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VOETOIEXXIV.-NUMBER 26.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,222.
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NEBRASKA NEWS,
Lincoln has opened free night schools.
A FYcmont butcher paid 74. GO for
three hogs.
Oajc county prohibitionists hare
placed a full ticket in the field.
John Hanson, an Omaha carpenter,
fell dead last iveek while at work.
The Cuming county fair, had to be
suspended one day on account of rain.
A volunteer fire company has been
formed at Gordon with thirty mem
bers. For disregarding a quarantine ordi
nance, Claude Fcnton of Stockville was
fined S3.
For slapping an unruly urchin, Adam
Ila ucr of Tobias was arrested and fined
." and costs.
Ed liurko, a South Omaha man, was
held up by highwaymen and relieved
of nearly $40.
The new water works at Gordon have
becu accepted by the city council after
a satisfactory test.
Buffalo Hill lately purchased a hand
some residence in North Platte for
which ho paid SO, 300.
Augu&t Klein, joi Lincoln, jumped
from a third story window and will
prol'ably die from his injuries.
The little son of Joe Trout of Arnold
held up his hat as a target for another
boy with bow arrow, The aim was
poor and the Trout boy has but one eye.
Editor "Whitcomb and wife of the
Friend Telegraph have no children of
their own and have taken a little girl
from tlio home for the friendless for
adoption.
The IJnrt county bar docket, just out,
for the coming session of the district
court, is the largest for many years in
Hurt county. It shows ninety civil and
iiftecn criminal cases.
While J. IL George of Shelton was
cutting wood in his back yard the ax
struck the clothes line and rebounded
against his face, cutting a gash that
required several stitches.
Several families were poisoned at
j Heaver City by eating pressed meat that
J had been Fold by a local butcher. The
doctors had nam work to keep several
of the victims from dying.
IHitty thieving is becoming prevalent
at Friend and the Telegraph saj's that
mon who loaf all summer, and resort to
stealing the rest of the year are not
entitled to any consideration from hon
est men.
"Word has reached Lincoln that John
Mcllride of Little .Salt precinct Lancas
ter county has been killed in the Cher
okee strip in a fight with claim jump
ers over priority of rights to a claim he
had secured in the rush.
Louis Lango, father of Rev. Langc
who was formerly pastor of the German
Lutheran Evangelical church of Fre
mont, died last week in St Louis, aged
about sixty years. The deceased had
luioy friends in Fremont.
The complaint of Mitchell & Blcank
ivon of lielden, a station on the PnciQc
Short line, has been amicably adjusted.
The firm was handling grain as track
buyers and saj' that the railroad com
pany refused to furnish cars.
Preparations are baing made for the
annual meeting of the state grange at
Tekamah in December. Over 50() dele
gates will be present, and they will be
in session three or four days. The
meetingwill convene in the opera house.
The fall meeting of the superinten
dents and principals of Nebraska
schools will be held October 13 and 14
i'.i the office of the state superintendent
at Lincoln. A programme of interest
to educators has been prepared for the
occasion.
llev. Charles C. Wilson, the pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church at Ord,
has, at the requestof the congregation,
been returned to the charge for the en
suing year. Mr. Wilson has been suc
cessful in church work and is highly
esteemed.
An unknown insane man is frighten
ing the families of farmers south of
Nebraska City. He has been wander
ing around for several days destroying
property and frightening women and
children. All attempts to capture him
have proven futile.
The news that Mrs. M. A. Hitchcock
has been re-elected president of the
State Women's Christian Temperance
union is very satisfactory to her many
friends in Fremont. Mrs. Hitchcock is
a general favorite in that city and is a
woman of sterling worth.
Three Cass county thieves went to a
farmer's hog lot in daylight and butch
ered a fat shoat. The owner appeared
on the sceae and the marauders fled,
but when he returned to the house for
his gun they came back and stole the
pig. They had a team, but the author
ities are after them.
Suit has been commenced in the dis
trict court of Douglas county ngainst
the Burlington Railroad company by
Anton Martensen, in which he asks for
S30.000 damages for injuries received by
being struck by one of defendant's
engines while he was walking on the
track near Gibson last June.
Last winter the members of the
Methodist church at Pawnee City were
each given a dimes savings bank, this
means being taken to raise the debt on
the church. The other night a social
was held at the church and the banks
were opened and found to contain over
$500, all in dimes. This enables the
new pastor, J. n. Preston, to step into
the church free of debt.
Terza Lawrence is the name of a
professional gardener and wife beater
who resides in Sarpy county, near South
Omaha. His wife and son called on
Judge Langdon to secure relief from
Terza's persecutions. Last week he
went on the war path, threw an iron
kettle at his wife, missed her and near
ly killed the hired girl, who was stand
ing in line of the weapon.
The Valley county fair, which held
four days, closed lastiveelo The princi
pal display was in the sections devoted
to vegetables, hogs and poultry. The
vegetable exhibit, while small, was of
fine quality. The exhibits of hogs and
poultry were large and much above the
average. The exhibits of horses and
cattle were not equal to many in former
years.
In the district court of Dixon county
the jury in the case of IL E. Smith vs.
The City of Ponca, wherein Smith was
suing for $10,000 damages for injuries
received last spring caused by a defect
ive sidewalk, brought in a verdict for
Smith, giving him $1,500. In the case
of the state vs. Groth, a verdijt of
guilty was rendered and he was sen
tenced to one year in the penitentiary.
P. TJKurchard of the Forfolk floor
ing mills ran a narrow escape of his
life while alighting from a train while
in motion at Fremont. In stepping
upon the platform he slipped on an ap
pie peeling and fell between the plat
form and the track with one leg over
.the rail, but with remarkable presence
of mind and agility he drew himself to
gether and laid still until the train
rolled by.
A fire at Gering burned the bard
ware, machinery and undertaking es
tablishment of Ford;& Hoffman. The
loss is probably ff;t)bo or $2,000. which
is fully insured- Qaly by extreme ex
ertioa was the principal part of the
tvn saved room destruction. The fire
is presamed to have been incendiary.
Another manufacturing concern has
made arrangements to locate in Teka
mah, the J. J. Totten sickle grinder and
incubator factory, late of Beatrice,
which was destroyed by fire.
Samuel Gove, living near Bennett,
Lancaster county, has a terribly inutnV
ated hand. He was at Work feeding a
threshing machine, when his left hand
was caught in the machinery crushing
it to a pulp and lacerating it in a fear
ful manner. The machine was stopped
as quickly as possible and the man re
leased from his terrible position. The
hand had to be amputated at the wrist.
Governor Cfounse received an answer
to his telegram sent to El Paso,.Tex.t
making inquiries about the requisition
for Del Aiken of Holt county, who is
accused of aiding Barrett Scott in em
bezzling county funds. The reply
stated that the requisition had not ar
rived. The governor refuses to modify
the requition and as soon as it arrives.
Aiken will be returned by the El Paso
sheriff.
September 10 Frank Abart, a farmer
living west of Schu3ler, Bteppcd on a
needle which penetrated the ball of his
foot more than an inch. . The needle
was threaded, but in an attempt to
withdraw it the end was broken off.
He worked for a time, but the foot be
came so painful that he secured a physi
cian and had about half of the needle
removed, but after suffering intensely
he died.
John McDonald says the grey wolves
in the vicinity of Mullen are giving the
farmers and ranchmen considerable
trouble by killing their cattle. One
ranchman by the name of Smith, with
in a few miles of Mullen, had seven
cows killed by the wolves, nnd a num
ber of others have lost cattle in the
same way. The wolves have become
very numerous and bold, and instances
are related of them attacking horses.
A sensation that came near being a
tragedy, occurred at Beatrice. Mrs.
Flora C. Rose, a blushing widow of
twenty-nine summers and a fellow
named Morse were the priucipals in the
affair. The pair have been keeping
company anil it is reported had matri
monial intentions, but the lovers quar
reled and Flora determined to commit
suicide. The doctors, by hard work
brought her out from the effects of a
dose of laudonum.
Mrs. Laura Cook of Fremont, an old
lady seventy-six years old, made a
nearly successful attempt to commit
suicide last week by cutting her throat
with a razor. She made two slashes
in her neck, nearly severing the wind
pipe, but did not open any large blood
vessel. She was alone in her room at
the time and nearlj bled to death be
fore being discovered. Two physicians
attended her and sewed up the wounds,
but her recovery is doubtful.
Lincoln dispatch: August Klien, the
man who came into police headquarters
a few nights ago, asking to be locked
up because a band of robbers were
after him, was turned loose next morn
ing, as he seemed to be perfectly sane,
but went daft this morning while in
his room in the second story of the
building at 120 South Tenth street,
lie raised the window and jumped to
the pavement below. He was picked
up unconscious and will probably die.
The Holt county grand jury has re
ported indictments against Attorneys
it. R. Dickson, H. M. Utley and E. W.
Adams, as follows: Dickson for assault,
another for aiding and abetting Bar
rett Scott in the embezzlement of $.",
00'J of county tax certificates, and all
three for harboring aiding and keeping
Barrett Scott, a criminal, from the eyes
of the law. The defendants were all
arraigned in court, pleaded not guilty
and were released on bond to appear
for trial.
Thomas Long was arrested "Wednes
day, says the Red Cloud Argus, by Dep
uty Sheriff Tomlinson on complaint of
the postmaster for wrongfully taking
from the postofhee and opening a letter
addressed to Thomas Leigh. He was
taken before .fudge Duffy and on ad
vice of his attorney, Randolph McNitt,
waived examination. The court bound
him over to the United States court at
Omaha, placing the bond at S-,000. In
default of bail he was remanded to the
custoday of the sheriff until the United
States marshal shall appear and take
charge of him.
The Methodist Episcopal seminary at
Orleans was dedicated last week with
appropriate ceremonies. The full
board of conference trustees was pres
ent to reccivo the trust reposed in
them. A very elaborate programme
was listened to by a very large and ap
preciative audience. The seminary
opened for work with an enrollment
ot 125, with very bright prospects for
the future. A course of lectures have
been arranged for by the board of
directors during the winter, which is
looked forward to with a great deal of
pleasure.
Lenard Furgerson, aged about four
teen years, Frank Sparhawk, James
Riley and another boy, aged from
twelve to fourteen years, all of Scotia,
went out hunting, having one gun be
tween the four. On returning they
were overtaken by a team and began
to climb into the wagon. Fergcrson,
who had the gun, put it over the
wagon box, holding the barrel in his
hand, when by some means it was dis
charged, the contents of one barrel en
tering Furgerson's side under his right
arm and coming out just behind the
shoulder. He is dangerously but not
fatally wounded.
As Herman Stuekensmidt, living
eight miles north of Beemer, was tak
ing his family to church he was met by
Mr. Hanson, a neighbor. Hanson was
carrying a gun, which was discharged
immediately after passing Mr. Stucken
schmidt,several shot striking him in the
arm, and Mrs. Stuckenschmidt receiv
ing several in the back. A little girl
S years of age was struck in the eye
and another in the face. As soon as
Hanson perceived what he had done he
put whip to his horse and fled. He was,
hovever,overtaken shortly by a brother
of the wounded woman. He claims he
was shooting at a dog.
The depositors of the defuct Lincoln
Capital National bank are again be
coming restive over the slowness with
which the authorities at Washington
are moving in the matter of straight
ening up the affairs of the institution,
and some very decisive action has been
decided upon. It is stated that within
ten days serious charges will be pre;
ferred against Bank Examiner Griffith
and laid before the treasury depart
ment at Washington. These charges
will accuse the examiner of double
dealing, lack of vigilance, ' carelessness
in looking after the interests of the de
positors and general neglect of duty.
Harry Houck, a member of the firm
of nildebrand it Houck of Lincoln, is
under arrest on a serious charge pre
ferred by Miss Mary Ascher, formerly
of that city, bat now of Palmyra. Miss
Ascher was formerly employed in the
auditor's office at the state capitol, but
since leaving the state's service has
been engaged as a dress maker. She
was Houck's betrothed wife and claims
that dnring their engagement, which
has continued for over two years, he
anticipated his conjugal rights, and
that she now finds herself in a position
where Jie must, make good his promise
to marry "her or forever disgrace her.aiuL
her unborn'cli'dd"- rf buck has Ijeena'r
rested and the end is not yet.
HEMENYPS VIOLIN.
Like a soul escaped from purgatory,
And soaring up to heaven and story,
It now bursts forth in joyous siratoi
Then tremblia;, Robs and walls agaul
Till angels, listening, whisper low,
"Kemenyi's hand has touched the bow.
Tis heaven's own music brought to earth.
And sorrow's moan is joined with mirth,
As from a sons bird's swelling throats
TrUU high and sweet a, warblin c note,
"Which, softly rising on the a;r.
Stops short, like some unfinished prayer.
A STOIIY OF THE CITY.
A suddon fall in wheat. A panic
on the board of trade. A man, rich
but an hour ago, wandering the
6treots in an agony of despair. Every
thing gone. Money, credit, honor.
Oh. for a sudden death blow! Bain
camo and ho never knew it The
damp wind chilled him to the bone
and lie never felt it. Night fell and
Mhe did not miss tho daylight. Aim
lessly he wandered on, thinking
vaguely of his- lost possessions, of his
ruined partner, of the girl he- could
not marry now. Then he heard a
church clock strike, and liko a sud
den vision came a thought of the
mother who had taught him to pray.
Ho had not thought of her teachings
for years, but now, in his hour of
need, they came back, with gentle
force. He would enter tho church
and pray. Perhaps the spirit of that
loving mother who had died in full
confidence that some time tho Good
Shepherd would reclaim her dear
black sheep whisperod the thought
to him. Who knows?
Ho was a Presbyterian if anything,
and tho church into which he crept
was adorned with tho crucifix every
where, but that did not matter now.
A starving man hardly cares whether
the bread given him bo white or
brown. For a while he prayed as
drowning men are supposed to pray,
then tired nature yioided to the
solemn, peaceful silence, and he fell
asleep.
When he awoko tho body of tho
church was still dark, but several
black-robed priests were decking the
brilliantly lightod altar, ready for the
next morning's early ma3s. Then,
ero he could rise, a glorious voice
swelled softly forth: "Oh, rest in the
Lord," it said; "Oh, rest in tho Lord"
over and over again with all possible
shades of expression. "Rest," and
ho was so tired, so tired. "Wait
patiently for Him," sang the angel,
for so the weary, hoartsick man had
menta.ly styled the singer, although
it was, in reality, only tho new alto
practicing to-morrow's solo before
tho other choir members came. The
word "patiently" troubled her and
she sang it over again and again,
while the soul-stirred man down
in the dusky corner drank in every
word. Yes, he would bo patient.
"Commit thy way untoHim.and trust
in Him," the sweet voice intoned, and
much of tho trust in the siugor's
heart was somehow transmitted to
that other heart so fast losing its
despair. And while he listened,
knowing now that tho singer was
human, tho opening strain began
again and passod with a glorious
crescendo to the closing words, "And
Ho shall give thee th' heart's desire. "
His heart's desire! His darling
Agnes! Ho did not think of the
money now; he had no bittor feeling
towards the man who in enriching
himself had ruined so many: ho only
thought of his promised wife and his
loud-dead mother. That heavenly
strain hud washod all evil thoughts
from his soul and brought on its in
coming tide all tho good qualities, so
long hidden, to the surface. The
wandering sheep hai returned.
And all the while the tender voice
Bang on. Sang until the choir, with
much talk and laughter, entered by
the sido door and the man passed out.
Sang while ho. buying a paper, dis
covered that the raaruet had changed
again and that, though he was no
longer rich, ho had still enough left
to begin life again. Sang till the
leader called the choir to order, and
the owner woke from tho ecstacy
which possessed her to find that her
evident enjoyment of her own music
was furnishing great amusement for
the other singers.
She did not know why she was so
blissfully happy. She never knew
about the now-born beauty her
friends noticed from that time on;
she never knew who sent the flowers
she found lying in her place on the
music-rack next morning; she never
knew that ono man blessed her mem
ory many times a day long after that
hour in the quiet church had faded
to a dream-like recollection. She
never knew she had saved a soul.
She had just come back from the
"sunny South" and pinned at her
collar was a great yellow dandelion,
that cheeriest, most joyous of flowers,
which would be so popular if only
each separate blossom had a- money
value of half a dollar. And as she
stood waiting for a car most of the
passers-bye glanced, if no more, at
the little flower-sun, and the visions
they saw in it were piled high around
tho unconscious girl. Ghosts of
long-dead people looked over her
shoulder, old lovers met above her
head, loving but half-forgotten play
mates kissed again in front of her
and tho wreaths of countless defunct
dinners crowded and jostled each
other right under her nose and eyes.
An old man passing gazed at the
flower, and straightway there rose
before him a grassy field thickly
dotted with its sisters, and in the
midst of it he saw himself trying to
fill his arms with more of them than
he could carry. The old man sighed,
for in that moment he saw how all
through the long years since then he
had been loading himself with gold
of another kind, hardly more lasting,
only to have it drop from his embrace
as he reached for more.
And joined to this field was another,
in which a middle-aged lady saw her
self walking with a man she should
have married and did not. The
same sun which brightened these
pastures shone on the lovely face of a
maiden bent over a bunch of "dan
dies," and the young man who saw
the drooping head wore crape on his
hat. The man whose arm was drawn
through his had a vision, too that
of a baby, (grown to a woman long,
g) playing with the golden blos
soms, but neither mentioned what
they saw. Then a woman, dressed
all too smartly, tripped along, and
the frozen smile on her painted face
cnangea to a natural sadness as ner
eyes fell' on the dandelion, for it
looked at her with her mother's tea
dergaze. Close behind her came a
sad-faced, worn-looking girl, and a
momentary youth entered her heart,
as she saw the face a similar flower
had once beamed under. Next a
'jolly little darkey skipped by, and
tho fib bit his tongde-tip
died a natural death, tor the last
"goldio" ho had seen had been clasped
in the hand of a little sister dead.
Then a careless son of the Emerald
Islo dawdled across the street, his
"come-day-go-aay, Goil send Sunday"
pace and carriage more in keeping
with tho sylvan scene which rose be
fore him than tho buy, crowded city.
The cheery whistle of "St Patrick's
Day in the Mornin'," died on his lips
as he looked, and, for a wonder, he
passed the next saloon without going"
in. The careworn woman who mot
him at the door of his house had been
a merry maiden tho day that flower
recalled Following him closely
came two Italian. women, and tho eyes
of both grew mcist, and the baskets
poised so firmly on top of the black
braids trembled sadly. For a moment
tho dirty street gave place to a
glimpse of sunlit ocean and a breath
of country air. And tho eyes of tho
Indian woman, who stood on thd
corner selling "sassfras" bark, filled
for a moment with an expression of
such bitter longing that a littlo
child, passing near, grew afraid and
shrunk away.
One after another tho crowd hur
ried by, and to almost every one the
dandelion had a message to give.
Merry children, weary invalids, sad
passionate souls, light-hoarted girls,
dospairing men, thoughtless youths,
overworked horses, homeless dogs,
stray cats and city-bound pigeons, to
all it brought a bit of brightness.
But the best thing it did was the
reconciliation it caused between two
people who were "enjoyinj" their
first quarrel. Tho beginning of it
had been so small that neither ono
could tell what it was, but it had pro
gressed finoly. and now both had a
bad case of heartache. And as thoy
passod the waiting girl both thought
of tho bright Juno day, not a year
ago, when ho had asked the momen
tous question. Presently one of his
hands touched hers, it might llavo
boon by accident (but it wasn't), and
somohow it stayed thcro. So that
quarrel came to a premature end,
and the little flower had ono good
reason for its existence, should its
usefulness ever be questioned.
But by this time tho wearer of tho
sweet little blossom began to notico
tho attention everyone gavo her, and
woman-like she resented it Perhaps
if she had realized how many hearts
tho homely flower had softened and
cheered sho would not have thrown
it in the middle of the street with
the mental asseveration that she
would "never, never wear a dande
lion in town again," but then how
could sho know? Inter Ocean.
THE TRUE AMERICAN GIRL.
She Steps From Her Horns With Faith
In iklinklad.
The truest, best and sweetest typo
of tho American girl of to-day does
not como from tho home of wealth;
she steps out of the homo where ex
ists comforts rather than luxuries,
writes Edward Bok in the Ladies'
Home Journal. She belongs to tho
great middle class that class which
has given us the best American wife
hood; which has given helpmates to
the foremost American men of our
time; which teaches its daughters
the true meaning of love; which
teaches the manners of the drawing
room, but the practical life of tho
kitchen as well; which teaches the
girls the responsibilities of wife
hood, and the greatness of mother
hood. These girls may not ride in their
carriages, they may not wear the
most expensive gowns, they may even
help a little to increase the family
income, but these self-same girls are
to-day the bulwark of American so
ciety, not only present, but of the
future. They represent tho Ameri
can home and what is best and truest
in sweet domestic life, and thoy
make the best wives for our Ameri
can men. I have no patience with
these theories that would seoi to
place the averago American girl in
anw other position than that which
she occupies, ornaments, and right
fully holds the foremost in our re
spect, our admiration, and our love.
She is not the society girl of the day,
and she is the better for it.
She knows no superficial
knows only a heme where
life; she
husband,
wife, and children are one
in love,
one in thoughts, and one
in every
action. She believes no woman to be
so sweet as her mother; no man so
good as her father. She believes
that there are good women and true
men abroad in the world, and, thansfl
God, her belief is right And that)
man will be happiest who takes such
a girl for his wife.
A Honeymoon Incident.
A well-f nown local carpenter tells
a story that is intended as a ' good
joke on his wife. When theyrwerc
married they rented apartments in a
block, tho rear of which overlooked
one of the rivers, and among tho
wife's earliest culinary efforts was
a batch of bread.
The young husband sampled his
wife's contribution to the world's
stock of the "staff of life," and arising
from the table playfully remarked:
"My dear, cast your bread upon
the waters."
Tho wife took offense at this in
junction, and, as her husband left
the house, she flung the remaining
loaf out of the window into the river.
It struck a. passing boat, crashing
through the bottom and sinking in tho
water's murky depths.
The next she knew the boatman,
dripping wet, made a tour cf the
block, bent on discovering who
dumped the hod of brick into bis
craft Binghamton Leader.
Chlaeae Cardans.
The Chinese gardeners are the
most expert fruit growers in the
world. Marco Polo even asserted
that they produce pears of the most
delicious fragrance and weighing ten
pounds each.
Mrs. Ro-e Tonquay of Biddeford,
Maine, died the other day from the ef
fect of a surgical operation performed
in aa attempt to remove a pin which
mad teen in her ear for eight years.
IN AN UGLY TRAP.
While Chastas; a Deer a Uaater Ftacte
Himself Walled ta by CliSk
Lawyer H. E Highton is tho only
member of tho San Francisco bar, and
probably California, Who goes regu
larly bn a damping and hunting trip
every ydar. Ho never speads less
than a month and he often spends
two months in tho woods. His camp
is always a good one.
For over forty years for he is ono
of tho earliest of California pioneers
he has kept up this custom. Ho
has hunted with Captain Bridgor,
Jini Beckwith and tho brother of
Kit Carson, and is well acquainted
with all the arts of tho sportsman.
Tho distinguishes! lawyer,- in his
handsome office in the Mill's build
ing, the other day, paused to recount
briefly an interesting and thrilling
experience in Northern California.
"It was in tho summer of 1877," he
said. "I had gono to a point somo
sixty miles this side of Lakoport.
whore I had been hunting deer. I
had been pretty successful, had got
two or thrco deer, and was feeling
pretty well. I wanted to got over
the mountains toward tho geysers, so
one morning I set out.
"In about an hour I had climbed
to a hoight of about 4. 00) feet I
was young and strong and went right
along. Finally I came to the edge of
a deep creek in tho mountains. It
was exceedingly rodgh, with precipi
tous sides, apparently fifteen or twen
ty feet down. I carefully examined
tho margin, but could find no place
where I could safely get to tho creek
bed. At length I camo to a peculiar
sholving rock, tho nearest place to it
It was a long distanco down, however,
and tho only way I could get to tho
bottom was by grasping tho limb3 of
an overhanging tree.
"Taking my Spencer riflo in ono
hand and the limb of tho tree in tho
other, I let myself down and dropped
to the earth. Then I got into a deer
track and followed it, and soon
brought down tho deer. I saw con
siderable smaller game and got somo
of that By this timo it was growing
late, and I saw that I must get out of
tho peculiar mountain basin I was in.
"To my surprise I could find no
outlet I was walled in, every way.
I could find no paths, no trails.
Everywhere I went the precipitous
cliffs shut mo in. I knew exactly
whoro I was. but I could not get out.
I concluded to make one more at
tempt boforo nightfall. In climbing
a cliff my feet slipped, and in bring
ing tho stock of my gun down hard
to prevent my going over my riflo
was discharged, striking mo in the
under part of tho arm and cutting an
ugly hole.
"1 bled fearfully. Tho artery had
been severed. As quickly as possible
I took out a lot of soiled silk hand
kerchiefs that had accumulated in
ray pockots, tore them into strips and
bound up the wound as tightly as I
could. Then I twisted up the band
ago with a stick till it hold the artery
firmly together. It was only in this
way, as tho doctor told me afterward,
that I escaped bleeding to death.
"I had had nothing to cat, and as
I could not get out had to make a
night of it. I wandered about for
thrco days and four nights. Word
had gono out from Masons that I was
lost or dead, and about 200 men wcro
out hunting for me. In desperation,
while this was being done, I followed
tho track of a grizzly bear that I had
seen, thinking it might tako mo out
I climbed through the chcmisal and
manzanita up a rocky defile, and was
making my way slowly, when up
jumped the grizzly, with open mouth,
and camo toward me. I stood for a
momont, and then backed away as
well as I could till I got out of reach.
"Meantime a Canadian over on tho
other side of the mountains camo in
on a trail that had been cut over tho
ridge, but not down the side. A gun
shot was heard. I signaled to him,
and so, after thrco days and four
nights with no food, 1 finally got out
to tho geysers. A big crowd had
gathered there, and a doctor had
been summoned from Healdsburg. I
took a hot bath, went immediately to
bed, and in a few days was all right.
I had told tho Canadian where he
would find the deer-1 had killed, and
he and others went right to it and
brought it out I had, also, when I
was following the bear tracks, taken
my handkerchief, measured the great
track and tied a knot in it I told
the Canadian hunter about the griz
zly, and said if he would go up in
there he would find it He did so
and killed the bear, and his foot was
exactly as large as indicated by my
handkerchief, showing that it was
the same one from which I had es
caped." The Second 1irgest Iilainond.
" The second largest diamond in the
world, according to foreign papers,
is now being ground in one of tho
famous diamond shops in Amsterdam.
It weighed in its natural state 474
carats. It will lose in tho procoss of
"edging" about 274 carats. Despite
this loss, however, it will soon rank
between tho "Great Mogul," the
Persian gem, which is said to weigh
28) carats, and tho "Victoria," or
"Imperial diamond," owned by the
nizam of Hyderabad. The famous
"Orloff brilliant," now in Huss!a,
tips the scale at 194 carats. Definite
information regarding tho "Great
Mogul" is difficult to obtain, and
some say it is a jowcl of only 193
carats. The "Do Beers Yellow,"
which was sold recently to an Indian
rajah, weighs 225 carats. Tho
Antwerp diamond will be placed on
the market in a few months.
New York Working; Girls.
Tho Thirty-eighth street club of
working girls of New York is entirely
self-supporting. Its receipts for last
year were f 1,135. G6 and its total ex
penses $ 1.102. 83. Its average week
ly attendance was 289 and total at
tendance for the year 15,071.
Lives Saved From the Sea.
The report of Secretary Dibdin. of
the British Boyal Lifeboat institu
tion, shows that the 304 lifeboats
owned by that company saved 1,056
lives last year and rescued thirty
three vessels from destruction.
The Piano. Soeadins Board.
The sounding-board of pianos, the
most important part of the instru
ment, is mado of American spruce
and is as carefully chosen as the wood
for a violin.
DUTIES OF A GUABDIAN.
LAWS THAT BIND THE CUS
TODIAN OF CHILDREN.
Lecal and Moral .Ispaets of the Itela-
tlon Requirement: Differ la the
Several States The
Rights ef Child.
Thore are several kinds of guard
ians of minors recognized by law.
Firstly, thero are tho parents, who
are tho natural guardians of tho
children: then other noar relatives
who may tako charge cf a child when
its parents dio. and who may come to
be recognized as tho legal guardians;
then thero ae guardiaus whom tho
father or mother may appoint by
will to have charge cf tho person or
property, or both, cf a child, or if
such appointment has not been mado
it will Lo mado by tho surrogate
whero a certain amount of property
is concerned, and thcro aro tempor
ary guardians appointed by order of
a court or judge in a legal proceed
ing to represent somo one who is too
young to appear in person and to
look after hi.Jnto'cts.
A guardian who has tho porsonal
caro of a child is called tho guardian
of tho person, a.id one who has charge
Of the property is tho guardian of tho
estate. Tho court may soparatc tho
two guardianships and appoint differ
ent guardian?.
Tho duty of a guardian is to man
ago tho affairs and proporty of his
ward to tho best of his ability, and
when his term of guardiauship ex
pires by tho infant attaining his
majority or otherwise to givo an
account of his administration and of
all property ho has had in his hands.
"Minors' or "infants" arc all per
sons under the ago of 21 (except that
in a fow of the states tho women aro
of ago at IS), but thero is a distinc
tion made at 1 1. An infant over tho
age of 14 can havo a voice in choos
ing his guardian and can in some
cases suo or be sued in his own namo.
When there aro notices or papers
of any kind to bo served, upon tho
parties to a legal proceeding, the in
fant must bo served as well as others,
and in tho case of infants under 11
two copies each must be served, ono
upon the parent or guardian, and ono
personally upon the child itsolf.
Even in the caso of a child to young
not only to understand or to read,
but even to notico the paper, this
double service must be mado and a
copy of the paper put in its hands, a
rule which strikes ono as amusing,
but tho theory Is that the younger
the child tho mora protection it
needs.
Thcro is certainly a degree of in
justice to women in tho laws relating
to tho control of their childron and
tho appointment of guardians for
them in tho greater power given to
tho father, writes Helen FrazerLovett
in tho St Louis Star-Fayings.although
tho children's interests aro as safe,
frequently safer, in tho hands of tho
mother than the father.
In a fow of tho states in Iowa, for
example tho father and mother aro
joint natural guardians, and upon
tho death of tho ono tho other be
comes solo guardian. Generally,
however, tho father may appoint by
will any one he chooses to be guar
dian of the child, not only of tho prop
erty, which, when tho property
comes from tho father, does not seem
unreasonable, but of the person as
well.
These appointments, howovcr, may
be set aside by the surrogate, and an
opportunity is given to tho mother
or other friends of tho child to peti
tion tho court to appoint some ono
else. If proof can be brought that
the person named is not a suitablo
guardian, tho judge will disregard
the appointment and make another.
When an infant is mado a party to
any litigation or has an interest in
the settlement of an estate, a special
guardian must be appointed by the
court in which the caso is being
tried, or by tho surrogate, to repre
sent his or her interest This person
is somotimes called the "next
friend." In actions in the surro
gate's court he is called tho "special
guardian"' and in tho supreme court
and other courts the "guardian ad
litem" (guardian in respect to the
strifo). His authority and duties do
not extend beyond the particular
matter as to which he is appointed,
and when that is settled they arc at
an end. It is usual, though it may
not be always necessary, to appoint a
lawyer.
If the parents are interested in any
way in tho same matter, neither of
them can be this guardian ad litem,
nor can any one else who is a party,
mr any one who is acting as attorney
for any of them It must bo some
one who has no interest of any kind
oppo cd to that of the infant whom
he ro rescnt3.
In this matte- of the appointment
of guardians by lav., there is apt to
be some mi-;un Jc-standing. A moth
er is very likely to feel aggravated
that any one hi:1 h raelf or some ono
of hr choosing !:-u!d be the child's
guardfctn and to regard itasacaprico
and a piece of i;;jii.-.tico on the part
of the law, bear. ?e no ono could havo
the child':' int -est more to heart
than his mothc
This is true it an overwhelming
majority of ca a, but what the law
has in view he c i3 justice to the
child. There p. re such things as par
ent? who wouli! choose their own art
vantage before their children's where
interests clashed, and tho law or the
judges cannot make the intimate per
sonal acquaintance of each parent
Keeping in mind the possible contin
gency, the be it that can be done is to
appoint some one who will have no
temptation t j do anything but his
best for the infant
The theory of the law in regard to
minors is that the child is an indi
vidual, with rights of his own in
which he is to be protected, even
against his parents if necessary, and
that it is the duty of the community
of which he forms part to so protect
him.
It is pointed out by Herbert Spen
cer, in some recently published es
says on "justice," that this view
marks an immense advance in civil
ization from the state of society in
which parents had such absolute con
trol of their children that they could
sell them or even kill them without
accounting to anybody.
MATRIMONIAL. MIXES.
Twe HMfcaade at the Grave ef Tfcebf
Wife and Tie Versa.
It is not so long ago that two ladies
attended the obsequies of their hus
band, and. indeed, though the inci
dent was uncommon, there is no rea
son in this ago pf divorces why it
should le so. It was said at the
time, however, that tho caso was un
paralleled, and also that tho atten
dance of two husbands at the grave
of ono wlfo had never happened in
England. This, nevertheless, took
placo in the caso of the lady married
to Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the
second earl of Rosebery, in 175&
Their union took place without tho
knowledgo of their relatives on
cither side; but it was a very happy
one. Whon they wore abroad to
gether, her ladyship was stricken
with mortal Illness, and, calling for
pen and paper, wroto those words:
"I am the wifo of the Rev. Mr.
Gough, rector of Thorpe, in Essex;
my maiden namo is Cathorine Can
non, and my last request is to bo
buried at Thorpe." Amazed bo
yond expression, but losing noth
ing of his affection for his lato
wife through this confession. Lord
Dalmeny embalmed, tho body and'
brought it to England. He was, ono
conjectures, a young man, and tho
circumstances were such as might
well have disturbed even a judicious
mind. Ho was so imprudent as to
land under a feignod name at Col
chester, where the custom-houso
officers insisted upon opening the'
chost on suspicion of its containing
smuggled goods. Upon this, much
moro serious complications aroso.and
it became nccossary to givo a full ex
planation of tho matter, and to send
for Mr. Gough to identify tho body.
Tho meeting of tho Indignant hus
band with the man who had unwit
tingly wronged him was, wo are told,
most moving: "of tho two. tho latter
appeared most solicitous" (which is
not altogether surprising) "to do
honor to tho deceased. He had u
splendid coffin mado for her, and at
tended her corpse to Thorpo, whoro
Mr. Gough met him, and tho burial
was performed, with all duo solem
nity, in tho presenco of them both."
His lordship, wo aro told, departed
afterward "inconsolablo"; but it
scorns he married again, and was
probably moro careful in making in
quiry as to tho lady's antecedents.
AN ORIGINAL DRAWING.
By John White. Who Wat the First
Illustrator of America.
In tho British museum thoro is pre
served John White's original draw
ings in water colors illustrating Sir
Walter Raleigh's voyage into Vir
ginia in 1585. This John White was
an English painter who was sent by
Queen Elizabeth in 1585 to Virginia
as principal draughtsman in Raleigh's
second expedition for exploring tho
country and planting his first "col
onic," says tho Art Amateur. The
expedition of soven ships was under
the command of Admiral Sir Richard
Grcnvillo, tho ancestor of tho founder
of tho Grcnvillo library in tho Brit
ish museum.
This first "colonic," consisting of
108 men, remained in Virginia ono
whole year and then returned to
England in July, 1586, in fcir Francis
Drako's fleet, then coming victorious
from tho West Indies, because tho
long-expected supplies and reinforce
ments from England had not arrived.
Fourteen days after their departure
Sir Richard Gronvillo arrived with
new stores and new planters to find
the old "colonic" deserted. Little is
known respecting John White. It is
recorded, however, that he made four
voyages to Virginia and that during
the second expedition he was ap
pointed governor in 1587. He was
the grandfather of Virginia Dare, tho
first English child born in North
Amorica. In 1588 Thoodore do Bry,
on a visit to London, was induced to
engrave the said drawings, and his
work was issued in 1590 in folio at
Frankfort
Copies of this book aro very rare
Thcro is a very imperfect ono in tho
library at Harvard college. It is
suggested by Mr. Louis Fagan of tho
British museum that the fac similes
should be made of both the drawings
and engravings as a memento of tho
Columbian exhibition.
A Trnnsmo-rilicd Uinpttch.
A firm on Maiden Lane received tho
following telegram one morning: "A
mosiuito ill. Mrs. A. B ." They
were unable to divine why the sender
of tho message should have taken
them into her confidence respecting
this occurrence. Personally they
would have been glad to know that
all the mosquitos were ill beyond
recovery. One of their clerks did
not appear that morning, however,
and his absence enabled them to put
this construction on the telegram:
"Amos quite ill." The clerk's namo
was Arooj. He was ill. The opera
tor was cither stupid or funny. New
York Sun.
The World's Product of Silver.
Within thirty years tho world's
annual product of silver has in
creased from $10,000,0:K to about
$150,000,000. Thirty years ago the
United States produced less than
5,00').000 and to-day over $60,000,
000 a year. Under sufficient stimu
lus Mexico could alone placo more
silver bullion on tho market every
year than the whole world did in 186'J.
Faithful Betty.
New Girl Young man has called,
to see you, mem.
Misa Lillian Languid, glancing at
card Mr. Fitz-James McStab!
Gracious! I'm not fit to be seen. Tell
him, Betty, that I'm oh, she's gone!
New Girl, a moment later Yes,
sir, she's in, but, gracious, she's not
fie lo bo seen."
Literary Womea in Paris.
There are now not less than 2,133
literary women in Paris, of whom
1,211 write novels or books for chil
dren, 217 pedagogical work and 280
devote themselves to poetry. The
others do not limit themselves to any
ono department of literary work.
Xo Sale.
Peddler Don't you vont somo
matches in your family?
Mr. Paterfamilias Yes. but I don't
think I'm stuck on you for a son-in-law.
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