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"? mt 9- - t' ' w i THE JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TURNER & CO., Proprietors and Publishers. -r f K te 83" OFFICE,-Eleventh St., up'ftairs in Journal Building. -. KATES OP AD?EKTIS1N6. journal. 0Businees and professional cards of five lines or less, per annum, five dollars. , . 3 For time advertisements, apply at this office. ETLecal advertisements at statae rates. w EsTFor transient advertisins;, see rates on third page. ISeTAll advertisements payable monthly. 1 terms: -! Per year. . Six iiionths Three months Single copies VOL. XIII.-N0. 42. COLDMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1883. WHOLE NO. 666. v- BUSINESS CABDS. A TTORNEYS-A T-LA W, Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street, Above the New bank. IT J. iiuimio:, NOTARY P UBLIC. 12th Street, 2 doorH m-iit of Hammond House, Columbus, Neb. 491-y -pvK. ai. i. riiiJKSTO.ii, RESIDENT DENTIST. Offlee over corner of 11th and North-ft. All operations, tiTtd-class and warranted. C lUICAtiU- UABDEB SHOP! 1IEXHY WOODS, I'roi-'k. BSTEverythinK in first-class style. Also keep the best of cigars. 51-y "I KEK .St REEIH2K, ATTORNEYS AT LA W, Ollke on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska. 2-tf pt G. A. HL'LLIIOKST, A. M., M. D., II OMEOPA Till C PHYSICIAN, USTTwo Blocks south of Court House. Telephone communication. 5-ly -yrcAnsrEit bros., A TTORNEYS A T LA W, Ollice up-stairs in McAllister's build ing. Hth St. A. McAllister, Notary I'ublic. J. M. MACKAKLAND, B. R. COWDERY, ti:rst7 ri ITotirj PtW e. Cslli:r. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK MACPAR1jAND& COWDERy, Columbus, Nebraska. ( EO. X. OfcKltT, PAINTER. JSTCarriage, house and sign painting, gluzing. paper hanging, kalomining, etc. done to order. Shop on 13th St., opposite Engine Housr, Columbus, Neb. 10-y Tf II. KUSCI1E, llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Blanket-, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc., at tin lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. S W.VIiARK, LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT, IIUMI'IIHEY, N Eli II. His lands comprise some tine tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ot 1'h'tte county. Taxes paid for non-resident. Satisfaction guaranteed. -0 y IJYKOS MILLETT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. (Tito Jill. LETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus Nebraska. N. B.-llc will give close attention to all business entrusted to him. -$- T OU1S SCHKEIBER, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Huggies, Wagons, etc., made to order, and all work guaranteed. jSJrShop opposite the "Tattersall," Olive Strict. 2-r W .KR c WKSTtOTT, AT THE CHECKERED BARN, Are prepared to furni-h the public w'th good teams, buggies and carriages for all occasions, especially for funerals. Also conduct a feed and sale stable. 49 TAMES PEARSALL. IS TRErARED, WITU FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS, To remove houses at rcasouable rates. Give uim a call. N NOTICE TO TEACHERS. J. E. Moncrief. Co. Supt., Will be in his ollice at the Court House on the first Saturday of each month for the purpose of examining anplieants for teacher's certificates, and for the transaction of any other business pertaining to schools. ''6-y c OMIMBl'K PACKUG CO., COLUMBUS, - NEB., Packers and Dealers in all kinds of Hog product, cash paid for Live or Dead Hog Directors.-Tl. H Henry, Prest.; John Wiggins, Sec. and Treas.; L. Gerraru, s. Corv. n : TAES salmon, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plan and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near St Taul Lumber Yard. Columbus, Ne braska. v-i6m0' D T. Martyx, M. D. F. Sciiro, M. D., u- (Deutscher Artz.) Drs. MARTYN & SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeons. Union Pacific and O.X.4B. H.R.R-S. COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA. 32-vol-xiii-y WILLIAM RYAN, DEALER IX KENTUCKY WHISKIES Wines. Ales, Cigars and Tobacco. jgrSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant ly on hand.g2 ELrvEyTH St., CoupiBPS. Neb. j S. MURDOCH & SON, U Carpenters and Contractors. Havetad 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 give us an oppor tunitytoestimateforyou. JSTShop on 13tb St, one door west of Friedhof & Co's. store. Columbus. Nebr. 483-v THE COLUMBUS FLAX AND TOW CO., Vre prepared to receive and pay $3.00 per on for good clean flax straw (free from areign substances) delivered on their rounds near the Creamery, in Colum ns Nebrka. COLUMBUS FLAX & TOW CO., ' GEO. SMITH, Ag'L ioltuabus, Pec C, 1S82. 22-3 ADVERTISEMEICTS. FIRST National Bank! COX.X7SCBX7S. NEB. Authorized Capital, Cash Capital, $250,000 50,000 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. A. ANDERSON, Pres't. SAM'LC. SMITH, Vice Pres't. O. T. "ROEN, Cashier. .1. W. EARLY, ROBERT UIILIG. HERMAN OEHLRICH. W. A. MCALLISTER, G.ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, Real Estate, Loan ana Insurance. 29-voI-13-ly BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COLUMBUS, NEB. SPE1CE & NORTH, General Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre for cash, or on fiye 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 residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstractor title to all real es tate in P'atte County. 621 COLlinBIIN, NEB. PH1FS BIT! BUY THE Patent Roller Process MINNESOTA FLOUR! ALWAYS GIVES SATISFACTION, Because it makes a superior article of bread, and is the cheapest flour in the market. Eccry sack warranted to run alike, or money refunded. HERMAN OEHLRICH & BRO., GKROCERS. l-3m LANDS, FAKMS, AND CITY PROPERTY TOR SALE, AT THE Union Pacfic Land Office, On Long Time and low rate of Interest. All wishing to buy Rail Road Lands or Improved Farms will find it to their advantage to call at the U. P. Laud Office before lookin elsewhere as 1 make a specialty of buyiug and selliug lands on commission; all persons wish ing to sell farms or unimproved land will find it to" their advantage ta leave their lands with me for sale, as my fa cilities for affecting sales are unsur passed. I am prepared to make final proof for all parties wishing to get a patent for their homesteads. ICyHenry Cordea, Clerk, writes and speaks German. SAMUEL C. SMITH, A.gt. U.P. Land Department, C2I-y COLUMBUS, NEB WM. BECKER, DEALER IS ALL KINDS OF FAMILY GROCERIES! I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A WELL SELECTED S TOCK. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. Goods Delivered Free to amy part ef the City. I AM ALSO AGENT FOB THE CEL EBRATED COQT7IIXARD Farm and Spring Wagons, of -which I keep a constant supply on hand, but few their equal. In style and quality, second to none. CAIX JJTD LEAR PRICE!. ' Cor.TJiirteihtfi and K "Streets, near A. 2f. Depot, TEE CERISTMAB GIFT. Around ttae Christmas tree we stood, and watched the children's faces As tney their little gift's received, with child ish airs and (Traces. We grown folks had our share of fun, in mak ing wee ones merry. And luughed to see the juveniles kiss 'neath the "holly berry." Bsside me sat sweet Bessie Moore, m lovely, dark-eyed maiden. While near her stood our little Ere, her arms with lore gifts laden. Until around the room she went, the blue-eyed baby, shyly. And, blushlnff red, Into each lap her offerings dropped, slyly. But when to me the darling came, all empty handed was she. And when I asked: "Why slight me thus!" she answered: 4OhI because wc We dinna know ynu tumming herel" and then with blue eyes shining. Tc Bessie's sido she went, her arms her sis ter's neck entwining-. "But mmethlnu I must have," said I, "my Christmas night to gladden." A shade of thought the baby face seemed pres ently to sadden. Till all at one, with gleeful laugh: "Oh! Iknow what IM do. sir! I've only sister Bessie left, but I'll dir her to you sir!" Amid the laugh that eame from all, I drew my new gift to me. While with flushed cheeks her eyes met mine, and sent a thrill nil through me. "Oh! ble-iSL-d little Eve!" cried I, "your gift I welcomeglMdly!" The little one looked up at me, half wonder- ingiy, half sadly. .Then to her father straight I turned, and humbly naked bis blessing Upon my Christmas gift, the while my long stored hopes confessing; And as his aged bands were raised above our heuds, bowed lowly. The blessed time of Christmas ne'er had seemed to me so holy. POLICE SPIES IN RUSSIA. It was on Sunday afternoon, the 10th of July, that we arrived at Wierzbolow, the first Russian station on the railroad. Hitherto, from Berlin to this town, we had been passing through old Prussia. But here although only one mile from the last Prussian station, the change from Germany to Russia was striking beyond description. As if by some wizard's touch the tall, many-gabled homesteads with their well-kept farms; the flourishing tields, waving with rich corn, ready for the reapers sickle; the well-fed cattle, grazing placidly in wide-spreading pasture-lands; the clean, thriving, well built villages, the gayly dressed men, women and children, passing to and from the villages to the stations, and the far-off glimpses caught of happy children playing in the tields under the blue sky, or round about some cluster ing hamlets these all vanished- Instead of these signs of peace, con ten ment and prosperity we now came upon glimpses of mud-hovels, or wretchedly built log-houses, thatched straw; straggling villages, black with the smoke of centuries, ill-cultivated fields; men. women and, children barely clad and bare-footed; and beggars, of all ages, from the gray-haired old pil grim to the ragged boy or girl of from six to seven years of age. At every station from Wierzbolow to St. Petersburg, the beggars appeared, crossing themselves, bobbing their heads up aud down, and imploring with extended arms a few copecs. in the name of the Holy Savior and His most blesse.l Mother. Such were the glimpes we caught of parts of Polaud. now Russia, and of Russia proper. When the train arrived at Wierzbo low, we were abruptly ordered to quit our carriages. Russian porters seized our bags and shawl-straps, aud hurried us oil With them. When 1 had gone about twenty steps, a Russian .-oldier. of almost gigantic stature, armed from head to feet, and boote.l and spurred, stood before me and cried: "Passport!" It was with a feeling of utter help lessness that I drew ont my pocket book, and taking out the official-document, handed it to the armed giant. He then motioned me to lollow the porters, which I did, with a vague feel ing of having committed some great wrong, and thus entered the hall lead ing into the frontier station of the great Empire of Russia. A wooden bench, or shelf, ran all round the hall for the luggage, with room for the passengers to range them selves behind it In the middle of this hall, at a large square table, sat at least some dozen police officers. While innumerable porters, with badges on, explored the trunks, boxes, etc., and ranged them on the bench or shelf, the armed giant proceeded to lay all the passports he had collected be fore the officials at the table. It was an imposing scene: the varied and mot ley crowd, the Russian porters in their national dress and curious caps, the Russian officials peering into the mani fold passports of the diflerent nations of Europe in solemn silence at the ta ble, the armed giant, grim and resolute, looking at them with piercing eyes and earnest countenance, the Custom-House officials waiting orders to begin their work of inspection. At length the order was given to the Custom-House officers to proceed with their work. There must have been a dozen of these present, and I must say they did their ..work with a quiet dignity and impartiality-, that, were quite noticeable. r. " One of the potters,- seeing oa' my, trunk a rather large 'square placard of an American line of steamers, with colored flags and the names of various ports printed on it.was mch im pressed; he forthwith' called.the Atten tion of one of the; Custom -Houselbfficers to it. They botk "examined-it ' very critically, and as faras I could judge decided that I. was some important personage; for they opened my trunk and shut it .again without dis turbing an thing in it, returning my small bunch of keys with a most polite inclination of the head, to which saluta tion I cordially responded. Presently another and rather officious porter thrust his hand into my shawl strap and pulled out "Murray's Guide to Russia," holding it up triumphantly to the inspecting officer, who very decided ly bade him put it back again. At length one of the police officers from the ta"ble rose and came up to ma with mj- piissport ,and read aloud: "Annah Leowvin Ohvins?" I bowed. . ' . "Brishtish soobject?" I bowed again. He then returned me my passport mth a long slip of pa per. With this I followed the'porters to the ad oining hall, guarded oy an iron rating or gate, at each side of which stood two formidable-looking armed Russian soldiers. I presented the magic slip of paper. The iron fating was withdrawn and at one step erossed frm Prussia to Russia. . On the following evening, I arrived at the Hotel d'Angleterre. and was shown np into a small but neat room on the third floor. I had begun to apply some soap and water to my face ana hands, when a knock was heard at my door, and before I Jiad time to take my face out of the basin of water in walked, to my utter' astonishment, a police officer. With my face all covered with soap and water dripping from it, I most have been an object to behold! However, I quietly told him in English that I was dressing, and that I coald Eermitnoone, not even a Russian po ce officer, to intrude upon-me. I pointed to the door and the officer retired, shrugging his shoulders and re peating the one English word he knew: Passport," passport." You will have my passport in good time," said I, and I shut my door and went on with my dressing. On the stairway, as I was going down to dinner, I met "the ckrk and the police-official. The former exphvned to me in broken English "That now Rus sian Government very strict," on which I handed him my passport. I afterwards learned that the office clerk had to make eight copies of the document, one for the liotel, one for the post-office, two for the secret police, two for the foreign office, and two for the city police. 1 also noticed that a good many official-looking people fre quented the hotel at lunch and dinner, and that everybody at the hotel had a more or less constrained air whenever these personages appeared. I was also told that spies of the secret police, dressed as ladies and gentlemen, were to be found at every hotel or boarding house in St. Petersburg. Mrs. A. H. Leonowtns, in Youtlis" Companion. Our Cow. It is said that one thing brings on another; the events often following each other in rapid succession, and the hap penings in our domestic kingdom have verilied the saj'ing: First there was the advent of one of the cutest, smart est and best looking bovs that ever oc cupied the positionof first born in any household. Now I don't say this be cause it was our boy. Not at all; others have said the same thing under similar circumstances, but because the nurse said so. his grandmother said so, our next door neighbor, who came in to take a look at the little stranger, said so. and a young man. who has an application in as book-keeper for our firm, said his mother said that it was the loveliest and sweetest child she had ever seen, and all of our acquaintances, who plaoed any value upon our friend ship and good will, said it was a re markable chi'd. Even our minister, who is undoubtedly a man of superior sagacity and foresight, declared that, with proper training, and a systematic course of mental and moral culture, he was most assuredly destined to grace the pulpit, or the bar. That settled it; and we want it thoroughly understood that upon the sub ect of our boy's capacity, good looks and future des tiny we will bear no contradiction. He is now undergoing a process of lung development, a; a necessary prepara tion lor his future profession. Now it may be that drums, rattles, wh'stles, rubber dogs, eta, are good enough as p'.ay-things, but there seemed to be an aching void in the little fellow that play-things could not fill. How ever, by'dint of patient thought, inves tigation and consultation of authorities, we were at last enabled to solve the void problem; that boy wanted a cow, and a cow he must have. His grand father had to be consulted right away, for he is an authority on cows, he knows a cow from hoof to horn, and from muzzle to switch. But then we knew something about cows, too, although not so much as we do now. I had seen a good man' cows, and my wife had stood gu:ud while her mother milked a cow, and they had triumphantly marched into the hou-e wan fully one-third of the milk: and now we are going to show the old folks that we could manage a cow as well as the veterans. Well, the cow came in the absence of grandpa, the aforesaid authority, and must be milked. Armed with a milk-pail and a bucket of bran, we commenced opera tions, leaving grandma to watch the baby. We performed the feat of get ting into the barn in a masterly manner, and cautiously approached Bossy, keep ing the bucket of bran well to the. front, we held a consultation, and it was decided that I should feed the cow with bran, while my wife did the milking. This arrangement was made, because my wife said she knew how to milk, ana I didn't, and she'd rather trust the cow's heels than her horns. Well, I sidled up towards the cow's head with the bran, and my wife was about to begin opera tions, when there was a switch of the tai1, a dash, and that cow's nose was up to her eyes in the bucket of b an. My wife skipped to the rear, and I leaped over into the next stalL We were both safe, but one horn had given me a hard rap on the knuckle. 1 hare seen a hungry man go for a dish of oysters with a vengeance, but I have never seen anything equal the manner in which our cow waded into that bucket of oran. I don't believe she had eaten anything for a week. But our reputations were at stake, and the cow must be milked, so we rallied, and resolved unon a new nlan of onerations. We would ooth milk while the cow was busy with the bran. Accordingly 1 took the pail and cautiously advanced toward her left side, while my wife took up a position on the right. Now If there is one thing that I stand in fear of more than another, it is a kick, either from a horse, cow or anything else; and this fact will explain why I stood on my 'feet with mv back to the cow's head and stooped over to get at the udder. 1 had hardly touched it when a blow from behind sent me spinning through the air, and I landed all in a heap, be tween the thills of a buggy. My wife ran to my assistance but fortunately I was unhurt. This was unaccountable. I never knew before that a cow could kick with her horns, that cow must go back, she was ugly and dangerous. By this time grandma had got the baby to sleep, and hearing a racket in the barn, came run ning out to see what the matter was. We explained, and she laughed "Why," she says, "you gooe, yon shouldn't try to milk a cow on the left side; that is the wrong side. You must milk on the right side;" and taking the pail she quietly sat down on the right si'feand milked the cow without any trouble. But I learned one thing, and that is, to approach anything and ev erything, even a cow, on the right side, De It arren, in People's Weekly. The water courses carry millions of tons of fertilizing material to the sea. The Nile alone pours over a thousand tons of nitrates into the Mediterranean each twenty-four hours. The loss an nually is greater, therefore, than that contained in the guano deposits, when we consider the entire surface of the earth. a Queen Victoria has conferred a baronetcy on Mr. William John Clarke of the colony of Victoria. This gentle man is probably a son of the man known as Big Clarke, who made the greatest fortune on record in Australia. This is Sirobably the first hereditary honor com rred on an Australian. One of the colored members of the Georgia Legislature wears ear-rings New Year's Day. The Romans named the opening month of the year from the god Janus, whose two faces, the one looking back and the other forward, denoted mem ory and hope. The early Saxon names Wolf-monat, (wolf-month) is said to have been suggested by the fact that the wolves, deprived of their customary they, were won't to prowl rnmd human habitations in quest of food; but itseems quite as probable a theory, that it was suggested by the exteme severity of the reason when Nature, of late so genial, seems harsh and even cruel. The customary celobrating with re joicing the opening of the new aud un known year seems common to many ages and nations, so natural is itto hope that what is new may be good, and to trust that however rough our paths may have been, in the com ng ni we ma find the "green pastures" and "the wa ters of comfort." In the words of the gentle Elia: "The birth of a new year is of an interest too wido to be pretermitted by king or cobbler." No one over regarded the First of January with iudi lerence." It is an old cus om to keep the day as a holiday, though it has been the practice of -superstitious persons to work a little in the morninsr with the idea that this course would insure them pros perity and plenty of profitable employ ment through the year. In England the celebration com menced on New Year's Eve, when the "Wassail-cup" was carried from house to house by a group of youths and maidens. A prettier custom, orig inally Scottish, was for the whole fam ily to go in procession to the outer door, and opening it as the last stroke of midnight sounded, welcome in the New Year with words of greeting. The presentation of New Year's gifts was fashionable as far back as the early days of Rome, and was a custom also of the early Britons. In that day the Druids presented to the people the sa cred mistletoe previously cut with re ligious ceremonies, aud friends ex changed presents. Of this custom an old writer says: "As presages are drawn from the first things which are met on the beginning of a day, a week, a ear, none can lie more pleasiug than of those things that are given us. As far back as the reign of Henry the Third it was customary to present New Year s gifts to the reigning monarch, and some sovereigns did not hesitate to extort gifts when they- were not freely offered. It was by the help of these annual contributions that Queen Elizabeth kept her magnificent ward robe well replenished. Gloves, in for mer times very costly, were frequently offered to sovereigns and high dignita ries. Pins, once a great luxury, were acceptable gifts to ladies. Instead of these pre-ents, their value in money was sometimes given henee the terms "glove-raonev," aud "pin-money." The more ri 'id Puritans objected strongly to New Year's presents, as be ing "a meere relque of paganisme and idolatry." The First of January, being a week after Christmas, is celebrated by the Churches of Eugland and Rome as the Festival of the Circumcision. The Christmas ami New Year holi days close on the Feast of the Epipha ny, January sixth, Twelfth Day as it is called, being the twelfth from Christ mas. Many old superstitious customs are associated with it. The following Monday, when the people returned to the sober realities of working-days, was called in the rural districts Plough, Monday. Among the events of historic interest connected with New Year's Day may be mentioned the league of William Tell and his brave compatriots. (1308) the commencement of three centuries' resistance of foreign oppression the coronation of Charles the Second as King of Scotland (1651) when the Scots endeavored to atone by loyalty to the son for their treachery to the father, and thus prepared the way for the res toration of the Stuarts to the throne they were so soon to forfeit aud in 18(33, the abolition of slavery in these Unfted States of America; the second of these events an era in English his tory, the first and the last eras in the annals of the human race. Golden Rule. A Battle with a Bear. Captain John M. Bowman and Dr. B. L. Langton, two well-known sports men of Muucy, have just returned from a week's hunting in the wilds of Sulli van County, aud thev relate same thrill ing adventures while in that region. They established their head quarters in the cottage of Captain Bowman, at Lewis Lake, and crossing that body ot water to the mountains on the other side commenced operations. The trophies of the first day resulted in the killing of one deer, two foxes and a porcupine. The second day thev were not so lucky, but they discovered fresh bear tracks leading in the direction of the nearest settlements, and they re solved on capturing bruin. Judging from the tracks, the bear Was of great size, and extreme caution was necessary to get near enough for a shot The Captain carried a sil er-mounted Remington that never missed fire, and the doctor was armed with a double barreled shot-gun, a hatchet, and an Indian pipe, obtained from a Sioux chief when residing in Iowa. They failed to find the bear that dav, not withstanding the most careful search. On the thira day, however, the- were more fortunate. The doctor had be come separated from the Captain, and" while he was in the act of clambering over the trunk of a fallen hemlo k in a laurel thicket he was startled by a fierce frowl, and on pausing to reconnoiterhe iscovered the bear sitting on its haunches in the bushes watching him. He acknowledges that he was startled by the monster, which was of enormous Bu.e and evidently not disposed to re treat. What to do he did not know. He dared not use his shot-gun on the beast and the Captain was not in hailing dis tance with his rifle. As he stood delib erating the bear made a movement to ward him, evidently bent on mischief. Its eyes were iiery "and it displayed a double row of savage-looking teeth. The doctor says he feit like repeating the Lord's prayer right then ana there. But there was uo time for worship in the wilderness, as the bear was moving upon him in force. He instinctively raised his gun and let drive with one barrel, the contents of which went crashing into the bear s ear. This en raged the brute and, rising on its hind legs, it rushed npon the doctor, who emptied the contents of the other bar rel. In a moment the savage beast, smarting with pain, was close upon him, and he could feel its hot breath on his face as it grappled him. He clubbed it with his shot-gun, but as the weapon de scended the bear warded off the blow with its right paw and sent the gun spinning through the air. . Matters nowoecame desperate. The doctor found himself in the grasp of the beast, but he retained sufficient self- fiosscssion of mind to resolve to sell his ife dearly. Grasping his hatchet, which was heavy and sharp, he rained blows on the head of the mon ster. Every cut went to the skull of' the animal, "and :as it reached with its powerful anus to embrace him. he sunk the weapon in its flesh to .the hilt. This seemed to disconcert the beast for a moment, but it soon rallied and, grap- Eling the bold hunter, prepared to give im the death-hug. Just as it was draw;ng him into close quarters. Cap tain Bowman, who had heard the shots, appeared on the scene, aud, taking in the situation at a glance, sent a bullet crashing through the head of the bear, and liis comrade w:as saved. . On releasing himself from the- arms of the animal, the doctor foiind that he had sustained but trilling damage, but he regarded his escape from a horrible death as remarkable. Being a dent ist, he said he could not help ad mirinsr its beautiful white teeth as it , came at hm with distended jaws. His 1 gun was found twenty feet away, with bent barrels, and his." beautiful Indian I pipe was badly bro en. They succeed ed in dressing tho animal and in getting the carcass to the cottage, which they found to weigh JH0 pounds. Captain Bowman says he considered his friend beyond salvation when he discovered him in the embrace of the beast, and it was only by a lucky shot that he saved him from a horrible death. Williams porl (Va.) Cor. Philadelphia Times. Buyiug a Hat. "I wish to buy a hat," said a fashionably-dressed youth, entering a hat store on Fulton street. " High or low?" asked the clerk. "Do I look as though I wanted a cheap article?" asked the youth. "No, I want the highest-priced " " You misunderstand me," said the clerk. "I simply asked if you wish a high silk hat or a Derby, or perhaps you wish a soft hat." " I want something lum turn," said the youth. " Beg pardon!" "I say I want something lum turn; high up; the right caper, you under stand," said the youth, picking up a high silk hat and inspecting it critically. "Ah, yes," said the clerk, "you wish our latest?" "Exactly," said the youth. "They're wearing Derbys this year a good detl." said the clerk. "There's about your size." " Head looks like a pea under a snow shovel," said the youth, putting on the hat and looking in" the glass. "Are they wearing brims like the front of a ferry boat this year?" " Our best English Derbv, Sir," said the clerk. " Manufacture 'em ourselves, and know just the stuff that's put in them. That hat is a little extreme in the brim, sir, but the very latest, I as sure von!" "Well, that's what I want," said the youth, cocking the hat over his left ear, and then trying it over his right auric ular. "Somenow or other, that hat makes me look like a frog. Didn't you ever see those pictures of frogs oa screens withgumdrop Derbys on? Well, this thing makes me look like one of those confounded animals." "It's the style, sir," said the clerk, apologetically. "Well, of course that settles it." said the youth, throwing the hat back to as to show his bangs, and then pullirg it over his oj'es. "I can't get over that frog idea, though. Now. honest; djn't I look like a frog " "Not in the least, sir." said '.he clerk. "But perhaps you would like to look at our high silk hats? Very graceful stylo this year, sir. Try that on." "Head looks like a buckshot under a factory chimney," said the youth. "But it's the very latest Broadway stylo," said the clerk. "Wear that style rig lit straight through the winter." "Why, you could set up a circus-ring on top of this hat," said the youth, "and then you'd have plenty of room for the spectators." "Pell crown, sir. The fashion this year, sir. Making all the hats in Lon don like that this year." "Suppose we'd have to wear coai scuttles if those infernal Englishmen set the fashion." said the youth. "Haven't you got something that does n't extinguish a fellow quite so much as this funereal fire tower? I'm willing to stand as much as the next fellow fot lum-tum's sake, but that thing makes me feel as small as a flea under the belly of an elephant." "There's something that may suit you be'tcr," said the clerk, handing the youth another silk hat. " orse'n the other," said the youth. " Why. that thing would make Cleo patra's needle jealous. You ought to throw a balancing pole with that hat. If a fel'ow ever got a li lie full under that structure he'd bite the dust, sure. I want an all round hat, you know. Something that will weather a racket without flooring the wearer, you under stand." "Here is another style of Derby, sir." "That's got a roll in the brim fit to make a ellow seasick," said the youth. " Why, my ears stand out like election banners, and it gives my face the ap peal ance of a weasel. That's the worst I've tried yet." "Can't do any better," said the clerk. "If yon wish to "be in style, sir, I should advise you to try one of the hats I've shown you." Well, a fellow can't go barehead ed." said the youth, picking up one of the high hats again and trying it on and smiling sarcastically at his relTe tion in the mirror. " Now. if you'll just throw in a life and accident insurance policy with this edifice I may be in luccd to face the dan ger of wearing it." "Am afraid we can't do that, sir." said the clerk. "Well, now, I'll tell you what I'll do," said the youth; "I'll bet you tho hat aga:nst its " price that I break my neck the first time I wear it on a racket." "Never bet," said the clerk; "at least not in working hours." "Well. I'll go you on this bridge tower, any way." said the youth, pay ing for the hat, "but if it downs me on the first racket, my blood be on your head," and he sauntered up Fulton street, grasping his cane in the middle and feeling that he was doing the cor rect thing, even if it was at the risk of his life. Brooklyn Eagle. A New Jersey man "couldn't see any danger in smoking while weighing powder," and a deaf man working in the next field not hearing the explosion, was simp'y horrified by the remarkable phenomenon of a shower of fragments of humanity. A spring in St. Tammany parish. La., pours iorth clear, rold water all day long, but at sunset goes suddenly dry, discharging.no .water until the su again rises. The Majer's ArtUcial Lef. Major Todd., of Bangor, Me., lost We right leg at the battle of Fredericksburg, and some time ago he purchased an ar tificial legYrom a'man in Washington. It contained a system of springs which enabled the 'Major to use it in such a natural manner thafwhen he was walk ing along the street nobody would for a moment suppose that he had not both of his own' legs.' One Sunday, while the Major was on his way to church, he slipped up on the ice and gave the store leg a severe wrench. He must have dislocated some of the springs; for, after reaching the church and taking his seat, and while the clergyman was reading the Script ures, the leg suddenly flew up and rest ed on the back of the seat in front of htm.- 'I he congregation looked at him in1 amazement, aim ne grew very rcu in uie lace, as soon as ne tooK it uown it jumped up again and wiggled about on the back of the pew. finally kicking Mrs. Thompson's.bonnettorags. Then the Major suppressed it again, and held it down, but it instantly, began, a con vulsive movement in his own pew, dur ing which it upset tho stools, plunged around, among the liymn looks and hats, and hammered' the board beneath tlmseat until the mini tcr had to stop. The sexton came rushing in to find out what was the matter, and the Major, after explaining the difficulty in a whis per, asked the sext n to let hhn lean on him while he charged on the front door. As soon" as the Major got into the aisle that dislocated leg kicked the sexton sixteen or seventeen times in a most insolent manner, van ing the ex ercises by making eccentric swoops oil to one side, during' which it kicked eight of the high hats at the pijw doors into black sdk chaos. By the time the Major reached the vestibule the leg had become perfectly reckless. It tiew up before and it ew up behind. It butted agaiust the goo! leg, and darted out sidewise. and de scribed circles, and tried to insert its toes in the Major s coat-tail pockets, and to whack him on the nose. When the sexton came with the hack and put the Major in it the le banged through the window-glass, and when the driver got down' to see about it tho leg brand ished itself in his face, and concluded the exercise by planting a terrible blow in hi3 stomach. Then the Major told the driver that he would give him ten dollars to take the leg off. and the driver accepted 'the offer. For several minutes it eluded all his efforts to catch it as it danced about, but finally he got hold of it and hung on while the Major tried to unbuckle the straps. Then it came off aud rolled the driver in the mud. He got up to watch it. It writhed and kicked and jumped and throbbed and hopped; and whenever it would make a dash to one side or the other the crowd would scatter in order to give it mil play. Finally Ben Wool ley set his dog on it and a most excit ing contest ensued, the leg two or three times running oil with the dog; and it seemed likely that the dog would get whipped. Mr. Woolley got a ciow-bar and aimed a blow at the leg with the intent to smash it But he missed it and uearly killed the dog. As soon as the dog retired. Mr. Woolley whacked it again and burst it into flinders, and then there was peace. T e Major drove home and got his crutcheo, and since then he has confined himself to the use of a wooden leg without springs. Chicago Herald. Boys aud Tobacco. The Boston Journal has made an in vestigation concerning the use of to bacco by the school-boys of Boston, with a result that is so astonishing that doubtless the attention of parents everywhere will be drawn to the figures. The best-detailed inquiry, judiciously made in schools of all grades, leads to the conclusion that the age at which the non-users of tobacco come to be in the minority is but a few months over ten years. Worse yet it was inci dentally learned that among girls the smoking of mild cigarettes is not by any means unknown. On first inquiry among the teachers of boys, the esti mates given about the extent of tobacco-using ranged from ninety to ten percent, according to the class and age of the pupils and the master's knowledge of the subject When in duced to make a detailed investigation the instructors were astonished at the revelation. The testimony as to the effect of the narcotic upon the boys and the methods of dealin ' with the practice by some of the masters are full of suggestive points. The head master of theJ.atinschool had no doubt that half the boys, ranging from fourteen to eiijliteen years, used tobacco to some extent but he did not believe that the habit a'"ected the intel lectual standing of the sihool as a whole. In some cases he had traced a falling off in the health and scholar ship directly to the inordinate use of tobacco. Mo-t of the boys did their smoking surreptitiously, though a few said they used tobacco openly at home, with their parents consent. The use of tobacco in or near the school prem ise? is prohibited. The head master of 'he Knglish high school, wherein are bout live hundred boys, didn t believe many of the boys smoked an opinion which greatly amused the lads when questioned out of his hear ing. In making individual remonstran ces with the smokers, the master of this school had often learned that the boys were encourage' 1 to smoke by their par ents. "It's a difficult matter to deal with," he continued. " Many parents reason as does a much-esteemed Judge I know. He was afraid his boy would smoke whether forbid en or not; so he prohibited the use of cigarettes, but fur nished him with money to bur good cigars and told the boy to smoke, If at all, openly at home, and not skulk be hind somebody' s back fen( e or at the bottom of some alley. Other fathers do the same thing, because they prefer the smoking to the bad company it lea-is to if forbi'Tden at home." Among the grammar school-masters there was a great difference of opinion as to the extent of the evil, and there was found a corresponding difference among the boys, according to the place in which the schools are situated. Information from tobacco-dealers showed an immense trade among school boys. "But do you know," said a Washington street dealer, " that nearly half mv trade in cigarettes is directly or indirectly among women and girls? Girls, some of them in the high and normal schools. I know are in the habit of taking an occasional whiff, for the sake of their nerves, as they say." John J. Brown, a druscrist in Bos ton, recently died at the ae of ninety- ' two, having been in the drug business siwee 1807, Deing fifty-two yeare at one stand. He was one of four brothers who had drug stores in different parts of Boston- Many of the most success ful druggists in Boston begun as clerks with the Browns. Boston Transcript, Faifeiea Item .Black matelasse drees goods are mask vied in mourning. Overskirts cut, open here and there and laced together with silk cords are new and effective. With evening cos tumes of silk or .satin the bodice is made to match, and the lacing is done under the arms. Birds of every description are need to decorate muffs. Duplicates of those se lected for the muff are generally worn on the hat or bonnet which accom panies it Some of these ornithologi cal specimens are too large for good taste. Stylish military redingotes of dark blue cloth have the standing collar, pockets, culls, and double-breasted front trimmed with silver braid in ttoman ; designs Down the back of the skirts i ;a g a double row ot large buttons. in designs of old Roman medallions. ' For outside wraps plain velvet is very fashionably worn both for large and small confections; and many redingotes and long casaques are being made of it by priucipal modistes. Tho trimmings are of fur or of jet poudants, and ex ceedingly wide passementerie bands. There is nothing new to signalize in the way of lingerie, hosiery or gloves. Kill, slippers are cut very low. and where the stockings are embroidered the mules or sandals are plain, and vice-versa With evening dress the color of the stockings must invariably match that of the toilet worn. For house wear, black or fawn-colored stockings embro.dered with cardinal, or those of solid cardinal, are the height of fashiou. very handsome visiting dresses are shown, having a bodice cut in Jersey shape and made of colored velvet This fastens to a box-plaited shirt of moire or satin, the joining of bodice and skirt being concealed by a scarf' drapery of the same. A b.ack velvet Jersey fast ened to a black satin skirt is very ele gant; so also is one of dark myrtle green, with gold and green satin in wide stripes laid in plaits for the skirt, and plain green satin for the drapery. In laying the kilts, the gold stripes ol course go underneath. A costume of this kind, included in a bridal outfit, has the dark green velvet bodice trimmed with tiny arabesques in very fine gold braid. Next to the usual manner of making up stockinet cloth in the Jersey shape, the most popular form is a double breaste 1 casaque. with a small stand up coliar and revers like a gentleman's coat The skirt is draped over the hips after the style of a Watteau tunic, and is made full and bunchy at the back. When made of black stockinet it can be worn o er a skirt of black: velvet, moire, satin, or silk, or any two of these materials combined. The collar, cuffs, and pockets of the casaque itself are often finished with velvet or moire, and sometimes with jet as well. There is always the inevitable sash at the back, however else the casaque may be trimmed. Buttons may almost be. classed among the luxuries of dress. In point c! ele- fance and in the mutter of price they ave never been excelled. Among the novel styles are those of gold or silver, set with mock gems, in Moresque or Florentine designs. These are models of art and beauty. They would also be mo !els of extravagance were it not for the fact that they will never tarnish, being of the genuine metal. They can therefore be transferred from one cos tume to another, until they have "paid for themseive ." Another beautiful style of bu ton is a cut jet. in mosaic dosigns. with monogram or crest of semi-precious stones in the center. These stones may be of any color, so that the hue accords with that of the costume. N. Y. PosL How to Vii sh a Baby. Thirty women listened for thirty minutes last Saturday night, in the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, to Miss Mary Hobart, who told them "How to Wash and Dress a Baby." The lecture was illustrated. The illus tration was kindly furnished by a young mother in tho audience. It had a very red face, vory bright eyes, a wee bit of a nose, and a Voice. The lecturer, a fresh faced, handsome woman, began by explaining how to wash and dress a newly-born in ant without drowning it in the basin, or causing it to burst by tight bandaging. "White Castile soap is the proper thing to wash a babe with," said she, "and the water should be at a temperature of 100 de grees. The babe should not be washed a little at a time. Its head, face, and e"ars should be attended to first and then the entire body should be im mersed in the water, like this." The illustration was placed in a deep basin tilled with water and the illustra tion manifested it-, disapprobation by a howl. "In dr in the child. ' con tinued Mi33 Iloba t, as she lifted the squalling bit of humanity out of the bath, do not rub he child much, but pat it carefully unt 1 dry. Rub its back if you like that p eases a babe. Then powder it with starch or Bermuda ar rowroot, and the aqualler was liberally besprinkled with a white powder. "ome mothers,' said the lecturer, "in drying a child's ear, dig it out this way." The illustration blinked its eyes, puckered up its mouth, and let out a wild yell. Use a soft rag. wound around the little finger, ' and as the ac tion was suited to the word, the illvs tration crowed gratefully. "In dress ing," went on the speaker, "the band ages should be loose enough to slip two fingers underneath." and as the babe was deftly turned fin its stomach it grunted a satisfied grunt Then came the ticklish operation of pinning the bandu Miss Hobart showed how to do it with out sticking the pin more than a sixteenth ot an inch into the baby's back, a proceeding, she said, that near ly all infants objected to. The lecturer advised that where it was practicable and could be done properly the broad linen straps should be sewed and not pinned. "In putting on the baby's socks," continued the pro tern, moth er, cleverly thrusting a little pink foot into its woolly covering, "be careful about tootsy-wootsy's little toes. 'E don't like 'e 'ittle toes all turned up, do 'e?" and the illustration lifted up its voice and howled a denial. Miss Hobart then took a small piece of soft rag and washed out the child's mouth, something, she said, that should be done after each meal. General ad vice was then given on keeping the babe away from a strong light; how to handle it properly, and how to soothe it to sleep when fretful. The lecture was concluded by a practical illustration showing how to change the bed cloth ing expeditiously and without discom fort to the mother. The babe comfort- ably dressed and crowing with delight was handed back to its mother, and the audience dispersed PAtfad.pAta2Yms. Young man, don't try to foigtt your identity and become somebody else: for the other ehap is sure to be am Inferior person. - -