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.-ir.- m Mfmxml -; i. 7 VOL. XVIIL-NO. 30. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1887. WHOLE NO. 914. i WN A j COLUMBUS STATE BANK. COLUMBUS, NEB. Cash Capital $7.5,000. DIRECTORS: LK.YNDKR GERHARD, Pres't. GEO. W. HUl-ST, Vice Pn-'t. JULIUS A. REED. R. H. HKNRV. J. E.TAHKER. Cashier. SBuk of r."jit JMicouw aI EvcSinne. nil Points. Ia.j- ln-rrl vn Time lPeo.- COLUMBOS Savings Bank, LOAN & TRUST COMPANY'. Capital Slock, SI 00,000. OFFICERS: A. ANDERSON. Pres't. O. W. SHELDON. Vico Pres't. O. T. ROEN, Tresis. ROBERT UHL1G. Sec. o JSrWill receive time depositH, from 1.00 and any amount upwards, nnd will iwty the cus tomary rate of interest. ,i JS-We particularly draw jour attention to our facilities for making loans on real estate, at the lowest rate of interest. o CcCity, School and County Honda, and in dividual wcuritieri an' bought. lGjune'srty FOR TIIE -CALL OX- A. & M.TURNER Or G. XV. KIBLEK, Traveliiis: Nalema. T"These orjrans are first-class in every iar ticular, and so guaranteed. SCHAFFROTH & PLITH, UEALKKR IN WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pumps Repaired on short notice E-Ono door vest of Heintz's DniK Store, 11th stiwt, Columbus, Neb. 17novS5-tf HENRY G-ASS. TODEETAKEE ! COFFINS AND METALLIC CASKS AND DKALKRIN Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus, Tables, Safes. Lounges, Sic., Picture Frames and Mouldings. tSTRejxiii-iug of allkimltsof Uphol stery Goods. 6-tf COLUMBUS, NEBILVSKA. PATENTS CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS AND CGPYRIGITS Obtained, and all other business in the U. 8. Patent Office attended to for MODERATE FEES. Oar office is opposite tlie U. S. Patent Office, and ve can obtain Patents in le&s time than those remote from WASHINGTON. Send MODEL OK DRAWING. We advise as to patentability free of charge: and make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer here to the Postmaster, the Supt. of Money Order Div., sad to officials of the U. 8. Patent Office. For circulars, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own State or county, write to C, A. SNOW At COV, Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C, t"4avaaCai3sS9aBff'-r WESTERN COTTAGE ORGAN THE MADRIGAL. Once, as I walked in woodlands preen, I chanced on Lore where he sot alone Catching the iotes of the air, and sheen From sun rays broken and downward throws. "What are doing. Love?" quoth I For Love and I have been comrades true. And I speak him freely when none are nigh. And he answers me as he might not you ! "I am making a madrigal," he said, "I need but a rhyme to close it well;" And. lo! it seemed that a spider's thread Glanced in the light and he caught its spelL Wonderful, lieautiful, rare and sweet It Uy there, perfect, upon his hand: It throbbed with a murmur, soft, complete I could not describe: I could understand. And how will you send it. Love!" quoth L Ah, how he smiled! but he said no word; But ho U-clroned me. and I followed, shy. And wc came on a Poet, all unheard. There, as he dreamed, did Love bestow Tin; little song on his ear, content; And so lied quickly that none might know Where it was written and how it was sent! Samuel Willoughby Duffleld in The Century. THE BLACK ROSE. If any one had .said a year ago that I ivuiiltl over havo run through the driving fcuow ami storm after a black rose, I cer tainly would have declared that person to bo bereft of ordinary intelligence; but now I could very appropriately ask myself if I were in full possession of my mental powers, for only a few da3-s since I went all over the city anxiously endeavoring to purchase one, regardless of cost because I'velinc had expressed a desire to have one. She deprived me of my judgment, with her bewitching smile, her meaning glances, her great deep eyes, the graceful poise of her head, and her beautiful, majestic shoulders. She entrapped me iu a net woven from a thousand fascinating, iaMiaring threads, in which she drew me whither she would, and on that occasion she drew me after the black rose. I do not know exactly how It came nbuut. I have always been such a quiet, thoughtful man, and falling in love was the last thing I would have thought of doing; but at the fateful ball, exactly ono year ago, when I saw lier in that yellow satin bodice, with her golden hair, the d.irk prettily arched eyebrows, and her fairy like movement; from that hour I was not like my former self. She was pretty, but not positively beautiful; one could alo not read any great depth of feeliiu; or diameter in her deep gray eyes; .she was bright and versatile, but had no especial talent, and her conversational powers were only ordinary. I knew that her family were in very moderate circum stances, aud therefore believed tliat she would not object to marry some young man of fortune. I knew that slie knew I wiu iu good circumstances, and felt that if I won her my fortune would have much to do with it; and yet I followed her like yes, like a faithful little dog, aud could not tear myself from the magic chains she threw around me. She seemed to enjoy every possible luxury; how she managed to do so, I could never under stand, for her extravagance would almost bankrupt u we'ilthy man. She did not trouble herself about household affairs; aud 1 strongly suspected that her mother had to exert every energy to keep up the appearance of ease aud comfort before the outside world, and that she worked se cretly to contrive that her daughter might dress elegantly and liecomiugly. I do not know whether she really loved me or not; sometimes 1 hoped so from her actions, but was never sure of it. I was, therefore, continually troubled with the uncertainty, so that if a single day passed without my seeing her and exchanging a few words with her I was absolutely mis erable. This state of affairs lasted for a whole year. I could not make up my mind to give her up, and was, also, not willing exactly to take any decided step which would bind me for life to the en chantress. She attended ball after ball, -went to all fashionable places of amuse ment, and each time she succeeded in making her toilet more recherche than any one else. For the coming ball she fancied that she wanted a black rose to wear jn her golden hair; that would be novel, would attract attention, admiration and wonder, and would excite the envy of some. But were there any black roses in exist ence? I asked myself when I thought of gratifying her wish. I had read of such a rare flower being on exhibition at flower expositions, but had never seen one, and nil of my acquaintances whom I asked about it said they did not think they could be gotten. One of them said that he had seen a rose so darkly red that it was almost black; but that was several years ago. At all events, it seemed that they were very rare; and how was I to obtain one iu winter time? I went to at least ten flower stores, six gardeners and everywhere that I thought 1 had a ghost of a chance to get it, but iu vain. Marie, the daughter of the flower dealer at King's place, my pretty little friend whom I had known from her childhood, said she had, once, two roses almost black, which she had sold to Graf Egous feld, and which had caused a sensation at the court ball, and was afterward men tioucd in the report of the ball ou account of their great rarity and beauty. Marie was a charming girl; young, blooming, pretty, modest and loved by everybody, and was said to be rich, for her father, whose only child she was, had the most extensive and prosperous busi ness of the kind, supported by the most distinguished and -wealthy class. Marie regarded me with an interest which she tried in vain to conceal. Her face would turn pale and then would cover with blushes -when I would enter the store sud denly; and sometimes when she spoke to me her voice would tremble. And I could sec her pretty, delicate little hand quiver when she delivered the flowers to me, which I oftentimes purchased more to get a chance to feast my eyes on her pretty face and to engage her in a few words of conversation than because I really wanted the flowers. Eveline seemed to enjoy being with me. She was quick and brilliant in repartee. She would sometimes press my hand warmly when she would thank me for some gift that I brought her, and my hopes would climb to fever heat in con sequence. But then she seemed so cold and indifferent toward me, when she knew I loved her. I found myself won dering how Marie would act if I were to take her hand and tell her I loved her. Her little trembling, soft white hand would lay in mine and her face But what was I thinking about? At Eastgate there was another gardener. It was al ready 12 o'clock, and at G Eveline must liavo the black rose. I called for a cab, but there were none to be had, and it was snowing, raining and freezing. I must walk. I could not Bend any one, for I must get them in per son. In vain, in vain. After my long walk I was doomed to disappointment again. The flower dealer did not have them. It was already 2 o'clock. What could I possibly do? How I would like to gratify her wish and see her smile of pleasure! Could they be made? No; im possible. But stop. Could the natural roses not be colored? She would only want them for one evening. So, with brightening, hopes I hastened again to King's place. 'Marie, a couple of dark red roses, please." I said, entering the store. "They are for Fraulein Gunthert," she, faltered; and in her eyes I noticed a pained and sorrowful expression that went strangely to my heart. "Yes. for the Kasino ball to-night," I replied, hastily. "The darkest you nave, please." I took the flowers, but somehow the pale, pretty face and the sad expression j affected mo deeply. I motioned to a cab J and drove home. "Why am I a cheni I 1st," I said to myself, triumphantly, "if I cant overcome sucn a uimcuity as tnis?" I locked myself iu my little laboratory, which I had hardly entered since my in fatuation with Eveline, and worked about two hours on one of the roses with iron, jHDwdered brimstone and charcoal dust. I almost smothered myself by inhaling the dust and odor of the ingredients; but tri umph! the rose became black deep velvet black. I waited until almost time to go after Eveline, and then prepared the other rose, with greater success than before, for it was more beautifully and perfectly black than the first. I got a carriage and drove to Eveline's home. "Did you get it?" she said, in .great suspense and excitement, running to me. I nodded aud held out the pack age to her. She threw her arms around me and kissed me, pressed both my hands and looked me in tho eyes she knew well how to show her appreciation; she ad mired the rose, her eyes beamed with de light and her cheeks colored beautifully. For an instant I was almost jealous, for it did seem like she appreciated tho rose more than she did me, and I could not re memler that she had ever blushed with delight at seeing me; but she was so re spectful to me, and this time almost affec tionate, I was more infatuated with her than ever. We went to the ball, of course, with her mother as chaperon. I had provided a commodious carriage. Her mother and I sat with our backs to the horses, giving Eveline all of the back seat so as not to rumple the elegant party costume she wore. She created a furore she was always the queen of tho ball room but on this occasion more so than ever. Her old gold bodice was beautifully embroidered with flounces, and the black rose nestling among her golden tresses, attracted the attention of every one. I did not myself escape being mentioned, as it was known that I had procured the strange flower that many had never seen before. With what queen ly grace she carried herself! She was at homo in the ball room; was greatly ad mired and sought after by every culti vated gentleman. With her pleasant smile to this one, her bow to that one, her pretty rounded arms, her queenly head, in sit ting, standing, waltzing or dancing, she was a model of perfection. She was con stantly the center of an Admiring group of old and 3'oung, and was beseiged by danc ers. Every one who met her was favorably impressed with her.- But of all her friends aud admirers she seemed to appreciate me the most. I decided to know my fate that very night. I felt that my happiness de pended on my being able to call that irre sistible essence of womanly loveliness my wife. The first dance was ended; the signal from the cornet in the orchestra an nounced the next dance. I approached her to secure the waltz she had promised me, when oh, horror! what did I see! The rose had completely changed color; no longer shining black, but faded yellow ish green, spotted with rusty edges to the leaves. It must have been caused by the preparation in the hair, the nitrogen, the heated atmosphere or the gas. What if Eveline should notice it and discover the cheat? What would she do? What would she think of me? For a moment I was so excited and astonished that I could hardly control my voice to speak to her. I did not have much time for speculation. Large plate glass mirrors with narrow gilt frames covered the walls of the salon. She glanced in the mirror opposite where we stood, ready for the waltz, with her arm resting quietly in mine. Suddenly she drew her arm away and approached the glass. I could see her face in the mir ror distinctly. She turned very pale; her eyes became fixed with astonishment and chagrin; she trembled from head to foot. With a powerful and angry movement, that I had never thought possible for her delicate white hand, she tore the rose from her hair and as quick as lightning had ground it into powder beneath her feet. Her figure became suddenly angu lar, her shoulders high and pointed, and her face had the expression of a fury. I had never in my life seen such a re vengeful, ugly and malignant face it re vealed to me a cold, heartless woman of the world, whose only aim in life was to gratify her measureless vanity and co quetry. How was it possible for a human being to change so completely in an in stant she was absolutely hideous. All the fears that I had entertained that I might not win her, were gone; I was struck with amazement at the discovery I hod mode. Then I saw that she was at tempting to resume her usual dispassion ate expression; but she was unsuccessful, for she could not conceal all her anger. A disagreeable, dry smile played around her mouth. "You deceived me," she said, turning to me with poorly affected calmness, but the tone of her voice betrayed an inde scribable suppressed vehemence. The words came from her lips almost hissing ly; and in her eyes lay a world of cold, de liberate liatred. "The rose was colored," she continued; "why did you make a dupe of me? If any one had noticed it I could never have forgiven you." She drew her hand Languidly across her forehead, and signified her readi ness to dance. I had seen her mother, however, in the mirror, who had taken a seat on the opposite side of the ballroom, and had evidently noticed that something was wrong, give her a warning glance of reproval. Eveline had suddenly become unbearable to me, more detestable and perverse than I had ever thought any woman could be. I was permanently cured of ray infatuation. I felt that I could not stand to be with her any longer; no, not another moment. I could have waltzed with a snake with quite as -much pleasure as with any quondam model of perfection. I realized that I had been iu the power, the very slave, of a heartless, feelingless coquette. I aroused myself from the flood of painful sensations that had come over me; but instead of offering my arm for the waits I led her to her mother and excused myself, leaving her surrounded with eager applicants for the dance. A moment later I stood alone outside of the building and breathed freely the fresh night air. It was very quiet there; only a faint sound of the music reached me through the thick walls. The great arched canopy above was bedecked with stars, and they shone out clearly over the snow covered ground. A sublime tran quillity rested over everything. I was in a peculiar frame of mind. I was free; it seemed to me that I had thrown aside a life of uncertainty and doubt, and Hooked forward into a future full' of hope. "You have lost a year," I said to myself, "a year thrown away on a worthless fancy, and what did you see in her anyway? You have allowed yourself to become fasci nated with a cold blooded society flirt, and almost made yourself miserable for life. Under the carefully studied manner, the appearance of an angelic disposition, and the bewitching smile, lay the ugliest nature ever born in a woman. The chemically colored rose is emblematic of the woman, and in the coloring alone, you have been in love all this time." Blessed be the accident that opened my eyes to her imperfections. And then in my thoughts I beheld Marie as I last saw her when I bought the roses, with her fresh, blooming face, her black eyes, her cherry lips, her pretty waving, glossy black hair. Marie, whose eyes be-, trayednot the slightest deception. Un affected, truthful and. as pure and unde nted as the flowers she lived amonir. How was it possible that 1 could ha neglected such a noble, generous girl for that painted butterfly? Then I longed to sec Marie as I had never longed to see any one before. I knew that she was also at a ball that night, at the Flower club ball .she had told me so, bashfully, as she dropped her eyelashes on her rosy cheeks that afternoon in the flower store. Guided by an uncontrollable impulse, I found myself going to the street in which stood the elegant building of the Flower ! association, and in a few moments stood J in the boll room. Marie saw me at once . from where she sat alone. She dropped her eyes for an instant, and then looked up to me as I approached with such a look of glad surprise that I felt a thrDl of in describable happiness run over me. But I stood before her unable to speak. ! I can't remember that I ever felt so much misgiving in my life before. All ut once the thought struck me like a blow, what if I could not get her? What if she should feel a contempt for my seeming tickle dis position? She seemed to bo so far above me in everything, so noble, so good. -"You here, Hcrr Crowsfeld. I thought you were with Fraulein1' (she Mushed deep er and corrected herself) "at Kasino ball." "I have leen there." I said, "but left to look you up." "Me?" she said, almost in a whisper. "Yes, you, Fraulein Marie, I have been very much mistaken in my feel ings all along." Thou I told her all; ::11 about my infatuation for Fraulein Gunthert. "Yes, Mario,' I said, "I havo been zealously endeavoring to grasp n painted flower, and passed the really fresh and natural one unnoticed. No, not unnoticed," I said, as she suddenly opened her eyes wider and looked at mo shyly and almost puiue-. "I suppressed all my inclinations toward you to gratify the foolish spoil that was on me." Marie looked r.io earnestly in the eves an I instant, then she slyly took my hand, and j proving it iu her little warm soft palm, said, "I believe you and trust you; I have been troubled about you a long time. I havo known Fraulein Gunthert many years and I knew she could not make you happy." Then the orchestra began play ing u waltz and the next moment Marie was in my arms. It was the happiest waltz of my life. Towards midnight Herr Behre, Marie's father, in nn excellent humor from the effects of the champagne, which the old gentleman had participated in, iu nn adjoining room, came to look after Marie, lie seemed surprised to find her with me. "What will Fraulein Gun thert say to this, my lioy?" he said, shaking his linger knowingly at me. "Do 3'6u know what a black rose is, Herr Behre?" I said in answer. "Pah! foolishness! there are no natur ally black roses. Colored humbugs," he said, warmly. "Well," I whispered in his ear, "that is Fraulein Gunthert. I have had my eyes opened to-night; I have never seen Marie in her true light before. I want her, Herr Behre, and she is willing to take me. We have known each other a long time. Will you consent to it?' He looked at me sharply for a moment; then glancing at Marie's happy face, said: "If Marie wishes it. We fathers must always accede to our daughters' wishes. You will find my answer in Marie's face. Take her, and God bless you both." So I won my wife aud life's happiness. Translated from the German by W. N. Harben for The Sunny South. A Relic of the Past. "You would think that iu this age of the world there was no man such a fogy as not to be up with the ordinary rules and customs of hotel life." Iliad been talking with the night clerk of the Tre mont. He continued: "An old man came in to-night carrying his valise, to which he clung as though it held all he had in the world. The bell boy over there offered to take it, but the old man ordered him to stand back. Then he approached me and said he wanted to go to bed. I saw that he was a well meaning old gentleman and unused to city customs. I asked him if he wanted a room pretty high. He looked at me aud said he didn't want to go where he couldn't get out if anything happened. 'And I don't want to be put in a bed with anybody else, nuther!' he exclaimed. 'Want a bath?' I asked. At this he grew furious, and said he had a good wash just before he left home, and he didn't think he was filthy yet, but he would probably need a bath, he said, by the time he got ready to leave this tavern. I thought that was one on me. "I persuaded him to register, and then called the bell boy to show him up. The old fellow objected. He said he didn't want no nigger prowlin' around the halls with him. To please him I went with him, and we got into the elevator. It is a fact that the old fellow then grew speechless, and when we reached the landing on the fourth floor he asked me if there was no other way of getting to the room. 'I'd rather climb up a ladder from the out side,' he said, 'than to git into the box agin. Sposin' that rope "was to break?' Having reached his room ho took me by the hand and said, 'Gooby, in a warm hearted way, and then asked: 'I reckon you know John Wcntworth?' I said I did. Well,' he said, 'mebbe John'U como prowlin' 'round here lookin' for me be fore I get up. If he does let him come up. I hain't seen John for nigh on to eleven years when I beat him on a calf trade.' And he shook my hand again. I came back to the office and felt better. Wc laugh at such people in this age of the world, but the3 are tho salt of the earth and the article is getting scarce in the market." Chicago Mail. In a Chinese Hospital. In one of the most crowded thorough fares of the Chinese quarter of Shanghai there has stood for forty years a free native hospital, mainly supported by the Euro pean community. Very strange its wards look at first to English visitors. The pa tients bring their own bedding, consisting of a bamboo mat and a wadded quilt. Those who can move about are the only regular attendants of those who cannot. The house surgeon and dispenser is a Christian Chinaman, for thirty years con nected with the hospital and one of tho first converts of u missicu school. Yearly about 800 patients pass through tho ward;, and the proportion of deaths is email. Lost year there were fifty-six, and in the dispensary more than 2,000 cases wero treated. From very far distances many of tho poor suffering creatures come, and back to their far oft" homes many a healed one has carried a blessing greater than bodily healing; for we believe that nowhere, at home or abroad, could better proof be found than in the Shanghai hospital of the benefit of combining medical and Gos pel work. Daily the waiting room, seated for 300, is crowded with men, women and children long before the dispensing hour, and daily an English missionary, as con versant with their language as his own, sets before this waiting multitude the word of life. "I believe," writes a Chris tian physician, who for some 3ears had the oversight of this work, "that the Chi nese undergo more suffering for want of medical knowledge than any other nation in the world. In an institution like this, almost daily under a good physician may the blind receive sight, the deaf fctar. tho lame walk." The Quiver. Style of Penmanship Hereditary. A St, Paul man says that in noticing the signatures of children of friends of his he is frequently startled by the close relations of their penmanship to that of their parents. Inquiry does not demon strate that-the children have intentionally copied the .handwriting of their sires, but without intent have come into the same "pen peculiarities. In some instances the difference between the two could scarcely beistinimiaJa6d.-Chica2Q2ew. ?AB0DT PAPER MONEY. ' FRACTIONAL CURRENCY IN DEMAND AT TWENTY TIMES FACE VALUE. But Little Profit la Holding Ou to Con federate Scrip The Contincuial Cur rency Iksucs of State Paper In Demand by Collectors. "If any of the holders of confederate money hope that it will eventually reach par, or anything like it, as a curiosit3, they will have a long time to wait," said a veteran coin collector. "The Continen tal currency issued by authority of the congress of the United States sells today that is a considerable quantity of it j does at less than a cent on the dollar of lace value. The o0 bill issued under resolution of May 10, 17?o, can now bo bought for 25 cents. The $2 bill of the same date is also worth 2o cents. Iu other words, the face vulue of the bill has no relation whatever to its value as a curiosity. - "Probably tho nearest that any Conti nental currency known to bo for sale at nil conies to par is in tho case of the $-1 and $."i bills printed under resolution of congress at Yorktowu April 11, 1778. The V-i bill with a boar and spear brings v:i if in line condition, and tho $5 bill with a hand and brush also $3 if in good condition. 'Certain very small bills, owing tocom parativu rarity, bring more than somo bills of very high denominations. "A great many people have held on very tenaciously to tiie Continental currenc3-, in the expectation that it would be redeemed at par, and every now and then somebody .sends on his collection to Washington demanding payment, only to be met by a rebuff in some lorm or another. Even now tho quantity of Continental money in the market is not uiifrequently aug mented trout the hoard of some departed veteran wnose tather or family may have ;,icn full value for it iu times long cone ! by. and who has kept it sooner than part ! with it for a song as a curiosity. Tho heirs, however, having a more practical aud less sanguine view of tho subject, are generally willing to let the stuff go at col lectors' rates, aud the garret or trunk that has known it for so many 3'ears knows it 110 more." STATE ISSUES. "ITow about the state issues of paper money?" "They are of considerably more value, 03 a rule, than tho United States or Con tinental money, being much rarer, es iK'cmiiy il issuca in me colonial period. For instance, a Connecticut live shilling bill oWTC-i is worth 2; a one shilling and threepence of the same date is worth tho name amount; a twopence of 1777 i3 worth !? 1.50, and so forth. The Delawaro bills, many of which were printed by Franklin, are more common and less costly. Georgia issues are scarce and costly, a 20 bill, however, being worth just the samo r.s a quarter of a dollar S2. One of theso, which represents a tree forcing a millstone upward by its growth, is interesting and suggestive, the motto also alluding to tho growth of the colonies, notwithstanding the oppression of England. It would be eminently appropriate, just at present, foi Ireland. Maryland bills arc not so rare. "A claim for ;M0 against the common wealth of Massachusetts, issued under authority of that state in January, 1760, can bo purchased for the moderate sum of 2. The treasurer of the commonwealth would, however, doubtless refuse to honor it if presented. On the other hand a Massachusetts bill for twopence, with a pillars and codfish design, but no beans, is ako worth $2, which illustrates moro plainlj-, perhaps, than any other compari son, how utterly the matter of face value i3 ignored in Revolutionary currency. "New York money o the revolution brings quite a fair figure, a bill signed by Abraham Brinckerhoff for half a Spanish milled dollar, Sept. 2, 1773, being worth $2. Indeed, with tho exception of a few .i'3 and 10 issues, meat New York money, colonial and revolutionary, is worth more than or about its face value. Interesting issues ore those of the New York water works, running from 1774 to 1770 inclu r.ive. As curiosities these bills arc worth, iu tome cases mora than in others, close to tho original value. As to present val ues, the New York issues present a favor able contrast to those of most other origi nal states. IN'TERESTIXG HEADING. "For inscriptions North Carolina cur rency takes the prize. If King George c ver got hold of any of the currency of tlu'f Liatc it must have been interesting ier.tmg. it is, uowever, rather calcu lated to arouse mixed feelings to seea $10 hill with the inscription 'American Union Forever' going for fifty cents, while a $40 oiil reminds Americans of tho cost of c'nampioning 'Freedom of Speech and Lib trty of the Press' by ascale'of just $39. "A Virginia bill of 300, issued for army clothes, is worth only the moderate sum of 2, while 500 bills of the same commonwealth, set afloat in 17S0, bring only fifty cents apiece. A Virginia $1,000 bill cf 1781 is rated at from $1 to $1.50, and a, ft2,0C0 bill of the same J'ear, but a later issue, i3 worth $1.50 to $2. Virginia appears to have gone in more heavily than cay other state ou bills of large denomi nations. "Tho worth of Confederate money as a cariosity, like that of Continental cur rency, bears no relation to its face value. Tho possessor of one of the very few Confederate silver half dollars, struck off about tho beginning of the rebellion, rates it3 value at 1,000. On the other hand, a Confederate 500 bill with a picture of Stonewall Jackson is worth just twent3' fivc cents. A 100 bill with the head of Mrs. Jefferson Davis can be Iwught for fifty cents. There is not a Confederate bill in existence, whatever its face value, worth more than $1. None of the state issues of the Confederacy reach $1 in value, although five and ten cent shin plasters of Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina bring fifteen cents apiece among collectors. "In the dark days of the war even the most enthusiastic Unionist could hardly have anticipated that within a quarter of a century five cents of United States frac tional currenc3' would be worth from fifty cents to $1, or from ten to twenty times the lawful value. Such, however, is the fact ns to the series of 18C2, while certain specimens of all the issues are largely in demand nt high prices." New York Sun. FIREARMS OF THE RICH. Wealthy Men Who Have a Big Stock of Gnns on Hand In Gun Storage Rooms. In a dingy little workshop near Univer sity place two men were busy one day last week cleaning the barrel of a shotgun. Thej were hearty looking Scots and worked slowly, stopping at short intervals to take a particularly long pull at their black briarwood pipes aud to eye their work critically. Piled up on the shelves around the room and against the wall were many leather gun cases, with tags bearing the names of their owners at tached to them. As I stood watching the two men I read some of these names and was surprised to see such prominent ones as James Gordon Bennett, William K. Vanderbilt and many others that I have since forgotten. "All here for repairs?" I inquired. "Oh, no," replied one of the bonny Scots, shutting his lips tightly immediate ly afterward, as if to prevent any secrets from escaping. "What are they here for, then?" I per sisted. "On storage," said the second Scotch man. "We take fine suns on storage, keep them in good repair and sena them to the owners when they get ready for them." It is the only place of the kind in New York and probably in the country. Even in Europe it is a question whether such a thing exists. The wealthy gentlemen and nobles who have large country estates on tho continent aud iu England have, so to speak, their private arsenals and armorers. Here they keep their firearms, certain that they will be preserved and ready fot use at any time. They can well afford U do this, as they need not go far to do their shooting, and may have occasion to do it at a very short notice. In this country, however, whero large estates stocked with game arc unknown and a shooting trip takes time and prepa ration, such private arsenals are not needed. Even the wealthiest and most extravagant do not find it necessary to employ private armorers, and most sports men take delight in cleaning and putting away their own guns. Some though, who have great demands upon their time either because of social or business cares, cannot afford or do not care to bother with the work, and it is for them that this gun storage business was begun by the two Scotch brothers. As they are first class workmen and very independent, only the wealthy sports men can ufford to deal with them. They have conducted this business for many years, and in that time have been associ ated with all the prominent New Yorkers of sporting proclivities nnd have learned a great many of their characteristics. The trust reposed in them is very great, as the guns arc all valuable and are sometimes left in their care for years. Such is the case, for instance, with some of the fire arms belonging to James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor of The Herald. The duel ing pistols which this gentleman intended to use in his famous encounter with Fred May have lain in their leather case on a J.clf iu the storage room on University place for several years. New York Mail and Express. Manna In Eastern Turkey. Mr. Cole, of Bitlis, a missionary of the Amcricau board in Eastern Turkey, in de scribing a journey from Harpoot to Bitlis. says: "We traveled for four days through a region where had newly fallen a remark able deposit of heavenly bread, as the natives sometimes coll it manna. There were extensive forests of scrubby oaks, and most of the deposit was on the leaves. Thousands of the poor peasants, men, women and children, were out upon the plains gathering the sweet substance. Some of them plunge into kettles of toil ing water the newly cut branches of the oaks, which washes off the de-iosit until the water becomes so sweet as to remind the Yankee of a veritable sugaring off in the old Granite state us he takes sips of it. Other companies of natives may be seen vigorously beating with sticks the branches, that from having been spread on the ground have so dried that the glistening crystals fall readily upon the carpet spread to receive them. Tho crystals are separated from the pieces of leaves by a sieve, and then tho manna is pressed into cakes for use. The manna is in great demand among these Oriental Christians. As we were traveling through a rather dry region the article came in play for our plain repasts." Frank Leslie's. An Overcrowded Profession. ."The reason why there is such a rush of lawcrs for every judicial and legal office that becomes vacant is plain enough, " said a lawyer. ' 'The profession is overcrowded. Lawyers, like most other men, prefer the sweets of earning their livings independently, to the obligations of a salaried office. But the temptation to make a try for an office worth any where above $3,000 a year is strong to a man who knows the chances are against his earning that much in his profession. It is the wish to live comfortably more than the desire for honors that uctuates him. There are over 1,500 lawyers in Chicago. Take out the Trumbulhj Knickerbockers,Jewetts, Goudys, Swetti, Fullers, Bisbees, and a few score otheri, and how many earn $5,000 a year? How many earn $3,000? How many half of that sum? There is more and more a dis position to settle commercial disputes privately. Big cases are scarcer. And in criminal law all tho rich professional criminals who fought desperately are dead, exiled or in prison. The bar pre sents few attractions. Why, I knew one young u-u who used to sit day after day in his office waiting clients and at niiiht drive a hansom cab to live." Chicago News. Burglary aa an "Industry." Burglary is not usually classed among mechanical trades, but it is nevertheless an "industry" in its peculiar way, and very numerously followed in cities and large towns. Some one a safe manufac turer, we believe has been at the pains of compiling a summary of the processes which burglars employ in the present ad vanced state of the art. They are said to be: 1. The driving of wedges into door jambs, by which the tenon is forced out of the packed groove and explosives in serted around and into the rabbet or stepped flange. 2. The application of the drill on material represented as drill proof metal (?). 3. The application of the Harris stripper, in peeling plates from their rivet and machine screw fastenings. 4. The application of the Burton pulling wrench, by which lock and bolt spindles are drawn out of doors. 5. The applica tion of the Mason ripper, a late and in genious implement of burglary, used on safes or vaults with iron surfaces. 6. The application of the powder pump in forcing explosives around the jambs of safe doors and into crevices created by wedging and in the use of jackscrews. 7. The explosion of dynamite on the surface of the door, by which the bolts and bolt frame are dislodged by concussion. Bos ton Budget. la the Azores. There are no beaches and but little or no level ground on these islands. Most of the roads are excellent, equal, if not superior, to anything that our parks can boast of. While at Fayal I had several rides along these smooth, clean, hard roads. They are lined for miles with flowers, the most prominent being the hydrangea, whose flower clusters some times exceed ten inches in diameter, and were so close together that the leaves were hardly visible. For miles we could see thU magnificent shrub doing duty as fences for their fields and gardens. It appeared like passing through a park like garden. The road skirts precipices and passes over hills, giving a magnificent view of the country; and then descends through valleys and crosses many water courses spanned by good substantial stone bridges. These people use the samo ox cart as their forefathers. The wheels, a circle of wood with iron tires, and the axles simply a huge stick firmly wedged in the wheel and kept in place by a wooden pin. Cor. Pittsburg Post. A HtylUh Ailment. 'Sam, how is Tallier getting along now?" "Oh, so. He's putting on too much style now to please me." "How is that?" "Well, he's got a mild attack of dyspepsia, and he calls it 'Blight's dis ease' tryin' to make it appear as if he is a distinguished person. It makes me sick to see a fellow puttin' on so much style." Kentucky State Journal. Costa Rica has levied a tax of $1 per year on every male inhabitant 18 years of age, the proceeds to be devoted to improv ing the roads of the country. DIAMOND MINES. PRECIOUS STONES FOUND IN THE REGIONS OF GOLCONDA. Yield of tho Mines of India anil of Bra zil The F.smoii Kiniberly Xew South Wale and Borneo Cevlou's Valuable Gems. There are in India three extensive tracts, widely separated from one another, in which the diamond has been sought for. The name of Golconda, originall'applied to a capital town (now a deserted fort in the neighborhood of Ilydembidt, seems to have been used for a whole kingdom; but the town itself is many miles distant from the nearest diamond mines, and it was only the mart where the precious stones were bought and sold. The second great tract occupies an immense area between the Mnhunuda and the Godavery rivers; and the third great tract is situated in Bundelcund, near the capital of which Puunuh some of the mines are. found. For those content with n slowly paying occupation and a hard life, involving close supervision of the workers, diamond min ing will pay, provided such persons pos sess capital .sufficient to last them a few years. The diamonds now are usually brought from Parteal, close to the south ern portion of the Nizam's dominions. Tho deepest pits are not more than twelve feet. The matrix of the diamond in those localities is a conglomerate sandstone. The appliances of modern machinery for excavation, etc.. directed by men of sci ence, may possibly bring to light gems that have not been discovered by the rudo native processes of search. It would le curious to ascertain the yield of diamonds in the east from those mines iu the last I50 years, and of Brazil iu the last 150 years since the discovery there; but no such data are obtainable, nor indeed can an- reliable estimate b formed of the value of the diamonds owned in different countries. From the four principal mines in Gri qualand (which all lie within a circle with a diameter of three mile.-), calculating the amount of diamondiferous ground re moved and the known average yield per load in each, it is found that not less than J:,000,000 carats of diamonds (or more than 0 1-2 tons weight) must have been extracted since the first discover, realiz ing in round numbers JLMO,000,Ot;0. THE FAMOUS KIMISEIU.KV. The yield of diamonds from the Kimber ley mine alone, from the opening in 1871 to the end of 1SS3, is stated to have ex ceeded 17,00,0(H) carats, equal to three and one-half tons weight of precious stones, in value about 20,(R)0,GV0. To obtain this, as many thousand tons of reef and ground have had to be excavated. The mine is 450 feet deep, and the cubical contents of this huge cavity measures about 0,000.000 cubic vards. Four tlious and Kaffirs are emplojod at this mine, and more than 20,000 natives of Africa arrive yearly at the mines in search of work; so that the employment of native lalxir and the development of native trade are incidental Itenelits conferred on South Africa by the discovery of the diamond fields. The Dutch government are the owners of the diamond mines 111 Borneo, which are situated in the district of Iuldnk, in the territor of Pontcynuuk; they aro worked by Dyuks and Malays, but with far superior skill by the Chinese. The gems are found in a yellow colored gravel, at depths ranging to sixty feet. Ad vances are made to the miners, who aro bound to deliver all stones at 20 per cent, below their market value. Diamond mining in New South Wales is likely to become of much importance, and the colonists are sanguine of being able to compete with South Africa in this trade. Twelve thousand diamonds have been obtained up to the present time, chiefly from the tertiary gravels and re cent drifts in the Bingera, Inverell nnd Chittagoug districts. The largest dia mond yet found weighed 10.2 grains, or about 5 5-S carats. They are of good color and quality. Companies with large capital arc forming to buy up and work the extensive diamond fields in Bingera. Other gem stones found in that colony aro garnets, the common emerald (green beryl), Oriental emerald (green sapphire), royal blue sapphire, white and pale.LIue topaz and agates. CEYLON'S PKECIOCS STONES. Ceylon has always had a reputation for its richness in precious stones. Inferior kinds, such as the moonstone and the garnet, are found in the beds of streams about Kandy, Newurn Eleya, Badullauud some of the small rivers of the south; but the more precious stones, such as the rub1, the blue sapphire, the Oriental topaz of various yellows, the Alexandrite and the cat's eye, must be sought within a radius of thirty or forty miles from IJatna pura, the city of gems. The search for gem stones is carried on in the most primitive manner in Ceylon. The soil, supposed to be rich in precious stones, is rented for an annual sum from the government. Coolies are set to work to dig the earth, which is heaped up on one side, nnd then washed through a trough with variously sized perforated zinc stops, which retain nil Btones, accord ing to their sizes. These are placed on a table or flat surface, and the gems are easily distinguished and picked out. The proportion of gems capable of being cut and really marketable is not more than 1 per cenL Of the siliceous gems, the amethyst, of a purplish violet hue, is the most valu able. The best amethysts arc brought from Cambay in India, and from Siberia. Ceylon and Persia, where the are found both lining the cavities of geodes and iu rolled masses. The chief supply of the blue turquoise is drawn from the peninsula of Sinai, the great mining district of the an cient Egyptians. Professor P L. Sini monds in Journal of the Society of Arts. Justices in Their Robe. The justices of the supreme court of the United States now wear plain black robes. In the beginning of the century the robes had a scarlet facing, localise once Chief Justice John Jay borrowed the robe of the chancellor of New York, which was so faced, and all the other justices followed the style. In lfcOS. however, some one asserted that the red trimming was too English, and it was discarded, and the plain black has been used ever since. Chicago Herald. Not Governed by the Same Kules. House Owner How many childien have yon. madam? House Hunter Five. House Owner That aUcrs the casr I can't let you have the house. House Hunter You are more part'en lar and exclusive, ic, than the kingdom of heaven. House Owner Possibly, madam, j.os sibly. This hou.se fr-'uts ou Pr.nrl. avenue. Good iiiit Chicago Tribute- Abont 1,000 good sized watermelons can be got into a, freight car. Syrnp of Fis Is Nature's own true laxative. It is the most easily taken, and the moateffeulivo remedy known to Cleanso the System when Bilious or Costive; to dispel J lead aches, Colds and Fevers; to euro Habit ual Constipation, Indigestion, Piles, etc. Manufactured only by tho California Tig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For sale only by Dowty & Beclier. 27-y THE FIIIST National Bank! COZ.173IBXJS. MXB, -HAS AN- Authorized Capital of $250,000, A Surplus Fund of - $20,000, And the largest Paid ia Cask Capital of any bank in this part of the Stat. S2&"Depo8its received and interest paid oa time deposits. JSy Drafts on the princ ipal cities in thUcoaa try and Europe bought and sold. J37ColloctioriB and all other baslae giTsa prompt and careful attention. STOCKUOLDKBS. A. ANDERSON, Pres't. HERMAN P. H.OEHLRICH. Vice Pres't. O.T.ROEN, Cashier. J. P. HECKElt, HERMAN OEHLRICH. U. HCHUTTE. W. A. MCALLISTER. JONAS WELCH. JOHN W. EARLY, P. ANDERSON. O. ANDERSON. ROUERT UIIL1G. CAKLREINKE! Apr3.'86tf business gards. D. T. Martyn. M. D. F.J.8chto,M.D. Dra. XABTYIT ft SCHTJO, U. S. Examining Surgeons. Local Surtreons, Union Pacific, O., N. Jk 15. H. and IJ. Jfc M. R. R's. Oonnultation in German and English. Tele phones at office and residences. JSOHico on Olivo street, next to Brodfoeh rer's Jewelry Store. COLU.MHUS. 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