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COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1884.
WHOLE NO. 749.
THE JOTXRyAIi.
ISSUE) KVXHT WZPSISPAr,
M. EI. TTJRER Sc CO.
Sroorietars and Publishers.
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D.T. 21-urrrx. 3LD. F. J - scnrc. H- D
Drs. X12TYN & SCHTTG,
U. S. Examining Surgeons.
Local Surgeon. Union Pacific. .. X.
X B. E. and 11. .t- M R- Rs.
. on-ultations xn lierruin ami En-ilish
Telephones at atfice and residences.
COLUMSUS. - rrZHHASKA.
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T) DULGIIEKTY. 36. !--
PR TSI CIA S t i" UR G E' "'X.
"K3Oi2rc e-ond door east of post-ottiee.
j.
1. Wilson. .- -
PR 1I. LAX d: UR GEOX.
Disease- ot w. imi'B iim children a spe
cialty. Coaui i.uysicsjn. Oui -c fomier
ly occupied by Dr Bouesteel. Telephone
exchange. "
O
DEX1AL PARLOR.
On corner jf Eleventh and North streets.
over Ernst -. hardware stare.
c
lUKMEl-ll ac Jll'LLIYA,
ATTORNEYS-AT -LA W,
Cp-stirs m Uluek Building, lltn street,
Above the New bank.
TJ J. Ul'lWO.
X'OTART PUBLIC.
lith Strwst. 2 door wt of Uxaunond Honse,
Calumous. Xeb. 4l.y
J G. KEEDEU.
A TTURXE Y AT LA IF.
Office on oln.- -. olumbu. Nebraska.
V. A. MACKI5.
Foreign ami In.mcstic Liquors and
Cigars
11th -tr.'ot. e.dunious b. ."U-y
AreALLlJiTEK BKOJ-
A TTORXE YS AT LA W,
Onice ap-stair- in McAllister's buiid
tns. lltn ?t- W. A. McAllister. Notary
Pubhc.
J XI. MACFiRLANP.
B. R. COWPKKY.
r.r.
LAW AND t'OLLElTIOX OFFICE
OF
MACTAl?' ATP 3: COWDSSf,
F. 1. KI'iER. TW-
, ucee-sor to lr. . i. A. Uullhor'-t
S0MEOPATR1C PHYSICLAX AND
& LP GEOX.
Regular graduate of two medical col
leges. iili-e Olive t one-half black
north of Hammond House. z-ly
J. J. MAIGHA.
Justin. mnty Surveyor. Sotary.
Land and l odectum Agent.
23JParues .tesiriHi survey in;: done can
nutifv cif t mau at PUtt entre. Neb.
"lJim
T7 1I.KI.CUE,
Itth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sell Harness, Saddles. Collar,"Whips.
Blankets. urry Combs. Brushes, trunks,
vallae. Uutry "top, cu-hions. carr;aze
trimmings. A.- at tae lowest possible
prices. llepair pr mptiv attended to.
R
DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR.
Will d.. i-neral surveying in Platte
and adjoining cuunties. OSice with s. C.
smitii.
culckbi t, - - - rmaKASKA.
17-tf
S-UKI outfit
It sure. No
reiiuired.
rant busines-
at which person- of either sex. youn? or
old. can make reat pay all the time they
work, with aosolute "certainty, write for
pxruculars to H HAliKT X Co- Port
land. Maine
GEG2E SP005ES,
COXTRACTOR FOR ALL EIXDS OF
ACASOX WORE.
Ofjtcx, Thirteenth it- Detween Olive
and Nebraska Avenue. Residence on the
comer of Eighth and Olive.
a.11 T"orJc Guaranteed.
4?-tf
Js. mltrdoce: & sox,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Hvenad 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 inve us an oppor
tunitytoestimatefory'ou. S?"Shop on
13th "St, one door west of Friedaof Jb
Co'. store. Columbus. Nelr. 4J3-v
31A2fCyACTCHKK OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Jo D-Wars, "Rofifing1 and. Gutter
ing a Specialty.
srShop on Eleventh Street, opposite
Heintz's hrac Store. -G-y
G
W.CLA
LAXD AXD IXSTRAXCE AGEXT,
RUJLPEREY, XEBR.
His lands comprise some fine tracts
in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
ern portion ef Platte county. Taxes
paid for non-residents. Satisfaction
sraaranteed. i) y
pOLOIKIS PACKI3IC: CO.
COLUMBUS, - XZEB.,
Packers, and Dealers in all kinds of Hoc
product, cash paid for Live or Bead floss
or grease.
Directors. E- H Henry, Prest.; Joim
Wiggins, sec and Treas.; L. Gerrard. 5.
Cory.
TAXES SAXJtOJL,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plana and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
at. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, 2fe-braaka-
Si Cmo.
N'
VIKE 19 TEACHESS.
J. Z-Mcmcxicf, Co. Scpt
Will b is his ofice at the Court House
tke third Saturday- of each,
annfh for the purpose of exaainimr
MfUeaMta for teacher's certificates, and.
Sartke tramaacttoB of aay other busiaeaa
jarritatT to ckoal. 5iT-y
A f O i week at home.
4f i i, fr-t?. Pav absolute
fljUU risk., t aoitai n t
Iliiler. if vou ti
GO TO
:A
i I. TUMER'S
BOOK AND
MUSIC STORE
-FOR THE-
! BEST I GOODS
-AT-
T3xe Lowest Prices
i
CONSULT THE FOLLOWING ALPHA
BETICAL LIST.
Ail537.TI.i. Anthmeties. Arnold Ink
senium I, ALrebras, Autairraph Al
bums. Alpbanet B ocks.Anthor's Cards,
Ark.-. A cordeons. Abstract Legal Cap.
3K IJ.oillEK. Baskets.Bahv Toy s.Books,
Bibles, BelL- for f-oys. Blank Books,
Btrthdav Cards. Basket Buggies, boy's
Tooi--iifsts. Balls. Banker's Cases,
boy's Wagons, Sleds and Wheelbar
rows. Butcher Buok. Bra.ss-edzed Ru
lers. Bill -books. Book Straps. Base
Ball- and Uat.
A3llIIls Cards. Calling Cards. Card
Cases Combs. ( omb Ci-es, Chrar Ca
ses. Checker Boards. Children's Chairs,
Cups and saucera ; fancy,. Circulating
Library, Collar and Cuif Boxes, Copy
Book3,Christmas Cards. Chinese Toys,
Crayons. Checkers. Chess-men. Croquej
sets.
DONE!$TlC Sewins Machines. Draw
ins Paper. Dres-ins Cases, Drums.
Diaries. Drafts in books. Dolls. Dressed
Dolls. Dominoes. Drawing books.
E3ITEi.I"ES. Elementary school
books. Erasers "blackboard). Erasers
i rubbt-r .
FJCTIO: Boott;5. Floral ilbum.. Fur
niture -lolish.
fclKA-TiHAKi. Geographies. Geoni"
tries.'o e boxes, toy tiUUs.livrosco.i.s
tJ ll.'i-trate tne law's of motion).
HAA12-:2ES Reader-, handsome Holi
day . '-. H.iuil-ia.sses. lijy-horses.
Kanii at -nets. Histories.
.II jood kinds and colors),
ommou and fancy ).
Ink-
stand
JElVIil .iscs. Jews harps.
kr.4i of iiik. Eatchen sets.
l.K2Gi:KS. Ledsr paper. Legal
Lua. u baskets. Lookmsslasses.
cap.
3iA.0' .t Hasnliu Organs. Jlacni't-.
3Iusic liuxes. Magazines. Mn-tacae
cup. Mouth orsans. Memorandums.
M-isi books. Music holder. Mactiiite
oil. M-ii. Moderator's reconls. Mucs
lasi. Mn-n-copes.
ME:LE!i for sewmg machines. Note
pap-r.
RGA3i!. Oil for scwins ra.nciiines.
Org tn stoo.j.. Orsan seats.
IES10IIC.-A1 Pictures. Puzzle
blocks. ireen'-. Picture books. Pianos.
Pens. Papetries. Pencil.-. Pur-es. Pol
ish for furniture. Pamphieteases. Paper
cutters. Paper fastener. Picture puz
zles. 1'irture frames. Pocket booK.
Pertumery and Perfumery Base. Paju-r
racks. Pencil holders.
BEWAS1) cards. Rubber-balls, Rub
ber dolls.
MJIIOOL l)ook.s. Sewins stanils, school
satchrjs -iawe-. s.terieopes and pic
tures. Scrap books, r-crp pu-ture-.
Sewing marurnf needles. Scholar's com
pamans. specie purees. Smirms toy
canaries, -eds for boy-. Saa'.vl straps.
shell soods.
TEUCOPElS. Toys f ill kinds,
children's Trunks. Thermometers
Tooth brushes fotdmgj, Tea et- fur
girls. Tool ehests fur bovs. Tcu-pm rL
for bovs. Tooth picks. Tin wy.
YIOI-XJS and strings, Vx-es.
WOOUKKIDGK Orpins. Work t.a
kets. Waste bas.-l.. Whip- (with
case j. Webster's dictionaries. Weatlier
gla-ses. V. ark boxe-. Whip- for ovs.
Vason- for boys. What-not-. Wooden
tooth picks.
liiri Scar N:n: of ''Cktk ,!'
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siaicefcol crtohaccn. Wakefsfc-esa. MfrMl Bo
pxBSKns. ScSasins at the Rzmn resnltrrrgiain.
tsrrr- ft-rj ina-mr jo fgpry, decay and rifth.
P:' u.';p) old Ass. Earrcrnesa. icsa of pcrrer
in prrHn- ger. Involnntar; Losses gndSpemr-
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tszSSACsezz farail prepaidon receipt otrsca,
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for six boTPS. saamitwTiTfd veixii. giQn. wo vill
f"i? Tmi.ll; wcfi r-r x "T ..;fi'"tn: tO rS.
fnEdtha Tur-ry f tt Tr-rr fTrrrif)fHy,"'t;'ffia'
ri ijj"w ' rpp TKnt, rrr- ;y
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8C W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, trts
Sola Prop's Wesrs IiveE:222i
w.
A. TflOJIAS.
uiGSST FOE
PEALE'S EDrCATOR,
COLCMBUs, TEB.
2STOnice at Lindell HoteL Call and
examine and be convinced it i the be-t
book published- Agents wanted to can
vass in Nebraska. 14-5m
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COLUMBUS
STATE BANK!
COLVDTCBTrS, 3TEB.
CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000
DIRECTORS:
Lea2.der Geseahd. Pros' I.
Gko- W. IIulst, Vice Pres'L
Jji.itis A. Reed.
R. H. Hen-ut.
J. E. Taskeu. Cashier.
PLc
Exckai
ie
ClIectiM Prsaiptlr Jlaie
all PlKt.
Pay lateretak Ttae
i ii
. J. CBSBSBT.
IIM B. BOIGGIX,
Aaaast uVr.
y
-THE-
CITIZENS" BAM!
HrMPHREY. N'EB.
STPrompt attention giTen to Col
lections. SfFay Interest on time deposits.
Tnsurance. 5
ge Tickets and
Heal Estate Loans.
5-ti
LINDSAY 4TKEKELL.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
OIL CKEL
CHOPPED FEED,
Bran. Sliorts.
BOLTED ! Whim COM MEAL
GRAHAM FLOUR,
AND ForR KINDS OF THE BEST
WHEAT FLorR ALW.S
ON HAND.
Vll Rinds of FirriTs m their -Jea-
on.
Orders promptly tilled.
xatli ?:triir.
Columbus,
Nebr.
HENRT G-ASS,
TTyTJETTATCETrl !
COFFINS AXD METALLIC CASES
-LND DK.VI.EU IX
FnrnitQre. Chairs, Bedsteads. Bu
reaus. Tables. Safes. Lounges.
c Picture Frames and
Mouldings.
TSTEepairiae of all kinds of Upholstery
Goods.
6f
CQLrrSTBUS. NUB.
GOLD
for the working elass
Send 10 cent 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 thauzht possible at anv busi
ness. Capital not required. "We will
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
i every evenimr. That all who want
work may test the business, we make
this unparalleled ader; to all who are not
well satisfied we will -end fl to pay for
the trouble of writing u-. Full particu
lars, directions, etc-, sent free. Fortunes
will be made by those who iriYe their
whole time tn the work. Great success
absolutely sure. Don't delay, start now.
Address stisso . Co., Portland. Maine.
a word of WAKtrcc;.
j TARMERS. stock raisers, and all other
AY interested parties will do well to
remember that tne Western Horse and
Cattle Insurance Co." of Omaha is the
I only company doinir bu-iness in this state
' that insures" Hordes. Mules and Cattle
' azainst loss bv theft, accidents, disease.
or iciii v. as also airin-t loss bv rire s.nil
jurhtum . All representations bv agents
0r ather omnanies to the contrary not-
withsT-indinr.
HENRY GARN. special Air't.
t-y Columbus. Neb.
NO HUMBUG!
But a Grrand Success.
R.
r BRIG HAM'S A UTOMVTIC WA-
ef rv man who has it in use ( all on or
leave timers at George Yale-'s, opposite
Oeiilnch's grocery. U-Gm
J. WA&NER;
Liyerv and Feed Stable.
Is prepared to furnish the public w"th
good teams, buggien and carriages for all
occasions, especially for funeral. Also
conducts a sale stable. 44
SeSSS --r---T. m m .la
ALYONAHEALYt
FIRST
National Bank!'!
COX.
TTS,
Antkoriied Capital, - - 3250,000
Paid ii Capital. - 50,000
Sarplns and Profits, - - 6,000
OFFICXH3 XD DIUXCTOE3. !
A. A TD E R."ON. Prts'U
SAM'L C. -MITH. Vice Pres't. ;
O.T. ROEN". Cashier.
a.vr EARLY.
HERMAN" OEHLRICH.
W. A. MCALLISTER.
G- ANDERSON.
P. ANDERSON.
Foreisu and Inland Exchange. Passage
Tickets' ana Real Estate Loans.
29-vol-13-ly
COAL vf LIME!
J.E. NORTH & CO..
DEALERS LN
Coal,
Hair,
Cement.
Hork Spins L'oa! 57.00 per
L'arboD tWyomin?) L'ual S.00
Eldou duw-d' Coal 150
tun
Blacksmitli Coal of best quality
wnys an hand at low
est nrices
al-
Nortli Side Eleventh. St
COX.TTMHU3.
1 1 :u
NZB-
UNION PACTETC
LAND OFFICE.
Improved and Unimproved Farms,
Eay and Grazing Lands and City
Property fox Sale Cheap
AT THE
Union Pacific Laid Office,
On Lany Time and loir rate
of Interest.
j27"FInal proof made on Timber l Iaims.
Himeteid- ami Pre-emption-.
GfAH wi-hing to buy hmd- ol anv d -scrlption
will please call and ex. inline
niv list of lands before looking else where
JSAII havi-ti laud- to sell will please
-ail and give me a description, t rni .
price-, etc.
X31 a so am prepared to :n-'ir- prop
erty, as I hare the aauney of everal
tirst-clas- Fire in-uram-t- companies.
K. W. OTT, Solicitor, -peaki Gerni-in.
MAIIEII. C.SMITU,
tux-lt Lolunibu-. Nebra-sa.
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEZ MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE--ALE
DEALERS LN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
O FFICE, COL UJf H US. XEli
SPEICE & NORTH.
General Agents for the Sale of
REAL ESTATE.
Union Pacihc. and Midland Pacinc
R. R. Lands for sale at from $3. CM) ta $10.00
per acre for cash, or on rive or ten years
time, in annual payments to suit" purchaser-.
We have alsu 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 ic the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
Gil
cousins, ytjra
LOUIS SCHEEIBEE.
K.
Ail kinds f
Start Setiee.
Repairing
Birdies.
doae on
Waz-
hs. euu aae to order.
&id all work Guar
anteed. Alsa sell tliftwld-fkmfiia Walter A
lowers. Asapers. Combin
ed sTiCufTT, Harreaten,
aad Seif-bmders tbe
sTnaap opposite the TatteraalL"
on
OUva itu, COLUMBUS.
ii fail Mai
0JS JfOt8 KISS,
arr-hahv bov awfiUc.
i 1 1 T Wili.il oprmaayasieeyrsaile
uasn tne ut&e lias, nil oa
st astero had seemedtta be.
i
n ha crib I laid him down.
Jty itde hasb with eyes so brawn.
And, y-fgi the rosebud month so sweet,
Then tnraed to go. with noiseless feet.
Bat quick from Mischienand there flew
A llCJe sprite Wnatdiditdo
Bat whisper to my sleepy petr -
"Don't let mamma go from you yet.
Then sat my boy unnshr in bed.
And snoot his tangled, enny head.
"Me no asleep. Tnm?rrn cried he.
So ram an' Us me. cne-cyo-Crecl"
"Just one klas more." I said, and pressed
Too dear 2arm closer to my breast.
But mulnpiying- one by tea.
I lrtTd hun o or and o'er airain.
SU. thtnirrnf- he was sansued.
Again I left my darlinjr's side.
But. just aa I had rescued the door.
A roguish voice called. Jes one Elss mai."
I went again with Jesses sweet
His own dear, coaxmsr lips to meet.
And. while I waited, simnng- low.
To Dreamland he at last did go.
Ah. me wnen he shall oldr grow.
Will mother? kisses please him so?
God guide us both all life be o er.
And I may kiss my boy no more!
Mary D. Brme.
HOW FLIES WaLK UP GLASS.
The ease witii which flies ascend the
giass panes of the window, or other
polished surfaces, has Iou atrmcted
notice, and manv sciealihc observers
have put forward theories to account
for the way in which these little crea
tures seem to set the law of gravitation
at defiance. A French naturalist. Dr.
J. F Romboats. has been recently en
gaffed in invescgating the subject! and
h?yi arrived at some conclusions dMer
inr from those commonly accepted.
The present article is mainly a resume
ol a paper by Dr. Rombouts.
For a long- time it was believed that
ales and numerous other insects pos
sessed their faculty for running over
polished surfaces in consequence of the
vast number of tine hairs with which
their feet are garnished, and that they
were able to insinuate these hairs into
the minute pores of the glass, and so ob
tain a foothold. In order to convince
ourselves at onee of the absurdity of
this idea, we have only to look at the
surface of the glass with a microscope.
Of course no modem naturalist would
give this explanation of the phenome
aoa. Another theory, which is often put
forward, exnlains the fact in the follow
ing manner- It is alleired that the feet
of the ny terminate in little "suckers." '
wnich in walking are pressed to the !
polished surface, so that at every step a
vacuum is formed under each foot, I
which is thus held down by the pres
sure of the air. This process would be I
nrecisely the same as that with which
hnr nn'ii-a tiim.-J4Iy&. when a tcer i
dic of moist leather at the end of a
string is made fast to the pavement by
suction.
But modem research has proved that
such a contact as that which has just
been described does not take place.
Flies have walked over the inner wails
of a receiver after the air has been
withdrawn. Besides, tho microscopic
examination of the feet of a tiy shows
dearly that the "sucker'" theory is not
tenable. The base of the foot is nar
nishtni with such a quantity of fine hair,
that the close contact needed for the
production of a vaeeum couid not be
effected.
Blackwall explains the phenomenon
by assertmg; that a viscous substanet
exudes from each hair, and many mod
ern entomologists support the same
theory. But in reply to this theory, it
is unred that if such a viscous substance
was really deposited at each step, tne
dies would not be able to move after
having remained for a lonir time mo
tionless, because this substance would
havejdried up and hardened. Whereas
we know well tnat a liy takes winir in
stantly at our approach, even after hav
ing rested on one spot without surrinir
for hours.
Dr. Rombouts has arrived at the con
clusion th;it it is neither by the pressure
of the air. nor by the ue of a glutinous
liquid, that dies exercise their faculty
for running over polished surfaces, but
that their capabilities in this respect are
due simplv to molecular action between
solid.- and liquids, or. in other words,
must be attributed solely to capillary
action.
If we examine the lower portion of
the foot of a dv with a powerful micro
scope, we see clearly that it is furnished
with a large number of hairs disposed
with much regularity. The lower end
of each hair has a club-shaped termina
tion, -lightly varying in form. From
these club-haned ends dows a irreasv
liquid, which does not dry up or harden
for a long time. The tiny drops left on
the surface of a glass after the oassaire
of a dy may be taken up after two or
three days with a piece of nne paner
without any necessity of moiateninir
them.
By means of an ingenious little aD
paratus of his own contrivinir. Dr. Rom- '
bouts watched the under surface of the
dys foot while in motion, and the wet
trace made by the tiny hair. He say
it cannot be admitted that the duld
causes the club-shaped ends of the hairs
to act as suckers, as some naturalists as
sert. If so. these extremities would, bv
the act of suction, take the form of
discs, whereas they were put down and
raised with a facility that could not be
experienced if they were really sub-
jecteu. to tne pressure ot the air. estimated at not much less than one
In order to test the possibility of ca- hundred thousand dollars. Whaver
pillary action being exercised in this it may be worth, it is a gratification to
manner. Dr. Rombouts tried some deli- me to" know that it is the nroduce of mv
cate experiments. He found that a hair own honest labor, no nart of it bein"-
dipped in olive oil. or even in water, hereditary except one slave, who woul5
would hang suspended when just touch- oblige me very much if he would ac
ing a clean piece of glass. He carefallv ' cep his freedom. It is sufficient, after
weighed these hairs, also found the paving all mv debts, to leave mv family
average weight of dies, and calculated above" want "if I should h "nnrsr?
the numoer ot hairs on their feet, and
their feet, and
was fully conhnned in his theory. He
considers that there are from "sOO to
1.000 hairs on each of the two divisions
(pulviUt, of each foot, giving a total of
from 10,3i to 12.000 baiiS. The fiy,
however, when crawling over a window
pane, only has three or four feet on the
gins" at one time. Consequently the
number of hairs in function at one'time.
and sustaining the fiy by the force of
I ; P-Ky action, is rrom o.uw to i
Vn,
.me uoctor ooserved as others have
done; that files cannot ascend glass ,
when dimmed with vapor from the '
breath
Blackwall explains this fact by
'that Th nsmns ttnii. t;m
asserting tna- the viscous hmu wnica
he credits them with becomes liquified i
brhumidity. and loses its capacity for '
adhering to the glass. If this were so. ,
the luruid which is deposited by the i
minute hair would mix with the con-.
censed vapor on the glass. But this is
not the ease, xs the Doctor proved by !
breathing over a giaas with traces of;
nies on it and examining it through the I
with moisture, but Immediately the !
moisture had dried up he saw that the
greasy droplets previously there were
not altered in shape or volume, as
would have been the case if moisture
exercised anv effect on them whatever-
The fall of the fly from tke frp sni
taee is cecanse tne ".reasv cropies win
not mix with water, and" find no place ' Th much-dreaded ordeal of the Be!
of adherence- If the iass is sUjrhtiv S " the Arabian Sea as its pre
greasy the dy falls from it, because the t " asd railway journey across" the
numerous Hr on it3 feet get clo'r'ed. I desert from Sue, , have yielded to the
torether. and thus their ftmtinns as in-
dependent point3 of adherence are hin.
dered.
It is also exceedingly difficult, if not
impossible, for a fly to run over a verti
cal polished surface when covered with
a thin layer of dust. If a fly be canghc
after an attempt to crawl up a dusty
window-pane, ar I its feet be carefully
examined under a powerful microscope,
the spaces between the minute hairs will
be seen to be tilled up with fine powder.
A fly that has got itself into this predic
ament has to rub its feet one against
another for seme time, and rub them
over its wings a few times, until it feels
satisfied that all the dust is removed,
and that it can conveniently resume it3
wanderings- This process, which moss
be frequently-observed bv any one who
r..,.:..,,. ar.T : . " j" - !.
watches flies, is not ensajred in. as has
often been asserted, for the purpose of
cleaning- the wings, but with the object
of rendering the feet once more capable
of moving- over smooth surfaces. Th '
surface of each wing is furnished with a .
crowd of stiff hairs, which may very
satisfactorily be used by the fly aa a
brush. " i
Blackwall affirms that the flies cleanse '
I themselves in this way in order to re
move from the feet the superfluity of '
the viscous fluid described in the pre- '
cedinjr allusions to his theory. But if '
this were so the poor fly would be soon ,
covered with a thin coating of this mat- I
I ter wherever he rubbed his feet, and all
kinds of dust with which he came in
contact would adhere to his little body.
I In a short time the fly would become a
dirty, shaneless ma-s. whereas we know
that flies are personally (if we may use
the word) exceedingly neat and clean, j
In the case of other insects which :
equally with flies possess the faculty of I
runaing up smooth surfaces, tae feet
are found to be similarly furnished with j
a crowd or minute hairs, terminating in
club or ball-shaped ends. Their pro
cess of adherence is the same as already
described. X. T. Observer.
The Brazilian Caju.
'I have often wondered." remarked a
gentleman who recently returned from
Brazil "why importers of tropical fruit
never made an effort to introduce the
delightfully cool and refreshing earn of
Brazil in this city. The caju grows
wild and is cultivated in that country.
The caju tree hardly rises to the dignity of
a tree, but its branch s are wide-sDn aJ-
ing and its leaves larger than tnoze of
! tne raoeer tree, of a brilliant sreen
color and oval shape, and shine au if
fKjtr Txrntt Tfnisiijho! TVit Vilruin t nn
j 61 of the branches, and is a
mu!L pale yellow dower, growing- in
dusters.
"One variety of the garden caju. Trhen
ripe is as lars as a Bartlet: pear and
-haped somethimr like it. Some varie
ties are brurht yellow, some deep red.
and others yellow, with pink colored
heeks. The desh. or pulp, of the caju
is more temptinir in appearance than
that of any fmit I ever saw. but; it is
never eaten. It is for the juice alone
i that tne caju is prized. In this it is
much more proline than the juiciest
f orange. It is the custom of the Brazil
! lans to suck a caju before breakfast.
but any hour at the da the juice is de
IbxhtfuL It is sweet and delicious
sLgntly astringent, and a wonderful al
iayer of thirst. The juice of one caju is
more grateful to a thirsty person than a
goblet of the purest wat- r.
"The wild caju. wh'ch grows profuse-
. ly in the forests, is small and acrid, and is
i srathered by the natives for wine makimr.
The wine made from it resembles Fn
taste an ordinary claret sweewned with
, sugar, and is a popular beverage among
, tne poorer people- A peculiarity ol
, the caju is its seed, which grows on" the
outside of the fruit, and hangs from its
'anrer extremity. The seed is in size
I and appearance like a large kidney
bean. The kernel is surrounded by a
' pulpy covering which secretes a power-
' ful duid acid. Wherever tnt- touches
the desh a painful blister will form at
once. imilar to that made by dropping
burning particles of a parlor match on
the hand. By roasting iie kernels.
I however, this troublesome property of
the seed is destroyed. The roastedker-
nels of caju seeds are as popular in
some parts of Brazil as peanuts are
here, and taste yery much like them.
In roasting The kernels great care is ex-
ercised in preventing, the smoke that
arises from them from touching any
part of the nesh. for wnerever it touches
a most irritating inflammation is the
immediate result. If the smoke enter-
the eyes it w3i destroy the sint.
"The caju has almost as many varie
ties as the American pear, and it would
certainly become a Dopular fruit if in
troduced here." X. Y zttn.
Henry Clay's Alleged Insolvency.
Henry Clay was pronounced insolvent
by his Kentucky opponents in lS4i. and
they paraded some mortgages on his
property as evidence of his inability to
pay his debts. In a letter to a friend,
denying this calumny, llr. Clay said.
"I am not free, absolutely, from" debt.
I am not rich- I never coveted riches.
But my estate would, eyen now, be
from them. It is a mnrter also nf ran.
solution to me to know that this wanton
exposure of my private affairs can do
me no pecuniary prejudice- My few
creditors will not allow their conndence
in me to oe saaxn ny ir. it nas. in
deed led to one incident, which was at
V!
the same time a source of pleasure and
of pain. A friend lately called on me.
at the instance of other friends, and in
formed me that they were apprehensive
that mv private affairs were embar
- i
. '
rassed. and that I allowed these embar
rassments to prev upon mv mind. He
came, therefore, witn their'aiithoritv. to
toll mri.ir. itir miiif isinnsiinros i
sum that I mi-rat want to relieve me. 1
ti -: . r..-i. . 1. :-r I
The emotions which such a proposition
excited can be conceived bv honorable
men. I felt most hanpv to" be able to
undeceive, them, and to decline their
benevolent proposition." Mr. Cter
never had anv outstanding accounts as
Washington, "and as he aid not keep
house it was not dlffimdt for him to
-pav as he went." Ben: Ptrlcrj Poors,
m Boston Budfci.
Nature is very much like a shiftless
child, who. the more he is helped the
more he looks for it- The more
medicine a man takes, the more he will
have to take, whether it be anodyne,
tonic or alterative. Exchange.
Scenes is Esrpt.
unx ,ue- sights of t airo. I need not say
that the Ked Sea was tolerably warm.
Whenthe thermometer dropped down to
S5 cegrees everybody was in the best of
spirits, and nobody complained when it
was only 3.i degrees in the shade, of
course When the people d:d begin to
complain, the officers pscitied them by
calmly observing- Oh this is de
licious. Wait a couple ot months
lonrer. and maybe one or two persons
will die from excessive heat on the paa
saoe. But even tiLS trip was en oy
able compared with the ehrut hours of
agony on the railway trip between Suez
and Cairo. To keep the carriagu win
dows shut was to be nearly stilled; to
keep them opened was to be deluged
with desert sand. It was not a 'renuino
j rueco that wns prevailing., -merely a
mild winiL" ss.d somebody familiar-
mild wind," sa d somebody familiar
with the ways of Egypt.
Most of the way one had to keep
one s eye shut while the train was n
mo-ion. so that they could not b glad
dened. in the midst or the universal
desolation, by even a glimpse of the
one feature of the landscape that was
pleasant the ribbon of verdure alonir
the course of the Sweet Water canal.'1
The old bed of this canaL which may
have been constructed by the Fharaohs
has been widened and deepened and
somewhat extended, so that it irrigates
a large tract ot country. It now runs
from the Nile at Cairo to Isniailiu, and
from there to Suez, parallel with the
I ship canaL At Ismaiba, on Lake
Ttni.-eh.are the "Pompe-a-feu" zteam-
I pump works - which torce a supply or
this iie water down to Port Said.
Forrv-nve miles distant. The water
looked very muddy from the car window-,
but this is a country where peo
ple have no right to be particular.
Ismailia is lterally an oas s in the
desert. It coatams some very decent
houses, a hotel. hurch. etc. where but
a few years ago the hot sand drifted.
From Ismailia the train backed
a few m les and switched oif on thu
Cairo main line. Going from Suez to
Cairo by rail is like bounding three
sides of a square in order to get to a
point separated only by the distance
aloug the remaining fourth side.
When the train stopped at a depot it
usual y stayed there for some nnie.
The Arab women all wore long veils
on their faces below the eves. The
higher class wore white screens, and
the lower black one. 3Ien were hur
riedly bidding each other good-by. and
as they did so they exchanged kises in
the most matter-of-fact way possible. r.rsi
on the one cheek and then on theotner
iveryuouv aeemeu. to be smoking
cigarettes. Even the women puffed
away on them behind their lonir face-p:eues-
I noticed that the peopi.
clasped hands but never "snook
hands."' After the bare contact each
person usually raised his hand to his
iorei-ead or his breast, or both.
In Egypt, as in India and Utah,
water is king. The results achieved hy
irrigation are nothing short of mirac
ulous. The sand, which looks so utter
ly sterile, really contain a considerable
admixture of calcareous loam, and
needs only the action of fresh water ta
make it fertile. Thus it is claimed be
:ore the eastern outlets of tne Nile
closed up the whole desert of Suez,
ninety miles broad, was like a garden.
Now it is arid and inconceivably deso
late. Whatever is accompl sh. d is ac
complished through irrigation, since
ra ns are almost unknown.
From the car windows one could e
scogjs of different kinds of arrangementi
for pouring the canal-water ovr the
fields, sftai w had emerged from the
desi-rt. Usually they were worked by
an ox. which walked around in a circle.
Sometimes two men would sit over a
ahnceway. with a towl-shaped Ieathei
vesseL to which ropes or straps wen
attached. With a regular, rapid mo
tion, this was dipped into the canals,
from which it scooped up two or three
gallons of water, and tnen swung up
over the sluice and emptied. "
At Ismailia they have succeeded in
growing large, beautiful trees out on
the common sand, simply ay having a
stream of fresh watrr run along the
root3.
About thirty miles out of Ismailia
was a beautiful little inclasure. kept
charmingly green, and filled with piaiz
marble slabs and crosses. A graveled
walk, with unrertain young trees on
either side, led down to the depot, and
in a moment more were seen the words
"Tel-el-Kebir This now famous spot
where the battle took place is a httie
removed from the railroad, but the
cemetery where the British slain werp
buried is -.o ciose to the track that we
looked down upon it fram the car win
dow. It is the only green spot in
the vicinity. Ccsro Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
i
Iton't Mentisa It.
"It is only a little matter, sir. bet I
thought it mi-rat interest your rentiers
to know that lam the inventor of a new
electrical motor, that I have the model
at my snop and will -el! a half interest
cheap. You might say in your paper ,
that I will sell the great wonder of the
aire for $10,01X1 half cash, half stock. '
By the way. too. our society gives a I
concert Friilay evening jrrand aaair,
and price ot tickets only thirty-five '
cents. You'd better mention tear. I
have just painted my house and put it
in thorougn repair, and now offer it fot
sale at a bargain. Will sell the house
hold effects entire with it. liy wife lost
a gold bracelet, one of a pair, between
the post-ouiett and our residence.
There. I have :nven items of deeo inter- ;
est to vour readers, and I will see what '
1 can do for you each week. I do not
expect pay for my item, only: if you
can send the paper a year it would" be
hhrhlv acceptable. Of course that is a
tnde vou can do as little as that. Mt
daughter Sally is going to Chicago soon,
and if you can get a pass through to
San, Francisco for her she murht take
the trip. I will come in next week and
?ve Joa " Iie "tcnis I can think of."
Such were the rattling remarks which
fell on our ears as we had reached tee
middle of our leader on " The Tariff."'
The man was so pleasant and cende-
sceading in manner and tone that
thankMl htm fnr fho infnrmsnn
we
thanked him for the information. It
never bothers an editor when such val
uable information can be obtained at
so slight cost. "Don't mention the
thanks, Mr- Editor: only remember the
paper and the pass." "He bowid. we
bowed, and the door closed on the phi
lanthropist." Exciuuiqxu
m m
T. G- Appleton. who died recently.
once advertised a fine horse for sale
"for no other reason than that his
owner wishes to leave Boston." The
inner facts were that the horse always
refined to go over a bridge, and that'll
was impossible to get oat of Boston.
witnout goiag over'a bridge. Bottom
TnmicripL
jp
fflStSAL AJD 2XHKSOSAL.
Sankey, the
his voice and his
ulcL
evangelist, is losing
health. Chicago Eia-
Is was a saying of Mrs. Slgoumey
that "is is one proof at good education
and true refinement of feelingto respect
antiquity."'
Captain George A. Perkins. U. S.
y. who married a daughter of the lata
William. F. WeM, of Boston, received
with his wife a fortune of 37,000.000.
Boston PosL
Senators Harris and Jackson, of
Tennessee, have presented to the White
House a portrait of the widow of Presi
dent Polk as a rift from the ladies of
that State.
Lelia Johnson, a female member of
the Boston bar. has distinguished her
self in winning a suit for a deserted
wife, who sued" for the custody of her
children. Boston ExrahL
The real name of "General 3lite."
the dwarf who was married in England
the other day. is. the Buffalo Express
stirs. Joseph Flynn. and he was born in
Oxford. Chenango County. N. Y.
Jonathan A. Green, who used to pose
as a "reformed gambler.' and whose
great boast was that he once won $22,
000 from fellow-gamblers atone sitting,
is now an old man. living in impover
ished circumstances in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Press.
Rev. William Taylor, the newly
elected Methodist Missionary Bishop
to Africa, when asked the other
day where he will live when he goes to
the dark continent, answered. "In a
row-boat, perhaps. I shall jjo there
trusting wholly in God. and I know I
shall succeed."
There are but three persons in the
United States who have received the
three degrees of Doctor of Divinity.
Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Litera
ture. These are Professor Wilson, of
Cornell. President Barnard. of Colum
bia, and President McCosh. of Prince
ton. AHhuu4 Journal.
When Mr. Fish, the ex-President of
the ruined Marine Bank, was arrested,
he responded to the officer's sugges
tion jf bail by iaying: "Men in my
circumstances lose their friends with
remarkable rapidity. I do not think I
shall be able to obtain the most ordinary
baiL'" And he went to jail rather than
try. A" Y Tribune.
Of the aged Bishop Whipple, of the
Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, a cor
respondent writes. "His work is well
nigh done upon earth, but it was beau
tiful to see his heavenly face and listen
to his humble words of" trust in Christ.
He told me that in hi nearly forty
years anions' the Indians he hail ridden
over thirty thousand miles on horse
back."' Chicago Journal.
Captain Chester A. Ball is a mariner
to the very marrow of his now aewi
banes. Some months ago he lost "his
ship and returned to Bath. Me., where
his dausnter lives. She. being dutifuL
urged that as he had reacaed the age
of seventy-four years and had acquired
plenty to live on he ought to leave the
sea to pas3 his declining days in peace
He promised, but the other night the
old sailor slipped awa. . went secretly
to Rockland and shipped for another
cruise. Boston Tr'msmpL
"A LITTLE S05SESSE,
Nearlv all the licorice used in the
country is manufactured in Connecticut.
Little Stat, but a rerular sweetener.
Earif'iTl PosL
"Mary, be carefuL my ch3L when
goin;r ou Have a will of your ewn."
"Oh. I've got a Will of my own. moth
er, but he can't be with me aH the
time-'"
There is a Sioux Imiian waiter at a
summer resort near this city. When
anybody whistles to him. he puts en an
injured look, and remarks contemptu
ously: "I'll sioux later." Boston TraiL
cnpt. A witty young lady having two
suitors, one of whom was an army offi
cer and the other a physician, she said
it was very difficult to choose between
them, as they were both such killing
fellows,
A celebrated real estate lawyer in
Boston fell asleep at the theater while
attendinir a representation of Mac
beth." and waking up just as Macbeth
cried. "A deed without a name r" he ex
claimed. -Then it's voidl A deed with
out a name isn't worth a centP
"I suppose." said a Clark street
physician to a patient, while feeling his
puLe. "that you consider me a Hnm
bujr." I think it very odd that you so
accurateiv divine my thoughts by sim
ply feeling my pulse. retorted the pa
tient. Chicago Tones.
"What is your oecup:irion- my
bov3" asked a visitor, kindly, of a
brhlht Ltd. whom he met in the-corridor
of "the Capitol at Wa.-amrton. The
bov happened to be a oaire in the House
of "Representatives. "I'm running for
Congress, sir." he replied. Galilen
Dms.
-Snail I help you to some butter.
Mr. Smith? asked the Host. No.
thank you." Dont you eat butter?'
"No. not now. I used tu. but Fve
reformed you know. I'm proud to say
I am now a temperate man. " "I know;
but I don"t -ee why that should inter
fere with your eatiag butter. "I dam's
take anything stroair-" Chicago Jatar
noL "I should think your gas bill
wnuid be powerful big," remarked a
Buriimrton man a oHe of his neiirh
bot. "Why so?" "Because that
young Snifkins calls on your daughter
every evening and stays until after eleven
o" clock." "I know it. but it don't co-t
me a cent." "How -o?" "Wky. thev
just put the gas aut. and his head
is o light tiat ou could -ee to read fin
print clear across the room.' Burling
ttjn Frex. Pn-ss.
Pater famihas. who is perusing the
morning paper- at oreakfa.-u meet
with an item that excites his utmost
surprise. He -ays to mater familias:
"My dear. onK think of it! Eighteen
billion of etrirs are consumed in this
country annuaTv. Where in mercy's
name, can they aii ocie trim? Mater
xamiLas. not without something of a
tune oc repnachful sarcasm "chiefly
from the hens. I -uppo-e " The head
of The house resumes his reading with
a mental bjurganon at the Iiteraines
of some people. Bnrhsigton Eawkeye,
"Firt boy "I understand you
have Iett the office ot the Btigie, Jehnny-r
Second bay "Yes. I was obSged to
leave." First boy Editor gave you
the bounce?" Second boy N"ary a
bounce. He was takinc away my
eiiaraeter. You -ee he started a funny
Hilnoiii in his paper and all hit. jokes
Degan Our devil says so and -o." I
amid have stood it if the jokes had been
passable at alL but they were too bad
altogether, and as I had a reputation to
sustain I left hun. I couldn't stand
having the responsibility for such stuff
pi on me." Louisville Journal.
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