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VOL. XVI.--N0. 52.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1886.
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medicine. I am never without them in
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of Appetite, had so weakened and debili
tated my system, that I was obliged to give
up work. After being under the doctor's
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A Rabj Asleep on its Mother's Breast.
There arf manyfotr things that adorn this
worSfl.
In Hip reat fields of natnri', or science anrt
pneb lny newer lwautles spring up to de
ht;!it ns,
Wliicli charm the senses nnd liidden the
br-art;
lint 8!ie MV'ctest 9'mltt this earth nffonls,
J!M it wakeless change's and crent unrest.
Is ! mi. villi its rosy luce, dimpled nnd Holt,
. 5:iliy nsleepon is mother's breast.
II.
TSu'tircl nmllicr, weary from toil of the day.
With il'iiiyoronre Tor the coming to-mor-
The eliild liy her side with its innocent mind,
Utieunsclous of later lifo's Joy or ils sorrow.
C.ilniiv nsloep in its mother's embrace,
I.Ike a liitle hird b',n-li:rei and sfin its
llOlt,
Oil! -ii rely there's not hiiitf on earth so sweet
.s :i liahy Kslot'ji mi it's mother's brot.
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Often Vvf thought do tu y wander . -gether
Away in the mystical r-j;Ioii of sleep;
For I've hjvii balij- smile as if playing with
lilKclf.
While mother would clasp it and silently
weep.
Perhaps, J said, some r.njrcl liand
IV.r their missing companions have come In
quest.
And felt in my eoul there's no lovelier sight
Thau n baby asleep on its mother's breast.
James Wallace.
THE COURIER'S BRIDE.
in Kvcnt
Horn of the American Wstf
Days.
On July 22, 1864, the armies of Gcn
crals Sherman and Johnston were con
fronting each other at Atlanta.
The Mill's intense heat was intensified
by the sulphurous breath of musketry
and cannon.
At ten o'clock, general Hardee, a
Confederate corps commander with a
mounted escort, was on an elevation,
observing tho position of the enemy.
One of tho escort was a youth of sixteen,
n courier.
While the general was noting the rc-
Gjrts of a civil engineer, a squad of
nion prisoners were marched up and
halted. One of the number, a captain,
sank upon the ground exhausted from
loss of blood, a ball having entered his
left face and, ranging upward, passed
out through the riglit, shattering tho
cheek bone. The young courier, ob
pening the wounded man, asked that a
surgeon be directed to attend him. An
anodyne was administered and tho
wound dressed, when the prisoners were
ordered to resume their march. The
Union captain endeavored to obey, but
staggered in the effort. At that moment
an ambulance containing wounded con
federate officers drew up. The young
courier, observing that there wa- room
for another, asked that the wounded,
captain be placed therein, offering to
see him delivered to the train guam in
the eity, w hither he had just been order
ed. Following the ambulance on his
horse, he paused at tcncral Johnston's
hcadquartcrc to deliver a dispatch, and
then, when the Confederate wounded
had been removed from the wagon, ae
conipanied it to the train, which w:is
about starling for Andersonville. After
giving lb. prisoner his own canteen
fiv.-hly liliid with water. In purchased
from a More near by a narrow straw
mattress, and obtained pontr.ion from
the train guard for the wounded e:t
tain to lie upon it. Tin: hitter's face be
ing 6 swollen that he could not .-.peak,
he motioned with his hand for a pencil
perhaps for writing thanks to lii.s bene
factor. ISefore the pineil was produced,
the traits moved, and the you jig Confed
erate .sprang from the car. The prison
ers proceeded toward Andersonvillo,
while the courier returned to his com
mand. That afternoon the Confeder
ates made a charge in which the courier
was painfully wounded, and that night,
while the Union captain was placed
within the prison stockade, .the young
Confederate was lying in an hospital.
I'ossiblv oachl gave some thought to the
other, but it is not likely either antiei
p:i;vd ever meeting the other again.
In July. 1S74, at a popular resort on
a western lakeside, society commented
upon the marked attentions paid tc
Mi KtntiKi Clanccy by Henry Koss, k
gentleman lrotn a city in Alabama,
.vhosc winning address had mado him
a universal favorite. Tho young lady
WH3 easily accorded the position of
reigning belle at the resort, and, her
father owning a residence, she was en
abled to hospitably receive her friends.
THcfn were a number of gallants whose
frequent calls indicated admiration for
the fair entertainer; but it was apparent
tLat ::onc v -re received with such favor
as the coin : '. Harry Koss.
On the ev :.ing ot the 22d., Captain
Claneey's parlors were filled with visi
tors, and. as thco included married
friends, lie and Mrs. Clan coy were with
tceir guests. Tnere had been an hour
of music and dancing, when some one
casually remarking upon the pleasant
ness oft he occasion. Miss Clanccy re
sponded: "Yc, this is always an anni
versary occasion, July 22, in our home.
It celebrates the car just above the
"beard on father's face, and it reminds
me of one with whom I am in love, and
who is to be my husband.
She had spoken with an air of such
pleasantry as to call for cheery exclama
tions, especially from thej-oung gentle
men, surrounding her at the piano.
"I cannot give the name of my beau
Ideal," she said, answering an inquiry
of Mr. Boss, ""for I do not know it, and
1 have never seen him. Yet I lovo him,
and what would I not rivc to meet him!
1 remember, though f was. but three
years old, my father's return home from
the arnvy, and of his telling how, on
July 22, he had been wounded, and
how a young Confederate soldier, a mere
boy, he said, had procured for him sur
gical treatment, and extended him kind
ness which probably saved his lffc.
Whcn he had spokenI believe I pro
voked laughter by throwing my arms
about his neck, and telling him" titat I
loved that young Confederate, and that
when grow'n to be a woman I intended
being his wife."
Some one remarked this a Tomantic
story, and asked that she tell more of it.
"No," said she, "but father shall, for it
is his pet theme each July 22."
Others supplemented the daughter's
request, ami, responding to it, Captais
Clanccy, in a narrative way, grown
easy from frequent recitals, recounted
the events already noted in the first
chapter. He had told of his wounds
being dressed where the prisoners were
halted, of the courier having had him
placed in the ambulance, and of his
reaching the Andersonviilc train, when
Miss Clanccy, who chanced to glance at
Harry Ross, observed r.u agitation of
manner quite foreign to his native com
posure. "When he assisted me into the car."
Captain Clanccy was continuing, when
Harry Ross interrupted: -
"Hold a moment, please," ;he said, '
"and permit a question or two from me.
Did the courier you speak of hand you
his own canteen?"
"Yes, he did," 'replied Carftain Clan
ccy. ' "" .
"And did he provide you a mattress
in tlii ?ir5"
"He did,"., was answered.
itaA did too, behjg ratable tospeak, .
make signs for a pencil, and did the
train move just as ho was handing tho
pencil to vou, causing him to jump from
tho car?"
Captain Clancey was on his feet.
"Yes! yes!" ho exclaimed; "but how
came you to know of all this?"
"How came I to know? Why, sir, I
was that boy!"
For a moment a brief moment
there was utter stillness in tho parlors.
I3ut when, stepping quickly forward.
Captain Clancey grasped Harry Ross by
the hand, his face indicating uncertain
ty whether to break into a laugh, a cry,
or a caress, there was an outbreak of
handclappings and cheering nioro sug
gestive of a theatre than a drawing
room. Mrs. Clanccy advanced, and
without a word of apology, threw her
arms about Harry's neck and kissed
him, while Emma, who had taken his
other hand in both her own, appeared
to be in that state of uncertainty her
father's face had indicated.
For several minutes there was a buzz
of congratulations, as tho guests pressed
bout the ex-Union captain and the ex
Confederate courier. I3ut there was an
other sensation in store for tho delight
ed party. When Captain Clancey and
Harry Ross had managed to movo a lit
tle apart, the latter turned to Emma,
and, with a half-earnest, half-mirthful
look into her face, said:
"Miss Clanccy, I beg to recall a speech
of yours made a few minutes since. You
6ta"ted that, when three j-cars old, you
heard this story from your father, you
had thrown your arms" about his neck,
saying that you loved the Confederate
courier, and that when you were a wom
an you wotdd bo his wife, and expressed
a desire to meet him now. You have
met him. Now, in the presence of these
other auditors of vour speech, I claim
the fulfillment of its proposition. Will
you be the wife of the ex-Confederate
courier?"
Those who were present tell of an
other spell of silence falling upon tho
parlors, of a blushing face nnd down
cast eyes, and a response, in a voice so
soft and tremulous, however, as to bo
inaudible to any other than tho one
nearest her. But it must have been con
senting, for the newspaper report of ar
rivals at the samo resort in Jul', 1885,
included the names of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Harry Ross, on a visit Xo tho latter's
lather, Captain Clancey. Cosmopolitan.
A Way to Quench Thirst.
The agony of thirst at sea when
mid-ocean calms or disasters that leave
sailors atloat but shiplcss, havo de
prived a crew of their supply of fresh
water is aggravated fearfully by tho
sight of the very clement they long for
but cannot enjoy. As Coleridge in his
"Ancient Mariner" exactly expresses
the situation:
"Water, water every'here.
And not a drop to drink."
Nearly a hundred years ago. Dr.
Land suggested to Capt. Kennedy that
thirst might be quenched at sea by dip
ping the clothing into salt water, and
putting it on without wringing. Sub
sequently the captain, on being cast
aw.-rj, had an. opportunity of making
the experiment. With great difficulty
he succeeded in persuading part of the
men to follow his example, and they all
survived; while the four who refused,
and drank salt water, became delirious
and died. -
(n addition to putting on the clothes
while wet, night and morning, tliey
111:13 be wetted while on, two or three
times during the day. Captain Kenne
dy goes on to say, "After these opera
tions we found that the violent drought
went off, and the parched tongue was
cured in a few minutes."
After bathing nnd washing the
clothes, we found ourselves as much re
freshed
:is tlioujrii we had received some
actual nourishment
Growing Vines For Window Cultl
vat ion.
Growing vines are the loveliest of all
plants for in-door cultivation, and re
quire the least care. There is an inde
scribable charm in the vine, with its
clinging, tender ways, and soft shadows.
Pictures, plaques in fact everthing
decorating the wall are enhanced by
the caress of a string of foliage. There
are certain varieties of free-growing
trailers that thrive excellently if their
roots arc placed in water. A large
necked bottle or hyacinth glass is useful
for this purpose. Put a piece of char
coal in the bottle to keep the water
pure; as the water evaporates add more,
but never renew it all at once, as the
roots in the glass will so bo chilled, or
perhaps wotihded. Where there is not
room for pots this is an exceedingly con
venient and cleanly way to grow vines.
The brackets and pockets of pottery
which appear in such great variety in
china shops maj' be filled with water
vines with line effect English ivy will
grow in water, but so slowlv that it is
better to keep it in earth, where it will
climb in-doors and grow luxuriantly.
Periwinkle is another slow grower in
water. Tradcscanlia or spider-wort is
the fastest.runncr of all the water-vines.
The T. repens villala, T. aqualica, T.
zebnna, and T. multicolor are the best
for in-door cultivation. Umbrella" ferns
(qspcdislra cypcrusi) thrive well in vases
water-filled. Sweet olato vines are or
namental and require but little atten
tion. Fannie S. Benson, in Good
Housekeeping.
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Wc Pause to Hesitate.
When it becomes necessary to call a
larger man a liar.
When the assessor asks if there arc
any dogs concealed under the house.
When an undertaker asks us to pa
tronize him as liberally as possible.
When tho clergyman hints that ho
would not be averse to eating dinner
with us.
When a bore enters our office, puts
his feet on the table, and expects us to
spare his life.
When the butcher asks us if we won't
just settle that little matter now and be
done with it
When we arc asked to join a temper
ance society by a man whose breath
smells like free lunch and a brewery.
When wc arc expected to eat the same
old hash three times a day and lay
aside the nails and things wclind in it
When our beloved wife requests us to
get up and light the fire about three
hours before daylight on a cold mornr
ing.
When the dentist attempts to beguile
us into his parlors where the painless
system is in vogue. It is universally
conceded that nothing hurts so much as
painless delitistry.
"God help the stranger thatvis taken
sick there,1' writes an. officer of 'the
United Slates steamship Galena, speak
ing of Aspinwall. 'It, is not uncom
mon for people to lie down in the street
and die in broad daylight," and when
dying receive no, offer of assistance,
even in answer to an appeal for a' drink
of water. ' 'The neonle aonear to ' ha
heartless, as if ' their 'familiarity with
death liadietcallpBi,'' J
HATE A GAKUEN.
Emieyateat Which. No Farmer
SkoaldDeajr Himself.
Farmers of all clat-ees should enjoy
the luxuries of a garden, yet tho ma
jority of tbcm do not kiow enough
fruit and vegetables for a table supply,
and in gome sections they buy them
from tho citie&. They can not buy as
well as they can produce. Thero is
quite a difference between fresh veg
etables from the garden and those
handled, bruised and shipped to dis
tances. The farmer who is satisfied
to sit down to his table with pork
and beans as an every day diet simply
denies himself tho enjoyments which
his calling allows him. As tho busy
season of spriug sets in, tho farmers
are usually too engrossed to give
their attention to so small a matter as
a garden, but wo can assure them
that, insignificant as a garden may
6eem, it contains more that adds to
the enjoyment of life on tho farm
than anything else produced upon it.
The gardenlees farmer knows noth
ing of delicacies. Ho satiation hiiu
eelf with very little, and compels his
family to do the 6am c, yet is sur
prised when his children seek occu
pation in tho city whoro they find
more enjoyment and live upon a
variety ot food. The farmer has an
advantage over his city brother lor
enjoying luxuries. The strawberry,
raspberry and all tho varieties o
fruits may be placed upon his table
daily if he will have them, but he
overlooks those things that arc within
his province, and allows others to
enjoy what he should have in abun
dance Farmers, do not overlook the
garden. Devote a space to the
garden even if. some other crop must
be sacrificed. Farm, Field and
Stockman.
A Sad Accident.
On Wednesday afternoon last, two
young sons of Quin Bulla, living
about fivciuilcs south of town, wen:
hunting. They made a cover out of
corn stalks and waited until a flock
of geese came along when the elder, of
tho two, about fifteen years of
age, drew hi? gun and fired, dust aahc
fired the younger, aged about thirteen
year-, raised his head and looked out
to see whero the geese were and re
ceived tho load of his brother's gun
in the right sido of his head. Tho
shot penetrated the skull, carrying
away part of the bone, leaving a hole
through which part of the biains
oozed out.Dr. Flory was immediate
ly snmm oncd but could do nothing
for the unfortunate boy and he died
about three o'clock Thursday morn
ing. His remains will be interred in
the cemetery east of town to-day
(Friday). The parents and .relative;
of the unfortunate boy have the sym
pathy of this entire neighborhood in
their sad bercvaetnent. St. JSdward
Star.
Right Kiad of Religion.
Many years ago, on visiting Yar
mouth Port, his native place, my fa
ther met au old friend, who said to
him: "Mr. II., I've got religion sinc
I saw you." "I'm glad you have,"
said tny father; "but have you got
a shed at the meeting-house to put
your horses in on Sundays?" "No I
I havo not." Well ! I think you Imd
better try agaiu. I think you havo
not got the right kind of religion."
This was long before the day of so
cieties for prevention of cruelty to
animals; but I have no doubt it had
a good effect, for the story was told
"along tho 6treet." iVew Orleans
Picayune.
I told the Senator that this re
minded me of an "old chestnut"
that was told of Caleb Cushlng, ol
Massachusetts, and Frank Price,
when tho latter was senator from
New Hampshire. Ho was noted tor
his politeness and courtesy as wcl:
as tor his genial ways. They were
out to a dinner party and dined wcl
aud wined liberally. On their way
home dishing fell and couldn't get
up. lie said : "Frank, help me up."
Frank replied : "Caleb I can't ; but I
will lay down with you," and they
did rest on the besom of the earth un
til a friendly hackmau rescued them.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pijesident Adams of the U. P.
complained in the auuual meeting of
stockholders of the harsh treatment
the U. P. company received from our
government. He said: "that the
present policy of the government
was disgraceful, disreputable and em
barraseh.g." This is about the style
in which every criminal uses to vent
bis epite against the officers of just
ice, when they catch him by the col
lar, and propose to punish him for
his crime. G. J. Independent.
A movement ison foot to try and
induce the U. P. to run a passenger
train on our branch. According to
tho railway report the road of the
same length np to Albion is receiving
more money from carrying passen
gers than any other road in the state,
and its patrons very naturally object
to riding with the freight any longer.
Albion Argus.
Cores of sciatica are' reported as
having taken place in Paris after a
single application of Dr. Debove's
method of freezing the tkin above
the painful parts with apray ofcblo
fadeof methyl. The operation is
said to be applicable also to facial
iaarmlaim.
oraif.
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Surplus and Profits, -
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00,000
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Telephones at otliee and residence:.
ISrOIhcc 011 Olive street, next to Broil
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Chronic Diseases and Disoascs of
Children a Specialty.
JJgrotliei on Olive street, three door:,
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MOXKY TO LOAi.
Five vears' time, on improved farms
with at least one-fourth the acreage under
cultivation, in sums representing one
third the fair value of the homestead.
Correspondence solicited. Address,
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in .McAllister's build
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OTI4JK TO Tt-'ACIRKKK.
W. H. Tearow, Co. Supt.
1 will ! at my olliee in the Court
IIoum! on the 13 III, lCth aud 17th of
this month for the purpose of ex
iiminiug teachers. "KMf
J. M. MAC1V.KI.AND,
n. It. COWllEKY,
Cclo:tcr.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
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MACPARhAND & COWDERY,
Columbus. : : : Nebraska.
.1. JT. ilIAUCi-flAIV,
Justice, County Surveyor, Notary,
Lund and Collection Agent.
J2TPart ies desiring surveying done can
notify me by mail at Platte Centre, Xeb.
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10IIN G. 1IIGGIXS.
C. J. GAHLOW,
Collection Attor.-.ey .
HIGGIHS & GARLOW,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Specialty
Ciarlow.
made of Collections
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T? ILRUKCllE,
llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
llhinkets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks,
valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, ivc., at the lowest possible
priecs. Repairs prcmplly attended to.
TAMES SAfiIO,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on lCth Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska. .)2Gmo.
-AJIi'KB'UL &, CO.
DKAI.KHS IN
" Racrs and Iron ! "
The highest market price paid for rags
and iron. Store in the Bubaeh building,
Olive st., Columbus, Xeb. 15-tf
J.
S. MUJIDOCK & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Havchadau extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fairpriees. Call and give us an oppor
tunitytocstiiuateforyou. tgrShop on
13th St., one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus, Nehr. 483-T
H. C. BOYD,
MANUFACTURER OP
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
BSTSbop on Olive Street, 2 doors
north of Brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store.
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MOUSE PLAGUES.
rhejr Krce) tbe Lootut Aflllctlons of Kgypt
or Old.
It is Will known that the fauna of
America, especially that of tho higher
Animals, presents a large number of
peculiar types.
Under ordinary circumstances field
mico are not at all abundant, so that
at tirues naturalists can secure speci
mens of many species only with diffi
culty. The most inconceivable increase
and abundance during certain years,
to such an extent that they become a
national calamity, is thus the more re
markable. ' In the colony of Lourence
one of these remarkable visitations has
thus been described: In the months of
May and June, 1876, they suddenly ap
peared in enormous numbers. They
invaded the maize fields in such great
numbers that the corn seemed literally
alive with them, destroying in a few
days every thing that was edible; and
where but a short time before bushels
of grain might havo been harvested
not an car remained, and tho noise
produced by their nibbing and climb
ing was audible for a considerable dis
tance. After the corn-fields were
devastated the potatoes next received
their attention. Only the largest were
eaten in the ground; such as were
transportable were carried away and
hidden in hollow trees, or other re
treats, for future use. Gourds and
pumpkins,, even the hardest, were
gnawed through and eaten. Of green
food, such as clover, oats, barley, not
a leaf was left standing; even weeds
were cut down and the inner parts
eaten out.
In the house the struggle for exist
ence of these long-tailed invaders was
truly amazing. In many of the dwell
ings hundreds were killed' in a single
dtiy. The cats could contribute but
little aid fighting such a plague, for not
only were many of the rats so large
that it would have beon an unequal
contest, but by their great number they
drove the cats actually from the houses,
not to return until tho plague was
passed. Nothing except what was
composed of iron, stone or glass was
spared from their destmctiveness;
furniture, clothes, hats, books every
thing bore the traces of their teeth.
They gnawed the hoofs of cows and
h arses in the stable, literally ate up
fatted hogs, and often bit away the
hair of persons during sleep. They
penetrated all apartments and gnawed
their way through boards and walls of
houses. Ditches that were dug about
rranaries did not suilice; the mice
would climb over each other in some
corner or -other, and thus reach the
top.
The foregoing account of one occur
rence in Lourence will suilice to show
to what an extent the plague reaches.
The same province had sutlered simi
ilarly in IS i;5 and lSo", and in all prob
ability will again in 1889. Our aston
ishment at the strange appearance and
disappearance of such swarms of ani
mal life is greatly increased when we
perceive in what a close relation of
cause and effect it stands with the pres
ence or absence of food supply; and
probably nowhere among the vertebrate
animals is the relation more apparent
than here.
This fotid supply is derived from the
seeds of a large bamboo grass (Ta
qnary or Cresciuma) growing through
out ltrazil. This grass grows in dense
thickets to the height of thirty or forty
feet, and bears a very large quantity of
seed. Its natural history is remarka
ble. At regular intervals, varying in
the different species from six to thirty
years, it matures and blooms and then
disappears. Yet more remarkable is
the uniformity with which it attains
maturity throughout an entire province,
if not the whole southern part of Bra
zil. Similar plagues, though far less in
extent, have occurred in Europe, in
which the field-mice unaccountably ap
peared in greatly increased numbers.
One may well think what would be the
result were these little, almost insig
nificant creatures everywhere in such
wise to take the ascendency. When
one considers that on an average of
every one or two months from live to
eight oung art born, and that these
young become mature in a few mouths
themselves, he will not be surprised to
know thai a single pair of common
tield-micc, in the course of a single
summer, would increase to twenty
three thousand individuals. Could all
the conditions which now keep them in
check be removed, every living thing
upon the earth would be consumed in
a half dozen years. Science.
HELPING THE POOR.
How a Younjr New York Girl Without
Money X'n Able to lo This.
A voting girl was lamenting that she
could be of no use to the poor because
she hail no monc3. A philanthropic
gentlewoman present said: "You arc
a line reader, why do you not read
aloud to the poor of whom you happen
to know?" "Oh, thc3 do not want
any one to read to them." "Try it
and see," was the answer. "I have
several families in mind who would be
delighted to hear reading while the
attend to their darning ami patching.
There are mothers, also, who would ie
very thankful to have some one to take
up the baby v'ien they arc hard at
work. Indeed, there are many ways
of helping the poor other than with
money." The young'girl, full of the
zeal of service, at once set out for the
aoode of a poor woman who had a
young baby. k Returning after two
hours she was radiant and told the
friend who bad-suggested the plan of
action that she could never be suffici
ently grateful to her for her ad
vice! "Oil!" she said, "3011 should
have heard the wearied voice that bade
me come in. When I entered the
room there was the poor baby crying
as if its heart would break; the other
two children, not much more than ba
bies, were fretting; the poor, mother
was washing and every thing seemed
desolate. I said: 'Mrs. Brady, I have
come to help you with the baby.' The
poor woman replied: 'And shure, Miss,
what would ye do with him? For he's
that troublesome that he won't be still.'
I took off hat and coat, and put on my
large apron and took up the baby; aft
er patting his back and walking him
about a little while he became quiet
and went to sleep. -Then I played with
the other children and they were just
as good as could be. After Mrs. Brady
had finished her work and- I bid her
good-bye, her hearty 'God bless you
Miss; you have helped me a great bit,'
made me feel quite, happy, and t mean
to keep up my visits without money."
N. Y. 7'imes.
' During his life-time John B. Gough
lectured 8,500 times, to more than
,500,000 people, and traveled 448,000
.dalettodoit Boston Journal. .
A YOUTHFUL FRAUD.
He Imum a Divorce Decree and rocket
Tweotjr-Flve Dollar Fee.
A New York lawyer tells a story of a
recent occurrence in his office by which
his boy made twenty-fivo dollars, but
came near getting two people into a
very unpleasant predicament.
A plain-looking man and woman
walked into the office one day in tho
absence of the attorney. His boy greeted
the callers cordially and asked what
they desired, adding that Mr. was
out, but that he attended to matters in
his absence. The man explained that
ho and his wife did not get along very
well and both wanted to be released
from their married relations.
"Oh, that can easily be arranged,"
remarked the whilom attorney, and
looking wise he ostentatiously exam
ined a lot of law-books, and after a
few minutes proceeded to draw up an
agreement between the man and his
wife to disagree. He framed it in the
language of the law, putting in the
"saids," "greetings" and "aforesaids,"
as well as an alarming array of refer
ences to "parties of tho first part" and
"parties of the second part;" and even
to "a vinculo matrimonio," the latter
being intended to properly impress his
clients. Large seals were" added to tho
documents, which the boy indorsed
with a flourish aud gills of red ink;
then the agreement was duly signed,
the boy adding his name as a witucs.
The man was very grateful, and askei
what the fee was. The small 003 said
lift' dollars, and to tho plea that this
was a good deal to pay for so littlo
work, answered: "But see what I have
done for you, and, anyhow, wc never
scratch a pen hero for less than fifty
dollars." The man had only twent
live dollars, but he paid that, and prom
ised that he would return in a few da3-s
ayd pa3' the remainder. The following
week he put in an appearance, and the
bo being out, saw tho attorne3 him
self, and remarked cheerful! that he
had come to pay fifteen dollars on ac
count. "On account of what?" asked the
attorne3.
"Why, the agreement I had drawn
up here last week," replied the client.
"What agreement? asked the at
torney.
The man produced the paper and
handed it to the lawyer, and, as the
latter read it, his 03es grew like an
owl's at night. When he at bust reached
the clause: " Know all men b these
presents, that John and Mar'
, having agreed before me as a wit
ness, bhey are free to marry again iu
this State," the cold perspiration started
to the lawyer's brow as he blurted out:
" For Heaven's sake don't tell me 3011
arc married!"
"Jfo," answered the man. "I'm
going to be married next week and
Mar will be marrietl to-morrow."
The lawyer quickly explained tho
case to the man, and two trials for
bigamy were saved from our already
overcrowded courts. N. Y. Commer
cial. FASHION IN GIFTS.
Japanese Ware. Small Bronze or Silver
Spooiw tlio Proper Tliingri.
There is just as certainly a fashion in
the giving of gifts as in ever thing
else. Who does not remember when
the preferred articles were the fanciful
box of perfume, with its bottles decided
ly more desirable than the odors the3
contained, the note-paper put up in a
gorgeous way and the white spangled
fan. Just now thero is a change any
thing Japanese is liked, for it is a con
tribution to the Japanese room; and
from the fans and porcelain to amulets
aiyl coins (to be used as seals) the Ja
anese gift is considered most delight
ful. This field offers a wide choice, be
cause there is much that is costly and
ugly, as well as much that is cheap
and" ugly.
Small bronzes, either in natural col
ors or silvered, are liked as gifts; and
no matter how Miiall, a use can be
found for them a reason for giving, if
one is necessary. Liliputiau bronze
soldiers may be utilized as paper
weights, birds of bronze with outspread
wings will hold the wax, seal and taper
for the writing-table and there are also
candle-sticks, antique lamps, ink-stands
and pen-racks of line bronze, beautiful
ly designed and yet not iarge enough
to make the recipicntconscious of hav
ing been presented with a too valuable
gilt.
China, in small and large pieces,
quaintly framed mirrors and uniquely
carved bits of silver or ivory are worth
having, and, therefore, well worth giv
ing; and, people who have even a single
room that means home are glad to ar
range about it the pretty things that
are shown from the wee box that will
just hold a few chocolate wafers to the
enormous punch bowl.
Housekeepers should be glad to leani
that spoons are fashionable gifts not
man spoons, but one spoon. The
chosen one is preferred because of its
curious shape, which may or not be old;
but as collections are in vogue, it i3
easy to understand why a single silver
spoon is considered desirable. How
odd it would seem toourgrandmothers!
And yet in their day they did not hesi
tate to will small pieces of jewelry or
bric-u-liac in fact, if it had not been
for this good custom perhaps there
would be fewer antiquities in the world.
Certainly there would be fewer pieces
about which some grand-aunt could tell
a long story and promise to bequeath
the special piece to the descendant
most in favor at the time and whose
chance would bo about even with ten
or twelve others. Gifts, if they have to
be bought, should show a little ordin
ary and some special thought, even if
it tloestake one into the by-ways search
ing for curios or their imitations. De
lineator. It Was All Right.
"Where do you expect this money
from?' asked a clerk in the money
order department of the post-office of a
woman who prodded an order for fif
teen dollars.
"From Chicago."
"And who fromP"
"John Williams."
"Ahem. I guess it is all right."
"Oh, I know it is!" she exclaimed a
she signed her name. "He used to be
ni3 husband. He offered me fifty dol
lars if I would throw up all claim on
him, aud this is the second installment
I'll probably get the rest in about two
weeks." Detroit Free Press.
A Brooklyn woman is keeping in a
book a list of things she ought to pur
cnase but can not afford to wear. She
calls 'the .book her ought-to-buv
ograpay. fiwrddft.
Mrs. Langtry's accent is said by the
Pall Mall Gazelle to be a "mixture ol
East London and American."
Charles Crocker, of San Francisco,
has given $33,000 to the Girls' and
Boys" Aid Socict3 with which to erect
a building on the lot donated by Sena
tor Fair.
William K. Vanderbilt contem
plates retiring from business and spec
ulation and erecting near New York
one of tho finest country residences in
the world. N. Y. HcraliL
There is a smart little girl in Cedar
Rapids, Nob. She is nine years old,
antl tho other day she wroto an account
of a children's party, set it up in type
and corrected the proof, and tho work
was well done, too. Chicago Mail.
Miss Kato Kin, a daughter of Kato
Kiyoto, a Shizoku of Tokyo Fu, Japan,
has been ordered by the Department of
Education to visit the United States to
study the routine of normal schools and
nursery establishments for three years.
Isn't it a little singular that the
two typical Southern poets Albert
Pike and George D. Prentice a typical'
Southern orator Sargent S- Prontiss
and a t3-pieal Southern jurist
Hiram Warner should all have been
born at the North? Atlanta Constitu
tion. Albert ami Maria Harris, colored,
aged respectively seventy-two and sixty-six
years, were reunited at Marshall,
Mo., the other day. after a separation
of thirty-.seven ycara. They were slaves
in Kentucky and were separated when
sold, never hearing from each other
until quite recently. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Mrs. Jay Gould, the wife of the
railroad millionare, is rather short in
stature, though plump and comely.
Her face denotes intelligence, and waa
doubtless very pretty- when she was
voting. She is thoroiighlj domestic in
Iicr tastes, and has devoted her time to
her home and children. She spends
two honrs a day with her three small
boys, and carefully inspects all tho
books they read. N. Y. News.
Captain James Blackstouc, of Brad
ford, Conn., who died recently, aged
ninet-three, was a direct descendent
of the first white settlers on the penin
sula now occupied by the city of Bos
ton. The first Blackstouc in this coun
try was the pilgrim, who landed in tho
3carlG25. He was a minister of tho
Church of England; was the first church
man of Boston, ami the founder of tho
city. He once owned much of tho
land now covered by Boston. Boston
Herald.
Mrs. Tom Ri John, who was, not
man years ago, a well-known figure
in our streets as she walked Broadway,
in coat and trousers, selling her hus
band's paper, the Volcano, is now liv
ing in Frankfort, Ia. She still weara
the trousers, but the Volcano has sus
pended, and the Tom Ri Johns are en
gaged in the cologne business, the
wife manufacturing the perfume, and
her husband selling it by the bottle.
Many friends will be pleased to lcaru
that the children Retaliation and
Avenger are thriving. X Y. Herald.
HUMOROUS.
It is strange, but nevertheless true,
that thcinu-cxpcritMiccd make the best
hotel servants.
There is an art in puttingon gloves,
says a fashion paper. Come to think
ot it, you have to get your hand m, as
it won, in putting on a glove properly.
Uoslou Courier.
"My tlear, have yu read what
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has written
about 'silence as a weapon?" "No,
htibbv; I am not interested in military
matters." X Y. Mail.
Boston lady (to policeman) "Why
did yon shoot that poor little dog?
Was he disordered in intellect antl be
side himself "with violent mental ex
citement?" Policeman "No.muiu. That
dog was mad." lloston Post.
An exchange says: "Lait week a
stranger came to our town with a
turncd-up nose aud run-down boots."
A town with a turncd-up nose and run
down boots can not hope to become a
great commercial center. Arkansau,
Traveler.
Woes of tin Farmer.
A farmer oncoeatlcil his cow "Zoptty"
She beenied such :t:i utnlrablo hepnyr.
When the rjirinerdrow near.
She k-cktxl titr his cur.
Anil now the old fiirmer's much dephyr.
GoodaWs Sun.
A lawyer,, on being asked by a lady
the meaning of the term "fee-simple,
replied:
Fee-simple, and :t simple tee.
Ami ail the fee's cnt.t:!.
Are notlim:.' wticu compared to thee.
Thou hfMttir fees. Female"
An American in China writes:
"We are going out ku kiiinging this
evening." That's righL We like to
sec an American enjoy himself wlroii
he is in China; antl if he doesn't go
out ku kiunging his visits may be re
garded as a failure. By the way, what
iu the dickens is ku kiunging? Norris
lown Herald.
The following incident happened
in one of the public schools in a neigh
boring city: Teacher "Define tho
won! excavate." Scholar "It means
to hollow 011L" Teacher "Construct
a sentence in which tho word is prop
erly used." Scholar "The baby ex
cavates when it gets hurt." N. Y. In
dependent. A country boy applied to an editor
for a position. Have vou ever dono
any newspaper work?" the editor
asked. "Naw. replied the boy, "but
I ken doit." Then noticing the editor
tearing wrappers from exchanges, he
said: "I ken do that sorter work bet
tcr'n the next man, for I alius wuz a
boss hand at shuckin' co'n." Arkan
saw Traveler.
"Doctor, what do you think is the
matter with Johnny?" "Well, madam.
I can hard! tell just yet, but I think
the trouble is with the" pharynx." "1
kniwed it! I knowed them rinks was
the cause of it all, and I don't care
wether it's the far rinks or the near
rinks, he'll never be let to go near an
other one." Chicago Ledger.
True Modesty.
The Duke of Wellington was modest,
though self-reliant. Being at a dinner
part, just before his departure for
Portugal, where he was to encounter
the French, he was so silent that one
of his friends said to him:
"Sir Arthur" -he wr.s then Sir Ar
thur Wellesley "you don't talk; what
is it you are thinking so seriously
about?"
"Of the French," he answered. "I
have never met them; they have beaten
all Europe. I think I shall beat them,
but I can't help thinking about them.'
The situation could not have been
more modestly stated. Youth! Cms
panion.
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