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vol:xiv.--no. 7. '
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18, 1883.
WHOLE NO. 683.
lu;
business caeds.
DENTAL PABLOB.
On Thirteenth St.. and Nebraska Aven
oxer Friedhofs store. .
erOflice hours, S to I a. m.; 1 to 5 p. m.
Oli-a Ashbaugh, Dentist.
lOKSELlIIS SI"lA.lTAX.
ATTOllXEYS-AT-LAW,
Up-stalrs in Gluck Building, 11th street,
Above the Sew bank.
TJ J. MIWSO.I,
XOTART PUBLIC,
12th Street. 2 door. nrt of Hamod Horn,
Columbus. Neb. r-y
rR. .n. i.TUi:iToa,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner or 11th and Xrib-"t.
All operations tirst-class and warranted.
p KlIK Ai BEEOEK,
.4 TTOHXEYS A T LA W,
Office on Olive s-t.. tolumbus, Nebraska.
2-tf
i ;. A. HUI.LHOUsT.A.M., M. D.,
n
5 O ME OF A Till C FH YSl CI AN,
3To Mock-, south of Court House.
Telephone communication. -lT
V. A. MACKEN,
DKALKU IX
Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Porters, Ales,
tic, etc.
Olive Street, next to First National Bank.
ircAIXWTER BBON.,
1 A TTOIiXE YS A T LA W,
Office up-stair- in McAllister's build
inc. 11th st. W. A. McAllister, otary
lng. 11th
public
J. M. MACKARLAND,
B. E. COWDKRY,
"!
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFARLAND &. COWDER7,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
r EO. .X. DEKKY,
PAIXTEIt.
igr arriasre, house aud aiijn painting,
glaziuc, paper hanging, kaUomining, etc.
done to order. Shop on 13th St., opposite
Engine Houst, Columbus, Neb. 10-y
TT l.Rl'fcC'IIK,
llth St., opposite Lindellote I.
Sell Harness, Saddles, Collars, "Whips,
Blaukets, 1 urr Combs, 15ruhec, trunks,
valisCh. buggy "tops, cu-hions, carriage
trimmings, .tc at the lowest possible
prices. Repair pr- mptlj attended to.
JOH. C TAMKER,
Real Estate Agent,
Genoa, Nance Co., Neb.
"VTT1LD LANDS and improved farms
for sale. Correspondence solicit
ed. Office inTouiig's building, up-stalrs.
SO-y
G
1 W. I'LAKK,
LAND AND INS USANCE AGENT,
HUMPHREY, NEB It.
His lands comprise some fine tracts
In the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
ern portion ol J'lstte county. Taxes
paid for non-residents. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 20 y
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OIX'nBITSPACKI.'VG CO.,
COLUJTBUS, - XEB..
Packers and Dealers in all kinds of Hog
product, cash paid for Live or Dead Hogs
or grease.
Directors. R. H Henry, Treat.; John
"Wiggins, sec. and Treaa.; L. Gerrard, S.
Corv.
-VTOTICE TO TEACHER.
J. E. Moncrlef, Co. Supt,
"Will be in his office at the Court House
on the third Saturday of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. 67-y
TAMES i$ALMO.,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska. &z tmo.
J. WAGNER,
Liverv and Feed Stable.
Is prepared to furnish the public w'th
good teams, buggies and carriages for all
occasions, especially for funerals. Also
conducts a sale stable. 44
D.T. Martyx, M. D. F. Schcg, M. D..
Deutscher Ariz.
Drs. MAETYtf & SCHTIG,
U. S. Examining Surgeons,
- Local Surgeons. Uniou Pacific and
O., X. & B. H. K. It's.
COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA.
32-vol-xiii-y
JS. MURDOCK & SON,
Carpenters ind Contractor.
Have bad an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fsirpriees. Call and give usaa oppor
tunltyteestimateforyon. ""Sbop on
13th SU, one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus. Xebr. 483-v
PENS0NS5Jr!Kfci,,!J
wounds, disease, accident or otherwise,
widows, mothers and fathers of soldiers
dying in the service or afterwards, from
sauces which oricinated while in the ser
vice, are entitled to a pension. New and
honorable discharges obtained for sol
diers, lucres? r PeBmIMiK ob
tained at any time when the disability
warrants it. All soldiers who were rat d
too low are entitled to an increase of pen
alon. Bejected and abandoned claim a
-SBeclslty. Circulars free. Address, with
ataafb. M. V. TIERNEY, Box 4S5, "Wash--aGTOS,
D. C. 45-12ct
COLUMBUS
STATE BANK!
BtseMtsri t3 Ownrl a Xssl ui Tsnar a Balst.
C0LUMBU8, VEB.
CASE CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTOIIS:
Leandkr Geeraed, Pres'l.
Geo. W. IlnLST, Vice Pres't.
Julius A. Reed.
. .Edwako A.Oekrard.
Abkeb Tubkek, Cashier.
Baak f DeaeIt DlMmat
simsl Exckaaiare.
OUectlBM Prsatly Made
all Polafw.
Pay lateret ei Ylaie Depwt-
JOHN HEITKEMPER,
Eleventh Street, opposite the
Lindell Hotel,
COlL.XXMIJUe, UTEMtAJSICA.,
Has on hand a full assortment of
GROCERIES!
JPE.OVISIOXS,
CROCKERY & GLASSWARE,
Pipes, Cigars and Tobaeeo.
Highest price paid for Country. Produce.
, Goods delivered in citV.
GIVE 3kIE A CALL!
JOU.1 HE1TKENPEK.
31-y
H. LITERS & CO.
BLACKSMITHS
AND
"Wagon Builders,
Sew Brlrk Skos opposite Helatz'a Dru? Store.
ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON
WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
Eleventh Street, Columbus, Nebraska.
ftO
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
r-: .
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COL.UMHIJS, NEB.
A new-house,. newly fjirhishe J." Qoo&
accoramodatiotMt. 'Board byday or"
week at reasonable rates.
0-feleta a Flnst-Cli
Table.
Meals, Cts. Lodgings 25 Cts.
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COLUMBUS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
tSTWholesale and Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
fT Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
11 tk ttrMt Samtk af Dt.
WISE
people are always on the
lookout for chances to
increase their earnings,
and In time become
wealthy: those who do not improve their
opportunities remain In poverty. We
offer a great chance to make money. We
want many men, women, boys -and girls
to work for us right in their own localities
Any one can do the work properly from
the first start. The ' usiness will pay
more than ten times ordinary wages. Ex
pensive outfit furnished. No one who
engages fails to make money rapidly. You
can devote your whole time to the work,
or only your spare moments. Full infor
mation and ail-that is needed sent free.
Address Stinson k. Co.. Portland, Maine.
Our large AbTE
3UIBEdeseribiH'j Cole's
RtlinhU Rftda is IWsall
Prumr We offer the Latest Nov
elties !in KEEP POTATOIM, Corn.
Ooau and Wheat, and the Best Collection
of Vegetable,- Flower, Gras. mad Tret
SEES). .Everything is tested-- Address
COsLE Sc KBtO guiJSltvlEL
Ll, MWA. 45ow-4p
SALARY $20
Per week tdlrveacesTu. .oketkiBgiew:
Sells on sight. Thb Templk of Lot;
representing the Past, Present aad Fu
ture. A iae litaagrapk im six elegant
tiBtt. SizeStxtl, Bead stp for eircu
lar. KUUM CSV JPtaatar.
4Wtc
FIRST
National Bank!
COX.'
Authorized Capital,
Cash Capital,
$250,000
50,000
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
A. ANDERSON, Pres't.
SAM'L C. SMITn. Vice Pres't.
O. T. UOEX, Cashier.
J. VT. EARLY,
ROBERT UHLIG.
HERMAN OEHLRICH.
VT. A. MCALLISTER,
G.ANDERSON,
P. ANDERSON.
Foreign and Inland Exchange. Passage
Tickets, Real Estate, Loan ana Insurance.
29.vol-13.ly
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEZ MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OTFICE. COL TJMB US. JfEB.
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 five or ten years
time, in annual payments to suit pur
chasers. We have also a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also busines and
residence lots in the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
621
COLU.nRUN. EB.
LANDS, FARMS,
AND
CITT PBOPEBTT FOB SALE,
AT THE
Union Fade Land Office,
On Lonit Time and low rate
' of Interest.
AH wishing to buy Rail Road Lands
or Improved Farms will find it to their
advantage to call at the U. P. Land
Office before lookln eUewhere as 1
make a specialty of buying and selling
lands on commission; all persons wish
ing to sell farms or unimproved land
will find it to their advantage to leave
their lands with me for sale, as my fa
cilities for affecting sales are unsur
paaied. I am prepared to make final
proof for all parties wishing to get a
patent for their homesteads.
3THeury Cordes, Clerk, writes and
speaks German.
SAMUEL C. SMITH,
A.gt. U. P. Land Department,
U21-y COLUMBUS, XEB.
WM. BECKER,
DKaLER nf ALL KINDS OF
FAMILY GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A
WELL SELECTED STOCK.
Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
' Specialty.
Cieaas BeUTered Free ! any
sart of the City.
I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL
EBRATED COQUIIXARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant snpply on
hand, but few their equal, in style and
quality, second to noue.
CALL AMD EEAJUT PRICES.
Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near
A. tJV. Depot.
HENRY Q-ASS,
TJISTDERT AKEB !
COFFINS AND METALLIC OASES
AND DEAUSZN
Furnitara, Ckaira, Badataada, Bn-
raaaa, Tablaa, Safaa. Lonogaa.
Ac.. Plctmra Praaaea and
Mouldings.
W Repairing of all kinds of Upholstery
Goads.
4f
COLUMBUS. XEB.
o. c. srrAisrjsroyr,
MANDFACTDRUt Or
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, laoftar aid Gattar
infftSpitialty. isaTSnop on Eleventh Street, opposite J
pssssssssssssssssssssssssK
nexstz's irug store. 4t-y
FABE WXLLGOOD-B TEl
are's so dim. I scarce can see thr face:
TeL while the life still stirs In thlanoor shell.
Stoop down, and on my quivertur oold lips
place
One last sweet Idas. Farewell, sweetheart,
farewell!
Ah, do not say farewell ! For bitter pain
Of endless severance Is In that sound;
Ay, pain enough to daze the calmest brain.
And crush the loftiest spirit to the ground.
Ah bo, say not farewell ! It cannot be.
How should I. 'reft of thee, fare else but 111?
Whisper some word that better may agree
With my lone life, and comf ort'ehance instil.
Say. God be with thee; darling-, say good-bye;
That the dear God may hear thy last appeal.
And the strong Father's presence drawing
Llkeotum into my bruised heart shall steal.
Yea 1 say good-bye. 'Twill sound as thou badst
gone
A little way across a narrow stream:
Whom yet again, or e'er I've felt alone,
I shall embrace, and think the past a dream.
O sweet good-bye! taught by the gracious
Friend,
. Who, when from those He loved He must re
move, .
This blessing spoke: "I'm with you to the
end;"
And so we say pood-bye to thoss we love.
London Society.
A LITTLE QUEEN.
"Could you have seen the violets
That blossomed In her eyes;
Could you have kissed that golden hair
And drunk her baby sighs.
Tou would have been her tiring maid
As joyfully as I:
Content to deck your little Queen
And let the world go by."
They used to go past our house every
fine day, summer and winter the man,
shabby, emaciated aa with a long sick
ness, and with a feeble hesitating step,
and an old-young face that was far from
prepossessing; the child, beautiful, re
gally dressed, seated in summer in a
pretty carriage tastefully decorated; in
winter, wrapped in soft fur robes in her
little sleigh tnat was hung with musical
bells, ana drawn always, dv the faithful
servitor, who from much practice seemed
to have managed the difficulty of going
two wavs at once; at least, he walked
forward and looked backward, and never
fell over anything or endangered the life
of his precious charge.
I do not remember who it was told us
that the man was a servant, or whether
we gathered it ourselves from him, as we
stopped to notice the beautiful child.
We were two old maids, sisters, and with
enough of an income to enable us to live
in a genteel neighborhood, but not rich
enough to be able to associate with the
owners of the more splendid dwellings
around us. We were, however, quite too
rich to be patronized, so the goou people
left us severely alone. This explanation
is necessary to account for our interest
in all that passed our door. We had lit
tle else to do but to speculate on people,
not in a general gossipy way, but in that
semi-romantic strain of expression which
people are apt to acquire who live much
alone.
So we made a history of our own for
the little Queen, as we called her, and it
certainly seemed to fit her. She was, we
decided, the only child of very rich par
ents, and this faithful man, who was not
exactly a sen-ant not being in livery, or
as well dressed as servants in such fami
lies usuallv are was a sort of attache to
the little Queen, and kept to attend her
because he was so very fond of her
maids not being trustworthy out of sight
We felt that she came of a long line of
heroic ancestry there was no ditch wa
ter in those veins that traced her pearly
akin, and the fearless blue of her lovelv
eyes was that of a conqueror. Then the
email shapely ears, the dainty hands and
feet oh! yes, blood will tell! The very
fact that no ladies every appeared ou the
atreet with her told the story of select
humanity by right of birth. We were
just enough tainted with inherited aris
tocracy ourselves to approve of the baby's
lineage.
But, strange to say, we never became
well acquainted. The man had a quiet
way of going right on with his little mis
tress, and whenever we saw our bright
bird she was on the wing. She would
mile and throw us kisses and toss her
fine, richly-dressed doll in her arms for
us to see, and then her patient steed
would Btart into a gentle trot, and the
little equipage would be gone, and it
would seem to us two lonely women as
if a cloud had shut off the sun.
It went on this way for years, and the
baby could walk and was quite a large
child, with long, curling, golden hair,
and the fairest complexion I ever saw,
with the color of a dog-rose on her cheeks,
and just brimming with health and hap
piness. The man was always with her,
aeedy, dejected-locking, but absorbed in
the child, often lookincr at her with a
eort of rapture in his Face as if he im
agined she might vanish in Heaven while
he watched her, and when he touched
her to arrange her wrappings, doing it in
a deprecating way as if he were not half
good enough. I never saw such devotion,
even in a lover, and I but this is not of
myself.
Three summers and winters we saw
these two go past our door, in their little
happy journeys, where one was blest in
giving and the other in receiving, when
they both disappeared. Days went by
and they did not come; the trees which
were bare and leafless blos.omed out in
living green; birds sang where was our
little Queen? Sister and I took turns in
watching for her, but we were disap
pointed until one morning early, when I
looked up the street I saw, not the little
carnage with its pretty burden, but
the man attendant running distractedly i
toward me. As he came near I saw that I
nis iace was wmie anu naggara, ms eye-
lids red, lips compressed; he would have
passed directly along, but I called to
"How is the little one?"
"Very sick," he called back, and aped
on his way.
He had reluctantly told me once that
her home was
on the corner of certain !
streets above
us, but I was not familiar
even with our own locality, and had only
an idea that it wasjHstant, perhaps two
or inree diocxs. jow i caught up a
wrap, threw something on my head and
hurried away, determined to know if the
beautiful child ws in danger, and feel
ing no fear of intrusion, for to those peo
ple I would not be of the slightest im
Sirtaace; but I hoped some of the domes
ca would kindly relieve my anxiety, for
I, too, loved the child, and I was devoured
with a secret fear that I should never Bee
her again.
It waa a long way there! I walked and
walked, and at last I stood at the num
ber. And then I felt sure of what I
had begun to suspect as soon as I saw
to what part of the city my footsteps
tended tne man had given me his own
address, not that of his little charge;
this humble cottage, was, no doubt, nis
own home.
Tea; even while I stood at the gate de
bating as to the necessity of my going in
at all, he brushed hastily bv me and en
tered. He had a bottle in nis hand, and
did not notice me, and as he left the door
open I followed him in my great anxietv
to know of the sick child's welfare.
Good heavens! I had stepped into a
tsoja in the center of which was a bed
draped in white, and beside which two
17-cJad women were seated crying
bitterly, while laid back among the white
lace-edged pillows, breathing slowly and
with great difficulty, her little 'anna
thrown above her golden head in a par
oxysm of pain, lay the little Queen, our
unknown baby.
The man tried to give her of the med
icine he had brought, but she was past
mortal help, aud aa I saw in the still
clear eyes the unmistakable shadow
which was bo familiar to me, I held up
my hand to warn him that it was too
motioned tome respectfully to come
forward to the bed; I did so and he
stepped back and let me take his place.
The little one looked at me and a radiant
eruile lit all her sweet and pain-drawn
features, still the loveliest I had eer
aeen; but the smile was not for me. No.
She held out her little arms and looked
directly past me, to the shabby man, and
witk one sobbing cry, in which her spirit
passed beyond, she murmured, 'Papa."
It had all been my mistake, except
that Vhe had been a little-Queen, and his
was a service the true service of love!
The little one had not even a mother
living; the two women who cried over
her as if their hearts would -break were
neither kith nor kin, and the man was a
night-watchman in a bank, and spent all
his earnings on the child, and was good,
and gentle and patient for love of her;
and her mother had been a slight, pale
working girl, who had been married but
a few short years when she laid the little
one in his arms with the brief injunction:
'Be good to her, Tim," and wearily
died.
Oh, there is no service like that of love.
The little carriage is put away, the man
goes about his work, is better dressed has
a color in his thin face and walks straight
er, but for all that I know how sad a
heart he carries, and there Is a little grave
at Elm wood that tells the story. People
stop to look at it toys, flowers, her pic
ture they are all there, and on Sunday
a motionless figure kneels there, and is
jealous if a stranger glances that way,
for is she not his even in death?
"CoulJ you have seen thoe violets
Hide in their jrraves of -now.
Drawn all their gold ulonr your band
While she Ikv milirr so.
You would tread this weary earth
As heavily as I:
Content to decir j'our lUtle Queen
And let thu world go by."
Mrs. M. L. Payne, m Detroit Free
Press.
Under the Sea.
'I first began diving in 1863," said
Captain Anthony Williams to a Philadel
phia reporter, recently.
''Can you breathe as freely in your diving-dress
as you can out of it?"
"Yes, indeed. When ten or twelve
fathoms under water my breathing is as
wholly devoid of effort as it is when I
am walking about on dry laud. You
know that, by means of an air-pump
worked by two men, the diver is supplied
with air. Through a hoe his air passes
into the back of his helmet, and near its
place of entrance is a spring valve for its
escape. This valve can be controlled by
the diver, but he usuallv sets it before-
going down into the water, and seldom
disturbs it afterward. The pressure of
the air being greater than that of the
water, a surplus of the former readily es
capes. When this valve is not sufficient,
the diver can open in his breastplate a
aimilar spring valve, intended only for
such an emergency. He can also regu
late the amount of air pumped to him by
signals upon the air hose to the men en
gaged in pumping. These signals each
diver writes down very carefully and
gives to the man in charge of the life
line. IJy means of these we can send up
for tools, materials, etc. When a length v
communication is to be made, we send
up for a slate and write all wo want to
say. It is just as easv to read and write
under water as out o" it. One can see
very plainly, all objects being greatly
magnified."
"Does a diver have any unpleasant
sensations while at work?"
"None, save a drumming in the ears,
and this will sometimes destroy the hear
ing if the diver remains too long below.
Four hours two in the morning and two
in the afternoon constitute a day's work,
and if the diver restricts himself to this
limit, there is little or no danger of hu
becoming deaf; but if he goes much be
yond it "he's pretty sure to injure hi
hearing. I once remained under water
for nine hours, and, as a consequence,
completely lost the Use of my left eai
for three months, during which time 1
suffered agony with earache. Eventu
ally, however, my hearing became nor
mal agaiu. Aside from this, the sensa
tions are delightful, and I feel just as
well, happy and contented at the bot
tom of the sea as I ever can under any
circumstances. While engaged in raising
the sunken schooner Dauntless, in Kings
ton, Jamaica, on the ISth of August,
1SS0, I became so disgusted at the
Btupidity of the men above in answering
my signals that I took a book which I
found "in the Captain's cabin, and, sit
ting down, read it for nearly an hour. I
once knew a diver, Tom Brintley by
name, who, though a thoroughly compe
tent man and a good fellow, was a little
too fond of stimulants. On one occasion
he went down with a pretty good cargo
of spirits aboard, and the men above, not
knowing his condition, became seriously
alarmed when several hours passed by
without their receiving any signals from
him, or any response to those thev made
tn him.
Another diver was sent down to
look for him. and found him lying on his
back on the bottom of the ocean, sixtv
feet below the suriace, last asleep.
"What is the greatest daath 1 1
4aaxh I ever de-
scended to? Well, about ninety leet,
and it takes me about three minutes to go
down that far."
"Must not a diver be a practical ship
builder also?"
"Oh. ves: the diver who could do
. i-
nothing but dive would be of verv little
use. He must be both a ship carpenter
and a boiler maker as well, that he may
repair sunken ships. The holes must be
patched and the water pumped out before
a ship can be raised."
"Sharks? I have often seen large
schools of them. They would advance
to within a few feet of me, and would
then stop and look at me in apparent
wonder, as though trying to make out
what manner of strange creature they
were gazing at. They are a most cow
ardly fish, however, and the slighest
menace on my part would frighten them
away. As I was repairing the schooner
Shepard in Kingston one day, I felt some
thing tampering with my left band mid
dle finger. Looking, 1 found a baby
shark, evidently much too young to leave
its maternal parent, trving "to nibble it.
"The pay of a diver? That varies.
Divers generally work by the job, and
when they do that they sometimes make
it pay well. A diver will go down, look
at a vessel, aud then state what he will
charge to raise her. I raised the schooner
Dauntless in two days, and received $750
for my time and trouble."
A New Haven lawyer has the repu
tation of being an adept at holding a
piece of pie in nis sleeve and eating it on
the street for luncheon without being dis
covered by toy but the closest observer.
A. Satural- Mistake.
A few dav3 ago a' registered letter
received at Postoflice Station A, ad
dressed to an aged German living in the
neighborhood, and was given to the let
ter carrier for delivery, but was returned
to the station because its Owner was not
at home, and there wsa no one on the
premises authorized to sign the required
receipt. After several other efforts to
deliver it, it was sent to the General
Postoffice; and the German, on calling
at the station and making inquiry about
it, was informed of the facts, hug
furnished with a slip of paper on which
was written a certificate that would en
able him to obtain the letter on applica
tion at the General Postoflice.
Armed with this document, he made
his way to the big Federal building and
was soon wandering through its mazes
seeking for the "Kegistered Letter De-
ftartment." Observing on the gallery a
ine of citizens standing outside the
closed door of an office, each provided
with a slip of paper similar in appear
ance to the slip he held, he fell in at the
foot of the line, which was rather a long
one. At intervals of ten or fifteen min
utes the office door opened, a man
emerged and departed, a voice called
"Next!" The man at the head of the
line entered, and the door closed behind
him. In about an hour and a half the
patient German's turn arrived, and, en
tering the room, he found himself alone
with a gentleman of professional aspect
who, giving a hasty glance at the slip of
paper, said:
"That's all right take off your coat,"
"Dake off mine goat? Vot you dink
I come for? To got shafed? I vant "
"Oh, that's all right take off your
coat; I can t examine you unless you do.
"Den I vos got to be oxamined? Sof
Dot's all right, I s'bose," and off came
the coat.
"Well, take off your waistcoat and
shirt; do you think I can-examine you
with your clothes on?"
"Look here, mine vriend, you dink I
vas a tief? You vant to search me?
Veil, dot's all right. I peeu an honest
man, by gracious, und you don't vind no
shtolen broperty my clothes insite. I vas
nefer zearch before already "
"I don't want to search you; I want tc
examine you. Don't you understand?"
"No, I ton'd understand him at all
but dot's all right dere's my shirt off,
und if I a cold catch dot vill your fault
peen."
The professional-looking gentleman
placed hu hand affectionately on the vis
itor's moulder blade and applied his eai
to his chest, listened intently; then
taped him on the breast bone and
punched him in the small of the back,
inquiring if it hurt.
"Hurt? No, dot ton'd hurt; butmaype
if dose foolishness don't stop somepody
ellus gits bretty soon hurt."
"Does that hurt?" was the next ques
tion, accompanied by a gentle thrust
among the ribs.
"No, dot don't hurt, but py gracious,
if"
"Oh, be quiet, I'm in a hurry, and
have got a dozen more to attend to. Now,
can vou read this card when I hold it out
so?"
"No."
"Can you read it now?" bringing it a
few inches nearer.
"No, but you chottet pring me out mine
spegdagles bv mv goat bocket. und I read
him."
"Oh, that won't do; your eyesight it
defective, I'm sorry to say, and you're
rejected. Put on your clothes again,
quick, pleae."
"Dot s all right. So I vos rechected,
eh? Veil, dot vos nezezzary, I subbose;
but it's very vunny, choost the same.
Und now I've been rechected und oxam
ined, und all dose dings vot you do mit
me, maybe you don't some objections got
to gif me dot rechistered letter?"
"What registered letter?"
"Dot rechistered letter vot vos sboken
apuut on dis biece of baper from Station
A."
"The dickens! who sent you to me with
that? I thought you had come to be ex
amined. Didn't jou apply for appoint
ment as a letter-carrier?'
"As a letter-garrier? No, I don't vant
to be a letter-garner. I haf gtod pusi
ness got by mine own self; but py gra
cious, I vants mine rechistered letter
from Germany vat mine bruder sents me
by Station A."
"Here," said the professional gentle
man, opening the door and calling a mes
senger from the lobby; "show this gen
tleman to the Registered Letter Depart
ment;" and the bewilered foreigner was
conducted to the proper window.
It happened to be the day for the ex
amination, by the Postoflice medical offi
cer, of candidates for appointment as letter-carriers.
Ar. Y. Sun.
A Cunning Scheme.
An aged lady named Mrs. Hutchinson,
living in Flat No. 8, No. 3Gu"i Wabash
avenue, was run down in front of No. 363
State street at four o'clock by a runaway
horse belonging to J. F. Baumgarten, of
No. 629 Ogdeu avenue. She was ren
dered insensible and quite badly bruised,
and several people ran to her assistance.
As she was being picked up a young
woman who seemed to be very much agi
tated took hold of her feet and helped to
carry her into a neighboring drugstore.
Bending over her, she asked: "Mother
are you hurt?" and then turning to a
gentleman who had picked up a small
red hand-bag dropped by the injured
lady, asked nim for it. Thinking the
young woman a daughter of the old lady,
he gave her the bag and she slipped out.
A few minutes later Mrs. Hutchinson re
gained her (tenses and at once asked for
her bag. When told that it had been
given lo her daughter, the old woman
gasped something about being robbed,
and fainted. A couple of policemen who
were then present suddenly "tumbled"
that there was something wrong about
the young woman and the hand-bag, and
after a little inquiry found a woman
named Cora Coleman, who had been with
the other young woman, whose name is
Hunt, and who is no relation to Mrs.
Hutchinson. It eventually transpired
that it was a clever case of robbery, the
hand-bag containing $100 in cash and a
set of jewelrv and a watch worth 8200
more. The Hunt woman and her com
panion had "spotted' Mrs. Hutchinson
somewhere, it is supposed, and followed
her about, awaiting a chance to get the
bag. The accident gave them the op
portunity, and the clever ruse adopted
by the Hunt woman gained the prize.
Chicago Tribune.
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"An act to prevent the burning or
cremating of human bodies after death"
was introduced in the Pennsylvania
Senate recently by Senator Nelson, of
Wayne County, on the ground that "such
bodies are generally imported from other
States for cremation, and the practice is
contrary to the instincts of humanity,
the Christian civilization of the age and
abhorrent to the masses of the people of
the State." The penaltv proposed is a
fine of from $500 to $1,000, or solitary
confinement at labor for from ose to
three yearsyor both.
How I Frigateae the
Beam.
Years ago, when Indians and bean
fvere plentiful in California and white
men were not, on my way to San Fraa
cisco I was riding; through what were
known as the tule marshes, bordering
the San Joaquin River near its mouth.
Those were days before railroads, steam
boats, or even'ordinary sailing vessels,
when journeys of four or five hundred
miles were made on horseback swim
ming streams when you came to them,
ar ''canoeing" them when they were
very wide, and leading your horse from
the stern of the "dug-out."
I was to cross the San Joaquin in this
latter fashion, and was approaching;
the point from which travelers shouted
to the Indian ferryman on the opposite
shore, and called him over in his cranky
craft.
The sun of a brilliant summer's day
was setting behind me. and his dazzling
rtiysraTreaay nearly level with the topa
of" the bushes that sprang up by the
horse-path, lit up the tall, sturdy trunks
of the forest treeis that stretched far to
my right. I was about breaking the
silence of the vast solitudes by shouting
with all ray might, "Whoop-eo!" which
was the ferry-call, and had just turned
my horse's head toward the river-bank,
when two bears, which had come down
from the woods for their evening drink,
and had been concealed from my view
by the Lx'iul in the ruad and the tall
bushes, suddenly appeared not twenty
paces in front, scratching for roots in
the middle of the road. Now, horses
love bears about as much as do little
children who have heard nurse's stories
of them; so, no sooner had the beast on
which I was riding caught a glimpse of
the great, shaggy intruders than he
gave a snort of surprise and whirled so
suddenly in his tracks that I went over
his side, saving myself from a tumble
only by clutching the high pommel of
my California saddle and holding on
for dear life. Back up the road scam
pered ray Hying steed, while I clung
like a Comanche to his flanks. Rijrhtinjr
myself in the saddle, however, I brought
the heavy Spanish bit to bear, and soon
reined in the frightened animal. I had
much difficulty in makiug him face
about, but the great jingling spurs
which we wore in those days were very
persuasive, and, though with fear and
trembling, the poor horse, puffing like
a locomotive, began to retrace his steps.
We had gone back only a few yards
when we saw the bears agaiu. and,
despite mv own and the horse's nerv
ousness, f burst out laughing at theii
comical appearance. They had beeu
as much frightened, probably, as we.
but seeing our cowardly flight, bad
taken courage and trotted the road
after us, until they came luto the full
glare of the sun; and there they both
stood, motionless, on their hind legs,
side by side, each shading his eyes with
his right paw and apparently transfixed
with wonder and amazement. Horses
they were familiar with, because the
plains of the San Joaquin were covered
with roving bands of wild horses; Indi
ans they had occasionally sen and put
to flight; but what that white-faced ob
ject, with the blue shirt and colored
handkerchief around his neck, was,
must havo been to them, just then, the
one absorbing inquiry of the bear intel
lect, for they were certainly taking their
first look at a white man. The left
paw of each hung by his side, limp and
nerveless; and. under the paw, which
deftly and with a mast ludicrous effect
shaded their vision, the little, wide
open, piggish eyes were, in their puz
zled expression, irresistibly comical.
I had no gun with me, and I don't
think I should have used it if I had
had one; but I bethought me of the
ferry-call, aud veiled. "Whoop-eel" at
the "top of my lungs. That broke the
spell and interrupted their gaze at the
same moment, and two more frightened
bears never got down from their hind
legs and tiok to the woods.
The Indian ferry-man accross the
river gave me the answering shout,
'Hy-yarf and I shouted "Whoop-ee!"
again. I heard the bushes clash and
snap and break, as those two utterlv
astonished bears burst madly through
them in their flight. I did not call them
back. E. W. Rernple, in St. Nicholas.
The Bad Young Man.
There is a good deal of very bad
literature in circulation. It is written
and printed principally to be read by
boys and young men about the age of
the two individuals who were hanged this
morning. It Is sent out in the shape of
the dime novel, the cheap "library and
the weekly paper, and some of its pub
lishers have grown rich. Its fiction tells of
extraordinary young men who hunt the
buffalo and the Indian, and whose chief
occupation it is to produce blood.
These tender adventurers carry revolv
ers and bowie knives, and are always
in trouble and always looking for re
venge. Thev know how to shoot, how
to dodge bullets, how to use the knife,
and how to knock men down and
trample upon them. In a. story that
had a large circulation a young man
was made to take the part of a detective
to spy out the evil doings of his own
father, and father and son were made tr
meet in a large number of disreputable
places. Not that the son wished to re
form the father, but that he wished to
show that gentleman that he knew of
his evil doings: and not that it was
wrong for the father to misbehave, but
that the boy had a right to misbehave
too.
The evil effect of this miserable tuff
is shown in the news of every day. In
a Western State some months ago sev
eral young men were hanged for mur
ders "of the dime-novel kind. In this
city during the present week a youth
supjmsed to be of good moral character
suddonly turned robber and took seven
ty dollars from his hard-worked moth
er, bought a number of revolvers and
tried to goWest by way of Boston to
kill Indians. There have been and
probably there now are bands of boya
pledged to do murder, and a number of
bands whose purpose was merely rob
bery have been broken up. A few days
ago some brainless young wretches
conceived the idea of becoming "tire
alarm fiends," anl. after bothering the
police and doing more or less damage
have found themselves in State Prison
la there no way to put a stop lo the
circulation of this villainous rot? Can
the Legislature of this State do nothing?
Is Congress powerless? Nothing is so
good for boys and girls as good reading,
and the good matter that is written for
them in these days is as entertaining aa
it is valuable, and comes from the pens
of the best writers; but nothing is so
bad sA bad reading, acd thousands who
are on the road to the prison and the
gallows will testify that this is the case
as they reach the end of their liberty or
their careers. N. Y. Graphic.
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A machine has been invented for
picking cotton which ia a recent field
trial " worked wer "
"Whoop-Eel"-
FaftUaalfeas.
The newest designs in bangle
lets and lace pins axe' in Moorish aad
Renaissance devices.
Very long jersey gloves of cashmere
or fine Austrian wool, devoid of but
tons, come in all the dark street shade
to match tha costume.
A novelty in lace is the Pompadour
pattern a darned net, with a fine
pearled edge and a raised figure in silk
muslin; the designs in flowers, such aa
fuchsias, lilies of the valley, and othef
pendant flowers, are very effective.
Spring serges and basket-cloths ar
mostly in plaids, in even or irregular
patterns, and in quiet, neutral tones of
ecru, fawn color, and pale cinnamon
brown, enlivened by dashes or inter
secting hair lines of some bright color.
Broken and fancy checks are more in
use than the "shepherd's plaid or
"inch" blocks.
The Directoire, Marie Stuart. Queen
Mab7Cbruay Uoltage, and cToseTrench
capote bonnets all reappear again this
season, with slight modifications. Some
of the new bonnets and round hat
have the crowns oddly dented through
the center, and one unique head-dress
has a high peak oddly shaped on the
left side of the brim, into which are
set gay-hued blossoms and leaves, mak
ing the bonnet, with its pent-houaa
front, look like a Gothic window
adorned with flowers.
Tailor-made costumes are growing
more and more in favor. They have
now arrived at perfection in the way of
tit and finish- bome of the costliest of
these have the bodice-lining of soft and
pliable, but exceedingly firm, ribbed
silk. Promenade costumes, more suit
able for carriage and visiting use, are
now eschewed for these stylish and more
appropriate suits of tweed, ladies' cloth,
cheviot and flannel.
Bodices with crenelated edges are still
in favor. The tabs arc trimmed in
many different ways with braid-work,
cordlngs of silk and passementerie, or
with embroidery or beaded applique or
naments placed iu the centre of each
block. Pointed bodices, very narrow at
the sides, are much worn, with the over
dress or tunic applied to the under side
of the corsage, and not gauged to the
outside as formerly. The round basque
is cut very short and the postilion basque
is cut with the centre seam opening over
a shell pleating or a double pleat in
serted in each seam.
The wearing of feather pelerines at
the opera and other full-dress entertain
ments is growing in popularity. Fans
and bonnets are aLso worn ro" match.
These elegant accessories are always, of
course, of a tint in keeping with the rest
of the costume. A somewhat novel
caps for day wear has also become pop
ular, which" is likely to supersede the
few capes which have certainly had
their day. These are of plush" of a
shade matching the costume, thickly
covered with pompons of a slightly
darker color. Sometimes the capes
bare a bordering only of the pompons,
formed by setting a triple row close to
the- edge of the cape.
Black will be in high vogue for the
two coming seasons, both in thick and
thin materials, aud many superb even
ing dresses aro bein made of this som
ber hue. enlivened by a profusion of jet
beads, gold trimmings or colored flow
ers. An immense quantity of lace will
be worn as trimmings, and the magnifi
cent head garnitures tabliers, panels,
applique bauds, berthas and fraises
become more and more elaborate, each
new design being more intricate and
beautiful than the last.
Fine woollen dreses in dark mono
chrome colors, aud tweeds, serges, and
cheviots, with deep flounces edged with
cross-way bands of velveteen of the
best quality, are very fashionable. The
flounces are put on with several rows
of "grooved" shirrings. The back
drapery is a blending of the two ma
terials, aud the jacket is of the woollen
material rounded in front over a jaunty
waistcoat made of the velveteen, and
laced up to the throat with fine silk
cord, twined around a double row oi
tiny enamel buttons. Among the wool
en most appropriate for utility
purposes Is Limousine clotli a wear
defying fabric with dull brown and gray
grounds, on which are bright stripes oJ
cardinal and deep shades of gold and
and green. These g hhLs are very service
able, and do not look much more worn a
the end of the season than at the be
ginning of their career. They are a
perfect boon to mothers with school
girl daughters, who show no mercv to
their "e very-day" clothes. N. Y. Post.
k Time-Lock Prevents the Opening af s
Baa kv Vault.
A strange thing occurred at the City
National Bank, in this city, a few days
ago. As is well known, this corpora
tion moved into its new quarters, at the
corner of Sixteenth and Lawrence
streets, quite recentW. The vaults
there are new ones, with the latest im
proved and combination locks. The
officers are thoroughly familiar with
he workings of the locks, but, they be
ing new, can not be held responsible
for any unsatisfactory workings. A
few days ago, when the proper time
had arrived, an effort was made to un
lock and open the main vault, but after
some time spent in unsuccessfully try
ing the combination it was discovered
that something was wrong, and that
the bolts held fast where they had
been lodged. Meanwhile drafts and
checks had been pouring in, and all the
available money had been paid out.
More were coming in, and immediate
action was necessary. A telegram waa
at once sent to the vault manufacturers
for an expert to unlock the door, and
another telegram explaining the case
was sent East fof money. The other
banks heard of the circumstances, and
they offered Mr. Hanna all the money
he desired- He gratefully accepted the
offer, but afterward found that he had
no use for the loans. For three days
the bank transacted business with iU
vault doors closed, and -without some
of the books most used. The strangest
part of the affair was that very few
inconveniences were felt- During
those three days business was done,
and it was on the right side to suit the
circumstances. Alter paying all the
drafts made upon them, the officers oi
the bank found that they had a sur
plus of fifty-seven thousand dollars
upon their hands that amoont being
the sum taken in during the three days
over and above the money paid. Tn
complications in the combinatioa
showed the bank officials that taak
credit was unlimited, and they ham
reason to congratulate themselves upoal
their lucky escape and financial standiagJ
Had the circumstances been dif&reatC
from what they were, no one caa tsTsl
what the consequences would base
been. Had some alarmist been refusal
payment and told to call again taw
rumor would have gone out that tha
bank was in a bad way, insolvent, etc.,
and an aggravating "run would have
ssaed. Denser Tribune.