THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY. NOV. 22, 1882. Esterei a: the P::i:2co, Celssra. Set., w :oai olux sxttsr. BEST. Best will toe sweet in the eveninar, when the day's long laltor is done Now, 1 must be up and doing, for my work ia scarce beun I Peace may be dear to the veteran, rrown weary of war's alarms But now I'm longing- for battle, the clash end the clang of arms! Death toy and by will be welcome, if I bare been faithful and true Now, there is life to be lived, and I have so much to do! Once, in the early morning-, when the dews were not yet dry, In'tne misty summer morning-, or ever the sun was liigb, As I looked alone the road, whereby I must presently go, " And saw how great was the journey, how fiercely the noon would glow. Life felt too heavy a burden, and 1 so weary and worn, Wearj" before I had labored, and longing for night at morn. Wearv before I bad labored: but labor has brought me rest. And now I am only eager to do my work WJth the best. What right have 1 to be weary, when my work is scares begun? What right have 1 to be weary, while aught re mains to be done? I ahull be weary at even, and rest will the sweeter be; And biesed will peace be to them that have won the victory 1 But now is the time for battle now I would strive with the best: Now is the time for labor; hereafter remain- eth a rest. CROCODILES IX FLORIDA. Their Immense Size Attacking lJoat Hides and Teeth A Klde on a Cayman. I shot that crocodile in Key Bis cayne, Florida, last mouth," said a dealer in curiosities to a couple of cus tomers. Alligator, you mean," said a by atniuler. "No; crocodile." " Never heard of one in Florida." 'Well," was the reply. I won't go into llit iiiirtii'iilnrs nf as you're perhaps excusable. Crocodiles in Florida certa nly are a late discovery, your ignorance, ami to-day there is not one man in a , thous tud that knows thev can be found i there." J "How is it they have never been aecn asked one of the grouo of listen- era. "In the first place," said the croco dile hunter, "they ain't so common; and in the second place, when the aver age sporting man sees an ugly critter before him ten or fifteen feet long, he ninf. 'X. tr PT!imi!i( intn snpfifif niffpr- enccs. The first crocodile brought from Florida is in the Smithsonian Institution t Wliin.rtnii Am- nno p.nn spn it. and there's a big difference between them and alligators. Even the Indians and 'Crackers' know the difference. They call the crocodiles 'long-nosed 'gators,' and that's just where the dillerence comes in. The scientific name is Crocodilus aculus, from their sharp nose. Their habits are unlike the in fresh wat;C hnT thoTrneod ' live in the salt marshes. The way we came across them was all by accident. We'd been a sponging on the reef, and it coming on to blow from the north'ard. we put into Key Biscayne, and lav in the lee of the key. It blew for three days, and then we went ashore for water, and put the dingy up a creek cr kind of bay that set in The place grew narrower as we pulled in, ami was overgrown with bay cedars and man groves. I was just thinking about jump ing overboard to haul the dingy ashore when we ran into something. The shock knocked mo over onto the bows, and before I could jet up I heard a splash, an my mate j-cfled 'Down bridge!' he used to be skipper of a canal boat and all hands ducked, dropping oars and everything, and the tail of negater came over the boat and knocked out the row-locks, and would have knocked a man's head off. We lay close, I tell you. The boat half filled. The creature made three or four hits at us with its tail, and then made ! off. When we looked over the rail there was the biggest 'gator I ever saw. The boat was eight feet long, and the creature was longer than the boat. As sot n as we recoered we " Followed him up, eh?" "No," replied the story teller, "we pulled for the shore in short meter. The eator irot oil" into deen water, but the next day we ame back and I had a shot ' at him. Ho rrnt. rifT oml l.rfc in raar still further. Cut I put a bullet into this ' time the greatest amount of undigested one I have here. As soon as we picked acts 5nto lue pupil's mind, that he him up all hands noticed the ditlerence. make a brilliant show at examination, but most of us didn't think it was a Bv ti"3 course dull boys are urged into crocodile. It was, however, and there's a course of study possible only to ex a heap of them right there waiting to be ceptionally clever boys. Unfortunately, caught. But noniorecroeodilesforme; the majority of boys are not exception Fra satisfied with 'gators. Thev ain't ally clever, and the boys who are dull so uglv, and there's a savage look about at- their books should be considered, for a crocodile that ain't pleasant. Now, a theV may have other capabilities which 'gator will come up, lav her eggs, and wi' c .l"te as useful in the world as walk off. but with a crocodileTt's an- those of their more scholarly fellows, other story. She stays right near the It is the duty of every parent to watch nest, and pays it a visit four or live times and control the training of his child. If a day to see if things are going on all he has a quick brain and strong ambi right She sort o' stands by to see fair i tion, like this poor boy, Elner, let him play, while the sun does the hard work, be taught at home that there are higher When they do come out. the old one and broader aims before him than class will scratch around in a clumsy wav, honors, or the publication of his portrait and try to help them out, all the time in a school paper. making: a k nd of barkinsr sound as if , she was encourajrinsr them to hreak i thrmitrh jirwl it ilnnc Ifit-o that oA'.w.t " -"to-l - .v .w,.? ..... w.t u;isi "1 never heard of the voice of a croc odile,'' broke in the obje tionist. "Well, voice they have," continued the speaker. A man that lives on the an: mver torn me tnat be heard a Jc,Pinc ana Darning one uay on tne Key, . and thinking a pack of fox hounds had got lost he followed it up. to find it was ii j i ..... . i a oig she crocodile: and that's the sound they make, a k nd of yelping bark. When the young come out, she gives the word and off they go after her 1 ke .chickens after a hen. The young croc odiles are even fed by the old one by food disgorged. The males show a great taste for their own kin, and some big fights are seen between the male and female over the young Anybody to see one on land wouldn't think they could got around, but that's their strong hold. They don't lie around like a 'gator, but stand erect on their legs and jump bodily, and in doing so," they crook up their backs in a curious posi tion." The crocodile from Florida is similar , to thoe found in the swamps of Jamaica, and should not be confused with the caj-mau of Northern South ""Jtiitd. aue specimen in tne ia tional Museum at Washington is ir- I Na- feet, and was tet up by Prof. Ward, of Rochester. The upper part is dark brown, with a yellowish white under surface: the upper parts of the legs are of deep 3'ellowish tints, green and ' white. The eyes show a curious mem brane analogous to that found in birds. which are not so far from the reptiles as ' is generally supposed. The nioutn is extremely large, the teeth arc sharp. those in the middle beiii"- the largest and formed for hard work. It is said that though the alligator grows with ex treme rapidity, the crocodile glows at the rate of twelve inches in nine months. The cayman and gavial are relations of the above, the latter being the largest, specimens ofwhich having been seen in the Nile twenty-five and even thirty feet long, their long, narrow jaws containing 120 sharp teeth. The marsh crocodile of India is much dreaded, and, judging from the skull of one in the British Museum, which is nine feet long, it is afeto promise for its owner a total length of thirty-three feet In taking food the crocodiles are much livelier tku tfc alligator, aad tboat.sf tba West Indies have been seen to tou their food in the air, catching it skill fully. They rarely attack people out of water, but lucre is a case on record in which a priest was followed, the reptile gaining on him by taking the most sur prising leaps, bending its back after the fashion of a cat, and making such good time that the bewildered clergyman, after rushing round in a circle in vain attempts to avoid it, was obliged to take to a tree, where he was watched for some time. Waterton, the naturalist, has prob ably the unenviable distinction of being the only person who ever rode a cay man barebacked. In his "Wanderings1 he says: f placed all the people at the end of the rope and ordered them to pull until the cayman appeared at the sur face of the water. He plunged furi- I o'.islv as soon as he arrived at these up per regions, and immediately went be low again unon their slacking of the rope. 1 saw enougn not to i all in love at first sight, and now told them we would have him on shore immediately at all risks. They pulled again and out he came ' Monstrum horrendum iit forme.'' By this time he was within "two yards of me. I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbat on, and I instantly dropped the mast, sprang up, and leaped upon his back, turning half around as I vaulted, so that I gained my sea' with my face in a right por tion. I immediately seized his fore legs, and by main force twisted them on his back; thus tbej served me as a bridle. He now seemed recovered from hi1? surprise, and, probably fancy ing himself in hostile company, he lashed the sand with his long taiL I was out of reach of the strokes by be ing near his head, but he continued to strike and plunge, mak'ng my seat very uncomfortable. It must have been a fine sight for an unoccupied spectator. The people roared out in triumph, and were so vocifero s that it was some time before they heard me tell them to pull me and my beast of burden fur ther inland, f was apprehensive the rope might break, and then there would have been every chance of going down to the regions under the water with the cayman. The people now dragged us abo.e forty yards on the s:in.l; it was the fiist andlast time 1 was ever on a j cayman's back. ' a decree of fashion the crocodile and alligator have become familiar, and the demand for the r hides exceeds the supply. Boots, shoes, bags, tmnks, belts and innumerable art:clcs are made from it. It h ded in man' tints, but the natural shade is the moat desirable, assuming with age a rich chestnut tint, Not only are the hides aluable, but the teeth are made into jewelry, and it is a common sight to see, awaiting the Northern express at Baldwin, Fla., a youth with shirt studs, neck-tit pin. sleeve-buttons and cane head of dile teeth, while his grip-sack i croco- is per- nans from tue same unfortunate rep tile. Certain African tribes also affect the teeth, only they are worn in the nose and around the neck. N. Y. Sun. Failures at School. A boy named William Elner died not long since in New York under circum stances of terrible significance to even' He ha-d P0 iut the "" mar school in the autumn or winter, and was ambitious to reach a high grade in the next June examinations, in order that his portrait might appear in a cer tain school journal. He studied out of school late into the night, giving himself but two hours in I tne day for recreation. As the examina tions approached, the nervous strain up on him became more exhausting, until ; one day he sank down at his desk, and was carried home to die with cerebro spinal meningitis. j During his delirium he recited his le-sons unceasingly, or scribbled prob lems on his pillow. The strain must have been terrible, as he was not a weak or sickly boy, which was proved by the fact that he lingered for weeks in the grasp of a disease which often proves fatal in a few days. In the same week in which this boy died, a young girl in a New York gram mar school, failing to pass in her exam inations, and made insane by her mortification and disappointment. mrew nerseu imo me onu xuver. Now the dullest observer must see that a S3'stem of education which pro duces such destructive effects upon the immature brains of ch ldren, is faulty. The object of education is to strengthen the mental faculties, not to cripple them by loading them with burdens which they cannot carry. Instead of this, the purpose too often seems to be to lorce sn tne briefest Accurate knowledsre. sound Dhvsieal health, a heorful temnenimpnt. nn a clear, calm, rcasonab.e mind, shouldjie the real objects of youthful training, and any feverish competition or petty prizes which destroy these should be avoided. If a bov is naturallv slow, and cannot . . . .. x. . .. . keep pace with his fellows, let him take heart; learn what he can; learn that thoroughly; and go forward toward the manhood that awaits him. Out in the big world where he is to play his part it matters little whether his school average was two or ten. If he is truth ful and honest; if what he has learned he has well digested, and he has shown that he is not a sluggard if- he is slow; his work is ready and' waiting for him there, and the very qualities of slowness and thoroughness may help him to a higher place among men than if he had been Dux every year at schooL Youth's Companion. Matrimonial Item. The most candid young man in Austin is Nuodemus Murphy, lie called at the ollke of a wealthy citizen, and came right out and said: " I want to marry vour daughter. 1 can't live without her." " Are vou acquainted with my daugh ter?" " Not in the least" " How then do you knowyou can't live without her"" " '.Veil, I heard you were going to give her lots o monej' when she mar ried. and mv nersonal exDenses are so heavy 1 cant live without her or some other woman who has srot money to support a husband." Texas Siftings. Among remarkable p oductions re cently mentioned by local paper- of Nebraska . e: Three oat-heads carry ing respectively 158. 222 and 251 grains; a peach 11 inches in circumference and weiglung 10 ounces; a stalk of corn over 14 i et high and 2 inches in diameter at the thickest part, and an ther 15 feet in length nd carrying 1) ears. In ihe last fiscal year 19.989 letter with money, 24.575 with drafts, checks, etc., 39.242 with photographs, 52.4G3 with po tage stamps, and(J0,842. packa- Dead Letter Offiet, Detroit Frtt tru$. j Catckia? a Tartar. It is customary of late for canine sa gacity to be illustrated at the footlights as it has been for years in the highly spiced literature of youth, but rarely docs tale or tragic situation supply more dramatic action or a more heroic aotor than real life did the other night in this city. There is a cozy little house at No. 465 West Twenty-first street, which for some time has been occupied by Mrs. A. J. Manson and her daughter. Both are ladies of culture and refinement, given to study and artistic occupations; and, living alone as they did, with only a couple of domestics in the house, they found a guard and protector in their dog "Rex." Rex is. a thoroughbred En glish mastiff, two years old. He has a great, sinewy body, covered with short brown hair, and his teeth are fitted for making fearful havoc. He is greatly at tached to his mistress, and is ever on the alert for any harm that may threat en her, a watchfulness which a week ago was of great avail. The residence of Mrs. Manson, facing the grounds of the Theological Seminary, adjoins a house with a second-3tory balcony. An expert climber could readily 'reach her window, and by the use of it there is reason to believe a burglar, or perhaps a couple, made an entrance into the house on the morning of the 4th inst. It was about half-past three o'clock. Mrs. Manson was sleeping in her bed chamber on the top floor, where the rooms of her daughter and the servant girls are also located. The weather was close, and through the open doors the watch-dog, Rex, could move at will. When he growled deeply and moved across her room this morning Mrs. Man son was aroused. Rex was upright and listening. Again came the low, sullen growl, and she presently heard him slipping down the stairs. Unmindful of mischief she was com posing herself to rest, when a dreadful scream of agony came up from the room underneath, and the lady in a flurry hurried out to the hallway and down the stairs. She first believed one of the servants had gone down and been startled by the dog, but as she roiched the end of the flight a figure appeared at the door of the second floor front room, which speedily showed her the true state of affairs. A man was tnere, a stranger, with uncovered head and frightened face. The gaslight burning dimly in the hallway showed a close cropped head fixed on a thick neck, with a florid, mustached face. Over a grayish shirt was a black cuta way coat, and he wore dark pantaloons. Evidently surprised bv the dog in pil laging the place he had turned to flee, when the grip of the mastiff upon his hand evoked that cry of pain. The member was bleeding now. The door knob he let go was red. In a twinkling he had reached the stairs and was de scending. But Rex, as cunning as he, was at his heels, and gathering up for a bound he drove his great tawny body against the flying burglar's shoul ders. The man went down as if struck by a club and rolled head over heels to the bottom, where he lay a moment dazed, with the mastiff's body on his breast and teeth in his flesh. The fall had stunned him, but he was quickly recalled to consciousness, and in a dreadful way. Rex had seized him by the jaw. The feet armed with sharp nails tore his face. The canine fangs reached the bone. Mrs. Manson, bravely following the fugitive, heard that dreadful crunching and her woman's heart was sickened. " Don't, Rex!" she called, "Don't!" The enraged mastiff, mindful of his mistress' voice, drew back, and the hap less burglar, who had been desperately fighting with his fists and uttering fear ful moans, made use of his chance. With an oath he struggled to his feet tnd sprang down the basement stairs, with the mastiff after him. The kitchen Is at the back, with the washtubsonone side and a door at the end opening on the yard. He had reached the latter, but the dog tearing at him again com pelled him to put his back against it and fight with might and main. Mrs. Manson found him so when she entered. It was dark down-stairs, but the gray of early dawn enabled her to see both the contestants. Without a moment's hesi tation the stout-hearted lady advanced, but the fugitive, cowardly in his pain and exasperation, sprang at her and dealt her a couple of blows in quick suc cession. The scoundrel's fist drove her head back, and the second time it struck her full on the chest and knocked her bruised and half-stunned to the floor. A third blow was coming when Rex, who had to dash around the table to get at the man, gripped him by the arm. He turned away with a cry, shot back the bolt and vanished through the door into the yard. Miss Manson, coming down then after her mother, found the lady still upon the floor, with her eyes upturned and barely conscious. She aroused her, and after securing the door thev went UD-stairs. Mrs. Manson 's studio, where the dog had made the first attack, was. topsy-turvy. The window was half opened where the burglar had tried to get out, but on the floor were blood-drops, which had fallen from the hand the mastiff had gripped. In an inner room was spread in a sheet, ready for removal, the "swag" of the night various sealskin robes, some sets of furs, an eight hundred dollar shawl, various pieces of silverware, with eighteen linen sheets and the dresses of the servants. The whole was valued at several thou sand dollars. While the ladies and the frightened servants were setting things to rights Miss Manson, going to close the shut ters, heard a bush in the corner of the yard rustling. As she glanced toward it she saw in the wan light a man's body rise above the wall and go over it. In another moment he appeared at the yard door of a tenement house in Twenty second street, and the next he was gone. The burglar had clearly secreted him self in the yard, probably in the closet, when he broke loose from the mastiff's teeth, and only about twenty minutes later had made off. The blows of the fellow's fists bad hurt Mrs. Manson severely, but cot ser iously, and the visitation of himself and his accomplices, for he must have had some, seemed at first to have been un fruitful. On last Monday, however, Mrs. Manson had occasion to go to the writing desk in which she kept papers of a most important nature. This desk was in the room where the "swag" had been spread, and on opening it she was startled to find it ransacked and the papers gone. The intruder's work had been done more thoroughly than was at first supposed. Close following upon this came another discovery. On this very Monday morning an attempt had been made to poison Rex. A piece of meat was picked up in the sitting room on the second floor, which seemed to have been thrown in from the street. It contained a lump of cyanide of potas sium, big enougn to poison an ox. Then the detectives of the local precinct were sent for and the case given to them. On inquiry they learned that the burglari ous entrance of the house on the 4th inst. had been preceded by another jrithin the same week. This time Mrs. Manson was awakened by hearing Rex scurrying down stairs as on the later occasion. She fancied that she heard a struggle on the first floor, but before she could descend the dog came up again and seemed to bar her progress. Think ing nothing was amiss she retired. But in the morning the front door was found to be open and Rex's bleeding head bore the marks of 1 slungshot. No trace of the mangled burglar is reported as yet. The case is still a mystery. But there is little doubt that Rex's teeth have set upon .-his face a brand that should enable even police gagacity to single him out as soon as. a aome from corns. N. T. HermUL Youths' Department. TEE It ID D I E, VIereo and bitter wath slniq-T'ft, But the ?trilo at length wmo'oi-. And the joyful news wi-nt riu;r n-. Ended is the cruel war. Proudly hoinevritrd rod Irs lo dsh'p. Bold Sir Guy or Athcld.ire: Flashed his eyes with jirido ami triumph A his praises tilled tho m'r. Kvery heart was full or ul .d ies. Said I, every heart? Ah, no! Here, amidst this joyful pc.'iu'c. One heart ftrhed with p-tviilt-s-; hoj: "Tw.is the little captive st anirer. Claude, the vanquish d Xor.min's sou Taken pr.s'jner. brought a trophy Of the victory-they had won. Bravely fought he for Irs f re lon And, when taken, omiled iliviain As his captor -no 1 around hitn. Boundh.s arms witu sj-ve and chain; Smiled ile'hince wh n thv told him That Sir Guy h s life woul 1 s.iiire, Should he s rve an I swear Rlk'tfiance Totheho.iseof Atheldnre Spurned their offer, while- hts dark eyoi Spoke the acorn he could not tell. As he fol!owil. without imirmur. To his Ore ny pris.n-celL Then they left him, ami his youn; heart Bowed beneath its weiKht of pain For a moment. But be rose up. Calm and cold and proud again. From without the jrrated window. In the pleasant ojurt below. He could sse the little Prineoss, As she wandered to and fro. Iiong- and eagerly he watch d her; Like a cloud the fr.i.den hair Glanced aud rippied in the sunlight. Framing in her face so fair. An the little Highland Princess, As if by a magio spell. Seemed to feel he.- eyes drawn upward To the dreary prison-cell; And tho sad, pale face ?he saw ther Canted the ready tears to start. While a woman's gentlest pity Filled the tender, childish hea-t. Then a flna resolve rose in her Lit the troubled little face. Not a moment to be wasted; Breathless, hurrying from the plae On an errand fraught with mercy, Straight she to her father sped: Humbly kneeling down before him. Lowly bowed the dainty head. While the sweet lips red and quivering, Fal ered out her anxious plea. Told her pity for tho captive, Bezged Sir Guy to set him free. But he answered, sternly gazing On the downcast face so fair: Can our daughter doubt the justioe Of the house of Atbeldare? But we pardon thta, and tell you Of our wise and just decree: If this captive swear to serve us. Wo will spare and set him free." Then up rosa the little maiden Dauntlessly, without u fear. " Would you have a traitor serve us?" Bang her voice out, sweet and clear. And Sir Guy paused for a moment, AU his anger troni him lied. As he watched her, tlushed and eager. While her cause she bravely plead. Gravely smiled he as she ended. Drew her gently on hi knee: You have conquered, little pleader You have gained the victory. But your Princs must earn his freedom: Not with bow or spear in band We are weary of the bloodshed Spread so long throughout the land. Let him ask our court a riddle; Six days' grace to him we give. And the court three days to guess it; If it fail, be then may live." Once more in the pleasant court-yard lanced the little maid in glee; Surely he could nnd a riddle That would save an J set him free. But five long days and live nights passed, And the Prince no riddle gave; To his brain, all dazed with sorrow, Came no thought his life to save. And the little blue-eyed Princess Pondered sadly what to do. Till at last she sought the counsel Of her old nurse, tried aud true. Go," b,cr nurse said, as she finished, " Gp, and search the green fields over. Never stopping for an instant Till you bud a four-leaf clover. " Take and put it in a nosegay, In the center, full iu sight. Throw it to the little captive; All I promise will come right." Out into the merry sunshine. While her feet scarce touched the ground. Went the Princess, never stopping Till the treasure sbe had found. Threw it, with the pretty nosegay, in the window, barred and grated. Then, and only then, she paused Paused, and hoped, and i eared, and waited. Through the window, barred and grated, In the dreary prison-cell. Like a ray of happy sunshine At his feet the nosegay fclL As he raised and held it gently. While the burning tears brimmed over. Through the mist he caught a glimpse Of the little four-leaf clover. Thoughts went dishing through his brain. And, before the evening dew Kissed the bowers of the land. All the court this riddle knew: Fourteen letters am I made of. Over countries fair and bright. Under many different bcavons. Raise we flags, both rod and white. Living with my many bt others. Ever in the long, sweet grass, -As we play, the happy zephyrs Fan us gently as they pass. Chanced you e'er to tind me out. Luck I'd surely bring to you. Often of me have you beard. Very often seen me, too; Ere you turn away from me. Bead me well my name you'll see." Three days passed, unguessed the riddle. And the sun rose joyfully. Turned the prison bars all golden, T)ld tho captive he was lree. Life had never looked so radiant, E irth had never seemed so fair; Sang the birds and played the founts) Sweetest fragrance tilled the air. But the day wore slowly on. Sank the sun from out the sky Ere the waited summons came. And he stood before Sir Guy. In th- stately council there Knelt he down, with peerless grace; Not a tinge of doubt or fear In the proud patrician face. To bim, then, began Sir Guy: You have earned your freedom well. And, we pray you, speak the answer That our court has tailed to tell." Then up rose the little captive. While his eyes with fun danced over: "If you read its letters downward. You will find a four-leaf clover. And Sir Guy laughed long and load As bo read the riddle through, 'I hat the court bad failed to guess With the answer in full view. Bo the littlo Prince was saved. And ere many days were o'er, Happily he sailed away Toward his longed-for home once more. But he carried back a memory Of a court-yard fresh and fair. Where there walked a little Prinoesa Iladiant with her golden hair. So my story's almost finished, And the end I need not tell For of course 'tis in the ringing Of a joyful wedding-bell. -SU Nicholas THE UARRET PARTY. "Say, gramma, can't I and Chris and Dode go a-cbestnutting on Pine Hill? We can, can't we? I Know you'll let as." Grandma Rand looked up at the sky, where dark clouds were gathering, then down to the anxious, upturned faces of her three little granddaughters. "I'm 'most afraid it is going to rain," she said. " I think you had bet ter ask Aunt Jane what she thinks about it "Oh dear! I know she won't let us go!" cried Katy, wofully. "I should s'pose gramma was old enough to know somethings without asking Aunt Jane, shouldn't you. Chris?" "Mamma said we must be good," said Chris, "and do as Annt Jane thought best. Come on. let's go and ask her; may be she'll let us go. They found Aunt Jane in the kitchen baking, and when they came in she put something into the oven very quickly and shut the door; and to Chris' eager question she answered, shortly: Qo chesinttlling! Why, no, indeed! it looks as if it would rain every minute." "I knew she wouldn't let us," sighed Katy, to her yonnger sisters, as they sat together on the haymow in the old barn. ' She never wants us to have any fun, and 1 think it is just horrid!" "And it's Dode' sbirthday, too," add ed Chris. ' Mamma always does something to please us, if it is only to make us some seed-cakes," moaned Dora. So these three naughty little girls sat on the hay and pouted and made them selves as unhappy as possible. But Chris and Dora soon grew tired, of be ing miserable. "Let's play something," said Chris. Lefs.get our dolls and hava a par ty," said little Dora. But Katy shook her head and declared she should not feel like playing a thing all day.1' So thay sat far half an hour longer nnd chewed their bonnet-strings and thought liow they were punishing Aunt Jane. After a while calling: "Girls! they heard sonic one Chris, Katy! Where are vou all. "Huh!" said Katy. "She wants to iiave us bring in some wood, most like ly." " But Dora slid off the hav and ran down the stairs, calling: Here we arc, Aunt Jane" And Chris and Katy followed close behind her. Aunt Jane was waiting for them with a very smiling fa. e. " It is 'some one's birthday to-day," she said, stooping to kiss Dora's rosy cheek, "and I want to have you all en joy yourselves: so I've planned some thing new for you. Instea 1 of the com mon birthday "p:irty I am going to let you have a garret party; ruu up and see how you like it.'' Did they run? Didn't they? And what do you think they found in the grand, roomy old attic? The great beams and rafters were trimmed wi'h ever reens and bright berries, and the old tall clock, also, was made bright with autumn leaves. Then between the two big chimnevs was tho funnv old table, with lions' feet, set with grandma's old willow dishes and lotded with all the good things that children like. 1 here were biscuits, seed-cakes, jelly and tarts, and in the middle of the table was a glass dish filled with grapes and pears. " Oh, isn't it just too lovelv for any thing?" cried Chris, when she found her voice. "And gramma has let us have her best dishes!" added Katy. "Hark! I heard something behind the chimney," said Dora, in a whisper "lnat wasLou Dittenhaver's gile i Know that,'' said Katy; "she's hid ingsomewhere." They ran around the big chimnevs, looked into old ohes s find trunks, and found hidden in these queer places six of their dearest friends. Such a happr day as that was! Such fun as they had! They dressed up in the old-fashioned bonnets and cloaks which they found, flayed all kinds of games and were having such nice times that they had no idea it was night, when Aunt Jane appeared at the head of the stairs to tell them that it was six o'clock, and was raining so hard that Joe would take the little girls all home in the big family carriage. After their guests had gone. KAty, Chris and Dora stayed up garret for sjome time, and Aunt Jane wondered what they were doing, but when she went to bed she found the following note pinned to her pillow: "dsrit Ant Jane we think garet parties are snleudi 1 and we think you are to we thort you did not want us to have no fun a ;d we was cross and said hints about vou out on the hay but we are real sorry and if you will for give us wo won't never do so no more from Kate and Ciikis ani Dode." Youth's Companion. Sleeplessness. The causes that produce this serious trouble are various. Not infrequently the tendency to it is inherited with a delicate nervous organization, and over work will increase it It is dillicult for the sufferer to know just how much work, mental and physical, may be ac complished without producing "the un pleasant result. For one so constituted a most watchful care becomes impor tant, and the most interesting employ ment must be turned away from at the first sense of weariness. An earnest conversation with afriend exciting your sympathy, the demand upon your strength made by an invalid, reading an article that stimulates the mind to intense thinking, may, any of them, cause you to spend weary wake ful hours and lead to severe exhaustion on the morrow. By watchfulness you may learu to spare yourself the over-fatigue, : a duty which others may not understand the reason for. You maj- a oid the con versation and the book at evening, seek ing them at an earlior hour when the choice lies with you. 15ut with every care you are liable to stiller from causes vou can neither foresee nor pre vent. Sometimes indigestion will awaken you at the small hours, and take re venge for some very slight departure from the careful diet you 'uniformly adopt. Recently it has Ceeu discovered that many persons lose hours of s'eep because they are in need of nourish ment. That the fast Ls too long that continues from supper time at aix o'clock until six or eight o'clock the next morning. Physicians who used to prescribe bro mide of soda or potassium for sleepless ness now urge their patients to take beef tea instead. The writer, after try ing various prescriptions with little ben efit was at length so fortunate as to re ceive such advice. At first beef tea was used with some light bread or biscuit broken in it, sipped from a spoon as warm as it could be taken. Afterwards, milk just scalded, not boiled, was sub stituted, and to make it more easy of digestion a tablespoonful of lime water was added to a half tumbler of milk. To facilitate matters a pocket-stove with an alcohol lamp or an arrangement for the gas fixture should be at hand. If neither beef tea nor milk can be easily procured, hot water with an infusion of hops or mint may be substituted, or even hot water alone will quiet restless ness and induce sleep. A daikened room that the moonbeams cannot enter, a little fresh air from an open lire-place or window, are valuable assistants in making the sleep continuous. When once the habit of wakefulness is broken up. the beef tea or milk may be taken cold, but not iced. If you are always a poor sleeper it will be well to continue this late supper as a perma nent thing in your daily life. Provide for it in the case of aged and delicate persons who may be under your roof; and as the troubles of life appear most weighty when scanned in the mid night hours, you may be able to lighten the load for the rest of their journey. Christian Union. Rough Lesson to a Bank Depositor. A practical lesson was taught to a bank depositor a few days ago in the Queen street branch of the Dominion Bank. It appears he called to deposit about $5,01)0. which he laid on the counter, and then turned round to speak to an acquaintance. On again facing the counter the money was gone, ana consternation reisned supreme. The depositor accused a painter, who was at work near the counter, of abstracting the money, and threatened to call in a Constable if it were not at once given up. While proceeding to carry out his threat he happened to look toward the counter, and to his amazement he saw the missing package of money lying in lying in laiof it the exact spot where he had One of the bank officials explained the mystery by stating that on entering the otiice from a back room, and seeing the money so carelessly displayed, he picked it up and carried it away to tench the depositor a lesson, to be more areful in the future, and then quietly returned it An apology was tendered the ac cused painter, and all unpleasantness was removed. Toronto (Can.) Mail. Mrs. Stow, a San Francisco dresj reformer, has informed the police that on January 1 she will begin to weai trousers in public, and she demand; Erotection in case street crowds insuli er. But the Chief-of-Folice seems t think that it will be his duty to arrest her, on the ground that Jher condue! would be disorderly. She is advised bj a lawyer that California has no law un der which she can be prevented fron dressing in that fashion. San Fran$i co Chronicle. FACTS AND FIUUUES. Vermont has sixteen savings banks and 42,58-5 depositors, with 5512,675, 2G0.T1 to thr.ir credit Th New York State Fair receipts at Utica this jcar were S1.T..140. being the largest sum on record for seven years. The maximum rate per mile for passengers over railroads in California Inn Jweu iied bv the Mate 1'oard oi Railroad Commissioners at 4 cents, a reduction in some cases of about -10 pei cent president Barrios, of Guatemala. receives a salary of .51.000 a month. He has been in ollieo twelve vears. and is worth $8,000,000. Tho debt of his couutryis $9,000,000, and growing. A". I". Sun. The nnnsylvania Stool Association held its annual mee-. ng ai I'htladelphia recentlv. The Secretarv's report showed that in ten years the produc tion of steel increased ftom 160,10? tons to 1 r"S.912 tons. A man in Delaware Countv. Pa., has iO.i heiis which prodme " 6S.0O0 thicken buds ' per annum an aver age lay of 10 pg-rs oacn. His profits amount to about '$1,000 a war on eggs alone. Philadelphia Press. The demand for high grade glass ware of domestic mauu:acture has greatly increased in the United States of late years. Not ten ears ago the supply was obtained almost entirely from France an 1 Bohemia. John Rapp, residing near Glass boro, N. J., has 2,000 cherrv trees. 14. 000 apple trees. 8,000 peach trees, 1,000 pear trees. 15 acres of grapes, 15 of raspberries and 14 of blackberries. The farm consists of 220 acres. The St Louis Republican says that the wheat crop of Missouri this year will be about 40.000.000 bushels, raised on 2.000,000 acres oi land, n the best countie-; farms are held at from 25 to 5fil5 per acre, but in others front .rl'i to SIS per acre. By this it will be seen that the wheat crop of the State is worth as much as the land it is grown on. One of the most extensive tree planters in the world is declared by the English journal Lawi to be the Duke of Atholo. Ever- year, it says, he plants from 600,000 to 1.000.000 trees. During the present season he has cov ered with trees a plantation of some 2,000 acres. By the gale which de st oyed the Tay "bridge his plantations were denuded, of 80,000 trees. One of the Dukes of As hole is still known as Ihe Planter Duke. In the year 1774. his Dunkeld hills were almost entirely bare, anil he bega i to plant on a large scale. Before he died he h d ; lanted 27, 0'), 000 trees, whu-h covered 15.000 acres. WIT AND WISDOM. Virtue is its own reward, and health and happiness is ay enough for being good. Many in this world run after felicity like an absent-minded man running after his hat, while all the time it is on his head or in his hand. Sydney Smith. When a real shrewd Virginia farm er wants a big tree chopped down and cut up, he tells the neighbors that there's a coon in it. and they'll have it down in ten minutes. llostoh Pout. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road has put on a ball-room car to dance in. Next will be an ice-cream car, and then tho bo;s will walk when they want to go West Chuugo Herald. Med cal intelligence is more large ly diffused than any other information. There is hardly a house in town where a man can complain of a sore throat or a pa:n in the head that somebody will not tell him what will cure it. Pa, I'll be right sorry when you get well," said a little Austin boy to his bick parent "Why, my son?''" "He cause 1 won't get any more empty medicine bottles to sell." I sell 'em for five cents a piece to the drug store." Texas Siflings. ' Eh.bien!" exclaimed Miss Kate to the tradesman. " What is the price of your gneiss peaches?" "Turfa," he replied laconically. "That's schist what I want. Give me two quartz strata way. I want to catch mica. A doleryte?" And silicate bounced out of the store without paying atolL Yale liccord. "My dear," said a very meek and henpecked music teacher to his buxom wife, 'don' t-ou think you have spanked Johnny long enough? His cries annoy me exceedingly." " Just one passage more," said the exhilarated mother, shifting the animated key-board to the other knee, and blowing upon her con gested palm. "We will close with an idyl for the left hand." Exchange. A Suspicious Character: A prom inent Austin politician woke up his colored man a few nights ago and told him to search the house, as he was sure there was a burglar on the premises. The darkey hunted the house all over and reported as follows: "Colonel, I has hunted from top to bottom, and ef dar is any 'splshous character 'ceptin' you in de house, I can't lind him." Texas Siflings. A scholar in one of Binghamton's public schools, who had been over the map of Asia, was reviewed by his teach er, with the following result: "What is geography?" "A big book." What is the earth compo-ed of?" "Mud." "No; land and water." "Well, that makes mud, don't it?" "What is the shape of the earth?" "Flat" "If I should dig a hole through the earth. where should I come out at?" "Out of the hole." AT. Y. Herald. American Fables. A Horse owned by a Peasant one day refused to draw his load, having be come tired of the tyranny of man. " Perhaps I have been too hard with him," soliloquized the Peasant, "and I will now make his burdens easier for a time." The Korse was therefore given light er loads, his supply of provender in creased, and his master never appeared at the stable without a lump of sugar in his fingers. A Fox who had observed how the thing worked paid a visit to a Mule owned by the same Peasant, and asked: "Do you want more oats and hay?" "I should murmur," replied the Mule. "And would you like to loaf half your timo away in the clover field?" "I'm blessed if I wouldn't!" " And have some one rub you down with a piece of velvet and fee'd you cut loaf sugar?" " It makes my mouth water to think of it" said the Mule as he nibbled at the fence. Very well then," continned the Fox. ' All you have to do is to refuse to budge when hitched up. The Horse played that game, and the result is that ne has become sleek and fat" Next day when the Peasant hitched the Mule to his cart the animal refused to move. "What! rebellion in my old Mule. too!" shouted the Peasant- -indeed I cannot permit both animals fo defy my authority. Having exhausted my kind words and Sugar on the Horse.'l will try the virtues of a club on the Mule." He thereupon pounded the animal until he was glad to speed faster and draw a heavier load than ever before. MOItAL. The Pox had been watching the aiTair from a fence corner, and as he saw the result be chuckled to himself: "A rich man ma- have his fence ia the street bu a poor .man must keep his sidewalk is repair to escape this Law. "Detroit Fru Freu. KENDALL'S THE MOST SUCCESSFUL REMEDY EVER M i( OV ER ED; AS IT IS CERTAIN IX ITS EFFECTS, AN1 DOES NOT 11 LISTER. KENDALL'S rrAvm..A. FYom COL. , . I. tilts: I had B..I. Kendall & Co. prized cry hiphly. he had a large bone other, which lnade him very lame; I ,uurl J """"". '" - "'""" i "a r j v 111 tirujrglsu here to send for it they ordered three bottles, I took tuem'al! and tnou'-ht 1 would jrivc it a tuorousrb trml, I used it according to directions and the fourth dav the colt ceased to he lame, and the lumps had disappeared. I used but one bottle aud the cults' liml are its free from lumps and a .smooth a anv horse in the State He is entirely cured. Thccmewa-.no remarkable that I let two of mv ueiirhbori have the remaining two tottie who are now usiu-; it. " wi..- ii iuu . munKu express, i ueierinim it at once to trv it. nn.i .r .,- Very respectfully, FROM THE ONEONTA PRESS, N. Y. Early last summer Mcsr. 15. J. contract with the publisher.- oi the Press for a u iir column advertisement' for oni. year .seiting lortb the merits or Kendall'- Spavin Cure. At the same time we secured from the Arm a quantity of books, entitled Dr. Kendall's Treatise on the Hor-e and Ins Disea-es. which we are giving to advance paving subscriber- to the Jn. n-. premiam ' rc5 " About the time the advertisement lirst appeared in this paper Mr I G Srher mcrhorn. who resides near Colliers, had a spavined horse lie read the "advert!,." ment and concluded to test the eiticaey of the remedy, althoiiL-h hi.-, friends Hu"heil at h scredualitv. He l.on.-tit :i Iinltle nf Ix'-ml-llv .,..,': o...: ... . "" ,:JuJ-" .' , ' lt.oiitlie linr-i in ni-i-mwlim-.. u it tin. ...w ........ ... H .,,. ......,.. ...... .m. . .. it effected such a complete cure that an expert horseman, who examined the animal recently could And no traeo of the spavin or the p t-e wh.-rc i' had bee-i locVted M Scherinerh..rii has since -.-cured a copy of Kendall. Treati-e on the Hor.,e and'hli iMscas.s iv Inch he prizes cry bisrhly and notild be loth to pint with at anv price provided ho could uot obta-n another copy. So much lor advertisim; reliable a'rtioIeV KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE. , , . Columbiana. Ohio. Dec. 17th isso B. .1. Kendall A; t o.. O. nts: ou will tind bel.iv a recommendation iron, .,, f xpr.-sMi.an. We .-ell Koi:,!aIl- Spavin Cure :.d tind ail who u "o it rV? ... ' " ' ":Vr it ou may send u more adverti-ing ",m- on B..J. Kendall .t Co.. (Sen!-:-! am using your Spavin Cure for a bone -i.avin fboilirht Off. llleVAr h- Irii''.'i-r Colmi.l. !... in. i .... .. ... .".".. I'a'" etireasi.atin- the !:,:,,.. 1. w -.11 i..f , --- -,------. - -- .. lutiN ior uie lump to te.ive. rue one nottl Yours KENDALL'S Horse .iliti ... bone sp:iiii. bunch. Yj. -cases, i One bottle e . n using entirely cureu Your.- respectfully. B. J. Kendall & Co ndall ,fe Co., Gents: I have the burliest opinion of Kendall'- Spa' in 'n ally good for many other trouble- named bv vm, and particularly ilar-remeutd. I tind it eo.ii removing ei Yours very truly, c. F. BRADLEY. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE. Kendall's Spavin Cure i sure in its ellVcls. mild in it- action a- it doe- not blister, yet it 1m penetrating and powerful to reach anv de.-p seated p tin or to re move any bony growth or any other enlargement if used for several day, ucb is spavins, splints, callous, sprains, swelling, anv hunetie-s and all enlu'-'e'iiient- of the joints or limbs, or rheumati-m in man and for anv purpo-e for whicha liniment is used for man or beast. It i- now known to be the b't-t iiuim -nt l..r m in ever u-ed acting mild yet certain in it- effect-. It N u.-ed in lull strength with perfect - if,-t v -it all seasons of the year. Send address for Illustrated Circular, which we think give.-positive proof of it virtues. O"o remedy has met with such unqualified success to our knowledge fo beast as well as man. Trice SI tier bottle, or six bottles for .".. " .,.,., , , , , ALL DRUGGISTS have it or can get it for you, or it will be sent to any address on receipt or price, bv the proprietor 18 Dr. IJ. J. KENDALL & CO, Enosbtirg Falls,' Vermont. SOLD :by all druggists. TRAVEL ONLY VIA THK- BnRIII&TOI & M Q. HIV.HAIR0 AD KNOWN AS FOR AIX POINTS EAST AXD WEST. Daily Express Trains are now run to Chicago, Omaha & Denver Via LINCOLN, AND BETWEEN KaasattCity, Atchion Sc Denver. 2EXPKKSS TRAILS Duily BETWEEN OMAHA AND LINCOLN. All Through Trains are equipped with new and elegant Pullman Palace Cars, Day Coaches and Baggage and Express Cars of the latest designs. Through Tickets at Lowest Rates Are on sale at all principal Stations, where passengers can obtain information as to Routes, Rates and Connections, and can secure Sleeping-Car accommodations. Quick Time, Sure Connections, No Delays, As trains run to and from Union Depots at all principal points. P. S. EHHtlM. Gen'l T'k't A'gt, 23y Omaha, Neb. LAND, FARMS, (raPEMMSALE. AT THE Union Pacfic Land Office, On Long Time and low rate of Interest. All within? to buy Rail Road Lands or Improved Farms will And it to their advantage to call at the U. I. Land Office before lookin elsewhere as I make a ipecialty of buying and selling lands on commission; all persons wish ing to sell farms or unimproved land will find it to their advantage to leave their lands with me for sale, as my fa cilities for affecting sales are unsur passed. I am prepared to make final proof for all parties wishing to get a patent for their homesteads. ESTIIenry Cordes, Clerk, write3 and speaks German. SAMUEL C. SMITH, Agt. U. P. Land Department, COLUMBUS, NEB G21-y GOLD.! Great chance to make money. Those who al ways take advantage of the good chances for making money that are offered, general ly become wealthy, while those who do not improve such chances remain in poverty. We want many men. women. oojs ana gins 10 worK tor us ngnt in t their own localities. Any one can do the work properly from the first start. The business will pay more than ten times ordinary wages. Expensive out fit furnished free. No one who engages fails to make money rapidly. You can devote your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. Full infor mation and all that is needed sent free. Address, Stinson & Co., Portland 31aine. BUEIIM ROUTE SPAVIN CURE ! A LSO EXi LLLEXT FOR HUMAN F L E S 7 ! 55F-READ PROOF BELOW .33 X,. T. FOfcjTJBIR. YounMown, Ohio. May 10th, 18S0. a viti viTn-al.! H.....1. 1. ....;..:. ..i. ...-.. . spavin on one joint and a Mimll one on the had him und.-r the charge of two veterinary "7 " - rc:!,,nS "" advertisement of Ken- L.T. FOSTER. .- ... Oueonta. ew York,. I.m.Uth, 1381. Kendall A- Co., of Kimhurgh Falls, Vt., mat ade .. " - t... in v mv .iuu ruiiiiuenceu usinir li. - ..t ;... i .... . .. . "-'u.1"' Ulll.illUU. UIIll III? IIlIlirT11lII ML Thl.i mi...T- . . ...? ..; Ut-IV I matter, and a few nice e ird- u it h our it m ,,., COX LEY kivfi ..V , ' "' " ,' Z' .! Jul n.l',wuJf ' .... -, .ii ii i,, niriiier ti- (l till I'lln. I wa. worth to me ten times the o-t. trul. FICAXK BELL. SPAvTN CURE. K'x-h.'-ter, Ind.. Xov.soth. IW i. .1. Kendal A- Co.. CJ.-nt-: I'lea-e end ;t-a -iippii ii adertii!i,' matter fiir Ken dall s s-pa. i Cure. It has a good sale here ,fc gmstii. lust of satisl.ii uoii. Ofailwehive .-old ue hae yet to learn the first unfavora ble report. Very rt-pectrullv, .1. DAW'SOX ASOX. 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