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Williamson, Davidson College, Mecklen
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w the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor, Geo.
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hair to its youthful color aud quantity."
USING
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cleansed the scalp, and rendered the hair
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IViOL. XV 1 1. -NO. 8.
Oimifrojrational.
The tiieotiugof tlio Columbm A
Kociition ojP Congregat iotihI Cliurcli
and miimtnr.s, a previously an
nounced in I he. column of tin
Journal convened on riifilay. May
l-t.
Tlio Association inrluilc? i:hur:hi'
found in two ti'r- ol couuti- bijiii
niHjr -it with I .!?- ai-l S-iunler.-.
Wu-t the star ol' iu empire a- yol, is
not restricted. StwtioiMi olmro.ljps
at present form U-? roiiHtitiifiiify. all
but four ( whinh WiT-i ivpnuiMit,'"!!
in tlio iiictiu. bauisr som 1 !')
individuals together from abn-ail.
It is oiiojijj'i perhaps to siy, that
llioy represented, tairly. the intelli
gence, culture and pirtty of central
Nebraska and e mpoel sm:h a body
f (Jhristiau workers as to eneoiirajre
and gladden every lover of this por
tion of ibe Commonwealth.
The piorrainine embodied a va
riety of practical subjects and, with
a Hiugle exception, was given entire.
The Aocialional permon was bv
lf..iv A. V Sbnrrill. of O.ualia. He
began by alluding ti bin attondanre
a! a former meeting of the Associa
tion here, some twelve years ago. Ap
showing that the interests represent
ed by the body had not bjen lett be
hind in tho rapid pr.grcfl3 ot the
state he cited the facts that then there
were but two Associations in the
state, one for the south, and one tor
the north l'latte country, and that
tho whole constituency of the former
Association was not so Hrg as the
present one, and now there arc three
Asaociati ms north ot the Platte, and
our couth.
"The sermon was trom Phil., '.i 0,
and was after tho Apostolic pattern.
It allorded no display ot the we 1
known abilities and varied accomplishment-
of the preacher, but was a
plain, truth'ul presentation of gospel
narrative a:id tacts. To say that it
was cxfci'riingly interestiiiL', iustruct
ivo and strong is to express the com
mon verdict. The pity is that so
many deprived themselves ot the
privilege ot profit by it.
"We cannot mention in detail th'
topics, and it we did, no jut idea ot
their merits or interest could be
given. -ChrVian Liberality," pre
sented by ltev. A. A. Oessman, now
of Waboo, and 'Young Men and th
Churches" by Hev. J. M. P. Thing will
serve to indicate somewhat the seope
and character of tho subjects, all
were ably bundled.
Wednesday alternoofi was occupied
by the ladies in the interets of their
misMouary organization. An ad
dress ot welcome was given by Mrs.
). V. Kice, response by Mrs. V. P
Titr-uiy, of Albion. A paper and ad
dress respectively by Mrs. K. M.
Sparhaw'- of Columbus, and Mrs
Deauol South I'.end, President ot
the state organization, wero given.
I.ev. J. L Maile, St-tte Superintend
ent of Iloiue Missions, Kev. J. L.
Swart, Superintendent ot S S., llev.
W M. Wellnian, State Kvangelist,
were also present ami added to the
interest of the iiiceiing
As a concluding exercise, a dinner
was served in tho church by the
ladies of the place, in their u-1U.1l ex
cellent style, and all went away
well pleased and encouraged, leaving
behind them the impression that J ho
interests of Christian work, so far as
Ibe Congreirationalisls are concerned,
is committed into good bauds.
C. O. M.
ol K4'uIIm in i:vry 'no.
1). A. llradlurd, wholesale paper
dealer ol Chattanooga, Tenu., writes
that be was serioiiily iilllicted with a
i-cvere cold that settled on bis lungs:
had tried many remedies without
benefit. Ileing induced to try Dr.
King's New Discovery lor Con
sumption, did 60 and was entirely
cured by use of a lew bottles. Since
which time he has used it in his
family for all Coughs and Colds with
best results. This is the experience
of thousands whose lives havo been,
caved by Ibis Wfeunilerlnl Discovery.
Trial Bottles Irco at Dawty & Heit
Kcmper'e Drug Store.
A shout time ago, a friend of mine,
a ranchman in Douglas county, suf
lered terribly from cramp colic, and
was nearly crazy when I stopped at
1 is ranch. I at once took out a bottle
ot Chambcrlin's Colic, Cholera and
Diai rl e Reined-, and gave him two
-mall doses, relieving him almost
instantly, and perhaps saving his
lite. It now forms one of his prin-
ipal stand-bys. It has saved me and
my family much pain and suffering,
nd I would not be without this
yreat Remedy for any consideration.
O. S. McClain, Real Kstate Agent.
::01 Sixteenth St., Denver Colo. Sold
by Dowty & Ueitkemper.
Aai End te Beae Scraping
Edward Shepherd, of Ilarrisburg,
111., says : "Having received so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had a running sore
on my leg for eight years ; my doc
tors told tne'I would have to have the
bone scraped or leg amputated. I
used, instead, three bottles of Electric
Bittern and seven boxes Bucklen's
V Arnica Salve, and my leg is now
sound and -cll."
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty
cents a bottle, aud Bucklen's Arnica
Salve at 2nc. per box bv Dowtv &
Hcitkempcr.
Last year Germany sent out 103,
657 emigrants.
("u In 111
PUEBLO PASTIMES.
A MtrMii;;" I'roptu and Tlitlr Teruliar
Dance iu:l frVattvitic.
Judge L. Bradford Prince, who is an
enthusiast in Pueblo arelneology, has
just returned from a visit to theTunkue
ptichlo, forty-live miles south of here,
about which interesting rumors have
been atloat, but little has been known
until now. It proves to be one of the
Pueblos that went down in the revolu
tion of 1GS0, and was destroyed by
lire. It was very large. The walls
lire yet distinctly traceable and the
lines of tho houses well marked. The
square of houses surrounding the
estufa. or underground council cham
ber, is about 1,200 feet on each side.
The e.-tufa itself is about fifty feet in
diameter. Judge Prince found many
pieces of pottery of unusual brilliancy
of colors, and also stone axes anil
hammers. Scorched corn in pots was
;found which went through the con
'llagration over two hundred years ago,
'and is in a remarkable state of preser
vation.
Judge Prince has been several years
engaged in unearthing the mysteries
of the ancient Pueblos, and his home
here abounds in rare relics. Among
the latter is the onlvsctof Pueblo idols
.known. It is composed of strange hg
jures and euriously-markcil stones,
'eighteen pieces in "all. Though the
'Pueblos claim to have embraced the
Catholic faith, it is known that they
still reverence idols the sun, moon
md morning stars. Although they
jprcscnt their children to the priest for
baptism on the eighth dav alter birth.
they go through an ancient sun-wor-
(sliippiug ceremony with them four or
live daws before that. J hev are a very
(secretive people, and it is impossible to
discover the nature of this ceremony.
The twelve thousand members, and
they are known to have remained at
(about that number since 1S00. carefully
(guard this ceremonial secret. There
jare now nineteen towns left, only one
(having been abandoned within the last
jeighty-live year, and that the Pecos
'Pueblo, the extensive ruins of which
are still visible on the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe road near (ilorietta.
This once populous city was reduced to
eleven inhabitants in 1810, and, taking
with the sacred fires, which had been
kept burning for untold ages, they
Journeyed to Jcmez, where one of them
was chosen Governor last year. In the
year lo40 Coronada found the Pecos
Pueblor populous and nourishing, but
ts inhabitants wasted away by war and
disease in three hundred years until
only eleven remained.
The Pueblo government is a pure de
mocracy. On each New Year eve thej
elect officers in every town, the princi
pal officers being the Governor, the
"War Captain and the Fiscal or Treas
urer. The latter also has charge of
the celebrations and heralds procla
mations and the news a walking bulletin-board
by virtue of his lungs. Ev
ery town has a patron saint, and that
saint's day is the great event of the
year. They rival each other in the ex
tent and loveliness of the demonstra
tions anil in hospitality, for every
house is open and the stranger is wel
come to the best it affords.
The ceremonial dances at these cele
brations partake of the nature of the
drama. Every one of them tells some
story of ancient days. It is the tribal
mythology preserved in song and
dance. The Mataclunos is danced by
twelve men and one woman, the belle
of the Pueblo. It represents the trials
of Montezuma in reaching perfection
and the possession of ideal female love
liness. The woman they call the
Malinehe. Montezuma is represented
by some active and ambitious young
man, who, in the course of the dance.
meets with all the annoyance and diffi
culties that can be heaped upon him hy
his tormentors. He is attacked first by
one and then another, and overcomes
them in turn, winding up with a ter
rific combat with an Indian decked out
in imitation of a bull. Then he claims
the maiden and is happy, even his late
eoinbalauts joining in the praise of the
victor.
Mrs. Prince saw the Zariehe, a dra
matic dance, typical of the .sufferings
and final victory of Hoo-pah-wah, We
Aztec Achilles. She describes it as
follows:
"Two Indians are chosen and dressed
just alike or, more correctly speak
ing, are painted just alike, as that is
their adornment for the ceremony.
You can get only a faint understand
ing of the effect by a description of the
painting. Fine whit; lines radiate from
the mouth and eyes. One-half of the
body from the crown of the head to the
sole" of the feet, is painted a bright yel
low and the other half green. A buck
skin pad on the end of a stick is dipped
in white paint and the figure patted
with it, making what looks like little
snowballs, eight or ten inches apart,
all over the body. The effect is very
odd and striking." A curious necklace,
of what are said to be bones of extinct
animals, is worn about the neck, and
the finishing adornments are feathers
and bows and arrows. There are two
dressed in this way and exactly alike.
To each is fastened a rope made of the
strands of hides, painted green and
yellow, and the opposite ends of the
ropes are fastened to posts. When all
is ready, weird Indian music strikes up
and the dance begins in mournful
measure, increasing in fervor as it goes
on. The contortions become alarming,
but as nearly alike as the movements
of double clog dancers on tlie minstrel
stage. The ropes are finally -broken,
and when tluu happens there is great
rejoicing. The assembled people shout
and laugh and sing as though all
worldly ills were banished and paradise
at hand."
The dual representation inthisdanec
16 a nvystery which the Pueblos refuse
to reveal. The festivals generally oc
cur during the winter months, the sum
mer being given to agriculture 113 the
men, while the women make pottery of
odd design and pretty color. Santa
Fc (X M.) Cor. S7. Louis Globc-Dcm-
ocrat.
BUTTON LORE.
now Oar Anrrstora llcdecked Their Fer
ons The Style of To-Day.
4 Buttons are now as much a part of
the" make-up of a dress as the cloth
itself," a dealer said to a reporter the
other day, "and as much care is exer
cised in their selection as in the cutting
and fitting of the garment. The colors
must harmonize with that of the goods
to the shade, and in size the buttons
must correspond with the general style
of the dress and the toilet which fol
lows. On street costumes of rough
imported cloth, which have lately come
into fashion, buttons as large as a sil
ver half-dol'.ar are used. They are
mostly of bronze, decorated with vari
ous designs, and expensive. Some an
COLUMBUS. NEB.. WEDNESDAY. -TUNE IG, 1886.
I made of shell, and are variegated and
brilliant The decorations on the bronze
buttons are landscapes, heads of vari
ous historical personages and horti
cultural designs. There are still others
that are made in imitation of cameo,
and others are manufactured from a
peculiar mixture of gilt and silver. Of
course these styles of buttons would
never do for house costumes, but are
quite appropriate on the street on
heavy garments. The old style but
tons," which were once so fashionable,
are now used on black silk suits.
Women of quiet taste, however, always
prefer fiat, silk-covered buttons and
small crochet buttons. School girls
atl'ect large gilt buttons, but the hand
some bronze buttons are the rage and
will, no doubt, continue to be so for
some time.
"In looking back over my stock of
ten, fifteen, twenty and twenty-live
years ago, 1 find main' curious styles of
buttons, which were in use at those
periods. The buttons used among tho
rich twenty-live years ago were made
of metal, mostly in imitation of gold
and silver. In still earlier daj-s it was
the custom to make buttons out of sil
ver ami gold pieces, but that was long
before niy day in the business, and 1
haven't any relics of that time. Chintz
and calico dresses were profusely dee
orated with large buttons of agate as
large as a silver dollar, among which
red and purple predominated. Then
there were the small bronze horn but
tons, which became popular ami were
much worn by the belles of the period.
There was also used about this time a
large button of solid mother of pearl.
Then came glass buttons of peculiar
shapes, nickel buttons, with designs
of stars aud other figures upon them,
and aNo large brass buttons, with
which dresses were profusely trimmed.
Cone-shaped, white porcelain buttons
were in vogue at one time, and the
more pointed they were the more fash
ionable they were considered.
"Brass buttons shaped as acorns,
buttons of brass open work, with red
linings, and a myriad of other odd de
signs were among the styles worn
twenty-live years ago. A little later
smallpearl buttons, shirt-buttons they
were called, came into use, and were
sewed close together on thejfront of a
dress. About the same time the metal
buttons were made smaller, and the
glass and porcelain ouesshared the same
fate. The craze t'orsmall buttons became,
as great as it had formerly been for the
large ones. Then it became the'
fashion to imitate fruits and clusters ot
grapes in buttons. These buttons were,
worn in large bunches n the fronts of
ladies' suits and were almost as tempt
ing as the fruit itself, the imitation.-
were so perfect Jet buttons super-,
seded these and were worn in vaiious
shapes, but usually in the form of :ij
long black worm. They were used
with heavy braided plastrons and were,
in their dav. considered 'jitst the
thing.'" A'. I'. Tribune.
SHE CAME NOT.
An Kipiriiiit-el M:ms I'liilosciphy and nil
Iiiexpt-rifii.-eil Man's IntligiKitioii.
If you are standing around a railroad
depot about the time some train is ex
pected in you needn't look twice to
identify the man who is down there to
welcome his wife. She has been away
three weeks, but the time seems liku
three months to him. He was never sq
glad in his life as at the thought thai
she is rolling towards him as fast as
steam can travel.
There was such a man at the foot o
Brush street Saturday. He expected
his wife on the Michigan Southern
train. He rushed up ami down to seu
if the train was on time. Then hu
rushed out and engaged a hack. Then
he promenaded up and down and
wiped his brow, and he was still at it
when a man who had been across tlni
road to wet his whistle with old rum
came slouching back and inquired:
"Expecting some one, eh?"
"Yes, sir."
"Wife, probablv?"
"Yes."
"Bin away long?"
"Over two weeks."
"Coming on this train?'
"Yes."
"Wall, I dunno." continued the man,
as he rubbed his back against the ticket
window shelf. "1 wouldn't be too en
thusiastic about it. Wiinen are mighty
onsartiu. I've had two of 'em run
away from me. Is your wife any hand
to make acquaintances while travel
ing?" "No, sir!"
"Couldn't be induced to elope?"
"Sir! Do yo 1 intend to insult me?"
"(Josh! no! I wouldn't insult 1101
body nor nothing. Could your wife bu
carried away b- good looks and(rots o
money?"
Wfyou wasn't an old man I'd thump
you for your impudence!" exclaimed
the husband as he grew red all over.
"You would! Well, I won't talk to
you. If your wife comes in on thu
train, all right; if she doesn't you
needn't blame me,"
He went into the sitting room, and
presently the train came in. The hus
band dodged about as if he was walki
ing on glass, and the passengers came
out one hi' one until the coaches were
empty. There was no wife. It was
ten minutes before the husband could
give iii, and when he did and started
out doors the old man lounged out and
said:
"I told hira! I've lost two wimen
just tjiat way. and I knew what I was
talking about! Detroit tree rress.
A STRINGENT LAW.
Law-Makers Who Hare No Sympathy for,
llogns Butter Dealers;
A bill has already passed the Connect
icut House, and promises to become
a law, that will be a source of great in
convenience in the sale of oleomar
garine and buttcrinc in that State. It
requires every person dealing in these
goods to display a sign, "Oleomargarine
Sold Here" or "Butterine Sold Here,"
as the case may be. Hotels boarding
houses and restaurants arc also re
quired to post a notice where all can
sec it if oleomargarine is used. Even
baker, too, who mixes any of the stub
in his cakes, etc., must hang out a
sign, and if he peddles his wares in a
cart, the cart must bear a like sign:
Oleomargarine Used Here." And in
case a person should innocently enter
a store or shop or bakery to buy but
ter or cakes and should not happen to
sec the sign, to prevent this person
from being defrauded, the bill requires
the shop-keeper to repeat orally" to
this customer the fact that "Oleomar
garine is sold here." The penalty is a
tine of from five dollars to fifty dollars
or imprisonment for thirty days, and
in ease of a second offence the "penalty
is doubled. A". Y. PosL
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National Bank!
OK
COZ.TJBSBXJ8. NEB..
HAS AX
Authorized Capital of $250,000,
A Surplus Fund of - $15,000;
Anil til.- htri'st lail in 4?nIi C'a-
Inl of any Ikiiik in this p:irl
of" the State.
3Cjr"Iopn-sits received and interest paid
on time ilt-pjsits. .
JSETOra'tson the principal cities in this
country and Kurope liotigliL an. I sulil .
"ColleetioiiH and alt other business
il vV ti prompt and careful attention.
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A. AXUKKSOX, 1'rcs't.
SAJI'l. r. S.M I rn3F.7crPre.t7.
O. T. UOKX, Cashier.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
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Dm. MARTYN & SCHUG,
II. 8. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surseoiis. Union l'acitie, O., N.
,V 15. II. ami 15. .v M. K. It's.
Consultations in (i.rinan ami KnIish.
Telephones at ollirr and residences.
OSrOHicc on (Hive street, in xt to Kn.il
feuhrer's .lewelrv Store.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
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ItbACKSMITII ANI VA(!dN MAKKIt,
loth streel, east of Abt's bain.
April 7, 'N5-II
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VLATTE C EXT Ell, XEH.
.lust opened. Special attention iven
to commercial men. Has a jood saiinle
room. Sets the bel table, (live it a
trial ami be convinced. .'0 .".mo
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SUCKERS.
Why lntnetinn Aro o Called-Orlelm of
the Term.
For many years the inhabitants of
Illinois have been called "Suckers" and
numerous explanations of the origin of
tho term have been given. The one '
most commonly quoted is found in
Wheeler's "Vocabulary of the Noted
Names of Fiction," taken from the
Providence Journal, and is as follows-
"The Western prairies are in-many
places full of holes made by the 'craw
lish' (a fresh-water shellfish, similar in
form to tho lobster), which descend to
the water beneath. In early times,
when travelers wended their way over
these immense plains, thej' very pru
dently provided themselves "with a long,
hollow tube, and, when thirsty, thrust
it into these natural aitesians, and thus
easily supplied their longings. The
crawlisjh. well generally contains pure
water, 'and the mnnner.in which the
traveler drew forth the refreshing ele
ment gave him the name of Siteker.' "
This is ver3' plausible, and the "down
easterns," no d'Mibt, accept it as an his
torical fact, but, as tho old settlers of
Illinois never heard of such a thing un
til they saw it in print, tho statement is.
to say the least, rather doubtful.
Stephen A. Douglass, in a speech
made at Petersburg. Va., during the
Presidential campaign of ib'GO, otiored
the following explanation:
"About, the 3car 1778 George Rogers
Clark applied to the Governor of Vir
ginia, and suggested to him that as
peace might be declared at an- time be
tween Great Britain anil the Colonics it
would be well for us to be in possession
of the Nortewcst Territorv-, so that
when tho Commissioners came to nego
iatc a trcat3' we might act on the well
known principle of ulti possidetis each
party holding all the3- had in posses
sion. He suggested to the Governor to
permit him to go oKt to tho Northwest,
conquer the county, and hold it until
the treat3- of peace, when we would be
come possessed of it. The Governor con
sented, and sent him across the moun
tains to Pittsburgh. From there he and
his companions tloatcd down the Ohio
on rafts to the falls, where Louisville
now is. After remaining there for a
short time they again took to their rafts
and tloatcd down to the Salines, just he
low the present Shawneetown in Illi
nois. There they took up their march
across the country to Kaskaskia. where
the French had an old settlement, and
by the aid of a guide reached the Oquaw
River and encamped some little distance
from the town. The next morning Clark
got his little army together and took up
his line of march for the French town of
Kakaskia. It was summer, and a ver
hot da3'f and as he entered the town he
saw the Frenchmen sitting on their little
verandas quietly sucking their mint
juleps through straws, lie rushed upon
them, eiTing: 'Surrender, 3-011 suckers,
you!' The Frenchmen surrendered, and
from that day to this llihioisnus have
been known as 'Suckers.' "
Mr. Douglas spoke in a humorous
vein and did not expect his listener to
think he was reciting history. The fol
lowing account, however, is vouched for
by early settlers as being correct:
"'For a number of years after the
opening of the lead mines at Galena,
111., the majority of the miners, who
lived in the southern part of the State
and in the settlements on the Mississippi,
were in the hnhitof going to their iiome
in the fall anil returning to the mines in
the spring. One day in the autumn of
1826 an old Missourian. who was watch
ing a number of Illinois miners go on
board a southern-bound boat at the Ga
lena wharf, asked them where they were
going. They replied: We are going
down home.' 'Why,' said he, '-on put
me in mind of the suckers; they go up
the river in the spring and in the fall
go down again.' He had reference to
a fresh water lish of the carp f::mil3,
which has the habit mentioned. The
nickname 'sucker' was at once applied
to Ilhnoisans and has stuck to them
ever since. In the spring the miners
who had remained at the mines during
the winter would say when the shoals
of suckers were seen ascending the
river: 'In a few days v.e s all see the
real nickers come up the river.' " Chi
cago Tiibune.
NEGRO MINSTRELS,
A Ceorsla VIpw of the riienomnia, Not
Kven a Iitsa!; ltiirtcqiie.
While the weather is too warm for a
circus it seems to us thai it is jtist about
right for a full-Hedged negro minstrel
troupe. Ever, body would enjo3' it, and
the most cynical would refrain from se
vere criticism. Of course, negro min
strelsy is an illusion. It represents noth
ing on earth except the abnormal
development, of a most exlraordiinuy
burlcsquc. Perhaps the vciy breadth
and statue (so to speak) of this burles
que, overshadowing and putting to
shameall other modern hurlesques.gives
it strength and vitality-, for it is etijin-ed
with as keen a relish in the South, when
the negro is supposed to he known, as it
is in an- part of the North, where all
that is known of the negro is that he
was a slave, and that he has what may
be called a humorous turn.
In Georgia, for instance, we have
long ago ceased to ask onrserVcs wh- the
slage nero appears in variegated
clothes, with his coat tails dragging the
floor; or WI13" it is that his pa-te-hoard
shirt collar threatens to scrape the hard
oil finish from the moon; or why his
buttons are aS huge as saucepans. We
have long ceased to remember that the
negro was and is anything but a comic
character; that he made no pun! and
asked no enmuudrums. Under the vital
inlluencc of the stage, we have even
ceased to remember his scriousifcss, a
feature intensified rather than lightened
by his humor. When, therefore, the
Mammoth (or the Mastodon, as the case
nm- bo) Aggregation of Minstrels
march in aud proceed to crack the old
j ikes wc have seen in the almanac, and
perform on all sorts of diilicult instru
ments, and warble sentimental songs,
wc accept it all asgennijc at an3' rate
wc enjoy it as keenly as if it "were an ex
aggerated transcript from life. But it is
all false in fact. It is not even passable
burlesque.; for a burlesque, to be pass
able, must have some grain of truth at
bottom. AVanta (Go.) Constitution.
m m
Dr. George R. Elliott was the micro
scopist employed by General Grant's
physicians. In the carl3 stages of the
innlady' bits of the throat were clipped
off tor examination. It was published
that the microscope had proved the can
cer to be epithelial, but the physicians
did not divulge the fact that every stage
of its progress was watched through
lenses so magnifying that a scrap of
flesh became as big as a plate to look at.
Eighteen of the prepared slides were
kept by Dr. Elliott. He has now had a
cabinet shaped for them. a'id on it stands
bust of Grant. X. T. Trilwm.
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WHOLE NO. 840.
BROWN'S EXPERIENCE.
The Punishment He KereUetl for Deceiv
ing HU Wife.
I went to the skating rink the other
night. I didn't tell an3-one I was going,
not even my wife. I knew if I did she
would want to go, too, and asl intended
to try skating I pr. ferred to make my
debut unattended by my friends and
relatives. So I told Mary Ann that's
nnrtiife that I was going to prayer
ineeting. She looked rather surprised
for I am not general a regular attend
an. but at oneo laid aside her sewing
and announced her intention of accom
panying rae. I saw that wouldn't do,
ar.d'so when she api eared a few minutes
later with cloak and bonnet I assumed
an annoyed tone and said: "I declare,
Mary Aim. I have a pressing business
engagement for this evening which had
entirely slipped mv mind. However."
seeing" her countenance tall, "I'll go
round b3 the church and leave you at
prayer-meeting." She looked ratber
irrieved and di-appointed, and alto-ct:ie.-
was so iimncrnt that I almost rc
mii'c.I and mentally called myself a
brute forileccivinglhed"iu little woman
-. -.t I h:'it determined to go to the
"':. so I quieiiil mv conscience by
-.-. t's'i-.ing a solemn vou that just as
sivji as i httd learned to skate I would
t:U her al'pg with me to look on.
U'eJI. after Ie:ng mi- wife at th
church door. I bruijht upat the skating
rink in ilue time. I somewhat timidly
look mv place among the skaters on the
floor, lint as I watched their graceful
i volutions, and noted the apparent ease
vlili which it was performed, I boldly
struck out. I immediately if not
sooner struck something else, too. It
v, .-is the floor. Yes, I sat down a little
more "forcible th:'n elegant." My head
flew back and my jaws snapped together
like a lurile catching at a fly. The sud
den eoneii-siou ct iry I. rain in a whirl,
but :.t"ter two or tiiiee vain attempts,
and grasping at theempt air, I righted
m'M'lf. Ity this time the perspiration
was star ing from every pore, but I
wasn't going to !' di-coinaged hy one
fall; so. after re ievifyf nn.-clf of mv
coat. 1 iau:ioiisl started in again.
thought this time I would go slow and
easV 'ike till I got acriMomcd to the
motio.i: but. bless you. the moment
those rollers got th- least little eneour
airenieiit to start .rway thev went like
chain lightning, aed 3 on either had to
keep up with them or on would be
most unceremonious' left behind. 1
got it ft. So did M-vcr:iI other fellows.
At about twelve o'clock that night I
reached mv owe door. With the as
sistance of a po'icema'i and a cane I
had managed to hobble there from lle
doctor's olliee. despite ins earnest ei.
trcatics to call an nmiiiibmee. M wile
unsuspecting little woman is in a
constant state of woiiimenl lest I have
another attack of :ite iullammatoiy
riieumatism. I don't think I shall not
this fall. fietri.it f-',er Pros.
RUINED BY MELONS.
A Wate.Mirlnn Cr.p That Carrtnt Awajr a
I'r iH-rrus I'taulutinn.
"This year has taught me sad experi
ence in the watermelon business," ho
remarked as the beat left Memphis.
"Have 3011 been shipping?" asked the
tourist from Ohio.
"Not a ship. I live over thar on the
Arkansaw bottoms. I heard so much
about the watermelon bizness- tho
proiit which could be made that I
planted a hull side hill last spring. It
was a bad move."
"Didn't the seed come up?"
"Come right up as if somebody hnd a
rope and tnekle on 'em."
"And the melons grew?"
"Growed like a mud hole in wet
weather. That was the trouble they
growed too large."
"Couldn't bo handled?"
"Not without the help of two niggers
and a 3'oke o' steers, that was too
expensive. When 3-011 git an eight hun
dred pound watermelon on a sido hill
you ve got to leave it thar. Hie steam
boats won't handle 'em if you git 'em
down to the landing."
"You don't tell me that 3-011 had mel
ons weighing eight hundwd pounds!"
'Oh! those were tho little ones. The
big ones cum nigltcr a ton. I hadn't no
scales, but all my neighbors are mighty
peart on guessing."
"And what became of them?"
"Thai's what occ-i isions my grief,
stranger. Them melons threatened to
roll down and do me damage. I drew
logs to prop i m up. and I started fo
town to git someiUnamitoto blow some
of the biggest to pieces. While I was
gone the calamity took place. You seo
before you a ruined man."
"Wh what enhtnrty?" gasped the
tourist.
"Why, them ere unions broke loose
and rushed downhill in a hod'. House,
bain, corn cribs and orchard were clean
swept awa3'."
"You don't say!'
"I'm s;:rifnis. stranger very serious.
I might haw recovered from that, per
haps, but oneo' them melons rolled into
the ere k. dammed u; the water, and tho
iriui:iVliiin carried the sile off my farm
ele.-.ii iJihii to the recks. There wasn't
'null' dirt lett en one hundred aud twenty
acres to put .11 our eye."
"Well, that ia tough, and I pity you."
"lb. n't. slraeger -don't ta'lk'to m
that way! i ';:! f.iee hurricanes,
cyclones, airthquakes and sich as bravo
as n lion; but when ntyboily pities me
when soft words of sympathy are shot
into my soul bv a total stranger it
breaks me down, aud I have to shed the
childish tear. Stranger, excuse me
while I cry real hard."
The Ohio man considerately withdrew
from that sacred snot, and the water
melon man wrestled with a broken
heart. Ar. Y. Sun.
He Was Not a Dude.
"Let me state to yon at first. Judge,
that I am a dude, and I am proud of it.
You ought to use due moderation in my
caeon that account. I plead guilty,
but I think, sir, that the justice you dis
pense should be highly seasoned with
mere', for I am a dude and not entirely
responsible."
The foregoing statement came from
Edward Perkins, whom the old sailor
officer with ships and things done in
blue on his wrist had just led up to the
bar of the Yorkville Police Court yes
terday morning charged with petit
larceny. He was a dude that had seen
a good" many bard winters, and had a
mit of cloth's that had evidently re
posed in an ash barrel.
"Of course, you know what a dude id.
Judge." he continued.
"F do," replied Justice Gorman,
"but it don't bear a red 'nose nor a
week's growth of beard like you. A
dude is a good suit of clothes with noth
ing in them. You are not a dude and
vou are heW " N. Y. Herald.
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PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Rev. Dr. Bartol has entered his
fiftieth year as pastor of West Church,
Boston.
There is a lady living in Fairburn,
Ga.. seventy 'ears old, who has never
eaten a mouthful of meat of any kind
in her life, and who is still active and
healthy. Loniscille Courier-Journal.
0 The New England Conservatory,
Fays the Boston Traveller, can probably
boast of the youngest violin student on
record in the person of a bright little
bo- of four.
The widow of General Hancock re
cently applied to the surrogate at New
York to be appointed administratrix of
her husband's estate. She deposed
that he left less than one thousand dol
lars worth of personal property. NIY.
Sun.
A wonderful Chinese boy is men
tioned in the report of a missionary at
Pekin. At a recent examination he re
peated the entire New Testament with
out missing a single word or making
one mistake. He is now committing to
memory Dr. Martin's "Evidences of
Christianity."
Mine. Patti hail a curious experi
ence of the enthusiasm of Roumanian
women. She had just completed ono
of her most effective arias in the opera
house of Bucharest, when a number of
ladies suddeuly rose to their feet and
threw white pigeons with ribbons on
their necks upon the stage, until the
singer was surrounded by the fluttering
birds.
Harvey Dillingham, of Auburn,
Me., for sixty years has voted in tho
same district, having been born on the
farm where ho now lives and never
having left it. For sixty years, as
well, he has never until recently failed
to present himself at the polls and cast
his vote. He was one of the storm
beleaguered, and his voting record wad
broken. Boston Journal.
Miss Frances Heaunelli, a native
of Dalmatia residing in San Francisco,
has not spoken for seven 3'ears. though
In full possession of her vocal powers.
The cause of the singular freak was a
quarrel with her family concerning a
lover. The only thing she takes any
Interest in is cod-liver oil. "which shti
swallows eagerly and claps to her lips
with great gusto." San Francisv
Chronicle.
Joseph Coppin, aged ninety-four
Tears, died in Cincinnati recently.
Three years ago he made for himself a
burial-case, which he called the great
American cotlin." It is of dressed
pine, with three panels on each side
and one at each end, and has iron
handles. It is painted in patriotic
colors, the base being red, the panels
White and the lop ledge blue. Ibe lid
Is entirely decorated with stars and
stripes. The old gentleman's photo
graph is placed securely on the lid.
and under it is a miniature flag. Cin
cinnati Times.
Col. Bob Ingersoll has bought a
billiard table for his private residence
in New York. A visitor caught him
practieingthe other night and remarked
that he had not hitherto suspected the
genial Robert of brilliancy in the cue
and ball line. "Well. :ou needn't
suspect me now," said the orator, as
the perspiration rolled from his brow.
"I've been practicing just about long
enough to prove that I'll have to take
up some other pursuit for a livelihood.
Wh man. I couldn't shoot a pumpkin
down a ccllarway. For the first tinu
in mv life I own "tip that I'm no good."
X. Y. .Vail.
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
"I made a dollar awful slick to
day," said Jones. "How did -ou do
it?" inquired Smith eagerly, "Greased
it," retorted Jones. X. Y. Xcws.
"I never know what to do with
my feet when I'm in aparlor," said the
embarrassed man. "Did it ever sug
gest itself to you that you might steer
them toward the door?" was the amia
ble reply. Washington JIatrhct.
There is an article going the rounds
of the press entitled, "How to get
rich." And yet there are more than a
dozen poor families right here in thia
town. This comes of not rending the
newspapers. Xorrisloicn Herald.
It is a very eiuy matter for a per
son to be in two places at the same
time, even though those two places be
thousands of miles apart. One fre
qttcntly hears of a man being in a
strange country and home, sick.
Texas Silings.
Young Lady: "Gardener, don't
make a flower-bed here. Itwillspoilour
croquet ground." Gardener: "Can't
help it, miss. Them's my orders.
Your papa sas he is bound to have
this plot devoted to horticulture, uol
husbandry." Western L'ural.
- Miss" Philadelphia: "And so you
enjoved vour tour of Europe?" Miss
Boston: " "Oh, indescribably." "Did
vou see the aqueducts in Rome?"
"'Yes, and they swam licautifully."
"Swam! What swam?" "The aqua
ducks, of course."- X. Y. Independent.
"You have just returned from
Paris. 1 understand?" "Yes, and we
bought lots of lovely things at the
Bone Marsh." "You mean Bon
Marche, I presume." "Well, perhaps
vou understand French better than I
do. 1 see plamlv vou have never been
abroad?" X. V'. Sun.
"1 tell you, Fanny, I am bound to
succeed. I" have the aptitude. It is
close attention to little things which
makes a man succeed." "Ah. indeed!
Well, that explains it." "Explains
what, Fanny?" "Why you pay so
very close attention to your nius-tache."--,e'Jt'
Sun.
"Is yer troubled with rheuuiatiz
dis niawnin, Hannibal?" asked Seipio,
as bis friend came limping up the walk.
"Not zackly, Seipio," groaned Hanui
baj. "Yersee I woke up in de night
with a ragin'appetite fur water million.
Massa Jones's ga'den is close adjacent
to de house, an' " "Yah! yah! an'
ye eat too much?" "Not zaekly: but
Massa Jones Is a tolable fair "shot,
Seipio." Louisville Courier-Journal.
m
The Climate of West Africa.
The Germans are beginning to find
ont what sort of a climate they have to
deal with in their West African col
onics. News has just reached Berlin
of the death 113- marsh fever of a gallant
sergeant of the Kaiser Alexander Guard
Regiment, who was sent out by the
Foreign Olliee last April to drill into a
sort of gendarmerie a number of the
natives of the West African coast. In
a letter to a relative, written shortly
before his death, the sergeant com
plains of having lost twenty pounds
weight from the effects of two inter
mittent fevers in one day. Clearly this
region is not so well suited as Poland
for the settlement of German peasant,
farmers and workmen. 2f. Y. t'oaL