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VOLUME XXIV.-NUMBER 30.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1893,
WHOLE NUMBER 1,226.
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
A Gordon man has an Indian mammy,
"the only real one of the kind la the
. vorii
A man at Valentine bought 1512
"jwairie chickens of hunters in two days
last week,
.Albion children are suffering' with
, the measels aad the attendance at
acaool is small.
"Many merchants and business men of
liincoln threaten to do away with tele
phones if rates are raised.
Jewell Bros, of Platte county have
just completed dehorning and brand'
ing their steers, some 250 head.
J. W. Wallace, a confirmed inebriate
of Lincoln was given ninety days and
costs by Judge - Waters for indecently
exposing his anatomy.
F. I). Adams, formerly guard at Ne
braska penitentiary, has been appoint
ed warden of the Wyoming state peni
tentiary at Laramie.
J. W. Johnson of the State Board of
Transportation was at Kimball, last
'Week to investigate a complaint against
.the railroad company at that place.
"The Globe Clothing company of Har
rington, filed its articles of incorpora
tion with the secretary of state last
' week. It has a cspital stock of $10,000.
.. The cornhuskersof Dodge county are
'. remarking on the great feat of James
Hill, who averaged for five days 108
bushels and forty-seven pounds per day.
Owing to diphtheria in the family of
T.J. Hilderbrand, janitor of the Fair
view sihool in Beatrice, it was deemed
. Advisable to close the school for a few
days.
While riding a' colt to Tobias, a six--.
.teen-ycar-old son of Charles Cowgill
.- was thrown from its back and instantly
:" killed. The fall broke his neck and
crashed the back of his skull.
. Irs. Ada Itauiaty, who has been stop
ping with the family of George Dodge
' -cast of North liecd," was found dead in
hev bed the other morning. It is sup-
jHJM'd. to be a case of suicide. Family
troalilc is the alleged cause.
J. W. Wallace of Lincoln was sen
. -teheed to ninety days in the county jail
for being a vagrant and having no visi
." .ble means of support. Two persons
testified to seeing him expose his pcr
'aonto some little girls near the Bock
'Island depot.
. . W. A. Dil worth and J. W. Koont;.,
two secretaries of the State Board of
Transportation, were at O'Neill last
.week looking into the demands of the
shippers of that place for a transfer
switch under the law passed by the last
legislature.
Officers Pound and Green of Lincoln
arrested John Smith on the suspicion
: of robbing the general merchandise
store of .1. T. Bennett at Wheeler, Neb.
,- When arrested Smith had several arti
l cles taken from Wheeler's store, among
them an overcoat. He was held.
. Rev. ClayC. Cox of the western con-
iercnee of the Methodist church in Ne-
braska had the misfortune to lose his
ticket in Salt Lake Citj while on his
way from California to his new appoint
ment in Palisade. The Methodists of
Salt Lake City assisted him on his way.
Last spring II. C Green of Dawson
county planted 230 acres of cucumbers,
melons and squashes for seed purposes
on land belonging to II. D. Watson and
. they are now harvesting the crop. The
, cucumbers arc turning out aboivt 200
. pounds per acre and the other crops arc
nearly as good. They expect to put in
"..at least 1,000 acres next year for seed
"purposes.
The controversy between Auditor
loorc and Commissioner General Gar-
. rieau passed its first legal stage last
week when Judge Strode of the district
'court in and for Lancaster county
'handed down his opinion in the cases
brought by Garncau to compel the
auditor to issue his warrants for a nam-
ber of disputed accounts.
. In spite of the hard times and the
general depression, orders have been
'given to increase the working force of
the cotton mill at Kearney to its full
capacity. Ea?h overseer has been in-
struct ed to fill his department as soon
as possible, and new machinery will
80on.be put in. This means that at
least 100 new hands will be employed
and the total number of employes will
bc from 320 to 35a
Guy Wolcott left his home in Kene-
saw October 7 and lias been unheard of
' since that date. He is a boy 15 years
.of age; about five feet 7 inches tall, fair
'complexion, light brown hair, and had
oh a dark blue shirt with small yellow
figure, dark jeans pants, checked coat
and black hat. Anyone knowing of
his whearabouts wilt confer a favor on
. his-father, George W. "Walcott, if they
.will communicate with him.
The Sons of Veterans of Fremont gave
a delightful cntei tainment to the Grand
Army of the. Uepublieand Woman's Ke
lief corp3fpil in the meantime Were
the subject "W a genuine surprise tliem-
selves. Thej; had asked the old sol
diers to attend a meeting at which
several musters were to occur, and af
ter the business of the meeting was
transacted a committee of the sons sur
prised all by spreading a fine table.
For some time past every night as
lissouri I'acific freight engine No. S1
'passes through Nebraska City the en
gineer and fireman have been assaulted
' with sticks and stones by unknown
' (forties. A few nights ago an unknown
"man climbed on the ensriue and pre
sented a revolver at the engineer's
head, but was knocked otf by the fire
. man. There is no clue to the ruffians,
'.but the police are laying for them.
- .The new school building which is
. being erected in Liberty on the site of
- the old one, which was destroyed by
.tire a year ago. is about completed.
. 'Dedication exercises will be held in the
. fiew building November 3, at which
' time.Chancellor Caufield of the state
university will be present and deliver
. an address, in addition to which a pro--gramme
will be prepared by local tal-
eat. The new building is a brick
structure, erected at a cost of about
$5,000.
The man Milton Bowers who entered
the residence of A. IL Totten at Sew-
'ard and carried away nearly S200 worth
"of jewelry and who was captured at
' German town by the marshal of that
Tillage, was arraigned in the district
court and pleaded guilty, and was sen
tenced to twenty-one months in the
penitentiary by Judge Wheeler. All
the stuff was recovered except one ear-
ring. He claims to have a family in
.St Joe, Ma
The 3-year-old girl of Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Caff rey of Columbus was fatally
bmrned. Some children were playing
with fire out doors when the little girl s
dress caught fire. Mrs. Caffrey rushed
oat and wrapped the"' child in her own
akirts and extinguished the fire as soon
as .possible. In doing so' she burned
herpwn hands dreadfully. But the
child had been burned all over the
front part of its body. It was takes
immediately to the hospital, where it
died.
A'reward of SI JO has been offered
for the arrest of the incendiary who
atarated a lot of corn hasks with coal
Uone aigbt last week and threw tfcea
into the granary of William Dixoa,
ear Nelson. Fortunately the corns
uoies ten into a bin of bran aad
at.
The thieves Who have been hanging
ironed Lincoln seem to have concluded
to work the surrounding country. Last
week six bits of harness and a saddle
were stolen fxm various farmers
living near Kaymond and a man near
Denton is mourning the loss of a valu
able horse.
The Methodist church in Sutton was
dedicated last Sunday. The dedicatory
sermon was preached by Dr. Crook of
the Weslcyan university, Lincoln. It
was a very scholarly and finished dis
course. He was assisted by Elder
Adams of Hastings and Rev. Royse,
pastor in charge. The church is 00x63
feet and, architecturally, a beautiful
combination of sloping roof and clus
tering gables. The entire debt was
raised and $200 to spare during the
services.
John McMahon, when in a buggy
with two boys, one mile west of Colum
bns. returning from a hunting trip, ac
cidentally thot himself dead, thecharge
entering behind the right ear, blowing
the whole'flbp of his skull off. He was
an old . resident and for several years
past has been a detective on the B. &
M. railway system. He served on the
police force in Columbus some years
ago and was known to law officers all
over the state.
The old soldiers of Fremont are con
siderably wrought up by the fact that
a veteran 0 years of age has been con
fined in the county jail on a sentence of-
ninety days, sixty of which arc on
bread aud" water, for the "crime" of
drunkenness. The poor old man is not
only suffering for want of proper nour
ishment, but from rheumatism, and an
effort is being made by the old soldiers
of the city to liberate him on a writ of
habeas corpus. The sentence it is
claimed, is not warranted by the stat
ute. Jesse Karn of Karney, who is out on
bail pending a second trial foi" robbing
Jones' dry goods store, hired a livery
team, drove around to the house where
his wife is now living, and seeing his
little 2-year-old daughter out in the
yard playing, grabbed her up and drove
off fo.- parts unknown. In the evening
he sent a German back with the team.
The German claims he can't talk Eng
lish, and the officers arc scouring the
country for the man and child. Mrs.
Ivarn has made application for a di
vorce and it is supposed he did this for
spite work.
O. II. Brock way, an Omaha trading
man. attempted sucide in Lincoln the
other day. Pulling a bottle from his
pocket he hastly swallowed its con
tents. An examination of the bottle
proved that it had contained ether and
that Brockway had swallowed enough
of the fluid to enable him to leave this
vale of woe and tears in very short or
der. A physician was hastily sum
moned, lie took in the situation at a
dance and returned to his office for a
stomach pump. Before he could return,
however, Brockway was seized with
a violent fit of vomiting during which
the poisonous fluid was entirely ejected
from his stomach.
Edward Hall, a farmer about 35
years of age, was raurderously assaulted
upon the streets of I rairic Home, a
small, station upon the Bock Island
railroad three miles south of Waverly,
by Guy St Clair, a young man about 19
years of age. The weapon used was a
nizor, and the wounded man was
brought to Waverly by a neighbor and
a physician dressed the wound, an ugly
gash eight inches in length, beginning
just back of the car extending up and
around it, then down through the check
laying it open clear to the bone and en
tirely severing the large facial artery,
necessitating the putting in of twelve
stitches. The would-be murderer has
not been captured.
Superintendent Allen of the Standard
Cattle company reports that the results
of the tests made of the different kinds
of soil on which their 500 acres of sugar
beets were produced gives the palm to
the soil know n as gumbo, and is the
lowest of all Platte valley lands and
which were heretofore considered al
most worthless. The product on that
soil was the almost unprecedented
yield of over twenty tons of high stand
ard beets to the acre. And when it is
considered that this very land, until
the ditches of the past few years were
constructed, was under water several
mouths of the year and produced noth
ing but the most, worthless grasses, one
may realize the immense benefit the
system of drainage that has been so
earnestly advocated by many Nebraska
farmers.
Warden Iteemer has transmitted to
Governor Crounsc an official report on
the fire at the penitentiary. It is the
warden's opinion that the fire origin
ated in the nickclplating room of the
stove works, and was caused by spon
taneous combustion. The warden de
tails the fight of the firemen and com
pliments the members of the Lincoln
department. He also endorses all the
aets of Deputy Warden Wagner, and
pays him a compliment. As regards
the loss to the state. Warden Beemcr
thinks the building can be repaired and
put in better shape than before the fire
ioi oiDia . ii. lsurgan gets a Kit
of praise for the part he took in fight
ing tiie flames, and then the warden
turns his attention to the hero of the
fire, the mau who stood in the burning
boiler room and kept up steam to run
the pumps.
An insurance broker in Lincoln is
authority for the statement that John
McMahon who was killed near Colum
bus a few days ago, had taken out life
insurance within the last few months
amounting to $57,000. The following
companies: Accident. Preferred of
New York, 55,000; Railroad Officials of
Indianapolis, S5.0C0; Bed Men of West;
field. Mass, $5,009; Fidelity and Caus
al ty of NewNork, S10.000. Life. Mu
tual Reserve of New York. S10.000;
Northwestern of Nebraska, 10.000;
Bankers' Life of Des Moines, 1.000;
Maccabees , S3.0C0; Eagle Life,
Westfield, Mass, 3,003: A. O. LT. W.,
2,000. Total 557,000. These are drawn
in favor of his wife. She receives from
the first mentioned 510 per week as
long as she lives, in addition to the
55,000. The policies were mostly re
ceived through Lincoln parties. There
is promise of lots of litigation coming
before these amounts are handed over.
Banks in Nebraska are being worked,
according to the following dispatch
from Davenport: Last Monday the
State bank received a letter from a firm
signed G. T. Rosenfeld & Co., written
on a letterhead bearing their name and
address at Chicago and St. Joseph, pur
porting to have offices in both cities
and their business as that of dealers in
foreign and domestic wines and liquors,
etc The letter stated that their trav
eling representative. Mr. IL A. Rosen
thal, would be in Davenport in a few
days and that they had sent him their
check for 585. As he was a stranger in
that part of the country they enclosed
his signature that he might have no
trouble in obtaining the money. Mon
day morning Mr. Rosenthal stepped
into the bank and presented his check,
which was dnly paid. The check was
drawn on the Saxton National bank of
St Joseph and 'was protested by the
St Joseph bank, they stating that they
knew of no such firm doing business
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bogus. The banks at Fairfield, Fre-
obt. and Geneva were worked the
day.
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
"So yon ar not going to the mas
querade ball, Marie?' .
"No, I am not going to the masque
radebalL That is the third time I have
answered that question, I believe.M
She was so absorbed In her own
scheming thoughts, so anxious to pro
ves his reading them la her eyes, that
she did hot sc4 the iook bf exultation
that lit up his dark face. She 'only
beard bis voice In a tone of welT-as-sumed
legret that deceived even her.
"What is the meaning of that strange
caprice? When I Lave anticipated this
ball for weeks we all have. Do you
know that its chief attractiveness will
be gone without you to one person, at
least?"
"To "one person!" Marie muttered un
der her breath, clinching her hands sav
agely. "Ay! to one ptrson it will be
the bitterest night in her life, if 1 can
but work my plans well."
Then aloud she added with siinuliitcd
gayety:
"Of course I esnect von to be perfect
ly miserable, Carlo mio that goes with-
out Raying. But one cannot always be
iavorcu or iortime. lou must icaru iu
do without me once in a while."
"A lesson that you will have to learn
after to-night aud not once in awhile,
but forever!" muttered Girlo iu Us
turn.
Then once more aloud:
"Can nothing make you alter your de
cision. Marie?"
"Nothing, my dear Carlo. There will
bo other masquerade balls, plenty of
them; but I find it impossible to at
tend this one, for reasons that I cannot
even tell you, at present but you shall
know all in good time. Au rcvoir!"
and waving a kiss from the tips of her
fingers she turned away, feelins that
she could not trust her face and voice
further.
"Ah, poor, credulous fool!" she mut
tered, as soon as she was a safe dis
tance away. 'How easily I can wind
you around my finger until the last
moment! And Jiow you will storm and
rage when you find how Marie has de
ceived and outwitted you; how I have
kept secret the love that has been con
suming my heart all this time over
since I looked upon Arthur Msten"s
face, so secret, that you, secure as you
thought, Jiave Ventured to flirt with his
betrothed Eliua Deane, until she, silly
little fool, fancied that you were in love
with her, and persecuting her with your
nttcntions. You have had the name of
it, now you shall have the game of it,
and lose the one that you deem so se
curely yours. How fortunate that I
happened to overhear that conversation
Arthur urging Ler to slip away to
night from the ball long enough to be
married and heard also Elma's aser
tion that Carlo ha! ha! had been per
secuting her with his attentions. WelL
thanks to that bit of eavesdropping I
have the game in my otvn hands. I
even know the costume she is to wear
and if you urge your request at the ball
to-night, my handsome Arthur, you will
find no more hesitation from your lady
love. And to-morrow there will be two
love-lorn people to console each other
if they are so disposed one to regret
his over-confidence, the other to bewail
her lack of prudence."
She was at the house by this time;
the place where she and her fiance, Car
lo Matteo, had been spending some
weeks, and where also a month before
Elma Deane had come with a maiden
aunt, for a short sojourn, to be followed
in" a week's time by Arthur Masten,
who had taken rooms at another hotel
near by. But to all intents and pur
poses he had lived under the same roof
with his betrothed, and the four had
easily become acquainted, with what
result the opening sentences of our
tory have described in brief.
Locking the door of her room, Marie
took from her closet a long, plain dom
ino, in which she made a few changes;
then when it was completed, tried it on
before the mirror with a low, exultant
laugh.
"Now!" she exclaimed as she stepped
back. "I defy even your sharp eyes,
Carlo mio, to pierce that disguise! We
are about the same height, too, and
figure, and the change can be effectual-"
ly made especially with the aid of a
few drops of this!" She took up a bot
tle from the table filled with a dark
colored liquid, and shook it exultantly.
"And if with all this to aid me, I am
not skillful enough to effect my pur
pose, I will many Carlo, as a punish
ment for my failure!"
The masquerade hv.Yl was at its height
when a tall Sianish cavalier aud a
Swiss peasant girl, who Lad been duic
ing together nearly all the evening,
turned away from the throng of danc
ers, and making their way to an im
provised tower just outside of the
Jar?,e ballroom, sat down.
The man did not, however, release
his companion's hand, but kept it in
hh? own, gently sticking it.
"We could not have a better oppor
tunity than now, my dailing," he Lrged,
aj if iu continuation of some previous
remark. "He is not h.re; 1 have a
carriage ready ir i but a short drive
to the nearest minister's. Let us go and
return man and wife then let him dare
to annoy you further If he will. I
know it is a hasty and informal way to
do; but we haveloved each other too
long to stand at trifles now. Your aunt
will readily pardon .us and I would
like to see that; fellow's face why I
take my sar at the breakfast table
with you and introduce you as my wife.
Do it, darling, and give me the right
to afford you that protection that ill
bo effectuaL I can hardly sloop at
night since you have told me of his
attempted addresses. I have been
haunted with a nervous horror that
some morning when I go to visit you,
I will be met with the terrible news
ibat hi some way that villain has man
aged to spirit you away soisewhere.
Come, darling, grant me this tequest!"
TLet me have a few moments to
think,- faltered FJira "It is not that
I do not love red trust you wi:h all
my heart, Aitbnr but this is so differ
tnt from ary thing I have looked for
ward to I tinot ccisent immediately.
Leave me fo. n fen moments to think
It out alone. Then come back and I
trill answer you."
"I will give yen a quarter of an hour,
'ove, lest I seem to importunate," said
Arthur, kissing the little hand, and
then releasing it.
As his footsteps died away Elma felt
a stdden pull at her sleeve, aud look
ing arouad with a start perceived a fig
ure clad in a long, dark domino, crouch
ing beside her.
"Hcth'" cautioned the intruder, as
she wraJd have cried out in fright.
"Come with me instantly, if you would
escape deadly perU. It is I Marie.
A moment ago I heard Carlo, who t
her-, plotting wltn a couple or neni
to seize yon and carry you off. Come
with ne to the dressing-room thry
know joe are here, ard will, be upon
ysu in
a minute, wse an men i wm
for Arthur audi bring him to
searcn
fou. Come!
an tustant ' driay and
tji are knf5
Seizing Elma's hand she assisted hex
to her feet, and leading her by an out
side way hurried her along into the
house and up to the dressing-room,
which was entirely deserted and where
Elma sunk, half-fainting, into chair.
"Oh, .Marie, how geed jou ere!" she
panted. "How fortunate you were
here, after all.
"Yes," exclaimed Marie, between hef
teeth. "I told him I would not come,
so that. I might the better spy upon
him. He has been false to mo, but
yoi fhall not be bis victim."
"Bless you, bless you!" sobbed Elma.
"Now go and bring Arthur to me, that
he may take me right home. I do not
feel safe here any longer."
Let me give you a glass of water
first," said Marie. "You look faint.'
She filled her gli-ss and approached her
victim, but the water trickled harmless
ly upon the carpet, while a sponge,
saturatod with th? i-uugent liquid, was
pic-sod against her face. 'Jnerc was
a brief stirgglo, and then she lay uu
ci'Scious on Maries bosum..
Lifting her la her arms Marie bore
hpr to a small rurtaintd recess, striped
off ler costume wdh i-igor hands, re
placed it by her own domino, and five
minutes later luuried out of the rooin.
Tuo bower was still empty wten she
readied it, but she had hardly taken her
seat when the Spanish cavalier came
hurriedly toward her. Impulsively she
sprung to meet him.
"I will go, Arthur! I will do as you
wish!" she panted In an agitated whis
per. "Ix?t us hasten before something
happens to prevent us!"
An exultant exclamation broke from
the Spaniard's lips, as he seized her
hand and crushed it against his lips;
then drawing it through his arm, hur
ried her away. At the end of a short
road a carriage w.'.s waiting: th.w
sprung In, and were driven to the resi
dence of a minister. At their request
to be married without unmasking, he
demurred at first, but a generous fee
silenced all opposition, and standing
before him, they took the vows that
made thc:n man and wife.
The same carriage that had taken
lhem brnmrht them back, and dismiss
ing it at the point where It had waited,
the bridegroom turned exultantly to
ward his companion.
"Now!" he exclaimed in ringing tones,
"lake off your mask, and let me look
upon the trcasute that my successful
little ruse has Avon."
His hand was upon her mnsk as he
spoke, but with a great start she sprang
from him. Then au execration of baf
fled rage broke from the lips of each, as
Marie and Carlo looked into each oth
er's face.
"What docs this mean, you fiend yon
she-devil!" broke from his lips with a
frightful imprecation. But she, woman-like,
burst into a high, derisive
laugh even over hei own downfall.
"So!" she exclaimed. "I have kept
the vow I swore to in case I was balked
of my scheme. Mean, my dear Carlo?
It means a case of diamond cut dia
mond, that is all!! We have both at
tempted to play the same game, and we
have played it diabolically well! I
didn't know I told yonder litUe silly
fool the truth when I said you were
planning to carry her off. But she is
safe enough now, unless the chloro
form may have been too strong. How
docs It happen there are two Spanish
cavaliers? I saw but oue all the even
ing, and I knew well who lie was!"
"I copied his costume and wore it
under my domino!" hissed Carlo "I
was behind them in the ballroom when
he was urging her to go with him; I
followed them to the bower, saw him
leave her, and then hurried away, to
lay aside my domino. And in that mo
ment, that fraction of time, you got in
your devil's work! I could strangle
you!"
"I dare say!" retorted Marie, pos
sessed by a mood of utter recklessness.
"I shall take good care that you don't,
however. Take mo home. We are not
safe here after my part In this night's
work. We mast not be seen until we
know how it turns cut nor afterward,
if it turns out ill."
Without another word they hurried
away. Gettiug back to the hclel, they
found everything in confusion, servants
hurrying hither and thither, doctors iu
attendance, and from a passing servant
they learned that Miss Deane had been
found lyiug on the floor of Hie dressing
room at the ball, and brought nome for
dead, and even yet the doctors would
not say that she would certainly re
cover. "A word to the wise, Carlo mio,"
Whispered the mocking voice of his
bride in ins ear. "Our luggage can be
sent after us or abandoned entirely if
need be. Self-preservation is our mot
to now."
To seek their rooms and effect a hasty
change of costume and steal out again,
was comparatively easy under the cir
cumstances. And just as the sound of
the carriage that bore them died out,
Elma opeucd her eyes and looked into
the anguished faces bending over her.
It was not much that she could tell
when she was at length able to talk;
but from that little the two most inti
mately interested could make out as
much as they cared to know of the
plot that had been so singularly frus
trated. The conspirators had made
good their escape, leaving no clew be
hind them, and Arthur made no effort
to trace them.
Two months later Elma stood at his
side In the midst of their uuited friends
and plighted her marriage vows, and in
the long and happy years that followed,
that brief but thrilling episode iu their
lives was gradually forgotten.
.Why lie "Gunned" the Cat.
A short while ago a lady going up fh
slope on Charles street to the Wash
ington monument was very much inter
ested in the performance of a black
cat which was hunting for a tender
sparrow on which to make a breakfast
The cat proved to be a successful sport
He bagged the game and ran across
the path between the lady and a gentle
man approaching from the opposite di
rection. The gentleman was on his
way down town to business. When
he saw the cat he stopped short, as if
he had been shot turned around three
times on Ids heel, said "Darn that cat,"
and hurried away from the spot. The
lady, who very well understood all
the actions of the cat, was so surpra)d
by those of the gentleman that she ue
came fixed to the spot She could
not make it out until a black woman
informed her that it was "mighty bad
luck for a black cat to cross 'one's
path, especially on the way to business
in the morning." She also learned that
the way to break the spell of bad luck
was to turn around three times and
"cuss" the cat Baltimore Sun.
Are W Barbarians f
Missionary Why did you not brinft
your wife with you to this country?
Chinese Heathen I fiaidee I die. then
some Melican man mally her. and he
balbarian, and uinkee her do man's
work washee and scrubbee aad
cookoe. New York Weekly.
LONDON DOO THIEVES,
A Visit t Headaaarters Where Tfcey
Meet at Klaht.
Once in my life I cot sorted with pro
ftsslonal dog thieves. I wish it dis
tinctly understood that I never stole
a dog, although I am free to confess
that I have been tempted, tfud 1 have
told the story of how oil one occNion
a dog stole me. But id return to
my thieves. In the northern part df
London, which you will reach by pass
ing through Fetter and Leather lanes,
continuing past the quaint Italiau quar
ter with its cathedral, the interior of
which is beautiful, although the build
ing is but crude exterxally. jou will
find yourself in close proximity to the
rendezvous of the Loudon dog thieves.
Near by is a place called Hockiugs-hi-the-Hole.
It Is well named, being
situated in a decided hollow in one
of the., worst quarters of the great
city. Those in search of a tine, creepy
feeling should visit it after nightfall,
as I did. I then found myself in the
bar of a small, old-fashioned public
house of very doubtful character, or
perhaps I should express myself bet
ter If I say that its character was not
at all doubtful. I was eyed curiously
by the loungers as I took some re
freshments at the bar. I then gave the
countersign in accordance with which
I had armed myself. The powerful
ami heavy-necked publican changed his
demeanor at once, and ushered me
through a side door and up a creaky,
tortuous and dark staircase. At tliis
period the creepy feeling was at its
best or worst A door opened and we
entered n long room, the ceiling of
which was very low. Yellow gas-jets
flickered here and there.
A curious sight met my gaze. The
room was full of men, three-fourths
of whom held dogs of every degree.
The meu were mostly of an uncouth
description, clothed in great part in
corduroy, surmounted With the conven
tional caps that arc worn by the Lon
don costermoLger. They resembled in
general appearance the touts aud wel
chers of the English race tracks. Most
of them smoked short pipes. t The
dogs yelped and whined among the
gerieralhuni of conversation that came
throuan the llmbei' haze, iy hppcar
nncjvxeited rid comment, jind for this
reason: It is quite a common thing for
"swells with sporting blood in them"
to drop in upon these .gentry and pick
up a good dog at a nqhiinal price. The
morality of the pnfccedihgs Ls very
questionable, but ihe fact remains.
Giny'the favorife drink with the low
clajs in Londonf was brough in a big
jug and served in small wine glasses.
I accepted th6 hospitality of my friends,
the thieves, as I saw at once that I
was expected. Then I conversed with
various members of the party 'con
cerning the points of the canines ic
their possession. They took mypres
ence there as a matter of course, and
talked with perfect candor. Hid I been
able to forget the company I was in
I might truthfully rccortythat I spent
a pleasant half hour u Hockings-in-the-Hole.
These men are not all thieves. Some
of them are dog brokers, who sell dogs
for others, or pick up a bargain to sell
again. None of them openly admit
that thi-y are professional thieves, al
though, of course, it is understood per
fectly. They "find" lost dogs, or else
they are commissioned fo sell a dog for
a "friend." Not a small part of their
income is obtained through receiving
rewards offered for lost dogs which
they have been fortunate enough to
"find." During my visit to them their
demeanor was perfect. They might
have been an assemblage of farmers
at a cattle show. Donahoe's Magazine.
SOME NEW INVENTIONS.
Machine to Do Carving anil Ia
aralnin vAatomatle Door llnml
Snwa.
Quartered oak, heretofore a luxury
away over the heads of the masses,
has been brought within the reach of
those in moderate circumstances by
an invention of W. W. Grier of Hall
ton, Pa. "His process," says the Sci
entific American, "he calls ingraining.
His apparatus consists of a hollow cyl
inder, 101-2 feet In circumference, to
which the grain of a piece of oak of
the width of the cylinder has been
transferred. This grain Is covered with
a soft cement, which sinks into tiie de
pressions, and in these about 200,000
bits of metal like type are set A
small, smooth steel cylinder, adjustable
to different heights, is placed above
this. Between the two cylinders, both
revolving, a piece of birch, poplar, bass,
spruce or maple tray be passed. It
comes out with the grain of the oak
transferred to it. It is then passed
between two other steel cylinders, one
revolving in a trough containing a H
quid?consisting of oil, coloring matter
andanother ingredient which is the
investor's secret, used as a "filler."
The wood Is afterward polished and
vanished and looks like a choice quar
teredoak. It can be sold at 40 per
cent less."
A machine, recently devised, that does
the most exquisite carving, is rapidly
coming into general use. From a pat
tern cut by hand in. wood, or from a
plaster cast of such a carving, four ex
act copies may be cut at a time on this
simple apparatus. The machine re
quires only six feet of floor space, as
the five tables upon which the work
is done are arranged one above the
other. The hand-carving or cast rests
upon the middle table. The operator
looks at that and works one or both of
the cutter heads above and below him.
These cutter beads have what is called
a hand movement, and holds bits of
various sizes. The carvings may be
made in oak or msbogany as well as
soft wood. The pattern in hard maple,
made by an artist cost $109; the re
productions on the machine cost $1.2.'.
They are improved by having a hand
carver go over them with his tool to
smooth them and work up the delicate
details.
One. of the most interesting exhibits
of the electrical building at the world's
fair is a patent doorway, which opens
automatically as one approaches it and
deses again after the entrance has lieen
made. This is accomplished by means
0t a mat on either side of the door,
which starts the electrical machinery
as one steps on it.
A great band saw at the world's fair,
which is the product of a Pennsylvania
firm, is 45 feet long and 12 inches wide.
A log is cut into ten-foot boards in
three minutes. The capacity of the
mfll is 00,000 feet of lumber, or six
car loads in ten hours.
A Philosophic Qaery.
Tommy Are yon going to whip me,
mamma? .,
Mamma Yes, I am. Tommy.
Tommy Yon said the other day that
whipping never did me any good, didn't
you? ,
Mamma I believe I did.
TommyThen what's the use f
wbisplag Be again?
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
VALUABLE IXFORMATIOX FOR TME
PRACTICAL FARMER.
fnve Maaarea by Mlslaar With, Atw
aorbeat aad KeeaiaaT Uader Shelter-Wheat
for Harsea-Wool-Rat-laa-
Sheep.
It is not necessary for experimental
stations te tetl Us that manures, kept
continually" exposed to rain nnd aun,
must lose their" easeiitial clententi, and
that, too, very rapidly'.- Wd fee very
often streams of dark, black liquid
issuing from fertilizer heaps, end per
haps running down some slope into
pond, or brook, where the crops are not
liable to receive much benefit from
them. Why are these leaks permitted
and how remedied are the questions.
The first Is Lard to answer, but the
second is of no very difilcult solution.
Mix manure llbt rally with absorbents,
aud keep under cover. Many old-fashioned
barns contain no cellars for stor
age of manure and, for that matter,
there are very poted. objectiou to put
ting manure right under stock,- d that
poisonous gases will continually arise
to befoul the air above. Why not build
a cheap "lean-to" against the bam to
cover the manure which is cast out?
This may be made very rough and in
expensive and provided only with a
roof (sides would be better). The idea
of course is to prevent the water from
eaves and sky from leaching through
the manure and removing the best and
moht available portions Bed the stock
well with straw and absorbents sufii
cient to retain all the liquid, says a
writer in Practical Farmer. Iiud plas
ter is excellent to fix the ammonia, that
iras which is so easily los:; aud coal
nshrs. as they come perfectly dry from j
the stove or furnace, are pond for the
same purpose. It is well known that
the ground beueath a manure pile be
comes saturated with fertility; so it is
wise to remove this soil to a depth of
six to ten Incherf, cart it away and re
place with a quantity of new. dry soil,
which in turn should also be drawn out
and spread on u field or meadow. The
matter of saving tunntue can not be
looked into too closely. It is folly to
depend en commercial fertilizers when
much of our own inauure goes to
waste.
Sueccnfnl Fnrnsers.
We should ask what qualities
do
these men who are successful farmer
possess that have made them sol
neui so: aiti
energy, wide
they not men of great
awake, and alert, men
ivlirt iliviv
keep abreast of the times? Are they
not men of an unflinching dctermina-
tion, who trample upon diliiciUties, and
who ever pass onward and upward':
Are they not frugal and sober? Do
they not read and think? Do they not
love their callirg? I am acqualutad
with a farmer who about eight years
ago bought a farm. He had nothing
to begin with but energy, character
ind ability, and today he Is almost out
of debt. His money is all made from
his farm products, and he even sells
. . .
oats snd l.v, crops which tafco
corn.
off much plant ft od, but this plant food
is always returning by copious manur
ing. Ho follows general farming, but
itis intensive fanning, lie docs no
more than he can do well. And right
here is where so m::ry farmers make
i mistake. They undertake entirely
too much.
A good farmer onct' wrote that he
never plowed it ore ground than he
could completely cover with manure.
That is a good plan. I can imagine that
that farmer was successful. By plow
ing no more than what can be com
pletely covered with manure, one is
not likely to plow more than what
can be thoroughly tilled. An able
jvriter on agriculture wrote some time
ago that prodigy seed, prodigy fertiliz
ing luid prodigy tillage will bring prod
igy results. Now. it seems to me that
auy farmer who has reasonably good
land can attain astonishingly good re
sults by using the best seed, by copious
fertilizing and by thorough tillage. All
that is needed is enterprise, constant
planning and push. The trouble with
a great many farmers is, they are
satisfied too soon. When they raise
a crop that is slightly above the aver
age, or somewhat better than that
of their neighbors, they think they
are doing well enough. This should
not be. They sbi.uk1 strive each year
to surpass the work of the year lwfore.
They should set before themselves a
high ideal r.nd then strive to their utter
most to attain it. I spurn the desire
of maintaining fertility. That desire
should find no lodgment in any progres-
sive fanner's mind. Increasing the '
fertility should be the aim. Practical
Farmer.
"Wheat for Iloraen.
Trof. Henry, an English scientist, has
ben Investigating the comparative
value of wheat as food for horses. It
is reported that a Sheffield cab-owmer
used for a time wheat bread to feed his
horses. He found the restdts most sat
isfactory, and only discontinued its use
because the horses were robbed of their
bread by their attendants. Prof. Henry
concludes that it Is entirely unneces
sary to make the wheat into bread.
The danger in feeding wheat arises
from the fact that the food is too con
centrated, being without husks. r.nd I3
likely, unless great care is taken, to de
range the digestion.
This difficulty, however, Is easily
overcome by mixing the chopped wheat
with chopped fodder or hay, dampened
just as many persons mix bran. It is
recommended that the wheat to be fed
to horses should be crushed or flattened.
Prof. Henry considers wheat as ap
proaching the nearest perfection for
stock food of any of the grains, and it
may well be doubted whether it is not
cheaper than corn or oats when there is
larger difference between the prices
than exists at present. Advices indi
cate that a great deal of wheat is now
being used for this purpose, but the in
dications are that it will not be long be
fore the condition of the market will
put a stop to the practice. The proba
ble result will be that Europe will get
a great poition, of our surplus at the
prevailing low rates and our own peo
ple later on will have to pay more for
their bread.
Wool-En Inc Sheep.
Animals may Iwrome starved In one
direction by being overfed-in another'
'
by the too liberal use of a one-sided
food. Corn Is such a product, com
posed as it is of starch, or fat-fonning
carbon. For finishing au animal for
the butchers' bkek there Is noihim:
better than com. if the feeding process
e not conunueii 100 ions: men it is that are even a drain upon the profit
more, profitable to supplement the corn that comes from ihe balance of the
with some of the protein elements to land? Then whv not reduce vour acre
opply vital force of the muscular sys- a,e untu jou can till every foot of It
tern. These, scientific iules apply to al m a nanuer that 011 till that which
vinds of domestic ammals. j briB proat?
ftftci sheep eat their wool It indicate
either that fhy are suffering from In
digestion and ail abnormal appetiba, aa
cows are at times when tfcey eat weod.
or that they are suffering froaa
Irritation of ihe skin, whidl compels
them to bite themselves and thus snU
off the wooL Marsh hay alone is suck
poor food for sheep that they may be
reasonably excused if they do try to
improve their rations by adding even a
mouttful of wooL dry as it is. to the
Iioor feeding. It is quite probable, too,
that these sheep are pestered by ticks,
which are a great torment tc them,
burying their heads in the flesh and
sucking the blood.
Thi remedy is to give the sheep
better food, as eorae grain, oats being
the best and. if possible, roots of some
kind, with the marsh ltay alone sheep
cannot be Jept In healthful con-lidon.
'J he sheep should be ejamiaed to see
if they are troubled withr ticks, and if
so they should be freed .from the pests
immediately Watem RuraL
Eaataaaa.
If you haven't any bantams get some
right away and enjoy the brightest and
most profitable birds in the poultry
yard. The craze i3 on In Hartford, and
at the coming show this winter compe
tition in this class Is going to be close.
Jf tamtams are desired, now is the time
to hatch them, as they are more valu
able wheu very small. If batched Lnto
they Ao not have n full season In which
to grow' and consequently do not reach
as large a size as if Latched earlier. It
costs but very little to prepare for
bantams, as ihoy take up but limited
room.
A large dry goods box can be convert
ed Into a cry snug little bouse for half
a dozen bantams, and they do not re
quire as much jard space as large
breeds. They make interesting pets
for Ihe children, sntrfare profitable, as
tky lay large ggs in proportion to
their siz?, and are excellent on the
table. Every poultry jard may have a
few bantams. Farm and tJardcn.
Watering: the Seedbed.
American Gardening says: It is com
mon among amateurs and some profes
sionals who sow seeds of various kinds,
either In or out of doors, whether the
soil is moist or not, to water it im
mediately after sowing. From repeated
trials I have found the above practice
to be a serious mistake. If the soil or
compost in which the seeds are sown
is moist at the time of sowing, do not
Water, as the soil becomes stiff and
f onus a crust on the surface, which pre
vents the seeds from pushing through.
' A-ftr. cnnilniT thn Ofuxl In ilTIV ROiL PI-
ccpt an extremely dry one. wait a day
,jr two Derore watering uniu iue buu
! dries up pretty well. Then water gent-
JJ Wiui u ime aiuiiuu.-i oim-itwwj .
t, .. ibi. ,nll lutitnlp tiifriiifrlirtiiY'
whIch wUI guffice imtll tne 90i 8h0ws
' slims of dryness again. Do not do as
i " - j -i
a creat many do give a little sprinkling
I .-.-.. .!.,,. Tlito nn!r m;iltfi the puna
worse.
Tarkera and GraaMhopaerx.
J. A. Perkins, writing from Wilkes-
barre, says: "I-nrge numbers of tur
keys were given the run of the fields
! during the grasshopper plague last suin
1 mer, and a very large proportion died.
i whether from oveieating or what, I
can't say." The birds were probably
k"Pt to an exclusive grasshopper diet.
the fields having probably been cleaned
off bv the crasshoiners before the
birds got into- them. Thoso who have
had experience with turkeys and chick
ens during a "hopper reason" shut the
birds in at night and do not let them
out In the morning until after they had
made a hearty meal of grain cr mixed
meal and green food. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Farm Pointers.
A large quantity of the butter pro
duced in this country is spoiled by too
much claiming and working.
Haul out manure as it accumulates
and spread on the fields. Do not let it
pile up and tire fang.
Patch up the cracks in the chicken
house, cow barn, sheep shed, etc. Cold
winds are detrimental to stock raising.
Glean up rubbish about the farm.
Bits of rails, limbs of trees, ends of
boards, etc., will soon be covered with
snow.
Get the potatoea In the cellar or pit
as the time is nearly here when cold
nights will injure them. See that the
storing place Is well ventilated.
When the machinery used in putting
In the wheat crop is needed no longer
carefully clean, grease bright metal
surfaces and put away in a dry place.
In selecting seed corn remember that
the varieties will cross-fertilize at long
distances. Select seed from corn which
has grown apart from other varieties.
In building temporary corn cribs have
the floor at least a foot above the
ground, so rats and mice cannot harbor
under it.
The best method for keeping roots
where one luis no regular root cellar is
to burv on dry ground. Cover with two
feet of earth aud see that all water
that falls on the pit can get off readily.
Laying out and putting iu tile drains
i- now in order where the ground Is not
too hard. Better have all the main
lines surveyed nud the tile leveled be
fore covering. Imperfectly laid drains
are useless.
Some men seem to pride themselves
upon the fa'1: that they arc practical
farmers, and know nothing about agri
culture except that which they have
learned by hard knocks. But this is
haidly as m; h credit to them as they
seem to thin because the very best
farmers in t'se.e latter days are the
ones who con.Iiine theory with practice.
Some of our f rieuds of the press make
a mistake when they take the position
that good m ds are of importance only
to the farmers, and that in consequence
tlv whole expense of building and
maintenance should be borne by them.
They are of value lo the entire com
munity, and the expense should be
shared by a1! classes.
During the winter, when tlnre is not
so very much that one can do in the
way of practical work, is a good time
to acquire the theory of agriculture.
Get it from 1mos:s and from your farm
papers, and have it at your fingers ends
st, 'at you can verify it by practice as
soon as jou get into the field next
spring.
Wheat has gone abroad in fairly lib
eral riuantitie3. This ought to make
better prices, and will if It continues
long enough. Any way. it brings a good
deal of money into the country, and
this will help to make times better.
I Pe nnnIc ls rV'JLZ Z'JZl
1 Atrmnn ran nlnnf with the assurance
that business will con thine next year,
just as it has in the past.
Is it not true that the major portion
of your profit conies from a compara
tively small area or me rami? Don't
jou work some fields that pay nothing
THE OLD BEIUBLI
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BUYS GOOD NOTES
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COLUMBUS. NEB..
HAS AN
Avthirizii Capital if - $500,000
Pali iR Capital, 90,000
OFFICERS.
0. H. SHELDON. Pres't.
B. P. H. OEDLRICH. Vice Pres.
CLARK GRAY, Cashier.
DANIEL SCIIRAM. Aas't Cash
DIRECTORS.
H. M. Wixslow. II. P. H. Ommuch,
C. U. Sheldon, W. A. McAlustss,
Joms Wklch, Cabl Kicks
STOCKHOLDERS.
3. C. Grat. J. Hbsrt WussawAir,
Gerhard Losses, Hesbt Lossks.
Clark Grat. Geo. W. Gallst.
Daniel Schrak. A. F. II. Oemjucr.
Fbakic Borer, J. P. Becxeb Estate;
Rebecca Becker.
Bank of deposit; Interest allowed oa tuaa
deposits; bay and self exchange on Ualted
States nnd'Kurope. and buy and sell avail
able securities. We shall be pleased to re
ceive your business- We solicit your pat
ronage. -THE-
First National Bank
OFFICERS.
A. ANDERSON. J. H. GALLEY.
President. Vice Pres't.
O. T. BOEN. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
a.Afnfatfloir. f. ANDtRSOir.
jacob anusr. bznbxbaqai
JAMES O. IIIDU.
StateaMBt tf the CrailtlM at the Class
TBaBlacM Jaly 12, 1893.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. $241,467 57
Real Estate Furniture aad Fix
tures. 16,781 0)
U. 8. Bonds J5J0 0)
Due from other banks.. ...137.875 31
Cash on Hand .21,867 56 S9.743 89
Total...
tMH ywiiW W
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid la f 60.000 00
Surplus Fund 80,000 0)
Undivided profits.... 4,876 00
Circulation 1300 U)
XlepOSllS.... ................ ........... 3Tf,lll ot
Total..
$333,196 36
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Wood Mowtrs, abaters, Costsim-
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aid lelMriiden ths
Sit aUki.
Shop on OUto Street, Columbus, Neb.,
four doors south of Borowiak'a.
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STr.dSKfr-l
UNDEETAKER !
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