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The Columbus journal., 1883-05-30
cross the Atlantic, and brings them

cross the Atlantic, and brings them
safely to their harbors. Without this
feeble instrument the Alaska would
never venture to rush over the ocean in
cloud, mist, or night. or the Servia
reach her destined aim. 1t leads the
great host of immigrants to the land Of
plenty; it carries back the crops OF
America to feed the people of Europe.
Without it Columbus could never have
found the New World, and centuries
might have passed before the two hem
ispheres were United. Its delicate
guidance leads the explorer through
tropical forests and over the polar sea
No one can tell when the magnetic
needle first came in use. 1t was once
thought that it was invented at Amalfi.
q famous seaport of Italy, about the
year 1902, but it was known in Europe
long before. A French poet, Guyot,
about 115O, sang of the wonderful
needle that always pointed to the north
star when the sea was dark and gloomy.
1t was known in Sweden in 1850. 1t
seems to have come first from Holland.
But the Chinese assert that they used
the mariners compass before the tenth
century, and it may have been brought
to Europe from that inventive people.
The Western races took up the inven-
ton, and have made it the foundation
of a new science. They have built upon
the magnetic needle the science of
electro-magnetism. Magnetism not
only guides great steamers over the
seas and explorers by land; its delicate
vibrations are made to carry knowledge
around the world, and enable nations
to converse with each other, however
far apart. The system of electric tele-
graphs depends upon the peculiar prop
critics of the magnet. The strange,
mysterious power that was first unfolded
in some Eastern city by the shores of
the Pacific has been turned to new uses.
1t lights our streets, conveys messages,
writes, and may one day drive the rail-
car and conduct most of the operations
of labor. The steam-engine has found
q rival. =.
The needle does not always point to
the pole. Even Columbus discovered
and was alarmed by its variations. 1t
varies; it changes. And careful OBJ
servers in all parts of the earth have
studied its peculiarities, and endeavored
to account for them. But in vain; no
one can explain the mystery of the
needle. Scientific men have offered
probable theories; careful observers
have noted its changes in different lati-
tudes and places. 1t is still everywhere
the same delicate, restless, variable
thing that seems often half alive. But
with all its variations it is vet sufficiently
true to afford safe guidance. 1t re-
turns from every vibration to point
again to the north. 1t is the symbol of
cOnstancy in all its changes.-Harper's
Young People.
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"Sassingo q Witness.

If there is one privilege more than
another which lawyer enjoys, it is to
.'sass'' witness. He himself is entire
ly protected by the court against any
''sassing back" and he has the poor
man or woman at his mercy. No matter
how 'ecent, intelligent or respectable
the witness is, he can, by his questions,
so embarrass them rs to make them
seem like idiots or fools, who do not
know enough to hide the fact that they
are desperate liars, or that their lives
have been prolonged career Of vii
lainy and vice which they are vainly
trying to hide from the jury. The Judge
looks coOlly on and generally gives the
lawyer full play, with about as much
sympathy for the writhing victim as q
medical professor experimenting a vivi-
section in the operating room. Natu-
rally, the lawyer highly esteems such
an advantage. and when he is deprived
Of it howls with rage. The other day,
in a reference case at New York, Mr..
Joseph H. ChOate, the eminent lawyer,
said to Lawrence, President of the Stock
Exchange, a witness: perhaps if you
had been a company of lawyers you
would have steered clear of doing such
a gross piece of fraud as this" To this
Mr.. Lawrence replied: ITO speak Of
our action as fraud is lie." The
chances are that this is what Lawrence
ought to have said, and that he had a.
much right to speak of Choate's ACCUSE
ton as lie as Choate had to call his
conduct fraud. But the lawyer was
helpless, and he had to take as
good as he gave without pleading the
baby act and asking the protection Of
the court. So he got rs nearly even as
he knew how by whining: "It's the last
time take any such case outside of the
court" which is only another version of
the boys threat, wait till I catch you
npSW faney."-Dsssste JSss Rssa
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Kicking Heifers.

All farmers know the trials of teach
ing heifers to stand still, and also know
that many a valuable animal is ruined
in teaching. One should never be
struck. even though they kick; for they
do it in self-defense, and man is never
blamed for acting in self-defense. The
bag and teats are tender and sore, and
should be handled with care; but, first
of all, gentle or vicious heifers U say
gentle, for they may be before they are
handled and become vicious in one milk
ing) should be safely tied in a stall;
then 60 to the right fore foot, take it
up, double the limb ut the knees, and
safely strap it, leaving it free, only dOu-
bled. Don't speak to the creature.
Let that he done further on. The crea-
ture will tire in standing upon three
legs, and find that, after getting in .
multitude of positions, she must sur
render, and will probably give low
moan as the Sign. Now is the time to
talk and pet her, and show yourself her
best friend, handle her bag and teats,
milk gently a few streams, unstrap her
leg. continuing to pat and card her.
After she has rested about five minutes,
strap the same leg; also put 4 strap or
soft stout rope around the hind leg. just
above the L" gambrel joint; pull gently
at first, and, if she does not struggle,
tie it back to ring back Of and a little
higher than where attached to her leg.
The ring should be on the side Of stall
opposite the tied leg. Unstrap the fore
leg and your work is done. Milk slowly
and gently. Don'thurry. If she should
object to the strapping Of the hind leg,
the next time of milking strap the fore
leg, for i've minutes, or till the hind leg
is firmly tied. Farmers who try the
above will find it pays for all the trouble
and will be glad to tie back the hind
leg for weeks rather than run the risk
of being kicked over at any moment
Cor. ~ T. Independent
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farmers magazine in the world, for s:s
IL year. which includes postage on both.
IN ADDITION. We will send free 10 ey-
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Magnificent Plate Engraving of DUPRE'S
last Great Painting. IN THE MEA.
DOW" now on exhibition in New York,
and offered for sale at 5000.
Toe eminent Artist, +. ;. CHURCH,
writing I" 4 friend in the country last
October. thus allude> To this Picture:
".-.l was delighted this morning to
see offered a 4 Premium reproduction
of 4 very beautiful Picture, "lN THE
MEADOW." by Dupre. This Picture
is an Educator
This superb engraving AZ by II inches,
erciusire of ,oide border, is worth more
than the cost of both Journals. IL il
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securely packed in Tubes made expressly
for the purpose. When to be mailed, 10
cents extra is required for Packing, Post
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H Subscriptions may begin AZ any
time, and the Agriculturist furnished in
German or English.
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A Narrow House.

The narrowest house in this CITY may
be seen at the northwest corner of Lex.
ington avenue and Eighty-second street
When Lexington avenue was Gu,
through some years ago, a strip of land
five feet wide and one hundred fee,
deep was all that was left of a certain
lot belonging to person who did moi
own the next lot on the street. The
strip, while of little value by itself.
would be valuable to the person owning
the adjoining lot on Eighty-second
street, because it would not only enable
him to build house five feet wider, but
would give him windows all along the
side of his house on Lexington avenue.
The two owners, however, could not
agree as to terms, and a house was
erected on the lot adjoining the narrow
strip. The owner of the latter had
nothing to do but abandon his lot, OF
build house five feet wide upon it.
The latter course was perhaps adopted
because such house would shut up all
the side windows of the neighboring
building and considerably reduce its
value.
The new building, which has been
finished for some months, is therefore
five feet wide, one hundred feet deep,
and four stories high. 1t is divided in
to two houses, each fifty feet long, and
the entrance doors are, of course, on
the avenue, as there is no room for a
door at either end of the building. The
law allows building at the corner of a
street to have projecting bay windows
olon, Tho .;Jo ,,,oIl- 81 oIro~k
age of this circumstance, the architect
has managed to plan a house which.
while peculiar in inside appearance, and
probably very uncomfortable to live in,
may find tenants. Without these bay
windows or square projections running
from the foundations to the roof it would
not have been possible to build house at
all, for no room would have been wider
than three feet. Each house has, there
fore, two bay windows, in one of which are
the stairs and in the other one room
about eight feet wide and about fifteen
feet long, upon each floor. The long
passage between the stair-well and the
room is about three feet wide. Each
house contains kitchen eight by fifteen
feet and four rooms. each of the same
size, but on different floors. There are
also ingeniously placed closets at each
lend of the building and under the
stairs. Both houses are unoccupied.
One is offered for rent at five hundred
year.
If the object of the builder of these
extraordinary houses was simply to shut
out the light from his neighbor's build
ing, he would probably have accom-
plished the same end at much less ex.
pense by adopting Mr.. George Kemp's
device of 81 eet-iron shields. Mr.. Kemp
did not wish the occupants of the build
ing in the rear of his house at No. 72O
Fifth avenue to overlook his premises,
and so he built an iron scaffolding in
his backyard and placed iron shields
against the obnoxious openings, shut
ting out air and light as completely as
q brick wall would have done. This
arrangement has been for years the
source of no little comment from the
neighbors and passers-by.-M. Y Eren-
tD0 Post.
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PpeumOnia.

It will be remembered that in old age
the lungs are much shriveled. less elias
tic, and can not be fully inflated; the
air-cells are dilated to about twice their
size, many of the capillsries are oblit-
Grated, the breathing is more feeble and
shallow, and the power to get rid Of
carbonic acid is greatly diminished.
Hence pneumonia inflammation Of
the lungs) is not only one of the most
common diseases of old age, but the
most fatal-over three-fourths (some
say nine-tenths) of the aged dying of it.
The main work of the lungs is done
by the air-cells, the tiny laboratories in
which the smaller branches of the air.
tubes terminate, as the branches of .
tree terminate in the leaves. Now II
is these that are the seat of pneumonis.
In the aged the disease seldom COM
mences with wefl-defned symptoms.
In about one-haf the cases there is
simply q chill or pain in the side. In
most of the other cases the main symp-
tom is q feeling of exhaustion. Ifthere
is already chronic bronchitis or asthma,
the person may merely feel little tired.
and suddenly die.
Though most persons cough, there is
for time no expectoration. When it
appears it is at first scanty, gray and
frothy; then yellow, and at length red
dish and sticky. Patients seldom COM
plain of pain or difficulty of breathing.
The more common exciting cause is
cold, especially dry, sharp cold. Nine
tenths of all cases occur between No
vember and May. During this period
the aged can not be too carefully protect
ed from exposure. They should constant
ly wear flannel.
About all that can be done for the
patient is to stimulate him with drinks,
nourish him with concentrated fluid
food, and secure him absolute rest
YOUTHS Companion. -. 1919 -- '.
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A Sharp Woman.

A woman dropped into commission
house on Woodbridge street to purchase
barrel of apples for family use, but
she did not mean to be bitten in the
purchase.
Are all the best ones on top?" she
cautiously asked.
.'Oh, no; the contents are alike all
the way through"
"Will you knock the head out of the
other end?"
Certainly, madame" and in two
minutes the feat was accomplished and
she saw the same grade of choice ap-
Piles. This satisfied her that there was
no deception, and she paid over her
money. 1t was not until she related
the circumstance at the dinner table
that anything happened to raise . doubt
in her mind. Then her husband said:
MY dear, used to buy and pack and
ship apples. The rule is q peck of nice
ones At either end of the barrel and a
bushel and half of wOrm-holes in the
middle. Pass the butter. ."-Dctroi,
Free Press .- ..s... a..
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Youths Department.
JACK.IN-I.HE-SWAMP.

Crackle! crashi the ice Is melting;
From the west, wild showers are peftinG;
Swish ard gurgle! splash ana spatter!
"Halloo, good folksl what's the matter3
Seems to me the roof is leaking!"
Jack from down below is speaking.
You know little Jack? In the spring he
stands up on the ewampy.edge
OF the hemlock-wood. looking out from the
shade Of the ferny ledge;
But in winters he cuddles close under thatch
OF damp leaves,
Hark! the water is trickling fast in through
his garret-eaves,
And s,9ss hIs and up he starts out
And he carefully holds, while he climbs aloft,
his umbrella over his head.
High time for you to be up. Jack, when every
L. washing and Stunning itself. Jack. and get
ting ready for spring!
Little Jack. the country preacher,
Thinks: "These rustics need q teacherl
shall reprimand the flowers
Flirting with the rude March showers
That invade my honest dwelling!
What Ill tell them, there's no telling!"
They call him Jackin-the-pulpit, so stin he
looks. and SO queer,
As he waits on the edge Of the swamp. for the
flOwerfOlks to come and hear
The text and the sermon and all the grave
things that he:has to say:
But the blossoms they laugh and they dance,
No hearers-sO never q word has the little
minister said,
But there in his pulpit he stands and holds his
umbrella over his head;
And we have not doubt in our minds, Jack,
you are wisely listening
To the organ-choir Of the winds: Jack. and
the tunes that the sweet birds singi
Lucy LdrcOm, in Widc-A,Ddks
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
"A quick growth means tender W

Aquick growth means tender veg
ctableS.
In many localities in Ohio and
Pennsylvania sheep are allowed to
Craze on winter wheat. Some believe
It is beneficial to the plants.
The chemist of the Agricultural
Department at Washington says that
the soil best adapted for the growth of
sorghum for sugar appears to be ?
sandy loan.
Curry horses frequently in spring
to aid in removing their old coat. 4
small quantity of oil meal added to
their feed will also greatly assist in
its removal. Discontinue this when
the working season begins.
"A Kentucky farmer cures fowl chol-
era by boiling bushel of smartweed in
ten gallons of water down to three gal
Ions, and mixing the decoction with
their feed twice day for three days,
then every other day for week.
. The following is an excellent recipe
for making an old-fashioned plum-pud-
ding: Three quarts milk, four eggs well
beaten, eight crackers pounded fine,
sweeten with sugar to taste, one-half
pound raisins simmered in q very little
water till soft, one small nutmeg. lit
tie salt, bake three hours in 4 moder-
ate oven. Sauce: One cup sugar, one
fourth pound butter beaten to a cream,
three teaspoons flour mixed with lit
tie water. add two cups hot water just
before serving.-The Household.
-Unscrupulous vendors doubtless do
occasionally employ salts Of copper to
give a fine green color to pickles, but
we incline to- the opinion that this
dangerous form of food adulteration is
far less commonly practiced than is
generally believed. To detect the pres
ence of copper we need only take one
of the suspected pickles, cut it into
pieces, and add some ammonia (spirits
of hartshorn). If the copper is present,
even in very slight traces, the addition
of few drops of ammonia will in
stantly develop a beautiful deep blue
colOration.-Manutdc tdcturer and Builder.
Our farmers do not raise enough
carrots. They make horses coat very
sleek. They should have good depth
of soil and fine tilth. Our farmers
wives do not fully appreciate the value
of the carrot in cookery. Indeed, the
liking for carrots is an acquired one.
So is that for tomatoes. So is that for
parsnips. The writer remembers that
he was obliged to cultivate a liking for
green peas, which, as they were the
old. mushy, strong marrowfats, is not
to be wondered at. But the carrot
flavor, when liked, is valuable addi-
ton to meats, to gravies and to soups.
N Y. Herald.
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Raising Turkeys.

With the right breed and properly
managed. turkeys are useful on the
farm in the destruction of injurious in
sects, ornamental as bird on the prem
ises, and are highly remunerative. The
cause of failures generally is in letting
the turkeys grow instead of raising
them. They need care and attention,
and that of the light kind. In the first
place they must be dOmesticated, rem
dered tame SO they will not run of As
soon as human face appears. Dogs
on no account must be allowed to run or
worry them, nor should they be clubbed
or frightened. BY kind treatment and IA
miliar feeding make them feel that
about the house and barn is their home.
Naturally they are wild, and by bad
treatment they will hide their nests q
long way from the house where the eggs
aud probably the turkeys will be
destroyed by wild varmints.
They always desire to hide their
nests, so for their safety and conven-
ience of the owners they should be given
a good opportunity for hiding some
where near the house or barn. Select
in some out of the way place where
there is board fence. There are gen.
orally 4 plenty of old barrels or boxes.
Take out the heads, or at least have 4
large hole in each end so that large
turkey can enter. Lay them down,
end to the fence. And in the fence
have sliding board to close the barrel
or box, which can be moved from the
opposite side of the fence, and the nest
reached in case of necessity to remove
eggs or to handle the young turkeys
when first Matched. Then throw brush,
old boards and some coarse straw over
the brush, making an effectual hide
for the turkeys, but leaving holes so that
they can find the nests prepared for
them. When they find such good places
to hide, and they do not see you watch
ing them, they will use them instead of
seeking nests on distant and dangerous
parts of the farm.
When the turkeys are hatched, they
should not be allowed to run at large,
as the old hen, wise about many things,
does not consider the danger of taking
her young brood through tall wet grass
and weeds, by which they perish with
wet and cold. In some nice grass plat
Ildhc pcu WIFI
twenty inches wide and sixteen feet
square. Put the young turkeys in this.
and let the old turkey 60 in and out at
her pleasure. BY the time the young
turkeys are old and strong enough to
Jump over this fence they will be strong
enough to stand dews and rains in the
grass.
But teach them to come up twice a
day to eat out of the pen. Allow no
one to frighten them, but keep them
tame and domestic in their nature, and
then they will always come near the
house to roost for safety. The i'm
proved breeds of chickens are easily
kept tame. but all turkeys are naturally
wild, and kindness and care always pay
with them. Nothing ornaments more
the landscape of the farm than large
drove of healthy turkeys. And they
make as good return for the good given
them as any other apimal.-Iopa State
Register.
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The Magnetic Needle.

The magnetic needle is one of the
most sensitive and delicate of instru-
ments. 1t quivers like the aspen leaf
at the approach of any object that re-
pels or attracts it. 1t shakes with
every tremor Of the earth or sea. 1t is
seldom at rest; almost as il alive, it
wanders around its limited circle. 1t
seems to have its likes and dislikes, its
feelings, and its impulses. Sometimes
. magnetic storm sweeps over it and
drives it from tn course. Sometimes
it seems raised to q wild excitement by
some opposing influence. But soon
again rest comes, and the delicate, fee
bic needle points forever to the north.
Upon its firmness and unchangeable
nature rest tho most important human
sdatra 1t guides the steamers that
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1870. 1883.
COLUMBUS gournal
Is conducted asa
FAMILY NEWSPAPER.

Devoted to the best mutual inter
ests of its readers and it, publish
erS. Published ut Columbus Platte
county. the centre of the a9ricuI-
tural portion of Nebraska, il is read
by hundreds of people east W no are
looking towards Nebraska as their
fnture home. Its subscribers in
Nebraska are the staunch, solid
portion OF the community, as is
evidenced by the fact that the
JOURNAL has never contained
"dun" against them, and by the
other fact that
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There is healthy married woman
in Flushing, L. l., who must certainly
be called q home-body." She has
not been outside of her yard for eleven
years. She thinks the proper place fol
woman Is in her own houDe.-Brook
tyH Eagle. .-.s .....
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Railroad pirates seek to transfer the
checks Of their own worthless baggage
70 trunks that they know to be Of value
Baggagemen will have to be on tho
alerf for them.-MicoQo Journal. o.
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ADVERTISING

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reward. Business is business, and
those who wish to reach the solid
people Of Central Nebraska will
find the columns of the JOURNAL
splendid medium.
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secrecy, the chief culprits can not be
caught. The company always pays the
agents fine. There are seven great
companies in San Francisco, with an
aggregated capital of several millions
The greatest is the Fook Ii Company.
In this city, as in San Francisco, the
Chinese themselves play at what they
call the "high-low" game, in which the
prize is not set figure, but varies with
the combinations. Many more spots arc
marked out than in the white mans
game, and the player may pay as high
as 500 for one ticket Enormous prizes
are sometimes drawn at this sshigh- low"
lottery. Lucky combinations have been
known to break the bank. The largest
winning ever made in this city was
about one month ago, when Wing
Hi paid Chinaman over $1,000 on q
$3.50 "hiSh- low" ticket. The largest
drawing made by white mar was made
by an Italian, who struck eight spots,
drew 5000, and went upon q glorious
spree In celebration Of the event. When
he sobered up he found that he had
been robbed of all his money. The
game becomes rapidly popular because
1t does not expose the votary to any dan
ger of disgrace, for an accommodating
Chinaman may always be found who Is
willing for q small consideration to act
as messenger between the agency and
the player. The investment is small,
the drawings rapid. The companies
arc scrupulously honest in their DEAL
ings with their patrons, and although
agents sometimes swindle green players,
the man who is willing to brave the
loathsome surroundings and disgusting
odors of q Chinese gambling den will
generally obtain his prize. Any laun-
dryman who knows that his customer IN
not in collusion with the police will in
troduce him to the game; and therein
lies the danger.-N. T. Sun.
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G-One door west of Heintz's Drug
Store, llth Street, Columbus, Neb. $