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&' m Cirkmlra 0ttrMl. . J 'Wl. 5-"?i5 -P ' V 4W ,f t -y VOL- XVIII.-NO. 23. COLUMBTTS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1S87. WHOLE NO. 907. . . . r r,- FS . .- "V BaBfe1 Has It- COLUMBUS STATE BANK. COLUMBUS, NIT.. Cash Capita! $75,000. niKKrroKS: LJt&XL)KUGEIlttAl.l. Pn-s't. K0. W. llUl-SI', VI.v. Prws't. jumiis a. kkki. u. ii. i:kn::v. J. E.TA:JKE:, Ct-!iic: Bamk I" lpoMit iN-iK d ExchaBK. ClIctleaN Promptly iail " ill aeli. y latereNt TJu INT- It. COLUMBUS Savings Bank, LOAN & TRUST COMPANY. Capital Stock, SI 00,000. OFFICERS: A. ANDERSON. Pres'f. O. V. SHELDON. Vice 1'n.i't. O. T. ROEX. Tien. ROBERT U HUG, Sc. y-'.Vill re-i.e tima deKMts, from Sl. aodanynmount upward, and will pay tli rus tomary rate of interest. ZST"Vv particularly draw jour attention to our facilities for iiinkiiiK loans on real itate, at the lowtt-t rate of inii-rt-(. - - JSTity, S-1..1 iiii-l 'it HoinN, hihI in dividual ttTiiritie an U.ul.i IGjune'siiy FOUTIIE CAM. 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We refer here to the Postmaster, the Sapt. of Mosey Order Div and to officials of the U. S. Patent Ofice. For circular, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own State or county, write, to OA. SHOW et CO. Opposite Patent Once, Washington, D. 'C. aaWHisjBBsM'Rntf WESTERN COTTAGE OM FLOWER SONG. 61eepy little Gentians, it is time to rise. For tbe sun is climbing fast up the rosy skies. And the happy brooklets are laughing where they leap; Don't you hoar them in your dreams as you lie a-Oeep? Lift those fiiir, frinped lashes up, shut so very tight, ITidin from your sweet blue eyes all the golden light. What can you be dreaming that you slumber so. Sleepy little Gentians, 1 should like to know? Gertrude Alger. NATELLA. There was genuine welcome In the deli cate voice. "Theodora, Pauline, dear girls, glad, how very glad I sua to see Cousins, tins 13 cuarnung." A tall youni ,n courteously Kissea their hands The house mansion at the south. "Jotty, t whistling and run in to mami !S The ifffuiest little darlcv imaginable laughed the jolliest laugh, put his dusky hands to the rich soil and began turning Boni Jrsaults out of sight. "Jetty, you Jetty," called Tante; but the little woolly head, unmindful, spun by. "Now, girls, come," and linking her nrms in those of her two tall nieces, Tante led the way through the great hall, nnd up the wide staircase to their rooms, where, with a parting kiss, she left them. "Theo!" The fair haired sister turned slightly. "Theo!" Pauline dropped her gloves, hat, jacket on the sofa. "Are we dreaming?" Thoughtfully, Theo deftly made a tight bunch of her gloves, and with a precision worthy of herself tosed them direct in the face opposite. "I'm not, but perhaps you are." Pauline started. The words were scornfully sioken. Moving over to the wkxhiw quietly, she rested her hands on Its ledge nnd leant far out. Her sister, in the room, began hastily betting things to rights. The day was one of exquisite beanty. Tho air, heavily laden with acacia sweet ness, stirred but slightly. Pauline, wea rily brushing away her clinging hair as one dreaming, rested motionless at the window. Day was passing into night. The bushes, the trees, thickly clustering,, dotted the largo garden with their heavy shadows. The thick foliage of the trees, stirred by the slight breeze, rustled softly. A great acorn leaf swept timorously the sott check pressed to the hard wood of the window, swept it again and again. The old tree close to the house and shading many of its rooms, could, by stretching far out the long, slender branch, keep the leaf tapping gently. The girl's blue eyes were opened wide, but she seemed to no tice nothing. The long journey had tired her unduly. She was resting. A parrot, she heard him chatter, chatter, tiresome bird, in the room alove. Acorns drop ping, she heard them plainly, one, two: two, one. The birds everywhere were singing, each a different song. What a rustling they did make among the leaves! Fighting some live or six were busy at it, swirling in now great circles, then small ones, and at each other. So close they came to the head below them that the air they made ruftled all her hair. But still she moved not. The birds on the ground beneath the window wildly chirped as they pecked for worms. She heard the slow, heavy tread of some one walking through the grass. Looking sharply, she saw plainly a powerful negro coming to the house. "A slave" she breathed the word. He neared the house, stooied and entered a side porch. A straw hat drawn low over iis forehead had kept his face from view. IJut instinctively she knew it was a fine one. A figure, grace ful, slight, came hurrying by. Pauline, leaning out still further, waited. "Natella" The figure stood motionless. The shapely head moved eagerly from side to side, then drooped. When, as a low note of a bird, came the words, "pas mainte uant." "Xatella, look up! Here I am." Pauline laiTghed at the fright, the sur prise in the great eyes raised to hers. A smile of wonderful sweetness was on the red lips in a moment. "Ali", missy! Welcome' Welcome!" "See, Xatella, Tante had written so much about you that I knew you at once. Yon were not with the other servants when we came?" "No, missy, one of the pickaninnies was sick and I staid with it." "Xatella, is you comin'?" "Go on," Pauline said. With a low bow of her head she turned nwny. "Beautiful. She is far, far lovelier than Iliad ever thought. A creole! a slave! Can it be possible?" She felt suddenly chilled. Under the window it was narold she now saw walking, with his long, easy strides. He was out of sight in a moment. But still she heard the sound of his spurs clinking, the whirling of his ridiug whip, still saw the tiny light gleaming like a lire tly on his linger, nnd remem lered the ring with the the solUiire Taute had given him recently. "Are you sick? Wliat is it? Pauline, do you hear?" Theo shook her roughly. "Supper? Did you say it was ready?" But her sister had left the room. "Have I been dreaming, or what is it? I I feel strange, strange." She dashed the cold water from the basin again, yet agaiu, over her face. "Homesick?" The laugh which fol lowed had a tremor in it. Pauline was barely 10. Down stairs, in the lugh ceiling dining room, with its armor and stiff backed hairs,seated at the table. the family waited for her. The supper was long and merry. Tante and Pauline talked together, while Theo and Harold made the slender glasses quiver with the merriment of their laugh ter. The low windows were opened wide, and from her seat Pauline looked out at the dark, moving bushes and saw the stars gleaming sharp in the heavens. She noticed as she sat more quiet than the others was she not the yonngest of them all? that the kind eyes of Tante rested with a look of love on Theo and on Har old. "She is thinking they will marry," Pauline thought. The supper was ended, and only too soon the evening had gone, when the first night in a southern land for these girls from a distant clime, visiting the home of their father and his fathers, had passed. Pauline and her sister, when mounting the stairs to their room, were stopped by their aunt, calling: "Girls," she said, coming into the hall, "I have told Xatella she is to wait on yon; so take her as your own. You will find she is useful." Tante smiled graciously. She had given them her favorite maid. As Theo blew out her candle that night, some hours later, sne startled her sister from her sleep by asking sharply: "Do you know who this girl is Tante makes so much of the one she calls Xa tella?" Pauline raised herself on her elbow. "Xo, but I shall to-morrow;" fell back between the pillows and slept. Under an acorn tree, not the one by the window, but another in the depths of the garden, Tante, Theo and Pauline were seated. Along the winding carriage road leading from the house Harold Graham was passinc. The narty under the tree noticed nnd admired the handsome, proud rider. As ho turned a corner and bowed for the last time Tante looked up at her young niece. "You have fallen in love with Xatella, I hear." "Yes, both Theo and I are anxious to know all about her." Folding her Avhite hands on her lap, with the delicate white lace falling about them, Tante, with a smile, began slowly. "I brought her up from a baby. She was pretty even then and most lovable. Her mother was a seamstress of mine, and died leaving only this child. She is ex ceedingly bright. Ask her whatever yom wish, nnd you will see she can do it." Then raising her eyes looked fs:il in thtl face softly outlined by the silver !-uir. "x "Why?" she asked, "does f!h' - in so terribly sod; in a deep melancholy 1 should call it?" "Sad? do you minx sne is sau? I'm afraid I have been making myself believe I only imagined it. For Harold didn't seem to notice, and Harold is very observ ant" The uneasiness in the hesitating voice ceased. "Her health is perfcctrand'Bhe trso' proud that never for a moment would she think of a negro on the place, although they all worsfflp her. There is Pierre, the handsomest of negroes, who lovo her devoutly, but she Pierre" Tante laughed gayly. During the weeks which now .lowed there were balls and parties with -n ntim ler given to Mrs. Graham's ij!er&. It mattered not at what late hour the girls returned home, always seated by the burning logs of the open fireplace waiting for them, either sewing or dozing, was Na tclla, a brilliant picture but a setting of lurid gold. The timo had come now when the visit must end. It was the night lwfore their departure, when the greatest event of the year took place, when the negroes' ball was at hand. Candles had been lighted and placed in the wide drawing room in every conceiv able corner. By the order of Tante all the female revelers were to come to that room and show themselves. "To amuse you girls," she said to them. A dress of pure white had been made especially for the beauty of them all. Xa tella was to be simply resplendent. Pau line and Theo were to fiee to the finishing touches. At an early hour knocks fell on the drawing room door, nnd the black laughing faces peeped in to see if missus and the young ladies were there. Such iriggling, high merriment, wild laughing, and outbursts of singing, made the room shake its sides in sympathy, and the very mirrors to reflect from all corners the grimaces nnd proud turnings. But they were all sent out at last, nnd Xatella summoned. She entered the room stately aul soberly as usual, her regular features looking like marble. The laughter died slowly from Tante's lips. Her glasses were suddenly in need of a wiping. With trembling fingers Pauline and Theo pinned here and shook there the white dress on tlie inotionr less figure. "Look at yourself, child !" It was the voice of Tante sounding strangely severe. Xatella moved at once to the room and stood still. The large mirrors on all sides Hashed ier back a proud, dazzling picture. She seemed t be in every spot, to fill the great room and crush the silent watchers out. Jetty tumbling in broko the spell. The carriage was at the door. Tante had given them the family barouche. The crunching of the horses' feet on the gravel, the screaming and laughing of the gather ing revelers were now plainly heard. Taute rose) and, leauiug on her nieces, went out to the veranda to see them off. Seated on his high box Pierre, the coach man, the finest negro of them all, held tbe prancing horses well in hand. "Git in, yon chilens of Ham, git in," he called in a voice of iron. They obeyed at once. Pierre gathered the reins to gether and raised his whip; turning then, he scanned the dusky faces. Mammy, the black cook, watching him, called out im patiently: "Sakes alive, honey, where's that gal Xatella?" Harold had been leaning nonchalantly eyeing tbe scene on a veranda pillar by the side of Pauline. Without looking round, she spoke to him as mammy called: "Harold, will you find Xatella?" "She has not been here for some time." It was her sister's voice, hushed and close to her car. But even as she spoke a white form rushed by them, was pulled into the carriage, and the horses had dashed off. "Theodore, Pauline, come in; we are going to have a storm." Tante stood in the doorway. Theo went up to her nnd drew her in. Already the wind was banging doors. The night was of a pitchy darkness. Pauline, in her dark dress, was not visible on the veranda where she stood. A strong blast of wind, coming suddenly, buffeted against her. Frightened, she turned to enter the house, when, in one breathless second, she could not move. Leaning up against the pillar where he had been before was Harold, with a face of fearful anguish. His head was bared and fallen, with a look of deep despair. His eyes sought beyond the veranda, cut ting the very blackness with their inten sity, and yet with a distant look about them. His b'ps, tightly compressed, were blanched, as were likewise the cheeks, the brow nlove them. The only hand she saw hung stiffly by his side, between the fingers of which was crushed a half smoked cigar. She tried to speak, to walk, but could not, when, with a mighty effort, she made her way to a door near by, sprang up the stairs and sank ex hausted on the floor of her room. She lay there how long she knew not, trembling, with that suffering face before her, when she crept to bed. Her sister coming in later was surprised to find her sleeping. Why had she deserted them this their last night, when they had been so jolly, and Harold had kept them laughing with his songs? Theo smiled as she thought. When at last she slept, Pauline opened wide her eyes and stared at the darkness. "Harold, what was the matter with him? What did it mean? That dream, how plainly she remembered it; the first night thereby the window." She shivered. How cold she was! Theo! would Bhe wake Theo? She lay and thought An hour passed. She had slept and awak ened: it was about midnight. She slept again and, waking, found the darkness half gone. Her wrapper lay on a chair close by. Under the blanket, even, she was shivering; and it looked warm. She rose and wrapped it about her, went to the window and looked out Listening there she heard voices in the distance. They came from the negroes' quarters, so she knew they had returned. She tried to leave the window to go to bed, but something held her. The half light was painful to her eyes, and, shield ing them with her hand, she waited for the sun to burst. She would see it for tbe last time in all its splendor in the southern land. A gleaming bit of white stuff caught her sight It appeared to be wound around the tree's trunk. Some remnant of the ball, she thought She still was looking at it when the sun directed her powerful rays full upon it on a face with eyes wide open meeting it unflinchingly on parted lips and still brow. With a cry which woke her sister, Pauline pointed to the dead face of Xatella, staring at her at the sun. The birds hod begun their fighting and their songs. The acorns still were drop ping and the leaf swept not the cheek of Pauline but the cold glass of the closed window, and seemed to mind not The servants knew nothing, and could but sob and wring their hands. "Lord, Almighty l Lord, Almighty 1" was their refrain. Taute sternly, with the tears running down her cheeks, questioned separately one and all as they gathered together in the drawing room. Up stairs was the doctor. He now came and, with his hand resting on the door, bowed to Tante. "The girl has been poisoned. She was overtaken, my dear lady, without doubt, by the spasms in the spot where she was found. As the servants tell me, she left them apparently well at their quarters to come to her room in the house." Tho doctor bowed solemnly and was shown out. Tante motioned the fright ened group away. "Ho crying, no screeching, near this house." She said it fiercely as they went by. "Tante, dear, but it is better we should leave to-night, for you see how excited Pauline is, and the change is necessary at once for her." Theo stroked the white hand gently. "Yes," the answer came sadly. "Pau Une'ls not herself." Harold-went-witlrthetDNtonhestatiori;-aud Pauline wondered why it was that no one saw, as she did, how old and harsh looking he had grown! "Harold," they are standing alono to gether at the station. "Harold, I found this in the cushion of tbe carriage coming here." lie caught her hand which held the ring and pressed it tightly. His face was turned from hers. The ring pierced her cruelly, and involuntarily he ex claimed: "Cousin, sweet little cousin, a thousand pardons and as many thanks." The ring was on his finger. The hat was close drawn over his eyes. The tr:.;n com ing in, Pauline hastened for the l.ut time to bid goodby to Taute. "Your ear, dear, give it to me. I must whisper." She drew her down. "Pierre, you know Pierre, my handsome coachman. He has not been seen since last night, and I heard he was in a bod temper at the ball because Xatella proudly refused to dance with him. He must have mixed the poison at the supper. Xatella, my beautiful Xatella," and weeping bit terly Paulino left her, with the curtains of her carriage closely drawn Harold Graham, a week : rrirl's departure, sailed for Euroi. gone for several years. Tante, i1 was broken hearted alout it, as hco. Roma Virginia in The Ho- :1. Tribes of Terrier. To many it will be a novelty to find that Wales and Ireland both produce a dis tinct race of terriers, which present, how ever, no striking points of difference with the wiry Scotch. And of the terriers formerly known as Scotch, a more critical age has established sundry classes which hail from this side of the I)order. There is tho Bedlington, for instance, which re sembles the Dandie much as his Xortn umbrian master resembles a Scot; nnd the Yorkshire terrier, with long, silky coat, a favorite compnuion of the vouths and maidens of the earlier years .- . ; resent reign, and then often loo.-- s-uied a "Skye." It is this kind ol -..i..li, long haired dog, whether Yorkshire or "Skye," that is fiercely apostrophized by Curtius, in whose days it seems to have been a novelty. "Iseland dogges, curled and rough all over, showing neither face nor body, a beggarly beast, brought out of barbarous borders." Delightful are the Dandie Dinmonts, affectionate, intelligent and courageous the Peppers especially, the Mustard va riety seems to wuut flavor happy, too, in their association with Sir Walter Scott's finest touches. The Skyes, too, will al ways claim respect, although fallen out of fashion. The breed, by the way, still ex ists upon the Island of Skyc; but finer specimens are in the hands of the fanciers. Then there ore Clydesdale terriers, with the general features of the generic Scotch, and the inevitable black and tan, some times called English, but which seems to belong exclusively to no particular clime or realm. The Schlpperkes, familiarly called Skips, are, perhaps, the latest de velopment of the terrier fancy, and these hail from Belgium; but of their origin no man knows. All the Year Round. "Oath's" Visit to Buffalo Bill. About Buffalo Bill's entertainment exist the strongest feelings of nationality. Cody himself considers that he is to some ex tent an American officer. Texas cowboys are as patriotic as Sioux Indians from Wyoming. Buffalo Bill has but little trouble to get along here, as he is thoroughly simple in his intentions; but he expressed some pain at something pub lished in an American newspaper which .nade it appear that he was guying soma of the English princes. Said he: "I would not guy these men for anything in the world, as they have treated me with wonderful consideration, and I do not be lieve that it is a proper thing to play any practical joke on a well meaning man." "Oh, I understand that this show costs $2,000 a week; it moy be $2,000 a day it is one or the other. But I did not like to inquire too minutely into tho finances of the exhibition. Salisbury and Bill have their treasurer, who is an exact and painstaking man. The show seemed to me to be far better than it was in Amer ica. This may be because they have 60 much larger and better grounds to per form in, and the riding is excellent. Most of tho feats, such as shooting by tho women, are exceedingly well done. A -rood many of the British people think that the bucking horses ore trained to buck in sight of the audience; but this is a mistake, for when I went to the stables Jack BurSe held me back. 'If you go in there,' said he. 'you may get your brains kicked out There is no calculating on those horses at all' " "Gath" in Cin cinnati Enquirer. The Biscuits We Eat. The modern biscuit has very many more shapes and forms than did the bis cuit of our grandmother's days. Then the only thing thought to be entitled to the hallowed name of biscuit was a sort of plain light coke, made of flour, cream and soda, that was wholesome and took the place of bread for the morning or evening meal. These light, flaky, grand mother biscuits were generally served hot, with fresh yellow butter and honey or maple syrup, and a person who did not relish such a meal was pronounced sick or in possession of an unappreciativc ap petite. In modern cookery there is a variety of biscuits. A host of different shaped cakes and crackers are now called biscuits. The cokes are sweet, as are also some varieties of crackers which go under that name. The grandmother bis cuit was designed to be eaten hot, but the modern biscuit is made with a view to last for weeks, and not consumed until cold. There are a number of biscuit fac tories in Chicago that do a large business in their line, shipping their goods to all parts of the country. They are made in different shapes square, round or scol loped and one grade is cut to represent various animals, There are also the brown flour biscuits and the oatmeal cakes, ginger snaps and cracknells, all going under the general head of biscuits. These bakeries occupy extensive buildings, employ hundreds of hands, and, in fact, constitute one of the prominent industries of the city. Chicago Herald. A Fatal Admission. The San Francisco Bulletin thinks Yan Phou Lee makes a fatal admission when he says that the Chinese immigrants rely mainly upon the Chinese companies for aid, which really amounts to assisted im migration and contract labor. NELLIE GRANTS HOME. A PRETTY PLACE WITH OLD WORLD SURROUNDINGS. Embarking for a Visit to America Mrs. SartorU Children A Talk with Her Concerning; Her Thirteen Years' Res idence in England. Hardly n cannon's shot from tho dull English seaport of Southampton Mrs. Al gernon Sartoris (Xellio Grant) lives. On the opposite side of the river from the straggling outlines of this old town she has a charming summer home. It is a delightful place, not only for its mistress and master, but for its complexion and associationjLJr One nftJpKf'rpccntly, as the Dutch cteamcr from Bremen drew into the waters of the I Iambic, which wash the acres of this striking abode, Mrs. Sartoris put out in a rowboat to board it She was accompanied by the elder Sartoris, io.bodeeianAffectionatef&reell as . she reached the deck of thesfiip. Hero' was an embarkation at one's own door, and it was the beginning of Nellie Grant's first trip to America in two years. Vi vian, her eldest daughter and second child, sails with her. She is a beautiful girl, tho image of her mother as she can be recalled when she first entered the White House when her father became president Algernon, her eldest sou, is now a boy of 10 years old; the little girl who goes with her to America is 8, and Rosa, the youngest, is 6. An interesting little group tho mother and children make. But social life, as the world knows and feels it in this locality, docs not interrupt the even tenor of the Sartoris home. Thero are Ryde Espluuade and Southsea, two famous summer places along the beach like our Far Rocknway, and all within easy sight or sail of the quiet place towards which I hope te direct the reader's attention. Xellie i..- :it is the mistress of this home now. : t ;!ie elder Mrs. Sartoris is dead. The n- is'.; r is the father of the singular sou v. ho married tliis splendid American girl, who so worthily bore a great name. The hus band, having large interests in Wales, is rarely at homo, and the father devotes himself to the care of his son's children and his wife's happiness. Tho elder Sar toris is a man of culture and refinement, devoted to music, painting and literature. He has means, and not only surrounds himself with a home air of art and re finement, but with those who deal in the finer touches of existence. His d-iu?!it:r-iu-law lives in an atmosphere of iiu higher order. Tho farm is ample, well laid ont and cultivated. Tho house is an old building, with two centuries of history about it. The proprietor has added some new fea tures to the architecture of the main building, and it is ample now to house the great troop of friends who frequently come here to enjoy the good taste of the proprietor. There are acres and acres of lawn and pasture, nnd many more acres of flowers, shrubbery and shade. Graveled walks lead in and out be tween the rows of great trees, which run in every direction, and tasteful flower beds dot the whole slope from the house to the river. The old fashioned primrose and pink, with other flowers so well remembered to dear old America, garnish every part of the lawn nnd aro so guided that they make up quaint illustra tions of how beautifully colors maybe combined. Bowers of evergreens are here and there. Overlooking the waters there is one where trailing vines have been guided over an archway of wire aud the climbing ivy has been colored with a wealth of flowers, which peep out cun ningly from the dark green leaves of the climbing plant. This is Xellie Grant's musing plncc, and it is a good point from which to study the history and surroundings of the place. From it nil the busy life of the water can be observed. A little way off can be seen the three mighty stationary lotteries that look like great black sentinels frowning upon every passer by most magnificent illustrations of the military power of the United Kingdom. On the land great lines ol fortifications trend in every direction, and I have often wondered if, when look ing upon these evidences of military glory, this young woman ever recalled the great ness of her father and tho mighty control he once exercised over the lives of men nnd the fate of a nation. She can see and muso upon English life as it was and is, in its broadest phases, from this pretty arbor where the well is. "All this is beautiful, but it isaimles3," said the mistress to me, speaking of these wonderful sights and their romantic and dramatic history. "Sometimes I hardly kuow whether it is real or a dream, it is so different from anything you know of in America; yet I have grown very fond of this delightful country and these pleas ant customs. It is thirteen years since I came to England to live, but time has passed so swiftly that it docs not seem so long. Xaturally I think a great deal about the United States, for all my family are there, and no matter what changes ouo makes in life, thoughts of our native land will frequently crowd into our reflec tions. My recollections of my early homo in America are very dear to me, but yet the responsibilities of later life bring their reward as well. My girlhood life was delightful, and every one in America was exceedingly kind to me. I think I inherited my father's dislike for politics, for, although I went into tho White House a girl, I never took any interest in political conditions, and I have followed the same rule since I have been in Eng land. "I do not recall many of the ladies who were leaders in Washington society when my father was president, for I was too young to know them intimately, and girl associates of my own age were not numer ous. How wonderfully things havo changed since those days. "But these are reflections in which I ought not to indulge. I have new respon sibilities in these new days. You spoke about the condition of women in England. It is somewhat different here than in America; but you must remember the la dies assume more self reliance here than American women know. They arc reso lute, full of good health, arc fond of exer cise nnd take to the sports of the field with tho men. They do not expect the attention which American women demand; yet I think English ladies are treated with courtesy as real and substantial as the wo men of any other country. There may not be quite so much obsequious courtesy shown them, but in those elements of association which really tend to make up one's hap piness there is as much attention paid women in England, as anywhere in the world. It is an old country and its cus toms are well established. There fa not the tithe of ceremony that most people think, and there is a great deal to com mend in what American women find strange at first, but would very soon fall into." Frank A. Burr's Letter in Xew York World A Sign for Professional Mendicants. "Since I put that up," said a down town business man, pointing to a sign in his office, "the beggars have fallen off 90 per cent. I don't have ten applicants where I used to have 100." The placard in question had no unkind reference to a bulldog, or even to the police, but announced that all applicants for aid would be referred to the down town relief bureau, where, if worthy, they would be assisted. The bureau is a terror- to the "rounders," who never work as long as they cau find a credulous unu cnnnrnoie person to arniK in any in genious tale of woe. The machinery of tho society for the detection of Imposture proves too much for them, and where they sec it3 placards they now retire with disgust There are from 800 to 1,000 of these notices distributed in down town offices, and the statement of this business man is confirmed by tho experience of other subscribers to the bureau. Albert C. Hebberd, superintendent of tho bureau, also says that of those who apply to sub scribers and receive tickets about halfj fail to present them at the bureau. The first thing which Superintendent Hebberd does after taking an applicant's story, nddress and references, is to givo a ticket for a night's lodging aud three meals, either at the men's lodging house or the Women's home, so tlmt the appli cant is cared for for one day whilo the in vestigation is going on. The consequences of detection to an impostor are serious, and likely to include a term on the island for vagrancy. A report of all fraudulent cases is made to the Charity Organization society, which acts as a clearing house for all tho charity organizations in Xew York. It reports ke frauds detected by. ono as-jBGciatioo-tcL ollihe othcrdfiiud .supports a police agent who devotes his time to ar resting and bringing such offenders to punishment. The society publishes a monthly bulletin of frauds, and the last number contained tho names of twenty four professional beggars and of seventy four fraudulent charitable institutions in the city whose agents solicit funds. As there are 2,000 copies of these bulletins circulated among the ministers, churches nnd charitable workers of the city, it lie comes comparatively 'easy to ascertain the merit of any applicant for relief. Xew York Times. Queer Household Decorations. The craze for queer and uncouth ob jects for decoratiug house- -rows more rapid constantly. Xot 1.. o I was in an apartment decorated a: entirely by whips of every conceiv.it - i .-hion and size down to the moderi. cm.lioy lash. The effect was unusually interesting. A Philadelphia millionaire names Fales, who died some years ago, had devoted a great deal of his time in collecting canes. They were from all quarters of the globe, and ranged from the spike sticks of the South Sea Islanders to the London "crutch and toothpick" canes, which were popular in London at that time. Xearly all of them were sold at auction in Xew York. I never heard what becarao of the col lection until about a month ago, when I saw nearly 400 of them ranged around tho walls of a library in a big house In Seventy-second street. They stood upright on the floor, held by n nick, aud they formed nn admirable substitute for wain scoting. Tho history of every cane was fastened ou tho wall aove the handle of tho stick to which it referred. I know of a Japanese room in which several panels of the wall are formed of Japanese tapes tries with portraits of various members of the family worked in. The lsead of the houso Ls distinguished by eyeglasses and a pair of enormous whiskers. His por trait is the most prominent one in the room. All but the face is Japanese, and no one can have any idea of the absurd effect of a Japanese mandarin with side whiskers nnd eyeglasr.es until they see this work of art. It is by all odds the most wonderful thing I ever saw, and yet the family look upon it with abject rever ence. Rochester Union. Buffalo Bill's Knyal rutrons. I inquired about the Prince of Wales and the queen, and how they happened to take so cordially to the lid est. Said Cody: "The prince is a very democratic sort of man. The first timo he spoke to me he called me Bill, aud asked me if I had ever held four kings before. I told him I had often held four kings, bnt this time I had the Prince of Wales, and that made the royal flush. His wife, if possible, is more democratic than he is. She is a remarkably good woman, and perfectly unaffected." She expressed a great desire to rido In tho stage coach. It was impromptu, and we tried in vain to get the Indians to un derstand that they must not get too close with the coach to fire. They got an idea that somebody important was inside, and that therefore they must fire a little worse than ordinarily. We went through a good deal of trouble here for fear someliody or other might get hurt through the flashing of powder or wads or something. The Princess of Wales got out with a race per fectly white, nnd she said with her broken accent: "XTow I am sure I have been to wnr! I have been under tire, I know!" Colonel Cody said that the queen was a very motherly, domestic sort of woman, whose inquiries were almost entirely ad dressed to the health of the people in the show. She wanted to know how the In dians got along; if they had any disease, nnd were comfortable. "She seemed to me," said Cody, "to be a philanthropic, kindly woman." "Gath" in Cincinnati Enquirer. A Strange Absence of T.ife. Another peculiarity of the Sugueiiny, which adds to its impressiveuess, is the absence the almost total absence of life upon it. For forty miles the yacht sailed on between its mountainous sides, und from the moutli to Cape Eternity, save the white porpoises near the entrance, I never saw a bird or fish or animal of any kind. It was in truth a solemn sail. The pilot sold scarcely a word during the en tire passage, and I sat at the helm aud steered, silently looking. Tho wind was strong, blowing straight up between the lofty sides as through a funnel, with the force of half a gale, and the yacht raced through the black water, leaving a long wake of white froth astern; but being sharp at the Etem and narrow in her lines she cut the dark current like a knife, noiselessly. Once I thought I saw a seal's; head, bnt it vanished and I was not sure, aud in all that forty miles of flight, wind driven, witli the August sun shining brightly in the sky, I saw no gull flying overhead, no loon upon the water, no hawk or eagle circling above the lofty cliffs, nor nuy animal, whether small or great, moving along the shores. Surely, it was a strange sail, nnd I could only look and marvel at the solitude through which I was so noiselessly passing. W. II. II. Murray in Xew York World. now to Estimate an Income. A capable domestic servant in our cities may annually lay by a sum equal to the income upon $3,000 in government bonds, and an industrious mechanic, in steady employment, earns a sum equal to the interest of $20,000 at 4 per cent. A team ster in Montana or a cowboy in Colorado finds that his strength und skill are worth to him, in money each year, as much as would be $40,000 invested in the same lands, even if he could buy them at par. The lawyer or physician in a country town, who earu3 his 2,000 annually, if suddenly debarred from practice would require $GG,000 in bonds to 3-iehl him the same income; and the editor in chief of a great city daily has a power in his brain worth to him, in hard cash, the capital of $500,000. Youth's Companion. The Window Decorator. Formerly the highest paid man about a retail store was tho accountant or liook keeper, or perchance the manager, if the linalnMa iiictiflorl nrli n norcfin "nrir and commands as high a salary as any at tache of the house. His function is an im- portant one. His labor, though not nr I duous physically, requires something of the gift of the artist and hence commands good wages. There ls no more important position in a modern retail store than that of the window decorator. Chicago Herald. CHEAP OIL PAINTINGS. MANUFACTURING "BUCKEYES" AND "POT BOILERS." Ktul1Uhuicnt4 Which Turn Oil Paint ings at tlte Kuto of a Thousand a Week ltupi.1 U or the Stencil Plate. The Kcsulta. The law prohibiting the sale of pictures by artificial light was passed to prevent the public from being imposed upon by the exhibition of inferior works under cir cumstances calculated to deceive the. buyer. Great numbers of what the sales men call "genuine oil paintings" have been put upon the market Inniany ways of late years, and although t&iK-salo has recently fallen off somewhat, the. manu facture of, them Is still a considerable branch of industry. The facilities for their production are ample and the pro cesses by'wltfch they are furnished at so low u price are iugenjous. There artwo kinds of cheap pictures in oil; thoaSpro duced in the studios by artists of various degrees of ability, and those manufactured in establishments devoted to the business on a large scale, which turn out dupli cates of an oil paiutiug just as similar concerns in other branches of industry turn out hats, coats and shoes. Paintings of I he first named class are called "pot boilers" from their being as a rule thrown off by artists to furnish means to "keep the potlHiiiing." A IlEfiUEE OF MEHIT. Such works, although generally show ing evidences of thehasto with which they are painted, often possess a certain degree of merit. They are mostly sold in the auction rooms in the large cities, and many artists, in the absence of more lu crative employment, find their chief source of support by means of this class of work. A clever artist can paint a tol erably attractive canvas in a compara tively short time, nnd although ho may put into it littlo of the imagination and poetry and careful thought which ho would bestow upon a work for ono of tho regular exhibitions of the season, his technical facility will enable him to make n salable picture of it. The visitor to tho smaller auction rooms nnd art stores will often find on exhibition pot boilers from the studios of well known artists. These have been gathered by the picture dealers, who are well acquainted with the sources of supply and with the worth of ready money to the impecunious artist Some times the pictures are sold ou account of the painter; sometimes they have been bought outright at a low rate by the auctioneer, who offers them at his picture sales until a buyer is found who will pay him a profit. What arc technically known as "buck eyes" are works of a different class. TIie.se aro produced in great numliers at establish meats in several of the large cities. Girls who have been trained to the degree of mechanical skill necessary for making a copy of the picture before them, or rather that part of it which is given them to duplicate, show a remarka ble facility in accomplishing their task. In some of tie workshops the walls aro covered with strips of canvas, upon which the copyists are busily at work. One paints the sky and the distant effects; an other follows with tho foreground; au other paints the figures, and still another finishes tho picture. Tho work is done with great rapidity, but the result, as might bo expected, Ls not pleasing to nn artistic eye. Yet the facility attained by constant practice is such that the rudo copies of landscape thus produced benr a sullicieut resemblance to the original to give them n market value as pictures. One of the largest manufactories of cheap paintings in this couutry is in Xew York. A three story building is devoted to the business and when the demand was at its height, a few years ago, nesirly 1,000 pictures a week were turned out Some of the processes employed are pe culiar to these manufacturers, and the upper story, which is the "studio," or workshop, is carefully guarded against in trusion. The doors are kept locked, and no one except tlioe employed in tho es tablishment is allowed to enter. woi:k of the "stuiho." The first step in tiie production of the brilliant landscape- in a gilt frame which is to bo the subject of the auctioneer or the picture peddler Is the preparation of the canvas. This is done by means of a machine which coats a long strip of cot ton cloth with a mixture of glue and whiting and gives to it something of the firmness and appearance of canvas. Tho cloth is then thoroughly dried nnd is then read for the stretcher or inner frame. The stretchers are produced by an iugeni ous machine, which shapes, joins and fastens them with great rapidity, and by a third machine, which is tended by a small boy of artistic proclivities, the cloth is quickly fastened upon the stretcher and made ready for the coming landscape. Xext comes the work of the "studio." There one findsalineof girls, their dresses splashed uith painr, anil their general ap pearance in other respects quite in con trast with the young women at the Art Students' league or the ideal woman art ist in a well appointed studio. On the walls, within easy reach, hang stencils of various patterns which the girls have learned to use with great rapidity. The process employed is similar to what is known as Theorem painting, and also as Poonah or Oriental painting. By the use of a kind of stencil the outlines and principal figures in the landscape are one after another put upon the cloth, nnd the picture then passes into the hands of u more advanced painter for completion. A few skillful touches with her brush supply the deficiencies left by the use of the stencil, anil after a plentiful supply of varnish and a suitable exposure in tho drying room, the picture is ready for market. The frames are made by ma chinery in the story below tho "studio." They are much thinner than they appear to be, but, although so unsubstantial, aro quite ornamental in design, and after being covered with n metallic preparation known to the trade as "Dutch metal" or "Dutch gilt," which closely resembles gold leaf, but has not a particle of gold in its comiKwition, they are dazzling enough to satisfy the most exacting purchaser. So it will be seen that in these "genuine oil paintings" tho oil which is used is about the only thing to justify the term. Little else is genuine. The canvas 13 cotton cloth, smeared with glue and whit ing; the frame, apparently so substantial, is a mere shell, aud the shining gilding has no gold about it. Yet, like other shams, tho sham oil painting has found a 1 great many .admirers. Xew York Mail anu impress. A Novel Toboggan Slide. There is on view at the American ex hibition in London a novel toboggan slide. Wheels aro abolished, and steei runners used in their place. The steering ap paratus is most delicately arranged, so that nn upset is next to impossible. The machine is light, weighing about twenty pounds. The slide, which can be erected at the cost of about 100, is faced with toughened glass instead of wood, and held down with t.tcel rods. As the tolioggan runs down the slide the noic it makes is infinitesimal. Boston Transcript The Poor In Mexico. A Mexican fapersays the condition of the very poor in the City of Mexico Is most lamentable. Xelther Xaples nor Constantinople, in their lowest quarters, can show worse squalor or more sadden ing spectacles. Chicago Times. THE FIRST National Bank I -OK COLUMBUS. 11 HAH AN Authorized Capital of $250,000, A Surplus Fund of - $20,000, Ami the largest Paid la Cask Capital of any bank in this part of the State. JSl)eiHil8 received and interest paid ofa time depobitM. tDraftJi on the prine ipal cities in talaccosY try aaiatarope bought and sold. - .v,- I MTCeUectiosw sad all other Uuiness giTea pfstapt and caianu attention. BTOCKHOLOBBS. A.ANDEKSON.PnVt HERMAN P. H.OEHLRICH. VicePrw't. O.T.ROEN. Cashier. J. P. IiECKER, HERMAN OEHLK1CH. I J. W'HUTTK. W. A. MCALLISTER. JONAS WELCH, JOHN W.EARLY, P. ANDEIWON. O. ANDERSON. ROBERT UJILiO. CARL HE1NKK ApfJK-'rttr justness gards. D.T. M.umM.M.D. K.J.HcHWi.M. D. Drs. MABTYS 4b SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons. Local Siuveontt, Union Pacific. O., N. & II. 11. and B. & M. It R'h. Consultation in German nnd English. Tele phones at otiico and rtwideuceH. Cfy-Ollico on Olive utiwt. noxt to lirodfueh rer Jewelry Store. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. 42-y H A9I11.TOI HIEAUE, M. !., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Platte Center. Nebraxkn. 9-y VyA. McALUNTKH, ATTORNEY f NOTARY PUItLlC. Office- uiMitnira in Henry" building, comer of Olive und 11th strtv t. auglu-87y Xy 31. 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