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". THE JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERY WKDNEtfUAY, . MljvTTJR-iSrEI?. & CO. Proprietors and .Publishers. TES OF AYERTI4IN. T3TOFFJCE,-letenth St., vp Hairs in'Joumal Building. . ". terms: Pervear " Six mouths . .Three months Single copies ... I .'... . ... VOL. xyi.No. 7. COLDjaBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 1885. WHOLE NO. 787. . W . 1.-- :. o0 . - -. . -.1 .-: iCOLUBpS . STATE BANK! ,. . ; o :1C0LTIMBU8, NEB. . ' .... UAS?I CAPITAL, ; $75,000 DlKECTOllS: t O -. 'LeaVihck Gerhard, Presl .!. . VGeo! W. iijjlst V"p-.yrf"-V' " o .. " li-ii. hckkv:'-. ; . .- - - . . . ".-. ' -.o . J"E Ta9Keu CasJtii er. -o- .. Raak -of lepoMlt . . "". : Dlttceemt d EickaBK?' . CollectloHroiptlr adje a . " ... o "Pay- iH.terMl ItM. .- . 'Time 1epo x 274 .CHENEY GhASS,-- .- -J'OFFIXS AND METALLIC "CASKS " f? . . .ANIfltKACEUIX. " '. - . .: furniture, "Chairs, - Bedsteads, Bu- Poreauaj Tables, Safes. 'Lounges'. '.- -- &c. Picture Frames "and ." ." . 'Mouldings. ' ? -". . - . . 3T Repairing f ali kinds of Upholstery JVoods. . . .. -" C-tf " "" COLIJ"MB.l;lsN.Kl.- ." -'. HENRY LITERS, .PRAI.KU IN ":c- . . ' T " " " - " " : " . b -. " f ANIOTMPS. .. ..- . . - - -" Buckeye Mower, combined, Self "'. ; ". . Binder wire Or twine: T-O- .. . .Piiniits:- Kupaired .'on . short " notice . " - o -". - . -to . : - :" -. T " . . . - o .- "s -!'. 13;Oiie-.door vi't of IIcinrz's DVug" :5Stoj-c, 11th Street;' CofuHibu;, Neb-' for vofkinK-l"o"pIc." 5cnd 10 .vents- m.t:if;e :itid .we win : -mail tou free, a "ioyal. vaj- -nnfile samfiJi- Tio.-v ofj;o'od that wilr put. , o ou in tht war of ln'akiue; more inonQ'y in .afibWiUv. than ",vou. ever thousbt po ''. .hillc at "aiwr. buiiie' Capital not re "" qnij-eil..- You candlv at honie ami w6rk ".inhpartf time' yily,-or all tjie time.. All ." --)f both" se"on', of" all s:e$,- (-raiully site "". ce'.s.Tul.- TM tveiits- to' $5. easily earned , cyerv.evcn-t.nj:. TUatjall "who want work g- mav test the lupines;, we make this un . jiaralltle'tl o'tr.or: ".Td all who are not well - xatistied'we will "-einl $r to pay. for" the " pti0oultlj-of.writingU(. full part.fcularsv - " directions", etc., eitffree. .Immense pay. s absolutely -tufe for all wlro start at, once. ."-'-Don't deiav -Adilrcsn -SttNsON-,v Co., : "1or"tIand. Maine: . -. . " ; Avfiiir-; It.AQWI.'CR, . ' A-KCHlTfidT,, S-'aCCS rusia St.. .-. CVAEA, HEB. "Dlaxs axi specifications furnished. :Jl 'for all kiHdsor Public lluildliiKS an.d ". PrriateDJrt-el'incs. .Architect of AVillard IJlockp Child's 'iro'spital.'-.Kesidence f L Horn J.M.'Thutston; ltesidente ofllon. - flohn -h llediek, Oiuaba; Uesidence of .- II"i..'jO..'"V. E. -Dersey, 13-pnic Hall, : Fjemoiit.Xeb;-Jtesidence of C. C. Crow '. .ell, Esi-" Kir?t -National Bank,: Blair, "Xeb;- Ucoidetbce of Thas. Bryant,. .First -oNatlqual Bank. Schuvltr Xeb., and ma--ny other.-. . . - ". 43-mt5 . -. , ' ' n't -:;.- o ' -. . 3. W6RD Of"lVARI?iC3. '.- ...- . ........ ""--"- 0.1"AK'MERS, stock raisers, and all ather' ..' - - I 65t.rVvtpit "rlips will do well to . iVv -.-- '.":: ...'..,..: t, .!. -. - rememtcr max me wesiern norsu aimj . - 'Cattle Insurance Co.' of Umaba is the '-" onlv "company doiti:-business in this state -.o .. .t'hat'insuresVlIorscs' JIule1 and Cattle o . aai!is"t loss'bytheft, accidents, diseases;. -" or injury, (.as also-ai-ainst loss by lire and r-.. lichtninjr); All roprescntatitfnsli agents - . ot othVr Companies tfitUc contrary not- - .vj'tbtaBdini. . - . : l,:y..H:-XIUClI.pecial.A?'t, i."i.y" . Colu;nbus, Keb; . ' '. " ' : fc-j r- -." V : MO HUMBUG"! . .-j- . .. . .. .-.- - ''.-.'. 'xit-a,&rraxifl Siiccess. " " . . .- ' . .A -I; T r..UKIGHAM5 AUTOMATIC" WA-"- Xi tcr Trough for'stock-. He refers to " "pvtt man who hae it in use. Call on or .'leave 'enters at Georpe-'Yale's-, opposite. e veiiiricirs grocery, .. iuui . -"-JJ S r- ' . rp-kA.Si.'r HOU'ftE,. . -j t - . . -- PLATTE CENTER XEB.. I" - . - - jO-JBSHJIGOAS.. - - -. Proprietor. . -The best accommoQation for the-trayel- -iugpuMic guaranteed. Food- goad, and f lilentyofit. Beds clean and comfortable, charges Itrw-, as tfie lawest. 13-y ':' 4 T"n T"7Ti Send 8i:s: ceut for " .""A P n, I li Pi pos'Uge.an4 receive i-A. '-L d.HUlJ lree, a costly box of goods which will help vou to more money right away than anything. "else in this '- world.. Ajl, of either sex, succeed from o llret hbur". The broad road too fortune opeus before "the workers, absolutely suret At once. address, True & .Co., o-. Augusta, Maine. LYON&HEALY & Monroe Sts.. Chicago. WQI -ad rrll la ay fklii-M IMir Us 19SS. -Ml W. 2l.Etp,iDCi er IwrimU Swlu, Cak Bet. IPnnciis. EwUi, Cap-LwB-a. AMD CATALVQUE, SusUv. Drum VjrS St?v ul SAarr luaa uaic-fc. aba ladaMi i-utractac-i aaa far A-aatrar BM4-, aavl ' AaTM Stale l auBBi It Han, IUraMt If 1. laaJ -saBtnK 4m0LnSmlm CMca A DETERMINED :FEMALE. One (Kjrman .Woman Who Wat Not to Be . Trifled With. Martha H., a fin looking village girl of eighteen suniriiers, was recently be fore a justice's co.urt in,Bavaria,ehargeil ujlh" assault. Sb'e had pretty blond fi:tir, blue eyes, atfd a graceful figure.. 1 o loolc at her nobody would -suppose for a moment that she possessed moral and physical courage, in an extraordin-arC.deCTee.'j-et such was Uie case. She bore aji excellent reputation, and repelled the .advances of the opposite sex until she set evv.Von an industrious Voting nrau..n:yiied "Pari, who was, moreorer, quite good .looking. " She. did. not . propdse'Uo Ij'-'u' anv time in frivolous.courtship, so-witbout anv pre- iiuiinary nonsense, sue went rtgui up iu him and sajclcalmly'but.firmlj'j " " yf I'auJ, .Fve taken :l liking to you, a'ud 1 am'going,to marry .you." -'rhe j'ptfug niau was" somewhat sur-pri-ed. He might' possibly have ob jt'ctcd. had He not pereetved something about" the xires.sion of her face that led hirij to "suspect sho was not to be trirted with.'so hoTeplied, modestly:. , . "JVfi'el. myself highly .hoho'red. by your praference, Mj.-vS Martha, antj. will jiidftivor to prove myself worthy of you.'" " .. - 'That's all richt, PauJ, but you mTat not'fofget that we are. engaged now, and y.ouare to behave yqurelt Hktf a. oodlboy,- or.I.luay'hjrve" to be harsh' with yoir." . . . . Pirtil, in "a subdued'sort of way, asked "to kiss her liaiid. "Nonsense," She :said,"thats the. way dude do. Wo are plain country p"eo le, "with old fashioned ways," and hot withstanding tk're .were a ' mimjier '.of per.-5pns? 'present, she put her arms around lus neck and administered large, armj'-sized kiss fair and square, upon hy? Iips,thatca.ueil'a3team tqrun "away. So loud was the smack. The -engaged 'couple got. along Tery well together or several weeks, ".until t occurred to 'Paul to spend an evening wjtli some fcuoii.'coiupaniuis in the vil lage tawfu. He visited the lavern on the3 succeeding evening,- and .engaged in &.ime of cards with the boon com- )anidn. " -The jlevil-may-care expres- .sipn -vamsued .from .his countenance when tle dftor opened and his betrothed ente'rel.' " - '" 'Paul.' she said, 'calmly, "I think: il is.nbotit.tiine.for.yoif to leave this haunt 'ot,vice"ml return toj'our home." . . Tli2 boon eompjanioh laiigned vocifer ously, and.6nc of tljciu satti: . 'i'li:it'g conliag.it strong," Miss Mar thac .He -is -not married". yt,.aud you treat iitnl already as n li jvas'a mcr school-boy."" " . 'Jf Paul were as worthless and tr- fliiij as you a"re. I'd pot bother.-nrvself about him, bttt tit I, am in hopes of making )ut. of hinx," replied Mar- sonietUinr- out tlirf. . Pjiul seemed tp he-itatje. "Paid,' said.MarUta, "are vou srains u tp .cuii'ipel me fo resort- "to extreme measttres.J J .ItKl Jit " this crisjs- the land.lady thoitght it Wiis the proper. tijne'to niake a few remarks. ' ' "Vou just clear out.ol here, unv.'and .leave mv guests alone." . I'auL intimated that' he- Vas not .ready to. go,' but' judging fr.om his looks .he pjally'wiMicil that lie had left long iiefdVe. . ' ' "Cotue. Paul." said Martha, "I will show Von th.c'liole. which a considerate earpeuler has made foRtltc acconimoda tioirof 3'otrug men who th'itro to.emerge froncthi den,'.' -and eizinghim by the "hack of tlio -coal-collar and dragging "him to the .door, sliov.ed hint through the door into the 'street. Having old Panl'.to please wait for her, Martha rethrne.d,and going up to the- astounded landlady dealt her n ringing; "box "on the dar, and tfien catclt ing lu-r Tjy the"hajr- bumped- her hfljid on 'the wall,reniarkin:: .' " ""This is.to warn you not to . tamper. with mv future iiisband or something disagreeable may happen to you'.' VUL'l MIU iiau ."U1UU9I IIWMUII .III 1UI1U- 4adj''s head.otl", Martlta went.out and e corted Paul to his home. As ".they walkcd'oJYshc seemed to. lie telling him something .hat was -of national- im portance, judging 'b- the stri'ct? atten- tion hff paid. .... She wa- arrested .for the assault on tlje faudladj-, and a'slighfc tine was iiu- posed. '..." . . . "Do 'you thmk "you -will be able tp make a- reliable, rood husband out of Paul?"' asked, the Jus.ti'ce.. .. . ;1 think so, replied. Martha, feeling the.'riiuscles of her arm. "At j)resent, as we are notoVet-iyai-ried, 1 do ijot feel as. if I had a right to assume .any authority over him. . I? have to rely en tirely on "moral suasion: but when we are once happily uiarrjed 1 shajl dot hesitate.to remoibtrate earnastly with him. He is pretty well broken in al- Teady." and turning to Paul she urged, hlm'to pay thelinc, which he diiL After the couple had left ,.he "court- jooru tketludga drew a long breafli, and rema'rotl: ',. -;Vhal.a mother-ifi-law she will be after awhle." Translated from the Uthnaji. . . EXPERTS .IN HANDWRITING. Tlte Casr Which Are-Siilmilttctl to Them . for Oplnli. . 'We arc informed by one of tlie pro fession (and there are J)tit two in Lon- don. who almost divide the work) that o J c a within the last four years he has been intrusted with more th-an'.CiX) cases a from different parts of the country, in connection with ucittunly not 200 of which he had to-appear leublicly The rest are comtAromiscd or hushed up. or ' in manv instances never even jjo so far as that, -fdr often the codsulting parties onlv waut tlietr owjt suspicions con firmed for their own satisfaction, with out any iutention of taking further action. They are for the most part matrimonial disputes; scandalous com municatibns from disappointed suitors, secretly, thrust under the front door: abusive'and threatening letters; erasures in and suspected signatures to wills; and stripgc that a day of universal love and harmony should be so desecrated! no Va.entine'Pay passes thafUoes not bring with ft-yhalf a dozen letters, poesies, or pictures, as to the authors of which the recipients shtiw an angry and a lively curiosity. Occasionally the expert's opinion will be 'asked on a difficulty which arose before the pro fession attained its present eminence on the validity of a signature to a will, for instance," signed forv years ago, and though at the time suspected never legally impugned. "OulyXthe other day," said the authority in rpiestion to us," I was taken. to see oneof these wills. The moment I set eyes on it I knew it as a rank forgery. Noth ing could be done nor .ever can be done, in cases where the parties are all dead and the property has long changed hands. The consequence is that, in my own experience, I .have again and again with instances, of e tat'es and. incomes held under a titla fouudi'-J on the most indisputable for geries, but which no one at the time had .tlte-courage ot the money to take into court." And now that, we liavo for Ihe'momeut turned to the subject of the-- expert's examination of papers written manv years before, it will not be uninteresting to refer to the late Mr. Chabot's opinion on the vexed question of .the aulhorship of Junius, founded on a minute comparison of many hand writings, and embodied ra an exhaustive publication, edited" and . prefaced br1" Hon. Edward Twlstletou he "whole, to our mind,, at any rate, conclusive of the difficulty. The subject had been previously somewhat similarly dealt with in "Junius Identified," written -by Mr. Taylor in 1816; where, though not to the kmc extent on the grotiud of identity of handwriting, subsequently m'ore fully treated in a supplement to the -same book published in the.follow ,in'g year, the author had come to a s'nnilar -flec-i-ion. Under the various well - considered " and. well - sustained heads of Verbal Agreement in Phrases, Uncommon Phrases, Metaphorical Phrases, Particular Doctrines, Opinions, Cautions, Maxims and Rules of Con duct, Peculiar Sentiments, Words Sim ilarly Italicized, Similar Quotations, Manner and Personification, Mr. Taylor makes out a' very strong case against Sir Philip Francis, and, in fact," so far as it be true that fe style crest Vhomtne, Jhere can be little doubt after reading the book ahd verifying the comparisons 'that Sir Philip Francis and Junius are the same, Cornhill Magazine. f HOW THEY DRESS. Congreasmeu Worth .Million Who Wear Twenty-Five Dollar Suit or Chat he. Half of our public men go about in suits as business-like as those of a bank cashier, tVilliam Walter Phelps, with Vtll his millions, wears clothes vfhieh cost about twenty-live dollars a suit', and he sports a red necktie. Tom Reed' dresses in dark tweed business clothes. Lyman, -of Massachusetts, wears a green scarf; Orlando Potter's gray clothes would not sell for five dol lars to a second-hand cloth-s man, and the black ones of Colonel Woolford, of Kentucky, arc shiny with age. Charley O'Xeil, of Philadelphia, is natty in his dress, and his red neckties are always new an 1 his collars, clean. Jim Bel ford, on the other hand, sometimes -wears clothes that are positively dirty, and they hang on hi square, angular form like the old ones of a farmer who Jias framed them on a cross to scare the crows. - .Doth Carlisle and Randall wear little inch-wide "black neckties, and both are generally dressed in black. Roth stoop a little, and neither is wry careful at to Iiis appearance. Judge Reagan, of Tuxas, wears a black diagonal Prince Alliert coat and a turnover collar, and Perry Relniont's little frame, every ounce of which can be fed with its in come of 'many 'thousands a year, is clothed in closely buttoned black broad cloth, -Governor Long, who is to read the address at the dedication of tho qouumeut,-has a" good tailor, and his .wide blue' seersucker pants of last yeai made, him the envied of all of the Washington dudes, bid bluff Oscar Turner, of Kentucky, the Outlaw of the Purchase, often comes into the House without a vest, and buttons his panta loon's with ii lMlt strap. Dorsheimer clothes his six feet form and his three hundred pounds in black diagonal. -S:nj Cox always apjienrs on the floor in black, and 'Horr, of Miyhigau, has on a suit of business cut and a pepper and' salt material. Calamity AYetier's clothes are as rough and cray as his brain. His Guiteau-like face looks ai though it. needed a razor, and his hail I always stands, on end. Phil Thompson, that little fellow with the pleasant tact anil .Hie mild air, dresses very neatly and his clothes' fit him. He has no lbok ajjoiit him which will indicate his 'tistorv as-the killer of several men. and I his. manners are as gentle as those of a woman. He is,-infac"r, as mild a man nered. man as-over cut a throat. Phil Thompson- has a twin brother who dresses jitst like him, and who is his very, image in'face and form. Thedoor keep'er can not -tell them-"apart, and Phil's brother, who is not a member of Congress and has lVo right -to the floor, can move in and but of the House at will, the ollicers of 'the House taking himfot-'his brother. Washington Cor. Cleveland Leader. .. NO EMOTION. .Titer Cathler Who" Didn't -Appreciate .The atrical Pathos. .0.."a suburban theater train " the other night a lfttle party were, .talking pf pathetic scenes upon, the stage and lto'w they were. variously.. affected by them. .... "" . "For my. part," said a dapper young. man,"I never saw anything upon. -the stage thaf could moist'en my eye.. I leave the crying to little Boys 'and' Womon." - - "Oh, you do.do yoti?" replied a bjufl old gentleman.'an officer of one of the railroads: every time I hear a young man talk as you do I feel like" .telling a little incident that once came under my notice jn New York Citv. A party of us sut in a box; 'Hazel KirkV was the plav. . None of us had ever seen it I .shed a tear or. two .ijuietly and unob served, but rough eld licneral AIcKae rcried.likc a.baVy. He was President 01 a Georgia rauroau mcu, ana in iew York ou 'business, .lie was a regular martinet in his profession, stern a'nd unrelenting. He was an old bachelor, too: and so far as is 'known iiever had J tender feeling toward woman or kin. nt jkiu m cu ii in- nuuuirv iiuu auM- iutely unsentimental. We "were all sur prised jto see such emotion in such a man! but none of ty taid anything "ex cept" young -George , of Atlanta. He laughed at the old General's weak . noss. . 'Can voir, witness such a t-cene as that withdry eyes?' inquired the Gen-. eral, with all his old sternness of man ner and speech. a "Why. of course I can. . I could laugh atit even as I laugh at you.' ' 4.ee here, George -,' said Gev eral McRae. with groat earnestness, you are cashierpf a bank in Atlauta, In that bank my company" has many ( thousands of dollars deposited. Imme' diately upon my return home every dol lar of our deposits .-hall be withdrawn. You may be an honest mau, bat I do n$t feel'safe with our. money in an, in stitution where one of Ihe'respotfcnbls, officers is a person who talks as you talk to-night! "Upon his return to Atlanta tka General did as he promised. And luck ily, too, for in less than six months that bank' was nearly ruined by a heavy em bezzlement of its cashier." Chicagt Btrald. MAYS 11 BIGGEST!! . THIS YBAR 10 TIMES BIGGER. 10 TIMES GREATER THAN EVER. . ... f LIMITLESS IN NEW FEATUSES! Endless Changes and. Transformations. THE ONLY BIG SHOW To) be 1st 1'ebraska thla year. AT COLUMBUS WEDNESDAY, JD1 1.TH. Tko Old! Tke Oaly ! The Origiaal JOHN ROBINSON (SO CAGE MENAGERIE. 3 Ciims in tHiD6 Rings 3 ENORMOUS ELEVATED STAGE. 10 BIG SHOWS ALL COMBINED FOR 1885. LEADING FEATURES. 1,000 Men and Horses Employed. 99 t Street Parade. 31 Sun-Bright Chariots! FIFTY CAGES Of Rare Animals. 12 Different Kinds of Music. 8 SEPARATE BANDS. 4 MUSICAL WAGONS. 300 Horse, and lOO Ponies. 100 Knights in Armor. FEMALE BRASS BAND. . RAR1' ELEPHANTS. Tarce-- lowed, and Thrfe-Eyed Bovine. TATTOOED WOMA2T. FEMALE SASrPSON oufpulliufr Ele- . pha'nts- ZOLA Ridinp a Bicycle GO feet in Mid-Afr-ZENOBIA Hurled Irom the Catapult-CLARA Iteyolving a Barrel on a Trapese 100 Feet Hfgh. EJT0LI8H 3ICTCLE ilDEM. . SIBERIAN SKATERS LLA ZOLA, ,W-I Mb- M Stilts on Three.Qiurter liich wireWevated. If feet A IDA Divea from the Apex tB niBVH IMVYaipt.K'ET.Ii Slid . frn the Dome.of lheCnvaa.y her Teeth tfcA's aiaruiDg stair suae 330 feet. . " TROUPE.OF ZULUS, Troap f AraTW, Traape of Ja; m, TrilM sf-Iaaiaas. 500 RAKE ANIMALS. Giant Horse. Giant Ho?. Giant Ox, Giant Cow, Giant Woman, Giant Han, Giant Camel, Giant Elephant, Drove tf Gi raffes. Bengal Tigars, Klock of Ostrich es, Hippopotamus, Ant Bear, White Bears, Sea Lions and Walrus, 500,000 Yards of CanvasTO 51 ale Artists and 40 Female 'Artists. ' And More and Better Features than' "any Two ho we ComlMned. Two Performances. Dooraa open at I and 7 o'clock p. tp. e ALSO XXHIBIT AT Norfolk. June 13; Albion, June fa; Schuy ler, June 16; Central City, June 18. o SUnF FIRST National Bank! COZ.TJltlBXJ8.IVKB. '.. Aitie-rk ed Ca'piUl, Paid T-iFCapiUl;. Suplis tid Prelts, - $250,000 50,000 - .8,000 ffi- ICXRS AND DIRSXTOR8. A. ANTflRSON, Prtft: .. .SAll'L C. SMITH; Vice Preit. .. O. T. B.OEN, Cashier. . J-W- EARLY. - P . HtRM AN OEHLRICH, W. A. MCALLISTER, G.ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON: Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, and Real Estate Loans. 29-vol-13-ly -BuiniEss casi. D.T. 3IARTYN, M. D. F. J. SCHUG, M. D. Drs. MAiTYN & 8 CHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeons. Union Pacific, O., N. & B. II. and B. & M. R. R's. Consultations ia German and English. Telephones at office and residences. ErOfficc over First National Bank. , COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 42-y p 1. EVANS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. iEaTOflice and rooms. Gluck building, 11th street. Telephone communication. P. P. RUN N ER, ITI. HOMCEOPATHIST. Chroale Diaoaaea aad Diseases of Caildrea a Specialty. "Office on Olive street, three doors north of Firot National Bank. 2-ly W, 91. CORNEIaHJ., LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building 11th street. p J. GAKLOW, Collection Att'y. SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD PAPER. Office with J. G, Higgins. 31-Sm TT HUDSON, NOTARY PUBLIC, 2th Strf t, i doors west of Ifaamoad Hoase, Columbus, Neb. 491-y T O. SEEDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska J-tf MONEY TO LOAIf. Five years' time, on improved farms with at least one.fourth the acreage under cultivation, in sums representing oue third the fair valne of the homestead. Correspondence solicited. Address, M.K.TURNER, r.n.j Columbus, Nebr. V. A. MACKEN, PKALKK IN Foreign and Domestic Liquors and Cigars. 11th street, Columbus, Neb. flO-y VrcAl-I-lCTER BROS., A TTORNEYS AT LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary Public. JOHN TinOTIIY, NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER. Keeps a (till line of stationery and school i-upplica, aud all kinds of legal forms. Insures against tire, lightning, cyclone mill tornadoes. Office in Powell's Block, Platte Centei . lft-x J. M. MACKAKLAND, Attars; asi ITetiry Pa--1- B. K. COWDKRY, Ccllirter. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK MACFARliAND 4 COWDBRTf, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. J. 3. NA1IGHA!, Justice, County Surveyor, Notary, Land and Collection Agent. 3"TParties desiring surveying done can notify me by mail at Platte Centre, Neb. 51-Cm "P H.RVSCHE, Uth 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 SALMON, 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. 52 Cmo. R. M. laAHTRENC'E, DEP.UTYCQ. SURVEYOR. 4 nil! derfeBeral surveying in Platte r.j .-cts - ... and idumamg counties. Office with S. C. Sttb.'54"i--- 7 XKBRASKA. iiay r -'xS 17-tf :6 ifCTaDOCK. & SO, rpenTers and 'Contractprs.- Havenaff a extended experience, and wilt guarantee satisfaction in wdrk. All "kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunitytoestiniateforyou. gTSbop on 13th St one door west of Friedhof &. I Co's. store. Columbus. Nebr. 483-v .p.c.sHAJsrjsroN" MANUFACTURER OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Eoofinf .and Gutter . ing a Specialty. 0Shop on Olive Street, 2! doors north of Hrodfeuhrer's'Jewelry Store. G-y G W.CMRK LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT, HUMPHREY, NEBR. tfis lands comprise some fine tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion of PlJtte cpunty. Taxes paid fo? non-retldents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y tajt0 SC. ije .TRAVELING. Thf Baaeilt, fUtnlUar frooa 'chaac t, . Sarroundlass. . As a boy Li pleaded with awhtstU or knife, and in youth find delight with either a hqrse or a bicvele, so in man. hood come thchange3of taste and am- Diuon. ine pleasures oi twenty-are oiaaived at thirty, aifd at forty we are lookjng through the tunnel to. the light at the other end. and not'until very much elder, I believe. do we loag for the lo$t days of boyhood. The years that seedied slow ia pass ing at twenty go .by. like fast coaches before for(y. and-startle us like a night express at lifiy. The longing to keep young is an aver age desire in so mitny, that one who could tell of a land where youth is re -aewed would be hailed as a leader with a splendid follo.wing. And yet, to .one inured to "bleak and increment cli mates, a simple change to the milder weather of Southern Missouri, Kansas New Mexico or California, will 'work wonders in the renewing of ."youth. . An air -bath by travel and a new sur rounding, .provided one is .'employed and contented, js one of . the. suret means of reviving lost energy aud in creasing vitality. The wine-like winds of travel for nothing,- ia sq much. like it, in stimulating vigor, as the .swift draughts of" air one inhales by contrast of climates is of all thing's "intoxicat ing to the senses. We 'feel the world is larger, we know the. earth is beauti ful, and of all things to the debilitated, travel is the key .to happiness... Travel breaks up. our narrowness, enlarges our loVe of .-enjoyment, 'ins creases our belief in improvements, revives our recollections' and enlarges our views of others. -It does. more. It ttdds a new life .to the old one, and brings to the newer "the right "to livo over the other, and fulfills the lougiug to be a boy again, for travel in .a strange and rbmautic country is to. be gin life anew; and settling for. a season in ouift fair valley ('-where the smile of the Creator -is crystulized on .the. landscape"), or .in some city, of refine ment, is a world thUt before was up; discovered. " " As an aid to conversation and a theme of general use "in businoss or pleasure. It is broad and instructive: as J a means oi learning nisory u is ue yond all books, maps and teachei-s; "for acquiring knowledge it is a. rare. experi ence. He Is a wise man who has known many. men, seen many cities." The influence of travel ,on" reading, love of learning and. general advantage over information gained in books, need, not be urged to enforce its meaning.. We all know that the jqore 'one. learns the more he Will learn, and. a facf once 3trUined of fields well known 'will out last all descriptions. From the chances of trade and the' hauges of business, we often meet men and women who have .seen better days, whose ample fortune once afforded the luxury of case and comfort. Notably, is this true of the.ouce- wealthy planters at the South, who have last in tlie voi tex of commerce, and the tide of affairs, the means that had furnished many a feast of enjoyment, whose present chief solace Ls the fond recollection of what was theirs so long in reality and is now only cherished in memory. From these we may learn that next to our nearest friendships will ever be the gain and protit of .strange lauds visited, fortunes enjoyed aud fund cene.s re membered. And what, after all. is life but a little journey in a strange land, with a few. companions.- le-,s friends, a living train, a halt at the little itations, a rest and a recollection of what we hae seen, known audenjo,ed most a we traveled; though they may be unpossessed ofev.cn like impressions and surroundings. The chief gain of travel is that means" of making one at home with the many clashes of associates who read from tho start that- one of easy manners has at least some superior knowledge of the world. Then, too, the pleasures of contemplation must over be a .source of companionship, -and one that has traveled manv miles with attention will I have a mind well stored with natural paintings and pleasant placed to recall at h'L.urc andenjoy when alone. The enlargement of the mind ou see ing the growth of great cities, then ro-. gress of vast improvements in mechan ism and arts, with the still greater wonder at the work of nature as seen in rivers ami mountains, valleys like Harper's Ferrv and th like Niagara, the jrram Yellowstone, are all themes plate, enlighten and inspire. Hooks and paintings can never wholly detine them. ,. H'. Donovan, in Current.' FLOATING HOUSES. One af th 8tranuet Siclil4 of Chlueita) CMlm. As we approach Canton one ' of. the .strangest sights of tins .strange land is the vast wilderness of boats which serve as the only homes of a floating population of more than a hundred thousand human beings. As our steam-. cr made its way slowly through the citv of boats to her wharf, it seemed as if half of Canton was - atlont on the water. All around us were acres on acres yes. square .miles of junks", moored in blocks aud' -squares, will) long streets or canals between them; while, darting hither and thither, .were hundreds on hundreds of others carry ing passengers or freiglit. These boats are of various sizes and shapes, und are partly.covered with bamboo mat ting, the one or two -apartments fur nishing space for parlor, ' kitchen, dining-room, bcd-rooin. wood-shed. barn, and idol-shriue. There, multi tudes on multitudes of men and women,.parents .and" children, grand parents and babies, iind a home each boat often sheltering more souls Uian Noah had in his ark. There.. thousands .aro born, grow up, grow old, and die seldom being on land until carried there for burial. "Many of these boats are manned by women and girl's, whose large, uubpund feet prcre.that they are not ''Chinese ladies;" "and yet "they, have. learned to "paddle their own carioc." Babies. are fastened, to tlte deck by strings; and "other children wear life-prtsserwrs or gourds or ham boo to keep them from -sinking if they fall overboard, though the parents don't seem to grieve much" if -one doesl get drowned. There are larger and more gaily decorated junks called 'flower-boats," .used as floating plcas-ure-houses.of no good reputation. A few years ago a typhoon, swamped thousands of these small craft, and ' hundreds of the inmates were drowned. Cor. N. Y. Home Journal. al a Among the many industries of California is uie new one oi manuiac- turing macaroni. A good imitation of the Italian article is said to be pro daced SUPERSTITIONS. Sara f tk Pet Slgne aad Oaten That Are M.ore or LesfPHetleTtHl la. a Scat whack! a There was a sudden how, as if a fog horn had" been seized with a night mare, 'and a something that bore a de cided resemblance to a. cats tail dis appeared 'over the back fenoe of a St. Paul street sesidence like a streak of o . . . yellow lightning. a .. "I don't like t see a cat lying in the sun in February." said $he old gentle in'au, as.he slammed down the winddw and resumed his chair by she lire place. "Why?" asked an incredulous vis itor, "j It forebodes a -stormy March," was the response. ''Why, that's a proverb Tye heard since I was a child, and I've never known it to fail. But here in the city, and particularly here in St. Paul street, they laugh at a fellow when he hauls out his country saws. That shows their ignorance, (or good ness knows a farmer knows more about the weather in a week than t.hey do in the eity for a mouth. Th'ero's another true saying that when the north wind does not blow in February it will have its re venge in March. Aiit for every.thu.ndcr 1 auu rain in this month there win oe a cold spell in -May".. The ohl proverb sljys that when the snow Hies in. the ditches it is waiting, for more, and when I. it' falls in the mud it remains all winter. Look out fo.r rain when the flakes grow, larger. s they fall. Of course you remember the tidie.-hdnored re--ntark about the white Christmas and the lean graveyard.. Yxu people, never pay any, attention1 to "those signs, but the farmers, the . truckers, the milk men pedple whom you brush jJaSt eyery day. on the streets or in the mar kets believe in them because their fatliers taught .tluuu to do so." "I.suppose.every mouth has itsoWn signs'?" asked the" incredulous visitor. as no gazeu- incnttiiimisiv at a ytcKei- plated horseshoe supended over the mautul. . . But all' things must end audearh some, morning you will be rudely aroused from the blissful matutinal dreams. by the soul-freed shouts of vottr : -"heart's trial" and be regaled with the pleasihg information that 4Tse dun cum frew wid deblessid"religlonob our Sabiour; I'se searched de Lord. airly aud late and, frank de High King. I'se ilnn foun' him; I've bin to de golden gate,- I'se knocked and I has -entered into'de kingdinp; I is a reserricted sin ner and I.is wiwhed as white as snow." Knowing full well your "help" is far 'too happyto descend to th'e sublunary ' realities of cooking breakfast, you ra,echinically don your clothes and pro ceed to the kitchen, while the liberated sinner sallies forth tt scatter- abroad" "de blossed hew's." . It, Is iu At a scene like this; and the enforced 'necessity for preparing-. sueh a meal that suggested, this. exposure of negro fraiUiersnd which prompts the wish that all our work could be done by machinery. ... The mora thought is filled. with bliss "and. rest 'at the same time. I must compromise with my Jbetter'self by ex tending to the descendants of our. old "uncles 'and aunties" my best wishes for their future advancement and pros-2- . a . perity, lor me Kinuiy rememorances oi "our childhood "mammies" prompt many kind thqughts.for their, worth less ratter-day representatives. Cor. Philadi'liihia "Times. - " H"- '-a . . -. ECONOMY AND AFfAIRS.- - The Character and DUclpIliie of folltlcal Kroifomy. " . The capacity to colject and arrauge" facts is a. hook-keeper's function: but the ability to.'-see .through the .confusing' .juass of details and. trace tjie operation of a 'governing .principle, requires an" UitttiUve regard for. facts ami their causes possessed In- a .large measure hitherto by. only a few men.. If this, analysis be a true, one; it will . appear distinctly ho .it is that qualities al niost dfametrically opposed to each other are necessary, for the eqttipmeut of an economist' of tho lifstrank.- On- .the, one hand, hemust have the power, of close, sustained and'Iogical' reasop- ing;.ou the other, he must have a most thoroughly, practical spirit, without vaaric.- and nonsense. The former ly gains cliietlv by his academic train ing: the latter by general .maturity and practical without one set of these faculties is to seriously and fatally prevent any-great, -usefulness.- .A purely "practical limn," without the logical' training, can -no" mort achieve economic success than a railway' locomotive;,, no matter -how great its steam power, oan continue to" run and reach its domination without rails.. t And yet, a bookfslrand literary. "economist, " without the . fraeti cal ' intuitions, - can . accomplish nothing more than ' a finely finished and most perfect engine in the -hands .of an ignoranius who does not know how to get up steam: We here Iind the explanation of a very commqn belief among the wide, ranksof the L busy and successful .men of affairs in the 'United StatcSr-a class who have 'gen erally had little acadcraifc training that economists arc -mere "doclriti aircs," whose assumptions- are all a prior"!,' all in. the air, and .above the leveNof every day wqrk; .who had bet ter make a fortune in" pig iron or facy dress goods before thay set up to In struct the community. Merely making money, 'however, does 'not at the same thijcmake one .logical. It as -if, we should ""demand "that every- scientific physicist or chemist hould have- first put his knowledge into practice by in venting some application of electricity or a patent medicine, beforcHie is com petent to impart the principles of his science to others. Tlie "contempt of the practical World for (so-called) "doctrinaires" is as great a mi.-4ake.as fpr the speculative writers to set.thcm selves abo'.j the' men of affairs.. As in nio4 things, ihe correot positio .lies somewhere between. J. Lawrence Laughlin, in Popular Science Monthly. a. -rDuring the progres. of- a trial at Cincinnati recently the fact leaked ouV incidcntally.that all spirits sent from this country to Versailles, France, are watered and "doctored" tip aud sent in bottles to Africa, where the stufl has a large sale. It is known in Versailles as "nigger brandy Chicago Herald. The wood of the "jarrah".' tree, an Australian product, groying princi pnlly in the western section, is stated to be about the next thing to everlast ing. It appears to defy all ordinary forms of decay, under the most trying, circumstances; is left alone by the white ante, and ships built of i: do not e Yosemite. falls' 'f - wj't ,".:"., : i-.Ta.T-- . .. ,.:..i -. .. .... .. . a ler sights of the - .1"' "' "UV'-, """ "c ,rx ....f..r.. intisi ue ui ouce u -tau-c.iiii-u i uucinu-lOLOiiu.m- ... ,. , - .. ;.:i" . r, . nut: auu a mi HAJiiuui uian. xu uc iequire to be coppered. TBTiaineu and proleeaioaalcaraa of five lines or lees, per annua, nve dollars. ." 17 For time advertisementa, applr at this oalce. o taTLegal adTertlsesieBU at sUtate rates. Ef"Tor traaaieat oadTrtiatnc, s ratesoataird page.0 a ETA11 adertlseeieBts payallla monthly. PERSONAL AN IMfSOMA4. From an estimate aaaae by M'raa Kate Field, it appears that Brigbaia, Young has now over fiftceit hundred) 'living descendants. . The chaiupiou checker player ot the world is said to be a deaf mute. James Wylie. a Scotchman. He a now. sixty years old. and has. done aeeaiag but play checkers since hist fiftseala year. . . Victdr Hugoalthough Over ifhtj years of age, is said to have the 'teeth of a wolf and the .stomach of a lioa." He has as many .hairs. on his hdad as .when hd was one aad twenty, only they are white. Go vvraor. Adams, of Nevada, sap- . pened to oversaul an old coat the other 'day and fujua'd thrpo thousaad six huudrethaml eighty. dollars, ia oneol the pockets. He had forgotten all . about the money. " P. T. Barniim thinks 'that Joyce Heth. the spurious nurse of Washiaa;- .' ton, was.theiounuation oi his fortune. He. was dxtremely poor, hardly ahle to earn .his bread, 'when, having bought her for $1,000. borrowed moaev, he cleared .$100,000' for exhibiting her. N. Y. TtitHe. . . Judge David S. Terry, who .killed ". David C. Broderick in a duel fa Saa . Franeistfo. which created such a sensa tion a quarter of a century ago, killed himself politically withthe same bullet. He has sot been beard of for a great. e while, aad was generally thought to be . " dead? But he is alive at Stocktos.Cak, vhere he still practices law.and dwells ia ' the shade of enforced retirement. He' is now uearly seventy years old. Cii-' cago Journal. . " . . . " Lord .Velseley wars, stationed at ". Montreal tweuty years ago, and was. .' verypopalar with the ladle's. His old . o French, instructor there relates this in- cident: "Once I said to -him. quite prophetically, us itnurned out: iCol- onel, I lietleve yoii will omedav rise tt be Conlmanderofthe KnglNh armv!" i remember his answer, lb-said? 'How eati lev i-r hope iope for promotion -when I have no o'ne interested in me at- - court?' .At Montreal, however. Prince .Artluirwastheii a Lieutenant, and be tween . liira and Volseley .a warm-: friendship sprang-up. It was p"robably. due to this intimacy, in a measure at' least, that .he was jsubseque'utly.' ap-- poiuted'Colonel of the" Life ("uard at.0- London." Boston Journal. " The .lately dt'eeased millionaire,., - Mr. Burnhani. who was to have- niar ra'jl Miss Sanborn, had planned for happylife of "years longer. He gave,. sas a correspondent." "a- h'amlsome diainoad ring to that . lady- that cost not less than live hundred? dollars and said:- -This. Lr - . makeshift tor an engagement ring-. I will give you'a-uetteroaeas.soonaji we can select it.' And he pl'anned for tea thousand dollars worth of trfnkelts.for her ears, and ueclc, anil hair. And he '' .said: 'Yoti can have that big mahogany ' . Ulbfe ill tho library to-write oii.: and we will Jiave-thpse two new books' of yours published, ybu ambitious girl!'.- And our hoiis will be very central "for tho. journalists, and artists, .and musicia'us.' oi New York. "Let usliave'sontfc weekly'. receptions for them, aud see. if it won't , be pha-ant-all around.' I'f-N. Y. 'Su'h'. . "- -- ..- - .. -A. LITTLE NONSENSEi".- - - A . lesson in phj'sii': 'i'eaeheh--0 "Vhal is velocity?" Pupil "Velocity ft ., 'what. a mau put'a hot .plate down Willi," FrriudKuftlatt. '. ' '' . . -The number of", plants raised -by man does udt vxceed "tlrn'o tboiisanil: An iiid.ii.trious-hen -will . raise "ii'ioru . thai) tliat. every, hjiiir'iii the'day.-.-V Jlinghumto'n Republican. . "' "Look here, Mr: Cohsumerl'every fine 1 go'to your house ato read'vo'tir- gasmeter; that, internal Uog ot votirs' ""pitehe- at me." 'Yes; hit's. a capital" 'Kuovv-Ta wat-'li tlog. hagift'ious. too.- rpbbr.at first sighfevery.time.'.'-A. Y: Srtn. .'- ;.'.." -,'.-" . ".. A sad tale:- -.: . ' - .! : a . ' . o . . There was uJittlc juun- .".. . - . o . - -. And he hud a litllevHijj" ." .-- And a tjiiait (ir.jnure r Li-iocuc wn la It: ' "" . . And ii.oi-l lie kitvlii'n.Hii. '-'. v-' To luuke It luirii stil.l hlxher.- ' . , . He poured tl.e cil.'tind in iiiueli-'jens .than a. -iiiartertf a'liiliiute os . 'Therj wus mt nttleenn "- ..'.' ,. - ' There wits uolittlc inuif--- " . -The tale's-toJ suil-t-1 Vuu't k h. tI-W). o .did I beirsu it. . . -. . - tt Detroit Free P.re.s,- -s-TJiere is a sign on an up-tjwn.mii-r' ' linery .store which reads;- -.'-Call and .see our kids." , A mau dropped iu'and . said to .the proprietor.. l saw yoiir sign to"coJo,e-in an(l"ti'f the kids-. I've got a pair at home, ami aho.ught I would call in and see if otti-s .were better lopkinglhau mine. .How many "have you-?""' The proprietor. steriilyiiir- terrttpted" .him: V'You foolf";! . mean ' gloves: uo.ujy" -Kingston Freeman' ,. "There is- somethjng" that has preyed heavily on my mind -ever s.incd" our", engtfgcmeirt. dear;' 'he-.said, "but- I am almost afraid to tell vou.of- it.." "What Ls", it. (Jeyrge3" . t'lfe vouug--woman .asked, "anxiously. "J'l am k .sOIIlnamb1lli.st:'., "Oh. .iv thaUall?" she exc'Iajmcd.with a" sigh of re'licf. "I . -have always'beeu-a UniyeiSalist myself.; 'but of course when we- are made one ."I. shall cxpwct.to attend vopr-eburch " A..y. IillU.1. . .... " -Oue 6f tiie boarders at a-New Loa- " don hostelry, while at- dinner 'to-day,, a 'attempted "to. Imliven the; table'by re . counting an anecdote.' ..Cohrmcueing, ho said: "I f. 'truck. a laly with the. 1 rheumatism this morning '-"'i'he. man ought to be hanged .who' would. strikea ladv wilh the rheumatism" in-- . terrupte.d a v oice from the.""otherside ot.the table, lhe r-.Tsoii w.li( had -the -. story- to tell looked around, became -cotifuacd and, c.ollaps.cd. -Hartford' Courtffil. - ' " " .. . .. Educational Ijemr. A gen'tle.maii'. who was, visiting "one .of -the public schools in. a Tx-xas town, asked a bright-loqkiug boy: "WhaV.prolft-'w there is the study "ofancient history?" ,. "About Jift'v ctuiLs, I rccko'n,". wail th"!; reply. -What!" "Well, the- teacher makes n .buy the books -ot .-tiim, anu we have "topaya dollar. L'thitilc he 'it them for fifty rents a pitfee: -so-' he: iiis a deal -profit pf JiA.V .cents, 'a . cording to my eareuLit'sn.'.. The boy. went humb at recess, hen.ee he could " not comply with, the- request of th'e -teacher to stay9 in after school.1--Texas J 'Sitings.-. .. .' . -' ' """ -7. ,-... There is. no more, curious sight than, the Brooklyn terminus of the j great bridge at six o'clock in the after- noon. The" cars are" then'ruii'at about- a minute .and a'half headway, as. they call it, by which they mean that -twoi cars are emptied"'on the B-ooklyn "side", about that hour in -every u-'nute and half. The passenger then . descend a . I stairway to the. street, 'but, notwith- - standing the interval oi time .nauieo. theprocessIae of people is. ttnbryien daring the rush of "business. A con- stant stream of men and women, seven, and eight abreast", is to be seen- &. sending thetje stairs. .V. Y. Sum,