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Her fall sewing was just coming on. ind here was Lizzie Brown, who had fuited her so nice ly, going ofT to be '. "married;, and she hod no resource hut to advertise for another, and take . whomsoever she -could get. No les3 than ten women had been there that . tlay, and not one would answer. -. " There comes Number Eleven; . you' will see," she cried, as the bell ran5. Kitty Greenough . .wuw uu wun interest, indeed. it was her gowns, rather than 'her mother's. that were most pressing. She was just sixteen, and since last winter she had shot up sud- denly, as girls at that age so often do, " and outgrown most of her clothes. Mrs. Greenough was right it was -another seamstress; and Bridget showed in a plain, sad-looking woman. of about forty, with an air of intense . respectability. Mrs. Greenough ex ' plained what she wanted done, and the ; woman said quietly that she was ac- 'customed to such work would Mrs. Greenough be so kind as to look at some recommendations? Whereupon she handed out several lady-like notos, r- whose writers Indorsed the bearer, Mrs. Margaret Graham, as faithful and capa ble, used to trimmings of all rorts, and quick to. catch an idea. "Very well, indeed!" Mrs. Greenough ' said, as she finished reading them. "I . .' ask nothing better. Can you be ready to come at once?" "Tomorrow, if you wish, madame," was the answer, and then Mrs. Graham : "went away. "Kitty Greenough was an impulsive, -. imaginative girl; no subject was too dull or too unpromising for her fancy to touch it. She made a story for her- ' F.elt about every new person who came .In her way. After Number Eleven had .gone down the stairs. Kitty laughed. "Isn't she a sobersides, mamma? 1 "don't- believe there'll be any- frisk in ray dresses.at all if she trims them." ; "There'll be frisk enough in. them if you wear them," her mother answered, smiling at the bright, saucy, winsome face of her one tall daughter. Kitty was ready to turn the conver- sation. "What do you think she is. mamma wife or widow?" And then answering her own question: "I think she's mar a ried; and her husband's sick, and she has to take care of him. That solemn, still way she has comes of much stay ing in a sick room. She's in the habit of keeping quiet, don't you see? I wish she were a little prettier; I think lie would get well quicker." "There'd be no plain, quiet people in your world if you 'made one," her mother said, smiling; "but you'd make a mistake to leave them out. You would ge.t tired even of the sun if it shone all the time." The next day the new seamstress came, and a thoroughly good one she 'proved;. "better even than Lizzie," Mrs. :nnLn,i ... . .Greenough said, and this was high "praise. She sewed steadily, and never opened her lips except to ask some ques i tions about her work. Even Kitty, -whoTused to boast that she could make a dumb man talk, ha not audacitv I saTOSi i 3fcgg ."THERE COMES NUMBER ELEVEN." enough to intrude on the reserve in which Mrs. Graham intrenched herself.. "He's worse, this morning," whis pered saucy Kitty to her mother; "and .she can .do nothing but think about hhn and mind her gathers." But, by the same token, "he" must have beea worse every- day, for during the two weeks she sewed there. Mrs. Graham sever spoke of anything be- yead her work. When Mrs. Greenough had paid her, the last aight, she Eaid: "Please give me your address. Mrs. Graham, for I may want you again." "Seventeen Hudson street, ma'am; up , two flights of stairs, and if I'm not there, Teat always Is." "There, didn't I tell you?" Kitty cried, exultingly, after the woman had gone. "Didn't I tell you that he was sick? You see, now. Tom's always there." "Tea, bat Torn may net be her mas baad. aad I don't thiak he is. He Is much more likely to be ker child." "Mrs. Greenourt. rmastaaisked at yea. Tea say tbcan?ctradictioKs. i:-r. . " L.B4!Mwif, ni " jg3S&r ."C 1"JC5alr' .'BaairJBmiBaBm ' J VTYSj 4 W HaaBBaS JaESaaB KfBBBBBBBBBBBBBBKmaa'aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB TU aPIWaBa w- ftHiIJBVaV 'n sad if Tom were only her boy." But weeks passed on. and nothing more was heard of Mrs. Graham, until, at last. Thanksgiving day was near at hand. Kitty was to have a new dress, and Mrs. Greenough. who had under taken to finish it. found that she had not time. "Oh, let me go for Mrs. Graham, mamma!" cried Kitty. "Luke can drive me down to Hudson street, and then I shall see Tom." Mrs. Greenough laughed and con ented. In a few minutes Luke had brought to the door the one-horse coupe, which had been the last year's Christ mas gift of Papa Greenough to his wife, and In which Miss Kitty was always glad to make an excuse for going out. Ar-ived at 17 Hudson street, she tripped up two flights of stairs, and tapped on a door, on which was a printed card with the name of Mrs. Graham. A voice, with a wonderful quality of musical sweetness in it, answered: "Please to come in; I cannot open the door." If that were "he," he had a very singular voice for a man. "I guess mamma was right after all," thought willful Kitty. "It's rather cur ious how often mamma is right, when I come to think of it." "I AM TOM." She opened the door, and saw, not Mrs. Graham's husband, nor yet her son. but a girl, whose face looked as if she might be about Kitty's own age, whose shoulders and waist told the .same story; but whose lower limbs seemed curiously misshapen and shrunken no larger, in fact, than those of a mere child. The face was a pretty, winning face, not at all sad. Short, thick brown hair curled around it. and big. brown eyes, full of good humor, met Kitty's curious glance. "I am Tom," the same musical voice which made Kitty think of a bird's warble said, in a tone of explanation. "I can't get up to open the door because, don't you see, I can't walk." "And why what Tom " Kitty struggled desperately with the question she had begun to ask. and Tom kindly helped her out. "Why am I Tom, do you mean, when, it's a boy's name, or why can't I walk? I'm Tom because my father called me Thomasina, after his mother, and we can't afford such long names in this house and I can't walk because I pulled a kettle of boiling water over on my self when I was six years old. and the only wonder is that I'm alive at all. I was left, you see. In a room by myself, while mother was busy somewhere elss, and when she heard me scream, and came to me, she pulled me' from under the kettle, and saved the upper half of me all right." "Oh. how dreadrul!" Kitty cried, with the quick tears rushing to her eyes. "It must have almost killed your mother." "Yes that is what makes her so still and sober. She never laughs, but she never frets, either; and oh, bow good she is to me!" Kitty glanced aronnd the room which seemed to her so bare. It was spotless ly clean, and Tom's chair was soft and comfortable as, indeed, a chair ought to be which must be sat in from morn ing; till night Opposite to it were a few pictures on the wall engravings takes from books and magazines, and givea. probably, to Mrs. Graham by eomo of her lady customers. Within easy reach was a little stand, ea which stood a rose bush in a pot, and a basket full of bright colored mwrsteds; while a book or. two lay beside them. "Aad you sever go out?" cried Kitty, fergettiag her errand la her sympathy forgetting, too, that Lake and bis Im patient horse were waiting below. "Not lately Mother used to take me dewa iato Ugggpjet sometimes bat I've grown teojKvyfer her new. aad she caa'L amtXTm met very dalL even il "liEij l when she's; gome. Tea wealda't gvtua how aaaey things I see frem sty via dow; sad thea I aiake worsted aiats and tidies, sad .tether sells them; and. then I slag." Kitty stepped te lac wiadow to see what range of Tiskm it offered, and her eye fell oa Lake. She recalled fcer business. "I came to see if I could get year mother to sew two or three days far me this week." Tom was alert and business-like at once. "Let me see," she said: "to-day Is yli - Tuesday." and she drew toward her a little book, and looked it over. "To morrow is engaged, but ycu could have Thursday, Friday and Saturday, if you want so much. Please write your name against them." Kitty pulled off her pretty gray glove and wrote her name and Address with the little toy pencil at the end of her chatelaine; and then she turned to go, but it was Tom's turn to question. "Please," said the sweet, fresh voice, which seemed so like the clear carol of a bird, "would you mind tellingme how old you are? I'm sixteen, myself." "And so am I sixteen," said Kitty "And you have a father and mother both, haven't you?" "Yes, indeed," said Kitty. "Oh, I've only a mother, but Bhe 13 good as two. Must you go now? And I wonder if I shall ever see you again?" "Yes, you will see me again," an swered Kitty, cheerily, and then, moved by a sudden Impulse of her kind, frank young heart, she bent over and touched her lips to the bright bonny face of the poor 'girl who must sit prisoner there J forever, and yetwho kept this bright cheerfulness all the time. "Oh, mammai I've had a lesson," cried Kitty, bursting into her mother's room like a fresh wind, "and Tom has tayght U to me; and he Isn't he at all sfcVsaTgirl. just my age, and she can't jtalk a step since she was six years old." And then Kitty told all the sad, ten der little st6ry, and got to crying over it herself, and made her mother cry, too, before she was through. Early on Thanksgiving Day. Kitty set forth with Luke, in the coupe, which also contained a huge basket filled with dainties a turkey, a mince pie, and a variety of good things. There were also a new dress, a comfortable jacket, and a neat hat. "I have come to take you to ride." said Kitty, as she bounded into the room where Tom sat. and affectionately kissed the crippled girl. In a few minutes, arrayed inher new habiliments, Tom was ready for the ride. "How will I get down stairs?" Tom asked. Luke was called in. and that mystery was solved. LUKE TOOK HER UP. Luke took her up as if she were a baby and marched down stairs with her, while she heard Kitty say but it all seemed to her like a dream, and Kitty's voice like a voice in a dream: "I'm sorry there's nothing' pretty to see at this time of the yeas It was so lovely out-doors six weeks ago." Through Beach street they went, and then through Boylston; and the com mon was beside them, with its tree boughs traced against the November sky. and the sun shone oa Frog Pond. and the dome of the state hoase glit tered goldealy. aad there were merry people walking about everywhere, with their Thanksgiving faces oh; aad at last Tom breathed a long, deep breath which was almost a sob, and cried: "Did you think there was aothiag pretty to see today this day? Why. I didat kaow there was such a world!" The docks had struck twelve whem they left Hudson street; the bells were rlmglag for one waea they eatered It agate. Kitty raa lightly ap stairs, fallowed by Lukerwlth Tern ia his Sk It, Kitty threw epea the deer, aad there m ummu sjiicau wiiu mm mvwm ThaaksgiTlag dinner as the heart eoald desire, with Tom's' chair drawa a be side it Lake let his light tardea dewa. Kitty waited to hear gtilaer thanks nor exclamations. Ska saw Tea's browa eyes as taey rested oa the table, and that was eaeaglL Sat beat far ae aiement erer the brlkht face the cheeks waiek the oat-dedr air Had paiated red' as the rose that had just opened la honor of the day aad left on the yeaag. sweet, wistful lips a kiss, aad then went sileatly dewa the stairs, leaving Tom aad Tom's mother to their Thanksgiving. Dasttag the Turkey. Pol!y loved to watch Bridget while she cooked the ThankBgiviag , dinner. The kitchen was fall of sweet scents, ginger and autateg aad cinnamon, and the smell of th big turkey ia the ovea tth! Bridget mixed and tasted, and stirred and tasted again. "Let me help, Bridget." said little Polly. "Wait a minute, darlint," said busy Bridget, "and you shall baste the tur key." Now you little folks who have helped mamma cook know that the way to baste a turkey is to take a long spoon and pour the Juice over the sides and breast, liut Polly did not know this. She trotted up-stairs and down again, and stood patiently by the oven waiting for Bridget to show her how to baste the turkey. "Now, then, I'm ready," said Bridget, at last. "Now, then' said Polly, holding up her hands to show that she was ready, tod: dh the flngef of on6 hand she wore her little silver thimble, and In the other she held a needle with a long: basting-thread. A Thanksgiving- Class. "Now-all of you stand in a row samt as a spelling-class," said Susie, as they gathered about her towafd dinner-time. "Carfie'ii be the head and Tommy'li be the foot. We'll call it a Thanksgiving class, and I'll give out things and you must tell why we're thankful about 'em. Think of all the reasons you can, and raise as many fingers as you have rea sons. Now, first you can take school." So they all thought and began to raise fingers. "Oh, we'll never have time for so many reasons," said Su3ie. "Let's try whooping-cough." This was much harder, for the cousins had just been having it, all but Tommy the lucky rogUe! Sd no one else raised a finger. "You're thankful if you don't catch it." cried he, and marched to the othsr end of the class. Then they all laughed, and auntie called them to dinner, and Tommy ran to tell grandpa that he "was head in the Thanksgiving class." ThaahsKlvlag. That fields have yielded ample store Of fruit and wheat and corn. SOME NEW RESPLENDENT STARS. That nights of restful blessedness Have followed each new morn; That flowers have blossomed by paths That thread our working' days. That love has filled us with delight, We offer heartfelt praise. the What shall we say of sorrow's hour3, Of hunger and denial, Of tears, and loneliness, and loss, Of long and bitter trial? Oh, in the darkness have not we Seen new, resplendent stars? Have we not learned some song of fait! Within our prison bars? Not only for the Earth's rich gifts. Strewn thick along our way. Her looks of constant loveliness. We thank our God to-day; But for the spirit's subtle growth. The higher, better part. The treasures gathered in the soul The harvest of the heart. Mary F. Butts. November 25. 1783. On this date the British evacuated ! New York. The articles of peace had baen ratified on September 3 pre viously. On that ever-memorable date the ambassadors of Holland, Spain, England. France and the United States in solemn conference at Paris, agreed to and signed the articles of a perma nent treaty. The terms of that treaty i were as follows: A full recognition of the independ- '-l 'vi mm ence of America; the recession of Flari- j operation very early in September and da to Spain; the surrender of all the for the flrst Ime ,n theIr bJstory have tprritnrv iPKt of th- MUicQi-.-. - a novf beets to insure a good run. sa terntory cast or tne Mississippi and 49.000 to 50.000 tons for each point. Wltn south of the great lakes to the United the coming of September, however, States; the concession of mutual rights " plans were upset by a most unusual In the Newfoundland fisheries." ' 5Jn.matlllon J tbr, heavy rains Finally, on the 25th ot November, Sir Guy Carleton embarked his troops, the anchors were weighed, the sails spread, the ships stood down the glorious bay, and out to sea theydwindlcd down to specks below the horizon and finally disappeared. The Britons gone. the. eight years straggle orer. our country among the recognized nations of the earth surely, this date should be re membered. It marks the crown of the independence declaratien.wi thou t which the latter would have .beea a brave bat, laveaTestaal protest against tyranny. i. Peter Who it that fellow eat la treat? Gabriel Says he waa seat Jure Roosevelt to get erldeace agalaat by as I for keeplag epea em Saaday. JHE SUGAB INDUSTRY THE TRUST AND WEATHER WORK TOGETHER ft toMfttejr the Xctoaafce, wrMitutw e tattea Walt as "Wiiii era silt as its The business men's excursion id the avgar factory at Norfolk on Friday last had far more than the usual, signifi cance of sack events, sot only la the reyreeenUUve character of Its make ap, but la the underlying motives of the trlpitactf. It waa In fact nothing short of a practical endeavor to solve the question whether "home Industry" ia ever to mean more than a pretty phrase that sounds very well at ban- SMa and public meetings, bat has llt force with the merchant and feottse keeper who are the most potent factors 1M the development of the real Idea con veyed -by It It U not to b eapposed for a moment that the all-reacalng eye or tne sugar trust baa not from the out set watched intently the rise and growth in the middle west of an indus try that must In lme, if properly fostered, become a dangerous rival in a territory over which they might other wise have full control; for it must be remembered that barring the sugar factory at Lehi, Utah, the two Ne braska plants are the only refineries within the limits of the enormous tri angle formed by the three great strong holds of the sugar trust, New York, New Orleans and Ban Francisco. Ne braska therefotei ha a double ot- iJortuhity she ceil produce first, all the sugar that her population etmsames and after satisfying home defiiatids push out In three directions towards the shipping points Just mentioned; only, however, if she defends her own. The present year is the first since the establishment of the industry in this slate that the two factories have had prospects of running to full capacity for the maxiintim period Of Operation, which is four to five months, but no sooner -were they ready to put their product on the market than they found themselves' 6dhf rented by to fact that the trust was making capital 6f the local prejudice that already existed against the home product, thereby frustrating one of the chief objects of the state, in protecting the industry. It is useless to argue that such a prejudice is unreasonable and let it go at that for any great progress would then be Impossible. Beeing is believing, id most poplP; And it needed just such an optical demonstration as has Jttst bcn made to convince the press and the merchant first and through them, as the great mediums, the consumers, that whatever failings any of the Ne braska sugar may have had in its early days it is not today excelled or always equalledby the output of the great re flhtriea on the three coasts. Therefore when we can produce right here within the four boundaries of our state more sugar than we can consume and of the very flnwt quality possible, of what value Is the motto "Patronise Home Industries." If NebraskAns fill their thlnds with prejudice and Use art Out vide pfodtiet while Colorado, Dakota. Icwa and Kansas weic&m .gladly the western article and are making every effort td establish in their own limits' heme sources of Supply. One serious obstacle has been and still is the belief of thevaverage Person that beet sugar is different from other sugar some go ing so far as to Insist that It bears the same relation to the cane product that oleomargarine does to butter, in short that it Is an inferior article, has a "vegetable taste," etti. Nothing, however, could bs more absurd sugar can be only sugar; it is a Chemical product and must be the Eme no matier whehes its origin and the soohef the public mind fc relieved of any other theory the betten Bd far i& the quality is Concerned it. heeded but a half hour spent at the Norfolk factory, watching, the brown "masse culte" spun quickly into white sugar and still moist conveyed td the granu lator .there to be dried, screened, and then whirled like driven snow .uto the gaping mouths of the sacks, to con vince every man who took part l"Fri day's outing that nothing could be finer in grain or color than Nebraska fcugar, as the following resolutions draWh tip the sanie day wlii attest: "We, the business rneil of .Omahaiin eoln, Council BluffS.Sloux City and Fre mont; hereby tenaer our graterai ac knowledgements to the Frehiohtj Elk horn Missouri Valley Railroad com pany and officials and to the manage ment of the Norfolk bet sugar factory for the courtesy by which we have been brought into close touch with and more accurate knowledge of the beet dtgar product of Nebraska and the west, we recognise in the beet sugar industry a potent agency for the upbuilding and encouragement of this section of the country with soil and climate thorough ly adapted td beet-growing, tfe express it as our belief and judgment that the future is full of hope for this business In Nebraska and adjoining states. "Whereas, We are now producing Only about onefourth the quantity of sugar consumed by its citizens, it fol lows that there Is yet vast opportunity for the investment of capital before the measure of our production reaches that of our consumption. We recognize the power of our jobbers to promote and en courage -this industry by giving the home product the preference, all things being equal, and we solicit their good offices in bringing about -this beneficial result." With such a preamble there is no doubt that the retailer will henceforth have his mind Impressed very forcibly by the Jobbera as to his obligations in the furtherance of an industry with which he Is allied so closely and it only remains for him to do his share in his capacity of supplying the consumer with the product of Nebraska enterprise. As for the consumers themselves they owe it to their state everything else being equal, as It certainly is to use Nebras ka sugar and if it Is not furnished them to insist upon its being supplied. In regard -to the present agricultural situation so many are the rumors pre vailing that a slight review of the rea son is necessary to make an explana tion of the causes that have led up to the present unfortunate condition of the beet crop. Briefly, owing to the be'ne flclal stimulus of -the state bounty law passed last March which enabled the manufacturers to offer a straight price of 15 per ton forthe beets, the full comple ment of 4,000 acres was secured for each factory aad although early in the sum mer there was some fear lest the crop might be reduced in volume through lack sufficient moisture, any anxiety that existed on that-score was relieved later on by abundant sains, so that on Au gust 1, when the crop was laid by there W4V A.M. ..ua a 1aM.ltM..M. Wm. !. two slants would be abls to start im weather and -this in turn by extreme cold, the result being that the early plantiof; whose growth should have been checked by the first frosts, did not .ripen but on ihe contrary started grow ing again, a state of things peculiarly -Injurious to any biennial root. The Jater plantings were also seriously af fected and as' a consequence neither .factory could count on enough ripe bets to enable -them to turn a wheel runtll the 1st of October or nearly a jnonth later than they had anticipated, and when they did start it was simply working from hand to mouth on ar ,count of the slowness of the crop In .asaturlnt;. As a matter of facttbeGrand Jataad plant found Itself abeotwtetv unable to obtain enough beets of the required purity to keep It going from day to day aad was compelled te close down far orer week on that account. Jt must be awBtlOBed here that the purity of -the beet is a most important point to the manufacturer and too overlooked by iW grower for It la muS ml m tmJUdmlam rJt rtMBMM bat fe.pi Lifata-ease of extraotlea. Je ouer worasWBue etuy a certain yi- MiitiM nf 4h. MtMAit aw- ka the beets can be recoverev by the moat approved methods, such pW eentafe is very greatly reduced If the parity falle below M. There la another cause also to which the aafavorable condition of the crop may be attrib uted aad that la that owisg to the very severe drouths of the past few yean the MbHtoti was too dry to enable the beets td develop" mfe matO after the summer rains and then they grew so MliMhr that hv KaMin MftJa -- -"'"" --3',--i through their efforts to attain rait worn in leas than the natural time. It may ." XZT .ZLi JZ7m ..... .rTji ZZ tain properties that the beet requires to laamreVoper rlchaeea and wntel bad they beenpfesent would have enabled this i year-a crop to pull throughla bette shape. Tbio can of course be easily determined by analysis, and ouch ele- meats as are lacking be supplied art!- nclally. If each feeeona have to be learned the sooaer the experience la galfied the better. It waa hoped whea theirowbie began that the beeta would by delelngharvestlngripeasaffictetly n inn inu nnr ami ia ucnar in pei lJL e2iSei"e.inreKCP,,0a?fcI .CHU.1CU .uuuU, rot " "-'j has been futthe dbmjppolntaent and will never reach that points As long as there are beets, however, testing not less .than 13 and SO the factories will continue te receive them and pay S5 a ton for them and whn such beeta are exhausted they will discontinue work ing under -the bounty law and reopen to resume the low grade beets (not Jobs than ten per cent and 70 per cent.) This action is taken through a desire to meet the farmers half way in this try ing time, but as It Is difficult aa well as unprofitable to work up low beets and to reduce the price at all necessitates foregoing the bounty, the factories can not afford to pay more than $2.50 per ton for such beets. Of coarse this im poses a hardship o n many who have counted absolutely on marketing their crop at a filed price but in a time when the disaster Is so general it Is not fair to insist that the manufacturers should bear the whole brunt of looses caused by forces over winch they -have no control. They will carry out their cemtract with the farmer to the letter, but no sane busi ness man could for a moment think of purchasing at double price thousands of tons dt beets that are far below what he is obligated by contract to accept, and the acceptance of Which would en tail upon him a tremendous hws. The assumption that the factories can not work up the 1895 crop is ridiculous, each plant having a capacity of about 12,000 tons a month, whidh would enable them to slice every beet In the state by Feb ruary 1. The disaster Is simply one of those uhforseen things that can be at tributed to nothing but natural causes and that the best of human forethought cannot prevent. One good season Would enable everyone to recoup kisses made "WW w" " " V aw 'this year and as it Is understood that the factories will give preference in making contiacts next year to suca per sons it would seem the proper course to make the best of the situation now and profit in the future by past experi ences. That Nebraska. Is naturally adapted to the culture of the sugar beet there CaflDenoquestHKiana tne industry there can DenoquesiHKianaineinuusirjr . ... th t ,, -n in Ear should not be allowed to languish be- J8 8tatfd tbat thre re maae in t.ag cause of one unfavorable season. WHY THEY CHEERED HIM. Km Always Beat tbe ff-BtU. Hat Al. way like a Ccatlaniaft. While Wellington was still a mar quis he went to Paris front Toulouse, where he had fought ana won thd last battle of the peninsular war. He went to the opera the same evening, and though lie wore plain clothes and sat in the back of tha box, he was al most immediately reedgnized by some on 3 in the pit who cried out, "Vel lington! The riari-ie was taken up by others and at last the pit rose, turned to the box, and called, "Vive Vellington!" Nor would tbe people be satisfied nntil he had stood up and bowed to them; he was cheered and applauded again. At the end of the perform ance the passage from the box waa found to be crowded with people, fhe ladles, of the party drew back nervously, but the duke said, "come along!" In his brusque war, and con ducted them on. While they were still in the corridor a man in the crowd was heard to say to his compan ions: "Bat why are you applauding so much? He has always beaten us." lhis was very true, and the qU3s- tion seemed a natural one; but Ihe , answer was charming. lCStbuthehas always beaten us like a gentleman!" QtaH9ed Hb Thank. In the first year of his practice, Judgo Boyce, of Vermont, was called to prosecute in a justice suit, and. , fresh from Chittv. filed a plea in abatement, which he duly discussed. The justice, in deciding the case, saidr-'-Tho young lawyer has filed what no calls a plea in abatement; now the plaintiff seems to be a very ignorant man, and his lawyer about as ignorant as he is, and his writ doesn't seem to be a very good writ, and it doesn't resemble one muoh more than it does a hog-yoke; but the plaintiff seems to be: an honest man, and if be has a just claim against this defendant, he shall have judgment." Whereupon, Jude Royce, elated at the result, but somewhat disgusted with the remarks of the justice, arose, and, making a very profound bow, said to the court: j thank you, d n you." Argonaut BteSylac tlia FTa. More than one hundred thousand observations of the sun and the three major planets, Saturn. Jupiter and Mars, have been mado by the United States nautical corps, under Professor Simon Newcomb. in order to complete the work of determining the funda- mental elements of astronomy and tho planetary masses. Many of the math ematical equations necessitated in tho ' case' of tho three planets observed in volved the remarkable number of twenty-two or twenty-three unknown j quantities. Iho labor has required several years of gratuitous work en the part of volunteer specialists, and I is a triumph of which American as tronomers may justly be most proud. AaurfcaW Oaly. Museum Manager I understand you are really a Canadian. Zulu Chief That is true. Museum Manager-Well, you've got irnm Mn. t !,, w. . - ,, . . .w ww... W.. OJAlUg ,U job in the present state of sentiment aa to foreign labor. Datroit Tribune. 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A petrified frog found in an Elmira N. Y., stone quarry in 1883 was two feet eight Inches in length and weighed over 100 pounds. A technical congress at Zurich Is try ing to secure agreement in the meth ods of testing building materials throughout Europe and the United States. Episcopal assistant rectors la New York are to be called curates hereafter, and la the large city churches the title vicar instead of rector is to be permit ted. It Is said that 300,000 cubic feet of water plunge 150 feet downward over ther Niagara escarpment every second, thus wasting 10,000.000 horse power of energy to the second. Pins, from their extensive use, are Important articles of manufacture. Jt land, for home use, and exportation, more than 20,000.000 pins daily. A complete skeleton ot a moa or dinornis, tbe gigantic, ostrich-like, ex tinct bird of the New Zealand and the Connecticut sandstone, has just been discovered in a New Zealand cave. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Modesty ,or rather fear, is one of the first virtues of Iove-rBalzac It many times falls out that we deem ourselves much deceived in others, be cause we first deceived ourselves. Sir Philip Sidney. Oh, what a curious place the world Is, and what a number ot things are found oat a fresh in it! What faded old facts stand forth in startling colors as wonderful and new when youthful gen ius gets a chance of sitting still while It passes, and making unnoticed studies of it. Jean Ingelow. There is this diterence between those two temporal blessings, health and money: Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most en joyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflect that tbe poor est man would not part with health for money , but that the richest would glad ly part with ail their money for health. Col ton. How easily, if fate would suffer it, we might keep forever these beautiful limits, and adjust ourselves, once for all, to the perfect calculation of the kingdom of known cause and effect. In the street, and in the newspapers, life w- B B ., .... --- , rwooti and adherence to the multi plication tame tnrouga an weamem will insure success. But, ah! presently comes a day, or is it only a half hour, with Its angel whispering which dis- comfits the conclusions of nations and of years. Emerson. RAM'S HORNS. The thing that damns a sinner is his love for sin. The only thing about some churches that seems to point toward heaven Is the steeple. The world needs people who will do right without first stopping to find out what ethers are going to do. The man who lives only for himself is helping to carry on rae devil's busi ness. Knowing the name of a sin some times opens a dcor for it. Boil down the religion of some pec pie and you will find that there is noth ing worth having in it. Grows h in grace is not promoted by finding faults in others. Every dollar in a Christian's pocket cught to have God's name on it. The Bible has promises on almost every page, for the one who wants to do God's will. We have no right to expect that God will help us after awhile if we are not trusting him to help us now. While we are true to God. darkness is the sure forerunner of a brighter light. The Christian i3 never more in dan ger than when he tries to fight the devil in his own strength. The devil will consent to our break " n'ne "J" "fm tpiH break the tenth. ing nine of the commandments, if we -Ram's Horn. NEWSY MORSELS. The deepest artesian well is at Buda pest. Depth. 8440 feet. The highest chimney in the world is at Glasgow. Height. 474 feet. The largest library is ia Paris, the NaUeaal. coatalalag Ut,eM velaaMa. Taa AaaSaa aal Talma fa Vm fa at Lailht. Belgium- Death. 3.4ft feet The largest landed estate u that ef the Czar Nicholas ef Kuesia. let.eee.ett Cclnnibitt-Stati-BankJ KBlM-feet UaVaVflH letalMaMawlefc Yeekasstal BUYS GOOD NOTES AiroDOflCTOMr JjUKOOt QmSBABIV Praa't, B. H. Hr-rET, VlcePrest, M. Bbcogek, Caahier. Joanr Stautteb. Wat. Buchkjl COLUMBUS. NEB., HASAN AitMzii Capital if - $500,000 PaM ia Capital. - 90,000 ' orricw. 01 . SHELDON. PreVt , H.P.n.OF.ULRIcn. VIcePrea. CLAKK GRAY. Cashier. DAM EL SCHUAil. Am't Cash DIRECTOR. R. M. Wnraiow, 1 1. P. 1 1 . Okhmhcn. O. II. SaaMiosr. Joaas Wslcu. W. A. McAixisTsa, Cam. ttiKsaa. BTOCKIIOLDERS. 8. O. GBAT. J. II KSaT WoaBBMAft. GaaBaRB Losxaa, IIesby Losraa, clabk Ubav. Geo. W. Ualut. DAmm.ScHR.Ait. A. V. II. Osauiica. . laVUlK KOREK. J. P. BaCS SB ESTATB, KaaacCA Becker. Baakef deposit; Interest allowed on thaa Sesoalt; buy and sell exchange on United States and l.urope. and !uy and sell avail able securities. We shall be pleased to re ceive year business. 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