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1 ':i. Southern California. Hie last number of tbo National City (CaL) Record contains a lengthy article in regard to our published interview with Mr. Gerrard, first reflecting on the Joubkais accuracy in reporting the in terview, second on the exactness of Mr. Gerrard's gathering of the facts con cerning Southern California in the few weeks of his sojourn, and third, raising the question of sinister motive on tha part of both of us, and capping tha climax by asking us to please copy the whole business. Mr. Frank Burgess, the writer of the article, was formerly of this place and is very well known to many of our Colum bus readers, having conducted a paper here for eighteen months, several years ago. It is not necessary for either Mr. Gerrard or the Joubn-at, to enter into any question of veracity or of motive with Mr. Frank Burgess. We think that Mr. Gerrard, who is a very close ob server, of men and things, acquired a large fund of accurate information con cerning southern California for the few weeks he was there; we believe ho saw it, as it is, and we know the .Toubnal re ported him justly. Frank must not think that a reasonable man will be blind to either the good or the bad, and Mr. Gerrard gave both, just as he saw them. The Journal has no desire to lielittle southern California, believes that some portions of it would be de sirable to wealthy invalids, but thinks that, all things considered, Nebraska leads the world. WTe would call the at tention of Mr. Burgess to the following article from the San Francisco Argonaut. Being a California paper, may it not be considered as worthy of credence? "Oninions concerning the Southern California boom must depend largely upon the standpoint from which it is viewed. That there is a large influx of intelligent visitors and excursionists from the Eastern States to the Counties of Ism Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego is a--parent. This stream has been large, continuous, and is apparently still unabated; it is composed of tho better middle class of Eastern peopl", who, having iKissessed sufficient intelligence to accumulate for themselves moderate fortunes, mar doubtless lie intrusted with a change of residence and an investment of their accumula tions in a new land. The real-estate dealers of the southern counties are not to be held account able for tho speculation now raging in town Iota and snlmrhan lands, for it is beyond the pru dence and moderation of human nature not to dispose of lands or stocks or personal property to the excited and credulous when they stand clamoring for proirty at prices beyond its value. One cannot blame the land and lot owner who has waited long and patiently in dull cities or onentoqribing towns, nor the owner of lands unproductive and unremunerative except by the expenditure of capital and labor, when they em brace so good an opportunity to dispose of proi erty as has been presented by the influx of the greedy Eastern purchaser. These people are fairly tumbling over each other in their haste to becomo owners of orange groves and vineyards in Southern California. Scale-bug and phyl loxera have no terrors for the Eastern tourists; they drink of the vine and eat of the fruits with out dread of iests; they dream of tho vineclad cottage; covered with roses, in a flowering orange grove, of orchard of olive, flowing with fat oils; of omegranates, with their rich, red fluid bursting from their green sides. It doe not occur to thorn that the raising of fruit is attended with labor and costly expenditures; that one cannot work and live upon pomegran ates, oranges, and olive oil, nor upon climate and the imagination, but that the stomach of tho laboring man yearns after ham, side, bacon, and corned pork brought from tho East; after coffee imported from South America: after tea raise! in China or Japan; after sugar brought from tho Sandwich Islands and refined by Sir Edwarl Steele; after clothes for even the soft and balmy climate of Southern California renders clothing comfortable at all seasons, and at times indis lensnble; t lint dwellings are regarded as neces-t-ary for k-o-1u who have been reared in tho indulgence of the higher luxuries of civilization; that lelicei are required for tho inclosuru anil protection of cropsj that barns and corrals aro needed for the housing of stock; that, as none of these tilings nnd the thousand other commodities indispensable for comfort can Iks raised in Southern California, thej must be imported from other lauds, anil must be paid for in sucli pro ducts of southern soil as can find some broader market than the locality in which they are raised. These considerations do not address themselves to the man of great wealth and fixed iucome.wlri for his own health and comfort, or for the pleas ure of some invalided loved one, leaves the rig oronsnorthern home to seek a softer and mor. luxurious climate. To the man of fortune who after a life of labor seeks retirement and eas for the. enjoyment of his wealth there is no mor attractive place in the world than California, nor any hi which thedolce farnieute is enjoya ble with more of ease and dignity. To that clas of Eastern jteople who come to California wiLi moderate fortunes, seeking investment in landi nion which our own labor is to be expended, and uimu which they are to depend for their future support and for the sup-Kirt of their fam ilies, there is no place in California which is not better suited for them tlian the counties named. We are not now addressing ourselves to tho wealthy or tho speculative; how tho rich spend their money does not concern us; as to the man lier in which the gambler in lands or minim; stocks or at the green cloth acquires his money we are equally indifferent. But, when tho farmer t.f Cook or Carroll County in Illinois sells his farm of rich mid productive soil worth $W per acre at $45 and purchases land in Southern Cali fornia at $tUl) ier acre or lot at Pasadena for -fi.uuu ier iront toot wo think and we beg his I anion for the frank expression of our opinion we think him a most consummate ass, and when the time comes that ho shall wish himself back upon his fat acres in Illinois and in the enjoy ment of four seasons our sympathy will only b j reserved for the wife and children whom Ids folly and greed liave robbed. An acquaintance made in a recent trip throagi the Southern country informed us that in aa interview with Mr. E. J. Baldwin of Los Angeles, Mr. Baldwin stated that he owned 53,000 acres ot land, and was willing to dispose of 3,000 acre upon the outlying borders of his ranch for$tJ0J per acre. Let us suppose the farmer of any of our Western States bordering the Northern lakes ?,". Ohio, and lying in the great valley of the Mississippi and there are no happier homes on Hods earth than there selling his farm and stock forgTi.OUO a great fortune for a Western farmer; a comfortable fortune for any one who works and investing the half in land in South em California, and the other half in improve ments the word improvements embraces houses, barns, fences, agricultural implements, preparations for irrigation for at $600 an acre we presume there is water running with the land, trees and vines for planting he would find him self with a twenty-acre fruit-farm which for three years would produce nothing and which would not be in full bearing of olives, oranges, lemons, nuts, wine, or raisins, or any other re munerative crop, in less than eight years; at U19 end of the eight years there is not one cliance in 100 that his twenty acres of land would maintain w family except by the expenditure of the indi vidual labor of every member comprising it. The figures tliat multiply vines or trees by th number of acres, givo by weight or number th prospective fruit, estimate the probable market valuesareliesof the most damaging character. This kind of figurative lying has ruined thou sands of honest men- There are not twenty acres of land in California that by any known mode of cultivation, or by the raising of any specified production, will give maintenance to an Ameri can family of six persons father, mother, and children unless they are willing to denv them selves all the luxuries of life, and to be content with toiiinc for necessaries nlnnt Thia .. Iu done by French or Swiss peasants who till the soil; it can bo done by Italian or Chinese vegeta ble gardeners; it am be done only where thrro is a market for everything that grows. Within sight of the writer's winuow not less than thirty Chinese are making a good living from three acres of laud: but thre is not a native-born family in the Ijnited States, accustomed to the comforts and luxuries of an American home raised, educated, fed, and dressed as is the cus tom of wtll-lxim American citizens-that would not starTe to dath on then acres." A CELEBKATED CASE. Story or the Arrest nnd Execution or Dp. Webster, the Murderer of Parkman. Mr. Oliver 1L Spun, who was for many years city messenger of Boston, recently gave to a Globe reporter the following account of the arrest and exe cution of Dr. Webster for the murder of Parkman: "One of the most exciting cases I ever had to deal with was the Webster mur der case. This was in '49, and the ar rest occurred on the last night in No vember. I was acting as officer at the Howard Athenreum, which was then the principal theater of the city; the Tre mont theater, which was where the Tremont temple now stands, having re cently burned down. I lived on Lev erett street two doors from the old jail. 1 had just had my supper and was go ing to the theater when I heard alow whistle. It proved to be Marshall Tukey, disguised, and he told me to get someone to take my place at the theater that night and bo ready for service out aide. "But first let me recall the events that went before this night Parkman left his home on the previous Friday to meet Dr. Webster at 1 o'clock, by appoint ment at the Harvard Medical college, to get some money 'which Webster owed fcisa. It was vacation time at the col lage, about Thanksgiving, and none of the atadents were there. The last seen of Parkman he bought a head of celery for his daughter, who was ill, on bis -way to college. He never called for the fakry.vWeiiad beaa chasing phantoms for a weefc. Someone had seen fore man here, someone there, and so on. An Irishman paid hU toll of 1 cent on the Cambridge bridge with a new $20 bank note, and swept the change hur riedly into his pocket without counting it It was a note of the Freeman bank, where Parkman deposited his money. We never got any trace of that Irish man. The note was crisp, and would rattle if twisted. I took it to Webster and asked him if that was one of the notes he had paid to Parkman. He claimed to have paid Parkman the money, of course. "He took it in his hands, and his arms shook so that you could hear the note rattle all over the room. He look ed at it, turned it over, the note all the time rattling sharply, and then handed it back, saying: ' 'No, I never saw the note i "Webster was identified by a man from whom ho bought fish-hooks. Smoke had been seen issuing from the medical school chimney, the watchman had seen light in the laboratory, and beard the sound of coal. From a num ber of sucii facts it was decided to ar rest Webster. One way that he had escaped detection so long was that whenever the officers searched the med ical school ho would back up to the privy door, where the remains were con cealed, and politely bow the officers into the next room. He was so gentle manly that it was hard to suspect him at all. "We arrested him that night without warrant Tukey told roe to turn up my collar and wait by the medical school on Grove street and see everyone who went in or out. It was a magnifi cent night, cold, but bright moonlight. In about an hour I saw two men come out on Fruit street. One of them limp ed a little. I ran over and found that it was Marshal Tukey and Dr. H. J. Bigelow. They had come to surprise me and see that I was on the watch. Tukey ordered me to go to the toll-house on the Cambridge bridge and wait for a carriage. "We drove out to Webster's house and there arrested him. He tnado no resistance. When wo got there, Mr Wyeth. who lived next door, was jus , coming out of Webster s house. Drl j Webster was standing at the door hold ing up a candle to light his visitor out Mr. YVycth came out and passed us Officer Ciapp took hold of the gate, which did not open readily. Webster came down and opened it' We went in. 1 put my back against the door and Clapp acted as spokesman. He aid: 'Doctor, wc want to make one more visit to the hospital. Mr. Park man's family are in great suspense.' He assented readily, and that was the way we arrested him. On the way to Boston Webster sat beside me, and we rode with our backs to the horses. It was dark in then, but I saw him put hi fingers into his vest-pocket aud then raise them to his mouth, as if he was using a toothpick. From his state after reaching tho jail 1 am sure that he took a dose of strychnine, but owing to his nervous state it failed to result fatally. He had terrible spasms. He tried to drink some water, but couldn't do it. His symptoms were very like those of a man in hydrophobia. "As I told you. we had no warrant to arrest Webster. Judge Merrill refused to give us a warrant as he was a dis tant relative of Webster, i then went to Samuel 1). Parker s house, ou Mount Vernon street, and got a warraut from him. We took Webster to the medical school and asked him where he paid Parkman the money, lie took us into the lecture-room, put his hand on the end of the bible, and raid: 1 paid him the money there.' We look him down through the laboratory to tho little store room aud confronted him with the fragments of Parkman's remains. If you have ever seen the sevno iu Mac beth where Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquovou can imagine the Took ou Webster s face. It was something ter rible to see. I got homo at 2 o'clock, and I assuro yon my rest was not very good that night "The next day (Saturday) Col. Will iam Clapp, now proprietor of the Jour nal, who was then a reporter for the Sunday Morning Gazette, came to tho office aud asked mc questions. I told him he would have to see Mr. Tukey, as I could not talk about it. Mr. Tukey said I might give him the story, and! did. 1 believe he got what you report ers call an 'exclusive' on it "There was great excitement when the facts became known. Many people refused to bdieve that Webster was guilty. Judge Fay, of Cambridge, would never beiieve it. and lie never believed that Webster was hanged. As to that I cau testify, as well as many other eye witnesses. Marshal Tukey has been called a hard man. but lie was too tender-hearted to lake charge of the exe u tiou, aud I hail to do it 1 had a force of oue hundred men. We built a road way from the jail to the -cauold with stakes aud chums. My Iioufc was the second from the ja'I-ynrd. and tin bouse between was tla'i-roofed. This house was covered with people, nnd others climbed up .spouts and clung to eaves to see the hanging. Every con ceivable spot where a view could be obtained was occupied, and I don't see how the people hung on as they did. Weil, the execution took place without any trouble, and so ended one of the most remarkable cases m the records of the law." Wall Paper. Paper tho walls. If you live In a rented house refuse to sijrn the next lease unless the house shall bo papered for you. Accept a cheap paper if ne cessary, but stipulate that you shall do your choosing yourself. Then make yourself fit to choose, aud don't rely on the glibbest clerk that ever persuaded a hesitating customer. Read Eastlake's "Hints on Household Taste." get the "House Beautiful" from the library, and look up Soribncr's Household Art Series. At least read East lake, and discover for yourself that the so-called Eastlakian papers and carpets are far from being made after his designs; are, in short, what he most abominated. Then, arm ed and equipped with knowledge, make a determined raid upon the cheap papers; ask for fifteen cent rolls first, and then if you must go up to twenty five, but no higher. One of the pret tiest papers I ever saw, was only fifteen cents a roll. Of course there was no gilt but gilt is of doubtful value in a paper. If you are very short of funds put the paper on yourself. It is not at all an impossible task. I know a de termined woman who saved three or four dollars, and resolved to paper her parlor. She knew her husband was struggling hard to pay for their home, and so would not ask him for money to hang it She was lame with a badly sprained ankle, which she could not touch to tho iloor. but she papered that room herself, going up and down the ladder on her knees, and hopping about on crutches. The sequel was very fun ny. Her husband so appreciated her bravery that he presented her with a basket of flowers which cost enough to have paid for the hanging! A paper should always nave a border of sufficient width to give character. This border should be lighter than the paper, except in a very lofty room, when a darker border apparently lowers the ceiling, and makes the room easier to furnish. A single strip of ordinary paper for the side walls, harmonizing in tint but bolder in design, put around next the ceiling horizontally, makes a pretty and inexpensive finish. A stripe about au inch wide of dark paper, be tween this border and the main wall covering, may take the place of a pict ure moldin-r, and will have to be used when the molding is next the ceiling, aa it sometimes is. It ought always to be between the border and the wall screen A paper should be light-colored nearly always that is to say, in small rooms, in dark rooms, or in rooms where most of the picture frames are dark. A room is generally' made gloomy by a dark paper. The pattern should be small, conventionalized, and harmoniously colored, no strong contrasts being ad milted. Marion Foster Wushburne, in Oood Housekeeping. The Inevitable End. One day not long ago I had business at the office of a prouunentstock broker under tho shadows of old Trinity Chucb, and was obliged to wait in one of his office chairs for an hour or so. The most interesting figure in the as sembly of customers who were eagerly watching the ticker and tape was a mere lad, possibly 20 years old. He was in a high state of excitement, hop ping here and there, and keeping up a constant volley of enthusiastic ejacula- ; tions as quotation on quotation rattled ! in from the Stock Exchange. It was ' hard to beiieve, but this boy was a speculator. One of the old habitues of the office told me tbo story. He came down to Wall street last summer just about the time that the schools let loose their pupils for vacation; he had $500 in '.-ash; he had the acquaintance of one of the worthy gentlemen who abound in Wall street, a "pointer," a dispenser of "tips" on the market, a man who knows it all and can tell you to an eighth of 1 per cent just where market quotations are going for months ahead. The pointer in this case got the $500; the lad had his head turned in expectation of riches. His money was up for margins, and he was "long" of 100 shares of stock. It was a lucky venture. His capital was doubled with in a fortuight. Then it doubled again. He became one of the most conspicuous dabblers in stocks that traded at the house where his accounts was carried. Ho jumped in quick; he jumped out quick. Jt wasn't bard to believe that he was on his way to the position of a millionaire. Lots of other customers got to "following him, "The mascot," they called him. And when the New York & New England deal came along he had something like $5,000 to his credit on deposit; his "pointer" put him into that He bought away down at tl:e bottom price; he sold at the top. His original $500 was become forty times its original size; he had made $1,000 for every year of his age. Lucky lad! So everybody hailed him. Yesterday he walked out of Wall street with never a cent lo his name. He had gone broke all of a sudden. He had not had the sense to know when he had enough; he was the pointer's own. Aud finally the pointer had blun dered just as the professional pointer always docs blunder sooner or later ami tho mascot's every dollar was spill ed out to cover losses that come on pur chases of Pacific Mail stock up in the neighborhood of 60; yesterday it was sold down to 51 1-2. And it was that last half cent that wiped out the "lucky lad's" last penny. The case isn't exceptional. "Nine out of ten people who make money on Wall street on mere chance speculation always May long enough to lose it and more too." Thii is the declaration of one of the veterans of tho Stock Ex change. Aetv York Times. Seal Hunting in Winter. Seal hunting ou the ice is another standing source of amusement Dur ing the entire wiuter these animals keep holes npuu through the shore ice, but ou account of the depth of the snow they are not secu until the mild weath er exposes their hiding places. The Es kimo, however, has a way of tiuding them out before this. Ho harnesses a dog that has been trained for the work and leads him out to the snow covered field, where thetwo walk backward and forward, making a ztezng course ever the ice. Probably before long the dog catches the scent and then takes his master straight to the seal's house. Un der the hard thick crust of the snow there is quito a large room, which at the time of discovery may or may not be oc cupied; but, if occupied, will very soon be vacant on the arrival of the hunter. In either case, the Eskimo ascertains by means of his spear the exact position of the hole, and then, placing a little pin nacle of snow over it awaits the arrival of his victim. The native becomes aware of the seal's return by hearing a peculiar blowing noise, and "as soon as this commences he thrusts his spear down vertically through the suow into the hole and secures bis prey. Some times when the snow is very deep the dogs are not able to find the holes, and then it is that the poor Eskimo has his hard times. In the spring, snow disap pearing from the ice, the seals are ex posed to view. Then the hunter takes another way of getting at them. First of all ho notices the direction of the wind, and then keeping his enemy in it walks to within four or five hundred yards of him. From there he begins to crouch down and to advance only when the seal is not looking. The wary ani mal is in the habit of throwing up his head quickly every few seconds and looking about, and to, when within about two hundred yards the native lies down flat upon the ice. It is only now that real sport commences. Seal takes Eskimo who is able to talk seal perfect ly, to be one of his brothers, and in deed there is a great deal of resem blance between the species, for the genus homo is dressed in seal skin, and. living largely upon his flesh, is similarly odorous. The two lie on the ice for perhaps half an hour, keeping up a sort of broken conversation, part of which is conducted in the ordinary way, and part by means of peculiar gestures, until the Eskimo, has crept to within about thirty yards of his out witted companion. The animal's eye, then being clearly visible, is no sooner turned from the hunter than he pre sents his rifle and fires. The seal, if shot through the head, is killed in stantly; bnt if hit In another place, de feats his enemy by disappearing through the ice. Toronto Mail m i A Tyranny That Cannot America. Live In This is from an editorial under the above heading in the January Century: "No more important or excellent work can be done by labor organizations than that of teaching their indifferent mem bers that they and their children hare a personal advantage, not a personal in jury, in the superior capacity of some of iiieir eomraues. adu, 11 me lesson oe not taught or not heeded, public opinion must speak promptly and emphatically in conuemnation ot tne injury which its skilled labor is daily receiving at the hands of unworthy men. Labor is the life of the country; and he who dishon ors it with this opprobrious name of -scab' is the lineal descendant of the slave driver of ante-bellum times; their community of feeling is due to almost exactly similar reasons. "We believe that no periodical of the kind has paid more attention than has the Century to the labor question, or shown greater sympathy with all who work. But we shall never cease to pro test against tyranny, whether exercised by combined capital or by combined labor. And we 'shall do all we can to hasten the day when these imported methods of keeping down laboring men to a dead level of energy and opportun ity shall be utterly eliminated. The Statue of Liberty at the gate of the new world will be a shameful fraud' if the first principles of individual freedom aim to h dfid Thv tha vwrtr man whn should most jealously guard the liberty I which onr Constitution guarantees to j ever American citiaan. What tha worktngmen need to-day is not lead ers who preach the gospel of the dead level, or flaunt before their eyes doubt ful theories nnd panaceas of 'reform, but rather lenders of the type of Lin coln, who study their needs, sympathize with their bunions, and illustrate in their own lives the upward path of free, honorable, and seif-respeclful labor. The dead Lincoln is a better leader than the live theorist or demagogue." -e-e- He Had His Room to Hiraselfi A Frenchman had been assigned to a very comfortable room, and was about to disrobe when there came a knock at the door. Upon opening it the an nouncement was made that owing to an unusual arrival of guests, etc., the proprietor would be obliged to put an other gentleman into the room; and a cockney Englishman appeared. The Frenchman was disgusted, of course, and at once set his wits to work to de vise means to oust the intruder upon his comfort Pretty soon tho Englishman touched the call button, and when the summons was answered said: "Portah, bring me a pair of large, clean towels." The door was hardly closed when the Frenchman touched the button, and up on the boy s appearance said: "Garcon, bring me two pair large, dean towel." The other frowned, performed, his ablations, followed by tho Frenchman, when he again touched the button. "Portah, send me up a bottle of Bass1 ale." The Frenchman followed suit at once, demanding "two bottel Bass ale." The Englishman was now annoyed, but he held his peace, and a little later made another call upon the porter, which was immediately double duplicated by the Frenchman. Then he began to lose his temper; and after a fourth demand and (to nim) another insult from the French man, he struck the button so violently that the porter appeared again in hot haste. "Boy," he said, angrily, "go to the proprietor at once aud tell him 1 must have a bed in a room by myself where I can rest in peace." The boy hail hardly reached the stairs when the Frenchman called him back, and gesticulating wildly made knowu his wants as follows: "Garcon! garcon! vil you tell zo pro prietaire to come here ver quick? By gar, I moost hav two bed in two room ver I can rest myself in two pieces." That settled the Englishman, and bis tormentor had the room to himself with out further trouble. Boston Record. Story t a Parrot, Sir William Temple tells this about a Brazilian parrot which Prince Maurice met in his travels: "I had a mind," said Sir William, "to know from Prince Maurice's own mouth the account of a common and much-credited story of an old parrot he had seen in Brazil, dur ing his government there, that spoke, and asked and answered common ques tions like a reasonable creature. Prince Maurice said there was something true. but a great deal false, of what had been reported. He had heard of such a par- rot when he went to Brazil, and though he believed nothing of it and it was a way off. he had tho curiosity to semi for it: that it wa .1 vnrv wront ml v.-n- old one, anil when it came into the room where tho prince was with a good many Dutchmen about, him, it said presently: " 'What a company of white men are here!' " They asked it what it thought that man was", pointing to the prince? It answered: " 'Some general or other.' "When they brought it close to him he asked it: " 'Whence came you?" " 'The Parrot From Miriannan.' " 'The Prinoo To whom do you be longP' " 'The Parrot To a Portuguese.' " 'The Prince What do you here?' " -The Parrot I look after the chick ens.' "The prince laughed and said: " 'You look after the chickens?' "The parrot answered: " 'Yes, I; and I know how to do it very well.' "And then he made the chuck, chuck, chuck, three or four times that people use to make to chickens when they call ed them. "I set down the words of this dia logue," said Sir William, "just as Prince Maurice said them to me. I asked him in what language the parrot conversed. and he said in Brazilian. I asked'him whether he understood Brazilian. He said no; but had taken care to have two interpreters with him one a Dutch man, who spoke Brazilian and the oth er a Brazilian who spoke Dutch; that he asked them separately and privately, and both of them agreed in telling him just the same thing that the parrot said." Roslon Record. Advantages or Manual Training. It is true that more attention is now S'yen to drawing in some schools; and is is certainly a matter of very great importance, but some changes must be made in the Codo before that develop ment can be made which we should all wish to see. Manual work in boys' schools seems to bo exactly parallel with, and in every wav analogous to. that of needlework in girls' schools, and I am inclined to a-.-rce with Sir P. Mag nus that the value of tho one kind of teaching should bo as fully recognized and assisted by tho State as that of the other. Why could they not introduce carpentering or something of that sort, which would exercise the nauds of the boys as well as their heads? I have my self tried an experiment in a small way in the matter of cobblery, and although the boys did not make such progress as to be able to make their own 'boots, they no doubt learned enough to be able to mend them. The introduction of manual work in to our schools is important cot merelv from the advantage which would resuft to health, not merely from the training of the hand as an instrument, but also from its effect on the mind itself. I do not indeed, suppose that, except in some special districts, we can intro duce what is known as the "half-time" sv6tem, in the sense that the children will do ordinary work for wages, though Mr. Arnold tells us in his "Report on Cer tain Points connected with Elementarv Education in Germany, Switzerland, and France," that in Prussia "the rural population greatly prefer the half-day school, as it is called, for all the chil dren, because they have the elder chil ren at their disposal for half the day." I do not I confess, see why a svstem so popular in Germany should be im possible in England;" but what seems more immediately feasible is that our boys should be trained to use their hands as well as their heads. The ab sence of any such instruction is one of the great defects in our present system. Sir John Lubbock, in Popular Science Monthly. m 1 The Father of His Country. In idealizing heroes the world de grades them into mere abstractions by depriving them of their humanity. Their contemporaries may have known them as flesh and blood, out the follow ing generation doubts if they ever wore anything but flowing robes orate aught but ambrosia. It is, therefore, refreshing to discover that our hero. George Washington, was so human as to order his coats, waiit- coats, and breeches from a London tailor, and that he insisted noon their being stylish and fitting. Another fact which brinai Washinjr- ton within the rangn tfour sympathies is that he was fond offfTpe. aud ordered it from BriMol, Eulnud. becmso a brand which in: could obtain there was superior to any m:ide in New York or Massachusetts. " Onco upon a tiiuu Csry & C. of Lon don, tho commission merchants who turned Washington's tobacco crops into hard cash, ptescntt-d him with two jars of Bristol pickled triH;. Each jar held about two g.iiious. Tiiere was a special pottery at Bristol for the manufacture of these jars, each of which had burnt upon its front tu face the curer's name. as a guarantee of the genuineness of its contents. The brand sent lo Mount Vernou was that of "Hamlin," and Washington was so fond of it that picklod tripe was a standing dish on his table. "DearCary." ho wrote to the sonior member of tbo firm. "Mrs. Washiugton joius mo in warm thanks to you for your consiuerato present ot two large stone jars of pickled tripe. I must ask you to arrange for four similar jars, in wfeker-basket cainr, p.icked in outer j casks, to be shipped for my accouut t direct from the owuers. Deutal infirm ity impels my caring for this necessary item in our domestic commissariat" Y 01110" a Companion. A Deceit In! Diplmnate. The conversation here drifted to di plomatic etiquette, aud I asked Mr. Ward how ho got over the dress coat question when he was our minister to China. He replied: "At the time I was in China tin; ordinary dress of the American citizen would hardly have been a lit oue in which lo have appear- ! ed on a stale occasion. The Chinese knew little about the Americans at that time, aud it was perhaps more neces sary to create a good impression there than at other places where our diplo matic relations had long bceu estab lished, For several decades I have been the captain of the Chatham artillery, a little company in a JNew Jersey villa; ge. id I I was captain of it at this time, an had Vk captain's uniform, a part of which was a dress coat with military lace ou the sleeves, aud with brass but tons upon which wero the letters "C. A.,' meaning Chatham artillery. On my way to China I stopped at Paris, and had the military laoe taken oil" and the diplomatic lace put on. This coat was buttoued up close at tho throat, and ou the whole was not a bad-looking uniform. Iu China 1 wore it on all state occasions, aud it was generally admired. The Chinese often asked me what the letters C. A.' stood for. I replied that the suit was moant as an honor to Chiua, and that these letters stood for China aud America, and in order to shmv how much our country thought of Ciiiua wo had honored her by putting the C. before the A. This explanation was takou in good faith, anu the uuilorni was a success. Cleveland Leader. Cor. The Xam-s of Women. Givo your daughter but one name in l baptism. She will bo perfectly content with it. Her lover never requires, nev- eY usfs - u,an ono of uer ,,ames " !?e Jas l!a,f a do:!:ou In the beight ot i ma leniiurncss lie never exclaims: ! "Amelia Jane, come to my arms!'' Ho siiupiy cxiemi-t ins arms at:u cries: 'Amelia! hen the girl marries let her always keep her burnatne. Then whenever we see a woman's naino we shall know whether she is married or single, and it she is married we shall know what her family name is. If she has earned a reputation as a writer or a doctor or a LL. D. as Mary Brown she will carry that with her as Mary Brown Johnson; and in all cases there will be spared an infinite amount of talk aud inquiry as to who sho was before she was married. The system is essential to tho "cause" of woman. It may be said that it lacks perfection in two re spects; we could not tell from the three names whether the bearer of them might not be a widow, and it makes no pro vision for a second marriage. These are delicate questions. In regard to the first it is nobody's business to know whether the woman is or is not a wid ow, unless she chooses to make that fact prominent, and thon sho has ways enough to emphasize it. And in the second place, it docs not at all matter what becomes of the name of the first husbaud. It is tho woman's identitv that is to be preserved. Aud she can not be required to set up milestones all along her life. Neto Orleans Mates. m " Engineers and Stokers. The work in an Atlantic liner is diffi cult arduous and unrelenting. It de mands energy, presence of mind and technical skill of a high onler. The bare enumeration of these qualifica tions is a guarantee that in British ships no special preference will be given to foreigners. The engineers are mostly Scotch, the stokers Irish. The qualities most required iu the stockbole are a dogged resolution to face discomfort and a sturdy frame. The stoker is be grimed with coal dust Ho has to en dure an atmosphere which sometimes rises to a temperature of 130 degrees. In this intense heal he has to shovel ev ery day five tons of coal into the fur naces, and to keep the fires clear and bright by constant raking and by the periodical removal of ashes. Upon nono have the burdens of tho mechani cal development of our age fallen more heavily than upon the men who under take the duties of fireman in an Atlan tic liner. Who can refuse to follow Mr. Buskin iu his admiration for the life of the sailor, and the beauty of the swell ing canvas which it is his business to handle, or witbold his sympathy from those who are engaged in the wretched labors of the stockhole? It has often been proposed to feed furnaces mechan ically. The method would obviate the necessity of employing men in oue of the most distressful forms of manual labor. Lord Brassey, in the Nineteenth Cen tury. Salt in Salt Lake. It was noticed that the reading desk of the Tabernacle was hung in black. The visitor asked if any one were dead. The reply was that it was done in mem ory of the elders in prison. The gen tleman took a bath in Salt Late. The water, he says, is much more salt than that of the ocean, so much so that the attendants warn visitors not to swal low it as it burns the tissues of the throat It was very easy to keep afloat in the waves, but very hard to get into an upright position. A trip on the steamer on the lake was taken, and the captain said he could make but three knots an hour because of the great re sistance of the water. It was reported that there were no fish in the lake, but the visitors filled a bottle with the water and found two little fish iu it Very beautiful and bright crystal formations were found along the edge of the lake, looking like pure rock candy. Some of tne sage ousnes, upon wnicn tne water flowed, were covered with this crystal formation. New Fork Mail and" Ex press. m a A Now York correspondent of the Philadelphia Record says: I am told by those who profess to know that Freder ick Gebhard really intends to marry Mrs. Langtry. The fact that Mr. Lang try has done nothing to make himself obnoxious stands rather in the way of a divorce. But of course it is only a tem porary obstacle. Some charge can al ways be tramped up, if it should be only incompatibility of temper. Certainly Mr. Gebhard has been devoted to Mrs. Lang try for a good many years, and perhaps he would: do well to reward his devotion. The Wakuli a (Fia.) Times has this paragraph: "U-on the mantel of our sanctum can be seen the skull and jaw bono of a supposed prehistoric giant It was cxeavated from a niountf on the sea coast by Henry Gwaltuoy. Iho un der jaw is twice as large as that of the largest man of tho present decade. The most remarkable fact was tho perfect state of ureservation of the teeth; thev were perfectly sound with the exception u iM.iL itus sunnily uocnycu, ami nut one mUsing. Evidently the fellow would have weighed at least three or four hundred pounds. The thickness of tho skull is simply wouderlul." The Veraliet Uasmia-a W. D. Soil, Druggist, Bippus, Ind., testifies: "I can recommend Elec tric Bitten at the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has given relief in every case. One man took six bot tles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years' standing." Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio, af firms : "The best selling medicine I have ever handled in my 20 years' experience, is Electric Bitters." Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electrlct Bitters do core all diseases of the Liver, Kid neys or Blood. Only a half a dollar a bottle at Dowty & Ucitkemper's drug store. Tho Czar proposes to visit the Don Cossack country, which is suffering from a famine, and afterward the Crimea. The Htomellest Ittaam 1st Clam- As well as the handsomest, and others are Invited to call on Dr. A. Heintz and get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that ia selling entirely upou its merits and is guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic aud Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 50 cents and $1. Dec!-8S There are no railroads in Persia. Those who travel there must go on horseback or in palanquins carried by mules. Pnrify Your Blood. If your tongue is coated. If your skin ia yellow and dry. If you have boils. If yon have fevor. If you are thin or nervous. If you are bilious. If you are constipated. If your bones ache. If your head aches. If you have no appetite. . If you have no ambition, one bottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier aud Blood Maker will relieve any and all of the above complaints. Sold and war ranted by Dr. A. Heintz. It is intended to hold an international congress on cremation in September of the present year. Tho place selected for the gathering is Milan. Keeping the bowels open and regular is one of the greatest secrets of human health. People are seldom sick when their bowels are regidar. Thoy are sel dom well when they are irregular. When a physic is necessary, St. Pat rick's Pilla will be found to lie all that can be desired. They regulate the bowels and liver and cleanse the entire system. Sold by Dowty .t Becher. Another six days walking match in pro posed in New York city with Rowel I as a contestant. Excitement 1st Xexaav Great excitement has been caused in the vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the remarkable recovery of Mr. J. . Corley, wno was so helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise his head; everybody said be was dying of con sumption. A trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery was sent him. Finding relief, he bought a large bottle and a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills ; by the time he had taken two boxes of Pills and two bottles of the Discovery, he was well and had gained in flesh thirty-six pounds. Trial bottles of this Great Dis covery for Consumption free at Dowty & Heitkemper's. Lucky Baldwin offers to wage 3i5,OrM) 825,000 that he will win the Kentucky Derby. The Nineteenth Century Club is an organization that will consist of an equal number of men and women. It is hardly to lie expected that they will agree on all subjects; but it can surprise no one to learn that Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medi cal Discovery," is unanimously pro nounced the most successful remedy extant, for pulmonary consumption, as has been demonstrated in hundreds of cases; it positively arrests this disease and restores health and strength, if ad ministered in its early stages. By druggists. Dan O'Leary, the old pedestrian, has sued a doctor for drugging him during a recent foot race. Dan wants S15,000 damages. Salt Rheam or Eczema. Old sores and ulcers, Scaldhead and ringworm, Pain in the back aud spine, Swelling of the knee joints, Sprains and bruises. Neuralgia and toothache, Tender feet caused by bunions, corns and chilblains, we warrant Beggs1 Trop ioal Oil to relieve any and all of the above. Dr. A. Heintz. The wreatliny; match between Jack Carkeek and Bert Scheller will take place in Milwaukee on April 13. The contest is catch aa catch can for 8250 a side. I hare used Chamlierlain's Cough Remedy, in fact, will now use no other kind, it properly relieves coughs and is nnequaled for the throat and lungs. Robert A. Neff, Comedian, with Peck's Bad Boy Co., Denver, Col., March 1,1887. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is sold by Dowty & Becher. The Duke of Bourlion, so much talked of for Kentucky Derby, is in several of tho 3 year old stakes at th Saratoga meeting. M-we FeelUk People Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond the reach of medicine. They often say. Oh, it will wear away, but in most cases it wears them away. Could they be In duced to try the successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which we sell on a positive guarantte to cure, they would immediately see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Price 60c and $1.00. j Trial site fret. Dr. A. HeUU. Do Yob Know that Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup will relieve that cough almost instantly and make expiration easy? Acts simulta neously on the bowels, kidney nnd liver, thereby relieving the lungs of the sore ness and pain and also slopping that tickling sensation in tho throat by 11 convince removm" me cause. Om trial nf it any one that it has no equal on earth for coughs' nnd colds. Dr. A. Heintz has scoured the Bale of it and will guarantee every bottle to give satisfaction. :)fel': The fare on the horse cars in Athens, Greece, is only two cents. A Woman's Age A woman, it is said, is no older than she looks. Many women, howover, look doubly their actual ago by reason of those functional disorders which wear upon tho nerves and vitality, and whieh if unchecked, are liable to change tho most robust woman to a weak, brokon down invalid. Dr. Pierce's "Fuvorite Prescription" will positively euro every irregularity and weakness peculiar to the sex, and requires but a single trial to prove its surpassing merit. Price re duced to ono dollar. By druggists. An English gentleman, well on in his 35th year, recently ran a mile, walked a milo nnd rode a mile in beventeen min utes without any previous training. A food exhibition 13 to lie opened in Dusseldorf in November. Itch, Prairie Mange, aud Scratches of every kind cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no other. This never fails. Sold by 0. B. Stillman, druggist Columbus. A six days go-as-you-please contest is to commence in Chicago on Mav 23. Itachlen's Arnica !. The ii.-st Salva in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rhentn, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hand?, C'iilblaiu3, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Pilcp, or no pay required. It is guar anteed to frive perfect satisfaction, or money rel unded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dowty & Becher. 17majf8tf-ly THE LARGEST AM FIIEST STOCK west of Omaha, at GREISEN BROS. The best manufactories of the country represented. Not to l)e undersold by anybody. Come and see prices at GREISEN BROS. This to the most PRAOTIOAIi BH2H-CTJT 8HOB ever Invented. Itla very QENTBEXi and DBSSSTaodgfrea the same protection aa a boot or orer-galter. It la convenient to pnt on and the top can be adjusted t fitcnyanklobyelmpliaovlnstliabattoaa. Foreoleby GREISEN BROS. lath Oct. 't-tf PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. An Offer Worthy Attention from Every Reader of the Journal. YOUR CHOICE OF FOUB OOOD PAPERS, FREE. SUNSHINE: For youth; alco for those of all ages whose hearts nro not withered, in a hand Home, pure, useful and most interesting papor; it is published monthly by E. C. Allen & Co., AnguRta, Maine, at 50 cents a year; it it hand somely illustrated. DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. Uvea full of usefulness are worthy of reward and imitation. "The hand thnt rocks the cradle rules the world," through its gentle, guiding influence. Emphat ically a woman's -.aper in all branches of her work and exalted station in the world. 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There Is noU-Ing-llke it as an antidote for the dangers to life, limb and comfort which sarroaad the pioneer. The Merchant aeeda ttahoat his store amoeg hls employee. Accidents wlU happen, and whea these come the Mustang liniment la wanted at ones. Keep a Settle la the Heaee. Tis the best of economy. Keep a Battle la the ranter. Itahamedleie ate la case of accident aares pala and loss of wage. Keep a Settle Always la the -Stable far aae whea waatea. BUSINESS COLLEGE. "E"Tem.or-Lt "WeTo. I Ins institution prejiares young peoplu thoroughly fur Teaching, for lUisinees Lift-, for Adiuisio:i to Colleg, for Law or Medical Schools, for Public Speaking, in Instrumental and Vocal MuhIc, in Dniwiug and Painting, and in Elocution, Short-hand and Type-writing. In the Normal Department, thorough In struction is given in nil branches required for anj certificate from Third Gnu I to State Pro fessional. 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