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Sm 9.- Ed ST"-',F : vr ?-, . "iTS : - i. V i? "-. J- (j - h fer- c- :1 . . - - . 3,. - -.-, w ' - ' -. - 1s.- - - - v 5 ""W2 . - - ;!?inir -1 -Jf'i "2fe" f j VOLUME XXVI -NUMBER 19. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1895. WHOLE NUMBER 1319. (Mtaoms ternal. - .. . . ". . . - .J '-;': - -4-. . :- - J- . : S -. -. - . - v. - t. -. -! -. -1 .. - . --' "; -"-.-.. ..- i' . -' - A - " -.;.: -. -..-.. -"" ! ."" . . . -; --.- . - . -. " is .-. - - -' ',."'' - -.51. -" - w i -;. if ..--... . -"- .. . .; ." : fir-- "- " "ll": - " I -.-" """4r. -: -"".! !-i-:V-T OUT OF FASHION. -ERTBODT HAS ' gone out of town .for . the season." -Mrs. Townsend sud denly remarked- at the -breakfast table. ob mo rainy- "The Drurys left " lor Lake George yester day, the Tennants are to spend the summer at Petos- i.- - lcey and even the ; Stantons have, managed to rig them-. selves our. and have" gone on a jaunt. . One might as well be out of the -world . as'flut-otf. fashion.7 . T . "- Mr." Tewnsend thoughtfully helped himself. to:fried potatoes, and observed - that he would have to invest In a sum- mec-hat: ." - :- "Now see here, John." said Mrs. -Townsend.' sitting bolt Upright in her chair and emphasizing- her remarks - with, a -pudgy forefinger, "those-Stan- tpnjr haven't any "more of this world's, . - goods .than we have, yet 'off they go. : .with" -a reat Sourish to spend a month -. at.Beechside.''. "I don't see where you'd find a pleas--."anter-"place than this,. in which to pass .- .the-summer." Mr. Townsehd mildly ,re '.5m"ohstrated..""besides Tm a "little short. . Just '-now, there's "that note to meet in .. July" .-"- '"Of co.urse -you can't understand why -.; I-want io go being a man" said Mrs. "'"Townsend. wir,hrihgy. -"but I simply - can't siaaii the airs .of those Stantons. .- - Jt heed" not cost-very, much we- might --.."go'tnto the country." .. - "I'll" se." "said Mr. Townsend, non " committal, as usual. . '. Tfte .month of. July went out with a -.sudden rise of the thermometer, and a . general exodus . of townspeople took .. place. -" " '. - --. -Mrs: Townsend, after a careful pe- -. .rusar-of alluring advertisements, set . tied -on "Silver Creek" as the place most Ifitely trji meet her expectations, "Best-, of table board at moderate .'.rites: nne fishing, boating and bathing: t free transportation to and from traln3." "I-Mr-: "Townsend "agreed to "run down" KanspafEifl t. .. for Sundays, and Mrs. T.. with dire j shall enjoy a good book and my ham - " nIsgiv.ngs," handed her . keys over to ! mock on -the vine-shaded veranda, after ".-the."help"- th'at-.'had promised to keep" my morning work is done. How I shall - "1 " .SSSggf J& mr. Zmr?mW, t feet of -SKRS8S3' &p&''32mhp mr pre.per. mf'Z&?$r-: J'Zr:J&&sv &Jr?V&;$ith '? yL. ceiv.er. - m&z&3&?y ,: gwm? " f r .'WfP: -f - 'believes -zjn z. -c -- rrRL.'Trrn .- z Mjm& im imm&wmami .A !&? ' - M MM' j MB' f&, -Z '"THEY'RE JIAKDT A thevSomesti(J .machinery golps until her "return. "'.""" ' bs'ot" ebtfrely sanguine, yet.' hopeful. withal.- Mrs. Townsend pocketed her .."baysa-ze check and stepp'ed aboard .tlie ' -train, that was to bear her to her desti " nation." After a long journey, with ths . -'usual' miseries attendant upon" a" trip with, "the thermometer at 90 degrees, she "fjiynd herself. "Sidetracked in a wheat--: fl.eld'.' to use her own expression an . gbject-of great interest to a tow-beaded ' "youth. and- a. raw-boned cart horse. . ;' "U-m-'yoU tell me how I can get to " Mr. Tucket's house?" she ventured to" ' ,'inauirg ti.f the former. - - f Reckon T kin. if yeoube the Mis -Townsen' what's coming t-board;' hi; f ' -retained. This being confirmed. " he " brought the - rawborred nag alongside fh nln tfnrm i. shitted tne various ojgs "" u S"T- - " fT T-n I hea-ped -to -majve room for Mrs. Town- "-.sand's smart -trunk.. and" cordially In-! "-'.V4ted .that"Jady to -Jump aboard-." "Square ".Tucker couldn't came- his- "self.- 'cause they're makin a new hog 7penTt'day.- "he-explained, as he cracked the-wlUp orer th nag's lean flanks. The wbeer?--of the lumbering vehicle, turxi-'-lng.. clumsily In. tile deep --sand of 'the l road-. sent up suffocating clouds of dust; . the sun -peat -pitilessly upon their un "" protected" heads. -. ""How .far Is.it'..to Square-Tucker's?" "in'iiuired.'Mrs. Townsend. ' " .;. ""Qh.. a matter o sjx: taiies." he of the tow-head responded, cheerfully. ::. Mrs. Townsend's hearr fainted within - her.- .- .' - ' . ' ;. - At a 'turn jo'I the road the wagon -rumbled "over- a rustic bridge, beneath ". "wjilch" a shallow stream meandered, j scarcely--wetting tne sun-Uru:a stones. Thar .thar's Sliver Creek." said the - boy. pointing "with his "whip over his .Shoulder." TQther -bend ain't morn naif" a mile from Squire's. "Wishing "and boating male easy." .inunn'ured Mrs. Townsend. with grim . humor.. Xo danger of drowning.there." "Fishin did you shy. Mann? There's -ple'n-ty o'.fish to be goceout o' that.thar "-creek in tir spring o th year. "Wouldn't .-"think it "would yeou?" ". " - """""But wb-y should Mr. Tucker "adver- .tis fishing w-hen the "season is over?" .queried Mrs. Townsend. - "Oh. that thar idyejmsemHt.. Mann, ,was .one . th Squire "coptejl out'n'an old noospaper. " I beam him say as how it read'purty -welL'an he". thought f would do."- . - . Mrs, "-Towiisen"d. tired.- hungry and a'ast-Iaden as., she was, gave vent to .. hysterical mirth, .but managed to re .strain herse.lf -as with,"-a lusty "Wboal" - the" young Jehu brought the -turnout to a standstill, .before the farm house. - The changp from the glaring -sunlight to .the comparative coolness of -the farm "house sitting roVm. was most welcome. and -tHe ".kindly greeting of Xiie. Squire : and his good wife left nothing to be de ."jfctd; ."-. But-Juse'd "as she. was to .a -well" ap "" pointed modern dwelling- the sparsely furnished rooms" seemed to Mrs: Town send "uncomtortable and cheerless. Art "the tea -table Mrs. Townsend was informed that, "t'other lady boarder had . -a. headache.' and woud not be down that'evenla"?;. TJiey met'at breaktast. however, and . when Mrs. Russel which was the other boarder's name had showed Mrs 'TpWBsead. a bra.nd new crochet stitch. Even chetlng will pall on one, however, and having neglected to lay in a supply of readier matter, the -two iadies yawned the afternoon away. "You've no doubt heard the expres sion Hen miles from a lemon.' " said Mrs. 'Russel as they sat on the front "stoop" the radiance of the moonlight all about them,. tile mirderous hum of blood thirsty mosquitoes filling the air. "In my case it is 'ten miles from a soda fountain. What "wouldn't i give for an I ice cold draught this minute. I wonder why all farm, houses have Brussels carpet and hair cloth furni ture in the parlor?" queried Mrs. Town send, irrelevantly. , "And green paper shades-," .Mrs. Rusi sel supplemented. "Do you think they'll have salt pork fbr breakfast again V Mrs. T. asked, anxiously. . "Sure to. I've been hre. two. weeks. and they've only skipped, two morn ings." It was even sor salt pork seemed to be a staple article, at Squire Tuckers, J and as for- berries, fresh vegetables. etc.. they- were. only to be obtained at tne corners and were rrequentry.tne reverse of fresh. " . . "Why don't you have -a garden? asked -Mrs. Townsend. "I thought all farmers raised small fruits and vege tables." a "Well, I ain't much of a hand to put ter witii a garden," the Squire made re ply. There ain't a farm riigh that yields better crops of grain th'n " mine, though,: he proudly added. .Mrs. T. thought regretfully of the appetizing salads she was wont to pre pare for luncheon". At the end of the week Mrs. Russel received a summons .home. and-after tossing sjeeplessly through a hot mos quito haunted night. Mrs." Townsend came to the conclusion that there were other things as desirable as "being In, fashion." t So the .raw-boned nag hauled two" trunks to the "station in the morning, instead of one. ""There's no p'lace like home.' "said 'Mrs. Townsend to Mrs. Russel. "It must- be true that "familiarity breed3 'contempt, else people would realize the truth of that .saying and find" rest and ' recreation in their own homes. .How I- N'EW HOG PEN TDAY." . j - ..... - i ei? :ir?"l"lh? .riJl the band is playing." - .-Me to.j." said Mrs. Russel. enthu- ' siassically. if not grammatically.. ; f J ! CITv AT BOTTOM OF -THE SEA. i " " Thi Kiiin of a Laixe Town DiM-o.T.ered , m the .iirutir. i The city authorities at Rovigno; on the peninsula of Istria.-in the-Adriatic Sea. have discovered, a little- south of the peninsula, the ruins of a large town at the bottom of the sea. It had been observed for years that fishermen's nets were sometimes entangled in what appeared to be masses of masonry, of which frasments were brousrht nn from rKe sea Wd' Then a divei declared -....,, ,, tl"at he ha;1 s11 walls a"d streets be- Iow be water, and so the authorities ;"of Kovigno decided to investigate. They scnt down a diver, who, at the depth of eighty feet, found himself surround ed at the bottom of the sea by ruined 4 walls. Contiuing his explorations, he traced the line of walls, and was able to distinguish how the streets were laid out. He did not see 'any doors or win dows, for they were hidden by masses of." seaweed and incrustations. He traced the masonry for a distance of a hundred feet and there he had to stop, for his diving cord did not permit him to go further. He had proved "beyond a doubt that he had found the ruins of a once inhabited 'town which. through some catastrophe, had been covered by the sea. It is probable that these are the ruins of the lost town of Cissa, upon the island of that name mentioned by. Pliny the elder. Tt All Drprada. Charlie Knickerbocker Where art you going all dressed up in your best Sunday clothes? Dudely Canesucker rl am going to ' call on old Goldbug and ask him for the hand of his daughter in marriage.. "For the hand of which one?" "That all depends on old Goldbug himself. If I find him in good humor I will propose to take the youngest, and if..he is disposed to be surly 111 have tc be satisfied with the eldest daughter, who has a hump and one eye." Texas Sittings, . " Wide Awtkt An Sicht. 2few Burglar Oh, say! - Dere's a I peach of a house to loot. . Ord Cracksman Humph! Dat's all you 'know about de biz. "Huh?. Wy d"eys twins in dat house cuttin teef.r . " . Tou can always pick -out the max. who tries to renovate the morals of the entire community. He. never has the time to attend to the wicked leaks is his own reef. JBii METEE CANNOT HE. A NtCKEL-lfc-THE SLOT AFFAIR NOW IN USB. ' A3 turned ob by the nickel - in - the alot system is an innovation fron England that has. been adopted by fhe Consolidated Gas Company, o f New York City, and the "prepayr ment meter,", so- called, may in time succeed the present method, of meas - urins; gas 'as consumed in. small house holds. In London a dozen rival ma chines are in vogue". The most popular ones are the "penny slots.' A coin ot this value is dropped into a small open fng and gaslight is furnished" for an hour or so. . This class of meter is very popular among the' poorer people, man y' of whom use gas only on. state occasions.- The penny gas "machines are also very popular "with single gen tlemen of limited means, who live in lodgings, says New York World:. The prepayment meters introduced" in. New. .York are not of the penny pattern. A silver 'quarter "is the. coin "required to release the illuminating " fluid. The mechanism -is simple, yet delicate. Th size of the coin, not its weight, is what releases -the machinery. For twenty-flve'-cents 200 feet of gas -is "secured, which is-at the regular rate of $1.25 per 1.000. The gas need .not be used "con tinuously. A special indicator on the face of the dial." which is supposed to , show how much gas goes through the meter, moves out to the 200-foot mark as soon as the coin is deposited." As the" gas is used, this indicator returns to the zero point. Meters of this class are" placed in the consumer's room or flat. .so .that the "number ot feet- still to be burned- may be seen at a glance at the diaL The machine is so arranged that two, three or four quarters may be placed in .the. slot, and thus 400, 600 or 1,000 'feet of- gas purchased. The. meter .will register and give credit- for 200 gas every time a coin of the dimension is placed in the re- Treasurer Doane, of the gas company, that the prepayment" meter Will hdjiniTia fid nsk.t,1.,. I.. !, . (omm .cities of America as.it is London, es pecially among the people with whom i gaslight is a luxury. Take a family of hard working people, in which there are young ladies who have company on Sunday. Candles or kerosene are all right during the. week days, but gas light on such an occasion is necessary to "give the house a tone." xAs 25 "cents Will Hffhf Ha Tliirlnf fni envar av-an- ings it will readily be seen that.meters 1 will find their way into- thousands of I households which, under the prevail ing system of making a deposit, and meeting a monthly bill, would never have use for them. Many people believe "that the eve'ry- i.f9tnn..hhM.i.'hAiMK .,.! a- r,n TMrf -,.i -. t.- -.i. or not Thh could not happen with tka .,,.. ... .u- .'.i . tne new quarter-in-the-slot meter, as I,. .,;i- .- .-.,-t 1 x. the consumption is hourly under- the consumer's eye. -" Wr TW.no M t' tM ". .. -.. vw ,.u&v ic-iuiici that the matter of the value of the com to oe usen in :sew iork wa3 seriously considered' for several months before the quarter was adopted. The cost of collection, as the meters must ' ? visited at stated- intervals by' em-! ployes of the company, is as. great for nickels or .dimes as for quarters, .and tilJs one -act determined the question. Should there appear in the future a de- mana for a smaller. system of payment. .there are a number of meters- in the ' marltpf: tn ihna frnm "I Less than 300 of the slot meters are J in use ia the city at present, owing to j the fact that no" special effort has been made to push them. They have proved I so satisfactory, however, both- to con- ' sumer and producer that their general use by all small concerns, will be urged i in the future, .but not insisted upan. .. i A i quarter will illuminate an ordinary four-room and kitchen flat for one week. "-. BEES" AT ASCOT- Tay Xade Tfalnx Lively at the Trsrk for a. While. . Bjr- A. curious iacident occurred at Ascot. ': While a large number of plessan. luncheon parties were enjoying the de lights, of an open-air repast in the gar dens behind the grand stand a great swarm of bees -settled down on the ' ampsts-arnnnH a t.ihl In a rnimor uv4 London Telegraph. ".They "buzzed and buzzed, everywhere. Ladies had bees in their bonnets and gentlemen found their hats turned into striking like nesses of "Catch-'em-alive-oh'i" Some of the swarm settled on the cold sal mon, and other members of it tumbled into .the. champagne cup. In fact, the bees created the greatest consternation among' the ladies and . gentlemen in that portion of the grounds. They were gradually drawn off the luncheon party by a gentleman, to whom occurred the happy idea of treating them to a little music on a metal tray -under a tree. After the tapping or. tinkling on the article had continued for two or three moments the queen bee settled On the branches above to listen to it. and was at once followed-by all the swarm. It was an extraordinary sight to see hun dreds of the insects hanging like great black and gold clusters' on the' tree while the tinklink-continued. It ceased with the -luncheon, and the bees did no more harm. In the earlier part of the performance a lady was pretty severely stung. Sstatteetartbr Father What -fas your mother talk Ins abont n while ago? San I don'i know. Father Why, yon sat and heard it lit San- Yes, but she wan talking to the baby. The man who thinks the world owes ' him a living and will call around and KnntslsfT A CMs Im Yfca mm aad tk btel tdk T Wfca. T XNtfi ssteteeCSoa WlMmrf CnA HE SAW SNAKES. tlrs A good story i tsld abeat Major Bar tew of Georgia. - This" gentleman's ex citing war reminiscences, together with his ability to absorb theproduct at thfl "still', without apparent injury to his constitution or impediment to his loco motion, earned him fame and great prestige among the convivial spirits In his native town. The major, while sup erintending the cultivation of his to bacco crop, one day found six pretty round eggs, and so greatly pleased was he at their beautiful appearance that he picked them up.and.carefullr wrap ping them .in-his handkerchief stowed them away in his pocket; intending to take them home as playthings" for. his. grandchildren. . . He forgot all about them, however, and indeed for several days thereafter the eggs remained undisturbed In ths 1 meanwhile, assisted by the warmth of the surroundings,- nature had. wrought a change the eggs were no longer, eggs," -but so many animate creatures destined to give the unconscious owner of their birthplace such a shock as he had never experienced .since the hour of his first battle. .It- happened thus: One evening the major was entertaining a group of his a'dmiring friends with a most, exciting chapter from his" experi ence on the tented field, when in the course of hi3 narative he paused, drew out hia 'kerchief to wipe his face, an'd lo! six very lively little" snakes wiggled down-' the front of his waistcoat and onto -the table at which he sat ' The major's face was a study for" the cam-, era; his eyes bulged ouftill they ap peared "twice" their natural size,, his mouth, became a cavern, and his com: nlexion' changed from a" britik red to a leaden hue. He remained tranfixed for the space of twenty seconds, then with J a yell "that could be-heard half ovjer.the village he fled out into the night .Rumor has' it that he signed -the pledge .before morning, but the rumor has no. foundation in fact. . A COLORED -ARISTOCRACV. Negroes Prepariag to. Eatabllah a CMta Line la Alabama. The ex-slaves of Alabama are prepar ing to organize an association to which none of the late-day. negroes will be ad mitted. After the association has been organized it is intended to have state associations, and then take in all the old-time negroes of- the slaverholding states." . And why not. pray?. These ex-slaves -"belonged" to the best families- of the south, and they base their -claims to. social superiority upon their aristo cratic connections before the war. "In good breeding and -imposing -bearing it would he hard to find their equals I. among the best educated of .what they sometimes condescendingly "call "the late-day" negroes.". Mny of them enjoyed- social advantages' of the highest order. The old house servants had con stantly before the"ir eyes some of the. ?? tyvfs- of ,adief ,an5 ntlemen to manners of their masters and mis tresses, imitated their style of conversa tion, and insensibly .modeled them- . selves in all particulars after the fine (.examples before them. Many. years at I freedom have not Impaired their "good breeding nor their pride in the social - school in which they were brought up. . , , .. . .. : . . They feel that theybelong to a socially .- . . . . -, : ,.- " . - : distinguished class, that they .have a 1 - - - .. .. : . . . . i.past worth -herMlns and preserving. , aPd that haVe a riSht to ' ex- rtliiairo TATh.T- cV.r.nM 'fliAtr r A.,M3 viuom.. UJ CUUU1U CAiXZJ UUU LUUUU tA society .of their own, 'based on their social traditions? Possibly, -if they .were to investigate the subject closely they would be-able to discover many deeds of merit and courage performed by their ancestors in colonial and revo lutionary times which would entitle. them to form revolutionary and -colon- l.ial societies. At present they onlypro- pose to go back to- the general period in time designated by the phrase "before the War." . The colonial and revolution- ary Pfdisree mav;.and Probably will rtlllrinij Wnter Power. . The street cars" of Sacramento City in ' California are now run by electricity generated by the falls of the' American river at -rolsom .twenty-four miles . t away. The river has been dammed. creating a reservoir three m-iles long with a flow of S5.000 cubic feet a min ute. After turning the turbine wheels at" the dam. the water is not allowed "t,o escape further service, but is used for irrigation." Sacramento City exnecti soon to be lighted and warmed by the fiver. ." .. CURRENT FASHIONS. Wide box-plaited and deeply kilted skirts are coming in. . Soft sheer mull and Persian Iawn'are among the" most popular of summer fabrics. A conspicuous feature of millinery Is' the immense display of abnormally wide ribbons. Queen .Marguerite will never wear tHe same gloves or stockings twice, and all her gowns are made In Paris. Parisians are now wearing redingote gowns, opening over tablier fronts, in. imitation of those worn -in the- Marie Antoinette period. Cheek pads for Improving the contour ot 'the face cost $30 a pair in London. They are made of coraHite and have to be molded with great care. Handsome English mohairs have been greatly used In" the formation of styl ish, durable and ladylike traveling cos tumes for journeys by .land and sea. Melton cloth .of the-finest" quality is used "by the fashionable tailors instead .of covert suitings for .costumes and jackets for-cool days at the seaside or in the mountains. Capes to match the gown are a fea ture of some of the new cctstumes. es pecially those for traveling, when the cape is made with a large, serviceable hood, lined with .fancy taffeta silk. Shirts made of soft sateen, in various Paisley patterns, bid fair to outrival most of the other desig? this season, and are prettily finished at the throat with: a turn-down-collar and two studs. A wise dressmaker tells ber cus tomers that what they wear is-of little importance compared to the way they wear it. A washerwoman's frock and a regal air make "a much finer combina tion that a regal frock and a washer woman's air. Bodices just now are being worn full, of all kinds of light "materials, gathered over close-fitting foundations of colored silks, which gleam through, giving that Iridescent appearance so preva lent tarongn this SULTAFS HOLY WELL THE HORRIBLE PLAGUE AT MECCA- SPOT ft AH Over the ClvH- U Xw the" Scat of a Fi ttl raaatfeal Cera- F CHOLERA ap pears in this coun try within the pres ent year, or, in fact. In any portion of Europe, the civ-, ilized world will have tne Sultan of Turkey to thank for the scourge. The Holy Well of ' " " - Zem - Zem, in Mec ca, Js the fountain-head of cholera. From, this Tile, polluted well come the germs which the .pilgrims and' relig ions fanatics carry away with them and spread uver the eartlL The powers of Europe have demanded that the bar barian, monarch of- Turkey put an end to these religious pilgrimages, and cleanse the aged well of Zem-Zem. But the mere suggestion of this very rea sonable sanitary .measure has 'raised such a howl from the holy men and prophets, of Mahomet,- who conduct ths pilgrimages and preserve all the tradL- f tions- and filth of the holy well, that the Sultan dares not interfere with them. It was here at Mecca-that the- holy" -men wrought up' the pilgrims to J such a- nitch of relizimis- frenzv that they attacked and killed the foreign consuls. And the first move towards purifying the'ancient well is expected to meivarfeH AMD ,ilfcp5fe:MS PH323tS."lJS?CiTI&0. V, . TO-A5TA1 S fcfsj. $? result in the massacre of every foreign resident..' ' . ' . In' view of these things, the possi bility of another outbreak of" cholera, whether it comes this summer or next, threatens the entire civilized world. Mecca is a busy city near the Red Sea; and a .npt inconsiderable -percentage of the traffic of "the world brushes past it. Fleets from all nations pass through the Suez", canal. Hardly a more terrible place could have been found for the seeds of disease to ripen. The danger is particularly great, be cause on June 4 the pilgrims who wor- shiD Mahomet began to pour in. Mad- J dened by religious enthusiasm, by fanat ical hopes., they sought, regardless of law -and regulation, to kiss the sacred black stone that lies in the fcaaba. For' eleven days "they remained in the city. Cholera has spread from Mecca "before, but not seriously, and not sufficiently to "occasion any alarm. This has been be- j cause, when the pilgrims- have arrived at Mecca" hitherto, the "city has been quite free from disease." But Mecca is now in the throes of cholera. As the- number of pilgrims this year will not.be far from 160,000, the possibilities of its spread are terrifying. On Jane 15 the pilgrims began to scatter to" India, to. Africa, to Persia and ta every province o't Turkey. Many of them will return home in transports, herded together tike swine. These transports, "owned in the main by kings of." commerce who expect a fat interest rate, will, as soon as they have de livered their human freight, slip away to other ports in search of fresh car goes. In this the great danger lies. There is no reason to believe that the. transports will- be properly fnmigated. Nor, save in a single instance, have preparations been made for a proper quarantine at the ports in. which the travel-stained and dirty Mussulmans will arrive. That single instance is Algeria, on the boundaries of which all precautions are being taken for stamping out the disease and for preventing its coming. The French colonial government in Algeria has been diligently examining pilgrims, and has- allowed only those to embark who have been given cer tificates, and each pilgrim, who started was obliged to deposit with the author ities 1,000 francs as a guarantee fund, to be used for the support of his family in case anything should happen to him.' The effect of the measure 'is shown in the fact that only 209 Algerian Mussul mans have started on the present pil grimage, "as against fully five times that number in-1893. But French Algeria, unfortunately, is only an Infinitesimal Hnk in the great pilgrimage. Among the hordes ef adorers of the shrine of Mahomet there is no law ot quarantine prevail ing, no sanitary measures have been theaght of. .That the menace is not i exaggerated can be seen from the '. - spread of cholera in Mecca in 1S92. ' Cholera did not exist ther that year before the pilgrims arrived. This I however, -before even a single 2 SX -5t P- . TSsira Srlii.41 rfm v - Mlr.. fh ll '1 1 - i 1. JTfssiv j -?'CS3.t-"3 V.HCr.' -. , HH.8IKMI. TTH TSllll I II emmum':v,H.W2jmmmT-:'--:V7mi:Ar n . c&abk i mm m i i m i m mm frir wr,- rr tf "inu'raw.y' mmmmwm--' n ntv.wmAa IKir7tLi,:2?2?'-' T4maBWE5Z i' rar'L-3&- - -. &mwr ' p i in i j i ' 1 1 ii i i i p ' i tuiiw a.f. -a n sl z-'tXLvt hmim '-'-loaflS90RGMSES ''Wlllllllls W - yBmmWmifmf- &&t!KM2jJ& mm . Aweeklj.newsBnperdn": " " Vflfr WlSSktWml -thebestitUpi -. t griigriss appeared cholera raged -ts a. frightfuf extent. Bat; aevertleleaa. in 1833," the estimated mortality, was 49.- 000. out of a total 'of 100,00- this aum-f ber not including those who died aboard the transport ships or in thI caravans on the march. The total mor tality will never be told. To the Mahometan all this danger is as nothing. If he succeeds in arriving at Mecca and kissing the stone that to him is the center of the. world, he be comes a Hadgi. and is hailed by those who have not had his good fortune as a most upright, a most holy, a most distinguished man. If he dies. It mat ters not. He has done his duty to Ma homet, and'hhs future is secured. De spite the rapid Christianizing of the Ottoman Empire and the spread of. Eu ropean civilization from the East, quite as many prostrate themselves before Mahomet's grave as did half 'a century ago. A clever French statistician has es timated that-the average mortality in a pilgrimage is 20 per cent, even" when there is aq "plague. When cholera strikes, the death average rises, to fully 50 per cent. Little news of these hor rors leaks out to. the civilized world, for the reason that few Europeans pen etrate into Mecca at these times.. Only .three Frenchmen, five Englishmen and one Italian have made the trip. . The Frenchmen" were Charles Hubert. Leon Roche and Coutellemone. Hubert was assassinated within the -gates ot Mecca. The Englishmen were Joseph Pitts, of Exeter, who saw the ceremony in, 1G78; Burckhardt. the Oriental traveler, who witnessed it in 1S14: Richard Burton. of 'the Bombay army, in 1S53; Dr. Bick- j.nvl! in 18-" ami Keane, a steamship of- ncer.in 1SS0. The. Italian made ."his trip in loOil. W FILGBIKS, j- The reason so few have seen these ceremonies is that it is ne.cessary to visit them. in the most absolute dis guise,, no unbeliever being permitted within the sacred- boundaries, and the man who goes within at these, times takes his life in his hands, for the in fidel discovered -at Mecca, during the sacred "days is killed without hesita tion. NOBLEMEN FOR OFFICERS. A Carton Rale in the lirrnun Army Whirh Seem tn Seenre (Mirer. "According to the Iat.est "almanach" of the German army, which has just appeared, there." seems to be little chance,. for anyone not of noble .birth to attain any but a low ranking in that vast fighting machine. There axe sixty sixgenerals.in the infantry.tavalry and artillery;" and there are but two who do not belong to the nobility. These I two. however, -are what in England I would be classed as "gentry," "and are not of common orign by any means. I Among the 75 lieutenant-generals there j are but 13 of bourgeois extraction. Of ' major-generals there are 140, and all ' of the .224 colonels have a right to wear.( titles. It will be seen from this that I the higher' commands of the German! army remain in the hands of. the aris tocracy, which is strictly in keeping with the theory that only those who have been accustomed for generations to rule over their fellow-men, by right of birth, are fit for military command. There are 49 regiments in the German army, where all the officers without ex ception are members of the nobility, and there are 21" othernegimeftts whose rigid rule it is never to admit an officer below the grade of sous-lieutenant, who lis not of noble birth. A Fine Example. .The West Point mili.tary college has set a splendid example for other col leges in sentencing Cadet Wallace B. Scales to two years of punishment in I" hazing Cadet Roberts, a "plcbe." until the latter -fainted. "Unfortunately the law does not allow college faculties to impose a sentence ot punishment, tech nically speaking, upon refractory stu dents, except in such institutions as those at West: Point and Annapolis; but it lies within the power ot colleges of all kinds to expel students for hazing. If every college in the land would take a firm stand in this matter and adhere .rf-,-1,.- , fha'n,To it- xniM-nnr lw Inn- I before hazing would be an institution of the past in this country. Troy Press. . ShielfU of ilk. It appears that the comparatively few losses to the Japanese troops in the Manchurian engagements in .the recent war with China were - not altogether due to the. bad marksmanship of the Chinese. As a means of protection against - the cold the Japanese wore a quantity of floss silk under tht.ir outer clothing, and this acted more or less as a bullet-proof shield.- xr - i EATING ANTI-CAM B LING -LAW. th For Beat n thousand fertile have been basy at work attempting t dev-iKc ways and -means to get aronI the ISilJiaUon law. says an Indianapctia paper. Many saloon-keepers aad pa trons of saloons have lain awake nights fguring on how to dodge this law. A saloon-keeper in Delphi claims to have discovered a way of getting around one of the rough corners. It. will be re called that the law provides, among other things, that no games of chance shall be permitted in a saloon, which means that dice boxes and other similar devices have to go. .The dice bex was a great feature of the" trade, and how to supply the deficiency aad not violats the law was one of the qiiestions that vexed the saloon-keeper. .Flies and loaf sugar are all that is necessary to carry out the scheme of the Delphi man, and the dispensers of liquor in this city have provided themselves -accordingly. The plan of operating is as fol- lows: Say two men enter a saloon foe the purpose of regaling themselves and desire to decide with the- "house" which ot th'e three .shall "set em up." Three lumps of sugar ;are produced, from behind -the bar .and a- lump placed in front of the saloon-keeper and each ot the others. The. fellow's lump upon which .a fly "lights first decides thax he is to pay for the drinks. The saloon men claim that this -is not a game of chance in the strict sense of -the word, and that the fly is the guilty party. They allege that they simply put the the sugar and the fly does the rest. Heretofore all saioon3 Lha.vc kePc un scresn doors and windows for tne purpose ot Keeping out nies. They will be taken down now. and the festive fly will be made welcome. The more flies the more rapidly, will busi ness go. One saloon-keeper in town has been detected in. attempting to "cold deck" "his customers. He has-one loaf of sugar that he sets for himself touched with turpentine,. the others being pure. The fly. will never light on turpentined sugar, and he had a sure thing. In the winter time, when the flies "have dis appeared, "the cockroach wjll take his. place. Heretofore the cockFoach has been the bane of the average saloon keeper's" life. Henceforth every en couragement will be given them to pro . duce and multiply. The saloon-keep-' ers- are now figuring on educating ilres ' and cockroaches. Inehe of York on . Vrii-.. Divided skirts and bloomers have 'been dignified by the name of "ration- als" in England, whre the. bicycle craze seems to be raging no as fiercely as it does here. The question of cos tume has cajised more commo.tioii there than in this country, for it -tras even brought to the notice of parliament, where the commissioner rtf public work3 was interrogate'. .13 to the Tule3 concerning bicycling in Hyde Park. Vo srwi-ial rules were maib. however. hedausk the women who rj,!e finiI a skirt fhc th hInnmpr, r nrvon. ,,. rha ,. ', n, .u" iCUW -nAUiSUa V!- UiW-. (-.- V. IAA cyclists is the Princess Maud of Wales. She is devoted to the exercise, and often is seen out early in the mornia: mer rily taking a spin. The Duchess of Fife has taken'up the fad and it is whis pered that the Duchess of York wilj be won over before long. Tlinroirsh'r t'p tn '!:: . -Jinks-No use workin-: mys!j to death. any longer. I'm going to become a Wall street operator.- Winks WelI. I'll sell you. my scat in the" Stock -Exchange for. ten thousamj dollars. Jinks Huh! I can get a seat in Con-. gresa for half that. NEWSY TRIFt.ES. The Manitoba what nvi has been increased by 130.0W acre; this year. French soldiers having f late i''ii up singing while route marcring. 'J-n. Poilloue de Saint-Mars, who commands the Twelfth array corps, has endeav ored to revive the practice of enliven in? long roads, by vocal music The returns of the Established (f'res I.yterian) Church ot Scotland sits iTi.- - ine numwr OL """'aiunican--. an increase in the past year-of 7.IM3. The coirtributions show an advance bf Z,0M the. total amount raiied being C-JK.'-jO. " " " . . The true origin and meaning tof the expression O. .K.-13 said, to be as fol lows: More than a century ao the" best tobacco and best rum came from Aux Cayes (pronounced O K). arid the best of anything was designated" as Aux Cayes. or O. K. The temple of Karnack Id described by Fergusson as the noblest effort of architectural magnificence ever pro duced by the hand of man. It covers twice the- area of St. Peter's at Rome I and undoubtedly is one of the linest buildings in the world. wifMS r u w-s te-aknt-feb-Brik) MiftiMallB TBta HLf t WOAMMMJ9 BUTS GOOD NOTES AadB4 aBDnBKTOBH Lmaxdkx QnnnaKn, R ' l.H.Hn3rrr, Vies Print, Jobct SrtAXjwwmm. O. W. Hqxst. COMMERCIAL BANK Uttnlui Capital if -.$519,111 PaMi Capital, - . 90,M a . WEXLDOV. Pres't. K F. H. OEHUtTOH. Tics J CLASS GRAY. Cashier. DA3IEX. 3CHBAM. Aas CmH KM: Wl'WlDW' C H. Sbokoov, jonASWsbcn. H.P;H.Ol .W.A,MC CABX.1 IOCKMOMJWM9. .G.6BAT." I. HSSBTI " '" -" Hsamrl 6SAT. OBO-W.OJ r"p.'i " COLUMBUS. HE latsnsk sHwsavfftM '" ar son sell xsamas on ualMC 8f aad Euroig.Tmd bwyaa4sa.vnU- -shtossearltlas.. wsstoIla"ilnMt.f rs-" T1IECMITY OFrUTTt The State ot Nebraska THE UNITED STATES AID THE REST OF MANKIND Tne nnlt ot i witk nsia si.50 a year; ETFAwnr Bntonrlinrifcnf is not pr rfhrt W and cents.- Santpte ssnt free to any HENBT- GrASSi HHRgW 'Jmmmm"' UNDERTAKER Cwflis : tat : Metallic : Cmm ! . BiMiOi.; -;- i4 onwicaj Goiunfc Journal na I1i'm m WWTWMTWMtf AMTWWmOWMX PBINTIHG OFFICE, .--; COUNTRY. I s t.:-' . .- L'r. v --"V L-v.S & -1 . - -. JE, Jkjrt. . JM5- :-AR -., .iiifr