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-T -xw f" T, - ,w -r A - v " WJ:i?-ir- p WMMijlJWgMgJi3 J- Ji-v. i.vxf- r tf. - - 'i (fotanmrs Immml a . COLUMBUS, NEB, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1889. VOL. XX.-NO. 2. WHOLE NO. 990. Ci fe r r. t i.-. . I: ,-.( . E - m II W-- t - , f 4" : t - COLUMBUS STATE BANE. COLUMBUS, NEB. Cash Capital - $100,000. DIKECTORS: LEASPgB QKRRAP.n, PreVt. """ GEO. W. HTJL8T. Vice Pras't. JULIUS A. REED. . " R. H. HENKJT. J. E. TASKER, Cashier. mtly Made am -OF COLUMBUS, NEB., -HAS AN- Antkorized Capital of $500,000 Paid in Capital 90,000 OFFICERS: C. H. SHELDON, Prea't. H. P. H. OHLRICH. Vice Prea. C. A. NEWMAN. Cashier. DANIEL SCHBAM, Am'I Cash. STOCKHOLDERS: a H. 8heldon. J. P. Becker, Hetmu P. H-Oehlrich. Carl Rienke. Jonas Welch. W. A. McAllister, J. HearyWardeman, H. M. Wia&Iow, Itcom Galley, 8. C. Grey. 'Frank Borer, Arnold F. H. Oehlricfa. S7Bank of deposit; interest allowed on tim dcpoaitH; bay and sell exchange on United Stmtei and Europe, and bay and sell available aecnritiea. 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JRatoma Prmrtly Made am pBBBBm" fi-fElssa? r' 9Laama3 44LnEmllam T ' CtniWlSff JUTAIiLMJ UASKS infof all kinds of UjAel- 4C COLUmUaVNTBlsaT. 80NGS UNSUNG. :rotk i that die an the aoal of i The faireat hon the t The brightest leaf tatfc leaf that f el; The i Dieaawayiaaaoklaafti Fartotheheichtiof ilgwl fiij TheaomrsawttmcktkwaB0 For the ash. tmheard tte mctfs bam carol Aad the mm aabiowa m I toatyth k gnat jejrs ariaf a toaeh of cjpaaTmw bear hi the A aaac dies oat, bat a The rose red tiam of the raMnciirif jatln Tsaaerttcaaatorthai Chords aatoacaed are the oaaa wa wax for. Tim wiiii lissfiiaarhshanMiiiiiiiia. We ton our steps to the years heyoad as. ad llatea still f or the soags oasaag: Kebraska State JoursaL THE SMUGGLER. In the year 1773, previous to the an nexation of the Isle of Man to the Eng lish crown, the inducements for smug gling from that well known spot were of the most seductive character, giving em ployment to a few hardy and daring spirits, whose large profits in their peril ous trade more than compensated them for the continual risk they encountered in their nightly voyages from the island to the shores of the Solway. Tjiis island of the Irish sea, once a rendezvous for numerous freebooters and smugglers, is now rendered a place of no small com mercial importance, as well as forming a military and naval depot for the crowded ranks and numerous fleets of the British army and navy. Its pro ductive soil and highly cultivated lands, its neat cottages and admirable roads are a picture of modern improvements. while at all times it wears a lively and busy appearance. From the highest' point of the island, in clear weather, the visitor lias a view of the three united king doms. It was at the close of a fine day in the latter part of August, 1772, that a two masted lugger was seen riding at a single anchor in a quiet cove on the west side of the island. The craft might have been of about 150 tons burden,though her dark, low hull gave her the appearance of being much smaller, while the symmetry of her spars and rigging, tapering beauti fully at their various points as seen against the sky; allowed her to be a craft upon whose rig time and care had been expended. Around her hull extended a line of red, broken at two points on each side by an open port, while the height of the waist showed that it was intended to serve as a breastwork to those who navi gated the vessel in times of danger. Al together; you would have pronounced the lugger at first sight a suspicious craft, and, unless she carried the king's commission, one most likely bent upon mischief. At the hour of which I write an individual rather lielow the usual height, yet commanding in appearance, in seaman's garb, with a broad belt about his waist, into which was thrust a couple of boarding pistols, was pacing the quar ter deck; in his hand he held a speaking trumpet, which at this moment he raised to his lips and issued the necessary orders for getting under weigh, Fifty as fine fellows as ever handled a marlinspike sprang cheerfully to execute his orders, enlivened by the shrill tones of the boatswain's whistle. While all was bustle and activity about him, tlie captain slowly promenaded the quarter deck, presenting the picture of a young hero. Blended in his open countenance was the spirit of daring, but yet of noble purpose, his mild, thoughf ul eye belied his otherwise spirited appearance. His form, as we have said, was rather below the ordinary height, yet he was hand some in figure, his person evincing great power of endurance, with strength and agility: he might liave been in age about 22 years. "We are brought to. sir," said the first lieutenant of the lugger to his captain. "Heave round, sir," was the prompt nautical reply. "Heave and palL" The anchor being raised and stowed, the wide breadth of canvas peculiar to the lugger rig, formerly so well known in the Bay of Biscay and the British channel, was spread upon the life like vessel, and hending gracefully under the influence of the gentle west wind, she took her course under a cloud of canvas for the shores of the Solway. "Mr. Merrick," said the captain to his first officer, "I think we are likely to have trouble on this night's trip. I learn from trusty agents that intelligence has been lodged relative to the character of our swift footed craft, and I fear there has been treachery aboard the Dolphin." So was the lugger named. "I hardly think that, captain." be re plied, "though the crew have had full freedom on shore and hap latelv visited Carlisle and Keswick." "They kmow the roles of the ship, Mr. Merrick," amid the commander sternly, "aad bow treachery will be rewarded. Let the crew sleep with one eye open; we may have work for them." The watch was set, while the remain der of the crew "turned in all standing." which signifies in sea parlance with their clothes on, xeady for prompt and imme diate service. The cargo on board the craft that now rounded the mouth of the sheltering cove was contraband and vain able, and the object of the """""" was to land it safely and return from the main land to the island before morning. The lugger held on her course tfll rouriding the northern point of the island, when the captain, who had not left the deck, discovered off his starboard bow a vessel, whose indistinct outlines alone discernible in the darkness of the ingot, appeared to be those of a large cratt; at the same nv-nsent the lookout forward discovered aad announced tne stranger a a sloop of war under easy saQ, The coarse of the Dolphin was changed two or threw points saore northerly, in the hope of passing the strange sail aft aach a diatiam as not to be noticed by her crew; the effort was svecess fml; the rnimsadw of the sloop, mot eAuecUag ha prey at this at the lookosar for the On board the well aaamea tears. Boaaewaere, dam ha the days to temem. Atedfarawayiatheaestaha, at sat free. was afloat m the nhtieU, while rrery ailsaa a was mi kssiai iiriasmii j ."rstMilha mw sar-saaweassmq aamn m j f f?' wssama- craw to qssvters, ajr; I have a few wonjp to amy to these, that aaaysersw aa a romgh night cap for even these asm dogs." The wakafal crew, ssost of whom were already on deck, having heard of the proximity of the stranger, gathered qmiet ly aft near the sacred preciacta of the quarter deck, where they stood with their hats off and their hair waving wildly in the night air. A well disciplined ship's crew look upon their n plain with saach' the same respect as does a courtier upon his king, save that if poaaihk the H a iawi is more profound, as is the authority of his superior more ahsotate. "My lada," amid the young commander, rtrtnaaiiit; his attentive crew, "most of yoa saw that strange sail we passed with in the hour; do yom know that nothing save treachery could have placed that vessel in the direct track of the Dolphin's night course? "It doss look amftghty 'spicious, yon honor." saidaa oia asaamma m the frost ranks of the craw, "hat shiver amy tim ber if I amlawe we've get aa-yWay shipped aboard ahav era craft out loves the saucy Dorphia aad yom honor too well to play them a scurvy trick." "There has been treachery, I have amid; is there one of my crew Oat can tell aae its penalty aboard this ship?" "Death at theyaidana,"sonaded from the deep guttural voices of the crew, who shrunk beneath the piercing eye of their captain. "It is my duty," amid he, "to watch over your interests and my own with a jealous eye. I never deceive you, my men; the traitor ahall receive his punish ment, though I porsue him to the foot of the throne. Enough;'to your duty." The hours passed on the busy crew had landed the cargo, and in the hands of confidential agents it was soon hidden from the most careful search of the rev enue officers. "" The greatest danger was yet to be en countered. The cargo landed, the lugger must again sail for the sheltering protec tion of the island, but the rising moon now threw its mellow and unwelcome light unwelcome at least to those on board the Dolphin across the heaving swells of the Irish sea. Hardly had the lugger got under weigh before the cruiser was again dis covered lying midway between the En glish coast and the island; the course the Dolphin steered, and in fact the only route she could take, would bring her in full view of the cruiser and within range of her guns. The captain of the lugger viewed the Hilpmram with calm and quiet countenance, giving his orders in a tone that inspired those about him with fresh courage. The two vessels were now fast approaching each other, when a coarse hail came down across the water from the sloop, "What vessel is that?" The captain of the lugger, knowing tliat every moment he could gain in de lay was of the utmost importance in the furtherance of his purpose to run the gauntlet of the cruiser's broadside, made a mumbling and inaudible reply through his trumpet, so that the query from the sloop was put. "What answer do you make?" The breeze still freshening drove the lugger, with her wide spread canvas, swiftly through the water. She was al ready nearly abreast of the cruiser, which, having tacked, now stood on the same course as her adversary. "What vessel is that?" was the ques tion again put from the commander of the sloop, to which he added, "Answer, or I shall fire into you." No reply being made to this hail, the captain of the York, for so the cruiser was called, ordered a shot fired into the lugger, "to wake her up," as he observed; the ball, passing through the white field of the mainsail, struck the water far to windward. The compliment was imme diately returned from a heavy gun amid ships of the lugger, the ball of which, aimed by the hands of the captain him self, shot away the foretopmast of the York, which fell with ail its hamper to the deck. A fierce broadside from the cruiser followed this discharge, making sad havoc among the symmetrical rig cf the Dolphin. The armament of the lugger consisted of four small pieces of ordnance and one gun amidships, revolving upon a pivot, which was of superk.- metal to that of any gun on board the York. From this instrument of death the missiles of de struction were so faithfully aimed that already had the foremast of the cruiser come lumbering upon the deck, con founding toe crew and greatly retarding the means of defense. The York carried sixteen guns with a complement of about 130 men. She was now unable for several moments to return the constant and de structive fire of the lugger, tlie wreck of the foremast having fallen along the larboard battery, being the side nearest the Dolphin. Both vessels were so cut up in their rigging as to make but little headway, and were now rising and fall ing on swells of the sea within a few yards of each other. Several of the heavy shots from the lugger had penetrated the York's side at the water line, and a large number of the crew of the latter vessel were piped to the pumps, as the craft was fast ""?e large quantities of water. At this mo ment the eye of the smuggler pin rested upon the person of one of his own foremast men on board the enemy the truth flashed in a amoaaent across his mind, the treachery was accounted for, and there stood the traitor. In an instant the grapnel irons were ordered to be thrown and the boarders piped to duty, a few hasty words from the commander of the Dolphin saffired to inform bis followers that the traitnr of the crew was on board the York, and, headed by their brave and daring captain, the lugger men kmpea on the cruisers deck. the you all," cried a with oae hand to who had betaajed ahesa, while his other ha kept a score of with his flamhtrig sword. at bay After securing their rade the Dolphin's crew retreated swiftly to their own veaitl, amid the fn"!- of the crew of the York, who had iptotely by those that fifsil to the York tisaed fall; than the two The Dolphm, as shefefi asters of aatagemst, gave which did fearful havoc upon TJsscaptaaaf tJascraamarwasabrcsm to aufaafiseee. asrhe aasre, wheaehe The Dolphin sailed for the core oa the of the isamn, sorely ia hull and "ggg by the a contest with the king's cruiser. The lugger is again anchored am the quiet cove, and all hands are piped" te witness punishment. The 'traitor who had betrayed the ship had confessed his guilt, and the price of his treachery was found upon his person. The crew were at their station, all save six seaxaea chosen by lot. who stood apart from tnetr companions wsa downcast eyes and trembling forms, for they were the agents through whom a fellow creature was to be launched, in cold blood, into eternity. These hearts of oak that a few hours since stood fearlessly at their guns dealing death and destruction around, and with blood flowing like water at their feet, now trembled! A strange quiet reigned throughout the ship, even the wounded arnn below had sup- thetrsseasavaad the tick of the captain's watch could be heard.atanyu. puWshed. although in years past it pan ot tne quarter aces, ine misers me man who was now to suffer stood upon a gun, his arms confined behind him and a rope around his neck the cord was rove through a block at the extreme end of the yard arm and reaching down again to the deck, the opposite extremity was placed in the liands of the six chosen by lot. Contemplating this arrangement for a moment the captain said: "Why, men, next to mutiny, I know of no blacker or more accursed sin than treachery; that man has betrayed us may heaven forgive him, as I do at this moment: he was seduced from his duty in an evil hour while under the effects of liquor he is now penitent, and you see how bravely he will die you have had related to you the peculiarities of his case, which. I think, has many extenuat ing points you are iiis jurors; shall he die? Siiall we send your old messmate into eternity? Speak, my men." "No! no! and if the-captain forgives him. that's enough." said the gpnerous itcarted crew. "Blow me." said the old seaman who has before spoken in this story, "if 1 don't think a man who could betray such a commander and such a ship must find punishment enough in overhauling the log of his own conscience, without sending him to soundings." Tlie feelings of tlie criminal, for he is a criminal who betravs those who have --confided in liim. may be better imagined tnan uescnoeu. tie text the gun an altered man. He was forgiven his sin. Well knowing that the boldness of this last adventure with a cruiser of the royal navy would draw down certain destruction upon them, the captain and crew of the lugger ran her into a French port, where she was sold and tlie pro ceeds equally divided among the crew and officers, who were thenceforth dis banded. Let us follow for a moment, gentle reader, the life of this captain of the Dolphin, tliis smuggler of the Isle of Man. Still actuated by a love of adventure and fondness for the sea, he proceeded, to London, where he was soon intrusted with a large merchant vessel in the West India trade, as captain, in which capacity he led a lucrative and adventurous life for several years, subsequent to which he visited and settled in America. On the breaking out of the war with the mother country, his ardent love for the principle t for which our fathers contended led him to offer his services in behalf of liberty. He was appointed captain of a noble vessel, the first of the American navy, and his was the hand that raised first her flag upon the blue water. With this vessel and others with which he was subsequently intrusted, he gained some of the most brilliant naval victories ever won. Through his whole service there was one faithful follower, who never left him, and whose protecting arm twice saved his life in tlie memorable battle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis, the former of which be com manded. Reader, that follower was the pardoned criminal of the Dolphin lugger! Would you follow this commander still further? Congress passed a public vote of thanks to him for his gallant ser vices, endowing him with the highest rank in the American navy, wldch to this day is embalmed in the grateful hearts of a free people. Boston Globe. EUetrie aad Gas Ugatlaev I do not see anything in the electric light wave- to frighten holders of gas company stocks. If-1 had an abundance of idle capital I would want no better in vestment than to buy up gas stocks on a low market The reason for this is that there never was an electric plant that would stand the wear and tear to which it must be subjected. They will wear out within a short time, even the best of them, even with the greatest of care in their operation. I would like nothing better, however, than to see the use of electricity in public lighting a success. It gives a splendid light, and if the ma chinery can be made to wear, offers a good investment. Still there woula be abundant use for gas plants in furnish ing gas for fuel, heat and power pur poses. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The health giving influence of moan tain air has long been recognized, but the most emphatic indorsement of the "Highland Cure Plan" is now furnished by the report of Professor C. M. Wood ford, who panned several months among the rannihals of the Solomon t-'tHh The main island of the group, he informs as, w inhabited by connoisseurs in man Mat, who select their victims from the hill tribes of the neighboring isles, hav ing found their flavor as superior to that of the coast dwellers as venison is to veaL The benedicts of the archipelago probably board their mothers-in-law at sons convenient highland resort before salting them down for winter ase. New York Telegram. AJi Aa amnsmg story' comes from Japan of a native doctor who bad so far nmsrs Sated his practice to European "Thrwis that an English resident, being ill, sent fee him in the abseace of the only Euro pean doctor of the district. Our coan tryman having eiaboraielv described hie symptoms, the Jap doctor in his turn made a long aad very vague rmrnfr, from which it was impossible to gather' anything really oafiaite. "Bat mass. doctor." exclaimed the patient at last, naturally anxious to know the natare of his complaint, "you have not told ma what it is."' "Ah! you ask what it faT tnin aatfrri mrdirn ia a haf ha toThisfcest riiiiiiwaa - twfit tU Tea. sax. it tve l&XE AGAINST A HUNDRED. rsmflOfC a DEFENSE OF A SHIP AT- STACKED BY A SAVAGE HORDE. am. A Jar lasS-lMmky with Sswdae-C wilrad ml th About 1S33 Cant. Silas Janes. isaident of the First National bank of this town, sailed from Woods Holl as .third officer in the ship Awashonks. Cape Collins, on a four years cruise in the South Pacific ocean. This voyage wrs one of most intense excitement aad hairbreadth adventure, and, while Cape Jones is of a quiet and unassuming character and not fond of putting his giary before the world, yet your corre- it obtained a story full of interest that is not known to have bean a theme of much discussion. The vessel bad a crew of about thirty five men. including captain, fhst. second and third officers, and made the voyage around. Cape Horn without incident. She cruised about the South seas, and when eighteen months out had 800 barrels of fine oil in her hold. "WHERS OSLT MAS 13 VtLS." Closing in with a group of islands just north of tlie equator. Capt. Collins de cided to make a trade with the natives. The ship was hove to, with most of her sails set. in a small bay where the calm , water reflected the strip of white sand. ' green palms and tropical plants that I skirted iu margin a well as the purple hills of the interior. I A number of native dugouts put out to , the ship and made fast to her chains, snd the savages clambered over the ves sel's rail At a favorable signal a fierce jell burst from their dusky throats, caus ing the ears of those who heard it to tremble and their hearts to quaiL In ' less time than it takes to write it the ' ship's decks were full of natives, and the unarmed crew made for the rigging, jib booms and forecastle, in fact anywhere to escape the bloodthirsty islanders. The fight tliat ensued was a desperate and indiscriminate melee. The natives had been so sure of a surprise that they had formed no plan of attack, depending entirely on their overwhelming numbers. At tlie "first rush Capt. Collins and the second mate were engaged in a hand-to-hand conflict with some of the savages who had availed themselves of the ship's cutting in spades, and the poor men were immediately hacked to pieces. Thomas Gifford. of Falmouth, a seaman, made a bolt for the forecastle, and received a blow from a spade. He carries the scar across his forehead to this day. and it is a most unpleasant reminder of that bloody massacre. Capt. Jones, then a youth of about 20, found himself surrounded by a number of infuriated natives, each struggling for a whack at him with the keen edged spades. He managed to parry the blows, juaapiBg into the vessel's hold and -i aadjea1 asaong the tiers of oil casks into the cabin. Here he found the steward and two seamen on the floor, covered with wounds, inflicted by the murderous spades. The rest of the ship's company were either aloft or cooped up in the forecastle. In one corner of the cabin was the magazine containing the muskets and ammunition. Seizing the muskets, Capt. Jones gave them to the wounded men to load, while he set about rescuing the Awashonks. ONE AGACiST A HUNDRED. The Datives were scattered over the deck stealing what they could get their hands on. They plucked up the ring bolts from the decks and rails and tugged at them when two tons' strain wouldnot have pulled them out. They pried at bolts and straps, picked at naO heads, wrenched down kettles and stove pipes and threw them into the canoes. The chief, an ill visaged rascal, was at the wheel endeavoring to beach the ves sel, but he was not up in navigation. Fint he put the wheel down, and the sails not lining lie put tne wneel up. Slowly the Awashonks headed oil and gathered headway toward the beach. An Indian who lived in Mashpee, some ten miles from here, cut the braces and the sails were taken aback. A shower of arrows and heathenish maledictions were hurled at him as he sought shelter in the tops. The vessel lost headway, but the chief continued his experiment without the rudder. The cabin, where Capt. Jones had taken refuge, was lighted by two win dows in the stern and a large skylight overhead. When tlie enemy peered into these apertures a well directed bullet sent them away in hot haste. For over an hour this skirmish between a desper ate man and a hundred murderers con tinued. As fast as the wounded men could load the muskets CapC Jones would put their contents where they did the most good, and the islanders began to have wholesome fears of the windows and set about devising some better method of attack. Looking up through the skylight dur ing the quiet that followed Capt. Jones saw the chief at the wheel in his frantic endeavors to beach the vessel. Taking careful aim at his broad, naked chest, he pulled the trigger. The bullet passed through the deck, and having spent its force, rolled along the planking to to chiefs very feet. The savage left the helm, inspected the bullet hole, and then laid a piece of board over the splintered plank; he then re turned to the wheel as unconcerned as could be. Another bullet from the mus ket pierced his heart and the lifeless form rolled into the scuppers. At the death of their chieftain the Isl anders fled panto stricken to the shore, and the Awashonks was laboriously put to sea. She soon fell in with amerchant aun, Capt. Proctor, and was brought into Wood's HoU by a portion of the merchant crew. Cape Jones was offered a master's berth by the owners of the whaler he had so bravely defended, and up to 1864 he f ol lowed the sea in thatcapacity. Three of (he crew now live in this vicinity, and two of them bear sears that tell a tale of sore .wounds received in the fray. Fal mouth (Mass.) Cor. New York Herald. The food which is most enjoyed is the food we call bread and fruit. InaUmy toag medical career, extending om forty years, I have rarely known an in staaca ia which a child has aot preferred fruit to animal food. I have many times called upon to treat children for disorders induced bypreaunz .upon them. wii to the frrrnajon of fruk diet, and have seen the beat resuha oscarfrom the practice of revertias; to theaieof fruit atWdisssry. Isarit wxaoat tae learned frcsa simple experience, that Urn most natural diet for the young, after the natural milk diet, is fruit and whole meal bread, with milk and water for drink. The desire for this same mode of suste nance is often continued into after years, as if the resort to flesh were a farced aad artificial feeding, which required long and persistent habit to establish its permanency as a part of the svstea of every dav life. How strongly this prefer- vxm-w mht iirt uuii utcranuuu luuu jKY vails is shown by the simple fact of the retention of these foods ia tlie mouth. Fruit is retained to be tasted and relish ed. Animal food, to use a common phrase, is "bolted." There is a natural i desire to retain the delicious fruit for full mastication: there is no such desire, ex cept in the trained gourmand, for the re tention of animal substance. One further fact which I have observed and that too often to discard it, as a fact of great moment is that when a person of ma ture years has, foe a time, given up vol untarily the use of animal food in favor of vegetable, the sense of repugnance to animal food is soon so markedlv devel oped that a return to it is overcome with the utmost difficulty. Neither is this a mere fancy or fad pe culiar to sensitire men or over senti mental women. I have been surprised to see it manifested in men who were the very reverse of sentimental, and who were, in fact, quite ashamed to admit themselves guilty of any such weakness. I have heard those who. gone over from a mixed diet of animal and vegetable food to a pure vegetable diet, speak of feeling low under the new system, and declare tliat they must needs give it up In consequence: hut I have found even thebe (without exception) declare that they inSiiit'ly preferred the simpler, purer, and. rs it seemed to them, more nat:ual. food plucked from the prime source of food untainted by its pessap through another animal Ludy. Riehard son in Lnngiaau: 3iag2xiue. OUIus the SfaeaTS. Standing in a prominent hardware store the other day. the Stroller watched a lady purchase a pair of ehears. She decided upon the size and style desired and tried four or five pairs, reject ing them all because, she said, they "squeaked." But she was finally suited with a pair that didn't "squeak" and went her way. As the accepted pair happened to Le oue of those first re fused, the salesman was asked how the metamorphosis was effected. "That," said he. "is one of the very simplest se crets of the man who sells shears. Ob serve this." He picked up a pair of scissors which ''squeaked" wofully when wcrked. Then he ran his thumb and forefinger thoughtfully down the side of his nose and rubbed them over the scis sors, which came together as gently and noiselessly as though saturated with oiL "That's all there is of it," he said. "You see. there is always a little oil col lected in the corners on the outside of your nostrils. Scrub your nose as hard as you will, the oil will be back there in five minutes. So when a customer comes in. tries a pair of shears and complains that they squeak and come together hard. we can oil tiicm up and make them run smooth without exciting suspicion. What vras the oil put on tlie cose for? To help the hardware man out, I sup pose. Cut then what I have told you is a good thing for all nervous people who don't like Equeaky shears to know." Chicago Journal. At tfca Worth Cape. At Tromsoe, the sheltered capital of northern Norway, our steamer remained just long enough to allow us to visit an interesting encampment of Lapps, and their reindeer in the neighborhood. The company wo visited had pitched their tents en the side of the mountain, and about a dozen or more seemed to live comfortably enough in a 6pace we might portion off for so many hens and chick ens, iotn men ana women were re markably short, seldom mora than four feet high, with eyes wide apart, and flat, expressionless faces. They wore reindeer garments, with leather boots up to the knee, and bright colored hats in form of sou westers on their tangled locks. At our request the men called loudly to the Lapp-in-chief, who was waiting for a summons upon the lulls to bring down his herd of rein deer, and very soon the cries of the tlcgs and the rattling of the horns of the deer were to bu heard, as the beautiful crea tures answered to thecall of their mas ter and bounded down the hill-j'dw to ward us. The patriarchal Lapp, after we had made a few vain attempts at ex changing courtesies, signified he expected a handsome donation for his trouble, and on saying "good by," we noticed rhat the Norwegian sailors who accompanied us each gave bis coin in turn, it being considered unlucky to part with a Lapp without offering some small gift. Tem ple Bar. Toe Plates, The coloring matter of rubber false tooth plates is chiefly some oxide of metal, that of lead being of a bright red, while the oxides of bismuth, antimony, aluminum and manganese will give the rubber the brown color running to ma roon and the pink is obtained from ani line colors. But it is not in tlie metallic oxides used in the preparation of rubber that danger lies (as the percentage of rubber sore mouths is so small-one in 50, 000). but in the vulcanization itself, which instead of converting tlie pre pared rubber as received from the da pots into vulcanite can be by r in lew ness converted into a porous plate, con taining hundreds of thousands of minute holes, each able to ab sorb and retain the fermentation from food products, and by its presence constantly against the tissues of the mouth cause blood poison. This porosity is caused by overheating the rubber, thereby converting the BUlphur in the mass into sulphurous acid, destroying the fiber of the rubber by decomposition and setting free the rpotaHfr oxifaa Whereas, if rubber b cured or vulcan ised properly, at a temperature aever exceeding 280 to 300 degs. Fahrenheit, it will retain its elastic fibers intact; the sulphur will be in its natural state, per meating the rubber and holding the coloring matter so hermetically sealed in its substance that no moisture win dissolve; even strong sulphuric acid will not touch it. Iris the duty of those awking rubber plates to attend to these details ia the pwirf ..f t -.ftTrB rbssa dentistry la sought after, harry m therm-. salt, aad' the. rnasmjasacs uij danger ous. Annals of Hygtsae, AN AWFUL STRUGGLE. A WOMAN'S THRILLING ADVENTURE WITH AN ALLIGATOR. A fasmOy named Lambert, living oa Lake Charlie Apopka. or Tsala lake, as it is called, report a very thrilling experi ence. The family is composed of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert and three children two boys and a girl baby, the boys being 3 and IS respectively, and the girl just able to toddle about. They moved there some two years ago and pre-empted a homestead on the south side of the lake. The house is built about 200 feet from the lake and on a slight elevation, the land in front sloping down gradually to the water's edge. At the left, off some little distance, is an immense saw grass poud. Near this 31 r. Lambert built an IncioMure for lib pig3. one side facing the i lake, and up to a month ago he had a aiagmttcent lot of porkers. Ont-"night he heard a tremendous roar in ids hog pen, and. hurrying out with his ahotgun and lantern, he was just in time to see one of his fine hogs disappear ing in the laie in the mouth of a huge alligator, while the score of balls of fire seen glittering in the darkness on the lake fhowed the presence of others. From that beginning their inroads were kept up with great regularity, and though he killed a dozen or more, yet the pork was too nice for them to relinquish their feeding ground. Lately they have grown so bold as to crawl into liis yard in day time, and the predatory raids of these maraudera on his htvs and fowls liave rendered Sir. LamU'rt's life a burden. THE LITTLK DaCGIITER'S PERIL. A recent adventure, however, of two members of his fumilv with one of these dreadful creatures lias so terrified the farmer and has o alarmed his entire household that he is seriously contem plating abandoning his place. One Sat urday afternoon Mrs. Lambert, who was in the back part of the bouse, was at tracted by the screams of her little girl and frantic cries of "Mamma! Mamma!" Hurrying to tlie front of the house, she could not at first locate the little one's whereabouts, but her piercing screams continued, and the almost frantic mother soon discovered the flutter of the child's dress near the lake shore, the palmetto bushes nearly hiding her from view. Snatching up an ax from the woodpile, she flew to tlie water's edge, and as she rounded the palmetto patch a sight burst upon her that nearly drove her crazy. On the edge of the bank, with its body half in the water, was a huge alligator, its forepaws outstretched, raising it from the ground, while its tail lashed the water into foam. Just in front of it, and clinging to a palmetto root with her tiny hands for dear life, was the little girL her dress being held In the jaws of the alligator, who was slowly dragging the child. Tlie alligator's dull eves gleamed with anger, like red coals" of fire, and when Mrs. Lambert appeared the monster uttered a hoarse bellow and started backward, tearing loose the child's slight hold. Tlie tatter's infantile features were drawn into an agonized appeal, and as the :mimal dragged her down she was too completely paralyzed with fear to even cry out. The peril of her baby banished all fear from 3Irs. Lambert, and she rushed up and struck the saurian over tlie head with the ax. and, seizing the child with both hands, tried to pull her away. Tlie sharp blade cut into the alligator's eye. and. mad with pain, he opened his jaw and half sprang at the woman. FiGurnra for her own life. This left the child Tree, and they both fell backward. Sirs. Lambertsaidafter- ward tliat at this moment she never ex pected to save her life. As she fell the alligator swung around bis tail with a terrible sounding whisk, but the fortu nate fall of the two just placed them outside its deadly sweep. The alligator advanced as far as it could with unwieldy waddle, and Mrs. Lambert attempted to rise and escape. Her dress caught on a root, and before she could get up and free herself the alligator made a snap at her and missed, catching hold of her dress instead. Finding tliat it had se cured something, it commenced backing toward the water, dragging along the prostrate woman, who now fully realized her peril and filled tlie air with her cries for help. She frantically clutched at the roots as she was dragged" over them, but her dress was of stout material, and the alligator's strength soon overcame her feeble resistance. Suddenly, with a heavy sinking of the heart, she felt that her foot was in the water, and that, if no help came, she was doomed to a terrible death. The horror gave her strength for a moment, and she made another frantic effort to free herself, but it was in vain, and she felt herself drawn into the water. Sud denly her hands, which were nervously clutching at anything and everything that seemed to promise support, parsed over tlie ax handle. With the swiftness of thought and with superhuman en ergy she seized the helve and scrambled up, and how she cannot say. She man aged to deal the 'gator a heavy blow with the blade. With rare good fortune it struck his other eye ami crushed into the head. The maddened and wounded reptile opened its jaws with a roar of pain and rage, and Mrs. Lambert's dress slipped off its huge teeth. bcrambung up she seized her babv girl and fled wildly to tlie house and fell on the porch in a diad faint. Hpr ln band, on returning home at night, found her there uucoitciou.. with tlie child patting her mother's cheek, trying in her baby way to arouse her. Los An geles Express. Gem. Sheridan Children. The home of tlie late Gen. Sheridan is still sad in the remembranco of the death of its dbtL-iguLhed head, but amid all this sorrow there is a quiet joy in the heart of Mrs. Sheridan in her children. The eldest daughter. Mary, is now 13 and bright. The twin daughters, Louise and Irene, named after their aunt and their mother, take after them ia beauty, and "Little Phil," just turning 0, U a perfect reprodnczioti of the "Little Phil." the hereof Winches ter end Five Forks. In stature aad physi ognomy be is a counterpart of IJs father, which u a great source of coasoLitioa to his mother. The "Little Phil" of the family shows all the courage and equa nimity of the "Little Phil" of liistory. Taw Carasvaewaa KaatHa, Set Csatsat with flea A MetasVa Alas am s9esBsmsm Csaa-astaCaaeredtaamaviiaiaaaatlaa rauaueipma iimaa, l National Bank! -HAS AS AirHswrizaw Capital f $290,000, Aad the ia this sect of the State. sf-Depeaits received sail iatswi paM umadeaceita. . aVDrafta oa the prise ipal cities ia this t try sad Europe boaakt aad sold. rsF-Collsetioae aad all other baeiaeas gavea leomptaadesteralarraarfcm. sTocxaoLoxas. A.ANDBSON.Prea't. J. H. G.U.l.KY, Vice Pres't. O.T.BOEN. Cashier G. ANDERSON. P. ANDERSON, JACOB URKISEN. HENKY RAGATZ. JOHN J. SULLIVAN. J.U.RKEDKK. ApiSS-'Sftf gusmess far is. T ri.KI&JAX, DEUTCHER ADVOKAT, OficeoTer Coloiabas State Bank, Colombo. ewVsTssmBaCaW Ma RICHARD CUNNINGHAM. Atternej anal Caaasatfar at Law. 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