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v AW-ft-""- i '4, t Ck (Mvaafm kariial WHOLE NUMBER 1,292. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1895. VOLUME XXV.-NUMBER 44. .yf. x I. B-- R- s A T was a great cross to Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett that Roger was apparently quite devoid of am bition. Their two elder boys were so utterly differ ent. Fred had been graduated from Yale with highest honors, and Horace was making remark able progress at the scientific school; in fact, they were both excep tionally fine students, which made the contrast all the more striking. For Roger was remarkably unlike his brothers. He seemed to labor under the impression that he had been sent lo college simply and solely for the purpose of learning to play foot ball. Apparently nothing else had power to kindle the slightest en thusiasm in his sluggish breast, and his father and mother argued and ex postulated with him in vain. "Is there any prospective benefit to be derived from these hours spent in scrabbling after a football?' his fath er questioned, severely; to which Roger merely responded in his usual off-hand style, "who knows but I may be elected captain of the 'varsity team next year?" "Is that the height of your ambi xion?" his parent returned bitterly. "I am terribly disappointed in you, sir. I had hoped to make a profes sional man of yo u, not a professional athlete, and had even aspirel to see ing you some day in our leading law otlice with my old frien 1, Wilkinson Smalley, but it's no use. Smalley wants only young men of the highest promise," and Mr. llartlett sighed wearily. "It docs no good to talk to Roger," he confided to his wife afterward, for hardly ten minutes had elapsed lifter I had been remonstrating with him about the evils of football before he inquired if I wouldn't bring you clown to see the game on Saturday, and informed me that he had saved two tickets for us."' Mrs. Rartlet regarded her husband helplessly. "What did you say to him then?" she queried. "I told him 'certaiuly not,' " Mr. "liartlctt exclaimed, "and I expressed my surprise at his daring to suggest such a thing. Show me some lasting benefit, or any abiding good, that is jo be derived from ,this ridiculous game, I told him, an I then come to me to abet vou in such folly, but not till then." Ami so Mr. and Mrs. Rartlett failed to witness that memorable game in which their youngest son gained for himself such enviable laurels. Once IX AX ixstaxt hi: hai tackled him. in the field, Roger was like one trans formed. Keen, alert, cool, rising splcndidlj- to every emergency, no one would have known him for the same slow, indifferent, easy-going speci men of humanity who grieved the ambitious souls of his parents by his small aptitude for Greek. The great game over, the victorious team hastened back to their gymna sium with all possible speed; they had some little distance to go.as the gj'tn nasium was not very near the ball grounds, so that in order to reach it they were obliged to traverse the cen ter of the town and cross the railroad tracks. Roger, who had been detained a moment or so longer than the others, reached the station a short time after they had crossed, and found the platforms crowded with people who weVe returning from the game, mingled with those who were alight ing from incoming trains. As he stepped upon the platform ha be came conscious that something un usual was going on, and he immedi ately perceived that the eyes of the multitude were riveted upon a figure half-way across the tracks, a figure pausing1 there in bewilderment. "There's a train coming each way," somebody gasped; "why doesn't he get off the track?" The station agent and one or two other officials were shouting loudly, but the man, who was old and very deaf, appeared thoroughly dazed. As he was prepared to step on the track nearest him he had caught sight of one train coming down upon him, and he now staggered back and was about to plunge in front of the other down coming express, when suddenly some thing very unexpected happened. As the crowd of bystanders shrank back with horror-stricken faces, con vinced that they were about to wit ness the horrible fate which must in stantly overtake the old man, a figure in a much-begrimed canvas jacket sprang out from among them, and clearing the tracks at a bound alight ed beside the swaying form of the other. A shudder, and a wave of pitiful re gret swept over the motionless crowd. "He can never drag him back in time," they breathed; "they will both be killed oh, the pity of it." ' But our football man had no thought of dragging the unsteady tSrt-"-'- figure in front of either approaching engine. In an instant he had tack.ed the man and thrown him flat -upon the ground between the tracks, for all the world quite as if he had been an opponent on the football field; then he dropped lightly on top of him and lay there motionless, while the two trains thundered past on each side of them, and the crowd stood waiting1 spell-bound. In much less time than it takes to describe the episode it was over, and what might have been a tragedy had proved to be only a bit of melodrama after all; yet as Roger jumped up and pulled the old man on to his feet, ap plause and cheers louder than any that had greeted him on the football field rang in his ears. Abashed and quite overwhelmed by such an ovation Roger made haste to elbow his way through the crowd, and in so doing nearly overthrew his own brother Fred, who happened to be standing directly in his path. "For heaven's sake was that you, Roger?" he cried, confronting him in astonishment "Do let me get out of this," his brother responded impatiently, "they needn't make such a fuss because I knocked the old duffer over," and he bolted in the direction of the gymna sium. Saturday nights generally brought the scattered members of the Rartlett family together, as the collegians al ways made a point of coming home to spend Sunday under the parental roof tree. On this particular Saturday evening all were assembled before Roger came in. Fred was all agog to describe the scene that he had witnessed, but he unselfishly held his tongue. "I'll not spoil his storj' for him, but will give him a chance to do justice to it," he mentally ejaculated, as he watched his brother swallowing his soup, with unru filed composure. Rut Roger said nothing upon the vital subject, and tred looked at him with increasing surprise as he judi cially set forth the respective merits of the opposing football teams, and called attention to their most vulner able points. "I'll turn in early to-night, I think," he yawned, as he withdrew from the dining room. "I put pretty solid work into the last half of that game," and he leisurely wended his way up stairs. "I wish that Roger would put a lit tle solid work into sometliing else," his father volunteered, as he disap peared from the room. At this, Fred, who had in times past repeatedly scoffed at his broth er's athletic proclivities, instantly fired ujj. "Father," he burst forth, "you're making n big mistake about Roger. He's got more genuine stuff in him than all the rest of us put together, and if it's football that's done it, the sooner that we all go in for the game the better," and then he proceeded to give a graphic account of the after noon's experience, which caused his father to blow his nose loudly and re peatedly, while his eyes glistened with happy pride, and sent his mother weeping in search of the sleep ath lete, who couldn't understand what he had done that was worth making such a fuss about A few days later Mr. Rartlett re ceived a note from his old friend, Wilkinson Smalley, which ran some what as follows: Dkak IIahti.ett I hear that your Ko;er is poin? in for tho 1-uv and if so I w.mt him When he cets through with the law school you can liana him over to mi for he is just th s material that I'm on the lookout for, anj you may well be proud of him. He scarcil me out of a year's growth the other afternoon, at the station the yonns rascal, but in spite of that, I wUh you would tell him to come round and talce dinner with ni" some nteht, for I want to talk to him With kind regards to Mrs Iiirtlett, believe me ever your friend Wilkinson Smai.f.y When Roger came home the follow ing Saturday, his father handed him the note remarking: "I'm afraid I haven't appreciated -our football, old man, but I'm going to do better in the future; and, by the way, Roger, I hear that you're to play in the game at Springfield next week; is thai so?" Roger nodded. "Very well, then," Mr. Rartlett con tinned, "vour mother and I would like to have you get us the best seats that can be bought, for we've set our hearts upon going tip to see you make the first touchdown." Koston Tran script. Did Tliem Up llrowii. About a month ago a party of forty or fifty Spokane and Calispel Indians visited their friends, tho Kootenais, on the Kootenai reservation in Wash ington state. Their ostensible pur pose was trade, and their real object gambling. They did up tho Kootenais brown, and after a stay of some three weeks left for home, taking with them almost everything the Kootenais pos sessed. All the winter supplies of the Kootenais are gone, and most of them have lost even their blankets and are in a pitiful plight. So serious the plight that they are even asking for work jp order to live through the winter. Relievlns tho Landlord. An interesting outgrowth of the difficulty found by many tenement house owners in collecting their rents is a concern that takes such buildings off the hands of owners with a guar antee of a certain annual rental, less, of course, than the landlord would re ceive wero all his flats occupied by paying tenants. It is in effect as if tho landlord sold his property and left the purchase money at interest od mortjrasre. Their Fosl! Ancestor. In his paper on wild traits in tame animals Dr. Louis Robinson says that tho donkey, the horse and the 7ebra arc all descended, hypothetically at least, from a common fossil ancestor "a four or five toed pig-like beast' and that the donkey is a better rep resentative of the family than the horse. Darwin noticed the tendency of the zebra's stripes to reappear on the legs and shoulders of mules. On the Slzs of Siberia. A crranhic idea of the immense M7A of Siberia may be gleaned from the following comparison: All of the states, kingdoms, principalities, empires.etc, of Europe (except Russia) and all of the United States, including Alaska, could be placed side by side in Siberia, and yet the uncovered space would be equal to a country containing an area ' of 800,000 square miles. , Where Tour Treasure It. 4 A well-known illustrator in Boston, who is just bringing up her first born, a charming little daughter, still in long clothes, had done an unusual number of cherubs in all her work for Christ mas. A friend noticed this, and laugh ingly said: "The presence of the baby in your house has turned your mind to cherubs this year." "Why, of course," said the husband. "We have a model handy. It saves time and trouble and expense to use it all she can while it is of the cherub sort My daughter is doing her first posing. 1 do assure you it is true," he added, marking the incredulity on the faces of his listeners. "We undress her, tie her up in a sling, and hang her to the chandelier in the center of the studio by a strong rubber band. She kicks and jumps up and down. The rubbei gives to her every movement and her mamma has the prettiest poses in the world to draw. A great idea. Mine." The baby did not deny the matter, but simply kicked and cooed when the question was referred to her, and there were the cherubs, in every charming pose imaginable, to second the fairy story. Philadelphia Press. How to Spell Mesaba. In a group of Cleveland and Duluth people interested in iron mining at the Grand Pacific yesterday the talk was about the development of the Mesaba range. "How is 'Mesaba' spelled now?" asked a Cleveland man. There was an all around laugh. "The fashion this winter is Mis sabe," " the president of a Duluth rail road replied. "We have adopted it on our line." "I don't know how the official spell ing is," replied another railroader. "The name of our station is spelled Mesaba, and the name of our steamer is -Masaba.' On the charts the name is 'Masabi." Then there are 'Messaba, 'Messabi,' and 'Mesabe,' all in use on official documents through that region. I guess it is the only word in the lan guage Which can be spelled in all possi ble ways to get the sound and have every one right It is an Indian word, and I suppose in a few years one way of spelling it will come into general use and be accepted as correct I presume our forefathers had the same trouble with many Indian names which now go under one recognized spelling." k WOMAN'S NERVES. THE STORY OF A WOMAN TO WHOM NOISE WAS TORTURE. Prostrated By tho Least Excitement Physicians Baffled By Her Case. From the Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa. Mrs. Helen Meyers, whose hoineisat3515 Vernon avenue, Chicago, and whoso visit to Keokuk, la., will long be remembered, was at one time afflicted with a nervous malady which at times drove her nearly to distrac tion. "Those terrible headaches are a thing of the past," she said the other day to a Gate City representative, ''and there Is quite a story in connection with it, too. "My nervous system sustained a great shock some fifteen years agOjbroucht en. 1 believe, through too" much worrying over family matters and then allowing my love for my books to get the better of my discretion where my health was concerned. Why, whenever my affairs at homo did not go along just as 1 expected, I would invariably become prostrated from the excitement and I would consider myself fortunate indeed if the effects of the attack would not if main for a week. 1 was obliged to give up our pleasant homo not far from the take bhqre drive, because I could not stand the noise in that locality. I could find no place in the city which I deemed suitable to one whose nervous system was always on the point of explosion. To add to my misfortunes my complexion underwent a change and I looked so yellow and sallow that I was ashamed to venture from the house at all. " 'Madam,' said my doctor to me soon after an unusually severe attack of the malady, 'unless you leave the city and seek some place of quiet, you will never recover.' So I concluded I would visit my uncle, who lives in Dallas county, Iowa, and whose farm would surely be a good place for one in my pitiablo condition. I picked up the Gate City one day und hapjened to come across an interesting recital of the recovery of somo woman in JJew York state who was afflicted as I had been. This woman had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I thought that if Pink Pills cured that woman tbey might do the same for me. 1 began to tn'ce the pills according to directions and I began to feel better from the start. After I had taken several boxes of them I was ready to go back to Chicago My nervousness was gone and my complex ion was as fresh as that of any 16-year-old girl in Iowa, and Pink Pills is what put the color in my cheeks. No wonder I am in such high spirits and feel like a prize fighter. And no wonder I like to come to Keokuk, for if it had not been for Pink Pills bought from a Keokuk firm I would not be alive now," laughingly concluded the ladv. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to tho blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine company, Schenectady, N. Y., for 60 cents per box, or six boxes for 12.50. Do Not Sleep on the Left Side. There is little doubt that an immense number of persons habitually sleep on the left side, and those who do so can never, it is said be strictly healthy. It is the most prolific cause of nightmare, and also of the unpleasant taste in the mouth on arising in the morning. All food enters and leaves the stomach on the right side, and hence sleeping on the left side soon after eating' involves a sort of pumping operation which is anything but conducive to sound re pose The action of the heart is also seriously interfered with and the lungs unduly compressed. Hence it is best to cultivate the habit of always sleep ing on the right side, although Sandow and other strong men are said to sleep on their backs. Philadelphia Times. Winter Tourist Tickets Via the Wabash Railroad Are now on sale to all the winter resorts of the South, good returning until June 1st, 1G. Also Harvest Esccksiox Tickets to all points south on excursion dates. In ad dition to above. Railroad and "Steamship tickets to all points in the United States and Europe, at lowest rates. For rates, tickets, excursion dates and full informa tion or a copy of the Home Seekers Guide, call at Wabash Office, -1502 Farnam street, or write G. N. Clattox, N. W. P. Agt, Omaha. Neb How Xegro Babies Change Color. At birth a negro child is of a reddish nut-brown color, which turns to a slaty-gray in the first week of the child's existence. The black color is not fully developed for a period vary ing from one to three years, according to the nature of the locality and the in fluence of climate. Darwin says that the children of Australians, immediate ly after birth,are yellowish brown, and become dark at a later age. Those of the Guaranys of Paraguay are whitish yellow, but they acquire in the course of a few weeks the yellowish brown tint of their parents. It is curious to notice that the eyes of a negro child are blue at birth, and his hair of a dark chestnut color, being- curled at the ends CABYING A TURKEY. LAWS LAID DOWN FOR THE WIELDER OF THE KNIFE. Kxpllclt Directions Given the Carver by a Woman Expert Tho Drumsticks Shonld Wear Paper Raffles and a Fine Ilroiru Color. In her admirable little mon ograph. "Carving and Se-rving." Mrs. D. A. Lincoln, of the Boston cooking schbol.describes tho method td be employed where tho turkey is carved on tho table by the head of tho" family in tho presence of the guests. She begins by stating- that in prepar ing td roast a turkey the bird should first be well trussed, tho wings and thighs being brought close to tho body and secured in position by skewers. The ends of the drumsticks should either be drawn into tho body or crossed over the tail and firmly tied. After roasting the ends of tho drumsticks should bo freed from tho body and trimmed with a papar ruffle, so tho carver may, if necessary, take hold of them without soiling his fingers. Tho turkey should bo placed upon the platter Avith the head at tho left. Unless the platter is very large, pro vide an extra dish and a special fork for serving. Insert tho tines of tho carving fork across tho middle of tho breastbone. Cut through the skin be tween the breast and the thigh. Bond the leg over and cut it off close to the bodj- and through the joint. Cut through tho top of the shoulder down through tho wing joint. Shavo off the breast in thin slices, slanting from tho front of the breastbone down toward the wing joint. If tho family ba small and tho tur key is to be served for a secon I diri ner, carve only from tho side nearest yon. Tip tho bird over slightly with the point of the knife, remove tho "oyster" and the small dark portion found on the sidebono. Then remove the fork from the breast and divide the leg and wing. Cut through the skin botween the body and breast, and with a spoon remove a portion of tho stuffing. Serve light or dark meat and stuffing as preferred. If carved in this way tho turkey will be left with one-half entire, and if placed on a clean platter with tho cut side near est tho carver, and garnished with parsley, will present nearly as fine an appearance, to all but tho carver, as when first served. When there are many to be served, or the carver wishes to show his skill in completely dismembering tho bird, put the fork in firmly across tho mid dle of the breast-bone, take off tho leg and wing from each side, and slice the whole of tho breast boforo removing the foi'k, being Careful to take a portion of the crisp outside with each slice. Shavo off the crisp skin near tho neck in order to reach the stuffing. Insert tho point of tho knife at the front of the breastbone, turn back tho wishbone and separate it. Cut through the cartilage on each side, separating the collar-bones from the breast. Tip the body over slight ly and slip the knife under the end of the shoulder-blade; turn it over toward the wing. Repeat this process on tho opposite side. Cut through the cartilage which divides the ribs, separating tho breast bone from tho back. Lay tho breast on one side and remove the fork from it. Take tho stuffing from the back. Turn tho back over; place tho knifo midway just below tho ribs, and with the fork lift up the tail end, separa ting the back from the bod-. Place the fork in tho middle of the backbone and cut closo to the backbone from ono end to tho other, on each side, freeing tho side bones. Then divide the legs and wings at tho joints. Tho joint in tho leg is not quite in the middle of tho bend, but a trifle nearer the thigh. It requires some practice to striko these joints in the right spot. Cut off the meat from each side of the bono in the second joint and leg, as these when largo are more than one person re quires, and it is inconvenient to have so large bones on one's plate. It is best to finish the carving before be ginning to serve. An expert carver will have the whole bird disjointed and literally in pieces with a very few strokes of tho knifo. One must learn, first of all, to carvo neatly, without scattering crumbs or splashing gravy over tho cloth or platter; also to cut straight, uniform slices. Bo careful to divide the ma terial in such a manner that each person may bo served equally well. Lay each portion on the plate with the browned or best side up. An essential to easy carving is that tho platter bo large enough to hold not merely tho joint or fowl while whole, but also the several portions as they are detached. The platter should bo placed near the carver so he may easily reach any part of it. All skewers and strings should bo removed before the dish is brought to the table. The carving knifo should have a handle easy to grasp, a long, thin, sharp, pointed blade, and lie of a size adapted to the article to be carved and to the person carving. A lady or child will prefer a small knife. Be as particular to have the knife sharp as have it bright and clean, and always sharpen it before announcing dinner. The fork should be strong, with long tines, and have a guard. Don't grasp it as though it were a dagger, but let its hilt rest in the palm of the hand, with the fore finger extended down its handle. Do not seem to make hard work of carving. Avoid scowling or contortions of the mouth if a difficult part is touched. Don't let your count enance batray the toughness of the fowl or your own lack of skill. Work slowly and skillfully. Nature' Use of Colors. The use of tho colors of animals to protect them is one of the highly in teresting subjects which has been de veloped by research and discussion in the last few years, but less attention has been paid to the eaually interest ing subject of the use of colors in fruits. It is a highly suggestive fact that until the seeds of a plant are ripo its fruit remains the same color as its leaves, and is therefore effectually con cealed. But as soon as the seeds are ready for distribution by birds or an imals which feed on the fruit the color of the fruit becomes brilliant in many plants, while in all it is in marked contrast to the color of the leaves. THEIR COFFINS. People Often Express Their Preferences in the Matter of Style. "I never actually know anybody who kept his coffin in his house," said an undertaker to a New York Sun man, "but I havo read of such things and I havo no doubt the"y are" true just as I beliovo the stories of sbmo women keeping in the bottom of bu reau drawers their own grave clothes, which thoy made themselves. But' men sometimes chooso, if not tho par ticular casket in which thoy want to be buried, tho stylo of coffin that they prefer, and 1 know of ono man who drdw tho plans for tho casket in which he was bUried. He had his own ideas tof what was niost suitable, and wo made a casket in accordance witH the! drawings which ho furnished, and then boxed it up and stored it for him. Ho was a man advanced in years, It is interesting to noto that tho casket so planned had square ends and perfectly straight sides and ends; in fact, in shape it was precisely the samo as tho present most advanced stylo of modern burial casket, which was not introduced until somo yoars afterward. "It is not at all unusual for men to look at Caskets, ox press admiration of some of them and say that they would like to be buried in such or such a style. These men might ba simply friends who had come to see me, or they might bo here dn business, but not with regard to a funeral; Somo of the modern burial caskets are very costly and beautiful, and as unlike the old-fashioned coffin as could bo imagined. It is no wonder that men admiro them", but it doesn't follow at all that thoy soon oxp?ct to need ono. "A fow months ago thoro camo in a man and his wife, people of perhaps 50 years, and I should say well-to-do, who wanted td look at the caskets, or rather he did. Thoy came to a very beautiful casket of mahogany, ono of modern style, with square ends and straight sides and onds, and carved a little, but not elaborately. Evidently ho had heard of such a casket before or had seen one, and so was familiar with it, and ho admired it greatly. " Thoro,' ho said to his wife, call ing her by name, -that is the kind of casket that I would liko to bo buried in,' and it was clear that it seemed to him very beautiful, as it certainly was. But, bless us! he is like every body else almost; I havo no doubt ho expects to live for a hundred years. I saw him at tho theater tho other night with his wife. They had dined comfortably, and they wero in the fullest enjoyment of life, and I fancy that it will bo many years before either of them comes to the end of life, but I venture to say that if ho dies first his wife will faithfully seo that ho is buried in a mahogany coffin such as ho admired." lie Wai Shocked. It is truly a-maizing thing, this Eu ropean indifference to corn. The peo ple eat some such queer things over there that one would think that corn would geem a mighty blessing. In t.io course of two long journeys over various parts of Europe wo have never but once found tho cereal, and that was at a hotel almost entirely patron ized by Americans, and kept by a man who had lived in America, in Paris. Wo were talking of corn to an Eng lishman this summer. Said he: "And do you really eat it in tho States?" "Why, yes." "Wo only feed it to an imals." "Well, you treat your ani mals better than yourselves.' Ho paused for a minute. Then; "Toll me," said he, "in what way do you cat it?" "On tho ear " "The ear! Oh, fancy. How strange!" And ho looked quito shocked. Rochester Post-Express. u. It you want to hire a servant. Or a man or a "schoolmarm." If you want to sell your birthright, If you want to buy a farm. If you want to win at poker. If you want to win a prize. If you want to be an anel Why, you'd better advertise Printer's Ink. The First Church. There is a Spanish proverb which says that "an ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy."' The home, let it bo always remembered, is tho first church, the hearthstone the first altar and father and mother tho first teachers. FIVE O'CLOCK TEA. It is a red letter season for exquisite 5 o'clock tea china. Ribbon, S3 a yard, goes on waste baskets that cost a SI. In photographic portraits the very largest size are most in demand. A generous sign of the times is in crease in size of wedding cake boxes. Lap tables are now so elaborate that they are as ornamental as useful Bangles coming back are a period of what can be called prolonged neg lect. Many grotesque styles masquerade these days as alleged colonial fash ions. New piano covers are of scarlet plush, beautifully embroidered in gold. Extremely bell crowned and curled brim silk hats suggest the operatic tenor. The bishop's chair has at last got to the dining-room of the rich man's house. It is difficult to wean college youth from their russet shoes and white Alpines. It seems to be the vropzc thing for all but evening dress trousers to be creased. Milady's dressing table articles must of necessity be of solid silver uow-a-days. There is a craze for water colors now that delights artists who can paint them. The youth of the period wears too many collegiate, club and other pins and badtres. The crimping of bang-tails on aris tocratic horses is a new development of nonsense. The latest derby hat from London has a very low crown. It is more odd than becoming. Whaleboned skirts necessitate a peculiar walk on the part of those who wear them. Enormous sleeves filled with feathers, as our great grandmother wore, are revived. IN AN OLD VOLCANO. DUTCHMEN BUILD SHIPS IN ITS CRATER. Captain taff hard's Etlff Tarn Soanded Incredible When It Was Span, But Subsequent Idrestlsatloc Showed That It AT as True. It is oxtretnely difficult to tell a lie. Falsifying is as easy as to roll down a greased plane. But a sublime lie, in which one hand touches tha stars and tho other dives down through tho oarth and comes out tho other sido, that requires genius. Tho difficulty consists in the fact that truth hd longer confines herself to her proper realm of probability. She takes to herself suCh nrilimitable bounas that tho most brazen-cymbaled lie possible to be conceived, droamed or manufactured has, metaphorically, physically and spiritually, to take a back seat. I am led to these reflection's by some remarks of my friend. Captain Ebenozor Luffhard. It seems truly sad that the world has changed so much that a man can no longer tell a llo without its being detected as tho truth. Wo wore speaking of the launching ot ships; 'Do yoii know," said tho captain, "that down in tho Caribbad inlands peoplo build ships up on top of an old volcano? Yes, sir; a thousan' foot 'bovo sea-ldrel. Yos, sir, Dutchmen. An' d d if thoy ddrt't launch 'om, too." A smile went around tho circle" which made tho glasses jump on tho table. It was an incredulous smile. "But,by tho "tarnal ouls! I've seen 'em. A lot of Dutchmen. Live in a crator. Thousan' feet up. An' so steop you havo to go up stops cut in the rock to get to it. Au' they build ships in tho crater o1 a volcano. An' what's more, ndt a stick of timber grows on tho blasted place."' "Now, cap," ventured ono of his hearers. "Fur be it from mo to say a gentl'raan an' old skipper, liko me self. ain't confinin' hisself to tho truth. An' I've ofen ho'rd toll of folk, 'long tho bay o1 Fundy, buildin' ships way off in tho woods, noways nigh the water. But thai tho tide rises sixty feet an' launchos them ships as slick as though they was built in a ship yard, but dash my skin, if I over ho'rd of a tide risin' a thousand feet! How do they launch them ere boats?" "Lower 'em down tho rocks, clear into deep water. I'm a son of a sea cook, if I hav'rt't seen them Dutchmen lower 'em down thousan' foot!" I chuckled over one of tho captain's best. What was my disgust to subse quently find in "Down the Islands," by William Agnew Paton, page 29, that tho name of this remarkable spot is Saba, a small Dutch island, rising out of the soa ill sheer walls of rock. That the inhabitants really livo a thousand feet up in tho air, in tho crater of an extinct volcano. Mr. Paton says in his very interesting book: Tho people of Saba aro celebrated throughout tho Caribbean islands for the fishing boats they build in a crater the oddest of places imaginable for a shipyard. When tho boats arc ready to bo launched thoy are lowered down the overhanging precipices into the sea. Thero is no timber growing on tho island, no beach from which to launch a boat when it is built, no harbor to shelter one when launched, and yet these Dutch West Indiana profit by their trade of ship-building and cruise all about tho Cariblienn archipelago in the staunch, seaworthy craft they construct in tho hollow of a crater on the top of their mountain colony. The first ship to bo launched side ways was at Boston, Mass. This novel plan has been successfully repoated since. About two years ago a midnight launch of the big Pacific Mail steam ship Peru too'c placo at tho Union iron works, San Francisco. She was up to that time tho biggest ship over launched upon the Pacific coast, being 345 feet long, forty-fivo feet beam and twenty-nine feet doop, with a gross tonnage of 8,800. Six hundred men wero working upon her at one time. And what, with the ele-tric lights, as they played upon land and water, tho flickering of the workingmen's torches, the din of preparation ac companied by tho shouts of thousands, the event, was pronounced the most ro mantic launch ever known. As she plunged at this unusual hour into the arm-5 of the ocean it might have been termed an elopement rather than a launch. As I real of this a vivid memory came to nn of tho first bull-fight I ever witnessed by electric light. I know not why, excepting it- bo the May in which a certain grcnt blak bull launehel himsolf from the pen into the ar.na. It was at Monterey, Mex ico, ays tho Philadelphia Times. Thoro were but four are lights they were augmn'cl afterwarl and the uncerta'n light made the fight all in favor of the bull. As he launched himsolf into the ring he landod exactly in the center on his kn-'-'is. A cloud of dust arose in silver, and his magnificent horns stood out like tho sickle of the new moon. It was a glorious fight the lights glinting on tho gay dresses and gold tinsol of the men. the bull being lost to sight at time3, suddenly to re appear in the glare like a demon. Unlike other times, all was silence amid the thousand-? of spectators. Even tho brazen band Torgot to blazon forth Everyone realized at what a disadvantage the inadequate and un certain light nut the men. Death seemed to hover near. At last it was almost with a sigh of relief tho vast crowd saw the lightning of the matador's sword as the bull fell dead at his feet. Then arose a shout which sent one's blood, chilled, back to the heart. The band played the triumphant "Cadiz" as loud as it could blast, but might as well have been silent, for there was nothing heard but the yells and "bravos" of a Mexican crowd gone mad. I went back to my hotel almost moaning: "Oh, if Lew Wallace could have seen that!" i obacco In tha lube. The customs officials at Dover re cently eyed very curiously one of the bicycles of a party of returning tour ists, and upon closer inspection it was found that tho inner tubes had been romoved from tho pneumatic tires and tho entire upaeo around tho wheels stuffed full of tho very finest lurkisli cigarotto tobacco, which in tho united kingdom is subject to a very high duty. While the officer opened tho valves of tho wheel tho owner bent a hasty retreat, leaving both wheol and tobacco to tho tender mercy of tho British government. ACROSS THE PLAINS BY WAGON Wherein the Journpy J Ulffercnt From Wlmt It IVh In '49. A short time ago a family of immi grants from Southern Kansas, who had traveled all tho way across to Oregon in their own wagon and wore livo months on tho way, camped at Judgo Seneca Smith's farm, a fow milos cast of this city, says tho Port land Orogonian. So seldom do immi grants "cross tho plains" with teams nowadays that Mr. Smith inquired how they had corao to make tho trip. Tho immigrant said thero wero many more families' on tho way. strung along, whom ho had passed. Ho had becomo weary of tho tips and downs of life in Kunsns, und started to mako a homo on Lewis river, where ho had some friends. Ho was a man of somo means, and had a wife and several half-grown children. When he con cluded to emigrate, ho had nine horses, ono of them a mare for which ho had paid ,500. He could not sell them for anything, so concluded to drivo to Oregon, savo railroad fare, and have his horses after ho got thero. Ho bought a carriage and a cart for his family, and, loading his outfit in a farm wagon, hitched up his horses and struck out. The man's account of xho trip shows that while crossing tho plains now is much tho samo as in tho days of '49 and thereabouts, in other re spects it is a very different affair. For instance, instoad of finding plenty of grass for his stock and game for his family, ho found no gamo, and had to buy feed for his horses all the way, tho "plains" being now comparatively a settled country. As far as wear and tear to tho animals goes the trip was all that could be anticipated. Ho lost all his horses, his cart and carriage, and came through the Barlow (Jato with a pair of Eastern Oregon cayuses hitched to his farm wagon, tho wheels of which were braced with oak grubs and the body bound up with withes. He said his fiiOO mare was stolen, and the others had succumbed to alkali water and other things. Ho now says that it would havo been cheaper for him to shoot his horses and come by railroad. He could have arrived at his destination in three days from tho time he started at a cost of about 200. However, ho did not care. They had seen the country and had at last safe ly reached tho promised land. From the Kansas man's account thero aro several score of families fol lowing on his traiL It is a comfort to know that there will bo no trouble in finding bread for them, and bacon, too, should any of them chance to arrive hungry, as was often the case in days gone by. KptnUh Humor. Hero Is a modern Spanish joke. "The deuce! I do feel bad." "What's tho matter?" "late a steak of horseflesh, an I it's going round and round in my inside." "My dear fellow! It must have been a circus horse." London Daily News. MINOR SELECTIONS. The world in 18.10 had 210 miles oi railroad; the mileage in 1838 was 334, 310. Feathers, a? an article of dress, were at first worn only by men in their helmet. In 1378 the Gaiety theater in Lon don was lighted by electricity; its first employment for the purpose in a place of amusement. In Africa a coctaniit lamp filled with palm oil, and provided with a rag wick, furnishes all the light needed by the natives. The most famous run for one day of a sailing vessel was male by the James Haines in 18.", a distance of 420 miles in twenty-four hours. The Cairo museum has seven brooms used by ancient Egyptian women. They are made of straw and closely resemble the same article in use to day. In South Chln'i the chopsticks are taxed, and a man who can prove that he has no chopsticks that is, no re liable means of subsistence may plead exemption frmi the capitation tax. A feast was given recently at Fyza bed to 1,001 monkeys, TiOO Iliiragis and 100 Brahmins. A man who had been successful in a commercial en terprise gave tho fai-t in fulfillment of a vow made t- tho monkey god, Ilannuman. INVENTION AND PROGRESS. Sulphur btitlis for horses are bcinjj nriT.ne.1 at a cost of 810,033 in IJatlen, Austria. The Co-i riu'.r n I h:is cost SU2,000 per mili to construct, which is just double the cstinintc. The amount of .snlt manufactured in Michigan the p;st year was 3,433, 428 barrels an increase; compared with 1S03 of 40r,.Wl barrel--. New Hampshire yields most of the mica proluc::l in this country, and no great quantity at tint. Mica always maintains a goo I price, and second hand furniture dealers sometimes make it a sp?c"alty. A beam of light has been made to tike the pi ice of electricity for the transmission of souul over a tele phone by tho us2 of a selenium cell. Ther-' is no commercial advantage anticipated, but i, is certainly a curi ous invention. The Canadian authorit'es have de cide i to tst all cattle i.nportecl into the dominion with tlis Ivoch tubercu line lymph. "If any animal is found to be alTected with tuberculosis the own?r will have the alternative of taking it back to the place whence 1 it came, or naving it siaugmerea without compensation."' Publicity is now bjing given to the fact that sulphate of zinc is used to bleach molasses an I give it its fine light color. Hut the grocers say it has to ba bleached in order to sell it. People would rather risk taking a quantity of chemic lis into their sys tems than to iro back to the old black 1 variety of the West India product. Columbus Slate - Bank J PaiilitemtnTliiDocIts Wta Lttu n Heal Estate HW Tark !! mil t ItlillO : TIGHT!. BUYS GOOD NOTES terltssdKsl OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: Leakder Gerrard, Pres't, B. H. Henry, Vice Prest, M. BRuaaER, Cashier. John Stauffer. Q. W. Hulst. COLUMBUS, NEB., RASAN Authorized Capital of - $500,000 Pail in Capital, - 90,000 OFFICERS. O. H. SHELDON. Pres't. H. P. H. OEHLRIOn, Vice Pre. CLARK GRAY. Cashier. DANIEL SOIIKAM. Ass't Cuk DIRECTORS. H. M. Wn8Ww, II. P. H. Oehlmcw. C. H. 8nzLDO, W. A. McAllismh, Josas Welch, CablKikmks. STOCKHOLDERS. B. O. Ghat. J. Hkxrt Wubdbmajt, Obbrabd Losxh, HcnrtLoskkb. i ;lark Gbat. Geo. W. Uallkt. Famzu ScnRAX. A. F. II. OEiiuucn. bank Bobxr. J- P. Becker Estatb, Rebecca Becker. Bank at deposit; Interest allowed on tlm deposits: bur and sell exehange on United States and Europe, and buy and soli avail able securities. We shall be pleased to re ceive your business. We solicit your pat ronage. THB First National Bank OFFICERS. ANDERSON. J. H. GALLEY, President. Vice Pres't. O. T. ROEN, Gashlor. DIRECTORS. .AflDtMON. iirvii aitniM . AKDIMOlf. l HXSBY 1AGATZ. JAM1I TrBIDIR. StatetseRt r the Craiitlra at the Cles f BuIaeM JIy 12, 1898. bbsocbcb. Loans and Discount. 1 241.467 5? Real Estate Furniture and Fix- tures .. X a, U. S. Bonds JO.2J0 01 Due from other banks.. ...137.878 33 Cash on Hand 21.867 M 69.. 43 69 Capital Stock paid la 60.000 00 Surplus Fnnd 30.0W) 0-) Undivided profits ,J4;5 !5 Circulation Jito Deposits.... ................... 225,11937 Total. EB3.1M 36 HENRY GASS, UNDEETAKER ! Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases ! Bf Repairing of all kinds of Uphol ttery Qoodu Ut COLUMBUB. NEBRASKA- Columbus journal U nsTABTD TO JUBHISH ASTTUVSQ BZQ.UIRXDOV A PRINTING OFFICE. COUNTRY. COMMERCIAL rfL0dslBl!CAr9l