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1 l-VjtB-i-.ii.jP N IV i THE JOURNAL. ISSCED EVERY WEDNE-DAY, M. EZ. TTXRjSTER & CO., Proprietor! and Publishers. 1ST OFFICE Eleventh St., up ttairs m Journal Building. terms: Peryesr ? Six months 22 Tnre months single copies BUSINESS CARDS. D.T. MARTYX, L D. F. .1. -CHUG, JI. D. Drs. 1CARTYN & SCHUO, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surseon. Union Pacitic, O., X. .t K. II. and . A 3f. R. Rs. Consultation in German and EnjrlUh. Telephones at oilico and residences'. COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA. -t--y T IM)i;llKKT, .11. .. PHY1CIA.& SURGEON. 3ui- e-oml door eat f io-t-oni-f . ."il-r PHYSICIAN S- SURGEON. l)igeae of womeu and children a pe ""fcialfi1.' 'tVTulfr"phTtcrsTir'tflicie- former-- ly occupied ly lJr.iwneMcei. iwciiuuhc exrhaujre. O I.l.A ASH IE A UGH, -... DENIAL PAULO 11. On corner ft Elitnth and North -treets, our Ernl hardware story. C OK.XKI.H-;S A: SlilJ-IVA, ITTORXFYS-A'I-LA W, L'p-5-tair- in UIucU Building, 11th street, Above the New bank. tt j. iirsstfo:. XOTA It Y P UIlL IC. Itk stn-M.- Aouts nnl oT U-mmoad Hoik, C.lumhus. N'b. 491-y rJ rpilUltS r A: row:-.. 'sir Ml EON DENTISTS, 2T "'.. in Mit.hell Hl.uk, Coluui-l.u-. N'.-l.ra-k.i. H-tf r . Ki:i:irit. A TTOHXEY A T LA W, Ollire on Olive St., Coluiubu, Nebraska. -tf V. A. HACKEN, DKALKK IN Foreign "nil Domestir Liquors and Cigars. 1Kb street, Columbu-. Neb. 50-y M AI.I.ISl'KK BRON., A TTOJiXFYS A T LA W, Onice up tair in MoAllis-ter's build in.. 11th t. AV. A. MeAUister, Notary I lib lie. J. XI. MACKAK1.ASD, B. K. COWDKKY, LAW ANIi COLLEtTIOX OFFICE OF MACrARhAND & COWDERY, rlumbws. ' : Nebraska. i -. iti.i:n. si. i- (uc or to Ir c . (J. A. Hullhort HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AD L'RUEiN. Ri'flllir .tradilate of two medical col lege. ni lit- M., oue-half block north -f liaiiuiKiiid Iloiie. --!)' C. M. SWEEZEY, Land, Loan aud Insurance, HIM I'll KEY, NEK. Monet to loan on low: or ihort time on Real Estate m Mini- to -il it parttei. .10-y J. J. .HA-JCHA. Justice, County Surveyor, Xotary, Land and Collection Agent. jSTl'arlie- dr-iriH- Mirvet inx done can Hift me b in ul atlMatte . enire, Neb. not .""I-Oni F I.KIJSCH:, Uth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddle., Collar., AVhips, Klauket-. L urrj Combs. liruhes, trunks, valise-, luv top-, eu-hioiis. carriage triiumnis. .';'. at the lowest possible priees. Repair- pr tuptly attended Jo. $66 a week at honx'. $-"i.00 outfit fn-e. I".iy .ili,oiu;eiy sure. -o n-k. Caidtal n-t reiiuireil. Reader, if you want biisines- at Which person- of either e.v, youni: or old, can make ereat pay all the time they work, with ab-oluie certainty, write for particulars to II. HaLLCT .t Co., Port laud, Maine. 6E0E6E SPOONEE, COXTEA CTOE FOR ALL KIXDS OF MASON WORK. OFFICE, Thirteenth St.. between Olive aud Nebraska Avenue. Resideuce. on the corner of Eighth and Olive. W Work Guaranteed. 4Jtf S. MURDOUK & SON, J Carpenters and Contractors. Havehad an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction In work. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunitvtoestimateforyou. TSnop on 13th St, one door west of Friedhof Co'a. store, Columbus. Nebr. 4S3-T O. C. SELAjSTLSTOISr, MASUyACTUREK OE Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware! Job-Work, Eoofinr and Gutter ing a Specialty. jSTShop on Eleventh Street, opposite HeinU's Urug Store. -HJ-y G 1 . C1ASK, LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT, HUMPHREY, NEBR. His lauds comprise some fine tracts In the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ol Platte county-. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. - 20 J pOLUXBL'S PACKHG CO.. COL U3TB US, - XFB., Packers and Dealers in all kinds of Hog product, cash paid for Live or Dead Hogs or grease. Directors. R- H Henry, Prest.; John "Wiggins, Sec. and Treas.; L. Gerrard, S. Cory. -VTOTICE TO TEACBEB9. J. B. Moncrief, Co. Sept., Will be in his office at the Court House on the third Saturday of each Bonth for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates, ana for the transaction of any other business pertaining to schools. 567-j lie VOL. XV.--N0. 9. COLUMBUS STATE BANK! fcua:ntt 3ktu4 k list sal Tsntr ft IsiJt. COLUMBUS, IEI. C A SH CA PITA L, - $50,000 DIRECTORS: Lkavokk Gkrrakd, Pre'!. Geo. W. Hoi.st, Vice Pratt. Julius A. Heed. Eon'ARD A. Gej:kakd. J. E. Taskeu, Cashier. o Hastk of Ieplt, UUceasia iiad Exvhsssiflre. CollectlesiH Promptly Made all Plsit. lay lsttereMt Xlnae Dcbm. lb. S74 D. J. DKKBERT. IRA B. BRIGGLK. AMlttiSt CuilW . -THE- CITIZENS' BANK! HUMPHREY', NEB. 5TPrompt attention given to Col lections. iSTPay Interest on time deposits. ISTInsurance, Passage Tickets and Real EBtate Loans. 3-tf LINDSAY &TREKELL, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FLOUR AND EEED STORE! OIL CAKE, CHOPPED FEED, Bran, Shorts, IQLTED i ulBQLTED Oil HEAL. GRAHAM FLOUR, AND FOUR KINDS OF THE BEST WHEAT FLOUR ALWAYS ON HAND. S"A11 kiuds of FRUITS in their sea sou. Orders promptly tilled. lltli Street, Columbus, IVebr. 47-Uui HENRY G-ASS, -th mnH COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES AND CBULKR IK Furnitnre, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus. Tables. Safes. Lounges. Ac. Picture Frames and Mouldings. 3Ti'epaufna qf all kinds of Upholstery Goods. Ctf COLUMBUS. NEB. GOLD for the working class Send 10 cents for postage, and we will mail you free a royal, valuable box of sample goods that will put you in the way of making mo:e money in a" few days than you ever thought possible at anv busi. Less, capital not required, tt e win start you. You can work all the time or in spare time only. The work is univer sally adapted to both sexes, young and old. You can easily earn from 50 cents to $5 every evening." That all who want work may test the business, we make this unparalleled offer; to all who are not well satified we will send $1 to pay Tor the trouble of writing u.-. Full particu lars, directions, etc sent free. Fortunes will be made by those who give their whole time to the work. Great success absolutely sure. Don't delay. Start now. Address Stujson &, Co., Portland, ifaine. A WOBD OF WAKXIXG. FARMERS, stock raisers, and all other interested parties will do well to remember that the "Western Horse and rCattle Insurance Co." of Omaha is the only company doing business in this state that insures Horses, Mules and Cattle against loss by theft, accident, diseases, or injury, (as also against loa by fire ana lightning). All representations by agents of other Companies to the contrary not withstanding. HENRY GARN, Special Ag't. Columbus, Neb. l.Vv TAMES SALMOX, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on 13tb Street, near U Paul Lumber Y'ard, Columbus, Ne braska. 526mo. J. WAGNER, Livery and Feed Stable. Is prepared to furnish the public w'th good teams, buggies and carriages for all occasions, especially for .funerals. Also conducts a sale stable. 44 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsVY ALYOW&HEALYt .Br lvMsswalfc Soft Cssm aMsCV A IMMA BNsl Mtrfc AkssW SA -fsfvK f arriBBBh SaassTV JsMst OmAbV JtaflssMsW -full. National Bank ! ftHfc - Aitkerize Capital, -Paid ! CaPiUl, SirplisaitPrtfte,-, $250,000 50,000 6,000 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. A. ANDERSON, FresX. SAML'C. S-MITK. Vice Preset. O.T.BOEN, Cashier. J. W. EARLY, -HERMAN OEnlRICH. W.A.MCAJLUSTER. G.ANDERSOS", P. ANDERSON, t, Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, ana Real Estate Loans. w-.:.voijs.iy COAL LIME! J. E. NORTE & CO., DEALERS IN- Coal. Cement. oek Spiig Ceil, Ctrboi (Wyomiis) Coal. Eldon (Iowa) Coal ...$7.00 per toi .... 6.00 .... 3.50 " o Blacksmith Coal of best quality al ways on hand at low est prices. North Side Eleventh St., COLUMBUS. NEB. 14-3m 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 Timber Claim, ITomesteads and Pre-emptions. S3?A11 wishing to buy lands of any de scription will please call and examine my list of lands before looklu elsewhere t2TAH having lands to sell will please call aud give me a description, t- rta , prices, etc. I5TI a a am prepared to insure prop erty, as I have the agency of several lirt-"clas Fire insurance companies. F. W. OTT, Solicitor, apcaks German. NAMIIEL. C SMITH. 30-tf Columbus, Nebraska. BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MAXDFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND HEAL. OFFICII, COL UMB US, NE Ji. SPEICE & NORTH, Geaaral Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Paclic, and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00 per sere for casb, or on five or ten years time, in annual payments to suit pur. chasers. We have also a large and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terras. Also business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstractor title to all real es tate in Platte County. 621 COLUMBIIN, NEH. LOUIS SCHREIBER, Bttilaifl Wagon Mfc All kiids ef Repairiig dHe oh Start N.tiee. Biggies, Wag sis, etc., vaade to trier, aid all wsrk Giar aiteei. Akeselltk U-fvmmu Walter A. Wood - ct asm, Cmbim- Karri as islf-aiasjrt-tk "Shop opposite the " TattersalL" on uuve bt, VULUJLBU . COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 25, A LEAP-YEAR TOKEN. The comln? of a leap-year. Rare event. The delight of lonely bachelors On marKajre bent. The caanees of a wedding; Come again. The wanting of a pretty xlrl. To share his den. The bachelor smiles and waits. It looks so easy. The weeks and months pass by. He sets uneasy. The women fail to ask him. He feels curious. The leap-year's past and gone. And he's furious. Philadelphia CaX. B0S0M-P1XS AXD BARE FET. A big country lad once asked his father for a dollar, with which to buy a bosom-pin. "I think," replied the father, as he looked down at the boy's bi bare feet, 41 you had better take "a dollar and buy a pair of shoes." "Oh no,'' answered the son, "lean j go barefoot very well, but I am dying Lfor-s, bosom-pin." Are there not many people still liv ing, who are going barefooted, that they may wear bosom-pins? Who are in flicting on themselves positive discom fort and suffering, and perhaps rushing to moral destruction, all that they may make a show in the world? They are willing to live homeless, to be constant ly burdened with debt, that they may 44 keep up appearances." A lady who was the mother of several children said: " We might have had a home of our own if we bad begun to provide for it soon enough. But we never tried to save anything ilur'ng our early married life, and now our family expenses are so heavy that it is all we can do to live." They were too late planting their tree. Many young men are spending half their inoome on theaters, balls, beer, cigars, livery teams, and boom-pins generally, and making no attempt to save anything with which to start in business for themselves. They will marry a girl, perhaps, with no bettor ideas of economy. Their family ex penses wiH iuerease, but their income may not. After awhile they will most likely get tired going barefooted. They will see people arouud them living conf fottably in their own houses, and there is danger that they will feel bitter to wards" them. They want to wear bosom-pins and shoes both, but men who begin life poor, if they hope to suc ceed, must do without bo-om-pins. It is said a man a few years ago was standing reflectively ou the corner of Wall street with five dollars to spend. He tossed up to see whether he would buy a share of Harlem Railroad stock, theu worth about $4.7. or a basket of eaches which was bringing live dollars. e bought the peaches "and they made him sicK. The stock is now" worth 190. A Quaker was once riding in a stage coach with a young lady who displayed much jewelry but was very thinly clad. As she was shivering in the cold, he gravely remarked: "Friend, had not thee better put ou another breastpin?" A hired girl spent three dollars for valentines, when perhap she would be penniless if out of work a week. It has been asserted that eeouomy i3 degrading in its tendency, and the" de mand is made by some that the world be excused from practicing it. But the most rigid economy, if practiced with a worthy end in view, is ennobling. A wealthy and honored physician be gan life very poor. He wanted to ac quire an education and study medic'ne. He worked and saved a few"dollars,and theu went to college and boarded him self. He lived principally on mush aud milk. When his pants wore out on the knees he cut them ofl" above, and turned the front part behinJ. Now he stands at the head of his profession, and is universally esteemed. Garlield s education was secured only by the practice of very cloe economy and great self-denial. But he was not degraded b- it. The civilized world unites to honor his memorv- The practice of this self-denial i good discipline. It makes the be-t of citi zens. Men had better go to work and earn what they want, instead of com plaining because the Government, or somebody else, doesn't makes us all rich. Luther sang from door to door for his bread, and often wont hungry and cold. His mother sometimes carried the wood from the forest on her back. But through this povertv he came forth pure, and strong, and honorable. Goldsmith, John-on, Burns, Frank lin, Lincoln indeed most of the world's really -great men, have come from the garret to greatness. They practiced an economy unknown to n.ost joungmen of the present day. The world should know by this time that a man may be a man aud a gentle man regardless of bis urroundinjrs. Persons who despise economy are very apt to despise debt and dishonesty les. In the greatness of their hearts they very often forget such small affairs as paying their washwoman, or tailors or grocers. Peter Cooper began life very poor. By diligence and frugality he became very wealthy and died generally be loved. If he had wasted liis early years grumbling about capitali.Ht. and" the in equalities of fortune, he might have em bittered his life and have died poor and unknown. If people generally would determine to do without bosom-pins, and every thing of that kind, till they are sure they can afford them, thev" would be surprised how much they would reduce their expenses, and how'little their real enjoyment. Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt gave a fifty-thousand-dollar ball last year, but many a company has assembled in grove, or barn, or log-house, and popped corn, cracked nuts, or eaten apples and had a more enjoyable time than thev had. It is said the flowers at the wedding of Boss Tweed's daughter cost over seven thousand dollar?. But a few years later, the old sinner was a miser able fugitive, and died in prison. A family in Washington society lived extravagantly, were clothed in purole and line linen, and fared sumptuously J every aay. ut to support this the husband was found guilty of "crooked- ness" in his official conduct, and was . . -. . j J " ... . tned, dismissed and disgraced. Thev '. bad better have done without bosom pine The truth is we hardly know how ex travagant we are as a people. Our grandmothers wore one bonnet two or three year.;. Now ladies must change bonnets every quarter, if possible. It is very common for the trimmings and making of a dress to cost more than the material. In olden times, before tfe days of sewing machines, dresses were plainly made. and most women were their own dressmakers. Now J , or ex- ladies most employ professionals, naust tnemselves in a vain attenmt to make a modern stylish dress. But are ' the heavily modern trimmed dresses, m. tmo or three pieces, any mora com-! tfZ V. r fortablethan the plain oees our grand mothers "wore 2 Are modern young la dies any more healthy, handsome, or well beloved, in their generation than, their grandmothers were in theirs? Then why make dress so expensive and burdensome? Mothers sit up .nights after working hard all day to stitch rutties or embroid er dresses for their children. .No t.me for rest or reading. But daughters better do without ruffles thau without mothera, or without mothers of sum- cient calture to direct and counsel them. ... the same ing behind, and out of- money, while the other was steaddy progressing. The unfortunate young man but jwrhaps the careless young man would bo more nearly correct went to his, fricnd!.r house one evening determined tojln quirethe secret of his snecess. Tfcer sat before i.n.open fire, and as the host laid aside his paper to reply to his friend's question, he turned and blew out the candle. i" Oh," said his friend, "you need go no farther. I understand" the secret of your success." Carefulness m littlo things. That act of blowing out the candle in a rich man would be mean. In a poor man it displays moral heroism. Instead of degrading men it strength ens and develops true manhood in them. Such men learn to think and act for themselves. To ordr their live to suit their own lest interests and less with reference to what the world says. They develop a strength of character that will prevent their becoming the ready tools of demagogues aud desi"u ing men. But it would be a matter of small im portance that men choose bosom-pins and bar feet if their actions affected only themselves. It is, however, a source of great danger to the State. Meu who began early in life, and by diligence and eeouomy have accumu lated a little property, are better citizens thau those who have not. They are more interested in preserving peace aud order in society, because thev have property at stake. They can help sup port the schools, and the" city. State and General Government. But the poor man must have all this done for him. The man who has chosen bosom-pms and bare feat for his portion after a while wants shoes, too, but his monev is gone. Then he becomes discontented aud daugerou3. He demands shoes from his employer, or General Govern ment, or somebody else, and sometimes threatens dreadful things if he doesn't get them. Arnold, the traitor, made head quarters one winter at Philadelphia. By his extravagance he became in- tuneu m unuuciLu irouoie. tie was reprimanded by Washington, but he never forgave the insult, and in the bit terness of his heart he planned treason. But Arnold, and net the country, was to Jjlame. Extravagance is dangerous to the State. It brings want; that brings dis content and bitterness. It is said Franklin once offended the merchants of Philadelphia, and thev thrcatelied to withdraw their patronage from his paper unless he would retract. Franklin invited them to take supper with hini. They supposed he intended to apologize, but they were surprised to lind only a bowl of "mush and milk at each man's place. "Gentlemen," said Franklin, as he saw their surprise, any man who can eu.oy such fare a- this doesn't need patronage." buch men as Franklin make p or tools for corrupt politicians. During the revolutionary war it is said that a British officer" sent to ar range some matters of business with General Clarion, was invited bv him to dinner. The meal consisted "oulv of baked potatoes served on bark. 2t'o apology was made, but the British oili cer remarked: "Surely, General, this is not your usual fare?" " Indeed,' re plied Marion, "we have more than our usual allowance to-day." The British officer resigned his commission, savino that Anieri -a would never be conquereS while served by such men. Mrs. M. C. Hickman, in Cleveland Leader. The I-tal-jiiu. 'This feller is an I-tal-yun. I guess," said Bijah, as he brought out his sec ond, "and his hand-organ is in the Cap tain's room." "Me Italione me Italione!" pro tested t- c psisoner, as he looked up. "All right, sir. An Italione lias just as many rights and privileges m this court as any other man. Can you rattle off the English language?" "No Iujais no Inglais!" "Oh, you ean't. A man who can get drunk in the English language ought to De able to make himself understood in the same. You were drunk and rolling around on the sidewalk."' "Ha!" "That's good as far as it goe-. See if you can't remember some more. Do you olead guiltv?" " "Ha.' "That's enough of that. Is there anybody in the room who can talk Italione?" A little man with a wart on his chin and his coat ripped up the back, at once arose from the audience and moved for ward. 'Tell the prisoner," said his Honor, "that he is charged with drunken ness." The man seized the Italian bv the shoulder, whirled him half around, and cried out in a voice full of buzz saws: "Ve dirthy spalpeen, but his blessed Honor wants ye to know that ye was drunk as a tiuker!" A great roar went ap from the audi ence over these Italian remarks, and the court ordered the interpreter to resume his seat. "Av coorse I will, yer Honor, but if you want any more of it I'm the chap as can make him understand iverv blessed word of it!" "Do you think the man understands the language?" asked his Honor of Bijah. "Xo, sir, I don't. Even when he offered me a dollar this inomincr to , . . . o. lct uim S " was " tne t-tal-yun lan- o113 Well, we can't bother with him. Bring out his hand-organ : skip. ' let him He was a very grateful man. As soon as the corridor door was opened for him to pass out, he turned to Bijah and said: ""You old bald-head, if ever 1 catch you out in the suburbs I'll hammer vou blind!" J "Hold on catch him ston him!" snpated the janitor, but "me Italione" sae around the corner and got safely away. Detroit Free Press. " A happy medium" one who makes money' in the clairvoyant bus aeaa. The ImL ioipat 1884. Beggars and Their Appeals. "I don't know,5' a traveler said, whether beorjnns: can be properlv called an art, as borrowing is, but it is certainly an accomplishment. Dublin, l understand, has a development of beggary that speaks very well' for, the : cnar.ty oi the city in which so many mendicants can lind a living. I have can l been toItl I1 there the tega" have ( fnl lecture on temperence than the si imit , knowledge of physiognomy that enables , lent nantominu of a man trvinfr to hansr , .,-,--", . ,.. i - , Lf1Bm lo 4c.it Mngit torn, a hkui i - Jim' arUl ,t.i3 n0.t uncommon for a kind- competition always helps trade, but as showing the reluctance of a- Dubliu pauper to go lo the poor-house- Re luctant to work, too? Oh, I doa't know. I never was in Dublin. "Both London and New York are far behind the age. Whether a man pre-: faces his remark with 'Say, boss,' on this s'de of the Atlantic,r 'ili, mister,' on- the other, the rest-of the sentence. 'Like--to speak to 'yon for a second common to both shores, is likely to create distrust, and not likely to awaken charitv each comparauv gars. cause the areoniplishment has not been acquired. In both cities there is all the meanness, all the laziness, all the de sire. It is the skill that is lacking. London is improving. Keal begging is sometimes seen there now. New" lork seems to be almost at a standstill. The men who ask charitv as a ri -lit, not as a iavor, in the c'ty, would, under favor ing conditions, try to establish the so- cal itlcd risrht on the country road. . .tew iorK ana Lonaon nave ..,!- j.i.,.or-, ,f thmnoKtMnr. a high percentage of paupers, but, ical erro- mjljeil off hi; dress-coat also. ely, not many street beg- T sh0wed him his mistake, and offered Do 3'Oti know why? bolely be- . .:-f i,:, i,-t- ; j,: r,r.l hnt "What I speak of as -reil begging' ne. ciuwueu wimit at uiu euipiy is the begging based on alleg.uf abs'o- Sf 'ght. but misled it. and sat down m. lute want, and inability to obtain the f t1 '"ajol.ca cuspidor, necessares of life. The plea is. of . 1 here were three games of whist go course, in nine cases out of ten. false, ' inS ?n, whe? H, fdl- nd lhctr.e xa? a but it h the only one made, and th; good deal of excitement over the play- petitioner, having se'ected his victim, rests hi- hope of success on thi pro-.-pect of a suppo edlv char table man having se'ected his victim. arguing that the cowering object beforo him may be the tenth, and not one of the deceptive nine. Thi is the only street begging that can ever be success ful. The worthy object who inter teptsyou in the "street, to explain, if vou will allow him, how he is by tra.UK u. hfielrlavr- with :i urn iiND nt t speedy and lucrative employment, but his hand is hurt, and n s wife sick, and he wants a trifle 'just to tide him over to-night,' seldom gets anything, and has to humiliate himself ami go ba?k to work, at last, while the natural whining beggar preserves his identity to the end, and leaves something to his children. "You see, the great object is to awaken pity; charity ;s sure to follow. Next to pity the sentiment most re sponsive to "the appeal ol the mendi cant is disgust: for. of rourse, if you are disgusted you want to get as far as possible from the thing that disgust you. U you walk away from a sickly br mutilated, or malformed beggar, it s comparatively eas- for him lo walk after you. The simplest method sug gests itself at once. Indiu-e him to walk away from you, which is easiest done bv giving him what he aks for. "The beggars of India understand S their business very well. Most of them are lepers, and," strange as it may sound, thr-y are nearly all mounted. Riding about .n their crooked-1 gged 'tats,' or ponies, they cover a great deal of ground in a aay. and loI ect considerable money. They won't take No" for an answer, and cur.-es are lost on them. When vou are at breakf jst n fya mnriiiniT it T tirkt ntno.'int !-- toward the open door and see a i onv with its fore feet on the stem, and on its ' back a wretched looking being. He never speaks but you know what he wants, and he is not likely to lo-e sight ! of you until he gets it." Words are j useless, and violence to such a being is, j of course, out of the question. You ; can order your hrse and ride out, but he has a horse, too. and he will ride with you. Your beast is probably i better than his, and bv the use of whip I anil spur you mignt escape him, but ' you would forfeit more dignity than you could afford to loe by being seen , galloping along a public roa ! hotly , pursued by a naked leper. Belter give him a trifle at first, and have done w.th it. "Some of the beggars try to arouse ' pity. Helpless, deformed wretches, ' some of them are, while others, appar ently robust and strong, voluntarily torture themselves in the hope of ; arousing sympathy by their sufferings, i I remember seeing on. of the e near Jubbulpoor, in the central province, lying day after day for months, while I , was there, on the point ot hundred- of j nails studding a tiat table. I was told that from daylight until dark he had occupied that pos'tion for years. He bore the puncturing of his naked skin by the nails without a sign of disturb-, ane. but he could not stand the heat of the sun, and he protected himself all day with an umbre la. The alms dropped by passers-by into a tin dih beside him" amounted" to a smaller sum than a boy in New York would expect to get foV sweeping the snow oT the i steps of a house. Thev were chie"v made up of cowrv shells", which the na"- ' " . tives of India persist in using as coins, interchangeable wha tery smalt pur chases have to be made. " '1 he beggars of Constantinople, for dirt and degra dation probably tae the palm from the world." X Y. World. Plug Hat Depravity. This world is where vou go. filled with woe every- Sorrow is piled up in the fence corners on every road. I'n availing regret and red-nosed remorse inhabit the cot of the tie-chopper as well as the cut glass cage of the mil lionaire. The woods are full of di-ap-polutment. The earth i convulsed with the universal sob, ad the roads are muddy with tear-. But I do not call to mind a more touching pi ture of unavailing misery and ru n and hope less chaos than the plug hat that has endeavored to keep sober and maintain its self-respect while its owner is drenk. A plug hat can stand prosperity, ami shine forth joyously while uatu re smiles. That's the place where it seems lo thrive. A tall silk hat looks well on a thrifty man with a clean collar, but it can not stand d ssipation. I once knew a plug bat that had been respected by every one and had won its way upward by steady endeavor. No one knew aught against it tut one even iDe". in an evil hour." it consented to at-. tend a banquet, and all at once its joy- a-. . ... .. . ous career ended. It met nothing but distrust and cold after thaL neglect everywhere Drink seems to make a man tempo rarily, unnaturally exhilarated. Dur ing the temporary exhilaration he de sires to attract attention by eating lob ster salad out of his own hat and sitting down on his neighbor's. The demon rum is bad enough on the coatings of the stomach, but it is even more disastrous to the tall hat- A man soar mix up in a crowd and carry off 7S7. an overdose of vadev tau in a ofc has or cap. but the silk hat will proclaim it upou the house-tops and adveitie .t to the gauinir, wnnderin? world. It has a . wa- of getting back on the rear eleva tiou of the head or oter the bridge of the nose, or of hanging couuettishlyr on one ear. that says to the eagle-eyed public, "I am shockful." 1 can not call to mind a more power- : r. r . : . r. i " . . j his plug hat on an invisible peg m n. Qwn hall after he had been watching th s the returns three rears aso. I saw that he was excited and ncrv-usly unstrung when he came in. but I did not fully rev alize it until he began to hang his hat on the smooth wall. At first he laughed in a good-natured way at his awkwardness, and hung it ,,n rrin strAf,itlif. lint mt lazr Viik Krfk irritated aboVt it and almost for got himself enough to swear, but con-! trolled himself. Finding however that it refused to hang up, ana that it seemed; rather restless, anyhow, he put it in the: eornrof"thrkaIl.wkk.tk crown ud.! pinned it to the floor with his umbrella;'" and heaved a .-igh of relief. Then he apparel he .-aid he hadn't got so old and feeble yet that he couldn't dress himself. later on he came into the parlor wea ing a linen ulster, with the belt drooping behind .him like the broken harness nanging to a shipwrecked and stranded mule. His wife looked at him in a way that froze his blood. 'I his startled him so that he stepped back a I p.:ice, or 5JV?- ,l:i"SIe.V ,his fe5L.m hsu?l "- "ut IM:I " "u wcu, r xc" . " I me .-vmuncan tear jug auu leu away et -I ery one of the twelve whist players had luiiiuuvu ivuul lux: uuiuu nuj. TLey say that he has abandoned pol j ities since then and that now he ' doesn't care whether we ha.c anymore November elections or not I asked him once if he would be active during , the 1884 campaign, as usual, and he said he thought not. ae said a man i couldn't afford to be too active in a po- Htical campaign. His constitution wouldn't stand it. At that time he didn't care much whether the American people had a president or not- If everv public-spirited voter had got to work himself up into a state of nervous excitability and prostration where reason tottered "on its th one. he thought that we needed a ie form. Those who wished to furnish reasons to totter on their thrones for the Nation al Central Comm'ttee at so much per tot could do so, he. for one, didn't pro Iose to farm out his immortal soul and plug hat to the party if tiU.UOJ.QOO peo ple had to stand four years under the administratiou of a setting hen Bill Nye, tu Loi'on (J lobe. The Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Europe. An American Consul, Mr. George C. Tanner, writing from Leige, Belgium, to the Department of State in regard to cattle disease in Europe, says - "The rapid spread of disease among the En glish herds has caused looses that I would shrink from mentioning for fear of not being en ditod in my estimates. I have no statistics cosering such losses, and anv estimate I might make )vouId conjectural, and might there Iorc V .lar " aZ .' nut l ininK no one f can find fault with me in placing the loss of the Lnglish farmers mce the year l.SS) at ., 0 .X)0 per annum in their cattle and milk and cheese, not taking into account veterinary attend ance. "The British farmsr. taking adv.sn tae of his distress 1 as cried out that the disease was im- l V Portea some say from th Tniiw! States, others from rran'e in the v&sr 1SJ50. 'ihe truth is that this assersion is ent rely wrong. 1 will take it upoa mt sell to asert. and I can prove the assert on. that the foot-and-mouth dis ease whit-h now rages to su h an extent in England existed there prior to the year lsi.." This disease orig'nated near London, and has sprea I to a greater o - less ex tent in thirty-two Enli-h and live Welsh countie-, as well as into certain portions of Scotland and Ireland, so that in one week the ntrmber of farms infected with fresh o-.tbreaks has more thau doubled. 1 Large and small farmers Miffe-- alike by this fearfull pu-t, some being brought to absolute ruin by it. Nine per cent, of the failures; in England lur ing t e past year have been failures of larmers. The American craze for English cat tle has ameliorated to me extent this loss, by Amor crus paying to the En glish enough reoftey for one bull to buy a herd of AmiTlcan cattle that would be as fine as the English if the same care were given thefft. tue principal cause oi tn urease in England and other parts of Europe is 1 l? Jt .1 i? . - belieted to be the climate acting upon a soil that has been under cultivation for so iong a time as t be exhausted of certain generating forc.es, an I hen the forces re uired mu-t be made up by artificial means hurtful to cattle and promotive of disease The American J demand for "bloodc I cattle" has caused i the English to force their cattle too much, and this unnatural forcing has contributed toward promoting disease. A table is submitted by . onul lan ner showing the progress of the disease in Great Britain during I8-&. In that time iy:'.01 cattle were a' talked, while in the preceding vear there were only 37,'JoO. Ar. Y. Obnrver. The grea'er numlerof our songs ters in Louisiana. ay3 the ,cw Orleans Tiiiie-t-beuiccrut, belong to genera, the species of which ao otheiwise tropical, as are all their in.-t int mate generic allies. Throughout the great equator ial be't. and for om-; di-tauce on the other side of it. the birds which lear c ui it. iuc Minis w men lear ; igareas a rule uon-niirratorv, j itbry b:rd, insisting mainly ! exiles from libber Tatitnde-T. their voum the migratorv of winter The characteristic or peculiar forms are. therefore sedentary while the migrants belong to families which are for the mo t part cosmopoltsan An imita or of Mvra t Iark4ininM. . . . .' " whose long pending 'suit for the pos- J session of the whole site of New Or leans ha i been gossip for years, has ap peared in Atlanta Mrs. Mary Kas berry has sued for about twenty-five acre's of land in the Fourth ard. upon which there are seventy-five or e ghty houses. The property is valusl at .500,00U She claims that the prop erty was bequeathed to her by an aunt, but that the will was lost or stolen and she was cheated out of it bv her father. Tjvo witnesses to the will have now been found. X. Y. Sun. WHOLE NO. W tU.lWk MttU JWn 1U J HUUKIVI WMV RCHUSC-L A f mk - AsoTni uter chastise- Ma by pooriag castor oil down their ladjr a the East. wh doe. set wish her mbm disclosed, has giyea Hub Seminary, San Francisco, $5,000 for a library building. At the Meeting of the Board of Missions of the A-nericam Bible Society at xxew i one receaUy, an appropri ation of $109,640 was made for foreign. work. The Nashville Advocate says: "If you would make real improvement ia your Christian life you wul do well to begin by-improvement in the manner of spending your Sabbaths." Within four years the Methodist Episcopal Church has expended $6,455,000 for religious publications, and the Methodist Book Concern has supplied $3,500,000 worth of literature. Says the New Orleans CAristia Advocate: "There are fourteen county, towns court house seats in Kentucky 4a which there is not and never wa a church building of any denomination." The Methodist Episcopal Church South, according to late reports, has a membership of 8.4,132 members, an in jcrease on the previous year of 26,747 The number of traveling preachers fcj .3,868, and of local preachers 5,892. The venerable ex-Gorernor Dow ney, of California, has given $500 tq furnish a new school-house in the. town of Downey, that State, and as his sug gestion an inscription will be placed on; its portals reading: "Order is Heaven's flrst law. Be good children, and true to your country. " A minister suddenly stopped in his taermon and sang a hymn. "If the -embers of the choir are to do the talk- Kiag.v-fce explained, "hercerUJT-wat-- ipcruiib ma iu uu iub singing, Anu, ,then things in the neighborhood of the '.organ became more quiet. Chicaqo Merdld. Several French women and one young American girl. Miss Laura 'White, are studying architecture in the, special school at Paris with a view to making it their life work. Tho CVto yenne says that already several women nave distinguished themselves as buildera and house decorators. The, exquisite carpenter's aud cabinet maker's work in the Mayor's house at Passy has been executed by a lady. At a recent meeting of the Congre, gational Club of New York, the topio of discussion was "The Pulpit as seen iromthe Pews." The first speaker, Mr. Austin Abbott, said among other things that the first point the preacher has to regard is that the habits of busi ness men of recentyears have changed. Time wap, when a man was willing to have a business transaction proposed one day, consider it during the next, and give his answer on the third. To day he wants immediate decision. Everything is to the point. He want exactly that element in the sermon. The sermon may be long, provided it go by logical stops from point to point, and never retrace its steps; but if re go around and around in an endless circle, he doesn't wish to hear it. Ar. Y. Examiner. FCMGEXT PARAGRAPHS'. We are surprised to learn that Daniel Montague has the oldest piano in the United States. We have always supposed the family next door owned it. X. r. Graphic. I never feel comfortable when there's a man around that smiles all the time. The only dog that ever bit me never stopped waggin' his tail. Josh Billings. "What shall I write about?" asked a young reporter of the managing ed itor. "O, write about tho first tiling that comes to hand." was the brief or .der. The scribe drew his pay that night for an, article on "door-knobs." At a Columbia (Ky.) hanging there were a thousand women present. There is nothing envious about a woman ex cepting where her own sex is cou cernetC ishe always likes to see a man get up in the world. Troy Tunes. A French composer. learning that the original of Byron's "Maid of" Ath ens" was living in poverty, composed a song and sent her the proceeds of its ale. This is truly kind and thought ful. Most composers would have sent her the song, too. A. J. Graphic. "Ah, I owe you a thousand dol lars," saiil a chronic borrower, acci dentally meeting his creditor. "O, dou't mention it," answered the cred itor, politely, but ia a mournful tone. "We won't, we won't,'' replied the debtor, pressing the man's hand. Chi cago Tribune. "Experience may be a dear teach er," remarked a niini-ter a- the con tribution box wa-, returned tohim empty, "but the members of this particular flock who hate e perienceu religion have accomplished it at a very trilling C03t- The choir will plea-e sing the seventy-ninth hymn, omitting tho first, third and fourth verse-, in order to save unneces-:irk- w.-ar da the ontin." Indianapolis Jonnvil. A few days ago a lady entered a store and asked to be shown" some dress goods. She was show n.a pie e at 51...' a yard, but this not being good enough another at $1.50 was handed down, but ehe still objected. The clerk then took down the first piece shown her, telling her it was the best in the store at .?1.7o"! per yard. She took ten yards at that price and left perfectly satisfied that she had recaived the best- Chicago Times. There is a neat story told of a ladj whose husband had a very small foot. of which he was extremely proud She flattered him apd encouraged his vanity, so that every time he bought tighter and tighter shoes. It was excruciating pain to go about in them, but he would not confess it. However, when h reached home in the evening his ship pers were such a welcome relief that it was a difficult matter t induce him tc go out after dinner. From a great clu man he became noted for his domestic Jiabits. Madame smiled to herself, but aid nothing. Progress. A Confiding Congressman. "For real, genuine, coniiding, open bared truttulness," said the Colonel "I reckon a brand-new Congressma can't be out-done. The one 1 saw s:iiii became from Missouri, and he gave the ;name of his town, but I'm not going to .give it to you. I was npt acquainted with hitn, but we were riding up th avenue on the same car. The "car wa -full, and when it stopped to let on s. Indy and gentlemen up jumped Mr. Congressman to srive the Iadv a seat, i . noticed that the lady had a Washington I guide-book in her hand, and they ( reemed to be visitors to the Capital. ! The Congressman evidently noticed tha Z- V Z 8ame th,n; for heL ,m conversation with th maa- rh ulV ""?! same thing, for he immediately began. e strange gen He- he did was tc back-cap the city as if it were the worst place in the country. He said it hail u decent 'stores.' no business, no en- terpnse, no anvthmj except a iol oi Then ho told Government paupers. the man who he was and where he came from: said this was his first term. and told what he expected to do; talked over the tariff matter and Morrison bill, and informed the stranger how he was going to vote upou it. When L left the car he was beginning to tell that stranger about his family, how many children he had, and how old 4hey were. I presume before he got to. th Capitol he had informed tho stranger how many pieces of clothing he sent to the laundry every week. Ha was a very confiding man. TTauAMy imgton PosL