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;- -.J Vsf J V3T--' . .- THE JOURNAL. BATES OP ATEBTINIII- 0 iilumbu QTBusinessand profsssionalcard of 1t11bs or lsas.per aaaraaa, lv dollars. Error time advertisements, app'y attkiaoflcs. KdTLvgal advertisements at statate rates. Error transient advertising, see rates on tkirdpage. 17A11 advertisements payable monthly. ISSUED EVERY WETlNKbDAY, M.-K. TURNER & CO., Proprietors and Publisher! . J3TOFFICE, Eleventh St., up stai "k Journal Building. terms: mm P.rror VOL. XVI I. -NO; 37. Six months Three months . . Siagle copies... COLUMBUS. NEB., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 5, 1887. & S WHOLE NO. 869. Ej- Ike S(ltttitlL jL If, v- f"- 1 (N 'V ' . i fc - F F " v V t i- it COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUMBUS, NEB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 " DIRECTORS: Lkixder Gerhard, Pres'i. Geo. W. IIulst, Vice Preset. Julius A. Reed. R. II. Henry. J.E. Task eh; Cashier. -BmIc f Deposit lMConn( aa ExckanRe. CallectloaPronapity" Mado II Palatti. Par Eaterrt oa Titur I!o- It. . COLUMBUS Savings Bank, LOAN & TRUST COMPANY. 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Lounges, Ac, Picture Frames and Mouldings. pr Repairing of all kinds of Upholstery feed. i-tf COLUMBUS. NEB. A. J. ARNOLD, DEALER IN DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, Clocks, Jewelry AND SILVERWARE. Strict attention given to repairing of repairing of Will not be W alettes ana jewelry. maeertold by anybody ie,Ofpealto01etker He LYON&HEALY asteamSU-.Chicatfc WmmijmtU lou; mUnm tb IUDCTALOQU, ME W IK. Zl Eafm3p U. Soil Cps Bttu, mtn Oottta. RoMiC Ik ab lactate lulnctfn as E UuAbasA WESTERN COTTAGE ORGAN aaaM lanM . HsTZSVJ!! essssWfeptK A SEASIIO'RE LEGEND; It was my good fortune to spend the happy summers of my youtliful days in au old seaport town, whose glory lias long since departed. Its fast decaying wharves liad once echoed to the tread of busy feet, and many very stately ships had been moored beside them. Now, as in my childhood days, no proud ship finds a haven in the still waters of its liarbor; its deserted sliip yards ring no more with the sound of fix or hammer; the "busy hum of com merce is stilled, ai d a silence, broken only by tho fisherman's call, or the merry laughter of some yachting party, per vades what was once a very busy, thriv ing place. But commerce lias left traces of wealth beliind, and I remember some old-fashioned, though stately, houses, standing near the shore. These were the homes of some of New England's famous sea captains, and in one of these old .house I passed those happy summer days. The men of the family liad all been sailors, commanding some of the finest and be.-t known American ships. No lorts had lieen tK distant for them, and they brought home, as gifts, sjtoils from every clime. Now. all these dead and gon., the women of the family lived done, surrounded by treasures from over the sea The old friend who liad cliargo of us was very fond of children, and was never happier than when relating to us the stories of sea and shore with which her mind was stored; and when a rainy day came, driving us from the beach, wo liked nothing 1 tetter than to listen to her clianning legends. I will retteat to you, as nearly as I can remember, the-story of the elopemeut tliat took place many years ago. As I recall it. I seem to hear again the musical voice, long since hushed, to which the snapping of the driftwood fire upon the hearth aud the distant ltooming of the surf ujKtn the beach, formed accompaniment. fitting A long time ago. when I was a little girl, the events happened that I sun about to relate to you. My grandmother knew all altout it. and I often heard her tell tho story to the young folks, in my day, as I am telling it to you. In thaf large, old-fashioned house which stands on the brow of Beach Hill lived a very wealthy gentleman, called Judge Cushman. 1 say he lived there, but he only spent part of the time in the little town of S , for his business kept liiui in the city during the w(nter months; but as soon as the warm days came the house would be opened, and he would ride through the town in Ids big coach, drawn by four horses and driven by a colored coachman. The judge was a widower, and lived alone with his bervants and mi old house keeper. .So you may imagine the sur prise of the villagers one day early in tho spring of 1S12 when they heard tliat Squire Cuslunan, as he was called, had brought home with him a lovely young girl. At first all thought tliat he had mar ried again, but soon the report was circu lated that his niece had come from Eng land alonev with only a maid to attend her. to visit lum. And a long visit we all thought it would be, for war liad just been declared with Great Britain, and probably there would be no friendly in tercourse between the two countries for a long time. Of course all were anxious to see the new comer, but none were gratified un til the following Sabbath, when she ap teared at church with the old squire. v She was a true English maiden, with fair liair aud lustrous blue eyes, and a complexion in which lilies and roses were skillfully .blended by nature's hand. She was the "observed of all observers," but bore herself modestlv, seeming uncon scious of the gaze of all around her. Many were the questions asked, many the conjectures formed, as to her pres ence in the lonely house, so far from home and in an enemy's country; and finally the mystery was solved by the old housekeeper, who divulged it as a great secret to a friend of hers, an in veterate gossip, who soon made the af fair tho property of the whole neighbor hood. Rose Cuslunan, tbe daughter of the squire's only brother, was a motherless child, and liad grown to womanhood without knowing wliat it was to be re fused the slightest wish, for she had al ways been her father's idol. He' had planned in her early childhood that she should marry the son of his most inti mate friend. But such designs are rarely accom plished. At the age of 19 Rose met a young and gallant officer in liis majesty's navy, and lost her heart almost at first sight. The affection was reciprocated, and, not dreaming of any obstacle, the lovers plighted their troth with the fondest and brightest hopes for the future. But the father of Rose sternly refused to consent to their engagement, and for bade Rose ever to see her . lover again. But years of indulgence had not prepared his daughter for such arbitrary measures, and she continued to meet her lover se cretly whenever she was able to do so. One meeting in the park near the house was witnessed bv her father, and so in-1 censed was he by this open defiance of all his commands tliat he ordered the brave young sailor from Ids grounds, using the harshest language. Rose returned to the house, locked her self into her room and was soon con vulsed with a perfect Mission of tears; for under her sweet and charming exterior she hid a will tliat was just as strong and unsubdued as her father's. In subsequent interviews with her father she vowed she never could or would forget Charles Ashton. Not all the affection she bore her father, not all the remembrance of his kindness and love, would prevent her meeting her lover whenever an op portunity was found. He well knew that the young man was of honorable birth and good position, but he could not give up the early plans he liad formed for her future. After weeks of fruitless argument with his daughter, it suddenly occurred to him to send her to Ids brother, our Squire Cushman, in America. It seemed in those days a long journey to an almost unknown land, but her father thought a few montlis in a strange' country would tame hk self-willed daugh ter, and that before winter he would join Subscribe "WITH THE DAILY CHICAGO MAIL, Both. Papers OneYpar, FOR her, visit his beloved brother, and another year would find Rose willing to return and comply with his wishes. The squire did all in his power to make the visit agreeable, even relaxing his ha bitual reserve and inviting all the young people in thu neighborhood to bis house to be introduced to his niece. Although Rose was very sweet ami gracious to all her guests, no one became at all familiar with her, and finally all at tempts at intimacy "ceased, and she was' left to the companionship of her uncle and her old nurse. I But active preparations for war soon banished all minor topics. The young men .were getting ready to join their J ships; privateers were being fitted out and the whole countrywas wild with ex citement. Our village became almost deserted. Every vessel of any size was manned and equipped with guns and ammunition, and sent out to meet the enemy, and all the poor wives and mothers could dowas to watch and wait at "home. 'News traveled slowly in those days, and tidings of de feat or victory seemed long in coming. Often we climbed the hill and from i the church tower scanned the horizon , for a glimpse of some man-of-war, for we lived in constant fear that our town, like many others on the coast, might be invaded by the enemy. But though we often saw large ships tossing,, and once heard the sound of distant cannonading, we were left m peace. And so tho summer Kissed; its weary weeks of watching and anxiety wore away; the line storm visited us with all its fury, and then came the mild and sunny Indian summer, the days of soft delight, when all nature seems in a dreamy, quiet mood, giving us a gentla jmile before old winter, wjtli raging ele ments, conies to bind her with liis icy fetters. About the middle of October a watcher on the hill saw a man-of-war heading for our liarbor. He gazed .with almost breathless anxiety until with liis glass he descried the English flag at her mast. Then he rushed down the steep road into the mam street, shouting: "The. British are coming! Save your selves!" All at once was noise and confusion. The men left their work, the women forsook their spinning wheels, and all ran to the beach or to the wliarves. Yes. it was true; she had anchored out side the liarbor. and, too large to enter herself, we could see a large boat just leaving her filled with men, who would probably land and plunder, perhaps burn, our village. Resistance was useless, for the ship could easily shell the whole town, lying as she did at the mouth of the har bor, but little more than a mile away. It had been planned long before that in case of invasion tiie teople should take their valuables and flee to the woods for safety. So as quickly as possible the large hay cares were brought out, the best feather beds were hastily thrown into them, the tall clocks were placed on top, as many women and children as could be were piled in. each carrying a pillow case con taining some valuables, the horses were whipped into a gallop and (he procession started belter skelter for the woods. The servants of Squire Cushman sliared the general alarm, and as the squire was away from home, they, too, prepared for flight, and urged the housekeeper to pack up the silver, and, taking Miss Rose and her nurse, to hasten to a place of safety with them. But when she went to the young lady's chamber she found her watching the incoming boat with eager eyes, and she firmly refused to leave the house. They are not enemies to me," she said. "They are from dear old England, my home, and I will not run from them even if the whole village goes." The housekeeper tried to reason with her, but in vain, and not daring to leave her in the house, sent off the servants with the most valuable articles to a safe hiding place and awaited the result with trembling anxiety. Rose stood at the open window, watch ing the boat. As it neared the shore she sent her maid for the squire's spy glass, and, resting it on the woman's shoulder, obtained a good view of the liarbor and all who were in the boat. Nearer and nearer it approached the shore, and the few fishermen who lingered neat the wharf, their curiosity overcom ing their fears, saw tliat it was com manded by a young officer, whose dress betokened the high rank he bore. The boat came up to the wharf, and one of the sailors sprang ashore and fas tened it. Giving a command to his men in a low tone, the officer landed, accompanied by two marines. Seeing the fishermen about to run, he cried out: You liave nothing to fear. If you let us come and go unmolested, your village shall be stared. Come here; I want to ask you a question." One of the most daring approached him. "Now, my man," he said, "no tricks, but answer me correctly. Do you know where Judge Cushman fives, and will you show us the way to liis house? Do not fear; no harm shall be done to any of you; only teU mo the truth." The man, only too glad to escape so easily, pointed out the house, and the .officer, with liis men. hastened toward it.. In the meantime Rose had been scan ning the boat with' eager eyes, trying to discern the features of the laen. When she saw the officer appfoacbiag-the house she gave one long, freed look, and shout ing to her nurse: "It is he! It is Charles!" flew down the staircase, followed by her servant and'thenousekeeper, and, as he entered tbe open door, sprang into his arms and was clasped .to his heart in a loviifc embrace. J But he stopped her eager questions by saying: . . "I have no time to lose. You see the ship at the entrance of the harbor? 'Since you left England, my darling, I have been promoted to the command of 'that noble craft and ordered to America. Yon may imagine bow glad I was to know I was to be near you, for, thanks to nurse here, I received your last letter, and since my dutybrought me to tliis part of the coast, I.determined to find you. Yesterday we overhauled a fishing craft from this port, and I learned I was only a few miles from you. I -at once shaped my course for tliis liarbor, resolved to take you with me, for I can endure tliis separation no longer. "Where is your uncle?" "He is away from home, dear Charles," aid Rose, "and nearly all the people here for the WITH THE WEEKLY STATE JODIE, Both One Yisar For $2.75. fled, so frightened are thevof the dreaded - British." ' "Good! Tliat makes it easier for you logo," said Charles, i "But what do you mean, Charles? How call I go alone with you on that great ship? I shall Ite afraid." j "Afraid with me, sweetheart? Nursie will go with you, and as my wife, you will be safe from all harm. Let us find ! the clergyman here and he will unite us. j Do vou think he lias tied?" "No," said Rose, "he lias always said, I believe, tliat he would never run from the enemy; that he was a man of peace and would be left unmolested. But, Charles, since I have been here, I have thought much of my disobedience to iny father's wishes, mid although I could never be false to you, dear Charles, I have thought that time andlistance may liave softened his heart, and, loving me as I know he does, he might sometime consent to our marriage." "Sweetheart," said Cliarles, "do not disappoint me so cruelly. When we are married I am sure your father will, for give us. Besides, I am .surrounded daily by great perils, and may not outlive this war. Let me at least call you my wife, and I shall lie doubly urmo-1 for the con flict. Do consent, dear Ro-.." Ho clasped her (tr.ee more to his heart, pressing kiss after kiss u.oi her lipu, and none but a lover's ear could hear the softly whi-iered "yes." "Now, listen to my plans, dearest," said he. "We will go at once to the clergyman and coiu)el him to marry u&. Nursie sliall tack some iu.svsary clothing for vou and meet us at the lsoat. Mv orders are to crulie up and donui the coast on the lookout for mert'liantmen. I will sail as far as Halifax, there land and leave you with a good friend of mine, antl join you later in the season when the weather compels us to seek winter quarters." Ho then gave a few directions to the nurse, who received them with many bows and smiles, and ordered one of the marines to wait for her and bring her with him to the wharf. Their old house keeper tried to interfere with their move ments, but her words jtassed unnoticed, for, leaning on her lover's arm. Rose waved her a laughing good-hy, as she Kissed out of the house forever. The minister made many objections to performing the ceremony, but they were all overcome by the entreaties of Rose and the stern commands of herlo'.er. and as he afterwards .said, he had no alterna tive, for ii he jtersisted in his refusal he might have Iteen takei away prisoner in the vessel and his church burned to the ground. So Rom and her husband sailed away from our shores, never to return. Wc heard, however. long after, tliat Charles Ashton was wounded soon after his mar riage, and had lelt the service. We never knew how Squire Cus'mian bore the news of his niece's flight. Noliody asked him. and he died not long after, leaving his property to s: distant relative. There, girls, that is the way my grand ma Used to end the story, but I can tell you something more. Last summer an English lady and gen tleman stoped at the hotel here several days. One day they obtained termissiQii to go over tho old CiLshman house. They lingered long in the chamber looking over the sea, and we learned that the lady was the grandaughter of Rose CiLshman. who bad come, with her husband, to visit the scene cf her grandmother's elojtenient. Uoston Traveler. The late of a Convict. "The study of human nature," said PrinciKil Keeper Patterson, of the state penitentiary at Trenton, N. J., to a re porter in the lobby of the National hotel, "inside prison walls is more interesting than pleasant. Theciass of human beings one conies in contact with is usually so depraved and hardened that it often times surprises even those accustomed to the life. We believe our system to be as good as any in existence, and yet we are not as severe in some ways as the people of tho Eastern penitentiary." "Are there not a number of criminals scut you who instead should go to asy lums? Do you not liave many cranky cliaracters to contend with?" "Well, we do in a certain sen&a. Criminals are, as a rule, one-sided clcr acters: their moral character, is, so to' speak, lopsided. But it is not the men who go into the prisons that are mentally unbalanced; it is those who come out. The fact is, the man who serves a five or even a three years' sentence, out.-is apt to leave the penitentiary unsound in mind, if not 'in both body aud mind. Imagine, for instance, the -life they lead, day. in and day out. To the mess room in the morning, where they cannot speak a word to any one; to the workshop for the day, where talking is strictly forbid den; to the mess room again for supper, where the same order is enforced, and then to solitary confinement in their cells, where there is no one to talk to. Think of it. Such a life for years! Is it not enough to drive a man insane? Why, man alive, you cannot realize it; but the percentage is siuiply frightful of those who go to jail strong in both mind and body and who come out wrecks in one or both." Washington Post. Keftifttance of Hard IlimieU Hricks. It is found that walls laid up of good, hard burned bricks, in, mortar- composed of good lime and sliarp sand, will resist a pressure of 1,500 pounds per square ir.-h, or 210,000 pounds per square foot, at which figures it would require 1.C00 feet height of 12-inch wall to crush the bottom courses, allowing 130 poiuids as the weight of each cubic foot. It also appears from accurate calculations and measure ments that walls laid up hi the same quality of brick and mortar, with one third quantity of Portland cement added to the same, are capable of resisting some 2,500 pounds -per square inch, or 360,000 pounds per square foot; this would re quire a height of wall 2,700 feet to crush tho bottom bricks. New. York Sun. Presidents Hurled In "New York. Of the twenty presidents who liave passed away four lie buried in New York Etate. Arthur sleeps in the Albany ceme tery, Sfartin Van Buren was buried in the old burying ground at Kinderhook, Mil lard Fillmore's grave is hi Forest Lawn cemetery, Buffalo, and Gen. Grant's re mains lie in a tomb at Riverside. James Monroe was buried in the old Second Avenue cemetery. New York city, but the Virginia legislature had his remains removed to Richmond. Chicago Tribune. COLUMBUS WITH THE filMimiYUiMKU. Both One Year For $2.75. A SHADOW BOAT. Under my keel another boat Sails as I sail, floats as 1 float : Silent and dim and mystic still, ll steals Hi rough that weird nether world Mocking my power, though at my will The foam before its prow Is curled, Or calm it lies, itb canvas furled. Vainly 1 peer, aud ain would sew What phautom in that boot may be; Yet half I dreed, let I with ruth Some Kha. of my dead past divine. Some gracious shapo of my lost youth. Whose deathless eye once fixed on mine Would draw me downward through tho brine 1 Arlo Bates. TENTED TOWNS OUT WEST. Bluiiliroom Caiup Alone the California and Oregon Kallroail Line. During the progress of the extension of the California aud Oregon railroad from Redding toward the Webfoot state dozens of camps liave been located and liave been dignified by being called "towns." Be ing located hi wild mid beautiful moun Jin regions they have been given roman tic and toetical names differing from the style of the Argonauts, who gave their camps such euphonious titles as'Buzzard's Roost. Poor Man's Gulch, Whiskeytown, Hangtown, or anything else that hap tened to suggest itself by some incident. The railroad camj have always lieen lively places, occupied by from 1,500 to 4,000 men. whites mid Cluhese. They have comfortable tents and live a very happy life in the mountains, where the air is pure and bracing, the water cool and clear, and where the atmosphere is made healthy by the pines and ins. As might be expected, one of tho first tents generally put up is that of a saloon keejter, and he drfrcs a lively trade deal out bis -Dew of Death." his -Coffin Varnish," his "Bug Juice" and other choice brands. In connection with his "siimple rooms" he kcejtsa "hotel," pro viding blankets for travelers mid giving them a "bed on the ground, but under cover ot his canvas roof. But. no one ever complains of such accommodations they are the best to be had. and then it might not Ite safe to find fault. The railroad camits contain a rough ret of men, but. in many instances, liard working, honest fellows are found. The mushroom villages have been followed from the start b blacklegs, who have waxed fat from the earnings of tbe hard working men. Right after the pay car arrives and distributes the wages these sports produce cards and dice, and in a very short teriod many men who have lieen toiling with tick and shovel along the rocky line find themselves without a nickel to show for their labor. There is one thing remarkable altout the camps, and that is that good order lias been maintained and few tights have occurred. Every man who comes along the road is offered work, mid there is no necessity for idle men in the country. The big camp, made up of track Iayes. is now nliove Sisbons. at the Ita-e of Mount Shasta, a region of told and snow, and as jj hard winter is anticijtated, tiie tents will scon have to be struck and sent down to the valley. Sacramento Bee. Necessity Tor Two Kant. Sound travels by waves radiating from a central point - of disturbance, like the wavelets caused by dropping a pebble hlto stnl water. So far as the hearing of each individual is concerned, these waves move hi a direct line from the cause of sound to his ear. the impact being greatest in the ear that is nearest to the source. The ef fect, in this restect, of the total loss of hearing in one ear was forcibly illustrated by the statement-of a patient who con sulted me recently. He lived in a wild tortion of Tennessee, and spent a good deal of his spare time in the woods, hunt ing squirrels, accompanied only by his dog. An explosion suddenly destroyed the hearing in one ear. After tins acci dent, while in the woods, he found that he could hear liis dog bark, but for the fife of him he could not locate the direc tion xf the sound, even when quite close to lum, and he was compelled to take liis little boy along with him to find the dog. After a time persons learned to correct, to a limited extent, the errors hi estimat ing distances after the loss of vision, but the. effect of the loss of -an ear upon the estimation of the direction of sound is never corrected. Dr. Williams. Fires from Steam Pipes. With tech recurring fall and winter the question if possibility of fires from steam pipes becomes one of importance. As the most insidious diseases are usually most to Ite feared, so the most urcult causes of fire are among those which should Ije most carefully looked after. It is very well known tliat wood, after re maining for some time in contact with steam, hot air or hot water pipes, be comes carbonized on the surface and to a short distance below. The charcoal, of course, readily oxidizes. When steam is not in the pqtes the charcoal will absorb moisture. When again heated the moist ure is driven out, leaving a vacuum, into which the fresh air current, circulating around the pites, readily penetrates. It imparts oxygen to the charcoal, causes a more rapid rise in the temperature, till filially the xtint of ignition is reached. The rusting of the pipes, if it occure, might also conduce to the same result, the rust being reduced by the lieat of the steam to a condition in which it will al sorb oxygen to the point of red heat. London's First Street Car. Oakey Hall contributed an article to a recent number of The Pall Mall Gazette on London tramways, in which he gave a picture of the alleged clumsy tram car first introduced in the great metropolis a quarter of a century ago. In this he did injustice to George Francis Train, the man who introduced street railways in Europe. The first street car run on a London tramway was built in 1859 for Mr. Train by Stevenson in New York city. It cost $l,.j00 and was constructed and equipped in the style of those now seen on Broadway. The big double decked cars hi London are imitations of omnibuses and are a purely British in vention. New York World. Larget AVontlen Structure. The largest wooden structure in the world fa said to be tho government build ings in the capital of New Zealand. The block is four stories high, and occupies an area of nearly two acres. The city itself is mostly wcoden ou account of the earth quakes of the region, and is called "The City of Packing Cases'-' and "The City cf Match Boxes." Cliicago Herald. JOURNAL, WITH THE PRAIRIE FARMER, Both Ont Year For 2 LIFE ON A TRAINING SHIP. Edacatinc Sallow for the United States Navy. We happened to arrive at the training Blu'p at a very opportune moment. There was to be a lecture on international law in tho war college, which liad brought over many interested listeners from New port, and the weekly drill of all the Ixiys in the class was taking place on the lawn before the college building, while the New Hampsliire band, established be neath a spreading beech hard by, breathed martial music for the performing regi ment. It-was a fine fall morning, tho water blue and the sky cloudless, but tho air was chilly, and the few spectators m carriages drew their wraps closely about mem, anu now anu men gave an invol untary shiver. To and fro over the green sward tramped tho boyish rank and tile hi their white apparel, the sailor caps set jauntily upon their close cropped hair and the rifles carried over their shoulders with careful precision, as they inarched by twos, by fours, by platoons, went through the manual of arms, mid per formed all sorts of military evolutions. To our unsophisticated eyes, their move ments were marvels of grace and pre cision, and we were not a little grieved to hearaone of the trig young army ofiicers who were looking on critically- observe that it was very apparently the navy, and not tho army, represented there. At noon the drill was over, and the troops filed through the armory, deposit ing their guns as they went, anil returned to the ship, where dinner was presently served.- We followed them, climbing up the plank gangway that led up the side of the hull, and found ourselves on tho uppermost deck of the five which the old vessel boasts, for it has almost as many stories as a New York apartment house. Everything was as trim and neat as constant care and work could make it. The planks in the flooring of tho deck were white as white could be; no speck of dust or dirt was anywhere to be found, and the exquisite order of naval man agement pervaded all. A sentry in tho uniform of the United States marine corps and white cotton gloves that didn't fit walked up and down before the cat tain's quarters, and various officers, hi braided fatigue jackets and becoming caps, were coming and going hi discharge of their various duties. Below, on the second deck, the boys were at dinner. They sat at long tables, row after row. displaying as good appetites as miy set of Luul lubbers could boast, and as tins was the occasion of the departure of the com missary, it was being celebrated by an un usual feast. Each embryo tar had a large supply- of roast turkey, with potatoes, white mid sweet, and for dessert a bunch of grapes and a Kiper bag of candy, deli cacies which were duly appreciated. They had not the sort of manners at table that one looks for in Newjtort society, these gay young sailors, for their knives went into their montlis with alarming frequency, and they ate with an eager ness and rapidity which "Don't" and kin drtd books of etiquette would denounce severely. But they were well and strong and hearty, and, perhaps, enjoved their dinner quite as much as if it had lieen served on delicate china and eaten with gold forks and knives in the most elegant and approved fashion. On this deck they sleep, in hammocks of canvas, slung in long rows from iron hooks set in the teams overhead. During the day the hammocks are neatly lashed up and piled away on the upper deck. At 9 o'clock each even ing every boy hnds lus own hammock, slings it, arranges his blankets and cover ings (the poor things are not allowed ttho luxury of a pillow) and puts himself to sleep; and each morning at 5:30 he rises, and is allowed lialf an hoar in which to dress himself, take down his swinging bed and' lash it up, and to dispose of the cup of cocoa that is all tho breakfast he gets until 8 o'clock. The routine on board ship is very strict mid regular. Every soul in the class has his appointed duties at drill, naval and military, and in the school room, and he is held strictly to account for them. The life is pleasant, if a little monotonous, and most of the boys profess a great deal of borrow when they are forced to leave the good old ship which lias been their home for six long montlis, even while they re joice at the prospect of going to sea. Bad boys are discharged as soon as their evil doing is found out. There are dark cells in wliich they are imprisoned for various offenses. Boston Sundav Herald. t Method of Purifying Water. Mr. Holmes, the engineer of the water works at Hornsea, England, lias adopted an ingenious arrangement for filteringv-ul purifying the water supplied by tbe company there. The process is thus described byThe Sanitary World: The water is pumped from a bore whose bottom is on a level with the surface of the Mere, the water being obtained from the chalk. Formerly it was far from satisfactory, and formed such a scale upon the boilers that it materially af fected their workings. Mr. Holmes 6et Iiimself the task of reinedving tliis state of things. Tiie water has alwavs been putnied into a tank, and supplied thence to the town. 3Ir. Holmes had a wooden tank formed inside the larger one, and he so spread out the water pumped upward tliat it descended mto tbe wooden tank in the form of rain. The air, getting to the water as it descended, oxidized it, and, of course, nfade it purer. Inside this wooden tank several smaller tanks were constructed, tlirough wliich all the water passed. The sides of the smaller tanks were made of prepared linen, and as tbe water passed through them they caught up the impurities which it held in suspension. As the water flowed from tlw upper tank into the lower, from which the town is supplied, it was sent rippling over gravel, winch further im proves its quality. Although the con trivance is admirably adapted for tbe purpose it is intended to serve, it is hardly suitable for towns wliich require a large supply of water. Boston Budget. An Arizona Lizard. These lizards are found hi the canyons of Arizona. They are very poisonous as poisonous as the most venomous snake. Tho natives claim that to inhale a lizard's breath is sure and almost in stant death. The truth or fallacy of this has never been established. "Nobody seems to want to lake the chances of try ing the experiment. The lizard's fare, in captivity, is a fresh egg every morning. The attendant breaks the she'll and the lizard sucks the egg. Cincinnati En quirer. a year. ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL IT you want to aell or liny any Uilnst Ifyou want to land or borrow mnytnlnax IT you wont a situation, or IX you wantnalat. 1 1 VICTOR HUGO'S BODILY VIGOR. A Trial of tho Poet' Kyesight mifii II tlejTHti to (irow Dear. Hugo had not only a strong, hwilthy intellect, but also a sound body. Toward the end of his life he grew deaf, so that it became a real infirmity. But other wise he preserved all 'his faculties, physical and mental, up to his last ill ness. M. Ulbach records several examples of Victor Hugo's bodily vigor. When writing up Notre Dauiu of Parts he used often to go twice a day up to the top of tho tower. In the evening he was gen erally accouqtanicd by friends. ! On one of these occasions, writes M, Ulbach. "Victor Hugo was gazing with delight at the purple hues of the setting sun, turning bis piercing little eyes in the direction of the Arsenal library," which is a long distance off. -I seo Cliarles Mo ther on his balcony, he remarked care lessly to his friends; 'he isn't alone, there are two lathes with him one of them a liis daughter, but the other I do not know.' Notwitlistanding their respect for the xet. and their knowledgo of his wonderful visual lowers.- the little group indulged in mi incredulous smile. But when, an hour later, they called on Mo ther they wens astonished to find tliat Victor Hugo's- eyes had deceived neiiner mem nor mm. l once asked the poet if this story was true, and he told mo tliat it was, and substantiated it with this one. When in college ha used to attend lectures on physics hi the medical school. One day the professor wished to try some experi ment hi optica, and invited tho students to go with him to the roof of tho build ing, whero he set up a telescojte turned in the direction of tho Garden of Plants. He then asked the young men to read a distant sign which scorned undecipherable to the naked eye. Victor Hugo happened to bo the first who was called uj-ou. " I do not need the aid of the tele wojie,' hu said; '1 can make out tho sign. It reads: Chantier du l'ardinal-Le-moine.' " In fact his excellent eyesight stood him instead when he began to grow deaf. "He saw so well." says our biographer, "that he seemed to bear everything, and when he asked that a phrase le reeatd it was more to make sure "that he had guessed correctly than to satisfy the de mands of his deaf ear. A few months before his death 1 was dining with bin and was giving an account of my last visit to Spain. I wont so far as to admit a liking for bull fights, whereuj.stn Mme. Luckrow said to me in a low tone: 'It is fortunate father doesn't hear you for he detests that cruel sport. Pray don't sav anything more on that subject.' So 1 took up another tojt'c. but my host gave me such a searching look that I felt that I was discovered. "I didn't scire the whole sentence,' remarked thu poet; -vou said that vou liked?' "I ventured to prevaricate. " 'I was saying that I liked the Bohe mian dance. ' " 'No. no, interrupted Victor Hugo. shaking his head, while a smile spread over his face, -vou said that vou liked bull fights.' "New York Mail" and Ex-piess-. The llalilt or Sunday St it til up. Tliis habit has grown to Ite common in our large dries, where men live at a dis tance from their business places, :md, therefore, take a light lunch every tlay during the week. When Sunday comes they have leisure for breakfast, and little exercise during the forenoon; then liave a royal dinner at 2 o'clock, and .-erhajts lazy lounging and -'lying off," :is it is called, during the afternoon: they thus eat twice as much on Sunday as they do other days. The appetite is just as good as it would be if they were engaged in their ordinary occutatioiis, but the neetls of the system are not half so great when a person is idle as when he is actively or laboriously engaged in busi ness, and the result is that Monday is a blue day to very many. It is a day of headaches and ill feeling, and by Wednes day, jterliaps, they get kick into the nor mal track again, and by Saturday are ready for another stuffing on Sunday. We believe tliat dyspepsia in city men originates, in nine cases out of ten, "in the practice of overeating and taking little exercise on Sunday. Phrenological Journal. The Stamp Collecting Muula. The mania for collecting postage stamps seenis to be gaining more ground than ever in France. Among the most famous collectors in France is a man who has over 1,000,000 tostage stanqts preserved in lo0 richly lxnmd volumes, and atirther who keeps two clerks employed in classi fying and arranging his enormous col lection. Added to this, there are in Paris altout 130 wholesale linns em ployed in thu trade, and one of the best known of these lias lately offered from ViU to Jt40 for certain stanqts of tin year" 183G. Tuscan postage 'stamrsdattjd be fore 1800 will be paid for atTe rate of 6 each, whiie-sl&mjn from Mauritius for the year 181? fetch 80, and French stamps of Id-it) are quoted at '1 each. Parw Cor. London Telegraph. Collecting; His Caricature. Count Beust collected all the carica tures of himself tliat apteared during twenty years, and took great pride in showing them to visitors at Altenberg. He also collected newspaper articles and pamphlets relating to himself. His mu sical talent was considerable. Among his valses the most popular. "Kctour ties hides," was dedicated to the Princess of Wales. His last jtoem, dated Altenberg, June, 1S86, and entitled "Vorbei." ap peared a fortnight ago in The Vienna Re view. It closes with the words -Forgiveness to enemies, the battle is over." Chicago Times. Enduring Quality or Human Hair. A remarkable illustration of tho endur ing quality of human hair may now be seen in the British museum, whero has been placed a wig lately found in a temple at Thebes, which is supposed to have been worn by au Egyptian priest at a period not less than ,400 years ago. Chicago Herald. A Possible DIcovery. Perhaps one of the most astounding discoveries we shall make in eternity is that our planet is not only one of the most insignificant in size, but one of the least advanced in civilization. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. Bachlea's Aratea Salre. The Best Salve iu the world for Cuts, Braises, Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped IlaDda, Chilblain, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cure6 Pile, or no pay required. It is guar anteed toirive perfect Batiftfactioo, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Foi Sale by Dawly & Heit kessper. mayl7 Iy National Bank ! or COX.UaftB'CJS. NEB. HAS AX Authorized Capital of $250,000, A Surplus Fund of - $I7,OOo! And the largest 1I4 . C.H - Ital of any ban in this part of the State. Dci)0',it1 re,,eved and interest paid on time deposit. v ETDrafts afts on the principal cities in this and Kurope bought and sold. country gycollections Bnd all other business givea prompt and careful attention. STOCKUOLDKKS. AXDJCRSON,Prer. SAM'L C.SMITH, ViceFret't. O.T.ROKX, Cashier. J. V. BECKER. HERMAN OKHLRICH G.-8CHUTTE, u1'1, W. A. MCALLISTER. JONAS WELCH, JOHN W.EARLY, P. ANDERSON, G.ANDERSON, ROBERT UHLIQ. Apr28.'S8tr 1U8WES8 CAiDS. D.T.Matyk,M.D. F.J.Scuua.M.D. Drs. KABTYN ft 8 CHUG, U. 8. Examining Surgeons, Loeal Surgeons, Unioq Pacific, O.. N. &li.H.andH.A3I.K. R's. Consultations iu German and English, telephones at office and residences. I30fflce on Olive street, uext to Broa fouhrer's Jewelry Store. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 42-jr YY COB.1KIJUM, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building 11th street. S UI.I.IVA ci:dkr, A TTOItXYS A T LA W, Uldoe oyer First National bun, Nebraska. Hank, Coliiin-00-tt C. . KVAAN, M. O., PHYSICIAN AND SUliGEON. B3TOtti.:e and rooms. Uluck building, 11th street. Telephone coiumuuicatiou. Y JJAMIIrO .TiEAUKU 91. ., PHYSICIAN AND SUE G EON, Platte Center, Nebraska. 9-y pjKR.fiA- a r::vHrKir, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON 3IAKEK, 13th street, eat of Abt'n barn. April 7, Stf-tl IT -sl. J. CHAM. Wll.l.Y, T3EUTSCH Kl I ARZT, Coliiinbux, Nebraska. e".e "tn reet. Consultations m hnglisb, French and (ienimu. 22.m pOWELL IIOUN1-, PLATTE CENTEIi,NEB. Just opened. Special attention given to commercial men. Has a good sample room. Sets the best table. Give It a trial and be convinced. OO-Omo J OH kvmde, COUNTY SURVEYOR. ETParties desiring surveviitK done tan auuress me at Columbus, Neb. call at my office iu Court House. 3niay86-y OTICE TO TKACHKMfJ, w. H. Tedrow, Co 1 Will be at H1V Office in th I'nnrt 1 the third Saturday of each nicnth for i examination oi leacners. r. p. Bur HOM - ". ! aas juiseases ' Ckildrea a Saaeialtv. ETOffice on Olive meet, three doors aorth of First National Bank. 2-ly M eALLlgTEat fttatOS.. A TTORNEYS AT LAW Office up-stairs In lug. 11th St. W. A Public. McAllister's build . McAllister, Notary J. t. MACVARLAND, Ittemjial Usury rati e. B. R. COWDXXY, CslUsHr LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE or MACF ARLAND & Columbus, COWDBRT. Nebraska. JOHN G. 1IIGGINS. C. J. UARLOW, Collection Attorney. HIGOISb QAZ10W, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Specialty made of Collections by C. S4.ni Garlow. C H.KIJSCHE, 'llthSt.,ossiteLindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks' valises,- buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, Ac, at tbe lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to.. AltirBELL. At CO. -DCiURg IX Rars and Iron ! The highest market price paid tor rags and iron. Store in the Bubach building, Olive st Columbus. Neb. 13-tf YOD; 'can live at home, and make more money at work for us, than at anrthinir 1a In thia wnrlit ra n. its! not needed: vou are started free. QORrVTHIST. 1 r Both sexes; all ages. Any one can do the work. Large earnings sure from Srst start. Costly outfit and terras free. Better not delay. Costs you aotaiag to end us your address aad lad out; if Jou are wise you will do so at eacs. Ji. Ialuctt & Co., Portland, 31 alas. Dtc.32-'!: r or -JT r Bupt. x I xssV I BSW It J