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VOL. XIIL-NO. 28.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1882.
WHOLE NO. 652.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
C. H. VanWyck, U. S. Senator, Neb
raska City.
Alvin SaUNders,U.S. Senator, Omaha.
E. K. Valkstikk, Hep., West Point.
T.J. MaJOKS, Contingent Rep., Peru.
STATE DIRECTORY:
ALBINUS NaNCK, Governor, Lincoln.
S.J. Alexander, Secretary of State.
John Wallichs, Auditor, Lincoln.
U.M. IUrtlett,Trei-urer, Lincoln.
C.J. Dilworth, Attorney-General.
V. W. W. Jones, Supt. Public lustruc.
C. J. Nobes, Warden of Penitentiary.
JHbtuld?' ( Irison IPect"-
J.O. Carter, Prison Physician.
U.P. Mathewson,Supt.Insaue Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
George TJ.LakeJ Aoc,ate judges.
Amasa Cobb. S
S. Maxwell, Chief Justice.
FOUKTII JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
G. W. Post, Judge, York.
M. B. Reese, District Attorney, Wahoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
M. B. iloxie, Register, Grand Island.
Wm. Ativan, Receiver, Grand I-land.
LEGISLATIVE:
State Senator. M. K. Turner.
" Repie-cntativr, G. W. Lehman.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
J.G. Higsins, County Judge.
John Staufl'er, Countv Clerk.
C. A. Newman, Clerk Dist. Court.
J. W. Early, Treasurer.
D. C. Kava'tiaiigh, Sheriff.
L.J. t'riner, Survevor.
M. Mabrr, 1
Joaeph Rivet, s County Commissioners.
II. J. Hud-on, )
Dr. A. Hcintz, Coroner.
J. E. Moucrief Supt. of Schools.
Ityrnn .Millett. , .. ,..
'ITY DIRECTORY:
J. R. Meagher, Mayor.
a. is.cotircth. Clerk.
J. H. Iicleinan, Treasurer.
W.N. Hen-ley, Polict.-Judge.
J. E. North, Engineer.
councilmkx:
1st irrr7 John Rickly.
G. A. S'-hroeder.
-2d mm? Pat. Havs.
I. Gluik.
3d Ward J. Ua-inu--en.
A. A. S nihil.
ColumttuH Poxt Office.
Open on Sunday tromll a.m. to 12m.
and from 4:30 to 6 v. m. Business
hours except Sunday (S a. m. to 8 p.m.
Eastern mails close at 11 a.m.
Western mailn close at 4:15r.M.
Mall leaves Columbus for Lost Creek.
Genoa, St. Edwards. Albion, Platte
Center, Humphrey, Madison and Nor
folk. eery day (except Sundays) at
4:Xi p. m. " Arm,.- at 10:f5.
For Shell Creek and Crcston, arrives at
Iti M. Leaves 1 i". m., Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturday.
For Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
lr.M "Arrives at 12 M.
For Conkling Tuesdays and Saturdays
7 a. m. Arrives tJ it. 111. same days.
I). I. Time Titble
Eastward Hound.
Emigrant. Xu.ti, leaves at
Passeng'r, 4, " "
Freight, " S " "
Freight, " 10, "
Westward Hound.
Freight, No. 5. leaves at.
Passemx'r, " 3, "
Freight, " . "
Emigrant. " 7. " " .
C:2."i a. m.
10:.VS a. m.
2:1" p. m.
-1:30 a. in.
2:00 p. m.
4:27 p. m.
(i:O0 p. m.
1:30 a. m.
Every day except Saturday the three
lines leading to Chicago connect with
II P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will lie hut one train a day, as
shown by the following schedule:
It A; M. I I.MK TABLE.
Leaves Columbus, .':!." a.m.
" Bellwood ... ;:::o "
" David City, 7.20
44 (Jarrison, 7:40 4
Ulysses, S:2T '
44 Staplehurst, ':" 44
Seward, ':: "
Ruby, !:.".u 44
Milford. . . 10:15 "
Pleasant Dale, ... 10:45 "
44 Emerald, . ..11:10 "
Arrives at Lincoln, .. . 11:4." m.
Leaves Lincoln at 2:2Ti v. m. and ar
rives in Columbus S:".i r. m.
Makes close connection at Lincoln for
all points east, west and south.
O., N. .V B. II. ROAD.
Time Schedule No. 4. To take effect
June 2, 'SI. For the go eminent and
information of employees only. The
Company reserves the right to ary
therefrom at pleasure. Trains daily,
Sundays except-u
Outward Hound.
luicard Hound.
or'olk 7:2tA. M.
Mun-oti 7:47 44
Madison .S:2f. 44
Humphrey!! :U '
PL Centre :f "
LostCreeklO.OJt 44
t,olunibull:.V 4'
Columbus 4:33 r. M.
LostCreek."i:2I "
JM. Centre .1:42 44
Humphrev;2." 44
.Madison " 7:04 44
Muusou 7:43 "
Norfolk . S:04 44
ALIIION BKANCII.
Columbus 4:45 v.:,u
LostCrek5:31
Genoa 0:10 44
St.Edward7:oo 4'
Albion 7:47 4'
. million . : -
St. EdwardS:30 "
(;enoa !:14. "
Albion
7:43 A.M.
I LostCrcck!!:."
1 Columbus 10:45
H. LUERS & CO,
BLACKSMITHS
AND
"Wagon Builders,
w Hrirk Shop oiiimsite llelntz's flrnir 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. MARMOT, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
C'OLIinHliN, iEB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
23TSet a Firs.t-Cla Table.
Meals,
25 Cts. Lodgings 25 Cts.
3K-2tf
COLimBl'S
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
jgrWholesale and Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
liu Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
XSTKentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltk Street. Somtk of Deprt.
BUSINESS CABDS.
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ft. CARL SCHOTTE.
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Office at Dowtv. Weaver & Co's store.
A XDEKNCKV tc ROEX
BAXKERS, Collection, Insurance and
Loan Agents, Foreign Exchange and Pas
sage Tickets a specialty.
ATTORXETS-AT-LA IF,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the New bank.
Tj J. iiuimoau
XOTAIiT PUBLIC,
Mill Street, 2 4orn wet ofjfaaiiiond Hobs,
Columbus, Neb. 491-y
jpvlt. 91. . THURSTON,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations first-class and warranted.
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tHICACiO BARBER SHOP!
HENRY WOODS, Prop'r.
J3TE very thing in first -class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 516-y
KER & REEBER,
A TTOItNETS A T LA W,
Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska.
2-tf
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G. A. HULLIIORST, A. M., M. D.,
OMEOPA Till C rilYSI CIA N,
l3rTwo Blocks south of Court House.
Telephone communication. 5-ly
AjcALI-mKR IIKOS.,
A TT0SNE YS AT LA W,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St. W. A. MeAllister,'Notary
Public.
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1. EVA.'V.S ITI. !.,
PHYSICIAN .t- SURGEON.
3?" Front room, up-stairs in Gluck
building, above the bank, 11th St. Calls
answered night or day. 5-6m
J. M. MACFAULAND,
Att:r7 asiUctiry TzbYz.
B. It. COWDEKY,
C:Ue:tor.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFARLAND& COWDER?,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
r EO. ili. BERRY,
PAINTER.
ISTCarriasre, house and ign painting,
ulazing, paper hanging, kalsoniining, etc.
done to order. Shop on Kith St., opposite
Engine House, Columbus, Neb. 10-y
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II.RIXCUE,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sell Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
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f.ARK .V BREIIERT,
LAND AND INSURANCE AGENTS,
HUMI'MIEY, NEB II.
Their lands comprise some line tracts
in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
ern portion ot Ph'tte county. Taxes
paid lor non-residents. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 20 y
BYKON MILLKTT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
itYKO. Jiu.i.irrr,
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.
E3"Shop opposite the " Tattersall,"
Olive Street. 2i
YA
;: At WESTi'OlT,
AT Til K
CIIECKEliED JiARN,
Are 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. -T.'
TAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST - CLASS A PPA RA T US,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give nim a cull.
"jOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his office at the Court House
on the first Saturday of each
month" for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. PCT-y
TAMES MAEJIO,
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. .ri2 Cmo.
WILLIAM RYAN,
DEALER IS
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
tSSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on hand.jPJ
Elvventh St., Columbus, Neb.
Drs. MITCHELL & MAETYN,
COLlinBl'N
MEDICAL & mm INSTITUTE.
Suiijeons O., N. & B. H.B.B.,
Ass't. Surgeons U. P. R'y,
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
JS. MURDOCH & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Havenad an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
AH kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tuuitytoestimateforyou. t5TShop on
13th St., one door west of Friedhof &.
Co's. store, Columbus, Nebr. 4S3-y
ADVERTISEMENTS.
LUERS & HOEFELMANN,
DKALKRS IN
WIND MILLS,
AND PUMPS.
Buckeye Mower, combined, Self
Binder, wire or twine. .
Pumps Repaired on short notice!
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JSTOne 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 UMR US, NEB.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IN
. MEDICIIES. CHEMICALS.
WIXES, LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMEBY, 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.l)0 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 aud
residence lots in the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
C'Jl
COLUMBUS. NEB.
PMMTS BM!
UUY TIIE-
Patent Roller Process
MINNESOTA
FLOUR!
ALWAYS GIVES SATISFACTION,
Ileraute it makes a superior article of
bread, and is the cheapest Hour
in the market.
Every sack warranted to run alike, or
money refunded.
HERMAN OEHLRICH & BRO.,
GROCERS.
l-Sm
WM. BECKER,
DEALKR IN ALL KINDS OF
FAMILY GROCERIES!
I KEEr CONSTANTLY ON HAND A
WELL SELECTED is TOCK.
Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Specialty.
Good Delivered Free to amy
pnrt of the City.
I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL
EBRATED COQUJXLARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant supply on
hand, hut few their equal. In style and
quality, second to none.
CALL AND LEARN PRICES.
Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near
A. &N. Depot.
LEARN TO WALK ALONE.
This world's a riddle bard to solve,
A puzzle hard to read;
And they who And Life's path aU bright
Are precious few. indeed.
Yet don't despair, thouwh Fortune frown.
Nor murmur at your fate:
Your aim fn life by e.irnest toil
You'll sure win soon or Ip.te.
But walk up u your own feet, friead.
Nor trust to others strength
To carry or to pull you up
Life's hill of weary bnirth.
H e'er you hope to ''make your mark,"
Or let your worth be known,
Tak. all the projis from under you,
And learn to walk alone.
Men! who depend on borrowed gold
To brighten up your name.
And plead you muxt make such display
Your future wealth tuxain.
Beware! "Pay as you ifo" is beet.
Debt Is an ugly foi:
You cannot tell what hour the tiend
Will strike a fund blow.
Sons! atmd without your father's aid;
Upon yourselves rely;
Rich fruitage in the future lies;
You'll win It if vou try.
Know that the "solid man" i-s he
(In high or humble home)
Who has no props to lean upon.
But walks along alone.
Chiaiijo Tribune.
AT THE ARENA IS SPAIN.
I have not yet ceased wondering at J
that peculiar state of mind an American !
would find himself in had lie, without I
previous promptings, been placed among
the spectators at a Span.-sh bull-light.
The arena is six times the size of our
circus rings, and the ground is of hard,
beaten-down sand, the whole cir Ie sur
rounded by stone seats, one tier over the
other, with capabilities of holding 10.
(XX) people. The pla es for the specta
tors are separated from the arena by a
barrier, breast high, which tonus a
walk between the arena ami the seats.
Into this place of safety the bull-tighters
spring when too closely pursued by the
animal. You take vo ir place, anil are
at once excited.- Whether it be a feel
ing of wonder or dread I hardly know.
You conjure up all the horrible things
you may have seen or dreamed of. as" if
to accustom yourself to a new sensation.
You think you ought not to have come
at all.
Half the arena, as I saw it a few days
ago. is iu the full blae of the brilliant
sunlight and is a carnival of color. To
depict it an artist's palet would be im
possible, it is so rich with the varied
hues of shawls, gay dresses, startling
parasols :ind fluttering fans. The noise
is deafening, for everybody is talking
or L.ughing, and to add to the con u
sion there is a band. At last the noise
of the music ceases and we know that
the hour has come. Two men on horse
back, in costumes of the sixteenth cen
tury, enter the arena. They ride across
the ring, appro ich the pi ice where the
dignitary who presides over the bull-
tights is se.'.ted, and. baring their heads,
receive permission to commence the
dreadful business. Slowly, as in state, t
they now approach the entruii-e from 1
whence the bull-fighters will come.
Then out from here emerges the whole ;
band of espadas, picadors and banda-'
rillos. This display is superb. The
men are clad in gorgeous colors. They
march across the arena to the loge of
the President, bow low, aud theu, rang
ing themselves about the sides of the
arena, await the coming of the bull.
The keys of the bull iuclosure are now
miown mioine arena to ue .teitiy
caught by a bull-fighter lie marches
siowiy aiong, turns me Key, ami a uoor
grates on its hinges. Un-n vou lucl
your nerves vibrate, your muscles con
tract, as you strain your eyes. There is
a dead silence. In an instant a bull
strides into the arena, and. with jerky
motion ot he id and
md lashing uf tail, I dealers that lower gra les of a o-iven sort
'! I nr tn,,I,san,, of m-rchandise are pure. That pre
Ihe bull for a mo- ilM,s,. constantly held out in various
glares at the sun
voices greet him.
nicm. seems uaen, nut it is only lor a
moment. At once he seems to under
stand who are his enemies, and with a
vicious movement plunges into the
arena. The massacre has begun.
You have a dim conception of some
fierce assault between a man on a gaunt
horse and a frantic bull. You are posi
tive that the bull has driven his horns
into the poor horse. There are llutter
ings of cloaks and wild dashes of the
bull, and then 3-011 see a bleeding, an
eviserated horse, spurred and lashed in
"a 1 ft T" 1 t
pursuit 01 tne duii. iou are sicKeneu,
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JTUU Htl l.lllll, .IIIU JCt JIIU ,tIL' U-lllill
excited. The bull dashes wildly hither
and thither, and you forget about the
horse. It is all the caparillos can do to
elude the rapid attacks of the hull.
Still they flap their cloaks in h s blood-
shot eves. I hey lead him toward tue
picador The bull is furious. Here is
something he evidently thniks which
cannot escape punishment. Hut you
see tne norse agam, who, iaucn on ins
side, in his agony entangles his feet in
his own entrails. One brute tries to
make the horse stand up. only to be
hurled over again to the ground by the
maddened bull. Sometimes as manyas
eight horses are killed bv one bull.
anu i may remarK tnai ine more norscs
killed the better the Spaniard deems the
8hoW-
A trumpet sounds and the bandarillos
are brought into the arena. The pica-
dors retire and no doubt say a pater or
an arc to their patron sairt, praying to
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live to see themselves mounted on more
horses whose entrails are to be ripped
out b- bulls. The dart are now in the
bandarillos hands. The bull has been
fretted enough; the bandarillos' duty is
to make him crazy. The bandarillos
buzz around him like hornets, and prick
him with their darts. Yo-i wonde- how
it is all done. The bull seems fur an
instant to have wne man at his mercy.
His horns are within a hair's breadth of
the bandarillo. and net you s'u the
man untouched, the bull's head high in
the air, but his neck fringed with darts
Eight of the-e darts are dangling now
in his hide.
when the trumpet sounds
once more, and the multitudes ell for ' bv those who mix sand with sucrar is
theespada. 1 he bull stands panting, I that it pays and it pays because nine
wit h streaming sides. The espada steps ty-nine pe- cent, of the people buy
into the ring, places himself before the without ouet oniuz. Did thev nues-
Ptesident's seat, and
SaVS a few Words
to the effect that with his
permission,
e Killed bV I
he desires either to kill or be
., i n tt . i ...
. - , iie , . n,s J.a"nt-V c:lP rom !
ou ins neau ana tnrows it into tne ring.
Now, in a dignified manner, with superb
strut, the espada goes forth to me-t the i
bull, and never stops until he is within i
a few feet of him. The lull seems I
astounded at this coolness, and does not !
budge. ,
Tiie espada takes a bit of red cloth '
ana holds it close to the bull. This is
too much of an impertinence for toro.
who, with a quick, vicious dash at the
espada completely dispels anv idea vou
may have that the bull is tired. The
red cloth has almost been entangled
in the bull's horns, and that animal
seems surprised that he is only tearing
up the air with his sharp prongs. This
play, which worries the bull, is contin
ued until at hist the be:it is appaiently
tired out, for he seems hardly con
scious of the presen e of his cnenvy.
The espada's sword is then slowlv
raised until it is on a line with his eye. j
He holds it there an instant then
a spring forward. The bull meets him
half way with lowered head, and the
blade is buried to the hilt somewhere
in the region of the animal's lieart. The
man stands stock still. The bull, laa-
puirlly tossing his head, slowly retreats,
lie seems conscious of his end. Ho
coughs blood. For the spectators this id
the supreme moment of the show, and
they rise to witness his agouy. He
quivers, staggers and sinks. His eue
mies still surround him aud torment
him. Perhaps there is something more
to be got of him. He rises unsteadily,
for he is faiut. The clotted blood,
in a horrible stream, Ls cast up
by the bull. Tiie world becomes
dark for that miserable beast,
though God's sun is shining: ever so
brightly. He is on his feet for the last
tune. A creature comes now on the
scene-some poor, abject wretch incor-
porated in the noble guild of bull-
lighters. He treads the ground cat-like.
He has a small knife as keen as a razor.
It is the coup de grace he gives, the
only merciful thing done, for, with a
rapid motion, he cuts the bull's throaL.
The misery is over. " A few prolonged
notesof the trumpet herald the death of
the first bull. While the band is play
ing the arena is cleared of dead bull
and horses. The fine points of the fight
are discussed with zest by the spec
tators. It is generally agreed by the
critics that the null was a game one.
The second bull is then ready for tor
I ture. It is not the same fight exactly,
for there are accidental differences.
! There are many horses killed, but the
death of the bull is certain. The last
bull is dead now, and as you look into
the calm, clear sky, you ask yourself, in
a fearful kind of inquiry: "How did you
( like it?" You are half afraid of your
own reply. The man who oflers you
tickets for the next bull-fight, which is
i to take place in a few days, may per
chance find a customer, :just for the
opportunity of studying the whole
thing more calmly." As for me, I will
never see another bull-light as long as
I live. 'loleilo (Spain) Cor. N. Y.
Times.
The Ethics of Adulteration.
Cocoanut shells, according to an
article in the Philadelphia Itecord, are
now used as an adulterating mixture
with spice and pepper. Carefully
j roasted and finely ground, they produce
' a powder which cannot be distinguished
I when mingled with the article which
they are used to cheapen. A manu
facturer of pungent products, when
waited upon by an inquisitive reporter,
made these statements: "We soil to the
trade probably m rc adulterated goods
than pure. We can't help it There
is no pretence on our part that the
lower grades of spices are pure. We
I simply sell the retailer what he wants
. We sell him spices at almost any figure
I pepper, for instance, as low as eight
and nine cents, but it is about as much
, something eNe as it is pepper It would
J ruin the trade to prohibit adulteration.
and, besides, there are not enough
J spice-grown to supply the United States
atone, u miming out puie spices were
sold."
This is the specious logic of all who
mauufa tine or pack goods that are not
what they seem. Perhaps the baser
material commingled with the spice or
other ingredient is entirely harmless
does that make truth of the lyiug label
attached to adulterated iroods: "Pure
; lep,,er," "Pure Cream-of-Tartar," for
, ilItance? If thu ffrolimi cocoanut
shells do no harm, why not say on the
label, "one-tenth pepper, nine-tenths
cocoanut shells"? It is not true
that manufacturers of goods of any sort
cannot help the matter, nor that there
is no pretense on the part of makers or
w.i s when it is not verbally asserted.
The trade that would be ruined by the
prohibition of adulteration is not worth
saving. Then there is the statement
t hat there are not enough spicesgrown to
supply the country with a pure article.
Hoes the a Imixture of baser matter in
crease the quantity? Does not the actual
quantity of pepper, for instance, re
main the same, no matter how much
one "extends" the bulk of the pungent
powder with the flavorless dust?
Furthermore, th-?re is the question of
1 relntive cheaiincss
.
The buver of the
adulterated product pays for the value
less matter as well as for that which
lias its special purpose, and a little
arithmetic will demonstrate that the de
graded stuff actually costs more thau
' fhat whi(.h is ,.,.
h. g.. a pound of cream of tartar,
perfectly pure, co-its forty cents. An
f0n,(WS. "
Three quarters of a pound of pure
ep'iiiii of tartar
Adulterating mixturo
ISO cents
10 "
Mnkiu? the pound cost 40 "
But the purchaser gets but three-quar
tors of a pound of the pure ingredient,
tive qiiaiityt aml for thsit he pays forty
ccnVilm a( the r:lte of s:iy fitty-three
j cents a pound. The formula applied to
j :niv case whu-e there is a purposed
mixture of good and bad m iterials-or
; good and neutral if vou please shows
i the same result, namely: tho buyer of
, "' l"v maici uii wiuuu nu3 ine au-
the adulterated article pays in addition
to the price for the useful the cost of
the useless ingredient.
The statement of the packers of
" pure pepper," which is not pure or
of any article to which is attached a
lying label - that they sell what people
ask lor, is not true. People do not ask
for fraudulent goods; t- ey do not waut
cotton fab.ics loaded down with clay
and stirch; they do not willingly pay
for m iteria! whic'i is not u-eful when it
is not positively injurious. Who asks
for a stone when he goes in quest of
biead? Xo. the premises are false.
The on'v reason for the course mirsued
tioil. wri. rlu.xr pniifihlo nf .lnlitm;n;nr
the exact value of the goods they are
hlivincr tho nnnriitinnc ni ti-.ln nrrti1t
. -n- -""- ... -jm. '..""J """
be entirely reversed the sellers would
be at the mercy of the buyers. Boston
Transcript.
The Diamond Queen.
The most conspicuous feature in the
evening scene ( it Saratoga) was a lady
from Philadelphia, fair, and young, and
lady
young. and
petite, a Mrs. Moore, whose sleeveless
dress of rare point-lace is said to have
cost $20,000; and in who-e hair and
ears, and on whose shoulders, bosom,
neck, wrists and hands were displayed
diamonds that must have run up into
hundreds of thousands in value: in sol
itaires, crescents, horizontal bands and
graceful pendants, that flashed and
gleamed whenever there was the shad
ow of an excuse for them. Her hus
band, a gentlemanly, middle aged man
in appearanee. supported her on his
arm. and a little in their rear, solemn-
visaged and absorbed in intense watch-
fiuness of her. a nrivate detective in
citizen's dress wound his way in and
out amid the brilliant scene. It was a
strange spectacle. People held their
breath and called her "the Diamond
Queen " Albany Evening Journal.
Kotos on the Tiger.
The Burmese declare there are two
varieties of tiger, those of the plains being
much larger than those found iu the hills.
The latter have a shorter tail, and are said
to be more active and vicious. But as no
two tigers, whether shotou the plain or
in the hills, atv identically alike, varieties
might be multiplied ad libitum. Tiger
which live in the hills have far harder
work to keep their larder supplied than
a pampered tiger of the plains, who takes
up his abode near a large village and
slaughters as many bullocks or cows as
he pleases, aud increases in size until he
! b.0Ines a monster, while the former re-
maius small and lean. The largest tiger
I was ever at the death of measured as
he lay ten feet one inch, when pegged
out thirteen feet four inches. I noted
the measurements at the time, and it was
laughable how, after the lapse of time,
the dimensions of this animal varied ac
cording to the memory of the individual
relating the circumstances. With some
he was twelve and a half feet long, with
others thirteen and a half feet, with others
ten and a half feet, as he lav dead. It
shows how necessary it is to record in
black and white at the time exact meas
urements, otherwise one's memory is apt
to prove treacherous. We thus hear of
tigers of fabulous sizes. I myself be
lieve ten feet eight inches perhaps ten
feet six inches to be the utmost length
of a tiger, living or dead. Mr. Camp
bell, Deputy Commissioner of Dubri,
who has killed and seen killed a great
many tigers, never saw one of more
than ten feet four inches. It is a dis
puted point how a tiger strikes down
its prey, and, although I have lived in
and roamed in jungles for the greater
part of my life, and have had two ponies
killed, I never saw an animal struck
down, though I have come upon the
quivering carcase not yet cold. Opinions
differ. Williamson says: " The tiger's
fore-paw is the invariable engine of de
struction. Most persons imagine that if
a tiger were deprived of its claws and
teeth he would be rendered harmless,
but this is a great error. The weight of
the limb is the real cause of mischief, for
the talons are rarely extended when a
tiger seizes. The operation is similar to
that of a hammer; the tiger raises his
paw, and brings it down with such force
as not only to stun a common-sized bul
lock or buffalo, but even crashing the
bones of the skull. I have seen many
men and deer that had been killed by
tigers, in most bf which no mark of a
claw could be seen; and when scratches
did appenr they were obviously the eflect
of chance, from the claw sliding down
ward, anil not from design." Johnson
is of a contrary opinion, for he says:
'During a residence of nine years" in
Chittra I never saw a man or animal
killed by a tiger that had not the mark
of talons, yet I admit that the force with
which a tiger generally strikes is suffi
cient iu itself, without the aid of his
claws, to kill men or large animals, and
I believe that it occasionally takes place
in the manner I have described, but nev
er from its weight, like the fall of a ham
mer." Of my two ponies, the first was
seized in the stable by the throat and
the wind-pipe, and I also saw a bullock
thus treated at Papicondah, on the Go
davery. My second pony was killed by
a grip of the upper part of the neck by
which the jugular was severed, and,
though the tiger was driven off, the pony
bled to death. Loudon Field.
A Scene iu Cairo.
I remember one day being attracted by
a rather large crowd" in a Cairo square,
and on getting nearer saw a policeman,
whip in lianil. seated on the bux of an
empty carriage and "dashing very vigor
ously at the head of a groom, who was
standing at the horses' heads endeavor
ing to quiet them under the active exer
cise in which the representative of
Egyptian majesty was indulging. On
inquiry of the bystanders, I found that
the coachman had got off the box to
hold the horses while his master was
engaged in some neighboring shop.
The policeman had at once jumped up
in order to drive the carriage to a spot
considered more convenient. An En
glish crowd would no doubt have in
sisted on teaching that policeman the
proper use of a whip on his own bully's
body, but the Cairenes enjoyed the scene
immensely, regarding it as a sort ol
"fantasiyen," which might be translated
by our indigenous species of street-idler
as a "lark." While the fun was at its
height a superior officer appeared on the
scene, and shortly afterward the owner
of the carriage, a Pasha. This latter
gentleman insisted on immediate repara
tion, which the officer at once offered by
administering a sound drubbing to hid
zealous and playful subordinate, who
howled the while most piteously. Thit
was not enough, however, for the Pasha,
for on a subsequent visit to the prison I
found my policeman incarcerated for an
indefinite period in order to learn bcttet
manners in dealing with a Pasha's car
riage; and penned up in the same hole
was the unfortunate groom, whom his
lordship had imprisoned for beiug whip
ped ! MacmilUui's Magazine.
A Midnight Sidewalk Marriage.
Mr. Lee Hale and Miss Katie Morgaa
had lon loved each other, but the pa
rents of Miss Katie objected to the union.
An elopement had been determined on,
and Sunday night was the time set
The father and brothers of the young
lad" by some means had got an inkling
of what was going on, and determined
to watch and wait developments. About
twelve o'clock Sunday night, by the gas
jets, the form of Mr. Lee Hale "was seen
approaching. A minister had been pro
cured and, in company with a few
friends of the bridegroom, were standing
at a reasonable distance on the pave
ment The unusual crowd on the street
attracted a few policemen to the scene,
but as soon as it became known what
was in the wind no interference was
made. Mis? Morgan, on the approach
of her lover, attempted to leave the
house to join him. Her cruel father
and brothers caught hold of and at
tempted to intercept her, but
broke away from them and
to the head of the steps,
some unaccountable accident
he
raa
By
the j
young lad v stumbled and
fell headlong
down the steps
Fortunatelv she was
not injured further than a few unirapor-
tant bruises on her body. Mr Hale stood I
at tne loot ol the stairway and raising
the girl in his arms, assisted her to where
the minister and friends were standing.
Everything being in readiness, they were
united in marriage in less than three
minutes. All the nigh contracting par
ties stand well socially. Chattanooga
Dispatch.
m m
A French officer said to a Swiss
Colonel, " How is it that your country
men always light for money while we
French always fight for honor?" The
Swiss shrugged his shoulders snd re
plied: " 1 suppose it is because, people
are apt to fight for that which they need
most Exchange.
BaM Heads.
A prematurely bald physician ta
Thirty-fifth Street was asked a number of
questions about the growth and habits of
hair.
" la the first place." he said, do
you kuow what hair is, anyway?"
" Only in a general way, perhaps."
"Theu let me tell you "in a word. It
is an elongated epidermic appendage.
Its essential structure consists uf an as
semblage of epidermic cells, at the bot
tom of a flask-shaped follicle in the sub
stance of the skin, supplied with blood
by vessels distributed to its walls."
"Can hair be made to grow on a bald
head?"
" Not as a rule. In debiliated persons
the hair somtimes fall out spontaneously
or with slight assistance, and if the
bulb alone comes away, and the sheath
aud germ remain behind, they are ca
pable of reproducing the hair, under
proper treatment or favorable circum
stances. The short and pointed hairs
ou the scalp of old people show that new
shafts are constantly fonning. The nu
trition of hair is effected through vessels
which are in contact with their tissue,
without entering into their structure, so
that causes affecting the general health,
or effectiug the health of the skin affect
also the nutrition of the hair."
"What causes premature baldness?"
"In a great measure the violation of
lrygenic rules, and the excess of mental
and physical labor in a climate foreign
to the race."
"Ls there a greater disposition to
greyness in this country than in others?"
"Well, some well-informed people
think that it is about the same in all civ
ilized countries; but if their is any diff
erauce it is because of the hurried and
unhealthful habits of life and mental ex
ercise among Americans.'
"What is the chemical action which
produces gray hair?"
"Accurately speaking, that's one of
those things that no fellow can find out.
The color of the hair depends partly en
the presence of pigment granules, and
partly on the existence of minute hair
spaces, which cause it to appear dark by
transmitted light In Albinos and grey
haired persons this coloring matter is
simply absent "
"Is" it the case that hair may. from
extreme fright or other strong emotions,
turn white as is said, in a single night?"
"It is an undoubted fact. Just how
the change takes place is a matter of
conjecture, but it may perhaps be ex
plained by some chemical action upon
the oily coloring matter. This oily mat
ter would be withdrawn from the hair
under conditions of cold, debility or in
sufficient food."
"Does gray hair then become dead?"
Xot by any means. The loss of vitality
does not necessarily follow the loss of
color, for gray hair often grows vigor
ously. For that matter hair will grow
after the body's death. One of the
causes of premature baldness and grey
ness is tightly-fitting aud unvielding
hats."
" Are any of the thousand and one
preparations for restoring the hair of any
value?"
"Tonic and stimulating applications
are sometimes beneficial. When the
hair is thin and falls out easiry, shaving
the scalp will often produce a thicker,
firmer and darkergrowth." N. Y. Sun.
Teat'liinir Birds.
Few birds that arc esteemed as pets in
a household sing their natural song. If
they did they wouldn't be so highly
prized. The canary, even, is trained to
his song ami the youug bird is kept, by
the careful breeder, iu the company of
only the best singers. So is the bull
finch, the starling, the blackbird ami
others whose songs make them so valu
able to dealers So the
song birds are
never
taught to improve their sonirs in
this country. Dealers say it is because
we haven't men on this side of the At
lantic who will enter into competition
with the trainers iu Germany. The
Americanized foreigners find that this
business doesn't pay. So even thoe
who have been in the business in the old
world drop it when they come here.
Yet, ina small way these trainers pursue
their vocation here to some extent rather
for recreation than remuneration. These
efforts, however, are directed mainly to
the training of speaking birds like the
parrot and magpie rather than the
songsters. There lives ou Roosevelt
Strec an Alsatian who has accomplished
a wonder in the training of a common
field robin. The bird was kept by him
in a dark room with a small music box
set to play only one tune. "My Mary
Ann," made popular lnr Harrigan and
Hart in one of their farces. A dozen
times a day or more the music box
ground out this one tune. The owner
of the bird is a good whistler and some
thing of a musician. At such odd
hours as he could get from his
work he went to the room where
the bird was confined and whis
tled the tune. Occasionally he would
take his violin to the room and play "My
Mary Ann." The robin heard no music
but this, and as a consequence in a
couple of months began to sing this song.
When he got he could whistle it from
beginning to end his improvement
ceased. And now he sings at intervals
this plaintive air in rivalry with the
music-box, and much to the delight of
its owner. The imitative faculty thus
developed has clung to the bird, who is
now constantly picking up new notes,
and has perfected itself in a portion of
one of the airs from "Fatinitza." It has
also learned to speak three French
phrases, and has acquired the habit of
calling out in a shrill whistle, "Jules,"
the name of its owner's son. Altogether
it is a famous bird, and its owner will
not part with it for any amount of
money. The method pursued by this
Alsctian is that pursued by all trainers
in Europe who make the education of
song-birds a specialty. The bullfinch is
their favorite student, because it learns
the most readilv, can acquire two or
three tunes and is a favorite in the
market These trainers, generally peas
ants, will fill a darkened room with
cages of bullfinches, and teach them by
the use ot what is known as a bird-organ
to whistle some particular tune. The
whistle some particular
bird-organ is a babv hand-organ, and
plays onlv the one song the teacher dc-
sire? his scholars to learn. This is
ground out to them a dozen times daily.
and in a month or two the pupils are
graduated, and apparently revel in their
education, abandoning their natural song
for the artificial one. The violin or
music-box is often substituted for the
bird-organ, but one of the three is always
aa accompaniment to the education of a
song bird. The young canary takes its
schooling from its male parent, and
young birds whil in training have ne
other education than being confined in a
room with a number of the best singers.
N. Y. Times.
New York makes fun of Detroit for
painting her lamp posts green. We like
to distinguish lamp posts from citizens.
Free Press.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
"Oscar Wilde is a failure om tha
platform," declares the Memphis Ap
peal, "and is only relieved from the
odium of hutnbuggery by his apparent
earnestness."
Miss Anna Dickinson and Miss
Susan B. Anthony are to play. It is
whispered, in "Much Ado About
Nothing." Miss Susan is to be Much
Ado and Miss Anna Nothing.
Just before Carlyle married he
read Kant's works in order to quiet bit
nerves. A fter he was married he near
ly talked his poor wife death, and to
quiet her nerves she used to scrub the
floor.
Dr. O. W. Holmes says that the
young scribblers who send him their
verses have no more right to do so thaa.
they have to stop him on the street
show him their tongues, and ask what
remedies they shall take for their
stomach's sake.
The late Governor Dennisoa. of
Ohio, built a residence in Columbus, O.,
about one year ago, at a cost of $25,000.
He was preparing to spend his latter
days in ease and comfort when the fatal
sickness came. He leaves a wife and
seven children. One of his sons prac
tises law in this city. N. Y. Rwf,
According to Miss Cordon Cura
ming's " A Lady's Cruise on a French
Man-of-War," the Wosleyan mission
aries on the Friendly Islands are doing
all they can to crush out all picturesque
ness from native life, and to introduce
black coats aud Parisian bonnets as an
integral part of the Christian religion.
N. Y. Graphic.
Mr. Corcoran, the Washington phi
lanthropist, though very ill. did not for
get to send his annual " treat" of straw
berries and ice-cream to the various
charitable institutions of that city the
other day. This treating is done every
June. On Christmas and New Year
days dinners are served in the institu
tions at his expense. Chicago Times.
Miss Clark, asisterof Edwin Booth,
in her work, lately published, "The
Elder and the Younger Booth," tells an
incident in the life of her father, which
gains interest from the fact that it is un
doubtedly true. While on a trip South,
ou the steamer Neptune. Mr. Booth (J.
B.) had on one of his fits of depression,
and finally jumped overboard. Ton
Flynn, the actor who accompanied Booth
on the voyage, took a small boat, in
company "with others, and finally suc
ceeded in rescuing the would-be sui
cide. Almost the first words uttered
by Booth after they drew him in were;
"I say. Tom, look out! You're a heavy
mau; be steady: if the boat upsets we'll
all be drowned." Chicago Journal.
HUMOROUS.
Doctors and mackerel have this In
common: they are seldom caught
out of their own schools. Boston Post.
The person who stands and holds the
spring-screen-door half open is abroad
in the land. We trust the Hies will get
the best of him sometime. New flavin
Ileyister.
- "Am I hurting you badly?" asked
a Boston dentist of a lailv whose teeth
he was fixing, and who was emitting
horrible gro.ms. "Oh, not in the least,
but I love to groan," was tho reply.
Boston Globe.
A Denver paper professses to think
it marvelous that a man whose brains
were knocked out is still living. If he
were out tuis way he would not be only
living, but lie would be holding some
important office. LouisiiJe Courier-.
Journal.
Writing of the death of an old and
paid-up subscriber, the editor of one of
our exchanges as "Our hands and
heart and the foreman are all too full
for Us to express our tumultuous grief as
we cheerfully otherwise wouldst."
Laramie Bo mu-raiuf.
"Well, well," -aid Hilliugton, majes
tically, "we miiMi't be too severe on
thcoting fellows I suppose I was as
big a fool as any of them when I was
young." "Yes," replied Fogg, "and
you are not an old man now. Billing
ton." Boston Transi-riid.
"Mamma," said a wee pet, "they
sung ' I want to be an angel,' in Sunday-school
this morning, and I sung
with t hem." " Why. Nellie!" exclaimed
mamma, " could you keep time with the
rest'J" " I guess L could," proudly an
swered little Nellie; "I kept ahead of
them most all the way through." N.
Y. Tribune.
The " preliminaries " of the occa
sion had all been sell led. That is. John
had asked Julia and she had consented.
They were sitting ou the front verandah
watching for the sable curtain of night
to part and give them just one look at
the new comet. "Oh, by the way, Ju
lia," said he a little nervously. "My
income is is $850 now. Do vou think
we could live up to it?" ".Why, John,
you precious, I can live up to an income
twice as big as that all by myself." The
farewell kiss that night was a mere me
chanical bit of osculation. New Haven
Register.
At a ball in Paris a gentleman un
dertakes to introduce a companion to a
young lady who seems to be pining for
a dance. "No, thanks, my dear fellow,
I don't care to waltz with a cart" A
cart, be it understood. Is Parisian for a
partner that doesn't do her share of the
dancing, but has to be drawn around. A
few evenings later the joung lady, who
had overheard the conversation, beholds
the young gentleman seeking an intro
duction and ask:ng if he may have the
honor, etc. " No, thank you," she re
plied sw eetly; " I may be a cart, but I'm
not a donkey-cart!" "Detroit Free Press.
A Butcher on Frozen Meat.
Loudon butchers do not believe in
frozen meat. One of them writes to the
Times in these indignant terras:
"The stupid twaddle written on the
above subject by some of your corre
spondents is most ludicrous to those
who practically know about butcher's
meat and its supply. For instance, the
Agent-General for New Zealand says
there was no belter meat to be seen in
the market the other day than the mut
ton from that country. Now, sir. auy
one who know- anything of the matter
knows this to be absolutely untrue.
This meat, when it first comes into tho
market looking bright and clean, is to
the touch like a piece of stone, when no
one can be deceived by its appearance.
Afterward it begius to weep and become
wet ami thawed, ami after being kept a
day or two looks as th mgh it had been
drawn through a horse pond. Is it
likely that anyone in his common senses
would mistake that for the best English
meat? As for the butcher palming it
off as such, this is simply stupid non
sen -e. How would a good cook like a
lump of -tone sent to her to cook in tho
shape of a leg of mutton? Is it likely
she would be deceived about what it
was, or, if it was sent when it was
thawed and wet, would she be likely to
take it iu?" J
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