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Immral. VOLUME XXIV.-NUMBER 3D. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1894. WHOLE NUMBER 1,235. obmhm A X NEBRASKA NEWS. "Hut fifteen failures occurred in Lin coln in 1S93. Diphtheria is again quite prevalent in Kearney. Wayne spent $57,000 in new buildings during ISM. Farms to rent arc in great demand in Boone county. A home dramatic club has been or ganized at Juniata. Chicken thieves arc operating in the suburbs of Omaha. There is not a single family In Papil lioii asking charity. The total lofs by fire in South Omaha the past year was SI 1,77.1. Holiday skating in Nebraska was ru ined by the Indian summer weather. Hon. Church Howe has nearly recov ered from the recent surgical operation. The people of Deuel rounty are thor oughly alive on the question of irriga tion. The doors of the new college build ing at I'bwucc City were thrown open January 1st- Six hundred dollars worth of new books are soon to be added to the Heat rice public library. For stealing a switch key, Daniel J. Guard, a 15.year-old boy of Aurora, was sent to the reform school. ISurglars blew open the safe of Mr. Hudson at Arborville and secured S-O0 in lawftd money unlawfully. The Presbyterians of 'I.eatriee will dedicate their new church building during the month of January. The l!ank of Danucbrog, in Hall county, has Hosed its doors and is in the hands of the state banking board. The litilc son of Mrs. Mary Swanson of Aurora was scalded to death y the accidental upturning of a kettle of hot water. Two tough barbers of Kim Creek were driven out of town by indignant citizens for turning their shop into a brothel. A Kearney man is organizing a col only to go to the state of Washington in the spring. He hopes to secure sixty families. James Collins and John McDonald of Omaha have been each sentenced to the penitentiary for four years for robbing a church. W. V. Smith, living a mile north of Lincoln, reports to the police that he had a valuable horse and buggy stolen last week. On January 7 I'.ishop llowinan of hi cago will dedicate the new church built on drand island, five miles southeast of j of bhelton. Two citizens of Omaha, Julius Meyer and William A. Gardiner, have made application for the post of surveyor of customs at that port. The postmaster-general has appoint ed William M. Cunningham postmaster at Champion, Chase county, vice j William I- Davidson, resigned. The general merchandise store of Lewis Kenogy . Co., Milford, was rob bed by burglars of ?.'.7."i. the amount of change in the cash drawer. A number of enterprising North ltend parties talk of organizing a stock i company for the purpose of raising sugar beets on a large scale. The mother of Hon. John M. Thurs- ! ton died in Oiuahn last week. She was I'O years old. The remains were ship ped to Heaver Dam, Wis., for interment. Uarncy McGinn of Omaha has been convicted of murder in the tirst degree and .sentenced to be hung April tith. He killed Kdwnrd McKenna in July ' last Kdward Holes of Geneva is booked for a hearing before Tinted States Com- j missioner Hillingsley on the charge of having s-.Mit obs-.-cne matter through the mails. Mrs. Irvine, whose huslrind some months ago killed '. K. Montgomery at Lincoln, has obtained a dii-orce from ' her husband and custody of their only i child Flossie. j Scott Mallard was convicted in the I county court at Hebron and given ' thirty days in jail and lined $") and' costs for stealing hogs from Nicholas ' ltethscheider. The Heat rice federal building i com- pletcd. It cost Sm,KH). including the! site, for which Sir.,u:n u;is paid. Not ' a cent remains over after providing for the contract liabilities now outstaiul- : ing. Grave yard ghouls have been oper- ' ating at Omaha. Two bodies that had : Wen stolen last week have been rccov- ! cred. The robbers have not yet been ! apprehended, but it is believed they will be soon. At Grand Island while John Satchel was making a coupling in the I'nion Pacific yard, a piece of a broken link struck him on the cheek, inflicting an ugly wound and rendering him insensi- ble for several hours. i As Gideon-Hall was passing over local ' train 27 near Shelton he lost his foot- ' ing. falling on the drawbars, then to the ground. He escaped death by ' bounding outside the rail, the wheels i passing over one foot, cutting off three ' toes. The Sarpy county circle wolf hunt came off last week according to former arrangements. Five hundred men and . boys were in the field. Four wolves were scared up. but all escaped but one. Another hunt is soon to take i place. The Fremont public building is re- ported ready for the interior finish, j The total appropriation was S4G,()00, of , which S1C.0G3 was expended for a site ' and Siy,2i7 was available for the com- ! pletion of the work at the date of the report. When the wife of a laboring man or farmer bnys Nebraska goods she in- creases the demand for labor, makes it I easier to obtain profitable imployment, and makes a better market for the pro- ; ducts of the farm. Nebraska made goods are the best in the market today. I Farrel & Co.'s brand of syrups, jellies, preserves and mincemeat; Morse-Coe . boots and shoes for men, women and childrcn;Consolidatcd Coffee Co.'s brand . of coffee, extracts and yeast; Page Soap Co.'s. SilverLeaf and Borax Soap; Amer can liiscuit .fc Manufacturing Co.. Omaha crackers; Omaha Silicorn Co.'s Hard Wall Plaster, Union Life Insur anceCo. of Omaha. The Omaha high school is likely to have a military instructor assigned from fort Omaha. Application to this end was made to the secretary of war by Congressman Mercer and the secre- ' .tarywill refer the matter to General Brooke, who will select a lieutenant for this duty. ' Charles Munt, an aged farmer living southeast of Hastings, was discovered on Christmas day by some young ladies lying in a helpless condition on the floor of his little home. Masculine aid was summoned and the old gentleman taken up and put to bed, where he has , remained since in an unconscious con dition, and it is not thought he can i live. ' John Sedlak, a farmer living about four miles northeast of Brainard, while shelling corn, got his foot fastened in the machinery, and before the horses could be stopped had received such in- juries that he died almost instantly. Mr. Sedlak leaves a wife and several j children. j Cuyler Mini)., the HaU county mur derer, has been granted a new trial and a change f venue The trial this time will be a St. Paul. Howard county. At Beatrice a few nights ago Grand uia McHride fell out of bed. and as she weighs nearly two hundred pounds neighbors were culled to assist her bjek. No bones were broken. Judge Kendall, v. ho was appointed judge of the Klevcnth judicial distri-t vice T. O. C. Harrison, who has filed his official bond with tne secretary of etnte. He appointed as his stenogra pher C. . Pearsall, who also filed his oath of oiik-c. A. M. Lyon, a postal clerk, who was injured in the wreck at Alma a year ago the Mth day of November, and re ported killed, h is just eommen ed work again and-, now running on the Kearney A Hlack Hills road from Kear ney lo Calloway. A very peculiar case was reported to the poll ; of outh Onialri. A man named Dan Flarr.ty, living in the Third ward, was sent out for medicine for a sick child on Thursday lie took the money anil spent it for liquor. In the meantime the sick child died. A peculiar uh- was filed in district court of Otoe county last week. Mrs. Hannah Maxum sued her husband for t.ln. he alleges that prior to her marriage to Maxum in l"7o she loaned bin S.I id at Id per cent interest, mid that up to date ho has refused to pay either interest or prin-ipal. She now asks judgment for the full amount The grocery .store of V. A. Hudson, at Arborville. ii villay ab r.t fourteen miles west of Stronisburg, was en terd last wtvk. the safe blown open an 1 SI. Vi in cash mid S-.lou In notes and other valuable paper-, taken. There is no clue to the burglars. One hundred and fifty dollars reward is offered for the arrest and identification of the thieves. Bear's Foot and Blue Shield, two of the privates of company I, the Indian part of the regiment at Fort Omaha, have bought their discharge, and will g baeic to Pine Ridge agency, with their families They have seen enough of military service, ami the S'Miuwsand pipooses have had sufficient taste of metropolitan life to satisfy them for the present. Last week one of the pioneer resi dents and settlers of annders county d ed. His name was Joseph Stam baugh. Mr Stambaugh was probably the oldest settler in the county, having went there in March; ls.",7. lie died at his home, two miles north of Ash land, w here he ha4 lived cilice coining to Nebraska, lie leaves a widow and seven children. J. F. llommel. arcnt for the Klkhorn road at Keter has been found sliort in his remittances to the company about 5""i. His explanation of the matter is that he collected the nionev some time in September, too hit" lo remit it the sun day. and lo-t it mii of his pocket, hut said iii.tuing aho.it it at the time for fear the story would not, be be lieved. Friends are trying to help him out At Kenesaw I"r d mith. a boy of 1". accidentally shot his mother, Mrs. J. D. Mnit'i. Fred was fooling with a !" caliber revolver preparatory to a cele brat'on. his mother being in the same room, when the g.in was dis -barged, the ball entered the ri lit side, passinir through the lower lobe of fuelling ami lodging juss under the skin under the left shoulder blade. The physician says th it owing to her age an. 1 feeble con dition tier recovery is ver doubtful. W. T. Scott, niht engineer of the I Seat rice Light and Power company, had a narrow escape from a frightful death. He was cleaning oft" the belt connecting with the d uamo, and his hand was drawn under the belt next the wheel. He forced his arm under the b-il ti release his hand, and suc ceeded in stopping the rapid y revolv ing wheel, and at the s ime time sus tained a badly broken a-in Fortu nately no more serious injury resulted. ngust I.eisy. one of the most ex tensive farmers and stock breeders of Cuming county and one of the wealthi est eitiens of the community about isner died last week at the age of .." years of rheumatism of the heart, from which he hail been a sufferer for sev eral years. He had served the people f (. liming county as commissioner and was vice president and a director of the First National bank of Wisiicr since its organi.'-alion. Frank Smith and William Hart, alias Van Ha.en. two prisoners detained at the Omaha city jail pending a prelim inary hearing on the charge of larceny fiom the person, sawed one of the iron bars sin rounding their cell and escaped undvte'-ttd during the night. The work was ec Mited with neatness and dispatch ami in a manner which plainly indicated that the prisoners were not only familiar with th. use of a saw. but with the best means of paining tiieir liberty. John Vavra, ayoutiir Bohemian farm er, who lived six mile-, south of Morse Bluffs, commit ted suicide last week by shoot i mr himself in the head. lie had Itecn to Morse Blutls where he had sold ,some corn and drank quite freely. When he returned home he told his wife that 'if he had to hear any more of the old trouble he would take him self out of the way."" He carried on' the threat by soon afterwards shooting himself throughout the iiead with a .'!--caliber revolver. The overland flyer which arrived in Omaha one day last week was hoo hoocd on its trip in fiom Portland. Near Pendleton a man was looking out of the window when the train passed over a bridge, and the man's head struck one of the braces, killing him instantly. Later, at Mountain Home, a man. very much intoxicated, stag gered down the aile. and before a pas senger couid reach him, had lifted the bar of the vestibnled door and jumped off. The names of the men are not known. This is the first time in the history of the I'nion Pacific railroad that two men have been killed on the same traiin during the one trip. Manager Babeock. in speakinsr of the South Omaha stock yards, says: "Of the thousands and thousands of cattle brought to these yards this year all were sdd here but f per cent. Fully one-half of this I per cent were not offered for sale here, as they were feed ers billed for Iowa or some other local ity. Ninety-nine aud e:ghty-one hun dredths per cent of the hogs were bought by the Omaha packers. Sev enty per cent of the sheep were sold here, and there were a vast amount of them shipped in this season, and DO per cent of the houses brought to this mar ket were disponed of without looking further." Laud Commissioner Humphrey visit ed Grand Island the other day and en tered a hack to be driven to a hotel. The hackman. however, sized up his passenger aud then drove him to a ja:r cure institute. The mistake was dis covered before anj- serious injury was done. Ben Keck, an employe of the O. fc R. V. road at Stromsburg, was arrested on the requisition from the governor of Kansas, charging him with bigamy. Keck seems to be a much-married man. He was arrested in stromsburg several mouths ag ). and is now under boud for his appearance at the district court, to answer to the eliu-ire of acnlterv. t MY FIRST SIIIPWHECK A TRl'K TAl.K OF THE SHA. It was just twenty ypaiy ago wheii 1 experienced my iirst shipwreck. F was not a. captain then, but what is known as first-class boy that is, a lad who can furl a sky-s'l, or mtzmi-roynl or Eteoi his "trick" at the wheel, when the .sea is not running too heavy. I was on board the ship Panther, bound from Bombay to New York, nnd was running down the Indian Ocean, when weeiieounteredn cyclone. The gale did not break upon us sud denly, but grew in strength gradually. Sail after sail was taken in and snugly stowed, until, as darkness came on, we were scudding before the wind un der the three lower top-s'l and fore-s'l. The sea was lifting, as landsmen wduld term it; c'niouTitairis1iigli," and' as the great waves rolled up one after anoi her under our stern, thoy threat ened to board us, and sweep every thing from aft forward. Ireinenib rseeingthe captain stand ing beside the two men at the wheel, with eyes fixed on the raging waters, watching their every roll, witli an ex pression more of anxiety than alarm upon lus weather-beaten features. "That nii.cn-tops'l can't stand it niucb longer, sir," called the mate in his ear, as the chief ollicer came aft upon the poop-deck. "Then let her burst," was the reply. "We must keep what sail spread that we can in order to outrun this mm." Then, more to himself tb.in to the mate, the master continued. '! wish we bad Miove-to" an hour auo. It would be the next thing to suicide to attempt it now." lie hail scarcely finished speaking, when a big green fellow that was fol lowing us lifted itself high above our heads broke against the stern of the vessel, and tons upon tons of water fell with terrific force on the deck. For a few moments it seemed :s it we mut have been 'run under." I was borne olT my feet, carried along the top of the after-house, hurled down upon the main-deck, and wash ed beneath a spare spar that was lashed along the sfnrbM bulwarks. The -ssel rolled hea i!y, and soon succeed eil ill freeing herself of the greater part of the water. With con siderable diliiculiy I dragged myself o:n from my uncomfortable position and crawled slowely aft, only to witness a terrible scene of ruin and death. But one of the men who had been steering was at his post; the other was stretched lifeless by the gangway of t lie cabin, the doors of which had been burst open. The captain and mate had been more fortunate, in that they bad not lost their lives, but they were horri bly biTiised, and unable to speak for SOtlH-i line. As tin skipper s;uv me approaching, he struggled to his feet, and gasped: "John, call all hands. Tel T the sec mid male to stand by to heave the ship to. Another sea likethat will be the end of Us all."' "As- I repeated tliecnptnin".iii!truc tions to t he second ollicer, theold sail or shook his head, and grumbled: "I diinno I iluuiio. She's as safe running before it as she would be hove to.' But obey orders, if you bleak owners.'" And with that he mustered his men to be ready to undertake the task, which had now become so perilous from the height of the seas. When every man was at hisstation, the captain waited lor what is termed by seanun a smooth. '" or., slight de pn ssioii in the force of the waves and wind. Then the helm was put down, the yards braced gradually into port, and the shipswung slowh round into Jh" trough of the sa; but there she stop ped her bows, would not come up to the wind. "There's too much head sail. Jump aloft a couple of yon. and put your knives into that fore-top-s'l. Work lively, and look out for youisehes when she slats.'" At this, two of the men crawled in to the rigging, and made their way to the top s'l-yard. With their sheath knhes- they began to cut. and so great was the strain on the canvas that it required Im: a few "cloths" to be st arte t when the who! sail burst with a loud report, and went flying off tole'wurd in a cloud of white threads. K;is-d from this, the ess!e's head be gan to "point up." but ere she was in a position to safely meet these'i.n tremendous wave caught her a little forward of the main rigging, boarded, and as a portion of it swept under her keel, it "tripped" her. and the next moment we were lying upon our beam end. The two courageous-men. who. with out flinching, had gone aloft to obey the captain's orders!, were never seen aMerward-. (,uick. quick!" calied the master: get your axes to work upon the starb'd lanyards of that rigging, and cut away the masts."" This wa the only thing that could be done to right thevessleand save lis from a terrible death. So great was the strain to which the shroud.- and backstay-weresubjeeted. that it required but a few blows t o sever the ropes, and the masts and spar. with all attached, went over tne side. Bur. ala torus, the "main in going broke off below the de-k. and thus forming a powerful lever, wrench ed us open from stem to stem. The hull, however, riglitened. but we were a complete wreck, wallowing helplessly, and unmanageable, a toy for the elements. "Cast adrift the two longboat-." I heard the skipper call. Now. you 'nui-t know, our two largest boats, or what the captain meant by "long boats" were carried lashed on top of the forward hruse. and it was almost th" worth of a man's life to get there and lear tiiem; but courage was not lacking. I can reiifinb-r seeing the second mate draw a -heath-knifefrom one o th" sailor's belts who. poor fel low, was parahved with fear, and jumped to cut tbt "gripes." "Stand by to right her." the ofiiecr ealled. That meant to turn the boat over so she would rest on the keel be fore launching. 'Look out for yourselves." I heard the skipper shout: and then another sea broke over us, and I thought that 1 ;as gone. fiiit ns I felt tnyseii borne! away by the nfshing waters, a iirnistroiighaiid grasped tne" by the" arm, and I rc-Cdg-nizctl the captain's voie saying: "Come, boy, lay hold of tile guit'l of the boat.'" I tried Id obey, but either throtigh fear or lack of strength t missdd it, but the clutch of the skipper did not fail, lie seemed as I look back over it now td think mdre of saving my life than he did his own, afkj 1 was dragged. Completely exhausted, into the boat. You may think it strange that shelf a little craft could live in a sea Hint would wreck a large, staunch Ship, but they will, if properly haifdled. Men's wits mu-t work quickly. How ever, in such times a$ I am speaking of, and our noble second mate was the one to grasp the situation. As we were swept away from the dismantled hulk, the courageous otli cer caught a turn with the boat's painter r round a floating spar, mak ing it fast about amidships of the long stick, and as the wind bore us along, that acttondind'thetendency-to'brinin our boat s head up to the sea. the piece of timber acting as a "drag." There we lay. tossing and pitching about until daylight. As the sun arose, the gal" began to moderate, and I ran renlembei' how we looked at each other in the grey light of early morning to see who had survh ( d t he terrors of t he night. fJ'he captain, second mate, live seamen, and myself were all that were left of the crew of the Panther. Thus was ushered in our New Year! It was fortunate that we were in warm latitudes, else our sufferings would hae been greatly intensified. For several hours we sat speechless, and our skipper was the Hrst to break the mournful silence. "Thank (!od. some are saved!" A fervent "Amen" trembled on the lips of the hardy mariners. With the weakening of the gale the sea began to sub side, but now it was confused that is it regular and it became hec essary to ply oars in order to meet head on, the occassional heavy rol lers. By the time the sun had reach ed the enith. it was comparatively ! culm, and we commenced to look j about for something to eat anddrink. i We hail recovered somewhat from the ! stupor of despair into which we had i been thrown, and Nature, asserting ' herself clamoured loudly for her 1 rights. But. alas; there was not a crumb ot bread Uor a drop of fresh water in the boat! "Oh, we'll be picked up bv some ' homeward-bounder."' evclninifd the stout-hearted second mate when this ! appalling discovery was made. "And l they do say that a man an live : fourteen dnv- without meal and drink. I know I passed three once mv- self. and when I wa rescued by a lit- J ! tie CJeordy brig in the chops of the ! Knglish Channel, and got hold of a pannikin of fresh water. I felt as good j as though I had just turned out from I a watch below. So don't get down j hearted, my lads. Let's turn lo and rig some sail, for it'll only use up our ' strength too quick to keep at the oars J all the time.'" You may thank that the ollicer was ! taking a good deal upon himself to make this suggestion when theca plain wa.- alive and with u-. but in such a strait as we then were, rank is lost sight of, and the man ot the strongest mind and most courage assumes the leadership, which is willingly conceded to him by his companions in distress. Fortunately an old tarpaulin which is a square piece of canvas tued to cover over the hat dies of a vessel had been left stowed away under the sternsheets of th" boat. This was lashed to an oar by strips torn from itself, and the whole made fast to an other ashen blade, which was secured upright as a mast, and we soon found ourselves "lipping along through the water at quite a reasonable rate of speed. As the day wore away, our hunger and thirst increased, but oursufferings from the latter were by far the great est. When evening approached and the atmosphere begun to cool, we felt a little more comfortable. "Take off some of your clothing, boy-." said the second mate, "wring the garments out in salt water, and pur them on again. The body will absorb some of the moisture, and help us to pass throughout the heat of to- :, i. i . ). . ..iv....: llliMMln Willi ic-s sioiei iim- We followed his advice, and felt con siderably refreshed. You see that is what might be called drinking water through the pores of one's own flesh, the next day was terrible! Not a single sail dotted the surface of the ocean within the range of our vision. Our mouths became parched and drv, i and I can r member how the roots. of my tongue were swollen, j until it seemed as if my throat was about to close up. ! When darkness came on, we again saturated our garment.- with sen wa ' ter. as it would not havedone to have ! attempted it when the fierce sun was burning down upon us, for it would have intensified the fever which had now seized upon every one of us. Another morning broke, and truly we were a miserable set of beings. "Water! water!' moaned one of the men. "Water!" gasped another. "I must drink!" murmured the rapt ain. hi oiceso hu-ky that he :'Ould hardly articulate the words -I mu-t drink, thought it is of the bitter brim- on which we are drifting." j "Don't, capiain."' exclaimed the I faithful second mate; "don't, if you (want to see your home and loved ' ones. Don't, it will only increase the j agony." "It cannot be worse than it is now." muttered the skipper, wilful in his 1 suffering. And he tore thesou"-wester ' from his head, dipped it full of sea- water, placed it to his lips, and drank j long and deeply. j I remembered feebly reaching forth mv hands for some also, but the of ficer dashed the imrproviscd vessel to the bottom of the boat, while he said, firmly: "No, boy. skipper may do as he pleases, bur you shall not die till your time come-." 1 thought it terribly cruel of him. but I lacked -trength or power to even remonstrate. Soon we noticed a great change come over theeaptain. lie sat upon a thwar;. moaning mid mumbl ing incoherently. Suddenly he sprang to his feet and began to sing a rollick i:i? sa song, then bur-: into a Hood of tear.-, and falling on his knees, commenced to pray. Uut even as the pious and fervent words issued from his lips, terrible oaths were mingled with them. The ma-ter was a raving maniac. All at one. without the slightest warning, theeaptain sir-ed the niin who wa.- nei'.re-t t.o him about the throat, nnd essayed to strangle him. fltftj here: again the second mate in terjfcfsed'. He grasped the poor, mad dened wre'tch by both wrists, tore aifky the holdj and restrained hint frtmi committing hutrdei'. When the frenzied creature saw that hdfliad been overcome, he quieted down at once, his strength left him and his head sank until it rested upon ope of the gunwales of the boat, nor did he" move again. In a few moments the eattllly sufferings of our captain were fever. He was dead. Wheii the second mate saw tlkifc the? lamp fef life had flickered out, ha stretched an bilskin coal over I lie in aiiiiriatfi forlit, and in a voice stronger tlmn any of the rest of tts could ajjsume, he said: "You see the consequences of the rash act of the skipper. Now, if one dtl'du attempts to do the same, I will, kill Him as I would a shark. Wait, and bear your fdte like men, for we do not know at what mdment we may be rescued." As the undaunted oflicer ceased sprokingrherose'to'his'feetmndga, long and earnestly around the horizon. I watched him closely and saw him start. Then he placed both of his brawny hands to his brow, as though to shade his eyes from the glare of the still. "It may be a bird," he said to him self. Theli he stooped, clutched me by both arms and despite his consider ably weakened strength, litled me high, until I sat upon his broad shoulders. "Look, boy, look!" he said; about two points on the star-b'd bow, and tell me it' you see anything. Your sight may be as good as mine." Yes. I did see something. It was a sail! Never shall I forget how my poor comrades received the joyful news. Hut I had scarcely niadetheannounce ment when I began to grow dizzy, and everything became black before my vision. I cab just recollect hearing the second niateexclaini, "Ah. you lubbers, did I not tell you that help was at hand? Then I fainted, and knew no more until I found myself stretched on a sofa in a ship's cabin, with strange faces bending over me. No, they were not all strange, for that of Our faithful oflicer was there. As I opened my eyes he said, "Thank God, the boy has survived the strain!"' It was an Knglish vessel which had picked us up, bound from Calcutta to Liverpool, and the kindly treatment bestowed upon us by her captain and crew soon had us on our feet.littlethe worse for our terrible experience in the boat. The remains of our unfortu nate and imprudent skipper were re ligiously consigned to a watery grave, and then we proceeded on our way to Great llritian. That shipwreck, however, taught me a valuable lesson, audit was sim ply the old adage. "In time of peace prepare for war." I neer allowed my boats to be without a goodly supply of food and water, for a sailor never knows at what moment he may be called upon to use them, and I con sider a captain little sliort of a mur derer who overlooks the precaution of being thus prepared for an emergency. This was my first shipwreck, and truly it was a terrible one, Women Don't Steal a Busy Man's Time. Nothing is quite so unimportant to some people as time. Not their own time, but time that is the special property of some one else. It is a peculiarity of women more than of men. I don't know why, unless from the fact that the majority of women do not gunge life for the hours of which the dtiy is made. It is either that or else a .selfishness that convinces them that no one else's time is quite as valuable as their own. A woman will find you very much engaged and will speak of it herself- You politely as sent to the fact. You can afford to be cordial in your greeting because of tho sense she evinces in noticing the work piled up around you. Cordiality is the thief of time in this instance. It convinces her on the spot that you consider her of much more importance than any occupation in which you in dividually are engaged. She does not remember that she interruptel you until the conversation lags and she discovers that she is not being enter tained as well as during the first part oft he call. You have been uncomfort able from the time that she entered i because of tho duties to yourself and! some one else being neglected. From the Chicago Herald. Disappearance of an Island From the Mersey. Richmond Island, which for a long period was well known to the naviga tors of the Mersey between Liverpool and Warrington, has disappeared, its decay having been a gradual process. Situated in the bed of the river, be tween Penketh andPooImouth Brook, near Fidlear's Ferry, the island has for many years been a great obstruc tion to the navigation of the river up to Warrington. Of late, however, the advancingtides have greatly encroach ed upon its shores. About two years ago, the water made its way through the centre of the island, dividing it in to two parts, and leaving sufficient space for a small boat to po,ss through. Since then the water has rapidly washed away, and nothing is left now but a sandbank, visible at low tides, and a rather awkward place for a ves sel to get stranded upon. Not to Be Stopped. The Host on (Jlobe tells a story re lated by the assistant manager of the Symphony orche-.tra. The Friday afternoon reher--als of the orchestra, as i-well known, are attended by a great concourse of women. One afternoon the doors had just been opened, and there was a grand rush up t tie stairs for the unreserved seats in the second balcony. In the crush one woman shed some of her line feathers in the shape of an over skirt. The a-sistant manager held it up and cried. "Here, madam!" She turned and looked, but music and a good tent had charms. " K'oep it for me," she said, ami hurried ou up the stairs. Barnum's Kindness of Heart. ( Once in New Haven a little boy whose father was a friend of Barnum was too sick to go to the show, so Mr. Barnum had the parade pass the house and then sent two performing elephant around to do their tricks in ' the front yard- for the little fellow's j benefit. Chicago News. ! TIIE AGRICULTURAL WORLD MATTERS OF IVTEnfeVf1 KOIi THO FARMERS. Look After the Moadow.i ntul Supil ElemeatM of Strength ly Mnnnr iiiB Deronnfalrc Cream Market Injr Featfars Oregon Wheat Stems f lnterent. The unusually long ami severe drouth this year has been li cause" of great less through its injurious effects- upon iimulows r.ml grazing lands. The i7 s-Kison coming on early shortered the hay crop and kept the meadows from making sufficient growfh to be used for late fall paslum Some depended spoil wheat lands tipoiJ which jini had been sown last spring for" fnistuvr r.fter harvest. These fields, although the outlook for a good stand was prom ising at harvest time, weie unable to stand the" terrible drouth. Farmers, .hoping thaLrflius v'uuld come in lime to recruit Hit" meadows- for "fairpfn" turage, kept the stock on the old pa Hires u.itil they. too. were dt.sty an.l bare. In many parts the drmitli still continues and farmers have been feed ing stock for several -nonius. The hope of being able to allow the sto.-k a little late pasturage has been given up, and the subject now puzzling the farmer Is to know how he may recruit his grass lands so they may afford food for the animals next year, in removing the crop of hay the elements of strength aro taken from Hie noil. Thes? valua ble elements must, by some means, be returned. The strength of the soil may be kept up by top-dressing. A strong phosphate la recommended by some, but a heavy coat of the best ma nure will give better satisfaction. le glu now, and each day as the stables are cleaned. Hani the Mnunre t inn the Jlcnilinv, Keep this up throughout the winter until the entire surface of the meadow has been liberally supplied wiih if. Take care that the manure is not to "strawy." In ease It has not been well scattered in some places and is likely to give trouble in mowing, go over the field with a light harrow in the spring. This serves to break up all bunches and distributes the sub stance more evenly. The best results may be obtained by giving the mead ows this treatment each year and do not allow them to go until necessity demands it. Orange .ludd Farmer. Devonshire ('rem:!. Persons on their return from their travels abroad express surprise that they can never get at home such deli cious cream as they have in I'ngkind and Scotland. It is known as Devon shire cream, and not iiiiiny people, in this country especially, know what it is. but suppose it lo be the particularly rich cream of the country in question, whereas every Anicric in housekeeper may have the Devonshire cream on her own table if she will take the trouble to prepare it. Rich new milk is put in a very shal low vessel with an extended surface and is then set on the range, where the milk will be warmed. b:it on no account must it boil or even scald. The heat will cause all the cream to rise to the surface in a very short time, anil the pan is then taken oft" and placed in the ice box or in a cool place. When thoroughly chill.il the cream may be taki-n off and will be nearly of the consistency f newly made butter. This is put in jars, and at breakfast Is helped with a spoon, and is delicious with oatmeal, jams, berries eery thing. in fact, that ordinary cream is used f-tr. its merits being that not only does one obtain the richest cream, but it will keep for two or three days without becoming sour. Why this Knglish dainty is not used in this country to the s;um extent as in l'ng land is to be wondered at, but our dairy folk seem to know nothing about it.-Scientific American. Mnrkeliiif; I-'entheri. Foul try raisers should always save the feathers, and in the shape that bring the highest prices. All dealers prefer to have the feathers fiom the geese, duck and hen picked dry. If they are scalded dealers prefer to do their own dressing, as in many c.ises It is not thoroughly done by the poul try men. and redres-imr is necessary. Hut always save them dry picked if possible. Scalded :ix :.rc worth from ." to 1n cents per pound less than dry picked, ducks from "'. tt ." cents less and chicken feathers are worih about half-price. Turkey feathers ar. also quite val uable. In picking these sae all the feathers that grow on the tail, also in the two joints nf the wing next the body. Tlie pointed, one-side quills that grow on the outside r tip of the win:: sell at a low price, and should lie kept separate, in packing lay the feathers In' straight in as light boxes as possi ble. Do not stuff them into hags, as it breaks them. Hefore packing weigh your boxes with the covers, marking the weight in plain figures on the side. lit in a Itonn. Every year we grow lliore in favor of Lima beans as a crop that is profit able in any quantity. Kaeh year we plant more of both the bu-h and p!e variety, and find them of great value. Our rule has been to cut ihe poles in the fall and have them well sea-oued when needed in the spiing. and when thus seasoned a good pole will last several years, and when wanted they are at hand, and the matter of si-tting them in the hills is not negb-cted on account of too much work pressing to allow the cutting of the poles in the busy season. We have about concluded to drop the culture of pole limas. however. a soon as our present supply of poles is gone, as we find that jut as many beans are on the same land when bu-h limas are planted a when the pole limas are planted. Not so many bean- grow on a bush of the lima plant as ou the plant of the polo vari ety, but more plants can be accommo dated on the same surface, and the trouble of getting polts done away with. This year, with the dreadful drought tlut has prevailed, our limas have yielded almost as much as u.-ual. and in the failure of the potato crop the beans make an admirable substitute. American Farm. norinii!te3 of a Succnsftil Fnrmcr. To bo a most successful farmer a man should bo well posted and well educated. There are few brac-jhes of knowledge from which he cannot draw in every-day life. In the natural sciences the graduate ef the highest in stitutions of learning In the land will find in the ordinary work of the farm l a Act-gradual" cnttrs.- wltnh will ba more pnintcai ai'-'i inonumu m.i i-.. prescribed in the curricnt-.tui of aiiy of our schools. T(ie introduction of a lino Of studv In tin.' dlrectiMi given at our schools" can be caried on iudefi tjif.My and to decideo. advantage. A knovi'dge- of cnlouiolojjy vtll assist the farmer- m determining ;.mong the Insects which surround him hi. friends and his enemies, iin.1 being nb" ' to protect the one and destroy the otu'or niav be of great value. The same K true In regard to birds. bers and reptiles. It Is along this line that an education mav be pm to practical use. Intelligent effort is always rewarded. llitlnlrfM Clilekcnn "?- I.am; Ucnt. Sly experience lias: been s unusual in bringing through n nest :t deserted eg.es that I send it for the b r.etit of the many readers of Kami and Home." Ibiviiig a lien sitting on twelve eggs, she left hr nest. and. not wis'iing n lose the eggs-. I took a common cylin der and put some n&t material in the Jiottpiuthen put in the rges mil cov 'orcd 'them with ' woolencIi'tlThe cylinder was then hung under the lemuinf? Imnii and a lighted lamp lt under It on the table, pulling tin cyl inder down close ami turning the lamp T)TTVO nifT XffVWQl down so low as U get the required, X)Ulls jJJD INll-LiU hea i. After four dajs nine nice chick- ens crawled out. the other three eggs being infertile. In a few days an other hen left eleven eggs, which were treated In the same way. and after two days nine more chickens hatched out. The chickens are all doing nice ly. Mrs. Conrow. Krie county. IM. (Irrsim Wi:if. Out nf twenty-one varieties of Ore gon wheat exhibited at the world's fair. Supt. V. II. Savage, of the agri cultural department, says the judges found that nineteen avei-.m-.I sixty two pounds b the bushel, one weigheil sixly-three and one-half pounds and another (spring wheat went lifty-eight nouiids. The indues iid that not oiie- 1 half the wheat exhibited by the other states was ln.idiiiir up lo the standard woiirht- sixty pounds. ''ie sample of Oregon oats" went fifty pounds and an other went titty-one and one-half. This is certainly a grand showing when it is remembered that the standard weight for oats is thirty-six pounds. Oregon barley went fifty-one pounds on the scales, being three pounds above the standard weight. Ileum of interest. Fewer rs will be gathered if the hens a iv crowded. Fowls two years old are. as a rule, best for breeding purposes. Fowls like mustard seeds occasion ally: also chopped onions in winter. "Medium-sized turkeys that are in a good condition bring the best price. Alum dissolved in water is recom mended for diarrhoea in the early stages. If corn has been put in teinporary criks. put some son of a roof over it before the heavy siinw.s come. Now is the lime to fatten and mar ket all roosters not needed for breed ing. I'eiuombcr that turkeys, being much larger, need more food than chickens. Thev abo bring more money in mar ket." Young pullets notably lay small eggs. ."Moral: P.reed only from eggs of hens of full growth and vigor. The same rule will apply n all donu-tie ani mals. "Meat, milk, the cored grains, with plenty of fresh bono, cut line, will make good poultry if tl are kept free from lice and have othMwis comfortable quarters. Tho continued dry weather offers a splendid opportunity to tho-e engaged in putting in lib. Kivp at it until done or until tin weather s'op.; fur ther work. A few das spent in filling the feed bins in ih barn, in storing up bed ding material and m-iki'lg things con venient about the place will save time and exposure in doing elmr- when more disagreeable weather arrives. A llniii?Tims oni f I m In Arabic t'en are two d.'lVrcnt -.voids to de-igrtate :-.t u;ibeli vr. ne rf them is uiol!ciiM .. bur the oilur. which is "gifcr." cone. ;onding n-aiiy v.ith our word inliiH-l." K h-ibiiuaily mi ployed by the Mo iinrin dans .ig iiu-t C'iriMiaiis. while a f'iristi.in is pun ished with death if be audits it to a follower of Moh limned, says the Ycu'n's I'oinp niton. r":e ii a fitein.nly brfell a mi.ssiop.iry. who tells the story. I Miring my iisii'"iici hi Abyssinii. th" Arabi.- lipgung" Ind be.-f.mr less familiar to me. - t'i:i itah rt'-nth in conversation I u-ki the olfen.-ive word gate;-."' Il!sMn'. tl'e p. ..pie seized i.i and dr.iggeij e t. the julg. sr ing. "II" is worthy of .bull He ought to die!" I pciveivcil that I had committed a fault, and thotclit it was only a fault of grammar. I felt a gieat repugnance at dying for wli an offence, and cried to Hod to deliver me. Coin crMUg on the way with my ac cusers. I caught them giving to a pass age in the Koran a sense which I kiie.v to he false. While we were dN'-us-iii . it we saw ii. .! far utt" an old hh.-ik. much vet'er.ite.l for his sanctity, and we agree-l t. b-ive the out-Minn to him; but for fe.tr my opponents would mis represent the i as.-. I ta!l-d to him at a dist.m . "How do you understand this p: ssage i'i th lift mi?" lie interj re.d n is I had do:.. I tht-i'. as!:, it him uli- i he would call ' ich persons .is i:!ii!"-stooil the passage ill ll.e Other IH.IIMl . "They are i.fe;-." r-pli'd. n-lnr the terrible word I h:d nn s,.Jf emplov ..I. 'Ihe crowd imnr-di-ife'y dnp'-rs.-d ia silt rce. aval I was deinered. It nrul.c tin- t ;!ii:i jxciiifii I. "Iio you know why i.o!is.-".s engage ment to ?.Ir. Oilman is broken?" asked the. ;;irl in pink lawn of tin- irl in brown diti ';. as ih-y pafd the beach "Yes." cheerfully aswer d ihe ;;rl in duck. "I.o-.i's b'HMi wanting : break that e:g:g. nieut for a lorg while, but she u.citeti : jt so that he wouldn't f" 1 -- b-i.i'y. Yot: know what I mean. She w.iutcd ?o en!--" him think th:" " w ; who dis. v ored their micovgon'ahty. i'o si. i all sorts of !v:;g-:. Sh" took t. weir ing hidfon st'!irc ed. spring !i"f!"d sho ind h i.t :''.' eiibd her sep-d ble. She ued awful hug. and that staggered hi"" '" M'fl". but he recov ered, and talked about Iifr flow of spirits. She pro;i;otl to study sur gery, and he sp-.';. r.f ih" woman's century. Mid said s.te h.-'-mgrd to it. Hut finally, wh-.i sh.- ;t:o!c to wear ing read made ;. ;tl ; horsc-idlDe pin. he gjtve lf-r !. Thai's :hy the engagement's bru'u-R." THE OLD RELIABLE Columbus - State - Bank I (01d Buk la tto BUtt) Pays Interest en Time Deposits AMD Hates Loans on Heal Estate KSSts Biarrr drafts CI OAalia, Chicago, New York aat aS Faraigm Coamtriaa. IKLLS .J5TEAM8HK: TIOIETI. ind Help lU Cottomcra whan Uiej Need Hala mCEBS A5D DIRECTOlll LEANDER QEURARD. Vrta'U , B. H. HENRY, Vtc Prett. JOHN BTAUFFER. Cuhler. ! M.BRUGGER, Q.W.HULST. -OF- COLUMBUS, NEB., HAS AX . Authorized Capital of - $500,000 I Paid in Capital, - 90,000 OFFICEIW. , C. n. SnELDON. rres't. II. 1 H. OnilLUICH. Vice l'res. i CLAKK OKAY. Cashier. DANIEL SC1I RAM. As3't Dash I i)Ii:i:ctoks. ! II. M. Win-slow, II. 1. ll.Ocnr.nicn. C. 11. SiiRi.im.s-, W. A. McAixiSTEit, ! Jonas Welch. Caiu. Kienke. STOCKIIOMIKKS. 5 C. GttAT. tiKUIIAllO I.OSEKB, I'l.AltK 1'ltAV. JlANlF.I.SOHItAU, J. IlENHY WUItnEUAX, HenuyLosekk. llKO. W. ttAI.I.ET. A. H. H.OKiiuiicn. I KANK KOltlUt J. 1. Kr.CKEH ESTATB, Rebecca Recicek. ' Rank of deposit; Interest allowed on tfrao I deposits; buy and sell e.xelianso on United I States and Kuropo. and liny untl sell avail able securities. Wo shall bo pleased to ro I ceivo your biLsInoss. Wo solicit your pat ' ronage. -THE- First National Bank COIUBCBUO, NED. OFFICERS. A. ANDERSON. J. II. GALLEY. President. Vice I'ros't. O. T. ROEN. Cashier. DIUECTOKS. , a.AJfoERSON. P. ANDERSON. 1 JACOB QREISEN. JIENUI RAGATZ. I JAME8 O. EEKDER. Statement of tlie Condition nt tlio Close or Itasiness Jnlj 12, 18n. I1ESOCKCE3. Loans and ni'i-ounta $211.407 57 Ral I stato l'urnltiiro and Fix tures 11,7" f 0' II. S. lond liviXiOi IMio from otfior banks 5.'17,s7R .It Cash on Hand 2I.SC7 06 K.7 Total... 333,1W M MAMMTIES. Capital Stock paid In Surplus Fund 1nl:vilf fl profits ('in-iilatioii Jt'ysi is. X OlHl. ' ...5 CO.O0O ... 30,000 0 ... 4.S7 ) ... i:-..VtO in ... .-5.119 .' ...5.-33.19'" .V. LOUIS SCHREIBEit, ii All kinds of Repairing done os Sliort Notice. Bnggies, Wag ons, etc., made to order, and all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Eeapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. Shop on Olive Streot, Columbus, Neb., four doors south of Borowiak's. HENRY GrASS, UNDERTAKER ! Collins : and : Metallic : Cases ! t3T Repairing of all kinds of Uphol stery Goods. t-tf COLU3IRDS. NEBRASKA. -COME TO- The Journal for Job Work COMMERCIAL BlacIilaiflfaiiMaKfir SliiHHESsss $&
