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TTaEma-miHsBmHmHW ' u wSSiji ' yKBBMSSBfimXSnSBBtStBIKfflBBtxftSnSKBSSMSKmSi sfiSBPlgF?5?' ;5iv jy.g'siKggS'Xffl-'--'-"- 'JgSrTBJ?-F'ISgy'3 ;f ."-- rT?: SSss? s-"--."!-i-.a..j -y :- 'V -. - " ? .rf-' -K -.t i& ;- -fv -Z - - - - : ri'.i.'ltV: '- i -.! " " - o . V VOLUME: XXVI. NUMBER 36. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1895. WHOLE NUMBER 1.3H6. f-'.-' -.-i?j ffP Cfltomras jaiintgl . t - tr aSa f , XMAS UNDERGROUND. HE most memor able Christmas in m y recollection? . Yes, eir. Well, there arc many licmorable occa sions irrthe life of a mountain pioneer, but this one Is worth recording.' The old prospec- .' m tor, declining the proffered Havana, proceeded to fill his )ipe vith considerable deliberation, as . ift srttled down on a huge boulder. .Thc crisp. i)right air of a beautiful Oc- ; tofcer.. morning lent additional vigor - and, energy to, every faculty. I tool: a survey of the old man be fore he "proceeded with his story. . ifrlzzled hair and beard and a slight .' stoop of the shoulders bespoke years of CTtoil and expectation expectation unfulfilled, but ever fresh with each re ..0currtng spring. Little does humanity estimate the "(Vjhts it owes these hardy pioneers, who have led the way across steep and f dangerous "trails, delving constantly .ecneatli tlie soil, to open to the world its. treasure-vaults. Onward they go, ,.3s civilization follows, to still more "'unexplored regions, until the very heart ' af- the Sierras is like an open book. And uiien the last pick is struck, when 'life's fnse has burned itself out, a stone pile perchance marks the last " irsting-pJacc of a hero, whose kind is o'uow almost extinct. "The old man continued: "You see, 'just before the Carbonate excitemec. Iirokc out, 1 was clerk in a supply rre at Denver. While wages were tojerably fair, even for the West, it , wbtT slow progress toward getting rich . - -too .slow, in Tact, when one could Iwaf "every day as how the boys were TIIEN. ENSUED A Jimlcing rich strikes and selling out their claims at a big figure. ;That spring a young fe'.'.ow had wme out from the states and gone to work in the storr. He was a very quiet sort of a fellow had little to say io anyone and was a good worker. But there was something on his mind. A blind man could have noticed it. be cause he would sometimes in the niid tlle of his work, and get to thinking "njid studying. He was a little more t communicative toward me than tne rest. , . "One night after supper my strange friend let us call him Jim had taken a stroll, up tovi-n. About nine o'clock lie came rushing in with a copy of the local paper in his hand. His face was 'Gushed and his manner excited. " ' " 'That settles it. Bill. I'm off for the jiciv"district. .lust read here what t;trikcs- have been made out there the past wcx?k. Better pack your traps and conic along." "Well, J read the news, and the fever . ctFmnt inc. 100. The rush was fairly on. j nd in two days time v. e bad fitted out . nud v.-prc among a large cavalcade that was striking out for the new Carbonate .,;.. Ti, oi ,-, ,.f.o,i lni,i Lnuif. iiu uiii ui ..valia kkj a-n-w i vilic.l "We reached the camp, staked out a'claim.and sot to work with a will. We struck a fairly gocd lead and de cided to -follow it up. "There are many pleasant features to n prospector's life, and there are also U;e enady sides. We lived in a tent on our claim, cooked our own meals j and washed our own clothes. The 1 ramp Itself was about as wild a place . as it has been my fortune to see be fore or since. AH the elements of a .'frontier mining-camp were thoroughly represented. "We did not frequent the place much, but pwt in our spare time ia building . board-and-log shanty, preparing for the coming winter. Jim worked away -xith a vengeance. He seemed to be almost in a state of fever. Our pros pec: was getting better as time ad vanced and we became reasonably sure rif some returns, sooner or later. Win ter set in early in the mountains, and as the days grew shorter, our hours of labor were cut down. "It was just a few days before Christ mas. An unusually heavy snow had fallen, and it was bitter cold. So we decided to let the mine take care of ' itself that day and remain near tbe warm fire. "I had long wanted to know some thing about my companion. But it was ever .the rule among us "Western men not to aslc questions, but wait for ex- changes of confidence, wbjch invaria bly came in good time. I broke the si Jirnce by telling Jim the .story of my haphazard life. "He finally gave me a few items from liis own, and I learned that the chief . object of his stay in tbe "West was to acquire a fortune, if possible, in order to marry a young lady in tbe East, who from a financial point of view was s little above his station. Unfortunate ly for him aad his friends, J failed to , -'- fmri mrmmt tFmmMF rW&BM& M I - . t-r- iZ . 3s. - --- - - - - - w a iiaifv. aaaaBta l v,- rrr-zr l 'Jam 'JesjilB learn his name and the place he called home. "The day before Christmas the weather broke (moderated) and we went to the mine to put in a good day's work. We had now quite a shaft down, with a cross-cut about twenty feet long, which we had lately started for ex ploring purposes. We worked in the latter that day, and soon encountered a formation different from ..-ything we had so far discovered. The earth was now soft, and great caution had to be exercised in working, to avoid a cave in, which would have meant death to both of us. "As if the same thought had moved us both, we took out of our pockets the extra candles we had brought along, and started to examine the material In which we were working. "To be sure, we were not mistaken, we had opened an immense pocket of Bilvcr-gold carbonates. The end of our tribulations was at hand, and visions of comfort and wealth floated before our eyes. "I turned around to offer my con gratulations to my partner and held out my hand. A bright bit of steel was gleaming in my face, and Jim stood be fore me with the look of a maniac in his eyes, and a drawn six-shooter in his hands. "He found bis voice after an effort At last,' he said, 'the wealth I've searched for is within my grasp. Bill, you don't need it. You shall not leave this place alive unless you agree and promise to let me have this mine and the proceeds. It is all mine; I brought you here, and now I want It.' "What could I do? Argument was useless. I was unarmed, and cared little anyhow to take the poor fellow's life. The sudden good fortune had turned his brain. Jim was a raving maniac. But how could I circumvent his plan to murder me? "I talked to nim for a long time, try- DESPERATE STRUGGLE i - ;. ... r.1...... l:. .l ..-.: .i & 'o '" "u mui nit; injustice ui me aci, nut tne weapon was always leveled at my head, while he demanded a deed to the claim. The prospect was not flat tering. I asked him to come to the j cabin or to the camp and have the j papers made out. but he uttered a dia- ! bolical laugh and declined to go. For i several hours we argued back and forth, : deep underground, with no light save t that from our candles. The situation j became desperate. The candles would soon give out, and then in the darkness a tragedy might take place. I did not care to be murdered in cold blood by this maniac. Whatever transpired must come quickly, and I decided to disarm the fellow. It was a risky thing. but absolutely the only way out of the ' dilemma. "I picked up the bucket rope that was 1 lying at my feet and, toying with it t carelessly, kept talking to the lunatic. Measuring the distance between us with a glance, I leaped suddenly upon him, carrying him down by my own weight The revolver exploded, but only in flicted a flesh-wound in my left arm. "Then ensued the most desecrate struggle in which I was ever engaged" I Jim fmiP-nt with th .iacn-,fin -...l I - - wm0, . ivu .ai, Mugwx;i aiiuu auu superhuman strength usuallv develop2d j by maniacs. For over an hour we struggled back and forth. I had no de- ! sire to injure the fellow, onlv to secure J him. Finally his strength gave way. and I soon had iim bound hand and ' foot. He cursed and begged, all to no Purpose. I hurried to the camp for as- . sistance to convey Jim from the bot tom of the mine to a place of safety. "The stars were commencing to peep through the clouds, and just as we en tered the one long street of the camp, the cold winter moon rose over the mountain, shedding a pale light over the slowly moving procession. What a home-coming for Christmas Eve! "Would he ever recover enough -.o tell us of the names of his friends? I told the boys the story, and many a rough face was turned away, as its own er no doubt was thinking of the friends , at nome. "Jim had to be taken to the asylum. I sold the claim at a good figure, and stayed around to give him all possible aid. But he never regained his sounl senses, and died soon after with the secret cf his life buried in his breast." The Killing Tasslon. The sufferer slowly raised his eye lids. "Where am I?" he asked. "You were run into by another bi cyclist," answered the attendant. "Later, when he was about to breathe his last, he asked in a touching manner: "What was the name of his machine V Exchange. Ready for Hias. "Our side is going to spring some uu-looked-for disclosures on you," said a lawyer to one of the opposing attorneys. "We've been expecting some unlook ed-for disclosures," was the reply, "so ! you'll not take us unawares." Oakland j Times. j AN OLD IRISH KINO. A IU.1 Paac Was Brtari Bern Hl Harp fittll PnumA Brian Borolhme, or Bora, was a real personage and perhaps the greatest of the eld Irish kings, says the Brooklyn Eagle, fie belonged to a celebrated clan known as the Dalcassians. He had a brother named Maaon and for a time the two worked together to drive out the Danes and extend their own power over other parts of Ireland than that to which their clan belonged; They were very successful. Mahon became king of a section of the country, but was soon after taken captive by some of his rivals .and murdered. Then Brian rose in his might. Gathering his clansmen together, he marched with great rapidity from point to point, sought out the men who had slain his brother, defeated them and took posses sion of their lands and, by means of the deeds he performed with his strong right arm, became king of Munstcr. Then he marched into Leinster and ex acted tribute and homage from the kings there. It, was a time when Ire land was divided up into separate king doms. But over all was the ard-ree or chief king, and at the period when Brian Boru began his great work the leading monarch was Malachy, a!so a great warrior. Brian and Malachy be came jealous of each other, and though for a time they agreed to an arrange ment whereby Malachy was to be re garded as sole ruler over the north of Ireland, Brian had the notion that all Ireland should be controlled by one man and that he himself was the man for the work. So he picked a quarrel with Malachy, and marching against that king at Tara, challenged him either to surrender or settle the ques tion of supremacy in battle. Malachy said he would not submit. He would rather fight than do this, but he needed help and he told Brian that he would meet him fairly in the field in a month's time. Brian actually agreed to wait until Malachy got ready for fighting. Malachy, however, could not get the help he wanted and he therefore sur rendered to Brian, who was so pleased it this act that he bestowed such honors 3s he could on his captive and gave him his liberty. Brian was now master of Ireland and for many years the coun try was peaceful and prosperous. Roads were made through the land, bridges were built over the rivers and houses and castles that had suffered during ' the time of conflict were repaired or re built. Colleges and seats of learning were erected also and crime was scarce ly known in the country. When Man Dsaert Her. j It has always been man's preroga tive, says the rnuaaeipma rimes, io depart from the scene of action that 13 offensive to him. In the event of a ! domestic diatribe he reaches for his i hat, if he chooses to do so, slams the door, if he chooses to do so, hails the passing street car and departs. He re- : turns when he gets ready. With a due sense of appreciation of hie responsi bilities he rarely avails himself of his t nrivilproc T Tnax oven tint refrain from saying that the amazing thing about it all is that he docs not go oft en pr. When a man plays the role of a deserter he is rarely written about in the newspapers. The telegraph wires state the situation briefly but they ! rarely tingln with mystery. The world 1 winks the other eye, and the deserted j wife takes in sewing or washing or any j thing she can get to support the chil ' dren. She has no deputy to send post ! haste after the desterter and bring him. ; j)acjr to the town calaboose in chains and disgrace. She lets him go and the neighbors come in and loan their shoul ders for her to weep on for an hour or two and then they comfort her by tell ing her she is better off without him and she generally agrees with them. la tbe Set. "Harold." she gasped, "I have just been told there is a price on your head." Her foreign suitor drew her to his bosom. "No, darling," he whispered, "I have never quoted any prices for a broken set. The head goes with the rest." Detroit Tribune. WORTH KNOWING. The London Chronicle says: "Mr. Austin is simply unthinkable as poet 1 laureate. "We can hardly conceive that , so great an injury to literature is med ; itated." Seven hundred Berlin journalists are to have their pictures printed in a volume which Gustave Dahms has w.rittn and which is to give an inside view of modern German journalism. iae KUSS,an 'orKnan sPeas very Iiule for food' ,oagin& and TCS as comParetl with the foreign artisan. In Moscow, for example, the board of a workman amounts to not more than 10 'hillings per month. WEATHER SIGNS. When rheumatic people complain of pains and aches then look out for rain and stormr. If cattle leave off feeding nnd chase each other a round the field you may safely expect rain. When birds of passage arrive early in their southern passage severe winter may be looked for. If AH Saints' Day will bring out the winter, St. Martin's Day will bring out tbe Indian summer. If goldenrod blossoms early von will n heavy clothes, for bitter cold weather will prevail. Gnats flying in compact bodies in the beams of the setting sun mean that the weather will be fine. If rpiders spin the filaments of their webs long the weather will be serene for ten or twelve days. The whiteness of the breastbone of a goose indicates the amount of snow that will fall during the winter. A good hydrometer is a piece of hemp. Boli it into a lump, and when it is damp it prognosticates rain. If birds preen their feathers and wash themselves, afterwards flying to their nests, rainy weatheris indicated Onion skins very thin, mild winter coming in: onion skins thick and tough, coming winter cold and rough. When honey bees are busy laying in a supply of food you can depend on it that tne winter will be a "corking" cold one. me iweive nays oeiween i-cemoer 2o and January 5 are the keys to the weather for the Smralmi iths si that t SOME OLD CRUISERS. CRAVE YARD OF THfi CONFEb ERATE GUNBOATS. Th West Indies Marked wltN tat ilalka t fcasltah ttUUt X'rlTaie.n SeMM Old Biaekaae Raanen A Grasp Picture of tfc. Wrack. N wandering abotit certain of the land locked bays and harbors of the West Indies, the wonder of the traveler is often excited at the appearance of an occasional stranded hulk, lying with its bows among the shrubbery of the mango swamps, unclaimed and owner less. The fine lines and capacious engine-rooms of these derelicts bespeak a capacity for high speed, and there are sometimes traces of elegant carving and paneling of the cabins aft. These ships, in their deserted and dismantled condi tion, are instinct with the mystery of a past ocean life; but seldom can informa tion be obtained from the natives along tbi coast. Occasionally, though, there is a trace of history to be gleaned from some old negro who remembers the tnie, thirty years back, when the steam er was run up close under the lee of the mangoes and another ship lay off for weeks as if awaiting her prey. Then, when worn out by waiting for the with drawal of the enemy, the crew had abandoned their ship and escaped to the nearest port, disgusted with the perils and losses of tbe unequal contest. No psge of history has adequately narrated the romantic story of the blockade run ners of the civil war. After a brief ex istence of daring adventure, cornered at last by the Federal war vessels, many of them found a grave among the quiet harbors of the West Indies, where their stranded hulks are still to be found, now nameless and forgotten. Built and manned in England expressly for the large profits of the Southern trade, by means of their great speed they long de fied the efforts of the blockading fleet to take them. In this they were aided by the depre dations of several privateers, also of English construction and manned by English-drilled crews, although com manded by Southern officers. In the Bay of Port au Prince lies the hulk of the steamer Meteor, one of the swiftest of the vessels plying between Charles ton and Liverpool during the war. Her bow is high in the verdure of the swamp, at the edge of which she has been grounded by the tide, while her stern is settled low down in the water. Beneath its faded timbers the sharks dart to and fro undisturbed and the sea dimples in the placid serenity of the tropical bay. Her engines have been re moved, but her long, narrow hull and sharp prow indicate the ability with which she must have fled from Uncle Sam's fleet in bygone days. In her dis mantled cabin can still be discerned traces of former comfort, for she was built to carry the escaping refugees as well as the much-needed merchandise of daily use which commanded such a price during the blockade. A promi- I neat member of the Confederacy had j made his escape from Charleston on board this craft, and was on her when i she was cooped up in the Gulf of Go- naives by an American jvarship. Her sailing days are gone now. for her back is broken and her hold is full of water and overgrown by the rapid marine growths of tropical seas. The Albe marle is another. She was a side whcclcr. less capable in apcarance and lcre beautifully equipped than was the Meteor. She lies with her prow high upon the beach at the harbor of Sagua Grande, on the northern coast of Cuba. This vessel was fired upon and injured by one of the blockading fleet and put into Sagua, where she was sunk after being deserted by her crew. Her cargo of cotton was partially removed before slie waa abandoned. Beneath the full cffulgeirce of the tropic moon, her masts, standing bare from ber broken det.ks ber anci!;nt bl2ck fimne, slI11 uelfi in plflce in cpite of tue hurricanes of the nast thirtv vears and hr m: seem like the jfr&Cil j;yc x ')f:::mKmJx JM 'l' Y vv shadows of a phantom ship rising from the glistening waters of the bay. Beyond the prow ome can distinguish the dark-green foliage of the fever stricken mangoes; the mountains rise in the bide distance, while apon her decks crawl the deadly scorpion and centi pede. It Is a scene of desertion and death; Another trace of the blockade is the schooner Ranger, which was captured off the Gulf coast She was apparently lost in a storm, but ultimately made her way to Jaomel, where she was beached and deserted, This ship is in good condition, except for the loss of her mists and the decay of time. The Ran ger was commanded by a Yankee from Maine, who made a large fortune in run ning the blockade with cotton for Eng lish ports. It was found that the man placed on board in charge of the crew when she was taken had been killed in a mutiny, and the crew had thus es caped to Hayti, where all traces of them were lost. Such, if it were repeated, would be the common history of a large number of the long, low-built hulls which arc to be found on the Cuban coast or in Porto Rico, or even scattered among the low reefs of the Bahama Banks. The excitement of the night voyage along the rebel coast, when no light was shown, no voice heard aloud; the tremor gJBB?jl2SZiaim3maaBK.I ciy, XJ jtr B-ttyfv- - t3maBJaiLJtmHBamBffyaWmtamamat jiaarBarVdmaliammVESMal pP' "eri:iifgafJffll. 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One other reminder of war times Is lying in the Gulf of Gonaives, off Port au Prince, in the shape of the old United States war vessel Carondelet This ves sel, whose record during the naval movements of 1864 made her justly famous, was sold to the Haytian Gov ernment during the Presidency of Salo mon. She was never utilized as a war ship by the Black Republic, and now lies stranded in sight of the city. The Complaint of a Mean Man. To the large number of stories of the "meanest man" which are frequently related one should be added of a cer tain Frenchman, famous for his habit of grumbling at everything and on every occasion. He was attacked by in flammatory rheumatism and was care fully nursed by his wife, who was very devoted to him in spite of his fault finding disposition. His suffering caused her to burst into tears some times as she sat by his bedside. One day a friend of this invalid came in and asked how he was getting on. "Badly, badly." he exclaimed, "and it's all my wife's fault." "Is it possible!" asked the friend, in surprise. "Yes. The doctor told me that hu midit3 was bad for mc and there that woman sits and cries, just to make it moist in the room." Pearson's Weekly. I'orrnt Fire in Washington Slate. Forest fires have broken out agaiu in the mountains of Washington, where to months ago they were so extensive that the whole region was enveloped In a dense pall of smoke, and river and sound traffic was greatly impeded. The worst fires now arc in Clarke county, and the town of Vancouver is overhung by dense clouds of smoke. A Baar 1'araa Kvperimrnt. Frank Schwato was engaged in bear farming near Superior, Wis. Some of the live stock got loose the other night and ate Frank up. At last accounts the neighbors had assembled and were set tling the estate with their rifles. A small boy gives hi3 views on a very pertinent subject in these graphic .vrords: "Some boys is honester than others, and there's no way to tell them apart except you pretend to forget your knife, and watch 'em jump for it. The one that jumps last is the honestest erne." Leaden Household Words. ARTISTIC HINTS. Gaad Xasta Katfccr tfcaa Strlkla Effects Naw ta Taffaa. The tables loaded with bric-a-bra, which had the effect of making a drawing-room look very much like a china shop, are not to be the rage any more. There may be bits of bric-a-brac about, but those bits must be of some in trinsic value, and they need not all be grouped together as though offered for sale. The prettily bound books which are now the fashion are allowable evenings in a sitting-room, and books always give a homelike air, even if the leaves are not cut. The silver tables will still reign, but these collections are really interesting in many cases, and the dark plush or velvet on which the ornaments are placed is really a thing of beauty as a general rule. The tea table is part and parcel of the furnish ings of the room, but need no longer be in evidence. It must be placed be hind some sofa or lounge and near enough to be brought forward at the proper time. Brocades and tapestry are used for furniture coverings, and there are many new designs. Now that it is no longer a fixed rule that all furniture should match, different materials are combined in what would have been thought a few years ago a most impossi- ble combination. Brocade, plush, tapestry, corduroy even, have all been massed together without looking badly. Wealth of Georgia Xccroes. The negroes of Georgia have more than doubled their property holdings Bince 1880. In that year the aggregate was $5,764,293, while the assessors' books show that now they own $12, 941,230. This is a shrinkage ot about $2,000,000 since 1893, when the returns showed them to be worth $15,000,000, but this shrinkage is more apparent than real, for the property has suffered very small actual loss. Practically all of this property has been acquired in less than twenty-five years. WOMEN OF NOTE. Mrs. Mary Jackson, of Louisville, has just completed her 103d year. Lady Ann Blunt, a granddaughter of Lord Byron, is deeply imbued with so cialistic ideas. Modleska savs she will nevpr nlav Shakespearian roles in New York again, i wB.vri.. .iia .., ..,.. xx- , :.. ..:" .. . "' :.'?...' Guy Carleton to the immortal William Miss Frances E. Willard declares that the one thing she likes in men is that "they stand together," and she adds that the three things she wants to live to see are prohibition, woman suffrage and the skycycle. Haniczka Selezka, a Bohemian wo man, said to be the inventor of the polka, is still alive and vigorous, al though 65 years have elapsed since she first gave public exhibition of her dance in a farmhouse at Costelae. THE CLERGY. Out of 50,000 Sioux Indians over 4,000 are now members of Congregational, j Episcopal or Presbyterian churches. Rev. Henry Schelf celebrated recent ly the toratc sixtieth anniversary of his pas- j of Zion German Lutheran church . at Baltimore. This record is unparal- j leied in any church. The King's Daughters of the Losing- 1 ton Avenue Baptist church. New York city, have opened an industrial school where girls are taught the elements of sowing. The school is nonscctarian, and well patronized. Dr. George William Warren, famous organist and composer, and father of the prominent Warren family of musi cians, was honored in New York last week with a memorial service in honor of his twenty-five years' connection with SL Thomas' church. English clergymen's salaries are not as high as is believed. In Crockford's clerical directory for this year state ments of the actual value of 8,636 bene fices out of 13,243 in England are given. Of these C38 are worth $500 a year or less, 2,748 more $1,000 or less. 4.219 leas than $2,000, 792 less than $3,000. 173 less than $4,000, 43 only $5,000 or less, and 23 more than $5,000, six being above $7,500, and hut one of these above $10,-00. ' a.fc?. ' TROLLEY GARS AID PILLS. Vroa: lae XveaUc News, Newark, 1C. J. Mrs. Ansa Bans, of 8 Flaw Btraat, Kawark. N. J., k m ascidadly pretty farm astta, twaaty-six years old. tall, aad a plates cow arastkmalfal. Oatkagniand floor of her riidaaca aha coaajnets a well ordered cSiisy start. Whea omr reporter Tisited her store, aha te reepoase tm ques tion told him a very sstetaattog story. "Uatll about two moatfcs ago," she be gsa, 'I enjoyed the very best el health and could woik sight aad day if aecsseary. Suddenly, aad wMheat aay apparent caoaa. I began to stifef from intense pains ia my head, ia my limbs aad temples. Almost distracted with this seemmgly aerer eadiag pain, I triad care after core, preecriptioa after prescription aad almost a gallon of medicine of all Made. Kothiagdid me aay good, la fact I became worse. The knuckles of my bead aeon became cramped and tbe pain in my Mpa became more aad more distressing each day. Basiaees in th store had to be attended to, however, and so I was obliged, suffering as 1 was, to keep more or less oa my feet aad occaaieaally I was forced to go eat. This was the ordeal I dreaded. Each time 1 west out I trembled wtea 1 came near tbe car tracks, for my I ain at times was to severe that I was obliged to stand perfectly still no matter where I was. On one occasion I was seizoi in this wav while I was crossing tbe tracks on Market Street and there I stood perfect ly rigid, unable to move band or foot while a truliey car came thundering along. Fortunately it was stopped before It struck me, but the dread of it all lasted as long as my pain, for 1 never knew when crossing the tracks, whether J would not drop to the ground in mv agony and be crashed to death. My anxiety to get well grew apace and I bad about given up id despair when I saw in the Evening News one day. an ad vertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Here was something I hadn't tried before and I lost no time in getting to the nearest drugstore. There I paid tifty cents for a box of these trolv wonderful, health restor ing pills. Before I bad ilnisbed taking half of the pills I began to feel relieved: the pains in my hips gradually disappeared and for tbe first time in many days, I felt as if there was some hope. 1 continued to take the pills and the more I took the better I felt. I finished one box, got another, and now having taken only a few of the second fifty cents worth. I am fr from all pain nnd as liappv ns the day i long. Since I began to tnke Dr. Williams Pink Pills I have gained thirty pounds aad now when I cross the car tracks I don't care if there are n dozen vehicles near by. It i a great relief, I assure you, and suffering humanity hns a never failing friend in Dr. U illiams' 1'ink Pills for Pale People. I know what I nm talking about. 1 speak from exper ience."' Dr. Williams' Pink. Pills contain, in a con densed form, all the elements necessary to givo new life nnd richness t the Hood and 'estorc shattered nerves. In men they ef ect a radical cure in nil cases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are told iu ltoxe (never in looe balk) at M cents a lox or six loxe3 for fcJ.50. and may be bad of all druggists, or direct bv mail from Dr. Williams' MeJ. Co.. Schenectndy, N. Y. fikirtfl of Actress. XIagrsjic Mitchell once told a iucs tioninr woman thai she always wore divided .skirts, although at the time of ' this conversation the bifurcated gar ment was scarcely known outside the world of the stage. .Miss Mitchell said that almost all actresses wore this pet ticoat because they found that it gave most fredom of gait and grace to one's movements. She also said that she bad her skirts trimmed with lace and em broidery, put on wrong side out, and that this was another notion prevalent in "the profession." "Because, you sec." she explained, "in getting in or out of a carriage or a street car it is the underside of ;he edging-that shows, and only that." WONDERFUL WHEAT YIELDS. The yiold of wheat and other grain in Manitoba and the other western Ca nadian provinces this year has been phenomenal. Thirty-five millions of bushels of wheat, thirty millions of bushels of oats, six millions of bushels of barley, besides large quantities of flax, rye, peas. etc.. have been produced in Manitoba by only 25,000 fnrmen. some of whom Fettled on the prairies a few years ago with very little capital, and other almost totally inexperienced i in and unaccustomed to farm work. This enormous yield seems almost in credible, but when one reads of a farm er selling a part of his crop for $17,000 nnd having 4, COO bushels still on band, it is easy of belief, and that another farmer, a Mr. Pruyn, near Emerson, Manitoba, had 21,000 bushels, and many of his neighbors harvested 10,000 bush els and upwards. A Portage Plains farmer averaged 53 1-3 bushels on a 40 acre field, and near Neepawa nine acres yielded 600 bushels an average of C6 2-3 bushels per acre. Another field of 10 acres on the same farm yielded 800 bushels, while the entire crop of 105 acres turned out 40,000 bushels. A Carman settler was rewarded with 36. SC5 bushels off 985 acres an average of 36 bushels to the acre. In oats, one farmer raist'J 75 bushels to the acre by measurement, but by weight there were 106 bushels, the grain weighing 48 lbs to the bushel. Of course every farmer has net these phenomenal crops, but there are countless instances where the wheat yield was 30, 35, 40 snd more bushels to the acre. Roots and vegeta bles, too, rivaled the cereals in their prolific yield. Stock is also largely raised, there being extensive ranches in .Mamtooa anu tne vast country to the west of it. and the shipments this year have aggregated 45,000 head, sheep be uib 'u iu wi6c unuiuers. uairy- s s being rapidly developed, and the recent establishment of creameries has brought this new country prominentlv before the markets of the world on ac count of the excellence of its butter and cheese. But wheat raising is Manito ba's distinctive feature, the soil being particularly adapted for the produc tion of No. 1 hard, unsurpassed by any oiher grade, and it Is safe to say that there is not any part of the continent where the yield has been so uniformly lnrge and the grade so high as in Mani toba. The headlights from the locomotives ) on tha Mains railroads attract the deer ; from the forests, and numbers of the i pnimals arc being killed by ths en cines. lir!i'ti!t!rH r Authorship. Mru:r::lin'r aathor "Eldora, can't you keep that fcaoy out about two min-; tfsi li5s y-lis are enough to drive one ,-,!( ,T Wife -No, I can't. I've got to fin ih the diblics and knead the bread and mend Tommy's clothes." biruglin author "Well, anyhow, you could make Johnny and his sis stop their racket ami close the windows so there won't lc oo many smells coming in from tiie neighbor, nnd lock the doors so those heartless bill collectors can't get in to annoy me. I'm writing an article on 'How to Be Happy, Though Poor." New York Wecklv. Two Prayer Storien. The late Dean Stanley ued to relate that a gentleman once called to tell him that lie had been into the abbey and had knelt down to pray, when the verger had come up to him and told him he most not kneel there. On ask ing1 why not the verger had said: -Why, sir. if I was once to allow it, we should have them praying all over tne place." This recalls the gentleman vis iting a church and asking the sexton whether people ever used it for private prayer, to which he replied, "I ketch'd nvo of 'em at it once." ArgonauL Tbe skeleton alone of an average whale ( weighs aboat twenty-five toss. Colnmbiu - State Bank I SABaaS M Bhma maSSSmi ra jpRB lm mftm I ssia mil I iriiwiiit : court. BUYS GOOD NOTES mens aks DOtEcroui Lbakdeb Gzxkakd, Pres't, B. H. Hmr, Vice Prest, M. Bxuaan, Cashier. Jobx STAuriXK. Wm. Bucks. COLUMBUS, NEB.V HAM AN' Aittsrizii Capital of - $500,000 Pail ii Capital, - 90,000 OFFICER. O. . SHELDON. Pres't. B. P. II. OEULRICH. Vice Pres. CLARK GKAY. Cashier. DANIEL SCIIRA&I. Aaa't Cash DIKKCTOKS. R. M. Wnmow, II. I. II. Okblwicw. C. II. Shkldos. W. A. McAllistol JOXA8 WKLCR, CARLltlKSKB. STOCKHOLDERS. 8. O. Gbat, gsrbard losxkb, Clark Gray. Dahizl Bchuam, J. IlEXRY WURW M, IIrxryLosxkk. Geo. W. Gallxv. a. F. n. Oxauuca. FBARKKOKJCK. J. P. Beckxr Estats. Rebecca Becker. Basket deposit: interest allowed on time deposits; buy and sell exchange on lialted States and fcurope. and buy and sell avail able securities. We shall bo pleased to re ceive your business. We solicit your pat ronage. Columbus Journal! A weekly newspaper de voted the best interests of COLUMBUS THE COUNTY OF PLATTE, The State o? Nebraska THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF MMKIHD i with S1.50 A YEAR; r tsxd rjr abwmmcx. 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