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VOL. XVII.-NO. 4.
PICKING SCRAP IRON.
Haw a Man Got All the Profit Out of a
Huge Cinder Heap.
Many years ago the Lackawanna
Iron and Coal Company began to dump
the cinders and other refuse from its
steel mill on a piece of lowland a short
distance south of the main business
part of Scranton. The refuse was at
first emptied out of the cars from the
summit of the ridge, and as the heap
grew the tracks were moved to the
edge of the deposit, the top of which
was constantly kept level. In the
course of a few years the refuse cov
ered several acres, and was from
twenty-five to thirty-live feet deep.
There was, nevertheless, scrap iron
and steel in the huge pile, but it was
not thought to be worth much, and the
managers of the company were glad to
get rid of it at the lowest possible cost
and in the easiest and quickest way.
4Thc areaqjorcdby the refuse was
'called lZmadc land," and it was the in
tention of the company to utilize it for
building lots some time in the distant
future. About this time a man named
Lloyd caiiie to Scranton from the
lower part of the State. He sought out
the general manager of the company,
and told him that a man could make
good wages picking scrap iron around
the edges of the dump. He brought
the interview to a close by saying to the
manager:
ill j'ou give me five dollars a ton
for all the iron I can gather around
there?"
"No, sir," replied the manager.
"Will you give me four?'
"No, sir."
" Will vou give me three?11
"No. sir."
"Will vou give me two and a half?"
"Yes."
So Lloyd went to work picking up
scrap iron and piling it in heaps along
the foot of the dump, and at the end of
the month he had enough picked up to
bring him one hundred dollars. Lloyd
made a little more than that amount
the second month without working at
all hard. He was a cautious person,
and he was afraid that the company
would cancel the contract if its mana
ger found that he was getting rich too
fast, and so lie took it easy for some
time. He ransacked the sloping side
of the dump pretty thoroughly
each month, and as fast as the ears
were tipped up and emptied of their
contents he took good care to rake out
all the small pieces of iron before other
car loads of refuse slid down the slope
and covered them up.
Every tiling went along nicely for
eight or ten months, and Lloyd was
doing so well that he neglected to be as
cautious as he had formerly been. One
would have said that there was a big
bonanza for him in the thousands of
tons of refuse in the heap. At any
rate he thought that he might as well
work it a little livelier than" he had
done. He cleared three hundred dol
lars one month, anil that was the last
of his contract. The manager told
him that he couldn't rake and scrape
around the heap- any more, anil that
the company would do its own raking
and scraping.
Then one of the company's foremen,
who had told the general manager that
there were mines of wealth in the cin
der dump, made preparations to dig
into the mammoth heap and sift the
iron out of every square foot of it. He
got machinery in place, so :is to sax e
as much labor as possible, and began
to mine into the boxvels of the artificial
hill at one particular point. The erut
panned out satisfactorily, but the in
toriorofthe heap xvas found to have
been on tire for mam years. The iron
had become oxidized by the heap and
xvas utterly worthless, and the project
of searching for untold thousands xvas
at once abandoned. It xvas learned
afterxvard that Lloyd, who had reaped
a harvest off the dump, xva an old
hand at the business, and that he
chuckled to himself xvhen he learned
that the foreman xxas preparing to
search for thousands of tons of iron in
the boxvels of the heap. Scranton (I'a.)
Cor. X. Y. Times.
"SHANGHAIING."
The Tr.illlc in lluui-ui Flesh liy Which
Oyster Slonpi Arc Manned.
The Monumental City is popularly
credited xvith being more free from
crime than any other city of its size in
the Union. Hut the outrage called
"Shanghaiing" practiced here daily
should certainly be regarded as crim
inal. "Shanghaiing" is nothing
more or less than trading in human
llesh. The slaxe trallie of ante-xvar
days xvas not more barbarous than it.
During the winter the business is
brisk. Here is the modus operandi:
The dingy little ollice of a so-called
"broker." near the docks, is resorted
to by captains of oyster-pungies xvhen
they are in need of hands to man
oyster dredges. It is extremely dif
ficult to get men for this work 'here,
but xvhen a captain tells the broker
that he is in need of a certain number
of men. and that he must have them
aboard his boat by a specific time, the
broker " will bargain to execute the
contract for a fee of live dollars per
head. When men are particularly
scarce a larger sum is often paid.
After the bargain is made and the
captain lcaxes the ollice. the "broker"
calls one or two of his assistants gen
erally noted roughs and blackguards
and directs them to procure and de
liver the required number of men,
stating the reward of their services.
These felloxs sally forth, making
their first visit to wharves where there
are vessels about discharging their
crexvs. They use all manner of persua
sions and inducements to get the
strange seamen to go xvith them. In
this effort- they are often foiled, as the
masters of respectable merchant ships,
upon discharging their crexvs, asually
call them into the cabin aud warn them
of the shanghaier and the boarding
house runner. Some of them are se
cured by promises of large wages and
plenty of grog. If after a few hours'
search the broker's henchman finds
that he can not secure men legitimate
ly he visits some of the loxv grog-shops
a'long the -water-front, and it is an "off"
day when he can not meet one or two
miserable wretches in some of the
dives who will agree to go on board, if
paid a few dollars in advance. This
the assistant agrees to give upon the
men signing a receipt and tin agree
ment to remain on said boat for a
specified time. If the assistant finds
the men obstinate in their determina
tion not to go, he treats them to as
much liquor as thev can drink, and
when the poor fellows are "dead
drank? he carries them aboard the
boat, which is ready to sail. By the
tUM tto kidnaped men regain their
senses they are many miles doxvn tho
Chesapeake.
Then commences a life of hardship
and toil that is not easily described.
The captain, usually a brutal specimen
of humanity, clubs them on the least
provocation, often without prox'oca
tion. Poorly fed and scantily clothed,
these men are compelled to xvork eigh
teen to twenty hours out of the twenty
four, with the thermometer but a fexv
degrees aboxe zero. Whether sick or
xvell they must turn out xvhen called,
or be inhumanly treated. Cases have
been brought to light where a man. in
capacitated for xvork by exposure and
bad food, so that he was scarcely able
to stand, has been carried out on deck
and lashed up by his thumbs until his
feet barely touched the deck; he was
then stripped of all his upper clothing
and compelled to stand "in the biting
cold for hours, falling in a heap more
dead than alix'e, xvhen finally cut
doxvn. If this treatment proves more
sexerc thsin xvas intended, the man is
put ashore at night, without s cent,-and
has to find refuge xvith some charitable
fanner, and get back to the city as best
he can.
The police hax'e endeavored aud are
still endeavoring to break up this prac
tice, but, as fexv cases are reported to
them, it is not easy to do so. Noxv and
then a captain is'arrested, but friends
and densely stupid juries generally al
loxv them to go free. The evidence,
however, against one captain arrested
some time ago, was so clear and con
vincing that he xvas convicted, and is
noxv serving out a txventy years' sen
tence. It xvas hoped that his fate
xvould prove a warning, but the con
tinued prevalence of the custom shoxx-s
that the avarice of the ojstermen is
stronger than even fear of imprison
ment. X. Y. World.
ONLY AN INCIDENT.
How a Young Man Won a ltrid In a Hall
way Car.
A fexv evenings ago (xvrites a South
ern lady) theconxvrsation turned upon
suitable times and places for courtships.
I said I had once been an accidental
rye-witness shall 1 call it? to a pro
posal on the ears. "Oh, tell us!"
"Please do let us hear," 'exclaimed ten
young x'oiees and txvo mature ones. I
could not resist, and after the recital,
which xvas suitably applauded, a lady,
whose opinion I value, begged that 1
xvould send it to Harper. I hope the
parties unknoxvn to me will take no
offense if the recognize the courtship
as their property. I have heard,
though, that at such an absorbing
moment the identical words used are
seldom remembered.
I xvas sitting .on a train about to
leave Richmond, Va.. for Petersburg,
xvhen a bridal party came on. and one
of the bridemaids occupied the x'acant
scat b' my side. The coach xvas
crowded, and her special escort could
not find a seat, but contented himself
by standing in the isle at her side, con
verging about the exents of the thy. It
become dark, and I closed the book I
had been reading, and leaned my head
on the xvindoxv, and closed my eyes,
simply to rest them. Nothing xx'as
farther from my thoughts than to be
an eavesdropper, but so in the event I
proxed to be; for in the darkening twi
light the absorbed couple, supposing
me to be asleep, settled into "love's
loxv tone, each word of xvhich struck
upon my car as clear as a bell, for in
his earnestness Ik- leaned on the back of
the seat ahead of us, his face, as you
can picture for xourdf, funning xvith
the lady's ear and mine an equilateral
triangle. In free America, and on a
public conxevance, I did not think it
necessary to remind them of my pres
ence. Presently lie bent closer, and
xxhispcrcd: "You must know by this
time xvhat inv attentions to x'ou mean.
May I hope that I may claim you as
mine?"
After a little pause she said: "I am
very sorry, but 1 am afraid our paths
through life x ill liavc to itinryc'"'
He expostulated, of course: then,
hcaxiuga deep sigh, xvalked axvay.
The txvilight deepened, and I still
rested my eyes. After axviiile the dis
consolate lover returned and renewed
his suit, saying: "lliaxe spent fifteen
xvretihed minutes. Can you gix-e me
no hope?"
Her voice in the gloaming sounded
like nuisie to him. I have no doubt, as
she ansxx'ered: "I hax'e been thinking
over what I told you. No one knows
xvhat will be in the future, and perhaps
our paths may converge."1
.Just then the xx'histle blexv for my
station, ami gathering up my posses
sions. I xvas preparing to depart, xvhen
lie exclaimed, joyfully: "l)o you get
off here? Allow me to help you xvith
these." And xvith shining eyes he took
my sachel and parcels, and helped me
off. even eontroling himself so far as to
boxv respectfully as I left.
On looking baek I could sec the lady
in my seat by the xvindoxx, and the
happy lox'er sitting by her side. The
xvhistle blex the train started and
the curtain fell. Harper s Magazine.
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THE DIFFERENCE.
Circumstances That Altered tho Opinion
of a Dakota Justice.
A Dakota justice of the peace was
trying a man for obtaining money un
der false pretenses by making untruth
ful statements concerning a horse he
had sold. A rather sex'ere sentence
xvas passed, and the prisoner said:
"Judge, that sentence is unjust."
"That sentence xvon't be changed
not to any very great extent not ef
the court knoxvs herself," thundered
the justice.
" Hut there was alleverating and
extenerating cueumstances in connec
tion." Why didn't you state 'em before?"
" The court didn't gi-c me no
chance."
"It is the opinion of the court that
the court had something to do xvith
this trial please ante up yer fine here
'fore I sock fixe dollars oiitcr 3'ou for
contempt o' court."
" Hut just let me explain, you know.
I told the man that the hoss was only
six years old and wouldn't balk; well
you see it xvas the sor'l hoss you
traded me and I took vour xvord "fur
all this."
Hey! Was it the one I shoved
outer you last week?"
" That's what it was, judge."
" And you didn't say nothing wuas
than that he'd pull and was a colt?"
" That's all, yer honor."
" Well, this makes the case -entirely
dif rent cueumstances alters cases
I don't see as you said any more than
was nec'sary to unload the hoss I'll
remit the lihe and discharge you on
yer own recognizence. Ef you and
the jury'll come out you maj' ir'egate
at the expense uv the court." -EtUl
line (2. y.) BdL -
CCirtiwta
COLPMBUS, NEB.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 19, 1886.
MEXICAN LIFE.
Some of the "Epicurean Morsels Enjoyed hy
the Hidalgo.
Tortillas is not only one of the great
Mexican dishes, but one of the women's
chief industries. In almost any street
there can Ic seen women on their knees
mashing corn between smooth stones,
making it into a batter and finally shap
ing it into round. Hat cakes. They spit
on their hands to prevent the dough
from sticking, and bake in a pan of
hot grease, kept boiling by a fexv lumps
of charcoal. Kich and poor buy and
eat them, apparently unmindful of the
way they are made. Hut it is a bread
that Americans must be educated to.
Many surprise the Mexicans by refus
ing even a taste after they see the bak
ers. There are some really beautiful girls
among the loxv class of people. Hair
three-quarters the length of the xvoiaen
and of xxpttdcrful thickness is conini&u.
It is often xx-orn loose, but more fre
quently in txx-o long plaits. Wig-makers
find no employment here. The men
xvcar long, heax-y bangs.
There is but one thing that poor and
rieh indulge in xvith equal delight ami
pleasure. That is cigarette-smoking.
Those tottering xvith age doxvn to the
creeping babe, are continually smok
ing. No spot in Mexico is sacred from
them: in churches, on therailxvay cars,
on the streets, in the theaters every
where nie to be seen men and women,
of the elite, smoking.
The Mexicans are unsurpassed ser
vants. Their thievery, xvhich is a his
toric complaint, must be confined to
those in the suburbs, for those in
houses could not be more honest. Their
cleanliness is something overwhelming,
xvhen one recalls the tales that have
been told of the tilth of the "greasers."
Early in the mornings, the streets,
walks in the plaza and pavements are
swept as clean as any tiling can be,
and that xvith brooms not as good as
those children play xvith in the States.
Put an American domestic and a Mex
ican servant together, even xvith the
difference in the working implements,
and the American xvill "get left" every
time. Hut this cleanliness may be con
fined somexvhat to such xvork as sweep
ing and scrubbing: it does not cer
tainly exist in the preparation of food.
The meat express does not by any
means serve to make the meat more
palatable. Oencrally an old mule or
horse that has reached its second child
hood serves for the express. A long
iron rod. from xvhich hooks project, is
fastened on the back of the beast by
means of straps. The meat is hung
on these hooks, xvhere it is exposed to
the mud and dirt of the streets as xvell
as the hair of the animal. Men xvith
txvo large baskets, one in front, one
behind, filled with the refuse of meat,
folloxv near by. If they xvcar trousers
they Iiaxe them rolled up high so the
blood from the dripping meat xvill not
soil them but run doxvn their bare legs
and be absorbed in the. sand. It is as
serted that the poor do not alloxv this
mixture in the basket to go to xvaste.
but are as glad to get it as xve are to
get ,sii loin steak.
Men xvith cages of foxvls, baskets of
eggs and bushels of roots and charcoal
come from the mountain in droves of
from twenty-live to fifty, carrying
packs xvhich average three hundred
pounds.
Pulque, which is sucked from the
mother plan! into a man's mouth and
thence ejected into a water jar. is
brought to toxxn in pigskins. The
skins are lillul and then tied on to
burros, or sometimes not frequently
carried in xvagons. the filled skin
rolling from side to side. Never le-s
than four filled skins :nv ever loaded
on to a burro: ofteuer eight and ten.
The burros arc never harnessed, but go
along in trains, which often nunil.i r
liftx. Mexican politeness extends ex t-u
mining tin- lowest clasps. In ;t!l their
dealings they areas poiile as a dancing
netster. The iimuictil one is udtlrcs-ei!
off comes hi poor, old ragged hat. and
bareheaded he stands mijil ou leaxe
him. They are not only polite to other
people, but among tln-iiiselxes. One
poor. ragg d woman h:i trying to sell
a broki n knife and rusty lock at -i
paxxnbroker's stand. "Will m buy ?"
she asked, plaintively. "No. Scnorila,
gracias" (1 thank yon), xvas the polite
reply. Mtxico iW. I'itlslmrtjh I)is
ii'ttch. A GREAT TELESCOPE.
Alvnu 'l:Ji-k"s friiHiiiui; Work Itrininjj
the .Xliton XXii Iiinu lliuidi-eil .Xiiii.
The largest refracting telescope in
the xvorltl is noxv in process of construc
tion in the modest xrork-shop of the
venerable Alxau Clark, the eminent
iciest. ope-maker. in Henry street, C'ain
bridgeport. Hoston. The txvo disks of
glass go to form the lens of the great
Lick telescope xvhich xvill be placed in
Jie observatory on the peak of Mt.
Hamilton, a bequest of the California
millionaire. .James Lick. These txvo
similar glasses are valued at JS-'.'i.iX.iO
ach. and if de-troy ed they could not
oe duplicated xvitiiin the next six
months for millions of dollars. The
lisks were east i.i Paris, the order
oeing given live years ago, but the fail
ures were so numerous that they were
aot reeeixed by Mc-srs. Clark until
last September. When finished the
lens xvill be thirty -six inches in diame
ter, six inches xvider than the one they
recently completed for the Russian (Jox
ernment. Since receiving the blocks last
September, Mr. Clark and his sons have
been constantly at work upon them,
but they slo not expect to have them
completed much before fall. When
completed the two lenses xvill xx'eigh
about 70U pounds. The xvork of polish
ing the disks has reached that stage
whe're the removal of a fexv grains
more cr less from the xvrong place
xxould ruin them. The only instru
ment used is the hand smeared xvith
rouge, a polishing substance finer than
the finest emery.
Some idea of the poxver of the instru
ment may be gained from the state
ment recently made by an astronomer,
that gazing at the moon, 2-J0.000 miles
axvay, that orb by this telescope xxill
be brought to within less than one
hundred miles from the eye of tho be
holder. Mr. Clark is eighty-two years
of age. He and his xvife on March 2o
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of
their wedding. He was born in Ash
field, Mass., ami brought up a fanner's
boy, but his self-taught skill gained him
a situation as an engineer, at the age ot
twenty-two, in a Loxvell calico mill.
Ten years later he had become a minia
ture painter in Hoston, xvith a studio in
Court street- All the lime that he xvas
painting these portraits he xvas grind
ing axvay at lenses for a pastime, and
when the daguerreotype threatened the
extinction ol the portrait-painting pro
fession he stepped into telescope mak
ing. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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A Surplus Fund of - $15,000,
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63"leposits received and Interest paid
on time deposits.
ISfDrafts on the principal eities in this
country aud Europe bought aud sold.
-"Collections and all other business
tvcn prompt aud careful attention.
SIOCKIIOI.DK1CS.
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SAM'L C. SMITH, Vice Pres't.
O.T. KOEX, Cashiet.
A. P. BECKKK.
HERMAN OKULIilCH,
(J.SCUITTE,
W. A. MCALLISTER,
.IOXAS WELCH,
JOllX V. EARLY,
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II. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surgeons. Union Pacitic, O., N.
& B. II. and It. M. It. IPs.
Consultations in German aud English.
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JSTOUice on Olive street, next to Brod
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BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER,
i::th street, ea-t of Abt's b:irn.
A pi 1 1 7, 'sti-tl
j ) o w : i. o u :,
I'LA TTE CEXTEE, XEU.
lust opened. Special attention irivt-ii
to commercial men. Has- a good sample
mom. Sets the best table. Give it a
trial and be convinced. fiO-IJmo
toii i:u.-iil,
COUNTY SUIlVEYOlt.
jJ"l'arlie.s desiring surveying done
can :uitlivs nie at f'olumbus, Neb., or
all a i my ollice in Court House.
."max si'.-y
a, v. atu.WTiEK, ii. .,
HOMCEOPATHIST.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of
Children a Specialty.
JaTOtlice on Olive street, three doors
north oi I-ii'st National Bank. --ly
Jl O:KY TO LOA.1.
Five years" time, on improved farms
xvith at least one-fourth the aereage under
cultivation, in sums representing one
lliird the fair xalue of the homestead.
Correspondence solicited. Address,
M. K.TURNER,
r0-v Columbus, Xebr.
xj;Ai.i,i't'ri:it ko.,
A TTOIiNEYS A T LA W,
Otliee up-atairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
.1. M. MACKAKLAX1, B. R. COXVDERY,
A.'.;:so7 i:i "3tir7 ?U e. Csllieter.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OK
MACFARLAND & COWDBRY,
Columbus, : : ; Nebraska.
.JOHN G. HIUGIXS. C. J. OAULOXX',
Collection Attor-.ey.
HIGGINS & GABL0W,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Specialty made of Collections by C. J.
Garloxv. 3 J-m
T .II.fCUNCllE,
fl'th St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sell Harness, Saddles, Collars, "Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks,
valises, buggy" tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, Arc, at the lowest possible
prions. Repairs promptly attended to.
TA.11ES KAE.JlOI'f,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska. 52Gmo.
pAHNtlEl.tL A. CO.
PEALHItS IX
Raors and Iron ! a
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The highest market priee paid for rags
aud iron. Store in the Bubach building,
Olive st., Columbus, Neb. l.i-tf
JS. MURDOCK & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had 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. fgrSaop on
13th St., one door west of Friadbof A
Co'i. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-T
uuvial
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Sinor Bahli, of Genoa, boasts the
possession of tho fetters once worn by
Christopher Columbus.
Rev. Sara Jones says: "I would
rather be five hundred old maids shut
up in a room by myself than be the
xvife of a drunkard."
Dan Rice, the one-time famous
Shakespearian circus clown, is lectur
ing in Texas and is said to receive live
hundred dollars a week for his orator
ical jrrond and loftv tumbling.
Alexander H. Stephens never car
ried a pistol but once in his life, and
that, xvith other treasures, xvas stolen
from under his pillow xvhile lie slept.
This so disgusted him that he sxvoro he
would nex-er carry another weapon.
Chicago Mail.
Chauncey Warner, of Cambridge,
Vt., who founded the Warner Home for
Little Wanderers and the St. Albans
Hospital, has just given to these insti
tutions property in Cambridge, .and
Ilclviderc to the value of between $40,
000 and $50,000.
Susan Kosell. xvho died lately in
Philadelphia, left an estate valued at
$25,000, xvhich, after her sister's death,
is to be used in providing a comfort
able home foraged and inlirm members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Philadelphia Press.
Lewis H. Bellinger, a wealthy
bachelor of Canajoharie, X. J., com
mitted suicide recently. He believed
that all the milliners of the country
were persecuting him because he pro
posed to revolutionize feminine apparel
and head dress. Troy Times.
Of the 2111 persons xvho voted for
General Harrison in Harrington, X. IL,
iu 1840, thirty-one are living. All but
three of them voted for James G.
Blaine. There are living in that toxvn
three men xvluj voted for James Mon
roe at his first election. Chicago
1'imcs.
Mrs. T. R. J. Elliott, xvho lives in
Frankford, a Philadelphia suburb, has
the call on Dr. Mary Walker. Not sat
isfied xvith bloomers, she has adopted a
man's costume in-its entirety, from the
regulation trousers to the most mascu
line of sombreros, the only distinctive
feature of her apparel being a white
apron. Philadelphia Times.
Miss Fanny Mills, of Ohio, xvho
claims the distinction of having the
biggest feet on record, has had a pair
of snoes and a pair of slippers made
for her in New York. Their size is ;0.
The measurement around the ball is 22
inches; instep, 22 inches; heel. 25
inches: ankle, 20 inches. The cost of
shoes and slippers xvas 70. Chicago
Journal.
David Sinton. Ohio's richest man.
is a Scotch-Irishman, and grew up
around the big iron mills of Pittsburgh.
He began business as a clerk in a conn
try store at S4 a month, then xvas clerk
in a blast furnace, afterxvard manager
and at last half owner. After that the
advance in xvealtk xvas rapid. lie is
worth !?I2,000.(X0 and gives largely to
public charities. -Clrrchtnd Leader.
The.lateJohn P.. Goughsaid: "Once
after lecturing at considerable personal
expense in a town some distance from
Worcester, xvhere I expected a remun
eration at least sufficient to reimburse
nn, I xvas merely tendered a vote of
thanks. I aroe anil requested that the
vote should be put in xxriting. as per
haps the conductor on the train xvould
accept it for my fare. The committee
took the hint and a liberal collection
xvas taken up for inc."
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
Question? in litigation in regard to
apple orchards should be passed upon
by the Applcate Court. At least it
xx'ould so impress an out-cider. Texa
Siftings.
An agricultural exchange states
that Chicago has nineteen xvool-ptilling
establishments. A handful of ciphers
no doubt fell out xvhen the form xvas
lifted. Lige Iiroicn.
Pennsylvania editorsays: "I started
to xvalk yesterday xvhen a highxvax man
stopped me and demanded a cent."'
Curious boxv the man knew he xvas an
editor. Burlington Free Press.
"Did you ever ask any one else to
be your xx'ife?" she queried in much
doubt. "No, darling.'' he ansxvered
tenderly, "I assure you this is my
maiden" effort. Indianapolis Herald.
"These are hard times," said the
x-oung collector of bills. "Everyplace
1 went to-day I xvas requested to call
again, but one, and that xvas xvhen I
dropped in to see my girl." Tid-Iiils.
D'Onkey "Don't you think it is
in very bad taste for Brown to say
when he xvas married that be was led
to the stake?" Smith "Not at all.
my tlear felloxx. His xvife had lots of
money that attracted him. It xvas a
big stake, and he xvon it." Lowell Cit
izen. "Don't you think this bonnet is a
little too young for me?" inquired Mrs.
Shuttle of Job, as she was doing her
final "prinking" at the glass before
going out. "Xevermind if it is. You
xx'on't haxe worn it more than six
xveeks before it xvill be 'too old,' and
x'ou xvill want a nexv one." Boston
Post.
A shower of star-dust too impal
pable to be discernible by the micro
scope is said to be falling upon our
globe xvith an imperceptible but con
tinuous precision that xvill some day
hide from viexv the tallest toxver on
earth, unless both time and the toxver
make an assignment before the job is
finished. Noxv is the time to subscribe.
Chicago Ledger.
"And, oh! did I tell you about lit
tle Ilenrv, grandma? lie's got a bi
cycle!" ""Land alix-c! Well, don't
get excited about it. Jest you put a
big poultice of soap and sugar on it
and change it every morning an' it'll
be gone in three days. Your grandfa
ther used to have" 'em, every bavin'
time, regular as June. They ain't
nothin'; they'll do him good." Bur
dclte. A lady, unable to read, thought
she could impress her neighbor that
she had learned, and accordingly
asked for the loan of a book. The
neighbor, "smelling a rat," lent her
the Bible. Keeping it a fexv days, she
brought it back, and was asked by the
lender how she liked it. She replied:
"I think it was just lovely; they got
married, after all, didn't "they?" N.
Y. Independent.
Responsibility: When you have
just found yourself faultlessly attired,
walked to the house of your best girl
xvitliout a mud spot on your boots, en
tered her boudoir and made a salute
that Chesterfield might have coveted,
then, oh, then, when yon know that
one suspender has broken, you begin
to realize that a heavy weight of re
sponsibility is hanging on the other
shoulder. Button Jnk,
WHOLE NO. 886.
COLUMBUS
Roller Mills!
SCBfiSOEA BSOS,, Proprietors.
MAXUKArrilKKKS OK
Flour, Feed,
Bran, Shorts
And Meal,
AN1 IIKAMCK3 IX
Ail Kinds Grain.
OUU FLOUU ISKAXnS:
"WAY UP," Patent,
"IMPERIAL," "BIG 4,"
"SPREAD EAGLE."
We uuarantce our Hour to be equal to
:my Hour manufactured in the state.
We rail the attention of the public to
the fart th.it xve make a specialty of ex
thaninj; ilour, bran and shorts for
xvheat, as rood Hour and as much of it as
any other mill in this part of the state;
dso the exchange of corn meal for corn.
We have put in special machinery for
riiulin rye Hour and buckwheat ilour.
tST Satisfaction guaranteed. IMcase
-ive us a calL 2l-Feb-'t-v
SUMMER SCHOOL.
Sam: Ti.xik axi Monky. Fkicsons xvho
XVIII To K.VI KK lit SINKSS OKHR'KS
IHOHOl tilll.Y ritKI'AKKO IN
'lllKSIIOK'IT TI.XIK
ri:.xenc.xiti.K.
.IM::i. I. AKttA.K.iMIITK
To prepare teachers for the state and
ntintv examina.ioiis next Mininier anil
hall. "
THK FREMOXT NORMAL
AND-
BUSINESS COLLEGE,
I'neouraircd by its reui.'irk.ihV surees
aud the requests of teachers and other
uho wish to study during the s limine
months, will not rinse this year until
-lllKUMt 13. StLOPXTs TAX EXTElt At
ANY TI.XIK. .NKW CLASSKS KOK.X!FI WIIKX
i KijriKKi to enable students to xvork t
the I. est po-sjble ailvantiire espi eiallx
in .tiny and -urlj .lime aud om
.JnJ.v f.
I'l'iimaiiship, Hook-keeping. Slioit-han-I
mil Txpe-xxritimr are taught by experts
.ml Kloi'iitiou, Instrumental and Vocal
Muie, I'.u'ntiii'-C :ui'l I)raxiii by stipe
or instructors. For particulars, ail
ri--s the i're.-idfttt.
W. V. .lo.NLS, Fremont, Neb.
I!.Ma; lino
Cheapest Eating en Sartlit
ASS yOUTi GB0CEB FOE TZE2L
trask's8;:
ARC TKECRICiMAL arS
Tnko no other ErvrjU
FAT
MEATS, TRADE MARKS iSD COPYRIGHTS
btaincd,and all other business in the
l. S. Patent Ollice attended to for 3IOD
! KATK FEES.
Our otliee is opposite the C.S. Patent
Ollice. and xxe can obtain Patent- in less
tune tliHii those remote from WASHING
ION. Send MODEL OU DUAWING. We
.dxie a to patenlabilitv fr"e of eharire:
ami xve make NO CII AHCE UNLESS WE
OHTAIN PATENT.
We rcler here to the Postmaster, the
.-upt. of 3Ionev Order Div., and to otlii
cials of the U.S. Patent Ollice. For cir
culars, advice, term-) and references to
actual clients in jour own State or
t ounty, xvrite to
;. A. ?OiOW Sc CO..
()ppoiie Patent Otliee, Washington. D.I'.
T TJTT X)for xvorkinj: people. Send 10
H H . I . p cents postage, and xve xxill
-""-J-LJ- mail you free, a ioyal, val
uable sample box o floods that xvill put
you in the xvay of making more money in
ii fexv days than you ever thought pos
sible at any Lusinos. Capital not re
quired. You can live at home and work
in .-pare time only, or all the time. All
of both sexes, of "all ages, grandly suc
cessful. 50 cents to $3 easily earned
every evening. That all xvho xvant xvork
may test the business, xve make this un
paralleled offert To all who are not well
-aiis!icd xve xvill send $1 to pay for the
trouble of writing us. Full particulars,
directions, etc., sent free. Inimense pay
absolutely sure for all xvho start at once.
Don't delay. Address Stinson fc Co.,
Portland. 3Saine.
TOTIt'E TO TEACHERS.
W. B. Tedrow, Co. Supt.
I will be at Humphrey the 24th, Platte
r enter the first of May, and at my office
J in the Court House on the second of Jlay,
all for the examination of teachers. 30tf
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Bra b 3 U O
KATE OF A1VEMT1BIH
3TBuainesa and professlonalcarda
of five lines or less, per annum, five
dollars.
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at this office:
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rates-
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rates on third page.
J3TA11 advertisements payable
monthly.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
--Kansas has twenty-two towns
whose names entl with "Center."
Arkansas has a State Agricultu
ral Society formed exclusively of col
eredmen. It was a characteristic remark of
President Lincoln about tho common
people, that "God must like them be
cause he makes so many of thorn."
The happiest placo in the country
must bo tho toxvn of Webster, N. 11.
It has neither pauper nor criminal, and
has no resident to whom it gives aid,
and there is no penal or reformatory
institution any xvhere that contains one
of its sons or "daughters. Boston Jour
tuii. Frank Waller was arrested in But
ler, Ga., on the supposition that bo
was Bill Walker, xvho xvas charged xvith
murder. When taken to Forsyth for
identitieatiou and told that be" didn't
look at all like Walker, he grinned and
said: "I kuoxved I wasn't Bill
Walker."
Prune- groxvers in California claim
they can raise, euro anil prepare prunes
for market at live cents a pound anil
clear one hundred dollars an acre.
Fruit groxvitig only needs oncourage
nieut, to become the great California
industry instead of wheat. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Nexv Orleans Slate says that
heavy and massive biiildiugs can be
erected in that eity. the popular idea
to the contrary notwithstanding. Piles
txventy or thirty feet in length aro
driven into the ground, the tops being
one foot beloxv the surface. They are
then covered xvith a thick bed of im
perishable concrete, on which the
building is erected.
A recent invention of a sheet-iron
covering for cotton bales is exciting
seme attention in the South. Tho cox--cring
can be used again and again un
til it is xx-orn out. If the invention
proves to be successful it xvill prove to
be of great value, as much cotton is
burned xvhile in transit, and several
pounds from each bale is lost in vari
ous ways. St. Louis Fosl.
A family xvho lives in Louisville.
Ky., were apprehensive of burglars.
The head of the household, Charles
Keising. borrowed a bull-dog to xvateb.
The family all went out the other
night, and upon their return the bull
dog watched so xvell that none of them
could enter the premises. It took a
pound of fresh beef to pave a xvay to
the front door. Louisville Courier
Journal. Somo of the best corn lands in In
diana are the bottoms of pond:; xvhich
bax-e been drained, but in certain of
these the working of the soil on xx'arm
days causes an intolerable itching, fol
lowed by burning pain in the skin for
some days. Tho cause of this is found
to be the minute spicules of sponges
which once grexv in the pond and re
main in enormous abundance in the
dust. Chicago Sun.
The champion hog that xvas killed
in Khinebeck the other day in the pres
ence of three thousand persons, for
xveeks beforu his death bail to be fed
with a spoon. He w:is so fat that he
could not feed himself, and so a small
boy and a big spoon were emploxeii.
The boy had no sinecure, for the hog
ate half a barrel of sxvill daily, but tin
boy learned to lox-e the fat hog, and
wept bitterlvwhen he was slaughtered.
N. Y. Sun.
Speaking of sudden deaths as the
result of mental anxiety or eeitentent.
the Medical Xerrs pays: "There is no
treatment which xvill prevent this class
of sudden deaths, and physicians are
powerless to avert its onset.. All they
can do is to advise a calm, unexciting
mode of life, with freedom from worry
and anxiety. Such advice is very easy
to give, but its ditlicult to follow as
xvould be a suggestion that it is not ad
visable to tlie at any given time."
The death of a sea captain recent
ly xvsis ascrilHid by medical authorities
to blood-poisoning, caused by his ves
sel carrying a cargo of nitrate of soda.
The sailors were allccted xvith xvhat
they culled rheumatism. The captain,
being in the after cabin, su tiered the
full force of the evaporation of the ni
trate. It is said that four captains in
the employ of a leading Kastura ship
ping firm have died xvithiu a fexv years
from this same cause. A". J'. Trfbunc.
Sir Andrexv Clarke, the celebrated
English physician, at an inaugural
meeting of a course of lectures in Lon
don, delincd health as "that state in
xvhich the body is not consciously pres
ent to us, the state in which work is
easy and duty no over great a trial, the
state in which it is a joy to see, to
think, to feel and to be." Such a con
dition of health. Sir Andrexv thinks, in
not common among men. and, judged
by this rule, he declares that one-half
the population of Loudon is perma
nently ill.
A series of very interesting letters,
beginning xvith one signed by .John
Adams and Timothy Pickering, his
Secretary of State, are treasured in the
Nationaf Museum. There is a deed of
land in "the territory northwest of tho
river Ohio, and above the mouth of tho
Kentucky Uiver," signed and sealed
171)3. A letter by Madison, and one
signed by "John Randolph, of Roan
oke," June, 1812. James Monroe.
President, and J. Q. Adams have their
signatures attached to a public docu
ment permitting the Governor of the
Territory of Michigan to sign treaties
with the Indians. Washington Star.
A Florida correspondent describes
that class of the Southern population
knoxv as "crackers." Crackers xvere.
the lirst xvhite settlers of the South,
and their descendants are the most
miserable-looking creatures. They are
little better than xvhite savages. Their
huts are xvretched, having no doors or
xvindoxx's. The food is the root of a
dxvarf palm boiled, and sometimes
eaten raw. Their bread resembles
mortar, hardened. In fact, it can be
thrown against a stone xvall xvithout
breaking it. The crackers keep en
tirely to themselves, and disdain any
attempt at improving their condition,
nor will they alloxv their children to be
educated. "Chicago Times.
Dangers of Acclimatization.
At a recent meeting of the Berlin An
thropological Society Prof. Virchow
stated that the German Colonial So
ciety had sent circulars to all European
colonies situated in the tropics request
ing observations to be made regarding
the question of the acclimatization of
Europeans in the tropics, the result of
this inquiry to be communicated to the
German Naturalists' Association at
their next annual meeting in Septem
ber. An exhibition of objects required
in fitting out scientific travelers for
their journeys will also be held at the
same time as the meeting ol German
aatwalkta. IT. Y. Pott,