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The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

0onAs Peculiar aaA startling Ways n
which II II Usea.
I have used the English language
with reasonable success and personal
satisfaction for good part OF q life-
time says q writer in the Washing ton
Star. and am reasonably familiar with
the meaning and application Of most
words In common usa but sometimes
one meets with peculiarities OF ex-
preston which are ut first rather
startling.
This 10 particularly 20 to an Ameri-
can visiting England. am not sure
but in most cases Of this kind our con-
servative relatives across the water
are most correct In the use Of words
than We are. should hesitate to say
to an American belle that she was q
homely woman, although her English
cousin would take it as . compliment
because she knows only the good old
time meaning Of the word 1t would
be as we'll not TO tell an English
mother that her child is very .cute. {"
for she might resent it although with
US the word conveys no Objectionable
meaning.
Such small differences in speech are
not OF sufficient importance to call
forth serious criticism. The Britisher
indeed. IL justly amused at some of
our strange applications of words so
different from their old meanings but
language is constantly charging and
the original applications Of hundreds
Of words are utterly lost or forgotten.
There are other changea however
which are inex cusable and deserving
Of the most severe condemnation
tho Q brought about by fashion.
Fashion may rule in etiquette and
dress but never in language just
now 1t is the absurd. ridiculous fash
ion in Washington to say good morn
ing up to o'clock in the evening.
How it can be tolerated. much less
adopted. by persons o. education is
beyond my comprehension. Yet it is
used by the wives of cabinet officers
and senator's and by other ladies
whose social position should place
them above the dictates OF senseless
silly custom involving q positive mis-
use of words May one say 'guten
morgen" or bon matin" after II
O'clock? Would Mrs. Senator Blank
invite her friends To tra from = to z
o'clock Friday morn ng p. m? In
the good old days we mad morn ng.
noon and night When / FIRST came
to Washington it was evening after IL
o'clock. have known a lady to in
vite friend for o'clock in the even
ing meaning. of course. D m.
Now e she would necessarily say
o'clock n the morn ng. showing what
q mess fashion makes when i. inter.
feres with the leg innate use OF words.
ain pleased to observe that a 'ew
ladies have refused to adopt tie Gus
tom of the many and still bid their
friends good afternoon or good even
ing May they continue in we'll
doing: for verify they shall put the
others to shame Even row. after
long practice doubt il any lady Can
say good morning on a bright Gear
afternoon without feeling that the
words re inappropriate and con-
sciousness of affeciatiOn or of making
q concession to q custom having moth
ing TO excuse or justify it
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
The Lady and the Mirror.

1t is said by those who are fond of
casting reflections themselves that no
woman can pass mirror without
looking into it.
This is stated as fact, established by
long observation, hut no one has ever
had the hardihoOd to try to explain
why. A goo' many people have limited
that it was because the ladies wanted
to admire the set of q bonnet, the
sparkle of a diamond, or, most auda-
cious of all, their own comely faces.
1t has remained for a little miss of A.
and children speak the truth-to do
tardy justice to her sex and prove that
the habit is certainly not due to per-
sonal vanity.
This little girl the other day climbed
into q chair facing a handsome mirror,
and when she nodded she beheld the
reflection of her own bright features.
She turned to her mother in petulance,
exclaiming:
Mamma, every time try to look in
the glass my face gets in the way"
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
A DISCUSTED TRAMP.

He Has q Roundabout Experience on q
Kite-Shaped Track.
Kite shaped tracks are all tn Q rage
nowadays and not to be beh nd the
times the Santa Fe road has built an
immense one on this model taking n
the principal towns In San Bernariino
Los Angeles and Orange counties
Starting at San Bernardino. for exam.
Pile one may take train and ride for
several hours never passing through
the same town twice. and yet at tho
end of the trip he will be just where
he started from
A tramp who was not familiar with
tbs unique bit Of rs;lroading and
who had been passing some time
among the orange groves of the lovely
San Bernardino valley decided it was
time to seek fresh felda SO with q
party OF his friends he went to the
Santa Fe station in 0e city just men,
toned and. find ng q train there on
the point of starting out he bade his
comrades a long farewell agreed to
meet them somewhere in New Mexico
within a couple OF. months. and as the
train moved. swung himself in on q
brake beam and was soon flying
through the country. The train made
many halts but none long enough to
allow the impecunious traveller an
opportunity to get out and stretch
himself Finally. however a place
of large size was approached. but
when the train stopped it was evident
q long halt was to be made The
tramp concluded it must be a divis On
headquarters. so he sneaked out from
under the car Strengthened up and
then looked around him TO see what
sort of q place he had struck anyhow.
There was a familiar air to his sur
roundings and looking at the sign
board on the station he was paralyzed
to see the name San Berhardino!"
He had put in the best part Of day
riding on a belt train over a kite
shaped track"
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

Fred Emerson Brooks. California
poet, visited Gen. Sherman two years
ago. when the latter was in San Fran
cisco, and asked the privilege of put
ting into verse the story of the march
to the sea something after the style Of
7. Buchanan Reads '.Sheridan's Ride. :"
The general replied: ''Mr. Read came
to me with the same proposition
himself on two occasions, and begged
him not to make the effort, and to be
satisfied with the fame the Sheridan
poem had made for him; but as you
spring from far western soil it will be
pleasant for me to give you the ideas
you desire" The poem was written
and read by Mr.. Brooks at the Memoir
al day exercises in Boston which Gen.
,;",rman attended the year before he
.r..:i.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
Nothing but Spools.

In the backwoods villages of Oxford
county, Maine, one sees scarcely any
other industry but spool making, and
everyone is in some way interested in
the business. The factories have been
cutting into the Maine birch forests for
years, but there seems to be enough
left yet to feed them well for years to
come. Hundreds of thousands of feet
Of logs are cut and sawed into spool
timber annually.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
4 RACE WITH DEATH.


A Naked lGaniae's Fatal Run Through
Tertsring BEDS of Cactus.
Early one morning lately the nude
body Of q man was found on tho
Cahuenga branch Of the San Fernando
wagon road. about twelve miles from
Los Angeles just South of Burbank
and near the Los Angeles river: says
the San Francisco Chronicle. A mum.
ber Of people soon gathered around
the body, and after holding q hurried
consultation the remains were covered
with pieces Of old carpet and sacks
and Coroner Weldon was notified.
The coroner and his assistant hurried
to the spot and began an investiga-
ton.
The body was lying in the middle
Of the road and for several hundred
yards from the spot where the body
was found the dirt was plowed up.
showing that the dead man had fallen
down q number of times and had
paved around in the most frantic
manner His last struggle took place
when he died. and from the looks of
the ground it must have been terrible.
The poor wretch had plowed his head
into the ground until it was horribly
mashed aud his arms and hands were
badly bruised and scratched; but the
strangest part Of the thing is that
there were no indications that Sec
Gid person was present
There were no other tracks in the
vicinity than those made with the
bare feet and II he fought with any
one the person must have been on
horseback. An examination of his
limbs showed that he had passed
through several beds of cactus. for his
legs and body were literally full OF
cactus thorns and the blood must
have flowed freely from his numerous
wounds until death released him.
No one in the neighborhood could
identify him. On the way back to the
city the coroner and his assistant
stopped every one they met and had
them view the face but no one had
over seen the dead man before.
Shortly after the coroner reached
the city he received a message that
the mans clothing had been found
The officers at Burbank followed the
dead mans tracks about four miles
from where his body was found. and
discovered what at first appeared to
be newly made grave The dirt
was thrown up in the shape of grave
and it had evidently been made only a
few hours before. On opening it they
found suit of clothes which evidently
belonged to the dead man.
He had no tools with which to dig a
hole. for the nails are terribly torn
and show that he dug the hole like a
dog and then placed his clothes in it
including his hat and shoes The
ground Is hard clay. and it must have
taken him several hours to Dig the
grave. He then covered his clothing
and rounded up the earth like q
mound. 1t is supposed that he did
this early in the night and then start
ed out on his wild chase through the
cactus patches. He passed through
places that would cause a man with
thick clothing and heavy boots to
shudder and turn back. and it Is q
wonder that he did not drop with ex-
haustion and loss of blood and pain
long before he did.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

TIE wisdom Of him who journeyeth, is
known BY the hne he selects; tho judg-
ment Of the man who takes the Bur.
lington Route to the cities Of the east,
the south and the west, 10 never im-
peached. The inference 10 plain. Nag
nifcent Pullman sleepers, elegant re-
clining chair cars and world-famous
dining cars, on all through trains. For
information address the agent Of tho
company ut this place, or write to J.
Francis, general passenger and ticket
aesnt, Omaha ala
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

The exhibit of diamonds from Cape
Colony will be one of the most interest
ing features Of the mines and mining
exhibit. Chief Skiff has been informed
that the De Beers diamond company
will show every stage of the prOduc-
ton of diamonds, from the pulverizing
of blue earth for washing to the finished
and polished stones. The exhibit will
include one hundred tons of pulverized
blue earth for washing; fifty tons Of
unpulverized blue earth for trophy to
be built of the material itself; a COM
plete washing machine to be operated
by natives; all the special and unused
diamondiferous products in the posses
sion of the DE Beers diamond company;
about ten thousand carets of uncut
stones; q large quantity of cut and pol
ished stones and q collection Of crodi-
dolite. The display will require q
safety deposit vault and special storage
fol-. one hundred and fifty tons Of raw
material
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
SLEEP ON,

Sleep on, my love, securely,
Sleep, while the night dews fall!
And in the azure cleaning
The distant stars are beaming,
To gentle slumber seeming
The weary heart to call
Sleep on, my love, securely,
Sleep, with no thought OF pain!
And dream Of him anewly,
Who loves thee, dear, SO truly,
And how the future duly
Shall bring US Joy again.
Sleep on, my love, securely,
Sleep thou, 10 me SO dear!
Naught now can cause thee weeping,
For angels guard thy sleeping,
And love itself is keeping
'Unceasing watch anear.
From the German.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
Clty.BreA Girls.

Two young city-bred women
daughters of a prominent Wholesale
m Q reliant in San Francisco named
Lowenstein. are living on and work.
ing at q land claim in the state oi
Washington. between Hadlock and
Port Ludlow. They took up the
claim two years ago and have lived on
1t continuously since built the cabin
in which they live. and have cleared
and Grubbed twenty acres OF land.
Their nearest neighbor is four miles
away.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
An sl.s..u, CIR, Preacher.

An EIO9W0uS OSI1 Efe0cneIs
Fannie EdwardA tho little girl
preacher who il creating such IN ex-
element 1t Gosport and who IL but
fourteen years of aga has been preach.
ing for the past four years. Her homo
IL 1t Louisville. She claims 70 have
received her knowledge of the Bible
BY close study and prayer and 10 con-
ceded to pass many divines OF mature
years While she Is . Methodist, her
father and mother belong to the Bap-
tist denomination. She enjoys . romp
with the children during her leisure
hourA but 10 power In the pulpit
and the church cannot accommodate
the crowd. News.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

No chemist has ever produced
brighter colors than are secured by the
Maine Indian basketmakers. For the
greater part of the material ash logs
are taken, though maple is cut for
rims and handles. In the salt marshes
sweet grass is found, which, when dry,
gives out q fragrant odor. Alder is
stepped for pale red, white birch bark
for bright red, cedar boughs for green.
sumach for yellow; black comes from
white maple bark. A light solution of
maple, however, shows purple instead
of black. Lazy Indians buy logwood
for black, redwood for red and fustic
for yellow.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

Mra Ssoutenberg-You didn's use
70 puff and grovl when l asked you
TO put my slipper on before We were
married.
;StoutenberR-No; but you forget
thxt while yanr foot has grown three
sizes larger you still wear the sams
sizo shoe A-Puck
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

Proprietor (Stuber's museum)-As
long as the tattoOed man and the
India rubber man continue SO jealous
of each other you must keep them
apart
Manager-Why so?
Proprietor-Because II you don't
the first We know the India rubber
man will be trying to erase his rival
IN. 7. World.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
HOW TO WRITE DATES.
Various Forms Used I'm Writing Letters
Nowadays.

Various Forms Used In Writing Letters
Nowadays.
The Listener" writes in the Boston
Transcript; January 2. 1891" Is a
date which looks picturesque distin-
guished and fin-de-siecle on paper It
reminds one that the world Is getting
particularly old. 1t will be very in
teresting to write 1900" at the top
of ones letters when the year comes
around; it would be still more inter-
esting to write .2000" there. Few Of
us will ever do it though If science
does its duty and finds a way to pro-
long civilized persons life to the
term OF California mission Indians
some OF US may hope to do it. The
writing of that date above reminds the
Listener that there Is a great diversity
Of usage nowadays in the writing of
date Looking over number of
private letters the Listener has found
them dated in all of the following
ways:
1. December "a, 1890.
2. December oath. 1890.
8. oath December 1890.
q. "a Dec. 1890.
5. Dec p 1890
G. oath Dec. 1890.
Z. 1890. oath December
g. IL "a 60
9. XII. "a. 1890. ....
1t would be hard to say which is
the most approved Of these methoda
1t is very much according to the taste
and fancy of the writer: like spelling
of the honored patronymic Weller.
Perhaps the comm0nest method Is No.
5 while tie most vulgar is No. 8. It
smacks Of the retail store and laziness
too Personally the Listener does not
like an abbreviation in q date and
consequently does not like No s We
ought at least to have the appearance
with our friends and the general pub
lie of having enough time at our dis
posal to write out the full name of
month at the top of q letter. None
but slave should be under the neces-
sity of abbreviating it No. is old
fashioned and rather English; No l
and No 2 are sensible and approved
methods The letter dated xii. "a.
$780," was written by q schoolmaster
and is to be classed as an evidence Of
eccentricity rather than Of haste or
laziness It has a sort of antique
Komanesque appearance too. though
to be consistently classical It should
no doubt have been written XII
XIV. NDCCCXC
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
HOW KINGS RAISED WIND.

In Old Times Methods That Now Prevail
Were Not In Favor.
The Plantagenets were very rough
and ready financiers. When Richard
L took it into his head to try conclu-
sions with Saladin. he raised the need.
full by turning the crown manors and
the fortresses of oxburg and Ber-
wick into hard cash. selling offices Of
trust to the best bidders and did cot
hesitate to avow that he would dispose
of London itself If purchaser were
forthcoming.
Strange enough. CRur de Lion never
seemed TO have thought of doing the
same by his crown jewels. Henry I'LL
was the first English monarch who had
recourse to that undignifed expedient.
The idea indeed. did not originate
with him; for it is recorded that when
some person or persons unknown suG-
gested the replenishing of. the royal
Golfers by selling the crown plate and
jewelry the king limited doubt as to
the likelihood OF finding purchasers.
and being assured that the citizens of
London would gladly accommodate
him. Henry exclaimed: On my word
if the treasure of Augustus was
brought to sale. the citizens are able
to be the purchasers These clowns
who assume to themselves the name
of barons. abound in everything:
while we are reduced to necessities"
Notwithstanding his Indignation.
says the jewelers. Revew. Henry. like
other men in his predicament was
willing enough to deal with the full
pursed ones he abused and so in 1248
he sold the citizens of London all the
plate and jewelry he had not already
mortgaged to the merchants of France.
The relief afforded was however only
q temporary one for seven years later
we find him demanding g 900 marks
of the Jews and answering their re-
monstrance against the exa ton by
pleading that he was a beggar spoiled
and stripped of all his revenues with
out a farthing wherewlth to keep him
self and therefore must have money
from any hand and by any means.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
". 4. A. Saratoga Springs.

For the Annual Convention Of the Ma
tiOnal Educational Association at Sara
toga Springs, New York, on July 18th,
the Union Pacific will sell tickets at the
rate Of one fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale July 9th to 18th. See
your nearest U. p. agent l-11-2t
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

During the twenty I've years ending
with 1885. !. .491 now papers were
started in Now York. including 60
dailies and GIL weeklieA OF these
papers l. los died before the end of
the twenty-five ysarA leaving a per
centage Of about 33 survivors.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

In certain parts of Africa crickets
constitute an article of commerce.
People rear them. feed them In con-
linement and sell them. The natives
are very fond Of their music. being
under the im2ression that It induces
sleep
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
Chautauqua Assembly at Beatrice, Neb..
June :;Oth TO July 9th.

June :;Oth 10 July 9th.
For those desiring to visit the Beat
rice Chautauqua, the Union Pacific
offers a rate of one fare for the round
trip as follows:
1st. From all points in Nebraska,
tickets to be sold June 29th and 3Oth,
good for return until and including
Jnly 18th.
I'd. From points in Nebraska and
Kansas within 40 miles of Beatrice,
tickets to be sold June 18th to July 10th,
inclusive, good for return until and in
cluding July 18th.
For any additional information apply
to r. r. Meagher, Columbus, Agent Un-
ion Pacific System. 76-95t
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

R0vsy.IhFse Woras Fer Allnuse.
A fairly expert deaf and dumb per-
con Will speak forty-three words per
minute A parson in possession Of
speech viii probably speak $50 words
IN The same space q time.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLIES.

CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLIES.
For the accommodation of these de.
string to visit the different Chautauqua
assemblies the following exceeding low
excursion rates are offered by the Union
Pacific:
CRETE, NEB., JULY 9Th TO 10TH.
One Fare for the Round Trip as follows:
LIST. From all points in Nebraska,
July 5th and 9Th, good for return until
and including July 18th, 1892.
End From all points in Nebraska
and Kansas within $50 miles of Crete,
July 9TH TO 10th. inclusive, good for
return until and including July 18th,
1892.
FREMONT, NEB., JULY 1sT TO 18th.
One Fare for the Round Trip plus IS
cts. admission to the grounds.
LIST. From all points in Nebraska,
June 3Oth and July LIST, good for return
until and including July 10th, 1892.
End. From all points in Nebraska
within $50 miles Of Fremont, June 3Oth
to July 18th, inclusive, good for return
until and including July 10th, 1892.
J. r Meagher, Agent Union Pacific
System, Columbus. 75-9-5t
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
A HUNTERS LUCK.
This Story Comes From France and j
Undoubtedly True.

This Story Comes From France and 10
Undoubtedly True.
A newspaper published at Apt in
Southern Franco La Presse publishes
an account of an extraordinary hunt
ing adventure which lately befell a
citizen OF that town. A Paris journal
in copying the story. explains that oc-
currences Of the kind never take place
except in Southern France But that
10 not true. Go into any hunters 3
| camp in the wild and woOlly West and
you may hear yarns just as ingenius
and not q bit more truthful than this
A hun:er who had spent a consider
able part OF the day In an unsuccess.
full quest for game and had discharged
mis- shotgun many times without re-
sult caught sight on his way home
OF superb pigeon we'll up in an oak
tree which grew on very steep hill
side
The hunters gun was charged with
powder but he was entirely out of shot
In this emergency. and resolving firm
ly that he would have the pigeon. he
sat down on the ground took out his
pocket knife. and with it pulled sew.
eral nails out of the sole of his shoe
With these he load.d his gun.
The p geon still sat IN his place.
The hunter aimed. fired. ana the
pigeon was nailed to a branch OF the
oak tree with the shoe nails
The hunter was almost in despair
seeing the game apparently fastened
beyond his reach. But he climbed
the tree. ascended with difficulty to
the place where the pigeon hung. and
had Just taken the bird OIL. when he
lost his footing and fell through the
air.
As chance would have it the hunter
landed in the midst of a hare's nest
He began to roll rapidly down the
steep and slippery hillside Bat before
he did 50 he seized a large hare firmly
by the hind legs
Rolling downward. the hunter slid
plump in the midst of a cOvey of
partridges and striking about him
with the hare he succeeded in killing
nine of these admirable birds
He then picked himself up and took
himself homeward with his pigeon
his hare and his partridges we'll salts
fed with the results OF his shot
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

Our rhum6ug' comes nom the
Italian "vomo bugl.rdo," meaning
much the aasos 80
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06
THE PRESS
NEW YORK;
FOR 1892.
DAILY. SUNDAY. WEEKLY.
The Aggressive Republican Journal
Of the Metropolis
ANEWSPAPERFO FOR THE MASSES
Founded December 1st, 1887.
Circulation over 100000 Copies
DAILY.
ppr lat tho Of fuct ..,n.

The PRESS is the organ Of No faction; pulls no
wires; has no animOsities To avengs.
The most remarkable Newspaper Sue
cess ia NeW York.
The PRESS is u National Newspaper Cheap
news, vulgar sensations and trash find no place
in the columns of The PREss.
The Press has the brightest Editorial page in
New York. Ii sparkles with points.
The Press SUNDAY EDITION is a splendid
twenty page paper, covering every current topic
Of interest.
The PRESS WEEKLY EDITION contains all the
good things Of the Daily and Sunday editions.
For those who cannot afford the DAILY or are
prevented by distance from early receiving it
The WEkELS is splendid substitute.
The Columbus journal., 1892-07-06

Travelling Ff't. and Piss Agt.,
2Ojantf 1901 Farnam st., Omaha, Neb