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IVF i . THE JOTTBNAL. TES F AJsTKslXli! T9Saalnaa and proftaaioaal cards of fiToliaes or leas, per aaamai, ! dollars. CTFor titao advertlMBMBta, applr at tafa osic. tngal adrertlMaeats at aUtnU rates. TsTFor traaaisnt advsrtlalag, ass ratoaoa third pags. ETA11 adTartlaastsnts payable ISSUF ' VEBY WEDNESDAY, m..k. ' jester. & co. Proprietors and Publishers. Ik sUttSttill aasBBSsaa a llHI' 'OFFICE, Eleventh St., up 'fairs in Journal Building. terms: Per year. . Six months Three months Single copies sm 3 VOL. XVI.-N0. 16. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12, 1885. WHOLE NO. 796. thly. COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUMBUS, KEB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 DlRKCTORS: Leaxu'er Gekrakd, Pres't. Geo. W. IIulst, Vice Pres't. Julius A. Heed. It. II. Henry. J. E. Taskeu, Cashier. Baak of Wejpotilt. UIcorsi aad EichaHEe. Collection lromplly Made e all l'olntn. Pay latereMt oa Time Depos it. 174 HENRY G-ASS, COFFINS AND 3IETALLIC CASES AND DEALER IN Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus. Tables, Safes. Lounges, Ac. Picture Frames and Mouldings. 2T Repairing of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. u-tr COLUMBUS. NEB. HENRY LUERS, DEALER IN WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pumps Repaired on short notice' jSTOne ilnnr we-t of Heintz Drug Store, 11th Street, Columbus, Neh. Be Warned in time. Kidney diseases may be prevented by purifying, renewing, and invigontini: the blood with Ayer's Sarsnparilla. "When . through debility, the action of the kidneys is perverted, these organs rob the blood of Its needed constituent, albumen, which i passed off in the urine, while worn out matter, which they should carry off from the blood, is allowed to remain. By the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the kidney are restored to proper action, and Albu minuria, or Bright's Disease is prevented. Ayer' Sarsaparilla aKo prevents inflammation of the kidneys, and other disorders of thee organ. Mrs. Jas. W.'Wehl, Forest Hill t., Jamaica Tlain. Mas., write: "1 Iiae had a complica tion of dieae. but my greatest trouble nas been with my kidney. Four bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla made me feel like a new person; as well and strong as ever." "W. M. McDonald, 46 Summer St.. Boston, Mass., had been troubled for years with Kidney Complaint. By the ue of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, he not only Prevented the disease from assuming a fatal form, but was restored to perfect health. John McLellan, cor. Bridge and Third sts.. Lowell, Mass., writes: ''For several years I suffered from Dyspepsia and Kidney Complaint, the latter being so severe at times that I could scarcely attend to my work. My appetite was poor, and T was much emaciated; but by using AYER'S Sarsaparilla my appetite and digestion improved, and my health has been perfectly restored." Sold by all Druggists. Price 31; Six bottles, 85. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lo ell, Mass., U. S. A. A WORD OF WAKXEVG. FARMERS, stock raisers, and all other interested parties wilt 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 Idas by theft, accidents, diseases, or injury, (as also against loss by fir and lightning). All representations by agents of ether Companies to4be contrary not witkatandin. P. "W. HEXRICn, Special Ajr't. 15-y Columbus, Xeb. LYON&HEALY a Monro Sts..Caica. Wlllw4rli!UrTdiitk BAMI1 CATALOGUE. I 1KB. ISO ncv, tcrr.ui Iwttcsnu, Seta, Opa. Brit Drb UaprS Sue. u4 S4rr Bui OattM. Ml k. a laewta lounctias ui Ki te Antfnt Biadh ut .ttCUkaWtUUsts, jt"sg"JS"""""jfcv sfi"lsi STftVJ State aT ssmIr .fMKsmdk THE CHARMS OF OFFICE. Ei-Legislator Who Can find No HsppU nr Out or Official Life. President Lincoln once said that the two things in this world which most resemble each other in attractions and in effects are whisky and office. No truer comparison was ever made. A man who know not the delights of of line, like one who has never felt the in fluence of liquor, finds no fault with an obcure. soberexistence: but let him on e taste the sweets ot official life, and. like' the youth who for the first time experiences the hilarious senaa t on of the cup. he will regard h:s fo iuer mode of living a insipid Ann unbearable. This fact explains the trange tenacity with which luen who have been in the public service cling to government employment, even when thrir interest- are in other directions. They prefer a salary of two or three thousand dollars a year, with a petty otlice. to five times that amount inthe. obscurity of private life. There are now on Vile at the Post-office Depart ment a number of application for rneager-alaried Postnia-terships by ex Congressmen, who can not ret co'itent out of office, though the r business or professions ie!d them large iu come. Some of these papers are couched in pitiful term, which would nol ill become the pet tion of an exile who earns for h s native soil. It would be impossible to inllie a greater injury on a r sing oung lawyer or merchant than to send him to Congress and then not keep him there for life. He can never resume his occupation with uc e s. The office instinct once implant ed in his m ml, will crop out every time an office is to be tilled and will render liim incapable of -enot:s attention to hi bu-inoss. He will probably become in the end a chronic office-seeker, a ward polit.ciau or even a member of the Legislature. Constituencies should jonder well the responsibility' they as Mime when they select new repreenta t vis in Congress. The" Iiould bear in mind that they are transplanting ten der plant- into a richer soil and that when these nlants have taken root .n the trop'cal climate of the capital tliey cannot without damage ordestruetiou, be removed to the less genial dime whence the- came. Better leave them in the r native earth or make their re moval permanent. Dur ng the lat session of Congress1 there was considerable comment about the number of ex-members who were -ecu on the floor of the House. The-e were for the Miost part those who were knocked off their feet by the tidal wave of ix: and who were etill quite dazed by the suddenness of the thing. It was pitiful to watch their features as they wandered from seat to seat, receiving condolence- and affecting a jollity tliey were far from feeling. One would think that revisiting the scenes of past glory only add- pa n to mi-fortune, but these e--tatesrncn seemed -to find a melan choly happiness in viewing the lielu of their wordv exploits and even contem plating the chairs which they once oc cupied. Several ex-Congressmen have .-ettled permanently in Washington, after vain attempts at re-election in the'r district--, and are seemingly lia;py to be near the gates of the official para-d.-e which they are not permitted to enter. Others spend the greater part of the Congressional year at the cap. til. drifting about the public building- in .he hope that somcting may turn up, all the while neglecting their private bu- ness and perhaps running In o deb'. A few of these quondam legis lators are ever begging. clerks h J s on th. Committees of Congress or places m the departments anything in fact, that savor of public office. Can whisky show any sadder effects? Could a temperance speaker demonstrate tiie ev 1 result- of drinking in a more -tnking way than by comparing them w th the ba'ieful influence of office? Iu what glow ng color could he paint the .pn-tiiiy of a bright oung man. eld ing at tir-t to the teniptat on of a local office -a trusteeship, or perhap- the Mavoraltv ot hs 1 ttle p.wn. then the gradual descent down the ladder of degradation from muuic pal office to the Mate Legislature and from Leg - lature to Congress -showing at each stage the correspond ng e lei ts of in temperance on a man"- career. Any intelligent aud'ence would not fail to rcg -ter a pledge mined ately. Wash ington Cor. I'iiftidelpIiia Times. LONDON FIRE DISTRICTS. The Arntnseiaeiii in England's mirf rity for Kxliiisui-Iiliit: Ktr. London is iLv ded for fire purj.o-es into four district, each garrisoned with ISO or 140 men a force strong enoiigh to deal w.th the individual dis tr ct tires. Thev are the A. compris ing Westminster. Ken-iimton. Bays water, and. writing roughly, the whole of the West End: the 15, the center, including the e".tv the C, the Kast End. and the 1). the whoV of the south side of the rier. in wheh the headquarters, in the Southwark Bridge Ko.nl. are situated. Over each of these district th re L- a Superin tendent connected with headquarters by telegraph, and in n ost cac- bv telephone, and himself connected with all the station over wh.eh he has -uper.ntendeuc. for th disc pline and efficiency of wh eh he is di rectly responsible to In- chief. Xo station, witli one except on, is tele graphically connected with another: every order pa-ses from or through the Super'ntendent. evn if sent b the chief. The jme exception Is n favor of the two nearest stations of two dis trict . For instance, the sfcifon near est in District A is connected with the neare-t station in District B, and the nearest in Di-trict D, but the connec t'on is never made use of unles- ther occurs a tire 6n -ome point between, :n which case Both stat'ous communicate and turn out. The connection is, of course, also employed if tjjere be a break down of communicat tn, such as frequently occurs, between the office of the Superintendent of the district where the stat on is situated and headquarters. Thia system ot communication bv telegraph and tele phone, now rapidly approaching com pletion, is, as far at any rate as the telephone is concerned, the growth- of onlv the lat few vears. for it was in the early parj of 1880 thai the Edison Com pany gratuitously established tele phonic communication between the B, C, and J) districts and headquarters. The omission of the A district (the West End) was caused by the necessity of laying underground wires, an ex pense the company could hardly be ex pected to' bear. The telephone now in use is the Gowcr-BeJL.for the postal authorities, from whom the brigade rent t hear. 4eTJisfin BJttb' favor the Edson, BSlwitfBflyfiaglhat those who have' had. experience orjjioftfc describe the .latter as the.' I'MnrComkiii Magazine " THE CREMATORIUM AT MILAN. A Detcrlptloa of the Method or ludMrar tion Enpluyrd There. The crematorium stands at the far end of the grounds, a building not large or high, but with its crescent shaped open atrium of white marble sufficiently handsome and imposing. On the frieze is this inscription: Tem pio Crr-matorio per volonta del Albert Keller ertttoe do nata alia cittadi Milano. On the wall facing the entrance is a haud-oiue medallion of Albert Keller, who was duh cremated in the temple of hi- own providing. Many portions of the wall are marked off in small tablets inscribed with the names of the persons whose bodies have undergone cremation, and whose ashes, in many cases, repose in an urn or small vessel in a niche behind the tablet. Ashes they are not. properly speaking. I was shown about a couple of bandfuls of white bleached bone.iu bits not larger than one's linger all that remained, as I learned.- after th"e cremation of the body of a man some ten stones in weight. Other spaces have been ap propriated by intending cremators, and have the word "Assegnato"' inscribed on them. Through a small door you pass from the atrium into what I may describe as the operating room, in the middle of which stands the enclosed furnace, looking like an enlarged edition of the family laundry copper. The lire is kindled at the back of the furnace, and when at the proper mo ment released by the uplifting of iron shutters, comes roaring through two large orifices, and quickly fills the whole of the .-pace where lies its prey. The body iV cadacero. as the attend ant called it, seeming to take great delight in repeating the word dressed in a light linen or woolen shroud or rather costume. ii taken from the shell in which it has been brought, and laid on a marble slab, thence transferred to a large iron tray, which is borne to the mouth of the" furnace and laid on a frame, which, by the actiou of a winch, is wound into the interior with its burden. The iron door is then clo-ed. the shut ters, a- described above, are raised, and the furnace, to u-e an American expre ion. is literally in full blast. At the'end of two hours the operation is complete, and all that there remains of what was once a man. full of "blood, bones, marrow, passion, feeling," an "Two handful of white dust -hut in an uru of bras- " The system at present in use is that of Paola ('orini: it takes, as I have said, two hours and the consumption of three hundred kilogrammes of wood and twenty-five kilogrammes of char coal. The cost of everything, includ ing the mural tablet, is ninety-four franc-. A new method, known as the Systenie Venini. under which the incin erat on will be effected by gas. was then immediatelr about to be tr'ed. I -aw the furnace jiit completed, and is no doubt now iu operation. L'nder this sy-teni the whole affair will be completed in fifty minutes. In this place. which was perfectly .-weet, clean and wholesome, without the faintest trace of auything calcu lated to offend the sense of sight or smell, there are about eighteen or twenty ca-es of cremation every month. They are, the attendant told me, de cidedly on the increase, and were the cholera scare again to appear, he had uo doubt, from what he bad heard. that the practice would have large num bers of adherents. Already bodies for cremation are sent from distant part of Italy, and ou the next dav one was expected from Paris. And. indeed, when I thought of all the horrors of our ordinary bur.ing. I could not wonder at the de-ire to be quit of them, no matter at wha amount of trouble or expense. J.onaon World. NATURAL HISTORY. Its Study anil I'umuit Healthjr and In structive Occupation. There is no doubt that in England. as well as in France and Germanv. the collecting of moths is a very general recreation as compared with the United States. That it is harmless Ls a nega tive praise; that a pursuit of its objects i healthful, and take the man who works in the city out into the fresh country air. is a po-itive recommenda tion. But the labor is also instructive. Things have not changed very much since the days of Malpighi, and biology is a respected and necessary study. And throughout the world of animated beings it may be safely said that the growth and changes of life can no where be so easily and pleasantly ob served as in the rearing of butterflies and moths from the eg. As to but terflies, it may be asserted that they are less interesting than their cousin's the moths, who constitute the elder branch of the great natural group of scaly-winged insects, or LepidojAera, to which both belong. The butterflies are le.-s numerous in species, or kinds, and more uniform in habit and appear ance. These gaudy and papery-w inged day-flies have their own attractions and present their own scientific problems, but in number, diversity, soft and deli cate colors, and patterns and unex pected modes of life, they can not hold a candle, to speak both figuratively and appositely, to the foolish but lovely moths. 'Prof. A. R. Grute, in Popular Science Monthly. The Sandal-Wood of Japan. Passing by a shop you see cords of wood cut into small blocks about six inches long. This you learn is nothing short of shoe-timber. These cords of wood will speedily be converted into shoes of various sizes, 'at prices rang ing ail the way from four to twenty cents. One feels quite exalted in a pair of twenty cent shoes. The wood is called kiri, and is very light The clogs are still further lightened by hollowing out the center. So, in point of fact, there is little truth in calling the shoes heavy, although they appear so to the inexperienced observer. It must be admitted, though, that they are unreasonably clumsy. Sometimes the shoes worn by the ladies an lacquered, and are fastened by a velvet band passing from either side over th lower part of the instep, and between the first and second toes. With this same kind of wood is made bureaus provided with strong iron handles, and the whole box is adjustable in hori zontal sections, one piled above an other. Owing to the lightness of the wood thc-e boxes may be filled with clothing and carried off on the shoulders of the coolie in case of fires, which so often vex the people of Tokio. Cor. t'hicago'Tinus. mum Abraham Lincoln's largest f ee aa a lawyer was five thousand dollars in a railroad case- Chicago Herald. PITH AND POINT. The divorce courts ought to bs abolished. They encourage too many men to be false to the Union. -A fifty-dollar ring may not typify the depth of the love that 'presents it, but it may tell a tale of tcrriole strain upon the pocket that pays for it Fall JtiverAdvance. If one have business across the water, it is all right, or if he goes for improvement to mind or body; but this going abroad merely for the sake of bragging about it is a broad farce. Uoiton Post. Woman is herself a creature of in tuition, as everybody will admit; but that's no reason why she should sallv out on the street with a thick drab veil drawn over her face away down to her chin, and then expect every male being of her acquaintance she meet- to recognize her half a block "away. Somerrille Journal. A well-dressed and pretty young woman, who went about in New' York saying that she wanted to get'married, was promptly clapped into an insane as lum. When a woman wants a hus band and does not continually declare she would not touch a horrid man witli a ttm-foot pola, it i a sure sign of in sanity. Philadelphia Call. "I know," sa'd the agent, "that the house isn't in very good condition, and that the location isn't the best, but ou'll have splendid neighbors here." "Indeed." "Yes'm. Best neighbors in the world: kind and generous. For the first six months you'll be able to borrow anything from them, from a flat-iron to'tea and sugar. Why, the last tenant here borrowed the cooking stove of the people next door, and used it so long that the folks went and bought another for their own use. Ob, it's the best neighborhood you could get into." Boston Courier. Mistress (to applicant for service) "How nianv night out a week?" Applicant "None, mum. Oi niver sth r out." Mistress "Will you hav many friends to see -ou?" Appl'cant "Not wau, mum Ov have no friends?" M stress "What wages will x'ou ex pect?" Applicaut "Oi'll lave "that to ve, mum." Mistress "What kind of housework are vou willing for?" Ap plicant "O'm wdlin to. wash an'airun an' cook an' scrub an' clane windys an' wa!t on table an' taike care av childc nn' carry in ccal an' bu Id faires" (Here a loud ringing was heard at th loor and the keeper ot an asylum rushed in and secured the lunatic.) l.cn-lon Pinn'h. IN A SLEEPING CAR. How the '.owbjy Conduct Hiimelf In One of Theie Adjunct of Civilization. "Where do I camp?" he inquired, and was shown the lower berth next to me. "That's my pigeon-hole, is it? All right, old son, just watch my mo tion while I file myself away." At this juncture he was desired tc turn over hi revolver to the porter, which he declined to do in a very spit ited manner. Old Dad' (his revolver) and me al ways sleep together, andwedon't warn no divorce.' he explained. The conductor remonstrated, but was advi-ed not to trv to "bra'd this muleV tail." "Thw here's a slepin' car, ain't it?'' he at length inquired. "Ye.'r "Well. whv don't you let people sleep then, whei they've paid and gone into your ganio? If you're aiming to keep people awake and want company. jut dance into the next car: there -lot- of folk there don't want to sleep, connw, and they'll be glad to see ' Oil." The conductor withdrew, and my friend pulled off his boots and stretcheo h'm-olt. w'tli many comments in an undertone on the povertv of the surrounding-. In about ten minutes this errafc per son had his head out o the aisle "Sav. ou bov!" to the porter "WelL'sah."" "Come a runnin'." The porter drew near and was handed a pillow about as big as a pin cu-hion. "Take that gooseha'r thing aV2y.' commanded tl.e cowboy. "Don't you want a pillow, sah?" aked the porter. "That ain't no pillow, and I don't want it nohow: I'm afraid it'll get in my ear." After this, silence, and for a short time I slept. I' roused up. however, at an exclamation on the part of my neighbor. "Hold on there, my son, jist drap them boots.' "I was only jest gwine to black 'em, boss." "Drap "em." They drapped. "Jest gwine to pull them spurs, i reckon. Now. don't monkey around my camp, taking things no more. If ou want anything, speak for it. If you can't speak make sign, and if you can't make signs shake a bush. You h'ar me?" "Yes, sah." After this, silence. The wheels and rails again sang together, and the car again kept approving time, and pres ently I slept without interruption. Rocky Mountain Sews. WOMEN'S HEALTH. Out.Door Life and Activities Important Factor In It Couiervat on. The redemption of women's health, I am more and more convinced, depends on their taking to outdoor life and ac tivife-. Heading high class memoirs which are In every one's hands nowa days, ot the Carlyles. the Sterl ngs and F.D. Maurice, one is disgusted to hear the cont nual story of weak health, and women who, brought face to face w.th the realit.es of l:fe, immediately droop, langu sh and are a long time dying If they have a house to keep and a share of the actual work, like Mr-. Carlyle, at Craigenputtoek and Chel sea, they sicken mysteriously, and the r life ia a time of wrestling with house hold affairs, alternating with refuge on the sofa, or months in the doctor's hands, in that wretched, unimprovable state which justified the sigh of a much tired husband who "wished h s w fe would get better, orsomething!" Have I not, through the ignorance of our dav and generation, wasted life enough in attacks of the familar house!. old demon, nervous prostrat.on which oul van she on turn ng the pat ent out of doors Twice and again, friends have looked pityingly on me as god as gone, but taken out of doors tea hours a day. as good for nothiug else, sun and w.nd wrought the r spell ot heaLng, and health came again. Henceforth no more indoor life than must be for me. and 1 would urge other women to fashion their lives so as u spend them mora in the open air. i rMh a 4rfaty FIRST National Bank! COX.XJJMBXJS. NEB. Aithsrized Capital, Paid Ii Capital, Sirplas aad Profits, - 250,000 60,000 - 13,000 OFFICKRS AND PI RECTORS. A. ANDERSON, Pres't. SAM'LC. SMITH. Vice Pres't. O.T.ROEN, Cashier. J. Y. EARLY, HERMAN OEHLRICH, r. A. MCALLISTER, G. ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passage Ticket., anu Seal Estate Loans. 2U-VOM3-1V lusnriss cabbs. D.T. Mabtyk, M. D. F. J. Schug, M. D. Dm. MAETYN & SCHUG, ' U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeons. Union Facilic, O., X. & B. H. and B. M. R. R's. Consultations iu German and English. Telephones at office and residences. larOllice over First National Bank. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 42-y C . EVAIVg, 91. D., PIIYSICIAX A2W SURGEON. jgyOfliee and rooms. Gluck building, 11th street. Telephone communication. Jy F. F. RTCA " ER, .11. 1 HOMCEOPATHIST. Chronic Diseases aad Diseases of Children a Specialty. MTOfllce on Olive street, three doors north of rlrst National isanK. 2-lv W. rti. coRrvErLiUM, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building 11th street. C .1. GAULOV, Collection Atfy. SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD PAPER. Office with J. G. Higgins. " 34-:hn H. J. HUltSOIf, NOTARY PUBLIC, 2th Street, i door went of Hamaond House, Columbus, Neb. -Wl-y J ii. REEDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office ou Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska 2-tf mO.EY TO LOAN. Five years' time, on improved faria witlf at least one-fourth the acreage under cultivation, in sums representing one third the fair value of the homestead. Correspondence solicited. Addres-, M.K.TURNER, 50- Columbus, Ncbr. V. A. MACKEN, PKALKK IS Foreign and Domestic Liquors and Cigars. llth street, Columbus, Neb. ,10-y 11 rcALLlSTER BRON., 1 TTORNF. YS A T LA W, Office up.stairs in McAllister's build ing, llth St. V. A. McAllister, Xotarv Public. JOHN TIMOTHY, NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER. Keeps a full line of stationery and school supplies, aud all kinds of legal forms. Iusure.- against tire, lightning, cyclone and tornadoes. Office in Powell' Block, Platte Centei. 10-x J. M. MACFARLANP, B. It. COWPERY, AttwaiyjallTjuryPsir:. C:IItr.:r. LAW AND COLLECTION 0FFKE OK MACFARIjAND& COWDBRY, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. J. JT. .11 A UGH AN. Justice, County Surveyor, Notary. Land and Collection Agent. Parties desiring surveviiu: done can notify me by mail at Platte Centre, Xeb. ol-tini T? H.RUSCHE, llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, "Whips, Blankets. Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, &c, at the lowest possible prices. Repairs pn mptly attended to. TA"tlES MALHO.l, 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. 52 Gxno. T H. LAWKENl'E, DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR. Will do general surveying in Platte and adjoining counties. Office with S. C. Smith. COLUMBUS, XXBRASK4. 17-tf JS. MURDOUK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Havehau an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto Is, Good work and fairpriees. Call and give us an oppor tunity to estimate for you. jSTSbop on 13th Stone door west of Friedbof A Co's. store. Columbus. Nebr. 483-v O. C. SPT A TJSTOISr MANUFACTURER OF Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. Shop on Olive Street. 2 doors north of Brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store. 4-v f W.CLARK LAND AND INSURANCE A GENT, HUMPHREY, NEBR. His lands comprise some fine tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ot PIstte county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y COAL LIME! J. E. NORTH & CO:, DEALERS IN Coal, Hair, Cement. Eork Spine Coal, Carboi (Wyoiiiir) Coal . Eldon(lowa) Coal ..$7.00 prr tea .. 6.00 " ... 5.00 " Blacksmith Coal of best quality al ways on hand at low est prices. North Side Eleventh St., COLUMBUS, NEB. 14-3m UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE, SAML. C. SMITH, Ag't. AND General Real Estate Dealer. JSTI have a large number of improve d Farms for sale cheap. Also unimproved farmiug and grazing lands, from ft to $ l."i per acre. iSTSpecial attention paid to making final proof on Homestead and Timber Claim. 23TAll having lands to sell will find it to cheir :idautage to leave them in my hands for sale. Money to loan on farms. F. II. Marty, Clerk, speak German, ftl-tf Columbus, Nebraska. LOUIS SCHBEIBEK, II All kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Baggies, Wag ons, etc., made to order, aud all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Beapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and 8elf-binders the best made. fiTShop opposite the "Tattersall." on Olive St.. COLUMBUS. 2B-m I- B. A. FOWLEIt, ARCHITECT, 1555 ?!! St., - CKAEA. SSB. M-. tPFHW PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED for all kinds of Public Buildings and Private Dwelling.". Architect of Willard Block, Child's Hospital, Residence of Hon. J. M. Thurston, Residence of Hon. lohn I. Redick, Omaha; Residence of Hon. G. V. E. Dor-ev, Masonic Hall. Fremont, Neb; Residence of C C. Crow ell, Esq., First National Bank, Blair, Neb; ReMdetiee of lho. Bryant, First National Bank, Schuyler, Neb., and ma uy others. 43-mO in presents given away. Send us 5 cents postage, i Ww anu oy mail vou win get free a package of good of large value, that will start you in work that will at once bring you'in money faster than any thing else in America' All about the ?200,000 in presents with each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of eithe.r sex, of all ages, for all the time, or spare time only, to work for us at their own homes. " Fortunes for all workers ab solutely assured. Don't delay. H. Hal lftt Jt'Co., Tortland, Maine." pAMPBELL St. MX.CrLAIH, DEALERo in - Rasrs and Iron ! The highest market price paid (or rags and iron. Store in the Bubach building, Olive st-, Columbus, Neb. - 15-tf NO HUMBUG! But a Grand Success. RP. BRIGHAM'S AUTOMATIC WA- 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 grocery. ti-Gm AT"QTr7Tj1 Send six cents for r K, . rli postage.and receive A XVXLiU. free a costly box of goods which will help you to more money right away than anything else in this world. All, of either sex, succeed from first hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the worker.-., absolutely sure. At once address, Tkue &. Col, Augusta, Maine. OTICE TOTEACHERJi. J. E. Moncrlef, Co. Supt., Will be in 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 trsnsactton of soy other business pertaining to schools. 567-y TTAMII.TO.1 MEADE, 91. ., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Platte Center, Nebraska. 9-v I BlacKsmilD and Waaon Maker mm nnn PRESENCE OF MIND. KnlMirrsatment TotaDUUacIsalas;CTfear actvrUtlc or th Coats RlcMa. No Costa Rican lady or gentleman is ever embarrassed. They always know how to do and say the proper thing, and while the'r .courtesy and good manners are said to be only siin deep, they are the most charming of com panions, the most generous of hosts, and the mon polite of gentlemen. No laborer ever pases a lady in the street without lifting his hat. and he always, touches that always dirty and gener" ally dilapidated portion of his apparel when a gentleman passes him. If a lady approaches a group of racu dig- ring a cellar, repa r.ng the street, or what not. even though ome of them may be half naked, they always saluto her respectfully, and in the rural ais trict no oue ever meets you w.thout raying "Slav God prosper the object of your journey." or "May heaven' smile upon our errand.' or something ia Spanish like that- -Tim same ma wilt' swindle you out of your e e teeth if he gct :i chance, and it vou ak him liow far it " to the next place he will un doubtedly tell vou a fal-ehood. He do.su' t care a copper whether you ever reach the end of our journev. ind ha-, no more regard for your welfare than the t!ei in ?he irras. but he ro:.ogn cs a beautiful custom and ay. "dod'he good to jou," as if btf meant it for a blc-sing. And 'this politeness jiernie.ites all elates and ca-tes. If yotj enter a store with a ladv every man there will salute you aud remove his hat out of rcapect to her. On the street- the people will stand aside to let you pas, and it is nee ssary to do o, for the Md)w:ilksre ofte"i less than two feet wale. If you go "nto a hotel ollice. a barber .hop, restaurant or any other public place everybody present will salute you with UuenoVDeos." or .-ome other friendly welcome. While there i not a particle of sincerity about all this, wh le tin object and end of life in the Spani.h mode of ethics is to get along w th j little work and as much windling as pos-iibie. they are certainly to be praised for cheating you iu the rao-t pol te and agreeable manner po-!bIe. A Span sli highwayman does not swear at you and command ou to g.ve him your money or your life: he makes a profound bow. places his hand upon h s heart, assures you that he i dcvoutlv gratetij that ou are looking -o well and regrets that he is compelled Im pressing necessities to request that you will loan him whatever valuables Von have upon your perou. Then thank ing you for your promptness and courtesy in sparing him the pa'nful duty of shoot:ng you through the head, he w.ll mount his horse and ride otl with a prayer that the Almighty will protect you from the perils of your journey. Boston Herald. GINSFNG. A Fainoiu Drue Which IOne of th Moit llighlr FrUc.l or the Production ol Com. A Parliamentary paper contains the account of a journey made by the t'on-sul-dcneral of Great Brita'n in Corea. Some interesting information is given with regard to the prcduct on of the famous drug ginseng, so pri.ed a a tonic by the Chinese. It i- grown from a seed which is sown in March. The -eetllings are planted out in beds raised a foot above the level of the surround ing sod. bordered with upright slates, an I covered iu from sun and rain by .sheds of reeds, well closed .n exeent toward the north side, where they are lett to open. In the titt or second year the ginsug plant is only two or three inches h'gh. and has only two leaves. It is transplanted frequently duriug this per od. In the fourth year the stem i about si- inches hijjh. w'th four horizontal leaves stand nir out from it at r slit angles ami in the I'fih yi.r a strong, healthv plant h.is "reached maturity, though it is more usual not .o take it up unt'l .t ha.s reached the -; xth sea son )rd nary g nseng is prepared by s mpU drying the root in the sun or over u charcoal tire. To make red or clarified ginseng, the root is placed in wicker baskets. Inch are put in a large eartiienw are vessel with a c!oelv iit tng cover and pierced at the bottom with hole. It is t!i n placed over boilmg water, and steamed for about four hours. (lin-eng was fur eer.tures regardel as a ven elix r of life all over thuKast: and espec all in China and .Japan. Its propert c-j were supposed to be mi-raculou-. but they were irenerally sup posed to be confined to the Corean gin seng Hut its epormoiis price put it out of the reaeh of the poorer classes. The wild jjinseng of Corea has fre ue.it 1 fetehed tvv.n times it- we ght in silver in China. The export from l orea is a strict monopoLy. wh eh alo ds a cons d Table revenue, and is said to be the King's personal perquis'tc. Death is the punishment for --niuirgLnir it out of the countrv. The total export is onh abo.it :7,W00 pound-avoirdupois. SrtKnii h' American. A REMARKABLE DECISION. Tlir "St-vtWity ot Physicians Krru uc Abreast at the .Modern 3IethoI of Prac tice. A physician wa? recently brought to ta-k Uy a ( 'eriuan tribunal for neglect ing to keep "himself informed as to modern methods of pract ce. A ser vant who received a wound in the chest iu April last diejl from septicemia under the care of jlii doctor, who de p a u;r antiseptic dress.ngs. treated h:s patient accord ng to ane'ent usages. The Court held that 'every medical pr.ictitio.-er slioild keep ii niieif in formed on the accompl shed progrc-9 o e cine, ami have a:i o .-t knowl edge o- mod. rn y;iDi ot reatment. If thee had beenempIovi.d the pa- en", s 1 fe m ght have been saved, hence t-? Hab luy for nerence." The Court of Appeal sustained the judgment. Some effort should bu made iu this counir. to force phys c an to pass examinat ons every few years a to ee whether they havekeptinforuied as to the more recent medical invest. gat.ons. incliid ng surgery- No pro vis on is made in th's country to pro tect the sick from be ng treated by in competent or ill-informed doctors! A would-be physician in Kurope must undergo a rigid examination before he is allow d to practice, but diplomas in the United Mates are no guarantee of knowledge or skill in the treatment of diea-s. and then thousands of our older physicians in the rural d stricls are unacquainted, with the advanced methods in modern medicine and sur gery due to discoveries "made witai'a the last quarter of a ceatuxy. Demtor' ti'3 Monthly. j OF GENERAL. INTEREST. i-Qcsar Brothers ara a New York btssinesa firm. Iroa tubiag from tie United Stats is used ia ths Baku oil regions to con vey oil from th bills to the shore of the Caspian Sea. General Aizpuru. the rebel leader at Panama, is a mulatto, wbo a few years ago was a waiter ia a New Or leans billiard saloon. .V. O. Tt'w. A colored man in Georgia wbo was busted off a railroad track waated twenty million dollars damages, but settled for sixteen dollars and a pass good for thirty days. A Montana paper -thinks the in crease of California lions and wolves in that country is due to the increase of cattle and sheep, upon which taese animals mainly subsist. A New York State woman pointed an old pistol at a tramp and it biased away and killed a thirty-tive dollar calf. She ought to have pointed it at Ifca-caM. Det fit Free Press. - - One of the largest steel manufac turers in Pittsburgh. Pa., expressed the opinion the other day that a year hence not a solitary kee of iroa sails will be made this side of the Mississippi River. The Schuylkill Arssnal. at Phila delphia, manufactures eight million rounds of ammunitiou and lifteon mill ion rifle balls each year. Three millions arc used for target practice by the rank and file of the army. We have before us the card of a firm who advertise themselves as manu facturers of steam-refined tripe, pigs feet and fertilizers. He'avens! and we bad thought all along that these things grew naturally. Boston Transcjript. Philadelphia Post-office clerks were surprised the other day to see a new style of postal card, in the shape of a dirty linen shirt cuff, come flying through the letter bole. One side bore a one-cent stamp and an address, and on the other side was a strange mes sage neatly written. Philadelphia Press. Scientific experiments show that walking or running depends very much upon the size and shape of the shoe, and that strength and endurance as well as gracefulness in this exercise can not be gained without a sensible aad well-fitting style. Low heels increase the speed iu walking and make the step longer, and soles longer tba'n the foot, if they are not too long, make walking easier. Chicago Times. An important decision has beeu made by the Supreme Court of Ken tucky, holding that a contract made by telephone is valid, and may be sus tained iu court. I a the case at bat. an operator talked over the wire for one of the principals, and reported the conversation in the presence of two witnesses, whose testimony was ad mitted by the Court ou the ground that the operator acted the part of an inter preter. Louiscille Coiirier-.onrnal. A cord of seasoned wood weighs, say, four thousand pounds. Th's cord of wood, placed in a charring recepta cle and subjected to a proper temperat ure for., say five days, entirely disap pears. In its place we have oue thousand pounds of charcoal, two thousand pounds of pymligneous acid aud one thousand pounds of uncon deused gaes. The aggregate weight of these products U equal exactly to the original weight of the wood. Bos ton Budget. For originality the sign of a New York Fifth avenue shoemaker takes the lead. Over a well-painted foot is the word "Anato and underneath is the word. "Miguel." Expecting to see a full-blooded, dark-eyed and eurU headed Italian or Spaniard in the pro prietor, a customer will go iu and a-k for Mr. Miguel. Imagine his counte nance when he is told that the pro prietor of the place is an Irishman, and that "Anato Miguel" i merely his way of spelling anatomical. The reason beef selU high is that the population of the country in creases faster than the meat supply. Cattle are decreasing year by year in proportion to the population, and wdl continue so to do. The decrease iu the United States for the last year in all the States east of tfie Mississ'ppi. north and south, and including Mis souri. Arkans-. Louisiana and Texas most of the Union- was nearly "it, 00O head. Beef making is not likely soon to be overdone. Wusungton Post. At a town in Gloucestershire the relatives as below recently surrounded one dinner-table: Oue great-grandfather, two grandfathers, one grand mother, three fathers, two mothers, four children, three grandchildren, one ijreat-gaudchild. three sisters, one brother, two husbands, two wives, one mother-in-law. one father-in-law. two brothers-in-law. three s:sters-in-Iaw. one son-in-law, two daughters-in-law. two uncles, three aunts, one nephew, two- nieces, and two cousins. The whole party consisted of ieven persons onlv. Boston Herald. NOT A BOOK AGENT. A ranmf Incident How st liUtlng-uUhed Gentleman W MUaaJeratuod. There is a General of local fame who went through a very unhappy quarter of an hour a week or so ago. lie has just returned frqm the East. There he made the acquaintance of a oung gentleman who is engaged to be mar ried to a very charming Oakland girl. The trnth. that always is the acces sory of separaticjn of lovers, burned in the young man's breast, anil he took the opportunity, when the General was leaving, to load him down with mes sages of love and a book for his fiancee. The gallant warrior under took the commiss'on with all willing ness, and when he had rested from his trip he started oft" one Sunday morn ing for Oakland with the book under his arm. He slight out the address given him. for the young jrirl was a stranger to him. and as he approached he saw a lady seated on he steps of an Oakland villa. He opened the gate and walked iu with an imposing mar tial air. The lady eyed him with an unfavorable look. "You are Mrs. Jenkinson?" "I am." "I have a book " "I don't want any books." "Is there a Miss Jenkinson?" "There is." "Ls she at home?" "Yes." "I have, here a book " '"Miss Jenkinson doesn't want any books.' "Hang it alL madam! I'm not a book agent. Your daughter's sweet heart in New York asked me to deliver this book to her with his love. I don't care a darn whether she wants it or not. Hers it is. Good-day, Sa Frandico Cbrvnick.
