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C-" K1W IT w n i in m m B . fti ): - W HEBREWS IN TRADE. THEIR IMMENSE COMMERCIAL FLUENCE RECOGNIZED. IN- Striking Evidences of Hebrew Projrress. Growth or tho qjothlng Trade A Pro fitable Undertaking Importation of Diamonds Cigars and Tobacco. Of all New York commercial exchanges the Hebrews are now recognized as among the most influential members. The vice-chairman of the stock exchange, the treasurer of the produce exchange and the treasurer of tho metal exchange aro all Hebrews. In these institutions, as well as the cotton and petroleum exchanges, thoy are prominent as directors, and they are also identified with many of the great railway, steamship and in surance companies. In banking alone the New York Hebrews represent a capital of $100,000,00). Tho prominent part taken by them in tho negotiation of tho most impor tant government loar and railway opera tions is too well known to call for special comment, their immense influence in this and other leading cities being generally recog nized. The most striking evidence of Hebrew progress may bo witnessed on Broadway, which, within tho past fifteen years, has undergone a complete transformation by the transfer of tho retail trade to tho uptown thoroughfares and tho invasion by Hebrew firms. Of the 400 buildings on Broadway from Canal street to Union square tho occu pants of almost all are Hebrews, over 1,000 wholesale firms out of a total of 1,200 being of that persuasion. On the day of atonement, when nearly all of these establishments are drvnl. tho street for the length of nearly two miles presents a holiday appearance. The signs of Hebrew firms also predominate in the streets contiguous to Broadway within tho territory named, which is almost wholly de voted to tho manufacture of clothing, cloaks, hats and caps, laces, mbrolderies, millinery goods, furs, undergarments, flowers and feathers, shirts, dry goods and fancy goods and kindred branches of trade. Most remarkable has boon tho growth of tho clothing trade, of which the Hebrews control seven-eighths of the total, several hundred firms being now engaged in the man ufacture of such goods, and some houses em ploying as high as 2,000 hands. Fifteen years ago tho number engaged in this business was insignificant compared with the presenUday, when as many firms are found on a single block as then existed in the entire city. An important feature in tho clothing trade to day is the mauufocturo of goods fully equal to the best custom made, which some years ago was considered impracticable to attempt. Less than ten years back the manufacture of cloaks in this country was upon a very small scale, tho entire business in this city being confined to less than ouo dozen firms all told. The Hebrews wore not slow to rec ognize tho importance of this industry. They were onions the first to perceive that it was destined to expand to an extent far beyond its proportions at that time. They reasoned that the growth of the country would creato a continued demand ftr their goods, and many plunged into the business, the re sult being that there are now in this city alono over 200 manufacturers in this branch, almost all of whom ore Hebrews. Few peo ple have for a moment considered the extent of tho manufacture of woolen shirts, and yet the annual transactions aggregate many millions. In this branch the Hebrews have secured a monopoly, it being estimated that 25,000 men and women are directly and in directly employed by Hebrew firms alone. The wealthiest concerns in tho trade, which include several millionaires, were in moderate circumstances when they embarked in the business. "When tho wholesale manufacture of under garments was first suggested somo years since the proposition was scouted. It was asserted that good turned out by machinery would neither wear well nor bo made to fit wolL The men who conceived tho idea were laughed at. Hebrews wore among tho first to enter the business. They were convinced the under taking would provo profitable, and were de termined to succeed. Thoy did succeed. Thoy aro now securely intrenched in the business, ltcody made undergarments aro to be found on salo in almost every city and hamlet, and the Hebrews of New York en gaged in their manufacture carry the names of 10,000 employes on their pay rolls. It is estimated that tho Hebrew capital en gaged in tho importation, manufacture and jobbing of diamonds, watches and jewelry in this country will not fall short of $25,000,000. Year after year they have been absorbing the trade. It is predicted that before long the absorption process will be exhausted for want of material on which to feed. Of late years an increased tendency to manufacture has been noted. Of tho 400 jobbers in this city the Hebrews constitute tho bulk, and such headway have they been making that many older firms have been swept out of existence, including several who were a recognized power in tho trade. Over 300,000 cases of leaf tobacco ore dealt in in this country every twelvomonth. Two-thirds of this amount is controlled by the Hebrew merchants on Fear and Water streets. Equally surprising has been the growth of the cigar trade, in which the Hebrews have risen higher and higher until almost the en tiro business has isassed under their control. Borne idea of their operations may be formed when it is stated that their production reaches tho enormous figure of 600,000,000 cigars per annum. Tho manufacture of this immense stock Involves the employment of 8,000 hands. Tho manufacture of hats and caps, the im portation and manufacture of hides and leather, furs, laces and embroideries, artificial flowers and feathers, is largely controlled by tho Hebrews, while the wine and liquor trade is one of the most extensive in which they are engaged. It is estimated that the Hebrew capital represented on tho New York stock exchange is not far from 0,000,000. The holdings of real estate by the Hebrews of this city is estimated at $100,000,000. New York Mail and Express. Story of a Magic Tcaclier. "To a man like me, who has little ca pacity for business," said a music teacher, "it is almost disheartening to see people of scarcely nny ability succeed while I have to make every effort to keep body and soul together. That energetic young woman you met going out has twice as many pupils as I have. She has been studying exactly six months, and I in struct her in the lesson in the morning which she tenches her pupils in the after noon. She says she is making a good Jiving, but that she finds it liard work to keep up with her pupils. Here is the case of an incompetent teacher who owes, her success solely to her capacity for business. People help her along because she is so persevering and so very anxious to make a name for herself. She goes everywhere, makes friends by the score, is ulways ready to tender her services for charitable entertainments and keeps her name con stantly before the public She had been taking lessons only a couple of months, and was still practicing the scales, when she told me she was down for a difficult piece at a fashionable concert, I was as tounded. She laughed, and said I was to play the piece in one of the wings, and that she would merely sit on the stage and pretend to play on a dumb piano. I felt that her proposition was an insult, but she seemed so anxious to make a suc cessful debut that I reluctantly consented to the deception. She assured me that this dummy play was quite common among purse proud mammas with un cultured daughters." New York Evening Sun. The Hasty Reading Public, The erudition our forefathers amassed through the long process of laborious days can now, for all practical purposes and in all sufficient quantities, be ac quired in even less than thirty lessons in which an ingenious Frenchman (whose name I regret to have forgotten) once pro posed to teach poetry. The labor of a lifetime has become the plaything of an hoar. Young ladies will explain the principles of Greek art or the intricacies of scriptural chronology; young gentle men wul popularize the profoundest dis coveries of science or the divinest perad ventures of philosophy; and all this shall be done with a fluency- and precision that sets my poor old fashioned brain whirl ing. Do not think I am sneering at these "young light hearted masters" of modern wisdom. Far from it; my admiration vies with my astonishment us I read. Among such competitors, then, yon propose to take your place. And bear mis also m mind: Tne popular aisliRo for , anonymous writing (a wise dislike in reason, but too often only idle curiosity on one side and an ignoble vanity of the other) makes an unknown writer's condi tion much harder than it was. Formerly he took his place (if he were lucky enough to find it) among his elders and his bet ters to be judged on the merits of his work. But now the hasty public, who devours its literature standing on one leg, will not read an article to see if it be good; they turn to the list of names to see if there be anything worth wasting their scanty leisure on. Macmillau's Maga zine. A Remarkable Accident. 'Talking about railroad accidents." re marked an old railroad man in conversa tion about tho Chatsworth horror, "the most remarkable one I ever knew of and I've been running on the ro. nearly thirty years was i-i the Kansas Pacific, not fav Wallace, where a train of cr. the engine, were blown into i. dry creek and never found. oncHne and some of the cars ne now ror :isas on .i Fort ir Hag . is, the r were. The engineer and fireman were both lost. The train was a freight, and that's why there were no passengers to be killed. At the time of the Tay bridge disaster in Scotland the train, which wes blown from the bridge or went through the bridge, whichever it was, was never found be causo the water and mud were deep and swallowed up the engine, while the coaches probably went out to sea with the tide. But there was no tide in that Kan sas dry branch. The quicksand just swal lowed everything." Chicago Tribune. For lUnks and Slides. Tho toboggan craze has made a demand for a good deal of sawmill product. It does not require as much stuff in the construction of a slide as one might imagine about 7,000 feet but tho great number of slides which have gone up makes the aggregate large. It is expected, too, that more slides will be built next winter than were built this. The stuff used is principally dimension and plank. The demand for toboggan facilities has mado no such draft on tho lumbermen as did tho skat ing rink craze. To satisfy the latter, dimen sion, boards, flooring, shingles, sash and doors were required. The building of rinks also gave a good deal of work to carpenters. The cost of building a toboggan slido 40 feet high and 175 feet long ought not to exceed f225 for material and labor. Chicago Times. Chinese Criminals la California. About one-tenth of the criminals in the two state prisons in California ore Chinese. But these convicted felons bear no just proportion to the crimes convicted by Mongolians; for it must always bo borne in mind that tho Chinese on the Pacific coast represent only the lowest and mest reckless class. Nine tenths of them are coolies or virtual slaves, half starved from birth and driven by stress of hunger to crime. These, swarming into Canton and Hong Kong, came over to this country when the gold rush began, and later, when tho Pacific railroads demanded an army of laborers, the coolies were gathered up by the thousand and shipped across tho ocean. They were natural adventurers, and it is not strange that in tho newer land they robbed and murdered as they had done at home George H. Fitch in The Cosmopolitan. Seme Awfully Foolish Men. There urc somo awfully foolish men in this world, haul a dealer in legerdemain appa ratus. "Frequently I get letters from fellow who want to buy a method of turning silver into gold and of making precious metal of old iron. In somo way or another these fel lows get tho idea that a conjuror can do any thing. About tho most ridiculous request that ever came to me, though, was one from a St. Louis chump named John Kr.stner. Ho wrote: 'Pleaso fino inclosed 2-cent stanutt for one of your conjuring apparatus catalogues. Pleaso let mo know if you have some books on hand where you can make it so you can win prizes in tho lottery every lime.' How is that for a modest request'" Chicago Her ald. Taken Unaware. Wife What did you think of that hat Miss Fussanfeather wore to church this morning? Husband I didn't notice Miss 1-ussan-feather's hat "It's very funny you didn't see it She sat directly in front of you." "Well, suppose sho did. Do you suppose I go to church to look at women's hats';" "Well, my dear, it's the some hat Miss Fussanfeather wore at tho theatre last night and which you claimed obstructed your view of tho stage Husband includes that he was caught nap ping. Yonkcrs Statesman. Tbe Sonrce of Manna. Sicily is th3 chief source of manna. In that country the trees are cultivated in plan tations and when about 8 years old they begin to yield. Cuts an inch and a half to two inches long aro made in the bark, cutting through to the wood. One cut is made daily, beginning near the bottom of tbe trunk, with each succeeding cut about an inch above tbe former one. The thick, syrup like juice ex udes from the cuts and hardens on tbe bark into white, spongy flakes, which, when hard enough, are removed and dried still further before they aro packed for commerce. It consists mainly of a form of sugar called mauite, and has mild, laxative properties. Chicago Time s. The Mystery Explained. Omaha Man Seems to mo you folks badly need civilizing. California Man Eh I Howso? "1 saw in the paper the other day that a stranger in Oakland visited every bookstore in hopes of buying a Bible, and could not find une in tho plate." "Oh, that's on account of the climate." "Climater "Yes, folks are so healthy there they never think of Bibles." Omaha World. Equal and Exact Justice. Lieutenant Governor Jones, who pays the freight, has informed his employes in bis Bitighamton scale factory that during the present year he means to share his profits with them. This is tho equal and exact justice that might be expected at all times of a manufacturer of scales. Hew York World. Modje&lca's Natlvo Land. Mm?. Modjcska says sho will not return to Poland to live becausa sho can do nothing there, Huston tyranny is so grout She wunts to live where sho can take mi active interest in whatever is going on about her. New York Tribuue. Boston Corbett In Kansas. Boston Corbett, tho man who shot Wilkes Booth, the sisysnjsj ef -President Lincoln, is now an assistant doorkeeper in the Kansas legislature. He lives in a dugout in Cloud county, and is very poor. Preparing- for Business. First Oarsman Aro you preparing for the season? Second Oarsman Yes. I begin operations next week. "What kind of exercise do you intend to taker "Well, I have arranged to first havo myself interviewed two or three times. I don't know what I'll do after that" Pittsburg Dispatch. The Fastest Skater. Tho time for one mile made by James Don oghue, tho amateur champion skater, on tbe Hudson, (23) breaks all records, profes sional as well as amateur. H. IL Bancroft's great library, which be has been thirty years collecting, is now of fered for sale at 250,000, Who says money will not buy bruins in tbe face of this? During the recent rough weather in Oregon there were over 200 fallen trees on the track of the Northern Pacific railroad within a dis tance of fifteen miles. "One Cent Loach" Stands. A "one cent lunch" stand having -been es tablished in New York city, there fa a demand for more of them. The bill of fare fa soap, stewed fish, pork and beans, coffee, sank and bread. Stales can be removed from marble by making a mortar of lime and strong lye and threading thickly on tbe discoloration; leave for several days, then wash off perfectly dean with a scrubbing brush. There are lots' of things In the world that are like tnolassecandy ta - . vuu DYSPEPSIAS GRIP. THE HOLD THE DISEASE HAS UPON THE AVERAGE NEW YORKER. A rhjralelaa Says Hasty Laacaes are the Root of tbe Evil Wfcat the Hnagry Gothamlte Tarawa lato His Stomach. An Attack ef Laacb Hesse. "Most people have an idea that the reason why thcro is so much dyspepsia In Mew York is because there k something the matter with the air in tbe city or the Croton water, or the climate or something like that," said an ex perienced physician who was approached by a reporter on the subject u There may be something in all that The climate is pretty trying for peoplo of weak constitutions, but not more so than tbe climates of some other countries where dyspepsia is as little known as the ancient plague inhere. The real trouble is that peoplo don't take time to eat, and eat in the wrong way. Many a man thinks he is dying with consumption or heart disease, or Bright's disease, or something liko that, when as a matter of fact nothing ails him except as attack of lunch house." "Lunch house?" "Yes, sir, lunch house. Lunch houses make more imaginary diseases than all other causes together. Thousands of men think they have malaria in their system and rush away to the mountains or take a sea voyage, and fill their bodies full of quinine it they can't do any thing else, when all that aus them is tbe lunch house. Lunch houses cause more of what is called malaria in New York than all tho bad sewage, bad as that la I don't be lieve there is any more malaria around now than there was thirty years ago, when there wasnt an intelligently constructed sewer In tbe United States. If people would only have as much sense about eating as they had then there wouldn't be any complaint about ma laria or dyspepsia either. "To show yon what I mean, go Into any of tbe big lunch houses down town about noon, and what do you seel There is a long coun ter on each side of the room, and in front of each counter, perched onstools in uncomfort able, stoop shouldered positions, crowded in together like herrings in a box, is a long line of men. They eat no, gorge is a better word m fast as they can. "And what is it that they throw into their stomachs? Pork and beans, clams, oyster pies, beef a la mode, fried potatoes, fried ham and eggs, fried hash, fried cakes grease, spice, pepper and indigestible meat On that they pile hot mince pk with a crust like sole leather and pour over the whole maaacup of scalding coffee strong enough to raise the dead. Then thoy just stop long enough to light a cigar, which will paralyzo the action of the stomach on all this stuff, and bolt back to business with a load under their shirt fronts liko lead. The healthiest man in the world couldn't stand that sortof a strain very long, if it were combined, as it always is in a big city like New York, with confinement in a close rootnnd very likely a stooping posi tion over a desk." bThat'8all true enough, but where does the malaria come inr "Now, just wait a minute; Pen coming to that presently. The liver b tbe first organ in tbe body that gives out under the terrific strain. It gets tired and refuses to db its work. Pretty soon the man feels lassitude and a queer pain in his joints. Then he has headaches and fevers, and gets so he doeant care a rap whotber he lives or dies. He puts out his tongue one day before a looking glass, and it is apparently coated half an inch thick with yellow f una. That settles it Ho is perfectly sure he has got malaria. Like as not he gets his plumber to go all over tho bouse and roll up a ruinous bill looking for sewer gass. Very likely be wants to sell tho place and move out to Ringwood, or live in a balloon, while be keeps his bead ringing for a month at a time with quinine. Then he be gins to read up on bis symptoms in health books, and pretty soon be is certain that his heart i3 affected, or his liver is being con sumed, or there are Indubitable evidences of paresis about him. The chances are. If he isn't rescued and token out of the terrible in fluences of that lunch bouse be will get to be a nypocnonanac ana neaitn crana oi we most intolerable sort, and will go around drinking hot water and reading lectures to his friends on the advantages of salt packs and steaming foot baths and liver pads. He will get more crazy notions about hours of getting up and going to bed and sucn tilings tuan you can count in a week, and he will lead bis family a life that will make them think of suicide with satisfaction. About that time the lunch house Is having its perfect work. "Tho whole fashion of midday eating in New York ought to be reformed. If men will persist in making their business hours so long that thoy have to interrupt them to eat, they should take at least an hour to it They should go to some quiet resort and sit down at a table like Christians, with some friends, with whom they can chat and talk. Then let them eat a very light lunch a small chop, say, with a piece of dry bread or something of that sort, giving themselves plenty of tuno to masticate and going away a trifle hungry. A piece of dry bread and an apple, or xweibach and a bunch of grapes is the best kind of a lunch for dyspeptics. Let them abjure all mado dishes, grease, gravy, pio and spice, and drink nothing but light wines or water, and there wont be any malaria to speak of In this climate. But if the present state of things goes on much longer tbe next generation will not only be a race of dyspeptics we're that already but a race of thin chested, round shouldered, nervous, irascible and weak livered cranks. "Of course the lunch bouse keepers are not to blame. They have to offer what they can sell. No doubt they would rather set forth food that people can digest If they bad any choice in the matter. It's tbe bad taste of their customers that makes tbe trouble." Boston Budget BLIND TOM'S WONDERFUL GIFT. Boiling- oa the Floor la an Ecstasy of Fleasnre Phenomenal Musical Talent. Since the recent action of the courts in taking Blind Tom from the custody of Mr. Bethune, bis former life long friend, manager and protector, has brought him so prominently before the public in the newspapers, a few facts concerning his childhood by one who knew him then may not prove uninteresting. Ho was born near the city of Columbus, in Mus cogee county, Ga., of slave parents, the property of Gen. James N. Bethune, at that time editor and proprietor of a news paper called Tbe Corner Stone, but in ex actly what year I do not know, as he was somo 6 or 8 years, or it may be a little older, when I first met him in 1855. My first meeting with him was in this wise: I had just married a few months pre viously, and one of Gen. Bethune's daugh ters had been one of our bridesmaids. On our return from a northern tour we were invited to dine at Gen. Bethune's. Dur ing the day music was proposed, and upon the piano and flute my wife and I played a tune which we had heard for the first time at one of the theatres in Phila delphia. At the first sound of the music Tom came rushing into the parlor in a single garment, so common among the little niggers in the south, and while the music was going on he fell down upon the floor, rolled over, turned somersaults, clapped his hands, groaned and went through divers motions, really more as if he were in pain than experiencing emo tions of pleasure. As soon, however, as tho last note was played he sprang up, rushed to my wife and, pushing at her, cried out eagerly: "Miss Fannie" he knew her well "please git away; I wants ter play dat tune!" And jumping upon the piano stool he played It off perfectly, although I know he had never heard it until that moment, for it had only been recently published and had not yet come south. To test him, then others played tunes ha had never heard and he would immediately play them off with both hands, Just as he ha heard them. He seems to have lost all sounds, whether musical or harsh. He loved to do the churning for the family, just to hear the monotonous sounds of the dasher in the cream. He has even been known to pinch and otherwise tease babies just to hear them cry. One habit of his seems to savoragooa deal of romance, yet it is true. Being blind, he would stay away from home, listening to the songs of birds as they flitted from tree to tree till he would get lost in the woods, unable to And bis way back. Upon such occasions the most practicable way to find him would be for Mr. John Bethune, bis. flrst manager, to go one m the woods ana play his ante, when Tom would hear it, come to the sound, and thus get back home. Although idiotic, he was even at that early age endowed with a wonderful mem ory. After spending the day at Oen. Bethune's, as related above, it was over sis years before I saw him again. The war was going on, and one day on taking a train I unexpectedly found John Bcthune with Tom on the train. I addressed Mr. Bethune and then Tom, not dreaming that he would recognize me, when, to my infinite surprise, he said: "How d'ye, Mr. Sharp; how's Miss Fannie?" To which I said: "Why, Tom, how do you know mo so well?" He replied: "Oh, I knows you, en Miss Fannie, too; don't you know when you was at our house and played dis tune?" and he whistled the very tune mentioned above. On that trip I discovered how the ab sence of sight had rendered all his others more acute, for as wo dashed along at perhaps thirty miles an hour he could always tell whether we were passing woods or open fields, houses, cuts, em bankments, bridges, or almost anything else. I remember we entered a small vil lage on the railroad, when I asked Tom what was outside, to which he promptly replied: "A heap of houses." Augusta (Ga.) News. When Crime Was Rampant. In 1770 there were 1G0 capital offenses in the statute book, and before the end of the century the number hnd greatly in creased. To steal five shillings' worth of goods from a shop was punishable by death. A girl of 22 was hanged for re ceiving a piece of woolen stuff from the man who had stolen it In 1785 ninety six persons were lianged at the Old Bailey. In 1769 a womnn was burned at the' stake for coining. Still, in spite of .this enor mous severity of punishment, crime was rampant. Daring burglaries, accom panied by every circumstance of violence, took place in London every night High waymen infested the suburban roads, and not seldom plied their calling in the capi tal itself. The lord mayor was made to stand and deliver on Turnhnm Green. Stars and "Georges" were snipped off ambassadors and eurls ns (Ley entered St James' pal ace. Dul-IIri: wiu the recognized mode of settling nil personal disputes, and no at tempt was innde to enfore the law which treated the killing of a man in a duel as deliberate murder; but debt was punished with what too often was lifelong incarcer ation. A woman died in the county jail at Exeter after an imprisonment of forty five years for a debt of 19. Edinburgh Review. Tbe Bacillus of Scarlet Fever. Drs. W. Allnu Jamicson and M. Alex ander Edington, of Edinburgh, announce In the last British Medical Journal the iiscoveryof a specific bacillus of scarlet fever. The micro-organism has been is olated, cultivated and put through its paces generally, coming out, apparently, with a specific character. "Tho rapidity of the growth of this or ganism which Is eueh that, if one inocu late a flask of broth, the diameter of which is two and one-half inches, and it be incubated, the pellicle will develop and cover it entirely over in the course of four hours suggests an explanation of the very short period of incubation in scarlet fover." Dr. Edington, who carried out the bacteriological part of the work, lias fail ed to show that pure inoculations of culti vated bacilli cause scarlatina in man; also, that the supposed specific bacillus Is not found in other diseases. Medical Record. Winter Drinks Don't ray. When the hot weather disappears it takes with It the druggist's revenue from drinks. Winter drinks don't pay. The druggists last winter tried several hot drinks, such as hot soda and beef tea, but the most of them will sell nothing but vichy this year. The experiment was a failure. Women don't drink hot drinks in drug stores, und when a man wants a drink in winter, whether it's a glass of whisky or beef tea, he goes to a saloon. The druggists will be satisfied, after the cold weather begins, if then fountains pay the cost of keeping them in order. GlobA-Tlamocrat. PARABLES. Earth slags her parables of loss sad gala In boldest speech. Yet heights sublime which spirits shall attala She cannot reach. Aerial whispers float o'er land and see, "It doth not yet appear what we shall be." Her royal purples and her crowns of gold, Her white attire. The sceptred lilies which her summers hold. With flames afire, All fail to show the glory we shall see, "It doth not yet appear what we shall be." Who from unsightly bulb or slender root Could guess aright. The glory of the flower, the fern, the fruit. In summer's height? Through tremulous shadows voices call to me, "It doth not yet appear what we shall be." Triumphant guesses from the seer and sage Through shadows dart. And tender meanings on the poet's page Console tbe heart. O songs prophetic! though so sweet nre ye, "It doth not yet appear what we shall be." Clara Thwaites, THE COMING HOUR. Wall through tbe bosom of tho night. Storm wind; how strong thou art! Thou canst not change the inward sky, Tbe summer of my heart Ehed thy cold tears, O winter ratal Sob through the twilight dim I only feel the sunshine's glow Is ripening fruit for him. Bend your brown branches, leafless trees I Beneath the wintry sky; I know for me the harvest time. The vintage hour la nigh. The grapes are glowing on tbe vine, For Love's own hand to take; But he must press them with his lips Tho wine of life to make! LOOKING OUT.. Upon the heights of nope all day My soul stood looking far away. Enwrapped in such sufficing thought, That even your absence counted naught. For blue the sea of distance grew. And clear the arching atmosphere. Till I could plainly see you, dear Serene and joyous eyed and true. And eocstant (as of old I knew In the far away, which now drew near. lily Curry in New York Graphic, melancholy;,, Melaaeaolj Sits on me as a cloud along the sky. Which will not let the sunbeams through, nor yet Descend in rain, and end, but spreads itself Twixt heaven and earth, like envy between man And man an everlasting mist. Byron. THE MASTER'S TOUCH. The string that jars When rudely touched, ungrateful to the sense. With pleasure feels the master's flying fingers. Swells into harmony, and charms the bearers. Bowe. Cost of Tombstone Designs. Weeping angel, age 10, line finish. $ 43 to $73 Weeping angel, with wings GO to DO Weeping angel, age 10 55 to 8- Weeping angel, with wings. 75 to 100 Adult angel, with or without wings 90 to 150 Adult angel, with urn. 100to200 Greek gods, demigods and muses (mourning aeries) 150to2GO Recording angel (with book) 200 to 300 Boston Advertisement Altering the Facial Expression. A New York surgeon says he can take any man under 40 years of age and so alter his facial expression by the use of the knife and a little pain that his own wife could not identify him. Tbe next bank cashier who makes a haul should try thie scheme instead of going to Canada. He can then enjoy the money right at home. Detroit Free Press. Caaght la aTJe Bat. An organ grinder visited Riverside, Cal, the other day and a crowd collected tu hear the music. When he passed ah hat around he received two nickels, a piece of a cracker, a pool check, three trouaer buttons, a piece of a broken pint bottle, a poker check and a scrap of a city ordinance relating to the ob struction of streets ia Riverside, THE SON OF A LORD. YOUNG ENGLISHMAN IS TAKEN SOMEWHAT BY SURPRISE. A Society Miss Takes the Ceaeelt Oat ef a Tonne; Briton ef Noble BloodSee lag the United States eei the "Two Day" riaa. The mention of Florida recalls tbe experi enco of some young Englishmen who camo to Washington for two days on their way to that land of oranges and alligators and who stayed here two months. They got into offi cial society and found it so attractivo that they could not got away. One young Briton, apparently not many years abovo 21, and the sou of a "real lord," but traveling as modest Mr. , wont out to mako calls last week. Tbe daughter of a well known hostess had several young women assisting her, and with these he proved a voluble and unflagging talker. Finally , to givo him variety and re lievo one of the assistants, tho hostess said to a calVr: "Do let mo introduoo that young man over there. I want to got Lliss A. uv.uy from him, and bo shows no -signs of giving up." The introduction was made, bows were exchanged and the roil of a "real lord" was left with tho oiher wouiuu. "And what aro you doing in Washington, if I may ask tho quostioiif' were tho first words of the young man, as ho gave ouo sweeping inclusive glance, from her tall bonnet -down to tho h:u of her gown. "Oh, I am doing what most other women are doing making calls," she replied, with a flash of quickuesi, and showing no sur prise at tho unexpected and abrupt question. HE WAS SET BACK. The surprise wus on tho other side, and for an instant ho was set b:iek by her readiness. "Ah oh don't you know that's really very good," he said, laughing, and recovering himself. "And what are you doing in Washington, if I may ask tho question f sho added tho next moment, and cv:!S ''Im a second start. "Ah oh really, vou Americans aro very quick, don't you know," ho answered, a triflo subdued, and in rather more a tons of respectful deference. " I will toll you. Wo have just coma across to look about a little. Spent two days iu Now York, you know. Ran on here for two days, and well really, there Is a good deal in your towns, you know. Quito a lot to see." "Two days in Now York and two In Wash ington I Is it possible, Mr. , there are two whole days of sightseeing In either city for an Englishman! Oh, I understand. Ton have just run over to get thoroughly acquainted with us, and will then ruu home to England and write a book about America. Of course this accounts for your long stay in New York and two whole days at our capital 1 But I'm so glad you find a lot to see." "Ah oh really now. You can't mean to be so hard on a fellow. I should nevab, you know, give my impressions without really knowing America. I was just going to say that really, after two days here, your capital is so very charming we couldn't get away. Really wo couldn't. And wo went down to the booking office and the fellows fixed it all right with the tickets. Now, instead of two days, we've really been iu Washington seven woeks. It's a fact I wouldn't believe it my self if I didn't know it, you see. Sdven weeks! But we really, you know, must get olf to Florida next week. Sorry: Washing ton is very delightful; peoplo charming, you know." MUST GO WEST. "And, of course, you go to Chicago. No book on America is complete without Chi cago, tho big city oi the west. Oh, you must go west," sho iii'L lie was rising rapidly in her estimation, and she was a littio sorry she had been sarcastic. Tho next minute down be went again, as ho said: "Ah oh yes. I havo heard of Chicago, you know. Quito a town, of course. But really. Miss , I can't fancy how you dis covered I thought of writing a book. Now, really, you know. Do I look like it Uow did you happen on thatr "Oh, you all do it. You come over on the two day plan of seeing the country. And you' vo all heard of Chicago. So you go home and write about us, when you really don't know anything about America or Americans, after all," she said, squarely and frankly. She had como up in his estimation as fast as he had gone down in hers. He was taken by her offhand manner of talking and quick understanding. He was about to conclude his call, and as he turned to go ho said seri ously and wholly without his former con ceited air: "I will tell you what we do know, and wo are not slow in learning it, you know, cither" "I'm so glad you really know something about us, if it's ever so little, sho put in, laughing. "We learn, as soon as we meet American women, that they are the best talkers in the world. Now, Miss , I promise you, if 1 write my impression, I will go to Chicago and to all tho rest of your western cities. Good by. We're off to Florida to-morrow." Washington Cor. New York Tribune. THE BIG MEAT BILLS Of Senator Evarts, Pierre Lorillard and James Gordon Bennett, Jr. I met a fat, jolly looking Irishman in tho office of a friend of mine the other day, who Impressed mo strongly with his heartiness. After he had gone out 1 asked my friend who he was. "You will probably be surprised," re turned my friend, "but that man is well known to some of the most prominent men in New York, and has had very inti mate dealings with them. Among these may be mentioned Pierre Lorillard, James Gordon Bennett, Senator Evans, ana i don't know how many others; enough, anyhow, to put him on speaking terms with three-quarters of the men whose names are familiar to everbody." Something in the tone of his voice and in the rather amused smile that accom panied it made me push my Inquiries fur ther. The man who was supposed to know everybody worth knowing had not the distinguished air usually worn by such personages. I was not, therefore, so much surprised as I would otherwise have been when I learned that he was Kelly the butcher. The rest of his name was said to be immaterial; but not to know Kelly the butcher was, I was as sured, to argue one's self unknown. For years he and his father before him kept a butcher shop at University place Jsnd Thirteenth street. Here were cut the juicy chops and the tender steaks, and from here were sent the delicate fowl and game that havo tickled the palates and pleased and satisfied the stomachs of a generation of the wealthy and prominent of New York's citizens. Catering to the stomachs of these patricians, Kelly learn ed certain interesting characteristics of each, and some of these he Imparted to my friend, also his pntron, who in turn related them to me. Senator Evarts, according to his meat man, is very particular as to tho flesh he eats. Although his face looks like a piece of parchment, and has no more color in it, yet he indulges in rare steaks and roast beef, meats that contain the most blood. He is very particular about them also. His cook selects the meat ten days in advance of the time it la wanted to- the table, and has it cut off in his .sence. Then Kelly puts it into his Ice b, where it remains until it is sent to the senator. Pierre lorillard is one of Kelly's best patrons, and one who has stuck to him since ho moved up town. His bill for meat alone when he is at his town resi dence sometimes reaches $700 a month and averages f 500. It would be impos sible for any family to spend that amount for meat even with a house full of guests, but Lorillard, like Bennett, is a high liver, and alms to secure delicacies for bis guests that make a visit at his house a much coveted privilege. His orders are such, sometimes, that it is necessary to spoil large quantities of meat or fowl to get at the particular part he desires. Thus, for instance, when he orders ten pounds of chicken breast, a great many chickens would have to be cut up to sup ply that amount. He would, of course, be charged just as much as though he had ordered that number of chickens. It is very profitable for the butcher, un doubtedly, inasmuch aa he tan sell those parts of the chickens that have not been used and in that way get double pay for the same article. When it comes to orders of a like nature m regard to mors expensive game, as canvasbacK. ducks, gronee and so forth, the orders amount to large sums. Lorillard is a hard cus tomer to suit, though, for while he does not grumble at the bills, he wants what he orders ou the moment and will not take any excuses. Bennett ia probably the most extrava gant of all. Be has not been in New York : for some years now, but there is no reason to believe that he has grown any more economical since he went abroad, even though bis newspaper has lost so much in circulation. His household was run on the most extravagant scale In every re spect. He paid a man in one of the oyster saloons to remain up all night in readiness to prepare oysters for him at any time be might desire .them. His orders to his butchers exceeded in extravagance those of ell the other nabobs, and $1,000 a month went into the coffers of Kelly, the butcher, from this source alone. His servants lived on the fat of tho land, for his orders for supplies were on such a grand scale that a large portion of tho food brought into the house had to bo thrown away daily. While his futhcr, who mado the fortune his son attempted to but could not dissipate, lived tho serv ants were held in some sort of check, but even then they hod a pleasant time of it. Every morning this order came down for the old man's breakfast, toast and tea. These slices oi. toast, stamped In artistic shapos, nnd a pot of tea would be sent up to him, while the servants below dined on porterhouse steak, lamb chops, broiled chicken and other choice viands. Wash ington Post. Our Chinese Immigrants. Our Chinese immigrants arc mainly from the province of Hwantung, and are usually country people, with here and there a shopkeeper or artisan from the cities, of which Canton is the chief. They vary somewhat in speech and manner, those of the Sam Tup approximating nearly those of Canton, while those of the Sz Tup, who are most numerous, nre most provincial, and Bpeakinsc a patois almost as incomprehensible to their countrymen as to the "Melicau" man. They keep fast hold on the traditions of their country, and strive to maintain its customs under the most adverse conditions, chief among which to their own anxious, yet often pit iful, avarice. It is in the cities among the colonies, many of whose members know no foreign word, that these customs nre most closely followed. Iu shop and Luiudry thoy burn Incense before their native deities, and at New Year's visit the nearest shrine to learn, by the fall of divining sticks, what fortune it will bring. Usually the god is Kcwan Ti "The Master Kewan," tho god of war, worshiped in the China of today. Various legends arc current of his having appeared to protect his follow erseven in the new world, notably at a fire which broke out in tho Chinese quar ters at Havana, and was miraculously put out by the majestic and gigantic Kewan, to whom they had recently built a temple. New York Commercial Advertiser. The Alaskan's ltlchea. Alaskan Indians do not reckon wealth by th amount of monoy or gold a person pos sts, but rate a inun as worth so many blanket. A government blanket Hells in the stoas. every whore throughout tho country nt the nominal price of 5-1. It is never more, novel k-ss. If un Indian get3 hold of $20 and desiicstosavoit, ho buys live blankets and adds them to tho store ho already possesses. An Indian who owns ,000 blankets is im mensely wt-althy, und is looked upon as a nabob by tho ftoor members of his tribe. This is tho currency of the realm among the In dians, nnd is recognized by tho whites as well iu trading with them. Lieut. H. T. Mona ban in Brooklyn Eagle. Purpose of the Ballet. Twelve-year-old Miss The opera was very long, wasn't it, mamma I Mamma Yes, daughtor, and very stylish. Miss The ballet girls don't sing, do they, mamma? Mamma No daughter. Miss Why do they havo tho ballet then, mamma? Papa To make the opera as broad as it ia long, daughter. Don't ask any more ques tions. Washington Critic. Second Hand Gravestones. Buffalo has a citizen who deals in second hand gravestones. He buys old ouej, erases tho letters and engraves new inscriptions to order. uLots of peoplo seem to want to sell," he is reported as saying, "and plenty of others are willing to buy when they can get a good article so cheap." Distance Lends Enchantment. Mobilo has a brass band with a conscience. It goes out in the suburbs on a Sunday and hides itself in tho woods to practice. At a distance of two or three miles tho music is simply enchanting. Mobile Register. A Great Combination. A large brass chicken in tbe shape of an inkstand is tho latest novelty. The boarding housekeepers are experimenting with them to ascertain if tho shadow of one of these will not mako as rich chicken soup as a photograph from tho original hen does. This would enablothem to combine business nnd ornament in great shape. DansviUe Breeze. Dr. Talmago as a Joker. ur. Aauuage, vi iiruuiu u, is a goou story- i teller. He has a high regard for tbe discreet ! men of tho profession and plenty of charity ! for those wno are inclined to be convivial. He appreciates a good joko, no matter at whose expense it may be. New York Mail and xpi John Raskin rfaes to remark v.Tsthiiy that civilisation is patting its bt&t iron into iron dads and stink pots. Will somebody please remove the bent pin from the Bulgarian thronel-Burlingtou Free Press. gsme ft'elili People Allow a coqgh to run until it gets beyond the reach of medicine. They often say, Ob, it will wear-away, but in most eases it wears them away. Could they be in duced to try the successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which we sell on a positive guarantee to cure, they would immediately see the exrrlUut effect after taking the first dose. Trice 30c and f L00. Trial Mize free. Dr. A. Ueintz. About 500,000 cans of French sardines are consumed in thiB country every year. English Spavin Liniment removes nil Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Stifles, Sprninr Sori and Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Sa " $50 by use of ono bottle. Every bottle warranted by C. B. Stillman, druggist, Columbus, Neb. Tho police force at Sherman, Texas, is to be reinforced by a pack of blood honnds. Worth Vonr Attention. Cut this ont ami mail it to Allen & Co., Aii gasta, Maine, who will send yoo free, nomftl ik Dew, that just coins inorey for all worker As wonderful as the electric liht, a Kftnmc as pure gold, it will prove of lifelong valae v 1 importance to you. Both nexes, all nea. Allen & Co. bear expense of starting you in bnsinesH. It will bring you in more cash, ritfht away, than anything else in this world. Anyone anywhere can do tho work, and live at home also. Better write at once; then, knowing all, thould yj conclude that yon don't caro to encase, whj nu harm is done. ,l7 . The Prussian huBsars are to have a lighter, straight, and doubled-edged sword. The Uesaelle Msm la Colasm- As well as the handsomest, snd others are invited to call on Dr. A. Hclntz and get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is selling entirely upon its merits and is guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic nd Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and CcssumptioB. Price 30 csatsamdSl. Dc-8 Worth Knowi'ss-. Mr. W. H. Morgan, merchant, Lake City, Fla., was tnkon with a sovero cold, attended with a distressing cough and running into cotuunipliou in its first etugea. Ho tried many eo-eaH.Hl popu lar cough ror.ietlity nnd atoa.Jiiy grow worse. Was reduced in llesh. iud diili cnlty in breathing ami was lablo to sleop. Finally Iried Dr. KingH New Discovery for consumption and fo;iml immediato relief, ami after using about a half dozen bottlos found himself well and has ln-d no return or tho disease. Xo other remedy can tsbow mi ;ntud a record of cures, aa Dr. Iviiu'a Sew Dis covery for con;;ui!itiou ;U;.rnnkvu to do ju9t wiinL iii ('hiiui.-d far it - 'S'rh.I lki.Mc Tree at l)oi ty & Ue-hor's drug store. ' 'Throe fnfatil Twins" id tho r.mlan choly inscription on a tomlwtoim in Winst.xl, IFuss. Neither ;li?-;!,.-, finger. hS.iukborry brandy, or miyiltin ei;so l-jyinn to e.iual (Jhamberlam'.s CoIiV. Csioli'ttt and Diar rja Remedy for bowel complaint, it is tho only medicine that always cures bloody fiux, cholera icorbns, dysentery and diarrlaea, and it never rails. It costs 25 cents and is worth -25 dollars when needed. ?.!. A. Finle-y of t'ain liridge, Putnam county. Tin!., wr-tea that Clianiberlsh:; Colts, Cholcr.: and Di:'r rhcua Remedy eured him of a lunvro at tack oi diarrii'sn. th linst dose quieted and eased tao p.;:;i and tit-1 .sewnu dose cured him completely; ho also says that he cured a bad c.iso of idoody ll'ic with tho same boltlo. Sold by iXr.vty k JJeeher. Quito a uu.nlier of counterfoil Mexi can dollars aio in circulation at El Paso, Texas. ilito:! Vaz'- .u-: !. (l.'onfl ' linniu iV '.. lMr'Inad. 31 iiu. ran Kivejoii wortih'il ! can d- ati.l Itw.it !nr.K inukliii: ''Hilt $:. You nw iI:iunI frit. C:i;: tal notiinlci. Ioth s-oios. All.iy. Cut thi out and viiuiit kiscv; ni Iniu wll 1 ! if you conclude no to k ' wort, tifU'r you learn nil. All itarticiilars fret-. IVtt iMyiuz work in thin world. M A citizen of New London. Conn., has a beard which is si feet e!;,'ht melius lon. 1:ii:imv :i.-r Voutsi. Mrs. 1'lui'bo Chesloy, roterson. Clay county, Iowa, tell the following remark able story, the truth of which is vouch ed for by the residents of the town: "1 am 7: years old, havo been troubled with kidney complaint and lameness for many years; could not dress my self without holp. Now f. am free from all pain and soreiuts, and am able to do all my own housework. I owe my thanks to Electric .Bitters for having reuovred my youth, and removed com pletely all disease and pain." Try a bottle, .91 cents and $1 at Dowty .V Ueclier's drugstore. Over one million iLLoolei are itn ported into" this country annually by one firm. ISilrklen'-i Arilira S.Uvr. Tm: Best Salve in tho world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, I Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, i Chilblains, Corns, and ail Skin Erup- tions. and positively cures Piles, or no i pav required. It is guaranteed to givo I perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dowty .t Becker. July 27 THK CHEAPEST EATINO OM EARTH I ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THEM1 TTamrnancoi'Ayr. BT.xouia.aca $1,500! sMsHsKM UMBil naiia' hsaousv Varurimita nt Patent Chens and Checkerboard. ad veruslng the celebrated SrnTtta Block Remedies and a KtWAKB OP S1.5. If you fall to And it on this small board call on your drworM for fall-site. Handsomely lithographed board, YKEK; or send cents for postage to ns. COUGH BLOCKS. From Mason Iong, the Converted Gambler. Fort VTatsi. IniL. April 5, 1884. I have gircn tha BynYitaConsh Blocks a thorough trial. Thty cured my little girl (3 years' old) of Croap. My wife and mother-in-law were troubled with coughs of long standing. One package of the Blocks has cureu them so they can talk as only women do." MASON lONO. 'WORM BLOCKS. Lnci.O, Jan.2S,138T. Tho SynvitaWorm Blocks acted like a charm in expelling worms from my llt tl child. The child is now well and hearty, instead of puny and sickly as before- " JOnXG.KOBBLSSOX. IUCKIEMY -LOCKS. Tae Crest Mantes sad Byseatcry Cftecker. DSLPH03. O.. July 7th. 'SR. Our six-months old child bad a scTcre attack of Summer Complain. Physicians could do nothing. In despair wa tried flynTita dlackberrr Blocks recommended by a friend and a few doses effected a complete) cure. Accept onr heartfelt indorsement of your Black twrry Blocks. Mr. and Mas. J. Banzbait. The Synvlta Block Remedies aro Tbe neatest thing out. by far. Pleasant. Cheap. ConTenient, Surp, Handy. Ue 1 1 able. IJarmIesnd Pure. No box: no teaspoon or sticky bottle. Put up In patent ickagps. 3 IKhes 5 Cents. War ranted t"- cure or mon- elunded. Ask your drug. gist. If jou fall to gee. them send price to THE SYNVITA CO., Delphos, Ohio, ANI REfSIVE TTlkM POSTPAID. 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