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VOLUME XXIV.-NUMBER 37.
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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.
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.iienyofbster-ka,
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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
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mortgages released, S14,3'J1; city mort-
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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COLUMBUS, NEB.,
HAS AJT
Authorized Capita! of - $500,000
Paid in Capital, - 90,000
orricim
C.n.8HELDON.Prcs't.
II. P. 11. OEULTtlon. Vico Pre.
CLARK OKAY, Cablcrt
DANIEL SUIIKAM, Ass't Cash
DIRECTORS.
n. M. Wissiow, II. P. II . OEm.nicw,
V. II. SnnLDO.v, W. A. SIoAr.LisxKtt,
Jonas Welch, Cam. ICikmkjl
STOCKHOLDERS.
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CF.UIIA1CD LOSEK.
I'LARK (JRAY,
DANIKI, SCIUtAM,
J. IlEsnT WonnrMAS,
IIenrtLoseke,
Oeo. WOAM.nr.
A. V. II. Oehmucit,
J. P. Ueckeu Kstatb,
I'KANK KOIlEIt.
Rebecca Becker.
Bank of deposit: Interest allowed on ttmo
deposits; buy and sell oxebango on United
3tates and Kuropo. and buy and soil avail
able securities, wo shall be pleased to re
ceive your business. We solicit your pat
ronage. THE
First National Bank
OFFICERS.
ANDERSON, J. H. GALLEY,
President. Vice Proa't.
O. T. ROEN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
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Q. AfmfinSON. P. AKDEftSOIf.
JACOB OnEISEN. . HENBX BaQaT
JAilUS 0. BEKDEK.
Statement of the Condition at tho Close
f Easiness Jaly 12, 1893.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts 1 241.467 57
Real hstato Furniture and Fix-
turcs 'il!,
TJ. S. itonds JSJUjO 0)
Duo from other banks f37.87G 3T
Cash on Hand 21.8C7 M SO,. 43 80
Total.
.5333,136 33-
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid In...
Surplus Fund
Undivided profits
Cirtulatlou
Deposits. ............... ..
..$ 60,000 00
.. 30.OJ0 0)
.. 4,576 W
.. 13,5fjj'(K)
.7 &5.1W 37
.. 1333,190 36
Total.
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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.
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