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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY- 3, 1894.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,234.
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: . NEBRASKA NEWS.
E. AValkcr it Sons, Grand Island, Lave
, .failed,
The grocery peddlers have found
thin picking in Fihnorc county.
The coal men at Wavcrly are cutting
' prices. Consumers can stand it.
A. Boats of Webster county lias lost
S2,0Q worth of hogs from cholera.
"The new treasurer of Greeley county
declines to make use of a deputy.
DeWitt has 20,000 gallons of water
stored in s cistern for use in case of
fire.
"Mr. "White of Crete has donated a
large quantity of tflour to the poor of
Lincoln.
Telephone poles in Omaha arc being
' cut down, the 'wires having been put
under ground.
Walter Yates of Nebraska City stole
?15t) from his mother and was arrested
for his transgressions.
The Dempster people sf Beatrice
rave 1.C00 pounds of turkeys to their
employes for Christinas. r
Alfred Puli, a farm hand employed
near Nebraska city, charged with bas
tardv. The complainant is his half sis
ter. "
While handling- a revolver Louis At
kinson of Lincoln accidentally shot
himself, inflicting a wound that may
rirove fatal.
While playing in a wagon with other
children, little George Stapleton of
lied Cloud fell out and broke both
'bones of the right arm.
Henry Diirand and .loe Watchler of
. Nebraska City were arrested, charged
with robbing C. G. Fisher's meat mar
ket They will have to answer in the
district court.
Photographers atf Minden who ad
rcrtised to take baby's pictures free
for three davs came very near bank
rupting both concerns. They promise
never to do so again.
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Cal
Fisher, of Wavcrly, was found dead in
bed beside its parents a few mornings
since. Suffocation by a cold is said to
have caused its death.
Men in the employ of ex-Senator Van
Wyck, acting under his orders, distrib
uted a dozen wagon loads of meat to
h. the poor people of Nebraska city. This
- is the general's yearly custom.
' . The proposition to bond Boyd county
, S'JU',000 to refund existing indebtedness
" was carried by nineteen majority. A
very light vote was polled. One pre-
- cinct failed to cast any votes at all.
A hold-up occurred just cast of Nor
' folk. August llruinmond, a tinner,
was accosted by a man on horseback,
' who, at the point of a revolver, induced
. him to give up all the cash he possessed,
: amounting to but 10 cents.
i Mrs. Martha Campbell of Syracuse,
- Neb., whose husband died re
' " ccntly, received a check from the Hank
ers' Life of Lincoln, in payment of her
husband's policy of 82,000, in just nine
ciays from the date of his death.
H Beach, druggist, of McCool Junc
tion, died last week from lung fcVcr.
. Mr. Beach was for several years act-
ively engaged in business at Valparai
JT , so, was a Mason and highly respected
by all citizens.
Lvangelist Itcdding, of York, is hold
ing a series of meetings in Stroinsburg
under the auspices of the Baptist breth-
" . rcn. He is speaking tocrowded houses
- every evening, and is meeting with
' v splendid success.
, The Methodist protracted meetings
. which have been conducted for three
qfc. weeks at Neligh by May 1'hillipps,
M evangelist, closed last week. The con
l verts number thirty, including some
confirmed drunkards.
. While returning from Sioux City to
W Homer with a load of flour, Garrett
Osborne, the driver, fell off the load
. and the wheels of the wagon run
over him, breaking his leg and badly
bruising his foot He was intoxicated.
.Mrs. Lizzie Hillmcr, adrcssmakcrat
. Stromsberg, was brought before the
commissioners of insanity and ad
judged insane. Her hallucinations
drift in the line of spiritualism. She
is a stranger in Stromsberg and is
about 35 years of age.
Diphtheria is causing a great deal of
? distress in Verdon. The schools were
closed and it is thought that the series
of meetings which arc being held at
the Christian church will be discontin
ued soon. Three children have died and
several others are seriously ill.
A sad accident occurred at Beatrice.
Clark Francis, the 10-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Francis, broke
through the ice on the Blue, about a
mile west of the Court street bridge,
and instantly drowned, with no help
near. The body was recovered.
Omaha is fast earning the title of a
manufacturing city. One of its infant
industries, the Morse-Coe ShoeXTo., has
more than doubled its capacity during
the past year. One would think he was
in one of the larger eastern factories to
hear the roar and clatter of the ma
chinery. Five hogs were stolen from Strykcr's
, . slaughter yard at Rising City. Detec-
i .tiyes were quietly set at work. The
hogs were traced to Fremont, where
they had been sold. Four men have
been arrested. One has confessed to
the theft, implicating' the other three.
All are in jail.
- i The remains of B. Osgood of Pender
was brought home for burial last week
from Lincoln. Mr. Osgood went to
Lincoln to have a tumor removed from
an intestine, but the ordeal was too
much for him. He was one of the prom-
. inent men of Pender, being' the owner
of Osgood -addition.
While ten or fifteen neighborhood
-; boys were indulging1 in a charivari af-
v ' ter the Griffin-Schofield marriage in
Red Willow county, someone untied
every horse rode by the party. Tie
joke fell on the boys, who spent -all
r sight andT part of the following day
catching their horses.
. " Carl Korth, ex-treasurer of Pierce
oounty, is found guilty of embezzle-
v ment That is the verdict of the jury,
- after 3G hours deliberation in confinc-
".incut Sentence.is suspended, as de-
- fensehas moved for new trial, and
v -'.Tudjje Kinkaid set December 28 as the
tine to eear the motion.
Enterprising business men of Neligh
. have submitted a proposition to the
". .Polish national colonization association
f. j - with a view to locating 100 Polish
"wt'vfamiliesat . Neligh. A Polish com-
.mittec of expert sugar-growers, and
v. . mlsooue of farmers, nave been there
. . looking over the ground, and accepted
- the proposition.
;"- Tom. Peck, a farmer living near Ken-
daw, went out in the night and heard
.a, thief rustling around in his hogpen,
, ". as if to abstract some live pork there-
.. "from" He rot his gun and let her drive
.-"- in fhe night atmosphere, but not in
. the direction of the thief. The latter
'-gentleman was loaded with something
- beside pork, and he returned the fire,
' .. one shot from the shotgun hitting
. Teck. No hogs were taken.
" The creamery of Aoway Cold Storage
company at Ponca was totally destroyed
;" . by firc.last week. The Joss, on bulld-
-.in? was about 6,000 with'insurancc of
''- $3;003. The loss oa the storage con
tents was about $2,000, the insurance
. on which had elapsed two days before.
.? .. The oriyla of-ihe fire is mnkaowB.
The 13-year-old son of Adolph Kuhn,
living near Heartwell, was sent to the
postofBce on horseback. When a short
distance from home he was thrown
from the horse and broke his.rightarm
between the elbow and shoulder. He
rt-mounted, finished his errand and re
lated the accident after he had been
home about an hour.
Burglars pried into the residence of
Anderson Bouse five miles from Nelson.
They fractured Mrs. Rouse's skull with
a hammer and seriouslj' injured Mr.
Bouse in the melee which followed.
Their sons, who slept upstairs, came to
the rescue and the villains fled. Mrs.
Bouse has been an invalid for a long
thime and her wound may prove fatal.
George Yates, a man about 45 years
old, was brought to Beatrice from Sic
ily precinct and adjudged insane. Ac
cording to the test:mon3 adduced at the
investigation. Yates has been a victim
of extreme cruelty at the hands of his
father. He exhibited scars on his head
and arms, which, he said, were caused
by blows given him by his unnatural
parent
Burglars broke into the barn of
Charles Uarruprtwo-'iniles -east of
Emerald, and stole a pair of mules.
The3 then proceeded to the. farm of
Enos Harrington and attempted to
steal a wagon to fit the mules. hile
thus engaged Mr. Harrington awoke,
procured a shotgun, and scared thcin
away. They left the mules oeinnu in
their haste.
Charles Wortman, a farmer, living
six miles west of Milford, had his leg
broken last week. While loading hogs
for the market his- horses became
frightened and threw him to the
ground and the hind wheel passed over
his leg. producing a compound fract
ure. The attending physieians are of
the opinion that the leg will have to ba
amputated.
The chief executive officer of Nebras
ka is not only asked to look after glau
dcrcd horses, but to protect wild garfle
and interfere in other numerousaft'airs.
He recently received a complaint about
a dealer living at Dunning, who js said
to have been buying and shipping game
out of season. It is claimed that the fel
low bought S1,-(H) worth of prairie
chickens during the months of .July
and August. ,
One of the most daring of the nu
merous recent holdups in Lincoln,
took nlace almost in the heart of the
city a few evenings ago. D. D. Ca
ley was, met at the corner pi Seven
teenth and O streets by two men with
presented revolvers. They went through
his pockets and secured his watch and
what raonev he had with him, and
made their escape.
The Hemingford Guide says that
among the men who have been "forag
ing' on the ranjre for other men's cat-
KITES FOR LIFE SATING.
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Experimental Looking to tbe Al:i
lion of Kite -pillnnre for I'r.nrli
cjiI rurpoHX-Thrlr KcnxMillity
Connlitcrctl.
Kites have been made to serve man
in many useful ways, as in the case of
the inventive gentleman who estab
lished connection between Canada and
the United States at Niagara Falls by
flying a kite across the falls to the
Canadian shore, thus laying the first
cable and earning n rewafd of Sij
offered by the government.
Five years ago Prof. $. Voodbrhlge
Davis of 2sev York began for sport to
fly a kite. Soon he became dissatisfied
with the possibilities In action- of the
ordinary kite, which, after some ex
periment, could be steered about much
as 'one willed. He became so proficient
tie to ""keep their families from starv
ing,' are fellow., who loan money aw
per cent a month aud have plentj- of
cattle of their own. It thinks no
wrong nas oeen none in seniung a ie Cll :l,,a cousequentlv there
ol tliem to jail, only mat ine mauer , i..ss ii....,.-,.,. f,.(1, ,,,K7in.r
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Marine IIscm of Kite
From Alicurit Ship.
with his kite that he could make it cut
out letters in the sky. dance and dive
and do other tuarrelous things. He
also found that he could make it go off
the wind many degrees. In speaking
the other day to the reporter of what
he could now make the kite do, he said
that it would not sail upon the wind as
the Vigilante and Valkyrie did. but it
could make some very remarkable
tacks.
Cnrrlngre Propelled by Kites.
A couple of his pupils last summer
tool; a carriage ride on the shore of
Long Island, in the vicinity of Arverne.
where the motive power was a star
shaned kite, seven feet in diameter and
I bound with line cords.
This is probably the first time a
t wagon was ever drawn by a kite. The
1 young men propose this year to go
I sailing in a keeled boat with a kite.
1 Great advantages may be obtained in
Killing a lKat by this means, particu
larly in high winds', as no mast is need-
is much
was delayed too long.
An information was filed by George
Kellogg, the Adams express agent at
Bertram! who was knocked down and
roobbed of a package of money con
taining 1,000 in currency on the night
of November 20, charging Alfred Axel
son and Nathan Chalbcrg withcommit-
timr the crime. kellojrjr was hrst
Having made such a success with his
kite upon laud for sport Prof. Davis
turned his attention a year ago to its
use upon waters for practical purposes.
He learned that a couple of years since
the English government had offered
."H) for the most successful plan for
carrying ashore a line of shipwrecked
blinded with pepper and then slugged vessels, and "that, while many of the
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ana rou Deo. wn examination nicy ere ; -tj suggestions were ha sell upon
acquitted. ' kites so few -gave any definite plans
Henrv Lcwis-of Saunders county was i ".. "' -mnmssion uiscanicti ail sug
shot by .1
farm belonging to vtalkup.
miles from Fremont lloth parties arc
.cwis'of Saunders county was i """. '" -""." m..hu-u an bu-
II. Walkup, a neighbor, at a ' " f !- upon the ground that
ngingtoWalkup, about four t'K'.y could not be depelideil upon and
well known farmers, hewis lives on
one of Walkup's farms three miles
south and a mile west of Fremont
They quarreled about a straw stack
ownership. Lewis is in a dangerous
rcondition with probabilities of a fatal
termination.
Quite a sensation was created at
Stroinsburg, when it became known
that Clyde Cyphers and Theodore Lin
decn were placed under arrcst,charged
with the purloining of 17 head of fat
hoirs. the property of C. .1. Nordell
and A. P. Anderson. Young Cyphers
is about 19 years of age, and was '
born and raised in the county. This is i
not the first offense charged to the
young offender.
There have not been so mam- im
provements in Nebraska City the past
year as were inaugurated and com
pleted the year before, still, consider
able has been accomplished in this
line.
and distillery are in active operation,
and with the new year both packing
houses will start up, leaving not an
idle wheel in the city.
The ladies of the Women's Relief
could not be raised from shipboard.
He s'nn believed that he had over
come the objection of raising the kite
by top lines to the top of a flagstaff,
and when it filled he cm the top line
and allowed it to go free. This is the
method he now uses upon shipboard,
and- is herewith illustrated, though the
end of a yardarm is shown, elevation
being the only necessary condition. It
is now claimed that it is even easier
to raise it upon shipboard than upon
land, and even 'if it falls in the -.iUi-during
its preparation for flight, this
does not interfere with its final flight.
IlullilinB the Flyer.
After it was assured that it could
be raised among ropes and spats and
without the area of a ten-acre lot came
the planning of the present invention,
which consists of a complete outfit to
be placed upon shipboard for flying
lines ashore in case of shipwreck iii
all conditions of weather.
Heretofore a life crew on shore has
kite was drawn inj supported" by $
top- liiiH d pdrtion of the tall was" tc
6ft and twd of the bildid lines wfcr
tightened up. It was launched again a
before' add found td be self-supporting
uhen the top' Hue was slackened:
En My to I mi ii lie.
"Ilepeatedly the experiment of tak
iug in and letting out the kite was tried.
It was surprising how easily this could
be done; the top line steadied the kite
on the saiue principle as the tail, be
sides supportjng It until it could 1ms
made elf-supporting. The flying Unesl
steadied tho kite literally like guy Hues,
besides stecriug It so Hint It could bt!
Kctttrateiy ili.d steadily drawn In oi
let out through a space lit the" figging'
searc-elr wider thai! I .self:
Tht life line was set as follows: 1
The kite" was launched by n cans of thd
top line. This was cut and allowed td
slip free and the flying lines td pay
out about 400 feet. Then one was cut
and fastened to a loop in the end of the
life line. Then the other was cut and
fastened at the same place, after being
drawn in so as to deflect the kite 4U
degress off the wind. The buoy waa"
passed overboard and the, lino was sil-
lowed to run out about an eighth of .i
mile, preserving the course laid for if.
There it was checked while iihdef rapid
headway, the line was drawn ill and
tiie kieper placed In command.
IteMiiItK or VnrlonH Test:
"He directed the kite Straight to
leeward and sent the line out a mile
to sea in less than twenty minutes,
the line being n arked with leather at
each quarter mile. The flrst quarter
ran out in two minutes, although two
men were braking the reel with staves.
'i ne second quarter was not timed, as
we stopped the hue to try its pull,
which was more than one man could
hold. The third quarter ran out in
four and a half minutes and the fourth
in eight minutes.
"It was noticed that whenever the
line was checked the kite immediately
lifted the buoy fifty of sixty feet out
of water and dropped it again as soon
as ii resumed its headway. It is be
lieved that the same effect would b
produced by obstructions such as float
ing spars, reefs and bars. The Hire was
hauled in by five men. working at two
cranks of the life line reel. The kite
remained flyliig until brought to the
deck.
"Next the kite was dropped over the
ship's side into the water and by haul
ing on the lines was raised aud put
in flight. It was found that this could
be done with the flying lines alone
without the top lines by hauling on one
only, which raised the kite partly and
.allowed the wind to sweep under it
and lift It out of the wAtm and put it
tc flight. The operation of the nppar
a Mis scorned so simple and certain that
tho keeper said he had no doilbt he
could land tho line on Brenton's Point
with a southerly Wind, ail auxiliary
kdo being fastened to the 15fe line 0
half mile behind the first."
The Kite ItiKKlnKN.
The following description, together
with the picture, gives an excellent idea
of the kite and its workings: The ap
paratus consists of a life line reel, con
taining two miles of macil.i one-quarter
of an inch in diameter, quoted to
bear a strain of 'SO pounds. The reel
was designed for this particular pur
pose and would ordinarily no too
weighty for easy handling. The line
terminates in a loop, and about twenty
feet U?ck of this is slung a hollow
ME CRUEL IfATABELEfc
lARBAROt'S 6iTBAGES iXFt,icTEfi
BY iODEXGLLVS TKIIIE.
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The Savage Monarch a niooily Des- . allow, plaved the Hart Of? Lh'a'kl; the
!, nao v-rneiiy Torment itnd
Uutchera Helpless Captives SliecU
tnir Stories of Crnelty.
The murderous advance of the army
sent by the British South Africa coin-1-an'y
to overthrow Klnjj Jbenguln n:id
his 2util legions in Jlutnbclelaild has
concentrated the- ntteiiUoit of tho civil
ized world oil n country" full of thrs
lory arid fearful romance. The wild
monarch whoso dominions are iidw the
scone of war is Iht? descendant of Af
rican leaders whose deeds have spread
terror through the Dark Continmt, and
to-day he is making his last stand
agaiust the determined efforts of Hiit-
bh mercenaries to seize his lands and
control the.upper waters of the Zam
Tiesl river. -.,, ,
Travelers like Frtdeiick Courtenev
Selous and Einll llnlub brought down
Mntnhele llriilesrnotn In Full Drmn.
to Natal stories of Mashonalainl and
tho Matabelo country which iomptod
the greed of English speci laitirs. The
remains of the historic gold mines of
Ophir had been f und, milled cities or
gtvat antiquity had been seen, evidences
of riches beyond the dream of avarice
abounded in these mysterious regions.
Step by step the British South Africa
company forced its way into Mashona
h ml until its people were conquered,
and now it is invading Matahelcland.
A century ago Esenziueonyarna, the
king of the Zulus, established his court
on the shore of the Bay of Santa Lu
cia, and here he reigned without a
rival over his own tribe and all others
lit the region south of the upper Orange
river. All these tribes were welded
J. into, plio mighty nation. These people
were tall of stature and powerful in
battle and in chase, and easily van
quished flhy of the neighboring tribes
who might cross their way, such ns the
Griquas, and tho Bochiuilias, though,
Indeed, they all at first came from tho
same Bechuana stock. Tims the Zulus
became much renowned and feared
throughout all Southern Africa, from
the cape to the Limpopo rivr.
The Zulu soldiers literally had "to '
conquer or to die." When Lobongula's j
father, I mzdikage, one of tho generals.
failed in conquering the lnhs against
whom he had been scut, took counsel mounts the back of the head or hangs
is not too much io say that if
Ihiioeeflt blood cried to heaven
for teuge'anee it cries isttainst Lobcn-
gulri; ttho; wltliotit it spaffc ot his gon
Iu and rericVmin gfe-.tinesS, has for
.., . 1.1, "k.'l...illi.-,;, ,.-n,.1.1
.n-am, mi z;tr as mn hiiviiiiii.v um
first Zulu king. The Chartered com
pany J, taken to task because it has
resented Hits bill'-hery of Mashonas un
der its protection and within lis own
territory; it has been told lh:tl U will
be time enough for it to tight 1heu
white people are the victims.
"Probably those who sit at home In
safety do not understand how strange,
not to say outrageous, such talk must
scmid hi the cars of our fellow-couu-tiyirieit
whose' lives life at slake, lo
goiher" with the lives of their wives)
and Children. . Certainly it a Matabolc
bnjii could inira'culousl.V appear in our
midst with ''blood in their eyes," threat
ening to massa'cre' every living thing
down to the fowls in the' garden, such
amiable theorists would speiik rind write
very differently. In South Africa men
are In earnest about this question, and
it may be well i6 recpunize the fact,
for the country is worth fetfllidnc fronl
an imperial point of view. The' treat
ment of the Transvaal loyalists did
much to loosen our hold on it nd on
the respect and affection of its English
Inhabitants. Should it be repeated in
any sense or form in the rase of the
jb'sliui'alalfd soltlers we may one day
fnd the einpi'f tacking tho cape and
the' fast territories behind if, which
are destined, if properly trnnagedi to
become the most valuable Of tfur pos
sessions. We threw away the" Traus
taal. to-day perhaps the richest couiilry
in the world; let us try to keep Bechu
ana and Mash.maland, "ven if it dots
cost us some email outlay in men,
money and sympathy."
But King Lobengula takes anqther
view of his rights. In reply to a pro
test ngaiuit a Matabole raid In Mashon
iiktild the king wrote this reply, which
Sir llni'.v Loch telegraphed to the
tnafquis of Bipntl cll Aug. 14:
I Pliall return flu Cattle or compen
sate" anybody for cither cattle captured
by nty itnpi of dainage done io propel'-'
ty until such time that JShodcs returns
to me all tho captives, their wives and
Children. Cattle, goats and sheep wiiiclt
wore givoil protection to by the Vic
toria people! and had 1 known at the
timO when I despatched Jiiy Impi in the
direction of Victoria what I kridn' how
I would have ordered them to capture!
and loot all they could lay their hands
on belonging to the white's, to compen
sate myself for the people and their
property which were withhold from
me. --
When it was suggested to Lobengula
that he should compensate' tho Mash
onas, whom lie had raided. lie sent the
above letter. "Of course." said Sir
Henry Loch, "it U impossible to com
ply Avith this feipiost or to surrender the
unfortunate I'tshoiiaf. with liie'ir wives
and children, to be Murdered by the
Ma (allele."
A Week of tt'iirfnt-o.
Tli ere wore scenes of horror during
the raid of Lobongula's warriors Intel
Mashonaland. One Sunday morning in
July the white men at Fort Charter
heard the battle cry of a thousand
Matabole's, who were shooting down
all the men in the native village and
dogging the women into the hush.
Before the whites could interfere the
invaders had swiftly retired with tlielr
booty.
t.oTienKUM',1 A pite'nrn tU'.
King Lobengula is a fat. intensely
black Zulu, who smiles good naturodly
and is fond of a sharp bargain. Ilia
favorite costume in time of peace con
sists of a bioad-btimuK'd black felt hat.
a eottoil shirt, baggy trousers, and
clumsy leather shoos. We smokes a
small briar root pipe. In time of war
ho attires himself after tho native
fashion.
Tho Irss of tho "Matabelo soldiers is
striking. Over the shoulders and con-
iiuueMi into a sort ot noon, wlne'li sur
fon'rtded by hundreds of sheep 'fid
goats. UvetT yard of the ground -Is
covered ttith dung, layer over layes,
"and the whole place Is filthy dirty.
When yon approach the king yon have
to squat down on your haunches and
remain in that position during the
whole of tho Interview. Ho will In
flict fOTture or death on the slightest
pretext 1 feniember once,", pursued
Mr. Thompson, meditatively, "when
waiting for. an audience, listening to
the monotonous abject chant which Is
kept up nltout the king I saw a, man
btought in who was guilty ot having
dnink some of the king's beer. It was
at the time of the great dance, when,
for a month, there is special license,
ami when any one carrying beer about
Is liable to have it raided. But this
man had levied toll on the king's beer,
when It was being carried by tho
king's women. The poor wretch was
brought before the king. He- was ho-
ribly afraid. His eyes stuck out or ins
head, .1ftd his knees knocked together
as he tried to make obeisance. The
king bade them hold him fast, then he
saiil, Jooking the culprit up and down:
Lnbenenln's Creel ty.
" Tou have a nosfr and a.wiuth and
iwo"cafs and twdeyc" "ToftTntve wseeV
yemf Jiwc to smell kings beer (turn
THE OLD RELIABLE
Columbus - State - Bank 1
Pan Intemt on 15
labs Loans 11 Heal Estitt
SIGHT DRATfl ei
0k, CkiMc Hw Tark til &
Fanisa Cvutriaa.
mil : ITXAMIKI . UGXIH,
BUYS GOOD NOTES
lad Helps It Cottoimem wkaa Ik Nm4 Hd
mans A IUC-MMl
LCAKDEK GERHARD. PimX
M. H. HENRY, Yin Pnwt
JOHN BTAUrreB. CuUat
lf.BBTjaQB, O.W.HULiT.
Kriltc and Finncce.
ing to attendants) -cut off his nose!'
"They cut off tho man's nose.
" 'You have useil your mouth te drink
king's' b"or; e'Ut off his mouth!'
"They cut off tho man's lips. lie
was a horrid ."tehl. Lobengula waited
a moment. Then he said, deliberately:
' 'You have h"ard with your oars that
it is not aIow'd to drink king's beer,
but your ears are no good to you.'
"On went the poor wretohe's ears.
He looked at the king with a look
dreadful to see.
"'Your cj es cover up his eyes!'
shouted the" kin-:. Tut his fore'head
over Ids eyes that they may not see
king's beer!' and they cut the forehead
of the man and turned down tho llap
of vkiii as a surgeon might turn it, so
that it hung over his eye's.
"Then the king looked at the man
for a few minute's, ami the mail grov
elled before him in the dung, until
midilculy the king fell into a rage--perhaps
ho was ashamed of" himself
and bade them boat the man witii logs
of wood. J hey neat him within an
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or
COLUMBUS, NEB.,
HAS AX
Authorized Capital of - $500,000
Paid in Capital, - 90,000
m
OFFICERS.
0. H. SHELDON. Pres't.
H. P. II. OEHLRIOn. Vice Pres.
CLARK GRAY. Cashier.
DANIEL SCIIRAM. Aas't Cash
DIRECTORS.
n. M. Winslow. n. P. II. Oerlricr,
c. II. Siikldon. w. A. McAllister,
Jonas Wklcu, Carl Kiknkx.
STOCKHOLDERS.
3 C. Grat. J. Henry WuiiDKMAif,
GcmiAitn Loseki, 11 emit Loscke.
Clark Gray. Geo. W. Galley.
pANIKI. SCHK VM. A. P. II. OEHLRICT.
Frank Korku. J. P. Hecker Ebtatb,
Rebecca Decker.
The cereal mills, starch factory .'-'. "ecu ouhbwi o sent a 1110
,;n,...r - ; n.tSronm.mtmn bile to tlie vessol-aiul almost always in
the te'eth of a heavy wind by the aid
of small mortars shooting a projectile
with a lino attached. As is known from
muling reports ot wrecks this met hod
f:lilj fremipiitlv' nroii -if ulwx-t -.m.r..
corps of Hastings on Christmas distrio- SoIIU, of the-larger passenger ships car
uted four wagon loads of provisions, ry :,pp;,nitus on board for shooting
consisting of poultry, meats, groceries, j ij1Uh, ashore, but the equipment Is ex
flour, canned goods and other food , pensive and cumbersome, while that for
among the poor of the city. There has , the kilo is said to be open necessarilv
becn no demands made for help nor ap-, to neither of these objections, the cost
neals to charity lv the poor of that
city, but the ladies of the corps made
many a home happy oy the presenta
tion "of a supply of Christmas dainties.
- The large farm house on J. C. Frank
lin's farm, two aud one-half miles
north of Nickerson, was destroyed by
fire last week. The house was occu
pied by Morris Wickersham anel chil
dren, his wife being absent in the east
on a visit. The cause of the fire is sup
posed to have been a defective Hue, and 1
when eiiscovered had made sucn Head
way that it was impossible to save the
building. The household goods in the
basement and on the iirst floor were
mostly carrieel out and saved, those up
stairs being a total loss.
The Haigler News has a religious
editor, who knows a good sermon
when he hears one, and wants no
preachers sent to the town unless they
can preach. Listen to his tale of woe:
"For the past three or four years
juuur ier nasi uccu uiuuc u suuieci, jur
'practice for men who never preached a
sermon in their lives, ami the people,
and even the members of the church
are getting tired, and just as long as
the conference sends men here that
can't preach, just so long will the "peo
ple of Ilaigler continue to fire ,'em bodily-"'
,
Thousands of prairie chickens are
feeding in the cornfields on the Platte
bottoms this winter, says the Fremont
Tribune, but they elo not need any
game law for their protection at pres
ent. They are wilel as hawks, and
take wing as soon as a man with a gun
gets within seeing elistancc of them.
It is thought by many that the prairie
chicken, or pinnated grouse, migrates i
Kites witli necessary
estimateel at about
of a set of four
implements beiui
?o0.
In I'rnctienl Operation.
The following, are the inventor's own
words in describing the work of his
kite to the ljfo saving service officials
at AYashington: "The experiment was
trie'd between ten and eleven A. M..
llarch 2S. The wind was a 'fresh
Tb .tfs
L - - -bJ
Mnkini; n l.onRr Ilencli.
wooden Si-pound buoy, in which mes
sages could be placed.
Mrenglh of flic Kltea.
A kite chest contains a dozen kites
of fcur different sets of dimensions,
de'signed for winds tanging from thirty
to a hundred rnd twenty miles ail
horr. Kacli kite consists of three sots
of ribs of equal lei gtli. pivoted at tho
e enter with l.olt and nut. and provided
witli shoulders at the ends and at six
other place's for holding the line's; also
a covering of oiled e'loth. such as fish
ermen wear, attached to the ends of one
rib while folded. The bridges, tail
band and top lv il are always in place.
The kite's are all plainly marked witli
the number of mile's of wind each can
stand. The kite is taken on deek and
spread, the operation consists of tying
to tiie e'lids of two of the ribs the four
free corners of the cover with strings
r.Iready in place. A tail rope of jute
is provided in a large coil. It is used
in sections of 100 feet, loosely looped
at short intervals.
The top line is very light and strong.
It is used for holding the kite and is
simply wound on a stick. A small box
in the chest contains a dozen balls of
it. Two small reels that can be screweel
or nailed to the deck contain each
about two thousand feet of light mau
illa line of 180 pounds strain for flying
and steering the kite The reels have
cranks, lever hand brakes, ratchets and
pawls. A few small pulleys, a coil of
flying line's and a coil of top lines, for
sixty to eighty-mile winds, all plainly
marked, complete tho set.
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inch of his life. Last, the poor wrete'h I
mustered strength enough to crawl
away. like a broken snako. along the
urouml, and lie wont and lay under a ;
wagon until nightfall. Then ho cre'pt ,
oown to me stream io name ms
wounds He came -Ioso past my wat:
on. and you never saw such a ghastly
sisht as ho was. Tho flap of sking
hung over his eyes, but it was elrieJ
and stark."
Bank of depoalt; interest allowed on time
deposits; buy and Bell exchange on United
states and Europe, and buy and sell avail
able securities, wo shall bo pleased' to re-
irnu juui uuauiirast. fiu BUlldb juur pal
I ronage.
-THE-
A DUDE'S DOWNFALL.
First National Bank
coiaTJicarrs. it
OFFICERS.
il YVhc-llil
Car.
Recently
passenger
with those under his command and J loose behind the neck, is a mas-; of jt
instead of returning to Zululand struck black ostrich feathers. Around the
away north across the country that is J forehead N a circlet of tawnov fur,
now known as the Transvaal, to found from which rises a simdo tall steel
a people of his own in the far interior. erloml crane's feather. Around the
Here I'mzilikage set up his kingdom, loins a collection or nionkov and cat
beyond tho reacli of the arms of their ' skins dangle in long striiw. 'with hero
(and there the tails of leopards and
other animals hanging in thick bunches.
A graceful, wavy tuft of white ox-
former allies, and to him in the course
of years succeeded Lobengula. who is
tow an old man.
Zulus themselves, these king took
the Zulu system as their model, both in
matters social and military. Thev lived
tail hair encircles each arm. .Some
times the ankles are adurnetl in the
same way. A strin or two of blue so
und live by war and for it, directing j lampore or white calico is worn around
the -waist. Tho shield and
l74?fW 1 tu
j .. . ..,.. ,.,.,. ... .-, f,....,
luiiifiieii: me piciure. i course me
Kile and Lift Line.
breeze" from north northe'ast, blowing
off shore. The tide was about slack
low. The operation was as follows:
The life line reel was forced to lee
ward, nailed down and a buoy slung
to the life line. The flying reels were
screwed down side by side near the
stern, a pulley lashed a little in front of
each to cany the line fair from the
reel and the lines rove through the
pulleys.
4 ft A. ,.?..
.-v iseii'u-iooT Hue was Itrnil!- it nn
THOUGHT HIM A JUDGE.
the thoughts and ambitions of their
subjects, not to the cultivation of the
sou anu oiner useim pursuits, hut to I umrorm Is not always tho same. Home
the joy of "bloodshed and the reward of omit the fur around tho head and some
stolen cattle. . of tlmse in command wear shabby
Tho retreat of the Matabelo from i shirts and hats.
Zululand was too hurried to allow of j There is only one military evolution
their being accompanied by women in marching in kraals or "companies,
sufficient for their wants, and the sup- during which. the warriors sing, dance
plj has been recruiteel by captives tak- t and utter awe inspiring sounds. One
en in war, with the result that to-day sound resembles the low growl of some
only, a small proportion of the nation wild animal. The soldidrs heat their
L shields and the effect is like distant
thunder.
to some extent, and leaves the breeding ' deck and spread. 'J ne flying lines were
grounds in the sand hills and bluffs iu
the early winter, congregating in lo
calities where there are extensive corn
fields, and remaining until spring. J
General Solicitor Hawley of the Elk-
horn filed with the state board of trans-1
portation his reasons why the former ,
rates on baled hay should not be re
stored in accordance with the order o '
the board issued the latter part of last I
montn. J.ne attorneys for the road
allege that the rates in Jorce prior to
October 3 were unreasonably and un
usually low, and that such rates were
put in force and maintained by the
road, not for the reason that such rates
were sufficiently remunerative to the
road ahd.theref ore just and reasonable,
but for thepurpose of aiding ,those en
gaged in the industry of markeiihghay.
separately .tied to the two bridles on the
right and left of tho kite. Three sec
tions of oiled tail rope were fastened
to the tail band. The top line was rove
through a small pulley aud then tied
to top bands. The pulley was hauled
upon the flag Jialyanls and the halyards
warped around the mast cleat A man
held the kite at the rail, the pressure
being taken up by the taut fling lines.
At the word the top line war hauled
in a little, twisting the kite, and the
Hying lines were paid out. Instantly
the kite was sailing above the level
of the masthead. The top line was
slackened and the kite started to fall.
Its tail being too heavy anel the slant
mi enough to is self-supportingf The
A French Artlnl'ii Experience "With
Tiro Women In Dnlmntin.
A French gentleman who visiteel Dal
inatia, in Austro-IInngary, tells how he
unconsciously posed as a native digni
tary. He visited the iolice court of
Zara, the capital of the country, one
day to take some sketches of the Dal
matian peasants who had been sum
moned from neighboring villages as
witnesses in a ease that was being
trieel. Among others he sketched two
line-looking old women.
Each wore on her head a large snow
white turban, trimmed with red rib
bons, with great braids of false hair
tieel with green ribbons. Their broad
silver girilles were ornaiuenteel with
uncut jewels. They stood with their
nanus ciaspeu, motionless and appar
ently frightened about something I
could not tell what.
I-iter the judge called me to him and
told me that the two old peasants who
bad posed for me an hour with such
apparent good will had come to him to
make a complaint.
They had solemnly related how "a
man had kept them standing for an
hour looking at them sternly and writ
ing all the time, and finally that he had
given them each a florin, but had not
pawed sentence upon them."
The poor old women had thought I
was a jndge, and that while I was
studying them to cStch the expression
of their faces and the pose of their
heads, I was trying to read their hearts
r.nd discover if there were any guilt oa
their conscience
are Zulus of pure blood
Lobeniraln n Drupot.
Nearly every white man who has per
sonally met Lobengula has described
him as a man whose will is absolute
throughout his dominions. He is care-!
fill not to permit outrages upon white
men, and has always had a horror of
white men dying in his kingdom. AA'Iion
Mr. Oates visited his court .t few days
ago and asked for help in reaching tiie
great falls of the Zambesi river the
king asked him why ho did not choose
some other country to die in. Loben
gula has always welcomed white trad
ers and travelers, but has grown sus
picious the moment they displayed any
desire to icaeh the Zambesi. He
seemed to fear the purpose of those ex
peditious. And the result has justified
his worst apprehensions.
The present war Is due largely to
the countenance give'n to the British
South Africa company's encroachments
by Cecil lthodes. the British colonial
governor of South Africa. It is sus
pected that his financial interest in the
great Africa railway schemes has in
crcaseel his friendly policy toward the
company. The disapproval of .Air.
(Jladstone's government was shown by
the appointment of Sir Henry Loch
as Imperial commissioner to conduct
further negotiations with King Loben
gul.i. The claims of those who justify the
advance of the company's droops "have
been summed up in Rider Haggard's
recent letter to the London Times,
Long ago an English correspondent
interviewed Frank Thompson of Natal,
who negotiated with Lobengula for the
mining rights of his domains in ex-
A Tooth
for ?r00
Filed Xntlvc.
a month, a cunlioat
change
anil an arsenal of ammunition. Here
is Mr. Thompson's description of the
dreaded black monarch:
"Lobengula? You would nor. ensllr
forget him if you saw him. He stands
six feet in his skin, and is fat and big
all over, weighing about 280 pounds.
He walks as I have seen no other man
walk before or since, moving his ele
phant limbs and planting his feet one
after the other as if he were planting
A Ilecrnt F.nlHle in
I.iiUc Krle
Iii a erowre'd Lake Shore
coach. Chicago bound, sev
eral AVheeling e-itizms were witnesses i
of a dude's downfall. Near the rear of
the coach sat a little group of AVhcel
ingites endeavoring to get a wink of
sleep. A young lady sat nearly oppo
site. She was neatly attired, and tho
way she chewed gum and tried to at
tract attention cuiicd on.Iderablo
comment. In a little while a sort of
rushing was hoard and two spceiinens
of dudNli humanity entered from the
front platform of the eo.ie'h. Every
body saw them. One in pnrtleMilar
acted in a manner to e-ause a hum of
disapproval as he crossed his gloved
hands and swinging his heud from siele
to side walked toward the rear ef the
car. Tlie gum-eater's name was "Lou
ise," and tlie dudes addressed her and
sat down by her.
Two couple's from the e'ountry. evi
dently going to the fair, entere-d the
car at the next station. One of tuese
men was a great big six-footer, good
natured looking, his demeanor seeming
to indicate that he would like to get
along pi'aceabiy with peotde generally.
The young fcuks across the aisle, the
obnoxious dude leading, began to make
fun of the new-comers. They gave
them direction ns how to best see the
fair, and told them they were all right
if they wore from tiie farm. The six
footer said nothing. "It would be a
pleasure to do that chap," said a
Whcelingite. This was the sentiment
of many. At last tho farmer moved.
He slowly arose from his seat, crossed
the aisle, grabbed tlie dude by the col
lar and thrust his skinny head against
the window frame and held him there
in a grasp evidently like a vice. Tho
dude changed colors, and. after hold
ing him till his tongue began to hang
out he let him go. The farmer re
sumed his seat along side his girl, but
didn't say a single word to her while '
attending to his choking contract or j
after ho sat down. Tho dude and his
companions kept mum. but the passen- I
gors who had seen the fun, gave the
choker quite an ovation. AVlieeUng
1 legist or. I
A. ANDERSON". J. H. GALLET,
President. VIc Pres't.
O. T. HOEN, Cashlor.
DIRECTORS.
6. AkBBlfibN,
JACOB QHEJSEJL ,
JAMES 0.
P. ANDEM05,
BENBX BAOATZ.
BISDEft.
Statement of the Condition at the Close
ef Business Jalj 13, 1893.
RESOCRCES.
Loans and Discount $ 241,467 57
llal 1'state Furniture and Fix-
U. S. UoniN J5.2j0 0)
Due from other banks f37,87G 31
Cash on Hand 21,867 56 53,743 S3
AObalo
1333,190 38
INABILITIES.
Tapltal Stock paid In
i Surplus Fund
. Undivided profits
circulation ...
I Deposits..
a
a
a
Total.
I 60.000 00
30.000 0)
4.578 00
13.500 00
225.119 37
333,196 36
LOUIS SCHREIBER,
BttlMWaiOflMfc
All kiids ef ReBsfriig Joie ti
Short Notice. Biggies, Wag
tig, etc., Hade ft ardor,
aid all werk Giar-aiteed.
ilso tell the world-famoui Walter A.
Wood Mowers, Beapen, Combin
ed Xachinef, Harreeten,
and Self-binders the
beet aude.
four doors south of Borowiak's.
HENRY GASS,
kn. . .... -..----- ,..
I llf rtvnrrl nr tho Iltnluln " ho c.tlH I thnm fn,n,.n. nn,l !!! i.i , ,.,
.. w.v, ...... i.. uwi.. m. ouiu, i .-.1, iuic.ti. .inu iuiiiuk ins suuineiers
ls one of the untiring massacre of from side to side and looking around
inoffensive human heings. I have seen ' him in a way that is dreadful to se.
districts in the Transvaar covereel with 'He has great, bulging, bloodshot eves,
tho remains of Basnto kraals. The in- and when he vol's them to look you up
habitants of these kraals were butch- j and down in his lordly sort of way it
oreNl by the Matabelo when they fled j is enough to zcare a man offhand. His
northward nnder the leadership of Mo- palace, you must know, is a wagon
silikntze from the wrath of Chaka, that somebody has given him. There
and as they began so they have gone , he useel to sit, on a block of wood, in
on- i the middle of a great pole stockade sur-
Xe'rlrolc 1'nittliiicr. j
That niueh-likoel aud expensive deli- ! 8hoP on Pliv9 Street, Columbua, Neb,
cacy, aTNesselrode pudding, you can
make in your own kitchen for much
less than you will pny a good caterer.
First boil tlre citpfuls of French or
Italian 'Instuuts, rnd hen tender re- '
n-ove the shi'Hs and the brown .skins
.tou iiijiko mem into a puip. tut a
pound of FreiHi candied fruit In little
pie-ces and turn over thorn a wineglass
full of cooking sherry. Put a cupful
of water with two cupfuls of sugar
and boil a quarter of an hour. Beat
the yolks of four "gi:s to a froth, re
move the rvmp from the fire, and beat
the eggs into it IJoturn to the fire,
heat again, and whn the mixture
reaches the boilintr point set on table
and beat until cold Then add a pint
of whipped cream, the fruit and wine
and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Freeze
in an ice-cieara freezer, then pack and
stand away for two or three hours.
.&& 2
rrcSTDERT.AKIER !
; Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases !
Z3T Repairing of all kinds of Uphol
ttery Qoods.
fS-tf COLTJMBUB. NEBRASKA-
!
A Perfect Drrnm.
He Don't you think Miss Hisbheels
Is a perfect clrcarr of beauty.
Sl-.e Ob, yes; a perfect dream, which
never comes true. Vcgue.
-COME TO-
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