Nebraska Newspapers

    "-' .x
.!? : t
.3
imriial
-3r
-r
COtt&BtB, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1894.
VOLUME XXIV. NUMBER 40.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,230.
Curt Cflkmte 1
. , . U v
X
t :
r
:.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
York has -cow two daily papers.
W. II. P. Schestadt, a Papillion grain
dealer, has assigned.
W. II. P. Schestedt, a Papiilion grain
dealer, has assigned.
Kearney gets the next annual meet
ing of the state alliance.
Public improvements in Fremont for
the year 1S93 foot up 53Gl,2."iO.
Machinery has been ordered for the
. electric light plant at Superior.
A new 57,.00 rchool house has just
been completed at Heiningfcrd.
A hew St, 500 school building has
just been completed at Iiemingfbrd.
A number of young children of Schuy
ler are afflicted with the chicken pox.
In nnnr towns of the state holiday
trade was better than it was a year
Mrs. Thomas Judge of Greeley coun
ty slipped on the ice and sustained a
broken arm.
. . A Sherman county cow, owned by A.
:T. Engleman. gare birth to a 130-pound
calf last week.
A justice of the peace at Kearney has
a record of ;iu cases tried by him dur
ing one term Of otbYe.
The wife and two youngest children
of Sonator Allen have gone to Wash
ington td spend the winter.
The .wife and two youngest children,
of Senator A Hen have gone to Wash
ington to spend the winter.
ieorge Egglestoa of alioo was fined
5 for calling a man a liar and then
whipping him to prove it.
A colony from Michigan has bought
land in Kimball county and will come
out and possess it in the spring.
Revival meetings at Alma have
brought a host of sinners in out of the
wet. and still the work goos on.
The trophies of an exciting wolf hunt
in Hamilton enuntv consisted of sixty
five jack rabbits and one polecat.
The merchants of Harrisburg are
making fun for the general public by
cutting and slashing prices on every
thing. Frank Lanham of Harvard was acci
dentally -hot in the hip by his brother
Ed, who did not know the gun was
loaded
Ity the death of a brother in (Ger
many Mr. Sehenke of Beatrice has in
herited 30,000. lie has gone after the
wealth.
The ratholics in and around IJell
wood have started with a subscription
of 51.."00 toward building a school in
that town
Mrs. I P. Hosfurd of Hamilton coun
ty nearly lost hf r life from inhaling
coal gas. rhe was unconscious for sev
eral hour.
lohn A Logan, a veteran of Dundy
county, dropped dead in the road while
on the way to Henkelman to make out
his pension papers.
The Kimbnll Observer says there is
more live stoek in western Nebraska
than ever before, notwithstanding the
heavy shipments to eastern markets.
La grippe is getting in its deadly
work at Tecum-eh. -lohn J. Holmes,
aged r,0. and Richard Jones. 7S years of
age, are numbered among the victim.
An elaborate program is being pre
pared for the next session of the Cum
ing County Teachers' association which
will be held in West Point January "X
James C. Peabody, a ten-year-old
Omaha boy. was run over last week and
killed by tiie cable ears. It occurred as
he and other Imh-s were stealing a ride.
Death has been busy of late removing
the old settlers of Polk count-. The
last to co is Rev James ,'uarry. who '
had lived in the county for tweuty-rive
yea rs.
W in Hoytof He.itr.oe. brother-in-law
of President Cleveland, was knocked
down bv a hor-e on the street the other
day and seriously if not dangerously
injured.
Extensive preparat ons are being
made for the annual convention of the
.Nebraska State Volunteer Fremen"s as
sociation to be held in Beatrice January
10, 17 and Is.
The three state depositories of
Omaha, designated by the state othcers,
have agreed to pay 3 per cent for the
use of state money, the minimuu rale
under the law " I
The ("atholns of I Iysos have a new
church ready for dedication and the
old one has been purchased for use as a
postotiice. It will be moved down town
for that purpose.
A soldier at Fort Omaha named Ad
ams jumped "from a moving motor train
in Omaha and fell under the wheels,
having a leg so badly crushed that it
hai to be amputated."
Clinton C. (iray and family of Colum
bus had a narrow escape from suffoca-
tion the other night by coal gas. An '
open window in the bedroom is believed '
to have saved their lives.
Young De France, convicted of rob
bing Mail Carrier Harwell at (iordon,
has been sentenced to the penitentiary
for life. In the mail bag which he cut
open he got but a single cent.
Governor Crounse has invited ten or '
more governors to attend the celebra
tion of the twenty-nfth anniversarv of
the state university, which is to be" ob
served in Lincoln February 15 and lti.
At Kearney while Merle Heattie, a
boy 13 years of age, was whittling with
a jackknife, the knife slipped and cut i
the mam artery of the left leg. He
nearly bled to ceath before assistance ,
arrived.
According to the reports on tile at
Chief Seavey's office in Omaha there
were G.:I46 arrests maue during 1113, of
which 1,09-1 were for drunkenness. Dur
ing the same time 10, 140. -0 worth of
gco is wei e pawned.
Several depositors of the Nebraska
National bank at Hcatrice have oeen in
correspondence with Comptroller Eck
les and they intimate very strongly
that something is soon to be done, but
just what is not stated.
The federal conrt at Omaha last week
week granted the Union Pacific
auth ority to pay interest on mort
gages and to use funds to apply for the
payment of mortgages. Tue" amount
involved is about Sl,50o,00.
George Hawkins of Harlan is nurs
ing a very sore hand, the result of strik
ing it with an axe while chopping down
a cottonwood tree. The axe "caught on
' a limb and nearly went through his
hand in its subsequent descent.
At Fairbury Marshal Clark arrested
Simon Pearce, who broke into and rob
bed the 1$. t M. and St. Joseph & ,
Grand Island depots at Endicot He
forgec note F. N. Thompson and other
farmers. He was jailed to await trial.
PostofHce Inspector John Stcen of
"Wahoo was at Lyons last week and the
bondsmen of Postmaster W. D. Smith
requested tha. the postoiEce be turned
over to C Van Schaick. the former
postmaster. There is a shortage of
about ?r;o t. Postmaster Smith has been
very sick the past two weeks, not being
able to be at the office.
At Gladstone, a station near Fairbury
on the Kock Island, Elias Wicker was
accidentally shot at a shooting match.
In cosing a gun it was discharged, the
shot taking effect in Wickers thigh. !
HLs leg was amputated, but after lin
. gering ten hours he died. Wicker was
jesrs qui anu uninarrieu. j
The remains of John MeDnfTy, a
young man who was a former resident
of Columbus, were brought tnere for
burial last week. McDutfy was a
brakeman on the southern Pae.tie and
was killed in an accident on that road
at Needles, Cal.
A baby of Mrs. Giffroy,' living near
Coopers mill. Seward county, swal
lowed some of the contents of a can of
concentrated lye and died af t-r a strug
gle of about twenty-four hoar-. Dr.
Townsend was called, but the child
was beyond help.
An unknown miner from the west en
route to Orand Island was fouad dead
on the eastbound passenger train when
it arrived at Whitman in Adams county.
There were no pipers on the da.i man
by wnich he could ce idcniiried. arid he
was buried at Whitman.
Joseph Pratt, who has been in jaii
at rd since the December term Of U.3
trict court, at which he was convicted
on a charge of uast.irdy. escaped last
week. When sheriff Minting came
from lodge about 11 o'clock he found
that his bird had down.
1
The benevolent ladies of Auburn are
doing much to alleviate the sneering
of the poor and do ng all they can to
provide fcod and cloth. ng for the neeny
ones Many a home has been ma e
brighter this winter, so far, by the.r
timely care and watchfulness.
Whi'e Will Kiinmenan and a man
named Kathman were hus'ting corn.
Kiinmenan raised a shotgun to die at a
rabbitt. when the grin was prematurely
discharged, the load tearing away Kath
man's lower jaw and terribly lacer
ating his throat Doctors 'hink he will
live.
A shooting affray took place at a
dance near Napierville. Boyd county,
bettveen two young farmers who were
both enamored of a fair senoritiand
serious conseijuen-es resulted. Names
are withheld on a-eount of the promi
nence of the families o." the parties in
terested. A phys cian at McCook performed a
d.ilicuit operation on the 1-year-old son
of Wihiam Whraker of uiek, in re
moving a pin from the child's throat.
Hy means of mirrors the swallowe i pin
was lo ated and after persistent efforts
w:-s removed to the great relief of the
thi u and parents.
The record of mortgages filed and re
leased during l-'.3 in Jefferson county
is a-, follows: Farm mortgages. 41"J
tied. 5.V;. !.,.. I s: released. 4Jt5, 63 "-.-
IT-MC. City mortgages. Ml filed, $71),
3 ! 7 s7; i.-.r, "released. $'".'.. JO'. 13. 1 hit
tel mortgages. 1.011 tiled. SiT2,l".'4.s"i
..; re. eased
:r.M.3o!.ss.
The arrangements for the celebra
tion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the op.-n.ng of the Nebraska State I ni
versitv February I" and 10 are practic
ally complete. The university people
desire to make the occasion a notable
one in th- history of the institution
and the preparations for the celebra
t.'on have been going on for some time.
'1 he o'd.-st inhabitant says this win
ter is a twin brother Z thi winter of
s xteen years ago, when tnere was only
twoor'uree weeks of severe wint--r
weather This was the winter preceed
ing the spring when myriads of grass
hopper hatched out in Nebraska, and
were all destroyed by a cold storm and
freeze in the early par: of April. Fre
mont Tribune.
The grain buyers of Smartvillo, a
small station nine miles north" of Te
cumseh. are in a peck of trouble. A
boycott lias been declared against them
by t::e farmers of the surrounding
country, as they elann that the smart
vi. ie buyers won't pay tiiem as much
for the.r produce as 00 the buyers at
l'.urr, a station on tne Missouri i'se.ric
railroad near by.
A. J. Wil -ox a Grand Island drug
gist, was fined ?." and costs in poli -e
court for throwing bills about the
streets and pasting them on the side
walks in an indisorinr.i ite manner. It
was a case n which a n -wiy arrived
eiti-en attempted to ride over the city
ordinances, after having oeen duly
warned that his actions were contrary
to the muni -ipal law.
A tire, which issupp,s -d to have been
1 f incendiary origin, oceurreu at Rose
mmout, WeOster county, in which the
oarn of hanes Aruolu was consumed.
'I he loss incurred i thirteen horses,
thirty-five hogs. 't.o btisiiels of corn,
and farln implements. Loss about
f4.!00; insurance about $'. This is
the second time Mr. Arnold has been
burned out within the last year.
There never was as much talk over
irrigation in the state as at present,
says the I happell Register. The belief
is becoming general that the county
will be generally watered this time
next year. If so, it will cause more
settlers to move in and better crops to
be raised by those now here, and alto
gether will be one of the principal
things making Deuel county one of the
best in the state.
A gang of burglars have been oper
t:ng in south Omaha and although no
large booty has been :-eured several
cases of burglary have been reported to
the ponce. An attempt was made to
blow- the safe in tne H. t M. depitat
the west end of L street viaduct. Four
large holes were drilled in the safe, but
the thieves must have been frightened
away, as they did not succeed in get
ting the iron box open.
The county commissioners of Krecley
have brought suit against E. t. '"ash
man, ex-county treasurer, for the al
leged embezzlement of S:M.o00 of the
countj""s funds. Cash man has been
standing the commissioners oil with
promises for two or three months. The
commissioners have also brought suit
aga.nst Cashman's bondsmen to recover
the amount, t ashman will be arrested
and held to the charge of embezziment-
The Lincoln Journal says that a slow
but steady increase of products is no
ti.ed in the agricultural museum es
tablished at the sta'e house by Secre
tary Furnas of the state board of ag
riculture. The handsome hardwood
cases furnished by various counties are
gradually being tilled. Holt county is
represented by a neat display of raw
and manufactured chicory. The Ne
maha county case is now completely
filled with a choice selection of pro
ducts sent in by Secretary Furnas.
Sheriff Bennett of Douglas county
called on the warden of the peniten
tiary last week and left six convicts
who will serve time for doing wrong
and getting caught. The motiey array
includes William Jordan and James
smith, sentenced for three years for
burglary, together with John McDon
ald and James Collins, who are in for
four vears for burglarv.
Herman
Edelhoff was in the party with a fifteen
months sentence for assault with in- '
tent to kiiL The woman in the case
was Anna Davis. She has two years to
her credit for stabbing with intent to
wound.
The court house at Aurora was burned
last week at 3 o'clock in the morning.
The entire building was burned to the
ground. The records in the olhce of
the county clerK, county judge and ,
clerk of the district court are supposed
to be safe, but the door to the treasur
er's vault was found open, and it is sup
posedwas blown open and ail the re
cords were destroyed. What money
there was in the vault was in the safe '
and is all right. The records of the 1
countv suDerintendents and survevor's 1
offices are supposed to be all destroyed.
There is no clue to the origin of the fire.
TELL IT GrER AGAIN.
Ifonce or twice Till not suffice
To make the story plain.
That we rehearse ia prose or verse,
JVe tell it o'er again;
WiMi tender care and oil with prayer,
The menage we impart,
Until the child from play beguiled,
Has learned it well by" heart.
Lut even then, with tongue and pen
In fitly chosen word,
The theme is spread, to music wed
As swest a son;s of birds;
And far and nenr ome heart sincera
Take-5 up the glad refrain.
And quick to heed ano'her's need,
KepcaU it o'er again.
Tl: us every day, along cur way
To nianV or to few,
The story "L- told that is so oldj
And yet is ever knew:
Ai-d if we fear it is not clear -
Or wooing is in vain. -
How eagerly and tenderly
Wc tell it o'er again!
But in our homes o!t times there coniei
A shadow fraught with ill,
That casts a blight o'er all tning bright
A hard, forboding chill;
A11J well we know bv sf;:iw that show
The bitter grief ami pain
Of heart-' that grieve from morn till eve,
That love is 0:1 the wane.
Thisjs tue time that o nls sublime
Will gather round their own.
With tenderness and fond care-3
For pit neglect atoi!c;
And though of old their love they told
In language tse a::d plain.
IV r 'twill diann, and do no harm
To teil it o'er aain.
Jo-ephine Pollard.
A STOBY OF WAE TIME;
Just as It Was Printed as Mews Near
Iy Thirty Years Ago.
Heapotmiters Post. J
FnNKLix, Tenn., June!), l?X. S
Last evening about sundown two
strangers rode into camp and cniled
at Colonel Baird's headquarters who
presented unusual appearances. They
h td on citizens' overcoats, Federal
regulation pants and cans. The ca.s
were covered with white Hannel have
locks. They wore side arms and
showed high intelligence. One claim
e i to be a colonel in the United States
a-my, and called himself Colonel Aus
tin; the other called himself Major
D inLnp. and both represented them-
elves as inspectors-general of the Tin
ted states army .They represented th.it
they were now out on an expedition
in this department inspecting the out
posts and defenses, and that day be
fore yesterday they had been over
hauled by the enemy, and lost their
coats and purses. They exhibited of
lirial papers from General Roseerans.
and also from the War Department
at Washington, confirming the rank
" business. These were all right to
Colonel Bain!, and at first satisfied
L'::n ot their honesty. They asked the
c j'.onel to loan them SoU. as they hnd
no coats and no money to buy them.
Cdonel Baldwin loaned them the
1:1 ney. and took Colonel Austin's
11 -t e lor it. Jv.sz at dark they started,
s.iyiiig they were coing to Nashville,
and took thar way. Just as soon as
their horse.-' heads were tinned, the
thot;gli- of their being spies struck
( 1 "olonci Baird. he says, like a t hunder-i.)-l
:i:id'he ordered Colonel Wat kins,
of 1 iie sixth Kentucky- Cavalry, who
v. ;is -finding by. to arrest them im
meii.a'ely. But they were soing at
lightning speed. Colonel Watkins had
no time to call a guard, and only with
his orderly set out on the "chase.
He ordered the orderly to inisling his
carbine, and if, when "he. the colonel,
h;:!ted them, they showed any sn.
pi'ious 1,10: ions, to fire on them with
o K waiting for an order. They were
overtaken about one-third of a mile
from here. Col. Watkins told them
that Colonel Bain! wanted to make
f-:ne further inquiries of them, and
a-ked 'hem to return.
This they politely ron.er.tcd to do.
alter -ome remonstrance on account
ot" the lateness of the hour and the
di-t.-inoe they had to travel. aisi Col
ot."l Watkins lea them to his tent,
v. here he placed a strong guard over
them. It was not until one of them
attempted to pass the guard at the
door that they suspected that they
vt re pri -oner. Colonel Watkins im
mediately brought them to Colonel
Balnl under strong guard. They at
owe m.iiiifesretl great uneasiness, and
pi etended great iniignation at being
thu-5 treated. Colonel Baird frankly
told them that he had his suspicions
of their tru character, and that they
should, if loyal, object to no neces
sary caution. They were very hard
to -ati-fy, and were in a great hurry
to get off. Colonel Baird told them
that they were under arrest, and he
should hold them prisoners until he
was fully satisfied that they were what
they purported to be. Heimmediately
teiegraphed to Gen. Rosecran. and
received the answer that he knew
nothing of any such men, that; there"
were no such men in his employ nor
had iiis pass.
Long before this dispatch was re
ceived, however, even one who had
an opportunity of hearing their con
versation was well satisfied that they
were spies, smart as they were, they
gave frequent and distinct evidence of
duplicity. After this dispatch came
to hand, which it did about 12 o'clock
(midnight, a search of their persons
was ordered. To this the major con
sented without opposition, but the
colonel protested against it, and even
put his hand to his arms. But resis
tance was useless, and both submit
ted. When the major" sword was
drawn from the scaddard there were
found etched upon it these words:
-Lieut. W. G. Peter, C. 5. A." At this
discovery Colonel Baird remarked.
Gentlemen, you have played, tnis
-d well."'
"Ycs,"' said Lieutenant Peter, "and
i came near being a perfect; success."'
Tiien they confessed the whole matter,
and upon further search various pa-p-r
snowing their guilt were discov
ered upon their persons. Lieutenant
Ver was found to have on a rebel
cip secreted by the white ilanuel have
o :.
colonel Baird immediately tele
graphed the facts to General Rose
crans. and asked what he should do,
and in a short time received an order
"to "try them by a drum-bead court
martial, and if found guilty to hang
them immediately." The court was
convened, and before daylight the case
w..is decided and the prisoners in
formed that they must prepare for
immediate death by hanging.
At daylight men were detailed to
make a scaffold. The prisoners were
visited by the chaplain of theSeventy
tighth Illinois, who, at their request.
alministerctl the sacrament to them:
Taey also wrote letters to their
friends and deposited their jewelry,
Silver cups, watches and other valu
ables for transmission to them.
The gallows was constructed by a
wild cherry tree not far from the 3cv
pat ar.d in a very public place. Two
ropes hung dangling from the beam,
reaching within eight feet of the
groitndr A little alter 9 o'clock a. ra
the whole garrison was marshaled
around the place of execution in sol
emn sadness. Two poplar coffins
were lying a ievr feet aw a'.
Twenty minutes past 0 the guards
Ondhcted theprisohers to thescnllold.
Tney walked firmly and steadily, na tf
unmindful of the fearful precipice
which they were approaching. The
guards did them the honor to march
with arms reversed.
Arrived at the place of executiori,
fchey stepped upon the platform of
the care and took their respective"
places. The provost marshal, Cap
tain Alexander, then tied a linen
hatidkeichief,over the face.pfeajcU.
and adjusted tho ropes. They then
asked the privilege of bidding ix last
farewell. This being granted they
tenderly embraced each other. This
over, the cart moved from nuder
them and they swung, in the" air. In
two minutes the lieutenant ceased to
struggle. The colonel caught hold of
the ropes with both hands and raised
himself' tip for about three minutes
awl ceased to struggle at five min
utes. At six minuses Dr. Forrester, sur
geon Sixth Kentucky Calvary, and
Dr. Moss, Seventy-eighth Illinois In
fantry, and myselr, who had been de
tailed to examine the bodies, ap
p 'onched them and found the pdlse of
both full and strong. At seven min
ufes the colonel shrugged his shoulders.
The pulse of each continued to beat
seventeen minutes, and at twenty
minutes all signs of life had censed.
The bodies were cut down nt thirty
minutes and coffined in full dress.
The colonel was buried with a gold
lo-ket and chain on his neck. This
lo'ket contained a portrait and a
b.'aiil of hair ot" his intended wife; her
portrait was also in his vest pocket.
These were buried with him at his re
qi.st. Both men were buried in the
s ime grave companions in life, mis
fortune and crime, companions in in
f imy, and now companions in the
g -ave.
I should have ftated in another
p'.ice that the prisoners did not want
th ir punishment delayed, but, well
kiowing the consequences of their acts,
e -en before the trial, asked to have
the sentence, be it hanging or shoot
rig quickly decided and executed.
B it they deprecated the idea of death
by hanging, and asked for acommuta
t.on of the sentence to shooting.
The elder and leader of these unfort
unate men was Lawrence Williams of
Georgetown. D. C. He was as fine
iookii.g a man as I have ever seen,
about six fet high, and perhaps thirty
y ars old. He was a son of Captain
Williams, who was killed at the battle
of Monterey. He was one of the most
intellectual and accomplished men
that I have ever known. I have never
known any one who excelled him as a
u'ar armv with
rank of captain
o." cavalry when the rebellion broke
out, and at that time was aid-de-c.imp
and private sectary to Gen.
Wintield Scott. From this confidence
and respect shown Lim by so distin
guished a man may be judged his edu
cation and accomplishments.
He was a first cousin of General Lee,
commanding the army of the Rappa
hannock. Soon after the war began
he was frank enough to inform Gen
eral Scott that all his sympathies
were with the South, as his frien Is
anil interests were there, and that he
ould not fight against them. As he
was privy to ali General Scott's plans
for the campaign, ir was not thought
Will to turn him loose, so he was sent to
G jvernor's Island, where he remained
three months. Alter the first Bull
Run battle he was allowed to go South,
where he joined the confederate army,
and his subsequent history I have
not been able to learn much about,
lie was a while on General Bragg's
sratT as chief of artillery, but at the
time of his death was his inspector
general. When he joined the confeder
ate army he altered his name thus:
Lawrence W. Orton. Col. Cav. P. A.
C. S. A." Provisional Army Confed
erate States ot America " Sometimes
hi wrote his name "Orton," and
sometimes Auton," according to the
object which he had in view. This we
larn from papers found on him.
These facts in relation to the personal
history of Colonel Orton I have gath
ered from the Colonel himself, and
from Colonel Watkins, who knows him
vrA, they having belonged to the same
r girnent of the regular army Second
Tnited state Cavalry. Coionel Wat
kins. however, did not recognize Col
onel Orton until after he had made
himelf known, and now mourns his
apostasy and tragic fate.
The other victim of this delusive and
reckless daring was Walter G. Peter,
a lieutenant in the rebel army,
and Colonel Orton's adjutant. He was
a tall, handsome youne man of about
twenty-five years, who gave many
signs of education and refinement. Of
his history I have been able to gather
nothing. He played but a second
part. Colonel Orton was the leader,
and did all the talking and managing.
History will hardly furnish a paral
lel in the character and standing of
the parties, the boldness and daring
of the intorprise, and the swiftness
with which discovery and punishment
were visited upon them. They came
into our camp and went all through
it. minutely inspecting our position,
works and sources, with a portion of
their traitorous insignia upon them,
and the boldness of their conduct
made their flimsy subterfuges almost
successful.
To the last, however, they denied
being spies. They claimed that they
were endeavoring to get through our
lines in order to visit friends in the
North and Europe. But this story
was so poorly matured that when
either told it it would not hang to
gether, and there was little resem
blance between the accounts which the
two gave. The arrest o completely
confounded them that they were never
able afterward to recover from it.
The unfortunate men made no com
plaint at the severity of their punish
ment, except that they deprecated the
ignominy of being hanged. They were
too well informed not to know that
upon conviction of being spies, they
must suffer death, and hence they ex
pected it and made no complaint.
Colonel Orton, who recognized
Colonel Watkins as soon as he saw
him. told him that he barely escaped
with his life when the arrest was made
that he nad his hand on his pistol
to Inii him and escape. Had it been
any one else he would ha-e done to.
! Krtofel Ortori. delivered his BwOtd I
flbd pistols td Colore! Watkins arid '
told him to keep and wear" theixi. He '
presencea mm witn ins norse.-1
ich he valued at $5,000, and asked J
to treat him kindly for hia soke.
Atlanta IStelUseiKrer.
- -----
3
BABY'S FOOT,-
K Is Said to Greatly
Resemble a
H Monkey's.
How many people have ever taken
tice of a baby s toot, except to
mire its pinkness and prettiness?"
d a well-known scientist. "And
to the anatomist it is a revelation.
kef for example, the tootsies of a
d of 10 months that has never
ked or stood alone. Ic has a
er of grasping to some extent and
isltised instinctively like a hand. The
great tde: has A certain independent
iwkingj like ft thumb, Md th
wrinkles Of the sole resemble thos Of
the palm, fhese markings almost
entirely disappear after the pedal
extremity has come to be employed
for Durpo'ses of support and locomo
tion. "The hands and feet of a human
bLing are strikingly like those of the
chipanzee in conformation, while the
(jorillrii's resemblance to man in these
respects is even more remarkable.
The higher apes have been classified
as 'quadriimana,' or 'four-handed
because their hind feet are hand
shaped; but this designation is very
improperly applied, because the ape's
posterior extremities are not really
hands at all. They merely look like
hands at the first glunce, whereas in
fact they are but feet adapted for
climbing. The big toes can not be
'opposed' to the other toes as thumbs
are to the fingers, but simply act
pincerwise for the purpose of grasping.
"Now, funnily enough, the 'infant's'
feet have this same power of grasping
pincer fashion, and the action is per
formed in precisely the same way.
Advocates of evolutionary theories
take this to signify that the human
foot was originally utilized for climb
ing trees also before the species was so
highly developed as it is now. Also
they assert that the fact of the art of
walking erect is learned by the child
with such difficulty proves that the
race has only acquired, it recently."
AN UNSELFISH STEED.
Remarkable Unselfishness of f
Clergyman's Horse.
A doctor and a clergyman were ex
ercising their horses one morning in a
country lane, when an argument arose
between them as to which of the ani
mals possessed the sweeter disposi
tion. "I'll wager that if their respective
tempers could be tried," said the doc
tor, "mine would be far away the
better."
"That's all nonsense," retorted the
clergyman. "My mare has the best
temper of any horse in the neighbor
hood." "Well, here's a stiff hedge, let us try
their leaping capabilities," suggested
the doctor.
"Right you are," agreed his friend.
The doctor's hunter quietly refused
to jump, although put at it again and
again. The clergyman's little mare
also refused, but at the same time put
back her ears and exhibited consider
able ill-temper. When repeatedly
urged to jump she finally accomplished
a clever back-jumping feat, which
threw her master over the hedge.
Strange to relate, the reverend gentle
man was unhurt, and, scrambling to
his feet, commenced to scrape the
mud from his broadcloth, whilst the
doctor laughingly remarked
"Perhaps you are convinced now
that my animal has a better disposi
tion than yours."
"Not at all," replied the clergyman.
My mare is such an unfelfish little
brute that though unable to take the
fence herself, she had no desire to keep
me from going over. In fact, she
facilitated the mode of my transit,
whilst your horse displayed a dog-in-the-manger
temperament by not going
himself and not allowing you to go
either.
HE HASEN'T FIXED IT.
Hew Mr.
Hendrlckson
Cot
Drink.
An elegantly attired stranger walked
into a Woadward avenue saloon and
asked leave to use the telephone.
"Certainly," said the polite barten
der. The visitor walked to the phone,
rang the bell, and probably without
waiting for an answer gave a num
ber. "Is that Mr. B's residence?" asked he,
giving the name of a very prominent
and wealthy citizen of Detroit.
"Is Mr. B. there?"
"Well, when hecomes will you please
tell him that I can't come up to dinner
to-night. This is Mr. Hendrickson.
"Yes. Mr. Oliver Hendrickson."
"I am srry, too, but a bus
iness engagement makes it impossible.
I will call to-morrow. Good-bye.
He stepped away from the instru
ment, thanked the bartender, and
said:
"Give me a gin fizz, please."
He swallowed the drink, ordered an
imported cigar. lit it and then discov
ered that he had no change. Looked
embarrassed and then gave his name
again:
"Mr. Oliver Hendrickson. I'll be in
to morrow and fix it;" he said.
Tiie barkeeper didn't kick at all. the
telephone conversation had fixed it
Mr. Hendrickson hasn't "come in yet,"
nor has he "fixed it." The drink mixer
doesn't remember the telephone num
ber tnat the fellow used, but he is sure
it wasn't the number of the promin
ent citizen's call Detroit Tribune.
His Answer.
"Do vou shave vourselx all
the
time?" asked the barber.
"No; I stop occasionally formeal3,
said Jimnian, savagely.
:he agricultukal wokld
INTKRI5STIXG SCBUECTS FOR XX.
. frELLlGE.VT fUMttKHS.
Some Crops Sot ili KrfnA
Wateriasr Cowi-Kc TW Fowl
Tame Incomplete JIaar "
Pelaters.
We have noticed in recent years in
creased efforts to introduce not only
new varieties d? our old standard
grains, vegetables, plaiih. flowers and
trees, but to get new kinds, or a fe:.f
those new" this country or special lo
cality. Many of these are' now" CtMous pro
duced by crossing or hybrhlhShii and
are in effect new, others- are' introduced
from foreign countries. Soril? at these
are not successful at first, bat eveStu--ally
become acclimated, still others are
old to one section, but new to another.
All our Western foraee and d
planh are new to this country. Their'
name in lejrion. and there are great pos
sibilities !n them; much we think to
gain by crossing. Eileh has peculiar
characteristics, and a plant containing
the best of all is likely to be tho re
sult. A word of caution will flot be out of
place" Do" not allow indiscriminate
mucin?, or a fairly good plant may b
deteriorated; especially do not allow a
crossing of the saccharine sorghum
with the non-saccharine, as its' ns for
syrups will be spoiled. Every secnon
ha. its peculiar needs in a plant, so
let the crossing bo with this ideal plant
in view.
These foraae plant are unknown to
many sections gomp do not need
them, but many will ind them profit
able introductions. The fom-re is much
better than corn, and the analysis of the
seed shows it to be as valuable, though,
in yield, ease of handling and feeding
it will not compare with com. but it
might be profitably used as a Chiinge of
feed, especially when a farmer wishes
to use chopped feed. We especially
urge c-vory poultry raiser to aise them
extensively, especially the Kaffir corns.
Barley is not a well know crop. We
never saw but on crop growing until
we bought sewl the present year: did
not even know whitt th. grain was.
With no experience In raising if. w1 ar
well pleased with it, and shall grow it
largely next year. We think it will
be more profitable for horse feed than
in ts hi this ji.x'tion. Tiiiu- may change
aur opinion a.i we find out its disad
vantages, but at pr-!Miit we should
recommend It for trial here
Broom corn is in it- favored hom
lnTe and it will h raLs.nl largely, but
without experience we Judge th har
vesting of it will interfere w'tli wheat
seeding here, and that the wheat raiser
will give it over to the specialist. In
our dry climate th-ve is not so much
:are needed in harvesting, nor so much
storage room, as it can be bulked with
out danger, but as the profits in such
crops depend largely on the liner color
and shape that it goes upon the mar
ket, the best success is attained by a
specialist, by which we mean one who
has a special liking for certain lines
Df work. For some years past it has
been a very profitable Top. but there is
likely to be a reaction and low prices
for a few years as the acreage has in
"onsequence of present prices been
largely increased.
Cow peas are an old crop to your
Southern readers, but nw to all others.
?xcept as a fertilizer, plowing under
as a grea crop. We think they will
be raised largely by those who can give
special time to the ha nesting, and by
thosp who have land 'specially adapted
to their raising. We have written of
land here that we thought specially
idapted to them and now we know of
one trial acre, or a little less, that pro
Juciil twei t3'-ono bushels.
Th" new Lathyrus Sylvestris has not
proved successful here, but on the
:iudy lands of Wisconsin it is reported
i very productive forage plant. Farm,
Fieli and Fireside.
Preparing Orchard Crnnnii.
The best site for an orchard is rolling
ground facing the south or southwest.
Most soils will grow pretty fair apples,
pears and cherries, and with care in the
selection of trees known to be good
bearers in the neighborhood in which
the orchard is to be planted, there will
rarely be a failure.
It is necessary to have the ground
Unit will be planted to fruit tres care
fully plowed and rinely harrowed.
October is the best month to have this
work done, as the ground is soft and
mellow, and there is more time to give
the land that careful working it should
receive before planting the trees, t
,-houId always be borne in mind that an
orchard will last a lifetime if the trees
ire properly planted, fertilized and
ziven the necessary culture in their pro
per season. Old sod or old pasture
iroimd that has long been in sod Ls line
for treo growth. Have such a sod
zlowed up now. let It be plowed with
out any skins, and all stones and roots
-emoved. Then harrow after the plow
ing Is finished, roll the ground nxt.
ind then cross-harrow and roll once
more. This will put the land in tine
tilth, as it should be.
Some of the best fruit growers strike
jut the rows for the apple trees 4) feet
?ach way. pear and cherry trees 'J feet
each way.
After the lines are run out they run
the lifting subsoil plow (requiring three
strong mules to draw the plow) up and
iown the three furrows on each side of
he line row. This subsoilmg loosens
ip the under soil, but does not bring it
ip to the surface, and it allows tli wa
ter to run down away from the tree
roots. Such treatment will cost about
10 per acre more than the ordinary
way of tree planting, but it is found by
practical experience to be well worth
the extra cos-. Where but few trees
ire planted the holes should be made
wide. 2 feet each way and IS inches in
iepth. the bottom soil thrown out and
replaced with good top soil Baltimore
Aaneriean.
Incomplete Hannrr.
Barnyard manure is ordinarily looked
upon a? a general and complete man
urcand in the sense of supplying the
most needed elements of plant food,
this is true. Yet it seldom, if ever, con
tains these plant food ingredients in
the proportions which have been found
to give the best results.
Farmyard manure contain? (according
to the animal and the focd consumed)
from .4 to .S per cent of nitrogen. .2
to .4 ner cent of phosphoric acid, . to
G per cent of potash; practically twice
is much phosphoric acid, and consider
ably more than of potash. This is too
nitrogenous for a weil-baLanced fertil
izer,and any one using barnyard man
ure does well, therefore, to use acid
phosphate and potash salts in addi
tion. Farm manures usually deficient in pot
ash, such as those produced from corn
meal, filage and rtovcr.nnd hay from
the grasses generally, ami especially
when fed with nitrogenous food",
should always be applied in conjunction
Avith fertilizers containing larger
amounts of potion, and phosphoric ac
ids. A -.till better plan is to sprinkle
these materials in the stable and upon
the' dung heap, and thus a doable bene
fit L obtained hy preventing the escape
of ammenwf from the manure. Potasu
salts are especially soluble in this re
spect, and when nsel no leaching
must under any circumstances be al
lowed as they will be -asily washed
out of the pile to the detriment of the
manure.
v
" Ke V Fott1 Tame.
Yes. keep your fowls fame, for you
will find you are a earner thereby.
Tiler? are far too many who ilo not
make it a point to keep their fowl so
tame that they will readily take food
from the hand; and consider such a
L thing a usclew expenditure of time;
buf U is not. for tanit bird? will be
more contented, will lay on ilesu and
fat faster, and will lay more egs thau
those which are kept constantly in a
ieml-wild state.
Kindness is never lost on anything,
no matter how small the obji't may be.
Look at the stock breeder who is noted
for the big quality of his stock, and you
will never see him harsh witli his ani
mals; but at all times kind and consid
erate of their comfort and well-being.
He" sver beats them or speaks harsuly
to them, for he well knows that such a
course Is very detrimental to their well
being. As it is with larger animals, so is
It relatively true o' fowls; if you at all
times exercise kindness toward- them,
they will , doubly repaj- for all your
care ami kind attention. Poultry
World. x. -
As tn Watorltisr Cott.
An European experiment in watering
dairy cow shows that cows always in
their stables gav much better results
when changed baciC where they could
get water twiceli a day. It was found
that the milk yield increased where the
cow? had access to water at will-, and
no decrpnsc of fat contents occurred.
The daily increase of milk was small,
but as estimated it would improve the
yield forty gallons per cow per year.
A noticeable feature of tii experiment
Is that the cows drank a little less when
permitted to drink at will than when
furnlshi'd water twice a day.
By drinking often there was loss chill
ing of the stomach than where water
had to hr taken twice a day. and each
time in large quantities. The digestion
was improved, as with each small
draught of water some ga-tric juice was
secreted and wnt with it. which was
not the cast to the same extent where
large draughts of cold water had to be
taken. ...
Weljeht at tiie Sheil. j
Sometimes it is not easy to convince
the farmers that raising and fattening
lambs is a good naving business when
the conditions are favorable, but the '
following piece of experience at our sta- '
tiou will tend to show the possibilities
that lie in that direction. In the au
tumn of 1S'.)1 we purchase l two can
loads of lamb in Prince Edward Island.
I.l.") miles eastward from (riiclpu. On
tario, where the station is located.
Some of thes, wn fattened and sent j
back again to Halifax, within 1m) miles
of where they were bought. leaving us
a substantial cash protir :t the same
time over all expenses. om of them !
we fed until May. and were then ship-
ped by us to Liverpool and sold. They '
cost us $lf pr head, when purchased. !
and avenged ?11.."( per head at the
Liverpool docks. After charging all
expenses whatsoever, we hail a nice
little cash protir on the Iambs, not
counting In the manure, although we
had paid the expenses of thjr transit !
a distant c of not Ies.- than .".'" miles. I
From Ontario Experiment Station.
Fnrni Pointer-..
Cold storage butter keeps best at a
temperature of about J0 tl.
Color don't make the cow give milk,
Weigh tiie milk and test it in order to
judge of her worth.
Feed cows twice a da v only twic.
Let them chew the cud well between
meal. They are built that w:y.
TIfeorelieally cows ueed watering
twice a day in winr.-r. but in practice
once a day seems to be jni as good.
Wash and cook the potatoes that are
too small for marker or for table use.
'iney are good for pigs or chickens.
Separate the hogs wanted for butch
ering fruti the stock hogs and sows.
Put them in a small warm pii and feed
well until time to slaughter.
Churn cieam from sappers at a high
temperature, in some eas'.-s as high as
70 deg. The butter f.it needs soften
ing. An ".vhange says bran fed to cows
makes the cream harder to .-hnrn and
requires longer for the operation. It
works the other way for us.
Picking the potatoes over an I remov
ing the rotten oni about ome a menth
(hiring the winter will lessen the loss
from that source. Look aft.'r them
once before the holidays.
Iuriiig the long winter ev 'nings much
of the theoretical knowledge of ::-riruI-ture
can be acquired. obMin a f w of
the bit iMinks uu the subject.-, in whtrh
you are spcially interested and read
th in carefully aud thoughtfully.
Now ?s the time he farmer i egrets
that h ditl nr epnd a few dollars at
threshing rhn in s-e",irxl;r a tirst-olas
man to make the srrawsrack. The poor
ly made stack now covers half of the
barnyard and much valuable straw has
already been wasted through careless
ness or ignorance in stacking. -
Lose no time now in making every
thing secure for winter. See that The
crops are properly stored, as it does not
pay to grow a thing and then let ir
spoil before getting to market. One
thing that we would cail attention to
Ls that you keep the potatoes from the
light. A dark. cool, dry pi ire L what
they wanr.
A man should not condemn a thing
until he his at least given it a trial.
We have observed that those who sneer
at intensive cultivation, extra heavy
manuring, etc. are the mn who have
never attempted to practice them. A
trial of thes.- methods is .-ery apt to
give on" some respect for them. Sup
pose you make a little experiment in
this direction n-xt season.
Double cropping is a matter that the
majority of ftnuers do not see -
way toward p-!'-ticing. But where it
can b'e done 5r apretty certain way
in which to increase the earnings of the
land. Crops tnnst be used which do
not require a long season for maturing,
and you must make np your mind to
apply enough manure to counteract the
extra drain undo upon the land.
I THE OLD RELIABLE
j Columbus - State - Bank 1
(0MBMkimtW9UO
Pajs latest on the Dsxsits
Ara
lata Loam on Heal Mali
3I0HT D1AJT3 C
Osaka, Ckicmc. Utar Tark mmA ftl
Ftmicm Coutriaa.
'
j '
V -y. ira.vKfc-.
j BELLI : STXaVMSHI? : TI0KZTI.
J
I o
,
BUYS GOOD NOTES
lad fialsc tta Ccatoscra whaa tkar Naad Kal
mens A5B BIBICTSISl .
I LZAHDEnGERRARD.PrMt.
ft. H. HENRY. VIc Ptwt '
JOHN STAUFyER. Cuhlat
at. BBTJGGEB, Q. W. HCLST.
-OF-
COLUMBUS, NEB.,
n.vs ax
Authorized Capital of $500,000
! Paid III Capital, - 90,000
OFFICERS.
? C. H. SHELDON, Pres'C
1L P. II. OEHLRICH. Vice Pres.
CLARK GUAV. Cashier.
DANIEL SCII RAM. Asa't Cash
DIRECTOR..
FT. M. Wir-stow, II. P. H. Onni.niCH.
c. U. Sheldon, w. a. MeAia.i3Tzu,
Joxas Welch. Caul Iliuxica.
STOCKHO LD ERS.
3 C GR.1T. J. HEXKT WCRDEMA-f.
tiSKIIARD LOSCKl, HENRY LOSEKE.
i1.H.t ittiAY. Geo. w. Gallet.
DA.vint.Scni.Aii, A. F. ILOehlhicb.
1 ITuAXit Roher. J l Becker Estats,
Rehzcca Becker.
Baalcof deposit: interest allowed on tlma
deposits; buy and sell exchange on United
States and Europe, and buy anil sell avail
able securities. We shall tw pleased to re
;elve your business. Wo soilcls your pat
ronage. THS
First National Bank
COX.T7XST7S. NEB.
-
OFFICERS.
k. ANDEBSOX, J. H. GALLEY.
President. Vice Tres't.
O. T. ROEN. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
6. ASDERSOJT. P. ANDEMOS.
JACOB GEEISEN. HENBI EAGATZ.
JAU2i G. &SZDSS.
Statement cf the Condition at the Close
' er Business July 12, lS'.KJ.
BESOCRCE3.
Loans and Discounts. $ 211,457 57
Ke.il Estate Furnlturo and Fix
tures - 1(5.731 9
, C.S. Bonds I5.4)0
! Due from other banks tiT.?i 15
Cash on Hand jn,SC7 M 53.743 TO
Total....
..333,n 38
UARitanzs.
Capital Stock paid la
Purolus Fund
Undivided profits
Circulation
...8 60.000 no
... 30.000 0
.... 4.57'i 00
... MJ00"
.... E5.113 37
....C33.1M 3fi
Deposits...
TotaL
LOUIS SCHREIBER,
AH krids f Repairiig deie on
Siiori Aouce. DBggies, ua;
i.
a
lis, etc., aiaae 10 traer,
and all work Guar
anteed. Also fell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combia
1 ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-binders tfca
best made.
Shop on. Olivs Street, Columbus, Nab.,
four doora south of Borowiak's.
HENRY GASS,
UISnDEHTA-KIEiR!
Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases !
HT Repairing of all kinds of Uphol
siery Goafs.
J-tf -COLUMBUS. XZBRASKA-
-COME TO-
Ths Journal for Job WorR
01
Blac
Mnn