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- - -. V , V- THE JOURNAL. r-I tm mw Al - t.: - XU. r . . .siV ETauatMM aai pro: al carte ISSU TSKY WKDNE.SHAY, M. Iv.. -TIANKIi fc CO. Proprietors and Publisheri. of fiTO liaes or less, per dollars. ! '.- 0 For time atWertieeneats, applr attkbjoSce. QTLegal adTertiaeaieau at atatato rate. .TFdr traaaitnt advartlaiaivaao rates on third pag. J3J" OFFICE, Eleventh St., up stairs in Journal Building. tkkmsj: Peryear 1 22 Six months o Threemonths J?- Singlecople w VOL. XVI.-N0. 14. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JULY 29, 1885. WHOLE NO. 794. BTAU advertli monthly. teats payable , 3S lit mmm tr mimm Rfl HC naJnaJ'nVnBVJ iaj' Rfl WIMPM f "'i c il ,.:i ') 1 V . : IM i . "lmaaW COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUMBUS, NEB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 IURKCTORS: Lkan'Dkk OKi'.nxKD, Prcs'i. (Jko. W. Hui.st, I'ce Pre7. Julius A. Rekd. II. II. IlKNitr. J. H. Tasiceu, Cashier. Haak of lepoNlf, llHceHt aid Excitant?. Collection I'roinplly .vtnde oh all Polatx. Va.y latere! o Time UepoN- Km. 274 HENRY G-ASS, COFFIN'S AND METALLIC CASES AND DEALER IN Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus. Tables. Safes. Lounges, Ac. Pictuie Frames and Mouldings. SET 'Repairing of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. tt-tf COI.IIMIUIS. NKU. HENRY LITERS, IUCAt.KK IX WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pawns Repaired on short notice 83BOne door west of Heintzs On:; Store, 1Kb Street, Coluiiihu, Xeb. Happiness results from that trap contentment which indicates perfect health of body and iniud. You may posies it. if yon will purify aud invigorate your blood with Ayer's Sarsa parilla. E. M. Howard, Newport, X. IL, writes : " I uffered for years with Scrof ulous humors-. After Using two bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilh. 1 Found great relief. It has entirely restored me to health." James French, Atchison, Kan.. writes: "To all persons suffering from Liver Complaint, I would strongly recom mend Aj ers Sarsaparilla. 1 was afflicted with a disease of the liver for nearly two years, when a friend advised me to take this medicine. It gave prompt relief, and has cured me." Mr. II. 31. Kidder, 41 Dvvightst.. Boston. Mass.. writes: "For several jears I hae used AVer's Sarsa parilla in my familj. I never feel safe, even At Home without it. As a liver medicine and general purifier of the blood, it has no equal." Mrs. A. B. Allen. Winterpock, Va., writes: "My youngest child, two years of age, was taken with Bowel Com plaint, which we could uot cure. "We tried many remedies, but he continued to grow worse, and finally became so reduced iu flesh that we could only move him fipon a pillow. It was suggested by one of the doctors that Scrofula might be the cause of the trouble. AVe procured a bottle of . ATER'S Sarsaparilla and commenced giving it to him. Irsurely worked wonders, for, in a short time, he wa completely cured.' Sold by all Druggists. Price $1; Six bottles, $5. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. A WORD OF VARIG. 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 thic state that insures' ITorses, Mules and Cattle against loss by theft, accidents, diseases, or injury, (as also agains't toss by tire and lightning). AH representations by agents cf other Companies to the contrary not withstanding. r. V. HEXRICH, Special As't, 15-y Columbus, Xeb. ILYON&HEALY 1 9We Monroe Sts..Chicaa Will MBdnrmU t ssy iUns tbalr far IhI 100 rank all EcmtiH ' laaraaeBtt. Sclb, Cap klW n, Epaairu, up-usf IVsn IIi'mA St&. ul Saadry Bu4 Oatfeth BtfaMac kk. !. lactate Inmctlas as Ex- fvAatfMtbI.U4lCUimi refcafat Bui Jtafa. ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmEiPiBV LOOK DEEP. Sometime the dazzling inccct. with its form ol jivrfect lieauty. Hat the deadliest ii poIons in It sting: Sometimes the wncincd wriwuts are con ecjlcd in greatest nuiuofrs Where the sw-ete?t Mowers ami vlny cur tains ciinjr; While the pure unJ waxen blossom that we value overmuch Mu have death unci desolation In its odor or its touch. Sometime-tin plainest plumage covers o'er the sweetest warbler That hits ever tuned its anthems for the l.e-irt: some: m.ea the darkest iiuue conceals the created store ol treasure. Ail'! the gem isolt disguised with rudest art: ? 'lie homely things are prieeless, and behind til'.' roiljrh outblde Art- eoi.cealed the rarest objects of our Kratl- ti.de and pride. Tin- vlos?Sest of blessings mid the most at tractive Joys !.i lmle a sorrow in tht-ir frrace concealed: The things we hlirhly value often prove but ehildreii'g toys When the hollow in their substance is re vealed: So wo value toy balloons well padded out with shining hin. And trlobe.soC downy pleasure that are dyna mite within. Too ott wo jraze at sorrow, and its somber garb of woe. Our eyes turned from the xliinmer at Its heart: The soul oft chills and hardens till, with deep affection's blow. The vrorkinan breaks its fettered scales apart. Tin ministers of sot row are the messengers of rest: And hearts that Luoirils purpose are the one Mipiemely blest. The pure-t hghl-tvllector is the prism ot a tear. The heavens in pools of sorrow jnirror deep: The trust that leads to patience is begotten fiom our fear. And tender spirits come to those who weep; The death anjjels from evil many thoughtless souls beguile. And sorrow when transplanted into Heaven becomes a smile. The most eiu'liiiutiii vanity may blast beyond relief. The peace of God may blossom from the min i-tr.v of grief. . Etljar June, uiQtiient. DR.HOYTVVIFE. The Peculiar Circumstances Under Which Ho Pound Her. Dr. Philip Hoj-t was annoyed when li" .saw Alice Bayard's name upon tne w'i!iliii; cards which lie received from Boston. To he sure he had never definitely asked her to le his wife, but he had never expected her to definitely tnarr. anybody else; not. at least, while he remained an indefinite bachelor. He was one of Dakota'., multitude of "rising otinjc physicians,' ami when lie considered that lie had not visited his home for three .years, that his let ters, from the first intermittent, had, after si months, become altogether re mittent, he had to acknowledge that circumstances d'd not warrant even an noyance. Her image had been constantly en gaged m pouring iuiasrinary tea for his itu'tgiuan family, until the coining of the.-c cards; but it was one of the attri butes of Dr. Hoyt's leautiful. sunny disposition that Ids future plans were a' ways too vague to admit of severe dis appointment Half an hour out of otlice hours i not inch for even -a rising phxsicinn to de vote to amaton obsequies, and Dr. Hint was still engage 1 upon a line of memories, which began with ".sceings home'" when they were both in their teens ami ended with that hist letter, which heremembetel as a vapid a flair, not worth the answer it had never re ceived, when the tingle of theollice bell and the entrance f a farmer from a neighl oring town roused him to reality. "Well now. doctor." said that indi vidual. "I c:ikiila that you're wanted" considerable Muart up Hellersville way. One of the Boosians is nigh about dune for. He fell oft" a hay wagon fust, their l.hi hay wagon fell on to .liiiii, ami, as near as I can make out. the horses and wagon took turns finishing him up by rubbing him in the g.oitud till the re main wa n't of much 'count 1 made out about that from the'r lieaiheiii-ii jib' cr. I was riding u. aad the girl that does their t.dking for them ran out. and aske.i nv to send ou over? It's that fourteen-year-old that brings in" hay often. 1 reckon' tl.u one." Dr. Hoyt had keen professional in .stiiifts. and his preparations for de parture were completed with the old man's torv. Mid a few moments later h. was timing inpidly .toward the "Boosians." a the colony of Mcnno n.te .settlers wa commonly called. Thee are a peculiar people, who unite fie principles of the modern Quaker with the practice of the ancient Ishmael ite. Kiled from Busia. b.caue of :e ligions .scruple against military service, they are lill a hit ot Old-World. oM time b:r arianUm. plan'ed in the new est Xew-World civilization, because of its newness equally s-ivagc. They are tier ely content with their own manners and customs: apart from their own peo ple, fierce enemies and reluctant friends. Their loug, uncompromising coats and thc:r long, uncut hoards ifor the Men nonite i a Naarene in that matter! give tit expression to their characters. So tar as the payment of tae and the cultivation of the soil :roe. they are good citizen- hut socially they are Asiatics and Mcnnonit s still, and" with America and the world unacquainted. Among all nations are born more often, too. than is supposed womeu who are best describe 1 by the word tie voted. They are the .lepllthas, the Iphi irenkis. the ,.o.ns of Are. of history: de nied individual life, ami destine!" to be. objective, they are more fre juenth, if les, gloriously, found in trie old maids who care for other people's children: the haven of other' lump, who. fill ing out the measure of lie3not their wn. are them-elve. destitute. They are beautiful or ugly as it happens; thev wear no mark oil their foreheads, links it be the sigu of a high and holy pur; oe: nothing distinguishing, unless it be an expression of the eye which seem alway. to see outward, never to look within. Of Mich wa, Marie Von Sulevit-h. also a trial and a puzzle to the orthodox members of the simple community-. Without excuse she had refused to marry Ivan in Bnssia. an 1 when her father foolishly indulged her, and would again have permitted her to unirrv, this time in America, Alexis, who was rich in land and cattle, she refused as he fore; some quality in the g'rl, which the rest found it difticult to appreciate, ena bled her again to have her'own way. That had been years before, when she was marriageable: now he was twenty three, and no longer counted amoni"' the girls. She had never really been counted among the girls: to dance with her had never been so much fun as with those who laughed more. Only Ivan and Alexis had wished to Tvorship h-r as a saint It was therefore fortunate, perhaps, that neither had married her. If they had continued to worship, the other women might have become exact ing and "forgottea that -it -is honor enoagh to work a&dittar children for a i good man. and reward enough to re ceive bread in return. But the Mennonites. like other Pro testants, have not yet .solved the prob lem of unmarried womanhood and they looked with -upicion upou Marie Von Sulevitch.who was twenty-three and had never cared for a lover: not, at least, until he had a fever: for her delight and occupation was sickness of all kinds. As the colony increased in size she came to be constantly busy. Babies grew quiet as she took them in her arms, fever became-lighter at the touch of her cool hands and pain was easier to bear after Marie bad bandaged the wound. Those who had been sick growled when well that she should be indulged in her whims and the whole people came fn time to consider her gifts, which were those of a good nurse, as an especial proviion for their necessi ties. Dr. Hoyt it chanced, had never be fore been summoned. It was a sight. pitiful even to professional eyas, that- met Ins view as he entered the cabin. The boy was groaning and writhing on a pile'of traw in oae corner; the close, dark room was crowded with men .-moking and women chattering men ami women alike filthy as their surrounding-. The one mitigatiug cir cumataticc was the woman kneeling by the bed. gently bathing the wounds, but evidently ignorant of further remedy. The Doctor recognized her as the "one who talked for them."' "Send these people out," he said to her. "They are killing him, using the little air there is with their vile pipes." "They will not go," she answered. " It is not customary with my people to trust the world's people." With an ejaculation, expressive of disgust. Dr. Hoyt turned to his patient. 1 shall not attempt a diagnosis; there were broken boues and ghastly wounds. The b.y was fast weakening from his more than mortal agouj. Chloroform, that "angel of solace to the sufferer, was first administered; and the long-bearded men, gathered close around the bed, watched the immedi ate efTccl of the medicine and saw th.it the boy gasped a little, grew more quiet and lay dead. The enlightened reader will not find it easy to comprehend ignorance such as. theirs; but these men had only the evideuce of their senses, with no p:vt experience, or even knoweldge. It was only natural, therefore, that they should jump to a quick conclusion, and that hatred of the alien and stranger, already strong enough, .should, with this added provocation, call forth every man's knife, with in tent to kill. Dr Hoyt was too taken by surprise to be more than dismayed at first The threatening glances at the bed, the re doubled howls of one of the worn mi. made plain the cause of the murderous preparations. He turned to the girl by the bed. wh m he had thought of a higher grade of intelligence than the rest: but her face showed only pained distress. "It is chloroform. Don't you know?" he .said, appealing to her. "It will make him sleep while I set the bone--.. Then he will awaken. Tell them quick, or it wi'l be too late." Shu looked at him long before she spoke, and the rest waited, breathless, for her words. .She noted the dexterity, the certainty of his motions, and her faith ro-e above her judgment "He says it will be right." shesaid,'in Biisian, ""that he will sleep only till the wounds are dressed. I di not under stand; but I tli nk he knows. See, he works in a good way in America, pwliaps. It is the custom Do not kill him yet." The doctor worked rapidly, and the men fell back iuto oue corner and mum bled together. One of them spoke presently, gesturing a gieat deal and pointing to his knife. "He says,' tranlated Marie, "that they will not kill von, if vour words are true and the boy live . If he dies, you will not leave us al.ve. That is but just." She spoke in a tone of calm convic tion, and, seeing that to argue was but to waste breath, the doctor turned again to his patien upon whoe chance of life his own depended. He was not a religious man; 'but I think he prayed as well as lal wired during the next half hour; for. humanly speaking, there was every probability that some of tne mauy wounds were fatal, and that the sick one wou'd never revive. Marie watched more intently than any of the others. Her confidence increased, and every few minutes she turned to the group with an imperious nod. -He is rijrht; he is right," she said. When, finally, the boy opened his eyes, and knew pain again, the men and women wished to bring altar gifts to lay at the physician's feet; but Marie only said, tearfully: "We did not know that America held so wise a man. I will never think, hereafter, that I am called to nurse the SiCS. "Even-thing depends upon you now." he answered. "Nursing must do fhe ret," and. leaving directions, he drove away, meditating seriously, for so light headed a man, upon his strange escape from death. For two weeks he was a daily caller at the cabin: and long before the end of that time his interest in the boy had become secondary to his interest in the nurse, who developed astonishing abil ity. She seemed to expand and human ize from day to day. "She would be a fortune to any com munity," hesaid, in speak'ng of her. "Such gifts of voice, touch and manner rarely come in one person." Her hands were his especial admiration; he held the right one in his own, one day, and looked at it steadily: it was larjre and flexible, perfect in .shape, and itubtted with a strength that made simple con tac with it pleasant lie looked at her face, and its expression made him drop her hand. "Vou must be very strong," he said. "Yes," she answered. "My ancestors, you know, kilhd oxen with their lists. I am very strong.' The rest of the commua'ty were un accountable in their 1-ehavior. After that first day, when they were disposed to crown his head and lay doves at his feet and make him feci altogether like a fool, they seemed to return to their first state of suspicious dislike, tempered only with some dread of his mysterious power. It wai a week after If s last visit that a rixg at the office bell, one morning, announced Marie Vou Sulevitch. She had walked far, for she breathed hard; but her face' was wh'te, ami showed that she was sustained by moral rather than physical strength. Dr. Hoyt sprang to get her a ch:vr; but she leaned Against the door. "Xo," she said. "I will not sit down. I wish you to tell me where to go, be cause 'you said Leonid be a nurse, and it is no loDger possible for ae to tay at home." " - the tr your friend.' She sighed wearily. "There is nothing to tell. You would not under-tand. It is Nicholas this time. It is the same whether it is Alexis or Ivan. They do ncare who. but they will make rae marry. They say I am of the world. If 1 'will not many Nicholas they will cast me off to the world's people. I am no longer of them. I come to ask you what you of the world do with your women who do not marrv." Dr, Hoyt looked cut of the window, and there was a queer smile on his face. "Why not?" he whispered. "She is beautiful and good, more capable, every way, than the bestof these book crammed' girls; more nearly in the im age of her Maker, too. Why not?" "Marie." he said, aloud, turning to ward her. "are vou sure that it is-not .tbat-yoa do Hot-wisk to marry f ieho-" las and Alexis.' 1 ask you now to be my wife. Will your resolution be siill the same?" Vivid color rushed over her face, and she put up her hands, despairingly. "They said I would be lost among the world's women!" she cried. "Oh! thev were cruel to cast me awav!" "No, Marie!" and Philip Hoyt took her hand, as he had done that other day. which both silently remembered. " You will not be lost as- my wife; your thoughts are like mine. Why should we not be happy together, caring for the sick?" Her face grew pale again and her eyes were bright with happiness. "You mean that I 'can serve yon. make your life better, be useful to you?" she questioned. Men never tell their real thoughts at the-e critical times; but a comical vis ion of Alice Bayard's probable ideas of wifehood, compared with these, did cross this lover s mind, though it was very tenderly that he said: "My Marie, you area great womau; but to make your husband s 1 fe better, that is worthy even of vou." They were married at once, and have lived very happily, the Doctor and Doc torcss, equally unmindful of the scorn ful pity, which is all that the Bostonians and Mennoniles vouchsafed by way of remembrance. Mrs. Hoyt retains mauy of her orient al ideas of the wife's dome-tic station. Her thoughts are still largely of service. She has a way of slipp'ng out of the room when many people come: but she will listen at 'midnight, with wide awake interest, to professional accounts of epidemics and surgical operations. Her household is well ordered, and if she does not asert herself, and is not brilliant for the many, her husband Is still content Men are Eastern poteu- ! tales, shorn only of opporl unitv. Dr. Hot lin.ls a satellite, whose shining face reflects always his own glory, so agreeable that he has never wished to have insfca 1 a rival planet. Harriet li. Waterman, in A". J'. Independent. A WESTERN MAN AT DINNER. Hon He Surreeded Iu Getting the er to Vit on Him. Walt- Those who had not tipped" the waiters received but tardy attention. It chanced that one of this class, a big. broad-shouldered fellow, with huge whiskers, a regular basso prof undo voice, rough elot'hiug. and a head of hair like a big buffalo's frontlet, swag gered in, and. with a free and inde pendent air. took an unoccupied seat at the dinner table. It chaneetl that there figured upon the bill of fare that day roast bear mea! winch was .served as a sort of rarity, and just as the new-comer sat down some was ordered by a party of threj gentleii.ea opposite, who were prompt ly served. Say, waiter." said the new-comer, bring me some 'er that b'ar meat." Yesir." said the white-jacketed at tendant, who left, but gave no further heed to the order. The Western man sat quietly in 'r. place for live minutes, the chairs ov either side of him having been immedi ately turned up, lest some guest equally objectionable to the head-waiter might get in at that point After sittiug live minutes he grabbed hold of a waiter who was passing behind him. Say, have you got any b'ar mea for dinner?" "Yes. sir.' "Well, bring me some, and quick,, too, for I'm hungrier'n a hound." Away went the waiter, but he didn't return, and the color beau to mount into the face of the backwoodsman. 1I gave a third order, wh ch was treated' with the same sublime contempt Patience could no further go: he sei;ud hold of the heavy dining plates that were laid on either side of him aiur dashed one after the oilier down vio lently upon the table with a crash that smashed them into pieces, brought the-head-waiter and two or threo, others to him in an instant, ami started some of his immediate neighbor to their feet iu alarm. "Look hyar," said the cause of this alarm, seizing the head-waiter by th arm, kin I get wailed on in this' In ar hotel and hev what I kin pay for?" "Certainly, sir. yes, sir"" said tha head-waiter squirming ineffectually iu the grasp cf the big left hand of the Westerner that held him jn an iroa' grip. "Wall, then, do you sec that?" slap ping down a teu-dollar gold piece with his right hand, and then, throwing b.i k' the upper p.ut of his coat, from one in side pocket of which protruded a re-.-volver and from the other the handle of a huge bowie-knife, "thar's my money and here's my weapons; ef you don't have a plate o' that b'ar meat here in two minutes 1 11 rub some of you out." Released from his grasp, the head waiter retiied and in a moment more a plate of the deircd delicacy was placed before him. "Anything else, sir?" said the now obsequious waiter. "Yes. take that" po'ntiug to the gold eagle that still remained on the table, "and bring two bottles of cham pagne and four glasses." When the wine came, one of the bot tles and three glasses were passed across the table to the three gentlemen Oppo site. "Gentlemen, I apologize for iufer rupting your dinner, but I had to do suthin to get waited on by'these infer- 1 niggers. Won't j-ou take a drink with me?" It was thought be-t to humor him: Commercial L,):littin. A little giri in one of "the orpha asylums of yhis city wa? receutly stunt,' by a bee on the ball of one of her eye the' sting causing the sight 1o be u:te,- 1 destroyed. The physician in attend ance stales that he never heard ofu iaribrcuc A'.O. lmts-Dm9wmL The doctor walked the length of rotorri. and turned before he spoke. "Tell me all of it," he said. "I riHST National Bank! COX.X71 BITS, NEB. r Aitka'rized Capital, -Paid Jr Capital, Surplus aii Profits, - 8250,000 50,000 - 8,000 -OFFICKRS AND DIRECTORS. A. ANDERSON, Pres't. SAM'L C. SMITH, Vicel'res't. O.T.ROEN, Cashier. J. IT. EARLY, " HERMAN OEHLRICII, W. A. MCALLISTER, GV ANDERSON, 1. ANDERSON. . Foreign and Inland Exchange, l'afsage Tickets; anoReal-KstateJ.onns. - 4-,tx-.Jftvcl-i3-lv. busuess cards. D.T. JfARTYX, M. D. F. .1. SCIIUG, M. I). Drs. MABTTH ft SCHT7G, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surjreous. Union Pacific, O., X. & B. II. and It. & M. R. R's. Consultations in German and En lisli. Telephones at office and residences. km.. t," . .,: i ..HI. umce over rirsi national ikuov. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 4'J-v 'PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. J3TOfliee and rooms, Gluck building, 11th street. Telephone communication. fv F. F. KUftXEK, M. ., HOMCEOPATHIST. Chronic Diseases aad Diseases of Children a Specialty. iSTOffice on Olive street, three north of Firt-t National Bnuk. doors '.My TTIT M. GOBRFXIIIN, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building 11th street. pi .1. OAKLOW, Collection Att'y. SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD TAPER. Office with J. G. Higgins. .Tl-Sm TT J. mJOHOU, NOTARY PUBLIC. Stk Street, 2 doors west of Hamaoml House, Columbus, Neb. 491.y J. O. KTEEOER, ATTORNEY AT LA W, Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska 2-tf -JIONEI' to LOAN. Five- years' time, on improved farms with at least one-fourth the aerease under cultivation, in sums representing one third the fair value of the homestead. Correspondence solicited. Address, M. K. TURNER, ,r0- Columbus, Nelir. V. A. MACKEN, DKALKU IN Foreign and Domestic Liquor and Ciyar.t. Uth street, Columbus, Xeb. f.O-y M cAI'LlSTER IlROtt., A TTOHNEYS A T LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build- iDK. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary Public. TOHN TIMOTHY, NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER. Keeps a fuIMine of stationery and school supplies, and all kinds of legal forms. Insures against tire, lightning, cyclone and tornadoes. Otlice in Powell's ltloek, Platte Ccntei . 10-' J. M. MACFAKLANIl, Attenty isd ITotiry PstPe. n. R. COWPKRY, Ccllicter. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE -OF- MACFARLAND & COWDERY, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. J. J. JIAUCillAIV, Justice, County Surveyor, Notary, Land and Collection Ayent. 3rPartic.s desiring surveying done ean notify me bv mail at Platte Centre, Neb. iil.Gm "P H.K1ISCIIF, llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, .Vc., at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. TAMES NALMOX, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work fuaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near t. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne braska. 52 limo. T H. LAWRFIL, DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR. Will do general surveying in Platte and adjoining counties. Office with S. C. Smith. COLUMBCS, XKBRASKA. 17-tf JS. MURDOCK & SON, s Carpenters and Contractors. Havehad 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 to estimate for you. jSTSbop on 13th St, one door west of Friedhof & Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-v O. C. SHANNON MANUFACTURER OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. JSTShop on Olive Street, 2 doors north of Brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store. 46-y G l.'CIiAKK LANDAND INSURANCE AGENT, HUMPHREY, NEBR. Bis lands comprise some fine tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion of Plrtte -county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. - 20 y - COAL $ LIME! J. E. NORTH. & 'CO.. DEALERS IX Goal, Lime, Hair, Cement. Rork Spins Coal, $7.01) per ton Carbon (Wyoming) Coal 6.00 " Eldon (Iowa) Coal 5.00 " Blacksmith Coal of best quality al ways on hand at low est prices. North Side Eleventh St., COLUMBUS, NEB. 14-m UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE, SAMI. C. SMITH, Ag't. ANI $2?" I have a large number of improved Farms for sale cheap. Also unimproved farming and grazing binds, from ?l to $!." per aere. 2TSpecial attention paid to makinir final proof on Homestead and Timber Chums. JSTAll having lands to sell will lind it to their advautage to leave them in my bauds for sale. Money to loan on farm. F. II. Marty, Clerk, speak German. JUMf ColuuibUs, Nebraska. LOUIS SCHREIBER, ittsi All kinds of llen;iiiiug; done on Short Notice. Buggies, Wag ons, etc., made to order, and all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Keapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-hinders the best made. iSTShop opposite the "Tattcrsall," on Olive St., COLUMBUS, iifi-ni li. A. FOWLER, ARCHITECT, 1G05 Fatua St.. - OMAHA. USB. PLANS ANI KFECIFICA'IIONS FURNIbllRIt for all kinds of Public Buildings and Private Dwellings. Architect of AVillanf. Block, Child's Hospital, Residence of lion. .1. M. Thurston, Residence of Hon. John I. Rediek. Omaha; Residence of Hon. O. W. K. Oer-ey, Masonic Hall, Fremont, Neb; Residence of C C. Crow ell, Esq., First National Bank, Blair, Neb; Residence of 1 hos. Bryant, First National Bank, Schuyler, NHi".. and ma ny otfiers. 4.'!-m( . in presents ijicen away. Send us ." eeiits postage, and bv mail vou will get v free a package of goods of large value. mat, will start you in work mil win ai once firing you'imnoney faster than any thing else "in America All about the $200,000 in presents with each box Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, of all ages, for all'thc time, or spare time only, to work for us at their own homes. Fortunes for all workers ab solutely assured. Don't delay. II. Hal lvtt & Co., Portland, .Maine." NO HUMBUG! Brat a Grand Success. RP. BRIGIIAM'S AUT03IATIC WA- ter Trough for stock. He refers to ever man who has it in use Call on or leave orders at George Yale', opposite Oehlrich's grocery. '.J-b'm rpitAXSIT HOUNE, PLA'ITE CENTER NEB., JOHN Dl'GGASj 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. lS-y A PRIZE. Send six cents for postage.and receive tree, a costly box of goods which will help you to more money right away than anything else in tub world. All, of either sex, sueceed from first hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the workers, absolutely sure. At once address, Truk & Co . Augusta, Maine. 1-OTICE TO TEACHERS. J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt., Will be iu his office at the Court House on the third Saturday., of each month for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates, and for the transactton of any other business pertaining to schools. J7-y TTAMILTO.' tlEADE, JI. !., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. - - . Piattc Center,-Nebraska. 8-y BWliiflWiBlMm $200,000 LOCUSTS FOR BREAKFAST. Prof. Jttley Introduces Kportr ta lUre Utah, sad H Ukec IU A gentleman who bad an engagement with Prof. Riley called at hU house thfr morning and found the entomologist alone in xU dining-room reading the morning papers a he linihed m lata breakfast. 'Come right in here," said the Pro fessor. ! want an unprejudiced opin ion about a little matter." Then bo called to. the servant: "Bring me some hot ones.' The visitor, despite the fact that he had breakfasted. wa induced to seat hitiise'f at the table "just for the exper iment." and was served with a spoonful of dark brown objects, like very small fried oysters. He eyed them suspiciously a moment, having discovered beneath the crust of bread crumbs a laminated back, something like that of small .shrimp. "What do vou call it?" " "Tne Cicada. They ought to kava been cooked "What! Bugs?" "No, no! not bugs, only the cicada miscalled the fifteen-year locust Don't be afraid of them. They are only tho quintessence of vegetable juices and everything in nature feeds upon them ravenously." Thereupon the host took one of tho things, bit it in two. .munched and s. wallowed it with au appearance of rel ish. 'I he guest hut his eyes and at tempted to bolt a whole cicada. Tho ob'ect crushed in his mouth and proved to be little else than a delicate shell, but its flavor was found to be far from dis agreeable. "All the juices 'were absorbed in tho batter." said the Professor, explana torily. Neither the entomologist nor his vis itor wa able to liken the flavor to any thing with which they were familiar, but they agreed in the opinion that, vul gar prejudice once overcome, the cicada would lie estimate! a rare tidbit rare, certainly, .since it required seventeen years t ripen -and that it might take rank with frogs' legs, birds' nests, shad loos an I whitebait. "I spent an hour last night," said the host, "gathering them, and they were ery beautiful when fresh. I took them just as the pupa began to break. Thin were creamy white and plump, and looked good enough to eat raw, but 1 didn't venture. 1 think these should have been stewed instead of fried stewed In milk. I presume they would be nearly as good as grasshop pers." " Do you eat grasshoppers?" "Certainly. I once ate nothiug cl-e for two days, and I found them deli cious when properl' cooked. This U only an experiment, of cotir-e, but my eating of grasshoppers hail a practical object in view. The insects had eaten nearly everything in a large region of country, and many families were on the verge ot" starvatio'n." Having lighted a cigar ihe entomolo gist described his experience in at tempting to introduce a grasshopper diet in Hie Wen.- He cooked the in-M-cts in varioiis ways ami found them always palatable and nutritious. People invited to partake always evinced aversion at lirl. but. preju dices having been ove come, the dish became a favorite with those who es sayed it. " Both the trilif.oda itiiyratoriti." he said, "and the urridimn periyrinum have been esteemed as food bv some nations- in al' past ag s. as far back at leas a. the Nine van era. 1a feed. . some tribes have be-n called At-ridophivi. from the almost cdu-ive pieference thev give th's diet." -Washinytoii for. N ")". Sinu A BEAR STORY. Still-ifuutliiK tl.e Criuly la the Rocky liuuntsiuR. Surv enough, tlurre were two bears (wh.ch aft rward proved to be au old she and a nearly full-grow n cub) travel ing up the bottom of the valley, much too far for us to shoot, (.rasping our rilles and throwing ofl our hats, we started ofl as hard ns we could run di agonally down the hillsMc. so as to cut them off. It was some little time be for." they saw us. when they made ofT at a luiiib.'i'iiig gallop up the valley. It would seem impossible to run into two grV.lie. in the open, but they were go ing up hill and we down, and moreover the old ohm kept .stopping. The cub would forge ahead and could probably have escaped us. but the mother now and Hi n .stopped to sit down on her haime'ies and look around at us. when the cob would run back to her. The up shot was that we got ahead of thein, when they turned and went straight up one hillside a we rati straight down the other behind them. By this time I w'j pretty nearly done out. for running along the steep ground through tho sage brush was ino-t exhausting work; and Merriiiehl kept gaining on me anil was well iu front. .lust as he disap peared over a bank, almo-t at the bot tom of the valley, I tripped over a biir.li and f -11 fulfletigt'i. When I got tin 1 kn w I could never make up th;? grtiund I had lost, and besides could hardly run any longer. Merriiiehl was out of -iht below, and the b ars were labor'ng up the steep hillside directly opposite and about three hundred yards oir. .o 1 at do.vn anil began to shoot over Merrifield's h ad. aiming at tho big bear. Shu was going very steadily and in a straight line, and each bullet sent up a puti'ot dust wher it struck th dry soil so that I could keep cor recting my aim; and the fourth ball i-r.is'ie.l n'o the old bear's flank. She 1 re'ied heavily forward, but recovered herself and i cached the timber, while Merriiield, who had put on a spurt, was not far behind. I fode.l up the hiil at a sort of trot, fairly ira.piug and sobbing for breath; but be'ore I got to the top I heard a couple of hots si-id a shout. The ofd b.ar had turned as soon as she was in tl.e timber and come towards Merri tiel 1: but he gave her the death-wound by tiring into her chest, and then shot al tli-- voung oae. knocking it over. Wl.en I came up he vva, just walking towards the latter to tinish it with a re volver, but it suddenly jumped up a3 lively as ever and made ofl" at a great pace for ir was nearly full-grown. It was impossible to lire where the tree truyiks? wvr so thick, but .there was a small opening across whicli it would have to pas. and collecting all my energies-, 1 made a last run. got into po sition, and covered the opening with .my ritle The instant the bear ap peare I I fired and it turned a dozen somersaults down-bill, rolling over and over; the ball had struck it near the tail and had ranged forward . through the hollow of the body. Each of us had thus given the fatal wound to the bear into which the other had fired the .first bullet- Thto4or6 Soowvit, m Ctntoury. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Mrs. Bettie Dandridge. a daughter ef oldZach' Tavlor, onee President of the United States, is liriag at Win chester, Va. - Tennyson is said to be keen ia money matters. He has changed his publisher live times in as many year, profiting eaoh time by the change. Mrs. Phoebe Vanderbilt. only suit viving sister ef the late Commodore Vanderbilt, died in New York recently, aged seventy-sis years. Her life has been one of retirement and benevolence. Lieutenant Greely is said 'to be haunted day and night by visions of his long period of starvation in the Arctio regious, and the physicians assert that the only way he can preserve his sanity, Is to mingle freely with others. CAi'ca go Hera'd. The ruling passion strong-ia death was illustrated by Daa Mace; the vet eran; driver, who is reported to have said jast before ho died? "I have toned into the home stretch for the last heat of my race, and I am close to the line." A'. Y. Sun. Air. James Russell Lowell is in tensely American and will tolerate no criticisms of his own country. "Haw thorne insulted us all." said an English lady, "by saying all English womea were fat. but I dare not say in Mr. Low ell's presence that an American woman is thin." Chicago Tribune. Thirteen must be a lucky number. John Bennett, of West Fairfield. Pa., died of consumption at the age of slaty, leaving a family of thirteen children. All are alive and well to-day. the oldest being eighty-seven and the youageit sixty. Sickness has never troubled the family. Pittsburgh Post The Dawn, the latest New York daily paper, is designed as a morning newspaper for young people, and while giving the news to note the world's rogress, proposes to expurgate all ob ectionable features, and cater to a high form of morality by recording the el evating and refining tendencies of liter ature and art Mr. Labouchere says he under stands that the success of' the Morning Netvv of Paris, started sometime since by two voung American journalists, has justified the Formation of the property into & stock company, in order to en large both the paper and its field of op erations. The shares of the company have been all taken up privately in Lon don aud Paris. . Rev. Aaron Cleveland, who died in Dr. Franklin's house in Philadelphia August 11, 1757, was buried in Christ Church graveyard. His grave has been unnoticed for nearly one hundred and tvventv-eightyears, but it is now known that no was "the great-grandfather of G rover Cleveland, now President of the United States. On the tomb-tone the name is spelled Cleaveland.- Chicago Journal. Mrs. Mary Brenemau, of Lafayette, ImL. claims to be the oldest homae be ing in the laud. According to her ac count and that of her relatives, she was born at Lewiston. Del., on tho 14th of March, 1778. Iu 1401 she and her first husband. William Colter, moved to Circleville, O., making the journey in a wagon. Her youngest son rcsid- s at Kensalaer, in Jasper County. Iud . and is eighty-oue year of agA HUMOROUS. Yes. there is a difference ltctween the bear and a dude. Th- former sucks its paw through the winfer. but the lat ter quite frequently lives on its paw all the ear round. She cried for succor. a:d I went to her aid." he said as he pulled out his empty pockets. "Yes, ant! by the looks of things, I should think she found one," was all the- comfort he got. Th' Judge. - I see they are mm ving ref. esh meutt on roller skates in soma of t;jo restaurants," the husband said as ho laid down his paper. "Good gracious!" exclaimed his wife, "have tliey no pla'.es?" Chicago Tribune. "How did you contrive to cultivate such a hcauiituj black eve?" asked Brown. "Oh, replied Fos.'j', who had I c2 b. en practicing up u roller skates. "1 raised it from a -lip." L'oiton Ttan- 1 script. A tramp app'ie I for breakfast at a house on Michigan avenue. "Why don't irou 'ook for work?" asked the hoiise lolder roitghl.. "I never ge time." said the tramp. "Why. what are von doing all day?" "Looking for bieak fast. ' replied the tramp. Ofl roil Free I'res. A stranger in Austin met I'ncle Mosk and asked him: "Where does Colonel Yerger reside?" !! libs out dar on Austin avenue soincwhars." "What is Ihe number of the ho'ise?" "Huh! Vou finds de number on dedore. Don't yer know how ter mad vit?" Text! Sifting.. "Here," yelled a small boy who had been trading knives, siht un-e: n. "that ain't fair. ' "What ain't? ' asked the other one. "Why, this knife's hack spring is one, and "taint got no -nap." "Course 'taint: I gave the snap away. What'd ye reckon I was trad in fur." Mcnlm n t 7 'ra eefcr. --Louie is logic: Storekeeper "Beg your pardon, sir; I sa'd ten dollars (displav iug the one-dollar bill that has b-'cn handed him). Fogg "Well, sir, and is n't that all right?" More keeper "Hardly; it wants a cipher on the end here, you know." Fogg "A cipher? Oh, that's nothing." Uost'm 'Iran script. Teacher -Now, what do 3-ou under stand by brain work? Bov When a man works with his head. Teacher Correct. And what is manual labor? Boy -When a nun works wish his hands. Teacher That's, right To which of these clas.se do I belong when I teach you? What do I u-e most in teaching vou? Bov A stn.p. 'J'oLdo Blade. He Took the Hint: " Vou ru tin- bslff "f the town," The win hit man u !. As be smoothed Hit- curls Ontierouevnlvhe.il lie took the hint, the iwuuir man did. When rhe traveller little hcuil u Bin. Anil murmured ?f!l in hiur: What good is a tei without rltitff" Exrhange. Cheap Enough. "Do yon take this woman whose hand you are a-squeezin to b your lawful wile, in f'-usli times an' skimp?" "I reckon that's about the sie of it, squire." "Do you take this niaa you've j'iued lists with to be vour pard through thick an' thin?" "Well, vou're about right for once, old man." "All right, then. Kiss in court, an' 1 reckon you're married about as tight as the law kin j'ine you. I guess four bitsjli do. BilL if 1 don't have to kiss the bride. If I do U's six aits eura-1' QhUago Ledger.