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PRIVATE WIRES.
What It Costa to Katsbllsh Nelshborhopd
Telegraph Llnri.
In the State o Indiana there is a
telegraph line in operation which 'places
three or four f ami-houses in communi
cation with vach other. Tlfe benefits
thereby derived are'of great value, and
the .oung folks take great pleasure "m
.this, mode, of communication. The
ntJ-Vr$ .some time ago mentioned a
Hue which (s in operatioji in the south
ern part of this State. It is several
"m Uin .n-length And place eighteen or
twehty residences in comiuunication
with each other. The Hue runs to a
village and is connected with a doc
tor's ollicu there, thus giving each
"ollice,." or house, provided with an
':iitriunint direct connections with the
doctor, a great advantage in case of
s ekne.ss or an emergency. In case of
liie or Burglary, any family can sum
mon and obtain assistance at once
from their neighbors.
Fanners have no idea of the 'feasibil
ity of a scheme of this kind, and llieco.st
is" very slight, compared with the bene-
lit-; they may ga:u thereby
We w,H suppose that there are four
or live farmers, who wish to build a
telegraph line and connect with- the
.lVst-otllee or telegraph ollice. Suji
pose the line is to be about one mile in
length. Lot us figure up the cot.
No. 12 galvanized, iron wire" is very
well adapted for a line of th:.s length.
and one mile of it would cost about t
$li. The glass insulators, and brack
ets to fasten on poles and attach the
wires to. will cot but a few dollars.
T,he poles are a small item to farmers,
as the wire need )e carried only high
enough to keep it out of easy reach of
mischievous boys, except in pass
ing over gates, roadways or any
where that people are liable. to dr.ve
under it. lu such places it must be
liigh enough to clear a man standing
upon a load of hay. Tour boj's will be
glad to have the privilege of cutting
the poles, and to assist in building the
line, b:cauu they are to have lots of
fun in limiting over thwire. playing
cheeke-. by telegraph, etc., during the
long w nter evenings.
The irav ty bar.cry,'' as it is called,
is the be-t and cheapest kind to ue for
this purpose. You will need live 'cells'
or jar.-, of this batter' for the line and
an additional cell" for even instru
ment attached to the line, haff of the
battery to be attached to each end of
the 1 ne. and none any where else. Thus"
if your line is connected with fivebuild
ing, :i will want teu jars, which will
cost ou about seventy-live cents each.
The brst instruments to iKe are tho-e
in which the sounder' and "key' arc
on one base. In case you have chil
dren who are apt to meddle with it.
you can make a cover to lock over :t.
after the fash'on of a scw.ng-mach ne.
The instruments will eot you about
live dollars each. It will not pay to
get the cheapest, ueither will it bo nec-es-ary
to have the high-priced ones.
You will also need a cut-out' aid
lightifng-arresler'" combined, so that
you cair sw:tch off the instrument dur
ing heavy thunder-storms, and effectu
ally protect your property. There are
several kind of cheap ones which will
answer very well, and cost about one
dollar each.
During my live years' experience a.
telegraph operator on different I:nes. I
know or only one instance wherein an
ollice was damaged by lightning, and
that was probably due to tit operator'.
neglect m not "cutt ng" or switching
out his instrument before going home
in the? evening.
To Mini it up the expenses would be
alout as follows:
One milt ol ;iie $1. (to
Insulators ntiuut 3 M)
Itiittery, i(ieell-75 cent. 7 So
In.-tniineiits, ."S;."i 'J." (X)
t'ut-outs, or switoitea, 5$I .1 (O
This Mini divided by live k-aves each
fanner" expe ise-. .sif. !0. a small .Mini
to compare with the good you will get
out of it
After putting up the line tukI getting
it in running order, the next th ng l-t
be dune is to learn the Moie alphabet.
The lirmsthat manufacture .nstruiiieiits
send cards- with th s alphabet pnntcd
on them, aud a book of instructions
with tin nst rumen ts. so that a person
of ordinary intell gence Tan put up a
line and master the alphabet by" follow
ing the directions g yen therein.
It takes from three to twelve months,
accord ng to th aptness of the learner,
to become sufficiently prolicient to get
along on a ra lroa.l wire, 'but on a wire
of tit k ml a few weeks pract-ce will
enable you to converse slowly with
your nc ghLors. aud youTV .11 improve
m proportio 1 to the lengtli of time you
practice. Agree with your friends up
on the hours to pract Ce and let one in
each house "send' in their turn about
fifteen minutes at "a time, and all the
rest copywhafche or she sends. It will
be a pleasant pastime for the family
and serve to keep your boys more at
home.
If you can -get an operator to in
struct you a few times you will get a
better idea of it to begin with, although
it will not make much, if any, differ
ence in the end.
In a great man localities the barb
wire fence may be used, but it is not sb
reliable, as it is not very well insulated
and will work badly in very damp or
wet weather. In dry weather, ami
provided the posts are dry, it will do
almost as well as an insulated wire.
I?e sure that the jo'nts are scraped un
1 1 br ght before connecting the ends
together. If the wire is well painted it
will work tolerably well, even In wet
weather. Cor. Detroit Frc? Press
HOUSEHOLD WASTES.
Necessity of Wrftcliiiijj ami
S.ivii!r the
"LoltOverK."
While the well-knowu saving that a
French family could l.vc with elegance
on what an Amer can housewife throws
awa. ia irctuiaullv illustrated in fami
lies where waste can be ill
afforded, it
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ases out of
is also true that, in eight ca:
ten. this relegation of cold b.ts to the
offal pail or ash barrel is not caused so
much by extravagance as by lack of
knowledge of how to dispose of them
in any other way. The dainty utiliza
tion of scraps isa subject that well ro
fiays the thoughtful study of any
lousewifc, and even the least original
cook can often '"'evolve from her inner
consciousness"'' an appetizing dish from
.cold fragments that at first sighl ap
pear utterly unpromis ng. in tin
matter, however, the mistress must
generally depend upon her own brains. expens've Mexican blankets are hand
Vew h relings have the keen interest iu j .some enough without adding any bor
lhe:r employers' welfare that would i ders. the bright colors making them
urge them to save a couple of pennies I very effective in an otherwise darkly
here and live or six there. Fewer ' fin shed room. Coarse bagging tacked
still, with the best intentions in the') over bright red. wall paper and Jan
world, know how. to do it or ap- anese matting is a unique idea tor wall
prec-ata that it is in the m'nor econo- j decoration. Demurest fs Monthly.
in;fs that true saving- consists. Whatl
difference does it make if those scraps
of cold bacon left from breakfast are
summaruv disponed of iu'the swill bar.
reL or if that bit of corned beef, too
small to appear upon the table .again,
is bestowed upon the .first basket beg
gar who presents himselt:'- .And if
thee. escape that fate from" the extra
conscientiousness 'of the houekeeper,
they are too often' converted into the
ubiquitous hash. Hear how one .care
ful housewife disposed of similar rem
nants: To the" corned beef and nacon
minced fine, she added half as much
cold-mashed potato, one raw. egp, a
little chopped onion and parsley, and
with croquettes made of these; rolled
in flour and fried in n'ce dripping.
I provided an appetizing d sh that was
quite suthctent. when accompaned by
stewed potatoes and. bread and butter,
to make a .lunch for three pKple.
Another' dainty dish which appeared
upon a friend's table was formed
Ironi efen less-promising materials.
Her dinner the day before had
been a stuffed chicken boiled with
rice. Examination of the pantry re
vealed the carcass of the fowl with
one leg attached to it, and a couple of
spo'onfuls of the cold rice. 'Nothing
daunted, however, the valiant house-
keeper advanced to the charge, and
with the aid of a small, sharp knife re
moved more meat from the bones than
one would at first have believed pos
sible. This was cut, not chopped, in
small pieces and set aside with the rice
and half of the dressing, while the
bones, the rest of the stuffing and a
little minced onion were put over' the
lire in two cups of cold water. When
a slow, steady simmer of a couple of
hourrs had reduced this one-half, it was
cooled, strained, skimmed and slightly
thickened with browned flonr, then re
turned to .the lire with the fragments of
meat, rice, etc., brought to a boil,
poured over crustless squares of fried
bread la'd in a hot platter, and gar
nished with parsley. The result was a
savory salmi, whose scrappy origin no
one would have suspected.
Many other instances of a similar
naturecould be given. Once, when an
underdone loaf of brown bread, too
heavy and sodden to appear on the
table in its original form, was dried in
the oven, grated and converted into
a tempting pudding.. Another, when
an equally happy result wa achieved
by crushing nto line crumbs a quantity
of stale, hard cookies, .putting with
them two cups of milk, an egg. a tea
spoonful of butter, and the juice and
grat,d peel of a lemon.
The principal objection urged again.-1
the preparation of these and similar
dishes is the trouble it takes. It goes
without sa.ing that when a woman's
time is so valuable that she loses money
by spending an hour a day in her
kitchen, she may feel that she'ean bet
ter afford to let the scraps go than take
the trouble of saving them. But
this is not often the case. With
the average American housekeeper
it is far easier to save a dollar than
to earn one. These stoioagcs of the
l'tlle leaks mav not seem mnch sep
arately, but. taken together at the end
of the month or e:tr, they mount up to
a sum that is eon.-ol ng if it has been
.saved, appall ng if t has. been wasted.
To those who th nk this close watching
and aving of "left-overs" has an ap
pearance of meanness and stinginess,
let it In; said that, wh le sol d roast aud
boiled may give an impression of plain.
Mibstanfal comfort, the entrees and
made dishes have a savoriness that can
not be imparted to the regulation cuts
of meat. Any one can go to the butcher
and order a round of beef or a leg of
mutton, but it takes judgment, taste
ami sk.il to prepare a ragout, a salmi
or a nally good scallop. Christine
Terhune Hcrrick; in Good Uousekceii-
inq.
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A SOFT SNAP.
Where It In Itettrr In He a Pauper Than
.Millionaire.
Enfield. Conn., is the most conserva
tive and most char table town in the
State. So wheu the State Board of
Charities said she treated the poor the
best of any in the State, it is not to be
wondered at. Nineteen paupers live
like princes now in that Poor-house
and drive out behind a pair of fine
steeds when they get a chance. Their
quarters are on one of the plea antest
spots in the town. A house with every
convenience gives them three square
meals a day and fiirn'shed room and
warm bed to every several one at n'ght,
while e ghty acres of good land afford
exerc'se for those who are able
to take it. The men and women
eat at separate tables food made
from the best provisions in market,
and each drinks a big bowl of coffee or
tea at every meal. Most am too old to
work, so they gather in d fferent rooms,
well heated and furnished, and gabble
the hours away. Nearly all use tobacco
in some form, and the town indulges
th's petty weakness by allowing each
twenty cents' worth a month. They
are all ducked in a bathtub once a
week, too. and made to keep them
.selves tidy. No wonder their eyes gaze
toward this haven, and that when one
gets about so old. weary and neglected he
seek refuge there, where three sumptu
ous repasts each day are served, fol
lowed by a dreamy smoke , and gurg
lings of reminiscences of eighty years
or more of active life. Many who have
money prefer . th's place to" any other,
and sb g.ve it to the town to support
them. N. Y. Post. m '
PORTIERES.
loom Draper! Which Erery Year Gain
in Popularity.
Each j'ear portieres gain in popular
ity. They are not only graceful and
pretty additions to' the drapery of a
room or halL but they are so Tery use
ful that people who.gre loth to follow
the (to them) "new-fangled ideas,"
tand ready to speak a word in their
favor. There is an almost endless va-
! ricty of material to use for this pur
pose, but those who most contrive and
econom'ze are glad of hints about these
ihiuss- A
' blanket, if
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m:lKiS :l Vf
A comparatively cheap horse-
a good color is selected.
makes i very nice draper' and is far
handsomer than the Canton flannel so
! much used, that
i look verv well.
really floes not
and -. invariably
collects all dust of a room.
A dark gray "or brown blanket will last
much longer, a frieze can be added of
large blocks of dark, rich, contrasting
colors of cloth, plush or velveteen.
These tacked on with ornamental
stitches over the bright stripes of the
blaukct. give- a really excellent effect.
and your drapery has a nice look that
, a lighter mater.al can not have. The
Better have method 1b your
mm than madMM ja yqw JMtfc(&
WEBSTER REMINISCENCES.
The Days .at His Teaching-ia Fryaaarff
Academy.
The history of the academy is cher
ished with pride by the people of the
town, especially in connection with tne
of the association's early teachers, the
illustrious orator and statesman, Daniel
Webster. To replenish his spare ex
chequer, Daniel mounted his horse in
midwinter and plunged through the
deep snows across the country' from
Salisbury, N. H., to this place, a dis
tance of nearly a hundred miles.. He
taught here two quarters from 'Janu
ary, 1802, till the the foilowingSeptem
ber and the trustees were s well
pleased with him that they passed the
following special vote of thanks to him
for his services as teacher:
Voted, That the secretary return the thanks
of thU lioard to Mr Daniel Webster for bin
faithful service: while precept arot Fryeburg
Academy.
Webster was also made the recipient
of a small pecuniary present in addit'on
to his munificent salary of $.3o0 a year.
In his autobiography Webster thus re
fers to his salary as teacher at Frye
burg: "I was.to be paid at the rate of
$3o0 per annum. This was no small
thing;, for 1 compared it, not with what
might be before me. but with what was
absolutely behind me."
Webster sold the horse which bore
him to Pcquaket to the late dames
Walker. When on a visit to Fryebiirg
in 18:51, Webster made special inquiry
for Mr. Walker and sent him his par
ticular compliments. Webster's store
account while here your corresjondent
has been permitted to examine on the
ledger of John and Richard Bradley.
The first charge. January 19th- 1802,
is for "soap, one and .sixpence;" follow
ed by "a co'mb, sixpence:" "quills," one
andsixpence:""pencil,scvenpenee;"-4a
ring, five shillings;'' a book, four and
sixpence," etc Afterward he charg. d
'one pair silk hose, fou teen and six
pence," a rather extravagant article
one would suppose for a country peda
gogue. The hose were probably" 'worn
at the famous balls of which Fryeburg
boasted at those t mes and at thcselect
soc al gather ngs which distinguished
Kryeburg's early days. This extrava
gant purchase of hose, by the way, was
in harmony with Webster's well-known
indifference in after life to the value of
money and the cost of 1 ving.
Amos Jones Cook, who succeeded
Webster as preceptor of the academy,
anu who had charge of the institution
over th.rty years, was a fellow-student
at Dartmouth College with Webster,
and was introduced to his subsequent
wife. Miss Elizabeth McMillan, by him.
Tradition has "t that Webster had a
partiality for Miss McMillan, and that
she was Vis par.iier in the first dance in
Osgood's t.imous ball in the Oxford
house. At Webster's visit to Fryebursr
in 1831. above referred to. he "called
upon "Brother Cook." as he was in the
habit of calling him. Kapping at the
door he ass mtul an incog, appearance
by drawing h s slouch hat down over
his eyes. "Brother Cook' eame to the
dooi. and, not.ninvdiate'yrecogn z ng
him, took the libeity of lifting lis hat.
On the discovery of Webster's largo
black e es. however, he at once recog
nized h's old friend. On a .subsequent
occas'on "Brother Cook' visited Web
ster at his office in Boston and tried the
same joke on him, but to no ava 1;
Webster recognized him immediately.
At h s 18.11 isit Webster was inited
to tea at one of the well-known fami
lies of the village, and. coueiat on
turn'ng upon the beauties ot the town
and its surround. ngs. Webster remark
ed: "The scenery of our town stj- ic
ing, eraud and 'beautiful; 1 was never
so ini"'r.?se.l with it as I have b en on
this v.s.L When I Was here as a
teacher I suppose I was ambit oiis and
did not not ce it." To appreciate the
Iioiiit of the la-t remark, it must be
inriie n m ml that it was uttered the
year afterWeh-ter's great speech in the
Un.ted Slates Seuat in reply to llayne,
when Webster was at the zeu.th of his
fame, and when his renown as an ora
tor was world-wide. The people of
Fryeburg deem it a happy circumstance
that the Fourth of July ora
tion which Webster pronounced
here wh.le teaching in the
academy was recently rcscii.nl
from oblivion and given to the wo-ld
in the "Fryebuw- Webster Mentor al."
For a youth of twenty the oration has
no equal in ancient or modern times,
its closing sentence be ns the sami' as
that of the last speech Webster made
in tin- United States Senate half a
century later. Aecordiug to a decr p
tion of Webster by an old lady who
was one of his pup Is here, "he was
all eye--.'" The above-mentioned "nie
mor al" conta us an cngrav ng of him
in early manhood and his piercing
eves. :ls then given, will bear out the
old lady's graphic characterization.
Fryclmry (Me.) Cor. Oxford (Me.)
Democrat.
Small Economies.
There was a time when farme- were
forced to study the small econom "s of
the farm and household, and to pn.v de
for domestic use ail tho-e small CMngs
which were needed, as wool for yarn
and yarn for hose, broomcorn for their
own brooms, maple syrup and fat beef,
bacon, wheat for Hour and bread, not
forgetting at times some flax, which,
home prepared and spun and woven,
nitidc the everlasting gra'n hags and the
sheets and towels. Then a visit.to the
store was a rare event, and the long,
yearly bills wh'ch now amaze the care
less farmer when the New Year
comes around were happily un
known. And then came a Jnio
of "wealth and wast': wbeu farm pro
duce brought enormous prices, ami
money which caily came as easily
went, and the household industrcs
were cast as tie. Then, too. followed
in due. t me the Sheriff, aud the home
stead, dear to the family, went into the
hands of strangers. But the new hab'ts
were hard to break, until a reign of
low prices has come which enforces the
most rigid economy aud seems to bring
us face to face with thee conditions
which preTailcd thirty years ago when
there was fully as much domestic com
fort and more real happiness than then
is jionr, when the farmer buys men,
than he sells. N. Y. Times.
One secret of the decl'ae of the
Southern cotton-mills, which the New
Orleans Picayune admits and depiore.s.
is that there was too. great a "boom"
in these enterprises. Those that were
earliest in the field made heavy divi
dends, which indued others to ' crowd
in untd the production of the coarser
grades of goods, to which these mills
are chiefly devoted, was pushed beyond
the demands of the market.
An inmate of aVermout jail swal
lowed forty-eight pennies the other day
hoping they would produce death.
But the odd suicidal attempt did not
reco d
FIRST
National Bank!
Aitkerized Capital,
Pali la Capita,
Sarplis aid Prolts,
8250,000
50,000
.8,000
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
A. ANDERSON, Fres't.
S AM'L C. SMITH. Vice Fres't.
O. T. ROEN, .Cashier.
J. W. EARLY,
HERMAN OEHLRICH,
w. a. McAllister;
G. ANDERSON,
P.ANDERSON.
Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage
Tickets, ana Real Estate Loans.
29.voM3-lv
lUSniESS CABD8.
D. T. Martin, M. D. F. J. Scuug, M. D.
Dw . KAETYH ft SCHUG,
U. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surgeons. Union Pacific, O., N.
St B. H. and B. A M. R. R's.
Consultations iu German and English.
Telephones at office and residences.
HrOffice over First National Bank.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
42-y
C.
. EVAKN, HI. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
tyoffice and rooms. Gluck building,
11th street. Telephone communication.
F. F. atTUNNEat, I!. Ik,
HOMGBOPATHIST.
Ckroaic Diseases amd Diseases ef
CUldrem a Specialty.
ISTOflice on Olive street, three doors
north of Firfet National Bank. 2-ly
Vy M. COKIVKI.IUS,
.i"F AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
Upstairs Ernst building 11th street.
it J. GAULOW, Collection Att'y.
SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD PAPER.
Office with J. G. Higgins. 34-3in
H.
J. 11UMSOH,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
2th Street, i doors went of Haamoad Hsase,
Coi6, Neb. 491-y
J.
G. HEEDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska
2-tf
MONEY TO 1jOA.IV.
Five years' time, on improved farms
with at least one-fourth the acreage under
cultivation, in sums representing one
third the fair value of the homestead.
Correspondence solicited. Address,
M.K.TURNER,
,r0-y Columbus, Nebr.
V. A. MAC KEN,
DKALER IN
Foreign and Domestic Liquors and
Ciffars.
llth street, Columbus, Neb. 50-v
1 rcAi.I.lKTER BKON.,
A TTORNE YS AT LA W,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing, llth St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
JOHN TIMOTHY,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER.
Keeps a full line of stationery and school
supplies, and all kiuils of legal forms.
Iusures against fire, lightning, cyclone
and tornadoes. Office in Powell's Block,
Platte Centei. 19-x
J. SI. MACFARLAND,
Attomy aal tfetary Fatfc.
B. R. COWDKRT,
CoUictcr.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFARLAND A COWDBRY,
Colutnbus, : : : Nebraska.
J. J. !MAII6UAm,
Justice, County Surveyor, Notary,
Land and Collection Agent.
yafParties desiring surveying done can
notify me by mail at Platte Centre, Neb.
51-Gm
"P H.atTUSCHE,
llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks,
valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, Ac, at the lowest possible
prices. Repairs promptly attended to.
TArtlEW SALiMOiV,
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 6mo.
T H. LAWRENCE,
DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR.
Will do general surveying in Platte
and adjoining counties. Office with S. C.
Smith.
COLUMBUS, ... NEBRASKA.
17-tf
JS. MURDOCH & SON,
Carpenters' and Contractors.
Havebad an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All klads of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tunity to estimate for you. BTSbop on
13th Stone door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store. Columbus. Nebr. 483-v
o. o. sit a isrisronsr,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Soofinf aad Gutter
ing a Specialty.
Shop on Olive Street. 2 doors
north of Urodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store.
46-y
G
W. CRJkMWL
LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT.
HUMPHREY, NEBR.
His lands comprise some fine traet
ia the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
era portiou o( PIrtte county. Taxes
paid, for non-reeidente. Satisfaction
guaranteed.. 20 y
BABY- ESQUIMAUX.
Baw Thy Ar TaMgat t Bceaaaa
Shaatcrs.
One pf. the first toys that a little)
Bsquimau'has is a small bow of whale
bone or light wood; and, sitting on the
end of the snow bed he shoots his toy
.arrows, 'under the direction of hi
father or mother or some one-who
cares to play with him, at something
on the other sjde of the snow house.
This is.usually a small piece of boiled
meat, of which he is very fond, stuck
in a craek. between the snow blocks;
and if he bits it. he is entitled to eat it
as a reward, although the little fellow
seldom needs such' encouragement to
stimulate him in his plays, so lonesome
and long are the drearv winter days
in which he lives buried beneath the
snow.
These .toy arrows are. pointed with
pins; but he is also.f urnished with blunt
arrows, andwhenever some inquisitive
do" pokes his bead in' the igloo door,
looking around for a stray piece of
meat or blubber to steal, the little
Esquimau, if he shoots straight, will
hit him upon the nose or head with
one of the blunt arrows, aud the dog
will beat a hasty retreat. In this
sense, the little Esquimau boy has plenty
of targets to shoot at, for ihe'igloo door is
nearly always filled with the heads of
two or three dogs watching, the baby's
mother closely; and if she turns her
head or back for a moment, they will
make a rush to .steal something, and to
get out as soon as possible before she
can pound them on the head.
In' these exciting raids of a half
dozen hungry dogs, the little marksman
is liable to get, by nil odds, the worst
of the encounter." lie is too small to
be noticed, and the first big dog that
rushes 03- him knocks him over: the
next probably rolls him oft" the bed to
the floor; another upsets the lamp full
of oil on him; and while he is reeking
with oil, another big dog. taking him
for a sealskin full of blubber, tries to
drag him out, when his mother happens
to rescue him after she has accidentally
pommeled him two or three times v.;th
the olub with which she is .striking ut
the dogs; aud if it were not for his
hideous yelling and crying one wonld
hardly know what he is, so covered is
he with dirt, grease aud snow. TLus
the dogs occxsionally have their re
venge on the young slmrp-shooter.
Litttttenant Frederick Schtralka, in St.
Nicholas.
'
HERAT.
One of th Moat Important Place on th
Map of thR World.
But the eyes of the civilized world
arc now directed, to Central Asia.
Within the last ten years the Russian
armies have over-run the vast plateau
from which issued the Aryan race, the
same mighty breed of men which has
from time to time repeatedly conquered
the rest of the world. A study of
language has proved that the Hin
doo and the Kurope.iu have come from
one common .stock. vhoe birthplace
to-day is eont roiled by the forces of tho
Czar. From its base on the Caspian
Sea the Russian armies have marched
steadily southward, until jiow its out
posts an- within strikn.g distance of
Herat. This is one of the most import
ant places on the map of tUe world.
It was contended for by mighty armies
long before the beginning of fecoidcd
history. This is shown bv its defensive
works w hich are of great extent and
magnitude, but of the onstructiou of
which no record has coui- down to us.
When various waves of Aryan invasion
moved southward. Herat was first
seized, as it was the key to the military
possession of India. Should jt fall into
the hands of Russia, that event would
mark the beginning of the end of the
British rule over Iliudostan. Weak as
she is in a military sense compared with
other nation-:. Great Britain would r'sk
a war with any other power against
heavy odds rather than allow Herat to
come into the possession of the Musco
vite. The war nia bis postponed, but
come it wul. for Herat is of vital im
portance to Russia from a trade point
of view. That city is now the gateway
through which pours the commerce
of Great Britain with Central Asia.
British goods worth thirty million dol
lars are annually distributed to those
paits of the. Asiatic continent now iin
der the dominion of Russia. This
great trade the Muscovite authorities
would like to secure for their own man
ufacturers. Hence every consideration
of power and interest impels Uusi:t to
obtain possession of the gateway to
the Indies. The country about Herat
too is exceedingly fertile, and would
support an army of a hundred thou
sand men. Demorest's Monthly.
NO FOOLING.
The Ilrtrult Wlilmr Who "Va Indhpox-d
to Stuitil Any Nouoeiisr.
"Can you tll me where 1 can find a
Justice of the Peace?" she asked of a
pedestrian on Michigan avenue yes
terday. "Yes'iu. Down Griswold street one
block, and then turn into the alley.'
"Thanks. A marriage by a Justice
is legal, isn't it?"
"Oh. ye.s."
"Jiistas legal outside his ollice as in?'
"Certainly."
She was evidently a widow. She
weighed about one hundred and lifteen
pounds, bit off her words like a straw
cutter at work, and when she walked
her heel clicked on the pavement iu a
way that talked of business. In ten
minutes she had a .Justice in tow, and
in ten more the two entered a shoe
factory where thirty or forU men were
at work. While the Justice took a
chair iu the oilicu the woman entered
the room where the operators were at
work, and as .she halted before a man
of forty who was riiuuiug a pegger.
she said:
"William, I've got a Justice of the
Peace in the ollice. Conn-!"
He turned whiter than llour made by
the patent roller process, -and she took
him by the sleeve and continued:
"No fooling. William come right
along!" l
He followed. her without a word, and
as they reached the ollice she clasped
his hand and .said to the Justice:
"Go ahead and marry u?."
He went ahead, aud in two minutes
the pair were man and wife. The
woman handed the ollicial a two dollar
bill, kissed William on the chin, and
said, as she started to go:
"Now run along to your wosk. If
you should forget where I live, and not
happen around to-night. I'll drop in 01:
you early to-morrow very earlv! Tni
la! good-bye, all!" Detroit Free Press.
m m
. It is reported by manufacturers
that the United States produces nearly
fifty thousand lawn mowers annually,
and exports to every civilized country)
oa the gloN.
A SUCCESS.
Ob School of JoornaUaiu aTkat Is . Ta
.aall8edljr Snccaasfal.
One of the schools of journalism has,
beeomo a great success. During a aunt-"
ber of years many attempts to teach the
art of journalism were made, but the
I results were so: far from being satis
4 factory that with one exception they
t have all been failures. This one col
lege, realizing tue lmpraciicaDiiity; 01
the curriculum previously adopted,
threw it aside, employed a' man who
j had, during many years, been engaged
in active newspaper work, ana intro
duced a course of study, the achieve
ments of which have prbved.that jour
nalism can.be taught in colleges. The
following is a. report cj the exercises
through which a graduating class was
conducted:
"What is a law student?"
"A rising voting lawyer."
"What is a medical student?"
"A promising'voung doctor."
"What is a "young member of the
Legislature?"
"A silvery-tongued orator."
"If a man sliould marry an ugly
woman, how would vou write up the
affair?"
"I should speak of the beautiful and
accomplished bride."
"How would-you speak of a loafer?"
"I should refer to him as our enter
prising fellow townsman."
"What-is a drummer?"
"The handsome aud popular So and
So."
"In writing up the commencement
exercises of the female college what
would you say?"
"I would say that the beautiful young
girls, soon to beeomo ornaments of so
ciety, were charming in their feathery
array!"
"It a countryman were to bring j'ou
a lot of hard apples what would you
say?"
"Our farmer friend. Colonel So and
So, honored us with a call yesterday.
Aside from giving us the pleasure of his
own genial self, he laid upon our table
a collection of the most choice apples
we have ever seen. Come again.
Colonel, when you have longer to stay."
"Correct. How would vou speak of
a little girl?"
"Vuld call her a fairy."
"What would 3011 sav "of a boy?"
"Would speak of his bright intelli
gent face."
"What would you say of the man who
keeps a few bolts of calico?"
"I would speak of him as one of the
most successful merchants in the State."
Yes, this school of journalism is a
success. It defines the true position of
the local newspaper. It makes the
business so clear that the student,
though a fool, ncd not orr therein. It
attempts no revolution; makes no mis
takes. Arkansaw Traveler.
CANNIBALISM.
The Danger of Being- Katea by th Na
tives ot West Africa.
I could call to mind about fifty cases
of traders being robbed whn conveying
produce to their factories or retnrning
to their trading stations. I will only
give two recent cases.
In one instance an educated Bakelli
brought up at one of the missions on the
coast, and in the employ of Mr. Joao
Viegas. a Portuguese gentleman, was
coming down with his produce; his
three assistants were with him. They
were attacked; some saved them selves
b jumping into the water, but one poor
fellow was caught, killed and eaten,
and the produce robbed-
In the other case a trader named
Ya:iga. a good, trustworthy man, em
ployed by Messrs. Hatton& Cookson,
was killed and eaten, one of his legs
being sent to a neighboring village of
the same tribe to te:tt on. Both thf.su
horrible ca-cs were, immediately re
ported to the. Government with the
11st1.il result nothing was done; nor
would there be if to-morrow I myself
were hacked and eaten.
Suv'i a th'ng is qu'.te likely to occur
at any time: in fact, the natives openly
sav they will kill and eat the white men
because of the treacherous conduct of
Lieutenant Giibout. commander of the
gunboat Maraliuut. This officer invited
the chief of the village, Douguila
N'Como. aboard his vessel, and made
him some small presents of tobicco,
rum. etc. He told him to bring the
chief of a neighboring village. Bumba.
He accordingly set off and returned
with him. The ollicer professed his
desire to cement the friendship existing
b 'tween these people and the Govern
ment and. having given some small
presents to the chief of the second
village told him to bring the people
who accompanied him aboard, as they
still remained in their canoes; he wanted
to give theni some rum and tobacco.
Tiiese unsuspecting men came on
board, when orders were immediately
given to set upon them. The two
ehh'f-. were caught, anil one hung at
each end of a yard arm. The others
were hacked with s.ibies. Some jumped
into the water to try and save them
selves from such Strang,; tokens of
iriendsh'p, hut tho boats were lowered,
and tli-y were cut and mutilated in
every dire "tlon. no less than fourteen
being killed in addition to the two
chiefs sixteen in all. This terrible
tragedy hanga over our heads; at any
. minute we may be attacked and our
lives sacrificed for the treacherous eon
duct of the Government in this matter.
Still we must not have ritles to defend
ourseh es or we may go to jail for two
years, while when we are robbed and
ill trca c I nothing is done. -Cor.
London 'limes.
The Ant and the Lion.
The Ant having heard that the Lion
had k'lljd a Hunter and picked hi
Bones, set out aud jutirnecd through
the Fir.X'st until she met the King of
Beasts. Afiey stating what she had
heard the Ant contiiu;:d:
"It fill me with Sadness and Sorrow
to know that of you. I shall proceed to
make vour Future conduct my Special
IS.-..OI1.
At the Desire of the Ant the Lion ac
companied her Home. The young Ant
annoyed him aud he killed them by the
score. The Beetles, who were Friends
of the Ants, came oa a visit to be
snapped up. Wishing to .see how the
Ant Hill was constructed, the Lion in
One moment made a wreck of the Labor
of Weeks. Finally, when the Philan
thropic Ant had several times Narrowly
escaped with her Life she felt to ex
claim: "Begone with you back to your
Haunts! As a "Wicked Lion you may
now and then Slay a Hunter," but as a
Reformed Beast you will certainly be
the Death of this tVhoIo Colony."
moral:
The Tramp who is taken in for the
Night causes more anxiety than the
Dozen sleeping in the fence-coraers.
Detroit Free Press.
He. that calls a maa unzraUfulsuma
all the eVili a maa caa Tie Katky ot
Swift.
People live to a greater age ea tftw .
average ia New Hampshire thaa la aay :
other State in the UaJoa. N. Y. Hm-
Texas will soon abound with cofc- .
tea mills, says a Saa Aateaio gaser,
which also chroaicles tho erection -of a
mill at Riverside at a a cost of thirty
thousand dollars.
A Connecticut woataa, with noth
ing more useful to do, has made a list0 .
of two thousand two hundred aad
forty-eight words from the letter, ia the
word "incomprehensibility."
A veteraa of the waves who ia dei
voting his old age to the sjaelioratioa
of the condition of seamet, says that
"Poor Jack" now receives worse treat
meat on the water, if not oa the land, .
thaa he did forty years ago. Boston
Journal. - "" .
An old aad resperted eitiaen'.of.
Southold, L. I., fell from a load of
cornstalks two months ago and broke .
his hip and leg. Recently, while cross
ing the room, he fell, by the slipping
of one of his crutches, and broke both . .
his arms. N. Y. Mail.
At Smolensk, Russia, a small "vol
cano has developed itself, and the peas
ants have been trying to nut it out by
drenching the ground with water. Ac?..
sording to the latest accounts the vol-
cano will continue for some time to af-.
ford excellent practice for the local fire- I
brigade.
The loss of cattle in Southwest '
Florida the past winter is reported
greater than in any other previous,
year, one stock raiser estimating his.
loss at two thousand head. Pneumo- ;
nia. a Georgia paper says, seems to
have been the disease that" played such
havoc. Chicago Times. '
The practice of scalping is not a
monopoly of American aborigines. In ' .
his "Recent Origin of Man" Southard
quotes from Heredotus to show that
the Scythians used to scalp their fallen,
enemies. In the present time the wild
tribes of Northeastern Bengal use the
scalping knife. Chicago Herald'.
A Pennsylvania jury recently got
up dud said that their time was too val?
liable to allow them to sit quietly aud
listen to the trifling impertinence and
foolish witticisms of members of tint
bar. Sarcasms on "the intelligent
jury" should be suspended for a few
weeks in honor of this one. Philadel
phia Press.
Gum arabic is rapidly rising in
price. The average annual consump
tion Is nine million pounds; the amount
in market is only four million pounds,
and even if the war in the Soudan
should be over in a few months no part
of the new crop could be received in
Alexandria until next December.
Philadelphia lress.
A Kentuckian gives the following
glowing description of his trip abroad r
"I landed in Liverpool at night, went
to bed, had a good rest, got up in tho
morning, found the, bar. called for an
American cocktail, got it, took ouo
laiste. and returned liorae in the next
steamer. This country is good enough
for me." -V. Y. Sun.
The Japanese language is called
"the Italian of f he Orient." An Amer
ican inlTokio has learned that the Japan
ese for "Do me the honor of dining
with me to-day," is. "Anata-wa wata
kushito go yeshone hint tnashe wo tabe
nyce yukatay kudazaye ma saiuka."
What do our Italian fellow-citizens
think cf oriental Italian?
At Harpswell, Me., those engaged "
in digging clams the past winter have
received seven dollars per barrel for
them. It takes eight or ten bushels
of Hie shell fish to fill a barrel when
the shells arc removed, that Is. at full
moon. But according to the Bath In
dependent, it taks twelve bushels if
the clams are dug wheu the moon is
in its first quarter.
Mr. J. M. Rodgers, of Sumpter
City, Ga., has two cariosities on hU
farm. One is a horse which takes its
fodder to the water trough and wets it
before eating. The other is a mulu
that can outkick anybody's mule, and
when he is turned in the stockade and
faita to find corn in his feed trough to
kick at, he gets revenge by kicking the
trough. Boston Globr.
The gypsies are averse to alliances
outside of their own race, and when
one of their young women married the
Englishman Isaac Jowles. who after- -,
ward was known as king of the gypsies,
her two daughters, very heaueiful girls,
refused to be marriial except to gypsy
men. Their children were in every re
spect like gypsies; the introduction of
alien blood seemed to have no appre- ' -ciable
effect. A". 1'. Tribune.
From a census that has just been
taken of the persons visiting public
houses in London between the hours of
nine and twelve on a Saturday night, it
seems that two hundred house? were
thus visited by 48.805 men, S0.784
women and 7,019 children in all. by
86,608 persons. It was also found that "
on a Monday morning 1.2."0 women .
entered twelve public houses in St.
Pancras between the hours of ten and
twelve.
The telegraph wire between Ma-
con, Ga., and Chalen recently ceased
working, and a search was made for -the
cause. The cable passed through,
the cellars of the excise ollice at Mar
con, and it was discovered that it laj
over a rat hole and disturbed the ro- -dent
iu its movements. The little ani- ..
mal had gnawed through the covering"
of the cable and bitten through the . .
copper threads, thus breaking the con-
nectiou. Louisville Courier-Journal. ?
About a yea? ago a traveler i -Germany
came" across an ollicer um
ployed in superintending some detail-.-
of military railroad transport. He-. '
had been a captain during the Franco ,;
German war, and had allowed his..
company to be surprised. After Ixjing
imprisoned for eighteen months he was- .
placed in the military railroad trans- "
port Service, and told that he was '
never to receive promotion- Beiug I
surprised by an enemy Is regarded as.: "
the'one unpardonable sin by the1 Gar-
mans. -.
A pepper famine is said to-be iia'- -minent.
For the' past two years "the
average consumption of the world has
been 22,300 tons, almost the whole of -which
came from Malabar. Lampang..-
the Straits and other points of the East." "
During the coming year the supply
available will not exceed 20,500 tons. -.
or, if account be taken of the probable ..
result of the blockade by the Dutch
Government of the Acheen coast, it
will not exceed from 15,500 to 17,500
tons. The prediction that Singapore
black pepper will sell at nineteen cent .
Ia made, and there can be little doubt
that the pepper-box will, for the next
twelve aaqaths, require an extra shake,
frnttorgh-ft.
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