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VOL. XVL-N0. 27; .
COLPMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1885.
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WIND MILLS,
AND PUMPS.
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Binder, wire or twine.
Pimps Repaired or short notice
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AM DEALER IN
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reaus, T bles, Safes. Lounges,
dec. I cture Frames and
Mouldings.
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A NEW EXPLOSIVE. -
IU ComblaatioB, Pwer. Advatase a
Dts4TaatEM.
A new explosive known as hellhoffite,
which has been invented by Hellhoff
and Gruson. has beensubjectodto com
parative trials t at St Petersburg to
gether with nitro-glycerjpe and ordin
ary gunpowder. It is a solution of i
nitrated organic combination (naph
thaline, phenol, benzine, etc.), in fum
ing nitric acid. In preparing the hell
hoffite fried in the experiments, binitro
benzine, a solid, inexplosive and badly
burning body, was used. At the first
trial glass bottles of twenty cubic cen
timetres contents each were filled with
twenty grammes of the respective ex
plosive substances and corked down. A
tube filled with fulminate of mercury was
passed through the corks, a slow match
being attached to the outer end of the
tube for the purpose of ignition. Each
of the bottles thus prepared was placed
on a truncated cone of lead, titer upper
diameter of which was 3.5 centimetres.
Its lower 4.5 and its 'height six The
cone itSelf stood onVV cast-iron
plate 2.5' centimetres thick. .-jXbe
deformation of the leaden, cone
by the action of the explosives
.cbuld consequently be taken as a. meas
ure of their respective destructive
power. The "explosion of the gun
powder, as was anticipated, caused no
changes. By the , explosion of the
nitro-glycerine the cone was com
pressed about a quarter of its height:
its surface had assumed the appearance
of a well worn hammer; the diameter
fit. the surface had been, increased to
5.5 centimetres. The exploslpn of the
jhellhofOte caused much greater
changes. The surface of the cone was
completely torn; pieces live centime
tres long and two centimetres thick
were torn off and thrown about for
several paces; only half the cone was
still a compact but entirely defaced
mass. At the second experiment bot
tles (of 25 grammes each) tilled with
the various explosive substances were
let into corresponding cavities bored
into the face of fir blocks of similar '
dimensions. In exploding tlu"gnn
powder the block was torn into four
pieces as if split by a hatchet, the sev
eral .pieces were thrown about for 18,
12. 11 and 10 paces. In exploding the
nitro-glycerine the block was split into
several pieces. The upper portion of
the block, as far as the bottle was let
into it, was torn off perpendicularly in
the direction of the fiber in such a man
ner that a smooth cut was formed. The
explosion of the hellhotlite 1 kewi.se
tore the portion of the block sur
rounding the bottle perpendicularly in
the direction of the fiber, and splintered
the remainder of the block into a largo
number of thin fibers. ThoJollowing
experiments were also made with hell
hoflite osione: A slow match was
passed through the tube in the cork,
which was without fulminate of mer
cury, as far as the surface of the hell
hoffite in the glas3 bottle; no explosion
followed on igniting the slow match.
A quantity of hellhollite poured into a
bowl could not be exploded by alighted
.match. Finally a few drops of hell
hoffite were poured on an anvil and ex
posed to heavy blows with a hammer,
and no explosion followed- The hell
hotlite, consequently, possesses the fol
lowing advantages: (1) In igniting it
with fulminate of mercury it acts more
powerfully than nitro-glycerine: (2) it
may be stored and transported with
perfect safety as regards concussion,
as it can not be exploded either by a
blow or a shock, nor by nu open llamo.
On the other hand, it has the following
disadvantages: (1) Hellhoffite is a
liquid; (2) thetfuming"nitric acid con
tained in hellhoffite is of such a volatile
nature that it can be stored only in
perfectly closed vessels; (3) hellhoffite
is rendered completely inexplosive Jay
being mixed with water, and can con
sequently not be employed for works
under water. London Times.
TYPE AND
PRESSES.
Iuterestlnj; Statistics of the
Composing
Kooius of the Country.
The tables prepared for the last
United States census respecting print
ing, although both curious and valu
able, have received only little attention
from the newspapers of the day. Part
of this, no doubt, arose from the fact
that the volume was published during
the heat of the last political campaign,
.when all other subjects w ere dwarfed,
but a part comes from the fact that the
results were not clear to many writers,
who had not been bred to the art and
were not in the habit of analyzing sta
tistics. One of the tables which have
been least noticed is that showing the
number of pounds of tyyd used upon
the newspapers of the -United States,
and the quantity of typ9regularly set
New York has 1.242,649 pounds of
type, or enough to 11 cases for 62,000
compositors, her proportion being one
hfth of tn Union, whjch has 6.6S9.S78
pounds. Five States, New York. Penn
sylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Iowa, have
nearly one-half of all the type, and set
one-half of the. nifinber of ems. A
pound of type sets eighty-three ems,
and assumiag that the average' size is
brevier, there are for each thousand
set about 1,200 ems left in 'the cases.
The largest average set on dailies was
in Louisiana, 140,000 ems, -and the
smallest in New Mexico, .29,000 ems,
the average beinj 74,147 The average
on weeklies was 57.197, the largest be
ing in the District of Columbia, 95,000,
'while in Wyoming it was the smallest,
82.000.' Of the long-settled States,
Alabama had the smallest 35,000. The
total amount of type set for one issue
would make 2.785" duodecimo volumes,
and that done on the dailies in a vear
would fill 10,000 volumes to match
Appleton's Cyclopaedia, Measured up
as proofs are measured, the slip con
taining the year's work would extend
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Eight
thousand presses did the press work.
American Bookmaker.
The Latest French Gawky.
The "Mower" is the latest type of
Gallic dandy. His name arises from
his habit of swinging his cane like a
scythe, steadily and. regularly as' he
walks along. He gets himself up in
the true rurjal style, with a broad
brimmed straw hat pulled over his eyes,
wide trousers, large shoes with fiat
heels, 'and no gloves. Usually the
mowers" stroll in trios of qdartettes,
mowing in perfect time with,theircaM&
smiling but saying little, and they dine
.together in some room hung with pic
.tBrasleTrueticjsceoes; 'lltjnwar,
ihowever, is an improvement, on his
predecessor, the affected "psckdtteux"
or "grelottex;" as he vigorously pur
sue .athletic: exercise,, and.- csltnalss
robust health. -V. lr. Fost.
A-LEGAL HARDSHIP.
Slag-alar DopiMtle Complication The Cas
of Mr. and Mr. Tyler.
A curious domestic complication re
cently occurred in one of the Baltimore
courtswhich reverses an old proverb
and shows that what is sauce for the
gander is not always sauce for the goose."
however much it ought to be, and that
there are occasions when, everything else
being even, the goose has the advantage
of the gander. In this case Mr. and
Mrs. Leonidas Tyler were the gander
and jroose. For a long time there
has been an unpleasant jarring in the
Tyler household, which did not mani
fest itself in anything more serious, how
ever, than a wordy warfare. In which
Mrs. Tyler invariab'ly came off best asa
woman always will in a tussle of this
kind. Angered by his numerous defeats,
Leonidas at last decided to make a bold
strike for his rights, and one bright
morning attacked Mrs. Tyler vi et amis.
without stopping to argue or exchange
epithets. He intended to cut off all fur
ther debate with a previous question
which should be a settler, but, much to
his surprise, after a very lively set-to he
'discovered that Mrs. T.. who was his
superior in a jawing-match across the
table, was his peer in a fair stand-up
fight After tiring himself out Leoni
das w&s willing to call it a draw, and
pfrs. Tyler was of the same opinion.
Like the monkey and the parrot, they
had a time of it, but unlike the latter,
the parrot in this case took an unfair ad
vantage. Notwithstanding the game
ptood, six for Leonidas and half a dozen
for Mrs. Tyler, and the probability that
Leonidas would not be belligerent in the
future, she would not call it a draw, but
went before the courts and charged him
with wife-beating, which is a pretty se
rious offense in Maryland under the new
law on "this subject.
Mrs. Tyler lodged her complaint with
the Justice, charging Leonidas with
beating tier, and Leonidas swore in re
turn that she beat him. Both displayed
their scars, and the puzzled Justice at
last cut the knot by sending both of
them to jail to await trial. Mrs. Tyler,
however, secured bail and was released,
to appear before the higher court.
Leonidas could not find bail, and still
languishes in his cell witlt the most dis
mal of prospects before him. He is cer
tain to be proven guilty and, go to the
whipping-post for a dozen lashes on the
bare bacic, well laid on, for that is the
new penalty for this offense. She will
probably escape, but even should she be
found guilty she will be let off with a
small fine. Evidently there is no reci
procity in the law in cases like this. As
the battle was a draw, and as there was
provocation on both sides, wh- should
Leonidas, after being scolded to the
verge of madness, and disappointed in
his scheme to overwhelm Mrs. T. by
receiving an unexpected pommeling, be
led out to embrace the whipping-post,
or. as they st3-le it "to hug Susan,"
while .Mrs. T. can stand by and enjoy
the operation? In such cases as this,
should not the ducking-stool or some
mild fonu of inconvenient but cooling
punishment be devised, so that what is
sauce for the gander may also be sauce
for tin; goose? As it stands now, the lot
of Leonidas is simply distressing. He
has been outscolded by Mrs. T. He has
not pommeled her any more than she has
pommeled him. More than this, he will
have to take another beating at the
hands of the sovereign State of Mary
land. When he -oes home he knows it
will be useless to get up another scold
jing match, as he will get the worst of
it If he retaliates with physical as
sault, he knows that he cannot carry it
to a logical conclusion, and then he will
have to go and "hujf'Susan" again.
Evidently this is one of those cases
which was not contemplated under
tholaw, and which will arouse wide
spread sympathy for Leonidas in his
present distressed condition. As there
is no hope of reciprocity, the wisest
course for him to follow would be to cut
and run, and not try hereafter to imi
tafe the martial spirit of his namesake.
Chicago Tribune.
A SALESMAN'S REMARK.
How a Clerk's Krror la Judcraent Loift
Hlni au Advantageous Sale.
One of the requisites of a good sales
man is knowing just what to say, and
when to say it, to customers who are un
decided and hardly know what they
want and to whom a word spoken at the
right time is sufficient very often to effect
a sale. Sometimes, however, salesmen
with the desire of assisting a- hesitating
customer, say things wbfch have the op
posite effect from that intended, as, the
following anecdote will show:
A gentleman who was several years
younger than his wife, and who was be
sides small and rather boyish in appear
ance, entered a dry goods store in one
of our towns with his wife and requested
to be- shown some carpets. The pro
prietor himself, to whom as it happened
they were unknown, -waited on them.
He showed them very politely his ex
tensive stock of carpets, and exhibited
with great pains their beauty and excel
lence of quality.' The gentleman and
his wife both seemed somewhat unde
cided as to' what suited them among tho
various patterns displayed, and the pro
prietor, with the laudable desire of as
sisting them to decide, remarked bland
ly to the gentleman, pointing to one of
the carpets: "I think, sir, this is the car
pet your mother likes."
The gentleman looked a little sur
prised, but quieUy said: "She is not my
mother, sir, but my wife."
The lady said nothing, but it is need
less to add that she did not find any car
pet to suit her. and they left the pro
prietor, who lei t that he had lost a sale
by his unfortunate remark, a sadder and
wiser man. If there is anything that a
woman will not forgive it is to be
thought older than she is. Detroit Free
Press.
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A Boston terra cotta company have
completed what is said to he the largest
terra, cotta. frieze in America, to be
placed on the 'memorial arch now in
course of construction in Hartford in
honor of the sailors and soldiers of that
city who served in the civil war; It
measures one hundred and eighty feet
in length and seven feet vertically. Its
sculpture, which is in f nil relief. rireaMit
! nearly one hundred full length human
usurca, oenaes-waicn-iQese are figures
of hoMes.asd the jarious paraphernalia
of war on land and sea. The frieze will
be placed at as elevatioa .of fiftr feet
.from tho ground, and the figures .are
iiiumeu to aoapt mem. to ute vision
inder these circumstances. Boston
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" The Adventists have raised their
caJealatioBs. andow aanouaca thai the
world wiUexHae to aaead positively a
postpoaementtais tia May 14, felt,
CkiMgo Timm.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
New Hampshire farmers stick to
the tallow candle. It never explodes,'
and there are no chimneys to break.
A chap down in Maine has a wind
mill which goes by steam. He says
he'd like to see the sort of weather that
could beat him.
How to boom business:
No man can mako hi business boom
By grievous a-rumbllog- in the gloom.
But he who'd reap a crop surprising
Must sow the seed by advertising-.
A craze for short hair has seized
hold of the young women of Rochester,;
N. Y., and is reported to be spreading,'
over tho, country. N. Y. Herald.
"Now, who will give us a horse?"
writes the editor of the Pioneer (Fla.)
Eagle in an eloquent leader, acknowl
edging the receipt from a few admir-.
ing friends of a cow and calf.
Among the "curiosities tot com
merce,", none perhaps is moro curious
than that tho major portion of the
produce exported from South Africa is
simply used for 'the adornment of la
dies. & Y. Tribune.
"You hear," says the talkative
millionaire milliner, M. Worth, "of
dresses that cost fifteen hundred to'
two thousand dollars. I venture to
say that not four dressmakers in Paris
ever made any at such prices."
When Nicholas Leblanc asked for
bread Paris gave him neither that nor
a stone, and he died of want Eighty
years after his. death Paris gives him
the stone a monument to the great
inventor, whose services to the world
are thus recognized at last
Gold table services are very rare,
especially in this country. Mrs. Cath
erine Astor possesses one, and others
are said to own them, but for obvious
reasons are unwilling to have the fact
widely known. Such a service costs
at least sixteen thousand dollars. N.
Y. Sun.
A lady from New York who was
ou board the steamer Ticonderoga, on
Lake George, at tho time of the recent
accident was so agitated that she rushed
up to the Captain, and, throwing her
arms around his nefjr, pathetically
asked him if there was a telephone -on
board. Glens Falls Times.
. There is actual proof that wood
oau be charred by steam pipes, and by
the slow but long-continued action of
moderately-heated sfam. Charcoal
thus formed is said to be liablo to ab
sorb oxygon suddenly, and break out
into spontaneous combustion. It is
wisdom to have an eye upon the sur
roundings of the steam register. Phil
adelphia Press.
It seems from the reports which
are constantly being received that this
solid ground on which we live is but a
crust of mineral matter inclosing a
stupendous, volume of gas. The nat
ural gas which Is being so extensively
and pracffcally used in parts of Penn
sylvania is no longer considered a won
der, for gas
ts bemff "struck in all
parts of the country. Chicago luler
X)ccan. An outdoor "Carnival of Litera
ture" was recently held in one of the
Southern States. Those who attended
were expected to come dressed to rep
resent some standard book or depart
ment of literature. During the even
ing a tramp shuffled into the gayly
dressed assemblage, and when an at
tempt was made to hustle him out, he
vigorously resisted, declaring that he
represented a "Summer Idle." Ho
was allowed to stay. Chicago Journal.
A gentleman stopping at the Kil
kenny Hotel. Tramore, Ireland, got
out of bed between two and three
o'clock the other morning while in a
state of somnambulism, and lighted a
candle, after which he opened and
dropped out of the window of his room
into the road, falling some eighteen
ieet After standing for a couple of
t'minutes as if stunned, ho proceeded to
the police station of the town, and de
manded admittance. It is stated that
jie was greatly embarrassed when re
stored to consciousness.
When Vestryman Green bowed his
.head to read the responses of the litany
(iast ounaay ne was very drowsy in
deed, and he had repeated "Lord have
mercy upon us miserable sinners" but
three times when he fell asleep. His
wife nudged him with her parasol with
out success. When the preacher
reached, "And now seventeenthly, my
beloved brethren," Vestryman Green
awoke, and being unconscious ofcthe
'lapse of time responded in a sonorous
and fervent voice: "Lord have mercy
upon us miserable sinners." N. Y.
Times.
Of course, on such a bright morn
ing she couldn't resist calling around
to see how many of her friends had
returned from vacation. "Why, Cice
ly, dear," she exclaimed, "so you, too,
have returned?" "Ye-es, I I that
is, I haven't been away." "But you
have a beautiful tan on your complex
ion." "Oh, yes. Thatcost me twenty-five
cents, while a vacation would
have, cost hundred and twenty-live
dollars. I'll have a new cloak this fall,
and you'll have to fix up your old
one!" It was cool enough to put the
cloaks on immediately. Hartford Post.
The laughing plant of China is so
called because its seeds produce effects
like those produced by laughing gas.
The flowers are of a bright yellow, and
the seed pods are soft and woolly, while
Hhe seeds resemble small black beans.
and only two or three grow in a pod.
The natives (Chinese) drynd pulver
ize them, and the powder, if taken in
small doses makes the soberest person
behave like a circus clown or a mad
man, for he will dance, sing and laugh
most boisterously and cut the most fan
tastic capers, and be in an uproariously
ridiculously condition for about an
hour. When'the excitement ceases the
exhausted exhibitor of these antics
falls asleep, and when he awakes he hasH
not the slightest remembrance of his
frisky doings. Boston Journal.
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A Princess Defeated in Court.
In the little principality of Lippe
Detmold, the same as in the whilom
electorate of Hesse, there existed until
recently a so-called Princess tax; i. e.,
the people of these countries were
taxed a certain bum every time one of
the Princesses of the reigning family,
.brveri of a branch line, got married.
Bepeated suits on account of the re
fusal to pay the said tax have been the
order of the day during the last twenty
&ve years. One of these, of nearly
'thirty years standing, that of the
Countess von Hasslingen agaiust the
Government for tax unpaid to thi-ni.
was recently decided against the
Princely plaintiff, which' puts. an end
to the superannuated custom, and rill
doubtless be the means of having the
country a, round miiu of tbmj hundred
thousand marks per ai:i:uis .V J'
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A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office up.stairs in McAllister's build
ing, llth St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
JOHN TIMOTHY,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER.
Keeps a full line of stationery and school
supplies, and all kinds of legal forms.
Iusures against lire, lightning, cyclone
and tornadoes. Office in Powell's Block,
Platte Centei. 19-x
J. M. MACFARLAND,
Attort7 isi HcUry Pobr e.
B. R. COWDEKY,
Csllicter.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFARLAND & COWDBRx",
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
J. J. MAVGHAil,
Justice, County Surveyor, Notary,
Land and Collection Agent.
pTPartics desiringsUrveying done can
notify me by mail at Platte Centre. Neb.
51-Gm
P H.RUSC1IK,
llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks,
valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, Ac, at the lowest possible
prices. Repairs promptly attended to.
TAMES SALMON,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska. . 52 6mo.
T H. LAWBESCE,
DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR.
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Will do general surveying in Platte
and adjoining counties. Inquire at the
Court House.
COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA.
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TOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. M oncrief, Co. Suptr,
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 transactton of any other business
pertaining to schools. 667-y
J.
S. MURDOCK & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fairpriees. Call and give us an oppor
tanitytoestimateforyou. "Sbop on
13th St, one door- west of Friedbof &
CCs. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-v
O. C. SHANlSrON
MANUFACTURE OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, loofinr aid Gutter
ing a Specialty.
GFShop on Olive Street, 2 doors
north of Broafeuhrer'i Jewelry Store.
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Oar Camty Ticket.
The unanimous choice of the coaven
lion for the very important and res
ponsible position of treasurer, is a
maa-jevery way worthy of the place.
He was born in Silesia, Prussia, in
1843. His education ponsisted In
preparation in a normal school for
the profession of teacher, and he is
therefore well cfualified to handle the
accounts and affairs of tho treasury.
There will be nothing iu the office
that he cannot understand and do ; no
roinutiaa that ho cannot fully look
after. After gaining his education,
Mr. Pohl served seven years in the
Prussian army, being with it in the
war between Prussia and Austria.
Iu tho. fall of '67, at the age of 24,
Mr. Pohl removed to the United
States, locating in Calumet county,
Wisconsin, where ho passed two
years in farming and then conducting
a store.
In the-tfall of 74, he removed to
Nebraska, and shortly started in tho
agricultural implement business with
Gerhard Schutte, where many of our
readers becamo acquainted with him.
He has since been engaged in busi
ness here, and in all his relations has
shown himself worthy the entire con
fidence of bis fellow-citizens. lie
will account, according to law, for'
every cent that comes into his handB,
and will make Platte county an
economical, careful official. 4
MARTIN J. nOGAX,
The candidate for County Clerk, was
born in Tipperary county, Ireland,
Jan. 25,1862. In '09, his family re
moved to America, locating in Shell
Creek twp., this county, where they
have since resided. Mr. Ilogan re
ceived his education in the public
school of his neighborhood, and at
the High School in Omaha. He is a
youug man of much more than or
dinary ability, having -taught 6chool
with good success .the past three
years. He ia au excellent penman
and accoutant, and thoroughly com
petent to transact that part of tho
business of the county which falls to
tho lot of the Clerk, and would do so
iu strict accordanco with law.
R. II. LAWRENCE,
Candidate for surveyor, is a Canadian
by birth, and came to Nebraska in
73 with his step-father, Kufus W.
Young. His education haB been
mostly at the High School in this
city, under the immediate supervision
of Prof. Cramer, an accomplished
civil engineer, who has given Mr.
Lawrence practical lessons in sur
veying. J. J. Maugbau, the present
County Surveyor, about two years
ago appointed Mr. L. to the position
be -now uolde, deputy county sur
veyor. Besides his experience as
surveyor lor the county, he has been
in the employ of the general govern
ment in a like capacity. He takes a
lively interest in bis profession, being
au active member of tho State Asso
ciation of. Engineers and Surveyors,
and will continue to give godd satis
faction as a surveyor.
J. K. MONCRIEF,
The candidate for County Superin
tendent of schools is so well known
to our readers as to need no bio
graphical sketch from us at this time.
His work in the county is his record,
and ho will continue.it for another
term.
DAN. CONDON
The candidate for Sheriff! wa born in
County Cork, Ireland, iu 1838. In
'47, his family removed to Montreal,
Canada, where, just after landing, bis
parents both died, ever since which
time (when young Dan was nine
years old), be has made his own way
in the world. This has developed in
him a reliance upon his own indus
try and perseverance. Dan. is hon
est, capable, generous-hearted.
As Sheriff be would exercise the
functions of his office strictly accord
ing to law, but would, as much as
possible "temper justice with mercy."
WM. M. CORNELIUS,
The nominee for County Judge, is so
well known to the great body of our
readers that it seems hardly worth
while to give even a brief sketch of
him. Born in Butler Co., Penn., Dec.
25, 1849, he received there, in the
good public schools, such an educa
tion as fits every bright youth for the
battle of life in these times of strife.
Studying law with Hon. T. C
Campbell, he was admitted to practice
in 1879, in which year he came to Ne
braska, locating in this city, where he
has been engaged ever since Jh the
practice of his profession.
There is no question of his entire
fitness for the office, and of his con
conducting it just exactly according
to law.
DR. GEER,
The candidate for Coroner, made a
very favorable impreesion upon the
convention which nominated him.
The Independent, of Humphrey,
(where Dr. Geer resides) says of him :
"He is a representative republican,
always ready to his part to achieve
success for the principles of the parly
in which he U a faithful and enthu
siastic worker, and being personally
popular, will carry the north part'of
the county solid, regardless of party
ties."
German geologists estimate that
the Dead Sea will be a mass or solid
alt a thoBsaad years kwet.
AN INDIGESTIBLE NOTE.
w a Joker Wm CaamUea tm
Veritable Chk.
A Prussian army officer, stationed
at Berlin, frequently had occasion to
.borrow money from an accommodatiag
Israelitish friend, who only charged
three or four per cent.' a month. As a
general thing, the officer. Baron van
Pump, was able to meet his obligations,
but ou the occasion to which we allude
he was not ablo to do so.
Moses L?ry was promptly on hand
to collect the money. He called at the
Baron von Pump's room, and presented
the note.
"Moses, I hare horetoforo always
been able to meet my note, but I have
.no moncv to pav this one. You will
nave to wait" n-"
"I don't vait at all. Yen you dont
bay dot bote right avay, I goes and
prings dot note a shustiis of der peace
peforc, and sues you on de spot."
Baron von Pump quietly locked the
door and put the key in his pocket,
whereupon Moses legs began to wob
ble about, for he was afraid of personal
violence at the hands of his creditor.
The Baron produced a pistol, and fo
cussed the unhappy Israelite with it
Now, Mr. Judas Iscariot, yoo take
that note of mine and cat it."
"Scheneral, I vas schoost jokin' mit
you. I can vait so long as you vanta."
"I can take a joke as well. as any
body, and ,aow it is your turn to take
a choke'. Chew up that note and swal
low it, orydn are a dead man." and the
officer pressed lightly on the trigger.
In vain did Moses protest that he
didn't feel like eating; that he was in
no hurry for the money.
"Down with it," thundered the offi
cer. Although Moses was in no danger of
perishing for lack of food, ho clearly
perceived that he might prolong his
life by the collation to wbioh he was
cordially invited. Ho chewed up the
note, principal and interest and cran
ing out his neck he managed to get it
down.
"Now. you can go and bringsuit on
that note, if you feel like it Porhaps
the clerk of the court will put you on
file when yon tell him whore the note
is." said Baron von Pump.
A few days afterwards the Baron re
ceived some money from home, with
which he promptly paid Moses what
was coming to him.
"Sschencral, de next times ven you
vants some monies, schoost como to
your old friend; Moses" Levy, who will
never go pack on you."
"All right, Moses. Next tinio I need
money I'll let you know."
Not long afterwards Baron von
Pump needed somo money, and noti
fied Moses to bring the amount desired
to his room. Having counted over
the amount, the officer took a sheet of
paper and began to write out his note
at ninety days for the amouut
"If you please, Scheneral, schoos
tstop dot right away. I vould not have
dot and from under his coat he drew
fortli a large cake of gingerbread.
"Now, you schoost write dot note
out on dot gingerbread, so ven I has to
eat him again, I vill not suffer so
mooch as I did ven I schwallowed dot
oder note." From the German, in
Texas Sif tings.
ROBBING BIRDS' NESTS.
An Industry Pursued by the Little Colored
Uoya Down South.
"The mocking bird season is over,"
said a William street dealer in birds,
monkeys, dogs and other pets. "It
ended about the last of July. Most of
our supply comes from Georgia, where
it is against the law to capture them at
the only time they can be captured or
are worth the taking. The little darky
boys down there do a fino business
snaring the birds after they are big
enough to get about, and robbing nests
before the Tittle ones are big enough to
fly. They get about fifty cents for
every bird, and smuggle them on north
bound steamers and coasting vessels.
Every little darky lad has to work on
his own basis, as bird dealers down
'there would not risk openly violating
the law against mocking bird abduc
tion by acting as middlemen in tho
contraband trade. The boys begin
.catching the birds in May and June,
soon after they are hatched out and
from that time on until nearly August
iwe hare a plentiful stream of them
flowing northward. Many die on the
passage for want of proper food, as the
'mockingbird in this particular requires
great care. We receive in our
store from two thousand to three thou
sand dollars' worth of birds every sea
son. A bird four months old is worth
from three to live dollars. They learn
to sing in about a year with' careful
training. We send a great many to
bird dealers in Europe, receiving as
pay birds from that side of the water.
We sell very few birds for cash over
there; it is mostly an exchange busi
ness. Besides Georgia many mocking
birds are caught in Louisiana and Flor
ida. In those last-named States there
is no law against capturing the birds,
and we trade directly with dealers, who
buy of the little darky boys in the in
terior. "We are doing a good business in
monkeys now. The ring-tailed Brazil
ian variety is in great demand, as they
and the Italian organ-grinders gel! on
the best together. We have, one cus
tomer, an old Italian, who comes in
every month or so and buys four or
five at a time. He takes them away
and educates them to climb lightning
rods, water-spouts and verandas to
windows, whore pennies may be had.
Then he retails them to organ-grinders.
The ringtails are affectionate, docile,
little creatures, but they do not live
long in this climate. They get the
consumption. Monkeys bring from
ten to twenty-live dollars apiece. Most
of them are brought north by sailors.
.V. F. Sun.
Aged One Hundred and Seventeen.
Here is an
epitaph from a stone
in
the town of Shutesbury:
"Erected by the town of Shutesbury
in memory of Ephraim Pratt born in
East Sudbury, November 1, 168G, re
moved to Shutesbury soon after its
first settlement, where be resided until
he died, May 22, 1804. in his one hun
dred and seventeenth year.. He was
remarkably cheerful in bis disposition
and temperate in bis habits. He swung
a sythe one hundred and one consecu
tive years, and mounted a horse with
out assistance at the ago oi one hun
dred and ten years:
"A hundred years in prospect long- Way
When viewed In retrospect a transient
pleam:
Then Hvo so life, tbo long- or short, may be
i:e prrvsage ox a oiesi eternity.
Lowell (Mass.) Courier.
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Worth, the. Parisian dressmaker.,
says ho losei forty thousand dollars a
year through bad debts. ,
General Grant's burial at RiyersiaV
Park has caused tho extension thither
of a streot railway. N. Y. Herald.
Count Tolstoi, the cclobrated Rus-.
sian statesman9 and poet, who has kept
nihilism at bay since the assassinatioaj
of tbo late Emperor, has been declared
incurably insane and placed in a luna
tic asylum. , .. ,
Frank Happoasberger, the de
signer of tho Garfiold Monument in
San Francisco, has been presented by
admirers in that city with a gold medal
bearing in bas relief upon its face a
portrait of Garfield.
Rev. Dr. Aaron Wood, of tka North
west Indiana Methodist Conference, has
asked to be plauedoa the supcranu
ated list, after sitv-three years of -Ministerial
service He is now a white
haired veteran of eighty-three years.
William Kirk, of Poca. W. Va.,
has lived a jolly lifo for a century. Ho
loves to dance.' can kick higher than
his head, has been married twice, and
is the father of twenty-four children,
including four twins. Philadelphia
Press.
Gconro W. Matchett, a blind man
in Indianapolis, claim to be the oldest
printer in the United States. Ho is
eighty years old, -and for sixty-four
years has beon a journeyman printer,
and in that linn has visited every State
in the Union except Oregon, besides
many of tho Territories. Indianapo
lis Journal.
General Loring, writing of General
Grant's visit to the Sphynx. in Egypt
says: "Finding Grant looking intently
into the face of the enormous Sphynx
near by. seventy feet high and extend
ing back one hundred and forty, and
hifore paws fifty feet in front, I said:
'Well. General, what do you think of
it?' Ho replied: 'It looks as if it had
kept on thinking through all eternity
without talking much.' "
Mrs. Moody, an old lady living
within nine miles of Mock mart. Pauld
ing County, Ga., is now at tho advanced
age of seventy years, and, sfraago to
say, has never seen a train. She ha
been niarricuV twice, the first time to
Mr. Rose, and a few years ago decided
that sho wanted to visit a railroad sta
tion in order to see "jut one railroad
engine," but unfortunutly she becamo
crippled by soiuu means, so much so
that she now has to use crutches iu
order to g(t about, and consequently
has no hopes now of ever accomplish
ing her long-felt djsire. Chicago
Times.
The poet Whitticr, in his letter of
remembrance to Vr. O. W. Holmes ou
attaining his seventy-sixth birthday,
writes: "My father used to tell of a
poor innocent in his neighborhood
who, whenever he met him, would fall
to laughing, crying and dancing. "I
can't help it sir. I can't help it I'm
so glad that you and I are alive!" And
I, like the poor fellow, can't help tell
ing thee that 1 am glad thee and I are
alive glad that thy hand has lost
nothing of its cunning and thy pen is
st'll bii'.y. And I .-ay. in the words of
Solomon of old: Kijo"e () young
man, in thy vouth. and let thy heart
cheer thee in the days of thy youth;'
but don't exult over thy eniors who
have not found tin; elixir of life and are
growing old and 'past their useful
ness.'" "A LITTLE NONSEHSt."
The milil:a of tho different States,
while they may be good soldiers, are
known as N. G. Texas Sif tings.
"Mamie "What kind of a dog is
Tiny?" Sadie- "O. Tiny is a expect
orator." Mamie "I don't think I
know the breed."
you know."
A three-year-old
taught to close her
Sadie "Spitz,
little girl wa
eveniuir prayer.
durinir the temporary absence of her
father, with "'ind please watch ove
my papa." It sounded very sweet,
but the mother's aiuuiement may be
imagined when she added, "and yon
hotter keep au eye on mamma, too!"
N. Y. Sun.
A Norrislovi-n angler bought a new
book entitled Fly Rod and Fly
Tackle," and absorbed the content
from preface to linis. Then he went
fishing with fifty dollar.-.' wortli of
tackle and came home w.th fifty cents'
worth of fish purchased from a bare
footed boy with a ten cent fishing-rod
and a sore finger. Sorrtslown Herald.
"That's the way every day," an?
grily exclaimed a man as he boarded a
six o'clock Walnut Hills cars with his
wife. "What's ..that?" she inquired.
"Why, the cars are alwavs full about
going-home time." "Just like the
men," she replied sweetly; and he
grabbed at a strap, stepped on an old
woman's toes, and remained silent
Arkansas Traveler.
Hearing a noise at night Jones de
scends with a lighted candlo and dis
covers a burglar escaping with a full
sack. "Hello!" he cries, "come back,
you!" "Eh. what?" returns the bur
glar; "ah, yes, the silver candlestick!
Permit me." He? takes it from the
hand of the astonished Jones and puts
it into his bag. "Ten thousand thanks.
Have I forgotten" anything else?"
London Tit-Bits.
Beware the awful under-toe.
Little Jim
Takes
A swim:
Hungry crab
Makes
A grab!
Then both go
Down below.
Oh!
How many careless bathers know
The danger of an uiulcr-toe!
San Francisco Call.
Customer (indignantly) See here,
you've swindled mc! You said " that
chicken was youug. and it's tough as
leather! Young woman (pertly) Can
you guess how old I am? Customer
(bewildered) Eh what? Well I
should say sixteen. Young woman
(triumphantly) Just sixteen! You
wouldn't call me old. would you?
Well, I raised that chicken myself, and
I know that it isn't more than half as
old as I am! Philadelphia Coll.-
Why He Couldn't Go Along.
"What are you crying about, Bub?"
said a traveler in Kansas to a barefoot
ed boy who was s.ttiug on the top of
a hog pen near the farm house, cryiug
as though the family IxM. chicken for
dinner and he had to wait.
"Coz I couldn't go."
"Where did you waut to go?"
"To town with pap."
"Wouldn't he take you?"
"No, he wouldn't."
"What's the reason he wouldn't?"
"Why. jis becox he's got a new wag
m au44&V ..( Ml,n..l li. flWattlV.3 tin a ll I sa
.'jar!'' Chicago Ledger.