o o E o V - cr, o y-H &- ;. ?, - . ?v life u 1- & a o o o o I : 3 5 o o" a o o O o o , o o o o o o O O o o o o o BALLAD OP DREAMLAND. I bid ajy heart In a nest of roses. Oat of the sun's rays bidden apart, Ib a softer bed than the soft white snorts is. Under the roses I hid my heart. Why should I sleep not? Why should it start When never a leaf tho rose tree stirred! What made sleep (hitter his wings and part! Only the song of a 6ecret bird. lie etfll, I said, for the wind's wing closes, And mild leaves muffle the teen sun's dart; Lie still, for the wind on the warm sea doses. And the wind is unquictcr yet than thou art. Does a thought in thee still as a thorn's srouai smart? Does the fanjr still fret theo of hope deferredf What bids the lips of thy sleep dispart? Only the song of a secret bird. The green land's name that a charm incloses, It never was writ in the traveler's chart. And sweet on its trees as the fruit that prows k, It never was sold in tho merchant's mart. The swallows of dreams through its dim field dart. And sleep's are the tunes in its tree tops heard; No hound's nolo wakens the wild w ood liarr. Only the song of n secret bird. ENVOI. In tho world of dreams I have chosen my part, To Meep for u season and hear no word Of tho true love's truth or the light love's art. Only tho song of a secret bird. Swinburne. DEMOCRACY MEANS FREE TRADE. 6 Say tho Best Authorities as Hera Quoted. Even the corsets of Connecticut, around which hover so many happy associations, or tho brier wood pipes of Knickerbocker, aro not safe from tho intercliangcablo piracies of tho tariff. Oh! tho beauty of reciprocal rascality! Gentlemen seem to tako umbrago because wo call these tariffs, which tako from ono class to glvo to an other, robbery. But I have tho best ethics for tho statement that tho right of property is violated bv tho individual by cheating, stealing, robbery, or violation of contract; and universally, justas theso crimes prevail, production languishes, in dustry diminishes, and the richest Boil falls theso few and impoverished inhabi tants. But when government lays its powerful grip on tho property of tho citi zen to bestow that property on favored enterprises, it is nono tho less robbery bo causo dono under tho forms of law. Mr. Cox (Dem.), New York, Tariff Debate, Mavl7. Mr. Cox is ono of tho most popular men in the house, and his speech was received witk.frcquent outbursts of applauso from ttoDemocrutic side. A more unequivocal argument for free trado was never mado by Richard Cobdcn or John Bright, and his Democratic associates wcro uproarious with delight when ho denounced protected American industries as a band of brigands, robbers, cut throats, with Pennsylvania as the "Robert Mccairo of tho lot." Jffo tako it that nobody can doubt, so fur" as Mr. Cox is concerned, that his kind of Democracy means f ree trade. Tho signs of appreciation and sympathy with which his assaults upon protection wore wel comed indicate that tho Democracy that applauded him stands for free trado also. ft Is to tho Now York World that the Cobden club is chiefly looking as tho most likely sphere for its vigorous foreign pol icy. It has dono what it can in Europe, and It is now tuniiug its eyes westward and bracing itself for tho strugglo which Is to coma It cauuot rest while tho United Statesman) unsubdued. London Times, July 18, 1880. The campaign of tho Cobden club In 1880 was a disastrous failure, although ono of its most ingenious writers, Augus tus Mongrcdicn, eloquently appealed to American farmers to vote for a tariff for revenue only. In 1883 Its list of Ameri can patrons includes threo members of President Cleveland's cabinet, the speaker of the house, Henry Watterson, author of the Democratic platform; Frank Ilurd, and a largo number of prominent leaders of the administration party. Oao of the orators on tho Democratic gido of the house delivered during tho tariff debate an eloquent eulogy of Cobdcn as one of the strongest, and most useful friends America over had abroad; and this he fol lowed up with a handsome tribute to tho Cobdcn club. Times have changed since the Mongredian pamphlet was circulated secretly among American farmers. Tho administration is now the ally of the Cob den club. The soul and body of the tax reduction which is proposed by the Democratic party for tho benefit of tho peoplo is con tained, therefore, in tho clauses of the Mills bill which admit wool free of duty and reduco to about 40 per cent, tho duties on woolen goods. There is the test of Democracy. Charleston News and Cou rier. Those ore tho characteristic clauses of the measure, aud they stand for free trade and nothing elso. Tho Democratic party In tho last two tariffs it framed before the war did not daro to put wool on tho freo list. It does this now, and opens tho way for importations of foreign woolens, ana thereby proclaims the free trado policy, which is gradually to bo extended to Iron, steel ana everything else. Tho messago addressed by President Cleveland to congress this week is tho boldest and most statesmanliko document that has proceeded from tho White IJouso for many a year. Mr. Clove-land showr. clearly that n sweeping reduction of tbt tariff is inovitablo. Tho mes sage nevertheless has had a depressing effect upon tho stock markets. Thero is hardly a slnglo industry in tho United States that is not interested In maintain ing protect! vo duties. London Statist, Dec 12. 1887. True enough! There la, as this high Inandnl authority of England states, hardly a single American industry that is not vitally interested in tho maintenance f protection. British Industries lie in the other direction. Now York Tribune. Food In tho Canaries. Ono of the first things to attract my sotico in tho Canary Islands was the healthful appearanco and fino develop ment of tho common people. Thero is no doubt that they aro by birth a superior race, but it is also truo that they use a food which, being highly nutritious, must contribute to their physical development Thero is nothing mysterious about this article, which is known as golio. It is simply tho flour mado from any of tho cereals, by Tmrching or roasting before grinding. Ono can scarcely pass through any Village of tho Canaries without wit nessing somo step in tho preparation of this food. Tho groin is first picked over, then roasted above a charcoal fire, and af terward ground at tho windmills which abound everywhere. When it is to bo eaten, milk, soup or any other fluid is mixed with it. without further cooking. Nothing can bo more "handy" than such an artlclo of food. Tho Canarian laborer, if ho goes forth to his wort alone, takes with him somo gofio in abag mado of the stomach of a Eld; if there aro several persons, tho skin of a kid Is used. When meal time has arrived, a little water is poured into tho baa with the gofio, tho mixture is well ' shaken and .the meal is prepared without further ado. Tho Canarian archipelago consists of seven inhabited islands, with aropalation of 280,000 persons. At least 200,000 of them livo.cconomically on gofio, as their fathers did before them, from time Immemorial. The food is said to bo not only delicious and wholesome for those who are not accustomed to it, but to possess also a tendency to counteract certain digestive ills to which tho civilized stomach is heir, thus restoring man, in a nieasure, to tho physical condition of the sappy savage. -Cor. Popular Science Monthly. Trees la tire Streets. Borne portions of New York are hand some enough to rank it with Paris among the beautiful cities of tho world; others are almost wretched and dirty enough to class it with Constantinople. It is a strange jumble of splendor and squalor, beauty and ugliness. As a rule, however, the portions Inhabited by the rich and wtelltodo classes will compare favorably with the HtnllnT portions of almost any dty in the world, and somo of our noble streets cannot be matched -nywhero. The chief defects in theso sections are tho lack of parks and tho still more glaring Jack of trees in tho streets. London is studded all over with private squares, which are. selfishly reserved for the fami , lies living about them; but they do form precious breathing spots, and if the poor shllttrsB-cannoUcp insidejhexcan at least play on tne siaewauc unaernpatn tno few tree branches that hang over the railings. These numerous parks go far to redeem the blackness and ugliness of London streets. Paris has not so many parks, but trees flourish almost everywhere in its streets, and make them a delight to the eye. Washington, once a shabby Maryland vil lage, now conspicuous among capitals for its beauty, owes a largo part of its charms tothe far sighted policy that planted a hundred thousand trees along Its broad avenues. But New York, which has fewer parks by far than it should have, is almost absolutely devoid of trees. The stranger, driving up Fifth avenue, looks with wonder down each street ho passes, seeing only long tunnels of brown stone, and not a tree, nor so much as a sprig of anything green, to break tho monotony. A general system of tree planting would m a few years transform this city with its great array of handsoino houses into a city that for stateliness and beauty would bo the talk of the world. New York Tri bune. The Spirit of a Tiger. Tho dread of ghosts is common to all aboriginal races of India, from which it lias been very generally adopted by their Aryan conquerors, and even by the lower classes of Mohammedans. All ghosts aro believed to bo mischievous, and somo of them bitterly malicious, and tho only means employed to opposo their rancor Is to build shrines for them, and to make them offerings of a fowl, a pig, or, on rrand occasions, of a buffalo. Any severe illness, andv more especially any epidemic dibcaso, such as smallpox or cholera, is attributed to tho malignancy of certain of these spirits, who must bo propltiuted accordingly. Tho man tiger Is. perhaps, the most dreaded of all these demon ghosts; for when n tiger has killed a man tho tiger is considered safe from harm, as tho spirit of tho man rides upon his head and guides him clear of danger. Accordingly, it is believed that "tho only sure niodo of de stroying a tiger who has killed many peo ple fa to begin by making offerings to the spirits of his victims, thereby depriving him of their valuable services. The ghosts most propitiated are of thoso who havo met a violent or untimely death, whether by design or by accident, inclu ding poison and disease Even wretches who are hanged for then- crimes aro be lieved to havo tho same powers of causing evil to tho living as thoso who havo been killed by tigers or by lightning or by any other violent cause. London Graphic Truck Driver and Dot. Peoplo who know tho truck driver only from hearing his cursing of his brother driver of tho car platform do not know the gentlo depths of kindness to which ho can descend. Tho other day a small Italian boy staggered through Stanton street under a load of long, rough boards, spoil from some demolished building. A truck slowly clattered up tho street behind, and tho boy got ono eyo on it, dropped his boards, laid them out along tho curbstone, one end out on tho street and tho other on tho curb, and looked appeallndy at tho big Irishman who drovo tho truck. Tho Irishman grinned and the boy smiled brightly. Then tho horses wcro swerved, and tho left wheels of the truck went crashing over tho boards, smashing them into easy lengths. The driver and boy grinned at each other, but neither said a word. Both were properly gratified. Now York Sun. Novel Duel In France. The French critic, Albert Delpit, a New Orleans creole, and M. Fcbvro, of the Comedio Francaiso, recently decided to settle tho difference arising out of tho mutual attacks on each other by means of a duel. Their seconds arranged the pre liminary conditions of the encounter, which wcro that Delpit should read aloud to his adversary a five act comody pre pared by hi" for the Comedie Francalse, after which Febvre was to act some of his principal roles, and the one who first showed signs of weariness was to be de clared the vanquished party. Beforo Del !iit concluded tho reading of his drama rebvre, with a yawn, extended his hands in token of reconciliation and declared himself vanquished. New Orleans Times Democrat. Not an Absurd Proposition. Tho problem with scientists is quite open as to the causo of the red color of the planet Mars. Astronomers, as a rule, venture a guess that vegetation on that world is red instead of green. This is not at all absurd as a supposition. Our own planet must have a decidedly red huo to observers during the brief season of autumn coloring. But this is not all of it. All foliago and all bark are rendered perceptibly redder as winter approaches. The young wood of trees is rodder in win ter than in summer. Is our own world not slowly but surely developing a rosier hue? Some bunches are a deep crimson all winter, but gitm all summer. It is evident that cold weather requires tho comparative withdrawal of green, and tho comparative predominance of red. As tho world grows colder is it not growing also redder Mars is known to havo a colder climate than our own, and has probably gone farther in its floral adaptations to the cold. Globe-Democrat. Tho Climax of Good Form. If your real swells want to bo really English they must carry their respective left hands buried to the wrist in their respective left trousers pockets. All the dudes In town have taken to doing it, and every clmppie on Fifth avenue after the Wednesday matinees was actually lop sided with tho exertion of reaching the very bottom seam of hLs left trousers pocket. If you can let the tips of the fingers of a pair of tan colored gloves bo seen iu juxtaposition to your left cuff, jnst at tho mouth of the pocket, you will thereby proclaim yourself ono of Wales' strictest adherents, yo knuw. Don't, as you vulno your reputation for swelllsh ness, put your right hand in your right pocket, for thfs is as much a breach of good form as it used to be to cany your gloves with the fingers pointing aft in stead of forward. New York Mail and Express. Where Arc Theebaw'. Treasures? Tho name of Theebaw, formerly king of Burmah, has almost passed into oblivion so far as tho general public is concerned. It has been revived in England, however, owing to an Inquiry as to what has be come of tho treasure onco possessed by Theebaw. When Mandalay was captured by Sir Henry Prendergast, in 18S5, TJiee baw's palaco contained booty valued at twenty lakhs. Theebaw "was permitted to tako away with him a fow vnluablo articles, but the larger part of his fortune was seized by the English. And now, after an Interval of three years, certain inquisitive Londoners are wondering what became of tho rich spoils which fell to tho conquerors. New York World. A Tale from the North. A tale comes from the far north, above the Arctic circle, that mammoth carcasses aro found frozen in the ice, and that the Indians chop them out and feed the meat to their dogs. These carcasses are as well preserved as if killed but yesterday, although they have lain for who knows how many thousand years in a solidly frozen state. Undoubtedly these animals existed coeval with the glacial period and were indigenous to a tropical climate; therefore we must reason that this period came on almost instantaneously, all liv ing animals were killed by the extreme cold, and before their flesh could putrefy it became frozen. Juneau (Alaska) Free Press. The Houses of Abyssinia, Tho Abyssinian houses aro small and circular with roofs going to a point, and are mostly built of bamboo or cane and only rarely of wood. As a rule, the peo ple do not care for living indoors, but prefer to spend their time in the open air, sleeping on the ground wrapped in a skin or rug. The men are hardy, warlike, combative and rather cruel. Their usual arms are a lance, a broad sharp sword, and shield of rhinoceros hide. St. James' Gazette. Anotncr victim. "Who is that ugly looking woman over yonder" "That is my wife, sir." "Indeed! Here is my card, sir, I'm the most successful divorce lawyer in the city." Town Topics. FORTUNE'S FLOWER. Ah, Koran, yee the Brass is wet lis early times you're out! And, sure, the sun and you, my pet, should light us turn about. The buds uncurl, the swallows whirl, you lead the year astray; And what's the happy news, my pearl, that warms your heart to-day? Ah, can't I traco the darling face Pve loved for twenty years? And don't I know the April grace where smites just touch the tears? There's store galore your basket fills of blossoms golden gay. But more, ashore, than daffodills you're bringing' home to-day! A four leaved shamrock! happy hour! that prom ise must come true; And lucky flower that owns the power to bring good luck to you! At other's tread it hides Its bead, and crouched away in fear. And pushed its four leaves forth instead the mo ment you drew near. And what's the boon the omen brings? for wealth you'd never seek; And health and bloom were mocking things to such a Mayday cheek; A secret's cheap thoso eyes would keepl I know the happy lad But, Oh! one lover's rapture deep will leave a county sad. Cassell's Magazine. 90ME PERTINENT ANSWERS. Questions by ths labor Oaadldate for President Mr. Cowdrey, candidate of tne Union tabor party for president, is a free trader and asks somo questions that aro eagerly auoted by Democratio free trado organs, 'no of them Is as follows: "Have you ever seen a protected manu facturer nay higher wages than ho was conipellea to?" No, and we havo never heard that manu facturers in free trade countries paid more for labor than they were compelled to. Manufacturers under any tariff system will buy labor as cheaply as they can. But it is cosily conceivable that manufacturers. In consideration of an assured home mar ket protected from foreign competition, are willing to pay the higher wages which such protection enables them to pay. They make just as much money as If they paid the European rate of wages, and are natu rally averse to the labor troubles and fierce competition in products that would result from free trade and the Inevitable reduction of wages. In that respect the interests of manufacturers and working men are identical- Here is anotherof Mr. Cowdrey's questions: "If protection prevents us from selling hi foreign markets, does not protection make less work instead of more?" Protection-may prevent us from selling some manufactures in foreign markets. But it does not "make less work Instead of more," except for foreigners. It keeps out foreign products and therefore makes moro work instead of less for American worklngtnen. Free trade would flood our markets with foreign products, reduco tho amount of work to be done here, and reduce the wages for what remained to be done. We consume 00 per cent, of our products and export only 10 per cent. Our homo market Is worth, therefore, nine times as much to American working men as the foreign market. What folly it would be to imperil or sacrifice the home market for tho uncertainties of foreign trade! Mr. Cowdrey continues his ques tioning: "If there is free trade hi labor and high irotectlve prices for those things which aborers must buyts not tho laborer being robbed instead of benefited?" Is not free trade in labor bad enough without free trade In tho products of labor? Would tho evils of unrestricted importation of labor bo made any more tolerable by tho unrestricted importation of tho products of labor? The importa tion of foreign labor and the products of foreign labor are one and the same thing in their effects upon American labor, and no man In his senses can argue that the one can bo a cure for tho other. We havo not heard any complaint from worklngmen as to the high prices of pro ducts, or of being "robbed" in tho pur chase of food, clothing or other articles. Products of all kinds aro cheap. A fow of them might be cheaper for a time under free trade until our borne industries were destroyed, but we have not heard any workingman say that he is willing to ac cept a lower scale of wages on the chance of getting cheaper products. If there Is any workingman who Is willing to accept lower wages for the sake of getting his clothes a little cheaper let him speak up. Cheaper products means cheaper wages, and as littlo that tho workingman buys is affected directly by the tariff, he has lit tle to gain ana much to lose by a free trado tariff for revenue only policy. Ono moro question from Mr. Cowdrey and wo have done: "If unprotected industries pay the same wages as those that aro protected, are they not as valuable, and, if so, why burden them by making; them pay heavy taxes to the protected ones?" By "unprotected industries" Mr. Cow drey refers to carpentry, bricklaying and other mechanical employments whose troducts cannot, for obvious reasons, be m ported. Thoy aro, in fact, protected by a natural barrier that is higher than any tariff, for we cannot import houses and immigration does not at first .onset ma terially affect their employments, as im migration is mainly of unskilled labor. But close our mills and factories by free trade, and tho higher wages our building mechanics' enjoy would soon be brought down by enforced competition in then di rection. Cleveland Leader. Percentage of Blondes and Brunettes. In the course of fifteen minutes' walk on Broadway the other day a reporter counted 200 women, young and old, with hair ranging from a medium brown to the darker shades which all but artists call black. Only thirteen women were passed who were of the pronounced blonde order. Three of these were of the reddish classes nnd the hair of two had apparently been bleached. At the theatre, the same evening, of fifty women within easy range, six had fair skins, blue eyes and light hair. They sat surrounded by a bevy of dark women, who gave its pre vailing tone to the complexion of the house. Interest in the result observed led next morning to a public school. One class of eighty girls had eight blondes to seventy-two average browns and bru nettes. Another of sixty-five girls had sixteen fair haired pupils to fifty-five standard brown heads and darker. In a third class the proportions were seven light to fifty muddy and dark. The state ment may be hazarded that not above 8 or 10 per cent, of New. York women are blondes. Go anywhere where pretty girls congregate and you meet tall, strik ing looking figures with dark hair and big, dark eyes. Is the blonde type disap pearing, and If so why? New York Mail and Express. Varloas Railway Signals. One pull of the bell cord signifies "stop." Two pulls mean "go ahead." Three pulls mean "back up." One whistle signifies "down brakes." Two whistle signify "off brakes." Three whistles mean "back up." Continued whistles indicate "danger." Short rapid whistles, "a cattle alarm." A sweeping parting of the hands on a level with the eyes means "go ahead." A slowly sweeping meeting of the hands over the head signifies "back slowly." A downward motion of the hands, with extended arm, signifies "stop." A beckoning motion with one hand in dicates "back." A red flag waved up the track indicates 'danger." A red flag by the roadside means "dan ger ahead." A red flag carried on a locomotive signi fies "an engine following." A red flag raised at a station means "stop." A lantern swung at right angles across the track means "stop." A lantern raised and lowered vertically is a signal to "start." A lantern swung In a circle signifies "back the train." Scientific American. Faaeral Cereasealea la The funeral observances are very cere monious, as might be expected ia a coun try where the worship of ancestors has so long been a part of its religion, and the crave and vaults are reverenced as sacred places. They are usually oniy snapeiess mounds of earth or stone, near which are erected wooden stakes, eight or nine feet high, with skulls and horns of oxen fixed or impaled on the wood. These are ob jects of worship, or at least of special ven eration, for they are the heads of bullocks sacrificed in honor of the dead at the time of burial It is usual to inter the dead near the dwelling house, but only families of high rank build houses or raise any structure over their tombs. The finest tomb in the country Is that of the prime minister, now prince consort. It is situated at Isotry, near the capital, and Is very large, prob ably the best piece of native masonry in the island. It somewhat resembles the monuments of Assyrian art, although of modern construction. Here are interred the sister and other relatives of the prince consort Demorest's Monthly. Lawyers' Ambition. Those who observe law and lawyers from a safe distance have often noted the different points which attorneys in vari ous cities consider the acme of success at the bar. The Philadelphia lawyer thinks a successful trial of a famous criminal case the pinnacle of legal ambition. Bos ton barristers look forward to the time when they shall hold an Infinite number of huge trust estates, and thus avoid the wrangling scenes of the court room. Tho New York lawyer has universal tastes. He is willing to be a railroad nnd corpora tion lawyer, a trustee of great estates or a criminal practitioner. It is all fish which comes to his net. New York Press "Every Day Talk." Like a Lobster Salad. The greatest drawback to living Inn rented house next to paying the rent is that the landlord can paint it any color he chooses. Two ladies, meeting, discuss this grievance. "My house," said one, "is a complete lobster salad. It was had enough when tho yellow walls and the green blinds suggested Mayonaiseand let tuce, but the landlord has put some red tubs on the lawn, and now we look gar nished with lobster claws. And your house Is nlmost as bad. I saw it first on a gray day, and it was just the color of spruce gum. But yesterday, in the sun, it looked lighter." "As if it had been chewed," assented the tenant sadly. Concord (N. II.) Monitor A Baggy Wear aad Tear. "How much do you suppose it costs, asked the eccentric statistician, "to pa for wear and tear on a biurjry?" i pay He asked the question to answer it, of tjourso, and replied: "It takes two cents a mile. That has been figured out by owners of carriage works, and that is the lowest figure. Two cents a milo for a buggy driven at a trot, next como heavy wagons with loads a fraction higher, and buggies behind speedy horses are higher still. About three cents a mile is the highest, and the wear and tear on all kludsof vehicles run between two and threo cents a mile, tho kind of paving, whether it is sheet or stone, having con siderable to do with it." "Man About Town" in Buffalo News. An Unknown Matrimonial Law. Sometimes I think that there must be some kind of unknown law that regulates tho marriage question, over which man kind has no control. It frequently hap pens that tho licenses on a particular day will nearly all be taken out by persons living in a particular section of the city in tho northern, southern, eastern, western or central portions, as the circumstances may be. A few days ago nearly every license, and there were, quite a number wcro taken out by persons residing in tho northwestern section of tho city. I have noticed this peculiarity to occur witlrcon siderablo regularity, and I have never been ablo to account for it. Marriage Liccnso Clerk in Globe-Democrat. Carious Customs In ranama. One of tho most curious customs that attract the attention of strangers in Panama is to see tho native women walk ing along the street smoking long, slen der cigars in much tho fashion that men do here. It is the custom of the women thern to gather in the public markets as early as sunrise to gossip and talk over affairs while enjoying then morning smoke. As thero are fow newspapers in Panama, and a proportionately email number of readers, the market is the dace where tho news of the town is to be earned. New York Evening World. A Horrible FoMlbUlty. Editor I see tho clerks iu dry goods and grocery stores aro forming an early closing movement. Write a stirring edi torial standing up for the clerks and de nouncing their heartless, grasping em ployers. Assistant I notice that a similar movo ment has also been started by the poorly paid and overworked bartenders. "Eli? Wha ! GuesB you'd better write on the tariff today." Omalia World. Huge Plan for Water Supply. The stupendous plan for supplying tho city of Liverpool with water involves tho removal of a win Welsh villago, In cluding woods, cottages, chnrchea, etc., this immense space to bo devoted to a reser voir four and one-half miles long by half a mile to a mile brood, and eighty feet deep. There aro to be three lines of pipe, each sixty-eight miles long, with filtering beds and secondary reservoirs, and tho cost of tho aqueduct alone Is estimated at $18, 000,000. Now York Sun. Somnambulist' Good Fortaae. The danger of somnambulism is well known. A writer in The Century tells of a piece of good fortune coming from the habit. A young lady, troubled and anx ious about a prize for which she was to compete, involving tho writing of an essay, arose from her bed in sleep and wrote a paper upon i -.'abject upon which she had not lnton t to write when awake, and this essa. ecured for her the prize Chicago Herald. The Law's Delays. Quibbler-Aw, Grotlus, how are you getting on with tho c- ;e of Yon Abbatoir, who chopped his wife . head off? Coke Poorly, poorly! I had finished ar guing the seventh appeal yesterday when when the news reached me that he had died a natural death in jail. It's useless for legal talent to contend against tho ec centric forces of nature. life. The Disagreeable Side. "Don't you find tho life of a tramp very disagreeable?" asked tho farmero wife. "Oh no," rejoined tho wanderer; "it ain't half so disagreeable as tho people I meet. I don't mind the lifo so much as I1 do the dogs and the things I git to eat Harper's Bazar. When Building a Theatre. The latest English writer on theatres holds that a theatre should bo ten feet distant from other buildings, or at least it should occupy a corner location. Exits should be provided on all sides and thero should bo windows in every part of the house, both for ventilation and safety. Chicago Herald. "Mall Bag University." The Chautauqua literary and scientific circle, which Is sometimes called the "mail bag university," expects to have a very successful season. It has more than 50,000 regular Btndents in every part of the country. New York Tribune Bexila's Newspapers, There are 621 newspapers printed in Berlin. Fifty-four are official papers, 70 political, 105 have to do with literature, science and art, 217 are commercial and 80 religious. New York Son. Big Watei iihiIiiiis. Watermelons weighing from fifty to eighty pounds are often sold in tho San Francisco markets, and one exhibited last fall weighed 115 pounds. The loss in transporting cattle across the ocean was in 1889 87 per cent. It has been reduced to 11 per cent. In the United States the telephone Is used 505 times, the telegraph ISO times 1 In a minute. OUTLIVED. I often bear it spokes asw, the l That onco bad power my Inmost aoal ta tMaV Tb kiadto all my face with aakha iaate. Aad all my heart with secret raptmra IB. I listen calmly to It, wondering Where vanished they those old ttea and fears That used to blanch my cheek, or swiftly Mag Befce my Ugbt a bunding oust of team I meet the eyes now, tranquil, usconcecned. Wbero onco a single Irigbwaed glance I Those eyes that long ago a pathway tans! Into the inner temple of my soul. I bear the old, familiar voice, unmoved, Whoso faintest tone was mask; ta that day; No quickened pulse proclaims thejvoice beloved, Hy quiet heart goes steadfast on her way. No bitterness, no shadow of regret Comes up to mar my peace with secret doubt; I would not live the past again, nor yet Be quite content to have it blotted out. Wan mcui'ry, hovering near the far off grave Of our young lot v. calls back, across the watte, That all she finds s cold uud lifeless savo The fow polo mourning flowers herself baa placed. Bleep on, thou abort lived love; thy grave b deep; Thy life was bitter, but thy rest ia sweet; Though o'er thy burial place none pause to weep. It Is approached by none savtt unshod feet. Pastry of the Ocean. A reporter debarred from his usual call at Deluionico's, lunched at one of the coffee saloons of Park row. At his table sat nu old sen bronzed wiilor, who sud denly nmdo tho unappetizing inquiry of: "Did you ever eut any lamp oil dough ontsJ" "Positively, never!" replied the re porter, with a slight gasp of horror. Tho old ninu smilingly said: "Well, they're letter than theso greasy things on our plates. In my young days I was a whaler, aud the captains of whaling ships used to give prizes to the men; something for Mightiug the first whale, or striking a; big 200 barrel fellow, the fastest boat's crew, and so on. A f ter a ship had stowed her first 1,000 barrels of oil, the crew would get a barrel of flour as a present from the captain. When wo tried out our next sperm wliulo's blubber, the cook would take a lot of our flour, roll out n big batch of doughnuts and cook them in the hot, boiling oil uud first rate they used to taste when eaten with molasses. You see tho oil when fresh is just as sweet as lard, nnd liesides you must con sider that it is not fish oil at all, for the whale, you know is an animal." Now York Tribune. A Cheap Fireproof Stable. A correspondent of The Hartford Conr ant rclntes what he suw In Frankfort, Germany. The loft of a stable had burned out, and ho asked for the horses, thinking that they must all have per ished, but ho was assured that they were in the stable and all right, for no smoke nor heat could touch them. After everything was burned in the loft, be mudc nn inspection, and found that the stable was practically fireproof. They had in its construction used old railroad ties, placing them threo and a half to four feet apnrt, nnd then put arched corrugated iron between the ties, and filled iu with a mixture of cinders and lime, making it deep enough to pro tect the ties. The trap or door to reach the loft was made of sheet iron, filled in with the same compound. This kind of fireprooflug is very cheap and, according to the writer, is very effective. Scientific American. Lawyers Looking for Libels. There is another and not a small class of lawyers who industriously peruse the columns of the press in quest of oppor tunities to advise the bringing of suits for libel against a paper that may have men tioned somebody's name in an uncompli mentary way. I know of a recent cose where a paragraph ,epoke somewhat dis paragingly of a friend of mine. The next morning when he got to his office he found a dozen notes from as many at torneys lying upon his desk. He opened them, and each contained a slip of the paragraph in question and all urging him to bring suit and offering their services. He had not read the article, and knew uothing of" It until he opened the bids, each and every one of which pronounced the paragraph an outrage. Before he had read half of them he was boiling over with indignation against the publisher Visions of sweet revenge and heavy damages fairly danced before his aggra vated eyes. He immediately determined upon bringing salt and came to me for ad vice as to which of the bidders he should select to heal his wounded feelings aud fill his not overly plethoric purse. I ex plained to him the glorious uncertainties of the law and dissuaded him from his contemplated course. Philadelphia News. The Littleness of Has. There are 1,400,000,000 peoplo living on the planet which we inhabit. And yet thero is now and then a mau who m won ders what the rest of us will do when he dies. There are peoplo in "society" who honestly think that all the world closes its eyes when they lie down to sleep. Thero are men who fear to act according to their own convictions, because perhaps ten persons in a crowd of 1,100,000,000 will lnugh at them. Why, if a man could only realize every moment what a bus tling, busy, fussy, important littlo atom he is in all this great ant hill of import ant, fussy littlo atoms, every day h would regard himself less, aud think still Ses of tho other molecules in the corral. -Robert J. Burdette in New York Star. A Great Fleea of Lack. "Ah! how d yo do, Jones? I had the greatest piece of luck last night." "How so?" "Why, you see, one of my tenement houses burned down" "You don't mean It! Did the families get out in safety?" "No, I believe n few of them were burned to death. But that's neither here nor there. I was going to tell you about my good luck. I had intended to put in a flro escape this very week the papers are making such a fuss, you know and it would have cost me $ 100. I've saved that now. How's that for luck?" Boston Transcript. Poshing Trade Too Far. "You must push matters a little, James," said the druggist to the new boy. "By calling a customer's attention to this article and that article you can often effect sales." "Yes, sir," responded the new boy, and then he hastened to wait on an elderly female who wanted a stamp. "Anythln' else, mum?" inquired the ambitious boy, politely; "hair dye, cos metic, face powder, rheumatic drops, bel ladonna, mole destroyer" The elderly female licked the stamp viciously and left the door open as she went out Texas Sittings. The Graduate's Negllgeaee. School Girl Mamma, my head aches so I can't see the figures any more. Won't yon do this sum? Mamma rtooking over the problem) I don't know how, dear. "Why, grandma said you graduated with the highest honors." "Yes, I did. I could have answered any question in the books then; but I can't now." "Have the books changed" "No. but after leaving school I negli gently allowed my head to stop aching." Omaha World. Her Domestic Afflictions. Mrs. Hobson (to caller) Your husband has been dead nearly two years, has he not, Mrs. Amidonr Caller Yes, quite two years. He caught a severe cold which developed into pneumonia. But I really must be going, Mrs. Hobson. (To dog) Come Fido, get your blanket on. Dear little fellow, after all the trouble I've had, I wouldn't like you to get pneumonia. The Epoch. The Teeth of Whales. The teeth of whales furnish one of the remarkable features indicative of the origin of that auimal. They form a com plete but rudimentary set, characteristic of a more perfectly developed hind mam mal, but disappear shortly after birth, performing no function whatever. Globe What a Time People formerly hail, trying to swallow the old-fashioBed pill with its film of naagnesia vainly disguising its bitter Bess; aad what a contrast to Ayer's Fills, that have been well called " med icated sugar-plums" the only fear be ing that patients may be tempted iiito taking too many at a dose. But the directions aro plain aud should bo strictly followed. J. T. Teller, M. D., of Chittenango, K. Y. expresses exactly what hundreds havo written at greater length. Ho says: "Ayer's Cat liartie Pills are highly appreciated. Tlit-y arc ptrfixt iu form and coating, and their effects are all that the most careful physician could desire. They have supplanted all the Fills formerly popular here, and I think it must be long before any othor t-:iu be made that will at all couiiard with them. Those who buy jour pills get full value for their money." "Safe, pleasant, and certain in their action," is tho t-oiicjxo testimony of Dr. George E. Walker, of Martins ville, Virginia. "Ayer's Pills outsell all Minihir prep arations. The public haviti;; oiu-o n.-.l them, will have no others." Iterry, Veuable & Collier, Atlanta. C:i. Ayer's Pills, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ay.r.tCo.. l.ou. II.Miu. Sold by all Dealers Iu Medicine. The French Pronunciation. A Boston girl who has been visiting it seems queer, but Boston people go every where at Newark, N. J., had been study ing French for mouths before she went on the visit, and bad flavored all her imagi nations and perceptions, so to speak, with French. In driving about the town, where, it hardly needs to be said, there is a large German population, the Boston girl noticed over the doors of a great many establishments the sign, "Lager bier." "Tell me," said the Boston girl, after inspecting one of these curious signs for the 100th time, "does M. Luhzhnybeeyny own all the stores in Newark?" New York Tribuue. Not That Kind of a Flower. A young mother living in Detroit has one charming little dnughter named Lily, who is very fond of playing out of doors. The other day she came home covered with mud. "Oh, oh!" snid her mother, severely, "can It be possible that this is my good littlo girl, my sweet, pure Lily of the Valley" "No, mamma," answered the little girl, sorrowfully, "I guess I'm your bad, naughty Lily of the Alley now." Detroit Free Press. Two Men In Gray. A New York letter carrier In his regu lation gray suit with brass buttons was sitting by the side of an elderly gentle man who wore a slouch hut. "Your suit has a familiar look to me," remarked the latter. "Where were you a letter carrier?" asked the distributer of mail matter. "I never was a letter carrier, but I was in the Confederate army, and occasion ally I got over more ground In a day than you ever do." Texas Sif tings. Not a Pleasant Revelation. (Time, 6:30 p. m. Present, Mr. Jones, Miss Belle and littlo Effle.) Miss Belle Is it not about time that you go to bed, darling? Or are you going to stay and retire with me to-night? Little Effle No, me hain't going to stay wif oo no more. "Not? And why, dear?" Little Effle Tause oo snore. Mr. Jones looks uncomfortable. Bing hamton Republican. The Fatal Camera. It is said that the body of a man with his head twisted off was found in an alley way back of a Chicago photograph gallery. The coroner's Jury brought in a verdict of "found dead," but they cen sured the photographer for not beiug more careful when posing his customers. New York Commercial Advertiser. The Popular Approval Of tho efforts of tho California Fi. Syrup Company to present to the public: an agreeable anil effective substitute for the bitter, nauseous liver medicines and cathartics formerly used is as gratifying to the Company as it is creditable to the good taste or the public. Tho largo and rapidly increasing sale of Syrup of Figs, and tho promptly beneficial effects of a single doso are convincing proofs that it is tho most easily taken and the most pletisnntly effective remedy known. For sale only by Dowty & Becher. Be whut thou wouldst seem to be. (israelii Branch, On the Groat Salt Lako near Stilt Lake City, on tho Union Pacific, 4tTho Over land Route," was formally opened to the public on Decoration day, May 30th. Ample accommodations have been pro vided, and the Pacific hotel company will have charge of the hotel accommo dations at this famous resort under the supervision of the Union Pacific railway. No pains or expense havo been spared to make this the summer resort of the west. It is only eighteen miles from Salt Lake City on the Utah & Nevada branch of the Union Pacific. Trains will be run at frequent intervals doily between Salt Lako City and the Beach. Cheap trains, good baths, and excellent meals are among the attractions. 3tf Sweet discourse makes short days nnd nights. A NaUral Prodaet of California. It is only found in Butte county, Cali fornia, and in no other part of the world. We refer to the tree that produces tho healing and penetrating gum used in that pleasant and effective cure for con sumption,aBthma,bronchitis, and coughs, SANTA ABIE, the King of Consump tion. Dowty & Becher guarantee and sell it for $1.00, a bottle, or three for S20. By the use of CALIFORNIA CAT-R-CURE, all symptoms of catarrh are dispelled, and the diseased nasal passage, is speedily restored to a healthy condition. $L00 a package; by mail $1.10. Circular free. Let all live as they would die. The PaMeager Department Of the Union Pacific, "The Overland Route," has gotten out a fly-bill design ed to call attention to the summer re sorts along the line of this railway. It is a good bill and tourists, pleasure seekers, sportsmen and fishermen should apply at once to J. S. Tebbete, General Passenger agent, Omaha, Neb., for in formation in regard to the points of in terest along the line, before deciding where they will spend the summer sea son, or vacation holidays. 3tf Ono sword keeps another in the sheath English Spavin Liniment removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blem ishes from horses; blood spavin, curbs, splints, sweeney, ring-bone, stifles, sprains, all swolen throats, coughs, etc Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold by C. B. Stillmau, druggist, Co umbos. 6-ly 'tnffX for r---SyyV V ' I J l CJ n Jr ' - m fcAf . K T BaarVlSKaaXJ RKJQm Uh Si This is theTop of the Genuine Pearl Top Lamp Chimney. Allothers,similararc imitation. ur .This exact Label anu luuiK. nc niii others as good, HUT HE HAS NOT. Insist upon the Exact Label and Top. rai Cat CurpvuiJfflr IlinCAVTV BV run 0UC tiKKinncsK. w'fc""" GEO. A. WACBETH & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. Contains tlso fall tad complete lltcs of both HARBISON &MORTON the great standard bearers. Ills'd. with numerous superb poc "?: a(me he authors will be found the names of Sena tors Fry. Chandler, llawley. Infills. John I. Lonj;. twjmlat -?o. erf Mast , McKlnUyof Ohio, writes on the Tariff. Henry Cabot Lodge, and a number of others of a like houii ?! . V" " autktntic dmfattn Hot. tmJjru tt Nat.Ktf. dm. Don't be Induced 10 get any other. Dis tance no hinderance as we pay all freight charges. Send SO cents ( ic. sump for outtt and be the Ant In the Held, or f,t su i uv CJr,icu,lr no' Special Terms sant free to all. j. vviraiKH t'V.tiwi-, apnnBTieia, Mas. 6000 Book Agents wanted to sell TH LOT AKO PUBLIC SKUVICXS OW Grover Cleveland Wtall uxl mmiTi fram hi fevthood to Lis nomination in St. loals, with wnr-ral lemlaltctnm. loeU.aU anJ an.fcloU. FroftMly Ululratnl with Wt portralu tuj worn! rcrailng. Tha dm! al contains m m-rb Vortralt and full and compute XJTM OP MRS. CLEVELAND. torihr vlihaeomflsta Mocraphy of ALLKN O. TITOBJIAN. TUa la tha cJ mmtUntieUf. Dual to ladartj to -.1 aay othar. Thara will aeoUMy to unanthorlanl Llraa. tot thla I. tha right ooa. Dia taaea no khvlaranea, aa tay all traa.rUtln caargaa. Sand M caala In la. tantsa ail to tla Irai la tha laid, and thoa raa tha gflUan kamat. Writ fur Ml nartlrolan aoJ SukUI Tata aau Iraa to alL AJdma, WINTER & CO.. uba, Springfield, Mass. ,. "REWARDED, nro thwo UII Ul W wlio n-ail thin uikI then act; Kllf.ni I tlioy will fiiul lionnritMt cin III Wills I liloymelit that will not Ink lliem from tlifir Iioiik-h nnd fami linn. Tho profits lire Inn?" ntl muix for tivt-ry imliictrioui x-ron, many liavo nmilo anil aru now nmkiiiK Mjveral hiuiilml liollurM a month. It in t-iuiy for any one to uiakti 5 and iii.wanls ir ilny. who is willing to work. Kitlr wx, younj; or ohl; capi tal not nttibil: w etart joii. r.vtr)tiniiic uw. No iMcial ahility rviiiiinil; joii, ntuler, win ! it ns wi'll lutuuy one. Writo to u at omt for full imrtirultirs. which we mail frt-u. AiMreita Utinbon A Co.. l'ortlaml. Mo. tleclisy Daily excursions liuvo Ihmmi arranged for over tho Union Pacific Kaihvay, to San Francisco, San Dietfo, Colton, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Jose, California, also to Portland, Oregon, at 380.00 for the round trip. Tickets are good fiO days for tho going passago and good for the return trip for six months from dato of sale, with the usual stop over privileges in both directions within these limits. Theso tickets aro also good by way of Denver nnd Salt Lako City in each direction. Tho Agent, Mr. J. K. Meagher, .tolls us quito a number aro thinking of making tho trip soon, nnd it would bo well for thoso intending to go in select parties to seo him and arrange for their accommodations. Mr. J. U. Frawley, Traveling Agent, Union Pacific, at Omaha, is arranging for these select parties, and will bo glad to give any fur ther information in regard to theso ex cursions. Parties who prefer can corres pond with Mr. J. Tebbcts, O. P. & T. A., Omaha, Nob. God provides for him that trusteth. Tho Commercial Travelers Protective Association of tho United States, has a membership of over sixteon thousand and is probably tho strongest association of the kind in the world. Mr. John R. Stone, their national secretary and treas urer, 79 Dearbono street, Chicago, in a letter states that ho has been severely troubled at times, for the past twenty years, with cramp and bilious colic which wonld compel him to tako to his bed from threo 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 Binco used it with the best results. It is the only remedy ho ever found that ef fected a rapid and complete cure. No one can safely travel without it Sold by Dowty & Becher. He that will not havo peace, God gives him war. An Alinolote Cure. The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT MENT is only put up in largo two-ounco tin boxes, and is an absolute euro for old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and' all kinds of skin eruptions. Will positively euro all kinds of piles. Aak for the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT Sold by Dowty & Becher at 25 cents per box by mail 30 cents. niar7y IslllllVjVaV'siBaaaaf BHaalaaam'- 5 dBBaaaaaaa&caaaV&w-i 31 '-3llsSSSSSSSslsBHkSSW:''V "aaaaaaapaFaFaTigK'"'' ? !it iiiiaBBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaVaaaK&': If 1aaaaaaaaVLaaaaaaaaaaaaViki ''iaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamll aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaSK 'aaaaaaaaBsajaiBsssvavM m .K.R.HHWHKnBESC.r Jalaaaaaaaaw?taaaaaaaa9K ..wSaSilMxiSiM Kassail'JSr VaaaaaaaaaaaaiEaaaaaassiaalBaasaalaar aaamSEr3aL V Mite Lumber Co. NIRASKA FAMILY : JOURNAL. A Weekly Newspaper issaetl every Wednesday. isoneachPearl a2 fiUB1HS f readies waiter, etm 1 op Chimney. sistiB;? of Nebraska State News A dcalermay say , iem Selected Stories aad 1 11. ... I- 1. l... ! ' iu:..ii .. iniscciiduj. &y-ainu,lt, Ihi w to re."- I " J Subscription price, SI a year, in MviHCt. Address: M. K. Tuknek t- Co., Columbus, Platte Co., Nobr. LOUIS SCHREIJ3ER. AH kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Maggies, Wag ons, eli., made to order, and all work Clnar anteed. Also sell the world-faaoni Walter A. Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. jr3TShl npponite the "TattornU." on Ollvo St.. COLUMBUS. 'iO-m DSHENDERSON -.09 W. mirth St.. KMHSAS CITT. MO. Vie only Specialist in th City tcho is a Regular Graduate in Medicine. (ker'Mvearx'llractiee, 12 years in Chicago. THE OLDEST IN afiE, UNO LOWEST LOCATED. Authorized bv the Stale to trout mA a Chronic.Nt-TVousana "Special Dl- K rr east." Seminal Weakness (my if ojVs),Sxuiil Debility Uounfwul m Jnotcer). Kervous DeDUiiy. .roisoiieu I Blood.Ulccrs and8we!llurs of every kiuil.Urlnarv DLseaa-. and Iu fact. all troubles or liwases Iu either mute or female . Curea aruaranteeil or money refunded. Charges low. Thousands of casea cured. KxperiencK Is Important. All medi cines are guaranteed to be nur and efllcacious. being- coiuiMtunded in my perfectly appointed laboratory, and aro furnished ready for hn. No running to drug stores to have uncertain pre scriptions tilled. No mercury or Injurloim uiwdl clnea used. No detention front business, l'atients at a dlitance treated by letter and exprexM. medi cines sent everywhere freo from gaze or break age. Mat your case and send for terms. Con sultation free and coutldentlal, personally or by letter. A M page HflWIT Par Bath Sexes, sent Illustrated WVi sealed In plain envelop" for 6c. in stamps. Kvery male, from tho age ot 15 to 4. should read this book. RHEUMATISM THE MEAT TURKISH RHEUMATIC CURL A POSITIVE CL'BK for RHEtrafATiSX.I S&6 for an j thl. treatment fall, to I cure or help. ireatet tlltoorrrr In anaala I armnUcinr. Oik Io.e girea rllr : area iloara rtluove ffVr aixl tla la juilila : Cure eomplrtn! la i u T ilaja. S.oJ le- I roeat of cae wita stamp fur Circular. I Call, or atlJref I Dr.HENDERSON,l09W.9UiSt..KanusCity,Mo. FAUUKK A HKADS1IAW. (.Smcccxmm-ji tit yuulite it Ilushell), 3BRICIC M-AJKERS ! JjfV-Contrnctors anil huildeni will find our hrick tiit-clnn nnd o!IVrci nt reawinahle niten. We are nltto urvtKtmi to do nil kiniln of lirirk work. lrtnmjUin MirtciaTr. to "rTr ncATMTOYiliriK rm-mmm X mZ JaF tCLxRt- FseJ . (AsTJM.OwifS. Iffi ron c Kit i sc$' Uil W a. a, L tr V?SyA!ffli I . T a..t- -. Send for ciMuUf.i.HiijiiJira1- INrMTOco.oiwai.tCAk. yj I. u i"i iv -T- - Trlb v i.a- a ..- t at t v T9r iraruvai m v & a.t .. . .irvn ft !2 BY I7CAVV cuKe' rorx. WSrSWCTn ATARRM lABIEITiNEMECaVOROVllXirCALJ SIMTII1IE CIT-RCUHE Foil HALK BY ,. lOWTY fc BECHER. Trade Bnpplied by tho 11. T. ClOaK Duuo Co., Lincoln, Neb. 7mai8d-ly. BlaDiMWaioiiMH aaV -1 r l Iili3EaTll" aaasgAfp MU. 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