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rvJV-,ys yy-.. .-:--' w - -.-W'-r til uafiiBBMJfijHiig&jfjgaMiiafiaiftMMaM lajaxT&gi2r'i'gJC:taggl-sil-v?rrJirif v..vt-.y-ytn THE BLUE YASE. By S. BABJH& GOULD. CHAPTER L HE year 1744 found Frederick th Great of Prussia in Bohemia, and Pra gue capitulated to him. In Novem ber he fought a battle against the Saxons at Her nmnsdorf, beat them, and marched to Dresden, and on Christmas day, in the year 1745. Aus tria and Saxony made peace with him, and Silesia was given up to Frederick. Now we have nothing to do with the politi cal history of the time, but we have been obliged to mention the above facts to explain how it was that Frederick the Great came to Dresden, and how the chain of circumstances ensued connected with the Blue Vase that gives its title to our tale. When the Prussian king was at Dresden he wont to Meissen to see the porcelain factory. This factory belonged to the king of Saxony, and the secret of tha art was hedged about with tho mot severe, even Draconian, laws, and the most cruel punishments were threat enend against such as divulged tho secret. The secret had only been discovered in 1710 how to make pure white transparent porce lain, and tho royal factory was established in 171L The prices paid for the articles that issued from it were high. In 1730, the court of Vienna, by bribery, induced one of the workmen to escape from Meissen and carry the precious secret to the capital by the Danube. And now, 1:1 1745, Frederick, as conqueror, entered the factory and watched the workmen engaged in modeling, burning, painting, gilding. Frederick was not a man to neglect his op portunity, and he at once made a demand that some of the master workmen and of tho best artists should be delivered over to him, that he might establish a royal porcelain factory of his own at Berlin. Among the former was' Wegeli, who became tho actual master and founder of tho Berlin porcelain, and among,tho latter was a young girl named Sophie Mansfeld. While Frederick was going over the factory at Meissen, ho was shown some beautiful vases iainted with landscapes and pastoral subjects, so fresh, charming and quaint that he asked tho name of the artist, and when told it. stipulated that khe for tho jttinter was Sophie Mansfeld should accompany tho detachment which ho engaged to come to Berlin, and make and paint porcelain for tho replenishing of his private purse. At this very time, 1745, the Chelsea pottery works were established, and one of tho makers, or foremen, of tho Chelsea works, a man called Aldbury, was then in Berlin. He had lnvn sent over, perhaps, to endeavor to fcecure some of the workmen for the Eng lish establishment. In this ho failed. Fred erick know he was in Berlin, and had his movements watched. Ho went further; ho endeavored to bribe Aldbury to divulge some of the secrets of the Chelsea factor-. "Whe ther he Miceii-ded hi this cannot lto said, but Aldbury remained in Berlin longer than he needed, und on very good terms with the king, and was allowed to visit tho royal fac tory. One day the king determined to in spect the establishment, and he invited Ald bury and others to accompany him. Among these others was a young PolWi nobleman, Augustus Lazinka, who had lieen educated in the Pru-.ian military school at Potsdam and had entered the service of tho king; an other was the Count ties Louragais, w ho wa interestd in the Sevres manufacture. Any one who knows much of china, and has seea fcoms of the earliest productions of tho Berlin factory, n ill know that they were not tho best of ther kind, not by any means equal to those turned out nt McKsen. The king saw this, when he looked nt what had re cently been burned, and ho was angry. He rated Wegeli, scolded tho work.non, tho painters, the burners; nothing pleased him; Le was exed to have such ioor results to chow to the Count des Louragais aud Ald bury. When he came to the table where Sophio Mansfeld was painting, "Hem!" said ho roughly, "what is tho meaning of this.' Do you sujipose I will put up with daubs.' Has bis majesty of Saxony paid you to supply me with bad workf "Perhaps, your majesty," suggested Lour agais, "the girl has left a sweetheart tiehind her, und so is working here without her heart." "What, what, sweetheart!'' exclaimed Frederick; "a workwoman has no business to loso her heart. What do you mean! That a good artiste is to abandon her profession in which she excels, to run after a man, and bo come his wife, and slice sausages, and stir sauerkraut, and have 1 tabes, mid wash and mind the babies, for a husband t I won't hear or it. It is nonsense. Go on with your paint ing, and do it I tetter, or I will dock your salary, and if I find your lover have him shot, or shut up in Spandau." The king was talking with Louragais, and young Lazinka was behind. The girl was pretty, she was in distress, and he had a heart to admire beaut)7 and pity affliction; so ho ventured to take her hand and say a word of encouragement, "His majesty did not want to be unkind. His majesty is iteremptory. Was mademoi selle very unhappy P She was awav from home, her relations, her friends. Her voice faltered as she spoke. "But," said Lazinka, "you can return, if you are unhappy in Berlin." SjV'Pardou," she answered, raising her beautiful eyes; "I cannot return. The gracious sir'does not remember that I am a ftorcelain worker." "How can I forget it, when I see you en gaged on painting a vase!" "But the gracious sir forgets that porce lain artists are not free. They cannot go where they like, they cannot call themselves their own. They are like the old serf s abso lutely under tho control of their master, the erown." "Do you mean, mademoiselle, to say you cannot seek your home and see your rela tives!" "No, sir, I am bound to remain here. If I attempted to leave I should be imprisoned." "But, whyr "The secret has to bo preserved. I might carrv it elsew here." "Then Berlin is your Siberia!" " We are under j. ierpetual pol ico supervision. If the least suspicion be aroused that we are meditating escate; if we meet with persons suspected of seeking to draw the secret from us, we are arfTSted and severely punished." "Good heavens! Aud you cau never leavef "We know the secret, and as long as life lasts are dangerous. We might betray it. No, we can only leave for our graves." "This is slavery, rank slavery 1" exclaimed the young Pole. "Did the king bring you nere" "His most gracious majesty I Yes." "But this tyranny. To act thus is is to act tho tyrant." He spoke incautiously, he was carried away by his feelings; but be was startled by the king's harsh voice: "What, what! Who is tyrant. Eh, eh?" lorinka stood silent, covered with con fusion. "Sire," said the Count des Louragais, with promptitude, "Love is a tyrant who lays hold of a young and inflammable cavalier and draws him from his duty to your sacred majesty to cast him in chains at the feet of mademoiselle; who see, your majesty with her inimitable pencil, has put a touch of fire into his eyes, and a brushful of carnation into bis cheek." "Humph I" said Frederick, and went on, Ti"'nl" followed, thankful to the French man for his timely intervention. CHAPTER H. Tonng Lazinka could not forget the pale, sad face of Sophie Mansfeld; and when, a few days later, be met the Englishman, Ald bury, he asked him about the girl. Aldbury bad some acquaintance with the circum stances, as he had made friends with Wegeli; and a good deal of talk had been roused in the factory by the king's visit, and his repri mand of the maiden. Sophie was a girl of irreproachable character, the daughter of m pastor in the Erx Gebirge, the eldest of a large 'family, and as the parents were not well off, she had been constrained to earn her own livelihood. "It is too cruel that Mile. Mansfeld should ba retained here in enforced exile," said La ainka,who thought more of the girl's sor rows than of the diffusion of porcelain works tiui the profits that flowed into princely There are lots of cruelties that cant be behjMd," said Aldbury. "I think," said the young officer, "if she were to draw up a humble petition to bis insjsst j ststinrr tnn nsrrTm T her case, be saigtt listen to it. He is good at heart, and last" "Who would present itr j would." A few days later tne inconsiderate, not headed, warm hearted young man actually did present to Frederick the Great a memorial from Sophie Mansfeld, entreating permission to bo allowed to return to her borne in the Saxon mountains. The king took it from his hand, grunted, cast a glance down the page, turned an angry eye at the youth and put the paper in his pocket. That evening there was a reception at the house of the Countess Lazinka, who was in Berlin, and tho king graciously attended. Tho countess possessed some fine china and some specimens of the Russian manufacture. The king was curious about these latter, and took them up and looked at their marks. Ml "Sire, you do me too much honor." "Humph!" he said, "unless my men work better I shall not allow any figure on their productions not the Brandenburg eagle no, nor a B crowned, nothing but Wegeli's initial; perhaps, if our porcelain becomes famous, I may allow the orb and sceptre to stamp it, not otherwise. I don't know," he said, roughly, "but that Wegeli's W may pass for badly drawn crossed swords, as on certain Dresden pots." He looked sulkily at eomo fine Meissen china. "When my factory is in working order," he said, "I shall put a prohibitive duty on all Dresden and other china, and every one who is a good citizen and a patriot and loves his king will buy Berlin itorcelain." As the kinx spoke no one else uttered a sound, all remained in respectful silence and attention. Frederick looked round, and saw the young man, the son of his hostess, and said, with a significant glance, "I cannot understand how any one with respect for tho country nud his sovereign can wish to deprive them of the services of tho best artists and work men." Then with his elbow, accidentally, ho knocked over a magnificent and enormously costly vase, which fell on the floor, and was dashed to a thousand pieces. Tho king was himself a little disconcerted; not so the conntess, who, with perfect readiness, said: "Sire, you do me too much honor." "Honor, how so!' "The vase was precious before; it is incal culably more precious to me now!" Frederick grunted, and went away. The guests looked at tho countess, then at the young man. A moment before they thought him lost; now, by his mother's read iness, they trusted be was saved. Next morning, the young Count Lazinka was again in attendance on Frederick. Tho king came to him from his cabinet, holding a piece of paper in his hand; he had a frown on his face, and spoko gruffly. "There," said he, "take it." The paper was Sophio Mansfeld's petition. On tho back was written in the king's own hand; "Whoever of the artists in the porcelain factory at Berlin de dato in one month shall paint a vase as beautiful as that we broke yesterday evening at tho Couutess Lazinka's palace, shall have our gracious permission to marry or not to marry, to go back to Saxony or to stay at Berlin, as shall best please him or her; and we further promise that we will graciously give that person an annual salary of 1500 should it content him or her to re main in our service, in our royal manufac tory. Given at Sanssouci, this March 28, 1740. Frederick." Tho offer of such a salary was liberal for Frederick the Great. No sooner did Sophie Mansfeld receive the answer to her petition than she was fired with hope, and her enthusiasm for her art rekindled. She asked permission, and re ceived it, to see the fragments of the vase the king had broken. When shown them, a light smile played over her lips. "It was superb," said the countess. "Never was the equal seen, in delicacy of execution, or beauty of invention." "Gracious lady," answered Sophie with a smile, "it was of my own painting, and I can excel it. Buoyed with hopo of revisiting my home, and with desire to acknowledge my obligation to your son, I shall certainly sur pass it." CHAPTER IIL The appointed day arrived on which the vases were to be exhibited. The king's promise and offer were not limited to Sophie, and some rivalry existed among the artists in tho royal factory. During the month Lazinka had visited the workshop repeatedly to Inspect progress, and he was confident in the success of his fair protege. The vase stood eighteen inches high without its cover; it was gracefully shaped. Sophie had herself sketched its outline. It was painted a deep purple blue, of the most superb richness, over which rococco orna ments in gold, part dull, part burnished, were etched with extraordinary ease and delicacy. On each side was a space where the white porcelain showed, and Jon the one side which was to be the back was a beauti fully painted view of Potsdam, and on the other, the front, was Frederick the Great seated on his charger, waving bis sword, wearing his cocked hat and coat of dark blue with cuffs and lining of scarlet. His waist coat was yellow. He wore high boots, and on his breast a star. In the rear were the Prussian soldiers charging, and the smoke of battle. Beneath the picture was a scroll on which was inscribed: "A l'eternelle gloire de Frederic Is grand." The vases had been brought to the palace at Potsdam, and were unpacked and placed on shelves for exhibition by the sub-director, Hirsch. Hirschwas not a pleasant man; he was a Jew, and he had caused Sophie much an noyance by his attentions. He scowled at the young count whenever he entered the fac tory, and Iww'nka had once remarked on his ill humor, to Sophie, without in the least guessing the occasion for it. When the king and the company he had invited to attend him came into the gallery where the porcelain was on show, Hirsch and Wegeli were present, as were also the ex hibitors, standing at a respectful distance. The king looked critically at the pieces shown him, but was specially struck with that painted by Sophie. ' Here'" said he, "Hirsch, fetch me that down, give me that vase. It is as good as any turned out of the Saxon factory. Here let me look at it." "Majesty!" said Hirsch, "I fly to obey." But instead of immediately doing what the king commanded. Hirsch proceeded to draw a silk handkerchief from his pocket, and to wipe the vaso. "Pardon your majesty," he said, "before I offer it into your august hands. Some dust has settled on it. So many persons are in the gallery." "Come, come, never mind the dust; I like it in battle." But Hirsch wiped and rewiped the vase, and then, with a profound.bow, handed it to the king. ' Frederick was pleased at tho shape of the piece, and the graceful sweep of the handles. "It is good, classical," he said. "There I am," he laughed. "That, I suppose, is in tended for me at Mollnitx. I think I recog nize the fortifications. But I never went into battle so snug and smart as that; and whoever painted this has forgotten the smears of snuff that adorn my gracious nose. I ask any of my officers if lever wore cloth with the gloss on it given me by the glass on this porcelain! I have not so dapper a coat in my wardrobe; and my boots Heinl at Mollnitz were splashed. It was a muddy day! What is this inscription! To the eter nal glory Ah, there is dust, or smudge, or something there. Take the vase, Hirsch, wipe it again, and hand it to me once more." Then the sub-director again received Sophie's beautifully printed piece, and now, kneeling at the king's feet, he proceeded to rub, and rub hard, at one portion of the sur face. As he did so he cast a malignant glance at the count. Sophie was surprised, and looked at Count Lazinka, who stood behind his majesty. "That is all right; that will do," said the king. "Now give me the vase once more." He hold it up before his eyes, and studied the scroll below the picture of himself. Then, suddenly, his face changed; his cheeks dyed themselves crimson, and his eye flashed fire. "Who painted this vase!" he shouted in a voice of thunder. "Sire," said Lazinka, "it was designed and drawn entirely by the Demoiselle Mansfeld." "And sue painted we inscription to the eternal memory of Frederick the Great, ehr "Your majesty," said Lasinks, again bow ing and coloring. I must admit an indiscre tion. It was I who wrote that inscription in characters of gold. I was one day visiting the demoiselle to inquire after the progress of the vase, when she had her gold paint mixed, and, sire, I was unable to conceive that tne red paint she used could burn to gold. Then she invited me to write the words, and, .sire, I with her quill inscribed the legend on the vase." "Ha. ho! The tyrant; yes. I beard you sayasmucn. .... The young count looked at the king in sar- PIHol" shouted the king. "Where is tho guard! Arrest them both both Lazinka indthegirL They are both guilty of trea- "Treason, sirer ... .. "Treason yes," shouted the angry king. "You know what you wrote. Yo know; but you thought to conceal it from me, with jV tul whan th Tim reached your mother you would show it and laugh. 'A l'eternelle gloire de Frederic le grand tyran: " Count Augustus Lazinka looked with per plexity at the vase and started, and the color died out of his cheek. Thereon stood the words the king had al tered. The inscription was to the eternal glory of Frederick the great tyrant. One reproachful glance ho cast at Sophie, but saw that equal amasement was pictured in her expressive fuce. Certainly, he bad written Uim the legend, "To the eternal glory of Frederick the Great" Hirsch, in wiping the vase, had wiped away a little bine paint at the end of the scroll, and, in so doing, bad disclosed the last word, a new conclusion, which altered tho whole character of the le- "Treason yes," shouted the angry king. gend. That word was "Tyrant," the word he bad let drop in the hearing of the king, when speaking of the treatment of the pot ters to Sophie Mansfeld. He was hardly able to understand the situ ation. Ho was anable to account for the amplification, when the guards took him and the young girl into custody, and they were marched off to separate prisons. (Concluded next week.) TO THE NIGHTINGALE. Oh, dear one, with tawny wtog. Dearest of staging things. Whose hymns my company have been, Thou art come, thou art come, thou art seent Bid, with the musio of thy voice. Sweet sounding rustler, the heart rejoice; Ahl louder, louder, louder sing, Flute out the language of the spring; Kay, let those low notes rest. Oh! my nightingale, nightingale, trill out thy anapaest. Come, my companion, cease from thy slumbers. Pour out thy holy and musical numbers. Sing and lament ti 1th a sweet throat divine, Itys of many tears, thy son and mine; Cry out, and quiver and shake, dusky throat. Throb with a thrill of thy llquidest note. Through the wide country, and mournfully through Leafy haired branches and boughs of tho yew,3 Widens and rises the echo until Even the throne room of God It shall fill. Then when Apollo, the bright locked, hath beard, Lo. tie shall answer thine elegy, bird. Playing his ivory, seven stringed lyre. Standing a god in the liigh god's choir. Ay, and not be alone, nark I From Immortal throats arise Diviner threnodies, Sounding together In a heavenly moan. And answering thine own. A. Maty F. Robinson, from Aristophanes. What London and Paris Eat. In Loudon and Paris the annual ave rage consumption a head of population is stated to be as follows, the greater quan tity in each cose being credited to the Parisian: Apples, 65 pounds and C ounces 145 pounds; pears, 89 pounds and 5 ounces 170 pounds and 18 ounces; peas, 8 pounds and 8 ounces 6 pounds and 15 ounces; carrots, 7 pounds and 3 ounces 3? pounds; celery, 11 ounces C pounds and 18 ounces; cherries, 2 pounds and 18 ounces 20 pounds and 14 ounces; plums and damsons, 17 pounds and 12 ounces. 183 pounds and 4 ounces; raspberries, 4 ounces 2 pounds; strawberries. 3 pounds and 10 ounces 13 pounds and 12 j ounces; asparagus, 1 pound and 3 ounces j o pounds and 4 ounces. On the other hand, while the Londoners eat 173 pounds 4 ounces of potatoes, the Parisian eats only 49 pounds and 4 ounces. The average consumption of onions, tomatoes, cabbages, cucumbers and turnips is also greater in London than in Paris; but with these excep tions the French are by far the largest consumers of fruit and vegetables. Good Housekeeping. Clothing; of Russian Convicts. Tho suit of clothes for summer wear consists of a shirt and pair of trousers of linen, and a peasant's coat of camel's hair, which last costs five shillings. The con victs condemned to hard labor wear two yellow diamond shaped patches sewn on the back; thoso without labor have oue piece only; whilst other marks of a similar character indicate the province whence thy come. At the Kara gold mines I learned that a coat of felt is givcnycarly. A shirt must last six months, and is washed once a week; whilst In summer a pair of rough leather shoes is served out every twenty-two days. Thoso working in the mines are provided also with gloves, the annual cost there of a man's clothing being 4. In a convict village near Vladi vostock they told mo that on being settled as colonists they receive monthly seventy two pounds of flour and fivepenco a day Every year they receive a shuba, or sheep skin coat, under linen, two pairs of winter boots, three pairs of summer shoes, aud once in three years a long coat. Henry Lansdell, D.D., in Harper's Magazine. Tastes of the Rook Uantera. In book hunting men's tastes vary widely, just as some hunters pursue a mountain grizzly, the buffalo or the ante lope, while others find their amusement in shooting on tho wing. Some men prize only Bibles, some Shakespeare, some old ballads, some the Elizabethan litem ture and some Queen Anne's. Some want only American, and others only first edi tions. The field is. in fact, as broad as literature and as boundless as human do sire. There have been mighty hunters in the book world, and their story is one of the most interesting chapters in litem ture. It takes one into a region unknown, but full of fascinating interest. Those who have not become acquainted with it knownothingof the highest joys of books. Chicago Herald. Average Height of Soldiers. It has generally been believed that the reduction in average height of French soldiers which followed Napoleon's wars, due, of course, to tho immenso slaughter in those campaigns, made all of those sol diers the shortest in Europe. But, ac cording to a high medical and military authority in Russia, the minimum height of the Russian and the French conscript is about equal five feet: while in most other European countries the minimum ranges from five feet ono inch to five feet three inches. New York Homo Journal A Helmet for Fireman. A new helmet for firemen has been in vented in Bremen. It consists principally of a copper mask, which is very light. The wearer's nose, mouth, and eyes re ceive through an India rubber tube a con stant stream of pure air, which leaves the helmet by an opening opposite tho eyes and prevents the entrance of smoke. The helmet has been practically tested and is to be used by the Berlin firemen, it is said. New York Sun. Caase and Effect. Clubman The Mormon men have no dabs, I suppose? Salt Lake Man They bad not until lately, but several clubs nave been started within a year. "Indeed? Then the report that they are abandoning polygamy must be true. Omana WorhL It Make a Difference. Husband (all ready for the theatre) I declare, dear, it's raining hard. Wife (buttoning her gloves Well, what's a little rain? One would think from your ton of voice that we were about starting for church. Harper's Bazar. M. VI ssMsweB VeETvivvAer r r ISSS MisBBBBBBBBaSSn rtfl? STRANGE CEREMONIES. QUEER FORMS OF WORSHIP OB SERVED IN ARIZONA. Christianity and Barbarism Strangely Mingled In the Mountain Keg-loos. I'ractlcea of the Descendants of a Band of Spanish Adventurers. Tradition says that in 1571 a few Jesuit padres aud Spanish adventurers pusLxJ their way northward through Mexico bs far as the Sauta Rita mountains, winch are located in what is now known as southern Arizona On the western slope of this great range, just beneath the shadow of Old Baldy, a majestic peak which rises to the height of 10.500 feet, the settlement of Tumacacori was formed, and the mission of Sau Jose erected. Tho prcient Inhabitants of the Santa Ritas are the descendants of tlio Spanish adventurers, with a strong intermixture of Indian blood, and the principal settle ment In the mountains is' at Greaterville. . They ore ignorant and superstitious, and while they are nominally Catholics, their ideas are so crude, and they have forgot ten or changed so much of the teachings of the old padres that they can hardly be considered a Christian people There is uo church in the mountains, and a priest has not been among tho people for more than a hundred years, yet they keep track of many of the holy days and church feasts, which they observe very devoutly, in spite of tho fact that jnost of the cere monies are conducted after their own strange fashion Every year Semana Santa (Holy Week) Is observed at Greatervillo in the most fan tastlc manner, and people gather there from all parts of the mountains. A large adobe hut is put In order and prepared for the occasion. Every devout person brings to the improvised chapel such holy pio tures. crucifixes, wax candles and arti ficial flowers as they may possess, and with these the room is ornamented An altar is made of empty boxes piled in the shape of a pyramid and covered with plain cotton cloth. The images and candles are ranged around this altar, and a large crucifix or picture of the Holy Saviour surmounts the whole. No work is done during Holy Week, and the people give themselves up entirely to their devotions, which are kept up without ceasing both day and night. As there are no priests to officiate, there con be no regular service in the chapel, and tho only order observed seems to be that the older people lead in praying or chanting, and the younger ones follow suit. Tho prayers are short and very far between, so the principal service is the almost incessant chant Men. women and children sing in unison, accompanied by a rude band consisting of a voilou. accordion and guitar The people have good voices, and the chanting is in a low and melodious tone. A strangely weird and striking effect i3 produced us the sad. sweet music from tho little chapel floats up Uio lonely gulch und is softly echoed among the rugged cliffs. Outside of tho chapel a scene Is cou stantly being enacted which differs widely from the devotions within. Here are gathered a number of young men and boys, clad in fantastic garments and wear lug hideous niabks. Tho masks aro gen erally made from sheepskins, with the wool on the outside. The holes for the mouth, nose and eyes are burned with hot irons, which gives them a singed and dia bolical appearance, and each head is orna niented with horns or antlers. Theso pto pie are called "Judcas." It Is their duty to laugh and scoff at tho devotions, and to Jeer at those who profess to believe They enter the chapel from time to time, with out bowing before tho ultar, and w lata n the inside amuso themselves by pinching or otherwise annoying thoso at prayer. If their pranks become too annoying, the person praying makos tho sign of tho cross, and the annoyer must then turn away his faco and apparently tremble witn fear. At night tho "Judeas" build great bon fires and dance and howl around them from dark until davlight. They rush around the blazing pile and jump through tho flames, trying to show which one pos sesses the most devilish instincts They ore not representing dovil.s. it is true; but they believe that all ore inhabitants of the Infernal regions, and that properly to Impersonate tho character there must bo an utter disregard for fire. During the week an effigy of tho Saviour is taken from the altar in tho chapel, and after being regularly crucified is laid away in a scpulcher prepared for the occasion The devout ones chant and pray and show every evidence that they have some faint idea of tho solemnity with which the death upon tho cross should bo commemorated Meanwhllo the "Judeas" aro jubilant, and howl aud dance around their fires in greater gleo than ever. On Easter morn overy ono assembles In front of tho chapel; the men form in line, and the women gather around the sepul cher The men bring with them any kind of firearms they may have, and In tho lino will be found all sorts of guns and pistols At a given signal tho effigy is taken np and returned to its place on the altar; and volley after volley is fired by the men to announce the fact that "Christ has risen from tho dead." Then comes the climax. Tho Judeas" who have been scoffing and deriding dur ing tho week, while all of tho dovout wero praying, aro going to receivo the punishment which Las been In storo for them. Their masks ore thrown asido and they aro divested of all clothing above their waists. They immediately set up a wailing and tnako every outward demon stration of despair. A double row of children, young men and young women Is now formed, and between these lines the offenders must run the gauntlet Each girl and child Is dressed to represent an angel, and all aro armed with switches and leathern thongs, while enly the girls carry lighted candles in their left hands As the offenders run up and down between these lines they are unmercifully beaten upon their naked backs until the blood gushes out and the flesh is laid bare There aro many Instances in the mount ains of the southwest and of northern Mex ico where similar punishments have been so severe that death resulted. After tho "Judeas" have been punished sufficiently they are allowed to wash themselves and go beforo tho altar, where they pray and aro forgiven for their misdoings. New York Sun. REMINISCENCES OF CHICAGO. Told by a Lady Who Came to the Flare Fifty Tears Ago. "My father took a claim on the North Side near the river and not far from Mr. Cly bourne's," said Mrs. Mary Ann Draper. "Here we lived for quite a long time. I have gone through many dangers and hardships on tho North Side in early days. The Indians were numerous, and were always coming and going. Sometimes they were friendly and sometimes they were not. My father always had his gun and sword by the bed at night and a dog in the house. Often ho would not remove his clothing. The Indians would come up and go around the house, (and now and then strike their tomahawks into the logs and cry: 'Chan in chan mnck-a-mu no good white man.' I don't see why they didn't kill us. They did kill one man and woman just before they treated.' They hung the man up in the woods and threw the woman in the lake. "I think there were only thirteen dwell ing houses, all told, when I came to Chi cago. My father helped to build the fa mous 'Green Tree Tavern.' These houses could not all be seen at one view. The grass was south, and all the North Sido nearly was covered with very heavy woods. Wild rice grew in the river, and beautiful white and yellow pond lilies were to be seen along the shores, i had sev eral adventures and some narrow escapes. "But I want to tell you how, I some times believe, I saved Chicago from a massacre. This adventure I call my 'bridge disaster.' I was about 13 years old then, and we lived on the North Side, near the junction of the north and south branches of the river. Mother wanted mo to go to market. So I took the basket on my arm and started for the only bakery then in Chicago, which was on the West Side, and also for the only meat market in town, which was on the South Side, where Mr. Qybourne had his shop. Near the two rivers was a pole bridge which I had to cross. I went over all right and secured mr bread, and meat, hut on my t return l rouno tne bridge blockaded with Indian ponies, and I should say there were about 2.000 savages in that vicinity. The ponies were stationed on the bridge in such a manner that it was supposed no one could get through But I passed over with my basket by going along on the ends of the poles outside of a rough rail ing. At tho farther end stood a big In dian with a long knife in his hand. I shied around him, too, and had gotten fairly over only when the bridge broke down and tumbled poles and ponies pell mcll together in the river. A thousand war whoops seemed to rend the air, and the big Indian whooped the loudest of all, and, lifting his great knife, started after me. "Run! I should think I did. I ran through a house near by quicker than I can tell it, and the Indian after me. I dodged into a thicket of wild apple trees, and got into the woods and made my es cape. But I did not feel safe until my long hair was shorn off and my disguise so complete that the Indians would not recog nize me. This racket called out the gar rison at the fort The drums beat, and evon my brother ran around, crying out: 'The war's commenced, the war's commenced, get your guns ready quick.' Alexander Robinson, the chief of the tribe, used to tell me that tho Indians thought I had bewitched tho bridge and brought on the calamltv. and therefore tried to kill me. Later In the day, however, they changed their minds and said I was a 'fairy' sent by the Great Spirit to punish them because they would not 'treat' with the -vhito men. The treaty was agreed upou that very afternoon, and peace, in stead of a massacre, prevailed. Thus, 1 expect 1 helped to save Chicago." Chi cago Herald. Effects of Absinthe Tippling;. The young men aro cultivating ab sinthe, and when the present generation reaches middle age the absinthe tippler will be one of the frequent guests at our hospitals, which are now full of drunk ards and narcotic takers. I am now treat ing a man who has reached the last stage. The effects are fearful. It Is a drink that serves as a powerful stimulant at first, but is the most injurious in the end be cause of its strength. It is easy to drink absinthe to excess because it requires such a small quantity to do the work. Tho intoxication it causes is exhilarat ing and pleasant, but after it is drank to excess the digestive organs ore destroyed and tho appetite ruined. With the effects worn off comes a terrible thirst, with giddiness and a tingling in the ears, mental depression and finally halluciu.i tlon and loss of brain power. The symp toms of an excessi vo drinker breaking down aro muscular quiverings, loss of physicial strength, emaciation and a sal low complexion. Paralysis finally sends him to tho grave. Physician In Globe Democrat. How a Steamer Got Ice. The United States fish commission steamer Albatross, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner commanding, recently arrived in port, having spent nearly a mouth in tho Straits of Magellan, where largo col lections were mode in all branches of natural history Fishes of excellent qual ity for eating were there seined in great quantities Vessels passing through the straits, if supplied with seines, could thus obtain an abundance of fresh food. Camps of Fuegians were visited and con siderable ethnological material was ob tained from them for the National museum at Washington. In Kyre sound Icebergs are usually to bo found floating, as many glaciers flow into tho water there Tho Albatross ran Into this sound and niado fast to a berg for the purpoo of getting a supply of ico for her refrigerator Hugo blocks were then cut off and hoisted in until six tons had thus been taken aboard. The ice was clear and compact and lasted until tho arrival of tho ship here. Panama Star and Herald. Worship of the Snake God. Some Pueblo towns used to keep each an enoimous snake In a closed room.and feed it with children. Tho Pueblo of La Cia, twenty-fivo miles west of Bernalillo, was nearly depopulated thus. It had a snake of enormous size, kept in a room whose doors and windows were walled up. In tho roof was a small hole, sealed with a heavy flat rock. Tho first day of every month tho people drew lots to see whoso child should be sacrificed to the snake god. The chosen babe was carefully bathed and anointed, and then tossed, naked, down the hole to the hungry serpent. It is only six years since this hideous rito was stopped dv a priest, who finally prevailed upon the Pueblos to tear down tho wall and kill tho snake. New Mexico Cor. Globo-Dcmocrat. Ynlae of Electric Welding The electric welding of Professor Elihu Thomson is rapidly developing into a great business. The practical uses to which this Invention can be applied are very numerous. Besides its value in fac tories for the repair of tools, shafts, etc, and in general "job work" among machia Ists, it Is adaptable to many forms of manufacturing. In steam and gas fitting, or plumbing, employing either copper, lead or cast iron pipe, as well as in elec trical fitting, it will prove invaluable.-" Frank Leslie's. Clockwork In Photograph Printing;. An interesting development in photo grapby is in the use of clockwork hi print ing from negatives. By this meaua a continuous web of sensitized paper is drawn at suitablo intervals under a nega live exposed to a source of light. After printing the paper is drawn, still by the mechanism, through "washer," "toner" and "fixer" successively, and appears finally as a series of finished pictures ready for mounting and all alike hi ex posure. color and tone. San Francisco ChrouiJ They Got Into Print at Lass. Omaha Dame (looking over a newspa per) Dear met There Is a big dry goods firm In this city named Catchem ft Cheatem, and they have a stock worth half a milliou dollars; the store has been open a year, it appears. Husband You don't say so? I never noticed their advertisement. What part of the paper is it in? "I have not noticed their advertisement either. I find the name among the list of business failures." Omaha World. Japan's Mint In Fall Operation. Two years ago the Japanese govern ment sent a committee to Philadelphia to learn how its mint is made and conducted. On the route the committee examined the San Francisco mint. Japan has now a mint in full operation nt Osaka, and in re membrance for favors its commissioners have sent to tho American mints a collec tion of Japanese coins an J medals and plo turcs of tho new Osaka money'making factory. Chicago Herald. Revived lnteretit. Boston Book Dealer Yes. madam.lthere seems to bo a suddenand enormous demand for tho works of I Mr. Lowell and Dr. Holmes. Madam To what do fyou attribute the increase? Book Dealer Well.;I think tho down fall of Mr. Sullivan has liad something to do with it. Now York Sun. Vitalised by a Raby. When a house has onco been well vital bed by a baby, or a succession of them. It is like a Faure's battery, charged with electricity; it does not give it off but very slowly. It is never on empty homo after that. Norfolk, Va., claims the distinction of being the world's greatest peanut market. It disposes every year of 2.000.000 bushels of peanuts, most of which aro grown in Virginia. No men are perfect. Some men think they are and enjoy their belief all by themselves. Georgia has a silver throated mule, "it is a case of veterinary tracheotomy . Men seldom Improve when theyAavri no other models than themselves 'to copy after. Goldsmith. Nothing can constitute good brooding; that has'not good nature for:lts foonda It is Absurd For people to expect a cure for Indiges tion, unless they refrain from eating what is unwholesomo ; but if anything will sharpen the appetite and give tone to the digestive organs, it is Ayers Sar sapaxUla. Thousands all over the land testify to the merits of this medicine. Mrs. Sarah Burroughs, of 248 Eighth street, South Boston, writes : " My hus band has taken Aycr's Sarsaparilla, for Dyspepsia and torpid liver, and has been greatly benefited." A Confirmed Dyspeptic. C. Canterbury, of 141 Franklin st., Boston, Mass., writes, that, suffering for years from Indigestion, he was at last induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla aud, by its use, was entirely cured. Mrs. Joseph Aubin, of High street, Holyoke, Mass., suffered for over a year from Dyspepsia, so that she could not eat substantial food, became very weak, and was unablo to care for her family. Neither the medicines prescribed by physicians, nor any of the remedies advertised for tho cure of Dyspepsia, helped her, until she commenced the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. "Three bottles of this medicine," she writes, " cured me." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, FREPARKD BT Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Price $1 ; six bottle. 5. Worth $5 a bottle. Wo know a wealthy merchant who keeps half a dozen horses, who recently stated that his store was closed on account of a "holiday.'' and we also know a proof reader who can spell every word in the Tfl"g'h language correctly, aad the only time he experiences any horse is when he eats hers radish. New York Mail and Express. The doctor tells Morrill that if he doesn't stop work and take a rest boll go into a decline, and then tells Blakely that if he does not abandon his sedentary position and go off somewhere and work on a farm he will die of torpidity of the liver. Habitual Constipation And kidney and liver ills, depending on a weak and inactive condition of the kid neys, liver or bowels, aro successfully and permanently cured only by the use of the gentle yet effective laxative and dinretic, Syrup of Figs. Its advantages are evident; it is easy taken, pleasing to the taste, acceptable to the stomach, harmless to the most delicate Bysteni, and truly beneficial in effect. For sale only by Dowty & Becher. The balance distinguished not tho diffenence between gold and lead. 15,004) Reward 15.00(1 For u better or mora pleasant remedy for the cure of consumption, lronchial troubles, cough, croup and whooping cough than SANTA ABIE, the Cahfor nia king oC consumption. Every bottle warranted. If you would be cured ol that disgusting tliseaso, catarrh, use CALIFORNIA CAT-Ii-CURE, 31 a jar; by mail 81.10. Santa Abie and Cat-R-Cure are sold and warranted by Dowty & Becher. I waaHaken by a morsel, says tho fish. Buckleo's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world forCnts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and nil Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dowty & Becher. july27 Skill and cenfidence are an uncon qnered army. The Commercial Travelers Protective Association of the United States, has a membership of over Bixteen thousand and is probably the strongest association of the kind in the world. Mr. John R. Stone, their national secretary and treas urer, 79 Dearbone street, Chicago, in a letter states that he has been severely troubled at times, for the past twenty years, with cramp and bilious colic which would compel him to take to his bed from three to six days while in St. Louis at their last annual meeting he procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and has since used it with the best results. It is the only remedy he ever found that ef fected a rapid and complete cure. No one can safely travel without it. Sold by Dowty & Becher. Seek fitly, and be silent wisely. Woaaerfal Cures. W. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Re tail druggists of Rome, Go., says: We have been selling Dr. King's New Dis covery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for four years. Have never handled remedies that sell bo well, or give such universal satisfaction. There have been Borne wonderful cures effected by these medicines in this city. Several cases of pronounced Consumption have been entirely cured by use of a few bot tles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken in connection with Electric Bitters. We guarantee them always. Sold by Dowty 4 Becher. A noble plant suits not with a stub born ground. An Absolute Care. The ORKHNAL ABD2TINE OINT MENT is only put up in large two-ounce tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will positively cure all kinds of piles. Aak for tile ORIGINAL ABITDNE OINTMENT Sold by Dowty & Becher at 25 cents per box by mail 30 cents. mar7y In every country the sun rises in the morning. renonal. Mr. N. H. Frohilchstcin. of Mobile, Ala., writes: I tako great pleasure in recommending Dr. King's Now Dis covery for Consumption, having used it 1 for a severe attack of Bronchitis und Catarrh. It gave mo instant rehVf and entirely cured mo and I have not been afflicted since. I also bog to stnto that I had tried other remedies with no i;ool result. Have nico used Electric liitteie and Dr. King's .Vow Life l'ilis, both ol which I can recommend. Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs nnd Colds, is hold on a positive guarantee. Trial bottles free at Dowty 4 Bcchcr's drug store. In every art it is good to have a mas ter. In every country doga bite. Cle ar The IhtK for BRKllHBsr sW.risWlssWWBWa4 tt (Uslslss Thisis the Top of the Genuine Pearl Top Lamp Chimney. Allothers, similar are imitation. sua .This exact Label is on each Pearl Top Chimney. HSua I A dealer may say and think he has others as good, BUT HE HAS NOT. Insist upon the Exact Label and Top. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. MADE ONLY BY 6E0. A. MACBETH & CO., Pitfsbirgh, Pa. Health is Wealth ! Dr. E. C. West's Nkjive and Uuain Treat ment, a froarnnteed Mw-cific for HjtttriR. Dizzi iww, Cunvaltionti, Fits, Kcnann Neuralgia, Headache. Nervous Prostration mum! by tho nw of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefnlntt-H, M-ntal IV. presriion, Softening of the Drain resulting in in rtanitynml leading to misery, decay anil ilenth, Premature Old Aite, Barrenness. Lai of iniwer in either sex. Involuntary Ixiehea and Siwriinnt orrlitea caused by over-exertion of the lr:iin,t-elf-abuse or over indulgence. Karh box contains one month's treatment. il.Gu a box, or nix boxes for $5.U0,scnt by mail prepaid on receipt of price. W GUARANTEE SIX BOXES To enre any case. With each order received by n for six boxes, accompanied with .V(Jl. ue will ttend the purchaser our written Kuarnnte to ro tund the money it the treatment !- not ctlect a cure. Guarantees issued only by Dowty ,t Becher, dratncists, bole agents, Coluinbus, Neb. dec7'87y English Spavin Liniment removes' ull hard, soft or calloused lumps and blem ishes from horses; blood spavin, curbs, 6pHnts, sweeney, ring-lxme, stilles, sprains, all swolen throats, coughs, etc. Snv SO by uss of ono-hottlo. 'Warranto!. Sold by C. B. Stillmtin, druggist, Co umbus. 6-1 y The reasons of the poor weigh not. Daily excursions have been arranged for over the Union Pacific Railway, to San Francisco, San Diego, Colton, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Jose, California, also to Portland, Oregon, at 680.00 for tho round trip. Tickets nre eood 60 days for the going passage and good for the return trip for six months from date of sale, with tho usual stop over privileges in both directions within these limits. Theso tickets are also good by way of Denver and Salt Lake City in each direction. Tho Agent, Mr. J. R. Meagher, tells us quite a number are thinking of making the trip soon, and it would bo well for thoso intending to go in select parties to see him and arrange for their accommodations. Mr. J. B. Frawley, Traveling Agent, Union Pacific, at Omaha, is arranging for these solect parties, and will be glad to give any fur ther information in regard to theso ex cursions. Parties who prefer can corres pond with Mr. J. Tebbets, G. P. & T. A., Omaha, Neb. To deceive oneself is very easy. On and after April 29th, tho day coaches on the Union Pacific's No. 3, known as tho "Overland Flyer," will bo taken off, to bettor enablo it to make time. This will add largely to the popu larity that has already been gtuned by this fast train. Aftor that date it will carry only passengers holding first-class tickets, to points where the train makes regular stops, between Council Bluffs and Ogden. Such passengers must pur chase tickets for seats or berths in Pull man sleepers, before entering the cars. s-tf To lie beloved i"b alove all bargains. Curfli-ld Hranch, On the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City, on the Union Pacific, "The Over land Route," will bo formally opened to tho public on Decoration day, May .H)th. Ample accommodations have Immmi pro vided, and the Pacific hotel company will have charge of tho hotel accommo dations at this famous resort under the supervision of the Union Pacific railway. No pains or expense have been spared to mako this the summer resort of the west. It is only eighteen miles from Salt Lake City on tho Utah & Nevada branch of tho Union Pacific. Trains will be run at frequent intervals daily between Salt Lake City and the Beach. Cheap trains, good baths, and excellent meals will be among the attractions. tf A disarmed peaco is weak. The Passenger Department Of the Union Pacific, "Tho Overland J'uuite," has gotten out a fly-bill design ed to call attention to the summer re sorts along the lino of this railway. It is a irood bill and tourists, pleasure seekers, sportsmen and fishermen should apply at once to J. S. Teblwsts, General Pabsenger agent, Omaha, Neb., for in formation in regard to the points or in terest along the line, before deciding where they will Bpend the summer sea- bon, or vacation holidays. itf sS ?- &1 AJ BBasssTBi ! flsEswS?sBBsnts51 CoWus Her Co. FAMILY : J0UKNAL. A Weekly Newspaper issued every Wednesday. .'2 Columns of reading natter, etm- sistii of Nebraska State News Items, Selected Stories and Miscellany. E&SampIe copies w?ut free to any Hddresn.83 Subscription price, SI a year, in Mvaict. Address: M. K. Tokner A Co., Columbus, Platte Co., Nebr. LOUIS SCHREIBER. All kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Buggies, Wag ons, etc., made to order, aud all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Beapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the boot mado. EETShop opposito the " Tattersall," on Olive St.. COLUMBUS. 20-m REWARDED. n th UIM U I W who read this and then ttetf llllllll I "ey inu nnu iionorabio em. Ill V 1 1 Bsi I ployment that will not tnk them from their homes and familien. Thn profits nre large and sure for every industrious person, many have made and are now ninkinx several hundred dollars a month. It is enxy for any one to make $5 and upwards per day, who is willing to work. Either sex. )oung or old; capi tal not needed: wo start you. Kverjthim; nu-. No Bpecinl ability required; you. reuler, can do it ns well as any one. Write to us at onco for full particulars, which wo mail frse. Address Stiuton & Co., Portland. Me. decliy DSHENDERSON ,09 4 W. Ninth St, KANSAS CITY. MO. The enly Specialist in tht City who it a Regular Graduate in Medieme. Over UO years' Practice, 12 years in Chicago. 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