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THE JOURNAL. laeCED EVSBT WEDXEiDAl. 3SI. K- TURNER ic CO. Proprietors and Publishers. KATES OF JLBTEMTIStSC-. STBuaineaa and professional cards of five lines or less, per annum, five dollars. "S? For time advertisements, appl at this oSce. fcfT Legal advertisements at statut rates- j3Tor transient advartlainf, m rates on third page. ST"A11 advertisements payable monthly (Milumlni 23" OFFICE. Eleventh St., tip stairs in. Jtcrnal 3uilding. TEEMS: Per j ear Six months Three months single copies oo '' VOL. XT-NO. 81. COLOILBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26. 1884. WHOLE NO. 759. o- Ik J BUSnTESS CASDS. D.T. Mabty-. M. D. F. J. schcg. II. D. Bra. MA3.TYS & SCHTJG", U. S. Examining Snrgeons. Local Surireon-. t"ni.a Pacidc. V i B. H.and R. A M R-P.- Consultations m Gernnn anil Eali-b. Telephones at olfie and re-idence-. CQLnMBHS. - NE3RASSA. 42-v J. F. WILSON. M. 1.. PH IS I CIA X if ' UR GEOX. Di-ea-e- of women and children a spe cialty t ountv puvii.-tan. onire former ly occupied by lr. Bonr-teel. Telephone exchange. O I.I.A AMIKAI 4-H. I- !.- I'EXIAL parluh. On corner f Elt-vrimi and .r'!i -tr. et-. over kriist- hardware -i.t H. J- 111 "I0"V XOTARY PUBLIC. lith tr-t. Z a.tir wrst at Hammon.t Hon-e, C'rhtmbvs. JV"- 491-V J. G. REKDKK. A TTORXE TAT LA IP, OiHm'ob oinr -u. vilunii'tiv Nehra-ka i-tr" V. A. MACKEN, DKJ.LEK IN Foreign n,.i T -ie-r- Lqir and 11th street. ' uiunir i- ": .'llLT M cALLWTER BRO-. A TTORXE Y A T LA W. Office up-stir- in M.-Alli-terS bnild in:r. llth -t. W. A. Mi- ili-ter. Notary Puotic. T"OH TIM Ol' II Y. NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER Keep- a tull line of -stationery and -otaool supplies, and all kind- uf ieiml forms. Iu-ure- aam-i tire, ii-ihtnin. eyelune and turnadoe- Omo in Poweir- Block. Platte entei . ":)-x J. M. MACFaRLAP. B. R. Ct'WDKRY. LAW AND COLLECTIOX OFFKE OF MACTAHliAiTD Sc COWDEES". C-'uniW. : X-braska. r. r. ki kr. ii. ""-. Ui'i'c-.Mir t Ir. ii. A. ilJ.'h r-t HOMEOPATHIC PHYItlAX AXD IE,L".. Resrular graduate oi : racilu-i! -l-leie.-. Ortire up -tair' in bru-6 Miliums north ol -taie Bank. --' J. J. .TIAl HA. Justice. omit a Survey fir. Xvtary Lasui and Loiierttou A'jeU. jSTParue-iJe-iriH H mdoue i-au notifv me i mail a PUtt rre. N-t. ."l4im r H.Kl JSCI11-- Uth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. -ella Harness. Saddle-, dollar-. Whip-. Blanket.. urry Como-.. Brnlie-. trunks, valises, imv top, cu-tiiona. carnage trimming-. .t- at the lowe-t po-ible priee-. Repair- pr mptlv attended to. P 11. LAWRENCE. DEPUTY LO. SURVEYOR. Will du neni-ral -urveyina :n Platte and adjoining i-mntie. oolee with ;-.". Smith. COLCMBl . NKBR.1SKA. i:-tf $66 i i-fk at hom'. ?.".( outtit I'rev Pay ab.iiltltelv -ure. No n-fc. apital n t ntiuired. Reader, ii iou want !u-me .t M.M. i.-n ir.n .if .-ltlier eS. v.iun ir old, can maKe reat pa all the nine uie work, with a: i ii- '-rtainf? . wrue i.r particular- t.i H 11 vllht a o l..rt fand, Main. GEORGE SP00SE2, COXTRA TOR for ALL KiyD jF JlAOX WORK. Office, Thirteenth St.. between ohe and Xebra-ka Avenue. Residence on the corner of ELrhth and olive. All Work Guaranteed. 4-tI I S. MTJEDOCK SON, U i Carnenters and Contractors. t Havenadan extended experience, and wUl euarantee satisfaction in work. All kinds of repairing done on short i notice. Our motto i-, Uood work aad fair prices. Call and sive us an oppor i tunitytoestimateforyou. "Shop on 13th St one door west of Friedhof .t i Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. USJ-t i o. c. shnoinT MAStFACTl REK OK j Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! ! Job-Work, Bocfin and Gutter ing a Specialty. yyShop on Olive treet. 2 door north of Brodfeuhrer- Jewelry Stare. 4IUV G W. CLA LA XD AXD 1XSUBAXCE AG EXT. HUMPHREY. XEBR- His land- eomprise -ome tine tract in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ot Pl.'tte countv. Taxes pId for non-resident-. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y pOLOfBIS P.4CKLVU CO- C0LC1TBUS, - XEB., Packers aad Dealers in all kinds or He:r product, cash paid for Live or Dead" Holj or grease. Directors. R. H Henry. Prest.; John Wljrgins, Sec. and Treas." L. Gerrard. S. Cory. TAXES SALMON 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. .Ne braska. 32 6mo. -TICE TO TEACHEKS. J. X. IConcrief, Co. Sapt "Will be in his office at the Court House cm the third Saturday of each maBtk far the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates, and fijrthe transaction of any other business pertaining- ta schools. 56T-y FIRST National Bank ! COZCTKST7S, Authorized Capital, -Paid In Capital, Surplus aiid Profits, - $250,000 50,000 - 6,000 OFFICERS SI PIEECTOKS. . ANDERSON. Pres't. .VML C. SMITH. FT Pre'. O. T. n EN. Cashier. J. W. EARLY. HERMtN OEHLRICH. W. A. MCALLISTER, (;. ANlF.R-ON. 1. ANHr.RSoN. i Foreign and Inland Exrhansre, Passaze Tiel-!-. am: R-:i! E-tate Loans. ! -voI-i:-lv COAL .rf LIME! J. E. A'ORTH & CO.. -DEALER- IN- Coal. Lime, Cement. Rork Spin? Cu:il Carbon v Wyominsj Coal . Eltlon Iowa- Coal ..nT.UO per Ion .. li.Ull .. 1.50 Blacksmitli Coal of best quality al ways on hand at low est prices. North. Side Eleventh. St., COLUM3US. NUB-14-lra UNION FACZFIC LAND OFFICE. Improved and Unimproved Farms, Hay and Grazing Lands and City Property for Sale Cheap -at mi-. - Union Pacific Land Office, On Loitfj Tivie itnd !ir rate uf Interest. 23Final proof made on Timber riaini-. Home-tead? anil Preemption-. g"All wi.-hin to buy land- of any de--rnpuon will please eall and examine my li-tof land- before looking el.-e where JSFAI1 haviu land- to -ell will please call and irive me a description, term . price.-, etc. 231 a:o am prepared to m-ure prop erty, a T have the agency of several tir-"t-cla.-s Fire insurance companies. F. W. oTT. -oln-itor. -peaks German. MM I' EL. C. .niTII. olumhu-. Nebra-ko. .autf BECKER & WELCH, Pi:tPRlETOR F SHELL CREEK MILLS. MAN I FA.CTI REL ANU WH(LE--ALL lt:LER IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE. COLUMBUS. XEB. SPEICE & NORTH, General Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Paeitic. and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands Tarsals at from SS.GO to $10.00 per acr for cash, or on fire or tea year time, in annual payments to suit purchaser-. VTe have al-o a large and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price aad oa reasonable term. Also business and ri idrnce lots iu the eitv. "We keep a complete abstractor title'to all real es tate in P'.-tte Conntr. C21 COLlJIBlJi. .EB. LOUIS SCHSEIBER, BlaclsmliiifasBiMier. All kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Busies, Wag ons, ettu made'to order, and all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A Wood Xowers, Reapers. Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and 5elf-bmders the best made. ISfShop apposite the " Tatters alL7 on Olive St, COLU3LBUS. afia SOMEBODY SURPRISED. Somebody stravs to the meadows sweet And leans airainst the bars; The daaies are thick about somebody faec And the sky is thick with stars. Mmebody whistles adown the jreen laaa; Somebodr leans to hearr Then somebody- answers back-again In lark-notes, soft and clear. Rosy red jrrows somebody's face. As somebody asks. -Is it you'" Then somebody's arm ffeta out ot place. And jomebody's mouth does. too. Somebody's smoothing- somebody's hand, Aslanjr "Can somebody wait?" Somebody loses all self-command And absently asks; Is it lare?" Somebody steps from a bush near by. In somebody's hand is a strap; Somebody- yells as she turns to dy, Oh, jimminy gosh, if s pap:" ir,utHi(ton Hatchet. PELTIER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Every four years there is a class of new voters, orforgetfut ones, who want :o know about the Presidential election, how it Is effected and carried out. and why the system has taken its present I nas ever since characterized the Demo rather complicated form. cratic Convention. The Republican The election of President and Vice- j National Conventions beiran with the President of the United States is placed , nomination of Fremont in 1S.J6. and by the Constitution in the hands of the I have not changed fonn materially States, bat ( 'oneres mav fix the time I since the convention whi -h nominated for choosing Electors and the day on woieh they shall give their votes. Many people regard the" Presidential election as the whole body of the people voting together to choo-e a President; but the constitutional truth is that it is an elec tion by all the States, each in its own way. upon a day fixed by Congress. In the beginning some of the States i-hose their Presidential Electors bv vote of the Legislature vihe two Hou-es voting in some concurrently, in others jointly): otberschoe them by popular vote as now. but by districts, instead of all on one .ticket- These methods would still be strictly constitutional if any State wished to" adopt them. but. as a matter ot faet. ail the Mates have, without anv written agreement or compulsion. and onlv one term in the Presidency, adopted the same method of choice Charles C. Pincknev and Henry Clay namely to use the constitutional phrase) ' are the onlv candidate- who ever ran to "ap'point their elector-" by popular, twice and bailed of an election at all vote for them upon one ticket for the ; the former in 1.)4 and la(8. and the whole State, and Congress has fixed the j buter in 1S2 and l4A.Sprinqjield Tuesday after the first Monday in So- (Muss, i Rermbhcati. veniber a- the dav when this shall take place. Tne number of electors is fixed by the Constitution, being as many for each State as the number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in Congress. Congress lias added by law the explanation that this means " entitled at the time when the President and Vice-President to he chosen come into office." Originally the Constitution required that the Electors should meet in their respective States and ballot for two persons, and the one who received the niot of all the votes should" be Presi dent and the next Vice-Presidents but thL- method was found to involve the obvious difficulty, as soon a- parties crystallized, that the President and Vice-President were likely to represent the fwo opposite parties, creating need less antagonism between the two and subjecting the Government to a change of party Administration in case the Pre-ident diet! or from any cause was peeeeded by the Vice -President. Hence in !v04 was adopted the Twelfth amen l nienr. providing that the electors should designate the per-.n voted for as Presi dent, and in ;istiuct ballots the person voted for as ice-President. Lists of these votes are forwarded from each State to the President of thi enate at Washington, and opened 'n the presence of both houses of Congre-s when the votes are "counted" that L-, the totals of ail the lists from the several States are added up and the result announved. In case no person has a major.ty of the Electoral votes for President, the t 'on stitution requires that the House of Representatives ' shall choose imme diately by ballot the President" from among the three highe-t candidates. But the vote shall be taken bv States. each tate having one vote, serving the principle that tims pre- the Pre-i dential election is an election by States. In case the Presidential election should go to the House this year, that body would elect a Democrat, a- the State delegation- would stand twenty-three Democratic to fourteen Republican, not lounting Florida, which would be even ly divided. To coost tute a quorum under these circumstance-, members must be present from two-third-, of the Mnts. and a maority of all the States is neeessary to a choice. In the case of a failure to elect a Viee-Pres'.denL one -hair be chosen bv the enate. vot- ing individually, a ma ority of iL whole number being neee-ary to a choice. A person to be eligible as President or Vice-President of the I nired btates must be a natural born citizen, thirty-five years of age and a resident within the United States for fourteen years. It is a frequent suggestion that a di reet popular vote would be a great im provement upon this elaborate machine ry of Electors but that is open to grave doubt. Although the Electors are mere clerks and do not exercise that correct ive upon the popular choice which the lather- expeeted they would, they co l--titcte a ready and inexpensive means of arriving at the result, and their ex istence is a great bulwark of the power of the States a- States. For instance, in t. e last election, if the result had de pended on the popular vote, it would have taken several weeks to ascertain that General Garfield had a plurality of 7,tifc votes in the enormous total of 9, :204.4:2s voles less than one-tenth of one per oent- But with the Electoral system, it was readily ascertained on the night of the election that while each of the :wo candidates had carried nine teen Mates. General Garfield hail 214 Electoral votes and General Haneoek l.- It may well be claimed for the Electoral College that no svstem has ever been put in practice disposing of ! so vast concerns with equal facility, cer- L-iinty, dispatch and popular tran mill- rv. Imagine the calamity to our busi- ness and political interests if every Pres idential election were to be succeeded bv the period of uncertainty which char acterized the election of 1376. The cir cumstances of that occasion were ex ceptional and might be remedied, so tar as their recurrence can be prevented u u.... H mc cii-u-iuicu.. u, uicuuux of the bill which has passed the Senate to regulate the ifresidential count. But no account of the Presidential election would be complete which ig nores the Presidential convention a Ixuly which rivals Congress in impor tance and yet is unknown to the Con stitution or to the laws of the United States. The Presidential convention is a strikinar instance of the stabilitv' which an institution may acquire with - out a single word- or oasis in Jaw or constitution; it shows how the unwrit ten Constitution may be almost as es sential a part of the Governmental ma ch n ry as the written. After Wash fc' ton nd Adams, the early Presidents vv.-re nominated by the Congressional caucus of the party a plan which, worked without friction so long as tho Virginia regency" held the reins. Thus were qnietly nominated Jefferson and iladion. Monroe had some difficulty to carry the caucus over Crawford, and when Crawford at the end of Monroe's term succeeded in carrying the Con gressional caucus of his party himself, there was general disgust with the machine and a -plit in the Democratic (then called Republican) party which resulted in the choice of J. Q. Adams by the Flouse. General Jackson did not require anv set of men to nominate him in 125. on account of the general indignation that h1 had lost the election of lrM. During the campaign for his re-election, the" opposition taking the name of Whig held the first National Convention (1SJI), nominating Clay, and the Democrats followed in "1336 by nominating Mr. Van Buren in that way. Mr. Van Buren was elected on that oc casion, but wa defeated at the polls by General Harrison in lt". and was de feated in the convention in 1H44 bv the adoption of the two-thinls rule, which Lincoln. The first conventions were held in the fall a year before the elee ; tions. Washington. Jefferson. Madison. Monroe, Jackson. Lincoln and Grant j were all elected for two terms, and ' Grant was the only one who tried for a ' third. The two Adamses were candi dates for re-election and failed. Van Buren was a candidate for re-election i against the sasie candidate as at firt an(i was defeated: then he was a candi- date before his convention the third time and tailed of nomination. a above stated, and. for the fourth time, took a Free-Soil nomination to '-beat the other fellow." making four campaigns in suc cession in which he was in the field A Model Deposition. Many years ago a prominent attor ney residing in one of the coast towns of Texa-. obtained from a w tness who had been the Sieriff but wi then the County Clerk of a town in ML issippi. a rather singuar deposition. When re ceived by mail and nled it wa- opened and read by the attorney, but wa- not offered in evidence for reasons obviou upon its pera-al. He found the depo siton so amusing that he cal led f he atteu tion of the lawyers in attendance upor. the court, and offered them opportuni ties to read it privately in nL- otlice. It was as follow -. "he tormal caption ol return being omitted Interrojiiiorv I. "iid you ri3it Tex as fn 1M7.J If yea. what made ou come here "' Answer. I did. I came on general principles." Int. " What places in this State did you vi-it during your trip in HIT3 What precisely occurred at each of thoe places while you were there?" An-. "I came to Galveston on the steamer New York, commanded by Caota'n W right, a'ter a rough vovage. ' during waich I became acquainted with lorn. Die v ami Harry, wii. were pa senjr.rs like isiy-elf. n landing we regsterel at tne Tremont House, and thereupon Tom invited all three of us to take a dr nk. which we did. Then in turn Harrv invited ns totaevcadrmk. which we did- Next panv to oin me in vet I invited the another drink. which they cheerful! d !."" Then followed several pae. clo-ely written, suiting the places in Texas vis ited In the witn--.- during the trip and the number of dnnk-. and with whom he took them while at each place, and nothing el-e. and w iniing up hia l answ-r to 'lie seeoutt inter rogatory a- follows "I may po-.-ibly have taken yet ot' er drinks, and with other person-, wh leat some of the place- above mentioned, but if -o. after the time that has elapsed, they have laded from nn memory. Tho-e -peeiiied are all that I took. So tar as I now remember.' Int. :;. "Have you not been the Sheriff, and are you not now ( ouuty Clerk of ( ountv. in the State ol Mis--iss.ppi if yea. is there not the record of a deed in your office, which deed eoavey- the per-onal propertv in volved in this suit to the plaintiff there in? If yea, append a true certified copy thereof t- your answer to this in terrogatory, and state whether you have done so."1 I Ans. "I was Sheriff, and am now I County Clerk, of the County Court ot i County, in said State. I find the l record ot -uch a deed in one. of the j book- of my office. I do not append a ! true, certified copy thereof to my an ! -wer to tais interrogatory, because I , have uot been paid uiv fees for so do ing, and am -satisfied that i: I do so. 1 should nevtr get them. lut- 4 ana last. Do you know any thing further that might be of benefit or advantage to either of the parties to this suit? If yea. state the same fully and at length, as if spe:a!ly interro gated thereto.' Ans. "Nothing except that if the plaintiff is -erioiis in meaning to recover the property he is suing lor, I would ail viae him to employ another at torney." Texas Sittings. m Too 31uth for a Clerk to Lose. I come as an humble but I hope deserving- supplicant for your daughter's hand."1 was what he said as he entered the room in which the retired capitalist sat. "Indeed!" replied that gentleman "And have vou an income to nnnnrt i wife and family comfortably?" .. xot jnst a"t present, sir. 1 am a ' Morir m - hnnW-im ,-rnw hnr mt- t, pects for becoming a member of the firm before long are very flattering." Well, I like your looks, young fel low, and if the matter is agreeable to my daughter yon have my consent. 3Iy daughters happiness is mv nrst aim in life. If "von should find that vour pros- i pects turn out less nattering than you anticipate I will do something for you myself. I expect to again engage in business in a short tune "You are very kind, sir.' responded the young man gratefully; "and may I ask what line of business von will fol low?" "The banking business! Ishallstart a bank with a capital of -1,0O0..O0l" iiere the vouns man turned pale and 1 started for the door. I hope you will excuse me. sir.7 he stammered, "but I have suddenly changed my mind about marrying vosr danghter, "I have got about "ii. saved up, and .:.eC0 is a gooii de.u money for a hardware clerk to los. . Fkiladelphia C&IL What fa a Peer. The word peer" itself, etymologi cally. in no way denotes superiority "of position, onthecontrary, strange to say. it denotes equaliry , beinr simply a form of the Latin par. equal, and comes to us through the French word pair, bear ing the same metining How comes it then, that an ennobled person should be designated by a term an equal?": "and of person an equal? One which signifies whom is such statement will answer these questions namelv, that every peer of the realm is the equal of everv other peer of the realm that is of the Cnited Kingdom; just as the member- of all other clssses of the community are the peers of eaeh other in regard to citizen rights. We say 'peer of the realm." because ail pears are not entitled to be so styleil. Thus, a member of only the Irish peerage is not the equal of an English peer or a peer of the realm. for the reason that j he is not. by the mere reason of being a peer of Ireland, entitled to a seat in the House of Lords. In other words, he is not a peer or lord of Parliament unless he is eleeted to be such: a remark which requires explanation. At the time of the union of Ireland with Great Britain, continued by the statute 39 and 40 George HI (1S01). it was provided in the act of Parlia ment that the peers of Ireland should have the power to ehet twenty eight representatives from amongst their own body to sit in the Upper Hou.-e of the united legislature for life. Such representative peers are chosen when necessary, and when elected, are Lords of Parliament, anil have all the privileges of peers of the United King dom. "Other Irish peers who are not repre-ntative peer are in a verr different position. They are not lords of Parliament, although they prima facie enjoy all such privileges as appertain to the peerage generally. And this being so. an Irish peer, whether re presentative or not, cannot be arrested lor debt, in which respect he is on an equality with all peers of the realm. An Irish peer may also be elected as a member of the Hou.-e of Commons for a constituency in England or Scotland (by 39 and 40 George UL c. 67); but by -uch election he become- for the time being a commoner, and o pro tern. lo-ethe privileges of a peer. It will be remembered that Lord Palmerston. who represented Tiverton in the House of Commons for so many years, was a peer of Ireland: and the present member of Parliament for East Suffolk. Lord Renulesham. is also an Irish peer. His Lordship, therefore, though the peer of all other Irish peers not representative peers is not a peer of. say. Lord C'ariingford and other noblemen who sit in the Hou.-e of Lonis as of right. In deed. Lord Rendle-ham. so long as he sit.- in the Lower House of Parliament, is of nece-sity simple a commoner. As to peers of Scotland only, they al-o are entitled to elect representatives out of their general body to sit in the House of Lords. The number so elect is sixteen: but unlike the Irish represen tatives peers, they sit only during the existanee of the parliament for which they are elected. On the other hand, a Scotch peer of any grade unlike an Iri-h peer, is a peer of Great Britain, and he cannot, therefore, sit in the House of Commons for any constituency whatever. The only difference between a Scotch peer and a peer of the United Kingdom L-. that the former cannot as of right that L-, unles eleeted a representative peer sit in the House of Lords: in all other respects he is the peer of a peer of the realm. Chamber's Jourrud. Foreign Postal Service. Some comparisons are made by Le Genie Ciril between the cost and char acter of domestic postal service in Ger many and in France, which are of spe cial interest to us Americans, just begin ning, as we are. to dream of emulating the convenience, security and cheapness with which transportation of this kind is performed abroad. In regard to sim ple letters, it seems that thepostage on tho-e circulating within the country is. for those weighing less than half an ounce, two and one-quarter cents in Germany and three cents in France: the rates in both cases being higher than the new rate here. With letters of! nion1 than standard weight there is, however, a very great difference be tween the German practice and that of other nations: thus in Germany, a single rate of five cents pays for the transpor tation of any letter more than half an ounce and less than eight ounces in weight: while an eight-ounce letter in France would require to be prepaid with nine cents worth of stamps, and in the United States with thirty-two cents worth. Postal cards cost in France two cents each, and in Germany one and one-quarter cents: and sealed postal canls. at the same price, have just been introduced into the latter country. Post al orders, which cost in France twenfy tive cents for the smallest sum. are in Germany only one-fifth as much, and in the latter country an extra, payment of one cent entitles the sender to have the money carried by the postman to the house of the person addressed, and there paid to him. In the same way the post men are obliged to receive money from anyone who wishes to send a post al order, and give a receipt for it. entering at the same time in a book the name of the person to whom the order is to be sent, and the Postmaster then makes out and fonvards the order required. A species of mis sive used in Germany, but nowhere else so far as we know, is the express letter, which, for an extra, postage of six cents, is forwarded to the person addressed without passing through the post-office of the town in which he lives: a messeng er, who travels on every mail train, talc ing the letter immediatly on the arrival of "the train, either by day or night, to the house of the one" it is intended to reach. As the boxes in the stations are opened to receive letters until one min ute before the departure of the train, an express letter of this kind can be trans- mined very quicklv. In respect to the transmission ot parcels, the German po-tal service far surpasses that of most other nations, and an enormous business is done in this way by the Post-ofBce Department, Packages of less than ten pounds weight are carried everywhere for twelve cents, including delivery at the house of the consignee. It is amus ing to find that the establishment of this convenient system has fostered the growth of a large business in certain products, those particularly noted being butter and smoked herrings. Butter is now put up for this sort of transporta tion in ten-pound cases, of which im mense numbers are sent from North Germany to the cities, and boxes of her rings of the same weight are constantly forwarded from the seacosttown to the interior. Last year the number of boxes of herrings passing through the mail was not more than 450,000, and it is said that tiu njghjng yjJLurej of th GQMS n? pear to be on tire from the smoke of the little fires over which each fisherman, eures his herrings for this convenient market. The bu-iness of the poor fish erman is still further aided by an ar rangement under which the sender of thejox. on payment of a commission of two per cent, can receive at once from his Postmaster in cash the value of his consignment. thr Pa-t-otSce Department taking upon itself the risk of making collections on the arrival of the package at its destination. American Architect. More Than Instinct. E. L. Cole, of Troy, give us the fol lowing account of the remarkable attainment- of a Skye terrier owued by him: He has never had a great deal of train ing, the effort in that line having ceased some time ago. owing to the too fre quent demands to -show him. He has learned his master's habits, and re- ports at the door promptly at 7 o'clock in the morning, rarely varying more than a few moments. He seems to have learned the earliest hour at which he would be admitted. When the clock in the office strikes the usual hour for his master to leave he begins to think about j home, anil proceeds to search the office until he finds a particular daily paper of i I that day. To find the one he wishes he will travel over desks and hterary shelves, and never making a mistake as i ! to the paper, bring it to his master and commence a noise that is neither bark. ; jrowl or whine, but a low gutteral j sound, indicating that he thinks it is ' i time to go home. The paper being ! folded up is given him. and on the road he avoids dogs and small ooys. On his arrival thereTie dislikes to give the pa- Eer up. except to a particular one of the I ousehold. without his master's touch- I ing them. He will select newspapers j ' that come to the otlice regularly in the j ' order in which he is told and this after I they have been plaeed by the direction I of "the person who wishes to test the ; dog's power. He will piefc out any par I ticular paper named, ami when a paper ' is held before him he will -read" it. with eyes fixed on the paper, proceeding to growl with a rising i and falling emphasis, and when tired of reading concludes with a hearty sneeze. He has"been accused of stealing sheep. ' and when persons in the room begin to , talk about the matter, he puts hi- tail between his legs and leaves the room, apparently in mortal terror. He tie livers an "oration," beginning in a low. broken voice, but as he -warms up" speaks louder and louder, ending with a" veil into which he seems to throw all his passionate nature. He goes through ' the manual of arms: shows" how he was run over by a wagon and injured, limp- t 1 ing and crawling to give a very realistic , illustration: receives sentence for iliao- bedience to orders, and faiL? down an- parentlv dead when a loud "ban" de notes the tiring of the ride, fights a ' prize-fight according to Marquis of dueensbury rules, and come- up -miling when knocked out- In all these ae- . tions nothing can divert hi- attention j until he receives a signal from his master. It is laughable to see him imi- ! .tate the walk of a baby, toddling along, ; swaying from side to side, and his prayers ' are said by placing his fore paws on the back of a chair with hi- head down be tween them. Sometimes he will turn ' -ommersault-. but a- he has hurt his ' neck, often in the act he does not like to ' do it. Only the wonL. "Isaac, bring i ' me the whip brings him to terms. He will imitate the "Dundreary skip of Sothern in -Our American Cousin." J When the New York papers arrive, if j he is sent to get a paper he will find a , newboy. drop the coin at his feet and ! get his" paper, but he will take only j the one he has been told to buy. and ( will return to the bov for his change if I change is due. He takes the mail. let ters and paper from the postman at the office door and carries it to his master. ! and should the postman go by without leaving any mail, endeavors to call his ' attention by loud and furious barking. He may be. stopped when under full headway by a .-ingle motion of the hand, and will stand for a minute or ' more as if carved in stone. Many more of his doings might be told. Troy , Times. Collecting a Bill. A citizen who has an office on Monroe avenue has for the last three vear- been owing a grocery bill. The grocer's col lector called on him over ni- hundred times to secure payment of the debt, but , was alway- put off with some excuse or other. At one time it was death an- i other sickness another bad luck, and -o it went on until it really swnied im possible for the debtor to invent any new pieas. The other da;, the grocer himself took the bill in his fist and corn ered the debtor in his otlice. Yes. I know, very orrv hand you the money a week from to-day.'" was the smiling exeu.-e. -See here!" said the grocer, as he Ioeked the door and pulled" off his coat, "I've been figuring on this matter. This bill is for fifteen dollars. I can give you the worst licking a man ever re ceived ami get off with a fine of ten dol lars. I'll then give you a receipt for the other five and the account will beelo-eiL Prepare to be pulverized !" "But -uppose I lick you then what?" queried the other. "Then there won't be any resort to the law. ami vou shall have a receipt in full !" -That seems to be fair, and I'll do my best."' said the dehor, and at it they went. The grocer expected to get away with him in about a minute. Put he was a deceived man. It wa.-n"t over three minutes before lie was kmc-ketl over a chair and rendered hors ie romlaL Is it a receipt in full?" asked the debtor, a- he -at a-trideof the other and kept both banL- fastened in hi- hand. "She is ! "And you'll pay me two dollar- cash for the broken furniture?" "Yes." "Then you may get up. and 111 recommend vou to a- doctor who'll fix j your brokeu collar-bone a- good as new i inside of a week." The grocer gave him a receipt for the account, and Tianded over two dollars in cash, and later in the day. when tell imrthe story in his store, he explained: "Gentlemen. I've sa--ed -cores of citizens, abused dozens of hackmen. and been aching for three years past for a chance to pulverize some one. It's worth seventeen dollars to me to know that my grit gives out with the first round !" Derail Free Press. The tower of BabeL with its confus ion of tongues, has found a modern rival in the recently-opened reading-room of the magnificent Cafe Bauer, in Berlin, where the representatives of nearly ev ery nationality on the globe have estab lished a rendezvous, and where no few er than seven hundred journals, in eigh teen different languages, including Turkish, Japanese and Chinese, may be read. OF GENERAL DiTEXEST. Jay Gould gave his son Gcre S3.- I 000,000 to begin life with. Deputv United States Marshal Gum- j roper, of Springfield. Mo., undertook: to ' light a fire with kerosene It didn't ' kill him. but he won't do it again. , Chicago Herald. t The combination of the quinine manufacturers of the world is broken, i and prices are much lower in New York. A. F. Times. Two members of a party of burglars recently apprehended in London were women, who. attired as men. burgled with their male "pals." E. O. Stinnard. of St. Louis. pre diets that wheat will never again btt high in this country, as the competition from India will be too keen. A disagreeable witness in a Black HilL court got a stinging blow under the ear as he left the box. the defendant in the case performing the suggestion. Out West they carry the hiberna ting idea of the bears into effect in business. More than one hnndred firms in Idaho sbut up shop during the early part of winter to wait for spring. Chicago Tribune. For being-a good cook and getting up at three o'clock in the morning for teu years. Govenor Cleveland h:ia pardoned Henry Harrison, a negro whu was sentenced to Sing Sing for twenty years for robberv. .. Y. iun. A Rochester baker has made an ex- hibition cake so Large that no one can take it. It is without doubt the larg est cake ever made in the world, and balances the scales at exactly six hun dred and ten pounds. Rochester jY. Y.J j Express. i Commenting on the admission of a batch of thirty-five lawyers to the Bos ton bar. the ,ournat ot that citv re- j mark.-: "In ita present condition law presents a field only for a grim struggle for the survival of the fittest. In the part of Africa known as Nubis there grows a species of acacia that whistles so loudly as to make it-elf heard for miles away. The stem is hol low, and the action of the wind pro duces a sound similar to that emitted by a flute. A shoemaker at Stamford. Conn., has occupied the same bench in the same shop for so manv vear- that he has three times worn away the part of the floor where his feet had rested. an puns on a new half sole of leather over the hole every year. Hartford Post. ; Edwin Hoover, a citizen of Cleve land, for many months an invalid. awoke the other morning and said ho had such a fearful dream he couldn't sleep. Then he turned in bed with an expression of relief, saying: "I can j sleep now." uttered the single word. . "Mother." and expired. Cleveland . Li'oiler. I A man who has invented three J lightning rods is livino: in poverty and ' obscurity in Detroit. T.V. Y. Commercial j Advertiser. The man who became the ; agent for the rods and attempted to in- : troduce them, is still living in the hos- ! pital with his skull cut open, and his body covered with bruises. It is less dangerous to invent a lightning rod than it is to attempt to sH it. Xorns toum Herald. A neat story of the late Baron Rothschild Is told" in the French papers. He was very busy one morning, when the Vieomte de L. P. was admired into his office. The Baron, absorbed in his reading, said without lifting his head. "I am at vour orders, sir: take a chair." "Pardon me." was the an-wer. "I am j the Vieomte de L. P." "Ah." said th . Baron, not looking np. "take wo chairs, then." The goo-e-bone is also among the shattered idols of this generation, the ' heavers have gone to join the vanished delusions of the past, the corn-shucks have proven themselves snares, and the , moss on the trees of the forest i a- big a fraud as old Vennor himself. All these things were confidently said last j fall to presage a mild and open winter. ' Trenton tX.J.t Oazette. Among tlie invitations sent by the ' Montreal carnival committee for the ball in that city was tine to the Miyor of l Bo-ton. On the corner of the card an- . peared the iL-ual letters. R. S. V. P. In politely declining the invitation, the j Mayor addressed Mr. C G. Clouston. ' the Secretary of the ball committee, ap- pending the R. s. V. P. as a title, pas- ' sibly as denoting some high rank only bestowed -on her majesty's subjects. i Chicaao Times. A "question-box" has been put up in Boston for the use of tho-e who go to ' Mr. Joseph Cooks Monday lectures at Tremont Temple. As an interlude, be- ; tween the "prelude" and the lecture proper, each Monday Mr. Cook will i open the box and reply to at least a dozen questions taken from among i those in the box and al-o tho-e received by the lecturer during his travels. Thus fourteen subji-eLs will" be discussed each week. Boston Post. It L- not generally known that Da kota has a coal-oil region. It "is located in Wyoming in the southern part of the Territory. It i- confined to an area of some six or eight miles, amonjr the rocks, aad a company has secured the claims and is commencing to develop it. The oil ha- been testeof in Pennsyl vania and found to be of the best lubri cating quality. I'he yield, however, does not promi-e to be very large. Chicago Journal. We are told that there is no driving of the'flock in Spain. When the shep henl wishes to remove his sheep, he calLs a tame wether, accustomed to feed from his hands, and the favorite, how ever distant, obeys his calL while the rest follow. One or more of the dog, with large collars, armed with spikr-. in order to protect them from the wolves, precede the flock; others skirt it on cither side, and some bring up the rear. If a -beep be ill or Iame or lag behind, unobserved by the-hepheni the doe stays with it and defend- it until some one returns in search of it---.'. Y. Tribune. Vhr i'p Flew. First Critic Heilo Georg-! why this nurry. vv nere are you gtng. Second Critic Don't you know. Somewhere; anywhere. To the ends of the earth, probably First Critic But what i- the matter? Second Critic You know I went to see Irving and Terry Ia-t night. Well. I worked" like a horse getting up a fine article that would knock Willie Winter s poetic enlogmms- higher than a kite First Criae No doubt of ir. Second Critic Une of my expressions was: There is genins in the wrinkles of living's brow." Rather line, wasn't it? First Critic First-class. But what has that got So do with your ha-ty flight? Second Critic In the hurry of writing I got in the name of Miss Terry instead of Irving. Mercy' There she cornea -tow. Tin. off. Philadelphia CalL FOtSONAL AND IMPYJtSONAL. Mrs. Ouincv Shaw, of Boston, is said to spend &J50.000 per annum in. charity. The two daughters of Amasa Stone, late'of Cleveland, will have S1.25O.00O each from his estate. Cleveland Leader. Samuel Lewis, of Waterfaury,, Conn., although he can converse fraent- ly in three languages, can not read or write in either of them .V. Y. Sun. j The Earl of Huntington says that i General Grant and Thomas Nast are the only two Americans thoroughly well known in England. Chicago Tribune, A woman aged thirty years lives in the woo!s of Belmot, N. H. wears over alls, and chops wood with her husband, averaging a cord of wood a dav. Rot ton Post. Morosini. Jay Gould's private sec retary, has amassed a fortune of 31,000. 000 by husbanding the crumbs that fall from his ma.sterTs"table. as it were. .V. Y.Xeics. Rev. Edward Selkirk has been rector of Trinity Church at Albany. N. Y.. for forty years, and during that time he has married 670 couples and officiated at 59 funerals- Albany Journal. Mrs. Graves, of Rochester. N. Y.. jpho fell into a sewer and broke a limb, besides spoiling her clothes and rofHing her temper, has just obtained a judg ment against the city for 319,000. Rochester Express. The late Wendell Phillips was not a rich man. but he was in independent circumstances. He inherited consider able money from relatives, and he added to the -um quite materially in his lectur ing days. -Boston Transcript. It is understood that Mr. Abbey has engaged Sarah Bernhardt for a tour of the principal cities of this country at Sl.iibo a night: she to fnrni-h her own company, and he to pav all costs of transportation. X. Y. Herald. George Thompson, of Brooklyn, aged eighty-four years, was the first pri-oner -entenced to Sing Sing prison. He has spent nearly -ixtv years of his life in that institution, aad received a sentence for one year in the -ame place recently. Brooklyn Eagle. Governor Robinson, at a recent din ner, recognized a college chum whom he had not seen for thirty vears. Thr gentleman had been an earnest worker for the Governor during the recentcam- ' I paign. but had never associated him in '' his mind with his former college friemL Soston Journal. The friends of Master Putnam, who lost his life on an ice-floe near St, Law rence Bay after the Io-- of the Rodgrrs. are to erect a tablet to his memory in the chapel in the Annapolis Academy. The designs of the tablet represents a man on an ice-floe, surrmmded by his Iog and sletLs. vainly crying for assist ance. Baltuiutr cn. X LITTLE NONSENS E. A dangerous practice That of the newlj fledged phy-iciau. Fancy. Mummv. the hairdresser wanted to shave ruv ma-tache oft"' "Yes? Well and did he?" Punch. "I declare. Charley!" exclaimed Clara, -you take the word- right out of my mouth"' "O mamma piped in the little pitcher, "now 1 know what Clara and Charley were doing out in the hall when she let him in." Boston T ansenpt. "Just think! In Heidelberg I once came acro-s a negro that was actually so black that he could not be -eea witn out a light!" "H'tn! saw a fellow one time in Mannheim who wa- so thin that he always hail to enter a nwua twice be fore he could be noticed' -German I run. "My dear." said a wife to her hus- 1 band. "I shall henceforth call you Fire." "Why. love, will you apply such a peculiar name to me?" asked , her husband. "Bcanse you go out Generally everv night-" i"arl PretxFt 1 V,ekli. ' j Mrs. D Isn't this awful3 Mr. D ' What, dear? Mr-. D. The paper J says that in Brooklyn Mr. Benjamin R. ' Hubbell tried to kill" his brother-in-law. ' David Kemlo. bv -hooting a pistol at ' him. I can't under-tand why families ! should - Mr. D Hid he succeed" Mrs. D. No. Kemlo"- life was -aved by a I button, which turned the bullet. Mr i D. Hi-wife evidently keeps hia bet- tons sewed on. If any one -faould ever ' shoot at me I -hould be a dead duck. PhiLulelphut t'ail. i -Ah. good evening! I come to ask j you to go roller-skating this evening "So sorry, but I I don't roller-skate ' any more thi- -eason." "Indeed! But why " I am sure yon are the emboti- ment of grace when vou -kate." "Per I haps you mean when I zammlarotate Reginald, do cultivate elegance in tn versation. It i- roller-skating no more. It is zampilamtation." And the younjr man leaned against the casement until he had gathered -trngth enough to say -Good night,"" HurUunt Post. Psalm of (married) life. Man that is married to Woman is ot many days and full of trouble. In thr moraine ae draw-j i sutary. aad ji tho evtrnimr. Behold, it .s .rone. It is a taie rtiat is told; It vuaiahelh and no one know trhitaer !t ifoeta. Ke nseta up clothed in the chidy irarmeHts lit the N.srht And -wiceth the omnambuleBt purrirone Wherewith to soothe hi-. Infant Postertty He etimeih as j. hor- Or ax And dra"veth the chunntuf his offjprtnsf. He p-nilrth his -hefeeis Ih the purchase or flue linen To cover the bo-Him of his Family. Tet himself ; een at the zare of the city srith one suspender Yea! he is altogether wb-u-bb!. Brilliant Connecticut InTention. A Bridgeport. ( t onn. ) professor has invented a neat thing in the way of a steam heater to carry about the person. It is called the -portable body steam heater." The apparatus i- a small af fair, consisting of a copper boiler, under which is a diminutive lamp, ail incased in a nickel box. and balanced something like a compass, so that, no matter what position the out-ide box is in. the boder aad lamp will alway- remain in the re quired vertical po-i:ion. The entire ap paratus is -o small that it can be earned ' in the pocket. After the lamp is ughred. the water m the boiler is heateit ami circulated through rubber tabes, waicn run down th? Iec-. around the ankles, np around the back, and back to the boiler. The circulation of the warm water keeps the bIy warm on the coldest day. A safety-valve and escape for a higher pre-sure of steam than the affair is allowed to carry flows off at the back of the wearer's neck. Elaborate heaters are being constructed for ladies'' wear. They can be worn inside the bustle, and "entirely oh-oured. Before going out of the house the lady's maid can light the lamp, which, by the way, is ganged to run six. eight, or ten hours. and""my lady" walks out under a free pressure of steam, and warranted to keep warm during the promenade. Seur Haven Xerxs.