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THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, DEC. C, IStfc! i.:crea &t tfc Pie3:o, Cdssta, ilrt.. a: tsuai eta ssttcr. LILT AND VIOLET. The Illy blooms In gay parterre, the violet In the ehH'le ; But each is sweet, and niost confpletc, where'er It-slot is laid. And what is time of plant and flower holds good ol" lonl und churl. The iHdr in her palace balls, or lowly village KirL Within her lofty castle home grow up fair Lily Vane, As pure and stately as the flower from which she took her name. Tetjrenilewas the maid and good, like gold without alloy ; With every circling year that passed, her par ents pride and joy. And modest Violet's mother keptthe lodge be side their gate; She learned lictimes to knit and sew, content in bumble state. No gold or gems to deck her hair, no silken nle had she; A loving heart and true was all the dower of Violet Lee. These Maiden-flower grew, and waxed more sweet f nun day to day; Each in her p!aee the lesson learned, to love, to work and pray. They learned to smile at others' joy, to weep with others woe. To cheer the heart and raise the head with sor row droopiiiir low. Fair Lily in her lordly halls became a Baron's bride; Sweet Violet humbly labored by her peasant- husband's side. Pure Lily's way was felt among the great one of the earth; Bwc-t Violet cheered with heart and hand her lowly cottuge health. Their lots were far apart in life, the goal for each the same: A faithrul heart erves God and man. In lady as in dame. So, like th- flowers whose nametheyboro, when past life's summer day, A fra-jmi from their lives they left that ne'er .bull pass away. E. M. Trayualr in, Harixr's Ymtng PeojHe. A CHAPTER OX BEARDS. How .11 en Have Cultivated and Worn Tbent Ilimute Historical HInta. Men wear their beards as thev may pleae. The question, "Shall I shaver' is important only to the man that asks it, yet it was all the difference at one time between ostracism and being in the Btyle, and at another of coming within the bounds of Mother Church and being a schihinatic. No Mohammedan dares shave to-day unless he belongs to a cer tain sect, for it is a sufficient mark of con tempt to call a man a "no beard," and an insult not to be borne to threaten to tear it, while you can wish the Moslem no better fortune than that his beard may grow. When Selim I. in the sixteenth century dared to bliave ofl his beard be allocked the Faithful more than if he had cut ofl' the whoie.iopulation of a conquered town. It was a bold act for him to smile at the Mufti's remonstrance. It is a sijrn of the complexity of the differentiation of modern civilization. Herbert Spencer might say that every man wears his hair as he pleases or none at all if he so choose. That the full beard is a mark of savagery was the opin ion of almost all ancient civilized peoples. Consequently the young Roman shaved when he assumed the virile togit,and de nominated all savages by a term from which we derive the word "barbarian," meaning bearded. The Romans who played thatscurvy trickon the Sabine women were probably hairy fellows, but their refined descendants shaved off the hair of all the body except of the scalp. When the first barber landed in Rome from Sicily about three centuries before "Christ, the new practice of shaving was no doubt rigorously denounced ly the old gray beards, staunch conservatives always, out, like all iiiijwrted luxuries, it grew Into favor. Tlio-e who shave closely have"nt least illustrious examples to point to. . They would hardly go so far that even the hair of the bond was not spared. This cleanly people abhorred hair, that is, natural hair; yet they wore wigs con stantly and unified beards at times. W:eu their artists depict a man with a beard of several days' growth they mean "this fellow was a sloven or of a low degree." It was a mark of distinction on the pHrt of the warrior returning from the campaign, for it meant he had had no chance to cut it off. Though they wore no beards and despised the long-haired and bearded Greek, yet they had respect for this natural excrescence as a marlc of manhood, and they wore at times an artificial beard tied to the head. A smooth-faced, bald-headed man can claim the Egyptian sculptures as his fashion-plate. He who clings to his beard may comb it daily with assiduous care, and even encircle it with a ring if proud of its length of filament, but he would hardly follow the Assyrian fashion and plait it in many rolls and bind it with ribbons, nor would he put it in a case as the an cient dwellers by the Nile did with their false beards. The Israelites who gath ered at Jerusalem would be his ex emplars, for they were proud of their unadorned beurds, and retained them even in captivity among the clean-pated pyramid builders. Joseph shaved him self before auswering the summons of Pharaoh, that he might not be offensive to the mighty ruler, which is only an arly instance of that capacity of ac commodating themselves to circum stances which makes the Jew so powerful to-day. The beardless face is the fashion of the gladiator and the prize-fighter for the same reason that Alexander's valiant sol diers shaved their chins by royal com mand, in order that they might not carry about with them a handle whereby the enemy could seize them. The reason was Sood, for there might have been hostile iquiries for the youthful conqueror on the partof his own army. But men who grow beards are as proud of them as of their children. Are they aot their own product and full of in dividual idiosyncrasy? Every crinkle Beans something, if it represents nothing anore than a dime saved from the barber. Peter the Great knew human nature, and used his knowledge to extort money from his subjects. He laid a tax on beards, and at first raised more commo tion than copecks. But the Government barbers began shaving off the beards of delinquents, when the tax was paid with expedition. The mustache has leen an object much solicited. The man utxin whose upper lip a constant shadow hangs is the one who finds it most necessary to stroke it; it must be nursed and coaxed. Man hood has advanced its sign, aud the boy's thoughts are always on it. With how much envy he looks on the next young man whose upjer lip's crop has a "year's growth? It's tiny filaments he endeavors to twist to a point. He waxes it to make it lie down. The young man has done thk in every age and clime where hair was not despised. To return to the ancient dwellers by old Nile the young Egyptian -was spared one of the most anxious periods of life, for his father had shaved him constantly since he was five yeans old, leaving only a couple of locks to hold him by should he prove to be a renegade. Yet the mustache has been as much preached at as any sin man can commit. Englishmen of a century or so ago looked on it that is the mustache solus as a French frivolity. The court ly Frenchman of the time "of the Louises trained this appendage of his face to an unnatural length. Lntil recently the English prejudice still showed, itself in regulations which prevented its display in the army and among the clergy. Just now, and among Americans, the mustache is the favorite form of hair upon the face. In its place it sets off the face, and doctors declare that it is of great use in straining the air which goes into the lungs. Neither dust nor ordinary smoke will go through with it When cultivated to xcess it is valuable as a coffee-strainer. . The man who, when he takes a spoonful 6fsoup; lifts his mustache with his lft hand, and carefully depositing the side of the spoon on the edge of the cavern dis played beneath, tilts it over until the contents are spilt, is not a graceful object at dinner. In the name of all that is cleanly, the inveterate tobacco-chewer should eschew either the long mustache or his favorite quid. Englishmen and Irishmen to some extent afreet side whiskers. Anglomaniac Americans do the same. Josh Billings, a cloe observer of human nature, says that nine-tenths of all the men who wear side whiskers are membersof some church. Let the reader look around him this morning and judge if Josh is not about right. Side whiskers become some faces, but even Oscar "Wilde would not defend a red face framed in pale gold whiskers as an object of beauty. There are twe varieties of this species. One is the rathet elegant affair which is loug and slightly scanty of hair. The other variety it shorter, bushy, and has a curl forward. This is worn by cads. The imperial was first cultivated in France. When it is full and has an ele gant curl, it may be graceful, and is al ways rather becoming. The goatee popularly supposed to be named for the odoriferous animal which wears it has a smack of humor in it It gives one " the impression that its owner is a( jester, or, at least, a man full of quaint conceits. On a full face, otherwise shaven, it some times has a comical air. How severe is the man who has his whiskers and beard clipped off square. He is square also in all his dealings, and measures other folks' morals by rule and plumb. He would reduce life to geo metrical figures and lay out the road to Heaven by a species of theological trig onometry. His is the "beard of formal cuts," which the melancholy Jacques de scribes man as wearing in the sixth or magisterial age. The pointed beard is an affectation of the fjast, and was the mark of a gallant Not so the double pointed beard, which is the sign of a cleft chin hidden under it. The hair does not part gracefully without this. The beard is a mark of sanctity. Wis dom is thought to accompany it when long and whitened by the snow of age. Its cold color is proof that the fires of nature are declining and the ashes are appearing on the surface. The Hindoo sages, who in the literature of that people spend lonj years in contemplation, are represented as wearing long beards which flow into their laps. Jupiter is always represented with a full and flowing beard as the accompaniment of wisdom and strength. Yet there are few of the great men of the world who were re markable for their beards. The Grecian sages wore them, but a hasty glance through a portrait gallery of the great men of literature and science shows few full beards. Shakespeare wore a mus tache alone. So did Sir Thomas Brown, a man of contemplation. Women and children love a full beard. They delight to run their fingers through its curving mosses, and women know how easily a mau is soothed by that sort of caress. When Vivian pursued Mer lin, intent upon stealing from him the charm of the woven paces in the depths of the forest she wooed him to notice her by casting herself down at his feet as he sat with eyes uplifted under an oak, and combed his beard with her fingers and made a veil of it, in which she hid her lithe form. So she lulled the old man until he forgot his wisdom and told her the secret. And then the vixen wove the charm of his destruction. Women sometimes have" beards, but they are not proud of them. The ap pearance of one on an old woman's face marks a departure from full womanhood. Witches were supposed to wear them. Man has always had a horror of a bearded woman, but the slight mustiche on the lip of the brunette beauty is thought becoming. The inhabitants of England never could be brought to eschew the natural adornment of their faces, notwithstand ing the regulations of the Church 4 Rome for the government of the clergy; and in the steady adherence of English Eriests to their beards and their wives iv the seeds of the Reformation. On such threads does history hang. On the other hand, there are races who cannot grow the beard, and consequently dislike or neirlect it Xrirroes and Mongolians seldom have anything approaching it The Indian brave kept his face clean of hair, which .only grew stragglingly, and the first step when a white mah was adopted into any tribe was the removal of the hair on hi face. This the squaws effected by scraping with an oyster shell. Rough, tear-drawing shaving! It brought out roots and all, and extirpated the hair. Barbers are a product of civilization. Their importance has declined. They are no longer the surgeon and dentist of the village, but still maintain their char acter as news circulators. Barbers cut a larger figure in Oriental literature and that of Southern Europe than they do in the tales and poems of hardier climates. It seems strange that the barber should be an important member of society among a people who do not shave as a rule, but the barbers of Mohammedan countries are given to the comb rather than the razor. It is Moslem luxury to sit in a cool stall while an active barber laves, combs and perfumes the beard, accompanying his work with recitals of stories of genii and afrits and beautiful women, or selections from the poets. Fashions have changed from time to time in beards. Now it was the pointed, now the T beard, and again it might be the mustache. But fashions have ceased to say anything about it, and every variety is worn. A count made at a place frequented by men in this city one day gave the following results: Twent five men wore the mustache alone, five the full beard, and nine the beard clipped; ten wore full mustache and clipped beards, five the mustache and imperial, aud two the goatee; two wore side whiskers alone, an unusually small number; one the imperial, and two smooth chins, while four wore no hair. Thus it seems the mustache is the favorite in Cincinnati, the beard in some form ranking next In winter a large propor tion of beards would be found. Thesr figures indicate the favorite styles here. They would not do as averages for all American cities. Cincinnati Enquirer. France and Madagascar. The French, who since their defeat in 1870 have raved preat attention tn nn. lonial extention and have annexed Tunis, lonqum, ana tne iew Hebrides, are be lieved to be provoking a war in Madagas car. J. heir Uonsul there. M. Baudaia. has eo irritated the Oueen that she ha sent an embassy to Europe to complain urn. mo vuuaui reiuaes Ml allow 11. u leave. If the French Government is bent on colonies, Madagascar is a most tempting prize, as it is twice as large a Britain, contains most fertile provinces of varying climates, good rivers, and fine harbors, and is full of minerals. It is, however, a great pity that any European Power should interfere in the island, for the Hovas, the dominant race, a tawny people, apparently Polynesian, exhibit a marked tendency to develop an original civilization; and as they would resist the invaders, the French would be compelled to rely on the Negritos, a decidedly in ferior people. It is possible, however, that the French Government may think the protect of which the Consul is bus- pected a little too large. Queen Rana valona, a person of remarkable energy, has 20,000 fair troops, the coast district of the island are very unhealthy, and a Srofitable conquest would occupy at least 0,000 men. London Sptitotor. It is believed that the killing of flu immediately after taking them from the water makes them superior in taste t (hose that are left to die. Ralsiaf Calves en Skim Milk. A calf should be allowed to suck its dam for three to seven days after birth, according to its strength and condition; then taken away and fed its mother's milk, fresh drawn and warm, all it will drink, night and morning. It is easily 6oon taught to drink this from a pail, by placing your fingers in its mouth, and dipping the nose about half an inch deep into the milk. After two to three weeks' age, according to the condition of the calf, one-fourth of skim milk, warmed to blood heat may be mixed with new milk:. Increase the skim milk if the calf is doing well in another week to one-half skim milk. In the fourth to sixth week, to three-fourths; afterward feed all skim milk. In doing this, do not forget to al ways warm the milk. When it comes to half skim milk, put a -heaping teaspoon f ul of oil meal in it night and morning. If this was first scalded with boiling water it would be better, or a gill of meal or more may be boiled to a jelly, and an even tablespoonsul or two of this be put warm into the milk, as it would keep without souring for a few days. After the third week of tuts ieediag, the oil meal can be increased to an even tablespoouf ul, and thus go on, increasing very gradually to a half pint morning and night by the time the calf gets .to be four months old. After the calf is six weeks old or so it is about as well for the oil meal to be put in the milk, that is, without being scalded. Oil meal lubri cates the bowels and keeps them in good order. Great caution must be used to get it pure not adulterated with any other substance, such as plaster of Paris, etc. If adulterated it might poison the calf. If the oil meal is made after the "new process," Jhat is, pressing more oil from the groiyid seed than was formerly done, it might require double the quan tity to be mixed with the milk that I have stated above. If we could buy pure flaxseed and make a jelly of this to feed to calves, it would be a sure thing, and much better than to trust to the oil meal usually on sale by mill-feed deal ers. Calves. may generally be gradually stopped off their milk after four months age, and then fed on grass or hay. If to this was added a pint of provender night and morning, made up of nine-tenths oats and one-tenth flaxseed, ground together, it would accelerate their growth, and keep them in fine condition. If this cannot be had, some advise scalding the grain and seed; let the two soak a while together and then feed. As I have never tried this, I advise to watch the effect closely at the beginning, and see that the calf does well on the whole grain and seed.- Don't feed raw Indian meal or whole corn, except in winter, then it mar do to feed that mixed half aud half with wheat shorts or bran, and one-tenth oil meal; or perhaps cottonseed meal may be safely substituted for the oil meal in the mixture. But as this is a heartier substance than the hitter, I again advise caution; and be sure and watoh the effect of the cottonseed meal till you ascertain that it proves beneficial. Whole oats may be profitably fed to yearlings and to cows two to eight quarts per day, according to age, size and other feed given at the same time. After two months old or so, a calf should have a pinch of salt put into its mess night and morning. After a year old, this may be increased to an even or heaping tcaspoon f ul. But a lump of Liverpool rock salt f ilaced in a box which they can get at to ick at pleasure is better. Calves sometimes scour. The best thing I have found to stop this is to stir half -a pint of wheat flour into boiling water, thus making a mush of it When cooled to blood warmth, feed to the calf, and if it does not stop the scouring re peat the dose and give no other food till the little animal gets welL This boiled flour is the more beneficial because it acts both as a medicine aud nourishing food. Buckwheat flour is poor food at best for calves; some contead that it acts as a slow poison in the stomach, but if it is pure and sweet I doubt this last asser tion. A correspondent speaks of having calves dropped in autumn. It would be much better to have them come in the spring, earlier or later according to the climate of the locality. After the calf is about two months old, put a very little hay or grass before it, and it will soon begin to nibble this, but will not eat much till four months old or past. If the weather be genial, it is better to let the calf run in a small pasture where the grass is short, every fair day. Whether here or in stable, it should have fresh, clear water which it could reach and drink at pleasure. Strictly follow or modify with good judgment all the above directions, and I think one need have no trouble in raising fine strong calves.: A. B.Allen, in N. Jr. Tribune. cts Worth Remembering Sudden deaths do not come from heart disease one case in twenty but from the congestion of the lungs or brain, or from apoplexy. More die from congestion of the luugs than of the brain, and more of congestion of the brain than from apoplexy. Sudden death from heart disease is usually caused by rup ture of some large artery near the heart; from congestion of the lungs by instantly stopping the breath; from congestion of the brain, by causing pressure on the brain, which paralyzes and instantly de stroys life; from apoplexy by hemorrage of the brain. Heart disease most fre quently results from neglected or im properly treated rheumatism. It more often follows mild rheumatism than the severe kind, because severe rheumatism receives prompt treatment, while the mild form is olten neglected and left to work its way to the heart Persons who suppose themselves to be suffering from heart disease because they have pain in the region of the heart, or palpitation, seldom have any disease of that organ. In nine cases out of ten they are suffer ing from dyspeptia nothing more. Con gestion of the lungs is most frequently caused by a sudden change from the heat of an ill ventilated room or railroad car or horse car to the cold air outside, without being protected by sufficient clothing; hence many persons thus seized drop dead in the streets. Congestion of the brain most frequently results from trouble and anxiety of mind, producing sleeplessness, followed by engorgement of the small blood-vessels of the brain, sud den loss of vital power and almost instant death. Apoplexy may be an inherited disease, or it may be induced by too free living, or its opposite, too great abste miousness. Paralysis may affect only a small portion of the body, from a finger or toe to an entire limb, or it may dis able half the body or the whole body, when death soon follows. When half the body is affected by paralysis we may be certain that the seat of the disease is in the opposite side of the brain, because nerve fibres cross. Partial paralysis is often temporary when caused by the rup ture of a small blood-vessel, if the clot is got rid of by absorption or other wise, although this is a disease that all classes of people are liable to, its most destructive work is done among the depraved and dissipated. There is no doubt that the habitual use of tobacco is one of the most prominent causes of par alysis and other nerve diseases. A se vere cold can be soonest cured by remain ing within doors, in a warm room and near the fire, until all signs of it have disappeared. Then care should be taken to prevent a relapse by having the feet warmly clad, and the whole body, and particularly the chest and the back of the neck, well protected when going out A recent cough will almost alway yield to the following treatment within two or three days: Mix in a bottle four ounces of glycerine, two ounces of alcohol, two ounces of water, two grains of morphine. Shake well. 'Dose for an adult oae or twe teaspoonfuls every two or three hours. Half this quantity to children from ten to fifteen years old. It is not safe to give it to infants or children un der ten years of age. To stop bleeding, if from a cavity in the jaw after a tooth has been extracted, shape a cork into the proper form and size to cover the cavity, and long enough to be kept firmly in place when the mouth is closed. This, we believe, iB our own invention, and we have never known it to fail. It lias served us in desperate cases. When au artery is cut the red blood spurts out at each pulsation. Press the thumb firmly over the artery near the wound, and on the side toward the heart Press hard enough to stop the bleeding, and wait till a physician comes. The wounded person is often able to do this himself if he hat the requisite knowledge. Simple frac tures may be adjusted by almost any one. Get the limb as nearly as possible in the natural position and then send for the doctor. There is no great urgency in such cases. In fracture of the skull, with compression and loss of conscious ness, examine the wound and, if possible, raise the broken edges of the skull so as to relipVfl thp nrpsstire nn tbt brain. J Prompt action will often save life. In case of poisoning the simple rule is to get the poison out of the stomach as soon as possible. Mustard and salt act promptly as emetics, and they are always at hand. Stir a' tablespoonful in a glass of water and let the person swallow it quickly. If it does not produce vomiting in five minutes repeat the dose. After vomit ing give whites of two or three eggs and send for the doctor. Burns and scalds are soonest relieved by an application of cold water. Dry carbonate of soda, or baking soda, sprinkled over the burned spot is the latest remedy, and is said to be very effectual. These means are only temporary. In severe cases a physican should be sent for. HaWs Journal of Health. Nostrums Don't Bny Then. Under whatever name they come let them entirely alone. The peddling, nui sance has become almost unbearable. Haifa dozen or more times each day is the housewife called to the door and im portuned to purchase silver plating fluid, or fire proof powder or some cure all for every disease, while the farmer at his work is haunted by the lightning rod fiend who will put up a rod at half price for the good the farmer's name will do him as a purchaser, or an equally smooth talk ing fellow wants to make him agent for some very quick selling farm implement on which the commissions are very large, and if a bargain is concluded and an order given mayhap the farmer soon finds a note in the bankover his signature, equal to the amount of the order. And these parasites continue to harass the whole year around until every one who does not want to be duped or swindled feels like loading his gun. The only safe way is to put your foot down solidly, pay no money for peddled nostrums, give no orders to any man you do not know will do as agreed, and put off your premises all the leeches who go around offering some thing for nothing. A firm in Pennsylvania offer to farmers and gardeners "the vitative compound" or seed and plant "invigorater," purely chemical and patented. It is put up in little boxes, price $1 each, and con tains less than two ounces of a mixture of sulphate of zinc, acetate of lead and alum, costing in the drug store two or three cents, Dr. Kedzie justly queries what possi ble influence white vitrol, sugar of lead and alumina can have on vegetable ger mination and development They form no part in the chemicals of agriculture. But credulity is large in the rural make-up and very likely these vendors will find plenty of purchasers. Detroit Pott and Tribune. Locust Timber (Jrowing, The locust and eucalyptus grow to be ntagnificent trees in this climate, and each possesses a hard, fine grained tex ture that recommends these woods for use in the manufacture of wagons and agricultural implements. In early days a great many locust trees- were planted in Napa and- vicinity, which have at tained fine proportions and tall, straight spires. The wood of each of these trees is free from worms and the rot blight But the locust particularly, as hardwood, possesses many qualities that recommend it for displacing the hickory and oak jin? ported. It seasons without checking, and is tough, springy in the young wood and finer grained than hickory. For wagon hubs it is better than the timber now used, and one Sacramento wagon maker uses no other timber for the hubs of the vehicles he turns out In this dry climate other timber used for such pur poses seem to check on being wet, and for such season the locust is found desir able for purposes where the wagon mate rial is alternately subjected to being wet ted and dried. The locust is a very rapid grower on good .soils if not planted too thickly to the acre, and has no superior for fuel purposes when season, creating a hot fire and burning without kindling. The problem of hard woods of native S reduction might be solved by putting own plantations of locust and eucalyp tus, which in from fifteen to twenty-hve years would be in good marketable con dition. Many trees planted twenty years ago in this vicinity are now two feet in diameter, and had they been planted for other purposes than for shade trees along avenues of travel, they might be turned to profitable account for manufacture into wagon stuff. Napa (Cal.) Reporter. Utilizing Land. Throughout most of central Europe, where land is dear and holders have but few acres, every foot of ground is utilized. Fruit trees are planted by the farmers and cottagers with judicious care and discrimination in their fields and gardens. In an ordinal y season they gather an abundance of luscious fruit, not only enough to supply their ordinary wants but also to send large quantities to market, from which they realize an ac ceptable addition to their income. This is all done without losing a square inch of ground that could be devoted profit ably to any other food crop. The trees are planted along roadsides, on the margin of the fields, in the hedgerows, and other odd places and corners, where they occupy ground that cannot be con veniently cultivated. Of course, land is cheaper here, but still it would be a wise measure for every owner of land to plant trees along the roadside and in every suitable place for them to grow; if not fruit trees, forest trees, walnut trees, mulberry trees, or any kind of a tree may in time be useful for some purpose. We are too careless and prodigal, and there fore lose many of our advantages, and too frequently fail to make the best of ouropportunities. San Francisco Chron icle. Without Any Beard. The king of Spain sent an ambassador to the Pope, a young man of high extrac tion, with a special mission. The Pope, informed that a special envoy of the king of Spain demanded an audience, imagined that he would received an aged minister covered with stars, and vener able white hair, etc. Instead of which in walked with light elastic steps quite a young man. Haughty and irritable, the Pope looked at him, and at last said: "Are all the old diplomatists in Spain dead, that the King sends us a young boy. without even a beard?" ("Um jeune homme imberbe.") "Holy father." said the indignant Spaniard, "if the King, my master, had thought that honor coasiita in a beard, he would have sent you a coat, and sot a nobleman, like myself Temple Bar. m One of the culinary delusions of the day is pumpkin pies made out of yellow squash. A Quaker Wedding. Prof . Francis Barton Gummerc, Ph.D., (Freiburg), last year instructor of Eng lish literature at Harvard College, aud ju-:t appointed head master of the new "Swain Free School," at New Bedford, was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Smith Mott, daughter of Richard F.Mott, at the Friends' meeting-house, in Bur lington, "Ninth month, 14th." The ceremony, though it had all the essentials of the Quaker marriage service, oddly but prettily combined the accesso ries which are usually regarded as pecu liar to church weddings. There were bridesmaids and groomsmen and ushers. The antique uieeting-lnuse on Main i street, of course, could not be decorated I at all, but the gay attire of the "world's 1 people," who came in from friendship or j curiosity, partly, relieved its grim plain ness. The general public may uot know ! that in addition to "first dav" meeting, Friends always hold one in the middle of the week, answering to the Friday or other mid-week services of other denom inations, except that it is held in the morning. It is at this time that mar riages are usually solemnized. In Bur lington the day is Thursday. By 10:80 o'clock an unwonted throng, many in carriages, astonished the venerable Friend who has charge of the meeting house, but who saw himself temporarily superseded by the youthful ushers. As the doors were open to all, many strangers filled the stiff, uncomfortable seats in the wooden gallery, but all observed the proprieties of the place. The etiquette (if the term may be used) on such occasions wipes out temporarily the line between the men's and women's sides of the meeting, and they sit to gether promiscuously. Seats are re served for the contracting parties on the "women's side," immediately at the foot of those elevated benches on which the "leaders of the meeting" sit, confronting the rest. To these places, when all was still, the wedding party entered through the open door, the ushers leading the Way. No "wedding march pealed forth" on this occasion, nor was there any parade of flowers and ribbons. When seated, the bride's father and the groom's mother sat side by side, accompanied by a brother-in-law and a sister-in law to represent the deceased parents. The bridesmaids and groomsmen sat opposite, the small table on which the certificate was to be signed being between. The lovely bride who might serve as a painter's ideal of the pure, refined Quaker maiden at her best estate, sat quietly with downcast eyes, but very pale. Friends, in spite of "plainness," have always lieen noted for indulgence in rich fabrics, and she was no excep tion, her dress being of the finest creamy satin, with long train and cut V-shaped at the throat, with point applique lace, and a bunch af naturnl flowers at the waist She wore a small bonnet of white straw, trimmed with white silk, but without veil or strings, this forming the main departure from the conventional wedding costume. Her hands were cov ered with long white kid gloves, and she carried a swan's-down fan. The brides maids were more simply dressed in com bination costumes of white silk, em broidery and tarlatan. The groom, who is tall an stalwart in figure, with full beard, making him look much older than his years, wore dark clothes, with frock coat and modem silk hat, as did his at tendants. None wore hats in meeting save the venerable friend who seemed to E reside on the men's side, and he laid is off during prayer. Just as the silence was becoming painful Friend Phoebe Elkinson, of Philadelphia, rose in the high seats on the women's side and spoke a few words, partly of invocation, founded upon the Savior's presence at the marriage in Cana. Soon after 11 o'clock arrived, and with it the supreme trial of nerve and self possession. At a signal from a Friend, Prof. Gummere stood up manfully, and, tendering his hand to Miss Mott, she rose more slowly, and they stood facing the whole meeting. In a full, even voice he pronounced the solemn formula settled upon by imme morial usage; "In the presence of the Lord and this assembly I take Amelia Smith Mott to be my wife. I promise, with the Divine assistance, to be unto her a loving and faithful husband until death shall sepa rate us." There was a pause, but the bride, col lecting herself and looking up as if for strength aud guidance, said reverently in a clear and beautiful voice: "In the presence of the Lord and of this assembly I take Francis Barton, Gummere to be my husband, promising, with the Divine assistance, to be unto him a loving and faithful wife until death shall separate us." Their part of the ceremony, though toying, yet admirably brief, was over, and tne newly wedded pair seated them selves again. Another pause and Friend John Garrett rose and delivered a mild and temperate discourse, general in its tone, upon the lessons of Christ's appear ance at Cana. Then Friend Deborah Thomas, of Baltimore, knelt upon the other side and offered a fervent prayer for all good gifts to those present But one ceremony remained the sign ing of the certificate, which in this form of marriage is done by the parties them selves aqd "witnessed by so many of those present as wish, which includes all the relatives and friends, thus admitted to a pleasant and lasting participation in the event. Both sides of Professor and Mrs. Gummere's certificate, on a roomy sheet of parchment, were nearly covered with signatures. But first it is to be read to the meeting. Friend Rowland Dut ton arises and unfolds it as follows: FORM OF CEUTIFCATE. Whereas, miming the parties, with their res idence and parentage having- .declared their intentions of marriage with each other before a monthly meeting- or the rellrloui society of Friends, held at Burlington, N. J., according t the good order used among them, and having consent of their surviving- parents, their salq proposal of marriage was allowed of by the said meeting. Now, these are to certify, whom it may concern, that for the full accomplish ment of their said Intentions, this fourteenth day of the ninth month In the year of our Lord lssfc. the said Francis B. Gummere and Amelia Smith Mott appeared In a public meeting- of the said people, held at Burlington aforesaid, and the said F. B. O., taking said A. 3. II. by the hand, did, on this solemn occasion, publicly de clare that be took her, the said A. a. M., to bo his wife, promising, with D.rine assistance, t be unto her a lovingaudfalthful husband etc., as above. Aud, moreover, they, tliesald F. B. G. and A. 8. M. (she assuming the name of her husband), did, as a further eontlrmutlon there of, then and there to these presents set their hands. And we, whose names are hereunto subscribed, being present at the solemnization of the said marriage and subscription, have aa witness thereto set our bands this day and Tear above written. Not much chance for mistakes of iden tity or clandestine marriages about this ! At the request of an aged Friend the bridal procession was allowed to depart as it entered, but in reverse order, and the others then rose and slowly dispersed, manv to nrerjare for the receDtiou. which followed an hour later at the residence of Mr. Mott. Cor. Boston Herald. He Loved His Old Mother. "Why did you take that pair of laven der colored pants from the store of afose Schaumburg?" asked Justice Gregg, of a colored culprit. "I ain't to blame, Jedge." "Who is to blame?" ''My old mudder am to blame, Jedge. I took dem ar pants to save her life." "How so?" "She am mighty proud ob me, Jedge. becase I'm her only son, and she would hab worried herself plum to deff if she had seed me wid my old pants on, so to keep her from worryin' herself to deff, I jess bought dese heah pants on credit " "Ninety days in the county jail," in terrupted the justice. Texas Siftirigt. m Travelers all agree that Mormon women are inexpressibly homely, but any one might know that t No woman not ugly enough to smash a stone .jug by looking at it would consent to put up with the fraction of a husband. Phila delphia Newt. A Huatrariaa Herrer. An appalling railway accident, simi lar to the Tay bridge disaster, has oc curred on the line oonncctiug the occu pied provinces with Hungary. At a small town called Essecr. on the confines ot Slavonia, the railroad crosses a wood en bridge over the River Drave. which, has lately risen considerably aboe Its normal level, inundating a great part of the country through which it Hows. At Esse; it formed a rushing torrent, aud yesterday it hail reached 278 centimeters abovo Hood line. The bridge itself is a some what primitive wooden construction, reposing on piers of the same mate rial. It has been ued for railway tratlic for the last twelve cars, but was to be replaced by an iron structure next De cember. It must have been in bad con dition, a? it had long been predicted that sooner or later an accident must happen. The heavy current resulting-; from the Hooded state oi the river had driited all kinds of debris against the bridge, which does not appear to have been providedwith cut-waters. Hence, the f oatinor rubbish accumu'ated. and this was doubtless the main cause of yesterday's disaster. The passengers of the ill-fated train consisted almost exclushely of a part o. the Fifteenth Hussar regiment, returning- home on leave from Seiajevo and Mostar. Just as the first part of it was crossinr tho sixth and seventh arches of the bridge the woodwork gave way, and, acom vanied by a loud crash, the engine, ten der, two goods vans and two passenger carriages .vcre hurled into the swollen stream below. Some thirty men were drowned, tho number of those who es caped being estimated at forty-nine. i lie engine driver and stoker man aged to swim ashore, and although the breach measured sixty meters the rest of the train remained on the bridge, tho coupling chains having, fortunately, snapped asunder. Seventeen men were more or less seriously injured, but the ollioers, who were in the end carriage, do not appear to have .been hurt An engineer and his assistant, who hap pened to be on the bridge when the accident occurred, also escaped, the lonuer by j-winrming ashore, and the latter by catching hold of a projecting plank as he fell. -They were the only eye witnesses of what occurred. One of the carriages fell on a sand-bank, and the roof is just visible above water. The other fell in the middle of the tor rent, and was carried three hundred mete.s down the river. It is hardly ne -essaiy to say that the news of this fresh disaster has caused profound con sternation throughout ihe country. - It hough less serious in its consequences than the catastrophe at Segedin, the burning of the Ring Theater, or the Hoods in the Tyrol, it iof a particularly distressing chara ter. The poor fellows wh met with such an untimely end yesterday had, after three or four years' exile and hardship obtained their well earned dis-harge from the ranks, and were, no doubt, eagerly looking for ward to meeting their'friends again. Many of them had es aped death on the battle-field in L'osnia, and others had recovered from sickness that has lately been so prevalent among the troops in Ihe occupied provinces. Full of hope and making merry as best they could on their ourney" home these thirtv young men were suddenly hurried to their' account It is one of the saddest accidents on continental railway record. The disaster was due in a great measure to negligence. Several dav9 ago the bridge showed signs of inse curity. L'esides the locomotive and ten der, the train consisted of an empty brake van, an open goods van, two closed vans loaded with corn, two vans occupied by fifty-seven hussars, a lug gage van, a post-office car, and seven passenger carriages. The engine was crossing the sixth span when the bridge gave way. The six vans composing uie front part of tho train fell through with the locomotive, the coupling chains having broken, thus dividing the train in two. Not the slightest trace has yet been discovered of the engine and ten der. The four following vans were drifted by the torrent a considerable dis t mce down the river, and eventually stopped by a sand-bank. Those con taining the hussars were carried along some throe hundred yards and there brought to a standstill. None of the bodies have yet been recovered. There were a few miraculous cases of escape. A pioneer managed lo get out of one of the ill-fated vans, and hang on to the telegraph wires, which, at the point where the accident happened, pass under the bridge. A lieutenant belong ing to the hus-ars opened the door of the other van in time to save seven of his subordinates. Two civilians among those who happened to be on the bridge as the train was passing got entangled in the wreckage and were drowned. Half a dozen more escaped by jumping into the water before the final crash ana swimming ashore. The rescued soldiers; are all more or less seriously injured. Cor. London Telegraph. A Vicious Pest. An alarming insect pest has made its appearance in Detroit and vicinity, and has given and is giving a great deal of trouble and occasioning no little anxiety. It has carried destruction into several line residences and annoyance info a large number of places, and its name is legion. The pest is a species of beetle, iulinitesiinal in size, dark brown in cot or. active in movement and prolific in progeny. They breed at the rate of .-eventy igg a day each, and noth'ng except water is absolutely safe from their ravages. They swarm and breed in the Hour barrel, the suar-box, the tea chest and other articles of food. Thev enter crevices in the furni ture, penetrate beds and bed-clothing, and make life generally very miserable for the inmates of the house. Prof. A. .. Cook, of the Agricultural College, says that the little beetles are known to science as sylvanus surimimeiixL", and are imported from Italy and Spain in dried fruits. They work on figs, rais.ns aud wheat, and flourish in all kinds of meal, flour aud food, such as cake and bread. Tho smallest ones are not caught by the finest sieve, and the annoyance they cause is simply indescribable." Prof. 'ook says that the only way to get rid of them is to thoroughly clean them, out and then not introduce them again, a lucid method of extermination very hard of application. The raot effectual remedy is bisulphide of car bon. a very dangerous explosive. It has the expansive and explosive power of gas, but requires a light to set it off. This remedy should only be applied un der the direction of a chemist and treat pre aution should be taken against fire. Another efficacious remedy is pyr- cthrum, a harmless powder, apt to be adulterated or old and so worthless. It is a powder like flour, applied with a bellows, and loses its strength when ex posed to the atmosphere. The pest threatens to overrun the State, and as it lives on and thrives in wheat, the danger of their general in troduction need not be expatiated upon. Those who now have them should waste no time in e.xterminat on, and those who have not got them should be on their guard against them. While upon this subject, there having been cons'derable inquiry for a poison for cock-roaches, it may be said that Prof. Cook states that London purple mixed orie to twenty with sugar is a virulent poison for those pests. Detroit Post and Tribune. -An escaped convict is advertised in Maine as six feet and seven inches in height. .As no further description ia given, no extremely tall man can travel In that State without danger of arrest N. Y. Hun. ' KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE ! KENDALL'S: TUB MOST SUCCESSFUL It KM ED Y EVER DISCOV ERED; AS IT IS CERTAIN IN ITS EFFECTS, AND DOES NOT RLJSTEU. 2!&S From OOI. tu. T. FOSTER. Vountown, Ohio. Mav 10th, lSso R. J. Kendall & Co., Ceiits: I had a very valuable Hainblttoni.tii rolt whiVli I prized very highly, he had a largo bone spavin on one joint and a small one on the other, which made him very lame; I h:id him under the charge of two veterintrv surgeons who failed to euro him. 1 was one day reading the advertisement of Ken dall's Spavin Cure in the Chicago Express. I delermim d at once to try it, and "ot our druggists here to send for it, they ordered three bottle. I took them all and thou-ht I would give it a thorough trial, I used it according to directions and the fourth dav the colt ceased to be lame, and the lumps had disappeared. I used but one bottle aud the colts limhs are a9 free from lumps and as Miiooth a- any horse in the Mite He is entirely cured. The cure was so remarkable that I let two or mv nei 'hbors have the remaining two bottles who are now using it. " " Very respectfully, L. T. FOSTEH. FROM THE ONEONTA PRESS, N. Y. Oneonta, New. York, .lan.uth, i:j?n Early last 9timmer Me-sr. B.J. KVnd-iII .t Co.. of Eno!urgh Kails. Vt. mule i contract with the publishers of the Press tor a hiir column advertisement far one year setting forth the merits of Kendall's Spavin Cure. At the am. ti ne we secured from the firm a quantity of booki. entitled Dr. Kend.iUV Treatise ou the Ilnre and his Diseases, whiCh we are giving to advance pajing subscribers to the 1'res -is . preniiam About the time the advertisement first appeared in this paper Mr. 1.(; Seher merhnrn, who resides near Colliers, had a spavined horse H read the advertise ment and concluded to test the eflicae.y of the ruined v, .ilthoii"h his friends Itu-Iicil at his creduality. He bought a bottle of Kendall's Spivin Cure and commenced u'siu it on the horse in accordance with the directions, and he informed us this week t'rit it effected such a complete cure that an expert horseman, who examined the aiiimil recently could find no trace of the spavin or t'ie place w'iere i' h ul !e.-i lor u.-d M oi'iiuriiicruiiru ua since .sccurcu a copy oi tvelMlaU's treatise on the Hor Disease s, w hich he prizes veiy btelilv "and would be loth to iurt with n provided he could not obtain another copy. KENDALL'S i, ii- i,.,,. ,s. . s- B. .1. Kendall ,t to.. Outs: on L-.xim-.s.-M.aii. i. .- sC1, jiumiau s .iKiviu . " " " acnu uj iiiuic- iiiu-i iisiuj; on Mieni. . d. iveiuiaii ,v C... t.cnis:i am umng your Spavin lure for a hum- si.-,Vi (bought i.t C.-nley t Kin.'. Druggists. Columbiana, Ohio.) I iin.1 it jut the thiii' to cuic a. s;niii; iin- i-iiiieiiess uas an ieii iook lor me iiuip u ieie. i ne one noiiic lours KENDALL'S Horse ..nil .. bone spam bunch. "LMsuuses. i One bottle ...e . n using entirely cured l ours respcctiuiiy, I.EKKOV .M. tSBAII A M. ,. , Milwaukee. Wis , J.,.,, sth. Ivq. Kendall Jc Co.. Oents: 1 hare the highest opinion of Kendall's Stmm t n-v. B.J I hud it eii! tlly good foi removing enlargements. Yours KENDALL'S Kendall's Spavin Cure is sure in its. effects, mild in its action as it does not blister, yet it is penetrating aud powerful to reach any ihvp seated p.tin or to re move any bony growth or any other enlargement if :isj.ti for several das. siu-h as spavins, splints, callous, sprains, swelling, any lameness and all enlargements of the joints or limbs, or rheumatism in mau and fiir any purpose far uhich-i liniment is used for man or beast. It i now know n to be the best liiiim;-ni t,,r m m ever ne.i. acting mild yet certain in it effects. It is us,.i in tull strength with ported i( u it all seasons of the year.. Send address for Illustrated Circular, which we think gives positive proof, or its virtues. No remedy has met with such unqualified success to our knowledge, for beast as well as man. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles far ..". ALL DRUGGISTS have it or can get it for you, or it will be sent to any address on receipt of price, b the proprirtois, 18 Dr. 15. J. KENDALL X CO, Enosburg Falls, Vermont. SOLD 1MT ALL DRUGGISTS. TRAVEL ONLY VIA THK BnBUI&TOI&HO.BIOAILHOAII KNOWN AS KOtt ALL POINTS EAST AND WEST. Daily Express Trains are now run to Chicago, Omaha & Denver Via LINCOLN, AND BKTWKKN KaantnHCity AtckiNora Sc Deraver. 2 EXPKtKMM TRAILS Daily -BETWEEN- OMAHA AND LINCOLN. All Through Trains are equipped with new and elegant Pullman Palace Cars, Day Coaches r.nd Haggage and Express Cars of the latest designs. Through Tickets at Lowest Bates Arc on sale at all principal Stations, where passengers can obtain information as to Koutes, Uates 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. EaMtlf. Gen'I T'k't A'gt, 23y Omaha, Neb. LAND, FARMS, CITY P OPERTY FO SALE, AT THE Union Pacific Land Office, On Lony Time and low rale of Interest. AH wishing to buy Kail Uoad Lands or Improved Farms will tlnd it to their advantage to call at the U. P. Land Office before Iookin elsewhere as 1 make a specialty or buying and selling lands on commission; all persons wish ing to sell farms or unimproved land will tind it to their advantage to leave their lands with me Tor sale, as my fa cilities for afl'ecting sales arc unsur passed. I am prepared to make final proof for all parties wishing to get a patent for their homesteads. j3TIIenry Cordes, Clerk, writes and speaks German. SAMUEL C. SMITH, ft.gt. U. P. Land Department, G2I-y COLU31BUS. NEB WISE people are always on the lookout for chances to increase their earnings, and in time become wealthy; those who do not improve thejr opportunities remain in poverty, tt'e offer a great chance to make money. V want manv men. women, boy aud girls to work for us right in their own localities Anyone can do the work properly from th first tart. The; business w, I pay more mau icu iiiucs uihiujij ..... .. nenslve outfit furnished. No one who i engages fails to make money rapidly, lou can devote your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. Full infor mation and all that is needed sent free. Address Slixsox & Co., Portland, Maine. BufflGTlI AI..0 I'-V U.LhNT FOR HUMAN ' l : a j i : rajrKKAD PROOF UELOWv e anil his So much tor advertising reliable it anv price. irtielet. SPAVIN CURE. ... - .'"'"'''aiia, Ohio. I)..,-. ITth.lsso. will tnnl bel.w a recommendation irom r ure ami mill an w no Use it are pleas ed with maiicr, anu a lew nice cauls with nr nanus COX LEY KINO. ni mare, al'il l further Use ot" the cure was worth to me ten times tin trul. ' cns. HELL. FUAXK SPA FIN CURE. um ii'-sier, um., ;,n.i)th. iss,t H. .1. Ki'iMla'l ,V r.... t.Vnt-:- I'leis,- ,., ti a .iipplt ol aiUcrtisin; matt,.r far Ken dall S Spa i Cure. It has a good sile lure A gives the best of satisfaction. Of all we h ie sold we have yet to learn the first unfavora ble report. -rv ri-spectfiillv, .1. D VWSOX A SON. W'ilithrop, Iowa, No.'J."il. isso. B. .1. Kendall X- Co., Uents:-E clo.ed .least find i" cents for votir treat's,. .. ti... your Spavin Cure on oneot mv horses t..r the lamene-'s and removed most ., u,c rm tq. j many oilier troubles named by ou. and particiilarlv lor very truly, SPAVIN -. F. BISADLEY. CURE. 1870. 1882. 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