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T.tnlin f'O THE JOURNAL. - v. . - J ' ISSt KI K KKY tti:iSKsn.Y, "M. id TVTCJZIv. fc CO., Proprietors and Publishers. KATES OP AIWEKTISIIYC;. aJiitttMiu fie MnwMi EjTBusiness and professional cards of five Hues or less, per annum, five dollars. S3? For time advertisements, apply at this office. i JSTLegal advertisements at statne rates jStTFor transient, advertising, see rates on third page! 5TA11 advertisements payable monthly. ' PERSONAL AND LITERARY. After thirtv vears of life. Uncle 13T OFFICE Eleventh St., vp -tans in '.Jotimnl Buihhuy. T K KMM Hx months Tin ce month Single copies 1 ."SO VOL. XIII.--N0. 40. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31, 1883. WHOLE NO. 664. if 1 it f 3USIKESS CARDS. .4 TTOliXE YS-A '1 -LA W, j TTu-stair-in luck Bulletin;;, Uth street, J :,linvi' the New bank. tt j. ni:iMo:v i XUTAJiY public. I 12th Strt,i door wit or HMr.raond Hu--, ' 7...,;.c VWi. -I'M-V tipt iwv - "- 7? S7Z B.V7- Zr;.Y Tl ST. Oaice over corner ol Uth and XorlU-l. All operation,, fir-t-clas.auU warranted. 1UEUAGO BARBEK MHOIM c HEXin WUOPN l'l'.oi-'K. t3-E-.ert!iin; in iir-1-el.is- -tjlc. A No keep "he bc-t of cigar-. '""'J G t WK A: Mti:KiKiC, j T-mnxt: ys a t la ) A Ortire ou Olive St., oluiubiis. Nebraska. -. tt r (,. A. lllU.HOKr. A.M.. M- " 0. OMEOPA Till C I'll YS 1 CIA X. ri'wolllock -outh of Court Hou-e ..." ,. .....oxiifit inn . it-M 1 eiejmiiiic """- - M ALLl!iTEK 1IROS., A TTOJiXEYS A T LA W otliee up-stairs in McAlli-ter's tiuilu it. 11th M. W. A. MeMH-ter. Notarv rut. lie - .1. M. MACKAKLAM, IS. It. COWDEIfV. LAW AM COUWTIOX OFFICE -OF- MACFARLAND& COWDERY, r..nifcw. NV&r'Mfrq. I i:o. . m:KK. T P.4 IS TEE. r-i iriiage, hnu-e and -u paint in-:, -'lazin" iMiier haiiKiiisr, kal-omininir. lie. done to order. Shop on Wth St.. oppo-ite Knuinc iIoum. olumlm-, Nl. '"- F ILKIMiiK, Uth St., nearly opp. Cluck's store, -elU Hanie, saddle-. Collar-. Whip-, IlKnkefo, urt ( oinli-,. Bruiiii--. ete.. at the lowest posiMe pri. t . R.-pair-!U'inpU attended lo (. A W.CUUk. T. i.-V7. AXI) JXSURAXCE AUEST. lICMFUnVY. XEIiP. His land- e.nnpii-e -me line trat ui the hell ; t.-ek .ille, anil tin urth ern portiitn ol I'l tte t-ounty. -Taxes-paid for jioii-re-ideul-. Mati-laetiuti llaranteeil. -" HYROS MILI.E1 1. .1 u-tiei ol the IVai t- ami Notarv l'tiMie. BYKn tin.i.irrT. rTKNl- AT LAW. t'oluuihu i. Ne.ia-ka. N. B.-Hr will s;ne fio-5eatlentli.il l ill Im-llie elltl listed o him. - L HUb -CI1HI.1BKK, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kind- of repainne done on --hort iotic . Ilituie-. A'a-on-, etc., made to order, and all work mi.nanlo d. SSTShHp oppo-,iti tlie 'Tatter-all." Olive btreet. -' A 7A4-KK A: Wiwrco i"l at mi: CHECKERED BAliX. Are prepared to iurnish the puiilic w 'tin i;ood team-, tiute- anu carnages i.i aw occasion-, c-peemll for fum-tal-. Al-o onduct a feed and -ale taMe. l' J AME PEAK-ALL I.-. FKM'AKKIl. W IH! FIRST - CLASS A PPA HA TUS, To remove hou-e- at rea-onahle rate.-. Uie mm a cill. vrO'l'Sfi: TO TLAt'lir.K!. J. 1 Moncrief. Co. Stvpt., Will he in hi- otliee .-1 the ourt H.m-e on the Iir-t -aturdaj of each month for the purju-i of cx:.iiiiiiinjr applicants fei leaehei'- certitirate. and lortl.e trin-a tton ol ani other lu-Uie--pertainin to -chc.ol-. ,-- rM.i .mtis iArkn o.. coi rjfiirs, - xeb.. Packer- and Dealer in all kind- of Hot pioditct. ca-h paid lor Lhe or le:ul H04.' or crease Directors.- K. H Heiirv, Piv-t.; John Wijcins. ec. and Trea-.; L. (ieirard. . or. JAMKSJlAlJmV CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans aud etimite- -npplied lor either frame or iirick lunldiii-. tJiod work LMiarantecd. Shop on l.'lth Street, m-ar -:t. Paul Lumber Yard, rolniiilm-. Ne-l.ra-ka. v-t'""- O.T. Martyn, M. 1). F. -ciifi.. M. 1 . ( Deutscln r Art:. . . Drs. HARTYN &-SCHUG, U. S". Examining Surgeons, I ocal Sunreon8. I'mon Pacitic and j O.. .vlt. H. K. R-. I COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA. ..2-oJ-iit WILLIAM RYAN. KKAI.KK IS KENTUCKY WHISKIES Wines. Ales. Cigars awi Tobacco. .jgy-Sebilz's Milwaukee Reer con-tant-" 1 ou hand.fPa Elkvkntii t.. CoLOinus. Nkiv- w S.MURDOCK&SON, J Carpenters and Contractors. Havebadan extended experience, aud j will guarantee satisfaction iu work, j All kinds of repairing done on short j notice. Our motto isv Good work aud , fair prices. Call anil sive us an oppor 1 tunitvtoestimatefor ou. J"Sbop on i:5th St one door west of Frioduof ,v j OS. store. Columbut. Nebr. 48S-V j -I THE fOMUIBCS FLAX ANII TOW V0., Are prepared to reciive and pay 5.00 per ton for good clean flax Mraw (free from foreign substances) delivered on their grounds near the Creamery, in Colum lns Nebraska. COLUMBUS FLAX & TOW CO., GEO. SMITH, Afft. Columbus, Dec 5, 1&2. 324Ji ADVERTISEMENTS. FIRST National Bank! COLUMBUS, NEB. Authorized Capital. as!l t'ajlUai, $250,000 oO.OOO OFFICERS VI Ul RECTO It S. A. ANDERSON'. i're.-'f. .sAJl'I. C MI HI. Vice Pres't. O. T. Jto EN , CusA i" er . .T. w SWRLY, iiouruT riu.u;. Ui 1131 AN OEHLRIOH. tt A.ilCALLl'EK, f; AN PERSON, I'. AND-.ltSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passnee Ticket-. Real E-tatc, Lo.ui.uni liisurauce. ' -- -vol-lli-lv S - BECKER &VfELCH, PKol'QJTTORJ- OF SHELIGHEEK MILLS. .MANFFACTUREKfiAND "WHOLE SALE DEALERS IX FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMH US. NEB. SPEICE & NORTH, General Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. I'niou Pacific, and Midland I'acilie K. U Laud- lor -ale at froui 3.00 to10.OO per acre lor ca;u, or on ii e or ten ear? time, iti annual pt-unent.- to "iiit pur-aia-tTs. We hae al-o a laym and choice lot of other land-, iiuproed anil utiiinprued. Tor sale at-low price aud on rea-onalile term-. Al-o bu-ine- and residence Iot it. the cit. A'e keep a complete ah-lract .f title to-all real es tate in IMatte Lou:it . 021 oi,rnBii. ."i:it. rILLSBORY'S Bil ! -VAY Till' - Patent Roller Process - MINNESOTA FLOUR I ALWAYS GIVES SATISFACTION, P.ccau'.e it make- a -upcricr article of bread, mil if- the cheape-t Hour in the maiket. Ercn Hitch warranted to run alike, or muney refunded. HERMAN OEHLRICH & BR0., OROPERS. i-rm LANDS, FARMS, - A V D - AT HIE Union Pacfic Land Office, (n l.ttiuj T'ihie and loir rate of Interest. All wishing to bu Riil Road Land or linproeil Farm- will Hud it to their advantage to. call at the U. P. Land otliee before lookin el-ewhere as I make a speiialtj or buying and -piling land- on commission; all per-ons wi-h iug io sell firm- or unimproved land will find it to their a'd vantage to leae their land- with me -for sale, a my fa-eilitie- for aileetiiu: -ale- are uii-ur-p.t ed. I am prepared ti make lina! proof for all partie- wi-hing to get a patent for their home-teail-. JSTIIeur Conies, Clerk, writes and -peak- (icrman. SAMUEL C. SMITH, :t. I". P. L md Department, li-JUr OLUMKUS, NEB WM. BECKER, HKW.KR IN ALL KINDS OF FAMILY GROCERIES ! I KEFP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A WELL ELECTED S l'OCK. Teas, Coffees,' Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. 4.ool lleliverfd Free o aiy mrl of lhe City. I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL EBRATED COQUIILARD Farm and Spring Wagons, of which I keep a constant supply on hand, but few their equal. In style and quality, seeoud to none. CALL AND LEARN PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. &2f. Depot. Vlif.' CITY PROeERTY A CHRISTMAS WISH. Vd like a otockinjr niatle for a Kiant, And u uioetlns-house full of t ys. Then I'd u out in a happy hunt For puor little girls and ros: Up the strvet. arid down ih street. An 1 aen;- utnl over the town, I'd -earth and Hud them ever' on lie fore the sun went down. One would want n new Jaek-knlfo harj) eiiDiih to cut: One w .uia loii;- for a dolt with hal And e es th-tt open and saul; One won! J a-k lor a china eet ' With di-he all to her mind; One would w;h a Noah's ark AV'iih beasts of every kind. Some would like tt doll's cook-ator And a il'tle tuy wash-tub; Borne would pro'fe a little drum For a noisy rul-a-dub-diil. Some would wish forastorr book. And some for a new ct of blocks: Some would U? wUJ with happiness Over a new tool-box. And so ne would rather have little shoo And other tbinvs warm to wear; For manv ehildren are very poor. And th" winter U hird to bear. I'd buv soft Mannebfo 1-ttle frocks, And tbius ind stjekinirtor so. An 1 the jolliost little c. au and cloaks To keep out the frost ami snow. I'd load a wagon With caramels. And candy of every kind And buy all the almond and pecan nuts And tittry thtt I could tlnd. Ana barrels an 1 barreis of oranges l i carter riant in tne wy. Mtiiei children would tlnd them the very .....,.. of keeping people from spreading it learned man, read a lengthy essay. Every precaution Das been taken b which proved conclusively that all per- rayaelf and the family from the Terj8ons who had been vaccinated with gen - . . . ,, nine bovine virus were certain to be first appearance ot (he disease, con. more or es3 cowardlv. He asserted trary to what the Democrat would with great positiveness that virus from suggest was the case. Of course then a cow, or heifer, contained the essence --, .... i!.:!. :; -i, of cowardliness, which was e en traus are many imbecile, gossiping PPl mitted fcom the parents to the children; who are thinking of evil and lookingand that the ultimate result would be for something bad in others, wboscthe complete degeneracy of the Ameri- tongues nothing butdeath will silence can Pf.0."16- He also argued that moral. , ... ... . " as well as physical courage, could only For such people, this article is not in-be found in men who hadliever allowed tended. S. A. Bonkstxsl, M. D. themselves to be vaccinated. He point- ed with pride to Julius Cicsar, Napoleon SitsirlfM laa 3raatTllle. and other noble heroes, who would nev- Willie Palmer, who is in Canadi r have amounted to a row of pins if .,. . . ... .j the v had had bovine matter from a cow with his mother, is reported very sick in their systems. A new member got up Mrs. Pauline Marek, of Antelopi t this crisis, and asked the speaker if Co forn,er. of OU pl.. U -,?? 'itS3 8IC person bull-headed, and was told that Thinking that the readers of tht lhat would be the subject of the next Journal would like to bear of ooe o mu3t raention 5n thi3 connection our new colleges, I will depart from that the President of the Boston Anti niy usual custom and give a short do Vaccination Society was not present, Scr.p.loo ., G... col!.., H&lffAtSSlff S.'bfi'S enterprising school. For some of theseVeral weeks. It was whispered among following facts I am indebted to Air. G. A. Gregory, first assistant teacher. Gate's college opened last fall wUhvaccinated hence his unwillingness to about fifty-five pupils, and the numbei atfnviiote. 'She opened YandreaH:' - li. ut 1U:hie: I um one of illteeu silver fa'rit-s which are to appear to-day, with a "hrsnia- irieetimr from your Aunt Kuth. J tike 11-at, together ..own to some bl store i.wnoirow, anJ we will turn Into wbaterer -mall thine j-ou may wish for. Oh. how n:ce'" said Bessie. "What a fuiinv auntie! alwa-s doing something at him was sufficient to convince the diirercnt from other people. I don't most incredulous that he had not al ..uile understand what it all means, but lowed himself to be vaccinated, for his I am glad enough of this bit of spend- I face was covered with partially healed ing-iiuincv. for 1 hadn't one cent left" J small-po. sores. The poor man had ust And. wide awake, she jumped out of got over a had attack of the dread dis hed an I 1 e:raii millinir on hnrstockins. ease. His carved and pitted features when. 10 her surprise found a shin.iig piece and delight, she of silver in the font of each, ies had taken a wo 01 au 111 utun s iair poasussion of her shoes. - . another faced her in the wash-bowl, and a wee one was in the box beside her brush and comb. "These will aim st fill my poor, little empty purse,' she thought, as she took it iroin a drawer and touched the spring but there, right between the red lin ings, was the biggest fairy that had yet appeared! Su h a merry time as she had dressing that morning! Mamma was called in continually. And how they laughed over every new discovery! At breakfast, she was served first to a small piece of silver coin: another, just the same size, shone in the bottom of the glass of water Bridget brought her. It Was really enchanting quite tike the story of Mubis she had just been read ing, only whatever he touched turned into gold. She wondered if the chicken, potatoes and rolls would turn into silver when she tasted them: but, no! Although she looked very suspi ciously al everything ou the table, not another fairv showed itself. How many tim'ts that morning she counted her ten silver fairies. I cannot tell. But what ftm she had hunting after the other rive, up-stairs and down stairs, from attic to cellar, uuder rugs, in work-baskets, and in every conceiv able j. lace! earching was all in vain, however; fairy number eleven did not appear until dinner-time, when it flew out. most uneicpectedry, as Bessie was unrolling her napkin, and its silver mate lay temptingly among the nuts when the dessert was brought in. Bcsic spent a happy aiternoon sit ting in the midst of her many presents, aud planning how to spend her little fortune. Some of her fairy pieces should turn info a ptir of warm mittens for poor Johnn'e Davis: many times it had ma le her heart ache as she had watched him trying to shovel snoww.th such re i hands. She would carry a basket full of fairy cakes, frosted with piuk and w bite sugar, to old colored Susau (-he had overheard her telling the cook that it was many a long day since she had ta-ted airything nice), site would change her biggest fairy into a pretty doll for that distressed-looking crippled girl who lived around in the alley, and would carry out many other plans ot the same sort. Hilt Til miii wne onllinnr lior In rrat - "... -..."f, --- s- with fur than those ot any past date, ready lor a walk, and, ra' her reluctant- Keachino; to the ground and ii ly. she turned away from her new treas- sleevea. they will hide the costume be ures to put on her wrappings and felt , neath and almost the wearej, Wide m the pocket of her cloak tor hergloves.- for the hand flir.trimmed, Jhey were missing, but there she found ' ive warmth and roora for a smaU a fairy, and another came sticking out mufot thc same fur ag th trimmim, frnm thA hnu- fin hoi-lint in a ninctvtm. !..... . o ical fashion. ir 1 - -.w That night, at supper, a little cake was placed before Bessie's plate, and fairy fout teen came near being eaten, but peeped into sight just in time to be saved from such a fate. How pleasant ly and quickly the evening passed! All the. new things had to be looked at and admired over again. There was one more hunt a ter the fairy that had not xuaue iu, auiiewauw; u w uuauccw - ful. however, and bed-rsme that dread ot children, came at last. It was strange (for Bessie had repacked her room five minutes '. efore , but there, quietly rest ing on the snowy pillow, lay the last of Aunt Ruth's fairies! While she was undressing, mamma explained all the mysteries of the day by leading her Aunt Ruth's letter, in which full directions had been given. Then he told how papa had changed the paper money into the newest and brighte-t coins he could find; how busy she had beeu hiding them, as auntie had suggeste I, and how successfully she had escaped being caught. "Well, mamma, it's the merriest Christinas Day I ever knew! 1 like all my presents very much, but 1 think I have enjoyed my fairies the most. I know what I shall do to trior tour. 1 have g t it all planne 1. .ome other peo ple shall see fair'es. too." And thanking' her Heavenly Father for all His good gilts, Le-sie tuoked the crowded purse under her pillow, lay down, and was soon fast asleep. Early next morning, with mamma to help and advi-e, Bessie .-tarted out on her pleasant errands of love; an 1 the silver fairies dfcappea ed rapidly into 11 kinds of the od lest-shaped parcels, until Bessie s big basket was full, and her arms, too. Such fun she had dis tributing her fairy bundles, and such looks and words of. gratitude as she re ceived in return! " Whv, it'snicerthan my Christmas, mamma,' ' she whispered, as she turned L leave the poor little cripple, whom she had mnde so happy by giving her the first doll she had ever owned. So, many sad hearts were made glad that day, and the whole long year, by Aunt Ruth's Christmas fairies. SL Nicholas. About VaceiuatioB. An amusing incident occurred recent ly at a mass meeting of six or seven anti-vaccinationist at Boston. After . the meeting had been called to order, i . ., rnpmliftrs. rhn is . verv tne members that lie bad gone back on S,em' 5 he )yas a 'J Judas Arnold or a ha i had himsel appear among them. Just as the mem- I pounding on the desk, and re- I nAaiinrr nirnfanil rii. Ihar lni'ma v-itni from a cow made men cowardly, and that the unvaccinated men would be the i i.rooi, the fntnrp thp Horn- nnpnod uerocs, me iuiure, ine uoot opeueu, . and who should walk iu but tho mi.-sing rresident of the society? A mere glance oeanicu. However, with oy at once more seeing his anti-vaccination breth ren He advanced to shake hands with them, and give them his experience, and perhaps the small-pox. also, but, strange to say, they were no longer there. They had wafted themselves out through the windows and side doors. The onlv vis ible indication that they had ever been there at all was the e.-say demonstrat ing that all vaccinated people had to be cowards, while the unvaccinated were incana' le of fear. The badly marked President picked up the essay in order to read it more carefully at home, and then he sadly left the desert ed hall. Texas Sijting's. Cloaks and Wraps. Cloaks seem at a first glance to be of all sizes, shades and patterns, but at tention shows a preponderance of three or four different st les. A short, round jacket, with tight sleeves, called lLa Hussar, is iu general demand. An old "cut-away" can be converted into a Hussar by numerous strappings across the front of military braid, or applica tion of "Soutache"" embroidery up and down the front iu some chosen order. For morning shopping and quick exer cise this is the most convenient, fash ionable and nitty of coverings. When new. it is olten without other trimm'nga than buttons and pockets. If home made the pressing must be heavy and careful, and the seams very curved or very straight, without twists and pulls. The dolman, for a mtrmv-cloak. super sedes every other. It can be made with long, square sleeves or without any. The sleeveless dolman is more dress . but not so new as the square-sleeved garment From four to five yards of broche silk or velvet are sufficient for this last. With sleeves five or six will be necessary. Calling-cloaks and dura ble hack mantles are cut in this shape. It meets every re uirement for the autumn. In Persian cloth, heavily fringed with chenille, it is very showy and rich. Black, in every conceivable material but poplin, alpaca or linings, can be employed for this purpose. Cashmere, silk, satin and velvet are white fabrics specially adopted. For the later season, when the winds begin to be piercing and bitter, long so-called Russian pelUas will become great favorites. They are . O . '..e .. - . jseal-SKin cloaks, or very costly ones 01 I otter, down to the ground, will remain I in favor. Brocaded velvet is the hand somest material for such a great over- coat that can be worn. The circular fur-lined cape of previous seasons will appear less frequently in the street, but quite as often as an evening covering. It is light, warm and easily put on, qualities too valuable to be set aside heed lesslv. A species of nlster remains to , complete the list of generates, with a . qapwhich is fast at the waist , t,:5J tn fa ;h,ii0 BaarnB M,ti:n.-. !.- I ., ...n t , 'i-:.. ...," tiomrw orrofiillv. Ihi nlain urilar. proof ulster is In general use still, and cannot be rivalled as a rainy day pro tection from wet and cold. Above these varieties are many attractions, in tended for mantles worn with special suits, and manufactured from the same cloth. Al T. Examiner. The young man who parts his hair in the middle is remembering the young lady who said, nearly a year ago: "Come and see me again next New Year's Day." He thinks he will not call She'has given one or two parties in the meantime, to which he waa not expected. N. 0. Picayune.. 9 A Qneer Profession. Stepping from a Randolph street ear. last evening, an elderly man slipped, dropped a bundle, and about fifty pecul iar tools were scattered about the street. "That's a jimmy." said a bystander, refeiringtq one of the instrument-, and the remark, coupled with the suspicious character of the articles', induced a re- Eorter to interview the man as soon as e had gathered his buudle again. "Why, I'm simply a safe-opener." said the stranger, "that's all. You might think I was a cracksman, but I aiu t Never heard of it? Why. thoy're in every-big town. U here's five of 'em here in Chicago and many in the coun try. Sort of a doctor, yon might say. You see, when a nian's'out of order he sends for a physician, and you' ve got horn doctors alid cow doctors and all kind of doctors, and I'm asafe doctor." And the old man laughed and tied up his bundle "A safe." he continued, "is like any thiifg. else. It's liable to get out of softs and all the safe-makers have men to put them to rights again. Some one may change the combination and for get the new one, or a bolt breaks, or a time-lock gets out of order, or thieves trv to blow the thing open, or but it all comes to one point. They cannot open the safe, and so they send for me, and I go with my tools. I look at the safe just as a doctor looks at a sick man.' find out where the trouble is and go to work at it I've been at it over thirty years. I've got about a hundred different tools, and they differ in weight from less than one ounce up to twenty or thirty pounds. Sometimes I start out to do a job in the country with two or three hundred pounds of tools. Yes, safe openers from Chicago go all over the West I've been out to Denver my self to open one, and I know a man that went from New York to Mexico to open a bank-safe. There's a safe factory at Omaha now. and one up at St PauL and they c t in on the trade a little, but not m ch. There's plenty of work, and it s a special branch of the business, keeping men bu-y all the time. I ve got over a dozen safes in town now t attend to. and two or three outside. Some'imos 1 can open one in a fow minutes, and again 1 have to work hard for several days before it opens. The hardest job I ever had was up at Des Moines It took me eight days, and then I had to break the safe all to pieces. People don t under stand the combination business. They should change the combination at least every three months, for it wears out quickly. Then when they do change, they should remember it, or there will be trouble. More than half of my work comes from people forget ting "the combination. They dou't want to write it out .for fear some one would get it, so they commit it to mem ory and get it mixed. 1 once had a case at Sigourney. lo'va, where a bank er foVgot, and vou ought to see the depositors around that bank when I got there. It had been clo-ed for two days because the cash and books were "in that safe, and thev thought it was a case of ' break.' Twent at it and it was a ' brea'c,' for it took me" two days to get the door o'V: then we found that no one ktfew the right combination at all. There was a county clerk out at Booue, Iowa, who locked up his office Satur day, after setting a new combination, and when he tried to open the sa o on Mondav he could not I got there Wednesday and found a hundred farm ers in town and the poor clerk in tho hands of the men on his bond. They all wanted to know where the sum of $30,000 was. It took me three da s. but I finally succeeded, and you ought to see that clerk's face brighten up when thc monev was found untouched. He swore he had the right combination, but when we got at it I showed him he was mistaken. The old time safes are easy enough to open, but some of these new ones the 'burglar bo es,' as we call them are enough to wear a man out If a bolt is broken we drill through and raise it. but some times we have to destroy the whole door before we get in. I can opeu any safe in Chicago in forty-eight hours at he utmost, and man' of themintwoor three hours. Yes, sir, the burglars oc casionally try to blow one open and leave the work for me to complete, destroying the safe so Jliat it won't work. I had a case down at Springfield severr.l years ago where the burglars left olFwork wlieu theymlght.have got about 840,000 if they had kept at it half an hour longer. They had all but one bolt opeu when they either gave up work or were frightened away. Time locks are not much protection against burglars.- They are principally designed to prevent dis honest bank" officials, cashiers, etc.. from open'ng the doors when they have no right to do .-o. A cracksman can deal as quickly wdh a t me-lock safe as any other, and there is a good deal of trouble when the clock inside runs down or gets out of order. Then you have to bore and drill awav the door, and it's a job. I tell you. I don't like 'em for that, though many of them are in use ju-t now. Y es, 1' ve had thieves try to get me to work, but I never did. I knocked one fell .w down. He got ac uainted with me and it was six months before I knew what he was up to. He used to talk a great deal about my work and my tools awd what a es 1 had worked on. an-l finally he pro posed to open a sate upon Madison street No, sir, I'll eat honest brea I or I won't eat auv. And there's an other thing about the ame subject. You never heard of a man in my line doing any burglar work, not one. " The only tiling approaching it was in that Northampton bank robo ry, an 1 then the safe man that was in the ob was an agent of a firm, and knew all about the safe, but he wasn't a workman, like me. No. wages ain't what thev ought to be. Only $3" a day. It's little enough for men that can" do the work, but it's the rate, and so there's no use of complain ing. I can get three meals a day with it until they put me in thc little safe under the ground. Chicago Times. Doubly a Hero. Nadaud is a French deputy. He was a stone-mason in the Creuse in 1848. The late M. Emil de Girardin went down there soon after the days of Feb ruary to canvass for a mandate to the constituent. At an electoral meeting at Atibusso j the candidate made a speech which was attentively heard and ap plauded. When he sat dnvn a man dressed in a blouse "rose to address the meeting. He had just come Irom his work and had not time to brush his hair, which was white with lime. It appeared to him that M. de Girardin bad only dealt in paradoxes. The mason, with strength, warmth, and 3'et dignity, attempted to lay bare the fal lacies of the brilliant journalist from Paris, and so well succeeded that his peroration carried away the auditor'. Perceiving this, M. D. Girardin, when Nadaud sat down, advanced m the verge of the plat'orm and begged to nominate him as a candidate. On the opening of the ballot-boxes a few day later the naraeof Martin Nadaud was high 011 the 'list of deputies who had been elected. The coup d'etat obliged Nadaud to quit France. He went to London to look for work at his old trade. But as he did not know En glish and did' uot like building with bricks, he sought for pupils to whom he might teach. French. They would, he thought, bring him into relation with French - speaking persons. He called on Mr. -Hughes, who was most favorably impressed with him, assisted him 411 obtaining the kind of employment that he wanted, placed his library at his disposal, and became his firm friend. Nadaud re turned to France with Ixmis Bianc and Victor Hugo. Tli ee grandchildren, doubly orphaned, fell upon his hands. For two years he could not obtain any sort of work aud had to live on credit , He then was employed as a builder s overseer at Belleville, which arrondisse nent sent him to the municipal coun cil. He has been a deputy since 1876, and has uothing but his deputy's pay. The grandchildren are brought up un der his eye. 'and the eldest of them, a girl of) fifteeu. is his housekeeper. Thev are trained according to a h.gh standard of honor and honesty. Nadaud on pe rusing the list of coup (T rlat indemni ties could not help feeling that humble victims had beeu sacrificed to the influ ential ones. The idea that they were afflicted him. He was galled on read ing iu monarchical and red journals comments ou the way in which the fund had been distributed. The more he thought upon the subject the greater was his conscientious objection to be pensioned as a "victim." The notion of the grandchildren hereafter being in want presented itself to him each time he waa moved to refuse the l.OOOf. a ear. At length it occurred to him to submit to them the whole cvise plainly, and in a manner not to unduly influence their judgment. The youngest was to pronounce the first and the eldest last. They were to be allowed a day and night to reverse their decision. The three pronounced for the refusal of the pension. Pall-Mall Gazette. The Coal-Oil Craze. 1 Excitement over the future price of crude oil has caused au almost total sus pension of drilling in the uorthern oil fields, and k is thought that the report of operations for November will show a lessnumber of completed wells than for any previous month in six years Every prodiu er seems inclined to let his wells take care of themselves while he tempts lortune on the arena of theoil exchange. So many elements of chance enter into oil production that it is but a step from drilling to gambling on the market With the recent rapid advance in oil there came a general rush for the ex change, participated in by all classes, but led by the conservative oil pro ducers who had previously been averse to speculation. Most of these men hail ofteu in former times dabbled in short sales against their own production: now they come into the list and demand equal facilities with the trained bulls and bears. What the oil producer wants he generally has. if money can buy it; and so these producers jostled out of the old exchange, have already organized an opposition, the S 0,0 ) of stock necessary having l eon subscribed in three daws "of the p:ist week. Tho number of shares in the old exchange is limited to three hundred and they are held at an enormous pre mium. One thousand dollars is vainly offered for a share whose par value is ?100. The new e change lias five hundred shares of SIO') each. It will go into operation in about oue mouth, and when the time conies there will be lively skirmishing for business between the older exchange and its rival. The brokers and speculators of thc former in-ditutioti have nearly all become richwithin the past tew months. The regular charge for brokerage is S2.50 per thousand barrels, and tho onlers of some brokers will run into the hundred thousands even' da.-. A great many of thc regular habitue.- hold buy ers options for the year ought at 80 to S3 cents which are now o' immense value. Oue of the luckiest of the cir cle of heavj- .speculators has nearly 300,000 barrels on such option. His profit on this oil will not be Ies than SloO.OdO, and may be much more. Al most everybody with spare cash seems to have embarked in the sea of specu lation. Clerks, mechanics, salesmen and .a'eswomcu, even laborers, are known to have bought while the market was on the rise. Th -chool superin tendent has found it neces-ary to pro hibit the ladj. teachers from speculating in oil. on the ground that it destroyed thuir e'lictency a instructors. 'Vhe professional gamblers find the quota tions on the oil mar et more enticing than all the seductions o. King Faro, and the town seems given over to a car nival of blind and unreasonable financial adventure Almost ever man one meets on the street is a firm believer iu "S"2 oil," and in the opinion of close observers there is a good reason for the belief. At the present quotations of refined oil $2 is a fair price for crude. The watchers point out that about Gj,000 barrels of oil are used dailv to supply that part of the world reached by Penn sylvania petroleum. The stock above ground is but little over a year's sup ply; anil, by the way. the oil men pla e little confidence in the reports sent out b- the I'nit-'d Pipe lines of the quantity of o:l in tanks represented by crude balam.es. There is a wide-spread belief that the line-, have not got "0. 000,000 barrels, nor auv thing like that amount, as a reserve stock to draw from. Herein oil men differ from the "lambs." who are led to the speculative shambles- The old operators know very well that huge tankssaidtobefullof oil have from a fourth to two-thirds of their depth o water to the bottom. Except the officials of- the pipe l'nes. no man knows whether oil is run into a tank , from another one or conies from the neighboring we Is. Every tank of oil ! that has ever caught fire ""boils over." because of the water under the burning ' oil. Whenever, therefore, the oil op erator looks out over the field he sees I big iron tanks, some full of oil. some filled with half oil and half water, some. , perhaps, nearly all water; he sees thousands of wells yie'd'ng two or three barrels daily, and other thousands aban h ned. and he pins all his faith on a market for esude oil that must take a steady upward c uirse. Bradford Pa.) Cor. Philadelphia Record. "Doc" Erd, a young rai'road clerk of Lexington, Ky., has furnished a powerful argument in favor of the "gospel of relaxation" preached by Herbert Spencer. The company im posed upon him moe work than he wa able to do. even when he gave to it the hours he should have spent in rest After having applied himself to his task night and day for months his con stitution gave vvay. and under the Cressore of mental" distress he put a ullct into his head. He may Tec-over. -N. O. I'icuuime. Ocean Cables. The cable steamer Minia, which the writer has lately had an opportunity to inspect, lies co'nstautlv in the harbor of Halifax, fully equipped aud awaiting her calls to ser ice. She is a staunch craft of some ..00 ton- burthen, and with uuiisual beam for a vessel of her length. Her work consists entirelv of repairing, the laving of full-length cables being relegated o large s earn ers like he Great Fas eru. . he Hooper, or the Faraday. Occasionally, how ever, the Minia is re uircd to relay con siderable por ions, and she carries regu larly in her tu. k.- about six 'hundred miles of fresh cable. The auks, some twenty-five fee iu diameter, reach far down into he" capacious hold, and the cables are coiled in a deep layer around a central core. The larger the core the les-the 1 apaci y of the tank, and. on the other hand," he smaller the core the greater the danger lhat the paying out cable will kink and foul when it reaches the smaller central coils. To partly avoid this difficulty, a large force of meu -sometimes as many as thirty are placed in a circle around the in terior of the tank, and ea.-h man as he cable lifts before him holds down the adjacent coils and sees that the cable is free. It not uncomniuily happens that one of these watchers grows care e-s and is knocked by one ot the a-cending coils head over "heels among his fellows, for the modern cable steamers olten pay out the coils with :i ve ocitv reaching seven or eight miles an hour. After running from the tanks the cable pa-ses over a series 01 vv he Is, 1 tted with a power system of brakes, which can be applied in-anty. Then it goes over a wheel at the stern, and is dropped into the ocean. 111 picking up the cable the coils pas over a large wheel, thence to the tanks, where tnev are careiuily re laid. The mxleiu tirst-ciass Atlantic cable et st- at 'he factorv about .56.0:0, 000, and a while winter is needed for its manufacture. It is made- of Hi seveu central strands of line copper wire twisted together: (2) a tightly ftt ng tube of sof d gutta-percha. C-) a wrap ping of jute; (4) a cover ng of thick wues, and (.r) a final wrapping ol thick tarred tape several inches wide. The deep water c ble of th-se davs. when finished, is about an inch 111 diameter, the shore cable olten an mcii aud a half. In paying out as well as tak ng in cable the utmo-t care mu-t be H'. and even then at times an unexpected kink may uot only break the cable but rip to pieces the wheels, brakes, and other valuable mcchinery. The machinery ued for pi-'king up a cable in both deep and shallow water is ot the 1110-t simple de-eriptiou. It cou--i-ts or a rope about an inch and a quarter in diameter, made from twisted stiands of the stronge-t hemp with in terwoven wires ot line steel. The grapnel at the ml is nierelv a solid .-hart of iron -ometvvo feet long, vveigh 'tig about a hundred pounds, and pro longs I 1110 -i blunt hooks winch very much reemble the partly-closed rngers ot the human hand. In picking up the cable in deep water the Minia. after reaching the waters near the break, ets out her rope and -grapnel, th-n takes a course at right angles to the cable and at some distance trom the Iracture. -o that the broken end mav uot -lip through the grapnel. The grapnel rope ;- attHcheti to advnamometer which ex aetlv measures' the ?.ri:ii on the lope, and shows unerringly when the cab'e has been caught. It the grapnel fouls a rock the strain ris" very -uddenlv and to a high point, but the exact weight of the cable being known, the dvnamonieler s:gna!s b the steady rate of increase its hold on the cable far below. The ease and certainty with which the cable are puked up iu these davs is ama ing. while ago one of the lines of Ho Anglo-American Company vva- aught without trouble at a depth of two ami a quarter miles near the middle of the Atlantic. aptain Trott. of the Mima, who has won great fame for hi .-kill and ingenuity in table matters, but recently picked up the French cab'e lS'n mi c- oil" M. Pierre, aiivl in four hours trom the time the rapncl wa- let go had the cable -plieed and in working condition. The splicing s a work of great delicacy and sk 11, uid when accomplished bv tra ned ngers the spliced" part can scarcely be d stinguished from the main cord. So rapid has been the unpiovemeiit in perfecting the modern cab e that the re sstance to the electric cur-ent has been reduced to one-qua ter wi at it waa 'vvenlv veal's ago, while tl e duplex sys tem of sending and re. eiving messages doubles the ( apacitv of every new cable laid. The working age of "the modern cable is about thirteen year.-. Cor. X. i'. tiitnirtff Pot. Counting Up His Loss. The claim for "indireit damages" at the Geneva ('onleren e made more d s ( ussion Shan auv thing else when En gland vvastrvingto settle with the United Ma'es and the energy with which the point wa- pu-hed and re-.-te-S made the pbra-e fanuris 1 he pr.nc pie of "in dTrect damages.' whir h :fe often more than one s lire t lo-s by inury or acci dent, is amusingly illustrated in the ollovviug from one of our exchanges There was a s'ight blae on the roof of a hou-e on a side street a few days ago and when the a-sutance ail listers went up to make the r-urve. theyfoiu.d lhat about two dollars would cover all the lo-s "Two toliar!" exclaimed the owner, win n he h aid the decision- "I cau't take no wo toliar." "But vou ee lor voursclt that a few shingles and an hour's work will make good a'l damages.'" "Gentlemen-, vou don't put me oil like dot. Vheii my vhife . uds dot der hou-e vhas ou ?.redie screams boleece und falls down -tha r- Would ou let vour vhife fall down -thairs for dot um 3" We do not insure husbands and wives, but buildings. was the reply. I know, but mine olde-tpoy he runs for der lire-box und fal's a picket fence oafer. und break- lusoood clothes all to pieces. Two toliar! Dot don't pay me lor goniing op here.'' "Yes, but we only pav for actual dam ages "' "Dot's all I vhant Who stole my dog vhen my hou-e vhas on iire.J Dot dog ish gone und he vhas ten tollars vort." "We didn't insure the dog."' "Und may be vou don t insure dem poys who sat on der fence und called out: 'Dot old Dutchman's red nose haf set his house on fi e! Do you I expect take such sa like dot for two toflar "Und vhen der firemens come here dev break my c'othes-line down mitter ladders, "und dev spilt vasser all oafer mv carpets. ""Two toliar! Vhell, vhell, you go right avhav fnjm here, und I takes dot old insurance policy und puts him under der mudl!"' YoaUCs Companion. Tom's Cabin sells to-day as readily' as when first published. I Being only thirty-two year of age. Mr. Pattison vvill be the youngest Gov ernor Pennsylvania has over had. ' Pittsburgh Pott. Mrs. Otis, a Boston lady, who has long resided abroad, is said to be a reg-( iilar member of the staff of the Pall-Matl' Gazette, and to write some of the' cleverest criticisms that appear, in that journal. Mrs. Margaret Prestpn. the South-' ern auihoress, a sister of Mrs. Stone- wall Jackson, has a largo picture upon her parlor walls made wholly of spiders webs, which, at a short distance, is' wholly undistinguishable from a steel eugraving. Another story about Mrae. Nilason. and the autograph hunters by the New York Tribune: "A few days ago she yielded to an importunate applicant. Glancing through the book she saw on the last page the inscription: -List but not least. Adeliua Patti." Seizing the pen. she wrote on the inside of the cov er, facing this- Last and least, Chris t ne Nilsson Rouzeaud.' " Judge Lindsay, of Kentuoky, is said to make more money than any man at the Kentucky bar. At the close of the war he swung a blacksmith's hammer. Fifteen years ago he was a struggling young lawyer. He was elected to tho State Senate, made his mark, and was elected Judge of the Court of Appeals. After serving one term he resigned aud. dropped into an immense practice. The late Mrs. Samuel Russell, of Middletown. Conn., willed the Russell Free Library S 10.000; the Domestic Missionary Society, S'J.OOO; the Ameri can Bible Societv, '51.000; the American Tract Societv, $1,000; the State Indus trial School 'for Girls. 31.000; the Mid-, dletown Charitable Society. 8500; St. Luke's Home. SOO: the Indian Hill Cemetery Association. 8300; and the rest of the estate, about $700,000, to in dividuals. AVer Haven Register. Longfellow's study remains just as he left it Not a book' nor a piece of furniture has been moved. The gates to the ground of his old home av al wavs opeu to the visitor, but withiu the house the bereaved family are secure from intrusion, and their life goes on as it did before his death, save for the great void that . an never be filled. Tho poet's grave at Mount Auburn is only marked by the flower-wreaths daily placed upon it by loving hands. Bos ton. 1'ost. The death of Thurlow Weed, at the age of 80, recalls these facts That Clay reached the ago of 7. Jackson 78", Cal houn G3. Webster 70. John 11. Adams 81. Buchanan 78. Van Buren 81. Tay lor 61. Cass 82. Marcy and Everett 71. Benton 76 Of the older generation of American states! en. John Adams reached the age of ill. Jeflerson 83 (both he and the elder Adams dying ou tho Fourth of July 1826 . Burr 81. Munroe 73. Jay 84. and Patrick Henry 63. HUMOROUS. Suites, bears, panthers and cata mounts are mentioned bv the Pittsburgh I'oif among the inhabit ants of that State. Pennsylvania is not yet out of the wilderness", Detroit Fne't'rr.ss A fashionable lady who lost her pet poodle a short time -ince was asked it she didn't grea,Jv mis-the beast "No.". she replied " lit hu-oatid -o't of takes his place in inyaHei tions. -Lowell Con ner. Herbert Spen-er avs the coming Amercaii vvill be a- more powerful maiL than has heretofore eisti d. If such is the case, the c-ming ed-tor vvill have to brace up and take b xingiessous. Loiu dl Citizai. "Is tho point well taken?" asked a member of the convention "Gewhilh kons, yes!' -homed a mem' or near by. springing to hi- fet Some pne had left, a pin with a view to ,ust such a coinci dence. liiirling'on Hair' v . An Oswego young lady made seven hundred words of the letters eouta-neit in "conserv.itorv," whil" her mother wrestled with the week's washing un aided. Education is a great thing for those vio seek it .V. 1. Orathie. A Chi. ago lover bet hi girl that he could tell what -he was thinking of. Ho thought she wa thinking of liim, but she wasn't. She was -tmhing how to make over an old dress so as to make it look new. Fifind I pun Chrjntcfe. Heard on a slow tain- "How lon is it since this railroa i was completed? "'A ell. it is now about tlva years since the first train was run over it." "In deed! Then I snppo-e vre may meet it coming back?'' Pulad.'M-i Xevs We are willing to take a certain amount ot stock in new-paper ac-ountf of Western cylones. but when an Ar kansas paper tell- about zephyrs carry ing a bed-qu It sixty-one miles, and then going back for the sheet vve ain't there. Chicago 1 1 ,ie . "Can you help me a little?" said a tramp, poking hi- head into a coun try shop. " v hy don't you help your self?" said the proprietor, angrily. "Thank you. I will,'' said the tramp., as he picked up a Dtit-h cbee-e and two loaves of bread and disappeared like a streak of lightning, ollowed by half a dozen lumps of coal. The Hungarians have a national dance "the esards" intended to rep resent "the unquiet cour-e ot true love.'1 We have never seen the dance, but presume the greater part of it con sists of an elderly gentleman kicking a young man off the Iront toop. Bur lington Hairk --. "Musico" You ask hov we pio nounce pianoforte. We are not exactly certain whet er the be-t usaga author izes four or five -vllab!es; but a triend of ours, who is well up in such matter-, as he lives in a commiinitv tlrckiy pop ulated by the pitnoforte. pronounces it a confounded nuisance. Boston Trait script. Ladv speculator You want to know what is meant by "clearances" in the oil business It is 'iuply this: When a man pe sists in going long at the top and short at r e bottom, he gets out of monev iu the course of time, and then clears out for -ome unknown quar ter. This is a clea ance. Oil Citij Bliz zard. An Old Hand at It. An Au-tin grocer grossly insulted Mrs. Mosc Schaumburg the other day. without intending it She is an im mensely stout woman, aud, stepping on the scales, playfullv requested the gro cer to weigh her. As he adjusted the weights, he remarked that she weighed 190 pounds, which proved to be her ex act we:ght "How did you come to guess it?" sua asked. "lam used to guessing at netgM. 1 weighed hogs for five year in Cuio'ib. nati. Tcxa Sifting,