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The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
Girls In College.

There is trouble in Harvard College
on account of the admission of girls as
students, an innovation that was recently
made. IL appears that the college has a
large library, provided with "authori-
ties" and sofa seats, where the students
go to refresh their memories upon Ger.
tain points in their studies, and the
complaint is that the girls will get down
some work, Of which there is only one
copy in the library, and when a young
man comes in and desires the same book
he is obliged to wait until the girl gets
through with it or else sit down and
look it through with her. On a recent
occasion venerable Professor entered
the library and was surprised to see no
less than six girls with books that young
men were desirous of perusing-so de-
sirous, in fact. that the two were seated
together eagerly scanning the pages
when the Professor entered. The sight
fairly caused the glass in his spectacles
TO bulge out, and 1t would be mild ex-
preston TO say that he was shocked.
lie at once inquired the cause Of the ex-
trdordinary desire for information that
had suddenly sprung up, and the young
men told him plainly that there must be
duplicate copies of the books procured,
so that the girls could have one and the
young men the other. He said he would
attend to it the first thing in the morn
ing. and then the old Puritan glar,d
around at the girls, who, poor things,
were sitting with their noses close down
to the pages Of their books and studying
as though their hearts would break.
Then he coughed a couple of times
vaugely and had the decency to go out.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
The Aes OF Matriinony.
Galignani's Messenger.

If the year 1879 be taken as q fair test
ot the matrimonial habits and customs OF
English people, it would appear that the
dispToportion in age between husbands
and wives is not usually very great, and
that only in quite exceptional cases eith-
or spouse is old enough to be the parent
of the other. From the statistics of the
rh.i.ier general it seems that the great
majority Of persons marry when they
are within few years age Of one an-
other. Thus, the number of men who
were themselves between q and 80, Is
about 10000, or very nearly half of the
otal number married during the year.
Moreover, Of the 81 500 men who mar
ned in their homage, hardly as many as
400 women OF more than 25; while, even
among women, the proportion OF minors
who married old men is quite insignificant
II a rule were in existence prohibiting
ali marriages between persons one oil
whom was old enough to be the parent
ofth other, it would not, as it seems,
have prevented more than about
thOu'and persons of each sex from max
ing themselves happy. Drawing line
even at 10 years, and supposing tnat
disparity in age of this amount were
bdi " ihttiiuiOiiNf IL IL loulld tliaN aoS"s
2 l20 men would have been disqualified
for marrying women younger than
themselves while 10l "middle-aged,
would have been similarly prevented
from bestowing their hands and hearts
upon comparatively juvenile cavlllers.
Turning from the general tables TO those
which tell of the Mldows and widowers,
it will be found that the latter usually
reach a tolerably advanced age before
they venture Tor the second time into
the hymenial contract-esp rially II 1t Is
with widow. From So TO 50 is the av-
erage age for widowers TO m rrry WIDOWS.
and there are almost the same number
OF brdegrooms found among them AZ
each Of the years included in these two
decades. Those of the ereaved has
bands who marry spinsters are. however;
much younger in their generation, ana
thereare nearly 4 900 Of them between nS tnS
age of 25 and 35, against only about sVV
who marry widows,
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
The Bird That wouldn'tsing.

A little bird upon his Dest
ln pretty p umage gayly drest,
Made up his mind, one hummer day,
lie would not sing his roundelay,
Oh, he wtssu h lazy thing
He cJuldn't sing,
lie wouldn't sing.
While otner birds around him sung,
lie sat aloft, and held b S tongue.
His little mate, so trim and neat,
Flew of and brought him food to eat,
Whph Eaade the o. her birds declare
He should not have his bill of fare.
For since he was a lazy thing
Who couldn't sing.
And wouldn't sing.
They wouldn't stay and see him shirk
And let another do his work.
They twitted him; they fouted him
And then at last they routed him,
And chased him all atong he sky,
Until he'd hardly strength 10 fly.
And then the naughty little thing
Who cOu DIT sing,
Aud wouldn' sing,
Trilled forth, like an obedlent bird
The sweetCs. song you ever heard.
So loud and long the clarion note,
He ve,y nearly cracked his throat
For, since he had cen force to sing.
He meant 10 oyerdo the thing.
Oh, wasn't he a naughty bird!
Upon my word,
Twas quite absurd
And still he sings that tree atop,
As IL he never meant to SOP.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
Iatast EaaAiona In hosiarY

Brilliant and beautiful are the latest
importations in hosiery. The old prelu-
dice agains. color 10 heard no more;
quite to the contrary, We find only a
comparative few plaia 5albrigans among
endless variety of fancy hose, solid col
ors, stripes and full moons. The latter
is an immense round in color upon a
solid unbleached hose. The space it
covers is about four inches in diameter
on the front Of the ankle and top Of the
instep. Striped hose we find in every
quality, from cheap cotton 10 the finest
Of Isle thread and silk. There are
stripes both lengthwise and vertical and
the most novel presentations are in
sections making the hose rights and let's.
The stripes are vertical and consist Of
two or three nicely toned colors; garnet,
gold and blue is the fdvorite combina-
lion; the body of the hose 10 unbleached
and does not appear in the stripe.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
TIE FARMER.
Facts Concerning the Potato and the Po-
tato Beetle am Sotes.

tato Beetle sIm Notet.
Rural Ho1
There is not the dread among farmer
OF the potato beetle now that there was
when they first made their appearance
in our potato fields. Farmers have
learned that by little proper effort they
can destroy their offspring so as to pre-
vent any great damage to the crop. A
poison that will adhere in minute guam.
titles to the leaves and be eaten by the
Larvae will soon exterminate them. Fol
many years Paris green was almost uni
yersally used for that purpose, but the
last two or three years have introduced
poison that seems to be preferred. We
refer to London purple. Charles ID.
Zimmerman, an enthusiastic entomolo-
eist, in a paper read before the last an-
nual meeting at the Western New York
Horticultural society, refers to the pol
son, as follows:
London purple is a cheaper article
and quite as effective. II is very fine
ly powdered. and more -four can be used
than for Paris green; about one TO forty,
cr in water one pound to from lOO 10
200 gallons, it is not solrhlH
Professor William r. Lazenbv, Of Cor
nell University, in letter to the same
society gives his experience with London
purple. He says:
Last summer tested comparatively
new arsenical poison, called London
purple, and the results were extremely
gratifying. This poison is residuum
obtained in the manufacture of certain
aniline dyes, which is utilized by the
addition OF lime and carbonaoous matter,
thoroughly dried and pulverized. We
compare it with Paris green as an ex-
terminator of the potato bug and 1t seems
to present the following advantages: 1t
is cheaper, stronger, more finely dlvid-
ed, and possesses greater adhesiveness.
The fact of its greater solubility, while
it may render it more effective, is not
without its disadvantages. for, on this
account, it must be used with care, or it
may seriously injure tender plants. There
is also more danger OF poisoning the soil,
although we have little fear in that d.
rection. London purple is applied in
exactly the same manner as Paris green,
either in dry form or a solution.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
From 0reenland's icy Mountsins,'
NY. Herald.

According to the statements Of Capt
Wilson, of the bark Ivigtut, and Capt,
Peterson, of the bark Alumina, Just ar
rived from Greenland, the old hymn,
From Greenland's lev Mountains" will
require some modification TO CORE
spond with the phenomenal meteorolog-
ical changes that have manifested, them
selves in those remote latItudes during
the past winter. These vessels LETT
Ivgtut, Greenland. on the 10th Of last
month and were detained about ten
days off the coast on account OF the
masses of drift ice running from the
North, which 10 extraordinary at this
season OF the year, being later than
usual, and indicating beyond question
the unexampled severity of the weather
in the more remote Arctic regions.
Another extraordinary feature is that,
notwithstanding the latter circumstance
and the additional fact that the weather
during the past winter has been re-
markably cold in Iceland, the oldest
inhabitant OF Greenland, the proverbisl
authority there as elsewhere upon mat
tiers of this kind, does not remember
such another mild winter as the past one
has been there. The thermometer
usually averages from 120 to l5' below
zero. whereas last winter the average
was from 500 to $50 above zero-so
warm. indeed, that the laborers in the
Kryolith mines at IyIrtut worked nearly
all winter in their shi-t-sleeves. Capt.
Dix, who has made good many vuy-
ages to lvigtut, attributes the abnormal
state of the weather there to the fact
that the Gulf Stream must have taken
more northerly and westerly course
than usual, leaving Iceland more remote
to the east, and thus causing the extreme
cold weather in the latter locality.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20

fearfully nervous they may run for the
little book, look for nervousness, and
administer 50 many pills Of bryonia.
When they have a headache, instead of
dieting or eating more moderately they
take several drops Of some nice poison:
Their children catch 4 slight cold and
are Immediately shut up in close room
and dosed with aconite and belladonna,
in the mean time taking their usual
nourishment Of mince pie, doughnuts,
etc. The doctor comes, smiles, tells a
story, leaves more drops Of aeconite and
belladonna in a tumbler and after n
while, nature being benefcient, the
children get we'll"
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20

A MAN supremely blest has been found
at last. Ii is unnecessary TO say he is
from Ohio. He is liverless A man with
out liverl Think Of the immunites
from pills and potions and pads involved
in this freedom from liver bondage
There should be started a company for
the disintegration OF the liver among the
long-sufering people Of America Shares
could be sold at a premium at the very
start. Too long has King Liver reigned
over us. Away with him - Boston
7ranscrip,.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
Women and Drugs.

\ naughty writer n the Boston Trans
criyt says. Women are fond Of being
i'll and taking medicine They would be
angry if a physician should say TO them
Nothing ails you, madam, if you only
think So They prefer to think them
selves sick, and in time really become
so, for nature, though she struggles hard,
cannot stand everything. Too many
drugs will finally destroy her healing
power. These people love 10 have a
little box Of white pills, or in bottles,
and little book, all kept in some handy
place, so that when a friend who has
eaten too much dinner, says; 'oh, am
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
Why American Goods Are Preferred.
Mechanical Engineer.

The growing reputation of American
manufactures in the markets of the
world has alarmed competitors abroad.
Whatever Americans undertake, whether
1t be machine tools, cutlery, silks, flour,
cotton cloth, or any other merchandise,
they make their brands the leading ones,
selling for the most money, and univer-
sally sought after. The reasons for this
are plain. 1t is not on account of the
better and more direct processes en-
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
Answer Thia.

Did you ever know psrson 70 be iii,
without jnaction Of the Stomach, Liver or
Kidneys. or did you ever know one who
was we'll when either wss obstructed or In
active; and did you ever know or hear of
any case of the kind that Hop Bitters would
mot cure. Ask your neighbors the same
question. - TmeS.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-20

81 don't like a philosophical woman.
| don't like a woman who is always
reaching out after the infinite" "Ah."
returned his companion, 'if my wife
wouldn't reach out after anything but
the infinite | might be happy" And
the unfortunate man rubbed the bald
place on his head while his counienance
fell beneath the weight Of bitter memo
ties.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21
SHERIFF'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE of an order of sale issued
ID out of the District Court of Platte
county, and State of Nebraska, by the
Clerk thereof, and to me directed, on a
judgment and decree obtained before
said Court. at its September term, A. D.,
1881, TO wit: September I'D, 1881, In
favor of David Cunningham as plaintiff,
and against Heinrich Prigge et uz. ct ais
as defendants, for the sum of two hun
dTed and seventy-seven dollars and
eighty cents (277.S0l damages, and
twenty-three dollars and eighteen cents
($23.1S). costs and accruing costs. / have
levied upon the following described
real estate, TO wit: Lots No. one (I) and
two (2), in block No. one hundred aud
thirty-seyen (137) J, in the city Of COlum-
bus, county of Platte and State of Ne
braska, taken as the property of Helm
rich Prigge, and will offer the same for
sale to the highest bidder, for cash in
hand, at the west front door Of the Court
House in Columbus, (that being the
place wherein the last term of District
Court of Platte county was held), on the
9Th DAY OF JANUARY, A. D., 1882,
at the hour of two O'Clock p. M. of said
day, when and where due attendance
will be given by the undersigned.
Dated at Columbus, Nebraska, this 7tb
day of December, A. D., 1891.
BENZ. SPIELMAN,
32-5 Sheriff of Platte County.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21
LEGAL NOTICE.
(CoDy \.

(COpy).
The State of Nebraska, in District Court
for Platte county. In the matter OF
the estate of Edward &. Kayanaugh.
deceased. Order for hearing.
THIS MATTER coming on to hear
Il ing in open court this 18th day OF
September, A. D., 1881, upon the petition
in due form OF Daniel G. Kavanaugh, adj
ministrator of the estate of said deceas-
ed for license to sell the real estate OF
said deceased described in said petition
for the purpose of paying the debts of
said deceased, his funeral expenses and
the expenses of administering upon his
said estate, Albert W. Critics, Esq, ap
pearing for said petitioner. and it ap-
pearing to the Court from said petition
that there is not sufficient personal
estate in the hands of said adni inistra-
tor to pay said debts, funeral expenses
and expenses of administration now
outstanding against said deceased, and
that il Is necessary to sell the real
estate of said deceased in order to pro-
vide for the payment of said debts,
fuDeral expenses and expenses of ad-
ministratiOn,
1t is therefore now here ordered by
the Court that said petition be heard at
the chambers of the undersigned Judge
of said Court at the city of York, in the
county of York, in said State, on the
31st day of December, A. D., 1881, at one
O'Clock in the afternoon; that all persons
interested in the estate of said deceased
then and there show cause, if any they
have, why license should not be granted
to said administrator, to sell said real
estate, and that copy of this order be
published four successive weeks imme-
diately prior to said day in THE CoLUM-
BUS JOURNAL, a weekly newspaper
printed, published and generally circu-
lating in said county of Platte.
BY the Court, GEORGE w. POST,
ALBERT W. critics, Judge.
Attorney. 3l-5
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21

The Chicago Inter- Ocean occa-
sionslly makes somezpretty strong
points. Some of these will be rec
ognized in the last two paragraphs
of the following:
American educators must wake up
to the fact that there is no industrial
knowledge of any commercial value
in either the classical, or the abstract
mathematical, or the purely literary
course. The practical business men
of America heartily despise them,
not merely as useless, but as perni-
cious not merely as a waste of time
and force, but as tending to direct
young men away from agriculture,
transportation, manufactures, and
trade, in which the great fortunes
are made. and in which the future
prosperity of the country lies, into
the parasitic professions of theology,
law, literature, and teaching. The
difficulty Of superseding literary by
industrial education lies largely in
the fact that men who have learned
of practical value can make
more money by the direct use of
what they have learned than by
teaching il, while men who have
learned that which is of no value are
good for nothing else except to teach
it. Hence the teachers of the use
less, or abstract, which can be en-
bodied in books, are infinitely more
abundant than the teachers of the
useful or concrete, which, as a rule
must be taught by example.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21

The JOURNAL believes that, all
things considered, Judge Cox has
been conducting his part Of the Gui-
tesu trial in an admirable manner.
Not the most prejudiced friend of
the accused could object that the
Judge showed the least spirit of
persecution or unfairness. and GER
tainly Guitesu himself has proven,
as strongly as he could, (and through
what many have been terming the
leniency of the court) that he was
sound enough of mind when he shot
the president, to be held responsible
for his murderous act. If the Judge
had suppressed the prisoner, Sco-
ville's theory of insanity might have
been credited by the jury. AS it is,
we do not see how they can conclude
that anything but revenge for being
elected from the White House ac-
tuated Guiteau.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21
The Columbus and Fullerton
stone Cement

ED. JOURNAL: AS your readers
a Q always eager to know concern
ing the material developments of
the state, | write a few words.
Mr.. Geer OF Columbus handed me
some stone from the quarry on the
Cedar river, and requested me to
make certain experiments with it..
L ground it to powder, added to
tn, powder hair, sand and water,
and IN very few moments | had a
perfect bed of mortar. | took my
trowel and spread it immediately
onto rack of lath, and found | had
a most perfect cement wall of plas-
tering. This stone powder or ce-
ment will take the place of lime in
laying up brick or stone walls, for
plastering houses or stores inside.
and will make a perfect cement for
constructing concrete buildings. The
most perfect hard finish in white
can be produced by the use of this
cement.
Ii there is the Quantity claimed,
this stone will work a wonderful
revolution in building material in
Nebraska. 1t is a fine building
stone also. Let others try it. Ii
can be by sending the order to your
office. CHAs. III. You've.
Columbus, Dec. 10, 81.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21
Shell Creek.

Miss Duffy, teacher at Postville
school-house was called away to at
tend upon her sick mother, and Miss
Litner has taken her place until a
certain young gentleman of that
neighbOrhood shall say, well, now,
come to the parson or squire.
Mr.. John Farrell was thrown from
a load of hay, and pretty badly
though fortunately not dangerously
hurt.
The Postville literary has opened
in full force. Mr.. G. Armstrong is
president, and Miss Rebecca Elliott
secretary.
Five thousand salmon were plant
ed in Shell creek above Platte Cen
ter mill by Messrs. Sumption, VIM.
and Martin Bloedorn and others.
Mr.. A. Heinrich received them at the
depot in Columbus, and delivered
up to the above named gentlemen.
V
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21

THE public have had some sympa-
thy for the attorney who,as relative
has been defending a wicked mur-
derer, but that sympathy don't ex-
tend to him in this lecture bus
mess, and we think he will have
hard task before him to prove
that "the public press panders
to a depraved public sentiment"
when it only publishes facts that
trsnspire in connection with the
trial. About as hard as be
will have in obtaining an acquittal
for Guiteau on the plea of insanity
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21
American SCHOOLS.

It is well-known fact that there
is a great deal about the manner in
which certain class of grad-grind
teachers and superintendents con-
duct their school work that is very
reprehensible, in that the system is
calculated to keep bright pupils in a
line with dull ones /; sacrifice the very
bloom of genius, individual charac-
teristics, TO the Unsuitable greed OF
the Molock, "Grade," and run all the
wheels and engines of the cars of
intellectual progress in the dull and
dreary ruts of listless routine. The
ne Plus ultra of such a system is
very fifty represented by a grave.
yard, where the dead are "cribbed,
cabined and confined" and the mar.
Bile slabs above, point always one
way, and the chiseled verses give
the self-same answer to the living
inquirers who pass down the sisles.
1t is upon this model that the grad.
grind of our schools builds his theo-
ries. The "order" is most admirable
and complete; the grades are few
AMI distinct; the percentages are
exceedingly accurate, and the re-
ports as perfect as could be expected.
What a difference between this
and the school presided over by
scholar and man with a soul, in
unison with his pupils, all wide
awake and earnest, thoroughly rous-
ed to the importance of the work OF
the day, and the bearing it may have
on the future before theml No
graveyard this, but a busy gymns-
sium of thought, where the eyes
sparkle and snap with intellectual
fire, and the voices are full of the
cheer of those who are going onward
and upward. The dead book is not
the god here, and does not supercede
the functions of the living teacher
"grade" has its place, but is not
to smother the individual
genius in short, everything is made
to subserve the useful purposes of
life.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21

AUGUST ARNDT was arrested the
other day in Omaha on the charge
of making threats against the life of
Judge Dundy. This is the man that
has for some time been suspected
for the murder of Col. Watson B.
Smith, clerk of the United States
court. He went to Jail, but it is un-
derstood that the grand jury is now
investigating the facts in connection
with this murder, and may find a bill
for him.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21

when Guiteau asked him "where he
was on the day of assassination"
Assassination is the precise word he
used, aud used it two or three differ.
ent times on that visit. | made a
note of the conversation at the time
and was permitted to read it. At a
second visit the prisoner handed the
witness an address which he had
written to the American people,
which has been published, in which
the word inspiration occurs, and that
was on the 10Th day of July, and the
first time the prisoner used the W word.
Mrs. Dunsmore, the divorced wife
of the prisoner, was put on the stand,
some objection was made to her
testifying on account of the record
of divorce and she stood aside.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21

THE rcent fire in a frame board
ing house located on the line of the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad, seven
miles below Pittsburg, was set on
fire by explosion of a lamp, and of
forty persons known to be sleeping
in the building, only twenty-four
escaped alive, and even they were
more or less burned, and not one of
them succeeded in securing their
clothes, SO rapid was the progress
of the flames. The others were lit
orally roasted to death.
The Columbus journal., 1881-12-21
FINAL PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island. Neb.

Nov. 18th, 1881.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the
~ following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention 10 make final
proof in support Of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before c. A.
Newman, Clerk Of the District Court at
Columbus, Nebraska, on December 18th,
1881, viz:
James +. Monerief. Homestead No.
G6I6, for the n. a of n. +. q, Section ~,
Township Is, Range west. He names
the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultiya-
tiOn of said land, viz: l.. III. Jewell,
John +. Dsck, Edwin HOare and Robert
Nicholson, all of Platte Center, Platte
Co., Neb.
29-w-5 NIB. HOXIE, Register.