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THI JOURNAL. surra W AsWCT-MJie (!" u ( ia b a i BrBaataaaa aaa pro faea i an al carda of ftralinea or leaa, par annum, fiva doUara. ' ' " 13 For time advertisements, apply attalsomce. ISSLul EVEUY WEDSKsDiY, M. K. URNER fc GO. Propr-tors and Publisher Z3T OFFICE. Seventh St., up ow is Journal Building. terms: -ear -: i rl 11-t-- -A, '"Bifh I'eryear . Six month. Three inoni-is single copies rataaoatalrel page. . . VOL. XVL-NO. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1885. WHOLE NO. 81. tTAll aa ta payable talT. srSmmmmmmi mmmmaf Mf EerLafal aavartiseaaaaU at atatata rate. VJsr Om wTaammsmHb mttwwSiamaUmKe 94sV COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLTJ&BUS. 5EB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 DIEECTOUs: Leaxiku Gkukihd, Prcs'l. GKO. W. lltTLbT, FtC iV't. Julius A. Keed. It. H. 11 EN BY. J. E. Task Eii, Cashier. t Balk of Depoxlt, DbcBI amd Exckange. CellcctloaM Prosnptly Wmde oa all PolHtk. Pay Iatrrrl at 1 lease Depet It. -T4 HENRY LUERS, DEALER IN WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pnmps Repaired on short notice J3"Oue door west of Heintz's Drug Store, lltb Street, Columbu-, Neb. 3 HENRY &ASS, UNDEETAXEE ! COFFIN'S AXD METALLIC CASES AND DZALEU IX Furniture Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus. Ttbles, Safes. Lounges. &c. Future Frames and Mouldings. ISTJiepairina of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. 6-tf COLrilBUS. NEB. THE BEST boon crr b-oved upon man is perfect health, and t!' true way to Injure health l to purify your ImkhI with Ayer's Sara-purilh- Mr-. L"!izn A. Ckiush. 54 Arling toa ., Liiwi.ll. Ma., write-: "Every whiter anJ prinjr my family, including myself, u neral bottler of Acer's Sar saparilla. Kxjicriencc has convinced xne that. a powerful Blood purifier, it i very much sujMirior to any ether preparation of Sarapuri!la. All perons of -crofulous or consumptive ten dencies, and especially delicate children, are sure to be greatly benefited by Its ue." J. "V. 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But, O Oetoeer. taoa hast Joys in the win waaca ao etnarnisatn eaa weu Thou brincaat beak the tzaraUnf trunk to Whiclj arsx dafied my lirelr, rigorous care. Fire mowraa ago ray soul was out of tune I could not smash that brand-new trunk Is J una. But now the months have doae their work and left A general sbaklaeu throuffhout Its frame; I seize its handle and I silo lis heft, I raise IS. and that trunk Is but a name. Oh, say not that my soul is out of tuae I smash the trunk I could not smash In Jane. Puck' 4 .Annual. MOLLIE'S BUBGLAB. How Sh Captond a TvtaifiSxJM- Mary Wilson had passed the first seventeen years of her life in a country Tillage; then she went to the city to visit her brother, and found its attrac tions so alluring that six months passed awafnd the time of her return to country life was, as yet, indefinitely postponed. For two months previous to her visit her countrv friends had vicu ti ifru v.ii;m uuill iu kuiitu net batca ' n. ,w.k .m. ..W A lnw?.. f nllin lAw tAln of the cunning, the wickedness, the snbtility of city sharpers, pickpockets and burglars, until the idea, became firmly fixed in her mind that she was going into a den of thieves: but as yet she had met with no ad venture worthy of note and was fast reaphing the con clusion that city people were no worse than their country neighbors, when something occurred which caused her. for a short time at least, to change her mini? Tlnf rf tnia mnro inrm She was still heart whole, although I '" l. there, there, don't be fright she had been sought by several very enfJ: X W,U not k:ck or even tr-v to Set city, for she was a pretty girl, very de- sirTiVitn fnr'hoy nvti c-orivtit- cotu Thrtf ctll more so as Mary Wilson, sister of the wealthy and influential lawyer Wilson. And this was how matters stood, when one Sabbath she chanced to see a stranger in the pow adjoining her brother's, and could not help seeing that the stranger was regarding her with admiring eyes, very handsome eyes they were, too, but she tried to dismiss all thought of him and them, as she had done of others on similar occa sions, out found it impossible. Those dark eves presented themselves to her mental vision with a persistency for which she could not account On Monday evening her brother bought tickets and invited his wife and sister to attend a lecture; aad Miss Mollie caught herself wondering, as she donned her cloak and hat. if the dark eyed gentleman would be there, and if he would look for her. She found the lecture insufferably dull and concluded, after a time, to return home. She whispered this intention to her brother, who saw her to his carriage, and giv ing instructions to the coachman to re turn for them, ho went back to hL wife, while Miss Mollie was driven rapidly homeward. Arriving there, she left her hat and cloak in the hall and ran lightly up the stairs to her room. The uoor was partly open although she was sure she had closed it, the gas was turned low as she had left it, and in the half light she saw, beforo she reached the doorway, a man in the room. His back was toward her. and he was walking toward a large closet at the other side of the apartment He opened the door and stepped inside; one glance told her that the key was in the lock; she ran swiftly across the room, her feet making little or no sound on the thick carpet. "Con found it," she heard him mutter, "why can't they leave things where a fellow can find them?" "Yes," she thought, "her first surmise was correct; it was a burglar." Like a flash she threw herself against the door and turned the key. She was terribly frightened and felt quite sure that she should faint. But as her prisoner made no dfBjtpnstrations beyond, trying the door gently this feeling soon wore off. She turned on the gas. drew a chair in front of the closet door, where she sat down to consider what it was best to do. If she called the servants they would be frightened: there would be noise and confusion, and perhaps he would get away. If she went down after a policeman he might get out while she was gone; no, she would stay where she was and keep guard until her .brother should return. She had surely ca-agat-Wn, and dkfit -very neatly, ta; asi the more she thought of it the braver and more jubilant she grew. She wished he would speak; she was anxious to know how he felt about the situation. Presently he did speak; he had a very .pleasant voice; he tried the door again and asked: Who4ocked that dor?" r Andsheansweradproanptly, "JfdJi." What for?" w- ' " "Why, to lockyou in there, of course, and I don't intend that you shall get away, either." - ' There was silence for a minute or two, then the prisoner remarked:! "Don't you think this joke has gone about far enough, Mollie, dear? let me oat There's a darling." Oh! you wretch, you villain! dare vou?" V "( ow How "How dare I what?" "Why, call me that" "Thought it was aay sister, by Jove!" he exclaimed, in a low tone. Then he bent down and took a look through the keyhole. This was what he saw: A graceful, girlish figure, robed in soft clinging material: a bright self- reliant face, fringed with masses of"1 fluffy brown hair. It took him some time to make these observations, for' the keyhole was so small that he could see but a part of the pretty picture at once. Then he remarked: "I think. Miss, that there is some mistake." "Oh, yes, I suppose so," sarcastic allv. "I think I house." came into the wrong "I think yon did." "Isn't this So. 4?" "Kb, indeed, it is No. 2." 'Well. I stop at So. 4: came there oa Saturday to visit my sister, Mollie Brown, xne houses must be just alike. I went to the lecture and found it dull, so come, home, or thought I did. "Humph, alikely story:" "I hope you mayfind unacceptable," Rssarkea 'she young auurt who occa sionally dabbled ia literature. Then the coMical side of the affair forced itself upea him, aad he laughed, acta ally laaghed; she heard him. " -Yoiseeato acrjey the aitaatioa," she said somewhat spitefully, thinking it proof of his total depravity. "I do. immensely." "I should think you would, with the (allows staring vouin the face." "The gallowsf" "Yes, 1 am sure my brother will bare you hanged." "Your brother?" then doubtfullv and hesitatingly: "Are you Bella Clark?" "Xn. inuped. I am not," verv ener getically; for Bella Clark Dr. Clark's sister and"Mrs. Brown's neighbor on the other side was what Molhe Wilson always designated as a die-away sort of person, and was her especial detes tation. "I am glad of that," said the prisoner, in a relieved tone. Whr?" with evident interest. "Well, you know." confidentially. "I should not want her to capture me." "I should think not. Well, vou need not fear, she never will, now.,r A mo ment's silence, then: "Don't jou think it cruel to keep a fellow-being shut up in the dark so long?" "A burglar Isn't a fellow-being; he is just , a a burglar." "A burglar! whew! Do you think I could put one of mv cards through this keyhole?" "I am sure I don't know." "Mav I trv?" Yei" " Then came a jingling of silver money and a rustling of garments as the man searched his pockets. "Well, hanjr it all. I haven't sot 1 fknA' I thought vou had not." 'They are in the breast pocket of my coat. I left it in your hall; will you not go down and get one?' "And have you come out and murder me while I am gone? No. sir." "Will you please let me out?" "No sir, never." "What, never?" "Well, no." smiling in spite of her self, "not after that." "I suppose I could kick the door open J-hen there TaU tO leel a was silence, and she be little doubtful about her prisoner and was debating with herself as to whether she had not better call a policeman, when sho heard her brother and his wife in the hall below. " Harry." she called from the head of the stairs, "come up here at once." Harry came." "What is it. sis?" "I've got a man shut in that closet I think he is a burglar; but he says he isn't and I begin to fear he is telling the truth." " How did vou get him in there?" 'Well, I came up the stairs and came up he was just going into the closet and I ran and locked him in. "Yes," said a voice, almost choked with laughter, "and I'm here vet" " Who are you?" "Charles Klngslcy. visiting my sister at No. 4, next door.l presume left my hat and coat in yoar halL You will find letters in the coat pocket; you can verify my statement in a moment if you choose.'" "Charles Kingsley? called at my office to-day with Brown;" then to Mollie: "It is all right sis; burglars do not leave hats and coats in the halL I have met this gentlemen. You may come out" he added, opening the door. And Mr. Kingsley advanced into the lighted room, and looked quizzically at his jailer. She gave one glance at tne taugning orown eyes Dent upon her, and then fled from the room. It was the gentleman she had seen in church. "Ah! you are Mr. Wilson," said Kingsley, in a pleased tone, as that gentleman held out his hand. "I hope you will pardon me for entering vour house in this manner. I arrived oa Saturday, the houses are just alike On the outside and inside, too, I believe and in the dim light I did not notice the number. I should have noticed that this was a lady's room," said he, glancing at its dainty furnishing, "but the gas was turned low. and the room I occupied at my sister's is furnished much the same; in fact she gave up her own room to me, for the house is full of company. I- went into the closet for a bootjack I thought I had left there, and put my hand into a band box: had just concluded that I had bet ter have more light when the voung lady locked the door. I fear I fright ened her very much; will you present my regrets, and sav that I am truly sorrv?" "Come over to-morrow and dine with us. and make yoar peace with the young lady yourself," said Wilson. The invitation so cordiallv given was accepted. In fact, Mr, Kingsley be came a frequent" visitor at the YVilson homestead, somewhat . to the disap pointment of "his good sister, who had fully intended he shoold. marry Dr. Clark's sister and heiress, Belhv and who. as soon as she made up her mind on the srioject, set herself about defeat ing her wishes, by filling every letter to her brother with praises of the paragon she would have chosen for him had not the fates willed otherwise. Six weeks from the date of his incar ceration in the Wilson mansion he en tered the Wilson parlor and found Miss Mollie alone. "Miss Wilson." he be gan, "wheal came here six weeks ago you -thought I came here to steal, but yon were the thtef, for you stole my heart You made me an unwilling captive then, but I have been a willing one ever since. I ease here to-day to ask you if you will be my wife?" And for an -answer she laid her hand in his and hid her rosy blushes upon his shoulder. .V. T. Commercial Adver tiser. The Right and the Wrong. We hold it true, alwavs, that no young man has a right to ask a young woaian to enter into a .matrimonial engagement without feeling it to be in his power to give her a comfortable and reasonable support. Nor is it tin maidenly, or indicates a lack of modesty oa her part to desire to know what this is to be. It is not enough that her parent or guardian inquire to the matter, let her have an idea for herself, and if her heart be in the right place the knowledge will be of benefit to both the contractiag parties. On the, other hand the man should mot ex. pect he"woman to earn her own sup- port even though she may have been accustomed so to do previously. On the other hand she should expect and wish to be his true helpmeet ia all things. And in our judgment those homes are the happiest when together they go and prosper in the accumula tion of wordly goods. Of, if adversity overtake them, feel that it came to them unitedly, and was not tw ir?nI tated by fault of ei Broker, aa Gd Housekeeping. ROUGH EXPEftlENGKi Gnat Xtoe, Gaatla The other day, while temporarily iav sane, I bought a rowing machina My appetite had been diminishing for sosav time and I felt in need of a little rigor ous exercise. At least, I thought I did. Sol invested some of my namerous shekels in the "Eureka Warranted Steel Spring, Oak Body, Health and Happiness-Producing Bowing Machine, best in the world!" After paying the express charges, which were larger than the machine itself, I carried the thing up to my room, trailing the name after saw all the way up. Once in the privacy of mj own chamber, I proceeded to unravel the mysteries of it The man at the store where I bought it had explained everything to sse so fully that I was sure I had it down as fine as an alderman's virtue. Bat alas! for the frailty of poor human nature, t I got the thing together after awhile, so that it looked like the cut on the cir cular which accompanied it But there were several little parts of the engine that could not be shown on the cut and with characteristic perversity I failed to adjust these. However, it "looked all right and I proudly called the sane members of the household up to admire my shape and see me paralyze the ma chine. I was going to show" them that there was at least one oarsman in the family. In fact I had very serious thoughts about challenging Hanlan. Now this particular E. W. S. S. O. B. H. & H. P. R.-M. etc was of an aristo cratic temperament and seemed unwil ling to work unless everything was just right So when I grasped the oars, looked confident and proceeded to "muscularize," the confounded inven tion vetoed the business then and there. At the first stroke it protested. It did this in a very vigorous manner. It ele vated its head, reared up on its hind legs and began to spill me around in a manner calculated to fill a mule with envy. Then as if not content with this re buke, it fell over on top of me, and we had a short struggle, the machine at length forcing me down and sitting "square on my face, and covering my noble brow with a bruise about as big as a banana. A look of pain immediately wended its melancholy way across myvery mel ancholy countenance, leaving its foot marks to show future pitying genera tions the course it had taken. Then I got mad. The idea of a little machine not able to stand on tho floor without something to hold it, having the impudence to use tne in that familiar manner. It was too much for my usual good temper, and if i had not been too busy extracting the leg of the machine from my mouth. I would certainly have made use of some very un-Sunday-school-like remarks. As it was, I thought considerable. My ear was still tingling with the effects of" a very loving embrace. It tingles at the touch yet from the same cause. As I said before, I did not swear, for the very good reason that I couldn't I never yet saw a man who could spit out a decent enes word with one corner of an outrigger, sliding-seat. rowing ma- chine jammed firmlv m his face. Bat mv thoughts would look awful in tvpe. In fact I do not think they could be ex pressed in print under any considera tion. While the female portion of the family was giggling and the ether part roaring outright. I proceeded to arise, and after getting mjself from between the floor and my tormettor, I succeeded in doing so. The first thing I did then was to relieve my feelings. This 1 did in such an energetic manner that the atmos phere in my luxurions boudoir took on a fine ultkmanne tint, and some In citer matches lying on the gold-trimmed marble mantle were Ignited. After administering this much-needed relief to mv outraged feelings, I pro ceeded to arrange things. My dander was up so high that it got tangled In my beautiful, coal-black locks, and I was resolved to ride that many-named fiend of a machine or die. I shudder now to think of the odds that were in favor of my dying. After a little investigation I found the cause of my misfortune to be a small. Innocent-looking eyebolt with which 1 did not fasten tne machine to the fl'or. The bolt feeling slighted, no doubt had taken revenge l)y allowing the machine to act in the outrageous manner in which it did. However, after properly adjusting tho eyebolt and making sure," as I thought, that everything was all right. I again took mv seat with a just-see-how-easy-it-is look on any classic features. For the second time I grappled with the oars and swung grandly and majestically into motion. For tne first two or three strokes everything went along ns smoothly as a fat man on a banana peeL Then something seemed to give way. The machine had evidently woken up to business after the quiet little nap it had taken on my shirt-bosom, and had settled right down to a realization of the fact that it hid a mission in this life to perform and meant to perform it I do not know exactly how it happened, but when loving hands- had picked me out of the plate-glass mirror and tied a string around me to keep the pieces to gether, I had a faint idea that my ma chine had challenged a dynamite factory to play base-ball, and that I was umpire in the game that followed. My ambition to become a great oars man evaporated right there. Mean while the machine stands, or rather lies, just where it landed after the little toot nobody in the house having the courage to approach it- If any of the Sun's readers wants to buy a nice, gentle, easy-going young rowing machine, strong, reliable and every way true, trained to single or double'harness, and warranted docile and to keep in any climate, he may be able to arrange very advantageous terms by calling on Jo Quctk, Charity Hospital. Feck's Sim. An old woman living in Philadel phia became so affected hy reading of the suicide of another woman in the neighborhood, that she went to her room and hanged herself in a similar manner. She was dead when found. Philadelphia Press An Oregoaian has invented a ma chine that is death to squirrels. It is a pair of bellows made to blow the fumes of burning rags and sulphur into the holes, and if the squirrels ever come oat they are dead wh,en they do so. A lot of coins, eoaanrisincr TRno-l'cfc fcranS9' sixpences and coppers, were .fleet Fartlar-Oasurlaar ta National Bank! A.tkeriiei Capital, - - $250,000 Paid Ii Capital, - 60.000 Sarplis aid Prtife, - - 13,000 OFFICERS 4SD SIRXCTOSS. A. ANDERSON, Fresft. SAM'L C. SMITH, Vice Fres't. O.T.BOEN, Cashier. J. W.EARLY, HERMAN UEHLRICH. W. A. MCALLISTER, O. ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, ana Real Estate Loaas. 29-vol-lS-lr msnriss cults. D.T. Martyx, M. D. F. J. ScncG, M. D.. Drs. XA&TY5 ft SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeon. Union Pacific, O., N. 4 B. H. and 15. & 31. R. R's. Consnltstions in German and En; rlish. Telephones at office and residences. iSTOfScc on Olive street, next to Brod feuhrer's .lewclrr Store. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 43-J TXT 91 . COK m TEI.IUS, LAW AXD COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building 11th street. C D. ETA.1S, M. ID., FHYSICIAX AXD SUXGEOX. jSTOffice and rooms. Gluck building. 11th street. Telephone communication. TTAMILTO' MEADE, M. ., PHYSICIAN AXD SURGEON, Platte Center, Nebraska. 9-y F. F. RC.I.IER, M. IT HOMCEOPATHIST. Ckreaio Disease saa Biseaaea of Childram a, Specialty. E"e0Bce on Olive street, three doors north of First National Baak. 2-ly H. J. UUIMIOIW, XOTAIiT PUBLIC. 2th Street, '2. doors west er Hastateai! Ileese, Columbus. Neb. 491-y J. GS. 11EEDER, ATTORNEY AT LA W, Office on Olive St. Columbus, Nebraska 2-tf nO.ET TO L04.T Five vears time, on improved farms with at least one-fourth the acreap under cultivation, in sums representing one ttiird the fair value of the homestead. Correspondence solicited. Address, M. K. TURNER, .0- Columbus, Sebr. V. A. HACKEN, DKALKB IX Foreign and Domestic Liquors and Cigars. Uth street. Columbus, Neb 50-y M cALLlSTER JBBOS., A TTORNE TS AT LA W, Office up-stairs in ing. 11th St. W. A Public. McAllister's build. . McAllister, Notary TOU.1 TIMOTHY, NOTARY PUBLIC AMD CONVEYANCER. Keeps a full line of stationery and school supplies, aud all kinds of legal forms. Iusures againut fire, lightning, cyclone and tornadoes. Office in Powell's Block, Platte Centei. 19-x J. M. MACFAKLAXD, A.s:i7 isi VAkj Patf e. B. R. COWDKRT, G:2ir.s. LAW AXD COLLECTION OFFICE OF MACFAR1.AND & C9luml3. COWDBRT, Xebraska. a. a. haugua.i, Justice, County Surveyor, Notary, Land and Collection Agent. ty Parties desiringsurvey inp done can notifv me bv mail at Platte Centre, Neb. al-6m JOHN G. UIGGINS. C. J. GARLOW, Collection Attorney. mOGDIS ft GARLOW, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Specialty .made Garlow. of Collections by C. 4-3m Tj H.RU8CHE, Uth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, i'c, at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. TAMES SAEJlO.f, CONTRACTOR AND 1UILDER. 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, hi 6mo. R. B. EAWKtVCE, DEF UTY 0. SUE VE YOE . Will do general surveying in Platte and adjoining counties. Inquire at the Court House. COLCXBCS, ... XXBRASJCA. 17-tf N OTICE IwTEACHE J. B. Iff oncrief, Co. Bapt., Will be ia 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 transaction of any other business pertainloz to schools. NTT-y J.' MURDOUK & SOX, Carpenters aad Contrscters." Have had an extended experience, and will gaarantee satisfaction in work. All kiads of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call aad give as aa opper tunityteestimatcforyou. pyshop oa 13th Stone door west of Friedhof A Coa. stare, Columbus, Hebr. 4mVy MM AND PLOWBIML ssUITRJeVS ELOfKMCHT. o birds an awt by hoaey They are ia lb i aad sariaW haaters, aai they diva among the lowers, not la search of the nectar itself, bat of the small flies and other asiscellsneoas ia sect riffraff that the honey attracts in to the deep-throated nectaries.' At least, this was their early aboriginal habit, fof the humming bird is by de scent a tropical swift, a modified form of the dingy, black-coated, swallow like creatures-that hawk open mouthed for moths aad flies around our owa church steeples on calm August even ings; and young hamming birds, ia tho eauew nestling stage, refuse to thai aay the offered allarements of sugary syrup, and insist inflexibly npon their heredit ary fare erf ploms insects aad well fat tened spiders. They remain still at the wift level of hnmminr bird develop ment But the adult birds, accustomed always to find their food in full blown blossoms, intermixed with nectar, have eome at last to regard the honey as part of their proper means of subsistence, and to demand it as regularly as civil ized humanity demands its beer with its bread and" beef. At first, no doubt, the primitive hum ming bird only went to look in flowers for insects because he knew he was sure of finding them there; but now. grown accustomed to take his sweets and meat together, like cm rant jelly with hare, he is no longer satisfied with a purely carnivorous or insectivorous diet, but requires to have it properly sweetened. Practically, however, all these flower-haunting "birds hare now acquired the precisa habits of bees or butterflies and there are many hum ming birds which it is almost. "if not quite, impossible to distinguish on tho wing from certain snec:es of humming bird hawk moth. The natives in some parts of South America have- a theory, indeed, that the moth is only, as it were, the larva of the bird, and' that as it grows older it gradually acquires bones and beak, juntas a "human in fant progresses slowly from the soft and pnlpy condition of babyhood to the angular ostcosity of maturer years. While the birds "have thus adapted themselves to the flowers, by acquiring long and darting barbed tongnes. tho flowers for their part have as usual re paid the compliment by adapting them selves in return to the habits of the birds, and acquiring correspondingly deep corollas. It is the great object in life of every intelligent and well-regulated plant species to specialize itself for securing the visits of some one par ticular insect or bird visitor, because bv so doing it economises the useless pilfering of its honey by stray winged thieves, and gets its embryo seeds prop erly fertilized by a creature peculiarly adapted to perform that friendly office for itself alone. No sooner did hum ming birds and lories begin to devote themselves exclusively to flowers than the flowers began to devote themselves exclusively to the humming birds and lories. They lengthened their tubes out of all proportion to the tongues of nectar-sucking inseets. so that on! v tho favored birds themselves could obtain access to the coveted honey with its ac companying swarm of flies and beetles. At the same time they bent their stamens and pistils into such forms tnat they came in contact with the bird's bill, and enabled it to transfer the pollen of one flower to the sensitive surface of the next visited, thereby im pregnating the seeds in the ovarv." Of course, birds being so muon larg er than bees, the flowers specially af fected by them, such as the huge tubu lar Brugmannsias of our gardens, have to be much bigger and handsomer than those which merely lay themselves out to attract the notice of the minor in sects. In every case the tube of the flower exactly corresponds in length to the beak and tongue of the special humming-bird or sun-bird or lory told off to do duty In fertilizing its seeds. The broad mouth of the blossom in most of these species is intended for the bird to por3 in on its fluttering wings and insert its head; the narrow neck in which the flower ends below is intended to keep out 'intrusive moths and butterflies, not adapted t) the fer tilization of the particular species. There can be little doubt that the superior richness and beauty of the tropical blossom is largely dependent upon the slowbut long exerted select ive action of the humming-birdsthe honey-suckers and the flower-hunting parrots. By always visiting and fer tilising the" largest and handsomest blossoms, they have affected at last the whole standard of the equatorial flora. Darting with the rapidity of lightning from flower to flower. wherever a great patch of crimson or orange attracts their keen little eyes, they are really helping to perpetuate the finest ani handsomest types of flowers, and so maintaining and to some extent increas ing the marvelous beauty of the trop ical vegetation. Pall Mall Gazette. WAGES IN YE OLDEN TIMES. The Nambcr of Hours Laborers Worked and What They Cot for It. 'I tell you what it is," said a man the other day who, in his youth, worked on a farm and at various other occu pations, "we used to work when I was a lad. The hours of labor were from sun to sun. and some times until nine o'clock in the evening. In January, 1827, I engaged myself to a carpenter to learn the trade. For the first year I was to have $25. my board and win ter term of schooling; for the second year, $50: for the third year, $100. A carpenter who had served his appren ticeship would get from $1S to 22 per month' In 1831 I worked in Lowell. Mass., for Colonel Sawtwell. Wages for carpenters was 1.25 per day. I paid for board $1.75 per week. The hours of labor per day were, fourteen or more, with thirty minutes at break fast and thirty at noon. In the winter time I have been on the work by star light I had my wages- raised for working on circular stair sixpence per aav, which made $1.33 per day. Ia the spring of 1832 I left Lowell aad went to Bedford, where I set up the car penter business. In 1836 wages were $1.50 to $L75 per day, and in 1847 we began to work ten hours per day. My prices for carpenter work from 1850 to I860 were $1.50. 31.70 and $2 per day. Ten hours was the regulation hours of labor. From 1861 to 1863, price $1.50 to $1.75; 1864. $2.75; 1865 to 1869. $3.00; 1871-73, $3.50; 1878 to 1880. $3.00; 1880 to 1885, $2.50. In 1866-7 flour was $15. $18 and $20 per barrel In 1862-3 tea was 80 cento to $1 par pound; sugar. 16 and 18 cents per pound, ana all kiads of lumber aiga."-0o Globe. Maw Matilda Taetker Urea aa Maai aam aveaaa, Hew York City. Saa ia aboat tweaty years of age, aad aagjd edry precacioos; ia other word, a pro nownced dndrae. She is not fast pre cisely, bat her forward manners are a great source of annoyance to her whole family. Mr. Daniel Tucker, who is one of the wealthiest, bnt at tha same time one of the most highly re spected citizens of Gotham, has re peatedly rebuked bor for her forward manners. So has her brother, a quiet nn ass timing young man against whom a breath of" slander has never heea whispered. Matilda Tucker is under the delnsiaa that all representatives of the maaa sex fall in love with her oasirht The emus of this halluelnation is to be discovered la fbe fact that she is maeh aadtetad to reading society novels. One evening while the family were seated in the family sitting room, Fred Tucker took occasion to say: "I think. Matilda, you should be more eireumspect in "your eondnet Whea you pass the club rooms on Fifth avenue, you should not stare at the old gentlemen who may be looking out the windows. If yn'u keep it up they will be afraid to come to the windows to read the papers." "Ye, vou should be more careful." said old Mr. Tnckcr. Matilda tossed' her head scornfully. "Another thing." continued Fred, "yon. should not stand at the church doors staring and leering at the voung men as they eome out lLast Snndav I noticed that younr Snobbcrly and several other yonng men blushed when yon winked at them. If you keep this up. Matilda, no respectable yonng man will be seen walking with me on the street If yon have no respect for yourself yon should have some for the male members of the family. When once a young man gets himself talked about he Is shunned by all high-toned people." Matilda made a face at her brother. "And let me tell you that some of these days youwiTl'get yourself into tronble. Some young man will tell his wife, or his big sister, of your eon duct and yen w-Jl get a sound thrash ing as you deserve," continued Fred. Matilda yawned and retired to her room. Til cure her of that idea, that of her being sach an attraction." said Fred. looking after his sister's retreat ing form. The next day. Matilda received a billet-danx written in a delicate male hand. It was not signed, but the writer intimated that he would do something rash if Matilda did not con sent to slope with him. He would be at the eoraer of Fifth avenuo and Twenty-third street with a carriage at fivejp. m. sharp. "How romantic!" said Matilda to herself, "anybody can get married, but it js not everybody who has a chance to elope. And won't the papers be funofit?" Next day Matilda was rather abseat miaded. When one of her younger brothers asked her whore Japan is situated, she aeplied: On the cor ner of Fifth avenne and Twenty third street Ia an-vror to a question in history abont the date of the downfall of the Roman Empire, she said it occurred "at five in tne after noon on the corner of Fifth avenue aad Tweatv-thlrd street" Matilda was on hand at the appointed place and time. A carriage with aa elegant driver on the box dashed np. He opened the carriage. Leaning in a eoraer was a yoangjaa. He was elegantly dressed. A mo-neat later aad Matilda was by his side and the coach drove off rapidly. The young geatle maa did not say any thing, but she could see for herself that he was very maeh embarrassed for he was blushing vio lently. I snppose you are a resident of New York?" whispered Matilda, giving him a fond look. lie did not reply. Matilda took one f his band in her gloved fingers. He did not resist Encouraged by this she squeezed "t gently. Whrc (1 d you first see me.dearest?" she wh!pTed. putting her arm gontly around h waist Still he d-d not reply. "Poor fellow, are vou really o bash ful?" she murmured! All at once the carriage stopped. Ma tilda did act perceive that she was in front of the family residence. The driver opened the door of the vehicle. He removed his side whiskers. It was her own brother Fred. Ho said: "Matilda, you had better go up to your room, while I drivo around to the Eden Musee. and return this wax figure which I borrowed for the occasion." Texas Si flings. mum GERMAN OFFICERS. The Srailea to Which Military Officers Art Subjected ia Gcrmaar. The daily existence of a German of ficer is a very studious and fatiguing one, but there is nothing whatever in it that can not be overcome and learned, and only a very few fail to do so. The preparation of written essays is one form of professional study which knocks all des;re to drone in the head. The Connt von Moltke. believes that book study produces practical results; he can not talk verbally to his whole army, but he can reach every officer in Germany with the assistance of print ers' ink." and he does it That writing makes an exact man and reading makes a full one" is something which gentlemen in the American armyousht not to forget In thi country, "at cer tain :tnd frequent times in the year. esay subjects are given out to first lieutenant", and on a certain hypothesis furnished .fhey are expected to exam ine opinions, cr.ticalfy point out ad vantages and inconveniences from a tactical point of view, ! scc the way in whieh certain combats were eon ducted, and draw conclusions from ea counters. Thee literary compositions signed they are sent to' the!r ultimate destination. First it is the battahon comma'nder. who examines the essays, and he is obliged to record his opinion at length on the merits of each, as well as his own views on the subject, all of which becomes a part of the document and is "respectfullv for warded." Next the Colonel takes a whack atnt He in turn most criticise the remarks of his battalion command ers as well as the essays of their sub alterns writ his owa views oa the matter, aead the whole forward. to sub ject himself to the same ordeal, and so on np to the General commanding aa army corps, whose ofleeis the ultimate destination of the eesaya Cor. Bmm Fraudseo Chronicle. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. A negro aad a aattre of Japan are tae rrwnsaeaof WiluaauUai r. if. r. St Four London churches, with com hined seating acconsaTrodathms for 1,800 people, report an aggregate membership of 220 persons, andof those eighty-eight areomcials. Heidelberg University will cele brate the 500th anniversary of its ex istence next August A festival halL capable of holding 5,000 persona will be ; erected forth occasion. No devotee of tobacco, says Dicr Lewis, has graduated at the head of his! class at Harvard or any other college-' where statistics have been preserved.' Botwitnstandtnff tho fact taat :i2P.; majority of college students are era. A. jr. Tribune. Tha good-humored Dr. Mc.Ctassv whose gray hairs seemed about to be' aroaght ia sorrow to the grave by the rthaca4oa boys, has smiled scores of times.' whea told that the secret and sepulchral midnight password of the students was: JimmieMcCosh, bvGosh!" Troy Ttmcf. Of the religious intellig ence of Ger many it is written: The ignorance in matters of religion is incredible. The respect for religion and those who reach it and preach it has been very much di minished. Religion is no more a power in public, in domestic life, nor in the press, nor in the church. You must allow mo to tell you of a Presbyterian brother here. "He had three Baptist miuisters call on him. As he saw them coming all together into his studv he held up his hands in a hor ror, exclaiming: '"I shall be drowned! I shall be drowned!" All laughed, aad he was not drowned, only inundated with kiadness a nad of submersion to which he did not object Baltimore Cor. Chicago Lig Church. Thirteen years ago a Mr. Watkins went to tho city of Guadalajura. Mexico, as a Protestant missionary, and found no one to welcome him. At tho end of a year he had sixteen convert-. Now there are 1.600 members of the Prot estant churches in the neighborhood. The dry itself contains nearly 100,000 people, and now has street railways, electric lights, telephone service, etc., though not yet connected with the capi tal by raiL Chicago Inler-Ocean. The practice of bathing has been in troduced in the public schools in Ger many. The children are bathed in sec tions of six to nine, and as they imme diately return to the school-room and aesuBso their lessons.no risk of catching cold U ever incurred m.while the refresh ing influence of the bath shows itself in a greater energy and eagerness to study. And in the homes of the poorer children, too, their new habits of cleanliness are already exercising a most beneficial in fluence. A peculiar scene was enacted in a Cologne church the other day. It was eight o'clock ia the morning and tha church was filled with worshlpera. Ameag these was a man who suddenly Trashed up to the altar aud knocked down the large cross, which fell on the floor and broke into pieces. He then proceeded to commit further outrages, until several strong men succeeded in arresting him. He proved, of course. to be a madman. WIT AND WISDOM. Teacher "Ye. niau eoniw highest In the scale. What comes next' to man?" Small boy "I know, sir." Taacher "Well, what is it?" Small boy "His shirt!" "Does your family play ball?" was asked of a little sharer. "Me nnd mother docs," he replied. "I bawl, and she makes the base-hits." Ttl-Biti. The Boston Courier complains that the American women are not good pedestrians. And yet the way they run after the men seems to negative tho idea. "Leara your business thoroughly." says a philosopher. The trouble is that people are so much occupied with the cosiness of other people that they have not time. N. Y. (frtwhic It doesn't follow that you must do a mean thing to a man who has don a mean thing to yon. The old proverb runs: "Because ihr cur has bitten me shall I bite the cur? Chvago Standard. Never allow yourself to become de jected. Look up: keep looking up; and perhaps your eyes will chance to rest upon that book you borrowed more than a year ago. and gladden the heart of the owner by returning It" Albany Jour nal. Make fair mv world within. A thou hast made thy world without. Make thou more fair my woiM within: Shine through Its lingering- cloud of doubt, Bebufce Its hauntinj?hap4 of sin. WhUtier. "Papa.dldn't you say if I was a good boy yoa would give me a cent?" queried a seven-year-old. "Yes. my son." blandly returned pater-familias. "Well, then,""said the young hopeful. "couldn't you make it pavable in advance?" He got his cent A". Y. Independent. "Algernon, love, the doctor said that I absolutely required a little change. I was forced to tell him you was always just run ont wher - I asked you for any, and that it w .-eks since you had given me a cent i hen he said I must need a great deal of change. Ain't you ashamed, now?" But he wasn't Not one bit Boston Budget The Cajptain of the Coke (colored) Rifles, of Austin, Tex., is a regular mar tinet, but at the same time be ukes the trouble of explaining the drill to the mem bers of the company: "You has learned de right about face, and now you must learn de left about face." "How am dat?" asked Corporal Sam Johnsing. aDe left about face am precisely de same as de right about face, 'ceptin' hit am de opposit" Texas Sifting; "Say," shouted a boy in front of the City Hall the other afternoon. Something like fifty men came to a dead halt "Say! your wife said I was to tell you not to forget to bring home tea!" shouted the boy in a loader voice. Forty-five men wheeled, slapped their lees and erunted; "Hansed if I hadn't forgotten all about it!" Detroit Free Press. m Brotherly Leva. Two brothers named Jordon, livingin Eastern Texas were eternally quarrel ing, but Joe was the more aggressive. Sam was of a more quiet nature. Not long since they happened to be pall bearers at a funeral. "It would be a good idea for us to build a family vault" said Sam. "Yes, I suppose so," said Joe. scorn fully, you would grab at the first chasce you got to bo stowed away in It, just to get ahead of ma." Texas Sift- v.4T