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THE JOTJKEMi. 1SSUTD EVZKY WEDNESDAY, M. EI. TUHNER 6c CO., Proprietors and Publishers - xeb mw TEM !1CU Mittttii 33TBuaineas and prof ion it carta of fire lines or leas, per ansaav .firs dollars. "E7 For tiaae advertisements, applr at this office. 53"T,esal advertisements at statute rates- HTTor transient advertising;, rates on third page. 33A11 advertisements payable monthly. QFFIC EL Eleventh St., up stairs ta Journal Building. terms: feryear.... Six nionths Taree mouths Single copies fc 1 VOL. HT.-NO. 40. COLPMBTJS, NEB., WEDNESDAY JANUAET 30, 1884. WHOLE NO. 716. 3 lie iptttpl r x STJSnTESS CiLRDS. j r. wilso:. 51- D PHTSICIAX& SUBGEOX. TJi-eae of womtn and children a spe cialty. Countv physician. Office former ly occupied by Dr. Wood. -j 111AM. SI-OA3fI Yn Lkk; CHIXESE LA UXDRY. S3"Under -star clothing Storej" Ne braska Avenue. -duuibu.. vni DESTAL PASLOE. On Comer ot Ticrlftk and Xorth Street. oxer 'Ermt' hardxsere store 30:5ce hour-, a to 12 a. m.; 1 to ." p. ni. OtiA ASHBAUGH. Dentist. ATTORXEYS-A1-LAW, t-tairs in Gluck Building, lltn street, Above the New bank. TT J. IIIUHOrX. XOTARY PUBLIC. Itth Strwt.S Jor t r HwaJ Uouv, rpHt'KSTO.A JK POW'EIW, SURGEOX DEXTISTS. jg-Oihce in Mitchell Block, (. oluni bUs, NebraaU-a. n'n J G. REEDEK, A TTORXE Y AT LA W, Office on Oli t olumbu. Nebraska, --tf p G. A. HrLLHORST.A.M 31. D.. jSTTwo Blocks -outh of ourt Hou-e. Telephone communication. i1.v V. A. MACKEN, DKALEK IS Wines, Liquors. Cigars, Porters. Ales, e'e , etc. Olive Street, next to Fir-t National Bank. U-V rcALUSTEU BROS., 1 A TTORXE YS A T LA W. Office up-stairs m McAllister's build in::. 11th it. W. A. McAllister. Notary Public. j. M. MACFAKiASD. E. K- COWDKRV LAW. AND C0LLE(T10X OFFICE OK MACFARLAUD &. COWDEE?. Columbus. Xebraska. EO. .'. DEKKY. PAIXTER 2T' arriaie. hou-e and -isn painting, clazins, pafer baiiirin::. kaUoinimni. etc. done to order, shop on 13th it- oppo-ir Encine Ilousr. t ,lunibus. b. l0- T7 U.KlMCUlv, llth St., opposite Lindel! Hotel. Sell Harne-s. SadJles. Collar-. "Whips, Blankets. Curry Combs. Bruhes, trunk-, valises. bu:r:r tops, cu-hions. carriage trimmings, tee at the lowest possible prices. Repairs pr mptly attended to. JS. MURDOCK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Have had an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction fn work. All kind- of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is. Good work and fair prices. Call and live us an oppor tunity to estimate for you. jSTShop on 13th St one door west of Friedhof Co's. store. Columbus. Nel-r. 4S3-V O. C. STT A ZSTOZST , MAXCTACTCRER OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Eoofins and Glitter ing a Specialty. S3Shop on Kleenth -trcet. oppo-ite Ileintz's Iru store. -"'"-J G W. CIARK. T. A yn AXD 1XSURAXCE AG EXT. HUMPHREY, XEBR. His lands comprise some line tract in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ol Pl'tte county. Taxe. paid for non-resident.-. Satisfaction Tuarantetd. ? y OLIJJIIIUS r ACKIJiG CO- COL UJIB US, - XEB., Packers and Dealer in all kinds of Ho:: nroduct. cash paid for Live or Dead Ho?. or grease. Directors. R. H Ilenry. Pret.; John Wiggins, sec. and Treas.; L. Gerrard. s. Cory. -J-OTICE XO TEACHERS. "" J.EMoncxief. Co.Supt-, Will be in his office at the Court Ilouse 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 pertaininz to schools. KT-y TAXES AL310., CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick baildinzs. Good work guaranteed. Shop on ISth Street, near StPaul lumber Yard. Columbus. Ne braska. - 52Gmo. J. WAGNER. Liverv and Feed Stable. Is prepared to furnish the public wth good teamst"bu5?ie5 and carriages for all occasions, especially for funerals. Alo conducts a sale stable. 44 walvCS .2U.r. 1 S. piJ.-L ULl LI A discount of 15 per cent will be given on all suits or overcoats ordered during January at Kramer's Merch ant Tailoring establishment. George Eerny is feeding forty five head of steers for the spring .market, which he thinks will be better. .fkMM. tie present range of prices. FIRST National Bank! COX.T7SEBT7S. IVES. ' athorized Capital, -rash Capital, $250,000 50.000 OFFICKES SD PllIKCTOIti. I A. ANDERSON. Pres't. i SAJl'L C. SM r m. Vice Pres't. O. T. HO EN, Cashier. ! J. r. EAKLY. Uor.EUT I'HLIG. II HUMAN OEIILIilCH. W. A.SICALLISTEB. C. ANDERSON, 1. ANUfc-lISON. J-'oreizn and Inland Exchange. Pa--are T kets. Heal K-tate. I.o.tnana Insurance. Sy-val-lS-lv OALj'LlME! E.j70RTH&.C0. .) DEALERS IN Coal, Lime, Hair, Cement. Bock Sprini Coal Carbon fWyomins) Coal. Eldon !owa Coal .$7.00 per ton . 5.00 " . Ill) - Blacksmith Coal of best quality al ways on hand at low est prices North. Side Eleventh. St., COLUMBUS. NEB. 14-3m UNION PACIFIC LANDJ3FFICE. Improved and "Unimproved Parms, Hay and Grazing Lands and City " Property for Sale Cheap AT THE Union Pacific Land Office, On Long Time and loic rate of Inter es'.. JgTFinal proof made on Timber Claims, Homestead- and Pre-em;iti m-. 23TA11 wihim:to buv land- of any df--eription will plea- call and examine mj list of land before looking el-e where ggAll having land- to "ell will plea-e call and ?ive me a de-criptiou, t:rm , priees. etc. S3J-I a so am prepared to insure prop erty, a- I have the agency of -everal nr-t-clas- Fire insurance companies. F. W. OTT, Solicitor, speakj German. jiAnii:i. csniTH. 3utf ( olumbu-, Nebra-ia. BECKER & WELCH. PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE. COL UJf BUS. 2TEB. SPE1CE & NORTH. Genaral Agents for the Sale of REAL -ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific E. B- Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre for cash, or on nve or ten years time, in annual payments to suit pur chasers. We have also a large and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproYed. for sale at low price and on reasonable term. Also business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstractor title to all real es tate in PUtte County. 621 COLCXBEft. SEB. LOUIS SCHREIBER, Bladsil aiWagittr. All kisds ef Repairiag dome en Slwrt Xticc Bigies. Wag 6HS, etc, made to erder. and all work Guar anteed. Alio .aell tke vorld-famoas Walter A. Wd m"ower, lwpers, Ctmnoi- ed Xkckimv, Harrartezs, axd Self-baders-tke aS5hop opposite-the "TattenalL on l Wire SL, COEUMBUSVSft y VOYAGE. WWcfaerer war the wbsl doth blow Some heart i3 glad to have It so; TLen blow It east or blow it west. Tli wind that blows, that wind ia beat, My little craft saus not alone: A thousand fleets from every sine Are omrnpoa a thousand seas r And what for me T?-ere favoriay breeze Mt?ht dash another. Mth the shock Of doom, upon some bidden rock. And so I do not dare to pray Tor winds to waft me on my way; But leave it to aiHisher "Will To stay or speed me trusting' still Thar all is well, and sure that Be Woo launched my bark will sail with me Throusa storm and calm, and will not fail. Whatever breezes may prevail. To land me. every peril past. Within His sheltering haven at last. Then, whatsoever wind doth blow. My heart is jriad to have it so: Ad blow tt ea3t or blow it west. The wind that blora. that wind is best. Caroline J Jiaton, in Chrutian Vn'.on. SENATOR PALXERS 0P15I0X OF TAEMISG. The .following extracts are taken from a recent address before tie Western Michigan Farmer's Club by United State Senator Palmer: FAEM MACHIXEET- I need not tell you that horse power U cheaper than man power and nothing should be done by a man on a farm which can be as well done by a horse. I believe that when a man gets around to it. he should have all these machines whereby he can ride instead of walk, and where horse power can save his arms. Human muscles and tissues are too valuable to put in competition with, brute force. A man's brain is of far more value than his muscle on a large farm where he has to direct the labor of others, and it is impossible for a man to run his brain and muscle both up to their full capacity at the same time. To be sure reference must be had to the size of the farm and its character as to what machinery he will use. I have heard" men decry these labor saving appliances, it was taking labor from the'poor. A sufficient contradic tion of this statement is the fact that a dav's wages of the lowest class of labor will purchase now more of comforts and luxuries than ever before. The only thins that prevents the race from living comfortably on six hours' labor a day is the extravagance, improvidence and vices of the rich and poor. The time will come when six hours' labor a day will support any family in comfort: if they want luxuries they may have to work twelve. Strikes will not bring it about. They are but symptoms that something is" wTonjr in the body politic. Invention in machinery and freedom from vice in rich and poor will bring it. Machinery and moral cleanliness are the two agents which will hasten the time sung by bards and which prophets have foretold. FAXCT FAE3TEES. If you have one in your neighborhood cherish him. They sar that" much of the progress of medicine is due to quacks and empirics, and I believe that farming is alike indebted to quacks or fancy farmers. Don' t say to your fancy one hundred loads of manure on an acre and pavs high for labor, that he mav raise one thousand bushels of carrots to the acre, which will cost him fiftv cents to the bushel and onlv be worth" thirty cents, that he has more money than brains although this may be true it may be discouraging or when he is about to import some Clydesdales or Percherens, that he had better buy a trotter, as typical of the fact that he is going to the bad. Let him speculate withthe soil and with Nature. Tell him which are the good points, if you know, and if you doi? t. watch him and find out which are the bad ones. Remem ber that his experiments even if fail ures, may be used as a sign-board, warn ing others, and if successes, that he ha helped in the world just so much. His heavy horses may not be profitable to him,"but their effects upon the stock of the country can not be otherwise than beneficent! LTVIXG. All avocations, whether farming or otherwise, are secondary to living. It is well to be successful" as the world calls it. but if success brings no happi ness to you, and those dear to you. it is better tb take our chances on failure which certainly oftentimes does not bring misery. To an outsider, the ma jority of Americans would appear to de sire not that they might live rich, and I now mean rich in the sense that all the faculties should be educated to that point where they may contribute to the greatest enjoyment, but rather that they might die rich. rom the cradle to the grave, tne oDjeci seems to oe to accum- j ulate, ignoring the fact that when ac- cumulation alone is the object, we gen erally, u sueeessiui, nnd ourselves in capacitated for enjoying what we have amassed. Making money is a laudable ambition, and a wise "provis ion for the future is to be commended: but money is merely a means and not an end. When it is achieved at the ex- pense of all other faculties of brain and heart, it is not worth the sacrifice. A man s enjoyment aepenus more upon what he is than npon what he ha. Live within your income is the only less German riddle sweet and easy-go-nest wav to live, but a vnnr inmmp ' inr and "IrvVHncr ni "' inr? trnWh nonest way to nve. Dut as your income increaseslet out a tuck now and then. Make your homes as attractive a your purse will afford, and remember "that money alone will not make them so. Taste and a little money will do more than millions without taste. ow this matter of taste is innate in some men and women. Whatever thev touch, if beautiful, has a new charm to it: if uglv, its repuisrvenes: vanishes; but the fac- . ulty can be educated, and possibly ere- ' ated where it does not exist. With the thousands of magazines and papers within reach of the poorest, suggestions maybe had which will contribute to this end. Let there be no room in vour i house too good to use, let the parlor be for the use of the famllv and not kept uuc-tru, m ilscu fcv uc iuity crs ago. save when the minister came to tea or ' 'when, there was a funeral; and if voai have no parlor, make one of the rooms in constant use. KATE A HOSEE. Although the idea in sose parts of the country seems to be growing into disrepute, I believe it to be the duty of every man to love- a woman, mirrv her, and raise x finrily, God wiBjng," in other words, make" a home. Here, after all. is where a man gets his rest and his inspiration. See mat your wife has some notev of her own tb spend; makeherfeeltnatshe is a partner in your Joys as well as vour sorrows. I have seen-some cases tvhere they only came in for the latter. Give up hlf day in tie week to visiting, or .being viatredTbyyoor neighbors, cultivate the social part of yuur nature; the emotions aTtIie jmagaa&biL .Always attend vtrr.clnb aaeetrngs. Chershand ' over your exnones .and traditions, and at the risk of being called & dreamer, build some castles in Spam aad compare them with like i imiTum of your aeihbors. We all hare oar castles in Spain, only seme of us build low-roofed, wiadowless structures, where neither air nor sunshine can come in, and oth ers build them with ornamented turrets and airy towers. Although the latter owners have the poorer houses here, as a rule. I think they are better fed and lodged than the first. We are always traveling toward our castles, but never arrive at the portals. It is well that is is so ordered, for if we entered there would be an end to the pursuit. It is the wrestle and the pursuit that gives life its value. When we contemplate what an infinitesimal point the present is. a point where the wheel impinges for a second in the revolution from the past to the future, we must see how impor tant it is that we so live as to create pleasant memories and light our way with the beacon of cherished anil reasonable hopes. HAKE THE CHH.DEEX HAPPT. As the glowing sunrise imprints on the mind the character of th day. al though it may close in cloud and tem pests, so does a happy childhood give color to after life, and whatever may befall them, there will always hang on the walls of their memories pictures of a pleasant morning, from which the heart may design a pavilion where hope may dwelL Put them to bed early and don't pull them out before they wish to get up. Give them as good a chance as a colt or a short-hom, give them as gentle treatment nd as little restraint in their harmless sports. Educate them more by home surrr.r.ndin than by books. Let them talk at the table and have a good time gen erally, and they will not be counting the years when they will be beyond your control. Make them feel that life is more than a scramble, that an intelli gent and over-ruling power has estab lished laws which 'can not be violated without retribution. Inculcate feelings of reverence: cultivate them yourself. Remember there are somethings beyond the limit of logical induction and deduc tion, and thaf faith, when not contra vened by reason, is as much a part of a man's life as fact. See that they are not confined five hours a day in school before they are twelve years old. In stead of stimulating precocious ones who are fond of their studies, hold them as you would a spirited colt. Some of your boys and girl will want to go to the university. To the boys of robust health I should say if million were at my disposal: "Very well, I will pay half of your expenses, if yo j will earn money and pav the other half. If a college course will do you any good, it L worth working for." When at home I would give him work and paj him for it. If thereby it took him six years instead of four to get through, he would be all the better in mind and body. A boy who is supported by others through college gets artifieia ideas of life "which require years to cure, n cured at all. it nam ana ex acting labor sit by him as a compaz ion. it keeps him in communi n with humanity, and he comes ont girded for 5 race. Ice bovs whom I have f Q m r-ue P -uccessiui na I d dusty traveling in college. As for the 5""- ."vouId J?av t.hen" w?-r- won.ld d? " """"? ?r anticipatory ' justice, ior j. nanny tnmK tney nave au even chance with the bovs in our alter life. TariMo and the Cremonas. At the beginning of this century, hid den away in old Italian convents and wayside inn, lay the masterpieces ot the Amati, Stradivarius, Guarnerius and Bergonzi. alnio-t unknown and little valued. But Tarisio's eye was getting cultivated. He was learning to know a riddle when he saw it. "Your violino, Signior, requires mending?" sas the itinerant peddler, a he "salute" ome monk or padre known to be connected with the sacristy or choir of Pisa. Flor ence. Milan. "I can mend it." Out comes the Stradivarius, with a loose bar or a split rib. and sounding ab-.mina-bly. "Dio inio!" saysTari-io. "and all the blessed saints, but your violino is in a bad way. My respected father is prayed to try one that I have, in perfect and beautiful accord and repair, and permit ine to mend this worn-out ma chine." And Tarisio. whipping a shin ing, clean instrument out of his bag, hands it to the monk, who eyes it and is for trving ir. He tries it: it goes oft and sweet, thono-h i not loud and wheezin"-. like the battered old Strad. Tariio'eIutche his treasure. The next dav back come , the peddler to the cloister, is shown up to tne paure. whom he hnd scraping away on his loan fiddle. "But."' he exclaims, "you have lent me a beauti ful violino and in perfect order." "Ah! if the father would accept from me a small favor.'" say the cunning-Tarisio. "And what L that?" "To "keep the violino that snit him so well, and I will i take in exchaDn? the old machine which i worn out. but with mv skill I shall ; still make something of it!' A glass ol ' good wine or a lemonade or black cof- ' fee clinches the bargain. Off goes Ta risio, having parted "with a character- W - w.... ...., WUU '. V.. ... ' loosing nice, now about .5 in perfect order, no doubt and having secured one of those gem of Cremona which now run into the 200. Violin-collecting became the passion of Torisio's lifer The storv ha been told bv Mr. Charles Reade, and all the fiddle world how Tarisio a batch of Miuns came to Paris old in-truments. with and wa taken ud bvChanot and Vullaume. through whose hands passed nearly everv one of those chefs tfantcre recov- ered by Tarisio in his wanderings, which are now so eagerly con tended for by En- ' glish and American millionaires, when- ' ever they happen to get into the mar- j ket. I have heard of a mania for snuff- boxes it was old Lablache's hobbv. i .mere are your enma maniacs, andvoui i picture maniacs, and your old-print connoisseurs who onlv look at the mar-1 gin, and your old book hunters who only glance at the title-page and edition, and your eoin-collectors, and your gem-collectors, who are alwavs beinsr taken in: I but for downright fanadcismand "tone- cooniness," if i may invent the word, commend me to your violin maniac He who once comes under that spell coes down to the grave with a disordered mind. I have sometimes attributed the j. confusion of mv own ideas to this. Mztceis. in Lhe Gentleman's Jfagazine. Pat had been engaged to kill a tur tle for a neighbor, anuT proceeded im mediately toeut off its head. Pat's at tention was called to the fact that the turtle still crawled about, thourh it had been decapitated, and he explained: "Shure the baste is entirely dead, onlv he is not vet conscious of "it." Detroit PosL Harper cr Brothers have decided oa destroying the plates of their Magazine BdWwklyup to 1880. X. T. Times. I Cart. Cork is yielded by the cork eak. Quercus liber, which chiefiv flourishes on the shores of the Mediterranean. There are, in Spain and Algeria, large forests of this tree, which is also culti vated in the departments of Lot-et-Garonne and Tar. in the south of France and in Corsia. The cork oak arrives at its full growth in about one hundred years, when, in hot climates, it attains a height of sixty or seventy feet, with a diameter of six to eight feeL The bark consists of two distinct portions, the inner formed of a fibrous tissue, and the outer tuberous. trii fT a nnrv!i; anri Alacris ivnct;Tannr - t . . " . r yv T --- ' -"- - wana comainib me raa proper. . urst cone naturaiiv oroaueea ov tne tree is called the male, and has scarcely any value: but if this be removed, a sewuu iaer is iorcneu. uner, more elastic and less irregular, wmen is ... ",. . , ....I m known as the female cork; and this ; i i which.is generally lb .L7 used. The strippin of the cork takes place in summer, n-hiTi the nirpulatmn nf the sari fnnili- . . r tatesthe separation of the outer irom the inner layer of bark. The removal of the first growth is effected when the tree is twenty to twenty-five years old Several annular incisions, andone verti cal incision are made with a hatchet. care being taken to cut the cork only, without touching the inner bark; the layer of cork is then easily detached. A "young oak yields about ten pounds of cork atthe first stripping, while it is capable, ultimately, ot yielding over i three hundred pounds, lhe nrst corfc has a thick and hard exterior, which diminishes with each successive growth. Formerly, after the first stripping the tree wa left to itself, without any pro tection. Beins: very tender, it was" liable to be killed Ty exposure to variations of temperature, while numerous inects. attacking the tender surface of the tree, reduced the value of the future eork. Besides, a thick and irregular crust formed, which it was necessary to remove, thus causing a loss of thirty per cent of cork. A better plan is to employ the method or ai. uapgraua-jiotnes, wnicn consists .-.. y, l-,r-i t , - in covenug tne tree, aunng several i months affer stripping, with the cork J which has been removed. A few ' vertical incisions are made in the inner bark, to prevent irregular furrows be ing formed. The pieces of bark are re stored, being fastened by iron wire: and , the joinrs are made good underneath with strip of cellulose cardboard. ! After three months, in the autumn, the ' piece- ot bars have become quite dry. and are taken ott. lne etrect of this practice is to induce the formation of a ' protecting layer, tuberous, honiogene- j ou. and elastic, under which the growth i of the cork goes on without danger of injury. The detached pieces of cork, flattened ; by being piled up with the outside up- , permost, are freed from their external surface by boiling and paring The i boiling of the cork, which lasts about ! half an hour, is effected in large cubical ' boilers fired with refuse cork, and closed bv a cover which presses upon the pieces. ' ihis paring is done bv hand nr hr meani of horizontal rollers provided u ;, Kio.w. v,. n.;- i a ' -" r- - - -., w w. operation may be dispensed with when the practice of covering the tree with the detached pieces of bark is adopted. The principal use of the outer bark is to make bottle corks. Ther are more frequently cut by hand, though sometime- by a machine, a horizontal knife giving a rotary motion to tne piece ot cork, and thus cutting it into cylindrical form. Cork is also used for making life buov-. swimmin" belt. Hoar, nonon- buov-. swinmnng belts, uoat. non-con ducting lining, etc. It is moreover j uef advantageously in the form of i powder for packing fragile objects, a a ; suostnute tor lycopodium powder, and for the manufacture of linoleum and cork-leather. Cork is. however, on ac count of its elasticity, reduced to pow der with great difficulty. To effect this, mill with grinder in the shape of rasps, mill-stones revolving in a pan. and arti ficial stones revolving at great speed are employed Linoleum consist of cork powder consolidated with dried linseed oil. The mixture, in the proportion of about three part of oil to one of cork pow der. i passed under heavy rollers, and then stuck on to cloth by means of dry ing oil. It is allowed to dry for about three months, when the product is ready to receive various designs, and may be readily washed. Linoleum is adulterated bv adding sawdust to the cork powder. Cork leather, which is waterproof and verv elastic i- cork ' powder eonoi:dateJ with India-rubber. Cork refue is used for making par titions that do not conduct heat or sound: it alo yields a light and porous charcoal. M. Combe d'Alma has pro posed to distill them, so a. to obtain a verv rich ga-. free from sulphureted hydrogen. Oltl bottle cork are some time collected, boiled and washed in acidulated water for again erving cork bottles. Scientific American. to Savins Old Paintinz. There are two distinct branches of the art of renovating paintings. the renovator saiu. "une i tne easy pro cess of filling the cracks with a compo sition rubbed in from the back, and then backing it with canvas, difficult branch of the art The more i 1 that of transferring a painting from one canvas to another: or. what i most difficult of all to accomplish, that of transferring to new canvas a painting on wood." The name of the renovator was en graved with graceful flourishes on the silver door plate of his four-story brick residence: in the nrst story was a par- once suspected something wrong, and lor. but in the second was a carpenters , promptlv charged the vounger of the shop to all appearances. A long, wide j hands with being a woman. He(?) said bench was in the middle of the room. I at once that if dismissal did not follow andat one end of It were planes, chisels j he or she would tell all about it- The and other edged tools. On the walls i mistress promised immunity, and the were faded pictures in frames. On the voung farm hand then acknowledzed floor and leaning against each other J that she was a member of the oniler were a hundred pictures standing on I sex; that she had adopted man's attire edge. The workman, with a short j as being more comfortable and conveni plane. took off bits of wood from a slat j ent when traveling, and a makin- it a; each stroke as lie continued talking, i easier for her to obtain employment. "To transfer a painting from one Her comuanion was. she said, her" uncle. canvas to another is not difficult.' he and as ne was oDin- on a tour ahe de said. -I first paste several thicknesses cided to accompany Vtni, and chance it of tissue paper on the face of the paint- working as a man'hand. The pair are -xt after taking it from the frame. ! said to hail from Pennsylvania. The When it is dry the canvas is wet thor-lgirf Qf plump figure, good looking, oughly. and 1 peel it from the back of I with fair comDlexiou. dark waw hair. tne picture, leaving the painting fast to tne tissue paper. After it dries again I glue a new canvas to the back of the picture, and when it has dried for the fourth time I wet the tissue paper and peel it off! The picture is tnen ready lor the usual cleansing and renovating processes." "Are there many important paintings on wood in existence?" "Very many, or there were- before they were transferced to canvas. Paint ers have always been fond of painting on wood because it is so smooth and firm under the brush. Many artists in Spain and Italy use it now. On the Ubla there if a" 'Last Supper' painted on wood. It is owned by Mr. S. L. M. Barlow, and he prizes it highly. It is by an old master, and the wood" has be gun to decay. When the wood under the paintings begins to warp or show signs oi uecav. cay, then the owners have 'cradled,' as it is called the boards that is, a network of wood is fastened to the back of the picture to keep it from warpinsr. When the wood is so old that the paint begins to flake off from old age. then the only chance to save it from ruin is to transfer it to canvas. "I paste the tissue paper on the face of the painting, and then turn it over and plane off the wood with a plane ( uvr, AAW whose iron has a convex etLze. "A hen , . ... v. t the wood is worked down thm i use a chisel with rounded edjre, and when ede, and when tKo tvhtftfc r,T,f n.'KTl, ic tism11t- tK , gronnd work of a picmre, begins to ap- ; Itafce ofrthe ef the wood with nm;M :mn nJ H.,, r TV. I f w fcfc iaM4W -; w i ub I jr,,. ,u ,..-.! mir .i Mt. ..ww .sfcw. w .111,1 1 I - 1 -... - .a..aw J this depends the difficult' of my work. I 'I'htk TTrkHiTiil nf? CZTrnin ni?fifor at J waV5 llSed oafc for pamting3. t -l ? t- - P ., ( ine houtn o r.urope a species oi popiar i o ., .k01k. xL,,,, ; if A7 UVU U4UUMUII WVVlAUJV Ate J 4UAJW common. Sometimes there are knots on that side of the Danel on which the artist painted, and when the wood is cut down thin the knot crumbles away and brings with it part of the painting. Then, of course, the paint has to be re stored after the work of art is trans ferred to canvas, which is done by past ing canvas on the back and then" press ing it with hot irons on a smooth marble slab. "There is a painting in the Metro politan Museum of Art. the largest in the gallerv, I mean Ruben's 'Flight into Egypt,' which I transferred to canvas from a thick oak panel. I planned t and thought over it for a year before I undertook the work, and then I was i three years in accomplishing it. No, , it is not true, as is said at the Museum. that as a last process I picked off the bit of wood with a needle. I know. however, that intense application to that picture so injured my eyes that frequently I cannot use them without f- pain, l employed tne same process as , ith smauer oictures. Lxcessive care had to be taken to prevent bits of paint from flaking off. The slightest neglect might haveruined the picture. X. Y. Sith. Jenny Lind's Tribute to Payne. One who was present relates, in the Washington Star, the following incident in the career of John HowardPayner "Perhaps the most thrilling quarter ! ot an hour of Payne's life was that when Jenny Lind sang 'Home, Sweet Home to him. The occasion was the Jenny , Lind concert in Washington the night of December 17, 1S50. The assemblage j was perhaps the most distinguished evtr ' seen in a concert room in the country. ' The immense 'National Hall,' hastily ! constructed for the occasion on the ' ruins of the burned National Theatre. ! was filled to overflowing, notwithstand- ' ing the big price for admission, and the fact that the weather was cold and rain Among the notables present and occu pying "front seats were President Fill more, Daniel Webster, Henrv Clav, ore' ?Z t L 'xi J r, ' ' ! General Scott, and John Howard Payne. Jenny Lind opened with 'Casta Diva, and followed with the 'Flute Song (in which her voice contested rivaly for purity and sweetness with a time in a duet), then the famous 'Bird Song.' and next on her programme the 'Greeting to America. All the pieces were applauded apparently to the lull capacity of an enthusiastic audience. ! ttnu.r- " eV- i T - i Zm1. after-dinner mood, emphasized and Mr. ebster, who was in his most the volume of plaudit bv rising; from his seat and making Jenny a profound bow, as if responding for the country to her i 'Greeting, out when the 'Swedish 1 Nightingale answered the encore by turning m the direction of John Howard : Payne and giving 'Home. Sweet Home' with all the wonderful tenderness, purity and simplicity fitting both the words and air of th"e immortal song, the difference ' was at once seen between the mechani- j cal applause called out by a display of ' fine vocalization and that elicted by the touch of nature that makes the whole world kin. Before the first line of the song wa completed the audience was fairly 'offits feet. and could scarcely 1 wait for a pause to give expression to its enthusiam. People ordinarily of the i undemonstrative ort clapped, stamped. and shouted as if they were mad. and it seemed as if there would be no end to the j uproar. Meantime all eye were turned I upon Pavne. a small-sized, eiegantlv moalded. gray-haired gentleman, who uiusueu viuienu s.i uauin nimseu me i centre of o manv glances. .t A Farm Romance. About six weeks ago two men one young and rather good-looking, and the other apparently middle-aged came to a farm house near Rawlings Station, in this county, and asked for employ ment. They were honest looking, and apparently not afraid of work, and as help was needed they were employed, one having been put to work tending stock and doing chores abut the house. young man called himself Joseph Score and the elder Henry Scott. Both proved good hands about the place, and the vounorer man. in addition to bein? auick and active about his duties, was very iovial after workinor hours. wa s. merrv j . singer and whistler and always readv for a fishing excursion. All went well until last Sunday, when the mistress of the house was much astonished to dis cover that one of the three valises which the hands had brought with them contained woman's clothing. She at which is at present eropped close. Her name is Joseohine. and when she undeF- name is Josephine, and when she under went the male transformation she took that of "Joe.' She has been retained at the farm, and now does woman' work, such as milking cows, etc- A gentleman of this city "who saw her says she makes an excellent man, and her sex was never suspected until acci dentally discovered, as above. Cum berland (Ud.) Xezcs. A vain coxcomb of a writer once said in the presence of Charles Lamb, "I could write as good as Shakespeare if I had a mind to." "Yes," said Lama, "no doubt of Is, if you had amiadto." iVediB? Herscj. .As a whole, we who feed stock can not be accredited with having reduced fei.-d-tajr to a science with respect to any of our domestic animals. But it is probably true fthat men generallv feed horses "more recklessly than they do other kinds of stock. In feeding cattle, swine and t sheep we have a verv distinct object in view, however far we mav come from accomplish ng it. We are suppesed to aim at turning food into animal pro ducts, and to produce the most of such products from the least possible amount of food. That is the theory of feeding. We are supposed to aim at the savins: of 1 food. But in horse-f eedins: the savins: of food does not senerall venter into our cal- . llat?rnc t- oil tC f?r,Mfc jn itiff rtf , whatever comes the most handv into I the manger and feed-box, and "never , m mnnt--,. .w W'at?,mVm,nr h. u tw w u iw vw w fc mi i j.ia v i f twfcr bw vwuu . i w bVJi, i -;it -ia iw ,n ,, ,.,.. i-u any hesitancy; and we presume that I or"-tT nna nf tic has tnmam ,n.r TrtT, dredVof dollars through the manger. It r -.. - r ZP i J?. , is said to be a fact that there are onlv two experiments on record as to the feed required to make a pound of growth in colts, and certainly we have I never seen any except these. Yet the j feeding of horses in the best and at the same time most economical way, is one of the means of making money on the rann. N here large numbers ot horses are emploved in city industries the safe ty of the business of which they are a part necessitates a close study of the subject. If the great European omni bus companies and the horsHj-rallroads of this country fed as recklessly as some of us farmers "do they would have their large dividends cut "down very percep tibly. But they have experimented until thev believe they know how a hone can be kept in good working condi tion at "the lowest figure. Tha horses upon our street-railways are fed about the same ration everywhere. In summer t me the ra tion of a horse is sixteen pounds of rorn and oats, ground together in equal quantities, with twelve pounds of cut hay. With this class of horses and with the horses employed on the omnibuses of London, experiment has established the fact that ground grain and cut hay are better than whole grain and uncut hay, for reasons which we think will be obvious enough, without taking the time here to explain them. The winter ra tions of the horses referred to are six teen pounds of corn meal and tw-lve pounds of cut hay, or an equal quantity of corn and oats as for the summer ra tion. Of course location and the conse quent relative price will hare something to do in leading to the decision as to whether corn meal shall be exclusivelv used in winter. All things being equal, or nearly equal, a ration made partly of oats is greatly better If clover can be fed it will make the corn meal more acceptable as a ration. Corn meal and clover hav constitute a verv evenlv bal anced food, for the clover will supply I meal j. deficient. From' what we have said in recent articles upon this vitally important subject of feeding, no one will have dimculty in seeing'that we do not advise feeding on meal and hay alone. Corn is a fat producing food. It furnishes heat, and is neces sary, or rather desirable, for that pur pose, and to produce the mtxlerate quantity of fat which a horse neds. Fernl two horses, one upon corn meal exclusively, and the other upon oat ex clusively, and time will demonstrate that the latter will last the longest. Keep the horse's system at the high temperature that a" constan' ration of com will produce, anil we are bur lini: up the horse. We are keeping it in a condition in which it is a ready prey of disease. We do not know that we over state the case when we say that, in one half of the cases that come t the notice of i'ur veterinary department, di-ease ha resulted from feeding t o muc;: corn. Taen again sich a food as c-ti or corn-meal if fed alone, as is soiuetini - done, is too con"ent rated. Tiie hors need bulk, and this is one of the valua ble features of oat They contain a large amount of fiber and" thev enter the stomach in a loose condition, en abling the forces of digestion to come in ccntac w th :t all through it. At least lalf of tie animal's food should be of t bulky charai ter, and this ought to be mixed with the concentrated r'oo-i, a the concentrat d part of oat is mixed with the fibrous hu-k. If cither corn or com-meal is to b fed aio :e. it is better to fe d the whole corn. or .t will go into the stomach in a more porou-. looser condition. The tnitn ought t be learned that corn-meal should b- fed with hay. straw or otlier oa-e fodder, and thai: these should i e cut ant! wk .iown. Ifwewillc;;t all our f..dders. mix our m a! with them, wet down the mixture, place it in a b n. rover it with a blanket, and Irt it reiraln from twelve to twenty-four hours, w. w 1! find that we are consulting the interL of our Docket-books, and conducing to the health of our horse. Tnou-anil of horses are ruined by eating dry. d.isty hay. and it is time we ha-l reformed our methods to prevent thi. The first thing to accomDlih in fe-d ng horses, or other animals, is to in-ure their per fect health, and the next thing, with the horse, is to develop muscle. While it is d-ira'-.-Ie to have a hore look wrll. l-k- are a secondary object. When ever w feed for iook. w a-cvery like ly to be neglecting the feed for "utility and healih. But if we will adopt th- plan of feeding Ies rorn. and rutting and wetting down our day, with which the meal we fee- i is mixed, we shall not only conduce to health and u-efulne-, butadu to appearance. tt'tsUrn Rural. A Fizht witi a Panther. Henry Sncok. of Rcedsv'lle. Pa., had a desperate encounter with a panther in the Seven Mu'inti'ns on Dmr-day evening. It seems fiat he La I ber-n in fo nuctf that -uch an animal ra-I m.vn seen the day pn-vious on the back mountiin. and he. a'-.ximpanid t y hb brother and Robeit Dimac. iS-o of R'eLwille. equipped themselves and started iVr points in the Sevja Mount ains where panther have been known to frequent. When tLe men r-ajhed the virnity of the pLtce they concealed themselves some d stance apart. Just as tsie sun sank beh:nd the hills and shadows wen shutting mv tae light necessary to aid the t-uater in making a sure shot. Henry Snr,k"- eye fell upon a large panther cautiously moving toward him. Mr. Snook lin-d a load o: buckshot at the animal, breaking- one of its hind leg. The enraged and crippled creature advanced upon Mr. Snook, who ret. eatd a hort distance, when -he animal halted. The hunter then returned, when another conflict ensued, and Snook ran the muzzle of his gut. into the animal's mouth and fired, breaking its under jaw. It then struck everal terrific blows at him with its piw. and owing to the darkness drew out of the fight. Two men returned to die place the next morning but did not tiw jM-tfl-gr fhQudilfiBa lintt. PERSONAL AND IMf EKS05AX. The brilliant Miss Wrotesley, the daughter of Sir John Burgoyne. who has recently died in England! was for ten vears an inveterate smoker. Detroit PosL Mrs. Garfield and her children. 3Ess Moilie and Irwin and Abraham, have gone to the farm at Mentor, where they will spend the summer. Cleveland Leader. Dr. Gallandet. of the Deaf Mute College at Washington, lives in aa ele gant house, built in every detail after plans he designed when he was a boy of fourteen. A woman's guild was recently or ganized in New York City for the'pur pose of promoting the social and busi ness interests of working-womea. Madame Demorest was elected Presi dent. X. Y. Times. Mme. Sembrich has signed a con tract with Henrv Abbev for America at 1,250 a night. Coloael Maples gives Mme. Gerster for her American season $1,000 a night. Mme. Nilsson is to receive $1,500 a night. X. J". GrcpAic Captain Costentenus, the tattooed Greek, is already blind in one eye, and will eventually "lose the sight" of the other, as the pigments used in tattooing his forehead have slowlv worked their way into the vessels of the eyes. In dicnapolis Journal. Professor Horatio N. White. Cornell University, was married recently to Miss Fanny Gott, of Syracuse. " All brides do not turn pale during the cere monies but anxious friends must have noticed that this one Gott White. In dianapolis Journal. Mrs. Mackey. wife of the Nevada millionaire, serves notice that her daugh ter is not engaged to Prince Philippe de Bourbon, and says: "I mean to give my daughter to an honest man, not to any one of the titled fellows who are gener ally ruined and think it a condescension to marry into an untitled familv." Moreover, "in accordance with Ameri can custom, her daughter will receive not a penny of dowry on hermarriage." X. Y. Sun. The new United States Minister to Sweden and Norway, W. W. Thomas, Jr., of Portland. Me., enjoys the ad vantage of a knowledge of the language of the country to which he is going, having- previously served there as Con sul. He is known as tim father of the Swedish Colony in Northern Maine. A picture of him hangs on one side of the pulpit in the church at New Sweden with the Ten Commandments on the other side. Boston Herald. When Miss W'xom '-Emma Ne vada" made her debut in Paris in "The Pearl of Brazil." that other bril liant American prima donna. Marie Van Zandt. occupied a prominent box. At the close of one of Miss Wixom's most brilliant pa-sages, when the audi ence was hushed with admiration, a single "hurrah." in a clear soprana voice, but with an unmistakable Yankee accent, rang through The house. Every eve was instantly turned to where Miss an Zandt sat. her face glowing with mingled embarrassment and enthusi asm, and then for five minutes the house rang with a storm of "Brava! Van Zandt? Brava! Nevada!" A LITTLE 0'SE'SE." Women wear veils to prevent the sun from freckling their faces, and some on of a gun from staring them out of countenance. Carl PretzeVs Weekly. At an Irish League meeting in New York, -ome one in the audience got up and moved that "no one should vote who was no: present." Burlington Free Press. "Torn Asunder." is the title of a new play. We should suggest "Muci lage: or. Stuck Together," as a good name for the author's next effort. Boston Commercial Bulletin. I'm sorrv to keep you waiting for vour money," said the bank-teller to Smithers, "but here's the money all in yellow boys." "Never mind.""aald S. "I see 'tis worth the wait in gold." X. Y. Xetcs. A solution. Visitor (frequent, scientific young man. he was now try ing to explain tne philosophy of positiv ism) "I admit the question is abstruse and complie " She "Why not pop it?" London Punch. A New York editor who wrote and printed an exhautive article on "How to Keep Cool," was prostrated by the heat two hours later, while on his way home. Perhaps he neglected to read the article. Xorristoum Herald. Papa "What' Jimmy, you smoke? and what do you smoke, "pray?" Jim my "I smoke cubeb-. Papa "And why do you smoke them?" Jimmy "Oh! they are good for a bad cold." Papa, How often do you have a bad old?" Jimmy "O, whenever you give me ten cents." Life. A Boston man who had been talk ing speculation with a broker, and keep ing an eye out for good paper, went to him one day and said: "1 think I have a chance to make a big spec- 1 can bay a note for .8jj. due in four months for S(00." "That's a big discount, my friend. Who was the note drawn by?" "Bv a man named Smith." "John Smith?" "That's the man." "Then don't you touch the note! He's my brother, and he'd write S800 all day long, and be glad to sell 'em for -SiJ aoiece- Luckv you spoke of it, sir. l ou want to fook out for all mv rela tions." Wall Street Xetcs. JL Cat and Rat Story. A rather strange incident occurred in Goetz Bachert'sback yard, on Pearl street, a few days ago. The yard at times appears to be the meeting place for rodents, and on the day in question a steel trap baited with stale cheese was set for their reception. Several per sons were watching the trap, when a large rat put in an aopearance and walked toward the trap. He was within a few feet of it when Mr. Bachert's favorite cat clambered over the fence into the yard. The rat stopped. So did the cat. " They seemed to recognize each other. After looking at one another a moment, the distance between them lessened. Finally they were nose to nose, and actually kissed each other. They remained together a few minntfc. when the rat took a knowing glance at the trap, and ran away in the opposite direction. The cat and rat were evi dently old friends, and the house pel trobably notified the house pest of the angero'us trap. Xonciek (Conn. J Bulletin. An ex-State Senator of Tennessee, while paying a bootblack in Wall street. New York, the other day. dropped a roll of bills containing $750. The boot black picked up the m&cey and banded it to it owner. reeeivLig t'ij for his re ward. X. Y. T.bcs. I
