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.?XK THE JOURNAL. isslkp i:vi:uy wi:i'NEiay, M. K. TUKNER & CO., Proprietors and Publishers. KATES OF ADVEHTMIilG. gSTBusiness aud professional cards of five lines or less, per annum, five dollars. EETFor time advertisements, apply at this office. SSTLegal advertisements at statute rates. SSTFor transient advertising, see rates on third page. 327A.ll advertisements payable monthly. 13" OFFICE Eleventh St.. vp stairs in Journal Building. TKKMS: Per year . . . Six months Throe month- Single i-o'If s S3 OO 1 OO VOL. XIIL-NO. 23. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1882. WHOLE NO. 647. fttf MMtltti ivtttral K v. V- ii if P", CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. C. II. VanUyck, U. s?. Senator, Neb raska Citv. Al.viN fAtSKKKs. U.S. Senator, Oniana. II. Iv. Valknti.sk. it i.. Wc-?t Point. T. -J. Majuks, Continent Hop.. IVru. STATE D1UECTOUY: Ai.iun'Us Nance, (JoM-rnor. Lincoln. -..I. Alexander. Secretary or State. John Wallhh-, Auditor. Lincoln. U.M. Bartlett.Tre i-urer, Lincoln. C.I. Pilworth. Attorney-General. W'.W. V. .Jon.--,. u pt. Public Iiir..rue. C.J. NoW. Warden of Penitentiary. ';V;.A,'i,'iC-V' Pri-on Inspectors,. CH. Gould, i J.O. Carter. Prison Physician. II. P. Mathovv-.oii.Sunt. Insane Asvlum. JTIMC'IAKY: noorae B. Lake v,0(.;.tte Judge. Aiiw-a olih. S. Maxwell, Chief Justice. rouurii judicial in.vrnicr. 15. Po-t..Iudce. York. M. 15. Kece.Iitriei Attorney. V.'ahoo. LAND OFFK EltS: M. 15. Hoxie. Uexlster. Grand Island. Win. Anyan, Receiver, Grand 1-land. LKGILATIVi:: State Senalor. M. K. Turner. Representative. G. W. Lehman. COrNTV MRIXToRY: .1. G. Hi--'in-. :ount .Imbre. John Stamler. Count v Clerk. C. A. Newman. Clerk Di-t. Court. J. V". Karly. Treasurer. I). C. Kavanm.'h. - lit-rill". L.J. 'ritn-r. Mirvevor. M.Maher. ) .Ioeph Rivet. Coiintv Cou!:ni--ioner.. II. J Hudson. Ir. A . Heint. Coroner. J. K. Monerief iil. f School-. It v rnn .Milieu. J W. M. Curneliu-.,!' J n-t ice-of the Peace. ITY HIUKCTOKY: J. U. Mc:iL'licr, Mavor. A. P.. Cotl'roth. Clerk. J. 15. MeNnian. Tre-i-urer. W. N. lien-ley. Police J udire. J. II. North. Engineer. ciirxciLvrx: 1st Ward John Rickly. G. A. "-hrn-der. M Hrf-P:it. Ilavs. I. Gluck. 3d H'irf J. I! 4 mil ii. A. A. smith. '1iiiiiImi Pool OlfU'C open on iiiKlaj - trmn 11 a.m. to 12m. and from i;:!i to (1 i. m. Hii-iiic hour.-except --iinda a m lo.s i. m. E.i-tern mail- .-l--e at H a.m. We-tern mail- -b-e at -l:l."i i.m. .Mail leae- ColumKu- for Lo-t Creek. Genoa. St. Edward-. Albion, Platte Center. Humphrey, Madison and Nor folk, everv d.ij "eei pt SuildaV s ) at -1 :.".." p. in. Arrie-at 10:.5. For Shell Creek and Cre-ton. arrive- at PJ M. Leave- I i. M Tue-da-, Thur da-.- and aturda -. For" Alexis. Patron and Pavid City. Tue-dav-. Thur-d-iv- and Saturday-, 1 r. m Arrive- at 12 M. For Coiikliu.' Tue-da- and Saturdays 7 a. m. Arrives 0 i. m. -ame ilav-. S . I. Tim T:ille. Eastward Bound. Emigrant. No.ti, leave- at Pa emi'r. 4, " Freight, " N " Freight. " 10. " Westward Hound. Freight. No. .", leav e- at Pa-, .iir'r. .". " Freiirht, " !, " Kini-rrant. "7. " " r.:2." 1 :.-:: 2:l'i 4:0 2:00 1 :27 r.:0 1 :So a. a. P a. P-P-P-a. m. in. m. m. m. m. in. m. ree Every day except Saturday the lim-- leadinir to Chicago eoniieet tli w ith AVs as V P. train- at Omaha. On Saturd there will be but one train a day, -hovvn by tiie followim; -ehedule: 15. & M. TI.MK TA15LE. Leaves Columbu-, ... .r):t:.A.M. C::U) ' P.cllwood llav id City, . " (Jarri-on, I'lv-e-, ' Staplehur-t, .. ' Seward, Itubv. Milford. .. . " Plea-ant Pale, " Emerald. . . Arrives at Lincoln, . .20 :4f. !:::o " ! 10:ir ' 10:45 u 11:10 " 11:4.. M. Leave- Lincoln at 2:ii r. M. and arrive- in t'oliimbiis ::o r. m. Makes elo.-e connect ion at Lincoln for all point- ea-t. west and -omh. O.. X. A 15. II. KOAD. Time Schedule No. 4. To take etl'ect June 2. S1. For the srovernmeut and information of einplovecs only. The Cinniiaiiv re-erve- ine riirni io Nar therefrom at pleasure. Train- daily. Sundays excepted. Oiihcard Hound. Imcard Hound Norfolk 7:2tA. M. Mmion 7:47 " Madi-on :2t " IIumphrev!:iCi ' Pi. Centre 0:4S LotCreeklO.0! " Columbus 10:.Vi " Columbus 4: r.M. Lo-tCreek.'.:21 PI. Centre ::42 " Humphrevi;2." ' Madi-on 7:04 ' Jlu n-on 7:4!5 " Norfolk :04 " ALKION HKANCH. Colunibu-i 4:4." v. Lo-H'reek."i:,"l ' Genoa 0:10 ' St.Ertward7:00 Albion 7:47 M. , All'ion . 7:4:5 a.m. jSt.EdvvardoO ' (ieiioa !:14 " ! Lo-t CreekH :"'. ' : Columbus lo:4." " H. JLUERS & CO, BLACKSMITHS AND Ara2;oii 23uildeiSs 'cw Ilrirk Shop ojiiiooitc HrlntzS Drue store. ALL HMDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. Eleventh street, Columbus, Xebraslca. r.0 NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, coi.u.mii'js. rvci!. A new houe. newly furnished. Good accommodation-. Hoard by day or week at rea-onable rates. SgTJiet a. Firjt-Cla.i Table. Meals, ... 2J Cts. Lodgings.... 25 Cts. 3S-2tf coli; ?i u s Restaurant and Saloon! E. D. SIIEEHAX, Proprietor. "Yholcsale ind Retail Dealer in For eicn Wines, Liquors tfiid Cigars, Dub lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales. TSTKentucky IVhiskies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their season, by the case can or dish. lltk Street, South of Depot. BUSINESS CARDS. D IE. CAStl. CIS4ITK, VETERINARY SURGEON. Otliee at Dovvtv, Weaver & Co's store. A i:kso ac koi:, I5ANKEUS. Collection, Insurance and Loan Au'ent-, Foreign Exchange and Pas sage 'I iekets a specialty. f oKii:in;!i Ac mi;i.i.iva, ATT0HXEYS-A1-LA W, Up-stair in Gluck Building, 11th street, Above the New bank. H. j. in; !, XOTAIiT PUBLIC, lith Street, i iloors nest of Hammond House, Columbus, Xeb. 4fll.y D k. m. n. tiii;bsto.i, JiESlDENT DENTIST. Ollice over comer of 11th and North-st. All operations, tirst-class and warranted. (J aiim a;o itAi:itE:it siioi: IIENUY WOODS, Prop'r. tSEvervthing in lirst-class style. A l-o keep the be-t ofeiirar-j. filO-y G :i:k v kfi:ii:ic, A TTORXEYS AT LA W, Otliee on Olive St.. Columbus, Nebraska. 2-tf G ;. A. lllLLHOKST, A..M., 51. D., 0J1E0FA Till C I'll YS1 CI AN, ISTTwo I51ock- -outh of Court House. Telephone communication. f-ly lreALLISTKK ltltOS., A TTOliXE YS A T LA W, Office up-stair in McAlIi-ter's build imr. 11th St. W. A. .McAlli-ter. Notary Public. 0. 1 . i:va.s, .. ., P1I YSICIA X tt- S UEGEOX. 3T Front room. up-stair in Gluck builiMug. above the bank, 11th St. C-ills an-vvered nint or day. 5-Gin .1. M. .MACKAItl.ANP, 11. It. COWnKKY C:l!c:::r. LAW AXI 10LLECTI0X OFFICE OK MACFARLAND & COWDER7, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. G" v KO. -. DEKKV, PA IN TEE. iSTC.-irriae. hou-e and sign paintiiiir, vlaing. paper hanging, kal-oniiuing, etc. done to order. Shop on i:ith St., opposite Engine Ilou-e, Colunibus, Neb. 10-y i ii.ursciii:, Ilth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Sell- Harness. Saddle.-. Collar, Whips, Iilaukct. . urry Comb-. Hrushe, etc., at the lovve.-t po-sible prices. Kepair. pr mptlv attended to. c I..1KK A: IKi;UEKT, LAND AND INSURANCE AGENTS, HUMPHREY. XEB J!. Their land- comprise some line tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ot PI'ttc county. Taxes paid for non-resident-. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y HYRON MILLKTT, Justiceof the Peace and Notary Public. iYKO .lin.i.K'rr, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus Nebraska. N. 15. He will give cloe attention to all business entrusted to him. '-4S. T OUIS SCIIRE1BEU, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to order, and all work guaranteed. tlTShop opposite the " Tattersall," Olive Street. 25 TA:EK Ac WTSTCOTT, AT THE CHECKERED JJAEX, Are prepared to furnish the public w.'th good teams, buggies and carriages for all occasion-, e-pecially for funerals. Also conduct a feed and sale stable. 4i TA31ES PEAKSALL IS PKEPAUKD, WITH FIEST-CLASS APPARATUS, To remove houses at reasonable rates. Give nim a call. VfOTICE TO TKAC11KRS. J. E. Monerief, 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 transactton of any other business pertaining to schools. e07-y 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. rl Gmo. WIXIiIAM RYAN, PEALEK IX KENTUCKY WHISKIES JPines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco. 25j"SehiIzs Milwaukee Beer constant ly on hand.fp? Eleventh St., .Columbus, Neb. Drs. MITCHELL & MARTYN, COLUMBUS UEDICAL I SUM. INSTITUTE, Surgeons 0.. X. B. H. B. i?., Asst. Surgeons U. 2. J?'y, COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA. JS. MURDOCH & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Havehad an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. AH kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is,"Goo"d work and fair prices. Gall and give us an oppor tunitytoestimateforyou. JSTSbop on loth SL, one door west of Friedbof & Co's. store, Columbus, Nebr. 4S3-v ADVERTISEMENTS. J. . MUNGER, SUCCESSOR TO F. GERBER & CO., UNDERTAKER AND DEALER IK FURNITURE, leads, B I) UUUUIUUUU) UlUUUUUj TABLES,SAFES,MATRESSES,&c -:o:- G1VE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE ON SOUTH SIDE 11th ST., One door east of Heintz's drug store. BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMB US, XEB. Dr. A. HEINTZ, DEALKK IX WI.ES, UIO.UORS, Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc., And all articles usually kept on hand bf Druggists. P?iysicia8 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 live 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 business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate in Platte County. G21 COLUMBUS, NEB. PMDOT BM! BUY THE Patent Roller Process MINNESOTA FLOUR! ALWAYS GIVES SATISFACTION, Because it makes a superior article of bread, and is the cheapest Hour in the market. Evert sack warranted to run alike, or money refunded. HERMAN OEHLRICH & BRO., GROCERS. l-3ra 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. Goods Delivered Free to any part of the City. I A3I ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL EBRATED COQUHXARQ Farm and Spring Wagons, of which I keep a constant supply on hand, but few their equal. In style and quality, second to none, CALL AND LEARlf PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. & X. Depot. Rhairs ntt MY SWEETHEART. 0he is neither short nor tall, Kather what I think you'd call Just the size; And her hands and feet are well. Til say ditto, and not tell Any lies. Though her eyes are soft and blue, They hare not the brilliant hue Of the sky; Yet when in their depths I look. Like a picture in a book, There am 1. Not so very small her nose Is; Neither are hor cheeks, like rosea, Bed und white: And my muse does not embolden Me to call her brown hair golden. Though I might. Just a village maiden she Many ladies that yon see Rank above her; Men have seldom called her pretty; lhave never thought her witty: But I love her, D. C. Hanbroudx, in Century 3Iagazlna. I SEXTON'S LEAGUE WITH THE SUN. Simon Kenton was one of the most noted of the early heroes of Kentucky, a man of much intelligence, wonderful courage and almost matchless muscular capacity. He died near Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1836, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. The annals of the borders abound in accounts of his thrill ing adventures; but one incident in his life 1 have never seen in print, and therefore will repeat it as it has been told to me by old hunters and Indian lighters, who knew him personally and heard it from his own lips. In ruy tell ing, however, it will lack much of Ken ton's graphic way of putting tilings. He was a great sn . the most im portant supplies, neL to his weapons, being his pipe, pouch and tobacco. Food and clothing he could capture with his gun, but not so his to bacco; and hence his zeal to lay in a stock of his luxury before setting out on an' expedition. But fire to light his pipe was not so readily obtainable, it being no little trouble to ignite tobacco by Hint and steel. It will be remem bered that friction matches were not in common use until years after Ken ton's day. At one time when a prisoner in the hands of the British at Detro't, he was particularly admired by English otlicers on account of his great strength aud courage, and the many remarkable ex ploits for which he was famous: and one of these ollicers, observing his fond ness lor smoking anil the diihculty in lighting a pipe, presented Kenton witli a powerful pocket burning-glass or lens, by which he could easily focus the rays of the sun on the tobacco and set it on fire. This thing worked charmingly, and for many years, wherever he went, held its place in the pouch with his pipe and tobacco. It is an incident in which the sun glass acted a significant part, which I have resolved to relate. A summer or two after he became possessor of the glass, he was again taken captive by a party of Indians, who, recognizing him at once, resolved to torture nim to death immediately, so as to rid themselves of so formidable an enemy before he should have time or chance to escape. A stake was driven into the ground and a quantity of dry leaves and wood piled about it, and then the chief spoke, in broken Eng lish: " White chief hungry; eat fire, he feel better!" Kenton replied by asking the privi lege of smoking his pipe belore burning. Now the Indians of certain tribes were always singularly generous in response to such requests, especially as tovvard nine and tobacco thev nteri.imml ort. bf religious deference. Of these they the seed-capsules, ami the other finds an never robbed prisoners nor despoiled frxPlaatlo"1VV,too?ieLiter the bodies of the slain; and among the I Han "f1 A" ?' 2?"?)' whe,re few sacred objects buried with the Jead, ' weeail that at l.hat Tlod. lt T the pipes were always included. It was on d"t-v. f yvo esPe?'al,y, appointed court account of this superstitious sanctity i omciiafc to superintend the making of that, the pipe bore such an important ' Yu m,e (lPPfed) cakes for the Em part in the ceremonies of a council, and ' Peror s "se- ,0f co"e tlxe. secd1s .lh.e was always smoked as a bond of strength between tribes entering into treaty "to gether. They never denied a captive's request for a smoke, and therefore Ken ton was immediately gratified bv a grunt of assent. After securing his feet more firmly I with leathern thongs for they knew I too well his daring and prowess to give ' nim any advantage tney uuo.mml his fill and ii"-ht his f onrihircmni-. nanus mat ne might pipe and enjoy hi last Deliberately he proceeded to "crumble up the tobacco and pack it into the pipe bowl. This done, he placed the long wooden stem in his mouth, aud seemed ready for flint, steel and tinder with which to light the luxury. With an other grunt a red man passed him the customary implements; but, to his great surprise. Kenton refused them. Then, with a dramatic gesture, he extended his right hand toward the sun in miu-neaven, it Being about noon. and holding it thus witE the burnin.rl ' glass clasped between the thumb and ! fore-finger, he dextrouslv brought it to a ' focus on the contents of his pipe, which in this way was quickly ignited, and in a moment he was pulling clouds of smoke from his lips. This was beyond the wits of the savages. The lens being of glass and transparent, they had not observed it, and evidently believed that he had lighted his pipe by simply letting the sunlight pass through the "circle formed by his thumb and finger. All uncon- pornnrl ho rmffVxl o-q,. ,i.UI1. !..... jrathered in an pveirprl orrnnr n fnw yards distant and discussed the wonder ' pleasure of sight seems to have pre rn grunts and mutterings. dominated. While on a journey this In a few minutes he had exhausted i Poet was so enchanted by a field of pop the contents of the pipe-bowl and pro- i pies, possibly because they reminded ceeded to refill it. At this the red men ! ni f similar scenes in his native pro became silent, and watched him as if ! vince of Sze ch'uen, that he forgot (he he were a supernatural being. ! says) all the griefs of ten thousand miles While crumbling the tobacco the of'traveL The poet Soc Cheh (1033 glass lay unseen at his side, and when ' 1112) dwells m an ode. on the curative hewasreadv to litrht nn .i.min with and invigorating eflects of the poppy- another stilf more dramatic Gesture, he seized the lens and held it toward the ' sun, and, with three or four cries of mysterious and startling import to the i ue sPeaks o M Dem- grwn "every Indians. betrnn whififno- th MnUh where" (ch'oo ch'oo). The first medi- began smoke as coolly as before. T .......... MW UUU By this time the superstition of the savages was in full operation, and they were ripe for almost any display of Kenton's supposed supernatural power. Probably no people on the whole globe were ever more sensitive to such influ ences than the native tribes of North America. What they could not com prehend they dreaded with craven fear, especially if it emanated from the tun or clouds. Seeing his advantage, Ken ton stretched forth his hand again, hold ing the glass so as to kindle the leaves near him. Then with a strange, wild cry, he swung his arms above his head, adroitly shifted the lens to his left hand, and then quickly started a smudge in another place. Next, struggling to his feet, tied though they were, he gave an almost superhuman leap jumping being Ken ton's special forte and brought him self to the heap of fagots that had been gathered for his particular entertain ment, and seating himself near them, went through a pantomime more weird thau before, whereupon a flame blazed up around the stake, aa if the victim were already fastened to it, and ready for torture. His next performance was to beckon to I4e chief to come and unbind his an- kles. The mystified Indian hesitated. but finally ventured cautiously forward, as if not daring to disobey such a man, and began with nervous fingers to fum ble at the deerskin door. While thus engaged, Kenton lifted one hand, and instantly a lurid, blister ing point of fire fell on the red man's wrist. With an "Ugh!" he jerked his hand away, only to feel the burning focus on his head. This was too much for even an In dian's nerves; aud with a cry of terror the old chief sprang away and ran to the nearest tree, behind which ho took shelter. The rest of the savasres imi tated their leader, leaping' behind ad jacent trees: and while with wondering eyeathey stared at Kenton, he pro ceeded leisurely to unbind his own an- This done, he waved his arms towards the sun as if giv ing thanks or invoking further aid; and then went to a powder horn, dropped by one of the Indians, and withdrawing the stopple, placed it as he wanted it, fixed his sun-glass so that the focus would enter the horn, and stepping toward the Indians ges ticulated fiercely at them. Instantly there was a vivid Hash and a roar, the powder-horn disappeared, and the frightened savages lied as if the "Great Spirit" had suddenly come to destroy them. At this, Kenton considered himself master of the field, and, in less time than it takes to tell it, Hung upon the lire whatever the Indians had lefl be hind them, seized his own nroDortv that they had taken from him, guu aud garments, and made haste from the scene. A few years later, when peace had been restored between American and English, and the Indians were on pa cific terms with the "Hunters of Ken tucky," Kenton had the pleasure of meeting at a " pow-wow" with some of the warriors who had composed the party so signally worsted by a sun glass. They knew him at once, and showed au ungovernable fear as he came forward to shako hands. During the "pow-wow" he often detected them gazing at him with furtive glances, and as he still had the lens, he mischievous ly seized the first opportunity to call down fire from the sun to light his pipe again, accompanying it with strange gestures. Afterward he learned that they be lieved him in league with the "Great Spirit," and able, if he wished, to sum mon the sun to battle for him. Wide Awake. The Poppy in China. The date of the introduction of opium in China is a moot point. Even Sir Rob ert Hart, the Inspector-General of Chinese Customs, in his reports can say nothing more definite about it thautha't " native opium was known, produced and used long before any Europeans be gan the sale of the foreign drug along the coast." Chinamen themselves are ' no better informed; and it is only there- , fore, by references to the poppy and to opium in the literature ot the country ' that we can gain any positive informa tion on the subject. The dictionaries j tell us that the poppy has at different periods been known under the names of ' Yu me hwa, "imperial grain llower;" Me nang hwa, "grain-bag flower;" and i. ing sun hwa. liitnlipr-ormin llmrnp ' . , ,...... D...... ...... i "ol lue iast raes r lu "wsiiane oi r I rJ uu nub ;uiiL.iiu iri'iuiii, uui tu ia obvious that some glutinous substance must have been used in making up the cakes, and it is not a rash conjecture that the juice from the capsules was that used for the purpose. This is the more probable since the juice has long been employed in a like manner in mak ing the cakes known as "poppy-juice lisn." According to K'aughe's" cele- ' uratetl Encyclopedia (published in I 1726), these cakes are made of flour formed into dough by the admixture of TAmtinJ intn jlctitfVM ! 1 the juice oi the poppy, and are then kneaded into cakes shaped in the like ness of fish. Under the later Han Dy nasty just referred to, the capital was in the province of Sze ch'uen, where the poppy is at the present date largely grown; but we learn from the "Shvvuy king choo," a work referring to a some what later period, that the plant was not confined to that district, since men tion is therein made of its flourishing also in the province of Kwang-se. The instinctive admiration which the Chinese have always felt for coloring, especially in flowers, has gained for the PPP.V a high place in their estimation. nut, irom tne nature oi tne literature, i the expression of their admiration must be looked for mainly in the works of the poets. Their enthusiasm for the poppy blossom, however, is vastly heightened by an appreciation of the charms of the juice and the strengthening qualities of the seeds; at all events, these virtues of the plant find prominent mention in Chinese poetry. With Yung Taou. of the Tang dynasty ( A. D. 618-907'). the seeds and iu5ce: and So Suno of about j tne sanie Penod. a native of Iruh-keen, praises the beauty of tho plant, which i cal man who speaks of the juice of the , " .--.-. poppy m a professional point oi view is a certain Choo Chin-hang, a native of ' Che-keang, who lived during the end of t the twelfth and the beginning of the thirteenth century. "At the present day," writes this author, " many peo ple suffering from cougli and weakness take the juice ot the poppy as a remedy. It is also a cure for fever arising from damp, and for dysentery. But," he adds, " though its value as a medicine is great, it yet kills men like a double- edged sword (Sha jin joo keen), andits use should therefore be avoided at all' hazards." St. James Gazette. The total length of telegra'ph wires in the city of New York, including tele phone and burglar alarm wires, is 10, 100 miles. The Metropolitan Telephone Company leads with 8,600 miles, fol lowed by the Western Union Telegraph Company with 2,300. The weight of this vast amount of iron is about 3,000,- 000 pounds. Of the number of. poles it is hard to estimate, lhe Western Union uses over 5,000. .Y. Y. Sun. The Decline f Schooling; At the recent meeting of the New York State Teachers' Association, the report at tne utaniiins: committee on the Lon- dlt OI1 of r-uu;at on showed that, not- j withstanding the steady increase in the populat.on of our State, the number of cuiuren in uauy attenuance upon tne public Schools is declining. The de crease was attributed by the Chairman of the comm ttee to "the increased de mands made by manufacturing inter ests,- oy wnicn was meant, we pre sunic, an increased employment of chil- drnn in fnrtnrus r , .'"'"o """"'"" U"'"V'T-. school is not peculiar to Nework State 6r to factory towns. At other teachers' gatherings this summer the same con- dition of things has been noted and va- nously commented upon as being more rni l i , ., , . or less, visible throughout the country. ana more or less to be deplored. The general feeling seems to be that the schoolmaster is losing his grip, and that the country is likely to sutler in consequence. That the schools arc or can be in any way to blame for the de- chn.ng popular interest m schooling, the school authorities are naturally not disposed to believe; nor does it seem to occur to them to think that their appar- ent loss of influence may really be an indication of the spread of juster views than formerly prevailed of what is prop - er for youthful culture. To say that fewer children "of school age,- in proportion to tne scnoot popu lation, are now to be found any day in scnoot man was me ruie twenty years ago, is very lar from saying that propor- tionally fewer children are being proper ly educated now. The legal "school age" begins in this State at three years. Formerly the custom was to send" little boys and girls three and four years old to the public school; and such is largely the custom still among the poorer class es. With well-to-do-people, we are napm to oeiieve, tne sending ot such mush ciuiurcn to scnoot is Becoming ; nent, it sinks into insignificance bv the more and more the exception. The s;(ie of the employment of marked cards, growing feeling is that, even when the ; With these the clement of chance dis school house is kept m a condition san- appears, and any game played with itanly ht for the reception of infants them Ls nothing' more nor less than which, we tear is rarely-the case the 'stealing, those understanding the beginning of school hie had better, lor marked backs of the card being the the children s sake, be put off until they , thieves, and those who do not the vic- aresix, eigm, or, wnen nome conditions are right, ten years old. For this rea son a vast, multitude of children, whose educational prospects are the brightest, are now kept from school. If the school work were differently planned and reg ulated; it might be better for some of these children to be in school a little everyday; but not under present con- ditions. The fact that they are not in school, however, must not be taken as evidence that popular interest in ednca- tion is declining, or that popular edu- cation is likely to suffer for it. As a rule children who begin serious school work at eight or ten years of age are as far advanced in their studies at twelve as those who begmat three or four, and usually they are both physically and mentally in better condition forinstruc- tl0J' . , . , , t N ot so satisfactory is the frequent cut - mi" uii ui uic uuici cuu vi i no jeriUU. spent in school; and yet even that is not au unmixed evil, as the schools are usually conducted. When the free school" system was first developed, the belief was general that schooling was the one thing needful to enable young people to get on in the world; and it was a common thing for parents to make great sacrifices to keep their chil dren year after year in school, only to find in the end that their OI1S Were tOO old to do bovs' work, and too proud to ' begin at the bottom of any trade or oth- er inn usinai caning and woncup i ney musk uo sonieiuing crowded into pursuit oi cieiKsnips ami ijuasi-proics- : sionai engagements, in wnicn a nine present salary was accompanied with ' extravagant expectations seldom or nev- I ertobe fulfilled. Others as unwisely pressed on in their school course, mort- ; paging their future to prepare them- selves for learned profession--, vainly SeeKlllg to Win lame and fortune HI places for which thev had no real fitness. The condition of much schooled but ill educated girls was, if anything, still worse. A natural reaction against this mis direction of youth and natural result of the failure of tho public schools to shapo their work to meet the practical wants : of the multitude, is the deposition to ; cut short the school period early to be- gin in earnest vvjku seems io ue me real . business of life. Ihongh ninety-nine in , every hundred youth cannot hope to go to college, their educational needs are largely saenncea to niaxe tne sciiooi a possible tributary to the college. linie i wnicn tne majority oi youtn need lor practical preparation for their life's work is thus very largely given to stud- les of value only in their relation to a i subsequent college course which is , UCICI IU UC CIIJUJ UII. 11 13 11W UVIUU1IUU . ot popular unwisdom, as most teachers seem to think, that there is an increas ing popular indisposition to surrender so much of youth's precious time to such unpractical work. There is noth ing so valnable to yonth as education, ' but unhappily schooling and education are yet far from being synonymous; and if the schools are declining in favor, it is because the intelligent public see thi3 fact more clearly than the mass of school officials do. Scientific American. Gambler's Tricks. Of the hundreds of individuals who daily frequent the gambling dens of more genteei. anu nf mnrcn ti.o.'a nn ,,. f .n.-noMar the towns and cities in nhvimr Liinst. th(m Tiiov'wt i;tti. ..1 , .1 r I -' 1-1 " '- ....... ... ..... ....... Chicago, probably not one, outside of The friends of a certain man chip in the professional gamblers, believes he ' four cents apiece andpurchase a sponge is playing against a game that is not t to present him on his birth-day as em "square." The announcement comes blematical of his daily life. The cer every little while, as if serai-officially ' tain man lets himself loose on the donors from the police, that only those gamb- ' and damages each one's head to the ling places where square games are amount of 3.47. How much is each played, are allowed to run. And the i donor out of pocket? fools who gamble are none the less fools A man pays fifty cents extra to take for believing it. The fact is, however, ' laughing-gas while having a tooth that there is hardly a gambling house ' pulled. The dentist could have pulled in Chicago, where crookedness is not six as well as one, and without any praciice.T. In some of the games, such , further cost How much did the patient as faro, the percentage against the play- lose by being so stingy of his molars? er is very small, if no cheating device ' The candy eaten by a school-giri costs is employed. Does any one suppose lust as much as her school-booki: the that the proprie'orsof a gambling house I aie too conscientious to employ a little , trickery to increase the chances of neec- f ing their victims? The devices for I cheating at cards are so numerous and up twice the cost of learning her to so difficult of detection that they can be j paint landscapes on old jugs and pitch employed by the professional with very . ers. Therefore, how many daughters little risk: and those who play faro, rou-! must a man have to be rich? ll' .llvr' . lu luegamoung rooms f Chicago may rest assured hat these , "i"1-" """ "i. ii imvjuu iu . tne proiession are more or less useo. There is absolutely no chance for them to win in the long run. In faro the most common method of increasing the chances of the dealer to win is by the employment of a box so constructed that upon being pressed at a particular spot two cards can be re moved at once instead of one. In this way tne wnoie course ot the game can be changed. Having provided himself with such a box, and most of the boxes are of this convenient pattern, the dealer sand-papers his cards They art glazed cards, slippery, and he cannot be sure that two will come out together when he wants them. So he takes the pack and divides it into two parts. With a piece of the finest emery paper he sand-papers very slightly the back of half the pack and the faces of the other half. You would never notice it, but it makes them adhesive, and by merely pressing the cards together h can move two at a time whenever he pleases. But this is not all. Ho takes one-half the pack, and. with a very j ah Ttyzov or liIe bevJls lhe cd I . , . ...... ... J one end. It may be only the thousandth i part of an inch, but it is enough to lloH- the dL.aler to djville the k I into two sections whenever he pleases. and. of course, he knows the content of eacn p:u.u imtlgine what a chanc t th;3 iYs tho deaier. In an$- game in which hands are dealt out to the players the professional can ami flrtna Tioita nn tmntunca adinntami ' uv ,...,.?;.,. rJ,,f ;a l-t ..oi.:?t - in. the cut '? By skilled manipulation of t tho cards jn shuflling begets them so that he knows just where certain cards in tho pack The cards are cut and this disarranges the order. By "ghiftincr the cut 'pthe cards are re stored t jUst the on fore the cut was ma order they were in be- m.xlo 'l'lita nnnrittnn i ,, h nnrfnrmo.l ; u-- r,;J., ,i.,;M 1 detection, even though the one execut- I ing it u closcXy watched bv all sitting at the table with him. Of cmirse the deal- er who can practice this trick has an j immense advantage, as it enables him to keep track of the cards as he had originally arranged them in the pack while shuffling. Poker playing is exceedingly popular in Chicago and is played in hundreds of localities besides in the gambling deiu. Poker rooms in the rear of many of the more pretention's saloons and in hotels are common. While sh..ing the cut is a great assistance io the dealer in tak- , ;ng an unfuir advantage over an oppo- t;m A wn- lnr. nnmlF nf l marked cards are manufactured aud sold. And this is only one of his tricks. Shift the cut? Yo'u can cut the cards before his eyes; he will pick them up, nml whiltt vnn nrp wntnliinrr tho nii'lr i ;.,Bt ., ,An ,,. ,.., i, ,:ii a,;tt m,- cut within twelve inches of vourface, an,i yo can never see it done. You i,ave heard the sleight-of-hand men tell ' about motion being quicker than sight, . rt ;s oniv a (loj2e in their hands, but it , j3 certainly true. The most wonderful i card tricks done by a prestidigitateur are mere child's tricks compared with what a skillful gambler will do with a . pack Gf cards. France, England and the United States furnish nine-tenths of j an the card sharpers what we call the experts. This is, perhaps, because wo , nave the most perfect cardsin the world. thfit o-in hn lium oil nn mmw ms wv - WV UIHUIH1 U U Vrf v W W WI1UV every The French cards, which are also used in England and America, are better made, better printed and more reliable than any others. The best cards of all are made in America, but they are still i called rreuch cards as distinguished from the Spani-h, Chinese and others. The Spanish cards are ornamented with soldiers, swords and guns, and are gen erally rough and very poorly made. Snmi nf nur hoaf Mr.?., in tliTu nnunlrv are what we know as "crooked." made bv special dealers, expressly for profes- gionals. These are marked cards, and. ,u0re thau the others, but they Wavs better made and worth mn'nnv more The marking, indicating both the size nr imnnrt-inro nf the ril n.m.iu,tii sujt to which it belongs, is generally in the upper left hand corner of the card, aud is, of course, minute and almost ininnihlinf.lpl..ctmn Iii.-nni.wl.nl.n4 'i::r:.;: ..r i;.v.r .,':.. vr: nut me secrcu nn luese inarKS me gambler can do just as well as if hia opponent s cards were dealt face up ward. With very little practice a man can learn to read these tiny marks as plain as print. The hand-marked cards mentioned above were given to the -rit,.r -.ml .;ti. i..,.ii;nn. ti.., !,. three or four times, explaining theii secrets to friends, be became so accus- tomed to the simple marks as to be able to distinguish the cards without difli- culty. While the prevalence of gam bling to such a wide extent in Chicago is. as a matter of nublift morals, a mat- js as a utatur OI" ter to lie dentilv reo-retted. tlnri is no one feature of the demoralizing custom more calculated to excite pity than that a ,,reat majority of the young men who nave ac .u;red it are virtually robbed of ti,c;r money in "skin" games Chicago .. , . .. . ....... . . .. Ht'mJll. Some Xcw Arithmetical Problems. A Wisconsin school teacher had nine teen scholars and she figured up at the end of three months that she had be- stowed 128 lickings on the school. Al lowing that one boy received seventeen of them, and that three of the girl3 escaped entirely, how many lickings did each of the others receive. The average fisherman gets four nib bles to one bite, and three bites to a fish, and half his lish are not worth carrying home. At this rate how long will it take a fisherman to exhaust the supply of sheep-heads and dog-lish? peanuts she devours.cost more than her singing lessons: her ice-cream costs more than her French, and the eras and fuel she consumes while snarkinir foot Ayoung man wagers nity cents mat he can put a bilUarS ball into his mouth. ami ue wins ine ueu a surgeon cuarge him . for four hours work in remov ing it. What was the exact gain in be ing smart? An Alderman pays a reporter $5 to write him a speech favoring the erec tion of a new sciiooi house, but after de livering eleven cents' worth of the ora tion he is informed that there is no ques tion before the meeting, and he falls back and breaks a pjir of suspenders worth thirty-five cents. How much is the great mau out of pocket? Detroit Free Press are al- A Yagkaribee Bedaween at DeTttoa The Arab race is commonly divided into two sections . The "Ahl Hadr," or "dwellers in towns," and the "Ahl Bedoo." or "dwellers in the open." I From the latter words is derived the well-known name Bedouin or Bedaween. I The latter are the best known to Eu j ropean travelers, and have usually been ' described with great exaggeration. . Among them all, widely dispersed as they are, community of origin and ol modes of life results in producing a cer tain similarity. In person the Beda ween are rather undersized, active, and enduring, with well-formed features. Like all pastoral tribes which lead a roving life, frequent quarrels arise among them. The loneliness of the desert, and the absence of fixed law or civil order, render it necessary that ev ery man be always ready to assert his rights and defend his uerson. Yet tha j raids on travelers which have made, the name of Bedaween almost synonymous with brigand are comparatively rare, and are regarded by them as a Kind oi customs dues levied on those who will not pay for protection. In Asia most of the Bedaween pay little attention to the precepts of the Koran, and their religi ous belief is confined merely to a pro fession of faith in the unity of God. In Africa the tribes which wander along tho northern border of the Soudan and the Algerian Sahara are mixed with oth ers which are not of genuine Arab blood, though they speak the Arab tongue and call themselves Arabs. Llko the genuine Arabs, they dearly love their horses, and on horseback they are indefatigable. Barelegged and bare footed, with their white uurnous wrap Eed round them, its hood over their ead, the Bedaweon as he walks in un conscious dignity is a striking object. In Africa they are more religious than in their native land, and countlass sects, under the protection of countless saints, extend their branches through the coun try. Some of these fraternities, like those of the Aissawi, practice still bar baric rites; others adopt or retain the ordinary forms of Mohammedan wor ship. The postures of the Mohammedan at prayer are striking aud reverent. His face to the east, he stands or kneels on the ground, with his hands held up as though the palms were a book from which he is reading. At the name of God he prostrates himself in such a manner that seven parts of his body head, hands, feet and knees touch the earth together. These genuflections form a part of every act of prayer, which always begins with the first words of the Koran : "Praise be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merci ful, the Lord of the day of judgment! Thee do we worship; Thy aid we im plore. Guide us into the right way, the way of those to whom Thou shovvest mercy, not of those with whom Thou art angry, and who go astray." liar, per's Bazar. The Indian Territory." What is known as "The Indian Ter ritory" is a region nearly the size of the State of Indiana, bounded on the north by Kansas, east by Missouri and Arkan sas, south by Texas, and west by Kansas andTexas. It was set apart by the Gov ernment nearly half a century ago, or a part of it.asa home for the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws and Chickasaws, whose presence in Georgia aud other Southern States had become offensive to white settlers coveting their lands. The Indian population has since then been augmented by other tribes and remnant of tribes removed thither from the Northwest, Southwest and South, as the Senecis, Delawares and Shaw nees, Osages and their beggarly half brothers the Iviws, Sacs and Foxe, Pottowatam es, what is left of the Florida Scminoles the Comanches, Lipan-s a remnant of the Pawnees, and the M docs and Nez I'erces of Oregon. It is a region rich in soil, well watered and timbered, and having a good cli mate, with mild winters and not very heated summers. The four original tribes, with the Cherokees at their head, have become not merely civilized, but quite as enlightened as their white neighbors of Kansas, Missouri, Arkan sas and Texa. They are good, solid farmers, producing lino crops of maize, wheat, oats, cotton, tobacco; and in live stock cattle, horse-, mules and swine they rank, in proportion to area and population, rather above than below the Texans and Missourians whose lands lie contiguous to theirs. The Delawares, Shawnees, Senetxis, are not inferior in enlightenment to the Chero kees. They carried with them into that region a good fund of civilization and wealth from their former reservations farther north, and have increased it very much in the last twenty years. It is one of the astonishing facts brought out by the census of 1870 that the Cher okees" pay higher .salaries on the aver age to their school-teachers than any Western State, and that their schools are as well attended as those of any State in the Union. They have their distinct and separate local governments, republican in form and fact, with a sys tem of jurisprudence that challenges favorable comparison with our own. The executive branch of the govern ment of the Cherokees as, in fact, all the other tribes is lodged in the hands of a "Chief." The present Chief of the Cherokees is an old Californian, former ly a resident of Calaveras, and well known to all the pioneers of that county. His name is Denis Bushyhead. He has no Indian feature save the heavy crop of long, black hair which gives rise to his name, and is as white in complexion as the average Californian This is the present Indian Territory, and an outline of its inhabitants and the quality of their civilization. San Fran cisvo Chronicle. A Peculiar Conspiracy. The London Times is the victim of a peculiar conspiracy, which, in its oper ations, illustrates anew that it is the im possible that hapueiis. For it would seem to be impossible, in any well regu lated newspaper ollice, that indecent expressions could be repeatedly smug gled into articles and the author not dis covered. The London Times claims to have the be-t supervision of any news paper, the best proof-reading, the be3l of everything. Yet it is said "its mana gers look at the wsne every morning with feir and trembling," lest they find in some prominent place expressions that no newspaper tolerates. The annoyance began with what is described as a "horribly indecent" interpolation in a speech by Sir William V. Haroourt. Three repetitions have occurred, each "quite as scaudalous," and yet the per- fietrator or the outrages is undetected, t seems incredible that m tlicious trick ery of this kind should be carried on without knowledge of responsible per sons. Collectors of brie a-brac may be pl-aed to know that there .ire estimated to be hid avviy in raves of Egypt soma 731,000,000 mummies.
