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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1894.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,264.
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
Nuckolls county got
a fine rain last
" week.
The Cedar county institute convenes
Angust 20.
Central City has a church member
ship of SIS.
Rev. A. S. Ostrom, of Omaha, 68 years
old, died last week.
The Methodist camp meeting opens
at Central Ciy on the UTth.
The second death has occurred at the
small-pox pest house in Lincoln.
John Miller, an old resident of Gret
na has become a county charge.
Fifteen self-binders hare been sold
to Sarpy county farmers this year.
Glanders is said to have appeared
among the horses of a Saunders county I
farmer.
The populists of Frontier county will
hold their convention at Stockrille Au- ,
gust 10. .
Waco has a newly organized tent of i
laccabccs, with seventeen, charter I
members.
Mrs. Kubel. of Omaha, was last week
fatally burned by the explosion of a
gasoline stove.
II Spanish coin dated 1592 was turned
by a Dawson county farmer while
breaking prairie.
H. A. Waterman, an old settler of
Plattsmouth, died on the 13th, aged i
eighty -one years.
The Otoe county Teachers' associa
tion held a very profitable session, with
large attendance.
The steam threshers are at work in
Seward county and reveal a very short j
crop of small gram.
The artesian well at Arapahoe is now !
900 feet deep and men are working day
and night to reach water.
John Bratof Butler county threshed
his winter wheat and was greatly sur- '
prised that it yielded thirty bushels per
acre.
The Nebraska City building and loan
association filed amended articles of in
corporation with the secretary of
state
"William Martin, who recently died at
Fremont after a continuous residence
of twenty-five years, had passed his
cighty-dfth birthday ,
The thirty-five new wells at the Col
umbus water works are now sunk, the
depth being from forty-five to eighty
two and one-hatf feet.
Judjre C. V Wheeler, an aged resi
dent of uburn. was overcome by the
heat a few days ago and has since been
in a critical condition.
While out hunting George Denham
of Heaver Hty, 15 years old. lost his
right arm at the elbow by the careless
handling of a shotgun.
Mr McCormiek, whose fruit farm ad
joins Blair on the south, shipped about
4.10 bushels of raspberries this season, I
which brought near $.',000.
Young ieorge harlton of Beaver
Crossing stepped in the way of his fatli- ,
ers mowing machine and he is now '
minus all the toes on one foot.
Kcv. V. M. Bacon, the pastor of the
Episcopal church of Ord, has received a
call to a church in Minnesota, and will
leave in a few days for his new charge.
bucket fell on the head of "Asa
Christopher, who was in the bottom of
a well, at Herman, and fractured h:s
skulL He is in a precarious condition.
T. O. Ellis and Ale Ellis were ar
rested four miles northwest of Adams
for poisoning- the hordes belonging to
T. O. Ellis ana John Bryson last win
ter. The M. E. society of Norfolk has
purchased a tent ."io."o in i7e to accom
modate the camp meeting audiences
who are booked to be present from
August 9 to l'J.
The Burt County Veterans associa
tion has named Tekamah as the place
and August 13. 10 and 17 as the time
for holding the sixth annual meeting.
A big time is expected.
Blaine county now has the prospect
for the largest crop of corn in its his
tory. The hay crop, although rather
light will be more than sunieient for
tbe demands of home stock growers.
The farmhouse of James McAllister,
living nine miles west of Pawnee litv,
was burned last week. The tire is sup
posed to be the work of tramps. Loss
SI. 500. insured in the .Etna for '."iOU.
The residence of David Phillips at
Ashland was broken into and robbed
of two gold watches, silverware, arti
cles of clothing and several pies and
cakes. It is supposed to be the work
of tramps.
While the family was at supper,
lightning struck the dwelling of Alex
ander Anderson, about four miles west
of Burwell, wrecking the house to
some extent and stunning the whole
family Mr. Anderson himself was the
most severely injured, his recovery be
ing doubtfuL
Mary Kirby. a 15-year-old girl from
near Crawford, was taken to the in
dustrial -onool at Geneva by Deontv
Sheriff Handv. The jrirl had" become
infatuated with a soldier at Fort Itob
mson. and the parents objected and
thought that a good way to put a quie
tus on the girl's affections.
When the wife of a laboring man or
farmer buys Nebraska goods she in
creases the demand for la bor, makes it
easier to obtain profitable imployment.
and makes a better market for the pro
ductsof the farm. Nebraska madegoous
are the best in the market today. 1-ar-rell
fc Co's brand of syrups, jellies, pre
serves and mince meat; Morse-Voe
boots and shoes lor men. 'women and
children; American Biscuit A Manufac
turing Co., Omaha, crackers.
Mrs. Andrew Reed, living one mile
east of Newman Grove, died last week
under peculiar circumstances, she was
apparently as well as ever in the morn
ing, but when the hired man, who was
working in the field near by, came into
the house about 11 o'clock to get a drink
he found her lying across a bed dead.
Green ,fc Van Duyn, bond brokers,
have sued the countv of Lancaster for
;
.000, which thev allege
is due them
as
their commission for neiroti:itinT
5375.000 of refunding bonds for the
county last winter. The arrangement
between the brokers and the commis
sioners did not specify the amount of
the commission.
A sad accident happened to Chauncy
Dwork. the nine-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Dworak of Schuyler,
at the base ball ground recently" A
foul ball struck him squarely in the
face, knocking him senseless, breaking
his nose and cutting a terrible gash in
his face.
John Barton, the eleven-year-old son '
of Ex-County Superintendent E. B. Bar
ton, living about three miles southwest
of Aurora, was thrown from a horse,
striking on his head and face. He was
rendered unconscious and is dangerous
ly if not fatally injured.
Extensive improvements are being
made at the Nebraska City distillery.
Charles Schleip of Bennington has
submitted a proposition to the jeople '
of Elkhorn and vicinity that provides
for the erection in Elkhorn of a dour- I
ing mill of fifty barrels daily capacity,
providing lie is given a bonus of 5 1,000.
I he mill when it shall have been com
pleted will cost SS,000.
James "SL Jarret sold his farm of 340
acres, nine miles southwest of Nebras
ka City, for 51S.T00, $33 per acre.
A number of farmers in the vicinity
of Friend have formed an association,
one in each precinct, and each has
bought a patent loom for weaving
fence They regard barb wire as dan
gerous for horses.
The residence of F. D. Mitchell, at
Wayne, was broken into by burglars a
few weeks ago and ransacked from one
end to the other. Mr. and Mrs. Mitch
ell are in New York and the amount
stolen is unknown.
A dwelling house owned by Mrs.
Sinnett of Jackson was destroyed by
fire last week. The building Was un
occupied, havimr iust been vacated.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
loas is about $800; no insurance.
I Not satisfied with what has already
' been accomplished in the way of build
in? up their organization to a member
1 ship of nearly 300, the Lincoln Com
mercial club has decided to acquire per-
manent quarters, and is negotiating for
suitable rooms.
The eommonwealers at Sidney are
being released every other day in squads
of from seven to twelve. This will con
tinue until all are liberated. The other
night two of the eommonwealers incar
cerated in the guard house sawed their
way out and escaped.
The farmers of Hall county who
planted many of their acres in sugar
beets are congratulating themselves
that they did so, because the beet crop
will be a big success, while the small
grain amounts to nothnig and the crop
is very much in doubt.
.Mrs. William H. Johns, residing about
ten miles north of Gandy, became vio
lently insane and will be taken to Nor
folk. She has been demented for some
time, but has been gradually growing
worse, and is more violent with her
own family than with strangers.
Ahrend Gerdes of Hilldreth. fell or
was thrown from a freight train be
tween Chalco and Gretna and fractured
his skull. After wandering about un
til noon he was found partially insen-
sinie ana Drousnt to town, wnere ne
received medical aid and is resting well.
The most successful teachers' insti
tute ever held in Buffalo county closed
last week. At the close of the session
the teachers of the county who were
present made superintendent Wilsey a
present of a fine upholstered chair and
passed resolutions thanking him and
his corps of teachers for the success of
the institute from an educational stand
point. Daniel MacDonald was found dead
in his bed at the home of Joseph G.
Miarp in Lincoln. Deceased was (51
years of age and had been employed by
Mr. Sharp on grade work. He acted as
commissary and camp cook. Mr.
MacDonald had no relatives in this
part of the country. He was buried
by the grand Army, he being an ex
soldier The county board of Holt county
were in session last week. Nothing
was accomplished in the Scott bond
case, and a settlement is not likely to
be made. The case against his bonds
men will come up for trial next month.
The bondsmen offered the full amount
of the shortage of the first term and
S50.000 on the second term shortage,
but the offer was not accepted.
The farm house of Adam R- Smith
near Jamacia was broken into and five
5100 notes, a mortgage covering twenty
acres of land, some shirts, coat and
vest receipts in an old pocket book, etc,
were stolen. The family was aay
anil entrance was accomplished by the
breaking of a pane of glass and then
lifting the catch on the inside. A num
ber of private papers were destroyed.
While Henry Richards, of Fremont
17 years of age, was lighting the street
gas lamps the horse he was riding be
came frightened and threw him on the
Elkhorn track in front of a train loaded
with stock. When he was taken from
under the train it was found that his
right leg had been nearly severed be
low the knee and he had received other
severe bruises. He died soon after the
accident.
Katie Link and Jennie Estel have
been received from Omaha at the Lin
coln hospitsl for the insance. Both
were nurses at the Methodist hospital
at Omaha and the mental derangement i
1 of Katie Link Ls attributed to a love af
fair with a Buffalo county man. which
culminated after she had been in the
, Methodist hospital a year or two. No
cause is assigned for the insanity of the
j other woman.
The residence of John Train, eight ,
miles southeast of Liberty, together
with its contents, was completely de
stroyed by fire. Mrs. Train was suffer
j ing from a severe pain the head and
had secured a light for the purpose of
t obtaining medicine with which to alle
viate the pain. The pain suddenly
grew more severe and she fainted,
throwing the lighted lamp against the
wall, breaking it into pieces and ignit
ing the oil.
I The legality of water bonds amount
I ing to SS.OOO voted by the citizens of
the town of Humphrey has been before
! Attorney General Hastings, and he has
I decided that the bonds were invalid. t
The question was referred to him by
j Auditor Moore, who declined to regis- j
, ter the bonds until the question of
legality was settled. The auditor hes
I itated for several reasons, one of which
' was that he did not believe the propo
j sition to vote bonds was submitted in a
definite and legal form.
Some of the men who struck on the
Union Pacific will have an opportunity
of prolonging the strike indefinitely.
It has been decided that the western
shops will not be opened in full for sev
eral weeks, and perhaps not until fall.
At Cheyenne, where the principal wes
tern shops are located, there are usually
employed 425 men. and there are at '
work there now but ninety-three men.
At other terminal points the reduction
is correspondingly large. There are
now 103 engines lying idle and in first
class shape, and these will be put in
service when necessary.
General order No. 2, from headquar
ters Nebrrska. National guard. General
L. W. Colby, commading, received last
week, directs the First brigade, consist
ing of the First and Second regiments
of infantry, troop A, cavalry, and bat
tery A, light artillery, to go into camp
for annual instruction at Burlington
Beach, Lincoln, from Angust 14 to 20,
134.
During a storm near Gandy Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. West while returning from
the Dismal river, were struek by light- J
ning. Mr. West was badly shocked, j
and when he returned to consciousness
he found his wife dead by his side and '
one of the horses dead. ;
Coroner Martin has commenced suit f
against the supervisors of Dodge county i
for his fees for the inquest upon the I
body of the unknown brakeman who
was shot and died in that county, al- ,
I though the body was first disco'vered '
on the top of a box car on an cvastbound '
tram just over the line in Douglas coun
ty. The bill was rejected at the last
session of the board.
L P. ChlDmin. ownirnfitnniniiii.
... .v. Wn .., sm, . Vi,.l.-v.J .. A.Bf : .. '
against John W Benson, his son-in-law,
charging him with carrying con
cealed weapons with .intentto indict
great bodily injury upon, or kill out
right the said deponent.
KSMY
MAScIAM.
ow
very interest-
i n gr
exclaimed
Mrs.VanEyck.
"Bee, I call it
creepy," said her
husband.
"Amanda was
always f b n d of
out- of - the - way
sensations to en
liven her house
parties,'; said the
beautiful Mrs.
Lloyd.
I notioe that
- Carroll did not sax
much" to u t i 14.
Batcheller.
'Nb; but he
looked hard enough at the performer
and his pretty daughter, especially
the latter."
"Mr. Batcheller. help me to serve
tea," came the hostess' voice from the
other end of the veranda. And the
conversation changed over the five
o'clock teacups.
That night. after the ladies had re
tired, Itosmys and Carroll were left
alone in the smoking room. The lat
ter had asked various questions as to
the former's power or art. As Kos
mys answered he shaded his eyes with
his long, narrow hand, curved at the
tips, "a rapacious, false hand,' Carroll
said, fancifully to himself. He was
not inclined to liKe tne man ne naa
a distrust of his evasive, veiled eyes.
Kosmys was, perhaps, 40. He had a
black beard, and his hair was grow-
ing thin.
"I must tell you that you are pre-
paring a disappointment for yourself,"
he remarked at last, composedly, "if
v" seek to go into these matters too
far. The most profound ultimate
elucidations are only for those who
have gone through a preliminary
training a rare case, as I need not
remark."
"I do not understand your daugh
ter's role in all this," Carroll said
brusquely. "Would not your migic
succeed if exercised on a chance per
son in your audience?"
"No law of the natural or super
natural sort can operate without the
proper conditions," said Kosmys
shortly. "The condition here is
sympathy."
When Carroll retired he found his
mind abnormally active, and. know
ing that he could not sleep, raised
himself on the pillow, after extin
guishing the light Then there hap
pened to him something forever unex
plained. A red gleam, as of coals,
shown in one corner of the room.
Presently a smoke came, and in it
figures began to form a man and a
girl. Carroll's blood was now ham
mering in his ears and temples. He
recognized Kosmys' black bnard and
shifting eyes, under the overhanging
brows. But more, he recognized the
girl; it was the man's daughter, that
exquisite, pathetic ereature, with the
haunting eyes, who had not been out
of i arroll s thoughts since the magi
cian had first been invited to enter
tain Mr. Trevelyan's house party.
But no. Suddenly he seemed to feel,
distinctly, that she was not the daugh
ter of Kosmj'S. The two were as
strangers to each other, and the man
was pursuing the girl with hot pas- i
sion, cruel and fierce, and she. with
despairing prayers and energy, was
defending herself.
Carroll sprang up IJutthj picture
in the smoke had changed. What he
saw now was the girl alone the girl,
as she had appeared to him the first
time, a few days before, with her
strange, cowed beanty. and the look '
of wistful eyes that implored impos- '
THE MAS WAS PURSUING THE GIRI-
sible help and she was stretching
out her hands to him in supplication:
the tortured glance of her eyes was
like an audible call.
Carroll was on his feet this time.
But before him was only darkness.
All had vanished. Alone, as he ad
vanced, he saw the gleam of dving
coals. He stooped. A flat pan stood
upon the carpet It had been placed
there probably before he went to bed
by some hand of solid flesh and blood.
Carroll collected his thoughts. Kos
mys had spoken of smoke pictures at
his first performance. He said that
they were now only S2en at long in
tervals in the palaces of Indian rajahs.
A few magicians of his kind had the
secret of them in the West. But they
were impossible save where very pe
culiar conditions of aflinity existed
between him who caused and him
who saw them. A pan of coals, on
which was thrown a certain powder,
was a prerequisite.
Had Kosmys, then, placed the pan
here, in Carroll's room, to show him
the picture so damning to himself?
Never! But she whom he called his
daughter? Might it be? Had she
not the same powers as the man whom
she assisted? Had she not deliber
ately tried to make clear to this
stranger some terrible mystery in her
existence, to implore his help, his
succor?
"Then." said CarrolL as the morn
ing broke, "she knows the interest
with which, insane as it may appear,
she inspired me. If an affinity be
necessary for these black arts, the
aflinity exists between us."
At breakfast the ladies chattered of
the coming performance of that even
ing; the final one before Kosmys de
parted. The two. by their own wish,
ate apart. i
H
Carroll was silent add abadfoeii;
pale and nervous.
Carroll asked himself, now, in. the
broad daylight, whether he were not
the victim of hallucination. The pan,
of coals was certainly in his room;
bnt he might have dreamed the rest.
Through the tenseness of his thought
he heard Batcheller saying:
"The daughter is going to be put
into a trance to-night, and we are to
see some wonderful instances of
thought-readingon her part. I beiieTe
Kosmys says he is keeping the best
for the last"
I "Yes," said Mrs. Trevelyan, have
' invited two or three dozen people
ntrai tTncimrc inct. nnw snt: m. Ytrnnl
J that hs daughter would not appear
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themselves in quiet I suppose."
"I wonder if the girl is really the
fellow's daughter," Observed Mr. Vart
EyCk, td Batcheller, in a iow torie.
Batcheller gave a laugh and shrugi
"Gad! who knows? With people of
that kind." Carroll felt his ears
tingle he could have btruck the
speaker.
At 4 o'eloek of the afternoon he
went to his room, t'pon his dressing
table was a small folded paper. All j
day he" had been eeaselessly restless.
He had seemed to himself alwavs to ,
be waiting for something. He knew
not what. He read over the follow
ing Hues:
"Have I erred in thinking that you
are a friend? I shall know, if you
will go to the small conservatory after
the performance to-night A slave
begs this a bond slave; since the
t earliest girlhood in the grasp of a
, terrible power. Help! help! to escape
from bondage! I have tried to reach
, your soul with mine. Did I succeed
last night? Have you divined the
' truth? A horrible fate threatens me. i
The future will be worse than the
, nast. Th futnriv' Who knows if f !
i shall have one? He knows everything, i
tnis man. II ne learns wiiat l am
attempting, he will kill me, for I hold
all his secrets in my hand." There
was no signature
"The brute!" cried Carroll td him
self. His doubts hai vanished. This
was a direct appeal He felt the need
of infinite circumspection. He must
so act that no suspicion should be
aroused. He went to the small con
servatory and studied its entrance and i
exits, and the way by which he (ioilld i
best reach it that night unseen. j
By 9 o'clock Mrs. Trevelyan's guests i
had assembled. Carroll looked nar
rowly at Kosmys as he entered. "At !
least he has discovered nothing as i
yet." he thought. i
"The daughter looks ill," whispered i
Mrs. Van Eyek to her neighbor. Car- !
roll overheard, but he avoided looking
at the girl, as she, he felt avoided
looking at him.
She was seated in a chair, and then
Kosmys. concentrating nis gaze upon
her. put her to sleep. She appeared
to struggle against the influence, and
Kosmys, with a gleam in his eye that
made Carroll clench his hand against
his side, leaned over her, and made
passes with his fingers. There was
something, to Carroll, evil, furious,
, jn the magician's insistence. At last
the trance was complete. The girl.
reading the silent thoughts of this
guest, or that began interpreting
their wishes, lighting a lamp, finding
a book, repeating a verse of poetry
recalled in Mrs. Trevelyan's mind.
Suddenly she staggered and fell. A
score of men sprang forwarJ. Kosmys
alone did not move.
There was a physician among the
guests invited for that evening. He
bent over the girl, an I aftr a mo
ment he said, in a quiet voice:
"She is dead!"
"Murderer! You have killed her!"
shouted Carroll, springing toward
Kosmys.
Several hands collared him.
"Are you mad. man?" cried Batch
eller. "Is it likely that the fellow
would kill his greatest aid?"
Carroll went abroad. Months passed
before any speech came from him as
to the happenings at Mrs. Trevel
yan's. Then, returning, he met the
physician who had been present on
that last night, and irresistibly im
pelled, he unbosomed himself.
"Of course I can naver explain it.
No one can. But I am morally cer
tain that th girl was that fellow's
victim, entrapped as a child, trained
to aid him in his work. and. finally,
having irrown to woman's estate, pur
sued by attentions that were odious
to her. She saw that I was interested
and strove to reach me. that I mijrht
help her. She dreaded him. She
thought he would discover her at
tempt Anl he evidently did. He
found out that shi had written to me
and he killed her. Naturally all this
is moonshine to you."
The other smoked gravely a mo
ment. "Not necessarily. I am less materi
alistic than my confreres. I believe
in the existence of things beyond ray
comprehension. Nevertheless, you're
doubtless wrong as to the killing.
The girl was agitated and the strain
upon her was too great Remember t
Bishop. He had gone through no end j
of mind-reading seances. Yet he I
died suddenly, directly after one. I
You can't tell when the brain and j
body will refuse to go farther.
Carroll fell into deep revery. His i
face was pale and diawn.
"That man was hard hit.
doctor to himself.
said the
Men of All atio.i. j
A visitor was shown the pay roh !
of the Mount Carmel. Pa., collieries '
the other day. He discovered that
the superintendent was an Ameri- j
can. the bookkeeper a Canadian, one
of the assistant bookkeepers a t
Frenchman, the outside foreman an '
Englishman, the breaker boss a '
Dutchman and the shipper a Welsh- i
man. The miners were Irish. Eng
lish. Dutch. Polish. Hunsarian.
Italian, French. African. Russian,
Swedish, Norwegian and Austrian.
Comparing; ote.
"Yes. we had a frightful exper
ience, said the returned traveler.
Have you any idea ho w it feels to be
hemmed in by icebergs?"'
"I think I have." replied the other.
I once attended a live-o'clock tea
in Boston.
Two Wander..
Ada I've been wondering all day
why you weren't invited to the Bige
lows. Kitty, sweetly And I've
been wondering- whv vou were.
Life. " "
i
iidN'f flEEd A ttittED CIRL.
Mfceky little Wdmul'i Snappy feely id
th Crtutr Oid Bachelor.
There is a crusty old bachelor on
Fourth street say3 the Louisvillei
Lest who is a confirmed woman
Later and who never misses an op
portunity for saying something sar
castic and disagreeable about the
'fair sex. But lie met more than his
match the other day in a plucky lift
tie woman who. metaphorically
speaking, wiped up the earth with
him. much to the delight of his
Mends, lio rtere greatly amused
at his discomfiture'. The1 old
bachelor inquired why, whed
ve was manufactured of a
spare rib. a servant wasn't made at
Ihe same time to wait on her. The
little woman responded promptly:
"Because Adam aefer rend the news
papers Until the sun got down be
hind the palm tree's, and thed.
stretching, yawned out:. 'Isn't sup-"per-most
ready, my dear? Not" he.
He made the fire and hung tho ket
tle over it himself, I'll venture, and
pulled the radishes, peeled the po
tatoes and did everything else he
ought to do. He chopped the kind
ling, brotight id tho coal and did the
chores himself) add he riever brought
home half a doZert frietlds to dinner
when Eve hadn't arty fresh pome
granates. "
The little woman stopped a mo
ment for breath and went on with re
newed vigor: "And Adam never
stayed out till 12 o'siock at a politi
cal meeting, hurrahing for some can
didate, and then scolding because
poor Eve was sitting up and crying
inside the gates. He never played
billiards, rolled tenpins and drove
fust horses, nor choked Eva with
cigar smoke'. He never loafed
around corner groceries and saloons
while Eve was rocking little Cain's
cradle at hdmti. In short he didn't
think she was specially created for
the purpose of waiting on him, and
wasn't under the impression that it
disgraced a man to lighten a wife's
cares a little. That's the reason
that Eve didn't need a hired girl,
and with it is the feason that her da
scendants da"
She drew another breath and was
about to continue, when the bache
lor pulled his hat down over his eyes
and sneaked away.
They W.iHti.1 Mr.
Wh'le Thomas Campbell was pi'os
ecuting his studies at the university
of Glasgow, he occupied apartments
with an elder brother, who, though
no poet himself, was a most admir
able critic, but a severe one. Mr.
Campbell had gone down to the
breakfast-room one morning, leaving
the poet to follow at his leisure. Ho
had nearly finished breakfast when
his brother entered with a copy of
verses id his hand, which he laid on
the table as an excuse for his delay,
at the same time requesting Mr.
Campbell's opinion of their merit
"Your lines are admirable. Tom, ray
boy." said the elder Campbell, after
calmly perusing the verses: "but
they appear to me to want fire," and
the merciless critie committed tha
paper to the flame. The poet barely
succeeded in rescuing his effusion;
but after a little reflection he threw
it into the fire for the second time,
acknowledging the justice of his
brother's bon-mot Argonaut.
Color t From Coil T.ir.
Coal tar, formerly considered a
waste and a regular nuisance to gas
workers, is now utilized as one of
the most valuable color producers.
Chemists have extracted from it lti
shades of blue, the same number of
various tints of yellow, 12 of orange,
i) of violet besides numerous other
colors, shades and tints. A late
magazine writer in summing up an
article on "Uses of Coal Tar," says:
"The amount of coloring matter
stored in coal is so great that one
pound of the common bituminous
variety will yield sufficient magenta
to color o)0 yards of flannel, aurine
for 120 yard", vermillion for 2,560
yards and alizarine f r '25o yards of
turkey red cloth." M. Louis Re
public. Aa Unfortunate I ememlirance.
A lady who has attained consider
able wealth was calling on a new
neighbor. She is much given to
bragging, and was going far beyond
any previous effort The neighbor
seemed to be taking it all in serious
ly, but you can never tell much
about a woman. Finally Mrs. Swell
said. "Oh, Mrs. Cool, you have
such a pretty. little home! You
ought to be very proud of your
h-tne. Why. I can remember when
I didn't have much better than this
myself." Mrs. Cool responded : "Yes,
I think it was when you w rked in
my aunt's kitchen." The call was
perceptibly shortened Indianapolis
Sentinel.
Platinum.
The supply of platinum, owing to
its free use in electrical enterprise,
is becoming, it is said, unequal to
the constantly increasing demand.
The principal source of supply is the
Ural mountain deposit. These some
years ago were said to be inexhaust
ible, but the statement was made
with no cognizance of the future
heavy demand in electrical service.
These mines are at present being
worked to their fullest capacity, with
orders and contracts to years ahead
of delivery.
As to AclTrrtiMin?.
Merchant Do you think advertis
ing pays?
Book Agent No. I don't
Merchant Why not?
Book Agent Why not? Because
it takes all the people to your store
to buy goods, and I can't find any
body at home to sell a book to; that'?
whv not
The Chinaman and His TCifr.
Chinamen when they refer to their
wives which is as seldom as possi
ble speak of thorn as "my dull
thorn"' or "the thorn in my ribs.'' or
"the mean one of the inner room."
Children similarly are styled "in
sects," or "worms."' much as wo say
chicks" or "cubs."
A Crank' Fatr.
Friend That old crank Whitehair,
who always refused to have a dec
tor, died last night
Dr. Dosera I knew it I knew it
would happen- I prophesied forty
years ago that he would die some
time.
i
A MIRACLE IN MISSOURI.
Ta leaierearafs f Medical Scie.ee
Far Xre Woaderfal Thai tkw
Xagic 0f tbe East.
Tfc Remarkable Experience of Pott Mas
ter Woodsoa, of Panama, Mo. Fo
Tea Tears a Cripple To-day
A Well aa4 Hearty Maa.
From tha Kansas City Times.
The people of Rich Hill, Ma, and vi
cinity, hart recently been startled by a
seeming Miracle of healing. For years
one of the best ktiowd men in Bates
and Vernon counties has beefl Mark M.
Woodson, now postmaster at I'anattlA
and brother of ex -State Inspector of
Mines, C C. Woodson of this city. The
people of Rich Hill, where he formerly
resided, and of his present home, re
member well the bent form, misshapen
almost from the semblance of auux.
which has painfully bowed ita head
half to the earth and labored snail-like
across the walks season after season,
and when otie day lt month i t straight
enened to its full height threw away
the heavy butt of cane which for years
had been its only support from total
helplessness, and walked erect, firmly,
Unhesitatingly about the two cities,
people looked and wondered. The
story of the remarkable case has be
come the marvel of the two counties.
ELxactly is Mr. Woodson told it to a
Times reporter, it ia here published:
"For ten years I have suffered the
torments of the damned and have ben
a useless invalid; to-day I am a well
and hearty man, free from almost every
touch of pam. I don't think man ever
suffered more acute and constant agony
than I have since lSi-'4. The rheuma
tism started then in ffly right knee, and
after weeks of suffering in bed I was at
last relieved sufficiently to arise, but it
was only td get about ou crutches for
five years, the ailment having settled
in the joint Despite constant treat
ment of the most eminent physicians
the rheumatism grew worse, and for
the last four year I have been com
pelled to go about bent half toward the
ground. In the winter of 1399-Ul.
after the rheumatism had settled into
its most chronic form, I went to Kan
sas Cirjr upon advice of my brother, and
for six weeks I was treated in one of
the largest and best known dispensaries
of that city, but without the slightest
improvement Before I came home I
secured a strong galvanic battery, this
I used for months with the same result.
In August 1S'J2. I went to St. Louis,
and there conferred with the widely
known Dr. Mudd of hospital practice
fame, add Dr. Kale of the city hospital.
None of them would take my case with
any hope of affording me more than
temporary relief, and so I came home,
weak, doubled with pain, helpless and
despondent.
"About this time my attention was
called to the account of a remarkable
cure by Dr. Williams' Pink Piils for
Pale People of locomotor ataxia, rheu
matism and paralysis. I ordered some
of the pills as an experiment When I
began to take them, the rheumatism
had developed into a phase of paralysis:
my leg from the thigh down was cold
all the time and could not be kept
warm. In a short time the pills were
gone, ar.d so was the cane. I was able
to attend to the duties of my office, to
get about as a well and strong man. I
was free from pain and I could enjoy a
sound and restful night's sleep, some
thing 1 had not known for ten years.
To-day am practically, and, I firmly
believe, permanently cured cf my ter
rible and agonising ailment. No maj
gician of the Far East ever wrought
the miracle with h:s wand that Dr.
William's Pink Pills did for me."
To verify the story beyond all ques
tion of doubt Mr. Woodson made the
following affidavit:
State of Missouri, i
County of Bates, f " "
I, M. M. Woodson, bcinjr duly sworn
on my oath state that the following
statements are true and correct as I
verily beiieve.
M. M. Woodson.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3d day of .March, 1'M.
John D. Moork. Notary Public.
Dr. Williams' Pink Piils for Pale Peo
ple are manufactured by the Dr. Wil
liams" Medicine Company. Schenectady,
N. Y., and are sold only in boxes bear
ing the firm's trade mark and wrapper,
at 30 cents a box or six boxes for S"-"."0.
Bear in mind that Dr. Williams" Pink
Pills are never sold in bulk or by the
dozen or hundred, and any dealer who
offers substitutes in this form is trying
to defraud you and should be avoided.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills may be had of
all druggists or direct by mail from Dr.
Williams' Medicine Co.
St. Petersburg.
St Petersburg is a city of gourmet9.
The long nights in winter, and the ex
cessive cold and discomfort ont of
doors, drive the inhabitants to in-door
pleasures. They consequently pay
great attention to the ciiisim, and the
cook" become ccrdon-blzua. The best
cuUine is, of course, the French, and
there are French cliffs in many of the
houses, but the Buesiana have a number
of national dishes they are fond of, es
pecially soups cabbage soup eaten
with sour cream, cucumber soup, and a
cold, sonr soup, which they swear by,
but which is not very agreeable to
foreign palate. The root vegetables,
turnips, beets, eta, are remarkably
good; so are watersie'ons and
cucumbers, while game, snipe, wood
cock, partridges, white partridges,
hazel grouse, black cock, coqs
du bovi, and hare are all abundant in
their season and good. In the way of
fish, the salman is excellent, and they
have trout, pot-fish, perch, grayling
acquis, somewhat like a striped bass,
and the famous sterlet, which I do- not
think deserves it reputation. Its roe
makes the best caviare. The regular
Russian restaurant is not to be seen in
St Petersburg. There is one in Mos
cow, they call the Hermitage, which is
thoroughly Eossian. A feature of these
restaurants is an immense mechanical
oran, which grinds out lively airs dur
ing dinner. One can hardly talk. The
correct thing to do is to take, before
dinner, a "zacouaka,' which being in
terpreted means a preliminary lunch, a
small glass of liqueur, generally
"wodjri," with salt fish or cavi
are, or a little cheese. This
is supposed to whet dulled sp
petite. Besides the pleasures of the
table, the Russians rely greatly upon
cards to pags the long winter evenings.
They play a great deal and play high.
Whist, with some modifications in the
counting ; baccarat, and a game they call
"qurnza," something like "Boston," are
their principal games Cards are a
monopoly in Russia, and their importa
tion is strictly prohibited. The profits
on their sale go to the support of the
Foundlings' Hospital, and it is magnifi
cently supported. Any infant can be
brought there, and no questions are
asked either as regards the mother or
the child, and no payment is necessary.
It is said to be the only place in Russia
where no passport is required.
HE BECAME A CHAMPION.
After Trying Many Tntag H Struck
the Ritit Thlaff at tart.
No," said the tall young man to
a Buffalo Express writer. "I must
confess that I did not win renown in
college in the usual way. When I
first went there I decided I was not
cut out for an athlete, and I made
up my mind that I would win schol
astic honors. I vowed that I would
come awav from that institution of j
learning with all sorts of medals
and degrees, and I went at It ham
mer and tongs. I dug and dug and
dug. and burned the midnight oil.
and all that sort of thing for six
weeks. Then I found that there
were a dozen men in my class any
one of w!xi;ni could give me a hatful
of brains and hen have more left
than I had, and I kind of quit the
scholastic honor lay and tackled
something else.
I had myself examined by a doc
"tor. and he told me that with prac
tico I might get ti be a good oars
man or baseball playjr.or something
of that sort I went into tho gym
nasium, throwing my former- laeas
about athletics to tha winds, and
speut hours thero each day I did
all sort- of exercises, and. just when
I had concluded that I was about
good enough to do something pub
licly. I ran across a lot of the crack
athletes at work. and. after watching
them for half an hour, gave my gym
nasium rig to the first man I met
and never entered the place again.
Literature seemed to be about the
only thing left open to mo: I set out
to be known as the brightest writer
in the 'varsity. I wrote a whole lot
ot stuff for tho college periodicals,
and sat down and waitel fo it to be
printed, so that I could bo hailed as
a genius. The editors didn't look at
, the stuff in the light I dil. and they
refused every blank word of it All
avenues for greatness seemed closed
'to me then, and I was pratt. blue
for a few days. Finally I hit on
1 something and I made a grand suc
cess ot it I was the greatest man in
j my line Harvard ever had."
I'll.; tall .-oung man paused im-
inre siveh. and then said "I came
, away from that institution of learn
j imr owing more money than any per
son who preceded or had followed
imo."
nreetealax Susr With Salt.
Professor Zunte. a German chem
ist and an expert before some big
1 Berlin physiological society, acci
, dentally discovered the fact that
sugar's sweetening properties were
actually strengthened by the addi
tion of :i minute quantity of salt.
From his experiments he finds that
if to a solution of sugar there be
added a slight amount of salt and
water, so weak that it excites no
saline taste, the result proves that
1 the strength of the sugar is much
j augmented thereb. He also says
that tne vary weakest possiDle solu
' tion of quinine and water produces a
similar effect The explanation
which the learned professor gives of
i the above seeming incongruity is
' this: That be the saltness or bitter
ness ever so feeble, providing it is
' sufficient to excite the follicles of
the tongue at all, it imparts an in-crea-ed
sensibility to tho organs of
taste. St Louis Republic
Cariout .tlleg-hanr Spring.
There are several springs along
the range of the Alleghany mount
ains that are great curio- ties.
From these springs a very con ider
able current of hot air passes con
stantly, sufficient at any time to
blow a handkerchief out of a per
son's hand, unless it is held very
tightly. These phenomena have
never been explained, but it is gen
erally believed that they indicate
caves, and that the breeze comes
from the internal air passages. The
best known of these ls called Blow
ing springs, and is at the foot ot
Lookout mountain, about six miles
from Chattanooga. This is visited
by a great many curiosity seekers
and scientists. Others not so well
known are found in North Carolina
and Georgia.
Atlantic Cables.
It is probably not widely known I
that only seven out of the seventeen
transatlantic cables are ia use ten '
having given out from various ,
causes. Estimating the cost of each
cable at :), 000,000. here is an irre
claimable Investment of 1:10,007.000
safely buried beneath the ocean to a
depth ranging from a few fathoms to
over five miies.
Tbe Fort of Paris.
The importance of the movements
of the port of Paris, which includes
the whole department of the Seine,
will astonish many readers. The ar
rivals in 18 W gave a total tonnage
of I.621.056 tons and the departures
ro.l )l. which, compared with the
preceding year, shows an increase of
'J7, H.j tons and 78, ISO tons, respec
tively The Kltrs of Normmndy.
A form of sport very popular in
Noi-nandy is that of flying kites,
which are, souvs of them, of very
large dimensions. There has been
a competition at Rouen, on the
heights of St. Catharine- The vic-to-ious
kite rose t the height of
.i i feet and would have soared
higher but for lack of string.
He IVai Wn-'i 0ll5-l.
Tramp I'm ve-y much obliged for
that pifci of f i-eah drea you gave
me. muTi Yotmg Housekeeper
You are welco ne Tramp Yes.
mum. It wa a little too dough.- to
eat mum. but it tightened my leaky
hoes up elegant N". Y. Weekly.
Korett-illeil
.Mrs. Cobwigger--! bought a neck
tie here yesterday, an I the one you
sent home wasn't anything like it
Haberdasher The one we sent,
madam, w:i picked out by your hus
band a month ago in ca-e you ever
bought one for him. Puck.
Hir- I Bau.
In Holland the peasant girl who is
without a beau at fair time hires a
youn man for the occasion. As good
dancers command a high price, two
maidens sometimes club together to
employ the -atne swain.
llie lie-uU Woultt Bo 1'urelr v;ativr.
"If I hould ask you to lend me
$.). what would happen5" Prospec
tive Victim, te y li nothing.
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