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COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1888.
WHOLE NO. 711.
monthly.
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BUSINESS CAEDS.
pHAS. SI.OASK, n'KK Lee)
C II IKES?: LA UN DRY.
jSTUuder '-Star Clothing Stori-," Xp-bra-ka
Avenue, Columbia. - "
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'I T. WOOD.'M. !.,
MUSICIAN & SUJ: GEON.
JSTUas opened the oriice f rinerlv oc
cupied by Dr. Uoiu-ti el. IH-Siu.
DENTAL PAULOR.
On Coiner of Twelfth and North Streets,
over'Ernst's hardware store.
jgTOffice hours, 3 to It! a. in.; 1 to ' p. in.
OL!. AsUUAl.'fiH. WcSitist.
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tOttHMIS A: SRJi.I.IVA:,
.4 TTOHXEYS-A T-LA W,
U(i-aUirin Oluek Iiuilding, 11th street,
Ajiove the New hank.
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NO TA It Y P Uli L IC.
Itlh Strett.i Jours nrol or HnmnlumJ Houhe,
Columbus. Neb. ''
rpiiMHsjToa As. POWLK.
.V UHG EON DEN T I SI'S,
g2T Office in Mitchell Block, Coluin
hui, Nebraska. H-U"
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A TTORNEY A T LA W,
Office on Ulie St., Coluuilu, Nebraska.
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f G. A. HULLHUliST, A.M., M. I.,
1IOMEO PA TlllC PHYSICIAN,
2TTo Blocks south of (Joint llou. .
Telephone cuiiiinunloatioii. r-I
V. A. MACKEN,
DKAI.KK IN
Wines, Liquors. Cigars, Purlers, Ales,
e'.c , etc.
Olive Street, next to First National IJ-ink.
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cAiJJsn:i: SEico.,
A TTOIINEYS A T LA W,
Office up-stairs in McAllister' build
ing. 11th M. W. A. McAllister, Notarj
Public.
J, M. .VACKAULAMi, H. K. COW 1T.U.Y.
itursty iS Sctary Tzl? :. Ce!ia:t:r.
LAW AND C0LLEIT10X OFFirR
-or
MACFARIjAND & COWDERx",
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
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KO. X. IHJIHtV.
PA IN TE It.
jSTCarriaj:', house ami -isrn paintinir.
glazing, paper lianin, kaNoiniiir.i, etc
done to order. Shop on Kith St., opposite
Engine House, Columbus, Neb. !0-
m.kisciib',
llth St., opposite Lindsll Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collar-, Whips,
lllankets, I'un y Combs, Hruhes, trunks,
valise, luipijv tops, cushions, c irriasre
trimming, Ac al the lowest pi ibl.
prices. Uepair- pr lnjttly attended to.
o. c. sHrisrojsr,
MASUKACTL'KEK OK
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
JSBTSIioii on Elcctith Street, opposite
Heintz's hriu: Store. 40-y
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W.CI.AKU,
LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT,
HUMPHREY, NEliR.
His lands comprise some line tracts
In the Shell Cieel; Valley, and the north
ern portion ol i'l. tte count. Tax..
paid for non-residcut-. Sati-laction
guaranteed. -0 y
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Ol.UMHL'S l'AC'KIHU t'O
COLUMBUS, - NEB.,
Packers and Dealers in all kinds of Hojj
product, cash paid for Live or Dead Hogs
or grease.
Directors. R. H Henry, l'rest.; John
"Wiggius, Sec. and Treas.; L. Uerrard, S.
Cory.
-VTOTICE TOTEACIIIIBS.
J. B. Moncrief. Co. Supt.,
Will be in his otflee at the Court House
on the third Saturday of each
mouth for the purpose of examining
applicant, for teacher- certificates, and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. ?K7-y
TAMES AI.lIO-,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick building. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on nth Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbu-, Ne
braska. M Umo.
J. WAGNER,
Liverv and Feed Stable.
It prepared to furnish the public w.'th
good teams, busies and carriages for all
occasions, especially for funerals. ANo
conducts a sale stable. -14
D.T. JlAKTYX, M. D. F. Schlg, M. D..
(Deutscher Ariz.)
Dm. MARTYN & SCHUG,
D. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surgeon?. Union Pacific and
0.,X.&K. H.R. It's.
COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA.
3i-voWxlii-v
$66
a week at home. $o.00 outfit
free. Pay absolutely iure. fo
risk. Capital not required.
Reader, if vou want busiuess
at which persous of either sex, youni: or
old, can make xreat pay all the time the
work, with absolute certaiuty, write for
particulars to H. Hallet & Co., Port
land, Maine.
COLUMBUS
TATF BANK!
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"i::6a:::t: aernri i 2osi ua "Zzzztt t Etltt.
COLUMBUS, NEB.
CASH CAPITAL,
, $5P.O00
DIRECTORS:
anueu Geurard, Prcs'i.r
iEO. Y. Hulst, ViceJ'rcs't.
Jumus A
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;lunk ol Kcpo4it,
IHacoti'ni
ivll:ctiois. ProiBptlj'Made on
.; Pointy.
Pay
lBlerehl ou Time
Depoo-
DKBBEKT & BR1GGLE,
BACKERS!
HUMPHREY, NEBRASKA.
jSTPrompt attention given to Col
lections. jSTInsurance,
etc.
Real Estate,
Loan,
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J. H. GALLEY & BRO.,
Would lespectfuU) :i"k their frienda and
patrons to call and examine
their stock of
Fall and Winter Goods
Before piirt-ha-in their
h their store full
supplies, as1 tlicV
from lloor to
ceiling of Maple and K
aucy
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DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
For Men and Boys, at all Prices!
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,-. OVERCOATS!
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BmWWJOOTUHD-MS.
WE ALSO CARRY A LINE
LA DIES' PINE SHOES.
OF
Blankets. Quilts and all kinds of Fan
cy Notions.
J3T1N member that we keep no shoddy
uood, and strietly onk ritiCK i- our
motto, wlm-h our twenty-tive year- resi
lience in I'olumbus will'sUstain. it-oiii
LOUIS SCHREIBER,
ilacksmiui anfl Wagon Maker.
All kinds of Repairing done on
Short Notice. Ifuggies, Wag
ons, elc, made to order,
and all work (Jiiar
auteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mowers. Reapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters;
and Salf-biaders -the'
best made.
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5TShop opposite the " TattCMall,"' Ol
ive SL. COLUMBUS. 2-in..c
GOLD
for the working class',
Send lOeintsTor postage,
and M" will mail you free
1 a royal, valuable box ol
sample oods that will put you in the way
of making mo:e money inti few day&JJiaii
you ever thought possible at aiivJjiii)i.i
i.ess. Capital not required. Ve will
start you. You can work all .the Ume or
in spare time only . The work is univer
sally adapted to both m-xs, young and
old." You'can easilj earn from M cents to
$." every evening. That all who want
work may test the business, we make
thi unparalleled oiler; to all who are not
well satNtied wc will send $1 to pay Tor
the trouble of writ in:; u-. Full particu
lars, directions, etc., sent lree. Fortune's
will be made by those who ijive their
whole time to the work. Great success
absolutely sure. Don't.delay. Start now.
Address Stinson fc Co., Portland, Maine.
IllJltEITK HOTL.
JOHN HUBER, thcjol.lr auctioneer, has
opened a hotel on l:llliSt (nearTitl'a
n y it RoutsonJs, where, clean 1ioiU and
sq:iarc meals will alwiixs be found bytlu
patron ot the house. L will-in thd'fu
ture, a in the past, utve my bst atten
tion to all sale of iioods or firm stock, as
an aueiioiWr. ', )
22T" Satisfaction guaranteed: call and
see ine and vou win bn made welcome.
JOHN HUB ER,
Proprietor and Auctioneer.
Columbus, Neb . June 19, 'is:. 0-tf
COLUittltVii
Restaurant and .Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
83"y"holegale,aud Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors undjCij;ars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
tSTKcntucJcy Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their reason, by the case
van or dish.
lltb. StrAtt.,Snntk:ef Dpnt..
JS. ilURDOUK ic SON, l ,
Carpenters and Contractors.
will uarantceatirffaclronFInvork. f l
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our' motto" it. "Good-work1 'and
fair priees. Call and-iveus ':,oppbr
tunity toestimate foryou. -MTShon-dn1
Co's. store, Columbus, Nebr. 483-y
I'lRtT
National Bank!
"COLXJ
xjs. Msa
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Authorized Capital,
Cash Capital,
- 1250,000
50,000
.1 tOFFICKRS AND.DIKSCTOKS.
. ANDERSON, Pres't.
SAM'L C. SMITH. Vice Pres't.
O O.T. ROEN, Cashier.
.r.'V EARLY,
'ROBERT UHLKJ,
HERMAN OEHLRICII.
W. A. MCALLISTER.
G.ANDKKSON,
P'.ANDKRSON.
Foreign and Inland Exchanve, Passage
Tickets' Real Estate. Loan auu Insurance.
29-voi-i3ay-,-
eoALLIME!
J. E. NORTH & CO..
DEALERS IN
Coal,
Xinie,,.
Hair,
Cement.
lioek Sprio? Coal,
t'urbon (Wyoming) Coal...
Eldoii (Iowa) Coal
..$7.00 per Ion
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Blacksmith Coal of best quality al
ways on hand at low
est prices
North Side Eleventh St.,
COLUMBUS, NEB.
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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 Long Time and Into rate
of Interest.
ZSTFinal proof made on Timber Claims.
Homesteads and Pre-emption.
E3TA11 wishing to buy lands of any d--seription
will pleaxe call and examine
my litof lauds before looking else wheie
E3TA11 havinjc land to sell will please
call and give me a description, l.-rin ,
priees, ete.
E5J"l a so am prepared to insure prop
erty, a I have the agency of several
lir.-t-clas-s Fire insurance companies.
F. Y. OTT, Solicitor, spcaka Uermin.
KANIIKL CNMITU,
30-tf Columbus, Nebraska.
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND HEAL.
ti FFTCE, COL UMB US, NEB.
SPEICE & NORTH.
""flcnaraTXgen"liTfar the Safe of
ESTATE.
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Unfon Pacific, sndJilidUnd Facile
R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00
per acre for cash, or on live-or ten years
o sun pur-
lare and
cuoiceiioi oi oinerianus, linproveu auu
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also business and
residence lots u the city. .We keep a
complete abstract of title to 'all real es
tate in' Platte County. '
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G21 ' COLVnBlS. IfEB.
HENRY G-ASS,
COFFINS AND METALLIC OASES
AND DEAUCCrX
Farniiare, Chairs, Bedataada, Bu-
reaua Tables, Safes. Lounges,
&c. Picture Frames and
Mouldings.
; jixnepairing qj au xinas of upholstery
Goods.
6-tf COLUMBUS, NEB.
ttuie. lU'aanuaUsmMeuta i
ehosers. . iWe5 -hiniHilio
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1 i SiiSBESWgSTra.
rVi'T -si-afri i1 iiTslsisW
THE BOOK-KEEPER.
U mm an ancient book-keeper,
And he was tall and slim:
Though bis face was mild, he rarely smiled,
His clothes were dark and prim,
And everything- about his deal::
He kept exceeding trim.
He always hung his bat nnd coat
Upon the self-same hooks.
And laid his ruler, pen and Ink
In their respective nooks.
And the only exercise he had
Was footing up his hooks.
Each day upon the self-same hour
He took his lofty scat.
And bent his body and his mind
His labors to complete;
And blots were neither on his famo
Nor on his ledger sheet.
The music of his pen was heard
From morn till eventide:
Upcoluinns vast his eyes were cast.
Then down again with pride:
Quito pleased was he though he saw his work
Increased and multiplied.
The cash that o'er his fingers cams
Each day was something grand.
And vet no schemes to bear It off
Bv nlm were ever planned.
Although you saw with half an eyo
That he wrote a sloping hand.
He had no wife, he made no friends,
His Joys and cares wore few.
And his dearest hope from day to day
Was to keen his balance true,
A good world this if every man
The latter thing would do.
He never sighed when little Ills
His way of lifo would cross;
And o'er the errors of his youth
He showed no vain remorse;
But set down all that came along
To protlt or to loss.
One day the creditor of all
Dropped In for his amount;
He found the old man at his post,
Though low ran nature's fount;
The books were closed and he was borne
Up to his last account.
-Journal of Commerce.
(JUS AND HIS PISTOL.
"Gus, dear, there stands your gun
aain, and you know how nervous I am
about firearms, and your little brothers
may run in an touch it."
"They'll catch it if they do," said
handsome youm Gus, taking a glass of
sherry with his biscuit, but not sitting
down to the lunch table.
"Such little fellows, you know, dear,"
said his pretty, young-looking mother,
who was now a widow for the second
time. "And now 1 do want to say that
you ought to be more careful of" your
pistols, too. Something will happen
that you'll regret all your lifetime."
The young fellow tossed ujs curly
head.
"You nag me as if I were a boy,
mother," he said. "I'm past twenty.
I'm sick of this, I'll be off before you
give me an' more of it."
And leaving the gun where it stood,
the young fellow took his hat and saun
tered out at the door.
His mother a comely woman, with
black hair and a good color looked
after hint regretfully. She almost
wished at the moment that his father
had not left the boy independent of an'
labor or profession, he had grown so
idle in his comfortable home, with the
income for which he made no effort.
It was not necessary for him to do
anything for any oue," and that cold
heartedness that falls upon people who
live utterly selfish lives had fallen upon
him early. He was egotistical as an
old bachelor, and never put himself out
of the way for a moment to please any
one else.
Now he had not carried the gun away
before he went, and his mother literally
dared not touch it. Neither dared she
call Bridget from the kitchen to remove
it from its position at the door; for if an
accident could be contrived, Bridget al
ways managed one. Nora, sedate and
strong, was not in the house, and little
Bob and little Tom were playing no
one knew where.
At any moment they might conic run
ning up the path, and cither knock the
guu down as they rushed into the house,
or meddle with it; and who knew what
might happen?
Mrs. Rathwell did not dare leave the
porch. She had a delightful engage
ment for that afternoon, but should -The
go away to tlress, her darlings might be
in danger. She sat and watched the
black instrument of death to squirrels
and innocent birds, and listened for her
children's voices. The hours passed,
the time was gone for dressing, the
pleasant visit lost.
About live o'clock the little boys
came up the road, and made a dash at
the gun as soon as they saw it. Their
mother made a rush for them. The run
was knocked down amidst her shrieks;
but nothing happened. It was not
loaded. She had been a perfect idiot,
she said to herself. But though she
would not say it, she knew, also, that
Gus, whose every whim she strove to
gratify, might have .spared her all this
anxiety simply by taking a few steps
with his long legs and putting the gun
on its rest in his gun-closet. Wearily
she went upstairs to make herself neat
for the family dinner. Shrieks called
her down before she had braided her
black hair.
Rob had a fish-hook in his finger.
Gus had left some of his fish-hooks on
the table in the fitting-room. It was
nothing very serious, but his whole
afternoon had been spoiled.
At his age little Bob never forgot
what mamma wanted him to do. lie
ran about to serve her. He thought of
her even when she was not present; but
she had spoiled her eldest boj- her
Gustavus whom slip thought so beau
tiful, and who was only seventeen years
younger than herself. She had never
taught him to think of her. Generous,
self-sacificing children need no such
teaching; but selfish ones do.
Gus came in to dinner: regarded his
little brother's bound-up thumb with a
scowl; told him he "deserved what he
got richly," and was oil" again soon
after. It is to be hoped his mother took
some comfort in seeing him look so well
in his new clothes, for she had nothing
more satisfactory to expect from this
first-born-oLbers.
"There's poor Hunter's boy,!' said old
Squire Jones, looking out of his window
as Gus rode past. "Ah, he's not much
like his father. Good looking, very,
but what I call 'a smart Aleck.' It's
slang, but it's expressive." And his
wife nodded an assent over her knitting
needles.
Howeyer, that evening was to bring a
change to Gus. At the friend's house to
which he rode with such an air he met
Miss Bessie Mavdew, and fell in love
with her. Perhaps, since his nature
was so light, that love might not be en
during; but for the time it made a cer
tain change in him. Instead of thinking-only
of himself, he thought only of
Bessie. He was as selfish to the rest
of the world, and particularly so to his
mother: but Bessie was the pivot of
which the world turned to him in these
days. Bessie was altogether wonderful
so gay, so full of life. The boy had
never loved any one before. His tender
ness was a complete revelation to him.
Bessie thought him very manly this
lover of hers, with his perpetual chat
about "hunting."
To be sure, poor, pretty robbins or
frightened chipmuides were his victims.
but she felt sure that lions and tigers,
and wild beasts of all sort were the sport
for which he longed. She took pride in
seeing him handle those pistols of his
with which he swore he would kill any
rival. Ho talked a good deal about
duels, too. She felt sure he would gladly
fight one for her sake, and she was
proud of having no fear of those weap
ons of his. He had told her it disgusted
him when women screamed at the sight
of a pistol.
The two were verj fond of each other
no one could doubt that and Gus was
rich. It was a good match for Bessie.
People were content. But at home he
did all he could to worry that timid
mother why, he could not have said
himself.
One day he made an exchange of
pistols with another young fellow of
the same tastes, giving money to boot,
and rejoicing in his new acquisition. He
Uourished it about and talked of its
beauties.
"Is it load;d?" his mother asked.
He was just about to fire it offfor the
purpose of discovering the rather im
portant fact, but the question angered
him.
"Just like you. Your only thought,"
he said, and crammed it into his pocket
and walked away.
He went straight to Bessie Maydew's.
"I've made a bargain," he said; and
showed her his prize.
"What a beauty," she cried, smiling
up into his eyes, "Do you think you
could shoot me with it?"
There was an old apple-tree, with
low, sweeping boughs near her door.
She gave a little jump and settled her
self on its lowest branch, as she spoke:
"A bird in a tree," she said. "Fire!
I dare you to do it!"
And Giis, laughing at her fun, pointed
the pistol at her; only pointed it noth
ing more. He swore to himself after
ward that he did not touch the trigger;
but there was an explosion a .shriek.
The little laughing-bird fell out of the
tree into his arms and never laughed
again.
The bullet had entered her heart.
She was dead, and grew cold as he
cried for help.
The thing had happened, which his
mother had always prophesied. He had
killed some one.
There is au insane asylum at .
There, all day long, a maniac, with
wild eyes, paces his cell. When any
one speaks to him, he stares and pauses
and begins to moan:
"The pistol was not loaded! It was
witchcraft!"
Sometimes a sad-faced woman his
mother comes to see him; but she
creeps away, weeping. The sight of her
makes him furious.
She has two sous at home, good,
kind, loving youths; but hearts are
very unjust she thinks less of them
than she thought of selfish Gus, who
never cared for her; and under the wil
lows in the church-yard Bessie Maydew
has slept for ten long years; so that
the stone above her has turned yellow,
and the roses have run wild above her
grv She is the happiest of the three.
Night-Hawks.
"How's that for a mouth?" asked a
naturalist and sportsman of an Enquirer
reporter, pointing to a mounted bird on
the table. The bird was a mottled-brown
specimen, about as long as a pigeon,
with a mouth that stretched literally
from ear to ear.
"How about the ocr?'1'' asked the re
porter, noticing that it was in the bird's
mouth.
"That's just the point," replied the
bird man. "It's a night-hawk. No, they
don't eat cgs; but that shows that bird
exactly as 1 shot it, and thereby hangs a
tale. L.asi summer i nau an out ttarke
that I took out coon hunting with me to
carry the truck, and one night as we
were plowing through a hard lot of bush
I told him to go ahead and hold the lan
tern. So he did, holding one of these
bull's-eve lanterns ju-t over his head.
He was about three feet ahead of me,
when all at once I heard a kind of a
smash, and down went the old fellow,
lantern, basket and all. For a few min
utes he made it blue there, I can tell
you, but finally he got up, swearing
something had struck him with an egg;
sure enough, his face was dripping with
broken egg, and on the ground we found
a night-hawk. She had flown at the
light and struck the old man fairly in
the face, knocking him out. The egg
business puzzled me, however. But the
next day when I was out I came sudden
ly on to a smooth spot, and saw -t night
hawk throw herself on her side and be
gin to go lame. I knew there was some
thing up, and the next minute I made
out the nest and eg; but at the first
move I made she darted at it, picked up
the egg in her mouth, and flew away.
I was determined to see now it was
done, so I brought down my gun
shot her on the wing, and 1 found
and
her
dead with the ogg in her mouth.
"Wonderful? ' I should say so.
You see the night-hawks are supposed
to have little or no intelligence, but this
fact shows them to have moro
than the average maternal affec
tion. But this isn't all. About two
weeks later I was out again in about
the same spot, and saw my dog pointing.
Wishing to make a sketch, if possible,
of various birds under point, I stole up
on the dog, and for a moment was dis
posed to give her a clubbing, as there
wasn't a thing in sight, only a bed of
brown leaves and moss. But as tho
dog kept pointing I looked closely, and
soon made out another night-hawk, and
while I was looking the bird picked up
what looked like a mole, and flew heav
ily away. I brought it down, and in its
mouth was a young one about as large
as a mouse. So. j-ou see', they carry off
both eggs and j-oung."
"Is this the use of" the large mouth?"
asked the reporter.
"Partly, I- think," was the reply.
"But it i's adapted to their method of
obtaining food, which is on the wing.
You notice about dusk, and in the even
ing, the gnats, mosquitoes and various
insects swarm in flocks as big as your
head; the night-hawk feeds on them, and
dashes into a swarm, taking in
hundreds at a time; hence they are of
the greatest value in
reducing
our
mosouito crop, and should never be in
jured. But this using their mouths tw
carry off their eggs and young probably
surprises you, and to tell the truth, two
thirds of the people I have shown it to
thought I was playing on their suscep
tibilities, so to speak; but fortunately
for me, the curious performance haa
been observed by other sportsmen and
naturalists. This same thing was
witnessed by Audubon in the night
hawk known as the Chuck-Wills Widow.
He approached the nest, and the male
and female threw themselves at his feet,
ruffling their feathers and showingevery
evidence of distress, and when he con
tinued to approach each bird seized an
egg in its mouth and flew sway. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Lest la the Wee.
Mrs. Laura J. Reynolds and Bliss
Jcannette R. Ecmpton, of this city, raw
cently had a thrilling adventure in the;
woods of the Island of Grand Manas, a
large island in the Bay of Fundy, which'
has of late become quite n, resort for
artists and others who are fond of the
sublime in nature. These two ladies,
accompanied by Mrs. Reynolds' two
children, being at Eastport, Me., con
cluded to make a flying visit to Grand
Manan, aud set out for Fiagg's Cove.
After spending a day at this place they
started, accompanied by Mr. Louis Bag
ger, of Washington, on the morning of
September 21, to visit Dark Harbor, the
most picturesque locality on the island,
and on tho mountainous west shore.
About three miles of the distance fromt
Fiagg's ('ove to Dark Harbor the roads
are good, and there was no difficulty in,
driving to Mr. Schoelield's house,,
where the part- expected to find a guide,
to conduct them to Dark Harbor. Ar
riving at this place, however, it was.
found that all the men, including the
guide, had left for Northern Head, and
no one could be found except an elder
ly woman, who advised tho party not to
proceed any further iu the absence of
a guide, as the roads were both difficult
and dangerous. Having come so far,
however, and fully made up their minds,
to see Dark Harbor before leaving, it.
was determined to push on through the
woods without a guide, and trust to a1
Email pocket-compass and Mr. Bagger's
instincts to find the way to Dark Harbor'
and back. Dark Harbor was soon
reached, amid the joyous shouts of tho
whole party.
About haif-past fouro'clock the party,
started on their return to Schoefield's.
Having marked the path leading from
.the mountain down to the cove by tying
pocket-handkerchiefs anu pieces oil
paper to the trees and bushes, there was;
at first no difficulty in finding the trail,!
and the mountain was reached and'
gassed without an accident. Here,
owever, the marks of the footprints'
were lost. Renewed efforts were made
to find the trail by which they had
come, but in vain. It was agreed that
the children should be kept in ignorance
of the fact that the party was lost, and
barring that they were a little tired,
having walked for more than seven
miles, with only a few hours' rest, they
did as well as the grown people. The1
darker it grew the more evrdent it be
came that it would be utterly useless to
.attempt to find a trail in the dense,
woods amid the mountains and ravines
jn that part of the island. It was re
solved as the best and only safe course
to pursue under the circumstances, to,
,camp over night.
The grass was too wet to permit of:
the starting of afire, and, even if it had
not been so, not a single match could'be
found. The children soon fell asleep.
It was so cold that the breath froze on
the pocket-handkerchiefs which had
been spread over their faces. The spot
which had been selected for the camp,
aud which was the only available place,
was so close to the ravine, and the night
was so dark, that it would have been
dangerous to tramp around more than
five yards in either direction.
All night long, at regular intervals, i
Miss Kcmpton and Mr. Bagger would cry;
out the well-known Alpine "haii" used
by the guides in the Alps, and which can,
be heard for niilei in the clear air of
Switzerland; but no replies came, and
their voices soon gave out.
At last, shortly after dawn, Miss
Kempton fancied that she heard the
faint report, of a gun; this was followed
by another and another. Again tho
Alpine call was sounded, this time by
the entire party, and was answered by
tho distant barking of a dog and the
firing of more guns. Nearer and near
er came the guns, and it was evident
that the relief party, aided by the dogs,
were on the trail. " At times, however,
the reports seemed to be further off,
and the suspense was terrible until the.
reports, coming again nearer, it w:is
evident they were agniu on the right
track. But an hour elapsed before they
came so near that their voices could be
heard, although they were halloing as
hard as they could.
It was nearly five o'clock when the
relief party, consisting of twelve sturdy
lisiiermau from Northern Head, reached
the camp, armed with lanterns, blankets
and a jug of brandy. By this time the res
cued ones had become well nigh ex
'haustcd, none of them being able to
stand on their feet, but after a taste of
iie contents of the jug and rubbing
lown with blankets, the party was so
far restored that they could be carried
back t) the starting point at Schoe
field's. It was then ascertained that
the place where the party had spent the
nighr was in the most deserted and
dangerous part of the island, seven miles
from the noarest habitation, and that,
had it not been for the fortunate circum
stance that one of the search party had
a dog, by which the trail, which had
been lost during the night was icdis-
covered, the chances were ten to one
that the party would never have been
found until relief in any shape or form
would have been too late. Ptiludelphiu
Press.
Captain Majue Kcid.
Of Captain Mayne Reid' boyhood we
hear little, except that his father, a
Preslijterian minister, designed him for
tin pulpit.
The clerical profession was not to his
taste, and at the age of twenty he left
his tutors and his tasks, to cross tho
sea.
Landing in New Orleans, he began a
cireer of adventure in the wilds of
Amcr'ca. He made two excursions up
tin Red River, and ascending the
Missouri, explored the vast prairies
which the wave of civilization had not
then reached He afterward traveled
exteiisholy in the States, writing de
scriptions of liis journeys for the news
paper ress.
He u:is thus employed when, in 1845,
wa- between the United Stales and
.Mc-x-o broke out. and vounr Reid
threw himself anient ly into the strug
gle as a volunteer, lie greatly distin
guished himself by his bravery at the
storming of ( hipultepee, where he re
ceived a painful wound, from the effects
of which he frequently suffered.
The war over, Captain Kcid resigned
his commission. But the spirit ot ad
venture was roused in him ajain when
the Hungarian struggle for freedom en
listed the sympathies of liberty-loving
people everywhere: and in 1849 he
organized in New York a body of men
to join it. He had arrived in Paris, on
his way to Hungary, when news
reached him of the failure of the insur
rection. Reid then retired to England and set
tled down to literary work, and there 1
in ins home he lived the life of a quiet
country gentlemas, devoting himself to
litedure and rural pursuits. J. T.
Trovbridrjc, in St. Nitiiolas.
1 .
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m92toUHtd$laaIItrald.
FACTS ASD FIGURES.
-It takes 9.000,000 postal cards to
weigh one ton. N. Y. Times.
Railroads in tho United States have
made more money this year than thoy
did in 1882. Chicuqo Tribune.
Out of a population of 1,300,000 in
New York City, only 61,052 persons
own real estate. Al Y. Tribune.
In his retiortto the Secretary of the
Interior, Governor Tritle, of Arizona,
claims for tho Territory a population of
75,000.
Texas organized sixty-eight new
counties last j?ar, making 20 J ia the
State. The fncrcase of her taxable
property in the year was 130,000.000.
Chicago Her Hid.
New York Hity has $30,000,000 in
vested in the oy.Uer business, and laat
year ate at hoi m 8,000.000 bushels of
the toothless fish A Washington Mar
ket woman is gi tting rich selling 500
bowls of soup a diy at ten couts a bowl.
N. Y. Sun.
The Surveyor of Customs at Green
port, L. I., repor that 91.550,000 men
haden were caug,.t in the waters about
Long Island ui-rinsr the past three
mouths. The vlue of the fish was
S4U0.000. The fish made 274,650 bar
rels of oil. Brooklyn Eagle.
It is unusual for a Southern planter
to make $500,000 by farmiug. Mr. L.
M. Hill, of Wilkes County, Ga., has re
cently died. He made $700,000 by
farming. In the same county General
Toombs and his brother Gabriel aro
each worth $500,000, nearly all of
which has been made by fanning.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
When Horace Greeley visited Utah,
the saints told him that there wero
more girls frhan Upys in Mormondom,
which they argued was a sign of God'.i
approval of polygamy. The latest sta
tistics, however, show that of the birth i
in the church during the last six months
1,200 were male and 1,100 female.
Moreover, the last census shows that
there were then in the Territory 2-1,932
males under ten years of age anil 2,762
females. Chicago Times.
One of the finest coffee estates in
Mexico is said to be that of San Anto
nio, northward from the city of Colima,
the property of Messrs. Adolf Kefe,
Arnold Vogel, Enrique Stoldt, ami
Arthur l'Anvel. There are 0,000 trees
in fruit, which will produce abundantly
this year, 50,0 A which will produce
their first crop, 8O.01 0 planted in the
current year, after having been in the
nursery "three year-, and from 140,000
to 150,000 trees in the nurseries, mak
ing a total of .'550.O0O plants, of which
110,000 arc in bearing.
The great bulk of the horse-hair
used in the United States Is imported
from the Argentine Republic and
Uruguay. The total amount imported
in 1882 was 4.0S2.U00 pounds. In the
previous year the importation was .'.
643,972 pounds, and in 18t0 nearly 4,
000,000 pouuds. Assuming an aveiage
price of 28 cents per pound the amount
imported last year would reach a total
value of about $1,150,000. The bulk of
this horse-ha'r is manufactured by four
or five concerns, one of which "is in
Boston, one iu Mew York, one in Phila
delphia and one in Baltimore. AT. Y.
Herald.
A league has been organized in
New England to inaugurate a war
against the excessive granting of divorce
decrees. During last year 5a7 divorces
were granted in Maiue an increase of
nearly 50 per cont. in twenty years.
New Hampshire divorces have increased
from 107 in I860 to 314 in 1882; Massa
chusetts divorces from 213 to 600 in the
same length of time; Connecticut di
vorces from 14 in 1849 to 145 in 1880;
Rhode Island divorces from 162 in 1869
to 261 in 1882. The New York courls
granted 218 divorces iu 1880, 253 in
1881, 316 in 1882, and this year the
number promises to swell to 400. Bos
ton Post.
WIT AND WISDOM.
The charities that soothe and
and bless are scattered at the feet
heal
of a
man like flowers. Wordsworth.
A Tennessee poet writes:
A boy cot left at the gmmmar school.
Because, to net up a 11 rut-class raco.
He tied an active-tr.in.-silUe oyster-can
To a tloa- In tlio objective case.
When you know a thing, to hold
that you know it; and when you do not
know a thing to allow that you do net
know it th's 13 knowledge. Con
fucius. "A new industry in Norway is the
canning of whales." it is not stated
how many whales are packed in each
can; but we .shouldn't think the num
ber was over four. Norristown Herald.
It is absolutely blood-curdling to
read that the Chinese and French had
an engagement at Bachninh, and that
the Chinese were forced to retreat from
Hauri, via the Dai toward Laokoi O, Oi
shoid smoile. Riimarck Tribune.
"Angeline, darling," said the dudo
to the dudine, "you're the apple of my
eye." "You are a flatterer, Adolphus. '
"Not at all, ray dear; but when we'ro
together you're no longer the apple of
my eye.' "Why?"
us both to form one
"Because it takes
pair, then Ha!
ha! ha!" "Yvs, irrowled an old bach
elor who had heard the conversation,
"a pair of spoons." Cruel man! Ex
chnnge. The glossograph is an invention at
tracting much attention at tho Vienna
Electrical Exhibition. It accurately re
produces human speech and reconls it
on paper. It is equal to any articulate
effort, from a shout to a whisper. Wo
rather think, though, it would tax the
machine to keep up with a man who
gets up to light tho gas to chae a rat
out of the room and collides with a rocking-chair.
Boston Post.
A journeyman weaver took to his
employer a piece of cloth he had just
finished. Upon examination two holes
but half an inch apart were found, for
which a fine of two shillings was de
manded. 4 Do you charge the same for
small as for large holes?" asked the
workman. " Yes: a shilling for every
hole, big or little." Whereupon tho
workman immediately tore the two
holes into one, exclaiming: "That'll
save a shilling, anyhow." His employer
remiltcd the whole fine at once. Boston
Post.
One day a pompous little fellow at
a dinner-table was boasting of the great
men with whom he Was on intimate
terms. He had been jn constant corre
spondence with Longfellow, had lunched
with Tennyson, was on friendly rela
tions with the Prince of Wales, and, in
short, knew even thing and everybody.
At length a quiet individual at the
further end of the room broke in on the
conversation with the question: "My
dear sir.
did you happen to know tho
Siamese Twins when thev were in this
country?" Our hero, who evidently had
a talent for lying, but no real genius, at
once replied: "The Siamese Twins, sir?
I became verv intimate with one of
them, but I never had the good fortOM
w uul the othe.""-. X. Qraptic
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Wendell Phillips is seventy-two years
of age, and is not in good health. K.
refuses to lecture. Boston Herald.
The Detroit Evening Journal al
ludes to Mr. Sitting Bull as a "distin
guished relic of aboriginal greatness."
Peter Hayden, of New York, is
worth $10,000,000. He is eighty years
of age, while his heir is only two years of
age. N. Y. Sun.
Levi McCormick, who has served
for thirty-two years as a conductor on
the Cumberland Valley Railroad, has
been retired by the company on full pay
for the rest hi his life. Philadelphia
Press.
An eccentric individual of Dooly
County, Georgia, is seventy-six years
old. but has never in the whole course
of his life spent one night from under
the roof of the house iu which he was
born. St. Louis Post.
James H. Beard, tins noted painter
of animals, was asked on Broadway
whether a lady who was passing was
not beautiful." "Yes," he said, "she is
as beautiful as a cow." He meant this
as a sincere compliment. N. Y. Times.
Mr. John C. Jennings. Mayor of
Salt Lake City, appears and talks like
an Englishman, lie is a Mormon, has
two wives, and is a large stockholder in
the co-operative store, which has a business-
of $2,000,000 a yar. Chicago
Journal.
Mary Cain, seven years old, of
Hamilton, Out., lighted the fires,
chopped the wood, got breakfast,
scrubbed the floors and made garden,
and yet her parents abused her. and
finally turned her into the street. A
wealthy lady found her. and. as the
child's father said he did not care for
her, a Magistrate gave the little one to
the lady for adoption. Chicago Herald.
Weir, the painter of the great pic
ture iu the rotunda of tire White House.
"The Embarkation of thj Pilgrims."
still lives in New York, enjoying a
green old age. at eighty-live. lie is on
a list which seems to be presenative of
life the retired list of the army. After
more than forty years service, as in
structor at the Military Academy, he was
in 1876 placed on the retired list with
the rank and pay of a Colonel of ca ai
ry. N. Y. T.ribune.
The ages of the five oldest members
of the Newton family, of Woodbridge.
Conn., aggregate 397 years, the oldest
being eighty-live anil the youngest
seventy-live. Another living member
of the family is sixty-live years of age.
Five of the family live within half a
mile of one another; the sixth lies about
a mile aud a half from the ethers. The
family has always lived in Woodbridge,
and the homestead, which is of the fam
ily's founding, has been in its possession
140 years.
"In Greenville." sas a correspond
ent of the Chattanooga (lY-iin.) Times,
"the late President. Andrew Johnson,
lived, as a tailor, alderman. legislator,
and President, and here he is buried.
The shop in which he labored as tailor
now stands in the eastern part of the
town. Just over the entrance to tho
shop, which is a small frame building,
and iu which a colored family is now
living, is a pine board, upon which is
written, in letters now almost erased by
rain and storm, the following: A.
Johnson, Tailor." A little out from the
western border of the town stands the
monument of marble which marks the
resting place of Andrew .lohiisou, Pres
dent of the United States,' "
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
The fact is not generally known
that Edward I wa.s the original crowned
Ed. of Europe. A'. 1". Journal.
Proctor can see in the moon a vol
cano with a crater forty mile-; wide.
Old Earth might as well shut her mouth.
Detroit Free Priss.
A lady of this city recently filled
her lamp with gasoline and since then
she has not benzine. - Carl Pretzel's
V.'uLly.
-The time of the oung ladies is di
vided into two parts. Half ot the timu
they wait for the maiN, and the other
half for the males. Burlington Free
Press.
"A preventive of typhoid fever is to
boil the driiiking-v.at -r," and a pre
ventive of dsprp-i:t is to drink the boil
ing water. A mailer of choice as well
as of taste.- Hartford Po.t.
A scientist says that iu the moon a
hickon nut 1": 1 1 1 i 1 1 ir from a botch would
crash through a man like a iniiiie ball.
That settles it. We shall never go to
the moon to gather hickory nuts.
Norri.tluirn Herald.
Professor to class in surgery: "The
right leg of the patient, as you see, is
shorter than the left, in consequence of
which he limps. Now. what you do in
a case of this kind?" Bright student:
"Limp, too."' German Joke.
We read in an exchange of a young
lady having been made crazy by a sud
den kiss. This should teach youn
ladies to be constantly expecting some
thing of that kind, and to be prepared
for it when it comes. Lou-ell Citizen.
"What are uu laughing at, my
dear?" asked Mrs. J-jties of her
husband, who wa ehucklii'jj- over h
morning paper, s-onietlung 1 saw
here," he replied, but it's hardly funny
enough for two."- A'. )'. ludcfx itdeni.
Shooting Tenant: "There's not much
here besides grouse, i there?" Keeper:
"Ay, ye'll get a inivtur' whiles! There
was an English gentleman here at' killit
a dowg, and kockit the hairnet off o :i
laddie, an' ncarhauif baggit the laird
'imscF in a" ae dav."
"I declare," evclamcd Mrs. Brown,
provoked by one of Brown's speeches.
"I think you should be a base ball
player!" "What do you mean by that?"
asked Brow 11. "Because," replied Mrs.
B., "you are alwas puttin me out."
This was too much. Brown caught his
better half in his amis and declared that
he would make a home run as often as
possible thereafter.- Boston Transcript.
A man in London was .sentenced to
a month's imprisonment for throwing
and infant through a window, and
smashing the glass. Of course when a
man breaks a window he should be
punished: but a month's, imprisonment
seems pretty severe for a little thing like
that. Perhaps the fact that the infant
was killed may have had something to
do with the severitv of the sentence.
Norristown Herald.
Several California tramps got into a
freight car that was loaded with wine,
and, with a gimlet and numerous straws,
succeeded in irettingall the nourishment
they wanted. When the car was opened
at Los Angeles the miscreants were
found in a drunken sleep. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The "oil spot" in the Gulf of Mexico
is an area of shallow water which is
calm while a gale is raging and waves are
tossing all about it. The mud from the
bottom has a soapy character.