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VOL. XVII.-NO. II.
C OLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. JULY 7, 1886.
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CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000
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Leakokk (Iekkaki), Pres'i.
Ueo. W. IIoi.st, Vice Pres't.
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J. 15. Task Kit, Cashier.
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Collection "romplly Wnde on
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CHALLENGE
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Pumps Repaired on short uotice
jSTOne door west of llciuti'.s Unit
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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,
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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
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Stall A Monroe SUA Chicago.
Wlllicm! snimM to my Mnw lUtr
BAND CATALOCUE,
far Issl, saw purs 210 trrnii;
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Mftla1ilulu?iuai iiiuucuon &ba tr
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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"