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jmrmd VOLUME XXY.-XUMBER 28. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1894. WHOLE NUMBER 1,276. m -8" u S -5T ill i : r -Si r 1 i HAD returned to Paris in search of something nets-. A tourof the provinces bad somewhat dis- nearteneu m e , but still 27 last Cf"j""!"fft? : me was not in sijht and I thought I would be able to add to it materially if I cx-nld but find the thing I wanted. Paris did not seem the old Paris. I found some of the nn-e shade trees cut down where the barricades had been erected, and here and there on the walls of the little houses in the Rue Saniierre, where I lodged were , the marks of bullets the scars of the race of the terrible commune. I wanted a new drama something that would nil the house and my packets s. well Just then this new drama seemed a dream, a vision not to be realized, for seme of the finest things in that line had failed, and the dramatists vrere taking their wares across the channel and even to the Cnited states. I advertised for manuscripts in the proper channels and retired to the up per rooms to wait. I knew it would Le a lone time before I could nni just what I needed, and when I tnought of the stutl I would be expected to read the useless dialogue and the poor humor I fairly shuddered. My one fnend and conncaut. Mon sieur Jadet, a little man with the blackest eyes that ever sparkled used to climb to my room and walk over to the table and run his hand through the dramas that were accumulating there. "I told you so." he would sav. You ret enocch. but not what you want. It won't come- laris :s still shiver ing over the commune, and it won"! come out of the shadow of the barri cades and such until a year has pass ed. That one terror paralysed the brain; it has palsied the hand, and no drama, monsieur, no drama" sacre! Why do we wait for that which can not, cotae"" And then He wcrald walk to the win dow and look out over the city with his face darkly sober. We waited for three weeks. Day af ter day I picked up a new manuscript. but soon laid it down. A dozen lines were enough- r One afternoon when 1 had come in from a walk through the denuded boulevards 1 found my ruoin occupied. Pierre, my janitor, had let my v.s itor into the room, and she sat in my chair with her eyes rest.ng half jeal ously upon the pile of rejected dramas on the table- I was struck at once with the beau ty of the g-rL for ciri she wa-. not past eirhteen. with a fracde but be witchinc figure and a face almost transparent in the sunlight. "You are Monsieur M " she asked, half timidly, showinc me two rows of snow white teeth. I replied in the amrmative an i she seemed to smile arraiu. '" am Mile- Vivien." she answered, modestly takinc from benath her shawl a little roll of paper at sight of which I seemed to fall back Was it another drama "You have advertised for a drama " she went on "And see! I have brought you one 1 took the roll and was about to un tie it when she interposed a hand. When I am gone, if you please, monsieur." she said. "I will leave it with you. I will come when shall I return for your verdict"" Pitying the cirL I told her I had re ceived so many manuscripts and that I feared hers would not be read f'r some time, but she said quickly: 'I will come to-morrow Yos w.l' read it to-night. It may be better than strolling through the streets." and before I could reply she had arisen and was gone. I heard iter footsteps on the stair and then lost the sound of them. Half an hour later I was lookinc up from the manuscript with a startler face. It had come' I felt that I held in my hand the very thine i had sought, and with the drama clutched in my grip I went rrer to the window and breathed hard, yet joyfully. The drama was called "The Coun tess Claire." and I saw at once that the vounc heroine would cantivate the hearts of rts of the fickle Parisians if anything could. The girl who had brought the crania had left a) address and I did not know where to look for her. so su I had to do was to wait, she said she would come the next day. I cared not show the play to Mon sieur Jadet. but resolved to wait till I had made arrangement for its pur chase. I would keep the secret all to The next day Vivien came back. Modestly dressed and intellectual in appearance I had taken to her, and wondered if she were not the daugh ter of the playwright. I h ive examinee vour crama. , TV" said L "And you like it!" she started. 1 thought you would, mensieur." "It is ttj good." She clasped her thin hands and looked at ce. "Your father, the playwright "I have no father: I came to Paris. an orphan, from the district of Haute Lorraine. I walked all the way save when I was helped a little by the Prussian soldiers." "But the drama? How did you bring it along without losing it?" "I did not fetch it with me mon sieur. It was prodncea hero, but let me have that for my secret, won't you? It is aU the one I care to possess." "But if I should decide to purchase T" "1 will negotiate." she answered. "I am Mile. Vivien, and the drama belongs to ue." -To you. mademoiseUe?" She touched her breast and bowed. "To me Vrvien Noiles," she said. That day Monsieur Jadet went into ecstades over the purchase, but said dubiously: "Where shall we and a "Countess Gaire?" It will become a famous - character. What abut the girl who brought the crama?"" I could not but start at the inspiration. r vj . ckzcj i "I will see her," I exclaimed "She won't give me her address, but she is to call again." Vivien came once more, and I pro posed that she take the title role. Instantly her cheeks Pushed, and I knew that I could have made no more desirable proposition. "I have had' a little training,"' said the girL '"I have played in the prov inces as a child, but She paused and looked away. "The character seems to fit me, don't you think? The countess is young and, what is more, she came from the Haute Lorraine for you re member what she says of the roses there" It was settled. Vivien was to be come our Countess Claire," and forth with we began. Those were delightful rehearsals, and the rest of the cast, with one or two exceptions, took kindly to the fragile girl with the dark skin and deep, lustrous eyes, which Monsieur Jadet insisted talked as fluently as her tripping tongue One night after the rehearsal, in the midst of a pouring rain. Vivien threw her threadbare cloak over her head and stcoa waiting for a C3b in the doorway. "Shall I go with you to the Rue T She did not let me finish. "To my home? o. no" and she darted across the sidewalk, spranc into the vehicle, shut the door and was rushed away. The drama progressed amazincly Day after day I saw it nearing its readiness for the stace and Monsieur Jadet who. with myself had unlim ited faith in its success, invested all his Lttle wealth in the future. "The girl is mad." suddenly cried the Lttle Frenchman one afternoon as he rushed into my room and threw himself into my chair. "Wviea?" I exclaimed. 'The Countess Claire." he answered, and then he proceeded to narrate a street incident which he had just witnessed. Ja.:et said that he was strolling alone the Eue Concorde when he saw an oicer of the a-my. a youne man in fJl uniform. struzrT'ing with a youz.z girl. Ansiocs to see m-jre and always chival-ous to defend innocence and beauty, he hastened forward to see tae cirl di-ourace herself from the 'Seer's zrs.ip. and before break ing away, deal him several blows with a little whip which broucht the bioo i.for the tiny lash cut like a razor. "1 hat for the 1-th of July, and this! and hfcr she er.cd as the blows fell up-or the captain's cheek Bet thegirP" cried L "You seem to have me believe that she was the conz.iess? "I was V.T.en. monsieur! Her littl arm seem -d a strong as steel. but as ilexibte a- whalebone. Sacre! how she struct the officer. He winced at each strode and when she ran on" bel'okedand showed his teeth, but did lot follow." A! this was strance. aye. unac coui table to nu. I could not under stani it at aL Taat Vivien, the fair Ctrl from the Haute Lorraine, should hav.- a dinica'.t" with a man on the stre t was pat my comprehension and almost "y ad belief -hewill explain wh-n she comes." said I. "But the Irth of July, mon sieur?" Jadet shook his heal "I don't know said h? "Then is when they stod the commune up aca ust wails and shot it to death Bui she walked to Paris and the Ger mans helued he-," and he shook his rrl-:, m m ,-,i t t ifc' . --, j' . VrJiJr s ( :rs3rL Sfe-x f L- '?- .- :A5 .--cs. ' , rr 1 . ft - mwt L. Il I !t Hf Kf 4 . c ;r t -iL' t . ' tr x' v- i ' i a v ? . l 't1 r i I ' .-CVM !-' i sHZ t- PE-Dl head acaia and ioijke-i away When i " lv.en came back she was silent as to the occurrence in the street. I fore- hore question her. hoping that she would enlighten me of ner own ac cori. but she did not. Again we fell to work on the drama. and the night of the first performance drew nich. But I hai made auothew and an aiarminc discovery. Tne girl was wLily ambitizus. She was putting her whole soul into the role of the Countess Claire, and I could see that it was taxiac her strength. You must not work so hard." I said to her out- day at my table. "You are getting on all richt. but you will overtax your powers, and ?-e can't af ford to loose our countess, yozi see." It was a wan smile that made her features lovlier than ever, and -he drew back xvith the sunlicut falliug on her locks " hich looked more ether- ea tnan ever. It is a life's ambition, monsieur. - I -al i Vivien. "I had coupled it with an "ther ambition, but that one is sat isfied satisned forever. You did not see me? No. I got away eluded the police and she broke into such a strange, wild laugh that I thought of what Jadet had told me about her mind. This was the nearest she had come to referring to her altercation with the ofScer. and I did not press her to tell me more. The thrill of the openinc night of "The Countess Claire" remains with me stilL I recall the crowded house, the critics come to write the new drama down and the throbbinc of my brain as Vivien aooeared before the foot lights. But it was a success. The moment she spoke I knew what would happen. Her grace, her bewitching face and figure, her ; beauty, fragile but passionately strong all these united to insure me a triumph such as the little theater i h3d not scored in years. I - I found Vivien, brilliant eyed, in -n - a x. v- s,-"a M- -i i- ' .1 v A : ' ! one of the wings after the fall of th seemed to be waiting for no one, and when I came forward to con gratulate her she did not seem to see me at alL I spoke, but she did not look up. I touched her arm and spoke again, and then sh6 seemed to recall that she owed me answer. It was a success. Monsieur M ," she said. "You are satisfied with j your 'countess? " j How could I tell her how proud I j was of her? How teU her that she j had not only made her fortune, but i my own, as well? i "You shall go home with me to- i night." said the girL "I believe the time has come, but you will let me j precede you a little." . I told her that I would be delighted j to see her at home, and below we j called a cab. j "It will be goine home with me if we go in separate cabs, monsieur," spoke Vivien at the door. "You can follow. I will direct the driver." She called another cab and directed the driver to take her to the Rue Bor laise, mentioning the number in the same breath. The man fell back and looted at her. Vivien was in the vehicle and the door was shut, and in another minute we were rattling over the streets of Paris, but in different cabs. Eaeer to see Vivien at home and to note the route taken by my cab, I leaned arainst the glass and took note of the streets. I was not far behind her. and I soon saw that we were entering the poorest quarter of Paris, the quarter where the petroleuses and commune had rasped and died before the bullets of the soldiery Eer cab halted and mine soon came up. but Vivien was already out of sight. I entered the tali house and ran up the steps, for the girl rad told me that I would nnd her on the third door back, in a little room ten by twelve. I heard the noise of a closinr door as I started down the grimy corridor. I was there in a moment. In another instant I had opened the door and stood on the t'nreshol L A lizht wa buminc on a table, and near it in a chair lay the form of an old woman Vivien was there, too. standing at the chair, with her face as white as death and her eyes riveted upon the wrinkled face in the chair. I advanced, but the girl threw up her hand. "She is dead, monsieur." she said "She promised to live till I came back successful and she kept her word. This is my mother the little woman who followed me from Haute Lor raine, and whose son. my brother. I avenged or cutting to pieces tae face of the oncer who had him shot those awful days- I have lived to achieve the only triumph I ever panted for. Oh. the long nights over the drama: oh, the patching it took and the oil we burned, and the bread we tried to save till it was ready for joti. " I seamed thunderstruck. What, was it your work? th drama1 "The Countess Claire?" " Vivien smoothed the white hair that straggled over the cold temples of the dead an i smiled- It was my work, but it took my blood. Mother always said "nnd him first." and I found him. Monsieur, yoa have lost your countessi you can -: nnd another, but she will not be Viv ien: no. not the little butterdy of the Haute Lorraine." I sprang forward to prevent her from falling to the 5 oor in a faint, but she was down already, and I ten derly laid her upon the poorly draped bed in one comer of the room. The little doctor whom I summoned looked once and then turned to me with a shake of his head. "It is too late, monsieur: they will co side bv side to Pere la Chaise, if they have money enough- And they had money enough for when the hour came tne little cortege that wound in and out of eld Paris carried mother and child, our Coun tess Claire" and the widow of the Haute Lorraine, to the most beautiful city of the dead in the world. And we lost her. lost our star on the eveninrof its risinc-. and when we rode back. Jadet and I in the same cab. scarcelv sneakinr. we saw a man stacker from a caooret. an 1 T ne mo- ment the light fell on his face we uttered exclamations of astonishment. for it was covered with hideous red scars, and Jadet, leaninc toward me. said in a stage whisper: The disgraced cantata, monsieur the man who wears the autocraph of our little countess." Chinese Trade Cnioa. The Chinese trade unions can trace their history back for more than 4.0' years. The Chinaman does not dis cuss with his employer what he is to receive for the work he dc-es: he simply takes what he considers a fair and proper remuneration. Ke levies toll on every transaction aeeordinc to laws laid down by his trade union, and without for a moment takinc into con sideration what his employer may consider propter. He is. therefore, cenerally called a thif. but h- is act inc under due cuarantees. in obedience t laws that are far better observed and more strit than any the police have been able to imrose. VVnre Kip Was Tiirn. Another change has taken place in the old house on Sixth and Spruce streets. Philadelphia, ia which Joseph Jefferson wa bom. and now the very dwellers in the house are icnorant of his existence or of his clory. Until recently the house was occupied by a dealer in Florentine casts which is at least one form of art. But now there is a barber's pole at the side window and a Russian peddler's stand at the door, and the dwelling is a tenement house civen over to the lower class of Poles." A Sore Ootioj-. Hobson. wearily Dobson. co yon know where I can go for an outing for an afternoon? Dobson Yes. Take a run down to he races. A person can be more out down there than any place I know oL Puck. They Are Seeesfn. There are two small Jewish agricul tural colonies in California, the first in Orange Vale, opposite Folsom, and the other in Portervilie. near Fresno. Both have passed the experimental stace and nromlse success. WEDDDTO ACCIDENTS. COURSE OF TRUE LOVE DIS TURBED AT THE ALTAR. What a Little Mow Cac Do Scare Bridesmaid, Brides, and ETerybody The Vast of a Heel a Serioo Miihip Her Traia Tors OS. "ot long ago an accident of a somes-hat amusing kind accurred at a rus tic wedding, says a London paper. The bride fas attended by ico brides maids, one of whom exhibited much uneasiness during the ceremony. She dropped her bouquet on rwo separate occasions this in itsLf -K-as suisdently aiarminc. as it is considered a sign of ill omen in ozze country district.- to crop anything durinsr the wedding service and at a most un likely moment the girl threw up her hands and. shrieking hysteric ally, fainted in the arms of the best man. And the cause of all this alarm was an inn.-cent znase. which for some minutes had b..n amusing itself by r-.nninj' in and out of the altar rails. a: no great distance from the afirighted bridesmaids. This disturbance caused a general uproar, the congregation prssin up to the front to discover the reason. Not until a vigorous fan nine hai be n appL-i was the orig inator of all this huSbub able to ex plain her cause o affrieht- The bride was so nervous after the catastrophe that it was some Uttie time before she wild respond to the marria-re st.rvi.-e oTe"tIj. IUrtly this reached it.- t..-rtninauon -he sat down in the vestry and mduLri in a .-.1 Ty. Another disturbance at a rustle wd dinc was due to the bride, who was apparently a jrrr-at favorite with the viliacrers. iudciuir by the nam:r of people assembled, and the various iu-'-:aj-s of rie whih they carried. At he critical moment, wbyr. th rinir -hould have S-n -lipp-d n tbv finder. xhf hiirh fa 1 f the bride's new shoe" cau-cd h-r to 5o-e her balanee. and in her eSort to rstfv her equilibrium she fell -in a heap." as the rustic said, at th-1 Stride groom's feet. A mf-z awkward avidoat truly, the maiden -ine of portly build and re q'lirine th- a-si-tan" o: two V.tvid cals to lift h-r to an rX't pstur Aft-r this -h appoan-i anything but calm, and when the party turned away from the aitar sh- -looped to pik up her shoe, which hai otMn- oS during the CKVurrence. and walked, like the nursery rhyme hero, with "ce shoe c. -n- shoe on." t the vtrv. amid the amused utter- of th rood. It L- reported that th- union of two f ni hearts was aeted in a curious manner at a cau'va at a manufactur ing town in the north of England -otne time ajo. The croom could not find the coidea symbol that was to pledge the solemn vow of the marrimre cere mony. He put a nervi- Incer in th? pvk-t of his V'-st. shook his handker chief, felt in th- op-nia: of his rlove. but the maci vin was not to he found. As already -otne time had r.-en io-t. ib s on pn-i'Kvi th-v-stry key. the rinjr of which was slipped over the confused ciri"? finrr. and the two were proclaimed man and wife. If retort z- true, this is by no means the only instance of the kind. A; a fashionable weddinc in New York last summer an accident of a painful kind to the fair bride happened. In stead of the customary bridesmaids this lady had two little boy.. dressed in Fauntleroy suits and curls, to at tend her: and one laddie in his hurry trod on the rich satin train which it was his duty to support tearing it quite apart and faliinc over it. The consternation of the bride was gr.at. but a few pin-, kindly supplied by a guest. ho c-ftly attach-ni the train in place, proved a satisfactory, if tem porary arranevtn'-a: after whih the lady walk-.-d down the aisle with ap parent unconcern, though her feelings must have been anything but pacific. Yet another incident at an America weddinc. which wa- of a more alarm ing character than the former. Dur inc the solemn hush which Usually precedes the readinj' of the marriage service, a roirh-iooking man pushed timseii forward ani attempteti to seize the bride a rich Canadian lady, about to be married to a naval oSicer. The lady was well known in fashion able circles, and the Catherine was composed chiefly of smart people, therefore the appearance of s roueh a character created an unusual Sutter. some minutes entreaties were 3vrv ' u.c. but. the man beeominc violent. he was forcibly ejected. Ke declared the lady was his step-iauchter. and he wished to give her his blessinc- It was afterwards proved that the fellow was intoxicated, and had created the tu mult for a wacer. He was imrrisonrrd i! for his pains, and it was declared the same individual had been the cause of an uproar some time previously at the funeral of a notable city man. escap inc punishment by bis adroitness in making an exit at a convenient mo ment. A mishap, with a happy termina tion, took place at a viliace church in a remote part of Cheshire. At the appointed hour the bride was waitinc at the altar and all was in readiness for the ceremony, but no crcom was forthcominc- 111 at ease, the ciri sent a messenger to the house of the dilatory one. but receivinc what she deemed an unsatisfactory answer, she founced out of church and a f-w minutes later reappecr-ni with the iac gard at her side, his face liberally due orated with coiirtplaster. the result of a battle in the viliace beer house th nicht before, this beinc the reason of his non-appearance at the import ant moment. QnetiOTi of the IToar- -I presume you funny mea aim to deal with questions of the hour, do you not?" -Oh. yes. I calculate that there have been written no less than five thousand xkes about the younc man who does not know when it is time for him to zo home." Exclusion of the Foldia-r Be. Mrs. De Fiat Have you anythinc new in foldinc bds? Dealer Only this, madame. and it really is quite a suecess. On arisinc in the morning oa touch a spring-, and it turns into a washstand and bath tab. After your bath, yon toneh another spring, aad i becomes a firesihg ease, with a French plate rairr. 'If you breakfast in your room; a slight pressure will transform it iaio an extension table. After breaMast, yon press these three bat tons it once, and you have an upright piano.' That's all it wfll do. except that Shea you die it can be changed into a rosewood comn. L CASE3 OP SHARP PRACTICE. r How jOae lawyer Catwitfed a skln2ln: aavd How An o: her Was Footed. !Ehe London Chronicle of January 11-13, 1781, gives an account of a lawyer who dined on several occasions with a client previous to a trial, and charged him 6s d for each attendance at dinner, which was allowed on taximr KIs cuent shabbily thought that by in vitation to dinner he would cet all consultations free. The lawyer's host thereupon sued him and recovered for the-7iae of the food and wine. The lawyer. howeTer. informeti again-t him for dealing in wine without a ii-us. and the client was obliged, to his in tense disgust, to pay the penalty, much of which went to the attorney as in former. This whimsical instance of sharp practice has been made the sub ject of a song, which at one time was popular, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The following incident really occurred not so many years ao. not so far from I "oleraine. In the north of Ireland -A wealthy and miserly old man thought he wa- near the point of death, and snt for a smart lawyer to make his will. The ia'vyer came and he cave him elaborate directions for the disposal of his property. A- the lawyer was nni-hinu" his work, he said: -Now. I wan; you to put in another clause. Ya have always been a good and able man in your "dealincs with m. I wish to I'ave you 5 The lawyer. after a little pretense of honest dmuT inc did this. Whn th will was sicn-M and mled the old man -aii Business is business. I - tsh to have all my transactions settled Up. Make oat your bill for drawinc up this will and I will pay you at once." The law yer replied: "My cood sir. you hav. been so cenenus more than cnrou- th3t I could never think of eharc-tnc- -Very well"" said the old skin flint. -'You know your own business I'st. but still I like everything settled in a business like fashion. Make out a bdl as you would have charced any oth-r client and formally receipt it." This was done. A couple of months afterward the old man died. The lawyer weat to the house to read the wilL whih the executors handed him. To hi- horror there was no cift to him self in it at all. It turned out that th old man had copied the will carefully out when he left him. omitting the - clause. The whole affair was a dedee to ces a smart lawyer to make out his wul without anv charge. Salt-LoTin; I'lant. The wild hibiscus bkms along the salt shores of Pelham Bay park. It ' is a larce and c--autifuilv shared blos- som of deli,ate pink, sad s?mettme white. Larce as it is. it has none of th- enarenes? of the slncle holly-ho-Sc. whiv"i it ucirests. It is a u!--wattr p'ant. bu it is found alone th marsfaA- of eeyracuse. where salt sprincs make the damp earth brackish and s-em to furaish somethinc neees sary to th- crowth of the plant. N Y. Sun. Atneriean Kailway tn Er. The test American railways are r.m more efScintly than any other on earth. It has even been proved that an Aavriean r?&i. thorouchly equlp- I ped. will carry a creator weicht with ! the same power than an Fnciish owned and manaced road. In this case the advaatsce lay in the American methc-d i of arrancing the road and applying the cower. Wanted a Fairy slory. i Little Johnny Tell us a story, un- cle. Uncle Waybsck. from the West All richt. children You want a true story. I s'pose. Little Johnny No. teli us one of i those fairy stories about cyclones, and crasshoppers and thincs you were tell ing the company last evening. MASCULINITIES. A Danbury. Conn., suicide was the father of twenty children- The personal column i beinc intro duced by newspapers in Germany. Dr. Virchow, it is said, has fallen into the habit of takinc only three hours" sleep out of the twenty-four. There are twenty-eight nationali ties represented in the population of Chicaco according to a receat ceasus. "The other night I dreamed I was in heaven. Do you suppose it is a sicn I am goinc to die?" "WelL hardly." Marie Why is Mr. Pcffer in such a nun to marrv Maud? Jack He promised her that he wouldn't smoke a cigar while they were encaced. Chance of ownership: "Are v'u in charge of this house. Jone?- "I was before the baby was bom. I am under the impression the nurse owns it now." At Gettysburg "Found any land marks?7 "Yes! and I wa- thinking how you must have expanded since the war. Here's the tree you. stood behind during the whole battle, and it covered you well then" The emperor of China, who is f, years old, is now studyinc the French and Enciish languages, while Prince Yoshi Hito. the li-year-oid heir pre sumptive to the Japanese throne, is pursuing a course in German Many old bachelors remain old bachelors because they hear so much complaint about babies. The fact is that a baby is not one quarter the trouble it is charged with beinc- Any young couple can get along with one if they try. Papa can sit up half the night with it and ma-T-rna can sit up the other half. What could be sim pler? Old John was a shoemaker, an Irish man, and an ardent admirer of the cuKi of Wellington. To describe the battle of Waterloo was his chief pIea--ure. He always wound up the narra tive, sittinc with his hammer poised. his spectacles pushed back on his fore h head, and his whole aorearanee indi cating the utmost enthusiasm, with the words. "An the duke sez. sez he. Cp. gyards. an at 'emr an" wid that simultan-rously. at the same time, all to occet. the cyards upped an at ted at'em. An" that settled i.' GEMSIS OF SLASO.!- WORDS NOW INCORPORATED IN THE LANGUAGE. S4iae of the Terms Are Fopslar for a Time, Bet Ereatsally Tall Into Dine The Hardier Exsties Take Deep Boo: la the Soil of the YeraaeoLir. It is from, the jargon of parttcnlar callings or classes in society that the English language is slowly bat stead ily enriched. The slang phrase nrst brconr-es dignified with the term idiom, and then it creeps into the new dic tionary. Not all slang is destined to this apo theosis: much of it is ephemeral, a great deal of it is meaningless, silly, or weak and dies in its childhood. Actor folks are given to the invention of new phrases more or less expressive but short-lived. -The ghot walks' is one of the feVrhstances of the jargon of stacelanc that has survived the years and become general. Many years aco an actor cast for the ghost in "Hamlet" refused to go on with his part until his demands for a portion of long-delayed salary were acceded to. He was paid and went en. -The ghost walked," and gradually the term was adopted as expressive of the pay ment of salaries, until to-iay it is heard wherever larce numbers of men sre employed on salaries. A well known actor ret uraiac after a season that was fruitful of ups and downs was asked by a Iouncer. -Did the chest walk?" "Y-s. h- rephVd. --but lame ly at times." retVrrinc to the times when only partial salaries were p-aki. Tec theatrical term of -make-up" is now in general Use as descriptive of anythinc strikinc in personal adorn ment, referrinc to the clothing and no: the dL-cuise or enhancement of the features as oricinaliy. says the Chicaco Times, eeoacand dance men. acrobats, serio comics, sketch teams, and the lower order of theatrical folks indulce in slanc th3t renders their conversation almost uninteUicibte. For instance, some knockout artist was struck by the similarity of the words pardon and poddinc. and to his bricht mind the transition to "tapioca" was not difficult, but there is no probability that the expression - bee your tapioca will supplant I iee your pardon" in the lancuace of the polite world. Circus slanc was the foreruaner of the jareon of the variety stae4. and ia the eoi days when the "cas-lit city of tects" was planted up"n every vil lage creen the circus folk had a lan guage almost exclusively their own. The roots of their veraacuiar were the names of various parts of the teal ana eauinment oi tne snow, ine doss '.- : or tne show was eaireu tne anc tnis expression has to a certain extent survived the decline of the cir cus, and "the main guy" is frequently heard of in workshops. The creat cattle ranees of the West have given to the world the term round-up." It originally referred to the annual Catherine tocether of the cattle of various owner- that they might r separated for shipment. To day ia the business world it indicates an inquiry into the affairs of a firm or corporatioa. and has really the sicuia cance of stock takinc. In the composinc-rooms of the news paper oricinated the term phat.now in general use. as indicative of some thing of r-riYJr-nrn remuneratioa for rinimnn exertion. Thieves have a cibberish so exten sive as to almost constitute a "ancuace. It is only understood among them selves and by policemen who are forced to acquire the knowledce of its Lost his ctId." A terse, tathetic. tost trscic con junnc up. coes. tne story o: wastea amrxtion. blasted hopes, ruin and despair, in all probability oricinat.-d ataonc lodce people. A man who hai -lost his grip" was temporarily in a dilemma. From the mininc camps of the far west came "struck it rich." which now applies to any human success, -up the name." signifyinc failure: hard pan." which means a solid cavinc basis: petered out." whih sucests a crad ual decline and znal suspension of re sources: "grubstake." for assistance given a new business enterprise on condition of a share in prospective or possible profits. Bonanza has been a good English word for twenty years, and the Century dictionary ac- , cepted it along with such words as "boon:." mea-fnc to manufacture sup port and enthusiasm and s'lueaL" meaninc to confess and betray com panions. From the railroad yards came "switched." with the meaninc of di verted: -sidetracked." for temporary failure and suspension, the result of outside interference: ditched." as expressinc ruin and collapse, and wide open" came from the kvomo tive. which referred to the throttle and the extreme speed: now i: means in full swine, reckless, and regardless of interferenee. -See that man on the hearse?" said the funny man. Yes." re&lied his victim. "WeO. he Wt in It. Ha! ha! ha! No. but the man in the coffin, he's dead in it." was the convulsinc retort. "Wheels in his head." ceseriptive of a man with cranky notions, later converted into -He has a Ferris." im plyinc that the person under discus sion has a very decided delusion, is of doubtful oricin. bat unquestioned popularity, but is not as expressive as -off his trolley." which very terse and descriptive trm comes from the street-car world. "Hobos." the new name for tramps, is a southern cor ruption of hoe toys, and oricinaDv meant peripatetic acricultnral laborers who entered the south durinc the cotton season. lie Wa a Rack Xambe. -Yocr majesty." reported the chief imp, -Henry Vin. kicks on ci'rinc ud his room on the Srst floor and goinc into the attic" -You just tell him." rejoined Pluto, that he doesn't hold the divorce rec ord any longer and that we've cot to have his aiartments for a gentleman from Sioux Falls." Kate Field's Wash incton. I Am Early Esslbb Minister. The eccentricities of Henry Stephen Fox. an eariv Eluglish minister at W'ashington. were the lacch of the ! T, own. Fox cen-rallv cid not ari- I cntil other ceo&ie were Imst readv to o to bed. When duty compml n to rise earlier. Fox wa4 Uko an owl in the day-time. How strange. said he to Mme. CaHeron. one morn ing at a state "function "how strange we look to each other by day light. His debts compelled him to economy, and he rarely gave dinners. Ke once invited a large party to his house Mr. Clay. Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Webster, and all the giants and when they were all assembled, he said: Gentlemen, now be good enough to put on your hats and follow me. And thus sayiue. he led the way to a neigh boring eating-house- Argonaut. ALL LOVE THE THEATER. I The stae More Generally TovaUr In Spain Than ia Any Other Country. In no other country is the theater : as popular as in Spain. After the bull ncht a Spaniard loves the theater best. savs a writer in the North American Review. A true Spanish home is so i dviR that men and women alike I scarcely ever spend a quiet evening in 1 their inner circle- It is not to be wondered at. therefore, that they should prefer to leave their urnxm- fortable rooms to eet warmed and cazzk-d for a few hours in the care of the teatro. It is there, also, that they see their friends and continue their habitual tertulia or gossip. Even the children love the drama, play or sain- ete. and on enday afternoons and feast days their mammas deck them up in tinery ami take them to see the latest sensational play. It is curi ovl. indeed, to watch a box full of baby faces keenly interested and de vourinc a terrible drama full of har rowinc scenes, or lauchinc at a short play full of wi; and piquant jokes. It dc-es not svem at all natural to see children taken to these spectacles, but Spanish children are little okl men and i women, and a fairy pantomime wiud be too duil for them. In Madrid there are almost as many theaters as churches. They are very commotio .-. splendidly decorated and are built after the same nx."lel. A larce stac--a pit full of cosy red velvet bua4-a.- or stalls, where ladies and central--: -it tocether. and around the house :.v paleos. or fcox-s. large and airy, with Icokinc-class'es. chair-. and carpets. Above the ti r- of coxes is the paraiso paradise, or cheap cailery which derive- its name from its vicinity to the -ky. The Madrid opera house is perhaps mailer than the Grand opera or C'oveat Gar dea. but is by far rnre coaveaient- ; It remind- one of a dainty lady's bou 1 doir it is so fresh and bricht. with its red and cold de-oratioas. its soft electric lichts. Its velvet carpets and pretty freseoe-. The royal box itself L a cent, with pink capetoonee walls and the arms of Spain above the rni and cokl curtain. This is onlv the small royal ixas the queen never Uses the immense one that cupies the center of the house, except on very crand occasions. Behind the queen's box is a pretty saloon, where she can retire to take refr-hments between the ac.-. There is a tele phone th-re. and it was thro-jch it that her maestv received the rrw-s of Monpen-i r"s death one night when the opera wa- coirc on. VARIOUS INDUSTRIES. Tea cultivation is acominc industry of Hawaii. j A cood quality of rope is now being made from pineapple nber. The price of camphor ad vane -1 IO per cent as a result of the Coreau war. , Parer is beginninc to crowd out rubber as the material for bicvcie tires. . ; For the last two or three years Eng land experienced a drouth so severe that its acricultnral products were ! seriously injured. This year, how- ; ever, crop conditions seemed favora ble, and the greatest acreage yield in the world was promised. But heavy rains set in. and almost entirely ruined the wheat emp of Great Britain. There is a man in IJostn who makes it part of his business to repair shirts. and he nnds plenty to do. Shirts of very respectable folks come to him to Ce cured of their ills, and go forth lc--kmc Ike new carments. If a man of fashion be not content, like ordi nary mortals, to bey his shirts at 51, 52. or S3 each, but must pay SoO per dozen, when hard times overtake him and duns pour in. his only recourse is the shirt renairer. I IN FOLLY'S WAKE. Customer How do you u this in sect powder ? New Clerk On the in sects, ma'am. V."i!Ietts """hat's Biobsoa doinc now? Gilletts He isn't doing any thing lie's got a government posi tion. "Et about this cocaine prize fret-" said the reporter. "Well ' " aske . the pucilist. Is it to be fourht w.tit bare mouths or telephoaes'" Charlie llamaia, mayn't I co out into the street for a b:f The boys say there's a comet to be seen. Mamma WelL yes: but don't go too near. "Hello. IJiibv! Still ia the patent nreextinccisherbus'nes?" -N-o- Tae fact L-. ipos the buildmc we were doinc business in barne-1 down. We lost everything." Pat. just over Be aivins; who'd cive a cuinea fer sleh pics as thim? Mike Whfcsht. moa! They think no more av a cuinea here than a sixpence in Oirelandt shtilL it's dom dear pork. Ittnaway And younc Blower, the fellow who was always boestinc that he would yet do somethinc to arouse the country: what ever became of him? retadehome Manufacturing alarm clocks the last we heard. "I tell you." said Mrs. Hankies, as she let the illustrated paper dnop in her lap. "our senator is gittia" ter be biccer an" biccer ia national affairs." -What makes you think so? ' "These ( here comic pictures air makin" him uglier an uglier. " CounseL for defendant Would it be . contempt of court to say that yocr honor has presided over this ease in a manner which .s a discrace to the bench? Judge Certainly it would. I j should commit you at once. Counsel Then I shall not say it. "The ladies are all coinc to work ! and earn all they can to help pay off the church debt." Mrs. Flaunt How . Bob to pay me a quarter every time his meals don't p!ea-e hisi." "WelL for my part. I doa't ee auy use of th others doing anytlUii THE OLD RELIABLE Colnmlms State Bank J COtfctfakIa,t-a-v) fsf! litest n?ii3Doc!!3 lata to! n Eeal Blab fea sxazr diajts ei Ckltan. lTv Trk aa aS v -' . pHXI : ITIAMfI17 : COXXTS: BTJTS GOOD NOTES ai Eal9 Its Ctateaucs va tiMT 5d Ea OrrTCZSs .0"D DCiSCTOSs: r.7,.lXDS GFJtEASD, Pres't, B. H. Hexrt, Mce Prest, M. Bscgges, Cashier. John Srxrrr ee. G. W. Hclst. COLUMBUS, NEB., H.S A Authorized Capital of - $500,000 Paid in Capital, - 90,000 orricEK. C. E. SHELDON. Prt, s. E.P. H OEHLSICH. Vice Pa-CL-.RX GRAY. Cashier. DANIEL SCHSAir. ajj": Cui. DIKECTOKs- H. M. wnrsro-. IL P H. OrHUtica. c H Sartrof. w A. McALtrsTia. JOSJLS VT2UXH. LSZZ. K-X3V2. 5TOCKH O LX EES. 5 C. Ge.it J HreaT WrunncAS. Gra!L.ao Losxxx Kesst Losnci. IES OS.lT. On w Gatttt. VjlXZZZ. S-HXAJt. A. F U- OrHLRICH. F&asx Eoaxa. J P Brcxra EaTars, RI320CA BICSI3. 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