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VOLUME XXIV.-XUMBER 45.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,241.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1894.
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
The lloonc county lair will be held
September 19, 20 and 21.
The Presbyterians of O'Connor have
decided to build a parsonage.
A Superior man has killed over 1,S00
gophers in the last six weeks.
The Latter Day Saints are holding1 a
vscrles of meetings in Papillion.
' Uoyd county property will hereafter
be assessed at its full valuation.
Sarpy county's twelfth annual fair
will be held at Papillion September 4,
5 and G.
Six members of the family of George
Goldby of Crab Orchard are down with
tic measles.
The contract will soon be let for the
inside finish of the Fremont govern
ment building.
Mrs. Thercssa Gress, who has lived
in Nebraska City for twenty-five years,
died last week."
A new secret order known as the
Knights of Maccabees has been organ
ized at Beatrice.
Huring the prevalence of a snow
storm at Lincoln thieves ransacked a
number of houses.
Syracuse has a pig with five well de
veloped feet. The extra hoof is attached
to tho left hind leg.
John ninn. one of thcoldest settlers
in Douglas county, a farmer by occupa
tion, died last week.
Fred Mowers, a student at I'cllcvuc
college, died after a few days' illnesss of
typhoid pneumonia.
A vicious hog attacked Charles Crow,
clerk in a Ponca bank, and plunged its
tusks through his foot.
Tho twelfth annual fair of Otoe
county will be held at Syracuse Sep
tember -'.-., 20, 27 and 2S.
The house of Kit-hard Gray, at Red
Cloud, with most of the contents, was
destroyed by fire last week.
The button creamery company is ne
gotiating for the creamery at Nelson,
uow in the hands of a receiver.
The board of supervisors of Sarpy
county has declared eight hours an olli
cial day's work for a county dad.
A. Trimble, a prominent stockman of
IJoyd county, has been arrested on the
charge of selling mortgaged cattle.
The Grand Island high school has
secured the SI, 0(H) piano that was used
in the Nebraska World's fair building.
Charles Hayse, who shot ana killed
"V. L. Wright at Valparaiso, has been
found guilty of murder in the second
degree.
C. A. Winsor, a farmer living near
JSeavcr Crossing, was made insane by
an attack of la grippe. It is thought
lie will recover.
The citizens in and around Valentine
held a meeting for the purpose of con
sidering the locating of a butter and
cliee.se factory at that place.
On Washington's birthday there will
be a flag raising at the Mulliu school
near West Point Appropriate exer
cises will be held on the occasion.
W hile I 'rank Evans of Custer county
was roping some heavy wild steens, his
horse was thrown and fell on him, in
Jlieting fatal injuries on the rider.
Kurt county, which has long been
without a suitable vault for its records,
is soon to have one, thecounty commis
sioners at a recent meeting soordering.
Joseph S. Kurnett, who owns a claim
in Custer county, has disappeared. He
started cast with a carload of cattle and
no trace of him has since been discov
ered. Kloomfield has a revival in progress
that has aroused even the saloon keep
ers, and they close their shops at night
and go to church with the rest of the
people.
lessC Pxedmore of McCook while re
turning from a dance, drove his team
into a barb wire fence. One of the
horses had its throat cut and
bled to death.
quickly
The Kurt county farmers institute
was held last week, with a good atten
dance. .Much interest was manifested
in the discussion which were of a high
ly instructive character.
The contest for the treasurershin of
"Koyd county hasn't ended as yet. 'Al
though ruled out by the court. Contest
ant Chambers has filed a new petition
and will keep up the fight.
The Weeping Water Republican says
that thirty-five cases of measles were
reported last week at that oilicc from
the neighborhood of the Chilson school
district, northeast of town.
Andrew Sorcnson, aged T." years, of
Oakland was seriously injured by fall
ing down stairs at the residence"of his
son-in-law. Owing to his advanced age
it is doubtful if he survives.
Sallic Killerford of Niobrara adver
tised for a husband by pinning a letter
containing plans and specifications and
a tintype to a flag, which she planted
in a cake of ice and set it afloat.
Two young fellows went from Cen
tral City to Chapman to attend a dance.
They rode the blind baggage, and as the
tram does not stop at Chapman both
jumped and were badly injured.
The store of J. A. Stockton, Seward,
dry goods, was closed last week. He
tiled twenty-nine chattel mortgages,
aggregating Slo,S24. 33, while his stock
of goods will not invoice S10.000.
Mabel Drain, a school teacher near
Irayton, was arrested on the charge of
whipping a 12-year-old boy too severely,
but the case was dismissed when she
paid the costs and left the school.
An expert fruit grower informs the
Plattsmouth papers that he has exam
ined the peach buds and finds them
nearly all killed, so that we may not
expect a crop of peaches next year.
The twelfth annual exhibition of the
Otoe county fair and driving park as
sociation will be held at Syracuse Sep
tember 25 to 2S inclusive. 'Liberal pre
miums are offered in all departments.
The farmers are massing their forces
and getting ready to "tear up the earth'
with the opening of spring, savs the
"Wilcox Post. The year 1S94 will see a
larger acreage of crops planted in this
vicinity than ever before.
The Dodge county farmers institute
will hold its initial session in Fremont.
March 2 and 3. Eminent speakers from
abroad have been engaged, and everv
preliminary arranged to make the meet
ing one of great interest.
Some ten or twelve of the farmers
about Oakland will leave for Northern
Texas in a few days to purchase land
in the Lone Star state. A number have
located there from Burt county and are
pleased with the country.
A lodge of the Degree of Honor, and
auxiliary to the Ancient Order of United
"Workmen, was organized in St Paul
by Grand Lecturer S. S. F. Kent, with
the assistance of the ladies of Fidelity
lodge No. 5G of Grand Island.
Three men named Betts, Grover and
Shafer were arrested in Tekamah and
are now in jail accused of stealing six
hogs from the Holmquist Grain and
Lumber company of Craig. They sold
the hogs in Iowa, realizing 100.
An enthusiastic irrigation meeting
was held in Ainswortb. An association
was formed with D. D. McCord as pres
ident, B. B. Mastick, secretary, and
George Miles, corresponding secretary.
Great interest was manifested in this
meeting and every man in the house
ooduknuabvaftk association.
John Doc and Richard Roe will not '
play an extensive part in police court
at Grand Island, for the mayor has
issued an order that where a prisoner's
real name is known to the officers, it
must be properly entered on the re
cords. An epidemic among horses seems to
be abroad in Lancaster county and
northern Gage county. The veterin
arians call the ailment the grip. The
disease renders the limbs of the ani
mals very stiff, so that they are hardly
able to move.
Ollie Mcsbarger, says the Oakland
Independent, was divorced from a law
ful husband at the last term of the dis
trict court and was married recently in
Klair to another man, though the law
says no one shall marry inside of six
months after divorce.
It is reported that there is so much
thieving going on in Kearney county
that house dogs are being killed wher
ever seen in order to keep them from
arousing the family. This is particu
larly true in the country, and consider
able grain has been stolen.
During a storm a beer warehouse be
longing to Krng of Omaha, containing
a carload of beer and some ice, was de
stroyed by fire; also a large icehouse
belonging to the Anheuscr Kusch com
pany and a small dwelling belonging to
Mr. Harmnik. Loss, about S-V)0; no
insurance.
The stores of (J. P. Strain and James
Wilson at Chester were broken op:n
last week. From the former a quantity
ot" clothing, consisting of overcoats,
suits of clothing, shoes, gents' furnish
ing goods and s me groceries, together
with S1.1, were taken, and from the lat
ter revolvers, cutlery and other articles.
Arrangements have been perfected
for the location of the 100 families of
Polanders near Ncligh in the spring.
They will begiu to arrive about the
middle of March. Hon. Henry Krygre
is now buily engaged in renting culti
vated land for them. The United States
land office at that place was closed last
week and the books and papers removed
to O'Neill.
Henrv Salzmin. a ranchman living
near Johnstown, committed suicide by
hanging while temporarily insane,
caused by the effects of la grippe, Feb
inary . His body was found hanging
to a tree in Plum Creek canyon, about
two miles from town. He was highly
respected and leaves a wife and six
children, the oldest child being 9 years
of age.
Oh Sam, the Lincoln Chinese doctor,
has taken down his sign, closed his of
lice and stoped practicing in Lancaster
county in consideration of the county
medical society promising to not push
the four cases pending in the courts,
one of which is in district court. He
was charged with practicing medicine
without a license from the state board
of health.
iute a romantic marriage was per
formed in this tity. says the St. Paul
Press, so we are informed. The mar
riage came about through an ad, in a
paper, and the contracting parties met
for the first time and were immediately
joined in the holy bonds of wedlock,
they being Mr. John M. Sanfordof Sac
ramento. Neb , and Miss Fllen Mohler
of Spring Creek.
About thirty of the leading stock men
of Sheridan and Western Cherry coun
ties and the part of t-outh Dakota adja
cent thereto met in convention at Gor
don and organized the Western Stock
association of Sheridan county and
adopted a constitution and by-laws.
The object of the association is the
mutual protection of the interests of
those engaged in the stock business
and the enforcement in that section of
the laws
Thomas Cahoon committed suicide at
Og.lcn, Itah. a few daj-s ago. The
cause assigned was a long scries of
financial reverses involving the loss of
considerable property, the accumula
tion of years. Mr. Cahoon was well
known in railroad circles in this state.
He was one of the pioneer conductors
of the Union Pacilic railway. In lSOti,
when he ran a construction train to the
end of the track, he was captured by
hostile Indians at Plum Creek and par
tially sealpcd.
Mrs. Frederick Hartman, a German
lady living in the eastern part of Scrib
ner was accidently burned to death.
She was at home alone about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, and it is supposed she
was puttingsome cobsin the cook stove,
using her apron to hold the stove lifter,
which ignited her apron, communicat
ing to her other clothing. She was
badly crippled with rheumatism and
unable to help herself. She ran out
doors and fell exhausted.
During the working up of a number
of cottouwood trees at Peter Hill's
home in Colfax county, Malcolm Mc
Pherson's crosscut saw began cutting
very slowly. Investigation disclosed
that the teeth were ruined by some
very hard substance. Upon cutting
into the log it was discovered that a
five-eighths-inch machine bolt ten
inches long had been sawed half in
two. The bolt was four inches from
the surface and no evidences of its pres
ence were visible from the outside.
The Hastings Irrigation Canal and
Power company have submitted a prop
osition to the city council asking for an
election upon tne question of issuing
bonds to the company In the sum of
ST.1,000. The company agrees to build
a canal from the Platte river to Hast
ings, erect power houses, eta, for the
generation and distribution of 1,500
horse power, and to furnish the city
power for operating water works, elec
tric lighting and all other purposes at
50 per cent.
II. O. Parsons has been a fugitive
from justice since the 17th day of last
October. On that date he was a resi
dent of Red Oak, la. He forged the
name of another citizen, Mr. Smith Me
Pherson. for the amount of SlOand had
the check cashed in a music store of
luatciiy. .ine cnecic was urawn on
the Ilea Oak National bank. Last week 1
Parsons Entered the police station at
Omaha andaid that he wished to sur-
render. His conscience troubled him
h? ?rWS l-fn iT t0 thC SCeDe f '
his crime and stand the consequences. '
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The reports from the various counties '
FJi..
piled by thestate labor commissioner ,
and a comparison made with the rec-
ordsoflS'.C. The showing is a most
flattering one. In 1S93 there were 23,- '
015 mortgages hied, amounting to S2
2;. AT aS?ns -''':;u' amonnff to
S'24. 779.344.47 in lf592. The nnmhor nf
1-iS-i rrnc c:Arl j3vt-r 1 wfl n "
69.1, amounting- to SIG.S5I. 14- 70, against
20,970. amounting to S20.037.0.H.G3. !
Considering the hard times the showing
is regarded as remarkable by competent
authorities.
The rumor that Judge Rhoades of
Custer county married a couple recently
and had to wait for his fees reminds
the editor of the Mason City Transcript j
ludl "--c "as erving n is country
as justice of thc peace he married eight
couples. Of the eight pairs whose
hearts were made to vibrate with the
same motion, one fellow stood him off
for several months for the fee, but he
was man enough to pay it; another
chap had only S2 to pay for the S3 job,
-but the magistrate kissed the bride and
cailed the accounU?quare: one -sunofa-gun
skipped out and never even thanked
the squire for splicing him.
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window of Mrs.
Darsey's spacious
drawing-r o o "m,
Cyril Delmar was
telling Helen
Darsey that he
loved her, and
wasted her for
his wife. And
just outside the
window, through whose open, lace
draped casement, the odor of night
jasmine crept like incense, and the
moon shone down in a flood of silvery
light, Vivian Ames listened to his
words with a crushed and bleeding
heart; his love words to another. For,
until'to-night, Vivian believed he love J
her, and that "some day some sweet i
day" he would tsll her so, in words,
even as his eyes had already spoken.
Love needs no spoken assurance; a
glance of the eye swift and soulful
a touch of the hand all speak with
mute tongues; but Love knows and
comprehends, and is glad.
Two months ago, Cyril Delmar had
made the acquaintance of the Darsey s,
and the poor rc'ation, Vivian Ames.
It had been quite a romantic affair.
He had come to this suburban place
one bsautiful June morning had rid
den on horseback for the purpose of
visiting a certain estate adjoining the
Darsey place. It was a fine property,
and, being in the market, Cyril had
made up his mind that it was just the
home for him, whenever he should sec
fit to take to himself a wife.
He was twenty-eight, handsome,
and would eventually be quite a matri
monial "catch." For his uncle,
Richard Clyde, was a millionaire and
a bachelor, and Cyril was reputed to
be his prospective heir. The old
millionaire was past sevent, and
made no secret of the fact that his
nephew would some day inherit his
fortune.
Now, that fair June morning, as
Cyril Delmar rode gayly along the
straight smooth road which led past
Mrs. Darsey's house, he did not dream
that his fate lay in ambush just be
yond. Right in front of the high-arched
iron gates, his horsj took fright and
threw him violently to the ground.
It was just like a scene from a novel,
so Helen Darsey had declared, with
her big blue cj'es full of delight, uot
at the thought of the young man's suf
ferings, of course, but because it
was all like a story or a play. The
handsome hero was carried into the
Darsey house bj two men servants, and
placed upon a sofa, while Mrs. Darsey,
a tall, elegant woman, dressed like a
fashion plate, sent at once for their
family physician. Arrived there, that
dignitary soon pronounced the j'oung
man s injuries painful. lie must
have rest and care for a week or two
Of course, when Cyril had properly
introduced himself, Mrs. Darsey was
mose than willing to turn her house
into a temporary hospital, and all
the household vied with each other in
care and attention-to the sufferer.
To say that Cyril Delmar took an
unfair advantage of the situation to
remain an invalid as long as possible,
would not be quite untrue. Who
could blame him? For both Helen
and her cousin Vivian were constant
ly at his side, to read to him, sing to
him, converse with him. Somehow he
seemed to prefer Vivian's societ'. A
slight, pale girl, with great dark eyes,
and a low, sweet voice. And as time
went by. there grew up within her
heart a love which soon was strong
enough to crowd out all else. She
cared nothing for the wealth; she
loved him for himself alone.
Hut Helen Darsey had "an eye to
the main chance," and had he been
poor, Cyril Delmar wou'd have had a
small prospect of success.
The days passed, and Vivian's love
grew and increased in depth and
strength, until it was her all.. She
lived for nothing else.
In the meantime old Mr. Clyde had
frequently called upon his nephew,
and saw with satisfaction that he was
greatly interested in Vivian. For
somehow, poor and dependent though
she wis, she touched the old man's
heart, and he preferred that his
nephew's choice should be "Vivian
Ames.
Cyril led her on and on to believe
herself beloved; he had said every
thing that a lover might say except
to ask her to become his wife, when,
all at once, a change came over him.
He seemed to avoid Vivian. There
were no more tete-a-tetes no more
tender looks and words.
Cyril was quite recovered now, aud
the coveted home had been purchased,
but though he and his uncle resided
there, Cyril passed most of his time
with the Darseys.
Vivian grew thin and pale, and
there was a look of sadness in her
dark eyes which had never been there
before. And now to-night the night
my story ooens she had received the
blow which broke her heart At
least, she thought that ic was broken;
but hearts are, fortunately, not so
easily crushed, or most mortals would
le condemned to heart-break. For
we all get a blow sometime; and well
it is that the average human heart is
elastic, and springs back into place
S, even after a heavy sorrow has
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crushed down urion it.
Standing outside the
Vivian listened,
window that
because she
couJ? not helP iL She heard C'nl's
wor's:
'I love yon, Helen! Will you be my
wife? Understand me thisis not the
first, best love of my heart that I of-
for you-but-vou know my sad story
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and if you can overlook all that, and
1'? m to .et' anci my wife,
Uelen' we will try to be happy!"
And Vivian's heart had grown cold, i
but she whispered to herself that
better no love at all, than a half
hearted love like that He had de
ceived her. It was bitter, it was hard,
lmt it tvris trsip. Witb n lianr-f cn-oll.
inff wlth indignation she turned away.
And there, right at her side, she saw-
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old Mr. Clyde, gazing down into the
small, pale face, with eyes full of
sadness He, too, had overheard the
interesting love scene.
"Vivian!" h said, softly, taking the
girl's cold hands in his own, "we have
unintentionally played eavesdroppers!
I am not sorry, for I have thus learned
the truth and my nephew's real na-
&
turc. ne is a dishonorable fellow!
Vivian, listen! Dj you want revenga
for his treatment of you? I acknowl
edge that I am burning to punish him,
for he has been guilty of a cruel
wrong to you. Everybody has be
lieved that you and he would marry,
until lately, when ho ha3 devoted
himself to that wax doll, Helen
Darsev. Do you want revenge,
Vivian?'
She glanced into his face, all a-trem-blc.
Her eyes shone like stars. Did
she? Would any woman in her place
cast aside, made light of as she
had been wish revenge for her
wrongs?
"Do I?" she faltered, "tell me, tell
me how!"
He clasped her trembling hands.
"Marry me!" he whispered. "I am
old enough to be your father, dear;
but I would be gooi and kind to you,
and I shall not live long. When I
die you will have all all! Vivian, do
you hear me?"
She started and turned pale.
"And Cyril?" she whispered.
The old man smiled grimly.
"That is my affair. I have an idea
that there is a surprise in store for
you, Vivian. Only say yes, and I will
do the rest."
"Yes."
That was all. The old man's face
wore a satisfied look; he bent his gray
head and touched the girl's forehead
with his lips.
"Heaven bless you, my dear," he
said. Rut Vivian was not happy. Sho
had accepted the offer of revenge
upon Cyril Delmar for his perfidy; ac
cepted it when thrust in her hands in
this strange wajT; but her heart was
heavy and troubled. "Revenge is
sweet," says the old adage, but Vivian
did not find it so.
The next morning old Richard Clydo
called upon Mrs. Darsey, and electri
fied that lady by asking her sanction
to his marriage with Vivian Ames.
"Mr.Clyde!" gasped Mrs. Darsey, al
most unable to speak "why! this is
overwhelming! I thought you would
never marry, and that Cyril is
is "
"f lioir in ,-rcriff ItrA1
Ay, so he
All men
their con-
is in case I do not marry,
reserve the right to change
dition, Mrs. Darsey."
"Then, of course, if Delmar is not
to be your heir he cannot marry my
daughter!" stormed Mr3. Darsey,
wrathfully.
An odd smile touched the old man's
bearded lip. Hut he said nothing.
In the meantime, out in the grounds,
Vivian had encountered Cyril Delmar.
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IT WAS BITTER, IT WAS HARD.
She walked straight up to him,
and
extended her hand.
"Allow mo to congratulate you,"
she was beginning; but something in
the sad, dark eyes fixed upon her face
made her hesitate.
"Vivian!" (in a choked voice), "do
not mock me! I would not have asked
Helen to be my wife but for your
cruel conduct."
"Explain yourself!" she demanded,
haughtily. He grew pale.
"Why! arc you not engaged to be
married to a gentleman in the West?"
he asked. "Helen told me so, and
and Vivian "
He stopped short, surprised at tho
look upon her face.
I see, she faltered,
is false false! Helen
wicked falsehood!"
"Oh, Cyril, it
has told you a
His face grew dark.
"And she has inveigled me into
asking her to marry me!" he groaned.
"Oh, Vivian! I havo loved you you
alone ever since the first day I met
you!"
Just then, Mr. Clyde appeared. His
face wore a look of satisfaction.
"My little plot has worked admir
abry! ' he cried. "As Boon as Mrs.
Darsey and her daughter learned that
I had asked Vivian to be my wife,
and thus virtually disinherit you
Cj-ril, the engagement between you
and Helen Darsey ceased to exist."
Cyril fell back amazed
"Have you asked Vivian to be
your wife, Uncle Richard? he faltered.
"Why, Vivian loves me!"
"I know it! And I knew that thero
was some underhand work going on,
on the part of Helen Darsey. I got
Vivian's consent to marry me while
she was piqusd and half-wild over
your conduct I knew that when I
announced roy engagement, Helen
Darsey would throw you over and at
the same time all the hidden plot
which has partc.i you and Vivian
would come to light I can onlv say.
'Bless ye, my children!" "' I
And so Cyril Delmar won his wife.
And Vivian, remembering how she had
grasped at the proffered revenge, felt j
a deep feeling of remorse. Revenge !
maj' be sweet, but Vivian Delmar cares
uaugin ior us sweetness, mere is
nothing in the world, she says, one
half so sweet as love.
May Havo Ilcea Abroad.
"Have you read the story Maj or
Willis is telling about an odd ex
perience he had while he was minis
ter to Morocco?''
"No; what was it?"
"Why. he savs that ho made such
a favorable impression on the sultan
that thc old heathen
n enthimabeau-
ent and he re-
inks.' Do voa be- !
iimi girl as a pre
turned her with thanks
lieve it?"
"Well, the first part of it might
be true."' Detroit Tribune.
Tlu Last Resort.
The Wife C&n you give me any
money?
The Husband I haven't a cent
The Wife There isn't any food in
the house. What aro we goin"- to
do?
The Husband I don't know. I'm
afraid we shall have to fall back on
your leg of mutton sleeve?.
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CONSCMITIOX SURELY CONQUERED
Physicians Everywhere are bow CarlBg
this Heretofore Fatal Dltfedse aad the
Medical World is Convinced.
Enthusiastic reports from once hope
less consumptives all over the land
make it certain the cure discovered by
a Cincinnati scientist is all that was
claimed for Jt a year or so ago when
The New York Recorder awarded him
the diploma and S1000 prize it had of
fered for a treatment which would stay
the ravages of consumption.
Even the most conservative medical
journals now admit the marvelous re
sults reported by the thirty thousand
physicians prescribing Ainick's medi
cines are not exaggerated.
The Doctor of Hygcne of which Dr.
Cyras Edson, chief of the New York
State Hoard of Health, is the editor,
says in its last issue: "We have de
layed for something over a year giving
notice to the Amick treatment for con
sumption because ns the formula was
not given to the profession, time alone
would demonstrate whether it merited
condemnation or endorsement. With
the evidence which month after month
has accumulated we are obliged to ad
mit the preponderance of testimony
favors Dr. Ainick's claims and in the
face of results reported from physicians
who if anything were rather disposed
against the treatment at the beginning
the claims of the Cincinnati physician
arc shown to have been within the
bounds of truth and conservatism. He
has from the first shown an evidently
sincere desire to have crucial and im
partial tests made of the treatment by
all physicians and to this end he still
distributes broadcast free test packages
of his medicines, each of which must
represent quite a little money. All
conscientious physicians admit them
selves powerless to cope with this de
stroyer of life except with the Amick
icines to show just what they will do
for each sufferer without cost proves
conclusively that Dr. Amick knows the
results will be favorable.
EXPERIENCE OF A DIVER.
A Succession of Fits of Fear and Hope
on Ills First Assay in Armor.
Tho great brass breastplate was
put on my shoulders, and the upper
folds of tho India rubber collar wore
drawn through it and screwed up
with small screws to mako a water
tight joint Tho helmet, with the
bulls-eyo glass in front unscrewed,
was then put upon the breast-plate,
given an eighth of a turn and secured.
I stood up in full diver's dress, lack
ing only the bulls-eye to shut me off
completely from the air which is lifo.
Ho who held tho glass then put it in
its placo and sravo it a turn, screwing
it tight
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I was completely boxed up, and as
well as my heavy boots would allow
mo I stepped on the ladder, and tho
heavy weights on ray chest and back
wcro adjusted. Tho lifo-line looped
round my waist was brought up in
front of my body and caught again
at my helmet, and I had also my
waist belt with my knifo at my loft
hand side. Tho moment had como
for me to descend the short laddor,
and then the single rope which led
to tho sand down below the North
Sea.
Now, you wonder what I folt liko
as I descended tho ladder gradually.
I will try and tell you. I felt liko a
man who, after having started on a
rash and hazardous exploit, must
carry it out to tho bitter end. I also folt
a groat difficulty in breathing, and re
membering tho advico given to mo, I
stopped when I had doscondod a fow
feet and came up a stop coughing
freely to clear my lungs.
Tho result was good for I could
breathe freor, and thus encouraged
I descended again, and clutching tho
ropo at tho end of tho laddor I slid
down it and was on tho sand in tho
very bottom. Then an overwhelm
ing senso of inability to help myself
and of fear camo on me, and I stood
for some moments helpless as a child.
This silly fear soon passed, and I at
tempted to walk, but with tho most
ridiculous results, for I rolled about
liko an intoxicated man and could
not kocp my balance, do what I
would.
This was so marked, and I found
all progress so difficult, that I spoke
up the tube and asked what I should
do, says a writer in Chums. They
told me to turn the cock on my right
hand and to let some of tho air in
the helmet escape. 1 did so and with
immediate and happy results, for I
regained my balance, and, despite
the eighty pounds of lead on my
shoulders and thirty pounds on my
boots, I could walk freely and easily.
Ready to Win It.
Wandering on some land belonging
to Earl Derby, a collier chanced to
meet the owner of Knowsloy face to
face, says an English journal. His
lordship asked the collier if he know
ho wa3 walking on his land. "Thy
land? Well. I'vo got no land mysel',"
was the reply, "and I'm liko to walk
on somebody s. heor did tha' get
it fro'?" "Oh," exclaimed his lord- )
6hip, "I got it from mv ancestors,
An' wheer did they get it fro'?"
queried the collier. "They got it
from their ancestors," was tho reply.
"And wheer did their ancestors get
it fro'?'' "They fought for it"
"Well, begad," said tho collier,
squaring up to the noble earl, "I'll
fcight thee for it!"
A Trade Secret.
"Whj' does your father shoot tho
cats when it is so much easier to
drown them?" asked the new boarder
t of the landlord's little son.
"Yes; but then the customers don't '
find any shot in tho stewed rabbit
unless he shoots the cats." Texas
Sittings.
Well-riannrd.
Miss Capron Fd like to have you
do mo up an empty five-pound box.
Put this gentleman's card in it and
pend lt to mo to-night at 9 o'clock,
J want to mal;o Mr- Lonz icalous.'
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ODDS AND ENDS
A Grand Rapids man boasts of hay
ing read the bible through 131 times.
D. A. Vr. Meer once painted a land
scape on the side of a grain cf wheat !
In the Episcopal diocese of Massa
chusetts women are now allowed to
vote at parish meetings.
"Make It" and "Save If are tho
hames of the two sons of a resident of
Winston, North Carolina.
There are 85,000 Russians in the
chief cities of the United States, 7,600
of whom are in Philadelphia. -
treatment and therefore feel bound to ' ,,. ... . ?. ! breedin-place for spores of smut
give it to patients under their care, and j th ow ih fam feed, consisting on Erected ground aro always
the fact that any person with lng of bran ground oats and peas in tho ' nh h . doubt
trouble can obtain sutlicient of the med- . proportion of eight quarts of bran. , '.". .. amnt ., .,..,. ., ,,,.
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
HOW DAIRYING IS MADE SUC
CESSFUL IN DAKOTA.
Good Cows, ricnty Ot Grain, atitf n
Wnrm Barn Aro Potent factors
llreedins nogs Pasture for Sheetf
Poultry Plckinss, Household llelpj.
Winter Dalryin? In Dakota.
William P. Wade is a successful
Dakota fflnncr", and ho tolls in tho
American Agriculturist hdv llo makes
winter dairying profitable. Tho barn
cut into a side hill makes a stone
wall furnish cheaper room than can
bo got from a barn built with lumber
wholly above ground. It Is also
warmer and safer from blizzards that
prevail in Dakota. Mr. Wado says:
"The barn was not an expensive
ono, but would hold 109 head of stock,
and was cut into a bank with a slope,
so that the drainugo was perfect.
"Every cow seemed to know her
owner as a friend no haste, no rudo
noise startled her. 'Last suramor,'
said the farmer, I raised some corn
fodder, millet, oat and pea hay, with
some carrots and sugar beets for a
change of food. I contract early for
mv bran and buy it cheap. My cows i
all come fresh in September and Oc
tober, going dry through llytimo. J
begin feeding them at once tokeopitp
their How of milk while butter is
high. I never sell for less than '25
cents, and often 10 cents per pound.
"I put my cows up nights as soon
as frost comes, and feed millet, hay
and bran. Now, during tho cold of
winter I get up at half past live in
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change to ono of new process oil-
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meal. I hon at six o clock we rail!:.
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runnmg the milk througn a hand
separator.fecding my calves and pijs
tho new sweet skim milk.
"Then I give a good feed of corn
fodder and let my cows alone till
noon, when I water them. They
finish up all the fodder or millet in
tneir mangers and lie down to chew
their cuds till 4:30, when I again
f-ki rt "kn t 41 trsv rW mii t nt i- I
feed them a smaller grain ration sup
plemcnted with four quarts of chop
ped roots, and at 5:3J go to milking,
finishing in one hour.
Myself, boy and hired hand do
the milking. 1 treat the milk as in
tho morning, and then fill the man
gers with millet and oat or pea hay.
first cleaning out every bit of rubbish
left n tneir mangcr;. using it for
i,i,i; r nnrrj.nA c-,,. r ,.iAnn
i .,. ui.i,.t.u i.v o. wv...
their stables every morning, hauling
the ofi'al and litter out on the field
and scattering from each load.'
Ho was asked if his cows ought
not to be fed oftencr. "No." ho said,
cows, with their quadruple stomachs,
need much longer to digest thoir
food. Neither do I rouse them up
at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. I
find from observation those hours
aro their very best for sleeping.
' Neither do I let them out through
the winter unless it is on some
specially bright, sunshiny day. Then
I find they aro ready to return to
their stalls for their evening meal.'
But do you not find your feed
pretty expensive?
No, not very. I feed about forty
pounds per day of rough stuff. One
half is cheap straw, costing nothing
but tho hauling, as I thresh the oats
and peas out to use for grain. I
figure that my grain feed and roots
cost me twenty cents per day; hay.
live cents, a total of twenty-five cents
per day. My skiminilk and manure
more than pay all care and other ex
penses. I feed extra heavy, for this j
is a cold climate, and I want much '
milk for my calves. My cows aver- I
ago mo 500 pounds of butter per year, i
besides a line calf. They are all high i
crade ilolsteins, cros cd up from the j
best dairy cows I could find. I clear
75 on each cow yearly. My pigs, ;
calves, chickens, et., pay all ex
penses, so I can lay up for my work
about ?,000 per year. Resides, ray
farm is getting better yearly from
the large amount of manure spread
each winter.'"
Kreoiiin-r Hog-. I
To mako hog breeding successful J
and profitable the first subinct fm
considcration is that which is to pro
duce them, lho male must be a
thorough-bred two-year-old or over,
well developed, of good health, weigh
ing not less than 50) pounds strong
and active. The sow should b:s his
equal in age. size and breeding, and
roomy. All things being ready;
mate them. One service is sufficient.
Take the sow away and place her in
a yard, and give her the range of
some oat patch, with fced enough to
keep her thriving. Avoid too much
corn. Remember, now, that the food
for the sow is food for the pigs. One
cannot thrive without the other,
teed bran, oats and a little oil meal.
Two weeks before farrowing time
Pla,ce thc s.ow in a m;i11 Jot, havin
t a fciied in it. .Make fenders on the
' sPcs next to the wall by nailing
strips four inches from wall and
fceven or eight inches high. This
j will give pigs a pass way around
t their dam and avoid being
( mashed against the wall. After far
' rowinir the sow needs rest more than
I anything else Keep her quiet. (Jive
' a little water to drink, but very little
I feed the fir.-t three days, then in-
crease slowly till you mav give her a
j full feed. The little fellows will
I want more milk every day. Feed the
' sjw good slops with somcraiik, bran.
i scraps iroin mo Kiicnen anyining
i now is relished, for the pigs are
drawing on her. Now you do your
j part and give her all she will "eat,
j and that of a variety. It will require
no science now, for a hog will pay
according to the way heis fed.
. When the pigs ai-a- two or three
weeks old, feed them by themselves.
Anything they like, milk and bra
f!p' 8aj5cd covh and oats"' ;ive
thorn nil rhf rrpoon rnno m- nnrfhinrr
them all the green cane or anything
of thc kind they will eat With this
treatment your sow will come
tnrougn in line condition, and your
I ritT3 Trill inn!jt ,"A, fm. trtt, 1.1st .i n .1
ect consumed.
1'qJ ,. &Uuj UU AJ. L&U-aiJlO 41UU
can them in eight
or ten weeks. Donlt'let up now: you
have to give to tbc hog first before '
you get anything from him. Keep
them growing and have them ready
for the first buyer who comes along
and then sell them.
Itdont pay to feed a hoj two
years for 0)0 pounds of pork. Make
him weigh that in eight or nine
i Tiirk rnnpninir rrn n t nr ttitii in irivo r
I e . i . . I nilUtltui Liiu emu v u bvi. xw u
months. Yoti can do that if you havo
good stock. If yon have selected a
gilt for a brood sow, feed liberally;
make her as big as you can. Dotr't
breed her till sho is thirteen or four
teen months old. Feed her such
food that will produce llosh and bone,
not fat or lard. Neither bear nor
sow will get too largo for brooding.
I'll idea that a man can improve
hogs by Using either sow or boar that
has been dwarfed, either by naturo
or tho want of food, Is erroneous.
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Getting Kid of Corn Smut.
Many thousand dollars aro lost
every year by the prevalence of smut
in corn. It is a growing evil and
worst in localities where corn is
grown successively on the tamo
ground for a number of years. It
does not propagate on tho seed or in
tho soil unless possibly where it is
made very rich with manure. It is
very rapidly propagated in contact
with heating manure. Hence it is a
great mistake to throw corn affected
bv smut on manure heaps or to feed
l it to stock. Tho safest way is to
I burn any piece of smut as soon as it
appears. In tiiis way the disease
, may bo stamped out It is possible
! that spraying with Bordeaux mix
ture miirhtdostrov it. but tho smut
j appears in a mass, while the mixture
! would only affect the o ttside. It is
i also so scattered that it is easier to
1 cut off tho affected part and burn it
than to apply anything to it. lho
propagation of smut is olten in
creased by injuries to stalks or ears
while Cultivating lato in tho season.
Any break in tho surfaco allowing
san to exude uecomes at once a
! stalk where there is no injury that
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will allow sap to oxudo on which tho
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spores can fasten. American Lulti-
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tvaii ruiiuc ir i:.ury Home.
j Various materials may bo used for
J wall filling in the curing room of a
j dairy house Charcoal is an cxcel-
, lent material, sawdust is good and
line shavings of equal value. Char-
' coal has the advantage of not giving
good lodgement for mice, but it is
not always convenient for a farmer
to obtain that material in sutlicient
quantities. Sawdust is generally ac
cessible, and if dried and well
packed, will keep an oen tempera
ture a very essential point in cheese ;
curing. lien uricK curing rooms
j are constructed, the douole wall is
dispensed with. r armors voice.
Pon! try Pickings.
Uecf scraps aro excellent for fat
tening. With fowls grit takes tho placo of
teeth.
Impure water wi'l cause chicken
cholera.
Fowls onjoy a change of diet and
pay well for it.
Never give young chickens water
before feeding.
Do not try to keep too many varie
ties of poultry.
Gather up the sorghu m seed to
give the poultry.
Rye is not considered a good grain
for poultry. They like it as grass
food.
Wheat and buckwheat as a feed, it
is claimed, helps to whiten the ilesh
of fowls.
Guinea fowls arc said to bs excel
lent for driving chicken-hawks away
when nothing else will.
It is a good plan to feed the moult
ing hens liberally" in order to havo
them in good condition.
Look to tho cleanliness of your
fowls and you will find they require
less food and give better rosiiltj for
it.
The small breeds bogin to lay
whon they are six months old. The
large breeds do not bagin until they
arc eight.
It is said that the water used by
blacksmiths for cooling iron is a
good tonic for fowls if given occa
sionally. A hen will cat about a bushel of
grain a vcar. At mat rate sue pays
Jl bi" profit on what she eat.-, if she
does her best.
For roup tho Foul try World re
commends bread steeped in strong,
hot ale, and washing the head and
nostrils clear of phlegm and mucus
with a solution of lime and borax in
new rum or whi-ky.
IIoueliu l lirijx.
Too small a figure in wall paper de
stroi's the effect.
A bread cloth should always be
sweet and clean, and never ued for
any other purpose.
A nev.- idea is to have a bath tub
on wheels. The tub can be thus
filled and wheeled into a bad room,
where the bath can be taken.
A good lotion to use for perspiring
hands is made of cologne water and
belladonna, using about seventy-live
grammes of cologna to twelve of
belladonna.
Decolorations from br.iiscs may be
prevented or very much helped by
applying as quickly as po-stble a
slice of raw beef, or a cioth wrung
out in hot water.
Soft and flabby skin gains firmness
of texture by the Use of cold water
to which has bicn aided a little
common silt Vinegar and spirits
of any kind ii'-ed as a wsah about
twice a week help to keep the skin
firm.
Mattresses are now often made in j
three pieces. A physician says that I
nius iuuuu,a iiiai.it uss is more uuraoic
because the position of the sections
can be changed from time to time
and thc bed kept more even tho
wear not coming continuo isly on any
one part, wh'ch may have to b ar
the heaviest burden. For surgical
patients this form of mattress i3 es
pecially convenient
Housekeepers who have too much
principle to throw away stale bread
and who cannot bring their families
to relish brcal pudding, will find
they can put their loaves to practical
use making what an cxnencnccd
mother calls "bread omelet" Cut
the bread in very thin slices and
there is nothing thai one can slice
so thin as stale bread and dip the
slices in beaten cgs. Fry in butter.
A most substantia!, economical and
satisfactory di-h for breakfast.
Philadelphia Ledger.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Columbus - State Bank J
(OUNlBMklBtteltal)
Pais MM on Time DejosltJ
AJID
lakes Loans on Real Estate
BIOnT DBA1T8 CI
Friga CautriM.
BBLIf l 6TXAM8HTJ? TIOIeTI,
BUYS GOOD NOTES
and Helps 1U Customers vhsa tksy Nd Bsl
mens axd bimctoiii
fJEASDEtt GERHARD. Prest.
S. X. HENRY, Tloe Prest
JOHN 8TAUFFER, Cuafa
H.1RUGQER, Q.W.HULSr.
L
-OF-
COLUMBUS, NEB..
HAS AX
Authorized Capital of
Paid in Capital,
$500,000
90,000
OFFICERS.
C. H. SHELDON. Trea't.
U. P. II. OEIILRIcn. Vlco Pres.
CLARK GRAY. Cashier.
DANI EL SC11RAM, Asa't Cash
DIRECTORS.
IT. M. WixsT.ow, II. 1. II. OEnMircn,
C. H. SnEMJOX,
V. A. McALLisinn,
JONAS EICU.
STOCKHOLDERS.
3. O. CHAT. J. riENUY WCRDEJfAir,
GkiuiakoLosekb, Henry Losekk.
I.'LARK UllAY, Geo. W. isaiazv.
P'ANICl. Scuuam, A. V. H. Oeiilrich.
RANK KORER. J. I. liECKEU ESTATB,
Kebecca ligcutui.
Bank of denostt: Intorest allowed on tlms
deposits; buy and sell oxoliango on United
Statoi ana Kuropo, and tmy uiid sull avail
able securities. W o shall bo pleased to re
celvo your business. Wo i.oliclt your pat
ronage.
-THE-
First National Bank
COfc.TJKBI70. NEB,
OFFICERS.
A. ANDERSON. J. H. GALLEY.
President Vice I'rca't
O. T. ROEN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
u.AMnfiON,
JACOB QKEI8EK,
p. AKBHtedS.
11ENBI BAGATZ.
V " AM8
SUtencat of the Condition at tho CIoso
f Business July 12, 18!)3.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discount S 211,437 5?
Keal Estate Furniture- and Fix
turps. .............................. ju.to. i
IT. S. Konds 15,!iX) 0)
Due from other banks J7.87t5 .Ti
CaaU ou Hand 21.6G7 56 59.743 83
Total.
5333.1M U
X.IABILXTXZS.
Capital Stock paid in.
Surplus Fund
Undivided profits
Circulation
f 60.0) 00
80.000 01
......... 4,575 00
n.oi'i
EJ.1W H7
Deposits...
Total.
a
.1333,19G 3d
LOUIS SGHREIBER,
All kinds of Repairing done on
Short Notice. Buggies, Wag
ons, etc., made to order,
and all work Guar
anteed. ilso fell the world-famoni Walter A.
Wood Mowers, Beapers, Combin
ed Kachinea, Harvesters,
and Self-binders the
best made.
Shop on Olive Street, Columbus, Neb.,
four doors south of Borowiak's.
HENKY GASS,
UNDEETAKEE !
Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases !
X3T Repairing of allkindsof Uphol
ttery Goods.
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