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t -S-. t. THE JOURNAL. fulumuttS SKATES P AJTeMTMUfC!. EtTBuslnesa and profeadoaal cards of five Unas or less, per annum, fire dollars. Gf For time advertisements, apply at this office. TdTLgal advartisanienU at statata rates. STPor transient advextlatff, an rates on third paga. X2TAU advertisements payaUa monthly. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TURNER & CO., Proprietors and Publishers. 23T OFFICE, Eleventh St., up stairs in Journal Building. terms: Peryear Six months Three months Single copies VOL. XIV.Nd:': ' COLCMBUS, NEB, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26, 1884. WHOLE NO. 724. - Juurnal. - v : & I A 4 haa"aw BUSINESS CABDS. D.T. Martyx. M. D. T. J- SCHCG, M. D. Dra. JCAXTYK & SCHTJG, D. S. Examining Surgeons, Locil Surgeon. Union l'aciric. O., N. & B. II. and St. A Iu". It. Rs- Coii-ultitinn in German unci Koll-h. Telephones at office anil residence. COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA. li-r T F. Wlt-SO..". ., " PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Iireaes of women and chlMren a spe cialty. Counrv phyiicim. Office former ly occupied by Dr. Boue.teel. Telephone e'xehauge. "" C 111AM. SLOAHE, (Ykk Lke) CHINESE LA UNDRY. 23-lJnder '-Star Clothin- Store." Ne brasks Avenue, Columbus. ni O IJLA AMIIBAVGII, .!.. DENIAL PARLOR, On corner of Eleventh and North streets, over Ernst's hardware store. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Up-stair-in Cluck Building, nth street, Above the cw bank. XT a. hi;ko:v. NOT A R Y P 1TB LIC, 12th StreM.e doors ticl or Hammond ITouve, Columbus. Neb. 4'Jl-y rpilURSTO Ac POWERS. SURGEON DENTISTS, 83T Office in Mitchell Block, Colum bus, Nebraska. ll'tl y O. REISUI3K, ATTOIiXE Y AT LA W, Office on Olive St.. Columbia, Nebraska. 2-tf p G. A. HULLIIORST, A.M., M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, 07ivo Blocks '.outh of Court House. Telephone communication. -ly V. A. MACKEN, DKALKK IN Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Porters, Ales, etc., etc. Olive Street, next to First National Bank. vrcALMSTER BROS., A TTORNEYS A T LA W, Office upstairs in McAllister's l.iiilil Inc. 11th M. W. A. McAllister, Notary I UK, Public J. M. MACKAIILANH. Att:re7 ri:J:t7 KtVz. n. it. COWDKRY, C:lli:t:r. LAW AND COLLEOTIOX OFFICE OF MACFAR1.AND& COWDBRr, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. G EO. ."V. 1ERKY, PAINTER. J3TCarriage, house and idtfn painting, irlBzinp, paper hanging, kalsomining, etc. done to order. Shop on i:ith it., opposite Engine House. Columbus, Neb. 10-y F. II. ItlJSCIIE, llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, "Whips, Blankets, Currv Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy" tops, cushions, carriage trlmminsjs, vc at the lowest possible prices. Repairs pn mptly attended to. JS. MURDOCH & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Havcbadau extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work aud fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunitytoestimateforyou. jSTShop on 13th St., one door west of Friedhof & Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-v o. c. sTTAisnsroisr, MANUFACTURER OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. tSrShon on Eleventh Street, opposite HeinU's Wruc Store. -16-y G W. CLARK, LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT, HUMPHREY, NEBS. His lands comprise some line tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion of Pl?tte county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y pOLUMBIS PACKI.XGCO COLUMBUS, - NEB., Packers and Dealers in all kinds or Hog product, cash paid for Live or Dead Hogs or grease. directors. R. H nenry, Prest.; John Wiggins, Sec. and Trcas.; L. Gerrard, S. Cory. -VTOTICE TO TEACHERS. 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 schools. 567-y TA!tf ES SAL910!"i, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good jwork guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne braska. 526mo. J. WAGNER, Livery and Feed Stable. -Is' prepared to .furnish the public wlth good teams, buggies and carriages for. all occasions, especially for funerals. Also ce&dacts a sale stable. 44 FIRST National Bank ! COLU ITS, ZVEB. Authorized Capital, -Cash Capital. Surplus and Profits, - - $250,000 50,000 - 6,000 OFFICERS -AND 1)1 HECTORS. A. ANDERSON, Pres't. SAM'L C. SMITH. Vice Pres't. O.T.ROEN. Cathier. .T.AV EARLY, HERMAN OEHLRICH, VT. A. MCALLISTER. G.ANDERSON, P.ANDERSON. Foreign aud Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, and Real Estate Loans. 2n-voi-i3.lv . .u:- COAL CLIMES .I.E. NORTH &.C0., -uriAiibit -., Coal, Linie, t Hair, " Cement. - Seek Spring Coal, Carbon (Wyoming) Coal. Eldon (Iowa) Coal ..S7.00 per Ion .. COO .. 3.10 " -;0- r?:5i Iv, y. 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 Long Time and low rate of Interest. iSTFinal proof made on Timher Claims, Homesteads and Pre-emptions. S3TA11 wishing to buy laniK of any de scription will please call and examine my list of lands before looking else where 85TA11 having land to sell will please call and give me a description, trrin , prices, etc. J3I a'so am prepared to insure prop erty, as I have the agency of several fir.t-clas Fire-insurance companies. F. "W. OTT, Solicitor, speaka German. SAMIIEE C.SMITH, 3(utf Columbus, Nebraska. BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. 3IANUFACTURERS AD WHOLE feSALE DEALERS IN "WlfJtS mmrmn -ji. sS3JL Cea OFFICE, COLUMBUS, NEB. SPEICE & NORTH, Genaral Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific B. K. Lakds for sale at'from ?8.00 to 110,00 per acre for cash, or on five or ten years time, In aanaal payments to suit pur chasers.' "We have, also a large and choice lot of other-lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terms. , Also business and residence 'lot in the city. We kecp-a complete abstract of title to all real es tate in Platte County, z , 621 COLUMBUS. NEB. LOUIS SCHREIBER, BlacismiUi aMWaaon M&ter. All kiids ef Repairiig dese ei Skirt Notice- Jtiggies, Wag- is, fete, aaie to orier, aid "all werk Gop- aiteei. , Ako Mil tkewwld-faatous Wmltar A. WW JCewvt, Eeprs,CMin ti -Mnekimtf, " nrr mtmt, J - ui tlf-bidrs-tk i " f j v . "Shop opposite the " TattersaU," on mm st i m. yv m - MINCE PIF Borne mince-pie-ration of the musa Prompts me thus pie-ously to use My pen in hopes taat I. thereby, Mmj gt my wife to make a pie. Two pounds of beef; one pound of suet; Fire pounds apples chopped add to It; Three pounds of raisins: currants two: Three-quarter pounds of citron new; Ttvo tablespoonfuls pure of maoe; The same of cinnamon you place; Allspice and cloves and salt, once round; One teaspoonful of nutmeg- ground; Of sugar brown five half-pounds true; Brown sherry pure, one quart will do; And one pint brandy, best." Now we Have got our mince-meat recipe. This all the winter sweetly keeps. If safe within stone-Jars it sleeps. And tied with double covers wliero There circulates a chilling; air. But let it stand one day at least Before you uso it for the feast. And if, in time, it pets too dry, A littlq liquor you'd supply. Now we'll suppose the pies are done And steaming hot and browned each one, And while the f rag-rant odors rise. Before you taste, you will, if wise, Taae them, rejrardless of expense. And toss the pie-sin o'er the fence. Because, whoever eats mince pie "Will not digest he will lest die. H. C. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press. JACK FLEMMLWS FIRST BEAR. Boys, I ain't gwine to town this raoramV "What, Jack, not goin' to town?" "Not sick, are yer?" "Hello! not goiV to town?" . " hnt's the matter. Jack?" we all exclaimed in a breath. "No, nothin's the matter; jistl kinder reckon I'll not go to-day." It was the last Sunday of October, in 1852. A beautiful sunny morning, the air still, and a slight wind rustled the leaves ot the iuan3 trees about our camp, which was situated on the Co sumnes River, in El Dorado County, about len miles from Hangtown. Five of "us boys" were mining here, said boys ranging from eighteen to twenty-six years in -age, and hailing from Missouri, Tennessee, Uhio, South Carolina an.d New York. Jack Flemming was about six feet three inches in height and weighing one hundred and fort' pounds, and was at this time twenty-two years of age, of a fair complexion, dark brown hair and large blue eyes. Owing to his easy disposition and the facility with which he turned a joke from" himself upon anj one of his companions he was an especial favorite in camp, although theljutt of all our fun, which he took good-naluredly, without any sign of anger or displeasure. It was wonder ful, too, for looking back over the long lapse of years I can now sen that many rough jokes were played on him. He was always calm and collected and was never known to get excited over any event, no matter how excited others might become. His perceptive faculties were dull. The only thing he was sharp aud shrewd about was a horse trade, in which he always suc ceeded. He came from Boone County. Missouri. 'J he name of the town I do not remember, although many a stormy night we have been entertained by the tales told by Jack about this town and the "circus'shows" that his "dad'' used to take him "for to see." Jack was the truest hearted and most uncultured of all that uncultured people. I do not believe he ever spoke a correct sentence in all his life. The onPy ex pression approaching profanity we ever heard him say was:" "1 gawd, boys,'" which 1 always supposed to be a cor ruj tiou of what might have been pro fane, had he been able to speak it cor re My. On Sundays it was our custom, as ot all other camps, to go to town, to mail and get letters, see the sights, have a square meal and hear of tiie latest discoveries in the mines. It was after breakfast- Wo were all surprised to see Jack settle down comfortably in his chair before the lire and light his pipe, instead of making his usual prepara tions to go to town, as the rest of us were doing. It was the more surprising for the. reason that the rains would soon set in, and we could not go to town many more times until spring. He had always been the first to start, and being the possessor of long legs, would arrive there some time before the rest of us, and when we got there we had only to see Jack and from him hear the news. When Jack told of his determination to stay at home this morning we took it as a joke, and thought that after we had gone he would take a different trail than the usual one and arrive in town before lis, and we fully expected to see him on getting there; but to our great disap pointment he was not there. We gen erally started for home in time to be there by sunset, but this day for some cause we started home earlier than usu al. On the way Jack was greatly missed, for when he was along there never was a lack of something to keep all entertained. When we came in sight of the cabin we saw the door standing open, and expected and hoped Jack I would have dinner cooking. Although not thinking it would be ready, know ing that he would not be looking for us bo soon, we stepped in softly, in order to give him a surprise; but stopped sud denly, for to our amazement Jack was nowhere to be seen, and everything in the cabin was scattered over the floor. A few days before we had laid in our winter supplies; and the cabin was well filled with the goods and provisions found in a miners' cabin in those days. When we left in the morning a quarter of beef was hanging on the .ridgepole. It was gone. We looked for the guns. They were gone. A barrel of sugar lay on its side upon the floor, half empty. A keg of syrup, broken open, and "the syrup running over the cabin." Beans lying over everything. In fact, everything was in confusion. Tom Stapleton was the first to speak. Boys," said he, "look to your revolv ers; "the dicken's been to pay here. We will find Jack lying dead somewhere with a' pound of lead in him. Hark! Look sharp, boys! I heard soniethin' !" We had all heard it, and had our re volvers ready for use. Soon steps were heard approaching the cabin, and each pointed his weapon toward the door, expecting to see the enemy; but, to our surprise and joy, Jack walked in with the guns over his shoulders. He came in with a whoop; but when he saw four revolvers pointed at him he said: "Look here, boys, put them 'ere shoot inMrons up. There's no danger; he's dead as a door nail." "Who's dead?" we all cried. "Why, "the grizzly, of course; what did you think itvvas?" He then'told us that a bear had come into the cabin and taken all he wanted, and that he (Jack) had followed him out and had killed him. and had only waited our return to help skin and dress him.- We tried to make him tell us the particulars, but to all our questionings we received the response: "Wait till aitec dinner, boys." , Ve .brought in the bear, and soon ' . y. j -j j veiyuuHg was ih oruer sou uinner cokiag. After dinner every, one, ex- oenrfn sr.Taflr lo-Vitw1 tt?a nine inrl mmi-A .vw.tn.Mfc .. - , fe . rvr i down oetore tne nre to Bear Jack's jtstory. "I say, boys," drawled Jack, vaxore x sun uwrjmn 'erimsiness, you will have ter excuse'me while I look up my notes." Taking up a water-pail he went to a creek nearby and soon re turned with a bucket full of water. After helping himself to a drink of the water, which he called "Adam's ale," he said: "Now, boys, yer uncle's got the floor, and for .the first time since I crossed the Rockies I rise afore a an jence. and I am awful sorry Dad isfent here to give me a pat on mv back.1' One of the boys offered to take Dad's place, but he was silenced by Jack. He said: "Now, Bob, never you mind; I'm g'wine to run this 'ere meetua' alone. You all jist keep yer seats and pay 'tention." Taking another drink of water, he continued: ""Well, boys, I'd been kinder sorter thinkin' fer some time long back that I'd kinder sorter let up on this prancin' ter town every Sunday. It's well enough fer you boys, but somehow when I get ter town an' go in an' sec so much loose change layin' round I kinder hanker after some of it, an sorter thinkin' per haps I could fetch a little of it away; but Fve kinder made up my mind that old Sam Flemming's boy ain't as smart as he thought he was (Jack had been trying to beat at nionte for a long time, but had found out to his sorrow that where he had won one dollar he had lost one hun dred), and if I ever get back to old Boone again I'll have ter lei up on this 'ere kervartin' round Sundays, so I thought I'd try an' start in this 'ere mornin' an stop right here. Alter you boys left I cleaned up everything in the cabin, washed them er shirts an' things what you seed on them bushes out thar, an1 put on a pot o1 beans to boil, an' begun to sorter feel that 1 wished I'd not bin a fool an' had gone "long with you boys; but it was gettin' nigh onter dinner'time. an' I though tbatii I start ed the fun would be all over afore I-got thar, so I kinder made up my mind I'd better stick it out, an' I reckon I won't want ter do it agin all by myself. Well, I kinder dident want ter git din ner, so I took a cold bite an' thought I'd lay down an' take a good rest. I'd jist laid down, an' was a thinkin' of you boys, when in popped the biggest crea tur l.ever seed. I gawiL boys, I thought there were a circus show round somewhere an' the elephant had got loose fer certiu. Well, sir, in he walked, right up to the beef hangin' thar (point ingto the ridgepole), an' with one grab he fetched it down an' chawed it an' had got it down afore I could wink. Then he began to help himself to all the things, and thar I laid, an' a thinkin' of what ter do. Thar stood the guns in the corner. I knowed it was no use of tacklin' him with a revolver, for it would only cause a row right here, so I calkerlated he'd not see me an' I'd jist kiver up an' let him have his own way fer awhile. I laid still as a mouse, an' once iu a while I'd look out an' take a see. Well, by-and-by, he took a notion that thar were soniethin' better in this 'ere house, an' so I could hear him sor ter prospectin' rouud like. Pretty soon I heard him a licking his chops," an' I looked out an' thar he were pullin' the plug out of that 'ere molasses keg an' then he licked it up as it cum out. He kinder thought it cum out too slow, an' so he hit the top with a lick of his paw, an' smashed it all to thunder. Thar he sat, lickin' in dead earnest, but it soon fot to runnin' all over the ground, an' kinder reckon bars don't like much dirt with thur grub, so he legun ter see if thar was abotly in those 'er bunks. I were all kivered up, head an' ears. He stuck his nose in my bunk snorted. I gawd, boys, thar's the time I begun ter kinder think of Dad and .Mani, an' how I'd like ter be in old Boone ag'in. Well, pretty soon I heard him lickin' his chops ag'in. 1 looked out. Thar he was with the sugar bar rel, one arm round it, an' scoopin' out the sugar with the t'other. He'd sat down an' was jist a shov'lin it into him. I began to git orful tired of a layin' in bed, an' wished I were out on the hill where l could take a better look of things. I beared him trampin' round, an' pretty soon I heated him go out the door. I sorter unkivered my head an' saw him a walkin' off with some bacon. I got up an' shet the door to make cer tin he didn't come back for the sjTup or sugar. I watched him til he got up on the side of the mountin' an thar he set down in the sun an' begun to scratch himself an' sorter rub his belly up an' down, like a boy whatpiad bin eatin' green apples. Well, while he set thar, I kinder reckoned that if I were on that ere ledge of rocks above him I might make it kinder hot for him. and when I thought of that I gethered them three guns an' all the pouches, an' out the door I slipped. His time was so taken up with his rubbin' an' seratchin' that he didn't see me. 1 dodged round the hill, an' up the gulch I clum, an' I tell you I wasn't long 'bout gettin' up thar. I crawled out on that ere ledge. Thar he sat with his back to me, 'bout thirty steps down the hill. Lookin' ter see that them guns was all right, I took Old Betty, and layin' t'others by my side, so they would be handy, I took a rest and aimed at his head. At the crack of the gun he jumped about three feet an' rolled over. 1 give him the t'others as he lay thar. Loadin' all tho guns ag'in, I sot down to see how he'd act. Soon I seed him move one foot, an' I sorter reckoned he were playin' 'possum; so I give him three more shots. Iwere up thar a loadin' them guns when I seed you boys a cumin'; an' I sorter reckoned I would let vou see how he'd left things after helpm' himself. But I say, boys, what's goin' on in town?" After satisfying Jack of all the news we found that it was eleven o'clock and time to go asleep. The bear weighed eight hundred pounds, and we supplied several .camps, as well as our own, with bear meat for several days. Jack never tired of telling his bear story on all occasions that offered. San Francisco Examiner. Mr. Baldwin, of Washington, D. C, went to Hot Springs, last summer, for his health, and telegraphed back to his wife that he was "gaining fast." The dispatch when it reached Mrs. Baldwin read "I am going fast," and that lady, in much agitation of spirit, departed hastily for Hot Springs to hear, if possi ble, her husband's last words. . Her dis tress of mind and nervous excitement so overcame her that the finding of Mr. Baldwin well and heartv did not pro duce a reaction, and she has been an invalid ever since. For this littie error of two letters, the Western Union Tele graph Company is asked to pay $5,000. Washington Star. The old Qonkey Tavern, located in Prescott, Hampshire Countr, Mass., and celebrated as the rendezvous of Daniel Shays and those with whom he sympathized and incited to rebellion in 1787, has been burned. It was built in 1758 and was a noted hostelry during nany years of the last century. It has long been, deserted, but has lately- been brought to public notice by photographs and descriptions which have been print ed of it, so that it became an objectrr point with summer visitors scouring the country forsbme new local sensation! Boston Transcript The Tilef la tie Iwe. There are several ways of looking at a house thief. He may be observed in the prisoner's dock, or his physiognomy may be studied in a first-class rogue's gallery. One point of view hazy and unreliable is from the scenes of his ex-, ploits, where loss, fright and anger magnify every movement and exagger ate the importance of the criminal hero. A near approach to the successful thief and house robber dispels many il lusions and robs the situation of half the romance. The most successful house burglar whom the writer ever met was an exceedingly modest and in offensive personage in his appearance upon the street, and he would never be singled out in a crowd as the man to disturb your midnight slumber and forcibly bear off the "supers" and leathers." There is a great degener acy from the Dick Turpin "and Robin Hood ideal in the criminal realm; there is no such isolation as in former days, nonsuch sanguinary training or reckless adventure The dreaded culprit is not now hidden in romance and mystery. In short, in the word- ?f a noted cracks man: "From beginning to end its Eurely business." To the well-trained ouse" thief and burglar, detection and arrest are no "horrible discovery." There is no shame or ignominy in "the public arraignment andtrial, no dread ful foreboding of retribution, no very poignant regrets over a State-prison sentence. With the "cultured operator " the "cop," the court, jury, sentence and a penitentiary term are as much a part of the "business" of the profes sion as is the disposal of the "swag. ' The qualms of conscience, mental tor ments and soul terrors so vividly de picted and predicated of villains "who defy moral and statute law are not so often experienced by the burglar and thief as is generally "supposed. "It's our trade. We know it is against the law and all that, but the fact is, we do not allow such consider ations to trouble us. We do not look upon our profession from the same point of view: that's all. We under stand that a majority of people look upon us as enemies or society, but we don't agree with society, that's all. We know that society is our enemy, and we take that fact into our calculations. The whole business Is fascinating to the pro fessional. We prefer to play this game, all full of hazards and trip-ups, than to walk in the rigid tracks of business which society marks out as the only le gal and honorable way of getting money." A different style of burglar and house robber is demanded by the condition of modern life from that which was the type of lawlessness a century ago. The brutal and sanguinary element is as nearly as possible eliminated, but the same essential qualities of constitution make the successful house thief of to day. The modern burglar aims to es cape detection through retreat and deft escape from the premises, as well as to accomplish his main purpose of plun der, in the use of skill and not of force. "Never kill a man save in self-defense: get caught rather than drop a man," was the prudeut motto of a celebrated cracksman. It is only the tyro or the bungler who nourishes revolvers and quickly appeals to the bludgeon. Boa ton Herald. Fasting for Four Years. In a cosy little cottage overlooking the Quinniplac River on Pine street. Fair Haven, lives Mrs. John L. Evarts, a lady who, it is asserted, has virtually eaten nothing for four years. During this time she lias subsisted wholly so her friends say on the juices of" fruit taken in such scanty quantities as to be alraot inappreciable. The juice of a single orange has served the purpose of food for days. Eminent physicians have studied the case and have all alike been puzzled and routed in their efforts to master it. That, the story of her wonderful fast is true" nobody knowing Mrs. Evarts questions. Her own repu tation aud the i haracter of the friends who surround her dispose of any sug gestions of trick or humbug which the cynical might seek to interpose. " And yet the appearance of the lady does not lend much plausibility to the idea that she has suffered through any loss of appetite. When met by a re porter of the Morninq News at her door, yeterdnv. it was with difficulty that he could believe that he stood in the pres ence of one who had tasted no substan tial food for fiftv months. She was the picture of health. Slightly past middle age, she seemed indeed a line specimen of the rugged, old-fashioned New En gland woman, used to out-door exercise ana younger in reality than tne aver age woman a half-score years her jun'or. Her eye sparkled and the flush on her cheek seemed the tint of perfect health. Her manner was bright and pleasant. Though averse to discussing her remarkable experiences, and feeling a dread of newspaper mention, she finally consented to tell something of the strange story. "Four years ago," said Mrs. Evarts, "I visited friends at Portland, Me. While there I suffered from a severe cough of which I was unable to rid my self 1 consulted physicians in Port land and took many kinds of medicine, but all to no effect. One spring day the cough left me as suddenly as it had come upon me a few months before. Soonsubse.jucntly I began to suffer from severe pa'ns in the stomach. Plasters were applied and other remedies sought in vain. 1 became unable to eat any thing. The bare taste of food subjected me to nausea. In this condition I re turned to New Haven. The best medi cal aid was procured for me, and under the advice of my physicians I used to drive daily to a slaughter-bouse and drink warm blood. For a time this seemed to help me, though I was con tinually atliicted with nausea and was unable to eat anything substantial what ever. " Up to the time you were attacked in Maine had you been in good health?" asked the visitor. " Oh, yes. I had not known reallv what sickness meant; and mv appetite had always been excellent; fn fact, I never missed a meal or failed to do my full duty at the table, morning, noon or night. After my return the sickness began to develop" which has bad me in its clutches ever since. The doctors, one after another, have tried to fathom the mystery, but all have been defeated, it seems. Some have treated me for cancer of the stomach, and others have supposed the trouble to be from an in ternal ulcer. For fifteen months I suf fered indescribable tortures, and was kept almost constantly under the influ ence of chloroform. Ether had no ef fect whatever upon me, and the only nourishment I took in all this time was a little brandy and ice. Suddenly I grew better and stranger, hut my appe tite.showed no signs o? returning." "It seems straage that you could have coatlmued alive?" ' Yes, altaost'a miracle. For months the church bells 044 not xjag, the vibra tions affecting me so that I was again and again taken with cramps that doubled my body into most painful shapes. A celebrated physician of Phil adelphia heard of my case and came to see me, and attended me for some time, but his labors were unavailing. There seemed no remedy and no skill equal to the demands of the case, and I have con tinued until the present with no return of appetite and subject to nervous pros tration." ' And all this time you have eaten no meat and no pastry of any kind?" tho reporter asked. " None whatever, not a single mor sel," was the response. "My physicians and friends will all tell you this." Twice in this time I have been hungry. It was terrible, and I can not begin to tell you what I was obliged to suffer. I did not dare to eat anything, an J at the same time niy cravings were such that when I saw a little dog running in the street I felt as if 1 couid eat even particle of flesh upon it- I go out to ride nearly every day, and consider myself a well woman, "with the exception that I par take of no substantial food, and never sit at a table except for sociability." " What keeps you alive?" "My only subsistence is fruit; not fruit eaten as other people eat fruit. I can swallow none of the substantial portions. It is only the juice that I dare take all that I want to take. This only for the past four years ha3 been my en tire nourishment, except that occasion ally I allow a little loaf sugar to melt in my mouth. The odor of cooking in the houso has not the least effect upon me." Mrs. Evarts smiled as she bade her caller good-by. and lovingly fondled the rich yellow orange she held in her hand. New Havat Conn.) News. Things That Dent Seem Right to Brother Gardner. "Dar am seb'ral things dat doan' look 'zactly right to me," said Brother Gard ner, as he rubbed It's bald head with one hand and opened the meeting with the other. "It doan' look 'zactly right to see one man wuth ten millyon dollars an' anod er wuth only ten cents (applause by Samuel Shin), but yit if I wus de ten millyon dollar man I wouldn't keer wheiler it looked right or not." Sud den end to the applause. "It doan' look 'zactly right fur one man to own a great foundry, while an oder man am obleeged to work fur hira fur two dollars a day ("Hear! hear!" from Judge Cadaver), but if I was de two dollars a day man 1 wouldn't frow myself out of a job to spite de owner or to please a demagogue." (The Judge subsides. "It doan' look 'zactly right to see one man hold oilis all de time, while anoder man has to shove a jack-plane fur a libin' (grqat rustle in Pickle Smith's corner), but he who shoves de jack plane has de respeck of de community an' keeps outer jail." Rustle dies away. "It doan' look 'zactly right to see fo'ty lawyers rush to defend a criminal who has stolen money in his pockets, while de offender who am moneyless am left to dig his way f rew a ten-foot wall wid an ole knife-blade (grins on a dozen faces) ; but if I was a lawyer I should aim my money an- odder way except bv sawin' wood." De public doan' look fur any pertickler display of conscience on de part or lawyers, an' darfore suffer no disappintments." Grins no longer observable. " It doan' look 'zaclly right fur one man to have a big brick house an' anoder man a rough bo'd shanty, but 'long 'bout tax-time deman in de shanty kin sit on de fence an' chuckle over de fack dat he haint rich. "It doan' look 'zactlyright to see one man go pushin' an' swellin' an' crowd in' everybody else off de sidewalk to let de public know dat he am a king-bee, but such men have to carry de anxiety of bein' in debt to de tailor, an' of dodgih' de grocer an' of subscribin' twenty-five dollars to build a church widout a hope of bein' able to pay ten cents on de dollar. "In fack, my friends, dar' am heaps an' heaps o' things dat doan' look 'zact ly right to us at fust glance, but when ye come to ligger it up an' divide an' subtract we've all got a heap to be thankful fur an' to encourage us to git up airly in the mornin'. A man km brace his legs an' lay back like a mule, an' kick away at de hull world an' hate eberybody an' be hated in return, or he kin pick up sartin crumbs o' consola shun, crowd inter a seat in de back end of de wagin, an' take a heap o' comfort, knowin' dat somebody is wuss off dan himself. Let us accumulate to bizness." - -Detroit Free Press. - - Heasekeepers Measures. A great deal of poor food, especially cakes and other "recipe"' preparations, is due to inaccuracy in measuring. "A pinch" of salt or pepper or other condiment may mean four times as much in one hand as in another quite enough to entirely change the qualit, and flavor. Teaspoons, teacups and coffee cups now vary greatly. The ol standard tea cup held jus.t half a pint, or four to the quart, and the coffee cup three-quarters of a pint, or two and two-thirds cups to a quart; but on test ing several cups now in use we find that of one pattern of teacups three fill a quart; of another it takes five, and of another six; while of coffee cups, two of one set fill a quart, and of another it takes nearly four. It would be a sim ple matter, and a great convenience, for any housekeeper to keep always at hand accurate measuring cups of earth enware or tin. Let a teacupful or tum blerful always mean exactly half a pint, and keep a cup of that size. Or use a small tin cup one with a side handle being preferable. Spoon measuring is more important, especially in giving medicines. The .top is bo broad and it is so difficult to know when a spoon is evenly full that a "teaspoonful dose" of any medicine or of a flavoring extract in "cooking, may be double what it is prescribed. The standard teaspoon, evenly full, holds an eighth of a fluid ounce, or 128 to a pint, and a standard tablespoon just three times as much, or forty-two to the pint. Sixty drops of water equals one teaspoonful, but drops of different liquids vary in size. Even family should have a "minim glass" (minim means a drop). This is a little tube or cup having a broad base and a lip for pouring out the liquid. There are marks on the sides, and figures 10, 20, SO, 40, 50, 60, for so many drops the figures 60 making just a standard teaspoonful. With this at hand one is always able to measure off exact tea spoonfuls of anything. In giving medi cine such regularity of doses may mean recovery of heaith. These glasses can be bo right at most druggists for fifteen to thirty cents each. American Agri culturist. Henry Irving said at a dinner in New York that the only quarrel he had with the reporters was for saying that ha reminded them of Oscar Wilde, CheateL Billy Kasnoozelum was the champion Jumper, the best shot and the bravest mnter in the Coon Hollow neighbor hood, and all the girls for miles around admired him. His' father owned'a good farm of twenty acres, six mules and ten dogs enough of this world's goods to make any man happy. The old 'man advised Billy to get married and settle down. "And be sure to marry a wo man what's got some property," said he. Billy said he would get married in the course of time if left to himself, and there the matter would rest for a. time. One day Billy went on a hunting jaunt and traveled, so- far from home that " he found himself in a strange neighborhood, aud suddenly he came unexpectedly upon a house. In tho doorway stood a damsel of eighteen or iiieruauuui:, muring as sweet as a green oersimmon. Billy stood as one trans fixed and ga.ed in open-mouthed ad miration at the forest beauty which had so suddenly dawned upon his vision like an angel visitant. He dared not speak for fear he should break the spell and drive the fair wood nymph forever from his sight. It was "left to her to' knock the enchantment higher than Gilderoy's kite. " What ar you lookin' at, mister?" "Why I 1 was just lookin' at you." " Wal, ef you've got any business out with it, an' don't stan' thar like yer hadn't no sense." Billy had no business of any import ance on hand just then, but he managed to get up a conversation and when ho left the two were pretty well acquanted Billy found out the girl lived alone with fier father, a fanner by birth, edu cation and occupation, and somehow he found it convenient to pass that way every time he went on a hunting expe dition. Tabitha Wintergill's father owned twenty acres of land, a mule and four dogs. Billv told his father about it and he seemed satisfied. " Go ahead Billy," he said, 4tyou have my blessing." Billy courted the fair Tabitha, the twenty acres, the mue aud the dogs with all the ardor of his young soul. Every time he visited the country store he bought candy and snuff for her and she repaid him in smiles; and she could smile the sweetest, broadest and com prehensive of smiles, when the weather was dry so she could get in the middle of that twenty acre field to do it. Thus time went on. Time was still going on when Billy thought he would ask the momentous question that was to docidu his fate. The more he thought of it the more he thought that too much time had gone by. With these thoughts in his mind he approached the house where she lived one day about this time of the year. .Tabitha," said he, "I want ter get married." "Wal. why don't yer?' "Cause I ain't got de gal's consent vet." " "Who's de gal?" "You, Tabitha." "Me! sho; you're only jokin' now." "No I aint. I love you beltr'n I do 'possum meat, and I want vou fer a wife. What d'ye say?" "Wal, I sorter promised Jim Shucks I'd marry him. I like you bettec'Ji I do him. though, an' ef you an him kin fix it up some way 111 many you. Yonder he comes now," and j.he ran into the house, leaving Billy :in.l Jim to arrange matters the best they could. Billy broke the ice thnsly: Jim, vou an' I's both struck arter Tabitha. Now I'll tell you what I'll do; 1 11 give you this hero gun fer yer chanee.' "Can't do it." "I'll give yer six steel traps ter boot. "Can't do it." "An' 111 give ver a dogs." pair of pap's "It's a go. Gimme yer ces ter you." hand, bnc- Time has went on a few more. Billy has been married three years. He te meditating. Hear him: "I ncvei was Deat so bad in my life in a trade. But Jim Shuck" nor no other mnu'll ever cheat me that way again." Carl Pretzel? Wti fc'y. Gallant Conduct of a Robin. On a fine Sunday morning, in the month of May, ray ton, with another young man, was watching a sparrow. Taster domesti -us, which was building or repairing its nest in a maple tree be fore the High School at Freehold. N. J. The young men sat on the steps ot" the school building. They observed a sparrow-hawk. Falcosparverius 1., hover ing in mid-air. The Passer, perched on the top of a picket but a few feet from them, when the hawk swooped down with great rapiditj', seized and carried high iu air the poor sparrow before the young men could fairly corapreheud the transaction. It was. hv-wever, quite otherwise with a room, TunJus migia torius, that had witnessed the deed from his perch iu a tree near by. The noble bird lost no time in making pursuit of the marauder. My son says he never saw a robin fly with such spceJ a did this one. Soon it caught up with thu hawk, which it fought" despcratfly, lit erally pulling out the feathers by moufbfuls, which were c-rsily seen float ing in the air. The brave Mrd in t hac drawn blood, for every dp of its bill brought out a craven :iy from the buccaneer. The robin achieved a com plete v'ctory, and the bawfc. dropping his booty, made an ignominious retreat. The whilom prey fell a few feet through the air, probably half dead with frignt, but regained its seues in time to re cover the use of its wings before reach ing the ground, when it flew away in a direction prudently the oppos te of that taken by the hawk". As to the conduct of the robin, it surely was magnanimous aud courage ous to a degree. The bird it rcsced was at best an unfriendly pariah. These foreign sparrows, 1 ke some i ther intel ligent c'tzens, as a friend remarked, "are not overly loving to anything na t ve born.' I think the roJiu showed fine pluck. Had the hawk, on giving up his prey, turned upon his pursuer, the odds would have been fearfully against that brave bird. But the attack was so vigorous that the hawk was com pletely cowed, and glad to get awav by flighfc Whether thet--ad:tional killer of "cock robin" experienced t e emo tion of gratitude to his deliverer is a bit of bird psychology that we can not get at. Cor. American Natura'ist. A youthful runaway couple John Henry Jackson aud Mis Neliiyuii, were married in a parlor-car overTu the Indian Territory, opposite DenLson, Tex., a few days ago. The bride is a reputed heiress, and only daughter of a wealthy cattleman" of Wheeloek, near Hearne, and the groom, likeJaoob, had kept the old man's cattle, and took his pay in the old man's daughter, by mn ning off with her. St. Louis Po'st SdEXCK ISS i wl'STKl. A new derit .: iu-iu p::teiHSSl in London for gene, at gel t ;.' icily at so small a cost that it will be cheaper than gas. . A new kind of cloth is bains; made in Lyons from the down of hens, ducks and geese. Seven hundred and fifty grains of feathers make oae square meter of a light and very warm water proof cloth, which can be dyed in all shades. The best use to which the electric light could be put is a a locomotive head light. A successful experiment has been made in Chicago, the electricity being generated by a dynamo situated in front of the cylinder and worked from the cab. ibe light illumined the track for a third of a mile. Chicaqo Inter Ocean. Paper lumber u the newest inven tion. It is made of the pulp of wheat, ryu aud oats straw and other vegetaU fibers. They are combined with chem ical ingredients, and produce an artieU that is said to compare favorably with the best wood. It is susceptible of the finest polish and will take any tint or color. Boston Post. In the course of a recent lecture in Baltimore on the subject of food and the markets in their relations to mu nicipal hygiene, Dr. John S. Billiags affirmed that fifty-three diphtheria epi "femics, seven scarlet-fever epidemics and twelve typhoid epidemics in Eng land had been directly traced to the milk supply. Baltimore Sun. The fuel employed has a great in fluence on the color and quality of bricks. Some coals contain foreign substances, which produce gases unfa vorable to the development and fixing of the natural red color of the brick, us well as to its quality. Sulphurous gases are especially dangerous, 'lhey unlta with the freo oxygen which is retained in the bricks and form sulphates which not only spoil the color but destroy the durability of the brick under atmos pheric changes. Another frequent result is that a white crust forms on the out side. Philadelphia Press. Dried apricots are likely to be a prominent article of export from Cali fornia. Heretofore this fruit has been put up almost entirely in tin cans. but. in consequence of over-production, the canning factories reduced the price paid to the farmer to such a figure that ha was driven to experimenting with vari ous processes of drying, and discovered a method that leaves the fruit in a delicious state. California fruit-grower are now going largely into apricot drv ing, but it is thought they never will C reduce more than the markets of the Tnited States alone are prepared to con sume. San Francico Cnronicle. One of the latest novelties in lamp shaues is iced or crackled glass, which was the invention of a rrenchiuan named Ray. The peculiarcrackled ap pearance is obtained by covering the surface of the sheet of glass with a thick coating of some coarse-grained llux or some more easily fusible glass, and then subjecting it to the action of a strong tire. As soon as the coatiug U fined aud the table red hot. it is withdrawn and rapidly subjected to a cooling process, which at once separates the layer of flux from the underlying sur face and leaves'behind the evidence of its attachment to the same in irregular outlines, scales, crystal forms, etc. N. Y. Times. PITH AND POINT. About thirty per cent, of the candy sold by the confectioners is white earth. People who "want the earth" should eat nothing but canity. Detroit Post. A young mau writes to consult us about the bet pattern of health lift. We would suggest helping his mother a little with the coal hod. Burlington Free Press. Among the new toys are some won derful singing dolls. They resemble prima donnas at a party in some re spects. They must be pressed before they will sing" N, O. P.'cayune. A New York letter speaks of a "man who lost SCO.OOO a minute." Candidly, if we were to loose 60,000 a minute our fortune would lie completely exhausted in less time than half a day. Much les. Norristoum Herald. "How-de-doo, dN mawnin' Brud der Borem? I hearu dat de mare had yer tip for lying and stealing yisterday. Now, tell de truft", N ver gib'en to deni dar habits?" "Yes, Brudder Gardener; I lie and steal bofe I lie on de bed, and steals outen bad company." The Judge. The French Embassador to the English Court paid a neat compliment a little while back to a Peeress who had been talking to h m for an hour. The lady said: "You must think I am very fond of the sound of my own voice." The Frenchman replied: "I knew you liked music." A man who had seen a good deal of quarreling over wills, lecently left thrs legal document for hi friends to perue: "This is the last will and testament of me, John Thomas. I leave all my things to be divided among my rela tions. If anybody makes a fuss about anything he isn't -"to have nothing." Chicaqo Tribune. Fore-ight Mis-? Edith (aged six): Mamma, they kiv the Giblues have come into a whole lot of money. Ella Stanford says the- are real "common and vulgur, but I think we had better be vory nice to tht-m. as there are two boys in the family about my age. and when I grow up something might come of it, you know. Exchange. "I'm thoroughly disgusted with everylody," said a cynical fellow. "What's "wrong now?" asked a friend. " Oh, everything! Why, I don't look in any direction that I don't see a fool." "Indeed? Then why don't you throw the mirror out of your roo:n? I'd have some comfort, even if 1 didn't get to see myself for six months." Merchant Iravelkr. Uncle Ernest surprised Lilly wet ting her fingers with brandy from a flask and smearing the face of a doll with it- "What are you doing there, little one?" said he. "My doll is pale." answered she; "I am giving it color." "But you can't impart color with that." "Ye-, I can, for mamma told me it was brandy that made your nose red." Boston Globe. In these days a girl will take about twenty thousand pieces of silk of all shades, and put thein all neatly to gether, and then embroider dainty birds, and blushing flowers, and ribbon ed tambourines, and airy lutes, and all sorts of exquisite little conceits upon it. And after this she lines it with sky-blue satin, and puts a luxurious heavy gold cord around the edge; and when all this aesthetic object is finished it is called crazy-quilt. We should think it was tho girl who would be crazy. Chicago Times. Mr. George Grant, of Meriwether,, Ga., says, counting his grand and greaV' grand and gTeat-ETaat-grandcaildnn, ha fias'105 ZV . .: 3ft
