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Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
A Plea for Columbus.

If ever a poor fellow had hard work to win his laurels, and still harder work to hold on to them, 1t was Christopher Columbus. It is perhaps one of the penalties of true greatness to be looked upon as the prey of literary scalpers. The la mented William Shakespeare has had an experience of that kind, second only to the experience that the fame of Christopher Columbus has been subjected to. As time passed on, it was thought that the regulations of both Columbus and Shakespeare were established beyond all controversy.
 This has been a delusion. Mir. Donnelly's recent assault on Shake speare and Miss Browns effort to transfer the laurel wreath from the brow of Columbus to that of Lief Ericson only demonstrate the perpet- ual activity of the two elements in human nature known as combative- ness and destructiveness. But for all that, Columbus and Shakespeare are going to keep on their feet. All rival claims are now barred by the Stotuto of Limitations
 It is possible that Lief Erickson, the Iceland voyager, did set foot on these shores long before Columbus landed. So did the Indians. but the world was not benefited by it. It was different with Christopher Col umbus. His achievements produced greater revolutions and grander re- suits than ever before attended the efforts of mere man born of woman. With his discoveries old ideas which had held the human understanding in bondage passed away. The bold Genoese adventurer was the John the Baptist of the sciences which so brilliantly illuminate the world to- day. He established the fact that the earth was spherical body. and m an age, too, when it was con sidered blasphcmous to hint at such a theory.
 When Columbus lifted the veil of darkness which hung between the old and new worlds flood of strange light poured in upon both. Knowl- edge on all subjects followed like a sunburst in the morning of a new day. Practically, it makes no diff ference who first landed on Ameri- can shores. Columbus alone is en- titled to the honor of the grand re- suits of America's discovery. Nor is it of much practical difference who wrote the Shakespeare plays. It was the wayward bard of Avon who pub lished them to the world, and he will ever stand acknowledged as the high priest and interpreter of the sorrows and joys of human nature in its lofti- est and in its lowliest moods. (St. Paul Globe.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
A TRUE STORY.

The American workingman returns at night from his toll, clad in woolen suit taxed 55 per cent, stockings and undershirt taxed 75 per cent. cotton shirt taxed A. per cent & woolen hat taxed 75 per cent, and per chance pair of gloves in winter taxed 40 per cent.
 He carries in his hand his tin din- ner pail taxed 45 per cent, and greets his wife with cheery smile as she looks at him through win dow pane taxed 60 per cent, from which she has drawn aside the cur tains taxed 40 per cent.
 After scraping his boots on a scra- per taxed 45 per cent, he wipes them on mat of bagging taxed 10 per cent; he lifts the door latch taxed 43 per cent, steps in on car pet taxed 6S per cent, and gives a kiss to his wife who is clad in a woolen dress taxed 75 per cent. and who has needle taxed 25 per cent. in her hand, with which she has been mendlng with thread taxed 40 per cent, an alpaca umbrella taxed taxed 90 per cent.
 It is small brick house which they have bought with their hard earnings of building association. The bricks were taxed 20 per cent, the lumber taxed l6 per cent, and the paint 54 per cent. The wall paper taxed 45 per cent. makes the room brighter, with its plain furni- ture taxed B per cent. He hangs his pail on steel pm taxed 45 per cent. and proceeds to get ready for his supper. He washes his hands with castillo soap taxed 20 per cent. in tin basin taxed 45 per cent. and he wipes them on cotton towel taxed 45 per cent.
 He then goes to the looking-glass taxed 45 per cent. and fixes his hair with a brush and comb taxed 30 per cent.
 He Is now ready for his supper, which his wife has cooked on stove taxed 45 per cent, with pots and kettles taxed B per cent. The table is spread with the commonest crock cry taxed 56 per cent, and he drinks his water out of cheap glass tum- bier taxed 45 per cent. The little sugar that he puts in his tea is taxed 80 per cent. and he stirs it with spoon taxed 45 per cent. His meal is frugal one, because hard times has cut hls wages down, and he is saving every cent to pay the next in- stallment due on his house. With an appetite worthy of an ampler meal, he takes up his knife and fork taxed 45 per cent, and begins to cat piece of salt fish taxed p per cent. He ponrs on vinegar taxed 3G per cent. Upon his boiled pota- tatoes taxed 40 per cent. he sprin- kles salt taxed 80 per cent, and eats a small pickle taxed B per cent. He ends his meal with pudding of rice taxed ll2 per cent, and an orange taxed 20 per cent.
 After supper he smokes pipe and enjoys the happiness of his wife, who has this day bought woolen shawl taxed Ca per cent, black silk dress taxed 90 per cent, and pair of scissors taxed 25 per cent EX- change.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
oven, but it couldn't.

The middle of next week 'Zekie was surprised on coming home from the mill to find cord of dry wood ready for the stove, piled mp near the back door, and little shed of boards over it.
 A woodshed was one of the things which had been to be built next sum- mer for the last three years. 'Zekiel was too proud to ask about it, how ever, even when smoking hot din- ner of baked beans and pork greeted him at the table, and the kitchen fire offered him it's tempting warmth. She Il tell me-" he thought. But she didn't-nOt then.
 Next day he found new latch on the back door Strange things con- tinued to happen at the Marsh home stead. The wood pile didn't fail more than the widows cruse of oil.
 One day Sally appeared in a bran new dress-a thing which had not occurred before for the last year. Next the kitchen walls took on new coat of whitewash, and then the sit ting room had fresh wall paper. Home began to look like another thing. Sally wore a smiling face, and didn't scold.
 At last 'Zekiel caught the infec- tion, and actually put a new board on the front gate and a hinge on the barn door.
 Jimmy, who had stayed out for lack of hat, began to go to school Mary Ann had new hair ribbon, and the baby d pair of shoes. 'Zekiel began to be alarmed. Everything seemed to go regularly except the new things. He examined his pock- et-book to see if Sally took money from it when he was asleep. All was right there. He counted the sheep to see if she hadn't sold some of them. Just fifty, as there had been. The hens didn't lay, and there wasn't butter enough to count for anything. But he wouldn't ask -'Zekiel was proud, EIo enjoyed the change, especially that Sally didn't scold. Her health was q great deal better than it had been.
 II don't know how it is," Zekiel said to neighbor Jones, but Sally's s growing young-I really heard her singing love song to-day"
 At length curiosity got the better of Zekiel's pride. Now, tell me how 'tis, Sally" said he, one day af- ter dinner, when he sat down to smoke, 'where do you get the money, and how happens 1t you feel so well, and don't scold any more? ?"
 Sally laughed.
 Il feel we'll because I'm happy" she said; Il suppose that's the reason l don't scold."
 But the money-~-how have you managed to fix up so?'
 "You like it, don't yOu!"
 ''Yes; but how have you done it?"
 Sold baked hean., apple pies and brown bread"
 My" said 'Zekiel, as he knocked the ashes out of his pipe-and for the first time in week he took the water pail and brought pallful from the spring.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
THE WORLDS : )oD WOMEN

carth's night !" tue anrkest of ''! ''o." wlth stout he .ts silently life. o,,. A., osts toward the iig't, '''' '" u'u AiinghtE'- to lcall 'monp ,he ho.,. r, mat answer, "IIere s ''' "oHts '"e voices of good wa...n sound str,,., .,,.,
 sweet and clear ""1' shh , Of the fight " '"' '''chts' rue! ,iand with stout hcl's patiently. cmh.,,t,,d
 for the right '' '''"''''c" And tho no blare of |, ,r ,,., n, cell .r
 heard '' "' "rum iH ''ood women the world U, r are an urmy ,f in,
 Lord. "' "'"". o' me ""o" Woinrh save the ns ion, though tlav bear not .,, word nor gum " ." "'' 'heli panopiy Is rightc0 mess: their will with
 Gods as one "''' "''''
 earth, 'o" oh h"o" nr that s" and rt 90, i, of any life of p"n' falk ni woman 7kncs.' I tell , ou tha, The weight of thi. wo.iG future depend. unon
 their power, 'i''" And down fine track of s". as Time. flood tides
 gre told, ''''' He level of their height i. marked by the pl,ce
 that woman hold.
 -Wonan's Tribune
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
The BUYERS GUIDE is
NOtic, for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT CAMDEN. AkN ,
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LAND OFFICE AT CAMDEN, AKIN
 Sept Is, lsSS.
 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intGn' tion to make final proof in support "t ms claim, and that suid proof will be made Re, fore T the county Judge of Nevada county ,9aS Ark Ark M at Prescott. on the Gth of Nov, 1888 viz: Nathan IInctett, II E IL l@ loi 'h' NWi WI See 2G. Tp II. S K 2l' W. w., He names tho following witnesses to lr;"n' h;s contiuuou, residence upon, and cntIv"- ton of, said land. viz; John w Laurence l,' '; Lnrkin Butler. Monroe PC Banks, Larkir Butler, Jr. of Prescott, Nevada county, ArN
 w. K. RAMSEY Register
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07

l Leklel Mars ,. IL does seen strange to me tha, you can be SC shiftless,"
 Sally Marsh's voice was little sharp. made by lon suffering.
 its Saturday night now. and there isn't stick f wood cut for Sunday, and of all lings I do hate to hear an ax goir;, Sunday morn ing
 Ezekiel, ,"-it N4s half an hour later couldn't vcI find me a few dry chips to mak. ny fire burn? My bread won't bake, pd supper won't be ready till 9 o'clo3N."
 "Ain't the bread done yet, Sally You're awful slow: I'm hungry as Jobs turkey"
 Il can't help it; you didn't get the yeast till thi, morning, and I've picked up every dly stick can find. and this green woo only shoulders and smokes-tho s,ove don't draw ; l think the pipe mus need cleaning"
 Always somet ,Ag to be done." mutierred 'Zekiel. "Shet the door, will you, Jlm," he alled out to his boy. who had jus 'ltered the room.
 1t won't stay si.ct, father.'
 "Yes, 'Zekiel, an that's another thing" said Sally. II declare. I'm cleau discouraged Nothin' is in or der, an the hest [ an do l can't get you to see the nee, of Its being in order.
 Sally, what $ lh" use of frettin' -
 No use as see and it's just as it always has been, and always will he, l suppose lor the more l say the worse It Is.
 Lots of women re worse off than you are.
 That may be, bat it's no reason why l should be pl' yued so. We're able to he bette 1ft. We might have such nic, nome, 'Zekiel, ]" she said more gent'v, if you would only tend to things
 "A scolding wite isn't much en- 
 ,IZekie Marsh. when l married you l didn't know how to scold but it's enough to try a aint tolive with you, do soold--,i know it but l cant help it. Anu l don't know as ought to help it if it did any good. Now, see here. I've tugged and toiled for nj. on to twenty year in hopes tQ taye something, and he somebody, bat cant see as its any use; we don get ahead one bit, and its all because of your mis- erable habit of biting off. It's next week, and il Nt spring, and next summer, till ieclare I'm sick of it :" and the shal voiced woman
 
 went suddenly into the pantry and put her face into her apron and sobbcda great sob at would not be repressed any loueel. There was no mistake about It, Sa ly was discour- aged; and so for .lst matter was Ezekiel. He sat by the kitchen stove in sullen silence. ;nd smoked hls nine as if determo1 lo get some com fort cut of life.
 Sally waited uWil she could gain some self-control, md then passed out through the k't hen, took up q pail and went to d'e spIihS' ohe sat down on the bani and gave way to her emotions for he first time n many months:
 .I wish 1 know " lat to do," she said mt love Iohi'l and ] know he loves me; but lov5 an awfNi poor thing to live on alone. I've tried to he patient-God I'rows I've tired rye tried to hold my tongue an" h.or if all; but it ' Il get the start of me sometimes. # noW--l won tier if t eoQld be dc e'"
 sally sat and T ought aho"' It. The bread might ha c burned m the
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07

John l.. Sullivan is only 29 years of ace. It is said that he has made and spent $500. GOO in the last three years, and now, with an impaired constitution and weakened right arm. he once more faces the problem of life.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07

Sometimes it is hlrd to tell whether a man is firm in principle or simply obstinate, but the man himself never expresses any doubt.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
DIARRHEA or FLUX.

Flux Diarrhna, and all Summer Complaint. are completely checked and cured in t few hours by Collins Ague Cure. TTY IT. Sold everywhere by all Dealers at 50 ets E t.ls.
 teAsk your Dealer for a Copy of the COT LlN6 PRESENT CENIuIT ALNAHAC or Addr ss
 SelllSs 'SVGS. pYJG Cg.. St Luui5, MO.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
BILIOUS COLIC,

Immediate relief and speedy cure for the worst cases of Bilious Colie Is found in tie use pf Collins Ague Cure. As radical cor Geetlye Of all B.lioas DisQgdefs Il has no equal.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
MALARyAL FEVER

lev doses of Collins Ague Curo will quickly break up tie worst Case of Maiarial Fever. No Otler remedy possesses the pJver Of so completely eradcaling Malaria from the system. CHILLS and FEVER yield at
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
'ZEflEL.

BY MRS. NJ, r. A. CROZIER.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07
COLLINS ACUE CURE
HEADACHE

Nothing relieves a Headache so promrtlv as Collins Ague Curo. IL cleanses the stom. ach, promotes action Of the liver, and pu.ifes the lOOd. aiding you to nerfect healIL
Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-07

"N'y attention. af'er hering with Constpa- tiun Tt, tor three cars YVES called to Slmmons Ii, T ;tilator, and. l.,s.' tired almo>t every thin. cl". concluded to t;y it. ] first took wi ' and afterwards reduced the dose to T tc. 1i, pr directions. afier each n,c.l. ] fn.A' [ t had ( ne ne so ruch good that cont uo | atEinal tics. Sincc ta .n1 hav,t 5'> CT. nc~.l any tiGiculty keep it ia F, .i...5c ,ni woud not h.: sthou, il, but have n usc f'r ii, it having cured me. "-CEo. ". SIMS, Att Clark Superior Court, Bbb Co., CN.
 T !:c only thC Genuine, Which has on the Wrapper the red N Trade mark and Signature of
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-20
Notes by the Way.

In the matter of clean and comforta- ble railroad travelling 1t would be hard to improve on one of the vestibuled trains running over the smooth exten- sion steel track of the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy.
 When l told her that my destina- tiop was Denver, her face brightened instantly, as she replied 1t was place she would like to see. It is surpris- ing how many people would like to go to Denver.
 From Chicago to Denver is 1,026 miles, and you can take 6 train at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and be in Den- yer the next evening at 9:10. That is 32 hours, and an average of S2 miles per hour, including stops. Pretty good time for 90 long . run. The same train will put you into Lincoln or Omaha early the next morning. l could not help thinking of the time, many years ago, when my Uncle John and others started from Indiana for Oregon in covered wagons, drawn by oxen, and were three months on the road. -Erdnscflle (Iad.) Satnrday Cau-E Editorial JoftSngs on q Trip Q Denrsr.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-20
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.
BY LmA LEWIS WATSON.

Sometimes when the day is ended And it's round of duties done, I watch at the western windows The gleam of the setting sun. When my heart has been unquiet And it's longings unbeguiled By the days vex1tious trials And cannot be reconciled, 1 look on the slope of the mountains And OCT the restless sea, And think of the beautiful elty That lieth not far from me And my spirit Is hushed in a moment As the twilight falls tender and sweet. And cross, in my fancy, the river, And kneel at the Masters feet. And rest in the shade that there fAlleth From the trees that with healing are rife That shadow the banks of the river The river of water of life. And, come time. when daylight is ended, And the duties He gave me are done, 1 shall watch st life's western windows The gleam of it's setting sun. I shalf fall asleep in the twilight As never have slept before, To dream of the beautiful city Till waken to sleep no more. There will fall on my restless spirit A hush, oh, so wondrously sweet, And shall cross OCT the river To rest at the Masters feeti
 -Boston Globe.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-20
EueadOr's Hidden Gold.
American Magazine


 Everybody who has read Pescotte fascinating volumes knows what iol- lowed; With the aid of the Spaniaris Atahua.pa conquered his brother. When he lay a prisoner in the hands of the guests he had treated 60 hospit- ably, he offered to i'll his prison with gold If they would release him. They agreed, and his willing subjects brought the treasure; but the greedy Spaniards demanded more. Runners were hurried all over the country, and the simple, unselfsh people snrrcn- dered all their wealth to save their king. But Pixxaro became tired ot waiting for the treasure, and the men in charge of 1t, upon hearing the news that Atahualpa had been strangled, buried the gold and silver in the Llan- ganati, where the Spaniards have been searching for 1t ever since.
 No amount of persuasion, tempta- tion nor torture could wiring from the Indians the secret of the buried gold. Two men of modern times are sup posed 10 have known It's hiding. place. One of them, an Indian, became mys- teriously rich, and built tho Church of San Francisco, in Quito. On hls deathbed he is said to have revealed to the priest who confessed him that his wealth came from the hidden Inca treasure, but he died without impart- ing the knowledge of its location. Another man, VAlverde by name, . Spaniard, married an Inca woman, and Is supposed to have learned the secret from her, for he sprang from abject poverty to the summit of wealth al- most in a single night. valverde, when he died. left as legacy to the king of Spain a guide to the buried treasure. Hundreds of fortunes have been wasted, and hundreds of lives have been lost, In vain attempts to follow Valverde's directions. They arc perfectly plain to . certain point, where the trail ends, and cannot be followed further, because of deep rae vine, which, the credulous assert, has been opened by an earthquake since Valverde's time. These searches have been prosecuted by the government as we'll as by private individuals.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-20
A Chinese Tiger Stosy. Pail Nah CSMpeeaa

Here is a Chinese tiger story from . paper called T'Ae HW Pao. West of Kidding City, KvAntung province, in 6 wild, mountainous locality, lies tho little village of Takang Ts'un. Out
 side the village is little old temple of Wu-tl, and the man In charge, who Is not a shaven priest, carefully locke himself in at night; but two holes drilled in tho door afford him means ot looking out and a guarantee against suffocation, One night a tiger came and croached just outside the door for long time, as fl he knew there was man inside, He then first put paw in through ene of the holes and olAwed around, and next inserted his tail to tcei for his prey with tAis ses.-
 sitive member. The temple guardian, maddened with fear, got a chopper and waited for tho animal to renew the experiment, and then dealt vio- lent blow and cut the tall through. The tiger gave a roar that shook the tiles on the roof of tho joss. house, and then charged at the door repeatedly
 finally knocking 1t of It's hinges and on to the man who had been trying to prop 1t up on tho other side. The tiger charged In over tho prostrats door, and, not seeing tho man who was hidden by 1t, sicEed one of the joases which stood on each side of the door In its jaws and galloped away. while the man bol.ed oil to the village. The next day some grsss-outters on the mountains found the josa lying on | wild, lonely hillside, where It had been abandoned by tho tiger, and, rec ognixing the sacred image, brought it back to the village, and there heard the extraordinary story of its removal
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-20
Chinese Proverbs.
Exchange.

A people so old as tho Chinese have had a good deal of experience, and 1t is the wisdom gained by experience that goes into the making of proverbs. Some of our most familiar maxims of conduct are repeated in Chinese, such as "Man proposes, Heaven disposes, l" "Do as you would be done by," and "Practice makes perfect" Others of our proverbial sayings will be found paralleled, as in the following in- stances
 Our Necessity Is the mother of invention" has the equivalent, "Need breeds device"; our "Haste makes waste "has" Urgent spinning makes bad yarn''; our "If you mount horse, you must ride him" has "Hc who bestrides a tiger finds 1t hard to dismount"; our "Pot calling the kettle black" has "The turtoise laughing at the turtle for having no hair"; our "Looking for a needle in haystack" has "Dredging the sea for . pin"; our "Handsome is that handsome does" has "Looks are born in the heart"
 They say "Tinder should not be stored near a fre:" "A red nosed man will always he considered A drunkard, whether he taste wine or not" "Cutting ofi the nose does not remedy a bad odor;;" hen the mule Is beaten, the horse Is frightened also;;" "It is hardly worth while playing guitar to an OK" "H you cannot have the dumplinQ. ft IA somethinu to have the soup in which 1t was boiled"
 An improvident man is spoken of as one who waits till he is thirty to dig well; . prudent man as one who waits to see h!s guest before spreading his feast; an unreasoning man as one who cuts down tree in order to catch the bird perched on its branch, or as one who breaks up his furniture in order to kill the rat concealed therein.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-20
A Double Help for the Bilious.

In addition to that chief remedial measure-the use of Hostetter's Stom- ach Bitters-persons suffering from an acute bilious attack, will facilitate recovery by the use at first of milk and lime water and thin gruels, and by . very gradual return to the use of solid foods. Fatty substances should be excluded from the diet. Blue pill is 6 remedy of double safety, particu- larly if there be nausea and vomiting, frequent tconcomitants of liver trouble. The Bitters, provided its reformatory action be not retarded and marred by gross indiscretions in diet, will soon restore the equilibrium of and action of the liver, stomach and bowels, sll three disordered by biliousness. In ell forms of malarial disease, which in every one of its phases presents irdi- cations of liver trouble, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the foremost of specifies. The light of over thirty years experience also shows 1t to be . line remedy for rheumatism, kidney troubles, dyspepsia, nervousDess and debility.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-20
"Purgasosy Bullets. l"

An excited Irishman lately rushed into . Boston drug store, having . "broken-up" appearance generally. Be Jsbbersi" he yelled, "I'm all wrong entoirely. I want some shtufI to straighten me out. Some O thim 'Purgatory Bullets' will fix me, I'm thinki1. What dye tax for thim7'' "What do you mean7" asked ths clerk. "fPurgstory Bullets sor, or some thin loike that, they call thim,n re- piled the man. "Shure, Pm In purga- tory already, with headache, and liver complaint, and bad shtomach, and the divii knows what sll.n The clerk passed out vial of Dr. Pierce's Pleas- ant Purgative Pellets, and Pat weut of coHtented. Thesc little Pellets cure all Arrangements Of liver, stomach and bowels. 5ugar-coatsd, little larger than mustard seeds and pieasant to taks. Druggists.