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VOL. XVHI.-NO. 27.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1887.
WHOLE NO. 911,
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COLUMBUS
STATE BANK.
rOLIDIIUIS. NEB.
Cash Capital - $75,000.
MHKCI'ORS:
LKANDKIUIERHAHI). PnVt.
6EO. W. HU1.8T. Vice 1'iWt.
JULIUS A. ItKKD.
K. II. HENRY.
J. E. TASKBlt, Cwhlw.
Rank ol" lpoit, MUiouni
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all Polati.
Pay laifrexl on 'I'lnsf tow-
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COLUMBUS
Savings Bank,
LOAN & TRUST COMPANY.
C!upiUil Slock,
$100,000.
OFFICERS:
A. ANDERSON. I'res't.
O. V. SHELDON, Vice IWt.
O.T. HORN, Tr.;i8.
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5aJfVill receive time t!eo-iti, fnnu $1.00
hud Huy aniouut upwards, iiiul will pu tliti cus
tomary rat' of interest.
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5-V particularly draw jour attention to
our furilitif for unking loans on real estate, at
the lovtr-st rate of intercut.
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dividual securities an- Ixiulit. Irijiiue buy
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tioolsr, aul si su.irantiNd.
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WIND MILLS,
AND PUMPS.
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Binder, wire or twine.
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HENRY G-ASS.
UNDERTAKER !
COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES
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Furniture. Chairs, Bedsteads. Bu
reaus. Tables. Safes. Lounges,
Jkc. Picture Frames and
Mouldings.
&TRepairing of all kinds of Ujthol
xtery Gooits.
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CAVEATS, TKADE MARKS AM CIFYIIGITS
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BsBsnsficSSsLSiBiEES
WESTERN COTTAGE ORGAN
The Streageet aad Bent.
The work of the republican conven
tion Friday was a guarantee of victory
nt the polls and that the management of
tbe affairs of Platte county will fall in
honest and trustworthy hands. The
ticket is clean and as capable a ticket,
from top to bottom, as has ever been
put before the people, and the sole ob
ject of the convention seemed to be, not
how can wo score a point and win a
nomination for a certain candidate, but
to the contrary, which is the better and
most capable man and what action shall
we take to the more fully meet the
wishes of the people. We have not the
information at hand to give a personal
history of the candidates who appear ut
the head of our columns, but they are
all old residents of the county, and are
known to be strong and capable men,
each for the office for which they were
selected.
GC8. a. BKCHBR
needs no endorsement from us, for he is
known to bo one of the most prompt and
thorough buHiness men in Platte county,
and if placed iu the treasurer's office
the people will have the satisfaction of
knowing their county interests ure in the
care of one of the most competent ac
countants and business men in the
county, lie is not only prompt, thorough
and capable in business, but he is
obliging, genial, pleasant and social--which
are all desirable qualifications for
a county official. Becher's eleotion is
boynnd a boubL Everybody knows
M. & DLOEDOKN,
our candidate for sheriff, who has grown
to manhood and spent the better part of
his life iu Platte county, and who is as
popular as he is well known. In all his
years in our midst, conducting as he has
a lively business interest, there is not
one man to say he has ever done a dis
honorable or mean act, and with a heart
as big and generous as it is brave and
kind, ever prompting him to magnani
mous and noble deeds, thore is not a
111:111 within the borders of our county
who will go further or do more to oblige
a neighbor or assist a friend than M. C.
Bloeilora, of Humphrey. Capable, hon
est, popular and qualified the Fates
have decreed that he shall be noxt
sheriff of Platte county.
II. J. HUDSON,
our nominee for county judge has lived
and withstood the wintry blasts on the
cold and treeless plains of Nebraska for
lo these thirty years. He ib the pioneer
of pioneers; before city, county or state
had iKiundaries and organization he was
here, and he has never been given a
trust or charge that he did not execute
with ability and fidelity, and the faith
ful old citizen will be honored with a
complimentary and majority vote for
his long and useful life in our county.
L. J. CRAMER,
the siierintendent of tho Columbus
schools was asked and entreated by men
who have the educational interests of
the county at heart to accept of the
nomination for county superintendent.
His iosition as teacher is as good as the
office tendered him by the convention,
and he reluctantly consented, as poli
tics has no charms for him. He is every
whit a gentleman, and possesses the
qualifications mentally, morally and so
cially to place the schools of Platte
county on a more elevated and better
plan and would do honor to our schools,
honor to our county and honor to him
self, and he is a worthy candidate for
your support and suffrage. If our
readers expect him to succeed to the
k 11 perin tendency through the same ques
tionable mode of electioneering as has
done service in the past in this county
he will never be the guardian of our
schools, but if the people are looking
for an edncated, refined and capable
officer, and desirous of having a gentle
man to superintend the educational in
terests of our children L. J. Cramer is
such a man.
C.TO. 8. TUBMAN
is without doubt the best surveyor in
Platte county, and why wonldu't it be a
good idea to elect one who is thorough
and learned in every branch and detail
of tho business.
HKNRY IUCKEICT,
the candidate for county clerk, was
warmly endorsed by the convention as
a man eminently qualified for the posi
tion, and unless the voters of Platte
county desire to establish a little official
monarchy and crown John Stauffer as
their King during natural life and his
heirs and assignees thereafter, Mr. Kick
ert will be elected.
J. H. SACRIDEIt,
is a splendid penmau and a good schol
ar, and, if elected, will make an efficient
clerk of the district court.
DR. F. J. SCHCO
was elected coroner two years ago by a
handsome majority, and the next inquest
he is likely to hold officially will le on
the poor misguided democratic candi
date, one J. C. Caldwell, who is now sick
unto death at Lindsay. Humphrey In
dependent. Oar Position.
We do not believe in trying to ride
both sides of the fence. No reliable
newspaper will be guilty of such a farce;
on the contrary they should declare
their position on all public questions
which may come within their jurisdic
tion. TbelrrMs has from time to time
expressed its political principles. It has
been honest and sincere in these ex
pressionswhether they grated on the
ears of friend or foe, and because of this
honesty of purpose we do not entertain
the idea of deserting the policy which
we think is right because it clashes with
the convention held in Platte Center
Wednesday.
Therefore with all due respect for
others who may differ with us, and
granting every citizen a right to his
opinion, we mnst say we think the nom
ination of Mr. Kavnnaugh for the office
of county treasurer was a fatal blunder
of the democratic nominating conven
tion of Platte connty.
We do not believe Mr. Kavanaugh is
the choice of the democratic people
while evidently he is the choice of the
political jobbers and wire-pullers. These
men are not always fair representatives
of the rank and file of democracy.
The Argus does not propose to be a
secret enemy, politically, of Mr. Kav
anaugh. We will not work against him
smiling in his face and knifing him in
the back at the same time commonly
called "work on the quiet," but, be
lieving that Mr. Kavanaugh lacks in
every essential qualification to fit him
for the office of county treasurer, we un
hesitatingly declare that we cannot sup
port him, and would be glad of the op
portunity to help elect a man more
fitting. Platte Center Argus.
There is a report from Dublin that the
meeting held at Woodford on the 15th,
and conducted by O'Brien, Gill and
others, that the telegraph wires were cut
sometime in the night, that having pre
vented communication with Dublin. In
the course of his speech, O'Brien burned
a copy of the proclamation forbidding
the holding of meetings.
Fragmrata of Emerson.
Envy is ignorance.
Practice is nine-tenths.
Discontent is infirmity of will.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Stick to your business, young man.
Life only avails, not the having lived.
Concentration is the secret of strength.
Always scorn appearances, and you al
ways may.
Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to
that iron string.
Your goodness must have some edge to
it, else it iB none.
Let a man know his worth, and keep
things under his feet.
Nothing is at least scared but the in
tegrity of your own mind.
A true man belongs to no other time
or place, but is the center of things.
It is as easy for the strong man to bo
strong, as it is for a weak man to be
weak.
Tho State Journal has a tolerably good
theory of its own relative to criminal
libel suits. It says two of these suits
have been prosecuted in Grand Island
this season by newspaper men. The
verdict was '-not guilty" in each case
and the taxpayers are grumbling because
they have to pay the costs for nothing.
They would bo better satisfied had the
hunt not been so barren of results. The
editor should defend with the editor's
weapons.
It is stated that fifteen great Ameri
can inventions of world-wide adoption
are: the cotton gin; the pinning machine;
the mower and reaper; the rotary print
ing press; navigation by steam; the hot
air engine; the sewing machine; the In
dia rubber industry; the machine manu
facture of horseshoes; tho sand blast for
carving; the gauge lathe; the grain ele
vator; artificial ice making on a large
scale; tho electric magnet and its prac
tical application, and the telephone.
It is roported from Salt Lako City
that Senator J. E. McDonald, of Ind.,
and Judge J. O. Broadhead, of Missouri,
have been retained by the Mormon
church to defend suits instituted by tho
government for dissolution of the church
and emigration society and the winding
up of the affairs of those corporations.
By this action it is certain the Mormons
intend to make a legal fight.
Unemployed persons in London the
other day formed into a body and de
manded an interview with the lord
mayor, which was refused them. The
police attempted to move the crowd, but
were met with resistance. They then
charged the mob and captured a black
Hag and a number of red Hags, which
were recaptured by the mob. The po
lice soon after again charged the mob
and dispersed it.
Edward S. Chadwick, a lawyer" former
ly of Bloomington, Neb., and a graduate
of Beloit college in lHf7, was the other
day adjudged insane at Beloit, Wis.,
and taken to the state hospital. He has
shown Bigns of the malady for several
months and lately lecome violent.
Why Barbers lle Young.
"Barbers die early," remarked a West
Side member of the tonsorial profession.
"Why soJ" inquired a friend.
"Oh," remarked the barber, "the busi
ness will kill almost any one who sticks
to it for a few years. Occasionally you
will find a barber who has grown old in
the business, but they are rare. Men may
boss the business and live to be old, but if
they work at it every day regularly they
will not live out half their allotted life."
"Is it on account of the work beiiig so
laborious?" he was asked.
"No, the work is not hard, but the
hours are long. Saturdays I frequently
put in twenty hours, and some other days
fifteen. This does not give a man suffi
cient rest. Then the work must be done
standing, and to stand as many liours as
we have to, though there was no labor at
all attached to it, is enough to break down
any man. But that is not the worst
feature about it. The inhaling of foul
breaths often causes diseases of the throat
and lungs. The breath that some men
have is awful. It is absolutely poisonous.
A barber almost necessarily inhales these
bad breaths and contracts disease thereby.
I have made it a practice to stand at arm's
length from my customers, and I thus
avoid inhaling their breath to a great ex
tent. This is not the common practice,
however. The average barber bends over
his man, and if he has a diseased breath
he gets the full benefit of it. Yes sir,"
said he, with a sigh, and be turned to go
away, "there are few shorter-lived pro
fessions than that of the barber." Chi
cago Herald.
Oatmeal a Substitute) for Malt.
"No beer, thanks."
"It will do you good, after working in
the street all morning," said the foreman
of a party of laborers from the PuhlicJ
worxs aepnrtiueni to one 01 tne most in
telligent of his workmen during a noon
ing on an uptown street the other day.
"I'd rather drink what I've got in my
bucket."
"What's .that"
"Oatmeal and water."
"What do you drink that for"
"To keep cool, same as you drink
water."
"It doesn't rest you like beer, though."
"Try it once and see. When I began
drinking oatmeal in my water the wife
had to almost make me take it. Now I
wouldn't be without it. I used to drink
a glass of beer every noon, two before
sapper and work the growler' before go
ing to sleep at night. That cost about
twenty centa a day. Now I save all that
and get along just as well as before. I
don't know what there is about the meal,
but when I have had a drink of it I don't
care for beer or anything else to drink.
You'd better try it yourself."
"Oatmeal in water," explained a phy
sician to a reporter who had overheard
the above recorded dialogue, "is one of
the best drinks in the world for a work
ingman, especially in warm weather. It
la nutritive, satisfying and agreeable to
the stomach. For laborers it makes a
useful addition to the diet, costs bnt lit
tle and repays the small outlay in the
form of increased ability to perform labor,
either physical or mental " New York
Mail and Express.
Teatlag; Electric Currents.
The heat indicating paint recently
brought out has been applied to electric
wires to indicate the strength of the cur
rent. Tbe pafnt is red, turns dark as tht
heat rises, and finally becomes black,
which is conclusive evidence that the cur
rent in the wire is too strong. Boston
Transcript.
The man who can count bit friends
VBonais fingers is comparatively safe.
JJncle Esek.
A CREOLE MAIDEN.
SHE IS BORN INTO AN ATMOSPHERE
OF CONSERVATISM.
tiirlhood In tbe Sacred I'reciucts or tlie
ramily Circle Strict Kulet or Eti
quette Love f Music and Dancius.
O0 to School.
A favored few, during the Nsvr Or
leans exposition, caught a glimpse of the
creole girl, and were surprised to find hei
not the indolent, selfish creature of undis
ciplined mind and temper that she has
been so often pictured. They saw enough
to convince them that she had been un
justly represented, yet not enough of her
domestic life, which the creole guards
jealousy against intrusion, to be able to
correctly decide what special influences
had made her so unlike her American
sisters. If, however, one is intimately
enough acquainted with the Creoles to
gain admission into their family circle, he
will not be long in fixing upon these de
termining forces. The creole girl is born
into an atmosphere of conservatism. From
the Iieginning it is her very breath of life.
Not only custom, but the accumulated
force of heredity, combine to make her live
up to her ancestors. From the cradle she
is accustomed not only to affection, but
to its demonstrations. All her family
and all their friends are not content to
love one another in a careless, uevcr-tell-you-about-it
fashion, but with protesta
tions, with enthusiastic disclosures of
heart, with kisses frequent and warm.
Tho little maid could hardly be of cold
demeanor in this air of demonstrative
affection, which, according to the Hin
doos, should never be wanting iu the
mansions of the good.
When she is old enough to come into
the parlor she greets her mamma's guests
with ease, and it is with angelic con
fidence that she puts up her cheek to be
kissed. The tact which is hers by inherit
ance is already apparent, and not from
creole children come the accessions to the
ranks of les vnfants terribles. The mother
encourages what mothers of northern
races deem frivolities. Understanding
the value of ease of manner, gracefulness
of motion and the uumlierless prettinesses
which come only by long practice, she
very soon allows her youthful daughter
to take part in gay little dances, harmless
receptions, where little folk must act with
the propriety of the greater. These
gatherings entail no fine dressing, no
costly refreshments or late hours, which
are the characteristics of the modern
child's party.
AVOIDING IMPROPRIETIES.
The little girl is early taught to avoid
improprieties of speech and manner. The
effect of mamma's oft iterated "Va douce
ment, fillette," shows itself even iu her
Ilay, for she indulges in none of that wild
romping which is so often a distinguish
ing feature iu the sports of others of her
age and condition. The creole cirl is
merry and vivacious, but she will never
defy the rules of etiquette or her mother's
frowns. She is her mother's constant
companion, and her father, too, courts the
society and confidence of his little daugh
ter, and the bond between them is more
intimate, more sacred, than is usual be
tween American fathers and daughters.
Even after marriage she keeps up this
sweet intimacy, and her father is sure to
be as interested and sympathetic a listener
to her recounted trials and joys of house
keeping and motherhood as is her mother.
There never was a creole girl who could
not dance. Her feet beat time naturally
to the unison of waltz music as soon as
she can walk. When aliout 8 years old
she is sent to school, usually one kept by
some reduced gentlewoman, where,
though the text hooks have not been
changed for years, and the demands for
higher education are unknown, the youth
ful pupil is carefully grounded in elemen
tary rules. She studies French nnd learns
facile use of English, and she is likely to
learn Spanish or perhaps German. It is
no uncommon thing for our little creole to
speak well three or four languages. In
her going and coming from school she
must be accompanied by a servant or
some grown person. Thus is an inexorable
rule of all creole schools, the mistress
feeling a personal responsibility for her
pupils from the time they leave home
until they again set foot within it. Amer
ican children roust also conform to this
rule, else they will not be received.
CRADLED IN SONG.
The little creole takes naturally to
music, for she has been cradled in song;
it is mother's milk to her; her earliest lul
labies have been operatic airs. She daily
hears discussions as to the relative merits
and beauty of this opera and that, of the
excellencies and deficiencies of the singers.
Her parents attend the opera at least once
a week, and oftener when possible, even if
the entailed expense must mean very plain
living. No musical heresies ever meet her
ears. Wagnerian music is tabooed, but
French and Italian opera, "Oh, ciel! com
ma elle est ravissante!" She imbibes the
good uatured contempt of her people for
the American stage, but she frequently
accompanies her parents to their own be
loved French theatre.
By easy steps the little maid has reached
the age when she must make her first
communion. Never until her niarriag.
morn will she be the center of as inner
interest and loving attention as upon thi
day. It is a fete which after the solenit
religious ceremonial is celebrated with
feasting, while gifts are bestowed upon
the young girl by all of her family con
nections. It is now time for her to go to
the convent to finish her education. She
may attend as a weekly boarder any one
of the numerous convents within the city;
she may, notwithstanding tears nnd re
monstrances, be forced to submit to the
rigorous discipline of the Ursuline monas
tery. Within those walls she can hold no
communication with the world, save on
special days, when friends may visit her.
Small consolation, for when they see her
a grim iron grating interposes itself be
tween her and her beloved ones. All pres
ents of fruit and other dainties must be
impartially divided between classmates.
Within this cloister have been edncated in
all probability her mother, grandmother
and great grandmother. Harper's Bazar.
TASTEFULLY ARRANGED OFFICES.
How Art and Business Are Combined
with Advantage to Both.
An artistic coal office is in Northamp
ton, Mass., where a young lady is the
proprietor and manager. The office is a
picturesque little sitting room and the odd
moments of time are devoted to drawing
and designing, for the coal dealer is an
artist and carries forward the business
left by her father. The articles which are
needed for handling coal are, thanks to
enterprising manufacturers, made in an
an artistic and practical manner. Wood
boxes of antique oak are bound with
handsome bands of hand wrought iron or
polished brass, which prove very effective
when developed in proper form. All these
graceful and practical articles are found
in the model coal office.
The business office of The Decorator and
Furnisher in New York is extremely pic
turesque, practical and suggestive, to
those who love beauty of form and color,
novel design and exquisite workmanship.
The office is one large room, with broad
windows which admit a flood of sunshine
and plenty of fresh air. Entering from
the hall, you see a group of light effect,
and soft, rich color, which fairly pervades
the atmosphere. The room is divided
into several nooks, called private offices,
the partitions being made of fancy Japan
ess lattice work set in frames of bamboo;
the open lattice, made in squares, shows
a variety of design and the tiny bits of
wood, most of which are less than an inch
in length, are put together with wonder
ful exactness; the delicacy of the struc
ture strikes one as not exactly suited to
every day use, but strength is secured by
perfect construction, and the delicate out
lines gain added beauty from' the back
ground of color secured by the addition
of soft, bright silken draperies put up
very simply on tiny rods. These cozy
offices are filled with soft, bright rugs,
easy chairs, couches and artistic trifles,
which add to the cozy effect and serve
many times for practical business pur
poses. Mr. Low, tho man of tiles, has a pic
turesque office in Chelsea. The exterior
is made of brick, not polished red brick or
painted brick, but refuse brick, odds and
ends thrown out from the kiln as useless
for building purposes. The bricks, with
their irregular shapes, dashes of black,
brown, yellow and red, have been builded
into one of the most picturesque of Eng
lish cottages, beneath whose portal the
visitor enters into a breezy atmosphere,
where desks of rich dark wood hold any
amount of work; tho quiet, artistic sur
roundings do not disturb any one, for it
is a place to rest in. The fittings are of
dark wood, the railing are of deep, rich
tone, twisted in long, graceful coils,
clasped at intervals by bands of polished
brass; chairs, tables, book racks, tile
holders, all have frames or supports of
this twisted wood, which "is highly pol
ished and reflects light and shade in a
very charming fashion. A deep English
window with diamond panes opens toward
the street, and from the roof a deep
shadow is cast along the outer wall from
projecting eaves, while the corners of the
building are strongly defined by clustered
bricks which have been very hot in the
kiln and in cooling run out of shape, pre
senting irregular, elongated forms, which
arc quaint and attractive when defined
against a brilliant sky. Boston Art
Magazine.
Emancipation lu Brazil.
A large number of planters in Brazil
have just been very neatly hoist with their
own petard. Two years ago a law was
passed providing for the gradual emanci
pation of the slaves, of whom the empire
still contains a large number. Oue of the
provisions of this law was that every
slaveholder should register the number
and individual value of his slaves, and the
period allowed for this registration ex
pired at the end of March last. On the
registers being overhauled it appeared that
only a relatively small proportion of the
slaves in the country had been "declared."
The bulk of them had been omitted in
order that their owners might escape the
small registration fee to be paid on each
slave. As many of the planters own large
numbers of slaves the saving to them was
considerable. Every slave not registered,
however, becomes ex post facto free, and
iow there is gnashing of teeth in Brazil
over the 200,000 bondsmen who will, it is
feared, be manumitted by reason of this
evasion of the law. The planters had
counted upon the ignorance of the slaves
not to claim their freedom, but the Brazil
ian Sambo hits many friends. It appears,
however, that most of the slaves who
have so far become entitled to their liberty
are voluntarily remaining with their old
masters as hired laborers. St. James'
Gazette.
Shakespeare's Old Home.
The Shakespeare house was purchased
in the same way as wai Mount "Vernon,
the home of Washington. It is nomi
nally the property of the people. With
us Mount Vernon is controlled by an as
sociation of ladies, who find much amuse
ment, comfort and importance in direct
ing the affairs of that place, but there has
never been any charge of admission made
to Mount Vernon. The public cannot
view the Shakespeare house without pay
ing sixpence to sec the living rooms and
sixpence more to view the second part of
the house, which is filled up with a lot of
rubbish, supposed to have some relation
to the Shakespearean period. This repre
sents about 25 cents of our money, and as
there is an average of 250 visitors a day
to the Shakespeare house, this would foot
up an income of $60 per day. Certainly
thus great amount of money is not all re
quired for keeping up a very plain house.
Two or three hundred dollars a year
would surely cover that expenditure.
What becomes of this large sum would
afford an interesting subject of inquiry,
I should say, with the people of England,
who are supposed to own the place.
Nearly all of the show places of Eng
land have entrance fees charged for ad
mission. Cor. New York World.
Making Buttons Out of Blood.
The country is learning to utilize waste.
Making buttons of blood is in this direc
tion. There is a large factory in Bridge
port, near Chicago, employing about 100
men, boys and girls, in which waste ani
mal blood is converted into buttons. The
same firm has another large factory else
where. A man named Hirsch was the
first to introduce the business in this
country some years ago. He lost f 16,000
the first six months, but stuck to it, and
now he is immensely wealthy. There are
a numlier of similar factories in England.
From 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of blood are
nsetl in the Bridgeport factory every day.
Nothing but fresh beef blood is used.
Considerable of the blood evaporates
during the process of drying, but what
remains is pure albumen. Some of it is
light iu color and some dark, according to
the chemical treatment given it. These
thin sheets of dried blood are then broken
up, and are ready to be worked into vari
ous shapes and sizes. Iarge quantities of
the blood sheets are used by cloth manu
facturers for "setting" the colon, in calico
goods. Not only are buttons made from
blood in this way, but tons of earrings,
breastpins, belt clasps, combs and trinkets
are made annually there from blood. It
is a queer, odoriferous business, but a
paying one. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Simple Method of Fumigation.
In case of premises or apartments where
there is diphtheria, the most convenient
method of fumigation is to drop a small
pinch of sulphur upon a hot stove, if there
is one in the room; if there be no stove in
the room, a few coals on a shovel or other
convenient utensil may be carried into the
room, and the sulphur dropped on the
coals a little experience soon enabling
any one to determine howmuch sulphur
to burn in each room. It is not neces
sary to fill the room so full of these sul
phur fumes as to cause suffocation, and,
if in any case a little too much mlphur is
used, causing offensive fumes, the doors
and windows can be opened for a minuto
or two. Other disinfectants may of course
be employed, but these sulphur fumes are
found to permeate every crevice in the
house the fact being that it is the most
practical and effectual method of disinfec
tion against the spread of the disease that
can be adopted; is useful, Indeed, in the
house infected and in all neighboring
houses. Cor. American Medical Journal.
Not So Bad After All.
Englishmen have the reputation of be
ing the coldest people in the world, bnt if
properly approached their courtesy is in
ferior to none. A letter of introduction
always means a dinner, a ball, a lunch
or tome substantial acknowledgment, aad
to show the promptness with which they
respond to such advances, I give an illus
tration from my own experience. Several
years ago, when Mr. Gladstone was in
office, I sent him my card, and within
twenty-four hours I received a personal
visit f com the premier and his wife. Mrs.
Frank Leslie's Letter.
STUTTERERS SCHOOL.
HOW THE HABIT OF STAMMERING
IS OFTEN ACQUIRED.
Scenes la tbe Office of a Man Who Makes
Halting; Speech Kan Smoothly Im
pedimenta of Speech of a Nervous
Character.
"Young man, how did you acquire the
habit of stuttering?" "I u-u-used to
m-m-mock a man. When he d-d-died I
took his place." The question was by the
professor of a vocal institute, and the
answer by a young man who had just an
nounced his intention of taking a series of
lessons. A reporter was present, and sit
ting around the room were several intelli
gent looking young men, the most of whom
could speak as fluently as any one. All
declared that they had until recently been
most inveterate stutterers or stammerers.
The doctor's question suggested an inter
esting train of thought. The reporter put
the samo question to each of the patients
in turn. "When I was about 6 years of
ago," said number one, "I commenced to
stutter a little. Then we moved to a
strange place and I went to school. I
was very diffident, and the teacher at
tempted to force me to read and recite.
Tho scholars laughed at me, I became,
more diffident, and soon the habit was
fixed on me."
"I am his brother," said number two.
"I learned it of him."
"When I was young," said number
three, "I used to play all the time with
another boy who was a horrible stutterer,
and I learned it of him. Whenever I was
out with the loys and didn't think of it
I would sometimes lind myself talking all
right, but as soon as I thought about it I
would commence again. My little brother
afterward learned it of me."
Number four said he learned the habit
from another boy, but would liavo con
quered it had not his teacher forced him
to read and recite, at which times he Ikj
came so nervous as to lose all control of
himself. All had acquired the habit at
the age of 6 or ?.
OF A NERVOUS NATURE.
"That accords with the most of my ex
perience," said the doctor; "these impedi
ments of speech are for the most part of a
nervous nature. Lack of will power, the
telegraphic system of the body out of
order, imperfect connection between tho
brain and muscles of speech. All this
trouble sometimes arises from sudden
fright. One patient of mine, a young
lady, was slightly seized with stammering
at tho time of the great lire. Afterward
she saw a cow catch a little child on its
horns. She was paralyzed with fright,
unable to scream or move. The animal
tossed the child into the air. She rushed
to the spot and the child was fatally in
jured. After that the lady was a bad case
of confirmed stammering.
"One of the worst cases I ever had was
that of a young man. When he was a
boy of 6 or 7 years of age his father
threatened, if he committed ;i certain of
fense, to throw him into the well. The
boy committed the offense, and his father
held him for a moment over the well head
downward. From that time on the boy
could not talk plainly. Many children
acquire this malady in infancy, just as
they are beginning to talk. Their parents
or nurses tickle them, sometimes on the
bottoms of the feet, thinking the loud
laughter thus excited amusing. The 'pa
papa' which the little oues cry out at such
times is the first inception of the habit of
sfuttering.
The doctor is a jolly fellow, of fine phy
sique and great personal magnetism, with
the voice and laugh of a lion, if a lion can
be imagined as laughing. In training his
class he commences, in the most natural
way in the world, to talk of all sorts of in
teresting subjects, nnd soon an infection of
good feeling seizes all present. He roars
out his wonts with such force and fluency
from the depths of his immense lungs that
talking seems the easiest thing iu the
world. Occasionally a remark is ad
dressed to some member of the class in a
conversational sort of way, and before
they know it everybody seems to be able
to talk. Occasionally he goes the rounds
of the class with various vocal exercises
for the development of certain muscles.
SOME OF THE EXERCISES.
Here are a few of the exercises. Some
ministers und actors would do well to
practice them:
"Amos Ames, the amiable aeronaut,
aided iu an aerial enterprise at the age
of 88."
'Obtain all opportunities of obliterat
ing obnoxious ostentations."
"Henry Hingham has hung his harp on
tho hook where he hitherto hung his
hopes." What a nut for a Cockney to
crack.
"I like white vinegar with veal very
well."
"She sells sea shells. Shall he sell sea
shells?"
"Quixote Quixite quizzed a queerish
quidbox. Where is the queerish quidbox
Quixote Quixite quizzed?"
When the pupils can recite these sen
tences and a hundred or so similar oues
fluently they are graduated.
A clear cut, elegant and fluent utter
ance is one of the greatest graces with
which a person can be gifted. It tells al
most the whole story of one's birth, early
training and associations. The different
kfnds of faulty elocution are known as
stuttering, stammering, hesitancy, lisp
ing, exhausted breath, nasal sound and
improper articulation. Many people fall
under so complete a list as this, who in
some instances could improve their utter
ance by a little private practice and atten
tion to the matter. A stutterer has tho
most difficulty in uttering lingual sounds,
such as words beginning with L, while the
stammerer stumbles over the labial
sounds, of which words beginning with B
are an example. Both habits are accom
panied with facial distortion, and some
times with a writhing or twitching of the
whole body. That these are nervous af
fections is shown by the devices tenoned
to to get over some difficult letter or
sound, as snapping the finger or stamping
the foot. "I shut m-m-my list tight,"
said a stammerer, "and the electricity
runs up my arm and lets the sound
c-c-come out." At the letter C he drove
his linger nails clear into the palm of Ids
hands. Chicago Herald.
She Wms Above .Shop Girls.
Coming down in a Sixth avenue ele
vated train lately, the writer sat opposite
a young lady, neatly dressed in black.
She was talking to a young man, and was
struggling to get a pair of undressed kids
on her hands.
"Oh, dear!" said she, "how I do detest
gloves. It takes me a good half hour to
get my gloves on."
"Why do you wear them, then?" he
asked.
"Oh, myl I wouldn't go barehanded
for the world. I'm afraid somebody will
take me for a shop girl."
Upon inquiry the writer learned Mint
the young woman was the engineer dt a
typewriter in wholesale house at a sal
ary of $5 a week. New York Evening
Sun.
Secret of Aerial Navigation.
If a Russian engineer named Coslowiche
Is to be believed he has conquered the
secret of aerial navigation. His machine
is said to be 200 feet, long, and to obviate
a betrayal of his secret he had the appara
tus constructed in different parts cf Eu
rope. Chicago Herald.
The sum to be raised by taxes in New
York city this year is 131,803,174.
CbucafiorjaE eparfmet$
A rroaannclnar Test.
1. adult
2. agriculture
3. allopathy
4. alveolar
5. area
6. bellows
7. bay-rum
8. bay-window
9. bronchitis
10. benzino
11. camel ia
12. cascade
13. centenary
26. extant
27. exhilarate .
28. exhibition-
29. financier
30. fragmentary
31. frontispiece
32. from
33. franchise
34. gallows
f3.1. gibberish
36. gibbet
37. gibbons
38. gooseberry
14. chastisement 3'.), hearth
15. cleauly 40. herculean
16. desist 41. hovel
17. dessert 42. hover
18. diphtheria 43. hypocrisy
19. direct 44. illustrato
20. disputable 45. impetus
21. epitome 46. implacable
22. equation 47. incomparable
23. erudito 48. knoll
21. etiquctto 49. legislature
25. exact 50. long-lived
I. Prononnce the nbove words, care.
fully indicating tho primary accent oa
the proper syllable.
II. Pronounce the words again boinj
careful to give the vowels their correc;
sound, and indicate such by tho prope:
diacritical sign.
III. Pronounce tho words again, thii
time denoting tho correct consonan'
sounds ; such as th aspirate and (a soft
the aspirate sound of , and tho z sounc
of ; when x has the sound of gz; anc
when the sound of k&; also other con
sonant sounds.
IV. After you have completed youj
work compare it with Webster, Wor
cester, or Nuttall, and mark how manj
errors you have made.
V. When reading or studying, mark
down every word you meet in whicr.
you aro not quite sure of tho correc!
pronunciation; at your leisuro look up
these words and impress them upor
your memory. It is a gratification tc
know you area correct reader, and it h
extremely embarrasing to read aloud tc
anyono when you aro not sure of youi
pronounciation.
VI. Teachera should have at leasl
one pronouncing exercise each week.
The selection of words should bo those
most frequently met with, not jaw
breaking words nor .scientific terms,
but such as will be needed daily.
VII. Consult only the best authori
ties on pronounciation, many school
books on tho subject are compiled bj
incompetent persons or are care
lessly printed and are therefore nol
reliable authorities for young pupih
who have access to few books.
VIII. Correct pronunciation should
form part of every reading exercise, in
fact of almost every recitation, for nc
teacher should permit a pnjiil to com
mit un error of this kind without kind
ly and promptly calling his attention
to it. S. II. Thompson.
Hard Study Mot Unheal ttifnl.
The cxerciso of tho brain, undei
proper conditions, is no more unhealthy
ful than the exercise of the arm or any
other part of tho body. It was made
for use. Its functions are us essential
to life and health as those of tho stom
ach and lungs, and its full powerful de
velopment is essential to the highest
health and perfection of the bodily
powers. Like all other parts of the
body, the brain is subject to waste,
and demands nourishment, more in
proportion to its size than any othei
organ of the body. Tho fresh air,
general exercise, and proper alterna
tions of repose, required for the health
of ail other parts of the physical sys
tem, arc also requisite for a healthy
brain; and these being withheld will
kill the student as quick as it will an
other man, but r.o quicker. That many
students lose health is not owing to
hard study, but to close confinement
withont fresh air, and to insufficient
general exercise. Intellectual efforts
ought to promote tho health, and
doubtless do when the ether functions
of the body are not sacrificed for it.
We are not so badly constructed that,
in order to be fat we must consent to be
fools; nor is a dyspeptic stomach the
necessary companion of a wise head.
Only the best and the worse students
usually show injury, the best because
of over-work and under-rest, bad air
and inaction; the worst because of
idleness nnd dissipation. Students
between the two classes usually escape
injury, except as they approach either
one or the other of the classes named.
The marking system in our colleges,
while it has certain advantages which
professors are quito ready to perceive
and use, is fraught with so many dan
gers and positive evils that it can
scarcely be defended. Tho system of
college honors, which usually stands
connected with aud crowns the system
of marking, is another of those bad
and dangerous usages to which wo ex
pose college life. It is questionable
whether the public exercises with
which tho school year of our public
high schools is usually closed, have
not the same bad effects. And worst of
all, the stimulation excited by theae
systems or which I have spoken is aa
unfriendly to sound scholarship and
real intellectual power as it ia to good
health. Dr. Gregory.
Syrcp of Fijr
Is Nature's own true laxative. It is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to Cleanse tho System
when Bilious or Costive; to dispel Head
aches, Colds and Fevers; to cure Habit
ual Constipation, Indigestion. Piles, etc.
Manufactured only by tho California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For
sale only by Dowty & Becher. 27-y
; Birmingham gun firm, in order to ob
viate the difficulty in sighting Runs in the
dark, hrms introduced small diamonds in
both Bights.
National Bank!
or
COLUMBUS. It
-HAS AN-
Authorized Capital of $250,000,
A Surplus Fund of - $20,000,
And tho lawwt Paid ia Cask Capital of
any bank in this part of the State.
J3PUt)potit recoivi-d and intemt paid on
time deposits.
JSyDrnfts on the princ ipal cities in tlda coun
try and Kurope bought and sold.
tSft'olloctions and all other businwtn gifon
prompt and cnivful attention.
HTOOKUOLDKKS.
A. ANDKKSON. Pres't.
11KKMAN 1 1I.OEIILHICII.
Vict Prttt't.
O.T.KOEN. Cashier.
J. 1. HKt'KKK, HKKMAN OKHL1UCII.
ti.sriiuTTK, , w. a. McAllister,
JONAS WELC If. JOHN W. EARLY.
I'. ANDERSON. U. ANDERSON.
ROREiiT UHLItl. CARL REINKE.
ApfiJ-'SMf
business (zrds.
D.T. Maiityn, M. I).
F. J. Hcuno. M. 1).
Drs. X AETYH & SCHUO,
U. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local SunnHmH, Union Pacific, O., N. A
It. II. nnd 15. & M. K. RV.
Consultation in (IcrniHii nnd Knulirili. Tele
phone at otfict- nnd n-mtlincet.
JSOttiro on Olive strtvt, noxt to Rrodfueh
rer' Jowelry Store.
COLUMRUS. ... NEBRASKA.
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AMILTIW NEAUi; Ji. .,
rilYSlCIAX AXD Sb'RttKOX.
I'lntte Center. Nebraska. -y
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A. .llcALUMTEK,
ATfoKXEY it XOTAKY PUBLIC.
OHiee uivtttnire in Henry' buildinit. corner of
Olive and lit Ii ntreuN. uuKlO-irty
LAW AXD COLLECTION OFFICE.
Upstair Ernbt building, 11th Etreet.
'T".Vlf JONES,
B
PUkSTERER.
JS'-Ordere left at Arnold's or at his home
will receive prompt attention. Mayl8'8745m
OBil.B.IVA &. RKKIIEH,
A TTOHXEYS AT LA H,
Oilicc. over First National Bank, Columbus,
Aebrawka. 50-tf
C.
PIIYSICIAX AXD SUItREOX.
Ci7Otiice and rooms, Gluck baildinjt, 11th
street. Telephone communication. 4-y
T M. nACIMKLAX).
ATTORXKY f- XOTARY PUBLIC.
tarOllice over Fiit National Hank, Colum-bu-7,
ebnu-La.
JOHN KUMOK.V
f'UUXTY SURVEYOR.
tSTarties dinirinjc Mirvejimt done ran al
drvss mo nt Columbus. Neb., or call at my office
in oiirt House. 5tnny86-y
jO'I'MJK TOTKACIIKRS.
W. H. Tedrow, Co Supt.
I will l at my olHroin tho Court Housothe
third Saturday of each month for the examina
tion of teacher. s9-tf
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K. J. CIIAK. VII,i.V,
DEUTS(HER ATfcZT.
Columbus, Nebraska.
5Jpice 11th Street. Consultations in En
Klinh. rrelichaud tiorman. 2!niars7
vy a i.cj ,- into,
Z3rEXPltE8SJriii'."&ti
C.!ue coods between any pointH of the city.
Sauil suitable for plaeterinn and buildiuif pur-I-h.
ftirninhed in any jmrtof city or on board
cars at reanonable price. SOmerUiy
JOHN !. HlGOlNo. C. J. OARLOW.
Collection Attorney.
HIGGINS & GAKLOW,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Sfciulty made of Collections by C. J. fiarlow.
Sl-m
I F. KU.-VNEK, .11. D
HOMCEOPATHIST.
Ckroaio Diseases aad Diseases of
Children a Specialtv.
J2f"0tlice on Olhe Mrett, three doors north of
Firpt National Hank. Jt-ly
rp II.KUMC'liE,
llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sells Harne, Saddles, Collars. Whips. Blanket.
Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks, valines, bugtry
tops, cushions, carriage trimmings. Ac. at the
lowest pofihlo print). H'iairs promptly at
tended to.
RCBOYD,
-MIN'CrAClUUEn OF
Till and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, EcoSn and Gutter
ing a Specialty
JSShop on Olive street, tl doors north of
Brodf uehrcr'tt Jev. elry Store. KMf
YOU
can live at home, nnd muko mom
money at work for us. than r.t any
thintr else in the world. Capital not
needed: ion ore started free. Both
hexes; all ajjes. An one can do the work. Larse
earnings sure from first start. Costly outfit and
terms tree. Better not delay. Costs you nothintc
to send u your address and find out: if you are
w ise you will do so at once. II. Haixett 4 Co.,
Portland. Maine. dcc'JS-'My
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