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5-"3jt V THE JOURNAL.! 4TEH OPAMTEHTMI-4C tJT Business and professions lcarda of fivslinsaor Isss.psr sjuamni, Its dollars. t"ff For tine sdverttaosMsts, apply atthisoflc. EfLsgal ad vsUsssasnU at statuts rates X3r For transient advertising, ses rates on third page. 13TXW advertisements payable monthly. ISSUKP EVERY WKDNKSPAY, I M. Tv- TURNER & CO., Proprietors and Publiahers . V WHOLE NO. 871 V0I. XVII. -NO. 46. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9, 1887. L Oolumbtis 0tl KVww ! X& OFFICE,-Eleventh St., upstair in Journal Building. terms: Peryear , , Sixmouths " - Three mouths sinijlecoples ' COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUMBUS, HEB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 DIRECTORS: Liander Gerhard, Pres'l. Geo. W. Hulst, Vice Pres't. Julius A. Reed. R. H. IlENKY. J. K. Tahkf.h, Cashier. Hank of IKepowIt, IHnooiibI Hid Eichangf. Collection Promptly ie all Point. ay Intcrext on Time leie l. 'i"J COLUMBUS Savings Bank, LOAN & TRUST COMPANY. Capital Slock. 1 00,00 OFFICERS: A. ANHKKbOX. 1'ltES'T. O. W. 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W01KI16 classes vj prepared to furnish all cl:i-ex with em ployment at home, the whole of the time, or for their tpare moments. Business new, light and profitable. Persons of either sex asilv earn from 50 cents to 5.00 per evening, and a proportional um by devoting all their time to the business. Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men." That all who see this may end their address, and test the business, we make this offer. To such as are not Well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full .particulars and outfit free. Address George Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. Dec-22-'S6 LYON&HEALY State 4 KonroeSts.. Chicago. Wv5L. - -rill FEtfinnfl nan r.-ri nnnc. , w ,.-.,- ---,c7 tiliZ ' r iHRanHi smjiu, Kt, 4 r r Sndry Bud Oottta, fisfsHiC . . ft 1 1 Imi J t-Wi u. aui nriuaa - -- bbw 'fCtaka Jtod Mala. w m. wmrnxmrnw Bauusk a VuSHpH03F!tf WESTERN COTTAGE ORGAN MM laL AT THIRTY YEARS. At thirty years, it is enough for s To know I am sot what I hoped to be! It is enough, storm beaten on the plain. To view the splendid heights I cannot gam Low down, to miss the music of the spheres At thirty years! The half of life has passed, sad kale i One effort more, O soul, to break the cfaaiaa Of circumstance! to fill this page of time With characters of glory, and to climb The steep ascent, with songs in place of team. At thirty years! Toe clouds wul pass: the asa will dazzle thro' On rose flushed pinnacles that pierce the blue: OL, deep disgrace, to loiter on the plain Irresolute, to grieve at toil and pain To be the slave of sloth and sordid fears. At thirty years: J. K Eastwood in Temple Bar. THE RED SCAR. & When I found myself stranded, so to speak, in the heart of Yucatan, I was rather pleased than otherwise. I bad been writing up the quaint old ruins of that strange land for a New York paper, nnd had trraed my face homeward, when I received a letter requesting me to wait at San Pablo for further instructions. San Pablo interested me. It was a sleepy old Spanish village, with a big cntlied-nl, a plaza with the usual collection of adobe houses around it, and a background of snow capped mountains rising boldly from n landscape of torrid summer beats. It was hero that I met with the most puz zling experience of my life. I was return ing from a solitary ride among the hills. The declining sun warned me that darkness would overtake me if I did not make haste, but as I could see in the distance the mas sive towers of the cathedral, I felt no un easiness. At one place my lonely road or mule path skirted n deep ravine, which was fo choked up with a thick, scrubby under growth that I was unable to see anjlhiug but u tangled mass of foliage and vines. "A good place for an ambush," I said to myself. The idea impressed me so that I spurred my mule, but to my surprise the usually docile animal stood stock still. "Senor!" The voice rang out from the depths of the ravino, but it seemed to be at my ear. "Senor, halt!" As I had halted, on account of my mule's obstinacy, the command was unnecessary. "Stai.d aside!" I shouted, "and let me pass." Just then I saw protruding out of the bushes in front of me the muzzle of an old fashioned blunderbuss, a flint lock weapon in very general uso in Yucatan. A shudder ran down my spinal column. I was unarmed, and the bluuderbuss was about the slzo of a small cannon. Resist ance was not to be thought of. "I surrender!" I cried to my unseen foe. "The seuor is sensible," said the man with the big gun, as he leaped into the road. A rapid but close scrutiny of my captor showed mo-a young man of medium height, whose lithe sinewy figure indicated excep tional activity and strength. He wore a homespun cotton suit, and th face under Ids sombre) had the brown tinge common to all the Yucatans who were of mixed Spanish and Indian blood. The man's right temple was disfigured by a peculiar scar, shaped like a crescent, and of a fiery red color. Beyond this scar there was nothing remarkablo about his lace. He had regular features, thin, cruel lips, and restless eyes like beads of jet. "1 will hold up my hands, and you can go through me," said I pleasantly. "You don't want the mule, do you?" "The senor is wrong. I do want the mule," replied the robber in a quiet self possessed tone. "The senor will have the kindness to dismount and hold up' his hands. ' ' As there was no use in wasting words, I obeyed without objection. The robber with a quick jerk drew my hands behind me and pinioned them with a strip of rawhide. Then he bound me securely to a tree. After finishing these preliminaries be emptied my pockets of the loose silver in them. "Is this all, senor!1" he asked in deep dis gust. "All I have," I answered. "The senor has my sympathy," said the rascal with a vicious grin. "But the mule is something." The robber turned my steed to the right about and jumped into the saddle. "Let the senor be patient," he said as he rode off. "Some traveler will release him, and it is not far to San Pablo. Cive Fran cisco's compliments to the alcalde. Adios, senor, adios!" And waving his hand he disappeared around a bend in the road. So this was the noted highwayman, Fran cisco, for whose head the governor had offered a heavy reward. There was con solation in the thought. No one would blame me for surrendering to a dare devil who was considered a match for any three men iu Yucatan. But my train of thought was soon inter rupted in a pleasant manner. Francisco had been gone, perhaps, a quarter of an hour when a muleteer made his appearance leading his little burro along the narrow path. Hailing the stranger, I induced him to cut my bonds and release me. The mule teer told me that I had escaped lightly. He gave Francisco a very black character. "If this place had not been in sight of San Pablo," said he, "the cutthroat would bne killed you." The next morning the little town of San Pablo was in a state of eruption. Men, women and children rushed pell mell tlirough the streets uttering wild yells. I looked out of the window several times, but could not make up my mind whether it was a revolution or a holiday. I threw myself on the bed and tried to get into a doze, and was succeeding when the alcalde rushed into my room with a bevy of his retainers and pulled me into a sitting posture. "The senor's commands havo been obeyed," said the alcalde, excitedly. "The dog of a bandit lias been arested, and wDl be tried before me at once. But we need the senor's testimony. Without the senor wo can do nothing." It took me almost no time to dress and accompany the little brown alcalde and his browner alguazils to the pretentious stone edifice on the plaza called the palace of justice. I had never seen a criminal trial in a Mexican court, and everything was new to mo. The alcalde presided with great dig nity. He was assisted by a prosecuting officer, and several advocates, as they call their lawyers, were also on hand. The court room was filled with a crowd of eager spec tators, all talking, swearing and shakng their fists at tho prisoner. The robber, Fran cisco, was the most unconcerned looking man in the crowd. Surrounded byolguazus, be was not handcuffed, and when he saw me he smiled and made me a polite bow Tho proceedings dragged all through the weary day. My limited knowledge of the language made it impossible for me to fol low everything that was said, but I under stood that an -effort was being made to prove an alibi. Three men with rather hon est faces swore that at 6 o'clock on the pre vious afternoon they had imbibed pulque with l'rancisco at a little village twenty miles r- " of San Pablo. If they told the Subscribe WITH THE DAILY CHICAGO MAIL, Both Papers One Year, FOB truth, of conns my robber could not have been Francisco. It irritated me to see so much importance attached to the alibi and to my case, be cause I had been led 'to believe that the prisoner would be bald anyhow, as be was wanted for other crimes, and a big reward had been offered for him. I was told, how ever, that in Yucatan, a prisoner, when he demands a trial must be tried or released inside of twelve hours. In order to hold him, therefore the San Pablo authorities had to make the most of my evidence. The alibi business worried the old alcalde not a little. The three witnesses who swore to meeting Francisco on the afternoon bo fore were reputable men. On the other hand, I was a stranger and an American. Several times during the day I was recalled to the stand and examined and cross-examined. The utmost courtesy characterized the examination, but it had a latitude tnat'would not have been permitted in an American court. Frequently a spectator would interrupt with a question or make a suggest! n to the alcalde. Once Francisco remarked that he was tired and would take It as a favor if the court would hurry up! Toward the close of the day I saw a man on the outskirts of the spectators whoso face and manner attracted my attention. He was the very image of Francisco, tho prisoner. I changed my position so as to ge a bet ter view. Tho resemblance was wonderfully striking. The man was just Francisco's age, height, size and complexion. His sombrero shaded his right temple and prevented mo from seeing whether it bore the peculiar scar which disfigured the robber. His cos tume was the same as Francisco's, but as nearly everybody wore homespun of the same color and pattern, this did not excite my sur prise. "If ho has tho scar," I muttered, "he could pass anywhere for Francisco. It would bo impossible to tell them apart." Naturally, I began to understand the alibi. The men who swore that they saw tho highwayman twenty miles away from the scene of his crime at the very moment ho was tying my hands, might honestly be mis taken. They had seen this mysterious stran ger. But they had sworn to the scar. Could it be possible that the stranger's face bore such a mark? I determined to edge my way to him in the crowd and accidentally knock off his som brero in order to look for the fiery crescent. When I reached that side of the building the roan was gone. I made every effort to find him, but finally gave it up. He had either left the room, or liad shifted his posi tion, keeping other persons between us so as to screen him from my view. As it was growing dark, four tallow can dles were lighted, but the gloomy stonewalls made the room look almost as dork as ever. I was wondering what would be the out come of the case, when the lights were sud denly blown out. "Keep in your places!" shouted an algua ziL "Order in the palace of justice!" The candles were relighted, and then was beheld such a scene as has rarely ever been witnessed in a court room or anywhere else. Iu front of the alcalde's bench stood two scar-faced men as much alike as two brown peas! "Merciful saints!" ejaculated an algua zil. "Do I see double, or are there two Franciscos?" "It is the work of the devil," suggested a pious old man, as he crossed himself. My friend, the old alcalde, put on his spectacles, and looked sharply at the two men. "Francisco!" he called. Each of the two men gave a jerk of his head, and answered to the name. "Let the American senor take the stand,' ordered the alcalde. In response to the questions put to me I admitted that I could not point out the real Francisco. Three witnesses 'called to establish the alibi were recalled. They shared my be wilderment, and could throw no light upon the case. The alcalde scratched his head. Then he touched one of the doubles with bis cane. "You, now," he said, "what is your name?" "Francisco," was the pat reply. "Your residence and occupation?" "I have none. lam traveling about.' The alcalde turned to the other man. "What is your name?" "Francisco." "Your residence and occupation?" "I have none. I am traveling about." The samo answers, delivered in the very voice and manner of tho first double. Seeing the alcalde's embarrassment, I went to him and suggested that he imprison both men until the matter could be looked into. "I cannot do it,' he said, "One is inno cent. If I imprison him I shall lose my place. Besides, the twelve hours will soon expire, and without satisfactory evidence I must turn both loose." I hinted that it was all a put up job, that Francisco probably bad a twin brother who had arranged it to have the lights blown out, and had then in the darkness made his way to the prisoner's side, thus confusing matters with the intention of evading justice. "It matters not," said the alcalde. "Two men cannot be arrested, tried and impris oned on a warrant against one, nor can a warrant bo issued against two, when it is known that only one is guilty. No, senor, it is a hardship, doubtless, but it is better to disappoint justice than to do injustice." Then raising his head be said: "The prisoners are discharged." Silently the crowd divided, leaving a broad pathway. Down the aisle walked the two Franciscos. Each wore the same scornful smile. Each gave the same wicked look out of bis black eyes. Each made the same bow to the court, and when they passed me I noticed that the red bears on each man's temple were both of the same size and of the same naming color. Out of tho arched doorway of tho palace of justice, out into the dark ness, out into the region of the mysterious and the unknown, passed the two Franciscos, with not a man to follow or say them nay. The next morning my expected letter came. I was instructed to loso no time in returning to the states, and I left San Pablo at once. For all I know, the two Franciscos are still having a royal time down in Yucatan. Wallace P. Reed in Atlanta Constitution. Fast la a Teapot. A workman in the -Meriden Britannia company's works while scouring the inside of a silver teapot the other day, slipped his hand through the small neck of the pot, and then couldn't withdraw it. The harder he tried the more he didn't succeed, and the hand began to swell. Then the com pany's chemist poured a strong solution of alum into the pot, and the workman soaked his hand awliile. Then the alum water was poured out and a pint of oil poured in, and so after an hour's working the hand was released. New York Sun. Or. Holmes' Signature. "O. W. Holmes" is the way Dr. Oliver Wendell H. signs his name, and he makes the "1" so small that it looks lik9 a part of the "m." His handwriting is almost as clear as that of a good bookkeeper. for the WITH THE WEEKLY STATE JOUBNAL, Both One Tear For SS.75. MUSIC FOR CHURCHES. TH STAGE ROBS THE CHURCH CHOIR OF THE BEST VOICES. The Growiag Demands of Church Goers. The Secret of the Present Dearth of Good ToIeesSopranoa aad Tenors Be coming Scarce. Tho churches in "aw York are trying to solve the problem how and where tho music for 1887 is to bo obtained. There is money enough to pay for cultivated voices, but the tronblo is that trained voices are not in the market. As in times past tho church going public demanded that they thould havo a preacher of celebrity and power, so now they demand that cultivated voices shell bo f umished f or the choir. Although thero is a development of "the craving for chorus choirs and fur. doublo quartets, nothing short of a well balanced, competent choir that can interpret the most dilEcult selections will satisfy tho average church goer. In fact, the-character of tho music. rendered by a ccurchcliolr to-day UTof 'as much importance and great a drawing card as tho man who occupies tho pulpit. Con sequently the church music committees are having a very industrious hunt for good voices. Cultivated soprano and teucr voices aro In great demand, and it seems that the vocal ists of New York are looking for salaries as well as fame. It is estimated that tho sala ries paid for church musie in this city, al though ranging from $100 to 3,000 per year, aggregate without doubt many times t'ae pastoral salaries. It has long been the complaint of thoso engaged in church choir work that they were by no means suf ficiently recompensed for the time and abil ity involved, bjt so loss as volunteers and ablo recruits could bo had almost for tho asking their plaints and criticisms were unheeded. FOTJXD A BETTER MARKET. "I do not think the secret of the present dearth of good voices is that singers havo determined to bo paid for their work or not ring," said a well-known wielder of tho chorister baton tho other day. "It is rather that they have found a much better market for their voices. Sinco the introduction of 'Pinafore' into this country the church choirs have been ransacked and depleted to the end of furnishing leading and chorus voices for tho multitude of comic operas that liave so quickly and successfully fol lowed Gilbert and Sullivan's tuneful history of Ralph Rackstraw. TThere a good singer once lent the best endeavors to obtaining a position in a church choir, to-day the rule is to seek out some muniger in anticipation of securing an engagement on the stage. Even thoso persons who havo not succeeded in finding such au engagement still refuso church w ork because the' hope soon to se cure tho long coveted place on the operatic or theatrical stage. Iu brief, tho church has been robbed by the stage for tho past five years. "Not only aro our own city churches in need of good voices, because of this gradua tion to the stage, but because out of town churches, finding it difficult to secure com petent voices, have invaded New York, and by making liberal offers have carried away somo of our best singers. TIk are plenty of singers to be sure, but there i a scarcity of available oiecs of tho requisite cultiva tion for church service. Though the main difficulty seems to be in obtaining sopranos and tenors, the deficiency is really not con fined to one class of vocalists. Altos and bass voices can be hod, but they must bo liberally paid for. I call to mind now an instance where one church in this city will pay a newly engaged alto more than doublo the salary given to her predecessor. Wbilo many bass and 'baritone voice are in the market, so to speak, the rich, deep, well rounded bass is to bo obtained only with much difficulty. Singera possessing voices havo no cultivation, and thoso whose voices show culture are lacking in tho desired tim ber. It is a fact that in order to retain the valuable components of their choirs many of the churches will have to increase the salaries next year more than ever before. As I look back I can call to mind several well known companies on tho road that represent many of the best voices that have been heard in church choirs." New York Mail and Express. Bnsinens Done by Ills Stores. An idea of tho extensive, indeed enormous, business done in some of the big stores may bo obtained by the statement that a popular up town hatter considers it a "small Satur day" that be does not take in over his coun ter $2,800, not to mention his regular or ac count custom; a dry goods store on Sixth avenue yields between $2,500 and $3,500 a day; a drug store in a ipulous neighbor hood receives $1,800 per day; a news stand in one of tho hotels is worth between 300 and $C00 per day; a celebrated oyster saloon takes in ordinarily $1,200 per day, and $2,500 Saturday afternoons and evenings; an up town hotel cab stand takes in ordi narily $200 and $2o0, but as. high as $500 in good sleighing times; a hotel barroom of the art gallery order takes in $700 per day ordinarily and as high as $1,500 on parade days, while an ordinary but generally popular ono takes in $450 to 500 without fail. A liquor saloon with restaurant at tached for gentlemen only averages $500 per day, while there is a model beer saloon on a side street that is good any day for $350. There is a jewelry store that frequently takes in at this holiday season a3 much as 75,000; a picturo and art emporium that does not take in interest or expenses for several days together, but then makes the sale of a cele brated panting at the profit of thousands. New York Times. One Congressman' Small Outlay. There is a representativo in congress from one of the southern states who manages to live comfortably in Washington at an outlay of not more than $1,500 per annum. He has no family, neither drinks nor uses tobacco in any form, yet he apparently enjoys life in his own way and is a general favorite with his congressional associates. He has neat but not extravagant apartments in an emi nently respectable section of the city and dresses in good taste. Many of his compan ions are very anxious to learn his methods of saving so much of his salary, but he refrains from giving any advice on the subject, but tells them good naturedly that it is the result of his self control. He is not in any sense a miser, but he is about tho best specimen of a model moral congressman in existence to day. Washington Cor. Baltimore Sun. On the question of introducing tho study of English literature side by side with the classics at Oxford, Mr. Gladstone expresses himself as "utterly deploring whatever tends to dis place a classical education for those in any way capable of receiving it, and strongly dis approving all efforts in that direction.1 John Bright, on the other hand, declares that 'the study of the ancient languages isnot now essential to education, so far as the acquisition of knowledge is concerned." Beady Once More. Deadwood papers tell of an old gentlemen in that village who has a suit of clothes in which he has been married three times, and is now desirous of repeating the performance. COLUMBUS WITH THE OMAHA WEEKLY BEPUBLICAI. Both One Year For $2.75. . MONEYMANIACS OF NEW YORK. Peculiar Habits of a Klch MawMI rt aad Deprivations of Misers. ! There is a sunken eyed old man whom I meet every night that I stroll up Fifth avenue somewhere between Washington 1 fqatre and Twenty-third street. I must have known this phantom a good fifteen yean He lives ina garret within a stone's throw of the square, and It the owner -of much valuable property. In the early days of eur acquaintance I need to encounter him strolling in the park munching a French roUf crumb by crumb. - This was his break fast. If ho eats another meal it is probably of the samo order. His dress is that of a vagrant, but his conversation is that of an educated man. He 13 especially happy in re counting reminiscences of the New York of two rcccration3 ago, and has traveled a couple cf miles at a timo with me to point out vanished landmarks in which I happened to ba interested. I won his regard early by giving him car fare after each of these jaunts. Ho pouched tho money and walked back. 7his man isatruo miser, but sot a beggar. A. much mora ccnipkle specimen is another old fellow whom f got to know-while making notes in the Astor library, no carried crusts of bread in his pocket and ate them bit by bit as ho huddled over his book all day long. His miserable dress, his haggard face and wasted figura inspired mo with pity and I ojiened an acquaintanceship with him. "When I worked nil day I was in the habit of lunching in a convenient beer shop of Bohe mian renown, and I onco invited him to join me. Thereafter ho did it daily without in vitation. When my work at the library was finished he got to haunting my house. Every evening ho would lii in wait for me and levy toll to the sum of a dime for his dinner, on ho said. One night a prominent real estate agent came up as I was making this contri bution and greeted my pensioner by name. When he liad shufiled of? the agent laughed at me for my modest liberality. I learned from him that my haggard friend was a re tired real estate speculator and worth at least half a million iu property. lie lived, and indeed lives still, in a hallway which ho Las converted into a sort of bedroom in the basement of one of his ow n houses. Tho rest of the basement is let out to a rag and paper man, so that the miser is in congenial quarters. There are two moneymaniacs that I know bo well that I have bjen ablo to make somo curious studies of their characters and habits. I could hardly count thoso whom I know casually or merely by sight or repute. They come of all grades and walks of life. Thero are among them men who were origi nally merchants, lawyers, doctors of medi cine and of divinity, mechanics and oven common laboring men. The miseries they subject themselves to and the deprivations the- eudure to savo a cent are quite incredi ble. Each man has his own shifts and de vices, and each his pet mania. One gathers pins as if they were gold, and travels with his shabby breast stuck so full of them that it looks like a pincushion. Another collects advertising dodgers with an avidity that would do honor to bank bills. They.seemto bd under the pressure of an incessant craze to acquire something or nothing, however worthless it may be, and probably esperieneo as acute a pang at tho loss of a pin or a hand bill as they would at that of one of their hoarded dollars. Alfred Trumble in New York News. Luck of a Musical Geuina. Spencer, the man who wrote the opera "Little Tycoon," is a queer genius. He is a mild sort of religious crank and used to sing in the choir in a country town in New Jer sey. He offered his opera to everybody in America who had ever produced comic opera, but they all refused to touch it until he struck George Bartholemew, of the Templo theatre, Philadelphia, who agreed to put it on the stage. It is said that Spencer almost fainted when Bartholemew told him he would do it, and went around among his friends for days afterward telling of his good luck and always shedding tears during the recital. One day while ho was trying to induce a couple of managers in Now York to take hold of his opera, he felt so certain that they would do so that he spent all nut 50 cents of the lost $2 ho had in the world for a bottle of wine, in tho hope that it would help to mellow their hearts and clinch the bargain. When they had drunk the wine they refused to accept his opera, and Spencer was in des pair. He bought a supper and then walked the streets all night because he did not have enough money left to buy a bed. In speak ing of the matter afterward he exclaimed pathetically: "Just think of it! I spent nearly the last cent I had on thoso fellows, and i-ven then they couldn't .produce my opera." As it only cost something like $15,000 to produce it the cruelty of tho man agers is apparent. Pioneer Press "List ener." The Prevailing Stage Superstition. It is well known that in no profession are superstitions more prevalent than in the dramatic. They aro not at all admitted superstitions, but they still exist to greater or less degree. Augustin Daly has recently named his new play "Love in Harness." He tries always to get three names into his titles "for luck," and o his play bills give "A Night Off," "Love on Crutches," "Nancy & Co.," "After Business Hours," et. Lester Wallack, it is said, has a super stition that death scenes are unlucky, and he will not now permit them on his stage. Gil bert and Sullivan were at one timo reported to have a superstitious predilection for pieces that began with P, and even at first gave their "Mikado" tho name of "Poohbah," so that it might follow the successes of "Pina fore," "Patience," "Pirates of Penzance," "Princess and Peri" ("Iolanthe") and "Prin cess Ida." Tho latest instance of supersti tion is the refusal of a New York manager to open with his now star, Marguerite Fish, on December 13, because 13 is unlucky. As tho 13th comes on a Monday, however, a good many plays must open on that day. Hartford Times. Bontmaking; Kxtraordlnary. Tho celebrated Chicago sausage machine has been eclipsed. In this machine the pig, it will be recollected, is said to enter at one end and on the whisk of a handle to emerge in sausage. The Vienna papers are making merry over a bet made a day or two ago by a celebrated shoemaker In that city. He undertook from a given calf to manufacture a pair of boots within twenty-four hours of tha animal's death. The conditions were made and a committee was appointed to see that they were duly carried out. Large stakes were put into tha hands of au impar tial stakeholder. Early in the morning of the appointed day a calf was killed in the presence of numerous witnesses. The skin was at the tannery at noon; it was properly tanned and turned over to ono of the most slallful hands of the spirited shoemaker that very evening, and next morning it reap peared in tho shaj)e of a pair of boots, which were won by the man who owned the calf that had carried the skin the day before. Pall Mall Gazette. There are 96,000 women on the pension rolls. The Mexican army has 160,023 soldiers. JOURNAL, WITH THE PRAIRIE FARMER, Both One Tear For i2 BUCKET SHOP RUNNERS. ORESSY LOAFERS WHO LURE THE UNWARY TO FINANCIAL RUIN. Schemes to Make BConey ThroHgh the Greed and Iaaoeemee of the Uninitiated Gambler Sly Thieves la the Stock Market. Flashily ' dressed mon, who were neve known to buy a cent's worth of stock; who are not brokers, either regular .or of the curbstone variety, nor yet brokers' clerks, but who nevertheless hang around the lively ticker and talk as glibly of stocks and mar gins and puts and calk as the busiest oper ator in the market, can be seen any day in Wall street. What they do has long been a mystery to many people on "the street," and how they contrive to always be so well supplied with ready money is something which has perplexed those to whom their faces are as familiar as the dial of Trinity church clock. Theso individuals have become more and more numerous of recent years. To the initiated they are known as "touts," which is Wall street slang for the givers of "tips" or "points" on the prospective value of stocks. Many a shorn Iamb lias learned from bitter experience that tho "tout" is not infallible in his prognostications. The methods of this parasite are peculiar and in teresting. The way in which he swindles his unsuspecting victims was well illustrated the other day in a Broad street bucket shop. A reporter happened into the place, and there saw one of the neatest swindlers who ever went unpunished. A SUCCESSFUL "TOUT." He was one of the most successful "touts" on the street. His clothes were of the loud est check obtainable. His tall hat was very shiny. His watch chain weighed about a ton more or less. He carried a thick Eng lish club with an enormous buck horn crutch. His mustache was large, and of that peculiar greenish black color so often seen on gamblers and confidence men. It was about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and the place was full of patrons. The "tout" was talking in a loud tone to the bucket shop proprietor. They were both laughing, and appeared excited. "Where'd you get the tip?" asked the bucket shop man. The tout whispered in his ear. The bucket shop man stood off a few feet and his face wore an expression of astonished ad miration. "Really!" he asked;- "Is that straight? Why, he's the biggest man in the board." "Yes, I know; big friend of mine; often gives 'em to me; I'll let you in; suro thing; so long, see you later," and the man with the big green mustacho turned to go. Before he could reach the street, however, a lamb, who had caught scraps of tho con versation, intercepted him. "I beg your pardon, sir," began the lamb with an apologetic bleat, "but I understand you have a good tip on the market, sir." The tout seemed annoyed. "Who told you I had a tip?" he asked, "and what if I have?" "If you will give it to mo I will make it all right," said the Iamb. "How? I don't understand you." "I will give you half I make by using the information." "Will you deposit $50 with the gentle man here as a guarantee of good faith"" "Yes," said the lamb, "but of course if I don't win you will get nothing." "Certainly," said his tutorship, "all I want is that you will not give the tip away. ' ' The lamb agreed, and deposited five $10 bills. Then the sharper took him aside and whispered to him that if ho would buy 100 shares of B. F. and H. stock at the market price it would shortly jump from three to five points, owing to a consolidation ibout to be made with the C. C. and B. P. R, R. He had just received this information from one of the directors of the latter road. CERTAIN TO WIJT. Shortly after this the tout and the toutee went to an obscure bucket shop, and there the victim bought his 100 shares on a 3 per cent, margin. This was only the first part of the tout's little game. Aa soon as he saw the money paid for the margin he excused himself and went around the corner to another bucket shop on New street. There, after throwing' out some dark hints to the proprietor, he caught another gud geon. Almost the same conversation as was had with victim No. 1 was gone through with, the only important difference being that this time the advice was to sell 100 shares of B. F. & H. The second lamb msekly went to the slaughter house recom mended by the tout, and deposited his three per cent margin. This completed the tout's work. He was now secured no matter which way tho market went. In gamblers' slang he had a "sure thing." The cat could jump in either direction, but he was certain to reap a profit. The tout went to dinner with an easy mind, and slept that night the sleep of a litle child, free from all care and worry. As it happened, in a few days a rumor was circulated that foreclosure proceedings were to be begun against the B. F. and H. R. R., and the price of its stock was ham mered down five and one half points. The tout was promptly on hand at the bucket shop, where Iamb No. 2 was eagerly watch ing tho quotations. He was told to close out. He did so at once and made a profit of about $500. This he divided with the tout. Lamb No. 1 of course lost all that he had put up, but somebody had to lose for the tout to win. That is part of the game. The tout is as unscrupulous in his methods as the "bunco steerer," and his profits are much greater and surer. He runs no risk of going to tho penitentiary. He makes many euemics, but always gains a friend at the same time. This friend's turn to lose comes later. The tout is responsible for hundreds of ruined men and wretched, pov erty stricken homes. He is in league with all the bucket shop swindlers. He has as many "cappers" or "ropers in" as any skin gambling den, and he goes about his work scientifically. He always has the excuse when he is reproached by those he has ruined that he himself was taken in, and that he gave tho tip honestly. New York Star. The Great American Desert. When railroads first touched the Missis sippi river at Burlington about 1852 or 1853 it must have been a great celebration was held on tho east bank and a commend able glorification indulged in. The speakers were Stephen A. Douglas and Lewis Cass. Mr. Cass in his speech referred to the fact that, according to all school histories and geographies previous to that time they must have been very near the great American desert; but, he said, "as this desert constantly recedes as we approach it it will probably be found there is no desert at all." Men now under 90 years of age when at school studied geographies which located the American desert lying in the western half of Iowa and extending to the Rocky mount ains. In fact, Des Moines is situated in the locality of what was then asserted to be part of the great desert. Des Moines (la.) Regis ter. CoL Sir Reginald Ransom, the new lord mayor of London, used to be best football player at Rugby. 2 a year. ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL If -you want to sell or oy nytblnst ifyou. want to lend or borrow anything; it you -wont at situation or If you wantnslp. I? 7T THE MUTABILITYOF FORTUNE. Incidents la tseEarly Ufa of M Jo eph PullUerT of The New York World.' Looking out from his editorial eyrie in Park row and enjoying the serene conscious ness that his autograph at the bottom of a check will produce greenbacks from the bank up to a figure which we shall not as nuno to specify, Hon. Joseph PuHtaer must be impressed with the mutability of fortune, since he can gaze upon the spot in the City Hall park where ho once enjoyed an uncere monious sleep with a hard bench for his bed, and had his hat stolen into tho bargain 1 Ho doesn't shrink from telling the story himself, and an excellent raconteur he is too. It happened when he was mustered out of Uncle Sam's service at the close of tho war, and when a good many honest fellows found it difficult to secure employment. Ho en countered hi3 full share of rebuffs, priva tions and hard knocks, and one day, fatigued and footsore, was glad to stretch himself on a park bench. Whilo he slumbered some mean sneak thief carried off his only hat and ho had to apply to tho quartermaster In order to procure a substitute to shelter his waving tresses from tho amorous breeae. After 'he had pushed his way to St Louis and was pluckily struggling to gain a foot hold he had another unpleasant experience with a member of the light fingered frater nity. By dint of rigorous economy he had obtained a now suit of clothes, which he had worn but a short timo when it was bundled up and carried away from the modest room iu which ho lodged, leaving tho future pro prietor of Tho World with a wardrobe that was too scanty and bizarre to permit of his appearance out of doors. By the way, not everybody is aware that Mr. Pulitzer took a hand in settling the late unpleasantness or that tho flashing of cannon was the beacon that attracted him to onr shores. Yet, as ho himself tells it, his domi nant idea in coming hither was inspired by his youthhful enthusiasm to aid in liberating 4,000,000 of the colored race from bondage. But what a singular adventure it was that sent him to sleep, li!:o the vagrant princo in the fairy tale, hungry and tired, within bow shot of his future palatial headquarters! New York Graphic. Science In Betting. There is, so says Dave Pulsifer, who ought to know, a scientific way of betting on horse races. Like all other scientific methods, however, it is hard to attain and not easy to keep up. Horses when they start in at tho beginning of the season belong, according to their on merits, to different classes. There are the 2:20 horses, and tho 2:30 and the 2:40 and the 3 minute horses among tho trotters, and among the runners there is tho same sort of difference. Bookmakers must havo their heads filled with horses, with weights, and besides with a great lot of data regarding their performances and their con dition. Tbo outsider, because a horse is tho winner of one race, usually makes a favorite of him for the next. The bookmaker doesn't always do that. And especially is it true that a horse which wins several races hand running will become a prime favorite with the outsiders, whil9 bookmakers and profes sionals for this very same reason begin to put their money up against him. As a rule, tho winning of ono race by a runner makes the winning of n second difficult; and, as races are run, the chances of success next timo decrease in a certain proportion. This is because of tho addition of weight. The racer finally overweighs himself by h is many successes and he then loses. On tho other hand, owners of slower horses trail along from circuit to circuit losing races; their runners having weight taken off each time, until at some .course or other the horse runs light, is in first class form, his owner backs him to win and win he does. The public does not keep these things in mind. The pool seller and book maker never forgets them They are his stock in trade. There are of course a great many other influences beside that of weight. Hard running and the winning by closo scratches pulls the best racer down. The condition of tho horse must be borne as carefully in mind as the weight. "If a horseman will familiarize himself with all these things," says Dave Pulsifer, "he can bet on tho horse races and win money, but it will take his time. He can't bet on horse races and win money and do much else besides.' Chicago Mail. Onght to Think of Them. "I have about come to the conclusion tha. no man is good enough for even a passably good woman," said tho proprietor of the Coon Range all sorts store as he glanced at a lank fellow who had just mado a disastrous raid on a box of matches. "Every man has an easier time than his wife." "I've fiought of that a thousand times," replied old man Gatewcod, known through tho neighborhood as Lazy Sam. "I know that I havo an easier time than my wife, but I'm bringing the thing down mighty nigh equal now. I don't believe in allowing a woman to mighty nigh kill herself at work, let me tell you, and for some time I have been shaping my points so that she won't have such a hard time." "Equalizing it, eh?" "That's exactly what I'm doin', gentle men. Last j-ear my po' wife had to chop all tho wood and fetch all tho water." "And you havo relieved her of that, eh?" "Wall, partly. Sho oidy has to chop the wood now. My boy is got to be big enough to tote the water. " I tell you what's a fact, a man ought to think uv these things." Arkansaw Traveler. A Carious Circumstance. A curious event happened during Justice Grantham's last circuit in England. A man was brought up and, having been convicted principally upon the evidence of an old woman, was sentenced to a term of imprison ment. Immediately afterward it was discov ered that the old woman not only knew noth ing about the case, but was actually a wit ness in another case at the same assizes and bad been called by mistake. New York Sun. Government land la Mexico. The Frontier of Nogales, A. T., says that it has private information that the German con sul at the City of Mexico has purchased from the Mexican government all tho vacant gov ernment land in the state of Sonora, from the United States line to the Gulf of California, and will settle thereon German miners and agriculturists. Fred Archer's Superstition. The late Fred Archer, the jockey, always wore ia his necktie a pin composed of a large pearl surrounded by diamonds. He was a bit superstitious and would never ride in a race without it, believing it gave him good luck. New York Tribune. Escaped Death. A German woman and three children who were caught in the storm near Bismarck es caped death by sitting quietly in a depression of the earth and allowing tha snow to form a walL of protection about them. Chicago Herald. Under Obligation. Gail Hamilton admits that she dares to name only ono of the three living men to whom she is under the deepest intellectual obligation, Herbert Spencer. Boston Tran script. BucUles'M Arnica SalT. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer?, Salt Rheum, rTever SoreB, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblain?, Corns, 'and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cores Piles, or na pay required. It is guar anteed to five perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Foi Sale by Dowiy & Heit kemper. maylMy c niwr National Bank! or HAS AIC Authorlztd Capital of $250,000, A Surplus Fund of - $20,000, And the largest lal la Cask Cap ital of any banic In this part of the State. Oeooiits received asd latereat mid on time deposits. tSTDrafti on the principal cities in this country and Europe bought asd aold. grCollections and all other buslaeis given prompt aad careful atteatlos. m V STOCKHOLDKR8. A. ANDERSON, Pres't. HERMAN P. H. OEHLRICH, Fice Pres't. O.T.ROEN, Cashier. J. P. BECKER, HERMAN OEHLRICH. G. SCHUTTE, W. A. MCALLISTER. JONAS WELCH, JOHN W. EARLY, P.ANDERSON, G. ANDERSON ROBERT UUL1G, CARL REINKE. ADr28-'86tf 1V8IJTS8I CAXDi. D.T. Martyn, M. D. F. J. SCHUG, M. D. Drs. XASTTaT 4b SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeons. Union Pacific, O., N. & B.H.and B.&M.R.R's. Consultations in German and English. Telephones at office and residences. ISfOffice on Olive street, next to Brod feuhrer'o Jewelry Store. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 42-y O eJaJLlVAI-f 4c SEEDER, A TTOR2TEYS AT LAW, Office oyer First National Bank, Colum bus, Nebraska. 50-tf TIT . COKI-IK-LIUS, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building 1th street. C. 1. EVANS, t. D., PUT SIC IAN AND SUIiGEON. jg"rOnice and rooms, Gluck building, 11th street. Telephone communication. 4y H A.rllETON -I1EADE, M. ., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Platte Center, Nebraska. 9-y J. M. MACFARLAND, B. R. COWDERY, Attors7 sl Heur7 FaU s. Collioter LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE or MACFARLAND cV COWDERY, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. D K. J. CHAN. U1LLY, DEUTSCHER ARZT,. Columbus, Nebraska. "QTOffice 11th Street. Consultations in English, French and German. 22mar87 BOWELL 1IOIJME, PLATTE CENTER, NEB. Just opened. Special attention given to commercial men. Has a good sample room. Seta the best table. Give it a trial and be convinced. 50-3mo TOHft EUSDEA, COUNTY SURVEYOR. pyParties desiring surveying done can address me at Columbus, Neb., or call at ray office in Court House. -5may8ti-y lrOTlCK TO TEACIIEMH. W. B. Tedrow, Co Snpt. 1 will be at my office in the Court House the third Saturday of each month tor the examination of teachers. 39 tf F. F. atlKV I! E, M. D-, HOMCEOPATHIST. Ckresio Diseases sad Diseases ef CmildLres s Speeisltv. laroffice on Olive meet, three doors north of First National Bank. 2-ly llf cAELITEat BKOi., A TT0R2TEY8 AT LAW, Office up-stairs in Henry's building, corner of Olive and 11th Sta. W. A. Mc Allister, Notar Public. JOHN G. HIGGIXS. C. J. GARLOW, Collection Attoraey . HIGGDIS GAJLLOW, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Specialty made of Collections by C.J. Garlow. 34-m C H.atUSCHE, 'llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, &c, at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. pAnPllEEE. 4c CO. DEALERS IX Racrs and Iron ! The highest market price paid ior rags and iron. Store in the Bubach building, Olive St., Columbus. Neb. 15-tf A.J.ARNOLD, DKALSK rS DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, Clsclcs Jewelry AND SILVERWARE. Strict attention given to repairing of Watches sad Jewelry. tdaTWUl not be undersold by anybody. me, OppesttoOletser He A:
