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(fflkmlra 0EmaL VOL. X1X.-NO. 7 COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 18S8. WHOLE NO. 94; O . j r COLUMBUS STATE BANK. COLUMBUS, XKB. Cash Capital $75,000. inmvious LENli'.ll (IKKI.AItli, I'i-i'i .11.1,1 I'M a ui.i.i. it ii. mi:m:. .1 l' I :IM l, I'-iiln'T Collection lrou.Hl "1 hII PoIuIn. Fa, lalereNi n Tlnie t4- -r. It. Ol COLUMBUS. NEB. CAPITA!. STOCK. : $flMOU. Ol 1 K 1.1. -. ii..sui:i.i)N'. rr.-.i. V MfM.l.lSlTi:. tic I'r.--. Uiili! Kl UIII.U:. Cashier, hnii:i,schi:m. wt '-- DlltlM-IOKS .1 ! Ill Chill. I! I'- II or.Hl."M"ll. JONAS UII.CU, CUM. Kl lh'. 11 M UlNSl.ovv i 'Hurt llimk trariMiri-. i regular HiuhiiiK liu-i .h, uill hIIow interes on time l iit", m-l- ..ill.n-tt.mx. lu or -.-II ''.'- "" L'nil.-l Htntennnd I im.H.iuut " ""' r " '" "' 'l'1'' sw untie. .1 Whill twilei-l t rer-cite tour hu-ies-. We solicit our pstrowu-e We t-iiii-MUl.- satin fnction in hII l.iront-i intrusted in our car. . dertH-h. i-oit 'I'itf: ( Kl I. ON A.&M.TURNER Or . W. Illtl.l.lt, 'l'rii-litK liiiiin. S-Sr-lliw ore-iii are lir-i-ela-mii eter .ir ti.'iilitr, uii.t " mi irint.-ed SCHIFFROTH & PLATH, lit (IH.MN CHALLENGE WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS, Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pumps Repaired on short notice S-Oneil.or we-t of ileiiiU - linn; Store. 11th rect. I olumhu-. Neb Kuov-o-tf t-trrrt HENRY G-ASS. XJISTDEKTAJKER ! COFFIN'S AND METALLIC CASES AN1 WEAI.KR IN Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus, Tables, Safes. Lounges, Sco., Picture Frames and Mouldings. tSJtejMiriHU of oil kimh of Uphol stery Gtxw U-tf COLUMBUS. NKBKASKA. PATENTS Caveats and Trail Markr obtains!. an tall IV entbutoneHM conducted for MOHFKVI 1' r hl OUR OFFICh IS OlTOSflF I'.S l'ArKNT OFFICK. We lime m t-i.l-Jin'iw, nil b'iin direct ht-nce we ran trnn-M. t t.atnt hiisinm. in lwc time and t LF.SS Ol th.tn tli- iviiK.t. from Wa.-hinirton. Send model, dram ins, 01 j.lir.to. with .le-Ti tion, W adviwj if patentable or not, fn-e of charge. Our fe not due till patent is cnie.1. A book, "How to Obtain Patent, with rpftr nee to actual clients in jour state, countj or towu..entfree. gSJfOW & CO. Opposite Patent Office, v ashington, D. C. COMMERCIAL m fiBf WESTERN COTTAGE ORGAN RAGS AiNTD RAG PICKERS. WHERE WORN RUBBERS, OLD TINS, RACS AND WHAT NOT GO. Vli.lt to h Warehouse. Heaped with l'ick Inji iit All Kind-. Sorters acid Their Ileftnes. A rile r Old Itu! her and A relict. Twas hi tny golden ago of childhood tbat there lived, if. indeed, she does not j et. a bent and withered woman, wrinkled as China crepe and merry as a lark's song Melhinks 'tis as. far back as the third time the pussy willows purred far me when first 1 heard her shrill, cheery call. "Raks, raks'" From then till I was "quite a bik geil. uii&sey." old Mary was a welcome ai rival upon the domestic scene 1 was reminded of old Mary the other day by seeing a woman walking briskly under a heavv sack of rags It was sunny. I wa3 strolling insensibly and followed her. Sho euteivd a vtaielioiiso heaped with pickings of all kinds after hesitating a moment 1 did the sumo Things seemed novel, so tt hen the proprietor looked at mo in rather a surprised manner, i explained I'd like to add to my slim stock of information ro garding rags and rag pickers Whereat the clei It inquired inteiestedly. "Are you the Komim who writes?" and a rag peddler who had justdrope-d in leaned up against the wall and gazed at me fixedly, and with much tho biimo expression as ho would wear in viewing a freak in the dime museum "Oh. it's a great business." he remarked I mean the proprietor as he glanced over bonie letters before conducting me over the establishment, "if it weren't for rags thei e would bo no paper, you would liuvouo lhblo, no romance, no love let ters," ho added in quite a courtly manner. Of all the queer places, that warehouse! I clambeied over the foot hills of rags, separated by vallevs rich with old iron, 7inc sheets," lead piping, brass wire, and my eye rested upon Arctic mountains in the backgiound, perhaps 1 should say mountains of arctics It seemed I touched iiidely upon professional pride when I u.skuf if that immense bulk and tho many b.i!es lor shipping were brought in by nig pickers I was informed that rag pickers are those that go about the btieetsand alh-vs or beg rags, which they usually sell to small merchants Then there are rag peddlers w ho own wagons and go about among houses buying what they wish, merchants bin ing from both these classes, and himself, bujmg mostly fiom them. 1 asked tho proprietor what under the canopy ho does with all this truck, and w as told ho had contracts with largo fac tones all over the country Old metals are returned to foundries; paper and nigs to paper mills, and alo ropes, which are used for mauilla paper; vinegar and oil barrels to be relilled. bits of leather and old boots to soap factories, where tho gioaso is extracted for soap for my elegant ladies' w hite hands; old bones to sugar refineries, where, calcined, they purify sugar and sj i up, or bones may bo shipped foi ferti!iiiig Old bottles aro leturned to brewers etc., new cloth ra;,s fiom tailors b.u-k to cloth factories. and lubber. gums" as tho Angioma niaes term them, to tho factory in Massachusetts That pile of nibbers and arctics reach ing to the ceiling did look odd There were tin baby arctics and largo scows stranded side by side: those exasperating run down at-tho-heel rubbers which peo plo had lost in tho street and plenty which had bpriing a leak and been abandoned You've walked from many directions, through man' paths, upon feet shod in righteousness and those taking hold on hell, haven't you? They present a good Illustration of l eincarnation doctrines, they will bo rid of the useless parts and tho impurity and their best parts sent to the factory, whence they will shortly is sue again, shining aud new. 1 alwas used to depiecato throwing arctics, etc. into the allevs, but now 1 shall do all in my power to assist theso rag pickers to a plentiful spring crop. They u-ceive four cents abound for them; besides, quite a number of boys and girls get employment in cutting off tho rubber. It's queer, baling them. Hundreds of them aio thing into a huge box lined with but lap Then a man on each side pumps on a windlass this may not be clear enough.but that's v. hat it looks like. When tho box was opened, I saw tho rubbers hal been pressed out of all semblance. The proprietor took me to another ware house w hero tho rags wero being sorted A long room was boidered with deep boves. in shape and si?o liko tables, with bottoms of sieves for tho dirt to sift through On either Bide stood women rapidly sorting them, and unerringly dinging tho rags into various barrels round about. They wore calico gowns reaching to their feet, and kerchiefs on their heads, to protect themselves from tho dust. They didn't seem to be paying any attention to whether rags were linen, woolen. miKed. what not. I asked one of them how sho tells. "By the feeling. We scarcely ever stop to tear it. "Wo get to that we can tell anything by touching it, even with our eyes shut." "Easy learnt? Well, for thoso as has the knack Somo girls pick it up in a couple of weeks, some never can learn it. Oh. it isn't dis.igree.iblo work when you're used to it Most rags is pretty clean. Some," she pointed to a bin. It gave new meaning to men's righteousness being liko "filthy rags." "A. E. P." in Pioneer Press. BILL OF PARTICULARS WANTED. A Statement Which Hon. IV. II. Knglikh IVuuld Find it Bard to Verify. lion. W IL English, of Indiana. Is cred ited with this statement: "President Cleveland came into power under circum stances peculiarly difficult and embarrass ing " In the platform adopted at the state convention it is stated that "coming into power under circumstances peculiarly (iillicult and embarrassing, after a long period of Republican rule." The Indianapolis Journal pertinently comments upon it as follows: Mr English seems to be deeply im-press-ed by the peculiarly difficult and em barrassing circumstances under which Mr. Cleveland came into power. What were I they? The repetition of the statement ' justifies us in asking for a bill of particu lars. Wo know somo peculiarly difficult j and embarrassing circumstances that did not exist when Mr Cleveland came into power Tho Republican states had not passed ordinances of secession, and wero not preparing to break up tho Union. as most or tno JJemocratie states were when Abraham Lincoln was inaugur ated Tho navy of the United States bad not been scattered to the four quarters of the globe and army officers ere not re signing their commissions every day to join their states in the treasonable move ment to destroy the Union. United States senators were not resigning their seats for tho same purpose. The departments at Washington were not honeycombed with treason. The treasury was not empty, nor tho national credit bankrupt. The government was not obliged to bor- j row money at 1 per cent, a month to rneeL currenr, expenses i ne government arsenals had not been depleted of muskets to arm its enemies Hostile cannon wero not trained on any of its forts The press and people of one entire section of the country were not clamoring for war be cause of the election of a Democratic president. None of these "peculiarly diffi cult and embarrassing circumstances" ex isted when Mr Cleveland came Into power On the contrary, all the states and all the Deonle acouiesced in his elec- Uoa and. when hn agsnmed the -duties of the ollice be iound every department 01 the government in perfect running order, no treason, no trouble, no friction, an overflowing treasury, the books balanced to a cent, the national flag full high ad vanced. the national authority respected at home and abroad, and all the conditions of a prosperous people and a tower fill government Vhat. then, were the pecu Hat ly difficult and embarrassing circum stances under which Mr Cleveland came into power? Nothing in the world, absu lutely nothing, but his own ignorance of public affairs, tho lack of trained states men in his party, and its natural iucapau ity to administer the government We might safely challenge Mr English or Mr Cleveland himself to name any other dif ticult and embarrassing circumstances at tending his advent to power. Villi Keniova to Germany. A dispatch says. Fearing that the Mills taruT bill will become a law, the Boot Knit Goods Manufacturing com pony, of Cohoes. has sent an agent to Uermuuy with a view to purchasing a bite for a mill in tbat country and removing their busmens there, as It woulJ be Impracticable to continue in business here. Tnw company employs COO persons, with a montlily pay roll of ?18.000 The company has two mills, connected, which in external appearance and internal arrangement aud equipment have no superiors in the world, and had plans pre pared some time ago for the erection of a third The head of the concern, the well known Commodoro A. J Root, has a repu tation throughout New York state of being the most considerate employer, and ouo of tho best posted men on the ins and outs and ups and downs of the knitted goods industry in tho country The better class of working girls in these mills earn from 2 to $3 a day. and machinists and other high class workmen earn from $1,000 to $3,000 a year. The lower grades of work ers are paid in proportion. In Germany the same labor would not cost half so much as it does in Cohoes. Deuce the far sighted commodore looks ahead and sees that he can turn out the same quantity and quality of goods in Germany and sell them, through his New York jobbing house without a tariiT. cheaper than he does now Here is an object lesson for knitted goods and all other mill operators to ponder over. English Farmers and Free T-ade. Tho agricultural distress in England is illustrated by a letter from a Bedfordshire clergyman to The London Times, who says that the few men whom the farmers aro able to hire receive on an average nine shillings, or $2.25 a week, subject to deduction For days wheu work is inter rupted by stormy weather. He says that ho has assisted two .strong men to emi grate, who had been earning from four shillings and suspense to five shillings per week, with deductious for all time lost on account of bad weather This is in free trado Cngland. which robs labor of its living to pile up capital in the coffers of the rich merchants and manufactuiers. Hartford Courant. Cousin Iten Tulkliie Too Much. Cousin Ben Folsoni. the genial and effi cient American consul at Sheffield, "-ho Is now in this country on a visit. ' ankly states that the English manufacturers earnestly hope for the passage of the Mills bill on account of the improvement it will effect in their business Cousin Ben is en tirely right m assuming that it is the pol icy of this administration to "tell the tiuth." but be should betaken aside and quietly informed that there are times w hen even telling the truth may upset the most precious schemes of statesmen Clearly Cousin Ben's diplomacy is wearing rough on the edires. Philadelphia Press PITH AND POINT OF POLITICS Some Sharp SKIrtulsli Shooting Iteforo the Opening of tho liilttle. Since Germany has ubandoned free trado its commerce has increased 07 per cent , its maritime tonnage 120 per cent , utid Its bank discounts, showing the activity of domestic trade, 240 per cent Theso are liard facts for free traders to face, es pecially as Germany's prosperity has been accompanied by a corresponding depres sion in many English industries. Boston Journal What has become of the old Democratic cry of four years ago. "Open the books!" "'Show the rascals upl" "Tnrn the ras cals out!" They have got tho offices and opened the books, bsit where is the "ras culity" that was going to be epofd7 Chicago Inter Ocean. William II Barnum's refusal to servo again as chairman of the Democratic na tional committee is not construed as indi cating that ho w ill work any harder to carry Connecticut for Cleveland this jear than he did in 18S4. New York Tribune. The Republican party is mdre nearly a unit today than it has been at any time in the List fifteen jears. On national issues it is practically solid. Saratoga Saratogian. Tho Republican national convention will be a thorouglily representative body and not one that can be readily stain peded. Fort Wayne Gazette. One thing Is certain. If tho Republican party can have its war. the tariff will never be tinkered in sucfi a manner as to lower laboring men's wages and cause general injury of his interests. This is one of the most important facts to be kept in mind during the coming campaign. Troy Times. "Let it be Cleveland and Thurman," says The Central New Jersey Herald That is a ticket that would suggest a buL pup scooting along with a rare old Roman vase tied to its tail. New York Press When President Cleveland in his mes sage remarked that the question of free trado was "absolutely irrelevant" he little dreamed that within four months there after Roger Q Mills would show the country that he didn't know what he was talking abouL Yet it must be admitted that Mr Mills has done that very thing Philadelphia Press Mr Wattersou is urging tho south to stand by tho Mills bill, on the ground that a reduction of duty on iron and iron manufactures will close many northern furnaces and give better opportunities to the southern. This is an argument which is designed exclusively for southern cou sumption Boston Journal. Nearly 8.000 emigrants arrived at Now York on one day lately It is odd that these people should fly from the lands where free trade prevails to come to a country where protective tariffs exist. The free traders should explain all this. Philadelphia Press The administration has made no expo sure of Republican rascality, simply be cause there was none of the article to bo found. Troy Times! The multiplicity of presidential r.ndi datcs in the Republican party is a mighty good sign. Cleveland Leader. Tho Democratic free trade policy is to buy labor in the cheapest market. In some foreign markets labor can be had for less than ten cents a day The free traders ought to live there. Detroit Tribune. A league of Democratic clubs Is now proposed. Imitation is sincere flattery. Tho Democrats follow the footsteps of the Republicans as rapidly as they can, hut they are always behind. Hartford Post. The civil service reform mugwumps, learning that Cleveland is no longer a civil service reformer, declare that "tariff reform" is the only issue. The mugwump surpasses all other creatures in forgetting to remember what he most believed in last rn&i Crdrarrn JanxsaL TALES OF THE TEETII. TRADITIONS, OMENS AND ADAGES mMONG THE UNEDUCATED. All Sorts of Superstition Conrerulog the Teeth Cliurtns and Other Remedies for Toothache KnglUh aud Irish Keel pes. The Praer Cure. The teeth and the aches to which they give rise have been subjects of many strange ideas among uneducated people Teeth havo even been worshiped, and are still venerated as lelics in borne Catholic shrines Buddha's tooth is preserved in n temple in India, and Ceyloneso worshiped the'toothof a monkey, while au elephant's tooth and shark's tooth served a similar purpose among the Malabar Islanders aud the Tonga Islanders respectively. Siam ese valued a monkey's tooth so highly that they are reported to have offered tho Portuguese 700.000 crowns for it. There was a tradition that, from the time Chosroes, the Persian, carried off a piece of the true cross from Constantino ple, the number of teeth in tho mouths of men were reduced from thirty-two to twenty -three It is needless to say that we still have thirty-two Teeth have often been worn as amulets. Shaiks" teeth berve this purpose in Samoa It was formerly thought that a wolf's tooth, worn in a bag about tho neck, would chase fear away froiu the possessor. The back tooth of a horse, found by chance, will, say tho Irish, keep you supplied with money OMENS AXO ADAGES. There aro many omens connected with infants' teeth, as well as those of adults If a child teethe early, it is thought in England to predict more children "Soon teeth, soon toes," is the adage, both in that country and in Sweden If a tooth comes first in tho upper jaw it is, on the contrary, an omen of early death, as tho child cannot survive so potent a disaster. An old work, published in 103)1, tells us that to loose a tooth or an eeisalso to lose somo friend or kinsman, or is. at least, attended by some ill luck. IIo who has his teeth wid'o apart is there said to be attended by good luck. Breton mothers will not touch infants' gums, lest tho teeth grow crooked. To dream of teeth was a warning of somo disaster, unless j ou dreamed they fell out. The period of teething being an anxious ono in childhood, it is extremely impor tant to have it oer with. In Susbex. England, a necklace of beads made from peony root was placed on the child's neck to assist this operation, and one of amber beads was also thought powerful. It was ulso said that first teeth must not be thrown away when they fall out, for if am animal got such a trophy the next tooth would be like that of the unimal finding the old one. In Nova Scotia, and in somo parts of tho United States, rhil dren ate told that the new- tooth will be a gold one if the tongue is kept out of the jld cavity Folk lore is full of odd notions about the toothache, and many queer remedies aio current for it. It was once thought to be caused by a woim. Ono of the most potent remedies was thought to bo a charm of somo kind oi other. In England this charm is a rhyme or pmyer written on a piece of paper. Verses for this purpose uro current in Ger many to this day. St. ApjollIniis was especially invoked for this malady in tho Thirteenth century. A woik publishel In l."5J." prescribes the following remedy: The patient was to in hale the smoke from a essel in which dried herbs were mixed with live coals IIo must then breariie over a cup holding water mixed with wax and serum, whn it was said that a woim, the cause of tho trouble, would appear in tho cup. AN01HI.U si i:xgi: jiEMi.nv. Nearly a i-entuiy later wo find another strange remedy: "With an iron nail raise aud cut the gum from about the teeth until it bleed, and that some of the blood spill upon the nail. Thti drive it into a wooden beam up to the head. After this is done you never shall have the tooth ache in all jour life." Another old writer of tho same period, Aubrey, gives popular remedies tor the toothache. A splinter of wood from a gibbet was thought efficacious in the north of England, while in Devonshire it w as thought best to bite a tooth from a skull in a grave yard, and carry it in the jKK-ket as a charm. In another pait of England, an equally ghastly amulet was a tooth drawn from tho mouth of a corpse, carried in the pocket Tho paw of a live mole or a double nut were also preset ibod as preventive charms To dress the left foot and leg before the right is equally effective. Somo of tho Irish cures for the tooth ache wero fully as ghastly as those cit-d above. One of theso empirical recipes bids ou go to a grave, kneel upon it, say three paters and three aves for tho soul of the dead, then chew a handful of glass taken from tho grave, spitting it out. Tho toothache will never after trouble you Another remedy is to vow never to comb your hair on Friday, invoking the Creator, tho Virgin and the new moon. You may afterwards neglect the two first, but must kneel and say five prayers on first behold ing the new moon. Tho two jaw bones of a haddock have been powerful in al laying tho toothache ever since tho mir acle of the loaves and fishes. If you wish to avoid tho toothache, say tho sons of Erin, never shavo on Sunday. Globe Democrat. Tapar Manufacture and Its Methods. The Chinese are supposed to have been tho Inventors of paper. They used rice straw or rags of cotton or linen for making their paper stock. Modern nations fol lowed their example, but mado few im provements on tho ancient process until within the last forty years. Since then every decade has witnessed great advances in this industry. New methods, processes, and machinery have been devised, new materials brought into use, and new and multifarious forms of the manufactured product now enter into tho economies of modern life. Rags are gathered in all parts of tho world and brought by ship loads to tho United States, but they aro no longer the chief raw materiaL Paper fibers are obtained from old rop, juto butts, straw of tho various grains, from many grasses and reeds, and from the wood of cypress, pine, poplar, spruce, hemlock, basswood. sycamore and other trees Now great mills prepare tho fiber stock for paper manufacturers, who buy it by tho ton, in bulk, and then work it into whatever shapes their business re quires As it costs far less to carry chemicals to the forests than it would to transport the logs, wood pulp establish ments are generally located near sources of supply The chief chemicals aro lime, potash. coda ash, and caustic soda. These alkalies, dissolved in water to make the cooking liquids, have been employed in huge wooden tanks, in which, because tho tem perature could not be carried above boil ing heat, it was necessary to continue the cooking from two to three days. The progress of invention has recently mado it possible to greatly reduce the time re quired for this purpose. The demand for paper in all forms for old and new uses is I unlimited, and is daily Increasing. In no part or the globe is there a greater variety of vegetable fibers than in the south, whose cane brakes, swamps, for ests and cotton fields can furnish inex haustible quantities for all time. The cotton plantations alone could probably supply every pulp mill in American with a materlaLcneaolT gathered and .bnndJixL nna containing a long, siruug. oeamirm fiber. Baltimore Journal of Commerce A Great Opportunity Lost. t Mr Littlo has strong opinions not fa vorable to the current idea of tho wealth, strength and prowess of China and her value as au ally, and considers that theso , are only remotely potential He thinks tho Chinese possess "a much less highly developed orgauization than do the Cati- ' casian races;" finds their religion consists in "propitiating evil spirits," and that they "can hardly appreciato tho Christiap ideal." On tho other hand, they havo "many vlttues." and, although tho social system is uudermined throughout by pec ulation and' "deceit, "from tho armies which only exist in tho commander-in-chief's wardrobe and the public granaries containing only chaff, down to tho pres ents not intended for acceptance and the proclamations never meant to be ob served," so that the empire is a sham, et still ho is forced to admit, ou rellec tion and in fairness, that such is tho per sistent industry of tho Chinese "that with highly gifted rulers to guide and rule them, they may yet be a great people." As illustrations of their readiness to obey ho points to tho edict of Ivublai Khan, which directed that tho cemeteries should bo plowed up. an edict obeyed and only revoked two centuries ago, and to the Mauchu orders which abolished tho flowing robes aud imposed tho pigtail The first emperor of tho present dynast ordered the tribes of Yunan, "on pain of death, to learn Pekingese," and was obeyed Mr Little thinks ttiat had we. w hen masters of Peking, "had the coin age to usurp tho dragon throne, and hud wo issued an edict prohibiting thence forth the mutilation of children's feet, tho command would havo been oleyel, sullenly, perhaps, at first, but afterward thankfully." That, undoubtedly, would hae been an immense social reform, lib erating from torture and physical do formity the women of China. London Spectator. rhysiologloUI Kflects or .lias-age. Iii a discussiou of this subject by Brit ish physicians of eminence. Dr. Symons Eccles "declared, as tho results of his own experiments on healthy persons, from a combination of the vai ious massage man ipulations, that tho texture of tho skin was improved, the senso of locality in creased, tho general body temperature was raised and tho fieo surfaco tempera ture of a part under massago becanio higher than that of tho rest of tho body, while abdominal massago decreased tho surfaco temperature of tho extremities, a courso of massago of one month's dura tion increased tho body weight, the appe tite, muscular strength and ability to sleep and wot k w elL Dr Play fair expressed it as his opinion that massage is only one agent, along with overfeeding and freedom from previous surroundings, in tho treatment of pro found cases of nervous debility or malnu trition, tho exact character of which is not as yet thoroughly understood; some of tho casc3 which wet e commonly accounted as incurablo and wero a curso to their families could, ho thought, bo cured by theo means. New York Tribtuie. Stonewall J act son and tho I'riest. Dr. J. William Jones, tho gallant Con federate veteran, was standing with some friends on Broad street bridge waiting tor tho procession on Decoiation day. "1 wonder," some ono asked, "if any body of Vuops ever moved exactly on time';" "Noter," replied t lie doctor quietly, "I imagine, since Stonewall Jackson died." This Fcemel to set tho ieministent.il mood and the doctor continued. "By the way, did you ever hear tho close of the prayer made by Father Dubert, the bravo Catholic priPst who was chap lain of Hay's brigade? It was in New Oi lcans, on a big Confederate day, and Father Dubert was praing. He had eulogied the Confederate soldier in Gen. Stonewcll Jackson in particular when ho closed with the-e words- "And now. Almighty (iod our Father, thou know est that when thou madest up thy mind that tho Con federacy should bo defeat isl in war thou found ii necessary to remove thy servant, Stonewall Jackson, befoio thou couldst accomplish thy purpose!" Atlanta Con stitutiou. Diphtherlit from 1'oultrt. In Skiatos. ouo of tho Grecian isles, there has been no caso of diphtheiia for over thiity years until tho summer of 1SSI. when a child died of the disease, and in tho courso of live months thero were over 100 cases, with thirty si deaths, in a community of about 4.0U0 Careful investigations of tho origin of tho epidemic resulted in tracing it to a Hock of infected turkeys received from Salon ie.t. and wliich on examination showed unmistakable evidence of tho diphtheria process Dr. Pauliiiis, tho reporter (Bnl letin Medical), coitfluded from this ex perienco that the diphtheria of tho ord inary barn yard fowls was similar in its course and symptoms to the disease oc curring in man. and that it could bo car ried from tho ono to tho other, sometimes through the medium of the air. Chicago News. Eating u Meal in Silent e. "Thero are." says Sir John Lubbock, "perhaps few more objectionable sceiu s in this life than a man or a woman eating a heavy meal in perfect silence It is at meal timo w hen tho spiritual element in man should bo most apparent. It is easv enough to have great ideas and to express them in tho lecture room, tho library or tho drawing room. The animal nature is practically dormant with such association but at dinner, for instance, the veiy con trary is the case, and it is of all situations tho severest test of a man's chum to be master of his animal nature "I Iio man who can discuss home rule, the conseiva ( tion of energy or tho authenticity of the , fourth Gospel over a dinner consisting of i soup, game, joint and tho usual sweets. I may fairly bo considered to come within I flm tnt' Incpfintinn rf mrni rts n f .tf lit ' looking before and after Tho two car dinal sins in conversation are talkative lies and silence; the rest are wl...i nncht be called venial offei-sei " Hume li.ni:il Afraid of the f'uiorito Sou. The Indiana Democrats are afraid of tho Harrison boom, the Ohio Democrats aio afraid of the Sherman boom, tho Michi gan Democrats aro afraid of tho Rusk boom, tho Now York Democrats are afraid of tho Depew boom, and the Connecticut Democrats are afraid of the Haw ley boom. The favorite tons of sovereign states uro causes of E'emocratic terror everywhere. The favorite sons of Democracy ho ex cite Republican terror where are tbov? Ask of the winds but even the winds can't tell Philadelphia Piess A Warm l'rn ectllu?. Brown What's tiio matter. Duniley? You look hot about something. Dumley (angiily) Hot' I should say . I was around at tho Eagle just hot;, and that fool Featherly dropped a hunk f lev down mv back Enough to malv uu tnun hot' S'e.v York Sun Syi up of Ki'k" Is Nature's own true laxative. It is fir mest easily taken, and the most effective remedy known to Cleanse the System when Bilious or Costive; to dispel Head aches, Colds and Fevers; to cure Habit ual Constipation, Indigestion, Piles, et.. Manufactured only by tho California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For sale only by Dowty & Becher. 27-y FARM, FIELD AND GARDEN. TIMELY INSTRUCTION IN VARIOUS FARM DEPARTMENTS. Nerevil).- for reeding Crop W lien Voiiiir Imperfect Sec-da 111 Adapted for I'oor SoiU tluture Seeds Ilct for All KiniN ol Laud. Tho fact that every plant has to form roots, leaves and stems before tho fruit cau appear i e.. organs which collect and s-toto up the materials from which the fruit is formed it follows that in caso a plant has not been able to collect a suf ficient quantity of these fruit producing constituents by the time of flavoring it cannot by any possibility Uar abundant fruit, hence tho importance of supplying to seed crops fiom tho moment of their growth proper quantities of all kinds of food that aro necessary to form grain as well as leaves. With forago crops the case is somewhat different. There would be no special harm in forcing theso to bear luxuriant leaves by means of uitrogenied manures, provided always that the growth is not so rauk that the plants wiH lodge It would bo folly, however, to attempt to force a grain crop in this way unless tho joung plants had access to an abundance of phosphoric acid, and all the other ash in grcdieuts necessary for tho formation of grain Tho same reasoning that teaches tho necessity of tho early harvesting of for ago crops applies, of course, to green ciops that are to bo turned under as man uro These should bo plowed under when in flower or even just buforo flower ing, for at that time they aie richest in easily decomposable organic matters, and contain nearly all the ash ingredients they are capable of taking It is usually important, moreover, in green manuring, to save as much time as possible in order to get in another crop, and to avoid tho formation of sceds, whether thoso of tho crop itself or of tho seeds that grow with it. It ought to bo borne in mind that im perfect teeds aro specially ill adapted for poor land, and that, as a rule, dead ripe seeds aro best for sowuig in all soils The results gained by scientists and prcgres sivo fanners of trials with seeds at dif ferent stages of ripeness, sown in the ope i field, make it appear that the less ripe tho seeds the fewer gennlnato and the weaker aro the voting plants Ou sandy soil theso differences persisted throughout tho en tiro life of tho plant, but in wit garden soil tho weak plants soon grow strong after a time In a word, the huitful in tluenco of light seeds may be overcome m a fertile soil, when till tho conditions aie favorable, while on poor ot dry lan.i the crop may nov er i ec-over w hen thus ci ippied at tho start VINES AND CLIMBERS. Varieties Th.it Am Decidedly lie. omtUi niid KnIly C'ultiv tied. Vi.ies growing about tho house, climb ing on bare walls and covering old fences, or hiding under clustering leaves somo unsightly old building add greatly to tho apiKarunc of a place Theso festoons of green not only conceal defects, but de stroy tho primness and formality of a dwelling honso as it comes from the hands of the builder Just why one does not see more of these graceful climbing plants is hard to understand, for tliero are many kinds that are easily giov. n and which re quire but littlo care There ate lew plants of more value to the gardncr than tho hardy or perennial climbers, which, onco planted, remuiuaud grow huger and better every season 'I he general cultivation of tho Viigima reeper a native ot our woods h:i dmio much to beautify rural homes The ivv and v.ootl bine are two other populai climbers The clematis is yet anothes tavoiite chmU-r. and for covering trelli-es. rock woik or screening n hit tic-o it cannot bo excelled. The large flow ei ing varieties are paitic-u larly desirable for these purposes Clematis jackmanui, an English hybrid that bears intense viol, t pin pie Mowers, and tho queen, with delicate lave.id-r flowers, are two choice varieties umoi-g tho large flowering clemetis Tho so called moon (lower plant, which the past two seasons has had such a lai.t pationage. is useful for verandas i.nd makes a good green houso chmbei fi tie v.dl known cy pi ens vine, with its bright beautiful (lowers, is another deservedly popular cliniLr. and, by tho by. thiivcs best in sandy loam The few plants abo-.o enumerated are but the beginning of an almost inexhaustible libt of ornamental vines that one may havo growing about their homo w ith the expenditure of a lit tlo labor and almost no money Tho i:.-.t Small I'ruits. Early in tho season Tho Rural New Yorker sent out inquiries as to tho best three kinds of cariy. medium and Lite fruits Tho replies came from authorities over a wide range of country fiom Can ada to Texas Following aro in brief the results of the inquiry Strawberries, IM votes, as follows: Cres cent Seedling. 10. Downing, 10. Sharp less. 10; Cumberland. S. Wilson. 4; Bid well. 4; Jersey Queen. :J; Jewell, 3; Miner. 3. Btibach, 3, tho others 1 and 2 each. Itaspberries, 21 were voted on with this result: Cuthbert, 14; Souhegau, 5, Marl borough. 4; Gregg, 4; Uan&ell, 3; Shaffer. 3; the others 1 and 2 each. Blackberries, 18 were voted on with this result. Kittating. 9; Taylor, C; Wilson. 3 Snyder. 3; Ancient Britton, 3, Erie, 3 the others 1 and 2 each. Gooseberries, 0 wero voted for as fol lows. Downing, 13; Houghton. 9; Industry. 7; Smiths, G; Triumph, 2; Dougal. 1. Currants. 8 wero voted on with this re sult White Grape, 11; Fays, 10; Versail laise, 4; Cherry. 4; Victoria, 0; White Dutch. 2; Leo's Prolific, 2; Red Dutch. 1 Of white grapes, 19 vveio voted for as follows Niagara, 12; Lady, 10. Empire State. 5, Pocklington, o; Duchess; 4; Mar tin, 4. Hayes. 3; the others 1 and 2 each Of red grapes, 20 were voted for as fol lows Brighton, 11; Delaware, 12. I'Sti r o. Lindley, 3, Salem. 3; Vergennes. 3. the others 1 and 2 each Of black or blue grapes, 1 1 were voted for as follows Worden. 12; Concord, 10 Wilder, 8, .Moore's Early. 7; Herbert, 4. the others I and 2 each A ISree.ler T IN How to Kali" C'-. A bre dcr in fine horses tells in Turf Field aud Farm his plan far raisuig fine colts Tho brood mare, after foaling, is fed liberally on grain. When tho rlies are bad she is sheltered during the heat of tho day and is given tno range of sm-ci lent pastures at night When the an K chilly she is housed at night and i turned out during tho day Each mare is put in a box at feeding time so that sho may en ioy her oats in jeace. If the gram is put into troughs out hi the pasture thero will be serious scrimmages for it In every band there are two or three mares who want to rule, and at feeding time they rush from trough to trough and keep everything in a ferment The grain is hastily swallowed and there is danger of tho colts getting injured by kicks The foal will begin eating grain when two weeks old. and if the mother is fed inn quiet place the baby will havo more inclination as well as time to nose m the trough itself At five months old the foal is weaned and it goes for the winter into a sunny and sheltered yard used ex clusively for weanlings At night two colts occupy one box, and during tho day the whole band enjoys tho bright and bracixm weather. Each i&Jejl ua.ta ina sepanitc "box ana is given pranty ot goca hay. and gathering in a band for exercise promotes cheerfulness and aids digestion. All this requires thought and attention, but it pays in tho long run. Polled Aberdeen Angn Cattle. Nono of the so called "beef breeds" of cattle have attained a moro rapid or well deserved popularity in this 'country than the Aberdeen angus, say3 American Agri culturist Their ireedom from horns is an obv.otis advantage in feeding and trans porting by rail They aro prolific, mature early and fatten easily Well bred "dod dies" wliich "rustle" tho first two years, and arc finished off with grain, weigh from l.oOO to 1.000 pounds each, and when brought to the final test of tho butcher's block, yield as high as sixty pounds or moro of finely marbled dressed beef for every hundred pounds of livo weight. For the purpose of securing purity of blood, the leading breeders of theso cattle several y ears ago organized tho American Aberdeen Angus Breeder's association, and two volumes of its herd books havo been published and the third is in courso of preparation Tho association has a mem bership of nearly MO. embracing many of tiio foremost live stock breeders of the country Cal la Lillet. New York florists who grow calla lilies for market keep the plants in pots all tho voir round In a v.oid. t hoy keep the callas in active growth until May or June, then they dry them off and put them away to rest until about August, when the plants aro repotted into tho same sized pots (bix or eight inch) in which they were previously growu. After ro jMtting they are watered and exposed to aii and sun. when active growth soon bo gins again Tho plants, under this treat ineut. begin to bloom in October and con tintio to (lower during the winter and on until after Easter. Some growers vary tho above plan Im planting their callas iu tho open ground during tho summer and lifting and pot ting them in tho autumn. This latter practice is productive of luxuriant foliage anil very largo lilies Tho first plan men tioned resting the plants in bummer will, however, give the greatest number of blossoms Ciit Liinu :ih Mil Intecticl.Ie. Prof. A. J Cook, in a lecture delivered on gas limo as au insecticide, makes tho follow mg statement: "To use gas lime for leaf eating injects it may be seat tered on as ,i powder or it ni'iy bo mied with water and sprinkled on tho plants. 1 hav e reason to believe that if a littlo of it is incorporated in tho soil in lods where radishes aud cabbageu at o being grow u that tho destructive mag gots will not put in an npe.irai:co. We tried it on plants already attacked, and found that all the m.iggots actually t ouehed by the pow derw ere speedily killed. Li!;., the kerosene emulsion, togive perfect satisfaction, it must ho applied as eaily as the (leas come to deposit tho eggs ft is very possible that by scattering tiiis gas lime on our s.jn.i.,li vines in Juno we might stay th ravages of that dreaded pest, the squash borer. Tiio V il-.m Straw herrj iiii.l Cone. ir.1 Grape. Thrr.-are unquestionably better varie ties of tho strawberry than tho Wilson, but there is none that gives better returns under inexperienced management. Just so the Concord grape, though not the best, it is the grape that will stand .the neglect and want of favorable conditions of the general grower better than any other sort. How to l'.irlt rgs-- It pays when packing eggs for market to put them in egg cases Theso cases are s.-lt counting, being uniform in bi7e. and will cat ry their fragile freight much -ifcr than rny otlur way It is best to riake two grades, those absolutely clean .- i.l fresh nd thoso not up to tho staud aid lit color, cleanliness and freshness Thine Told !y Others. The professors and others aro telling us in the farm press that if slices of pota toes are soaked in Paris green water and scattered over the field before the potatoes are up tho potato beetles will bo killed This is not Rural New Yorker's ex peri ence In tho first place, the beetles don't appear in largo quantities before the jo tatoes aro up Afterward they will not eat a Paris greened slico if they can gt t tho leaf. Skimmed milk is good for young chicks Indiana Farmer says that the Shropshire sheep have grown moro rapidly in favor than almost any other breed, especially in the central western states. An authority on poultry claims that close breeding and breeding for feather reduces tho size and especially tho number of eggs. American Cultivator expresses the opin ion that barley is somevv hat better than oats to sow- eaily for soiling purposes. It grows up to cutting sio i lore quickly, and just before heading out is specially rich and succulent lor cows giving milk. A southern farmer very truly says Pigpens ought not to bo in tho same locality every season. By having them movable much valuable manure can be secured from the saturated earth around the old sites, while the change to fresh places will greatly promote cleanliness and health. For the first me-d tc littlo chicks a prominent poultryman recommends boiled eggs chopped line, shelta and all. with baked corncako crumbled into scalded milk. A Scotch shepherd says that she ep keep much better when they have to get their feed with somo difficulty A feed box. in which they c-.-in get only their heads, with a troughlike arrangement on top. a narrow slit at bottom, ot three or foul inches saves about all waste, and muss ing and soiling of tho hay Want of Sleep Ii si iubng tllOlls Hills 1III1SI l'!. To tho iit-a:u- aslimi , ,'n.l tl.i I t. - s tins trouble is alarmingly on tl. .ir.i.-. Tin- Usual it in. iis. winli th. in iv give ti mjM.rary r 1.. f, art- IiU.lv to l more harm than gim.l. What is m .!. .1 is au Alterative and i'.Kn.il-t.m i!'n r Ajer's S.irs.ipariU.i is mm miMr.it.lv the best. It orri ts those listiirb.ll. . s ill the in illation wlu h i .msc sit i-pl. s-,-tifss, gives iiureai.il vitality, and re stores tin- nervals syslc-ui ton healthful condition. Rev. T.G. A. Cot.'', agent of the M i-s. Home Missionary So. lety, writes that hw stomal h was out of order, his sli i-p very- often disturb. .1. anil some- impurity- of the blood manifi st : but that :t perfect cure was obtained by the use of Aver's Sarsaparilla. Frederick W. Pratt. 121 Washington street, Boston, writes: " My daughter v. as prostrated with nervous debilitv. Aver'n Sarsaparilla i-stond her to h.-ilth." William F. Uovvker. Erie, P.i . was cured of nervousness and sleeplessness bx taking Ay it's Sarsaparilla for about two months, during whn-h time his weight im-rca-ii-il over twenty pounds Ayer's Sarsaparilla, rncr.vnKn r.v Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Drui!it. Price 3 1 , u tottlcs, S3. National Bank! OF COLUMBUS. NEB. -HAS AN Authorized Capital of $250,000, A Surplus Fund of - $20,000, And the lar.-st Paid in Cuh Capital of nil li.uik in thin Hit of the St'ile. -Cl I'otutt. receive.! ami interest imiiljoa tiiiid'io"itH. JST-flnifts on the princ inl e-ititM in tliiecouu try timl lairote ltii:ht ntul Mild. Wt'oHectioiin and nil oilier htiaiuesn Kites Iromit mitt CHreful attention. NToehiioi nuts. . AMtCKSON. IWt. .i ii.i;ai.i.i:, ;.-.. iwi. o. r KlU:N.Ca-.liier. Ii. WIM'ltSON. ! ANDKKSO.N, ,iMitiii;i:tM:N. iiimi kaiiaiV., JOHN. I. SI I, LIN .. "A. . .MeVI.USTKK. Apr-JS-'sltf business ;ird?;. (jn.MVAi .v ui:i:iti:ic, -1 '"'( AV; YS AT LAW, OlH.-e oter I irst Niitumal Hank, Colnmljti-. Nebraska. .MMf c '1 . i:VAi.i, ,-ri. ., i ii i .s 1 i v .sr.v.-Ko.v. '""I1"'" m"' r"o'f4. ("hick Imihliiic. 11th tr.st. T leIioiie-oiiiiiiiiiuiatioii. l-r T SB. .11,tiFAKlt. .iuoi:r ,r ori;r n nur. tr"0:l ter I'm-! Nnlioiuil Ijimk, Coliiui. buw, N. hraxkn. 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Ii;iiunjr.s Die. .9.4 ii A.-. mi.i.i, '. nt.i.,- Arzl.) rilYSIClA ,i,l scnavox, t'oblllliill-. Nel,. 1 h s s-s I S-..7 M.rw . , l!' riiii.hi.il.. l.Iet..iu. sti.-i. i :!,.,. , ;,,.t ,....r,7. lTJiimrs7 JlHIM..IIK.i.lS. t. J.I.AKI.OW. HIGGINS & GARLOW, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, hn.ilt m.i.l. of I oll.itn.imb C. .1. (on-low .:i-m ' K. C. BOYD, ii i t t ri iii-it oi- Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware,! Job-Work, Hoofing; and Gutter ing a Specialty. ; ".Shop on I 'i, sir, . hr..is.. !ro V ..1.1 "Minion 1 1 irt.. nth -tr. . i jif GRASS SEEDS ! Clover, Timothy, Red Top, Millet, Hungarian and Blue Grass Seed, u HERM&NQEHLRIGH&BRO'S. fell. -till nrrnSEA wonders x,,t ... I j L L Uu.o"-iikU ot I. ."ii-. hut are Mir- II i I fc1"'' ''j l'ni..rvelHof int.-nln.n. !! Tl.o- who . re i,i H.-.I of .rotitiMi, work th .r inn U !.ri U,t!, living at home "hoiiM at ..in. s. nil their uililn-r. to IIhII. it A .... I'orthiml, Main, .ami i.M.n,. free, full in form it ion l it either wx,(,f all ..ci -, kii .-am from $1 I., j. i- r ilitan.l iiitt.irils Iiw.h.t th lite Yon are M.irt.-il fr. ( npital n..l re oiiir.il. home hat. mail.. .t. r V) in a inul.. la .it tl .s work All sin C...-.I. sTil.cij $500 Reward ! We will tf( thealx.te ren.inl for an case of liter ..mpl.iint, .Ijr-t- .nm. mi k lit.nl u he.in.lt-Kei-tion, "-.instillation or nwiinii.f. w. cannot cure with .t' fctuMe Liter I'lll-, when the lir.i tiotis ,.r. i-lru tK coiiiiiIi.-.! with. Ilie aie j.ur. ! o talile. ami i: ver fai' to Kite Mitisfm -tion. I-iri;e I,....- coiit.uiiim; .JO finr ir oatnl j. ills, -in . I,,r sal- l all lrnn."t.. l!c wait of t ounti rf. its ami in n n.iinm.-. The k inline ni-iiiiif.K-tiireit oi.l l JOHN ( . Wh-sr A ( (.. - W. Ma.li-on St . ( tm- ait III ilc 7 sTt INVENTION h.w r. tolntii.tiieil tl.i ttorhliliirmictlie I u-t hilf centiirj. Not hast anionic the wor'lets of mt. ntue i roi;r."-s is i inetho.1 ami .j-stem of work that can ix- rfornic.1 alloter t he ronnt r without seiinmtini; the workers from their liiiini -. In tihenil. aii one cm do the work, . itht r 'ex. toiini; or old. no npi-cial ahilitt required. ajntnl not muli-d. jrm are start, d free. ( ut this out and return to us and we will fend you free, souip thine of nat value and im portance to oti, that will Mart joit in hnsine-., wliich will lirint: jou in more mon.-j riuht aw.ij. than antthins t le- in the world. ,.iu,t mtit frrr. Aililn-. True A Co.. Atiiruta, Jle. (Uc"J3 WPWS P2L P JT? A hook of Ko piKC3 fl li, jWrr;r& n. st l,o!c loran ITvm.--mn.j.,,. niKf-tiM r to cou- fJV AJ I a " J?J . IK, .1 or otherwise. Itf-ont i n li-t-ot ii-Niie!-:nnl stn:iat(M ottl. e-o-roi.KUtrtisiiitr.lhc n lv rti-erttho t..u.ts to siieini one ilollr.r lon' hi it the in iiriuuti mlie re.juircj. thIe!thim tthott ill invest one- hundred tboiis-ui t dollars in ud vur'itiit'. :i sclie-mo is indicnt.d vtliich will meet Ills every reiiulremeiit, or enn I matte to tlo so ly sliiht cltttngestasily arrirettttt lycor rtiontrnre. WJ edition-) have been issued. :eiit. post-paid, to any address for lOe-ents. Arlto tc I5KO. 1. KOA'EI.L. & CO. NKWaPAPEIt AUVEKTJrfl.N'U HUKEAU. aodoruwst.1 riaUns House Sq ), New YorS.