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jE . rr:G-7: y--' Ji 3 IU . i Catching BmUheads. The overworked business man of Ac metropolis, to -whom the glare of red "brick walls, the undulations of the heated air above the hot gray pave ments, the roar of of the street traffic, and the rattle and bang of elevated icars are sources of constant irritation, .would find peace in the cool and quiet shades on the banks of the Cattarau- nnis. There is little current in the it- nnn rnp nniv srmnus Liiax i 'which ... ..1 4-lin nnltr cnnnila bat: HlGtllTT) Ithe air are an occasional "chug," which 'follows the plunge of an overgrown 'frog, and the cheerful note of the red jiringed blackbird as he sways up and down on the limb of a willow. But no tired man of business could appreciate pleasures of such a solitude more than the native-born Irvingite. Not that the Irvingite becomes overworked and :sighs for rest- Neither does he become 'overrested, for the extreme capacity for Test of an Irving man has never been tested. He appreciates the solitudes (along the dead creeks because ho finds there good places for still fishing. At ,all hours of the day and at most hours .of the night during warm weather there irfl tmf. a fnw men and bovs in various Eatient attitudes of repose along the anks of the Cattaraugus and the dead 'creeks. At a bend in one of these creeks, not very far from the big sand dunes, was a bare-footed, tow-headed boy at dusk Jsst night- He was dressed in a broken fetraw hat, a gingham waist, and a pair of brown jeans trotisers that were kept in place when he was on his feet bya single white cotton suspender. His . feet were hanging down over the water tis he sat on the sodded banks. He was stringing common earth worms length wise on a piece of white cotton twine "by the aid of a darning needle. When lie had surrounded a half a yard of tho twine with the worms he tied tho two ends of the twine together, aud then doubled over the stringed worms till they hung in a bunch like a tassel. Around this he tied the end of a lish line attached to a slender twelve-foot soft-maple pole. " What arc you going to do with that?" "Ketch somo bullheads?" "Where's your hook?" "Don't need none." "Don't need any hook!" "Naw." The boy swung the bunch of worms out and lowered it into the water with niit. a rinnlo near the root of an old sycamore stump. In about a minute he began to raise it very deliberately out of tho water. When the end of tho line reached tho surface a catfish was hanging fast to the tassel of bait. The fish clung to the bait whilo tho boy slowlv swung it over the land and gavo the pole a smart shako; then it fell on the grass and flopped vigorously. "Them bullheads is such dodblastcd hogs they don't know when they've got enough," the bov remarked. Old John Heresy sat in the fish shanty at tho mouth of the creek when he was told of the exploit. He said: "Tho boy was bobbing for catfish. His father fnmn from .fersev where eels are as plentiful as mosquitoes. They bob for eels there, only they use yarn to string the worms on "instead of twine. The oels catch their teeth in tho yarn. The bullheads hang on just as the boy said, because they don't know enough to let go. They keep trying to swallow the bait- 1 can tell of another queer way to catch bullheads. There was a chap here from Down East last spring that could give us all points on catching fish. He was walking along on the banks of tho dead creek out by that sycamore stump one evening. It was warmish like, and nothing stirring." " 'Good timo to catch a string of bullheads," said I. Guess Til get a pole and try 'cm. Want a pole ?' " ' Yes, you might bring me one,' said he. " With that he sat down on the grass and took what I thought was a paper of tobacco from his coat pocket, while I started for the shanty. I was back in ten minutes, and found three fine fish lying on the grass with their mouths slit open. How had he caught them? With a thread and needle. You don't bclievo that, do you? It's genwy, engendered by improper food and exposure during theirlong voyage, and himself failing rapidly in health, Behring sailed for homo without ex ploring the discovered land. For months the vessel wandered aimlessly about until it was wrecked upon a small island of almost barren rock rising abruptly from the water. Hero too crew passea me wim--., ouuu upon fish and the fur-bearing seals and other amphibious animals they were able to capture. On this bleak isle, where the roar of the surf beating against its rocky cliffs never ceases, the spirit of Behring took its flight. He and many of his afflicted crew buried mere oy meir comrades before tne true, though. In that bundle was a spool of stout linen thread and a thick needle about two inches and a quarter long. He drew the end of tho thread through the eye of the needle until ho had end enough to whip half the length of the needle, leaving the upper half dear, and the point sticking up toward the spool when the thread hung down. Then he split a bullet half in two with his jacknife, pressed it on to the thread a foot from the nee.lle, turned over a log and got a couple of worms, strung one lengthways on the needleso that an inch or so dangled loose, and dropped it in. It required about two minutes to get the job done and a fish biting." "I should think the fish would drop off." "So should I, but the fish swallows the needle right down, aud whon the strain comes on the line the point of the needle is fetched up against the mouth and the other end slewed around so the needle was crossways." "What were the "slits in tho mouth for?" "He cut the needle out after killing the fish by a smart blow on the head." As the law does not permit the use of nets, tho fishermen tliat still remain here use night lines. A strong cord about the size of :i clothes line, and long enough to reach across the creek, is u-ed. Kvcry three or four feet a stout, double eord. two feet long, with a three inch hook at the bight, is at tached to the big line. These hooks aro baited with bits of beef liver or live f rors. or beef itself. One end of the big line is secured to tho root of a tree, and the line is then stretched across the creek. The line is raised twico a day. Catfish from three to four feet long afe frequently caught. They bring good prices from farmers, who drivo long distances to buy them. Catfish when small are a superior pan fish. The flavor, according to sonie ex perts, is second only to tho trout. The nones are not troublesome. The larger fish are great favorites also among those who know how to cook them. The Irving method is to cut them into con venient pieces and cover them with water in a frying pan. When the fish is pretty well cooked, tho water is drainedofl and a gravy made of butter and cream is poured over tho lish. When this has been brought to a boil the fish is sen ed hot. It is delicious. Cor. N. Y. Swu m m The Far Trade of Alaska. were cnnririnff n.tiirn of soriner and sunshine gave them renewed vigor and hope. Constructing then a rude craft from tho timbers of their wrecked vessel, the few survivors launcnea it uuuu ma un known waters, and, turning the bow to the westward, finally reached the Bay of Avatscha, from which they had started a year before. With them they took the skins of the animals they had slain, using them for clothiug and klnlrW These nroved to be very val uable, leading to the dispatch of several vessels to tho islands of tho Aleutian group in search of more. Thus began the fur trado to the Pacific. The little sea-"-irt island is known to the present day lis Behring's Isle. This was fol lowed by tho establishment of stations for the fur trade on tho islands and at various points on tho mainland. These furs were chiefly procured by purchase from the natives, and were all sent by vessel to the town of Pctropavlovski, in Kamtschatka, from which they wero forwarded by dog sledges to Irkutsk, a distance of :J,'I.W miles, i-rom mere some were sent south l.SOO milos to , PL-in. China, and tho others wore for warded across M.7C0 miles of dreary waste to St Petersburg. The poorest . navigators and least .scientific explorers of the Pacific were the Russians and Spaniards. Ono Kuglish voyage was worth a dozen such as they frequently made. Russians occupied the coasts and islands of Alaska thirty years, en tertaining the belief that from Mount St. Eliaswcstward and nortwestward to the coast ot Asia was a vast sea of islands; while the Spaniards, after sev eral voyages from Mexico to Alaska, were unaole to draw a chart of tho coastline with the least approach to accuracy, it was leit ior tuts ccmuiamu Captain Cook, who was dispatched by England in search of the Straits of AnTan, to demonstrate to the Russians in 1778 that Alaska was a vast north western projection of the continent, fringod with thousands of islands great and small, and to enlighten the Spaniards upon the character of our coast line, though only following tho course pursued by their own vessels a few years before. Tho Alaskan fur trade was concen trated in the hands of the Russian American Trading Company by roya. charter in 1781, and was expanded gradually until there were forty sta tions established on tho islands and mainlands, with headquarters at New Arlin.nrrol. or Sitka, as it is now called. The charter was renewed in 18:W, and expired finally in I860, and four years later Alaska was purchased by the United States. In 1870 the Govern ment leased to the Alaska Commercial Company the exclusive privilege o catching fur seals in the new territory, confining them to tho two islands of St. Paul and7 St George, and limiting the number of seals to be killed annually to 100,000. This lease was for twenty years, and has six years yet to run. The yearly rental is $55,000 and 2 tax upon each seal taken, not enough to pay in the twenty years the purchase price, though the company has realized that sum many times over. The North west Trading Company has stations at various points, where are collected furs of all kinds, and where they are largely engaged in packing fish and manufacturing oil. The fur-bearing animals that abound, such as the wolf, fox, beaver, ermine, marten, otter, squirrel, bear, and the numberless multitude of fur seals that swarm about the rocks and islands of the coasts, fur nish an annual supply of fur that is ex ceedingly valuable. It was at first feared that the destruction of 100,000 seals annually would result in their practical extermination, but observa tion proves the contrary to be the case. Portland (Or.) West Shore. Western Dressed Beer for tba East, The trade in dead meats is rapidly increasing. Its progress and success interest every breeder, farmer and feeder in the West; everything which helps to supply the eastern and foreign markets with cheaper and better meats increases the demand. Several eastern butchers have naturally opposed the sale of western dressed meats as it in terferes with their profits, and lowers the price of meat there, and some news papers have joined the cry without in vestigation. A representative of the Prairie Farmer has been through the largest of the Chicago establishments devoted to this business. Attached to the rear of the immense slaughter-house is a continuous series of stalls, each about four by ten feet Doors at either end communicate with the yard on one side and the house on the other. Be yond the first row of yards is an outer rane for the reception of stock. We found the yards filled with stock, all choice, plump, fat animals weighing 900 pounds to 1,500 pounds each. Noth ings visible to excite nervousness in the cattle. The outer doors of the stalls aro opened, one animal driven into each, and the doors securely closed. A plank walk extends along the top of the stalls, upon which passes a skilled workman who strikes the animal insensible with What the Queen's Book is Not. As the Queen's literary appreciation ii so keen that she felt it presumptuous to Bio-n her name in the journal of Sir Wal ter Scott, it is doubtless in her power to attain something higher than the very commonplace level of the "Journal in the Highlands." Almost all these bet ter passages, however, appear to have been suppressed. In the same way the journal suggests an entirely mistaken impression ly the prominence that is given to John Brown. It is no doubt natural enough that as Prince Albert was the hero of tho first series'of leaves from the Royal journal, so John Brown should be the hero of the second, for hoth series relate solely to the day Condemned Jtu Death. "Condemned to death!" Ever since the Judge spok.e the awful words in tho hush of the crowded court room they have been ringi.ig in his ears. His nerves had been strained to their ut most tension when the words were spoken, and they scorn to have been burned iuto his brain. When lie closed his eyes tho sentence stood out red, where all. else was black. Whon ho forgot himself for a moment he come back with a start to a sense of bitter recollection, as something seemed to whisper in his car: "Condemned to death." At first the time of execution appeared mercifully far off, but day after dav Dassed like the steady drop- I !.. -kf afrti ) j-tnnlt f.Tr cnmmui spent bv the Queen in her Highland re- g. that woke the world to the en- A A. W.W aa Y rm 1IIIV llllkl IIIHIK treat. uuijuugiuHvu.i ..v. ...... .,.- the casual reader would imagine that of nil hftr subiects no statesman, scholar. poet divine or man of letters held such a hio-h place in the Queen's carnation astCis Highland gillie. There is, of course, a Roval journal in which John Brown is not the central figure, but that, for reasons of State cannot see the light, which is somewhat unfortunate. There is another great omission from the Queen's new book. Everyone knows how keenly her Majesty sympathizes her subiects. joyment of life and beauty, merely for him tinged the stone watts with gray and gave a more fearful significance to tho words that haunted him "Con demned to death." He wakes in the middlo of the silent night and sits bolt upright with the overwhelming pressure of some (inde finable fear upon him. He asks him elf: "What is it?" "Where am I?" He must have had a horrible dream, lie must wake himself. He will laugh at this when sleep has completely left him. Rut as he arouses himself he sees A Scientific Bridegroom. Sir John Lubbock is a justly dis tinguished English scientist He is the member of a wealthy London banking firm, but ho has devoted all his spare time to investigations into the opera tions of nature, and his contributions to a knowledge of the world we live in are of the very highest value. Attention is attracted to him just now because of his marriage to a beautiful young girl a Miss Fox Pitt, the granddaughter fcot a peer. Sir John is fifty years of age, ex tremely homely, and is a martyr to the gout The fashionable world is won dering what his attaction can be to a rich, beautiful, young noble woman. The bridegroom's most notable recent feat is the experiments he has under taken to teach a dog to read. He has trained an animal to distinguish be tween written cards. One of these, for instance, has tho words "1 want to eat" or "1 want to drink," or "I would like to ero out." and the like These cards are all alike except the lettcrinc. ami the dog can indicate his wishes by picking up some particular card and bringing it to his master. Sir John Lubbock also thinks it is feasible to teach certain animals to talk, or, perhaps, it would be more correct to say, to givo somo indication by the sounds they can utter of what they want done." By cultivating the vocal organs and the"intelligence,he suspects that in the course of generations, horses, dogs and other large brained animals may develop niarvelou-iy in the direction of what might be called the language of beasts. All the won derful 'varieties of dog have been evolved, it is supposed, from some va riation of the wolf. In view of the prog ress they have made, what might not be expected if the education of a particular breed of dog was continued generation after generation by some of the wisest scientists of the age? In studying the ways of ants, Sir John lubbock discov ered somo facts which make him think that these wonderful little insects havo a rudimentary religious sense. That is to say, they have an object of worship. The god of their admiration is a pe culiar kind of black ectlc. He found in every large colony of ants that this beetle was given luxurious quarters and attended to with as much care as pa gans usually give to their senseless idols. At any rate, the hypothesis is a curious one, but it has not yet been ac cepted by the scientific world. Demo rest's Monthly. One night last week Rev. Mr. Brook, of Leadville, heard a burglar operating at his door. He went to the door in his night clothes, and, silently turning the key in the lock turned the knob easily and suddenly opened the door wide, and stood face to face with the would-be burglar. "Good morn ing, sir," said the roverend gentleman; "walk right in, walk right in, and, make yourself at home." For & moment the robber stood speechless gazing at the apparition. Then bis hair began to rise, and, giving a fright qned screech, he Ieapeda fence and dis-' appeared. Denver, (CW.) News. m . m Both Houses of the Swedish Earn ItMnpnt. havA Tiassed a bill riosuHO the continent of America, and namedit jmblic houses on Sunday ttanugitous For years Spain, by her possession of Mexico and Central America, dominated the Pacific and enriched herself with the commerce of the Indies. In vain England and other powers sought lor some other route into the Pacific than the long and dangerous one around Cape Horn. There existed at that time a general belief among geographers that from Hudson's Bay or the North Sea, as the Arctic Ocean was then called, and which was considered easily accessible from the Atlantic, there must be a passage into the Pacific, which was known as the Straits of Anian. Diligent search on the Atlan tic side, and occasional voyages in the Pacific, failed to reveal sucn a geo graphical feature. At last, in 1728, a Kussian expedition under Behring sailed through the straits which now bear his name, without being aware that they were out of the open sea. In 1741 Behring, after a long voyage in search of the American coast, sighted the snowy crest of this giant peak, the first glimpse the great explorer had of a single blow, either with a "spear or a hammer. The "spear" is a long, heavy iron bar, with a chisel blado at one cud. Raising this above the animal ho instantly severs the spine at its junction with the skull. If tho ham mer is used, a singlo blow in the fore bead is effective. As the animal falls the door is opened into the slaughter house and the carcass is drawn in. A finishing blow is given with a heavy hammer to mako doubly sure that no life remains, and the nextinstantamau thrusts a long, sharp knife through tho breast opening tho great artery direct ly above the heart An attendant catches the spouting blood in a largo uan and empties it into a barrel. An other skillful hand strips tho skin from tho head and severs it from the neck. The carcass is then elevated by chains and a steam windlass. Hero it is skinned, dressed, and cut in halves, which arc run off to tho rear portion of ihe room where they hang until the animal heat has escaped, after which they arc suspended in the cold-room. A moment's observation shows that everything is done with the utmost order and regularity. Passing down the long floor from one carcass to the next, tho workmen acquire perfect dex terity, never making a iaise or useless motion. The skillful arc paid from Si00 to Sltij per mouth. Absolute neatness prevails. So thoroughly is tho place scrubbed and cleaned every day that no taint or unpleasant odor is per ceptible any time of year. There is no waste product Tho cheeks are canned, the horns and hoofs Steamed and pressed flat for making combs and various other articles; the shank-bones aro sold to cutlers for handles. Sausage cases arc made from tho entrails. Tho suet, marrow, and all loose fat are melted at a low heat, and the strained oil sold to makers of oleomargarine, the greater part being exported. The blood, offal and rem nants of flesh and bones are made into various valuable fertilizers. Above tho cold-rooms arc lofts filled with ice, by means of which an even temperature of thirty-six degrees is maintained through the year. It is claimed that meat can be kept at this temperature for an indefinite poriod without iujurious change. Tho cars in which it is shipped are supplied witn ice wliich keeps a uniform temperature. About 15,000 beeves are thus slaugh tered daily in Chicago for this trade, and this amount will be increased to 4,u0'J as soon as the facilities now in arogress are completed. Large num bers of sheep aud swine are also killed, preserved aud shipped. If the business continues to increase as it has during r year past similar establishments will bo erected at Kansas City and other points. Tho advocates of this system claim the following advantages: Superior healthfuluess, as the animals arc slaughtered before they are fovered by a long railroad journey; and better flavor is acauired bv hanging unfrozen in a uniform low temperature. One refrigerator car will carry the dressed quarters of as many animals as would fill two cars when alive, and in the latter case they would require care, yardage and feed. Prairie Farmer. m m "Old Si" on Walking Matches. Old Si had accomplished ono or two extra errands and was disposed to call attention to an ingrowing nail on one of tho toes of his off foot "Speaking of toes and heels and such soleful subjects, what do you think of walking matches, old man?" chipped in the sporting reporter. "Well, I ain't got much stuck yit on dese hcah cirkussort o' walkin' matches you young men's is habin' ronn' town, "but walkin' matches is mightily favor ite wid me ef dey is only do right kin er ones. An i se pow iui sorry x uoan i see mo' fokes cntcrin' inter dem dan I dose dese days." -"Well, what kind of matches do you bet on?" "Fustly, I likes to seo men whar's (gt good sichcrwashuns an' am trusted wid udder fok's money walkin' strate for'ard an' tryin' ter see which kin walk the mos' uprightly. Do man jwhar goes in fcr dat, squar heel an? 'toe, six da'8 ebray week, won't nebber be 'poted in de papers for walkin' outer town alter dark an' bo'din er frate trane at er water-tank!" "Good enough! What else?" "Den I likes ter see dese men whar is all us tryin ter see how menny laps dey kin make roun' all do bar-rooms in town widout restiu' in ono oh dem ter take er drink. De man whar keeps pilin' up his sko' in dat walk won't nebber be heer'd ob walkin' ter de stashun house wid er ligger 8 gait twixt de police fer bectin' ob his wife er 'glectin' ob his chillun." "Any more?" "An I likes ter seo all de big men an bankers dat keeps do people's konfi- denec an' moncvwalkoutfrum'mongst de gamblers an' break intererrunw'en dey pass by do grab-bag ob specker lashun. Ef dey do dat dey'U be mightily tickled w'en dey sees dere rikord on do k'-bode of Heaben! I tell yer, boss, dem's de walkin' matches dat we wants ter make pop'la now days, an' w'en I sees er man dat I knows is doin' his laps an' his miles in all ob dem contes' yer' 11 purty soon ketch me close up ter de pool-box dumpin' my munney fer tickets wid his namo spelt on 'em in Jbig red letters!" Satisfied that this outburst would de instead of the usual Saturday night moral lecture, the old man closed his eyes and went off into a go-as-you-please afternoon-nap. Atlanta Constitution. with all the sorrows of There is no railway collision, no mining the ierriblo letters liko phosphorescent accident, that does not call forth ready j hail(lwritmir on the wall of his cell, and expressions oi woiuaiiy .'!'"". "" ne falls back aghast as if struck by an unseen hand. Whichever way he turns Her public spirited patriotism is no less no torious. Yet if we were to judge from this journal alone we might almost im agine that the slaughter of whole regi ments of her own subjects in the Zulu nsunnuipn moved her less deeply than ont him. With a groan he sinks on.his ird bed. Tho grim reality is more arful ban the dreadful dream. Ho aa tii frrort. to sleen. if uossihlo. tho fate of the young French udveuturer j Th(J (jjstant "bells, which tell to others who was speared in a quarrel in which he had no concern. In like manner, the Roval interest in the success of the cam paign in Egvt seems to bo overshadowed by "he mother' concern in the safety of the Duke of Connaught All this is natural enough, and when it is remem bered that these entries are but frag ments representing the personal and do mestic side of the Queen's life, they do no harm. But everyone will not make that allowance, and the impression mado bv these entries will not be good. Most unfortunate of all the omissions, however, is the almost entire absence of nnv reference to the interest which her MajcsU is known by all to take in the j in0rselc-sly on. ooor. In her drives about a country where thousands of the poorest crofters live in wretched kennels, hardly fit for cattle, her Majesty carefully refrains from allowing a single outburst of shame aud indignation at the misery and degradation which such lodging in volves to appear in her published diary. This might not have attracted so much attention if it had not been that her Majesty has printed two passages in which she does make some reference to the very wretched little huts in which she fouud her subjects living. But in these instances although declaring that she can hardly believe that the cottages tho hour of the niirht, toll out to nun "Condemned to death, condemned to death!" At last tho very rythm of the words in his ear brings on a troubled slumber. But what must be the dreams of a wretch sent to sleep with such a hide ous lullaby? He dreams, perhaps, of tho man in the room of ever-closing walls that at last crush him to death. Ho sees himself in a narrow passage, from which there is no escape. An iron grating -shoves him toward the other end. As he nears it he sees in his path way an open grave. He grasps tin; iron frame work that is sending him re- - . He puts fortu his strength, but it avails nun Homing. The next move will be tiie lat. He flings himself against the wall anil shrieks for help. The grave fades from his sight and he finds himself grasping the iron bars of his cell. He draws a breath of intenso relief, but the next iustaut begins the dread refrain: "Condemned to death." He has his wild and fruitless dreams of escape and then the madness of self destruction makes him for the moment insane. There are the hours of unutter able despair whon ho sits on his bed with his head bowed and his fingers tangled in his hair. He listens with a dulf. mechanical agony to the .foot- on the siono she I slops of the death-watch tho ! floor outside, and they se ii'aro nio-int for human habitation, she seems to treat them rather from tho ! floor outside, and they seem to slowly artistic point of view, as blots on the creak the words: "To death, to deatfi. lanUSCZlUU. UIUU i Hai;fa''" ..wtu ti iij.im aloud for the attention of the social re- former. Of course the Queen must . have felt a strong desire to sec tho con dition of these people improved. Un fortunately the entries expressing that anxiety are omitted from the published diary, "although to have made room for them we could well have spared somep ages of the Royal itinerary, or even the description of the upholstery of the bedrooms in Dunrobin Castle. On tho whole, therefore, although it shows a gracious disposition on the part of her Majesty to take her people into her confidence so far, we are inclined to believe that, unless she could have taked them still further, it would have been more judicious not to have published a diary from which all the most important entries had to be left out Pall Mall Gazette. A new fruit, "loquat" introduced in California, where it is highly es teemed, is a native of Japan or China. Tho tree is an evergreen, with large, oval, coarsely-toothed leaves. The fruit grows in clusters, each plum re sembling a miniature bell-flower apple, and is from an inch to an inch and a hah! in diameter. It is bright yellow, with a pleasant, sour flavor, tough, smooth skin, and contains two large seeds. The tree is very hardy. San Francisco CalU m m Mr. A. W. Harmon, of Savannah, Ga., has a team of gray horses which has taken the one hundredth bridal couple to the nuptial ceremonies. Tar mixed with fisn oil is recom memded as-a splendid remedy for hard rtrittle feet in animals. Trou Times, Origin of the Hohenzollerns. The dynasty of the Hohenzollerns in Prussia has a greater antiquity thau any other of the chief reigning houses of Europe; for, although they did not re ceive their sceptre at the hands of Sigis mond until the early part of the Fif teenth Century, they have transmitted it, without interruption and without dispute, during the whole subsequent Eeriod. How diflcrent within that time ave been the fortunes of many other royal houses! In England the succession has been so often changed by force and by law that the principle of hereditary right is become a mere tradition of Tory jurists. The quarrels of rival pretenders in Spain have wasted the splendid legacy of Ferdinand and Isabella. The Bourbons have twice acquired aud twice lost the throne of France. The ancestors of the Romanoffs had just be come domiciled in Russia as subjects of the Tartar Czars, the Turks were still besieging Constantinople, and the fam ily of Hapsburg-Lorraine had not en tered the peerage of Europe, when BurgTavc Frederic of Hohenzollern became Margrave anil Elector of Bran denburg. The family take their name from the heights of Zollern Hohen-Zollern the ancestral seat in the Suabian Alps; and they first appear in positive history about the time that the Emperor Henry IV. was making his penitent pilgrimage to the papal court at Canossa. Beyond this all is conjecture. But conjecture is free; and while the loyal and learned Dr. Cernitius. the first biographer of the race, connects his heroes with the noble Italian family of Colonna, the Elector Albert Achilles, more am bitious and less prudent, boldly placed his ancestors among the fugitives who followed Eneas from Troy. As a myth this is perhaps as good as any other;. but the historian can trace the house back safelv only about eight hundred years, or to the middle of the eleventh century. A hundred years later the Count of Zollern became, bya fortunate marriage, Burggrave of Nuremberg. The family thus reunited extensive possessions throughout Germany; and though not Electors, the Counts were grandees, and powerful grandees, of the Empire. What their own contem poraries thought of them is fortunately not known fortunately, because it leaves their p'anegyrists at liberty to ascribe to them all'manner of virtues fidelity, moderation, courage, piety, i even learning; while it is notorious that tli.nr nniirlilinTM vpn hmwlinnr ;mil dissolute narons, robbing peasants and traders, flaying Jews, and transferring their feudal allegiance with politic fidelity from one pretender to another in the Empire, lint the remarkable virtues of this family were not long pre served under the control of a single head. The two tons of Frederic, first Burggrave of Nuremberg, made a partition of their inheritance, one of them retaining Nuremberg aud the burggraviate; the other, the older pos sessions in Suabia. It is from the first of these that the present royal family of Prussia is descended, the "line being represented early in the fifteenth cen tury by Burggrave Frederic VI. Her bert 2'uttlc, in Harper's Magazitie. - In addition to the nine skeletons al ready found buried on the site of an ancient dance-house at Jesus Maria, Calaveras, County, Cat, four more, making the number thirteen, have been discovered. It is generally conceded that they were all murdered and placed therefor concealment San Francisco Call. At times it is impossible for him to believe that he, who is sound m health and limbs, robust and full of vigor. with not an ailmeut that he knows of. a man' in the prime of life, with energy, strcmnh. well- all that goes to make life worth living that he is caged here, helpless like a rat in a trap, waiting till at a signal he will be a quivering, inert mass. Then he faces his cell and raves and curses all mankind. Tho knowledge of the uselessncss of this forces itself upon him and he becomes calm ao-ain. His thoughts turn to tho one an3 ouly channel that can give re lief. There is but ono ray of light that enters the cell of the condemned Religion. He has doubtless given little reganl to it in former life, but now he realizes that it alone can dull the o-hastly significance of the dismal echo m his ears, "Condemned! condemned to death." Detroit Free Press. The Boy and the Bag. There arc few sights more suggestive of hopeful patience than that of a boy sittin"- on a bag of wheat that has fallen from Tiis horse. He starts to mill joy ously. The groat event in the life of a youn"- country boy is to be entrusted with a milling expedition. Ho sleeps verv iittic me nigiituuiuiu m jwuluuj, SCHOOL AND CHURCH. There are two thousand soheol teachers in Arkansas, eight hundred of whom are eolured. A" lburg fo.il. An 'article in the G'mre'nnan by Bishop Co-e, of Western New York, concludes favor of giving the Pro testaut Episcopal Church in tlw Uuit d States the name of tho Apo .tolic Church in America. An interesting Sunday-school con vention was held in Waterbury, Conn., recently. It appearo I from tne report that, in tho State thcro were 1,037 schools; 18.152 officers and teachers; 134,019 scholars. Total membership, 152,501. A New York real estate man esti mates the wealth of Tri.Vity Church at S200.000.000. He says it is certainly as rich as the Vanderbilts. and has a steadier line of prolit Ue.s:de its im mense property in the eitv it holds mort gages on several hundre I Episcopal Churches all ovor the country. V. Y. Sun. Underlying the forty-one acres within tho enclosure of (Jirard College walls, Philadelphia, thcro are :V"i00 lcet of tunnel, intersecting almost every part of the grounds. At distances of one hundred feet apart tlicre are gas gets, which are lighted by electricity. The tunnels are use 1 for the pipes which c:wrv the steam ami hot water to tho elevea iuildings on theground. Phila delphia Prc-ta. At the annual meeting of Friends recentlv held in England, Mr. Rtifus King. oMIaltiinore. obtained the sanc tionof the society for religious work in the south of l-'rance. Mount Lebanon, Australia. Tasmania, and Now Zealand." Mr. IsaacSharpe returned Ids certificate after a seven years' mission, and gave encouraging accounts of his work in Africa, Australia, and the adjoining islands, Madagascar, the I Tni ted States, Canada, Indian Territory, and Mexico. Mr. Sharpe's certificate was renewed for work in Norway. A comparative statement of the various colleges, compiled by Mr. Tay lor Payne, shows that Harvard nas thirty-two professors and twenty-three lecturers, instructors, tutors, etc., making a total of fifty-live. Princeton come next with twenty eight professors and six lecturers, tutors, etc., making a total of thirty-four. Yale follows with twenty professors, and ten lecturers, tutors, etc., total thirty. Then follows Columbia with a total of twenty-nine; Amherst, twenty-four, aud Brown and Wesleyau nineteeu each. The Church of the Latter Day ' Saints, commonly known as Mormons, of Fall River, Mass., is an active or gani'ation, and is busily pushing its missionary operations. Its member ship at present is 125, one-third of whom are native-born, the rest mainly of En glish origin. Elder John Gilbert who ! resides in Fall River, is the general mis sionary agent for Rhode Island, Con necticut and Massachusetts. The soei etv at Plaiuville. iu tho vicinity of New Bedford, is reported to bo very flourish ing and mostly composed of native-born members, and the one at Little Comp ton, li. L, is also composed mostly ol the same clas. In that section the suc cess of the saints U reported very en couraging, baptisms by immersion be-in"- frequent. Thcsepeople aromonog amists and do not harmonize with thr Mormons in Utah. Boston Post. COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUMBUS, NEB. AHIJ CAPITAL, - $75,000 DIRECTORS: Lkavdk; Gkrrxrd, Pres'i. Gk. V. Hulst, Vice Pres't. Jur.irs A. Reed. l. H. Henry. J. E. Taskeh, Cashier. GO TO A. & M. TOMER'S BOOK AND MUSIC STORE -FOR THE- BEST 2X GOODS -AT- The Lowest Prices! CONSULT THE FOLLOWINU ALPHA BETICAL LIST. Baak of Depoalt, ad Exchg;e. 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Ivil"li"ti .fli i.C.SXil'.acS. l..-il4r pap.r. l.egtl eap, l.li.n It li-ket, l.ookin"i;Ia-e. "IIASO.-"' .t Hamlin Or-ran. Masjnet, .Muiie loe-. M i.iiii'-. Mul"elii i IIP-. .tli'Utll rtllil. H'-iiiiiri'iiiiiiin, Mil le l.ui'k-. Mli-u li oil, M it-. M..il raloi I lire. Mi, ro-eop.--. Mrr-. M icuine reeoril-, Muei- 6-tf COI.HMBI'S. NKK. HENRY LITERS, DKALKR IN M.Jules Ferry, in a brilliant speech in the French Chamber recently, showetl that the rage of building had been de veloped to monstrous uorportions in Paris, and $10,000,000 "had been ex pended during the last sLx years. so active is his mind concerning tno prospective trip. His father helps him on the horse, and he sits on the bag as proud of his position as a king is of his throne. Evory object along the lonely road interests him. He plucks the bloom from the dog-wood and almost falls off when the horse reaches around to bito him-elf. He rides into a creek to let the horse drink and spits at tho min nows that swim around. After he goes up the bank, on tho opposite side of tho stream, and pursues his course along the road, he notices with alarm that the bao is slipping to one side. He sits still further over to make the bag balance, yet ho is not satis lied, for it keeps sliding to one sido and, at last it falls ofl. He ran not restrain his tears, and though he knows that he can not lift one end, yet he tugs at the bag. The old horse snorts, nibbles the grass and lashes tho boy ncross tho eyes with his tail. "Whoa, you old fool!" and tho discon solate little fellow weeps afresh. He can not leave the bag, fearful that some one will steal it. Ho must wait the tardy coming of a passer-by. I lo hoars the sound of hoofs and he listens in tently, whilo the swelling buds of his hopo burst into full bloom. He is doomed to disappointment, for the horse hs no rider. Thunder rumbles in the distance and ho will get wet. At last he sees an old negro coming -nf His heart beats high with hope. Hie M Tiocrrn slims ftsitlo and takes a by- pafch. "Tho boy shouts. The old negro does not hear him. Another hour, that seems an age draws itself alon. He hears a va"on. He is almost wild with joy. The iTriver, though a surly fellow, lifts the bag up, and the boy, happy nnd thanktul, is rescued just at a time when he does not think that he could stand it a moni&t longer. Arkansaw Traveler. - The Strong Rooms or the World. Strong room is the standard English name for what in this country is termed largo vault for storage of valuables, fluch'a.s cash, bonds, plates, etc. I like iio trnoil old English name of strong room, and so I will use it as applying to safe deposit vaults tho world over. I have visited many of them both sides of tho water, aud all my life sinco boy hood has been spent in looking after them. Less than twenty years ago all the strong rooms in this country which were used for storage of cash, bonds, and so forth, belonged to the banks and bankers, and wero a part of ther usiness machinery. Since that time safe deposito companies have been established, and they aro now numer ous in this country, having larger and better strong rooms than the bankers aver had. No one will ever know how many million dollars worth of valu ables are stored in one of these great safe de-tosito companies, for each cus tomer has his own special lock-up within the great central strong room, and keeps his own keys and counsel. I shall be asked who is responsible to de positors for safe keeping of all these treasures, and I reply, tho company is responsible for the exercise of due care and diligence in tho work it has under taken, and what is demanded of it in these premises would have to bo sot tied in the courts if anv dispute in the matter should arise between a loser and the safo company. London tr. Hoston Commercial Bulletin. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. It is a wise man who knows hi own business." Yes, and it is a wiser man who devotes his wholo timo to at tending to it. Ar. Y. Mail. A person being asked what was meant by realities of life, answered: "Real estate, real money, and a real good dinner, none of which can be realized without real hard work. Chi cago Tribune. What is the difference between a woman who decks herself in many knots of ribbon, and one who patiently endures misfortune? One wears hei bows and the other beara her woes Album Journal. At a boarding-school ono evening. a young Spaniard, who had just begun the study of English grammar, wished to be helped to sonic boiled tongue. "Miss," ho said to the girl who sat at the opposite side of the table, "I will thank you to pass mo the language. Golden Days. "I want a sign," said a young man, stepping into a painter's shop. "What sort of a sign?" asked tho artist of the brush. "A sign of rain." "All right.' replied the painter, as he dashed a pail of cold water over the would-bo jokist. Jersey City Herald. So you think your sonsmokes, Mrs. Jones?" "I'm sure of it, Mrs. Brown; I've found pieces of tobacco in his pockets." "Dear me! dear me! I'm sorry. My son has no bad habits; I never lind anything in his pockets but cloves and coffee beans." Zanesville Journal. A German clock dealer sold a small clock to an IrSii woman, but ho had scarcely left the house when she turned it bottom upward, and a wire dropped from its position, causing tho clock to strike without intermission. Thereupon she ran after him, and complaiuingly said: "dure, an' it's cryiu' afther yo ahead. iV. Y. Ledger. "Father," said a young limn who had charge of the paragraph depart ment of a college magazine, "Falstatl was a very fat man, wasn't ho?" "Yes." "He was what you might call corpulent, wasn't he?" "Yes, he was corpulent." "Corpulence sounds big, but it can bo spelled with four letters, cn'tit?" "No, it can't. Have you lost all your sense?" "O, yes, it can. What's the matter with o b c t?" Tho father will bring suit against the col lege for dwarfing his son's mind. Ar kansaw Traveler. Two Sides to a Sentiment: When two-year-old May Ulossom (tomes down In clear white dress, And runs to ttnd "Jear Auntie," And claims her &weet caross. Then Auntie takes up Blossom. And her eves they Krow and gblne, "O! pretty baby blossom. If you were only uiiiiol' Whn Blossom. In the pantry. Hi-rh mounted on a chair. Has nibbled at the leinsr. Till half the cake is bare. Then Auntie puts down BIoMom. And her eyes they slow and shine; "Ol naiiuhty baby Blossom. iryouweroonlyminor KxeMnfl "Mister," said a wizen-faced man to an uptown druggist, "gimme a quarter's worth o' prussicacid, please. "Prussic acid!" yelled the druggist, "why, man, it is a deadly poison. What do you want with prussic hu"1? "Don't wantnothin' witli prussic acid, replied the man; -want essence of va lerian. Other night man axed fur va lerian out in Pittsburgh an' got prussio acid Didn't want to git none o that myself, so I thought ef I axed fur Aat Pd git valerian." He got the thing he wanted. N. Y. News. WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pumps Repaired on short noliro ISTOne door wet or Hcini.V Ilrur Store, ltth Street. Co!iiml-i.. Neb- Mt'l'DI.IX ror seWiui; nricliiue. Note paper. aC4aA.!i. Oil lor seuinic machine, Oru'tn !tiol.". Orpin ent. i:F?IO3(?A!.K. l-.et-ire-., -tilu l.hiek-. 1'iv-eii'-. Iietliri"hnn!i, l'laiio-, iVii". l..petrie-i, I'eneil-, I'urxe-.. l'ol-i-h !ir furniture, l'.iuiphlete.i-.es, Paper cutter-, I'.iper r.i-t-nei', I'ti'lure pili" zi . l'iiture rr.it'i i ek I b.mk-i, le: lur.iery Hid li rilfu. r e.i.-e-. I'iper r tek.. ! lien ii i I r-. !C:WAKI uiiN, itllbbei b.HN. liub herdoIN. iM'IIOOI. book'., Sewing -taiiils. School S.ttvhel.i. Slate-. Sten-u -ope- and pic tures, Sei.p lionLt. S-rp pictures, Sew in;; machine needles. Scholar's companion-, specie pur-e. Simrini; toy canaries. Sleds for boy. Shawl straps, Shell goods. 'I'KliKM'Ol-IX Toys or all kinds, children's Trunks, Thermometers, Tooth brushes (, folding). Tea sets for irI,Ti.td chc-t. for bo -. Ten-pin -els tor bo , Tooth pick-, I'in toys. YlOI.IiVS and .-triiis;-, V.i-es. UOOIBKItii: Or; kets. Waste ba-kets. ans. Work bas- Whips (with case), Webster's dictionaries. Weather .'la--es. Work boxe-. Whip- Tor boys. Wagons for boys, What-nots, Wooden tooth picks. Third Boor North ol "Holier House." 14 E" m m n EL Pa mMiiMMw& xiluP IKPP.0VED SOFT EUSTIG StCTJOH OOiSET It varranttd to v-nr lonpr. fit t"ie form ncMT. Riul Kl Letter -ati.furtiun th-in lU.y ot'ierCor-eJ In the market, or jirico lall will l mfiin-W. Trei'!iriinentor Chlcn: l-t phTsiruui" bkooiiv- pany eaihCorwt. ITk, feUO a"J uwaru. ask jour merchant fr them- ....-..... . ROTHSCHILD, JOSEPH ft CO., Msmi'actun:rs.2W &.Z1Z li-u.u,!h fct-.O.i..sKO. Tar aali by FKIEmiOK C'O. 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