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cupied by Dr. B:neteel. 19-3m.
DE5TAL PASLOE.
On Thirteenth St.. arul Nebraska Ave.,
over Fnedhfs store.
J2T iffice hour. to 12 a. m ; 1 to 0 p. m.
olii AHBAron. Dentist.
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lOiWHI'II"-" Sl'LLIVA,
A TTOllXETS-A J -LA W,
Up-itAir, in (ilurk Building, 11th street,
Aho. th - bank.
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XOTABY PUBLIC.
12th street. 2 doors west of Hammond Hoose,
Columbus, yeb. 491-y
nnin;Ksxo a: imwi:k..
tURGECX LEXTISTS,
J2g-urr m Mitchell Block, i oluni
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HOMEOFATH1- PHY1C1AS.
22J-T I'.lc .- ..um f t'ourt Hou-e.
Telepaon,- ctnmunn ation -l-T
p CO. T- SPOOLER.
W i Hi cntra-i-fo-
3-ickiavms. Plastering. Stonework,
Etc.
Saus'ar:. . ;a ir mrJ. " PV-
V. A. MACKEN,
DKALER IN
Wines. Liquors. Cigars. Porters. Ales,
ec. etc.
ulive r-treet. next to Fir-t National Bank.
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cALMSTtR BKOX.,
A TTOEXE TS A T LA W,
uffi-e ui.-t.iir. ic M-Allnter's build-in.-
lltn -: "' A M Alh-ter. Notary
Pu'jIu .
J. M Mil 5- IKL.INI'
B K. COW DKRY.
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LAV AND roLLEiTloX OFFHE
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MACFAHiAND St CCWDERx".
C'tw&'wi. ' yebrnskc.
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PAIXTER.
arria- h a- and i-rti painting.
"iazm ' pa' h-in.-m.:. Kai-ouumux. tw-.
done t. oni. -a. p -n l-'-th -t.. "pposiu
Engine n a- . ,mui .U-. N--0 ,,1-.v
T7 h. RrsriiE.
" nth St.. opposite LindellHote!.
-e!l Harn--. "add.--. ullar-. Whip-.
Blank-!.-. -" j m ' - lir'.ue-. trunks,
vah-'-. l-- top. i.ai n carriage
trimming. ."ci--- a; tn- i.-vi t po ible
prices Re; air- pr nip'.I;. attended to.
JOII C.TASRKR,
Real Estate Agent,
Genoa. Nance Co.. Neb.
"Y"" ILI LAND- and improved farm
for sl. .rre-pondenee -olieit-
ed. uffic- in Younj:'- building, up-stair-.
o. c. siiAJsroK",
MASXFaCTTRER OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Sooting and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
jgrnop r. Elrv.nin -tr.et. opposite
Heintz'- TiTuz st 4ti-y
G-
W. CI.AKK.
LAXI Ayjj iylEAXCE AGEXT,
li UMrEE E r. yEBE.
Hi land ompne ?ome nne tracts
in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
ern portion of Pl.tte county. Taxe
paid for non-re?ident-. satisfaction
iruaranteed. y
pOLOIBl'S PACKWG CO-
COL UMB US. - XEB.,
Packer- and Dealer- in a'l kind- of Ho::
product, t-ash paid for Live or Dead Hogs
or crease.
directors. S. H Henry. Prest.: John
"VTizcina. sec and Treas.: L. Gerrard. .
Cory.
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NOTICE XO TEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrief. Co. Sapt.,
Will be in his offlce at the Court House
on the third Saturday of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher- certiacates. and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. " 5CT-y
TAMES SALMON.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame cr briok building-. Good work
suaranteed. Snop on 13th Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard. Columbu, Ne
braska, j- 6mo.
J. WAG-NEB,
'Liveir and Feed Stable.
Is prepared to furnish the public vr'th
good teams, busies and carriages for all
occasions, especially for funerals. Alo
condncts a sale stable. 44
D.T. iLiKxrs, 2T. D.
F. SCHtTG, 31. D
Deutscher Artz.'i
Drs. 3CAETT3T & SCHITGr,
U. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surceons. Union Pacific and
0'.iB.H.E.E's.
COLUMBUS. - NEBRASKA-32-vol-xiii-y
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COLUMBUS
STATE BANK!
S::inss u ScnM. 2 21 isl Zznn k 2ii
C0LTT3OTJS, HEB.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTORS:
Leakdee Geeeard, Pres'i.
Geo. W. Hulst, Vice Preset.
Jclics A. Heed.
Edward A. Gerrard.
Abxer Turn"eb, Cashier.
Bank or Depexit, OLkoui
a Eickasce.
CoIlectiosiM Promptly ltn.de est
all PolntN.
Pay Iatterewt oi Tiswe p-
DREBERT & BRIGGLE,
BAXKEES!
HUMPHREY, NEBRASKA.
STPrompt attention given to Col
lections. STlnsurance, Real Estate. Loan,
etc. 5
JOHN HEITKEMPER.
Eleventh Street, opposite the
Lindell Hotel,
COLOTBUS, NEBRASKA,
Ha on hand a full assortment of
GROCERIES!
PROVISIONS.
CROCKERY & GLASSWARE,
Pipes, Cigars and Tobacco.
Hiiruet price paid for t ountry Produce.
Good- delivered in city.
GIVE ME A CALL!
JOH. HEITKEMPER.
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LOUIS SCHRE1BER,
ft
All kinds of Repairing done on
Short Notice. Buggies. Wag
ons, etc.. made to order,
and all work Guar
anteed. Also sell the world -famous Walter A.
Wood Jfowers. Eeapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-binders the
best made.
STahop opposite the TattersalL" Ol
ive su COLUMBrS. -iJm-c
H. LITERS & CO,
BLACKSMITHS
AND
Waojon T3uilders9
5ir Brick Shop opposite Heintz's Brae More.
ALL KINDS OF WOOD AND IRON WORK ON
WAGONS AND BUGGIES DONE
ON SHORT NOTRE.
Eleventh Street. Columbus. Nebraska.
SO
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COLOIBtS, 3fEB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
23TSets m Fir-Cl
Xable.
Meals, 25 Cts. Lodsings . ..25 CU.
3S-2tf
WISE
people are always on the
looKout tor cnances to
increase their earnings,
and in time became
wealthy; those who do not improve their
opportunities remain in poverty. We
offer a jrreai chance to make money. "We
want many men. women, boys and girls
to work fof us right in their own localities
Any one can do the work properly from
the" first start. The ''usiness will pay
more than ten times ordinary wages. .Ex
pensive outfit furnished. Ko one who
en-rases fails tomakemonevranidlv. You
f can devote your whole time to the work,
j or only your spare moments. Full infor
mation ana an mat is neeaea sent iree.
Address StessOX Co..Portland,3faine.
Js. mtjedoce: & sox,
Carpenters and Contractor!.
Havehadan extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfactioa in work.
All kinds of repairing dose on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices . Callxnd give us an oppor
;unitvtoestimateforvou. rySiiop on
13th St, one door west of Friedhof &
Co-'s. store, Columbus, Nebr.
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BlaclsitlfflflWa
FIRST
National Bank'!
cox.
Authorized Capital,
Cash Capital,
8250,000
50,000
OF7ICKSS AJTD DIRECTOR.
A. ANDERSON. Fres't.
SAM'L C. SMITH. Fice Pris't.
O. T. ROEX, Cashier.
J. V. EARLY.
ROBERT UHLIG.
HERMAN OEHLIUCH.
YT. A. MCALLISTER.
G. ANDERSON,
P.ANDERSON.
Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage
"faen had been hired lof Tflilr0"
j coming to the knowledge of the
stone management, it was
deter-
led to beat them at their own game
accordingly negotiations were
ired into and effected by which
abury and Bandle, the TJ. P. pitch-
nd catcher, were to play with the
atones, and no secret was made of
matter, and the two well known
ers were on the ground in the
form of the Keystone clnb, ready
olay with the boys, insuring defeat
the flTahoos if they tackled them.
Coal,
Cement.
Bock Sprinz Coal S7.00 per ton
Carbon rWyomin?) Coal 6.00 '
Eldon (Iowai Coal UO "
Blacksmith Coal of best quality
ways on hand at low
eat pricea.
al-
North. Side Eleventh St.,
COLUMBUS,
14-3m
NEB.
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEE MILLS.
ilANIFACTURERS AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE. COL UMB US. XEB.
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
REAL ESTATE.
Hnion Pacific, and Midland Pacific
, R. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to 1 10.00
per acre for cash, or on nve or ten years -";"""; """" -i, .i. ..
time, in annual pxvments to suit pur- i were poetically described as the strug
chasers. "We have also a large and , ffles- of the imprisoned giant. Typhosus,
choice lot of other lands, improved and i Virgil, adopting Homer's tradition.
unimproved, for sale at low price ana j
on reasonaoie terms. Aiuuuiuiniw
residence lots in the city. We keep a
complete abstractor title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
621
COLUXBUM, E-
LAKDS, FARMS,
CFTY PBOPERS FOE SALE,
AT THE
Union Fade Land Office,
On Long Time and low rate
of Interest.
All wishing to buy Bail Boad Lands
or Improved Farms will find it to their
advantage to call at the TJ. P. Land
Office before lookin- elsewhere as I
make a peclalty of bpyiag and selling
lands on commission; all persons wish
in? to sell farms or unimproved land
"will find it to their advantage to leave
their lands -with me for sale, as my Ta
cilitier for affecting sales are unsur
passed. I am prepared to make final
proof for all parties wishing to get a.
patent for their homesteads.
tTK. W. Ott, Clerk, writes and
speaks German.
SAMUEL C. SMITH, .
At. C.P.Laad Department.
6il-j COLUHBUS, 2TEB.
HENRY G-ASS,
TJISTDERT A KEB !
COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES
XSD DKALZSIX
Faxnitaxe, Ckaira, Bedateada, Bn-
reana. Tables, Safes. Losngea.
Jtc Picture Frames and
Mouldings.
fZrEepairiag of all kinds of Upholstery
Goods.
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COLHKBTJ3, NEB.
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COLUMBUa NEB., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMEEE
WHAT DID HE LEAVE
What did he leave? He left toe Uffht of
Heaven
And the wide rivers that make glad the
left the birds the forests to enliven.
And the sweet k buttercup with golden
shieMs;
He left the music of the air and water.
And the cool groves, where witching shad
ows fall;
He left erth-love. the Mtuee' purest daugh
ter. And poesy that was beyond his call
He left them an.
What did he leave? He left, with spirit yearn
ing. All the fiatterinc plaudits of his peers-
All the laurel he spent his life in earning.
And many things that wither with
the
years;
He lert the wealth that hooded all his garners.
Which, ere .the snnhad set upon his pall.
Was reached for by the hands of greedy
mourners.
Who feared lest something might the dead
recall
He left them alL Q
What did he take? Ah! "t is not for mortal
To iudre the dead, or mete for him the rod;
eariyhate'er he carried through that mystic
portal
give is known unto himself and to his God.
t,.jist this we rnow, he took the blessings
TiP those he cheered in poverty's enthrall
Xe toolc whate'er he won of true worth's
and grandeur.
What time he sweetened Sorrow's cup of
for a gall
And that was all.
iVm. LiM, in Batton TranuripL.
Cc
THE FATED ISLaXD.
gatfOjtory and Description of IaehJa, the
Funooi Spot Where the Kecent Karth
ord quake Happened.
chai The Island of Ischia, the most pro
on .uctive portion of which, including the
cjjasrincipal villages, has been destroyed.
vas smown to tne ancients as jnmecusa,
JEnaria and Inarme. It is the largest
island in the vicinity of Naples, from
which it is distant twenty miles. Its
circumference is about twenty miles, ex
clusive of the sinuosities of the coast,
Its length is five and one-half miles; its
breadth in the widest part is about four.
The total population of the
about 26.000.
island was
Before Vesuvius resumed its activitv
in the first centnrv of the present era
Ischia was the principal site of volcanic j
action in Southern Italy, lhe Mont
Epomeo. the Epopos of the Greeks, and
the Epopeus of the Latin poets, which
rises grandly near the center of the
island. aDnears to have acted chieflv bv
lateral eruntion. for there is not a trace
of lava near the aummir, while several
volcanic vents may be distinctly traced
on its flanks and in various parts of its
declivities. On the north and west the
island slopes gradually down to the sea,
and terminates in a beach, while on the
south and east it plunges into it. form
ine abrupt and often lofty precipices.
The history of Ischia at an early
period is intimately associated with its
volcanic action, and the connection of
these phenomena with the mythology
of antiquity has invested the island
with a charm peculiarly its own. A
Greek colony settled in the island pre
viously to or simultaneous with the
foundation of Cumae. The settlers at
tained great prosperity, but are said to
have been afterward compelled by con
stant earthquakes and volcanic action
.o leave the island and settle on the op
posite coast of Cumai. These outbursts
are probably the same mentioned by
Hm:EU5, who lived about 262 B. C".
and recorded a tradition that shortly
before his time Mont Epomeus vomited
fire and ashes, and that the land be
weea it and the coast was thrown
orcibly into the sea. which receded
three stadia, and then returned, over
flowed the land, and extinguished the
fire. These events are also related
with some variation by Plinv, who
mentions a tradition "that Epomeo
emitted flames; that a village was
swallowed up; that a marsh was
created by one of the earthquakes
which accompanied the eruption, and
that Procida was detached bv another.
A colonv established b Eieron. the !
Tyrant of Syracuse, no doubt after his
sreat naval victory over the Etruscans,
In B. C. 474, was also driven away
irom the island by volcanic outbursts.
The Neapolitans subsequently colonized
the island, and remained till the Ro
mans, at an unknown period, took pos- I
session of it. Julius Obsequens men- i
tions an eruption in B. C. 92, and the
local historians assert that other vol
canic convulsions occurred in the reigns
of Titus, Antonius Pius and Diocletian.
The last eruption took place in 1302.
when a stream of lava issued from the
northeast base of Mount Enomeo. which
ran into the sea near the town of Ischia.
TI-ii TmrMi itmrTf TIMinin rtrrMit..'
gave Typhosus to Ischia and Enceiadius
to t.tna. ine ancient name, ritnecusa.
was popularly derived by the Roman
poets from the fact the island was said
to be inhabited by monkeys. But Pliny,
the naturalist, with more probability,
attributes it to th pottery manufactured
in the island. The name .naria, ac
cording to Pliny, was derived by the
poets from its having been one of the
stations of the fleet of tineas. Ischia is
a corruption of the word Iscla. under
which name the island is mentioned
in ecclesiastical records of the
eighth century After the fall of
the Roman Empire Ischia followed
the fortunes of the capital. In
S13 and again in 847 it was attacked bv i
the Saracens; 1135 it was attacked by
the Pisans while on their wav to
Amath. In 1191 Henry VL "took
possession of it. In the refgn of his son
Frederick IL, Carracciolo. his GeneraL
allowed himself to be burned alive in
the castle rather than surrender it
to
the Guelph troops of Otho IV. In 1282
Ischia joined Sicily in the revolt against
Charles L In 1299 Charles IL recov
ered the island, and punished the in
habitants for their rebellion bv sending:
400 soldiers to cut down their "tees and !
vineyards. In 1389 Ladislaus defeated
Louis IL of Anjou in a battle fought
near the crater of Mont Rotaro. In
the fifteenth century Alfonse L seized
and fortified it in the war against J anna
U. He expelled the male inhabitants
and forced their wfves and daughters
to marry his" soldiers. At his death, in
154S, Giovanni Toreglia, the cousin of
Lucrezia d'Alagui, proclaimed himself
an adherent of Krntr Renato, and held
the island against Ferdinand L till
1463, when he sold it to the crown for
50,000 ducats,. In 1495 Ferdinand IL
retired to Ischia with his Annt Janna,
who had just become his bnde in her i "e coionng matter became more pro
fourteenth vear, abandoning NaDles to I nounced. and soon he drpw a vellow-
his rtTaL Charles VHL The King ar-!
rived before the Castle of Ischia !
with his retinue in fourteen al-'
leys, but the castellan. Guisto della
Candina. a Catalonian, refused to
admit him- Hecon-ented at last to ad
mit the King and Queen alone. Ferdi
nand then landed, but he had no sooner
set his foot within the castle than he
drew big sword and killed the faitnlass
castellan on the spot, an act which so
astonished the garrison that they offered
no opposition to the landing tiie royal
retinue. In 1501 ins-tmele and mxesrf-
er. Frederick.
Jam Queen and
retired to Isch.a witt
children, accompanied
by his sisters, Beatrice, the widow of
ilattheus Corvinus, King of Hungary,
and Isabella, the widow of Gion Gale
azzo TiscontL They remained in the
castle till the King proceeded to France
and surrendered himself to Louis XH.
in person, so that the Castle of Ischia
may be said to have witnessed the ex
tinction of the Aragonese dynastv. The
island was pillaged in 1544 by Barba
rossa, who carried away 4,000 inhabit
ants; was captured by the Duke de
Guise in 1647; was occupied by Lord
Nelson in the present century, and af
forded brief refuge to Murat on his flight
to France in 1315.
The delightful situation of this isiand
and its charming climate have attracted
numerous visitors in all ages. The in
habitants of Ischia are a very indus
trious and peaceable people. About
two-thirds are agriculturists and the
greater part of the remainder are em
ployed as fishermen.
Casamicciola. one of the towns de
stroyed, was a famous summer resort.
It was here that the most important
springs in the island were found. It
was a straggling village of about four
thousand inhabitants, but its baths salu
brious climate, and excellent habits
made it a favorite resort with foreigners.
It was on the high road between the bay
of that name and the Bay of Laeco. anii
from it was had a charming view of the
island, the sea. and the opposite coast.
The most important springs rise about
one-half mile from the village at the
foot of Mont Epomeo in a ravine called
the Tallone Ombrasco. The most cele
brated is the Asqua di Gurgitello, the
temperature ot which was 162 degrees
Fahrenheit. Opposite the springs was
the hospital founded in 1601 by the
Monte della Misericoniia of Naples, for
poor patients. Near the Guiitello is
the Acqui di Coppone, so called from
its possessing the smell of chicken brotb
The AcquaTdi Bagno Franco, risiro-
! near he Coppone, was much esteemed
by the iscman ladies lor its property or
j whitening the hands,
Vlte Orubrasco a:
Opening into the
are the picturesque
ravines called the Lai di lamburo,
which derives its name from the noise
produced by the Acqua di Tamburo.
which contains such larse quantities of
carbonic acid gas that its escape is ac
companied by a sound resembling that
of a drum. Near by is a spring which
has the property of softening the skin of
fowls, and so rendering easy the oper
ation of plucking. Gasamicciola was
celebrated for its manufactories of
bricks, tiles and pottery in general,
which were exported to Naples.
Laco, another village partly destroyed,
was beautifully situated in a cove on
the seashore near Casamicciola. It had
about two thousand population, which
was chiefly employed in fishing and
making straw hats "and baskets. " Just
outside the village were the church and
convent St. Bestituta. the patron saint
of the island, whose festival, a great
event in the year, takes place on "May
17. The body of the saint, who suffered
martyrdom in Africa by being thrown
into the sea. was cast as&ore in the lit
tle bay of St. Montana beyond the
present church, where grows in the
sandv soil a flower called by the island
ers the giglio di Santa Restituta, from
the tradition that it sprans up on the
spot where the body of the saint was
cast: they also say that it will grow no
where else. There were several baths
at Lacco, the principal of which was the
aqua di S. Restitnta. The spring rises
near the convent. On the seashore at
Lacco the sand, which is black and
shining, is at all- times so hot that a
hole made in it becomes instantly filled
with water at a temperature of one
hundred and twelve degrees. Near the
small islet called Capitello. off the bay
of Lacco, it is so hotas to raise the ther
mometer to one hundred and seventy
one degrees. Not far from Lacco was
once a large block of lava bearing a
Greek inscription recording the con
struction of a fortified wall by the Syra
cusen calamists before they were driven
out by eruptions. This interesting relic
has been lost, the fishermen having re
moved it to sink their nets during the
fishing season off the adjoinino: head
land. Another one of the island villages
which has suffered is Forio. It con
tained nearly 7,000 inhabitants. It oc
cupied a picturesque position on the
northwest coast. It was the residence
of the larger Ischian proprietors, and
was a thriving little port. It was three
Smiles from Casamicciol
and two from
Lacco. Near
it were hot wells and
baths, datinjr probably
ot the Greek colonists,
lone been out of use.
ancient vapor
from the time
but thev had
Mont Opomeo was conveniently as
cended from Forio. There were" sev
eral mediaeval towers at Forio. some
square, others round, and an unusual
number of churches, with numerous
neat private residences, showing the
prosperity of the island.
Ischia, also partially destroyed, was
the capital of the island. It " was the
seat of a Bishop, but it had never re
covered its prosperitv since the eruntion
in 1302. Its cast', built by Alfonso I.
of Aragon. stood on a lofty isolated
rock of volcanic tufa and ashes. It rose
out of the sea opposite the Island of
Vivara. and was connected with the
mainland by a mole constructed on a
narrow isthmus. It had a population
of over 6.000. Chicago Tribune.
A Small Boy as a Medium.
Some two vears ago I called one
morning at Colonel Kase's. No 1601
west ruteenm street, rniiaaemnia, i
took my seat accidentia beside a boy
of some ten or twelve" years of age",
who had called in company with liis
motner. i was toia dv some one pres-
I was told
ent :nat the boy had a remarkable spir
itual gift in the way of drawing flow
ers with his finger. " By my request he
essayed to make me a picture. I hand
ed him a sheet of paper, one eorner of
which I tore off and put in my pocket
to assure its identity. The little fellow
laid my half sheet of paper on a paste
board cover and sat quietly directly un
der mv eye, which was never once re
moved from the paper until all was
over. Ever and anon the boy would
strike the paper softlv with h'is fore
finger, which he continued to do until
there were signs of discolorment
municated to the paper. Shortly
com-
after
colored flower on a stem of green with ,
leaves to match. I know so far as mv :
senses enaole me to know anything that j
this manitestation was a genuine exhi
bition of some invisible occult power not
t comprehended oy mortals. Providence
Journa..
Advices from their agents in Japan
to the American Bible Societv conveys
the information of the conversion of two
Coreaas. one of whom. RijuteL is a per
son oi hig-i n,nk in his own land. He
is an i:it m t:? friend of the K'n"- of
Cotea. a-. ved the Queen life "dur
ing the rebel'ion in that country.
mnmu
12, 1888.
Oar Ostrich Farm.
The winters here are a little warmer
and the summers a little cooler for the
ostriches than in their native land.
They are about six miles from the Pa
cific, where there is good grazing land,
worth about S30 an acre. They are do
ing as well as at homd, except, like
other bridal parties, they have lost the
docility for which "they were noted at
home. The keeper charges it to the
electric air of the Pacific coast. One
of the birds (the cock of the walk) has
become so acclimated that he has given
his beloved a rest, the first of her tribe
to enrich American soil. They do not
tight with their wings, beak, or spurs,
as do some of the feathery kind, but
like that wonderful songster, the mule.
with their feet- It is well known in
science (thanks to a few book agents
what the sensation is to be kicked by a
mule, but no one who has been fairly
impressed by the softness of an ostrich
foot has lived to tell the tale. As in
human nature, so in ostrich natnre, the
female rarely gets angry. When she
can not run away, and has none of the
sterner sex to defend her, she will
strike for liberty or die. The likeness
to human nature does not follow so
closely in the male bird. He is th
ornamental branch of the family, and
when it is desired to start a new branch
he makes the nest, asks his companions
to come and examine it: if, after puting
their heads together, the mistress ot
the hou-e is satisfied she usually is)
she furnishes it with a dozen or so of
four-pound egz$. five to six inches in
diameter, each equivalent to two dozen
of hens" eggs, and then allows her male
helpmate to do the principal part of
the setting. ThinK of that. Oh.
man. anti then say which ought
to hide their heads in the dust!
He sits all night willingly, but
woe to that hen that does not come on
time to relieve him for breakfast. He
must, of course, strut a little during the
day, and is always '-at th1 lodge" a:
night. Forty days and forty nights,
with three days of grace, he maintains
squatjer sovereignty." until his pos
terity begin to make a stir in their en
vironments, and then he helps them
pick their way out into this beautiful
world of evolution. This is the wav
thoy do it in their wild tare : but here,
as in all well-regulated farms in Africa,
Australia. South America, and else
where, tne incubator prevents this ex
emplary display of manhood. When
hatched the young ostriches are about
the size of a common hen and about the
color of a young goose. At maturit
the male is black." with white tips on tin
wings and tail, which alone constitute ,
his stock in trade, amounting in Africa j
to several millions of dollars. The fe- i
male Ls gray, with the u.-ual white tips, j
but not so profuse as the male. The
birds here are from six to ten years of
age. and are larger and more life-like
than the ostriches hauled about with
shows and in zoological gardens. The ,
brood just out will be pastured in an .
alfalfa patch, with a harder. Counting '
the chickens before they were hatched '
a few were sold some weeks ago for 32X I
each. Uther companies are soon to
embark in this new enterprise and there
is room for a hundred thousand more.
All the vegetables and lime and gravel
they need can be had in abundance in
southern California. They drink very
little water, sometimes going three days
without any. An artesian well 39.' feet
deep on this farm, costing as many dol
lars, flowing constantly, supplies all
tne water needed for
acre of alfalfa, that
irr.ganng sixty
yield- six good
crops yearly. Approaching the farm. '
in all directions, are seen notices upon i
poles declaring that -all dogs found
on the premises will be shot. DL--bedience
to this order has resulted in
the demise of several pet canin-s. and
the loss of temper of their pretty com
panions. The story that a pair of birds had es
caped from the farm, and after killing a
few men and a lot of sehool children
had fled into the wilds of Arizona to pop
ulate the desert tracts. Ls far from tne
truth. It startpd. probably, from the
following instructive and amusing inci
dent: Several nights ago thL- feathery
flock became frightened by a coyote or
some wild animal, and. of course, no
fence could hold them. They soon
kicked it to pieces, and one of them
" took leg bail" and vamoosed the
ranch." One of the farm hands hap
pened to be a few miles awa at hir,
father's, and saw his acquaintance flee
ing in the wrong direction. Father and
son quickly mounted their horse? and
joined the rha-e in Gilpin style. They
overtook the bird in the course of time.
and began the caoture. but soon discov
ered that. American eagle style, the bird j
was master of. the situation. " The hor-es
became frightened and refused to con
tinue the contest. A fresh horse wai !
procured. -To the victors belong the
spoils." "Veni. vidi. vici. " which, be
ing interpreted, is: The ostrich turned
on" his captors, and horse and rider were
put to flight. The horse did his best in
going home on a full run, but the bird
nlleoTup his spare time in patting the
horse's flank vigorously. This had a
tendencv to make the horse beat his best
record.
The triumvirate entered the coral to- i
gether, and the chick was s-afe within
the bam. Dr. Sketchley was sent for '
to complete the job. Ordinarily a three- '
foot fence is enough to coop them. Thev j
are very tame and easy tu care for until i
about four years old. Then it is they '
begin to look for mates, and the war
begins. Here again they differ from ,
most bibeds. for they do up their quar
reling before they begin to live together '
for l2e, and ever after live in peace: but !
woe to the hen that doea not return the i
proffered affections. She will be kicked ;
around until she does enn-enr to love
and cherish, and then all i- gentlene-s. '
A Mormon is found among them now
and then, bur monagamy is the rule.
One high-toned bully has caught the
New York idea, and will not take a help- ,
mate. Sometimes a femaie will die ,
rather than surrender her independence '
or mate contrary to her wishes. There
are more contradictions in the study of ,
this bird perhaps than in any other aai- (
mal. They are both stupid and cunning,
timid and brave, kind and savage, awk- '
ward and graceful, ugly and beautiful;
much depending upon how, when and
where vou see them.
Senator Edmunds has been
charmed by Mount Tacoma. in
Washington "Territory. "I have been
through" the Swiss Mountains." he
gays, -and T am compelled to own
that, incredihleas the assertion may
appear, there is absolutely no com
parison between the finest effect
that are exhibited there and what is
seen in approaching this grand isolated
mountain."
One day recently a smart Fulton
baby of less than one yearof age climbed
a ladder twenty-five feet long which
rested against a scaffold, and got upon
the scaffolding. It was rescued without
injaryi Trw(X. F.) Times.
WHOLE NO. 696.
Cut Off His RcTenue.
An old gentleman was sitting in a
lawyer's onice in this city the other day
a messenger boy came in and handed
him a telegram. The old man put on
his spectacles and spelled the telegram
out with considerable trouble. When
its full meaning seemed to flash on
him. he sat for a moment as though
dazed and then, laying his head on the
table in front of him. he groaned audi
bly. The only other person in the
room was a pale-faced man with a
bandage over one eye. who. like the old
man. was waiting to have an interview
with the lawyer Thinking that the
telegram must have conveyed news of
some family bereavement, he ap
proached the old man and asked
sympathetically:
" Bad news?"
Yes." said the old man. wiping his
eyes with a big bandanna, " tremen
dous bad."
"Yes: my gal" The old man's
voice broke down, and burying his face
in his handkerchief he wept aloud.
The pale-faced man seemed much
touched by this display of grief. " It
Ls indeed, sad." said he. " when a loved
daughter, the stay and comfort of your
declining years "
ba she was." broke in the old man.
Is suddenly called away to that
shadowy "
- She" weren t called." interrupted
the old man. looking up, "she just
went ofl" herself. She hadn't no call to
go."
I mean." said the pale-faced man,
When a daughter dies "
-Dies?" broke' in the old man. "who
said anvthing about dvin"?"
" Then she is not dead?"
" Wuss than that. Why. man.
married."
Married?"
Yes rot the luck, married to
she's
Zeke
Jimpson this morning."
Isnt he good foranything?"
Good for" anything?" Why. I tell
you he's worth five thousand dollars.
She iiad worked that fellow down fine,
she had. and I jut came down to-day
to arrange for a breach-of-promle suit.
And to think that they should make it
all up and iuarn. while I was away.
Why. that girl has been worth three
thousand dollar- a year to me ever -:nee
she was sixteen years old. and .-he never
went back on her poor old father be
fore. Well. I'll have to scrape along
and get all the money out- ot Zeke 1
can until they want a divorce." And
the old man tottered out, wiping his
eves. Charf.
Strayed Away.
The young man with two watch
chains across his vest boarded a ood
ward avenue car a: eleven o'clock yes
terday forenoon. Among the passen
gers was an old woman who had been
inquiring aoout taking the Bay City
train at the crossing. She looked
across at the young man with great
interest for a minute or two. and then
said:
Your time niu-t be very valuable,
young man."
He bowed and mumbled something
which she could not catch, and leaning
forward, she asked:
" I'spose one o" them watche is for
i"hen you go down, and the other for
when you come up. eh?"
He shifted around to look out of the
window, and seemed somewhat vexed
at hi- want of courtesy, -he continued
Seenia to me it would be cheaper
( to bitch an eight-da
, bosom."
clock to vour shirt
He didn't reply to that, either, and
tapping him on the knee with the han
dle of the umbrella, she inquired'
" Young man. I want to catch the Bay
Cirv train."
-Yes'm."
"What time is it by all your watch
chains'1" "I I about eleven!" he stammered
-You ditlnt look. 'orne. now. here's
an old bull- eye that's been in the fam
ily forty-eight years and never had an
inch of brass chain hitched to it. I'll
bet it show- the right time nearer than
anvthing you" ve got."
she hauled out a watch almost a
large as a saucer, and rattled it around
and waved it about, and as he slid
along the seat towards the door she
continued:
"I'd let them chains run down and
hitch to your boot-straps! Anv young
man as will go and toggle himself all
up and criss-cross his vest with chains
and spangles must have got strayed
away from some twenry-five-cent
store, and wants to be identified and re
turned. Have you got baked 'taters
hitched to the pocket ends? Say "
But he dropped off and fell down and
got up and got away before she could
iurther abuse him. "Detroit Free Press.
A Teleirraphie Blander.
Telegraphic anecdotes being in order
reminds us of a diSDatch which some
i years ago a business man in this city
, -ent to his correspondent in New York.
requesting him to have a room reserved"
for him at the hotel, as he should come
i on that afternoon.
j Arrived late at night he stood serenely
behind the crowd at the old Astor House
vho were registering their names, even
' till the clerk" began to turn applicants
: away for lack of room assnred that his
. dispatch in advance must have secured
j accommodation, but was surprised and
1 indignant to find that no order for a
, room had been received, and was ob
liged to hunt up lodgings for the night
elsewhere.
Early next morning, in response to
: the demand if his dispatch had been re
, ceiveii. his correspondent replied in the
, affirmative and that a tore-house had
' been hired for him in Beaver street as
ordered.
A -tore-house! I never ordered a
store-hou-e."
The dispatch wa.-produced. It read:
" shaii De on to-nign: have room in a
store-house secun-dat once."
Application at the telegraph office re
vealed the fact that the young woman
who received the message as it came
slowly from the wire, supposed the ope
rator had been abbreviating and 3he
therefore corrected (?) the spelling of
the message, which originally read.
" Have room in Astor Hou-e secured at
once." The division of A-tor and ad
iition of an e produced quite a different
result than was desired. Boston Com
mercial. The three Ohio children, ranging in
age from ten to fourteen years, who
went under a tree for shelter from a
thunder-storm and were killed by light
ning, probably did not have fhe tact
very deepiv impressed upon their minds
that they would have been just as safe
nesthng'at the foot of a lightning rod.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
He hails a supposed friend with
' Hello, Joe." but finding: his mistake,
adds: 'Excuse me, I thought you were
another man." I aaa," was the lacon
ic reply.
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of -re lines or less, per annnm, five
dollars.
52? For time adxertiaemanta. apply
at this office.
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rates-
i
i J3Tor transient advertising, se
rates on third page.
ST All advertisements payable
monthly.
PITH AND POUT.
The duration of a kiss has beea
found to be from half a second to one
and a quarter minutes, according to who
you are kissing.
A pawnbroker named his boy Cy
clone becauseje thought people would
come to him .- rner when they wanted
to raise the wmd. Detroit Post.
When Henry was courting Sarah
he used to boast that he had a "boss"
girl; now that he is married he finds
that he has a "boss" wife; but he never
mentions it. Bost&n Transcript.
Alaska diamonds are made in New
York at about $1.15 per quart- It
doesn't seem as if one of the little pieces
of glass would make a young man
think, he owned half a town, but it
somehow does. Detroit Free Press.
A blundering compositor, in setting
up the toast. '"Woman without her,
man would be a savage." got the punc
tuation in the wrong place, which made
it read. "Woman, without her man,
would be a savage. Earlier Jokes oj
Ancient Greece.
"I detest slang phrases." said an
old lady to the pastor, especially when
ued by women. Why. the other day I
heart! a girl say that she had flirted with
a fellow, and" made a mash.' She
thought I didn't know what she meant,
but T tumbled to it. all the same."
Chtraijo Tribune.
Some clever young ladies have in
vented a new plan tor securing hus
bands. They go out boating with the
man of their choice, contrive to upset
the boat, and then grab him and save
his life. The virtim. in the first "amrst
of gratitude and admiration, generally
makes the desired proposal to Eis heroic
preserver.
A Frenchman, living in Louisiana,
whof-e wife deserted him. amused his
neighbors by telling how he got her
back without, trouble. "Did I run after
her and beg her tocome back3'" he dra
matically asked "No. I did not run
after her. I zhust publish in ze papaire
zat I have drawn tiitv tousand doibira
in ze lottery, and she vas back much
quicker as no time." .V 0. Piattune.
"What is the difieren.-e. George."
said Mr. Dusenberry to the dude re
porter, "between a bag of salt and a
man who-? eyesight has been impaired
bv working in a cloth renovating es
tablishment?" George said it would
be too fatiguing, you know, to try to
guess. "Why?' said Mr. Dusenberry.
one is chloride of sodium, the other
sore-eyed-of-elo" dye-em," Jersey City
Journal.
We all know, or profess to know,
and it is even patent to thine who are
not cognizant of the fact, that in all
ages. frm the very remotest to the
a'on in the misty future, man has. or
ha.- aot. according to hia inalienable
right.- and prerogatives, in the prem
ise. thnugh the organism of the mind
which connect.-, the understandable
ness with the intelligibility of the dyna
mic energy of the body an underly
ing, inherent inclination, on multifa
rious occa.sions.as if propelled by an un
seen force, to seek the magnetism and
stimulation that is co-existe'ht with, and
analogous to. a fermentoiw extraction
of. Concord School Philosopher, in
Puck.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Flour milL- are being erected thb
I -uninier in various parts of Nevada.
Tho-e already in operation make ex
cellent flour and are kept running
steadily.
It is a fact not generally known
that most of the tems from North
Carolina tobacco lactones are shipped
to Germanv to be manufactured into
snuff for the German peasants. They
are collected by a Winston firm and
shipped thence in immen.-e quantities.
Chicago He'iud
A railroad only six thou-and feet
long, but with a grade of one-fifth
risein every five on the average, and at
the steepest one in three, has been
built straight up Green Mountain, near
Bar Harbor. Maine The roadbed is
solid rock, cut away to a plane, upon
which the ties are bolted. The loco
motive pushes a passenger car up the
ascent by means of cog-wheels plying
in a center rail, as on the Mount Wash
ington mad. Boston Hrrnbl.
Dr Horace T. Evans, of Philadel
phia, beiievo mushrooms contain oma
of the poisonous property which, when
present m excess, cause accnieats that
L-5. sickness and death from eating
mushrooms. Even thoe which are or
dinarily considered safest and beat
are at rime- objectionable, owing to
conditions affecting their growth. This
explains why experts in the selection of
edible fungi are sometimes mistaken.
It isn't their fault, but the fault of the
mushrooms, which are evidently a dan
geroas luxurv H'alUi Mtmtdrj.
The production of -ugar cane L in
creasing in Mexico The climat and
soil anTreported a- well adapted to it.
It is stated that there is nothing in the
form of sugar cane in Louisiana which
can compare with the luxuriant growth
to be found in Mexico Many of the
largest sugar districts in Mexico have
abundant water which can be utilized
for machine power as well as for irri
gation. As for facilities for transpor
tation. Mexican sugars are put up in
small package of conical shape, which
are easily tran-ported by pack animals
to any distance required. Chicago
Times.
Massachusetts has the credit of hav
ing the largest -hoe manufacturing in
terest of any State m the Union, and it i
due chiefly to her enterprise that America
is conceded to have attained the
highest perfection in the art of shoe
making of any country in the world.
Perhaps few ar' aware that the shoe
and leather interest of the United States
is next in importance and value to the
agricultural, and largely exceeds that
of iron. coal, wooten. or even cotton.
The annual "sales of -dios and leather
mount up to sometuing like 8250,0.
000. Boston Tran.mpL
A Long Sufferin Hosbaas
Mr. Simeon B. Wrightleigh, an
I Austin man. having returned nome un
expectedly from his place of business,
finds Mrs. Wngfatieign and his clerk
sitting together on the lounge, where
uponMr. Wngntleigh stamped around
and behaved so rudelv that the clerk
got mad and left the house, at which
the exasperated husband vented his
rage on his unfortunate wife.
"Now, Jladame. that s the fifth or
sixth time I have caught you sitting oh
the sofa with my clers. I tell you now,
for the last time, if k hapgens again
Til dock his wages." Texas Sijluvjs.
William Morthimer, a one-handed
compositor in the office of the Carboa
(Pa.) Advocate, fastens his stick diago
nally across the "t" box, and sets, cor
rects aad distributes 8,000 ess of solid
rn'niru; each day. Chicago Herald.