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Sometime the dazzling inccct. with its form
ol jivrfect lieauty.
Hat the deadliest ii poIons in It sting:
Sometimes the wncincd wriwuts are con
ecjlcd in greatest nuiuofrs
Where the sw-ete?t Mowers ami vlny cur
tains ciinjr;
While the pure unJ waxen blossom that we
value overmuch
Mu have death unci desolation In its odor
or its touch.
Sometime-tin plainest plumage covers o'er
the sweetest warbler
That hits ever tuned its anthems for the
l.e-irt:
some: m.ea the darkest iiuue conceals the
created store ol treasure.
Ail'! the gem isolt disguised with rudest
art:
? 'lie homely things are prieeless, and behind
til'.' roiljrh outblde
Art- eoi.cealed the rarest objects of our Kratl-
ti.de and pride.
Tin- vlos?Sest of blessings mid the most at
tractive Joys
!.i lmle a sorrow in tht-ir frrace concealed:
The things we hlirhly value often prove but
ehildreii'g toys
When the hollow in their substance is re
vealed: So wo value toy balloons well padded out with
shining hin.
And trlobe.soC downy pleasure that are dyna
mite within.
Too ott wo jraze at sorrow, and its somber
garb of woe.
Our eyes turned from the xliinmer at Its
heart:
The soul oft chills and hardens till, with deep
affection's blow.
The vrorkinan breaks its fettered scales
apart.
Tin ministers of sot row are the messengers
of rest:
And hearts that Luoirils purpose are the one
Mipiemely blest.
The pure-t hghl-tvllector is the prism ot a
tear.
The heavens in pools of sorrow jnirror deep:
The trust that leads to patience is begotten
fiom our fear.
And tender spirits come to those who weep;
The death anjjels from evil many thoughtless
souls beguile.
And sorrow when transplanted into Heaven
becomes a smile.
The most eiu'liiiutiii vanity may blast beyond
relief.
The peace of God may blossom from the min
i-tr.v of grief.
. Etljar June, uiQtiient.
DR.HOYTVVIFE.
The Peculiar Circumstances Under
Which Ho Pound Her.
Dr. Philip Hoj-t was annoyed when
li" .saw Alice Bayard's name upon tne
w'i!iliii; cards which lie received from
Boston. To he sure he had never
definitely asked her to le his wife, but
he had never expected her to definitely
tnarr. anybody else; not. at least, while
he remained an indefinite bachelor.
He was one of Dakota'., multitude of
"rising otinjc physicians,' ami when
lie considered that lie had not visited
his home for three .years, that his let
ters, from the first intermittent, had,
after si months, become altogether re
mittent, he had to acknowledge that
circumstances d'd not warrant even an
noyance. Her image had been constantly en
gaged m pouring iuiasrinary tea for his
itu'tgiuan family, until the coining of
the.-c cards; but it was one of the attri
butes of Dr. Hoyt's leautiful. sunny
disposition that Ids future plans were
a' ways too vague to admit of severe dis
appointment Half an hour out of otlice hours i not
inch for even -a rising phxsicinn to de
vote to amaton obsequies, and Dr.
Hint was still engage 1 upon a line of
memories, which began with ".sceings
home'" when they were both in their
teens ami ended with that hist letter,
which heremembetel as a vapid a flair,
not worth the answer it had never re
ceived, when the tingle of theollice bell
and the entrance f a farmer from a
neighl oring town roused him to reality.
"Well now. doctor." said that indi
vidual. "I c:ikiila that you're wanted"
considerable Muart up Hellersville way.
One of the Boosians is nigh about dune
for. He fell oft" a hay wagon fust, their
l.hi hay wagon fell on to .liiiii, ami, as
near as I can make out. the horses and
wagon took turns finishing him up by
rubbing him in the g.oitud till the re
main wa n't of much 'count 1 made
out about that from the'r lieaiheiii-ii
jib' cr. I was riding u. aad the girl
that does their t.dking for them ran out.
and aske.i nv to send ou over? It's
that fourteen-year-old that brings in" hay
often. 1 reckon' tl.u one."
Dr. Hoyt had keen professional in
.stiiifts. and his preparations for de
parture were completed with the old
man's torv. Mid a few moments later
h. was timing inpidly .toward the
"Boosians." a the colony of Mcnno
n.te .settlers wa commonly called.
Thee are a peculiar people, who unite
fie principles of the modern Quaker
with the practice of the ancient Ishmael
ite. Kiled from Busia. b.caue of :e
ligions .scruple against military service,
they are lill a hit ot Old-World. oM
time b:r arianUm. plan'ed in the new
est Xew-World civilization, because of
its newness equally s-ivagc. They are
tier ely content with their own manners
and customs: apart from their own peo
ple, fierce enemies and reluctant friends.
Their loug, uncompromising coats and
thc:r long, uncut hoards ifor the Men
nonite i a Naarene in that matter!
give tit expression to their characters.
So tar as the payment of tae and the
cultivation of the soil :roe. they are
good citizen- hut socially they are
Asiatics and Mcnnonit s still, and" with
America and the world unacquainted.
Among all nations are born more
often, too. than is supposed womeu
who are best describe 1 by the word tie
voted. They are the .lepllthas, the Iphi
irenkis. the ,.o.ns of Are. of history: de
nied individual life, ami destine!" to be.
objective, they are more fre juenth, if
les, gloriously, found in trie old maids
who care for other people's children:
the haven of other' lump, who. fill
ing out the measure of lie3not their
wn. are them-elve. destitute. They
are beautiful or ugly as it happens;
thev wear no mark oil their foreheads,
links it be the sigu of a high and holy
pur; oe: nothing distinguishing, unless
it be an expression of the eye which
seem alway. to see outward, never to
look within.
Of Mich wa, Marie Von Sulevit-h.
also a trial and a puzzle to the orthodox
members of the simple community-.
Without excuse she had refused to
marry Ivan in Bnssia. an 1 when her
father foolishly indulged her, and would
again have permitted her to unirrv, this
time in America, Alexis, who was rich
in land and cattle, she refused as he
fore; some quality in the g'rl, which the
rest found it difticult to appreciate, ena
bled her again to have her'own way.
That had been years before, when she
was marriageable: now he was twenty
three, and no longer counted amoni"'
the girls. She had never really been
counted among the girls: to dance with
her had never been so much fun as with
those who laughed more. Only Ivan
and Alexis had wished to Tvorship h-r
as a saint It was therefore fortunate,
perhaps, that neither had married her.
If they had continued to worship, the
other women might have become exact
ing and "forgottea that -it -is honor
enoagh to work a&dittar children for a i
good man. and reward enough to re
ceive bread in return.
But the Mennonites. like other Pro
testants, have not yet .solved the prob
lem of unmarried womanhood and they
looked with -upicion upou Marie Von
Sulevitch.who was twenty-three and had
never cared for a lover: not, at least,
until he had a fever: for her delight and
occupation was sickness of all kinds.
As the colony increased in size she
came to be constantly busy. Babies
grew quiet as she took them in her
arms, fever became-lighter at the touch
of her cool hands and pain was easier
to bear after Marie bad bandaged the
wound.
Those who had been sick growled
when well that she should be indulged
in her whims and the whole people
came fn time to consider her gifts,
which were those of a good nurse, as
an especial proviion for their necessi
ties. Dr. Hoyt it chanced, had never be
fore been summoned. It was a sight.
pitiful even to professional eyas, that-
met Ins view as he entered the cabin.
The boy was groaning and writhing
on a pile'of traw in oae corner; the
close, dark room was crowded with
men .-moking and women chattering
men ami women alike filthy as their
surrounding-. The one mitigatiug cir
cumataticc was the woman kneeling by
the bed. gently bathing the wounds, but
evidently ignorant of further remedy.
The Doctor recognized her as the "one
who talked for them."'
"Send these people out," he said to
her. "They are killing him, using the
little air there is with their vile pipes."
"They will not go," she answered.
" It is not customary with my people
to trust the world's people."
With an ejaculation, expressive of
disgust. Dr. Hoyt turned to his patient.
1 shall not attempt a diagnosis; there
were broken boues and ghastly wounds.
The b.y was fast weakening from his
more than mortal agouj.
Chloroform, that "angel of solace to
the sufferer, was first administered; and
the long-bearded men, gathered close
around the bed, watched the immedi
ate efTccl of the medicine and saw th.it
the boy gasped a little, grew more
quiet and lay dead.
The enlightened reader will not find
it easy to comprehend ignorance such
as. theirs; but these men had only the
evideuce of their senses, with no p:vt
experience, or even knoweldge. It
was only natural, therefore, that they
should jump to a quick conclusion,
and that hatred of the alien and
stranger, already strong enough,
.should, with this added provocation,
call forth every man's knife, with in
tent to kill.
Dr Hoyt was too taken by surprise
to be more than dismayed at first The
threatening glances at the bed, the re
doubled howls of one of the worn mi.
made plain the cause of the murderous
preparations. He turned to the girl by
the bed. wh m he had thought of a
higher grade of intelligence than the
rest: but her face showed only pained
distress.
"It is chloroform. Don't you know?"
he .said, appealing to her. "It will
make him sleep while I set the bone--..
Then he will awaken. Tell them quick,
or it wi'l be too late."
Shu looked at him long before she
spoke, and the rest waited, breathless,
for her words. .She noted the dexterity,
the certainty of his motions, and her
faith ro-e above her judgment
"He says it will be right." shesaid,'in
Biisian, ""that he will sleep only till the
wounds are dressed. I di not under
stand; but I tli nk he knows. See, he
works in a good way
in America, pwliaps.
It is the custom
Do not kill him
yet."
The doctor worked rapidly, and the
men fell back iuto oue corner and mum
bled together. One of them spoke
presently, gesturing a gieat deal and
pointing to his knife.
"He says,' tranlated Marie, "that
they will not kill von, if vour words are
true and the boy live . If he dies, you
will not leave us al.ve. That is but
just."
She spoke in a tone of calm convic
tion, and, seeing that to argue was but
to waste breath, the doctor turned again
to his patien upon whoe chance of
life his own depended. He was not a
religious man; 'but I think he prayed as
well as lal wired during the next half
hour; for. humanly speaking, there was
every probability that some of tne
mauy wounds were fatal, and that the
sick one wou'd never revive.
Marie watched more intently than any
of the others. Her confidence increased,
and every few minutes she turned to the
group with an imperious nod.
-He is rijrht; he is right," she said.
When, finally, the boy opened his
eyes, and knew pain again, the men and
women wished to bring altar gifts to lay
at the physician's feet; but Marie only
said, tearfully:
"We did not know that America
held so wise a man. I will never think,
hereafter, that I am called to nurse the
SiCS.
"Even-thing depends upon you now."
he answered. "Nursing must do fhe
ret," and. leaving directions, he drove
away, meditating seriously, for so light
headed a man, upon his strange escape
from death.
For two weeks he was a daily caller
at the cabin: and long before the end
of that time his interest in the boy had
become secondary to his interest in the
nurse, who developed astonishing abil
ity. She seemed to expand and human
ize from day to day.
"She would be a fortune to any com
munity," hesaid, in speak'ng of her.
"Such gifts of voice, touch and manner
rarely come in one person." Her hands
were his especial admiration; he held
the right one in his own, one day, and
looked at it steadily: it was larjre and
flexible, perfect in .shape, and itubtted
with a strength that made simple con
tac with it pleasant lie looked at her
face, and its expression made him drop
her hand.
"Vou must be very strong," he said.
"Yes," she answered. "My ancestors,
you know, kilhd oxen with their lists.
I am very strong.'
The rest of the commua'ty were un
accountable in their 1-ehavior. After
that first day, when they were disposed
to crown his head and lay doves at his
feet and make him feci altogether like
a fool, they seemed to return to their
first state of suspicious dislike, tempered
only with some dread of his mysterious
power.
It wai a week after If s last visit that
a rixg at the office bell, one morning,
announced Marie Vou Sulevitch. She
had walked far, for she breathed hard;
but her face' was wh'te, ami showed
that she was sustained by moral rather
than physical strength.
Dr. Hoyt sprang to get her a ch:vr;
but she leaned Against the door.
"Xo," she said. "I will not sit down.
I wish you to tell me where to go, be
cause 'you said Leonid be a nurse, and
it is no loDger possible for ae to tay
at home." " -
the
tr
your friend.'
She sighed wearily.
"There is nothing to tell. You would
not under-tand. It is Nicholas this
time. It is the same whether it is
Alexis or Ivan. They do ncare who.
but they will make rae marry. They
say I am of the world. If 1 'will not
many Nicholas they will cast me off
to the world's people. I am no longer
of them. I come to ask you what you
of the world do with your women who
do not marrv."
Dr, Hoyt looked cut of the window,
and there was a queer smile on his
face.
"Why not?" he whispered. "She
is beautiful and good, more capable,
every way, than the bestof these book
crammed' girls; more nearly in the im
age of her Maker, too. Why not?"
"Marie." he said, aloud, turning to
ward her. "are vou sure that it is-not
.tbat-yoa do Hot-wisk to marry f ieho-"
las and Alexis.' 1 ask you now to be
my wife. Will your resolution be siill
the same?"
Vivid color rushed over her face, and
she put up her hands, despairingly.
"They said I would be lost among
the world's women!" she cried. "Oh!
thev were cruel to cast me awav!"
"No, Marie!" and Philip Hoyt took
her hand, as he had done that other
day. which both silently remembered.
" You will not be lost as- my wife; your
thoughts are like mine. Why should
we not be happy together, caring for
the sick?"
Her face grew pale again and her
eyes were bright with happiness.
"You mean that I 'can serve yon.
make your life better, be useful to you?"
she questioned.
Men never tell their real thoughts at
the-e critical times; but a comical vis
ion of Alice Bayard's probable ideas of
wifehood, compared with these, did
cross this lover s mind, though it was
very tenderly that he said:
"My Marie, you area great womau;
but to make your husband s 1 fe better,
that is worthy even of vou."
They were married at once, and have
lived very happily, the Doctor and Doc
torcss, equally unmindful of the scorn
ful pity, which is all that the Bostonians
and Mennoniles vouchsafed by way of
remembrance.
Mrs. Hoyt retains mauy of her orient
al ideas of the wife's dome-tic station.
Her thoughts are still largely of service.
She has a way of slipp'ng out of the
room when many people come: but she
will listen at 'midnight, with wide
awake interest, to professional accounts
of epidemics and surgical operations.
Her household is well ordered, and if
she does not asert herself, and is not
brilliant for the many, her husband Is
still content Men are Eastern poteu-
! tales, shorn only
of opporl unitv. Dr.
Hot lin.ls a satellite, whose shining
face reflects always his own glory, so
agreeable that he has never wished to
have insfca 1 a rival planet. Harriet
li. Waterman, in A". J'. Independent.
A WESTERN MAN AT DINNER.
Hon He Surreeded Iu Getting the
er to Vit on Him.
Walt-
Those who had not tipped" the
waiters received but tardy attention. It
chanced that one of this class, a big.
broad-shouldered fellow, with huge
whiskers, a regular basso prof undo
voice, rough elot'hiug. and a head of
hair like a big buffalo's frontlet, swag
gered in, and. with a free and inde
pendent air. took an unoccupied seat at
the dinner table.
It chaneetl that there figured upon the
bill of fare that day roast bear mea!
winch was .served as a sort of rarity,
and just as the new-comer sat down
some was ordered by a party of threj
gentleii.ea opposite, who were prompt
ly served.
Say, waiter." said the new-comer,
bring me some 'er that b'ar meat."
Yesir." said the white-jacketed at
tendant, who left, but gave no further
heed to the order.
The Western man sat quietly in 'r.
place for live minutes, the chairs ov
either side of him having been immedi
ately turned up, lest some guest equally
objectionable to the head-waiter might
get in at that point After sittiug live
minutes he grabbed hold of a waiter
who was passing behind him.
Say, have you got any b'ar mea
for dinner?"
"Yes. sir.'
"Well, bring me some, and quick,,
too, for I'm hungrier'n a hound."
Away went the waiter, but he didn't
return, and the color beau to mount
into the face of the backwoodsman. 1I
gave a third order, wh ch was treated'
with the same sublime contempt
Patience could no further go: he sei;ud
hold of the heavy dining plates that
were laid on either side of him aiur
dashed one after the oilier down vio
lently upon the table with a crash that
smashed them into pieces, brought the-head-waiter
and two or threo, others to
him in an instant, ami started some of
his immediate neighbor to their feet iu
alarm.
"Look hyar," said the cause of this
alarm, seizing the head-waiter by th
arm, kin I get wailed on in this' In ar
hotel and hev what I kin pay for?"
"Certainly, sir. yes, sir"" said tha
head-waiter squirming ineffectually iu
the grasp cf the big left hand of the
Westerner that held him jn an iroa'
grip.
"Wall, then, do you sec that?" slap
ping down a teu-dollar gold piece with
his right hand, and then, throwing b.i k'
the upper p.ut of his coat, from one in
side pocket of which protruded a re-.-volver
and from the other the handle of
a huge bowie-knife, "thar's my money
and here's my weapons; ef you don't
have a plate o' that b'ar meat here in
two minutes 1 11 rub some of you out."
Released from his grasp, the head
waiter retiied and in a moment more a
plate of the deircd delicacy was placed
before him.
"Anything else, sir?" said the now
obsequious waiter.
"Yes. take that" po'ntiug to the
gold eagle that still remained on the
table, "and bring two bottles of cham
pagne and four glasses."
When the wine came, one of the bot
tles and three glasses were passed across
the table to the three gentlemen Oppo
site. "Gentlemen, I apologize for iufer
rupting your dinner, but I had to do
suthin to get waited on by'these infer-
1 niggers. Won't j-ou take a drink
with me?"
It was thought be-t to humor him:
Commercial L,):littin.
A little giri in one of "the orpha
asylums of yhis city wa? receutly stunt,'
by a bee on the ball of one of her eye
the' sting causing the sight 1o be u:te,-
1 destroyed. The physician in attend
ance stales that he never heard ofu
iaribrcuc A'.O. lmts-Dm9wmL
The doctor walked the length of
rotorri. and turned before he spoke.
"Tell me all of it," he said. "I
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COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
4'J-v
'PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
J3TOfliee and rooms, Gluck building,
11th street. Telephone communication.
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F. F. KUftXEK, M. .,
HOMCEOPATHIST.
Chronic Diseases aad Diseases of
Children a Specialty.
iSTOffice on Olive street, three
north of Firt-t National Bnuk.
doors
'.My
TTIT M. GOBRFXIIIN,
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
Upstairs Ernst building 11th street.
pi .1. OAKLOW, Collection Att'y.
SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD TAPER.
Office with J. G. Higgins. .Tl-Sm
TT J. mJOHOU,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Stk Street, 2 doors west of Hamaoml House,
Columbus, Neb. 491.y
J.
O. KTEEOER,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska
2-tf
-JIONEI' to LOAN.
Five- years' time, on improved farms
with at least one-fourth the aerease under
cultivation, in sums representing one
third the fair value of the homestead.
Correspondence solicited. Address,
M. K. TURNER,
,r0- Columbus, Nelir.
V. A. MACKEN,
DKALKU IN
Foreign and Domestic Liquor and
Ciyar.t.
Uth street, Columbus, Xeb. f.O-y
M
cAI'LlSTER IlROtt.,
A TTOHNEYS A T LA W,
Office up-stairs in McAllister's build-
iDK. 11th St.
W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
TOHN TIMOTHY,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER.
Keeps a fuIMine of stationery and school
supplies, and all kinds of legal forms.
Insures against tire, lightning, cyclone
and tornadoes. Otlice in Powell's ltloek,
Platte Ccntei . 10-'
J. M. MACFAKLANIl,
Attenty isd ITotiry PstPe.
n.
R. COWPKRY,
Ccllicter.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
-OF-
MACFARLAND & COWDERY,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
J. J. JIAUCillAIV,
Justice, County Surveyor, Notary,
Land and Collection Ayent.
3rPartic.s desiring surveying done ean
notify me bv mail at Platte Centre, Neb.
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"P H.K1ISCIIF,
llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks,
valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, .Vc., at the lowest possible
prices. Repairs promptly attended to.
TAMES NALMOX,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
fuaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
t. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska. 52 limo.
T H. LAWRFIL,
DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR.
Will do general surveying in Platte
and adjoining counties. Office with S. C.
Smith.
COLUMBCS,
XKBRASKA.
17-tf
JS. MURDOCK & SON,
s Carpenters and Contractors.
Havehad an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds 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. jSTSbop on
13th St, one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-v
O. C. SHANNON
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
JSTShop on Olive Street, 2 doors
north of Brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store.
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G
l.'CIiAKK
LANDAND INSURANCE AGENT,
HUMPHREY, NEBR.
Bis lands comprise some fine tracts
in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
ern portion of Plrtte -county. Taxes
paid for non-residents. Satisfaction
guaranteed. - 20 y -
COAL $ LIME!
J. E. NORTH. & 'CO..
DEALERS IX
Goal,
Lime,
Hair,
Cement.
Rork Spins Coal, $7.01) per ton
Carbon (Wyoming) Coal 6.00 "
Eldon (Iowa) Coal 5.00 "
Blacksmith Coal of best quality al
ways on hand at low
est prices.
North Side Eleventh St.,
COLUMBUS, NEB.
14-m
UNION PACIFIC
LAND OFFICE,
SAMI. C. SMITH, Ag't.
ANI
$2?" I have a large number of improved
Farms for sale cheap. Also unimproved
farming and grazing binds, from ?l to $!."
per aere.
2TSpecial attention paid to makinir
final proof on Homestead and Timber
Chums.
JSTAll having lands to sell will lind it
to their advautage to leave them in my
bauds for sale. Money to loan on farm.
F. II. Marty, Clerk, speak German.
JUMf ColuuibUs, Nebraska.
LOUIS SCHREIBER,
ittsi
All kinds of llen;iiiiug; done on
Short Notice. Buggies, Wag
ons, etc., made to order,
and all work Guar
anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mowers, Keapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-hinders the
best made.
iSTShop opposite the "Tattcrsall," on
Olive St., COLUMBUS, iifi-ni
li. A. FOWLER,
ARCHITECT,
1G05 Fatua St.. - OMAHA. USB.
PLANS ANI KFECIFICA'IIONS FURNIbllRIt
for all kinds of Public Buildings and
Private Dwellings. Architect of AVillanf.
Block, Child's Hospital, Residence of
lion. .1. M. Thurston, Residence of Hon.
John I. Rediek. Omaha; Residence of
Hon. O. W. K. Oer-ey, Masonic Hall,
Fremont, Neb; Residence of C C. Crow
ell, Esq., First National Bank, Blair,
Neb; Residence of 1 hos. Bryant, First
National Bank, Schuyler, NHi".. and ma
ny otfiers. 4.'!-m( .
in presents ijicen away.
Send us ." eeiits postage,
and bv mail vou will get
v
free a package of goods of large value.
mat, will start you in work mil win ai
once firing you'imnoney faster than any
thing else "in America All about the
$200,000 in presents with each box
Agents wanted everywhere, of either
sex, of all ages, for all'thc time, or spare
time only, to work for us at their own
homes. Fortunes for all workers ab
solutely assured. Don't delay. II. Hal
lvtt & Co., Portland, .Maine."
NO HUMBUG!
Brat a Grand Success.
RP. BRIGIIAM'S AUT03IATIC WA-
ter Trough for stock. He refers to
ever man who has it in use Call on or
leave orders at George Yale', opposite
Oehlrich's grocery. '.J-b'm
rpitAXSIT HOUNE,
PLA'ITE CENTER NEB.,
JOHN Dl'GGASj
Proprietor.
The best accommodation for the travel
ing public guaranteed. Food good, and
plenty of it. Beds clean and comfortable,
charges low, as the lowest. lS-y
A PRIZE.
Send six cents for
postage.and receive
tree, a costly box of
goods which will help you to more money
right away than anything else in tub
world. All, of either sex, sueceed from
first hour. The broad road to fortune
opens before the workers, absolutely
sure. At once address, Truk & Co .
Augusta, Maine.
1-OTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be iu his office at the Court House
on the third Saturday., of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transactton of any other business
pertaining to schools. J7-y
TTAMILTO.' tlEADE, JI. !.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
- - . Piattc Center,-Nebraska. 8-y
BWliiflWiBlMm
$200,000
LOCUSTS FOR BREAKFAST.
Prof. Jttley Introduces Kportr ta
lUre Utah, sad H Ukec IU
A gentleman who bad an engagement
with Prof. Riley called at hU house thfr
morning and found the entomologist
alone in xU dining-room reading the
morning papers a he linihed m lata
breakfast.
'Come right in here," said the Pro
fessor. ! want an unprejudiced opin
ion about a little matter." Then bo
called to. the servant: "Bring me some
hot ones.'
The visitor, despite the fact that he
had breakfasted. wa induced to seat
hitiise'f at the table "just for the exper
iment." and was served with a spoonful
of dark brown objects, like very small
fried oysters. He eyed them suspiciously
a moment, having discovered beneath
the crust of bread crumbs a laminated
back, something like that of small
.shrimp.
"What do vou call it?" "
"Tne Cicada. They ought to kava
been cooked
"What! Bugs?"
"No, no! not bugs, only the cicada
miscalled the fifteen-year locust Don't
be afraid of them. They are only tho
quintessence of vegetable juices and
everything in nature feeds upon them
ravenously."
Thereupon the host took one of tho
things, bit it in two. .munched and
s. wallowed it with au appearance of rel
ish. 'I he guest hut his eyes and at
tempted to bolt a whole cicada. Tho
ob'ect crushed in his mouth and proved
to be little else than a delicate shell, but
its flavor was found to be far from dis
agreeable. "All the juices 'were absorbed in tho
batter." said the Professor, explana
torily. Neither the entomologist nor his vis
itor wa able to liken the flavor to any
thing with which they were familiar,
but they agreed in the opinion that, vul
gar prejudice once overcome, the cicada
would lie estimate! a rare tidbit rare,
certainly, .since it required seventeen
years t ripen -and that it might take
rank with frogs' legs, birds' nests, shad
loos an I whitebait.
"I spent an hour last night," said
the host, "gathering them, and they
were ery beautiful when fresh. I took
them just as the pupa began to break.
Thin were creamy white and plump,
and looked good enough to eat raw,
but 1 didn't venture. 1 think these
should have been stewed instead of
fried stewed In milk. I presume they
would be nearly as good as grasshop
pers." " Do you eat grasshoppers?"
"Certainly. I once ate nothiug cl-e
for two days, and I found them deli
cious when properl' cooked. This U
only an experiment, of cotir-e, but my
eating of grasshoppers hail a practical
object in view. The insects had eaten
nearly everything in a large region of
country, and many families were on the
verge ot" starvatio'n."
Having lighted a cigar ihe entomolo
gist described his experience in at
tempting to introduce a grasshopper
diet in Hie Wen.- He cooked the in-M-cts
in varioiis ways ami found them
always palatable and nutritious.
People invited to partake always
evinced aversion at lirl. but. preju
dices having been ove come, the dish
became a favorite with those who es
sayed it.
" Both the trilif.oda itiiyratoriti." he
said, "and the urridimn periyrinum
have been esteemed as food bv some
nations- in al' past ag s. as far back at
leas a. the Nine van era. 1a feed. . some
tribes have be-n called At-ridophivi.
from the almost cdu-ive pieference
thev give th's diet." -Washinytoii for.
N ")". Sinu
A BEAR STORY.
Still-ifuutliiK tl.e Criuly la the Rocky
liuuntsiuR.
Surv enough, tlurre were two bears
(wh.ch aft rward proved to be au old
she and a nearly full-grow n cub) travel
ing up the bottom of the valley, much
too far for us to shoot, (.rasping our
rilles and throwing ofl our hats, we
started ofl as hard ns we could run di
agonally down the hillsMc. so as to cut
them off. It was some little time be
for." they saw us. when they made ofT
at a luiiib.'i'iiig gallop up the valley. It
would seem impossible to run into two
grV.lie. in the open, but they were go
ing up hill and we down, and moreover
the old ohm kept .stopping. The cub
would forge ahead and could probably
have escaped us. but the mother now
and Hi n .stopped to sit down on her
haime'ies and look around at us. when
the cob would run back to her. The up
shot was that we got ahead of thein,
when they turned and went straight
up one hillside a we rati straight down
the other behind them. By this time I
w'j pretty nearly done out. for running
along the steep ground through tho
sage brush was ino-t exhausting work;
and Merriiiehl kept gaining on me anil
was well iu front. .lust as he disap
peared over a bank, almo-t at the bot
tom of the valley, I tripped over a
biir.li and f -11 fulfletigt'i. When I got
tin 1 kn w I could never make up th;?
grtiund I had lost, and besides could
hardly run any longer. Merriiiehl was
out of -iht below, and the b ars were
labor'ng up the steep hillside directly
opposite and about three hundred yards
oir. .o 1 at do.vn anil began to shoot
over Merrifield's h ad. aiming at tho
big bear. Shu was going very steadily
and in a straight line, and each bullet
sent up a puti'ot dust wher it struck
th dry soil so that I could keep cor
recting my aim; and the fourth ball
i-r.is'ie.l n'o the old bear's flank. She
1 re'ied heavily forward, but recovered
herself and i cached the timber, while
Merriiield, who had put on a spurt, was
not far behind.
I fode.l up the hiil at a sort of trot,
fairly ira.piug and sobbing for breath;
but be'ore I got to the top I heard a
couple of hots si-id a shout. The ofd
b.ar had turned as soon as she was in
tl.e timber and come towards Merri
tiel 1: but he gave her the death-wound
by tiring into her chest, and then shot
al tli-- voung oae. knocking it over.
Wl.en I came up he vva, just walking
towards the latter to tinish it with a re
volver, but it suddenly jumped up a3
lively as ever and made ofl" at a great
pace for ir was nearly full-grown. It
was impossible to lire where the tree
truyiks? wvr so thick, but .there was a
small opening across whicli it would
have to pas. and collecting all my energies-,
1 made a last run. got into po
sition, and covered the opening with
.my ritle The instant the bear ap
peare I I fired and it turned a dozen
somersaults down-bill, rolling over and
over; the ball had struck it near the
tail and had ranged forward . through
the hollow of the body. Each of us
had thus given the fatal wound to the
bear into which the other had fired the
.first bullet- Thto4or6 Soowvit, m
Ctntoury.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Mrs. Bettie Dandridge. a daughter
ef oldZach' Tavlor, onee President of
the United States, is liriag at Win
chester, Va. -
Tennyson is said to be keen ia
money matters. He has changed his
publisher live times in as many year,
profiting eaoh time by the change.
Mrs. Phoebe Vanderbilt. only suit
viving sister ef the late Commodore
Vanderbilt, died in New York recently,
aged seventy-sis years. Her life has
been one of retirement and benevolence.
Lieutenant Greely is said 'to be
haunted day and night by visions of his
long period of starvation in the Arctio
regious, and the physicians assert that
the only way he can preserve his sanity,
Is to mingle freely with others. CAi'ca
go Hera'd.
The ruling passion strong-ia death
was illustrated by Daa Mace; the vet
eran; driver, who is reported to have
said jast before ho died? "I have toned
into the home stretch for the last heat
of my race, and I am close to the line."
A'. Y. Sun.
Air. James Russell Lowell is in
tensely American and will tolerate no
criticisms of his own country. "Haw
thorne insulted us all." said an English
lady, "by saying all English womea
were fat. but I dare not say in Mr. Low
ell's presence that an American woman
is thin." Chicago Tribune.
Thirteen must be a lucky number.
John Bennett, of West Fairfield. Pa.,
died of consumption at the age of slaty,
leaving a family of thirteen children.
All are alive and well to-day. the oldest
being eighty-seven and the youageit
sixty. Sickness has never troubled the
family. Pittsburgh Post
The Dawn, the latest New York
daily paper, is designed as a morning
newspaper for young people, and while
giving the news to note the world's
rogress, proposes to expurgate all ob
ectionable features, and cater to a high
form of morality by recording the el
evating and refining tendencies of liter
ature and art
Mr. Labouchere says he under
stands that the success of' the Morning
Netvv of Paris, started sometime since
by two voung American journalists, has
justified the Formation of the property
into & stock company, in order to en
large both the paper and its field of op
erations. The shares of the company
have been all taken up privately in Lon
don aud Paris.
. Rev. Aaron Cleveland, who died in
Dr. Franklin's house in Philadelphia
August 11, 1757, was buried in Christ
Church graveyard. His grave has been
unnoticed for nearly one hundred and
tvventv-eightyears, but it is now known
that no was "the great-grandfather of
G rover Cleveland, now President of the
United States. On the tomb-tone the
name is spelled Cleaveland.- Chicago
Journal.
Mrs. Mary Brenemau, of Lafayette,
ImL. claims to be the oldest homae be
ing in the laud. According to her ac
count and that of her relatives, she was
born at Lewiston. Del., on tho 14th of
March, 1778. Iu 1401 she and her first
husband. William Colter, moved to
Circleville, O., making the journey in a
wagon. Her youngest son rcsid- s at
Kensalaer, in Jasper County. Iud . and
is eighty-oue year of agA
HUMOROUS.
Yes. there is a difference ltctween
the bear and a dude. Th- former sucks
its paw through the winfer. but the lat
ter quite frequently lives on its paw all
the ear round.
She cried for succor. a:d I went
to her aid." he said as he pulled out his
empty pockets. "Yes, ant! by the looks
of things, I should think she found one,"
was all the- comfort he got. Th' Judge.
- I see they are mm ving ref. esh
meutt on roller skates in soma of t;jo
restaurants," the husband said as ho
laid down his paper. "Good gracious!"
exclaimed his wife, "have tliey no
pla'.es?" Chicago Tribune.
"How did you contrive to cultivate
such a hcauiituj black eve?" asked
Brown. "Oh, replied Fos.'j', who had
I c2
b. en practicing up u roller
skates. "1
raised it from a -lip." L'oiton Ttan-
1
script.
A tramp app'ie I for breakfast at a
house on Michigan avenue. "Why don't
irou 'ook for work?" asked the hoiise
lolder roitghl.. "I never ge time."
said the tramp. "Why. what are von
doing all day?" "Looking for bieak
fast. ' replied the tramp. Ofl roil Free
I'res.
A stranger in Austin met I'ncle
Mosk and asked him: "Where does
Colonel Yerger reside?" !! libs out
dar on Austin avenue soincwhars."
"What is Ihe number of the ho'ise?"
"Huh! Vou finds de number on dedore.
Don't yer know how ter mad vit?"
Text! Sifting..
"Here," yelled a small boy who
had been trading knives, siht un-e: n.
"that ain't fair. ' "What ain't? ' asked
the other one. "Why, this knife's hack
spring is one, and "taint got no -nap."
"Course 'taint: I gave the snap away.
What'd ye reckon I was trad in fur."
Mcnlm n t 7 'ra eefcr.
--Louie is logic: Storekeeper "Beg
your pardon, sir; I sa'd ten dollars
(displav iug the one-dollar bill that has
b-'cn handed him). Fogg "Well, sir,
and is n't that all right?" More keeper
"Hardly; it wants a cipher on the end
here, you know." Fogg "A cipher?
Oh, that's nothing." Uost'm 'Iran
script. Teacher -Now, what do 3-ou under
stand by brain work? Bov When a
man works with his head. Teacher
Correct. And what is manual labor?
Boy -When a nun works wish his
hands. Teacher That's, right To
which of these clas.se do I belong when
I teach you? What do I u-e most in
teaching vou? Bov A stn.p. 'J'oLdo
Blade.
He Took the Hint:
" Vou ru tin- bslff "f the town,"
The win hit man u !.
As be smoothed Hit- curls
Ontierouevnlvhe.il
lie took the hint, the iwuuir man did.
When rhe traveller little hcuil u Bin.
Anil murmured ?f!l in hiur:
What good is a tei without rltitff"
Exrhange.
Cheap Enough.
"Do yon take this woman whose hand
you are a-squeezin to b your lawful
wile, in f'-usli times an' skimp?"
"I reckon that's about the sie of it,
squire."
"Do you take this niaa you've j'iued
lists with to be vour pard through thick
an' thin?"
"Well, vou're about right for once,
old man."
"All right, then. Kiss in court, an' 1
reckon you're married about as tight as
the law kin j'ine you. I guess four
bitsjli do. BilL if 1 don't have to kiss
the bride. If I do U's six aits eura-1'
QhUago Ledger.