumps., etc., is at present made:by thor
oughly incorporating paper pulp with
plumbago, and subsequently forming it
under strong pressure, into sheets or
rolls. .V. Y. 5n.
It seems to be a difficult matter to
make the floors of brick or stone bridges
water-tight. The best remedy is to lay
a coating of asphalt over the arches and
to make proper channels to carry ths
water away. N. Y. Herald.
A rail for common roads has been
introduced in France. It is imbedded in
concrete and is flush at the edges with
the roadway. From the sides it slopes
down to the center, so as to enable the
wheels of vehicles to retain their place
upon it. The estimated cost is about $2
a yard.
A new explosive is reported to have
been invented by a Viennese engineer.
It contains neither sulphuric acid, nitrio
acid, nor nitro-glycerine. Its manufac
ture is simple and without danger, and
it preserves its qualities in the coldest
or hottest weathe-. It can be made at
40 per cent, less cost than gunpowder.
A Detroit man has, after a labor of
two years, perfected a machine to make
needles, which will usurp hand labor in
that direction, and which promises to
revolutionize the manufacture of that
much u?ed article. It is estimated that
not less than 2,00O,u00 of needles are
used per day throughout the United
States alone. A company has been or
ganized in Brooklyn. -V. Y. Timzs.
Milk when heated in closed vessels
to a temperature of 75 degrees Centi
grade remains sweet for ninety-six
hours. If the vessel Is opened sourness
occurs after forty-eight hours. If the
milk is heated in the open air it remains
sweet only twenty-four hours. A tem
perature of between 50 and 60 degree
does not alfr the taste of milk, and if it
be curdled at thl temperature the curd
Is tlocculent. Chiraqo Tribune.
Heimlich Dueburg, of lteflin, ha
come to the conclusion th it Lhe side of
the moon which L continually turned
from the earth possesses air, water and
life. His idea is that in the absence of
any centrifugal force due to rotation on
her own axi, the only contrifugal forco
acting upon the moon must be that re
sulting from her own motion rouud tho
earth. This would tend to throw the
moon's air and water to the side oppo
site to that which is always toward the
earth.
The electric lamp, designed for
producing intermittent luminous sig
nals, is described in foreign journals.
A cam motion is u-ed, by which the
carbon are separated at each revolu
tion,and can be operated by clock-work
for regular signals, or by hand for ir
regular ones." According to the prefer
red mode, the rim of the homogeneous
car wheel, as it is ealled, is ea.-rt from
melted scraps of wrought iron and
steel. When "set," it is taken from
the mold and placed in another, the
center piece oa'f of bet wheel iron, and
the two mtal firmly wedded together.
N. Y. Sun. "
PITH AVD POINT.
A man who doe- not know Ms own
mind is of so little importance that he
need not be introduced to it.
Do not wear your troubles and
misfortunes all on the outide like an
overcoat, but keep them hidden wi'hin,
like a ragged-back vest. Iicell Citizen.
A Tennes-ee paper announces:
"Subscriber -enr to jail for the summer
season can hive their papers mailed
regularly bv notifying us of the change
of address."
They don't have rams out West.
A cloud just saunters up and examines a
town and then collapses right over it.
Nobody escapes but the newspaper
reporters and the book agents. Atlanta
Constitution.
It isn't the value we care for when
a neighbor wring the neck of achicken
and flings the body over the fence.
What hurts is the fact that h has no
dog which can be poisoned by way of
getting even. Detroit Fret FrSis.
Thev s it hv the tov-r or 5i-a.
-. id !- l.d what tie '! l to plt-ta.;
Ht- lnok"l in hr ctch.
H- h ttvM m.iny .
TUt -tut-., out in- arm for t- vjnfa.
Lsntisrtlle C tuner Journal.
When you find a newspaper an
nouncing that "Miss Arabella' Dash, the
plain-looking, commonly-educated and
pa-sably-temoered daughter of Col.
Dash, is about to wed." etc., you will
find an honest journalist who will get
the bounce with;n twentv-four hours.
"y, Adolph," said Mr. Felder
stelderberger, at Long Branch, "you
hef been helped tree dimes to dat
sherrv pies, und you vill be sicks!"
"Neffer mind,"' says Mr. Felderstelder
bergr, "I bay four tollar mit a tay and
Adolph is entitled to a whole pie," anv
how." Teacher "What is a score?" Pu
pil "The number of runs made at a
cricket-match." Teacher "No, no;
what I mean i-, how much does a score
signify numerically. What idea does it
give you ? That is to ay, if I were to
tell you that I had a core of horses,
what would yon think?" Pupil
"PIeae, marm, I should think you was
stufiin' me."
Catchiuz a Crab.
A San Francisco correspondent
writes: They tell a story of a would-be
funny broker, who last -ea-on adopted
a mot fiendish method of getting even
with one of the chronic flirts who are
said to make the piazza here lively later
in the season. He ootained half a dozen
energetic crabs from the fishing beach,
and, watching for an opportunity when
no one was in a particular tank, except
the inconstant fair object of his ven
geance, he dropped in the crustaceans
(way up term for crab). The young
lady continued her natatorial exerciser
(jam up for paddling) a few mirvites
longer, when she suddenly uttered a
blood-curdling shriek, and "was helped
up the ladder with a crab hanging on
her pink little toe. She had several
consecutive epileptic fits while the ma
rine corn doctor was being removed.
The Mephistophelean glee of the broker,
however, gave him away, and for fear
of some counter trick he decided to bathe
early in the morning thereafter. A few
days after that the bath-house keeper
was startled by some terrific yells, and,
hastily entering the tank house, he
beheld the broker floundpring qnt with
a big, jagged-toothed spring rat-ap
clenched on his heel.
Who the dickens put this. horrible
thing ia the water?" roared thebroker.
"I did, sir," sweetly replied tiie crab
bed young lady aforementioned, step
ping out of a bath-room- "!, pet it
there to catch thost. horrid crabs, you
know." -.
The broker went home on a crutch.
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