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THE JOURNAL. ISSUE1 EVEKY WKINDAY, M. K. TURNER fo CO J Proprietors and Publishers. ST OFFICE, Eleventh St.. vp 'tairs in Journal Building. te rms: Per year Six months Three months Single cople- $2 eo 1 3w OS BUSIHESS CAED3. DENTAL PARLOR. On Thirteenth St., and X'ebrcska Are., over Friedhof? store. jg"OfSce Lours, s tc 12 i. zn ; 1 to ." p. tn. OLUA A.xHBALT.U, Dentist. iOKXKL.Il'SC III-I-ITA3f, ATTORXFYS-AT-LA W, Up-stair- in Glucfc Building', 11th street, Above the New hank. XT j. mio.". XOTA Ji Y P UBLIC. 12th Strn-t. 2 tlixtrs wi-t or Hiramoml Hou, Columbus. Xeb. -WI-j pvK. 31. lKTIU'IWTOS, EESIDEX1 DEX'TJST. Otlii-e over corner of 11th and Xortb-ht. All operation first-class and warranted. pllICAUO BARBER KI1: HF.SUY WOOD"1, PKofR. j3TEvervthins in rirt-eSass style. Al-o keep tin: bt -t of i-ipii -. W-Y G 1 KER .V KEKaM'K, ATTORXEYS A T LA )V, Oflice fit Olive s-t., Columbia. Nebraska. J-tf c. . A. Hl'LLHOK-T, A.M.. M. D. 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Hi? land- eompri- -.me lute tract in tht --'.ell "ieek V 1 1 -- . and the nor.'h ern pt.rti.iii i PI tt i-iunt. -l'.i- jtaid for iiuii-re-idint-. sjti-t'attion uuaiatitt'i'.l. '-' L Ol'l MIIKKIUKK, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kiud of repairing done on short notice. Iturcie. Wagon, rte., made to ordr. and ail c.rk guaranteed. ii?"hoj oppo-iti int. Tatter-all." OIle Street. i" S TOTIl'i: T Tj.trill'.RS. J. E. Moncrief. Co. Supt.. Will bo in hi- ottVe -it tbe Court II- ue .u the nr-t Sjf.nd.iy of each month for the pxirpo-e of eximininir applicant- for teacher'- certilie.jte-. and lur the t!.tn-atton 'l an oiln-r liu-ine pertainlug tn-ihob!s. ."OT-y 1 4. MIX "iVl.llO.V CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plan- and e-tim.ite- -upplied for either frame or !-riek buildiinr-. Good vrk tiuranti i d. .-ii-.p ..n i:;th Street, near St. Paul I uinbt i Yard, f .lniiilm-. N-b-arka. ,V2imo. J. WAGNER, Liven' and Feed Stable. I- prepared to jurnis'.i the publif w'th good icims buie- and e.irriaires for all occasion, especially for funeral. Al-o conduct a itle -table. 4-1 D.T. Marti n. M. D. F. -cult.. M. I.. i. UeutscJier Art:. Drs. MARTYN & SCHTJG, II. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Sunrton-. I i iti P.teiiio and o., N.a It. Jl. K. IP-. COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA. :i.,-ol-in- TII,IiIAM RYAN, DEiLKIt IN KENTUCKY WHISKIES: H'tnes, Alt-s, Cigars and Tbarco. fS"3chilz' Milwaukee Beer em-tant-ly on hand.gj Elfvknth r.. C"Ol-l'MHt. SKB. JS. MUROOCK & SOX. Carpenters and Contractors. Havenad an extended experience, and will cuarantee atit.ici;un in work. All kind? of repairing done ou short notice. Our motto is, Hoed work and fair prices. Call and ive us an oppor tunitytoestimateforyou. 22TShop on 13th 5t one door ve-t of Friedhof & Co'. store. Columbus. Nebr. 483-r THE COLUMBUS FLAX AXD TOW CO., Are prepared to receive and pay $3.1.0 per ton for sood olen flax straw (free from foreign aub-tances ; delivered on their ground near the Creamery, in Colum bus Nebraska. C OLUMBUS FLAX A- TOW CO.. GEO. SMITH. Ag't. Columbus. Dec. 5. 1S82. 32-2m COLI.MBCS Restaurant and Saloon! E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor. jgrWholesale and Retail Dealer in For eign Wine, Liquors and Cisare, Dub lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales. ST Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their season, by the case can or dish. lltk Street, Seatk of Depot. ssMtVCD1 . Jf- I VOL. XIII.--N0'. 46. ADVEETISEMEHT3. Salt at J. B. Dels man's for $1.90 a bar rel, and everything at accordingly low prices. 4'J-tl NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, A new hous'e, newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. 33"set a. Firt.C'laMi Table. Meals, . 2Tj Cts. Lodgings. ..25 Cts. 3K-2tf H. 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' National Bank! COX.T7 Authorired Capital, Cash Capital, $250,000 50,000 OFFICEBS AND DIRECTOR.'. A. ANDERSON, Preirt. SAM'L'C. SMrrH. Vice Trtt. O. T. IiOEN, Cahiet. J. W. EARLY, ROBERT UHLIG. HERMAN OEHLRICH. W. A. MCALLISTER. G. ANDERSON. P.ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, Real Estate, Loan ana Insurance. a)-vol-13-ly BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND HEAL. OFFICE. COL UMB US. XEH. SPEICE & NORTH, General Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to 110.00 per acre for cash, or on live or ten year time, in annual ps.yment to suit pur chasers. We have also a large and choice lot of other land.-, improved and linimiiroved. for sale at low nrice and ou reasonable terms. Also business and residence lots it. the city. e keep a complete abstractor title to all real es tate in Platte county. fii'l COL.Tj?IHIJK. KI!. Wholo:ile and Retail GROCERS ALK) DEALERS IX Fillalitiry'a Beat Hinnesota, Scknylar Sbow Flake osd Sohaylar 82 Flonr Always kept on kand. Every Sack Warranted. CASH PAID FOR BUTTER AND EGGS. ESTGood delivered free of charge to any part of the city. 43 LANDS, FARMS, CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE, AT THE Union Pacfic Land Office, On Long Time and lotc rate ' of Interest. All wishinsr to bay Rail Road Lands or Improved Farms will And it to their advantage to call at the U. P. Land Orfiee before lookin elsewhere as 1 make a specialty of buying and selling land on commission; all person- wish in: to -ell farms or unimproed land will tiud it to their advantage lo leave their lands with me tor sale, as my fa cilities for affecting sales are uusur-p.ts-cd. L am prepared to make final proof for all parties wishing to get a patent for their homestead-. JSTHenrj Corde.-, Clerk, writes and speak- (iermau. SAMUEL C. SMITH, A.trt. V. P. Land. Department, M21-J " COLUMBUS, NEB. WM. BECKER, DEALER IJf ALL KINDS OF FAMILY GROCERIES! I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A WELL SELECTED S l'OCK. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. Goods Delivered Free to part or tke City. y I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL- ! EBR-TED COQTJILLARD : Farm and Spring Wagons, l7 OEEM&Bi mm Lams of which I keep a constant supply on hand, but few their equal, tn atyle and quality, second to none. CAIX AND LEAJUf PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A.&XyDepatr yavfsnn n"H iLtl: 0 imtmbii.s i 1 C0L0MBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY-MARCH U i i LOVE'S CONTEXT. What have I that my nelirhbor batht Almost Detain. His mien is biga; Ever for hu& U tbe dean mid-path; Breaths are bated as hegoe by. He counts his tenants by scores, the vlano Can scarce from his terrace the acres spaa That he holds by riqfct: and toe re Is no chance That X ever shall be so great a mac. His past career Is a stainless page. He is stern, hut Just never aught bat fair; Hie beautiful wife is but half bis age, . And laees and silks are her dally wear. He would seem to have '.Teariei of fate's oa ress. Besought s bis favor, and feared his wrath; He has wealth and power, while I possess Just nothing at all that xnr neighbor hath. But what that my neighbor lacks have I All that Is worth the having. SMthlaks. Though my home, unto- his, as both meet the Into insignificance straightway sinks. Bat mine hatb volc-s of childish glee. Which in his are silent, and never ret Hare I marked such love as my wife's for me In his lady's trlaace when their eyes have met. A helpmeet to lighten my labor's load. With prattlers three for my present boss. And the loveliest baby that ever crowded. Or leaped lu arms at a coddllnjr kiss; A home, love-reared, and no glided shan, Reflections calm, which no envy racks, And men's esteem for Just what lam All this have I which my neighbor lacks. Why, 1 even pity him. feeling well His childless state he would swift exchange For the forms that romp and the shouts that swell About my garden: nor is it atrauge That I mark so often bis look of pain As he passes my gate, with bis proud head bent. For, If he is prince in his hushed domain, I, I am king la my lovo's content? Xathan D. Urner, in X. Y. lAign: WOLF-CHILDREN. In depicting the temper and dispo sition of the wolf, such adjeetives as 'ruthless, cunning ami treacherous' are invariably used, and with perfect justice. It would appear, therefore, at first sight almost incredible that there should be many instances on record where children have been carried away, and instead of being devoured, as would assuredly have been the case had the marauder been a panther or a leopard, they have been suckled, tended and reared by them. Some of these have afterwards been re covered; and at this moment there exists specimen wolf-child at Secundra, a small missionary station a few miles from Agra; so that the story of Romulus and Remus may not be so entirely with out foundation "as we have hitherto been led to suppose. Wolves as a rule prey upon the flocks and herds of the inhabitants of the vil lages in whose neighborhood they have made their dens, and upon such wild an imals as they can hunt down and capture. Among these latter may be mentioned the gazelle-antelope and the black-buck; and many and ingenious are the devices they resort to in order to achieve their purpose. But in the Northwestern Provinces of India, about Agra, in Oude and Rajpootaun, they are also very de structive to children. Hindus of all classes are exceedingly superstitious re- farding the destruction of these pre atory brutes, and consider the individ ual who has been unfortunate enough to shed a drop of wolfs blood, doomed to suffer some grevious calamity. Hence, though a Government reward of three rupees per head is offered, it is only the very lowest of all castes the 'Domes or Dungars,' as they are called who will take the trouble to snare and destroy wolves. These people lead a vagrant life, and bivouac in the jungles, and have no superstitious dread of killing any living ttung. The following pypothesis may ex plain how it comes to pass that so cruel and relentless an animal as the wolf should sometimes be found enact ing the interesting part of foster-mother to one of the human species. A female with cubs goes prowling about in search f food for its young, and suc ceeds in ravishing an Indian home of Hs infant for that purpose. The cubs, for some reason or other not oversen itiveness, certainly, but perhaps because their carnivorous" instincts are as yet comparatively dormant merely lick the ehlla all over. This probably, accord ing to the code of wolfish etiquette, is equivalent to having eaten salt with an Arab, and the infant is henceforth adopted by the parent, and suckled and brought up with the cubs. Although the human tendency is to go on two legs, we know that even amongst our selves babies commence by crawling. N'ow, man is- essentially an imitative animal and seeing the wolves going on ll-fonr3, the alien naturally tries the luoie method of progression. It would appear, however, that it has found the bands Ill-adapted for use in lieu of fore feet, and as a rule the elbows are em ployed for that purpose; in consequence of this choice, the knees, too, have to be used instead of the feet, and ence horny excresences are usually found on both the knees and the elbows. Perliaps the two subjoined true nar ratives of wolf-children that have been eaptured in India, mav prove interest ing. Une morning many years ago, Mr. H , who happene'd at the time to be magistrate and collector of the Etawah District, was outriding, accompanied by a couple of sowars or mounted orderlies. They were passing over a portion of road that lay in the vicinity of the ravines of the river Jumna, when two half-grown wolf-cubs crossed their path; and following them more ttowly, came a very remarkable looking e-eature, which shambled along on afl fours in an extraordinarily uncouth fashion. This turned out to be a wolf obild. Lettiug the other two go un molested, the three meu proceeded to bunt down the human cub and succeeded in bringing it to bay. As they wished to take the creature alive, and we're alto- Sither unwilling to hurt it in any wav, ey found the greatest difficulty at tempting to secure it; for it fought, bit and clawed with extreme fierceness and pertinacity; indeed, having driven it into a corner, Mr. H and one of the sowars had to mount guard, while the other native proceeded to the nearest vil lage and got a stout blanket for the pur pose of throwing it over its head; and it was by this means th3t the capture was at length effected. All the way home the wolf-child behaved like a mad thino; screaming and howling, now piteouslv, now in a paroxvism of impotent rage. It was, however" taken to Mr. H 's house; but it would not be comforted, and for a long time refused alllands of food, including raw meat. The creature was a boy of about nine vears of age; and it may here be stated "that no female wolf-chikl" has ever been heard of or seen. It is not easy to assign a suffi cient reason for the fact that females have never been so discovered, unless we suppose that, being less vigorously con stituted, they have been unable to with stand the terrible hardships of such an existence, and have very soon sickened and died. In appearance this boy was exceed ingly repulsive; his features were blunt ana coarse and their expression brutal ized and insensible. As for his habits, tfcev were exactly those of a wild ani- B8i Mr. H caused witrfr inquiries to fee made throughout -the. adsbormg 31 MaiMpi I Tillages as lo ,-::h nlrabti&ftta had lost anv cl h thdri&e- in carried oft wfiethertheycoja aje, and ifafl- pii-e tue northn vered, by means wait mat nan t of birth-marks, or other sueir in delible tokens. I,he course of s few dy3 the father and motb.ee of the lad were discovered. They identified him by certain well-defined marks about the breast and shoulders, and stated that e had: been carried away when about two."year3 of age. His parents, how ever, found him very difficult to man age, tor be wa moat fractious and troublesome iu fact, just a caged wild beast. Often during th n&ht fnr hours together, he would give vent to most unearthly yells and moans, destroy ing tue rest and irritating the tempers of his neighbors, and generaHy making night hideous. On one occasion, his, people chained him by the waist to a tree that stood near the hut, which was situated on the outskirts of the village. Then a rather curious incident occurred. It was a bright moonlight night; and two wolf-cubs undoubtedly those in whoss companionship he had been capt ured attracted apparently by his cries, while on the prowl, came" to him, and were distinctly seen to gambol about and play with him, with as much famili arity and affection as if they considered him quite one of themselves. They only left him on the approach of morn ing, when movement and stir again arose in the village. The woli-boy, however, did not sur vive long. Accustomed to the wilds for at least half a dozen years, captivity and the change in his mode of life appeared not to agree with him, for he gradually pined away and died. He never spoke a word; nor did a single ray of human intelligence ever shed its refining light over his poor debased features. The next story taken is from a work published some live-and-twentv years ago, by a then well-known Indian po litical officer. "There is now at Sultanpore a boy who was found in a wolf's den, near Chandour on the Goomtee River, about two and a-half years ago. A trooper, sent by the native Governor to the dis trict of Chandour to demand the pay ment of some revenue, was passing along the banks of the Goomtee. when he saw a large female wolf leave her den, fol lowed by three whelps and a boy. The boy went on all fours and wasonthe best possible terms with the dam and her whelps; and the mother seemed to guard all four with, equal care, lhey went down to the river and drank without per ceiving the native, who sat upon his horse watching them. As soon as they we about to turn back the trooper pushed on. intending to cut off and se cure the boy; but the latter ran quite as fast as the whelps and kept up easily with its foster-parent. Eventually they all re-entered the den. The trooper then assembled some people with pickaxes and attempted to dig them out. When they had dug some seven or eight feet into the bank the wolf escaped with her cubs and the boy. They were pursued by the trooper, followed by the fastestyoung men of the party on foot; the former headed them, and turned the boy back on to the men, who then captured him. They took him to the village and tried to make him speak, but couldget no answer save an angry growl or snarl. He was some weeks at the village, and large crowds assembled each day to see him. On the approach of a grown-up person, he became alarmed, and tried to steal away; when, however, a child came near, he rushed at it with a tierce snarl and attempted to bite it. He rejected cooked meat wih disgust; but when raw meat was offered, he seized it eagerly, put it under his paws like a dog, and ate it with evident relish. He would not let any person approach him while he was eating, but had no objections to a dog coming and sharing his food with him. "The lad was handed over to the Rajah of Hasanpore, andsoon after sent by him to Sultanpore. to Captain Nicholetts, the European officer commanding the first regiment of Oude local infantry. The latter made him over to the care of his servants, who take great care of him, but can never get him to utter a syllable. He is inoffensive, except when teased (Captain Nicholetts says), and will then growl surlily at the "person annoving im. He now eats almost anything thrown to him, but prefers raw" ne3h, which he devours greedily. A quilt staffed with cotton was given to him, when the weather became very cold this season, but he tore it to pieces' and ate a portion of it, cotton and all with his food everv day. He is very fond of bones. particularly uncooked ones; these he masticates apparently with as much ease as if they were meat. He continues to like dogs and jackals, and permits them to feed with him, if he happens to be eating when they approach. "Captain Nicholetts, in letters dated 14th and 19th September. 1850, told me that the boy died in the latter end of August, and that he had never been seen to laugh or smile. He under stood but little what was said, and ap peared to take no notice of anything go ing on around him; nor did he" form any attachments whatever. He never play ed with the numerous children around him, nor did he seem wishful to do so. When not hungry, he used to sit petting and stroking a pariah or vagrant dog, which he used to allow to feed out of the same dish with him. A short time before his death. Captain Nicholetts shot his dog. as he used to cat by far the greater part of the meat given the boy, who in consequence was getting quite thin. The lad didn't seem in the least to care for the death of his companion. He used signs when he wanted anything, and very few of them. When liungry, he pointed to his mouth. When his food was placed some distance from him, he used to run to but at other times not would walk upright. it on all fours; freequently, he He shunned human beings, male and female, and would never willingly remain near one. To cold, heat and "rain he appeared alike indifferent, and seemed to care for nothing but eating. He was very quiet, and required no kind of restraint whilo he was with Captain Nicholetts' servants that is, for the space of about two years. He was never beard to utter a single wopJ, till within a few minutes of his death, when he put his hand to his head and said it ached; he then asked for some water, after drinking which, he died. This boy when caught was about ten years of age." Chambers' Journal. A Sew Town. "Where is Capa city, ma," asked a lit tle boy on the cars. "What are vou talking about, sonnv?" "Why, ma. nearly all the cars are go on ing to Capa city, for it is printed tnem in big letters. For the information of the reader who does not quite catch on. we will state that the carrying capacity of most of the freight cars is printed on their sides, and as the word capacity i3 usually parted in the middle by the car door, it" reads, for instance, Capa city 22,000. lbs, Texas Siflings. rdolnV nrnr ,1883. Stems atf Eartimkes. The recent destruction of the greater portion of the city of Manila by a hurri cane, will, for several reasons, awaken more than-merely sympathetic interest. In the first place, Manila is one of the chief commercial centers-of the East Indies, and its extensive trade has brought it into close relations with the principal nations of the world. Among the shipping injured and destroyed by the storm were several vessels from for eign ports, and the business of the town is said to nave been completely suspena h aiace disa3ter So & was the force of the hurricane that all the wooden and thatched houses were blown down, the roofs were torn from the stronger buildings, and the Government offices, hospitals and factories were de stroyed. The effects of the tempest were not confined to Manila, and great destruction was wrought in other parts of the island of Luzon. According to a cable despatch, 60,000 families have been rendered homeless, yet the loss of life was comparatively slight. Aside from the commercial interests involved, this disastrous storm possesses great interest from a scientific point of view. The study of the phenomena of the atmosphere is being pursued now with greater energy than ever before. The tropical storms, of which the hurri cane that devastated Manila seems to have been a type, have always attracted a large share of the attention of meteor ologists, and it was from the study of such storms, pursued largely by means of the log books of ships which had en countered them, that some of the funda mental theories of thescience of meteor ology, as it now exists, were derived Only recently a special investigation of the hurricanes of the China Sea was set on foot, and the Manila hurricane will furnish valuable data to those who are engaged in this work One of the features of these storms which specially needs investigation, il the study of th'era is to lead to any prac tical result, is their tendency to" break out at intervals with unexampled fury, sweeping everything from their track. Hurricanes are not uncommon at Manila, but heretofore they have not wrought such great destruction there. The storm which swept the citv into ruins recently appears to have possessed many times the power of the ordinary hurricanes. How unusual its force must have been may be judged from the fact that, on account of the frequent storms and earth quakes experienced there, the houses of Manila were constructed with a view of resisting such shocks. The same phe nomena have been witnessed in the In dian Oceau and the West Indies, where hurricanes prevail, which are classed by meteorologists with those of the China Sea. In 1822 a hurricane of tremendous fury burst over the upper end of the Bay of Bengal and the delta of the Ganges, causing enormous loss of property, while 50,000 persons are said to iiave perished in the floods that wete produced. So in 1780 a hurricane at Barbadoes wrecked a great number of ships, and caused the loss of 4.000 lives. There was a sim ilar storm, though much less destructive, at Tokio in October, 1880. when 1,400 houses were blown down and sixty-five persons were killed. It is known that the motion of these-storms is rotary, and that they commonly occur at certain seasons of the year: but iuformatiou is needed as to the causes which produce phenomcual tempests like that at Manila, and as the possibility of obtaining warn ing of them. Of late vears much attention has beer. given to theories which recognize cause outside the earth as imiuencing its me teorologi cal conditions. The most con spicuous of these theories relates to the supposed coincidence of the periods of sun-spot maxima with storm cycles od the earth. The evidence collected for and against this theory is contradictory, and men of science do not undertake at present to decide upon it. They, how ever, regard the theory as possessing sufficient probability "to warrant a thorough investigation. The facts which are established are that at certain period the sun experiences some mighty dis turbing force which is manifested bj tremendous outbursts of burning gase and the formation of enormous chasim in his surface, and that at such period and apparently as a result of the solar disturbances the sun exerts an un usually powerful electrical influence upon the earth. This is" shown by grea displays of the aurora borealis like tnos of last spring and summer, and by mag netic disturbances which affect the needle and sometimes cripple the telegraph. According to some theorists earth quakes also occur most frequently in c cles which depend upon extra-terrestrial intlueuees, and we are now entering one of those cycles. In the light of re cent investigations of the flexibility o! the earth's crust, which are said to show thai it bends not only under the weight of tidal waves in the ocean, but unilei great atmospheric pressure, the question may arise whether there is not an inti mate connection between earthquake and atmospheric phenomena. At an rate, there is now a good chance to as certain the truth, for the sun spot3 hav been growing more numerous and larger during the last two years, and in tliat time we have had tornadoes, hurricanes. Hoods and other meteorological com motions of almost unexampled fury, be sides an extraordinary series of earth 3uakes. marked by such disasters as the estruction of Casamicciola and Chios, and the more recent disturbances in Cen tral America and at the Isthmus of Panama. There is an opportunity to do the world a great service by discovering the laws that govern the stormy side of nature. V. Y. Sun. The Tuneful Mule. Who has not heard the merry matiu long of the tuneful mule knows nothing of the power ami poteney of music in her wildest, freest mood. Whether in solo or concerted opera, the four-footed choir is head and ears .above all human possibilities. The music begins with an andante movement, soft and sweet as the uugreased wheelbarrow's plain tive voice; then comes the staccato furioso. the adagio fortissimo splitourearso, fol lowed by the tremulous yee-haw, which is the crown and summit, the clouil capped mountain top of ecstacy anil joy. Talk not of music, fellow-citizen3, till you have heard the song of the mule. Detroit Post. m A farmer in Cayuga County, New York, who was short "of" help, the other day had a big field of potatoes to dig. He bantered a neighbor to take the job, and the latter offered to do it for one potato from every hill he should dig. ' The contract was closed and the digger t put in his best work with his disjgirig- fork. and at the close of the day he loaded the tubers into a wagon" and carted to the farmer's bin, taking one r from each hill as he loaded. He only secured fifteen bushels for himself, but of course did not stop to pick out small ones. At fifty cents a bushel this mad a very fair day's work. WHOLE NO. 670. '1? Tres?amlng Since the time when the right to own and hold property was 'recognized; there have been laws enacted to aid the prop-, .etty holder in maintaining that .right. 'A'man's house is his castle, and even the officers of the law, unless they are1 armed with a warrant of arrest for a crime, dare not enter bnt by permission. If a man enters your house or comes upon your premises without your permission, and declines to leave on your request, you msv legally use-the force necessary to put him off,' out no more. You cannot pound or beat him without rendering 5 oarself liable for assault and battery: 'he law allows yoa to expel the intruder, but in the gentlest manner possible. If he does not resist; yoa may only lay your hand oe hint and direct his move ments; but this may only be done after you have requested him to leave. In case, however, of forcible entry, such request is not necessary. In case of re sistance, you may use just enough force to overcome that resistance, but no more. While the law recognizes the right of the owner to the possession and control of his own premises, no action for tres pass may be brought unless it be alleged that damage has been done. I may walk in your grounds or fields without being guilty of criminal offence, but if it dis- ? leases you, 1 must leave, upon request, n some" States the law allows you to put up a notice loroidning persons ironi crossing your lands in certain seasons. If they do it in spite of the notice, al though they do no damage, you can col lect the fine the law imposes. The word trespass comes from the Norman French, tres. beyond, and passer, to go. Its literal meaniug is the same as that of transgressor. It is defined in law to mean a wrongful act, committed with some kind of violence, and injurious to the personal rights or property of an other. In some States the "law as to trespass provides that unless the damage exceeds seven dollars the plaintiff shall pay all costs exceed ing the amount of damage. This is to prevent vexatious suits. Trespass takes on the form of crime sometimes, and is punished as such when only crime has been meditated or intended, as when one comes on your farm for the purpose of theft, and is discovered before the theft was committed. Trespasses committed by animals are usually chargeable to their owners, and damages done are collectable from the latter. If no'ftamage is done, it remains for the ownerof the premises to take such action in the matter as his inclinations prompt and the law allows, for it must be admitted that inclination and law do not always point in the same-ilirection in such cases. In some Statos it t3 left for him either to drive thi trespassers home, with a modest request that the owner will keep them there; to confine them on .his own premises, sending notice to the jbwner to "pay charges and take them away:" to impound them in the town pound, or to turn them into the street to go their own way. But how about dogs, cats, turkeys, chickens and similar trespassers? In many States dogs anil cats are not con sidered property, and may be shot, but not poisoned, at will. Iu a few States the fence of the lawTTdsTbcenput about dogs, and protects them fromirfdiscrimi nato slaughter; but we are not aware that any penalty attaches to the shooting of cats." Turkeys may not be shut up un less you choose to risk a prosecution for theft; nor may they be impounded, at least in Connecticut, a case having been tried there. A. lindintr B.s turk'evs on his premises sent them to the pound. B. sued out a writ of replevin. There was no question about the fact, but the law yers talked long and earnestly about the law. She Judge decided that the tur keys were not mentioned in the statute in question regarding pounds with cat tle, horses, sheep, goats, and even geese. A. had acted without authority,' and must pay a line of one dollar and cost-, of suit- " And your neighbor may look coolly on and see his hen scratch your flower beds, peck every apple, peach, or pear that falls from your trees, fly at your grapes, and commit such other damage and annoyance as in their power and nature lies, with the satis faction of knowing that vou have no rem edy. You may kill and eat them if you like, but you would be liable for theirfull value, and perhaps to a suit for a mali cious destruction of property, as in a case we once knew in this State, where a man shot his neighbor's hens and threw them over the fence as the easiest way of getting them home. This case never came to trial. The lawyer to whom it w3 intrusted pocketed the fee from both neighbors and quashed the whole pro ceedings. The plaintiff was satisfied to know that he had made the defendant sweat for his impudence, while the de fendant was glad to get off without ha v insr aheavv bill of court costs to settle. We believe there is a law in Massa chusetts providing that, if after you have given your neighbor written notice for bidding it he willfully permits his ani mals or fowls to trespass on your prem ises, he is liable to pay a fiue of ten dol lars. A man may seem to be easily annoyed who gets into passion when his neighbor's chickens comes to his prem ises, but if we sought to test the equan imity of an ordinary mortal we would subject him to the same experience that some parties we know undergo every day when snow is not on the ground. X.'F. Sun. m A Very Sad Case. A society young man met a nice young lady and Iier two sisters at a watering place this summer, and at the close of the season she gave him her address and said she would be delighted to have him call when he returned to the city. He called on the very first opportunity that offered, and feeling liberal, and a dollar in his pocket, he invited the young lady down to the ice-cream saloon. "And tell your sisters to come along." he ad ded," with a Vandrbiltian air. The nice young lady went to another room and called: "Mary, Julia, Maggie, Sophie. Sallie, Flora and Dora ! l-o:ne here." "Great Scott !" mentally exclaimed the young man, feeling the solitary dollar in his pocket; "has she more than two sis ters, or have i struck a female seminary?" It was too true she had a generous sup ply of sisters, and when the young man heard her say, as the maidens came waltzing into the room. "Come, girls. Mr. Litehed is going to treat us to ice cream put on your hats," he rushed from the house a raving maniac, and now wears straws in his hair aud imagines himself President of Vassar College. The Judge. There were found on the person of a young Englishman who committed suicide atBordentown, X. J., by drown ing, seven locks of hair belonging to as many different persons, pre sumably sweethearts. A cruel wretch insits that it is no wonder that he killed himself. One sweetheart is about all that one ordinary man can endure, and the young Englishman is said not to have been extraordinary. , KATS.OF Am'ERTlSirfG. JSTBusinesa and professional cards of five lines or-leserper -aniiiun,-five dollars. TSS For time advertisements, apply atthis office. 4 , 3TLegal advertisements at statue rates. EtTTor transient advertising, 'see rates on third page. E?"A11 advertisements payable monthly. NTH ATfD Fonrr. Ton can get oat of Philadelphia by rati 1,140 times in twenty-four hours. I and if that isn't often enough, yon can j hire a special tram. Detroit tree tress. I The young man who seat a fifty cent scrip to New York to obtain valua I ble knowledge, received the following recipe r " When yoa .whittle, draw your knife from you." A". F. Graphic. I declare," exclaimed Brown, "I t never saw such a time as you have with r servant girls. I don't believe you will j ever be satisfied till you can have one manufactured to order." "Nonsense, Brown," said Mo. B., "I shall be satis tied when I find one ready maid." Boston Transcript. Did you ever notice how the face of a child brightens up when you begin to tell some of his quaint sayings or cun ning capers? Well, that trait is one' the child never outgrows, but it strengthens with 'his years, and would continue should he live to be as old as Methuse lah. Boston Transcript. A grandfather, coming to read his paper, found that he had mislaid his spectacles, and thereupon declared i have lost my glasses somewhere, and can't read the paner." A little three-and-a-ha!f-year-old girl, desiring to xs sist him, answered: "G'an'pa, you go outside and look froo ze window, and I'll hold ze paper up so you can read it." Our Continent. A young lady was speaking to a friend who ha'd called upon her regard ing a trait characteristic of her mother, who always had a good word to say of every one. Why," she' said, "I be lieve if Satan were under diculon, mother would h-tve a good word to say for him." Just then the mother entered and was informed what the daughter had said, whereupon she quietly said : "Well, my dearr I think we might all imitate Satan's perseverance." Chicago Advance..- Scene Pa.ssonger depot. Charac ters Atlanta negro and country darky. Colloquy opened by the Atlanta negro : "Wher' you soin buddy?" "Duz you own dis shed?" "No." "Ner none er de-e kyars?" "No." "Ner none of deze yer railroads?"' "No." "Ner no tavern?" "No." "Well, den, yer don't wanter c"me buddyin' me, an' yer don't want no infermashun. De kinder infer mashun w'at you git out'n me'd be mighty ap' fr ter sour on you." At lanta (Ga.) Constitution. The Visionary Ilobin. A happy Robin was one dty Chanting a Requiem over the Deceaseif Summer in the For est. Having fintshml, it said: "And now I'll away to th Balmy Land where all the year "the Magnolias are full of Httmmiiig-Birds, where " In lie-syjn-'e to the Bain; of a Gun in a Small Boy's hand, the Rubin concluded uot to go South, and two days after it was Sold for a Quail on a U.itlroad Lunch Counter for a dollar. Moral Don't Sinir mo loud until you are out of the Wo.uls. ;. A'. .If., m I'.u-'c. Uland in hand with him down the Howry pa'hs of I.hmI tradition should go the well-to-do citiiti of the Ameri can Athens who recently loosed upon the picture of Warren in the Old South Church, on exhibi'.ion at thr Mechanics' Fair, anil asked a bystander what it represented. "Thit is Warren address ing the people of Bo -.ton from the pulpit of the Old South Church during the British occupation." "Oh, is it?" re plied the well-to-do citizen, evidently somewhat puzzled; '-happened some time ago, hey?" Bustoti l'ot. SCIENCE AND IXDU.VTRY. The greatest pressure in a steam boiler is at the bottom. The water add3 one pound pressure for each twenty seven inches depth. More attentnn is now given to draining swamp land in the Southern States thau at any time in their historv. The expense is, of course, considerable, but the outlay is c mpeSated for in the large crops produced, and in the great saving in the .natter of fertilizers. Courier J-jurwil. The Within m'ie Thread Company, who own 2G,0. acres of white birch in Maine, arc going to erect there a spool finishing tafury tiiat will employ some 200 men. Hitherto the timber has been sawed into blocks in Maine and trans ported to Willimantie, Conn., for finish ing. Boston Transcript. A new screw adapted to be put in position by driving has been invented and is said to enter the wood without tearing the grain. A cone point is used instead of the giiu et point, and the screw thread ha- s..ich a pitch that it drives in barb fa-lnou. aud once in po sition is very difficult to remove. A. Y. Herald. A quart of cream can be kept per fectly good for months in the highest temperature by an ounce of boro glyceride. Professor Barff proposes to save railroad carriage for milk by con densing it in the country and mixing it with boro-glvceride, o that it has only to be mixed with water wheu needed. A. Y. Sun. Professor Carl Hiraly, of Kiel, has invented a gunpowder which completely resists the action of waiter. The old caution "keep your powder dry" is hereafter unnecessary, though" tho "trust in God" part of the admonition is still applicable especially to the man who handles the new-fangled stuff. Chicago Herald. Until recently, Mexico na3 not raised coffee enough for the supply of the people. Ab ut fifteen years ago more attention began to be paid to coffee culture, and trees to the number of a million have beeu planted every year. It is believed that in a near future .Mexi co will export not only coffee, but sugar and tea. Ch'cago Times. The electric light has found a novel employment in the hands of some in genious Frenchmen, who have lately, by permission of their Government been experimenting wirh it a-a lure for fish. The lamp was cont unci in an air-tight globe, and was lowered at night into the sea, with the result that thousands of fish of all aize- were attracted to its brilliant light. Boat? furnished with nets gradnally clo-ed in upon the living mas, ami made a great haul of fish. A. Y. Po-it. Mr. Charles T. Howard. Treasurer of the Providence Telephone Company, has invented an instalment which ap pears to be a valuable adjunct to the telephone. It consists of an ingenious combination of switches and safety catches, so arranged on the outside of the building that by the simple turning of a knob near the telephone all connec tion with the outside wire is severed. The instrument includes lightning ar resters, and an arrangement against stray electriclight currents. By the use of this attachment in p'aces of business safety from lightning and powerful elec tric fight current is secured by turning the knob when a building is closed for the night. Chicago Times.