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THE JOURNAL. ISSUKP EVERY WEBXKSIIAV, INI. Iv. TURNER fc CO., Proprietors and Publishers. i k . t . .3 (I'dlaintiM KATES OF AUVEKTISI.X,. CTBuaincss and professional cards of five linen or less, per annum, five dollars. s- For time advertisements, applv at this office. EtTLegal advertisements at statue rates iSTFor transient .advertising, see rates on third page. JSTAll advertisements payable monthly. $3T OFFICE, Eleventh St., iy .eai"r in Journal Building. terms: I'ervear -Six months 5J Three months Single copies " VOL. XIII.-N0. 39. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24,-1883. WHOLE NO. 663. Ifipil mt m r ; ft r 4 t r BUSINESS CARDS. pOKKIII Ac ii:JLITA5u ATTORXEYS-A1-LAW, rp.stalra in Uluek Building, 11th street, Above the New hank. TT J. IIIJI, ' XO TA 11 Y P UltLI C. 12th Stret-1, i iloon. went or Hammond House, Columbus, Neb. 491-y D K. M. 1- TUBBSTO.', RESIDENT DENTIST. Office over corner of 11th and Xorth-st. All operation, nnt-class and warranted. HM'AtiO KAKHKIt MIIOF! c ILEX It Y WOUD. I'iwi-'i:. jgrEverytbinn in lir-l-class style. lo keep the best of oigars. .db- Al G , BKR Jt KKISUBH, ATTOltXEYS AT LA W, Office on Olive St.. Columbus -Nebraska. J tf O. A. HU.LHOKST, A. M., M.D., C. HOM EOl'A Till C I'll YS1 CI AN, 3TTvvo Block south of Court House. Telephone eonimunication. '' TrcAliLWTEB UK.. A TTORXE YS A T LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ins Tilth St. W. A. McAllister, Notary l'ublic .1 M. MACFAKI.AMN " COWUKKV, Attant? :7 W e. Cdli. jr. LAW ANI COLLECTION OFFICE OF MACFARliANDA COWDBRf, Co6w, : Nebraska. l KO. Ji. UKIWI1. M INT Eh'. S2T'arri:ij;e, house and -Iin painting, iilazim?, paper hunKing, kHlsoiniiung, etc. lone to order. Shop on KM fi M.. 'li;'te Engine House. Columbus Neb. ' H.Ri:IIK, Hth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Sells Harness, Saddles, Collar,, Whips, lllanket-, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc., at the lowest possible price.. Repairs irmptly attended to. i- W.CIAKIi. LAND AND INSURANCE AG ENT, IIVMI'IIUEY, NEHU. His land coinpii-e some tine tract iu the Shell Cieek Valley, and the north ern portion ol 11 tie county. -Taxes paid for non-residents. Sali-iaction jruaranteed. -" J" BYKON MII-LKIT, Justice of the Peace and Notary rublic. iivicoa jui.i.Kr-r, ATl'OUNKY AT LAW, Columbus Nebraska. N. It.-He will j;ive close attention to all business entrusted .o him. S. T OUIS SCHItEIllEU, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Busies, Wasjoiis, etc, made to order, and all work guaranteed. JjSrhop opposite the "Tattersall," Olive Street. "-J"' Mr iT AUX KK fc W KSHOTT, AT 1IIK Cll FCK E RED HA HX, Are prepared to turnish the public w'th good teams, busies and carriage- for all ocrasions, especially for funeral-. AUo ennduct a feeil and sale stalde. I! fAMES PEAKS AM. IS l-KKI'AKKP, Willi F1MST - CLASS APPA It A TITS. To remove bouses at reasonable rates. Uive 11 i III a (Mil. N JOTiC.R 'I'O Ti:Afl:KM. J. B. Monorief. Co. Supt.. Will le in bis office at the Court House ou the first Saturday of each mouth for ihe purpose of examinimr applicant, for teacher's eertilictite.. and for the tran-actton of any other hii-ine. pertainiii'.r to schools. .r-.I7- c OI.ltflHI'S lA"liB.X- CO., COLUMBUS, - XE1L, Packer- and Dealers in ali kinds of Hojr product, ci-b paid tor Live or Dead Hog or grease. itrecror.s-.-K. H Henry, Pit.; John "Wiggins. Sec. and l'rea-.: I.. (Jet raid, S. Cory. TAJIK! XAi-JIO, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimate- -upplied for either frame or brick building-. Uoml work guaranteed. Shop on 18th Street, near $t. Paul Lumber Yanl. Columbu-, Ne braska. o-J timo. 1.T. Martyx, M. D. K. scnf. M. I).. v Denlschtr Artz.) Drs. MARTYN & SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeon-, Tnion Pacific and O., N.& B. U.K. R's. COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA. :!-voI-xiii-v WILLIAM RYAN, DKAI.KR IN KENTUCKY WHISKIES IF;ies, Ales. Cigars anil Tobacco. j3JSchilz"s Milwaukee Beer constant ly on band.jg3 Elfksth St., .COLUMRUS. NKR. JS. MURDOCK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Havenad an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and srive us an oppor tunitytocstiraateforyou. j5T"Sliop on 13th St., one, door west of Friedbof ,t fnV. store, Columbus. Nebr. 4S3-V THE COLILMBUS FLAX AX!) TOW CO., Are prepared to receive and pay $3.00 per ton for srood clean llax straw (free from foreirn substances) deliveied on their grounds near the Creamery, in Colum bus Nebraska. COLUM BUS FLAX .t TOW CO., GEO. SMITH. Ag'L Columbus, Dec 5, 1882. 32-3ai ADVERTISEMENTS. FIRST National Bank ! COLUMBUS. NEB. Authorized Capital, Cash Capital, S250.000 50,000 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS A. ANDERSON, 1'rrs't. SAM'L C. SM ITH, Vice Pres't. . T. KOEN, Cashier. .1. W. E.VULY, KOBEliT rilLHi, HM5MAN OEHLKICH. W. A.MCALLISTEK, C ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. Foreign ami Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, Heal E-tate, Lo.m anil Insurance. '2!!-vol-l."-ly BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMJ1 US, NEB. SPEICE & NORTH, Oeneral Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale At from $.Q0 to $10.00 per acre for c:h, or on five or ten years time, in annual payments to suit pur chasers. We have also a large and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terms. Also business and re-ideueo lots ir the citj . "We keep a complete "abstract oT title to all real es tate in Platte County. 0-21 roLinsus, web. PILLSBIJfiY'S BEST! IH'Y THE Patent Roller Process MINNESOTA FLOUR! ALWAYS GIVES SATISFACTION, Hecause it makes a superior article of bread, and is the cheapest flour iu the market. Ecrry sack warranted to rim alike, or money refunded. HERMAN OEHLRICH & BRO, CrROGERS. l-3m LANDS, FARMS, AND 11 -AT THE Union Pacfic Land Office, 1 On Lony Time and low rate of Interest. AU wlshimr to buy Kiil Road Land, or Improved Farms will ilnd it to their advantage to call at the U." I. Laud tillice before lookin elsewhere as I make a specialty of buying and selling lands on commission; all persons wish ing to sell farms or unimproved laud will find it to their advantage to leave their lands with me tor sale, as my fa cilities for atlecting sales are unsur passed. I am prepared to make tina! proof for all parties, wishing to get a patent for their homesteads. jSfHeury Conies, Clerk, writes aud speak (Serbian. SAMUEL C. SMITH, Vgt. I". 1 Land Department, C21-.V COLUMUUS, XEB TVM. BECKER, PEALKR IX ALL KINDS OF FAMILY GROCERIES! I KEEPCOXSTAXTLY OX HAXI) A WELL SELECTED STOCK. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. faood Delivered Free (o any pnrt ef he C'ily. I A.M ALSO AG EXT FOU THE CEL EBRATED COQTJIIXARD Farm aud Spring Wagons, of which I keep a constant supply on hand, but few their equal. In style aud quality, second to none. CALL AND LEARN PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. & 21. Depot. CITY PROPERTY BUILD WELL. Hbrh on the granite wall the bntMera. to'llnjf, Heav-d up tbe massive blocks and sliba to place. With swart and streaming brows and straining smews. Under tbe Summer's blaze. And blgber yet, amid tbe chills of Antumn, Tier upon tier and arch on arch aro-;a; And still crept upward, coldly wearily, 'Mid Winter's sifting snows. From stage to builder. stage upsprings tbe master In-nruoting, cheering, chiding here and inre: Scanning, with scrutiny severe and rigid. Each lusty laborer's share. Anon his voice to those most distant shouting Through the hours. trumpet makes h.s orders swell: Or utters words like these to rouse and hearten: "Build well, my men, build well! "Tbe ropes are strong, and new and sound the pulleys; The derrick's beams are equal to the strain: Unerring are the level, line and plummet; Let nought be done in vain! "Build that these walls to coming generations Your skill, your strength, your laitbfulncss shall tell. That all may say, as storms and centuries test them: Tl.e menof oldbuilticdl!" And ever thus speaks the great Master Builder To us, where'er our journey-work' may be: "What'er the toll, the season or the structure, Build well-build worthily 1" S. tf. Bniicn, in Our Continent. THE PRICE OP A PICTURE. Snow, snow, snow! All the morning over that peaceful, little Irish town it I had fallen steadily, uncompromisingly. It blotted out the fair, rolling landscape, the holly-bright hedges. Even that far famed niouuta n, the Devil's Bit, wore two prett-, pearly caps. Such a bitter storm! A keen easterly wind had set in. It was blowing fierce ly, chilling one to the bone, dashing snow like sleet in one's teeth. The little group gathered round the bright turf fire in the principal village store, elevated their hands and brows in dumb dismay. "B'ys," cried a new-comer, "I've heern ez how Bennett is goin' to turn out the Widdv O'Neil. Bad scran to him." fervently. " The Lord betune us an' all harrum! Shure, not U-Uay, Larry, boy in this fearful storm?" "1 don't know," doubtfully. "He'd do it quick enough. Ah," with a sip of his potheen anu a slow retrospective nod of the head, " it doe.sn" tseem mor'n yisthftrday whin that same Widdy O'Neil was the Colleen Dim. an the purtiest slip of a girl in the three par ishes. How the lads 'ud Hock in to see her from Loughrea an' Rossthubber. proud as a King the wan of them she'd lling a smile to! Many the foine b'y'a heart she sthole, an' whin he'd beg her to kape it, she'd just laugh an' shake her head. Bnt one day who came up from Ballisthore to the fair but young O'Neil. Then she changed her ways a bit. an' no woadther! Seeh a sthraight, rollicking young fellow as he wor, with hair broight as a pikawn an' eyes all blue an' fearless-loike." He paused a moment, for fear bis steaming glass should grow cold. "Go on, asthore!" one of the women said. " I'm thinkin'," rousing himself with a shake, "of one noight Sir Gaston gev a ball to his tenantry. He was younger an' better-lookin' than he is now, oy eleven years. I stood be the dure an' looked on. He cam' down the long room a-sorapin" an' a-smirkin' in his 1 with regard to manv species of knowl foine black clothes and smart jewelry, edge not taught "at home or in the Whin he wint sthraight up to the Col- J schools he does know as much. There leen Dhu we looked at aicli other, an' j are now but two schools where man turned to watch 'em. mcanin'-loike. ners are exacted from the striplin- We knew he'd been a-follerin' her the army, the navy, and to acertainex mor 'n a man of his sort should loller a tent the merchant marine. In the lat peasaut girL I kin see her this minit ' ter the traditions of the sea service re ez she stood laughin' an' talkin' wid quire the bov to acknowledge the ques young O'Neil. She had on her best i tion or command of lhe officer by aa white muslin gown, an' a kerchief "Aye. ave. sir!" On shore the boy, and crossed, innoceut-lookin', on her bosom, especially the boy of business or of the Her lips were smiliu'. Her .shinin' eyes office., hardlv deigns a reulv when snnlr- were black ez sloes. Her cheeks were brighter 'n the holly-berries in her hair. He asked her for the honor of the first dance, an' the rich, plain-feat- ured young London lady he was en- gaged to, a-sittin' al the end of the hall all the while. The Colleen turned to him. her head held ez. high ez ye plaze. She was sorry, but she had promised it to Mr. O hetl. Wid that his face got J If employers would sometimes adopt all angiy and white-loike, but he the Haroun a! Raschid fashion of dis laughed. 'Niver moind,' sez he, I miisinar themselves and nnrn-u-hino- ' break it!' Ye should ha' seen how the Colleen Dhu drew herself up atf looked ri mm ez. 11 sua was uueen of En- gland 4 1 couldn't. Sir Gaston, an' I wouldn't if I could.' And wid that shfr office bov or clerk who has spoiled more slips her hand in O'Neil's an' walks t than one" business transaction and ure away. He looked after them, his eyes vented the growth of many a prospective glarin. his face white ez ashes. i.ir. r..A,-. . ,i.:. -. i u.. x me faith I was proud of a Tipperary girl then." They all knew the rest of the storv. Of. the ten happy years spent by the lt Innn I Km ic I I Aim ' V'l .-! -4It K.t iii;ii s Wile, in their ' pretty rose-wreathed home, the rent of which was always too promptly paid for complaint; oi ner nusnanu's death . a " " w one year ago, anu ner uesperare strug gle since, to keep life into herself and children. This month the rent had not been forthcoming, and to-day within the cosy, straw-tlmtched cottage the bailiffs were al work. "Mot to day," she cried, shuddering and whitening, "not to day, alanna, in the cruel storm!" But they went dearly on with their merciless task of despoiling her home. When the last stick had been flung into the wagon they pointed to the door. "Go!" they said. She staggered out into the white, bit ter world, her bah- in her arms, by her side her eldest son, a boy of ten. A quiet, silent lad he: dull and stupid the neighbors called him. A short distance from her little kingdom the woman paused. She looked back, her face all working with misery. "Oh, niv home! My old, happy home!" That wailing cry smote the ear of a man standing vt little way from her, a florid, prosperous-looking" fellow, fur clad from head to-feet He laughed aloud. She turned and saw him. c would be merciful! She flung herself down in the cold, wet snow. She held up two thin hands. "Not to-day to-morrow! We shall freeze, we shall die not to-day!" But the storm was kinder than the words he spoke, and she rose and shrunk away, till the snow, like a mer ciful vail, shut out her little straw thatched home. rime was twenty vears older when 1 one day ail aitistic London was thrilled aud startled into admiration of a pict ui e which had appeared in one of the exhibitions. A wonderi'ul piece of coloring, that! It was the terrible story of an eviction told ou canvas A home surrounded by bailiffs; a white, weaty woman shrinking away, but looking" longingly back; children shuddering to her side, fear aud hunger in their faces. The central figure was that of a robust. irosperous, - seal-clad man,, who .stood coking on with vindictive satisfaction. And over all tbe anguish and despair .--- . r T was the cold winter sky, the white, whirling snow-drifts. It was a grand success. All Londoa flocked to see it It touched every heart. Men's faces paled as they gazed on the pictured misery, and many a one started as at the sudden sight of a familiar face. " Why:" they would cry, pointing to the cruel, relentless face "of the land lord, that was surely drawn for our millionaire and politician now running for ele.-tion. Sir Gaston Bennett!" Rumor brought him the strange news. He wont to see this idol of the critics. Those present noticed how he staggered back as though from a blow. "The Colleen Dhu!'rhe whispered. Already the truth was spreading abroad. He must see the artist! He soueht him out a reserved, auiet I man. He caught his breath as they met. nis lips snook; nervously. Her son! The Colleen Dhu's pure, sweet face, her proud, dark eyes, all intensified. i impassioned. " I must have that picture," the great man said to him who as a boy had stood an apparently indifferent spec tator to that terrible scene. " I must have it, I must destroy it; it will ruin me!' Vain were all prayers, all plead ings. With the same proud scorn his mother years ago had spurnpd this man s degrading homage, her son to day spurned his bribes. The reporters got hold of that story of the eviction. It spread like wildfire. It rang through out the length and breadth of England. The man's political career was ruined, his social life blasted. He flung himself at the artist's feet, terror-stricken. Your price any price." he cried madly. "Nameit your price!" But the son of the Colleen Dhu an swered hira, sternly, coldly: "My price is greater than even Sir Gaston Bennett can pay my mother's life!" A', 'lemple More, in Our Con tinent. Our Maaaerless Bojs. In the times when there were no rail roads, no steamboats, no electric light, and no photographs, boys in some old countries over the sea were taught on seeing one of their elders approaching to uraw up oy tne roadside and bow as be I passed. In our own country, a genera , tion or two since, the boy,. on entering . the school room, was required to make 1 his obeisance. Usually, it was an , awkward bow. It was all that remained 1 of the bow of old time, "old school" courtesv. Now this bow has jrona al- 1 together. It is dead it is obsolete and w,ith it. among a very large pro portion of American boys, has departed almost every vestige of outward show of respect for their elders. By the un spoken sentiment prevalent among them courtesy and deference are deemed un manly. The thing to do is to cock the hat over the eyes, elevate the cheap cigar to a corresponding tilt, spit, swear, talk slaug. and talk it loudly. It never enters the head of the boy of the period to give up a seat to the elder. It is a matter to him unknown that there is a certain propriety in bating his breath and tone in the presence of his elders. I He feels himself as good as anybody, as 1 PTC.1t and imiiort'tnt ;is nnvlimlv. nml f- the age of twelve or fourteen ba thinks ' he knows as much as anvhndv. Ami en to. The business or office bov, if favored with companions, is not awed bv age or appearance, and when-questioned" will sometimes give his answers in the most inditlerent manner, while he continues his chaff with his comn.iiiinno nrbona ion absorbed in the pages of the dime , novel, t their own office boy with some inquiry relative to their business, thev mihtre- ceive some useful bints. It is tins mi- oertinent. unmannm-lv and inrtiflWpnr . m - lortune. In fact, it may pay to cultivate and encourage manners and cour'esy :;moug our youth. One noted linn in this city seriouslv iuiured its business thrniio-'li the lank of a vio-ilant avp tn nhsprro tho j manner and bearing" of its youthful officials towards customers. JVT. V. t " - (jruphic. About Cats. " You are accused," said the Austin Recorder to the culprit, "of havino lired a gun twice within the city limits! Did vou kill or cripple anybody?" "fto. sir." 'It is a very serious ma'ter to fire oil a gun in the c ty limits and not kill any body. Don't you know vou are liable to be punished very severely for such care lessness?" "Yes, your Honor, but there ae some very mitigating circumstances." What are they, and how many of them are there?" "They are cats, your Honor, and from the noise they make I should think there were about a thousand of them." " So you are troqble'd by cats?" "Yes, your H-mor, they wony me nearly to death, and I lired at. them twice. That' s ho w I came to violate the city ordinance." Recorder (brightening up) : "Come here, prisoner. I wish to consult with you confidentially. Tell me, how many did you kill?' Three with the first barrel, and two with the second." "Splendid! Glorious! WliaLsize shot do you use when you violate the city ordinance by discharging tire-arms with in the city limits?" "I use duck shot; it fetches them even- time." "f am glad to hear that I've been using a size smaller when I violated the city ordinance. Would you object tc' i.i:.- .. ji, leuuiug me y our guur I will lend it to you with -pleasure." replied the prisoner, but jour llonoi must remember that you are 1 able to be -severely punished if you -hoot off a gun inside of the city limits, and do not kill anybody." ! " You can go. but do-not let it happen I again." 'Texas Silinys. A dummy eng'ne ran over a deal man in California recently.. The ilea' man could n' t . hear, and the dumm; couldn't speak.' Hence the catastrophe Detroit 'ree Prist. ( The Koordlsh Chief. The flight of. the Koordish Sheikh Obeidoulhih is giving the Government ' great anciet-. Persia and Russia are I- both insisting that he insisting be captured nnrl lntArii.xl"' Tn bTIu: uta ;"... "'T,.. . H;. m some sare place. now safelv at home In k:., .., 1 n. Ei . , ... rum&,& u uirtv ouitji tw.., 1 .. , . UI9 U1UUUUUU-, Iltru 1UIK1SU hiVA noraf i-nt lw.i, ,. !. v-llCIU 1UIM5U ! aii . . to anv advance of the eneniv in a eer out his uenntssion. Although he ..:.. .): .- ti i-.i ..... .... .1-... has . , - 1 , . . , telegraphed to ask pardon of the SuR; an for leaving Constauti- - 1 !. 4. U- -l.Ji - . pic wiiiiuui lutJiuiuKuiuusiiieumuenL upon a guest, he is likely to bo dis - turned soon. I understand that the commander of the Turkish garrisons in Mesopotamia has reported that he has not force enough to arrest the Sheikh, but that troops have been ordered for ward from van and Erzeriun for this purpose. The importance of Sheikh Obeidoullah arises from his being a spirit ual chief to many thousand Koords in both Persia and Turkey. He is known to be thoroughly restless under Turkish control. He believes iu'a Jiilureforthe Koordish people, and believes that it is his mission to advance its interests. The glory of Saladin of the Crusades and of many other reuowned Koords is to him a constant impulse to resist the gradual extinction of Koordish individ uality which is being brought about by the Turkish policy or killing or exiling every Koord who attains education or influence. He has often declared that he has no evil intent toward the Arme nian Christians: who have a common origin and a cdmmon destiivy with their Koordish neighbors. Yet the Turkish Government knows very well that any disturbance of Koordistan just now. would lead to a Russian intervention. It is there'bio particularly anxious get Obeidoullah safely away from to his people. Personally the Sheikh is a rat her small man, with hands delicate as those of a woman, and an eye like that of an eagie. His face in repose is not prepossessing, but in conversation it lights up with a glow that makes one forget the tradi tions of his savage wars. Like most re ligious dignitaries in this countrv, he is extremely ignorant of modem science. Yet he is proto..nd!y learned in all that strange philosophy "which tinds a favor ing atmospiiere in jMe-opytamia. He is a most fasciuating conversationalist, full I of wise saws and quaint or humorous illustrations, and he can quote unerring ly all the great Persian poets or Arabian theologians. Among his own people the Sheikh exercises "a magnetic power which makes men eowcr beneath his : gaze as if he was the arbiter of their destinies, which, indeed, to some extent he is. The question of the manner of the cs--1 cape of the Sheikh from this city is still under investigation. The Russians sav the English got him awav: the Knglish believe the Russians helped him oil": while the Persians declare that the Turks sent him home on a mission hos tile to Persia He went by way of the Black Sea and the Caucasus. The Turks are hampered in their pursuit of the; parties who got Sheikh Obeidoullah away by two circumstances: hirst, by the fact that he was brought here as the gnest of the Sultan, and was never for- -biddeato-leav-e the city; and. second. by the declaration of h s followers here that his escape was miraculous, a fact that no Moslem da e- pulilieh- to deny. His servants still declare that they see. him so constantly before their eyes that they are unable to say ivhether he is now bodily present with Uicra or not, and no amount o cuffing over the ears will make them tell a dii ferent storv. One of the higher grade of his disciples declares that one day I he saw a large green dove ily from the One person out of every live in the window, and that on entering the , United Stales has one or more corn. Sheikhas room hastily to tell him of it ' td the cost' of e .eeting a cure is lie found no one, but the empty gar-1 Sl.SOi What is the number of com ments of the Sheikh lyin iu aheap .victims, and what would be the cost near the open window. He was sure.f P-ilc,aS every person on a sound the green dove was the Sheikh himself, footing? The only difficulty with this theory of ' Kvery mm who has arrived at the ago his escape is that, although the Sheikh's i of forty years has Iot at least, ten urn clothing is there as proof, the Sheikh's brellas worth $1 each. Kvimating the field-glasses and quite a store or revolv- number of losers at I1.uo.uh).. and jrs and ammunition must also be ac- '' granting that one third of them hajo counted for.as having been conveyed ' tea ior.as Having Oeen conveyed ' nuira sevou nmnrcitas worm en sim r by the dove. Still, the people be- h'ngs each, what do you majte'ithe total the story, ant! great prices are of- loss? DtLoit Er-c ' V. I tor bitsof the Sheikh's clothes or " --- away by the dove. leve fered clippiugs from his, beard to use as ex ternal appVcalious in cases of neural gia. Conslantiiiojiln Uor. N. Y. Tribune. I Soldier': Sensations When Engaged in Battle. Whenever you can find a soldier who under tire aims low and shoots to make every bullet wound or kill, you tiud fif ty m uo are nervously throvviug awav i ammunition, .seeming to reason that the reports of their muskets will check or drive The enemy. And yet this nerv ousness need not be wondered at, for they are playiug a game of life death. At" Malvern Hill, seventeen soldiers, belonging to an Ohio regiment, took cover in a dry ditch, winch answered admirably for a rille-pit. A Georgia regiment charged this little band three times, and were three times driven back. The fire was low and rapid, ami the loss in front of their guns was more than one hundred k lied m ten minutes. RegimenLs have been engaged for an hour, without losing half that number. The fire of this seventeen was .so contin uous that McClellau lorwarded a brig a'de to their support, believing that aa entire regiment had been cut off. At Mine-iRun the writer was just in the rear of a New. York regiment which was suddenly attacked. A single com pany of Confederates cut off 'from the regiment, and-dodging around about to rejoin it, suddenly debouched into a field and. found itself face to face with the Union regiment, fighting commenced , at once.' A regiment -I ought a com pany, both lying down forcovur. I lay so near a lliird sergeant that I could touch his heels and! watched 'his lire. Every time he pulled the trigger he elevated the mn.zle of his gun at an angle of forty-five degrees instead of depressing it for the enemy lying down. 1 saw him repeat this operation fourteen different times. The man in front of him lired as many bullets plump into a stump in his' front and the man on the other side shot into the ground about ten feet awav. Others must have been wasting bullets about Uie same, wnv, but the little company was shooting to kill. In that ten minutes of lighting the' New Yorkets suffered a loss of thirty-six killed and, wounded, and then a bayonet charge doubled them back and opened a gap for lhe little band's es cape. I walked over the ground and Jound ouedcad anil one wounded Con- . federate. ISot a gun. blanket, knap- tni. red Tam o' Shanter ca; of thick saok or canteen had been left behind. worsteds are also in great favor, and Any soldiervwill no doubt fight belter ' the Chinese or Orient hat of felt with under cover than -he will in the open 'the b'im rolled upward all around is held, but cover doesjiot always insure ;als0 liked in this vivid red shade. Ilm good fighting. At Pittsburg LandingJive jter'slia.zur,. thousand Union soldiers skulked under - the river bank, safe from' the enemy's' -A cat-fish caught at Cum mings, Ga. lire, and many of them -threw their guns was covered w th long fine hair, from into the river rather .thau. fire a shot. six iuche to a foot" long. The fish Again, at Yellow Tavern, five of Cus- , weighed about twenty ix"pouuds am' tet'j nun, dismounie'd 'and lying behind excited great interest a fence, held five companies of cavalry at bay for tventy minutes, and killed twenty-four muu.'and this without get ting a scratch in return. At Mine Run a Union I jnt0 Hi, f-o-l.t with si.vtv rounds of :im- rnmi noiit n ! imu?lllouPe t Immitiou pel. msuu ln-.lkmo, :l total o( ,...-1..,..., r. ,1 1 i.fn ..,. 'ii.-. 1 i"-."i; "ui iiiuicnmi umiuin. j.ms "".". .w iit wu iu .ivi . a i-utrui. r.n-;w.i.t ,,-... ,.l -. 1 r.vin,ni.t .... ,.l ..1 .... 1.-...I. ..." uiiwiiuu. 1 ney 11111 11UL seu iiiiriv , Confederates duiin.Mh,. wh.iln .hiv. h,.H ,. it .... f,:..Q ,V.... 0 i:...i ...:.i. .1Inm,lllitim, u ,:r..,l ,w.,:- -Vt lo-.ct j . . --' v... i"ii "i'r'i1 " i t,,-i.ia ti,,.oo,i i,ii., "i least l-;ii,i tr.. ,k.,i ..i.:,.;'.i.... vet onlv One cool man will do more exe ution with his musket than thirty men bring at random. One inn-t have a will strong enough to crowd down nil emo tiou, and oblige hi: hands to cease trembling at the word. Out o:' every regiment, not more than one hundred men are lighters. These shoot to kil. The others shoot at random, and kill Qnly by .accident. Thirty eaitridges would la-t a good lighter "for all day's light. The ordinary soldier would lire t out his sixty in an hour and a h:il and like enough" have his eyes shnt halt "the time when he pulled the trigger. A member of the Second Michigan In'ant ry hit the case pretty well at' Blackburn' Ford. When the skirmishing began ho couutod his cartridges, and said: " Ju-t sixty of 'em, and I'll lire three a minute, and have these felleis licked in just twenty minutes to a tick!" Detroit Free Frcss. ... fi v nunwi, jniKiiiiit 10 New ArillimetieaJ Problems. The length of a certain beau blower is one-third the length of a bov who is ' four feet high when he stands on a block live inches th.ck. What is the length of the blower? A human body weighing 1G0 pounds falls fitty-iive feet per second. How long will it take a baby weighing thirteen pounds to fall down a pairof stairs four teen feet high? bi. men put in their capital to start a co operative store. What was left a. ter the manager got into Canada was valued at $'2i0, and this represented oue-tifth of wh.it each man put iu. How much did the manager get awav with? The average cost of curing a sore throat is thirty-seven cents, and the number of sore throats in this countrv averages 21.0UO.0ni) per year. Hov much could America spend for going to the circus if our throats were brass lined? There are twenty-four newspaper re porters in Louisville, and each one kills au average of ISO cockroaches ner da v. How many victims would the- number 'u days:" 'A ym'g man about to be ' ligurcs that S per week will marred support the tamily in luxui and ere.-t a tive story building out o the .savings of three years. How many days after h s marriage before he wilftiim'bie to bean soup? It osts a political candidate S25 per head to retain thirty loafers to slug him through a convention and .'loO tor inci dental expenses. How much is he out altogether, and in case he is left how long will it take h.m to make himself good by hoeing corn at -rl per dav? In a particular lie d are innety-seven watermelons, audit softly approached by live colored men in se.-uehot a vveutl chuck. How many times does ninety -seven go into live" James and i'enrv ,olishiiigaml agree to divide. .Fames lias two nibbles ami a bite iroin a dog. and llemy go's two duckings and loses a twelve shilling hat What is the share of each ? stolen seven umbrellas worth en sliil- Girls Ji'otiiing. The quaint and picturesque styles for girls' dresses eon during the summer j-vvill prevail throughout the denii season. ( The guimpe dive.- of cottiu Mttine, of Turkey red ca ico and .Nolch gingham for general use, and tho-e or" white pique, nn.nsf.nk, colored surah and luce for nicer wear, are made sufficiently ;iiiiiijr ue aiiiiiiiin liioiuns oy ilie addition of the long elo.h nei.sses of tan-color or ritle green so much in use for large girls and m'ss- s, and the br ght red, green or electric )1 ie clo'hsacqtics in favor for very small eh hi en. Colors ori'wi.'I be more used a the season ad ranees t )... 1.... I ...... 1 -. . . .- vt. t .. I Hum iue i.iitt: ueen ior vears. U lliie dres-.es will not be abandoned, but thev will be covered with a da-k coat, and ' the hat will match the coal iu color. All shades of light brown, such as almond, biscuit, tan and drab, will be used for pelisses of cloth that will be bra;ded in placques and wheel pittenis with sou tache of a dar'.-er shade. The Kren-di models for these coats lap on the cheM, I but tall open belo'v the w ist: some of them have cross seams at the waist line and all have plaits iu thch'ck of the skirt. The large collar, eofis and hip pockets are covered with braid. Rrle green and garnet cloth garments me similarly made. Cloth win a!-o he used for the odd little ja kets thai a.v worif by children one year old and npwatd. aiuLthe caprice is to have this of tne bright red cloth now called Arabi red. but" which is precisely the same shade as the-more familiarly known Turkey red This straight saciiue reaches near ly to the edge of the dress skirt, is single-breasted, with the broad French 1 back that has hut one seam: the uar I row form that makes it tit to the figure f belongs to the front rather thanthe back, and it falls directly under the arms. The edges are stitched, and there is a snia'l turned-over collar; curved pockets are on the sides. It is K. .,,...... I .ln..... 4l.n . ..I. 1.. I . conspicuous ornament is three loop uuttoiicii iiutvu iiiu uoiucioseiv, ami us across the lr nt with a plaque at each end made of braid of a contrasting eol ,or. . For instance, the red cloth sacque has black braidloops and plaques, while thosVof green or blue cloth have red braid. This Janey for bright red will also be carried out in the caaiimere guimpe dresses, in cloth for pla ted walking coats m iilnlher Hubbard wraps, and, it i said. in gay velvet smfs for both bovs ind iris. '1 he red fez. the Turkish tnrban of red eashmpre nnd The Fate f Explorers. Prom Singapore we learn that Mr. Witti (formerly an officor in the Austrian army), an explorer in the service of tho , British North Borneo Conipany,has been treacherously murdered by "head hunt ers," who also killed several of his native attendants. Mr. Witti had, it seems, been making his way to the head of the Sibuco Urver. This region may be considered at present quite beyond tbe active administration of the British Borneo Com nuiy The Governor was not aware that Mr. Witti intended to make so long and hazardous a journey. At. f lift -I'Line time. Mr. Willi hTnir in , .. ...... w...D .... experienced traveler, a brave man, and ' on good terms with the natives gener- ally, there was no reasou to fear that he . might not go through the very heart of ' the country without molestation. He J had made, it seems, an important trip, and was, it is believed, on his wav to Kimanis. Near the head of the Sibuco j River he would be ou the frontier of j Dutch Borneo, and in a region where Mr. Carl Bock found the natives un-' uually savage aud unfriendly. Witti had a party of seventeen men. " lie divided them. Some nine or ten were told off to attend to the boats. They were navi gating a river, and Witti had bought boats from the natives. The other men remained to push on ahead in company with the explorer. The natives had shown no disposition to hostility. The local chiefs (the tribes are, no doubt, the Muruts, though one account says they are Tandjoeing Dyaks) had hospitably entertained Witti, which is generally a guarantee of friend ship. Wnile his little party were pre paring to move forward, Witti sat down to m:ike some notes in his diary. Slid - "'" tt.rol i,n,i.,i ...tiro ..r,,t ...in, poisoned arrows and spears, rushed in j upon Witti and his men. Three of the i latter fell almost immediately. Witti defended himself with his revolver and killed two of his assailants. The rest crowded upon him,however,and speared him to death. The others of the party had already run away, one of them, who was carrying Witti's Winchester rille, taking it off in his flight. From a hiding place they saw one of the attacking party decapitate Witti, while others cut off the lower limbs of his dead attend ants, fling them, with the explorer's head, into a boat, anil mike off with their bleeding trophies down stream. They also carried off Witti's papers and dispatch-box. The event has created a sensation at Singapore and at Labaun. A police party, of the Borneo Company, has been, or is about to be, dispatched to the scene of the massacre, with a view to a complete investigation of the itffair and the punishment of the Muruts. The head of the Sibuco River is on the con lines of the British North Borneo Com pany's territory, occupied by tribes of an entirely different character to those among whom Mr. Frank Hatton, an other scientific explorer, is at work in the northern regions around about Kini Bolu. He and his party, including an Australian engineer, have been well re ceived. They found the company's flag flying at several somewhat remote points, and, so far as the real work of the company goes, it is moving on sat isfactorily. Mr. Witti must have had the dangers ' of his expedition in his mind at. the out- set. It is quite likely, from what is ; known of his adventurous spirit, that he j had resolved to accomplish a great i achievement even a' the risk of his life, j ior, prior 10 selling oui, ne mane ins will and left behind him full instructions as to the distribution of his property. He was known to the Geographical So ciety of London, whose "Journal of Transactions" contains several of his contributions to the geographical his tory of Borneo. The commercial civili zation of North Borneo is of great im portance to tradinginterestsin the eastern seas, and it will be necessary in the in terests of Borneo and adjacent islands to make an example of the murderers London Telegraph. An Expensive Kiss. When William Schmidt gets out ol the Work house it will be a long time before he will again kiss another man's wife. William tried the experiment on Friday. It was good as far as it lasted, but it was the afterclap that William didn't relish. He'll have no more of it in future, for William is asensiblc young man, and knows when he has enough. It happened in this way : On last Fri day, Schmidt, who is a painter and, bv the way, has a young wife and child ol his own went to the residence of Mrs. Myra Howard, on the Lower River road, for the purpose of brightening up the window-eills. Mrs. Howard's worset half was not at home, and, indeed, no one ele save the lady herself. The fact led William to remark to her that it was strange that she was not afraid to stay in such an out-of-the-way place all b her lonely self. Mrs. Howard responded l that not a coward drop of blood flowed in ner vein, or worus to me same im port. William am! she enjoyed quite a little conversation while he was at work on the windows, ami finally William asked her if she had five cents she could loan him. Mrs. Howard replied that she had the iive cents in her pocket, and th.it it was "going to stay there. William vowed he'd have the money, and then followed a playful chase through the kitchen and into the sitting-room. It was tiiere that Mrs. Howard sat down, and the gay knight of the paint-brush, in his exuberance, sat down in her lap, and, throwing his arms around her, he implanted a kiss upon her lips, under the impression that that was a fitting ending to such a tremendous joke. " When the lady took a rolling pin with which she had been kneading bread, or something of the sort, and cracked Wil- Ham over the head, that young man ' thought the joke was going too far. When the claret flowed from his pro boscis,ho began to wish he had kissed a woman who hadn't so much muscle; and when at la-t the husband had him arrested on a warrant charging him with assault and battery, he wished he'd kissed a woman who hadn't any hus band to kick about such a little trifl&as that. Mrs. Howard told her story in the Po lice Court yesterday morning. She is not bad-loolcing, by any means, though in size slie would make one and a half of the young man. She spoke without much embarrassment. She wore a hand somely embroidered black mantilla, a white bice tie, and a jaunty round hat. She averred that William had held her hands while embracing her. This Wil liam denied. In disposing of the case, Judge Iligley remarked that it was the first of the kind that had ever been brought before him. He lined the young man $100, and gave him thirty days in the Work-house. Cincinnati Enquirer. A New York female pickpocket is so pretty that one of her victims refused to make complaint. PITH AM) POINT. "The baking-powder war" is the heading of an advertisement in some of our exchanges. Another Yeastern diffi culty, it is presumed. Norristoum Her ald. Said Brown, looking about the es tablishment: "I don't see Belcher around. How do you get along without hira? You told me he was your right hand man." "So he was," replied tho storekeeper, "but now he is left." Bos- ' ton Transcript. A medical journal explains how to make a "dropper" an arrangement to drop medicine out of a bottle. The quickest and most emphatic dropper we ever saw was a young man who en tered a blacksmith shop and picked up a horse-shoe that had just come out of lhe forge. He dropped it with so much dropableness, so to speak, that it made him Dei-spire and swear. The Jiubje. The New York Graphic prints pic tures of "the. great diamonds of the world." There are about thirty of these precious stones, and the most surprising thing about them is the fact that not a single one of them is owned by an edi tor. Newspaper men never did care much for jewelry, anyhow. "Oh, I've just had such a scare!" exclaimed a prim and pale housewife : "I feel as if I should faint." "Why. j what's the matter?" was asked. "Well," she replied, "you may not believe it, but as sure as I live that new girl deliber ately opened the parlor shutters and the sun was shining right in." I " Have you ever before been pun , ished by the law?" aiked an Austin 1 .Justice of a colored culprit. "Yes. I . ..!!. ..1 .. 1- 1 i .. . ' HKZ S .. i ' . V Ty a come m conQict with the law?" "Now dat yer speaks ob hit, Jedge, I bleeves I was in de penitentiary for ten yeahs, ef I disreniember myself " Texas Sifting. A society drama was presented at the theater at Salt I.ake City recently, but when in the third act the husband began to rave aniLtear around because his wife hail run away with another man, the audience with one accord rose from their se.tts aud exclaimed: "The idea of making all this fuss about one woman'" .Mid left the place in disgust. San Francisco Chronicle. The firm, steadfast character of Massachusetts men is seen also in things material. Look at the weathercock, for instance. This, elsewhere the symbol of instability and fickleness, is here transformed into stability itself. When the thing gets turned toward the rising sun, its fixity of purpose, its staying power, its rigid inflexibility, is simply sublime. It knows no north, no south, no west. Boston. Transcript. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Of the 229 asteroids now known, forty-one were discovered by Dr. Peters and thirty-six by Dr. Palisa. Chicago Tribune. xV pistol manufacturer of Spring field, Mass., has a daily income of ."52,000 from his business and investments, and, though be begau life a poor man, ex pects to leave each of his four children a millionaire. "Tripolite" is the name given to a new building material which is intended to be a substitute for lime, cement, and plaster, under certain circumstances. It is composed of sulphate of lime, coke and oxide of iron in some form or other. California is mating great efforts to develop her extensive, petroleum de posits. During IriSl her production was trebled. Large quantities of ma chinery have been purchased and some of the most expert Pennsylvania drillers have been engaged. There is said to bo no doubt that tiiere are immense, oil de posits in the State. Suit Frannsro Chronii'lc. A patent has been taken out in Ger many for an engine, the piston of which is driven backvvatd and forward by snvill charges of gunpowder supplied at each end by an automatic arrangement. The ignition is effected by the motion ol the piston, which draws in a flame ol gas or spirit, the access being regu lated by side valves, which also open outlets for the escape of tho gases ol combustion. A new method of reducing corn to meal is now in operation at the West, which, it is said, seems likely to super sede the old-fashioned mill-stones. The corn passes over a series of cylinders provided with tine steel points,revolvin rapidly against fixed knives each set finer than the one preceding. The meal produced is exceeduigly fine, there is claimed a saving of fifty per cent ol power, and the machinery is said to be less expensive than burr-stones. N. 11 Post. Carefully conducted cxpe-iments have demonstrated the fact that sea soned wood, well saturated with oil when put together, will not shrink in the driest weather. Wheels have been known to run many years, even to wear- ing out the tires. Very many dollars raight be saved annually if this practice were adopted. Boiled linseed oil is the best for general um, although it is now known that crude petroleum on even old wheels is of great benefit. Prairie Fanner. A Bashful Theologiie! Young Smith is a theologue in the neighboring seminary. He is bashful, and 1 fear possessed of a heart all too susceptible to female charms. Smith has undertaken to teach the village school this winter, and has for his pupils several girls.among whom it is shrewdly suspce'ed the future Mrs. S. miy possi bly be found. The othr day aclass in the primary stages of naturalphilosophy was reeking. In it was the young lady upon whom Mr. Smith is supposed to look tenderly. leaencr. ".Now, laura, you describe the structure of the. eye." may I Embarrassed silence on Laura's part. Teacher. -"Of what parts does the i eye consist?" j .aura blushes prettily, but fails, to j remember. I Teacher (trying a different form of question). "What have I in my eve, Iuira?" I Laura (glancing saucily at him). "A pupil, sir!" Class titters. Smith blushes painfully 1 and calls the next scholar. Our Conti ' ncnt. A few days ago two San Francisco boys, less than twelve years of age, pro cured two knives, and played "cowboys meeting on the plains for deadly con flict." After a few pas-es, ouc boy's knife slipped and penetrated the other's ribs, inflicting a fatal wound. He fell to the ground gasping, "Fred, you've hurt me." Two women who had seen the affair from a window rushed out and took the lad into the house, where he died. Both boys were habit ual readers of the dime-novel stories, of blood-curdling exploits performed bv border desperadoes. Chicago Tribune i li ,