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r THE JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TURNER & CO. Proprietors and Publishers. tATES OF ADVERTISING CMttw iwipiil JSTBusiness and professional cards of five lines or less, per annum,- five dollars. 1SS For time advertisements, apply at this office. , ISTLegal advertisements at statute rates. ZSTFot transient advertising, sea rates on third page. J3A11 advertisements payabls monthly T3T OFFICE, Eleventh St., up "' in Journal Building. TERMS: Peryear i oo Six months "" Three months " Single copies VOL. XV.--N0. 52. COLUMBUS, NIK., WEDNESDAY. APEIL 22. 1885. WHOLE NO. 780. lie V " COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUMBUS, NEB. CA SII CA PI TA L, - $75,000 DIRECTORS: Lean-dei: Gekkard, Pres'i. Geo. W. Hulst, Vice Preset. Julius A. Reed. R. II. Henry. J. E. Tasker, Cashier. Hank of Oeponil, DUcohhj and ExchanRO. Collection-Promptly Made on all PoIntH. Pay Interest on Time Depos it. 2'4 HENRY G-ASS, TJ2STX)EIITAJS:EII ! COFFIN'S AND MET SE8 AND DEALER IN -. Furniture, (""hairs, edateafia. Bu- reaua Tables, Safes, Lounges, &c. Pierre Frames and Mouldings. T5T Repairing of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. C-tf COLUMBUS. NEB. ' - HENRY LUBRS, f DEALER 6halia:ng WIN M11LS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pomps Repaired on short notice o JSTOuc door west of Heintz's Druf; Store, llth-Street, Columbus, Neb. S "TTTJTr Tfor working people. Send 10 II Hi I i I 'ents postage, and we will d-LJjJiJ- ,naii j ou free, a ioyal, val uable .iinp!e box bfsjoods that will put you in the way of makinc more money in a few days than you ever thought pos, hible at any busine.-. Capital not re quired. You can live at home and work in spare time only, or all the time. All of both sexes, of "all aires, grandly sue cessful. TiO cents to $." easily earned every evening. That all who want work may test the business, we make this un paralleled offer: To all who are not well satisfied we will send ?1 to pay for the trouble of writing u. Full particulars, directions, etc , ent free. Immense pay absolutely sure for all who start at once. Don't delay. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, "Maine. A9 B. A. FOWLER, ARCHITECT, is:; rinir ::., - ckasa, :;s3. Wl PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED for all kinds of Public Building and Private Dwellings. Architect of Willard Block, Child' "Hospital, Residence ot Hon. . I. M.Thurston, Residence of Hon. John 1. Redick. Omaha; Residence of Hon. G. W. E. Dersey, Masonic Hall, Fremont, Neb; Residence of C. C. Crow ell, Esq., First National Bank, Blair, Neb; Residence of Thos. Bryant, First National Bank, Schuyler, Neb., and mi nv others. 43-mC A WORD OF WAtmVtG. FARMERS, stock raisers, and all other interested parties will do well to remember that the "Western Horse and Cattle Insurance Co." of Omaha is the onlv companv doing business in this state that insures" Horses, Mules and Cattle aainstloss by theft, accidents, diseases, or injurv. (as also against loss by fire and lightning). All representations by agents of other Companies to the contrary not withstanding. P. W. HENRICH, Special Ag't. 15-y Columbus, Neb. NO HUMBUG! Brit a Grand Success. RP. BRIGHAM'S AUTOMATIC VTA- ter Trough for stock. He refers to every man who has it in use. Call on or leave orders at George Yale's, opposite Oehlrich's grocerv. 9-Cm rpRAJiSSIT HOUSE, PLATTE CENTER NEB., J0HX MTGfiVS. Proprietor. The best accommodation for the travel ing public guaranteed. Food good, and plenty of it. Beds clean and comfortable, charges low, as the lowest. 13-y i T)T)Tr7Tn Send six cents for A K K. I , H. postage.and receive LX- -- xtxUAJ. free, a costly box of goods which will help you to more money right away than anything else in this world. All, of either ex, succeed from first hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the workers, absolutely sure. At once address, True & Co., Augusta, Maine. kLYON&HEALY I State & Monroe SU., Chicago. Will prrtk! t uy aiirvss tfcair BAND CATALOGUE, I if or IkJ. rW pw 210 kjoanast or lestrsiseBU, Slu, Op. Brla, PmcacfM. EaftSlfU. Cmp-LUBBk -r. - : -.. r.. -. Oa TVnta UliirH Stafi. KB1 Hat. J-HdTT BABd UB1CU. IWTMWI M&tcfkita&botncladol&iVQctSonaJid t- "i ii rot Asnmr fitxuu. iu tCMKi si Ubob. - t AliEill j t m i n i L vL rttt DIAMONDS. Deorlptloa ef n. Valuable Collection of Uncut Stouev. Every one knows that the- diamond is nothing but crystalized carbon, that chemically considered, it is the same thing as coal, which is sold at so much S ton, but few persons realize that all diamonds are not of a pure and sparkling white; that there are, in fact, some va rieties which the a-, erajje observer can not distinguish from a lump of coal or worthless pebble. Those who imagine that this kind of jewel wears no other aspect than that whose dazzling beauty adorns the white neck of some fair young woman, or the expansive shirt front of her millionaire papa, should go and see the costly collection of nat ural stones now in the possession of a diamond dealer. It is the iinest collec tion in the country, and the most cost ly one of the kind in the world. It contains 901 specimens, having an ag gregate weight of 1.&77 carats and in cluding every variety of shape and hue. Pink, yellow", blue, green, brown, red black diamonds in all those forms with whose sevunteen-syllabled names the scientist delights to wrestle, are there in costly prolusion. From the coarse conglomerate containing minute dia monds, and only valuable for grinding up to form pol'shing dust, up to the perfectly pure white or yellow crystal weighing twenty-live carats and worth 53,000 or S4.1KW there are l'-'o grada tions. The collection was made by a rich diamond dealer in France, and is valued at $30,000. The black diamond the prossatc reality, not the poetic figure of the novelist is a tough sub ject, known to the lapidary as the "ex treme of extreme hardness,'" and is ut terly incapable of polish. A specimen was" shown the reporter which had been kept upon the stone for three months without producing a luster approach ing to that which the "boss-shiue-in-the-city-for-five-cents" man would create in half a minute on an old shoe. There were many examples of what is known to the mineralogist as "twinning," the combination of several distinct crystals in one mass. In some cases there were l.ttle diamonds set in the facets of large ones. The small diamonds were evidently the result of an earlier crys tallization and were afterward included in a later formation. In one specimen the smaller crystal was loose and could be removed from its socket, leaving a square hole in the facet of the larger stone. There are one hundred crystals of various shades of pink and wine color, twenty of fine resinous, canary and orange shade of yellow, and some rare cubic crystals from Brazil. Twenty two of the diamonds are in their native rocks or matrices. One peculiar green piece of rock, about the size which a small boy would select to threw at a goat, was "pointed out as the largest specimen of sahlite in exigence sci entific name, chromium diopide. A greenish brown crystal had the opal lescence and lluorescence of crude pe troleum, a beautiful liquid sheen. Still others contained red oxide of iron, and with their blood-red spots looked as if they might have graced the hands of Lady Macbeth when stained with the iraaginarv gore of the murdered Dun can, 'r'ome re-embled little brown seeds, some were triangular star-shaped ami -ome oval. Others were clustered together in a group of twenty-five or more, and still others were rolled up together in a ball by the mutiplicity of "twining.-," in fact, there was every conceivable form in which the crystal can occur. Once the reporter held in his hand a pin set with a pure yellow African dia mond of 125 carats, absolutely without blemish. It was valued at $100.0K), and nothing but the fear of incommod ing the numerous gentlemanly clerks who blocked the various avenues of exit prevented him from departing in haste to attend a certain pressing engagement. George F. Kuntz, the diamond expert in whoe charge the collection now is, says that the taste of Americans is more exacting in the matter of these gems, keeping pace with the increasing de mand. X. Y. Tribune. HIGH-SOUNDING NAMES. Brother Gardner Inveighs Against the Practice or Naming Children After Co luhntiei. "I hold heah in my hand," said Brother Gardner, as he slowly rose up at the opening of th meeting, "a let'er from a cull'd pussun inJTexas mformin' us dat he has named his baby Brudder Gardner Holdback. I presume it am a boy baby, though it may be a gal. De writer flatters hisself dat de fucher of dat chile will be plain sailin'. If any body wants to name his offspring after me or Sir Isaac Walpole, or Giveadam Jones, or Judge Cadaver, we can't hin der, but so fur as I ar' personally con sarned I want to indulge in a few re marks in regard to dis habit "I verily believe dat de foolishness of sartin parents in tyin' names to deir offsprings has beclouded an' wrecked many lives. De ole man who was shovelin' snow nex' doah to ma de od der day was named Henry Clay. It was on de fdeah dat he would make a mighty smart man; but de minit he got old 'miff to realize who an' what flay -was he pulled right back. He couldn't nebber git dar', an he knowed it In stead of bein' addressed as Henery Clay, cberybody calls him HankDirt"' an "he's gwineto be called dat till de clay kivers his coflln. "Some y'ars ago a naybur o mine named his b.iby 'Washington Lincoln Grant Smith." He war bound to fill dat boy chock full o' military genius an' statesmanship, but de chile wasn't fo' y'ars ole befo he realized dat it was too steep. He hadn't reached ten befo' he was a thief an" a liar, an' de odder day he went to prison for burglary. De name was too long fur de public to grapple wid, an' so he was called 'Wash Grant' Later on it got to be 'Washboard' an' by de name of Washboard Smith he am registered on de prison books. "I has seen Prime Minister Jones drawin' a swill cart around, while clus behind him, leading a yaller dog by a piece of old clothesline, came Montmor enci Stubbins, I has seen Queen Cath erine Bivens at de wash tub, while de Princess Bienville was a' hangin out de clothes fur her. I has whitewashed on de same old job wid Czar Jackson, an' I has blacked stoves alonside of George de Fo'th Bones. "De white folks am jist as bad, an' it really does me good to see by de papers dat "'Hortense Victoria Clark' has skipped out wid De Lisle Fitzhue Brown. who was a purfeshional roller skater loafer on a salary of five dollars par week. Ebery day de Police Judge am sendiu Zachariah Chandlers, Eos coe Conklings, Thomas JeQ'ersons and Hemcv W. Lonjjfellows to de jug, an' names of Jane an' Emma an L.ucv am srowm in contempt wid de female sect "SpeaKin' fur de cull'd race alone, I say dat de fodder who rises above Moses or'Samuel or William when huntin fur a name fur his boy baby am coaxiQ biles and bunions to grow whar dey doau" need to. De mudderwho can't make a selection from Chloe, Cather ine, Violet an Sarah Jane needn't feel riled if her gal runs off wid a bow legged stove-biacker an eands up her days in a garret Let us now attack de reg'lar purceedin's." Proceedings of Lime-Kiln Club, in Detroit Free Press. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES. The Kind of People Who Fill Clerical Peti tions at Washington. With the exoeption of a few ancient servants who have life leases upon, their positions, and perhaps half dozen trained experts in special branches, every one of the clerks, door-keepers, messengers, etc, is the retainer of some Senator or member. Deriving his ap pointment nominally from the official at the head of his department, it is real ly the result of a trade between such official and the member whose protege the appointee is. The member haa voted tor the official in the caucus in consideration of being permitted to dic tate certain appointments, and in this manner he pays off some of the obliga tions incurred during his canvass. Every State in the Union thus has its representatives in the Congressional retinue, most of them being bright, keen-witted, active young politicians who are exceedingly useful personages at ward meetings, conventions and elections at their own homes. Strict devotion to the interests of their Con gressional patrons is exacted of them, and woe to the clerk or messenger who fails to render the full measure of loyal service which is demanded. During the Congressional vacations they return to their homes, and go up and down their district sounding the praist-s of the sitting member, telling what a great man he is at Washington, and showing how the interest of the country will suffer if he is not re-elected. Altogether, the Congressional em ployes are a very nimble lot of politi cians, and quite a number of full fledged statesmen have been graduated from their ranks. Senator Gorman, of Maryland, began life as a page in the body of which he is now a member; and" there are, perhaps, a score of sit ting Congressmen who served the House in their younger days as clerks, messengers or pages. But the great majority of these Congressional attaches never come to much. Their environ ment at Washington is not conducive to industry, independence, or ambi tion. The duties which they perform are, for the most part, purely mechan ical, and a few years of routine work at the capital reduces them to the level of mere machines. With un bounded opportuuities to familiarize themselves with the practical opera tions of the Government, and to master the details of legislative work, few im prove them. Jfany of them come to the capital fresh from the country, with little or no knowledge of the world, and speedily fall victims to the manifold temptations of Washington life. Those who escape these perils and continue to retain their places for a series of years nre prone to toadyism and sycophancy. Depending upon favor for their appointmeut and reten tion in office, they make haste to pay homage to the rising sun, and have vary little time or attention to waste upon him whose race is run. 1 h&ird a member the other d-iy bit terly rprotching some of the lackeys about the hall of the House for their neglect of him. "They all knowI haven't been re-elected," he explained to me. "and it is all that I can do to get any service out of them. The mem ber wiio sits next to me has bten re turned, and if ho makes the slightest signal half a dozen pages will fly toward him with the utmost alacrity. I frequently beat my hands together until they aire almost "blistered without attracting their attention, and when I do succeed they move toward me as leisurely as you please, and ex ecute my orders" with a display of con descension that would be amusing if it were not so annoying." "Perhaps you have incurred their displeasure in some way," I suggested, "and their neglect of you is not du to your defeat" "Xo indeed." was the reply. "Be fore 1 went home, last spring, all the clerks, messengers and "pages were most assiduous in their attentions. But when I came back in December, after getting left at the election, I found that the)' regarded me as a person of very little importance, and since that time have been inclined to look upon me in the light of an intruder. It is so with all the members who have failed of re election. They are all making com plaints, and I" guess they have reason to. I tell you that these" fellows who hang about the Capitol picking up the crumbs that fall from the Congressional table have a keen eye for the main chance, and no use whatever for a statesman whose days of official life are numbered." I was relating this conversation a few moments later to a prominent member who has served several terms, and who appears to have a "sure thing" on his seat for all time to come. "Well," he said, "I suppose the meinbersyho are not coming back have somieason to complain roJJorany of theouse em ployes.,; J&ver navingf$een 'defeated myselfcT have haiLjbo exporiencjgtof theyiLyou menJipK but I haveneard muHurs f rom dJRred colleagcres after efjry CongMBnal elecjpn since I have beentfashingtojland no doubt there waflnne' foorfction for them. PerhaiiPyjturnjtfP&snubbed by the boys vcomc Hr'a while." A little observation about the capital has shown me that the Congressmen who is to retire to private life on the 4th of March is' in truth a vastly less important personage than the .one who is booked, iof- another term. .Havingna more fpatgjoage to beso,w and few favors frfprrant, he 'isgiven the go-by by majflpvho have Awried upon him unreRingly in thej-fkst. But-stich is life.nf cyou waiiit' to study fiuman nature, come two and thenrmit yWurself to-be de feated for EMtection. ,?The hut- three or four nipRhs of youVCoovessional service wiflT Hve voiaft clearaMnsio-ht 5n- rto the foibles anw8Hinessejrof vour fel low-creatures than you can gain in any other wa Waslunglon Cor. Chicago Times. A naturalist has discovered thai one of the curiosities of natural history is that a woman says "shoe" to frighten a chicken ana "boo" t a goose. ebery day de good old an1 Betsey an Sarah DYNAMI1 It U Greatly OTarastlaaated aad Sooa tab Super1 an Explaslve. Dynamite, in simplast form, oUt brown sutrar closely resemble: and is nitro-gly absorbed in any inert base. It et twenty years old, having be offered for sale In June, 1867. In the form in which it is licensed. amite 'must consist of cent of nitro-fl;lycer- seventy-five ine and twe five per cent of mi in- fnsorial ea: Of dyna known as kieselguhr. properly so called there kinds, distinguished as 1 and No. 2. No. 1 is are onlv t dynamite composed seventv-five per cent of nitro-glyci twenty-five per cent of infusoriaSearth kieselguhr: ro. 2 of eighteen pa cent of nitro . glycerine tf&d eighty-two per cent of a pulverized preparation composed of nitrate of -potash, charcoal and paraf- tone: a mil re introduced to replace in coal-workinsE, where eunuowdel dvnamite N . 1 was too powerful. Nitrceh nne in a very paie-yeuow oily liquid. ut half as heavy again as water. simply a cold mixture. or one par of nitric acid and- three parts of si pburic acid. It has no smell, but a" weet aromatic taste, and. though it ihot in a strict sense qbison ous, yet a single drop placed Si the tongue will almost immediatem pro duce a violent headache; eap the handling of it, before the dynamite cart ridges were in 1870 wrapped in parch ment, would do the same. The "dyna mite headache" is a disorder very well known in the trade. The discovery of dynamite was due, as has been generally supposed, to ac cident, but to direct experiment. The first made consisted of charcoal and nitro-glycerine, and, before the porous silica known as kieselguhr was finally adopted, numerous trials were wade of various other absorbents, such as por ous terra cotta, sawdust and ordinary and nitrated paper soaked in the liquid explosive and rolled into cartridges. During the siege of Paris, when the kieselguhr ran snort, the French engin eers found the best substitute to lie iu the ashes of Boghead coal, and next to that in pounded sugar. The hours of the supremacy of dyna mite are numbered. The explosive of the future is undoubtedly blasting gel atine, the latest invention of Mr. Allred Nobel, of Edinburgh. Already on the continent, the manufacture of this new agent has assumed important dimen sions. Many of the later operations of the St Gothard tunnel were carried out with pure blasting gelatine, and in Austria, the riohest of all the European countries in mines, except Great Brit ain, the factories where dynamite was formerly made are now given over to its manufacture. It is simply dynamite a base aclif, containing ninety-three per cent of nitro-glycerine. with a base of seven per oent of collodion wool, that is itself an explosive, in place of the inert kieselguhr. As a blasting agent it is more homogeneous than dynamite, and on account of its elasticity, is less sensible to outward impressions, while in handling or cutting the cartridges there is no loss of the material, as some times occurs with dynamite. Its fur ther advantages are that the gases after explosion are lighter aud thinner, and leave no dust, developing at the same time considerable more power. Taking the power of dynamite at one thousand and nitro-glycerine at one thousand four hundred and eleven, blasting gela tine is represented by the figures one thousand live hundred and fifty-live, in addition to which superiority it is capa ble, unlike dynamite, of retaining its nltro-glvcerine when brought iii con tact with water. The destructive power of dynamite which, contrary to the common opinion, does not act downward, but equally in all directions, and with the greatest violence where there is the greatest re sistance, has been greatly exaggerated. Although it has from live to seven times the explosive power of gun powder, it is comparative trilling in Its effects at even short distances. The dynamiter, with all his daring and cunning, has after all, succeeded in doing us no more damage than gas has often done before. It would be better for him, if he desires to continue the warfare, to return to his ancient ally gunpowder, which above ground is a much more noisy aud demoralizing agent. Dynamiters can not by any means at their disposal lay a whole city iu ruins nor even a street. They may injure special buildings, and that is the most they can do. The dynamite em ployed for these purposes is, in the ma jority of cases, of the kind known as lignin-dynamite, a wholly unlicensed explosive, composed of sawdust and nitro-glycerine, and in its effects con siderable weaker thau that in common use. Cornhill Magazine. THE FLYING-SQUIRREL. IU HablU, Habitat and Its Peculiar ities. The common flying squirrel (Scittr opterus volans) calls but for a brief mention here, as it is entirely harmless to the farmer, never injuring any of his crops. It is easily recognized by the closely-furred flying membrane ex tending: alon? the sides from the an terior to the posterior limbs. The tail is densely furred, and is quite flat Above, the color is a yellowish slate, beneath pure white; size that of the common ground squirrel. The "flight" of this species is performed by its as cending to a height and widely expand ing the flying membranes as it leaps into the air. There is no motion of the "wings," the animal simply foaling from tree to tree. I have seen them glide through the air in this man ner for a distance exceeding forty yards. This is a strictly nocturnal species, and is gregarious, large numbers being always found together. It builds no summer leaf nest but makes its home in hollow trees, crannies in rocks, and even under the eaves and among the crevices of houses and barns, occasion ally sharing its abode with woodpeck ers, screechowls and bats. From three to six young are produced by this squirrel yearly, and frequently a s'econd litter is brought forth within" the year. In the Southern States. The food of the flying squirrel consists of nuts seeds and tree buds, and it has been caught in traps baited only with meat, which goes to show that it is, at least at times, carnivorous. This is a par ticularly gentle and timid animal, be coming tame in a few hours when cap tured, and never making any attempt to bite. The flying squirrel ranges over nearly the whole of North America, and is an abundantspecies. Ralph W. Sgii, in Country QeniUman. THE POWER FIRST National Bank! COIITM BUS. NEB. Authorized Capital, -Paid In Capital, Surplus and Profits, - 8250,000 50,000 8,000 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. A. ANDERSON, Fres't. S AM'L C. SMITH, Vice Fres't. O.T."ROE, Cashier. J. VT. EARLY, HERMAN OEHLRICH, W. A. MCALLISTER, G.ANDERSON, r. ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Tickets, ana Real Estate Loans. 29-vol-13-ly BUSINESS CAELS. D.T. Martyx, M. D. F. J. Schcg, M. D. Drs. MAETYN & SCHTJG, 0. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeons. Union Pacific, O., N. & B. H. and II. A M. R. R's. Consultations iu German and English. Telephones at office and residences. EETOlBce over First National Bank. COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA. 42-y p D. EVAXS, M. O., 'physician and surgeon. SSTOflioe and rooms. GluckLbullding, 11th street. Telephone communication. 44-lv pt J GAKLOW, Collection Att'y. SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD PAPER. Office with J. G. Higgiui. 34-3m tt a. lnjusorv, NOTARY PUBLIC, th Street, 2 doors neit of Hammond House, Columbus, Neb. 491-7 J G. KKEDKK, " A TTOE2TE Y AT LA W, Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska 2-tf -tlOrVEY TO LOAM. Five years' time, on improved farms with at least one-fourth the acreage under cultivation, in sums representing one third the fair value of tbe homestead. Correspondence solicited. Address, M.K.TURNER, 30-v Columbus, Nebr. V. A. MACKEN, DKALKR IX Foreign and Domestic Liquors and Cigars. llth streat, Columbus, Neb. 50-y M cALLISTEK BROS., A TTOR2TE YS A T LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build inc. llth St. AT. A. McAllister, Notary Public JOI1." TmOTIlY, NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER. Keeps a full line of stationery and sehool supplies, and all kinds of lej;al forms, Iusures agaiust fire, lightninjr. cyclone and tornadoes. Officu in Powell's Block, Platte Centei . 19-x J. M. MACKAHLAND, i.t::rso7 isl 17:tur Prfc?:. B. R. COWDKRY, C:Ue:::: LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK MACFARX1AND& COWDBR7, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. fl F. RUiVVER, .11. !., (Successor to Dr. C.G. A.IIullhorsn U021EOPATI11C PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Regular graduate of two medical col leges. Office up stairs in brick building north of State Bank. 2-ly j. j. rtiAUGHArv, Justice, County Surveyor, Notary, Land and Collection Agent. S3TParties desiring surveying done can notifv me by mail at Platte Centre, Neb. 51-6m Tn II.RUSCHE, llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, "Whips, Blankets. Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, Ac, at the lowest possible prices. Repairs pnmptly attended to. TAMES SALMON, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne braska. r2 6mo. R, II. LAWRENCE, DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR. Will do general surveying in Platte and adjoining counties. Office with S. C. Smith. COLUMBUS, ... NKBRASKA. 17-tf JS. MURDOOK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Have had an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give us an oppor tunitytoestimateforyou. j5TSbop on 13th St., one door west of Friedhof & Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-v O. C. SIT A TSHN-QISr, MANUFACTURER OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. t2!r3bnp on Olive Street, 2' doors north of i5rodfuhrer's Jewelry Store. 4C-y G W.CUBK LAND AND INSURANCE A GENT, HUMPHREY, NEBR. His lands comprise some fine tracts In the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion of Pbtte" county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y THE HORSE'S FOOT. Peculiar Contructlou of An Eqolue Hoof The Coffla Joint. The foundation upon which, a horse stands has a far more important bear ing upon his usefulness and value than men are inclined to admit. We there fore present a lettor from a practical and experienced veterinarian. Dr. Joseph llirsch, recently located at Fort Worth. Texas, upon "the horse's fcot," which appeared in a recent is sue of the Texas Lice Stock Journal. A careful study of this subject will pre pare the horseman for intelligent act.on when it becomes necessary to correct defects or diseases in the feet of the hor.-e. The doctor says: "The horns, claws, nails and hoofs of animals are all composed of material s'.milar to hair; and they are often spoken of as Liult up of hairs firmly matted together. The same cell which forms the scaly epithelium, epidermis and hair is used in building up the horny structures. 7 'The hoof of the horse may be de scribed according to its formation, in three distinct parts, called respectively the 'wall,' 'sole,' and frogv' Each division of the hoof is composed of horn, difier ng in texture at different parts. That which enters into the corn posit 011 of the wall is denser than that of the other d.v!sion, it Is of a fibrous nature aud the fibres tak.ngajongltud inal direction from the coronet down ward, aud are endowed w th an elas ticity which fits them to embrace the complex structure, support weight and resist wear. The density of the horny hbre is greatest as they approach the surface of the wall, the other layers acting as a'cuticular covering to defend the inner froni external agencies, such as a dry atmosphere, excessive moist tire, etc. The depth and strength of the wall are greatest at the toe. At the heel it is inilected inward, so as to form an internal wall. These inflections are named the bars. The sole is the next divis on of the hoof, and viewed in connect.on with the wall it may be regarded as the arched support of the foot. The frog is composed of horn of a line, tougli texture, more elastic and pliable than the sole; besides,, it covers an exquisitely elastic organized struct ure of its own shape. 'Ihe bone-, which enter into the eon-truetion of the foot should be undertood with reference to thf.-e particular factions, to the re ju red action of these solid parts: all other structures concerned in the lo comotive functions are made sub servient. 'The bones of the limbs belong to two distinct orders a-i regards functions, one of which, sustaining the weight, are acted upon and are the levers which give speed and. all motion ; the others are formed into projecting pul leys, buttresses, and also become levers in" connection with the shafts alluded to in the first order, of which the can non, pastern, coronary and pedal bones constitute tho3e of the foot extremity in both fore and hind limbs, and of the latter there aie two pairs and two single bo'ies in each extremity, viz: The navicular, the two e.-sauioids and the two splint bones, with the pisiforne in the tore and the calcis in the hind limbs. "In describ ng the bone of a horse's foot whilst limiting our observation to the scope of this e-say, there are only three wh ch come under our not.ee. These are lir.-t the coronet bone, the foot or colli n boie, and the navicular bone, liy the onn'Ction of these the c tllin joint is formed a joint exquisite ly I eautiful, and of the lirst importance in its exacth assigned functions. I'urin and Fit Id. THE COYOTE'S VOICE. The Acme of Inhurmouy Keuiurkuhle rof Its Amplitude The voice of the coyote bears almost the same proport ou to the coj-ote as a mosquito's bite doe. V a mosquito. In each case the living organism is imma terial, except a eli.cle. They -ay there is only one thing that can imitate a coyote's call, and that is an Imi an. Th's seems to imply that an Indiau must be tT,.e more comprehensive song ster of the two. Uut it is not so, lor conversely there i.s onlv 0:10 thing which can imitate an Indian, and that is a coyote. The coyote's voice, more over, has one ncculiarity in which he gets ahead of th-' Indian: it does not echo. It ued to r-cho, but the coyotes would not siand It. Th"y hated to have it thin n tlie'.r teeth that a mere soulless atmosphere phenomenon could keep cvtn w.th them, o ouo day they got up t-arly ai.d .set themselves to beat the 1 c!:o. Daybreak was jut break n-.r As the first coyote commenced the otr:ure, and when he 1 -ft at dusk a seco d co ote took up t n. burden and sang t 1 dawn. Hut tlu echo was still on t.mc. Tv.vnt.'-three co ores us'd themscl e. up, and still the echo ca'iie up smil ng. Every note was taken up as it tell duj, and all drafts were cashed on -ghf. Whn th-.1 eiglitv-e'. onth co;.ot succumbed the echo wa. scarcely perceptibly bclrnd the re-puHses. Tnat exhausted the v s'ble supply ,f cox otfs. so tli first on- went to bat again. Th.s was too uuK'h for the e-i.o. I: broke its spirit. Wncn the second coyote relieved guard it was two bars, twenty-fie cents be hind. By dawn he was only at the top of the last page but one. Another week increased th--" coyote's lead to oi.e hour and four furl nis. Then the an mals doubled u. and by the middle of July the echo mauled beyond recognition. On the -JiKi'l round the echo went down without being touchrd. and the coyotes' claimed a fouL Since then the echo never (ouches a coote. because he never knows how many more there are back of it. It is the same sp rit ol fo .N!i je dousy which makes coyotes grow so thin. They h.-Uc to have a shadow keeping up witli them. The main beauty of the coyote's song is its numerousness. It is the orly liv ing tiling that can sing a discord ; and it is so proud of it that it never sing; anything else. When a coote sit- down to a solo it starts with the voice in the key ofB natural. After a bar or two it starts a second voice in D sharp. Everyfewbars a new vpicc falls into line I once undertook to count the number of keys in which one coyote can sing at a time. First it sang a rondel for twenty-four voices. Then it took up a singl Migmv. At the end of the lirst mo'.enieat I had used up-all the known keys, and had reached W in hi un known. The second movement-was comparatively complicated. anci.I could not invent alp'iabcts quick cr n tj keep count. You have hearuNu dog howl ng at a hand-organ? ell, a coyo:- is mop' like that than anything 1 know l.te bjih. the dosr and a hand- ' organ. Cor. Minneapolis Tribune. THE PAMPAS. Peculiar CharactrUtls of taa Great Plata Kxtaaalar Fram the Andes to the Ahuum Baala. The peculiar characteristics of these vast level plains which descend from the Andes to Che great river basin In' unbroken monotony are the absence of rivers or water storage, and the peri odical occurrence of droughts, or "sicoos," in the summer months. These conditions determine the singu lar character both of its flora and fauna. The soil is naturally fertile and favorable for the growth of trees, and they grow luxuriantly wherever they are protected. The Eucalyptus is covering large tracts wherover it is in closed, and willows, poplars and the fig surround every estanci when "fenced in. The open plains are covered with droves of horses and cattle, and overrun by nunlberless wild rodents, the original tenants of the Pampas. During the long periods of drought which are so grea. a scourge to the country, these animals are starved by thousands, destroying in their efforts to live-dvery vestige of vegetation. In one of these siccos, at the time of my visit, no less than fifty thousand head of oxen and sheep, and.. horses poriahod. from starvation ancf thirst, after tearing deep out of tho soil every trace of. vegetation, includ ing the wiry root of the Pampas grass. Under such circumstances the existence of an unprotected tree Is im possible. Tliv only plants that hold theirown, in addition to the indestruct ible thistles:, grasses and clover, are a little -herbaceous oxalis, producing vivi parous buds of extraordinary vitality, a few poisonous species, suck as tho hemlock, and a few tough, thorny, dwarf acacias, and wiry rushes, which even a starving rat refuses. Although the cattle arc a modern introduction, the numberless indigenous rodents must always have effectually prevented the introduction of any other species of plants, large tracts are still honey combed by the ubiquitous biscacho, a gigantic rabbit; and numerous other rodents still exist, including rats and mice, Pampas harea, and the great nutria and carpincho on the river banks. That the dearth of plants is not due to the unsuitability of tho sub tropical species of the neighboring zones can not hold good with respect to the fertile valleys of the Andes beyond Mendoza', where a magnificent hardy flora is found. Moreover, the exten sive introduction of European plants which has taken place throughout the country has added nothing to the bot any of the Pandas beyond a few species unassailable by cattle, such as the tw o species of thistle which are invading large districts in spite of their constant destruction by the fires which always accompany the siccos. Nuture. ABOUT STEEPLES. Some True Stories About Climbing the Spires of Public Building:. A great many years ago a hurricane occurred in Utica. N. Y. Just as it be gan it was noticed that a heavy swing sign in front of a store was held out in a horizontal position for some time. Before long the force of the wind in creased to such a degree that several houses on Genassee Street Hill were unroofed, and the spire of the Second Presbvterian Church was thrown to the ground. Alter the storm was over it was dis covered that the rod holding the weather-vane on the top of the tall steeple of the First Presbyterian Church was bent so that it became nearly hori zontal. It was unsightly: but how to repair the injury was the" question. It woulifbe no easy task, as there was a large ball, or globe, on the rod below the vane. After awhile assailor offered his service. He ascended the steeple, and climbed the rod until he came just beneath the globe. Then he threw a rope out a good many times, until, after awhile, the end 'looped around over the rod above the globe, long enough to reach to him. Twisting the ropo together, he let go of tho iron rod. and. trusting himself to the rope. I swung outfree. Bv climbing it he now managed to get on the top of the globe. Stauding there, he succeeded in straightening the rod that held the weather-vane. Now. how was he to get down? Again trusting to the rope that was fastened to the rod above the globe, he swung free at a great heigh from tho earth: then lowering himself, and swinging back and forth, he managed to grasp the rod beneath the globe, and, soon reaching tho spire, descended. The steeple of Salisbury Cathedral is the highest in England, and next to that of Strasburg Cathedral, tho high est in Europe. Every year a man climbs to the top to greace the weather vane. This is done by ascending the inside as far as possible and then going out of a manhole and climbing the rest of the way by means of the brass staples fastened on the outer wall. Once on a festal occasion, when the King was present, a reward was of fered, as usual, to any person who would ascend and attend to the weather-vane. A sailor agreed to do it, and ascended in the way I have told you. until he came to the copestone, when, to show what he couldTlo, he stood on his head. Then performing the task he was sent to do, that of g?asing the vane, he descended aud claimed his reward. But the King was so exasperated at the sailor for need lessly frightening the people by stand ing on his head at such a great height that he would not allow him to be paid. Philadelphia Press. Clara Louise and the Governor. Abner Coburn, whose body Gils a now-made grave in Maine, was not a man of fine address, nor was there much dignity in his manners. One day while he was Governor, of Maine Miss Kellogg, of fame as s singer, met him at the State College, and, mistak ing him for a janitor or man of work of some sort at the place, engaged him to fetch drinking water from a dis-" tant spring for her use. Her visit at the college lasted for several days .of the commencement week. Just before she took leave-shoook out her purse and offered some coin to Mr. Coburn, who smilingly shook his head. Miss, KelloggN chagrin was deep when later she learned that the man who had been serving her was none other than the good-natured Governor Coburn, the richest man in the northeastern corner of the country. Spite fid Paper in Maine. m e Edison says that if a telephone wire could be carried above the trees and mountains, one could whispc around the world. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Grace Greenwood claims that "Lit erary women live happier lives than fashionable women." Tho word "hell" appears eighty six timej in Shakespeare's writings, and heaven three hundred tnd six times. George Augustus Sala thinks no mau has a right to consider himself a journalist until he has worked at the business fifteen or twenty years. Senator Aldrich. of Rhode Island, is one of the wealthiest and one of th youngest men in the United States Sen-' ate. Ho was originally a boy in, a Providence grocery. Providence-Journal. It is said that Congressman Phil Thompson, when a Prosecuting- Attor ney in Kentucky, once asked nis twin brother to try a "case for him. He did so, aud the Court did not know tho dif ference. Cameron, the correspondent who was killed in the Soudan recently, was unmarried, but his aged mother wu dependent on him for support The London Standard, for which he wa working, has granted her a handsome life pension. Hira Bates and wife, of South Hanovpr, Conn., are "over eighty-eight years old. and, what is an uncommon coincidence, were born ou the same day, August 5. 17. within a few hours of" each other. Barry's history of Hanover says that they were married February 24. 1S25. Hartford Courant. Miss Caldwell, who has given a munificent donation to found a Roman Catholic University in the United States, is the lirst Americau to receive from the Pope the golden rose, which is pre-. sented eaoh year to the individual who ha3 rendered the most signal service to the church during that year. N. Y. Tribune. Bookmaking. live hundred years ago, was a costly business. The bill for designing and writing a manuscript in 1402 Has just' come to light. The parch ment, tho writing, the miniatures, the silver nails gold-plated and enamelled, ink figures, seventv smaller gold-plated silver nails, a gold-plated s lver clasp, sky-blue satin, and binding together cost, according to present value. $186. the miniatures alone costing SS0. N. Y. Sun. On last Thursday evening, as Miss Parlee Danisl was making preparations for a buggy ride with Mr. Will Wages", she remarked to her mother that she was going to be married to Mr. Wages before they returned. Her mother, thinking she was jesting, remarked: "Well, then, you must come back to seo us some time." True to her word, they drove to Parson bee's, where they stood in the presence of the family, and before God she solemnly promised to work for Wages as long as she lived. Athens Ga.) Banner. HUMOROUS. It's announced that Vanderbiltdoes not drink coffee. Since hearing th"$, we have also ceased to imbibe. We are bound to be a millionaire if poasiblo Through Mail. When a clergyman remarked there would be a nave in the church tho society was builing. an old lady whis pered that she knew the par. 7 to whom he referred. .V. Y. Indcpend-'n.'. An o'd farmer in Massachusetts shows a scythe with wh'ch he says he has "mowed the same medder forgoin, on forty-three year, an' I expect to mow with it t'll I'm no more." A". Y. News. "Now, Clara," said th. teacher, "if you should meet a bear what would you do?" "Doesn't a bear aqueeza people?" queried tho girl. "Yes." "Then when I saw a bear I should stand very still." Chirago Tribune. Pedestrian (who has lost his way) "Why don't you have guide-boards round here, "o that a .strarger cm tell where he is going? Now. in the city we have plenty of guide-boards one on every corner." tanner "Why didn't you "bring a iew along with you. then?" Chicago Jourtud. "How strange Mr. McSwilligcn must look without a mouth." remarked Mrs. Podsuap to Mrs. McS. "No mouth?" replied Mrs. McSwilligen. "WWat do you mean?" "Why. Mr. Podsnap said last night that Mr. Mc Swilligen had shot off his moutii at tho club." Oil City Derrick. Little Pauline had been reproved for some miscou Juct and was sitting on a small chair by the window, looking very disconsolate. "Halloo!" said papa, chancing to come iu as two big tears were about ready to fall. "Loot at Pauline! Why. what is going to hap pen?"1 "It has happened.' said Pauline, solemnly. Hurjier'.f Lazur. "Ah!" said Sareasticus to his fel low botrder who was shoveling hash into his mouth with his knife, "you must be descended from cither tho Athenians or the Spartan. You flat ter me." blushingly responded tho putative barbarian. "Whai makes you think 1 had such distinguished an cestors?" "Because the use of the fork at table wa3 unknown to the ancient Greeks. "A": Y. Journal. - - "sTot'long ago a lady who had just returned from fcuropi' was asked by a friend if she had seen the lion of St. Mark. "O. yes." she cpTicd. "wear rived tustin tim- to see the noble creat ure fed." The late Dr. Beadl. of Phil adelphia, must have encountered' -ths same lady. He spo'.e of the beauty of the Dardanelles, and she replied. "O, yes, I know them well. They are inti mate friends' of minf." A1 Y. Sun. A story is told of a shrewish" Scotch woman who tried to wean her husband from, the dram-shop by employing her fcYother to act the part of a ghost, and frighten John on his wav home. "Who are you?" said the guidman. as the ap parition rose before Sim from behind a bush, "I am Auld -Nick," was there ply. "Come awa', man." said John, nothing daunted. "Gie's a shake o' your hand. I am. married tae a suiter b' jours." How Webster Stopped a Leak. The Cabinet meetings are. you. know, always secreL Just off th-j Cabinet room Is the library, and when Webster was Secretary of State it was noticed that the Cabinet meetings were reported in full in certain of the newspapers. .Various means were taken to find out who was the leaky member of the Cab inet, but each denied that he had. told anything to any one. One day Webster excused himself aud went out into the Isbrary, while the others talked ;ls usual. He found he could hear every word ut tered within. He came back aad said he thought the secrets must have gottea out through a correspondent listening in the library. After this the library was locked during Cabiuetseasions ana the reports immediately ceased. "Carp, in Cleveland Leader
