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VOLUME XXV.NUMBER 50.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27, 1895.
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j
am a stranger
in the city and
the scenes upon
the streets
(muse mc. A week ago to day I spent
-cvcral hours loitering on 2."id street
just watching the steady stream of
.shoppers, a stream, by the way, com
posed of some of the fairest women
that it has ever been my lot to look
upon. I!y twos and threes they passed,
each smiling and eager, each en
thusiastic and jubilant, and each, as
they passed me by, seeming hand
somer than the other.
I stood for a moment at the door of
a large white building, when sudden
ly there emerged the fairest of them
all, and passed so near, that her
elbow touched my coat sleeve. There
was one low step to the sidewalk,
but she apparently did not see it,
:nd in another instant I had saved
her from an ugly fall.
A thousand thanks,' she mur
mured, sweetly, with the frankest of
smiles into my eyes. "I have turned
my ankle a little," she said, still hold
ing to my sleeve, and in the deepest
solicitude I passed my arm about her.
"If you would help me to my car
riage," she began again, with another
smile and a pleading glance, and
looking toward the curb I saw a
handsome "turnout,' with the driver,
still" as a statue, perched high upon
the seat.
Although evidently watching for
his mistress. I was surprised to see
thai he had not noted her mishap,
and even when I led her forward and
opened the carriage door he showed
no more interest in my movements
than if he had been a wooden image.
The blue-eyed siren's hand still
lingered on my arm as I helped her
in.
'Whom can I thank for this atten
tion?" she whispered with a little
blush, and highly pleased I drew a
card from 1113 pocket and pressed it
into her hand.
"And you," I whispered admiringly.
'Fairest of all fair women, may I dare
to ask your name'.'"
".Miss ? ,' she answered prompt
ly, handing me her card, and then she
bent nearer and whispered: "At'!;
always come at 'l," she repeated, as
the carriage rolled away and left mc
standing on the curb.
Was it possible that I, a stranger,
had been invited to one of Gotham's
proudest resiliences? The address
she gave mc on Fifth avenue was
proof enough, and the name was one
of Knickerbocker's very oldest. True,
I was handsome every one said that
and I was wealthy, but could that
be all that was needed as an "open
sesame" to such a home as this fair
woman's?
At It o'clock I was there, and it
seemed to me that 1 must have been
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tiii:i:k was a stkiooi.i:.
expecte I. so exquisitely was evcry
thing arranged in the matter of my
reception an.l entertainment.
The maid, a decorous little Frau-
lein. Jed :i:e at once to Miss G s
apartments. It seemed that for my
trilling courtesy I was not to be
treated as an ordinary guest, but was
received with special favor. Miss
G wa-, rad"antl" beautiful in her
dainty house dre-s an I in the luxury
and seclusion of her private room 1113
Spanish blood ran riot in my veins
and neariy drove me into reckless
danger. Sieua-an only child, she
said, and her father, who lived with
her. was her :il surviving lvl.itive.
She sat '(.wn by my side upon the
sofa, an I as she talked her white
hands toyed lOiitinuoHslv with her
rings until tneir v.-rv whiteness daz
.led me and made me cover them
with both my own in an uneontrol
ably ardent movement- Then f.iee to
face, hand in hand we sat for one
breathles- moment. I saw her body
's way slowly t nv.ir.l :n . driwu by
the sweet-,: fore- i:i l.u world, then
a bell pale.l slid h-nly through the
lious :i:d she sprang to her feet in
consternation.
"It is uv father," sh whispered
warninglv. then
door and draw!
siK" tip-toed to the
ig back the curtain
seeme : to
voices in th;
"Frau'ein
lis: -n intently to the
hill,
has taken him to the
stud "out
said with
yon must go now,'" she
an expression of sincere
relief.
I raised her h t:i I to m- lips and
even kissed h r gold :i Inir.
I woa'd nit 11 r:i y u for the
world." I sail c!iok".:i;jiy. "Hut, may
I come to-::iorro?"
At three promptly the next da I
stood upon the .t-p . Miss G
looked lovelier !i.:.n ever but there
was a mark
ei:ai:ge of h r childish
manner.
'I am cros-j tc-dnv.
she said hon-
estl and when I urge-1 tii cause she
put out h"r to-.", ve vet lips in the
most bewitehlji grlra ,ee.
I a:n ii:t lvi ir 'r ;; bracelet that
I saw t s-lav sl L ","' she said
latighigie. "anj :- you it now that
horral :::.tn i :,-a:ji:i r h '" iather) de
clares I c.ia.ioi- have it. Isn't it
enough ta :a.Vz 1 n ero-s?" she con
tinued no:i.i:igiy an.l with her face
upra'suJ, to mine. Involuntarily I
bent an.l 0.1a r't her in my arms.
"It is indeed!" i said indignantly,
an 1 l-hen ! ejv.-re.l her face and
snowy n-ee-r with a flood of swift,
"adoring I: s .
'I'nai ua. 1.1 v-e' dd not ring, and
Vs
1. . .. . 4 n. . I . I ...- ..... a T.wa !'.. .. .
lein brought the tea to "Miss G 's
private boudoir, where we drank it
between our fond caresses.
She was such an impulsive little 1
mortal, this beautiful woman I had ,
met, she almost clapped her hands in
glee when I told her that I was alone
and wealthy, and like a child 1
she opened her heart and told me all
her secret longings. j
It was nearly . when I left, but I '
had an engagement with a friend and
she insisted that I should not break it
Next evening I could come again,
and as her father would be out of
town there were visions of a glorious
interview.
I put the memorandum I had made
carefully in my inner pocket, ljjit on
the way to ray fniend's llouse I
glanced at it agaui and figured what
it would cost to fill it. The bracelet
was an expensive one, so was the
locket she hrtu seen and "wanted.
Then tifSre was a necklace and a
brooch
m . .
i-JnSS;
while everything
UUlUL XlCr M""HL"V
spoke the highest
:
rni of riches.,
"Uer father's fault," I muttered.
with some indtfgnation, and then
registering a vlw to sacrifice any
thing that she Alight have hejTtrcas
urcs, I rcturntm the paper to-roy poc
ket. Tack Ray, my friend, was waiting
when I readied his quarters.
"I am going to take 3'ou to the
club, old fellow," he said, enthusi
astically, and together we entered a
cab and were rattled away across the
city.
I was still thinking of my beauti- 1
ful sweetheart when I entered the
lobby of the club, ami in the glamor '
and glitter of the place I could still
see her sweet blue eyes and hear the .
tremor of her childish voice in all the
clash and clatter. Suddenly I was J
aroused by a thrilling name that fell
from Jade's lips in the midst of a
string of introductions.
"My friend. Mr. G , old fellow,"
he was saying.
I looked ui) quickly at Mr. G
and shook his hand involuntarily. It
was the same name, I was sure of
that, but could this be that "horrid
man." my charmer's jewel-denying
father?
A little later we were sitting alone 1
at a table, he and I, and I hastened
to secure for myself the satisfaction
of this man's identity.
"You are Mr. G , of No. ."th
avenue."' I said impulsively, and in
another moment I regretted my stu
pidity. "How did you know it?" he asked,
when he had said "yes" to my unusual
question.
"I I have met your daughter. She
is very beautiful," I stammered in
confusion.
Mr. G , who was evidently a man
of years, turned suddenly and scru
tinized 1113 features It seemed that
instant as if he hated me. but un
friend coming back just at that time
removed the awkward situation. j
1 said nothing to Jack. I had said
too much already. I argued; and the !
next day I was so lmsy with my vari
ous commissions that 1 gave no
thought to my reckless blunder.
Surely, I reasoned, a man may meet
j a beautiful woman, even though she
I is guarded b3 a stingy father.
1 That night I spread the jewels be
fore
ler, anu was more man paid 03'
issuer aim ionulinr the
her sweet caresses.
After wc ,md
cosv room the t
delightful even
lo wake i he
After we had dined again in the
thought of this long.
ing together seemed
er Heart some girlish
purest white and decked her marble
throat and arms with the costh jewels
1 had brought her. One glimpse of
the laughing face and gleaming
shoulder-, maddened me. and regard
less of the daint;-laees I seized her 111 j
11. lit . ,
mv arms and almost crushed her to
mv bosom I
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.iv iiiii tin-' . e ik ii i.siii-i i-ii 11. r.- 11111-
1 whispered passion-
atel and then with a torrent of '
loving words almost rushing from ray
lips. I raised my e'es suddenH' above ;
her head and confronted the stern- 1
,
faced man her father.
Like a startled deer she sprang
from my arms an 1 fell with a shriek
upon the sofa.
"For God's sake, stop!" 1 shouted
wildly as tiie barrel of a revolver
gleamed suddenH' in the man's right
hand.
Instinctively I sprang to one side,
not fulU' realizing my sweetheart's
danger, and at that same instant
there came a blindin g ilash and a
woman's cry of mortal terror.
Spellieoun I with horror, I turned
and looked upon my ido'. The dia
monds, still gleamed on her fair,
white flesh, but as we stood there
motionless, this man a ml I. a stream
of crimson dyed her garments. An
other moment aud 1 would have
sprang at him, bat his revolver held
me still at ba3.
"Wait and let me speak," he said
quietH", aud the magnetism of his !
glance seemed to some way conquer j
and control me. "She was 1113- wife," I
he began sadi " and -ou are not her
only victim. Over and over similar :
scenes have been enacted in our :
house, but not before with such an
awful ending. I have ah.vs con
trolled 1113'self before," he said with
a tinge of sorrow in h:s voice, "and J
even now the shot was not meant for j
her." t
Then, still clutching the weapon j
tighth. he cross? J tiie room and 1
raised the lid of a euriouslv-hidden ,
jewel casket.
"Se?!" he said hoarsely. "These
are the trophies that her victims
brought her!" He dropped the lid
:hdlwonderedhy. beside hthcmoat found attention
,ne was so destUutc of jewel,, Qf th(j j h ex
on tne sparslmg gems and a spasm , kino
of pain convul..cd his features. "Yes,
I would have spared her even now," !
he said, "but 30 ir sudden movement
disconcerted me.
Like one waking from a dream I
roused in3'self and struck unexpected-
at the smo ling weapon. There
was a struggle, short, sharp and
altogether on .-sided, for the sight of
his dead w.fe's face unnerved him
now, and then there followed an
other blinding flash and I left "him
stretched beside the sofa.
To-night I shall start back again
toward Spain, but the only souvenir
of New York that I retain is a news
paper garnished with "the latest
scandal" and a somewhat curious de
scription of myself, who am men
tioned as the co-respondent.
CLEVER AMERICAN MECHANICS
Their Ingenuity In Woodwork Attract
ing Attention In Foreign Countries.
Tho mighty advance in woodmakingr
machinery in tho United States has
ovnVil RiirnHsA flPfliTWhprfl. Tn
jAmericath0 idea ig to make overv.
; 1.; r .,i ,:, uan,i inW
automatically where possible. This
desire has been so successful, ac
cording to tho Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette, that it is a rare exception a
factor3'is found employing handwork.
Every known description of wood
work, out of every kind of wood, is
made entirety by machinery. Many
of these machines are veritable
wonders, performing their work with
a readiness and accuracy that excito
. .- ,
Some
perts say of
them that they are the best examples
' of ingenuity ever produced, but of a
lighter construction than tho English
, make. But ono must bear in mind
that American iron when cast into
form is very much tougher and hence
, does not require so much of it to give
their machines strength and solidity.
, This is hardly true of English iron, and,
' in conscquence,their machines contain
j a great deal more weight in iron and
I consequently look more massive, but
I by experience it has been proved con-
clusively that the latest improved
1 American machines are just as strong
; and just as capablo in durability as
i those made by the English makers.
I Progressive English manufacturers
and there are a few of them are
gradually waking up to the fact that
of thc3' want to hold their own in tho
commerco of tho world they will bo
compelled, through necessity, to em
ploy tho later and more economical
j methods to produce their manufac
1 turcs. To do this they will have to
turn to the Americans, much as it
may bo against their inclinations.
J American furniture, made entirely
! with machinery, is now getting a foot
hold in England, and attracts the ad
miration of English buyers, not only
for its beautiful designs and finish,
but for the superb construction;
and, lastly, it can lw obtained
at a moderate price. Other articles
of wood for domestic vehicles, agri
cultural, building uses, etc., are fast
creeping' in to tho disadvantage of the
English manufacturer. Indeed, wherein
tho American manufacturer succeeds
it is only through tho usoof machinery
1 and therefore the Englishman, in or
der to protect himself from encroach
ment, must adopt tho American idea
by using American machinery, for is
it not a fact that tho Englishman is
behind tho times in getting "up-to-date"
wood working machinery? If
this statement is not correct show us
the fallacy of it.
Machinery saves
time and labor, consequently money.
llcr Last ishes Complied With.
A Maino woman recently expressea
some queer wishes on her deathbed.
She lived in Kennebunk and was well-to-do.
She did not like tho parson,
so she directed that ho should not toko
any part in her funeral, and he did
not. In place of prayer and scriptures,
essays written by her sister and her
brother were read by her lister's hus
band, and that constituted the service.
Then she had a dislike for tho sexton,
pulatcd that she should not be
tho cometer3 by his horse.
so was not his property, and
1 sho did not object to taking her last
rido in that. Her wishes in tins re
spect were followed, another horse
and driver were secured for tho trip
to the tomb. Lewiston Journal.
I'neumatic lire.
The question to what oxtcnt the
pneumatic .tire, so familiar on bicy
cles. will bo adopted on the wheels of
other vehicles is ono of considerable
interest. According to a London
scientific journal for cabs and
t broughams in English cities, the rub
' ber tire, with an iron hoop outside, is
, rb.1 o-
ands of them are seen. Since, oven
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on tno smootu wod and asphalt pave-
monts of London, the rider knows at
once whether iiis hansom has elastic
or rigid tires, the contrast must bo
still more marked on macadamized
roads or streets paved with granite
or cobble-stones.
Tit for Tat.
Henr- Makcnzic. the author of "The
Man of Feeling," was a law3er bj pro
fession. During a visit to the High-
lands of Scotland for grouse shoot
j ing. ho made the acquaintance
I of a general who also was
of tho Compaq-. One da3- after
dinner, there was some talk at the
table about poisons ratsbane and
l laurel especially. Quoth the general
to Mackenzie, "c sa3 in England
that ratsbane will not kill a law3-er."
"Indeed." replied the man of law,
"that is odd, for in Scotland we sa
some generals are in no danger from
laurel."
It All Depen-.U.
The smallest bo- in the arithmetic
cla-s is the son of a man who works
in a coal -ard.
"William." said the teacher, "how
many pounds are there in a ton?"
The smallest bo- was silent.
Why, that's a very easy question,
William,"
'Yes'm. I know it's eas But,
please, ma'am, am I supposed to be
buying the coal or selling it?"
In the South Scat.
"Reginald," said the king of Raro
tonga. "tell the queen that the mis-
I sionarj- has been on the table for some
1 time, and is getting cold."
The prime minister withdrew, but
1 in a moment returned and said that
' Trilby OTcrrall had just given up
1 Little Billie and the queen just had to
' finish tho chapter, and, would the
ave her a drumstick?
3lakin? Change.
Sam, coming in hurriedly Say,
Tom, can 3ou change five dollars?
Tom Change nothing. I'm so hard
up I can't change my shirt. Detroit
Free Press.
A Good Fit.
Mrs. Cawker I wonder why drum
majors wear such frightful big hats?
Mr. Cawker You wouldn't if you
could see the size of a drum major's
head. Life.
WAS A DREAD PRISON
POPULAR MISTAKE ABOUT THE
DRY TORTUCAS.
Climate Delightful Especially In Winter
Called "Drj" Becmua the Island
"Was Not Flooded at Every High Tide
Prisoner! Confined There.
Morris Rodney, who died at Rodneys
X. Y., the other daj' was one of sev
eral life prisoners in tho Dry Tortu
gas whom a kind fata removed from
the spot long before the original sen
tence expired. There are no prison
ers on the Drj' Tortugas now, and the
fort where tho prisoners were kept is
no longer even garrisoned. Popular
curiosit3- thirt3 3-ears ago was eagerby
lixed on these far Southern ko3'S, and
several conspicuous Northern enemies
of Mr. Lincoln's administration wore
threat?ned with exile thither, though
about the onl3 notable prisoners of
tho place were the men convicted of
complicit' in tho assassination of tho
president, and of these only ono served
out his life sentence.
Popular fanc3' during the war paint
ed the Diy Tortugas as a region of
peculiar horror, and tho belief still
lingers. The adjective diw gave the
impression of a desert where tho
prisoner, tantalized b3 tho sight of
salt water all about, suffered the
pangs of thirst for lack of fresh
water. The adjective racrery means
that tho group to which it has been
applied is not flooded at high tido, as
are hundreds of neighboring reefs
and islets. As a matter of fact, tho
climate thereabouts is suflicientl3'
moist, and the fort when it was garri
soned was surrounded by abundant
semi-tropical vegetation. Nor is tho
climate especially unwholesome,
though tho place is occasionally vis
ited b3' 3'ellow fever.
The group of the Dry Tortugas,
named for the abundance of monster
turtles thereabouts, lies l'JO miles
from the main land of Florida,
sevent3-ono miles from Ke3' West, and
only about ninet3' miles from Havana.
It was held at one time to command
the entrance to the gulf of Moxico.and
according' the United Statos govern
ment projected there an enormous
work of defense, Fort Jefferson. The
fort was begun in 184i or 1817, and
was destined to have in time, with its
subsidiary works, a circuit of many
miles and to mount TiOO guns. Great
sums were expended upon the work,
as everything in the way of building
material had to Ikj carried main' hun
dreds of miles, and even the labor
had to Ijc imported from other parts
of the union. When the civil war
was opened, Fort Jefferson was a
picturesque and formidable looking
structure, with graceful masoniy and
much architectural charm. It was
heavily garrisoned soon after, and
the garrison was maintained for some
j'ears later.
When Fort Jefferson was still im
portant as a military prison Garden
1C3' was occasionally visited 03' others
than tho soldiers stationed there and
tho group had a population of between
200 and :500 persons. Tho night
blooming cereus climbed about tho
officers' quarters and bloomed in tho
tropic night, while other night'bloom
ing plants were scattered about tho
grounds, and Northern flowers bloomed
in the open air all wiuter long. The
fort had long been used as a place of
imprisonment for soldiers convicted
of offenses against the laws of war,
but it had reall3 few military prison
ers of distinction. A somewhat nota
ble prisoner of the war period
was Colonel St. Ledger Green
fel, an Englishman, who en
tered the confederate service and
after participating in several battles
came North, obtained the ear of Mr.
Seward, and deceived him as to the
strength of the confederac3" in some
particulars. Tho colonel was after
ward accused of complied in the
Sons of Liberty conspirac3 of 1801 to
stir rebellion in Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, and after conviction was sent
for life to tho Dry Tortugas. He
managed to corrupt one of the sol
diers and the two escaped to a neigh
boring island, whence, after 13'ing
hidden for a little time, thoy made
their waj- to Cuba. Fort Jefferson,
despite tiie terror inspired b3 the
name Dry Tortugas, was not the
worst possible place for a life prisoner
to begin his sentence, for the
fort seems to have been peculiar-
leakj Another prisoner slip
ped out of a window, got over
the moat, sixty feet wide, scrambled
down the low sea wall, and escaped
on a plank to the nearest inhabited
kej. There he took one of the light
house boats and sailed away to Cuba.
Several other prisoners escaped either
by eluding or corrupting their guards,
and tho onty notablo prisoner to die
there was O'Laughlin, one of tho four
sent to the Diy Tortugas for compli
cit3 in the Lincoln assassination plot.
He was carried off b3 3ellow fever,
three or four 3"ears after his convic
tion, while his three companions were
pardoned. One of them. Dr. Mudd,
was for a time the only physician
present during an epidemic of yellow J 705 deposited with them as the sur
fever, and his faithfulness in that j plus earnings of the people.
crisis won him high
garrison.
praise from the
Barring a hot summer and the pos-
sibility of yellow fever the Dry Tortu
gas group, of terrible reputation, is
far
from being a region of horrors, ac-
cording to the Chicago Times
Thc
winter climate is delightful. The
temperature rarely falls below GO de
grees Fahrenheit, and is usually
nearer 7o degrees. At times there
comes a sudden stillness upon tho sea,
accompanied by a haze and a rise of
ten, fifteen, or twenty degrees in tem
perature. That is the sign of the
norther, which follows soon with ter
i'ic force of wind and a fall of from
twenty-five to thirty-live degrees in
temperature. Fort JelTerson had a
garrison of less than 100 five years
after the close of the civil war, and
the dread fortress is now marked in
tho reports of the secretary of the
war with tho asterisk, which means
not garrisoned." Doubtless, as in a
good many other such fortresses of
the United States, a corporal without
his traditional guard constitutes the
sole representative of the government.
More Information.
Tommy Paw, what is an
'intel-
lectual soiree?"
Mr. Figg It is generally one where
the refreshments do not cost much
more than a dime a head.
A SPECTER CALF.
Which May Hare Had Some Connection
With Miles Ogle-
"A detective sees a clow in all sorts
of apparently trivial things, and will
run it down until he has satisfied him
self ono waj' or tho other," said a
local sleuth to a group of listenors. "I
remember when Miles Ogle, tho no
torious counterfeiter, was free tho last
time, and bogus coin was found in
circulation all through tho Ohio valley,
, two of Lnclo Sam's sleuthhounds ac
; tually investigated a ghost stor3'. Tho
. stoiw camo from Jefferson count3.
' Indiana. A specter calf was seen in
' the lonesome hollows to tho north of
, tho count-.
All tho farmers vithin a dozen
miles had paid tho hollow a visit, and
waited patiently for hours to seo the
frisk' four-legged ghost como gambol
ing down the hillside aud go floating
over tho rough, rockj creek bed that
was at the bottom of the hollow. They
were never disappointed. Promptly
at 12 o'clock tho ghost made its ap
pearance. Man' carried guns and
lired at tho specter as it floated by.
, When the smoke disappeared tho
i ghost was gone also. This was kept
up for months, and tho strange ap
parition becamo quito notorious
through the papers. The story was
in this way brought to tho notice of
' the United States secret service de
; tcctives at Cincinnati.
1 The- put several things together.
j Miles Oglo was freo. Bogus coin was
; in circulation in tho West. Tho ghost
must certainly bo a blind Tho
1 schomo was about such a ono as would
I emanate from tho wily counterfeiter.
Two of tho detectives who made theso
deductions and re-enforced with lire
arms and ammunition started very
secretly lor the ghost s lair, and on
the first favorab'.o night thoy went to
the grewsome hollow. They saw tho
ghost. It danced around with such a
surprising abandon of purpose that
the two detectives were surprised.
They lired shot after shot at tho spec
ter, but not a shot had any affect.
"The old farmer will toll you that
when tho two detectives came into
the house shortly afterward they were
white and breathless. That may havo
been due to tho rough walk, and it
may have not. Tho next morning
thoy made a thorough search through
tho hills, but could find nothing to
explain the mystery. They left tho
same day for Cincinnati. Miles Oglo
was captured on a shanty-boat on the
Ohio river, between Louisville and
Madison, shortly after. As everybody
knows, ho is now serving a sentence in
tho Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary."
"Cood-Ky. George."
Mr. Story, tho sculptor, who bogan
life as a lawyer, tells a good stozy
which illustrates the fact that tho
emphasis which punctuates has as
much to do with determining tho
sense of a sentence as the meaning of
tho words.
Once, when he was called upon to
defend a woman accused of murdering
her husband, he adduced as 0110 of
the proofs of her innocenco the fact of
her having attended him on his death
bed, and said to him, when he was
dying, "Good-by, George!"
'I ho counsel for the plaintiff de
clared that ought rather to bo taken
as a proof of her guilt, and that the
words she had used were, "Good, by
George!" Pearson's Weekly.
Unknown to tho Hengl:inler.
Mrs. Will J. Chalmers, daughter of
the late Allan Pinkcrton, and herself
a notable figure in Chicago, in West
Side society at least, has lately added
to her retinue of domestics a well
trained English butler, who, being a
late importation, was unaware of tho
existence of the navel orange. Tho
other day Mrs. Chalmers ordered a
box of this fruit to be sent homo.
During dinner, a few intimates being
present, tho lady of the house, sur
prised that tiio oranges did not make
their appearance, inquired of the but
ler what had become of them. "Hif
you please, mum," said the butler, "I
'ad to send 'em back. Hevery one of
! those oranges 'ad 'oles in 'em."
Argonaut.
IliirnumN i.ramlf ither.
The first real estate entry of record
in Kanawha county, West Virginia, was
made January 2, 1795, and is of 150,
000 acres of land to Phineas Taylor,
of Waterbury, Conn., who was the
grandfather of Phineas T. Barnum,
the great showman. Tho property
has leen in litigation almost ever
since.
FACTS ABOUT THE NATION.
The real and personal property in
this country is assessed at?17,139,
903,495. The farmers and stock raisers of
this country have live stock valued at
S2,20$,707,573.
The fishermen along our coasts and
in our waters catch S15, 000,000 worth
of fish every year.
Uncle Sam's mines produce 113,327,
S45 tons of bitumino us coal and 40,
S50.450 tons of anthracite.
Our savings banks have SI. 739,006,
The total valuation of all the farm
products of ever' description was by
I the last census 82, 400, 107,454
There are enrolled in the public
schools of the country 13,4S4,572 pu
pils, who are taught by 373,210 teach-
I crs.
There were 11,453,318 houses in the
United States when the last census
was taken, and less than six people
to each house.
Between the year 1S49, the date of
the discovery of gold in California
and the year 189 , the country pro
duced 81,939,300,000 of gold.
There are in the country 142 the
ological schools in which doctrines of
a greater or less degree of orthodoxy
are instilled in the minds of 7.S3G
students.
There are floating about in the
pockets of the people or hoarded in
banks, safety deposit vaults and old
stockings, 8601,000,000 of gold and
S62J.009.000 of silver.
The youth of the country have 451
colleges from which to choose when
they need an education; in those in
stitution? there are 10,247 teachers
and 140,053 students.
There 4,712,622 people engaged in
manufacturing industries of various
kinds, receiving every year 82,283,
216,529 in wages and manufacturing
goods worth S9,372,437,2S3.
WAS GOULD INSANE?
Financial Worry and Physical Exer
tion Not the Greatest Deitroyer of
Human Life.
For Humanity's Sake, After Thlrty-SU
Yean of Nerre- Creeping Slavery, He
Telia How He Wu Set Free.
Caldwell, N. J.. March 18. 1895. (Spe
cial.) Since one of our prominent citi
zens suffered so terribly from tobacco
tremens, has made known his frightful
experience In behalf of humanity, the
ladies here are making tobacco-using
husbands' lives miserable with their en
treaties to at once quit tobacco.
The written statement of S. J. Gould Is
attracting de-spread attention. When
Interviewed to-night he said: "I com
menced using tobacco at thirteen; I am
now forty-nine; so, for thirty-six years I
chewed, smoked, snuffed and rubbed
snuff. In the morning I chewed before
I put my pants on, and for a long time
I used two ounces of chewing and eight
ounces of smoking a day. 8ometImes I
had a chew In both cheeks and a pipe In
my mouth at once. Ten years ago I quit
drinking whisky. I tried to stop tobacco
time and again, but could not. My
nerves craved nicotine and I fed them
till my skin turned a tobacco brown,
cold, sticky perspiration oozed from my
skin, and trickled down my back at the
least exertion or excitement. My nerve
vigor and my life were being slowly
sapped. I made up my mind that I had
to quit tobacco or die. On October 1 I
stopped, and for three days I suffered
the tortures of the damned. On the
third day I got so bad that my partner
accused me of being drunk. I said, 'No
I have quit tobacco.' 'For God's sake,
man,' lie said, offering me his tobacco
box, 'take a chew; you will go wild,'
and I was wild. Tobacco waB forced
Into me and I was taken home dazed.
I saw double and my memory was be
yond control, but still knew how to
chew and smoke, which I did all day
until towards night, when my system
got tobacco-soaked again. The next
morning I looked and felt as though I
had been through a long spell of sick
ness. I gave up in despair, as I thought
that I could not cure myself. Now, for
suffering humanity, I'll tell what saved
my life. Providence evidently answered
my good wife's prayers and brought to
her attention In our paper an article
which read: 'Don't Tobacco Spit and
Smoke Tour Life Away!'
"What a sermon and warning In these
words! Just what I was doing. It told
about a guaranteed cure for the tobacco
habit, called No-To-Bac. I sent to Drug
gist Hasler for a box. Without a grain
of faith I spit out my tobacco cud, and
put Into my mouth a little tablet upon
which was stamped No-To-Bac. I know
It sounds like a He when I tell you that!
I took eight tablets the first day, seven
the next, five the third day. and all the
nerve-creeping feeling, restlessness and
mental depression was gone. It was too
good to be true. It seemed like a dream.
That was a month ago. I used one box.
It cost me $l.and it is worth a thousand.
I gained ten pounds In weight and lost
all desire for tobacco from the first
day. I sleep and eat well, and I have
been benefited In more ways than I can
tell. No, the cure was no exception in
my case. I know of ten people right here
In Caldwell who have bought No-To-Bac
from Hasler, and they have been
cured. Now that I realize what No-To-Bac
has done for me and others, I know
why it is that the makers of this wond
erful remedy, the Sterling Remedy Com
pany, of New York and Chicago, say:
'We don't claim to cure every case.
That's Fraud's talk, a lie; but we do
guarantee three boxes to cure the to
bacco habit, and In case of failure we
are perfectly willing to refund money.
I would not give a public Indorsement
If I were not certain of Its reliability.
I know it Is backed by men worth a mil
lion. No-To-Bac has been a God-send
tome, and I firmly believe It will cure
any case of tobacco-using if faithfully
tried, and there are thousands of to
bacco slaves who ought to know how
easy it is to get free. There's happiness
In No-To-Bac for the prematurely old
men, who think as I did that they are
old and worn out, when tobacco Is the
thing that destroys their vitality and
manhood."
The public should be warned, however,
against the purchase of any of the many
imitations on the market, as the success
of No-To-Bac has brought forth a host
of counterfeiters and imitators. The
genuine No-To-Bac Is sold under a
guarantee to cure, by all druggists,
and every tablet has the word No-To-Bac
plainly stamped thereon, and you
run no physical or financial risk In pur
chasing the genuine artlcb
FARMERS IN CUBA.
Nearly All bat the Owners of Great Es
tates Are Abjectly Poor.
Between the condition of the plantei
and that of all other agriculturists
whatever In Cuba the widest difference
exists. The laborer has nothing, never
has had anything and Is happy In the
knowledge that he never will have any
thing. The small farmer, the owner of
a few acres, Is the most abjectly pov
erty stricken son of the soil that I have
ever met. He lives In the poorest habi
tation known to civilized man, a hut
made of the bark of the palm tree. Be
side It the adobe dwelling of the Mexi
can is a palace. It has one room, a dirt
floor, neither window nor chimney; In
this the family live like cattle, subsist
ing upon the poorest of food, as most
that the soil produces must go to pay
the taxes. Children run about, guilt
less of the knowledge of clothes untl"
6 or S years old. Books, education, the
world, are things of which they have
never even dreamed. It Is true that
there Is an intermediate group. Be
tween these people and the planters Is
a small contingent of thrifty farmers
Here and there through the country
may be seen a stone dwelling with red
tile roof that marks the home of one
who by some rare enterprise has be
come possessed of enough land to en
gage in cattle raising or fruit growing.
But the prosperous, forehanded, middle
class farmer Is conspicuous by his ab
pence, says James Knapp Reeve In LIp
pincott's Magazine. It Is because there
la no such middle class, and because
the country people are either the own
ers of great estates or else abjectly
poor, that it is a mistake to speak of
Cuba as a rich country. It cannot be
so while the present conditions exist.
But with such a combination of soil
and climate as she possesses, the Island
Is capable of great things. Money and
enterprise are needed for the develop
ment of Its resources, and these ar
not likely to be forthcoming while the
present social and political conditions
remain. If the islands were open to
American enterprise as freely as our
own territory is, a decade would suffice
for the working of great changes.
Connnmption Not Contagious.
Cincinnati, March 18. (Special.)
The resolution to isolate consumtpives
at the pest house, came before the hos
pital trustees yesterday. Two hospital
doctors persisted that the comsump
tives be sent to the small-pox pest
house. Mayor Caldwell and another
trustee opposed the removal. By unan
imous consent the resolution was ta
bled indefinitely, never, to be resurect
ed Mayor Caldwell suggested the use
of Amick treatment at the hospital.
Defnite action was deferred. This vic
tory won, Dr. Amick will battle for
consumptives everywhere. He is mail
ing free, copies of his victory and the
Amick consumptive records, to physi
cians and csnsumptives who write.
If we improve our opportunities we will
oon be improved by tbem.
A BRAINLESS FROG.
fn Tiirnnph Ita Tricks Hefore at
Cath-
erlnjr of AnatomUU. ,
A brainless fro was ono of tho
features of interest at tho second and
last day's session of tho association of
American anatomists, hold at tho col
lego of physicians and surgeons, says
tho Xcw York Sun. It was exhibited
by Dr. Burt G. Wilder, of Cornell uni
- - ity, and it was brought upon tho
sceno after Dr. Wilder had read his
paper on "Somo Anomalies of tho
Brain," which followed u discussion
on 'Hie Significance of Anomalies,""
opened by Dr. Thomas Dwight, of tho
Harvard medical school. Dr. Wilder
said that a recent mishap ho had mot
with had sot him to thinking of tho
origin of man.
I nearly turned my foot," ho said,
In stnnniiio- off a board walk somo
tima ago. In thinking over it
couldn't help asking myself why,
tho matter of ankle, I wasn't liko
bnrsn or n. iaekass. Then I camo
I
in
a
to
a conclusion. I don't say wo havo
Hpe ancestry, but it seems to me not
unlikely that our ankles are weak be
cause our ancestors lived in Jtroes,
and didn't use thoir ankles to tho ex
tent wo do."
Then Dr. Wilder brought out his
brainless frog. It was a good-sized,
lusty-looking batrachian, and it was
in a" bottle. Dr. Wilder handled tho
bottle gingerly while ho explained
that he had "taken the frog's brains
out on December 7, tho frog being
under tho inlluence of ether. Ho then
tilted the bottle and rolled tho frog
out on a table. All tho men of science
gathered around and examined' the
scar behind tho frog's loft ear, where
tho brain had been taken out.
Tho frog, meanwhile, had got into
a squat, and gazed stupidly straight
before him. Ho was motionless, and
when Dr. Wilder nasscd his hand
quickly bofore his bulbous eyes, tho
frog didn t even bunk.
That shows," said Dr. Wilder,
with a little pride, "that froggie has
enough brains left to realize tho im
pression given to the eye."
When tho doctor touched tho frog's
back, however, ho wriggled and mado
a movement as if he'd liko to get
away, only ho hadn't enough energy
to do so. Then Dr. Wilder brought
out a wicker cylinder, and whon the
frog was placed on top of it ho know
enough to keep from sliding off, or
to keep it from slipping from under
him.
Tho frog, having shown himself olT
in this trick, was put in a glass basin
half full of water. Instantly he
struck out and swam as if his head
were full of brains.
That," said Dr. Wilder, "is just
like a frog that has a mind."
Then a bit of meat was got and
forced down the frog's throat with tho
aid of forcops. For a moment tho
meat rested thero, the frog not know
ing enough to swallow. But present
ly it must havo choked him, for ho
gave a great gulp and bolted it.
That," said Dr. Wilder, trium
phantly, "is reflex action."
Tho end of the frog's accomplish
ments having been reached, ho was
put back in his bottle. It is said ho
may livo for soven or eight months
without a brain.
CONDUCTOR WAS HORRID.
Sho Was Talking of Her Itlrthday and
Ho Kan Her Age Up.
Loud talk in public places, such as
restaurants and public conveyances, is
more of a European than an Ameri
can custom, but occasionally -you
meet Americans, or persons born in
this' country of foreign parents', who
havo that European habit strongly
developed. Sometimes this habit oc
casions embarrassment to those who
indulge in it.
A woman, dressed gaudily and in a
way that did not comport with her
years for she was in tho neighbor
hood of two score, while her attire
would have been more appropriate
for a girl of 17 entered tho Cottago
Grove car a few days ago, according
to tho Chicago Times.
It was evident from her attiro that
she had an object in concealing her
age. Her escort was about 35 years
old. Their actions denoted that sho
was either his sweetheart, or trying
to be.
The woman talked very loudly; her
escort answered quietly. Everybody
in the car could hear every word she
said. When tho car reached Forty
first street she announced:
"My birthday will be to-morrow."
"Indeed!" replied tho escort, "I am
glad you have imparted the informa
tion. It will give mo the op"
"Now, see if you are a good guesser.
Guess how many,"' sho interrupted.
-Oh, I wouldn't like to try."
"Go on. Guess how many."
"Forty-second!"' cried the con
ductor. The passengers struggled to sup
press laughter. The woman's escort
smiled, but the woman looked angry.
"Let's get out!" she said softly
the only thing she had not said loudly.
Manifestly Unfair.
"Foul." cried the trainer.
Foul," expostulated the bottle
holder. "Foul." protested the pugilist.
The referee assumed an attitudo of
attention.
"That man."' continued the princi-
' pal. with emotion, -is lighting in
I double-leaded minion type, when the
I article called for solid nonpareil."
I And the literary trainer and the ink
1 bottle-holder lifted up their voices
I and demanded j'ustics. Detroit Trib
1 une.
Not :i 1'ad Itecortl.
An officer of the British militia re
cently expressed himself as personal
ly aggrieved because an English
journal inadvertently, or otherwise,
put some of his fellow-militiamen
down as snobs." He avers that it is
not a bad record for the militia when
it includes four princes, twelve dukes,
eight marquL-cs twenty-one earls,
fourteen viscounts, thirty-three lords,
thirty-six baronets, besides innumera
ble lords-lieutenant, high sheriffs,
knights, etc.
1 the Lateit Excme.
She Before you were married you
I said that my slightest wish should not
1 wait a moment for fulfillment, and
now I have to tall: an hour before I
can get you to bring z, hod of coal.
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
He Xot a bit. You know a man
is not responsible for promises made
when he was hypnotized.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
Leasder Gerrard, Pres't,
B. H. Henry, Vice Prest,
M. Bruqqer, Cashier.
Jonx Stauffer. G. W. Hulst.
COLUMBUS, NEB.,
HAS AN
Authorized Capital of - $500,000
Paid in Capital, - 90,000
OFFICERS.
O. H. BHELDON. Proa't.
H. P. II. OEULRIOn, Vice Prea.
OLAIUv GRAY. Cash lor.
DANIEL SOU RAM, Ass't Cash
DIRECTORS.
H. M. Wihslow. II. P. II. OrnxniCH.
O. II. SiiEi.osr, W. A. McAllisteu,
Josas Welch, Caw. Kicxkil.
STOCKHOLDERS.
. C. Grat,
GERnARO LOSEKB,
clark orat,
Daniel Scurax,
J. Henry Wurdemaw,
Henry Loscke,
Geo. W. galley,
a v. II. OiMii.Kinn.
Frank uorer.
J. P. Becker Estate,
Rebecca Becker.
Bank of deposit; Interest allowed on tlmij
deposits: buy and sell exchange on United
States nnd Kurope, and buy and soil avail
able securities. We shall be pleased to re
ceive your business. We solicit your pat
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First National Bank
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OFFICERS.
ANDERSON. J. H. OALLET,
President. Vice Prea't.
O. T. BOEN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
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JACOB aSJCUX5. 8IN&.X 1AQAT3;
jamei rfmu.
i
Statement f the CratltlM at the Close
f Baslaess Jaly 12, 1898.
BXSOUBGM.
Loans and Discounts ,....! 241.457 57
Real Estate Furnltur and Fix-
tures. ., "!? ?:
U.S. Bonds ";" 15 0)
Duo from other banks... ..fs7,87a 33
Cash on Hand 21.867 M 69..43 e3
Total.
.
.....w3.1vu 33
f.TAWTT.
Capital Stock said la .....J 60.000 00
Surplus Fund 80,000 00
Undivided profit.,... ...... ......., 4,576 00
Circulation ;.. 13.500 00
Deposits.... ....... ...... 122,119 37
Total..
..1333,190 3S
HENRY GASS,
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