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COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JULY 8, 1885.
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Julius A. Heko.
U. JI. Henijy.
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Goods.
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AND PUMPS,
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Found
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mend Ajer's Sarsaparilla. 1 was afflicted
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year, when a friend advised me to take
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even
At Home
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Va., write: "My youngest child, two
years of age, was taken with Bowel Com
plaint, which we could not cure. "We tried
many remedies, but he continued to grow
worse, and finally became so reduced in
fleh that we could only move him upon
a pillow. It was suggested by one of the
doctors that Scrofula might be the cause
of the trouble. We procured a bottle of
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worked wonders, for, in a short time, he
was completely cured."
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A WORD OF WARIMJiG.
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
only company doing business in this state
that insures' Horses, Mules and Cattle
against loss by theft, accidents, diseases,
or injury, (as also against loss'by fire and
lightning). All representations by agents
of other Companies to the contrary not
withstanding.
P. W. HEXRICII. Special As't,
Columbus, Neb.
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State & Monroe SU.. Chicago.
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COMFORT THROUGH A WINDOW.
(CHILD WITHIH TO TRAMP WITHOUT.)
It's not so nice here as it looks,
with china that keeps breaking so,
An J five of Mr. Tennyson's liooks
Too line to look in is it, though?
If j ou Just had to sit here (Well!)
In satin chairs too blue to touch.
And look at flower- too sweet to smell,
In vases would you like it much?
If you bes any flower, they jfrow,
Ai.d you can find them in the sun.
The?e are the one-, we buy. you know.
In winter time when there are none!
Then i oil can sit on locks, you see.
And walk alnnit in water, too
I!eiu-e you have uu shoes! Dear me!
How many thin;," they let you do!
Then you can sleep out In the shade
All day. 1 guess aud all ulght, too.
IJwiiust you know, you'rt not afraid
of ( ther tallows jut like you!
You have no housc like this, you know
(Where uiuiiuim's cross, and ladles cu.ll)
You have the world to live In, thoutrh.
And that's the prettiest place of all!
Dublin IrUh Time.
LIGHT-FINGERED GENTHI
Characteristics of the Profession
al Pickpockets.
A Vrakuess for Finn Clothes Tliey r re
fer to Io Their Work in the Midst
of I -arte Crowds Young illrls
In the Business.
' The most dangerous of all rriminals
is the professional pickpocket," said a
detective to a Daily Xcws reporter the
other day. "He comes upon you in
such unexpected places, under such a
pleasant guise and ha such insinuating
way that you fall a victim to his artistic
skill while gazing upon the beauty of his
face and figure, or admiring the elegant
twirl of h's jet-died mustache. As they
aiv the most dangerous, so arc they the
mo t numerous of our public depreda
tors, and although we have done, aud
are doing, our best to drive them out of
Chicago, yet they increase almost as
fa-t as we catch them and send them
oil. They arc mostly young men, their
ages varying from fifteen to twenty-live
years in nyof them have be.n street
agrmt fioin their infancy, uneared
for b; p.irent or friend, forced from
babyhood to Mtpply their own wants,
earh :u quite a knowledge of the world,
of in -n and things, and a degree of
Vina lues-.' and dexterity which renders
them c j ert- thieves and dangerous
ne'-ghbors in :i mixed assembly.
They are by nature and educa
t on opposed to honest labor,
and would reject with scorn any
oiler calculated to subject them to toil".
There are others who, well educated
ami reared, have become tempted be
voud their strength. Hut. having once
become members of the profession, they
sink to the level of their companions,
adopting their manners and habits,
their .superior advantages having no
othvr efiivt upon them than to mike
them iiiore hardened anil depraved than
their fellows. 1 knew of a remarkable
in-tance of this kind once.. It was in the
person of-a son of respectable, well-to-do
parents, and eight years ago he was
a book-keeper in this city. He was a
handsome young man, of good address,
and enjoyed the utmost confidence of
his employer. Fast companions by degree-
introduced him to their vices, and
he sot n 1 ecame a frequent'T of billiard
saloons, gambling-houses aud places
where he was required to spend more
money than his salary warranted. Then
came the old, old story. (Jetting into
debt, he yielded to temptation and stole
$1,000 from his employer. He was de
te; ted. but. in consideration of his
parents and his exideutly sincere re
pentance, he v:i not prosecuted. He
went to New Orleans and obtained an
excellent situation, aud la! resolved
to lead an houet life iu future. One
day he met on the street an ac
quaintance who knew of his fall. He
was one of tho-e iuf -runl busy bodies
who are never happ. unless they
are interfering with other people's
business -o he immediately informed
the employer of the young man of the
atlair, and the consequence was that he
wa discharged. Turned friendless into
the street, his reputation blasted, he
l.e. a.ne reckless, mid immediately
adopted the 'profession' of a pickpock
et, and is now known sis one of the
inot expert. He speaks with ;reat bit
term s of the acquaintance who 'gave
him away" in New Orleans, and as
that but for him he woul-l have n
deeined himself and lived an honest life,
in-lead of being a candidate for State
prison.
"Professional pickpockets," contin
ued the detective, "have a weakness for
line clothes, but their ta-te leads them
to adopt rther the 'loud' and 'Hash'
stvles of ilres than the quiet and re
spectable. They rejoice in neatly-fit-tinsr
suits of varied hues, sp tless liuen.
gaudy neck-lies, sparkling pins aud or
naments, and often wear plug hats.
Numbers of them may be seen any dav
gathered in little knots at their favorite
corners, 'mashing.'. The external ap
pearance of the professional pickpocket
i- similar to that of the professional
gambler, and they are often seen to
gether in familiar conversation. Time
was when our most skillful pickpockets
were Englishmen: anil those individu
als, fre-h from European cities, used to
look with scorn and contempt on our
native-born bunglers; but it is different
noiv.
"Pickpockets usually work in gaugs
of thre." or four, although a few of tii:
most expert usually prefer to work
without a partner. These gangs oper
ate in crowds, assisting one another iu
such manner as circumstances may re
quire. When- people congregat in
large number-, there look out for pick
pockets, A pr.iet-sion is their delight,
a large tire a thing of joy. a popular
widding or a funeral a godsend. No
pi ice or occasion is so sacred as to in
spire tlieiu with reverence. At a camp
mecting near here, once, a rover nd
gi nth man, while on his knees exhort'ng
iuners to repent, was robbed of his
wallet by an irreverent professional,
while a weeping sister on the -anxious'
seat was deprived of the means of dry
ing her eyis by a felonious scoffer". t
a diamond wedding two of" the brides
maids and many of the spectators were
relieved of their watches and ornaments
by ladies as fashionably dressed as were
the bridal party. ThT various railwav
depots, wh re crowds of strangers are
constantly arriving and departing, are
tin? fell? for pickpockets to wor and
aDimdani am the harvests they gatlu-r
ther "in. The felonious gang joins the
bustling crowd, pushing, jostling, jatn
mingone covering the movements of
the other, aud all bent on "plunder. A
victim once selected, he is pushed and
annoyed by two or three of the -gang,'
while the- "ilexterous .fingers, of auolner
dip lightly into his pockets and secure
the coveted wallet. "Instantly it is pass-'
ed by the pickpocket to his cover,' and
before the victim has recovered his
equanimity his treasure has flown.
Should he become immediately con
scious of his loss, he would not have
the hardihood to suspect the well-dressed,
highly perfumed gentleman by his
side of having robbed him. It is a weak
ness of humanity to look for crime only
in rags. AH places of public amuse
ment, public meetings, street cars, or,
wherever crowds of people collect,
there is where pickpockets most abound.
It is iu bustle and confusion that they
are enabled to work most successfully.
It is in accordance with our republ.cau
ideas to put pur trust in the mas-es of
the jeople. And hence, an individual
whose suspicious nature would causa
him to watch you as closely as if you
were a thief while engaged in private
consultation with him will rush headlong
into a bustling and hustling crowd with
out thought of pickpocket or watch. He
sometimes trusts too much to the integ
rity of the masses, and returns from lib
encounter with them shorn of his treas
ures and also of his jeonlidence. The
individual pickpocket who conducts his
operations without the aid of a confed
erate is similar in manner and appear-
ance to those who constitute the gang.
Instead of workimjin crowds, however,
and under cover o? a rush and jam, he
adopts n more quiet and reserved mode
of accomplishing the same object. He
it is who insinuates himself into the seat
next to you in the street car or the
stage, anil with much ostentation pro
duces a morning paper aud appears to
lie engrossed in its perusal. At ttie
same time the cloak or linen duster he
carries, or even the paper he holds,
serves as a cover to hide the manipula
tions of his agile fingers. Very often
lie is provided with a delicate little
knife with a razor-like blade, with
which ho quietly slits your garments,
until, having reached the desired wal
let, he quietly withdraws it The knife
blade is occasionally concealed it
a finger-ring, and a pickpocket,
well dressed and gent'emauly, oae
called at a manufacturing jew
eler's store and ordered onf
of these ring-kuives made, after
a pattern furnished bj himself. The
ring was made according to order, anc
when t'ie thief called for it the proprie
tor of the establishment had the eun
osity to asks it use. The thief candid
ly explained to the astonished "ewelei
at the same time practically demon
st rating how delicate an operatiou i'
was to use the instrument successfully,
for shortly afterward he discovered a
clean, neat slit iu his pants pocket, ane
further investigation showed him thai
his pocket-book had beeu abstracted.
While explaining the use of the ring the
thief adroitly executed the r-ibbery,
thereby affording convincing proof that
the ring had been satisfactorily made.
"The' female pickpocket is the coun
terpart of the male of the same species
'loud' iu her dress, in her manners
and conversation. She is opposed to
living a life of single blessedness, and
usually takes to her heart an expert
thief or a shrewd gambler, regardles.
of priest or parson. Her mode of con
ducting operations is s'milar to that
adopted bv the male pickpocket ai-
T ways seeking a crowd, and always
pushing and intruding, bhe haunts
the fashionable stores, and, being a
woman, she knows whe.cabouts in a
lady's dress the pocket should be.
"There are many youug girls in the
business, but they" can scarcely bo
called professional, as they have other
means of obtaining a livelihood, and
pick pockets for a pastime. While the
morals of the female pickpocket are
uot to he commended ou general prin
ciples, she still has some womanly
pride It ft, as also something which she
calls self-respect Like the majority of
her sex, she looks unpityingly upon
what are known as 'unfortunates.' She
holds herself far superior to these, and
looks upon her own shortcomings as
mere 'eccentricities of genius.' Not
withstanding her contempt for those she
calls 'fallen women,' the female pick
pocket almot always ends her career
among those she has scorned during her
prosperity, and, like them, becomes ad
dicted to drink and finally dies in some
charitable inst ttitiou. Professional
pickpockets of either sev usually possess
a degree of sharpness and intelligence
which, if exercised in the channels of
honest industry, would make them suc
cessful as houest business men and
women, but I have uever known any of
them to make a competency, and thir
ill-got'eu gains geuerally find their way
to the gambling-table." Chicago News.
BILL NYE.
Hit OlMervatlnns On the Matter of Rail
way Ktl(iiette.
If you haw becu reaied in extreme
poverty, and your mother supported
you until you grew up anil married, so
that your wife could support you. you
will probably sit in four seats at the
same time with your feet extended into
the aisles so that you can wipe them oil
on other p ople wh'le you snore with
vour mouth open clear to vour shoulder
blades. If you are prone to drop to sleep and
breathe with a low, death-rattle, like
the exhaust of a bath-tub, it would be
a good plan to tie up your head in a
feather-bed, and then insert the who'e
t'dng in the linen closet, or if you can
not secure that you might stick it out of
the window and get it knocked oil"
against a tunne'.
In the morning is a good time to find
out how many people have succeeded
in getting on the passenger train who
ought to be in the stock car.
t'cnerally you will fiud one male and
one female. The male goes into the
wash-room, bathes his worthless car
cass from daylight until breakfast-time,
walking on the feet of any mau who
tries to" wash his face during that time.
He wipes himself on nine different tow
els, because when he gels home he
knows he will have to wipe his face on
an old door-mat. People who have been
reared on hay all their live generally
want to till themselves full of pic and.
colic when they travel.
The' female of this same mammal
goes into the ladies' departmeuT and
remains there until starvation drives her
out Then the real ladies have about
thirteen seconds a piece in which to
dress.
If you never rode in a varnished car
before, and never expect to again, you
will probably roam up and down the
car, meandering over the feet of the
porter while he is making up the berths.
This is a good way to let the people see
just how little sense you had left after
vour brain began to soften. VeteeFs
'iredtv.
After thirty years1 earnest work on
tbe subject, a farmer in Union County,
Ga., thinks he has solved the problem
of aerial navigation by the invention of
a ship which will "sail through the air."
He unfortunately lacks means to "get
material of sufficient' -strength to com
plete the machine." X. Y. Sun.
PITH AND' POINT.
"The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof.". People who want
the earth should make a note of this.
Boston Courier.
If a praying machine were invented
many would use it if it did not take too
much time from their business to wind
it up. Vhitehall 'Ames.
How fond the world is of that
which is in anywise new! Thousands of
people will buy the revised Old Testa
ment who haven't opened the covers of
their K.ng James version iu years.
I'ittbbiirgh (.) Commercial Gazette.
"How shall I get a valuable .cyclo
paedia free?" asks a subscriber. There
are a good many ways, but unless, he
can get one given to him he had better
go w.thout it. It is not safe to steal
less thau 31,000,000 nowadays. X. I.
Sun.
I ain't got nuthin' ergin er pusson
whut 1 kes ter war rings an' shiny pins,
but I doan think dat such pussons eber
'compl'shes much good till arter da
draps dat sorter foolishness. De tree
haster shake off de .bright bloom 'fore
de frait amgwinetercome. Arkansaw
Traveler.
No, Miss Mamie, they are not
called grass widows because they are
green, for they are as far removed
from the verdant state as the JNortti
Pole is from the South Pole. Any man
who picks up a grass widow, thinking
tier a dew-laden refreshing bunch of
green grass, burns Irs fingers awfully,
if not more so, Brooklyn Times.
A rural photographer had a young
lady s.t for her picture, who. at a sub
sequent vis't to examine the proof, was
not pleased at the result, and remarket!
that she "did not like it at all." and
that she thought it was "perfectly hor
rid." The artist, look'ng attentively
at the young lady, remarked: "I know
it is frightful looking, but I had to take
what sot before me."
A ten-year-old Rochester boy on
the cars coming to Troy, the other day.
became hungry about eleven o'clock,
aud began an attack upon the bounti
ful lunch that iiad beeu prepared for
him, A gentleman who sat behind h in
was moved to remark: "My boy, if you
eat much now ou won't have any ap
pet te for your dinner." To which tho
smart little fellow Replied: "Well, I
gues if I haven't any appetite I shan't
want any d uner." The gentleman
had no more to ay. Troif Times.
- Don't say "cawn't" for can't. It
don't sound n cv. --.fonteznmri (f'a )
t.'cronl. And don't you say "don't"
for doesn't It isn't good grammar. -Chit
ayo Eceniny Journal And don't
you. Mr. Crit'c. talk about "good
gran mar." 'I he sentence is either
gratumat.cal or rngrammat cal. Gram
mar is neither g..od" or bad. '..
Minrii'le (III.) Journal. "Neither good
or bail" is ne ther good nor bad gram
mar. Mr. CV t e of Critc;. It is jiM
no grammar at all. Chicaao Journal.
Nowou've dd t. ain't on. Wash
ington Hatch .
NOT A BLAMED WORD.
Mow the Ten.t-r tVellng-t of llright
Yiiuiijt M:iti W.-re Tr.t:iili'l f ill By :i
DrsSjrniiiir V.iiuic W.'inui.
The Aud'tor of State, hcariugsome one
enter the mom. looked up and beheld
a man who looked as though he aud
melancholy had long been compan
ions. Good morning," said the Auditor.
"Only tolerable.'.'
He sat i!ovn and had. during a hall
hour, ma.ntained an unbroken s lence.
when the And tor sa d:
Have you any bus ness with me?"'
"No: Iii particular."
Aga'n he settled down into deep si
lence. The Aud. tor became impat.ont.
What an I do for vou?"
Hah!''
"What can I do for you?'" repealed
the Auibtor.
"Well, if vou were in my place what
would you d..?"
'I don't knw. 1 am sure."
"Haven't heaul anything about me,
then?"
"Xolh'ng."
"Not a Idamed word?"
Not a word."
"Well, I'll tell you. I live out about
twenty miles from here. I'm the
feller" that killed the big rattlesnake.
Now. you have heard of me, haven't
you?" "
"No."
"Not a blamed word?"
"Not a word."'
"That's strange. Well, som.! t me
ago I fell m love with Nat Pearson's
daught-r. You've heard of that, 1
re.kon?"
-No."
"Not a blamed word?"
"Not a word."
"Well, Nat he wan't agin the affair."
"Wasn't, eh?" said the Auditor, be
coming amused.
"No. When I asked him he 'lowed
that he didn't care, jes' so I waited till
he got through plantin' corn, for Sook
that's her name can klver more
corn w.th a hoe than any man in the
neighborhood. I hadn't sa'd anyth ng
to the g.rl all this time, th nkln' "that 1
would wait. Well, when 1 spoke to her
about it she 'lowed that it suitejl her
well enough. Concluded to git mar
r ed in town by a Jestiee of the Peac.
so th s inorn'n' we ot out an come to
town. I got my license an' bou't her a
lot of apples an' eatiu" truck an' sweet
stuff. I left her at the 'Squire's office
while I went to the wagon yard, a'ter
our horses intendin' that as soon as we
was married we would r de. Well, sir,
when I came back sh had dun marr.ed
Ike Jacob-. You Know him. don't
vou?"
" "No."
"You've heard of him. haven't you? '
"No. never heard of him."
"Not a blamed word?"'
"Not a word."
"Well, he is a 1 ttle bit t.ie ugliest
an' good for utith'u' man 1 ever seed
The State of Arkan-aw can't show up
such another feller. Why. sir. he let
Darb Andrews lling h iu down. You've
hearu o' Darb?"
"No."
"Not a nlamed word."
"Not a word?"
"Well now, if you was in my place
what would you dor" .
I wouldn't do anythiug."
"Not a blamed th'ng?"
"No."
"I tell you; cap'n. It wan't so much
that I love the girl, but that I need
her."
"Need her. eh?"
"Yes. I've gjt ten acres of new
ground that I want to put in corn. It
Is so rough that it can't be kivcred 'cept
with a hoe. That gal ca t kiver it in
three days. It's awful to be disap
pointed so early in life. Well, don t
aav anvthing about it."
"I won't-"
"Not a blamed word?"
"Not a word."
"Well, good-bye. Grief has tuck
possessio;- f m." Arkansaw Trav-1r.
FIRST
National Bank!
. '. COXjTJBCBUB, neb.
Aitkerized Capital,
Paid.Ii Capital,
Sir-plus and Profits,
$250,000
50,000
8,000
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
A. ANDERSON, Pres't.
. SAM'L C. SMITH. Vice Pres't.
O.T. HOEN, Cashier.
J. W. EARLY,
HERMAN OEHLRICH,
W. A. MCALLISTER,
G. ANDERSON,
I". ANDERSON.
Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage
Th i. .s, and Real Estate Loans.
at-vol-is-lr
BUSINESS CARDS.
D.T. Martyn, M. D. F. J. Schug, M. D.
Drs. MAETYH 4b SCHUG,
U. 8. Examining Surgeons.
Local Surgeons. Union Pacific, O., N.
& B. H. and U. & M. R. R's.
Consultations in German and English.
Telephones at office and residences.
par-Office over First National Bank.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
42-y
C
D. EVAKfl, in. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON.
BSTOfiice and rooms. Gluck building,
Ilth street. Telephone communication.
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V. V. RUNNER, m. D-.
HOMCEOPATHIST.
Chronic Disease aad Diseases of
Children a Specialty.
JI"ff"Oflice ou Olive street, three doors
north of Firtt National Bank. 2-ly
W.
91. CORNELIVN,
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
Upstairs Ernst building 11th street.
i1 .1 CJAKLOW, Collection Att'y.
SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD PAPER.
Office with .1. G. Higgins. .It-Itm
H.
J. HUltSON,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
2th Street, 2 doors west of Hammoail Hoase,
Columbus, Neb. 491-y
J . REEDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska
ti-tf
MONEY TO -L.OAN.
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,
r0-v Columbus, Nebr.
V. A. MACKEN.
ItKAI.KK IN
Foreign ami Domestic Liquors and
Cigars.
11th street, Columbus, Neb. 50-y
vrAI,IJSTKR BROS.,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office up-stairs iu McAllister's build
ing. Utu St. W. A. JIcAllister, Notary
Public.
JOHN TIMOTHY,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER.
Keeps a full line of stationery and school
supplies, aud all kinds of legal forms.
Iustircs against tire, lightning, cyclone
and tornadoes. Office in Powell's Block,
Platte Centei. 19-x
J. M. MACFARLAND, B. R. COWDERY,
AttcrtexisilTo'.irxPntl'c. C:lltrter.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFARLAND & COWDERY,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
JI. J. MAUCSIIAN,
Justice, County Surveyor, Notary.
Land and Collection Agent.
t3TP:irtie.s desiring surveying done can
notifv me by until at Platte Centre, Neb.
Si-Cm
Tj H.RI'KCIIK,
Ilth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, JBrushes, trunks,
valises, huggy tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, Sec, at the lowest possible
prices. Repairs promptly attended to.
TAMEM NAsLMON,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame1 or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
M. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska. f2 Gmo.
T) II. LAWRENCE,
DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR.
Will do general surveying in Platte
and adjoining counties. Office with S. C.
Smith.
COLUMBUS, ... XKBRASKA.
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JS. MURDOCK & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Havenad 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
tunity toestimateforyou. fjTShop on
13th St., one door west of Friedbof &
Co's. store. Columbus. Nebr. 483-v
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
tSTShop on Olive Street, 2 doors
north of Brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store.
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G
W. CLARK
LAND AND INSURANCE A GENT,
HUMPHREY, NEBR.
' His lands comprise some fine tracts
iu the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
ern" portion of Pl.-tte county. Taxes
paid for non-residents. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 20 y
WEDDINGS.
How Thr7 Were Conducted ta Olden
Times.
Joining the right hands in the wed
iing ceremony was customary in As
syria and Persia, and the bridal veil
ivas worn in Greece and Rome. The
Bible does not mention wedding rings,
but it describes the giving of them as
pledge of honor and affection. Pharaoh
ave Joseph a ring when he set him
over the land of Egypt, and the prod
igal wa given a ring upon his return to
his father. Legends relate that Joseph
espouse! Mary with a ring in which
was set an amethyst, and of course this
precious relic was" found (by a miracle)
and performed many wonderful cures,
for the benetit of mankind and the
treasury of the church.
The young Roman, sent the maiden
his family had selected to become his
wife a ring in token of his fidelity.
Gold, was the usual material, but in the
time of Plinv, iron rings set with ada
mant were used to denote the durabil
ity of the contract. As now, this ring
was worn on the fourth linger of the
left hand. It was not always plain, but
often bore a device, as a key to denote
the authority and responsibility of a
wife in her husband's house.
The diamonil was much esteemed as
a wedding ring in Italy during the fif
teenth and sixteenth centuries, for that
gem was believed to have a mysterious
Eowerof maintaining happiness between
usband aud wife. Silver rings, inlaid
with Niello, were also used.
Gemmed rings were in fashion forty
or fifty years ago. Two and sometimes
three "or four delicate rings were hinged
or linked together, and bore upon the
top when closed clasped hands or a
heart, emblem of love and fidelity.
Mottoes or jMisies were engraved on the
inside of these rings. The prettiest one
I ever saw read, "Endless and pure be
our love." The Anglo-Saxons used
these gemmed rings, and they in turu
borrowed them of the French. I for
one would like to know from whom the
French borrowed them, but history is
silent on this point.
The wedd'ng ring has been worn
upou the thumb, and upon the right
hand. But the women of all nations
have been as busy as bees, and with
spinning and weaving to occupy their
lingers, it is easv ti see why eve i a
prineess should put her prized wedding
ring upon the hand and linger which
would keep it the safest. The fancy
that a vein or nerve runs directly from
the fourth linger of the left hand to the
heart, is very ancient, and no doubt
helped to make it the bearer of the wed
ding ring, and there was iu the early
days of the church a curious custom of
recognizing the Trinity, by placing the
ring on the first finger or thumb for
the Father, on the second finger for the
Son. and ou" the third finger for the
Holy Ghost. Then it was placed upon
the "fourth fiuger, from which loving
aud superstitious wives neverretnove it.
Scholars are fond of telling us tiiat
the wedding ring meant the subjection
of the wife, and the placing it upon the
left hand meant more subjection. But
in the past the subjection of women has
needed no sign to emphasize it. It was
an accepted and expected fact, and was
perhaps a condition of safety.
In the middle ages the wedding ring
was blessed or hallowed by the offici
ating priest, and the form used seems
to nie very beautiful: "Hallow. Thou.
Lord, this ring, which we bless in Thy
holy name, that whatsoever woman
shalt wear it may stand fast in Thy
peace, and cont'uue in Thy will, and
live, and grow, and wav old in Toy
love, and be multiplied with length of
davs. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord."
The service of the Church of England
compels the use of a ring, and an odd
story is told of two paupers who. too
poor to buy a ring, were securely mar
ried by means of a curtain ring, sup
pl'ed by a sympathetic clerk. Two
rings are used in modern Greece. A
gold one for the bridegroom and a silver
one for the br de. The inferior metal
mark, the inferiority of the wife, say
the antiquarians again, but it seems to
me rather a survival of the old worslrp
of the sun and the moon. The rinir fell
tinder the displeasure of the Puritans,
as did all signs and symbols used by
Rome, and during the Commonwealth
tliev tried to abolish it with Christinas
and Easter observa'iees. but the de
scendants of tho-e Puritans wear en
gagement or betrothal rings, if not a
wedding ring.
When a marriage between patrician
fam'dies wa; cele'ir; 'ed in ancient
Koine, a loaf of bread, made of wheat
and barley, was solemnly laded by the
bride and brid-!gro.in b.tfoiv the priest
of Jove and t :i Komati citizen as wit
nesses. Chil Iron of marriages in which
this ceremony was observed wens en
titled to certa'n pr.vileges and office
for this was the highest and mo,t:iered
rite of marring,. Dainty and sweet a
it i. flu bride-cake is the mod-ra rep
resentatiw of -hat wheat and barley
bread. Whene the Romans derived
the custom is not known, but it cam
no doubt from Asia. Dro.iming iipjn
we Iding cake is an old English ciiitom.
In Greece the brijle ro le to her hus
band's house in a l.'ter. .-.eated between
the bridegroom and his friend the best
man. In Rome two boys led the bride,
but hts attendant was a married woman
whose duty it was to lead the newly
married pair to the altar of the family
gods. In the time of the Anglo-Saxon
the bride was led by a matron and fol
lowed by a e mpany of young r:rls.
who were called the bridesmaids. Kro:n
them the custom has descended to u.
Demore.it' 's Monlhlu.
D. II. MolTatt. who is President of
the First National Bank of Denver, an
instlttit'on whose deposits are over ..",
OJO.OJO. wa approached by Ferdinand
Ward about a year ago with a re.picit
for a loan based ou promise of enor
mous profit-. Mr. Mo.l'at. insp;ak'ng
of it the other day. s-iid: "Ward
wanted SlUO.O'JO, and said he could
make for me $50,000 ou it in sixty days.
I told him I didn't know why he "should
be so good to me; that I had
never done anything for him. 1 rtiess
he understood me, for he went off. I
never t'o k any stock in the fellow. He
was too white-livered. I never tie up
to a man when I can see throii'.'h his
cars, as I could through Wards."
Chicago Tribune.
What is most needed at this mo
ment in Teuessee is a unanimous sup
port by the press of the. tangible and
solid projects that are atloat for the
benefit of tbe people, such as immigra
tion, the opening of mines, and the es
tablishment of manufactories and work
shops. The material progress of the
State should have the support and
countenance of every man in it, and
everything that looks like the foment
ing of political malice, hate and dis
content should be frowned down. Let
as had peace and w.th it prosperity.
Memphis Tenn.') Appeal.
GENERAL KOMAROPF.
How the DUtiayaUHed Jtasslaa Worn
Present Kiak.
General Kotnaroff distinguished his
self by military tact, audacity and re
sourcefulness as well aa personal
bravery in the Rosso-Turkish campaign
in Asia Minor im 1877, when he won his
present rank of General. After the
capture of ArdahaEh, near the Russo
Turkish frontier. Colonel Komaroff was
left in command of a detachment which
had the difficult duty of defending a
considerable tract of the neighboring
mountainous country, and of protect
ing the Russian frontier as well as cov
ering the Hank and rear of the army
then operating against Kars. When
the movement urged by Loris Melikoff
was made agaiust Erzeroum, Colonel
KomarotV executed a very bold and suc
cessful mameuver. With a flying squad
ron he advanced from Ardaban. passed
rapidly round the enemy's flank, and
came down upon a part of the Turkish
force which was holding the Panak Pass
on the Sahanlough Range, which com
manded access to the town of Olti on
the northern side, whence the Turks in
tended to attack Ardaban. Colonel
KomarofTs unexpected appearance had
such an effect that the enemv retreated
at once without lighting, anil the Rus
sians were enabled to occupy Panak
and Olti, and to capture two thousand
rifles and live hundred thousand cart
ridges. When at a subsequent period of the
campaign the Russian troops were or
dered to retjre from Hadj-Vali, Colonel
Komaroff, with his detachment, found
himself placed in a very perilous posi
tion by reason of the withdrawal of
the main column of the Russian force,
from which he became separated by a
distance of from four to live miles,
whilo he was exposed to Turkish fire
from the twin heights of Great aud
Little Yalta. By a dash he drove oA
the two hundred Turkish cavalry who
held the Great Yalta, stationed a body
of his own men in their place and, un
der cover of their lire, brought tho
main part of his own force round to
the eastern slope of the hill, where,
after a time, they were joined by re
inforeemeuts front the Russian army
under the very nose of the enemy, and
the whole force was enabled to retire in
order.
During the attack of the Turks on
the night of July HI (August 1) iion
the Russian camp at Kiouriouk-Dara,
Colonel or rather at this date Gen
eral KoiuarolV, for he had already
been promoted to that rank, was
charged with a detachment to take up
a position at Mount Karaal, four versts
from the Russian camp, and there to
act at his own discretion. It was on
tliis occasion that he received a wound
in the breast, which, however, did not
prove sorious. the bullet having struck
a religious medal which he wore. Gen
eral Komaroff subsequently took part
in the storming of Kars, and contrib
uted no unimportant share in that cele
brated action. At the conclusion of
the war he was made commandaut of
Batoum. on the Euxine, and, after the
Akhal Tekke expedition, he was placed
in command of the trans-Caspian
army. The Russians attribute the
peaceable annexation of Merv. in a
large measure, to General KomarofTs
tact and skill in other than military
matters. Pall Mall Gazette.
SMELLING AN EARTHQUAKE.
Abnormal Development of a Sra Captaiu's
Olfactories.
"We was auchor.'d in the harbor ol
Manilla, said a bnnized and weather
beaten sailor, as he stretched his legs
under the table aud looked meditatively
at a glas of beer which had just been
placed before htm. "It were in the
.ship Albert. 03 1 shipped into fur the
voyage and our old man's name was
Cole. The old man was the best I ever
see at scentin' a blow. Why. bless ye,
that no : of his were better than any
ba onie.er that ever was made. Many
a tiikie I've seen him a-walking up and
do,u the poop with the sky as blue am!
wind as fair as anything. Suddenly
he'd stop, coc.c up his nose aud give a
sort of snuff like. Then he'd snuff all
'round the compass and sing out for to
shorten sail and get ready for a blow.
And the blow came, too. The old man
used to say he sometimes lied, but he
never ni.ule a mistake.
"Well, as I was a saying, we was
anchored in the harbor of Manilla. It
was the most l.eaiitifullest day you evet
ae.-. Not enough wind to ripplo the
water, and not a cloud in the sky. The
old man was ashore. Rimeby he came
ulxiard. As he stepped over the side he
stopped and gave a great snuff. Then
he siiulled harder and harder all 'round
the compass. Then he looked scared
like :nd rushed below to look at his
barometer. He brought the barometer
up on deck and placed it where he could
keep his eye on it, and began to get the
ship ready for a typhoon, for that was
what he thought were a-comin'. The
barometer didn't go-down "a bit but thai
didu t fool the old man. He seutdown
the sky sail an I royal yards, bent on
purveiiter backstays, put double gas
kets o:i all the .sails 'cepting the fore
and main tawps'ls. and did every thing
he otild think of to get the ship "u
condition fo a typhoon. We overhauled
the sheets halyards, buntlins, clcwlius
and braces of the fore and main tawps'ls,
and fixed the gaskets so as w could
get um oXiti al out two shakes of a
Limb's ta'l, fur you see we wanted to be
able to get nail on to her quick to keep
her offshore if so be as she would drag
bar anchors. We put out both anchors
:.nd all the chain we had, and was a
powerful lot I can t-11 you.
"Well, that night there want any
sign of a blow jut as calm and pleas
ant as it had b 'en, and there was the
old man a-walkin' up aud down the
de k purty much all night a-Iookiu' at
that barometer, whicli never moved an
inch. The next morning th- barometer
did go down a little, and the old man
looked actu'lay pleased, fur ou see
he'd rather be in the bigges -"ow that
ever was than b caught at a mistake
iu smeilin' bad weather. Well about
noon that day, while we were a- din
ner, there come a dull 'rurablin sound,
aud the ship began to tremble all over
like as if she had struck a rock. Then
she began to go up, up, and we rushed
out of 'the foc'tle to see a grc.it tidal
wave sweeping into the harbor and on
shore the d'ust.and bricks and trees was
a-tlyin' round in great shape. We was
all pretty well scared, but fortunately
we hud out so much chain that we rode
the wave in safety. In the midst of the
confusion I saw the old man clingiug
for dear life to the liferail and heard
him shout: 'A earthquake, by thunder;
I thought 'twas a typhoon.'"" -V. J.
Tribune.
m m
War departments are interested in
a new kind of gunpowder, which is
brown in color, and when fired pro-
i daces but little smoke. Chicago Herald.
E"erBfdneM and professional carda
of five lines or lees, per annnm, five
dollars.
tar For time advertisements, applr
at this office.
3"Legal advertisements at statute
rates-
EvTor. transient advertislat, aee
rates on third page. . .
19111 advertlsemeats payable'
monthly. . .
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Eight hundred thousand colored
children were taught in the Methodist
school last year. iV. I" Sun.
The centednial anniversary of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the State
of Massachusetts was celebrated re-
cently.
A, "Museum of Religions" is, it is
stated, to be established in Paris. As
tho title suggests, this museum will con
tain all the articles used by various na
tions in the orvance of their relig
ious rites.
Linear drawing has been intro
duced, by recent enactment, into altthe
elementary schools of England. Th
theory is that a knowledge of this kind
of drawing is useful in almost every kind
of trade or handicraft.
The Theological Seminary in San
Francisco has done a good work in its.
early years. Ithasseut more than fifty
graduates into the field, -and the major
ity of these are now at work on the Pa
cific coast. San Francisco Call.
Seventy-nine percent, of the soldiers'
in the Russian army are unable to read
or write. This is supposed to indicate
the proportion of illiterates in the popu
lation of the Empire. The Czar, who is
jealous, of his despotic privileges, is op
posed to free schools. Current.
Superintendent Bennett, of Piqua.
O., has been investigating the extent to
which tobacco is used in the schools of
that place. He finds that in two grades
of seventy-three bovs from twelve to
tiffeen years old. thirty-one habitually
smoked cigarettes, and only seven could
say they never had smoked. Of ninety
six boys from ten to twelve there were
sixty-eight smokers, and in the A B O
class many had begun the practico.
Cleveland' Leader.
The Year Book of Boston Universi
ty gives the present number of students
in all departments as tiit). Last year it
was 610, two years ago ."io.r. three jears
ago o0.". There has thus been a steady
and healthy growth for four years. Of
the present total no less than 223 have
already received literary, scientific or
professional degrees. One hundred and
one Bachelors of Arts are candidates
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
A gift of -MOT.OOJ worth of property
has been made to the Case School of
Applied Science at Cleveland by Mrs.
Laura Axtell. sister of the late Levi
Kerr, in compliance with a wish ex
pressed bv him before his death. The
property includes ;I0. :urcs ab.nit livo
miles from Cleveland aud large lots in
the manufacturing districts of that city.
The Case School of Applied Science was
founded by Mr. Case, and Mr. Kerr's
gift is for the purpose of establishing it
professorship of mathematics. Chicago
Journal.
Rev. Sydney Smith was once asked
by a frieud for a reserved seat iu St.
Paul's. This was the witty canon's
reply: "To go to St. Paul's is certain
death. The thermometer is several de
grees below zero. My sentences are
frozen as they come out of my mouth,
and are thawed in the course of the
summer, making strange noises and
unexpected assertions iu various parts
of the church; but. if you are tired of a
world which is not tired of you. aud
you are determined to go to St. Paul's,
it becomes my duty to facilitate the
desperate scheme. Present the en
closed card to any of the vergers, and
you will be well placed."
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A baby born diir'ui;; a terrible storm
was named Cyclouia. its father says the
appellation is a misnomer; a cyclone
doesn't howl every night.
In these hard time?, when borrow
ing is so difficult, we'd l.ku to know
whether distance keeps up its time hon
ored habit of lending enchantment to
the view. Exchange.
Talk about proficiency in skating.
It is really wonderful what tbe skaters
achieve. The Chicago girl, however, is
said to have displayed the mo it wonder
ful feet yet sen on skates. Texas Sit
ings. "What is the safest way to trans
fer bees? " asks a correspondent. Our
experience teaches us that the safest way
is to stand off as far as possible and let
the bees trausfer themselves. Burling
ton Free Press.
Customer - "I can't pay you to-day.
You see the shoemaker mis just been
here, a.nd ' Tailor "Yes; 1 met him
on my way up. aid In said you'd put
him off because you'd got to pay the
tailor to-day. Ho here's your bill, sir."
-Ilarjter's Bazar.
"Adulterations in Liinburgerchee-.e
have been discovered.'' Th llavor of
that delicacy has long led us to suspect
that something was the matter with thti
Bismarckian food. We thought mavb
it was not pulled until it was over-rip;;
but if it is adulterated, that explains it.
Xorrittown 1crufd.
Embarrassed Young Man (trying
hard to say om-'th:iig) "I think. Miss
Belleairs, that I have had the pleasure
of meeting you be'ore.' M'ss Belle
a:rs "It is possible, but I do not re
member it" E. Y. M. "Was it not at
Mount Desert?" Miss B. "I have
never been tiiere." E. Y. M. "Neither
have I." Life.
"I believe I've lost my wits." said
a worried husband to his wife. "In
deed? I didn't know you had any to
lose." she answered, sarcastically. "O,
yes, dear, I had some once." "Well. L
L never observed them." "No. love. I
lost them just before I met you." He
didn't want to say it, but she drove him
to it. Merchant Traveler.
"See here," said a citizen of St.
Louis to the proprietor of a books' ore.
"you'll have to take the book back. 1
asked you to give me a volume of po-.'try
to put on the parlor table, but every
durtied word in this hwk. is straight
prose." "Why. man alive, that was
written by Shakespeare." "I don't
care who writ it, it's prose; I've looked
it all through. For instance, here's a
specimen:
How silver-sweet so end lovers turnruci ly
nijrlit.
Like sottest iniiIc to attentllu ear!
Do you call 1'iat poetry, rhyuiiu ears
with night? You can take it back. I
don't want it" A. Y. Time-
"Music hath charms to soothe,"
and our latter dav homes would iudeeed
be incomplete without the pxiuo. the
culture of the voice and all that tends
to bring the soul en rapport with the
harmony of the great masters. So it
happens that the Shuttles family endure
the "hum ti turn" of practice hours
that they may enjoy the completed
sonata of the evening, when, there are
callers. "Job, uiy dear," said Mrs.
Shuttle, "don't go down town this
evening. Stay, and listen to Selina's
new nocturne in G minor. It's perfect-;
ly lovely.' "Which reminds me,"
said the practical Job, "I've got to go
down town and pay Sighor de Pound
bercingero six sonatas in X and a noc
turne in V. That's what takes the
poetry out of music, ay dear." Hart '
ford fbst. .
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