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i ( THE JOURNAL. ISSCED EVEKY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TUEXER & CO., Proprietors and Publishers. Oiilnmbus KATES OF AUTEXTUMC JSTBuainess and professional caxda of five lines or less, per annnm, firo dollars. ETFor time advertisements, apply at this office. EiTLesal advertisements at statute rates. ESTor transient advertising, see) rates on third page. 237 "All advertisements payable monthly. Z3 OFFICE. Eleventh St., up Hairs in Journal Building. 11 tekms: It-r year ix months Tliree mouths iuirle copies $2 OO 1 OO so o.? VOL. XIIL-NO. 24. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1882. WHOLE NO. 648. Sit Oilt fV I - ? V Wv V .I A- ivr U m CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. ( . K. VaxW yck U. . senator. Neb raska Citj . Alvin .icXDERi, L". -i. -euutor.Oniaha. L. K. V VI.SNTINE, Key.. 'el Point. I". J. jIajoks. Loutiiitf-ent Rep., Peru. STATE DIRECTORY: Albinus N an'Ck. (ioviTuur, Lincoln. -..I. Alexander, -n-retary or State. John WalLfh, Auditor. Lim-oln. i. M. Ii.irt.lett. Tre iurer, Lincoln. C.J. bilworth. Attorney-General. V".V. W. lone-. Supt.l'ublic In-true. CI. Nobe-. Warden of Penitentiary. ?;HToobi7- iri-a -po. I.O. Carter. Prison Phy.-ician. II. P. jlathew-on.Supt. Insane A-ylum. JUDICIARY: (ieoru'e B. Lake A0ci3te jnti.,e. Amasa ohh. ". Maxwell. Chief Justice. FHUKTU JUDICIAL DISTRICT. U. W. I'o-t.Judce, York. 31. IJ. Reese. District Attorney, Wahoo. LAND OFFICERS: M. It. Hoie. Rejrl-ter.Graud I-lsnd. Wm. Any an. Receier. Grind Inland. LEr.I-LATIYE: Mate Senator. M. K. Turner. Rt-pre-fntathe. J. V. Lehman. COI N'T Y DIRECTORY: I. O. Hiirifiu-. ounty Judire. John Slander. Countv Clerk. . A. Newman. Clerk DM. Court. J. W. Early. Trea-urer. D.( . K-ti-aiiiiisrh. beritl". L.J. rin.-r. ur-vor. M.Miber. j J-ph Rivet, v Countv ComniKiuuer.. H. J HiuN.ni. ) Dr. A . Heintz, Coroner. J. E. Monerief Supt.-! school-. wTclrM., l JiL-Uce-ofthePeace. CITY DIRECTORY: J. II. MfisliT. M ivor. A. R. CortVotb. l-rk. .1.1?. Del-min. Tre-t-urer. "VV. N". llen-le. Police Ju dire. J. E. North. Engineer. Cr.CIL.MKX: 1st I lard -John Rickly. (J. A. S- hroeder. id II ard -Pat. II.iv.. I. oi-.,k. 3d Ward I. Ila-inu-n. A. A. -mith. ()luiutu !( Office. Open on "MiniLn- !r.m 11 a.m. to 12 m. and from 4: So t. t; . m. IliiMne. hour-except un.l:ir li a i. to f P.M. E.i-lern mail-cli-e at 11 a.m. We-tern mail- clo-e at 4:1" P.M. Mail leave- Columbu- for Lo-t Creek. Genoa, t. Edward-. Albion. Platte Center. Humphrey, Madi-on and Nor folk. t--ry d-iy exctpt Sunday-) at 4 :!." p. in. Arrive- at U:.". For Shell Creek and Cre-ton. arrive-at li M. Len .- l p. m.. Tue-da s. Thur dav- and --iturilav-. For'Alexi-. Patron and David City, Tue-day-. Thur-l ir- and Saturday-, 1 p. m Arrive-at 12 M. For Coiiklni:: Tu-d.i- and Saturday 7 a. m. Arries o l. in. -ame davs. I-. 1. Time Table Eastictr-i li.tiuul. Emigrant. N .. l.-.i e-.it P.i--enu'r. - 4. " Freight. " Frei-jlit. I". " HVsfMviri Bound. Freight, '. '. leac- at I w-ens'r. S. Freight. " '. 0:2.". a. m. 10 :.":! a. m. 2.1." p. m. 4:30 a. m. 2:00 p. m. 4:27 p. m. (:() p. m. Emigrant !::: a. m. Ktrv il:iv vefnt Satunlav the three line- leading J. Chicairo connect with V P. train- at Omaha. On Saturdays there will be but one train a day, a--haiwu hi j he f.dloivinc -chelule: P. & M. TIME TABLE. Leave- Columbu-, .':4."a. M. IMlwoud '.:;U " Da'. id litv. 7.2t) " l Garri-ou. 7:4 " ' I'ly e-. :i" ' St.-iplehur-t, v:"'r Reward. .... !':; ' Rubv. !:.") " Milfonl. 1':1" " Plea-ant Dale, 1:." " Emerald. 11:10 Arrive-at Lincoln. 11:45 m. Leave- Lincoln at 2:2T p. m. jir.d arrive-in Columbu- ":S P. M. Mike- clo-e connection at Lincoln for all point- ea-t. vve-t and -outh. O.. N. .V- B. II. ROAD. Time Schedule No. 4. To take effect June 2. 1. For the iroi eminent and information of employe. only. The ( oinpanr n-ene- the risht to vary therefrom at plea-ure. Train- daily. Mllldal - XcepleU. Unheard Hound. Imrard Bound. Norfolk 7:2t! a. m. Miiu-oii 7:47 " Madi-on .-:2ii " Humphrey! :a'. PL entreil:4 " Lo-tfreeklO.'.t Columbu- l:.Vi " olumbu- 4::53 P.M. Lo-tCreek .".-21 - PI. Centre r: 12 " Humph re vrt.-i'i " Madi-on 7:U - Mun-ui 7 4.": ' Norfolk :01 ALKIOX IIRAXCU Columbu- 4-4."i P.M. , Albion 7:4" A.M. Lo-t i'reek.i:::i Genoa J:1 " St.Eilward7:M Albion 7:47 ;t.EdiYard5: " Genoa ':1 Lo-t Creek'. :."'. " Cohimbu-l:4." H. LtTERS Si CO, BLACKSMITLTS AND AVaoii Builclei s3 ew Brick liop opiMi-itp HrlntzS Draff tore. ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON WAGONS AND 3U6GIES DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. Eleventh Street. Columbus, yebraslra. 50 NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOT, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, coL.i'msrs, .eb. A new houe. newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. 22T!et.. a Fir?t-Cla.. Table. Meals, 2T. Cts. Lodtrinss 25 Cts. 3-2tf C O E. t .n B 1' s Restaurant and Saloon! E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor. yT Wholesale ind Retail Dealer in For eign Wine-. Liquor.- and Cisrars. Dub lin Stout, eotch and Enirlish Ales. TT Kentucky "Whiskies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their season, by the case can or dish. Utk Street. South. f Dcpst. BUSINESS CABDS. TR. CARL SCHOITE, VETERINARYSURGEON. Otfice at Dowtv. Weaver & ( o's store. A 'lRM03i 4c ROE:, B VNKER5, Collection, Insurance and Loan Airtnts. Foreign Exchange and Pas--ajre Tickets a specialty. pOR.EL.Ii;S Jfc SlLLlTA.i, .4 TT0R2TE YS-A T-LA W, Cp tairs in Gluck Building, 11th street, Above the New bank. it j. ultimo:, XOTAE Y P UBLIC. 12th Street, 2 doors nest of Hammond Hon, Columbus, Xeb. 49 1-v D R. J. . THIIRSTO.I, RESIDENT DEXT1ST. Office over corner of 11th and North-st. All operntions first-class and warranted. C HUCAttO BARBER SHOP! HENRY WOODS, Prop'r. tSTEverytbing in first -claas style. A l-o keep the bet of cigars. 516-y y Klllt Jk KEEDEK, A TTORXEYS AT LA W, Office on Olive St., Columbus. Nebraska. 2-tT C G. A. HULLHORST. A. M., M. D., 'lIOJJEOP A Till C 1'HYSICIAX. ISTTwo Blocks -louth of Court House. Telephone communication. 5-ly M cALLISTEK BROS., A TT0E2TEYS A T LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build-in- 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary Public. C 1 . EVAJiS, JI. D, PHYSIC I AX A SURGEON. 22f Front room. up-stair in GIu-k building, above the bank, 11th St. Calls an-wered niht or dav. 5-0m J. M. MACKAKLAND. B. it. COWDERY, LAW AND COLLECT i OX OFFICE OK MACFARIjAND &. COWDERY, Columbiws, : : : Nebraska. ry KO. .". DERV, PAINTER. IS"( .irriae, hou-e and -isrn paintinir, u'lazin-. paper hanirinir. kaNomininir, etc. done to order. Shop on i:th St., oppo-ite Engine House, Columbus, Neb. lu-y T II. Kl'SCHE, llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Sells Harness. Saddles. Collars. Whips, Blanket-, lurry Comb. Brushes, etc., at the lowe.-t possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. C 1I.AUK Ac BREBERT, LAND AND INSURANCE AGENTS. llCMrHEEY, NEBE. Their lands comprise some fine tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ot Platte" county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y BYROX MILLKTT, Justiceof the Peace and Notary Public. BYROi .HILLETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus Nebraska. X. B. He will give c!oe attention to all business entrusted to him. 248. T GUIS SCIIREIBER, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON. MAKER. AH kinds of repairing done on short notice. Buggies, Wagon, etc., made to order, and all work guaranteed. iSTShop oppo-ite the " Tattersall," Olive Street. "25 W rAU.ER Ac WESTtOTT, AT THE CHECKERED RAR2T, Are prepared to furnish the public w'th good teams, buggies and carriages for all occasion.-, especially for funerals. Also conduct a feed and sale stable. 49 JAMES PEARSALL IS PREPARED, WITH FIRST -CLASS APPARATUS, To remove houses at reasonable rates. Give nim a call. J-OTICE TO TEACHERS. J. E. Moncrief, Co. Sapt., 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. 5(57-y TAMES SAEJ103i, 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. .V2 6mo. WILLIAM RYAN, DEALER IX KENTUCKY WHISKIES Wines. Ales, Cigars and Tobacco. iSSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant ly on hand.fF3 Eleventh St., Columbus, Neb. Drs. MITCHELL & XARTYE, toLineis mm i mm mm. Surgeons O.. N. & B. M. E. E., Ass't. Surgeons U. -P. E'y, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. JS. MURDOCK & SOX, Carpenters and Contractors. Havehad 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. 2Shop on 13th SU. one door west of Frietlhof Jt Co's. store, Columbus, Nebr. 483-7 ADVEETISEME5TS. LUERS & HOEFELMANN, DEALERS IX WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pomps Repaired on short motice! ISTOne door west of Heintz's Drug Store, llth Street, Columbus, Neb. S BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMli US, NEB. Dr. A. HEINTZ, DKALKR IN U, MEDICIIES. CHEMICALS. WMES, LIQUORS, Fine Soaps, Brushes, PEBFUKEBY, Etc., Etc., And all articles usually kept on hand by Druggists. Physicians Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Eleventh street, near Foundry. COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA. SPEICE & NORTH, General Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre for cash, or on five or ten 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 lot? in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate in Platte County. 621 COLLTIBLS, .HEB. PITS BIT! 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 KIXDS 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. GeedM DeliTere4 Free te aay Vmrt ('the Citj. 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 stvle and quality, second to none. CAIX AMD LEARX PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and J5T Streets, near A. 4b N. Depot. A WARNING FOR HOT WEATHER. It wm a grave and quiet man Was walking down the street, Hid face was red, hia brow bedewed, And tired were hia feet. There came a roistering fiend along-, Who to the first man drew. Ami in a hollow tone inquired: u Is it hot enough for you?" Those were the latest words he spoke. For straight upon his head There came a dreadful crashing blow That laid him with the dead. They dragged the slayer to the court; The jurors all looked mild. The Judge to the attorney winked. The latter softly smiled. And when tney led him from the dock. His wire wept grateful tears. The jury thronged to press his hand. The Court joined In the cheers. Btuton Transcript. A MONTH'S VACATION. "To let?" said the agenL " Ready furnished? For a month? Reallv. la dies, I'm Tery mu-h afraid I haven't any snch property in my hands not at E resent, at least;"plenty of unfurnished ouses and plenty to rent for a vear. But for a month? There isn't any'such real estate in the market there isn't indeed. "We don't want an unfurnished house," said Angela Frost. " And we have no occasion to use a house for a year," added Josephine, her talL blooming young sister. "We are school teachers," Miss An gela explained, "and we have just a month's vacation, and we want to spend it in a healthful country resort, where I can botanize, and where mv sister can sketch in water colors from nature." " Indeed, I'm very sorry, ladies: but I do not think there-is any property in the market hereabouts that would meet your ideas." " The ladies went slowly out of the stuff v little room with its nigh desk, its floor covered with cheap oil-cloth and an at mosphere of tobacco smoke. " I'm sorry, Angela," said the young er. " Ihe aid ot these pine-wooded glens is the very thing for your asth ma." "And the little river in the deep gorge is such an exquisite studv for your paintings, Jo, said Angela rrost, fondly. "iouiant we live in a Darn, ' sug gested Jo, with a comical arch of her eyebrows. "I'm afraid not," sighed Angela. The real estate agent, in the mean while, had hardly smoked a pipe and read the local paper before the door burst open, ami a short, stout lady, in a pink hat and fea' hers, came in. "Mr. Muggeridge," said she, handing him a key, you'may let Ivy Glen, or you may sell it ready furnished, with a cow, a poultry house and the pony chaise thrown in." " "Madam," said Muggeridge, bewil dered. "I'm tired of it," said the lady. "You couldn't let it for a month?" experimentally hazarded Mr. Mug geridge. " I'd let it for three days," said the ladv. "I could find you tenants for month." said the agent. " mere is the key." And away she went; and Mr. Mug geridge clapped his hat on the back of his head and set off, in hot haste, to the hotel, for an interview with the two vounr ladies who had -so recently left his office. And so it happened that Jo and An gela Frost took triumphant possession of Ivy Glen, a romantic cottage half covered with dark green, glossy leaves of the vine from which it derived its name, with a boudoir, piano, all the pictures garlanded with pressed ferns and dried autumn leaves, and a library of novels. "Mrs. Fitch must have been a very literary person." said Jo. "And musical." added Angela. " As for a servant, one would only be a nuisance, said Jo "I'll i the pony myself." said mon " st-v'le are, muc1,1 so"Sht after j'a no bio-ger than a New- M a.re a!s brooches, lace-pins an.! Angela. "He foundland dog: the darlinir." "And I'll milk the cow and feed the dear little chickens," declared pretty Jo. " ; "It's really an earthly paradise," said the elder sister. " So it is," assented Jo. The two sisters parsed three day3 of unmitigated happiness in the deep ra-1 vines and cool, dower-enameled woods that surrounded Ivy Glen. Angela made various valuable addi tions to her herbarium, and Jo sketched leafy nooks, bits of falling water and sunset effects to her heart's content, until finally an old-fashioned rain-storm set in. of a July afternoon, and prisoned them in the cottage parlor. "How stupid this is!" said Jo, start- i ing up from her book, as the twilight shadows brooded darker and darker in the room. " Let's go down to the barn and talk to Dick and Frizzle. Poor dears! Thev must be as lonesome as we are." Dick was the pony and Frizzle was the cow; and Jo and Angela were al ready upon the most affectionate terms of mtimacv with them. It was quite dusk when Mannaduke strode in. shaking the rain-drops from his shoulders, as if he had been a huge Newfoundland dog, and dinging his fishing creel and tackle on the table. "Lou!" he called, all over the house, in a cheery, stentorian voice 44 Louisa!" But as might be expected, no answer was returned: and he'went up to a cer tain pretty little circular-walled room, where he had been wont to keep his slippers, gun-case and sundry other masculine appurtenances while sojourn ing wun nis sister, .airs, .titcn, at ivy VTieii. i 44 It's as qniet here," he said, under breath, "as an enduing l1p. nis Dreatn, "as Where is Lou? dren?" an enchanted castle. -where are tha in I But he paused on the threshold. Even by the waning twilight he could Erceive that a general transformation d taken place. A pretty easel stood near the window, the tall standards of the old-fashioned uicssiug-uureau were Kuoueu wun Dine ribbons? the chairs were freshlv draped ' .:.i. !. i... -. , K uu i-uniz, aim a iairv worK-DasKet stood beside the sofa, while upon the table lay a flower-twined gypsy hat, a bunch of wild flowers and a pair of the tiniest gauntlet gloves that Mr. Fram ingham had ever set eyes upon. Hello!" said MarWduke. " Loa's , ffot srirl comnanv. AndWnntth.n. m hee, bv Jove!" He i struck a match, lighted the pain'ed m"T- ".r uoces, ami s-areu r? .T". Sw"H : below sairs. uji,ui. d V.1C.U, umc-uivc tuiue suuuueu 44 Come in, Angela, quick! Good ness, how the rain drives in at the door! What's this in the hall? A man's coat!" 44 Burglars!" shrieked Afjqf Angola, FrlmfngS opened S hiudoTdiS ? em" strode in. shaking th rrfn-dmn, frTm b.ro'Jenes edging the deep flounces. to who was not so strong-minded hi prac tice as she was in theorv. 'And there'3 a lightup stairs! arfed Jo. " Preserve us!" said Angela, begin ning to tremble; "the house is on are. Jo, Jo, don't stir a step. I insist you shall not go up stairs." But Miss Josephine deftly evaded her s'ster's grasp, and rushed directly up to the little apartment which she had con fiscated to her own use. " Who are you, sir?' she sternly de manded, as, standing in the doorwa, her gaze fell upon Marmaduke Fram ingham. I 1 beg your pardon," began thai gentleman. "Leave the house!" said Jo. "Jo. Jo. don't." pleaded Angela, who had crept up in her sister's shadow, anl was now tugg.ng at her dress. " Perhaps he's got a oand of accom plices outside perhap's he's a crazy man!" "Ladies." said Mr. Framingham. "ii ; you will only permit me to explain ' ' "Nothing can explain an intrusion . like this," declared Jo-ephine. " My sister, Mrs. Fitch, the occupant I of this house" I " H'e are the occupants of this house," inexorably interposed Miss Frost "Mrs. Fitch left the premises three days ago." "I assure you," said Martnaduke, " that I was quite ignorant of any such arrangements. I have been on a "fishing excursion up the hilL and supposed, of course, that my ister was here" ("I'm quite sure he is a crazy man!" interposed Angela, otto vooe)." "And as it is such a stormy night, I beg only td be allowed to pass the night i in the barn," concluded the applicant. J " Your sister left word for you at the Daisy farm." said Jo. severely. I "15ut I came around by "the other road." said Mr. Framinghanu abjectly. The humor of the thing was too much i for Jo she burst out Iaurhin:r. "Angela, do stop twitching, mydear," said she. "Yes. vou mav sleep in the barn, Mr. , Mr. "Framingham, ladies, at your serv- ' toe. "Mr. Framingham. then." said Jo. " But you must nave some tea with us first. I am going to cut some cold tongue, and Angela will make some fritters, and t we nave M. blot s recipe tor chocolate, 1 1 am reallv sorry that I mistook vou for ' a burglar. "Or a crazy man," said Angela, i apologetically. "And we will entertain you as hos pitably as we can." added" Jo, with a mischievous sparkle in her eyes. i Mannaduke Framingham" was after ward heard to say that he never spent so delightful an evening before in hi life. He engaged board at the Dairy Farm the next day, and, instead of fol lowing his sister to the city, stayed down among the glens and braes. 1 And when Josephine Frost's month ' of vacation had expired he went back ! to the city to resign her position in the j grammar school." "I am going to be married," she i confessed, blushing very prettily, when ' the mistress asked why. So Miss Angela Frost went on alone with her career, and Miss Marmaduke a i Framingham settled down for life at Ivy Glen. "ror. said she. "I think it is the sweetest spot in the world." " So do I," said her young husband. Late Fashion Items. Pale maize-yellow is more fashionable than old gold." The short apron-front overskirt is seen upon new trench dresses. j Pointed silk gauze jabots, reaching ' from the throat to the belt, are novel and dressy. Faille has completely regained its former popularity its "pliability and ; softness adapting itself to every style ot I trimming, as well as to the "skirt and bodice themselves. Artistic jewelry of antique silver, quaintly chased, is very fashionably worn, and silver chatefaiues in the I agrafes of the same description. Basques with crenelated edges are greatly in favor with many leading modistes, and they admit of a great vS riety of style. So'me have a fall of lace or a kilting under the tabs, others have the square pieces piped and lined with a deeper shade or a contrasting color and fabric. Stvlish voung ladies with eveninsr dress twine row after row of pearl or iridescent beads around their dainty throats, until one might take them for ladies of quality in islands barbaric in the land of the FijL Some of these beads are very grotesque in shape and design, and the more so the better in present estimation. Very large, oddly-colored Oriental handkerchiefs of silk are worn with lawn-tennis and other out-door cos tumes. They have mo-tly self-colored back-grounds, with brocaded designs in bright contrasting colors of gold, silver, orange, scarlet, and very dark green in termingling in the brocaded pattern in entirely new devices, and all in high art shades. , Some of the latest imported pattern 1 uresses or wnite. nainsook, batt te or tne ueptn ot ten or twelve inches, with n.lTVAVL Ttlffloa QTlfl Vionila fM trimmmo and a solid embroidered piece for the I waist and sleeves. These "-oods are ! manufactured in Switzerland, and the exquisite designs wrought upon them resemble very closely the finest patterns of Honiton. Irish point guipere, old Venetian point, cart-wheel open-work, and a great variety of purely floral de signs. The " Esmeralda" costumes now adopted by many ladies, although highly unique ana artistic, cannot be worn ,, -an? ueP?c " D w?meri aU inclmed to s outness; and a very .., , - , s:out person would be a ridiculous ob- heaw unbroken folds from a voke over the shoulders to the hem of the garment this robe being buttoned all the way down the back, from the neck to the 1 foot of the skirt and devoid of a line I or a curve to mark the outline of the figure. Vl,, ,. , iV , Jt,112 5??&s and other ele- gant tranSDarent fahnns lntrrwInHid thi gant transparent fabrics introduced this season are legion. The damasse and velvet broche gauzes make most at tractive toilets, especially when trimmed with a profusion of jet and lace. Gren adines with broad satin stripes, trimmed .f sash and bowa L and lo.n?' s11.. P oi satm riDbon, pram pfa sewing-silk grenadines over plai in silk VOgue, and admit of much" or moire skirts, are all verv much in vanetv of style j trimming. These cool-Iookhig fabrics, and the charming wash-dresses in their mvriad varieties, constitute the most becoming and suitable of summer dresses. N. Y. Evening Post. m . The American Consul at Dresden has taught a restaurant cook how t broil steaks and chops. PiHu'mrities r the Kre ut Xichiean Fir. A correspondent of the Fireman's Journal, who has lately one over the territory devastated by the great fire in the lv teat? of Michigan last fall, says his observations are conclusive that phe nomena aside from the ordinary condi tions of combustion were developed. In the first place the fire created at least two veritable storm centers which had the essential features of storms, and es pecially the spiral winds. The evidences are confirmatory of the belief that this storm center, after it became fully de veloped, consisted of a heated bodv of air or wis in a stite of combustion, which was constantly fed by the smoke and va por driven to the center by the whirling winds and the gases generated in the combustion of the pines and other resin ous woods. This body of air, or burning gas, if it may be so called, by its heat ac quired an ascensive force, but by the rapid forward motion of the fire was sucked forward and devoured, actually preceding the fire proper. It is evident that thisbody was of intense heat, possi bly as great as 400 Fahr., at which point oxygen and carbon unite. That such a body of luminous vapor existed, detached from the fire, is as serted by many who saw it from a dis tance, ami those who were under it, but who escaped from the fact that it passed above their places. The idea is further sustained by the fact that the fire jumped whole patches of inflammable slashing?, and alighted beyond, lifting and falling in its forward motion like a balloon touching the earth. Fences in the center of broad fields burst into a blaze as if by explosion, and others nearer the fire escaped. A man in fighting the fire took off his trowsers, fearing thev would catch fire and burn him up, and left them in a furrow in the middle of a field remote from any combustible material. When he went to get them he found them burned, and six quarter dollars that were in the pocket melted together. A set of -poons were served the same wav at another place. Mrs. Lock and five children were burned to ashes, nothing but their bonts remaining in the middle of the road, one hundred Teet from any heavy timber. Green timber was dried and burned, and perhaps the most conclusive evidence was the apparently spontaneous appearance of fire in stumps and fences when no sparks were falling. These blazes appeared of white light and indicated chemical union of carbon and oxygen. Another general feature is the fact that the fire appeared to move forward in parallel lines of vary ing width, and that in these lines every thing was burned, and frequently to ashes. At the edge of the track a fence would be burned square otf, just as though it had been cut or sawed perpendicularly; a house would be taken and the barn left; a wagon and fanning mill were within five feet of each other, and the wagon was burned to ashes and the fan ning mill not charred. It would be im possible, under ordinary circumstances, to burn a wagon without piling com bustible material over it, but of this nothing but the iron was left. Finally, the storm and fire disappeared simultaneously; that is to say, the fire was dependent upon the storm, or secon dary to it that it was prevented from lingering in the track or from burning sideways. In from two to three hours the fire was practically out where it had passed, indicating that the prime cause of the rapid combustion w:is in the -turm which passed, and which passing, perhaps, carried in it wake a condition of atmos phere opposed to combustion. This hy pothesis explains pretty much all the phenomena except thebaIN of fire, which exactly correspond with what is known as "ball lightning," but which is a form of electricity wholly disputed by some, but recognized by Prof. Loomis. Scieri tijic American. - In the Dolman Country. The Breton men look like overgrown boys with their short waistcoats and shorter jackets, ornamented with numer ous row of pearl buttons. The cloth trousers are full, and the universal abots complete one end of the co-tume. At the other end is a wide-brimmed low felt or straw hat, on which it is indis pensable to wear black velvet trimming, with two long black velvet tails hanging behind. Leather boots are kept for Sun days and fetes, and the smartness on those occasions appear to run mostly into the waistcoat, the colored braiding on which is almost eastern in its gorgeous ness. The skirts of the women's dresses are gathered into a broad band at the waist, a kerchief or shawl being worn over the shoulders. The hair is plaited into a broad band, which is doubled on itself; and the muslin cap h:is two long lappets, orears which are folded back on the head, forming large loops. As for the peasants themselves, the majority of whom farm their own small domains, they bear a toil-worn stamp very markedly, especi ally the women. The bare-legged wo men and girls seem to take their share, or rather more than their share, in the hardest field labor, and their lot ia very far removed from what an English eye would like to see. Many features of the country life remind one of Ireland, but the ingrained idea of the French peas ant to put by francs seems to carry them bravely through the sternest circum stances. Still, with all their moiling, thev must be verv poor. The houses in the out-of-the-way villages are little bet ter than hovels, in which the cows fre quently get the lion's share of the ac commodation, with floors of beaten earth, and old open hearths, picturesque, per haps, but very smoky. The article of furniture in which luxury is displayed is the bedstead, which is generally a piece of ornamental woodwork, reaching from floor to ceiling, with the bed five feet from the floor, inclo-od by curtain3 or sliding shutters. As the family grows richer a substantial wardrobe cupboard is added tc match the bed. London So ciety. -- The question of damages resulting from an undeservedly unfavorable rating by a mercantile agency has just been considered by the United States District Court of Arkansas. The court laid down the principle that if the agency acted in good faith, using all reasonable precau tions to obtain trustworthy information, and communicated this only upon the application of a subscriber who; interest demanded such knowlege, then the mat ter was a privileged communication, and the agency coulJ not be held in damages. On the other hand, it was ruled that if the agency sent out the report indis criminately among its subscriber;, with out regard to whether they were in terested in knowiag the financial condi tion of the firm, tha the latter might re cover damages. N. Y. Herald. Chinese agents aw buying crown lands near Victoria, British" Columbia, with a view of settling them with large numbers of Chinese families of arricul tural tastes. The move is regarded there villi great disfavor. Chicago Hearld. ITow Jfot to Dreyra. At this season of the year deaths by drowning are painfully common. On can scarcely look in a newspaper with out seeing a record of several, the re sult of carelessness, accident or ignor ance, and to the latter cause may b frobablv ascribed the greater number, t is astonishing to see how little ia known of the buoyancy of the human body. Until thxi lungs are filled with water, it is easily supported. In still water a piece of pine wood of sufficient size to support the weight of a pound or two. say a piece a foot square and one inch thick, is enough when proper ly used to keep one's head above water; and when the head is safe, no fears need be had for the rest of the body. Of course to float the head in this way the body must be submerged, and this is the first rule to be observed when in the water. Keep under as much as possible, only "be careful to have the breathing apparatus, mouth and nose, in the air. and the mouth even may be immersed for some time without incon venience. The use to be made of the small piece of wooti above spoken of is merely to aid in keeping the head above water. Resting one linger on it Ls quite as serv iceable as to grasp it with the hand, and much more so than to use both hands. It should be remembered that anything weighs more out of than in waterhands and teet being no exceptions. Ihis piece of pine would prove of little use should one attempt to sit on it. while it is all that is necessary to prevent one from drowning if properly used. With the head supported by using one hand or one finger, the other hand and the feet may be used as propellers, and even one who cannot swim at all can make considerable progress in this way. An ordinary chair is sufficient to sustain two or three persons when properly used, but will prove of little service to one who endeavors to make a raft of it A knowledge of the fact that water is buoyant, ami a little self-possession or presence of mind will often serve as well or better than a knowledge of swimming, and this knowledge should be given to every chiltL Try it with one, and see how readily he "will learn to support himself and propel himself over water by means of a small piece of board. It is natural for persons in water to endeavor to get themselves entirely out of it. ami in cases where boats are overturned w find their passengers endeavoring to climb upon them for safety, forgetting, if they ever knew, that a boat is compe tent to support more people in the water than it will carry when upright There is usually a little warning before a boat capsizes, and & ery one should endeavor to keep hold of something a rope, perhaps by which their connec tion with the boat may be maintained, and as soon a-, posil le seize the boat itself, not to climb on it unless the boat is large, or the number of passengers small, but to support themselves until help comes, be it a longer or shorter time. All boats, large or niall. should carry considerable lloatingmaterial in the way of seat', loose flooring, etc.. that may prove of service in cases of emergency. Many lives are lost in consequence of the panic that usually ensue- when an accident happens on the water. All who cannot swim, and sometimes thosa who can. try to seize the first thing within their reach, which often happens to be a person as frightened and help less as themselves, and the result too often is the drowning of many who might with a little thoughtfulness not only have aved themselves, but have been of assistance to other. If you ever find yourself suddenly precipitated into the water, the probability is that you will go under, but if you will keep your mouth shut and feet and handi under, you will be snre to come up head first, and if you are not too badlv scared the chances are that you will find some thing to sei'e. With self-control and the knowledge we are trying to give you. there are ninety-nine chances in every hundred against your drowning. N" Y. Sun. A Drv Season. "Stranger. I tike it." observed an elderly resident the other day. as I stopped and asked if there were any blackberry trees around his way. " I jedged so. I was a stranger myself when I fust kim here. That was in the summer of 49. Hottest summer ever known in thee parts." "Any warmer than this?" I asked him. Summut. sunimut! That summer of U the cedar trees melted and run right along the ground! you notice how red that ere dust is!" "Pretty warm." I ventured. 44 Why. sir. durin' the summer of '49 we kept meat right on the ice to keep it from cookin' too fast and we had to put the chickens in refrigerators to get raw eggs! 44 here did you get the ice?" 44 We had it left over and kept it in bilin' water! Yes sir. The tempera ture of bilin' water was so much lower than the temperature of the atmosphere that it kep' the ice so cold you couldn't touch it with your finger!" "Anvthing "else startling that sea son?"" "That summer of '49? Well. I guess! The Hackensark River began to bile airly in June, and we didn't see the sky until October, fer the steam in the air! And fish! fish! They wenj droppin' all over town cooked just as you wanted 'em! There wasn't anything but fish, until the river dri?d up!" 44 What did you have then?" "The finest oysters and clams yon ever heard of. They walked right ashore for water, and they'd drink ap plejack right out of the demijohn! Yes, sir. You call this hot! I feel like an overcoat!" "What is your business?" I asked him. "I'm a preacher." he replied. "By the way, you wanted blackberry trees. Just keep up the thumb hand'side of this road until you come to the pig pasture, and there you find the tree Climb up on my goose rooL and you can knock down all the berries you want, if you can find a pole long enough." Brooklun Eagie. That Umbrella. During the shower yesterday a citizen carrying a very wet umbrella'entered a hotel to pay a call to some one up stairs. After placing his umbrella wh-re it might drain, he wrote upon a piece of paper and pinned to it the sentence: 44 N. B. This umbrella belongs to a man who strikes a 250-pound blow ba-k in fifteen minutes." He went his way np stairs, and after an absence of fifteen minutes returned to find hi3 nmbrellagone and in its place a note reading: " P. S. Umbrella taken by a man who walks ten miles an hour won't be back at alL" Detroit Free Presx. PERSONAL AND LITRAJtY. Miss Nellie Grace edits the larcMt paper at Eureka Springs, Ark., a daily uid a double-sheet weekly. Prof. R. G. Wells, the aeronaut ! still talks about making a friendly visit t U) the North Pole in a oalloon. Wilkie Collins is, in the opinion of the London World, an instance of a modest genius who shuns the noisy recognition of the mob. The Isle of Wight News says Victoria Woodhull has been for two years the wife of one of England's noblest sons, ind holds a high position in the best of English society. The youngest bride on record im tliis country is Mrs- Thomas Payne. She is eleven and one-half years old. ! tier husband is a South Carolina par- jon. JV. i. Urapntc General Songer. the editor 9t the Key West (Fix) Democrat, is twenty years old. weighs thirtv-five pounds and I is fortv inches h'gh. He was born ia 5t Domingo and was ra'sed in Florida. Captain Cobleigh. under whose ad ministration President Garfield served as a boy on the tow-path of the Miami Canal, is now commander of an Erie canal-boat, the James A Garfield. De troit PosL An American prima donna has made her debut at the Opera in Paris Miss Lilian Norton, who, under the name of Nordica. has obtained some success at Rome. Milan and St Petersburg. A" Y. Graphic. Mr. Henry G. Vennor. the Cana dian weather prophet, is described as the possessor of a striking countenance, pale, with dark, brilliant, restless eyesL He is tall and well-proportioned, and carries himself with a half-martial air. Captain Mayne Reid is described as wearing odd kind of clothes, peculiar both in fabric and cut He has been seen wearing a red vest a high striped collar, with points reaching his eyes, and coat and trousers of equally grotesque appearance. Mr. George K. Goodwin, the late theatrical, manager of Philadelphia, as one time paid Artenius Ward $10,000 for a lecturing season. He once was the owner of more panoramas than any man in the world, at a time when they were a great novelty in America. While working as a blacksmith, the Rev. B. Hurst who lately died in En gland, studied the languages all his spare time, writing the conjugations of Latin. Greek and French erbs on the flame stone of his forge. Besides these tongues, he studied Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit and Syriae. .V. Y. Sutu In her brilliant lecture on " Idols and Iconoclasts. ' at the Concord SchooL Mrs. Julia Ward Howe remarked as to idols of the affection, that falling in love is a thing which has gone so entirely out of fashion that a woman of her age might be excused for asking whether any one of those present had ever dreamed what ihe idea of such an experience could be. Boston Post. HUMOROUS. " Slow but sho'r." was the advice that a blacksmith gave to his appren tice. Cincinnati Saturday Night. A real stvlish house on a good street r in New York costs S 100.000; just $99,- J99 more than we ve got jcu Haven Register. Brooklyn. N. Y.. has been counting; up her lawyers, and is rejoiced to find that she has oniy about 1.600. Detroit Fret Press. A Philadelphia man has invented a shirt with a sand-paper back. One Tub against a rail fence cures the worst case. Detroit Free Press. Ladies when being courted ought not to object to the moderate use of tobac co. They should recollect that where there is a "flame" there must be some smoke. " Great Pains Taken" is the head ing of an advertisement in one of the dad'es. Probably some gentleman has eaten a whole watermelon. Boston Cominerriai Bulletin. -Definition of loot Student wants ta know what is meant by the word "loot in the war dispatches". Why. a lute is a thing with strings that you strum with your lingers. Hence, anything that you can get your lingers on "to. that's loot Burlington Haivkeye. - An exchange tells of a railroad baggage-master who missed his train. Probably on account of a struggle with a trunk that didn't break so easily as usual. Of course he would have felt ashamed to put a trunk on whole, and so took it out behind the station to finish it Lowell Citizen. Water privileges: "ton advertise that there is a fine stream-of water on the place, but I don't see it." remarked a stranger who wanted to rent the place. The landlord said; "Just work that pump-handle a little, and you w 11 see a tine stream of water. You don't expect to have the Niagara Falls on the place for fifteen shillings a month, do you?" Texas Sifting.t. The Masher: What Ls that mother?4 " A masher, dear; Tou will always rind it standing here, Po-h.h1 on the ormrof tne street. Proudly displaying iu tiny feet. Twirlinif its little ten-cent cane. And stupefyinsr its tender bnUn With the smoke of it p-iper ciiraret. Don't touch it. dear it was raised a paC "Will it bite, mother!" " WHl. I should shout: rdl bite a free lunch for all that's out" It Washington Republican. Making pictures in the clouds jusl as the sun was going dow n. gilding the edges with gold and turning the silver lining almost insiie out " Oh. there's a great big chariot wif hordes and pomes, and -and oh. it's all gone now," said little curly hair. "Huh!" said lirtle shavev head. " I see a little angel now." ""Where Ls it?" "Oh, it's gone now. You are the only little angel left" Needn't tell us childrea can't be gallant Neur Haven Register. - . Arctic CoaL The existence of coat in the Arctic re gion, and the nature of its composition, consti'ute one of the most remarkable, disco r;ries in modern geologv- This coal -earn, it appears, is found in tha side of a narrow mountain gorge, the prevailing rock of the surrounding dis trict being a shingly claystone of very irregular arrangement but mainly dip ping to the westward, and. so far as as certained, devoid of fossils, though tha vegetation presents no les than sixty species of plants. The coal hara bright, shiny anpearance. is somewhat of si pitchy chara ter, and very brittle. On analysis, it cannot be distinguished from bituminous coal of exceeding good qual ity, and is found to belong to the truej carboniferous period. It contains some sixty-five percent of coke; and these) who are acquainted with the variooa i oal fields of England trace a 3trong re semblance between the Arctic ana tks Ealieh. N. Y. Sua.