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li-gp-.------------------ III .11 IB1 ,. I" LI I . in. Hf-ORVf ? L- ,1 - .1 c - . .i ajA i-$& jaaafcafljeBSjiMMBBBBBBB V !-. r THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL A SAD CITY WITH A STRANGE LACK OF LIFE. " r st. pttwibwi if rahcaltliy roaltlea--CoaraBess a the lower Classes Xbe Droska aad It Ber ercat DriTer At Chorea. Tho first impres&ionof the traveler on approaching St. Petersburg is of wpnder at its size and its position. On every side stretches of what is apparently a low, fiat marsh, covered with innumerable build ings; the strangest place for a city ever chosen by tho obstinate will of man, seek ing to dispense with all natural advan tages. Peter the Great chose it, it is said, as being "a window looking out upon Europe." but surely a site might have been found withan equal outlookandaless , desolate 'and fatal position. Unlike Stock holm, which is likewise surrounded by water, bat which sits on her rocky thrones like a queen above the dangerous element, . St. Petersburg lies helplessly at its mercy. In autumn, whsa the Neva is rough and 6tormy, and in spring, when tho ice is breaking up, the danger is greatest. The waves rise to the level of the streets, the numerous canals overflow; guns from the fortress are constantly ' fired to warn the people of their peril, while the inhabitants seek the upper stories of their houses and the police pre pare boats for rescue. Another conse quence of this marshy situation is its un healthiness, The sewage is not properly carried off, the water is undrinkable, and dysentery and similar diseases prevail whenever tho friendly frost is not present ;vo turn everything to ice. Peter the Great 'did not build his capital in ignor ance of what he was doing. Ho laid its foundation upon human lives. For many ' years 40,000 men were annually drafted from all portions of his empire to work in this poisonous marsh. Every cart and vessel entering tho port was obliged to bring a certain number of stones to pave its streets, and hundreds of thousands of wooden piles were buried in its depths. Soil was also brought in in great quanti ties to raise tho level of the place, and . massive granite quays built along the rapid river; but nothing has availed to prevent disastrous inundations, seven or eight of which arc particularly mentioned since the foundations were laid In 1703. At one time the river rose thirteen feet. But it is not only tho want of elevation and of picturcsquencss that is depressing to the visitor; it is no less the wide deso lation of the vast open spaces of the city. From the busy moving multitudes and crowded quays of Stockholm we have come to quiet and deserted squares, end less rows of immense buildings, mo- - uotonous grandeur and regularity. It is evident that there are not enough peoplo to fill its streets, and it is a positive re lief to enter tho few thoroughfares where business and life is centered, such as the Nevsky Prospect. Of course, in winter, , when tho court is hero and the richest citizens come in from their summer homes in Finland and tho islands, when the sleighing is lively and all the gayeties of the season in vogue, St. Petersburg would show to much greater advantage. We had been told that the contrasts of luxury and poverty on the streets would be most painful, and wo expected to meet beggary on every hand, but such has not E roved to bo tho case. There are always eggars at tho church doors, but seldom elsewhere, and poverty is by no means so obvious and distressing as hi many cities. It is not the poverty, but the coarseness, almost brutality, in the lower classes that impresses you most vividly. The men that you meet in their sordid rags or their undressed sheepskins seem not to need nor desire any better raiment. It is suitable to them. Wild of face, with long, tangled- hair, and inexpressibly ' dirty, often half drunk, but never scring ing, you shrink from rather than pity . them. The pictures drawn by Tolstoi are seen to be fearfully realistic. The women are less forbidding, but with Iittlo intelli gence or good humor. Actually I have never seen a smilo nor heard a laugh in tho streets since we have been here. Nobody understands or wishes to understand you; the poor are sullen, tho well-to-do careless or in solent. And then there is so much that is strange and utterly foreign. For some, to us, unexplained reason tho days of tho ' month are changed. You thought it was the 20th of August you find it is the 8th. Tho Russian alphabet is very dif ferent from ours, and the names of tho streets and the signs over the shops might as well bo written In Runic As very few of tho natives, however, are better off than yourself in this respect, tho shopkeepers do not' trust to the al phabet for setting forth their wares. I have complained of the want of life in the streets. I must make an exception in favor of tho droskas. These Iittlo car riages fly about iu every direction, for everybody rides. You look down one of the long quays perhaps and sco no walk ers, no loungers, but you are 6ure to see droskas. They are small, low vehicles, each holding two passengers, with a driver on a high seat in front clad in a long blue blouse, with a leather girdlo and a peculiar cap on his head. The horses, with their huge arched col lars, are active and gentle and apparently well treated, and if you know enough 'Russian to mako a bar gain, you will find this method of tran sit a cheap and convenient one. It is cer tainly convenient; you havo only to raise your hand and droskas sweep down upon -you like vultures on their prey, sometimes jostling each other in their en deavor to reach you the first; but as nono of the drivers know a word of anything but Russian, you may -not find it very easy to make them comprehend where you want to go. This difficulty overcome, . however, you will .soon be spinning at a rapid rate over the badly paved streets. You will probably &oon notice the driver snatch off his cap, wave it in the air, end, replacing it, make a hasty sign of tho cross by touching the forehead, breast and each shoulder in succession. This is when a church is passed, cud such recognition ot tho sacred edifices and shrines is con mon among both walkers and riders. There is no nation probably so devoted to religious forms ss the Russian cer tainly ueno which believes so implicitly in the value of signs and genuflexions. It is strange enough to watch tho crowd which fills the church during service time. There are never any seats; all, rich and poor, stand together; but i place of standing quietly, or, at most, kneeling occasionally, like the congrega tion, in a Catholic church, the whole body of worshipers in a Greek church are in notion; Lowing, prostrating themselves, waving the arms up and down, continu ally making the sign of the cross de , scribed above, they resemble a garden tossed by a great wind. Cor. San Fran- cisco Chronicle. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. Stary Told of Two A X Once or twice he showed a curious re luctance about allowing a man to approach him suddenly from behind. Altogether his actions were so odd that I felt some curiosity to learn his history. It turned out that he had been through a rather un canny experience the winter before. He and another man had gone into a remote basin, or inclosed valley, in the heart of .the mountains, where game was very plentiful; indeed, it was so abundant that they decided to pass the winter there. Accordingly they put up a log cabin, work ing hard, and merely killing enough meat for-their immediate use. Just as it was finished winter set in with tremendous avow storms. Going out to hunt, in the first lull, they found, to their consterna tion, that every head of game had left the valley. Not an animal was to be found therein; they had abandoned it for their winter haunts. The outlook for tho two adventurers was appalling. They wen afraid of trying to break out through the deep aaow drifts, and' starvation stared theea in the face if they staid. The man that I met had lua dog with him. They act themselves on very short coaunoas. seas to use up their Hear as slowly as and hunted amweanediy, ant nraam auarrei arose oat oe- as. The other man. a mlkm fellow, insisted that the doe should be killed, but the owner was exceedingly attached to it, and refused. For a couple of weeks they spoke no words to each other, though cooped in the little narrow pen of logs. Then one night the owner of the dog was wakened by the animal 'crying out; the other man had tried to kill it with his knife, but failed. The provisions were now almost exhausted, and tho two men were glaring at each other with the rago of maddened, raven ing hunger. Neither dared to sleep, for fear that the other would kill him. Then the one who owned the dog at last spoke, and proposed that, to give each a chance for his life, they should separate. He would take half of the handful of flour that was left and start off to try to get home; the other should stay where he was, and if he tried to follow the first he was warned that he would be shot with out mercy. A like fate was to be the portion of the wanderer if driven to re turn to the hut. The arrangement was agreed to and the two men separated, neither daring to turn his back while they were within rifle shot of each other. For two days the one who went off toiled on with weary weakness through the snow drifts. Late on the second afternoon, as he looked back from a high ridge, he saw in the far distance a black speck against the snow, coming along on his traU. His companion was dogging his footsteps. Immediately he followed his own trail hack a little and laid in am bush. At dusk his companion came stealthily up, rifle in hand, peering cau tiously ahead, his drawn face showing the starved, eager ferocity of the wild beast, and the man he was hunting shot him down exactly as if he had been one. Leaving the body where it fell, the wan derer continued his journey, the dog stag gering painfully behind him. The next evening he baked his last cake and divided it with the dog. In the morning, with his belt drawn still tighter round his skel eton body, ho once more set out, with ap Crently only a few hours of dull misery twoen him and death. At noon ho crossed the track of a hugo timber wolf ; instantly the dog gave tongue, and, rally ing its strength, ran along tho trail. The man struggled after At last his strength gave out and he sat down to die, but while sitting still, slowly stiffening with the cold, he heard the dog baying in the woods. Shaking off his mortal numbness, he crawled towards the sound, and found the wolf over tho body of a deer he had just killed, and keeping the dog from it. At the approach of the new assailant the wolf sullenly drew off, and the man and dog tore the raw deer flesh with hideous eagerness. It made them very sick for the next twenty-four hours; but, lying by the carcass for two or three days, they recovered strength. Theodore Roosevelt in The Century. SLoald Keeegalse the Adornment. I hope peoplo will not become perfect. I hope there will always bo weaknesses for us to smile at and- sorrows for us to s,. -apathize over. Weaknesses are tho humor, the "badinage" of the Creator, and a perfect man is of ten a rather dull sermon. Now, madam, you are 50 years old. you havo daughters who are mothers and 'sons who are fathers, and yet you take your little peep in tho glass and fix your curls as yon used to do thirty years ago, as yon will do, I sincerely hope, thirty years from now. It is pretty, it is agreeable, is human and a compliment to the Creator that you should recognize the adornments ho has placed within your reach. You, sir, you ought to be taken home and fixed up. You are 60 years old, and your shirt front is all spotted, your waistcoat is not buttoned, your necktie is away round at tho back of your head and your coat is covered with dust. Go home and put on a clean shirt and go down to tho tailor's and order a suit of clothes that will fit you, and get your beard trimmed and look like a thing of taste if you cant't be a thing of beauty. I think many men associate independence with dirt and think they would be losing somo of their manliness if they wore decent clothes. But I don't want to reform those people. Well, I might wear better clothes myself, but that tailors have to pay rent and other little expenses. San Francisco Chronicle "Undertones." En the Exposition Gallery. Said en old time resident of Chicago not long ago: "I have attended tho exposi tion year after year since the first open ing. During the first two or three years I used to go regularly end make one lap around the gallery, but until the other day I had not set foot in the exposition fsllsry for usay moons. After this I shall never oiss tho trip, as it is well worth a visit. It is the territory of the genteel fakir. In a brief walk of half an hour I liad my catarrh, completely cured vo different limes, and nearly choked myself on a piece of 'dog bread,' thinking it a sample of a new water cracker instead cf a patent food for animals. I rested my weary arms by trying my son and heir on I "-? Hiffuwrt mWlmnTwiiKi and tViam T limA my clothes soiled by three patent flour sifters. I had sixteen campaign badges offered to me at disgustingly low prices, and was weighed four times, losing about a pound eacn time. Seven times did I drop in a nickel to 'see it work,' and when I went down stairs I had my overcoat pockets chock full of samples of yeast cakes, baking powder, hair oil and liver pills. The man who visits the exposition and' misses the gallery loses ha?f his life." Chicaco Herald. Agnctucare or tae aibos. The British consul at Hokodade states that the Ainos who are a remarkable tribe of small, hairy people, originally living by hunting and fishing have been iu great straits 6ince the occupation of their fishing grounds by the Japanese in 1869. Since 1883 efforts have been made to relievo their distress and to teach them farming, and in 18S6 about 800 acres were cultivated by them. In their chief home, in the Island of Yesso, the Ainos are esti mated to number 14,000 individuals, with 3,000 houses. They are supposed to be gradually disappearing. Arkansaw Trav eler. Stat Fiddle to Somebody. In the grand orchestra of life everybody is anxious to play first fiddle. Nay, almost everybody does play it; for although the first fiddle absolute may take precedence of all tho rest, yet every second fiddle is first fiddle to somebody. As "fleas have smaller fleas to bite 'em, and so on ad in fi";tum," so every man who tickles a su-pv-.ior has an inferior to tickle him. If it were not for this pleasant arrangement we should have no social harmony, and it is only when this system of relations is disturbed that we experience discords and crashes. New York Ledger. Gilbert at m Rehearsal. W. S. Gilbert, the librettist, is a tall man, with gray hair and close cut whis kers. He is a great stage manager. At a rehearsal of one of his operas he devotes his whole energies to having everything gooff as he thinks it should. He never smiles, even when a whole chorus is laughing at the quaint conceits of his verses. Though extremely dignified, he does not hesitate to go through the drollest contortions of body or the most free and easy dance step to 'illustrate his ideas to those who are to interpret them. New York World. hrtheCsar. Any book of poems which has the word "tyrant" in it cannot pass the Russian frontier. The czar thinks it a direct hit at him. An English book was lately tabooed because it had the sentence, "God's free air." All the air in Russia belongs to royalty. Detroit Free Press. Too Heavily Almost oTery man of energy loads him self up, if he has the opportunity sad means, with more business and projects and attempts than his brain can hold. So that we either are fools or else make ourselves such. Bar-Homan. All m7 giro thanks wfao art stirred ay thoughts of tha betterment of tbawcett indcanrejoiesatita eoavUnaona sad in :rcaing fulfilment OoirehjaaammQai rtUsVaod ha attthjv imfWMr wiOifw tsvght. Boon - MAIDENS OP YUCATAN. FAMOUS FOR THEIR BEAUTY OF FORM AND FEATURES. Their Let Is Tate of W ity. The meztixa women of that most inter esting country are famed for their beauty of form and features, abundant silky black tresses, large dark eyes and easy, graceful manners. Generally they are as good as they are pretty; but their lot is seldom a happy one; perhaps they are too numerous to be justly appreciated. About one in eight enters the state of matrimony, and these appear to. be the least happy. Owing to a great excess of female population the consequence of many revolutions and war with hostile Indians a large number of women de pend entirely on their own exertions, and their field of labor is limited. They are not employed in stores, such places being monopolized by white lianded youths who think coarser toil beneath them. Those individuals of the sterner sex ex pect the gentler, under all circumstances, to remain at home, no matter how pain ful their position. Orphans must eat the bread of dependence in the house of re lations or friends, and on no account shock public opinion by trying to earn a living away from their place of abode, nor may they venture to dwell apart from elders who shall control their every movement. They may suffer everything except actual starvation, yet must sub mit if they would be respected. A few are wonderfully clever at mak ing most beautiful fruits and flowers of sugar, but cannot earn a living by it, the time and care needed in the manufacture entailing so much expense that only the wealthiest give an order on ery special occasions. Nothing truer to nature than these vegetables, fruits end flowers of sugar can be imagined. A pineapple, an ear of corn, a golden kashew, with its odd shaped appendage, a spray of snow white tuberoses all equally perfect in form and color; while large, full blown roses, crimson, pink, and yellow, appear as if the frail leaves will fall from the stem if breathed upon. Only the taste convinces us that they are not what they seem; and tho flavors given to them by their skillful producers are as delicious as the work is admirable. MAKDiQ CIGARETTES. The making of cigarettes affords em ployment to hundreds of girls, becauso men, women and children there indulge in tho use of tobacco. In city, town and village pretty senoritas sit behind the prison like wmdow gratings deftly wrap ping up tobacco in small pieces of the outer covering of maize, which, when toasted, imparts a delightful flavor to tho cigarette. Twenty cents a day is the most that one pair of hands can earn. Dressmakers are numerous. Others anxiously solicit orders to embroider in silk, thread or worsted. Pillow lace was formerly manufactured in Merida, but being expensive, thero was no demand for tho article. Less costly laces are largely used. No meztiza's holiday dres3 is complete without ample flounces of it; this converts their simple white linen garments into expensive attire. Cheap lacu is imported, but all who can, prefer to wear that made in the country, ltbeingliandsomeas wellasmoro dura ble. This i3 not sold in the stores but in the public market place, where it is car ried by servants; for, strange as it may appear, the most poverty stricken have maids, who. besides receiving no wages, frequently help to support their mis tresses. Generally they iiave been given to the family, when children, by their parents too'poor to provide for them. They work hard for little food and scanty clothing, are very faithful, and will bear hardship and ill treatment rather than leavo those to whom they have become attached. Being directed to a family of girls who supported themselves, we made our way along a broken narrow sidewalk to house No. 4 in a row of dwellings, each con sisting of three rooms, and an outhouse that served as kitchen. We rapped with our knuckles, and a sweet voice bade us "come in." Pushing open the door, we found ourselves in a room containing a small table and three low seats, occupied by young women, whose appearance in dicated that they seldom enjoyed a hearty meal. A TAtE OP WOE. Yes, they could make all the lace wo desired, if wo could advance money to buy net and thread; they had none, even to buy medicino for their Eick mother. We asked them to resume the work that our arrival had interrupted. This they did, embroidering tho net with a long fine needle and thread drawn from white linen cloth. The designs, their own imi tation of native flowers, are traced on white paper that is tacked to the net. A frame is used only for very wide lace. After our order was given a tale of woe was poured forth, with an appeal for money in advance. A few days later a messenger came from our lace makers with an earnest petition for nnnfrhpr small installment, and so on, every few days, the full price being paid long be fore the lace was made. We engaged one woman to mako eight yards of lace eighteen inches wide, and having paid the full sum in advance, never obtained more than four yards. These people earn from twenty to thirty-five cents a day. In spite of their cheerless homes, mo notonous lives, and continued toil, there is a winsome refinement and amiability about these maidens that surprises and charms. They seldom indulge m gloomy forebodings, and when things are at their worst make light of thcrn. Their dinner may have consisted of but one tortilla, they may not havo a cent in their possession, or a tallow dip to chase tho darkness from their empty room, but they will throw open the street door, letting in a flood of sweet moonlight and balmy air. A neighbor has an old guitar, and slender fingers fall lightly upon tho strings, while plaintive voices blend in some sweet melody attuned to tho sentimental verses of a native poet. It may be a love song, or perhaps a carnival ditty with a chorus. Harper's Bazar. rHosaleldal Imlty. "Have you had much experience with this form of insanity, doctor?" "Many and many a ease. I remember once being visited by a gardener. He told me that his niece kept house for hint, and that as he had raised her he was very fond of her. One day he was filled with an impulse to drive a pitchfork through her neck. He was talking to her at the time and had the pitchfork in his hand. By a tremendous effort he re frained. Several times afterwards he felt the same desire coming over him, and each time it grew stronger, and at last he made a figure, with the neck and bust of straw. Whenever the desire to stick his niece in the neck with the pitchfork came over him he would rush out and stab the figure. I got him into an asylum and be was eventually cured. "I remember another case where a man In Arkansas wrote me saying that one day while he was digging in the garden his little child came running out to play. As soon as he saw her a sudden desire to kill her with the spade came over him. He said the feeling was so strong that he had to tell the child to leave the garden. Afterwards he declared that he feared he would kill his family. I wrote him to go to an asylum Immediately, because if he did not the mania would grow and he would certainly kill some one, in which event he would be morally as guilty as ;if he had planned the murder in his sober senses. "The case of De Mallard, the French man, is a noted one, and from the fact that the victims were all women it is peculiarly interesting. He used to adver tise for servant girls. When they came he would lead them off to some secluded spot and murder them. There was no other object than a mad thirst for human blood. He is known to have mardered six women in tkis.way, and Ss sopposed to have kiUed many more whose bodies were sever dawovered. Be was executed. The hooks arejuliof. such eases, sad they are Cicmiwttc YMt t the late Haksea A not eonssea to men, ertuer. vvomen nave figured auite as prominently. One French woman, between 1853 and 1837, murdered over twenty people. She uied poison in every instance, and her victims Included relatives, neighbors, physicians and nuns. She attended, a number of her victims while they were oa their deathbeds and gave every evidence of being deeply affected. Perhaps she was. Of course she had no object except an insane destre to see people die. "This mania is but one of a number, all of which are of the same general family. In some cases it is kleptomania, hi others a mania for suicide, in others for murder, and so on." Dr. William A. Hammond in New York World. Paris Iieads No London, not Paris, now leads in matters of fashion both for men and women. When the Empress Eugenie left Paris and the republic took the place of the empire, the reign of the French as leaders of fash ion ended. Mrs. leslie is of this opinion, and her opinion is entitled to respect. She is a woman of fashion herself, although deeply immersed in business affairs, and is a close and keen observer. Moreover, she visits the European capitals annually, and thus has peculiar opportunity to form an opinion. She says: "Tho reign of Paris as fashion queen is over, and in my opin ion will never return. Why? Because London and New York have obtained a supremacy which they will never relin quish. Finer dresses are made for court wear in London than anything now called for in Paris. For street wear who can equal an English ladies' tailor? And for gay attire, where harmony of colors is made a feature. American dressmakers and milliners take tho lead of all others. Some charming bonnets, greatly admired in aristocratic London drawing rooms last spring, were made in Washington." As to the "dowdy" appearance of Eng lishwomen in the public streets which some hypercritical writers have noticed. Mrs. Leslie explains: "It b deemed bad taste, immodest even, to display rich ebs tumes to the common eye in public. Only to their peers in society do English high born ladies reveal the wealth and magnifi cence of their wardrobe. On a visit to a friend's house they appear each evening in a different toilet with jewels to match, and, favored by exceptional' physiques that lend majesty to costliest costumes, and with a bloom and vigor far past tho turning point in other women, our Eng lish aristocratic lady cousins are by no means second to the French." Home Journal Dade Asaoaa; the Craws. In personal appearance the Crow Indian men are fine looking tall and well formed. The women are small and in ferior in appearance, and are not as vir tuous as other plains Indians. Their vocal language is coarse and harsh, and does not seem to have a rich vocabulary. They are poor hi tradition. The men cut the hair squarely off round the forehead, leaving this bang from four to six Inches in length, which, when in full dress, is mado to stand upright by dressing it with clay, which is sometimes made more ad hesive by admixture with a sticky sub stance obtained by boiling gummy weeds and bushes. The side hair is at times braided and the hair on the back of the head separated into several 'strips," which are held in place by glue placed at regular intervals. To give them the ap pearance of very long hair, of which they are extremely proud, that which has been cut off in mourning, or that taken from their ponies' tails and manes, is glued on to lengthen it out. They do not pull out eyebrows or lashes. In dress tho men wear the hooded coat made of blanket. At the shoulder, wrist of the coat and down the leggings a coarse fringe is fastened. The women wear short skirts mado of raw material, and care little for colored ribbons or trinkets. Fort Eeogh CM. T.) Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer. He Was Perfectly Satisfied. The officer at the Third Street depot found two men jawing, and after Bonding one away said to the other: "You cro very foolish to get np a vrangla hero." "But he threatened to hit me on the e&ontl" protested the stranger. "Yes, out what do you care?" 'I don't care about his threat, but it was his language. I protest against the term'snoutl'" "He meant nose, 1 presume.'' "I presume so, but why dldnt he say so? That's what I was asking him, and that's what I want to know. He could have just as well told me in a quiet, genteel way that ho would hit me in tha nose, and he might even havo hit me." "Well, you'd better let him alone." He didn't, though. He slipped away and renewed the controversy, end ten minutes later ho came back with his nose knocked into the middle of last weak and one eye closing. "I told you," said the officer. "Are you satisfied now?" "I am, sir. It's snout, and a mighty bad onel" Detroit Free Press. How Old She Was. Gld Friend (to old maid) Didn't 1 understand you to say you were 28 years old? Old Maid (indignantly) No, sir; you did not. I never said it Old Friend Neverl Old Maid No, sir; never? Old Friend (persistently disagreeable) Think a moment. Don't you remember one morning, Just fifteen years ago, you told it to me in a moment of-confidence? Washington Critic. Not the Case Kew. Mrs. Suburb (reading) "The really efficient- laborer," says Thorcau. "will be found not to unduly crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task sur rounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure." Mr. Suburb Humph! Thoreau never lived where ho had to catch trains. Philadelphia Record. There TTas a Little Boy. Tommy is fond of sugar and asks his mother for somo to eat with his bread and butter. She refuses. He appears re signed, but adds gravely: "You know, mamma, what happened round the cor ner. There was a little boy. and his mother would not give him any sugar on his bread and butter, and and and next day he fell into the welL" Chicago Jour nal. Tho Frenchman's Compliment.. A Frenchman of this city having re ceived the photograph of a lady asked a friend what was customary under the cir cumstances. "Compliment it," replied the friend. "Tell her its beauty is very rare." "I beg to make see acknowledg mong, madam," he said to her at their next meeting. "Zee beauty of madam is vair scarce.'' -Binghamton Republican. Where Ho Got It. Magistrate You say your name Is Na poleon Bonaparte Pancko? Witness Yes, sah. Magistrate Where did you get that name? Witness I wuz named arter my poo' ole fadder. His name was de same as mine. Napoleon Bonaparte, I 'specs, sah, am a familyname. Ctica Ob server. With Their Shscs Oa. Five Karsas young ladies were recently caught in the middla of a long railroad bridge by a passenger train end forced to jump twenty feet Into tho water to save themselves. It would also bo correct to state that it was a jump of ten feet. Natnro Is Elnd. People who eat garlic and smoke cigar ettes, it is said, will never be attacked by yellow fever. Nature doesnt believe in piling on the agony. Nobody has Invented a contrivance whereby a man at the theatre can drop s cent in the slot and get a clove. a good file is new a part of a tramp's outfit. He finds it useful when there is a barbed wire fence between hire and some thing desirable. All the corncob pipes in the world are manufactured at Washingten, Ma. where one man and a machiae make 800 per hour. ! HIS WAY. to the door or i Aad the door vaceeamed aids: vasal a tataa-to alader. taT seeded feta mach laaVto: - Bat ha rattled hta qaivwr. aad said with a atgh. leataraaeseaaoorr Roti: Rot It Kotir Love came to Us nails wtsdow. Aad fee foaad a great broad stair; There wasn't a tnla to hinder. And be mUrnt bare mounted there: Hat be fluttered bis wings, aad said with a sj "CaalplodupastalrosjMr No. sot I : Not II Not I:" Loe came to the shore of the ocean. Aod aw far over the strand An iiisnoniible rortreas Ou a seagirt Island stand. Who cares for an oceaar be gay! r cried. And bis rainbow wings were quickly plied: -Not II Notir Lore came to a lose)? dungeon. Where window and door were barred; There was none who woukl give him enl Though be km-ko. thero long and hard. Then -Who cares for m boM" said the saucy ett. And straightway the warder was Love himself I -Not I Notir -EvaL Ogdaa. MY GRAVE. If, when I din, 1 most be buried, let No osmefry engulf me; no lone grot Where the great palpitating world Save when, witb heart bowed down, aad wet. It pars its last and melancholy debt To some out Journeying pilgrtm. May my lot Be rather to lie In some much used spot. Wlierp human life witb all to noise and fret Throbs on about me. Let the roll of wheels. With all earth's sounds of pleasure. love. Aad rush of hurrying feet, surge o'er my bead Even in my grave I shall be one who feels Close Kinship witb the pulsing world above And too derp quiet would distress me, dead. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Pittsburg Bulletin EXPERIENCE. The wo-ld was made when a man was bora. He must taste for himself the forbidJen springs; He can never take naming from old fashioned t thlnga He must fight asa boy, be miistdrinkasayoutb. He must kiss, be must love, be must swear to the truth or the friend of his soul, he must laugh to scon The hint of deceit in u woman's eyes That are clear as the wells of Paradise. And so be goes on till the world grows old. Till his tougue has grown cautious, his heart hat grown cold; Till the smile leaves his month and the ring leaves bis laugh, Andheshirks the bright headache youaakhlm to quaff. Ha grows formal witb men and witb women po lite. And distrustful of both when they're out or his sight. Then be eats for his palate aad drinks for his head. And loves for his pleasure, and 'tis time ha were deed, John Coyio U'Reiuy In Nebraska State Journal Swiss Be and Stable. Samadeu is a splendid place to study tho type of the Engadiue house, with its green eaves, iron balconies and profusion of interior woodwork. Most houses are built of stone, with walls as thick as those of a fortress, and narrow windows that resemble the portholes of old Fort Lafay ette. in New York harbor. The home, stable and barn form the same building, and all tho folks aud animals live under the same roof in winter time. A large door opens on a spacious vestibule, big enough Tor a wagon loaded with hay to pas into t!ie bam at the back. The main room is generally paneled with wood which acquires a rich, dark color with age. and in this room are the two most vaTu able pieces of furniture, an enormous stone or tiled stove and a colossal ward robe Behind thostovo a narrow stair way leads to the sleepiug room above. In winter the stable is, of course, for cows and horses, but in summer time it forms a spare room where visitors are received and bedded Tho kitchen is small, but has a largo, open fireplace, over which bang links of sausages and sides of bacon Tho modern bouses iu Samadcn ore built on quite a different plan, and havo no such fortes3lifce appearance as thoso of more ancient architecture. I should say, though, that even they lack fresh air and ventilation. Cor. New York Times. A Cartons Funeral Ceremony. One curious ceremony still survives, and has puzzled the learned. When a Parse dies, a dog (originally a fos eyed dog was demanded, but now a yellow dog with white ears is orthodox) is brought iu and made to look upon the body. What tho significance of this is the modern Parsis cannot explain, or rather they offer contradictory explanations. Perhaps it is connected with the Parses tradition of the dogs of Yima, tho lord of death, who has two hounds which go through the earth scenting out thoso who aro marked for the grave, and afterward escort their souls to the placo of judg ment, guarding them on the way from the evil spirits. Possibly the bringing in of the dog to look at tho corpse had itsorigu. iu the idea of securing the attention of the dogs of Yima to the just departed spirit and bo insuring tho due protection of the latter on its last perilous journey. New York Tribune Book Review. Art or Marking Books, There are many ways of marking books; and you should have the art of all of them. If you wish to refer only to a passage draw a bit of pencil line along tho edge, and then set down the number of the page on a fly leaf. So when you aro through with a volume you look at the fly leaf and refer to tho pages where there are points of importance, and you can use them as you please. But. alas, if one do finish a book, and there has been not one passago of note, and not ono idea quickened, and not even provocation given, what a book is that! We should have a special shelf, I think, for imbeciles as we have asylums for idiots. "E. P. P." in Globe-Democrat. What Statistics Say. Insurance statistics lead to the remark of a contemporary that Americans of the middle and upper classes aro healthier and longer lived than Englishmen. As the old man grows more and more blundering, if he will grow more careful it will go far to counterbalance that in firmity. Each individual in a partnership is re sponsible for the whole amount of debts of a firm, except in cases of special part nership. One principal pan of a teacher's busi ness is to keep his pupil from being too easily satisfied. Difficulty is the very school of culture and crogress. O. Dewey. Very Unhealthy to Drink. At a summer resort the other day, a bright little 4-year-old child amused the company by his continual cute questions and answers. One of his sayings is worthy of repeating. Looking out of the window into a rain storm, little Willie inquired, "Mamma, where does all the rain come fromH "From the heavens." "And do people drink all that water?" continued the little fellow. Yes," was the reply. "Well," rejoined the small wit, "I should think it would be very un healthy to drink, there are so many dead people up therel" -Boston Budget. Not Very Wicked. Little DickPapa, won't you take me to the circus? Papa My son, don't you know circuses are wicked? "Yes, papa, but this isn't a regular show; it's only 10 cents; children. 5 cents." "Um well er a 10 cent circus can't bo so very wicked. Let's go." Phila delphia Becord. rr Bar ftetlo Wslmro. "Harry, shall I wear a veil out riding with you this evening?" "No, dearest; take my advice and dont." "Why not?" "Maude, you have been eating onions. " "Why, Harryl" "It is only for your precious welfare that I speak. Suppose yomi heath should geti dw taawieamp in yonrwau. zfimat ox saoweatiOBw j m . a ana The Court of Uoaa far exceeded my ex fjsctattoM It fat marble paved, a paraueto gram la shape, aad aaa the far famed fountain, with Ha alabaster basins sup ported by twelve quaintly carved Uoaa. standing ia the center. On eertaia fete dava. or anon the occasion of roval riaita. the water leaps over the basins and spurts from the mouths of the statues, as it did ia the golden days of Moorish pride-and power. On all four sides of the court are handsome arcades of open stucco work, and elegant Moorish arches supported by slender white marble pillars, sometimes single, sometimes in clusters. At each end. a portico or pavilion pro jects into the court, the light, fragile architecture of which seems almost to be long to fairyland. The filigree stucco work is so delicate, the edges so sharply defined, so hard and white, that it seems to be of the purest snowy marble. When you stand before one of these beautiful peristyles, and look up to its open lace like walla, pierced with the fascinating Moorish arches, upheld by many slender pillars, all so full -of elegance, grace and beauty, it is hard to realize that it has stood there for fivo or six hundred years It is so light and airy that we almost fear while gazing at it that it may fade away like a beautiful vision. O. P. Gates in Boston Transcript. fancy Leathers afCosai The morocco leather of commerce is either goat or sheep skin. Goat skins are treated differently from the skins which make the thicker leather, being tanned with sumac, and all thicknesses of the leather being used. The skins of wool bearing animals, like the sheep, are commonly soft and spongy, and therefore unsuitable for shoes designed for rough wear, so the sheep skins are generally used for facings and linings. For our sheep skins .we are indebted to Australia and South America, and they como to us by the way of England, where tho wool is taken from them and the skin shipped to us as raw material. The various fancy leathers, such ss alligator, seal and tha like, are very often sheep and goat leather stamped ahd pressed to imitate the genuine article, and kangaroo leather, so far from gracing the hack of the kangaroo, generally has no higher origin than the Spanish donkey. GIobe-Dem ocrat. The CosnBSodore's Chief Concern. Commodore Vanderbilt was driving one day in Harlem lane, and as usual took the road, turning out for nobody. A very fast team came behind him, and the driver called on him to give room. Van derbilt urged his horses forward and went straight on, believing he could not be passed. The other wagon dashed by, taking him on the wheel and throwing him out on his head. He was picked up insensible. It was feared at first that his neck might be broken. But he recovered in a few minutes and inquired of the anxious bystanders: "Did any of you boys notice whether that 'ere boss was trottin'or runninT His chief concern was to know if the horse that hadgone by him had kept his gait. Paul B. Cleve land in Cosmopolitan. An oiled silk lining is a new fad for bathing dresses. Inter Ocean. The B. & M.RR have arranged to run several Harvest excursions from the east to Nebraska points, including Co lumbus. Any persons desirous of advis ing friends in the east of these excur sions can have them advised from our Omaha office by addressing J. Francis, Genl Passenger. Agt., or by advising C. E. BarrelL Agt., Columbus, Neb. Conversation makes one what he is. At this season of the year people can not be too careful about keeping their bowels regular. Bilious and malarial diseases are often brought on by allow ing the bowels to become torpid. An occasional dose of St. Patrick's Pills is all that would be required, and might prevent serious sickness. For sale by Dowty & Becher. Time undermines us. 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 850 by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold by C. B. Stillman, druggist, Co umbus. 6-ly The singing man keeps his shop in his throat. California Cat-B-Care. The only guaranteed cure for catarrh, cold in the head, hay fever, rose cold, ca tarrhal deafness and sore eyes. Restore the sense of taste and unpleasant breath, resulting from catarrh. Easy and pleas ant to use. Follow directions and a cure is warranted by all druggists. Send for circular to ABETINE MEDICAL COM PANY, Oreville, CaL Six months' treat ment for $1; sent by mail, $1.10. For sale by Dowty & Becher. Life is half spent before we know what it is. $500 Reward. So confident are the manufacturers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Bemedy in their ability to cure chronic nasal catarrh, no matter how bad or for how long stand ing, that they offer, in good faith, the above reward for a case which they can not cure. Bemedy sold by druggists at 50 cents. The first blow is as much as two. Cholera Morbus is one of the most painful and dangerous diseases, many deaths result from it each year, usually because it is not properly treated. The most severe cases may be cured, by us ing Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Bemedy. It never fails. Sold by Dowty k Becher. The way is an ill neighbor. Aa Absolate Care. The ORIGINAL ABIETTNE 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 the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT Sold by Dowty k Becher at 25 cents per box by mail 80 cents. mar7y The life of man is a winter way. Knew all Xea by these Presents: That the Union Pacific, the Overland Route, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St Paul By., commenced Sunday, Oc tober 28th, to run Pullman' Palace Sleepers through daily from Denver to Chicago via Omaha and Council Bluffs. 2e-7t Humble hearts hare bumble desires. Oae Black Drop Byron was wise when he wrote, "A drop of ink may make a million think." This is indeed true when the black fluid is used to enlighten the world on the merits of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Let consumptives every where hear the glad tidings. Try it, all who breathe with pain and toss in fever through the long night hours. Yon will find the cough gone and sleep as balmy as a child's will visit your pillow. Ton will thank the drop of ink that brought the message ot mercy to yon. It is Absurd For people to expect a cure for Indiges tion, unless they refrain from eating what is unwholesome ; but if anything will sharpen the appetite aad give tone to the digestive organs, it is Ayers Sar aparilla. 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 Ayer's Sarsaparilla, for Dyspepsia and torpid liver, and has been greatly benefited." A Confirmed Dyspeptic. C. Canterbury, of Ml Franklin st.. Boston, Mass., writes, that, suffering for years from Indigestion, he was at last induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla and, by its use, was entirely cured. Mrs. Joseph Anbin, 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 unable to care for her family. Neither the medicines prescribed by physicians, nor any of the remedies advertised for the cure of Dyspepsia, helped her, until she commenced the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. "Three bottles cf this medicine," she writes, cured me." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, raerASKD by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowed, Mass. Price $1; six bottle. 3. Worth $j a bottle. I This is theTop of the Genuine Pearl Top Lamp Chimney, Allothers, similar are imitation. This exact Label is on each Pearl Top Chimney. A dealer may say and think he has others as eood, ETJT IE HAS NOT. Insistuponthe Exact Label and Tep. FM SALE EYTRTWUSSr. WAOf Cf.lY Vt 8E0.A. KACEETHrn.,ri!!sl:!:,F2 For "run-down." debilitated and overworked women. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the beat of all restorative tonics. It is a potent Specific for all those Chronic Weaknesses nmi Diseases peculiar to Women : a powerful. Kn eral as well as uterine, tonic and nervine, it irapaiuviiror and strength to thewhole system. It prompt! t cures weakness of stomach, causra. lndijrestion. bloating-. weak back, nervous pro-Hi xrauon, aeointy ana sleeplessness, in either se.x. It is carefully compounded by an experienced physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. Purely vegetable and perfectly harmless in any condition of the system. B-Mvenso rrcicrip tlea" Is the only medicine for women, sold by druggist. actor veaitlve nar aatee of satisfaction in every case, or price (S1.00) refunded. This guarantee has oeen printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried out for many years. For large, illustrated Treatise on Diseases of Women (ISO paces, witb full directions for home-treatment), send ten cents in stamps. Address, World's Dispexsart Medical Association. 683 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. sia?.rnrr SSakMfir. Wtrrala. Im; ltd OoM HMh Both kdWiMiMUl with wurkaaad can of taal aILKK ISS1S.I la acfc locatttf mui WSUtBC wmmionlHit Wfr wiimIomw aoataKkxsittT,t4Baa BMODMarow TBnil'l firirn t ' -' asuifl Iff pw'"Bifir-ti -"-J - toawrtnsMThirinlltfltltT'riii'Tr-iTr-mi V aiacn iihtt r --- MwabowiBcor awMMioi la lay loealttr. always naatta ia a lartatiao ft SK aSar oar aaaulaa kava aaaa la a locality tor a auata or t wa asaaB j gat tnm ) to la Wada from tha Barroaaatac eoaatry. Tkhtta bmM woadarM asar aar Baowa.aiaaiaaMofaarttaloaraiaiHafaybaalaMtatoaea artatataaycaaaaaara.aU mar laiarlra Writ at oaca.aa4 asaaafiaanoftBackaaca. BaiiHrWwtllbahanflyanytrooMa Bar yoa la aaow thaaaaaalaa to taoat who mt U at yoa boom aaayowrawart wBlbaaMataataaactory. a poatal cars oa whka to writs aacoatabatl cast aad aftaryookBowall.tf yoa BoaotearatocofjrOar.whyaoBarmlaaDaaL. Battfyoaaa B B JMM nwH uanw ooar, ; ta mmwm B jaar asanas at eeca. yoa eaaaacara or aaaias oa of ia lav wvna Baimr wsw ohvot Wa Bay all tyaUiistaat.Sjalfal.ala. snsswaoa, RICHLYfei! WAKDUD are those read uus is and then act: will find honorable en- morment that will not take them from their homes and families. The Drofita are I and sure for every indostnoos person, many have made and are now making several hundred dollars a month, it is easy ror any one to make $5 and upwards per day, who is illing to work. Either eez, yonng or old; capi- ("ml M MAAA. IM II Mtn !l,AW.I.n.. MAM. IWJ1UV A0nAVl.. 7 mwb JUUi a... J ." "3W. No special ability required; yon, reader, can do it as well as any one. Write to us at once for fall particnlam. which we mail free. Address Dtinson A Co., Portland. Me. dec28y PATENTS Caveats and Trade Marks obtained, and all Pat ent bnsineos conducted for MODERATE FEES. OUB OFFICE 18 OPPOSITE U. 8. PATENT OFFICE. We have no sab-agencies, all business direct, hence we can transact patent business in less time and at LESS COST than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing, oi photo, with descrip tion. We advise if patentable or not, free of charee. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A book. "How to Obtain Patents." with refer ences to actual clients in your state, county or town, sent free. Address Opposite Patent'Omce, Washington, DVC The Passenger Department of the Union Pacific, "The Overland Route," has issued a neat little pamphlet, pocket size, entitled "National Platform Book," containing the democratic, republican and prohibition platforms, together with the addresses of acceptance of Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and Clin ton B. Fisk; also tabulated tables show ing the plurality vote, the electoral vote and an analysis of the vote as cast for Cleveland and Blaine in 188L This book is just what is needed at this time and should be in the hands of every voter. It plainly sets forth what each party has to offer and every reader can draw his own comparisons. Sent to any address on application. Address, J. S. Tebbets, Gen'l Passenger Ag't, Union Pacific Ry, Omaha, Neb. The little cannot be great, unless he devour many. CoBsaantiOB Sarely Cared. To the Editor Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my reme dy free to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their express and post office address. Respect fully, T. A. SiiOcuM, M. G, 181 Pearl street, New York. 3Qy The body soul. is more dressed than the Important. Every voter should know that the Un on Pacific, "the Overland Route," and the Chicago & North-Western Ry., com menced Sunday, October 14th, to run Pullman and Wagner Vestibnled Palace Sleepers through from Denver to Chica go via Omaha and Council Bluffs. The principal line from Denver to Chicago. 2S-7 ammmmaHlaVmmmmaBaN IffiS m aaaaaaaaamawsMN7ai tEH nwSfllM.Hll II TTTT Till iilailli rr im am FAMILY : JOURNAL. A Weekly Newspaper imra every Wemietuay. 32 CeliBis ef reaiiig Batter, cw sistiigtf Nebraska State News IteM, Selected Stories ait Miscellaar. - EaVSaapIe copies sent free to an neVlress." Subscription price, SI a ytar, to MvMCt. Address: M. K. TuKKZK k Co., ' Columbus, Platte Co., Nebr. SCOTTS EMULSION OF PURE GOB LIVER OIL 52 HTPOPHOSPHTTES Almoataa Palatable as Milk. So dllssralsvel that It cant ft taaea. digested, astd aaalsnllateel ay the bm3 , MUlUvt accsaaeav wheat the pimMm oil i caasMt ftte tolerated; nasi ajr law eeaa- btsmtln of the oil with the hyponhaa. pbltea is iaata snore caVnr tarns. - Iez2rac!e ss a Its srteaetr. Fenams gala rf Wy wUk Ukkg M. SCOTTS E3IULSION is acknowledged by Phvsfcia: s to be the Finest and Bestprepa ratiou in the world for- tha ruli. f and cure of CONSUHPTIC. SCROFULA, 2EK&RAI. OESILITY, WASTING DISEASES, EMACIATION, COLQ5 and CHS OHIO COUGHS. 7?i- f-rff! tc-i'u-4 fr tWtftffrtpfian, 'and Vguj i.i IhiU'i-eii. ik-ldby all Jhruggiais, LOUIS SCHREIBER, Blackaiffi ail Waioi Hater. All kimds ef Betairisg dsae Si-rt Notice. Biggies, Wag- s, etc, aiaie U rer, aad all werk Gaar- aateei. AIM tell the imM-faaMU Walter A. Wood Mowers. aUajsers, Ctaakia- ed mfekiasf, Harreflttrs, a. .Wf-.Ha4eT.-ths Vest anatfe. EJTSaop opposite the "Tattersall," oa Olive St.. COLUMBUS, at-m I CURE FITS! Whon I say CrRE X do not mean merely to lot them lor a time, and then have them re turn ii-run. 1 MEAS ACAMCAL. CUKE- 1 hsu made the disease of FITS, IJPIXEPSY or A life-lonp study. I WARRANT my remedy to Clt.k the worst cases. Because other havo failed i wt reason for not nowreceiving a euro send ;-.t oucc fur a treatise and a Fkek llorrui ot my l.NFALLIULK KE54EDY. Give Expresa and I'o-t tiilice. It costs. jou nothing or a trial, and it will ciiie you. Address H.C.iJOOT.M.C, !S3PASLST..KwYat CATARRH COLD HEAP. TryiheCure! Ely's Cream Balm Cleanses thelTaaalPaesagos. Al lays Inflainmation. Heals tho Sores. Bestores tho Senses of Taste, Smell and Hearing. A particle Is applied lateeacfcneetin aaal is agreeable. Price COc. at Dracglats r by Ball. ELYBKOTHECSy WantnSCNew Yortc SMOT S eidjor Ctrcul J r.'krkttkjl"'-& iARirnMrMrnLriiwwMr m injV.L. I 1 11 L-JllLUJtw.vusi'-i.tinrj B YwrarasrarrAslVL bvi as aa THEONLI C.AWAfiTEro ft!2BrVi .?i VCUXE fon CATARRH las aaaaaBBBaBaBBamaBBBBBBBBBwawa .Saw sat. Cyclical lJBimWEMCnVtiRnvinrrsil smiuie-ciT. UOWTYA HECBER. Trade aajpelisd by the H. T. Cuiax Da Co., Uaeoa,Mwk - JskartS-lr. . El saaaNC-J-I--2-J wMmrlr lIMfyKr imriptm rlnfH "aaa as - aaj. Z i ' NaW aT Baal ar m sTaV-Baa- --aaa- a. vts .A - . 1 i I 1 s o . i . .f V i -if BagV " IBB aygssyfesgie .i is: ii' iinrtns it if n ii "Br
