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VOL. XIII.-N0. 42.
COLDMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1883.
WHOLE NO. 666.
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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.
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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
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.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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. - -