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TFTF, JOTJKSTAX. issued rnsT ttzdszsdat, ivi. e:. tcrner & co. Proprietari aac Pttbliaheri. KXTE9 F JL9TEKTISC1C (! hi; ! Dlumlitw pupal STBuainesa and profewionaleacds of ve lines or leas, per -tumim, five dollara- "ST For time advertisements, applr at this oEce. STXesal advertisements at atatsta rates- -""""Tar transient advertisiaff, aw rates on third page. j3"All adTertiaeaaents payable monthly. grQFFICZ,-Zlesenih St.. up stain in Journal Building. terms: .2 Per year Six months Three months 1 -' VOL. X7.-N0. 44. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. FEBKUAKY 25, 1885. WHOLE NO. 772. 5 Single copies 4v X COLOrBUS STATE BANK! C0LTJH3US. SEB. CASE CAPITAL, - $75,000 DIRECTORS: Lzaxdee Gehbasd, Preset. Geo- W. HrtsT, Ftce Pre'. JCLITs A. EESD. E. H Es-ht. J. E. Tasszh, Cashier. Baak of De?l, DLm: , ,1 Eickuase. CoIIcxim Promptly Mmde all Poi-.t. HEIvRY G-ASS. UN'DEETAKEE ! ! COFFINS AM) METALLIC CASES Furniture. Chairs. Bedsteads, Bu reaus. Tables, Safes. Lounges, c&c. Picture Frames and Monlding3. ZTE?pazzi2.q of all kinds nf Upholszer-j Goods. 6-tf COLnEBUS. XEB. HENRY LITERS. Pg.iT.SH rx WIND MILLS AXD PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined. Self Binder, wire or twine. Pump Repaired on short notice o 2TOa door wet of Heiatz- Dms store. Ilia street, columbo. Neb. T I I IT" "Tfor working people. iend 1 jiHiijr-v. nosture. and we will Tnril von rvi a roval. val uable -ample box of aroods taat wih pa: yen in tae way of matmz more money in a few iiav tain yoa ever thougnt po 5ible ar an' DQsiaoa. Capital not re quired. Yoa caa live at hone aad wort in spare time onlv. or all the tune. Al. f both -exes, of "all azes. craadly suc cessful. cent to Jii easily earned every evening That ail wno want wori mav test the business, we make this un paralleled oier To al. rno are not well satished -we will sendil to pay for tne trouble of wntinr us. Full particulars. directions, etc . ent free . Immense pa absolutely -;ire for all wno start at once. Doa't deiav Addres- Torsos Co.. Pertland. Hun A WOKU OF HTAR3IOIG. FJLRjIEH. stock rai-ers. and all other mter"-ted parue- wii. do well to remember taat tne -Western Eorse and Cattle Inurance Co of Omaaa is the onlv companv doins business m tai- state that insure- Horses. Mule- and Cattle azainst loss by theft, accidents, diseases, or injury, as also against loss by Ire and Iizhtoxsa- . All representations by airents ef ether Companies to the contrary not withstanding P. W. HEXRIcH. special Ar't. 15-v columbus. Neb. NO HUMBUG! J3ux a G-rand Success. I) P BRIGHAAI'5 AFTOHATIC TTA t. terTrouKi for tock He refers to everv man who na it in use. call on or leaTe order- at Oeorse Tale-s. opposite Oehlnch- grocery. ni J. WAG-NER Liyeir and Feed Stable. Is prepared to furnish the public w'th zood teams, humes and carriages for all occasions, especially for funerals. Alo conducts a sale stable. 44 iRAjrsrr house. PLATTE CENTER NELU J0H5 DCGGA5. Proprietor. The best accommodation for the travel ing public raarzaieeti. Food zood, and plenty of i Beds clean and comfortable, charzeslow.as tne lowest. 13-v t TVT)T7T7 -end six cea i I hi I A M Postazeindri -LL JL J.UXJ U. j-g a costly 5end six cents for receive 5tly box of roods which will help you to more money iirht awav than anything else in thi world. H. of either sexTsucceed from nrst hour. The broad road to fortune open- before th workers, absolutely sure. At once address. Txuz &. Co., Augusta, iLaine. Pay Interest o Time DF-It- 2 I I - " I L LYONAH IE AL Y f H AWDj&TALOCUC. ( wV tJL- in ". n ! n r ifl FK flkasam. Swim. Cm Timm M f Suao. Srssx 3wt So2k. and fL ff Hma. S-cntrr &md Ocsa. BMtaf If ' - JMCti ii ! iim'hi WiImT BwmA.ix-JJ0l A MUMMIFIED MAN-MONKEY. T. , , . . I thins: needfuL ine emsies ot rieurj itus dt of -: J'"; I XL and Richard L at Fonsevrauddisolav a City A. SabtasrBswi Sepaleker mnA I , " ' . . v. . r ,- - it Qaer Ocnpu. ges with jeweis on tne back of them; -, . . , . .. .- i and -when King John s coffin was roaoly tne most startling disrrery 0TJeEedi:i i71nt Worcester, jeweled m. the history of these searches ior jsloves were found on his-hands. moundbuildera' relics was star: bled Jeweled gloves were also worn by the noon actudentallyDV- workmen excavat- dignified clergy, and appear to have inV on the bluff at Second street. One , been of whSe sOfc or ;ImeU and beauti- I7t.. tu- -vr.i.- -u i--k I fcllv embroidered. Those which were of rt"T! .Lnomas ALalev. who lives on , - , ....... , tt. , . , 1 l -tiiULU- ----"-. worn bv William, of Wvkenam. and are West Twenty-second street, encountered ( sdJ1 preserv-ed. at New College, Oxford. something that offered determined re- j a-e 0f ji ?, tvith the sacred mono sistance to his pickax while he was dig- ' gram, surrounded, by a glory, in gold zizz near the edge of the h. After on the backs. At what nme it became a tew Tarn enorts to disiodre the oo- .-,- -, ,T7 .., w i,,.v 3k.Uk.uuu ic i. ki tki. tA iiir; kuii " - ukjk- men. anions whom were John Ld- wards, also of Twenty-second street. and Edward Wakeman, of Wyandotte. Ine united, exertions of three of the men caused the clay at this point to loosen from the bank and fall down the side cf the blniL As it crumbled, to pieces there was a substance about two feet square that remained intact. Think ing it strange that a stoue of such regu lar proportions should, be found in a bank of oure clavandatatteptiitenieetirom the surface: Thomas italev foUowed it ! wucal11 "Te mon-, fc, , ,- , down the embaniment and struck it , The ho; beeves of the ladies with his pick-ax. To his astonishment, ff F1 reiri or Charles IL mx ;r -hLi tn r,; rb mtt cnced the Ion? kid slove. wnich ha- rha -n HaTOari rn.f ,T,ror? nf i stone the foreign substance was a kind ci cement. He called the attention of his fellow-workmen to the discoverv. and while thev were all standing around the pile of crumbled cement, crushing pieces m their hands, one of noticed a crouching nure in tne tnIIr ' Pr6" Ee at nrst started back, bet seeing that it was moaouless he reached forward and picked it up. It proved to be the inummiiied body c a diminutive man monkey It was doubtJess embalmed and buried in the cement tomb shortlv after its birth by tne ancient mound bmlders, who. supposing it to be some supernatural being, had worshiped it as a god When rudely ducurbed by tne workmen rfr'g mominjr, after its quiet repose for centuries, the mummy was badly shrunken by its immense age. When embalmed it was doubtless an In fant half a foot long, but now it is snrunkcn to much smaller dimensions. The httie creature is as light a cork. and its brown skin is drawn tightly over its tranie. It was found in the po sition of prayer, as it had probably been arranged" by the superstitious mound builders, who thouirnt it some super natural turns, its hands and ieet are ....... - drawn tightly np-under is chin and its ; head is beat forward, while its long bonv tail is curved over its back. The t creature has a high forehead, large eyes and a nrominent fh'T! The 'workmen, not appreciating the importance of their discovery, continued tneir work, only laying the mummy aside. The traces of tne ancient sep uleher were soon effaced and its crum bled ruins buried under a bank of clay The aboncmal occuuant g- soon have shared the fate of its tomb, had J t not Dr EC. Baker chanced to drivf ' by Noticing the crowd of cunou. spectators he drew near and heard tne 1 stramre storv from tne workmen, and saw tne little mummy. Offering the workman who claimed the antiquated httie stranger a tmie far nis prize, the i doctor easily obtained possession. With in a few hours all the scientists and an tiquarians m the city were examining tne relic and giving their theories as to its cnaracter. The general impression appeared to be that the mummy was the offspring of som aboriginal wno. terrified at its long -"i and aiimai appearances, had , it smothered in tne toma of cement. , The wocEmen were visited, and trom them a description of tn ruined tomb was obtained. One of them said that to the best of his observation he thought the subterranean sepuicher had been formed oy digging a square hole in the ciay. ni g it with soft cement, and tr.en pressing a square block of wood or straw in the center to make the hollow space to be occupied by the mummy When r?"- biock was removed, and the mummy inserted the tomb only needed its upper iayer of cement to imprison tne mummy in what, to all practical ourposes. was a solid biock of stone. The scientinc gentlemen welcomed tne httie dried up stranger as a visit or from the ages when the great undiscovered America had yet to hear the first Tndian war whoop. The discovery of this mummy is onhy a sequel to other discoveries of mound builders relics at the same point. A few months ago excavators at tne point turned up stone hatchets and other relics of an extinct race. The scientific geAlemen in Kansas Ciry have not only taken an active interest in the discovery, but they are already pre paring: to -end a description of it to the scienunc society in St. Louis. The case will undoubtedly attract the at tention of the scientific world, for it is tne only one of the kind m all the his tory of researches of antiquaries- It is prosabie tnat furtner invesiytioiis will be made about the bluff wuere the tomb was uneartned. and tm more startimr discoveries mav resell. AnT effort has been mad- to secure the mummy for exhibition in the Dime museum, bus it is likely to be reserved for nientice rrarDOses. Before its im- mediare future is determined upouJiow- ., ;. -n .. .wrf.r.. tv. CU. In "ill k Vflk J- .HklkktUU & J-l. Bakers ofiice. where curious people , can see it Mondav morninsr. Kansas I Cite Star. GLOVES. How They Were Warn In Xnrop Centuries Ao. doves do not aupear to have been worn in Enciand before the end of the , Z. - ,, , , tenth- or begmnm- of the eleventh cen - tury, and their manufacture would ap- pear at thai period specially German, as five pairs of gloves made a considerable part of the duty paid to the English sovereign Ethelred XL (979 to 101S). by a society of German, merchants, for the protection of their trade in hi country, a proof of their great rarity. Their prerious absence Is easily accounted for by the fact that the long sleeves of the gowns supplied their rTa? bv beinir brought over the hand, and the rT" or mantle was made to answer the same ouroose. is is remarxahie xnar no sJovesaie visible in the .Baveux tanes- tryr noc even on the hands of TTrn7fl , who rarris a nawk. Wace. the Nor man noeL tells a story of Baoul Tais son.Lordof Cmguelis, playfully stdk-ing- V tttfrn oLNarmandy-wIthhls glove previous to the battle cf Talesdeur. in 107; and in 1063 the gloves of Conan. Duke cf Brittanyv were poisoned, at the instigation, ir was strongly suspected, of the unscruTJulous Xuke,WTiHam- afore- said: bus ir is certainly not before the thirteenth cenrnry that gloves became gensraliv worn m f-nginrt a the lasterpart of tiat century the tTarcuuis covered tjeeir hand? gloves too long and wide for coinsr any- , --- . "-- - -- ,- jrloves according to the color or tne ves- ruing ments is not known. Gloves had come into general use in the fourteenth I century amongst the better classes, who t were accustomed, to carry them, in their hands. It is not. however, nil the sixteenth century that we rind constant allusions to and frequent representations i of them in portraits. Glove were cus . toniary Xew-Year s gifts in the six tetiuth century, but, beinir more ex pensive than "all could artord to pur i chase, monev was ziven instead, which cow, after an interval, asain bfcom- fashionable. Gloves trimmed with lace are mentioned by Evelyn in his descrip tion of a lady's toilette, and a con temporary poet mentions: -some ot caicken-skms for miiht. To ket her hands nmTna. sof: antl wmta. Long gToves are seen in the portrait of ilarv.consort of William TIT., and a pair of thread gloves occurs in the in ventory of a lady's wardrobe in 1707. Many ancient receipts are extant for the perfuming of gloves, and in an old French work "published at Lyons in 16V57 the precise directions for 4 Civette tr&s ezquue pour perfumer gends ei en vm dre les jnainj" is given. In these com positions musk, ambergris and civet were the chief perfumes, and as thev were applied inside the gloves, combined with some sort of oC. or srease, their use at the present day would be thought in tolerable. In the middle of the last century the glovers of Paris were also the chief perfumers, and constituted a considerable community, having stat utes and laws daring baak as far as 119U- Perfumed skin, were imported from Soain and Italv for the makinir of gloves, and were verv exoensive and Tort a la mode, but their oowexful 5 1 , -, ... J. . IT- - ocar iea to tneir oisuse. ana r raniuani XeroIi became the onlv perfumes in , fhzax. for doves. And we mavherp remark that Prangipani owes its re nown to is inventor, a "ilarquis Frangi nanL a member of a very ancient and illustrious family of Rome, and who was a Marshal in the armies of Louis XlTf. What thi1 composition was that gained for the Marquis so much reputa tion ia not now known, but all sorts of utterly differsnr perfumes are to rh?s day sold under that name. Gloves were frequently held out in prominent places in ancient times at fairs, in token of friendship to all comers. In the city of Chester, espe cially, that oeing a place famous for the manufacture of gloves, it was the cus tom for some day oefon1 and during the continuance of the iur to brinsT out from the Town-hall their local emblem of commerce, a giove. there by proclaiming tnat non-freemen and strangers were permitted to trade within the city, a privilege at all other times enjoyed by the citizens alone. Aprstt little incident connected with gloves in ancient times is tne circum- stance tnat Charies FT.. Fung of Spain. was so much under the influence of any , ady who wore white kid gloves that ' the use of them at court was strictly pro hibited. Modem royalty is not so fan tastical In the nme of Louis XV. of France the ladie- at their toilette thought noth ing of destroying half a dozen pairs or gloves before they got one pair to fit. They were made of wnite skins, but or namented with little ribbons and fine rosettes. English-sewn gloves were in the greatest request, audit used to be a ' common saying that for a giove to be good three kingdoms must contribute to Ft Spam for the leather, France for the cutting, and F.ngiand for the sewing. narser s Bazar' A LOVER'S SUICIDE. A Disconsolate Ca: Who Wens so Join , His Dead 2Iistrea in the CaTi Para j d!s. 1 Some time ago we were without a cat, nd the mice were evidently getting the upper hand. "" and required tne upper paw of a puss to keep them with- , in bounds. At this important domtretic juncture a frie nd otFered us a fine French kitten, which we accepted. Her cat was a very delicate and niceiy marked tabby and she was a lively and. promis- But it soon became evident that she differed very considerably m char acter and disposition from the English cat- Her predatory powers were ex- ' ipf'-l -' -? Quumt """ t5-u" Ul OL " use owpers irenenman. she was both debonnaire and brisk."" and was in the nabit of helping herself to for- ' u.f j.oow or, m i "takms French leav. Didden lood. or. m otner words, of e." Out cooked meat was kept on a shelf suspended from the cellar celling, and no cafhad ever before bees, known to set foot on i that shelf. But Fuzz" was more clever i than her predecessors, and was caught thereon in the act of regaling herself on j a cold leg of mutton? Various con trivances were resorted to in order to ' Lruatcate her future designs, but she was ' Sf4 fT occasion, andsurmounted all oostacles wnn ease- What, tnen. , w done? Ths znaier r..p th-q consideration, and a sentence of ! aqueous immersion was passed upon ner. xne sentence waa earned into execution, and the remains were taken into the garden for interment: but as the ground was frozen, they were put inr the harbor, there to await the break ing up of the frost. A.day or two after this, walkingdown the garden toward the spot I perceived a strange cat. darker in coat, but a tabby alsor sitting in an apparently comfortable position. close to the remains of poor Fuzz. On approaching nearer Xwas surprised to find that it did noc attemot to move. and, on a still closer msnection. I ner- cervedthar the car was dead. This ani mal had been an admirer of Euzz. and. havimr found her Tifpls body, had placedhnnself byits side, and remained there until he-was frozen to death. I as. once da hole hi the ground, placed them both therein, and erected a tomb stone; of slaseat the head of it; bearins the following inscripQan: Sequies s) in pace- Leisure. Matters. L The are said to be losing Ipaaence the Boers- That's noth ing. W e lose pa&ence witn tne cores everrdav. But the bores dant s to any. GucagQ Trimme. TEACHING THE BUND. Tkeir Proflcieeay la Xodalloc. Jlany -"' A class of little boys st arcottd table in a pleasant room of the Penn sylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, at Twentieth and Sac streets, yesterday afternoon- They were modeling in clay, and underjtheir nimble fingers the outlines of boats, houses and other familiar objects began to appear. It was semi-twilight ba. the room. Outside murky skies, mist and a HrvrT-Ting ram darkened the surround ings. "We do not realize that these little fellows are workingin the dark. said Assistant Principal catties to a visitor, softly closing the tall shutters of tha window. The room was pitch dark. The busy modeling fingers could onlj be heard. Oh. Mr Battles, just look at my. cun. Wait and see me Dot a handlw on it." Mr. Battles threw open the shutters, and out of the mist and rain the feeble daylight crept back into the room. The classr with ciay begrimed fingers, worked at their boats and houses, and the youngster held out his finished cup for his teacher to look at. Dayligh; and darkness were alike to them. 'We only teach the olind those trades in which machinery does not compete.1" said the assistant pnncipaL wWhen tIM institution was founded a rope walk was also constructed, and its in mates followed that occupation for years. After rope-ma king the manu facture of shoes was taugnt. and since then making of baskets, brushes, door mats, mattresses and carpet-weaving. Machinery first took from the blind the rope and twine making in dustry, afterward the weaving of wil low baskets and later shoemakmg. To day tne blind are taught to make brooms and brushes, cane chairs, weave carpets and make mattresses. These occupations are taught especially to the boys and men, while sewing by hand and maenme, knitting, embroidery, crocheting and fancy bead work are taught to girls and women. All pupils are instructed in music and given a first-class musical educa tion ii they show any aptitude for the study. Many of mem become organ ists and music teachers. A most im portant onsmess m which trie ciind are becoming very expert is the tuning of pianos. There are now about twenty expert piano-tuners in this city. In Boston all the pianos mod in tne public schools are kept in tune by pupils of the Massachusetts Institution for the Blind. The use of the type-writer is now being taugnt the blind. They be come very expert with the machine, handling it as the piano-player does the key of his instrument, but of course they can only be of service in writing from dictation. Philadtivkzz Times. NANKIN'S PORCELAIN TOWER. A Wonderful Work or Architectural Art Erected Out of Filial Piety. The city of Nankin, ouce the capital of China, has for centuries been famons to the "baraarmns" " of the outer world for its Porcelain Tower a relic of the splendor of its ancient dsys before Pe km usurped it.- dignity as the eat of the Empire. The place is now to a great extent a city of ruins, and the city proper has shrunk to one-fourth of it.- former iimensions. The Porcelain Tower wa.- built early in the fifteenth century oy the order of the Emperor Tung loh. and as a work of filial piety It was a monument to the memory of his mother, and he determined that its beauty should as far outshine that of any similar memorial as the transcemi ant virtues of ihn parent, m her son' eyes. surpas-ed those of the rest of her ses No expense was spared in its erection, and its total cost is esamated at mon man three-quarters of a mil lion of our own money. The work was commenced at noon on a certain day in 14IJ. and occupied nearly twenty years in its completion. The total height of the Porcelain Tower was more than two hundred feet, or about equal to that of the monument of Lon don, and it was faced from top to bot tom with the finest porcelain, glazed and colored. It consisted of nine stones, surmounted by a spire. on the summit of which was a "ball of brass, richly gilt. From this ball eight iron chains extended to as many projecting points of the roof, and from each chain was suspended a bell, which hung over tne face of the tower. The same arrangement was carried oat in every story. These bells added much to the graceful appearance of the tower, breaking its otherwise formal and monotonous outline. Bound the outer fact4 of each story were several aperture for lanterns, and when these were all illuminated, we are told, in the magnificent language of the Chi nese historian, that -their light illumi nated the entire heavens, shining into the hearts of men. and eternally re moving human misery! It is 'not difficult to imagine, however, that the appearance of the tower on snch an oc casion must have been beautiful in the extreme. On the top of the tower were placed two large brazen vessels and a bowL which together contained vari ous costly articles, in the nature of an offering and a charm to avert evil in fluences. Among these were several pearl- of various colors, each supposed to possess miraculous properties, to gether with other precious stones and a auantiiy of gold and silver. In rhU coUecaon. desuraed to represent the best treasures of the State, were also placed a box of tea. some pieces of silk and copies of some ancient Chinese wnungs. The tower "was demolished by the Taeping Rebels in 1353. World of Wonders. Scotch Belief in Wrtch-Doctor, I 1 It seems that witch-ioctors sail flourish in Scotland, especially in Ross j shire. We are asured that -implicit i belief in witchcraft is not infrequently 1 associated with ostentatious professions of religion, self-nghteousness. and ar i dent Sabbatarianism.'" It is common. it appears, tor witcn-doctors to save ff-nmg smacks, or give tTipm nnmunitv from the perils of the deeo. which is done by spitting on the boat under the eover of darkness. TnarrihTnoj ii hilgrjr charactprs on ir with a wand, and mut tering CJaelic incantations. The witch doctor is in great demand, too. for dis eases of the 'ye. To effect a cure it is necessary that the professor of demon olcgy should receive his fees before hand, and should not see the patient: he goes through a eexies of contortions and incantations at home. Probably a good many other people would Eke to get handsomely paid for she same sorr of work. And all this witehcraft flourishes in religious r? educated Scotland! London Truth. ZRST "'National Bank ! AitkMixed Capital, - - $250,000 Paid im Capital, - 50,000 Sarplia aid Profits, - - 6,000 omcatHS axd staxcToas. A. ANDERSON. PnufU SAM'L C. 5XITH. Vice Prss't. O.T.ROEN, Cashitt. J. "W. EARLY. HERMAN OEHLRICH. W. A- MCALLISTER, G-ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. Foreixn and Inland Exchanza, Puaaze Tickeuana Real EitateLoana. ae-voi-is-iy irjsnrEss casus. D.T. if -urrrx, M. D. F. J. Schttg, M. D. Dm. KABTYff & SCHTTG, D. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surzeons. Union Pacirlc, O., N. 4 B. E. aad B. & it. R. R's. Consultation in German and Enzlish. Telephones at arSce and residences, yypgee over First National Baak. COLUMBUS, rTEBHASKA- 42-7 f J. GARLOW, Collation Att'y. 1 SPECIALTY HADE OF BAD PAPER. Office with J. G. Hizzins. 34-3m o LLA AJHAUGH. D.D.. DE2TLAL FAELOB, . Oa corner of Eleventh and North streets, over Ernst's hardware store. TT J. HUDSON. yOTAEY PUBLIC. th Stret. i dr west f Hamatoatl Hoik, 1 Columbia, A"i6. &1'? J. IEEDEB, ATTORNEY AT LAW, i Office on Olive St.. Columbus, Nehraj-ta 2-tf V. A. MACKIK. Foreign and Domestic Liquor and Cigars. Uth street, Columbus, Neb. 50-y AfcALLlSTER MOS- A TT0R2TEYS AT LA W, Office up-3tairs, in McAllister's build inz 11th t. XT. A. McAllister. Notary Public T-OOJi TIMOTHY, .VOTARY PUBLIC ASD COSVEYA.HCER. Keeps a lull line of stationery and acno.u -uoiTlies, ami all kinds of lezal fonn lusures azuinst lire, lizhtninz. cyclone and tornadoes Office m Powell's Block. Platte Lentei. 19"x J. M. MACFA&IA2TD, B. R- COWDZHT. LAW AXD COLLECTION OFFICE OF MACFAHlA2rD Be. COWT3EHT, CQlumbw. Nebraska. F. F. IT JWEK. M- (successor to Dr. C.G. A.Eullhorst j 302LEOPATEIC PETSICLLS AXD XUBGBOX. Rezular graduate of two medical col lezes". Office up stairs m brick buildmz north of State Bank. 2-17 J. J. WAUGHAU Justice, County Surveyor, Jfotary. Zand and Collection Agent. jgrParties dasinaz survevinz done can notifv me bv mail at "Platte Centre, Neb. 51-6m P H-KtTSCaME, t "nth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. 1 Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, TThips. Blankets. Currv Combs, Bruhes, trunks. 1 valises, buzzy tops, cushions, camaze j trimmraza. Jec at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. TA3M SAXJIO!-. CONTRACTOR AND 3UILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildmzs. Good work ..) stinn nn T3rh ?rree- near i St-Paul Lumber Yard. Columbus. Ne braska. 5 6mo. p M. LAWKOtE, DEPUTY CO. STEVBTOB. Will do zeneral survevinz in Platte , and adjoining counties. Office with.s. C , Smith. COLCMBTTS. rotBHASXA l-w Js. icuedoce: & son, Carpenters and Contractors. Havehadan extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction m work. ah kinds of repainnz done on short notice. Our motto is7 Good work and tair prices . Call and zive us an oppor i tunity to estimate for van. jS"Shap on 13th Sc one door west of JFriedhaf Cos. stare, Columbus. Nebr. 4S3-V O. C. STT A ISnSTQs", i MA3rC7ACTU2Za OT T5n and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Ja'o-lfatk, iocfiag aad Gutter ing a Specialty. grggop on Olive Street. 2 doors ' north of Brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Stare. 46-y G LA2TD AST) 1XSZTR A Vgg A GENT, 3U3CPHEET,2rZ3S. H lands comprise some line trxcti in the Shell Creek Valley,, and the north ern portion of Platte county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction zuaranteed. 20 y NATURE AND CIVILIZATION. Thm Wmat Mmiarn. IJfb 3tiad by Ctrnt-wrlan. Bcffon, in a page pahfiahed in every "Cours de Litterature, amga a hosanna to cultivated nature, and ap pears unhlt to find words strong enough to express his horror of nature in ita savage state "brute" nature, as he calls it. At the present day our impreaioa ii precisely the reverse of this. We seek on almost inaccessible summits, in the region of eternal snow, and in the very heart f hitherto unex ulored continents, a spot where man nas not yet penetrated, and where we may behold nature in her inviolate virginity. We are stifled by civiliza tion, wearied out with books, news papers, reviews, and periodicals. letters to write aad to read; railway traveling, the cost, the telesrans and the tele phone devour time and completely ' mince up one's life; any solitude for fraitful reflection is quite out of the question. Shall I find it, at least, among the fir zrees of the Carpathians ' or beneath the shade of the old oaks ' of the Balkans? Industry is spoiling , and soiling our planet. Chemical j produce poisons the water, the dross from different works and. factories ' covers the country, quarries split up the ' picturesque slopes ef valleys, black coal smoke dulls the verdant foliage and the azure of the sky, the drainage of large cities turns our nvers into ' sewers, whence emerge the germs of tyahus. The useful destroys the beaun- ' fuL and this is so general as at times to bring tears to the eyes. Eave not the Italians, on the lovelv Isle of St. Halena, near to the public gardens in-1 Venice, erected works for the building ! of engines, and replaced the ruins of a j fourth-century church by chimneys. whose oDaque smoke, produced by the detestable bituminous coal of the aaar, would soon leave a snotty trace on the pink marble of the doge- palace and on the mosaics of St. Mark, just as we see them on St. Paul's Cathedral in London, so ugly covered with sticky streaks. It is true that the produce of this industrial activity be comes condensed in revenue, which en riches many families, and adds consid erably to the list of the bourgeois doo ulation inhabiting the capital. Here, on the fcV of tne Rhine, these reve nues are represented by villas and castles, whose pseudo Greek or Gctmc architecture peeps out from among masses cf exotic trees and plants in the most sought-after positions, near to Bonn, Godesberg, S Goar or Bmgen. Look! there is an immense feudal castle, beside which Stoizenfels. the Emnress Augusta's favorite residence, would be a mere shoGtmg-Dox, This immense assemblage of turrets, galleries, roofs and terraces must havt cost at least SO,000. Has it sprung from coal or from Bessemer -teei3 It is situated just below the noble ruin of Dracehnfeis. Will not the dragon watchins- over the Niebelungen aeasure in Nlfelheim's den. avenge aLs imnemnent challenge of modem plutocracy 3 All that I see on my way up the Emne leads me to reflect on the specml cnaractensacs of Prus sian adminiscation. The works which have so marvelously domesacated" the nver a- to make it a type of what Pascal calls 'un chemm oil marcne." hava taken between thirty and forty years, and have neen carried out con tinuously, systematically and scientific ally. In her public works, as in her miLtary preparations. Prussia has sne ceeded in un.ang two qualities which are only too orten lacking a spirit of consistency and the love of prozre-s. The desire to be as near as possible to perfection is apparent in the most mi nute details. Not unfrequentiy consist ency, and a too close following of ira diaons. lead to roucne which rejects innovations. Great strength is attained. and the chances of success are consid erably increased if. while one aim i kept always in view the best means to attam it are selected and zpplied with out delay. Contemporary Bccieic VOID AND VACANT. BUI 2ija Indulzes in a Rererir aad Draws Cnhappy Conclosioiu. Oct dars ars as tae grass. Or like a mcrmn lo-wer. When infnT. --nid3 g-reep o er the plam. Thev Titawr to aa hour How vain and empty are things ter restrial. How void and vacant the whole earth seems to him who buys a nlu hat for another man. We think we can read tha signs of the times in the torchlight procession, but we can not. We guesa on the general result and then purchase an overcoat for a totai stranger, while we steer our own arms down into the mysterious lining of our three-year old coat and feel sad. The sight of a new shining silk hat bring- tae tears to my eyes. The American people devote too mnch thought and too much nine to polincs. If any man refers to polices in my house hereafter. I will set him up in the requiescat business. The follow ing notice is posted m the main hall vnere visitors present their credentials: - Parties rgferrlrrr to the late elec- . cca ta a lurst or arppant manner aril please stare, teicre leavinx. vnaz size coifia taey wear and Trnether they desire u be Isuned inexpensively or Tirh pomp and eciaz. Estimates .ipemp and eclat fhr mahed oc application. I am no politician and never was. I am just a plain, unassuming, but tal ented chap, with a tendency to converse freely on subjects that I don't know anything about. That is the reason why the aurora borealis will look down this season on a tali, amateur poliacian in my ward, wearing uie same under clotiims; that ne won? lat w.nter. I have no objection to allowing a professional politician zh privilege of bettinir on election results, but it's poor business for a man of letters. The lit erati ourht to abstain from it. John Bunvan "never guessed on Indiana and sotlefc. did heJ ne was no zuesser He was a writer Let every man aaend to his own busines. I say. and shun pol itics as he would the deadly upas tree. I rr-fnV the country ought to be aved. and ti willmsr to do wnat is right, but I have gone out of the plug-hat busi ness. Parties who have countries tnat they would like to have saved will be attended to if they call during office hours, but those wno yearn for new clothes at my expense will please call while I am in New Orleans ars winter delivering' the opening address at the Cetson darnivair I visited an intimate friend over in the SnUwater penitentiary ftr other day. a friend named Tounzer, and I said to TrriT "Cole." said X "you think you are a 1jtT unfortunate and haumered here, perhaps, but I think you are j mighry fortunate. Of course, you ccn't J go cut much, and yoa have rather a j Boxssonsus aaae cf it here, but vcu waa the cyelaaes aa1 the elections. Tour life is periecdy safe NrnHa your sentence Iasta. After I had toid him wa I lnd passed through and had arnhind to Hrm the political outlook, aai the price, of ping hata, he wrung my hand and even smiled. When I left hira. he was singinjr softly to himself : -Ufa. wait IA&U tae hsrvwc beT Detroti Free Prss. A GREAT MAN'S DREAM. How Balzac tba Grc Trvmeb. ?CrreI. TliaTx$2i He Saw the Kal to rorhi-fc. BT- not only wrote readable novels, but he also conceived ejcj fantastical projects, some of which he deliberately attempted to carry out. Leon Gorlan has given an amnsmg account of a scheme of Balzac' for raising prodigious sums of money by a ring, and we can noc do better than reproduce the sub stance of his narratrre. It was a winter night, quite in the small hours between one and two when Laurent Jan, playwright and man of letters, who lived in the Rue de Nav arm, was woke up by an amazing ring ing of the belL This was succeeded by a great storm of imprecations from the various lodgers, above which rose the high-pitched interrogations of the con cierge; and amidst this tumult Balzac hurriedly entered the chamher of his friend. "Who is it?" cried Laurent Jan. leap ing from his bed. It is L Dress at once; wa must be ofL" Be off?" 'Yes ce of!" "But. before I get ready, I mnc know where yen would take at" "We start at once to visit tha ilo- "Are you mad3" "Tha object of our journey is to en able us to become ncn. imperially rich rich as tha ancient Indian Empire."' "Well but. look hare, dear friend, be fore packing xrp my things," amidly ob jected Laurent Jan, -I must know mora precisely what we are to do, when we get to the Mogul?" "Oh, pray ba cuick," cried Balzac; "we have already lost a million francs, whilst you have been hesitaang Time presses, and we hava got to fetch Leon Gozlan.' Laurent Jan dressed himself with resignation, consenting, some whir. lan guidly, thus to become a Crcssns, but urged at iast: Now that I have agreed to come, il is more than ever necessarr I should know what we are going to o with the iloguL"' Balzac fenced with the question for some minutes, and then, avkzng Laurent Jan mysteriously by the arm. he led him near the lamp. -Inspect this ring on my finger,"" he said, impressively. "Well. I see it. I: seems so n worth four sous." "Restrain Tourseli; look mora closely." "Perhaps six sous." "Learn that this ring," declared Bal zac, "was given me at Vienna by the celebrated Orientalist. Von Hammer, on the last occasion of my visiang Ger mnuv. - And then?" "And then' Why, the scholar smiled and said- A day will come when yoi. will know the value of rfrt- little present I have made you. I took the rins without heeding the prophecy: I had no idea a common green stone had such " "Such what?" Such what! why, first look at the Arabic cuaracters emrraved on it but hoid. I must no t anacpase. Last uirhr. then, at a party given by tha Neapolitan Ambassador, it occurred to me Imurhtas well asit the representative of the Parts what tne signincaaon of ths mysteri ous inscription might oe. I showed him my ring. He was so agitated at beholding it, that he gave vent to a cry which startled the assembly " You possess a ring, he said, bow imr reverently towards the earth, which comes direct from the Prophet (on whom be peace!), was worn by him. and carries his sacred name. A hun dred years ago, this gem was stolen from the Great llc-ul oy the English; and was aien sold to a German Prince " 'It was given me at Vienna.' I in terrupted, eaireriv. bv the noted Von "Start at ouce." cried the envoy, -for the home of the MocuL He has offered tons of gold and diamonds for the recovery of that ring, and you will return wiai the tons"' -I leapt at the idea, as yoc may sup-po-c. And. now. I have come to" fetch you. my dear fnend. tnat we may travel togeaier. and restore to the "Mogul the Prophet s ring, wtucn he will receive witn ecstacies of delicht. Think of the tons which await us "And for this."' cried Laurent Jan. -you have really disairbed me in the middle of the night! It 13 too bad of you!" "What! yoc think the price insignifi cant?" replied Balzac altogether una ble to understand aie indifference of bza friend. -I adhere to the offer I have already made." said the other, beginning to un dress; "if you choose to take four sous for the rrng of the Prophet mey are at your disposal. " Balzac was Iikf a lion given up to the transports of rage: abuse, ridicule. satire poured in torrents from his IiD. till at last, bent and broken his own violence, he stretched himself on the carpet, and with hi plethoric faculty of slumber was soon far away in. the East, amidst those historic hair? where was inscribed on hign "If there be an Elysium on earth, it is this, it is thia, it is this!" Belgravui. Hotel noughtiessneas. Rural Sage "WalL now. talkru' of 1 hotels, them there big city hotels is just the wust humougs goin. I stopped at one once."" Stranger "That i3 queer: The large hotels in my city are regarded as the best m the world." "Wau, Istopped at one what charged five dollars a dayr and I teH you taey hain't got no idea of the things that de cent Deople. need to be comfortable."' "Was not the table gooi3" "Ohl the eatiu" was fine, no doubt about that, and the furniture waa splen did. " admit that, but the Ettle thia what makes comfort they didn't have. Take my bed-room, fur f-snnci. That was a beauty fur fine furniture but that's all it was. "Why. what was there "lackray?"' "I loosed m every drawer aaa couldn't find a hair-crush or a tcctk brush nowhere.1' SkSadelpoia CaZL LJTERiWY. JLm-. Riston tie knots in bet aand-e-chiefi to remind aerof '"j the wshes 0. to rorget. -Tenav-oa's song; "Geese Into the Garden. Aland." wasrewnttaa SOM fifty sae before it was finished. Kv Edward McClura was di thor of this prettv sentiment of the : The ocean u a tomb without a TTtnia ment." JB The public library acS&nt&Bazfcsjifc CaL. contains one "hundred CT'twI books for the benefit cf the readiag Ce lesaals of that city. "Columbia, the Gem of AeOnni." was written by Thomas a'Beckefc as English actor, "who in 1783 waa atteaafe er of music at Philadelphia. 2f. T. GrapMC With aw exception d GssMCB Harrison, who wa h ofice oaiy a mouth, an oar Presidmitsa'trre. had basfl eyes. Few people ars awara tht Gea era! Butler's eya are btee. Sarytr' Bazar. By confining brj diet for tweeajr seven "weeks strictly co staie bread al skimmed milk. 2kLjor Beai Parley Poata, the correspondent, has reduced ok we'ghi or sixty-cad pounds, aad now enjoys better hmhc than for fifteaa ears before. 2f T Sun. General Berdaa. of shar-jooocu fame, to who- daughter ilr F Marion Crawford was recentlv married. wa4 some time ao onered a field marsaa- ship by the Sultan, but he declined it, saying iu could never wear any otaar than tha American uniform. Trtj Timet. Annie Whitney. d neriran womin who has niggle a varr good statue of Harriet Marsnean, is nvosed to agriculture as well as art, and prac tically and successfully farms one hun dred and saventy-fiva acres m. th New Hampshire Whita Mountain region. Rziian Journal. The lata SuIiirAa Dorr, of Provi dence. R. L. lived in the same hocaa and died in the same room in which ha was bom. There, too, Hvad four gen erations of servants, one an old lady who was a servant in the family sixty vears 230 and u thera now Providence Jour, Private letters from Athens received in Washington say that ilr Eugene Schuyler, tha Amenccu Minister, re cently while rVTg a walk in tha en virons of tne Greek cacital lost his way and fell into a pis fillad with shiful lime, from which he was noc extricated until painfully burned. Canadian papers reoort tha recent death in the Parish of SEe. Madeline of Charies Blanches and wife, on the sama day. in the nineaeth year of tneir age, and after a married life of sixty-oina years. They left five sons, one of them Mavor of the town, tnirty-nine grand children, and ninety great-grand chUd ien. HUMOROUS. A teacher of mechame who hac i of a machine that "its eqnilihnnm is accurately adjusted" ws hemfiad to hear one cf the students say "Thil thinss joggle well" Harper's Bazar. Those never to be pxi persoaa who are indulging in then annual irrowis about th aw: of earryxag tha mails -hoold redact ou th co of car rymc the average female and be- happy. Life. A teac&er after th Quiht pastera was Hi'istrarmz the- procr! of vapora ion t a class of youn scaotars. iup-po- I should set a bssrn of water ocl m tne -cnooi-yard in the morning and lee is remain aL day. what would hap pen3" ft would get upec.'' wai the practical repiy "I hooe vou will fa a better bov a th frin." sobKni th -aid ht :o5:er Testa." bov "I gue- you will Tnnt your fatner next time ha soesu to vou ' "Yea m.'" "Peor Doy' ne added sympathetically, "did he toca your hears,'" o'n." Draes Trao elers Magaztxr Jonei " I understand that you an an arsL-t- Do you paint portraits " De Bonbon " Toi mistake. rr I cLtini to be an arast in my Use. bus I am no a painter " Joes "Wo.lt is your line3" De Bonbon I ant a raaicei al frecch candid Jones Ah.' 1 see Ton are a worker in ciay ' F&d. adelphza OalL Neighbor A. Weil. Neighbor B., ho"w 1 your son grttiag aiocg v. eo lese3" " Neighbor B. "WeH. the fad is he isn't at college any longer; Ihaari him sav. We have all embarked iaoti marine vehicle." meaning -we are aiJ 1a the same boat:" and I thoc'ht he kne too much for a boy of his -ize. s I fetched aim home."'" Golds Days. A wood stove is not mad of wood. Boston Post Nor is a coal sve made of coaL Funny. in"s . B'srszt Fret Pz2s. And a snow-plow is not made ol snow Awfully funny, isn' t it? Rangn Ctmnw-rzal Neither is a spang-caX9 mad of sponge-. Te he' Basisn Jour nal oftrrimT'e. Nor a hesd-dresj of head. Ah. ha! Falem Sunbeam. Nor a chicken-salad or chicken. Taey make it of veaL usually Oil Ciiy Der not. "John." oberved Mrs. Grap at thu breakfast table the other morning- "The paper say- it s in ?tyie t?w hev oiat- onto the front doors." "Well, what of it5" asked her unfeeling spouse. "On. nothin . except if wc want tew De m tyi I suppose we must hev on, too bul then, as we am s 0 extra fashionaoie. I reckon FII only xu a saucer out. That'd look mon mode-: like don s you reckon 30 3" Joan, as usual, coin cided. Boston. Ptsi. A Montana and Dakota mar. wera dispunmr aDoct ate ram-fall of their Temtone-i " Way." saxi the Moctana man. - we have twentv-six inche- of rain-fall a vear: all the water vou rec we send down to vou m tfte Missotir- Water m the 3Lsioar: from Mon tana'" said tne Dukcaan. -when it reaches us it is nochmcr nut a dry ratine with a cloud of dnsr in c and all the water we can set will only serve to m-Ou mud of is. FzczoTzgr. Srain Veight rallacjes. The interesang discussion in regard so the weisht of Tur-reneffs brain nv elude- an nportanc article on th-- gen eral subject of the weignt cr the human brain bv M NIkifcroif. the eminent Russian scienasa according to whom il is a fallacT to ass-rme that the weighs cf the brain has any influence what ever on the mental facnlaes. It ought so be borae m tt;-tvj, ne says, that tha siutificanee of the bram weight should dewsid upen the proportion it bears sa the dnnensiona ef tae wnole fcodv and to the arre of sae individual. Is is aLo ecuallylmportan! to knc- what was sae cause cf death, for long disease and old aze exhaust the brnhi; thus shcs-r injr the alight signiheance of w-i-jht. 2r. Z- Tribune. PERSONAL AND ITT
