The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, August 06, 1890, Image 4
MM n-r: in I p k 'A i fe ' 1 - r a ; '7 . if i 5 SI VJ -tftJ5ii Vl"tiF 'jawi FAMILY : JOURNAL: A Weekly Newspaper issned everj Wednesday. 32 Colnmns of reading natter, con sistiii of Nebraska State News Items, Selected Stories and Miscellany. f-SarapIe copies sent free to any addreae.""w Subscription price, Sf a year, in Advance. Address: 51. K. Turner & Cou, Columbus, Platto Co., Nebr .A.r)TJSSELLV DEtlRB IS CO UJ I'OMPS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE. Olive St., nearly opposite Post-offlce. 6junob8-r LOUIS SCHEEIBER. BillSlif '. kinds of Repairing done on .-.'. :rt Notice. Boggier, Wag ons, etc., made to order, and all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-hinders the best .Briue. f3TShop opposite the " Tatters!!." on Olive St.. COLUMBUS. 'W-m JiKiicioi's Advertising "rentes many a new br Iness, J'uhtrges iiiniiv :ui old lui.-ine.-:", Krvives many a dull business, ii'j-cues many :i ht !uiiie?-. .i.M-s many a failing l.u.-ine , iV.-erve? many a larire l.ii-iii-. j. .Si-ures succe.-s ill any buine--. Ki aja a min f hn-irss. ami wo jvM tli:.i iz.iv :hia advert iiug, ' i-i mn-tiou .f ..mtr. II.. '!!.l-3 ,f THE JGUKNAL .V ' " of the mislitime. bc-an-" it i- lvad by tl In ) j.. ipl, tlicj who know -vvluit they want ar' l-i f w'l.it tiiov c't. WVrliii'lcasicciiinp-iri- v :iij c.iiiutrj jiapor in 111.-world in tlif. r : t .went j'ari i'.i'ili-liiti ly tlic ki it: ncnt. and nvor n dun to stil-cn! '. I nl.l: ... .1 in Tin: Joi UN U- Tnif, l-tlr t 'in : t-i-, 'how tlif la1- or itik vim r .1 I . JocitNUjtfvorrwwk If GOSHEN efTCt4&j!?;&. mrmrJ&ft t - e- r- A'Sfci.' 'jt. WiWif PI A llTITtilT'l jiibii jsiiibniri!i! 'l I iCAP. ONLY lfS. . .. ,-ipr. and slat", cnt willow", split boards r s.i. i:i4 of )t. sort, ui; uftor posts are t-tf. f. i . . N- nnde and Mretctml on the ground, in . u. !.'.-. liy a boy or ordinary farm hand. ; t . Mr.,: day, and can work it mer an-, rjtui . !') man who ha nno ef thse ma- -li-ti.-. i.-u'il a feuci tlmt i irnir.liimlili im! Mil" Tic M.. ; ' .;T. anil niako it at le? oot. . ." atid a. Mimplo of its work can r "-i(., t.u lit, ctn-rt at Krast A. Fcli-a irz -t . Vili&WI uchin"9. or territory. nt n ' .vl to pat mi ffnre. J. Jt. MATHEWSOX. h ... Vifr-'AWLKf Aqoicpriwpir-3 f ' j " . " L ui ui'Si iiot.L :nr aa 1 . Oil t'l.rt leni .. r ii. OTEniiissHrK ... . h.. .. .l fc.F J M hr cil'cn li '"? l'-i-.ofiiei)-j.i)r(.,rtniidi'StSt"''"3 I or itiii . T.t !. IvirtUlns ilk.--s-rs:-r. ..o .ii, ?n op.-n-l one dollar, flndaiirtbe in I . il Pi4i'itircs..tiilfuil.'iiibOWl!l 1i '-1-. :id:ol ibnu-.-ind iloli.us In r..'. vrtti .-i. s.i-lienie is i:ulir.iU! wliirii will t-tt l.i vrv rcquiroiariit, cr e-it lcmaie 'o by t.'lyU ttaupej easily arr.re !at b'jeor r, "TH.cnec J43 fdflloKS l.avc lve:i iucd. 'Mi. ;. -paui. to asiy fed-''' for Ja cents. ,- j -c ;EO. I'. IMiVJJ.L & to, i'.i'::i: ArKi:TJ-j.sc- riui au. ': sunjuSl.ri-intia; House 5q.. ho- Ci PATENTS rTt nd Trad Marks otn-iincsi end nl' I'.it ri liukiori adiiPteil for M Dj.li-J"; 111! . , " oyi'K'E is orposTK i r. '.-.f; r OFi ICE. V t.sr no &ub-ai: j.oi..all b.:,n.s Utn-t. h-ncp w csa trau-.'.t iatf nt bueit-. in ! uoi and at LESS COST than those rvrcoto 1 .i Wiiijiurton. wnd niKkl, drawing, or photo. ,'tjj dcriiv tj!i. V adUa jf paten.i!i!o or uia. frr of rW:a. Our fe nH dw til' r atnnt i t-urvi A hmi!c "ilow toOblaiu i'atenlf" with rcfr. fant. to lidcjl clients iu your fjate, count or t nvsi. j-nt fnrs. Address C. A. SNOW & CG. Oiirxvsito i'aUnt Omc. Aaehmctoa. D. C 6E IlSlOiJM al3&A5ent3 Wanted! T CiRctxAss Frr. ;.0M BreT$tcr !sfey Rtln Holder! j51caway toIntrodccctUem. rery Eon nv bny from I to 6. Lien nercrundr&frsI, Int. s'eaiirjctaLi ! fUapt ts t rkst cn4 Mcklai fur MtokcinaM Staph UuuUifirM - Zr-wtr1T4 10. Us!!. Ti.-e Mmmlw '1 . r SiT?- JnffiMH" - 2 .--. im h iip m jSFgjP TOPICS OF TIIE TBIES. A Choice Selection of Inter esting Items. Tije largest sheep ranch in the world is in the counties of Webb and Dimner, in Texas. It contains upward of 400, 000 acres and yearly pastures 800,000 sheep. Orrin Nevada telegraph poles in low places, where water stands in win ter, are .said to have taken loot and are covered with foliage. The poles are cottonwood and were planted with the bark on theui. It will take from ten to fifteen years for the Government to complete the history of the war. While each volume costs nominally SD.OOO, it is said the real cost will be not lass thau $:W,000 per volume. It is said that theie aie thirty-five kinds of granite in Maine, each of which posses.-s distinctive character istic leadily recognized by workmen acquainted with monumental and build ing stone". There aro all shades of v hat are termed white granite, the most beautiful of which is the Hallowell, together with the red granite of Red Reach, and the black granite of Addi son. Ax English ollieer who recently trav eled on the public service says that he sent in in his account of traveling ex penses the entry, "Porter, 1 shilling." His accounts were returned, with the remark that porter could not be allowed, but that if the entry were intended for the coineyauce of luggage it should be noted as porterage. The alteiation was duly made, and a query added as to whether a cab should not be entered as "cabbage." The reply wax that 'correspondence on this subject must cease." Tin: town of Wesley, Washington County, Maine, is especially noted for the great number of deer and bears killed within its borders, and its male population includes many mighty hunt ers. Chief among these is an old fellow known as Uncle Gideon, who has slain no fewer than 225 bears in twenty-five years. Uncle Gideon keeps tally of alt the bears he kills now, but says he has no account of those he slaughtered previous to IS'."). This spring he has gathered in three, an old she bear and her two cubs. The houses of ancient Rome, previous to the war of Pyrrhus, were covered with boards, but afterward with tiles; and according to Vitruvius and from what remains of ancient monuments these must have been of a large size, not less than two feet broad. Senaca speakn of a garret covered with a single tile. n the w ar against Marc Antony the senators were taxed at the rate of ten asses (about twenty-live cents t for every tile on their roof; hence it was, ot course, desirable to have tiles of as large dimensions as possible, thus reducing the amount of the taxe-. An enterprizing linn of spinners in Mndee. Scotland, hae hit upon a japital plan of bringing their workers up to time at si. o'clock in the morn--j.. The defaulters were principally women, and the firm, knowing the weakness of the fair sex, offered a bribe of a cup of warm tea to every one who presented herself at the proper hour. Eieii during the cold morning-, the ex periment worked splpndidh and the lirirt have now no cau-e of complaint. Th. fame f the tea has 1 cached other works in the city, and a larg' company of women workers at one of the fac tories in the West End struck work in consetjuenee of the refusal of their em ployers to follow the good example. Evr.K7i:oi)Y knows what a pienie is, but most folk would find it hard to say how it got that name, and yet it is simple eiK-iigh w he:i yon come to learn it. "When a picnic "as being arranged for, the custom originally was that those who intended to be pre-ent should supply the eatables and drink aides. A list of these necessaries hav ing been drawn up it was passed louud and each person picked out what he or she was willing to furnish, and the name of the article wa picked, or ticked off the list The open-air tu. tertainment thus becama known as a "pick and nick." The custom is said to date from 1802, so iliat the picnic i wholly an institution of the nineteenth century. TiiortjAXps of Southern negroes wear the east-off clothing of New Yorkers. Such clothing is bought for little or nothing by peddlers, who stjlj jt to wholesalers iu the central European quatter. The wholesalers clean, patch and press the garments, arrange them according to sj.e in dozens and await the Southern merch&nts. The latter come from Washington, Rich ruond, Charleston. Mobile and half a dozen other considerable cities and buy as best they may. The irholesalers sell on ninety days credit, and if one merchant does not offer fair prices they await the coming of others. Nobody's profits are extraordinarily large, but those of the Southern retailer are proba bly the best. In an address to '21Ct fair yoang women who graduated from the Normal College in Nw York, General Sherman told them not to be in a hniry to marry, but when they did to tuck out a manly fellow and be a womaulv 'o;.ian. not frying to usurp the rights of man. Jfo alhO remarked: "The happiest life is tl one that iuyolves labor. You must have some object iu lit-. Eight hours a daA is a good day's labor, and j while you wcrk you do something good Jo tnankind. you will Le better satisfied tlisn ;f o- had idly stretched yourself and read Frenen nne'.s. Labor in Ameiica i- honorable. It js better to sweep the streets or train blackberry busiiKt than go around begging money from your fiicuds. Okh:;k Y vXfF.i:iuir is thr ncst y t raoi di !." V member of the family in some respect. Frederick and William Jv. bear a very strong re-t,mblance in their luaaner and appearance to Mts, Vanderbilt. and Cornelius has many of the sturdy and business-like qualities of his lat father. The facial re semblance of the daughters of "William H. Vanderbilt to the defunct millionaire is notable. It may be said in a general wav that all of the children have Van- i derbilt traits except the one that has gone far to the South to build himself an isolated home. George Vanderbilt is a stranger in his native town. Despite his enormous wealth, assured social position, and winning nature, he is not known generally in business, club and social life. The booksellers are ac quainted with him. and so are the men who deal in bric-a-brac, but he is per sonally strange even to men who make it a point to know New Yorkers. The utility of wire rope transmission has become widely recognized, says a writer in Modern Miller. Not only among the rugged hills and moun tains of the East and far West where streams go rushing down through cav erns and rocky steeps, where no loca tions for mills or factories are afforded is this meaus of transmission of pre cious power appreciated, but it is so con venient to use that we find on the prai ries of the West mills being operated at a long distance from water powers Dy the wire rope. A few days ago, on a trip through Nebraska, we noticed a rope stretching for nearly a mile from a water power to a mill that had recently been buiit adjoining a railroad, the owners finding it much more to their advantage to have it there, with the switching privileges afforded, than at the dam. The expeuse of hauling the flour which is thus saved to them will very soon pay for the system of power transmission. A MKMUKit of Congress is responsible for the well-known phrase "Acknowl edged the com." In 1828 Alexander Stewart said in a speech that Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana sent their hay stacks, cornfields and fodder to New Y'ork and Philadelphia for sale. "Wick liffe, another member, called him to oider, declaring that those States did not send their haystacks and cornfields to the Eastern cities for sale. "Well, what do you send?" asked Stewart. "Why, horses, mule5, cattle, and hogs." "Well, what makes your horses, mules, cattle, and hogs?" queried Stewart "You feed $100 worth of hay to a horse. In doing that you just animate your haystack and get on top of it and ride off to market. How much corn docs it take to fatten a hog. Mr. Wiokliffe?" "Thirty-three bushels," replied the man from Kentucky. "Then you just put thirty-three bushels of corn in the shape of a bog aud walk him off to market," haul Stewart. At this vKiiut in the de bale WickiilVe .sprang to his feet and , exciaimed very hurriedly, "Mr. Speaker! ! Mr. S- eaker! I acknowledge the corn." ' The incident caused quite a laugh I among the members and was never for- io gotten. , Pi'orr.ssoi: Ei.inr Thompson, in speaking on "The Problems of the i Future,'" say--: "In the near future i railways will be run by electricity; not j the small nads, I mean, but really the i large ones connecting cities, and there j is ny reason why we should not expect I higher speed than we can attain at pic-'vit with our steam locomotives. There we hao teciprocating parts that must be put in motion, stopped and rever-cd continually, while in the eli'ctric locomotive we have the simple rotary motion, which makes it possible accordingly to ran at a much higher rate of speed. Although the steam locomotive has been very much im proved, yet it can hardiy compare with the economy of stationary engines, placed when they can have an abundant water supply tor condensing purposes, W. can, therefore, by employing : stationary enjrine- and electric roads, j do away with a great deal of unneces- ' hiirv weignt, anil, tue moving pans being .ymmetrical, we can attain a much higher speed say a hundred ! miles an hour. This would be a grand step forward, which would save us a great deal of time. It might even be possible to reach a .speed of 150 miles j an hour; it simply depends upon find- j'ng the method of applying sufficient j portvr. and building the locomotives to ' suit, arrangeme.nh being adopted to keep the cats on the trai-k. Aiifnlot.. of "Napoleon Ve, I'etit. When Napoleon IIL was Emperor, he sat one day at Longi hamps, sleepily re- iew iitg hh army. Regiment after regi ment j assed, but nothing seemed to stir the Empcior from his lethargy. At la-.t, howeer, as a regiment of dra goons r de by, he suddenly fixed his attention upon the ftont rank. "What is that lancer doing there among the dragoons?" he asked his C'hief-of-staff. The Chief -of-.staff looked at the lancer and galloped away to the division com mander, while the Emperor sank back into Iiis eusioiuay imp-ssivgness, "The Emneror demands to know why that lancer is among the dragoons?" The General looked shocked and ailed out sharply to the Colonel of the ivgWMit- "CoIouhI, vhat have you got that lancer among your mn for?" The Colonci was dumbfounded n4 appealed to the commandant of tht squadron: "Vhat's that lancer doing here?" "I don't know, sir," exclaimed the commandant of tl squadron, and he called the Captain. "Look here, Captain, why have you got that racall3 lancer in your com pany ? The Captain pleaded ignorance. Ill ask the Lieutenant," he said. Ry this time, the inquiries began to be garnished with oaths and abuse. The Lieutenant, apparently surprised beyond expression at the presence of the lancet, hurled question and impre-L-at in nil at once at the head of the orrderly-si'igeniit, "What in the world is that lancet heiv for?" Then the ordf.rly-sergeant rode up to the lancer himself, as if he were about to cut him through the saddle. "Yon villain! what are yon doing hero among the dragcons? The Emperor is after yon. You'll l6 shot at tjie very least "Rut, sergeant." the soldier statn niprpdj "you know I've permuted, sir!" (Puriuuititjon jn the army means trans fer, by authority, from one porps to another. "Permuted, eh?" said the sergeant; "well, that won't help you now." 'f-hp orderly-sergeant went to the Lieutenant vith thp report that the man had ermuted; the Lieutenant told the Captain the commandant "of th squadron, and the commandant of the sqnauron the Colonel, and the Colonel thy General, in J th General the Chief-of-staff,fu)d h( Chuef-6f-staft came to the Emperor. "Sire," he began, "the lancer has permuted." "What lancer?" "The lancer whom your Majesty noted anion the dragoons." "Oh, yes! He's permuted, eh?" said the Emperor, sleepily; "well, he looked like a good man. Let him have a medal!" The Anjnnnut. OM BY OME. BY X. X. BBAXM A2T. Somehow xny frieuda deceive m One by one. And. I know not why, they leave me, One by one. I nonn h" - ' ad bc-.fde them. 1 Lno .tasted and nave tried them. Yet their actions ell belied them One by one. And I tnol bo bard to claim them One by one. Have refused to ever blame them. One by one. When envy's tongue had started. And inrlico wished us parted Yet they lei.vo me. and light-hearted, Ono by one. Will I ever Ret the new ones, Ono by one? And will they prove untrue ones, One by one? - Thus 1 dreamed away the hours One by one. Til odors of suoot tlowera Ouo by one Awoke me to repent ni For my fairent friend had sent me The roses. hich relent me Or-eby one. -Em f aula (Ala.) Tinus. The Legend of the old Mill BY LOU E. TLA BOUTEIXE. Sot far out of Cherry Creek a narrow, stony road-way turns out of the main course, and leads over a wooded hill to another main course three miles farther west In daylight it was none too pleasant and now, when a gloomy autumn twi light was coming on, it was indeed cold and forbidding. The night was neither stormy or dark, for a pale moon hung near the zenith; but the old rotten mill by Darken's pond stood out against the horizon in an awful sort of relief and yonder ou the sky rode dark, piled-up clouds as if the great worlds beyond had gone out in a puff of dull, heavy smoke. The angular railed fence wormed its serpent-like way far into the gathering shadows and the strip of yellow grass between the wheel-rots faded into its boundaries almost within reach. Thick mud lay on either side and drained a clay-colored juice into the track of the last wagon. It was on such a night that a figure turned into this uninviting path from the regular highway, and stumbled along toward the old mill. Even in the gloom it was not hard to read his vocation from his appearance. His tattered coat-tails swung slowly to the rhythm of his gait and his remnant of a hat was drawn close over his lowering face. It was not far to the old mill, aud when he reached it the vagrant paused, lifting a steady look to its crumbling walls. He gave a grunt of relief as if his journey was done, but still he gazed at the mUl before him. "Humph," he muttered as if lost in thoughts of a past. "What a firm Darken, Son & Co. was. Many aud many the time the wee small hours have found us four the firm and I hidden away in the little back office. What times and what results ! I wonder if I could find the place in this dark ness. "How strangely it all ended," he went on. "Darken died a respected man be cause he had the brain to conceal from the world his follies. Young Paul the "Son" ran away to escape death at the hands of the other partner,Mr. Jelikins. That last was a miserable affair. Poor Polly Jelikins ! I wonder where she went after her brother was killed !" He moved ou toward the moss-grown door and passed into the room. He shuddered as he entered and a feeling of some terrible dread crept into his heart Many times had he slept sweetly on the dirty floor of some old hut, but to-night he could hardly bring himself to cross the distance between the front and the little office in the rear. It might have been the fear of falling through the floor or, perhaps, the memory of the past wickedness. The boards creaked dismally beneath his shuffling tread and a bat sprang out into the night with a wierd gesture. "Ourse it," whispered the wayfarer, "what fate ever led me back to this in fernal place? Was it not sufficient that here I lost wealth, family, honor, and prospects? Who knows, I maj have been turned back to give up the last I have my life." As if consoled with this he pushed open the little door before him and stepped into the mildewed room. How plainly he saw it all not by his eyes, for here the darkness was intense ; but in the one clearly outlined corner of his memory. The four walls rose as of old out of a rough plank floor, and over in the cor ner lay the fallen desk. Down under his feet he heard the faint whisjier of trickling notes, and he almost fancied txa wheel was going round. Was it the wheel that made that rustl ing he heard? He bent to listen. No nor was it the bats. It was some thing moving stealthily toward him from the wall opposite. He saw nothing jn the blackness, but from some blind intuition lu drew back into the great room of the mill. There was no rush no words, but he knew a vengeance was before him, slowly following him, led by eyes that were accustomed to the obscurity. "Hold on, damn you," he broke out. "What do you want to kill me for?" ""Who aro you?" came out of the darkness after a pause, "and what are you sneaking in on me for?" "Say, do you own this h.otelVv "Not exactly, but I belong to a so ciety that has leased it for a olult room." "Ah! the Brotherhood of Decayed Gentry, or Knights of the Road, eh? I belong to the same mystic order." "Again) who are you?" "Who am I? tV'clI, I'm nobody nor. but if it was daylight I could show you who I once was." "How so?" "I could show you, down yonder in the village, three pointing church spiros. One is tall with a weather vane on top the next one supports a tarnished brazen cross ; and this sjde is a small, r one with only a shingled cone for u. finger.' "Well.." "Once I stood beneath that finger. Once upon a time I liftpd my finger until it was parallel with the steeple. Y'es, I was a man of God." "Can it be I know you ! Say, George, do you remember me?" 'Hardly " "You took m to th vjljagp to bring back your past I keep you here, .oug ago these crumbling walls shook in the rumble of heavy machines ; now they quiver and quake in the faintest breeze, "fn those (lays the walls of the little room yonder jjrowced the hoarse voices of four drunken gamblois, Vojj r.nd I were there. There we bowled on ovBr the road that has somehow brought us back to the old mill yet never turned, iufyour hand in mine, old pardner, the knife is b'auk in 'nj7 bosojn." "Wait," continued the unseen, de taining him whose hand he clasped, "just a moment before we move. You are yet a miuister?" 'fn nme." Then a silence felt over these t?yo of the brotherhood which the younger broke reluctantly. "Qf course you remember the whole atorj aid how Jelikjns and I "came to frar You remember pretty Polly and how I betrayed her. If you were me) Pporge, wouldn't you make it as near rig-tlh God's pyes as you could even if tab 6rld never knew?'1 "Yes, so near as I couldT' " Thank tqu , G eorge. And now prom ise me one thing, old fellow; swear it ou the memory of the past, oa jour life your hut hope." "I swear I don't care what," was the response, "your father and I ruined you boys and it is bnt right you should take your turn. What is it?" "At daybreak to-day," murmured the younger, "I came into town from the south. Here, near the old mill, I met a woman friendless and homeless like myself. I spoke and she answered. The voice was like the whiier of an angel from the far-off shore. The eyes turned toward me with the old look the arms stretched out with the old gesture " "Yes. Paul, never mind the rest" "She was what 1 made her, George, and she saved my life by a timelv warning. Her child her child and mine has gone now and she has come back from her sin to die where her love died, to end it all in tho drystal pond ition whose willow-grown banks the be ginning came. 1'oor J'oiiy. say, George, isn't it strange that I should come too von and I?" "What can I do, Taul?" asked tho elder, hi tongue unwieldly with emo tion. "3Iake us what we should have been long ago," quickly replied the other; "cursed dolt that I was not to have done it then. Polly, my angel wife, come and let us be such before God as we have been liefore ourselves." George could not see who came out of tho oftico at the call, but when he put out his hand it met two clasjied' in a close embrace. One wtw rough and scaly and one was soft and small. Rack to tiie fallen pastor came the words of the ceremony so long since last repeated. "Do you Polly Jelikins take this man Paul Darken to be thy wedded " "Do you Paul Darken ." "Then by the power vested in mo I now pronounce you man and wife. What God has joined " "Hold on, George," whispered the man before him. Then lie tumed to her who stood beside him, "Polly, Polly, my darling little sweetheart, after all these years of sonow, sin, and never dying love you are my wife." "And you are my husband." They were in each other's arms now and George heard a happy kiss. "Now Polly shall we keep our word?" "Yes, Paui, my loved one. Baby is waiting for us. Let us go quickly." "Now George, vour oath." "Oh Paul," cried the other, "release mo'' he broke off in a shudder, for he guessed to what he had sworn. ji- , "You are bound" came tho voice of the bridegroom intensely. "Keep vour oath." Across tho hand of the executioner was laid a hilt and George knew the blade was beyond. "Y'es," he answered slowly," and but one thing will prevent me doing what I was fool enough to promise." "And that is what?" "Death." He turned the point of the knife upon his own breast and in tho darkness Paul could not prevent. But someone else saved him from the deed. Down from the hill came a blast of fierce, cold wind, shrieking and scream ing in among the broken wheels and shafts. There was a trembling, a creaking, a crash and the secret was swallowed up in falling timbers. "When Squire Hall tore out the debris in the following spring, his workmen came upon the skeletons of three peo ple a woman and two men. The good people of Cherry Creek wondered and guessed and gossiped for a season ; aud then the most improba ble of tho theories passed into the tra ditionary history of the village. In nle. An old resident in Vermont tells the following story, belonging to his past ex perience as a country postmaster. Un like many more thrilling tales, it has the advantage of being strictly true. Those were the days when travel was carried on by stage-coach, and the ar rival ot the mails was often delayed by bad roads and stormy weather. It happened, one spring when the mud was almost up to the horse's knees, that we had no mail for three days. The consequence was that the three days' batch, consisting of nine bags, cauie iu late one night, as I was about going to bed. I determined to delay distribution until morning, and fell asleep rather harassed at the thought of so large a task. Next day T rose early, and went into the ollico to open my mail-bags. They were gone! The corner where I always left them was quite empty, and my heart began to beat loud and fast. The mail had been delivered to me, I was responsible for it, and it was not to be found. Presently, as I started about, the big drops of sweat gathering on my forehead, I noticed small packages of letters lying in the places where I was accustomed to leave them before send ing them out into the several districts by the farmers who fame to town, I looked further; the maii was all dis tributed. Then I turned to the spot where I always threw tho empty bags after finishing my work. There they lay, collapsed and empty. Now you know exactly as much about this story as I know myself. It seems very evident to me that I rose in my sleep, impressed by th unusual task before me, and finished It mechanically I had never been u sleep-walker before, and I never did such a thing again. sTIonHil Done n VoimI lluy'i. UikIiiosh. An ancient Irish dame has a small stand close by the Franklin statue in 1'rintiug House Square from which she oilers to passers-by the cool and re freshing lemonade. If there is wind anvwliei'o it always sems to find n fiitu ! iiel up Spruce street, and Boreas was I ..n.,.v ..mm .. l.,0 I.A.aV n'.wl. l.? ituill! nirjllt? lL U13 ucb WU1JV. uu 1J13 favorite thoroughfare yesterday. A young woman in her best bib and tucker, with the inevitable young man, was crossing from tho postoffice iu tho direction of tho bridge. A particu larly strong puff of wind nearly blew off her hat, bristling with meadow flowers, and all her attention was given to keeping it on her head. The rude breeze, however, took charge of her dress, and as jt blew around got en ianglpft with tbe only three glasses Bridget had on her stand, They fell on the flags, to be simply smashed' into smithereens. For a moment there was siience, then the oyner, m pure Hibernian, gave vent to her feelings, and the language was not really ladylike. The young man was, however, equal to the occa sion, and diving into his pocket pro duced and gave to the Celtic Hebe a dollar bill Tho latter looked at the note for iume seconds and then pi dis appeared into that undiscovered country so far as men are concerned a woman's pocket. " Jack and Jill had passed on ; of this the vendo;' of cool drinks made certain. She then deliborately took up her bucket of water, dashed it on tho ground, picked up her lemons and folding up her temporary stand made a beeline for homo. She had done a good day's business. N. . Tribint. ' i m The American miss who marries a foreign count hopes to become a "Coun tess So-and-so," but usuallj ends with b'einrj a Miss-Fit. The Merer anl Traveler. It is remarkable how a boy who will walk four miles through the timber alone to go to a party gets scared at the darkness in the wood-shetL -1 l I nmSLUAllVa The Bee-satlelc Tr.M Dr. Oliver Wecdell Holmes ha J' ered the moUve power of the eftctnc nil- he describes "The Boomstick Train, tell fag how the Salem witcbes, impatient at their long imprisonment, petitioned to be relMsed, and how, when the Evil Oae al lowet them their liberty, they IJ nad prank, that he called them together acd, for pnnishment, made them pall tue electric cars. Since then oa many a car yoall see A broomstick plain an plain can bg : On every stick there's witch ""ide Tho string you tee to her leg is tied. She will do a micbieMf ahe can. But the string it held by a '"" And whenever the evil-minded witcn Would cut some caper he glyea a twitch. As for tho hag. you cant see her. Hut hark : yon can hear her black cat s parr. And now and then, as a train fioe gr. You may catch a gleam from her wicked eye. Often you've looked on a rushing train. But just what moved it was net so plain. It couldn't bi thoe wires above, For they could neither mil nor shove; 1 here was the motor that made It go You couldn't guess, but now you know. Bemember my rhymes when you ride again On the rattling rail by the broomstick train ! A Sensible Precaution. Though disease cannot alwaya be conquered, its flrbt opproach can be checked. But not only is the use of a medicinal safeguard to be recommended on the first appearance .of a malady, but a wise discrimination should be exercised in the choice of a remedy. For tiitrt.v vmn cr more Ho9tetter's Stomach Bitters has been tho refeniug specific for dya-IK-j.-ia, fever and asjtie, a loss of physical fttninina, lier complaint and other disorders, and ims been most emphatically indorsed by liudiciil men as a health and strength restora tio It is indeed a wise precaution to use this soveieign foitifving agent aud alterative iu the early stages of disease, for it effectually counteracts it, if the malady belongs to that largu class to which this sterling medicine is udapted. N'ot only is it efficacious, but pure and harmless. Unmeaning- Relic as Charms. I have known men to carry about un meaning relics in my time, but Joe Jasper, a member of the Indianapolis council, has a watch charm whhb is enough to give some people the horrors, says a Vandalia conductor. Several years ago he had two of his toes amputated, and be preserved them in alcohol. The bottle was accident ally broken, and Joe threw the toes into a box in his garret. Not long since he ran across the toes and foand that they were mummified completely. Though greatly sbmnken, their forms were still perfect. He had them mounted in gold in unique designs, and now wears them as pendants to bis watch chain, and claims that the strange charm has brought him good luck. The proprietors of California Kidney Tea offer a reward of S1.000 to the discoverer for a kidnev and liver remedy that will cure as many cases of those diseases on trial as tho California Kidney Tea. It i purely a veget able remedy. Safe in its action and easily administered. Ask your drugget, for it. Law packages are sold for 50 cents. Cau ioknia Kidney Tea Co.. Fairfield. Io. H ants to Teach Mini at Lesson. About six months ago an Athens, Ga. youth, aged 15 years, disappeared from home, aud several days after a note to his parents informed them that he had de cided to try his fortunes in Texan. It was the old, old story of the boy that read the IU cent novels. The lad thought he was cut out to be a robber chief. A few days ago bis father received a letter from him, stating that he would be glad to return home once more., acd requesting money to return on. His father refused to send it, and says he wants to teach his son a les son. Theue has nererbeenanything discovered that will equal Dobbins Electric Soap for all household ues. It makes paint look liko n'v. and clothes as tchite as snow. It is a jtlrasure t use it. Ask your grocer for it. Tue agricultural college professors have figured it out that two little sparrows in ten years will produce an ancestrv of 275, TlG.ySS.MS birds. Woll, that isn't more than a bird or two out of the way at most. When Baby wis sick, we save her Csctorls. When she was a Child, bhe cried for Castoris. When Bhe became Mis, fhe clung to Castoris, When she had CMldren. bhe gave them Castoris. The art of making matches has been so perfected that 10,000,000 of the tiny sticks can be cut into shape, all ready for dipp ing, by ono machine in a single day. To s we timo is to lengthf n lifo." Do you vnluo life? Then u-,e SAPOLIO. It Is a solid cake of Scouring Soap. Try a cake oJ it in your next houe-clean ine. The employes of the British admiralty, war office it nl postoffice have began tbe formation of r, nnion of government work men, for striKo or other purposes. 1EECHAMS Surous Ills. Tnxs euro Bilious and Gen. "VV. W. Lokino, Florida's faror ito warrior, lies buried in St. AuRUstine with no stone to mark his last resting place. A pocket pin-cushion ireo Taniir. Punch" jc. Cigars. to smokers of It cost $185,000 to defend the Irish members before tjie Parnell commission. Potitinel, Cured with VesstaMs Rs-efiss. Have currd many thousand rasas. Cms satlanta pronounced hopeless by thr best physicians. From Srst do !yniitim rapidly disappear, aad in tan davt lt two-thirdsof all symptoms ar ramoid brad for free hook of tertlmoniala of miraculous cures. Ten days treatment furnished free by mail If yon order trial, .and 10 cents in stamps to oar postas-e. Dll. H. H.OftUI WISH. Auan! Q. ROisy Jsf TRKATED FREE. PAIN1FSS. PILLS RRivniAilP PAINLESS. rikaUia EFFECTUAI7 WORTH A GUINEA A BOTm For BILIOUS A NERVOUS DISORDERS sgH Sick Headache, Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Constipation, Disordered layer, etc- ACTING LIKE MAGIC on the vital organs, streiigtheiiinq the muscular system, and arousing with the rosebud or health Tho Whole TPhysical Energy of the Human Fme Jjf&,B p,l,s'iake" -wfa syfV mitiekh RESTORE FEMALES to compfetf ftftftfi. J J nc'vnc sdlpjlYSloRUCCISTS. Price, 25 cents Der Box. $ Before you buy anyrhmg:ak two queHonai . -i i tfartMev" - Kf .rnese quesMotfirroci5rniateyou rich bufliiey will nevercnt y6u from buying SAPLrO(58y2IJw Its uses are many and so are its friends for wliere it is once used it U always used. To clean homo without it is sheer folly, since it does T.I LP. ll'nvh. ini no . ? t -... - o ,aSV gliig.l'agtt4 j&urn It U an iWntlnam- wosuii. rnce.fise. 8ol . nkkfi : Two worn ia-. - ,, iTre same o - - - - T.tj-a gsSa? So they lean on tke fenee tan a0"""" Two women -t on the front -& tof . They told howthett etfg!t!E?. rwaewB And sneered at the aJto; """ Fo women delight to s tfe d fl s Without it their lives o-.!?? So they sit on the s oop In the gloamHC. Two husbands came hosaat from a ball H1- flSXofflSetbey ld).ae the .an wet down: . BJtrfiSi5it5Sra -Sea do For men. though they work, love "?-T And that's why wivea seek sometWns new, Asthey meet and talk In the glo-mtofr tiratlfjia U AM. The high position attained nndth.-mi--ersal acceptance and approval of the pi -ant liquid fruit remedy. Syrup of Ftars. as the most excellent uruaUve known. Illus trate the value or the qualities on which its success is based, and are abundantly grati fying to tho California F1 Syrup Company. Oxfobd uniTersity has decided by vote of 75 against 58 thai women maybe admitted to the examination of the degree of bachelor of medicine. CONDUCTOR E. D. LOOM18. Detroit. MJeh.. mts -The effect of HaU's Catarrh Care is wonderful." Write Dmggists, 75s. him about it. Sold, by A pabrot owned by a Kansas City bar ber bangs in a cage in front of the estab lishment and occasionally advises pasa trsby to get their hair cnt. Don't let worms eat the very life out of your little children. Kestore them to health by giving; Dr. Bull's Worm Destroyer. A PAIR of white robins with pink eyes were caught at West Goshen, Pa., last week. So Opium In Mao's Car fer Consump tion. Cures where other res-Sdl r&iL 25c. Paris shopkeepers complain of a very dull season. Hood's Sarsaparilla It Peculiar ToltMif 100 Doses One Dollar iAUICO Cst-sstaika start Vss k TVA H BT ) bWbbB HHI en rMesWB MEDICATED COMPLEXION rWHfecffa-rarjfess Helen ELY'S CREAM MM UWtKlhSlOOOtowy Mas, fleams. r CUM CATARRH. 4y-tyBalaii-to aaah aoatrfl. I BBOS. H Wama M, Jf.T. XS OUtxt Mtdieint in tk WtU atWsJs DR. ISAAC TMKPS4H -CELEBRATED EYEWATER,- This article is a carefully prepared pfcyatcaa's ars eription, and has been In constant use for nearly century. There are few diseases to which -snaisal re subject more dbtrea nc than sore eyes, sad one. perhaps, for which more remedies hare bee Wed without success. ForaU eater-sal tnHamwiatloa of the eyes It is an infallible remedy- If the dlraa tlons are followed It will never falL We particularly Invite the attention of pbysiclaas j Hamertts. To sale by all dnnrglrta. JOttK L. THOXTSOS. S02SJ ft COl TaoT.N.T. gsUMIshwl HIT. CARTS ONLY SIO iTke Beat a 4 Lawas Price afaay Carta Made, air, aa i aa i BaawiM. -1t aaTaaC iHaraeaslt-MI mae Sie.e. Fcrra, AaUO , a 'a, ! n lag .-acuaf, acmi ox au ! mi Na 5it mooer aa4 am4 for Ftfcv Usk , CHICACO SCALE CO.. CUeac. llllaala, V. S. . BORE WELLS ! MONEY! Our ell Machine; ar inemost suABLK.saASLK.rccKssrri. The do MrlHK WMKK and -kklCKEATEK HKoriT. They FINISH Wells where there rAIL! Any ;ue. ? L ucnea to lucoei dlauUT. LOQMIS k TIFFIN. - NYHAN, Catalogue OHIO. FREf! C"i5HESTC ENGLISH tssmsi TaaMlyraUaalasUl a-aa. Saai " jaalsa. aah In ariiwBSa. 'adBiaAiajradawailllstaa.sattaS wita aiuartaaa. Tawaaealh i Saasaa: NSW PENNON WW HA VK NOT BEKN fcjItlTI. for forms for annliratlnn anil fnl LAW. CStitlkd who titi tn .. I tor forms for application and full lnforanatloa VTSl. W. DUDLEY, LAXE COMMISSIONER Of rZNSlOXB. .huiufj uw, t rTQal m ci- (Mention this PsperJ imp.) . i-n ocior circulars and tcntimontai addm a. v. w. r. kmpm, ataSTat, tajSrT-U 'aiue tnU i aper when yon write. Stea ana tmK(. J I Kill -a ROAD --aSBBTBBBTBBTaTBeISlS. KkWWWr Taa 1B1 Bjk J3T E&n-pra-ss -L Send c for circulMnmiuXlmcM AMnmT r3uc: AU the year rouncLvjX rely upon Dr. Pierce's Go Medical Discovery to J$l the blood and invigorate j? system. It's not li ? sarsapanuas, mat are sairl 7 March. Anril and U J Golden Medical Discl works equally well ' times, and in all cases X' blood - taints, or humors ? matter what their nam! nature. It's the cheapest bloody fier, sold through drugJ because you only pay f& good you get. ' Your money is retamerU it doesn't benefit or cure yc. Can vou ask more1 "Golden Medical DiW ery" contains no aicohrj inebriate, and no svrup . sugar to derange digestion. ' It's a concentrated wl ble extract; put up L- fl! bottles ; pleasant to the ta? and equally good for aduhTi". children. The " Discovery " res , Skin, Scalp and' ScrofU. affections, as Eczema, Tetter Salt-rheum, Fever-sore ll'jjrc Swellings, Hip-jo;-.! and kindred ailmenb. GERMAN MEDICATED STOCK SttH-1. ' - 't!k?i anil.- . tlt llo . ." CUM LU Mllk..rJ. ai m -a ;" nriSt-r. nun t v , .-3tiOR T - .1. lll-hlV I! - . t "" nt i. - " j. Ltivw n ' -, In hu.L :li.' -v , Irfn T-k i "y for H. t. ' urt... ," CiEK.MA.V ?!KDlUr. COJIFA.M, Jflnueapollt, 1uq y too wiau a M. uoou KSTOLTSK enchase ose of oale- braud HKITI WESSON arms. The finest ranaU an na ver manufactured and the If utnfactnred in calibre 32. 3M and t i C. nit choice or ail expena k or double action. Safety UammrrM -:i : Taraetmedela. Constructed enttrc.y v' bt icI. sty rreeskt steel, carefully iet- ws f!--..t-ma skip and stock, they are uEnvrd r-r Snlik, 4.rhfltty-Bda.ecaracy. locott.i-or.T.!'T rftrtir imiiemeie eavai-iraa lBniatiss sraoftta sold for the aenuiae artic ar .-? w only sraliable. (but daccemns Th 5M!T t WB0OIt Revolver are all stamp! ;'; :ieSi rala with flrm'a name. addis as J it f;:a sad are aamrwateed perfect in :; .?: ! atstnpon navin the sen & artici. 1 M r dealer cannot supply yon an order Mc:tra!i-M below will r-rjeiv prompt and crfiu r.uvzz. DsacriptlTe -atalo 3e and pr.usef.rr. -iV sre: i0- SMITH & WESSON. ftvr. tsprlars-14. Dr. WOOD, 413 fifth Stxer, sioux cur, iowjl ilesular Graduate ir. !- - so yarn hin;il an jt(.:" ,'. IO in CkUayo au i .: 1 .- Zr tablithfil in ioux ( 1t n(!1j 1 Hr i rtil trenfaj a l'rij! XeriUUa. Chrnnli.i.i..t ,..,,- 'flieae. Juerjutirrh i. Seminal m e: ni n raknr tnijht a.... imiu.itn (loM o sexual fiver), und ail l-'t-malf lI;(r.i-fi iirrtfuiurww. ric turn KUariilee.l or money refunded Chare;--' fair. TVrm, cah. Aaeand e.ii.-rlnc ar" iuif-t- n iarious medicines ucd-Asrme ""--f f" t ''"''''ess Pattenu t a jltnc treats fs:i- jiruici ne senr errrvrr T'.e rrm ja ' ii'jttatt yiur oit' and v?nd Tor tuiil term -in-nlfjr1.in rr4.T)r' .nrf t . bin n'jT "" by letter- Ir. VOOt hi, th.-Iarc.t McUlcal and Suric;l Institute nct X and Kar Iniirmarr In tli e.r . i patlenu at falrralen. fucllltt ' - -' - .- -cerci--Ayuet H..me nnd '- r ,. r ,--1 -LdUtlf ilurlaj frraruinejt ' nt-ir-.' a.'uJ Soetaee for Illustratett BOOK anV vHf.llH. Ot'RNAL. (HrMention t&". iv-r.. Aa;. v qqt&5 iorrnj "afwufirvi,- "LADITBS.neI)rLeDucsTeri52i ."I tVl4,"rr.-K. E.taWhaiaEori,lvSiLii - HTSj United State. lxT. Cori all tap pr.nK -i awat&ly Jnaamenu. Sf. htralcM. reljtk I w it aot Ik Ukcn darfj; frtgnmacj. Tk Ir f rj - j to whkh ladit ar liabl. i& the dirwt moTt of a ij. .1 -1 aTtfalrmentmation. Cosunal mcath'y &up;aw Mr L alo-dp.ji-iiraa.ljlckconutii.:t,a. :f.li,i I far Bi7, In p Win vskS totIi f, oa tuMtt of pr .. T.j. raa Ftll C., WholaIr as4 UraSty Prpr'itr.. T (rsa'n p. 1 '.; y SEDGWICK A DE Uj w, Isea. aa Ci:y. :a, W0caaia abl batl Ajc. Want to Know the human ; yf tecs. If & tattJ, dttiv i- fw." tlnorane aid iitd. - .u. ."ars to alt form t ofdis'3" Old E y. Rupturr. FUn .: py m Marriaat atut Aat ur.zr mt "doctors l'roll Joke wcraa- bend ten rents for new Lin.C--rr F MEDICAL SENSC AND NOFiSENSe. BL. MILL l-t'B CO.. US tU?t SSth '' PENSIONS! 2ieDUabmtyBiUi9iaw. Soldiers i .. .-- . "Vrr,?B,itI,J- DPnent wido w.c .. bow dependent whiwe sons died tiom tSs ' ' MsjsKsrw' james mm. aAt;jnilaionerofPeai.lon.wiSSi,-! t C Ef ENIENT PENSION SELL heaorsbly dlacharsed Soldier acd iZZ, "w,3nl"oncapaci:64 Wa rr lJlepeseat Parents and Mtoor t 5 " " -. uw.ji lysant nMrinr (flnccsssa 1 1 Waealaxton. D. e. WW, FITCH & CO., 1M Corcoran Buildln. W.ifih,rioa. I PENSION ATTORNEYS r9 naaa a. XI--i J Vv JexPence. Sncceiu:r ... neoniand claimjof li Imd, in hozu.; . K-- . PENSIONS .eret rtittiun Tim ni-i:tnu U B....J . '" .s"- urw-jxi. ., I Bianteafree Jorwni M. UlSTKR, Au?,"U' . .!.! .a mn . rirwjwnen -. " raiiU a PENSIONS W. Soldiers. Widows. OLD CLAIMS SUII nu.lrr Mff i.ra Tir:.lA. n. . ... Plications and lnformt; a..i. .--.ni". Fension Aeeut, yasiuroi.. . v. PENSIONS!.2 tSSSSUSBSl il Att'ri .ulF. eTeind.Ivtr-."-i saaTHlkTS'raTaTBJ'-i.i....t,.. im. SSSlJutosCjat Bln ' - i iaV( W.aJ T "O ru0v- last war. ISMlludlcatliiicc. Thonsici-fi. nnitrus NT. ' Wrlv lmoftili ;" CO..WaI.h.-- P ENSINNS widow s and" rtU:i--'" r p .)k.i . H8ftS?-2.'5fc..a-nk and iatr. i. -,V KWallUIC Write us far ae "" Saatfrre .." llsvaa -' ''lSB aTafaf awl al & ---- . 5.TT."B"S1'STtra. asaorUat " Baas.WaaaiacWB. . .. OtaoH1"- PATE-NTS IilES SStfASTHW a Prt. irl U.ai asall. 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