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THE JOURNAL. ISSUED EVK&Y WEDNESDAY, M- K- TURNER, & CO., Proprietors and Publishers. TK F ABT1HTIIUI QTBualnoM aad profteMoaalouNU of five lines or loee, per , ihre dollars. 127 For tlats advertisements, applr at this ofBoe. SSTCiegal advertisements at statute rates. "larOFFICEj'EkiMHth St., vp stair in Journal Building. terms: Peryoar i 22 Six months S Three months Z- Single copies ETPor tranaieatt advertiatac. , ' h- V- rates on thlrdpefje. 13All advertisements payable monthly. VOL. XVI.-N0. 47. COLUMBUS, N&Br, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1886. WHOLE NO. 827. ftf 0 nlumtius imipal COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUMBUS, KEB. CA S U CA PI TA L, - $75,000 DIRECTORS: Lea.ni)EU Geuuaud, Pres'i. Geo. V. Hulst, Vice PreJt. Jui.iua A. !Jeei. 11. II. HENRY. J. K. Task an, Cashier. HttmU of ttepowlt, IHmobbi Collections Promptly Made till loiniK. In.y Intcrrxl Time lcpo- iti. " 274 HENRY LUERS, I1KAI.KK IN WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pumps Repaired on short notice SSTOne door west of lleisitz's Drug Store, llth Street, Columbus, Xeb. S HENRY G-ASS. COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES AND DEALER IX Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus, Tables, Safes. Lounges, &c Picture Frames and Mouldings. ySTJlepairing of all kinds of Upholstery (foods. C-tf COLI2MUUS. XEU. Be Warned in tunc. Kidney diseases may be prevented by purifying, renewing, and Invigorating the blood with AVer's Sarsaparilla. "When, through debility, tho action of the kidneys is perverted, these organs rob the blood of its needed constituent, albumen, which is passed off in the urine, while worn out matter, which they should carry off from the blood, is allowed to remain. By the use of AVer's Sarsaparilla, the kidneys are restored to proper action, and Albu minuria, or Bright' s Disease is prevented. Aycr's Sarsaparilla also prevents inflammation of the kidneys, and other disorders of these organs. Mrs. Jas. W.TTVUl, Forest Hill it., Jamaica Rain, Mass., writc-: ' i have had a complica tion of diseases, but my greatest trouble has been with my kidneys. Four bottles of AVer's Sarsaparilla made me feel like a new person; as well and strong as ever." W. M. McDonald, 46 Summer 6t., Boston, Mass., had been troubled for years with Kidney Complaint. By tho use of Aver's Sarsaparilla, he not only Prevented the disease from assuming a fatal form, but was restored to perfect health. John McLellan, cor. Bridgo and Third ets Lowell, Mass., writes: Tor several years ISEraffered from Dyspepsia and Kidney Complaint, the latter being so severe at times that I could pcarcely attend to my work. My appetite was poor, and I was much emaciated; but by using AYER'S Sarsaparilla my appetite aud digestion unproved, and my health has been perfectly restored." Sold by all Druggists. Price $1; Six bottles, $5. Frepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. FARMERS HOME. This House, recently purchased by mc, will be thoroughly refitted. Board by the day, week or meal. A few rooms to let. A share of the public patronage is solicited. Feed stable in connection. 2-y Albert Luth. tLYON&HEALY I State & Monroe Sts.. Chicago. WUl wad nwl to u; feMtw flair kfar ItKO; MOlf, 21V Lfcrmilp AND CATALOGUE. I I el intrannit, uiu, li-, liciu. fHata, SasJry BuJ Oiuu. lUftlag Steals. Drum &IaMrt Sl&ife. a4 BMUateh, M Iikimo I B-tnx-Oom uti fcl- Bil M for AmMcar ttudk Kt4t C&AUu.,lliuk. Atjtj t n i? Send six cent rr I III I A Pi POktagc.and receive J J.V-LCJ1J. freo a CoStly box of goods which will help you to more money right away than anything else in this world. All, of cither Hex, surcecd from first hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the worker, absolutely sure. At once address, Tkuk Jb Co., Augusts, Maine. ZfTf'jJ Ay mrtfSeasarT SLEIGHING SONGNEW STYLE. Ttt sflense and low ly o'er the cold snow 1Mb go im-bfog1y scrapfng to-ntght, Tho sleigh bells don't Jiog L a fingwn don't sing. And tho elrvcr moou doesn't ebtue bright IPs cold and If s dark. Kot a etnjrlo warm spark Of life ecems left in us now. My loft oar lifroro- N, and ldrowtse my nose, V I wish I was back home, I vow: The old naqr ts played out, I'm beginning to donbt If bo!l have enough strength to pull througn. The cutter's too wide. And the girl at my side Doesn't snugglo as she ought to do. Sho Insists I shall drive With both hands man uilvcl Whim I tried once to give her a kiss Tin astonished!" she said, With n toss of her head. And I stuttered: "Oh, p-p-pardon mo, MlMl" She's cold and she's glum, You would think she was dumb If you never had scon her before, Hut she Isn't, oh. nol Don't mislead yourself 6o! And to-morrow 6ho'U talk all the more. It's beginning to snow! We've vat ten miles to go. And I lash old Mtixcppa In vain Now you mark what I say, . You mar kick mo all day " If over Igo'slclghing again. SomervlUe Journal. THE STUBBORN WIFE. A Folk-Talo From tho Russian of AfanasiefE. In old times. In tho Government of Novgorod, there lived a wife on such bad tonus with her husband that sho became a proverb in her neighborhood. No matter what ho said, she was sure to take tho opposite ground. If he told her to get up early and prepare his brenkfast, sho would lio in bed without stirring for three days; if ho said: Come, now, my dear, it's timo for j-ou to go to sleep," sho would stay awake, talking all tho while, till daybreak; Once, when tho poor man ventured to ask her to make some pancakes, she flew into a rage, and cried: "Pancakes, you thief! you don't do deserve a pancake " "All rteht, my love; don't mako Sancakes, then, if I don't deserve icm," ho answered, oh! so meekly. "I'd like to know who is to keep mc from cooking what I please in my own house," sho screamed at this. "Pan cakes rra going to make, a good two gallon potful, and you shall eat them every one.' So for onco tho poor husband got hi Gil of pancakes, but luck was not al ways on his- side. Tilings went on from bad to worse, until at last tho man took to wandering in the woods, afraid to set his foot uion tho threshold of his home. One day, while picking a few berries to appease his hunger, he pushed aside a bush and there beneath it saw a pit apparently bottomless. An idea came to him. If ho wero to put his wife into the pit, might not it tcacli her a good lesson? So, returning home, he plucl- d up courage to address her in a pleasant tone: "K I were you, wife, I wouldn't go into the wood to pick berries. Itrcally is not safe there. "Safe, you bugbear! What is that to you? I can take care of myself, I think. I'll go into the wood this very day.'1 "Well, go, if yon must, my love; but on no account go near the great big currant bush I've marked with a whito stone at tho root," "You want to keep all the currants for yourself, you greedy brute," cried the captious wife. "Be s-urc I'll have my share." So saying she ran out into tho woods like a mad creature, never resting un til she had picked and eaten all the fruit from the currant bush marked with a white stone at tho root. As she picked the hist bunch the greedy creature leaned over to sec that none remained on tho far side of the bush. Over she went, headlong into the pit, and the last words her hulnnd heard from her were these: "Oh, when I get out. won't 1 " The res he fortunately could not understand, owing to the rapidity of the lady's disappearance. Returning home joyfully, he made a feast of every good thing to cat lie could discover in the cupboard. Climbing up on the stove he stretched out his legs for a comfortable nap, but not until after he had enjoyed a grand smoke, the like of which he had not known since the day his honeymoon set in. After three days of rest that seemed liko heaven, the man resolved to go and lind out how matters were progressing in the pit Taking a long cord he let it down into the aperture, and by and by he felt something tugging ftt the end of it "There she is! tho poor dear crea ture sprightl3' as ever! I recognize her vicious way of jerking. I thought she could stand three days of it." Inhigh spirits he began hauling m tho line, and soon brought to viow, not bis spouse, but a little black demon, wriggling tremendously. Frightened out of his wits, tho peasant was about to cast the imp back where it came from, but the creature wept bitterly, entreating him not to do so. "Don't send mo home again, peasant; let mc out if you have any mercy. Homo is no longer home down yonder since she made her appearance. Thrco days ago a scolding woman fell down there, and since then we are all uttcrlv worn out with her. Only let me stay on earth and I'll promise to do you a you a good turn. "Then she's no better?" alarmed man. cried the "Worse, if possible," said the imp. "Sho docs nothing but talk of what she will do when she catches you again." "Perhaps it is as well not to disturb her," answered the husband, hastening away from the mouth of tho pit. The imp, well pleased, trotted at his dieels, and as they walked, proposed to his benefactor a business partnership. "Suppose we go together to tho town of Vologda, ril take to tormenting folks, and you shall cure them. What say you, peasant? Can't you see money in the scheme?" The peasant, after cogitating awhile, agreed to the proposition. When they reached a fine house belonging to a merchant who had a wife and several daughters, the imp insinuated himself through the key-hole of the door, and fell to playing tricks upon the women, 'wfajch fairly drove them eriry.' The doctor of the village came, and the priest came, and all the old gossips gathered around the iouse. But noth mg could be thought of to rcltata tho possessed women, till finally our friend j tno peasant, dressed like a venerable roan, presented himself upon the threshold,- offering to drive away tho live spirit. In despair, the people al- lowed him to see the- patients, when lot a the first sound of tho new-comer's voico tho afflicted ones became qufctr and submissive. In the end he suc ceeded in curing them entirely, so ef fectually putting to flight the fiend that his grateful hosts loaded him with money, and fed hhn on pies and beer. This enterprise, repeated from house I to house, soon filled the pockets of the partners. Thoy wero obliged to hrao; away the gold that came to them in' bagfuls. At last, ono day, the imp, who was getting a little uppish, re marked to his friend the peasant: It seems to me you've made money enough by this timo. I've about mado up my mind to leavo the firm and give up business altogether. Now I'll agree to let you have all tho gold if you'll promiso not to "drive mc away from the next person I take possession of. It's timo I was having a little fun upon my own account." The next thing that was heard of was tho illness of the Boyar's daughter, tho beauty of the town. Sho was quito out of her mind, thev said, threatening to eat every body who oamo into her pres ence. "So that's what you aro up to, my lad," said the peasant, suspecting the absent imp. Ho went to tho Boyar's house, where ho was greeted joyfully. "Can you euro my poor daughter?" asked the unhappy Boyar. Promising to do his best, tno pretended physician told tho Boyar to assemblo all tho towns-people, together with tho coach men of the place, in tho street oulsido tho house. Moreover, he gave orders that at a giviyi signal from the window of tho sick room the coachmen should all crack their whips, and tho people should cry out as no directed. This dono, ho went into a room, where the Boyar's beautiful daughter ilew at him, biting and snapping. Opening tho window ho gave tho signal, when in stantly arose a tumult of shouts and cries from without, with tho cracking of whips and yells of "the cantanker ous wife has como!" On hearing this, tho imp rushed out of the Boyar s daughter, and appeared before tho peasant, with his hair stand ing straight upon his head, his eyes staring wide with terror. "It can't be true, peasantP She hasn't really como here? Louder and louder arose tho cries: "The cantankerous wifo has comer' "Wbero can I take refuge, peasant?" screamed tho imp, now thoroughly overcome with fear. "Alas, my poor friend, I know not, unless you go back to tho pit," said tho peas:uit. 'lt is certain she won't wish to return there" "Good-bye," cried the imp, and was oft like a flash to the pit, and to tho company of tho cantankerous wifo also, sinco sho never came back to earth." Jlarjtcr's Bazar Translation. LONC SHOTS. Wonderful Feats -of Sfarkamanshtp Per formed by Columbian Huutrrn. Perhaps no one ditciplo of Nimrod can point to a like success in the chase as has been experienced by Mr. James Porter, of Thibert Creek, Casslar, who under all circumstances is credited with being -a capital shot. While on a hunting excursion during tho winter of 1882-3, in company with Mr. Charles Cameron, both of whom wero armed with Winchesters, and tho cold being forty to fifty degrees below zero, they came upon a band of thirteen cariboo browsing on tho bushes which aro to be found on tho mountains abovo tho timber line. Cameron took one direc tion, while Porter took a circlo to tako advantage of a ridge, so that ho might get within shot, which ho succeeded in doings and fired his first shot at ono hundred and fiftyyards, which counted one bagged. The band then started on the mu, and before they had got out of reach ho had sped twenty-two bullets among them, killing nine and wound ing the-tenth severely. Night coming on they had to gather the slain, so that the wounded cariboo could not be fol lowed, but when tho carcases were skinned it was discovered that tho nine were hit nineteen times out of tho twenty-two shots fired. Last winter Mr. Porter, while out with Mr. B. Sullivan ou a sporting trip, came on a band of some fifteen or six teen cariboo on the mountains at the head of Deasc creek, and eclipsed all ins former feats of marksmanship. Owing to the nature of the mountain side on which they wero feeding. Porter could not possibly get nearer to them than live hundred yards, so ho quietly adjusted the sight for that range, dropped on one Tcnee, and at tho crack of his rifle there was one car iboo less. At the sound of the first shot thej commenced running, and be fore they got out of range, Mr. Sulli van says, there were seven lying at al most equal distances apart. Mr. Porter told the writer that no did not take time to raise his rifle sight as tho distance increased, but that he held at the top of the back of the last two which lie shot, Victoria 2Vi&. MADE HIS FORTUNE. How a l'rcncli Comedtrmio Enriched a Silk Manufacturer. The formal announcement that the latest styles lor ladies' costumes aro to be chiefly distinguished for the striking colors employed in tho stuffs out of which they are made, recalls to mind a little anecdote told of Mile. Mars, the once famous comedienne an anecdote which explains how tho samo fashion was artfully forced upon the world some sixty or seventy years ago. The actress was fulfilling an engagement at Lyons, when one day the chief silk manufacturer of tho town was ushered into her presence. "Mademoiselle," said he, "I demand of you to make my fortune." "Monsieur, nothing would give mo greater pleasure, but how am I to do so?" "Simply by accepting from mo this piece of cloth, by having it mado into a dress and wearing it in your next rep resentation in Paris." And at the same time he unfolded a package which he held in his hand and sprcadit before the actress. It was a piece of the most brilliant and screaming yellow, as the blondes would say intense, bar baric, soul-stirring! At first the actress refused she could never commit such an act of audacity and hope to live through it; but at last she was prevailed upon to make the trial. Tho experi ment succeeded beyond the crafty mer chant's wildest hopes. In less than a week all Paris was frantically pursuing the latest phantasy of its favorite star. The Lyons manufacturer, who alone had a sufficient, stock on hand, was soon overflowed with orders. And the fashion for bright colors thus oddly be gun endured for -several "seasons. Paris Cor. Bottom Record. KRAKATOA. OAcbt AccoBafc aff tfM Great Eraptloa la 1889. Thanks to the liberality of the Dutch East Indian Government, the world bos an elaborate and thorough account of the great eruption at Erakatoa in May, 18S3; an account so fall, and by hands so competent moreover, that the full significance of tho phenomena i made apparent. Mr. Verbeck was dis patched by the Government in question immediately after tho great outburst, to investigate its causes and effects, and with the assistance of Mr. J. Schnur man has now published the second of two volumes covering the ground com pletely. A resume of the second vol ume, which deals with the phenomona (the first volume treating the history of the eruption), has appeared in Nature. The inquiry has resulted in the conclu sion that the disturbance was volcanio and not seismic, though it is ascertained that a seismic movement of the scaTbot- tom occurred in the whole region of tho. aauiuuvoa. Ab iud aauxe uuiu voiui- quakes were felt in Australia, and theso movements are supposed to result from a connection between the subterranean recesses which lie between Krakatoa and Australia. The theory of the erup tion put forward is that of the sudden influx of large bodies of water prob ably tho ocean to masses of incandes cent matter in tho neighborhood of tho old volcano. The whole theory requires a revision of some of the suppositions concerning the thickness of the earth's crust Mr. Vorbeek holds to tiie doclrine of a cen tral firo, it is certainly necessary to state, and his facts go to show that we are realty less removed from it than may seem comfortable. What tends strongly to demonstrate the instability of the crusts is the extent of the dis turbance caused by the outbreak of Krakatoa. In some ways it was felt over the whole earth, the explosions were actually heard aver an area amounting to one-fourth of the earth's surface, while the air-wave caused trav eled' all round the globo and back to Krakatoa. The great tidal wave which followed the principal explosions was not caused, it is now held, by earth quake shocks, but sinply by tho pro jection into the sea of enormous masses of matter, including one side of the crater itself, and the profuse dis charges from it. Mr. Verbeuk has cal culated that at least eighteen cubic kilometers of matter must have been ejected, and Nature gives this illustra tion: "Imagine a box of ashes as large as Hyde Park and as high as the dome of St Paul's, a hundred such boxes will give an idea of the mass of matter thrown outjby Krakatoa in 1883." The elevation reached by the ejected ashes is estimated at fifty kilometers, or nearby six times the height of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Mr. Verbeck attributes the red sunsets to the presence in the air of the finer particles of the dust, togetherwith aqueous vapor. These particles he be lieves made the circuit of the earth twice, being carried westward by strong east winds. Inasmuch as the same kind of red sunsets have been ob served as recently as the fall of 1885, it is, however, difficult to accept the ox planation as sufficient The theory that the volcanic dust has remained in atmospheric suspension for two years and a half is hardly tenable. After the eruption the sea was covered with pumice thickly. Some of this was car ried as far as the cast coast of Africa; another portion is at present encounter ed in the Pacific Ocean, between the Caroline and Marshall Islands; and the author calculates that this pumice will reach the American coast at Panama in 1886. While Mr. Verbeck has made a most important contribution to the literature of a very interesting subject, it is not tobe supposed that the volcanic or tho seismic problems aro solved by him. He has indeed gathered data which supports the thcorj- of a central fire, and tho belief that the crust of tho globe is thinner than commonly sup posed. There are, however, many in explicable points, and a rcasonablo probability is the most that can be claimed for the inferences drawn from the phenomena of the great Krakatoa eruption. N. Y. Tribune. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. How It Aaalsts Scientists, Knginoers and Educators. The number of people who tako photographic pictures is increasing amazingly year by year. Apart from those who make a living by tho profes sion, there are others to whom it is use ful in their several occupations. En gineers and architects use it for making pictures of machinery and buildings, physicians find it handy in keeping a record of surgical operations. It is an indispensable to artists in sketching; then newspaper men aro enabled to take a photograph, which is desirable, now that all the journals are being il lustrated. Then a great number of ladies and gentlemen find it a pleasant amusement to be able to take pictures of their friends and relatives. What repels the gentler sex, however, is tho ill-smelling chemicals which are used to bring out the pictures on the nega tives. One of the drawbacks to the general uso of photography to those who travel has been the ncccs-ity of using glass, which is weighty to car ry and awkward to use. But this diffi culty has been overcome by a new ap paratus and process which emploj'es paper instead of glass for negatives. It would take too much of our space to describe this new process, but amateur photographers will have no trouble in finding the new material. Pictures, by the way, are becoming very popular. The art work in our magazines is im- iroving as months roll by. The circu lation of our illustrated weekly papers is enormous, and the daily papers arc beginning to invade this popular field. Men have many tongues, that is, they sneak many dialects, while practically tney have but one eye; hence pictures form the true universal language. Educators are beginning to find out that the intelligence of children can best be appealed to. through the eyes rather than through the ears. Dem otes? 3 Montldy. A great and general scare about hydrophobia would be of great benefit to the United States, for nowhere else on this side of Constantinople are there so many worthless cur dogs in proportion to the population. In the cities they are seldom seen, but no man can walk through a country town at night with out being startled almost out of life by dogs which rush yelping from door ways and seem intent on tearing som one to pieces. Dog laws do not greatly decrease the number. Poison seema the antidote, and it can not be adminlr tered too persistently. N. Y. Tribune. FIRST National Bank! COZ.T7SIBX7S. NEB. Aithorized Capital, - - $250,000 Paid Ii Capital, - 60,000 Snrplus and Profits, - - 13,000 OKVICKBS AND DIKKCTOUS. A. ANDERSON, Frcs't. SAM'L C. SMITH, Vice Prea't. O.T.KOEN, Cahiex. - J. V EARLY, HERMAN OEHLRICII, W. A. MCALLISTER, G.ANDERSON, P.ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, I'asbagc Tickets, ana Real Estate Loans. 2!-vol-13-ly BTJ8IHE8S CABD3. D.T. Martyn, M. D. F. J. Scuug, M.D. Drs. MABTYN & SCHUO, (J. 8. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeon. Union Pacific, O., N. & B. II. and B.&M. R. R'h. Consultations in German and English. Telephones at oflii'o and residences. BSTOflice on Olive street, next to Brod fouhrcr'ii .lewclry Store. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 4-2-r W. its . ;4itr:i.iiJs, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building llth street. J. . REEUGB, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OUico on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska 2-tf C. . KVAKM, IW. D., PHYSICIAN AND SUIiGEON. JSTOflicc and rooms. Gluck building, llth street. Telephone communication. 4y TTAltlllrOIV MEADK, 91. !., PHYSICIAN AND SUIiGEON, Platto Center, Nebraska. D-y 1 F. RUKIVEIt, .11. ., HOMCEOPATHIST. Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Children a Specialty. JSrOlliee on Olive street, three doors north of First National Bank. 2-ly H, J. IUJWSOH, NOTAltY PUBLIC. 2th Street, 2 door Trent or Hammond lloai, Columbus. Neb. 491-T I10KV TO LOAN. Five years' time, ou improved farniu with at least one-fourth tho acreage under cultivation, In sums representing one third tho fair value of tbc homestead. Correspondence solicited. Address, M.K.TURNER, f0-j Columbus, Ncbr. vp-Ai.i.isruK BROS., A TTORNE YS A T LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ing, llth St. V. A. McAllister, Notary Public. "VrOTICK XO TKACnKWi. W. H. Tedrow, Co. Supt. I will be at my ollice in tho Court House on the t ird Saturday of each month, for the purpose of examining teacher. o'J-tf j. m: mackakland, n. r. cowpeuy, Atterr7 Mi lT:!y Patl e. Collector. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OF MACFARLAND& COWDBRY, CtrfuMGM, : : ; Nebraska. J. J. ItlAlJOHAIV, Justice, County Surveyor, Notary, Land and Collection Ay cnt. J37lartics desiriug surveying doirc can notify me by mail at'l'lattc Centre, Neb. .11-lilll joiin a. iiigoins. u. j.2oauixw, Collection Attor.-.ey . HIGGINS & GARLOW, ATTOENEYS-AT-LAW, Specially made of Collections by C. J. Oarlow. 3t- m P Si.ltlJKCllE llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Blanket, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, tc, at the lowest possible prices. Repairs pninptly attended to. TAMES MAIUO.li, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for cither frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on Kith Street, near St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbm, Ne braska. A2Gino. 0 AMPBELL. A 0. DEALKRS IX 33acrs and Iron ! " The highest market price paid for rag? and iron. Store in the Rubach building, Olive st., Columbus, Neb. 15.tr JS. MURDOCK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Have had an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. Ali kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunitytoestimatcforyou. 3TShop on 13th St., one door wost of Friedhof A Co'B.ntore. Columbus. Nebr. 488-v E.C.BOYD, MANUFACTURER OK Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. ISTShop on Olive Street, 2 doors north of lirodfeubrer's Jewelry Store. M-tf AMER1COMANIA. Tte Iafltteoea of Amertesa Vpoa Etosllsfc LeglslBjtare. While the term Anglomania signifies in America a crace among people of questionable intellect for all that is absurd, ridiculous and foppish In English manners and social customs, the term Amcricomauia means in England an inclination among the thinking classes to introduce into tho homo government what has been ap proved best in American political in stitutions and principles. Tho American youth, man or woman, who desires to bo thought quite proper," imagines a greater tono is acquired by imitating, and therefore absurdly exaggerating the peculiarities of dress, speech and mannerisms of that class that does not include the most refined and elegant Englishmen, than by representing the simple dignity, good taste and modest demeanor of the true American gentle man as ho really exists In tho conserv ative cities of this country. The form of Anglomania that has been so much satirized in this country would lead one unacquainted with tho trath to think all Englishmen under the age of forty arc empty-headed Tom noddies, with a tedious predilection for tho broad a, a constipation of ideas that makes a dismal drawl unavoida ble, and a pitiablo absence of judgment In the matter of dress. Indeed, our young sapheads sec and grasp every thing except the manhood of the Eng lishman. They learn his trick of ad justing or dropping tho eye-glass, but they do not show equal aptitude with him for striking a blow from the shoulder. They apo his indolence, but they do not, liko him, rise alertly equal to an emergency where decision and courago are required. In fact there is a painful eu'eminancy about our Anglo maniacs that makes their imitations of tho eccentricities of a hardy, sturdy, independent race contemptible The English swell holds himself rather abovo imitating tho American snob, and it unhappily does not occur to the snob that ho is a vory vacuous, worth less, nondescript sort of creature, im measurably inferior in qualities of brain and mnsclo to tho man he fondly deludes himself into believing he has patterned after. Amcricomania is quite another mat ter. The English people aro not both ering themselves to ascertain how we accent or intone a word, nor how wc wear our tailor traps, nor whether we have any particular vulgar character istics that may be adopted as distin guished mannerisms. They are, how ever, very much interested in getting a comprehensive knowledge of tho once despised and ridiculed institutions that have impressed progressive Eng land with the belief that the United States Government is a very good model to follow. Sinco 1865 the English estimate of tho United States has undergone a rad ical change. For some years England has been moving away from monarch ical conditions, developing theories that had in them all the elements of democracy. Thought instead of tradi tion began to rule tho country, and soon or late politicians follow the thinkers. Edncatcd Englishmen aro fast learning that America affords the best example of a democratic govern ment, and as England is rapidly be coming democratic rcspcctablo Eng lishmen, says a thoughtful writer, "aro beginning to consider whether the constitution of the United States raay not afford means by which, under new democratic forms, may be preserved the political conservatism dear and habitual to the governing classes of England." A democratic form of government is all but established in England, and it is quito natural there should be a disposition to borrow from this country some measures and methods that will make the triumph lasting. The Con servatives repelled as long as possible tho advance of democracy, but when it swept over them with irresistible force they began to look at the situa tion fairly, and among the first things that becamo apparent was the necessity for a tangible and definite constitu tional basis. They perceived that, whilo not the most trifling change can be made in tho Constitution of the United States without the mostlengthy consideration and deliberate assent of the people, within a month or two, and and without any reference to the people, the English Parliament could dissolvo tho union with Ireland or turn the United Kingdom into a federal mon archy. The look brought them into admiring regard of the authority of the President, the dignity of the Senate, the limited powers of the House, and altogether there sprang up an Amcri comania that is fast revolutionizing England and promises to result in a form of government to which one pro phetic writer has already applied the descriptive term of democratic con servatism. At present the English Con stitution is in form democratic, and the majority, nominally at least, rules. It is but a step further to a limited de mocracy, a government monarchical In theory but republican in fact. England is in a fair way to take this step, and the time is not far away when, half unconsciously perhaps, she will have taken it. Ciucaao Inter Ocean. THE COOPER'S DANCE. A Curious Custom Observed by the Coopers of Munich. A curious custom, known as the "coopers' dance," is observed in Mu nich from the second week of February until Ash Wednesday periodically. The custom dates from early in the six teenth century, and originated as fol lows: During the plague of 1517 Mu nich gave way to tho most abject terror. In order to buoy up the spirits of the inhabitants some followers of the art of coopering adopted the very original course of performing dances in tho open spaces and streets of the town. Thus a less melancholy feeling was created, and the courage of the people was revived. Since this time it has been customary to commemorate the dance of coopers every seventh J ear, and the present year the timc onored observance came round agtdn. A number of journeyman coopers tho most amiable and attractive fellows to be found arc chosen to danco to an old melody in public places and before the dwellings of leading citizens. The dance is a sort of ballet, and the dancers have in their hands hoops with green foliage. As nearly as possible the old costume is imitated, and every thing is done to reproduce tho qnaint spectacle which the good folks of Mu nich laughed at in the midst of their terror over three hundred years ago. Two buffoons accompany the dancers, and their duty is to harangue the puh lie PU Mall Gazette. A BAD HUSBAND. VOs BC: ,-ta-lAw Tell All Afcrat HH Desperate Appeacmace. I do not know where ho had been "spending tho evening" as ho calls it, my dear, but I know that the evening had waned into three o'clock in the morning when I heard him fall over tho rocking chair I left in the hall for him, and if it should please Heaven to send me grandchildren, I humbly trust they may all bo born deaf no, don't say "oh ma!" rather than have them ove hear the language that man usocT, coupled with tho name of your own mother. He left tho hall door wide open, and in tho white moonlight I watched him stand on his hat to reach the shadow of tho figure 7 on tho tran som, blackly outlinedon the white wall, upon which he vainly endeavored to hang his overcoat. After several fail ures ho laid the coat carefully on tho floor, and after fumbling in every pocket in his clothes he found some matches, and then .-beld - np bis foot and scratched them against' tho wall, under the impres sion, I have no doubt, that he was mb bilig them on the sole of his boot. Ho tried, with match after match, to light one of the brass pegs in the hat-rack, making the most shocking aud absurd comments at every failure. I could bear it no longer. I called out: "Hen ry, if yon will cease disliguring tho wall and tnat hat-rack, and come here, I will find a light for you." That man he turned in the mo?t idiotic way to tho hall door, and, aflcr staring out at tho moonlight in a dazed way, said: "Oh, ycz! yez-zi-see; got parlor all lighted up, ain't jou? Whaz goin non? Spprisc party?" Then I went down stairs and led him op to bed. No, my dear, I am not going to scold him. No; when he conies down stairs I am not going to say a harsh word to him. I shall not say any thing to him. I shall merely look at him. T. S. She looked at him. Burdelte, in Brooklyn Eagle. THE WRONG TICKETS. TVIijr a Slaalcal Critic Is Avoided as a Bad Man and Heavy Hitter. A terrible mistake recently occurred in ono of our most critical journals, which illustrates the danger of mixing up reviews of difiercnt art subjects, and the manner in which different branches of culture can be confounded. A spar ring match and a concert took place ou the same evening, and, by mischance, the tickets reached tho wrong art critics of the newspaper. Tho musical critic, thinking it was merely a broadening out of his held of labor, boldly went at his task, and handed in tho following re view: Soiree rnyllistlque.Thnmper's Hall was well filled iTith an HrNtocratre audlenca last night, who had the pleasure of bcfnjr present nt a delightful programme, which was charm injrly carried out. At S o'ctock the conduct tor called time, but forgot to ttpec'fj what tempo was desired . Sljriinr J. L. SuITIrani and Mr Driscoll appeared In tho duet which eccmedto be in the character of a knock-turn. SignorSulllvanl's touch was n trlllo heary.Hiid he seonis much addicted to forearm action. Ills performance was. ne-erthcless, a strtlc liiK one, and had much power. A great ninny "rounds" were upon the programme, and are glad to see this old English style of com position coming Into ravor again. The art critic of sparring was at first a trille uneasy when he saw that he had strayed into a musical soiree; but he soon found that his knowledge came readily into play, and gavo the papux the following account: Finno-SluKVict; Extraordinary. Apollo Orpheus Hull was crowded with a lively au dlcnce last ulght.to gc liafe Josonhce knock out trpiano in four rounds, netting- on tlio event was very lively, mid an olTr-r of two to ouo on the piano fouud no takers. Precisely at eight o'clock tho master or ceremonies started the proceedings with an orchestral prelude; but they only added to the Interest nttachliif tn tho main event. Kate eamt to tho front smillliur. He had ovldeutlr tt:cn sponged off Just beforo the combat, and looked in excellent condition. Heutt.nco struck out with his right, and followed it with a tcrriflc left-hander, and manured to KCt away without return. He now jrot in some llffht work with both hands, and for a short time seemed sparring for wind. A short rally followed: but. Just as the faint carted were beginninjr to back the p!ano to tho tune of three to one.lio caujtht it a heavy blow on the loft side, aud in an Instant hm! it In chancery, and was punishing If sowruly. Such heavy pounding hai iirely been seon In any exhibition. The combat was so evi dently in Hafe's favor that wo did not stay to see the close. The police arrangements were perfect, uodisturl.-.nce3 of any kind taking1 place among the au.'dcnce. And now the sporting critic holds himself a musical authority, and the musical critic is avoided as a bad man and a heavy hitler. Boston Musical Her old. PAPER COLLARS. The Decline of n Once Prosperous and Im portant UllitlllCSA. Twenty-five years ago, when the pa per collar made its appearance, it was something of a marvel, for who had ever heard of paper being substituted for textile fabrics? Itwas a grcathit, how ever, the conditions under which it ap peared being exactly suited to it. The progress of the v.ar had carried -rices of textiles very high, and linen collars had become almost a luxury. The new article was, of course, much cheaper, even less than the price of washing and ironing the linen one. But it was not merely the cheapness of the former that recommended it. The gloss with which it was finished was a step in advance ot any laundring that had been done at that time. It may be that many peoplo hesitated before wearing a paper collar, shrinking from anything in the nature of a sham. It took some time for the prejudice to be overcome, for the average American hates cheap substitutes. It is not diffi cult distinguish at a glance tho imita tion from the real thing, for the latter was usually without much glosi, if it was not also limp and broken in wrinkles. Yet in timo tho new r.oll.ir came to be regarded nol so much a sham as a real article of another char acter. Taking into account these facts it would seem strange that it should almost disappear from view, for even though the linen collar has conic to lie a comparatively cheap article, it would seem that paper ought to be able to compete with it. But it has not been so. The industry of manufacturing paper collars has ntircly disappeared from the city of Troy, where it had its birth, and is confined to New York and Boston, where less than $1,000,000 worth are produced' annually. N. Y. Herald. m Moiher Eve's daughters queen it over the whole world, of course, but South Africa is their own tfpecial corner of the earth. The exportation from that region last year were valued at 837,500,000, and of that $25,000,000 were paid for articles for women's adornment ostrich feathers, diamond and that sort ofthing. An Omaha woman showed her good naturo by having her picture taken in group with her three dtvoraed hmtbaudfc 4rtr Tribune. OF GENERAL flrTcllCeTT'. A colored eotnaurnlMieearftofejeel one of her tenants CO vacate beejweizhef ill-treated his male 1PI 0 PttaycSi' A coooery has been ctsMMted itt EdeYrvnie, in Oraoge Coanljr, Js.-J? The business wfJT eWaw mjfJteedlBm and raising coons for aad 'markets' e? tfewYorkCHy. With tho oMevtion of (bs BxramB; Museum aud do Ksefon! Library m Paris, tho Congressional Librtty, wih its two hundred and fiftv thousand voty umes is tho largest library in tkm world. The St. Paul Fumeor-PreM has go tired of the Eastern young men with waxed mustaches and boiled shirts whe go out West to grow up with tho conn-' try, and says that no ono. is wanted out there who can't "hustle." A writer in Hygiene Pratique statca that boots and shoes mar bo rendered waterproof by soaking them for soma hours in thick soap water. Tho eora- Iiound forms a fatty acid within 'tha cather and makes il impervious to water. Nearly eighty thousand acres of land under water along tho Connecticut shore have havo been sold by the Statd to oyster growers, and last year's taxosj on this area (one-fifth of which is In uso) yielded eight thousand dollars. HarU ford Post. Tho publio exhibition of Insane, idiotic or deformed children in muse ums is clearly contrary to public poli cy, anil should bo forbidden by law.1 Tho same is truo of the exhibition of in sane, idiotlo or deformed persons of any age N. Y. Time. Tho ferries over East River at New York aro steadily recovering tho tralliu that was lost to them when tho Brook lyn bridgo was opened. The throng passing over the bridge Is as great aa ever. ITns stato of things is accounted for by tho incrcaso of population la Brooklyn. N. Y Tribune. Among; tho late evidence of the spread of Yankee nottone in Japan it the erection of '"a flooring mill at Hok kado to manufaeturo Hour by tho roller process. Tho machmety was made in Buffalo and Rochester. N. Y., and tho Yokohama Daily Mail says it is tho only mill of tho kind In the far East. Ono of tlio reasons for the decline in tho prico of quinino is that tho berk is now removed from tho trees In strips and the wounds thus caused aro healed with mo?, so that tho rrco does not dio but gives a new yield yearly. Formerly every tree waiTKtrippcd clean and killed at a" singlo gatiicring: Philadelphia Press. A Western paper notes a mho acci dent! "In the Solferfno mine, Novada villc, CoL. a loose rock knocked A. Warren out of tho bucket. A pleco of jawlwne was found at tho twelve hundred-foot level and a piece of skull and his coat at the thirteen hundred foot level I These comprised his recov erable effects." Contrary to general belief, it is stated that the nnmber of suicides in this country is small in comparison with Europe. Onfc of the more than twenty-five thousand cases of self destruction which occur annually in Etiropo and the United States together only about sixteen hundred ean be laid to our coro, Boston Post. Experiments made during tho past two years to introduce a few of tho eai Iy varieties of American corn into sonic of the Austrian provinces havo proved very successful in Dalmatia.' Not only is the yield twice that of tho home product, but the harvest of tho American corn can bo finished early enough to escape the annual Innnda tions, while the Dalmatian corn ripenw lato ami is often totally destroyed by water before tho harvest rime. Boston Globe. A census-taker called at a house on Cormnonwealth aTennc one day when all tho niembeni of the family wero out except an only on. a boy of about ten. who was required to answer the questions put by this gatherer of facts. Tills he did Barisfaetorily until he was asked his mother's birthplace, which he sard he did not know. "Not know where your mother was bornr" exclaimed tho man. "Well, can't yougucsa?" "Gucps yourself," quietly answered tho boy. Boston Beacon. Tho delights of mnsie, the enjoy ment of painting and sculpture, tno charms of oratory aro not within tho power of the multitude. Thcije in thoit excellence fnrnish a never-failing fuud of enjoyment, and ono which elevates and enlarges. It is a matter of regret that their influence can bo felt by no few. A recent writer in urging their importance argues that publie fund1 tints spent wonld bo well spent. Wo now sanction State and municipal ap propriations for public gardens, monu ments, halls and libraries. Why not include concerts and lectures? Lavis lon (ilc.) Journal. A San Francisco dispatch says: "An extraordinary caSc of usury camo up in tho local courts reccnty. A well known money-lender brought suit to recover $;J,0X) for $173 loaned on a note four years ago, the interest being fixe per cent, per month compounded monthly. Although tho note was in dorsed by a prominent lawrcr, tho lender made no effort to collect, and waited until within four days of four vcars, when the note would havo been barred by the statute of limitation, be fore beginning suit. Then he waited sixteen months before serving sum mon. The Judge dismissed tho suit on the ground of lack of evidence iu serving summons." IT WAS COMPULSORY. A Trump Tell A Doctor Where lie Was Vaccinated. "Was I ever vaccinated? Well, I should say so! I was vaccinated where no man ever was vaccinated afore, I'll bet," said a tramp in answer to the query of a Newark physician. "Compulsory?" queried tho doctor. "I reckon that's what you'd call it, 'cause I didn't intend to havo it done. I was trampin' in Rhode Island, and when I applied at a police station for lodgings they run mo into a room, peeled my coat off, and vaccinated me before I could say Jack Robinson. I was 'posed to vaccinating, and didn't intend to have no sore arm, so jest a moon as I got into the lodgin'-roem I took off my coat and licked all the stuff off the scratches on mv arm. 'Bout a week after that I had the worst looking tongue you ever see, and had to go to tho hospital and be fed with a force pump. Tlio doctors said my tongue must have been soro from smoking, and the vaccination took in it. It felt as if it was bigger than a house, and I hain't been able to taste anything with it sence. I guess I don't want any more of it. I'd rather have small pox. " Newark Call.