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VOLUME XXIV.-NUMBER 35.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1893.
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
Apples bring1 '
Plate.
:o cents a peck at North
Chadron is having an epidemic of la
grippe in mild form.
. A revival is in progress among1 the
Presbyterians of Xelion.
A half dozen cases of diphtheria have
"developed at Grand Island.
Youtjjj men of Grand Island are about
to organize a democratic club.
A man named Crawford was jailed
ia'Plattsraouth for wife beating.
, .The foreign grocery sharks are now
doing1 business In Richardson county.
Grandma Flinn of Blair has passed
the ninetieth mile stone in the journey
of life.
Paddy Ryan of South Omaha was
killed last week by being run over by
, the' cars.
L L. Alyea has been elected presi
dent of the Webster County Agricult
ural society.
A lodge of Royal Neighbors has been
organized at Fairmont with twenty-five
charter members.
. In the burning of the barn of Eugene
Mack of Beatrice, a stallion valued at
.$1,500 was consumed.
Buffalo Bill donated new uniforms to
the band bovs at North Platte. The
- entire expense was S400.
Jliss Helen Ronton of South Sioux
. -City is missing and is supposed to have
been drowned while skating.
A lodge of Ancient Order of Hiberni
ans has been instituted at Albion, with
. twenty-six charier members.
Tlie big sewer from the state instt
.tute for the blind at Nebraska City to
the riveihas been completed.
I'upils of the Blair schools contri
buted liberally on Thanksgiving day in
. food and clothing for the poor.
"'Possums" are said to inhabit Gage
connt7 to quite an extent, but the aui
" inal is at home only in Missouri
- John T. Colins of Omaha fell down
an elevator the other day and was
killed. His fail was live stories.
. An international convention of brick
flayers will be held in Omaha in Janu
'ery. There will be 200 delegates pres
ent. Mrs. George Baxter of South Omaha
"Miicided by shooting herself in the
breast. It was a case of temporary in
sanity. The Lyons creamerv divided amon?
its patrons during October S1,4Gj.TI, j
.the net profits of the factory for the !
month.
Charles Thies fell down the stone
steps at the Omaha eourt house, re
ceiving injuries that proved fatal in a
short time.
The 14-ycar-old son of II. A. Van
Housen of York county had his leg
badly broken by a horse falling with
and upon him.
Lincoln business men ana -;; Ne
" braska Telephone company are havj.fj
a set-to over rates that shall govern in..
thttnpital city.
IrrigJwion meetings are being held
regularlyVit Lodge I'ole and an effort
is being imfce to work up sentiment in
favor of stale aid.
Win. .1. Hftghes, an Omaha druggist,
was held up by thugs and lost 540. He
had about Jus person S200 which the
robbers did not find.
Frank Biishck, Fred Kosch and Mell
jtltlJll. IL- 4tbl.ll wviuq vww ".J
, tHe
bAKe
all LincH vouths, have been bundled
I to thaVufcrm school.
Article, -of incorporation were c
with Secretary of State Allen jV ti,e
Nine-Mile anal and KeservftFoompany
of Bayardheyennej:oa7Jty.
The ponCf complexion of the new
Gage county board of supervisors will
be twenty-one republicans, six demo
crats and three independents.
Fire destroyed .1. G. Kockefeller's
barn at Grand Island, and two valuable
horses were burned to a crisp. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
The Baptist society of Wayne is the
one to join. There hasn't been a death
in the membership of the church since
it was organized twelve years ago.
For making love to one girl and mar
rying another, J. It. Tober, cashier of
the bank of Cook, Johnson county, is
confronted with a $4,f.00 judgment.
Because he loaded his gan with such
a heavy charge that the breech was
blown out, .lim Kalston of Sterling is
laid up with two badly disfigured eyes.
(tiles Brink, a Gage county farmer,
will try irrigation on a large scale next
year, and some other farmers in the
vicinity will also experiment with
ditches.
lohn McAleer of Brainard has been
found gnilty of embezzlement and will
be sentenced on the 9th inst. He bought
grain for an Omaha firm and the firm
got the worst of it. m
Kichardson county farmers have
found that sorghum makes valuable
food for stock. Two crops can be har
vested from one sowing, and it is proof
against dry weather.
At Monroe a dog belonging to Dan
" Marti ey went mad and bit quite a num
ber of dogs in that vicinity and then
went to Columbus, where it was killed
by the chief of police.
In view of the threatened reduction
of the tariff on hemp product, as out
lined by the Wilson bill, the Nebraska
Binder Twine company will close down
'and wait until the tariff question is
settled.
Over thirty feet of the B. & M. bridge
near Newark were burned out last
week- The engineer saw the bridge
burning in time to stop his train before
reaching it, and the flames were put
out by the crew.
William Walsh, jr., a prominent
farmer, grain and stocK dealer of Vio
let, was driving cattle the other day
when his horse fell and pinned him to
the earth, breaking his leg1 and injur
ing him other ways.
A lady of Broken Bow comes out in a
card to the public explaining1 that her
daughter was suspended from the pub
lic schools because she said she saw the
professor with his arms around one of
'the female teachers.
The large fire-proof and supposed
burglar-proof safe was blown open last
week in the Doniphan postoffice, and
about 100 in cash and $50 in stamps,
all registered packages and postal
"notes, etc, were taken.
A barn on the premises occupied by
W. H. Wagner, Beatrice, was burned,
involving a total loss with all its con
tents, consisting1 of buggies, harness,
feed. etc. A stallion worth 91,500, be
longing1 to Eugene Mack, was in the
barn and burned to death. The total
loss wiU reach $2,500.
; Near. Calhoun, WiUiam Woods of
Omaha was accidentally killed while
out hunting. It appears that Woods
stood his shotgun up against a stump.
His dog, which was playing1 around in
.the snow, ran against the weapon.
knocking it to the ground. The gun
'was discharged and the entire charge
of shot entered "Woods' side, lolling1 him
instantly.
Two Missouri farmers went to bed in
an Omaha lodging house after blowing
out the gas. It took hard work on the
part of physicians to save them, -it
was on Thanksgiving .day and whea
able to talk both men told the doctors
that they sere enough had soatetkiac
While shoveling coal intoi tender
John Haairaacher.the K. C Jt O. watch
man at McCool, fell on the edge of the
tender and was aerionslv injured in
ternally. Rev. E. F. Chester lately died at the
home of his daughter, near Geneva
He was eighty -seven j-ears old and was
one of the first preachers to spread the
glad tidings in Fillmore county.
.1. F. Albin of the .McCool Record is
just recovering from a severe run of
typhoid fever. Last summer he was
struck by lightning1, then the fever
struck him and now he is wondering
what will strike him next.
While driving horses into a earn
William Johnson of Tobi;is. who is
working for J. V. Ainsworth. was
lacked in the head and nearly killed.
His chin was broken, several teeth
knocked out and his face badly cut,
Herman Braasch, a pioneer of Nor
folk, who laid out from a portion of his
farm the village of Norfolk, died last
week at the ae of 73. He was the
pioneer, in 1S6G, of a colony of Germans
from Wisconsin, who settled in that re
gion. An 18-year-old son of Hon. J. B. Pc
poon of Table Rock got his hand caught
in the rollers of a stalk cutter one day
last week, and in a desperate effort to
free himself, pulled the tendons off in
his forearm. The doctors amputated
the hand at the wrist.
William Malone of Ulysses, after an
absence of twelve years, 'recently went
over to Osceola, where a gentleman,
vw noae iace nc nau lorgotten, came up
to him and paid him 510 to settle an
old S3 account with interest. The debt
was only an old harness trade.
Fred Blandbaum. residing six miles
southwest of Cortland, while adjusting
the chain belt, of a corn shcller one day
last week, had the misfortune to get
his left lsand caught in the chain and
so badly crushed that the amputation
of the thumb close to the hand was
necessary.
One of Johnson county's oldest set
tlers, Robert Kolib, died at his home in
Teoxunstfh last week, aged al years and
." months. He had resided in that city
twenty-live "years. He was an early
settler in Chicago, locating there in
Kv3i; was also a volunteer in the Black
hawk war. He leaves a wife and five
children.
Chief Seavy of Omaiia has received
favorable responses from twenty-four
chiefs of police and city marshals in
Nebraska, to attend the meeting to be
lie l m that city. Pecember 13, for the
puqiose of perfecting a permanent state
organization similar in character to the
national organization instituted last
year in Chicago.
The tenth annual exhibit of th" Ne
braska State Poultry association meets
in Kearney Januarv 10. 17. IS and l'.t.
and the ic-al committer is beginning i
t rustle around and get things in read- i
mess, the exhibition will b held in
tiie old Model rink, which is a large,
roomy building, and can be sutiicienily
warmed and is in good location for all
concerned.
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Mrs. Carl Morton, daughter-in-law of
iVie secretary of agriculture, had a nar
w escape from a horrible death at
efc'nska City. hile she was driving
acro-s tile Missouri Pacific railway
tracks a froig-lit engine backed down
against hjr buggy. The prompt action
of a ivstja(j,.rv,.i10 s..ize j thc norv ijy
the hv;n.. -n-i i,ni.-.i 1,; f-,,, ,1,..
, tTcTf, alone saved her life
-i Mint U1XWC 1IIU1 ilUlU kU
Tne stockholders of the defunct
runners' and Merchant.' laukof Hol
stein filed their answer to the suit
brought by the German National bank
of Lincoln to t-ecure the piyment of
several notes, aggregating tl.H'o, in
which they say very plain'y these notes
I are forgeries and fraudulent on their
j face, being executed by V. M. Hope
aftir he had severed his connection
with the bank.
j W. V. Cummok. manager of the
. Kearney cotton mill, has been inter
viewed with reference to the effect the
proposed reduction in the tariff will
have on the mill in that city, and is
quoted as saying he does not think any
change will be made which will affect
the mill or its employes in the least.
The mill has found a ready sale for its
entire output and there is still a de
mand for their goods at regular prices.
John M. Thurston, general solicitor
for the L'nion Pacific rail way. presented
i a petition in the federal court at Omaha
asuing that the receivers of the Union
Pacific be allowed SI, 500 each per
month for their services. They claim
that owing to the great amount in
volved this salary is only just. If they
take the places of the president, comp
troller and eastern manager, their sal
aries would aggregate S10.003 a year
more than the combined salaries of the
three.
A Washington dispatch says: Mr.
A. T. Gatewood of Cozad, who'was the
democratic candidate for congress in
that district last year, is in the city
seeking the registership of the North
Plate land office. Mr. Gatewood had
an audience with Secretary Smith and
Laud Commissioner Lamereaux and he
is feeling confident of success. He was
given to understand that his endorse
ments were strong, and that he had
made a favorable impression at the in
terior department.
While a G-ycar-old son of Dan Leach
of Ponca was playing in the yard he
fell, running a large sliver into his
knee. Mrs. Leach extracted the sliver,
as she thought, and dressed the wound.
The wound, instead of healing, began
to get very sore. A doctor was sum
moned, lie probed for the remaining
piece of the sliver and could not find it.
The knee has now swollen to enormous
proportions and it is thought amputa
tion will be necessary.
The people of Scotts Bluff and Chev
enne counties have decided not to be
outdone in the matter of irrigation.and
last week incorporated the "Nine-Milo
Canal and iveservoir company with a
capital stock of 510,000, and E. M.
Stearns, Thomas Eoberts, Enos Adam
son, James O'Halleran, Ewing Hall, B.
P. Gentry and Fred Benton as incor
porators. They hope to have the canal
ready for use by spring, and to irrigate
about sixty square miles of the fertile
land in these counties.
The meeting of the northeastern Ne
braska Teachers' association, held in
Emerson, was a complete success.
About 250 teachers were present, rep
resenting eighteen counties. The fea
ture of the gathering was an address
on "Psychology in the Common
Schools," by Superintendent Kratz of
Sioux City. In the oratorical contest
the medal in the dramatic class was
won by Harriet Moore of Wakefield,
and the medal in the humorous class
was won by Lois Childs of Wayne.
A Washington dispatch says: Everv
member of the Nebraska delegation in
congress, excepting Representatives Me
Keighan and Kem, are now in Wash
ington. All are eager for the fray.
The proceedings in the house, after the
receipt of the presidents message,
which will be read Monday, will begin
quite early with the tariff.
A farmer in Dakota county was of
fered and refused to take 33 cents per
bushel for his wheat Instead he fed
it to his hogs-and lately sent a carload
of them to Sioux City and sold them at
a price that made the wheat fed to
them net $1. 00 per bushel. That seems
to be the true way to get a big price for
SCINTILLATIONS CP WIT.
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SATI.G3 AJTD
ixcinnsTs.
ECXOROVi
How the Ornctnier Lcarcl the Rm
oa for a l'cculinr Circumstance
The VMow'd Wail Cause for Coa
sratalatloa. The drummer was looking so sad that
he attracted the attention of the hotel
clerk.
"What's the matter?" asked that
functionary; "lost a friend or your
job?'
"No worse," responded the drum
mer. "Lost two friends?" queried the sym
pathetic, clerk.
"So; just thinking of a man I met
out here in Adrian last night at sup
per." "What did he do to you? Beat you
at poker?"
"No; asked me a question, and I an
swered it by asking another."
"Give me the particulars."
"Well, it Was this way," and" the
drummer showed by his. looks how
badly he felt to bring it all up again.
"Wc were at supper, and I had been
pretty smart and the man had been
very quiet
" 'Did you ever notice.' he said as In
nocently and kindly as a school teach
er, 'that over in Wisconsin the people
shake the pepper box this way, while
those in Indiana hold it fast and pat
it on the bottom, this way?'
"I had noticed It and told him so.
"Tin from Indiana,' he said, knock
ing some pepper on his potatoes.
" 'Yes,' said I, 'it shows on you.'
" 'Do you know.' said he seriously,
'why they do it differently?
"'No,' said I; 'why do thev?'
'To get the pepper out,' said he
earnestly, and then the gang at the ta
ble gave me the laujrh in eighteen
places, and the man asked me how
much salary I got for learning things."
Detroit Free Press.
Cot What He Wnted.
lie walked into the boolatorc and
stopped before the Bible department.
He leaned over fh; counter and said
to the ministerial-looking salesman:
"Is them Buffalo Bill books over
tbar?"
"Nope; religious works."
"Don't nun o them read about chnsiii
Injuns an' shootin' wild varmints?"
"Not exactly."
"Nothin' about a feller 'at could
kreck "em out like John K. ner a fel
ler 'at's slick with er Winchester, cr
hed the nerve to tackle er b'ar?"
"Oh. yes. One better than that."
"Who's he?"
".Samson."
"What 'd'e do?"
"Oh. he had a fight with a lion."
"Laid 'im out. did ho?"
"Yes, ho killed the lion."
"Jes, bored 'im with er Winches
ter?" "Nope."
"Jes kyarved 'im with his bowic?"
"No, he just caught the beast by the
throat and choked It to death."
"You don't say!"
"Yes, he was the strongest man that
ever lived."
"Wusscr'n John L.?"
"Yes."
"An wusscr'n Jimmie Corbett?"
"Samson could knock them both out
at once."
"Whoopee! Ain't he the stuff? I'll
take two o them Sampsou books."
Atlanta Constitution.
he Widow's Wall.
The somber morning habit served
but to enhance lier dazzling beauty.
"Mamma"
In the hour of her trial she turned to
the maternal breast for comfort and
support
"I don't know what to do. Alone
ami helpless, I fear the competence
my poor husband left may be taken
from me, although the last words of
his lips "
Great tears clung to her curving
lashes.
"bade them give me all. His
children contest the will. I know not
which way to turn."
A mother's hand caressed her. and
a mother's voice whispered soothing y:
"Be brave, mv child; be brave."
"Mamma"
She was sobbing now.
"I w-w-want to k-k-kcep my own.
I shall be a l-b-b-beggar without it."
"Don't fry, dearest."
"Mamma, advise me. Shall I m-m-niarry
my 1-1-lawyer or the one on the
other s-s-side?"
The thought that her fate was in her
own hands was terribly oppressive.
Puck.
Cnase for ConRrntnlatlon.
Briggs Girls are queer things, aren't
they?
Griggs Very. But what makes you
say so?
Briggs I was thinking of Miss Red
bud. I happened to meet her on the
avenue ycsterda$- about noon, and hav
ing a few cold bones in my pocket
and being inspired by her new tailor
made gown, I asked her into Del's.
Griggs Did she accept?
Brig At first she said she didn't
care for anything, then she said she
believed she did feel a little faint Say,
old man, did you ever take a girl out
to lunch when she felt a little faint?
Griggs No. Did she eat anything?
Briggs Did she eat anything! Well.
sir. that girl grabbed the menu, took
a lightning glance at it said she wasn't
feeling very hungry, and then she or
dered Griggs Well' what did she order?
Briggs (impressively) She ordered
clams and bullion, lobster cutlet sweet
breads and peas, chicken a la Mary
land, shrimp salad, biscuit glace, mac
aroons, coffee and a creme de menthe.
Great Scott! It cost me $14.
Griggs (thoughtfully) Well, old fel
low, you ought to be glad.
Briggs Glad! What for?
Griggs Why, glad that she wasn't
hungry. Harper's Bazar. s.
"Why She Shook HIM.
Til never, never speak to him
again!" she exclaimed. "Never in this
wide, wide world!"
"Why, Clara, he adores you."
"Perhaps he does, but he has no ap
preciation, no judgment no idea of the
fitness of things. Why, the other night
when he called I put on that new gown
I have just had made."
"Yes; what of It?"
"What of it? You know what a
beautiful and artistic creation it is?"
"Yes. indeed."
"And bow perfectly it fits?"
"Yes."
"Well, I asked him how I looked and
b said I looked like an angeL Why.
I could have cried with mortification,
and my dressmaker was nearly heart
broken. She felt it keenly. Such a re-
flection on her work, yon know.-MJfct
cago TosL
Cnlte" mcerent.
Justice (to CoIsmbLi college student)
Yoa are accused by Mr. Meyer, who
lives across the street from your room,
of insulting him.
Student (surprised) In -what way
have I insulted him? '
"He alleges that you continually call
your dog Meyer."
"May I be permitted to ask Mr. Mey
er a question;"
"Yat Li it you rant to know?"
"Mr. Meyer, Low do you spell J-out
name" .
H spe21 my naniC M-o-y-c-r."
"I thought so. Your honor will per
ceive at once haw groundless Mr. Mey
er's charges are whii I inform your
honor that my dog spells his name
M-a-y-c-r."
The rrr.e-Fls:Uter i'aa DUcofrraKeO.
"What's de matter wid Blowsprint,"
said the man with the poIItt-dohcoUaps
"De pnze-figuter?" asked his friend
wWh the big diamond.
"Yes. lid ain't bin sayW a word for"
a week."
"Well, you see, it's dis way. He was
in the senate the other da-, an now ho
sez dat fur long-distance talkin' he ain't
in it, an' he's goin ter give up pugilism
jes as soon as he kin git a job cz deck
hand, see?" Washington Star.
Xnt n riennnnt Outlook.
Little Max Ma, will I go to heaven
when I die?
Mother If you ate a good boy.
"Will ycu go too?"
"I hope so, Max."
"And will pa?"
"Yes, Ave will all bo there some time.'
Max didn't seem altogether satisfied,
but after some time he said:
"I don't see how I'm going to luve
much fuu."
Street; the Wrona Mna
Landlady How Is the turkey, sir?
Or perhaps you aiv not a godd judge.
New Boarder I ought to be, madam;
I am in the leather business.
Smothering n Great Idea.
Mr. Marrowfat had been reading
something about a new system of re
form schools, when an idea suddenly
struck bin:, and glancing across the
table at his wife he observed:
"My dear, if we should ever have a
boy"
"Zedekiah!" exclaimed Mrs. Marrow
fat, interrupting him. "isn't there a bill
before congress forbidding anrbodv to
speculate in 'futures'?"
And, somehow or other, that seemed
to turn Mr. Marrowfat down. Judge.
Very Strange. Indeed.
"Mr. Skinny," said a New York land
lady, looking into the little boarding
house parlor, "will you be kind enough
to step into the back room for a mo
ment?" "Certainly," said the consumptive
looking boarder "It's funny." he mut
tered to himself, "that every time any
body comes here to apply for board
she hustles me out of sight."
A SocoeKwful Inane.
"How was that murder case you had
when I was in St. Louis. Brief?" asked
one lawyer of another. "You defended
the murderer, who was said to be
worth half a million."
"Yes, I remember. It came ont all
right I got his money."
"What became of him?"
"He was executed." Judge.
Dreadful Alternative.
I wonder what I'd do if some one wn?.
ter say they'd give me that turkev,
if I'd eat it all at one slttin'? 1 guess
I'd take it and bust! Life.
AntroBomleal Item.
Mr. Westside (slightly intoxicated)
Shay, you know anything about astron
omy? Mr. Eastside A little.
Mr. Westside Well, then perhaps
you can tell me (hlc) if astronomers
use big dipper when they skim the
milky way.
Any Mean.
First Street-cleaner Oi've a schame
now fur takin' a ristin' shpell now an'
thin.
Second Street-cleaner How do yez
wnrruk it?
First Street-cleaner Oi bumn mo
nose till it blades.
A Possible Reason.
"I guess I know why cannibals
is
brown," said Johnny.
"Why7
"Because they don't wear clothes, an'
nature wants 'em to look as if they had
sumpin' on anyhow."
Sam Johasinc's Woe.
Parson Whangdoodle Baxter Can't
you quit dat howlin. Dat ain't gwinter
bring yer wife back ter life agin.
Sam Johnsing I knows dat. Parson.
If dat was poaseraWe you bet I'd keep
my motif shut.
CHINESE SOCIETY LAMES
VIUiJ.E.CUj OULLI 1 liiil'lCi..
-trAiiTHT cheese IadIes 6p slji
FRAXCISCd.
"Golden Lilies' Very Rarely Seca
Oat of Doors How Ther tin la
Their Seclasloa laflaeace of Ataer
ieaa laeas.
A Chinese home amongst the upper
classes contains one tacred secluded
pot, curtained off frcm ptofane gaze.
It la the ahum kwel, or inner apart
meiibJ. No Turkish hafetn or Indian
Seh'ana is guanfcti more Jealously than
the shuin kwel of a wealthy Chines es
tablishment. There are gilded! recep:
tion rooms, where the master of Ihe
house receive and feasts his male
guests, but the ladles are never pres-
Ah Que in Holiday Attire
(A natlTe daughter of the golilea Ivesb)
ent, add no male friend, however in
timate, would have the audacity to ask
to sec Madam. Tho "golden lilies as
the bound-foottid ladies are called, arc
in tho fear ot ilic curtains, and tsin
only be Visited by persons of their Own
sex and rank, says a correspondent of
the Globe-Deniocrat
The extreme difficulty of gaining ac
cess to these homes accounts for the
tnany silly things said and written
about Chinese ladies. The world has
been made to believe that Chinese
woni'jn are a down-trodden class. They
arc- pictured as hewers of wood and
drawers of water, drudges of all work;
sad-looVing, earc-wcm, scraggy and
ugly, so different from the gay, viva
clous Japanese maidens of the tea
houses, over whom Sir Edwin Arnold
went into such ecstacles a year or two
ago. The fact is Chinese beauties keep
indoors. Only the old hags and the
menials are seen on the streets, and
these are taken by ignorant globe trot
ters to be specimens of the Chinese
indies who are out of sight Hence
Japanese women, who have never been
accused of shyness, are immoderately
praised to tho disparagement of their
sisters across the Yellow sea, of whom
the world knows little. Some day the
"golden lilies" of China will break
away from their seclusion and will be
found to average as high as Miss Chrys
anthemum in grace and loveliness, and
a little in advance of the virtue and in
telligence seen in the tea houses of
Japan. High-bred Chinese ladies are
few and far between in San Francisco.
Tho majority of Chinatown ladies are
concubines. The first wife Is often left
In China, and the concubine rauks as
first wife when the latter is absent.
Amongst the upper fifty of China
town society may be foufid some Chi
nese ladies who have relaxed their so
cial trammels so far as to give the out
side world a glimpse of their charms.
There are women amongst them who
would pass for beautiful in any land.
A well bred Chinese lady, brought up
in the seclusion of the shum kwei, has
Miss L!a Fah Lotas.
a fairer complexion than the werien
one sees about the streets. This, ith
a well poised head, a pretty mouth, a
dimpled cheek and a perfect arm and
hand are elements of beauty not to be
despised. The face Is too often Inclined
to be chubby if not pudgy, but a charm
ing smile, and invariably the whitest of
teeth, make up for this defect.
Fashion, as everywhere else, is the
China woman's inexorable foe, and has
done its best to mar both face and
form. They literally plaster the face
with cosmetics and vile paints. They
do not blacken tho teeth like the Jap
anese, but they pencil the eyebrows
with ink and daub their lips with Ver
million. Their loose costume is against
them, for no one ever saw a woman
look well in loose shapeless sacks. This,
however, gives them the advantage
over their Western sisters hi the mat
ter of hygiene.
Treatment of the Iet.
The most cruel custom is that of
binding the feet, a little foot in China
3frs. Lenac Teas;.
CWTi cr a Chlnow Merchant.)
being the differentiating mark between
the lady and the common woman.
What we look upon as a frightful de
formity, the Chinese regard as a mark
of beauty. How much beauty will be
seen by a glimpse of the accompanying
photograph of a Chinese woman's foot
that Waa apuktd j by a - medjcal
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!c- te s vli0 nt8 ,obea
tdT mugt bnjjt t0 tbii torture when
she" is" oclie- small. The bandaw is
wrapped lightly around the. foot, caus
ing the" fovr jnaaller toeg Ur turn in to?
ward the sole' of the' foot The hed
also is drawn forward1, causing A deep
hollow. The bones contract tiie tfrbwth
Is retarded and the flesh shrivels up.
t OUSc witnessed the process of foot
binding in Clilurt. and remonstrated
with the father io? permitting it He
blandly replied: "Yes, tl te rather
cruel. Customs differ. Here we Mnd
girls' feet In your country you bind
girhi waists."
It is gratify"!! to find that while
foot-binding i fashionable In China,
the practice ti not popular In Califor
nia. Some pictures arc given of two
pretty .Chine? ladies with feet their
natural size.. Another plclnfe show
Miss Kwel Fa", a sinail:fvoted native
daughter of ihe golden West. She be
longs to "one of out' best Chinese fan
ilies, and is a very sweet y"0up? lady.
How They Spend Tbcir Time. -
A Chinese lady knows nothing of the h
joys of saoppntg, of promenades, ser
enades and tete-a-tetcs with the oppo
site atx. She goes out in a closed car
riage, accompanied by her lady friends
pr an old female SC-rvailt. She covers
her fa"c wifii her"- open fan when she
alights, aufi th6 few steps front the car
riage to the door i3 nil she" khuws of
outdoor exercise. ..
Amidst the round of domestic duties
the ladies of a Chinese household find
time for amusement as well as work
On the whole they live a merry life.
In the morning the lamps of the house
hold shrines have to be trimmed, and
luceuso bunted to what the Itomans
called lares and Penates'. The morning
meal comes at 30 o'clock, after which
the day is speut in domestic affair and
fancy needlework. Many of our China
town ladies do exquisite work In silk
embroidery, working on their own
dainty little shoes, making sachet bags,
children's ciipa, knick-knacks and
charut. Others occupy themselves with
painting porcelain or other arnstlc
wor: Chinese ladies are sometime
well educated, arc nhle to quote Con
fucius and even Write compositions iu
poetry and prose. Ilecieation te found
in a visit id a neighbor's house. Avhcre
a inery party gathers for gossip and
amusement One simss an ancient bal
lad; another tells a historical love story;
another plays oa the pcypah, lute or
3I! 3Iey Tnnjy.
(Tn the Fjhloaable Chinese D?ps.)
the Yenng Kum. Then come checkers,
dominoes or cards, in which there is
nlways more or less of gambling.
Smoking is not considered Indelicate,
and it is no Unusual thing to see half
a dozen Chinese beauties smoking brass
hubble-bubble pines and enjoying the
mildest of tobacco. But the happiest
V V, rJ, '-""--"? "': num.. than out
do gathers together in the evening and ' mt(,re, a V(.,mi
usieus wane mis u, mi ui sun reaiu u
chapter from some book of fairy tales,
such as the "Dream of the Hed Cham
ber." It is their "Arabian Nights," and
a Chinese woman believes every word.
In the best circles in China It is not
considered proper for a lady, married
or unmnried. to attend a show or any
theatrical exhibition In San Francisco
we have a Chinese theater with boxes
and galleries especially provided for
the ladies, from which they cau see the
play without being the objects of men's
rude gaze. Hero may often be found
some good specimens of Chinatown
beauty. At one time Chinese actresses
were not permitted on the stage, the
female parts being taken by men. The
latest innovation is a genuine Chinese
actress. Miss Kum Fah is only eighteen
years of age, and has shown great his
trionic skill as the heroine In several
Chinese dramas. Here she Is in mar
tial robes, in the character of the Chinese-Joan
of Arc, Muk Lan. who joined
the imperial cavalry, and through the
twelve years' war fought as a mau and
never once betrayed her sex.
Slpplns Vinegar.
There are no old maids In China.
Every healthy Chintto maiden before
she is 20 will become either wife or
concubine, and to be the latter Ls no
disgrace in China, where her status and
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Cast of an Amputated Foot
and a
Pair of Chinese Shoes.
tliat of her children are recognized by
law. It is the sad blot on Chinese fam
ily life and tthen the Jirst wife is child
less a supplementary one must be ol
tained. for the line of descent must have
no break.
A few ladles in Chinatown have ac
quired an American education, have
been through the public schools, and are
imbued with American ideas. Some
were born in this tend and are proud
of their birthplace. Those that have
grown up have married rich Chinese
merchants. Ameriecn furniture, car
pets, comfortable IxhIs nnd a piano
or organ are in their homes. They can
cook and bake bread, play the piano
like American women and their hus
bands idolize them. They live a dual
kind of life. One eveninz thev are
seen at the Chinese theater In gorge
ous Chinese dress of silks and satins,
another night they may be seen at the
Baldwin dressed in the latest style a la
Parisienne. I met two of our swellest
and handsomest Chinese ladies driving
in the park the other day. They were
taken for Japanese. Several of these
Americanized ladies have adopted
American ways entirely and live away
from their own people. Mrs. Aw
Yeong, the wifG of the Chinese consul,
iQTx graduate of the high school and
a thoroughly accomplished lady. She
dresses In perfect taste, and many who
see ner nme ngure, uie uarK eyes
and striking features take her for a
Spanish lady. She has lust returned
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traveling about with all the happy free
dom of an American. Her husband is
a graduate of Yale, and appreciates a
wife with aesthetic tastes and enlight
ened Ideas, and 4 home that contain
MIm Klrel Vtt.
(A merchant's UaKUtcr with lxand feet. -the
choicest porcelain bric-a-brac in San
Francisco.
, A CLEVER JUDGE. -.
i -
ilow He- Awarded the Pearls Ah
dall.lh Nut III Slater.
"Sie," Said Abdullah, as he appeared
with hb swtef. Fa lima, before the
judge, "perhaps ycu Wiil remember the
brave Abbas, who died thirty years
rgo. He was cur father, and left
both of us property in equal portions,
on which :ro have hitherto subsisted
In common. Fatima, it Is true, has
been peevish and qrarreLsome during
the last few yjara, but I always gave
way, as I am n lover of peace. But
I have recently chosen the beautiful
Zoralda for my bride, and thought of
giving her this valuable string of pearls
the most precious keepsake of my
father's in my possession, for he gave
it to me on his return from a jouruey
Whott I was live $ears old. and it has
been mine ever ulnce." quotes Waverly.
"But Fatima will have it that the
pearls are part of our father's legacy
and claims half of them as her shre.
Slie refuses to listen to my argumSits
and insists upon her claim not Indeed,
for the sake of the pearls. .Oh, no.
I Fe quite plainly she wants to spoil
my pleasure and that of my bride
elect, for my sister does not like the
Idea of Zoraida eutcriuc the paternal
house as mistress. Now, wise cadi,
give judgment"
The cadi bowed his head and said:
"Fatima, is the cr.se as your brother
has slated?"
"It ta quite correct excepting the as
sertion that the string of pearls be
longs to him alone. How does he mean
to prove that father gave it to him? I
dispute the fact and claim my share.
My reason for so doing" is immaterial
to the question at issue."
"Well. Abdullah," said the cadi, ad
dressing the pltintiff. "have you any
living witness or any handwriting to
prove tliat your father gave you tho
pearls?"
"I have nothing of the kiud," was
the reply.
"That is a bad outlook," the cadi
continued.
"I fear there is no prospect of an
amicable settununt by persuading your
sister to accept a sum of money for her
share."
"No." she broke In. "I want half
the pearls."
I "Very well," said the cadi, beckoning
I to his clerk. "I must have a report of
i the case drawn up before delivering
' Ju lament Say, defendant your namo
h Fatima wlui: fc- your age?
Here she blushed, hesitated, tried
once to speak, but never
"How old are you?" the cadi re
peated. "Do speak!"
At last she replied in faltering tones:
"I am twenty-eight"
Iteallyy said the judge, with an
ironical .tiii!e. "I hereby award the
whole Ktrinjr of pearls to Abdullah
nlcne. Take them. pLiintilT. nnd go
away iu pe-fe! Fatima is not your sis
ter, for Abbas died thirty years ago,
and she is only twenty-eight!"
SPOILED BY SOTHERN.
The Actor Finyn n. I'rnctlc.nl JoUe
on One of IIIn AtMovIntes.
And here one of Sothqrn's practical
jokes obtrudes itself, and we must give
it room. During his engagement In
London "Money" had been performed
with a phenomenal cast on the occa
sion of some benefit Charles Mathews
appeared as Capt. Dudley Smooth, E.
A. Sothern as Sir Frederick Blount,
John Ryder as the Old Member, and
.1fX sxtltf,. .Ywk Jtt.l ..f n1f,ttlUf tV h
liiu uiuci ujiUiiLitij viu tr-iiiv iv i
persons of equal prominence in the pro
fession. The part of the Old Member
appears only in the club scene, lie
calls loudly every now and then for a
waiter to bring him the snuff-box, but
as other members are making the
same demand at the same time, the
waiter always passes him by, and ho
does not get the snuff-box until it is
empty, which fact he emphasizes by
turning it upside down, at the same
time exclaiming. "And it is all gone!"
This Is a small part, but it generally
"goes' with roars of laughter, and on
this important occasion Jack Kyder
had laid himelf out to make the most
of it But on calling for the snuff-box,
the waiter, according to the business
of the scene, passed him by and was
on the point of handing it to Sir Fred
erick Blount, the Old Member still vo
ciferating. "Waiter, snuff-box!" Judge,
then, of his horror, indignation and
consternation when Sothern coolly
waved the waiter off. and. pointing to
Ryder, said, "Tliat old gentleman
seems to be making such a fuss about
it, let him have it first" Of course,
the snuff-box being handed to the Old
Member thus early in the proceedings,
killed the entire scene. On the first
impuLe of the moment Byder was on
the point, of hurling the object at
Sothern's head, but then the ludicrous
nature of the sell struck him. when he
commenced to roar with laughter, and,
being unable to control himself, arose
and left the stage. There were a num
ber of actors present in the audience.
and they called Ryder back several
times upon the scene, Sothern all the
while gazing from one to the other, an
apparent look of amazement upon his
face, as much as to say, "What is all
this about?" After a few minutes
Ryder, having gained the mastery over
his feeling3. reseated himself, and the
scene commenced all over again as If
nothing had happened. Inter-Ocean.
There are 15,170 free schools in Eng
land and Wales, with 3,429,577 chil
dren. The total number paying a fee
In schools receiving the fee grant, but
still charging a fee ranging from under
1 penny to a 'ittle over sixnenea.
Lg&092.
THE OLD REUABU
Columbus - Stato - Bank J
PajsIitostnTlKDeitfS
tics Lias n M Estat
MvB WQ1T D1AITO CM
Omaka, CUmm, Kw Trk sal al
IILIS MTHMITO : HOKIXf.
BUYS GOOD NOTES
iad Krijs tt Onteaun wmm aVaj
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B. JL UNKY. Tie Ptmt,
JOHN 8TATJT1XB. Oaiata
atnUGGEB, .W.HUUT.
COLUMBUS, NEB., .
HAS AN
Aitktrizti Capital of - $500,000
Paid in Capital, - 90,000
OFFICERS.
C. H. 8HELBOX. ftes't.
XL I. H. OEULRICII. Vice Pre.
CLARK GRAY, Cashier.
DANIEL SOHRAH, AsVt Oils
DIRECTORS.
II. M. Wisslow, II. P. D. Oebuuch,-
C. H. Snr.LDOX, W. A. McAixisteb,
Jonas Wslcii, Carl Kikskk.
STOCKHOLDERS.
3. C. Ghat, J. Hexry Wcrdkkjut.
Gekhahd Losxkb, Henrt Losekb.
irrjiRK Giiat. Geo. W. Gallet,
Daniel ScintAM, A. K. 11. Oeiilricit.
i'uank kouer. j. p. iteckxb estatb.
Rebecca Beckeil.
Dinlrnf ifAnrMlt? fntnrivtt allowed an time
iteponlts: buy and sell exchange on Unite
States anil Kurope, and bur uuu bell avail
able securities. Wo shall bo pleased to re
eel vo your business. Wo -solicit your pat
ronage. -THE-
First National Bank
OFFICERS.
a. ANDERSON. J. H. GALLEY.
President Vice PreVt
O. T. ROEN. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
O. ANDERSON.
P. ANDERSON.
IIENBX BAQATZ.
JACOB QREISEN.
JAUa 0. UCJPB.
1
StateaUBt er the Coadltloa at the Close
er Business Jalj 13, 1893.
RES0CBCX3.
Loans and Discount?. f 241,467 57
Real Estate Furniture and Fix
tures. .............................. 16,73! 9)
U. S. Bonds 15j0 0)
Due from other banks.. ...137.878 Si
Cash on Hand M&J X 59.74.1 M
Total.
.333,1M 36
Z.TABIUTIXS.
-M..I...1 CV tf.l1 Im
I 60.000 00
. " . w a "
surplus r una
!
90,000 0)
Undivided profits 4.578 00
Circulation
1.T50OOU
Deposits.
Total.
. rsata 37
.f333.1!K 3ft
LOUIS SGHREIBER,
BlacMaflflfeiMte.
ill kilo's ef Rciairiig dene 1
Short Netiee. Biggieg, Wag-.
is, etc., Bade it rder,
aid all werk filar-
aiteed.
AIm Mil the world-faaWHU Walter A
Wood Mowers, stovers, Contain-.
ad Hachiasa, Harreaters,
aid Belf-biadars tht
tftftaUdf.
Shop on OUtb Street, Columbus, Neb.,
four doors south of Borotoiak's.
HENRY GASS,
UNDEETAKEE !
Coffins : and : Metallic : Gases-!
XW Repairing of all kinds of Uphol'
ttery Goods.
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