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VOL. XVIII.-NO. 28.
COLTTMBTTS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1887.
WHOLE NO. 912.
COLUMBUS
STATE BANK.
COLUMBUS, SKB.
Cash Capital
$75,000.
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Savings Bank,
LOAN & TRUST COMPANY.
Capital Stock,
$10(,(H)0.
OFFICERS:
A. ANDERSON. I'res'l.
O. W. SHELDON. Vi.-e 1'res't.
O.T. ItOKN. Trens.
ROBERT U 11 MO. See.
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j4fir,Vill receive time deposit, from $!.)
anil uu amount upward, and will pa the cus
tomary rate of interest.
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fctf'-WV pnrticul.irlj liaw jmr attention to
our facilities for m-kin loaus on real estate, at
the lowest rate of interest.
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dividual ecurilie are Uui;lit. ltijniie'Mij
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ticuUr. ami so Ktiarautissl.
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DhU.KUS IS
WIND MILLS,
AND PUMPS,
Buckeye Mower, combined, Self
Binder, wire or twine.
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COFFINS AMI METAM.N' TASKS
AND IELKR IN
Farnlturc. Chairs, Bedsteads. Bu
reaus. Tables Safes. Lounges.
Ac. Picture Frames and
Mouldings.
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and we caa obtain Patent in les time than those
remote from WASHINGTON.
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to patentability free of cliarge: and mate NO
.HAIOTE UNLESS WK OBTAIN PATENT.
We wfer bere to tlle rWmaster, the Supt. of
Money Order Div.and to officios f the U.S.
Potest Office. For circulars, ad viae, terms and
-,eferneea-to actual clients in your own Stile or
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Opposite Patent Office, Wasfainfiton, D. C,
The Strongest and Best.
Tlio work of tho republican conven
tion Friday was a guarantee of victory
at tlie polls and that tlio management of
tbe affairs of Platte county will fall iu
lament and trustworthy bands. Tbe
ticket is clean and as capable a ticket,
from top to lmttoiu, as has ever !en
put before tbe people, and the sole ob
joct or tho convention seemed to be, not
bow can we 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
wo take to the more fully meet the
u'lobes of the people. We have not the
iutormation at hand to give a personal
history of the candidates who appear at
the head of our columns, but they are
all old residents of the county, and are
known to ho strong and capable men,
each for the office for which they were
selected.
a us. o. UIX-UKU
needs no endorsement from us, for ho is
known to bo onoof tbe most prompt and
thorough business men iu Platte county,
ami if placed in the treasurer's office
the people will hae the satisfaction of
knowing their county interests are iu the
care of ouo of the most competent ac
countants and business meu in the
county. He is not only prompt, thorough
and capable in business, but ho is
obliging, genial, pleasant and social
which are all desirable qualifications for
a county official. Becher's election is
bevond a houbt. Everybody knows
M. c nr.oc.ooKX,
our candidate for sheriff, who has grown
to manhood and spent the better part of
his life in Platte county, and who is as
popular as he is well known. In all his
ve;trx in our midst, conducting as be has
a lively business interest, there is not
one man to say he has ever done u 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, tliore is not a
man within the borders of our county
who will go further or do more to oblige
a neighlair or assist a friend than M. C.
Uloedorn, of Humphrey. Capable, hon
est, popular and qualified the Fates
have decreed that he shall le next
sheriff of Platte county.
H. 3. niTDHON,
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 is the pioneer
of pioneers; liefore city, county or state
had boundaries 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 voto for
his long and useful life in our county.
L. J. CItAMEIC,
the superintendent of the 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 iHsition 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 ossesses 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 aud honor to him
self, and he is a worthy candidate for
your support nnd suffrage. If our
readers expect him to succeed to the
superintendency 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 educated, refined ami capable
officer, and desirous of having a gentle
man to superintend the educational in
terests of our children h. .1. Cramer is
such a man.
OEO. S. TRUMAN
is without, doubt tho lest surveyor in
Platte county, aud why wouldn't it lie a
good idea to elect one who is thorough
and learned in every branch and detail
of the business.
HENRY HK'KF.KT,
the candidate for county clerk, was
warmly endorsed by the convention as
a mau 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. SACRIDKlt,
is a splendid pen mau and a good schol
ar, and. if elected, will make an efficient
clerk of the district court.
nu. f. j. scm:o
was elected coroner two years ago by a
handsome majority, aud the next inquest
he is likely to hold officially will lie on
the nxr misguided democratic candi
date, one .1. C. Caldwell, who is now sick
unto death at Lindsay. Uiiiiiplnpi ln-
tlt'lH'llllt'llt.
Our Position.
We do not believe in trying to ride
lxlh sides of the fence. No reliable
newspaiter will 1h guilty of such a farce;
on the contrary they should declare
their position on all public questions
which may come within their jurisdic
tion. The Atynx has from time to time
expressed its iolitical principles. It has
Ikhmi honest and sincere iu these ex
pressions whether 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
tho 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 must say we think the nom
ination of Mr. Kuvanaugh for the office
of county treasurer was a fatal blunder
of the democratic nominating conven
tion of Platte county.
We do not believe Mr. Kavanaugh is
the choice of the democratic people
while eidently he is the choice of the
MIitical joblers and wire-pullers. These
niftij arc not always fair representatives
of the rank and file of democracy.
Tho Aiyus does not projiose to le 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 tlie quiet," but, le
lieving that Mr. Kavanaugh lacks in
every essential qualification to fit hitn
for the office of county treasurer, we uu
hesitatingly declare that we cannot sup
port him. and would lie glad of the op
portunity to help elect, a man more
fitting. -Platte Center Aryan.
Mile. Rhea's manager has struck a
novel method of advertising his star
In the "Fairy Fingers," the chief scene
is in a dressmaker's shop, and the entire
wardrobe of Mile. Rhea is displayed on
dummies prepared for the purpose. At
the close of every performance a hand
some silver thimble is presented to the
teroajo portion of the audience as a
souvenir,
NEW USE FOR BELLS.
Uour a Itestaunint Mstitagar Obviates tlie
Old System of Baivliug Out Orders.
"Where's my ham nnd eggs" impa
tiently akcd a mau of the waiter iu a
Clark btreet restaurant the other day.
"They's ccmin' sah, they's a comiu."
"But I didn't hear jou give the order."
"No, sah; we doau give uo ordahs; we
touch de bells."
"I've got a new scheme," said the man
ager, who had overheard the conversation.
"I don't know how it is with you, but it
takes away my appetite to go into a res
taurant where the waiter, when he gets
an order, bawls it out at the top of his
voice. Now, in some places, after order
ing just what you did here you'd hear the
waiter shout, 'one iu the dark, white
wings, hog to come along,' and if you
told him that you wanted the eggs cooked
on both sides, he'd sing out, 'shipwreck
them white wings.' Of course the cook
understands that ham and eggs aud a cup
of coffee are the articles called for by this
order, but to the uninitiated it is all
Greek. Waiters' slang is the most com
plex jargou ever used, and why they use
it they are unable to explain themselves.
Now, by my system all the noise and con
fusion are done away wiih. You never
hear any order given, aud the waiters are
not obliged to leave the dining room.
But come with me and I'll show you."
The manager led the way ton table near
the center of the room. Upon it were
about twenty white buttons, aud at the
base of each was a label. Every button
was capable of transmitting several or
ders. For instance one of the buttons
was labeled "eggs," and upon a card were
the following directions: "For boiled eggs,
ring once; eggs on toast, twice; scrambled
eggs, three times; omelet, four times."
It was the same with steaks, as by a
different number of rings the distinction
between tenderloin, porterhouse aud sir
loin, rare, medium or well done could be
conveyed to the kitchen with as much ac
curacy aud with more speed than by the
voice.
"We'll go down to the kitchen and see
how that end of it works," remarked the
manager, leading the way to a flight of
stairs. A savory smell of cooking meat
was wafted to the visitor as he descended
the stairs. In front of half a dozen big
broilers stood as many white jacketed
cooks, with equally white caps placed
rakishly upon their heads. The manager
said that the caps were not worn for
adornment, but to prevent hairs and
dandruff from falling into the food. "I
don't know why it is," said he, "but con
stant working near a tire seems to have a
tendency to cause the hair to drop out.
Of course that would never do, so we
oblige the men to wear linen head gear
in order to prevent any mishaps. Then,
too, it looks cleaner, and in a restaurant
looks are everything."
Opposite the ranges, surrounded by a
little railing, was an annunciator re
sembling those used In hotels to denote
the numbers of rooms. In front of it was
seated a lad about 15 years of age with a
number of tickets in his hand. Each
ticket had a number printed upon it cor
responding to the number given one of
the cooks. These were called off in rota
tion, so that each one of the cooks would
Ket the same number of dishes to serve.
Suddenly there was a whirring sound,
followed by a quick snap. The boy looked
up and saw the word "steak" on a tri
angular piece of metal. Then came two
short rings and a long one. The boy
looked at a card and called: "No. 3. ten
derloin steak rare, with mushrooms."
The triangular piece of metal was put
back in its place, and in a trice a juicy
steak was sizzling on the iron. It was
getting along toward G o'clock then, aud
the orders began to come in thick and fast.
"We don't serve anything here but
short orders," said the manager, "and,
though I have over fifty articles on my
bill of fare, I have never found one that
could not be ordered by means of the bell.
I don't believe there's another system
like it iu the country, and you can see for
yourself how much time and trouble it
saves." Chicago Herald.
Hog Guessing on Lone Island.
The season is rapidly approaching when
harvest homes will be superseded by hog
guessing, the favorite amusement of Ixmg
Islanders. The manner of proceeding is
as follows:
Handbills are printed announcing the
time and place of the proceedings. The
name and assumed weight of the hogs, to
gether with tha cost of the tickets, are also
advertised. Each person registers his es
timate of the weight upon the ticket he
fore surrendering it. Then a hog whose
name and assumed weight has been ad
vertised is killed and dressed. The per
son who guesses the exact weight of the
slaughtered animal takes him, or the
guess nearest the correct figure entitles
theguesser to the meat. "Reckoning"
or "allowing" is not permitted. Par
ticipants, however, can guess as many
times as they are willing and able to pay
for the privilege. Some of the swine
slaughtered are of enormous dimensions
and tip the scales anywhere from 400 to
600 pounds.
Various artifices are resorted to by
which the weight of the animals is ascer
tained or approximated beforehand. Fre
quently measurements are taken upon
which guesses are based, and sometimes
the actual weight is ascertained at night.
New York Evening Sun.
Queer Indian Customs in Brazil.
The Indian prayer meetings in the
country are rather a singular admixture
of superstition and devotion. A doll is
dressed in silk clothes, with candles on
each side, a good bit of tinsel work about
it and a ribbon tied about its waist. It
rests on the table. Eight or ten Indian
men stand around. One has a large
drum, which he beats continually. The
women sit on the floor, while the men
siug prayers to the saint, the women re
sponding. They commence praying about
7 or 8 o'clock and keep it up two or three
hours. Then the women with their little
children kiss the ribbons, asking favors of
the saint. The men then go through the
same ceremony. The saint is then locked
up in a box, and dancing commences nnd
lasts the rest of the night. Frequent po
tions of whisky are imbihfd by the men,
coffee and wine by the women. When
the men become too drunk to dunce
longer they retire to their hammocks aud
sleep until sober. Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette.
Noiss from Krapllig Steam.
The frequency of accidents occurring
through horses becoming frightened by
the escaping steam of locomotives is at
tracting a good deal of attention, and in
some states the matter has been taken up
by the railroad commissions. There is a
very simple device on the Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, St. Ixmis and Chicago road
which prcveuts all trouble from this
source. It is called a blowback, and all
waste stjam is carried back into the tank.
There is no noise from escaping steam
whether the engine be standing still or
moving. New York Mail and Express.
French Love of Glory.
The French claim to be the Romans,
and almost everything they undertake to
do they refer to a Roman precedent. Glory
is one of these things. The English dwell
upon the idea of power. The Frenchman
has no particular care for power unless it
brings him action, admiration and artistic
tribute. "Gath" in Cincinnati Enquirer.
A public school system is to be estab
lished in Alaska by agents of the Federal
government.
NEGROES OF THE COAST.
A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF LIFE AMONG
THE SOUTHERN FREEDMEN.
'Natives' or tbe Island or Uiltou Head.
A Strange Collection or Human iuroii
grulty Custom?, and Maimers Tlie Han
iet People ou tlio Earth.
C!i!ii)tpr luivf !upii written nlioiit. thp
i nejiro of the coiv;t. Today we propose to
sketch briefly his general mode of life,
without dwelling upon any one of his
characteristics. Let us take the island of
Hilton Head, which is not many miles
from Savannah aud nearer still to Beau
fort, a ilo.eu miles or more of whose mag
: niticent beach is washed by Calaboge
1 sound and the Atlantic itself. Of the
island itself, it may be said that it is
J about seventeen miles iu length by about
live iu width; that it is barren enough to
grow pea vines aud nut grass indifferently,
ami that, with the exception of perhaps
oOt) acres of cleared laud, it is densely
covered with pine, cedar and palmetto, in
whose thickets deer, turkey and smaller
Kunii1, notablv the raccoon, abound. Of
the people who inhabit it, much more may
le said. Several weeks ago the writer,
while temporarily seaiarinir, encountered
a lemuc gale on innou ticau aim was
driven upon it arid tthoro, where he was
forced, whether or not, to remain for a
week. It max be well, in order the more
faithfullv to de.-criW the maimers and
customs of the natives, to .sketch briefly
our enforced sojourn among them, and
this we will endeavor in o.
"NATIV1S" OX THK IJKACr..
It was late in Atmiwt when the squall
struck us. Our !;.: was unwieldy and
anything but .-caw- thy, but with all
sails set we inunagei. o keep her before
the wind, and clumsy ts she was we flew
through the boiling breakers at a mad
rate. We crossed liro.ttl river furiously,
and our lauding, a i; "St dangerous feat
under such circumstances, was accom
plished with uiar clou good luck. Hav
ing drawn our craft into a creek, where
she found partial protection from the
gale, we turned our attention to the
"natives." They had gathered upon the
beach in great numlers men, women
and children viewing us with gaping
curiosity. Not that the sight of a boat
was a novelty, but that the strange faces
iu it awoke astonishment, if not wonder.
The men were brawny, muscular fellows,
dressed iu every variety of patched gar
ments: the women wore short frocks,
with no head or foot dress; the larger
children of either sex boasted a single
garment, Mother Hubbard in appearance,
aud the jounger children, probably from
10 and under, wore only their skins.
Amid this collection of human incon
gruity we made our bow and begged to
be shown to the nearest hotel. An in
credulous guffaw, that rose in chorus
above the howling of the wind, answered
us, and we were pointed to the "Islant,"
whose barrenness was decidedly intensi
fied by the woebegooeness of the numer
ous log huts that ptvuctuutetl ami em
phasized it.
Except that they were adorned with
clapboard roots, these habitations were
models of pigpens, with a hole iu one end
for a door and a clay chimney in the other.
They had once been clayed over that is,
the inch or so of space between the logs
had-been stopped up with clay but the
clay had long since been attracted by
gravitation, and the cracks had never leen
retiiled. There were no floors; mother
earth was plenty good enough. There
were some benches aud a pine table, but
no chairs Everything was smoke be
grimed, no excepting The Police Gazette
pictures that were pasted about ui im
possible places. The furniture, other than
that already described, consisted for the
most part of tin pans aud cans, pots and
pails, dogs (and what dogs), cats (and oh,
what cats), and an occasional chicken
worth a quarter. There were also odors
of dried fish, and crab like odors, and sug
gestions of mud. These were occasional
optical illusions of watermelon rinds, and
quite often a glimpse of a raccoon skin
stretched proudly against .some favored
square foot of smoothness. There were
fish scales, oyster shelN, and crab backs
abundantly strewn about and plentifully
interspersed with the bones of forgotten
sharks.
Cl'STOMS AND JIANXEKS.
All this wholesome sight we saw with
less of wonder than may be supposed, for
we had been among this people lefore,
who are a peculiar people, and who dwell
exclusively upon the islands of the Caro
lina coast. Hut what of their customs and
manners? Well, they live on fish, oysters,
crabs and other productions of the salt
water. They plant potatoes, corn and
cotton and they make enough by this
means to clothe themselves, or more ac
curately to half clothe themselves, but
they seldom make anything over. Their
corn nnd some of their potatoes are put
aside to be eaten through the season (or as
long as it lasts rather) with the fish iu
prospect, but the fish in prospect is uni
versally depended upon to keep the wolf
from the door. The cotton aud the pota
toes, except the remnant mentioned, to
gether with a slim supply of chickens and
eggs, are taken to Savannah or Beaufort
iu broken lots and exchanged for clothing
and "part cash." This is a hasty out
line of their customs. As to their man
ners, they have none. They do exactio
ns they please in all t hings. They dress as
they please, go where they please, and say
what they pleaseafter their manner of say
ing it. Their children, male and female,
are taught- to row and lish from infancy,
and many a boat load of darky damsels
have we seen battling manfully () with
the waves. And their language! great
Cicsar. It is ear splitting simply mon
strous. We shall not attempt to describe
it, since we have attempted it before and
failed.
To conclude, this people, we verily be
lieve, is the happiest jeople uiion earth.
What have they to worry or distress them?
What to concern them at all, save the
finding of bait and the finding of fish, and
the occasional catching of a coon, all of
which is a separate delight aud concerns
them only iu so much as it gives them
pleasure. And the man of the world of
the different, the widely different world
who is given to see and reflect upon this
exclusive and peculiar people, can but say
to himself afterward, "here 'ignorance is
bliss.' "Augusta (Ga.) Gazette.
Financial Blackmailers In London.
It is a favorite plan of the promoters of
American enterprise to seek capital in
Europe, notably in Ixmrion and Amster
dam. It is not an easy task by any means
to induce foreign capitalists to invest in
new projects on this side of the water,
especially since there have been so many
enterprises taken up by them in which
their money has been spent without re
turn, and they ure apt to look upon every
thing that has an American stamp as a
wholesale swindle until they have looked
closely into it. But they are not without
tricks themselves in London. The presi
dent of a leading railroad corporation who
has raised large amounts of money there
at different times for various enterprises
said the other day: "You can be sure of
nothing iu London in raising money until
you have the cash in bank. I had f 1,000,
000 already counted out for me and the
papers drawn and ready to sign, and yet
had the money put kick in the vaults and
the papers back into my pocket. London
is full of financial blackmailers, and it
was one of these that rung in his little
game on me. It cost me at least $100,000
to get my negotiation through, but I had
the satisfaction of knowing that the black
mailer got no money irom It.
"They watch the American newspapers
for accounts of new enterprises that are
likely to seek capital abroad, and then
they watch on that side of the water for
the man who is to negotiate the securities
and cleverly manage to ingratiate them
selves by proffered assistance and other
wise, so as to bo in a position to know
every stage of his progress. They will
wait until the last moment before his
negotiation is conducted nnd then strike
him. They generally have a newspaper
at their back and frequently succeed in
scaring their victim into paying a good
round sum to prevent an attack on his
scheme, which he knows will be disturb
ing and disastrous to his enterprise, even
though unfounded upon any reasonable or
just claim. After one or two experiences
in London, I have always made my trips
there with the utmost secrecy, allowing
no newspaper mention to be made at
home of my departure. Ou my arrival
there I have gone to unfrequented hotels
out of the way of friends aud acquaint
ances, until all my negotiations were con
cluded. That is the safest wav." Xew
'York Tribune.
Cats in Hustles and Bogs in Mufls.
Fashion has long been favorable to dogs.
Cats are now coming forward. Some
charming belles at Luchou thought this
season of using the Pyrenean cat which
is a pretty creature, aud not so wild as it
looks as a snivez mol, jcune houime.
The notion sprang up iu this way. A
beauty down there was given, in one of
her excursions, a lovely cat. But as her
arms weie laden with mountain flowers,
how carry it? A peasant suggested cut
ting a hole at one of the ends of a hand
basket for needlework, just large enough
for the cat's neck to be held in without
strangulation when the lid was fastened
down. As tiie basket was padded and
lined with satin, and bedizened with
fringe and iiblons, pussy did not object
to leiug a prisoner therein, and to being
placed on the lady's bustle as a pack.
There was no other means of carrying the
feline unless there. So the basket was
fitted up with strings to tie on to the
waist; and so borne into Luchou. Tlie
arrangement was daring, original and
piquant. It found imitators, and iu a few
days there were not Pyrenean cats enough
for the ladies' bustles. Fashion even
dared to invade the sanctuary at Lourdes
with a mountain torn or tabby ou the dor
sal hump.
A fashion prophet tells me that next
winter the back part cf the muff will con
tain a pouch iu which a cat is to lie. A
contrivance of this sort was first hit upon
by Mile. Schneider for her black and tan
terrier, which regarded the inside of the
muff as a prison and wanted to look about
when keeping the hands of his mistress
warm. The Duchess de Bauffremont
then took up the arrangement nnd used to
carry about as many puppies as could lit
into the pouch. Princess Isabeau de
Beauvais Craon used to remind me of a
maternal kangaroo. Her muff had the
Iocket iu front and a parcel of pups'
heads of various breeds peeped from out
of the opening at the top. Paris Cor.
London Truth.
Two New York Table Princes,
Larry Jerome is not eminent in politics
or finance, has never held a notable pub
lic liosition and his wealth is limited, yej
when he arrived from England yesterday
the whole town began to gossip and today
there are interviews in the papers col
umns in length. It would puzzle an out
sider to account for Larry Jerome's prom
inence. No recent arrival has attracted
so much attention. Beside him the Si
amese princes, the Duke of Marlborough,
Sir Lyon Playfair and all the other nobil
ities fade out of sight. Larry Jerome
dwarfs them all. The explanation is
simple: He's a diner out and a mighty
one at that. His presence at a table in
sures the success of the entertainment.
Wherever he goes he is eagerly sought
after ou account of his jollity, wit and
humor. I've known John W. Mackay
and Roscoe Conkling to wander about the
uptown cafes for hours trying to find Je
rome or Tom Ochiltree so as to carry them
off to dinner.
A more beautiful and touching sight
than these four gentlemen around the fes
tive board it would be impossible to Im
agine. I've seen them in the now defunct
Carleton club when even the waiters were
impressed by the air of geuiality and good
fellowship that hovered over the table.
Ochiltree was benign, rotund, gloomy,
fiery and joyous: Mackay silent and
bright eyed, smiling with intense umuse
nieni; Conkling dignified, but quizzical
and bright, and Larry Jerome amiable,
easy, quick as a flash at repartee, brim
ming over with infectious fuu in a word,
himself. Ochiltree's fame is still grow
ing and he owes it all to h:s social quali
ties. Like Jerome, he is short, stout and
the picture of good living. New York
Cor. Philadelphia Presr.
A ilenerous Kemenibriiuce.
Not long ago a wealthy citizen of Bos
ton departed this life leaving several
children, but no widow, his wife having
died some years before. His estate was
very large, amounting, I believe, to more
than half a million dollars. By his will
he left three-quarters of this property to
his three children, in trust, and tho re
maining one-quarter he bequeathed to an
acquaintance who now lives in New York.
There had been no particular intimacy
between the two men, and almost every
body who knew them was exceedingly sur
prised that the bequest should have been
made. It is hardly necessary to say that
all kinds of explanations were advanced
by the world, most of which involved some
scandalous relation between the two per
sons concerned.
I happened to know the true solution of
the mystery. Many years ago how many
I do not care to say the Boston man had
offered himself to a beautiful girl, who
refused him, and subsequently married
his less prosperous rival. In course of
time the rejected suitor also married, as
men do, and, dying, he took this means of
adding to the happiness of his old love,
who was sorely in need of the money. I
think that everybody will admire both the
generosity of the gift and the tact which
led the testator to make it to the husband
instead of to the wife. Boston Post.
A Curious Old Custom.
Another curious old custom relates to
births, and the towns of Haarlem and
Mcdemblik alone own with pride its right.
In 1573, when the Spaniards took Haar
lem after its famous siege, they sent no
tice that all houses wherein lay a mother
and a new born babe should have their
knockers muffled in whito for a mouth
and so escape sacking. Thenceforth births
in Haarlem are celebrated by what has
now become nn ornament on the door,
called a "klopper." Hugo brought forth
their family one to show me a square of
Ince with his coat of arms finely em
broidered and edged with fine old Mech
lin. This is lined in white for a girl, half
in pink for a boy. Fastened over wood,
it was hung out by day and carefully gof
fered again at night. The Jews the
plague here of all curio fanciers scenting
out every bit of old silver, lace, china or
carving in cottage or family seat, came
sniffing around his "klopper" with vainly
large offers for the Mechlin when last it
was hung out. Holland Cor. New York
Graphic.
Velocity or a Tornado.
By means of an air gun Professor C. L.
Mees has found that to drive straws into
pine boards and hickory hark, as Is often
done by tornadoes, a velocity of 150 to 175
miles an hour is necessary. Arksusaw
Traveler.
AS AN ENGLISHMAN.
THE EFFORTS YOUNG
MAKES TO POSE AS A
AMERICA
BRITON.
A Long nnd Tedious Process of Prepara
tionThe "English" Method or Speech.
Oddities or Dress A Distinctive Walk.
Tho Eyeglass.
There is a large number of young men
in these free states whose chief object in
life is to be taken for Englishmen.
The youth who wants to pass as au
Englishman Ls obliged to put himself
through a long aud tedious process of
preparation. He usually commences with
a study of the "English" method of
speech. The first task is to leurn how to
talk "away down in the chest," and tho
pnrase chosen to experiment upon is, in
variably, "By Jove." When he cau say
this with tho proper accent he next ven
tures upon "3Tou don't say so." He then
passes on to such sentences as "Hov
awfully jolly. I cawn't believe it, you
know," and so on.
If you live in the same house with him
you cau hear him up to a late hour of the
night repeating over aud over such words
us "dawnce," "cawn't," "puwth,"
"chawnce," "rathuw," "fntlmw' Mud
"aw." Sometimes he will allow his
voice to slide up while he says "demniit."
The word that you will hear him use
oftenest is "awfully." He will tell you
that the flower is "awfully nice," that the
policeman is "awfully kwoss," that his
tea is "awfully hot," and that Belle Jones
is "awfully jolly."
He would almost die for shxnid should
ho make such a vulgar blunder as to say
"pauts." The word he uses is "trousers,"
"breeches," or "bags." Ho will tell you
confidentially, "I pwefew to say bags; it's
awfully English; the best fellows all say
It, you know." In this way does tho
young citizen proceed to Anglicist him
Belf. But you can bo English in mow traya
than in speech. Dress oftener proclaims
the American Englishman than anything
else. Any afternoon about this lime of
year you may see dozens of American
Englishmen on Fifth avenue or in the
neighborhood of tbe Hoffman house, tho
Brunswick, or Fifth Avenue hotel. They
are pretty sure to bo dressed Iu lurge pat
tern checks, to carry enormous canes, and
to have their trousers turned up at the
legs. A pair of trousers turned up at the
legs is the most English sight that you
can see.
WITH TROUSERS TURNED UP.
I know n young American Englishman
who runs to the window every morning
on rising to see if he will have au oppor
tunity of turning his trousers legs up. If
the day looks fine he comes from the
window with a disappointed air and says,
"Too bad, by Jove. It isn't going to
wain afteh all." Once he has become a
thorough Englishman, however, he will
walk through Broadway the sunniest day
in the year with his trousers turned up.
The walk of the American Englishman
is also very distinctive. It is not, strictly
speaking, a walk at all, but a stride.
The feet are kept well apart and the toes
are turned slightly in as if the walker
wore spurs. The left arm is curved and
Is permitted to swing but very little.
The cane is carried iierpendicularly and
the point is brought upon the ground
almost tnree leet in front of the walker.
It is not good form to throw the chest too
prominently forward, but you will notice
a graceful droop of the shoulders.
The single eye glass is nearly an abso
lute necessity, and the Ameriran English
man uses it in public just as soon as he
cau get it into his eye without opening his
month. Several young gentlemen of my
acquaintance have ccriously injured their
eyes by using strong eye glasses when
their sight was good. But injury to one's
eye is a small penalty to pay for such a
fashionable and attractive practice. "By
jove, Chawley," said one young gentle
man, "I would wawthaw endangaw tho
total sight of one eye than suwwendawthe
pwivilcge of weuwiug the glass. O its
vewy English."
But the pillow of tho young swell is not
without thorns, for his father is very often
a blunt spoken, honest muii whose gram
mar antl pronunciation are none too good.
"If fathaw would only altaw his speech a
twifle I would give half my allowance.
He would nevvaw, nevvaw pass for an
Englishman." This is the sad wail
many a young gentlemuu in the city
New York and through this countrv
George Salisbury in The Epoch.
of
of
"The Criminal Type."
Dr. William Noyes, ussistant physician
of the Bloumingdale Insane asylum, of
New York, read a paper on "The Crim
inal Type." It was devoted to a dis
cussiou of the theories regarding habitual
criminals of French and Italian phy
sicians, principally of those of Ca-sar
Lombroso, the eminent Italian scientist.
1 he argument of the paper was the irre
claimability of a certain class of criminals
owing to their being physically as well as
mentally governed by criminal impulses.
He said that many researches abioad,
principally in Italy and France, seem to
bhow that there is a distinct class which
may be recognised by various bodily
anomalies as forming the chief of the
lower type of criminal. These anomalies
are principally malformation of the head
und face, but the other bodily organs also
show marked and easily recognizable
deviations from the normal type. These
anomalies are on the whole such as are
found among the lower races and savages.
The writer traced the gradual evolution
of crime iu the animal kingdom nnd the
resemblance of the criminal acts of lears
to those of the lower order of men. Crim
inals, he said, differ from normal people
in having smaller skulls, with less cranial
capacity. The angles and measurements
of the skull differ iu a marked degree
from those of the normal man. There Is a
preponderance of left handed men among
criminals. As compared with other per
sons, three times as many male and four
times as many female criminals are ambi
dextrous. The convolutions of the brain
show marked degenerative characteristics,
and seem to be allied to the Mongol or
Australian type. Criminals aNo resemble
savages in the frequency with which they
are tattooed. Their' writing shows
marked tendencies toward the use of hie
roglyphics. They are vain and revenge
ful to an extent in excess of normal per
sons of similar social position. It would
le wise for the state, after they have once
committed crime aud their irreclaimable
nature has been discovered, to i'liprison
them for life, thus protecting society from
their ravages. New York Tribune.
Channcey I. Bepew's Pie.
Chauncey Depew woke up to fame in
London the other morning when he found
his name printed in the report of his ap
pearing nt the breakfast given by Cody
and Salsbury as "de Pew," He was par
ticularly witty and happy when he was
called npon to talk, but he said nothing
that could be compared for one moment
with the fun of the speech that was made
to him privately after the breakfast was
over. Every one knows how serious, dis
mal and funereal are all the English ora
tors at their public feasts. This particular
Englishman was delighted with Mr. De
pew's talk. He came up to the silver
tongued candidate for the next presiden
tial nomination, and said: "Oh, I beg your
pardon; but I must tell you how plea'k.'d
I was with your speech. Such wit and
rare humor surely proves, Mr. Depew
that you have a common ancestry with
the orators of England." At the br'eak-
fast Air. Depewwas taken tor an English
man by one of the Wild West waiters.
When the apple pie was served Mr. De
pew looked at it curiously and asked:
"What is thw? Is this an Indian dish?"
The waiter was prompt with information
for what he conceived was an inquiring
English mind. He ud: "Yes, it is; it is
the liest thing those red men make."
Chicago Herald.
ino Hurricane Ueyser.
The most wonderful of all the wonders
at the Norris Basin, Yellowstone park, is
known as the Hurricane geyser. It is a
recent outbreak, scarcely a year old. The
crater is about twenty by thirty feet, and
is inclosed by a solid wall of rock, about
ten feet in depth, to the surface of the
water, and no one can tell how far below
this rocky inclosure extends. Several
days ago we could sit on the north end of
this rock rib and watch the torrid waves
rush down the inclosure, strike the wall
beneath our feet and sink into the earth,
to reappear at the upper end with undi
minished force. Now, eight days later,
we And that the boiling flood shoots out
over the wall where we formerly sat.
The Hurricane presents the appearance
of a revolving liquid globe. There is a
huge bowlder iu the center of the quad
rangular crater, over which the water
dashes with such force as to give it the
appearance of an immense wheel in per
petual motion. The intense heat may
be realized, in a measure, wheii it is stated
that the rocks teu feet from the edge are
so hot that the naked hand can only be
held on them for au instant. The water
is turbid and lienrs evidence of the fact
that the subterranean chambers are be
ing enlarged. They are evidently ab
sorbing the material that has been dis
charged at other geysers. Cor. St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Industrial Uses or Oil or Birch.
A Belgian inventor has devised a pro
cess for tanning textile fabrics which ren
ders them waterproof and at the same
time, it is said, proof against decay, while
their suppleness is not diminished and
their weight not appreciably increased.
Arguing from the high state of preserva
tion in which tho bands which surround
tho heads of Egyptian mummies are found
to this day, and which are impregnated
with a kind of resin, the inventor had re
course to the substances extracted from
birch bark, and which are now used to
perfume Russia leather.
When the fine white bark of the birch
tree is distilled it yields a light oil, nearly
a fourth part of which consists of tho
special phenol, or carbolic acid, which
gives the well known odor to Russia
leather. It is now found that the residue,
or green tar, of the birch, which is ob
tained from Kostroma, yields neither acid
nor alkaloid, and forms, with alcohol, a
solution of great fluidity, which, however,
when once dried, is not acted upon by al
cohol. It is this substance which "will
unite with the most brilliant colors that
are used by the inventor for treating text
ile fabrics. American Register.
Heroic Treatment lor Hydrophobia.
This w:is the heroic treatment prescribed
for the bite of a mad dog in 1709, as given in
Boerhaave's "Aphorisms:" "The Method
to preserve one from further Harm, re
quires: (1) That immediately after the
Poison is communicated, the whole af
fected Place, together with the surround
ing, be immediately scarified very deep,
and Blood be drawn to a great Quantity,
by means of large Glasses laid over the
scarified Parts; or the same be burned
deep with a red hot iron; then the Part
be made to suppurate for a long while by
means of such things jis ulcerate by their
constant Corrosiveuess; in the meantime,
from the Beginning or the Cure to the
End, foment the Parts with Pickle made
of Bay salt and Vinegar; and these things
ought to be continued until the sixth
month from the lirst Accident. (2) The
Clothes and other things which may have
been touched with the Poison, or that the
mad Animal had breathed upon, ought to
be laid aside and carefully avoided."
New York Tribune.
When a Family Moves.
Society news in the dally papers does a
great deal more than tell people what is
transpiring in the fashionable world. The
owners of moving cars watch the society
closely. As soon as they see that a fam
ily is to change location from one city to
another, they go after them to see what
they have to move and offer their ser
vices. Then follows the man with storage
room, then a .sewing machine agent to see
if you have anything iu his line for sale,
then the second hand furniture dealer,
and last the dealer iu second hand cloth
ing, aud perhaps a piano dealer. When a
marriage is announced ahead for some
months, there is the dressmaker and dry
goods merchant to call ou the ladies, the
caterer to see what he can do for the table,
and the florist to see if his services are re
quired. This class of people doubtless
work up a large aud profitable business iu
that way. Physician iu Globe-Democrat.
Sergt. Bates in London.
I asked what kind of a man Sergt.
Bates was, who starts the show by riding
round the immense ring with the Ameri
can flag in his hands, aud he ride.s as well
as any Indian. "Why," said Jack
Burke, "Bates is a real philanthropist,
for that man is going on all day with those
Indians, taking them to the tower, to
Westminster Abbey or some place or
other. We have to keep their minds oc
cupied or the monotony wears uiwn them.
Bates loves nothing Itetter than to go
around with these Indians morning and
night. He has carried the American flag
through all the American states and
through all the British islands. When
we took him up the old fellow could hard
ly make a living. He is of considerable
use to us. "Gath" in Cincinnati En
quirer. Autographs on 1'atti's Fan.
Mme. Patti-Nicolini has a fan on which
are the autographs of all the sovereigns
of Europe. Here are some: The czar,
"Nothing is so soothing as your singing."
The emperor ot Germany, "To the ever
singing nightingale." Queen Christina,
"To the Spanish woman from a queen
who is proud to have her for a subject."
Queen Victoria, "If King Lear is right in
saying that a sweet voice is a precious gift
in a woman, ou are the richest of wo
men." The emperor and empress of Aus
tria have merely signed. M Thiers, at
the time he was president of the republic,
wrote, "Queen of song, 1 stretch forth my
hand to thee." La Figaro.
Beware or Catsups.
This is the time for housekeepers to be
on the alert to meet deceptions in factory
made catsups. Owing to the drought to
matoes have been too dear for the average
consumer, and when winter comes jou
will find the favorite tomato sauce miss
ing from 4he list of table condiments.
The factory made stuff seldom contains a
trace of tomatoes and is so highly flavored
that the consumer never knows he is eat
ing a cheap preparation of ground up
pumpkins and spices. The real stuff can
always lie recognized by the smell, as the
honest manufacturers will not try to dis
guise it. Cook in Globe-Democrat.
Syrup of Figs
Is Nature's own true laxative. Jt 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, otc
Manufactured only by tlie California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For
sale only by Dbwty & Becher. 27-y
TBE FIRST
National Bank !
OF
COLUMBUS. NEB,
- WAS AN-
Authorized Capital of $250,000.
A Surplus Fund of - $20,000,
And tho farKUHt Paid 1st Cask Capital of
any bank iu this rt of tie State.
EB""leioiti received and interest oaid oa
titutdt'piits.
WDrafts on the princ ii-jd citus in this coun
try and Kurope bouxlit and sold.
iTollections and all othur business given
prompt anil careful uttentiou.
HTOOXHOI.1JIK9. i
A. ANDKKSON. Pntt't. '
11KHMAN P. H.OKHUUCH.
Vice 1'rert't.
O.T.HOEN. Cashier.
A1 ESfi'iSSJ1' HERMAN OKUI4UCH.
(J.SCH0TTK, W. A. McALUSTER.
JONAS WELIH. JOHN W. EARLY.
I. ANDERSON. . ANDERSON.
ROHERT UIIUO. CARLREINKe!
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g usm ess ards.
1.T.Mautt!.H.D.
F.J.Scbuo.M. D.
Dn. XARTTJT 4k 8 CHUG,
U. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local Sunreons, Union Pacific, O., N. fc
Il.ll. and II. A M. R. R's.
Consultation in Herman and English. Tele
phone nt office and residences.
J5?OtKce on Olive stieet, not to Brodfueh
rer's Jewelry Store.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
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TTAMIIrOl MEADE, M. Ik,
PHYSICIAX AXD SURGEOX.
Platte Conter. Nebraska. 8-y
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A. NcAI.LINTEK,
ATTORNEY f- XOTARY PUBLIC.
Office np-tJiirs in Henry's building, comer of
Olive and 11th streets. auKl0-87y
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Jl. C-OKXKI.IIIN,
L.M1' AXD COLLECTION OFFICE.
Uptirs Ernt building. Uth fctrett.
B
11.1.1' JO.liKM,
PLASTERER.
CcOnlore left at Arnold's or at his home
will receive prompt attention. Maj 18's7-0m
VJ IJI.Lll'A & KKEUEK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office over First National Bank. Columbus.
Aehnuika. 50-tf
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PIIYSlvl.iX AXP Sl'Ri.'EOX.
6"Ojie. and room, (thick builttinic. litis
slrtft. telephone euiuiiitinii-utioli. 4-y
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S"0i(v m(.r First National Bnuk, Coluui.
bus, Nebraska.
rucxTY si'Ri'E von.
f.-l1irtu- desiriui: Hiirv..jiiii- dono can nd
dreiM im. u ( (.liiuibus, N. b., or calf nt uiy offic,
in ( ourt House. SmajsR-y
otici: to Tfr:A;n Kitty.
W. H. Tedrow, Co Supt.
wi'.' j''- '" "'J' office in the Court House tho
third Nttun ay ol .i, m.,!, for ,iie M,IIUin,t.
turn r t) aclierH. 3'.Mf
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DKUT.SOHKR ARZT.
('obi m I.iih, Nebraska.
,?ri.)ffic". ll,h S"- Consultations in En
Kiihli, rreiich and (terman. Siiziattfi
WALURAI' HKOM,
l3rEXri:ESSMEN;-"G
Convey kojhIs IsHween any point, of tint city,
baud suitable for plantrin; nnd buildinu pur
poses, furnished in any part of city or on board
cars at reasonable prices. 30mar87y
JOHN (i. HHtUINS. C. J. OARLOW.
Collection Attorney.
HIGGINS & GAEL0W,
ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW,
Siecinlty made of Collections by C. J. Onrlow
3t-m "
P. KU.-ViEK, M. D.,
HOMCEOPATHIST.
Ckroaio Diseases aad Diseases ef
Children a Speoialtr.
,..r!P,I.',M n Olive stic-et, three doors north of
r irst National Bank. 2-jy
C II.KUMCIIE,
llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddle. Collars, Whips. Blankets.
I urry ( oinbs. Brushes, trunks, valises. buitKy
tops, cushion, carriage iriniminKs. Ac. at the
lowest possible prices, iti pairs promptly at
tended to.
RC.BOYD,
31 tNCFACTCRKX OF-
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter
ing; a Specialty
s?Sln! on Olive stnet, 2 deors uoilh of
Brodfiielui-rV Jtwi lry Store. S2-K
WAIIcnn Hie at home, nnd make more
Wuiotiey at work for us. than at any
I llllthicK else in the world. Capital not
WW needed; you are started fn-e. Both
sexes: nil ap-s. Anjonecau do the work. Law
carniDK sure from Crft start. Costly outfit and
terms lr e lit tter not delay. Costs you nothing
tosiid usourldressand find out; if you are
wise jou will do so at unci. H. Haiakit 4 Co..
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