The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, February 18, 1885, Image 4
ifn m.mnwyn t.ftjmjm,WrTfiiV?T',fF fx.i-si..t iTJtti-CH.r3siiir-, MAKINQ PAPER PATTERNS How Women Who live Away From th Centers ofFashion are Able to Cut Their Garments as Stylishly as Those la the Bi Cities. Ono often hears of the severe fashions of "ye olden times;1' of plain skirts and bodices, fine in material but simply con structed, even for "the Sunday best,'1 and we can but look in astonishment to see the contrast a few years have brought about Wondering how this great revolution had taken place, a re-, porter called on a large fashion-house to make inquiries. Having stated his ob ject, he was conducted to a suite of rooms, each occupied by a number of pretty girls, all busily engaged in cut-' ling and folding papers. "When dresses became more elabo rate, people in moderate circumstances, little able to afford dressmakers1 bills, and who yet wanted to keep up with the fashions of the day, were at a law to know what to do, till the inventive genius of man came to the rescue with paper patterns. This idea gave rise Id a large business, which was taken up by a few companies, generally in con nection with the sale of sewing-machines, thus combining the advertising power needed for the two departments Since then several houses have started independently, and one large firm has even given up the machine department, paper patterns having absorbed all the capital, time, and attention of the com pany. - "Will you telll me how the patterns are made?11 "When a design has been submitted designing styles is a profession by itself either made up from paper or shown from a French drawing or plate, and has been approved, competent fit ters imitate the design in cheap muslin, simply basting the parts together, yet being extremely careful to obtain a per fect and well-fitting model from which the pattern may be copied. These models, to insure a sure and stylish figure, arc fitted to a live model, who wears the ghostly dress till every plait is properly adjusted and the garment, made to compare exactly with the origi nal design. This cloth model is then sent to the description-writer, who carefully rips it apart, at the same time marking each portion that it may be exactly replaced from the directions she writes to accompany each pattern. Next comes the grader, who takes the dissected garment and cuts an exact pattern of each part, putting in all the notches and perforations as marked upon the cloth by the description-writer. The latter by this timeias sent the directions to the printer, who is fast making ready the envelopes to hold the pattern when completed.11 "How are they made to fit different porsons?11 "The grader, who has a system of measurement known only to the pro fession, prepares separate patterns or 'duplicates of the garment properly en larged or diminished to suit both great and small. He sends these paste-board patterns of the different sizes to the cutters, who stand before large tables with imraonse sheets of tissue paper in layers of fifty spread before them. The pattern is th'eu marked upon them and cut with large shears, and then is handed to girls, who with trained fin fiera rapidly fold and place them in the envelopes now in waiting. "Much art work is vequired in an es tablishment of this kiud, as the cloth model, after fitting, has to be sketched by skillful artists, who arc to bring out in the most graceful manner the curves, folds, and various novelties represented in the f ashion, to make :is acceptable a wood-cut as possible to use in the illus trated catalogue, upon the envelopes and other advertising mediums. Most houses issue a fashion paper, a few spicy and catching notes from the outer world helping the circulation of what without these would be a puro adver tising sheet" "Are these patterns much sought after?" "Over a million of patterns are sold yearly by one house, agencies being es tablished all over the world, though it is conceded that the most substantial orders are from the crowing West and from towns where the facilities for ob taining reliable stvles are few and fee ble. A love of being a la mode lies either latent or expressed in the heart of every woman, and to the favored ones living in the city a walk down the leading street or avenue brings to the mind of both young and old some new idea of dress, with which the country girl can only be blessed by the advent of a city visitor or by the fashion papers brought by the kindly mails. These papers are eagerly waited for and grasped on their arrival. Each new stylo is conned and criticised, and the want of the heart tilled and happiness made complete by the knowledge that a few cents will bring the requisite pat tern and. full directions for the making of the garment desired.11 "How manv new styles are brought out a month ?Tl "From fifteen to sixty new styles are manufactured monthly, and these some times form a nucleus for a two hundred page magazine partially made up of stories, articles on art decoration, prac tical housekeeping, etc, forming still another solid medium for farther circu lation of the styles manufactured. Twice a year styles are "killed" in order u keep thestock reduced to the proper number. The undesirable fashions are easily detected on examining the orders, which reveal sometimes a fickle and changeable public taste. A stroll through an establishment like this de scribed is interesting as illustrating a manufacture well repaying tire happy invention of the discoverer of a want long felt and supplied with the little oblong envelopes containing the myste rious angles, curves, and curious shapes of brown tissue, dotted and notched, called paper patterns." N. Y. Mail and JSxprcss. AN ASTONISHED CAT. How Poll Parrot Frightened Fuss and Saved Her Own Life. Gautier, the French writer, had a eat which slept on his bed of nights, on the arm of his chair in the day, followed him when he walked, and always kept him company at meals. One day a friend left his parrot in Gautier's charge during his absence. The poor bird sat disconsolate on the top of his stand, while ffie cat stored at the strange sight Gautier followed her thought, and she seemed to be saying: "It must be green chicken1 Thereupon she jumped from his writing table, crouched flat with head low, back stretched out at full length, and eyes fixed immovable on the bird. Parrot followed all the movements, raised his feathers, sharpened his bill, stretched out his claws, and evidently prepared for war. The cat lay still, and seemed to "be thinking: "No doubt though green, the chicken must be good to eat" Suddenly her back was arched, and with one superb bound she was on the perch, when the parrot screamed out: "Have your breakfast, Jack?" e Pussy was, almost frightened out of her wits. She cast an anxious glance' at her master, leaped down and hid under the bed, from which no threat or caress could bring her out for the day. Our DumbAnimals. Athletes, professional trainers, hun ters, mountaineers, all physically strong and perfect men, habitually breathe through the nostrils. This is claimed sifbe the reason for their A STRANGE PHENOMENA. What aa Eye-Witness Has to Say About the Underground Fires Now Baglng In High land CoBBty, Virginia. Among the recent arrivals in the city was Mr. Edward B. Elder, of Highland County, Virginia. Of late there have been reports from that section of the country of a strange phenomena which was said to have been witnessed in the mountains a few miles from Mon terey Court House, Highland County, Where the earth was said to be one burning mass. The fact that Mr. Mul hattonwas known to be in another quarter of the globe gave the story some credence, and more especially so as it was vouched for by responsible men. A reporter, learning of Mr. El der's arrival, went in search of him last night to see if he knew anything con cerning the matter. He was found comfortably ensconced in a cushioned chair at the Gait House, talking to some friends. When asked if he had heard of the strange performance na ture was said to be guilty of, he replied: "It is certainly true, and is the most remarkable thing I ever heard of. From present indications I should say that we are likely to have another edition of Mount Vesuvius produced in the moun tains of Virginia. The phenomena con sists of fires which seem to be raging under the earth, on top of the peaks in Highland County, and the ground for a considerable distance seems to be a smoldering mass. The first heard of it was a report brought by a boy who claimed to have walked over the place which was on fire. The country around is almost inaccessible, and it is very seldom that any one ventures so far up on the mountains, therefore it was only by accident that the discovery was made. A few days ago the boy, who was in search of some lost sheep, wan dered on foot among the hills, until he got several miles from home. All at once he felt the air grow warmer, and experienced a strange sensation, as if some burning substance was beneath nim. He was on an elevated plateau, probably a quarter of a mile square, on the top of one of the small mountains. At first ho was greatly alarmed and started to run away. His curiosity overcame his fear, however, and he stopped to see if he could find the cause of the unusual warmth. He Atnnned and nlaced his hand on the earth, and was startled to find that it was so hot as to almost blister his flesh. He did not pursue his researches any further, but proceeded at once to his home, where he told of the strange oc currence. No faith was put in the nar rative, and it was thought by the neigh bors that the youth was going crazy. "The news finally reached the town of Monterey, and some scientifically-in dined persons determined to investigate. Piocuring the boy for a guide, they went to the place and found that all he had stated was true. When they re turned, they told even a more wonder ful story than that told by the boy. This produced a great sensation throughout the immediate country, and a great many persons were nearly frightened out of their wits. The super stitious were of the belief that the day of judgment was close at hand and be gan to make preparations to respond to tne call 01 ine trumpet, wmen uiey momentarily expected to wake the si lence of the mountains. I lived some distance away, but when the news reached me I determined to satisfy my self. After nearly a day's travel over .the rough mountain road, which wound around cliffs at the foot of overhanging rocks, I arrived within a short distance of the region. 1 here loft my horse, and, together with a couple of friends who had accompained me, proceeded as best I could to the place indicated. I had beard exaggerated stories, and was almost prepared for anything, but I must confess that I was greatly startled. The earth for yards around seemed to be a smouldering heap and was as hot as an oven. In places a hard crust had formed over the clay, and large fissures made by the heat The air seemed very dense and foggy, and in many places a bluish smoke Droke through holes in the earth and spread over the mountain tops. We dug down to the depth of probably three feet and came to a yellowish sort of clay which was almost as soft as putty. When a shovelful was thrown out on the ground it smoldered like a heap of ashes, and a quantity of smoke seemed to rise from it. It was very hot, and glowed with a strange brilliancy, which lasted for hours. We tried the experi ment of digging down in a number of places, and always with the same re sults. The deeper we went the more pronounced was the phenomena, and we found it ditlicult to stand over the opening. How long this has been in tirogress no one knows, and the most earned are baffled for a reason. It looks as if a volcano was at work and ready at any moment to burst an opening through the earth and throw out its volume of smoke and fire. Hundreds of "people have visited the place, and all have Come away more mystified than a.ver." Louisville Courier-Journal. Life in Florida. The native Florida "Cracker" keeps np on salt pork, sweet potatoes, grits (prepared from corn), corn bread, joffee, and for a relish, sugar cane syr up; and he eats, if he can get it fully one-third more at a meal than the la boring man of the East North or West The result of this gross living is an un healthy disposition of body, a bloodless face, and childftn the color of death with unnatural appetites. I have seen them chewing and eating clay, mud, cement and other things, and it is not uncommon for death to be caused from such practices. Many are too poor to live even as well as this. The pork not imported is obtained from the "razor back" hogs, which run almost wild in the country, and are as trig a nuisance as can be imagined. They are an infe rior breed descended, it is said, from old Spanish stock, and are seen in droves tearing through the woods, breaking into plantations and doing more damage to property than they are worth. They have long gaunt bodies with a head like a monster pike, and each one bears on the ear the owner's 'mark," which varies from a fine Einted star to a peculiar slit It would a good thing for everybody if the egislature should pass a law banishing them altogether, or prohibiting them being allowed to run at large. Cor. Detroit Post. Analysis of Soil. The fertility of the soil is governed by -he proportion of fine impalpable pow der which exist in it, this powder alone Acting directly upon vegetable growth, vhich it does by entering the roots in solution with the water and acids with hich it comei in contact Put into a jarge (about a foot and a half long) glass tube the soil to be exaiftined, the sample to be all the soil removed in digging a hole two inches square by eight inches deep in any part of the land to be tested, then lift the tube half full of water and vigorously shake the whole until the contents are well mixed, sad afterward allow it to settle. The heavy grains sink first layers will be formed, the most fine and impalpable being nearest the top, the amount of which will of course govern the degree of the fertility of the sample, and an in telligent inspection of the different layers will allow anyone to form a pretty accurate analysis of the soil from jriafck tfce sample was Ukea.--fl Frmnei$t Ckromtlc. A HUMAN BAROMETER. Am Old Soldier's Ability to Foretell Stoi Through an Injured Leg. The surgeons of the Jefferson college hospital in this city, writes a corres pondent from Philadelphia, havo been very much interested recently in a some what unusual case that has been in their bands for treatment It is that of a man who may be described as a human barometer. So far, however, from boasting of his power to foretell changes in the weather, the patient, whose name is Frederick Gnyer, went to the hospital in hopes that the surgeons might cure him of his malady. During the war Guyer was Captain of Company D, Ninth New York Volunteers. Early in the morning of the second day's light in the Wilderness he was struck by a Minie rifle ball, which penetrated his rihtleg three inches above the knee. Ine engagement was so hot at the time that his comrades could render him no further attention than to place him under a tree somewhat out of the direct lino of firo, and there he remained for thirty-six hours, when a cnange of front by the Federal lines left hira in Con federate territory, and he was taken Erisoner. The rebel surgeon into whoso ands he fell insisted upon amputating his leg, and the operation was roughly performed by candlelight, the limb being taken off at the thigh. "Six or seven days after that," said Captain Guyer to the Times' corres pondent this morning "I began to feel severe pains in the stump, and have never been wholly free from suffering since. The sensation is apparently in the foot I have never felt any pain that seemed to come from the thigh, or, indeed, from anywhere above the ankle. There is usually a twitching sensation, such as a man experiences in the elec tric bath, at the point where tho great toe joins the foot Sometimes there is a similar feeling in the little toe; then, again there is a burning sensation across all the toes, and occasionally a pain in the heel. Before my treatment in the hospital I could alwaj'S tell by the increased severity of the pain when we were going to have a storm. It was es pecially severe just before a north or a northeast wind began to blow, but when there was a big storm coming my toes would begin to ache three or four days in advance, and as the storm approached the pain would become so intense as to almost set me crazv. You remember tho big electric storm we had three years ago, when the aurora filled the sky at night, and all the telegraph wires were disarranged. I was living then in West Twenty-eighth street, New York, and felt the storm coming three days before it appeared. I suffered more at that time than on any other occasion. The pain grew more severe as the storm approached, seemed to vary with its distance and its fluctu ations, and reached a climax just before it broke. Then the painful sensations began to pass away, and in a few hours, while the storm was still raging, I was at ease again. I could always foretell any change in the weather, either from fair to stormy or from stormy to fair, and could also tell its severity. A local storm or one of light magnitude affect ed me but slightly, while a general storm was announced by its unpleasant forerunners according to its magnitude; and, similarly, I knew by the relief from pain when clear weather was com ing. Since leaving the hospital I have been comparatively free from pain, though I still feel occasional twitches." The operation performed on Captain Guyer was as remarkable as hi6 dis ease. It consisted of the removal of a number of large bulbous formations from the stumps of the nerves. Bulbs about the size of the middle finger of the average loan's hand and nearly an inch long were cut off from the grealor and lesser sciatic nerves, and smaller formations were removed from other nerves. In all six of these abnormal growths were found and removed. The patient was kept in the hospital four weeks, and was discharged about two weeks ago, though he still reports peri odically for examination and treatment The wounds made by the scalpel are healing nicely, and the doctors think that when the inflammation subsides no more pain will be felt The patient is about forty-five years of age, of slender build, anil, aside from his peculiar malady, is in good health. He has never worn an artificial leg, but has al ways used cmtches. Dr. John H. Brin ton, the operating surgeon, is preparing a monograph on the case for publica tion in a medical journal. N.Y.Times. BREAKING IT GENTLY. How Faithful Mlcl.aal Told the Bad New to Hli Young Master. A young scion of our financial aris tocracy, who had been on an extended yachting tour in thn South seas for sev eral months, and out of reach of all tel egraphic and epistolary communication, returned home the other da'. He was met by an old and faithful employe of the house. "Well, Mike, how goes it?" said the young man. ' "Bad enough, Master John, for your poor jackdaw is dead'.' "Is he, indeed. Poor Jack! He has gone the way of all flesh. How did he die?" "Well, they don't rightly know, sir; but they think he must have overeat himself." "The greedy fellow. What di- they give him so much for?" "Well, sir, it seems he must have got to the place where the dead horses was lying " "Dead horses! What dead horses?" "The carriage horses. It was a very bad day and a heavy road, and they were kept standing." "When? What day? Whatroad?" "The road to tho cemetery, sir, and the day of the funeral." "What funeral?" "Why, the mistress's, sir." "Not my mother's!" "The same, sir, rest her soul. She took the master's death so much to heart that she did not live three days after him." "The master's! Heavens, Mike; do you tell me I have lost both my pa rents!" "The poor ould master took to his bed when he received the bad news, and niver left it, sir, till they put him in his coffin." "What bad news? What was the in telligence that afflicted the old gentle man so deeply?" "The run on the bank, sir, which has stopped payment The credit of the house is gone, and you are not worth a dollar." TAe Judge. m A Hint to Dudes. "This life ishorwiblydnll, Angelina," he observed, as he drew his seat closer to her. "I am boahed to dath, I as suah you, 'pon honah." "T nm verv sorrv that vou find life so." she said. "Everything is so beastly dull, yaw knaw; nothing going on." "It is very saa." "It is, I assuah you. I feel as if I had dwank the cup of life and got down to the dwegs. There seems to he nothing in the world to engage the mind." "O, yes there is," she said with ani mation. "You go and hunt around and get the mind, and when you have found ft come io me and I will suggest some thing that will engage it" Boston Courier. The Druggist estimates that .the annual production of canned goods in the United States equals 500,000,000 packages, or ten for every person. 1 HE BLACK REPUBLIC. A Kaoe of SaTag-es without Hope of Re demption Horrible Tal of Crimes and Superstition. Sir Spencer St John has just written a book on tho Hayti savages. He says the inhabitants were and savages they are likely to remain, indulging in all the horrible rites and acts of cannibal ism. There are many restrictions whico the whites have to contend with in all commercial transactions, besides tho unfairness of the laws; in brief, there are no laws framed that afford protec tion to the white. This rule is carried to such an extent that Judges are afraid to give a verdict in favor of a foreigner, no matter what crime the black may have committed. The dreadful massa cres that took place during the revolu tion are related with minute accuracy, and the only man who had any humani ty in his composition was Toussaint, the hero of the time, who with the true in stinct of a General, foresaw that his undisciplined forces could not cope with the perfect discipline of the European troops. He,therefore,inl79o,formedfour regiments of two thousand men each, whom he had drilled daily by French soldiers, his former prisoners. "During the continuous fighting, which occu pied a considerable period, Toussaint showed great magnanimity and control, and what was of great importance to the unprotected, when his word was once pledged he never broke it" Pass ing over this busy period, we can not find as the years roll on that the brutal nature of the Haytians had changed one iota, and it is difficult to decide which are the most bloodthirsty the negroes or the mulattoes. "When the decree was issued by Dessalines that mulatto children should inherit tho estates of their white fathers, two young men met, and one said to the other, you kill my father, and I will kill yours;1 which they accordingly did, and took possession of the estates." Now for a black example. "A negro General, grandfather of a lady I knew in Hayti, went to Dessalines after the appearance of tho decree, to murder the white French left in the island, and said: Emperor, I have obeyed your decree, I have put my white wife to death.1 'Excellent Haytian,' answered he, but an infernal scoundrel. If ever again you present yourself before me 1 will have you shot" No portion of the book is more strik ing and so likely to prove the retro grade condition of the people than the revolting custom of the voudoux wor ship and its attendant horrors of canni balism. The obscenity of the rites and the hideous practices are best described in the author's own words: A child has been stolen for the purpose of making a feast "She was thrown on the ground, her aunt holding her by the waist, whilst the papaloi pressed her throat and the others held her legs and arms; her struggles soon ceased, as Floreal had succeeded in strangling her. Tben Joanne handed him a large knife, with Which he cut off Claircine's head, the assistants catching the blood in a jar; then Floreal is said to have inserted an instrument under the child's skin, and detached it from the body. Having succeeded in flaying their victim, the fiesh was cut off from the bones and placed in large wooden dishes; the en trails and skin being butted near to the cottage. The whole party then started for Floreal's house, carrying the re mains of their victim with them. On their arrival Jeanne rang a little WjII, and a procession was formed; tuc head borne aloft, and a sa cred song sung. Then preparations yere made for a feast Jeanne cooked the flesh with congo beans, small and rather bitter (pois congo), whilst Floreal put the head into a pot with yams, to make some soup. While the others were engaged vi the kitchen, one of the women present, Roseide Sumera, urged by the earful appetito of a cannibal, cut from the child's palm a piece of flesh and ato it raw (this I heard her vow in open court. The cooking over, portions of tho prepared dish were handed round, of which all present partook, and the soup being ready, it was divided among tho assists ants, who deliberately drank it The night was passed in dancing, drinking and debauchery." In another case a French priest said to a mother: " How could you eat the flesh of your own children?" She answered, coolly: "And who had a better right? est ce que ce n'est pas moi qui les ai failV N.Y. Truth. TURKISH WOMEN. The Relations of Females In Turkey Towards the Opposite Sex. On the street the women are models of propriety, They never speak to a man on such occasions, though they will stare at a foreigner with simple and child-like curiosity. Fiances are al lowed to walk and talk together, and it is the correct thing for accepted lovers to serenade their dulcineas in the even ing with a guitar. The Hitter custom seems to be in the nature of a final test of the strength of the bride's attach ment Certainly from what I heard, if she can stand his music with compos ure, there are few trials as bad that will come to her in after life, unless he sings again. There has been the same loosening of rigidity of late years in the matter of women going abroad alone as in other lines of Turkish conduct To read the old statutes one would think the lines very hardly drawn, Thus in the time of Mouradlll. the women were forbidden to vJuar bright colors, or sail in a caique without their husbands, and if a woman was found in the streets alone it was the duty of every good Mouradian to stop her, reprove ber, and order her to go home. To-day the statutes are less severe, but in dead earnest as far as they do go. But the women are more careful, and ttough they are seen everywhere, rid ing in the cars, buying in the bazars, and lunching quietly in the cemeteries, they never venture to speak to a stran ger in the street ANIMAL ECCENTRICITIES. Queer Habit or Some or Our Four-Footed Friends. If a man begins to save against his old age, we call it thrift, and praise him as a small capitalist who is giving hostage to fortune; but if a dog accu mulates a store of bone3 or food, we look upon him as indulging irfdangerous ca prices, which mar end in the necessity of putting a bullet through his head. There may be exceptions here and there. Sometimes you will find an old lady who will protect eccentricity in a par rot a magpie, or a jackdaw, as a bird that has a right to a certain freedom of movement in return for its entertaining attempts at conversation. But, on the whole, there is no sterner standard of conventionality than that which we en force on our domestic animais. ret aogi become perfect bigots in favor of the usual, and persecute any attempt to de viate from it on the part even of a more powerful and less favored colleague, as the Inquisition persecuted heresy, or aa the court of Russia persecutes Nihilism. There is nothing equal to the indigna tion of an in-doors dog at any invasion of the privacy of the drawing-room by an out-doors dog, and nothing more melancholy than the servile apologies which the big dog will make to the lit tle one, for even proposing to break through the animal etiquette of the house. Popular Science afontktf. In the Himalayas there are six meals .a day bazree, chatie, hazroe, tiffin, lunch and dinner. MISCELLANEOUS. A Cleveland lady promenaded Mie streets forlivo hours with a card on her clonk reading: "I'or.ner pr.ee, 20; marked down to $12 to close out" Cleveland Lea-ler. The Chinese soldiers' uniform con sist of a blue tunic and as many more duds as he frels li'v getting insi.Je of. A goo 1 nun of them ue their hces forbrea't jfa:e. and stun eoltoa in their cars to k-ep from being scared. The firs: a e of painting the town red in thi co m r- wis when the earli est Aztec -u -t I Ti f o n M 'x'co celebra ted the corn; lotion of tht-'r lir.st vMae this side of the Kio Gra ide with an orgie of red-bi'ir'is. red-paint and red-rye This should end nil argument Chicago Herald. A maide i lady of Philadelphia was a witness hi eourr'the other day, and whci sworn was reqiie-ted to kiss the Bible. She refused. saying it was so long since she ki-se 1 ari thing that she had forgotten how it was done. This is a.strango and iuteresling case. Phila delphia Call. To those are constantly expecting a serious decline in the price of beef we may say that the population of the world is increasing much more rapidly than the number of cattle. This is specially tu.e of our own country, whero the cat ill; trade is pursued under the most fa voi able auspices. N. Y. Herald. Not long since a durable monument of cement was raised on the site, in the Island of Hawaii, on which the famous Captain James Cook fcli In 1779. It is the custom among sailors to inscribe their names upon small pieces of cop perplate and nail them to the trees in the vicinity of the monument. When Colonel Chaillo Long, who accompanied General Gordon to the Soudan in 1874, visited King M'Tesa, his appearance upon a white horse, something that had never been seen there, threw the King's subjects into the wildest panic, as they believed the horse and its rider to have come from celestial regions. - In the Agricultural Department at Washington 1G0 women are employed in putting up seed, and fifty-eight men are also engaged in the same work. The men get $150 and the women $125, although the work done by the women is identical in quantity and quality with that done bv the men. Washington Post. The volcano Kiiawea, on the Island of Hawaii, is 14,000 feet high and is said to be again showing a bad disposition. Five years ago it gave the town of Hile a free show, which it ended by ruuning down the curt-tin of oblivion on the town itself. The mass of lava was half a mile in width, thirty to fifty feet in thickness, ami buried lino much as Vesuvius did Pompeii. The "City of Churches" is Brook lyn, N. Y.; the "City of Masts" is Lon don; the "City of Monuments" is Balti more, Md.; the "City of Refuge" ti Medina, Arabia, where Mohammed took refuge when driven by conspira tors from Mecca: the "City of the Sun" is Baalbec; the "City of the Tribes" is Galway, Ireland, the residence in 1235 of thirteen tribes who settled there; the 'cleanest citv in the world" is Brock, in nll-ind !': the dirtiest city is . Chicaqi Herald. "I can always tell the nationality of an engineer by the complaint ha makes," said an engine builder and re pairer in one of our contemporaries. "The Scotchman is always worried about the 'bock losh:' Englishmen and Irishmen are always fighting 'the thump,1 which they firmly believe wad left there for them to remove; the Ger man is very much concerned about dem valves,' while the Yankee has a hard time to 'keep her from chawin' too much steam." X. Y. Sun. It seems, from all that can be learned from the fair sex, that Worth and his compeers in Paris charge a round hundred thousand francs, say twenty thousand dollars, to outfit a vouftg lady for the matrimonial voyage. For this she is equipped from top to toe: everything is of the best and in the latest fashion. Of course this is not the limit. Ladies in Paris occasionally spend two hundred and fifty thousand francs for their trousseau, and are heard to complain, a few weeks after marri age, that they have nothing to wear. A few days since, as workmen were removing old ice from Ober & Co.'s ice house, in Dresden, Me., says a corres pondent of the Boston Journal, they found a large frog between two blocks of ice that were frozen together solid and had been in the house two years. A number of heavy blows were required to separate the blocks, when on being released, his frogship stretched himself a few times to get limbered up and then hopped away as lively as ever, appa rently none the worsc'for his frigid im prisonment. m A LIFE OF HARDSHIPS. A Providence Hoy's Kxpcricnce as a De serter from the French Army. . The News printed, on Saturday, a story of a boy who enlisted in the French arm aud deserted three times. Tho names were withheld because tho parents desired to keep to themselves the greatest trouble of their lives. Bi'l now as they have decided to appeal to the Secretary of State for assistance in getting their son out of the army, it were better that the uames be given, that they may have the sympathy, at least, of'those who know the facts. The father's name is Simon Hcrion, a Prussian, who came to this country about fourteen years ago. He is em ployed in the "Wanskuck Mills, is a citi zen of tho United States, and is highly esteemed for Ids industry, his Christian character and worth. His wife is : Swiss, who lived on the. French side of the Confederacy. Hence, the father speaking German aud the mother French," the boys (Henry and John) be came fluent in the use of both. It is unnecessary to repeat the story of the boys' wanderings. It closed with the fact that Henry, the elder brother, had been recaptured after his third desertion and led back to prison. News has been received that he was sentenced to fifteen years' hard labor with tht chain-gang There are three French militarv posts in Algeria. At one oi these Henry is held. They live in tents, and the fare is wretched. The guard has orders to shoot any one who at tempts to desert But every one of them can be bought. When Henry was recaptured after one desertion he was kept 120 days in an underground dungeon, given only bread and water, aud a little dirty soup once a week. The hardships through which he has passed seem almost in credible. When John reached Algeria he went into the country to find the farmer for whom Henry worked. The farmer was away on a two days' jour ney. John waited for his return, and learned that Henry was in a place near the coast through" which John passed. As he stated in the other account John reached this place to see Henry led away by a French officer. If he had not lost two days waiting for the return of the farmer, he would have found Henry before the officer discovered him, and he might have escaped. John at once started for home, and is expected even- day. Henry Hcrion is a minor, not twenty years of age, and on this ground an attempt will be made through the Secretary of State to eficct his release. Since writing the above it has been learned that the son John has this morning reached his home in Wanskuck. He left Algeria on November 22. Prav dence News. SGHOOL AND CHURCH. The Unitarians are moving for s Onrch Building Loan Fund John Wesley'.-) -wpy of tiio Bible was in ue at the recent Centenary Method 3t. C:i:ifery:.t! in Bal ii.ior". The pabtorso: I i.e churches in i'itts ton. Pa., have irutv-1 i-i a earl against Sunday w.v r..i'd-lurgh I'osL A. P. M.er-. a York county, (Pa.) school tcaoh.T, who !-t both hands. ho!d- a pencil batw.vu tho stumps aud writes better than tin.- average. The oldest chu.' i in New Jersey, the Church on the i.'-eon. at Haeken sack, belongs to the Reformed Dtttch Communion. It was organized in 1686 with a m ;uibersin of thirtv-three per sons. N. V. Sun. The Episcopal mission? to Italians in New York has lv.'n qui; successful the past year. The Sunday school has numb.'rod lfeV. there were 52 candidates for continuation, 91 baptisms, and about 500 communicants. .V. Y. Trib wie. Bishop ll'irst, of the American Methodist Church, has had a private conference with Alexander I., Prince of Bulgaria, in which h.s explained fully the object of the mission there. The Prince is a Protestant, and the new con stitution gives equal rights to all do nominations. A strong effort is making in Massa shusets to improve the night schools which, under the law of the State,, form a part of the public school system. As history tells of so many great men who were forced by poverty to gain knowledge in their youth by the light af pine knots, it must seem that the night' school has a special reason for its being. Current. The Yale College catalogue, just out, announces that the vacations are to be on a new plan. The summer va cation of 18.35 will be for thirteen weeks instead of twelve, postponing the open ing of the next college 3ear until Sep tember 24. The Christmas vacation this year will therefore be only two weeks from December 22 uiftil Janu ary b instead oi three, as formerly. The total number of students in all de partments is 1.03G, to a corresponding total of 1.092 last year. It is reported that Mr. Ira D. San key, Mr. Moody's associate, has decided to use a portion of the profits accruing from thet sale of "fiospel Songs" in srecting and furnishing a public library building in New Castle, Pa., Mr. San key's home. The profit from the sale of the books has bceu very large, but the evangelists have refused to apply a sent of it to private ends. The fund is ased to found or maintain religious in stitutions, as the evangelists may direct. In New Castle, with its large manufac turing interests, there is great need of such an institution as Mr. Sankey pro poses founding. United Presbyterian. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS Quickness ain't no sign o' se.se. De trout snaps at de hook sooner den do catfish, but lie doan lib Arlzansaic Traveler. so long. Roes killed in the garden by cold weather come a'piin on the cheeks of the dear girls w:io are wise enough to romp and walk in the open air. A recipe for lemon pie vaguely adds: "Then sit on a stove aud stir constantly." Just as if anybody could sit on a stove without stirring con stantly. X V. Hcr-dd. It is said that Mark Twain rewrites every article eighteen times. This is done in order to keep the paper and pencil makers from shutting down and throwing men out of employment De troit Free Press. "O, dear, no!" exclaimed Mrs. Silvadollar: "we were obliged to re main at home this year. I did so long to see dear Paris again; but paw said he wouldn't think of it while the epider mis lasted." Uoslon Transcript. The banner Democratic counties of the North were New York and Kings, which gave 58,939 Democratic majority; while the banner Republican counties were Philadelphia, Allegheny and Lan caster, in Pennsylvania, giving a Repub lican majority of nearly 60,000. Chi cago Times. A little boT in one of the city Ger man schools, while engaged in defining words a few day a since, made a mistake which was not a mistake. He said: "A demagogue is a vessel that hold beer, wine, gin, whisk', or any other kind of intoxicating liquor." Washing ion Post. Once in a Lifetime : Her cheeks arc lluIio.l. hor eyes are wot, Slio liuuvcs a j-'o:itle sili. Hit hair is i:iuoil, she scarce knows yet What's hot. to l.mli or cry. What innkes hor hlii-h ami tremble SO With ui.njdcil joy and fright? The tlrt time in his. lire her bean II a kisst-il her sweet jrood-nitfht. .')sfim Courier. ''I am afraid that George is giving joo much attention to the classics," re narked an old lady. "Why do you .hink so?" a-kod the old gentleman. "Because when he was home the other lay I overheard him tell young Smith ic played base-ball a great deal, and ihat Ins studies were mostly all Greek to him. But I am glad th poor boy plays ball occasionally." Ar. Y. Su7i. "I don't see." observed Mrs. Grap. "why, when they are giving away all them ollices they don't let women hold something." "Th y w mid. my dear, but the women wo Tt dj it." answered her husband. "Well. I should like to know. John Grap, what they'll let them hold?" He took his hat, looked to see that the hall door was open, and in trembling accents murmured, "Their tongue, mv dear." An epicurean bishop was neatly taken in by a smart boy at Banbury. Being desirous ol tasting the famous cakes, lie beckoned to the lad to come to him to the window of le railway carriage, and asked the price of the cake. "Three pence each, sir," replied the boy. Giving him siK pence, the bishop desired him to bring one, and added as he was running oil", "Buy one for yourself with tho other three pence." Presently the bov returned, munching his "Banbury. 'f and, hamlfcig three pence in coppers to the bishop, an nonnce4.in the most ingenuous manner, "There was only one left, sir." London American Register. m - Every Point in Her Favor. It was in an East Boston ferry horse car. She was slight, delicate and stand ing up. He weighed over two hundred pounds, and was sitting in the corner by the rear door. Suddenly he jumped from his seat to ask the conductor a question. She (iunocent, unthinking creature) thought he meant to leave the car, and so she slid into the seat he had just va cated. Soon he concluded the inter view with the conductor and bejran to slide back into his eat again. The lit tle woman saw the proportions of the bulky form gradually assuming fright ful magnitude and a very alarming prox imity. Quickly digging her elbow into the ribs of her neighbor, whose head and Ixsard tooked like a bundle of saff ron, she interested him sufficiently in the jeopardy of her situation to induce him to raise his colossal fist and "fend off" the settling monster. Words can not picture the look of horror upon the mau's face when he received a vigorous thrust, mi the small of Ins back, and turned and saw this little wee woman in his seat. "Great Scott ma'am! Yer a pretty hard hitter, ain't yer? I hain't had such a clip as that since I was struck by an ice boat O, don't move, ma'am; be just as easy aa yer uma.. You've ev'ry point in yer favor. Boston Globe. YOUR BEST TIME FOR ACqOlRING A PRACTICAL EDUCATION IS NOW. IssssssssMagjy BsOfsrBssssjFssssf rHsBBBBBKirKlhi-BESIBV ?bsssbbsssssHb1 WEWW bsW"b"Psssb A DECIDED SUCCESS. THE FREMONT NORMAL AND BUSINESS COLLEGE, AT FREMONT, NEIL. Opened successfully October 21, with ten teachers aud a good attendance, w ich doubled during the firt live week, and is xtill steadily increaiii. Fifty Students in the Business CoIIeirc and Short-hand Classes: nearly lifty in the Norma or Teachers' Dep.irtineiit.md common branches, and a good attendance in the Music and Art Departments. The Facalty. PRESIDENT JONES has had owr twenty years experience in Edueatiouat work. PROFESSOR HAMLIN, I'rimipil or the Business College, ha- h.id over fifteen years' experience and is a Superior IV n man and Expert Aceounrant. PROFESSOR 310HLER L an or.j:in.I and inspiring teacher in the Natural Science and Business Department. PROFESSOR LAWTON, iT Ronton, Mass.. is a superior intriu-tor in Mumc Miss Sarah Sherman, of Chicago, is an artist of rare talent and skill, and a mo.t successful Teacher. Miss Lydia L. Jones and Miss Jesi Cuwle are grad uates of the Northwestern 1'imeisitj, and able teachers. Mr. A. A. Cow Its N a practical short-hauil reporter and i:: adept at type-writing. Tde other te-ieh-ers are thoroughly qiiulilicd. i:PKMKS VKIil i,ov. Tuition for fifteen weeks $1". Hoard costs from $2.50 to $"! 00 a week. In clubs and by self-boarding it costs lest Places can be found for several more students who wish to piy part or whole ot board by housework or chores. No Vacation. The WINTER TERM ot l." week- will begin Dee. 30, but students can kntku at any TIME, and are doing so contin ually, paj ing charges only from time of pntprinsr to time of leavimr. For particulars addre the under signed v . r. ,nj.r.-, a. .ii., Prest. 'of Normal College, Fremont. Neb UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE. Improved and Unimproved Farms, Hay and Grazing Lands and City Property for Sale Cheap AT THE Union Pacific Land Office, On Long Time and low rate of Interest. JgTFinal proof made on Timber Claims Homesteads and Pre-emptions. JOT All wishing to buy lands- of any de scription will please eall and examine my listof lands before looking elsewhere "A11 having lands to ell will please eall and give me a description, term , prices, etc. I3T I also am prepared to insure prop erty, as I have the agency of several first-class Fire insurance companies. F. V. OTT, Solicitor, speaks German. SAMUEL CSMITII, 30-tf Columbus, Nebraska. SPEICE & NORTH, General Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre for cash, or ou five or ten years time, in annual payments to suit pur chasers. "We have also a large and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terms. Also business and residenco lots in the city. "We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate in Platte County. C21 COLUM BUS, WEB. LOUIS SCHREIBEE, I! All kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Buggies, Wag ons, etc., made to order, and all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Beapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. Shop opposite the " Tattcrsall," on Olive St., COLUMBUS. 26-m -VTOTICE TO TEACHERS. J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt., Will be In his office at the Court nouse on the third Saturday of each month for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates, and for the transactton of any other business pertaining to schools. 5CT-J in presents given aicay. Send us 5 cents postage, ivfuv anu uy man you win get free a pacKage of goods of large value, mat win start you in won; inn win at once bring you in money faster than any thing else in America. All about the $200,000 in presents with each box. 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