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THE JOURNAL. KATES OF AOTEMTISIIG. Sfttpxl ISoUKD EVEKV WEDNESDAY, I. K. TURNER fc CO., Proprietors and Publishers. 23" OFFICE, Eleventh St., vp Hairs in Journal Building. terms: Peryear i 22 Six months 5 Tnree months j? Single copies VOL. XIV.-NO. 38. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12, 1888. WHOLE NO. 709. mm .8 I m i r BUSINESS CABUS. C HAS. S!.OA.E, ( Yee Lee) CIIIXESE LA UXDIiY. v-t-.,h,- tnr nothing store. Ne- braska Avenue, Columbus. 5i 3ni f X. WOOD. M. " PHYSICIAXd: SURGEOX. t3THs open'l the office f rnierly oc rupioil 1 Dr. Boneteel. l9-m. DENTAL PASLOR. On Vomer of Tu- Ijth and Xorth Streets, ortrErwt' hardware store. j2-oir- hour-, tf to 12 a. m.; 1 to 5 p. m. i,i.n A-JiRAtr.H, Dentist. AOKr-B.tl"5 At Sl-LIVA3f, C .-1 TTORXEYS-A 7 -LA W, lp-stairs in (Hue- Building, 11th street, Above the New bank. H. j. ih;ds., XOTAliY PUBLIC. 12th strret, 2 door wnt or IUbboihI Hob-, Odumbus. X'l- '''-"' rpmrRSXC A: POHEKS. sUHGEUX DEXTISTS. j-Olhec iu Mitchell Block, Colum bus. Xebra-a. 1Mf J. G. REKUKK, AT 10 EX EY AT LAW, Office- on olive -t.. Coluiabu. Nebra-ka. -tf C. A G. A. HULLHoIisT. A. 31.. M. D-, HOMEOPA TlilV PHYSICIAX. rTv,e Bl' L- --uth of .ourt House. Telephone ooisnuuiiKition. 5-1 J V. A. MACKEN, DKALEK IN" Wines, Liquors. Cigars. Porters. Ales, e'e . etc. Olive Street, next to First National Bank. :0-v M rAIXISTER MHO!., A TT011XE YS A T LA W. Office up-st-iirs in McAllister's build inc. 11th r-t W. A. McAllister, Notary Public. J. M. S1ACKAKLAND. n. n. cow dei:v. LAW AXU COLLECTION OFFICE OF MACFARX.AND & COWDBR7, Columbus. : : : Xebraska. ( EO. -". DEKKY, PA I XT Eli. 22J"(. arriaze. hou-- ami -isa panning, glazing, papir ua:.m:, .iloiiiiiu. etc. done to order, shop on 13th St.. oppo-ite Ensinc Hu-, olumbu-. Neb. 10-y J7 II.KISCHK, Ilth St.. opposite Lindell Hotel. St-'.l. Harne--, addK. Collar-, Whips, Blanket-. (. urry Combs. Brushes. trunk-, valise-, buss: top-, t-u-hiotis. carriage trimming-, Ac., at the lowe-t po-sible prices. Repair- p.- uipllj attended to. .IOIl. C.TASKER, Real Estate Agent, Genoa. Nance Co., Neb. XTTILD LAND- and improved farms V for -ale. . orre-pondence solicit ed. Office in Yeu"- building, up-stairs. o. c. sELAJsrioisr, MANUFCTl"KF.tt OK Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. jSTShop en Eleventh trcct, oppo-ite Ileintz's Hrus Store. -y G ff. CLABK, LAXD AXD JXSUXAXCE AG EXT. HUMPHREY XEBR. Hi lands comprise some tine tract in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north- I em portion oi n.-ue couniy.-iai.es paid for nou-resident. satisfaction guaranteed. -J y pOLL'MBL'S PACKING CO., COL CMB US, - XEB.. Packers and Dealers in all kinds of Hog product, cash paid for Live or Dead Uog. or grease. Tiirrrmnt. U. H Henrv. Pre-t.: John "Wiggins, sec. and Trea.; L. Gerrard, S. , Cory. -OTICE to xkaciii:rs. J. E. Moncrief, Co. Snpt., "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 school. fC7-y TA5IES SALnOX, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plane and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near St. Paul Lumber Yard. Columbus. Ne braska. 52Cmo. J. WAG-NER, Liverv 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 sale stable. 44 D.T. Martyx, M. D. F. Schcg, M. D Deutsche? Arte.) Drs. MAETYH & SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surceons. Union Pacific and CsN.&B. n.B,H's. COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA. 32-vol-xlii-y COLUMBUS STATE BANK! S:ea:nt: itmzi k tui sl Tsnir A IilfL COLUMBUS, HE3. CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000 DIRECTORS: Lkaxdek Gkbrard, Pre' I. Geo. W. Hulst, Vice Pres't. Julius A. Reed. . Edward A. Gebbakd. J. E. Taskeii, Cashier Bask of Depo-lt. DImcohbi amd Exchange. Collection Promptly Made on ull Point.. Pay latere! on Tine le pewit-. 4 DREBERT & BR1GGLE, BAisTKEES! HUMPHREY, NEBRASKA. 3Prompt attention given to Col lections. jSTInsurance, Real Estate, Loan, etc. 5 J. H. GALLEY & BRO., Would respectfaM &k their friends and patron- to call and examine their stock of Pall and Winter floods Before purcha-ine their supplies, a they have their store full from floor to ifilin? of Maple and Faucy DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, For Men and Boys, at all Prices! p-JJS-OVERCOATSIpS ALL- ce m m mi bsots m ssoss. WE ALSO CAIiRY A LIXE OF LA DIES' FIXE SHOES. Blankets Quilts and all kinds of Fan cy Notions. EtrReineniber that v.e keep no shoddy cood-, and strictly one pkice i- our motto, vhich'our twenty-five years resi dence in Columbus will sustain. :S-3m LOUIS SCHREIBER, ttlMWi All kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Baggies, Wag 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. j3TShop opposite the " Tattersall." Ol ive St.. COLUMBUS. 2-Cm-c GOLD for the working class' Send 10 cent, for postage, and we will mail you free a royal, vaiuaoie oox o; sample goods that will put you in the way of makinz more money in a few days than vou ever thought possible at any busi ness. Capital not required. W e will start vou. You can work all the time or in spa're time only. The work Is univer sal adapted to both sexes, young and old. You can easily earn from 50 cents to $5 evtrv ereniui:. That all who want work niav lest the business, we make this unparalleled offer; to all who are not well satisfied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing u-. Full particu lars, directions, etc, sent free. Fortunes will be made by those who give their whole time to the work. Great success absolutely- sure. Don't delay, start now. Address inxsox ,t Co., Portland, Maine. BUBEKX HOTEL. JOHNHUBER, the jolly auctioneer. hs opened a hotel ou 13th St , near Tiffa nv & Eoutson'f, where clean beds and square meals will always be fouud by the patrons or the house. I will in the fu ture, as in the past, give my best atten tion to all sales of goods or farm stock, as an auctioneer. JSTSatisfsctiou guaranteed; call and see me and vou will be made welcome. JOHN HUBER, Proprietor and Auctioneer. Columbus, Neb., June 19, "S3. 9-tf COLlinBlS Restaurant and Saloon! E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor. jSyWholesale tnd Retail Dealer in For eign "Wines, Liquors and Clears, Dub lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales. tSTKentucky Whtsiies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their-seasou, by the case can or dish. lltk Strt. Sotrtk f TJaont. JS. MURDOCK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Have bad aa extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction -fin work All klaiis of repair'agne-oB 'rt notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give ns , aa oppor tunltytoestimateforvou' "stSTShoD 6b 13th SU. one door' west of Friedhof Ik. ) CVi.llwrejCalumbuiSebr.. ,,483-T, - - FIRST National Bank! COLUMBUS. NEB. Autfcorixed Capital, - - 8250,000 Cash Capital, - - 50,000 OFFICERS ND DIRECTOR-. A. ANDERSON. Pres't. SAM'L C. SMITH. Vies Pres't. O.T. ROEN, Cashier. J. W. EARLY, ROBERT UHLIG, HERMAN OEHLUICH. W. A. MCALLISTER. G. ANDERMJN, 1". ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange. Passage Tickets, Real Estate, Loau ana Insurance. 29.Yol-13-lr COAL LIME! J. E. NORTH & CO., DEALERS IN Coal, Lime, Hair, Cement. Bock Sprin? Coal, Carbon (Wyoming Coal . Eldon (Iowa) Coal 7.00 ptr ion .... 6.0(1 " .... 1.50 " Blacksmith Coal of best quality al ways on hand at low est prices North Side Eleventh St., COLUMBUS, NEB. U-3m UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE. Improved and Unimproved Farms, Hay and Grazing Lands and City Property for Sale Cheap AT THE Union Pacific Land Office, On Lontj Time and luw rate ' of Interest. JSTFinal proof made on Timber Claims, Homesteads and Pre-emption'.. 55TA11 wUhim: to buy lnnds of any de scription will pleae call and examine my list of lands before looking ele where "A11 having landi to sell will pleae call and sive me a desciiption. i-rin . prices, etc. I2?I a'so am prepared to insure prop erty, as I have the agency of several firs't-class Fire insurance companies. F. AW OTT, solicitor, speaki German. MAtIi:EI.. CSMlTn, 30-tf Columbus, Nebraska. BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMB US, XEB. SPEICE & NORTH, Genrl Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland PacIIc R. B. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre for cash, or on five or ten years time, in annual ptyments to suit pur chasers. We have also a large and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terms. Also business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate in PUtte County. 621 COLUMBIA .1EB. HENRY GASS, XJISTDERTATCER ! COFFINS AND METALLIC OASES AXV DZAUtR IX Pmrnitmra, Chairs, Badataads, Bn- rcana, Tables, Bain. Lonnges, c Fictaxa Frames and Momldings. ZFRepoiring of all kinds of Upholstery (hods. ""-m . JAAAV .'jH COLUMBUS, NEB. OLD MBS. GRIMES. Tnne: Old Grimes is Dead.") Old Mrs. G rimes is dead. Alas : Wo ne'er shall see her more. She was the wile of good old Grimes, Who died some years before. A very worthy dame is pone. Since she pare up her breath: Her oead was whito with frcsts of time. She lived until her death. Though rough the path, her willing feet E'er walked where duty led; And never wore a pair of h--,es. Except when out of bed. Busy she was. from morn to night, Smte of o'd Time's advances: Although her husband left her here In easy circumstances. Good Mrs. Grimes is now at rest. She'll rest through endless ases: The sun has set, her work is done. She's gone to claim her wase. Century Magazine. TWO IX OXE. A Remarkable Freak of Nature MIHIp Christine, the Double-IIeaded Woman Some of Her Mental and PhrMcal Pe cuUrlties. Miss Millie Christine, the double headed lady, was seen this morning by a reporter of the Journal, who hau an exceedingly interestina: conversation with her regarding herself, berpast bis- torv and experience. When the re porter was announced at Miss Chris tine's apartments at the Sherman House she was seated in an arm chair facing the door, and immediately rose and extended a most courteous recep tion. The appearance she presented was that of two persons sitting -Ile by side in the same chair, and a f con versation went on the reporter could never get rid of the impression that he was talking to two separate and dis tinct persons. At the invitation of his hostess he seated himself in a chair op posite her or them and re mested a sketch of her career from her birth up till the present time. "First permit me to ask you,' said , the inquisitor, " when I am speaking to you am I to address you as two or one?" "You mav consider us two in one.' , laughingly replied the right-hand head. "Independent, but alwavs agreed. but alwavs agreed." aaa -,u., w. ,.w i.,. nr,. buuuu uic iuii. ii iz iiixiir t j ijui Acrci- perl lv distinct minds and think entirely in dependently, but we are always perfect ly harmonious. We have never had the least difference of opinionon any sub ject, and never quarrel." " Will you please give me a short sketch of your history, then?" "To begin at the beginning, then," said the left head. "I was born in Co lumbus County, X. C. My parents are both alive, and now reside in South Carolina." "Do thev consider vou as two or one: "Two in one,"' said the right head. " Are there anv other children in the ' family?' i " Ihave three brothers and three sis- j sisters," said the left head. ' "And how many children do you count in the whole family" " Oh. there are seven children in our , family," the same head replied. i " Are vou the oldest?" : "Oh, no!" " Or the youngest?" j "No: there are three'older and three ' younger. x tuujc in iiiiiii in tiitr uiiu.- T A'iwt .-fc n i(Hf - I f. niii I die." "And are any of the others different in formation from ordinary people?" "No, not in the lea-t." " When did vou first bt-gin to exhib it?" "I was stolen from Philadelphia when I was one or two years old. I was then on exhibition there and w as stolen for purposes of exhibition. The person who stole me took me to Europe, and 1 was there two. three or four years. My managers father, Mr. Smith, touk my mother over to Europe, when they dis covered where I was. and they brought me back." "Was the person who tole you pun ished in any way?" "No, m' mother was too glad to get me back to bother anything about him. We then came back to th's country and I remained here till 1-S71. when I went a second time to Europe and remained there eight year-." "Was it during the first or second visit to Europe that you became pro ficient as a linguist?' "Oh, during the second trip. It was the iady who took me there who edu cated me." "What European countries did you visit then?' "I went all over through Great Brit ain and Ireland and the Continent, ex hibiting in all its principal cities. I al ways drew great crowds everywhere. That was a verv pleasant trip, and dur ing it I made numerous personal friends." "I came back here in 1S79. and since then I have been exhibiting in the far West and extreme South. Indeed, there are not manv pla e of anv im portance in this country where I have not exhibited. Four months last winter ' I spent quietly at home with my par ents. " Is your general health good?"' "Yes; I have excellent health all the time." "Should one of you suffer would the other suffer, too?" "Yes: if one suffers, both do." "Do vou both constantly go to sleep together, or will one go to sleep and ! the other remain awake? "Generally we go to sleep together and sleep for the same length of "time. Occasionally one will be asleep when the other is awake, but only for a very short time." "Do both heads eat, or does one eat ing do for both3" "One eating would sustain the life of both, but both do eat. and both get hungry and thirsty." "Is one ever hungry and the other is not?" "No; both get hungry together."' "Are the tastes of both similar?" "Yes; both have the same tastes. We are at all times perfectly har- monious on everything. Wherever one is, there the o'ther will generally be found." "Does your similarity of tastes extend to the intellectual?" "Yes: we have similar mental tastes. We have never had anything to quarrel about. iometimes one will read and elvet will be the rage for this and the other will write at the same time. ' the coming season. The handsomest of but the difference never extends beyond the imported costumes in velvet for that. Both mental and physical tastes autumn wear are totally untrimmed are the sarue." ave in the matter of buttons, which, to Millie Christine is religious, and will make up for this simplicity of style, are not break the Sabbath by exhibiting on often very beautiful and very expensive, that day. " t Silver is the favorite metal for these Some rimeago a correspondent of the burton- the de-igns copied frequently Auckland (New Zealand; Sews writing from buttons worn in the time of George from San Francisco gave the following 1 1, and those worn at the court of Louis description of this freak of nature, treat- j XVI. Some of these are verv chaste, lag especially of her physical peculiari- ; but are nevertheless said to be excellent tes: ' imitations of the genuine article. Manv "Miss Millie Christine is a colored i of these buttons are studded with half lady, born consequently of negro pa- j precious stones, and appear to great ad nata. She has two heads, four arms, i vantage nnon the fronts and lam faur legs and one body, the bodies - , From the warts are twain. tr back by a large j piece of extraneous flesh, the can com mencing at the waist and finishing at the commencement of the dual thighs. As she stands it is as though two forms stood before you, save ana except that only one skirt falls from the waist to the knees. The abdomen, instead of being before either of the faces, is side wise between the two forms, the back corresponding, therefore, Miss Millie walks sidewise, as a matter of course. The heads, however, partially face the side, as from a desire to sec and speak to one another, and have in the course of years become stationary in that posi tion, that is to say. the torsos have be come fixed, the power to turn the head back to back still remaining. Such monstrosities are not, a a rule, pleasant to look upon, but in this case Miss Millie is an exception, as there is noth ing unpleasant in the appearance of the "Nightingale." On the contrary she is a very pleasant and well-educated i person, speaking tnghsh, German j and French fluently, also a little I Spanish. It is very curious to hear her speak different languages with her double mouths at the same time, and, though'she calls herself Miss Millie Chris tine, from my own standpoint I should pronounce this monstrosity twins m , spoiled by a freak of nature. The head and bust of one i-. stout and large. exactly resembling the mother; the other is much smaller, and totally dif ferent in features, favoring her father. As she .-its down, Mt-s Millie presents the appearance of two g'rls squeezing into one chair, as girls often do. The legs move at precisely the same moment in walking or dancing, though the heads and arm are perfectly independ ent of each other. The lady ha two beautiful voice-, sing'ug duets charm ingly: when warbling a solo the voice andre-piration is asne. I had a long conversationwith the 'Nightingale,' in which she told me that there "is never the slightest difference of opinion be tween lier and her double: they agree in all tilings. 3re hungry and thirty at the same time, eat the same things, anJ divide everything, 'even to a peanut. 1 -- J-b I J . "tm Av fr V. . rt - .ill ! n - , ""'" .imvi3.-u """ ' w wpn-'s. r-.:rei na.ug a u jiereut ', thought, except occasionally being puz zled a to the faces they have -een." Chicago Juurna'. Something About tb.2 AMor;. look at the Astors. Only a Jew gen erations ago and they were butchers' selling meat to any one who wanted t'i buy ft: now they are considered the most exclusive family in New York. Old John Jacob Astor came over here from Germany a hundred years ago and set up a butcher shop in" the Bowery, where he made a great deal of money." The brothers of this original Astor were musical in-trument makers, and when the famoii- John Jacob started in the fur business in Xew York he had musical instruments as one of the de partments of his trade. Between tlutos and furs he made about -S25'.U.i00 in six teen years. They were real merchants in tho days and owned thir own ships, and Mr. Astor used to load his vessels with furs and send them to Lon don: from London they would go to China and return to Xew York with a Only a few ! cargo of teas. It i- said that he often netted as much a STO.uOo on a single importation of that article. The greater part of his mony. however, wa-, made by judiciou investments in real estate. The Astors bought property up town when other people were buying bt-Iow Canal street. I believe they own as many a- sw hou-es in the most-thickly populated up-town di-trict. Most of their houses are Lulit of grayish yellowstone. and are devoted en tirely to renting. The Astor home is now on Madison avenue at last that is where Mr. William B. Astor. the senior member of the family, resides and it is built of the same colored stone as his tenant houses. Over the frout cut ranee is a gla-s and stone inelosurr devoted to flowers, which breaks the monotony of the stone walls and gives it a very pretty appear ance from the street. Mr. William 15. Astor looks every inch the millionaire. He is not prefy. but he is distinguished" looking, is tall and stout, with a ruddy complexion and close-cropped mustache and longish side-whiskers tha' grow straight down from the ears. But Mr. Astor is very much afraid of getting too stout, and u-ed to walk all the way from his otlice, which was in the lower part of the city Pr'nce street. 1 think up to hi- hou-t on Madison avenue. This is about the only exerc'se that mo-t of the Xew York men get. They dislike walking for walking's sake, but will walk up or down t vui onr e a day as a sort of duty. I fancy they find it neces sary, becau-e mo-: of these bankers and brokers are high livers, and if they do not take some exercise are very apt to be visited with ill- that cune from high living. The wealth of the Astor family now is said to amount to wr ooq apiece for William and John Jacob, the two ome-t. .John .Jacob has but one son, William W. Astor, familiarly known as Willie, the pre-ent United S'tates Min ister to Rome. .V. Y. Cor. PhiUvhlphia Record. Fashion Items. Newmarket jackets, both long and hort, are again in high vogue. I The blouse bod'ee ranks next to the Camargo bodice in popularity, i Hoop ear-rings, set with diamonds I and other jewels, are very fashionably worn. ' Cloth tvques and velvet jockey caps I will be worn with costumes of cloth and ' of velvet. Society young ladies, with plenty of time on their hands, are just now busy ing themselves by painting small bright flowers of every description in tiny clusters upon yards and yards of white and pale-tinted satin r.bbon- These riboons thev will use later to decorate their dancing toilets of cloudy India ' silk gauze ami tulle. A dress "of this kindT lately completed in this city, h.ul , over two hundred v ards of pa'nted rib j bon as its trimming, to say u thing of j the enormou- sash draped at one Side. and painted in large b.u-h roses and , foliage. The narrow ribbon was iiaiDt- e(" "n nio-- buds set into wood mosses. , - . pocket flaps of the Old Guard waist coats now so fashionably worn. X. Y Post. A Celebrated Case. Early in the present century there re sided in Paris a number of impecunions gentlemen, who styled themselves the tirst society in Europe. Among these Englishmen was one Edward Gibbon Wakefield, nephew of the celebrated Priscilla Wakefield, whose nursery tales and school-books were the delight of children of that day. Edward was a widower with several children, and in -omewhat needy circumstances to -uppirt the life of elegant leisure that Lc wished. So it occurred to him to elope with an English heiress. The lady -.-lected was a pupil at Miss Doulty's famous seminary in Liverpool, whose father. William Turner, was a wval'hv Lancashire manufacturer. Wakefield, accompanied by his shrewd Fren -h vaiet. Mons. Thevenot. crossed th channel, and the following scheme was selected: Mr. Turner had gone to Lon.'on on business, and Gibbon sent hi alet, who was instructed to repre sent himself as the servant of a physi cian named Armstrong, with a note to Mi;s Doulhy, purporting to have been written by a physician who was attend ing Mrs Turner, of Shrigley Park, and it repre-ented that Mrs. lurner, bc'ng in urgent danger from a para lytif stroke, wished to see her only child as soon as possible. Tho patient's condition required the immediate return of her daughter, and the note reouested M'ss Doulby to in trust Miss Ellen Turner, aged fifteen, to the phy-ician". servant, wno would con vey her to her mother at the greatest s osting speed. lhe letter enjoined lis Doulby not to alarm the voung lady bv telling her of Mrs. Turner's ill ness. The scheme worked to perfection. The deferent'al French valet drove at once to Manchester, where the elegant Wakefield was met. The young and unsophisticated school-girl was most agreeably impressed by his musical vo'ce and politeness, ft was his sad duty to t -11 the young lady that her fatller was in great financial distress caused by the" failure of two large 1 ank-. and could only b relieved by his little daughter's compliance with a certain agreement, which was nothing elsf than her marriage ith the hand some stranger. There seemed nothing strange to the child a' out this. Her own experience had taught her that Lancashire manula.-turers often fall suddenly from w,-alth. The last half year one of her favorlt1- was removed from school by her father s failure. Like a good girl, -he replied: "Dear Mr. Wakefield, you are very kind to me. and I think I could learn to low you and make you a good wife, though I am verv voung: but I may not marry you till I have seen dear papa and learned from his own lips hat he wishes me to do." They were on their way to Scot land for a speedy marriage, and at Car lisle would be met by her papa, who would accompany them to Gretna Green. All night they drove with g-eatest speed, where they learned that her father had been thrown into jail, and her onlv way to rescue him fiom the cruel position was at once to gc to Gretna Green and marry Mr. Wakefield. At the same time she received a letter purpor ing to have been written by Mr. Grimd'tch. her father's London solicit or, urging her immediate compliance a- the oi.'y means to save her father. The w. re proofs overwhelming, and the oung girl consented, and they j ro ceeded to Gretna ("reen. and. with her consent, the terrified little girl became Mrs. Wakefield. The wi'.nesses were Will am Graham. Postboy, and John Lenten. From Gretna Green the adroit rascal carried the girl to Calais, and at once proceeded to open negotiations with Mr. Turner. Hi- demands were not exorb'tant. He would be satisfied with an annual allowance suitable to h's wants to live in the first society of Europe. It is grat'fying to know 'that the father dul not consent, and that af fa'p: were managed so cleverly that Mr. Wakefield was eventually sentenced to three yeart in Newgate. Cincinnati Eri'jiiirtr. A Verv SelMYilled Horse. There is an old nursery rhyme which teaches that kindue-s and patience are the be-t method- to pur-ue in the case of a "donkey that wouldn't go. An English gentleman relates that he had a horse that wouldn't go." but when he came to try the patience remedy he found that the horse had a larger sup ply of that virtue than he himself pos--essed. which, as will presently be s,tn. wa- considerable. The Engli-h gentleman's hors was a confirmed "balker." One Saturday af ternoon, when he was returning home iu his dog-cart, the horse balked, as it had often done before, and its master thought that this time he would try what calmness and patience would do. Accordingly he sat still in the dog-cart, and addressed the animal in soothing tones and kindly words; but to no purpose. It was exactly ten min utes past four on Saturday afternoon when the horse stopped in the middle of the road. The afternoon wore away, the su sank below the horizon, darkue-s set tled down over the landscape, and yet the man and horse remained to fight out the battle between obstinacy and patience. Through the long night they staid there, the whip remaining ,uietly in the -ocket. and when the sun arose after his voyage around the world he found the cbnte-t still going on. At six o'clock in the morning the owner bade his groom fetch a can-rope and tie it to the horse's fore-leg: but when the gn.oni did so. and pulled with all his might, the only result was that the horse stood with his fore-leg stuck out as if it Ht-r.' a bronze statue. At seven o'clock the horse became perfect ly furious, -eizing the shaft with his. teeth, and shaking it, kicking and, stamping with rage 'the while. At half past seven the groom tried to tmpt. him with a measure of oats, but th angry beast would have none of it, not withstanding that it was twenty hours since he had had a mouthful of "food or a drop of water. Then his master had to confess him self beaten in the trial of patence, and having procured some tough shoots of ground-ash, he applied them to Mr. Horse's back so vigorously that that selfwilled quadruped was obliged to con fess himself beaten so far as his hide was concerned. It was then twenty minutes before eight on Sunday morn ing, the contest having lasted fifteen hours and a luiif, during which the horse did not budge an inch, nor his owner stir from Lis at in the carriage. This i- probably the most remarkable exhibition of obstinacy on the one side and of patience on the. other that was ever known, and the story as told here is exactly true. Harper's Young Peo ple. P. T. Barnum is getting well along Ji years, but he says he never felt bet "r in his life. Xew Eaten Iteutsier. I PERSOX.iL AHD LITERARr. Patti has been singing for thirty ' years, and Nilsson for twenty. It was in November, a hundred years ago. that old John Jacob Astor set sail from Germany for New York with nothing bflt a five-pound note and seven German flutes in his pocket. X. Y. Times. The husband of tho late Mrs. Fanny Sprague, of Rhode Island, mother of the ex-Governor, was mur dered in 1843. and John Gorton was hanged for participation in the crime. Providence Journal. General Crook, the "Indian-fighter, is said to be very abstemious, not arink ing any kind of alcholic liquor, tea or coffee. His favorite beverage is fresh milk. In dress he is equally plain, but he is not in the least degree'slovenly. Chicago Journal. Mr. A. D. Hatch, of New Bedford, who originated the New Bedford ex press when the railroad was first opened to that city, refers his triends to the ninetieth Psalm of David, the tenth verse. He was still active and genial, as in earlier times, on his seventieth natal day. Boston Post. Mr. John R, French, formerly Ser-geant-at-Arms of the United States Sen ate, in his lecture: "Ten Years Among tho Senators." ranks William Pitt Fei senden as the greatest member of that body he ever knew, but says he went in and" out of the Senate Chamber with .ess pretension than the man who opened and shut the doors. Indianapo lis Journal. Mgr. Capel was asked what struck him most forcibly in this country, and he replied: "The precociousuess of children."' He S3ys that while in Balti more the Archbishop took him to call on a lady. While making the visit a boy aged four years came in the room, and his mother said: "My son, speak to the Archbishop." He obeyed readi ly, and, holding out his hand, said: "How do. Arch?" Chicago Tribune. Comptroller Knox, of the Treasury Department, is thus described: "Hia Dersonal amearance is ouite strikinr. V his tall, well-nourished figure, dignified carriage, topped by a head as ma-sive as a maul, gray mustache and hair. bright eves twinkling behind golden- rimmed glasses, heavy jaws, expressive of resolution, and under lip slightly pursed, apparently by habits of calcula lation. constitute an ensemble calculated to attract a second look at the man, aside from the knowledge of his fame." X. Y. Post. HUMOROUS. The question is: Can a girl who doesn't us powder make her hair bang? William Hicks, of San Jose. Cal., went out to dig a well, and struck a valuable pocket of ore. As Emerson says, he Bill did better than he knew. Rochester Post-Express. "P3." said a Jitt boy. "a horse is worth a good deal more, isn't" it, after it's broke?" " Yes. my son. Why do vou ask such a question?" "Because I broke the new rocking horse vou gave me this morning." -N. Y. Journal. " Mr. Jipso indulges largely in hyperbole," remarked the high-school girl to her mother. "Yes," answered the old lady: "Mrs. Jones told me he'd taken to drinking: I'm so sorry for his wife, poor thing.' Oil City Derrick. The Boston girl goes into a music store and asks for "sacchsrine speci mans of the genus viola order violacaa:, perennial herbaceous plants, acsulescent or C3tilescent. peduncles angular, soli tary." And the clerk wants to know il Fritz Emmet wrote it, and she faints. Chicago Times. Two Parisian Esaus were taking supper at a farm-house near Orleans. All at once one of them made a wry face, called the housewife and showed her a very fine blonde hair in the hare-igut- The good woman smiled and ssid: "Ye. there is one. after all: ex cuse me. gentlemen. I thought I had taken them all out!" A writer in a Northern newspaper says that he can throw a piece of Arkan saw corn-bread through a brick wall ten feet thick. This story is greatly ex aggerated, as nine feet and a half is the thickest wall through which a piece ol bread can be thrown. Such reckless writers tend to bring a State into con tempt. Arkansaw Traveller. Nothing could go leyond an adver tisement we met with lately of a Yan kee auctioneer. It offered" for sale a "sweet and pensive retirement " on the banks of the Hudson, and after describ ing the streams of sparkling bright ness." and the " fruits of the tropics in golden beauty.'" mentions that "the stables are worthy of the steeds of Xim rod or the studs of Achilles, and its heronry was built expressly for the birds of Paradise, while somber in the dis tance, like the cave of a hermit, glimpses are caught of the dog-house." Chicago Tribune. An evasive answer: "Pat," said his reverence, "I shall be very busy this afternoon, and if any one calls I do not wish to be disturbed." ' " All right, son will I tell them you're not in?'? "No, Pat; that would be a lie." "An phwat'H I say, yer reverence?" "Oh, just put them off wih an evasive an swer.' At supper time Pat was asked if any one had called. "Faix. there d d." "And what did you tell him?" said the priest. "Shure.an I give him an evasive answer." "How was- that?" queried his reverence." "He axed mo was yer honor in, an I sezto him, sez I: Was yer gran'mother a hoot-owlr' " X. Y. Graphic. The Sultan and Turkish Women. It is a fixed sionaries that idea with English mis in proportion as thev Europeanize the costume of their duskv convert- they improve their moral.ty. It msy be so. for of course the African or Polynesian Christian docs not adopt the latest Parisian fashions, but a very different idea prevails in Turkey. There the adoption of the dress of the infidel is regarded as a sure token of demor alization, and from time to time a pa ternal sovereign issues an energetic de cree against the departure from the simplicity of the fashions of Islam. Sue i a decree has just been published by the Chief of the Police of Constan tinople. It is addressed to the Moham medan women of the city, and orders them within a month's time to leave off wearing European cloaks and other ar ticles of Wosteru apparel, including the ( thiu transparent veil which does not auinciently hide tie face. After the' month is passed, they must return to the modest garb ot Turkey, and every woman disregarding these rules is to be heavily fined. The decree states fur ther that it has been made according to instructions from the Sultan ana Sheikh-ul-Islam, who are both deeply grieved at the mania amoeg Turkish women for European dress, Pall-Mail Gazette. "STBasiness and professional cards of Evelines or less, per annum, five dollars. 73 For time advertisements, apply at this office. 3TLegal advertisements at statue rates. "TFor transient advertising, see rates on third page. tdtTAll advertisements payable monthly. PERSONAL AXD LITERARY. In D. Coolbrith, the poetess, is public librarian at Oakland, Cal. Miss Fletcher, the charming Amer ican girl who wrote "Kismet," has fin ished another novel. Miss Mira Compton. of Hancock County. O., engaged to be married to three "different lovers, eloped with a fourth and married him. Detroit Post. Miss Emily McTavish, aged twen ty, a very rich" belle of Baltimore, has given op" her worldly possessions and taken the vows of the" Sisters of Charity. Mr. Bowker. the agent in London for Harper's, says that more copies of the magazine are sold there than of any of the English magazines, except Good Words. Mr. Blaine has refused an offer of $100,000 for his history "From Lincoln to Garfield." and will'collecta royalty of fifty cents on each volume sold. X. Y. Times. S. S. Montague, who died recently in Southern .Oregon, selected the routes, ran the lines and made the grades of the Central Pacfic Railroad over the Sierra Nevadas. The task had been previously pronounced impossible by kngii-h civil engineers. Rev. Charles Edwin Burdette. who sailed from New York recently for Indis, where he will labor as a missionary in Assam, is a brotherof "Bob" Burdette, otHcici-y- fame. He was graduated in 1SSO at Brown University, and in 1SS3. at Newton Theological Institution. Of making books there is no end. The American publishing houses an nounce the forthcoming appearance of no less than U66 books In the distri bution of these books among publishing houses. New York, Boston and Philadel phia are the great centers. Chicago ha3 two or three enterpr.sing houses, and Cincinnati. Baltimore, buffalo and ono or two other points are represented. Chicaqo Journal. Fifty years ago Rev. Dr. S. Ire nams Prime, editor of the New York Obtwer, delivered at Bedford. West chester County. N. Y.. his first sermon. Dr. Prime preached again in the samo village recently, occupy. ng the pulpit of the Pres'-'Vter'antChurch. In con clusion Dr. i rime referred to the fact that he is the oldest editor in service in New York, having occup'ed that posi tion on the '.osercer iortv-three years. Every mini-ter of the Presbytery of New York at the time he joined it is now dead. .V. Y. Times. Jules Verne, the French story teller, whose "Kerahan le Tetu " "is now in full swing in Paris, is about fiftv years old; his hair and beard are turning white, and his once supple and elegant figure is beginning to give way to a comfortable embonpoint; but h s face is full of intellectual vigor. He was originally destined for the bar. but soon found that his true field was liter ature, and, after several attempts to succeed ou the exchange, at the age of thirty, he puHished his "Journey Round the World in Eighty Days." which has attained a world-wide fame. HUMOROUS. "Cleveland ha.- a young: lady who has had a bullet in her head for three weeks."' That's nothing. Somesociety young ladies, who are fond of dancing, have their "heads fu'l of balls" all winter. Xorri.tow7i Herald. luality and quantity: "The idea of myjbeing jealous of Mis Smith I" ex c'aimed Mr.-. Brown, indignantly: "the idea of my be.ng jealou- of her. when I think so'much of her?" "Yes. but what do you think?" asked Brown. Boston Transcr.pt. "Yes.' said jht a duel with at all. You Mr. Dustle, who a dude, "I didn't see, every time I fou lire looked at him to take aim, he appeared so durned ridiculous I couldn't help laughing, so I could not hold the pistol still." Boston Post. A legal gentleman met a brother lawyer one day .ast week, and the fol lowing conversation took place: "Well, Judge, how L busine-sr" Dull, dull; I am living on faith and hope." "Very good, but I have got past you, for I'm living on charity.' Exchange. A heavy ram came up as a Coney Island party was in swimming, anil several rushed for the bathing houses for fear of getting wet Thompson's colt didn't know "enough to come in when it rained; but these were another kind of fool. X. Y. Commercial. A Gentle Hint. Her lips were like the leaves, he said: By autumn's crimsrn tinted: Sour- pTiple autumn leaves prr serve By vre-insc them, she hinted. Tne c-aninjr of theentie hint Th- lver U.d diseern. And s i ho tUisped lier round the neck. And clued his lips to hern. Grocer, who has lately joined tho militia, practiced in his shop, "right, left, r'ght. left. Four paces to the rear; mar.hr falls down trap-door into the cellar. Grower's wife, anxiously: "O Jim. are you hurt? Grocer, savagely, but with dlgn ty: "Go away, woman; what do you know about war?" Chi cago Tribune. "Does a goose lay eggs?" inquired Rollo, one brisk morning in breezy March. And Rollo' s father, sitting be hind the stove, eating quinine with a spoon, and trying to -hake his whole skeleton out ot nis pocket. made re ply: "Yes. my son. ague slays every thing. It has slam your father.' Sun Francisco Arg nuvt. "Why, how do vou do?"' exclaimed a gossiping lady to Mr. and Mrs. Rat tler as they paused on the church steps; "did you know that Miss Highsee, our soprano, is going to marry our first bass?' " hat hall club does he be long to?" innocently queried Rattler. The ladies continued the conversation without hi- a istance. Boston Cour- ler. Together they were looking over the paper. "O my, how- funny,1 said she "What is it?" he asked "Why, here's an advertisement that say-s no reasonable offer refused." ' "What's so odd about that?" "Nothing, nothing." she replied, trying to blush, "only "those are exactly my senti ments." If thnt young man hadn't taken the hint and proposed then and there she would have hated him. De troit Post. Sentiment and poetry are really not nevessarv in conducting a lox-e affair. A Brooklyn young man tired of a pro tracted courtship wrote: ''Darling Alice It seems to me that we will not have much comfort in this world un- til we can spit on our own stove will see that dav vet with Gou's We heh I want vou to come to ten o'clocS &. churc i on Sunday, for I would like to spend the afternoon with you. Ever, with a thousand kisses, Willi ." Alice understood his feelings just as well as if he had said: "Do I lore you? Do I love you? Ask the heavens that bnd above you If they love the loving sun." They are married now. and have set up their stoves. Brooklyn Eagle.