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THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5, 1884.
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cum sitter.
THE FOUR-LEAF CLOVES.
fjong searched the maid -with sunny hair,
Searchediong- and late, without despair;
ocarcnea tnrougn me neias searched
wnere.
Kobudor flower, no leaf or tree
Or growing vine, could tempting be;
This leaf alone she wished to see.
She found it in its hiding-place;
With laughing voice and smiling face,
"Good luck," she said, "will come apaco.
"Good luck," the leaflet hung ite head
Like one whose joys and hopes are dead;
A school-girl's fancy." then it said.
The same as all fair maidens do.
She put the treasure in her Ehoc;
"Good luck," she said "will come from you."
And true let none the charm assail
In ODe short year it did not fail
The maid was wed so runs the tale.
J. it. Hoffman, in Current.
HER LESSON.
There were three girls engaged in a
confidential chat in one corner of the
French class-room in the Watcrtown
Seminary for young ladies. At that
hour noon recess they were compar
atively "alone, and were discussing a
subject of great apparent interest to one
of them at least.
"O girls, he was lovely last night!'
cried pretty Nelly Bascombe, clasping
her hands and raising her eyes theat
rically to the ceiling. "You know the.
opera was 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' and
lie was Etlqardo. In the last scene,
when he uttered the words, Fra peco a
vie rccovcro,1 in that sorrowful, de
licious voice of his, I felt like kneeling
down at his feet ami crying my eyes
out. But 1 threw him a beautiful bou
quet, all Cornelia Cook and Mareschal
Niel rosebuds, mixed with stepnanotis,
and he looked up at our box with such
& heavenly smile!"
"He sings very well," said Clara
Newell, coolly; "but he's rather stout,
and I think you would look rather fool
ish kneeling before him."
"O, but then, you are not a musical
enthusiast and full of intense sentiment,
like Nell- here," said Marcia Stanley,
with her pro okinjr satirical smile. "Of
course he's adorable and all that on the
stage, and as Nelly is not likely to see
him off it, perhaps sho can cherish her
sentiment without harm to anybody."
Nelly colored to the roots of her hair.
Marcia's satirical speeches always
rasped her, and there never had been
any love between them.
"Why can't I see him off the stage,
if I choose?" she cried, angrily. "I'll
wager two pairs of gloves that before
the end of this week I will speak to
Herr Hernsheim, and I will bring proof
that I have done it, so that it can't be
disputed."
It will have to be very strong proof,
my dear," drawled Marcia, with her
aggravating laugh. "You're not likely
to meet him at your mother's house,
and where then, oh where, my love?"
"Never do you mind about where,
Nclty answered, angrity. "Please get
the gloves ready for mo by next Sun
day?' Marcia laughed and sauntered out of
tho room.
"I'm astonished, Nelly!" said her
friend Clara, when they were alone.
You allow that girl always to provoke
you into saying and doing imprudent
things. That's what she wants. But
this has been the worst of all. You
certainly did not mean what you said.
I know you arc rash and imprudent,
but you can't mean to seek an inter
Tiew with an opera-singer !"
'But 1 certainly do mean it," Nelly
answered. "I like to do daring things,
and I'm not the coward you are, my
dear Lady Prude. Where's tho harm
of exchanging a few words with Herr
Hernsheim, rd like to know?"
"If you spoke to the man when with
your parents, or at your father's house,
there would be no harm; but he is not
likely to be invited there. Only think
of meeting a stranger, and an opera
einger, clandestinely, and you a school
girl, too! Why. Nelly; don't commit
such a folly, and such an improper one,
besides!"
"I thought it was agreed I was a very
improper' girl," Nelly said, with a
mutinous Mnilc on her pretty lips.
Then why do you throw the propri
eties in niy face? I'm going to win my
wager from that insolent girl as suro as
my name is Nelly Bascombe!"
"And 'that insolent girl,' as j-ou call
her, will bo rejoiced to pay her wagor
when she knows, or suspects, liow yoi
have won it."
"Well, don't know, nor you, either,
how it is to be won, but where there's a
will, there's a way, and I'll find the
way."
"O Nelly! Nelly!" remonstrated
Clara.
"And O Clara! Clara! don't make a
mountain out of a mole-hill! Just
trust me to take care of myself. I
promise yon I'll be just as particular
in every word I say as if the whole
world heard me. It's just for a frolic
after all, and I'm not going to be a
coward and back out now.
Clara sighed, but she knew her wil
ful friend too well to say more at that
moment. Nevertheless, in spite of
tNelly's boasts, her friend's words gave
her uupliwant feelings of uneasiness.
Sho repeated to herself that Clara was
prudish, and, brought up by an old
maid aunt, had :trained ideas of pro
priety; but she knew in her secret soul
that the imprudence she contemplated
"was wrong, and would injure hei
greatly if it became known.
But then her silly head was full of
the noble looks and magnificent voice
of the singer, and she thought how
romantic it would be if he should fall
a victim to her beauty, and address his
impassioned songs from the stage to
her in the audience. In fact, there is
no telling how many foolish, senti
mental ideas passed through her mind.
But how was she to win her wager?
There was no possible chance at Water
town Seminary, where the strictest
cnrvcillanco was exercised over the
girls, for her to meet the singer, but
Nelly was to return home tho following
Friday and remain until Monday morn
ing. There she knew sho could do as
she pleased.
Her mother was a woman devoted to
society, and beyond paying particular
attention to her daughter s dress and
manners, did not trouble herself about
her moral training. She would have
been very much shocked had she known
of the act Nelly contemplated, because
it was an imprudence her world would
censure. But what that world ap
proved must be right and proper. A
friend of hers once remonstrated with
her for taking Nelly to an opera in
which the moral tone was more than
questionable.
"0, 1 take her because it improves
her style of singing so much, and Sig
nora Demont has such a charming,
sympathetic voice! I should not be
doing my duty to Nelly if I did not give
her every advantage, and the opera is
the best musical teacher. As for im
propriety, everybody goes, "and every
body is charmed."
With such a mother, Nelly was not
much troubled by any scruples of eon;
science for deceiving her.
When she reached home, she sat
down and wrote a note to Herr Hern
sheim, which she flattered herself was
a model of prudence and caution. She
paid him some extravagant compli
ments on his voice, touched upon the
mysterious influence it had upon her,
leading her to make a request to him.
Shejvished to express in person the
gratification he ha given-her, andcen
drkkn'abontsoDJisemgi die wished
to get for herself. Would he tneet her
tho following evening, about five
o'clock, at Linden Park? She would
hold a bouquet of white roses and
heartsease, and he would know her by
that She signed herself "Fairie."
Nelly's heartbeat high as the hour
drew near for the interview. She did
not try to analyze her own feelings, but
she could not help wondering what
Herr Hernsheim would think of her,
and if he would be pleased or disgusted.
She wore her handsomest walking
dress and her most becoming hat. She
was allowed to go out when she chose,
and the only comment her mother made
was to say, languidly:
Nelly, you ought not to wear your
handsomest hat in this damp air. The
plumes will be uncurled; butyou are so
careless! Be back before dark, for we
are going to the opera, and it takes- you
so long to get dressed."
She reached tho park before the ap
pointed time and promenaded slowly
through it, holding her bouquet of roses
and heartsease very conspicuously.
More than one of the habitues of the
park noticed the pretty girl, her cheeks
flushed, and her eyes looking furtively
around, and they smiled to themselves,
knowing what it meant. Some one was
to meet her.
She passed a bench where two stout,
comfortablo-looking, middle-aged peo
ple were seated, and tho gentleman,
glancing at the llowers in her hand,
said a few words in German to his com
panion, and then stepped in front of
Nelly. He smiled and took off his hat,
exposing a partially bald head.
Mces Fairie, I tink, from dose,"
pointing to the llowers in her hand.
She glanced at his bald head and
homely face and drew back haughtily.
He smiled.
"Ah, mces, you recognize me not,
but I am Herr Hernsheim, and dis is
your kind note, is it not?" taking it out
of Ins pocket.
Nelly felt her head reeling. Sho
looked at tho broad, good-natured.
shiny face before her, ami tho full,
middle-aged figure, and fairly gasped
for breath.
"You. Herr Hernsheim!" sho stam
mered.
"I hope so," with a jolly laugh, "if
it is not my 'doppel-ganger. Ach,
mees, you haf me only see on do stage.
It is deeferent. De paint and de
Sowdcr, and do vig on my bald head,
at makes de stage hero. Yees, yeos,
it is deeferent, but I am Herr Hern
sheim all de same at your service,''
making a low bow.
With one great crash Nelly's senti
mental card-castle tumbled down and
so overwhelmed her in its ruins that she
was unable to colloct her shattered
senses.
"You did wish to ask me about some
songs." the Herr went on, quite at his
ease. "Come wid me to my wife, "lead
ing her to the bench on which the stout
lady was seated.
"Amalia, de mees wants some songs.
My wife she teach moosic and singing,
and she has many songs at our rooms.
She vill sell dem cheap. If you vill
come to-morrow Amalia will hear you
sing and know what suits your voice.
Amalia smiled and nodded, ana ut
tered some words in deep guttural
tones, which might havo been English,
German or Chinese for what bewildered
Nelly could tell. She gazed intently
at Nelly, said something in German to
her husband, and their cye3 filled with
tears.
Amalia does say you are like our
Minna. She died last year, only six
teen. An, sne was so neaveniy goot,
so modest and lofely! Sho was our
youngest child. Ach Gott!"
"It is time for me to go," .Nelly said,
nervously.
"You vill come to-morrow and get
tho moosic? Ah, yes! Amalia vill help
you. I vill vans wiu you to your car.
It is too late for a young girl to go
alone.
As they walked towards the car, the
German said, impressively, "My child,
you arc like my Minna, and my heart
is full of friendship for you. Lot mo
gif you one leetle advice. Do not write
to artists, and tell dem you adore dere
voice, and make appointment to meet
dem. It is not good for a young girl
to do dose tings, and all do artists are
not bald old men like me. Ah, it hurts
a girl to do dose tings, and some day
she is sorry for it. You are only a
child yet, den be goot and innocent as
a child should be, and do not try to
turn yourself into a silly woman. Ach,
1 know dem too well!"
Poor Nelly hurried into tho car, her
cheeks burning and her heart swelling
with mortification. Her eyes fell on
the token-llowers she held, and with an
impetuous movement she threw them
out of tho car-window. O, if she could
only have exist her past folly with them!
She felt that every word Herr Hern
sheim said was true, and she recalled
the pitying contempt she saw in his
eyes, and heard in his voico. until sho
felt tempted to cry out aloud.
And for that fat, ugly man she had
made such a fool of herself, and got a
mortifying reprimand besides. When
tho car stopped, she was running up
into her own room, when her mother
called her.
"You have hardly time to dress for
the opera, Nell. Do make haste. It is
Lucia di Lammermoor' again to-night
your favorite."
Nelly laughed hysterically when she
remembered the Edgardo she had just
left. "I have a bad headache, mam
ma; I don't feel like going. I'm tired
of the opera, any way."
No persuasion could induce her to
change her mind. That night was
spcnt'in wholesome thought and reso
lutions, and it left an impress on her
whole after life.
She did not, however, feel that it was
her duty to confess her folly to the girl
whose taunts had driven her into it.
From her at least she might conceal
her humiliation. Accordingly when
she returned to tho seminary on Mon
day, she laid two pairs of gloves on
Marcia's desk.
"1 suppose I've lost my wager," she
said, "as you required proofs that I
had spoken to Herr Hernsheim, and I
have none."
Marcia's lip curled. Sho was terri
bly disappointed that Nelly's boast had
turned out what she supposed an idle
jest.
"Of course you haven't," she said.
I never thought you would, andl
neededsome new gloves. I knewyou'd
turn coward at the last"
To Clara Nelly told tho whole story.
"If you are as much shocked and dis
gusted with me as I am with myself,
she said, "you'd ive me up. But for
once in my life, x saw myself through
Herr Hernsheim's spectacles as others
see me, and the peep suffices. It has
been a sharp lesson, but I shall never
forget it" Youth's Companion.
The latest thing in clocks comes
from Russia. It is a little timepiece
about eight inches high on a base fivi
inches in diameter, and covered with a
glass globe. All the works are plainly
exposed. The pendulum is a solid brass
wheel supported at the center, or hub,
by a slender wire. It does not swing,
but revolves from loft to right and right
to left Being a 400-day clock, the
winding of it is a smalMtem. It will
not vary five minutes in running 400
days. No temperature affects it
It is estimated that 8,000,000 sheep
hvn hppn killed hv thfl drouirht all
over Australia this season, with a pro
portionate loss in cattle and horses. In
one part of Queensland no rain except
ing a passing shower has fallen for
seventeen montns.
Penny dinners for school children
have been instituted under thevdirec
tioa of the LondtarScboolf'Board.
The FMdle fa Chorea.
Rev. H. Colclazer, of the Wilmington
M. E.- Conference, who has just retired
from active work in the ministry after
fifty-six years of service, was the first
Methodist preacher to introduce instru
mental music in the church services in
the West if not in the United States,
and nearly fifty years ago a cornet, a
bass fiddle and other instruments as
sisted the congregations of his church
in their devotions. The first time the
then young preacher had tho audacity
to attempt such an innovation was at
Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1839,
upon the ooeasion of the dedication
of a new church he had just
completed. Bishop Harris, who is now
presiding over the Wilmington Confer
ence, and who had then just been
admitted to the Michigan Conference, of
which Mr. Colclazer was then a leading
member, thus recalls the circumstance
and one of its interesting incidents:
Tho Conference was about to be held
in Ann Arbor, and Brother Colclazer
concluded that the day before the Con
ference session opened would be a good
time to dedicate his new church. A
bass fiddle, tho especial horror of most
Methodists at that time, and-one or two
other instruments were engaged, a
thing hitherto unheard of in a Metho
dist church. Old Bishop Soule was to
dedicate the church, and, unconscious
of the terrible fiddle, was on his way to
the building, accompanied by Mr. Col
clazer, when the latter remarked that
lie was very sorry that he could not get
all the music he wanted. The Bishop
at once, in a very dignified way, asked:
"Do 1 understand you that there is to
be instrumental music at the dedication
of this church?"
"Oh, yes," replied tho young pastor,
not understanding the full import of tho
Bishop's remark:
"Well," indignantly replied the
Bishop, "if that is so you may go and
dedicate your church yourself, and I
will go back to my lodgings," which
he straightway proceedeutodo; but tho
church was dedicated with tho musical
programme as previously arranged.
Mr. Colclazer's new departure created
a lively sensation, but it was not until a
year or two afterward, when Mr. Col
clazer established instrumental music
in a church in Detroit, that it became
the subject of wide-spresd discussion.
In that city the Methodists had a hard
time to get a footing. The Episcopal
church was very strong, and the church
to which Mr. Colclazer was appointed,
although the leading Methodist church
in the city was not so attractive as
others there, and somewhat out of the
wav.
One of the first things Mr. Colclazer
did was to establish two fidlers, a
cornet player and other musicians
in the choir gallery as assistants
to the singers. The result was
that some of the old members left
but others flocked to the church, and
it became, as it has remained ever since,
one of the most popular churches in
Detroit. But when the Conference met
at the end of the year there was music
of quite another sort for the pastor.
The affair had become the talk of tho
West When Mr. Colclazer's name was
called at the Conference his character
was challenged, and a hot debate, last
ing for several days, followed. The
"ungodly fiddle" was denounced and
referred to as an "instrument of tho
devil," which would destroy tho church
if its notes were not at once hushed.
Mr. Colclazer's character was finally
passed, but it was evident that many
who voted for him were as much opposed
to the "fiddle" as those who voted the
other way. In a few years instrumen
tal music was not an uncommon thing
in Western Methodist churches, and
now a full orchestra playing airs from
"Pinafore" would probably not create
such a sensation in a city Methodist
church in the West as did the few tid
dlers accompanying the singers of Wes
ley's hymns in the Detroit congrega
tion. Philadelphia Record.
Supposing he Had!
On a Bay City train coming into De
troit the other day was a great big hulk
of a fellow with a voice deep enough to
shake the foundations of a house, and a
disposition to eat somebody up. He got
into trouble with three or four different
men in the smoking car, all of whom
left it to avoid trouble. This encour
aged the man in tho belief that he
could run the whole train, and he was
observing that he had come down from
the lumber camps to sniff the fresh air
and start a graveyard or two when a
brakeman who had caught on quietly
took a seat beside him.
"Stranger," said the overgrown chap,
as he linibered up his arms, "are you
prepared to die?"
The brakeman acknowledged that he
was not
"Say! how would you like to step out
on the platform at the next station and
stand before mo for two minits?"
The brakeman rather liked the idea.
"You will, eh? Say! Jist feel o'
that! Then smell of it!'
"Don't rub my nose like that again,
sir!" warned the railroader.
"Why not?"
"Because you might get hurt!"
He had scarcely spoken when the big
.list rubbed itself against his nasal
organ; but something more than words
followed. In about a New Jersey sec
ond he had the big man by the throat
and jammed into the corner, and there
he held him until the man who wanted
to go into the graveyard business turned
the color of, a horse-plum, exhibited all
the tongue he had, and made signals
that h would even sell his shirt to
bring about an amicable settlement of
affairs.
"Got enough?" asked the brakemun.
"Y-you bet!"
"Will vou keep quiet?"
"Y-yes!"
With that he was released, and for a
long ten minutes he had nothing to say.
Then a sickly smile crossed his face
and he leaned over to the man in the
seat ahead and whispered:
"He was the man I wanted to step out
before me at the next station."
"Yes."
"Say, stranger," continued tho fcig
passenger, as he felt of his neck and
sort o' licked his chops "supposing he
had!" Detroit Free Press.
Dr. Perry, late Bishop of Mel
bourne, used to relate that on one of
his official rounds be was dining at a
settler's cabin "in the bush;" his plate
became empty of the solitary vegetable
comprised in the primitive bill of fare,
and then one of his host's juvenile
sons supposing "Lord" aud -God'
to be interchangeable terms, and having
heard the guest addressed as "my Lord
piped out: "Pa, won't God have some
more potatoes?"
The Civil Marriage law and Public
Cemetery act recently made the law of
Chili do away with former difficulties of
marriages of Protestants or Protestants
and Catholics through the Catholic
Church, as civil marriage is declared
legal, the church to the contrary; allow
Catholics and Protestants to occupy
the same cemetery for all burial pur
poses and after their own rites of religi
ous ceremonies; do away with many
former great abuses of church power.
The will of Amadias Ruche, who
died recentlv at Allentown, Pa., leaving
$100,000, will be contested by his two
sons, to whom he left five dollars each,
and the residue to his wife. The sons
claim that he was of weak mind, and
was under undue influence. Chicago
Times.
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Barnes, the mountain evangelist,
claims to have converted 34,000 people
in seven years.
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Mr. L. N. Bonham remarks that
farmers- do not feed enough oatmeal
with straw, cornstalks and hay to secure
tho best results at least cost New York.
Tribune.
Beet, parsnip, onion and dandelion
seed arc said to be among those which
must be used when fresh, while cucum
ber and squash seed are better when old.
Pork Cake: Half pound of salt Doric
j chopped fine, then pour on one pint of
Doiung couee; two cups oi Drown sugar,
ono cup of molasses, spices of all kinds
to taste, citron, one pound of currants,
two pounds of stoned and chopped
raisins. Boston Qlobc.
Those who get the best results in
milk arc men quiet and kind. They
1 win the confidence of cows, which thus
j "readily glide into that peaceful mood
. soconductivo to production. Exchange.
Mr. Jacob Nixon, a Kansas corres-
prevents "wireworms, prairie squirrels
or striped gophers," from injuring
planted seed corn by mixing it with kero
sene, at the rate of a pint per bushel of
shelled kernels.
Shrimp Sauce: Procure some boiled
shrimps, remove the heads and shells,
and boil these for twenty minutes in
water sufficient for tho sauce. Strain
this, and with it make some drawn but
ttr, to which add the bodies of the
shrimps. Season with cayenne and salt,
and then rewarm it. Ihe Caterer.
It is wise just now to be on tho
lookout for the purest farm seeds that
can be obtained. And it is well to re
member that the best seed cannot be
bought at the price of the poorest
Moreover, poorseed is dear at any price.
Buy only of responsible seedsmen. ifew
England Farmer.
If the bread of which you are to
make stuffing is squeezed dry after it
has soaked in hot water it will be much
nicer. It will not be so likely to be
soggy, but will be light For Veal or
for lamb the stuffing should be seasoned
highly; a little onion and parsley with
the peppor and salt are decidedly ap
petizing. N. Y. Post.
Veal cream soup: Boll the rem
nants of a roast of veal until the meat
falls from the bones. Strain and cooL
The next day put on to boil, with u slice
of onion andone-third of a cupful of raw
rice. Let it simmer slowly for an hour.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Just
before serving add one cupful of rich
milk, or cream if you have it heated
first in a separate dish. Serve with
grated Parmesan cheese. Exchange.
To restore varnish to furniture: If
the varnish is defaced and shows white
spots, apply linseed oil and turpentine
with a soft rag until the color returns,
then wipe the mixture off with a clean,
soft dry rag. Tho oil and turpentine
should Be used in equal quantities and
well shaken, so as to mix thoroughly
before using. Dry chamois leather
should never be used on varnished or
French polished articles. if. Y. Timet.
Children's Dresses.
The new plaided goods, too, aro re
markably soft and fine, the check are
larger than usual, and are defined by
irregular stripes in the rloher coloring
on a ground of some contrasting lighter
hue. These goods are used with self
colored jersey cloths, which come in nil
the plaid colors and shades; the waists
of the costumes are formed of the elas
tic fabrics, whllo the skirts, or pleat
ings, draperies and trimmings are of
the pretty plaids.
For children and misses of from three
to twelve years of age very stylish cos
tumes arc made of these goods; tho
deep corsages and sleeves of jersey
cloth are perfect fitting to tho form,
while the other parts are of plaid,
arranged on the skirts in quite a variety
of styles. With a cream and garnet
plaid the clostjp cloth is garnet; fawn
is combined with a terra cotta and fawn
plaid, and old gold with blue and gold.
The ribbon loops and bows match tho
shade of tho jersey cloth.
Beautiful dresses for small girls aro
of pale pink, cream and biscuit colored
woolen goods. They are tucked down
back and front In perpendicular side
pleats, turning towards tho center from
either side below the waist line. Tho
fullness shows in a deep puff tuck,
which falls over and heads a ruffle of
the same fabric, richly embroidered in
silk, put on above a side-pleating of the
same material without tho needlework.
Collar and sleevo trimmings are of tho
embroidered goods.
Among the "Best Liliputian" original
garments are some of the most dainty
long robes imaginable for small babies.
They are of sheer white mull, exquis
itely embroidered in floral designs,
clusters and sprays of flowers, single
blossoms or vines on the goods, which
come the width of tv. skirt depth, and
the embroidery extends upward from
one to three-quarters of a yard from the
bottom of skirt which is edged with
embroidered scollops. The plain top Is
gathered and sewed on to a yoke also
richly embroidered in the same design
as that on the skirt, and the lovely little
garment is finished with ruffles of soft
Valenciennes laeo.
Cunning wraps for little ones of one
year old are in cream and biscuit-colored
Ottoman, trimmed with embroid
ery on the rutlle. finishing the full skirt,
and bows of ribbon to match. For old
children coats of tine soft cloth, plain,
mixed aud plaided, are fitted to the
form to below the waist line aud edged
with pleating of the material. They
have quaint little shoulder capes, which
are cut with the high shoulder effect
now no fashionable in garments for
their elders. Philadelphia Times.
The Triumph or Paste.
A nifcn was busily engaged in pasting
patent mediciue advertisements on the
posts supporting the awnings in front of
a block of stores in Eighth avenue at
one o'clock the other morning.
"Why do you work at this time of
night? he was asked.
"So'8 the owners of the stores won't
see me. A good many of them object
to our sticking bills upon their property.
In tho daytime we have to ask permis
sion. In the night nobody sees us.
There was an old fellow in Tenth
avenue trho had some big posts in front
of his grocery. I wanted to stick up
some bills for a variety show, and went
and uk him If I might. He was a pious
old chap a deacon, I've heard and he
got awfui mad when I told him what
the bills were. He came as near swear
ing as a deacon could said 'by God
frey,' if I remember rightly and said I
ought to be ashamed ofmvself to be
pasting upsuchthiugs. He talked pretty
mean, and I got riled. Thinks I, old
fellow. I'll stick up these bills on your
old shebang if I die for it. He had
heavy board shutters on the windows,
and, of course, they were swung back
in the daytime. I slipped around when
there wasn't anybody looking and posted
one of the best 'pictures on the back of
even- shutter. When night came they
pulled the shutters to from the inside
and went away without noticing the
bills. The next day was Sunday, and if
it wasn't a circus to see the boys around
that building looking at the pictures.
There wasn't another building like it
anywhere in the neighborhood; and it
drew well all day. I heard the deacon
nearly burst a blood vessel when he "ot
around the next morning. He hatf to
have the shutters all taken off and
soaked in Itnt water before the bills
would peel off. N. Y. Times.
Geerge Venable, of Lexington, Mo.,
has in his possession a powderhorn used
by William Anderson during the Revolu
tionary war. It bears the inscription:
W 4.. Jr., 1776." r
KRAUSE,
AGAIff TO
The season for self-binders and reapers, which has proved successful to us beyond anticipation
in the extremely large number of machines we sold, as well as in the perfect operation of each ma
chine and the unbounded praise and satisfaction expressed by each purchaser, being over, we are
again ready, and offer to the farmers of Platte and adjoining counties goods which aro now in season
and which we propose to sell at EXTREMELY LOW PRICES.
Mowers,
Hay Rakes,
Hay Sweeps,
Farm Wagons,
SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE,
At the Lowest
We sell the
Threshing
DEEPING,
WAPPIOR,
CLIPPEP,
CLIMAX,
8 WOODS,
Tiger,
Hollingsworth,
Hoosier,
Climax,
Surprise,
Taylor,
Champion,
THE WELL, KNOWN"
ABBOTT, STUDEBAKER AND RACINE
Buggies and Spring Wagons.
THE CELEBRATED STUDEBAKER !
AND THE
Light - Running Orchard City Wagons.
HALLADAY, ECLIPSE, "I. X. L.," U. S.
STAR and ADAMS
EVERYTHING WE SELL
We cordially invite everybody to call on us.
in our line, and will give you BOTTOM PRICES.
Thirteenth Street,
WE ARE PREPARED
THE LARGEST STOCK OF
- STOVES, -
Cutlery
IN" COLUMBUS,
Living Prices.
celebrated AULTMAN &
Machines,
Horse
4
and Daisy,
near B. A M. Depot,
LTJBKEFt 5c CO. .
TIE
TO GIVE BARGAINS IN-
Spring Wagons i Buggies,
Sulky a Walking Plows,
Wind Mills,
Pumps and Pipe.
Come and Convince Yourselves.
TAYLOR and C. AULTMAN & CO.'S
Powers and Engines.
HBv "k?',"5Er ya(5s3i. A--Vs,5S
IS FULLY WARRANTED!
We are always ready and
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
FEOfl'TI
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glad to show anything
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