The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, March 31, 1886, Image 1
V - V "- "V J - . T-z. - 1. W -M I - ,Jt -Tr H,i -t-1,-3 THEJOTTRKAL. ISSUED ZVUT WXDXESDAY, M. K. TURNER & CO., Proprietors and Publishers. &T OFFICE, Eleventh St., vp stairs . in Journal Building. TKRXS: BATES OF A-rrEMTIMH- "3rBu8lness and profosstonalcarda of five lints or laia, par mm, It dollars. 1ST For time advertisements, applr at this office. , r SSTLegal advertisements at statttt rates. "GJTor transient advertising, Perycar T M 1 rates on third page. BTAH advertteeeaeats payable monthly. Six monthi VOL. XVI.-N0. 49. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1886. WHOLE NO. 829. Three months Single copies : -: --. "" ' ' ' "I m ! lfc- COLUMBUS STATE BANK! f COLUMBUS, MSB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 DIKECTOKS: LKA.NDEK GeBKAED, Pi'Cs'l. Geo. W. Uulst, Ftce Pre1 1. Julius A. Reed. R. II. Henry. ' J. E. Task eh, Cashier. Msmlc or Depwtlt, IMcem OHectieMH Promptly Made ost all Pelats. I?y IUeret Time Depos it. 274 HENRY LUERS, DKAI.KK IN WIND MILLS, AND PFMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pimps Repaired on short notice jSTOne iloor west of Ilointz's Druj; Store, lltb Street, Columbus, Neb. HENRY G-ASS. COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES AND DEALER IN "Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus, Tables, Safes. Lounges, Sec, Picture Frames and Mouldings. lgTllepairina of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. 6-tf COLUMBUS. NEK. J""SfcJsMPtfv V Be Warned In time. Kidney diseases may be prevented by purifying, renewing, and invigorating the blood wito Ayer's Sarsaparilla. "When, through debility, tho action of the kidneys is perverted, these organs rob tho blood of Its needed constituent, albumen, which is passed off in tho 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. Ayer's Sarsaparilla also prevents inflammation of the kidneys, and other disorders of these organs. Mrs. Jas. W.TTld, Forest Hill St., Jamaica Plain, Hass., writes: 1 bare had a complica tion of diseases, but my greatest trouble has been with my kidneys. Four bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla made me feel like a new person; as well and strong as ever." "W. M. McDonald, 48 Summer st., Boston, Mass., had been troubled for years with Kidney Complaint. By tho use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, he not only Prevented the disease from MWiiwIng s fatal form, but was restored to perfect health. Joha McLellu, cor. Brldgo'and Third sts Lowell, Mass., writes: "For several years . I suffered from Dyspepsia and Kidney Complaint, the latter being so severe at times that I could scarcely attend to jny work. My appctjto was poor, and I wn9 much emaciated; but by using ' AYER'S Sarsaparilla my appetite .and digestion improved, and my health has been perfectly restored.' Sold by all Druggists. Price 91; Six bottles, $5. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. FARMER'S HOME. This House, recently purchased by mc, will be thoroughly refitted. Board by the dav, week or meal. A few rooms to let. A' share of the public putronage is solicited. Feed stable in connection. S-y Albert Luth. LYON&HEALY State Monroe Sti.. Chicago. WUMlinpUtavirxUniM IAHD CATALOGUE in 91, 1B0 pap. J, t-ognriBPi na. soiu. urn. w Eaaalrti. Ca-f iffc Hurt Sub. iW Smy Bu4 Ooltfc. KWlC ikallwla41atfnc11aaa4 Ki te Ai SBBkfcr tBBHWIMu S.BBBlf m! tOlfcHii I TT 7 ""7 71 Send bIx cents for A r III I I i Vt Potage,and.receive XL V1.JJ, freej costly box of 'roods whfch will help you to more money Tight away than anything else in this .world. All, of either sex, succeed from , JLrst hour. The. broad road to fortune' peas before the workers, absolutely . sure. At eace address, Taos Co., ABfasU, Maiae; LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA. His lut Visit to the Country for WMth Be Did So Much. Congress, learning that General La fayettc had expressed an anxious de sire to visit this country, tho independ ence of which his valor, blood and treasure were so instrumental in achiev ing, requested, the "President of the United Suites to ascertain the time when it would be most agreeable for him to perform this visit, and that ho offer to the general a conveyance to tins country in one of our national ships. General Lafayette declined this offer of a public ship. He sailed from Havre n the packet-ship Cadmus, accompa nied by his son, George Washington Laf.-vyctle, and arrived at New York on the 15th of August, 1824. His recep tion in the city was all that his heart could desire. He soon proceeded on a tour through the United States. Every where he was received and honored as "the National guests For anoro.tljan a year his journey was a complete ova tion. As he passed through the coun try, every city, village' and hamlet poured out its inhabitants en masse to meet him. He visited all the States then composing the Union. When the time of his departure drew near, a now frigate, the Brandywine, named in honor of the gallant exploits of General Lafayette at the battle of Urandywinc, was provided by Congress to convey him to France. It was deemed appropriate that he should take final leave of the Nation at the seat of Government in Washington. President Adams invited him to pass a fow weeks in the Presidential mansion. During his sojourn at the capital he visited cx Prcsiuents Jeflersou, Madison and Mon roo at their several places of resi dence. Having paid his respects to tho vene rated sages, the "Nation's guest" pre pared to take his final departure from the midst of a grateful people. The 7th of September, 1S&, was the day appointed for taking leave. At twelve o clock tho ollicers of the general Gov ernment, civil, military and naval, to gether with the authorities of Washing ton, Georgetown and Alexandria, with multitudes of citizens and strangers, assembled in the President's house. Mr. Adams then addressed him in an appropriate speech. I copy a single paragraph: "You havctravcrsed the twenty-four States of the great Confederacy; you have been received with raptures by the survivors of your earliest com panions in arms; you have been hailed, as a long-absent parent, by their chil dren the men and women of the present age; and a rising generation, the hope of future time, in numbers surpassing the whole population of that day when )u fought at the head and by tho side of their forefathers, have vied with tho scantv remnants of that hour of trial in acclamations of joy at beholding the faco of him whom they feel to be the common benefactor of all. You have heard the mingled voices of the past, the present and tho future age joining in the universal chorus of delight at your approach; and the shouts of unbidden thousands, which greeted jour landing on the soil of freedom, have followed every step of 3-our way, and still resound like the rushing "of inany waters from every corner of our land." General Lafayette's happy reply closed with these words: "God bless you, Mr, and all who sur round us. God bless the American iieoplc, each of their States and the federal Government. Accept this patriotic farewell of an overflowing heart. Such will be its last throb when it ceases to beat." The moment of departure at length arrived, and having once more pressed the hand of Mr. Adams, he entered the barouche, accompanied by the Secre taries of State, of the Treasury and of the Navy, and passed from the capital. An immense procession accompanied him to the banks of the Potomac, where the steamboat Mount Vernon awaited to carry him down the river to the frigate Brandywine. The next, morn ing this boat anchored in safety near the Brandywine. Here Lafayette took leave of the Secretaries of State, the Treasury and Navy ami the guests who accompanied him from Washington, together with umii' military and naval oflieers, and eminent citizens who had assembled in various crafts near the frigate to bid him farewell. Cor. Lou isville Courier-Journal. FESTIVAL OF MO U LOUD. The Strange Sights to lie Seen in Morocco Town. Safli is perhaps the least known, but withal, on account of its picturesque situation and traditions, the mot in teresting of the seaport towns of Mo rocco. Here is to be found the ancient palace, still in a good state of preserva tion, of a "sultanogre" named Moulay Yczzid, who was in the habit of de capitating his domestics to play at bowls with their heads. This monster, surnamed ltidbeard," a characteristic derived from his mother's race, was the son of Moulay Mohamed ben Ab dullah, who married an Irishwoman, the widow of an English sergeant of the line, who died here some time in the 3-ear 1730. Safli is also one of Hie holy cities of the Moorish Empire, and i in consequence is thronged with ragged but saintly individuals, who thrive on tho charity of the devout. During tho Mohammedan holiday of Mouloud, which was celebrated on the 19th and 20th of December, and which embraces a fair held yearly in honor of that saint; so dear to all Mussulmans, "Moulay Abd el-Kedar-Gillely-el-Bagdady," the Europeans resident hero were tho shuddering spectators of tho religious frenzy exhibited by the "Aissowa and "Hamadsha," or "Hanidoushy," on the occasion of their public proces sions, which are also conducted in this holiday. The "Aissowa" are of die brotherhood of "Moulay Hanied ben Aissa," a saint of great favor among tho Moors. It is pretended that their manifestations, which in clude snake-charming and jug gling, ridicule the miracles of Jesus Christ, and this preposterous statement is accepted bv the Moors as sufficient explanation of their vagaries. Tho "Hamadsha" are the disciplmants of one Sidi Ali ben Hamdoush, whose sowia is situated on Mount Zchrouan, near the city of Mequinez. It is their practice on the occasion of religious festivities, to throw cannon balls into the air, which they receive on their bare heads, and to inflict gashes ubon their persons with a small axe. .Tho holiday of Mouloud is accompanied by the displays of religious enthusiasts throughout his" Shcerelian Majesty the Sultan .of Morocco's, dominions; but at no other point do these fanatics aauue themselves with such ferocity as at SaflL where tho rapaciousness of their behaviour renders it extremely danger ous for a Christian or Jew to cross their path during certain hours of the day. Even the Musselman spectators stand with naked feet, fearing the "Aissowa," for lack of prey, should seize and devour their shoes. None but an eye witness can conceive the degrading scenes which occur during these processions; and none, oven the enactors, can derive enjoyment there from. c The "Aissowa" are naked to the waist, and wear thoir hair so that when necessary it covers the face. The "Hamadsha," on tho contrary, are shaven, as is the custom of Mohamme dans. Tho principal performers as semble at their respective zowias or chapels in town, and sally forth attend ed by the "gcrnowa' (blacks), who arc usually tho musicians of the party. They beat tam-tams and play an instrument whose tones it is impossible to describe on paper. Suffice it to say, the student of this instrument is not allowed to pur sue his practice in town, but has to play in a solitary and distant spot until proficient This will convey some im pression of the music imparted to list eners by this barbarous flageolet. As the processionists warm with excite ment, then commences the fun of the fair. The Aissowa seize any livo ani mal in sight, be it cat, dog, goat or sheep. Goats are usually provided for these occasions by admirers. They tear them to pieces, and vio ono with another to devour the bleeding morsels of llcsh. They 'struggle, rolling over and over upon the ground, shouting, leaping and gesticulating. They wave the entrails and skins of their victims in the faces of their comrades, who try to seize the prcy-with their teeth or rut their faces in the recking mass. Just behind and around arc the "Hamad sha," covered with blood and mire, singing their quaint and not ungrace ful Irymn, and chopping themselves to the cadence of tho music. Such is the strange behavior of these fraternities on high days and holidays. Aftei parading the town by day, in the cvun ing these zealots return to their sanctu ary, where a supper is provided for their edification. It is worthy of note that their most exciting beverage is green tea, taken with a large-quantity of sugar, and flavored with mint. The supper is followed by a pipe of "kcofe" (the- leaves of the hemp plant), which forms an agreeable sedative after the excitements of tho afternoon. Cor Fall Mall Gazette. m m THE SUM PITA U. A Peculiar Blow-Gun aatl Poisoned Ai rown Used by the Iyk. A peculiar weapon, and one whose like we have not yet seen, is the "sum pitau" or blow-gun of the Dyaks. This weapon is a long, straight, and pol ished tube of heavy wood, about eight feet long and an inch or two in diame ter, bored out with the utmost care, customarily ornamented with tweed patterns, and often surrounded at the end with metal. At the end, lashed to the side in such a way as not to inter fere with the main use of tho weapon, is often found a spear-head, giving the sumpitau a two-fold use, and showing us that it was after all no Caucasian wTio invented the bayonet. The sumpitau shoots a poisoned ar row. This is only about six or eight inches long, and as thick as a heavy darning needle, being frequently only a large thorn. At its base secret of tho force with which it can be blown it has a little wad or ball of pith, which just fits the caliber throughout. The top of this tiny arrow is poisoned, Rev. Mr. Wood thinks, with the juico of the deadly native upas tree; but in this he is not necessarily right. Mr. Carl Bock, who is perhaps the only traveler of note who ever saw the pro cess of preparing the arrows, thus de scribes what ho observed among the Poonians of the interior: "They had a bundle of arrows by their side, and as soon as the poisonous matter was hot, they took a small quantity and smeared it over a wooden plate, by means of a wooden instru ment resembling a pestle, till the plate was covered with a thick layer. Then taking an arrow, they rolled tho head across the plate, so that it becamo coated with the pasty matter. Next they made a spiral incision in the ar row head, and again rolled It over tho plate. Wliat this arrow poison is made of, 1 never could ascertain, notwith standing all my inquirios on the spot. It certainly contained nicotine, which the Dyaks collect from their pipes, when they get foul, after smok ing." Many scientific men of Europe have attempted the discovery of the nature of this poison, but have failed; nor has an antidote been discovered which is more certain than the common treat ment for a snake bite copious draughts of spirits and abundant exer cise, with cauterization of tl)e wound, ll is probablo that different poisons are used. The wound of this tin' arrow is usu ally within a few minutes fatal to ani mal or man. The bravest troops dread to march against an enemy so armed; for tho hidden foe, using a wcanpn per fectly silent (even more so than the bow and spear) can creep undiscov ered to easy distance and slay a dozen men before his location can be deter mined. It is strange, too, at what range this weapon is fatal. At forty or fifty yards tho native can use it with perfect accuracy and can even do exe cution at seventy-five to one hundred yards; a distanco almost incredible, r'nglibh sailors soon learned to dread the canoe attacks of these fierce pirates, who came on with their 'pea-shooters," and blew a perfect cloud of death darts through every cranny of the ship's defenses. The Dyak uses the sumpiSau as a hunting weapon; for which its perfect silence renders it the moro serviceable. Most of his-game is killed with it. He cuts out an inch or so of the flesh from about tho tiny wound, and then eats the animal with perfect impunity. The poison seems not to affect the remain dor of the body at all. The effect of this poison is supposed to be a stoppage of the action of the heart. Cor. Amer ican Field. Bothering a rich man by boasting of a set of malachite studs he had just bought, a fop asked if he did not ad mire them. Oh, yes," replied the man of wealth, "very much indeed; I've got a mantlepiecc like them at home." N. . Herald. Smythekins is trying to arouse the courage of his better half, who has re cently lost her pet parrot -and is over come with grief v "Come, come! What the deuce.- Be a man, my dear! Sup pose" you had lost met'! N, T. Mail. MINT EMPLOYES. A Mate Girl Was Made Persons Faint by Saddealy Speaking. . "Anna Dickinson was the greatest talker ever employed in the mint of late years,"-said an old employe of that institution to a reporter. "But," he continued, "there was a dumb girl here before the war who could out-talk with the fingers any woman's tongue on the face of the earth.' The old employe was in a reminiscent mood. He said: "The name of the dumb girl was Rebecca Davis. She was a really beautiful woman and was conscious of it, as most pretty women are. She was employed in the mint in 1854, '53, '66. 'Becky,' as everybody spoke of her, was liked by all. Her sister, a Mrs. Tompkins, kept a well known confectionery in those days on Chestnut Btreet, between Eleventh and Twelfth, where Birch's store is now located. 'Becky, ' while entirely dumb, was not deaf. You could talk to.her and she talked back with " Her beauti fully expressive eyes, her head or her fingers. She was about twenty-five years of age when she was first em ployed, of tine figure, graceful in every movement, full of life and always good natured. She was at work in the ad justing room. One day in the winter of 1856 she created a consternation in the mint that almost amounted to a panic. While at work at her seat en gaged in manipulating the bright gold eagles, she turned ner pretty- face around to the girl next to her and ex claimed loudly: 'Oh, I believe I can speak!' Her companion to whom sho spoke fainted outright, and so did tho young lady on her left The other women in the room left their places and ran to the assistance of the two prostrate girls. 'Becky' began to chat ter like a magpie and almost fainted herself. Her speech had come to her so sudden that she could not realize it any more than her astounded room mates, to whom she had been making signs for years. She remained in the mint some years after that, and her case attracted tho attention of the greatest medical scientists of the day. Rebecca was a Roman Catholic 4n re ligion, and in 1858 sho entered a con vent near this city. I do not know whether she is living yet or not, but she certainly scared the girls on that day. "Anna Dickinson was employed hero during the war. She could talk on any subject and gossip with anybody. Her political discussions with tho other employes, male and female, were numerous and led to frequent reports against her. Somebody went to Di rector Pollock about her denunciations. He expostulated with her and finally dismissed her. Some years afterward, when she became famous as a lecturer, she came here and spoke to a largo audience at the Academy of Music. Her friend, Judge Kelley, was to in troduce hoi- to the audience, but he had not arrived, and the audience was growing impatient. There were several distinguished gentlemen on the stage, one of whom was ex-Go vcrnor Pollock. He was finally prevailed upon to introduce his former employe in the mint, which he did in an eloquent manner. 'When ho had finished Miss Anna looked daggers at him and did not stir from her seat. Judgo Kelley came in a few minutes afterward, and she was again presented, to the audi ence. So you see she got even with Mr. Pollock for dismissing her by publicly rebuking him. She was a great girl and smart as a whip. "There goes a person who has been hero longer than I have," said the veteran, as ho pointed toward a lady of about 52 years of age, around whoso face lingered traces of former beauty, and whose figure was still shapely and 'erect. "She came hero a young miss of ten years, thirty-two years ago, and is now the chief adjuster. During the time of her employment she was mar ried to a gentleman a few moments before he died, who had courted her for some years. She is really 'the Mint,' and knows more about the busi ness than all the rest of us put to gether." Philadelphia Times. ANGLO-SAXON GROWTH. Rapid Inerese of the Germanic, and De crease of the Latin, Races. The Latin rsces, that is, France, Italy and-6pain, have ceased to be whatever any one of them may be destined yet to become again, the mighty factors in the world's progress which of old they were, ihcy minister exquisitely to the comfort, the luxury, the culture and the picturesqucness of life; but the apt itude for foreign commerce which they show is comparatively slight, and in the colonizing business of humanity they only play a subordinate part. Moreover, their population, when com pared with the population of the An-flo-Saxon and the Teutonic races, is iminishing. Thus, in a period a littlo than 100 years, from 1788 to 1885, the aggregate populations of France, Spain and Italy have onlv increased from 51,000,000 to 82,500,000. On the other hand, the populations of Germany and England during this period have each trebled. Germany in 1788 had a popu lation of about 15,000,000; in 1885 it had increased to 45,0e0,000. Great Britain in the same way had in 1788 a popula tion of 12,000,000; in 1885 the figure was 86,000,000. Another country largely, but not exclusively, populated by the Anglo-Saxon race America has in less than a hundred years increased nearly thirteen times that is, from less than 4,000,000 in 1790 to nearly 60,000, 000 in 1885. Finally, it must not bo forgotten that Canada, Australia, South Africa, as well as other British depend encies, collectively, contain a popula tion of some 10,000,000, chiefly of Anglo-Saxons, and there is every reason to believe that tho development and in crease of this population will be rapid. Fortnightly Review. On the occasion of a recent per formance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, at Paris, Mo., the manager of the troupe borrowed a pistol to use on tho stage. Finding the weapon loaded, he drew oat the cartridges and substituted blank ones. When the play was over he replaced the cartridges. A boy, twelve years old, was sent for the pis tol, and in crossing the ball he raised it to a level with the head of a play mate, fourteen years of age, named WeSlcy Mills, and pulled the trigger. Hills fell to the floor dead, shot be tween the eyes. St. Louis Globe. in The growing fashion of using the monosyllabic ejaculation of "Thanks!" in place of the good, hearty, old-fashioned "I thank you," is economizing with the mouth at the expense of the heart There is no more heart in the simple expression, "Thanks!" than there is comeliness in a horse with its Mane and tail out off. Chicago Jour National Bank! COZ.T7BEBT7S. 1CEB. Authorized Capital, Paid li Capital, Surplus and Profits, 6250,000 60,000 - 13,000 r OVFICEUS AND DIKECTOKS. A. ANDERSON, Pres't. SAM'L C. SMITn, Vice Pres't. O.T.ROEN, Cashier. J. V. EARLY, HERMAN OEIILRICH, W A. MCALLISTER, O.ANDERSON, V. ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, aua Real Estate Loans. " . 29-vol-13-ly 'ii -i BUSINESS CASDS. D.T. Mautyn, M. D. ,F. J. ScilUG, M.D. Drs. MAETYN & SCHTJG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Sursrcous. Union Pacific, O., N. & IJ. II. aud K. & 31. R. It's. Consultations in Gernfan and English. Telephones at office and residences. fiaroffieo on Olive street, next to Urod feuurer's .Jewelry Store. COLUMBUS, - .. NEBRASKA. 42-y TT7- 51 . COKIUKl.UJS, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building 11th street. J. G. REKDKK, ATTOliNEY AT LA W, Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska 2-tf r I. EVAINM, HI. ., PHYSICIAN AND SUliGEON. B2r0ffi:e and rooms. Cluck building, lltb street. Telephone communication. 4y TTAIHIIrOX H1EAIE,M. ., PHYSICIAN AND SUliGEON, IMatto Center, Nebraska. 0-y HOMCEOPATHIST. Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Children a Specialty. 2SrHico on Olive street, three doors north of First National llank. 2-ly H J. 1I1JUSOIV, NOT ART PUBLIC. Stlt Street, 2 door west of Hammond House, Columbus, Neb. 401-y IMOAKY TO LOAI. Five years' time, on improved farms with at least one-fourth the acreage under cultivation, in sums representing one third tbe lair value of tbe homestead. Correspondence solicited. Address, 1 U.K. TURNER, rtQmy Columbus, Nebr. M cAI'I'ESTEIt BROS., A TTOR2TEYS A T LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ing, llth St. V. A. McAllister, Notary Public. N oi'iuK to xi:a;iii:ic. W. H. Tedrow, Co. Supt. I will be at mv office, in the Court House on the t.i'rd Saturday of each month, for the purpo.-c of examining tpui-liiTs. !l!Mf J. M. MACKAKLAND, B. K. COWDKRY, Attsrsej asd ITstary Patl e. Collietor. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK MACPARLAND& COWDBR7, Colutabus, : : : Nebraska. JT. JT. NAVGIIAIV, Justice, County Surveyor, Notary, Land and Collection A gent. &3T1 TTartics desiring surveying done can fy mc by mail at Platte Centre, Neb. noti ril-Gui JOHN ;. IIIRGINS. C. J.;OARLOW, Collection AttorAey . HIGGIN5 & GABLOW, ATTOUNEYS-AT-LAW, Specially made of Collections by C. J. Garlow. !-" F. ii.kisciii:, llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, "Whips, ISIauket. Curry Combs, Krushcs, trunks, valise, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, &c, at the lowest possiblo prices. Repairs promptly attended to. TAMES MALNOiV, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for cither frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on loth Street, near St. Paul Lumler Yard, Columbus, Ne braska. .ViGino. pAJllIlEML Sc CO. DEALERS IX 6 Raors and Iron ! a The highest market price paid tor rags and iron. Store in the Rubach building, Olive st., Columbus, Neb. 15-tf S. MURDOCH & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. H&vebad an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunitytoestimateforyou. ISTShop on 13th St., one door west of Friedhof & Co's. store, CoIumbuB. Nebr. 483-y R. O. BOYD, MANUFACTURER OF Tin and Sheet -Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Boofine and Gutter ing a Specialty. tSTShop on Olive Street, 2 doors north of Hrodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store. W-tf THE EAST SIDE. Th Kost Remarkable Fart of tho Amer ican Xetropoll. A seedy-looking chap went through the smaller hamlets of New England a fow years ago lecturing on "New York City." He told his hearers that the part of tho city lying west of Broadway was called the West side and tho part east of Broadway the East side, and that all who dwelt on the West side were social aristocrats,, while all who lived on the East side were of no account socially. If ho had been somewhat ac quainted with the subject he could have stated an actual difference be tween, the East and .West sides of the town which would have been as marked as the one he imagined and considera bly more interesting. For a little more than two miles from the Battery Broad way separates the East and West sides. From Washington square to the Har lem river, some seven miles, Fifth avenuo istho dividing street. Tu re spect to tho population the West side is like most American cities contain ing" a preponderance of native born residents with a fairly even sprinkling of people of other nationalities. Tho exceptions to this statement arc tho regions inathe vicinity of Thompson street and of Twenty-seventh street, favored by the colored clement, and the French quar ter, which lies close to the break in the dividing lino near Washington square. But the great East side has a distinctive feature, a feature that is found probal ly in no other city of the globe stand ing out so conspicuously its quarters where the people are almost without exception immigrants, or the children of immigrants from another land. The Germans of the East side make New York the third largest German city of tho world. They are found pretty nearly all over the East side, but there are regions in which there is little that is not German. The Irish clement also is numerous, but is so well dilTiised that there is no Irish "quarter." But most of the other nationalties repre sented are confined chielly to some dis trict of which they have taken posses sion, but there is hardly any national custom or observance, social or re ligious, which is not kept up in these colonics. TJie Czar is killed, and there is a memorial service in the little Rus sian church in lower Second avenue. Garibaldi dies, and there is a gathering to do honor to his name, at which even thing is purely Italian. An annivcr sarr of the Bohemians comes around, and the Bohemians Hock from the tene ments over beyond avenue A and be low Sixth street to keep the day accord ing to the custom of their people. The Franco-Chinese war-cloud looms up in the East, and the Chinese of Mott street hold a meeting, and you might as well be in Canton as in this meeting. The Now Yorker who has not gone up to Jones' Wood to attend the Volksfest has missed a great national anniversa ry. He who has not strolled through the Jew market-place down at Norfolk and Hester streets I think it is has missed an opportunity of seeing those who might have been the originals of Cruikshanks' drawing of Fagin. And now recently a son of Mine. "Modjcska is married, and a noteworthy company gathers in the little Polish church at Stanton and Forsyth streets, right in tin; thickest of the jammed-up tenement district. Truly, the Great East side is a wonderful part of a wonderful town. N. Y. Cor. Albany Journal. AN OCTOPUS. An AllcRorj- Whoso Fitnexs Wilt Ko Ap- parent to Every Htialcr. An American traveling in Europe about ten years ago observed in tho gayest assemblies of Paris and Vienna, and iii the gambling halls of Monaco, Mr. C , one of his fellow-countrymen, a scholarly, grave man, whose tastes and pursuits in life, as also his work, lay wholly in study and re search. "What can bring him night after night to such places? He looks unut terably wretched." the stranger n&kcd of an American official "Ho is tho victim of an "octopus," was the jesting reply. "His wife is one of those soft, clinging, absolutely selfish creatures, who wrap themselves about a mau's life, and bend it to their will, stilling it and drawing all the strength out of his soul, precisely as the devil-fish would out of his body. Mrs. C chooses to live a fast, dissipated life, and she forces her husband to in dulge her in it by her incessant ca resses and protestations of affection." A year later Mr. C became a bankrupt, and soon after lost his rea son, and after a few months he died. American correspondents writing home stated that the cause was unknown, as his domestic relations were most happy. But those who knew him best, said that he had been "stilled by an octo pus." Lavatcr declared that each human face bore a likeness to some .animal, and also indexed the character; thus that we found in some men the features and qualities of the lion, the mastiff or the wolf; and in some women those of the rabbit, the dove, the cow or the serpent. If we follow out this whim sical fane, we may class many human beings with the clammy, bloodless octo pus. They arc usually men or, moro often, women of weak intellects anil indomitable will, who invariably con sider their own comfort or wishes lirat in life, and who have found wheedling by gentle manners -and caresses the surest way to success. Such women should remember that not soft words and fond sentiments are love, but ac tion work, hearty and helpful; in a word, the fullilling of tiic law which bids us sacrilicc self, strength, life it self, to others. The Companion holds ip the mirror before them, that they may have a glimpse of their real selves. The cure is in their own hands. Even in the old Greek fables, human beings who had degenerated into the likeness of animals could regain their first nature and shape by watchfulness am! prayer. So far the Greek fables are true. Youth's Companion. DAM AR ALAND. Country Whose Antiseptic Climate . Heals Serious WoumN. One of the most curious results of my obsenations is that the climate of Damaralan4 possesses what we might call an antiseptic character for several months of every 3ear. Tho quality is an attendant of the long annual drought. Ever living thing suffers during that period of the excessive heat, and much comfort is impossible, even in the shade, while, in places ex posed to the warm winds, the ther mometer has risen to one hundred :ind twenty-Bine degrees; and the sand, un- moistencd for six months, becomes no hot that I have seen eggs hardened in it. This arid heat is opposed to the propagation of ferment, for it dries up every" thing that is exposed to the wind before it has time to sour. No manifestations of tuberculosis are known. .Wounds of every kind heal remarkably quickly and well, without enough suppuration taking place to make tho bandages stick. The manner in which large, neglected wounds heal of themselves would form an interest ing study for a professional surgeon. I observed a case of a Herero whoso righl lower arm had been shattered in battle by a musket-ball. The healing process had worked itself out in such a way that the whole lower arm with all its muscles had become withered and useless, while the upper-arm bone was whole and covered at its lower end only with brown skin. All the muscles and ligaments of tho elbow-joint had vanished, while the shoulder-muscles remained, so that the unpleasant spec tacle was presented of tho-man appear ing to gesticulate with his bones. A woman lived at our station Whose feet had been barbarously cut off in some war several years before, so that her oaptors might more easilv get off the iron ornament which the llerero wom en wear on their ankles. Although the woman had to lie helpless for a long time, her wounds eventually healed up, and now she has been hopping around on her knees for thirty years. C. G. Butlner, in Popular Science Monthly. historic" dogs. Showing How Those Faithful Animals Figure in Annalj.j At a time when dogs, especially met ropolitan dogs, are somewhat under a cloud, ima3 be well to recall some of the claims of our old friend to respect and esteem. Every ono remembers the dog of Ulysses, who died in greeting his master just returned from his long wanderings, and the story shows the consideration in which the dog was held in the heroic ages of Greece. The old Persians, too, held the dog in high es teem; to the Magiaus he was a sacred animal, the representative and friend of Ormuzd the Beneficent, and the great satraps were distinguished by their trains of hunting dogs, as was the King himself, and Xerxes set out foi the conquest of Greece surrounded bj a great body-guard of faithful dogs. Those most highly prized b the Per sians came from India, so called, prob ably from the Bactrian regions, where the- dog is still held in high repute Captain Woods tells us that the ol'd fashioned Uzbeg would think it no iii sult to be asked to sell his wife, but would resent an offer for his dog as an unpardonable af front; while among the border tribes of Turkestan the epithet of the dog seller is one of the profoundest contempt Indeed, the birthplace of nations is probably the original home of the dog, and when our Aryan ancestors began to migrate westward from their ancient seats with their lloeks and herds they brought with them, no doubt, their lierce aud faithful dogs, who have left theirdescendauts ofto-day the English mastiff, the Pyrencan sheep-dog, the Albanian wolf-hound. Ancient laws too record the estimation in which the dog was held. "A herd-dog that goes for the sheep in the morning and fol lows them home at night is worth tho best ox," say the ancient laws of Wales. The best herd-dors of tho present day perhaps are thclireton sheep-dogs rough, shaggy, uncouth with an aspect as if they had a little of the blood of bruin in their veins, but highly valued by their possessors, who are not to be tempted into parting with them by anything under the price of the best ox; and the Breton dog is one of the most sagacious of his kind, watching and tending his flocks with an almost incredible zeal and devotion. All the Year Hound. CASTS FROM POMPEII. How nn Ingenious Italian ICcproducrl Ancient Kmnan Forms. A museum has been erected in Pom peii, in which are preserved plaster casts of some of the people who perished in the eruption. These people were covered up by the line ashes just where they fell, and in the positions in which they died. These ashes hardened, and al though the bodies, with the exception of a few bones, entirely disappeared in tho course of ages, the hollow places left in the allies were exactly the shape of the forms and features of the persons who had been there. An in genious Italian conceived the idea of boring into these hollow molds and tilling them up with liquid plaster of Paris. When this became dry and hard the ashes were removed, and there were the plaster images of the persons who had been overtaken and destroyed before they could escape from that ter rible storm of hot ashes, which came down in quantities sufficient to cover a whole city from sight. In some of these figures the features are very dis tinct, and we can even distinguish the texture of their clothes and the rings upon their lingers. There are eight of these ligures men, women and girls besides the cast of a large dog. To stand and look upon the exact repre sentation of these poor creatures who perished here, seems still more to short en the time between the present and the days when Pompeii was a lively, bustling city. Frank R. Stockton, in St. Nicholas. HEADS AND TAILS. Ho it Tom Scott Caino to Choose I'ai). reading as a 1'rofcsMou. A friend of Tom Scott, the noted president of the Pennsylvania railroad, told mc last night how Scott's choosiii" of railroading as a profession hung on the flipping of a penny. Said he: " Tom Scott told me the story himself. He was the toll-collector on the Penn sylvania canal at Columbia, when the railroad autliorities. hearing that he was a bright young man. offered him the position of station agent at Altoona. Scott was very popular, and when he told his friends of his offer they, urged him to refuse it and stay on the canal. He resisted their importunities, but linally, taking a big red copper in his lingers, said:" 'Boys, I will let the fates decide. Heads is Altoona and tails Columbia.' He then threw the copper into the air with a twist which sent it into a dozen somersaults, but it fell and the head wa3 uppermost. The boys then said that ono trial was not enough. It must bo the best two out of three. Scott consented to this and threw twice more. His next throw was heads, and so the railroad won. Had the copper fallen on the other side who can toil what his future would have been? " Clevelanxl Leader. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.' Of Jay Gould's partners. Connor is said to be worth two million and Morosini three million dollar. Senators Blair and Frye are said to bo tho only members of the Upper House of Congress who are teetotalers. N. Y. Post. Pennsylvania has only four living ex-Governors: James Pollock, An drew G. Curtin, John F. Hartranf t and Henry M. Hoyt. A real live Polish Prince, Poni towski by name, is keeping bachelor's hall on a farm of thoroughbred horses near Athens, Ga. Mrs. Deborah Powers, of Troy, N. Y., is nicety-five years old and at tho head of the banking firm of D. Powers & Sons. Troy Times. Chang, the Chinese giant, recently lost twenty-live thousand dollars by an unfortunate investment m an Austra lian gold mine". Pittsburgh Post. -. A Chinoso lanndryman in St. Louis named Jue Jun was recently received into the Pilgrim Congregational Church. Five of his countrymen wit nessed the ceremony. Miss Mary Dickens, a grand daughter of tho great Charles Dickons, is playing on the provincial stage in England, and her playing is spoken of by tho press in terms of praisc. Adirondack Murray says that while a Yale student no lived foar months on a diet which cost him fifty six cents a week Indian meal and wa ter, not enough meal and too much water. Sol Abrams, who is reported to be one of the richest men in Oregon, used to lead a horse, packed with notions, which he sold to peoplo between Ore gon City and Silverton at an early day. Chicago Herald. Pope Leo is said to have an income of one million live hvndred thousand dollars annually, and it is stated on the authority of Monsignor Capel that the Pope's personal expenses are lim ited to two dollars and lifty cents a day. Prince Panl Esterhazy, according to a European journal, with his bounn less estates. Tran.-ylvnuian forests and other sources of wealth, would prob ably go beyond the late Mr. Mr. Van dcrhiit by a trifle of twenty or thirty million dollars or so. A soldier, W. P. Moore, was robbed of eighteen dollars and fifty cents many j'ears ago while stationed at Liberty, Mo. He was. a week or so ago, the" recipient of over sixty-one dollars, sent him anonymously, to pay the principal and interest. St. Louis Post. The na ive who carried from the field the boilj- of the Napoleonic Prince Imperial when he lost his life fighting in South Africa w:is presented with a diamond ring and pensioned by the Empress Eugenie. lie came to Massa chusetts and was lost sight of, but the ring was found last week in "a Boston pawn-shop. Leopold von Ranke, now moro than ninety, presents the anomaly of a man who has never taken any exercise and yet is in perfect physical health. The German historian has almost lived in his library, working for fifteen hours a day, and he has laidout more work which he hopes to Amiplcte before his one hundredth birthday. "A LITTLE NONSENSE." Which is the stronger, an apple or a pear? An apple; it tlrow a pair out oi the garden of Eden. Prairie Farmer. Dishonest railway managers profit by watering their stock. But every honest farmer waters his stock. Chi cago Mail. Very Sad: "Aw, Algernon, sick?" "Co'd." "riowMy'eatcli't?" "Lifted mj fiat rawthah suddenly t' one o' the girls, y' know.' Chicago News. "Got anything new this beft3tly weather?" asked one citizen of another. "Yes, said the interrogated, with a fresh frown on his corrugated visage. "Neu ralgia." Chicago Ledger. Farmer: That is a voracious pig; I gave him a paiifnl of slop which ho drank all up, and I picked him up and put him in the bucket, and the blamed thing didn't till it half full! Albany Journal. The scholarly people give a philo sophical reason for speaking of steam boats, fire engines, etc., as she. Tho Lowell Citizen says the fire engine is called she because all the men turn and look at it when it pusses along the street. "I didn't see you at church Christ mas Day." "I was there, though. I have a new pew away back under tho gallery." "You are unfortunate." "Not at all. I consider myself very lucky. I can't hear he choir at all." Philadelphia Call. At a party a young lady began a song, "The autumn days have come, ten thousand leaves arc falling." She began too high. "Ten thousand," she screamed out, then stopped. "Start her at five thousand," cried out an auc tioneer present. N. Y. Mail. A Captain commanding one of the British ironclads, being at a grand ball fhat had been given to the officers of the fleet, was accepted by a beautiful partner, who, in the most delicate man ner possible hinted to him the propri ety of putting on a pair of gloves. "Oh," was the elegant reply, "never mind me, ma'am. I shall wash my hands when I have done dancing." Exchange. A Good Excuse: Said Judge Noonan, of San Antonio, to a convicted malefactor: "It has been proven that you burglarized a house, stole a ham, and forged another man's name to a note." "May be so." "You have also been sailing under the false names of Smith, McMullen, Goodrich and Per kins while you were committing your crime." "Well, Judge, you didn't ex pect me to allow my own honest name to be mentioned in connection with such villainies anddragged through the mire." Texas Silings. Manual Training in America. The progress of manual training in the Uuited States during the last few years has been very great, whether it be considered from the standpoint of the growth of public sentiment on the subject, or from that of its introduction to existing schools, public and private, ad the i'stablishment of independent schools. It is in some form in certain of tho schools of twenty-live, of the States of the Union, ami there are at least forty educational institutions in the country where it is made part of the course of instruction. The charac ter of the schools into which manual training has been introduced is varied. The range is from the most noted col leges and universities in he land to the public schools of small cities. Ctiarlt I H. Ham, in Harper's Magazine. '.yZy''.