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COLUMBTJS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1892.
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" OF ALL KINDS.
A Happy Thoaht.
A cat sat on the fence one night,
And merrily sanff he:
His coat was mottled black and white.
As I could plainly sec.
I called to him, I bawled to him.
But he would not reply:
He sang with unabated vim.
And "winked hie other eye.
I took my ancient pistol down
From its accustomed place,
I fear a, very murd'rous frown
O'erspread my handsome face.
I shot at him, nor missed my aim.
But still he would not go:
Though bullet-pierced, be sang the same.
My brave, untiring foe.
A thought at last came to my head
I sang: I knew he'd wlccc!
But he did more: in fright be fled.
I've never seen him .since,
Helen Ghanbery, In Harper's Young Peo
ple. He Knew All Aboat It.
One of the men who are always sure
and never make mistakes recently
stopped at a Western hotel. On going
to his room for the night he charged
the landlord to call him in time for an
early train. "Now don't you forgeL
The five-thirty. That's the train I
want."
"But the five-thirty" began the
landlord.
"Never you mind anything about the
five-thirty. I know all about it. You
jail me in time to get it That's what
you're here to do. Sec?"
"All right," replied the landlord, a
little shortly.
At five o'clock the next morning
there was a tremendous thumping at
the door of the man who wanted to
rise for the "live-thirty." A voice from
within called "All right!" and the
landlord retired to the office.
The traveller soon appeared dressed
for the day's journey. As he paid his
bill, the landlord inquired, briefly:
"Getting an early start, haint ye?"
"No. Always take the five-thirty
when I go through here."
"One of the directors of the road?"
"No."
"Superintendent of the division,
raebby?"
' 'No. What are you trying to ge t at?' '
"Nothing. Only the five-thirty was
taken off the time-table yesterday, and
the first regular train does not pull out
till nine-sixteen. Didn't know but you
had some official connection with the
road, and was going to pull out on a
special five-thirty all by yourself. You
wouldn't let me tell you last night, but
p'r'aps 'taint too late now."
The man who "knew all about it"
walked out of the office without a word,
nd the landlord smiled as he said to
himself, "In the language of Josh Bil
lings, 'It is better not tew kno so mutch
then tew kno so menny things thet
baint so.' " Youth's Companion.
How Ha Rod.
The character of the old Illinois
courts, in which Abraham Lincoln
practiced, was very primitive, says a
writer in the Century. In one case a
livery -stable horse had died soon after
being returned, and the person who
had hired it was. sued for damages.
The question turned largely upon the
reputation of the defendant as a hard
rider. A witness was called a long,
lank Westerner.
"How does Mr. So-and-so usually
nde?" asked the lawyer.
Without a gleam of intelligence, the
witness replied:
"A-straddle, sir."
"No, no," said the lawyer; "I mean,
does he usuallv walk, or trot, or
gallop?"
"Wal," said the witness, apparently
searching in the depths of his memory
for facts, "when he rides a walkin'
horse lie walks, when he rides a trot
tin' horse he trots, and when he rides
agallopin' horse he gallops, when "
The lawyer was angry. "I want to
known what gait the defendant usu
ally takes, fast or slow."
"Wal," said the witness, "when his
company rides fast he rides fast, and
when bis company rides slow he rides
slow."
"I want to know, sir," the lawyer
aid, very much exasperated, and very
item now, "how Mr. So-and-so rides
when he is alone."
"Wall." said the witness, more
lowly and meditively than ever, "when
he was alone I wa'n't along, and I
don't know."
The laugh at the questioner ended
the cross-examination.
Standing- oa nil Head.
Wagner, the eminent composer, had
the nerves of an acrobat. Once he was
climbing a precipitous mountain in
company with a young friend. When
some distance up and walking along a
narrow ledge, the companion, who was
following, called out that he was grow
ing giddy.
Wagner turned round o the ledge of
rock, caught his friend, and passed
him between the rock and himself to
the front.
His biographer, Ferdinand Praeger,
relates an incident of a visit to Wagner
at his Swiss home. The two men sat
one morning on an ottoman in the
drawing-room talking over the event
of the years.
Suddenly Wagner, who was 60 years
old, rose and stood on his head upon the
ottoman.
At that moment Wagner's wife wa
tered. Her surprise and alarm caused
her to run to her husband exclaiming,
"Ah! Richard! Richard!" Quickly re
covering himself, he assured her that
he was sane, and wished to show that
he could stand oa his head at 60, which
was more than Ferdinand could do.
What AI1hI tit Cake.
It is said that good cooks, like good
BBrses,.are "born, not made." In. this
opinion a lady who has recently strag
gled with the ignorance and stupidity
of ervnt" wholwaa, 'frjlUa' aid
anxious ma'am," fully concurs.
"Now see what a nice loaf of cake
you can make from this receipt,
Bridget," said the mistress one morn
ing. "Remember the things I have
told you; there's no reason why you
shouldn't have as light a loaf of cake
as anybody."
"Yes. ma'am," said Bridget, "I'll re
member iverything, and' I'll warrant
I'll be afther givin' you a foine loaf."
But when the loaf was at last with-
I drawn from the oven by the despairing
Bridget, it presented anything but a
1 light and well-baked aspect.
"What iver can be the matter with
it?" groaned poor Bridget when she
had summoned her mistress to inspect
the uninviting panful.
"Did you remember to put baking
powder in the flour, Bridget?" queried
the lady.
"The bakin' powder is in it all right,
ma'am," responded Bridget, "butniver
a bit av flour. I put in corn, starch,
ma'am, in place av the flour."
"Corn starch!" gasped the mistress.
"Indade, yis, ma'am!" said Bridget.
"You said jrou wanted the cake very
light, and it was yoursilf was telliu
me the other day how much lighter
corn starch was than flour, so I just
put in two heapin cups av corn starch,
ma'am."
Astride a Crocodile.
A cayman from a neighboring lagoon
had occasionally poached among our
ducks, says the engineer of an estate
in India, as reported in "Tales of
Travel," and we had been for some
days on the lookout for him. One
morning we discovered him lounging
in one of the ponds, after a night's
plunder.
I ran for my gun and fired at him.
The shot merely stirred the old rogue
up; he thrashed about in the water for
a minute, and then left the pond and
started for the morass.
I tried to get aim at his head, but
was unable to do so. At this point
David, an African wainman, came up,
and before I realized his purpose, he
had thrown himself astride the croco
dile, grabbed his fore paws and held
them doubled up across the creature'
back.
The beast was immediately thrown
upon his snout ; and though able to
move his hind feet freely and slap his
tail about, he could not budge halfji
yard, his power being altogether spent
in a fruitless endeavor to grub himself
onward. He was obliged to move in a
circle, and of course was pretty nearly
confined to one spot
The African kept his seat. lift re
ceived some hard jerks, but as his scat
was across the reptile's shoulders, he
was well out of danger from jaws and
tail so long as he held ou.
"Shoot 'im! Me got 'im!" the fellow
called to me.
I reloaded my gun, and getting good
aim at the crocodile's head, soon put
an end to his mischief. The old fellow
measured fifteen feet.
Ancient Spelling.
Uniformity of spelling is a strictly
modern accomplishment, says the au
thor of "The Sabbath in Puritan New
England," a hampering innovation.
In the descriptions of early meeting
houses, "A square roofe without Dor
mans, with two Lucoms on each side,"
evidently meansaroof without dormers
or beams and with lucarues, but who,
unused to old records, would guess it?
They had in those days "turritts"
and "turetts" and "hints" and "tury ts"
and "feriats" and "tyrry ts" and "tory
ettes" and "turiotts" and "chyrists,"
which were one and the ame thing.
One church had orders for "juyces' and
"rayles" and "nayles" and "byines"
and "tyrober" and "gaybels" and a
'pulpyf and "three payr of stayrs,"
a liberal supply of y's.
Often in the same entry one word is
spelled in three or four different ways.
A portion of the contract in the Box
bury church records reads:
"Sayd John is to fence in the Buring
Plas with a Fesy stone wall, sefighattly
don for Strenk and workmanship, as
also to mark a Doball gatt C or 8 fote
wid and to hing it."
"Sefighattly" is sufficiently intelligi
ble, and one can fancy the double gate
all hinged, but who could guess that
"fesy" is "facy," or faced smoothly?
Always Late.
It was Archie Cole's wedding day.
From boyhood he had been late at
school, late at church, late at meals,
late everywhere. "I'll wager," said
his brother John, laughing, "that you
can't be first even to kiss your bride at
the wedding!" "O, I'll not be late
then," said Archie.
Two hours later Archie stood with
the pretty maiden by the flowers in the
parlor of her home. The guests wero
seated. The minister rose.
Archie's failing and John's prediction
were known to them all. Nevertheless
Archie knew he should not be late
now, for his dear old mother had made
all the guests promise not to precede
him in kissing the bride.
The solemn vocvs were said softly,
and the fervent prayer was spoken
slowly, while a robin could be heard
singing on the lawn.
"Amen," said the minister.
Archie bowed to kiss his bride; but
he paused, for an instant, he smiled,
he blushed. A sunbeam stealing
through a rift in the heavy curtains,
was trembling gently on the bride's
lips.
"I've won the bet!" cried John.
The guests laughed.and the preacher,
too, while the victorious sunbeam
danced on the hyacinths andpilies.
A Soup or Worms.
An animal growing between the
high and low water marks on the
Japanese coasts is a mud worm called
sabella. It occupies a hard, limy tube
of its own making, and gets its food
when the high tide comes up over its
hiding place by thrusting out a head
bushy with tentacles and sucking in
currents of water loaded with minute
particles of nutriment Out of this
wriggling creature the shore people
make a soup which is true vemicolli.
not a paste imitation of "little worms, "
ana is said to taste as badly as it
smells.
Famishing Work at a Loss.
A Walla Waila, Wash., man about a
year-ago started a man out with a
band of sheep on the range. A few
days- ago he received the following
from him: "If you want me to remain
here any longer, you'll have to get
another band of sheep; them's all
STATE NEWS.
NE1RASKA MISCELtANEO'JS MATTERS.
The Omaha police will plcnio this
v ear in the vicinitv of Lincoln.
-The Sherman county institute will
be held the first two weeks in August
at Loup City. Superintendent J. M.
Hussey of the Aurora schools will
again conduct it
Mss. L. Berry of Republican City
has received an antelope which she
has placed upon her iawn. The pret
ty little animal is an object of much
attraction to passers-by,
Maggie Whitmore, an Omaha do
mestic, is in durance vile for stealing
foO from a iady in wnose house she
roomea. Maggie confessed the crime
and returned part of the money.
The Beatrice Chautauqua manage
ment has received positive assurance
that Governor William McKinley ot
Ohio will be there to address the re
publicans at the Chautauqua ground
August 2.
At its meeting last week the Beat
rice city council passed an ordinance
calling for a special election on Au
gust -'2. to rote S20. 000 bonds for the
purpose of floating the Coating indebt
edness of the city.
Nick Fox. the South Omaha mur
derer, sentenced to the penitentiary
for life, was pi&ced in the state bastile
last week. Since conviction he has
shown no signs of the insanity made
so prominent at the time of his trial.
Mrs. Aagust Kemnitz, wife of a
prominent Scribner farmer. waa
brought to Fremont and lodged in jail.
She became insane a week ago and
has grown worae ever since until the
form of her malady is now very vi
olent Clay Center Gazette says corn
was never known to grow more rap
idly than it has for the last three
weeks, unu. although late, if the sea
son continues favorable Nebraska's
corn crop this year wiil be nothing to
snee.e at
A sudden rise of four inches in the
river in the vicinity of Nebraska City
proveu a:sastrous to several farmers
on the Iowa bottoms opposite that
city. Many acres of corn were flooded
and ruined, and several families aban
doned their homes.
The county board of supervisors
of Adams county voted an appropria
tion of $500 to aid in making a county
display at the World's fair. Arrange
ments are being made for gathering
and caring for the exhibit and part of
it has already been secured.
At a meeting of the North Ne
braska fair and driving park associa
tion it was decided to hold the annuai
fair and races from September '27 to
SO inclusive. Friday, the 30th. will
be traveiing men's day and the free-for-all
trot for a purse of $1,000.
Burglars entered the general store
of Jonn West at Thdnford, effecting
an entrance through a window. The
thieves helped themselves to pocket
knives, pipes, mouth organs and cloth
ing. A large quantity of clothing was
found in the basement whero they had
carried a lamp.
Nebraska has won about 2, 250 sil
ver medals, 250 gold medals, twenty
six grand gold medals and three dia
mond medals in the famous Demorest
contest Nebraska enjoys the credit
of having secured ail of the diamond
medals that have been given out.
The 4-yeai-old child of C E-Mrock-.
proprietor of the City mills,
was caught in the machinery at Dor-w-he3ter,
and torn to pieces. The fath
er witnessed the baby's awful death
A-ithout being able to render the slight
tat assistance. Its clothes were
caught in a shaft
"Frank Tyler, N. Y.." as he reg
isters himself, dono up some of the
hotel and liverymen in Beatrice, pre
teuding to be the advance agent of a
circus, lie lives on the fat of the land
wherever he puts up. giving orders on
the circus treasurer when he arrives,
which wiil never be.
The dormitory to the Baptist col
iegs at Grand Island is now complete
and ready to be turned over to the
state board. The 150 students that
were guaranteed by Crand Island peo
ple for the first year have been se
cured, and this institution of learning
will be opened September 13.
At St Paul, last week. Henry Alas
kich, of South Omaha, and Mias Arab
tazl Jezeweski of Elba were united in
the bonds of matrimony. Fathers Sc
bastianski and Paldeski tying the nup
tial knot The reader can spare dislo
cation of the jaw by not attempting
pronunciation of these names.
Tne delegate convention of the
Grand Army of the Republic post held
in Curtis, perfected an organization
known as the Southwest Nebrasifu
Grand Army of the Republic encamp
ment. J. K. Paxton of Hayes county
was elected commandant A reunion
wili be heid in Curtis in September.
Albert Pageles, a young Gorman
living at Eikhorn. attempted to end
his earthly existence by cutting his
throat with a pocket knife. The at
tempt was unsucceesfui. howeVer, as
he was caught before his juguiar vein
was severed. Pageies has for some
time been considered mentally un
sound. For some time a woman giving
her name as Mrs. E. C. Bryan, agent
for James E. Johnson & Co. of New
York, has been doing a thriving busi
ness among the merchants in some
portions of Nebraska selling patterns
and a case to put them in. For the
latter article she collects $8, but it
never comes. Look out for her.
H. S. Ferrer of the Oxnard Beet
Sugar company has just completed a
tour to the beet fields all over the
state and reports the beets in splendid
condition. "Twenty-six hundred acres
of the finest beets I have ever seen. "
aid Mr. Ferrer, "are now assured.1
Tho work on the beets is almost all
done and the Grand Island factory
will have a big run this year."
Miss Delia High of Broken Bow
has made application for a position in
the Ravenna schools for the coming
year. She was the republican candi
date for superintendent of public in
struction of Custer county last fall,
and although defeatec by Prof. Hiatt
the independent candidate, principal
of the Broken Bow schools, aha ran
several hundred votes ahead of her
ticket
Active preparations are going on'
at.G. A. R. headquarters says-tha
Lincoln Journal. This preparation ii
in ardor to get in readiness to attend
tho national encampment at Washing
ton. The round trip rate is only f SO.
and with good crops in prospect the
attendance from Nebraska wiil be dou
ble that of any other encampment At
least 1, 000 old soldiers will go from
this state.
Otto Nelson, a '-rmer living in
Turtle Creek precinct says a Beatrice
dispatch, was found dead in his barn
the other evening. The coroner held
an inquest and the verdict was that
his death was caused by a hick from a
horse. He had probably been dead
for several days, as his body was in an
advanced stage of decomposition. He
was about 70 years old, lived alone
and had no relatives in this country.
Deputy Sheriff Hoagland of Lan
caster county last week sold all the
property belonging to T. F. Barnes,
consia- ng of th-.- Windsor hotel in Lin
coln, tnree or ft - ' ma the town of
Newman and an ion thereto and
Barnes1 sub-division. The property
was sold on an order from the district
court in the case brought by Gall L.
Barnes agreed to oay. The property
was sold to F. M.Hall for 20.
Judge Scott held a special term oi
court at Takemah, and among othet
things tried was the case of Frank
Johnson, who was accused of being
the brevet papa of a pair of twins, the
mother being Anna Lindstrom. Th
facial resemblance ind the moth
ers testimony resulted in a verdict ol
guilty, and wohnson was held in the
sum of $3,000 for the maintenance ol
the twins until 14 years old at the rate
of $20 a month. In default of bond he
waa sent to jail.
John Ray, a Washington county
farmer bad on his premises a cat that
had given birth to the usual number
of kittens whereupon the female feline
yielded up her nine lives and left a
largo family of orphans. At this point
the sympathizing dog stepped in and
volunteered her services in the matter
of rearing and nursing the disconso
late kittens. The latter acceptod her
kindly-offered services and everything
has gone smoothly with that odd fam
ily. The stepmother is as jealous of
the rights and security of her adopted
children as she could possibly be with
her own.
The Chautauqua tide is steadily
rising, says the Fremont Tribune.
Tho people are only just begin
ning to have a full realization of
what an excellent intellectual banquet
is daily spread ou the grounds for
their delectation; and the people are
now showing their appreciation of it
as they have not hitherto done. The
gate receipts arc increasing every day
ami the Chautauqua thus continues to
grow in popular favor. Not only are
the peotiie doing their duty toward
the Chautauqua hut the Chautauqua
ia doing its fuil duty toward oeonle.
FACTS ABOUT TREES.
Cses of Their W'ooilj and Leaves Vain,
able for Many Thing.
The butternut is a tree that likes best
a rocky, uneven soil, and in whose
shade neither shrub nor herb will
thrive. The bark is used as a dye-stuff
for woolens. Curled and bird's eye
maple is a wood of the same family
that sometimes have curiously arranged
fibre, one which curves, the other with
eyes, hence the name. White ash is
used in carriage works. It is poisonous
to snakes. It is said a snake is never
found in its shade. White oak timber
is valued in ship building. Apple is
excellent for food and fuel. Weavers'
shuttles are made of the wood. Black
birch timber is used in basket works,
and that tree is claimed by the Indians
as their natural inheritance. It emits
a pleasant odor when burning.
Mountain laurel wood is used in
making combs. The leaves are poison
ous to some animaLs. Black wild cherry
timber is much valued in cabinet
works. The bark is highly medicinal.
The leaves, when wilted are poisonous
to cattle. Of dog-wood, weavers' spools
and handles of carpenter's tools are
made. Witch hazel is a large and cu
rious forest shrub. The small branches
we.'e formerly used for"divining rods,"
and an extract from it is valued in
medical prttcf.ee. The wood of the
American asp-;n. or white poplar, is
used in the manufacture of paper.
Ilorsr-ower of a Whale.
The horse nwer of a whale has been
made the su-;etof study by the anato
mist, Sir Wilam Turner, of the Uni
versity of Edinburgh, Scotland, in con
junction with with the equally emi
nent Glasgow shipbuilder, John Hen
derson. The size and dimensions of
a great tinner stranded several years
ago on the shore at Longriddy fur
nished the necessary data for the compu
tation of the power necessary to propel
it at a speed of twelve miles an hour.
This whale measured eighty feet in
length, twenty feet across at the
flanges of the tail, and weighed seventy
four tons. To attain a speed of twelve
miles an hour it was calculated that
145-hcrse power was necessary.
Overworked Her Teeth.
A contributor to a New York paper
says: "I met a hotel chambermaid
the other day whose lower teeth were
nearly all missing, and from a singular
cause. She had been for a great many
years in the habit of holding the pil
lows in her teeth while she drew on
the blips with both hands and it re
sulted in the loosening and gradual
loss of those teeth upou which the
strain was the greatest
Why the "Red Sea."
Many persons have puzzled their
brains wondering why the "Red"' sea
should be so called. The name was
originally applied to it because por
tions of it are covered with patches
from a few yards to some miles square,
composed of microscopic vegetable an
imalcule which die the waters a blood
red. When not affected by these or
ganisms the "Red" sea is intensely
blue, the shoal waters showing some
shades of green.
"The Sword.
The Sat silk cord which is tied
about Japanese swords are used by
warriors in battle to hold back their
flowing sleeves, lis ends were knotted
and passed over the arms by a dex
trous movement so that it was crossed
on the back. The art of t:oing this
cord about the sword so that it could
readily be unfastened, is an accom
plishment that still survives among
the former military class in Japan.
THE BIG LAGOON.
Oae of the Most Intere-aing Natural
Formations in the Country.
On the northern coast of California
some thirty miles below the niouth oi
the Klammath river, is one of the
most interesting natural formations to
be found in this country, known as
the Big Lagoon. Here tho coast
which runs north and south up to this
point, takes a sharp turn inlaud. bor
dered by very high bills, running to a
distance of about throe miles, then
turning out again makes a sharp bay
almost V-shaped, and for ages past a
sand-bar has been washing itself up
across this bay until the bar has raised
up out of the water some tenor twelvo
feet having a width of about 100 feet
and a length of four miles, reaching
across the entire bay.
This bar is in the shape of a roof.
When there is a storm the breakers
will roll up one side of it break over
and run down into the bay inside, and
it is a novel sight to stand there and
watch the waters, mountains high on
one side add perfectly calm on the
other, the line between the two at in
tervals hidden altogether. This bat
is a sort of short cut and can be trav
ersed on horseback. In a storm the
horseman will one minuto be high and
dry on land, the next minute a large
wave will roll up and running under
the horse's feet to the depth of a foot
or mora the rider will be, for an in
stant lour miles or so at sea on horse
back, with no land nearer than the
high bluffs of the mainland in sight
Moss agates may be found in abund
ance on the pebbly beach, and wheu
the sun shines the' glitter with daz
zling brightness.
The wild duck that frequent this
part of the coast literally fill this
inland bay. and the parsing hunter,
should he take a shot at them, will
raise such a cloud and such a quack
ing that he will think all tho ducks of
the earth have gathered there. Occa
sionally some wild beast like a bear
or a panther, will be found crossing
this bar. and the Indians have much
sport when such a thing happens, the
animal rarely escaping c.ptuie or
death.
Here the Digger Indians abound,
living on the shell fish which they
catch along the beach seldom going
over the ridge of hills to capture a
deer, which are plentiful It would
astonish a Yale or a Hurvard football
man to come upon this scene some
bright morning at low tide and see
the squaws and children playing
lacroso on the beach. They get so
excited with their sport that they
keep it up until the tides drive them
from tho beach, often staying there
until they have to chase the ball down
into tho surf.
HE CAUGHT HIM.
Hon- to Lure a Bis Trout Into TrouUe
anil Death.
Fred who had often been here bo
fore, wanted big trout and knew how
to got them. He cast very near where
1 did. but gave the litt'o fellows no
chance. So rapidly was his single i?y
trolled across the water that in si few
minutes he had collected the wholo
school away from the spot wuci-e he
expected to find a big trout His fly
was so large that I laughed when ho
mounted it telling him he would find
salmon a few hundred miles farther
north, in Canada but rather scarce
in York state.
But my banter was uuhecded. Fred
knew these waters better than I did
those Pennsylvania streams whero
many years ago I learned to cast a tty.
and where such a fly a he used would
ba considered a bad want of judgment
A dozen times he swiftly trailed his
fly across the water, getting a rho at
e.very csist but not letting them have
it Twenty feet away to the right he
seemed to have drnwu all the small
trout in that liola says a writer in tho
American Angler. Then lengthening
his lino he iat it again and slowly
drew his fly with a quivering, snake
like motio.i. There wai a rise of a
magnificent fisli. but Fred struck too
quickly and missed him. though I
thought the fish fo'.t the steel.
Wait a moment Fred," said I.
Change your F.y and you will get
that big fellow."
Not a bit of it. " yelled John. Let
him have it now. qtirk."
Fred's fly struck the water before
John had done speaking, and had not
trailed three feet when the trout took
it showing his head and shoulders out
of tho water and making the surfjea
boil with the sweep of his broad tail.
As his capacious mouth closed on tho
fly Fred struck so sharply that the
leader sounded like tho twang of a
violin string struck pizzicato.
You've got him. Fred." yelled
John. -Keep him away from the
bushes. I'll paddle you out and give
you plenty of room to play him."
Indigestible.
Young Farmer MeddeiM (at supper)
Ouch: Wonark! Kah! Jecminy
jeeswax! What in heaven's name is
the matter with this cake. Gloriosa?
Bride (a city girl) Why. darling,
there can surely be nothing the mat
ter with it I followed the recipe
exactly.
Tastes as if it was made of clam
sheBs. Kali!"
Oh. dearest! May be it was the
fault of the egg. I alv. ays thought
eggs wero soft and yellow ias:de but
these were white and brittle all tho
way through, and I hai to powder
them with flat irons, and "
Where did you 1'nd thorn?"
"In the hen house, darling. There
was only one egg in each nest and "
Ij'loriosa. you have used my new
china nest eggs!" Puck.
A Monster Building.
The great Cathedral in he City of
Mexico is the largest in America, and
cost nearly $2,000,000. Its foundation
was laid by the Spaniards in 1579 on
the site of an old Aztec pyramid, and
the building was finished in 1037.
Against its western wall leans the cel
ebrated "Calendar Stone," covered
with hieroglyphics and weighing twenty-five
tons. A cast of this remarkable
work of antiquity was exhibited at the
New Orleans exposition of 1384-1S3.".
Falling- FUh.
The greatest fishway in the world is
in the course of construction on the
Potomac at the Great Falls. When it
is completed it will carry fish over a
vertical fall of sTnty-two feet.
'iiif.kk may be honest ana aeciaea
differences of opinion on the question
whether we should or should not place
new difficulties and severer conditions
before those who desire to make their
homes with us. But no one can con
tend that we ought not to provide a
proper scrutiny and to sea that the
laws be faithfully executed.
No inconsiukicxuli: part of satis
factory discussion of dinner a is
prompt and unobtrusive service. This
can be purchased of course. The
waiter generally knows his customer
and governs his movements by what
he considers a just expectation of re
ward, but the customer of a
ietaur&ut is fairly entitled to prompt
service equally with clean napary and
wholesome food.
Blessed the boy who has a father
or mother who insists on his master
ing a rich, varied or vital command
of language, who sends bis letters
hack to hiiu corrected, and with
tarcatic queries whether the term
bully" or "tiptop"' covers the wholo
realm of charm in puch varied
characters and incidents as a pretty
little girl playmate, an ascent, of
Pike's Peak or a sail on Lake Cham
plain. The civilization of Africa" is a
mission that Europe has taken vigor
ously in hand in tho last few years.
Tho first step has bosn worthy of tho
kind of civilization that is represented
in the 3.000.000 men who are kept
under arms to maintain the peace of
Europe. The Christian nations have
calmly proceeded to divide up the
territory of the heathen and the sav
age among themselves, without even
the highwayman' formality of sug
gesting to the victim to throw up his
hands.
No sour of factory or other abso
lutely indoor labor compares in ease,
healthfulness or pay with household
labor. 1 ho great prizes go to the
cooks. The great cooks of the world
receive salaries equal to tho greatest
artists. They are tho Pattis of tho
kitchen. The hoad cooks of tho lead
ing hotels and restaurants receive sal
aries equaled by no other employees.
A good cook in a well-living family
can command pay absolutely princely
compared with that earned by women
in most of the occupations they enter
upon. This is going on the reasona
ble supposition that a woman can
make as good a cook as a man.
The trouble with our present im
migration laws is that they place too
much stress on the external circum
stances of the immigrant and too
little ou the real quality. Tho de'ect
could be remedied by the undoubtedly
timely suggestion, that an educational
restriction be placed on immigration.
Education need not be the sole
criterion of an immigrant's fitness.
Respectable and law-abiding character
should accompany it If these qual
ities were insisted upon in the case of
every immigrant there is no doubt
there would be a va-t improvement in
the quality of our accessions to popu
lation, at the same time that there
was a decrease in the quantity.
Nixk-tenths of the dullness and
monotony of human intercourse grows
out of lack of training of eye, ear and
speech to the appreciation of fine
distinctions. All the vast world of
difference between a violin and a
hurdygurdy lies in the infinite variety
of shades of expression the violiu is
capable of. Just so with the dif
ference between the attractiveness of
one man or woman and another! No
matter, then, how much it costs iu
the way of persistent effort all hope
must be forfeited of ever becoming
agreeable in talk, attractive in man
ners, a discriminating judge of human
character, of literature or art ecepi
on the condition of growing ever
more and more sensitive to minute
distinctions.
One funeral makes many." has
been a proverb especially in the le
gions where inclement weather is fre
quent The death of a prominent
man in midwinter is sometimes fol
lowed by the death of several of his
friends, especially if well along in
.ife. While the coffin is being carried
from the home or the lodgeroom to
the hearse, and while the ceremonies
it the grave are in progress tho
mourners are expected to stand with
uncovered heads whether the day is
raw or damp, or a tierce sun is beat
ing down. From a quarter to half an
hour is often consumed. In winter
the mourners are chilled and colds,
grip and pneumonia bring other
deaths In the train of the first.
The question of infection is one
which must continue to bo seriously
thought of by sc entists. until somo
relief from the scourge of such dis
ease is found. The strides of science
have not yet carried us out of the
reach of sudden and apparently unac
countable visitations, wl.tc-h we were
content once to attribute to Provi
donca but wuiuh to-day we resent
with propriety. It ha- been clearly
pro.ed that the air we breathe and
the water wo drink, pure though they
seem, are in tr th but ambushes of
death. In the meantime one known
defense we have, and that is the main
taining of a healthful condition of the
body. In good digestion and sound
sleep are the strongholds which arc
certainly votent r gainst the gersa.
For the finest styles of calling cards,
call on The Joubkax. tf
-THE-
First National Bank
COLUMBUS. NEB.
TmEcroiitst
A.ANDKKSON, I'res't.
J. H.OALLKY, Vic Pren'r.
O.T.KOKN. Cashier.
l. ANPKitKON. P. ANDKKSON,
JACOUflKkJSEN. HENP.V RAOATZ,
JOHN J. SULLIVAN.
Statement of Condition at the Close of
Business Starch 1, 1862.
hx.sonscc.4.
Lnitttrt.ind Di-count . . fJUi,7144
U. A. lioudr. 13,500 00
Iteal rtnt'. Viirnilureaud Fixture W,!10 22
Due from oilier Ixtnk.i $ 37,4l.:tt
" U.S.Treuury . W.XW
(Vh oil Ihiu.t 20.MB.67- M.til.1 OS
S 2W,4hJ 71"
IXlbll.ITlKS.
Capital Stock paid in... $ fiO.OCO CO
MurphiK Fund SU.UQO 00
L'udivi.lrtt protilM . 2,1(11 U5
Circnltttiou .. . 13,100 00
HVdicountH 5,tteO 40
De.it 17,131 Sd
$ 29S.4H 71
justness urds.
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OiKe over First Nutionnl ilank, Coiaailm,
Nebraska. 10-tf
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COLUUSUS J33S!tAL izi ii SE. FAULT JOUEHAL,
lloth, pot-mid loanj addretsH. for $2.C0 a year,
ftrirtly ia ndvuniv. Family .Iock.su., $1.00
Utir.
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Eye - and - Ear - Surgeon,
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Job-Wcik. RocSag and Gutter -in?
a Specialty
Shop on N, l.m-k.-i Av.-!iui i ,,. iI..ib north
of Kn:m m uV.
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