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isa3. THE JQTJBKAL. ISSUED KVXBY WBDNE8DAT, TVE. K. TURNER & CO. Proprietori and Publishers. MATES ? AVTISTIIMC. CgBnaineaa and profeaeloaal cards of five lines or less, per annum, Ive dollars. tar For time advertisements, applr atthlsomce. - ISTLegal advertisements at statnte rates. HTTor transient advertising, see rates on third page. STA11 advertisements payable monthly. Smupxl f3T OFFICE, Eleventh St., up tair in Journal Building' terms: Per year Six months Three months Single copies . 1 VOL. XV.rNQ.,49 - COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1, 1885. WHOLE NO. 777. 5. - - . ill (fatutnks 4 X K v lu. 1 u . m COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLTJMBUS, KEB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 DIRECTORS: Leander Gbbrakd, Tres't. Geo. W. Hulst, Vice Pres't. Julius A. Reed. It. II. Henry. J. E. Taskeii, Cashier. JBamk f lfepeslt, DIscml ad Exckamge. Collection Promptly Made all Polats. Wmy Imtereat Tim Depos it. 27 HENRY G-ASS, UNDEETAKEE ! COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES AND DEALER IK Furniture, Chairs, Bedateada, Bu reaus), Tables, Safes. Lounges, &o., Picture Frames and Mouldings. 3T Repairing of all kinds of Upholstery Ooods. Ctf COLUMBUS, NEB. HENRY LUERS, DEALER IN WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pimps Repaired on short lotice B37"Qnc door west of Ileintz's Drug Store, 11th Street, Columbus, Neb. 8 TTRT.P. for working people. Send 10 cents postage, and we will J-s.-i-1-LJ A mail you free, a royal, val uable Sample box of goods that will put you in the way of making more money in a few days than you ever thought pos sible at any business. Capital not re quired. You can live at home and work in spare time only, or all the time. All of both sexes, of all ages, grandly sue cessful. r0 cents to $5 easily earned everv evening. That all who want work may test the business, we make this un paralleled offer: To all who are not well satisfied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing us. Full particulars, directions, etc., sent free. Immense pay absolutely sure for all who start at once. Don't delay. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. U. A. FOWLER, ARCHITECT, 15S5 fuiim St., OlCASA.irU. Plans and specifications furnished for all kinds of Public Buildings and Private Dwellings. Architect of Willard Block, Child's Hospital, Residence of Hon. J. M. Thurston, Residence of Hon. John I. Redick, Omaha; Residence of Hon. O. V. E. Dcrsey, Masonic Hall, Fremont, Neb; Residence of C. C. Crow ell, Esq., First National Bank, Blair, Neb; Residence of Tiios. Bryant, First National Bank, Schuyler, Neb., and ma ny others. 43-m6 A WORD OF WAROG. FARMERS, stock raisers, and all other interested parties will do well to remember that the "Western Horse and Cattle Insurance Co." of Omaha is the only company doing business in this state that insures Horses, Mules and Cattle against loss by theft, accidents, diseases, or injury, (as also against loss by fire and lightning). All representations by agents of other Companies to the contrary not withstanding. P. W. HENRICH, Special Ag't. 15-y Columbus, Neb. NO HUMBUG! But a Grand Success. RP. BRIGHAM'S AUTOMATIC WA- ter Trough for stock. He refers to every man who has it in use. Call on or leave orders at George Tale's, opposite Oehlrich's grocery. 9-6m WAJISIT HOUSE, PLATTE CENTER N KB. JOB BTJGGAK, Proprietor. The best accommodation for the travel ing public guaranteed. Food good, aid plenty of it. Beds clean and comfortable, charges low, as the lowest. 33-y A PRIZE: Send six centa for postage,and receive free, a costly box of goods which will help you to more money right away than anything else in this world. All, of either sex, succeed from Irst hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the workers, absolutely sure. At once address, True & Co., Augusta, Maine. ILYON&HEALY I Slate ft Mwhm Sts..CMefa. r . .av k lANDtATALG l Mr is -mt " J ann uu. '-'- or laWBBBiHt iw i StttSLTbrn. MiS.SA aa SUSrj ! MB IB jWgCTMIaW10mlWI'j jamsssnaSgy aasJssy m IMUNr aBBBBBBv BHBB1 SB n (CkataBu4Mari DER EAVESDROPPER.' WaolsVt set aMBaareehla teas, -, Use lado MssetUaet rats far apse " To get aeaia goite ajsassa?-- --' ; Car aataadropaac. Whalaktaat uMiwr Wao disks CSuU Who isa't dot attests tar sister's Mjtor Had reads it, vaea the huit kaow psldert It vas di voauB I aaf mei her Der eavesdropper. Who lsa't dot to der vlndow go Vaene'er her sister baa a baati. Uad shtrikes der vudow s&Xarei 'e or Der eavesdropper. Who laht dot dhrooder ker-aoleaeaB To see vhaf a solar oa; uai keeps Von eye vide opaa vhen she saleeps? Der saVesaropper. Who ish it dot lsh full of guile. ' rjnd makes dishturbanoe all der vhllo? Vhat! you don'd know I veil. I should I Der eavesdropper. N. T. Journal. BLUE. BLOOD. Planlrlngton tb. Bandolph A Mys tery Sxpinined. .9 e J "Ann Kanuoipn, Uhicago, 111.," was . . v. m m m U, her signature upon the register of the Thousand Island House, written July 2, 1883. She did not explain how she came by the name,, or. who had:borne it before he, why she came at all, or why she came alone, above all why she wore a llannel dress with an air of sat isfaction that proclaimed flannel to be a matter of choice, in no way hampered by necessity. ( ' The Plankingtons, brother "-and sister, were also sojourners at the Thousand Island House. Their very bad complexions were supposed to be due to the blueness of .the Flankington blood. People said it was a real mercy their skins were not purple, con sidering their ancestors;, their i cards were as good as patents of nobility wherever bestowed in New York. While the Plankingtons derided the vulgarity of riches,, they appreciated the inconveniences of poverty, and with forethought had 'decided to invest the greater part of their spring divi dends in a summer at the Thousand Island House, "where," explained Irene to her brother Tudor, "more peoplo come to stay, and there is less of the uncertain element; because, Tudor, with ' your birth 'and family. even if the parlor is shamefully shabby you must draw a line. We will have our sainted ancestors gilded with no vulgar money. We must of 'course ex pect to dilute the Plankington blood, but not of necessity to water it." ' But very little intercourse with Anne Randolph, whom, the ladies all declared, no one would have called a beauty ex cept for her absurdly unconscious way of seeming to ignore altogether theim- firession sne made, gave Tuddr Plank ngton a most unaccountable sensa tion; as a result he' submitted himself to the novel, and painful pro cess of self-analysis, and was astonished to discover the rudiments of a little soul. The awful .truth was, that with out knowing one fact concerning the pedigree or patrimony of -"Anne Randolph, Chicago," the facts that she was young, beautiful, intelligent and interesting had enabled her to make, an impression upon the organ which' he was pleased to call his heart, which had never before deviated one beat from its orthodox duties as a propeller. He did not tell this to Irene, who would have found it incomprehensible, but he said enough to lead her to say: "Tudor, be wary. If she came straight) from Dublin, and was marked dyna mite, I should not feel one whit more in danger than to have her labeled Chicago. I don't understand her, and she makes me uneasy. I suppose there are two or three good families in Chi cago, x our Aunt itutn nad. a. cousin who married and went there fifteen years ago; she has probably given a certain tone to society by this time.- I don't like the way this girl goes off every morning. Last summer, my dear Tudor, I blush to tell you that ajreally respectable young woman became in terested in a guide in the Adirondacks. He had handsome eyes and told' stories and insinuated himself, I sup pose. The family took .the very surest means of curing her infatuation, though it was a cruel way. - They in vited him to Boston and gave a dinner party. He came. ""He "gobbled his soup imagine tt more awful situation, if you can. They said that when -he passed his plate for gravy on his pota to, her .face expressed mortal agony, but that she didn't seem to suffer, much when he ate his salad with a teaspoon. Poor thing, I suppose she was beyond the suffering point However, this young woman takes a different guide every day, so it can't be that, but she carries such a queer-shaped box with her. I shall certainly investigate the matter to-morrow." "Better leave that to me, Irene. I can ask so that she won't be offended, twist it into a compliment or some thing." When Anne Randolph the 'next morning, after an eight o'clock break fast, started on her usual expedition, provided with a boat, an oarsman and the mysterious box, Tudor Plankington exhibited symptoms of a desire to ac company her. She would not permit him, however, and as the utmost con cession merely stopped to exchange a few words with him on the wharf. "Tell me where you go?", he asked. "On the blue St. Lawrence," she an swered, unconcernedly. "Yes, but where?" fxe persisted. "All among the islands," she quoted, gravely.. "Let me ask you one question more." "One more, yes," she. answered, but held a finger warningly. ' "Do do you fish?" He stammered forth the question in desperation, know ing very well that she had not brought home the smallest specimen. She had seated herself in the boat by this time, and turned her head to answer him. "No," she said, "I leave that to knights and ladies. I weigh one hundred and twenty-five pounds, and even if I should have luck worth trigging about and capture an fifteen or twenty-five pounder, we should not Ik very evenly matched. I have a fond Bess for fair play, myself.' Tudor devoted the morning waiting for her return. She came back just be fore dinner and disaDpeared immediate ly after it So for that matter did Irene, and every other woman gaest of the house. After supper he had a little chat with her, from which he retired With a strangely baMed expi'eeskm of countenance. -- Hw evening conference with hia sister explained it "I -asked her," aid that estimable lady, "it she knew Ml er aawa lBsaarta, MMn JHswnjakaBjrsrts: mmm TawMifvfiui tTf i " s VV'?PWHJ( Hit. Lydia Helman. ef Chicago. She said., &o.'- That settles it, my dear Tndor. ' I think you .must sacrince Yourself, sad marry 'Cornelia Bucking bam. . Her Americas ancestry is sr- ltainly above reproach. She' may be a t ILttl. -1.1.- !.. !.!. U-.4. Iv t. MUM uium LBft Jwu ". f ead of you, Tudor, and will'be liberal about tke house. I sboulda't hesitate a moaaeat if .1 had such a chauoe to re ttair the fortuass of say familr.,i f Self-sacrificiar wosaaal Of course she wouldn't, putpoor Tudor's face was aisiostpale as lie said" wearily: 'Tea, Irene; it's no use. 1 will write to Cor delia to-nig hi. I asked Miss Baadolph to-dar abomt her father's taslaess, not directly yoa "know, bat gradually brought out the question, as to Ids reseat occupation. I had made up my mind not to b particular about Mer grandfather, or her father either. ii he1 was dead. She -looked at me a little queerly, but said with a serious,' almost sad face: "'HV plays the harp.' She. did not really look ashamed, but of course I felt like a brute, and to make her position a little easier I said: 'Ah, in an orchestra, -I suppose?' 'I don't 'know, I am sure,' she an swered, and, walked away. Of course she does not realise that it is all over between us, but of course it is. - She is a lady in every appearance, and I 'am sorry for her. We will go back to New York to morrow, Irene," and.go to Saratoga from there; if Cornelia seems to expect it" -r They left by the early.boat In October, .as Tudor was looking over Cornelia's list of wedding invita tions," the names - "Judge and Mrs. Roger Randolph, Miss Anne Ran dolph," written therein, caused him to say, "Cornelia, who are these Ran dolphs?" "Chicago people," she answered, very-nice and very rich. I met them last August at :the Thousand Island House, 'two weeks after you left I asked Miss Randolph if she had not seen you, but she seemed to think not, and -her uncle and aunt were sure not She is a charming girl, and is visiting here in town,1 now. ' Tudor saw her the instant he stepped within the church. Cornelia was all very well, bnt he had vowed back in his knickerbocker days that he would not grow up and marry Cornelia, which vow, in conjunction with a pass ing glimpse of Anne Randolph, beauti ful and indifferent sent little thrills of misery down his spine, all through the ceremony. He committed a tremendous breach of etiquette during the reception which followed "but he secured, a five-min utes' talk with Anne Randolph. "Will you explain the mystery?" he asked. . '.'What mystery?" she responded. "How I 'came to be at a big hotel alone? Certainly. My uncle wished to go up the Saguenay, fishing. My auat and I started decorously for Alex andria Bay. She was summoned to New York by a telegram. My cousin there was sick. There seemed no bet ter plan than for me to mo on where rooms were waiting. 'I imagined that as I was familiar with the regions found about I might amuse myself for a week or two, and also that if I dressed in sackcloth severely, and. did not dance,' propriety might be ' ap peased, and let me pay my own bills unmolested. Are you satisfied?" "Certainly, but why did yen go away every morning so secretly?" "To tell you that will he a revelation of iniquity; however, if you insist, I will .confess that I paint on china. As badly, too, as you aufpossibly imagine and I always infiiot- my handiwork on my friends. At that time I aspired to the height of a fish -set, and .being conscious that I didn't know a salmon from a seal, I undertook to study small specimens, lured by the obliging guides into a pan of water which I provided. You were ageatleman after all, for you could have discovered the whole secret if you cared to know it by, givifcg y of those men fifty cents." r "i must ass: you one more question at aU hazards? "One more, yes," she answered. "What did you mean by saying that your father was a street musician?" She blushed at that "I confess to malice there," she answered. "I asked your pardon, for I.was. sorry as soon as I had spoken the-words. - My -room was next to your sisters, you know those Walls were thin, and I overheard you two one night speculating about me. I could not help it; I smashed a soap dish trying to make you stop, and changed my room the next day, but I overheardonough to make me give you an answer which I knew would be stag gering. My father has been dead fife years, and he is an ftfgel. itt glory," if anyman.is. I adhered to the traditions of the elders about his harp playing." .Tiidor's face was quite unhappy. "Bat for that" he saidsadb, "I should have married you." "Oh, no," she responded brightly, "I don't believe it It is better as it is.'.' "I am convinced of it" he groaned. "I had resolved to endure any kind of a parent dead. There could havebeen no other objection," and he returned to his bride, leaving Anne Randolph only the sorry satisfaction of smiling, and whispering to herself: "A very serious objection, if a Plankington could be made to comprehend it though I couldn't be so audacious as to mention it" Harriet B. WaUrmtm. in Swrin- field (Mass.) BeptibUcan. m a POWERFUL WATER. A Maeral Spriaa; That 0mght to Ba Cat- .: Urate. Uncle Zack Baker, of Benton County, is interested in a mineral., spring. He has not attempted to' introduce a bill offering the spring as an amendment to the constitution, a -piece of legisla tion, though, which may be expected of him. "What is the water good for?" asked the Speaker of the House. . "Good for everything. It will cure any case of the yaller janders in the world. Tell you what's a -fact A fel ler come along some lime ago with a yaller dog. He was the yallerist dog I .ever saw, but he fell in that spring and when he came out ho was as white as a sheet" "How is it for rheumatism?" ' 'Til tell you what's a fact De you know young Alf Wilson?" "I think so." "Well, Alf had the rheumatia so bad that he had to carry one leg on his shoulder." Be drank that- water for "three weeks and can new jump a tan rail fence.'1 ."Will it euro lying?'' ""WniftP Tellyenwhee'aafact A Little Root-newspaper mia come up there some time ago and now yon can ahnofltfcelkvchadfqrwhat he says.' ArhansBW fruviler, . THE JARPHLYS. lm ImawtitlTt Wklak tkaaaajaet af Pfoawoai grMphs -A Bris-htaafea fr the Otaeaaay "I see divorces are getting cheaper," placidly remarked Mr. Jarphly, with significant satisfaction, to Mrs. Martha Jarphly at the breakfast table yester day morning. "Are they?" said Mrs. Jarphly, with atilt of her nose. "Well, it is a good thing, and will be better yet if they only get cheap enough to be within the reach of some people I know," and the lady absent-minaedly centered jTher iyes on the milk-pitoher and smiled sweetly upon it That was a gage of battle, and Jere miah Jarphly knew it When Mrs. Jarphly smiled on the milk-pitcher at the breakfast-table that meant war. Mr. Jarphly had recently written to Mr. Cleveland that he was a civil-service reformer, and would accept a post-office, and Mr. Cleveland had not replied to his letter. That made him irritable. "Half the men in the world are fools for getting married, anyway," he fiiut- "And aU the women are," replied Mrs. Jarphly, as she gave the milk pitcher another smile. ''There's a good many wives in the world that it's a torture for a man to live with," remarked Mr. JarphlVas he drummed with a fork in retaliation for Mrs. Jarphly's smiline on the milk- pitcher. "What do men marry them for, then?" sneered Mrs. Jarphly. "Hows a man going to tell whether he can live with a woman or not until he marries her?" cried Mr. Jarphly. "Let him find it out!" answered his wife with womanlv logic. "Find out?" yelled Mr. Jarphly. "Find out! It's all courtship and taffy before marriage and vinegar and 'find out!' afterwards!" "Whose fault is it?" asked his wife with asperity. "It's the women's!" "It's the men's!" "Before marriage they show up all painted and varnished, and are too sweet for anything, and " "Yes, and the men keep sober and behave themselves, and flatter and de ceive, and " "And look as mild, and talk as sweet and" "And are as polite and attentive, and" "And don't tell nothing about how they snore in their sleep, and " "And stay out at all hours, and " "And keep awake all night just to pick quarrels with their husbands when they come heme, and " "And come home in a shameful con dition, and " "And wear their hair in papers for him and in curls for other people. ana "And spend their money in disgrac ing: their families instead of providing for them, and " "And jaw a man to death, and " "Ana make them slave from morn ing until night, and " "And think more of dress than of their wifely duties, and " "And go" "And don't" "And" "And" "Sir!" "Mam!" A short time afterwards Johnnie Jarphly told a neighbor's little boy that his mother had a bilious attack and his father was busy mending crockery, and that all things considered, he did not think he would attend school that day, but would go skating so as to be handy in case of illness. Pittsburgh Dispatch. OUR NATIONAL EYESIGHT. afar. Capel Thinks We are la Daagar ol Becemlaa- a Natloa of Myopes. "Hike your newspapers very much," said Mgr. Capel yesterday to a rep resentative of the World. "They are brightly headed, well edited and ar ranged, but the small type as a rule distresses me. Your papers are not so well printed as the London newspapers. But everybody reads the newspapers here. I am struck with that wherever I go. Newspaper reading is universal. But" continued the Monsignor, "I am afraid that you are going to destroy your national eyesight Much of the myopia and. nearsightedness in Ger many is said to be due to the bad style of the old German types used in print ing. Many of the German printing houses are" now using the Roman let ters. You do not pay enough atten tion to the eyceight of your children here. I have been visiting of late your schools. I find that the common form of the school desk is something like this: "Now, any body can see that a child sitting at a desk so flat as this must strain its vision or become round shouldered. It seems to me that some thing in this line would be far more sensible and fully as practicable: "Upon a desk of this kind a child could read without straining its eyes or bowing its spinal column. This, is something to be seriously considered. Print your newspapers in larger type and take care of your eyesight." N. T. World. Dr. Findlater's Self-Help. The late Dr. Andrew Findlater was a remarkable illustration of the fact that energy and ability combined can conquer any 'obstacles. Commencing life in the farmyard, having been edu cated at the village school, Findlater lived to receive the honorary degree of LL. D. from his university and edit the famous "Encyclopedia" with which the name of Chambers is inseparably as sociated In order to learn Latin, he used to get up at three in the morning; and to qualify himself for admission to college, his meal time was spent in other studies. The secret of his suc cess was self-denial. He sacrificed ev ery personal comfort to educate him self, and when he had perfected hia education the rest was comparatively easy. Young men without friends or means .may derive $, valuable lesson from'the careerof Andrew Findlater. Unienfigvr. riiBT National Bank! i ozaTranf its. rkb. T Aitkeriiet Capital, -- $250,000 Pain Ii Capital, 50,000 Snll aid Prints, - - 8,000 omens and DinncTOss. A. ANDERSON, Pres't. SAM'L C. SMITH, Vice Pres't. O.T.ROEN, Cashier. J. W. EABLY, HERMAN OEHLRICH, W. A. MCALLISTER, G. ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, ana Real Estate Loans. 29-vol-13-ljr Buinras CARDS. D. T. MAaTTN, M. D. F. J . SCHCG, M. D. Sn. MARTY SCHUG, C. 8. Examining Surgeons, Consultations in German and English. Telephones at office and residences, aarofflce over First National Bank. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 4i.y p . VAIVStK. PHYSICIAN AND SVBOEON. M-Office and rooms, Gluck building, 11th street. Telephone communication. " 44-ly pt J. GARLOW, Collection Att'y. SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD PAPER. Office with J. G. Higgins. 31-3m E.E.A ASHBAUGU, O.D.S. DENIAL PABLOB, On corner of Eleventh and North streets, over Ernst's hardware store. TT J. HTJllSON, NOTARY PUBLIC tta StrMt,S dears west or Hsamoad Hoaat, Colttmotis. Neb. 491-7 J G. BEEDEK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska 2-tf V. A. MACKEN, SKA1XRIK Foreign and Domestic Liquors and Cigars. llth street, Columbus, Neb. 50-y IfcALLlSTElt BIOS., A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ing, llth St. VT. A. McAllister, Notary Public. JOHN TIMOTHY, NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER. Keeps a full line of stationery and school supplies, and all kinds or legal forms. Iusures against fire, lightning, cyclone and tornadoes. Office in Powell's Block, Platte Centci. IP- J. M. MACFARLAND, H. R. COWDIRV, AttflrMyialHoUryPaWe. CollMta?. LAW AND "COLLECTION OFFICE OF MACFARLAND & COWDBRT, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. F. F. RViMER, 91. IK, (Successor to Dr. C. G. A. Hullhorst) HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUBOEON. Regular graduate of two medical col leges. Office up stairs in brick building north of State Bank. 2-ly jr. J. MAUGHAJ, Justice, County Surveyor, Notary, Land and Collection Agent. taTParties desiringsurveylng done can notify me by mail at Platte Centre, Neb. 51-6m Tp H.MVSGUE, llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, c, at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. TAMES SALNOif, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne braska. 62 6mo. T H. LAWREStE, DEPUTY CO. SUBVEYOB. Will do general surveying in Platte and adjoining counties. Office with S. C. Smith. COLUMBUS, ... XKBRASKA. 17-tf J 8. MURDOCK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Have had an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All kiads of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunitytoeatimateforyou. ISsTSbop on 13th SU,one door west of Friedhof A Cos. store, Columbus. Nabr. 483-v MAlTUrACTURZX OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-W erk, Xoofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. EFShop on Olive Street, 2'. doors north of Brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store. 46-y QW.C LAND AND INSUBANCE AGENT, HUMPHREY, NEBB. His lands comprise some line trscts la the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion of Plstte county. Taxes paid for non-reaidents. Satisfaction I PRINCE BISMARCK. CKaraeUf taUcs ef ta Jfaa Who Rales tfc Gcrasaa Cmplra. The Chancellor is not avaricious, but he is a Prxuian, and the Pantheon des tined for generous Prussians is known co be still waiting for its first guest. Without Ttcing avaricious, he is as fond of order, :eonomy and regularity as the Great Frederick, and enters into details of housekeeping to which one would naturally suppose him a stranger. I have heaid him relate, with the broad humor characteristic of him, that one of hi former valets had begged, him for a lease of rfn inn on his property at Yar sin. "A soon us ho became the ten ant," sa:d Bismarck, "of the inn, whioh used to yield 2,000 marks, he be took himself, in the capacity of my ex valet, to the study of politics. He sub scribed to all kinds of newspapers, and passed Lis time sitting in a largo arm chair reading them. When guests ar rived hil treated them insolently for dis turbing him. He soon fell into disre pute as a surly landlord, and travelers took care not to enter the inn. He now earns scarcely enough to pay for his newspapers. As to myself, I shall have to evict him, for he has long ceased to pay hii rent." And you could see that the lois of the rent affected him. Yet the tone was not that of a miser, but that Of discontent at having his calcula tions deranged. Price j Bismarck leads a very method ical life, and in the country, as in town, no event is allowed to interfere with its regulirlty. m His grand dinners are abundant, 'with mathematical suffi ciency, without stint or waste. His daily meals are those of a good family burgTicr, and the servants are methodi cal, attentive and sileut None of his hous-hol 1 ever commits the mistake of speah'nj at tha tabh; before the master of the Louse has, so to speak, tacitly giver, him leave. All wait to see whether the Prince is in a conversi tionrl mood, and when ho is pleased to speak all are hushed, not to lose one of his words. To this, in part, is due the large number of words, anecdotes and dialogues attributed to him, for it has already long been customary for his listeners to treasure up every word he uttcre. One of the Prince's characteristics is h' love for a large dog, which he makes his constant companion and feeds himself a dog, for iutjnc , like tae one that so terrilio 1 Prince Gorts chakoff. The dog follows the Prince into his dining-room and stretches itself on tHe carpet. Iu the course of the meal the butler brings a large piece of boiled bejf on one plate and bits of soaked bread on another. The Prince in person cuts up the bjef and prepares the food for the dog, which stands by, grave and attentive, pending the solemn preparation of its food. The Prince's dog is never fed in any other way. Tucre is something noteworthy in the habits of this man, who personifies the Prussian race in its most elevated char acter. If Bismarck is not close, he is not fencrous either. He does what he eems right, and expects everyone to do also what is right by him. Generosity, in t'io ordinary sense of the term, is too mild, unreflecting, effuminats a quality to enter into this colossal, rough hewn nature. He treats men too much like ligures, to be added, multiplied aud di vided at will, to entfcrtaiu any tender feelings toward them. He aspires les to rule them by gentleness than by the vigorous ascendency of his genius, and ne wou!d not.be greatly flattered by an affection unmixed with dread and ad miration. Even on the rare occasions where, in other men, what is called the heart comes into play, in him the mas ternay, almost the tyrant is to be found. HLs very affection bears the character of oppression, and no glove is thick enough to conceal the iron hand beneath it. Yet. such as he is, this man is the most prominent, most striking figure of the age, and this is so true, that amid all the execration he oxeites, it is here considered mean by his v.ry enemies to treat as the Re'chstag has done one of the monuments of the century. Cor. London Times. SECOND-HANDTOOTH-BRUSHES. Revelations That Will Not Bo Conducive to Cleanliness. Americans, as a rule, do not take kindly to second-hand articles, but, not withstanding this prejudice, thoy use them many times without their knowl edge, For example, a man would as soon think of buying a second-hind coffin as to purchase a tooth-brush u hich had before done faithful service in another's mouth. Nevertheless, many second-hand tooth-brushes arc used by thousand-i of unsuspecting New York ers. Very few persons who purchase -fine tooth-brushes at low prices know where they come from. They only stop long enough to think that they have found a goo I bargain, without suspecting for an instant that they have purchased a second-hand article, but "where ig norance is bliss 'tis folly to be wi e." One of the ways "by which hotel chambermaids make extra money is by collecting the tooth-brushes which arc left in the rooms by forgetful gaests. Thousands of them are collected in the hotels of this city every year and again placed in a sphere of usefulness by en terprising chambermaids and dealers. There are several buyers who almost diily visit the back-doors of the great hotels and lodging-houses in search of these toilet articles, which are known to the trade as "seconds." For a line tooth-brush which origin ally cost from 50 cents to $1 and is still in good condition, the collectors pay five touts, while inferior brushes, or those which are a lit Ie thj worse for wear, bring only two or three cents each. The majority of the brushes collected are of good quality and show no marks of use, save, perhaps a little yellowness on the bristles or handle, for, as a rule, there is no toilet article about which its owner is so particular as the brush with which he cleans his teeth, and as soon as it shows traces of wear it is dis carded. An industrious chambermaid who has charge of a large number of rooms can collect from two to six tooth-brushes a day, for no article of common use, not even an umbrella, is forgotten with such ease as a toothbrush. .Of course, the larger the hotel tho greater the collec tion of tooth- brushes, and many eco nomical chambermaids add from 50 cents to $1 per week to their salary by the sale of "seconds." As. a rule, the girls gure upon this item of income in addition to stipulated wages much as a waiter docs upon the customarv "tips." When the dealer in "seconds secures a large bundle of brushes he returns to his little " repairing5' room and begins operation. JEack brush is plunged into a strong solution ef ehlorate ef nme whioh in an hour or two makes it as white as snow. Every blotch and dark! line on the bone handle has disap peared, the bristles become as bright' and glistening as when they were new, and the brush is in fact completely re juvenated, then the brush is thoroughly washed in clean cold water and care fully dried. Within a week afterward it has probably been resold and is again in use, perhaps in New York City, per haps in Chicago, or some other Western city, where it has been sent as a su perior imported article." N. Y. Ttle-gram. AN ODD INVENTION. A Maa Who Proposed ta Plaea a Tala- graph Station ta BUdoeeaa. The remarkable success of many in ventors who began without and pre vious knowledge of the subjects on which they were at work has led to the diffusion of the notion that for in ventors, at least. Ignorance is bliss. People who have talked even with in ventors of some note have very often heard them say that a man of native talent who knows nothing of a process of manufacture is more likely, because unprejudiced, to evolve a new and bet ter process than a man who has been long engaged in tho business. Only the Examiners in the Patent Office at Wash ington and the various patent solicitors know about the astounding results of the labors of the unprejudiced inventor. The idea that a previous lack of knowl edge is a benefit to the inventor leads hosts of men to .suppose that such ig norance is the only requisite for the successful inventor. As a result, it is probable that would-be inventors waste much more money than successful in ventors accumulate. The most inter esting chapter, to the ordinary reader, in a recently published history of rail roads was the chapter devoted to the odd railroad inventions which had little or no practical value. A similarchapter could be written in the history of the merchant marine. There was a man who, a, number of years ago, was concerned greatly about the number of steamships that became disabled in midocean. and bad to make a port under inadequate sail, to the great discomfort 'of all on board. To mitigate these evils he decided that a midocean telegraph station ought to be established near the track usually fol lowed by transatlantic steamers. He proposod to make the station of sheet Siteel, the form of a groat cylinder, 290 feet long, by 86 feet in diameter. This cylinder was to be divided by bulk heads into three section. One was to be arranged for ballast, so as to float the cylinder in a vertical position. The middle' section was to be filled with cork shavings, so that iu case an ocean racer ran against it and pierced the Shell, it coald cot fill with water. The third section, which was to project above the water, was to contain the living rooms of the station men, and, above all, 140 feet from the water line there was to be a great lamp to serve as a beacon to the passing mariner. Having completed and launched the cylinder, the inventor proposed to tow it to the place selected and there anchor it with four steel ropes two inches in diameter, secured to anchors weighing 200 tons each. The plan was feasible, the inventor said, when the water did not exceed one mile in depth. What would be done ty those who were in the station in case a big iceberg swept up against it in a gale of wind was not stated in the circular which ap pealed to the public to take an interest in the invention. Neither was there a statement of the force of the waves, which sometimes reaches 6,000 pounds to the square foot As the exposed sur face of this cylinder would be dqual to a flat surface of 5,220 square feet, the strain which would eventually come on a single steel rope two inches in diam eter would be 15,660 tons. If the cylin der did not give way under the blast the ropes would, and the floating: lighthouse would go dancing over the waves like a will-o-the wisp, or an enormous travel ing buoy. N. Y. Sun. PASSING THE PLATE. Soma Sara-MtloBS to Timid Church Bea cons. A great deal depends on tho man who carries the plate. He needs to have a sharp eye, of course, not to miss any body, because there is not one chance in a thcousand of his being called back. What he needs more than any thing else, though, is business tact. There's everything in knowing how to pass the plate to different people. Some of them arc cranky. If you put the plate at them- too persistently they feel offeuded, and take pride in not contributing a cent for six weeks. Then other people have their little weak nesses, and want their light to have a good chance to shine. I know a man who, if a plate came to him empty, would put on a quarter or a half, and be satisfied with starting it that way: but if there were a lot of quarters and things on already, he'd just as like as not slap down a dollar bill. And he'd get at least a dollar's worth of satisfaction iu watching the hesitation of the men next to him, who knew they were as good as he, and yet didn't like to give so mu h. Why, I've had a plate come sailing by me just loaded with bills, and you'd think the congregation was extravagantly liberal, when the fact was that two or three men started in that way, and the rest wouldn't take a bluff. iV. Y. Sun. " The Pine Tree Shilling." The earliest American coinage was in Boston in 1652. The coins were of the value of three pence, six pence and twelve pence. They were of silver, rude and somewhat uneven in thick-, nes, and irregular circular, with no device, legend or date, save the letter "N. E." on the obverse, and the Roman numerals on the reverse side to signify the value in pence. None ot the three penny piece- are believed to be iu exist ence at 'present. These were soon fol lowed by more elaborate coinage and instead of the letters "N.E." on the ob serve, there were a double circle of dots inclosing the word "Massachusetts," and within the inner circle a representa tion of an oak tree. Upon thereerse side the words "New Ensland. Our Dam." JThev bore the date 1652. un derneath which were the numerals ex pressing the value in pence. During the following year the oak was replaced by the pine true, and for thirty years or more, silver coins with the pine tree and the date 1652 were issued. Tha denomination most largely issued was the coin of the value of one shilling, hence the famous "pine tree shill ing." It should be noticetLlbat the in scriptions varied during the period as senument or caprice demanded. Dr. Charles Fithtr. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Henry James, the novelist, is some times mistaken for the Prince of Wales. Miss Mollie Garfield, daughter of the late President, has entered Yasser College. It is said that from a monetary point of view the Yale papers are the most successful college journals pub lished. Whittier says he often wrote hie poetry in the presence of his mother and sister, their talk never disconcert ing him. rPrince Albert Victor enjoys the re markable distinction of being" the nrst heir to the heir apparent to the British thrdne who grew to manhood. Mme. Patti wrote in a Boston al bum the other day: "Go to strangers for charity, acquaintances for advice, and to relatives for nothing, and you will always hare a supply." Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate, to prefer the latter. T. Jefferson. The past year's literary record chiefly showed unusual productiveness on the part of the novelists, essayists, commentators and critics. Original work was scant in nil departments save that of fiction. Current. William T. Adams, the "Oliver Optic" of iuyenilo literature, is an amateur mechanic, and has in his resi dence at Dorchester, Mass., a workshop in which he spends an hour or two everyday. Boston Globe. Miss Nettie Carpenter, the Ameri can violinist and prize winner of the Paris Conservatoire, has recently met with great success in England. After her performances at Covent Garden she was at once engaged for a series of concerts in the English provinces and in Scotland. Rev. Dr. William Clark, of Amherst, Mass., is one of the four sur vivors of Dartmouth's class of 1822. containing forty-five men. The others are A. L. Kelley, of Winterport, Me., and M. Lovell, of Cotuit, Mass., law yers, and Rev. Dr. John Sessions, of Oakland, Cal. " The Star Spangled Banner " was written by Francis Scott Key while watching the bomoardment of Fort McHenry in 1814. The aonz was printed in the Baltimore eight days after the battle. American under tho title of "The Defense of Fort Mc- Henry." N. Y. Graphic. R. D. Stowitts, of Albany, N. Y., has had his name changed by tte court to Arthur D. Stowitts. "R D" was hu full baptismal name, and he said it had been a source of frequent annoyance to him to be called upon to explain how two letters had been given him for a name. Most men would havo delighted in tho .oddity. Albany Journal. Hon. Simon Cameron, who is eighty-six, tells why he is still young: "The secret of life is to keep moving. Men grow old only when they sit down long enough to get rusty. I want to lhfc just as long as I can be happy. Wnen I reach the point when my friends, standing on the corners and. seeing me come up the street, say, 'Let's got on the other side; there comes that old fool,' I want to die. Men make a great mistake in this life by holding on to any position after thy have lost their grip and their company has become unpleasant to their associ ates." Philadelphia Press.. HUMOROUS. Why arc the first steps of a child Dke the present condition of ballooning? Its the uncertain navigation of the heir. The difference between home and a boarding-house is, that at one they have pillow shams and at the other they have sham pillows. A Leech paper says t'sat a young widow of that city w.:o writes well is tra ning herself for an editor, but the paper doe.-n't say who tho editor is. " Is it advisable to attempt to study the violin without a trainer if none cau bo procured? ' asks a correspondent Not unless you live in tLe middle of a prairie. Chicago Tribune. The public buildings in England have a hard t.me of it. The contract ors knock down about forty per cent. on each one of them, and then the Fenians blow up what is left. liur dette. Mother "Are you quite sure, dear, that young Featherly b not fond of 'ou? He certainly seemed very devoted ast night when he buttoned your glove." Daughter "Ah, yes, mother, but his hand never Irumbled." N. Y. Sun. Standing on ceremony! "That was a funny story Mr. Dixon told. Aunt Jessie the one that made vou laugh so miu3h. you know!" "Yes. " Why didn't you laugh, Ida?" -'Oh, I don't know Mr. Dixon well enough!" Harper's Bazar. One of the attractions in a dime museum is a "human fly." He proba bly came from Canada. Anyhow, it is known that the human fly there about the time fly t'me, so to speak a big bank defalcation is reported in this country. "Does not the practical joking of some of your scholars annoy you at times, Mr. B'azkboard?" "Very much. 1 have always had an abhor rence of practical jokes in any form, but to some of the pranks played by the boys such as placing bent pins in my chair, for instance my dislike is par ticularly deep seated." N. Y. Times. "Do they have house-cleaning days in Heaven, ma?" a little Somerville girl inquired the other day. "Why, certain ly not, dear; what put that into your head?" "Because the angels sweep; don't thev?" "What gave you such a notion as that?" . "Pa did. He said you were a sjjectacle iu s Mother Hub bard that would make the angels sweep." Lcuisville Courier-JournaL Mistress of the house: Who is at the door, Bridget? Bridget: The butcher, mu'ni, aftherhis-money. Mis tress of the house: And did you tell him that I wasn't at home? Bridget: Yes mu'm. Mistress of the house: What did he say? Bridget: Shurc. mu'm he axed me whin ye wud be at home, and Oi tould him that ye were "at home" on Thursdays. N. Y. Times. Dr. Carver recently finished hia task of hitting 60,000 balls in six days. The achievement has had ne p.rccDti ble effect upon business as ycL The doctor used a rifle in hitting the balls. If he had corraled tLe balls into a pile and used a base ball club or a brick he might have bit them all in one day and had five days to spare to devote to digging cellar or sawing wood or some thing that wayl But we don't suppose he ever thought of that. Norrislown Herald. o- ". v j i s h-fe
