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VOLUME XXIV.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Measles attack both old and young1 at
Harvard.
Deuel county is wrestling1 with a
county seat war.
Thy mayor of McCook does not want
i renoraination.
A Mennon.te church is to he organ
- ized north of .Juniata.
The First .ational bank of Albion
has been named as a state depository.
There Is a paper in Sterling that, has
changed managers three times in fif
teen weeks.
Taj. payers of Grand Island are mov
ing in the matter of retrenchment in
publ;c expenditures.
.Xorth Platte citizens will vote on a
. proposition to issue sJO.O.iu in bonds to
erect a hisrh school budding.
A. P Werner, e.i treasurer of Thayer
county, hat. been found sl:ort in his ac
count to ihe -xtent of over ."..0 o.
Charles -o!rich. oneof t.mahs's p.o
mecrs who had held many po it:un.of
.responsibility and irust. uie : last we.-u.
Harnett .-mock, a-t-d 7'-. and Sar.i::
M. Newell. ,C yars old have just
Ixfii jinei in vvttiioju in Liiuiore
county.
(jUaiie IJutts. of Talaingu. who was
recently injureii by the bursting f a
gun. it a, tnough? wui loe the s.-ht of
one eye.
I: :. said tii.it Judge Uenst.uoi Lmnd..
count ivuu i have no oojecl.on to
warning the seat now oceupte I by Me
ivesErhan. l!ie eighth annual session of the
2w'o-tn e r.is'ca Te-iiers association
will be held at Columbus on .March J7.
2b and -"
Hedueed rates on al. roads entering
Omaha have been made tor the .ntei
siale irrigation convention, lieid in tii.it
eity Mar. h :i and J".
A certi:;cate lileii wi-h :eereary of
State Allen shows tna: the Hank of
All'ance lias nducd its. pnu up capital
from r-'i'.-io to SI'.Ui.
The Dawson dour miils built within
a year at a cost of Sl'.'l At. were totally
destroyed Iy Sire late last week. Omy
a small amount oi insurance xvs car
ried. Vthile Mr and Mrs. Wui Carpenier of
Franklin comity were lidiiiir srom Ma
con t innl.i.n. ti.e.r infant, four
moaihsof :tgv !ie:in us mother sarins.
.No cauM- ! asstrnel.
The hampi.xi at.iietie cltio .ir.s ar
ranged a team of U.cner- and -ent fo-a
7-incij a.s-nc.ai:oii sp.-( ial mat. h
footfall. In the meantime the moutn
itickinir gos, on.es usual
herilT I)ree. of l)ourla.- county iias
taken .J Jackson for a ten -year sen
tence and Charles Austin for a seven
year term to I.in.'oin. T.i.- burglary of
a rail road ear :s tiiei-- crime.
Durinir the iki-i feu weeks three
series of revival si""v '- have been car
ried on in as many different etmreaes
at the same time. Ail f the churches
have received larire accessions to their
membership
The revival meeting at outh Houx
City hux-e closed. ! lie series lias b en
n very suevcs-dtil one cons dering cir-!iimstanei-s
(Juite a number have
added ihe:r names totue Methodistand
I're-byter an cnurch lists
The (am bridire Milling -omp.my has
shipped out thirty ca-ioai:s of ibtur. feed
stuil. etc.. since the tirst of the year,
besides a numoer of -mall consignments
which woulil swell the number of car
loads, to about tnirty-tive.
Friend last week had the most ex
citing election ever held in the city in
regard to voting bonds for a system of
waterworks. There were 1-7 in favor of
nml eirrhty-oue against. I loth papers
were against the pro:isition.
ni:i Oars of Loup county was ar
rested in dree ey lor stealimr a horse
in winch he churned an undivided half
interest. No one appeared and at the
expiniion t twent. -four hours the
door ol the bastile vva- uncorKeiL
The Methodist En. -coral church at
Ord has received so many accessions to
its membership during tiie revival ser
vices held this winter th it the congre
gation :s considering the necessity of
enlarging the church tuiti. e this spring.
Farming in this vicinity, says a Hast
ings dispatch, has commenced in earn
est. everai farmers have sown their
spring heat and oats. Fa'.l w heat has
wintered weil and looks good. The re
cent heavy fall of -now has left the
ground in good condition.
Sdiuyiers school board is now en
paged with the knotty task of selecting
plans for the new school house. In all
about twenty p.ans have been sub
mitted and. in many cases, the archi
tects themselves have been present to
nrge adoption of their plans.
Charles Antes, a farm hand employed
by Tim Sharp, a farmer living near
"Wyoming. Otoe county, attacked his
wife with a butcher knife. In her ef
forts to ward off his thrusts she re
ceived several dangerous cuts about the
arms. ' Antes has disappeared.
Evangelist F. T. 1'ierson closed his
series of revival meetings in Pawnee
City last week and left for his new neld
of labor. Three hundred and fifty-one
persons have siirmtied their willing
ness to lead a i hristian life. The
churches w;'.i now begin another series
of revivals and it is expected much
more good may yet be done.
The Chicago. Burlington .fc Quiney
railroad company against the state of
Nebraska, ex rel is the title of a case in
the supreme court, error from the dis
trict court of Cu-ter county, for a judg
ment obtained against them by the
btate board of transportation to compel
the railroad company to build an eleva
tor for one Hiram I2a:r in the city of
Broken low.
Greeley county was visited by a vio
lent wmd storm, at times reaching the
magnitude of a cyclone. Many barns
and" outhouses were demolished and
houses blown from their foundations.
Scotia did not suffer aside from the de
struction of fences and outhouses, but
in the farming districts the loss was
heavy.
At a meetimr of the Burt County Ag
ricultural society held last week at the
, court house to relocate the fair for the
next five years, nearly all the officers
were present. Tekamah secured the
exhioit. A subscription paper was cir
culated and liberally signed by the
business men to build a new art hall on
the grounds
Talmare is becoming a noted society
town. The following' fraternal, organ
izations exist, each with an enthusias
tic membership: Knigrhts of Pvthias.
Odd Fcilows, Modern Woodmen, Loyal
Mystic Legion, Grand Army of the Re
public andT Woman's Relief corps.
The Times-Democrat of McCook says:
The famous "man-eating"' stallion has
been shipped to McCook and is located
at a livery barn. What the owners
nropose to do with him is not known,
but it is suggested fhat there are a few
men about town whom it would be good
policy to feed to him. Some animal
will "get them anyhow some of these
days.
The Bank of Harrison has arranged
with the banking department to go into
voluntary liquidation. The institution
had a capital stock of $5,000 and in an
swer to the December call Cashier F.
A. I astle's statement shows that the
denosits at that time amounted to
S15.600.
NUMBER 48.
We always have something to be
' thankful for, says the Curtis Cour er.
Just now it is the" blissful fact that the
seven-to-a-mile Columbian stamp is
, about to pass out of circulation Con
ceived in folly, born in foolishness, en
dured through necessity: let it pass to
' a timely grave, '-unmourned, unsung,'
but alas! not unlicked.
i At Kearney while Robert Stanton
was sitting at his dinner table he fell
suddenly to the floor in an unconscious
condition and although restoratives
were at once administered he never re
vived, but died ten hours afterwards.
, He was an old soldier and at the battle
of Iuka received a bullet wound, the
ball striking just below the right eye
anil lodging at the base of the brain.
At the farmers' institute in Dodirc
county last week David Brown read an
interesting paper entitled "A Beekeep
ing Farm." in whieii he gave his per
sonal experience of thirteen years in
rai insr bees on his farm in that county.
I He said the honey made in Nebraska
was the best made :n the I'nited t.i"es.
and a.lv sed ea-h farmer to keep a few
stands cf Oees for pleasure and pi-jut.
A heavy wind storm passed over Has
tings tlie other day Bill boards were
demolished, chimneys blown down .;ml
sections of sidewalk turned over. Two
box cars were blown from the track
and unrooted. A barn was lifted from
its foundation and twisted out of shape.
!u the business portion considerable
d.:ma?e was caused by windows being
biowu 111
Look out. sajs the Friend Telegraph,
for snide ;ence men who are trave.mg
over the country. Other counties have
been overrun with these swindlers, who
bied the farmers past all endurance.
Several oarties who have given their
notes went to town and tried to jret
them back, but of course this couldn't
be done. If you want fencing buy of a
loial dealer with an established reputa
tion. It has ar last been decided that sum
mer schools will be estab'ished at Aah
land. as it will brinir from ,00 to :no
younir gentlemen and ladies therefrom
the -urioundimr counties. The o-rps
of instructors will consist of three or
four trooil teacher, besides tue superintendent--.
t:i ta.ss arpy and Saunders
counties, for who-e special benefit tue
school is located in Ashland. Tue
term wi.l last s.x weeks.
I: is -riven out that a large numfer
of men wii.i have heretofore undaved
at I.i'.coin will fo.low some nauntv
girls to Masiinirs and Mmdny there
.so ionr as t:ie class, of hos.se in whic.1
that cius-- of giHs live is kept in an
orderly and quiet manner tnere is r.
re-tnrt.nr in Hastings beyond a
moiifily tine. ome of the straight
l.i ed peonie object to this, but it has
seemed that al: other devices for regu
'a:!iir the evil h lve failed.
Tne p.aii of .-tate Treasurer IJartley
nf cailiniT for money belonging to tne
reiier.ii and feeb'e-nnnded funds is
i 1-m.riiig forth results Treasurer I
. Zimmeria.iun of York county paid
?."".r)u into the stat- treasury in r -spouse
to the call for money to enable
tlie -tate treasurer to take up outstand
ing warrants 1 he treasurer has issued
a call for money 1 eloncmir to these two
funds, to take effect ever- sixty days,
instead of every four months as has
been tne custom heretofore.
The case wh ch was brought acainst
ex-County lerk lianett of Holt county
for fees which it was claimed he owed
the county, occur ed the attention of
the court last week. Tlie amount in
volved was "J. J"0. The eae was iriveu
to the jury and. alter 1 emg out eirrht
hour-, they returned a verdict for the
county for 5s-;o anj interest. This is a
partial viet ry for the defed.int. an-i
the attorneys for the plaintiff have an
nounced that they will make applica
tion for a new trial.
At an adjourned term of the district
court of 5erricK county. .ludire ullivan
heard arguments on motion for a new
trial in the McManon ca-e MeMahon
was convicted at the relr.iary term of
court of burglary Affidavits ere sub
mitted by the defense showing irross ir
regularities on the part of some of the
iury while deli Derating. These were
met by counter affidavits. After thor
oughly reviewing the evidence a new
trial was denied and the defendant was
-entenced to one year in the peniten
tiary. A Kearney exchange says: Fresent
indications are that the city of Kearney
will vote 5i0.000 bonds to aid in en
larging the canal. The canal company
proposes to add 5.10, oo to this donation,
it being estimated that an expenditure
of alwut 5110,000 will be necessary to
deliver at the business end of the canal
l.s(H) cubic feet of water per second, or
13,4.17 theoretical horse power. The
-anal is to be made thirty-five feet wide
jn the bottom, and carry nine feet of
water, equivalent to three and one
half times the present capacity.
A warrant was -worn out against
Syivanus Halstead. charging him with
assault upon the person of his 1 "5-year
old daughter. Iialstead had recently
left his wife, and since then it seems
the daughter had told her woeful story
to her married sister. The special
charges referred to in the complaint
veurred about dune 1.1, ls'.i3. and prob
ably througu fear the child dared not
ompiain. He was before the authori
ties a few months ago for unmercifully
t oeating ins lu-year-oui ixiy, and at tnat
was proiuced.
ine of the most daring and cold
blooded murder- in the history of that
part of the country was committed at
Hay Sbrings about 3 in the morning.
Would Mill, the Elkhorn night opera
tor, was sbot by some unknown party
while at his post of duty. The shot
wa- fired from without the depot, the
1 ball passing through both lobes of the
liver and iungs. cau-ing death within a
few minutes. Mr. Strong, the agent.
who live.- in the west end of the depot.
, reached Mid shortly after the shooting,
but the murdered man was nnconsc.ous
and unable to give any account or ex
planation, consequently the motive or
luse of the snooting is a m-stery.
Captain J. T. Cochran, republican
candidate for police judge of Lincoln.
Knocked down and severely pummeled
Jhaptain Phelps, Paine, a republican
warhorse in that city. Paine is oppos
ing Cochran and has been particularly
, abusive. The amusing part of it is that
Cochran draws a government pension
of 5T2 a month for total disability.
Ed Acom. a well-known farmer near
Filley. was in Beatrice the other day
trying to locate a lot of lard and meat
which was stolen from his ceilar. The
thieves first took his horse and buggy
; with which they hauled the meat away,
the rig being found hitched to a fence
, several miles away.
The decision of Secretary Smith re
garding school lands of Boyd county
has resulted in serious financial loss to
settlers" who naid lanre
many poor
prices for tilings. The report as pub
lished in some papers, that the town
site of Butte was affected thereby, is an
error. One hundred and sixty acres of
Butte townsite is on section 21. and 1"0
acres is on section 1G. but was occupied
as a townsite long before the govern-
monf CTiT-trT- nrifl tfirfnri -?l! H. til? ?
as such by the town. In fact Commis- , aPtle. a silver-haired, fat man. and
sioner Humphrey has stated that he his confrere, a hollow-eyed and lanky
would withdraw the contest relating exhorter, bowed gravely and sum
thereto, moned the sisters, who completed the
There are only-eight inmates of the quartette, to the bedside of the un
Saunders county poor house. j conscious child. They touched the
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T was such a
straggling, wooden-walled,
drink
blighted little
town with seven
saloons and bil
liard halls and
one unpainted frame meeting-house.
Not that one should insist upon meeting-houses,
but one might dispense
with an overplus of saloons and bil-
Lard halls. They keep down the au-
vancement and prosperity of a small
town as whisky retards the growth of
puppies. The postmaster said so, and
what he said went, because he was
neither a hypocrite nor a fool. The
small town's name was set out on a
three-foot board on the station ver
anda, and when the train slowed up
passengers could spell out the
legend, only live letters. "Doone."
"Pfir... TT.t-.rvr. imilor lliinrpn Til-
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most, nan a representative iu uuuui:.
Norwegians and Swedes burned I
charcoal: a Chinaman had a laundry: j
a Jap who despised the almond-eyed I
washer-man. and was aided in his
scorn oy nis western wue. Kept a
tailor shop: a German had one saloon,
a Scot, a Celt and a Dago three more.
During the excitement of a fire in
Doone one heard quite a cosmopolitan
chatter, each foreigner speaking out
of the fullness of his heart in the lau
iruajre of his native land. They were
receptive people in Doone: every new
1 fad in religion, provided it were crazy
enough, every new comic song, every
dancing school step (they danced con
amore in Doone . every stranger was
cordially welcomed and adopted.
There were more divorced than single
' folks in Doone and about six-
. married couples. Never in such
a -mall town were collected
such a number . of shady, reckless,
demoralized and generally hopeless
foik-. They talked in a brazen and
-trident manner about the political
and financial affairs cf the nation, the
scandals of divorce courts and the
prize ring. The postmaster read
them all the details of the Panama
i.-an lal. and they set upon the only
Frenchman in town and rode him on
a rail. They were not a shooting
jrowd. and ready recourse to a gun"
did not find favor in their eyes, for
there were no miners, but plenty of
cowards there. Charcoal burner-,
tall, golden-haired Swedes an 1 power
fully built Norwegians, who yearns I
for wife ami baby in th- far-off home
land, and lived terrible lives
here in America: tobacco-dried,
shrewd men. who "bo-s- i" these
to'l'ng g'ant-: a pale drugi-t and his
-iekly wife: the autocrat pjstma.-ter
and h's quiet missus.' mi 1 lie-aged
folk, who kept much at home: three
long haired and tobacco-chewing minister-,
who were photographer, -ew-ing
machine agent and dentist re
spe 'tively on week days, an 1 who
preached alternate Sunday morning-.
in the dingy frame meeting-house the
rankest orations: impossible women,
who feared neither man nor fiend, and
whose calloused consciences nothing
could waken into feeling: a very few
young men sallow, pert, irreverent
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enormous, brutalized and sly -ueh
was the town cvn-u- of Doon . The
late-t fad which had seized upon the
town was engineered by the faith
cure apostles, who held meetings
n'ght after n'ght in the meet
ing house: who cured old Bet's
rheumatism and made pale M-erey
Moie the druggisfs daughter, throw
away the crutch and walk and dance.
Great excitement and enthusiasm was
the result of these successes which
the gro-s ignorance of tne townspeo
ple pronounced a m-raele. with
their usual impetuosity they raved
and believed, and when the only
really pretty an 1 pure child in the
town was stricken with fever, the
town gloried in the occurrence an I
sat down to wait for another faith
cure miracle. This child was the pet
of the whole community, from the
grossest giant in the pine woods,
whose heart melted under the soft
gaze and light caress of the little win
some rca'.d. to the postmaster, who
ran to lift her over the counter and
?ry: "Missns "ere's little Missie a-visit-in"
She was worse than father Ies-.
this bairuie. for her mother was a
deceived and deserted girl. R villy
deceived. for she had believed her-elf
a lawful wife, until the small giri was
a year old. and had held up her curly
head in innocent pride of her "hand
some gentleman." a- the admiring
townspeople called her husband. Had
Doone folks laind hands on him after
his deceit was known, the "handsome
gentleman's" care r would have sum
marily ended, but he disappeared too
quickly even for lynch law. When
little Missie fell ill. the people inter
viewed the faith cure apostles and
?ave them cIca?-" to understand that
her cure was imperative. Thev be-
lived. but they used strong pressure.
Great sons of Anak came, and thick
lipped negroes and terrible women
and tobacco-chewing' men. and with
one voice the nations demanded that
little Missie be Tighted." The head
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COLUMBUS, XEBEASKi
palms of her burning little hands with
I holy oil, and moaned and postured be- ' The owner and ed.tof of the Miami
j side her. Then as she muttered and i Missouri News, requests the publica
j moaned thev san- and the watchers tion of quite a different statement than
I joined in the chorus. Her mother ' appeared in these columns a few weeks
1 went from the room with naming1
eyes: she seized upon the quiet wife of
the postmaster.
"Get a doctor," she gasped: '"they
are killing her."
The postma-t jr's wife led her away
to where Ihe crowd could not see or
hear.
"My dear." she said. 'I wrote at
onee to my nieee wuo is a doctor, anci i
she will be here on tne tram to-mgnt.
But you must not quarrel with the
people, you must outwit them."
The n "as the girl-mother stared at
her uncomprehending'.- she added:
-When inv niece comes 'she will find a
way :
train
back
The whistle of
soun led as shi
th? mcomin-r
spoke. "tlo
try an I bear it a litt'e longer,"
she wh'.soered and slipped away.
One sister was exhort'ng the crowd 1 while longer. For the benefit of those
in the tinv sitting ro,m to prayer, and ', who are suffering from Asthma. Bron-bevot-d.
on her wee white bed. tossed chiti3 or Consumption, we will say we
and raved little Miss'.e. all unconscious i
of the din which seemed like lien lish
torture to the outraged mother. They
sang a-, they pov."I. and ai they
mstiiv nttett a tavorite nymn, "t ome.
Soirit. Ileal the Child," fie qter do r
new open and m the gathering g-loom
I stood a
cry spirit form with smiling
face and golden nair. witn wale blue
, eyes ana a tail xoveiy lorm rooeu m
j classic garments. A little Roman
lamp was in her hand and her other
1 hand was raised as if to command
j silence from the awe-struck singers.
i The faith cure quartette fell on
' their knees and covered their faces as
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I the radiant form glided slowly to-
ward them. Softly she raised the
Fttle child in her arms and as slow! v
; gl'ded from th.
room into the dark-
ening n'ght.
The postmaster's wife closed the
i door and said. "Let every one sing the
' Doxolotry."
I And sing they did. once, twice
I thrice, and then the faith cure quar-
' tette were besieged with questions.
Was it an angel?"
"Had the child been taken to Para-
! di-e?"
"How did they account for it?"'
The quartette were strangely silent,
they bowed their head- and lJoUed at
one another, and finally yien the
postmaster's wife suggested that the
crowd should all go home, and offered
to remain with the girl s mother, they
1 mshd out in tumultuous anil delight
ful excitement with the story of the
1 visitation. The faith cure quartette
were la..t to quit the room: as they
went the lank-haired man turned and
1 said ;n hollow tones: "Cur-ed be the
soul that mocks at holy things." and
the postmaster s wife responded scorn
fully: (ih. you get out before the war
rant comes." which he did with a very I
! ugly word. '
Then the door of an inner room i
opened, and the spirit came qu'ckly
back still holding1 the child in her
i arms.
You poor Ftt'.e woman." she said '
compassionately to the m -ther. -I
am going to take this child back with
me to the c;ty ho-pita1. She is very ,
ill! Will you come, or will you stay
with auntie.' I'll take good care of i
her and br;ng her back when she's
well. Oh. auntie! wasn't it a suc
css? And who'd have thought my .
old Greek tableau rig would have car
ried it off s well?"
The postmasters wife took the sick
child nto her arms.
"Go in and change your things be
fore you take cold, mydea'." she said.
i laughing. Then she turne 1 to the ,
child's mother. "Will you trust her
, with little Mis-ie? You can go up to
' the city if ili doesn't go on w dl. but I
am sure mv niece will cure her."
The g'.ri-.nother looked at the
golden-haired figure in its bare feet
and c'a.-s:e robe.
"Is she a real woman?" she said
1 nervous' y.
i "io o sure 1 am- a real woman
doeti r. an i I mu-t talc your baby
away from this ne-t of th'eves and
I impostor- before they murder her.
, Apostles, indeed! That lantern-jawed
1 man was under arrest for theft in our
hospital anl jumped lis bail, and I
thin!. I know the uily faces of those
j sister-, too! The old chap was d's-
missed from the church for drinking.
A nc-e lot! Now. auntie. I'm shod
and cl )the-I and have ju-t ten minutes
before train time, shall I take Missie
with m.?"
1 The young mother faltered, looked
into the k.ndly ivna'n face, anl
silently p'a -ed Missie in the out
stretched arm-, of the Healing spirit
IJoillilc Fared.
Lawyer Now. madam, you say
that on the night of the robbery tlie
moon was so bright tnat you could
see the robbers in your room. Was
your
husband awake0 Witness I
don't Knov
Ir. Lawyer Wa- hi-
face turned toward you or away
from you? Witness I can't say. sir.
, Lawyer Now. your h nor, and gen
tleman of the ui ry. do you hoar that.1
ILis woman positively identifies
these men as the robbers who we:e
in her room, and yet she cannot tell
Us how hr husband was lying at the
time. And turning to the witness
he continued: -Why can t you tell
us. pray.-'"' Witness I could not
see. Lawyer Ah' you could not
see3 Vet you positively identify the
prisoner-. How is this ' Witne-s
Well, you see. sir. my husband is so
very ba.d that in anything but a ,
bright light I cannot tell whether he )
is looking at or away from me. I
New York Herald i
Hi.- ;.;.iniu-rs.
Taxes Francis Oswald, a new
queen's counsel, was the juni r who.
on beins- told by Ju-tice Kay that
although he couid teach him law.
he could not teach him manners."' j
quietly remarked. "That is s my i
luu an encounter witn .justice
(hitty was hardly so successfu'. He
had been addressing the court at
great length in a b'.il-of-sale case. and
at last said: "And now. my lud. 1 ad
dress myself to the furniture." "You
have been doing that for some time
past."' said Justice (.'hitty.
.Is folrrulsp Putc It.
lrt 1 nniii .n -k 4 V r. . A, . 1 I I ..J9 a. I
.;. "7 - -tuu.u
at Cambridge university, affected a
peculiar style of conversation. At
the dinner in the hall where the
students dined, tho va1 Wrrl n i
up
n- I,ma on,l c i.i ,
-rVi -V -,ii- T ,
sir. rnttorinr on t. . , ..r .... ,r
, bk4U " I kLAl
Argonaut
- a v - -- - i
KA, WEDXESiyY, MABfa
le hands with ' The "News" Not fat S.
The "News" Not for S'e.
ago. and we willingly give space to the
following editorial from that paper: i
"Some time ago owing to continued ill ,
health and the encouraging informa
tion from our phys.cian that we must
either go to a warmer climate on this j
mundane sphere or be hastened to one i
in which delinquent subscribers
abound, we offered The News for sale,
and would then have sold it at a sacri- ,
i lice. January 1st we began using Dr. !
Amick's treatment for Bronchitis, pre-
' p:ireii by the Amiek Chemical Co , of
Cincinnati, and we are today, so far as
we can observe, entirely free from any
bronchial trouble in fact we have had
but H"le trouble since the first week.
j Our many newspaper friends who have
1 so winuiy aaveruseu our uusine-s ior
sale will oblige us by sayingrThe News
is not now on the market. aspts owner.
( thanks to Dr- Amick's treatment, will
be able to remain in God's country a
thoroughly believe they can be cured.
The treatment is not a patent medicine t
put up to sell to Tom. Dick or Harry,
but it is a scientific treatment discover
ed after years of study by Drs. V. K.
and M. 1- Amiek. two of Cincinnati's I
leading physicians, and both for many
)ara l"1""?"." " "" vuuuu ,
, f OI -uic aus .f "5 .l' - "?:"
.J . . . ,. . ,
l lAWZt - .11111 II L1IU 1 &.4A LA Wl 4 t A X. V I
thronffh lheir faraIlv doctor free cf
charge, but the free medicines are sent
i only through physicians.
j SO IT IS SAID.
The employees on the Brooklyn
ondge have a slang name tor passen
?ers v-ho cross in either direction
after 1 o'clock at night. They call
1 them "the left-overs."
The burgomaster of Sollngen re
cently refused to register a child in
the name of Emma, on the ground
that it was not in the Saints" calendar,
as required by the Code Napoleon for
registration in the baptismal register.
Read? sensitized postal cards are i
now being placed upon the German
market, so that the photographic
tourist can erv easily despatch prints
of the picturesques he is making in
his travels to his friends and relatives
at home.
A Canadian editor, having repaired
his shop and wishing to resume busi-n-?ss
at the old stand in a manner b
cming his self respect and the pro
fession, invited in the local priest and
had him bless every department in
the place.
Professor Faib, a Vienna astrono
mer, who is given the credit in some
, European papers of having made
i several hits heretofore with his pre
j dictions, says this planet will be
knocked out by a comet abojit Novem
J ber 13, 1509.
A.St. Petersburg editor has hit upon
the'-notion of printing- his journal on
paper suitable for making cigarettes.
It is said that its circulation has been
largely increased by this means, as
the Russians are much given to smok
ing cigarettes, which they make them
selves. A novel system of fire alarm s'gnals
by rocket bombs has'been established
in the suburban districts of San Fran
cisco to enable the remote ' engine
houses quickly to summon- assistance
from the city forees in ease of great
emergency. A bomb nuething like
a rocktifc-is thrown 300 feet cstraight
upward from a mortar, where it bursts,
making a brilliant white light and a
very loud explosion. At the trials of
the system a short time ago. all San
Francisco was excited and alarmed
fearing dynamiters were at work.
lUtiKtrated Rook Free.
The new Hutchins house at Hens
ton. Texas, is still sending free to all
who write for it. a beautifully illus
trated book describingllouston. Hous
ton Heights and South Texas. The
only real estate activity in the Fnited
states is in the 'Jexas coast country.
FACTS WITH
FIGURES.
London hae about 17d rainy days in
a vear.
Italy's estimated population is 30,-'
0CM (WO. !
The Chinese language is spoken by '
fully 400.000,000 people.
Cncle Sam pavs about 3100 a minute '
In interest on the national debt I
i
About 170,000 wolves are killed an- '
nually in Russia for the fur market. ,
The cost of a first-class battleship,
carrying 0.000 men, is about S3.000.000.
Ten per cent of the inhabited houses
of England and Wales are in London.
The number of women lawyers in
the United States is now more than
100.
It is estimated that the annnal salt
I product of the world is fully 7,300,000
tons.
Kruno employs about 10.000 men at
Essen in manufacturing his enormous
guns.
The czar has an income of 512,000,
000 a year, derived from his own es-
, V ., ., . , , ..
Arcturus the "giantof the planets,"
1 tOLIIUaitll 4vl UU .lUOUb liJ.UUU bllULV
the size of the sun.
The total revenue of the church of
England is S2e,707.7S.'j, of which sura
one-fifth is derived from rents.
Seventeen cities in the L'nited States
are each of larger area than Berlin
with its population of 1, 379.000.
There are 1GI.040 persons on Eng
land's pension list, and thev draw
i S3s,000,000 a year from the treasury.
The nonulat'on of what is known
! technically as the "city" of London
reaches 301. 3s4 by day, but drcrp"s to
i 37,500 at night. The population of
'Greater" London is C,G33,-0G.
QUIPS AND CRANKS.
tv:ii.. ct:- rx u - r . i
"HIV Olllll 11UH U1UUU JU 1 "CI, Oil
.: ., r- i . ,
i this overcoat? Uncle A bout as much
as you have paid on it, I g-uess.
Indignant Old Lady Your boys arc not be exposed to high temperature
constantly throwing apples at people, of heat, either in a room or by ex
and you do not stop them. Farmer j posure to the direct ray of the sun
Why should I? We have plenty of In summer time let it hang in the
them this year. barn, in winter in a moderately
The Ink Stand The postage stamps I warm room, until tho oil has well
bet the envelopes this morning that i
llley would neverbe licked. The I'en-
Wiper-How did it come out? -Oh.
lhe sti axnps t stuckr
..,,, -e .!... ,
that talking m tne next
'-"-.uiuaiiuii nig-n iioy.'
in ;.. . 1. i t .
'That's
McHiatter.
,r. ... - t
lies trying to negotiate
- . ...
a ,oan- ""hat. a
pity it is that a
iiiiu wa . rais-j money as casnv as lie
( can raise his voice'
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U, 1894.
I f A "R V ,
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
FOUL BROOD THE BEE KEEPER'S
WORST ENEMY.
n.
So Remedy for the DLneaae Save
traction of Everytliiiifr Contaminated
The IIitrneM 5rlcaltural Notes and
IIonsehoM Help.
Damage From Foul Brood.
This is probably tho worst disease
that the bee keeper has to contend
with, and many a man ha-; gone out
of the business discouraged through
the losses sustained in this way.
When the disease is once established
in the hives the rapidity of its devel
opment is so great that iu a few days
the whole hive is ruined. It is es
sential that a strict watch should be
kept up for the first appearance of
the disease, and as soon as the tirst
sisrns arc discovered radical remedies
must be administered immediately.
Foul brood has long been recoir
nized by apiarists as a disease very
formidable in its nature, but there
has been -o much ignorance concern
ing it that very few have known how
to deal with it promptly. After years
of examination the best authorities
ciaim that the disease is caused by
i the bacillus alvei. small rod-like bac-
i teria that multiply so rapidly that
in five days a single larva may pro-
duce a billion more. These germs
are very small, and even through a
small magnifying glass they are
sometimes invisible. It is only
through their numbers and rapid
multiplication that the danger comes
in, and unless checked eariy in their
growth the bees will be ruined. The
baeilli not only attack the brood, as
was supposed at one time, but they
also often destroy the mature bees.
In fact, every part of the colony and
hive becomes infected. o that it is
not safe to use any of it for another
colony until fire has purged every
thing. The best remedy for foul brood is
to destroy everything, writes Annie
' C W ebster. in the American Culti
vator. The disease must be stamned
' out, unless tho risk is to Ixs takn of
having all the colonies attacked It
' there is only one diseased colony or. ,
the tarm with a doen or more clean
' .,T.i? frl,.-. e?,.r..? ..OT'l 1.t ...- .! . 1 .? a.
W11VJ3 L11.J dll ZZ2t ,11111 LSI.-!, lOlllv.11. 1.7 I.IF '
take hive, bees, brood and every
thing and burn thm up at once
That will stamp tho disease out im
mediately. Partial remedic- are applied by
taking the foul brood out of the
hive, and then submitting the hive
to boiling water for half an hour.
Both hive and frames are u-ed again
after they are thoroughly boiled
Tlie good honey can also be saved, as
well as the wax, but neither should
be used as food for the bees, as the
slightest germ left on them may
cause the disease to spread again. It
is better to destroy and lese every
thing than to have other hives con
taminated by careless methods.
Some apiarists spray the colonies
with germicides, and partial success
has been obtained in this way.
Salicylic acid anl carbolic acid have
been used for this purpose, but such
spraying is not recommended except
by experienced bee keepers, who
understand, the nature of the bee as
well as all of their diseases. Many
of the best bee keepers agree that
this spraying, even in the han is of
expert, hardly pays for the trouble
demanded, and that the best remedy
is to stamp out the disease with fire
and boiling water After handling
tne foul brood, however tne hands
should be carefully disinfected by
washing in two quarts of water with
one-sixteenth of an ounce of mercury
chloride dissolved in it. This should
be done every time before handling
another colony.
Man-tsrement of the liariiesn.
Mud is more destructive to leather
than moderate wear.and so oneof the
chief things to be observed in ihe
care of harness is to keep it clean
and the pores filled with proper in
gredients to increase thepliableness
' and at the same time render the
leather impervious to water. One
thing to remember in cleaning a har
ness is the mud which has accumu
lated is not to be taken o'f by rub
bing; if it is dry (and it should
never be allowed to become so if it is
possible to prevent it), soak it well
and let it get soft, so that by throw
ing on water it will run off. When
harness is to receive a thorough
dressing unbuckle every strap and
wash clean with warm soft water,
in which there is a little castile
soap, using a sponge or ciotn. and
when nearly dry apply the oil. Vege
table oils, with the exception of
castor oil, should not be applied to
the harness, as thev are hardening
m meir euects -eaisiooi, on is
i pernaps one oi uie very uesi leamer
pnneciives mat can oe useu
Before
applying it is necessary that the
leather be slightly dampened, so that
the oil will penetrate. There may
be used with good effect one quart
neatfoot oil. four ounces beefs tal-
i low and three tablespoonfuls of
i lampblack: add four ounces beeswax
for use
m summer weather, if y.,u
choose.
There are two wavs of
i makins the application of oil." One
, is to rub .j a woolen cloth, satur
ated with oil. every part of the har
m-s. save those of patent leather:
another way is to put two or three
quarts of neatsfoot oil in a long.
shallow pan. and draw each piece
of leather through it slowly, bend
ing the leather backward and for
ward, and rubbing the oil in with a
cloth or sponge. In either case be
careful that where the buckle holes
are. a little more is applied: also the
belly cands, breechingsand the straps
that buckle in the bits, need an ex
tra allowance. On an old harness
that is extra dry. dress with ca-tor
, r , .
oil before washin
ing: this will prevent
penetration of water, which resists
oiL After oiling, the harness should
penetrated. Hub off with a dry
woolen rag all tne on tnat remains
en the surface, if any, afteriJrying.
Farmers Voice.
Location of Farm Bnlllinir.
une oi tne most important iarm
Tm nrtB,Bts ; .,.... u.,;,.i
. . Bt. . ..a
I within reasonable distance of the
w a ui jvwii. uuu unici uui uvji;a
? house and with a clean plank walk j
from oue to the other. Ihe number
of times a day that the distance be
tween the house and barn is traveled
I make it desirable that they should
not be very far from each other. On
I the other hand, house and barn
should not be so near that wo ue
struction of one by tire must neces
sarily involve the burning of the
other.
Chicks a Garden AsiNtaitts.
When hoeing or raking in the gat
den I am constantly turning' up
numerous worms, grubs, bugs and
beetles of various sizes, kinds and
colors, and if I stopped to slay each
and every one of tbem I should
m:ikft very little nrogress. If I
- - 4 C7
passed them gently by they would
continue to gnaw, uproot and de
stroy my favorite vegetables, wax
fat and keep ray wrath at the boil-
inir noint. How to compass the-r
destruction expeditiously and cheap
ly was a question I pondered much.
But I've solved it at last, and now
not a grub, bug or worm that my hoe
or rako uncovers has time to be as
tonished before he finds him-elf
among the rocks and broken crock- i
ery in the interior of a healthy
chick, where he is soon reduced to i
pulp.
I never want less than live fair
sized chicks nor more than a dozen
small ones with me. If there are
not enough they get full too quickly
and retire. If there are too many,
thev get in the way and some of
them meet with accidental dostruc- '
tion. It is amusing in the extreme I
to see half a dozen or so of them
dancing about on either side, watch- I
ing the progress of my implement,
and when a choice morsel is exposed. '
pitching over each other in their
eagerness to get it Occasionally
one becomes too fresh and gets
knocked over, but they soon learn
about how near it is safe to venture,
(hie lot I had in the early spring
always followed along behind, but
the little mob I hae now keep con
stantly circling around me. All '
were hatch d in an incubator and
reared in a brooder, and are sold as
soon as they weigh two and one half
or three pounds.
Those hatched by hen power must
bo taken from the hen as soon as
thev are hatched and reared in a '
brooder, or they are no go d a.s grub
gobblers I hey are arrant to leave
their ma. a.id yo i don't want her
' along to work ruination.
I have done a good d-al of hoeing
and raking in tho garden and among
the strawberries, etc. last season,
and of all the thousands of grubs
and worms I turned up I am satisfied
not half a tloicu escaped the vigilant
eves and nimble beaks of mv chiefs.
riinv lviv. .il.n L-nn t'w Mmi liret-nr
lliej have also kep- t.ie lawn, tio.ver
beds and garden entirely free from
grasshoppers, while there are thous-
ands among the clover not .')') yards
away. . uo.it twenty are enougu to
have around, and as soon a they
begin to scratch hard they should be
sold or sh :t up and another lot of
, small ones brought in. The Business
Hen.
tsirieultiiral Note". ,
Whoever can produce good bacon
or good sausage can sell the product I
at a good price in any reasonably
sized town.
Don't be contented if the farm is '
gradually decreasing in fertility. By
proper rotation, manuring, etc.. it
can be built up.
Sugar beets, mangels, rutabagas
and turnips are all of inestimable i
value to the tlock and
should bo !
raised for winter u c in
season if
diseases are to be avoided. ,
The best way to keep manure is on '
a freshly plowed field. If rain soaks j
it in, the valuable substance will go
down iato the soil, and the work of
spreading mav be done in the winter
The saving of labor and the exposing
of manure on the ground will be ad-
vantageous next season.
A specialty in stock keeping is all
rignt utter you have thoroughly
learned the business of handling them.
But until you have done that, it i
wise to Keep stock as an adjunct to
ne uu-iness oi general iarminr. ana
it- ,
to keep as much of a variety as
you
can. so as to utilize in the best way
... . .
the product- ol your land.
An exchange names the following
important points in farming: First,
raise all the feed you can. all the
stock you can. improve your farm all
r r ,, . .
you can. vote for all the improve-
ments vou can. elect all the honest1
men you can to office, breed to the
best stock you can and tend your
children to the best neighborhood
school.
Housrhlmi Hflp-i.
When milk is used in tumblers
wash them first in cold water, after-'
wards rinse in hot water.
A correspondent of the London j
Lancet points out that when sugar is
partly burned in a gas ilarae it is de- '
structive to mice.
Bread and cake bowls, or any j
dishes in which Hour and eggs have i
been used, aiv more ea-hy cleaned if
placed in cold water after Using. ,
Many ladies are troubled with dan- '
druff; a simple remedy Is a teaspoon
ful of, borax dis-olved in ajcunof
water.. Brush the hafFioriwhlv i
before applying the solution to the .
fcalp. (""V , I
T tor frying, always jrat a pound or '
wo of fatuirstLe nan This is no
wastoas tie same fat can be used
over and ovir by pouring it through
a straitier into a crock kept for the
purpose.
Malachite, agate and azurine. when
broken, may be cementcl with sul
phur, melted at low heat, so as not
to chanire its color, in which dlil-rent
pigments are stirred to give it proper
tints like the stones.
Turnips boiled with their jaekt t-
on are of cetter flavor and Ies- wa
tery. A small lump of sugar auded
while the vegetable is cooking cor
rects the bitterness often found in
them. If to be served mashed, run
fht:.nfrli n rn)rn1rT- I
To shrink baby Uanneis. or whitn
flannels of any sort, indeed, they;
should be Dut into an earthen ba-in i
and have boiling water poured over (
them; let them lie until r.hs water is j.
quite cold; in drying them, don t
'vring. but shake, stretch and fold j
smoothly to keen thefabiic even and
then hang out Bring them in whil"
still damp, rou smoothly, and in
aoout half an hojr iron with nearlv
a cold iron
WHOLE NOCBEE 1,244.
THE OLD RSLUBLE
Columbus - Stats - Bank 1
OMwHwttuaufc)
Pais Merest on Bio DeoasOl
lales Loans on Heal Estata
SIGHT DRAFTS CI
Ott&ka, Ckioae. ITaw Terk ami aX
Fsnlc CatriN.
SSLI3 : STEAMSHIP : HOISTS.
BUYS GOOD NOTES
I
4d Halp U CcatoiaeiB wha tbarSl Hl
TKCZB3 kXB BISZCTOIll
LI13SEB GERHARD. PtmI.
I. a. HENRY, Vic Pidt
JOHN 3TAUFFKB. Cuhlab
M.1BTTGGE2. .W.HUL8T.
K
COLUMBUS, NEB.,
IIAS AX
Authorized Capita! of - $500,000
Paid in Capital, - - 90,000
OFFICER.".
r. tt anELDOV Pres't.
u.
P. II OEHLKICII. Vice Pres.
CLAKK GKAY. Cashier.
DA2JI EL aCUUAil. Asa't Cash
DIKECTOKS.
II. M. TTrsstow, II. P. II. OEnxmcn.
L". II. SIIEUIOX,
W. A. 3ICALL1STZB,
JONAS ELCU,
Caul Uitkb.
STOCKHOLDERS.
! 3 0. Grat. J. Henuy Wcrdemas,
CiEKIIAKD LOSCKB, llENKY LOSEKK.
lUAnK 0uay. Geo. W. Galley.
Daniel Scuham, a. F. II.Osulricr.
UIlElLazccA "BreS ES'
I m
Bank of deposit; Interest allowed on tiaie
deposits; buy and sell exchange on United
States ami Kurope. and buy and sell avail
able securities. Wo shall be pleased to re
:eivo your business. Wo sodclt your pat
ronage. -THE-
First National Bank
T78. X7SS.
OJTICE23.
A. ANDERSON. J. H. GALLEY,
President Vice Prcs't
O. T. BOEN. Cashier.
DISECTOB9.
. AlflienSON. P. A3DZRS05.
JACOB GEEISEX HENRY. BAGATZ.
JAUES 0. BESPS.t.
J
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' Statement of the Condition at the Close
f Business Jalj 12, lS'JS.
BXS0CBCX3.
Loans ana Discounts.. . .
S 241.4G7 57
tipai r-itiiLa rurmiura kuu iti.-
Real tstata Furniture and Fix
i ,.,:.pi 18 73 3
turrs .. -
U. S. Bonds
i5.:xo o
i iimu T nyn iirnnr rinrrif-i &.! . .n .11
cashonUaad 2LK7SS k.:
,
t c -..
habilittm.
Capital Stock paid la
Surplus Fund
Undivided profit
.$333,1W M
..S CO.000 00
.. 30.CJ0 0
.. 4.573 OH
.. UM) j
.. 15.113 37
..8333.1W A
yrcuiatioo..
Deposits.
Total.
LOUIS SCHRElBER,
ill kinds of Repairing done on
Short Notice. Bnggies, Wag
ons, etc., made to order,
and all work Guar
anteed. Also lell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mowers, Beaoers, Coabin-
d Machines, harvesters,
and Self-binders tia
best made.
Shop on Olive Street, Columbus, Neb.,
four cloora eouth of Eorowiak'a.
HENRY GASS,
tustdertatter !
Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases !
jy Repairing of all kinds of Uphol
ttery Goods.
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