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Pr ' sr THE JOURNAL. ISSUED BVIRY WSDKKbDAY, M. K. TTJRJSTEK &, CO., - Proprietor! and Publishers. BATU OF AnYJEMTlMIlCt 0itpt JdFBusinessand profesaioaalcarda of ae lines or leas, per annaai, dollars. - - B3f For time advertisements. apply at this office. ETLegal advertisements at statute rates. 5TFor transient advertiaint;, see rates on third page. 13TA11 advertisements payable monthly. 23" 0 FFI CE, Eleventh St. , up fairs h Journal Building. TKKMS: Perycar Six months .. Three months single. tojdes . VOL. XVII.-NO. II. C OLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JULY 7, 1886. WHOLE NO. 843. 5 Sw 9 ;S fko ,4? V- I i . Viffr? Ers--.. fr?r COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUMBUS, NEB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 LMKKCTOKS: Leakokk (Iekkaki), Pres'i. Ueo. W. IIoi.st, Vice Pres't. Julius A. lticni. K. II . Hknky. J. 15. Task Kit, Cashier. Ilnak of DepoNit, IHwoubi Collection "romplly Wnde on nil PolBto. iy Intorost on Time lpo-. it. 274 HENRY LUERS, DKAI.VK IN CHALLENGE WIND MILLS, AND PUMP, Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pumps Repaired on short uotice jSTOne door west of llciuti'.s Unit Store, llth Street, Colum!u, Neb. S HENRY GASS. COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES ANI ItKAI.KU IN Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus, Tables, Safes. Lounges, &c. Picture FraniCB and Mouldings. T&T Hcpairina of all kinds of Upholstery Hoods. 8-tf COLUMBUS. NK!!. Be Warned in time. Kidney diseases may be prevented by purifying, renewing, :md invigorating the blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. When, through debility, the action of the kidnev s Is perverted, these organs rob the blood of its needed constituent, albumen, which is 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 Lidncvs are restored to proper action, and Albu minuria, or Bright's Disease is prevented. Avert Sarsaparilla also prevents inflammation of the kidneys, and other disorders of these organs. Mrs. Jas. "vT.TvYld, Foret Hill St., Jamaica Thin. Mass., write:: " i !iac had a complica tion of disease, but my greatest trouble has been with my kidueys. 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 use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, he not only Prevented disease from assuming a fatal form, s x A P but was restored to perfect .health. John XcLellan, cor. Bridge and, Third sts, Lowell, Mass., writes: Tor several years I suffered from Dyspepsia and Kidney 5 Complaint, the latter being so severe at times that I could scarcely attend to my work. My appetite was poor, and I was much emaciated; but by using AYER'S : Sarsaparilla my appetite and digestion improved, ami my health has been perfectly restored." Sold by all Druggists. Price $1 ; Six bottles, 93. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Low ell, Mass., U. S. A. j NO HUMBUG! But a, Grand Success. -p P. BKIGIIAM'S AUTOMATIC WA- - .IX ter Trough for stock. He refers to every man who has it in use. Call on or leaved orders at George Yale', opposite Oeblrich'8 grocery. !)-6m LYON&HEALY Stall A Monroe SUA Chicago. Wlllicm! snimM to my Mnw lUtr BAND CATALOCUE, far Issl, saw purs 210 trrnii; T IS'lntDcaU. xiiu, Cix. ittiu. IPmbdcbi. EmU. CD-Luuu . Dram uwri ?xw .an Rjinlnr Jta.d OoltU. KtHr Mftla1ilulu?iuai iiiuucuon &ba tr fCfcOK BM-J lib. Wi lut AaslMir lnrTi. ua ft A PMZE. Send six cents for postage. and receive tree, a costly box of g0Odswhichwiil help you to more money right away than anything else in this world. All, of either tier, succeed from Jlrst hour. The broad road to fortune peat before the workers, absolutely arc. At once address, Tkok Co., .MfUta, Mala. 'IB aH.h. A Hint the President. Once in a while something is said in congress that touches the prosper ity of the country, and it is well to call attention to it. If more was done there ''for the good of the country" business would not langu ish as it' does. Ou the 28th Mr. Hale, in the course of debate ou the sub sidy part of the pnst-offine appropria tion hill, said that ''the Amcricau people had become au over produc ing people, and if it had a fair field und lair opportunity it could obtain the trade of Central and South America, and could furnish products as cheaply as Great Britain, France or Germany. One thing was neces sary to it, and that was regular, con tinuous, cheap transportation. No statesman in the British house ever veutures to propose, on the plea ot economy, a reversal of this generous course pursued by the British gov ci iiment,and the time will come when the American people will demand that an administration will bo wise enough to comprehend this great subject. I wish that the president could be drawn away from some of the things to which ho is, no doubt, honestly giving his time: Let him give less time to the examination and consideration of the subject of a pension to home poor old soldier, and study up this qucstiou and learn something ot this great field that is open to the American people." Incitement in Tex a. Great excitement has been caused in the vicinit3' of Paris, Texas, by the remarkable recovery of Mr. J. E. Corley, who wa6 so helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise his bead ; everybody said he was dying of con sumption. A trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery was 6eut him. Finding relief, he bought a large bottle and a box of Dr. King's New Life Tills; by the time be had taken two boxes of Pills and two bottles of the Discovery, he was well and had gained in flesh thirty-six pouuds. Trial bottles of this Great Dis covery for Consumption free at Dowty & Ileitkempcr's. Honchold Hint. Tomato soup To one quart of boil ing water add one quart of tomatoes ; boil agaiu and put in one teaspoonful of soda ;ia soon as it has ceased foam ing add one piut of milk, lour rolled ci ackers, butter, pepper salt, and serve very hot. A nutritious broth A quarter of a teaspoonful of beef extract, the yolk of au egg beaten up, a cup of boiling water, a little salt added and served with a slice of hot toast, makes a pal atable and nutritious luncheou, and an excellent repast for invalids. A short time ago, a friend ot mine, a ranchman in Douglas county, suf fered terribly from cramp colic, and was nearly crazy when 1 stopped at his ranch. I ut once took out a bottle of Chamberlin's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhiea Remedy, and gave him two email doses, relieving him almost instautly, and p rhaps saving his life. It now forms one of his prin cipal stsnd-bys. I. has saved me and my family much pain aud suffering, and I would not be without thi grcat Remedy for any consideration. (). S. McClaiu, Ileal Estate Agent, :;01 Sixteenth St., Deuver Colo. Sold by Dowty & Hcitkemper. A. G. Lyons, of Edgar, Neb., ed -itor of the Times, published some libellous matter of Win. Clark, au attorney of the town and respectable citizen, and repeatedly called him a shyster and pettifogger. They met on the street the other morning aid concluded to settle the matter by physical strength, which resulted in favor of the attorney, Clark knocking him down and giving him a good pommeling and put him under prom ise of good behavior. Public opinion sides with the attorney. lery Remarkable Kecorery. Mr. Geo. V. Willing, of Manches ter, Mich., writes: "My wife has been almost helpless for five years, so help less that she could not tarn over in bed alone. Sbo used two Bottles of Electric Bitters, and is so much im proved, that she is able now to do uvi uwu nvia Electric Bitters will do all that is claimed for them. Hundreds of tes timonials attest their great curative nowers. Onlv fiftv cents a bottle at Dowty & Heitkemper's. The Lake Shore railroad compauy at Chicago filed a bill of injunction the other morning and Judge Shep ard granted it against the striking switchmen to compel them to keep away from the railroad yards. The tracks south of Forty-third street had been cleared of derailed cars. nclclem'tf Arnica tSalre. The Beat Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar auteed to rrfve perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Foi sale by Dowty & Heit kemper. Mayl7-ly At Bloomington, Neb., the other day D. M. Wiant, C. H. Towueend and W. H. Finley, county commis sioners, were arrested charged with taking illegal face, a criminal offense. The Wind and the Ulr. The Illy lifted her milk-white bloom. And Hhe frvijjhtod the air with a soft And the warm wind came from t vale erfume, ie sultrjr And he kissed her petals so soft and pale. With a fearless heart she reared her head. For sho thought there was nought from the wind to drtad. And she wrapped her round in her spotless Sride, e blied her fragrance on every side. liut thu wind grew warmer and stronger still. And be kissed her cup with au ardent will; And her petals drooped in the burning air, Wbilo her beauty waned with mute despair. But the wind passed by with a careless smile. And bo sought new buds in a little while; Vet he gave no wealth to the perfect flower, liut he took from her beauty, pride and power. I pondered the lesson in thoughtful fashion; The lily was virtue the wind was pasion. Maude Annulet Andrews. HER WEDDING PRESENT. "Hush! it is Clarence Hyde's step." And Rosa Eldon sprang to her feet rosy and smiling, with the freshly plucked heliotrope trembling among her lossy brown braids, and her pretty blue ress floating round her like an azure cloud. Only eighteen, and very fair and lovely was our little Rosa a trille spoiled and wilful, perhaps, but what ele could one expect? Everyone petted and made much of her, and Clarence Hyde thought her the fairest specimen of feminine humanity that ever the sun shone on. Lizzy Eldon made room for her sister Lizzy, just oue year younger, and scarcely less fair, yet very different in character. Lizzy was quiet, and sage, and demure, while Rosa rattled away like a merry mountain-stream flowing over its mossy stones. Lizzy thought her .sister jwrfection, while Rosa was al ways lecturing Lizzy in a capricious fashion, and laying down the law to her after the most approved manner of elder sisters. "How nice it must be to be engaged!" said Lizzy with a half-encouraging smile as Rosa paused at the glass to ad just her hair. "I wish I were engagcdl" "You? Oh, you are nothing but a child," Roa said patronizingly. "There, give me my pocket-handkerchief." And away she went, light and lithe as a blue-winged butterfly. Clarence Hyde was in the parlor, anxiously awaiting her coming; but Clarence had rather a disturbed face. He was a well-made, handsome young fellow, with laughing wine-brown eyes, straight features, and brown hair thrown back from a broad frank brow. "Why, what makes you look so sober?" was Rosa's first arch question, when the ceremonials of greeting were gone through with, and she had titno to take a good look into his face. "Sober? Uo 1?" He was playing rather restlessly with the crimson cord that IoojhhI back the white nitisliu draperies of the pretty bay window that made Mrs. Eldon'o cot tage look like one of the lovely rustic habitations yon see in old English eu- "Exaetlv as if von had the toothache or a bad conscience. - t Clarence laughed in spite of himself. "You are wrong, then, my little rid dle guesser; I am afflicted with neither the one nor the other." "Well, what is it, then?" "Rosa, what would you say if it were to become necessary to defer our mar riage for some time?" A shadow came over the infantine bloom and frcshnesq of Rosa's face. "To defer our marriage, Clarence? I can't imagine what you mean." "Listen, Rosa, and I will tell you. My uncle has just come from California very poor, and a confirmed invalid. I am his only surviving relative, and to me he naturally apjeals for protection and companionship. 1 must give him a home, Rosa. You know I had laid up just enough to begin housekeeping in a quiet economical soil of way, bivt this new plan will necessarily alter all my arrangements." "I never heard of any uncle before.' "No, dearest; I knew very little of him nothing personally as he never visited my father during his lifetime." Rosa's face was turned away from Clarence Hyde's; she was silently twist ing a bit of paper round and round her slenderforetingers. "Rosa," he said, after waiting a minute or two for her to make some re mark, "tell me honestly, dear one. which you would prefer to begin house keeping on this new scale one humbler and more frugal than I had originally hoped and intended or to defer our marriage until I can earn enough to carry out those original arrangements?" Sho was silenffor a moment then she answered, in a voice which seemed to chill Clarence's buoyant voung heart: "Neither!" "Rosa," he exclaimed, "I do not understand you!" "I spoke "plainty enough. Neither!" "Do you mean that "I mean that you must cither give up your uncle or me. After all that has been said and known of our engage ment, after its publicity and length, I certainly cannot consent to its further postponement And we shall be poor enough, if we marry immediately, with out filling our house with a host of needy relatives." Clarence Hyde looked at his fair fiancee in perfect amazement Never io the whole course of their acquaintance had he seen this phase of her character. He had fancied her all that was sweet pure, and womanly. Could it be pos sible that she was cold-hearted, selfish, and dead to all the sweet tics of nature? "Rosa," he said mournfully, "is this to part us?" "It is for you to say." 'Do you wish me to give up my poor dependent uncle?" "Either him or me," Rosa answered indifferently. "It will be hard very hard for me to lay aside the brightest wishes of my life," he said earnestly; "but Rosa, duty is my first object I cannot leave my uncle to wear out bis few remaining days in poverty aud solitude." 'VTery well," answered Rosa, care lessly stooping to pick up the odorous purple blossom which had fallen from her hair; "then we will consider our en gagement .at in end." "And yoi can give me up so readily, Rosa?" "Oh," said Rosa a little impatiently; "where's the use of being romantic about it? You have chosen your part I have chosen mine. So let it be." Clarence Hyde took his leave, dejected enough. It is not pleasant to set up a fair idol and worship it with all the strength and tenderness of your nature, only to find, after all, that it is dust and ashes hollow-hearted and false. Cuthbert Hyde sat smoking his meer schaum by the open window as Clarence entered a spare, shrewd-looking little old man, with deeply-seamed wrinkles 1 leepiv-si rekksf on big brow, and rtetlsei sparkling; eyas gleaming like live coals beneath Ins shaggy brows. "Clarence, my bov. something has gone wrong," he said brusquely, after he had regarded his nephew in silence for a while. "Tell the old uncle what it is!" cor "I have told you about Rosa El4on sir; well, she and I are in fact, it is all over between us!" "Engagement broken eh? Past the power of patching up?" "Yes, uncle." "And it was on my account? Nay, boy, don't turn away I can read the truth in your eyes. So she's played you false?" "We arc parted, uncle; is not that enough?" "Well, perhaps so perhaps so. It was well you found her out "in time, Clarence. It's for the best, my boy." Clarence Hyde was passing down the village street a day or two subsequently, towards dusk of a mellow August twi light, when a slight form glided up to him, and a tremulous hand was laid upon his own. He started at first, but quickly recognized the face and figure. "Lizay Eldon!" "Oh, Clarence, I could not Test with out telling you how very, very wrong I thought Rosa, and how sorry I am for you." "Thanks, Lizzy. I do not think she has treated me exactly right" Lizzy burst into tears. "How could she be so cruel so un womanly? You were right, Clarence you acted nobly! I think' Rosa will ono day lire to repent it" As Clarence stood there listening to Lizzy Eldon': inijtetuous words and holding her soft little hand in his own, he wondered that he had never before noticed how very, very pretty she was a softer, more subdued style of beauty than Rosa's, yet not less bewitching in its way. Thev haunted him all the night long, that oval, earnest face, those swimming blue eyes! Day" by day Rosa's image waxed faiuter and more faint in his memory, and Lizzy's shy gentle looks grew more than ever present in his heart. "I do believe I've fallen in love with the girl," fie thought "I wonder what she would say if 1 were to propose to her?" l Next to the wonder came its realiza tion. One fine October day, when they had strayed a little away from the gay nut ting party, whose voices made the old yellow-leaved woods musical, Mr. Hyde asked Lizzy Eldon if she would accept the love her sister had slighted, and Lizzv, smiling and trembling, answered: "Yes." "You see, Uncle Cuthlert," said Clar ence eagerly, as he explained the new position of affairs to his uncle that even ing, after he had safely escorted Lizzy home, with her nut-basket only half filled and no wonder, all things con sidered "it will be so pleasant! We shall all live together; and Lizzy says she will love you dearly. Lizzj i Mich a famous little housekeeper! She thinks it will be so pleasant to have you sitting by our hearth: And, uncle, you wiiLgo to? hr tnumow, won t voii. . I its, s;iiu uiiuiu v. iiiiiucii imuiiv llv. I'll r,1" And the next da Lizzy was surprised at her sewing by a brown-faced little old man, who abruptly took froth her hands in his, and imprinted a kiss upon her crimsoning forehead, just as if he were the oldest acquaintance in the world. "So you're going to marry my nephew. s w -m mm v mmm w ?" said Uncle Cuthbert are you "Yes, sir," Lizzy made answer tim idly. "Ami von love him, Lizzv?" "Oh yes, sir!" "And you won't object to having the old man lumbering about the house, helpless ami feeble though lie be?" "I shall be so glad, to have 3011 live with us, sir, for I never remembered my father ami and you will be like one to me, I am sure." Uncle Cuthbert kissed her again, and walked away as abruptly as he had come. "He's a very funny old gentleman," thought Lizzv, "but I know I shall like him." Rosa contemplated the present state of affairs very coolly a little contempt uously, in fact "If you choose to adopt all Clarence Hyde's poor relations, why, I can only wonder at your t:tste," said she loftily. But Lizzy only smiled, and doubted to hersoif whether Rosa could ever have reallv loved Clarence. "No, no, no!" echoed her heart The da of the wedding drew near. Lizzy's white dress was nearly finished, and modest little presents were begin ning to be sent in from friends aud neighbors. "Here's my present," said Uncle Cuth bert, walking in one day and tossing a little bov of carved wood into Lizzy's lap. "I cut out tlioc wooden flowers myself when I was in California." "Oh, uncle, what a dear little box!" said Lizzy, smiling her bright thanks, while Rosa elevated her nose rather scornfully. "Well, but oen it; it's lined beauti fully," persisted the old man. Lizzy obeyed. "Why, tiiere's a parchment deed in it, uncle!" cried the astonished Clarence, who was leaning over Lizzy's shoulder. "Of course there is a deed making over ten thousand pounds to Lizzy El don, the day of her marriage,"" an swered Uncle Cuthbert dryly, "and I've got another one for you at'home, Clar ence, my boy! Aha, the old uncle wasn't so very poverty-stricken, after all! You mustn't think, my young lady," he added, turning abruptly to Rosa, "that gold isn't gold because it's a trifle rusty and tarnished. Appear ances aren't everything in this world!" And so Clarence and Lizzy began the world with the fairest of prospects, and tnra love enough to float the bark of life into its sweetest haven. Rosa Eldon was somewhat chagrined in her secret soul, but she wisely kept her feelings to herself, and old Uncle Cuthbert was quite satisfied with the choice his nephew had made. Unnoticed Dangers. Some years ago the whole country was startled by the sudden death of a prominent man in New York. He had moved into a new and beautiful home only a year or two before. He was engaged in literary work, occupying a study on the lower story in front, ap- Karently the most desirable part of the ouse. The attendant physician early charged the trouble to sewer gas, but no 'defect in the pipes could be found. After his death a more thorough examination revealed a pool of stagnant water under his study. No wonder that he died. The mysterious providence which removed him was a mystery no longer. One of the professors of Harvard Col lege kmrtately been seriously ill, mani- fenaagall the symptoms of arsenical poisoning. For some time his 'regorery was 1:1 doubt. But when out of danger a most careful search after the source of the poison resulted in finding the arsenic in the paper-hangings. The beauty of the finish and the fine green were "pro ducedby arsenic. No wonder that that State is aroused, aud that the citizens demand a law which will prohibit tho said of all such dangerous hangings. These two cases arc typical. Far too many houses, both in city ami country, are positively dangerous. Many city houses stand on made land, or at" le:ist that which was formerly swampy. The foundation walls, when there are any for houses often stand on posts alone are built of solid masonry, but with no cement cither outside or in. Such walls are jorous, and soak up water nearly as rapidly as a sponge. Then it slowly trickles down the inside, emitting malaria, forming a fine soil in which all manner of fungoid growths flourish. The rooms over such places arc first class disease breeders, and every home should be frequently examined to see . that this source of danger does not ex ist. Then, drain pipes often leak in the cellar and basement This adds to thu danger to tho rooms above. The two fiends, stagnant water from the sewers and the water filtering slowly in through the walls, work in concert to sap the life of the little ones, and to fit them to the first disease. The walls of the rooms themselves in far too many houses arc disease breed ers. A neat and tasty paper upon the wall makes a room inviting, and adds to the home comfort. But, unfortunate ly, even when the paper is made free from poison, and good paper can be so made, the paste with which it is at tached is jut the home for the minute organisms which produce certain dis eases. This is bad enough where there is only a single layer of paper; but, when, as is often the case, several layers of paper and paste are spread upon the same wall, outside of one another, the danger is multiplied many times. Such walls are really masses of festering filth. The best wall is undoubtedly the plain plastered wall. All cases like these demand caution. Those who arc responsible for the homes cannot be too careful. The health, often the life, of loved ones, children particularly, depends upon rigid exclusion of all these lurking places of disease aud breeders of death. Beauty should be, and is, consistent with j)crfect safety in the home. Lt Roy F. Griffin, in" The Current. The Needed Reformation or Charity. The theory tqwn which society has heretofore treated human suffering' or degradation has been very simple. There were two classes of miscrv: the one pro duced, as tho old underwriters would ex press it, "bj the hand of God," and the other Jy depravity bearing fruit I his distinction lies patent upon the surface of the Elizabethan poor-laws, and re appears in the workhouse test of Earl Grey. The whole scheme of legislation has aimed at some means to separate those who ought to Le punished from thoe whose undeserved calamities con stitute a title to sympathy. The claim of the last has been held by British courts to be a hijht to participate in the parish poor relief virtually enforceable by law. But such a classification is impracticable in the present conditions of society, if it has not always been so. Chalmers demon strated not only by his experiment at St John's Churchin Glasgow, but by his appeal to the history of the Scottish peasantry, that natural affection was a sullicient motive and the generosity of the poor one to another was a sufficient resource for the sick, the aged, the orphan, the widow, the halt, the blind. the wayfarer, and the imbecile of all Caledonia. He insisted that the springs of this lowly beneficence were congealed by the interference of strangers, and he arraigned compulsory relief because i relaxed natural ties and dissolved the amenities of kinship and affection. The progress of state relief has been marked by Cue abandonment of wives and chil dren, by the increase of illegitimacy, by the turning of tottering age to the alms house, and by the couscipient degrada tion of those in whom motives of family affection ceased. Professor Fawcctt has Shown that the legal provisions for foundlings in England is so superior, in amount and in the associations created for the child, to what a farm hand can supply as to be an enticement (or fathers to abandon their offspring an entice ment which is the stronger as the father is more reflective, disinterested, and am bitions for his children. It has been abundantly shown that the poor-rate operates to depress wages, by handicap ping the self-supporting in their labor contest with statc-aidcu workmen, and that the work-house is incompatible with famity relations and with the in nocence of childhood. Thus society can corrupt its humble members. 1). O. Kellogg, in Atlantic for April. A Placid Fraud Kvposed. The most placid fraud in the world is the man whose taste in wine is infallible. Most of them rely almost entirely on the label and the bottle to tell the brand, aud it is a well-known fact that the restaurants who alFect the expensive luxuries of cabinet life make piles of money out of the gullibility of the young man who knows all about wines. 1 sup pose that in the business there are plenty of men whose palates have to be learned on tho subject, but there is hardly one man out of a thousand professing wine experts who can not be caught As for spirits, I judge it is even worse. They had a dispute about two brands of whisky in one of the clubs here the other day. An expert who had been growling about the quality of the club's stock was asked to decide for himself be tween the two. He tasted and decided. "That's all right," said a club man. "That's the whisky you've been growl ing about" "Well, the other's worse," was the way the growler got out of it "I don't say that's good." "Well, the other isn't whiskv at all. It's brandy." San Francisco Chronicle. How a Dade Sprouts. "But to hurry on. Sow parties and reap balls; sow balls and reap germans; sow germans and reap spider-legged dudes. Loud laughter and applauscl Sow spider-legged dudes and reap a half thimbleful of calves' foot jelly. Re newed laughter and applause. A litttle dude! Looks as though he had been melted and poured into his pants. Loud laughter. A dude! In all the economy of &od--has the world any place for a .dude? Laughter and applause All a dude is fit for is to bring humiliation to some mothers in this town. Ap plause. The greatest monstrosities of the world to-day are tho natural pro duct of society the dude and the du dene. Loud Laughter. But you never catch a dude and dudene marrying each other. They'd spoil two homes. Laugh ter." Sam Jones. THE FXRST National Bank ! OF- COX.XJSSTBUS. HEB., HAS AX Authorized Capital of $250,000, A Surplus Fund of - $15,000, Aud the largest Paid in CuhIi Cap. Ilnl of any bsuic in this part of the State. 13TOeposits received and interest paid on time deposits. JSTDrafts on the principal cities in this country aud Europe bought ami sold. B3TColIectious and all other business given prompt and eareful attention. STOCKHOLDKUS. ANDERSON, Pres't. SAM'L C. SMITH, Vice Pres't. O.T.KOEN, Cashier. I. P. BECKEK, HE UMAX OEHLRICH, G. SCHUTTE, W. A. MCALLISTER, JONAS WELCH, JOHN W. EARLY, P.ANDERSON, G.ANDERSON. Apr2S-'86tf BUSINESS CAKDS. D.T. M ARTYN, M. D. F. .1. Suiiuo, M. D. Drs. MARTYN & SCHUG, U. S. Examiuing Surgeons, Local Surjreona. Union Pacific, O., N. & B. II. and It. & 31. R. It's. Consultations in German anil En: Telephones at ouice and residences.' 'lisli. 3rOflice on Olive street, uext to Broil feuhrer's Jewelry Store. COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA. 42-y Vy M. COKftEI.IUS, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building llth street. OVLLITAN Jk KEEUEK, A TTOltXEYS A T LA W, Olliee over First National Bank, Colum bus, Nebraska. .10-tr C. 1. KVANM, M. ., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. JE3"Otlice and rooms. Cluck building, llth street. Telephone cuiiiinuuic.it ion. 4v HA Miiro.i neauk, n. ., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Ptitte Center, Nebraska. !-v TTKKMAiX IVATEKTEUT, IJLACKSM1TH AND WAGON MAKER, loth street, cast of Abt'.s bam. April 7, '.N-tf pOWELL IIOLSi; PLATTE CENTER, NEIL Just opened. Special attention given to commercial men. Has a good sample room. Sets the best table. Give it a trial and be convinced. ."0-:mo Ton kumii;;, COUNTY SURVEYOR. ESTTarties desiring ttirveviug done an address me at Columbus Neb., or call at my ollire in Court Hon-c. "m.i bG-y totice: ro ti:a hi:k. W. H. Ted row, Co. Supt. I will be at my o (lice in the Court House the third Saturday of each month lor tin examination of teachers. :&'. tf V. F. RIJNNEK, M. IK, HOMCEOPATHIST. Chronic Diseases Children a and Diseases of Specialty. BSTOoiee on Olive street, three doors north of First National Bank. 2-ly McAllister iikos., A TTOKNEYS A T LA W, Office up-stuirs iu iug. llth St. V. A. Public. McAllister's huild McAllister, Notary J. M. MACFARLAND, Attor&t? isi Ihlitj Pcfcl e. B. K. COWDKRY, CsUictsr. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK MACFARX.AND & Columbus, COWDBRT, Nebraska. JOHN G. IllGISINS. C. J. GARLOW. Collection AttorAey. H1GQIH& & GABL0W, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Specialty made of Collections by C. .'M-ni J. liariow-. P U.KUtifJHE, llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Blankets, Curry Combs, Bruihen, trunks, valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage trimminv's, Ac, at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. TAJIK MAL!HO., CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and estimates supplied for either frame or brick buildings. Good work guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne braska. r2 (imo. pANPBELL CO. DEALERS IN Racrs and Iron ! " The highest market price paid for rags and iron. Store in the Bubach building, Olive st Columbus. Neb. 15-tr J. S. MURDOCK & SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Haveaad an extended experience, and will guarantee satisfaction in work. Ail kiads of repairing done on short notice. Our. motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call aud give us au nppor tunitytoestinmteforyou. t.Shnp ou 13th bU, one door west of . Frivdhof k. Co's. store. Col umbus.Kabr. 4S3-T MISSING LINKS. Still another new word: Thomas Stevens is "circumbicycling" the worL .ine title "executive Mansion was introduced in 1673. The proper designa tion is "the President's house." Ben: Perlev Poore outranks all other autograph fiends. His collection con tains sixteen thousand specimens. It is said that about 10.000,000 crowns yearly are sent home to the fatherland by Swedes dwelling in America. An extensive mine of rubidium, a rare metal worth ..OOO per pound, has been discovered near Bock Creek, W. T. There are in twenty-two states of our Union oOS.478 more women than men. Dakota has J.4 13 more men than wo men. A gourmet says the way to broil a beefsteak is to liold it over rcdhot coals while yo'u count forty-four. Turn tho spit four times. Queen Victoria has paid the bills for Princess Beatrice's wedding, 825,000, and will not ask parliament to give any thing toward it. The KmjHjror Dom Pedro of Brazil is planning the erection of an academy of arts, which will be the first of its kind in South America. Jimmy Cotello. a Pittsburg boot black, has invented a wonderful pump, combining the siphon and vacuum prin ciples, and has sold the patent for $28, 000. The Connecticut Senate, by a vote of 17 to 7, has passed the bill providing for compulsory instruction in the public schools on the effects of alcohol and to bacco. The term "horse power," which is in such frequent u-e. is described as being the power of raising :itf,000 iouud"s weight one foot hijrh iu one minute of time. Since 1870 Alaska has paid into the United States Treasury over SJ.-'iOO.OOO for rental of the seal fur franchise, and is still paying a yearly revenue of over $300,000 therefrom. The largest barn in the world is prob ably that of the Union Cattle Company, of Cheyenne, near Omaha. It covers five acres, cost $12.1.000. and accommo dates 3,750 head of cattle. Mr. Evart's long sentences are pro verbial. In the first twenty sentences of his speech on the presidential succes sion bill the longest contained 143 words, and the average lenirth was 74 words. Mr. Courtney, who died in Delaware recently, amassed a fortune of $1,000,- 000, it is said, by making matches. But the fumes of the preparation brought on the complaint which terminated Ifa tnlly. It is claimed that every ton of iron ore in Virginia can be 'converted into superior lesonier s',vl by the Reese baic process At the prese'nt it cannot be utilized owing to the cost of the acid process. Quail, once so plentiful in Illinois, have become very scarce ami Illinois farmers, who recognize their value as insect destroyers, are making arrange ments to stock their farms with Tennes see birds. "Now that I am getting old and can climb the hilN no longer." says Mr. Knkin. "my chief pleasure is to go to the theater." Theater-going with him, he says, "is one ot tiie pleasures that have least worn out." A goose farm is one of the curiosities of agriculture on the cistern shore of Virginia. Within an area of about 3,000 acres live 5.000 geese, of several varieties, attended by herders and reg ularly fed with I oi ti. etc The depreMn in Scotch airrietilturc is so great that, in om- recent number of a paper pubii-lied in the noith, fortv- seven country maiisiuns, with 215,000 acres of shootings attached, weie ad vertised to let. Dr. Farrand, of Charleston, W. Va., was 100 years old on the 1st day of March, lie is a hale old man, walks about the city alone, and reads without glasses. II was once a very well known Philadelphia physician. French proof-readers in the govern ment otliee are paid $'J per week; ma chine men, $1.75 to $2.25 per day; book binders and pre-smeii, $1 to $1.25 per day, and type-founder. $i).25 per week; laborers, $10.75 per mouth. A Burmese sword of honor, which belonged to one of King Tlieebaw's Ministers, has arrived at Edinburgh from India. The hilt is a piece of ivory, beautifully carved, ami the scabbard is of pure silver, and is artistically chased. Anthony Conistock says it is ditliult to trace jMjrsons conducting fraudulent schemes because of their numerous aliases. One man u hoin he had arrest ed had 145 different names and ad dresses, another 130. and a third had 80. Prune growers iu California claim that they cau raise, cute, and prepare prunes for market st live cents a pound and clear $100 an acre. Fruit-growing only needs encouragement to become the great California industry instead of wheat A Chinaman walked into the public school at Ellensburg, Oregon, the other day, with books and slate, and wished to be enrolled as a student. The teacher permitted him to stay until noon, and then the directors told him that the Chinese must go. The course of a California stream has changed lately, rendering entirely use less an expensive bridge built over it last year. The water now rolls past each end of the bridge, which cannot be approached, except bj- boat nearer than several hundred yards. Egg sociables are now prevalent in Kingston, N. Y. Ever' young lady brings an eZ along, writing her name on it Each young man draws one of these eggs out of a bag. and must act as an escort for the young lady whose name is inscribed on the ezz be draws. Gen. Thomas B. Van Buren, late Consul-Gcneral to Japan, wrote an elaborate report on "Labor and Porce lain in Japan." and before leaving fdr home employed a native artist to 'deco rate twelve copies of this report The painting is said to be a marvel of artis tic skill. A prominent business-man of Erie, N. Y., while on a spree engaged for a wager to cat a link of sausage in a given time. In his hurry a piece of the meat got fastened in his throat and, although surgical assistance was secured, he died under the operation of removing the obstruction. He was a man of line edu cation and good family. The Scientific American tells of a veteran doctor who extracted teeth by fastening one end of a strong piece of catgut securely to tho tooth and the other end to a bullet and then loading a pistol with that bullet When the pistol was fired out would come the tooth in astonishingly quick time. Cedar County, Iowa, has a lawsuit which seems to be fatal to lawyers. The suit originally arose on a disputed ac count of $U, but which now involves costs to the amount of $150. A lawyer by the name of Coats brought tho suit and died; it was defended by Lawyer Ingham, who died; Coats was succeed ed oy Lawyer Yates, who died; and now Lawyer Cloud takes Ingham's place. Tho New Orleans States says that heavy aud massive buildings can be erected in that city, the popular idea to the contrary notwithstanding. Piles twenty or thirty feet in length are driven into the ground, thu tops being one foot below the surface. They are then covered with a thick bed of imper ishable concrete, on which the building is erected. Since the accession of Pope Leo XUI. forty-four Cardinals have died. Of the Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX. twenty-six arc still living, the remaining thirty-four have been created by Leo XIII. There are now ten vacancies in the Sacred College. Canlinal Newman is the oldest of the Cardinals. There, are now 1,208 dignitaries in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. m m Road Impraveaaeat. There are many factors wbiCB,enter into this problem. Some of them 'aw peculiar to our State (Illinois), some to the various localities, while others be come complex by reason of the ever capricious public mind in different sec tions. Public opinion is perhaps the most fickle and uncertain of nil these factors; in short, it is the variable quan tity in road improvement mathematics. G'ood roads come under thu class of uni- ersal wants of, at least, a large portion of mankind. Some do not know how to supply this want, others know how but are not willing to pay the price, while still others have visionary schemes by which our much-abused country thoroughfares cau be made to take upon themselves the completeness of citv boulevards. The way to obtain good roads is to improve the old ones, ratherlhan to supplant them with something entirely new; to use what we already have as a step to something better, rather than to discard the whole. We must use the material we have at hand, and the pub lic funds that can be obtained for this purpose, in such a way that our roads, even if not made icrfect will be per manently improved. Whatever is doue should be so done that it can be built upon and added to, thus making each successive step an improvement The basis of all road improvement in our soil is drainage, both surface and subsoil. It is now no longer doubted bv those who have tried it that the best plan for obtaining a good road base, or foundation, is by muter drainage. The road surface may possess different de grees of excellence, but it is always bet ter with an under-drained base than without one. To obtain this first ex cellence, pleas' not; the following man ual: If an embankment or grade does not already exist, one should be made, the crown of which should be two feet higher than the bottoms of the broad ditches at the sides. This embankment should be twenty feet wide, and eight inches crowning. The ditches al tho bides should be so graded as readily to carry all Hood water into tho nearest water course. This base, as now con structed, should be supplemented by un-dcr-drains made of first-class drain" tile. When the surface ditches have removed all of the water which will readily flow away through them, the soil will still be sufficiently saturated to make a sjKMigy and unstable base for our embankment Place parallel lines of tile about three feet below tin bottom of the surface -ditches along the b:t-e ot the embank. ment. and they will thoroughly drain the lower stratum of soil lor the entiie road to a depth ot nearly live feet be low the road surface. So far as tho sub grade of the road is concerned, this plan, when well carried out. leaves noth ing to be desired. The surface, how ever, which has absorbed water from the rainfall, and retained it bv' reason of its puddled condition, is faulty, and can only be made complete by adding a dressing, or covciiiig. which shall bo both durable and iniervioiis to water. The midcr-dr.iinagts of a road will or dinarily cost about i' (00 per mile, and. for the amount expended, no better im provement can be dev iscd for ordinary roads than this. No smaller than four inch tile should be Used, and as much larger as the locality and length of the lines will require. The Sanitary News. Cooking Food For Tho Sick. The embargo on animal food re moved by the convalescence of the pa tient, much of the dilliculty in provid ing a pleasing variety vanishes. Still, certain restrictions remain. All fried food must be caiefully avoided. Tho oft-repeated story of bt. 1 .aw re nee hav ing attained sanctity by a gridiron, aud that in so doing he conferred upon that implement the power of making better everything prepared upon it. by no means applies to the frying-pan. " lt is labor enough for the vigorous stomach of a jiersou of active habits to digest fried food, but the task becomes almost an impossibility to the delicate gastric organs of one who is just recovering from illness, and is unable to indulge in any but the slightest exercise. Let the convalescent's food then, be prepared oy stewing, roasting or broilinir; these afford a sufficiently wide scope for tho most exacting palate. As a beverage for the invalid when no longer bouud to a milk diet, nothing could bo pleas anter or more nourishing than cocoa tina. Christine Terhunc Uerrick. in Good Housekeeping. A Heard Five Feet Iionr. Spartauburg county, in South Caroli na, is noted for its long-bearded men. Men have beards like Aaron's, which come down to their waists, but Mr. K, J. McCarley, the postmaster at Walnut Grove, is said to have the longest beard iu the United States. He wears it plaited aud keeps it uuder his clothing. The plait runs down to his waist and then around his waist twice. When combed out it reaches' down to his feet. Mr. McCarley is 5 feet 10 inches high, is 45 years of age and of light complex ion. His beard is a little mixed with grav. He owns a good farm and is well to-do. Mr. McCarley says that his beard continues to grow, and when it gets long enough to lie on the floor aud he can walk around it he expects to put himself on exhibition. St. Louis Globe Democrat. John Burroughs finds that since he fave up the use of meat his health has een materially improved. "I find I need less physical exercise, that my nerves are much steadier, and that 1 have far lower dull, blank, depressing days; in fact, all the fund ions of my body are much better pel formed by ebslaiuing froui meat"