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RATES OF ADYEKTISIIVC;. (iiilttmbns iSTBusiuess and professional cards of five lines cr less, per annum, five dollars. 57 Foretime advertisements, apply at this office. EETLegal advertisements at statue rates. JSTFor transient advertising, see rates on third page. ISTA11 advertisements payable monthly. &T OFFICE, Eleventh St., vp stairs in Journal Building. terms: Peryear " Sixmonths "" Three months " Single copies ua VOL. XIIL-N0. 26. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1882. WHOLE NO. 650. THE JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TTTfcltfEH, & CO., Proprietors and Publishers. fw ionpitl r-Jr i V 1 i? 1 hi '.I 1 i i CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. C. H. VasWyck, U. S. Senator, Neb raska City. Ams SauXDERS,U. S. Senator, Omaha. E. II. Valentine, Hep., West Point. T. J. Majors, Contingent Hep., Peru. STATE DIRECTORY: Albinos Nance, Governor, Lincoln. S.J. Alexander, Secretary of State. JohnValHchs, Auditor, Lincoln. G.M.Uartlett, Treasurer, Lincoln. C.J. Dilwortu, Attorney-General. AV.W. W. Jones, Supt. Public liistruc. C J.Nobes, Warden of Penitentiary. yO,A"l.l,.e-'' ! Prison Inspectors. C.H.Gould, f J.O. Carter, Prison Phrsician. H. P. Mathcwson, Supt. Insane Asylum. JUDICIARY: Georj-e B. LakeJ Asgociate Judges. Amasa Cold). j S. Maxwell, Chief Justice. FOURTH .imiCIAL DISTRICT. G. "W. Post, Judge, York. M. B. Heese, District Attorney, Wahoo. LAND OFFICEKS: M. B. Iioxie, Register, Grand Island. "VYm. Anyan, Receiver, Grand Island. LEGISLATIVE: State Senator, M. K. Turner. " Representative, G. W. Lehman. COUNTY DIRECTORY: J. G. Higgins, County Judge. John Staiiner, County Clerk. C. A. Newman, Clerk Pist. Court. J. V. Early, Treasurer. I). C. Kava'naiu-li, Sheriff. L.J. Crmer, Surveyor. 31. Mauer, ) Joseph Rivet, V Cc II. J. Hudson, ) 'ountv Commissioner. Dr. A. Heintz. Coroner. J. E. Monerief Supt. of Schools. CoSusjj'--"1--- CITY DIRECTORY: J. R. Meagher, Mavor. A. H. Coffroth, Clerk. J.B. Delsmau, Treasurer. W.N. Uentlcr, Police Judge. J. K. North, Knirineer. councilmkn: 1st Ward John ltickly. G. A. S"hroeder. 2d Ward Pat. Hays. I. (Jlucii. 3d Ward.!. Rasmusscn. A. A. Smith. CoInmbuN Post Office. Open on Sundays Irani 11 a.m. to 12m. and from 4:30 to (! p. M. Business hours except Sunday 0 a. m. to 6 p.m. Eastern mails close at'll A. m. Western mails close at 4:1." i.m. Mail leaves Columbus for Lost Creek. Genoa, St. Edwards. Albion, Platte Center, Humphrey, Madison and Nor folk, every day (except Sundays) at 4:3Ti p. m. " Arrives at 10:. rM. For Shell Creek and Creston, arrives at 12 M. Leaves 1 v. m., Tuesdays, Thurs-daj-s and Saturdays. For "Alexis, Patron and David City, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 1 p. M "Arrives at 12 M. For Conkling Tuesdays and Saturdays 7 a. m. Arrives C i. rii. same days . U. . Time Eastward Bound. Tnble. at ... G:2." a. m. " .... 10:itt a. in. " . .. 2:irip. m. " 1-30 a. m. it.... 2:00 p. m. 44 4:27 p. m. 44 0:00 p. m. Emigrant, No.G, leaves at l'asseng'r, 44 4, Freight, " 8, ' Freight, " 10, 4 Westward Bound. Freight, No. .r, leaves at . l'asseng'r, 44 3, Freight. " !, Emigrant. 44 7. " ".... 1:30 a.m. Every day except Saturday the three lines leading to Chicago connect with U P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays there will be but one train a day, as shown by the following schedule: B. & M. TIME TABLE. Leaves Columbus, 5:45 a.m. 44 Bell wood 0:30 44 44 David City, 7.20 " 44 Garrison, 7:40 44 44 Ulvsscs, S:25 44 Staplchurst, 8:55 44 44 Seward, s:.ii 44 Rubv !:50 Milford 10:15 44 Pleasant Dale, 10:45 44 Emerald, 11:10 A rrivpn t. Lincoln 11:45 a M. Leaves Lincoln at i:s.) P. m. anu ar rives in Columbus S:3) p. m. Makes close connection at Lincoln for all points east, west and south. O.. N. & B. 11. ROAD. Time Schedule No. 4. To take effect June 2, 'SI. For the government and information of employees only. The Company reserves the right to vary therefrom at pleasure. Trains daily, ----- 7 Sundays excepted. Outicard Bound. Inward Bound. Norfolk.. 7:20a.m. Columbus 4:35 P.M. LostCreekr.:21 " Munson 7:4 -..17 44 PL Centre 5:42 Humphrey'5;25 Madison .7:04 Munson 7:43 Norfolk... 8:04 Madison .8:20 Humphrev!):05 PI. Centre 0:48 LostCreeklO.O!) Columbusl0:55 ALBION BRANCH. Columbus 4:45 p.m. LostCreek5:31 " Genoa... 0:10 44 St.Edward7:00 4' Albion . ..7:47 " Albion . . 7:43 A.M. St.Edward8:30 44 Genoa !:14 " LostCreekn:59 44 Columbusl0:45 44 H. LITERS & CO, BLACKSMITHS AND "Wap;on 13nilders9 Sen Brick Shop oppooltf Helnti's Drue Store. ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. Eleventh Street, Columbus, Nebraska. 50 NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, COLIIMIUW, AKR. A new house, newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. igTSets a. First-Class Table. Meals, 25 Cts. Lodgings 25 Cts. 38-2tf COLVlHBVg Restaurant and Saloon! E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor. yywholesale and Retail Dealer in For eign "Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales. 13T Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their season, by the case can or dish. lit MtrU Ssmtm f Dt. BUSINESS CARDS. D R. CARL. SCIIOTTE, VETERINARY SURGEON. Office at Dowty. "Weaver & Co's store. A .i:rso Ac roe, HAN KEH5. Collection, Insurance and Loan Aircnts, Foreign Exchange and Pas sage Tickets a specialty. pOR.EI.HJS c KUWEIT AI", ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W, Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street, Above the New bank. TT J. HUDSON, NOTARY P UBLIC, 12th Street, 2 doors west of Hammond House, Columbus, Neb. 491-y -R. 31. . XIIIJKSTOJi, RESIDENT DENTIST. Office over corner of 11th and North-st. All operations lirst-class and warranted. C 1EIICAUO HAItHEK SHOP! HENRY WOODS, Prop'R. jgTEvervtbiiur in lirst-class style. A No keep the best of cigars. MG-y G 1 i:i: & RGEDER, ATTORNEYS AT LA W, Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska. 2-tf C G. A. IIULLIIORST, A. Si., M. D., H OMEOPA Till C PlI YS1 CIA N, SSTTwo Blocks south of Court House. Telephone communication. 5-ly rcALIJTER BROS., A TTORNEYS AT LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ing. 11th St. "VV. A. McAllister, Notary Public. p 1. EVAHfS, 31. ., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. JST" Front room, up-stairs in Gluck building, above the bank, 11th St. Gills answered night or day. 5-0m .1. M. MACFAICLANI, 1 A4.t:rD7 aailUtary PaH1:. IJ. It. COWDKRY, Collector. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OF MACFARIjAND & COWDBRS", Columbus, : : : Nebraska. G KO. i. DERBY, PAINTER. JSTOrriage, honse and -Jign painting, glazing, paper hanging, kalsomining, etc. done to order. Shop on Kith St., oppoMtc Engine House, Columbus Neb. 10-y T II. R1JSC11K, llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Sells Harnpvs. Saddles, Collars, "Whins, Blanket.-, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc., at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. c LAKK Ac DRERERT, LAND AND 1NSUXANCE AGENTS, HUMPHREY, NEBIi. Their lands comprise some line tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion of Pl.-tte county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 21) y BYRON MILLETT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. ltVKO 311I.L.KTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus Nebraska. N. B. He will give close attention to all business entrusted to him. 248. T OUIS SCHREIBER, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to order, and all work guaranteed. JQTShop opposite the " Tattersall," Olive Street. -25 W AftiiKR & WESTCOrr, AT T1IK CHECKERED BARN, Arc prepared to furnish the public w: th good teams, buggies and carriages for all occasions, especially for funerals. Also conduct a feed and sale stable. 49 TAMES PEARSALL IS PREPARED, AVITH FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS, To remove houses at reasonable rates. Give nim a call. NOTICE XO TEACHERS. J. E. Moncrief. Co. Supt., Will be in his office at the Court House on the lir.t Saturday of each mouth for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certilicates, anil for the transaction of any other business pertaining to schools. 507-y TA31ES SALMON, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on l.'tth Street, near St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus Ne braska. ."2 Omo. WILLIAM RYAN, DEALER IN KENTUCKY AVHISKIES Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco. iSTSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant ly on hand. ffffl Eleventh St Columbus, Neb. Drs. MITCHELL & MAETYN, COI.U3IBUS kEDiciL i imm warn Surgeons O.. N. & B. H. B. B., Asst. Surgeons U. P. R'y, COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA. JS. MURDOCK & SON, 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 tunity to estimate for you. 3rShop on 13tu St., one door west of Friedhof Jb Co's. store, Columbus, Nebr. 483-y ADVERTISEMENTS. LUERS&HOEFELMANN, DEALERS IK WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pomps Repaired on short notice! J5TOne door west of Ileintz's Drug Store, llth Street, Columbus, Neb. 8 BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OP SHELL CREEK HILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMB US, NEB. Dr. A. HEINTZ, DEALER IN DRUGS. MEDICIIES. CHEMICALS. WIES, LIQUORS, Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc., And all articles usually kept on hand b; Druggists. Physicians Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Eleventh street, near Foundry. COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA. SPEICE & NORTH, Uouor.l Agents for tlifi 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 residenco lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate in Platte County. 621 COLUMBUS. NEH. "PILLSBOBY'S BEST t -BUY TIIE- 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 ivarranted to run alike, or money refunded. HERMAN OEHLRICH & BRO., GROCERS. l-3m WM. BECKER, DEAI.KK 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. Goods Delivered Free to amy pnrt or Ike Clly. 1 AM 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. CAIJ. AMD LEARN PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. dN. Depot. MK. Turner's Nominationfor Congress was by the Regu lar Republican Convention. Q5Oci Formerly Nebraska had but one congressman "andthe nomination was made by the state convention. Bythe last apportionment the state became entitled to three repre sentatives in congress, and, by our legislature, the state was divided into three congressional districts. It became the duty of republicans in authority in the party organi zation to act in the matter of making the calls for county conventions, to nominate candidates in the several districts. Strictly speaking, no authority outside of either district should inter fere in a matter which belonged only to such district, and therefore the state central committee, as such, had, properly speaking, no authority to dictate to, or bind either district. But, seeing that the time was late for the county central-committee-men to come together, and, believing that if the members of the state central committee from the several congressional districts should, as a body, assume the authority of making the call for their district, thus constituting themselves the congressionarcentral committee for the same, that such action would be, not only justifiable under the circumstances, but perfectly satisfactory, this was done at the meeting of the state cen tral committee, July 6, 1882, at Lincoln. The record of that meeting, as certified to by Mr. John Steen, secre tary of the state central committee is as follows: " Meeting of delegates of Third Congressional District, Neb. On motion of , Hon. Crouuse elected Chairman. AVhitmoyer elect ed Secretary. On motion of Dorsey, Fremont the place for congressional convention. Motion of Erhart Thursday, the 7th day of Sept., at 2 p. in. Representation same as state. Adjourned. M. Whitmoyer, Sec'y." All contending forces within the party recognized the authority of this committee by making calls for county conventions under the same, and by electing delegates as directed, and no objection was heard from any source during the entire nominating campaign. This brings us to the day of the convention at Fremont. On the morning of Sept. 7th most of the delegates are present at the hotels and on the streets, in response to the call of the committee. Now, all men who know anything whatever of the laws of political movements and the tactics of political captains, are perfectly well aware that the ultimate results of a convention depend greatly upon the perma nent organization of the same ; that this again is due in great part to the preliminary organization ; and that those who work for success are not unmindful of the advantages derived from being upon the central committee, aud, moreover, in official position upon the same. This was the first day in the history of the state on which a conven tion was to meet for the nomination of a congressman alone, but interest in the contest was by no means confined to candidates for congress with their personal and political friends; candidates for various state offices from governor down were on the ground, manifestly believing that their chances of success in the state convention to follow depended greatly upon their active participation in the work of this day. No grass grew under the feet of any man who attended the conven tion. All were greatly interested. At about eleven o'clock the following circular was posted conspicu- uusljr and circulated among tKo delegated : NOTICE. All delegates to the Republican congressional convention of the Third district will hand their credentials to the chairman of the Repub lican congressional central committee in order that their names may be entered on the roll for temporary organization. Rooms over post office. L. Crounse, Chm'n Congressional Central Com. M. AVhitmoyer, Sec'y. Fremont, September 7th, 1882. Seeing that the organization of the convention might possibly go against them, if the temporary organization was allowed to proceed un obstructed (many of the delegates having passed their credentials to Mr. Crounse, the Chairman of the Congressional Central Committee) the following circular was concocted, by men present, printed and distributed: "Whereas, The State Central Committee at its meeting for the purpose duly passed a resolution authorizing and empowering the resi dent member of the State Central Committee to call the Congressional Convention of the Third Congressional District to order, and "Whereas, S. B. Colson, of Fremont, Nebraska, is said member, and is therefore the proper person to call such convention to order, I will therefore call such to order at 2 o'clock p. m., of this day. Dated Sept. 7th, 1882. S. B. Colson, Resident Member of Rep. State Central Com. "We, the members of the Republican State Central Committee, certify that the above action was taken by the Republican State Central Com mittee, and endorse the above call. W. D. Mathews, John A. Ehrhardt, R. J. AVyman, G. "W. E. Dorset, Proxy for S. B. Colson, O. B. "Willard, Members of Republican State Central Committee." "When it is stated that no such action was taken either by the State Central Committee or by the Congressional Committee, and when that statement can be verified by any one, by reference to the record as cer tified to by Mr. Steen, Secretary of the State Central Committee, it ought to be sufficient to convince all republicans that those who refused to acknowledge the authority of the Congressional Central Committee in the premises, by submitting to its Chairman and Secretary their creden tials as delegates, so that their names might be entered on the roll for temporary organization, did a wrong thing. For those who thus refused, believing that the statements of this circular were true, and that the persons whose names were thereto attached were worthy of confidence, there is some shadow of excuse, but for those who did it, knowing that the circular pretending to be signed by Colson, Mathews, Ehrhardt, Wyman, Dorsey and "Willard, contained a statement that was utterly fake, there is no excuse, palliation or apology; they simply deserve to be stigmatized as tricksters of the worst kind, who would cheat to gain a personal advantage, even at the risk of defeating the republican party at the polls; the men who Anew this cheat were bolters, and will be held responsible in case a democrat shall be elected to congress in this district. This responsibility will be very largely shared by those delegates who handed their credentials to the Chairman, Mr. Crounse, but who, from some peculiar influence which was brought to bear upon some of them, were afterwards induced to go into an irregular convention without their credentials, and were there so received, taking with them some others, with credentials, who had theretofore been undecided. The delogates who recognized the authority of the Chairman and Secretary of the Central Committee, and who confided in their word that no such action as that set forth in the Colson circular had been taken by the State Central Committee, acted as true, straight, fair-minded repub licans; adopted a platform of principles in accord with the sentiments of good republicans everywhere; unanimously selected M. K. Turner of Platte county as their nominee for congress, and confidently ask the republicans of the Third district to approve their action. Of this Colson circular, the Kearney Press says: "Among the five names attached thereto, was O. B. "Willard of Loup City and "Wyman of North Platte. "Willard was at home, 200 miles distant, and a day's drive from a railroad or telegraph station, and Wyman was 250 miles from Fremont. MY OWN BRIGHT ROSE. There are garden and gardens of roea, AH beautiful, bright and sweot; But, oh! not one do I covet Of sU taut I chance to meet; For the brightest rose Is the otic that grows In my own little home for me: And wherever I go, t'ull well do 1 know No rose is so dear us she. My Rose has eyes that are browner Than ever were eyes of jrazelle. And a heart that belongs to a woman Whom we should trust long- and wctt. Not far do I roam From tho garden of home Where my Rose is blootniinr for mo; For the charm of mv life Lies there in the wife Who is fair aud sweet to -Jee. So bud and blossom, ye ro-tes, Where er the gardens grow. Not sweeter your fragrant bloominfr Thau the beautiful Hose I know. Nor amongst you there Is there bud so fair As the bud, so dainty and wee. Which my Ro.e, so sweet. To make joy complete Has bruught to my garden for mo. Ihtnxr's Weekly. m AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT. I was dining one evening with un friend Pascal, anil, as we sat over our wine, he mentioned that lie had just re turned from Strasbourg, where his atten tion had been directed to the extensive fortifications the Germans had erevted since the city had come into their hands. From this subject the conversation di verged to the Franco-Prussian war, and Pascal said: "By-the-bye, I was in Paris during the Commune, and on one occasion met with rather a curious adventure." "What was it?" I inquired. "1 will tell you." he replied. "You are aware that'the firm of which I am a memb&r has extensive dealing with vari ous French commerchtl houses. Shortly after the siege of Paris was over, I went there, aud had not been in the city more than a week or ten days before the in surrection which resulted in the estab lishment of the Commune broke out. After the Versailles troops had made themselves masters of Paris, hundreds of unfortunate wretches were ruthlessly shot, but little trouble being taken to discriminate between the guilty and the innocent. For several days it was not safe to venture into the streets; but at last I made my way to the local prefect ure and obtained a pass to leave the eity. On the following evening, at the railway 8t.ition, I found that each passenger's passport was subjected to a rigid scrutiny. Miue, however, being perfectly en rcijte, I was allowed, after onlv a brief interro gation, to pass on to the platform. I tuok a seat in a coujte, the only other oc cupant of w hieh was a lady dressed in deep mourning. She was a tall and rather good-looking woman. I bowed slightly on entering the carriage, as is the custom in France, but no word was spokeu by either of us for some little time. Presently my travelingeompanion took out her watch. A slight exclama tion of vexation escaped her, ami. turn ing to me, she said: . "Pardon, Monsieur can you inform me what o'clock it is? 1 find that my watch has stopped." "Just twenty miuutes past nine, niadame." "After a brief paue, she said: "Monsieur is English: is it not so?" "Now I rather pique myself upon the correctness of my accent, so I w:us slightly annoyed at the speunei icatu conclusion that I was a foreigner. I therefore simply bowed. With a French woman's intuitive tact, my companion. Eereeiving that my amour propre was nrt, hastened to add: "Monsieur speaks our language ad mirably, and his accent is, if I may be permitted to say so. thoroughly Parisian. But there is a "slight intonation which led me to believe that he was a for eigner." I could not resist the compliment, and replied, smiling: "Madame flatters me !' There was silence between us for a few moments; and then my companion said, rather abruptly, as I thought: "Monsieur, may I venture to solicit a favor at your hands?" "If madame will indicate the nature of the service she requires of me," I re plied, guardedly, "I will inform her whether or not it be in my power to render it." "It is simply, Monsieur, that, if when the train stops at am- station, we are in terrogated, you will have the goodness to declare that I am a lady well known to you and traveling under your escort." "But, madame," I began with sur prise, when she interrupted me bv say ing: "Monsieur, you need be under no ap prehensions that you will compromise yourself by acceding to my request. It must appear to you an extraordinary one, I admit, but reasons I am not at liberty to explain render it desirable for me not to be supposed to be traveling alone." "But you would have traveled so had I not bj- pure chance entered this com partment," I said. "That is true: and it is a most fortu nate accident which has given me mon sieur for a fellow traveler," was the quick response. I reflected a moment before I again spoke, and I made a shrewd guess at the motives which had actuated my fair companion in making the proposition she had just addressed to me. She ap peared a resolute, determined woman, and it was, I thought, more than pos sible that she had played a part during the Commune which "rendered it abso lutely essential to her safety that she. should escape from France". Chance having thrown us together, the idea had evidently struck her that, by represent ing herself as a lady under the escort of an Englishman, suspicion would be less likely to attach to her than if she were found traveling alone. In any case I could not see that I ran any very serious risk by acceding to her" request, so I replied: "I will do what you require of me, madame, relying upon your promise that no ill consequences will arise from my compliance." " I thank 3-011 most sincerely for your very great kindness, Mousier," was the response; and then no more was said until we reached the station. When the train stopped I perceived several men iu the uniform of the French police upon the platform, and observed that they went up to one carrirge after another and interrogated the occupants. As they were approaching the one in which we were, my fair companion sud denly changed her seat for the one next to mine, threw her arm round my neck, and rested her head lovingly upon my shoulder. I was dumb with astonish ment and mortification at this, as I con sidered it a most outrageous proceeding, and was endeavoring to free myself from the unwelcome embrace, whea one of the officials came up to the door of the compartment, and," perceiving, as he supposed, the affectionate relations ex isting between the lady and myself, said politely, but with an ironical smile: " Pardon, Monsieur! Do not disturb yourself.' Thea, iurniag to bis com rades; he added: " He whom we seek i clearly not there." Here was a nice situation for a hus band and the father of a family?4 No sooner had we resumed our journey than I said, with considerable indignation: " I am surprised at your conduct, madame. 1 accepted in good faith your assurance that you would not compro mise me; but 3-011 have done so, and mwt jeriousby. If the knowledge of what has occurred were to reach my wife I should never hear the last of it." " Monsieur is married then?" was the quiet reply, the speaker appearing amused rather than ashamed. " I am," I rejoined, briefly. " Monsieur," said ny- companion, after a brief pause, in a graver tone: " I am under too serious an obligation to you to permit that 3-ou should remain uuder a misapprehension which causes 3'ou uneasiness. I cm afford v'ouavcrj simple explanation of what, at present, appears an inexcusable indiscretion." " Indeed!" "Yes. Convinced that I am speak ing to a man of honor and a gentleman incapable of betraying me. I will frankly confide to 3011 that I am not, as 3-ou sup pose, a woman." "Not a woman!" I exclaimed, with astonishment not unmixed with in crcdulity. "No! I have assumed this dress to facilitate nn escape from Paris. Briefly, monsieur, the circumstances are these." I held a commission as Colonel of an In faiitr3' regiment during the Commune, and, although I had no share in the ex cesses b- which it was disgraced, the mere fact that I had been iu its service would be sutli -ient to seal niy fate were I to fall into the hands of the existing Government. For some das past I had been concealed in the hou.e of 1113- sister. This morning she applied for and ob tained a pass authori.inr her to leave the city. This, as arranged, she handed to me;and. anTied with it antl clad in fe male attire, I succeeded this evening in evading the vigilance of the authorities. The attitude I as-uined toward you, and for which I apologize, was the inspira tion of the moment, when I perceived that the passengers were being examined, as I judged that it would disarm sus picion. Hitherto my disguise has served me well: and. if 3-ou will only permit me at Calais to represent nryself as a ladv under 3'our escort, I have ever' hope of being able to reach England in safety." I did not like this proposition at al.l It might prove a veiy serious matter for me were 1113- companion arrested, since I should find myself most probnb' charged with being accessory to the escape from justice of a notorious Com munist. Yet. on the other hand, to re fuse might cause the sacrifice of the poor fellows' life. After a few minutes de liberation therefore, I said: "It"3-ou will give me 'our word of honor that, in the event of your falling iutoihe hands of the authorities, you will under no circumstances reveal the fact that I am aware of -our real character, I will render 3-ou all the assistance in niy power." "That is fair," was the repl3'; and I pledge 3-011 my word as a Frenchman and a soldier that 1 will exactly observe the condition 3-011 have imposed.' "Nothing more was said on the sub ject, and we arrived at Calais without aught having occurred to cause as un .:w'iims After a brief detention at the pier while our passports were oeicg ex amined, we walked on board the mail boat together, my companion leaning affectionately upon 1113- arm. It was a relief to my mind, and must have been still more so to his, when, at last, the packet cast loose from the shore and fairly started on her vo3'age across the Channel. When we arrived at Dover, the ex-Colonel, after warmU" thanking me for the service I had rendered him. bade me adieu; aud and I have never seen him since." Family Herald. American Horses. Mr. Lorillard doesn't seem to have ver3r good luck this 3"ear in England. The reason is that Mr. Lorillard is too smarfr He thinks he is going to teach these chaps racing tricks on this side of the water. The truth is that they knew all about his st3"le of work when he was in swaddling clothes. I have just learned the inside of the Dec ease. U a man enters two horses for a race in England he is expected to declare his winner long enough before hand so that those who are in the ring ma3' shape their bets. Now, Mr. Loril lard had (Jerald and Sachem in the Der by, and he let everybody suppose he had marked Gerald to win, when, in reality that horse was merely- to cut out the ruuning while S:ichem was to be saved for the final dash. Lorillard's agenU here let it remain with Gerald as winner up to the last moment, and then de clared Sachem. M3-! jveren't the others mad? They swore a high and mght3 oath that Sachem should not win and he didn't, though it was perfectly evi dent to those who saw the finish that he was b3' all odds the best horse in the field. In addition to his being badh ridden and not let go until too late, there were two jocke3'3 in the race who had orders to cross him if he came up, even if their own horses got ruled out for foul ing. This was the way the English horse- owners took of teaching the American not to be so fresh. I reckon he will be more careful another time, and not want to do all the betting tliat is back of his horses when the3 win. Gerald and Sachem were entered for the Sandown Derb3' 3-esterday, but Sachem was scratched, and Gerald ran. He did nobl3' at first, running a dead heat with the two others in the race; but in the second heat he weakened, and lost the race b3' a couple of lengths. This seems to be a good 3-ear to back Lorillard for a place, but not for winuer. Only the horses he has discarded and sold to Englishmen are doing great things. Passaic, thrown out of the Lorillard stable because he was thought to be no good, caught one race a while back, and bids fair to do better 'etas the season goes on. Old Wallen stein, the sturdy racer, who won mauy good contests in America, was sold out of the Lorillard collectiou last season be cause he was judged to have outgrown his period of usefulness. Well, he has won even-thing he has tackled up to the present time, including the Manchester cup. His present owner paid Lorillard $2,250 for him, and has won thus far nearly $80,000 on his performances alone. This shows what Lorillard's judgment amounts to or the judgment of his agents, which is just the sane thing. Luck has pulled him along a. good while on the turf, in spite of his smartness, but it begins to look as thotigh he was about done on this side of the water. No turfman in the world is so thoroughlv detested as Pierre Loril- lard in England. Folks refuse to be lieve that he is a square man. London Cor. Chicago New. m We arc all of us liable to commit Mnaders; but it is only the wise profit by then. EpitaoU for the sfriag lamb Peas to his haskea. Balloas and Comets. At a meeting of the Balloon Society, M. Wilfred de Fouvielle delivered a interesting lecture on "the Component Parts of Comets." The lecturer was an nounced as editor of the French scien tific periodical U Elcctricitt. and author of several works on comets, including a description of his midnight observa tion, from a balloon, of the last comet of 1881. In the course of the evening' the first suggestion of a Balloon Society for London was attributed to him. He began by citing Mr. Spottiswoode. the President of the Rxn'al Society, for the statemeut that the onlv accurate method of studying the stars was by means of balloons, which opinion the same high authority backed by strongly recom mending their use for astronomical pur poses. The lecturer suggested that the sudden discovery of a great comet close to the sun during the recent eclipse was a fnrther reason for supplementing the telescope. That was not the first in stance, he added, of the kind, for 1,800 years ago Seneca ( Nat Quest. VLI. 20) stated that Posidonins observed the transit of a large comet across tho solar disc during an eclipse. Pingre identi fied the eclipse with that observed by An axagoras in B. C. 4(J2. Reflection showed that inspiteof thegrowingnum ber of our observatories, a vast number of like objects must escape notice, owing especially to clouds often of quite incon siderable density. In these cases bal loons were of the greatest use, as he him self experienced iu a free ascent during last winter. He was astonished at find ing that a cloud, which had been hover ing over Paris for more than three weeks aud turning day into night, was but a few huudred feet thick. The method of observation from balloons was applica ble not only to the discovery of comets but also to the inferior planets, the zodi acal light ami the Aurora Borcalis. As to comets, the most likely ancient the ory of their nature was that of the I'3'th agoreans. who imagined a comet to be a dYaphano!5 bffllv. which had often been compared to the gias- globe" Site'l with water, used by horologists to concentrate the light of a lamp on their work. These ancient astronomers regarded this trans parent sphere as traveling in its orbit through the celestial expanse and con centrating behind it the solar rays. It had been objected that no such ball of gas as M. de Fonvielle deemed almost even comet's nucleus to be could exist in space without being absorbed, and that the comet's tail must be part of it substance, growing as the head dwindled at perihelion, and conversely. These objections the lecturer dealt with in de tail, arguing that there was no more ne cessity forthe dissipation of the comet's gaseous nucleus than for that of our own planet's atmosph -re. In discussing the second objection he spoke of the beards of comets as well as their tails; these beards, projecting in a direction opposite to that of the tails, ami darting toward the sun instead of aw:iy from it, were a puzzle, he said, to most of the parti sans of the materiality of the tail. But on the optical theor3 all was consistent. No diaphauous bol3' would allow of the whole of the light being transmitted di reetly through it. There must be a short refraction as well as reflection, so that a comet having a tail by reflection must also have generated a heard by retrac tion, and these two opposites must be cuiiipiiinciiuiij tv invi. ..i..- t,. r the principal objects of balloon explora tions would be to investigate this corre lation which generalh escaped the no tice of land astronomers, because the beards, projecting in the direction of the sun, must be more di!h-tilt to detect than the tails, which receded from it. and could not be examined except underthe most favorable circumstances. The most reasonable explanation was that the comet lighted up the heavens just as our seneoasts were Iiguted up I3" an electric lamp whose rays were projected by a revolviug mirror. Lotulon Times. What Shall We Drink in Hot Weather The thirsty season of the 3'car has ar rived and the summer drink is iu de mand. The refreshing gurgle of the soda fountain is as invigorating to the thirst3 soul as the bee of the desert tell ing of water near. What will 3011 have, ginger ale. root beer, birch beer, a new and most delicious compound, nectar, mead, plain soda, ice cream soda, a drink that combines one ice cream and one soda in a moonlight sonata of per fect harmony, spruce beer, plain lemo nade, lemonade with berries and sliced pineapple, lime juice, and all the different sodas, coffee, soda, rasp berry, strawberry, lemon, pineap ple, ginger and other flavorings? Then there are iced mineral waters, cor dials and tonics without iiiiinbM and an old-fashioned drink which is getting scarce, buttermilk. Iced tea and collee, iced milk and koumiss or milk cham pagne are all summer's cooling beve rages, and that cheap but popular fizz known as pop, 150 eases of which were consumed on the fair grounds in this cit3 last week. There are a number of cooling harvest drinks which are made in the firmhoiise home; brewed hop boer. ginger beer, dandelion coffee and a boiled compound of water, molasses and ginger, when cold, is a very grateful drink. No intoxicating liquors should be indulged iu during the hot months. They are made in the most seductive manner under such fascinating names that the3" invite investigation and with so much fruit sugar and mint that the modicum of liquor seems lost, but to main a one they are dangerous attractions. 'There is death in the pot." The al ready heated blood receives more fuel, the appetite craves more refreshing and a weariness aud latitude of spirit suc ceeds to the slight intoxication of sherry cobbler or mint julep. It is estimated that of all artificial drinks the numerous root beers and gin ger ale beverages are the least hurtful and the most refreshing. Ice water taken copiously produces headaches and con - ion which are laid to other cau Iced milk is very indigestible. Blackberry cordial, ginger cordial and raspberry vinegar are pleasant anil safe summerdrinks. Detroit Post and Trib une. A New York Judge the other day sentenced a young man to ti years im prisonment for counterfeiting, whom he had before him. together with the 3'oung man's father several years ago, when they were convicted of this same crime. He sentenced the father to six years im prisonment, but the boy he only fined one dollar. The lesson had no effect and the son followed his father both in his crime and its punishment. The latest novelty in minerals, says the Reno (Nev.) Gazette, is found iu the mountains south of the Humboldt House. It is a pocket of crystallized quartz, bearing silver, gold, lead, and antimony. The crystallization seems to be complete, and the mineral is very strong in it. .