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-AVj --- -' Sfc-""'' v --4fT- -?- r -Tl ""' " Jt . 3 ' -Vfc - .? --i-" " V, -. "- -i--ktL J" f -T. V -7 . -(- -Ts '?- i .. -;"'.- VOL. XX.-NO. 1. COLUMBUS, NEB,' WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1889. WHOLE NO. 989. CffkmMrs fmtrtral &',' vk y.. vf?' . - h-i A. 1 i ir i M '.' v , " t. :r. r. . -i , t & s? , COLUMBUS STATE BANK. COLUMBUS, NEB. Cash Capital - $100,000. DIRECTOE3: LEA3DEK GERRABD, Pres't. GEO. W. HTJL8T, Vice Pres't. JULIUS A. REED. B. H. HENRY. J. E. TASKEE, Cashier. nasi Exchaace. Catlectlsma 1: raaaptly Mm til Palats). y laterewC Ttae la. 274 -OF COLUMBUS, NEB. CAPITAL STOCK, 60,0. O OFFICERS: C H. SHELDON. Pres't. H. P. H. OHLBICH. Vice Pres. C. A. NEWMAN, Cashier, DANIEL 8CHBAM, Ass't Cash. STOCKHOLDERS: J P.BECKER, JONAS WELCH, CAREINKfi, H. P. H. OEHLMCH, JIWURDEMAN. H. M. WINSLOW, GEOW;gALLEY, ARNOLD OEHLRfCH. W. a! &ALLISrrER, C. H. SHELDON. 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Becaase others aava IsiaoreasoBforaotnuw lefcemacacare- 1 at aaee tar a treabae aad a FMM bottim M atT laraxxiBUt kxxxdt. uive aa laad Post OScc It costs yoa aotalac trial, aad A wm care job. ivaarsaa M.caooT.M.a, itsPEMLSTi HENRY G-ASS. UNDERTAXEB ! MfmirXSD METALLIC CASES of all kind of Upkol- WmLLLLmLLLwOftLLLwmWbZ nrs zFiiaiipag ? I FAIXIMG SIl'Lfll, y SB BHuf-f HBsm t-mfmLJ aLsgl&JrriiafJw 4vac counoca. TWO DETERMINED GIRLS. THEY LEFT HOME TO GET MARRIED AND WOULDN'T BE PUT OFF. ya, Who WnU "Did you ever wifneas a doable wed ding in which there wu an exchange of brides and grooms at the altar? asked John Moraa a well known Walnut street "No, sir; I never did." replied the scribe. "Well, I can tell you of an event of that description. It happened in this way: One afternoon, not long ago, two young men whom I had known in Streator, Ills., came to me and informed me that they had induced two niuti n to elope with them froa. a town in central Kansas, and that it waa aeceaaary that the nuptial knot be tied without delay. They were, they said, expecting the irate father .ind the grown up muscular brothers of the girls to arrive in the city on the next train, with 'blood in their eyes.' As the 'boys' were old school mates of mine, of course I told them that they had but to command me and I was at their service. "We hired a carriage and drove to the hotel where the young ladies were await ing the return of their to be husbands, whose names are William B and Charles W . It was then nearly S o'clock p. m. As soon as we could get the girls into the carriage we hurried to Recorder Hinde's office, where William and Cluirley presented themselves before the marriage license clerk and requested that they ie given the documents neces sary to entitle them to wed their girls. As I remarked before, the girls are sis ters. Their given or Christian names are Lillie and Lidic After obtaining the licenses the young men and their ladies and myself went to the residence of a preacher, whose name I have forgotten. His church is on the east side of the city, and not more than six blocks away from The Journal office. Hn"ipg him the licenses, William and Charles requested him to join their lov ing hearts in the bonds of matrimony at once. Now Lillie was the intended of William, and Lidie the intended of Charles. Don't forget that. "You can better imagine the conster nation of the members of the wedding party than I can describe it, when the discovery was made that the young man who had issued the licenses had nsnigned T-fllig to Charles and Lidie to William as life partners. In their haste to put their necks intq the hymeneal halter the young men had thrust the licenses into their pockets when they were handed to them by the license clerk, without in specting them to see if they were rightly made out. "They did not discover that a mistake had been made until after they had joined hands and the parson began the double ceremony by saying? 'Do you, William , take Lidie for your lawful, wedded wife' 'Stopf ex claimed William, 'I am marrying Lillie, not Lidie.' 'No, air." retorted the par son, 'you are not. You are licensed to wed Lidie .' 'The you say bg pardon, sir,' ejaculated William. 'Let me see the documentr "The license was shown him, and there, sure enough, was Lidie's name coupled with his own. The proceedings were immediately suspended, the parson in forming the young men and the ladies that he could not marry them until their licenses were in proper form. Lillie and Lidie began weeping and nearly went into hysterics. William and Charles and I assured them that we would have the mistakes in the licenses rectified. Leav ing the young ladies in the parson's par lor, we rushed out of the house and jumped into our carriage, in which we were driven at a rapid pace to the court house, at Second and Main streets. Great was our disappointment and vexa. tion when we found the recorder was not at home and was out of the city. Knowing nothing else to do, we returned to the parson's residence. "They sorrowfully told the young ladies that they had failed to obtain new licenses. They urged the parson to marry them, and told him they would have the necessary alterations made in the documents the next day. But the parson firmly refused. He pointed out to them the fact that the recorder waa bound by his records, and they must show that the marriages took place in accord ance with the licenses. By this time the young ladies had ceased weeping. "Betiring to a corner of the room they held a whispered consultation, at the end of which lillie called William to her and informed him that she and Tidiehad decided that they would not leave the house except as the wives of himself and Charles. 'But the preacher wont marry us,' said William. 'Yea, he witty re torted Lillie, "and you and Charlie have got to agree to it.' William amid he didn't catch on, whereupon IiHio nearly took kia breath away by informing htm that she and lidie had. agreed to let the licenses stand as they we-a-aaal get mar ried according to themi' 'If you and Charley .don't do that we will take the first train and return home,' said she, and never marry either of yon.' It was then William and Charles' turn to con sult. After talking the matter over for ten minutes they arrived at the decision that, aa a misrsrs in the Hronaw had been made, which could not be cor rected hi time to enable them to have the double wedding come off as intended, and as the girls had decided to swap' one for the other, they would make the beat of a had matter and go. ahead with the ceremony. If they cooldntget the life partners selected, they would not re main wifeless. The parson waa informed of the new aspect the affair had taken on, and ha began again the ceremony where he left off. The result waa that Lfllie became tke wife of Chariaa and Lidie die wife of William, and I stood up as best man for the couples. It wasn't vmrilj mrrrrAmg an thapyngrminww. tt l guess au parties conorneu are med." Kanana City Journal Taw? Vailed to M sTaa Mam Tfcay of BrMaa Paallltaalj Maalo SweDa come in great variety in Boa ton. There are all sorts aad condjtafltsi other is he who Uaabisn Sm thedarit aomepataaof tiAaatas ieadiah joy faBotaaaaiiiiilwhamaswennnaiwriBia betiee without kaowaag it Xe assay who hi an afraid of to go of a aeascs caress. Urn la a aweQ, big. wall grooaaed, of literary hab its, and, war ha not aaodi married, would belong to das rank and file of At all events, one fan stran- raanmch overcome Ty hia ty charms and sxacafuHy aarrmittwi to being "mashed" on ttts particular oc- Everything waa pi i Aliasing favorably. The swell was swelling with constat at hia conquest, the lady waa enjoying a view of the immamlate splendor of his sruTtfrontand die perfect fit of the low cut moire waistcoat, when nfreshmenta were passed, aad conversation for a mo ment gave way to ice cream. Presently a wicked little macaroon fell from the lady's plate to the floor. The swell gal lantly stooped to brush is aside? Not a bit. He carefully picked it up and de posited it on hia companion's plate. Alack-a-dayi How the magnetic cur rent, which had flowed so fast and strong before, chilled in that fair lady's breast at this solecasn, can ealy be ap preciated by the author of a book of eti imette. In her eyea and in the wander ing eyes of others, this swell's reputation had gone. To her, at least, he is no longer a swell, and if he stays away from her parties forevermore, she will never reinstate him in the upper tier of the four hundred. Boston Herald. Atalatsw Ada horseman, from beginning to end of bis vigorous life, Washington had no peer. Like all Virginia boys he took to the saddle as a duck takes to water. Once astride his steed, it was all but impossible to dislodge him. From the day when as a lad be first rode to hounds after old Lord Fairfax, of Greenway Court, across the county named for that worthy nobleman, he was a skilled and dashing fox hunter. In the army, when on horseback, riding down the line, cheered to the echo by the soldiers, who believed, with a superstition worthy of the ancients, that here was a being born to lead them, he was physically the most imposing figure present. In person, Washington showed in maturity the fruits of the lifetime he had given to what athletes nowadays call "training.' His habits at all times were those exact ed of a "crew or "team" of modern days before the occasions when those heroes appear in public to fill with de spair or exultation the bosoms of their friends. From the Indians of theShenan doah wilderness, among whom he spent weeks during hia first surveying tour, he learned the swift, elastic tread that dis tinguished him in walking. His powers of endurance were worthy of his ex traordinary physical strength, though it must be said he had few fllnptwes to test his constitution, and, indeed, was rarely ailing. St Nicholas fOT March Industrial insurance brings an indem nity against loss by death to those who most need it Among the working classes a man's labor is his only source of income and gives his life its only value in an insurable ssnae to hia dependents. The necessity of providing against loss by death is greater among the poor than with those who have wealth, much or little, to leave to their families. The fact has been recognized in Ger many, where insurance has been made compulsory. Small sums, reckoned ac cording to the weekly wage, are taken from the pay of the worker by the em ployer and paid to the government These sums provide for a sick benefit and an insurance against old age and -infirmity. In case of illness thirteen weeks of free medical attendance and a money allowance equal to one-half the wages aro allowed. At death an amount equal to twenty times the local daily wagea of an ordinary day laborer is paid to the survivors. In old age and infirmity a yearly stipend is paid. The employers contribute equally to an accident fund, which provides for total or part disability or death. The state, the employers and the employed contribute equally to the old age and infirm pension fund. The skk fund is maintained by the employes. Chicago News. That Settle It I met the Hon. Fernando Jones yester day and, among other things, he asked me if I had read the recent discussion about the headwaters of the Mississippi. "It revived an old story in my mmd," he 3aid. "Henry R-. Schoolcraft, a cele brated traveterand writer, in hia account of it said the lake was called Itasca, after two Latin words signifying true head. I puzzled myself over this a good deal and asked him one day how he made it He replied: 'Quite easily. Veritas means true and caput head. Striking off the first syllable of the first word and the last syllable of the other one yoa have Itasca ver-Itas ca-put' It is equal, said Mr. Jones, "to Lorenzo Bow's cele brated text against the raah of high head dresses: 'Let him who is on the house top not come down.'" Chicago Times. Onega Btaaaar. One day Dr. McCosh came into the mental philosophy clans and said: "Ah, young gentlemen, I have an im- Now, young gentlemen,' continued the doctor, aa he touched his head with his forefinger, "canyon tell me what an impression is? No answer. "What? No one knows? No one can tell me what' an impression isP ex claimed the doctor, looking up and down the class, "I know," said Mr. Arthur. "An im pression is a dint in a soft place. "Young gentleman, said the doctor, removing Js band' from his forehead and growing red in the face, "you are ex caaed J or the uy." Philadelphia North American. Ladies, it would seem, no -longer dye hair. O, dear no! They never dunk of doing anything so crude as that What they do now, if you please, when they wish to give to their locks that bright golden or bronzy tint which is so fashionable, is to "oxidise it" Lam sure die fair sex wm thank their faithful friend "Myra"for teaching; them that convenient teram. Hair dye wflL of coarse, never ha awittioned more, for all lady who wishes her hair to be "safely aad imperceptibly hghtcned and bright, aaed (to nan Xyra's own comfortinf; words) is to oxidise fctwith the aid of pare "peroxide of bydrrjfan." Events aaoat aaaactilMBjB of laaaaavwao sL idders at the notion of hardly object to tan", Why.atawaaaaaaa amnnat aatakiatias rasa-swili pillar re eWBBBBBBBBBBWBBBaBBn BBS" II Btl JfaBBMjK- aBBaawT asaaUTf OasaaV "aa-AnrJavof hydroaaa- and THE WISE SKELETON. IT SITS IN A WINDOW AND SMILES AT THE WORLD'S VANITIES. Trava ITallahrr. "To what base uses we may return, Horatio," says the gospel of Bacon, ac cording to Shakespeare. A man sits in the window of a store on Wabash avenue, who, if he would consent to break the silence he has fallen into, could utter the same sentiment. He has experienced all the depths and shallows of life and now smiles a peren nial smile at all existence. Summer melts him into a smile and winter freezes it on him. He is really the only Chicago "L'Homme quirit" The ataaimiin; flnnrnrnr arums tn jar hh nerves, nor do wind gusts puff-hie joints into rheumatics; the school girl, passing, comments on his ugliness in hia presence: the ologue, extractor of great thoughts from small cavities, passes, glances at him and makes a memoran dum "suggestive of Ezakiel's vision; no commentator hitherto liasexplained that chapter; 1 may be able to throw some light on it;" sympathy embalmed in per fume and guarded by a fierce cane ap proaches and discovers, through a glass, the smiling philosopher. "Absolutely abominable! Such a beastly caricature to be exhibited in public" Even a boot black Kbses comments on him: "Stuck on yourself, ain't you? Jiin like it. any way. Nted a shine ail the same, cause you ain't oliheU in your manners." WATCHING THE HUItUYtNU THUONQ. All day the philosopher with nothing but a smile left on him hears the wisdom and prattle of all classes. He still sits in bis cliuir as the gray pall of the night falls upon the city, as the moonlight comes over die lake he and the man in the moon smile at each other, though his is the wiser smile of the two. The stars come out and wink at him, but he has peered farther than their tiny lanterns reveaL Hehascrossed the bridge of the milky way and knows the very keystone of its 'architecture. He could write an astronomy that would answer more than preachers can ask. He has hunted with Orion and found the end of the rainbow. The rage of a comet he is indifferent to. Still in the gray of tho morning he sits in the shop window looking only into the street He sees the stirring clerk lift the shades, planning to gobble die proprietor after awhile; he sees the proprietor a little later scheming an under thruxt at other proprietors. Soon after he sees the incoming tide of hu manity that is to flow twelve hours, then ebb, surge and beat higher and stronger; a merciless wave in which some are on top and others go down and are lost His ear discerns the groans of the lost amid the exultings of the successful. Yet he regards the little atom of human ity that is crushed into paving stone for another and the proud victor alike, with a smile. On the lady who caricatures a dromedary and suffers her life to be choked within six inches of her neck to be a lady, passing on her way to tell her dearest friend that the long haired ma sician who refused to play at the hitter's muskale is to play only at hers, is be stowed the same. He moves his tooth less jaws in attempt to mumble "valutas vanitatnin." Then he looks back into the shop where he is engaged and where doctors' sup plies are kept The sight of a little pow der or a bit of steel, confidently expected to regulate the length of human life, brings another smile. It is to him as if a fish in Mammoth cave should suddenly flop up and command: "Let there be light" HE KSOWS THE PILL PKDDLEBS. He smiles approvingly at the rapid growth of science when some physician comes in and recounts "a beautiful oper ation, but unfortunately the patient died at the end." He himself is an advertise ment of the climax of medical practice, nrui illustrates what the physician Tuvmg when he promises to "bring one through smiling." He knows, too, which are the bread pellets on the shelves for ladies who want to sea their doctor but not his med icine, and which are intended to necessi tate a return visit And the drugs that carry one to the shadowy bourne. He knows which dental punches fill op cavities while slyly puncturing others, and the braces which used once become indispensable. At the same time he sees honest old Dr. Pillbags tremblingly stumble upon a discovery that reverses the whole treat ment of a disease and the smile radiates through the very sutures of bis cranium. Physicians' blunders do not at the same time annoy him. They support the world. A doctor starts after a man soon the undertaker follows; then the florist; the merchant in mourning goods and the dressmaker join the procession, followed by the preacher. The lawyer brings up the rear with a cavalcade of probate judges, clerks and executors. Some private school will soon receive an addition or two, while society will be furnished divertisement in a captivating reliefs guileless disportings. And all be cause of the doctor's pilL The bony philosopher knows that the doctor is the connecting link in human ity. Unmoved in the midst of the whirl, to die turbulent and the grasping, to the idle and frivolous alike, ho has the same message. It was printed 300yearrago across the water, above the akullandjcrossbonea of a brother in a Nureuiburg cathedral, and Aa job are ail; as I aan voaabaOoe; aad follow nas. Chicago Times. AMATEUR THEATRICALS. Choose a leading- part in some popular play and permit nobody to guess that yoa think you can act it Persuade' a number of your friends that a needy charity is in need and that acting begins at home. After inoculation permit them to set themselves by the ears over the choice of a play. When you think matters have gone far enough suggest your own as a """ prim inn This having been arranged to yonr amtfafnttioB, proceed to JngntaiteyonT adf with the stage nuusager by telling aim what has been said behind hia back WtaaothixaMmhcraof the cast If ha aWlaa Waiek, If vaaarvatt. Slay laaaus) oontltesTgn ne wiu offer you tne leaamg part Before rWiimg upon your costume aatu yon learn what your most rival in the company intends to wear. As soon aa yon receive the de aired information take die advice of your Sandy your part with care. At re hearsal miss your cue whenever you,can and apologize sweetly. Be on your guard against betraying the business you intend to introduce when you have the stag to yourself, and in general allow the other actors to derive the opinion that nothing but a regard for your feel ings prevents the stage manager from re questing you to resign the part that baa been assigned to you. In die mean time cultivate the manager. Give no trouble about your dressing room. Say that a corner and a table are all yoa care for. Choose the best comer, however, and bring a chest of drawers coatatamg everything yoa can possibly need in a quantity aufBcient to prevent your It-nding to other members of the company. When suggestions are offered to you as to where you ought to stand, how to speak and when to gesticulate, adopt each in turn as it is made. Per mit the leading man, who will of course be your lover, to gradually evolve the theory that though you cannot act, you are not stiff or prudish, and that you are a nice little thing. Agree with him when be objects to shaving bis mustache. When be wliispers under his breath that he wishes the play were reality, smile and blush. From time to time applaud the others, especially when they overact, and say mournfully: "Oh, 1 wish you all were not so much better tiuin II" You may also contrive to impress each of your as sociates privately with the notion that you consider lum or her the star of the troupe. This you will not find difficult When you press people to buy tickets, say, "Oh you must come! Mr. Biggies is so funny! and Miss Lascelles is going to look so lovely in court dress, don't you know! and Mr. Tollderoll is to be my lover," and then permit your hearers to guess from your expression that there is more in Mr. TollderolTs love making than you yourself imagine. Mr. Tollderoll may say more about the stage directions for the reconciliation scene than perhaps ho ought Of course, realism is not for a moment to be thought of, but there can be no great reason why Mr. Tollderoll should not be allowed to mislead himself with false expectations. If you choose to make him jealous of Mr. Biggies, very well, but be careful to re turn to a good understanding with him before the dress rehearsal. As for Miss Lascelles, you may disarm her by turn ing Mr. Tollderoll over to her for a half hour or so whenever practicable and by telling her in strict confidence that he is afraid of falling in love with her because be has so little money. Improve a little in your acting as the dress rehearsal draws nigh so as not to take your associates entirely by surprise. Suggest to the manager that you are only nervous over the result of the play.. As KMm as it is too lata for Miss Lascelles to change her dress show her yours. Be seen drinking coffee before the play begins, and stand as near the footlights as yon can so as to get yourself flushed. When the curtain is rung up exhibit a little natural timidity at first, but grad ually recover from that, and as the play proceeds have no mercy on any one except Mr. Tollderoll, whom you will, of course, encourage. When you are called out after the first act insist that they are applauding Miss Lascelles, and that she must go out alone; after tho second go out with her, and after the third go out alone. The next day meet Mr. Tollderoll in the street and smile at him mildly. If he joins you go into a shop. Philadel phia Times. "la Forty aUaatas." Fields are often won by tactical skill, that is, by such a disposition of troops as pnah the commander to use them at the critical moment against the weakest part of the enemy's line. At the congress of Vienna, Welling ton told Stratford Canning, afterward Lord Stratford de Bedclyffe, hew he won the victory at the battle of ftiinmaTy Marshal Marmont commanded the French. The duke, trusting to the abil ity of the Frenchman to make a slip, drew up his troops in a position where they were not exposed and then waited. His confidence was justified. Marmont extended a part of his force too much. Wellington instandy detected his adver sary's error and attacked him with en ergy. "We beat him," said the duke, in a tone of natural dplight, "in forty 'min utes forty thousand men in forty min utes" and he repeated the expression again and again "forty thousand men in forty minutes."- Youth's Companion. Deacivad of His Uvlaa It is in Paris that the art of begging haaproduced its most remarkable ex amples of unconscious effrontery. A wealthy man in that city waa told by hia servants recently that a man waa wait ing in the hall below who bad sent Mm ap a letter. The letter contained the following ap plication: "Respected Six Your well known and exemplary generosity has led me to hope that you will magnanimously take pity on tho situation of an unfortunate widower, who has bean cruelly deprived of his means of subsistence by the death of his wife. I am, air, yours in distress, X. Y." Youth's Companion. Hawaaaniaa Gcergia'a Oavecaar. The boys in Atianta, Ga., gave Gover nor Gordon a very severs snowballing as he waa going to the capitol one morn ing last winter. The governor begged hard to be let off, but the boys said no. One boy said to himr "We can't let yoa off, governor. Aa you haven't done any running since '4, yoa will have to hustle." And the general hustled, while dozens of haus took him in the back of the neck Pittsburg Dispatch. UMCaarujJish names are now given to the small women of the nursery. Dorothy, Cynthia, Barbara, Anne, Eliza beth and Katherme have succeeded the Mays, Coras, Mauds, Thiirinr and Carries that obtained so long; for this the whole American natkmahoald betiiankfnL Louisville Courier-Journal. All aorta of Teasels aadatensus maybe pnrified from long retained smells of any kind, in the easiest and most perfect manner, by rinsing them out well with charcoal powder after the grosser impur ities have been acouredoff with sand and water. LMD ESr T1IE WEST. UN; LE SAM'S BIG FARM, WHERE THE PLOW HAS NOT YET BEEN. aw to Gat a H la There are thousands of acres of vacant land which can be had at almost a noaoi nalprice. Inmost iaaUm r a it requires only settlement, reatdeaceand cultiva tion for a few years to obtain full aad complete title to the land. The situation is much different from what it ia in the east, where a young fanner must ran ia debt to buy a few acres of land and be kept in debt for years. One crop of ten acres will pay the cost for building aad tools. There are several ways of obrajniag title tag agai in Mill laaon, Fkst ia under the precaiptiow laws. The first requisite is to make settlement upon the land. Setdement consists of any acta which show the intention of the settler to claim the land as a pre-emption. It may be, for instance, the building of a cellar, or starting the foundation of a house, or building of a fence. Having this setdement upon the land, within three months the settler must file a declaratory statement in the United States office and pay a fee of S3. With in two years and nine months he must get upon the land and reside thereon for six months. By a decision of the land office, it is not necessary for a party to live upon the land until six months be fore he makes final proof, but he must live there at least six months and make final proof before thirty-three months from the date of settlement He must have cultivated a portion of the land. In six montlis after establishing residence upon the land he can prove up. He must make application to make final proof at the land-office, and advertise in some pa per published near the land, also name four witnesses who are neighbors and who are not related to him. He and two witnesses must appear before the proper officers on the day of making final proof and make proof of his residence, culti vation of the land and pay $1.25 per acre in addition to tho fees for advertising, attorney's fees, etc. HOMESTEAD. Another method of obtaining tide to land is under the homestead act By this mediod the first requisite is the same as under the pre-emption laws. A soldier can file a soldier's homestead claim upon the land which he intends for a home stead six months previous to making a setdement upon furnishing his discharge, or other proof of his service; but any party can have six months time to make settlement by going before the register and receiver of the land office; so this right of the soldier amounts to but very little. Within three months after settle ment homestead entry must be made and a fee of 918 be paid the land office. The partyy should he not go before the regis ter and receiver, must be residing- upon , the land at the time of making affidavit before a clerk of court tie can if he chooses after residing upon the land six months, and cultivating it prove up as in the pre-emption and pay for the land. Such an act is called commuting a home stead. Should he not desire to pay for it however, he can live upon it five years and then make final proof. He need not prove up if he chooses for seven years. Upon making final proof he has only to pay the fees for advertising, clerk, and a small fee to the register and receiver, when he obtains the tide for his laud. If he was a soldier hi the war his term of service as such can be de ducted from the five years' residence, but ho must reside upon the land at least one year. These are all the rights the soldier has over any other citizen in re spect to the homestead law. A person who wishes to take up land under both pre-emption and homestead act should pre-empt first There is still another method of obtain ing tide to land, and that is under the timber act By this method the party must make a timber culture entry, and show that the land ia non-mineral. He must himself be personally acquainted with the land in order to make tiiis affi davit At any time within one year after making entry of the land, and paying a i fee of S14 to the land office, he must plow for the ISO acres taken, five acres of land, fn the second year he must sow the first five acres to a crop and break another five acres. In the third year he must put in tree seeds or set out trees in the first five acres, and put a crop in the second five acres. In the fourth year he must put tree seeds or cuttings in the second five acres. The trees must be cultivated and kept alive, and at the end of eight years he can prove up and obtain title to 160 acres by paying small fees. This act ia a first class law, and many citizens are availing themselves of it and in good faith. It hardly deserves the condemnation the late demented Sparks placed upon it Unmarried women aa well aa men can avail themselves of the privileges of these acts. It will be seen that at comparatively small expense a title can be had to 480 acres of fine farming land. Great Falls (Mon.) Leader. Among other absurdities we have well meaning husbands and wives harassing one another to death for no reason in the world but the desire of conforming to current notions regarding- the proper conduct of married people. These vic tims are expected to go about perpetu ally together, as if they were a pair of carriage horses; to be forever holding claims over one another, "'"g or malring useless sacrifices, and generally getting in one another's way. The man who marries finds that his liberty baa gone, and the woman exchanges one sat of restrictions for another. She thinks herself neglected if the husband does not always return to her in the evenings, and the husband and aodety think her un dutifuL frivolous, and so forth, if aha does not stay at home alone trying- to sigh him back again. The luckless man finds hia wife so very dutiful and domesticated, and so very much confined to her "proper sphere," that she ia, pefcaaace, mora exemplary than entartaiamt StflL ahe aaay look injured and rwafgaBit, bat aba seek society aad occupatioa to the iag tana a rnalaati if, caUvaaad aad graaahla aahaj Kowoader that, while all tkat a farUddaa. wa aavaaoaway naaauuj ieaaadboraaaaaaaaia,Dsa aaoraadaurablataawivnataa sacra aan foaodly bored the Health. InMr.A.aGuntera Frenchman,' the during the last years of pare, changes to SC to the tale ia aaelodramaric in Mr. Canter's other hooka, bat the states that be baa tried to develop comedy. The ad at 49.00a. Ha hascharacters "the wreatler in aYe a man who produced a great Paris in 18C7 and f8L This supposed to be some groat waa foul of wrestling; Ha habit of driving to the along cloak, under which ha wrestling dress. On black silk mask. Haaaatall he waa the source of gossip, a or circus waa crowded when it nounced that he was to appear. Curreat Literature. IcrXsnU Some amusing incidents happen at the civil service examinations which the lawa now require to be passed bycandidatea for official positions and clerkships. It was at an examination here m Boston that a young woman found herself con fronted with the question: "Are you of good moral character? She waa very much amused at the question and in doubt ho to treat it Calling the examiner to her deak aba said about the question: "I have the reputation of being of good moral character. But yoa know 'reputation is what people think of us, while 'character' is what God and the angels know of us, and that I don't want to telL" The examiner said she neednot worry. Albany Express. . Mr. Sheppard, the president of the Philadelphia board of education, says: "It is, in my estimation, a miatakp to put a woman in charge of aachooL Not that I would cast any reflection upon those who now hold such positions, for their duties are performed as well as they can be by a woman: but in the very na ture of things a man would be better qualified to hold the position, and to bring up the pupils in the way they should go, not only from an educational point of view, but from a moral one as welL A man can reason with a boy about matters tliat some female teachers would not care to talk about" But, on ilia other band, a woman can reason with a girl about soma matters that a male teacher would aot care to talk about True Flas. ttXaatBaa TTatak. I like to listen to people talking on the can. The tondneaa of tone which some bumptious folks adopt invariably gener ally goes with aggressive agaorance. It is the couple whispering in the corner who aro particuauiy interesting, but yon can't hear what they say. But some times one catches an amusing- bit The other day a man stepped onto the dummy and greeted another already there. "Hallo, Tom." "How are you?" "Getting home?" "Yes. Where have you been?", "Been to a Chinese funeral looking at it I mean. I couldn't help think ing" "What?" "All those Chinamen, and only one dead. San Francisco CThronicle. A swell affair A bullfrog chorus. Never in the eoup Very many oysters. A bill sticker A determined collector. The baby baa a rattling time. Even a small barber may be called a strapping fellow. An H. and St Jo railroad conductor is named Judy. A sort of punchin' Judy, as it were. Some people don't hesitate to "call a spade a spade." Others are not afraid to call a rake a gentleman. "The child shall befathertotheman." Likewise an old goat shall become a button kid. Has a finger in the pie The batcher who loses a digit in a mincing machine. Detroit Free Press. Wa Want Self A New Yorker old enough to know better is reported in The Tribune as Bar ing uttered these terribly trraaoaahla protests against some modern improve ments: ' Wliat with your murderous railroads, your new fangled bridges, your ten story buildings and electric currents over and under and on all sides of you, your life isn't worth a penny at any time or any where. If you walk in the middle of the street the pavement is just aa likely aa not to shoot up into the air and blow yon out of sight Talk about coast defenses and harbor defenses, what we want fa self defense. Boston Transcript, LaU'a AatM at. "Coward! Lying hearted man!" hissed Lola d'Effington between her set teeth when Richard Kurdaleeong replied that ahe could only be a sister to him. "Lula, yoa are excited. Your words do not consist" replied Richard, calmly. "Trifler! Base ingrate, explain yoar aalf r was all the outraged girl could otter. "If I am Richard the lyin hearted, surely I am no coward." Another moment and he held the wan corpse of Lula d'Effington prone at hia feet Binghamton Republican. Bow to Dr. Jackson's Health Journal aaya a cat is a sermon to nervous people. She finds the quietest spot about the place, where it is coxy and sunny, or in sum mer shady , drops down just as her flesh will drop, with each muscle relaxed and goes to sleep. The doctor's cat seraton ia that we Americana do not know how to rest cr sleep, or how to recuperate and make the most of life. What we need Is to know how to relax every tuna we fast tired or fagged, instead of nnrtrr ttimtihat of tn aewaoafc"Taat vaace oraere aa laaana introanced aaoaa of aaaaaVJ ssnaationhi was ia the worn hia aa. faca aa had a IdMhaOa Lurf - 8aaaaBB are among- tan aaoat atvara aeeawaaantewlrfcawearalaabia. When a jaw ia aaraiaed awaUiaa: ceases on grawaaOy. In irjalnntinai taa swaanng aaaflaaaof motion of aVs joint haaaaaa Bsat laTsW - 9 . . a JtanldofWtolaa ' National Bank! avwanafaaaaWTawwB aaan"4aa Wl 4vBTwaVava "Oaafai aa taa arise iaal ckfee ia thai STOO A. dADOa-OB, Pkaat J.aT.SALLaY.Tieaftaa', O. G.ANDKaaKW, p. J AUOB tsBsmaxa. JOHS.J.aUIXITAN. J. ft MSMt3SM&L J. DEUTCHER ADYOKAT, uatca ovar Colaama State Baak. fnlnih nicHABD cuaaraeaTAM, Attorney ana OaVa ia Coaaaaaroi baa. Nab. AU laaal eatacair aad eaaafaur i VLUTAff J ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OeV ovar Hrat Hatfaaal Bank. Catatbaa, Nshraata. g4f Jal. JTLACrAalBaj-tBa. ATTORNEY it NOTARY PUBLIC. ovar tint National J BaVSaVTBIt, COUNTY 3CRVXY0R. tavPaitiflB iMw in.- .i dresa bm tf CUajaaaa Mafcv. or eaU at axy aaa waut L" CO. SUFT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. . JJHLJS2C Hoaavtk. -r" :? "" " a ror tae -mama tioaof amiliraala far Tarawa niiiSi utiT- Piim ri . a a m . . lr-T'a saaTB n famaa llllaal IMT rWllaaT aaTaWMII DRAY and EXPRESSMEN. RnoJa . Bscaar ACa.'s aSaaarsVy FaUBLE BRADSHAW. 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