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( liiitvlitu Veleritu'it Keeolloetinn of N-iult-oii
fail M Uitltle-Fielil.
M:tj -(it'll. V:ttovitcli of the Russian
army is one ot tin: few men now living
uini .saw the gre;it N':ioleou on a battle-lielit.
Tin; old (ieiieral .saw the
i'leiii'h Ktiijieror at Hororiino, At that
liaith Y:tkovitli, then a mere boy,
-ei veil with :t battery in the grand re-
loiilii wliiehwas t lie centre of the Rih
siaii Sine. He jrives a ivid ilescription
ot the bat lie. When luorning broke a
sea ot iay inisi shut out the lield from
-iew The oiri's of the enemy were
heaiil. the iipihiii of their horses, and
the ititiil!iii of artillery wheels. Then
eami: the thunder of eaunou. making
the very earth tremble. Three times all
theKtis-iaii gunners were killed, and
three linn's new men took their places.
I'.ullets ili-w thick a hail, and men drop
ped dead or mangled every moment.
At last a strange sound was heard in
the distance, like rain pattering on
witlrereii leaven. It grew louder and
louder until it tilled the air like the
niat-of astormy sea. All atronce a
:reat wave of bright swords and hel
mets and horses' heads came surging
up over the breastworks. It was the
Imperial (iuurd. liefore the shock of
that mighty wave the Hussian centre
crumbled away, a shattered wreck.
hen Vakovitch came to his senses and
opened his- eyes he saw around him the
corpses of his father and comrades.
Suddenly the tramping of hoofs called
his attention to a group of gayly-dressed
ollieers, and Napoleons stafl' came rid
ing over the lield. The youtig Russian
peered anxiously into their faces. In
his graphic language iie thus describes
them:
"There were the hard faces of Rapp
and Darn, and broad-chested Sebastian,
and Natisouty, with the sabre-acar
across his cheek, and the low, broad
forehead and bull-dog jaw of grim old
Ncv. the bravest of them all. There,
too. was Mn rat, with his white plumes
ami his braded jacket, his long, dark
curls hanging down his neck and his
riding-whip in his hand, just like a
circus-rider. And then the group parted
suddenly and there was the man him
self in the midst of them, with his face
hard and immovable as marble amid
all that blood and agony, and a far
away look in those colu gray eyes of his,
as it he saw Moscow somewhere up in
the .sky. but could see nothing between.
'A glorious victory!' cried Murat,
waving his hand. 'What a stir there'll
be among the good folks in Paris when
the bulletin arrives!'
'We've lost half our army in doing
it. though,' growled Ncy. 'Hadn't we
better fall back a little sjid watt for the
reinforcements?1
"Then Napoleon turned his head
slowly. jut as a statue might do, and
looking him full in the face said:
"'ihou advising a retreat. Michel?
That is somelliiug new, indeed! No!
no tailing back now!
bulletin from Moscow,
you can't make an
1 must date my
As for the army,
omelet without
breaking a few eggs.'
"VaLovitch says that when he heard
this he knew that Napoleon's day was
past, for no man save oue doomed to
destruction could have spoken so lightly
ui the slaughter of thousands ot brave
men. In three months from that day
the French Emperor was Hying for his
life across the border, with the Cossack
at his heels like hungry wolves.1
Foreign 1'jc.
MKN OP MILLIONS.
Hm, the IVnple Talk of .Milllotiklre
hliiil Their Hack.
Me-
1 enjoyed the distinction, one day this
week, ot riding in a smok'uig-ear from
Menlo with $"':!0.000,000 -at least, so a
statistical friend of mine computed it.
We had Mr. Flood, and 1). O. Mills,
and Mr. Stanford, and Mr. Crocker,
with a number of minor millionaires.
"Jinf Flood seems to have taken a new
lease of life. He looks rosy and youth
ful, and is beginning to resemble the
granger in gait, costume, and manner.
Mr. Mills had the gout and is about to
fly to New York to get rid of it. Mr.
Mills loves champagne. He cannot
resist the temptation to epiaft' his favorite
wine by the bumper, and the result is
that, a few days after the booze, the
gout grips him ay the toes and makes
him long for death as a release from his
eiitl'ering.s. Think of this, ye poor devils,
who only know champagne by the label,
and then reflect upon the miseries of a
millionaire's existence. At Milbrae,
half a dozen of Mr. Mills1 paintings
were put in the baggage-ear en route to
his New York house. They were mas
terpieces, and at a rough guess I should
say the six cost not less than $50,000, a
nice nucleus for a gallery. Among
them was the celebrated" painting,
"Antony and Cleopatra,'1 a colossal
canvas, and a marvelous work of art
The pictures were not covered, so the
plebeians had a chance to examine
them while the baggagemen, assisted
by a corps of Mills' servants, were
handling them with care.
"Why the dickens don't he remain,
and spend his money in the country he
made it in?" growled one of my fellow
passengers. "Ay, see what Stanford is doing for
the State; thiuk of that university
grant," echoed auothcr.
"I never see Mills that I am not re
minded of the bursting up of the Bank
of California,'1 added a third, "and that
he was one of the main causes of Ral
ston's despair aud suicide."
Indeed, I was surprised "to hear from
nearly every one in. that smoking-car a
dig at Mr. Mills, and when that capital
ist strode haughtily in, after having
looked at the disposition of his pictures
in jierson, the vindictive scowls with
which he was met made uic feel posi
tively uncomfortable. Mr. Flood
bcrafched his mosquito scars, and look
ed quizzically at his brother capitalist,
wondering, 1 could not help thinking,
what people said of him behind his
back. Flood is the main cause of o
many wealthy people building along
the fine of the Santa Clara Valley RaiE
road. If those really fine houses were
set back on the foothills there would be
no cause for complaint; but lying near
tue salt marsiies. as 6o many of them
do, the mosquitoes have it all their own
way. Aud they do scarify some of those
bloated bondholders in good shape.
They feed on their champagne and
burguiidy nourished bodies every night,
and send them to town in the morning
looking" as if they were about entering
upon a severe and well-distributed case
of confluent muall-pox. San Francisco
Letter.
THE BONANZA FAMILY.
Mcu or Many Millions Not Always tlic
Happlrat.
A California correspondent is my au
thority for the statement that there has
been quite a breeze in the Mackey fami
ly, with Mrs. Mackey' recent London
exploits ior cause. Mr. M. has loner
winced under the notoriatv his wife has I
pnrchaftd a; spek 'substantial cost says i
mv informant, and when her exlrava- I
gance reached theciilniinnting madness
of a contemplated settlement in Kuglaud
ou a fairly regal scale he put an iuter-
diet on it. The social aspirations of his
family are averred to have made a de
cided ravitv in his readv monev. His
! wife's failure in Paris alone cost him at !
least a couple of millions, and her waste
fulness iu IjOiiiIou surpassed all prece-
dents. Mr. Mackay is a very rich man.
but his wealth is so disposed that to
sustaiu a prolongation of these amazing
outlays he would be forced to sacrifice
important business interests. This he
refuses to do. The project for purchas
ing Houghton Hall was really broached
to him. and he sat down upon it prompt
ly. Pouts and persuasions failed to
move him. For ouce he was linn. A
simple, methodical man of business,
living the cold life of t homeless man.
he was wise enough at the last moment
to decline to support a palace for a rab
ble of fair-weather friends to gratify the
empty vauity,of his wife iu.
The marriage of Miss Kva Mackay to
Prince Colon na is deliued as having
been the sorest blow her stepfather was
dealt by the hands he loved. He had a
fervid, fatherly affection for this child
of his predecessor, aud is believed to
have beheld in the Col on n a match only
a hollow sham, a sort of callous sacri
lice of the daughter to the ambitious of
the mother. The sacrifice, if .such it
was, completely failed of its effect. Not
a door iu Paris was opened to Mrs.
Mackay or the Princess Colonna that
had not been opened before. The p:iaus
sung by the venal trumpeters of the
press were hollow mockeries, and the
men of common sense recognized at
last that the cachet of society is not to
be bought by money or compelled by
uoise. Then the horror of the whole
situation dawned on him. He sudden
ly saw the gibe behind the fulsome
praise, and the grin of mockery on the
smiling faces he had all along been
cajoled into believing all honesty and
friendship. This, it is asserted, led htm
to have the Knglish campaign of Mrs.
Mackay rejiorted to him by a disinter
ested observer of it. and the report
clinched his determination to stay the
progress of affairs, at least as far as he
could. The rest time alone can show.
Town 'Topics.
Proper Location of Plnmbiiig Ap
paratus. Much can be done bv judicious plan
ning and regard to a proper location of
plumbing apparatus, tanks, fixtures,
and supply pipes, when the work is lirst
constructed. One should avoid all ex
posed corners of a butldiug. and should
put up plumbing fixtures only in rooms
or closets to which heat can be sup
plied iu winter time, either directly or
else by keeping open, ou extremely
cold (fays, the doors to an adjoining
warm apartment. Water pijies should
never be run ou the outside of walls or
iu places where they could be atlected
by frost. If necessarily placed where
they are exjiosed, they should uol come
iu direct contact with external walls,
which are easily jenetrated by the cold,
but should be titled up on boards nailed
to narrow strips fastened to another
board attached to the wails. The air
space between protects the service pipes
to some extent It is well to plaster the
wall in such a case and to fasten the
boards to the plastering. In addition
to this it may be well to wrap the pipes
up with some non-absorbent, non-combustible,
non-conducting material, such
as felt, asbestos, or mineral wool. Cold
or exposed places in basements or cel
lars, and spare rooms iu upper floors,
should not contaiu any service pipes,
especially at the north aud west side of
the house. In country or suburban
residences it is well to fasten the cellar
doors before cold weather sets in, and
to see to it that all windows are closed
and broken windows repaired in order
to retain the warmth of such places.
The open arrangement of fixtures which
I have recommended on sanitary
grounds, is also of some usefulness in
preventing traps or supply pies from
freezing. For the same reason it is
better to keep pipes out from betweeu
joists, and to run them along ceilings
of pantries, kitchen or the laundry
where the temperature of air is general
ly higher. All pqies exposed to cold
air currents in shafts are very liable to
freeze unless suitably packed. Where
service pqies are in chases or recesses
in walls, or iu vertical hollow flues tie
tween studs of partitions, it is very nec
essary that all up currents of air from
the cellar be prevented, and all drafts
cat off, by closing up the openings be
tween floor and ceilings, on all floors,
with plaster of paris, or otherwise.
This is a matter frequently neglected
where plumbing is. boxed up and bidden
from view, and the .consequence is the
continuous freezing of pipes at' every cold
spell, even if they are, to "all appear
ance, properly located. William Tan'.
Gerhard, in Good Houeckeeping.
m
The Novice Outwitted Him.
Nevertheless, the days of roguish
rivalry between newspaper reporters are
not over. This week four were in a
Jersey town, with live thousand words
apiece to telegraph. Only two wires
were available, and these were filled by
two of the men until too late for their
companions to reach their papers that
night by them. The practically ex
cluded fellows belonged to the Phila
delphia Press and a small New York
paper. The Press mau jumped on a
passing freight train, and found at
twenty minutes to I o'clock in the
morning, at a small statiou ten miles
otf, facilities for firing a column story
into the office in Philadelphia in time
for use. The New York mau was a
stuttering, ungainly fellow, who had re
cently come to the city from some
country town, and showed his origin in
every act He got on the freight train
with the Press man and said; "Say,
w-wont y-you 1-let me get in a short
dispatch ah-head of yours?" The Press
mau did not thiuk he could. "W-well,
if I get m-mine iu ah-head it w-will go
f-firet, w-won't it?" The Press man
had induced the ojierator to telegraph
ahead to the small station and have the
wire there held for him and said so.
"W-well, say, if 1 get my d-dispatch in
ah-head, c-can't it g-go first?" The
Press mau didn't see any use in arguing
the point as he did not propose to let
any dispatch but his own get into that
office first so long as his legs held out
and so said that he supposed whichever
got there first would get bis special off
first At the same time he advised the
youug man from the country that he
might just as well save himself any
trouble, as he would not be able to get
anything into New York in time for use
that nigtit The young man seemed to
appreciate the suggestion aud disap
ipeared, presently -jumping oft' the train,
which was' just starting. The Preus
man. however, walking into the tele
graph office to which be was bound,
was astonished to see the young man
from the country there already, calmly
banding in a dispatch to the operator.
."Y-you said w-whoerer g-xot here first
could send his dispatch" f-liil." stul-
tcred the countryman. The young fel
low had run ahead when he got otf the
cars aud had gotten on the engine, and
so ridden into the station a whole
train-length ahead of the Press man,
quietly taking a snooze iu the caboose.
A'. J'. UrapUw.
Quaint Old I'linisliiiients.
A ltostou paper ot I.SI9 describes the
execution of sentence pronounced by the
Russian courts against an author who
had published Mime book ou thejiber
ties of the people. A scaffold tvas erect
ed in the public square; the Czar and
great magistrates attended. The leaves
of the condemned book were then roll
ed up in separate pieces and the pris
oner forced to swallow them, or literal
ly to eat his own words. The attend
ing physician agreeing when he had
enough for one meal, he was led back
to prison. Three unpleasant meals lin
ished the last remnant of the hook.
In Siitem the wearing of long hair
l nno .lKiuruiiir.i .iiiMiim.ii uunu.-x:. miii ,
I always an abomination for men. When''
was sometimes a criminal oneusc. but
Kndicott was magistrate there he vmu
ed this order to be passed: ".John (!at
shel is fyennd ten shillings for building
upon the town's ground without leave,
in case he shall cut otf his long hair of
his head iu to sex ill frame (fewell
frame) in the meantime, .shall have
abated live shillings his flue, to be paid
into the town meeting within two
months from this time, and have leave
to go into his building in the mean
time." In Boston 16SG For kissing a wo-
man in the street, though but iu the way
of civil salute, whipping or a fine
Scolds they gag and ci them at their
own door for certain hours together, for
all comers ami goers to gaze at. When
an unfortunate woman was accused of
witchcraft she was tied neck and heels
and thrown into a pond of water; if she
drowned, it was agreed that she was
no witch; if she swam, .she was imme
diately tied to a stake ami burned
alive.
An Elizaliethfowu paper of 178C
gives the following: The Dutch have a
mode of execution which is well calcu
lated to inspire terror, without putting
the sullerer to extraordinary pain. The
criminal is placed on a .scaffold, opjio
site the gigantic figure of a woman, with
arms extended, tilled with spikes
oi
long sharpened nails, and a dagger
pointing from her breast. She is grad
ually moved toward linn by machinery
2 i
lor tne purpose tut lie gets in tier em
brace, when her arms encircle him,
and the dagger is pressed through his
heart. This is vulgarly called among
them kissing ihe llrow. or woman, and
eeiles mote terror in the breasts of the
populace than any other mode ot pun
ishment. Hudson, ihe .lourualist.
Hudson was connected with the New
Yoik lent'il for many ears as man
aging editor, and was in large pail the
creator ot its success as a ne.spaHr.
No editor ot the Loudon l'mirs nor of
any other gieat journal was ever more
skillful iu detecting the drift ot public
sentiment, following wheie he could
not direct it; more shrewd in adopting
the matter ami maimer of his columns,
to the taste of his readers; more enter
prising in securing the latest aifd fullest
news, and thus gaining not only the
largest circulation in the land, but the
most valuable advertising patronage.
Mr. Hudson was large, well-made,
handsome, clean-shaven, quiet, and de
corous, aud might have been mistaken
for a ruling elder in the Presbyterian
church, of which he was a regular at
tendant all during tue time his paper
was most aggressive and violent iu its
vituperation. It was the habit of
James Cordon Bennett. Si., to give his
managing editor and writers a small
nominal salary, and then twice a year
to invite them to his palatial home ou
Washington Heights, one by one,
dine with him. and as they left him to
place in the hands of each a sealed en
velope containing the extra sum to
which he thought he was entitled, aud
this was held by both giver and re
ceiver to be a confidential honorarium.
Thus no one ever knew, except Bennett
ami himself, what Hudson received.
But it must have been a very large
sum. as lie retired on his savings to
private life. living according to his
taste, which was modest, notwithstand
ing he received the most tempting oilers
from many of the leading newspapers
iu the country aud from capitalists,
who were willing to advance any sum
of money to start a newspaper under his
control."
As regards his fale it is said he was
accidentally killed by being thrown
from his carriage some years ago. He
was without doubt one of the ablest
newspaper men that has appeared in
this age iu any country. Yet his exist
ence was unknown to the most of his
readers, he being content with power
and caring nothing for reputation.
Nashville (7'eiw.) American
The West Fifty Years Ago.
It is fifty years ago to-day since I left
Lancsboro, Mass., with the late Judge
Iluiuphreyvillc, of Medina, on the out
side of a stage-coach, in the rain, with
twelve passengers for a home iu Ohio
"A youth of fortune and to fame un
known."'1 To-day my mind has been
busv with the past.
Then Bufl'alo had 7.000 people, Cleve
land about 1..100, Ohio some 950.000,
Michigan ol,000, Indiana 350,000, Illin
ois 157,000. Chicago was known then
as I'on uearuorn, and is now pressing
on to be soon the second city in the
union. Iu lS", for the lirst time, the
waters of Lake Michigan were vexed by
steam by the steamboat Henry Clay,
with Gen Scott and a regiment of sol
diers on board to light the Indians in
the Black Hawk war.
Then the northwestern part of Ohio
was in the possession of the "red man,"
and Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and
all the northwest was Indian territory,
uninhabited by the white man; and.
but for the interposition of the late
Messrs. Samuel F. Vinton anil John
Woods, of Ohio, on the floor of congress
in 1822 and IS.''!, who defeated the at
tempt cf .John C Calhouq aud his
southern allies to locate all the Indians
of the country north of the Missouri
line, from winch slavery had been abol
ished, aud thus to deprive the east and
north and west of all the benefits of the
"Missouri compromise," the great west
would have been kept back for half a
century.
1 wish 1 had here a letter written to
me by Mr. Vinton in 1851 ou this mat
ter. But turn to Yates' and Seaton's
debates, 1822-2:1. ami you will tiud how '
Mr. intou completely blocked the
scheme of Mr. Calhoun." It is rather
singular that 1 have never .seen the very
important actiou of Messrs. Vinton anil
Woods referred to in any way by out
public men or our historians. A few
years ago, wheu in Washington on a
visit, I sent a copy of Mr. Vinton's lettet
- his daughter, Mrs. Dahlgren, and she
wrote me she had never heard of her
father's action iu the defeat of Mr. Cal
houn's purpose before.., i. ilrigys.
int'leveland Lender.
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Women ami Money.
jEvery girl who is not entirely depend
ent ou her male relations a position
which, considering all the tips and
dewn of life, the sooner she gets
oat of the Better ought by the time she
is' old enough to possess any money to
know exactly how much she has, where
it is invested', and what it ought yearly
to bring iu. lly this time also she
should have acquired some knowledge
of business bank business, referring to
checks, dividends, aud so on and as
much of ordinary business as she can.
To her information of a practical kind
never comes amiss, especially the three
golden rules, which have very rare ex
ceptions: No investment of over o per
cent is really .safe; trust no oue with
your money without security, which
ought to lie as strict between the near
esi aim ucaie.si ii leiius as oeuveeii
sttraDgersfand-tastry. keep all yonraf-
est and dearest friends as between
tairs troin day to day iu as accurate
order as if you had to die to-morrow.
The mention of dying suggests another
necessity as soon as you are 21 years
ot age make vour will." You will not die
a day the sooner; you can alter it when
ever you like: winle the ease of mind it
will be to you. aud the trouble it may
save to tnose that comu after you, are
beyond telling. It can not" be too
strongly impressed upon ever' girl who
has or expects that not undesirable
thing, "a little income of her own."
what a fortunate responsibility this is,
ami how useful she may make it to
others. Happier than the lot of mauy
married women is that of the "uua
propriaicd blessing." as I have heard
an old maid called, who has her monev.
less or more, in her own hands and can
ue it as she chooses, generously as wise
ly, without asking anybody's leave, and
being accountable for it to no one. But
then she must have learned from her
youth upward how to use it, she must
not spare any amount of trouble iu the
using ot it. and she must console her
self for many a lonely regret we are
hut human, all of its! ' with the thought
that she has been trusted to be a stew
ard of the ( i real Master. Such an old
maid often does as much good iu her
generation as twenty married woman.
lly author uf'".fohn llalij'nr, (h-n-tltiinin,'"
in thr Cuutttitponiry liecietv.
Travelinj; in Japan.
The hotels of these hot spring vil-
lages are run in nearly the same style.
1 and a brief description of one is sutli
i cient for all.
You travel on foot or take the kago,
I a very simple arrangement. The kago
is a framework made of bamboos; at the
oottoni a lew ba moons are trained up
like a tray and in front and rear a few
more bamboos are framed up. Ou top
you have a bamboo roof; ami a great
big wooden pole passes through the
arrangement lengthwise, right under
the roof. You enter from the side. The
size is only as much as is necessary
about two feet wide, three feet long,
amtJhreu feel high. It is not very com
fortable to sit iu it however you have
jBUtered it. Two meu. unless you spe
"cliiiij require a third, come before and
after the kago and carry you with the
pole on their .shoulders.
As you arrive at a notel you are
greeted by the proprietor, his wife. sons,
daughters, bookkeepers, porters, boys,
chambermaids, and all. Some of them
will help ou to take otf your shoes and
show the way to your room. One nice
looking girl brings you a cup of tea and
a. tray of sweets; another will bring you
a Japanese gown. You change your
clothing for the gown; then clap your
bauds, and someone will answer you
and show you down the way to the
bath-room. Most of the hotels have
many bath-rooms, to meet the require
ments of visitors. The hot springs are
usually located at the side of the val
leys, ami long bamboo pipes carry the
water into the towns. 'Some bath-rooms
have the waters falling over your head;
others are made to rush out from tiie
bottom ot the bath. Some bath-rooms
have arrangements of cold-water baths
as well as the hot. I have visited sev
eral of the vrigius of these hot springs.
They ail rush out from crevices of rocks,
and they are so hot that you can uot
put your finger in without burniug it
They have all been chemically ana
lyzed by competent men, and by them
pronounced as of great medical service
to all sorts of the invalid. Hakow
(Japan) for. A'. )'. Coinuierrial Adver
User.
Ifow to Do Up Shirt Boaoms.
Take two tablespoons of best starch,
add a very little water to it, rub and
stir with a spoon into a thick paste,
carefully breaking all the lumps and
particles. Add a pint of boiling water,
stirring at the same time; boil half an
hour, stirring occasionally to keep it
from burning. Add a piece enamel the
size of a pea; if this is not at hand use
a tablespoonful of gum-arabic solution
(made by pouring boiling water upon
gum-arabic and standing until clear
and transparent), or a piece of clean
mutton-tallow half the size of a nutmeg
aud a teaspoon of salt will do, but is
not as good. Strain the starch through
a strainer or a piece of thin muslin.
Have the siiirl turned wrong side out;
dip the bosoms carefully in the starch
and squeeze it out repeating the opera
tion until the bosoms are thoroughly
and evenly saturated with starch; pro
ceed to dry. Three hours before iron
ing dip the bosoms iu clean water,
wring out and roll up tightly. First
iron the back by folding it Ieugthwise
through the center; next iron the wrist
bauds and both sides of the sleeves,
then the collarband. Now place the
bosom-board under the bosom, and
with a dampened napkin rub tho bosom
from the top toward the bottom, smooth
ing and arraugiug each plait neatly.
Willi smooth, moderately hot flat-iron
begin at the top and iron downward,
aud continue the operation until the
bosom is perfectly dry aud shining.
Keniove the bosom-board and iron the
front of the shirt. The bosom and
culls ot shirts -indeed, of all nice, fine
work will look cleaier and better if
they are first ironed under a piece of
thin, old mu.slin. It takes off the lirst
heat of the iron, and removes any
lumps of starch. '
the Cat-Man.
The methods that some people employ
to make a living are peculiar. For in
stance, there is oue man iu this city who
makes a comfoi fable living by supply
ing cats with their daily food.' Almost
every business otllce and wholesale
siore down-town has from one to four
cats who are necessary for the protec
tion ot the premises from the depreda
tions of rats. These cats formerly were
fed by the porters or ollice boys, who
often neglected them, and as a conse
quence the advent of the cat-man, ai he
is called, was hailed with delight
Kvery morning, soon after the stores
are opened, a pale-faced, middle-aged
little Austrian may be seen wandering
around California. Front, and adjacent
streets carrying with him a large can of
milk and a basket of meat. Ail of the
principal places are on his list He is
so quiet in his work that his presence is
noticed by few others than his feline
patrons, who always greet him with
every evidence of recognition ami plea
sure. He sjieaks a few words to the
cats to quiet their outburst of welcome,
then tills a saucer full of milk, leaves a
little meat close by. and proceeds to the
next customer. He is paid 25 cents a
week for feeding each cat, and should
there be a litter of kittens the tax is 10
cents additional. The cat-man is sharp.
At times the cats will stray from their
belongings and seek more congenial
quarters. When the pnrvevor comes
around in the morning aud notices the
absence of his customer he immediately
starts on a still hunt for her, ami the
wanderer is generally found and re
turned to her proper home. However,
if the cat cannot be found another is
soon substituted. "jrad in "fhls way lii?
list of customers is uot lessened. The
cat-man uses about ten gallons of milk
ami fifty pounds of meat each day. and
has an assistant to help him. Several
dogs are also provided with meat.
San Franeisctt Chronicle.
War Talk In Rurope.
"Everybody was talking war over in
Europe," said Lieut Schuetze of the
navy the other day, as he was showing
a Post reporter a map of the great canal
Germany is building to provide quicker
and safer transit for her vessels from
the Baltic to the North Sea than by the
present route by Denmark through the
Zuvder Zee. "What will be the out
come of the talk? Well. I'll tell you
my opinion, which is based upon what
1 saw and beard while I was over there.
I believe it is Bismarck's earnest de
sire to give France such a thrashing
before he dies as she will not recover
from in a hundred years. France is as
anxious to tight Germany to retrieve her
recent defeat just as soon as she is
ready, but Bismarck wants to jump at
her before she is ready. Russia hates
Germany as much as France does, but
Bismarck is pursuing a conciliatory
policy towards the Czar in order to hold
him otf until Fnance is laid in the dust
It was for tips reason that German'
kept quiet over the Bulgarian affair.
The newspapers have been blaming
Bismarck tor his 'knuckling down' to
Russia, as they term it, but he kuows
what he is about. Meanwhile all
countries are busily preparing for any
contingency thai ma arise and are in
creasing their armaments, strengthen
ing their resources, ami putting every
thing iu readiness tor war. W'uthmy
ton Post.
The Prussian Otticer.
The 1'russian ollicer has been much
maligned. He is not the stiff, over
bearing, uniformed aristocrat which
some people have, represented him as
being. He is always iu uniform, save
ou leave or iu attending certain places
of amusement at night, and he is soldier-like
iu his bearing and somewhat
ceremonious. His soldier-like bearing
is, however, a merit, his reserve is that
of a man who respects himself, and 1
have never seen any symptoms of an
overbearing manner toward civilians,
whether high or low. The great char
acteristic of the German otlicers is the
great camaraderie between them.
There is esprit de corps, and they pass
as a rule many years iu the same regi
ment; but there" is a feeling which in
cludes esprit de corps, and that is I
must coiu au expression for tho occa
sion esprit de metier. There is no ac
tive freemasonry among all the officers
of the army. very ollicer treats every
other ollicer as if he were au acquain
tance, or rather friend, whether he
kuows him or not Iu the streets Ger
man otlicers passing each other always
exchange salutes, and if a German
ollicer comes to a table d'hote or cafe he
always salutes with au accompanying
bow every ollicer whom he niay'tind
there. Letter in London Times.'
Jones You haven't taken a vacation
this summer. Smith Yes. 1 have, my
boy. I've hail six weeks' rest J. I
can't see how you have. You haven't
been out of town. S. No, but the girl
who plays ou the piano opposite to my
house has beeu away on a six weeks'
vacatiou. J. O! S- Yes. Aud she
came home last night 1 heard her at
it this morning-. J. So vour vacatiou
is ended? S. Not at all. I'm goin
away for six weeks. That gives me
twelve weeks of rest for this year. Sort
of doubling it up, as it were. Boston
Courier.
She What is progressive euchre.
John? He I'm sure Idou'l know. The
tiiiug I'm most interested in just now is
progressive courtship. She O. what is
that? He Well, for a little while after
he begins to pay his addresses to her
he simply shakes hands with her when
they are parting at night as I have
done for the last two months. Then he
becomes a little bolder, and some uight,
as he is leaving her, he puts his arm
around her waist, like this, aud kisses
her, as I do uow. There. She(blushing)
And next thing, 1 suppose, he pro
poses. Boston Courier.
New York Alderman (en deshabille
confronting a burjrlar) Bill, is that
you? You're in the wrong house; try'
next door." New York Burglar
"What! Dennis, be that you? An' be
this your house with all these tine things
iu it? I thought I struck the home of a
millionaire." "Not a millionaire yet.
Bill." "But quite like it You made a
rich haul somewhere?" "No; you see
wheu you were on the Island I got down
sick. Night work ruined my health, aud
1 had to quit it." -Quit the biz?" "No,
uot exactly. I got iuto the Board ol
Aldermen' Omaha World.
All Anecdote of Dore.
The following anecdote, relating to
Gustave Dore. deserves to be rescued
from oblivion, as it is exceedingly char
acteristic of the talcuted artist and bon
vicant. He was iu private life one of
the most "giving" of artists, and
ttceiued to attach very little importance
to the sketches and studies which he
threw oil" with such marvelous rapidity.
Iu the houses where he was iu the habit
of dining he generally left a perfect lit
ter of sketches behind him. One day,
at dinner, an English lady begged Dore
to write his name ou a slip of paper, so
that she might possess his autograph.
"O, niadamo, if you will permit me,"
said Dore. "1 will give you something
better than a mere signature." And,
.suiting the action to the word, he took
oil his black tie, called for a little plate
powder, mixed it with water, and, with,
a match for a brush, he painted on the
black tie a gay proeeasio.u, of Cupids of
fering a necktie to a lady, sigued it
"Gustave Dore," aud handed it to the
fair autograph-hunter.
TBE FIRST
National Bank !
OK
COLUMBUS. MSB.
HAS AX
Authorized Capital of $250,000.
A Surplus Fund of - $17,000,
And the largest Paid la Caaftt :p
lll ur-iny hauk in ibis part
of the State.
EtTDeposits received and interest paid
on time deposits.
HSfDraittioii the principal cities iu thU
country and Kurope bought and uolil.
tSsTol lections amt aj other business
s:ven prompt and earelul alteutiou.
. .. 1
SIOCKHOI.IIKKS.
ANlKIWON,iVc-7.
SAM'I. f. S3UTH, VicePre't.
o.T.KOKN. OwAfrr.
.. f. BKCKKU.
HLRMAX OKHLRICil,
U. SCHl'TTK,
W. A. MCALLISTER.
JONAS WKLCH,
JOHN W.KARL V,
P. ANDERSON,
U. ANDERSON.
ROKEKTUHLUS.
Aiir-i-J-'StJtf
BU8IHES8 CARDS.
D.T
Marivx, 31. D. F. .1. Scum;. M. l.
Drs. MARTYN ft SCHUO,
U. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surgeons. Union Pacific. O.
A R. If. and It. A M. K. Rs.
N.
Consultations in (ierinau aud Kuli
h.
iicuuiit-s ai omee ami resiliences.
larOttiie on Olive street, next to llrml
ti-ulirer'a Jewelry Store.
COLUMBUS.
4'2-v
NEBRASKA.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
Upstairs Krust Idiihlin nth street.
oi'i.tLiVA a ki:i:ui:k,
ATTOJtyjiYS AT LA ',
Office over First Naljoii.il Rank. rlum
lus. Nebraska. .MMf
C.
IK i:va!n. m. !..
PHYSICIAN AND SVECEON. .
3TOrtice anil rooms. Oltick tuiililiu,
lllh street. Telephone colnniuuicatioii.
Iv
J AJiu:n Jitt:.i:,:ri. .,
' YSIC1AN AN It Sl'KUEON,
Platte Center, Nebraska. i-v
TJKRma.1l ItTlASIKUl,
RLACKS.MITU AND WAIJON .MAKKR,
lth street, east i. AMN loin.
April 7, 'sU-tt
TAK. -I.4HA. tVia.l..
DKUTSfllKR AHZT.
Columbus, N-Iranla.
. tSroiiice lllh Street. oiisiillatioiif.
in English, French and German. TMiin
pOWKI.I, HOIISI-.
PLATTE CENTEE, NEB.
J list opened. Special attention ivcii
to commercial men. Has a good sample
riio-ii. Sets the heat table. Give it a
Ilia! and he convinced. .in-:'nia
ion t:i;.Hii-v
COUNTY SUnVEYOE.
3ff"P.rtie (Icrtirinjj curvcyin done
can address me at Columbus, Neb., or
call at my office iu t ourt lloune.
."niaSti-v
JOn,:t TO I fr:A4 Ht-KM.
W. H. Tedrow, Co. Bupt.
I will beat my office iu the Court House
the thud Saturday or each month lor the
examination ot teachers. ;;; tr
HOMCEOPATHIST.
CfcroBio Diasaaea aad Dlaeaaea
Children a Specialty.
of
a70!iice ou Olive .-treet. three doom
north of First Natioual Bn.uk.
'.My
A TTOIiXEYS A T LA W,
Office up-ataim
ing. 11th St. W
Public.
iu McAllister's huild
A. .McAllister, Notary
.1. .11. MACKAKLAXIf,
AUcrti7i-iH:tiryPtttl e.
B. H.
COWOKJtY,
Cellactsr.
LAW AN0 0LLKTHX 0FFII E
OF
MACrARhANDA COWDERT.
Columbus. : ' : Nebruska.
.lOHN .. HIIilil.Ns.
C. .1. liAKLOW,
Collection Altorsev.
HI00IH6 ft OAH10W,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Specialty made
ol" Collections
by C.
:m-ui
i.
barlow.
P H.Ri'Nt'Hi;,
llth St., opposite LiAdeli Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes,, trunks,
valises, bugy top,, cushions, carriage
lriuiuiin-;s, Ac, at the lowest possible
prices. Repairs promptly attended to.
TAJIKS MALMOX
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
IMaus aud estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Oood work
guaranteed. Shop on lath Street, uear
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska. .ViUuio.
J7
S. MURDOCK & SON.
7
Qaxp-snters and Contractors.
Havehail an extended experience aua
will guarantee satisfaction Jw work.
All kinds of repairing daue ou short
notice. Our motto is, (5ood work and
mr prices, 1I autl ive us au opnor
tunityloesMiua.leroryo.il. JBrShop ou
13th St., oue door west of t'ritdbof &
Co'sMore,Col,uiabu.s, Nebr. 4gS-Y
Bwa't KxBerlnaeat.
Yon cannot afford to waste time
experimenting when your lungs are
iu danger. Consumption always
seems, at first, only a cold. Do not
let any dealer impose upon you with
some cheap imitation of Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs aud Colds, but be sure you
get tho genuine. Because be can
make more profit he may tell you
be has something just as good, or
just the same. Don't bo deceived,
but insist on getting Dr. King's New
Discovery, which is guaranteed to
give relief in all Throat, Lung and
Ghent affections. Trial bottle free at
Dowty & Heitketuper's drng store.'
Wk met the onetny, and they
some of us. Sherman Co. Times.
got
-"the HsaafkMscr'a Ca-paut.
"I am discouraged. I have too
uiuch to do. I am tired. I am sick.
I suppose 1 was put into this house
to keep it clean, but it is too much
work. I won't try. I will go to
sleep. I don't care what becomes of
the bouse."
The above is an allegory. The
discouraged housekeeper is the liver,
which, indeed, is often called "tho
housekeeper of our health." If it
does go to sleep as it threatened, a
crowd of diseases are all ready to
spring up as a consequence. Dr.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery"
sets upon the liver and assists it in
ita work of housekeeping and house
cleaning. It is the great liver reme
dy and blood cleanser, and cures all
the long traiB of chronic maladies
resulting from a torpid or sli-ggish
sUepy liver, such as sick-headache,
scrofulous diseases, as ulcers, "fever
sores," "white swellings,'' hip-joint
disease, consumption of the lungs
(.which is really only scrofula mani
festing itself in the delicate tissues of
these organs), also all skin diseases,
as blotches, pimples and eruptions,
end all blood taiuts, however acquir
d. Ciiaici.ik, the prudent man, torseeth
ie evil and hideth "himself," but
Nance aud Mickey pass on and are
I uuished. Polk-Co. HeaJ l.iyht.
Nnvcri HI- l.ltr.
Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horne
Cave, Ky.. eays he was, for mauy
years, badly uttlicted with Phthisic,
also Diabetes; the pains were almost
unendurable and would sometimes
almost throw him iuto convulsions.
He tried Electric Bitters and got re
lief from first bottle ami after tak
ing fix bottles, was entirely cured,
and he gained in flesh eighteen
pounds. Says he positively believes
he would have died, bad it not beeu
for the relief atforded bv Electric
Bitters. Sold at titty cents a bottle
by Dowty & licit kemper.
Tiik Park hotel (Seward) was burn
ed on the night of the Dili- It is sup
posed that the lire originated troin
a defective flue. The $2,.r(H) insurance
did not cover the loss.
Worse lha m Fire Alarm.
One of the most dreadful alarm
that can be sounded in a mother's
ears Is produced by croup; dreadful,
because it is known to lie danger
ous; the more dreadiul because the
life of a loved one is in jeopard).
Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy is a
ucver failing safeguard against ibis
dangerous disease. Its reputatiou
as a preventative aud cure tor croup
is fully aud firmly established. Iu
fact, it is the only remedy which can
always be relied upon. Sold by
Dowty & Heitkemper.
Dk. Ahbott, a candidate for hciih
torial honors in Dodge Co. is said to
be partially consoled by the reflect
ion that four years ago Theron Nye
was defeated for the senate by a major
ity ot 450, or 78 more than the Dr's.
fr'HUy Im
Is the price of Chamberlain' Cough
Remedy, the safest and best ( ougb
Medicine in the market. Sold by
riowty & Heitkemper.
Uiciiai'.hson Co. gave McShaue 70)
majority, while they elected a repub
lican county ticket. A much as to
ssy "Wo disapprove replacing our
Weaver by your Howe."
VmterltlNiH
is a bad thing, but Dr. Pierce's "Fa
vorite Prescription" deserves its
name. 1 1 is a certain cure for those
painful maladies aud weakness which
embitter the lives ol so many women.
Of druggists.
TuxkK was three inches of snow at
Broken Bow Friday morning, and
the train ramo iu here at 1 :40 in the
atternoou with 9now enough on the
cars to euable the boys at the depot
to engage iu the sport of Pnow-ball-ing
each other. Seiranl blade, A'oc
10.
Itch, Prairie Mange, ami Scratches
of every kind cured in :it minutes by
Woolford'a Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by
O It S'illuan, druggist. Coiiiiiibus.
It has beeu found thut I en ju-Mee
Of the peace in Chicago lots rollcried
nearly $I(10.fXK) in flues il made no
returns. Crlninal prosecution lia
bcen begau aitinst them.
tl-klenM A mien ?iis.
The Best Sulve in. toe w-.tbi fnr
Cute, Bruises, Sres. C.s, .-alt
Hbeuiu, FeVel Soies, Teller, ("imppcd
Hauds, Chilblains, Uoru-. aud all
Skin Kruy lions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. It is gutr
auteed torsive perfect satisfaction, or
money reluuded. Price -f cents per
box. Foi Sle by Dowi? & Heit
kemper. Mayl7-lr