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afc alwmbu jmrrtuil VOL. XVIH.-NO. 7 COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1887. WHOLE NO. 891. m ' COLUMBUS STATE BANK. rnf,EtfBrs,;XEB. Cash Capital $75,000. DIKE TORS Lh'ANDKR OERKKD. I'r.-.'i. GEO. V. HI) LSI", Vic 1'roi't. JULIUS A. HERD. i: h memo.. .1. i: r.VJKER Cashirr. Hub of Mepofclt, fMnfuunt CellctloBNPromtily .tliide mil Point. Pay Uirrl on Time rpot It. -" COLUMBUS Savings Bank, LOAN & TRUST COMPANY. Capital Stock, SI 00.000. OFFICERS A. ANDERSON. FreVt. I). V. SHELDON. Vic- l'n'i. O.T. HOKN. Tnito. HOBKRTUHLIG. So. fcjyWill r.sviw tiiu.- d-MMit, from $1.00 and an amount upwards, and will i the cuh louiftry rate f inte-rot. o CWo jiirtiputarb draw ir Mention to our facilitir for making loans on n-til estate, at the lowest rnt of interest. o tSTCily, School ami Count lJuuds. ami in dividual M-ountiiTi acv Ixmkjlit. 10junts5 FOR TITE fAI.I. OX - A.&M.TURNER Or i. IV. KIKI.ER, Travel I nc: SitlrRinB. (jfTliiw or-HUs an hit-ela- in rier iar tirular, and ro xiiarauteed. SCrUFFROTH & PL1TH, HFVI.KUS IN WOT) MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. o Pumps Repaired on short notice JX'-One door wett of HeinuV Druu Store. 11th ttrtt, ColurabuH, Nob. 17novst-tf HENRY G-ASS. XJISrX)EIlTA.K:EIl ! COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES AND DKALKBIX Farnltura, Chain, Bedsteads, Bu . resns. Tables. Safes. Loangea, Jkc, Picture Frames and Mouldings. tWHejMiriny of all kinds of Uphol stery Goods. 64f COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA- PATENTS CAVEATS, TKADE SAMS AND CSPYRICDTS Obtained, and rdl other business in the U. 8. Patent Ottic intended to for MODERATE FEES. . Our office is opposite the U. 8. Patent Office, sad we can obtain Patents in lts time than thoee remote from WASHINGTON. Bend MODEL OK DRAWING. We advise as to patentability free of chance: and make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer here to the Postmaster, the Sunt, of Money Order Div and to officials of the U. S. Patent Office. For circulars, advice, terms and nfuima to actual clients in your own State or county, write to ck-HOWACQ.v Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C. fflgplllBllp WESM COTTAGE ORGAN . x. . A.sfe , m riBafc a JMBWg roM'Mitrs high school. Orations and F-ay- of thr Graduate-, May 'JTtlt. 1KH7. ST.TTATOHT, BY PHOKNIK (TSHINO. Ladies and Gentlemen: -Having at lust Touched the luliuinatinu point of our school life, we find ourselves before those who have eo benefited uh by their help :.nd encouragement the past few years, and we wish totellthem how com plimented we feel lo welcome so many friends uhi have akled us in Irving to obtain an education. How pleasant it is to witness, not only in the vast audience lefore us this even ing, but in all the signs of the times throughout the civilized world, the hold thut educatiou has obtained on the heaits of the masses of people. Look if yon will at the a condition of the people today and compare their intelligence and manner of life, with that of our nnces lots onl :i few hundred years ago. Even liliertv and personal rights themselves owe their existence in our country to the fact that the masses have leeoine educated. Greece took great interest and pains in the education of her chil dren in the duties of citizenship, but when she u as invaded by the powerful Human atmies, she soon lost this safe guard against the encroachments of the migfit upon the rights of those that are weak and lowly. Rome did to some ex tent give her attention to learning, but it was only to the higher classes, while the poor were sunk to the lowest depths of ignorance. Europe was little better during the dark ages, but with the re vival of learning and the establishment of universities, public enlightment grad ually spread again, and with its appear ance the dense and degrading supersti tion of ancient time vanished. Thus people began to see their way clearer, ami to recognize their rights, and liberty once more held sway. The neglect of education is today a mark of debasement to any nation, and we find that the free nchools are the chief enemies of the tyrant aud despot, and that where they prevail, education is within the reach of all. ltnssia has her powerful armies, and conquers other countries by main force, but she lacks scientific instruction, and reads her fate in every book that crosses her border. We can hardly realize a country at the present time, without schools, but just imagine what our nation would le. Our chief magis trate would be a depot. Look at some of our educated men of today; see the parts they play in history, all the great and good deeds they have done, then think of our people minus their learning. Superstition and idolatry would le the leading features, and the inhabitants would be no more cultured than the savages. It has been remarked that educa tion is a jewel, which, when once pur chased, can not be liought for gold, can not lie stoleu by thieves; then I say let every one secure a good education, and they will possess one of the greatest of boons. Of course our most talented men spenL long years in acquiring their knowledge, but they possessed it and their greatness is due to that fact. Our people, realizing from the history of the world how impossible it is to maintain free institutions without pop ular education, have most generously provided for the upbuilding aud sup port of educational interests throughout all our broad land, aud the school-house is the leading feature of all American communities, and an education is the birthright of every American child. We should all entertain lively sentiments of gratitude not only to those who now live and provide these things for us, but should think with veneration of all those mighty names of the past, pioneers of all ages, who in their day dared to resist the encroachments of ignorance, super stition and tyranny, and thus make the enlightenment aud freedom of todav a possibility. Now we are about lo break the ties that have bound us in the past to our school associations, and as we go out into the broad and troubled world, it is with an understanding that the real school of our lives just then begins; it is a school where instructors are the stern realities of the world, and where inter mission comes only with the tolling of the bell that announces the promotion, to higher spheres of activity. OCR CHILDREN'S CONFIDENCE. Importance of Acting h a to Gain It and Maintain It. Few mothers really think what a grave error they are committing in repelling the confidence of their little ones. The time may come, all too soon, when the children who are thus repelled will re fuse to have confidence in mamma when she would give all she holds dear in the world to gain it. Children must have somebody to talk to and confide in, and ir mother does not have time to listen to them, is it any more than natural that they should seek a confidant elsewhere? And who knows how harmful counsel aud advice that person may give your boy or girl? You may 6ay, perhaps, that your boy or girl never cared to confide in you; they always preferred outside confidants. If so, mothers, whose fault is it? A mother is a child's natural confidant, just as much as she is her child's natur al protector. And if her child turns from her to 6eek counsel from others, then in nine cases out of ten the mother must have woefully failed in her duty. In their baby days mamma is alwajs ready with her sympathy when they come to her with their little grievances and troubles. If she is always ready to point out the right way to the small lads and lasses, to listen to the why and wherefore of each mistake, failure or success, if 6he is always a ready and willing sharer of their little secret then her children will always consider her what she onght to be, the very best con fidant in the world. And the child who confides in mother all of his or her secrets, whether they be great or small, is safe. For what boy or girl can go astray when they have nothing hid from mamma? Jar, MOVIX; A It II I NOCK KOS. A Gorgeous Apart mrut Kitted I'p for Doha In Out rut 1'urk, Nw York. ttohu, the young lady rhinoceros of Central i:uk. now occupies a jjor reou apartohent in the menagerie, suit able to her rank ami condition, to which -he wa transferred yctenlay morning. .Since her arrival at the park Holm had liecu forced to content herself with the old caravan caje in which -he traveled through ihe coun try when -he w-j. ihe blight and par ticular tar of "ole- rircu-.. There h'i glorie- were more than half oh-ciircd, and Supt. Conklin began miiih weeks ago devising way aflkl means for her proper exhibition to the public Her rival, the hippopotamus, had been put in possession of the northeast corner of the building, where she was provided with a nice, deep tank of water, and Supt. Conkliu determined to do as well for Bohu. Several hyenas, a cinnamon bear or two and a lot of kangaroos were tU.s possesscd, and by this a space twenty feet in length and twelve in width was obtained for Bohu. This was inclosed and covered with a .stout fencing, con sisting of thick cherry wood posts and rails, into which are fastened inch and a half iron bars about three inches apart. The enclosure is six feet high higher than Bohu ever wishes to raie her head, for she does not look down upon her vi-itors with disdain, but poke? her horns appealingly at them for cakes ami other dainties, for she has a sweet tooth. Bohu can be coaxed, but .she can not be driven. Supt Conkliu had noticed this, aud yesterday, when the prepara tions for the transfer had been made, he acted accordingly. During the eight years that she lii-ed in her cara van eajre, which is onh ten feet bv four feet, Bohu, who is eight feet long, was able to take only two .short .steps forward, and two short steps back ward, ami she of cour.se has never in that time been able to turn herself round. Her cage was rolled up to the new apartment, its wheels were taken off, and it was lowered to the floor. Then its back, which was just against the entrance of the new cage, was slip ped out. During all this time Bohu exhibited signs of nervousness. She doesn't like noise, ami the rolling of the cage disturbed her. Her keeper, Mr. Williams, as soon as the avenue for removal was clear, .stepped up !e side her, a little behind her head, aud held out a loaf of bread. Now Bohu likes nothing better for breakfast than nice fresh bread. And she was hungry, for she had nothing to eat that morn ing. Her little eyes twinkled, she turned her head and endeavored to reach it. It was no go. She took her accustomed couple of .steps backward aud then stopped. Still the delicious morsel was out of reach. Was it pos sible for a well brought up young lady rhinoceros to take more than two steps either way? This problem agitated her for some minutes. But there was the bread out of reach, but provoking ly near, and the experiment of taking another backward step seemed well worth trying. She took it, continued to follow the bread until she at last found herself in a room larger that she could remember ever being iu before. For a moment she devoted herself to swallowing the bread, and then she snulVeil oer evcr portion of the en closure. In doing this she realized that she could turn round, and, giving a joyful bound and a bellow, she stuck out her nose to her keeper for some more bread. A beautiful ivpast was given her, ami then the new tpiniters were covered with canvas cloths in order that her nem might recover from the excitement of the removal. The feat was accomplished much more easily than Supt. Conkliu expected. Bohu. w hen she takes a notion, in very contrary. As Bohu is only alout 10 years old, it is expected that she will develop and improve greatly in her present luxur ious quai ter. Some people may not think that her features are particularly fascinating, her eyes certainly are .small, and her two horns protude from her elongated snout iu a way that is somewhat suggestive of a desire on Bohu's pait to tos, her admirers into the air, but she ha a lovely fair and white skin, and the larger supply of air aud exercise which she will now get will enable her to be neater and cleaner than before. Bohu is natural ly neat and likes clean and dry straw, good sweet hay, and plenty of fresh water. She does not care for a swim as much as the y uuig hippopotamus, but she enjoy. :l good wash very much. Her quartets arc now the finest of any animal's iu the menagerie, and the lions aud tigers, who are opposite to them, were greatly interested in her introduction. One young lioness, who lives in a cage all by herself, persisted in standing erect nearly all day wind ing her forelegs around the bars, gaz ing at Bohu, and uttering prolonged roars from time to time. Whether it was envy that moved her or a desire to become better acquainted could not be determined. Beginning with to-day, Bohu will be at home iu hernewlinuse to all callers. Xew York Time. A ttkVUX O A HLLfc-JAI. Investigating everything in the room is one of my bird's greatest pleasures, and most attractive of all he finds the drawer of my desk, on the edge of which he stands delighted and be wildered by the variety before him. Great would lie the havoc if I were not there; and the cupous thing about it is that he will pull things over carelessly, with one eye on me, to see if I object. If, on touching some particular thing, he sees that I do not approve, and he recognizes my sentiment as quickly as a bright child would, that tiling, and that only, he will have. At once he snatches it and flies away across the room, and I may chase him. iu vain. He regards it as a frolic got up for his amusement, and no child ever equaled him in dodging; he cannot be driven, and if cornered he uses his wings. I simply put my wits against his, follow him about till he has to drop his load to breathe, when a sudden start sends him of!, and I secure it. If I cover up anything, he knows at once it is some forbidden treasure, and devotes all his energy and cunning, which are great, to uncovering and possessing himself of it- He opens any box by delivering sharp blows under the edge of the cover, and hides my postage-stamps in books and magazines. He hops around the floor in a heavy way, as often ride-1 ways as straight, ami holds bis toes as close together as though he had worn tight boots all his Hf,.. If startled, he bounds up into the air iu the oddest way. a foot or two. or even more, gen erally turning half around, aud coming down with his head the other way. If much alarmed, he will bounce up in this way half a doeu times in quick succession, and should he happen to be on a table at the time he usually ends hv laudimr on the floor. His alighting after any flight i most -insular: he come- to the floor in :i croiiehino posi tion. Ie; -piiiuled. body horizontal aud nearly touching the iiiutiiu".. look in"; like a bird "one mad: then instant ly springs up si or eight inches, half turns, and stands upright, crest erect, and looking excited, almost frightened. If much disturbed, he comes down with wings half open, tail held up. and everv feather awrv. as if he were out iu a gale, uttering at the same liuu loud squawk. He is a most expert catcher, not only seizing without fail a canary seed thrown to him, but even fluttering bits of falling paper, the hardest of all things to catch. The blue-jay is a bird of opinions about most things, and able to expres himself quite clearly: as, for example, when he found himself under a chair without rounds, on which he likes to perch, he stood and looked around on every side, ami made a low, complain ing cry, plainly a protest against so unnatural a chair; and again when he scolded at the rain that came iu sudden gusts against the window, or charged furiously at the crack under a door when he heard sweepim; outside. In general he is very quiet when one is iu the room, but the moment the door closes behind the last person his voice is heard. whistling exactly like a boy, calling, squawking, ami occasionally uttering a sweet though not loud song, c c o which is varied by a sound like rub bing a cork against glass. The most quiet approach silences him. When under strong emotion he may squawk or scream before spectators, but he never whistles or sings when he knows any one is iu the room. When out of his sight, aud so long silent that he has forgotten me. 1 have now and then heard the song. The funniest thing this knowing fel low docs is to stamp his feet, and it is a genuine expression of impatience or displeasure. When I take something away from him, or he thinks 1 mean to do so, or refuse him something he wants, he stands sjill, ami jerks his teet iu such a way that they stamp with a loud sound, as if they were of iron. It is xery droll. In serious anger, he adds to this, bowing and curtsying by bending the legs, snap, ping the bill, peeking, aud jumping up with the body without lifting the feet. Olive Thome Miller in Atlantic. HOW UK GOT KVKN. A Dude's Urlltlant Idea aud the Trouble It Caused. It would never do for the West Side to lag behind the South Side in the inarch of pi ogress. As the South Side street-cars have been heated this win ter the West Side Company has kept up with the procession, and, if any thing, has excelled its rival iu the beau tiful simplicity of itsheatingapparatus. The apparatus in question consists of two parts a handsome brass latch, which keeps the front door of the car locked, and a rule which foibids the lifting of the latch. The rule is a most excellent rule and entirely orthodox in that it works both way and thereby hangs a tale. During the bitter cold weather a day or two ago a little dude whose overcoat consisted principally of fur collar, and whose legs were so slim that .buk Frost passed them by iu disgust, step lied languidly on the front platform, and grasping the handle pushed feebly at the door. The conductor happened to be collecting a fare close to the door, and, seeing the situation, laughed in the little fellow's face. "Let me in!" said the dude, with meat diguitv. 4'Naw," replied the conductor, with a grin and a chuckle You'll have to come around to the back door." 'Open the door," exclaimed he on the outside, rattling the handle. "Can't do it, my dear. It's back door or nothing with you, Dickey," re plied he on the inside, shoving a bad quarter and three dilapidated nickels into a passenger's hand and ringing his little gong by way of emphasis. The dude unbent enough to almost lose his temper, for it was cold outside and the passengers were hugely amused at his predicament; but all of a sudden a thought seemed to strike him. It nearly knocked him oft' into the street, but he managed to rally, and in a mo ment more all that appeared of him was a coat collar and a pair of .legs leaning contentedly against the door. About this time the conductor pushed back the slide in the door and poked the dude iu the back. The little fellow turned around and looked blankly and innocently into the conductor's face. "Fare!" said the conductor, sticking a grimy paw through the aperture. The dude smiled iu a wearied sort of a way and disappeared in his coat col lar. Fare, there!" repeated the conduc tor, rattling the slide. "You'll have to come wound to the ah fwont platfohm, doncheknow, deah chappie," replied the dude, emerg ing for a few seconds and disappearing again before the words were well out of his mouth. The conductor was six feet tall ami had a whole bearskin on. He looked as though he could crawl into a hole and die. The passengers nearly went into convulsions. The dude was buried in his collar and apparently far away in his thoughts. Once more the big man in the bear skin yelled "Fare!" and stuck out a threatening hand. "Deah boy, it's fwont platfohm aw nothing," was the response from the little man iu the collar. Then the conductor retreated to the back door, and his eyes bulged out a foot in his eagerness to catch sight of a policeman. He called the first one ou to the car and told him to go ahead and pulverize the fur collar and the legs. The conductor stopped the car, and the majesty of the law walked stern ly around to the front door. But the collar and legs seemed to have no fear and didn't pulverize worth a cent. They expressed a feverish anxiety to pay the fare and held up a nickel so that the conductor could see it through the door. But put it through the slide they would not. and they coolly ia forracd the majesty of the law that all the. policemen iu Chicago couldn't make them do it. Then the passengers laughed at the policeman, and the po liceman suddenly discovered that he had urgent business somewhere else and slid off at the liiM corner. Then the conductor ran around to the front door. The passengers supposed he was going to cat up the little man. The conductor had a -oi-t of an idea to that eflect hinwdf. Bin tliedudc didn't. He came .mi of lii-ro.ii collar -ir.iight-eiied up. and fixed a veiy lirilii and rather wicked ey- upon the conductor, while one hand came up iu a careless sort of fashion about breast high. Then the conductor extended an open hand, and the dude dropped into it a nickel, unfixed his eye. and disappeared in his coat collar.. Chirayu Tribune. Ujl t .x- An I'ufortuiuUe Orourrem-e. About eight years ago, writes a cor respondent of the Boston lemlil, I had apartments in a house kept by a (er nian lady of good family, but reduced financial statu-. living here iu New Yoik. The l.idy of the house had tw daughters, who were somewhere be tween 13 and l.i yeais of age. Both of them were pretty children, and one ot them astonished the neighbors, as well as her parents, one tint: dav b running oil with a lit h man's son ami becom ing his wife. The other stink to the family circle, ami still lives with her mother. 1 had not seen her iu all the long interval between that time and this, until one afternoon a mouth or so ago a tall, handsome young lady, of stately carriage and generally striking appearance, walked into in v office, and placed her visitiug-caid upon my desk. The little girl had grown to woman hood, ami to very beautiful woman hood at that. 1 talked with her for some time, aud finally learned that she had come, with some more or less vague notion of my wisdom and saga city, to ask advice iu regard to the question that sooner or later agitates us all. She said: "There is an old gentleman who i, very much iu love with inc. He has a great deal of money, and he would make me his wife to-morrow. He is a man of cul tivation and refinement, and his home is almost a palace. There is another man who is much younger than this one I have mentioned, and he. too, loves me. He is not wealthy, but he has something of a business position, and his prospects are very good." "Nattirallv oii prefer the younger man." I interjected. Naturally. At the same time the circumstances of my family are not what they should be. although we live comfortable enough. The question that troubles me most is as to whether it is a.ot my duty to marry for the ad vantage of my parents, who have taken good care of me. and for whom I could certainly afford to make some sacrifice." I am rather afraid that the advice I gave the young lady was .somewhat uuroinantic and cynical. It was to the eflect that she hail better become the old man's darling, mainly for the rea son that he would probably die in the course of a few years, in which case she would, by reason of her fortune thus acquired, become all the more charming in the eves of the more youthful, but financially the less solid, lover. The young lady said she was much obliged, and went away. I didn't see her again until to-day, when she once more came into the ollicc anil sat down at the end of my desk. "I shall have more confidence in your advice hereafter." she said, with a demure expression of countenance that was somewhat amusing. "Why," 1 asked. "Have you con cluded to marry the old millionaire?" "No." she responded. "The fact of the matter is that he died last week. iJnfoi lunate, wasn't it?" A IUk Kolatp. An estate iu New York valued at tSO.OOO.OUO finds one of the heirs in this city, writes a Sandusky, O., corre spondent of- the Cincinnati Enquirer. Aniaztah and Mary Williams have re sided in this city for more than forty Virars and are known all through this section. He is S." aud she is 84 years of age. Thev came from New York state here, where both were born and raised. For more than thirty years they have lived on Columbus avenue, the second door south of St. Peter and Paul's church. One daughter still lives, Mrs. Clemens. For more than sixty years Mrs. Williams has known of the above-mentioned estate, many times having heard parents ami grandparents speak of it. It is known as the Covert estate, the land having been leased ninety-nine years ago by Elisha Covert. Covert had one daughter, who mar ried, but died childless. This left the estate without direct heirs, in which event Covert's brothers and sisters, if he had any, would become his heirs. He had four sisters, one of whom mar ried a Horton, and was the grandmoth er of Mrs. Williams. For some time past various relatives of Mrs. Williams have written her concerning this estate, knowing that she was the oldest living heir, and hence would probably know considerable about it, Recently, Mrs. Williams received a letter stating that she was a rich woman, as the lease had expired, and the heirs were being ad vertised for. Steps were immediately taken to further investigate the matter. Mr. John Cherry, a grandson by mar riage, wrote to the surrogate of New York county, while Mr. U. T. Currati was retained as -legal adviser. No time has been lost nor pains spared in expediting matters. The estate is valued at $t"0,000.000, 10, 000,000 of which will fall to the heirs of Mrs. Williams' grandmother. Out of the $10,000,000 Mrs. Williams will receive from $300,000 to $400,000. This morning Mr. Cherry received a letter from the surrogate of New York county, which stated that the Covert estate was located in that part of the city known as Harlem flats. Little Phil's Farm. When dowu iu Perry county, the other day, writes a Columbus "corre spondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, I crossed over a corner of Gen. Phil Sheridan's farm near Bristol tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio road. For just what purpose he Inuight the one hun dred aud sixty odd acres, be the same more or less, no one but himself knows, unless it should lie Dr. H. C. Greiner, the ex-statesman, who is the general's agricultural agent. (Jreiner goes down from Somerset about once every three months ami raises the devil with the general's tenants, vvho occasionally get short ou rents. If there is anything else raised on the farm the iicighltors are kept in profound ignorance of it. I have an idea that (Jen. Sheridan bought the farm so as to in-nre himself exercise when he retires from the army, aud it will be an excellent place for the purpose. He can follow the chipmunks, -quirrel-. rabbit-, quail, and ground-hogs the i bole c;,r loiind. aud in-ure him-eli sguin-t the ru-t ot inaetivitv. to sav iiothin oi the ever- cise that will be necessary tor him to tickle the taxes out of the laud. The price paid for the land is strict ly private, but real-estate experts tel' me that it didn't cost less than $lo or $20 an acre, and the general's old friends are highly elated to think that he has lived with so much frugality that he has been able to save enough to purchase a line farm alongside of his uncle. Jimmy Clark, out of his salary as commauder-iu-chief of the army of the United States. There is a story told down in Perry county that Phil bought the farm for the benefit of his brother. Col. Michael V., who is a great bird-shot, aud vvho is able to bring down six farmers, or their boys, for every bird. The story goes that when the bird season opens next year all the occupants of the farm are to be temporarily evicted, and Mike is to be let loose with his gnu. The eviction isto take place because Perry county doesn't want to have its popu lation reduced, and preparations will be made to board the exiled tenantry around until the season closes. More over, in a few years the whole county will be stocked with quail and pheas ants from (Jen. Sheridan's farm, for the more Mike hunts for them the more rapidly they multiply. ley Sidewalks In LouNvllle. She was a real nice middle-aged "cul ludooman," and carried a bustle hitch ed to her spine as big as a dog-house. She carried an ancient-looking cotton "ombril" in one hand, and a yellow leather bag as big as an elephant's ear in the other. The icy sidewalk made her walk pigeon-toed and tender-footed, for she stepped like she was afraid that she'd hear somethingdrop if she wasn't careful, and she'd be there vv hen it fell. Several persons looking for the cold wave flag arrested her attention, and just as he lifti-d her eyes and head in the direction of where the flag should have been there was a yell and some thing dropped. It was the old lady, mil -what a fall was there my country women." She sat down so quick and hard that her bonnet strings cracked like a pair of whiplashes, and her eye balls shot out of their sockets like pins on a hat rack. The -ombril" went up twenty-live feet, closed and came down wide open, and lit half a square off. The bag went up sixty feet, opemsl its mouth, and came down amid a shower of hairpins, chromo-cards. dry-goods samples, some false bangs, shoestrings, aud a general assortment of a little of everything. The old ladv crawled to the gutter, fished her upper teeth out of the stum, stuck them iu her proven der receiver, grabbed an iron post, pulled herself to her feet, rested awhile, arranged her bustle, gathered up what she could of the contents of the bag. ami, after getting "good anil ready," took the middle of the street ami hail ed even man she met with: -Mister, iz you seed anybody gwine 'rouif wid a h'istcd ombril lookiif for a lady dat fro wed one away jes now ?" The old lady looked like a wreck of her former self, and had been wrestling with a cold-wave blizzard, when the business end of a cyclone had struck and paralyzed her just as she was get ting away with it. LouicUU- Cinn merriiil. The IVrIN of Modern Dress. The odd incident that occmred the other day in connection with young Beverly Cadley's visit to the president of one of the great railroad corpora tions is bound to come out, ami may as well be related forthwith. I should hardly regard it as entitled to remain safe within the awful circle of the. club's inviolability, since Cadley is said to have telated the incident himself, with some suggestion of pride in it. It seems the young man called on the president of the corporation that I have referred to during business hours, and got into his otlice without being announced. The president didn't know him, but glanced up at him in quiringly. Cadley is a tall, smooth faced young man; he wears a silk hat flaring at the top, and a long, dark green overcoat, with large buttons, tight at the waist and full in the skirts, and always carries his gray-pearl gloves in his hand. As the railroad man seemed to be simply waiting for his errand, Cadley said: "Mrs. Cadley wishes to know whether she shall send you the securities which you conferred with her about the other day." "Tell her I think- she had better, at once." said the president, and then resumed dictating a letter to his secretary, as if no one were iu the room. Cadley re flected a moment on the barbarity of all trade and all business, and then took himself out. Next day Mrs. Cad ley came down with her securities. The president saluted her with old fashioned courtliness. -The develop ments in the market." said he. -since your coachman called yesterday " Mrs. Cadley did not stop to hear more. "My coachman, indeed!" she ex claimed. "Are you not aware that it was my son who called on you?" The railroad official was aghast, but was, perhaps, presently inclined to make light of the whole affair, though Mrs. Cadley was unquestionably seriously offended. As I have said, however, Cadley himself considers it rather a good joke, and, as near as I can make out, he is actually dressing as closely as he can to be taken for a coachman. Boston Post. It is said that there are no more curi ous postage-stamps of recent years than the new issue of Madagascar. They are 3 inches long by 21 inches wide. There are eight in alL ranging in value from 1 penny to 2 shillings. They are issued by Englaud for letters mailed at the Brit ish consulate iu Antananarivo and gummed only in the corner. The let ters are sent to Mauritius, where the Madagascar stamp is removed and kept as a voucher, and the Mauritius stamp substituted. A Mean Man from Piinyluiik. "Do congressmen make many re quests for passes?" was asked of a prominent railway official at the cap ital this morning. -Don't they!" exclaimed that gentle man, iu tones of unmistakable disgust. -They not only ak for themselves, but for the members of their families ami for friends as well." "I think." continued the railway man. reflectively -the meanest man I ever met in the mailer ot pa-es ua a member of ctmiv . All one uiuler lle had boied u- tot p.i-sp, upon one pieiext or anothei. One day he wrote Us to send him a pass for himself from Pittsburg to Washington and another for his son from Pittsburg to Balti more. The lad. he explained was go ing there to school. It appeals that lie subsequently changed his mind, aud kept the youngster at Washington with him. He wrote us this informa tion, in fact, aud inclosed in the letter the boy's pas,, and asked Us to send him iu money the fare from Washin' ton to Baltimore. He explained that the pass entitled him to the ride, hut that he would take the money instead. It was tlie coolest proposition I had ever heard." "What was the congressman's name?" queried a cm ions bystander. "I can't give you that, but 1 will say that he lived in Pennsylvania." X. . 'Herald. A .Miser's Dojj. Rover, the old canine friend and companion of Miser Joe Perry, lonely and broken-hearted, keeps a" faithful watch iu the silent yard of his dead master's house on Locust street. The little Scotch terrier is in deep distress at the loss of his old friends, and seems to be the one sincere mourner of penu rious Joe Perry and his erratic cousin, Dick Price. The dog wastrue to the old men from the first and constant to the end. He shared their misery and he w ill die of hunger before he will voluntarily desert his old home. Hour by hour, day and night, he lies watch ing the time-worn door and whines and paws at its rotten boards. But it doesn't open as it was wont to do at his lightest scratch. He whines out his grief as he Used to bark his opin ions at neighboring curs. It would have been a charitable ending if old Rover had been found dead in the little back room with the old miser and his partner. The woman who keeps the grocery store next door to the house of gold and tilth pushes food to the dog through a hole iu the fence every day. but Rover seldom touches it. and is daily growing weaker. The little ter rier has a stubby tail, short legs, and a ",na?J0" '":- of sorrel colored hair. He was a pup when given to Perry a num ber of years ago. Philadelphia Times. Remembered Too Well. Colonel Moxly. while in a dry goods store, remarked to the proprietor: "Yes, sir. the average man shamefully neglects his memory. There is no rea son why a man of sixty years should not have as strong memory as a man of thirty. Of course, the memory re quires cultivation. Realizing that my memory was becoming weak. I bought a book devoted to mental gy nin.i-tics. 1 began studying it. and, sir. the result was wolldelflll. I could relilelllbel dates with ease, and ideas that had long since escaped me. came back with delightful freshness." -Can remember any thing now. eh?" the merchant replied. "Oh, yes, perfectly well." Do you remember that you prom ised me time aud again to come in and pay that bill you owe me?" -By George, sir. I thank you for the clew. I remembered to come in. but forgot to pay. Oh. the book don't claim to be aide to bring about a com plete revolution at once. I am study ing it with diligence, and believe thai I will soon remember well enough to keep my promise. I am glad you men tioned it, for every little suggestion helps. I will be in again soon. By the way, you ought to get one of the books. No, I don't think you should. You can lemember too well already. Arkatisaw Traveler. A Perishable C-trgo. iAI. Ilillltllll l.US'JIls, (1,- I Villi, i, was one day a passenger on a big , sleigh away up iu Michigan. On the ! road they met another sleigh not near- ' ly so big as their own. The little sleigh i kind of kept to the middle of the drift- road, and the driver of the big sh-.h kind of turned clear out and kind of turned his sleigh clear over and plung- ed his six or seven passengers up to their necks or heels in the chilly drift, just as they happened to be -hot in head first or feet foremost. Loud was ! their wrath. Thev wanted to mob j xi- vv:ii:.,.., i.-..,... ii.,. i........v their cowardly driver. -Why didn't you make that little fellow tin n out?" "Why didn't you upset him?" -Why didn't you run over him?" they de manded. "Could of done it." said the driver, groping about iu the s.-mu foi st ray valises, "but I kind o' ! tied to spoil his load." -What was he haul ing?" demanded the lecturer. -Dvna-mite, for the mines," said the driver. They accepted his apology without a division, and the work of excavating for the buried Troy, the entombed drcs- iiiit.and "The Heroes of Homeric Age" went on in silence. :.-( klu Euyle. Mr. W. F. Allen has given some in teresting data concerning the introduc tion of the new twenty -four hour clock scale. Though meeting at first with considerable opposition, like most oth er innovations, it is gradually extend ing. It is already in Use on the Canad ian Pacific Railroad, west of Winnipeg, upon the Manitoba & Northwestern Railroad, and upon the Idaho Division of the Union Pacific. So satisfactory has its adoption proved to the railways and the towns along their lines that propositions to introduce it throughout the Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific systems are being seriously agitated. Particular attention is called to the fact that the twenty-four-hour scheme is in use throughout the extensive telegraph systems between Great Britain, Egypt, India, South Africa, China, Australia, and New Zealand. A son of Kit Carson resides in Los Angeles, and in struggling with poverty. National Bank ! COLUMBUB, NEB. HAS AN Authorized Capital of $250,000, A Surplus Fund of - $20,000, vu.1 il..- l..rs-M pid is Ch IVpititl "t JU lallk. Ill this MII Of it" Slt!r. -? De--sU rvinl mi.i i nt en tit .ut ou tiiuedt-H9its. J-DrHfts ou the irim'inl vitirs in, thiictmu- tr uiul Ktini-e ItuiiKlit ttud rld. L4? jyfcsi: CCllc'tions and nit othfiyEs'oe giveu lroiujt and careful attention ': ' STOCKUOI 1HS. A. ANDKKSON, Prw't. HLltMAN V. H.OKUUili'Ii, Vice PnVt. O.T.KOEN. Cashier. J. P. MhrKER, HKltMAN OEHLKICH, U.SCIIUTTK. W. A. McALddSTEK, JONAS WELCH. JOHN W. EARL. V. ANDERSON. G. ANDERSON, ROBERT UHliG. CARL RE1NKE. Apri-'8Ctf business ards. D. T. Mabtys, M. D. F. J. Scuto, M. D. Er. . MARTYN & SCHUG, i .S i.xamiiiin Surgeons, i -i. ( ii. "n iitii-ti .i.d L-jUifl. lelts. 1 i . tllv tOld .i-S k no '' is t.i O'lv" Mrv.--. uV to RrwK.ek r. r - I Hi s:or. "il .11 s M KKA3KA. y i-ii.'S'sKS MS-MSaS-U t. 45., ..-.' i 1 1 . ' - ;.., ! .lit, !.,! . . v .'-- LAW AND COLLECTJVX VFFM E. UpMnii-H Ernst buihliut;. lltli ctrct. oii.mva. A: it :: :k, ATTOHSEYS AT LAW, Otljre oex Kind Nntiotml Hank, Coliiinhiirt, Nt-linuku. Mi c "t . i:va;!, m. ., I'HYSH'l.lX A l SCKtiKn.X. JSOtlus. and rcxiiiiH. (Jluck IxiiMin, lltli ntreet. Telephone communication. l-y AfcALMNTKK BKON., ATTOltXEYS AT LA W, Otlice ui-sti.irH iu HtnrjV lniildiiiK. corner of Olive and lltli tnt. VV. A. Mc.Ulinter. No tar I-ulilir. i on i:(j.ii-::v ciU'mv si it KYon. JVl'articrt dcriirinK Mirvejitiij iton enn mt drt me at t'oluinliiis. Net,., or call at m otlicw in Court limine. iiim)-Uj TVoritK ioti:a:iii:rn. W. H. Tedrow. Co Supt. I will U- at my vti'ce in tin-Court llouwthe third Saturday ot each iiioiuli lor the examina tion of teacher. IttMf 1) K. .1.4 HAM. WII.I.Y. L K I T TS( JJIEKAK ZT. Columbus, Ncliraku. Oiliic 11th Sln-et. CoiiMiltritionr. in En-k'li-li, Kniich and (inrumn. IKmHr-j JOHN',. HlCl'INS. I ..I. HARLOW, Ciillfctiun Attorney. H1G0IHS & 0AR10W, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, SiMH-iulty nuulf- of (. ollectionti by C. J. Garlow. 34-iu P. P. HL.VCK, 31. HOMCEOPATHIST. Ckroaic Diaeasca and Dlaeasaa of Children a Specialtv. J5T"ClKcecn Olive street, three doom north of Flirt National Punk. '.My P ia.Ki;ttciiJt:, I Ith St., opposite Lindell Hotel. fcVll- Harm (. Saddles, Collars, Whir h. Rlankpts, ( cirj I i u 1 1. Rn.rl.rs, trunks valirii), bnpy t j r i rl.ii i -. CKinnjre trin rrirgs, Ac, nt the IoM-t i. rr.I Je pr-ctc. I.iisiih j.rrmptly at tinilMi to. T - 3 I A I I !. :'. j ( I LY AND NGTAP.Y IULIJC. J M- -H I i'iH. OFFICE - ci- t i i -j - in iiir, ( -l.II I l.r. Nlhrnrkn. j". 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