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4 Cdttmfrug jntrmiL ' WHOLE NUMBER 1,306. . COLUMBUS, SEBSASKA WEDNESDAY. MAY 22, 1895. VOLUME XXVINTOIBER 6: -. '. ai " " r-1. ,-TJ: ll. - ' "M 1 P 1 r- L- 4.' -1 .: n -. t . -.a .rs . . ' ' - .-- S. - -- -. .- '1 . - ' . -. . i r- .. - -far.- IS - : - -.5 -'.. .:k - .-. - - - z . I MR. CLAYTONS WILD PE C L. AYTON 3 had issued invita tions to a party at their country house in Massachusetts. The guests, thirty in number, were to remain a week. My . wife and I looked forward to a grand time. "We had been lhere before and knew what a visit to "Green Harbour meant. It was a superb old place on the southeastern coast, just far enough from the beach, rn lonrf that soothinir sound to the breakers which is so pleasant to hear at nlshr after retiring. The house was of no spcial style of architecture. , Originally it was a spacious farm house j made many alterations and anneja of the old New England pattern. Ancestors of the present owner had tions, and the present master had com- pletely renovated and. in a way, mod- I omized It. The old elms and oaks were j still vigorous and luxuriant, and tney boasted of a Unease tha u. ... n 1 might turn a colonial dame prn with envy They added also not a little to the beauty of the scenery Giving a parry of this kind and size is not an easy matter, as some have learned to their intense mortification. Great care and skillful judgment must oe exRrcised in the selection of the usts. who. for wvpn days, are to be so closely associated. But the Claytons were not novices; they knew the dis positions and tastes of their friends. and they yathemd a thoroughly con genial company Oni lovely June morning the spe- j cial train conveying the guest3 pulled j out of the Old Colony station at Boston. A rid- of thirty miles brought us to the village, wher- carnages, stages, carts and wagons wprp in waitlnsr to trans V . ! our nan.n.'u, - houo. Ave miles distant. 3 -... V..Vn rt YA t It is unnecessary to attempt a ?cnption of the Joyous. brif days that Tallowed. Yachting, bowling; billiards, dancine, tableaux and. perhaps, a Ut ile flirtation occupied our ntire timo. The weather was superb and every- . thine and "vrybody was in perfect harmony, when on the evening of the fourth day .Mr Clayton, while passim; through the hall, fell dead upon the floor. The aam" hart trouble that had ended his fathers life twenty years befor-. That tli rayery and revelry was then at its height made this sad Incident loui)ly shocking. A silence, pombre as a. pall. -ttled ovr all. Each guest thought It his and her duty to leave as soon as possible; they felt ill at ease, de trop. Arrangements were at once made to have the bnggage anil private servants sa by the early tram in the morning, the guests were to fellow an hour later. My wife iantd to wake her i maid, who had ben in bed for hour. ! for the purpose of packing her trunks. I thought this useless and said that I would attend to the packing: all that was rsiuired of the maid was that she be In readiness to start in the moraine. I advised my wife, who seemed to be nervous and agitated, to go to bd. This 8h consented to do. telling me ro oe sure to put everytning in tne irunKs except what we wished to wear travel ing. If anything requires greater skill ami patience than packing Ions-tram party dresses, to say nothing of other articles of feminine apparel, into com paratively well-tilled trunks. I hare yt to learn of it. This was many years Hgo and. perhaps, they made gowns looser then or trunks smaller. How evnr. I did the best I could and felt rather proud of my Job. I was up In the morning to see our luggage car ried down. "Are you sure you put everything In"" asked my wife from her comfort able position of repose. "Everything but the things you ought to be getting in." I answered, in legantly. starting downstairs. An hour later one of the house serv- 53 "YOCB. WHAT I GASPED. ants brought me a card, on which was .written. "Do come here at once. Some thing dreadful has happened." My "wife had written it. Filled with thoughts of another calamity. I hurried to her chamber As I entered I saw she - was dressed, standing, looking over her shoulder into the glass. "You frightened me dreadfully," I said, half provoked to find everything peacefuL "What has happened-"' "Do I look all right?" she asked, twirl ing around like the dummy figures wo see in the shops. I told her she looked charming, and again asked her to explain what had oc :urred. She seated herself on the bed and there was something in her manner and expi-sion that warned me I was in for ir "Did it ever occur to you." she asked. satirically, "that you had mistaken yaur calling? Don't you think you might succeed better as an expert .3r packer than as a lawyer?" she con- aid." he said, "have you heard that the tintwd, leaving me for an instant in new emperor of Russia has been ap doubt respecting her sanity. But her pointed colonel of the regiment?" "In- alluslan to my late laborious task con- vinced. me that somehow I had blun dered. "Didn't I get everything in " I asked, feeling secure in my position. "Unfortunately, you did." she an . swered. "my tournure with the rest." -"Your what?" I gasped, not compre hending, and fearing that the catas trophe, whatever It might be. had been occasioned by my ignorance or stupidity. "Sty tournure. my bustle! are you " capable- of understanding that?" It w-ia -r rYitx i?ar ff lltistl -!. -T 1! "rnn fnTH w. r. -... ".' .,. - .k,, Z' Z :Z JT M. :uuuiu ui.T. .-r. aiuncicu, -r5r. arifi m5nin for another - If m ?d sU-m" - anotn rea. view of herself in the mirror "It was that lovely wire one that Bessy brought " from Paris." """I remember the thing now,- r said. "I had trouble in irettinir it in. 'Twaa a kind of crescent shaped machine made of wire; I took it for a bird cage or a mouse trap. She shuddered at the. word-mouse, but 'controlling herself said: "It is all very funny now. but the next time you are away from home and find that your man. has substituted your boating shirt fcr your dres-iiat It may not be quite 0 amusing. We bad been married but six months and trifles were magnified- into mountains. Observing- that, she really fait hurt, I told her that she looked all right mud i asaurea ner tnat tne piatxorm mat sue had succeeded In erecting- at the back of her waist was broad enough to sap port a political party. This put her In better spirits and she became confiden tial. "Do you know;" she said, "I was I tempted to utilize the pillow cases? They would have answered admirably. But I feared their absence might lead suspicion to point to the servants. A. few newspapers would, have done very well, but there were none at hand. "With the aid of a chair I was able to find an old dusty roll of paper on top of the j wardrobe. I d'd not untie It; I just made J a little hole at each end, tied a shoe string in each, bent it a little and tied it on." "You certainly are the mother of in vention, if of nothing else." I answered, i kissing her as I spoke. About ten days later I was sitting at , the breakfast table. In my Boston house, reading the morning paper. "That's J queer." I said, glancing from the paper I to my wife, "Mr. Clayton's will can't ' """'" J- will reuu wiliik ik aaja. .. ... . . . ,. the millionaire, whose funeral took ' i place on the 6th Inst., cannot be found. I His lawyer, Mr. Phillips Andrews, says I that he wrote the will at Mr. Clayton's dictation last December, and that after signing it Mr. Clayton took possession of the paper. A thorough search has , 1 been made, but without success. Sus 1 picion points to Aust , Clayton, a son I of the dead man. who. if not disinherit I ed. was some years previously denied l admission to his father's house. It is j thought the young man may have gained possession of the document through the Instrumentality of the ser vants. In the event of ib not being found Austin would be entitled to his share of the estate. The matter is be ing investigated.' ' In this situation the matter rested. when several months Iater. I was dresS- , : i...n . .. , . Ar-o- umiiniij t.i- jlj LU Uiic wji.. -j auu k waa iuu ami io uulluii renunj, mjr I studs were rebellious and all the an noying thinjrs which invariably over take one -re-hen in a hurry fell to my lot. T TT"1 T vrr Ir r. mt ri ir4rl ti M 3P .....rlT-Tlj .: .,1T v... ..W.J JClrtCU UUk U1J VU1H44 MAfc.w.. .Vs usual. It sought refuge beneath the bureau. I ran into my wife's room, she was already dressed and waiting, expecting , to rind one. or something that might answer. But an array of hairpins, button-hooks and manicure implements j alone greeted me. She must have some i thing that will do. I thought, as I hast ily opened her bureau drawer. Heavens, what a sight' Gloves, rib bons, fans, smelling flasks, veils and numerous other things were engaged In bitter conflict, each endeavoring to out do the other In tumbling these about In my search I came upon an odd look ing affair, so unique in design and con struction as to excite my curiosity It was a roll of parchment, or stiff paper, with a shoestring dangling from each end. "By George" I exclaimed, mentally 'Here Is my wife's patent bustle, the substitute of Bsny's Parisian crea tion." .Vs I held It In my hand I glanced in i the opened end and saw that there was writing within. Hastily tearing it i apart, the missing will of Mr. Clay ton'?, together with a ded for some property in Vermont, lay before me. I was so delighted with the joke I had on my wife that I gave no further ' thought to the opera, nor to my ap pearance. In inartistic deshabille I threw myelf upon the bed and laughed inordinately In this position I was found by my wife. who. not unnatural- I Iy. thought me partially demented. "Arc you going to the opera' or do you find suflicient enjoyment In this farce"" she asked, pretending to be vexed. "My darling." I answered. "If. when you tt In poscession of that im mense fortune, or perhaps I should say. when you were .o near to It. you had Invented In a few collar buttons you would not find it necessary now to com- plalh of my tardiness." "Are you hopelessly crazy?" sl-e asked, stepping back as if in fear. What do you mean about my fortune T "I mean." I answered, seriously, tak intr a different tack, "that you are sus pected of having stolen Mr Clayton's will. The missing document has been found in your bureau drawer, and Its appearance Indicates that It was con aled about your person when you left the house where you had been an honored guest." Her cleverness came at once to her assistance. "Do you mean," she asked, coming closer and speaking low, "that the roll of paper your carelessness obliged me to use was Mr. Clayton's will?" Yes; that is about the situation." I answered, carelessly "But you may met with some trouble In comrincing a jury that my carelessness justified your felony But Til get you off." I said, seeing I was carrying my joke too far. "We will send it to the Clayton's anon ymously They will be so glad to get it they will not inquire where it came I did not do so. of course, but mader iwnlnno -4rt -Vf-Vl 1aT Aif V VtrS th bust .ill rrjk.i.ritiiicxi4W4A n uiuu icit uul Liir- uuaixT? incident. However, for many a day "the fortune my wife was near to" serveti me aamirauiy. dul in an evil hour I, dinner i ii-. ... :nnj ! -. in viiiii, Liic lawutuuua lu a. we .m.A .tMr. lnnHtA.,nw.ln j,iMub, umuiLCiiu - T" T ITJ i . 1-n.. !.-. -U I corner of each. For a while my wife was master ana tne Clayton win was . never mentioned. Since that date I have regarded joking- as an evidence of low UL.n. PLEASING PARAGRAPHS. Upon his ascension to the throne the emperor of Russia was appointed colonel-in-chief of the Royal Scots Grays. While dressing for dinner an enthusi astic subaltern communicated the in formation to his soldier servant. "Don- deed, sir." replied. Donald. "It's a verra he prood tnmjf. nen iiikt?r a. i)au ue ia-.j quired: "Beg pardon, sir. but will he p able to keep both places?" "Does this roof leak always?" Agent; "Oh. no. ma'am, only when it rains." Tenner: "They say that Miss Forte has become quite a piano player; that she often moves her neighbors to tearj." Barrytone (one of her neigh bors): "Yes: but more often she moves them to another street." "Will you have a little hair tome sir?" asked the artist who was com- pletffiff Cholly Anglomane's tiolet. . "Haih tonicl" he exclaimed, setting ou You ahe dismissed at . Tk,- ... 1 ,- .1 -o I 1 ""- J-niu k -u" xwU wuk vlic rvtuux getttas bald?" . , TT . . , I Father (sternly-What do you know ' aD0Ut that young man who is paying I aentioii toyou? Daughter (entfausi- ' astically) Why. papa, he has a lovely mustacne ana an awiuuy sweet name: j t(J xhe gsi mission of England. The "I am told." said the tourist from the argument is to the effect that the Brit other side of the ocean, "you sodyonr a commercial nation of worst men to congress." "Shucks'" ex-1 H . . . ... . claimed the Chlcaso man. "Come along-1 J exient, and that its maritime trade and let me show you our city council.' Houser Why do you suppose Justice is always represented as a woman? Mrs. Houser Because she never gts her work done, THE RING OF SATUM. ITS CAUSE HAS JUST BEEN CLEARLY DEFINED. Prof. Keeler of Fittatrarg Claiau Fame of Solvtag the Jtyatery Slag Composed at XUIlsaa Satellite the -Tao of F PROF. TTRETiER of Pittsburg Iras' positively demon strated and estab lished the fact that the ring of. 3aturn is composed of in- i numerable small satellites, he has achieved a notable feat in astronomi cal discovery. The theory that the ring is so composed Is not new entirely; but it has never been fully verified. Prof. Heeler's process of reasoning is not only scientific, but exceedinzlv ingenious, and it seems .Wn. lt.it. anlwnil If O afrtTI fllTl I Pill problem of long standing. The ring of Saturn is itself one of the strangest mysteries of astronomy. Why Saturn alone df ad the planets o the solar , system should have a ring is incom- prehensible. Jupiter, which is more exhibited his big nugget to several per than three times as large as Saturn, 3ons yesterday. They viewed it with has no ring, and all the smaller planets , great curiosity and wondered if it were get along without one, Saturn alone , reaiiy possible that so large a sum being supplied with the exceptional and couid represent the value of so small a apparently useless appendage. The caunk of quartz and yellow metal. It ring consists of three apparent rings ! waa aDCmt as large and much resembled in one plane and of different degrees m aaape a fair-sized Bartlett pear. A of density. The inner edge of the ring I Quantity of dirty-looking dUaf ta was is 5,900 miles from the planet itself, mixe UD witn itand Its rounded sides and its total diameter is 172, S00 miles. It was discovered in 1659, and has been more or less a sub ject of speculation and observation by astronomers ever since. It was at first assumed to be solid, but that theory was abandoned; Then the accepted theory for a long time was that it consisted i of a vast number of particles or minute bodies free to move relatively to one another; in short, that it was fluid. The theory was largely conjectural. For about twenty-five years past the ring of Saturn has been a subject of continual vigilance and study by as tronomers. Searching telescopes in all part3 of the world have been pointed at it at regular and frequent intervals, and there have been few nights in the year when sharp and learned eyes have not been trying to unravel its mystery. In 1S70 M. Teauvelot. a French astrono mer of note at that time in this coun try, but who afterward returned to France, began a series of observations of Saturn, first with his own telescope at Cambridge, Mass.. and later with the much larger ones at Harvard Univer-. sity and the observatory at Washing ton. In 1S76 he announced some inter esting conclusions, but none touching the composition of the ring except that "thematter composing the dusky ring," meaning the part nearest the planet it self, "is agglomerated here and there into small masses which almost wholly prevents the light of the planet from reaching the eye of the observer. From 1876 to 1S77 Crofthall of Washington made a series of observations which led to no definite conclusion beyond confirming Mr. Teouvelot's description of the appearance of the dusky part of the ring as "somewhat like particles of duet floating in a ring of light tra versing a dark chamber." In 1881 Dr. Meyer, a Swiss astrono mer, made a series of observations which led to a careful revision of the figures relative to the dimmensions of Saturn and the diameter of the ring. Prof. Kirkwood of the state had, as early as 1368. demonstratedrtnat the division in the ring or tne 'space be tween its inner and outer 'part3 was due to the disturbing influence of Jupi ter, and this led Dr. Meyer and others to the conclusion that the ring was formed of separate particles moving around the planet to a certain extent as independent satellites. Owing to the peculiar position of the ring from 1884 to 18S6, inclusive, the winters of those years were more favorable for studying Saturn and its ring than any which will occur again till 1914. Dur ing these years the great refractor at the Washington observatory was fre quently pointed at the Saturnian sys tem, but no material addition was made to the stock of knowledge on the subject. Observations of an eclipse of one of Saturn's satellites in 1S89: made at the Lirfk observatory., California. ho-u that the ring cast as dense a snadow as that of thfe planet itself, j riia rna frifiiitrhf An f$iQTiTmro tiA - "" """. kSS-?! ---jy- tneory tnat tne ring is th h a - vast number f satellites, sirfce no mat- ter how grejt the numberrc is thought tnevTUUUld not UaveSJsW eliect Ot an . nnJkna VirtTr VIUMU. UUUJ JtVnm rV.ia hriaf . - XVJiAA kU.A.3 UA1.V.J.J kiiixc ui camiuidu observation dt the last twenty-five a i nfnn nitrMMA wv Mrk ul mni jcua, au uuuu: mi.u v.uia- veys no adequate idea of the jnatient research, profound study and- Immense learning which have been brought to bear on the subject, it will be seen that not much advance has been made in determining the character and com position of the ring. Astronomers can estimate its mass, determine its dis- i tance from the planet, measure its dia meter and calculate its mathematical elements, but what it is composed of or what purpose, if any. it serves in the.economv of the universe thev have nJ Wn nhie tn rt;amr TbI most in-.r'0Tera teese0Pes have reyeSTld more .J -i . - T T l- -JJ- 2 M ..i:... cierii ine proportions ana ouuibb ul the ring; but its composition has re- mained-an insoluble mystery. If Prof. It Is estimated that the gulf stream Keeleynas succeeded in solving it and i takes about two years to flow from can yfemonstratarthe correctness of his Florida to Norway, solution he waf have earned undving A UttIe niachine for sewing on but Jame In thastronomicaI world. Sat- 'ons' Evented, is Ukely to prove a , . . JC , iT 7 Tbe silver dollars Issued In 1S04 are i as anyher planet in the solar system, -xcrth ji.000 each. There were only 1S. namel, eight, while our earth has only 570 coined In that year. 1 one, and Jupiter, which is a far larger 1 Artificial rubles now so closely resem- planet than Saturn, only four. If the ring is really composed of moons Sat- urn could afford to spare a few for the otner planets. , GeaermI Xiaaioc of England. ' In a recent article the London Times undertakes to enlighten the world as is the real (nrculatory system ot the whole civilized world. England most "retain her supremacy upon all seas, i ama punisn ner enemies ny blockading i ... ...... 1 their ports during a war, after destroy- ing their fleets. $fi Times is opposed to giving up anything field by" England and believes that it controls the situ: tion with Its present fl-et of. 430 war ships and 220 torpedo boats, local tc the navies of France, and Russia com- mea- "" jz :; zrzz i tae couipafiuo uuura. w w- r- . lation Of England. It is assumed that 1 sea power is the key to the situation, and that when Great Britain ceases to be first in this respect the days of its dominion will be numbered. In case of j war with England, therefore, the Unit ed States" must prepare to have its nary wiped off the sea and its ports block aded, unless something unforeseen by the Times spoils the program. MR. NOONAN'S BIG NUGGET. I It la Worth S5UO and TTas Fonnd In Heap of Tailings. Mr. Martin Noonan, a Coeur d'Alene mlnlitir man h'IttojJ In th ! HtV fTOm ' ri M,rt' ua nfi,f a with a SoOO gold nugget in his pocket, says the Ore- bas already supplemented the work of gonian. Sr. Noonan has had nearly forty . m Bnsllah chemists by experiments Pears' experience as a placer miner which hav ui tta Paris Academy of and prospector all over the west and al- Science on the I"- for more lm though, like the far-famed Reuben porraat marvels, which everybody an Glue. his countenance Is ornamented ' ticipates in the near future Prof. -u t. nA t, o ism-Io himfh nf j whiskers, there the similitude closes, for unlike Reuben. ilr. Noonan really knowg a g or twd. iIr. Noonan betrayed Its origin in a bed of gravel. "There's too much quartz In it to be worth so much," said a bystander. "You can tell nothing by the looks of a nugget how much It is worth." said another bystander, who looked like a miner himself. You can only ten Dy Qeftmg you see, and judging by the apparent weight of this, it is worth fully $500." "It weighs just 27 1-2 ounces." said Mr. Noonan, "and what quartz there is in it won t weigh much. It was rather odd how this here nugget came to be found. It lay in a heap of coare tailings for five years before some one ( happened to pick it up. You see. it was forced out of the sluics bo along with other rocks usually forked out to keep the box from being obstructed. The man that forked it out probably didn't notice its extra weight or it would have been found much sooner." "How often can a man pick up stones like this in the Coeur d'Alene coun try"" 'Well. I don't know. It isn't exactly nije digging potatoes In the Snake River valley. I have been looking for nuggets of all sizes for thirty-seven years., and this is a good deal the big gest I have yet found. This one came from Trail gulch, near Delta, Idaho, and I have worked around that camp eleven years without seeing any others like this." WAS A WIFE'S RUSE. Tired of Country Life he Adopted Ex traordinary Expedient! to Iet Away. Tired of a monotonous existence In a small country town lime, Auclert, wife of a medical practitioner at Breaolles. in the Beauce, adopted strange meas ures for the purpose of freeing herself from marital control, writes a Paris correspondent of the London Telegram. She wrote anonymous letters to her husband, and in these epistles accused herself of breaking her marriage vow. The doctor disbelieved the charges formulated in the letters, which he tore up and burned with many a shrug of his shoulders. Mme. Auclert then turned her hand to incendiarism and set fire to a barn near her abode. After the place had been burned down she told her husband that 3he wanted to leave a district peopled by savages, who intended next, no doubt, to burn her dwelling. LaJeu. a man of no con sequence in the town, was reported to the gendarmes as the criminal who had burned the barn, and, filled with fright at the prospect of impending arrest, the poor wretch hanged himself. The anon ymous letters continued to rain on the doctor, who at last discovered that his wife's handwriting was wonderfully like that in which the missives were written. Mme. Auclert confessed everything and has been tried at Chartres on a charze of Incendiarism. The iurors found this new Mme. Bovary fully re- .nnnrfiTiln Pt Itai nrirwtts tn onita rtf f-Tui aijUilu " "" . . JF. U1 defense set up dy tne ame lawyer rrom j Paris who had charge of her interests, and she was condemned to five years' I iinnr knnmpnt. " Caused Ouit a "Sensation. , Xo little sensation has been caused I . L . X . .v T . oy nnamg tnirty-nve sacits at numan ' bones in a cellar in Clapton. London, , inquiries show the bones were stored bv the late tenant of the cellar for an other man. who was an "articulator" of skeletons. Where the bones origi nally came from has not transpired. FLOTSAM. it costs S15 to change the tunes of a , street orjan. ' The crocodile's egg is about the size of that of tbe soose. The Esquimaux make water-proof clothing- of the intestines of the walrus. A whale when struck by a harpoon can not g faster an nine milei; an hour. DOTH io oacneiors. ble the genuine stones that it is dim cult for even jewelers to distinguish them. Fish may be kept fresh for several J days by sprinkling them with powdered borax and keeping them in a cool, dry place. The League of American "Wheelmen comprises over 2S.O0O bicyclists. The annual meet will take place next sum mer at Asbury Park. Advance sheet3 of "living-picture" posters must be sent to and approved by the Boston aldermen before they are allowed to go on the bill-boards. Madame Melba and Edouard de Reszke sang at private musicales re- j ceatlv m vrashin n and each re ceived J1.000 for their services at each ( entertainment. AURORA EOREALB. THEIR dfilfllN AT LAST COVERED". DIS- Beheiot f-ri -m New- PP Correspondent that HI pert- ineitts with Argon Have Unfolded the Great Mystery.' HE INTEREST taken, by French savants in the dis eWrtfriPs of argon and helium by Prof. Ramsay and Lord Rayhijsh is scarcely less keen than that awak ened in the English i. scientific world. Pro. Br'ttieiot, the most eminent of French investfgahtrs, Berthelot discussed enthusiastically , the newest members of the organized ( family of chemical element aay r two ago. when a Paris correspondent i &. .gM fl S Z? " called upon him at his laboratory. . pre3gon -,jd tnducr themselvea as 'About argon," he began warmly ir nQ well.regnIated oi 3houId. The is a grand discovery and only the fore- , i(iiogyncra3ieg of Mr, weba'tsT's eyes runner of more important thx8I i consist in the fact that the pupil, in come. Prof. Ramsay may be defended gtea( rf being normal place in upon to add the superstructure to the ( vmball. is in the lower portion, and foundations of the great scientific f .q gh-ap f obIong f(Jrm steading building which he So." taid- When downwar(f j tne wnlte of the eye- Prof. Ramsav sent me in teoiuar tube containing some of the new gas. I failed to appreciate just at first the great importance of th discovery. Iu the experiments which I undertook with this sample, I confined myself id two points first, the chemical com- bmations which the new gas migut ue . induced to enter Into, and. second, the examination of the spectrum of argon as compared with that of the aurora borealis. "I found as you already know fhat the new element could b" induced, un der electrical influences, to combfnp or become absorbed by certain of the hy drates of carbon. The combination is effected, however, much less easily than with nitrogen, which some c'licm'sta still consider to stand in the same re- , Infion to arinn that oxvzen does to ozone. When I passed tha silent elec tric discharge through the fube of ar gon, there resulted a very feeble vio- j lent flame or glow, visible only in per fect darkness. Then I introduced ten ! drops of benzine into the tube and sub- mitted it to a mild continuous current ! of electricity for ten hours. I found that 11 per cent of the gas had been absorbed, or rather that the original 10(1 volumes had been reduced to S3 "". . I submitted the remainder ia electric discharge at a higher tension and in , three minutes this S3 volumes had been , reduced to 84. A third time I placed the gas, mixed with benzine, to a high cur :n oenzme. io a uijju uui- RumhkorfE battery, and eidne was onlv C2. This Birnie was oaij iu rent from a tne gaseous resume was uuij o tu ., ii ! i T-viiii , ,. a r nn7.a 1P ,,,1 ViS Pucro . I trical reaction on the benzine. The 31 volumes of zas proved to be made up of 13.5 parts of hydrogen, 1.5 parts of vapors of benzine, and 17 parts of ar gon. The solid residuum consisted of a , yellow resinous substance, deposited upon the walls of the tube. It was vol- ' atilized easily by heat and left an abun- dant charcoal deposit. The vapors j were alkaline apparently, but the i quantities were too small for reliable analysis. ' "During these experiments in passing I electric currents through argon mixed ' with benzine, I obtained splendid dis plays of colors similar in every respect to those of the aurora borealis. lest-1 "' "-" """ - ,, in these with the spectroscope, the Mrs. L. Vinont, who was given charge identification seemed fully confirmed. ; of the child br the father, says a San It will be necessarv to investigate fur- ! Jose; Ca.. special. The police were an ther with larger quantities of the new ! Pealed to to secure the return ot tne cas before anv positive declaration can ; child, but they refused to interrere m be made, but the results already ob- , the matter. The parties wer not ui-.-, .Ltni ,WMr ,w rh . , vorced. but separated last May. or hrni! mnv h emised hv the action of electric currents upon the ar gon and other elements in the atmos phere." Political Influence of French Women. At all times in France women have exercised potent influence, politically, socially, and sentimentally. The coun try of Jeanne D'Arc has never lacked heroines and martyrs. During the reigns of Catherine de Medici's miser able sons their Italian mother, by her absolute, cruel, and narrow-minded policy, plunged the country into the horrors of St. Bartholomew, which were only equaled by the excesses of the Reign of Terror. During the cor rupt reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV. the influence of women at court, and therefore all over France, was. par amount and entirely pernicious to the welfare of the people. These are un pleasant exceptions, however, to the far-reaching influence of the French woman in history. Xiwr for a pln. Wellesley girls show no diminution in their fondness for aquatic sports. There has just been shipped from the works of a Connecticut boat builder a fine eight-oared barge, intended for the use of the class of '97, The barge is described as 45 feet long. 3 feet beam, and is constructed throughout of Span ish cedar, lap-streaked, with copper fastenings. The fittings are made up of patent roller slides, swivel rowlocks, and adjustable foot braces. It sounds like a racing boat, but it has not been built for that purpose, as the students are not permitted to race on the iake near the college, but it is safe to say there will be some pleasant and not too slow spins taken in the new barge. RniMia't Asiatic Poinn. The Asiatic possessions of Russia are bounded on the north by the Arctic ocean; on the east by the Pacific ocean; an the south by the Chinese Empire. Bokhara. Afghanistan, Persia and Turkey in Asia; and on the west bv tested in the German, reichstas; European Russia. Area, 6,645.720 ' Stephen H. Foss of FarmInston.Vt.. .. n , .. . -.. has a violin made by Stainer. the Tyro square miles. Population. lo.S6o,40. ,naa '""" "' ,,., rn t, ,. . , . . . , ,, . lese manufacturer, about 150. Rehgion-Chnstianity and Moham- y new name for typrien stuff Is medanism prevail in Caucasia, while , susxested "manuprint" a fair ana- m Central Asia and Siberia Christian- An Aei tesfctor. j October 28th. 1779, Monsieur Jacob j . per Cvnt oC the pupiri, In took his seat as a member of the BritJsh sChools are said to be near French assembly, at the ase of 120. sighted. itj Is professed by th Slavs, Budd-htesa,- Skamanism, and M"omedan ism o (he flativa races. Government For adminfstfaiiotf Wposea the coun-J try is divided into 04 gFnral govern ments Caucasus, Turke"stav 3tep ndy, Eastern Siberia and Anitrf. At the5 head Of ach of these Is either a vieerby or a governor-general, the rep resentative at the czar. who. as such has supreme ddnrol add direction, of all affairs, whether civil at military. Education In Siberia the medh pro vfi?rf tar hhzher education consist of L5 gvmnasia. 2 ral schools and 3 normal , 3he w in an advanced state on con schools. Primary edition is in a very aumptiofl. The examinm physician unsatisfactory state, ther, Un, oulr, ISgSSSiS 665 schools, scatteretl over the" whole apposed to exist. She went home ta country, with an attendance of 23,470 her family, a broken, disheartened wom .,, an with death staring her In the face. PUP"3- That waa the beeinninjr of the story, the WEBSTESg SUEgR EYES. He Being a Paper-Haagerj Jlwever. They Salt Him to a T. A remarkable case of visual, deform ity, wHrcS has recently been brought to notice, is perpins the oculist3 of Washington and BaltlatorW writes the corresnondent of the New urians . - i Times-Democrat. It is said to be with--' I out a parallel in this country, so far as .,. A Tlt'a in the world. The 3ubjgc ia Thomas Webster of this city, whose eyes (Qtwkd an? s peculiarly baffle all fules of ex- ' ball. The result of this" eVwmtric form- ation is that the subject, instead of looking directly ahad. a3 do those with ordinary everyday e". has his angle of vision fixed about forty de- rrvnan rTT l mia MTHTPtlt XOW. ttllS .M ... , , nc homz a ' wuuiu sirme uiuat icuiju. "" ia.MB,-r irTrtrmitv. but in the UiUOL UJU tJOlUf; iu. case of Mr" Webster, professionally speaking, it is in th nature of a bless ing. Mr. Webster is a papr hanger, and this peculiarity, in his business, is of great assistance to him. Most paper-hangers strain their necks in order to keep their eyes ofl thmr work, which In ntoVT eases is above them. Not so with Mr. Wtftaw. He is always look ins: upward, while apparently looking ' In front of him, and hence Has a ei-ir witn(mt gtrainmg ais , eyes, the angle of vlston extending several feet above him. Mr. Webster ( 7 . . . ,. ,!:. : u; c,Vhf inwruw tms peculiar m "- . from Ills father, Charles W. Weoster. of this city. Ha had a great deal of trouble in persuadirttf the oculists whom he consulted that His eyes were natural, and that their peculiarity was not the result 6"f disease. The best specialists were disposed te think that this peculiarity was the result at an .)., K.,t- Lilian t-hov pramined the t , ... m i u. .Via a?rfir rnmp u"x"u"- ""' . ., - . .. a ? forty-flve f J?A Inatead o di- degrees, .ooki nSJ1' , . rectiy aneac. iJKj.cieu.ku-.-. . .. ,, ,,. .hiih to admit the verity of he frearc wnicn nature had taken in the groJi of this -wohsror is the father of udmic u.aL kni w.w o- .. ... . ., ,.v- organ. Mr. weoster u me l.,. .- .b. 2 -, n or. and eirls. whose eyes are perrect m formation. The peculiar eyes of the Webster family will prdbabty not visit the children of the present member, whose eyes certainly form a mystery to oculists and present a strange sighf to all who happen to meet their pos sessor. BOTH WANT THS CHILD. BelIion Coamt Sarf " Wlf to Leave Her Hnbnil. Mr3. James Clearwater, who came ta this city from Los Angeles recently. took her 9-year-old daughter, Periey. I . 1 , . . JaBs 1a nnrrncairn flf i three years there had been trouble m rhA familv over relizion. Clearwater "claims that his wife, affer becoming a I Seventh-Day Adventisf. left him. An ' elder and preaeher in the church named ! Saunders, it is claimed, told her it was a sin to live with her husband because he was not a believer. Last May, after 1 a camp meeting excitement at Oakland. Mrs. Clearwater left her husband and I went to Los Angeles. MISSING LINKS The pupils of one grammar school In New York represent twenty-nine na tionalities In 1544 the cold was so severe In Holland that wine was cut in blocKa and sold by weight. If this entire country -xerp as popu lous as Rhode Island Its Inhabitants would number 345,766,200. An English surgeon recently hollowed out a new socket for an artificial eye, the old one not bing larqe enough. ir. Tassinari. a Parisian scientist, has b-en experimenting with the smoke of tobacco and finds it one of the most per fect germicides and disinfectants ever used. Between 1ST0 and 1S95 the number of factories in New Orleans has increased from 554 to 3.555. thcapitai from 55. 423.140 to $40,057,000. hands employed from 4.411 to 46.0r.6. and the value of the product from $8,450,433 to S70.0S3.54o. PITHY PICKINGS. Texas will have no timber in fifteen years, if the present rate of cutting , 1.000,000,000 feet a year continues. The huge uns of modern navies can be fired only about seventy-five times, when they become worn out. Wm. Jenkins dropped dead from joy at being released from the insane hos- ' pital at Spencer. W. Va. In all probability the champion serv ant of the world was Elizabeth Vierr be. a German woman, who died recently at the age of 33. It is claimed she was a domestic in one household for 73 , years. j They are trying to invent a phono graphic desk on which a speaker can , record his own orations. This is to be t t ioeue to "manuscript." New Tork. which contains about 500 T7aafiT,x TxHll vin Tinv n R.TliSian A PECULIAR CASE. PHYSICIANS PUZ2UBD Y THE EXPERIENCE OF MRS- OWEN. The Sk Prom tha lUcord. Phnaelphla. Pa.) Last July tha Episcopal hospital ad mitted a woman whose pale afld emanci ated face and racking-cough proclaim he? the victim of consumption- sna Me no naw Vn. VVnL. l- Eowen. resldenp. 1M9 Meigban St., Philadelphia. The case was dlag owrf nnii h wm told olainly that end aa toM itv Mr. Bowen. who ho ' longer expects to die. to a reporter fol lows; "The first symptoms of consumption eame 1b the form of terrible sweats, eight and day. From April untU September I was constantly cold ana kept wrapped up in blankets through the hottest weather. A terrible cough took possession of me. my breast wag sore to the slightest touch, and my llmhs -nriTT iiirn cnM riov. The hardest ..t-ti in. . a Mfal -wrrtfiTrf fB.T S" '"J" "VZ least exertion would exhaust me. "I went to the hospital in July and they diagnosed my case as above stat ed. It waa when the clouds were the darkest that the flrst glint of sunshine came. Mr. Shelmerdlne. a friend, who lives around at 1S44 Clementine St., aaid to me one day, Mrs. Bowen did you ever try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I had never heard of the medi cine, but in my condition could not turn J. deaf ear to "anything that offered re lief. It was after considerable thought and investigation that I concluded to discontinue all other medicine, in cluding cod liver oil. and depend entirely upon Pink Pills. I began to take tha pills, at flrst with but little en couragement. The first sign of Improve ment waa a warmth and tingling sen sation in my limbs. Finally the cough disappeared, my chest lost its soreness and I began to gain flesh until I was fifteen pounds heavier All this I owe to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I cannot praise them too highly." ilrs. Bowen is a kindly faced lady of middle age. a church member, well known and highly esteemed. She looks today well and strong and it seems al most impossible that she was ever given up by eminent physicians as an In curable consumptive. Yet such is tha case beyond all dispute. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new Ufa and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams Med. Co., Schenec tady. X. Y for 50c per box. or six boxes for C50. Hott to Walk. A Delsarte teacher who is peculiar in d ueuane ibobub u - kncwing. something- of Delsarte's sys- tem of ex?ression, says that women can imnrove theLr walk without a-teacher, though they can's learn about walking- from urine. The proper lenginotsne step is twice the length of one foot, and it is measured from, the hollow of one foot to the hollow of the other. Now, take a piece of tape and sew on it bits of flannel at intervals twice the !rrfjrth of one of your feet, stretcn it -!... lMiiMar voriTn irnn tlAVa afc yourj disposal and you are ready for pneSce. May be 7m don't know that each foot should cross the same line n,.cessive steo? It should wim eca sutuaawc au. -- thati9Ter3rimportaat.aonow; walk mT to and 3etone !.... w rTrhtover one you must fnnf. awl tviiu Tnnr udb auu act u. w- j . - . . . t. then tne otner ngamra ":" bits at flannel, letting the flannel come just under the instep. Do this and turn your toes out very well, and swing your leg from the thigh, and you are far on the road to a beautiful walk. Xew Dining- Car Srrice. It is a pleasur to note the addition of another important feature to tha already competent train serviea of the Nickel Plate Road. The Diaing Car service of this popular low rate line has recently been augmented, by which dinner will be served on train yo. 6, leaving Chicago at 2 p. m. dailv, and breakfast and dinner oh train Ufa. leaving Chicago at D.20 p. m.. with direct connections for Sew York and Baa ton. Breakfast and dinner will be served on train No. 5, arriving in Chicago at 0:35 p. m. from 2fw York and Boston. For fall information regarding route, rates, maps, folders, etc., address your nearest ticket agent or J. Y. Calahas. General Agent, Chicago, 11L Loenata Bonahc by Weight. The system first introduced by our government of combatting the locust plaeue in Cyprus by buying live locusta by weieht and destroying them does not appear, from oflicial returns, to . have been successful Sir W. J. Sen- dall reserves his opinion, and is content to observe that "many persons well qualified to judge" consider that th destruction has been satisfactory. Meanwhile the cost appears fromofficial returns to have been pretty steadily 1 rising for some years past. 3rr. Arthur ' Young, director of survey of the agri- 1 cultural department, furnishes some ' curious figures regarding the. locust , campaign of last spring The period is onlv about six weeks, during which ' time considerably more than Sb',000,000 of these nests were so purchased at a cost of nearly 3.600. It Is curious to note that, owing aooarentiy to the dif fering weight of the insect at various J stages of its development, the number J of locusts oDtaineu ior one piaaier v piaster is about two-pence-half-penny), varied from 133 to 747. London Daily News- Consuicuous among- the contents of of the Mav Atlantic is PercivaL Low ell's first paper on Mars. The subject is the Atmosphere of Mars, and it ia treated with such skill that the reader finds new interest in the scientific in formation given. Two paners of unusual historical in terest are The Political Depravity of our Fathers, by John B. MeMaster. and Dr. Rush and General Washington, by Paul Leicester Ford. Two otner papers, which may be spoken at naturally together, are Tramns with an Enthusiast, by Olive Thorne 3liller, and Week on Wal cen's Ridge, a Tennessee sketch, by Bradford Torrey. The second paper in the series, New ' Figures in Literature and Art, ha3 for its subject Richard Harding Davis, and 1 there is another paper on Autographs by George Birkbeck HilL Wext TIma Too Gn Waat Take the Buriincton Route's "Black Hllla Montana and Paget Sound Express.' Leaves Omaha at 4 3.1 p. m. daily. Fasteat and best train tc the Black HiUs, northern Wyoming, the Yellowstoae Na tional Park, Helena. Butte, Spokaaa, Seat tle and Tacoma. For rates, time table, etc. apply to tae local ticket agent or write J FaAcrs. (LP.iT. A., Burlington Route. Omaha, Nee. GRAINS Or GOLD. The oldest, best, and truest ship cf the line Friendship. It is well to hope for success, but much better to deserve it. yo man is good who behaves bim aelf simply because he has to. It does not take the last drink ta make a drunkard but the firsi 1-plai iifl faillil 8aM Cohslms-IUti-Eai . 4Bft bnU&tt.' uia BUYS GOOD NOTES iai ! omasa xxd srsacroasr Lzasdes Gss&tnc, Pres't, B. H. HcrsT, Vice Prest, . M. Bbugozx, Cashier. Joffr Stacfwer- Ck W. Hixsr. COLUMBUS, NEB., USA-V Aitmrizii Capital if - $500,000 Pail ii Capital, 90,000 omciu. 0. U. fSILDO. Pres't. M. P. H- OEBXBICH. Vice Pna CLAfiX GRAY. Cashier. DANIEL SCHBAM. Aaa't Cask OXKXCTOKS. S. SL Wrwtow. H. P. H. Oxmuaem. C. H. gnuos; W. A. M cAixnrrsH, 4Q3AB WSLCM, CiuBnni ROCKKOtDCKS. I. C. but. J. Hsjwr yrwaammAS, GassusD Loasnt M31 L,oOT Clabk Qbat. Go. W. GAET. num. SenLUL A. F. H. OamxxicH. fmlnSomn. J. P. 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