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YOLOIE XXIV.-NUMBER 44.
COLUMBIA, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1S94.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,240.
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
Mil ford is sh.nningicc a.l over the
StPtC;
There is not an empty store building
in. Ashland.
. S. Ailing has been appointed post
master at cwartl.
A law and order league has been
or
jjankred in Caklaud.
The religiou-s revival at Crete
is
proving very successful.
Uonds for a - 70, 000 water plant in Au
"burn carried hv 'J majority.
. A fii-fe in th Painier house at Grand
TslanS caused a loss nf -.00
Methodists of Osceola will dedicate'
.to their new harch Feb. 11th.
A number of Table Koek feeders will i
ship 300 head of taltle Uircct to Europe ,
this month.
n. v r , t i. .- -
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Ol Hasting IS nOffiJ,,,,; u r-. : ... r: r
out of debt :h-ou ;h
a vigorous ell'ort
marie recently.
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" iinirii-. Liu? usmiiri i ni'in-
l'acifi- i
cgentat J -unbar, died
after a short liincss
of
ptiUiimonia I
Luc Jekamnh postothce fight has nar -
roweu down to two persons one of them
an editor, who is not lifcHy to get left.
The school supenntenncnt f l-il!-
-note county is niaicinjr arrangements
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, - .ii ua.iinic "i six v.-eeirs ne.vt sum
mer. Jev. J. . Kimxnel pa.stor of the
Uitlieran chnrcli ot Tckamah. has ten
dered his resigua;ion. to uiite eject
soon.
chioi district 10.1, Frontier county,
has rpjrisJe-ed 5."i(t) of h.mHs in t".
itcditor s office and will bui.d a school
it.i.i..
nous.
The i'cw York police have arrested
;eom Miriing, the North l'latte post
oilice robber, who -tole SJ,10() in
stnmpn.
I'or cnifiiy and general cussed lies.
Mrs. Ilnunah H Mn.xm. of toi-ountv
vants the courts to grant her a divorce
from Hora-. W
Mrs, Kiakadc of Zanosvill, .. ,-,
arvkjiur th a.Wrcs or a sister who
iaine to rhis state and has not beeu
heard from in em ht years.
i:avr rising is aul.cled with pettv
shjeves. aad the Ke-iew intimates' th.i't
thry are 1 eing watclud and are IiLH v
to be brought to justi.-c sho ti
nv!c-t nlrew .lai-kson in the Nc
bcaska peniu-ntiary aitempipii to taiie
his life hy iKinging He was oicovered
before fully cai r ing our his purpose
Earl r.tier. a yonntr man of Haverly..
tnei .with a p.i.nfiw accniejit whre
r.fjrkiug fn the plow shops, losing a
part of three lingtvson th riht hanl.
In Colfax county's est mate of curren'
c-r.'Des for the year l'.H the . ourt is
pot at . O): tnnity roads. l?,'oo
toonty bridge, S1V ." insane expenses.
I'frf. Muier. superintendent of the
l-'remont schools says that the net gain
ai attendance in the s.htHls ior .Ianu-
ary -vas 1.7 oer
List vir.
th
e s:im month of
ompar.y . Nebraska National
guards, t T-k:.inah Ins been reorgan
ised K'ti-va now members have been
uideJ ma Si n- n.w thir:y-eiylit mem
bers of t te (.cupnny
F ollins. edittir und proprietor of
the ltnnctt I n.on. was bounti over to
. the diatnet court by Jnsi it e Spencer for
practicing den tistrv uit.muta eertiSi-
cate a rc(iiirel ly the s;ate laws.
An epidemic of M-arlet fever has
broken out in ':ii,ian.i number -of
cases. Ix.th in town .1110 m the country,
are reported, lutiti.sof a mud fori'n.
and no fa Unit es are expected ti r suit,
Uorcrnor r iit-c is.sied ii-s warrant
fr the return of urtiss cintuer t
UiMinagupon the re.ju:sition of the
povcrnrr uf that state. Uemteer -s
charged with burglary anil grand lar
ceny. A Heatr.ce company has taken the
contract to furnish the L'nion I'aciHe
4OTcars of ice this season, all to be
shipped to outidt jvunts. Thev alsi '
Hlteu the company's big ice house in
that city.
Oakland ean boa.st of the smallest
birth in the person of a little daughter
born one day recently to Mr andMrs
J aUuitfer. weiarhing only three and
one hal f-po'iniis. The tabe is liveiv
and pretty.
A farm house southeast of Wilber.
Belonginc; to Tobias 1 astor and occu
pnd by'Mierman yckoh". was burned
l:i.S week through a defective tine.
Only a part if the contents were saved.
No insurance. j
It transpires that the Chemical Na
tional bank of New York was mulcted
by C W. Mosherof the Capital National
bank to the extent of S.""0,00(, and all
within a short time previous to the fail
.nre of the bank.
At a meeting of the board of mana- '
gers it was decided to en'arjre on th s
years Chautauqua at Beatrice, and the
board has given Director Davidson in
structions to engage the best talent
that can be secured.
Thcderman I.ntherian church mem
bers of Arapahoe and surroundmsr coun
try loaded a car with wheat and corn
as a donation to their brethren in Chase
countr. where the crops were almost an
entire failure last season.
Clanc. Tleaton fc Co., one of the most
widely known tirms in the state, have
sold their Weston elevator and shmpinir
iiiuiuc: iu me Guiana cievator com
pany. This arm beiran buying yrain
in Weston seventeen years ago."
Robert Stout, of Arapahoe, who was
found wandering over the prairie in a
dazed condition some weeks aco. is re
ported nearly well, but he is unable to
remember anything lurther than that
he was out riding and his horses stum-
bieiL
An expert fruit grower informs the
Tiattsmouth New that he has examin-
- ed the peach buds and finds them near
ly all killed, so that we may not exnect
a crop of peaches next year. The more
tender varieties of plums have suffered
a like fate.
Fire in Cmaha on the "d destroyed
jiiwji.1 w ,.u, ..j-iui ui w-'.-mi. i.ne
.Boston store was totally destroyed and
s .uaguaiene s Latnolic church and
school were atldco to tne names. Other
buildings were heavily damaged. Everv
thing fully insured.
The new school building-, erected in
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192. caught hre last we-.-k
m tJamij
and was consumed lhe Omaha Firp
Insurance eonr-any arried $:;,K)on
the building and contents, which were
a total loss This leaves the town with
only one school building.
Tatronize home Industry. The follow
ing pre a few of the Omaha "firms whe
should receive your patronage: Farreli
t Cii.'h brand of svrups, jellies pre- J
servesana mince meat: .Morse-C oe boots
and shoes for men. women andchildren:
Consolidated Coffee Co.'s brand of cof
fee, extracts and yeast: Page SoapQc's
.Silver Leaf and Borax soap; American
Biscuit fc Manufacturing Co., Omaha,
crackers; Union Lif e -Insurance Co. -of
Omaha.
- Fire broke out in W"ausaw in the
rruif of the large implement warehouse
fA. Iuadberg Co., and is a short
line tilt' Iniuimgand its contents were
lestroyed. The loss Is about 53,000,
destri
whk:hisov:-r.-d by insurance inhe! Manitoba has 1,000,000 acres of wheat
Piiotn x of lirooic yn and IIartford.com-1 Locomotives have electric head
paa c. , lights.
I The North Nebraska Teachers' a3sc- ,
elation will hold its next meeting at
Columbus some time in March. '
I .. ue preliminary examination of Her- ;
man Echtenkamp". who shot Frank Os- .
terman at a wedding recently at the
j Kraeger farm near Arlington, took j
place at the latter place. Justice Lease i
bound young- Echtenkamp over to the i
district court of Washington county,
i Preparations have begun at Monroe '
for the forming of a company to sink
prospecting wells in that vicinity for
, the tinding of coal, oil. gas and wator
, The signs"' are known to be numerous '
ahd eneourairlnrr. and the work will be
i iu charge of a
I Ohio.
veteran oil man from ,
The members of the Agricultural so-
ciety convened in West Point and au-
thozpd the managers to dispose of the
ol1 fur Snds. The purchnse of a
new location was left to the discretion
ut Liie managers. inev aiso set mie
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eptember 17, IS. 19 and JO. immedia-
tcLy after the state fair.
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Craig. an old resident of
diedlat rteek. Deceased
Burt count
trii Iwmmi ; w. xt". r,i:n. . -
1 cightv-six years old. He tame to Amer-
, ica when a mere lad. landing at New
Orleans, He follow.-d boating on the
Mississippi for a number of years. He
was also a civil engineer and surveved
the Wabash and Erie canals.
Miss Mabel bi-ain. teacher of the
Uratton school in Nemaha county, was
arrested on complaint of D. C. Day,
charging her with assault and battery
upon the person of his l'J-year-old son.
The bov's back from his shoulder to
the end of his spine was black and blutf
caused by the whip. Hell hath no fury
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like a woman who loses her temper
This community was greatly shocked,
says a ilver Creeu dispatch, by an un
fortunate accident, by which one boy
caused the death of his brother. Tim
and Bird U ilson. sons of II. M. Wilson,
went out hunting with a companion.
In attempting to shoot a mink Tim
shot I!ird in the neck, killing him in
stantly The boys were alout 11 years
of aye
lhe Hebron Mail prints a cam from1
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Carl Picard. announcing that he
,-ill
fast forty days and forty nights. In
concluding hi.s annoum ement. Mr. I'ic
ard says. "In obedience to Christ's ex
ample I am now entering upou a forty
Tays" fast, -o that you will not see much
of me until Easter, v.-hen my publiti
ministry will commence.'' He that hath
ears to -hetir-det him hear. Yours, a
fool For Christ's sake-."
The narrow escape of the family of
John Egircrs. living on a farm three
miles south of Cairo. Hall county, is re
ported. A child had culled for water
and when the father arose he found the
house full of smoke. I-lames immedia
tely followed and the family of parents
and four children had hardly sufficient
time to escape, saving nothing but the
clothing the' could hastily put on The
fire originated irom a defective line.
The entral City butter and egs
house shipped -,55s pounds of butter.
J.ssO dozen of eggs and l.o'J'.' pounds
of poultry during November: 2,273
pound of butter, l.tioo doen of eggs
and l'.V.UC,
pounus 01 poultry uunng
December: 2,.!i.s pounds of butter. 1
00D doen of eggs and '.'. Jsii pounds of
pooltry during January or a total of
T..12' pounds of butter. 7. "ilO do.cu of
c'T'ti ami .H.401 pounds of poultry for
the three months.
The mortgage indebtedness record of
Clay county for the month of January,
shows the following- Thirty-six farm
mortgages filed, amounting to S:V.U40:
thirty-eight farm mortgages released,
amounting to S2. fi. nineteen city
mortgages filed, amounting to 57, lt.";
six city m rtgageh. released, amount
ing to S'-'.T'Js. li; 152 chattel mortgages
tiled, amounting to 52i. .'.I ': seventy
nine chattel mortgages released, '
amounting to 52.1,12 i. ,
The third annual bean soup and corn 1
bread dinner of the Richardson Coun- '
ty I'ioneer society occurred at Verdon
bust week. The day via; pleasant. '
' the roads were good anil over 'M1
of the pioneers of tne county were pres
ent and partook of the meai that re- j
minded them of bygone days. Large :
delegations from Stella, huberr. Ua-
rada. Falls City and Salem were pres- (
ent. After the dinner an impromptu j
program of music and speeches was '
rendered.
Holman's lake, near Decatur, Burt
county, is 1 pretty sheet of water and a
great fishing place for the sports dur
ing the season. Postmaster C. E.
Bardwell of Tekamah is in receipt of a '
! communication from Judge Blair of 1
Omaha, one of the suite fish commis-'
sioners, stating that the board will
place in the lake 2,000.000 wall-eyed
pike if the citizens of the county will '
take particular care to watch for per
sons fishing with seines or any kind of
a net He further asks that the mar
ket men of the county refuse to handle
or purchase fish caught with nets in
any of the streams of the state.
A statement prepared by Chief Clerk
Townley of the Mate Banking depart
ment shows that there are at the pres
ent time ."01 banks under the control
of the banking board. On November
.". 192. the number was " 1 1, but since
that time forty-five have been discon
tinued and thirty-four established. Of
the banks that were discontinued since
the date quoted ten are at the present
time in charge of receivers appointed
by the supreme court. The consolidated
report of these receivership banks goes
a long wavs towards explaining one
phase of the business depression in Ne- j
braska. The ten banks have tied up
nearly 5-"00,000 in deposits.
Many months ago Land Commission
er Humnhrev and Alex Sciilegel. civil
t - nginneer. wen. 1
into the northwestern
part of the state and selected indem
nity school lii'nds. A a result of that
work the state comes into possession of j
over 30,4100 acres of school land. The
selection made by Commissioner Hum-1
phrey and Mr. Sehlegel has been ap-,
proved by the secretary of the interior. ,
The lists of land were received last
week and the board met in special ses-
sion to consider the matter. It was '
decided to order the land apnraiseti
and when the appraisement is returned
and aDnroved bv the board 01 educa-
tionai lamis ana tunes tne iana win oe
. t ( - 1 T1
placed on the market. '
The next reunion, the sixteenth an
nual of th-i G. A. R-, department of Ne-
"raska, wil again be held in irand Is
land if the tr. A. R. encampment dosen't 1
break the contract. At a mass meeting j
of -citizens hold last week, at which J
Mayor ieddes presided, a committee
waa appointed to proceed with the ncc-1
essary arrangements and it was the '
sense of the meeting that the next re- ,
union w nild be distinctly a veterans re-'
union without state militia attachments
or frills. It is understood that had!
l:SnrIlt
at Lincoln on the IMst; inf to r.len
her of the same. Lincoln would have
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been fixed unon as the nlaee for hold- I
ing the coming rennion.
u. a. r. naram of iTyrtle, N. a,
aims tiat his dane-htir nmi ...
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claims that his daughter, a-ed four
and a hab! years, can read any book or
paper pe-'-ctlv
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ARoIT in the aim and
and desolate past
That shoreless and
shadowless sea,
Where wrecks nrc
driven by wave ahd j
. blast.
Shattered. Sunken and '
lost at last.
Lies the heart that
was broken tor rne
Poor heart!
Lon.j ago broken for
me.
"JI? loves wen dory, and pride, and art:
Ah' ilaiuLTons nvjls the-sc!
Sweet lipa micht quiver and warm tcsrs start
Should an artist pann rot a woman's hejri?
Ercn that which was broken for flic
Poor heir'
Too rare to be broken for me"
I Alarie Langley s tenor voice floated
' out upon the silence in mournful mel-
ody as he sang these pathetic words.
He laid his brush aide with a look of
impatience stealing over his hand
some face. He could hear Theda's
voice in the hall without, and knew
Lhat he was going to be interrupted.
A picturesquely disordered studio,
it was, away up in the top of his
mother's house; a real
with its bronzes and
"sky parlor,"
maiuiua, iu
' dummies and quaint suits of armor
hanging ag.iinst the walls. Velvet
portieres separated the room from the
wide hall which ran through the old
fashioned country house, and through
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the sweet, clear voice
o Theda Grey floated lightly:
"Alarie! 'Hie dear! Mamma says
come down and have lunch with her
and oh, Ric! I want you. too'"'
The portiers were parted now, and a
girl stood framed in by the rich wine-
colored velvet: a girl with a face
worth looking at Not a beauty, but
such a soulful face. With great, lus- i
I trniK 7:irlr ,nrn; -in, I -, iin.;.n n. ,,..1.
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tile small ht;if! ernwn.iit ivifh iiii-mnf
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of sunny hair.
Theda (Tray was a ward of Alarie
Langley s mother, and had lived with
them for years a Veritable sunbeam
in their home. Between her and the
young artist a tender affectiou ex
isted. It was not a mighty passion
upon hi3 part: to tell the truth, he
cared more for his art than for any
thing else in the world. But to The
da, he was just the one man on earth.
To her, all other men were wooden
inanities; and she found no pleasure
in their society.
Alarie was differently constituted,
lie was wont to say that his nature
was to "like many, and love but one."
Which is all very correct in its way;
only a man loses something out of his
life when he divides himself impar
tially among casual acquaintances.
What though he does keep his heart
and its inner sanctuarv for the one:
nuraan love is lauity and selhsh, and
the one craves all.
Alarie smiled into the girl's eyes as
she stood there; her very presence had
driven away the frown.
"I have been setting your little
poem to music, Theda," he said, and a
tender tone was in his voiee now, a
tender light in his deep dark eyes.
"I like it. and yet why did you write
Mich a sad thing? You ourht never
to be sad and sorrowful. Theda "
She smiled. That smile glorified
her face.
"I am never sad when I am with
you, dear," she returned softly. "But
the little poem seemed to write itself.
I C.VX SEVER LOVE ANV O.VE.
It llitted through mv brain and I iust
had to write it. I am so glad von like
like !
it Aiaric You are the only critic for
whose praises I earc!"
As they descended the staircase to
gether, where Mrs. Langlev was
awaiting them, Alanc read aloud from
the manuscript he held in his hand,
Theda's little poem:
I tll trr aa .irtl-t should wed lus art.
That ouiv lus love should be
Xo other shomd l':re me from mine apart
1 aid a::d my cold words chilled her heart
Tje heait that uas breakin - for me
Poor heart.
HoixJcssiy brcakius Jor me.
"I spoke of the beautiful days to come
in the lan.t beyond the sea
Tiioe years that miut be wearisome
To her. but her pitieat lips weredain'j:
Ker heart broliu in silence for me
Poor heart:
Brcke. yet complained not for me
"I pressed her band and.rJbuked lier tears
LI Utly an S care eslv
I s iid mv triumphs should reach her ear.
And I left her aioae with tin; dSm-il vear-5.
And the heart that was hreakiafor me
Pcor heart:
Silently trcak'nj for me.
"SIv days were dreams of summer time
15y nfe it v. - victory
Fame wove bright garlands to crown my
rnme.
And I hair rorot in th it radiant clime
The heart that was bre-ilnn-j fur ma
Poo r heart'
ai:cntiy "lrealuas for me "
Below stairs, they found Mrs. Car
lingford an amateur artist a very
wealthy woman, and a patron of cer
tain -rising young artists " A dan
gerous woman, with her brigiit. dark
beauty and intense magnetism, which
took the hearts of the other sex by
storm. There was a Mr. Carlingford
popularly believed to be somewhere
in existence, though, so far. he had
failetl to materialize.
She had come to the Langley home
that morning with a distinct object
Several artist friends of hers were
about to start for Italy. Aiaric
Langley must join them. The propo-
sition delighted the young artist.
His means were sufficient. Almost.
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Hi -other never inter-
1Cred ln her h0n S arC projects.
Thetla said nothing and her opinion
was not asked
Butsomething within
her heart lay down and died that dav.
When Aiaric had left th: room to
put Mrs. Carlingford into her carriage,
Theda. stooped and picked up the
manuscript of her little poem, which
he had dropped upon the Hocr, and
was too much occupied with the fair
visitor to observe it.
"Why did I write this?" cried the
Mil m li , '-l-r1
.iiil ' ! I w 1 1 H Nl
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crushed heart of the jrirl. "Is it
prophesy?" And she rcd the cenclud
trior aa wIj V r liif ini ItLt yb :
mg
erses witn. a bitter Hears.
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roilPd.
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More hodow and v.ifn to be
Fame's besom, at best, is hard and cold.
And I would have sivea all prai-e and sold
For the heart that was breaking for me
Poor heart:
Thanklessly breaking forme.
"Side with lonin'is, and fears and drcao,
I hurried across the sea:
Sh'J had wasted aa thousi with grief,' they
said.
'Poor child: poor child.' and was Ions sulci
dead.
Ah: she died for the love bt mo
Poor heart'
Broken so vainiy forme.
Wei lied ilowc by a load too hcivy to hold,
ishe had died unmurmunnsly
And I. remor-cful and uaeonsol-'d.
I dreamed of the wasted days of old.
And the heart that was broken for me
Fcor heart'
Br"k'n, uniJ vainlv,.for ma
"And my soul crins out, in its hitter nain,
t or the bliss that can never DC;
For the lore that can nover come asaln.
For the sweet yoi:uj life that has live 1 In vain,
And the heart that was brokca for me
Poor heart:
Dead and buried for me:'
As Theda Grev read the won
ds
which she had written, a look of" resd-
lution settled down over her face.
"I will not die for an mail's love."
she said, decisively. "I have por
traved a weak-minded heroine in mv
first attempt at verse writing. I will
j :ivc ana live tor my art as well as
he! Let Alarie Langley go to Europe
and become a great artist. I will stay
at home and be a poet!"
She kept hor word, for the . poetic
germ was there, and needed only enU
tivation. xVlarie sailed with his artist
friends for Italv.
1 Theda held his hands and kissed his
' lips at parting, bat when he asked her
' to wait for him, she would make no
1 promise.
"Remember
the poem," she said.
softly.
His face Unshed.
"You wrong me bitterly if
yon
imagine me that cold and heartless
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he cried, indignantly.
And so they parted.
Time went by. The name of Theda
(Jrey was becoming a household word.
Her poems, so "sweet and tender and
pathetic comforted many a sorrow
ing soul.
For herse If, she had simply swept
love aside, and within her inmost
heart ambition reigned instead.
A year went by. Alarie was fast
becoming famous. But he was living
a wild sort of life among dissipated
artists, ami slowly but sn rely he be
gan to yield to temptation. Hradually
I lie descended. After the first down
ward step, man goes with a rush into
A vermis. Five years did tiic work
for him; five years sufficed to wreck
his constitution and to ruin his fame.
Then, one dav, he woke to a realiza
tion of the truth. He was in despair.
What a harvest o tares I havi
sown:" he exclaimed, bitterly. "And
my crop remains to be gathered. I
will go home and turn over a new
leaf. Even the prodigal of old was
allowed a chance to retrieve his past.
I wiil go back to mother and and
Theda. Dear, gentle little Theda!
The heart that was breaking for me.'
I remember it all. Heaven bless her.
She will forgive me anil take me back.
With Theda for my wife, I will be
strong once more to fight the world's
battle:"
He sailed for home that very day.
Alas: Where were tho laurels he con- ,
fidently expected to lay" at Theda's
feet when he had tired of the wild,
fast life of the studio and saloon?
A worn, weary man. pale and hag- 1
srard, with the marks of dissipation
upon his once handsome safe, Alarie '
Langley entered her presence once '
more. '
She looked like a tali, white lily in
her clinging gown of snowy cashmere.
A look of peace had found its way .
into the calm eyes, no longer troubled
now. For Theda Grey no longer
loved. She had killed all that, and '
she was wedded to her art. And so
she told him. gently but firmly, white
he knelt at her feet weeping, praying,
beseeching her to give him once more
the old, sweet love and trust.
"I cannot. It is impossible," she '
repeated, in answer to his beseech
ing his mad imp!oring. "I said that
T tfrtnlyJ K-.i ...M...ti 1
.w.u .C ii.,hju ims since It
,., as CSca aU tUe sorrmv of m?
swore to ue strong and brave.
I swore that I would be no soft-
hearted woman to die for the affection
that was denied me. I loved you,
Alarie, with all my heart and soul.
You were mv king in mv eves n.
I demi-god. But your coldness and
I selfishness killed all that, and I do
j not love you now. I can never love
i any man never on earth:"
I He arose and left her. He went
back to his studio and a hard life of
j toil, determined to retrieve his past
j And she she says that she is happy
in her lonely life her busy work.
But Fame's bosom at best, is hard and
cold. And a woman, cannot stifle the
voice of love until she has firt
crucified her heart.
In : w Voric Hotel. '
A hotel in New York is run on the !
principle of '-You touch the button
, and wo do the rest." Electricity ,
j furnishes the light, power and heat '
; required. A servant can be called
! by electricity, but a guest has little 1
neetl of one. for he has his room
lighted, heated, cooled or ventilated,
j simply by pressing a button. Eggs -1
are cooked and dishes arc kept hot
j on the table by means of an electric .
' coil: :l wire connocroil ";!, , ,-.-
I t .. ,- . '"" ;"-"1
o-ij piue uawrons mine
iaunary at a uniform lieat; the ele-
rator is called and operated by elec- '
t.city: an ammonia refrigerator, 1
supplied with an electric current. 1
freezes cream, and cools water and 1
wine. A patron 01 this hotel does j
everything, by electricity except" tip-!
ping the waiter and paying his bills. I
T Xicn to I.t.it. j
Toddler Is the lady of the house in? ,
Mr. Newly wed Yes; but there'
isn't a thing in the wide- world we ,
want. j
redder All right, sir. I'll
call,
again when the
honeymoon is over.
On the KUltn.
Heavy Tragedian I see the strik
ing railroad men are being paid sal-'
aries. I've a notion to loin them. I
Light Co-'dian Ain't you satis- j
fietl with beim
a walking delegate
K
Seedy Applicant Say, boss, is there
an opening here for a man of push?
Merchant You bet That door there
swings oat. Turn ths knob to the
right and push hariL
PAUATIAL. STABLES.
Otto nf :J3 Doitua it tlas Erectad
I Hbj?-.3 lld-tia Worth lOO.OOO.
j The racst costly stables in America,
j and, with few exceptions, ia the
I world, ird siuaated at .Newport. Oil
j ver Hazard Perry Belmont haa lately
1 finished on the short street keown dj
Lakeview avenue, near Eelleviid
avenue, a house for hla horses and
carnages which, in its complete
stato, has made short work of $100,
00 . Tild barn Id described bv flia
j Koty Yrk Times da agcrffooua struc-
j turs of light browii stone. II is
I three stories Sight, with a nfansard
! roof. Because of the peculiar color
! of the stone used in the construction
. the stable has been facetiously called
i "the pasteboard barn." although ifcia
i thoroughly fireproof. Each horse
uas an unusually Iargr bo.r stall,
framed in ottk and floored with con
crete. Tn the rear of the stable i- an
aivhway, under which tho horses
! and carriages enter. The stable is
not only a home for horses. Mr.
' j-elnjant has fitted up on tho upper
noor a luxurious suite of room
These are his bachclor ap'arSnientSi
where he enteriairis a few single
hearteirchib men. There are bill
iard and pool tables, and 3 larder
that excites the longings of many a
gourmet There is also a bathing
tank, which will be filled with cool
wafer in summer and hot water in
winter. Ogden Gcelet's stable at
ewPor ' ls a rambling affair m the
tuen Anne style, and is ncarlv
3 ') feet lohg. The stable ls of brick,
with rich, embellishments, and looks
more like ad old Fnglisit lodgo ol
large size than a house for Mr. (Jo'e'
let's horses'. Es-Governor George
Peab'ody We'tmore' has d palace for
his horses. The stable is tetallr un-
I like Mr. Belmont's but nearly as ele-
..: mi c, - er mCy IecC
L. 1--a m 1 01 0 . I
Tiieiyuns aneieciricctccK. controiieu
oy wire trom tie
wire trom tie cttv. ewporters
sot their watches by this clock. The
1 stable is of brick, light stone and
slate. W. Fitz Hugh Whitchone
' goes ahead of ex Governor Wetmore
1 bv having in a clock tower over his
stable a (Jornpleto e?t of chimes,
which ring the notes of a sospol
, hymn or a simple, familtar-lay at
, the hours and at the' Half hodr. On
the first day of every spring, when,
after an old-time custom at New
port, every bell in tho city rings in
, tho vernal equinox, the chimes in
the clock tower over the Whitehouso
stable keep the air in the neighbor
hood reverberant with the oft re
peated repertory of their turies.
William Iv. Vanderbilt's stable is in
marked contrast to his marble man
sion. The stable is of wood and is
immense in size, but inartistic in
form and color. -
A Wliolo City Gone.
Ono night when the groat land
booms were on in the" South a mart
came rushing into a newspaper otlica
at Nashville with a wild look dn his
face and his hair forty ways for si
comb and brush. "Great Ca;sar!'" hd
exclaimed, dashing into tho city ed
itor's room, "did you hear that
Stonewall City had been burned up?
Not a house left standing."
"Any lives lost?" asked the city
editor.
-Not that I heard of."
'Where is Stonewall City?"
It'- one of the boom towns."
How did the fire originate ?"
"Don't know."
"How do yod know it burned?"
"I was there and saw the fire."
"When did it take place?"
"About two hours ago."
"How many houses were burned?"
"One, and we used it for our im
provement company's office, and
but the city editor didn't wait for tho
particulars, he fired something elso,
and it was tho impulsive boomer.
TOBACCO WAS THE CAUSE.
Xotobnc Cares the Tobacco Habit and
CousniuptiTo Gets Well. .
Two ItiVERs.Wia., Feb. Special.
tireat excitement and interest has
been manifested in the recovery of an ,
old-time resident of this town, Mr. J
Joseph Bunker, who has for several
vears been considered bv all hin friend i
a hopeless consumptive. Investiga-,
tion shows that for over thirty-two '
years he used three and a half pounds ,
of tobacco a week. A short time ago '
iie was induceil to try a tobacco-habit
cure called "Xotobac." Talking about I
his miraculous recovery to 4lay he
raid: "Yes, I used Notobac, and two '
boxes completely cured me. I thought !
and so did all my friends, that I 1
hail consumption. Now they say j
as you say, 'how healthy and .
strong you look, Joe," and whenever !
they ask me what cured my con-'
sumption, I tell them Notobac. The '
last week I used tobacco I lost four
pounds. The morning I began the use '
of Notobac I weighed 127 " pounds;
to-day I- weigh 1KU, a gain of 41' j
pounds. I eat heartily and sleep
welL Before I used Notobac I was so !
nervous that" when I went to drink
I had to hold the glass in both
bands. To-day my nerves are per-,
feetly steaily. Where did I get Noto- i
bac? At the drug store. It is made,'
by the Sterling Remedy company,
general western office, 45 Randolph
street, Chicago, but I see by the
printed matter that it is sold bv all I
druggists r know all the druggists in '
this town keep it. I have recom-
mended "it to over "a hundred people j
anil do not know of a single failure to
euro." I
. ic r. -illicit. 1
"j-iie ioii4;7ing,. writes a corre-
"l He ..following,, writes
spondent. is an actual occurrence in
a near-bv public -chool."
Teacher Gir me a sentence with
the word 'healed in it
Scholar A lady
Teacher 'stop right there. Begin
.again. What was the lady's name?
Scholar The lady I mean has no
nam"
' J-eacuer What: A lady with no
name! Gir her a name then.
Scholar Mrs. Smith touched
Christ's garment and was healed.
(Collapse of teacher.)
Captain Horace Bixby, who taught
I fark Twain what he knows of steam- '
''boating, is at present pilot of the
steamer T. G-. Sparks, running south j
from Memphis. Captain Bixby is in '
first class health, and good for many j
years of active work.
Rev. Otis Wing-, now living at the I
age of 05 in the quiet little hamlet of
Newton Junction, N. H., is the oldest
Baptist miSister In the United States- I
He was born April 10, 1739, in North '
Dennis, on Cape Cod. He joined the
Baptist church at the age of 20 and
preached seven jjears before receiviny
a licence. ' - -i
a !
FABM AND HOUSEHOLD.
THE WHY AND WHEREFORE OF
PLOWING.
S"tvm Good Hauon fur W10 rrocnu
keeping Taim Ku;y mi Sin.-ill Farms
-.ronttry for 'Woi Torn Pointers
intl Hort-teholtl Hc'vf'i
ITIiy TVe Ptuw.
(1) To bury a surfsc growth of
sod under the soil, where, by its
decay, it will add its elements of fer
tility to tho zcneral stoek of plant
fotfu already in the oil. (-J) To kill
weeds'. ubes-'itTy- obtaining a clean sur
face, so that crept; rtay enjoy nndis
puidd and a"oIe possessiori cf the soil.
(3) To thoroughly pulverize She soil,
so as to mako a perfect seed bed for
the young and growing plant ( 1)
To break the crust after each rate, so
that the land raav imbibe its full
sbffr? of air, heut and moisture.
In preparing Mic land for the
reception of the scZd K is highly im
portant that the htisbail(tmu know
jtiitt exactly how to plow; but sHrr
tho ground i all well prepared, and
tlit? crops all planted." it becomes
! doubly necessary lo know, not only
j how to1 plow, wiien to plow, but also
I why it is necessary ta p'Iot at all, and
I what wo expect to accomplish by it.
I in whatever nrrner the ground rcny
1 have been prepared for the crop,
' whether by plowing deep Cf shallow,
I surface cultivation, oft repeated.
I should be the order of tho day, for
) any and all crops that have to be
j cultivated by plowing and hoeing.
; This "surface cultivation" not only
kills all gra-s and tveedj. but break
ing the crusts tfler earli rain, opens
up the soil to the air. allowing it to
enter ti be absorbed hy the soil, and
to pass out from the soil freely. This
Ioose surface Is, in short, the lungs
tii:lt enilhle both the' ul
e 'ui anu tne
roots of plants to brcatho. This
"breathing process" is not only o(
prime riee'esshy to the hcalthfulnesa
of tho crowing plitn-. hi& Is also es
sential to that imptfrfaci process
termed "nitrification." b - vtiic or
ganic nitrogen in tho soil is changed
into nitrates, the form into which
nitrugmi is appropriated by the
plants almost exclusively. Nitrifi
cation requires a pretty high teni
perrtture, but in soiI.- that contain a
liberal supply of humus, and aro
stirred frei.enfc!y wili tho plow. cul
tivator or harrow, will -ti oti rapid
ly "ih such weather as we :isi.';I!y
have after, say. Juno 1.
Largo juantitics of lam! scattered
hero and thern over the United States
are so eloso in texture, so tenacious
and air-exe'ludirig as to bo almost
barren, says the Jonircal of Agricul
ture; yet these same sirai-barren
soils contain, in their natural slata,
pxhaustless quantities of plant food,
oftentimes proving to be the strong
eat soils wo have. This state cf
semi-barrenness is nomotime- due to
too mdeh water, but still oftonor to
a lack of aeration of tho soil; ov to
make the matter plain as possible. 1)
lack of lungs to breathe" frith. This
breathing process can bo brought
about by drainago where the lands
are too -ret: by deep plowing on all
soils that will stand lieep plowing,
and, thorough plowing on any and
all soils. Tho-ough cilti.ation
(including subsoil plowing, harrow
ing, rolling, etc. ) unlocks tho stores
of plant food the soil contains.
Where tho ground is lumpy and
cloddy. It is in too coarso a form to
be utilized by th3 roots of plants (no
matter how rich in plant food these
coarso particles may be), and they
1 must bo thoroughly pulvcried by
! frequent and thorough cultivation
be'oro thoy can bo mailo available
I as plant food. Tho more frequent
! the cultivation ami the more cora
' plete the pulverization of tho soil,
the greater the quantity of plant
food that is nride, available, and the
more rapid and luvuriant will be
1 the growth of the plant-. One fact
bhould alvaa be borne in mind, that
is that plarfts do not eat, they drink:
! consequently no matter how voraci
ous a feeder a plant may be. it can
not eat a clod, nor appropriate it to
their uses in any m inner. A clod is
dead property, worthies?, unprofi
table, good for nothing. Most men
would complain when, forced, to pay
tax on a horse that was dead and
buried, or a house that was con
sumed by the tlames: a clod is equally
dead.
We come now to the fifth, and what
we consider tho most important
reason, why we plow, viz., conserva
tion of soil moisture. To consever
the moisture that is deposited in the
c-arth by rains and melting snow,
and even by dew.-, necessitates deep
preparation of the soil previou- to
planting so that the rains may be
rea-lily absorbed. hen absorbed
it must not be allowed to o-oape by
evaporation; but. if tho full benefit
of the winter an 1 spring rains are to
be realized, the moisture must bi
carried quickly down beyond tho im
mediate reach of the evaporating
influences of the sun. Stored deep
in the earth, a perpetual reservoir,
it is ready to be brought to the sur
face for the u-o of growing plants
when needed by the "capillary
action"' of the earth. In order to
mako this matter plain, we would
say that after every rain the soil is
settled down, the particles of earth
are packed nearer together, and the
spaces between them are small. A
number of the-e small spaces joined
together make little tubes called
"capillary" tubes, and in these water
will rise from oclow. If the soil
has not been disturbed after a
rain, these tubes come to the surface.
j and so does the water in them. The
j water coming to the surface evapor-
ates and escapes, consequently is
' lost as far as that particular crop is
concerned. When the soil has been--plowed,
the spaces of tubes are made
larger, and water ivill not rise in
, large tubes. Hence it comes up as
t far as the small tubes are undis
, turned anil stops there, and the loose
soil abovo prevents its rapitl evapor
, ation. In this way ami by these
J means' the natural pore; of the earth
are closed, the loose' dirt serves as a
j mulch," and the soil moisture con
1 served in time of drouth, anl re
' talned in the soil (exactly where it
is needed) from one rain to tho next.
This mulch not only prevents the
escape of soil inoisturo, but it also
tends to cheek the Intense heat o!
the sun m its downward process to
the roots of plants. Both of these
are very important matters during
spells of long-continued, hot. dry
weather throughout tho whole of
tho United States, but doubly import
ant throughout the semi-arid regions
of the Southwest and WcaJ.
Keeping Teunii ISu-iy-
It Is one of the chief difficulties ot
farming cm a small acreage that the
necessary work to be done in plow-
ing, cultivating add marketing crops
S&"" SiSS
keep it employed all the time. Idlo
horses soon cat more than their la-
bor during a small part of the year
Is 'or?h. Yet the small farmer who
relies on hiring team work done is
always handicapped by fimling it im
possible to hire teds when ho most
needs thorn. Tho onlv other re
course is to change tho methods of 1
farming. Put on more labor and
capital per acre, and thus grow erops
which will keep tho teams busy most
0 the year hauling them to mar
ket. If there arc days when no market
ing is to bo done', the teams can be
employed just as profitably in draw
ing manure. In most c:t:s this on
a snw.Il farm trill make it necessary
to uuy tcost if not all the feed that
the teams cat. This is what market
gardeners almost invariably da They
cannot atford to grow hay or grain
on land that will product live and
perhaps ten times as valuable a crop
in something else. Buying all their
feed thoy isnow just what it costs '
them, anil are loss likely to lose by '
keeping team.5 idle. The chief dif-
liculty with many farmers in making
tnetr larmmg pay is not recognizing j
that tho fee 1 which they grow and I
feed is worth its market value, and
that whatever cats such feed must ,
return at least what it has cost anil
can bo sold for. Unless this is at- ,
tended to. the losses from non-paying
stock will eat the profits that can bo
made otherwise. American Culti
vator. Il.inl l 4't v.ut-.
Tho hanlo-iS tiling to convince- men
of is liberal feeding to cows, says a
writer in an exchango. it i the
strmigost thing that a man will bo
st ngy with his cows, ami yet grumble
that they dm't give him g0od re-
turn.5. This too from men that know
better. There was a man on a farm
near my place: no nail tno larm tour
or live years. He was paid -!00 a
year to run tho farm by tho owner.
The owner asked mo to talk to him
about taking good care of tho cows.
Toed ing. etc I talked to him about
feeding, watering, cleaning, and
taking caro of thorn, and he did first-
rate with the cows. Now this
nian
thought that because there was so
much m ,noy made keeping cows that j
no nuiiiu vim 111 uuuii ior tne iui iu.
so he bought it. He hail some good
cows, but do you "suppose he kept on
feeding tne way nc nail neon."" io,
indeed. I asked him what ho got
from those cows, and he told mo that
SJl was aii he got per cow. anil he
say.-. ! wish 1 was not so poor, so I
could feed." T tell him ho will
always be poor if he doesn't feed. I
tell him to run in debt and get somo
feed, or else kill his cows and bo
done wiMi it.
I'oitltry ior l.mnrii.
There are, without a doubt, more
women engaged in poultry breeding
in tho West than in any other part
of the United States. And these
women, as a rule, aro farmers' wivei
and daughters, who have so much
other work to attend to on tho farm
and m the household, thoy cannot
give much time to the caro of poul
try, and for that reason must nec
essarily confine themselves to -mall '
Hocks. An exchange says. It will '
pay ali such far better to keep strictly ,
pure bred fowls, and, in addition to
marketing the poultry, advertise tho
eggs for sale for hatching purposes. !
It would be far better for them to '
ell what eggs thoy could in this way
ami hatch, the remainder. A small
incubator would prove valuable to
get out the stock, where eggs are ,
more plentiful than setting hens.
But stick to one breed, and givo that 1
your time and attention. It will pay !
vou best. I
l'orlc Potntr.
A damp, musty pile of stnMv
does
not make hogs a gooil bed.
Mouldy corn is not "just as good"
for the hogs as sound corn.
Don't use a scrub boar. The money
spent on a full-blood will soon come ,
back.
Dish water docs not quench the 1
thirst as a good supply of pure colli
water will.
If the boy have an interest in the
hogs, they will not grumble if they
have to feed them.
Dirty pens, and anything which
comes handy for feed, will never
bring a hog to a profitable marke.
All is not accomplished when you
get a pure breed and popular strain.
though this id essential to begin
with.
There is little use of procuring the !
best unless ono recognizes the fact
that good care has aa m ach bearing '
on success with them as it had with j
beef cattle or dairy cows. '
Ilmiicholil Help.
roor cooicing utensils are never t
cheap, no matter how little you pay 1
for iliem.
In beating whites of eggs for
meringue or frosting do not adbl the ;
sugar until the eggs arc stiff. '
Individual salt collet's arc again in
use, insteatl of the salt shakers that
have been popular for so many years. '
They come in glass, silver and china,
and a small silver salt spoon is placed
by each one.
Let potatoes boil until they ar
nearly done: half an hour befon
taking your meat roast from 'h
oven put the potatoes in tho drip
ping pan with it and baste them
often with the meat gravy. Servo a-
soon as they arc a delicate brown.
Nothing In the way of linen lat
longer than the half-bleached dam
ask, and it is good economy to buy
it, for in a few months twill bleach
to a snowy whiteness, and will not
grow yellow when laid away, as
quickly as the fully bleached will do.
All physicians who have had much
to do with gymnasiums arc eloquent
in tneir praises. ithm certain j
common-sense rules they say no grow- i
Ing child should be debarred the '
healthful exercise and helps to right '
development that is here extended. I
where it is posihle to take advan- '
tage of them. !
THE OLD RELIABLE
Columbus - State - Bask J
(Olte 3uk Is & Stall)
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Kales Loans oa Seal Estate
iSSSte BIGHT DOAITS Cl -
Onabm, Ckioacs. ICw Tark aa4 al
Toraica Catriaa.
JXLI3 : STEAX3HT? : TICHTS.
BUYS GOOD NOTES
lad Hols lU Ccstomera whan thoy Naad Hala
a -4FfICES3
AJD DIUZCMCS I
( LCib&ii GEERARD, Prsa't.
B. H. HENRT. Vie. Pret.
JOHN 8TAUFFEB. CM
M. BBUGaEB, a. W. HULST.
dim n
-OF-
COLUM3US, NEB.,
HAS .VX
, 4xi,..;..4 nnM:xn! x
I All 1112(1 Capital Ol
1 DsJrf in Parlfil
rdlQ ,n UaPliai
$500,000
90,000
, OFFICEIW.
; a. n. sheldon. Prc.vc
1 B. P. H. OEHLRlcn. Vice Pres.
I CLARK OKAY, Cnshler.
DANIEL SCIIK.UT. Aas't Cash
1 .
' dikectoks.
; fl.SI. Wixslow, n. P. n.OnnLiticn,
IT If Chut nnv
W. A. JICAI.I.I3T2U,
r.u wv,-Tr
STOCKHOLDERS.
3 C. GltAT
1 Gehhakd Losnsa,
I nTrrriru
J. IlEnv WcirpEMArT.
HENnvLOSEICE,
Geo. W. Oallet.
A. b II. OEHLIUCn.
CUAMC UOItElt.
J. I. UECKER E3TAT5.
KsncccA Bkckzu.
Bank at deposit; Interest jiIIwtccI on time
deposits; buy and sell exelianxe on United
States and Europe, ami bur and sell avail
able securities. Wo shall b pleased to re
ceivo your business. We solicit youx pat
ronage. THB-
Firs! National Bank
COZ.T71CBX7S. NE3.
ANDERSON. J. H. GALLEY,
President Vlca Pres't.
O. T. ROEN. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
3. ASdeSSON. P. ANDE3S0N.
JACOB GESISEN. EENEX EAGATZ.
. JAM.S3 O. IlSEDEIt.
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Statement of the Condition at the CIoSo
of Business July 12, 1S:J.
IIES0CHCE3.
Loans and Discount S 211JG7 57
Real Estate L'urnlturo and FLr-
turrs 15.731 !)l
17. s. BonI 15,.fl0t
Due from other bank3 jriTJ'Tfl .Tt
Cash on Uacii LSoT 53 53.T4.1 $9
Tctai.
....5333.13tJ 33
UAarr.rrras.
CapitaI stcck paId m
Surplus Fund
circulauoa5.1!"::::
Doposita 1111111111
.... 60,000 CO
.... 3-1.000 0
-4.375 00
.... 13,500 '
225.119 .17
Total
..533.IW XI
LOUIS SCHRE1BER,
lacMMIaioiiMfe
All kinds of Repairing done on
Short Notice. Bngzies, W.T"-
0Q3 etc.., made to order,
aQ( ajJ work 6nar-
ant4il
Also sell the world-famous "Walter A.
Wood Mowers, Heapen, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-hinders the
best made.
Shop on. Oliva Street, Colnmbca, Nab.,
four dcora south of. Borowiak's.
HEKRY GASS,
Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases I
XW Repairing of cllkindsof Uptial
atery Gaodj.
Utt -COLTTMB US. NEBR ASKA-
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