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T ?r ." I:! .. NEBRASKA. FAMILY : JOUKNAL. A Weekly Newspaper issiei erery Wednesday. 32 Calms ef reaiiig Batter, era sistiig ef Nebraska State News Items, Selected Stories ait Miscellaay. . VSamplo copios sent free to any mMnm.m Subscription price, SI a ytar, ii MfMct. Address: M. K. Tdbneb A Oa Columbus, Platte Co., Nebi J. DTJSSBLL, SEaXX IS I'DMrS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE. Olive St., nearly opposite Post-efloe. 0jnne88-y LOUIS SCHEEIBEB. All kiads of Repairiig dene Short Notice. Biggies, Wag ons, etc.. Made to order, and all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous-Waiter A. Wood Mowers, Reapers, Coabia- ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. larStacp opposite the " Tattcrsall," on Olive St.. COLUMBUS. 26-ra Judicious Advertising Creates many a new business, Enlarges ninny an old business, Revives many a dull business, Rescues many a lost business, Saves many a Jailing business, Preserves many a large business, Secures success in an' business. Bo fcys a man of business, and wo add that judicious advertising, for this section of country, includes THE JOURNAL As one of tho medium, because it is road by the Iteet iieoido, tliots who know what they want and liny for what the Kef. We challengo eomiiarison with any country paper lu tho world in this re elect twenty jean publUhinK by the same management, and neer me dun to subscrilT8 published in The Joukxai- Thin, better than an tiling oW, shows the clnts of people who read Til: JouiiNAt. even- week. tf GOSHEN FENCE MAGHIHE' CHEAP. ONLY $15. Woven wire and slats, ent willows, split hoards w anjthine h6ort, nsed; after posts are -t, fence can bo made and stretched on the ground. in the winter, by a boy or ordinary farm hand, 10 to 10 rodx a day, and can wort it over an gronad. The man who has one of these ma chines jan build a fence that is more durable nnd afe than tiny other, and make it at lets cop:. Toe uiachlx,. and a tamplo of its work can be ecn intlieeify c 11th street at Ernst & Schwarz lianlwaro store. Villwll mchines, or territory, or contract to put up fasces. lina tl I. B. HATIIEWSON. IIBPAPEII . book of 100 paircj , The best book tor aa jHIM.&Al.aABuiviii:i IU X.VIM MMjtWbM wmg. or otherwlso Jtcoutatiislistsof newspapers and estimates ftfaecostufuiTeriisltiir.Tlieadvi-rtIse ho grants to spend one dollar. finds in it the in. CorniatJoulietefiuIre. while foihim who will tnvedtoue hundred thousand dollars in ad ertlains. n scheme is indicated wliiv.li will weetliU every requirement, or can bemad to do to bg tlighi chances tati'.y arriced at by cor retpendemee. 1(9 edition have been issued. Sent, post-paid, to any address for 10 cents. Write U fiEO. P. ROWELX & CO., JJEWSPrElt .1DVEKT1SIXU BUREAU. 0oruee6UiMntin House S.. NewYcrk. PATENTS Caveats and Trad Marks obtained, anil all Pat ent business conducted for MODKU.YTE FEES. OUK OFFICE IS OPPOSirE U. 8. PATENT OFFICE. We have no sub-ajfrneioo. all buoiness direct, hence we ran transact patent bubiness in leas time and at LESS COST than those remote from Washington. Head model, drawing, or photo, with descrip tion. We advise if patentable or not, free of charge. Oar fee not due till patent is secured. A book, "How to Obtain Patent' with refer- to actual clients in your ktuto. county or town, mat free. Address PaUnt "Office. Wash ingtoa, D. tl E T0$IODH bASIIs?-Agents Waste! I T CncctABfT. 1.069 Brewster Safety Beta sTnM fdvnawmytatBtidaeehca. Kvery Essatswaer keys froe I te , Haw ntinutaKHr km, aeaasM IB BMt to BSrjUSISSSl BlacMiiWaiiiw m Ms lUeaH II asy jsMtseeaat aaskaw ! iai am siaMais flss caw shSbt BMib TOPICS 0FTlffi TIMES. A. Choice Selection of Inter esting Items. Spmxgfield, Vt., is the largest town to claim a gold mine worth operating. The story goes that one citizen of the town amassed a fortune from the gold which he washed out of the sands of Gold Brook. A New Yoke writer claims to know of an agreement between five magazine editors of that city to return tnread by the next mail any manuscript sent them in the form of a roll. He also says that still other editors he knows even refuse to open such manuscripts, but at once pitch them into the wasto-basket. Many an angel will be turned away tin-, awares by these gentlemen. An Albany, Ga., man with English sparrows. was pestered He soaked a I quart of hominy in strychnine and baited several place in the yard with it. The sparrows gobbled it up, but it did not kill them worth a cent. Abont 100 of them turned perfectly snow white in a very short while and became very pugnacious and quarrelsome, and whipped off the other sparrows as fast as they alighted. Fred Corcn, who suffered an acci dent in Anson ia, Conn,, whereby he lost all power of speech, has mysteri ously gained it again. He was riding on the cars to Great Harrington, Mass., with his wife and child, when he felt a peculiar itching in his throat. As the train neared Great Harrington Coecli looked out of the window, and, turning fmvaril hi wife, oxplaimed: "Mother Uhed to go by that road!" These were the first words ho had spoken since the accident. He continues to improve. ""-- ..--, The cotton plant has developed new and unexpected capacities. The cloth made from its down clothes millions of people, the seed from the plant fur nishes valuable oil and meal, and now an ingenious Southerner has secured patents in all European countries, also Canada, Mexico, India and South America, for the conversion of the cot ton stack into strong fibre equal in quality to the bagging made from jute. This bagging can be sold as cheap jute bagging and will probably take its place. Jon I. Bi.Mic, the millionaire owner of Clairsville, N. .T., and also the owner of one-half thfi railroads in Iowa, a man estimated to be worth from $10, 000,000 to $100,000,000, was in Chicago the other day. and. ;t h .related by the Tribune of "that city, elmrigedjiis linen in the wash-room of the Grand I'adfic Hotel to save the expense of paying for a room. Ho is S8 years old, ami wears an ancient, .scrnbbed-up hat that a poor man would be ashamed of. Hp is gen erous, people say, to everybody except himself. A scientific Englishman lias pub lished an elaborate paper demonstrat ing that the power of our planet to support vegetable and animal life is gradually becoming exhausted; that the vitality of tho planet is slowly devour ing itself, so to speak. In the course of some millions of years, according to this authority, not only human life but all othur life will become extinct by starvation. The pain produced by this announcement is somewhat mitigated by the consideration that for some thousands of years the farmer and the fisherman will bo the only aristocrats. Oil from corn is one of the latest products which modern science every now and then throws upon tho world. The maize, which is now grown in the United States at the rate of some 2,000,000,000 bushels per year, has been experimented with and found capable of yielding 3i per cent, of its weight in jl, the germ of-the kernel being the part from which the oil is extracted. The new material is of a pale yellow, homewhat thicker than either the olive or cotton seed oil, and does not seem to be readily available as a substitute for them, but it is well adapted for lubri cating purposes, and may be used as a salad dressing. A new yoke paper says: "The 1-40 insurance companies doing business in this city at present are preparing for a gigantic combination, which, if consum mated, as it is almost certain to be, will probably raise insurance rate3 in New York to a point that they have never reached since the war. Of the 140 com panies 117 have signed the agreement, and the promoters of the scheme are doing such active 'missionary work among the remaining twenty-three that it is probably only a question of a few days when the latter will enter the com bination." Such schemes have been tried a dozen times and failed. The public will have some remarks to offer upon the snbject which will interest the New York insurance companies. JriGE Ridley, of the Criminal Court at Nashville, Tcnn.. has charged the grand jury that "guessing matches," where a newspaper has offered a prize of $100 to the person who comes near est to guessing the population of Tennessee as it will be found by the census-takers, will come under the law against gambling as violations. In these "guessing matches" the people who make the guesses have nothing whatever at stak unless it be the ,,,.,, . . , ' . small bits of paper on which they write j down their figures and their names, By the rules of those who gamble a man must have something at stake, and their authority says that a man cannot even bet on a certainty. To make this a violation of the law against gambling requires a greater stretch of law than that made by the Missouri judge, who had indicted a lot of people who at tended a church fair. Such hair-splitters as Judge Bidley on tho bench do much to weaken respect for law. Bct small belief will be accorded by those who possess any knowledge of Egypt to the tales which are now being circulated concerning the alleged treachery of Emin Pacha, says the New York Tribune. It is asserted that he had arranged to surrender his province of Wadelai to the Madhi at the time of the fall of Khartoum in 1885, and that he was only prevented from carrying out his intentions by the menaces of his Egyptian subordinates. It ic on the authority of the latter that the charges in ijtiestidn are being made against Gordon's heroic lieutenant, whose sur name of Eniin tho Arabic Jor "Faith ful" is cherished and respected by native friend and foe alike throughout the wilds of the sad, dark Soudan. The character of his traducers should in it self be sufficient to put an immediate stop to the calumnies which have ob tained currency concerning him. For while the most honest and respectable of native Egytians excel even the Cre tans in that extraordinary talent for lying which is so graphically described by St. Paul, those who were with Einin at Wadelai were, every man of them, either ticket-of-leave convicts or Cair ene oilicials who had been banished to Soudan as a punishment for some un usually disgraceful misdeed ' in lower Egypt. Exile to the Khedive's Central African provinces was always regarded as a penalty almost worse man aeaiu, and was onlv resorted to in the most flagrant cases of crime, Gen. Gordon repeatedly protested that the regenera tion and civilization of the Soudan would remain impossible solongas the Cairene Government persisted in using the Up per Nile provinces as a-penal settlement for criminal and disgraced officials, whom he denounced as the curse of Central Africa. And it is on the authority of the?e black sheep, of these men branded with infamy, whose cruelty and rapacity were the main cause and origin of the great Soudan Rebellion, that Emin "the faithful" is held up to the obloquy I of the world as a coward and a traitor ! (ire the War Ships Mottoes. On the forward edge of the old Con stitution's poop deck, just over the heads of the wheelmen, are engraved the words of the dving Lawrence, i "Dou't give up the ship!" Nearly every l visitor who has seen this motto on the old war ship has asked why the custom of giving a motto to United States ves sels has not been generally employed, Nearly till British war ships carry a motto, usually in Latin, cut on the bridge or ioop deck, where it s visjble to cvpry eye in the ship's company. The French have a similar rule, and many regiments of the standing armies, notable the Second United States Cav alry, whose motto is "Troujours Pret," enjoy a distinctive emblem of this sort, which attaches to the ship or the regi ment during its lifetime. No vessel of our navy has a motto of any sort, and the custom, venerable and inspiring as it seems, frequently finds expro.-sions in queries as to why it has been abandoned. I should suggest," said a prominent naval officer recently, "that our ships earn' their names in plain gold letters on their sterns, and that a motto, which the crew shall choose for itself, shall be engraved on the forward part of the poop deck. The motto of the new ship ought to be chosen by the officers and men conixsing the first full detail sent abroad, the selection to be made at the conclusion of the first three y(ZTa iTiie:Thfi idea- irra general sense is Inspiring, and the 'ship's motto' could nqt fail to lend dignity to the ensemble of the crew." X. Y. Times. Sitx Still and Clares. "When I go to the library," said a lady to Tho Man About Town, "and try to get any of the daily papers I usually find a horrid man in possession, either reading every line in the paper, including the advertisements, or else carelessly resting his olbow on one paper while carefully perusing an other. " What do you do in such an event ?" asked The Man, anxious to find out. "Oh, j;I simply take a seat near him and glare. Yes, sir, glare with all tho tigerish concentrated ferocity an amia ble woman can throw into a pair of weak blue eve." "What happens ?" "Oh, lie shifts about uneasily, as if he weie the focus of four dozen pairs of oppra glasses, and presently either moves his arm or deerts the paper I want' to get. But men don't bother mo nearly so much as women. WhyV Be cause women are impervious to and wholly oblivious of a glare or a stony stare or any othnr form of ocular inten sity. For instance, when I go to look for the foreign magazines I usually find some lady leading my favorite periodi cal, while the rest are out of sight." "Where are they?" "She is sitting on them and nothing this side of a dynamite explosion will get her to move. So I pass on." There is a good sized moral hidden about this story somewhere. SI. Louis Hep ubl icon. Wouldn't Hurt the Trains. Tourist Operator Bogardus, known to telegraph operators in every city of im portance throughout the United States, was in the city yesterday. "Bogy,' as he is familiarly called, has traveled all over this country and Europe, and mostly on tne contributions of his brother key pounders and the passes of persistently importuned railroad official-:. "Bogy" hasn't done a stroke of work for an interminable length of time, simply because nomadic life is prefer able. He was yesterday on his way tq Memphis, with the avowed intention of actually going to work at the key board. Hundreds of stories are told of "BocyV persistency in applying for railroad passes. The best of these per haps, his importunate demands for a pass from General Manager Williams of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day ton road. After declining at three or four successive visits, Mr. Williams in dignantly told Bogardus never to call at his oflice again for a pass. An hour later "Bogy" popped his head into the general manager's office and remarked: "Mr. Williams, I haven't called for a pa-s; I jut want one of your time cards! I've concluded to walk, and I want a time card so as to keep out of the way of regular trains.'" Mr. Williams bit his lip to suppress an incipient smile, and ordered his clerk to write out a pass for the persistent applicant. Chattanooga Times. A Lesion in Manners. That the manners of our fathers are not ours is wen enougn understood, ana the pIirase ..of tlie old schooF has come ot ours is well enough understood, anil to be used rather as a reproach to the degenerate present generation. An old lady who belonged to the times whpn courtesy was perhaps more general, as it certainly was more elaborate, than it is now, administered rather neatly a rebuke to a lad who did not corfie up to her ideas. She had known the boy's father when he was in Harvard, as now was the son, and as the latter could hardly remem ber his parents who died in his infanpy. he was always eager to learn all hp could about them, The youth was invited to Gall upon the old lady, who is now beyond the term set; by the Fsalmist for man's life, at a country place one day last summer, and had an interview with her upon tho wide veranda, where she was sitting when he arrived. He lifted his hat, and then, replacing it upon his head, went pn talking with the old dame, who regarded him with looks of disapproval, "Do I look like my father?" the young man asked at length. "I cannot tell," the old lady replied, dryly. "I never saw him with his hat on when lie talked with a lady." I VP AND uOWJr. St mulcts S. BUITH. We're rp '.--Jay on fortune's hm """ ' And nee from ever sorrow. But in the wheel of good and ill All may be changed to-morrow. WVre np and down as time flies otl Now ease, now hardest labor No millionaire can safely frown Upon bis lowly neighbor Riches take wings the man of wealth May meet with sudden losses. While be whose only storeys health May rule behind u'is horses. Then do not slight the toiling- poor. For labor ne'er disgraces. And though your fortune seems secure, Some day you may change places. God help ns all we're poor at test Dependent on each other Though crowned with ease or sore distressed Weak man is still luau'n brother. Then when on fortune's top we stand, No ill our state attending, . Let us extend a helping hand To those about descending. -New York Weekly. THE PANGS OF THIRST. BY ALBERT H. MODRICKER. Among the many cities of Asia and Africa that I had visited in the years '80, '81 and '82, no place presented such a dismal appearance to me as the noted Suez. After a six hours' ride on the railway from Cairo through the horrid desert called the "Valley of Error," the trav eler finds himself full' exhausted and feels an ardent desire to reach his desti nation. A white, sandy plain extends on each side of the railroad, over which a burn ing atmosphere constantly glimmers and fluctuates. Tne heat in the closed coaches is very oppressive, consequently everybody desires a refreshing drink. At last you will arrive at one of the most miserable nests in Arabia. A complex of dirty streets and di lapidated huts emerge from the desert Not a drop of pure water springs from the scorched soil. The invigorating drink of olden times was trausorted in leather bags by camels, and only recently in big zinc boxes by the rail road from the river Nile. An American conld hardly be per suaded to drink this muddy and warm liquid, as hp generally finds our spring water not pool enough if it isn't made palatablp by ice and carbonic acid gas. However, I have not despised the dirty water of the Nile, for at one time it saved my life and tasted more pre cious than the most delicious wines, as the following narrative illustrates: During my stay at Suez, a country man of mine persuaded me to partici pate in a hunting expedition to the Attica Mountains. One forennon we laid our plans and in the afternoon my comrade was to visit an old decayed light-house which had recently been used for a telegraph station. He promised to carry the necessary provisions with him, and by agreement the light-house had been se lected for out rendezvous. Accordingly, at early morn, I de parted for the old ruin, hoping to ar rive there in two hours. The way led me over scorched sand, whoso high temperature singed my &"bxc-3. I had scarcely proceeded one mile when I felt a desire for a drink of ! water. However, I consoled myself with the hope of reaching my destina tion very soon but alas. 1 walked on and on, the ruin seemed to be no nearer. The reader may imagine to my right the sea, at my left, the immense sandy plain with an eternal trembling atmos phere, and above, the sky and sun which sent forth its fiery arrows. Not a cooling breeze, only tho hot air from Sahara's furnace carrying on its wings the mephitic odor of the putri Jied carcasses of camels. The sun was in its zenith, when I, a.t last, perfectly exhausted and choked with thirst, reached the rendezvous, but nota vystige at my countryman was visible. Feverish and excited, I searched the ruin and its surroundings not a race of a human being could I see. Believing that my comride had gone toj the mountain, I fired several tdjotq in that direction no answer, ouh the echo dying away. I was alone de serted. I laid down in the shadow of the old ruin and began studying over my situation. Suez lay about five miles away, and I shuddered to walk back, and con cluded to take to the mountains, hoping to find my comradp, or, afc any ratp, some game wild goat, fox or dove, I thirsted so terribly that the thought of sucking the blood of a dead animal was not abhorrent just then. I searched my pockets oh, joy, I fouud a crust t of bread old and dry it slackened my ! thirst very poorly. I hastcued to the dark mountains. The sandy soil became more stony and very soon I traveled over ground that was covered with black quarter stones, and intersected by ravines, so that I was frequently forced to. ascend and descend. The interior of my mouth was swollen and my tongue parched ; the fever-heat stirred me up restlessly ; however, I kept on, tho dark mountains seeming to exert a mysterious, demoniac intluence over me. Finally I came to the foot of the mountains; rugged and mysterious they arose before me like a haunted castle with sharp spikes and peaks. No wonder, I thought, that the hot blooded Arabs consjdored such places the abode of demons and bad spirits inimical to all life; yet, these moun tains had attracted me by its magic force. I sank down under the shadows of a large projecting rock, battling between life and death. The pains I had felt in my head and throat had abated to some extent ; then, the flood of despair was quieted by earnest meditations. As my loved ones at home appeared before my mind, I resolved to escape at all haz ards the horrible death of thirsting and exhaustion. At five o'clock p. m., I arose and fired oll'several shots whose echo reverberated r-oni the steep rocks in wild mockery. I climbed up to a high precipice where I could overlook the distance I hud covered in my fever heat. Far out towards the horizon lay Suez like a dark streak, at my feet the ter rible sea of stones. I tried to climb still higher, but as the glossy, sharp edged stones frustrated my attempt, I descended as fast as my trembling limbs would allow, and at last haltiug close to the sea, I hoped to re cuperate my strength and finally to re gain the old ruin, where I could find at least shelter for the night ; but my strencth seemed to be very'near Ex hausted and my steps became retaTtRKf! more and more. , Suddenly I heard a hoarse howl not farjaway and then four jackals sprang out before me Ready for a shot, I en deavored to approach them, was able even to run a short distance; where the trength pamp from I do not know. iTemember that,- having reqehpd thp prepipicp ovpr which thp jackals sprang, a scene was presented to my eyes, re? awakening all the vigor .of life, five hundred paces distant an 'Arabic fisher man's boat was slowly spreading its sails, f r 1 forgot all aboutr"the jackals; The shots I had'fired had served as a signal. fi Heaven hadxurected tfceir gaze upon me. ' ' ' I only remember that the sailors, ac celerating 'the speed of thehogt, it sailed, towards me, tho tension of my nerves relaxed and then all was a blank I had swooned. When I awoke I found myself in the boat, and looked upon by a brdwn Arabian face. He watched me atten- tively, while another offered me a cup of coffee. My head felt excessively heavy. I conld not close my mouth aud only gasped the word: "Moje" water. One of the Arabs intended to offer me a large bottle containing water, but was prevented by another, who said: "Shnoge! shnoge!" slowly, slowly. Then he poured some of the water into a enp, raised me up and put it to my lips. What were all the costly drinks in this world to me compared to that muddy, lukewarm, slimy water? A Heavenly sensation permeated my body; all swelling and pain at once dis- "El hamnidu littah!" (praise God) the Arabs solemly exclaimed. Kind reader, what more shall I relate? The kind-hearted boatmen expressed their warmest wishes for my health; and after much persuasion I handed over to them a handsome sum of money as a reward for their kindness. But where was the originator of this trouble my perfidious comrade? He had been suddenly called by a telegram to Cairo on a matter of importance; had departed the same day and given a sealed note to a Turkish policeman, with the urgent advice to deliver it to me at once, but this man had presented the note the following day at the hotel where I was stopping during my sojourn. For several days I suffered violent pains in my head, throat and limbs, and my voice was hoarse for a long time. After that memorable day .1 always carried with me on my hunting expe ditions a "Somsomieh" an Arabio leather bag filled with water. May this little narrative serve as a warning to all the tourists at the Orient to think first of water. A Lost Opportunity. Six men of us had come out of the mines in Montana to take a train for the East, but the train we intended to take met with an accident and was several hours late. The station was a small one, the weather very bad, and after a while one of the party went to the agent, who' was also the telegraph operator, and asked how loug before we might expect tho train, "Duuno," was the brief reply. "You don't! Well, then, find out!" exclaimed 4ho other. - "When I do I'll let yon know." "Oh, yon will, eh? Now, then, you ask Boseburg if the train has left there vet." "I'll be; if I do!" One man out with his gun and was going to shoot, but two or three of us drew him away and talked to him. and finally cooled him oil'. The most solid argument we advanced was that if he killed the operator we could get nc news of the train, and would be even worse off than we were. This argument was what decided him, aud live hours later the train came along aud we got aboard. We were all seated together aud had got a fair start when some one observed : 1 That operator had a narrow escape." "Yes, I meant to shoot him," replied the man who had pulled his gun," but these gentlemen argued that in ca'-e 1 did wo could not hear from the train at aH. aTIiuniler!" gasped a third. "Why, I'm an old operator myself, and had you shot him I was all ready to locate that train in five minutes." "Then may I be teetotally kicked to death by jackass rabbits!" groaned tho would-be slayer, and he leaned back and nursed his disapointment, and would not sppak tp any of us for tlu next three hours. Xew Yo.rk Sun. She Married a Kinir. Max Maretzek tells the story of the stage career of Eliza llenzler, who became the wife of the King oi Portugal. She was the (aughtpr of s poor Ijoston taiior, who attracted tho attention of an opera manager by her Jina voice and well-shaped figure and large brown eyes. When she became lioted as an opera singer Dom Fernando, the consort of Queen Maria delta Gloria of Portugal, took her under his protec tion. Soon after the death of his Queen he created our Boston girl Countess of Edia, and after paying due respect to tho Queen's memory married the countess, otherwise Eliza" Henzler. Her husband, being orjginally a Prince of the House of Cobing, the Boston tailor's daughter became sister-in-law to Queen Victoria, aunt of the Prince of Wales and the present King of the Belgians, aud mother-in-law of the reigning King of Portugal. When Queen Isabella of Spain was sent into exile Bismarck tried to put a Hohenzollern on the .Spanish throne. Louis Napoleon opposed it, with an e3e to a Bonaparte for the position. At the same time a strong coalition of the grandees of Spain favored placing Dom Fernando of Portugal on their country's throne, with all the chances in his favor. But while' th.o grandees wore content to have Dom Fernando their wives de clared they would never appear at court should the plebeian Bostoncse be per mitted to do the royal honors. A com promise was proposed in secret caucus viz., to obtain from Pius IN. a divorce hut Dom Fe,rnando rather than re nounce Eliza Henzler, put a,w'ay the. Spanish crown. Thus the indirect con sequences' of hproip defaph'me.nt were the Franco-Prussian war, tho downfall of Napoleon III., tho loss of Alsace and Lorraine to France, the still uncertain future of Spain. Poison for Arrow Tips. We are indebted, says the Banning Herald, to Frank Smith, of Whitewa ter, for a very graphic account of the manner in which a Piute Indian pre pared his deadly arrows. He gathered a dozen or more rattlesnake heads and put them in a spherical earthen vessel,, With these he put half a pint olSutfc cie's of large red ant that is' fouaffpere abouts.' The bitq of this ant is iore poisonous ' than that of a bee. Upon these he poured a bit of water, and then sealed up with moist earth and a lid this vessel. Be then dug a hole two feet deep iuto.the ground, in which ho built a roaring fire and put in some stones. When the interior of the hole and the stones were red hot he made a place in the bottom for the earthen" vessel and put it in. About it' and upon it he put the coals and hot stones, and upon the top he built a fierce fire and kept it up for twenty-four hours. Then he dug out his vessel and, standing off with a long pole, he disengaged tho, tap arid lgt the;fume,3 escape. "" He' ;as)stf.t that )isd thpy struck his face it would have killed him. The mass left in the vessel was a dark brown paste. To test the efficacy of his concoction the Indian with his hunting knife made a cut in his bare leg, just below t;he, knee, and let the blood run 'down t$ his ankle- Then, taking a stick, hp (lipped it into 'the 'poison and touched thp descending bl6d a.t ihp anklp, It immediately began to siazle as if it were oooking the blood, and the poison followed the blood right up the leg, sizzling its way, until the Indian scraped off the blood with the knife. He assured our informant that had he allowed it to reach the mouth of thet wound he would have been a dead, man. The serene., silent beauty of a holy life' is the most powerful influence i the world, npxt to the might of the Spirit of God You can always please a good man by telling him he has a devilish twinkle in his eye. Atchison Globe, CHAINED FOB FIFTY TEAKS. A North Carolina Idiot Whe Possessed Wonderful lreacth. Jay Hill dkd a ft w ilaxs a 40 at his home, five miles above Triuity college, (his state, m ed 70 years. He wus u most remarkable character, hays a Ct-arlotte, X. C, special to the Ulobe Democrat. He was bora an idiot, but sit Cd tufaucy has possessed phy s cat strength to a rare degree, and as w:il fora-.ed iu every particular, with the exception of his head, which was to extieiuely ill-shaped as to give him tuoie the appcaran e of a beast than of a man. When bnt a child he was ofttn so violent Ih t it was necessary to chain h m to the floor. Notwithstanding this uu. atural existence, he grew and strength ened day b day, until Lis chain was not snuicieiit to hold him, and two or three time he broke loose and fled to the woods. Duriug his brief liberty he was as violent as a ti,er, and it was difficult to recapture and return him to his place of confine u.eut. lie was fastened with stronger bouds aud, with the exceptiou of a lew das, he remaimd chaued to tho floor in the same room for about fifty eais. He h:nt an insatiate dt sire for ttaiing to pieces anything that h could get, and at tirurj it was impossible to kep him clothed. Flax was spun into coarse, strong threads and woven into cloth, which was doubli d aud quilted and made into gar ments for him, but with his teeth and talon-like fingers before them into threads. !! has Leeu kLOWu to tear to pieces a solid stick of hickory wood with nothing but his teeth aud iiu&ers. (Je ate as ravenously as a lion, aud could dr,nk, without the slight est pain, boiling coffee. On several occasions members of the family narrowly escaped being killed"by him. One evening a sister started to ko out of doors. She passed too near him anil he sprang at her with groat force, knocked her through the door into the yutd, so badly injuring her that it was not thought possible for her to live. His fatbtr provided for him before his death, 'eiviug propeity enough to maintain a wretchtd life through all these years. It was stipulated in the will that be should not be taken to an asylum, and that he sLould be kept on the old homestsad. Woudcrgul Experience ia a Thunder storm. The Lewiston Journal says that Charles Nevens, the well-known driver and pro prietor of the Poland Spring line of coach es, bad a wonderful experience iu the thun derstorm nud hailstorm of a few weeks ago. He was tiding alon;; the country road and hastening to evade the storm that waa ap parent from the blackening clouds. The lighlniug was sharp and the thunder con stant nnd loud. Suddenly, iu the thickest of the shower, there was a blinding flash nnd an instant report, and with a sudden impulse he felt the carriage and horse aud himself thrown to oue side of the road, the waou broken at.d the whole turnout, himself included, entangled in a barbed wiie fenc by the roadside, amid the storm nil 1 the lightning. The suddenness of the shock and the fury of it were at first such us to stun him. He soon collected him self, and although badly shocked and brnised was able to u&ther.thinn'j inooihnr and continue on his way. A Stationary Traveler A Franklin county, Me., farmer has been a sort of stationary traveler. He was born in 1819 in New Vineyard, which was then iu Kennebec county, Mass. The next year Maine became a state and afterward that part of New Vineyard was set off into In dustry, Somerset county. When Franklin county was formed Industry was made a part of it, and since then that correr of Industry has been annexed to Farmington. Thus it happens Charles Graham, of Farmington, Franklin county. Me., who is 71 j ears old this month, has always lived where ho was born, and yet has lived in Massachusetts, iu Industry aud New Vine yard and iu Somerset and Kennebec coun ties. Alligators Swallow Stones. 1 he Indians on the banks of the Ori noco river, South America, assert that an alligator, previous to going in Beaten of prey, a'woys swallows a large stone, that it may acquire additional weight to aid in dingi-m;; its prey under water. Bolivar, the traveler, related this to a companion, who was somewhat inclined to disbelieve it. To prove that there was really some thing in the stories related by the Indiuus, Bolivar shot reyeral while in tho presence of his friend, and in all of them racks wore found, weighing according to the size of the "gator." One immense fellow, over seventeen feet long, had a stone in bis stomach as large as one man could lift. The Exact d'eograpliiral (.'enter. Major Ofjden died at Fort Uiley, Kau.. in 18-jj. The remains were removed to Fort Lcavenwoith and juried iu the na tional ceni'jtory there, but his monument stands upon a little knoll to the northeast of the fort, aud it lifts its head toward tho clouds in tho exuet geographical centar of tho United Stajos, Of the thousands at men who have been located at Fort Hiley during tho past forty years, perhaps not one in a hundred knew or cared about the oddity of his situation. The post is a few miles east of Junction City, Kan., and was formerly one of the most important in the United Slates. In Bed for Thirty-Fit e Years. fn the town of Mayfield, Cal., Jose Ig nacio Aureque has been confined to tig bed for thirty-five years. He was injured by au accident in a mine and has not been able to put his feet to the ground since. His only attendant is 'an adopted son, who Las devoted his time acdmrans to the sup port of the aged invalid. A good woman of Menlo Park has contributed $G a month from her private purse for the past twenty years. How to Urorr Window Plasty Window plants may be grown any sea sou of tho year iu the following manner: Soak a large piece, of coarse sponge water, squeeze half dry and sprinkle a the openings' red clover, feed, raillet, barley, grass, rice arid oats. Hang it in the window whero the son shines a portion of tho day and sprinkle daily with water. It will soon form a mass of living green, where even tho clover will bloom. Biz Xorels Free, will be sent by Cragln A Co.. Philada,. Pa., to any one in th U. S. or Canada, postage paid, upon receipt of 21 Dobbin'' Electric Soap wrappers. See Hat of novuLs on circulars around each bar. oap for sale br all grocers'. 1 1 Thoroughly Organized Horse. Thieves. Over 800 horses were stolen the past winter from the range in Idaho county, noithern Idaho, situated between Salmon, and Snake rivers. Tho ange is almost destitute of houses. There is' no question but, tiat the thieves are thoroughly organ ized and operate in a systematic man ner, with agents scattered to dispose of the stVjr which ate crossed on rafts to the CHIffon and Washington side of tho Snako river. A. M. PRIEST. Drngglst, hholbyville. Iii.l.. Bays. '-Hall's Catarrh Cure xiw th Icst ot satisfaction. Can get pleutr of testinioniiiln. aa it cures every oue who taLei it." liruggiats belt it, 73c. According to a late consular tepuxt the parts "of Europe c,ovtr the following areas: Gernissj', dt.SOO.OOO acres; Bussia, 494,2iis,0"u acres: Austria-Hungaiy, 13. 951,700 acrs; Swed-n, 42,000.000 acres; France, 22,240,0C0 acres; Spain. r'JO'A.OOU ncrfs; Italy, 9,831,370 &.cres, anil England, 2, 171, QU acres. BnoVcnms fs cured by frequent small deaea of 1'lso'a Cure for Consumption. Miss Lizzie Gbapt, of Jackrn-ui, Me., who died recently at the age of 4.5 years, wus the mother of fourteen children, eleven of whom aro lufog. " ' 0,ld Po'fcvr. prefer eTan-jH"i l'liiioh," A PHiLADEiipniA father baa recently paid ?3U0 for a tfoil'i houo for his little Jj'i-. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castor! a. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, ahe clang to Castoria, ejrbea sae bad CbUdren. she gave thexo CasWrte. As African craze prevails in Germany. The foreign office ia flooded with applica tions, largely from army officers, bat in, eladiag all sort ot people- beat tieatly with the 8tettsfc. If It proves refractory, mild diKipliae Is the thing to set it right. Not all the nauseous draughts and boluses ever invented can do half as much to remedy its disorders as m few wine glitsafnls say three, a day of Hostetter'a htomach Bitters, which will afford it tipeedy re lief, and eventually banish every dyspeptic and bilious Bytiiptoiu. Sick headacbe. nerousue9 sallowuesa of tho complexion, far upon the tongue, vertigo, and those luunyindebcribable aud disogrteable sensations caused by iudigeuion. are too often ierpetuated by injudicious dosing. An immediate abandonment of such random and ill-advised experiments should be the first stop in the direction of a euro ; the next step the use of this standard totdc alterative, which has received the highest medical sanction aud won .unprecedented popularity. - To Cure Squinting. A cure for squinting, which is not so un sightly as the method at present generally epopted b'ack K,g;Je,, w'tu hole in the centre--is highly lecommeuded. Let the person amVled take any pair of spectacles that suit the sight, or even plain glass, and iu the centre of oue lens gum a small blue or black wafer, about the size of a ten-reut piece. The result is that tho double image vanishes, aud the eyo with out fatigue or heat, is forced' to look straight. Get tho BestI Dr. Bull's Worm Destroy ers are the best. Thoy tasto good. They are safe. Thoy aro sure. William Morris, the English poet, df corative artist and socialist, is 5ti vears old. Peculiar That Hood's SireapsnlU doe vosoess curative power Peculiar to ItseU is oonclusWelv shown by the wonderful cures it has tffot ted. unsurpassed in the history o( medicine. This absolute merit it possesses by reason of the fact that it it prepared by a Combination. I'roporliuu. aud l'roces Peculiar to Hood's Sarsaparilla. know u to no other medicine, and by which the full medicinal power of all the ingredients uned is retained. It you hae never taken Hood's Sar-.aparilla. a fair trial will convince you of iu merits. Hood's Sarsaparilla fold by all druggists. Jl : i for $3. Prepared only t C. 1. UOOD X CO. Lowell, lliol K0 Doses On Dollar Tho Soft Clow of Tho TEA ROSE I to Aoquired by Ladies Who If pozzowrs MEDICATED COMPLEXION POWDER- THY IT. SOLD EVERYWHERE. L EMS' 98 LYE! rswszizs Aim rzsraoa. (PVTLXrEU.) The ttronatst and purest I.ye made. Will make the BEST Perfumed Hrd Soav in twenty miiiu' s without hoiluuj. It Is the b4t for dislnfectini: siuka. closets, drains, washiug bottles, barrels, paints, etc. PENNJL SALT MANUF'G. CO., Gen. Agta., Thila.. I'a. MOTHERS' FRlENil makesGHILD BIRTHiM IF OSaO BgFORst CONFINEMENT, Book to MoTiiEiis''MAii.Ki:KiiKa. BRABriELB UKtSI.LATUtt AT1.AJHYA. OA. BOLU UX AlXljK,yiiGiS4S- it X Inr-PriV WflveoiN.Y-- BORE WELLS ! Our Well Machines are the must MONEY! KELIAMI.B.WHtlll.r.'a'fCKSSIt'L llior (In JSlllcr: M flick anil uUcUHKATI.lt PROFIT. They FIMH WVIUnherr there FII.: ny Mze. 2 iuclirs to 41 iiiihcs diameter LOOMIS & NYMAN, TIFFIN,, OHIO. Catalogue FREE! PATEMTS-PENSIONS -" Send for illirr.t of I'eo.ioo and Ilvuuty Kaws. Send rS' urauuni- -jiiiho or Jio- ,, ri a Tjiteiit. I'itucw I 0'kAAKSIJ, Attvriej t Law. Wa.himjiu, U. c. OPIUMS Ineouiv MI cur. Dr. J. I UtMheBS. Lebaaon. Ohio. osn$ enjoys Both the method and results whea 8yrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently jet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is $ha only remedy of its kind ever'Sro dnced, pleasing to the taste and ao ceptable to the stomach, prompt ia its actios, and truly beneficial in ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, ita many excellent qualities com iiead it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in COo and $1 bottles by all lea.lingdrug gists. Any reliable druggist wh may not have it on hand wiU pro cure it promptly for any one who, wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. QAUFQRNIi FI6 SYHUP C9. 4M.Y fMHClSCO. CAL. iOtH8IU Kt. HEW 10RX. 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SafatT Hammerleaa and TirBi-t models. Constructed entirely or kest eaal Ity wrssukt etrel. careruUy Inspected forwerk tnanshlpand stock, they are uarlvaUd for tfal-k.-rfarablllry aaaarcaracy. DoaothedeceiTMby. cheap Malleable raet-lrea lasltatleae whick are ofta sold for the genuine article aad are not onlv unreliable. rbut lancroua. "The SMITH a WKSSON Revolvers are all stamped upon the bar-. rets with Arm's name, addrrm and dates of pateuta and are aaaracreeU rrfec in every detail 1n 1st upon havinir the irwnuine article, aud if jour dear cannot supply you an order svnt to addrcsa below wiU receive prompt and careful attention.. Dmcriptivecatalcsrueand prices furnished uiou sp- ration. SMiTii & WESSON. itioetbisvatvr. MrlasTfleMU Xassv UfeMer'sQiCuOButT The Copyright o the Original Webster's 9ic tionary Expired with the Year 1889. For forty-two yearn the people hTe pal J a heavy royalty to the great publUhiuu nriu who have held, the niouopo.y on thU tho most necessary and im portant book in the English lanKuase No American, parent b been permitted to educate his boy orielrL without pavini: tribute to this hoiioe. which has Its t Mlly placed a. toll tf ite acros the highway of edu cation. The ii itewav I now dismantled. This new edition of WEllSTEK'M DIClIONsltVis a complete, reprint of the original work, which herctoforo kolil for $liJO per copy It N not a rheap.Miido attair. buV a bona fide NOAH WKlfcfl ER 8 DICTIONARY, plaia ly printed on nice white paper and serviccably bound in leather. Upon receipt of 94.00 we will send to any address., by eiprths the Dictionary aboAu described. Ah to our reliability, we re!t'rou to the publi'.Mr of the paper iu which thv adtertiximout in pr'.lifej. Money hliould be selit by express oc PU3tofflce order. bsnW draft, o? rtgUtered letter. 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(,;; .-neniion mis paper.; Tie OUeit Mrdicinr in the World j at.aity DIC. I.MAC r10.VIISN''S , 'CELEBRATED EYE-WATER. . This nrticiu UHiarrtiilly luvpau-t paTlcUn,..pTe SCripttou. and has Lewi Imoust.uil uj for newly a century. There are fwdita',e3 , which nuvwdEad aro subject more dMrcsslec than sore eyts. and aone. perhapi, for which mtvc remedies havo. beea tried without success. I'orulle.xtemal Intlai-uiiatloa of tho eyes It Is an Infallible remedy. If tf. direc tions are fol!owl It will never fall. Wepjrtlcularly lnvlte the attention Of lh slclans to Its inrlt4. Tot lalebyallilmrijV.U. JOHN L. THOIUUN, SONS a CO- Taov. N. T. Established 1731. WANTED The :i.Mr-i-ot all Mlili,-n. who llomoste:ii!-il .i IiHt uiii).r SOLDIERS' ,, of aiTi-i. than H and made final i proot on haute HOMESTEADS. """ -5":1. ! 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