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f - VOLUME XXVI.-NUMBER 28 COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1895. WHOLE NUMBER 1,328. m --! "-- V- - - - &V i t . -"-S , CHASED BY INDIANS. LONG train . of white-topped . wag ons foiled slowly westward. .- across the broad, open' plains of Colorado. Each .wagon, was drawn " .by four ' spans of . patient 1 oxen,-, rnd was loaded- well with '- ......-'- -. ipxovis'bns, ,dTy goods and -other "".articles of'.merchan- . dfse. .. . v " -- " . V'fth -the 'train, besides the drivers arid "the--vboss." "there", were" two.- 'lads -.aged -about- i5 years. These lads were ..cousins and -orphans, and .were on their "-.Vay 'west to-join their .uncle, who had., '"made a -fortune , at mining arid who had " agreed to. take them, under his -care. 'The boys were, named- Orville -and .-Lexton Edmonds, and while they" were :'in'-the'iaain excellent -lads, they were '-sufficiently fond" of adventure" to 'give .Joe Lewis, the' train boss", a good deal.' - 01 ..trouble and anxiety. ..-.-.'- .. When they got well.out on the" plains. ."-here.'game was plentiful they devel- " bpe'd. a perfect mania for hunting and-. every, day 'they toolc their guns "and 'scbtirad'the prairie, always-taking pains to liee'p within sight of- the wagons.. . .'Old Joe remonstrated" with them arid- ; warned (Hem against" leaving the wag-- ".6ns. -but they only laughed at bim "and .."assured him that he need not suffer any uneasiness on ...their-account, as they' "kne.w enorgh to keep out of danger. - ;SPRANG :".- " "TfeaiV all risbt," Joe said.'"ou ."::!n.ay,fcnow. enough' to keepout of danger jnl: you may not. ' Lots o' times people think- ttio'r.e- keepin" out:.-.o" danger "When, tlieyjre jest" p'iixtin' "their necks "- "right "into "it." -.- - ' -.-"- --.' ."What danger "can;: we-put our necks '.': rato"as-loqg..as we. keep, i.h -sbjht'pf the "train!?;' "Orvilie askedl. . " - "Wal.fof qa'e ' thing;" Joe-replied, "yo'ti might run" onto some-Injuns wlio!d ;take"a fa'iicy to;yp.a"r scarps- You can't :.:" n-eVe't.-'t ell" where them":-rascals is -liable ;::.fp. be-tii'din'.'and ai any minute you're' '-"-. Kibltf'to strike some of 'em-lyln'-hid in - ar"avlne c'r-in the grass." .. -- . ....'- '.i"h'e .bqy"s'laagh.ed,.:.showin"g. that -.- ".Chey were' nbjt-.much impressed with --.?r hat. 'Joe .'said .The' fact is, they-felt ..Tuifetqual.- tp" " taking .care . of them- -."IS'elvjbs;- ' .' .- . "-'".. .-' - "-- But-the. .truth . of;Joes": words was """brought to- them "in" no" . unmistakable manner.alew days"later; aud they were made lb wish. sincerely that they'had heeded -his 'warnings. :"."". -'." . .... .E'ar'y'in the afternoon. they had taken -their .guns, and, leaving the train, -had "'.gone, teethe south acro'ss.the'pfairie. At that point the country; was somewhat .-.'jroken. there being" mounds aud.knpils --tbreak the levelsurface. ... - -" - Abqut-an iour"berqf e.sunset-Lexton .- proposed that the--; returd-;to the wag- ons".-"but Orville objected. -'-? -'"Sec-that mound -over "there?" he ."'aiked, pointing to one that.rdse'several " feet.a"bove them-.' "Let's go.and-ascend it and get -a' good -view of.the.country." ; ":.-'Cut it is getting late." Lexton said, ".--and-. even, if.w.o go -now it will.benight ijiy'thelinie we-reach the.wagons.". . . -. "ph." weil.. it. won't .delay us "fifteen ".'-ininut.e"s':to.-cllmb the inouhd-, and then - -we'll go' to the .train' -Orville replied. VCqme, on." " -'"'..; ".. . '-.' Lexton went Of the two boys Orville Jwas. ilie"-itrdnger" willed; and he" gen- erally.had'his way.. . '. . - - Tiicy had' - reached' " the top. of the---mound "and scanned the beautiful-wild ".-country that lay alj-about them.:Away off. to. the northwest," at" least two miles :. distan":." they saw. th'e'b train. of wagons .' "entering a-belt of-timber "that skirted' a. sma.ii stream. - . '..."" .;'We had better go now;"-Lexton sug . gested. --It is" getting late." ."Yes. I'm ready,""- Orville replied, tak ing'one last look-around. "Hell.o!" he suddenly cried.- "Look .there!"- 'Le.xton -looked -to the west wb-ere Or ville. pointed, '.and emitted, a long, low - whistle". "About a mile, away 'a herd of ' buffalo --had emerged from the timber and were leisurely -' grazing on the ; prairie. -: " . - "-We must have a shot at .them," .Or ville said excitedly. - Lexton glanced in--the direction of.- the disappearing wagons. - - "It won't take long," Orville hastened to- add. rioting Lexton's glanee. We'll .reach- the train all .right before dark. and just think of the glory of dropping one of those fine" fellows." The thought of killing a buffalo was too much for Lexton. to withstand and so.he- consented to the idea. - The animals were in a -sort of basin, resembling the bed of a lake. On the north, south and e'ast of 'them rose a hill, while to the west was . a belt of toat woods. Tae basis was lees teas A- (wSR " ' "- -- J" y, -tt t- "" "' - :-" ."- -- ""- -.-. '.-. ' r.'?-;&-. ' . -".--.. - -" . '-?fjftf(s' "2? " &: . ' . : ' - '""" - r ' ' " - '&&&&''. ' '?iz - . . " . . ' .'. - . -:.-.?''-'''--.:'-'- L'iMpl. .--- :." "..-.-., - ;. - ' mf. a hundred yards wide, and the buftMo were aboat the center of it. "Now." id Orville, "the anbx,ls may discover our presence and run and in that case' we want to -be certain of getting' one shot at them at least So we'll divide, and while you go down on the north side 111 go down on the south, and if the buffalo go your way you'll "drop one, and If they -don't get scared and run "we'll both get a shot As scon as you get -near enough you fire "away .and I'll Immediately follow, with an other shot".. The-.boys' descended from the mound' and separating, stole cautiously for ward. 'They- .were able to keep themr -selves well sheltered from the herd, so they' had no difficulty in reaching a po sition quite near enough to get a good shot '.".. Orville; having much the shortest dis tance to. go, reached his position first He had selected the.animal tie intended to shoot, and was 'lying with his gun ready for .instant use, and only waited for the report of Lexton's gun to pull the triggerof his own. Suddenly there was the .sharp crack of -a rifle; and! a. mammoth buffalo, dropped dead. In a twinkling and "be fore the herd realized its danger .Orville had pulled the trigger of "his gun and another fine animal dropped. Then the herd dashed away, folio wed" by a volley of shots.-- ' Unable to .restrain his joy Orville leaped to his-feet "with a wild shout and in an instant a rifle ball whizzed .by his .u'e'id, quickly .followed by .others. Orville glanced quickly in- the direc tion of the timber and saw a-dozen In- FORWARD. dians, "scarcely fifty yards.distant, dash ingdown .upon him. - Realizing his danger, he threw down his gun, and turning, fled down- across the plain toward the timber. Fortun ately, the hill shielded' .him. from, the savages; and prevented' them from "fir ing on him as he .ran. Otherwise. he -would certainly have been killed.: - As it was, the Indians" reached the top of .the. bank just as Orville entered the timber, and they pourcd'a volley of hot. shotafter him. . - He dashed through .the woods with the savages in pursuit, .and hoped- to elude' them and -get back-to the wagons-.; - But when he had gone a fourth of a mile he" came to the stream that 'flowed through- the- timber. It was a .small stream, not more than fifteen feet from bank. -.to' -bank, but he saw "at a-glance that.it would be no easy matter to! cross it.-for it was at least forty feet down to" the bed of the stream and the banks on both sides-were perpendicular. . " . . .. - He stopped and Viewed the stream-up- and. down, but as faras he could see -it presented the sahme impassable appearV ance, - - " .. ..-.'- -. He hesitated, an instant, not knowing what to do, "but realizing" that he' had .no-time to waste. He .looked across at.the opposite bank then looked down into the deep chasm and- shuddered. Then there 'was a crackling of the bushes behind him, and he knew that in .a minute more, the savag'es would-be be upon him. . He must act. and that without' delay if he wanted to. escape, the barbarities of the Ted men.. - ' He -looked at the chasm again, and knowing' that he' could no more than lose his life, and "that it" were better to lose it "that way than at the hands of his .pursuers - he quickly- ran back a few paces' and, dashing -forward to the-edge. of the bank, sprang up and forward .over the terrible gulf. - There wai an. instant. of dreadful. sus pense, and then his feet came down safely. on the opposite bank on the very brink of the precipice.- He "had apt cleared the chasm by an inch too much. -But he had no. time then to observe or. .think' of his narrow escape.' The savages he 'knew were near him. and if he delayed a minute they would be upon him.- -'..'" . . ' .' . So, as soon as he touched the-ground, he bounded -away into the bashes, and by the time his pursuers reached the stream" he was out of sight and .hear ing." . - " - The savages made no attempt tp cross the stream, for -there was not one. of them willing to risk that terrible leap. Besides, they did not for an instant be lieve that the boy had ever made it sue-" cessfoily. They were of "the opinion that he had .gone- down into the water and been hurled away, or that he had turned his course down the bank! They made a short search and, finding nothing to guide them, gave up the pur suit and returned to the basin where they had left the buffalo. After a long flight through the woods Orville finally struck a road and, fol lowing it a short distance, came upon the wagons where the men had gone iato'caap. LtxtoB had reached there Just before him and told the freighters about the' Indians, and they were preparing to go in search -of the missing boy, feeling assured that the Indians had captured or killed him. .. They were all glad tp welcome Or ville back safe, and sound, but old Joe took the opportunity to read both boys a lecture on the advisability of sticking close to -the wagons while they were in an Indian infested part of the coun try. ". - ' The lads felt just then' that the lec ture was unnecessary, for they had had an experience-that taught them most thoroughly the good sense of 'keeping within' a safe distance of their friends. . . Orville had killed his first buffalo, however, and he was proud of that fact, though he never-got to see the animal after .it' -fell. It was not long, though, before' he shot another under more favorable circumstances. . . EVILS OF OVER-EATING. - Cales Xeatrailxed by Exercise Rlb. . Feedlag- Is Extremely Uarmfal. - I- assert that it is the duty of the good housewife to keep down the appe tite of her husband, writes the Rev. P. S. -Root Particularly is this neces sary in the cases of well-to-do profes sional and business men. in" the fam ilies of .mechanics. -earning low wages such a warning is-almost wholly un necessary, but it may be said of most . men in good circumstances that" they eat too freely '.of "rich . food. If - men would begin careful and systematic physical culture In early youth and continue- the practice through life good health would be the result. Beyond the. age of -.fort y at a period when so many are 'physically lazy the superi or, value of. exercise is apparent; but ordinarily, this is just-the time when the -hygiene of athletics, is neglected. There is no -reason why a punching bag, rowing-machine, pulley-weights and other apparatus should '-be' rele gated -to college -boys and clerks. t;But having done a good deal ofworkinhis. time it is .almost impossible to psrsuadc a business or professional man; turn ing forty; to ive any sortof attention to physical culture. if such training has been previously neglected. . Ilence, I say it is the duty of a woman to keep from, her 'husband -4iII rich compounds that will ultimately ruin his digestion. High feeding-is occasionally neutral ized by hard exercise; but in the ab sence of th'e-'latter it is mischievous in the. extreme. If your" .husband .will stand' the treatment-begin by-switching-off from- the heavy- breakfast of steak, hot rolls, potatoes, etc., and set "before him egg-on-t'oast, oat-meal and coffee. A. w Dodge. " "I beg your pardon, lady," said Trayr eling .Tommy, as he stop'ped at the back door, "but if you will just. Smile I'll take yer' picture with this here . cam era. I' am' traveling on foot, making a collection .of photos -of our beautiful American women. Thanks I have. if Then the good woman offered him a generous .hand-me-out, which :hc' ac cepted with -.the-grace of-a. true" knight of the road: -" . . VYou see," -he explained "to Willie Allthewhile, Vit didn't take no work at all to paint that cigar-box black and cut a" round hole in the end, but it fetches 'em every time. " They think iti .a- ptiotographtaker, .and their "pict'er goes in. the -collection. Make one and cultivate" your manners, and yer can live like A prince.'-'-Philadelphia Call.- - - Coffee and' Tea. The '.people of this country., drink eight. times as much coffee as tea;. .- SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. - - It has. been noticed that workmen at tending pans in salt works do nothav cholera,' small 'pox, scarlet fever or in fluenza- . . -. -.-'..'-.'. Miss Diana Vaughan, Sovereign and General Inspector of the Pailadian Lu ciferian sect; Who is'said to be an "Amer ican, has-become a Roman CathQlrc. While playing-, golf at Southall the other day.Major General Lim'ond; a'vet eran .of-" the Indian" mutiny. " dropped dead. He. was 65 years old and- suffer ing from heart disease. '.-"--" Charles Leroy, whose "Colonel Ram ollot"" stories," satirizing the absurdities -of. French officers, led to -a" series" of plays and books attacking the. abuses .prevalent in the French armyj died' re cently in-Paris. . -. HerrGura, the baritone," the original Wotan in' "Der Ring de's Nibelungen," has been discharged' from the." Munich Hof theater., "as"-" his" voice is .no longer fresh enough. He 'will confine himself to concerts. -." RAM'S HORNS. The devil never makes, any -flank movements for .which God 'is not pre pared. Put-a. pig in a'parlori and its first question will" be, "Well", ' Where's your mud?" ..-.- -. ! There are a good many -things -the' devil can't do without the help "of a hypocrite." Whoever gives as God prospers" him, will never. have. to stop giving for. lack" of funds. Until we -are willing to do all in our' power to-answer our prayer", we do nut. pray. - -The man who can learn from bis own mistakes, can.always.be .learning some thing. -. " : Whenever" God's chariot comes to a' standstill, it Is because there' are ob-"J stacles in the way that human hands" .can remove. '-.. ..'.- Before we try to-lead others," we ought to be sure -that we are closely fol lowing Christ. . Many are. willing to do what God wants. them' 'to-do, who don't want-to be what he wants them to be. The man who puts thefbottle to his neighbor's lips, first puts a nail through the hand of Christ. ' 'The devil's work in this world has al ways been most hindered 'by -those who were most 'like- Christ No matter how large the gift, or how bright, it means nothing, unless behind it there is a heart that worships A revival is badly needed where the peeale- who try the hardest to run .the chjarch never' go. to prayer meeting. Christ aever authorized anybody to maa a prayer for the salvation of men, that could be measured by square miles. Na matter what a maa says ia church., you know what kind of religion he has wheat you kaow what kiad of company he keeps. Ram's Hera. ODD THINGS OP GLASS. coffin's, mousetraps, bricks, fish bait. ' 1T May live.te Ilearfe et GIbm, la' Glass Bedsteads, Woawa Wear Glass' Gewas aad Baby Play With Glass Blocks. HERE is an invent or who is known at the patent office in Washington as the Glass Man. . His .name Is" C.W. Mc Lean, . of New Berne, N. C, and during the last few years he has obtained patents for a- surprising number of devices in glass. Among these is a glass coffin, which is guaranteed proof against decay .and rats. So long as no deliberate attempt is made to smash it, it ought to last for e'ver. Another contrivance is a stair case made wholly .of glass steps, .land ings and newel posts being all of that material. Yet another is a glass' bar rel. But perhaps the most remarkable invention of the' Glass Man is a billiard table of glass, i " The day" may yet aTrive when people will "live in glass houses.- A patent has been secured-by another, inventor for glass, bricks of a. peculiar .pattern. The (Carbondale, 111., Correspondence.) . .Carbbndale, the. Athens of ..Southern Illinois, enjoys the distinction of hav ing more beautiful-young, women than any- city' in- all "EgypL" Some -of "the isociety events which have occurred in 'this city have" attracted, people . from larger, cities . and towns" many miles from-here. In'society'theydung ladles are objects of beauty and brilliancy ,and .their" charming manners -and kindness.' of heart make strangers feel, a deep and appreciative interest" in 'all social, .events. -----. -..--. material, of which -they are composed "being a first-rate', non-conductor, these bricks" will keep the coM'out.of a dwell ing built of ..them', while' admitting the light. it is claimed that 'they will ex elude noise", being -.hoi low. - Further more, the inmates-of"'a glass house' need not be afraid of being under too close, observation by neighbors,, inasmuch as it'.ls- not requisite that "the bricks sha'T be transparent. They may be of opaque ground glass, or of any color that .may' be suitable' for "fcorati.ve effect. .Thus before' many years have passed it will be considered the height of- luxury,- perhaps to occupy a. dwelling of glass. -Glass bricks, of course, are ex pensive. " . People . who live in . glass "houses -will be able to afford to wear. clothes of -glass.. "Nearly twenty- years ago there was -shown at the centennial exposition - in. Philadelphia a' bonnot composed entirely of glass. It was a" love of .a bonnet.. The -flowers on it .were, glass, and -so we're "the. ribbons, which,- .looked like the finest satin".-The patentee-' of this process describes .it as suitable for the manufacture of neck ties, shawls, table covers, etc. . In fabrics of- ihis kind- a very fine quality of glass is used. It Is. spun in threads of. exceeding delicacy, and of these- several colors may .be. produced at the same time. They, are woven- in a loom- of '.ordinary pattern. --Anybody may observe that a thin sheet of glass Is somewhat, elastic The threads em-. ployed in weaving are of such fineness as to be perfectly pliable and not at all brittle. With a gown of glass would ."naturally go a-pair of glass. slippers. Not like Cinderella's. Oh. no! 'Cinder ella did not wear glass siippers. Her -'slippers ia the " original . French story were of "valr," which means fur. Vair and "verrc,". meaning glass, are pro nounced exactly alike. Hence the cor ruption. A Pittsburg man named .Smith fca3 invented- a process -for making. gla3 slippers in molds". Theywould not do very -well, for dancing. There is no reason" why a glass gown should not be w.oven of iridescent glass, and its wear er would look like an animated rain bow on a ball-room floor one dazzling shimmer of ever-changing hueSi Until recently the manufacture of iri descent glass was set down In the list of the lost arts. But in 187S it was re discovered, and now it is a common commercial article. It is made by ex posing the melted glais to the vapors o'f salts of sodium. At the Metropoli tan Museum of Art are exhibited great- numbers of bottles, plates aad other ar tides of glass which were made, aad used long before Christ was born-. They were dug. up is Cyprus and elsewhere. Many-of them have s beautiful irides cence, but it is the result of decay. Glass will rot like anything else, and decay has split the structure of this ancient glass in- laminae or flakes which interrupt the light so as to produce brilliant red, green, -purple and other rainbow colors. The window blinds qf the glass house of the future will be of glass, of course, That is another patent and the invent or .suggests that such blinds may be made of whatever colors are desired. Baby in- the nursery will perhaps play with glass building blocks, and at a suitable' age he will receive a Christ mas gift of a pair of roller skates with glass rollers. 'Both of these ideas have been patented. When he is old enough to go. fishing he will not dig worms in the garden, but will be provided with artificial bait in the shape of a hollow minnow of glass, coated on the inside partly-with a solution of gold' or silver and partly with-a luminous paint. The originator of 'this minnow says that it is a bril liant object in .the water calculated, to compel, the attention of any fish that has a particle of appetite. .Glass bedsteads may be proof against lighting and bugs, but it is' hardly to be expected " that glass houses should be free from mice. The inmates could hardly do. better than to employ glass traps .for the capture of such -vermin. Miss. Josie 11. Barton- is a beautiful young j'ady.'.the belle of the First Ward., She is a typical brunette," having black eyes and raven hairl She is the daugh ter of .John il; Barton, the. veteran edi tor, of the ' Southern. -Illinois. Herald. Miss Bertha. Davis Is a lovely young lady with, black' hair- and. eyes and -a figure that- is tall "and erect. She ranks high as a vocalist, and her services are always in demand at musical' recitals. One of .the .prettiest and-most" popular young ladies in this" city Is Miss Flora Hall. She is possessed of a" model figure The great, advantage of - the -glass mouse-trap, according" to 'the statement of the inventor, Is "that "if a' mouse should enter -the trap;" he'.may "be seen by others who'enane'e to come that way, "and they will be inclined tp join the"' cne inside, especially when-they -.observe that he is" nibbling a choice' mbr-sei.- . ...... ." -.Editor Metcalfe on Japan. .". James F. Metcalfe, literary editor of Life, -arrived in" town -recently -after -a four -months"' tour In" Japan, "say's the New York Telegram," Mr.. Metcalfe left- New York in May.-and-proceeded to Yokohama, by way of San Francisco, going thence to Nagasaki, Kioto" and Nikko, .with many x'cursion3 by the. way;- and returning to New York through Vancouver. ; Mr.- Metcalfe .is net favorably impressed-by Japan; and considering matters from the point. of view of an experienced journalist; he says, that more news may be obtained of what is going oir. there through Lon-.' don, Berlin and -St." .Petersburg than "can be-had in" the country Itself, since the only information that is disseminat ed is through the diplomats of the vari ous European states. Nevertheless, from observations he has made throughout- Japan, Mr. "Metcalfe - be lieves that the country 13 to be the. scene of- important events, involving the rest pf the world within the next year or two, significant of which is the circumstance "that the person of the Russian ambassador is guarded more' 'sacredly than that of any person in the empire, aside from the mikado. - 'ew. Thing That Are Old. - ln'spite of the protests of inventors, and of those who believe they have in vestigated everything since the deluge, that 'there -is nothing new under the sun. the psalmist was right when he put 'that thought into the colloquial lan guage. On the Assyrian slabs, and on inore "than one old. European fresco. Is seen the paddle-wh'eel for boats; al though the propeller is not in evidence. The bicycle seems to have been known in China more than two hundred years ago, and the velocipede -was seen in Europe even before that. On a pane of tho ancient painted glass in the old' church at Stoke Pogis, England, may be seen the representation of a young fellow astride of oneof these machine's; He is working' his way along with the air of a rider who .has introduced a novelty, and 'is the object of .the un bounded admiration of a multitude of witaeaees. - THE HATPIN. It Jfaay Cms ta the f The Idea of making the hat pin . weapon of defense first dawaed upon me when I was in the east, says a bright eyed dame, who is always watching for a chance to exploit California, clim ate, morals' aad all. "Of course you all know that a wom an can't go about alone with any de gree of .-comfort when she gets away from western chivalry. Well, as I wanted to study art in New York while I visited ray brother in Newark. I was obliged to use the suburban trains al most every day. I had a bookful of un pleasant experiences before I learned the magic power of that Simple little hat pin. . "Finally a man who was packed be side me in a car became simply unen durable. I squeezed myself ' meekly up against .the window, giving mine enemy three-fourths of the seat. Gaz iag out into the darkness I became posftivey depressed -and felt like offer ing an apology to .somebody for pre suming to cumber, the earth. - "Mine enemy made' the- mistake of encroaching still further upon my terri tory; . . ' "It "was too much. My wrath blazed up -and I drew my hat pin. I said not a word and did nothing- to attract atten tion. -Nevertheless that man was'gla-j to vacate my full share of that seat, and perhaps a little more. I held my weap on In a position- which Indicated to him beautiful features and .charming man Tiers. She has a host of warm' friends in" the Southern Illinois State Univer sity, which institution she attends. She. 'is also a zealous worker'-in church". cir- cles. Miss Calla Johnson, daughter of 'ex-Mayor Johnson, 'is an "accomplished young lady and a. favorite in society circles. She la a young, lady of pleasing manners, and winning disposition -and is well liked. by all who know her.. Miss Bessie Johnson-is a pretty and int'erd'st ing young lady. ". She is a stylish' dress er.and.ia much admired - - -..." the boundary line and I assure-you that he understood the insinuation and left' me "in peace'.- Ever since 'that day I have been- as independent anil self-respecting as a Spanish senorita wltbT-a-dagger in her honi soit, etc.". .-This fiery little anecdote, told over", the tea-cups, was followed by a perfect chorus of stories of the uses of the' hat pin. The picking of .locks, the "office .of can-opener, paper-cutter, Insect, ds-" stro'yer, these were among, the lessee .things." A. tale "of' the repairing-of a' broken .harness at. a critical juncture vied for second honors with the history of the timely "mending of a torn s'aii. First place was given, without a dis senting voice'.to the story of the hatpin as. a modern and" always . available weapon.:--of ."de'rensc.-San." Francisco Chronicle. -.- -' Sclplo's Calrulatian. . A story is told of a" Mississippi darkey-named Scipio, who fell in love wUii a dusky maiden named Mary, and wa3 accepted by her.. - Believing that under the circumstances' he ought to give her a. present .he went one day to the country-store stnd. after' examine :iie entire .stock, purchased two. hoop skirts and wok tnem oadk to the girl. She. was delfghted..b"ut pretty 'soon-she said": "Look" heh Scipio. what fur d- you get two er.-desg hupes'fer?" "Why. honey." responded Scipio. ' "I didn't want 'cher f look. lopsided." "Whu3 'at? Lopsided? Humph!"" "Suah. honey; I got" one fur de right laig an' one fur deler." ". . GEMS OF THOUGHT. . Incivility- is the extreme of pride; it is built' on the contempt of mankind. Zimmermann. Allexa'mples represent Ingratitude as sitting in its throne, with Pride-at its" right .hand and Cruelty at "its left worthy supporters of such a reigning, impiety. Souih. - To the sinful man-sin appears sweet as'honey. He looks upon k as pleasant 's6 long as it bears no fruit, but when its fruit ripens then he looks upon it as sin. Buddha. If we live truly ,we shall see truly. It Is as easy for the strong man ta be strong as it-is for the weak to be weak. When we have new perception, we shall glad ly disburden the memory of its hoarded treasures as old rubbifh. When a maa lives with God. his voice shall be as sweet as the-murmur of the brook aad the rustle of the corn. Emerson. TM List CtaKl. MRS " JOHNSON HAD ONLY' ONI CHANGS "lO SAVE HER LIFfc taa Warn of Tare Avarac tea. Frost tie Ledger. Mexico. Mo. Mrs. Lactate Joaama live ia Mexico, Mo. Tie Lsdger feat jut saurNiic tuning aaiBtwviaw with her. This is the substance of her story : la the winter of fc! aad 1 f Mis. Jokasoa was, like away of her friaaaa, Stacked witalagrippa. Yes. wo'va ssost of aa had it and know its wrsckiag powers, wfcaa gats in its work oa a good coaaiHatioa. Well, Mrs. JobjMOB.atoBgaboatChrfatataa. was prostrated. All tke edical aid hera ia the city only "broagat bar aroaad' as aa". -herbs aad roott" feaala sym pathizer expressed it, aad aha ws Jets in a debilitated and exhausted ooadi tioa, aad experienced a coastaat paia ia her toft tide. & was wholly aatt for her domestic dalles aad was en able to do aar work abcat the koaas. evea after the la grippe fever aad its character istic sickaew had left her. She is a con sistent member of the church, and on Boa day, between the Sunday schoolaad church services, being barely able to-be. conveyed there, she heard of a miracle -that Dr. itriiii.m' THnV Pill, fnr PU Peoole had I performed, ud she reolved to try thesa. it was use tee drowning msa smoum the last straw.. It nu her last aad only chance to save her life. She procured oae box of these pilWfrom the south tide drag guts. -French & Gnrrett.in this city, and by the time she had iued half the box she sad her watchful Iriends noticed a narked improvement in her condition. Taking the rest of the tox of pills and one more box she recovered remarkably in an exceedingly short time. Before she had used the first box she resumed her household duties, .aad has been steadilv at -work for the tost eighteen months. It tcok only a few boxes, perhaps five- or six, to entirely cure her. Since then she was attacked by rheuma tism, caused from careless exposure, but by at-onco taking the Pink rills for Pale Peo ple she drove that painful and dreadful malady awny: She told the reporter that whenever she felt that she. was going to be ill, she took orioortwo of tho pills, and sba uetr got sick. Mrs. Johnson is perfectly heMthy now and promises to live to a ripe old age.. Her friends haTe never ceased to talk about her almost miraculous recovery and -are loud in their praise of the Fink Pills for Pale People, and all who have tried them say they would not be without them under any .conditions. - Dr. Williams link Pills are not looked u on" as a patent medicine. An analysis of -their properties scows that they contain, ip condensed form, all the elements neces sary to give new life .and richness to the . blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus- danco, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous .headache", the alter effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexion, and tbs tired feeling' resulting from nervous-prostration, all dis eases resulting from vitiated humors in the i.'i' r-.Vi ma om-nfiiln rhmni(! prvsinelax. . ThVir- tiniM nn th blood and restore the - glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks.. rcey are ior saie oy an uruuu. w umj be -had bv mail from Dc Williams' Med. Co., Sebenctady, K." Y.t for tUcper box, or six boxes for J.50. 'o Dostl ' The disposition to see a pleasant side to'evef'ything is often commented upon as a most desirable possession, but it is-, possible to exaggerate and imagine a benefit which. does not exist. " A" party of tonriits-were detained at a hotel- near a lake by. a- severe rain? storm. Finally it was "decided to cross the l:il:e, and" one' lady of the-party agreed to-the plan cheerfully. . "Oh, it will be much - betterto' take the boat even if it does, rain;" she said, "and one thing", we shan't have any dust on the- boat this - morning-" Youth's ComDanion, . Increasing the DUtance. - Judjr'e Andrews of Georgia once when a candidate for goveo'nor of his'.state w.as explaining' to the crowd'of people that had assembled to hear him hiow his friends'had'pressed him to.be a can didate, and that the- office wassecking1 him; he was not seeking; the orKce.' '-In fact," lie exclaimed, '.'the- office of gov ernor "has been following- me for the last ten years."" - - .-",--'. - At thls-pointa tall countrymanat the" rearof-the. audience -rose." "Bat here's our consolation, judge"," '.he shouted-' "You're jrainin' on it all the. time. " It'll never catch' you," This cheering prophecy proved-to be correct" Argonaut. Doubtful Arrangement. In his desire to use. fine language tht "darkey sometimes allows his ideas and statements to become a trifiV confused, ' ns weil as confusing-. ". .. ' Some years ago a handbill hnnonnc- -ing1 "a-"colored "Dicnic" to be held in a grove near a southern city was freely circulated. After various highly enticing-announcements relative to the de light's. in store for the partaker's -in this, entertainment the. bill, concluded with the following1 puzzling note .printed in italics: " . . - -. '"Good behavior wiil be strictly an'd" resOryedly enjoined upon all present, and "nothing' vill,bc let undone which will" tend to mar the pleasure of "the-company."-"-Youth's Company-" , . . , Kate riell in IKnrfr. . ' Denver, Sept.'lO. My journey fro.Fr. Chicngo was over the.'Cbietijro.. llurllng ton & Qnincy niilroad, or.e of the best, managed systems in the 'country.. "I should s:iy. judging ly- the '-civility "of th'e.etapToyes, I he comfort -1 .experi enced, the "excellence. of. its 'roadbed, and-thc punctuality of "arrival. I ,-ie-tualiy reached Denver ahea'd of .'time.. The IJurlington .Iloute- is also the bes; to St. -Paul,- Minneapolis," Omaha and Kansas" Citv. . -" ..." -' ..- ' ' Witty nil Clerer. Chicago Times-Herald: .When Prof. A'y-toun was wooing Miss Wilson, the daughter of "Christopher North."" cdi-" tor. of .Ijlack wood's .Magazine." he. ob-" 'taine'u'ihe lady's .consent cocditionaily on that of her father being-, gained. This Aytoun' was too "shy. to ask. and "he prevailed upon the young- lady to ask-for'it herself. "We must deal ten derly -with his feelings," said hearty .old Christopher; "I'll write ray reply on ;i. slip of paper 'and- pin it .on 'your cack.'1 "Papa's answer is on the back .of my dress," said Miss Jane, as she entered -the drawing room- " Turning her round, the delighted suitor read -these words: "With" the author's co'm-Dliments."- - . Yung sinner, reckolec't- one thing-, whatever yu git dishonestly ya hav got to de'vide with the -devil, and-Be allwuss takes the lion's share. - -. 'I cum akrost lots ov humble and re signed partys in thi3 -world.-only :c't them -hav. their own way ifr-all "ihings . "AM OHO THE OZARXS." The Jj3nd "of Bis Ketl Apples Is an attractive and interesting: boo!f.-hand!onie!j iliustr..ted with ve.ro ' of South Missouri cesery, including -tba famous O'den fruit farm of 3'XOO aciei in Howell county. It pr tains to .fruit raising ia that great fruit b-lt of America, the southern slops of tba Ozards, and will prove of great value, nog only to-f ru't-growert, but to STery fanner and bomasaeker - lesTcing for a farm and a. hom;. .- Halladfraa. - Addrais, J. E. Locxwooa, EaaaatCHftMa, ColmxibTU - StaU - Bank I : u-aa aL-g-gA at-ia. iBasalia (jJlBsral las RJaD WtMlmuMlM, atmmmwmtwntm Taekaaial IILIi t ITCAWITTy : SOUTt, BUYS GOOD NOTES - "- . 0llTCBa9 ajtd dikkctom: L-BHS-n Qa-JuuaD, Prea't, . B.H.HxxaT,1cPrest, If. BBcaoEK, Cashier. Johx Stautfer. . . ' Wm." Bucher. t COLUMBUS, NEB., -HAS AS AitWfizN Capitil of - $500,000 Paiiii Capital, .- - -. 90,000 OFFICES?. - CBv'iHELDON.PxeVt. - .- -" '""" n. P. II. OEHLRICU. Vice Tres. " CLARK GRAY. Cashier.. . - lJANI EL SCIIUAM. As!t Cash . DIRECTORS: H.Bt WfSstow. II. Pir,bEHi:niCH." C.1I. SMELDOX. W. A. McAMltSTBR, '. Josas Welch; -" Carl Uiexks.- - . - 8TOCKHOLUEK3 . - ' C. Oaar. J. -H csar Wcn'osxAJr. GKRBABDLoskza, - IIcSutLosckk, - (Xark Urat. . . .Ueo. W. Uallkx Da.hiu. Sciikam. a. K. H. Okulricb. VaAaa Koasn". ' . - J: I'. UccKsa EsTAfs, - RCBKCCA BeCKEU. - - - . Rank of deposit; Interest'allowcd oa time deposits; buy and sell exchange on Unltof States and Kiirope.' and-' buy and sell, avail.-, able securities. We shall lie pleased- -iw re-", celve your 'business.. 'We1. "solicit your pat- ronago. - . .. ' . A weekly aewspaper de--.vbted the best interests of COLUMBUS . -- THE COMTr OF PLATTE, - . This SM of Niraska THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF MANKIKO Tkamaltaf i aai rewltk $1.50 A YEAR. IV TAMXtr'lK ABWAMCM. -" -- BataarllaUtaf aaafalaeai ia aot aianmi by aollara .' aad eaata Baasala copiaa- -- atatlraetaaayi HENRY GASS, Cflai : aai : Mtiallk: Cases ! OTJipmrimof 4Ubimdef Uphol ' tierv Goods. Ut COLTJaaTjiaifWa-sBTs "....- amwd to sxajraai Aarraiso" ova PRINTING OFFICE. 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