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VOL. XX.-NO. 28.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1889.
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COLUMBUS
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COLUMBUS. NEB.
Cash Capital - $100,000.
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COLUMBUS, NEB.,
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authoriziMlCaiiital of $500,000
Paid in Capital - 0,000
OFFICEKS:
C H. SHELDON. I'rw't.
II. P. II. OIILllIOH. Vice I'rw.
C. A. NEWMAN, Cju.l.i.r,
DANIEL. 8C1IKAM, Ann't Ciudi.
STOCKHOLDKIIS:
C. II. Sheldon. ., J.P.Ifc-cker.
Herumn P. ll.Oehlriph, (Vm Kienke
.Intia Welch, W. A. MeAllmti-r,
J. linnrv Wunlcman, H. M. Window,
Frank ltnivr, Arnold b. II. Oehlncli.
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Of pralne and recall shoald the slarr yield.
Greater the souls thsf etns;1ahsndoi1 wield
The battle in against the heats of wroac
Unknown, unnoted in lifers raddeai throat,
Ami ouly in God's day to etaad revealed.
Horn- inauy such ia pattest, bumble guise
BUe us walk their grief appointed way I
NoUy enduring; worthiest to ehiae
A llxd stars ia feme's eternal skies.
For thee, for this I reverently lay
On thir dear duet this little leaf of aaiaa.
-Iaa D. Oootbrith ia Overlead.
A TALE OF VALLE CRUCIS.
Duriii"; tiie summer of 1888, it was
the writers pleasure to accompany the
Democratic gubernatorial candidate
of North Carolina on his canvass
through the wild, mountainous coun
try in the western portion of that
state. "
At night, sitting around abhuir
log fire, we were often ' entertained
by tales of mouutain life told by the
mountaineers in their own inimitable
way. The following little history of
die life of one of these mountain peo-
f' le, usually w free from anything
ike romance, told us at the little place
called Valle Crucis, in Mitchell
county, was especially interesting to
our party.
'.ledge," said an old mountaineer,
apparently 80 years of age, addressing
the guWiiatorial candidate, "thar'sar
leetle grave up ther mounting side
which I'll take yer terarter rising time
ter-inorrer. It'hev been ar mighty
long time ergo since it war made; but
even now when I sets down an' thinks
"lout ther life of ther one that lies in
that lonesome place, wharther wolves
howl an1 ther wind blows so cold, I
can't keep back ther tears; no, Jedge,
I cau'L An ther ain't none of this'
hero stuff what yer read 'bout in
books in this what I'll tell yer nuther ;
ther whole thing is true shoas the
Lord made me, ev'ry word, an' ez
nigh ez I can Til tell it ter you.
When I was ar boy long, long
time ergo, olo Squire Smith he lived at
Pig Pen Gap, 'bout ten miles down
ther creek. Ho had ar leetle gal name
Mary. She had them great big black
eyes what 'ud shine like ar buck's on
ar dark night an' them long curls that
'ud fly in ther win'. She wuzar mighty
pry"crceter. She could run an'
dim' ar tree wus'n ar squirrel with
ar dog urter him. An' cause she could
do all sich, we uns alius called her
Kildec.
"OJe Squire Pearson lived up ther
branch not so mighty fur. He'd come
thar ar good many years afore, but
nobody didn't seem to knownothin'
much 'bout him. He had ar chap
named Bill. Me an' Bill was pard
ncrs, but, Jedge, we warn't no more
like than ar pig an' ar punkin. Bill
lie war ther best feller you ever seed,
lla wouldn't hurt nothin'. If we'd
start out huntin' an' fin' some game.
Bill wouldn't want ter shoot it An'
then he didn't take no intrust in things
like me. When we'd go ter get chest
nuts an' sich, he'd forgit all 'bout what
ho come arter an' go set down ou ar
log; he wouldn't say nary a word, but
look right at ther ground. Pear'd
lil; he war thinkin' bout somethm
way off. An' ther he'd set till I'd
chuck him with ar burr an' say,
Wake up.' I'd alius lie askin' him
what ailed him, an' he'd say. 'Nothin'.'
But I thought, an' I kuowed thar was;
an so one tlay when u e were out fish
in' an Bill was settin' on ther bank.
duu forgot 'bout fish an' was lookiu' in
ther water, I went an' set down right
close ter him an' sez: 'Bill, we uns
have been tighten good chums nearly
ever since we wuz a whimperin', but
yer hain't never tol'nie wliat in ther
woi'l" 'tis you air always studyin'
'bout. Now, come, ole feller, an' tell
me what 'tis. Pullin hisself tergether,
turniu' round an' lookiu' me spang in
the eye, he sed: 'Ike, dad has alius
tolo me this yer is a treat big worl'.
an' he uster, way long time ago, live
in one of them big things what yer
call cities, whar thar's mo folks lives
tergether than thar be in the Mitchell
county two times big. An' ther folks
what live thar have got larnin'. I
ain't got no mm' as to what ther thing
be. but dad sez it am mighty good. It's
gittin' gumption in yer head. Now I'd
jes like to go tooueof them places
and git ur peep but you is the first
creeter I cvertole, an' 'Say, fellers,
I hev found a new cave ter make ar
house iu. Come right on!' Lookiii
up wo seed Kildee. When Bill seed
her his eye begun to shine (.mine too,
I speks. Jedge. said the old man, laugh
ing). Me an' BUI both liked Kildee
like she were our sister; it were ther
only thing me an' him was like in.
Jedge, yer bet we three had ther big
gest time 'round this yer ole settlement
you ever beam of. We'd play like
we wuz growed up an' 'ud keep bouse
an' all sich things. Course Kildee 'ud
be ther ole 'oman an' keep House.
Me an' Bill did the huntin' and she'd
do tho skiumn' an' cookin', 'ceptin'
oucct in ar while when we didn't kill
euough to suit her, she'd grab the ole
flint rifle, go iu ther woods, an' when
il liangcd somethin' alius drapped.
Waal, yer bet she could shoot
Things went on this way for ar
long, long time; playin' like, yer
know. But twan' so many years
afore we begun to think 'bout 'sure
'nougli.' That same kin' of somethin'
what tells leetle bars they ain't cubs
no longer begun to tell us, 'yer got ter
stop yer playm' like.'
'One uviwnin' fer the first time, we
got ter talkin' about the matter. Bill
wuz alius ready to, talk 'bout Kildee,
w wc set an' talked ar long time 'bout
which of us should liave Kildee for
his ole 'oman. Twouldn't have been
Bill if he hadn't wanted ter give her
to me, cause he were jes that good
hearted; but, yer know. Jedge, I
couldn't, I wouldn' let him do that
But ve couldn't agree on nuthin'; so
wc said we leave the whole thing ter
Kildee fer ter fix, an' we'd do jes' like
she sed, didnt make no difference
what it were. So nex' day when all
three of we uns were in Big B'ar cave
Iupsan' sez:
' 'Kildee, mean' Bill air in trouble.
An' when wc tell yer what 'tis we air
afraid you will just holler, an Till
make all sorts of fan outen us, but
we ain't a-carin'. Its jes this : we uns
hev been cubs long enough, an' now
it's time we be gittin' growed up. An'
we ain't perticuler smart, but we got
gumption 'nough to know two fellers
can't hev the same gal fer kis ole
'oman. You hain't never showed so
differunsin yer likbV of us, ITliW,
but you must fir some kinder way fer
eoeof na ter eit yer. Nowtkeoae
hell hev tocoovavaa'
Sauire Carter's rat Omnaa.
niaer, Wt mntker one of uawaat
tar hev trr lve jar (and. Jjtijfe,
wuenisea was my eyes oefimtogei
watery), but it's better fer one tar fit
left than both. Now, whatever you
say we'll do withoat ar word; aay yer
say, Kildee.'
'Evervthing war so still you could
hear a deer tread. We know'd she
were ez peart an bright eg ar cricket
an would do riarhL She stODDed.
thoughtar leetle, then, raisin' her head, v
with them eyes ar shrain', sed:
No, fellers, ther aint nothin 'bout
that ter lauzh over. I bed been think-
in' 'bout that too. I don't like Bill
im liottAP than vm and vi- no hetlM !
than Bill, but it's like yer sez; so I'll ' thar flue clothes, an' them eyes ashiti
jes do this: j in' an' tnul bur a-waviu. An' some-
HDleSauire Pearson has been talk-
in' lots to dad an' mam 'bout cities 'an
larnin. I dunno no more 'bout ther
things than ar squirrel does 'bout pot
licker, but they pears mighty nice.
Now ther one of yer that'll fin' out
'bout them fust 111 slap this here ole
ban' right plunk in hisun.'
''Jedge, when aba aas that I sez ter
myself, 'Bill, ahe'a yourn.7 BUI he
stostaian'waa4hosfhtful like. 1
kuowd he wuz so glad ter git her. but
then he wanted me to hev her too. The
sweat begun to run down my face, but
I didn't say ar word. We'd sed we'd
do jes' like she sed. She didn't hev
no idea who she was trottin' down
ter Squire Carter's, butlknowed.
"Ar few days' arter that ar. Hard
lookin' mounting chap left hyar with
all his belongings swung on his back.
He hed begged and begged me ter go
too, but I sed no, I'd stay an' take ker
of ther ole folks, and keep my eye on
Kildee fer him. He didn't hev no
inin' as ter whar he wargoin', qut sed
he wur goin' 'till he found ar
city. When he sed good-by, we
couldn't tell why, but ther tears begun
ter sprout in our eyes. Bill sed: 'ike,
keen good keer of Kildee till I come
back. We maybe growed up then,
but we uns will stiU be ther same ole
Ike an' Bill.'
"After he left, me an' Kildee kep'
up our frolics, but 'twaru't like it
uster be. When we'd think 'bout Bill
the tears 'ud bergin to come ter Kil
dee's eyes, but aWd pull up the cor-
5T
ner of ner apron, wipe tnem erway
an' say: 'Never min', he'll come back
afore many years an' then we'll be so
happy again.'
" 'Bout ar year arter, there come
past here some men what called them
selves surveyors. They went up ter
Squire Smith's an' asked to put up ar
few weeks.
"Kildee war 'bout 18 then, nigh ez
I recall, an' a puttier or pearler gal
never slapped foot on the ole Blue
Ridge. Thar wuzar young buck in
ther gang what wore a white shirt an'
talked soft an' putty like. From the
fust he 'neared ter like Kildee. He'd
ask her ter go long an' help drag his
ole chain. Every tune I'd go ter see
Kildee she'd be gone down ther ravine
or somewhar with that thar f oiler.
One day ez I was goin' home I tlrmght
I heard somebody talkin' soft lko up
among the bushes. I stopped, listen
ed, then went up sof to whar I hearn
ther noise. Thar set Kildee an' that
feller. He hed his arm 'round her an'
was talkin' mighty intrusted like. An'
every now an then Kildee's eyes
would shine an' she'd laugh an' say,
'Yes, yes.' I stood and watched them
for ar while but didn't say ar word . I
I went on home as mad ez ar hornet.
T n-Anlil vw' on nra ilia nar' ilav a n'
put some gumptiou in that gal's head
rboutthat feller; his eyes didn't shine
ter suit me. 1 knowu he was up ter
some devilish trick.
"Nex' mawnin' 'bout sun up, while
I was feedin' pigs, I seed somebody
walkin' mighty brisk like down the
road. When he got nigher I seed it
wuz ole Squire Smith. He wuz ar
cussin' an' rarin. I knowd somethin
wus up.
" 'Waal, Squire, what's ther fun?' I
asked.
" That derned soft spakin feller has
gone of with Kildee an
"I didn't wait fer another word, but
threw down the corn I was feedin. an'
sez: 'Come on. Squire, we'll ketch him
or die try in'.'
"Afore we hed gone fer we met ole
man Pearson and askt if he hed seen
them. He sed they had passed his
house the evenin' afore, but he didn't
thiuk 'bout their runnin' away. 'But
if they were, 'tain't no use ter try ter
ketch them, they have got seen er
start an' both of um knows ther
roads.'
Jedge, it war like somebody had
died round hyar arter that leetle gal
hed left An' sure enough, ole lady
Smith did die afore long. She uster
set an' cry an' say she'd never see her
chile any more. Twan't so many
vears afore the ole man died too,
'cause he wuz gittin' ole. - It got so
lonesome I couldn't stau' it no louger,
so 1 took nieself down an' tole ole
Squire Carter's gal ther way 'twas, an'
we spliced.
"iou see that rise out yander?
Well, Jedge, one day I wuz settin'
down there; it war where me au' Bill
sed good-by. I wus thinkin' it had
been ten long years since we parted.
an' how things hed
changed round
wus wonderin'
in that time, an l
where Bill wuz now. 'Bout that time
somethin' slapped me on the back, an'
sez: 'rlere he is.'
" 'Lawsa-mercyf I yelled, fallin
off ther stump an' rollin' all over.
'What! you, Bill! Oh, Mr. BUI, I
reckon I orteraay.'
" 'No, the same ole Bill,' he sed,
with ar smile.
"He hed grown ao tall an' han'some,
at first I couldn't believe it war he;
but arter lookin' in that face ar while,
it looked so kin an' good, jes' like it
uster, 'ceptin it hed whiskers, I knowd
it war BUI. 'Bill; whar in the worl'
bav jnu Ugao uow IS youf (Vaewt
right down an1 tell me an' ther ole
oman all 'bout it When I aed that
ar strange look came over his face.
He looked down ar minute an wuz
stai Then he raised his head an'
sez: 'Ike, is Kildee np at her house! I
tried to get back sooner, but I could
not; but lknew she would wait ;ili I
came. Let's go there first It has
been ten long years I've been w jting
to look in tnose eyes again. Come,
let's find her.' A great big lump come
in my throat an' my eyes bergun to
water when he aed that Poor feller!
he's been woridn all these years look-
in' t orward to comin' back an' gittin'
his leetle gal an' now she's gone, the
Lord only knows where. 'BuVIsez,
tryin' to swallow ther lump, 'Kildee's
gone. She run away with ar stranger
longtime ago, an' no one don't know
whar she is. The ole man an' his
wife, an' your dad, too, are in them
col' graves in ther field nigh Big Bar
cave.'
"Seek ar look es coase aver thai
man'afaeal never seed! He turned,
an! afore I coald aay ar word he wax
"SMSl
on the
I life. Two chilun war eiven me. a cai
an'arboy. The gal we named Mary,
the boy answered ter Mall.'
tiicr tit u,.t v:io
iW uwgc, .wu atiure.
It war ;
ar mignty long time atora we ever
beam of the gaL I never thought I'd
hear again.
"When ther feller run away he took
her to New York. He made her ar
big lady. She he
horses an' eyerythi
bed ar fine house an
ung.
She hedplen-
ty of
mens, too, when she wuz ar
I wa'nt thar. but I knows that
mounting gal was the puttiest
Isuv.
leetle
woman thar when she got on them
i UIIIK) ttiicu glfc iu ucr lino viirriujjc an
' go ter church. Onct she went ter hear
the bbreest preacher thar preach.
Thar wuz somethin', she couldn't tell
jes' what, that made her like him so
much. An' his face wuz so kin' look
iu. "Late one night when Kildee wuz I
sick in bed, her ole man come in; his
face was sorter excited like: he went
over ter whar Kildee was layin' an'
tole her he had to gooff ou some busi
ness for ar- few days. She didn'H
think nothin' queer of that "cause he
was used ter doui" it. But ther nex' (
niorniii' when sue picked up ther
newspaper, lo and liehold, thar wuz .
lkAw lti.lo,ilbf tiisttltwa .ifrltt ttlYhlV lift
eyes, an' ar great loug piece about
him 1 He wuz ar theif ! He had been
robbin' the bank he wuz in for years
an' years, an' ther bank folks had jez'
found it out! But he had gotten
away.
""'How come me at home again V
she asked, lookiu 'round and ihtdiu'
herself in a plain, leetle room, with a
kin faced woman watchm' over her.
'Mother where is Bill and Ike? We'll
all go down to the cave, an but no,
that's not mother. What docs it
mean? Where is my husband and
child? This is not our house. What
does it mean, kind woman?' The wo
man then told her about the bank rob
bery, and how her husband had gotten
away. And about her reading about
it iu the paper and fainting. And
that the house and everything had to
be sold, aud she and her little boy
be brought to the hospital.
"Poor leetle gal, there she lay. No
friends now an' no money. But ar
thought struck her. She'd send fer
that kin lookin' preacher.
"An ther preacher come. He did
look so loviu' to her. Ho took her
little thiu, white hau' iu his. She be
gun ter tell him her story. But Jedge,
she didn't finish that story, no, yer
bet she didn't! Forgittiu whar he
wuz. Bill threw his arms 'round her
poor, weak, leetle neck, an' lookiu'
her straight in ther eyes, sed :
"Kildee, Kildee. don't you know
Bill? Lookatme.'
"'Oh, Bill, is it you! No, no. I
can't look you in the eyes! Had I but
been true to you, instead of runnin'
away and being miserable all my days,
and then this end! But God has for
given me. won't you, Bill? Show me
you will by making me two promises.
One is, have me carried back to the
old mountain home, and buried uear
Big Bear cave; the other is, that you
will take and keep my child; he's
named for you, Bill.'
"And theu, as the sun was goiug
slowly down iu the west, an' every
thing was still an' quiet like, she went
Home, softlv savin'. Forgiven, for-
J give".' Alfred
pendent
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a. iMarsli in lnue-
Counterfeit lug Railroad Tickets,
"Are railroad tickets easily counter
feited?" was asked an old conductor.
"Yes; but, strange to say. they are
not imitated to any gi-eat extent, borne
of the tickets sold are worth $30 and
sometimes $50, and there's no difficulty
whatever in printing them. The card
board can be secured of any dealer,
and the worst engraver imaginable is
able to make a facsimile of our cut
The figures on the margin of the tick
et puzzle many persons. They are but
inuicators for the conductors of corre
sponding numbers to cancel. Of
course the counterfeit will be detected
sooner or later in the sorting out de
partment where each ticket has its
number and consequent position in
the pack. Should two tickets be num
bered alike they would soon be dis
covered. One reason why more bogus
tickets are not printed is tho fact that
almost sure discovery would result
should any attempt be made to sell
them. The counterfeit of a return
ticket might be discovered before the
holder had time to use the coupon, and
iu consequence such a person would
be surely trapped. The same rule
holds good in regard to along distance
ticket Before the journeys end is
reached the fraud might be telegraph
ed on the line of route and result in
the arrest of the would be deadhead."
New York Star.
A Day or Best.
Sunday School Superintendent
Can any of you tell me why Sunday is
the day of rest?
Little Dick (holding up his hand)
I kin. It's'cause wegetup early and
hurry through breakfas' so's to dress
in time fer Sunday school, so's we
won't be late, ana then skip inter
church 'fore the bell stops ringin' and
then go home to dinner and get fixed
up for afternoon service, and then
get supper an' go to bed so pa and ma
can get ready for evening service.
That's all we do." New York
Weekly.
A Brava Girl
Boaring Branch has a young lady of
nerve. The other evening, while en
joying a visit with some friends, a
correspondent asserts a mouse came
from under the sofa where she was
sitting and found shelter in her skirt,
where he soon made his presence
known by becoming too. ambitious.
Did she scream or faint? No; she did
nothing of the kind. Just firmly
tightened her hand over a portion of
her clothing and quietly left the room.
When she removed her hand a dead
mouse fell to the ground. Wellsboro
Gazette.
ASUgfct
Bobby Gazzam (to Mr. Sumway,
who is spending the evening) Won't
you show me your fiddle, some time,
please?
Sumway Fiddle, Bobby! I havo
no fiddle.
Bobby Gazzam Oh, yes you have.
Pop says you've played second fiddle
ever since you got married. Lippin
cott's Magazine.
Where Ceaiae Ia
The man who first made the old
fashioned clothes pin, selling now for
about twenty cents a bushel, hit the
idea ao dead right that nothing better
has been aakedior since. Halfadoaen
other sorts have been invented, but
aid "twolers" still hold his own and
taf-Detest Free Press.
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NAMES IN A rANKEE TOWN.
rialalynaa Hi a sally Daatilailea rrettt-
la the little aad exceedingly rough
coaaty town of Wolcott, which b .osdy
six sailes long and four wide, there are
twenty-eight localities which had espe
cial names given to them by the colonists
who settled there, and which have clung
to ( them to this day. There were vol
umes in some of the names to the pio
neer. The custom illustrates forcibly
the good Yankee habit of having a aaate
for everything and of giving everything
a name. The list runs like this: .
"Red Adder Meadow,' where in for
mer days one of these serpents was kill
ed every year in haying time. Near this
meadow stands an old bouse, into which,
at milking time, while the family was
absent a red adder crawled and bit a
young chQd that had beea left alone.
The child was found dead with the ser
pent in its breast
rifJsck Ledge" coataiaajiMjoave waert
Indian Jack lived with his squaw for
years, tie rerused to dwell in a bouse.
"Beaker UiU. said to be the spot
where the pioneers drank a beaker of
wine together, after viewing their new
found country.
"Spindle Hill," where the broom and
basket stuff were cut, ax bandies were
made and hickory spindles turned out
for the spinning wheels of Wolcott
'Clinton Hill," named after its first
settler, is the highest land in that part
of Connecticut.
"Chestnut Hill," a ridge running north
and south, and smothered in old chest
uut trees.
"Bald Hill," on the summit of which
the soil is so poor that there is no vegeta
tion. "Wolf Hill," which was riddled with
wolf holes. The colonists were 100 years
exterminating the pests that lived inside.
"Tame Buck," a vale liaunted by a
buck which became so tame that he
would come out in sight to eat
"Woodtick," a settlement so named
because in old times, when the wood
choppers laid down their clothing, it was
quickly infested with these pests, which
had to be cut out of a person's body to
be successfully got rid of.
"Misery Hollow," containing a well
nigh impassable muddy road.
"Cat Swamp," which has contained
wild cats from the time of the settle
mentof the place.
"Hog Held Hill," where hogs used to
be allowed to roam and fatten.
"Pudding Street," where, it is said,
the villagers, following the example of
their magistrate, 'Squire Upson, had
boiled Indian pudding every day in the
year.
"Plumb Street," which was settled by
more than twenty families of Plumbs.
"Cedar Swamp," is lined with cedars
and full of trout.
"Cuss Gutter Brook" is a stream that
runs through quicksands, where many a
horse and cow. it is said, have been
swallowed up.
"Cream Pot" is the old name for a
very fertile farm, in the center of the
town!' It was named in this way: An
old gentleman from New York bought
it One day while in Waterbury an old
gentleman joked him about the well
known poverty of the soil in Wolcott
"Yes, yes," replied the old man, "most
of the land is poor, but I have got into
the cream pot."
"Tucker's Ring" is where an old In
dian of the name of Portuco constructed
a large ring in which he stalled deer.
"Honey Pot," a vale so full of wild
flowers that it literally swarms with
honey bees in summer.
"Carter's Corner," where the Carters
settled and lived for years. Oneofthem
carried his tax list to the assessors made
out in this way, as may bo seen at the
office of the town clerk:
I have a cow, her tall is lost.
Supposed to have Ueen bitten by the frost;
Then add my poll, my tax is given
For eighteen hundred twenty-seven.
"Bottomless Well," a beautiful spring,
the depth of which has never been ascer
tained. "Rose Hill," which in summer is aflame
with wild roses. "Briar Hill," where
the townspeople go a-berrying. ."Cider
Hill," k called because it once teemed
with apple orcliards and applejack was
made there. "Walnut Hill," where the
choicest of shell barks grow. "Fiddler's
Pond" and "Uargytown," named for two
wild localities of the town, the applica
tion of which no one knows. Bridge
port (Conn.) Cor. New York Sun.
SHE CHANGED HER ADDRESS.
Aad Then relt
Where the
Iasaltea
Xaw Ha
Asked
Was.
We have often thought we should
like to 'tend bar in the counting room
of a newspaper. A man in this posi
tion gets so much general information.
The other day we were hanging'
around in The Post's counting room
trying to make it appear we were the
business manager or cashier or some
body worth while, when a very dis
tinguished looking lady entered and
said to the engaging young gentleman
who politely offered his services:
"Will you be kind enough to
change the address on our paper "
"Certainly," said the young gentle
man, taking his pen from over his ear
and reaching for the address book.
"Thank you," she said, and turned
to sweep out
"Excuse me, madam, but you did
not give me the address."
"Didn't I? I thought I did. Are you
out CI
"Perhaps I didn't hear it"
"Maybe not, but lam pretty sure I
gave it to you."
The young man politely waited.
"Oh! You want to know where to
send the paper. Yes, yes ; I didn't un
derstand you. You see, lam not very
familiar with business. My husband
almost always attends to such things,
but he is hanging the pictures in the
new house this afternoon and, as I was
coming down to do a little shopping,
he asked me to attend to this."
"Yes'm," said the young gentle
man, resuming his waiting attitude.
"It will come to us all right now,
will it?" she asked, turning to go.
The young gentleman courteously
inquired her name. She looked a lit
tle insulted, then a trifle dazed, but
presently she smiled and said :
"Oh, 'you want my name so that
you'll know whom to send it to. Of
course, how stupid I am!" and she
blushed and seemed confused. "You
see, I've become so accustomed to hav
ing all the gentlemen with whom I
do business know who I am that I
never once thought"
She gave her name and the young
gentleman wrote it down.
"Where has the paper been deliver
ed, please?
'Wharajt QuroliflAce. We just
moved yesterday. The out nouse waa
very comfortable and we should have
staved there, but our what do yoa
call it? lease is that iti"
'Probably."
"Yes; our lease expired ou the first
of the month, and the man who owns
the house has coucluded to live in it
himself and let us have the new house
he has just built It is a very nice
house and has more conveniences
than the old one, but after all the old
place was a good deal like home to us,
we had lived there so long. Still, the
new place is much nearer lo my hus
band s place of business, and 1 think
it is in a little more desirable quarter
of the city, too.''
"What section Is it in?" asked the
young man. with commendable stra
tegy. "Oh, the northwest section. I
wouldn't move from the old place to
go. to any other thau the northwest
section, for 1"
. "And what street it it in?"
She gave the name of a fashionable
street '
"And what is the number?'
She looked as if she were not quite
sure this was not impertinence, but the
young gentleman's polite nianuer re
assured Iter and site told him the num
ber. "Where have you been living?" he
asked.
She certainly thought that he was
a very inquisitive person her counte
nance showed that much but she an
swered his question, not, however,
without a resolution to put a stop to
his inquiries, for when she had given
tho number of the old place somewhat
icily, she turned and rather strode
than walked from the office. Wash
ington Post.
AN EMPRESS IN THE KITCHEN.
8h Loots Aner It. SapertateaOa Every
thing. aal It la a Weadeefel Place.
The empress of Austria is the best
royal housekeeper in Europe. She is
as thoroughly acquainted with the de
tails of the imperial Austrian kitchen
as her husband is with the details of
the imperial Austrian government
She superintends the household af
fairs of the big palace at the Austrian
capital with the greatest care. She re
ceives personally, reads and acts upon
reports from cooks, butlers, keepers
of the plate and keepers of the linen.
Cookiugdevices which have become in
convenient or antiquated are abolished
only at her command. New methods
of preparing or serving food are
adopted only at her suggestion.
Chauges in the personnel of the estab
lishment are made for the most part
only in obedience to her orders. Con
sequently a person can eat drink,
sleep and be served better in her
house than in any other in Europe.
The kitchen in which the food for
the bluest blood of Austria is cooked is
a huge room with all the arrange
ments at each end for preparing fish,
fowl and beast for the table. Fifty
chickens can be cooked at once ou one
of the big whirling spits. Against the
side walls from floor to ceiling stand
scores and scores of chafing dishes.
In these dishes, ail of which are self
warming, the meats aie carried to the
carving room, whence they are re
turned to tho kitchen ready to be
served. The boiling and baking and
frying and carrying and cutting oc
cupy a small regiment of servants.
Twenty-five male cooks, in white
clothes, dress, spit season and stuff
the meats. As many female cooks
prepare the vegetables, the puddings
and the salads. A dozen or more
boys hurry the birds, fish and joints
irom uie aiicneu 10 me carving room,
where long lines of carvers slice ant
joint everything laid before them.
The kitchen utensils fill a big room
opening into the kitchen. This room
is the ideal of German housewives.
The high walls are covered with pans,
kettles, griddles and covers, which
shine as only German hands and Ger
man muscles can make them shine.
There are soup tureens in which a big
boy might be drowned, kettles in
which twins could play house, and
pans that could bold half a dozen
Hanses or Gretchens. In short, about
every culinary utensil ou the walls is
of the heroic size, suggestive rather of
the Missouri barbecue than of the
feasts of crowned heads anil diplomats
at one of the first of courts.
For days before the gieat court
festivals the whole Austrian court
kitchen staff, from the "head court
cooking master' down to the
youngest scullion, work like mad.
The chefs hold repeated consultations
iu their council chamber, often debat
ing hour after hour with all the ear
nestness of a parliament or congress
concerning the best methods of pre
paring fowls, sauces, cakes and soups.
The menu, as selected by the chefs, is
submitted to the master of the provis
ion department so that he may imme-1
JCatC V1UCI IIV1U BtlA 4A SeV
the cellars of the castle lack.
The Austrian court dinners are fa
mous on the continent The delica
cies which result from the protracted
meetings in the council chamber of
the chefs are often so fine that fa
vored guests not infrequently ob
serve the old German fashion of tak
ing a choice bit home to their friends
in the name of the empress and with
her best wishes. All that remains of
a court feast or dinner is sent to the
Viennese hospitals. On the days just
after the banquet the empress is very
busy looking over the reports and in
ventories of the frau head keeper of
the napkins, and the fraulein head
keeper of the tablecloths, and the
head guardian of the imperial china,
and a dozen other like functionaries
with jointed titles. She reviews all
these communications with conscien
tious care, and orders with strict at
tention to minute details the replace
ment of all that has been lost, broken
or defaced. New York Sun.
AN INDIAN GHOST STOFT..
Vow Um Spirit aft Cwvte4
sain KiUe
Saheb Den Dhobey waaa prison offi
cial of proved courage and magnifi
cent physique, who was brought from
Jessore to Alipore to take the place of
head warder. It was bis duty to visit
the patrols between the surrounding
walls every night between the hours
of 13 aud 2. On one occasion, after
he had been only a few days in the
jail, he set out on his rounds as usual,
but some time after 2 a. m. it was found
that he had not returned. Time wore
on, and at last mere wondering why
he was so lata gave way to anxiety,
and a search party waa organised.
They carried torches, and at last came
upon the insensible form of Saheb Den
Dhobey. He was lying prostrate on
the ground close to the hospital gate,
wnicb is situated about iw yarns
taat from the gnuowp.
earned to taeoflkdars
marten, and thereafter a tune, by
the application of water and other re
storatives, he was brought around.
The following waa the tale he told:
He had been going his rounds aad
bad stooped down to adjust one of his
shoes, when he felt some one spring
upon him from behind and commence
belaboring him between his shoulders.
The concussion forced him on to his
hands and knees, and he first thought
that it was a prisoner trying to escape.
Not very much aUrmed, for he had
confidence in his great physical prow
ess, he tried to grasp his assailant by
Ktting one arm behind his back; but
could feci nothing, yet the blows
continued to rain down upon bira,
and he felt himself pressed, down to
the earth by a great weight At last
a voice addressed him: ''You dare
come here, do you, to defile by your
presence tha territories of Uoviad
Brahmiu?' Aud with that iheaaan
felt himself bodily lifted up, and then
dsahed face forward on the ground.
He remembered ao more till heawoaw
to consciousness in the guard room.
When he had finished this strange
story, the aged head warder, who was
about to retire, came up and put the
question: "Wbatistfiis that U being
said about Govind Brahmin?" This
led to explanations, and the old
warder told now a uoted budmash of
that tiauic, who had committed sev
eral eold blooded murders, and had
been hanged iu Alipore jail six-and-twenty
years before. "But." pointed
out one" of the auditors, "SahebDen
Dhobey was attacked a good distance
from the gallows. We found him
close to the hospital gate." "Ah!" re
plied the old man impressively, "the
scaffold in those days stood on the
very spot where you found the pros
trate body of Saheb Den Dhobey.'
The latter listened with blanched
face; then he threw himself back on
tho couch on which he lay. "My
hour has come." he said. "It must
have been the spirit of Govind Brahmin
that attacked and beat me. My heart
is broke, it is certain I must die."
And die he did in two days' time.
Times of India.
A Iaa of Tattles.
A correspondent of a Ceylon journal
gives some interesting information
about the turtles on the coast in the
neighborhood of Jaffna, in the north
of the island, which are said to be in
numerable. They are of three species,
called sea, milk and pariah turtles re
spectively. The ordinary or sea tur
tle is generally large in sue and is met
with everywhere at sea around Jaffna.
Two tiny islands, called Iranativu, are
literally swarming with them. The
islands themselves are sterile, and al
ways exposed to inundation; the in
habitants are poor and ignorant of
agriculture, and live chiefly on the
turtles. They use the shells of the
large ones as seats. In the town of
Jaffna the ordinary turtle is always
procurable, and is a favorite article of
food with the people. The milk turtle
is small iu size, and is to be found only
in wells and banks. It is not an article
of food except with the poorer classes.
The pariah turtle has a high back and
a shell which somewhat resembles that
of the tortoise. It is found iu marshes
aud ditches. It is not an article of
food, but is highly valued by native
medical men, because the flesh and
blood are supposed to be a panacea for
ailments peculiar to children. New
York News.
A Precious Slag.
The diamond signet of the ill fated
Charles I of England is of immense
j intrinsic and artistic value. It was
supposed to be the handiwora of the
monarch himself. He was known as
a skillful artificer in gold and silver,
and much of his leisure was devoted
to this congenial occupation. On the
seal was the graven coat of arm1 of
Great Britain and the monogram of
the king.
At his demise it liasswd into the lms-
! session of his dethroned son, who, dur-
mg tt:e time of his banishment in
France, became in such straitened
circu instances that he wan forced to
part with the precious relic. It was
purchased by the well known French
traveler, Tavemier, who shortly after
ward made a jouruev to the far ori
ent. He exhibited the jewel at the
Persian court and the shall offered
him a fabulous price for the unique
treuie care iu the treasure vault of the
oriental satrap. Pros.
L'are&trased Refenuera.
Singular, isn't it. how often it hap
pens that after a society woman has
played herself out in society, and her
name has been tossed anil bandied
about from club to .street corner, she
goes upon the stage "to elevate it"
Poor old stage; it has a grievous load
of reformers and "elevators" to carry.
It could get alonjr very well with its
old family, if it didn't nave to exhaust
itself trying to look after people who
announce their mission and intention
to "elevate it". What the "elevator"
always needs, iu order to make it of
any practical account in its mission, is
a down trip every other time. And
the ' vlcvator" will find it much easier
elevating if it goes up empty and
cause-; down loaded. Burdette in
BrooU-.n EagV
The DiSerenca Set Very Gieat.
Representative Reed, of Putnam,
was one of the legislative committee
sent to inspect the asylum. There
was a dance on the night the commit
tee speutin the investigation, and Mr.
Reed took for a partner one of the fair
unfortunates, to whom he was intro
duced. "I don't remember having seen you
here before," said she. "How long
have you been in the asylum?"
"Oh. I ouly came down yesterday."
said the gentleman, "as one of the
legislative committee."
"Of course," said the lady, "how
stupid I am! However, I knew that
you were either en inmate or a mem
oerof the legislature the moment I
looked at you. But how was I to
know? It is difficult to tell which."
Albany (Ga.) News.
The Stare as It Is.
Mr. Smallpay Spent Sunday at the
seashore did you? Pleasant time, I
suppose?
Mr. Slimpurse Well, the fact is. I
spent most of the day hunting about
for a piece of beach that wasn't fenced
in. New Yor- "Wuiv
Dr. Davidson, of New York, aays that
anasisg is aot aa indication that yoa
am takiaaj eetd. hat that one already a.
caren at Bottom fgures is breakiag ap.
uoe. xou are oaiv fiftv vears
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