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The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
The Medical Uses Of Eggs.

For burns and scalds there is moth
ing more soothing than the white of
an egg, which may be poured over
the wound, 1t is softer as a varnish
for burn than collodion, and being
always on hand can be applied i'm
mediately. IL is also more cooling
than the "sweet oil of cotton" which
was formerly supposed to be the
surest application to allsy the smart
ing pain. 1t is the contact with the
air which gives the extreme discom-
fort experienced from ordinary acci-
dents of this kind; and anything
which excludes air and prevents in
flsmmation is the thing to be at once
applied. The egg is also considered
one of the best remedies for dysen-
terry. Beaten up lightly, with or
without sugar, and swallowed at q
gulp, it tends, by its emollient quail
tiles, to lessen the Inflammation of
the stomach and intestines, and by
forming transient coating on these
organs to enable nature to assume
her healthful sway over the diseased
body. Two, or at most three, eggs
per day would be all that would be
required in ordinary cases, and,
since the egg is not merely a medi-
cine, but food as well, the lighter the
diet otherwise, and the quieter the
patient is kept, the more certain and
rapid is the recovery.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
Misspent Even ings.

The boy who spends an hour each
evening lounging idly on street
corners wastes in a year three hun
dred and sixty-five precious hours,
which if applied to study, would
familiarize him with the rudiments
of almost any science. If in addi-
ton to wasting an hour each even
ing he spends ten cents for cigars,
which is usually the case, the amount
thus worse than wasted, would pay
for ten of the leading periodicals of
the country. Boys, think of these
things. Think how much money
you are wasting, for what2 The
qualification afforded by the lounge
on the corner or the cigar, is not
only temporary but positively hurt
full. You cannot indulge in them
without seriously injuring yourself.
You acquire idle and wasteful hab-
its, which will cling to you with
each succeeding year. You may in
after life shake them off, but the
probabilities are that the habit thus
formed in early life will remain
with you to your dying day. Be
warned then, in time, and resolve
that as the hour spent in idleness is
gone forever, you will improve each
passing one and thereby fit yourself
for usefulness and happiness
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

Mr.. l.. w. Willis showed us this
week a sample of the sorghum mo-
lasses made by a. e. Scoville, of
Turkey Greek. 1t is OF the finest
quality, clear and very pleasing
taste, and equal if not superior 10
that made in eastern states. Mr..
Scoville has large mill aud is max
ing one hundred gallons of molssses
per day. tie is rushed with patron
age and is giving entire satisfaction.
We hope the success attending the
raising OF sorghum this year will
induce many of the farmers to give
it trial next year. Mr.. Willis
raised one acre of the cauce and will
probably have forty or fifty gallons
more than his family will use. lie
considers il very profitable.--Grqf-
ton Gazette.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

Every man has his ideal of somn
sort; some one toward which he is
pressing. There is a farther shore
of human desire and effort. To
some it lies among the pleasures or
riches of the world to others in the
direction of mere. worldly wisdom ;
to still others ii may be that just
visible line of perfect being, where
the soul, in the exercise of all its
powers, shall give praise in its every
moment. This impulse, which lies
buried in human nature, does not
always result in progress, either for
the individual or for society, owing
to the perverted judgments and de-
praved tastes by which it is often
misdirected. We are all filed with
restless energy which is pressing
us forward toward something be-
yond. Well it will be for US if that
something is true, lofty, spiritual.
II any man is satisfied with the pres
ent attainments, with what he is or
what he has accomplished, he is
blind to- his own defects; has lost
the ambition of life. Ripe fruit is
garnered, or falls to the ground and
perishes. This is the law of nature.
The shock of corn that is matured,
God garners. Continued life gives
room for continued advance and
service.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

A doctor in Hamilton county, New
York, uses carrier pigeons constant.
ly in his practice extending over tw @
townships. After visiting patient
he sends the necessary prescription
to his dispensary by a pigeon; also
any other advice or instruction the
case or situation may demand. lie
frequently also leaves pigeons at
places from which he wishes reports
of progress to be dispatched at spec
flied times or at certain crises. He
says he is enabled to attend to a
third more business at least through
the time saved to him by the use of
pigeons. In critical cases he is able
to keep posted by hourly bulletins
from the bedside between daylight
and nightfall, and he can recall case
after case where lives have been
saved that must have been lost if he
had been obliged to depend upon
ordinary means of conveying in
formation.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
Table Manners.

Nothing is so important in the
training of a family of children
(after teaching them reverence and
to tell the TRUTH, as to give them
good table manners, says an article
in Harper's Bdzdr, from which are
taken these extracts:
Ii is said by foreigners to be great
national defect with us Americans.
We do not, as a nation, comport our
selves well at the table. In the first
place, we eat too fast, and are apt to
make a noise over our soup. Well
bred people put their soup into their
mouths without a sound, lifting up
their spoon slowly, thinking about
it. and managing to swallow il
noiselessly. In the second place, we
are accused of chewing our food
with the mouth open, and of putting
too much in the mouth at once.
Again, we are accused, particularly
at railway stations aud hotels, of
putting our heads in our plates, and
OF eating with the knife instead of
with the fork. Some people eat in
stinctively and with great elegance:
some never achieve elegance in these
minor matters, but ali should strive
for it. There is no more repulsive
object than person who eats nois-
lily, grossly, inelegantly. DIR. John
son is remembered for his brutal way
Of eating almost as much as for his
great learning and genius. With
him il was selfish preoccupation.
Fish and fruit are eaten with silver
knives and forks; or, if silver fish
knives are not provided, a piece of
bread can be held in the left hand.
Fish corrodes a steel knife. Never
tilt soup-plate for the last drop, or
scrspe your plate clean, or drain
your wine-glass TO the dregs. Leave
something for 'manners'-a good
old rule. A part of table manners
should be the conversation. By
mutual consent every one should
bring only the best that is in him to
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
Ignorance and Crime.


Ignorance, we are constantly told.
is the parent Of crime, and statistics
are furnished which show what q
large proportion of crimes are COM
mitted by the uneducsted class. But.
how about the last two most start
ling crimes of the period the
Brighton, England, railway murder,
of which Mr.. Gold was the victim,
and the attempt on the life OF Presi.
dent Garfield? The perpetrator OF
the Brighton murder was Mr.. Ar
thur LEROY Mapleton, a man OF
literary tastes and habits, and a
member Of the United Art club.
The would-be assassin of President
Garfield was "a lawyer and theolo-
gian," q man who could deliver
public lectures in defence of chris
tisnity, write a book on the proph-
ecies, aud aspire to a diplomatic
position. Ignorance, in the ordina-
ry sense, was not what was the mat
ter with either of these men. They
were both well informed men. Ma
pletOn is said TO have been very
charming in society, and Guiteau is
represented as having wonderfully
retentive memory. Yet they stand
before the world to-day as criminals
without excuse, the utter wicked
ness of whose deeds must draw
down upon them the execration of
mankind. Let us remember these
cases, when we hear it confidently
asserted that reading, writing and
arithmetic are going to work moral
revolution in the world. In one or
two respects Guiteau and Mapleton,
or LEROY, as he seems to be more
commonly called, decidedly resem-
bled one another. They both had
any amount of assurance, and would
undertake schemes they had no
means whatever of carrying out.
They both were chronically hard up
and were obliged to live more or
less by their wits. Both may be said
10 have been flighty, and to have
been unable properly to realize the
difficulties in the way of what they
proposed. Guitean was fool enough
to believe he could kill the president
and yet escape hanging and LEROY
saw no difficulty apparently in muir
dering a man by daylight on rail-
way train, possessing himself of his
money, and living comfortably ever
afterwards. To any average mind
either idea would have appeared
preposterous; but to these unfortu-
mates the impossible seemed quite
feasible. The most conspicuous diff
ference between the two criminals
lies in the fact that, while people in
stinctively shrank from Guiteau,
they were rather attracted towards
LEROY. There is one lesson to be
drawn from both cases, namely, that
harum scarum, erratic people are
more dangerous in fact
than people of worse disposition, but
more amenable to social control.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
Eating lemons.

A good deal has beeu said through
the papers about the healthfulness
of lemons. The latest advice as to
how to use them so they will do the
most good runs as follows: Most
people know the benefit of lemonade
before breakfast, but few know how
it is more than doubled by taking
another at night, also. The way to
get the better of bilious system
without blue pills or quinine, is to
take the juice of one, two or three
lemons, as the appetite Graves, in as
much ice-water as makes it pleasant
to drink, without sugar, before GO
ing to bed. In the morning on ris-
ing, or at least half an hour before
breakfast, take the Juice of one
lemon in goblet of water. This
will clear the system of humors and
bile, with mild efficacy, without any
of the weakening effects of calomel
or congress water. People should
not irritate the stomach by eating
lemons clear; the powerful acid of
the juice, which is almost corrosive,
infallibly produces Inflammation af-
ter a while, but properly diluted, so
that il does not burn or draw the
throat, it does it's full medicinal
work without harm, and when the
stomach is clear of food has abund-
ant opportunity to work on the
system thoroughly.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

Cnui ch pews date back good
long time. In early Anglo-Saxon
days a stone bench running round
the inside of the sacred edifice was
all the accommodation people had,
and in 1919 we read of worshipers
sitting on the ground. Then three
legged stools were brought by those
who came from distance, and
wooden seats followed. In 1887
persons attending service were for
hidden to wrangle for seats, and no
one might appropriate one. In 1880
appropriation was allowed, and in
l6l4 we read of pews high enough
to hide the Occupants-a device OF
the Puritans when it was n punisha-
BILE Otfense to stand at the name OF
Jesus.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
The Age Of InvemtiOns.

The number of inventions that
have been made during the past fifty
years is perhaps unprecedented in
the history of the world. Of course
inventions of benefit to the human
race have been made in all ages since
man was created, but looking back
for half hundred years, how many
more are crowded into the last fifty
than into any other fifty since re-
corded history. The perfection of
the locomotive and the now world
traversing steamship, the telegraph,
the telephone, the audiphone, the
sewing machine, the photograph,
chrome lithographic printing, the
cylinder printing press, the elevator
for hotels and other many storied
buildings, the cotton gin and the
spinning jenny, the reaper and now
er, the steam thresher, the steam
fire-engine, the improved process
for making steel, the application of
chloroform and ether to destroy
sensibility in painful surgery cases,
aud SO on through long catalogue.
Nor are we yet done in the field of
invention and discovery. The ap-
plication of coal gas and petroleum
to heating and cooking operations
is only trembling on the verge of
successful experiment, the introduce
tion of steam from a great central
reservoir to general use for heating
and cooking is foreshadowed as
among the coming events, the arti-
fetal production of butter has al
ready created CONSERVATION among
dairymen, and he would be a bold
man who dared predict that cheese
would not next be obtained from
suet or some other product of the
slaughtered OK with equal success.
The navigation of the air by some
device akin to our present balloon
would also seem to be prefigured,
and the propulsion of machinery by
electricity is even now clearly indi-
Gated by the march of experiment.
There are some problems we have
hitherto deemed impossible, but arc
the mysteries of even the most i'm
probable of them more subtle to
grasp than that of the ocean cable or
that of the photograph or the tele-
phone? We talk by cable with an
ocean rolling between; we speak in
our own voices to friends hundred
miles or more from where we artic-
ulate before the michrophone. Un-
der the blazing suns of July we
produce ice by chemical means
rivaling the most solid and chrysta-
line production of nature. Our sur
geons graft the skin from one per-
sons arm to the face of another and
1t sdheres and becomes an integral
portion Of his body. We make a
mile of white printing paper and.
send it on a spool that a perfecting
printing press nnwinds and prints
and cuts and delivers to you folded
and counted, many thousand per
hour. OF q verify this lie the age of
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

pen on Sundays frsm IL A. M. to 12 NJ.
and from f:30 to u p. M. Business
hours except Sunday 8 A. NJ to p. M.
Eastern mails close at II AN.
Western mails close at 4:l5P.M.
Vail leaves Columbus for Lost Creek,
Genoa, st. Edwards. Albion, Platte
Center, Humphrey, Madison and n or
folk, every day (except Sundays) at
4:35 p. m. Arrives at 10: 81.
For Shell Greek and Creston, on Mon
days and Fridays, A.. NJ, returning
at Z p. M, same days.
For Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and Saturdays,
1P.M Arrives at I'm.
For COnkling Tuesdays aud Saturdays
Ia. m. Arrives 8 p. m. same days.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

W. j. Hennessy, who is engaged
at Madison in examining the Madi-
son county treasurer's accounts for
the last thirteen years, spent Sunday
in Omaha, and returned TO Madison
yesterday. The work that he has
undertaken will occupy him for
about nine months, and when COM
pIeted it will be well done. for he is
pne of the best accountants i'm
Omaha, and has had a great deal of
experience in the adjustment of
county treasurer's Omaha
Republican.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

Culture, if consistently and thor
oughly carried out, must lead on to
religion, that is, to the cultivation
of the spiritual and heavenward ca
pacities of our nature. And relig-
ion if truthful and wise, must urge
men who are under its power TO
make the most of all their capacities /;
not only for the worth of those ca
pacities in themselves, but because
they are gifts of God, and given for
this purpose that we may carefully
cultivate them.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

UPHOLD THE TEACHER.-It is an
undeniable, and greatly to be re-
GREETED fact that many parents of
pupils in our excellent public school
here, never take so much interest in
their children's education to visit
the school, to see how il is conduct
ed, or what progress is being made
or ever giving the children or teach
er a word of good cheer and encour-
agement. But on the other hand if
child complains of their teacher,
instead of hushing such complaint
(Which is the proper thing to do un-
ill the facts of the case are known,
at least), they abuse the teacher, and
encourage the child in mean-doing,
and il the teacher has stamina and
backbone enough TO stand up for
his rights, aud severely chastise the
unruly pupil, these parents lose con-
troll of their better judgment enough
10 make threats and great ado.
But what good does that do? The
idea of some great big, burly, lub-
berly cuss threatening to "put a
head on" a nice, refined, cultured
little school ms'aml Why it only
licenses the children to see how
mean they can be, and urges the
teacher to lay on with the gad till
she cuts TO the hide. Now you pa
rents who find fault with the teacher
instead of the children when a re-
port is brought home, think of this
matter candidly. Give your boys
and girls to understand they must
mind the teacher; allow them not 10
bear petty tales, and you will soon
discover that no teacher will punish
a child Intentionally that does not
deserve il. A successful school
must have the hearty cooperation
Of teacher and parent. This advice
is gratis, ,however.-DOniphan Inder.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

Mr.. James Mcclure, who resides
four miles northwest of town, has
threshed out his small grain which
yielded him 2,l00 bushels of wheat
and 400 bushels of oats, besides he
will have 1000 bushels of corn. II
an eastern farmer harvested such a
crop he would set himself mp as a
millionaire, but it don't affect Ne
braska farmers that way, for they
60 right along and do it over again
the next year and think nothing OF
Wood River Gazette.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

WILL LIVE FOREVER. stars
will grow dim, the sun will pale his
glory, but truth will be ever young.
Integrity, uprightness, honesty, love,
goodness, these are all imperishable.
No grave can ever entOmb these i'm
mortal principles. They have been
in prison, but they have been freer
than before; those who enshrined
them in their hearts have burned at
the stake, but out of their ashes 9TH
er witnesses have risen. No sea can
drown, no storm can wreck, no
abyss can swallow up the everlast-
ing truth. You cannot kill goodness
and integrity and righteousness the
way that is consistent with these
must be way everlasting.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

BONE FELoN.-The London Lam.
Get suggests the following simple
treatment: AS soon as the disease
is felt, put directly over the spot a
blister, about the size of your
thumb nail, and let it remain for
six hours, at the expiration of which
time, directly under the surface OF
the blister, may be seen the felon,
which can instantly be taken out
with the point of needle or a
lancet.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

the table There should be the
greatest care taken in the family
circle TO talk of only agreeable top
les at meals The mutual forbear-
ance which prompts the neat dress,
the respectful bearing, the delicate
habit of eating. the attention to table
etiquette, should also make the mind
put on its best dress, and the effort
of any one at a meal should be TO
make himself or herself as agreeable
as possible. No one should show
any haste in being left until the last.
II is always proper at an informal
meal TO ask for second cut, to say
that rare or undone beef is more to
your taste than the more cooked
portions, to ask for another glass of
champagne or sherry. But one
never asks twice for soup or fish
one is rarely helped twice at dessert.
These dishes, also salad, are sup
posed to admit of but one helping.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
President Garfield died as he mr.

President Garfield died as he pre-.
dicted he would, on the anniversary
of the great battle of Chickamauga
The figures 329 chalked on door.
steps and used against him before
his election were the exact number
OF the days from his election, No.
vember End. till his death, Septem.
Der 19th.-Ihe Great West.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

No man can go to heaven on
another mans goodness. Every
ticket of admission into paradise is
marked "Not transferable" or, in
the language of the colored thinker,
"No gentleman admitted unless he
comes himself"
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

A boy of II years, dining at his
uncle's, made such good dinner
that his aunt observed: "Johnny,
you appear to eat well ?" Eyes" :"
replied the urchin, "I've been prac-
ticing eating all my life."
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

And now the poor heated editor
snatches mp his shears with delight
as his eyes light on a promising
squib, and throws them down with
a quotation from the Old Testament
as he reads further and finds that il
is something about stake Jenkins
Jaundice Jerker."
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

Why does cat swallow. mouse
head foremost? is one of the mel
lifluent questions of the hour. In
order to save his tail for a tooth.
pick.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

q. N. vANwYcK, U. S. Senator, Neb-
rasks city.
ALVIN SAUNDERS, u. .. Senator, um iha
T. ;. MAJORS, Rep, Peru.
tx. VALENTINE, Rep, West Point.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

The secret of responsibility lies in
the strict observance of the follow
ing three rules: Live within your
means, always tell the truth and
keep good company.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
STATE DIRECTORY

ALBISUs NANCE, Governor, Lincoln.
). J. Alexander, secretary OF State.
John w allichs, Auditor, Lincoln.
q. NJ. Bartlett, Treasurer, Lincoln.
c, j. Dilworth, Attorney -General.
w. W. w. Jones, Supt. Public lnstruc.
q. j. Nobes, Warden of Penitentisry.
v ", y W. aanIS aT1ey' Prison Inspectors.
!. o. Carter. Prison Physician.
H.P. Mathewson, Supt. Insane Asylum.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

A live paper cannot be run on
dead issues.'
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
u. =. Time Table.

Every day except Saturday the three
lines leading to Chicago connect with
u p. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, as
hown by the following schedule:
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
b. & NJ. TIME TABLE.

hITIFts dI IIHCUIH, ..... II .OV M
Leaves Lincoln at 1850 p. M. and ar
rives in Columbus 30 p. NJ.
Makes close connection at Lincoln for
all points east, west and south.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

Somebody calls ice-cream a feast
of free-Zin.'
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

invention, nor has the world reached
a stopping place vet. = Cincinnati
Times Star.
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
FAMILY NEWSPAPER,

Devoted to the best mutual inter-
ests of its readers and its publish
ers. Published at Columbus. Platte
county, the centre of the agrIeul-
tural portion of Nebraska, il is read
by hundreds of people east who are
looking towards Nebraska rs their
fnture home. Its subscribers in
Nebraska are the stauneh, solid
portion of the community, as is
evidenced by the fact that the
JOURNAL has never contained a
"dun" against them, and by the
other fact that
The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09
JUDICIARY

JUDICIARY:
). Maxwell, Chief Justice,
9eorge oass 6.,,h ., LaAe' Associate Judges.
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Il. w. Post, Judge, York.
VI, r. Reese, District Attorney, Wahoo
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CITY DIRECTORY:
j. X. Meagher, Mayor.
II. j. Hudson, Clerk.
John +. Wermuth. Treasurer.
Geo. q. Bowman, Police Judge.
l.. j. Cramer, Engineer.
COUNCILMEN:
lst Wdrd-John Rickly.
Ct. A. Schroeder.
2d Wdrd-Wm. Lamb.
|. Gluck.
Sd Wdrd-J. Rasmussen.
A. A. Smith.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY:
!. g. Higgins, County Judge.
John Stauffer, County Clerk.
j. W. Early. Treasurer.
BENZ. Spielman, Sheriff.
Z. l.. ROsssiter, Surveyor.
John Wise.
VI. Maher, CountyCommissioners.
Joseph Rivet,
DIR. A. HeintZ. Coroner.
j. 4. Montcreif Supt. OF Schools.
G. b. Bailey, 1
Charles Wake, Constable.