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THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 1SS5. liters! at tfeo P::4.:3ce, Cxlsata, He., it teess elui nitter. SETTING TYPE. Hark to the click Of the typu3 in the stickl They fall and they meet with monotonous sound. As swiftly the fingers that seize them go round To hurry them into the stick "With a click, click. There they are in the stickl What do the types tell the world aa the stand? Here It Is satire; there eloquonco srand. "Weak as nothing when single, combinod their command. A wonder-power In iheir click. As in order they march into the stiok, Look again in the stick. To the workers of evil they sorrow betide; The cheat and oppressor in vain try to glide Away from the dlok,but tho earth oannot bi'Jo Thorn away from tho click, click. Of the types falling into tho stick. As thoy click, click, in tho stick. Monarch and tyrants their marshaling dread: They know that to freedom tho type hare beon.wod. And the visions they soo arc in color blood red. And thoy shako at tbo sound of the click. Foreror that click, click I In the gas that makes tho day-shino or rah sun's light That stick is forever Increasing Its might. And seeming to say: Horo we stand for the right! Oppressors, bewaro of tio stickl Thoso gay-colored types In tho stickl States, monarchies, potentates, Pashas and Kinps, The painter, tho player, tho poet who sings. Stand in awe of those poor, little, dull, leaden things. And the ominous noise of the dick.! Hut theo types in tho stick. To tho just and the true all nations around, To tho whole of mankind wboro tho virtues abound Most wclcomo to such is tbo musical sound Of tho typos with their click. Frank J. OUarton. A KISS IN THE DAEK. How an Unprincipled Man Was Outwitted by a Woman. Hon. Marniaduke Gervoise was a man with two very decided ideas one was that any young lady on whom he might propose to confer tho name of Gervoise ought to think herself a Tory lucky girl, indeed; and tho other was that she ougbt to have a magnificent fortune to counterbalance in some measure the immense advantages which would accrue to hor from such a union. . He was not, by any means, a bad fel low in fact, men generally said "Gervoise was a deuced good fellow so good-tempered, you know, and al ways ready to lend a hand." And they were right in saying so, for he had learned that a good-tempered man, who is willing to be useful to his frionds in little matters, is generally welcome, and everybody' is only too glad to make use of him, instead of undorgoing any trouble themselves. But he had ono disadvantage he was exceedingly poor. Still he was to be met every where in town and country, and in the latter particularly Indies gqvo him a hearty welcome. "Mr. Gervoise was so jolly and so useful. We really don't know how we should get on without him.1' Besides, he was undoubtedly a man of good family; and, even if queer stories had occasionally been whispered about him, how many people arc there whose lives would endure rigid cross examination? Only mothers with daughters whom they wero desirous of E lacing in society looked askance at im, and warned their girls "not to give any encouragement to that Mr. Gervoise." The rest of tho world was glad to see him, or was utterly indiffer ent to him; and, as he shot well, played a good game of billiards, was great in the art of arranging picnics and water parties, and had a good tenor voice and 6ome knowledge of music, both men and women found him a good com panion indoors and out, and pro nounced him an acquisition. At tho time of our story there was a very large gathering of guests in tho fine old house known as Bindon Court, the property of Thomas Kudgelow, Esq., an honesthcarted and hospitable manufacturer, who had married a very charming, beautiful and well-bred wife, and who was never so happy as when entertaining as many pleasant jxsoplo as his picturesque, but somewhat ramb ling, house would hold. Among the number of his guests at this particular time was Hon. Marniaduke Gervoise. - He found the houso a very pleasant ono to stay in, and made himself very use ful in'many ways to the owner, putting him up to many a wrinkle in the mat ter of invitiug and entertaining his guests, and managing to make all things run smoothly and pleasantly when difficulties cropped up, as they occasionally did. But he had another, and far more particular reason, for wishing to be at Bindon Court on this especial occasion. Mis3 Muriel Mor riewethcr was very lovely, very youn, very charming in manner, vcrVhighly accomplished, and report saidshe had twenty thousand pounds a year, abso lutely her own. Moreover, sho was an orphan, she " was a great friend of Mrs. Fudgulow's, and she had prom ised to spenu this October at Biddon Court, so Hon. Mannuduko conde scended to imagWo 5th"at he might be induced to think seriously about her. At any rate, the shooting at Bindon was iirst-rate, and if the young lady did not prove so attractive as he hoped, he would at loast have some sport. To Bindon. therefore he went, and he at once sot himsvlf energetically to work to carry the lovely Muriel and hor fortune-lu as..:ilt. it must be re membered that luwas a favorite with women, tlsat he was a fine, manly, handsome follow enoujrh, and one who would hardly fail to make an impres sion on any girl whose heart he had de termined to win. Miss Merriewether was not a Hrl easily won, however. She had set un for herself a standard of manly cxcellenre far beyond that re quired by the average young lady. It may be that her wealth had already made her suspicious of men and their purposes; but it is certain that her standard included high integrity, reso lute purpose, a noble aim in life, and other things of which Gervoise had not the faintest conception. It need not be supposed from this that Miss Muriel was a dull, heavy, solemn yonng wo-man--far from it. She was as bright and joyous, as full of vivacity and in telligence as any girl of her age might wish to be; but her vivacity was tem pered by her own perfect honesty of thought, and her acknowledgment of the responsibilities of life. Utterly unconscious of the character of the girl whose affection he proposed to lnmsell 12 ins idle, careless, con ndent wav to win, uervoise com menced the siege without a suspicion that failure could possibly await him, and that very confidence stoodnim in good stead, for it gave him a firm and upright bearing before the. girl which she, in her innocence, might and did take for outward evidence "of the mens eonscia recti. Up to a certain point Gervoise seemed to carry all before him. The respectful admiraticn with which he began his approaches soon gave way to the less restrained inter course of a naturally agreeable inti macy, which, in its turn, drifted into the lively friendliness possible tetweem those trkose tastes in the less aerloaf matters 'df life are similar. Gervoise. wag now keenly anxious to advance still farther; bat here he met with bis first check. To Miss Merriewether it was a very different matter to consider man as a pleasant companion for a day, and to allow her mind to entertain for a mo ment the idea of that man as the prop and mainstay of a whole life. It was not enough that the mental should ap pear toTaa gold it mast be hall-marked and trna to tha core. Nevertheless, )xqt mind was often deeply moved by the obvious advances ox the man wno knew, in Us worldly wisdom, how to work upon the sweet weakness of a woman's mind, and who did not fail to hint that had he suoh a on as a guide and counselor, his lift might and should bo more useful in tha future, and all his forgotten yearnings after the good and noala should revive within him. And all this well-acted humility and delicate lattery, applied to the point which was her weakest, because she thought it was her strongest, took more hold upon IGss Merriewether than she dared to admit to herself or he to hope. He looked capable of great things. Strong, handsome, genial, clever, andwell-oon-nected. he might be tho very partner of whom she had dreamed, who would aid her with every gift belonging to him in the great purposes of good which sho had in her mind. Why'should she mjrffco the means of rousing him from tho slumbrous frivolity of his present Iilef And yet her money! He was poor, she knew. Was she never to be sure of being .wooed for her own sake alone? She must judge for herself, and it must be no hasty judgment She would be very circumspect, and yet as the idea of cold calculation with regard to this man passed through her mind, she felt a pang at her heart whioh told her, unwilling though she might be to admit it, that the poison had begun to work. How it is possible that inno cence and truth should hold their own against worldly wisdom and guile un less a miracle should interpose on be half of the former? A morning shooting-party had ended in a lunch in a charmingly-sheltered nook, at which the ladies had joined the sportsmen, adding materially to the picturesqucness and vivacity of the scene, but considerably interfering with the continuance of the sport after lunch was over, and eliciting sundry savage and ungallant growls from cer tain old and ardent sportsmen, who considered women utterly out of place anywhere but in a drawing-room. Ger voise, however, was not one of these, and he had willingly laid aside his gun and consented to stroll home with some of the ladies, the more readily as he seemed to see an opportunity of press ing his suit to a successful issue. This, however, was denied him; but when at C ast he parted from his fair companion e left her in little doubt as to his speedy intentions, and in a great and conflicting state of emotion as to the result of them. Nothing was said, however, that day, and, after a most pleasant ovening, tho gentlemen re tired to billiards and cigars, and tho ladies to rest, or rather to those myste rious rites which precede that act. Like the others, Muriel retired to her room, and, without much delay, to bed; but, finding her mind unsettled with the oc currences of the day, and longing for sympathy and advice, she at last rose hastily, and, donning her dainty dressing-gown and slippers, made her way to the room of her hostess, with whom she often enjoyed a late chat, and iu whom she washalf inclined to confide her difficulties. This bestowal of con fidence, however, was a harder task than she had counted on; her friend was tired and sleepy, and not by any means in good mood for receiving con fidential utterances, and it is only into a really sympathetic ear that such ut terances can be poured; so, finding it getting late, Muriel said good night, and, seizing her bedroom candle, rushed off to her own room onco more. Her very haste, however, led her into diffi culties, for at tho first corner she came to a sudden blast blew out her candle, and left her in absolute darkness. Never mind. She could find her room in tho dark; it was not very far. She could hear the gentlemen still making a noise over their pool; all would be safe; and so she groped her way along the passage, turned another corner, hit upon thft door of the room, opened it, felt her way along the bed to the dressing-table for her matches, and found herself encircled by a pair of strong, warm, and evidently manly arms, while a voice said in surprise: 'Hullo! Why, who the deuce are you?" adding, as tho sense of touch assured him that it was no robber, but simply a woman. "Don't be frights ened, my dear. What brings you here?" "My dear," indeed! Did he take her for one of tho maids? If he was the man she thought him to be (for she re cognized Gervoise's voice in an in stant), he would let her go instantly, without a word, without even asking who she was. Thank goodness! he could never find out in the dark, and if she did not speak he could not tell. So sho only struggled hard in his grasp, but never uttered a sound. "Don't bo frightened," he continued, in a soothing, but to her a horribly familiar manner. "I won't hurt vou. Of course, you mistook the room. Only tell me who you aro, and give me a kiss to keep your secret, and I'll let you go." A kiss, indeed! And this was the man sho had believed to be so chival rous. Never should he loarn whom he had held in his arms. And she strug gled harder than ever to escape. "Quiet, silly one!" he said, with some impatience in his tone. "Don't I tell you I won't hurt you. Come, give mo a kiss, and tell me your name Rke a sensible girl, and I promise to let you go. I can't do fairer than that, can I?" But still no sound from her, only a further strugglo as he strove hard to kiss her and she to push his face away, severely scratching his cheeks in the dark in her efforts to avoid his caresses. And now he, too, began to got angry and to strive more masterfully for the toll which ho was determined to take, with the result of finally reducing his victim to an utterly exhausted condition of body, though her spirit was such that she allowed no sound to escape her. But her prolonged and silent resistance had thoroughly roused his spite, and the tru 9 temper of the man came out unchecked; and, as he impressed a kiss upon hor cheek, wet with angry tears, "Little fool!" he 6aid, "if 3-011 had not been so ab surd I would have let yon off, bat now lam determined to know who you are; there, that little pinch will last long enough to enable me to recognize you in the morning, and make you repent of your folly," and as he spoke he gathered up the tiniest bit of her velvet check in his teeth and bit it sharply, causing little pain, but mak ing a mark which would be visible for many davs. And then he let her go, and she darted as quickly as the dark ness would allow her into the passage, and away to Mrs. Fudgelow's room, leaving, in her wild, angry haste, her candlestick and one little slipper be hind her. Gervoise, who had come up from the billiard room to fetch a ciga rette, now decided, remembering the scratch he had received, to go to bed, but, having brought no light with him, he had to manage his undressing as best he could in the dark. Whilst groping along the room, he felt with is bare foot tho soft slipper; "Ono more link in the. chain of evidence, my lady," he remarked with a chuckle, tne supper unuar ms puiow. Meanwhile, Muriel had flown in a half hysterical state to the arms of her friend and hostess, and had poured out her indignant story into her sympa thetic ears. 'How could he? How could he?" she kept ejaculating, as she gradually told all the details of the matter, and showed her pretty cheek with the little angry red mark in the center of it, and then her slipper, he had that also what could she do? How could she escape the shame of detection? She knew from his tone how insolently triumph ant ha would be. Mrs. Fudgelowwas full of sympathy and indignation. "He shall leayo here to-morrow, my dear, I promise you." "But that won't prevent his knowing who it was he kissed Oh, he is horrid, horrid!" "Never mind, dear, leave that to me. I think we can outwit him. Men are clumsy things at the best; they have their bruto force, and that is all they can rely upou. A woman can always outwit any man; and now, come, I will take you to your room and see you safe in bed, and then you must go to sleep and hope for tho best." And Muriel went to bed in all due submis sion, but hardly slept much. Gervoise wolte early, as was his wont in the country, and his mind instantly reverted to the incident of the previous night. How sorry she, whoever she was, would be to think that she had not submitted quietly. After all, what was a kiss in the dark? Nothing for a girl to mind. He would have the up per hand of her now, though, perhaps, he was sorry ho had marked her. No girl would like that. Nover mind, it was done now, and could not be un done, and with that satisfactory re flection he put on his dressing-gown and hurried off to the bath-room before tho house began to stir. Returning some ten minutes after wards, and procecd'n?to shave, he was considerably disgusted to find a long, curved scratch across his right cheek, which did not add materially to his personal appearance, and .which, he feared, could not in any way be attri buted to a slip of his razor. No matter; he had marked her, too; and, by the way, thero was the slipper. He would havo a look at that; r o doubt it was a pretty littlo thing, and there would he no difficulty in fiud'ng tho fellow to it; and, as he thought' thus, he moved toward his bed, and passed his hand under tho pillow in search of it. He drew it out, and stared at it in amaze ment. It was an enormous old, worn out, frowsy carpot-slii per, which would have fitted a giant. Could this bo the one that he had placed beneath his head last night? Ho shuddered at the idea; ho was suro that it was nothing of the kind; he could not be so de ceived! But his visitor had dropped her candlestick; ho had heard it fall, and she certainly had no chanco of .picking it up again. Ho searched for it anxiously. It had got kicked under tho dressing-table in the struggle. He went down on his knees and groped for it. Ho brought it to light a horrible, battered tin candlestick of the very com monest mak and literally covered with grease! He was utterly lost in astonishment, and then it suddenly dawned on him that it was a trick. Oh, ho, that was the game, was it? Two could play at that. Now he was glad he had marked her. Cover her face as she might, it would be impos sible to escape detection. What a lit tle fool she must be to think she could get tho better of him! Wait a bit, till breakfast. If bhe came down he would recognize her at once. H she had a ladys "headachi," and avoided put ting in an appearance, he would still know who she was, of course. What a littlo fool! Weil, well, she must take tho consequences. And ho went on with his dressing. He purposely lin gered over his toilet, and gloated over his coming triumph. lie determined that he would be a littlo late, so that his victim might suffer from the ex pectation of his coining. The break fast bell, therefore, had rung some time before Hon. Marniaduke Gervoise strolled into the breakfast room to find all the guests assembled. As he ten dered his apologies to his hostess, ho noticed that she had a small piece of black plaster on the center of her left cheek! Good heavens! it could not have been she! What a terrible mis take! And yet ho recollected that it certainly was tho left cheek of tho mysterious visitant that he had marked. Her greeting, too, was decidedly dis tant. He cast his eye hurriedly and anxiously around the table. All the ladies wore a piece of black plaster iu tho center of the left cheek! That very morning the Hon. Marnia duke Gervoise found himself obliged to hurry away from Bindon Courts without even saing "good-bye" to anyone but h's hn;t. and it was noticed that his nam; was not mentioned ir. conversation t'lat evening, nor was j any regret expressed at his departure. onl3' Miss Mcrru-wethcr was confined to her room by reason of a bad head ache. London Truth. CONCEr.N'.NG PUNS. Something' Which l'uurtrrs Should Bead, Reflect Upon, and Lt Governed Accord- insrly. When a young man finds that he has given expression to a pun, he should take a piece of as:if tida about a? big as a hickory nut and chew it He will not feel like making another pun as long as the tasto of the drug remains in his mouth. He should carry some of tho drug m his vest pocket when ho goes out in company, and keep a piece in his mouth constantly. It may be offensive to the company, but it will not bo half so offensive as his old back number, teeth-worn puns, and he will become a favorite. If this course will not cure him he had better go and drown himself, There is no such thing as a new pun, as every word that is susceptible of a pun has been puui;e I for thousands of years, so when you hear a person make a pun you can be sure it is a thousand years old. If a man or woman, when making a pun on a word, realized that an Egyptian mummy in the museum, when alive, had made the same pun and laughed at it boisterously, he would be ashamed of his own attempt. Tho Persian language is good enough if you take it straight, and it is foolish to torture it Theman who makes puns habitually is usually a weak man, who imagineshe is smart, as you can see by watching him as he laughs at his own smartness. As good a way as any to squelch a punster, is to listen to his pun, look thoughtfully and say, "Before the Flood," or "Credit to Adam." Toung men who get in the habit of making puns on all occasions lose their posi tions, girls go back on them and they go through life alone, except in rare instances. A girl hates to face the prospect of a lifetime of poor puns, and will think twice before marrying a punster, as he js liable to practice his Sans on his wife. Persian Mediator, 800 b. a A very sensible physician of great experience once assured the writer that it was of no more use to argue with vo. angry woman than to debate with a northeast snow-storm. Providence JturnaL An expert on insanity Isolds that an imperfect supply of oxygen, or simply breathing a vitiated atmosphere, may suffice to produce the mental dis order known as melancholia. Ckicaf AT. THE RINK. cfohnsoa Tells Hla Friend Boa well the 8iurv of His Experiences on Roller Skates. "To begin with," said Johnson, to a Tribune reporter, "I must tell you that a man whom I had always looked upon as a friend gave me a couple of tickets to a roller-skating rink. If you are at all acquainted with roller-skates I need sav no more, but for fear you are not I will relate my sad experience with them. Let me remark parenthetically that if I am ever given a good chance I will subject my false-friend to gross indignities, as he is the sole cause of my miscellaneous aspect this night I will not tell you the name of the particular rink I visited, but as there are only about eighteen in the city you may bo able to guess it "Well," continued Johnson, "having nothing particular to do this evening, I thought I would use one of the rink tickets, and I accordingly visited the horrible resort from which they were issued. I reached the place about eight o'clock, and already the smooth floor was filled with merry skaters, whirling graoefully over tho surface. It looked very easy, and I knew I was a very clever performer on the ice, so I thought I would take a little whirl myself. First, let me ask you Box, if you have been on roller-skates?" "No," answered Boswell, "I have never had an opportunity. But I have written up several carnivals, and it looked like a very easy accomplish ment" "O, it did; did it?" said Johnson, sar castically. "Well, I'll give you this other ticket, and I'll bay a box when you make your first appearance. I sap pose some of your friends skate?" "Yes, I have a female relative who is learning the art, but she is lame now." 'Til bet she is if she had half my ex- erience. But to proceed. 1 signed a ease for a pair of skates and buckled them on. Then I arose. It would be hardly fair to ask me how long I stood up, as I did not have time to calculate the exact period. However, I sat down again. Not that I cared at all to sit down, as I was far from tired, but my recollection of sitting down is very dis tinct Just feel that eye-tooth. I know it was not loose when I dined. Well, with tho aid of the railing I stood up again, and a pleasant-faced young man with gold braid on his cap "kindly in formed me that my skates were on wrong side before. He courteously volunteered to adjust them, and then told me I must strike out boldly. "That pleasant-faced young man left his countenance firmly fixed in my mind, and if fato wills that we shall meet again I will do a desperate deed. Ac cording to his instructions I struck out boldly. At least I remember that was what I started to dp. Something struck me a violent blow on the back of the head, and well, talk about yoor Stod dard lectures! I'll bet I saw the whole of the 'Castle-Bordered Rhine' inside of thirty seconds. You oan't imagine well, just feel that" Johnson bared his marble brow and placed Boswell's palm on a lump as big as an egg-plant which had arisen in its might on the back of his head. "Just feel that annex I built on the back of my head without a permit It's pretty large now, but you should have seen it when I came to. Talk about your double-headed boys! I was a sight When I regained consciousness I ih kluntarily looked around for the pleasant-faced young man with the gold-braided cap, but hehadmadegood his escape. I was assisted to the railing by a young man with a polo cap, who looked as though his name might be Chauncey, or Herbert, or Reginald, or some other such name that suggest! nessel-rode pudding or tutti-frutti. I know that week-days he viciously pecks at a counter with a stub-pencil and yells "Cash." "I suppose you quit then," said Bos well, eyeing the well-developed lump critically and comparing it with the egg-shaped shadow that Johnson's head cast on the opposite wall. "Quit," snarled Johnson, scornfully. "Do 3'ou suppose I'd give up when I saw such fellows as 'Cash,' who had legs like matches, skating so gracefully? After I had reduced this bump a little by the use of ice-water, I again took tie floor and skated all the way around the rink. Of course I had one hand on the railing," ho added, noticing Boswell's wondering look, "but I made it. I tried this four or five times, and then I grew bolder. 'Cash' glided b3' me with such ease that I gained confidence and started to glide after him. Will you believe me I thought I had the hang of the thing, for I went along nicely until I reached the center of the rink. When Isaw that panorama I had resolved to give it up, and so I put on my Newmarket. I started out again without removing it, and I'm sorry I did now, as I might have saved that from the wreck. I reached the middle of the rink, as I said, and was going along nicely when a dis pute arose between my feet One wanted to go toward the entrance, while the other seemed bent upon going up to the band-stand, and they started. Of course I wanted to stay where I was, but the feet wouldn't have it that way. The3' went as far as they could, and then sudden' started forward in parallel courses. The3' went too fast for me and I was obliged to sit down again in order to stop them. As I did so I heard something break, and I learned too soon that the sections of my beloved Newmarket had takon sides with my feet and had separated. This shattered Derby rolled away and gained for me tho only bright spot in nij memory of the occasion, for it interrupted the pro gress of one of my friend 'Cash's' skates, and for a moment the air was completely filled with drygoods clerk and polo cap. "That wound me up. I sat right there and removed my skates, picked off the sections of my Newmarket, re covered my di3abled"Derby. and limped over to the dressing-room. There I paid the rent for my skates and for feited the lease. I have to carry this coat on mv arm, and as both of them are lame it is not a pleasant load. I think I am injured internally. "WI13' don't you go to the afternoon sessions and "learn how to skate?" queried Boswell. "Boswell," said Johnson, pathetic ally, yet sternly, "we have been warm and. fast friends for many years. Do not sever that friendship by again re ferring to the pleasant pastime of roller skating. I hope that I shall never try it again, but if I ever do I shall use a net. I have resolved never to read the newspapers again or look at hangers in the street-cars, because if I should ever see a roller-skating rink mentioned I could not be held responsible for my actions. The mission of my life now is to mete out justice to the alleged friend who gave me the tickets and to the pleasant-faced man with the gold braided cap. Let's go," and Johnson went home on the two o'clock Gurney, while Boswell, the historian, resumed his pilgrimage to his "third-story back." Chicago Tribune. m m A fanner on Russian River, Cali fornia, ten year ago owned one hun dred acres of wheat land from which he derived an annual profit of $1,000. He cut it into five-acre tracts and sold it to hop and fruit growers. Now the same one hundred acres supports eleven families and yielded this year a profit of 32,000, a single acre producing $600 in plumbs. San Fi ncisco Chronicle. m m As an illustration of the depression in land values in England, it is stated that an estate in Devonshire, of 420 teres, for which 18,000 was refused a few years ago, has just beam sold lor 8,000. A SAVIOR OF CHILDREN. What Gearge Smith Did fur the LUtlv Toiler of tJi I.mitlnn CrioUyards. The wonder gro.vs upon him who watches the current of events, as de scribed in the columns of the news papers of the dny, why any one need go elsewhere for stories of noblo human effort and beautiful self-sacrifices and heroism. No classic pages contain a more inspiring recital than the account given iu a recent number Of the Pall Mall Gazette of the labors of Georgo Smith in behalf of the bard worked infant slaves of Great Britain. The degradation and misery of the children, who, until George Smith ap- I teared as their savior, toiled from ear iest history in the brickyards and on the canals of Great Britain, can never be appreciated by those who have not seen it What t'he child's life in the brickyards really meant may bo im agined faintly from the fact that it was no rare thing to see a little child toil ing under the weight of forty pounds of clay, which it was the duty of the children to carry to the table where the bricks are made. These mere babes some of them only four or five years old would do such work as this for thirteen or fourteen hours a day, and work nights in addition. George' Smith was the son of a poor brick layer, and began his life as one of the little serfs of the brickyard. For six pence a day he would carry these heavy weights of clay, walking the equivalent of fourteen miles, and on every night of extra work, carrying a weight which mounteduptoa total load of five tons. His sixpences he spent in books. The, vitality that gave him a margin of energy above that needed for the drudgery of his daily tasks pushed him up into the position of manager of a brickyard, but his personal success did not deaden his sympathy with the cruel victims of the system from which he had escaped, ite set himself at work to lighten their loads and ease their lot, and as a result lost his situation. Thenceforward he gave his whole life body, soul and mind to the cause of the poor children in whose behalf he had sacrificed himself. There were 80,000 children living in the bondage of the brickyards, and in their behalf this noble-hearted though imperfectly equipped philanthropist laid siege to the public and the Legislature, and by the mero dint of enthusiasm, and hard work, and what the unjust Judge in the parable called "continual coming," compelled the country to listen, and succeeded in obtaining three acts of Parliament His first achievement was the Brickyards act of 1871, by which these 80,000 children were taken out of their pens and sent to school. When he had done this for the 30,000 brick yard children he turned to the rescue of 60,000 children who lived ou the canal boats of Great Britain in an ignorance, degradation and brutality even worse than that of the brickyard children. In 1877, six years after the passage of his Brickyard act he got from Parlia ment the Canalboat act, by which these 60,000 children, too, were allowed to escape from the little six-feet square cabins of the canalboats into school. Tho Canalboats act as it came out of Parliament was not all that was needed, and this indefatigable man set himself to work to have it amended. This took seven years more, but at the end of that time the work was done, and, thanks to the unselfish heroism of George Smith, 80,000 brickyard chil dren and 60,000 canalboat children are now given through education an escape into the life of a real humanity which, but for him, they never would havo breathed the air of. While George Smith was doing this for others he was doing nothing for himself, and to-day he is a while-haired man, too old to obtain employment, unfitted by his peculiar occupation for the last twenty years from doing manual work, penniless, and with a family living in distress and poverty. His mission is not ended. The gypsy children of England are still to be rescued, and he had set his heart upon doing that work before he shut his eyes. He has recently had a grant from, the Royal Bounty Fund of one thousand five hundred dollars to save him from immediate destitution, but this makes no permanent provision for him. The nation which spends three million a year for the support of its royal idlers should not be willing to sec the man who has done the royal work accomplished by George Smith abandoned to actual want and com pelled to cease his philanthropic efforts. The Pall Mall Gazette well says the re ward of philanthropy such as -his should certainly not be literally star vation, and a man of his disinterested enthusiasm and capacity for philan thropic work should at least be al lowed his rations. Even convicts have as much as that It is worth passing notice that this magnificent philan thropy is not the fruit of any profes sional labor agitation nor of any use of the great power and wealth of the trades unions, but of the simple, unas sisted, individual self-sacrifice of one man. Communism, Socialism, trades unionism never spoke a word or lifted a finger in behalf of the ninety thou sand children whom George Smith has given his life to save. Chicago Tribune. Bill Nye's Philosophy. To the young the future has a roseate hue. The roseate hue comes high, but we have to use it in this place. To the young there spreads out a glorious range of possibilities. After the youth has endorsed for an intimate friend a few times, and purchased the paper at the bank himself later on, the hori zon won't seem to horizon so tumultu ousty as it did aforetime. I remember at one time of purchasing such a piece of accommodation paper at a bank, and I still have it, I didn't need it any more than a cat needs eleven tails at one and the same time. Still the bank made it an object to me, and I secured it Such things as these harshly knock the fluff and bloom off the cheek of youth, and prompt us to turn the strawberry-box bottom side up before we purchase it Youth is gay and hopeful, age is covered with experience and scars where the skin has been knocked off and had to grow on again. To the young a dollar looks large and strong, but to the middle aged and old it is weak and inefficient When we are in the heyday and fizz of existence, we believe everything, but after awhile we murmur: "What's that you're givin' us," or words of a like character. Age brings caution and a lot of shop-worn experience purchased at the highest market price. Time brings vain regrets and wisdom teeth that can be left in a glass of water over night. The Inglesiae. A New York correspondent refers to a society war between Gotham's parvenus" and the "noblesse." In New York the "parvenus" are those whose money was made by their father. The "noblesse" are those whose monev was made Vy their grandfather, ft may seem rather a narrow line, but it is the best we can do in this "blahsted kentry." A very brilliant light is obtained is. China from candles only of late years imported into Europe made of wax applied by insects specially reared through Chinese ingenuity. m -Artificial oysters andmuahroome are now sold in Paris. BUYING NEW TOOLS. Matters Whln't I r i n Should Carefull? Loo!; Into llefurr Purchafttnjr The farmer who now selects new tools for another so.isous work, will find it a matter:.? economy in labor, to choose those wHeh are as light as a sufficient tlegree of strength will admit Wietding a needlessly- heavy tool is a waste of strength. But there is a great difference in the work to which it may be applied. A hand-hoe, for instance, may make two thousand strokes in an hour, or twenty thousand a day. A needless ounce in weight will therefore require the constant movement of this ounce twenty thousand times daily, or equal to more than half a ton, which the operator must expend in personal strength. Somo tools are half a pound heavier than use requires; and day laborers, who use them, waste an amount of strength equal to whole tons in each day. There are other tools not requiring the constantly alternating movement of the hoe, when additional weight is not so detrimental, as for ex amplo the crowbar, which being used as a lever, does not require constant motion. But in all cases, tools are to be constructed in accordance with their intended purpose. The crowbar must be heaviest where the weight rests, and decrease in size with the distance from this point. Thero is often too little taper towards the hand, and conse quently tho bar is usually bent under the weight, and nowhere else. Properly constructed, the handle would be bent as soon as any other part and no sooner. The same principle will apply in the construction of hoe-handles, which should be strong where the right hand moves, and if the tool, slightly tapering toward the blade, to which most of the motion is given, it will prevent a needless expenditure of strength. The principle with which Dr. Holmes imagined the maker of the hundred year "one-horso shay" adopted in con structing every part of the vehicle ac cording to strength required, may be aUo applied in the construction of tools as far as practicable. The part which most frequently breaks should be made stronger next time. That which never breaks is needlessly heavy. A light plow, strong enough for con tinued use, economizes the strength of the team. If twenty pounds too heavy, the friction which these twenty pounds create on the solo in dragging over or through the soil, will require a force at least equal to ten pounds more than is necessary. Thcwj ten pounds con stantly bearing on the horse all day will amount to about as much as plow ing one entire acre in a twenty-acre field. Some plows are made much heavier. All these matters should be carefully looked into in purchasing any tools; and such as are in frequent or constant use require more euro in selection than such as are rarely enplov'ed; and more care should be given to the form and strength of those parts which have a quick vibratory motion, where momen tum must be continually created and arrested, than in such as have a con tinuous or revolving motion. As human strength is more valuable than horse or steam power, hand tools should be selected with particular care, and light and effective, as well as dur able ones, preferred to those which are heavy, clumsy and inefficient espec ially if in da:ly use. Where the efficiency of a tool de pends entirely on the momentum which ma3' be given to it, a different rule ap plies, as with a hammer, which must have s weight corresponding with its intended use. A heavy hammer would not drive a small, slender nail, but would bend or double it; while the quick blow of a light hammer would accomplish the desired purpose. On the other hand a large spike could not be driven with a light hammer. Rivet heads are spread only with the quick blows of a light hammer, in the same way that a stake or post has its head battered and split with a light axe. A heavy pounder is required for a heavy post A tack-hammer would mak no impression on it, whatever might be the vigor with which it is used. Country Gentleman. THE TEETH. Cleanliness Is All-Important to Their Preservation. Cleanliness is all important in the preservation of the teeth. Perfectly clean teeth will not decaj. Food re maining in contact w'th the teeth by lodging between them, or somewhere about them, is a ver prolific source of caries or decay of the teeth. An arti cle in the British Medical Journal says: "The general prevalence of dental caries is chiefly owing to food remain ing on and between the teeth after meals from breakfast-time till the fol lowing morning, when according to custom the teeth are bru-hed; brushed, but probably not cleaned, as the brush is more often used to polish the surface merely than to assist in removing what has accumulated between them. Ex periments have been referred to that prove tho solvent action of weak acids on the teeth: and I think it will be conceded without proof, that were por tions of our food mixed and moistened as in mastication kept during the night at the high temperature of the mouth, the compound would become sour. It follows that dental caries must con tinue to prevail as now, while it is the custom to allow food to remain in con tact with the teeth all night. The fol lowing observations show the de pendence of caries on food re maining in contact with the teeth. When the teeth are wide apart food is not retained, and they gen eralh remain free from caries. The lower front teeth are seldom attacked by- caries when, as Is generally the case, the spaces between them are closed to the entrance of food bv- tartar. The backs of all teeth, upperand lower, be ing kept free from food by the tongue, are seldom affected by caries. Lodg ment of food ta!es placft between the bicuspids, between the molars in the depression on the masticating surface of these teeth, and on the broad walls of the molars, and these are the chief seats of caries. While mastication is performed b3 the molars and bicuspids, the upper front teeth remain free from food and caries; but when they them selves are made to do the work of lost or diseased molars, aud the food gets between them, caries is certain to fol low before long. Further proof can not be required that, if no food re mained in contact with the teeth after eating, they would be free from caries, unless acted on bv acidity from other sources. The only indications, there fore for the prevention of dental caries are the neutralization of acid applied to the teeth, and the removal of food be fore it has become acid." In conclusion it may be said that the greater part of the decav of teeth might be prevented by scrupulous cleanliness and attention to the diet The teeth ought to be freed from all particles of food between them by the use of a wood or quill tooth-pick after each meaL and the use of the brush at least every night It is advisable to use a little castile soap on the brush, which will neutralize any remaining acidity and assist in preventing decay. Phreno logical Journal. s Turnips f or feedingpurposes should be used at the rate of a peck a day to each full-grown cow or to each tea sheep. Cincinnati Time YOUR BEST TIME Fll ACtUIlHG A PIACT1C1L EDUCATION IS NOW. r 1 1 l! S"""99ilBtHi"i"i"i"i"i"HlB"PPsJ""i"H EaVBSBBBBBBiFaM PjBBaaHakBIBBBBaW 91 DECIDED SUCCESS. THE FREMONT NORMAL AND BUSINESS COLLEGE, AT FREMONT, NEB., Opened successfully October 21, with ten teachers and a (rood attendance, w ich doubled during the firit live wec-K.-, and is still Btesdily Increasing. Fifty Students in the Business College and Short-hand Classes: nearly fifty in the Normal or Teachers' Department and common branches, and a good attendance in tha Music and Art Departments. iTke Faculty. PRESIDENT JONES has hud over twenty years experience in Educational work. PROFESSOR HAMLIN. PrincipU of the Business College, has had over nfteen years' experience and is a Superior Pen man and Expert Accountant. PROFESSOR MOHLER is an or:in:il and inspiring teacher in tho Nutunil Science and Business Department. PROFESSOR LAWTON, or Boston, Mass.. Is a superior instructor in Mumc. Miss Sarah Sherman, of Chicago, is an artist of rare talent and skill, and a mo.t successful Teacher. MUs Lydiu L. Jones aud Miss Jessie Cowles are grad uates of the Northwestern University, and able teachers. 31 r. A. A. Couks is a practical short-hand reporter and an adept at type-writing. Tfce other tench. era are thoroughly qualiticd. EXPENSES VERY LOW. Tuition for twelve weeks $12 Boaid costs from $2.50 to $'1.00 a week. In clubs and by self-boardinir it costs lcs. Places can be found for iever.il more students who wish to pay part or whole ot board by housework or chores. No Vacation w. The SPRINO'TERM of 12 weeks will begin April 14, but students can kntek at any time, and are doiDg so contin ually, paying charges only from time of entering to time or leaving. For particulars address the under signed. W. P. JONES, A. M Prest. "of Normal College, Fremont, Neb. &Mmn. UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE. LaproTed 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. 0TFinal proof made on Timber Claims, Homesteads and Pre-emptions. far All wishing to buy lands of any de scription will please call and examine my list of lands before looking elsewhere. 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