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The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24

dow Of ideas to . pleasant caanne,, q
wearing FOeeate spectaclss - others
would wear IN electric belt, Of SNORING
life BY z. sheer effort Of will force"
may be developed until it lifts Us out of
many miseries TO which both body and
mind fall heir.
1t Is not best to tickle others much,
In order to make them laugh. especial
ly children. who offer such provoking
temptation that We may enjoy and
catch the c%ontagion of their merry
chuckling. But it would wake up and
revolutionize many a drowsy and for
lorn old misanthrope, if applied regu-
larry and for q sufficient length of time.
three times . day for q month.
We wonder that the wise physicians
have not set up an establishment for
the Laughing cure" the same as for
the "water cure" They might at least
make it an adjunct to their Turkish
baths. The wit who made his exhaust
ed wife laugh. when she seemed sink.
ing away. produced q reaction and set
all her vital forces into movement To-
ward recovery. Wit and wisdom often
run together. AZ in this case. 1t will
dispel many u vspor. and lift many s.
burden. and brighten and lengthea
many a life, to give laughter its Iegiti-
mate play.-Rer. 4. Il. l.. Taylor. IN
Chicago interior.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
a judicial Miracle.

Two Chinese women claiming to be
mother and daughter were brought be-
fore Judge Hoffman on habeas corpus
Tuesday in San Francisco. The elder
claimed to be Il former resident, the
younger TO be a native born. The
Judge remanded the mother. implying
a doubt in his mind us to her former
residence, but admitted the daughter.
How a child could be porn i'm Il country
in which her mother never resided is
what now bolhers medico-jurists or
judicial medicos; but that such things
may happen has now been legally
decided. The Judges decision may be
founded upon the claim Of the Irishman
to have been 4 native Of Dublin, al
though he admitted having been born
in Cork; he happened to be stopping in
Cork at the time. but belonged TO Dub
lin! There are those. however. who i'm
agine that the circumstance Of a Chinese
girl of II being worth about ten times
as much rs u Chinese woman of 40 or
80 had something 10 do with the de-
cision. All such persons should be
hauled up for contempt of court--!San
Jose (Cai.) Times.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
Cuckoo Clock. Tina, Are Worthless.

In his report on clOck-making in the
Black Forests. Consul Bailew has the
following in regard to the clocks the
Americans buy. and how the travellers
are sometimes fooled: The United
States takes irumpeter and cuckoo
with painted dials. also many reSula-
tors and musical clocks. The exporta-
ton of these clocks to the United States
is steady. and will aggregate $50. 600
per year. During the summer months
the Schwarzwald clock region is visited
by many Americans. and nearly every
visitor purchases n of these clocks
They are very attractive and appear to
be cheap. but 10 many cases they are
made 10 be sold only, and an attractive
exterior may induce manv to purchase
an almost worthless article. One can
not be too particular when purchasing
n Of these clocks. for when the cuckoo
will not COO any more and the trum-
peter will not blow another blast, then
is their value as curiosities gone. and
when. after . few months, they become
valueless as t~ime-keepers, then are they
very poor stock indeed. I have heard
X many complaints from people who
have purchased these clocks in regard
to their general poor quality that l deem
it my duty to make this tact public,
and also to inform would-be purchasers
that. if they wish to avoid disappOint-
ment they should be very particular
where and of whom they purchase. and
in NO case to purchase OF irresponsible
parties. A few inquiries will generally
disclose the required facts. Baltimore
american.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
Mexican Carts.

One seldom sees q fOur-wheeled wag-
on anywhere in Mexico. The carts are
ponderous vehicles. each with two enor-
nous wheels Of solid wood. which look
of themselves q sufficient load for any
pair of animals. Iron. you know. is a
greater rarity there than silver. and the
import duty on such articles of foreign
manufacture has been not less than $40
per wheel. The carts are usually pro-
PEELED by several lean. Oxen-driyen
four abreast. three abreast. tandem.
haphazard-and always with heavy
wooden Jokes fastened upon their fore
heads BY ropes around the horns. The
poor creatures heats are thus bowed
nearly to the ground by the weight of
wood upon them. and their eyes wear q
look of suffering pitiable to behold. The
driver amuses himself constantly prod
ding them with a sharp iron spear stuck
into the end of a long pole; and not in
frequently a boy is employed to run
alonside carrying q bag of stones with
which he continually pelts them-both
driver and boy keeping up an mcessant
racket of ps,h: psth! a harsh sort of
Kissing sound which to Mexican beasts
of burden signifies all the gees, haws.
and 'swear words" known to other
cattle.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
A Boys Essay on Cats.

Cats, unlike the other insecks, don't
have no stingers. The bumbelbee has.
I onc't caught a bumbelbee, an give it
to a cat Cats don't like bees. espeshly
them that has splinters in their tales.
which this had. The thing stung all
the way down, and halfway back
again; that cat run about seventeen
miles. an then dropped down by the
shaddy side of 4 haystack and quickly,
without warnin'. he hastily died n sud-
den death all ut once. for want o
breath.
Onct when Jack an me was playin'
fishin' in our we'll with u tom-cat tied to
a string. Jack got hurt. lie had the
cat down in the we'll. waitin' fur n bite.
an when his back was turned 1t
crawied up the brick curb an clawed
the sap Outen him. After that Jack
didn't fule with cats.
l once knew Il man who WAS wicked
enough to throw II stove lid through 4
big tOm,-cat at night. and the very next
day he heard that his grandmother had
broken her leg in New Orleans and
several other pIacos. which proves how
wicked aud sinful it is to disturb the
critters; and that's all l know about
cats.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
The Scotch Girls.

These Scotch people are very fine
looking. and their faces have great
strength of feature and at the same time
much refinement. The Scotch girls are
exceptionally fine looking. and even
among the lower classes you see very
many refined faces. In the stores there
are lady clerks who would pass muster
as well-bred girls anywhere, and many
of the bar-maids in tn. whisky-shops
are beauties. The women of Scotland
do = great deal Of work. A w%hite-cap-
ped. middle-aged, r~osy-cheeked lady
usually preSides over each Of the largest
hotels. and nearly all Of the railway
restaurants are managed by women.
Both sexes in Scotland have, rs a rule,
good, healthy physiques- There are
more tall men and women than in
America. They have better complex
ions. 4 more active walk. and are, IS q
rule, stronger and healthier. -Edias-
burgh Letter tn Ccreidnd Leader.
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She WOaldn't be Ruled.

CLARA, l don't think much Of that
young Slobkins who keeps coming
around here" said M old gentleman to
his daughter.
Don't you, pa??"
mo. ! don't. Why. he smokes cigar
cites and drinks sodaewater."
"Yes. ! know it pa"
And he ear collars that come up
to his ears. aud carries a No. II cane.
and spends his evenings at a club"
Eyes. so I understand. BY the way. l
have promised 8ir. Slobkins that l would
marry him this fall"
"Wha-a-at?"
Yes, pa; ! have always had my mind
made up that l would never BE- ruled by
any man."-Inehant zf0usls.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
In India the farmers tools are of the

In India the farmers tools are of the
simplest kind. The p!ow is Il triangular
piece of board. Is inches long and six
inches wide Mt the base. and simply
roots the ground. The yoke for the
bullocks is a straight stick and is at
tached to the beam of the pillow by a
grass cord. The cattle are the Brahmi-
nj species-white. slender-bodied, long
logged and very lean. The only food
of the cattle for months is .'choOsa,"
which is the wheat straw and chat
from the threshing floor. They COS.
about Fl to "a per pair, and tho piOw
costs about Is Sd. The land is plOwed
at least ten times, and frequently thirty,
- the plOw scratches the soil only. The
harrow is q log or slab of wood 8 or 8
feet long. drawn sideways across the
field to scratch the Jumps.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
CHANCE
How SOsnS Of tho Greatest DiscOverie
Have Been Made.

How Sosas Of tho Greatest Discoverios
Have Been Made.
Many of the greatest discoveries Ii
tho era of the revival of learning were
characterized by the merest chance.
Cicero's important treatise, lie Re-
pub!icu," was discovered concealed
beneath some monsstic writing. Part
Of Livy was found between the leaves
Of a Bible, and \ missing page in u bat
,ledore. Quintillisn Was picked out Of
al old Golfer full Of rubbish. The one
copy of Tacitus which survived the gen.
eral destruction of Roman libraries
WAS found in 3 WestphaNkn monastery.
An original Magma Charts, with all its
seals and signatures. WAS found by
Cotton about 10 be cut up by a tailor
into measures. ThurlOe's state papers
fell out of i ceiling in ~l.incoln's Inn
Many Of Lady Montague's letters were
discovered by Disraeli in the Office of
Al attorney. where they might have re-
mained till this day but for the chance
visit Of the great biblioPhile. A',l III
d~oubtedly many hundreds Of rare
books and manuscripts and papers lie
hidden away in the presses aud cup
boards Of odd anO houses, whence:
gradually they may be dragged into
the light of the day. to be destroyed or
10 awaken universal interest. No onr
could have read without emotion
the poor fellows who made up IL.
struggling remnant Of the Greet. -
pcdiiiou read with avidity the new>pa-
per wrappings Of the lemons they ate.
Yet. When we recall occasions in our
own lives when We have been absolute
ly dependent upon own resources
for means wherewith to kill time. we
can appreciate it. Toward the close Of
= long voyage, eve under modern lux
urious conditions. the humbleSt Of
chance literature y Kreedily seized
upon: the odd volume of q novel, the
mangled remains Of a book of poems,
a tile Of very old newspapers any
thing, in fact, which is printed means
the aispGsa! VI O:herwis. dresry. NO.
%nOtonOus hours. Subjects in which
hitherto we have not taken the smallest
interest become fascinating; we learn
to love = deteSted author. We skip not
u Word, and it may b. said that many
\ man has developed . new taste or ac-
CURED . new hObby-horse from The
perusal of chance literature under
such circumstances. Hence We lind
that ses-skippers are SO often we'll in
formed on Msny subjects outside their
profession; that lighthouse keepers are
sometimes scientific men and lingui>ts:
that turnpike keepers Z often men of
no mean Observation-Disclosures GtObe.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
European Education OF Girls.

The system carried out in Vienna for
educating girls is entirely worthy of
notice. They are kept at their studies
until they are Is years OF age. Then
they go through 4 course of teaching in
the pantry and the kitchen under some
member Of the family. sometimes under
trained cooks. for a year or two years.
Thus they learn to do everything them.
selves and to know the value Of things
long before they commence housekeep-
ing OF their own account. and though
they may never be required to cook a
dinner, they become independent of
cooks and servants. The Austrian wom-
en- are most affectionate wives and
mothers. They are accomplished as an
English governess, are As witty in So
ciety as . Partisan. aud are among the
most beautiful women in Europe. Cor.
IN the Buffalo Courier.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
Colonial Fishing Grounds.

The number, variety and extent Of
the fishing grounds with which the en-
tire seaboard Of the colony has been
endowed, all lying within a Very mod.
erate distance of Port Jackson, New
South Wales, afford the strongest en-
enlargement ~ the inhabitants Of the
whole colony, who MAY hope TO see
the markets supplied with fish in q
manner and upon = system cOnsOnant
with the requirements of the cOmmu-
nifty. In New South Wales, the fish
most adapted for food purposes do not
yet require to be searched for il large
smacks or fishing vessels, yictualled
and equipped for q cruise of several
months; neither is it necessary for the
fishermen to Make voyages to fishing
grounds distant hundreds of miles
from home. The best fish are very
rarely met with more than ten miles of
the coast, or in deeper water than thir
ty-five fathOms. The schnapper,
which for economic purposes may be
ranked with the cod Of the northern
hemisphere, appears to be distributed
with remarkable regularity along the
whole extent OF the SeabOaru-that IS
to say, Over about GO miles; and what
ever the formation or character of the
coast may he. this fish, the most val
liable Of all kinds. and perhaps the
most abundant, is never absent. and
being essentially a rock Dish In its hsb-
its, is not migratory: and tho same
may be said Of its ~cOngener-the
Dream. and. in = lesser degree, Of the
6athesd, whiting. blackfish, ~tailOrs.
tarwine, gartish aud other varieties
which frequent the bays and ~estuariss of
harbors aud lakes. rather than the
ocean depths. Same Of these fish Are,
NJ doubt. not ia ir found throughout
the year in their usuzi haunis. but they
NAV be treated for all practical ptlS
poses a. regula, inhabitants of the COL
onial fishing ground.-Londos MN
isc Ppsk.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
QUICKSILVER.

Pse~fhas YroPsrties ~ - lDpssAaDs Ne
- osut 81 ~ Art sd or&ensss.
This sttsnge1 and curipus mineral is
becoming quite an important element
in the sr6 and sciences. but its real
value is realized fully in the process
of extracting the noble metals from the
baser sorts, and lower grade ores car
be protitably worked with the quick
silver process that would hardly pay
to work the old-fashioned way. A
sheet Of gold foil dropped into quick
silver disappears nearly as quick As a
snowflake dropping on a warm stove
or boiler. 1t has the power of separat-
ing, or, of readily dissolving, those re-
fractory metals which are not acted
upon by the most powerful acids.
Away out among the forest Businesses o!
the Western mountains immense guam
titles are used by the miners. They
pour it into their machines in which is
placed the finely-puiverized lOw-grade
ores, and though the particles of noble
metal are SO small Us to be impercepti-
Die to tho naked eye, yet this liquid
will search it ont aud carry it away
with itself in the form Of amalgam.
Another very peculiar property pos
sessed by the substance is its power of
reproducing itself. or. in other words.
no matter how many times used ID by
any means It can be reclaimed and
subsequently, purified. it can be used
over and over again. TO do this the
miners distill the mass. volatiiizing the
quicksilver. leaving the gold or silver
as q residue, both ist;'lats and residue
being In \ state Of virgin purity.
In the mining. preparation, and han
ding Of quicksilver many lives have to
I've lost. First. the men who work ut
the mines sOoa become salivated and
psralyzed. followed by the loss Of teeth
aud movements Of the head and Jaw.
A man in the last stages of saliva
ton. as it Is called there. is the most
Pitiable sight we ever beheld. and he
often fingers in this condition weeks aad
oven months before death relieves him.
cure being out Of question. Horses can
not stand to work In it scarcely ut all.
mules being generally used; these after
3 few months begin to lose their teeth,
and after a time the hOOfs. followed BY
diseased bones throughout. We saw
at N time = mule working about the
mine. lose its entire lower jaw: dropped
out while at work.
With those who work with Quicksil.
yer in a small way. many amusing
things occur. A few days ago an in
quisitive old lady was in the labora-
tory. aud seeing a small bit Of channels
leather lying on the floor she picked it
up and afterward wrapped her gold
specs in it. The next morning meet
ing us on the ferry she very w~Oefully
informed US that her specs had melted,
and so they had; all the gold had been
absorbed by the mercury contained in
the leather. which was a discarded filter.
In using quicksilver. great care should
be exercised to keep it from coming in
contact with any jewelry, watches. etc.
foy as sur as it does the gold will all
disappear, Care should be taken not to
inhalc it and none should use it save
those who know something of its ma
ture.-AidLand Industrial Gazette.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
Other Big Named Men.

Secretary L.ucius Quintus Cincinnatus La
mar is not the only big named man in the de-
psrtment Of the interior. There are also
Lucius Qnmtus Cincinnatus Lamar, Jr., pri-
vate secretary; William Andrew Jackson
Sparks. land commissioner; Martin Van
Buren, Montgomery, patents commissioner;
John Dewitt Clinton Atkins, Indian affairs
commissioner: Nathaniel Harrison Randolph
Dawson, education commissioner; ard John
James Jones Scipio Hassler, appointment
clerk. Chicago Tribune.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
ON
WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
CLUBBING RATES.

THEREAFTER we will furnish to
III both our old and ne,1 subscribers,
the Omaha Weekly Republicans and JOCR-
NAL at the very low rate OF S3.7J per
year. thus piaciag within the reach Of all
the best state and county weeklics pub
Iisbrd. giving the reader the condensed,
general aud foreign topographic and state
news Of the week. Try for i year and
he satisfied. ~may5S6-tf
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24

Among the excellent pictures that
have accompanied the advertisement of
3 certain soap was one of a doctor ad-
vising a patient to buy this soap. The
other day an Albany. N. Y. physician
bought a number Of papers containing
this picture. and explained that it was
. perfect likeness in form and feature
Of . doctor who was his tutor in the old
country, and Of whom there existed no
portrait,
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
Jack, The Pet Jayelin.

Jack was found in the woods near
l.ytle Station. on the International.
south of San Antonio, by Mr. Y. NJ.
Mcdaniel. some time last summer. aud
presented by that gentleman to Mr.. T..
:. Bsllamy. agent for the international
nj that station. II was supposed t. he
about three weeks old when caught. l
will keep YOU in suspense no longer;
the Hon. Jack is neither more nor less
than a ~javelin Dr. young wild hog. Mr..
Be!lamy had the curiosity and the pa-
thence to try his training skill on him.
and on application he found him an APT
scholar. lie persevered, and al the end
Of n month d onl! was ne All efli-
Gent body guard by day. but a faithful
sentinel BY night. Dir. Reliamy is a
very active rna accommodating gsn;le-
man. and has been 4 long time in the
cOmpany's employ, yet in his varied
duties YOU will lind Jack at his heels.
and he will allow no n 10 come be-
tween him and his body,
When seated at the desk he lies down
ut Mr.. g. s feet, and will allow no one
to toucL him. Al night Jack follows
Mr.. Il. 10 his bedside. and if he cannot
manage bv stealth Dr. "thrrw - t. get
into the bed. he Will lie down beside the
bed and there remain quiet until morn
ing. unless some intruder snters the
room. when he will dart at him with all
the Zero ,ity of his wild nature. Few
who intrude ON him unwittin2ly once
eve wish TO try their hand y second
time. vet if not mo.ested he is perfectly
gentle. At the table he stands ut his
masters side and receives q portion of
anything he eats, and he is not p~articu-
lar what it is. He is a veritable tip
pier. and likes his whisky and beer and
any other strong drink. After drink
ing whisky he will smack his lips and
give signs for more. ANY person who
has ever seer a ~javelin can imagine
what a graceful figure he cuts with his
unshapely body with the whisky glass
in his mouth.
But a short time ago three coyotes
came Oh the platform at the station in
the middle of the night. Jack jumped
up and stood between his master and
the coyotes. and kept them at bay until
one of the transportation men woke up
and asked what was the matter. Mr..
b. said i: vas only coyotes; that Jack
would take care of them. end rolled
over AMI went to sleep again One day
later Jack got up into the bed beside
the baby. He licked its face and then
laid down besids it aud kept the dies
of. Jack has got many tricks. bnt the
most important thing that strikes the
observer is the strong attachment he has
for his MASTER san AntOniG (TeS.)
Ligh!
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
4 EAMELESS HERO.


This is tn. eong of a naIneless man.
Listen ewhtle till the deed 10 told
OF ono who ventured lis life to save
Another'S. but not for fame or gold.
Winter had been both hare and long:
Spring set in. and the brooklets ran.
Swapping the meadows and breaking t6o
Into mighty books. Then the foods b.
gan.
Red and roaring, the rushing stream
On its heaving bosom the ice blocks bore:
Stemmed ut length by . bridge OF might
1t foGmed and crashed with . sullen roar.
Crashed and dashed on the piers Of stone:
They yield at last to the fearful strain;
The center arch, and the Keepers house
And helpless inmates alone remain.
Fiercer and fiercer roars the food.
Wilder the wind in the stormy sky.
Tn keeper springs to the rocking roof:
Mercy, have mercy, great God on high!
They heard him loud DER the torrents
Help. alas: there is none to bring:
No boat could live if il left the shore.
Whose steed comes gallOping hot with haste.
And stops by the river raging wfd:
Who'll save the keeper with wife and child.
ears, a thousand, the offer heard.
Hearts. a thousand. with grief are sore:
They look al the ice, the Hood, and the sky.
But never a boatman leaves the shore.
. BOatmen. then. are ye towards all?
And must they perish within our sigher
Try It yourself! Lord Count, they cried.
Alias! said he. for my strength 10
slight"
Tut from the crowd a wagner steps.
A boat is launched with the speed OF
thought;
Twill save but one with his mighty weight,
But his arm Is strong. and he cares f0e
naught.
Thrice hath he brought her safe To shore:
Scarce had the last foot touched its plnnks
When with awful crash the arch Eel! y or.
Who was this valtan: man of men!
A simple laborer. brave and bold:
s0rand was the deed" | hear you say,
But still ne did # for goods and gold"
Listen. then: "Gallant the deed you've
done.
And well" said the Count, have you
earned the prize"
Frankly and modeStly answered then
The valiant man with the fearless eyes:
my life. Lord Count, Is not for gold,
Your money all 10 the keeper give;
.oet in the fiOod is his little all,
Yet he and his wife aid child must live"
With a careless smile he turned and went.
This man with the frank ana the fearless
We sing Of his fame, but what was his name
Is known alone to the Lord on high.
II. N. Tidqudir. In Hd'per's lOWny fxosAe.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24
Forgot HilnSelE,

Professor twhO told the young mel to bring
In an essay OH an original subject)-Well,
Mr.. Saunders, what have You got to-dayl
COllegian twhC spent the summer as a waiter
At one Of the mountain hotelsl-Er-roast
beef, roast pork, fish and corn beef hash
It'd Dits.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24

M000 nm in presents gren a,oay.
S2UU,UUU s ssG BY US mail : se jss s %i;i ! ssi
Jree 4 package of goods of large value,
that VIII start you in work that will 1T
"nce bring you in money faster than any
thing else iii America. All about the
SgOc,UoO IN presents with each box.
Agents wanted every where, of either
sex, of all ages, for all the time. or spare
time only, to work for us at their own
homes. Fortunes for all workers ABB
solutely assured. Don't delay. IL. HAL
LIT Il Co, Portland, Maine.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24

-Mildew may he removed by dip
ping the stained parts into buttsr1ilk.
and putting them in the sun.-Cseps.
l00d Ls0d6r.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24

-Artesian wells in New York City.
chow that the East River undertows
ths island. In the deep wells lately
sunk the water GIBBS aud flows with the
kide.--N. Y, SUN.
The Columbus journal., 1886-11-24

In twenty-five years ended with
1881. Massachusetts had ITO murder
trials and IL hangings; in thirty years
ended will leeJ, Connecticut had 81
murder trials and z hsnEings; in four
years. ended with 1877, New York City
had lS5 he micides and ( sxecutious.-R
j. Times.