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TmmfeTm- finlfl , '. MM4SMWMMMMBM m fhmhn 0ttrnaL .V VOL. XIX.-NO. 15. COLUMBUS, NEB. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1888. WHOLE NO. 951. " r ! j ii- e y- COLUMBUS STATE BANK. COLUMBUS, NEIL Cash Capital $75,000. DlKKrrOKS: LEA.NDER . UEIlltARll, lVea'l. GEO. W. HUUST, Vice IWt. JULIUS A. KKKD. II. II. HEN'UV. J. IJ. TASKEIt. Cail.ior. Hit alt of iepoit, IHmohbI anl KirSiiiiiK1. :olletions I'roiuptly .nde nil IoIbI. ny iBterfht ob Time epo- itN. 274 OF COLUMBUS, NEB. CAPITAL STOCK. : $50,000. OKF1CKISS: C. II. SHELDON, PreVt. V. A. M.-LLISTKK. Vic- Pres. C. A. NEWMAN. Cashier, DANIEL SCllKAM, Ahi'I Cash. D1KECTOKS: J. I'. HECKEIt, H. '. H. OEHLUICII, JONAS WELCH, CAUL KEINKE. II. M. W1NSLOW. Tliia Hank tnmwts a regular Hinkins Huii ness, will allow interest on time deiseiits, make eoll.i-lHHii. buy or sell exchange n United States nnd Kuro-,nml buy ami -ell nvailable weuritii-. W.; shall In. i!.'.t.;1 to receive yonr business. We solicit jour patronage. 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'DiutiMimls ure still trumps among jewels,'" baitl h jeweler's clerk in a State strvet store, "ami, in spit of the chang ing fashions in jewels, the diainuntl re mains the kiii of precious stones us far as popularity goes. Turquoi., sapphires, emeralds and ruhies are increjuiuy; ill popularity, however, and are very cxpen i ve. The emerald and ruby seem tc be gtt tin scjin-er and dearer every year. Why, a line three carat ruby is worth $43 any time, and the emerald is. worth nearly as much. Some very common rubies will brin $50 to $100. There are fewer rubies being found every year. It is the same with emeralds, besides the latter are sel dom perfect. I cannot recollect having ever seen a flawless emerald, and I don't believe any one else iu the store ever did either. In every one of them will be found a 'feather,' a crack, or a 'cloud' of some kind. It seems as if every stone had lH-eii struck with a hammer and stunned. The edges will be all right, but the center will look as if it had cracked with out splitting, or else there will be a cloud or flaw of some sort. Itubies are apt to be the same, although not so much so as emeralds. Tho-e emeralds on that cotton there are 'doublets.' Don't you know what a doublet is? Why, it's a manu factured stone; that is, it is a joining of two stones. Look at this emerald. Pretty, isn't it? Beautiful tint of green. Now turn it upside down. There, see that rim of red around the edge? A doublet always has that, no matter what the color of the amalgamated stones was. But it only shows when you turn the stone upside down. See, they have even put a flaw in the surface to further simulate genuine ness. They can make doublets of any stones which will cement together, and make them so cleverly that the unprac tical eye will never detect the fraud if you call it that." "Do you not have to guard against spuriousness in other gems besides the diamond?" "Certainly. Turquoise is simulated by jewel counterfeiters. Two small and infe rior stones will be 'doubled' into a stone that will cause even exjwrts to cxer iso the greatest care in examining. Or they will he pulverized and mixed up with foreign matter in such a way that the new jewel will have nearly all the brilliancy of color ami polish of surface IiObsessed by the genuine article. The light blue Persian tunjuoise is the rare variety at present and is very expensive." "In the window is a white sapphire. How is that? I supposed all sapphires were blue." "Then you supposed wrong, but you are with the majority. Host people think that all sapphires ure blue, but that is far from the truth. The one in the window is pure white, as pure ns a diamond. Be sides those there are violet, pink and yellow sapphires. The violet nnd pink varieties arc very beautiful and considered extra fine jewels. The yellow sapphires partake of the nature of the chrysoberyl, which comes also in yellow and brown nnd pale green. It is a rather uncommon stone and a very beautiful one." "What is that green stone on the cot ton in the corner?" "That is another very uncommon stone. They call it Alexandrite. It is an orien tal jewel, and there nre not many brought to this country. It is very expensive and is very highly prized by connoisseurs, who nre the purchasers of most of them. It is a peculiar stone, changing its light. In the day it is as you see it, a dirty green, but by night it is full of reddish lights. It comes in various sizes, from one to eight carats, and is sometimes almost as expensive as a diamond." - "Are opals popular?" "Much more so than they were. There was a time when you could hardly sell an opal at any price. Now there is a con stant demand for them. The supersti tious regarded them as unlucky, and so widespread was the hallucination that it wjis seldom you saw one worn." "J low about cat's -eyes?" "Cat's eyes are very hard stones, found in various countries. The best come from Persia and the east. I have one of a brownish tint that is worth $500 any day. A cat's eye weighing three carats will bring $000 easily. Tiger's eye ure inex pensive and very popular. The tiger's eye is not a stone, as is generally supposed, but ietrifled wood. It is found iu very large quantities in northern Michigan, but most of the "better kind comes from a petrified forest of Arizona. There they find it in sections as large as a tree trunk. They are made up into scarf pins, rings and other articles of jewelry." "Which distinctively American stone is the most valable?" "I can't say that any distinctively American stone is very valuable, but we produce a few diamonds. They come from Iowa and Wisconsin. They are small and are too yellow. I do not think this country, however, will ever produce very many diamonds; still it is interest ing to know that genuine stones can really be met with occasionally. Here's an odd stone, that mottled green and black one. They call it chrocilodite. They come from northern Michigan, and in that size are worth about $15. Sometimes they are mottled and divide exactly like the upper shell of a turtle, aud I once made a scarf pin of one of them, fixing on the legs, tail and head of gold. We sell quite a few of those aquamarines aud the pink topaz, which is quito common nowadays, is greatly sought after. Here are some pearls. No, that's an imitation, I thought you would be de ceived. I think they are made of wax, but they have succeeded in making as per fect an imitation as is possible. They pre serve, too, the irregular shape of the genuine pearl. By the way, I might say right here that some of the prettiest pearls we get are found in tl fresh water clams of Illinois and other western states. Look at these," and the jeweler showed a hand ful of pearls all the way from twice the size of a grain of wheat down to that of a pin's head. They were irregular in shape, but most of them were full of subdued and delicate half tints of blue, purple and pin';. "These are first rate pearls for their size and come from the Miami, " abash, Illinois and Sangamon rivers. Chicago Times. Superstitions of the Chinese. A girl who is partaking of the last meal she Is to eat in her father's house previous to her marriage sits at the table with her parents and brothers; but she must eat no more tlum half the bowl of rice set be fore her, else her departure will be fol lowed by a continual scarcity in the domi cile she is leaving. If a bride breaks the heel of her shoe in going from her father's to her husband's house it is ominous of unhappinesa iu her new relations. A piece of bacon and a parcel of sugar nre hung on the back of a bride's sedan chair as a stop to the demons who might molest her while on her journey, Tha "Three Baneful Ones" are fond of salt and spices, and the "White Tiger" likes sweets. A bride may be brought home while a coffin is in her husband's boose, but not within 100 days after a coffin is carried out. Domestic troubles are sure to come noon one who is married within 100 days after a runerai. A bride, while putting on her wedding garments, stands in a round, shallow basket. This conduces to her leading a placid, well rounded life in her future home. After her departure from her father's door, her mother puts the basket over the mouth of the oven, to stop the mouths of all who would make adverse comment on her daughter, and then sits down before the kitchen range, that her peace and leisure may be duplicated in her daughter's life. A bride must not, for four months after her marriage, enter any house iu which there has recently been a death or n birth, for if she does so there will surely be a quarrel between her and the groor . If a young mother goes to see a bride, the visitor is looked upon as the cause of any calamity that may follow. Allele M. Fielde in Popular Science Monthly. Ihe Matter of Nurae anil Titles. The latest fail is for the woman to re tain her family name after marriage in stead of taking that of her husband. Every woman has a perfect right to do this if she wants to, because there is no law compelling her to adopt that of tho man she marries. The style has lieen started anew by some of the strouger minded English women. This aloue is sufficient to make it the proper thing for Anglo-Americans. In England, however, it is necessary for the woman to advertise the fact that she is goiug to retain her maiden name. In this country a man may take his wife's name instead of her taking his, but it would probably be bet ter to have the change legalized by a court or legislature iu order to prevent any trouble in relation to property or in heritances. Wouldn't it be better to call men and wflmeu by their proper names? The Quakers do so, und there Is nothing offen sive nor suggestive of undue familiarity alKnit it. They do so from principle rather than to be odd. They say: "Call no man master." Mister is but another term for master, and was originally used by common people when addressing their superiors, or those whom they served. As a people we are opposed to titles sug gestive of social rank. Our term "Mrs." is merely a form of the English term mis tress, which was and is now an undesir able title when used iu certain connec tions. Usage has changed this somewhat, yet it is an unnecessary prefix to the name of alady. Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. Mental Organization of Criminal. Dr. Henry Mondslcy, of London, in his address before the recent meeting of tho Anthropological association in this city, distinguished between the occasional or accidental criminal, who presents nothing characteristic in form, feature or cere bral structure, and tho natural or essen tial criminal. Tho latter is what he is by no reason of defective intellect. "It is not true that lack of intellect and of moral feeling go together in defective mental organizations in some instances. The defect seems to be mainly moral. Those of this class are either born of criminal parents, or sprung from families in which insanity, epilepsy or some nearly allied neuropathy has existed. It is only of this class that we can say that they have a special criminal neurosis. A third very distinct group is that of those who break the law while laboring under posi tive disease." The conclusion reached by the investi gator is, that there is no general criminal constitution predisposing to crime, and that no theories of criminal anthropology are so well grounded as to justify their introduction into a revised criminal law. The right aim of scientific study is indi cated as the investigation, first, of crimes committed by persons suffering" from positive disease; secondly, of crimes by persons of defective mental organization. It is tc Ikj liojK'd that this explanation may help to combat tho sentimental no tion tha? there is a criminal constitution, that the criminal is to !e pitied rathei than censured, and that crime is a disease for which the criminal is not to le held fctrietly responsible. Frank Leslie's. Mexicans and the Railroad. Mexicans take more kindly to railroads than is generally supposed in the states. The stage coach will go out of business as soon as the trains reach Guadalajara. As much as the people cling to ancient cus toms they never ride in a stage w' n the cars will carry them to the same destina tion. It is funny, however, to see them getting xtsed to the new mode of travel. The whole family will come down to the depot to see a member off on a ten miles' journey. Two or three rounds of kissing take place, accompanied by steady sob bing. Choking adioses are shouted and handkerchiefs are waved until the train is out of sight. Mexicans not only learn to ride in the cars, but they take to railroad work with great zeal and aptitude. Mexican brake men and firemen are now employed on all the roads. Mexican clerks and book keepers fill most of the subordinate posi tions iu general offices. Many of the tele graph offices are manned by Mexican oiierators. The natives will fill these po sitions for half what Americans demand, and, of course, they get them. About the only complaint which the railroad man agers find with the native help is that it is sometimes oversuiart. Mexico Cor. Globe-Democrat. An Kxaninle for Americans. One sees everywhere throughout India one general coufmon characteristic. That is a sort of kindliness of disposition, kind liness to man aud brute. All domestic animals are as gentle and tame as fire side petted kittens. The cow and ass, the sheep and goat, the camel and horse, the chicken aud duck, all seem absolutely a part of the family. Pigeons in flocks are frequently seen whirling in great circles in the cities for several minutes, and then swooping down upon certain housetops. Often several flocks unite aud fly together and theu separate as people do In dances. I have seen this several times, but one day when on a minaret I saw men on different houses waving flags and directing the flights of those birds, and bra motion calling them down to them. I thus one day saw six different flocks flying at once now mingling, then separating and all done under the orders of their respective owners. They are kept iu a sort of coop in the house top, nnd are thus sent out for exercise. After flying for a half hour or so, they are fed aud quietly go into the coops. One gets pigeons at almost every meal in all cities here. Carter Harrison in Chicago Mail. Patrons of m Toney Restaurant. ' The demands made on a clerk at Del monico's are almost infinite. He must be able to answer all sorts of queries from astronomy to horse car routes in San Francisco; from the news of the latest lire, races or accident to the rules of so cial precedence at the court of St. James. People are continually wanting checks cashed, tickets for entertainments, money changed, bills made out, etc. The other day an infantile looking dude came in and cried: "What's my bill?" "Ninety-seven cents," said the clerk, after a short computation. "All right; don't let it run over fl," and the youth departed with a flourish. People send servants in at all hours for bouillon, salad, wine, cigars or cigarettes, some of the latter being doubtless for women. New York Tribune, The first lead mining done In America was by Jullen Dubuque, scar the aita of Dubuque, la. WHEN PEOPLE MEET. THE SALUTATIONS COMMONLY EM PLOYED BY DIFFERENT NATIONS. Gentleman and Fair Lady On the Conti nent Men Embracing One Another. Malays, Chinese, Japanese The Moorish Way The Military Salute. In walking down a busy thoronghfaro an observer cannot help remarking the different manners in which the various travelers, pedestrians or otherwise greet one auotlier. A gentleman approaching a lady watches her closely to see whether she will bow to him. If so, off goen his hat. Hardly two men, however, do this bimplc act in the same way. One flour ishes it at arm's length; another hardly raises it from his head; a third exposes the side, as if he were asking a charity, while a fourth seems frightened lest by some mischance he should disarrange his hair. The fair lady, too, does not always return the salute in tho same way. Cross the channel, however, and one is in a land where hat lifting is tho recognized salutation. It appears at first curious to a nativo of American or English soil to see a not too clean coal heaver or jHildler sol emnly raise his head covering it does not always amount to as much as a hat to an equally dirty brother workfnan, with an air many young dudes might envy; but iu time ono fails to notice such things. On entering and leaving a shop, no matter how small, the ioIito man again uncovers his head, while each of these actions is always accompanied by an appropriate word of greeting. Tho peasants of Spain, in the country, on meeting a stranger offer him, as a salu tation, a portion of the bread they always carry with them. Of course, it is refused with thanks, and great would be the as tonishment of tho would bo donor if it were accepted. In Germany in frfbt, pretty well all over tho continent to pass a man or woman on a country road with out saying a friendly greeting is looked upon as very impolite, nnd the person do ing so would certainly bo regarded as a stranger. Among tho French and Bel gians especially the habit of men embrac ing ono another is quite common, a father and son, or two Intimate friends, thinking nothing of falling into each other's arms and kissing in public. Colder tempered nations consider such effusions unneces sary, aud believe there is just as much feeling in tho warm grip of tho hand and few words of welcome. The Malays and other Polynesians sa lute by smelling. This is ierfonned by rubbing noses. A former resident of Now Zealand says that on meeting after an ab sence of some time two Maories seizo hands and rub noses violently, at the saino time loudly weeping, presumably from the pleasure of teeing each other, or perhaps from the pain of friction. In In dia tho Buddhists salute by lowering the palm of tho right hand and bringing it up toward the face, at the same time saying: "Kam, ram chair." Tho Mahometans do tho same, but simply say "Salaam." This is only done in cither case by members of the same faith. Tho salutation is always made, too, with tho right hand, to use tho left being considered an insult. Tho Chinese have a regular codo of salutations, eight in number, which do fine the proper amount of respect to bo paid to different individuals. The ono which is perhaps most familiar to San Franciscans is that when at the new year the Chinaman clasps his hands together, and, gently bowing, wishes his friend tho compliments of tho reason. Two curious greetings which these people have among themselves are those of asking each other: "Havo you eaten riceV" and "Is your stomach In good order?" The Japanese show respect on meeting by bending tho knee, though in the street they only make a feint of so doing. This is tho general salute. A stranger coming among the Moors for the first time would, perhaps, be astonished and a little frightened by seeing one of them riding at full gallop toward him, as if ho wcro intending to execute a cavalry charge. His fears might perhaps bo in creased when this horseman, when almost close to his apparent victim, suddenly reined up and discharged a pistol over his head, lvccovering from his astonishment, however, he would find that this is tho Moorish way of welcoming a stranger. Natives of tho Gold Coast have still another modo of salutation. They lower their robe from the left shoul der with tho right hand, and gracefully bow, though if it is a groat man they salute, and if they wish to bo particularly respectful, tho whole robe is removetl, exposing tho breast. Egyptians greet ono another with a remark peculiar to their country, "How goes tho perspira tion'r" The military salnto required in nearly all civilized countries is nearly the same. Perhaps iu Germany, however, t lie regu lations aro somewhat more stringent. A soldier, on meeting the emperor, has to stand still, face about, and remain with hand raised for from twelve to twenty paces before his majesty approaches to tho same distance after he has passed. In Belgium an officer has to do the same for the king, and subalterns for generals, though ten paces only are re quired for the latter case. Soldiers car rying anything, so that their hands nre occupied," salute with their eyes that is, they turn their heads in thodirection of the person coming and going. French officers ralso their caps to each other, but tho privates do as the privates in other armies do. London Globe, AT A MILITARY SCH00L. The Leavenworth Pupils in Review In fantry, Cavalry and Artillery. One after another they move out upon the field, facing west, the infantry on the right aud nearest us; then the battery, In two lines, its gun carriages to the front; theu the long single rank of the cavalry battalion, stretching to the far southern edse of the field. Well out to the west, in front of the center, is the commanding officer with his staff, nnd presently, as the white plumed adjutant gallops down the line, turns toward his chief on reaching the center, then halts and reins about, there is a simultaneous crash as arms arc presented, and n long line of steel the sabers of the cavalry springs into air. Then review order is taken, ranks nre opened, the battery unlimbcrs and whirls its black muzzled guns to the front; an other present of the line to the exalted personage who receives the review, and is hailed with a flourish of trumpets and the simultaneous droop of all the stand ards; another movement, and the line be comes an open column; another com mand, and with a triumphant burst of music from the band the whole array moves as one man; tho passage in review has begun. In quick time, the band leading, they come jauntily toward us, changing direc tion at the upper corner and swinging past the animated groups of spectators. Front after front the sturdy infantry trudges by, the student officers hidden as file closers behind their companies and wishing for this occasion only that they belonged to the cavalry and could command and be in front or their men instead of trailing meekly after them, as required of the in fantry ' 'sub. ' ' Well they knovy that they cannot by any human possibility look half so picturesque in this position as their rivals and contemporaries of the cavalry on their "prancing chargers" and in front of their platoons. All the same, they have their sympathetic admirers in the throng, and so they pass us by. And than with cbaxauins bits and tossins manes come flie p"Iutootis of horse. The battery quickens its gait on the marching flanks, and the girls wonder how those guuucrs sit so straight with folded arms and never make hysterical grabs at the bars or at each other, as they would do under like circumstances. The cavalry, too, comes around at a trot, the young platoon commanders fully alive to and making the most of their golden oppor tunity, looking vastly martial and striving not to look ns though they very well knew just where "she" happened to stand among the groups of fair ones under the shade trees. Down the long field goes the glistening column, officer after officer saluting as be passes the reviewing point, and then the infantry reappears, tramping up the east ern edge. Like some perfected machine, the long array wheels into line to the left, the ranks are dressed, then brought once more to review order. Again the trumpets flourish, the standards droop, and arms clash to the present. Then comes brief rest before some one of tho three com mands is summoned to the front to show what it cau do in the maneuvers of its particular arm. It may be a stirring skirmish drill, covering the entire valley, by -Ac bright plumed cavalry. It may be a dashing series of battery maneuvers, with much smoke, noise, and odor un limited of "the villainous saltpetre." It may le rapid evolutions of the foot bat talion; but in each and all the student officer must take his part. Charles King, U. S. A., in Harper's Magazine. Making Ilonnctt at Ilome. "Forty dollars for a spring bonnet?" a lady was overheard to remark to a friend as she was riding down Fifth avenue in a stage yesterday morning. "Not I. Nor 20 cither. Money is worth too much for that. I haven't spent over $10 und not often more than $0 for a bonnet since I was married. This I havo on cost me just $4.27. "And I thought it was French. How can you look imported when 5'ou are really homemade?" "Oh, but I'm not homemade. I'm just as French as if I came from Paris iu my little cousin's big trunk. That's the beauty of the thing. My bonnet was made to order by a bona fide French milliner and one of the cleverest in the city, too. Yes, of course, there is a little scheme. There were n dozen of us who passed a unanimous resolution that bon nets for us, individually and collectively, had got to come down. We shook hands upon it nnd exchanged pledges of bon net pins. While we were discussing ways and means we heard that one of Mme. 's assistants was out of a plnce. Our course was clear; Mile. Julie should work for us. We inquired, every one of us, among our acquaintances nnd found plenty of women who jumped at the chance of having their hats aud bonnets provided for by a milliner who would come to the house. She comes, that's all. She works by the day or the half day, or even by the hour. She charges $5 a day. She has more work than she can attend to, and talks of hunting up a partner. She makes more money than she did as one of Mme. 's designers. And ns for us, we're going to tho country this summer on our savings. We are paying for material and good wages for skilled labor; nothing more. And really it is a new way of self support for women, you see." New Yoik Mail and Express. Getting Ahead of Hotel Men. The way hotel and some other people have beed" bled by some showmen is a cau tion. All sorts of schemes havo been re sorted to. with more or less success, generally tho latter. I know one man, now in the circus business, who used to travel with combinations on circuits among small towns, and play several nights stands. Money is often a scarce article with such managers, and, necessity being tho mother of invention, they proved very prolific in schemes to do their creditors when they wen hnrd up. The watch game was a popular one, nnd the man of whom I speak had it down to perfection. Ho carried regularly an as sortment of watches, presenting a good appearance, but cheap, awful cheap, filled cases, common movements, etc. He had them done up in style, though, with all sorts of incriptions, such as "From Mother to Willie." "From Father," or from admiring memberaof some company, in something of that sort. These would not Ikj of any great value to a man who would bnnglu the job, but this man was a born actor. His favorite was "From Mother to Willie," and when ho went, to the landlord it was with tears in his eyes, and tin l.imilord was very hard hearted if he did i:ot cry, too, and yield up. Did he ever ruleein many of these watches? Well, not many. Advance Agent in IJlob' '-Democrat. Tho Voice' or an Actor. Tho stage is not n drawing room. You cannot address 1,500 people in a theatre as you would address a few companions at the fireside. If the tone is not raised, you will not be heard; and if you do not articulate, the public will be unable to follow you. So-and-so, I nm well aware, has won for himself the reputation of a natural actor by affecting the conversational tone. He scarcely pronounces one word louder than another; he lets the ends of his phrases sink; hesitates, abridges, pretends to be at a loss for words, repeats his words two or three times over, drawls along for ten minutes, and then hurries his delivery in order to arrive at the ef fect. And as the public is like Panurge's sheep, even when it happens not to under stand, it exclaims: "Dear me! how very natural! He seems a if he were talking with his feet on his fender by his own fire side. What an actor! I did not hear what he said did yon? but how very naturally he said it!" C. Coquelin in Harper's Magazine. A Curious Negro Superstition. There is an old "darky" superstition which still holds a place in the mluds of a great many of our colored population. When the first thunder storm of the year comes the superstitions negro makes a beeline for the nearest river or oreek. He may be seen watching the rolling waters for some time, till at last he spies a dark object on its surface. Ho grabs it as it floats near the bank. With one exulting exclamation he binds the object around his wrist and goes his way iu peace, se cure, as he thinks, from the rheumatism and kindred ailments. What was the object? The skin of a water snake. Snakes are said to shed their skins when lightning first appears, and the negro believes that winding a snake skin around his wrist at this time exerts a counteracting influence on nearly all diseases. Charlotte (N. C.) Chronicle. lie Got Kven. First Club Man (heatedly) All I have to say is that I consider you a puppy. Second Ditto (coolly) If that were the case I could take the first prize at the dog show, and that's more than you can say. First Man How so? Second Ditto You lack the necessary pedigree and breeding." Harper's Bazar. Syrup of Figs Is Nature's own truo laxative. It is tho most easily taken, ami tho pipst effective remedy known to Cleanse- the System when Bilious or Costive; to dispel Head aches, Colds anil Fevers; to cure Habit ual Constipation, Indigestion, Piles, etc Manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cul. For Bale only by Dowty & Becher. 27-y MIDSUMMER DRINKS. COOL PALATE TICKLERS FOR NEW YORKERS' HOT THROATS. A Great Variety of Fluid Refreshments for the Heated Term At the Drug Store Fountain A Crowd of Thirsty Women. Girls. New York probably beats tho world for the variety and quality of its lluid re freshments, both for warm and cold weather, but more especially in summer does it seem to run riot in the profusion of drinks with which to cool tho parched tongues of its citizens. This is a good deal duo, no doubt, to the mixed character of the population, each nationality having its favorite distinctive tipplo. but each being by no means slow to appreciate the virtues of tho favorite of any other, iho result being that the German immigrant, who has hitherto been wedded to his lager, the Englishman to his ale und porter, tho Dutchman to his gin, tho Frenchman and Spaniard to their wine and brandy, tho Irishman and Scotchman to tlieir whisky, tho Mexican to his pulque, the Russian and Pole to their vodki, rapidly become tho American citi zen, who drinks anything and everything. THE Dltt'O STORK FOUNTAIN. Tho drug store "fountain," with its gorgeous clerk, has become an established feature of the thirst supply trade of this city, and from humble beginnings as a dis penser of soda water nnd mild essences only has evolved into a mammoth necro mancer's casket, concealing a multiplicity of strange mixtures in its many cham bered interior and glistening outside with polished marble turrets and slabs brist ling with scores of silver plated taps, knobs and faucets, till it looks like nn undersized Chineso pagoda. Watch the stream of people that pass in and out to tho favorito down town resort. Here comes a swarthy young fellow who calls for orgeat. "What's orgeat?" yon ask. "Orgeat," says the clerk, "is the temperanco drink of the New York Spaniard and Cuban. It's mado of sweet and sour pulverized almonds, sugar and orange juice, and is somewhat similar to the peach phosphates that southerners like." "Wlmt'vc you got good for dyspepsia?" says a sallow New Englander, who comes up nt a rapid gait, forgetting to buy a check in his hurry to get away again. Without waiting for an answer, he adds, "Gimmo pepsoline." Ho fills up the, to him interminable, moment it takes the clerk to fill his glass by reading the names on a row of patent medicine bottles, gulps his pepsoline and is off. "Lots of them," bays the clerk in a kind of compassionate tone. "Haven't got time to chew and want their stomachs to do the work of a cyclone pulverizer." "Nerve tonic," says a jaded looking man with a wink to the clerk. He gets it from a bottle in a little closet behind tho fountain and it seenis to do him good, by the way he smiles und smacks his lips. ""What's that made of?" you ask. "Iron for the blood quinine for the liver phosphorus for the brain nnd strychnine for the nerves," says the clerk all in one breath, like a man who has said it many times before and is a little tired of it. "Oh, not enough strychnine to hurt," he adds, in reply to your surprised look, "just enough to brace tho nerves. It's soothing." A CIJOWD OP WOMEN. But if you want to see a crowd of hot women drink, step into a big Sixth ave nue store, where they pour in fatigued br shopping and cross with the heat and the shortness of their purses. People drink ice cream soda elsewhere, of course, but not as they drink it in New York, by tho hour by the gallon. At the check desk, a continual thirsty lino of customers; at the counter, tho ceaseless sound of a syrupy pour, a fragile fizz, a gurgling gush, and a delicate splash as the lumps of ice cream Hop to the bottom of the soda wnter, to bo fished for with a long spoon by Gotliam's girlish guzzlers. A crowd of women struggling for some thing to quench their thirst is an in structive sight. Many of them drop tho gilding of good manners they assume out side again. Watch that big one. She values her weight now, if ut no other time. She sails up to tho check desk re gardless of tho polito request to fall in line, throws her money down and grabs a check intended for some one else, shoul ders a path through her indignant sisters to the counter, plants herself squarely on tho too of a patient woman who is just about to catch the eye of the clerk, se cures her place as she squirms, compels tho clerk's attention, gets her drink, takes an unnecessarily long time to con sumo it, uses her elbows freely to get out again, wrecks several infants in her triumphal passage to tho door and reas sumes the appearance of a lady the moment she reaches the sidewalk. School girls geucrally want strawberry and vanilla mixed; tho older brunettes, coffee or chocolato; blondes, pineapple or lemon; old women, sarsnparilla or rasp berry, nnd the widows and unmarried women of a certain age eschew soda water for npollinnris or vlcliy, which has no idle froth to prevent looking over the edge of the glass while drinking nnd docs not fizz up tin; nose, making it red and tho eyes watery. New York Tribune. In a Big Telegraph Office. Suppose that the average man is in duced to step off from State street for a few minutes, and mount tho four or five flights of stairs leading to tho main oper ating room of tho Western Union com pany's Boston office, having, of course, obtained from the proper authority the necessary permission to do so. When the top floor is reached, and entrance to the main operating room gainod, tlfcro is heard the most peculiar and astounding clatter imaginable. It is as if all the sew ing circles iu the world hod met for an afternoon of silent work, as sewing cir cles generally do. It is like, and yet it is unlike, tho clatter of a thousand machines iu a great factory, or a myriad of looms, and if one wishes to talk and Ikj heard he has to talk at the top of his voice. But this noiso comes from the telegraphic in struments which are lieing operated by somo score of nimble wrist ed, nimble fin gered men seated at tables systematically arranged in rows and sections. The stranger is apt to think that elec tricity is going crazy here. Ho is certain to wonder how on earth an operative dis tinguishes tho click of his instrument in the general tumult. The tables are generally divided into four sections, separated by thick glass partitions, and in each section is nn in strument, and bt each instrument thero is an operator. All operators are working as fast jw their hands and heads wil let them. Some are receiving mtissages and writing them on the tele graphic forms, and others a-c sending them. It would puzzle the novice to keep his wits in good order amid all this noise, but these men keep theirs in most admirable condition, and rarely make a slip. There's nothing like experience. in this room there are twenty-one quad ruples instruments, five duplex, one printing instrument and five sets of 'single repeaters." About 800 lines run into this room, and aro connected with the massive "switch board," which is about to be enlarged in order to take in fifty wiws more. Two hundred of these wires are what are called main wires, the rest are loops for the local lines. It is certainly a mystery to the uninitiated mind how all these wires are kept in or der, and how they are distinguished one from, tha other. A look behind tha switch ooara is notmng less man contus ing. The place is a sort of dark closet, and from a sort of aperture in tho roof a whole wilderness of wires is seen strag gling down. Which wire is which? That is tho conundrum. But thoso whoso business it is to know can answer very readily. Boston Herald. Facts About Heart Disease. Formerly, when the physician, with his stethoscope, detected a certain abnormal sound called cardiac murmur, indicating heart trouble, ho said nothing about it to tho patient, or if ho did reveal his discov ery he did so in such a way as to take away naturo's most powerful restorative hope. But a chango in tho methods of physicians has Imhmi taking placo in recent years. Says The Medical Record: "The opinion is now rooted in the minds of tho advanced guard of the profession that cardiac murmurs are often devoid of the grave significance formerly attributed to them. So, too. wo havo como to learn that considerable damage to the valves may be so thoroughly compensated by hypertrophy (enlargement) that it seems permissible" to speak of recovery from organic disease of tho heart. "True, tho anatomical lesion persists. But tho individual thus affected may live for years, without impairment of his health, and with a working capacity in no way reduced from his normal standard. The timo has come when tho prognosis of despair must make way for tho modern doctrine of hope in the possibility of a cure. What was formerly equivalent to a sentence of death may bo commuted to carefulness for life." Rheumatic fever or some other disease may have caused inflammation of tho lin ing membrane of the heart, and thus laid a foundation for permanent obstruction to tho flow of the blood through ono or more of the valves. But nature in time overcomes this obstruction, not by re moving it, but by enlarging the heart and increasing its force. True, there may be at length a weaken ing of tho walls of tho heart, and a conse quent lessening of its ability to do its work, and thero may come on palpitation, difficult breathing, cough and signs of dropsy; but this failure may bo duo to preventable causes. Youth's Companion. Uses of the Prison Messenger. The prison messenger is a peculiar character. He is attached to every police court in tho city, by what right no one except himself knows. Although not vested with any authority from local, state or national powers, he has access at all times to the prisons attached to the polico courts, and in the latter lie appears to bo of more importance than the regu lar officers paid by the taxpayers. He is trustworthy and seems to have unbounded faith in human nature. Ho conducts business in this fashion: A respectable young man happens to have been out late and is arrested. In the morning he wakes penniless and with no means of communi cating with his friends. The prison mes senger understands the case in a moment. He offers his services, knowing that his client will lx only too anxious to make good any expenses, ne will run errands, employ counsel, if necessary, and even pay a prisoner's finn without security for Ins outlay. Tho messenger seldom makes a mistake. Ho has been known to ad vanco as much as $100 to a prisoner whc was confined in the Tombs for a week, without other security than the man's word. For this little transaction the prisoner rewarded him with a check for $200. Now York Mail and Express. A LeKSon on Slang. It was at the Institute of Technology, a few days before the close of the term. One of the professors had been troubled by hearing some of the students indulg ing in slang. Accordingly, when his class had assembled to hear his lecture, hogavo them a ten minute discourse on the use of slang, told them how it was corrupting tho language, and that its use was, among persons of cultivation and refinement, a sure sign of ill breeding. Then ho went on with his regular lecture, and nt its closo called tho attention of his class to the fact that somo of them had been re miss in their stndlcs, and that it be hooved them to make up for lost time, or they would fail to pass the approaching examinations. "Tho fact is, he con cluded, "you've got to brace up or you'll get left," which shows that preaching and practice are often wide apart. Boston Herald. Four .-MUHUy u Week. Friday is tho Arab's Sunday, but it docs not put much stop to his worldly business unless he so chooses. Then Sat urday is the Jews' Sabbath, and then conies our Sunday, on which day the French workman continues to work, in order to take at least a half holiday on Monilny. Thero nre four days out of the seven when the visitor to Algiers runs the risk of finding a shop closed or a work man not at his post. F. A. Bridgman In Harper's. After the Storm. Jinks (who has just slipped nnd tum bled down the front steps) Never mind, old fellow. Guess I'm not hurt much. How do I look? Blinks Never looked more natural is your life. Jinks: Impossible! Blinks I tell you it is so. Yon look just like your rolled self. Afternoon Caller (waiting lor uoscss) Bobby, you haven't been over to play with Tommy lately. Bobby No, ma'cm. Ma doesn't want me to play with Tommy; she says I must mly play with nice littlo boys. Texas "ii!;i"s It is a false notion that Is responsible for grievous evil, that a cheap teacher ia good enough for the summer term, be cause all the pupils are small. To Save Life Frequently requires prompt action. 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