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THE JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TURNER fc CO., Proprietors and Publishers. 0 T 1 it m b u s Smnpal CATES OF AUYEIKTUlI-fC;. jyT .Business and professional cards of five lines or less, per annum, five dollars. 27 For time advertisements, apply at this office. jeiTLegal advertisements at statue rates. JQTFor transient advertising;, see rates on third page. t3TA.lt advertisements payable monthly. ES" OFFICE, Eleventh St., vp stairs in Journal Building. 7 k '. terms: Per year Six months Three months Single copies VOL. XIV.-NO. .16. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 15, 1888. WHOLE NO. 692. 1 v ftti x? BUSINESS CAEDS. DENTAE PAELOR. On Thirteenth St., and Nebraska Ave., over Friedhofs store. jgg-Office hour?, 8 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 5 p. m. Olla AsiiRAunu, Dentist. O XORELIIIS Ac KIJL.LIVA.:V, ATTOBXEYS-A T-LA W, Upstairs in Cluck Building, 11th street, Above the New hank. H. j. BiiTa.:, XOTA 11Y rUJSLfC, 12th SJroi'1.2 doors wit r llauiidnnd House, Columbus. Neb. 491-3' rpmiKS'ro." Av ioiyi:k.s, - S UJIGEOX DENTISTS, B5TOnk-e n -Mitchell Block, Coluin btis, Nebraska. . H-tf G :i:it Ac ki:i:iih ATTOllXEYS A T LAW, Oflicc on Glie Ft.. Columbus, Nebraska. 2-tf pt G. A. lirLLHOKl', A.M., M. D., J1GMEOPA Till C PHYSICIAN, tgTTwo Block south of I'oiirt House. Telephone communication. 5-ly V. A. MACKEN, ItKALKK IN Wines, Liquors. Chun's, Porters, Ales, etc.. etc. Olive Street, next to First National Bank. JiU-V M AI.IISI IE KKON., A TTOllXEYS A T LA W, Office tip-stairs in McAllister's build ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary rublic. J. M. MACIAKLAND, U. COWDKRY, Attsrsey ati i.etiry Pstl'e. CsUtrta. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK MACPARX.AND& COWDERr, Columlits, : : : Nebraska. G wm. x. i:kky, PAINTER. JSTCarriajje. house and sign painting, glazing, paper hanging, kaNomining, etc. done to order. Shop on i::th St., opposite Engine House, Columbus, Neb. !0-y H ? ii.uusciik:, llth St., opposite LindellHotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars', "Whips, Blanket, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy "tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, ,v"c, at the lowest possible prices. Kepairs pr mplly attended to. .IOII t.TANKEK, Eeal Estate .Argent, Genoa, Nance Co., Neb. WILD LANDS and improved farms for sale. Correspondence solicit ed. Office in Young's building, up-stairs. Vl-V G w. ;iaick. LAND AND 1NSUKANCE AGENT, HUMPHREY, N Eli It. His lands comprise some line traets in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ot 1'tattc count-. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y j c oi.iJ.iiitiJs iArii:v c., COLUMBUS, - XEB., Packers and Dealers in all kinds of Hog product, cash paid for Lhc or Dead Hogs or grease. Directors. It. II Henry, Prcst.; .lohn "Wiggins, bee. and Treas.; L. Gerrard, S. Cory. N one: toti:ahi:rs. J. E. Moncricf, Co. Supt., Will be in his office at the Court House on the third Saturday of eaeh month for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates, and for the transaction of any other business pertaining to schools. " et7-y Tames sai-mox, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work sjuaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near St. Faul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne braska a '2 Cmo. J. WAG-NER, Livery and Feed Stable. Is prepared to furnish the public w'th good teams, buggies and carriages for all occasions, especially for funerals. Alo conducts a sate stable. 44 D.T. Mabtyn, 31. D. F. Schug, M. I)., Dcutscher Artz.) Drs. MARTYN & SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeons. Union Pacific and O., N. & B. II. It. It's. COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA. 32-vol-xiii-y JS. MURDOCK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Havehadan 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 tunitytocstimatcforyou. JSTSbop on 13th St., one door west of Fricdhof & Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-y T3T?TGTn"MC TO ALL. Soldiers that XJLlNOlUlNOwere disabled by wounds, disease, accident or otherwise, widows, mothers and fathers of soldiers dying in the service or afterward, from disease which originated while in the ser vice, arc entitled to a pension. New and honorable discharges obtained for sol .diers. Iacrease of Pensions ob tained at'anytime when the 'disability warrants it. All soldiers who were rated too low arc entitled to an increase of pen sion. Itejectcd and abandoned claims a specialty. Circulars free. Address, with stamp, M. V. TIERNEY, Box 485, "Wash ISGT027, D. C. 45-12ct COLUMBUS STATE BANK! Cs::tH3ntB Otmrl Soil itl Tanir k Ealit COLUMBUS, NEB. CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000 DIRECTORS: IjKandek Grkraku, Pros' I. Geo. W. Hulst, Vice Prcs't. Julius A. Reed. Edward A. Gebraud. Aun'er Turner, CasJtier.' flank of UepoNlt !IticeHmt aai ExchaBKe. Collect Iobh Promptly Made on all PqlMtM. Pay latereMt oa Time Depos it. 274 DREBERT & BRIGGLE, BAKKEES! ' Humphrey, Nebraska! tSTFrompt attention given to Col lections. I3"Insurance, Real Estate, Loan, etc. 5 JOHN HEITKEMPER, Eleventh Street, opposite the Lindell Hotel, C01L.TJ3rBU8, NEBRASKA, Has on baud a full assortment of GROCERIES! PROVISIONS, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, ' Pipes', Cigars and Tobacco. Highest price paid for Country Produce. Goods delivered in city. GIVE ME A CA1L! JOHN IIEI'rKKnPKR. 31-j- LOUIS SCHEEIBEK, !li All kinds of Repairing done on Oliuii nuiibc. BUSftira, , IfV- ons, etc., made to order, and all work Guar-. anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. 23TShop opposite the " Tattersall." Ol ive St., COLUMBUS. 'J-Gm-c H. LITERS & CO, BLACKSMITHS AND "Wagon Builders, New Brlek Shop opponlte Helntx's VrufS Storr. ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE . ON SHORT NOTICE. Eleventh Street, Columbus, Nebraska. 50 NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOY, Prep'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, COE.U9IBUS, NEB. A. new house, newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. BSTMets a First-Class Table. Meals, 25 Cts. Lodgings 25 Cti. 3S-2tf 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 oiler a great chance to make money. We waut many men, women, boys and girls to work for us right in their own localities Anj' one can do the work properly from the first start. The business 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 all that is needed sent free. Address STINSON & Co.. Portland, Maine. Our large 6AKDEH GUIDE describing Cole's Free to AIT "We efler the Latest Nov elties in SEED POTATOES, Corn. Ooats and Wheat, and the Best Collection ofYegetable, Flower, Grass and Tree HEED. Everything is tested. Address COLE Sc Bl(k, ieedsmea, PEJL LA IOWA. 45-eow-4p Blacsmitb anfl Wagon HaKer - FIRST National Bank! r COZ.X71IKBX7S, NEB. Authorized Capital, Cash Capital, 8250,000 50,000 OFFICERS AND DIKKCTORS. A. ANDEItSOX, Prcs't. SAM'L C. SMITH, Vice PresH. O.T. ROEN, Cashier. J. W. K.VltLY, KOBEUTUHLIG, IIKltMAN OEHLKICH, W. A. MCALLISTER, G. ANDERSON, P.ANDKRSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, Real Estate, Loan anu Insurance. 2!-vol-lo-lv BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMB US. XEB. SPEICE & NORTH, General Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at ftoni 3.00 to S10.00 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 nn rpsnnhle terms. Also business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete aDStracioi uueio au reai es tate in Platte County. 621 COLUMBUS. NEB. LANDS, FARMS, AND CM PROPERTY FOR SALE, AT THE Union Pacfic Land Office, On Long 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 Oflicc before lookin elsewhere as I 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 allecting sales are unsur passed. I am prepared to make final proof for all parties wishing to get a patent for their homesteads. $3TV. W. Ott, Clerk, writes and speaks German. SAMUEL C. SMITH, Agt. 11. P. Land Department, 021-y COLUMBUS, NEB. WM. BECKER, PKALKK IN ALL KINDS OF FAMILY GROCERIES! I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A WELL SELECTED S I'OCK. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. Goods Delivered Free to siirt f the City. aay I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CEL EBRATED COQUILLARD Farm and Spring Wagons, of which I keep a constant supply on hand, but few their equal. In style and quality, second to none. OAXX AND LEARN PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. &X. Depot. HENRY GASsi "CnsrbERTAJSlER ! COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES AND DKALKRIN FuraitttfS, Chairs, Bsdstaads, Bu- rsans. Tables, Safes. Lounges, Ac, Picture Frames and Mouldings. t3"Jiepairing of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. 6-tf COLUMBUS. NEB. o. c. sHLjsnsroiN", MANUFACTURER OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Soefinr aid Gutter ing a Specialty. i iSTShop on Eleventh Street, opposite Heinu's Pros Store. 46-y JBiBBBBBB",J". TO A DAISY. Wee, little rimless wheel of Fate, With silver spokes and hub of yellow. What gentle jjirl, in accents mellow. Has sought your aid to find a mate' Who snapt your slender spokes apart. Each one some dear acquaintance naming? And who was ho tin; loved one, claiming TIip choicest chamber in her heart? O tiny hub of golden hue KIst by her fingers tender pressing. Still yet, methinks, she's vainly guessing If what you prophesied were true. You died between her flnger-tips, Sweet gypsy maid of wisdom magio; Pray, ifi it worth a death so tragic To hear the music of her lips? Frank Dempster Sherman, in Century Maaa-zinc. THE TWO MARTIIENS. A Story That Illustrate the Some Time Convenience of a Double. Anson Marthen, civil engineer and railway builder, whose headquarters were in New York, suffered more or less noarly every day of his life for the rea son that there was another man of ex actly the same name who also "lived in New York but had no business or pre fession whatever. The men were unlike in almost ever' particular, except that both were bachelors and fond of ladies. Anson Marthen, the engineer, earned a pleasing number of dollars every year and always pa;d his bills as soon as they were presented; his jiominal doublo nover earned a penny and never paid a bill when he could avoid it, and as this peculiarity had become prominent enough to bo talked about, it occasion ally subjected the honest Martlicn to ex asperating indignities from persons who know tho name, but not the men who bore it. Tho dishonest Marthen, on the contrary, got all necessary credit at tailors' shops, livery stables, and evon hotels where tho existenco of two Mar thens was not known; he had merely to deviso some excuse to talk of railroads and engineering to be taken for his en tirely reputable double. His bills, in the course of time, rcaehod tho engi neer's office, andwero the cause of much profane language from the wrong Mar then, and much fun among the two or three clerks and draughtsmen whom the busy railroad builder employed. One thing, however.hc could and would do; ho would manage to see his trouble some double so that he might afterward know him by sight and defend himself against him whenever he found himself in olose social or business proximity to the rascal. Marthen was informed that the man who lived upon the engi neer's reputation was at Saratoga, so the indignant man hastily packed his trunk and hurried off to that crowded village. un the tram no etianced to tmd a pic easant and entirely innocent travel ing acquaintance. A well dressed, not uncomely lady who sat in front of him endeavored to raise a window and Marthen hastened to assist her, gejtting a pleasant smile and a word of thanks in payment. Marthen skillfully in volved the lady in conversation, and finding, to his great delight that she was amiable but not smart, quite sus ceptible, yet not inclined to Uirt, lie became very devoted. Marthen was so favorably impressed by his new ac quaintance that he regretted, on leaving the train, that ho had not strained his habitual courtesy enough to learn her name, and ask the honor of being again allowed to meet her, for she had let drop that she was a widow. As ho signed the hotel register the clerk read the signature and winked at a rather rough-looking man with whom he had been talking; then the rough looking man read, the signature and exclaimed: "You're just the man I'm looking for, Mr. Marthen; I've only just been able to find out where you were stop ping; can't you give me a check for this carriage bill? It's been running nearly a month, and the boys said Tm nnl tlm man fii, ,imn " said that Marthen, first saving something would not look well in print. "Your name is " "Yes, yes," interrupted Marthen; "but there's another man of tho same name, and he's a swindler. I came here to run him down; I've got de tectives after him; come here this even ing and the' will put you on his track." For an hour or more Marthen was in a very bad temper, but ho grew calmer when, strolling out to look at the crowds of carriages and thoir occu pants, he met several acquaintances who had temporarily abjured billiards or flirting for the same purpose. As he chatted with one of these a carriage passed slowly and Marthen saw in it the amiable little widow he had met on the train in the morning. She did not seem to recognize him, but his friend raised his hat and was smiled upon. "Who is she, Jenks? tell me, quick." "She's Mrs. Whitlayton, widow of Will Whitlayton, who was just starting to make a fortune in wool when, a couple of years ago, he took pneumonia and died. He left her $20,000 or $30, 000, though." "Has she any family?" asked Mar then. "No; she makes her home with an undo and aunt whom she doesn't love any to well, I'm told. Excuse me a moment," continued Marthen's friend, taking the arm of a gentleman who was about 4o pass them, "here's a good fel low you ought to know; Crunch, do you know my friend Anson Marthen? Mr. Marthen, Mr. Crauch." "I'm very glad to know you, sir," said Mr. Cranch, "but, if it isn't too im pudent a question to ask on so short an acquaintance, why are vou strollinir on foot with Fred here, while your charm ing fiancee is riding alone?" "My fiancee?" exclaimed the engi neer, in astonishment, while his friend looked inquiringlv. "I hope I am not mistaken," said Mr. Cranch. "I've been told that Mrs. Whitlayton was soon to become Mrs. Anson Marthen." Marthen's face blackened, as he ex claimed, through tightly closed teeth: "Gentleman, this is horrible. I never knew the lady's name until five min utes ago. My villainous double you know all about him, Fred that rascal has probably made love to her for her money and persuaded her to marry him. What is to be done?" One gentleman shrugged his shoul ders, ana tht other raised his eye-brows; Mr. Cranch finally said: "I suppose its nobody's business; the lady has been married before; she ought to be abls to choose for herself." "I'll make it my business," hissed Marthen, and he turned abruptly and hurried to his hotel, where he had the pood fortune to find a detective await ing him and full of news. The scape grace Marthen, he said, had been living qpetly at a small boarding-house, but lift servant, who had not been paid for to long that he was willing for a ten deUar bill to tell all he knew, suspected a wedding for his master had ordered a disss suit. Marth.en almost lost his head in his rage Imt the detective rapidly laid a plan to entrap the rascal. He would hire the negro to steal his master's overcoat ana hat, which he, tho de tective, would put on and then call UDon the minister, just after dark, with the hopo of successfully assuming the manner and appearance of tho rogue and worming himself into the secret. Marthen approved the plan in feneral, but insisted upon one change; e would wear the coat and hat himself. The detective consented, for, after all, money was what he was working for, and he was being well paid for his ser vices. The negro was again bribed, and ho not only stole the overcoat and hat, bqt named the hour at which his master had told him he would go out. Then the faithful servant led Marthen to tiie sickly minister's boarding-house, while the detective prevented the other Mar then escaping. Marthen, the engineer, scarcely knew what to do; ho paced the sidewalk opposite tho designated garden; he saw figures occassional! enter and emerge, but none that he could recognize. Suddenly, however, just 'after two plainly dressed women had p-isscd in, a thin figure crossed the street and whispered: "She is there." "Marthen followed the preacher, won dering in what words to break gently to Mrs. Whitlayton the intelligence that the man she had agreed to marry was a worthless scamp, but before he could say anything the lady was lean ing on his arm, and the minister was saying: "As night air ahem is very dan gerous to my lunirs ahem I know you will exuiie me for losing no time. Anson Marthen, do vou take this woman to be your wedded wife?" Marthen was so astonished that ho could scarcely maintain his position or find his tongue. Ho recovered, how over, as Mrs. Whitlayton pressed closer to his side and whispered: "Speak quick if you love me!" "I do," said Marthen, softly, yet earnestly. "Yes," whispered the lady. "Then," said tho minister, "I pro nounce you man and wife, and what God has joined together let no man put asunder. Mr. Marthen, I will have the certificate ready in the morning, if you will &end for i" "Como awav at once," whispered the bride, "If the dreadful enemies you wrote me aout should sec you, what would happen?" Marthen talked little but thought rap idly as he drew his wife away and rap idly along. At the first secluded spot he reached, however, he placed his arms around her, with one hand ready to place over her mouth should she at tempt to shriek, he rapidly explained himself. As he had already discov ered, Mrs. Whitlayton was not smart. She was so dazed by all she heard that she knew nothing but that she had been legally married to a man whom she had never seen but twelve hours before, but whom she had then determined was very much of a gentleman. What could .ihe do in her delicate position but act according to his advice, which was that they should take the night train for New York and go to her new husband's home and his mother? So they did, and when they reached there, and the son had explained to his mother, the bride conlided to her mother-in-law that it seemed she had known her husband for a year. And tho An.son Marthen who re mained a bachelor recovered his hat and overcoat without leeourse to law. The Hour. The Death of Robin Hood. All accounts affirm that Robin Hood lived to a very old age, and at last died by treachery. He had a cousin, who w:is the prioress of a nunnery called Kirklees, and when he was aged and in firm, and sull'eriiijr from an attack of disease, he went to her to he bled. Knhiu was very .sick when ho reached the gate of the nunnery, where he was met by his cousin. Little thinking of treachery, he .suffered her to conduct him to a room anil open a vein in his arm. There he was left bleeding. The door of the room was locked, and the window was too high above ground to admit of jumping out. He remained in this state till the next day at noon, when he thought to blow a blat on his horn. It was a quavering and feeble sound. Little John w:u lingering about, waiting to see his beloved master. When he heard the mournful blast, ho sprang up and hurried to the nunnery. He broke locks and dashed open doors until he reached the room where Robin la dying. He fell on his knees, and begged to be allowed to burn Kirklees Hall and all the nunnery; but Robin said: "No, I never hurt a woman in my life, nor a man in company with a woman, and I will not allow such a thing to be done now. But .string my bow for me, and give me it and a broad arrow, which I will .shoot from the win dow, and where that arrow falls there let my grave be dug. Lay a green sod under my head and another at my feet; and la my bent bow by my side, for it has always made sweet mu.sic for me." This request wjus complied with by Little John. The arrow that Robin shot fell under a tree, and there the liold chief was buried. His death was prob ably near the year 1300. Some worthy historians have doubted whethor such" a man as Robin Hood ever lived, and have classed the stories of his exploits among tho myths of the past. It is hardly probable, however, that this is the correct theory. The safer and more reasonable conclusion would seem to be that Robin Hood really reigned in the forests as rep resented, but that many of the stories about him have been "exaggerated by the ballad singers and early writers of England. Maurice Thompson, in St. Nicholas. At a large gathering of people near Lenoir, in fcorth Carolina, at the fu neral of William Shell, an old and promi nent citizen, a curious incident occur red. The clergyman announced that as soon as the funeral was over there would be a marriage in the valley near the cemetery. There was a regular race to the scene, and in a few mo ments John Hoover and Emma Wike stepped forward and were married on the stump of an immense tree. Chica go Herald. The old steamboat Traveler, built in 1845, by Commodore Vanderbilt, and long one of the most popuiar boats on the sound, running out of New York, has been sold at auction to the Dela mater Iron Company, and will probably be broken up. N. Y. Sun. Newport this year proposes to bo very aesthetic. The regulation color of the village carts is to be crushed straw berry, and the donkey's ears are to be bound up in ribbons and his forotop Dangea, a la belle Exchange. -M Second-Hand Building Stuff. "What are yon going to do with that stuff?" was asked of a man who was placing on a truck tho remnants of a building that had been torn down in Sixth avenue. "Take it to the yard," he replied. "And then what?" "Sell it" The yard referred to is the head quarters of a dealer in second-hand building material. "This business is fifty years old," tho superintendent said. "Wo occupy nearly forty city lots. They are cov ered with second-hand building material. We can supply brick for the interior walls, or brown stone for front walls, or granite columns for or namental hi;h stoops or porticoes. It is all ready for use, and it is of known quality. Wo have thousands of feet of timber and lumber of various kinds. Every kind of lumber used in building a house can be found here, joists, floor ing, studding, rafters and roof boards. Tho roof itself can be had, too. Tin deteriorates some, but slates do not so much. We can supply tin roof that is as good as it was the day it was laid. We have soveral cords of slates. Our lumber is better than new. It is thor oughly seasoned. We supply the lumber for about all tho swell mausions. Every piece of timber in Vanderbilt's house camu from this yard. When men put thousands of dollars into frescoes they want no shrinkage in tho timbers of their houses." "You do not confine your attention to dwellings, do you?" "Your question reminds me of a man fronua neighboring village who came hero. He said ho guessed he'd got an order that would puzzle us to fill. Ho wanted a second-hand pulpit. Ho was astonished when I showed htm a com plete outfit. We had stained glass win dows, crosses, altars, candlesticks, rails, mourning benches, a sprinkling bowl, and a baptistery. I showed him a full assortment of pews, for the body of the church. Then I offered him a second hand steeple with bell, complete and all set up. He bought a pulpit and paid for it in silence. Ho was so astonished ho couldn't talk." "What else can you fit out?" "Anything. Hero's a good bar for a lager beer room, and back of it is au elegant arrangement of shelves to hold the cut-glass bottles. There are mir rors between to reflect the back hair of the bartender. If you want one we can supply you with a first-class stall lit for Maud S. There would be an iron manger in one corner, a solid mahogany door at the other, and a rosewood hay nick between, if you wanted it. "You don't mean to say you've bought in second-hand .stalls of that kind, do you?" "Well, not quite that. We have everything but the hay rack, though, and have got the stuff" for that. To return to the interior work of dwellings, we have everything necessary to fit out either a mansion in Fifth avenue or a shanty for a squatter sovereign. We just sold a pair of Italian marble man tels that probably cost $500 each when new. They are as good now as then. You can almost see through them they are so clear, and the carving is exquisite. We have mantels in various kinds of colored marble, and two in Mexican oyn that are beautiful. We get hold of hand-carved mantels and newel posts, stair rails, door and frames that would delight the heart of one able to appre ciate the beauty of such work. Ihere rs a gas chandelier. The figures are extremely delicate. It is carved from solid walnut. In common articles it would tire you merely to hear them enumerated. You can not think of any article, door knobs, girders, gas pipes, ranges, book cases, mirrors, anything that is known under the head of mod ern improvements or as a part of the house itself that we cannot supply. We'll buy any kind of a building. Booth's 'llieatre is now making its way here piecemeal. The old bank building that stood at 10 and 42 Wall street is here. A part of the partition that once ornamented a Morrisania bank will go into Harry Miner's new theatre. It will make the handsomest box office you ever saw. He gets Booth's fancy iron orchestra railing also. We have a windlass here that was used in a down town bank to hoist the gold up out of the vaults in the basement. In our office is a stool that was used in a suc cession of business houses for more than a hundred years. The clock, a round faced affair, two feet in diameter, is as old. It is more serviceable. An enor mous eagle looks down on the book keeper from lietween masks out of an old theatre. He sits at a desk that was made in the time of Queen Elizabeth." "How do you get it all?" "We have three buyers out all the time. Usually, the "contractor who puts up a new house gets the old one in the bargain. We buy and remove it for him if he wishes, or we buy any part of it. We sell mostly to builders and large real estate owners. Everything is sold on its merits." "And price?" "About one-third that of new on the average. Some of the fine pieces which we sell to builders are turned in to the owners at ten times our prices. You can not say that it is a cheat either, be cause as such bric-a-brac goes the price is reasonable." "How much of a business is it?" "Ours is not the only yard. We sold $35,000 worth of firewood from tho waste hist year, and the total sales amounted to a little more than $250,- 000. We used to give away the kindling ten years ago. Now it keeps a good many teams going, especially in tho winter. We have 317 men on our pay roll. Their pay is high. It takes as great skill to take line work out of a house as to put it in." Ar. Y. Sun. The Rattlesnake. In favorable localities rattlesnakes occur in amazingpleuty, and the stories to be heard in every State, of "dens," where they writhe in countless numbers and dreadful intimacy, have some foundation. De Kay cites an instance where two men, in Warren County, N. Y., about 1840, slaughtered 1,100 rattlesnakes in three days on the eastern side of Tongue Mountain. In 1877 a farmer killed seventy-six niassasaugas in a cranberry marsh of Crawford County. Ohio, where are still harbored many serpents disappearing olsewhere. Some swamps and canebrakes in the far south swarm with the dreaded cottonmouth, and local species occur in thousands on parts of the plains and Rocky Moun tains, particularly in the tufa craters of warm springs, in Utah. But perhaps the nearest approach to the "den " of the sensational picture is an island in Pyramid lake, Nevada, where during the warm months " it is absolutely dan gerous to walk about those parts of tho island where they are colonized." This animal is easily killed or dis abled, however, amd has in mas an placable enemy not only directly but In many indirect ways; yet there are few localities favorable'to fiim where he has been exterminated. You can find rat tlesnakes in plenty, for example, within live miles of the eenter of New Haven. It is doubtful if any of tho several species will ever suffer extinction Scales being undistcnsible and noyer falling out to'bo replaced, like hair and feathers (with which they have uo homology), serpents get" room for growth and renew their coats periodic ally by sloughing oil" the entire skin, underneath which a new external skin has formed and separated itsolf from the now faded and husky cuticulc. This process occurs during August in the adult, two or three changes happening in a single summer with youngsters, who outgrow their vestments very speedily. It is a popular idea that this midsummer sloughing occupies a con siderable period, during which the ser pents are harmless, because blind. It is quite suppojable that this might bo so, since the outer layer of the cornea of the eyo peels off with the slough, and during a few preceding days the eyo has a dull and filmy appearance. But cap tive snakes, given active mice at this time, attack them without hesitation or missing. After the molt the eye gleams bright and cold like a jewel, but with a sullen, ferocious and relentless expres sion, for it is overhung by the bony penthouse of the broad, strong supcror itable bones that give a fulcrum for tho powerful muscles of the jaws. This cruel eye and its fixed stare introduces tho once vexing question of fascination; but before discussing it, some account of tho food ami feeding habits of our sub ject will be well. The disposition of the whole family is sluggish and opposed to any active movement and even in taking its prey, beyond the one lighting swift blow that smites it down so startling a contrast to the. ordinary lethargy! The mocassin, to be sure, is somewhat an exception, since he is a good swimmer and chases in their element frogs, water snakes, tadpoles, and the less agile fishes, like the catfish. The most rapid exertions of rattle snakes are aroused in fleeing from dan ger; et, when doing their best on open ground, their pace can easily be equaled by a child, without runninjr. as I have seen on the plains, so that a blacksnake or a Eutania, could not only overtake, but circle round and round them. Their plan in food-getting, then, is not to pursue their prey, but to lio in wait for it and strike before their presence is suspected. Protected by his colors, that assimilate him to the "haunts he most frequents, whether woods or rocks, as iu the eastern crotall, or the barren uj lands chosen by the far western species; the shaded morasses threaded by the dark-skinned massasaugas: the" lush meadows where the copperhead lurks; the stream-bank or rice-ridge where the cottonmouth plunges into the water; or the yellow weeds under whose mottled shadows the little ground rattlers be come visible hidden, and motionless for hours together in one or another of these resorts, the crotalus coils in patient vigilance. " Though aware of the pas senger's presence, he either lies quiet or glides away to a more retired spot." His course is that of the darkey who was urged to follow one into the thicket and kill it: " Massa, I nebber bodders nufliif wot don't bodiler me; I makes dat a rule!" Here, again, nevertheless, an exception must be noted for the cop perhead, and more especiajly for the moccasin vicious reptiles, asking little provocation before in Hiding their dead ly wound. Holbrook says the moccasin " attacks everything that comes within its reach, erecting its head and opening its mouth for some seconds before it bites." All other snakes put iu a cage with it show the keenest terror. No species of crotalus, however, will follow the object of its l-age as do some of tho non-venomous serpents Such are facts respecting the food getting of the rattlesnakes, while those of other serpents would furnihh an equally pro:iie explanation; yet the notion that the small, bead-like eve, and tongue darting forked flame from black lips, exerted a charm or fascination upon smaller animals, luring them within reach of the. fatal stroke, is as old as the fabled basilisk -older, indeed, for to it, no doubt, the very image of the b:isi!isk owes its origin. Traveling westward, it came to America with the earliest bookmakers, and was at once attached to our subject and to the black snake. " Birds have been seen to drop into its mouth," wrote Tenant; "squir rels descend from their trees, and leverets run into its jaws. Terror and amazement seem to lay hold on these little animals," etc., etc. "All agree," says old Catesby, of South Carolina, who confesses he never witnessed the phenomenon of fascination for himself " all agree in the manner of tho pro cess, which is that the animals, particu larly birds and .squirrels,iiosooner.spy the snake than they skip from spray to spray hovering and approaching gradually nearer the enemy, regardless of any other danger, but with distracted gest ures and outcries, descend though from the tops of the loftiest trees, to the mouth of the snake who opens his jaws, takes them in, and instantly swallows them." Ernest Ingcrsoll, in The Man hattan. Several years ago a vessel was wrecked on Cape Cod, and amongother portions of her cargo that floated ashore were a number of hardwood logs. which, after kuocking about in the surf for some time until all the valuables were secured, were gathered up by the peo ple in the vicinity and used for fuel. Some person with a better knowledge of wood than his neighbors bought it all up. They were actually burning fuel that was worth $800 a cord. It was, in deed, the finest and best quality of Turkey boxwood, which to-day would readily bring twelve cents a pound. V. Y." Times. Half a century ago a Mr. Walden, of Portland, Me., had four strangely as sorted pets a parrot, a monkey, a tame fov and a Newfoundland puppy. Tho parrot has seen his companions" one af ter another, go the way of all flesh, and now, at the age of sixty years, is still one of the most important memlers of Lieutenant George Walden's family. Contemplation of the vicissitudes of life has subdued the loquacity which was formerly the parrot s chief failing, and the bird is now, to all appearances, one f the most profound thinkers in the Btato of Maine. Boston Post. An electric a Pennsylvania light introduced in coal-mine the other dav scared a lot of mules there out of their wits; and miners said it was the first time one of the animals was ever known to show fear underground. Philadelphia Press. A Washington man spoke of "the New York Hades gate electric light' the other day. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. According to the Weisz system of h'jie-setting, recently introduced in Vienna, tho type is cast in syllables, common prefixes, suffixes, etc., instead of letters, and a great saving of time is thus effected, it is claimed. A piece of oyster-ground off Mil ford, Conn., containing six hundred acres, has been sold to parties in Cali fornia, who have been shipping seed oysters quito extensively to that coast to plant in San Francisco bay. Boston Herald. Those who object to the odors of tho disinfectants used at tho present day will find charcoal unobjectionable on this account, while it absorb gases in a surprising way; pieces can be laid on plates and put out of sight in a sick room. -V. Y. Times. A New Orleans man has discovered a new mode of tanning and preserving tho skin of Louisiana's bird, the peli can, by which tho feathers are not dam aged and tho bird's skin with tho feathers on it can be utilized for mak ing turbans and hats for ladies. N. 0. IScuynne. Tho nettle, a growth common to nearly all of the States, and which has hitherto been a source of great trouble to fanners, has now been found to yield a liber, which it is claimed, will sup plement cotton in the manufacture of eloth. Cloth made from it. on trial, has been adjudged equal in texture and ap pearance to linen. Chicago Journal. A Swiss watchmaker in Pennsyl vania has completed au automatic clock, which for intricate mechanism is said to surpass the celebrated one at Stras burg. During twelve hours it plays three musical selections, and 2,022 au tomatic movements are made. Of course, the machinery is so arranged as to per mit the entire performance of the au tomatons taking place over' fifteen or twenty minutes. Pliiladclphia Press. Mr. F. L. Slocum has examined tho ink for writing on glass and. according to the American Journal Pharmacy, re ports that it is madu by mixing barium sulphate, three parts; ammonium fluo ride, one part; and sulphuric acid q. s. to decompose the ammonium fluo ride and make the mixture of a semi lluid consistency. It should be pre pared in a leaden dish, and kept in a gutta-percha or leaden bottle. Patent plastering was a novelty ex hibited at a recent building exhibition held in Loudon. It is claimed for it that it saves both time and labor. Tho material is prepared beforehand in slabs which are fixed to the joists direct, with great speed, forming the ceiling at once. Thus, plastering which would occupy weeks to execute can be accom plished by this slab system iu as many days. It is also claimed for this patent that the eeiliugs are lire resisting. PITH AND POINT. The sale of boot-jacks last year was 91,000 less than the year before. Is this country going to bed with her boots on? Detroit Free Press. Three-fifths of the fashionable alli gator satchels and pocket-books are made from pig-skin. This, at least, is the allegation, but perhaps the allegator lies. Philadelphia Neuv. The Crow Indians have been caught putting rocks in the bales of hay they sell to the Government. The day is not far distant when all Indians will bo civilicd enough to vote. Philadilihin A i irs. In modern Egypt a young man is not permitted to see his wife's face before marriage. Whoever has invested in prize packages can iinagiuo the feel ings of the average young Egyptian as he gazes on his trinket for the first time. Modern Argo. "A beautiful Boston girl hascro-sed to Europe in the steerage of the Cunard liner, just to see how it was," suy an exchange. For the same reason hei mother has been keeping boarders to pay the daughter's expenses. N. (). Picayune. They were approaehingan ice cream saloon, and she said: "Oh, Charley, I'm going to hae a new drevi cut bias Oh -oo. S-p-p-p! there's an ice-cream saloon. Goody!" "Yes, and it is like our new dress, for it will be cut by us;" and the horrid old wretch led the panting damsel across the street. New llaren llegister. Little Johnny says that when he was a Jiaby, his mother tells him that he was as good :is pie, and used to sleep all night ami half the day. Now, when he does not get up the first time he is called, he gets a fearful scolding ami occasionally something else beside. He can't see why what was praiseworthy in the infant should be reprehensible in the boy. N. Y. Post. Miss Jenny Marks, of Baltimore, won a sewing-machine by making a guess at the number of pills in a bottta m a window. There were 25,100 pill in the bottle, and she guessed 25, 1 HO. There were over 5,0X) guesses, and the worst one was a guess of y.000,000. The man who guessed U.OOO.OOO was one of those fellows who get their edu cation by reading gas-meters. Oil Cilij Derrick. Or at a Blow. You probably know that, in Berlin, when they wish to deprive a criminal of his life, they cut him in two at the neck. The executioner that wields the sharp ax is called upon to exercise his func tions on an average about once a month. His name is Krauts, a mild faced old fellow, with a soft, gentle voice, a dandy manner and white hands, and on these occasions he usual ly smokes a cigarette. He has four as sistants, a quartet of cruel, hard-looking mon, whose duty it Is to strip tho victim. In the case under notice tho culprit was .suffering the extreme pen alty of the law for no less a crime than the murder of his wife and two chil dren. When he had been stripped to the undershirt, the collar of which was cot down to the level of his shoulders, his feet pinioned and his hands tied be hind him, he was led out and his head placed upon the block. In the meantime Krauts, the execu tioner, had stood among the few spec tators of the scene quietly polling his cigarette, and without anything iu his demeanor indicative of his office. When the platform was reached he threw aside his cigarotte, grasped the ax in his white, sinewy hands, gave it a swing upward, and struck with a force suf ficient to detach the head from the body instantly. The remains were covered with a black cloth, and tht witnesses having signed their names, ivero escorted out of the jail. I have leen many executions by hanging, am. have witnessed one or two poor victims being keelhauled, but it seems to mo that decapitation must be the moot brutal certainly it is the most hideous to contemplate. Berlin Cor. Chicago Ntws.