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jer -;- , -5- A - -,. , -, . i VOL. XX.-NO. 5. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1889. WHOLE NO. 993. ,' " "i " -Tr "" ' v ' '--'- - - - - v KA'ii-'" v'-'"- - "-'cS?!!""! " ' ""1 ; t , ?y .I. ii 'f Y . r. SeA- - K: columbVs STATE BAM. COLUMBUS, NEB. Cath Capital - $100,000. DIBECTOR8: IA1VDE8 GKERABD, Pres't. GEO. W. HULST. Vic Pres't. JUUUB A. REED. R. H.HENRY. J. E. TASKEB, Cashier. atomic r atepoalt, .! EicluMKe. bc Callactlaan ill FlBt. rraaaptly ,y latere Ttaie Ita. 274 COHMIM -OF- COLUMBUS, NEB., -HAS AN- Authorized Capital of $500,000 Paid in Capital - 90,000 OFFICERS: C. H. SHELDON, Pres't. H. P. H. OHLRICH, Vice Pres. C. A. NEWMAN. Cashier, DANIEL SCHRAM, Aes't Cash. STOCKHOLDERS: C. H. Sheldon, . J. P. Becker. Herman P. H.Oehlrich, Carl Rjenke. Jonas Welch, W. A. McAllister, J. HenryWordeman, H. M. Winslow, George W. Galley, S-C-Giwr. -.. . v Frank Borer. Arnold F. H. Oehlnch. rjyBank of deposit; interest allowed on time deposits; bay and sell exchange on United States and Europe, and boy and sell available securities. We shall be pleased to receive yonr.bosinees. We solicit yonr patronage. 28dec87 FORTHE WEH COTTAGE OMAN CALL ON A. & M.TURNER r . W. KlatLEaE, Travrellaar Sttf eaaaaaa. rTbese organs are first-class in every par tieahY, sad so guaranteed. SCMFFMTI t PUTI, DBAUOSIK WIND MILLS, BHoktyt Mower, comblntd, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pup Repaired ti ikert ittiee door met of Helntx's Drag Store, 11th ColaatBas.Neb. KBOvao-tt FITS! .il V Aa mA i - - m-A h km 1 ikumTl vbah RADICAL CUBE. IfemswitkadiNiMar v winiir i ika worst riifi Jtecaase ouieis naie iMBoreaeonforBrtBowxeoeivMacare. at once for a treatise and a rwMmutrmM r ISTAIXIBLB BBXKDT. fimftp" aaa roct oawe. costs yow guima trial, and it will core yea. Aaarea H.C.ROOT.M.C itartrntTBWiffK HENRY GASS. UNDEETAKER ! CtFFIIS AND METALLIC ASI8 ro all kinds of Uphol- 4t Mff COLTJHBUa. aHaBaaaaaaaBaaaaaaajaaafyaaajL.. -sihmtgggggggflH attest. I CURE aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa CVsPgSsaBgeLBswajaaaaat MARKSMEN IN THE ARMY. THE DISCIPLINE THAT MAKES OUR SOLDIERS EXPERTS. The United States hag m very extensive territory, jet it has the smallest regular amy of say civilised power of nearly equal territorial extent Still, with am ideas and policy, the gallant little fere sesaas amply snfflcient to guard the country. Peace Is so much the policy of oar nation that even the email army finds little to do. The great Indian tribes have been corralled within their reservations, and the life of the United States soldier is now narrowed down to the stereotyped military code. Weary with the some old ceremonies from year to year, practiced until the regular tactics are absolutely perfect, they have developed the principal gar rison duty, target shooting, into a science of remarkable accuracy. The pleasure of the practice and the spirit of emula tion aroused combine to make them the most skilled marksmen in the world. THE! BEAT THE WOBXD. The rifle used is the ordinary Spring field service pattern, a breach loader, carrying Beventy grains of powder and 500 grains of lead, common service sights that never get out of order. Our little army may be deficient in many ways, but In the matter of rifle shooting to bit and with the object of bitting to kill (the business in which the soldier is presumed to be particularly efficient), it certainly stands first in the world. Another great advantage, al though not a pleasant one, has been con tinuous and almost everlasting stations on the remote frontier. Surrounded with large and small game, what wonder that men, whose business it is to loll, always seized every opportunity for hunting? To be perfectly fair, our marksmen are so far in advance of the best European soldiers, that, so far as execution is con cerned, the latter would have no show whatever when pitted against our own regulars. European armies, though armed with a longer range gun, yet lack practice and accuracy. They are trained to volley shooting in stead of individual aim, and the result is that fully half of the men fire at random Into the air. Uncle Sam's man has to depend upon himself. European nations nurse their dislike of each other and their military training partakes of it. They pay more attention to hatching up new schemes to hurt each other than hitting thebuITs eye. Theyareableto pierce, tunes without number, a target In the shape of an effigy of a Irench soldier, but would miss at every shot an Ameri can target Neither the French, Ger mans, Belgians nor Russians have the skill of the Americans in sighting their guns or in handling their pieces. Routine duty on the frontier is about 'as follows: The soldier-gets $18 per month straight pay, rations, clothing, and a certain allowance which is paid him on the date of bis discharge; an in crease for each year's service or re-enlistment; additional remuneration if pro moted corporal, sergeant or artificer; extra pay if worked as a carpenter, plasterer or mechanic, and lots of other perquisites too small to mention. Guard duty is the hardest in the service, and to this the soldier is eligible about one day in six. SOLDIER LIFE. Three roll calls a day, reveille, retreat and tattoo (if a cavalryman, stables twice a day); drills Mondays or Fridays, dress parade every evening, and target prac tice whenever weather permits. Each company in the service is provided with a pair of breech loading shotguns, a cer tain annual allowance of powder, shot, wad and shell, and these are open to everybody for hunting purposes when not employed on other duty. The soldier can then amuse himself knocking over jack rabbits, bagging sage hens and prai rie chickens, and missing as many ducks and wild geese as he wants to. Tours of detached service are merely picnics. Large game of some kind can almost always be found, and what better sport could any one ask? There is one undeniable fact about a five years term in the United States army. All sorts of material are caught for soldiers; the beer drinking Teuton, the bull dog English man, the fun loving Irishman, the igno rant darky, and, in fact, men of all na tionalities and all climes. They come to us as bright as meteors and as verdant as cucumbers; but no matter how green and unsophisticated the recruit may be when he joins, he has developed into a fine marksman when be leaves the army, and with decidedly mora sense than he was enlisted with. ' The bump of fun is exceedingly large In the average soldier of the line. Gen erally, as remarked, they are young men in the prime of manhood, of fine physique and perfect in every way (else they would not have been accepted by the re cruiting officer), who look upon the term of enlistment as'a sort of lark, and pro pose to get as much amusement and fun out of the five years as possible. Aston ishing as it may seem, yet it is neverthe less true that it is no easy matter to en bat in the United States army. Nineteen out of twenty applicants are rejected for cause, and the twentieth man must be up to the mark, or be is liable to travel the road of his nineteen predeoassors. After enlistment expires a majority of the discharged soldiers, who originally of the states back east, to their frwuwT nosnft. Crvuisetion, with all its drawbacks, has lost Its charms for them, and so they stick to the wast and grow up with the country. Long service and extensive scouting over the plains have cured them of city life and a struggle for existence. They either take up land claims some where, buy farms from the railroads or drift to ranching or stock raising. Many of them prefer cowboy life, which a term of service in the army , saddle and scout ing work especially equips them for. Nsw York Star. as of New Yorkr have a which ia rrowimc in iav tensity and threatening to sap their bud ding Uvea If this sorrow grew lass, and their hair grew more, they would, in deed, soon be supremely happy; for it is the contained -increase of baldness in their ranks which thus afflicts these, Tiase was whan, in a theatre, a church or aapvblio place where aaea aatcover, theheirleas heads, with f ew exceptioaa, won taw property of sasm of asjidla or 4TSSJ0SJ am Now.aaTwayar,iysjafa The Gsaatfry Mas He large BTflllary able Car Their Imetaay is Kaaillaa; the WaammmTmmjAnTmmaMi aaa Ti alalia to say taas at leasvnarr or tnenvnave cumbered the earth for less than forty years, and many for less than thirty; while a certain percentage between that age and 25 give evidence, of rapidly ap proaching baldness. So general, indeed, has baldness in young men become, that sensitiveness regarding it is fast disappearing, and it has ceased to excite comment hi the drawing room. Men of years, too, who formerly devoted somewhat of their toi let hour to carefully combing cultivated locks over spots where locks were no longer possible, have ceased to burden their minds with this detail, and go out into the world strong in a consciousness that the shining space cannot affect their matrimonial value in the market. The fact that at a recent dinner in the Brunswick five gentlemen, all under 45, were grouped together at one end of a table, piesflntfng to view five shining heads, led to the dJscussion of a project for a "bald headed club." Itwaa sug gested that asocial organisation, based on this condition, be formed of gentle men of congenial tastes and habits, and it is said the scheme will soon take defi nite shape. The serious business of the club will be to "consider the possible restoration of hair, and each member will be pledged to test the virtue of some advertised medium, the result to be re ported at a monthly dinner. Barbers arelookmg forward to a boom in hair restorers in consequence. New York Star. ledge Wiuraat The personal friends of William R. Grace say that he never opens a book to read it, and only skims over the daily newspapers, and yet is one of the best informed men on general subjects in the city. Reading bores him. He despises the flowers of rhetoric, and has no pa tience with unimportant details. Life is too short for these. He wants his infor mation as results from the mouths of those who have studied and know. Hence he keeps a few smart, well in formed men around him, and has culti vated the friendship of specialists in every sort of learning and affairs. He is never ashamed to confess ignorance on any subject, and as soon as anything is presented which he does not under stand, seeks at once some one who does. Then he gets immediately to the point of the subject, which he has a genius for striking on the head in half a dozen terse questions. He always remembers what is told him, and puts his pieces of rapidly ob tained knowlege together with a logic which makes a stranger think he is a finely read man. When the person is not at hand to enlighten Mr. Grace on some point he wishes to clear up, he does not forget it, but if a month afterward he meets the man who knows, he pope the question at bim abruptly. Not only business, governmental and historical affairs and current happenings are thus handled by him, but questions of art, science and philosophy. New York Sun. " The last and greatest need of the postal service is the total and complete elimina tion of partisan considerations as affect ing appointment and removals in the working force. The spoils method in variably brings into the service a lot of do nothings or a race of experimenters, whose performances never fail to breed disaster and to crush out substantial progress. It is due to President Cleve land to state that toward the dose of his administration he recognised the import ance of permanency in the railway mail service, and that he made a long step in advance by approving a series of rules submitted by the civil service commis sion having for its object the removal of the service from the influences of politi cians. It needs more than this, however; it needs the sanctity of the statute law de claring that the clerks should not only keep their offices during good behavior, but that after twenty years of faithful and efficient service, or before that time if injured in the discharge of their duty, they should retire on half pay. In case of death from accident while on duty proper provision should be made for the family of the official. Whenever justice is done by congress in these particulars the United States wfil have the best and most efficient railway mail service in the world. Gen. Thomas L. James in Scrib ner's Magazine. TaOesl There are no species of sheep indigen ous to Australia. The fat tailed sheep is found in Asia and Africa, in Syria, India and China, also in Barbery, and such large numbers are raised in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope that it is often known as the Hottentot sheep. This sheep is of small afse, with soft and short wool. Its peculiar characteristic is the enormous development of the tail, by the growth of a large mass of fat on each side of the lower part of this appendage. This is sometimes so great thattho tail alone has been known to weigh seventy pounds or more. This tail is esteemed agreadeficacy forfcod,and to protect ft from being injured by being dragged on the ground, the shepherd often places it upon a board or a small truck with wheels, which is attached by a light string harness to the body of the animal New York Telegram, One good story of Ericsson is missed from tha hundreds that are now going abouL ' It was told many years ago tiut the famous inventor was invited to hear Ole Boll play the violin. His reply was thathebadnotiaM for audi frivolity, ashabadbeentaoght to regard musio, that be rjever had an ear for ft anyhow, that ft would be a waste of hfi valuable time and a breach upon his staid daily habits. Bat sosashow bis friend man aged to bring the two great geniuses together. The meeting was said to hare occurred in As Inventor's shop. A violin Bull began to nlay in lib work, than he dropped Ms tools and llslanatl spellliomid to the roaglcal tones of the sftusiden. He said, so aha story ran, ha had always fefe that scanethlng had been wanting in bis Ufa, and that he had never known what Ik was untfl that day. Musical Courier. bdl u Vienna all is the pastor the applaaw that greeted ilvaa at aW close a print awarded to the Apar- a wall known aot- At a reoant hsfjava the costume tasswaait, - - KILLING A CATAMOITNT.. LUKE FAULKNER'S TERRIBLE BAT TLE WITH A WILDCAT. The Bntte Tweat Psawilsa at the NaTS X Cam" bet DMat lake's ;aet Feasteesa fer Who Is that gentleman with the large gray whiskers? This is the question often asked of an old. well known blacksmith in Berrien county, now nearing on to a ripe old is Luke Faulkner, the man who had such a terrible encounter with a cata mount some thirty years ago. I don't suppose you would find one-half doeen men in Berrien county that would have had half the courage that this man did possess at the tune I write of. The facta and circumstances, of the ease are about as follows: You will recollect that thirty or thirty five years ago Berrien county was very thinly settled, and consequently wild animals were more numerous than they are now. It is tru there are now in these days of George Mc's and Shade Dorminy's occasionally a catamount, but they are not to be compared to the cata mount of thirty yean ago. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS THE DOO. But to the subject in hand Luke had not long been married. He lived on a little clearing near the ten mile creek famous, for the number of wild cats, catamounts, etc., that roamed its banks and swamps in quest of fish or a stray litter of young pigs. The day on which this episode took place was mill day with Luke, and as the mill was some distance off it was a pretty big day's trip, and if the mill hap pened to be crowded it took till in the night to accomplish the trip. And it so happened that the mill was crowded. No one was left with Mrs. Faulkner for the day. as no danger was apprehend ed during the day time, and Luke in structed her that if perchance he was gone till after dark she should go down at sundown to a neighbor's house, a little way distant on the road to the mill, so that she should be ready when her hus band came back from the milL The day wore heavily away, as it does to all young wives when first left to themselves, until the sun seemed to stand still. But finally the shades of evening began to lengthen, and many an anxious glance was cast up throad to see if Luke was yet coming. No Luke! The fuel was prepared for the night, the supper cooked, all preparations were made for the night and Mrs. Faulk ner was sitting by a slow fire knitting and waiting. Waiting for the one or both of two things. For the return of her husband or for the approach of the time when she should go to the neigh bor's. It was now time she should start. She would knit around once more. Pit-a-pat pit-a-pat. She bears the dog jump tbr: fence and come walking in the piazza. and she turns to look, expecting to see her husband driving up the lane. What was her fear ind surprise when instead of the dog, a great big, ugly catamount walked in, eyed things cau tiously for a moment (during which time she was afraid to move) and turned and walked under the bed and lay down on a pile of seed cotton. Can you imagine her feelings? Gently easing up from her chair and out at the door she fairly flew to the neighbor's bouse already mentioned. It was dis tant only about half a mile, and the dis tance was made hi quick time. This man was the owner of a slave. a large, heavy fellow, whom she thought she would get to go and run the cat off. But "No, sahl Me to 'fraid of dat war mint Can't ga in an hour or so Luke returned from the mill, stopped and called for his wife, according to previous arrangement, and was told the story of the cat He'd go. Frank would go with him if he'd take the two dogs along. Yes, they'd take them. A large band light was procured and they started. "Now, masBa, if he jump on me you smash nm, and if he jump on you I finpaTh um. TBS 8TKT0GK3LE IK THE DABS. All right .They walked on. Then. gro kept behind like a cowardly puppy: They walked up to the yard fence and began to make preparations forades perate encounter. The negro's heart beat a double tattoo all the while. Just as the light was well replenished and di vided so that each should have a light in case one got put out, and Luke reached in his pocket to get his knife, biff I he felt the weight of a big dog right in his breast and face which knocked him over and put out his fight Oh horrors! he could hear the negro's feet pvt"g the grit way off up the road. Gone! He had thrown down his light and betook him self to flight Luke by himself? Cer tainly by himself in the dark and a big catamount making desperate struggles which was, however, prevented by a thick new suit of jeans which he hadon. It was a tight hand to hand fight, hard telling which would gain the ascend ancy and win the night, as it were. FlnsJIyLal-erjlaced his left hand on his throat and held such a firm grasp that the cat lay atffl with its talons bar isduUscbthlng. 'lth his right hand and his teeth ha managed to get out and open his knife, and with a sweeping gash cut its throat from ear to ear, and the beast was made to reHamnah his hold, Luke's ciothm-was literally torn m shreds, but he received no wound of a serious nature. Whan ha returned for ins wife he found the ikgro cuddled ap in the cor- did aot sar much to hhn. for ha that was A very thiagthe aagro would do when they started. Whansared why ae oia not staitfOttrroundlMreDUed: ass Lufayjny legs jes gfa to aad I soon was back here won- rddy as got to making pocket knives taas, and to this day carries thafaasihttobsboId,itbaXla7gaV I dont blaaiabim, do yorjf-VaJdoafal&k) SALTING A TENDERFOOT. m r the Adosen years ago. when derfoot curftaHatawm stHM- MV. berries fa the west, aad every single man of them was ready to buy a silver mine before breakfast, four of at who had Jumped an old claim hi Nevada put up a job fo catch a sucker. We went down about twelve feet with a shaft, struck tea raked aad teJaaewEMPa to "salV wkh. m iaOalioia. aad aT 00 our revorreta auu OTerytonaw alsawe could spare, and when.we laid the Bait ready not one of lis could have pat ap enough money to pay a week's board hi advance. Wa placed our figures at 190,000, and a I was the smoothest talker of the quartet Iwas selected aa the spider to waQr the fly into our parlor. , I went up toVlrginia City, and after a couple of days I got bold of a Boston man. Ha was not only green, bat powerful anx ious to be taken in. He was loaded down with money and overflowing with confi dence. Our first conversation ran about aa follows: "Are yon looking for an investment in saining property?" "I am, sir. Have you anything in that linsT "Yes, sir. I own a one-fourth interest in a claim which we believe to be very rich." "One-fourth? Oh, I want the whole thing. Idon't want no partners hi thai MBut I think you can buy aU of as out "That alters the case. 111 look at your claim and make you an offer.'' I took him out there. I don't believe he knew the first thing about ore, but he descended the shaft, looked around a bit, and when we had hauled him up be said: "Doesnt seem to be overly rich, but ni chance it I'U give you $16,000 cash for your right title and interest' We closed on that, transferred our rights, and aLnost broke our necks to get out of the country before any climax came. The old chap was the butt of rid icule for several weeks, but people then began to laugh the other way. He got men and machinery to work, sunk three or four shafts, and Inside of a year he took over $100,000 worth of ore out of that chum. Inside of three years he took out half a million, and then sold to a syndicate for double that sum. I met him after he had drawn $200,000 in Den ver, and he held out his hand and said: "Why, my dear man, Tm glad to see you. Have often wondered where you went to. It was a pity you poor fellows were obliged to sell out so cheap. Here, take a couple of hundred to get a clean shave and a new suit of clothesr New York Sun. 'a literary Work. My practice is to work slowly, but to accomplish something every day. I very seldom average over 800 words a day, and a few letters, and this is gen- rally done before 0 o'clock hi the morn ing! Ten o'clock every evening finds me m bed, and 6 o'clo each morning I am acmyaesK. wo man wnose proreanon or duties demand considerable mental work should allow himself less than seven hours' sleep, and if be occasionally takes eight or nine the overdose will have no serious effect There are per- SOUS, I Know.wnowUlteU you tnaStbey; can and have performed what seemed to them their best work by gas or lamp light Why do they say so? Simply because they have never tasted of the sweets of the early morning hours. No . sua aaa andw stand the aaspiratlon which the first hours of the morning bring to his literary work until he has been un der its influence. What outdoor exer cise do 1 recomend? Healthy exercise of all kinds. With me the saddle is a source of the i most thorough delight and to mv . t .TTT T mTrg ""TT rr km I attribute much of the good health which now allows me to perform my work with a clear brain and a steady hand. Indianapolis News. "PeUee- a Hew Wort la 17SS. The word police has made many bold attempts to get a footing. I have seen it more than once strongly recommended hi the 'papers, but as neither tho word nor the thing itself are (is) much understood; in Ltmaoa, iianoy u wui require a con- siderable time to bring it into fashion; perhaps from an aversion to the French, from whom this word is borrowed; and something, under the name of police, being already established in Scotland, English prejudice will not soon be recon ciled to it Not long ago at a bagnio in Covent Garden, on my complaining of some imposition, I was told by a fair North Briton that it was the regular es tablished police of the house. This, I own, is the only time I have heard it used hi polite company; nor do I believe it has yet made any considerable prog ress, except hi the newspapers, beyond the purlieus of Covent Garden. Qfcon omy, patriotism, sdeqnstenase, privi lege, and a few other such like words, have lately had their run, but now wa hear no more of them. I should not won der, however, if in aaaonth'saimethey sbouldallcome about agam in rotation, at the polite end of the town. British Magazine, 1763. I came across aa instrnetivenotehia recent supplement to a catalogue of the Boston AthensBum which fat wasted em as showing that there are some places in the world where it is not necessary to get up societies for the prevention of craefty to animals. The reference is to the Canary islands, where' C Idwardes sawta'tbetownofTaauxmtoaspsctocie wtuchapaalad to hfa.riaibllities aa waU as to hw sympathy. It was a mule walking up tba street atademurepace fa two patoof aiokcloth breeches.'' Th udetaer.obssrviaf the sstonwhmantof the tonrlst, hastened to explain to aha thei-eaaYnforthJsdeoatcatouaxa8Jl of the lisrflnTMnteof araan. "Itlsbe oanseof thees,saaor, the cursed flies," and thearaileof sympathy with whjoh the remark was mad left no doubt of tte Wetfe f Yaw Those who think that being a prince to a pretty easy job are requested to turn their attention to the present crown prinos of Germany, agad years, and afa under study, Estal Frederick, aged 5 yean. These two helpless little rate bava just one hour and a half a day fa which to play. They get up at 6 o'clock fa the morning, go to their studies at 7 o'clock, and are drilled all day long, learning the trade of king and how to kuJpeopfafatbaspsedJeetpnssmlsman- The poor children are darned the priv ilege of sliding down the banisters. They cannot run offafter hand organs and get lost They cannot jumpoff and oa street cars nor "pes snowballs st windows, running away from the policemen and hiding under sidewalks, to be dragged out by the hind leg. They cannot play "hookey" from school and go swimaing. No; they have to sit around quietly aad be careful of their clothes. TheindJca tions are very strong that they wfflsither have fkscr whisker by the tints they are U years old-CatoJaT&Nffwa, GOOD BILLS LOR SCRAPS. NOVEL WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT REDEMPTION BUREAU. Ways U res r De- Wham a smaD portion of a United States is returned to the treasury with sulfioient proof that the remainder of it has gone oat of existence, the treasury will give the full value of the original note. Naturally the greatest obstruction of money is wrought by fire, and bite of buai with charred edges are constantly coming in for redemption. But aeveral instances have occurred wlMreaaaa fa thefr desperation at their loss, have simply boxed up a lot of ashes, in which there was not the slightest of the original asatariaL and de cdol lars for them. Such requests are, of course, refused, and the senders are in formed that thefrosJy recourse is to ask congress by special act to indemnify them. WCE WITH EAWmiUVE HBBTS. Next to fire the young baby is put down in the department as the most de structive agent Innumerable affidavits are receivad hi which John Jones, or whatever his name may be, "being duly sworn, deposes and says," that his in fant son did chew up and swallow the missing portions of certain $3 bills, and that the said missing portions were thereby wholly destroved and are now no longer in existence. The fashion of keeping small pet dogs has also been the cause of many solemn affidavits being sent to the department Your pug and your poodle seem to take especial delight in masticating the fruit and reward of the many days of severe toil of the head of the house. The fancy of mice for $10 bills as lin ing for luxurious nests has been impress ed upon the redemption bureau by a long series of examples. Only a few days ago several hundred dollars worth of nest lining was redeemed for a southern j man who had for many years given up all idea of finding bis missing treasure. ' There was $700 of ft hi the first place, notes of almost the first issue made by the government early hi war times. It ( had been hidden away hi a place sup- ! posed to be secure, and had disappeared A quarter of a century later, in repair ing the porch of the old house, the nest t wemithy mouse had been disco v ered, and enough of the fragments re- covered to secure more than half of the original deposit Also from the south came most of the moldy, worm eaten bills which have been hidden hi bottles or buried hi the earth for veaaa. There are not an tnanv savings banks hi the south asm thrifty New England, and hiding places are used But the habit of using tho parlor or kitchen stove as a safety deposit vault is not confined to anyone section of the country. Neither is the custom of burn ing up thu treasure by some other mem ber of tho family who is all unaware of its value. Years ago the clerks hi the re- rimrjtinn hnrean epnaod tn rbvlatm imm the stupidity of such people. It has. be- o08 matter or course with them, and they expect about so many letters every Mvrwmnmiafct,m.,.wi-i I TVm w VVVVSV v W Ma W WSM MWLa BJWSW pair of bands with $1,000 worth of silver certificates. ROM THE DEAD LETTER OPTICS. There are not many attempts to de fraud the government through the re demption bureau, and none have been successful. The sending of the two halves of a note of large denomination by dif- remit people, each one swearing that j the other half Is destroyed, and Tri-g for the full value of the note, frequently looks like an attempt to defraud, but the officials think that fa most cases the senders believe they are telling the truth. Counterfeit money comes from every part of the country, mutilated, probably by design, with requests for its redemp tion. It Is always indelibly stamped "counterfeit" and returned to the sender. The redemption bureau is not a good place for "shoving the queer." even in a fragmentary condition. There is fa tho treasury vault a brown wooden box eighteen inches long, a foot wide and eight inches deep, which con tains paper money of the nominal value of several hundred thousand dollars. It ia not worth a dollar. The queer thing about it is the manner in which it waa collected. Every bit of it came from the dead letter office of the postoffice depart ment Some portion of it is counterfeit but the most of it was genuine money many years ago. The banks which is sued it and tile officers who signed it are gone and forgotten. It was all sent over to the treasury department some years ago, and Assistant Treasurer Whelpley undertook to trace up- the various banks and get as much as possi ble of it redeemed. Occasionally he found descendants of these old bank of ficials, themselves bankers, who were willing to redeem some of the notes for the sake of the signatures of their fathers, and in this way he succeeded in getting several hundred dollars' worth of It redeemed. But of that remaining, not a bill can be redeemed. A little of it is Con federate money, but most of it is of banks, state and private, that went out of existence many years ago. The oldest notesareoateaDacEasiarasisia. One package contained $54,000 and another $9,000. The mystery is how so much money could have been lost fa the maiL Neither the men who sent it nor the ones to whom It was sent could be found by the postoffice department nor could Mr. Whelpley find any trace of them or their descendants. The $9,000 package was sent from Brandon, Miss., to JsrVaor Miss., in 1840, and the letter accompany ing it shows that it was sent fa conse quenceof repeated demands. The most diligent search fails to discover the slightest trace of any such banking com pany as that at Brandon, Mies., which issued the notes, most of which are of t he $1 ,D00 denomination. The notes are haiidboinely executed, aa are a large ma jority of those fa the box. Washington Post Birds have aoata queer fancies fa ss- for bufldfag their aaafa, time ago, near Saaville, New Jer sey, 1 noticed in agrovaof oaks, that nearly every .tree had an old tin can nailed up fa it I found oa 'itfra that the cans ware all occapied by wrens aad Mathilda. Bat what attracted amy aaawflaaMMuaV saaaflaK Waaaw Sanaa Old awOslC CsawAaaBaMaal faeae of the trees. AsXaaavoachad it a bluebird flew oat, aad altaoagh it was I P birds comfortably ailaiag fa aha nest loace found avertable tower neat, baOt by a pair of lobofas. They had bafltaaest in a cedar tree, aadftaad they alone knar afterwards they baOt topcfltaadatinhilagusiitlatiil.taey built a third one. Bait they wary very hard to please, for still another nest waa const i anted on top of the third one, and a fifth one oa top of the fourth, before they wen coav teated to begin hotariTrasping Notloag after that f our little heads over the edge of their lofty Aaoldratlesaaa one told aaa his wife, on a certain wash day, missed alaeecapthat aba had hung out oa the line and fastened with a clothes pin. Several days afterward, when walking fa his garden, he noticed something white fettering in the branches of a cherry tree, and an examination showed that a pair of robrashad taken the cap from the Una and fastened it among the twigs and grass of their nest The birds had un doubtedly pulled the cap from between the prongs of the clothes pins, for they could not otherwise have obtained it They were left in undisturbed possession of their prize. A pair of sparrows in Central park, New York, have regularly, for several years, built their nest and reared their young ones in the right hand of Daniel Webster's statue. But a stranger place than that has been used by a pair in Charing Cross, London, for six years past. These bravo little follows have maae their home right in the mouth of a lion but the lion is made of stone. Philadel phia Times. The Colored Brother Uoalxed la Geimaar. Berlin is less cosmopolitan than almost any other of the largo cities of the world. It is comparatively seldom that one sees strange costumes and strange people, as is daily the case in New York, Paris and London. It is not a great while since the street gamins would follow an Eng lishman or American, whose dress dif fered somewhat from the ordinary, and cry at the top of then voices, "Eng Ianderr or "Yankee!" Although that has changed somewhat In the course of time, the novelty has not yet worn off. A colored man clad in respectable gar ments who appears in Berlin is almost lionized. There is no raco prejudice. On the contrary, he is the equal of all. and people speak of the handsome "brunette and tho frauleins saddle Pegasus in his honor. I have seen hundreds of promenaders stop before the Cafe zur Opera and gaze for minutes at the colored man who acts as porter to the establishment His presence draws numerous people to the restaurant who would otherwise pass It by. The big fellow appreciates his posi tion now, has become proud, and shows his white teeth in smiles of recognition to many fashionable people In the street. His wages are high, and, being the only attraction of his kind hi Berlin, he is able to dictate bis terms. In the classical cfsy of Weimar a negro married the daughter of the court preacher. The wedding was honored by the presence of his royal highness Grand Duke Alexander and all the aristocratic people of that modern Athens. London Letter. Spirits of the Sea. Hauled up on the sandy beach near the foot of Ocean street are two old whale boats which, although in fair condition, are eloquent in the evidence of long ser vice and dumb rehearsal of soul stirring scenes and perils amid solitude and ice, guided by brave men who isolate them selves from home, friends and comfort in pursuit of a noble calling whose once bright light now bums so dimly; they are saturated through with the romance of the deep which surrounds one like a fog, and mans the battle scarred boats with ghost ly phantoms of those whose powerful breasts, now silent motionless and un known, once heaved under the inspira tion of the chase alternated with anxious thoughts and yearnings for loved ones from whom they were separated by 6uch an immensity of time and space. These boats have recently been brought here for use in local fishing industries, and will prove an interesting subject for ex amination by summer visitors who seek communion with the spirits of the sea. Falmouth (Mass.) Local. aUePeUUes. It ia very seldom that you find a negro begging. Of course, he is always ready, Uke many a white aan, to take whatever is tendered him, but street beggars among toe colored race are very scarce. One, however, came into the secretary's room on 'Change the other day. He wanted som9 change, and I agreed with the as sistant secretary to give the beggar a quarter if he would acknowledge he was a Democrat, while my friend was to do likewise should the colored irtnoratift claim allegiance to the party of purity. We then asked the negro what bis polit ical persuasion was, and he replied, after being told what arrangement wo had mSI to provide for him: "Well, boss, lee neither. Pse on do fence." It Is ndlose to say that ho received both quarters. St Louis Globe-Democrat. boo unlaw. "Talk about wives." said Fanner Ilaw buck, "I've got one wife in a million. Why, she gits up in the mornin', milks seventeen cows, and gits breakfast for twenty hard workin' men before f o'clock." "She must be a verv robust woman. Hawbuck." remarked one or his hearers. "On the contrairy," put in the farmer, "she is pale and delikit like. Gosh, ef that woman was strong I dunno what work she couldn't do." Harper's Weekly. la the Seals! Swiss. "Do you think the Bible commends society, Mr. Boody House?" "Well. Miss Collingwood, I don't ex actly know," stammered Boody House, who had forgotten it was Lent "but I guess it does." "In what part?" "Well, now, I can't tell exactly, but I think along fa Noah's time -most every one was fa the swim." Toledo Blade. Japanese oranges are different from oar ideal of an orange as they can well be, separating from the peel almost as aauy as a grape, dividing into sections at the slightest pull, each section like a separate fruit dissolving its piece into your mouth with flavor of cherries, leaving no pulp behind. 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