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CHESTNUTS SET TO RHYME.
Oh. what dM the chimney sweep?
And why did the cod Us a ball?
And why. oh why, did the peanut stand?
And what makes the evening call?
Ob, why should the baby farm?
And why does the mutton chop?
Can you tell me what makes the elder blew)
Or what make0 the ginger pop?
Bay, way does the trundle-bed spring?
And why does the saddle-horse fly?
Or what mean cur made the pillow slip?
And why does the soap boilers lye?
What made the monkey wrench?:
Or why should the old mill dam?
And who did the sboomakers strike?
And why did the raspberry jam?
Boiton Tranteript.
FAMILY FINANCES.
Mrs. Finn Lays Siege to Mike's
Heart and Pocket.
A big brown beetle blundered against
a window of the Finn shanty as the
shadow of the tall chimney on the lime
mill was thrown over Brown's pond by
the setting sun, and, after humming a
lively tunc against a resonant whole
pane, stumbled through a broken one
into the meshes of Mrs. Finn's black
hair. Mrs. Finn was seated before the
tire, with her elbows resting on her
knees, and evidently thinking of some
very serious matter, as she paid no at
tention to the beetle, which vainly
strove to liberate its serrated legs from
their environment. The tame crow
sat on the back of a chair, and re
garded the insect as a bit of manna
sent down to be transformed into crow
meal. The beetle struggled, the crow
waited for him to get free, and Mrs.
Finn thought harder than ever how to
regain control of her husband, who
had unreasonably assumed that, as he
was the bigger and stronger of .the two,
he must of necessity possess more ex
ecutive ability- than his wife. This
reasoning Mrs. Finn had proved to be
fallacious, at least to the satisfaction
of Mrs. O'Brien, who had called on the
previous da' to sell a raffle ticket for
Mrs. Malone's bedstead.
" It's yourself knows well, Mrs.
O'Brien, there's ne'er a saviner woman
than me on Cooney island savin' yer
Erisincc but Mike is afther thinkin'
e can buy more wid the money than
nteself, so he's carrying the money in
his blessed pants pockets; an' if raffle
tickets was sellin' fur twocints a dozen
it's meself wouldn't have that much
money as 'ud buy a straw in the Widdy
Malone's bed."
Mrs. Finn had been sitting still for
half an hour. The heat' of the fire was
very grateful on the chill October night,
and she began to feel drowsy. As she
h.oked dreamily into the grate through
half-closed eyelids she saw coming out
of the embers a spavined mule, which
was also wind-broken, and whose pain
ful wheezing seemed to impart an add
ed brightness to the coals. Upon the
mule's back sat a 3-oung man, whose
well-knit frame was covered with an
ill-fitting' pair of trousers and a blue
shirt. But what bright eyes he had,
and how they danced in the firelight!
And what a happy smile rippled over
his face when lie saw the young girl
standing on the bridge awaiting him!
Now he is off the mule's back in a
twinkling, and yes, he is trying to kiss
her. Then a gently protesting voice
stole out of the grate:
"Arrah, go way wid j-er foolishness,
Mike" then, in a whisper: "Mrs.
Fogerty's lookin' over lh' back lince!"
By this time the brown beetle had be
come hopelessly entangled and the crow
had fallen asleep.
When Mrs. Finn had wiped her eyes
she looked into the grate again, and
saw that the young girl was riding the
mule, while the young man led the ani
mal. The Queen of Sheba, no doubt,
had a braver palfrey, but no more
knightly attendant, and her checks
could have borne no more roseate a
tinge when she met the King than that
on the face of the girl as she sat upon
the spavined canal mule and cautioned
her lover to:
"Walk him aisy, Mike, dear; bekase
ye know well I'm afeard he might run
awa" a possibility which" was further
away than the North Pole.
The fire was burning low in the
grate, but Mrs. Finn could sec the
mule stop before an old red barn. She
saw the girl loosen her hold of the
mule's mane arid drop to the ground.
While the mule was eating hay be
tween his wheezes, the couple seated
themselves on the grass beside the
stable door, and the 3-011 ng man told of
his race over the twenty- mile level up
the canal with Paddv Feenan.
"Ye wouldn't think, Biddy, whin
Je're lookin' at th' ould meule as she
ad that strin'th as 'ud pull hay out o'
lh' rack, but you tie her on the ind iv
a tow-line, an' give her a gintle dig in
th' ribs wid a spade, or annything
handy, atf she'll pull yer boat out ?
the wather."
The fire was burning very low and
the voices sounded faint to Mrs. Finn's
listening ear. The flame burned up
brightly for a moment, flickered and
suddenly went "out. The vision had
departed. Mrs. Finn bathed her
flushed face and in arranging her hair
she discovered the beetle. She placed
it upon the window, whence it fell out
on the grouud. Mrs. Finn put on a
dress which closely- resembled the one
which the young girl had worn when
she rode the mule. Pleasant thoughts
had conjured up the lovelight into her
eyes. Experience had taught her that
there are more vulnerable parts in a
married man's anatomy than his heart.
Profiting by this knowledge, she. boiled
a salt mackerel, toasted some bread,
boiled some potatoes until they burnt
their jackets, and was arranging a dish
of water cresses when the door opened
and her husband came in. There was
an unusual kindliness in Mrs. Finn's
manner, and an evident desire to an
ticipate his wants which attracted
Mike's attention. He said nothing to
her about it. It troubled him, Eow
ever, during the night. The next morn
ing when on his way to work he
stopped on the corner and did some
very hard thinking. He knew that tffe
Finn income had not been as
economically administered since lie
had taken charge of the money as be
fore. He was also aware that his
headaches had been more frequent and
that Bacchus had been his patron
saint, and no, he wouldn't give up
"Shure, Biddy 'ud be laffin' at me''
but then she was so kind to him last
night and spoke so pleasant "Yis, but
whin she's mad she has an eye in her
head like a coal iv fire, an' a v'ice like
a saw filin'." While Mike stood unde
cided whether to go back and make up
with Biddy a boy went by whistline
"Barney Brallaghan's Courtship."
As the melody stole into Mike's ears
there floated out of the harbor of his
eaaory a picture of a young couple
sated tefias an old red barn om to
upper end of Cooney Island. Their
heads were very close together, nd he
could hear the refrain the young man
was singing to his sweetheart:
"Don't say nay. charmla' Judy Callagbaa,
Only a you'll be Mistress Brallagbaa."
Almost unconsciously Mike found
himself hurrying homeward. When
he arrived at the door of the shanty he
hesitated a moment with his hand on
the latch. He half turned to go down
the steps again, then suddenly he
opened the door and floundered in.
Putting his brawny hand deep down in
his pocket, he drew it forth full of
nickels and rolls of pennies, which he
slapped upon the table with such a
sounding thwack that the rolls were
burst open, and the pennies rolled over
the floor. Mrs. Flinn Ottered a cry of
alarm, but her fears took wings when
Mike lifted his head and she saw his
big, brown, honest face twitching, and
his eyelids doing double duty. The
next moment her hand" were resting
on his brawny shoulders.
"Mike!"
"Biddy!"
There was a rush of hurrying feet in
the back yard, the door opened with a
slam, and little Mike appeared. Said
he:
"Mother, the crow is swallyin' a big
brown beetle!" .Nl Y. Sun.
LIMEKILN CLUB.
Why Brother Gardner Foraaally Expelled
Prof. Trespass Johason.
"I can't see dat Prof. Trespass John
son am in de hall to-night," said
Brother Gardner, as he looked up and
down. "De fack am, I didn't 'zactly
'spect he would be. Sartin events hev
occurred to render his absence a neces
sity. De Seckretary will turn to bis
name on de roll an' scratch it off. and
write across it in red ink de word 'ex
pelled.' "
When the Secretary had carried out
the request the President continued:
"Up to a y'ar ago Prof. Johnson was
an active, respected member of dis
club. He was not only a worker in
our cause, but he was industrious as a
man. If he couldn't get work at a
dollar an' a half a day he got it fur a
dollar. If he couldn't bev roast duck
fur Sunday he put up wid a beef-bone
soup. His family bad plenty to eat an'
to w'ar, an' when rent day cum around
he had de cash ready for his landlord.
"Jist about twelve months back some
white man told de Professor dat he had
just as good a right to a piancr, gold
watch an' span of horses as a rich
man. He was told dat de aristocracy
war coinin' money out of his labor. He
was made to believe that the pusson
who wouldn't pay two dollars
to hev a kitchen ceilin' white
washed was an oppressor. It was
pounded into him dat, if he sot
on de fence all summer an' talked agin
de blue blood of dis kentry, somebody
would furnish him roast turkey all
winter.
"Many of you saw how he was af
fected. He begun to hate honest work.
His mouf began to grow bigger.
While his cloze growed seedy his im
portance increased daily. When his
wood pile grew low he cussed Vander
bilt. When his flour bar'l was empty
he reviled Jay Gould. When his chil
dren becum ragged he ripped at capi
tal. When his wife becum bar'fut he
swore at de aristocracy. When his
landlord bounced him for non-payment
of rent he howled an' raved about op
pressors an' tyrants.
"De climax cum las' nite. I heard
dat he had bin boastiu' dat dc rich must
divide wid him, an' I concluded to
watch my ben coop. About 'leben
o'clock de Professor showed up. I had
twenty-two choice hens. He had none.
He was gwinc to divide wid me 'an
take 'leben. My frens, I can't 'zactly
discribe what happened arter I got my
paws on him, but I know he went away
empty-handed, limpin.' sore an in de
hands of an officer. He am no longer
a member of dis club. U dar' am any
odder member wid socialistic ideas
now would be a good time fur him to
make a grab fur his hat an1 back down
sta's." Detroit Free Press.
IN CANADA.
Description of a Typical Freach-Caaadlaa
Village.
St. Athanase would be like half a
hundred other villages in Quebec but
that the noble river on which it stands
gives it a beauty and character of its
own. The bridge which connects it
with the flourishing town of St. Jean
on its opposite side spans nearly a mile
of the waters of the Richeliea. Its
main street, where are the few stores
that supply its few wants, runs parallel
with the course of the stream. The
rest of the village some of the houses
of stone, quaint and old-fashioned,
others more modern, of wood rises
from it among groves of maple and elm
on the gradual slope of its bank. Be
hind it, the mass of Mount St. Gregoire
Alls in the distance. Seen of a sum
mer's evening, with the mingling lights
falling on tree and house and water,
while the notes of the angelus ring
softly out on the air, it is a charming
picture, at once sweet and soothing.
But the place is under a doom the
doom that awaits on standing
still, and of which its rotting
sidewalks are an evidence.
With progress, indeed, St. Atha
nase has nothing to do. It transacts
its own little businessand goes on its
own way. Life has gone on in it much
the same fashion from generation to
generation. When the father has passed
away the son has stepped into the va
cant place. Baptiste succeeds Alexan
dre, and Jean, Baptiste; and bat that
the names exe changed, there seems no
other change. Yet it is happy, with
the happiness which has no written
history. Outside such events as are
inscribed in its parish register it has
nothing to record. The place is full
of the age-lone quiet, the undisturbed
content, which broods like wings of
shadow over all the life of French
Canada, in strangest contrast to the
rush and the bustle of these times, in
which St Athanase has neither part
nor lot. All its sympathies are with
that vanishing, older world, of which
it has its own survivals in its seigncurie;
in the great high-steepled church, with
itfpresbytcrc nestling among the elms;
in its unquestioning beliefs; most of
all, perhaps, in its finely drawn social
distinctions. In the idea of modern
democracy it has no share. R.Mactiray,
in Atlantic
There is something suggestive in
the fact that a bronae statue of Bacchus
had been found lying in the led of the
River Tiber. Devotees of Bacchus are
frequently found lying m the bed-of
river. Mortality statistics Bacohus up
in this statement Ntrristowm Btnli.
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It ia illegal' in Paris for a news
dealer to lend out ftewspaper to any
one for readimg pnrpossa;
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The death rate in Dakota is only
live in the thousand.
The Great Eastern is to be moored
at Gibraltar as a coal "hulk.
A horseshoe has been invented that
comes on and off like a man's shoe. A
rim at the bottom and a buckle at the
back hold it in place. A pad protects
the bottom of the hoof. Troy Tinus.
A silver box, shut at a wedding in
Hartford, Conn., the other day, is to
be kept under seal, like that of Pan
dora, till the time for the silver anni
versary, twenty-five years hence.
Three hundred and fifty-eight crim
inals, who have escaped from Georgia
in the last few years, are wanted in that
State. The rewards offered for them
aggregate one hundred thousand dol
lars. It has been discovered at Austin,
Tex., that one-half the tairty million
acres of school and university lands
have been free-graxed for years, the
State deriving no income from the cat
tlemen. When asked to "sit for a picture"
it is just as well to consent. For with
the little machines they have now, and
carry around under the cloak, the artist
has likely taken you to a dot while you
are saying no. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
It is reported from Dakota that
prairie fires will not cross f elds of
clover or timothy, as there is a green
sprig at the bottom which checks it. It
is the dry buffalo grass that the flames
run in. As the land is improved and
tame grasses are sown this scourge will
be checked. Chicago Tribune.
Blue Ribbon beer, manufactured
in Toronto, and claimed to be a tem
perance beverage, was tested a few
days ago on two men, each of whom
drank seven glasses in an hour and a
half and then became drunk. The
court thereupon decided that the stuff
was intoxicating. Chicago Herald.
The advantage of fresh air from
the open windows in a sleeping room
has received strong proof from an inci
dent of the cholera in Spain. In the
house of a rich merchant the cholera
attacked, first of all. the one person
who slept in the only room of the
dwelling which was without a window.
Tossing as high in air as possible
the dryest of the long seed pods under
the maple trees, is suggested by the
Lawrence (Mass.) American as a new
diversion of school children for recess.
"The peculiar motion while falling may
surprise those who have never tried it.
It might be called the game of butter
fly." If a wife's feelings are injured one
hundred thousand dollars worth by the
killing of her husband in Texas, where
men are plenty, what must be the ex
tent of damage inflicted upon her affec
tions in a parallel case in Massachusetts,
where the reserve supply is about sev
enty thousand short? Charleston (S.
C.J News.
Mining was prospected within a
few miles of Nogales, Cal., three hun
dred and three years ago, sa3's the Nug
get, ages before the ground was dis
turbed by the miner's pick in any of
the so-called older States or Territories,
and the present indications are that ere
long the most important mining field
of that remote period of antiquity will
become the most important of modern
times.
A lady in Bath, Me., who is a firm
believer in spiritualism, states that on
a recent occasion, while trying to paper
her parlor and while making a hard job
of it, the spirit of a well known paper
hanger appeared in the room, and on
recovering from her surprise she found
the paper had been put on the wall as
neatly as the most skillful human
hands could have done it. Boston
Globe.
There was a lady in the White
House the other day who always goes
to call on the President when' she
makes a wedding trip, and she has en
joyed three of these interesting excur
sions since Grant came in. By strange
ill luck, the husband, in every case but
the last, has sickened and died soon
after the visit to the President. The
lady is from Massachusetts, and she in
tends to persevere in her custom. She
announced to one of the doorkeepers
that she would be more careful with
her present husband than with those
who preceded him. Washinqton Post.
From Greenland comes the story
that little hamlets occupied by the de
scendants of the Norsemen are in exist
ence, and that they contain a happy and
contented population, uninfluenced by
the events passing in the outside world,
and unruffled by politics or base ball.
Centuries ago the coast of Greenland
was the Danish fishing ground, and
the country, which then Doasted a less
rigorous climate than that which it is
credited now, was not deemed unfit for
settlement. It is something to know
that other than Esquimaux humanity
is vegetating there. Philadelphia Press.
The territory of the United States
where hops are successfully grown is
very limited. A radius of forty miles,
with Cooperstown, Otsego County, as
its center, forms more than half of
such territory east of the Rockies, the
only other places being three of the
northwestern counties of New York,
small portions of Vermont and Mich
igan, and parts of Wisconsin. On the
Pacific Coast the production of hops
has increased from fiiftecn thousand
bales in 1880 to seventy thousand in
1884, there being about one hundred
and seventy-eight pounds to the bale.
Troy Times.
In a quiet and altogether unobtru
sive fashiou the veteran pedestrian
Spencer has completed the herculean
task of walking six thousand miles in
one hundred and ten days, thus en
tirely eclipsing the performance of the
noisy, mueh-advettised Yankee, Wes
ton. An obscure daily note in the col
umns of little read sporting papers is
all that Spencer has had in the way of
Kblicitjrwhile on his arduous journey;
t until English pedestrians acquire
the art of giving lectures and wearing
picturesquely eccentric costumes they
will not be in it, as money-makers,
with their astuter, if less athletic,
Yankee rivals. London Truth.
A French work of fiction is soon to
appear in English which is eausing
much interest, as from its peculiar con
struction and coloring it was consid
ered untranslatable. Flaubert's great
story, "Salammbo" draws upon ancient
Carthage for its fascinating scenes of
love and war and its splendid descrip
tions of tropical nature. The. transla
tion by M. French Sheldon is said to
preserve all the charming peculiarities
of the author's pure style, who is the
true founder of the naturalistic school
of literature, so debased by many
French authors. The work will be pub
lished by Saxon 6 Co., London and
New York, with an introduction by
wiwaru &.ing. the American poet, and
a dedication to Henry M. Stanley, the
explorer.
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Paid ! Capital,
Sirplu aid Prelta,
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60,000
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OVFICKKS AMD DIRJtCTORS.
A. ANDERSON, Pres't.
S AM'L C. SMITH. Vice Preft.
O. T. ROEN, Cashier.
J.W.EARLY,
HERMAN OEHLRICH.
W. A. MCALLISTER,
O.ANDERSON,
P.ANDERSON.
Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage
Tickets, and Real Estate Loans.
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Dm. MARTY SCHUG,
U. 8. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surgeons, Union Pacific, O., N.
A B. II. and B. A M. R. R's.
Consultations in German and English.
Telephones at office and residences.
yyoffice on Olive street, next to lirod
feubrer's Jewelry Store.
COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA.
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LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
Upstairs Ernst building 11th street.
T G.REEDEI.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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p D. F.VANH, HI. O.,
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PHYSICIAN AND SUBGEON,
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Cfcilirem a Specialty.
tSTOllico on Olive street, three doors
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Tj j. uuunoi,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
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Columbus. Neb. 491-T
MOXEY TO ftjOAI.
Five years' time, on improved farms
with at least one-fourth the acrea-s under
cultivation, lu sums representing one
third the fair value of the homestead.
Correspondence solicited. Address,
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ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
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OTICE TO TEACHERS.
W. B. Tedrow, Co. Supt.
I will be at my office in the Court
House on the tjird Saturday of each
month, for the purpose of examining
teachers. 39
J. SI. MACFARLAND, B. B. COWDRY,
AttOTiysaiXotsTTfaWe. CtUsctsr.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
If ACT ARLAN D COWDBRT,
Columbu. : : : Nebraska.
J. J. MAUGHAK,
Justice, County Surveyor, Notary,
Land and Collection Agent.
gr Parties desiringi surveying done can
notifv me by mail at Platte Centre, Neb.
Gl-m
JOHN fi. HIGGIN8. C. J.OARLOW,
Collection Attorney .
HIOODIS ft GAKX0W,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Specialty made of Collections by C.J.
Garlow. 34- m
F.
H. BUNCH E,
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.
TAMES SAEJNOIV,
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. 626mo.
C
A91P11EIX. 4c ST. CLAIM,
DKAUERS IN
Rao's and Iron !
The highest market price paid for rags
and iron. Store in the Bubach building,
Olive St., Columbus, Neb. ift-tf
JS. MURDOCK k SON,
Carpsattrs and Contractors.
Haveaad an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction In work.
All klads of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair pr leas. Call and give us an opper
tunitytoestimateforyou. 6V3bob ob
13th SL,one door west of Friedaof
Co'a. iters. Cslussbus. Nsbr. 483-T
R G BOYD,
MAauFACTuan of
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
J e-Wtrk, iMimf mid OmtUr
iifalpMBjdtt. EsTSheB on Olive Street, 2 doors
north of tlredfsaarsr's Jewalry tiers.
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A STATELY CEREMONY.
How tfco Dswn thm Fsmmm Loadoa
TwrM Air Locked.
Excess of ceremony was the old ex
pedient for making power venerable.
la these more practical days it oftenec
makes'power ridiculous. A good deal
pf form and etiquette, however, aw
doubtless necessary in official places;
at ail events there is likely to be a good
deal, especially under Imperial govern
ments and the poor fellows who hold
the places, and whose duties are chiefly
traditional, must do something to earn
their salary. It is no very great affair
for a smart man or boy to lock the
doors of a building, but the Government
of England makes a very solemn and
deliberate job .of it Largo bodies move
slowly.
Few persons are aware of the strict
ness with which the Tower of London is
guarded from foes without and from
treachery within. The ceremony of
shutting it up every night continues to
be as solemn and as rigidly precaution
ary as if the French invasion were ac
tually afoot Immediately aftor "tat
too" all strangers are expelled, and the
gates once closed, nothing short of
such imperative necessity as tire or sud
den illness can procure their being re
opened till tho appointed hour the next
morning. The ceremony of locking up
is very ancient, curious and stately. A
few minutes before the clock strikes the
hour of eleven on Tuesdays and Fri
days twelve the head warden (yeoman
porter), clothed in a long red cloak,
bearing in his hand a huge bunch of
keys, and attended by a brother-warden
carrying a gigantic lantern, appoars in
front of tho main guard-house and calls
out, in a loud voice:
"Escort keys!"
At these words the Sergeant of the
Guard, with Gve or six men, turns out,
and follows him to the "Spur," an outer
gate, each sentry challenging, as they
pass the post:
"Who goes there?"
"Keys'
The gates being carefully locked and
barred tho warden wearing as solemn
an aspect and making as much noise as
possible the procession returns, tho
sentries exacting the same explanation
and receiving the same answer as be
fore. Arrived onco more in front of the
main guard-house, ihe sentry there gives
a loud stamp with his foot, and the fol
lowing conversation takes place be
tween him and the approaching party:
"Who goes there?"
"Keys'
"Whose keys?"
"Queen Victoria's keys."
"Advance, Queen Victoria's keys,
and all's well."
The yeoman porter then exclaims:
"God bless Queen Victoria!"
The main guard devoutly respond:
'Amen!"
The officer on duty gives the word-
"Present arms!"
The firelocks rattle; the oflicer kisses
the hilt of his sword; tho escort fall in
among their companions, and tho yeo
man porter marches majestically across
the parade alone, to deposit the keys in
the Lieutenant's lodgings. The cere
mony over, not only is all egress and
ingress totally precluded, but even
within the walls no one can stir without
being furnished with the countersign;
and any one who, unhappily forgetful,
ventures from his quarters unprovided
with his talisman, is sure to be mad-j
the prey of the first sentinel whose post
he crosses. All of which is pleasantly
absurd, and reminds us of tho stately
manner in which the crown was car
ried about when tho White Tower was
on fire. Youth's. Companion.
TONS OF MONEY.
How ling Soma Art Carted Through, th
StreaU of the Capital.
There is always a good deal of bard
cash being carted about the streets at
Washington. Money is hauled about
the streets of the National capital by
the millions every day in tho year.
Boxes and bags of gold and silver, huge
bales of bonds and treasury notes, and
wagon loads of silver dollars. If you
only had what is hauled about for ono
day, and you wouldn't have to pick
your day (e xclusive of Sundays and le
gal holidays) you would be several
times over a millionaire. On some days
the money-changing is greater than on
others, but the same ceaseless carting
up and down, to and from the Treasury
doors, of hard cash goes on. Big ex
press wagons are always backed up at
the eastern front, and tho crashing and
mashing of the heavy iron-bound boxes
and road-safes upon the massive plat
form resound from morniuir till night.
Tho rolling of the iron trucks transfer
ring these boxes to and from the great
vaults can be heard all over the build
ing. People get used to most anything
except starvation; so they grow accus
tomed to this daily shuffling and smash
ing noise. We who have dodged the
boxes and wagons for years only notice
them as a nuisance, while strangers
do not understand what it all means.
Even Treasury officials forget all about
it For instance, the other day when
steamers arrived at the navy-yard with
silver dollars from New Orleans, the
Treasurer of the Unite.l States sug
gested a guard of four armed marines
with each wagon-load from the boats
to the Treasury.
" Nonsense! exclaimed the Super
intendent of Adams Express Com
pany, " we handle ten time as much
money as is contained in a wagon
load of silver a dozen times a day, and
often in packages which could bo car
ried away by one man!"
To aee ono of the heaviest Adams
trucks loaded with $60,000. in silver
dollars, drawn slowly up Pennsylvania
avenue is to appreciate tho humor of
the, marines. The boxes are piled up
half way to the level with the wagon
side. Each ono contains but 94,000,
and yet weighs about 275 pounds.
Did you nver lift 1.000 silver dollars?
WelC I have lifted a sack containing
that much, and I should not carry it
very far for it On top of this load
sits a Treasury clerk, armed to tho
teeth, with a sun umbrella. Nobody
envies him up there on his borrowed
wealth. No mob of road agents
would care to lug off a box of 275
pounds worth but $4,000. It takes four
men to carry a single box, and they
could never get away with four days'
tart Washington Cor. Cleveland
Leader.
A philanthropic inventor has de
vised a steam whistle which produces,
instead of the ordinary shriek, a musi
cal chord composed of the first third
and fifth tones of the musical scale,
the effect being entirely agreeable. It
remains, however, to be determined
whether or not it will be as usesul aa
the old whistle in seating cattle from
the Xnek. Current,
CALIFORNIA'S GOLD.
Aa Icoaodast Who Saotla th Fntty
shmll-SatUrStorv of Its OSaeovaty.
An official report made to the Direc
tor of the Mint brands as fiction the
pleasing stories in the school historiee
that gold was first discovered in Cali
fornia at Sutter's MilL James Mar
shall, so the fable ran, was walking by
the mill-tail looking at the water, when
the glistening of nugget in the
sands caught his eyes. He stooped
down, picked it up, and then rode at
full speed to the fort, which stood on
tho present sito of Sacramento. In
subsequent years Marshall has had to
divide the honor attached to the discov
ery of gold in California with Potor L.
Weimer, a poor man, who was with
him when the nugget was fonnd.
Weimer claimed that he first saw the
gold, and called his companion's at
tention to it but Marshall had the
horse and carried the unknown metal
to the fort, so that be got the credit for
the "find."
Tho lapse of time has served to in
crease the heat of the controversy over
this credit for discovery, and in tho
search for truth facts have been col
lated which greatly diminish tho im
portance history has atta-hed to the
incident at Sutter's MilL Mr. Walter
A. Skidmoro. who makes the report to
the Director, says that tho existence
of gold in California was well known
nearly a hundred years ago.
General M. G. Valleio. who reached
California in 1810, and who is an au
thority on the earlier annals of tho
coast states that in 1824, while on a
military expedition to tho region which
is now Kern and San Bernardino Coun
ties, he found a Russian living between
the King's and Kern Rivers who was and
had boon for some timo mining gold.
This miner was fully equipped with
all the then known appliances for sep
arating the Wtal. About that time
and for years later. General Vallejo
used to remit gold dust, in the sealed
quills of the vulture, to tho authorities
at the City of Mexico.
Captain Walter Comstock. a whaler,
who was in tho employ of the Grinnells,
of New Yoflc. has asserted that he took
gold from California in 1824, and nearly
every vessel which put into tho harbor
of Ycrba Buena, now San Francisco, in
those times, carried away gold.
Professor Hanks, the 'California min
eralogist has evidence that a placer
was discovered near tho Colorado River,
in San Diego County, in 1775. For
twenty years before 1848. tho date of
the discovery at Sutter's Mill, gold dig
gings were operated on the upper waters
of the Santa Clara River. Gold-dust to
tho'value of $200,000 was taken out
But for the last two centuries beforo
these records of actual mining. Cali
fornia had tho rather mythical reputa
tion of possessing gold in abundance.
An old work, published, in Europe in
the sixteenth century, contained this:
"Tho soldiers of Vasquirus Coronatus
having found no gold in Vevola, in or
der not to return to Mexico without
gold, resolved to come to Quivers, Cal..
for they had heard much of the gold
mines, and that Tatarraxes, the power
ful King of that country, was amply
provided with riches."
Sir Francis Drake, in 1579, visited the
coast of California and entered tho bay
which bears his name. On his return
to England he gave such a powerful ac
count of the country that Hakluvt, an
historian of that day, in writing of Cali
fornia, said there "was no part of tho
soil which did not contain a reasonablo
quantity of gold or silver. This early
knowledge, however, was not altogether
reliable. No precious metnls have ever
been found in the district around
Drake's Bay. Cor. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
RAILROAD BUILDING.
How It Was Dona by General Dodge Dur
ing the Chattanooga Catapelga.
General Dodge, beside being a most
capable soldier, was an experienced
railroad builder. He had no tools to
work with but those of the pioneers
axes, picks and spades. With these he
was able to intrench his men, and pro
tect tliem against surprises by small
Earties of the enemy. As he had no
ase of supplies until the road could be
completed back to Nashville, the first
matter to consider, after protecting his
men, was the getting of food and forage
from the surrounding country. Ho had
his men and teams bring in all the grain
they could find, or all they needed, and
all the cattle for beef, and such other
food as could be found. Millers were
detailed from the ranks to run the
mills along the lino of the army:
when these were not near enough
to the troops for protection, they were
taken down and moved up to the line
of the road. Blacksmith shops, with
all the iron and steel fouud in them,
were moved up in liko manner.
Blacksmiths were detailed and set to
work making the tools necessary in
railroad and bridge building. Axe
men were put to work getting out tim
ber for bridges, and cutting fuel for the
locomotives when the road was com
pleted; car-buildera were set to work
repairing the locomotives and cars.
Thus every branch of railroad building,
making tools to work with, and supply
ing tho workmen with food was all go
ing on at once, nnd without the aid of
a mechanic or laborer except what
the command itself furnished. But
roils and curs the men could not
make without material, and there was
not enough rolling stock to keep tho
road wc already had worked to its full
capacity. There were no rails except
those in use To supply these deliciences
I ordered eight of the ten engines Gen
eral McPhereon had at Vicksourg to be
sent to Nashville, and all tho cars he
had, oxcent ten. I also ordered the
troops in West Tennessee to points on
the river and the Memphis & Charles
ton Road, and the cars, locomotives and
rails from other railroads to be sent to
the same destination. Tho military
manager of railroads also was directed
to furnish more rolling stock, and. ts
far as he could, bridge material. Gen
eral Dodge had the work assigned him
finished within forty days after receiv
ing his order. The number of bridges
to rebuild was one hundred and eighty
two, many of them over deep and wide
chasms. The length of road repaired
was one hundred and two miles. Gen
eral Grant, in Century.
ass
In some of the villages of Southern
Germany children aro taught almost in
infancy, to tew on the tiny white but
tons to shirts, an industry which is gen
erally farmed out to agents, who in turn
employ poor families to do the work,
whose children are allowed for every
gross (144) of buttons the sum of ono
p enning (2 mUas of United States cur
rency), which u
is paid them In store or-
tiers.
In some parts of California gold is
extracted from the ore by electricity.
It is a r reach idea. Bm rrmcitco
Chronicle,
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
The late H. W. Shaw ("Josh Bill
ings") is reported to have made one
hundred thousand dollars by his writ
ings. Captain Pardon Tripp, oc Marioa.
Mass., thinks he has consumed, over
six thousand dollars' worth of tobacco
in the past fifty years.
C. C. Palmer, of Los Angeles, has
an affection of the eyes by which he is
made to see the same object multiplied
nineteen times.
May Fielding, who has been study
ing for six months in Florence and
Milan, says she wishes she could say
personally to every ambitions girl in
America, "Doa'tgotoluly." (SWseye
Journal.
The four sons of Lieutenant F. I.
Kislingbury, one of the victims of the
Greely Arctic expedition, will-each re
ceive a pension of ten dollars a month
until they are respecfiver twenty-one
years old.
Pope Leo is said to have aa Iwroam
of one million eight hundred thou
sand dollars annually, and it is stated
on the authority of Monsignor Capel
that the Pope's personal expenses are
limited to two dollors.a day.
Bertha Wolf, a German girl living
in Southwest Colorado, was the first
discoverer of gold in the San Juan
mountain. She is worth one hundred
thousand dollars. That is the kind of
Wolf we should like to have call at our
door. N. Y. Times.
General Daniel Butterfiold, who
was chief of staff of General Meade at
Gettysburg, resides in New York, and
is described by the Tribune as "a short
and well-built gentleman, with a head
like that of Napoleon anil an iron-grey
mustache that would have delighted a
grenadier of France."
George W. Childs. of Philadelphia,
has among the historical relics in his
office the silver vase presented to
Henry Clay by the Whig leaders of
Kentucky, and the silver tniy given to
General Jackson by the citizens of New
Orleans after be was arrested for sus
pending the habeas corpus.
Rev. John Hall is one of the
wealthiest clergymen in New York.
His head deacon is Robert Bonner of
the Ledger. Dr. Hall receives a salary
of thirty thousand dollars and many
resents. He is paid ten thousaud dof
ars a year as Chancellor of the Uni
versity of the City of New York, and
receives twelve thousand dollars a year
from the Ledger for ono short article s
week. Other literary work brings his
annual income up to about one hundred
thousand dollars. Seventeen years ago
the doctor preached in Dublin, Ireland,
at a salary of twenty-five hundred dol
lars a year. N. Y. Tribune.
E. B. Washburne says that Lisle
Smith, the orator, was the first man
who called Abraham Lincoln "Old
Abe." It was in Chicago in July, 1847.
when Mr. Lincoln was a young man of
thirty-six. At that time he was tall,
angular, and awkward. He wore a
straw hat, a short-waistcd swallow-tail
coat, a short waistcoat, trousers that
barely reached his ankles, and a pair
of brogans. Seeing him on the other
side of the street in Chicago Mr. Smith
called out to Mr. Washburne and oth
ers : "There is Lincoln on the other
side of the street; just look at Old
Abe." And from that lime on he was
Old Abe. Chicago Tribune.
"A LITTLE NOilSENSE."
Hello, Judson, how ar you?"
"Pretty well, thank you." "How are
you at home?" "Wife says I'm rather
grumpy." Columbia Spectator.
Now we have it that our own Mary
Anderson has adopted the English trick
of turning her toes in. This is abomina
ble. Turn the rascals out. Albany
Times.
A lady in this city declares that if
you will trim your finger nails every
Friday you will never nave the tooth
ache. She began the custom twonty
years ago, just after she purchased her
'store teeth, and it has never failed.
Philadelphia Call.
"No," said a physician, "Dr. B
is not a partner of mine. We often con
sult together, and attend to each other's
business in ease of absence, but we are
in no sense partners." "I see," was
the reply, "he is what you might call
simply an accomplice." Louxll Citi
zen. The conductor! on the Sunset
Route are a very bright set of men.
A traveler asked one of them, "Will
I have time to get something to oat at
tho next station?" "Yes, you will
have time enough if you are not going
any further on this train. Texas Sil
ings. A man whose daughter had married
away from home, wrote to inquire what
kind of a man her husband was, and
received for reply, "I tell you, father,
he's a prime good whistler, and you
never saw such a hand for flapjacks in
all your days. He's got blue eyes, and
his father belongs to church. "Chicag
Ledger.
Hobson Jones: ".Yes; Miss Clara
gave me every reason to think she was
interested in me; but when I asked her
to be my wife she unqualifiedly re
fused." Mrs. do Bullion: "On what
grounds did she refuse you?" Hobson
Jones: "On the lawn tennis grounds
in her father's own yard." N.Y. Inde
pendent. Professor: "Why does a duck put
his head under water?" Pupil: "For
divers reasons." Professor: "Why
does he go on land?" Pupil: "For
sundry reasons." Professor: "Next.
You may tell us why a duck puts his
head under water." Second pupil: "To
liquidate his bill." Professor: "And
why does he go on land?" Second
pupil: "To make a run on the bank."
Boston Post.
As he sat on the steps one Sunday
evening he claimed the right to a kiss
for every shooting star. She at first
demurred as became a modest maiden,
but finally yielded. She was even so
accomodating as to call his attention
to flying meteors that were about to
escape his observation, and then got to
calling him on lightning bugs, and at
last got him down to steady work on
the light of a lantern that a man was
swinging about a depot in the distance
where trains were switching. Chicago
Tribune.
Jimmy Tuff boy is always on hand
election days. He was up before the
frost bad disappeared from every liv
ing thing and gulped down a cup of
coffee. "I say. ma, I shan't be home
for dinner. It's 'lection to-day."
"What have you to do with the elec
tion?;? You are not a voter, James."
"I know all that. But I'm goin' to
hear the men give each other away
around the polls. Beats a sewin' so
ciety all to bits." And grabbing a
doughnut, be hurried off- to a' good
place where he could bear all that '
said. uartjord rost.
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