i
THE JOURNAL.
ISSUED EVJCUY WEDNESDAY.
m. e:. turner & CO.,
Proprietors and Publishers.
CATES OF AUVEKTISIH C
(fulum
0i!tpl
JSTBualness and professional cards
of five lines or less, per annum, five
dollars.
73 For time advertisements, apply
at this office.
EiTLegal advertisements at statue
rates.
JSBTor transient advertising see
rates on third page.
JSTAU advertisements payable
monthly.
&T OFFICE Eleventh St., up 'tairs
in Journal Building.
T ERJIs:
Per year
r"ic month?
Three months
?in;rle copies-
.2 OO
1 OO
SO
OS
VOL. XIV.-NO. 13.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JULY 25, 1888.
WHOLE NO. 689.
ftti
1ms
0
1,
M
I
s.
y '
i
BUSINESS CARDS.
DENTAL PAB.LOR.
On Thirteenth St., and Nebraska Axe.,
over Friedkof store.
jg-TOmce hours, s to 12 a. in : 1 to f p. m.
Olh ASHBaugh. Dentist.
A TTORXEYS-A J -LA W,
p-tair- in Glutk Buildin-, lltb street,
M.ove the New bank.
-it .i. iii;ijo:v
XOTAIiT PUBLIC.
12th sxr.i Joors nrst or Hammond Houne,
Columbus. Neb. 491-3'
Till K!T3f dc POW'EBJi,
T
SURGEOX DEXTlSTS,
jSJ-otiii-e in Mitchell Block, t'ohim-lu-,
Ni-lira.ika. H-"'
p i:f.k a uckdek,
A TTORXEYS AT LA W,
Office on Olive M., duralu-, Nrbm-ka.
1-U
C
ti. A. Hri.LHOK.-T, A.M.. M. I).,
HOMEOPA TIIIC PIl YSl CIAX,
5"fTo Mock outh of Court House.
Telephone communication. 5-ly
V. A. MACKEW,
KKAl.EK IN
Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Porters, Ales,
e'e, etc.
Olive Mreet, uext to First Nitional Bank.
00- v
M
cAIJ-WTEK 1IKOS.,
A TTORXEYS A T LA W,
Office upstairs in Mr -Yllister's build
ing, lltli st. W. A. McAllister. Notary
Vublic
J. M. MACFAKI.AND. B. K. COW DEKY,
At::r:3; ii :.i7 Psi? :. ::'!:::.
LAW AND COLLECTION' OFFICE
-OF-
MACPAKliAND& COWDEHY,
Culumbus. - Nebraska.
G
I KO. . UEKItY,
PA 1XTER.
Z:3i irrusre. lmu-f -iiid uju painting,
kUiiis-. pip-r lians(iii. kal-oniiiiiii!', etc.
ilu lie to order, shop oil i:tth .-t., opposite
111111- Ilouv, ..luinbu-. Neb. 10-y
r ii. itt s'in:,
llth St., opposite LindellHotel.
-e'U Hal lie--. Saddb -, Collar-, Whips,
Blanket-. urr Cotiil-, Briuhe. trunks.
ali-e". liusik tup. cu-liiiMis. arriae
trimmiu;--. Ac., at the lowest po-sible
price-. I'ep-iir- pr niptlv attended to.
.lOll (.TASIiEK,
Heal Estate .A. gent,
Genoa, Nance Co.. Neb.
--"Tll.l l.AM and improved farm
tor -ale. orrc-poinU-nee soheit-
ed. Oiliit- in i 01111:;- buildim:, uplairs.
."iO-V
G
1 4V. C1..1HK,
LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT,
HUMPHREY, NEBR.
Hi land- compri-e -ouie tine tract
in the hell L reek Valley, and the north
ern portion ot 1M -tie" countv. Taxes
paid for non-rt-ident-. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 20 y
C
lO!X7IRi:.S PACKING C'0
COLUMBUS, - XEB.,
Packers and Dealers in all kind- of Hoj
product, ca-h paid for Lie or Dead Hogs
or grease.
Directors. R. H Henry, Pr.-t.; John
Wiggins, sec. and Treas.; L. Gerrard, S.
Corv.
"V-OX1CK TOTEACIIKRS.
J. E. Moncrief. Co. Supt.,
Will be in his office at the Court House
on the third Saturday of each
mouth for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher? certificates, and
for the tran-actton of any other business
pert.iiuinir to schools. oCT-y
TAMES SAl.-tlO-V
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plan- and estimate supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
at. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne-
rnska. Mbmo.
J. WAGNER,
Liverv and Feed Stable.
Is prepared to furnish the public w'th
good team-, buggies and carriages for all
occasions, especially for funerals. Al-o
conducts a sale stable. 44
D.T. Maktyn. M. 1). F. Schcg. M. D.,
Deutscher Art:.)
Drs. MAETYN & SCHTJG,
U. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surgeons, Union Pacific and
O.. N. Jt B. II. R. Rs.
COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA.
Ji-vol-xiii-y
JS. MURDOCH & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
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
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tuuity toestimateforyou. J5J"Shop on
13th St., one door west of Friedhof jfc
Co's. -tore, Columbus. Nebr. 433-v
PENSIONS"
wound-, diease, accident or otherwise,
widows, mothers and fathers of soldiers
dying in the service or afterwards, from
disease v. hich originated while in the ser
vice, are entitled to a pen-iou. Xew and
honorable di-charges obtained for sol
diers. 1b crease or PensioBH ob
tained at any time when the disability
warrant it. All soldiers who were rated
too low are entitled to an increase of pen
ion. Rejected and abandoned claims a
specialty. Circulars free. Address, with
stamp, M. Y.TIERNEY, Box 4S5, Wash-EfGTO-,
D. C. 45-12ct
COLUMBUS
STATE BANK!
Zzf.mzii'.i 3jrr:l ft Sni ni Tsraar & Hili..
COLUMBUS, NEB.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTORS:
Leandek Gebbabd, Pres'l.
Geo. W. Iulst, Vice Prea't.
Julius A. Reed.
EdnVaSd A. Gebkard. "
Abn'eb Tub.ver, Cashier.
Ilanlc of Iepott, DUcoubi
aid ExcIiaBRe.
i'ollectloHM Promptly Made oa
all PoIbCn.
Pay littereMt Time Depon
ItM. 2T4
DREBERT & BRI6GLE,
BANKERS!
HUMPHREY, NEBRASKA.
I53"Prompt attention given to Col
lections. j3TInaurance. Real Estate, Loan,
etc. 5
JOHN HEITKEMPER,
Eleventh Street, opposite the
Lindell Hotel,
COLUniU9, NEBRASKA,
Ha on hand a full assortment of
GROCERIES!
PROVISIONS.
CROCKERY & GLASSWARE,
Pipes, Cigars and Tobacco.
Highe-t price paid for Country Produce.
Clood- delivered in city.
GIVE ME A CALL!
.loll IIKlTKKMPEIt.
:si-v
LOUIS SCHREIBER,
Hnnlrnmiih nnrl Wnrrrm Mnl;
D
mmm
All kinds of Repairing done on
Short Notice. Buggies, Wag
ons, etc., made to order,
and all work Guar
anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mowers. Beapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-binders the
best made.
t3Shop opposite the " Tattersall," Ol
ive St., COLUMBUS. J-Cm-c
H. LUZRS & CO,
BLACKSMITHS
. AND
AVagon Builder s3
.New llrtrk Shop opposite Helnti's Drur Store.
ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON
WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
Eleventh Street, Columbus, Nebraska.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOT, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COLUMBUS, .EB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
2375eta a Firt-Cla Table.
Meals, ... 25 Cts. Lod.'intrs....2r Ota.
32tf
WISE
people are always on the
lookout tor chance to
increase their earning,
and in time become
wealthy: those who do not improve their
opportunities remain iu poverty. We
offer a great chance to make money. We
waut many men, women, boy.- and jrirl
to work for Us right in their own localities
Any one can dotbe work properly from
the hrst start. The ''Usiucss will pay
more than ten time? ordinary wages. Ex
pensive outnt furnished. No one who
engages fails te make money rapidly. You
can devote your whole time to the' work,
or only your spare moments. Full infor
mation and all that is needed sent free.
Address Sti.vson & Co.. Portlaud, Maine.
n flj Pi I In GUlDEdescribingCWe'
KJ-iJKJ Reliable Seeds is dialled
Free t All. We offer the Latest Nov
elties in SEED POTATOES, Corn.
Ooats and "Wheat, and the Rest Collection
of Vegetable, Flower, Grash and Tree
SEED. Everything is tested. Address
COLE : BIO leedmea, FIX.
LA, IOWA. 45-eow-4p
MULDiuiuiaiiurTa
National Bank!
COL.TJMBXJB. NEB.
Anthorized Capital, - - 3250,000
Cash Capital, - - 50,000
OFFICERS SP DIRKCTOBS.
A. ANDERSON, Pres't.
SAM'L C. SMITH. Vice Pres't.
O. T. KOEN, Cashier.
J. W. EARLY,
ROBERT UHLIG,
HERMAN OEULRICH,
W. A. MCALLISTER,
G. ANDERSON,
P.ANDERSON.
Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage
Tickets, Real Estate, Loan ami Insurance.
2!-vol-13-ly
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE. COL UMB US, XEB.
SPE1CE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
REAL ESTATE.
Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific
R. R. Lauds for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00
per acre for cash, or ou five or. ten years
time, in annual ps.ymeuts to suit pur
chasers. We have also a large and
choice lot of other lauds, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price 3nd
on reasonable terms. Also business and
re-idence lots iu the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County .
6'2l
i'OLl'MIII'M, ."NF.Il.
LANDS, FARMS,
AND .
CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE,
AT THE
Union Pacfic Land Office,
On Loiuj Time and low rate
of Interest.
All wishing to buy Kail Road Lands
or Improved Farm- will tlud it to their
advantage to call at the U. P. Laud
Ortice before lookin elsewhere as I
make a specialty of buying and selling
land on commi-sion; all per.-ons wish
ing to sell farms or unimproved laud
will find it to their advantage to leave
their lands with me for sale, as my fa
cilities for affecting ales are unsur
passed. I am prepared to make final
proof for all parties wishing to get a
patent for their homesteads.
EJTHenry Cordes, Clerk, writes and
speaks German.
SAMUEL C. SMITH,
igt. U. P. Land Department,
!21-y COLUMBUS, NEB.
WM. BECKER,
ruCAI.KK IN 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.
GoodN Delivered Free lo aay
part of tbe City. .
I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL
EBRATED COQUITJLARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant supply on
band, but few their equal. In stj le" aud
quality, ro'ond to uone.
CALL AND LEARN PRICES.
Cor. ThirteenUi and K Streets, near
A. A X. Depot.
HENRY G-ASS,
UNDEETAKEE !
COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES
AND OEALKR IN
Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads. Bu
reaus. Tables, Safes. Lounges.
&c. Picture Frames and
Mouldings.
B3T Repairing of all kinds of Upholstery
Goods.
6-tf COLUMBUS. NEB.
O. C. SFT A TSnSTCXNT,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
tyShop on Eleventh. Street, opposite
Heintz's Drue Store. 46-y
THE SKEIX WE WIND.
If you and I. to-day.
Should stop and lay
Our life-work down, and let our hands fall
where they will
Fall down to He quite still
And If some other hand should come and,
stoop to find
The threads we carried so that It could wind.
Beirlnninjr where we stopped; if it should.
come to keep
Our llf e-work gointf: seek
To carry on the good design
Distinctly made yours, or mine.
What would it find?
Some work we must be doing, true or false:
Some threads we wind; some purpose so
exalts
Itself that we look up to. or down.
As to a crown
To bow before, and we weave
threads
Of different lenirths and thickness some
mere shreds
And wind them round
Till all the skein of life is bound,
Sometimes forgetting at the task
To ask
The value of the threads, or choose
Strong stuff to use.
No hand but winds some thread;
It can not stand quite still, till It is
dead,
rtut when it spins and winds a little skein,
God made each hand for work not toil-stain
Is required, but every band
Spins, though but ropes of sand.
If Love should come.
Stooping above when we are done.
To find bright threads
That we have held, that it may spin them
longer And but shreds
That break when touched, how
cold.
Sad, shivering, portionless, the hands will
told
The broken strands and know
Fresh cause for woe.
Gtoroe KUngU.
A BICYCLE STORY.
Fearful Ride Down a Mountain.
Our mine, the Sponilulix, of Colo
rado, was the highest on the range. It
was 2,670 feet above Silver Brick Sta
tion, and nine miles distant from the
village. From the works np to the
mines there was a broad, hard, smooth
road, used for carting ore down from
the mines and hauling supplies up.
The average grade down the mountain
was three nundred feet to the mile; in
some places it was considerably steeper,
and at intervals almost level. The road
wss made partly on the bare rock, and
wound up a narrow gulch: presently it
climbed outside the chasm, and here at
several places the road-bed had been
blasted out of the solid rock, or cut into
the perpendicular side of the mountain:
but everywhere the road was almost as
smooth and hard as a door. Knowing
that a loose stone might cost the lives
of both teamster and team, where some
times the brakes would not entirely
check the descent of an ore-wagon, un
til one of the nearly-level places had
been reached, the teamsters were care
ful to keep the surface of the road clean
and smooth.
By constant practice I managed at
last "to ride my 52-inch "University"
roadster up the" whole slope to the
Spondulix, of course resting at levels,
but my chief delight was the coasting
down again: it required skill, a good
deal of nerve, and a linn grasp of the
brake.
One evening an accident occurred to
one of those engaged at the mine. I
instantly got out my bicycle, explain
ing that I could go swifter than a horse
down the slope. In a few minutes I
had on my riding-suit and was oft".
The night was clear and crisp: the
full moon, except in a few curves,
shone directly into the gulch, lighting
up the road. Leaning well back, with
my legs over the handles, and a firm
finger on the brake. I allowed the wheel
to glide down the first long slope at a
speed which I never dared to venture
before. Finding the motion safe, I al
lowed the machine to run faster, and
still faster. Over the first level I shot
like an arrow. Down the next slope I
seemed to glide ou the rushing wind
Then I turned a curve and ran into the
siiadow of the mountain upon the next
level. Knowing everv inch of the road
however, I did not slacken speed except
slightly.
As I'llew over the top of the next slope,
a steep plunge of nearly half a mile, an
qther curve completely shut out the
moon, making the road" almost as dark
as a pocket. Here I put down
the brake hard, and checked my speed
materially. Still I knew the road so
well that I had no fear. But just as I
was upon the steepest plunge of the
slope
Clink!
Something
like a bullet.
flew from the machine
Instantly the wheel dart
ed fonvard like the nish of a frightened
bird, while the brake lever came home
to tbe steering-bar under my finger.
The brake had broken short oft in the
elbow!
There was nothing to check the ma
chine, which was ranning away withi
me. mth over live miles of mountain
grade before me, and the chance of
meeting a team any moment in the
dark. I might have" leaped backward
off the machine at the instant of the
break, but five seconds afterwards it
was too late. To attempt a dismount
would be certain death. There was
nothing to do but stick to the saddle
and take my chances.
Within thirty seconds the machine had
acquired a velocity never before ex
perienced by mortal rider. The sensa
tion was like that of falling through the
air. The rush of the atmosphere past
me was like a fearful gale. The wheel
no longer felt the inequalities of the
road. It seemed to glide smoothly over
a perfect plane. I felt no sense of
shocks from pebbles, or hollows, or
protuberances. In fact, I believe that
there were many places, especially
when I shot over the brow of a steeper
incline, where the whole machine took
a flying hop, or rather a long, skim
ming glide through the air, without
touching the road.
It was lucky that I had practiced so
much coasting down this very road, and
that I knew every inch of it sb thorough
ly. Going at that amazing speed, lean
ing far back in the saddle, the steering
was somewhat novel and peculiar. The
speed gave the wheel such an obstinate
disposition to keep on a straight line
that I could not have turned a short
curve if I had tried A verv little too
much turning of the steering-bar would
have wrenched it instantly from my
hands, and smashed the wheels to frag
ments. But my practice had taught me
the necessity of making my curves long
and easy when coasting at great speed;
and by instinct my grasp upon the
steering-bar was that of desperation,
both my arms being kept as firm, vet
flexible, as spring steel.
When the accident happened, I was
just entering a dark curve in the shadow
of the mountain. The wall on.my right
appeared a dark, almost invisible
brown, while the chasm on my left was
of an inky blackness. As I rounded the
hollow of the curve, I could see the
moonlight shining far ahead on the
point of the elbow which I must turn
where the road was channeled into the
wall. As I approached it I had the
ease and nerve to run on the outer side
of the road, close to the edge of the
canyon, thus giving myself as broad a
turn as possible, I found by the track
of the wheel afterwards that at the
sharpest turn I had actually ridden,
within three inches of the extreme edgei
for several rods, where; if I had beeru
going at a less fearful speed, the wheel,
would certainly have slipped over the;
edge, and earned me down a fall of one
thousand feet.
Safely past this, the worst point, the
remaining curves were. easy. Thus far
there1 had been no time to think. Sly
actions were more instinctive than rea
soning. My mind was a wild, confused
whirl of sensations and fears.
But now, as I shot down the last steep
incline, suddenly I experienced a terri
ble mental shock. It was caused by
hearing the tinkle of a bell far below,
and seeing the spark of a lantern such
as the mine teamsters carry in front of
their wagons. There was a team, per
haps a train of teams, coming up the
roadU- In a few seconds I should be
upon'tkem. The shock made me think,
and tb'St clearly. "If the teamster was
walk-ii. beside. this team, howould.b
on the inside, next to the mountain
wall, and the team would be in the
middle of the road. If he was riding,
the team would be kept near the mount
ain wall, and a safe distance from the
outer edge of the track. Either way
mv best chance was to pass on the out
side. As I approached, therefore. I ran
close to the outside edge of the track,
and flew by in safety, hearing the team
ster shout" as I did so. Here it was
luckv that I was going at such
great
speed, for the teamster saw
the red
light of my lantern when I was nearly
a mile distant, and, recognizing it, he
started his team toward the outer edge
of the road, so as to give me the safest
passage on the inside; but I was upon
and past him before the team could be
driven over, otherwise I should have
surely ran into them.
And now the wheel ran along the
level at the bottom of the mountain;
still my frightful veloeity did not per
ceptibly diminish. I ran out past the
works, and into -and along the village
street. Luckily the street was covered
thinly with sand not enough to make
it bad riding, but sufficient to gradually
stop a coasting wheel. My speed slack
ened perceptibly. Still I ran nearly
through the village, and then nanaged
to turn a broad corner and run up the
slope of a side street, which finally
checked niy speed so that I ventured to
drop my feet cautiously and take the
pedals, "after touching "them as they
came up for a number of revolutions, to
help to check the machine.
And so I finally stopped and leaped
to the ground exactly in front of Dr.
Cameron's house.
On mounting at the mine-house I
had looked at my watch after a habit I
hal: and now, from the same habit. I
looked at it again. I was not aston
ished to find that I had made the nine
miles from the mine to the doctor's in
a few seconds less than thirteen min
utes. Allowing six ami a quarter for
the first two miles before the brake
gave way, and I must have made th"
last seven miles in less than -i and
three-quarter minutes. I lirmlv believe
that I covered seven miles in less than
six and a half minutes, incredible as
such speed seems. Chicago Tribune.
The (ihit That Mr. Junes Saw.
" Speaking of ghosts," said Mr. Joikvs.
in a loud voice, as he and Mrs. Jonfs
were discussing these subjects the other
evening. I could never be afraid of
them because I ilen't believe in them.
So far. I haven't een anything that
looked much worse than myself."
"And you never will," said Mrs.
Jones, swallowing ten cents she had
put in her mouth for safe keeping and
which was intended for Willie s bank;
"for my part I do believe in ghosts
what's that in the corner. Jephtha?"
I believe I'm getting nervous yes, I
am certain of it. I know there are
ghosts. My father always said so."
"Did lie ever see " one?" asked
Jones, glancing into the hall, which was
dark, and shivering as if he felt a
draught.
" So; he never saw one himself, but
he saw another man, who saw a man.
who had a brother whose wife's father's
cousin said he had seen a man who had
spoken with a man who had seen a
ghost.'' answered Mrs. Jones, in a con
firmatory manner.
" I don't believe it," answered Jones.
"How is it possible for the vague, un
substantial air to be reorganized into an
impalpable being"
But ju-t then the tongs fell over, and
Jones jumped up and .-aid he'd no idea
it was so late, and soon everybody was
in betl and sound asleep.
It was near morning and Jones was
dreaming sweetly of being tos-ed on the
horns of a white cow, when Mrs. J. laid
a cold hand on the back of his neck and
whispered in his nigh ear: "Wake up,
Jephtha. -onie one stirring!"
" Stirring what?" asked Jones, sleep
ily. "For answer there was a sound that
has dismayed many a soul at midnight
the ghostly creaking of a stair. Jones
got up and wrapping the drapery of
his couch about him went forth to inter
view the ghost, spook or whatever it
might be. He opened his chamber door
valiantly and confronted a sheeted fig
ure carrying a light. His eyes bulged
out of his head, his knees smote togeth
er; he tried to remember some of the
dead languages in which he might ap
peal to the approaching ghost. He re
called the words of another gentleman
with a similar experience and gasped
forth:
" Angels and ministers of grace de
feud us. Be thou a spirit of health or
goblin damned?" And the ghost an
swered: "Shure if ye were a decent man.
Misther Jonas", ye'd close the dure till I
got by. I disremembered to put the
salt mackerel in soak for vure break-
fasht. an' I'm afther goin' down to at
tind to it now shure."
"Bridget by all that's holy," said
Mr. Jones as 'the ghost materialized,
and he went back to bed and sneezed
himself to sleep again. Detroit Post and
Tribune.
Family Jars.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubnagel were speak
ing about a man who had committed
suicide. He remarked, jocularly:
"Well, that's something l" would
never do, at least personally. 1 would
hire a friend to do it for nie""
"Why not attend to it yourself?"
asked Mrs. Hubnagel, in " apparent
astonishment.
" Well, you see it creates a prejudice
against you in the community."
"If you were to commit suicide it
would not create any prejudice against
you. On the contrary, it would make
people respect you."
Then he piek'cd up his hat and went
down town to see a lawyer about a di
vorce. Texas Sif tings.
Mr. Theodore Tilton haa grown fat
and no longer looks intellectual or ro
mantic. 'JV. T. Sun.
WhyNotl
It is the "open secret" which, as Car
hie insisted through his long life, most
p'eople fail to read; the obvious truths
which most people continually overlook.
They are always looking intb the dis
tance for the succor which lies in their
own surroundings, to others for the
help lodged in their capacity, to those
richer, stronger or wiser for the power
in their own strong hands, to the wide
world for the opportunity which lies
hidden in their own neighborhood. We
can not learn too soon nor too well that
in ourselves is lodged whatever force is
needed to send us along the path of a
successful life: that close beside us is
the work which our hands are to do;
and that right before our feet is the
path in which we are to walk.
In every community there are men
and women " waiting for something to
turn up." They think they are willing
to worjv, .butjhey fail to find anything
to do; they are" looking for opportuni
ties, but somehow the opportunities
elude them. Every successful man is
overrun with applications for positions;
even vacant place is crowded with peo
ple who are anxious to till it: every ed
itor is overwhelmed with the manu
scripts of those who aspire to success in
literature; and yet thousands of these
seekers for positions do not find them,
or if they find them do not keep them.
Numberless manuscripts go back even'
year to those whose desire for literary
work will never bear fniit in any satis
factory results. What is the trouble?
Most people want to begin at the top.
Instead of taking hold of "the first piece
of work that comes to hand, and driving
it through as if it were the grandest
thing they ever expected to do, they
either decline it liecause it does not
meet their tastes, or they do it in a half
hearted way because they take no real
interest iu'it. Their thought- are so
far in advance of what they are doiug
that the thing iu haud is only half done.
It is the use of the first opportunity that
makes a second opportunity, but thou
sands are always waiting for the eeond
to come first; they are expecting mira
cles when they ought to h- working
along the normal lines of success. It
is the boy who takes a place in the
country store and puts brains, strength
and heart iuto the weighing of sugar
and the measuring of putatoes. who
finally sits down in his ollice in a great
warehouse and telegraphs his orders to
the ends of the earth; the other boy,
who wanted to be a great merchant, by
omitting the sugar and potatoes contin
ues in the obscurity of his native village.
These small duties, these meager oppor
tunities, are the training-schools of suc
cess, and no one gets the prizes who
does not take his degree in them.
The world is full of people who do
things "tairly well;" it is in daily and
pressing need of those who do them su
premely well. There are thousands
who would like to write, who make no
grammatical blunders, are guilty of no
solecisms, and can strike oft" sentences
that read fairly well; every editor reads
hosts of mauu-'cripts from such writers.
The article which is always in demand,
for which there is always a place, no
matter how crowded tbe pigeon-holes
are, is the article which is rich in vital
ity, ten-e with earuestuess, instinct
with freh thought. The men and
women who write such articles do not
pass at once from a school composition
to the pages of the first magazines and
papers; they think, feel. live, sutler and
work until the gift of insight is matched
by the gift of speech Paul already
hail the training of the schools and the
early vigor of a splendid intellect when
the heavens opened over him ou the
road to Damascus, and a great new
truth was flashed upon him; but he did
not at once become a teacher: he went
into Arabia and spent three jears in si
lent meditation before he took up the
pm that was to address Jew, f 'reek and
Roman with a wealth of thought, a
glow of couvictiou and a splendor of
speech such as they had never had be
fore. If you want success, do not expect to
get it by chance, but seek it through
the open doors of the tilings that lie
next you; and seek it as if your soul de
pended upon your finding it. Chris
tian Union.
Fashion Items.
Red or green silk pompon trimmings
are fashionably worn on- walking cos
tumes of tweed or nuns" gray ladies'
cloth.
The new zephyr plaids make jaunty
lawn-tennis costumes, and the colors
ofteuest combined are- olive, the new
shade of cranberry-red. and pale prim
rose yellow.
Pale amber and gold beads, or those of
pearl and gold, are used to outline silk
embroideries on Grecian house-robes
and matinees of white albatross cloth or
vigogne.
Long Jersey gloves, ten-button length,
in silk and linen, or finest cachemire,
a9 nighly favored for spring wear.
These gloves can be found in every de
sirable street shade.
Raw silks and pongees, in novel tints,
quite different from the old gray anil
ecru shades, will be worn this summer,
as polonaises or redingotes over short
underskirts of velvet or best brand of
"Louis" velveteen.
Balbriggan stockings abound in the
new varied tints of strawberry, amber,
terra-cotta, drake's-neek blue, laurel
green, brou.e.elderberry, and a deep rich
shade of violet. Each of these colors
is clocked with old gold or cream white.
Lilacs, crocus and arbutus blossoms,
laburnum snowdrops, and. above all,
daffodils and jonquils pale harbingers
of spring, "all sprinkled with dew,"
made of powdered crystals are the
corsage and coiffure bouquets par ex
cellence with dressy evening toilets.
Among other pretty dainties which
fashionable young ladies are preparing
for sumtnpr wear works of their own
hands are garden-party hats of ficelle
lace, lining the inside of crown and
brim with pale blue or rose-colored
surah or Canton crape. Another fancy
is to run black velvet ribbon through
the meshes, finishing with a knot of
velvet on the top of the crown.
An heirloom of a dress. wrinkled with
age and the weight of the clothes
press, lately brought to light to utilize
as a costume for a fancy dress party by
a youthful butterfly of fashion, vas
found to be of a shade exactly corre
sponding with the modern one known
as terra-cotta- But the owner of the
dress the grandmother of the girl
smiled knowingly and shook her head
when the shade was named, saying that
the color of her dress when she wore it
was just pickinini. and nothing else.
New coaching parasols are displayed,
showing gay hand-paintings and em
broidenes of sporting and pastoral
scenes, humming birds, flights of swal
lows, besides coats-of-arms, and em
blematic devices wrought in silk and
studded with half-precious gems set in a
network of silver and gold threads, and
raised tufts of silk chenille. Sometimes.
it is the monogram only, embroidered
in mock jewels upon one division of the
parasol, and the design on the mother-of-pearl
handle is frequently inlaid to
correspond.
Applique is a very favorite method of
decorating the surface of unpatterned
materials. Beautiful designs in rich
Oriental colorings can now be purchased
by the dozen at the fancy stores for a
reasonable price. Flights of sparrows
aud other tiny birds, gay butterflies,
roses, " carnations, daisies, moss buds
and ivy leaves, and other representa
tions of nature and art are obtainable.
A very pretty tablier recently worn over
a dress of dark green plush was covered
with the eyes of peacock's feathers man
ufactured iu silk.
A unique style of evening dress
affected by many young ladies in socie
ty, is a Grecian dress of palest yellow
Hindoo cashmere, embroidered in Gre
cian patterns. Doe-colored kid sandals
accompany the dress, worn over stock
ings of pale mauve-colored silk, em
broidered in gold. The flowing, half
long sleeves, also embroidered, are met
by long Swedish gloves stitched with
mauve silk. The corsage is covered
with a large bertha of costly lace, fast
ened at the belt with a cluster of Jacque
roses, tea rose-buds, and heliotrope
blossoms. If artificial, the blossoms
are scented, each delicately, with their
natural perfumes.
A costly novelty in lingerie is agraee
ful collar of black" velvet or satin, cut in
Vandykes, and richly-embroidered on
the deep points with tiny clusters of
dark red roses aud buds, and black pop
pies with golden hearts. The edges are
finished with slightly gathered nifties of
black guipure lace, with a plaited frill
about the neck of the same lace. These
collars are worn without a vestige of
white around the throat. Other collars
in the same style for evening wear are
made of white satin or silk, embroidered
iu white marguerites outlined with tiny
pearl beads, and finished around the
points with frills of pearl-beaded Vene
tian lace.
It is now many months since a report
was raised that panniers were "a thing
of the past." and would quickly be out
of style. Many fashion writers, learn
ing of their "continued popularity in
Paris, denied this statement, and it only
needs a very cursory glance around the
parlors of our modistes to perceive how
very fallacious was their information,
and how little probability there exists
of a fashion found so generally becom
ing suddenly ceasing to exist. The
continuance of this mode, however, does
not prevent equal favor being shown to
the long redingotes falling plainly over
tiie skins, or the close-fitting basques
aud panels and flowing draperies.
Shawl tabliers that is, with one
point either in front or at one side are
seen upon new imported walking
dresses. If of heavy material, the
tablier is plain and flat, but if draping
softly, the same effect is produced by
cutting the tablier very long and plait
ing the sides iu folds. Round tunics,
raided much higher at one side than the
other, are vlUo much liked. The collec
tion of folds at the short side is usually
ornamented by a bow or straps of broad
ribbon or velvet run through a buckle
and falling in long loops and enils over
the skirt, and often these ribbons show
six or eight harmouiziug colors, each
shade being faced with abright color in
contrast. N. Y. Evening Post.
The Origin of Postage Stamps.
The idea of an adhesive stamp affixed
to a letter, as indicative of the payment
of postage, is much older than has been
generally supposed. It is known that
the first suggestion of such an arrange
ment in modern times came from Row
ling Hill, the father of the cheap postal
system in England, about the year 1839
or 1&40. It was several years, however,
before his suggestion was carried into
effect. History, however, tells us that
the ancient German cities of Thurn and
Taxis had such a sj'steui, which, fur
inexplicable reason, fell into disuse or
failed to become general among nations.
The modern postage stamp then was
first used in England about the vear
1S42 or 1843. In 1845 E. A. Mitchell
then postmaster of New Haven, taking
advantage of the English idea, made use
of a postage stamp of his own. which
he continued to use until 1817, when
the Government of the United States
issued the first American postage
stamps. They were in two denomina
tions. The live-cent was of a light
brown color, bearing the head of Frank
lin, and the ten-cent of a gray color
with the efligy of Washington. At that
time the rate of letter postage was five
and ten cents, according to distance.
In 1851 a series of six denominations
was issued. The one-cent stamp was
blue, bearing an elliptical band upon
which were the words: " U. S. P. O.
Despatch. Pre-paid, one cent." Within
the band was an eagle with wings out
spread. The two-cent stamp was also
blue, bearing the head of Franklin; the
three-cent vennillion, with head of
Washington; the live-cent chocolate,
with head of Jefferson; the ten-cent
green, with head of Washington, and
thirteen stars in a semi-circle above: the
twelve-cent was black, also with head
of Washington. The twenty-four,
thirty and ninety-cent stamps were sub
sequently added" to the seres. The tirit
of these bore the face of Washington;
the second was orange. witi the head of
Franklin, and the last wan dark blue,
also with the head of Washington.
There was in this series also a square
carriers" stamp, blue in color, and bear
ing the head of Franklin. Setc Haven
Palladium.
Just Like 'Em.
Two ladies who were bound some
where in company yesterday entered a
Woodward avenue car together, and no
sooner were they seatod than both made
a dive for their purses.
"Oh, let me pay!" pleaded one.
"01. I couldn't think of it!"
"Oh, do, nfw: I have just the
change."
" Oh, but I have tickets."
"Yes, but you paid the last time."
"Butvou can pay some other time.
Here. !"
She was hurriedly searching through
her portemonnaie, but didn't seem to
find auvthing.
" I told you I had !"
And the second one b-gau a search in
a wild manner, emptying out pins,
needles and buttons, but no money.
"Why! I do declare!" gasped the
first.
" Strangest thing I ever saw!" added
the second.
" I'll pay for both," observed a man
on the seat opposite, and he marched
up, fumbled through his pockets and
held out a battered quarter to the driver.
The latter would not take it, and the
man marched out and slid off the plat
form in the most solemn manner, and
at the next crossing the ladies said thev
had taken the wrong car, rang the bell
and got off. Detroit Free Press.
PERSONAL ASD LITERAJtT.
Queen Victoria's John Brown mad
emploved the sunshine to the extent of
$5,000,000 of hay-making.
Seven years ago Mr. Bell, of tele
phone fame, was a poor man. Now he
is said to be worth $6,000,000.
Joaquin Miller stands by Mr. Dix
in the reverend doctors war on modern
feminine wickedness. Mr. Miller has
been twice married.
The Washington Republican says
that "a fearful as well as plausible ex
planation of the Laxly Dixie matter is
the suggestion that Lady Dixie may
contemplate a lecture season in Amer
ica. The mother of Oscar Wilde has a
long poem on Ireland in the Boston Pi
lot. Her conclusion is that the Irish,
people, driven frantic, "will take their
stand in a mightier land beyond the
broad Atlantic.
Now we have honored John How
ard Payne, the Hartford Post calls for
honors to " other- song-writers who are
forgotten?" But if they are forgotten,
how shall we know upon what writers
to bestow these honors!
"We who write novels for the exist
ing time should faceourtask with forti
tude sublime," writes Edgar Fawcott.
The same thing would apply with equal
force to a majority of the people wko
read the average modern novel.
A very beautiful and expensive book
has lately been made in Boston, only
ten copies of which are printed. It is
the richly illustrated story of a yacht
ing trip taken by Mr. Edwards, the in
ventor of the heliotype process.
Miss Linda Gilbert is now endeavor
ing to secure additional educational
facilities and other reforms in the prisons
of Baltimore and Washington, in May
she will sail for Eugland and devote the
summer to efforts in behalf of prison
reform there.
Mathilde Blind says that Mr. Lewee
was more than a husband to George
Eliot; he was like a mother, watching
over her health, cheering her despond
eny with his own buoyancy, and creat
ing the spiritual atmosphere in which
her genius ripened.
Mrs. David Davis says the reason
she would" not consent to marry Judge
Davis while he was in office, was be
cause. Mr. Arthur being a widower and
Judge Davis Acting Vice President, aha
would have had the duties attendant
upon "the first lady in the land" a
position she did not care to occupy.
The Graphics estimate of $3,000,
000,000 as the total representation of
the guests of the Vauderbilt ball is criti
cised as improbable, but one-tenth of
the amount is accepted as possible.
The funner figure would give each of
the 700 guests .! 1,428.561 a state of
affairs that neer exists with any 700
people except those of an editorial" con
vention. The death of Postmaster-General
Howe leaves in active life only three
men who. with him. occupied seats in
the United States Senate when Presi
dent Lincoln called it together in special
session at the outbreak of the war.
They are Senators Anthony and Sher
man and Daniel Clark. United States
Distriet Judge for New Hampshire. Not
more than half a dozen other members
of that Senate are now living, among
them being Mr. Doolittle. who was then
Mr. Howe's colleague. The Vice-Presi-deut,
Hannibal Hamlin, and the Chap
lain. Dr. Byron Sund-rland, also, yat
survive.
HUMOROUS.
The Cincinnati Enquirer ha got to
the bottom of the whole matter. It
says that Lady Dixie saw a mouse.
"Take care of the useful, and the
beautiful will take care of itself." This
is what the fond and numerous father
remarked when he married off his
ugliest daughter first. Puck.
--"Bah Jove!" exclaimed young
Dudiboi, "the weathah is getting so
mild, yer know, that I must have the
ferrule taken off my cane. It's too
beastly heavy for a warm day, yer
know." Boston Transcript.
A man tamed a prairie dog that
joniebo'dy sent him until the docile lit
tle creature would eat off his hand. At
least, it ate oft about three-quarters of
his thumb one day, but it died of con
cussion of the brain before it could fin
ish his hand.
A book just published is entitled:
" How to Make .50O Yearly Profit with
Twelve Hens." We have not read the
book, but we suppose the author's
recipe is to sell the corn that they would
annually eat, and then kill the hens.
Philadelphia News.
Mrs. Sam Millidge, an Austin lady,
was busy trying to make a pincushion
of sawdust when the colored cook came
to ask what she should cook for dinner.
" Go away, and don't bother me now.
My head is full of sawdust now, and I
can't think of anything else."
B. Franklin says: "Time is an
herb that cures all diseases." Frank
lin evidently didn't know much about
"yarbs," anil was not at the head of
the class in spelling, if he was a printer.
Thyme is an herb. but. not being a pat
ent medicine, it will not cure all dis
eases. The Imp.
The Rochester Post-Express re
marks: "You inusn't tell us that mar
ried men are not mindful of the comfort
of their wives. Who ever heard of a
married man going home late at night
who didn't take his boots off in the
hall and steal quietTy to bed, in order
not to disturb the slumbers of his wife."
Asked a traveler in the Orient of a
Pasha: "Is the Turkish civil servicn
like ours? Are there retiring allow
ances and pensions, for instance?" "My
illustrious friend, and joy of my liver,"
replied the Pasha. "Allah is great,
and the public functionary who stands
in need of a retiring allowance when his
term of office expires is an ass! I hava
spoken."
Brown struck an icy place in the
sidewalk, and down he went all in a
heap. A gentleman stepped up and
helped Brown to his feet, politely re
marking, "It is quite slippery, "sir."
Brown w:isso mad he forgot to re
turn thanks. "What in thunder did
he want to tell me it was slippery for?"
soliloquized Brown; "didn't the fool
suppose I knew that before he told me."
Boston Transcript.
How the Cincinnati Enquirer
found this out is a mystery: "And
what, in the name of goodness, ia this?"
asked Mrs. David Davis, as the Senator
loafed something into the room and
dropped it at her feet " That is m
shirt, darling: and I will be greatly
obliged if you will sew on a button for
me' "David Davis," said the lady,
sterrfy, "when you bring me your shirt,
I will" sew on a button for you with
pleasure, as becomes a fond and dutiful
wife; but just now, sir, I must insist
upon your removing this circus canvas
from, my apartment"
I