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- THE JOUBNAL. ISbUKD EVeitY WEDNESDAY, jl. Iv. TURNER 5b CO., Proprietors and Publishers. KATES OP AlftYEKTISIIVC;. flululHlltIS 0tpl M tiTBusinoaa and professional cards of five liuc3 or less, per annum, five dollars. S3 For time advertiscmonts, apply at this office. JSTLegal advertisements at statute rates- jSTFor transient advertising, see rates on third page. S3" All advertisements payable monthly. PEBSOHAL AND IMPERSONAL. 3T OFFICE, Eleventh St., up stairs in Journal liuilditig. TEas: Poryc.tr Six mouths Three months Single copied .3 0 . 1 OO SO 5 VOL. XV.--NO. 11. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JULY 9, 1884. WHOLE NO. 739. f i t r- o J- I BH3IHESS CAEDS I). T. 31 aktvx, M. D. F. J. CUUG, M. D. Dr. MAHTYN & SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Loc.il Sur-rcon-". Union I'acilic, O.. N. As P.. H.aml IL.V M. It. U'. CoiimiIW'iou in Germ-in ami Kn.;liu Telephones at ollire ami reMUeiu o. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 1. -p iMi;iiitiv, ji. s . j'lirvciA.wt- scegeon j"T01hVc m-chihI door east of jint-otliof . ft- r '. WII.SO."". "I. ., i' i ,S7 C7 .V A A W: ffA'W. Ilicase of woni-Mi ami chlMrm a spe cialty. Comity phsici.iu. ili-! funnel -ly ocetipii-t! Iy Dr. ISoiiestccI. Telephone e'xcliatixe. O 1. 1. A ANKHAIJUH, . .. DENIAL PAIiLOE, On conuT of Kl--nlh ami North streets, ocr Krii-t" hardware More. C lOKlKMI .SIJlJJVAil, A TTOENFYS-A 7-LA h', Up-sU'irs in Gluek liiiilriing. lllli street, Above I In New bank. TT .1. IBliaiMO', NOTAUY run L1C, Jrffl,i doom wmt r Hammond lions, Cohmthus. AV. !ll-y rpillIWS I'0 A: POWXBS, 6' una eon den tists, gSroilice in .Milehell Mock, Colum bus, Nel.ra-.ka. U-" i . ki:i:ii:ic, " A TTOL'NF Y A T LA W, Office on Olive St., rolunihiis, Nebraska. IMf V. A. MACKEN, DKALKK IN Foreign and Domestic Liquors and Cigars. lllli street, I'uliinil.us, Neli. .ri0.y M cAIJ.ISTlK KKOS., A TT011NFYS A T LA W, (Mice up-stairs in McAllister's build ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary Public. J. M. MACKAKI.AM, K. COWDKItY, Attcreej isd Hetirj TtiXs. CcUcctor. LAW AMI COLLECTION OFFICE OK MACP&RLAND& COWDERr, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. (Successor to Dr. CTUTATlinTTuofsCT"" HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN A'D MUG EON. Kegular graduate of two lneilie.al col leges. Office Olive St., one-hair liloek uorth of llainniond Houhu. 2-ly C. M. SWEEZEY, Land, Loan and Insurance, HUMPHREY, NEIL Money to loan on long or short time on Heal Estate in Minis to mi it parties. oO-y J. J. .11 A UGH AX, Justice, Counti Surveyor, Notary, Land and Collection Agent. j3TPartii-s dciriHg surveying done can notify me by ni.iil at IMatte Centre, Neb. ."il-Cm TO II. itusc-iii-:, "llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddle, Collars, Whip, Blanket-, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggv tps, cushions, cirriajjo triiuiniiijfs, Siv., at the lowest possible prices, ltepair.- pr niptly attended to. $66 a week at home. $5.0'J outlit free. 1'ay ab.olutely sure. No risk. Capital nt roqutren. Reader, if vou want luiMnosi; at Which persons of either sex. young or old, can make great pay all the lime they work, with absolute certainty, write for particulars to II. IIallct ,fc Co., Tort land, Maine. GEORGE SPOONER, coyniA ctoh foe all kinds of JUASON WORK. Okkick, Thirteenth St.. between Olive and Nebraska Avenue. Residence on the eorner of Eighth and Olive. A.11 Work Guaranteed, 48-tf JS. MURDOUK Sb SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Havehad an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All Klurts or repairing dono on short notice. Our motto is, Hood work and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tuuity toestiiuate for you. j5JShop on 13th St., one door west of Friedhof & Co's.btore, Columbus. Nebr. 4S3-V o. o. SHLAJsrisroisrr MANUKACTUKKK OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. SSyShop on Eleventh Street, opposite Heintz's Drus: Store. JO-y G IV. tl-AKK, LAND AND JNSUEANCE AGENT, HUME HE EY, NEBIi. His lauds comprise some fine tracts In the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion of Plrtte county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y pOLV.IlRIM PACKI.ti CO., " COLUMBUS, - N'EJJ.. Packers and Dealers in all kinds of Hog product, cash paid for Live or Dead Ilog or grease. Directors. Jt. H Henry, TresL; John Wiggins, Sec. and Treas.; L. Gcrrard, S. Cory. -JOTIGE TOTKACUUU. J. B. Moncrlef, Co. Supt., Will be in bis 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 COLUMBUS STATE BANK! dc::::?it 3mri t Kill ssl Tirair BiltL COLUMBUS, VEB. ('ASH CAPITAL, . $50,000 DIRECTORS: !KAS1KK (iKUKAUI), Pi'Cs'i. (Ko. W. rior.sT, Vice Pre't. Julius A. Ukko. Eowakd A. Gkkkakii. J. E. Task eh, Cashier. llnak of UepMiIt Discoaat itud Kxchuage. ollcctloBK Ironpll3' lYSatlc on nil loInt. l'ny iBterext oh Time Iepo i. 274 I. J. DKK1SEIIT, CulUr. IRA lit BHIRni.K, AuUUat Cosiler. -THE- CITIZENS' BANK ! HUM IMl KEY, NEB. S3TPrompt attention given to Col lections. ISTPay Interest on time deposits. S3TInsurance, Passage Tickets and Real Estate Loans. 3-if LINDSAY &TREKELL, AVHOLESALE AND RETAIL FLOOR Al FEED STORE! OIL CAKE, CHOPPED FEED, Bran, Shorts, BOLTED i 1HE0 COM HEAL. GBAHAM FLOUR, AND FOUR KINDS OF THE BEST WHEAT FLOUR ALWAYS ON HAND. I3-A11 kinds of FRUITS in their sca on. Orders promptly filled. 11 tli Street, Columlus, Nchr. 47-Om HENRY GASS, XJISTDEHTAJKIEII ! COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES AND DKALKK IN Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus, Tables, Safes. Lounges, &c. Picture Frames and Mouldings. tSTEepairina of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. C-tf COLUMBUS. NEB. GOLD for the working class Send 10 cents for postage, and we will mail you free a royal, vaiuanic uox oi sample goods that will put you in the way of making more money in a few days than you ever thought possible at any busi ness. Capital not required. We will start you. You can work alt the time or in spare time only. The work is univer sally adapted to both sexes, young and old." You can easily earn from f0 cents to $." every evening. That all who want work may test the business, we make thN unparalleled offer; to all who are not well .-atislied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing Uf. 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 Stinson & Co., Tortland, Maine. A WORD OP WAKIVIIVCi. FARMERS, stock raisers, and all other interested parlies will do well to remember that the "Western Horse and Cattle Insurance Co." of Omaha is the only company doing business in this state that insures Horses, Mules and Cattle a-aiust loss by theft, accidents, diseases, or injury, (as also against loss by fire ami lightning'). All representations by agents of other Companies to the contrary not withstanding. HENRY GARN, Special Ag't, l.Vy Columbus, Neb. TAMES NALMOiH, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plaus and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne braska. 52 6mo. 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 ILYON&HEALY Skfttfti trBlMBJlMUUiByi r iin. fnii ia Max Soft. w Baalrr fea OatMb Ka aau- CSam X xTlWS Hints A tehaSTV ssm !nt Wnt tb uuatM-Sj National Bank! Authorized Capital, Paid Iu Capital, Surplus and Profits, 8250,000 50,000 . 6,000 1-- OFFICERS AND DIIUCCTOK-. 'A. ANDERSON, Prw't. . S AM'L C. SM I ril. Vice Prcs't. " I O.T. ROEN, Cash ier. .1. W. EARLY, HERMAN OEIILRICH. W. A. MCALLISTER, G.ANDERSON, I. ANDERSON. Foreigp and Inland Exchange. Passage Tickets, ami Real Estate Loans. 2I.vnl-l3.ly COAL LIME! J.E. NORTH & CO., DEALERS IX Coal, Lime, Hair, Cement. liork Sping CoaF, Carbon (Wyoming) Coal. Eltloii (Iowa) Coal 'on .. O o- Blacksmith Coal of best quality al ways on hand at low est prices. North. Side Eleventh St., COLUMBUS, NEB. 1 l-olll UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE. Improved and Unimproved Farms, Hay and Grazing Lands and City Property for Salo Cheap AT THE Union Pacific Land Office, On Lony Time and Into rate of Interest. KITFinal proof made on Timber Claims, Homesteads and Pre-emptions. tfTAll wishing to buy lands of any de scription will please call and examine my list of lauds before looking else where 3T"A11 having lands to sell will ple.ise call and give me a de-ciiption, t.Tin , prices, etc. 85TI a so am prepared to insure prop erty, as I have the agency of several first-class Fire insurance companies. F. W. OTT, Solicitor, speaks German. SAMIIKI, C. SMITH. 30-tf Columbus Nebraska. BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMIi US, NEB. SPEICE & NORTH. General Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre for cash, 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 terms. Also business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title'to all real es tate in Platte County. C21 COLUMBUS, NEB. LOUIS SCHREIBEE, II All kinds of Repairiig dene on Short Notice. Biggies, Wag ons, etc., made to order, and all work Guar anteed. Also sell the worM-faous Walter A. Wood Howers, Seavert, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best aade. "Shop opposite the " Tatters all." on OliTS St., COLUMBUS. 26-a BlRcKsiuitn anil wacon Maler BIX LITTLE WORDS. 8tx ttttld words arrest me every day: I ouflM, mutt, can I will. I dare. I may. X omoM 'Us conscience law. divinely writ Within my heart the goal I strive to hit. I muftt this warns me that my war is barred, Either by Nut u re's law or custom hard. I can in this is summed up all my might. Whether to do. or know, or judge aright. I will my diadem, by the soul impress With freedom's seal the ruler in my breast. I dare at once a motto for the seal. And, dare I? barrier 'ginnst unlicensed zeaL I maifli final, and at onee makes clear 1fco way which else might vague and dim ap pear. IouoM, muat, can I will. I dare, J may: neae six words claim attention every day." Onfy through Thee, know I what, every day, 1 ought, I must, I can, I will, I dare, I may. Chamlten' Journal AGAIXSTTIME. One of the greatest mistakes that a man can make is tu think that because some one else is prosperous in a certain line of business he can make money at that business also. It is astonishinir that so many men whom we would call sensible make this mistake. A man will amass a fortune in salt, say, and lose it all in starting a manufactory; a man will make himself fabulously wealthy on stomach bitters and lose every cent of it trying to-start, a daily paper. All this goes to show that a man is an un thinking animal. He sees the outward signs ot prosperity, and, jumps at the conclusion that it is the business and Hot the man behind the business that makes the money. Ho forgets the years of unseen toil, the closo attention, the minute calculations and the thousand and one things that tended to make the business what it is. To eomu down to personal matters I may say that J made the mi -take of thinking that I could make a littlo extra cash after hours as it were in a busi css entirely disconnected with my present occupation a business that I had uottheslightcst practical knowledge of, and iu which I hail no previous train ing. The conclusion was what 1 might have expected complete failure. An hour after midnight I took my dark lantern and a few necessary im plements, and drawing my slouch hat over my eyes went into an alley in the rear of one of our most wealthy banks. The cutting out of the door panel was a simple matter, and stepping inside I placed it ouce more iu position, and by the aid of some paste and slips of paper kept it there so as not to create un favorable comment if a policeman should happen along. I was at a loss for a moment which door to take next, for I found myself in a sort of back hall, but a turned-down light showed dimly through the ground glass one, so I rightly conjectured that this room con tained the safe. Stepping through the panel which I speedily cut I found my self in a nicely carpeted room with a closed desk, and a table on which papers were neatly arranged. At the end of the room was the black iron door of the safe, with the silver lettered disk gleaming like an eye from s swarthy face at the glimmer of the single low gas jet. I turned out the gas, drew up the table, placed on it the little lantern with its disk of white light towards the safe. I believe iu doing things methodically, so I had talked to both teller and cash ier, about the safe. It seems that both had to be there at .one .time before the safo could be opened. "As ope lived at one end of flic city and the other at the other, it would have been ditlicult for robbers to get tnem together at the middle of the night I formed a friend ship with both of these young men and found that the cashier's words for open ing the safe were "hold the fort" and those of the teller, "for I am coming." The cashier said that if I would come in after hours he would be pleased to show me the workings of the safe, which he said was one of the finest in Detroit. I Eromised I would drop in after the bank ad closed and accordingly, here I was. You see I had the whole thing well planned, for if any inquisitive policeman should make inquiries I would have no difficulty iu showing him that it was after hours and that 1 was there on the express invitation of one of the officers of the bank. I tried the "open sesame" on the safe, and then attempted to open the door, but it would not move. Could it be possible that the letters were not right? Just as I began to think that I had spelled some of the words wrong a voice from out the darkness said: "Won't budge, eh?" I never remember being so startled by such an innocent and truthful re mark. I hule to be interrupted in that thoughtless way when I am busy. Last week I noticed a crowd at the corner of Woodward avenue gazing at a man putting gold letters on the Grand Trunk windows. He seemed not in the least disturbed by the onlookers, but I am of a modest anil retiring nature and could not have dono that. So. as I said be fore, I was .startled and annoyed. When I caught my breath I took up my lantern and Hashed its circle of light slowly around the room. A dark lan tern in a strange place has a curious, weird eflect. It brings into vivid relief tho objects within its circle and leaves everything ole in the blackest of dark ness. As I moved the bright circle around the walls I was shocked to sec a man suddenly appear, sitting up in a cot bed, with his knees drawn up and resting on them were both hands, hold ing pistols "covering me, as the phrase is. As we remained thus im movable for a few moments I could not help noticing what a sinister black shadow he cast iu the luminous full moon on the wall, like a magic lantern silhouette. "Would you mind relighting the gas?" he saiil. "Not at all." 1 replied, and as the jet flooded the room with light I was re lieved to find that the man on tho cot was my friend, the cashier. "Hello, Charley," I said, "what a start you gave me. By the way, are those revolvers loaded?' "They arc," he answered; "fourteen cartridges iu all." "Oh, that's all right," I said, "for if there is anything that I am afraid of it's an unloaded pistol, or a man who don't know it is loaded. I wouldn't think you would like to sleep here." "Why?" "Well, so many drafts, you know in every bank." "Now drop that," said the cashier; "you will notice that I am drawing on you at sight. Any more of the puns that we hear every day about drafts, checks, etc, will result in the discharge C this niort-gage see that morl the gage of death the revolver." I saw that there was a certain irrita bility in his manner so I thought per haps it was best to give some explana tion of my presence there, for I could not conceal from myself that my con dad might be open to misinterpreta tion. People are only too prone in this world to impute improper motives to their fellow-citizens. "We were speaking about safes," I said, "and I was anxious to see how they worked. I guess you didn't give sjm the right pass-word." "Oh, the pass-word's all right, Uat there's a time-lock on that safe. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't open that safe till to-morrow at 10." "Oh, in that case," I said, picking up my jimmy, "I'll call in at 10." "Don't go," said the cashier. "There's another safe that we don't use at pres ent. I'll explain the time-lock to you on that," and he rose, still keeping "tho revolvers pointed at me. "Arn't you afraid of taking cold? No, no; nothing about drafts or chequing perspiration or anything of that sort. Put on a collar or something. I'll hold your weapon's." "It's all right," said the cashier, "I don't expeot visitors and it's not cold." I shall never forget the delightful hour I spent with him, for to an inquir ing mind the acquiring of information is always a pleasure. I stood there with the cold muzzle of one revolver pressed against the side of my face, while with the other Charley pointed out the prin ciple of tho time-lock. He swung open the safe door which stood ajar. A beautiful brass and crys tal instrument iikc a uoubie watcn was attached to the center of the door in side. The two faces were marked with figures, and from each of these faces projected a little pin that as the disk re volved came around and released a clamp that allowed a bolt to drop. 1 can hardly describe the action without a diagram. The faces could bo set at any hour just like an alarm clock ; at that hour, the piu would touch tho clamp and the bolt would drop, and then by the usual cabalistic words the safo could be opened. "Supposing the clock should stop," I said. "There are two of them," answered Charley, "and it is most unlikely that both would stop at once. These cost three hundred and sixty-tivo dollars, a dollar for every da' in tlio year ; some are eight day clocks, and have to be wound up every twenty-four hours. They are cleaned once a year at the cost of about ten dollars. Nearly every bank has them." "It's getting late and I'm keeping you from your rest," I said. "Not at all," said the polite cashier. Just then the jingle of a bell startled me. 1 cannot account for it, but that evening every little sound seemed to make me nervous. "Come in," shouted Charley. "Kick iu the loose panel you'll lind the other open. I turned on that district tele graph police alarm," he said aside to me, "while you were examining the safe." Oliarle' is one of tho most thoughtful of men. I went with the officers at their re quest and if tho Free Press desires some inside facts on the management of the Detroit Jail 1 am in a most excellent position to furnish them. Luke Slmrj), in Detroit Free Press. Hops as Detectives. Reading your recent article on 'Blood hounds to Catch Convicts,' writes an esteemed contributor, 1 am reminded of an oeeunvnee wheh came under my own observation some forty years ago, which may interest jour readers: "Forty years ago a murder committed in the City of Berlin was of a rare oc currence, and when tho news came once from Jaeger street, near the Royal Theater, that an old gentleman living alone and in good circumstances had been murdered for his money, it spread like wildfire all over the city. "The news reached the ears of a brotherof King William.whose residence was not very far from the scene of the murder. lie, like many other people, hastened to the house and rooms where murder was committed, but, as tho sequel shows, with an eye to business and to ferret out iu his "own way tho possible murderer. "The rooms in which the murder was committed showed that there must have been a hard struggle before the old gen tleman was killed, and blood stains of the murderer could be tracked a short distance from the house, where they disappeared. It w:is quite early in the morningyet when the princely detective, after being back to his residence, ap peared again on the scene of the mur der, tiiis time in company with tw gentlemen on horseback; one being his overseer of hounds, of which he kept a very large number always the other a policeman ou horse back. Immediately the overseer, or huntsman, set the two hounds on the track of the murderer, and oil' they went, trailing at a very lively pace,thc two men on horseback following them as good as they could. In less time than it tikes to write these lines those two dogs finally halted on Petri street, distance about two miles, clear up in a room under the garret of the house, and tracked the murderer of the old gentle man in his lair. Considering that thero was no earthly clue to be found to the murderer on account of the old gentle man living alone and having no rela tions, before those dogs appeared, the work they did, in less than half an hour cannot be eclipsed by any de tective living. And in viewof the many murders in the country would it not pay for some Piukerton to try the dog as a detective." Detroit Free Press. Rough on the Landlady. Tlie prejudice against the average fe male boarding house-keeper seems to bo confined to no particular State. Sam Uinchman and Bill Perkins were discussing matters and things over a cup of coll'ee in an Austin eating-house, when the conversation drifted to a recent oc currence in Philadelphia. "Did you read about that Hungarian Countess, in a Philadelphia boarding house, who shot and wounded tho bov who told her to put out the gas and who" tired several shots at the landlady, and missed her?" asked Sam. "Xcs, I read all about that. That woman should be made an example of. She should receive the heaviest penalty of the law," responded Bill. "I agree with you precisely. There is no punishment severe enough for that kind of a woman who would shoot a mere 003 for doing simply what he was told to do." "O, as far as that is concerned, I don't blame her at all for shooting tho boy. If that was all she had done, I wouldn't think hard of her; but to shoot three times at the landlady of a board ing house, and miss her every time, is a crime against humanity. I've lived and suffered in a boarding house, and I know what kind of a Oend I'm talking about A woman who can't shoot better than that Hungarian Countess did, ought not to be allowed to have a pistol. If she had only crippled up tiie land lady, I would not mind it so much; but to mks her entirely is simply infamous. There are no mitigating circumstances. She is not a woman at all; she is a basa imposition on the public." Texas 8ifb ing$. Speculatlfe Clerks. Within a few months there has growa up among the clerks in the departments a perfect craze for speculating in the New York markets. There has always been more or less of stock gambling among the clerks. It began during tho war, when Washington was an excel lent point to watch the gold market Clerks in the Treasury and War De partments then operated largely, and the foundations of some pretty consid erable fortunes were theu made. Since then there has been no time in which an observer could fail to notico department people among those who take a look at the "ticker" about lunch hour. A broker tells me that quite a number of well-to-do clerks lost their all in the mid on Northern Pacilics last fall. A good many are now paying interest on mortgages put on their" homes to make good their margins through that long tight against the inevitable. Just now crude petroleum is the favorite articlo to gamble in. There are several brokers who deal only in oil. One of .them tells me that ho has three hundred Treasury cleks on his books, iie resents the epithet of "bucket shop" when applied to his office, and asserts that his principal in New York actually buys the oil dealt in. He charges five dollars for buying and sell ing each thousand barrels of oil, and sixty cents per day for holding it, which is called storage. When he sells short, there Is no charge for storage. The margin put up in all cases is two hun dred dollars for each one thousand bar rels. Very few of the clerks have more than that amount in his hands at a time. He takes as low as twenty dol lars, which buys one hundred barrels. Those who have two hundred dollars or more in can control the sale in theory, but one of them do. The whole is managed in New York. Very remarkable profits have accrued for soveral months ou these ventures. Every $'200 certificate last month netted its holder about $05, and there has been no month since the scheme started here in which the holders lost money. Now il is evident that to the average govern ment clerk, whose salary barely meets his family expenses month by" month, this form of gambling must be very at tractive. To be able to add 50 pen month to a salary of $100 or $150 per month appears to be to make this earth a little heaven. So it is uot wonderful that the excitement is spreading. Who ever can raise $200 to put into oil is do ing so, and the broker I have spoken of tcils me that he will uoubie his business this month. He tells me of men who have sold their houses to put the whole proceeds into oil. One $1,400 clerk in the Sixth Auditor's office has 5,000 in his hands, upon which he made last month about $1,300. None of these men will admit that there is any serious risk, and the broker assers that with to large a margin as twenty cents a barrel, with oil lluctuating from ninety cents to $1.00, the risk is very small when trans actions are carefully watched. Tho most apparent risk to me is that of the broker running away with the margins. There is one peculiarity in the business worth noticing, and that is that none of the brokers will allow women to deal with them. They say women are too eager to risk, too impatient with a dull market, too excited over an active one, and, hist but not least, too inquisitive and suspicious as to how the whole thing is done. W'ushinyton Cor. Boston Herald. Great Engineering Work. One of the wonders of marine engineering is the ship canal through the Finland bay from St Petersburg to Cronstadt, In Russia. The bay between the two cities is so shallow that formerly only vessels of very light draft could come to at Petersburg, and in conse quence an enormous amount of lighter age was necessary, the cost of which some $5,000,000 annually, becomiu. altogether too burdensome for the St. Petersburg trade. Since the complexion of the canal mentioned, the largest vessels employed in the Baltic trade can reach St. Petersburg. The canal is seventeen miles long, aud is formed by two enormous breakwaters running parallel to each other 275 feet apart Between them a channel of the uniform depth of twenty-two feet has been dredged. About half way between the two cities the canal is widened to a harbor of refuge about one mile square, also formed by breakwaters. The latter are almost entirely constructed of cribs lillod with stone, which were generally sunk in winter time when the bay was frozen over solid. Tho cribs were mostly built on the ice, which was as much as three feel thick, and sunk through holes cut in the ice. This work was by no means free from danger, for frequently the water would suddenly rise through tht hole made and Hood the camp of the laborer, who hail then to work standing knee deep iu freezing cold water. At other times a sudden snow storm, in which it was impossible to stand erect, would force the laborers to win the coast, crawling a distance of three miles or more over tho ice. To complete the canal, it is necessary to sink about 12,000,000 cubie feet of rocks and stones, while to deepen the channel 230,000,000 cubie feet of earth had to be removed. Of course such an under taking was possible only in Russia, and at the time when her population was still largely made up of 'serfs whose labor could Imj had for the cost of board and clothing. London News. Don't Fret. While visiting at a friend's house once she asked me to go to her desk for something, and I saw there, on opening the lid, a motto written by herself and evidently intended for no one else. It said: "lionot scold; do not fret!" "Yes," she slid, in answer to an inquiring look, "I was obliged to put it there. I wasn't very well, little things troubled me, and it isso natural to speak of them; but I no ticed after a little while that when in the morning early before school or break fast, I began to speak of the wrong doings of an' member of the family that the wrong-doings and the tendency to speak of them increased alarmingly all through the day, and I discovered that if I were silent the opposite was true, and I began to earnestly believe, as I never did before, that my own soft words turned away my own wrath: and isn't that what it really means? for it frequently happens that other people's wrath is increased by that very course." N. Y. Post. Daniel Campbell, a man over seventy years of age, who resided near New Plymouth, O., committed suicida recently in the most singular manner in the presence of some of his closest friends. He climbed up a tree about fifty feet, and then got on a limb, from which he plunged headlong to the ground and was dashed to death. His neck was broken and lus body terribly mangled, Chicago Tribune. nm AIO POINT. Oleomargerine is in such common ise now-a-days that a married man can now sit down and enjoy a good square meal without any but'her. Carl Pret zel's Weekly. As a man who makes hats is a hat ter, and an individual who makes vats a vatter, you should nover bo lost for a reply when auy one asks you what's tho matter. Tell him that it's a man who makes mats. A new poetess from the West re marks: "If lovo you givo, no more I'll ask." It is believed she has a fortune of her own or else she is iuiposmg on somo person of very limited experience. N. Y. Graphic. Six Philadelphia brothers, name of Smith, lived to celebrate, their six gold en weddings. There appears to be a toughness in Philadelphiaus that mar rieil men in other parts of the country nover seem to possess. Louisviite Courier-Journal. A "society" journal describes "low neck dresses lor dinuer." Such dresses may bo palatable if they are well cooked and have a rich gravy poured over them; but wo should as soon think of recommending pigeon-tail coats on toast for breakfast. Norristourn Uerald. At the annual dinner of Sorosis in New York, Mrs. Croly, the President, in offering the toast, "The Women Mar tyrs," said that "tho martyrdom of woman was an unspoken agony." Any thing "unspeakable" must bo a great agonj' to a woman, that's a fact. N. Y. 'limes. A wise man takes the trouble to in form us, in a very excellent article, that "in tho seventeenth century on tho continent, boots were never woru with out spurs." And we can inform him that in tho nineteenth contury, on this continent, spurs are never worn with out boots. Burlinyton JIawkcye. A gay and festive party of foxj hunters, decorated with rosettes and sashes, rode through Norwich's Main Sireet, yesterday morning, led by a bugler. The club went over into the town of Franklin, where one squad mistook an Alderney calf for a fox and bagged it in splendid shape. Hartford Post. "How do you like tho squash-pie, Alfred?" asked a young wife of her husband a few days after marriage. "Well, it is pretty good, but " "But what? I supposo you started t? say that it isn't as good as your mother makes " "Well, yes, I did intend to say that, but " "Well, Alfred, your mother made that very pie, and sent it to mo !" Brooklyn Eaylc. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. A late invention is a method of adapting a saddle to various horses, aud securing a good lit by having a saddle pad mtlated by air. Philadelphia capitalists have organ ized a porpoise-fishing company. The oil of tho porpoise is worth $300 a quart at least, some of it A Maine man has invented an elec tric apparatus which he calls a teleme ter, aud which is to be used to record temperatures at long distances. Probably the largest aud finest per fect plat' glass ever ma:lc in this coun try has been linNhed in .Jellersonville, hid. it contains 15b square feet and measures lOlxJlo inches. Notwithstanding the immense mini her of watches made in othereountries, the Swiss watches will continue- to be in demand. It is estimated that there are about 45,000 workmen engaged in this industry in Switzerland. Arizona has been a large importer of California lumber, but she is now be coming an exporter of the home pro duct The Atlantic and Pacific has tapped the timber region of the territo ry, and lumber is being shipped to Los Angeles. Pieces of cotton hatting flipped in hot water and kept applied to old sores or new cuts bruises or sprains, is tho treatment now generally adapted in hospitals I have seeu a sprained ankle cured in an hour by showoring it with hot water, poured from a height of three feet Chi -ago Times. A gunsmith at Charlotte, N. C, has recently made a novel gun. It was made for a man who is blind in his right eye aud who cannot shoot from his left shoulder. The stock of the gun is curved so that when the butt is placed against his right shoulder t'io gun-barrel falls in a straight line with his left eye. - A couple of Westtield, (Mass.) men have invented a little perfume-charged knob, which they hope will become a popular appendage to ladies' fans and parasols. Within the knob is a smmll bottle of perfumery, which is so placed that the bearer can regulate the quantity of escaping fragrance, or seal it up entirely. The Rev. John C. Tennent oi Glyndon, Md., has invented a motor ap plied to tricycles which will tend to bring them into more general use, and make tllem still more a substitute for the horse and carriage. By it the iliiii culty of using it over hills and rough roads is obviated, and we expect to see it made available by our clergy, and especially by our missionaries. The Churchman. The Philadelphia Academy of Sciences is building up a very lino her barium, claiming to possess probably one-half tho known specie-, of plants. The growth has been very rapid for some years, the past year showing an addition of 2,G species. The sjiecies aro all labeled and systematically ar ranged, and this great work is being done gratuitously b' the persistent labors of Mr. J. 11. 1'edlicld, assisted by other botanists. PhitaiU Iphia 2'imes. Among the scientific results of Greeland expeditions it has been dis covered that, contrary to the general belief, the west coast of ( 'reenTand is washed by cold water, while a greatly heated current coming from the south runs along the east coast at a short dis tance from the shore. This current tmust exercise a great inilucnce on the climate of the east coast, which may bo more moist, but, in the scientists ;opmion, not colder than that of tho Iwest coast One Rawlins, a dealer in oysters at Tbomastown Tips, Cal., got stuck ou a few barrels of fresh ones, which he con cluded to shuck and pickle. Noticing something bright iu one of the shells he dug it out and was about to throw it away when he remembered havingheard 'those things could be sold. He took it .to a jeweler, who pronounced it one of the Iarge.-t and finest pearls ever dis covereu and estimated its value at $100, 000. Eighty years ago North Carolina .had as many representatives in Con gress as New York. North Carolina now has nine, or one less than she hail in 1800, white New York hs thirtv-four. John Jacob As tor has a workshop at the top of his house, and hammers away thero every day at some invention of his. N. Y. Sun. At Carrollton, Ala., J. M. Davis, a well-to-do lawyer, has been remarried to his wife, from whom he was separa ted fifteen years ago. Mr. Beechcr recently illustrated a part of one of his sermons, by whistling a bar from an opera as. he said. lie once heard a caged bullfinch do. JirooUyn Eagle Mrs. Catherine Baker, of Taylor ville, Va., who has passed her ninety ninth birthday, takes six to eight cups of coffee a day. Louisville Courier-' Journal. Susan B. Anthony denies that sho owns a dog and says" that tho report that she pets a poodle is the meanest thing the newspapers ever said about her. iv. Y. Times. Michael Fitzgerald, a Federal de serter, recently gave himself up in Vicksburg, Miss. He deserted fifteen years ago, ami surrendered because- his eyesight is failing and he can no. longer take care of himself. Pittsburgh Pot. Mark Twain lives in his own house, near Hartford, a house with its back kitchen on tho street its front entrance on one side, bristling with peaks aud chimney pots, and in style of architec ture the crystalized expression of an encounter between Mark Twain and Queen Anne. Hartford Post. By the recent death of the daughter of the late Joseph F. Huntress, Glouces ter, Massachusetts, comes into immedi ate uossession of a valuable estate and $20,000 iu cash, to be devoted to tho establishing and supporting of a homo for indigent females of sixty years of ago and upwards, natives of Glouces ter. Boston Herald. The Empress of Austria is getting on in years, but she is still prouounced to be the most beautiful of the royal women of Europe. She is proud of her hair, which is beautifully abundant, and of her waist, which is girlishly slender, and she maintains her fresh, clear com plexion by going to bed betimes and getting up early and by spending hours every day on horseback. "Ouida" writes of life in Italy :"Hwre one wants so little; the air and the light and a little red wine, and the warmth of wiud. and a handful of mai.e or of grapes, and an old guitar, and a niche to sleep in near a fountain that mur murs and sings to the mosses and mar bles these are enough in Italy." American tramps do not even require that much. New York Graphic. Mayor King, of Philadelphia, being asked why he had never married, frankly answered that he was the only boy in a family of girls, and that marriage was deferred until he attained years that made his locks gray, and caused him to shrink from the responsibility of raising a young family. He provided for his mother and sisters, and sacrificed him self to the family altar. Philadelphia Jtccord. The late Cardinal Do Liica, wheu the Italian army entered Rome in 1870, was much afraid that his jewels anil other treasures would be eonliscated. One of his servants proposed to trust them to a buleher, a rich and honest man, who would bury them in his vine yard and outside one of the gates. The Cardinal agreed, and all of his gemmed crosses, rings, splendid miters and gold and silver table services were placed iu a box and intrusted to the honest butcher. But they were never heard of more. "A LITTLE NONSENSE." A shopkeeper iu the far West, hav ing had a stormy discussion with his better half, put the shutters up aud affixed the following notice: "Closed during altercations. A Philadelphia journal remarks that the beer brewed iu the United States is enough to lloat the American navy. Why, of course. We have seen forty schooners drawn out of one keg. Chi cago Tribune. We read in an exchange of a young lady having beeu made crazy by a sud den ki3. This should teach young la dies to be constantly expecting some thing of that kind, and to le prepared for it when it conies. Lowell Citizen. An Indiana jury has awarded $30, 000 damages to a woman who swore that a man had kissed her 3,000 times. It is a mighty cold-blooded woman who will keep count when kisses aro so thick, and the unfortunate victim of her deceit is entitled to the sympathy of all his confiding sex. Lowell Citizen. "Boy, how much do you want for that string of fish?"' asked an amateur fisherman on his way home from a day's sport The boy named his price. "All right, there's your money. N.v.- just throw me the fish;" and he dexterously caught them. "Talk about catching fish," he said, as he pursued his way. "Mary." said a Philadelphia mother, "Mar, I heard you coaxvouug Mr. Blank to remain as he rose to go when the clock struck ten last evening. Mary, it was wrong iu you. why did 3011 do so?" "Why, now," artlessly replied tho maiden, "Mr. lilaiik is very good company, and ou know 3011 have always taught me to keep good eom pauv', and so I kept him." Phdudclphia Press. WhiloJohn Gilhooley was return ing with his wife from the opera, after having been out several times between the acts, he turned to her and said: "My dear, can 3011 tell me the difference be tween Patti's voice and the shawl wo wrapped (lie bain in?" "Not in one evening," tepKed his better half. "Well. I'll tell3'ou in two sentences. Patti'.s voice enraptured 3011 and I, aud the shawl enwrapped yours and mine." Sa Francisw Post. Applicant "Here is a manuscript which 1 would like you to look over." Book-publisher "It would bo useless. We only accent manuscripts from noted authors." Applicant -"But I am a noted author. My first book ran through man' editions." Publisher "Ah, in deed! Come in. my dear sir. Take a seat" Applicant "I am the author ot The Bread-Winners.' " Publisher "Great Josephus! Another one.! Jim. call the dog." Boston Transcript. "Great Scott, I've killed him!" yelled the baggage-smasher as he hurled Saratoga plump into the pit of the stomach of a stout old gentleman stand ing on the platform. But the iujured party rose with a gay airand laughed out: "Not much, yer lop-eared idiot. I've just got outside of a beefsteak iu that restaurant an' I'm solider'u the sides of iron-plated gunboat Sling along yer Strategies; 's long as yer aims straight at that thirty-five cent lunch yer can't Isttrtmy feelin's!". Evansville Argus. m California grapes, it is stated, sell fn Paris for fifty per cent, more than those of native production.