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. ' Mi iTaWN" Aidfld' -s- .. c "S" - -fc -k; A'r: . " r --. f rm -lvVjLi-. WHOLE NUMBER 1,233. VOLUME XXIV.-NUMBER 37. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNfAY, DECEMBER 27, 1893 "vv " IS 111 IIP l 1 1 1 I I I I II I HKI 11 1 1 II I 1 1 il I I i m . -m mm M . - .?-:'" V V m.FJ MM. Jams M MMvMM J - : - - ?m m0 - ! I'g -i ?: -, ' NEBRASKA NEWS. Winter wheat is lookinff fine in Knck- . oTls county. . : Lyons Odd Fellows have organized a .. -" Kcbckah lodge. :' . The Lutheran church at North Platte . . is without a pastor. ' Torty teams are -worldng on the irri '. gating ditch near OnL Omaha is taHong1 up the project of es tablishing1 a beet sugar factory. Horace Rogers, a resident of Sarpy :. county for thirty-seven years, died last week. - Juniata people are working to secure J " m the removal of the Adams county from Hastings. . " .7 oh n M il cs of Walbach was given ten days in jail for trying to "beat a 510 board bill. Two burglars were nabbed at Utica while in tho act of carrying off the com missary stores. . . There is a irood deal of sickness in yTccnmsclr. Including several peases of fm trphoul'fevcn-- " T -' Mj-phoul': : Harney McGinn, on trial in Omaha for murder, has been found guilty in the first degree. An expert accountant is chasing through the records of Chase county in scarcii of errors. . The school house in District Sa IT, Hurt county, burned last week. Origin . " of lire unknown. The telephone line connecting Heat- rice with Sutton has been taken down. This cuts out Verona. Mrs. Charles Clark of Adams county has been adjudged insane and placed in the asylum at Lincoln. The McCook schools have the largest per cent of enrollment in actcal attend ance of any in the state. There arc eighty-five building and loan associations in Nebraska with as sets aggregating $3,000,000. It is claimed that .1. 15. Walker who murdered Mr. btevons at Farnam last summer, has become insane. The people of Nebraska City are planning to give the poor little folks a good regular meal on Christmas. All the railroads in Nebraska arc offering excursion rates for the holi days, with the usual -'00 mile limit. Omaha last week contributed four to the penitentiary. One of the prisoner.s is a woman, who will serve one year. A West l'oint man who has invented . a combination foot rule has applied for a patent and hopes to make a fortune. Hon. T. M. Marquette, of Lincoln, gave an order for :i,OU0 pounds of Hour for the poor, and he says more is to follow. William Kirk has Vued the Omaha street railvvav company for S10.000 damages for injuries received December '."., lti'Jl. Miss Ellen II. Atwater has resigned her position at the Eairlield college and accepted the position of principal in the l!cd Cloud schools. A literary club in Drown county lately discussed the question, "Is the World (."rowing I letter.'" The jury de . elded that it u as. The residence of A. N. Wiswcll, in the suburbs of Ucatrice, was destroyed by tire, caused by udelccllve flue. Lcsa :;!t0'., with Sl.O'JO insurance Farmers of a portion of Douglas county of late been so much bothered with thieics that they have decided to organise a vigilance committee. At West Lincoln. McInU re and Sharp enstine, the latter colored, fought a priise tight. 'The man and brother" 'was knocked out in three rounds. Her. .1. W. Little of Seward de nounces the chanty ball given at that place and advises the destitute to ac cept no money coming from that source. Casper C. Mculler, who was taken to the asylum from Dodge county some thing over a year ago, died there and his remains were taken to Hoopir for burial. The Nebraska State Horticultural society has issued its program for .Jan uary It, 10 and II, lS'.M, and will con vene at Nebraska hall, State university, Lincoln. The Kearney Journal says Ed II. Andrews shipped his 1.000 hog Tues day to Van Meter, la. It weighs T.IO pounds, and cost SL'.'i to ship it to its destination. A Nebraska City jury failed to find for the plaintiff ina case where an hon est farmer had his neighbor arrested for batting him over the head with a fork handle. The Oxnard beet sugar factory at Orand Island has closed its season's run with a production of 1.1)00,000 pounds of sugar to its credit. The factory started up October 11. City girls and country lasses attend ing a dance at Nebraska. City became involved in a quarrel, and the out-of-town damsels broke up the ball by leav ing the hall in a body. Nearly 100 volumes of biography, history and fiction were donated by Messrs. D. W. Clancy, William Krost and Fred Sonncnschcin to the Young Men's elub of West point Captain L. E. Wheeler, for three years past the proprietor of the Kandall house in Heatrice, has disposed of his interests in that establishment to George II. Wilson of Lincoln. Hccause John William Schcr of Grand Island "hurled cups, saucers and other vile epithets" at his wife tho much abused woman has been granted a di vorce and the custody of her children. Fred Thompson's livery barn at Wayne, with nine head of horses, was burned last week: also a portion of the lumber yards of the Smith &. Ellis com pany. Lo'ss, about 55,000; partially in sured. Articles incorporating the Nebraska Children's Home society 'were filed with the secretary of state. The society is organized for the purpose of securing homes for homeless, dependent or des titute children. In the case of Mrs. Wilson of Custer county, alleged to be insane, the Broken How Hepublican says the witnesses who appeared against her were nearer bc-reft-of reason than the one they want tent to the asylum. The friends of Colonel W. F. Cody in North Platte, and they arc legion, are preparing at the proper moment to launch a-political boom for him which . will land that gentleman in the gover nor's chair of Nebraska. Encourage your friends to buy Ne braska goods. The interchange of home manufacturers will be avast ben efit to Nebraska. Our goods stand at the top of the list as regards quality. Farrell & Co.s brand of syrups, jellies, preserves and mincemeat; Morse-Coe foots Tind shoes for men, women and children; Consolidated Coffee Co. 's brand of coffee, extracts and yeast; Page Soap Cc's Silver Leaf and Horaxsoap; Amer ican Biscuit & Manufacturing Co., . Omaha, crackers; Omaha- Silicon Cos Ilard Wall Plaster, Union Life Insur ance Co. of Omaha Ansel V. Wood, a resident of Stuart for eleven years and one of the oldest men in northern Nebraska, is dead. .lie was a. native of New York state and ' remembered well seeing the first train of ears that run on.lhe New York & Eric railway, laniel Webster was there and, made a speech. Mrs. Barnes of Hastings was badly bruised by being thrown from a buggy. Blue Hill was visited by burglars. They broke into John Stabenon's salcon and got a little small change; went through Sol Mandlebaum's store, feast ed on canned goods, and took away what clothing they could wear. The sheriff of Red Willow county was at the capital last week to secure re quisition papers for a horse thief now under arrest in Rooks county, Kansas, lie is charged with stealing the horse of ex-Senator Dolan of Indianola. At a meeting of the Hoard' of Public T mim J aB3 l- v I Jl a rr- In 4- VAlr' -A. position to buy S3.T00 worth of bonds 1 1MUCU vv uictici wjuuiy ,a UVU.UH.X. - BVrfAinvT nwT tt"ic rinniiTii mi Pe bonds will be paid for out of the lunus rcccivcu iui uiu aaiv: ui uic unut lands. The eldest son of ex-Postmaster Mans field of Homer, while out hunting, in taking his gun from the buggy, acci dentally discharged it- Tho contents entered his arm between the wristand elbow. Amputation of his arm will probably follow. wrrfj i s.'MMZTi .iienyofbster-ka, WMni vieni XT. rz; county visited the capital and met with the board of educational lands and funds. He had $15,500 worth of re funding bonds of Webster county which were offered for sale. Tho board pur chased the bonds. The coal dealers of Heatrice are suf fering much annoyance from the depre dations of coal thieves, who deliberate ly break open a car during the night and carry off coal by the wagon load. The railroads arc subject to the same annoyance from raids on'their coalpits. Cards arc out announcing the mar riage of Prof. John P. Sprecher, form erly superintendent of schools in Nor folk, to Miss Ida L. Dohs of Washing ton, D. C The nuptials will occur December 20, at that city, where Mr. Sprecher holds a government position. Mrs. Higclow, living near Ohiowa, ' was attacked by a large and ferocious dog and severely bitten on one side of the face and jaw. The immediate effect ' nf thi inflictinn nf tlio ivnnnil was to ! produce "lockjaw" or violent contrac-" i tion of the muscles used in mastication, The mortgage indebtedness of Thayer county for November is as follows: rami niortjrajres filed, 35,200; farm u? o ' '"". ' mortgages released, S14,3'J1; city mort- I ?:i.i oi.m. ' :.! . '-....-o ..- I V.-J, The street fakir and Cheap John ped dlers will probably give Tccumseh a wide berth in the future. The city council has passed an ordinance fixing the license of the fakir at$10aday,and that of the buggy, harness or furniture j auctioneer at the same rate. This ac j tion was taken to protect the home J merchants. At Plattsmouth the jury in the Hill ' murder case brought in a verdict of I guilty in the first degree, and named I death bv hanging as the penalty. His partner in crime, ISenweu, will now be fcaWd. Sl.O-Vchaitel mortgage! filed, cure has been discorcd The majority S1.-..2C1; chattel mortgages released, j of people who find health .and strength ,, enn ' gradually failing cither have no suspi- !.,: t , , leion of the nature of the trouble or tried. They an the men who killed , time to determine whether sugar or Farmer Akeson in his o.vn house some J albumen indicate kidney disease. Tho months ago. j many cases of Uraemic convulsions oe- The charitablo ladies of Lincoln are j casioning death at, orpreceeding child endeavoring to establish a soup house birth are due to this cauc which is too for the benefit ol the unemployed and often overlooked and unsuspected, destitute of the city and are looking From all this it would seem a plain duty lor a suitable building. Their, idea is not so much to furnish free meals for the people as it is to keep on hand a supply of wholesome food which can bo ( obtained at prices within the reach of ) the poorest I A Superior factory ordered a twenty ton car of coal from Wyoming mines j the other day, btit the word "ton" dis j appeared in the telegraphing and I twenty cars were sent by the miners. The consequence was that many Su perior people arc burning cheap coal, as the shippers were forced to dispose of the nineteen cars at the best price they would bring. Ruper W. Brady, who was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for breaking into a barn and stealing six chickens of the value of S3, filed his case in the supreme court last week, where he hopes to obtain relief. Brady burglarized the barn of Charles O. Davis March 31, and was recentlj tried and convicted in the district court of Lancaster county. The voters of Spencer precinct, of Boyd count3 have tiled a very lengthy petition in the office of the clerk of the supreme court, in which they pray that the supreme court will make that village the county seat of Boyd county, and take it away from Butte City. The case comes up oa error from the district court of Boyd county, and makes very interesting reading. A peculiar case of chicken stealing was reported at South Omaha by a man j who said his name was Johnson and that he lived in the 1 ourth ward. A thief, he said, had entered his hennery and stolen two dozen chickens, but in the scuffle he had dropped a S20 gold piece. Mr. Johnson was perfectly sat isfied with the exchange and had no complaint to make whatever. He would like to sell the balance of his poultry at the same figure. Governor Crounse last week signed a free and unconditional pardon for Mrs. Anna B. Mason, the 3-oung married woman convicted of manslaughter at Hastings for the murder of Dclavan S. Cole, one of the prominent citizens of that town. Mrs. Mason was received at the state penitentiary on January 23 of the present year and has rapidly failed in health ever since. The peti tion for her pardon was signed by SCO of the leading citizens of Adams county. Miss Jennie Owen, who teaches school abont two miles east of Elm .Creek, dis missed Charles and Burt Steele, aged 1G and IS, for throwing cartridges into the stove. They left the school house, but attempted to return, using vile threats, and when they found the door locked they hammered it open with clubs and attacked the teacher, knock ing her down with their clubs twice, and would have seriously injured her had not some of the older scholars as sisted her. They have been arrested. In Howard counfy Job and George Shermon, agedlSand IT. tooktheirguns and went hunting. AVhilc so engaged a prairie chicken flew up. George shot first and missed, whereupon Job also fired with the same result Job then cocked the other barrel of his gun and ii rain fired and his brother in the mean- time stepped from his side, and right in front of the muzze pi the gun. Just at that time the gun was discharged, and when Job looked around George was lying dead at his feet He had been instantly killed by the shot the entire back of his head being blown off. About six weeks ago the 2-year-old child of Mr. Rector, a farmer living near Norden, while pla3'ingout of doors picked up a dipper from the leech-tub and drank from it The immediate re sult was a terribly sore mouth and throat, which after two or three weeks got well andiothing more was thought of it But in the course of two weeks more it was discovered that there was difficulty in swaUowing which increased until nothing but milk could be got into the stomach. ' The lye had made a sore in the gullet, a few inches down, which, in healing, had produced a con traction continually increasing until it was so small that nothing but fluids could pass. The child will have to undergo a long and tedious operation I before it can swallow anything. OAME. Dtepmtch A. CaUfanla Wma TrlM t ( With a Me. Mrs. A. H. McKamey, living on the. Lenita ranch in North Chollas valley, has killed a good many rattle takes in the time she has lived in the valley. Rattlesnakes are epicures in their way, and the same genial warmth that ripens the orange and pome granate is much esteemed by them. That is why thej are frequent callers in the vineyards and orchards in Chollas. Mrs. McKamay has disposed of the unwelcome visitors by means of 4 a auai iiw, nuim tuw iuvu . ..Y...... Laa wTaI, ....In Yn, AV,ct . .... -I.,- 1nt4hlhait eh an. j coimtered fcfc tUer that almost got away. She heard a tremendous whizzing and rattling on the side of the hill at the other end of the vineyard, and went up there. The noise was made by a big snake that had been stood up by the family cat He was mad, and -.-irnril fh oftt in tones that vibrated f ast'that shocouldn't sej his tail. Mrs. McKamey did not dare to at tack the snake with a hoe alone, be cause he was big, and ready to fight: so she sent her little girl for a revol ver, and took three shots at him. The last bullet came within an inch of the snake's head, and he decided to move. He glided toward a big bush, and Mrs. McKamey, seeing she was about to lose him, tackled him with the hoe, and nearly cut him in two about a foot from his rattles. He dragged himself into tho bash out of sight. The snake was cut so badly that he could not rattle, but was madder than ever. He was killed af ter an exciting battle, and his eleven ratt'.es now adorn the collection of souvenirs left by former visitors. A Fight With Death. Thousands of people havegone to their deaths With BriJTht'S DlSCaSCOl tltC KW- nc3s and Diabetes without suspecting the nature of their trouble until within a month or two of the grave. It is now declared by one of the most reputable Druir Associations in the country that tL.Lin 1.?3a. 4.si,1i1ac nm 111, Pficitlt nf ' ,1"131- 'V"L. wo -"- "":" I Uraemic poisoning and that a certain j having always been told that Bright's 1 Disease could never be cured have I shrunk from the knowledge that they i were victims of it Now that a cure I has been discovered, howeyer, there need be no hesitation in learning what 1 indicates the disease and each case can be treated at home by the one inter ested without cither expense or incon venience. Progressive physicians are now agreed that for the several months before child-birth all women are espe cially subject to kidney troubles and that tests should be made during this to take advantage of the offer of lhe American Drug Association, whose ad dress is Cochnower Bldg, Cincinnati, Ohio. The offer is that to each perton sending their address a test outfit in eludiug full directions and apparatus for the most accurate test for Bright's Disease and Diabetes, will be sent se curely packed in a wood case, free of cost. The Association is well known to us and can be depended upon to do just what tliev sav. A LIFE SACRIFICE. A London Doctor Gives Ilia JaTo In tn Attempt to Sjito a Patient. Another London doctor has fallen a victim to diphtheria Mr. W. F. Lucas of the Middlesex hospital. Some six years ago Mr. Lucas became a student at the hospital schools, and then, hav ing passed with distinction through the surgical and medical branches of the profession, ho was appointed to the staff of the institution. A few days ago he performed the operation of tracheotomy on a poor juvenile pa tient suffering from diphtheria. While administering chloroform the patient sneezed in the face of the operator, who, however, thinking only of the sufferer, did not with draw the inhaler until the child was completely under tho influence of i the anaesthetic. The result was that his own system was infected with the contagion, and he himself became an in-patient, and died in the diptheria ward. This sad exemplification of the risks of the profession pro duced a deep feeling in the hospital. Tho death of Mr. Lucas, at the entrance of a professional career full of prom ise, recalls that of the late Dr. Jacks of the University college, and Dr. Rabboth, of the Royal free hospital, who also lost their lives in attending lo the suffering poor. Consumptiies Cured at Home. Cincinnati, Dec IS. At a meeting of the physicians prescribing the Amick cure for consumption, called to discuss with the discoverer at his home here, his published assertion that change of climate is unnecessary. Dr. Amicksaid today: "A warm, dry climate is bene ficial if the patient stays in it perma nently, but harm a lwa3s results from a stav of a few weeks or months, when ! the patient returns to a colder temper I ature or lower altitude. Unless pa- tients desirinsr mv treatment. he said. I "can go awayto remain until May, I auvie them -to take the medicine in the comfort of their own homes before they definitely plan any. proposed trip, de pending absolutely on my discovery to cure them. I urge each to first try the treatment free of expense and then de cide for themselves. I therefore fur- J ns free test medicines for all having . any lunc trouble, to enable both physi- I -ian ana patient to judge by results.' The "Old Clock on the Stairs. The "old clock on the stairs." which I Longfellow made famous, came into the possession of Ernest Longfellow, the poet's son, some time ago, and now fills a nook in the stairway of his cottage at Magnolia. The historic timepiece was the property of Thomas G. Appleton, and at his oeath his heirs gave it to Mr. Longfellow as a relic of the poet Bismarck's Begard for LlogaUts. Prince Bismarck was once pressed by a certain American official to rec ommend his son for a diplomatic place. "He is a very remarkable fel low," said the proud father; "he speaks seven languages." "Indeed," said Bismarck, who does not hold a very high opinion of linguistieacquire ments; "what a wonderful head-waiter he would make." Stockholm has the highest death rate from drink of any city in the world, ninety in 1,000. RATTLESNAKES HEft AT A DAXCJ3. My queen is tired and cravei surcease. Of twanging string and clamoroai bnt8s; I Jean against the mautelpiece, And watch her iu tho glass. One whom I see not where I stand Fans her and talks in whirrs lowi Her loose locks flutter as his hand Moves lightly to and fro. He begs a flower; her finger tips Stray round a rose half veiled in lace; She grants the boon with smiling lips, Her clear eyes read his face. I cannot look, my sight grows diia While Fate allots nnctinally The living woman's self to hint, The mirrored form to me. A PEPPERED ROSfc. "Supper is ready! Been waiting this good bit!" Lou's mother looked 'very suggestively at the young maflrtrtib' was leaning- over the. gate and keeping Lon from supper. . "Give me that rose and I'll go," he said, laughingly, to Lou. "I will not do it," she returned, "it is the only one left on the bush." "Please pretty, please." "So; or if I do, I'll till it full of pep per. You're the worst tease I ever saw, Howard Dwight." "I'll pull it myrelf, then," as she started In the house. "If you do I'll never speak to you again." And she disappeared and he laughed and went away. Young Orvllle Case heard it all. As soon as Lou was in the house he slip ped inside the yard and pulled the rose. Then he ran home with it (he and Lou were neighbors) filled the rose with pepper and carried it to Howard Dwight's room. Howard boarded at the Case's. "Here," he panted, "Lou changed her mind she said you could have it." "Have which? Her mind or that rose' in your hand?" with his usual jocose ucss. "The rose, of course. A fellow's lia ble to get a piece of Lou's mind most any time," returned Orville. "She was quick about it," said How ard, much pleased. "Lou's a nice girl. I like" and then he began to sneeze. And he sneezed, and he sneezed, and he sneezed, twice seven times, and he never once said "Bless me!" as did the good old woman in the story. And every time he sneezed Orville gave vent to his appreciation of these involuniarv efforts at amusement, so that by the time Mr. Dwight's nose was free of the pepper he was in a fine rage. "You tell her for me I say a girl who will do as mean a trick as that isn't worth noticing. Get out of here!" Orville was doubled over with laugh ter, but he dodged the paper-weight Mr. Dwight threw a,t him and tumbled down stairs, still laughing. The next morning he met Lou on the street. "Say," said Orville, "Mr. Dwight's awful mad at you." "At me!" exclaimed Lou, in surprise. She had been busy all morning and had not yet noticed her only rose was gone. "Yes, at you! He says that a girl that won't give a fellow a rose ain't worth noticing." "Indeed! "Well, just tell him to keep on thinking that way!" And when Or ville saw Mr. Dwight at noon he was only too glad to repeat it. Mr. Dwight bowed very stiffly, and said, in a dig nified tone, it would be better to drop the subject altogether. "'I here!" said Orville, exultantly, f "ain't I got things in pretty shape now! It 11 be more fun than a circus to see how it conies out!" At first Lou meant what she said; but after a little thought, she concluded Mr. Dwight said it in a joke, as they said so mnuy thirgs that would sound hard if said in earnest. Of course, if Orville repeated iter words, which she was sure he would, she took It for granted Mr. Dwight would know it was meant in the same spirit. Then she stopped to look at the ros which had been the cause of so much good natured contention, and found it gone. "Oh, well!" sfie said smilingly to her self, "it would be ready to drop by to morrow anyway. So 1 don't eare. He just told Orville to tell me that, so I would find he had taken it him self." Therefore, when he passed tha gate that evening, she was astounded to see him go by with never a look toward her on the porch. "Oh, Howard!" she called, thinking he was only carrying out the joke, for they seldom said or did anything in earnest. "Good evening!" returned he, so very crustily'she could not doubt his anger now. Evidently there was a little pepper in his nose. "The jackanapes!" she said, wrath fully to herself, and just then Orville sauntered by. "I told you he was mad," said he. "He can stay mad," returned Lou, "but I would like to know who has taken my rose." "Why. is it gone?" exclaimed Orville Innocently. And then he hastened after Mr. Dwight to inform the latter Lou had called him a jackanapes and had said he could stay mad as hops if he wanted to. Mr. Dwight raised his hand threateningly. "Don't you bring me another piece of news!" he thundered. "I do not care for her or for anything she says!" And Orville did not miss his next op portunity to repeat all this to Lou. "See here, you little meddlesome Mat tie," said that young lady, "I'll box your cars for j-ou if you don't keep still! It is none of your business what he savs and I do not know that I want to'hear it!" All of which highly delight ed the airiable Orville. So it came to pass that Howard Dwight and Miss Lou, formerly so de voted that friends made predictions, now passed by with their faces averted. They met at social gatherings, at church affairs, on the street, but "Ho rnet as strangers." This', of course, did not escape the notice of their mutual friends, who speedily began Investi gating. It resulted in one of the girls, to whom Lou had once confided her admiration for Mr. Dwight that Avas before their misunderstanding coming to her with a radiant face one day. "I've found out what is the matter," she said. "Howard says you sent him a rose full of pepper and he nearly sneezed himself to death!" "I never!" exclaimed Lou indig nantly. "He snid he had asked you for it, and you had said you would send it to him full of pepper. He thought you were joking, but sure enough you did send it and he considered it a trict un worthy of a lady." Lou sighed. "Well, I do not blame him if he thinks I did such a tiling. I wonder who gave it to him?" Did he say? "No, he didn't." "I believe it was that hateful little Orville Case. If he were here I would shake the breath out of him." Orville was out in the country at the time. Therefore the next time Xou met the offended gentleman she gathered up courage to say: 1 ii ,.. 1 wad only Joklmj are not necessary," he I dkT not send it!" exclaimed LoHitmoetindlgnantly. "DoUals do not mend facts," he rc tuttwd,, loftily, and Lou was thor ougWJr indignant. "Defials right wrongs', 6onletln1eS, she retorted, turning away. That Tklr. Dwight remembered Op vflleXactivity n carrying news be twccnthein, and as soon as the youth returned from the country, which was '"it'oso.t pajoddod oin jo nossai oaj -loiujwil on sj ii;icjont r.oiS jo uoj -dnrawir uv qjiM. ,,'uain 'Hong -ddtt JCitt nj aJOTtt b osnasuotx pttc Suof; 'Av(i j.nsdolci uirt5n uSfp Xut uo 3 aoAad IIP?1 poujm,at oq ,,'tloAV AtoA,, jssS? nqSR tl traaq OAuq prftaMUSntqiXjaAa qSpt jnqt no!" oj riPKiTOqAi am oj noods puq noA jj 'AVsCmiqi V )snt) jaiaa oav TjqX ' Sf u'.H ?ctH par.. i-S - . nonipuoD ano no aiuo,, .3 5V . Aisnorxn AujbSb spaouj aq iM. oAi, ""'' ""hajnb pp aqs'aur-poi&Tpq-noA puq Jouoq uoaq oAiaf pmoAV f noi qjiAv ODirad ojptui o aouo iM juoay tnu qq posl-1 lUICf 'K tupi joj if U ajnscatd ott stav ajoq) jouuautap panjnStp u qans pa -unnniKtu soApsradirj Aqj ouqAV 'BAiait 2ujajjim jo jjikIs oqj uiojj jjo tupt nqfl pcq qjoq Aaqi uoijav pojsnSsjp Afq8no -joqj amoooq pnq an ohajo pojaojai ..jajojaq i o aiqtnn; o nSnoua osuaa oAuq noA l4up;a jpjp j osunoa JO.. papuimiap aq i4;tjg 'jpsanoA" asoa icqj jaddad noA j.iipjp 'aaoq aas,, rajq pajBoo aq jqiqu jeqi SOMETHING THAT GROWLED. A Story Shovrlae Jaat What Should Be Dote With nn Eacapctl Ltoa. A circus train bad been smashed Up at the junction, many of Hie cages had been broken and Uieir occupants had had a chance to escape to the Avoods and fields. While Ave were walling for the wrecking crew to clear the debris away an old darky Avith a business look about him approach ed the circus manager and asked: "Boss, do I git anythin' if I coteh do glraffee what got aAay last night?" "No giraffe got aAhy," was the reply. "Wall I cotched sunthln' ober on ray place dat must have got away from seme body. My ole woman dun says it's a giraffee, but mebbe it's a ele fant." "Our elephants are all here, but one of the camels is gone." "Mebbe it's a camel. I nebber seed no cameL He haint got no Avlngs nor nuffin'." "Does It look like a horse or a cow?" "No, sah. My boy Henry says H'8 a nosceros, but I'se a leetle suspishus dat it haint." "We have no rhinoceros, but it may be our sacred bull from India." "Does yo'r sacred bull growl like a dawg an' show his teef ?" "No." "Does he walk around a nigger's cab In an' take a dog by the neck and shako de life outer him an roar an' roar?" "No. It must be one of our lions. You don't mean to say you hate cap tured a lion?" "Can't say, boss. It's sunthin' dat growls an' roars an' switches his tail. Him didn't wanted cum aloug, but I jest tied a rope around his neck and nade h(m. He's tied up to dat tree ober dar, an' I reckon yo' orter gimme 'bout two bits fur my trouble." About fifty of us Avent up the road with the old man, and a quarter of a mile aAvay, tied to a persimmon tree and looking mightily disgusted, was the biggest lion of the menagerie. "Dunno if it's at. elefant, or a nos oros, or a giraffee," said the old darky as he went up and began loosening the rope, "but ytre he am, an' bein' as he killed my dawg, an' bein' as I had to drag him all de way ober, mebbe yo will make it fo bits." "Great Scott, man," gasped the man ager as he gave the darky a silver dollar, "didn't you know this was a lion, and the fiercest one of the whole lot?" "No. Nebber dun knowed what ho was. Jest got a rope an' made him cum along, an Avhen he growled and roared I hammered him Avid dis stick. Much obleeged, sah. I AAill now go out an' see if I can't dun cotch sunthln' 'wid wings on It!" WHAT IS AN ACCIDENT. Leg-al IJclInltlona That Arc Worth nnacmberlaft. The term "accident" would appear to be easily defined, but the late Lord Chief Justice Cockbmn, says Chambers' Journal, thought not, and on several occasions insurance companies have sought a definition in the courts of-law. It has been decided that a sunstroke is not an accident, but that injury to the spine through lifting a heavy weight is one. Even if physical ailments con tribute to an accidant, it Is covered by the policy. . The relatives of a man who, while Iwtbing in shallow water, was seized with a fit and suffocated, sustained their claim, as did those of a man who, when similarly seized, fell under a train and was killed. Again, a person hsA-ing fallen and dislocated his shoul der, was put to bed and carefully nurs ed; but in less than a month he died of pneumonia. The connection be tAveen that complaint and a dislocated shoulder is not at once visible, but on the ground that the relentlessness and susceptibility to cold produced by tho accident led to the disease which killed him, the relatives were held to be en titled to claim. "The influence of intoxicating liquor" has been authoritatively defined as "in lluence Avhich disturbs the balance of a man's mind or the intelligent exercise of his faculties," and injuries reeei-ed Avhile in that condition are not covered by an accident policy. Nor are those caused by running obvious risk, as ciossing it railway, even at a proper place. Avithout exercising due care to avoid passing trains. Who Sara Chivalry la Deadf Two young women came in for lunch and seated themselves at a table where one of the opposite sex was attending to his bodily wants. The girls ordered their repast and worked their way through it, and then took out their purses before going up to the cash desk, says the Minneapolis Tribune. One of them grew rosy red about the face and whispered to the other: "Oh, Jenny, I have only 20 cepts, and I have ordered a quarter's worth; lend me a nickel, will you?' "Why, I haven't a cent over the price of my own dinner," returned her com panion. And the cheeks of the first girl grew rosier. But the good Samar itan who sat opposite scented what was wrong antl deftly changed his check for that of the blushing diner. Then quickly rising he reached for his hat and made his exit before abe bad time to say a word. TStlFLES LIGHT AS AIB. TUB LATEST PRODt'CTIOXS OF THB HUMORISTS. The Mllkmaa'a Heety Was Over came Aa Vaforlaaatc Oversight Karal Etlqaette Bided ller Time What Decided lltm. A young man from Wiltshire, whose ideas at rullk had been perverted and abused by contact with the cow In Its native haunts, recently engaged him self with the proprietor of that animal engaged in supplying milk to custo mers. The second day the new hand re signed. Ho did not like the business, and waflted to go. An investigation showed-that, after washing the cans the day before, the water, as is usual, was left In them. Instead of the can which he should have taken he put the day's milk Into those having the washings and started on his rounds. "" TJn coming back he learned hte'erroTi- He resigned at once ratuer tnan iace the customers. "Wliy, it Avas cheatln'," he said, "or the worst kind. I can go up to a can non's mouth and let 'em shoot, but I never want to set foot in them houses where I carried 'round that water." His employer remonstrated. He had no time to engage another man, and -it would greatly embarrass him to get one In time. But the young man was in flexible. "No no; he had been, brought up to be honest and couldn't look "em in the face again." "Well, I'll tell you what I'll do," said his employer desperately, "I'll give you ten shillings to go round this once, and if you can't stand the abuse you needn't try it again." After much urging the young man consented. He came back with a very curious look on his face. "Well," said his employer, "you came out alive, after alL Did you have a hard time of it?" "No-no!" said tho man; "they did not say a word anywhere, except an old woman, Avho told mo she thought the milk was improving it was a bit richer than yesterday. You must have forgotten to skim it." His employer was sad and silent, and that young man is still in the business. Brooklyn Citizen. i llldd Her Time. Mr. Goodlive (to his boarding house keeper) Yes, madam, we leave to-day to go to housekeeping. My Avife and I can't stand tough steak, strong butter, sloppy coffee and the blue milk a day longer. We want tender porterhouse, gilt-edge butter, pure Java coffee and rich cream, and we are going to have It. Mrs. Slimdiet Very well. I shall be glad to have you again when yon wish to come back. Mr. Goodlive (a year later) Good morning, Mrs. Slimdiet. My wife and I would like to have our old rooms if they are vacant. Mrs. Slimdiet (pleasantly) What was the matter with porterhouse steak, gilt edge butter, pure Java and rich cream? Mr. Goodlive (dolefully) They cost too much. New York Weekly. Xnval Etlqaette. An English admiral who was once visiting a French flagship laid down his quid on a convenient bulkhead before entering the ollicers' quarters. When he came out again he aams astonished to find the quid in the place Avhcre he had left it, says the Chicago Post. "Pooh!" said he, in the hearing of some of the sailors, "you Frenchmen will never be true sea dogs. No En glish blue jacket, now, would never have left an admiral's quid alone." Whereupon one of the French sailors stepped up, touched his cap and said: "Beg pardon, admiral, I was chew ing your quid while you were in there, but I put it back, you know, when I heard you coming out!" What Decided Him. "It's no use," said the poet to the barber, "I will have to get my hair cut". "All right. Want it pretty short?" "Close up. I Avant the job attended to thoroughly." "Long hair ain't in style any more," ventured the barber, In an effort to be genial. "It isn't the style I care for. Just a few minutes ago I Avas introduced to a man, and he said 'which do you play, foot ball or the piano?' "Washington Star. Satnn'a Easy Timed. S. S. Teacher (explaining the subtle Influence of Satan) Why is it that a boy Avill pass by the fruit in his OAvn yard, and then take the same sort of fruit, not a bit better, from a neigh bor's tree? Boy 'Cause if yeh take y'r own fruit, y'r father will lick yeh, but if yeh take the neighbor's fruit, the neighbor daseut lick yeh, 'cause your father will get mad and lick him. Street & Smith's Good NeAA-s. An Experienced Fahllsher. Publisher Good! That song will take the town and sweep the country. Give me the manuscript, quick." Composer But it hasn't any words yet. "Weren't you singing words?" "No, I just sang 'la-la-lum-tum-tiddle-dee-la-la-,' etc." "Well, they'l do as well as any. Hur ry up and write 'em down." New York Weekly. Xot lhe Soath American Kind. "There," said the Chicago wag, point ing to a round-shouldered young man in a greasy jacket and overalls, "Is a man who has taken part in some of the greatest revolutions of the age." "That man? Impossible! Who is he?" ejaculated the Eastern visitor. "Oh. he was one of the engineers at the Ferris wheel." Detroit Tribune. Didn't Know It All. Old Gentleman And how do you like the drug business, my son? Boy First rate, so far. The boss gave me a little prescription to put up yesterday some kind of salve that was easy to make. "That's encouraging." "Yes, I've learned a lot since I've been there, but I ain't got so I can cor rect the doctors' mistakes yet." Street & Smith's Good News. VnlBr.We Object Ieaaoas. Little Dick I don't see how any toad can get up on that big toadstool. Little Dot Toadstools isn't for toads to sit on. Aunty said so. "Then what is toadstools for?" "Aunty didn't say. I guess Ihey is to teach people that folks ought to be very particular what they cat" Street Smiths Good isews. f Testlac Prohibition. A prominent Methodist clergyman, who now resides in San Francisco, tells this incident which occurred la a Pullman aleepeTwhlle riding through Iowa. As tho train passed over the state line into Iowa a seal was put on tho liquor sideboard tr the buffet, rnd the clergyman, wishing to test the enforce ment of the prohibition law, called the porter and asked him if he could get a little whisky. "Oh, yes. sail," said the porter. "And-how about a little .Avine?" quer ied the minister. "I think I can fix you, sah," AA-as the prompt and Avhlspcred reply. "But," continued the reverend gentle man, "how about prohibition In Iowa?'.' "Oh," said the porter, Avith a know ing wink, "we always pick our men, sah." Ex. x eeoad Natare. "JessfeMaX7areybir-Fnre-thatyo- never before loved a woman as yoa love me? Max Sure! As well ask me If I love the idolatrous creeds of the heathen as well as the pure religion of my fathers. Jessie How charmingly you say that. Max (absently) I've said it often enough in my life to do it charmingly. An Artlat ia lilt Llae. Photographer Wasn't that Miss An tlque, the actress, who just saj for her picture? , . Assistant Yes. Photographer Well, look through tho old negatives for the photographs avo took of her fifteen of twenty years ago. We'll add this, and make a composite portrait of them. New York Weekly. Anti-I-can Diet. Housekeeper The idea of a great big fat felloAV like you going about begging. Tramp Please, mum, it isn't fat. I was so thin at the last town I went to that a good, kind Avoman took pity on me, and fed me with yeast cakes. New York Weekly. An Unfortnnnli? Ovcrsijelit. Criminal Lawyer So you killed your brother, but none of the other mem bers of your family? Client He is the only one I killed. Lawyer I'm sorry to hear that. If you had only killed off your entire fam ily we would have pleaded emotional insanity. Too bad! too bad! And you AVotild lm-e been acquitted. Deceived ly a ReacniTiTnace. "Do you hear that?" said the stranger from Orange, N. J., to his wife as the fog-horn on the lake front blared throusk the mullled night. "Yes, Isaiah." said his wife. "An' yet." said the stranger in ac cents of disgust, "they told me they wau't no muskcetahs in Chicago in November!" Chicago Record. Intorchnngc of CItIIUIO. Footpad (leveling revolver) I will trouble you for wot change -you've got about you, mister! Frightened Citizen (handing it over) It's it's no trouble at all, I assure you, sir! Chicago Tribune. lip I'nn8rd. Examining Medical Professor Now, sir, tell n:e hOAV you avouUI treat a case of vphold fever. Student Well, sir, I should first I should first I E. M. F. (impatiently) Yes, yes; go on. Student (pcized Avith a brilliant idea) I should first call you in fcr consulta tion! Passes with honors. Ciitinc for Complaint. Customer If you ever send me an other piece of meat like the last I'll take away my custom. Butcher What Avas the matter with it? Customer Why, it wis so tough that when it Avas cooked I couldn't get my fork even into the gravy. Flatter-. He (bitterly) If I Avcro rich you'd marry me fast enough! She Don't. George, don't! Such de votion breaks my heart! HeWhat do you mean? She Often have you praised my beauty, but never before my common sense! Why He Kicked. "What are you kicking around so for?" asked Judge Peterby of Gus Do' Smith, with whom lie was taking dln- ner- , i .. "Well, you see I am a crank about skating and Avhcn the Ice cream is brought in I cant coniroi my m.-, replied uus. Gcocrnithical Item. Frofessor What Is the cir nference nf tho Mrth? Columbia Collcge-""5tudent Twenty- four thousand nules. "How do you find this distance.' "I find it immense." A Plot Uncnithed. Willie Dix What does boss flies dc when they is punched? Dix Why do you ask? Willy Dix 'Cos Dick Hicks has got a hull hive full of 'em. an he wanted me to take a stick an' stir 'era up. Puck's Library. Athletic Caltnre. "Wonderful, the mucle that Weggie is developing." "Using dumbbells eh?" "Oh. deali. no; he cawwies two large chrysanthemums the length of the hall three times a day." Inter-Ocean. A Plennnnt Irofpcer. Father Is that young girl you're go ing to marry economical? Son (enthusiastically)! should say sol Why, last year she spent $2,500 in bargains! Chicago Record. Anxious to Pleaae. First Church Usher Bald-headed gen denian in the aisle Avaiting to be placed. second Church Usher All right: 111 show him to a back pew. New York Weekly. Vacation Echoea. Lady of the House (just returned from a visit) Poor Polly!! All alons so long. Parrot (feverishly) Give me a stack of whites. Detroit Tribune. Strnnjje. "It's funny about bridal pairs. They are not like other pears at alL" "Why not?" "They're softest Avhen they're grem. Retailer and Jobber. THE OLD RELIABLE Colnmbns - SUto - Bank J fJ0MllMka.tlftnV) pan Iiteret n Tuie Dcicslts AH labs liaisn Ileal Estate I BKJMT DlAFTi el Kv Trk C tri Miall s' IIXJ'hRlAKtlIJ't tlOKlTftC- BUYS GOOD NOTES 4a4 aWpt ito CtutoaMra vktm W VmA MtSt. fflCUS A3 BlUCNMl UCASDIB OXRKABD. Prart. M. M. SENKT. Tic Pmt JOHN 8TATJmB,CuUm tBBTJGOm, .W.HUL8T. -or- COLUMBUS, NEB., HAS AJT Authorized Capita! of - $500,000 Paid in Capital, - 90,000 orricim C.n.8HELDON.Prcs't. II. P. 11. OEULTtlon. Vico Pre. CLARK OKAY, Cablcrt DANIEL SUIIKAM, Ass't Cash DIRECTORS. n. M. Wissiow, II. P. II . OEm.nicw, V. II. SnnLDO.v, W. A. SIoAr.LisxKtt, Jonas Welch, Cam. ICikmkjl STOCKHOLDERS. 3. C. Ghat. CF.UIIA1CD LOSEK. I'LARK (JRAY, DANIKI, SCIUtAM, J. IlEsnT WonnrMAS, IIenrtLoseke, Oeo. WOAM.nr. A. V. II. Oehmucit, J. P. Ueckeu Kstatb, I'KANK KOIlEIt. Rebecca Becker. Bank of deposit: Interest allowed on ttmo deposits; buy and sell oxebango on United 3tates and Kuropo. and buy and soil avail able securities, wo shall be pleased to re ceive your business. We solicit your pat ronage. THE First National Bank OFFICERS. ANDERSON, J. H. GALLEY, President. Vice Proa't. O. T. ROEN, Cashier. DIRECTORS. ii-7 -,.- Q. AfmfinSON. P. AKDEftSOIf. JACOB OnEISEN. . HENBX BaQaT JAilUS 0. BEKDEK. Statement of the Condition at tho Close f Easiness Jaly 12, 1893. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts 1 241.467 57 Real hstato Furniture and Fix- turcs 'il!, TJ. S. itonds JSJUjO 0) Duo from other banks f37.87G 3T Cash on Hand 21.8C7 M SO,. 43 80 Total. .5333,136 33- LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In... Surplus Fund Undivided profits Cirtulatlou Deposits. ............... .. ..$ 60,000 00 .. 30.OJ0 0) .. 4,576 W .. 13,5fjj'(K) .7 &5.1W 37 .. 1333,190 36 Total. a LOUIS SOBER, II All kinds of Repairiig doie i Short Notiee. Biggies, Wig- bs, etc., nade to order, and all work Giar- aiteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A, Wood Mowers, Beapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders tho best made. Shop on OHto Street, Columbus, Neb., ' four doors south of Borowiak'a.- HENRY (JASS, UNDEETAKEE ! Coffins : and : Metallic : Gases.! tF Repairing of all kinds of Uphol ttery Goods. S-tf COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. -COMB TO- The Journal for Job Work emu COMMERCIAL BANK BlacMiflwaiW . K-ey- - - LiSSS-., -I , y W j- w v f yyjagT-j