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' - -?-' '-- ' ... M ypBywtxy vSgasy vTsSt-iYsFr-r ra. l , 1 ; -3 , - ' r- - (EMmnrms f -. . NUMBER 46. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 1896. WHOLE NUMBER 1,316. fr Imtriral. J, ' ... A - t I r- .t It : I'' ' " b - r - fV - I ,r. & :5mp - X. BLIZZAittPi was raging across the plains. Thd wind iblcw harshly and mfly. The Saqw fell in blinding sheets. With "his feet on the grate, his pipe Vin his motftbHugu Vincent sat, en sconced from the storm. Hy liis side was piled a huge stock of periodicals. Books in rude cases stood against the wall. Deer heads and other trophies of the hunt adorned the walls. The room lacked the prettiness of arrange ment that a woman's hand imparts. Beside the open fire lay a huge St. Ber nard. Vincent toyed with the magazines. Their brilliant covers of white and gold, decorated with holly, caught his atten tion. Christmas! Why, it was Christ mas eve! How many years had passed since he had thought of that day. All the sad recollections of his life clus terel about that day. His father had died at Christmas, and she Unnoticed the book dropped to the floor. He sat gazing intently into the flame. Could It be nineteen years ago that he Ind withdrawn from the society of men and women? How the time bad slipped away! His pipe, his dogs, his books and business had so filled the time thit he had not observed its lapse. A co'ism connected with a publishing house supplied him with all the best literature. How kind Hal had been! His visits were really the bright spots in his gray existence. Hal understood. The wind wailed a homesick strain and Hugh scowled at the fire. His out door life, his rcgulir habits and healthy living had cheated time. He looked barely ?.ft. while, in fact, he was 42. His was a goodly face to look upon calm, strong and handsome. Thoughts'of her invaded -his peace. What a fool he bad been to stake his life on the fickle fancy of five feet of womanhood' p.eautiful little Nell! It was under the mistletoe that he had rcn her first. With the audacity of youth he had picked her up and kissed her. From that moment he had cov eted her for his own. She had prom ised yes on the Christmas day in the long ago, with her swcot eyes looking so trustfully into his. He had gone r-way, and when he returned, three mouths later, she had married the cat tle king from Texas. ?m''M's !&. ":n vsrjri &&r"'sr !N. V. .X x HUGH'S RECOMPENSE. - fa ir.vvprv 'v ,..ir i'-oj rfj' i x THE KErfCrE. N'o word of explanation he had rvor . accepted. Alone in his stubborn Eng lish prid he had borne his chagrin and pain. A reinorr-o of feeling sometimes alters a life-coarse. Krom a merry youth. Hugh Vincent became a stern man. On his ranch he went to work and found solace for his pain: and so nine teen years bad passed away. The St. Bernard roused himself un easily and laid his head on Hugh's knee. He began to bark uneasily and . sniff about the door. Hugh opened the door and let him out, and returned to his reverie. Not more than fifteen minutes had passed away when he was arotiicd by -the St. Bernard barking furiously. Reluctantly he pulled on his fur coat and went out. Away in the distance he saw something black against the snow. It was an awful night. Reaching the dog, he bent over the object in the snow. He raised it in his arms and carried it to the house. He unbuttoned the sealskin jacket that cm eloped the slight figure, undid the silken wrap about the head. The light fell upon her face, framed in its soft dark hair. "Nell!" he whispered, hoarsely. " "Calling his servants, he worked over her until be restored her to conscious ness. Hugh's heart seemed like a dead -.4fctlrjr What hollow mockery was this? He watched her as she slept. The deep mourninj dress draped a form no larger than a child's. The face musi be Nell's! Without a word she opened her eyes and found his fixed upon her face. He could not think, could not reason. Who was she, how came she there? She roused herself and began to talk. Slje had fallen from the sleigh on her way to the foit. and in the storm could - not make them hear. It had been clear when they started, but the blizzard had overtaken them. "You are staying at the fort?" Hugh asked. "Merely stopping there en my way south. My mother asked me to come this way to deliver a message to her father. She is dead." "Your mother's name, child, was " . "Helen Condy." "You have heard of Hugh Vincent!" "I am taking him a message." "Little girl. I am he." "You ah you are worthy the loe my mother bore you. She sent me to her. father. She neer taw him after she married. I was to tell him to tell .you all. That she married my father " to save his honor. You will under stand it was about some public funds. Yes. I see you apprehend it all. She talked of you so much and when she died I placed the miniature locket she . always wore above her heart. The last words she said were: 'Tell Hugh I will await him in heaven. Teach him to forgive. Nell.' " Noll'o eyes were wet. Hugh's head bowed on his hand and the pent-up feelings teemed to rend his soul. They became wonderfully well ac- quainted that night. The next day .dawned clear and Hugh sent her to the ( fort, where anxious hearts were wait ing her coming !n hopeless despair. A year Tiad psssed airsy and It had made a difrcr' nee In Hush Vmcr-ut. .Every v.-te;.. v.l::hr it v. as answered . or not, .a letter .-in from Nell. He bad grown restless as the cold weather advanced, and resolved to accept Hal's oft-repeated Invitation to visit New York. He went and was glad he did. New Year's eve found him at a reception. He hardly knew himself in evening dress. He met many bright people, and felt much at home among them. Alone for a moment, he stepped in the conservatory. There, beside a huge palm, stood a dainty figure in black. Hugh forgot his 40-odd years as he looked at her face. His Nell! The Nell of long ago! A great pain filled his heart. All the love he bore Nell her daughter had awakened in all its acquired strength. After all, life was not worth living. She saw him standing there, with his love shining in his eyes the strained despair of hopeless affection. Tears suffused her sweet, brown eyes as she came and laid her tiny hands on his arm. With her quick tact she guessed his secret The clock struck 12. She smiled as she spoke, then lowered her head. "Hugh, I cannot live any longer without you and as the clock has just proclaimed that leap year is really hero I can with propriety " "Nell do you mean it?" In his longing arms he clasped her, at last his own dear little Nell! AS A SISTER. Why One Man Think (Icn. Harrison Will Xot Marry Mr. INnaiick. A member of the church who was long a member of the Bible class in Indianapolis of which ex-President Harrison was . a teacher, prior to his going to Washington, gave the other day what he regards as con clusive reasons why no engagement of marriage exists between Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick. He says that the ex-President is a thorough religionist and a firm believer in the doctrine of John Calvin as elucidated in the con fession of faith and that in the dis cussion of subjects drawn out in the bible class the ex-president was ex tremely oilhodox on all questions re lating to marriage. "While Mrs. Dimmick." said the gen tleman, '"is not related by the law of consanguinity to Mr. Harrison, it is a fact that her close relationship to Mrs. Harrison and her frequent and pro tracted visits to the Harrisoft home have caused the ex-president loyJook upon her in the light of a sister and indeed their relations have been prac tically those of a brother and sister on these visits. Viewing her in this light I do not believe it possible that Mr. Harrison has ever considered any other relation with her." Cincinnati En quirer. An Ana;el in Disguise. The proprietor of a large store on High street went to his place of busi ness at an unusually early hour re cently; in fact the sun had not yet risen when he turned the key in the door. On entering he was surprised to find a man trying to open the door of his safe. He stood and watched him for some time, apparently deeply interested in the proceedings, when finally the bur glar tswung open the door of the. sate with a delighted chuckle, hut happen ing to turn he saw that he was dis covered and became very much alarmed. He jumped up and was about to make his escape through a back window, when the merchant called to him: "Don't be in a hurry, my friend; come back and sit down awhile and smoke a cigar, while I straighten up things a little bit, and then come home to breakfast with me. You have done me a great favor." "Why, how's that?" asked the burglar in great surprise. "Well, you see. I had the combina tion of the safe on a bit of paper anil last night I accidentally locked it in the safe and forgot how to work it; I spent most of the night trying to get the thing open and came in early this morning to have another try at iL" West Medford (Mass.) Windmill. Reatling Helen's Letter. Helen's face is like a book A Charming in all its pages, Helen's face is like a book; What's the story I forsook. When on Helen's face I look? When her smile engages. There I read an old romance; Here I see one living. There I read an old romance. But in Helen's slightest glance, Far a livelier tale enchants, Wild excitement giving. What is printer's ink to me? Commas, dots and dashes! What is printer's ink to me If with Helen I may be. Exclamation points to see Underneath her lashes! The Lark. Slang; Dictionaries. The arc plenUn of dictionaries of French slang Jyexistence, infwhich a slang wordfjlxplained in goal French, and the mst dictionarasvwhich the slang ejpivaients fof good French word re given is 'be pi is needed jparer ; of stork The Tradrand LaPbr Assembly of Paul b0rihdorsedMc work rect rgislatioapCcague of nnesota. Tbm-harteaps a member of e Amcr- icanrFcderaaffn of Labor licd for birihe Bruafflayers an emasonti ion of .fKcago has issued by the fedcr; Labor organizations throughout Mis souri are annniing resolu thdir members noi ber of"tnc Iegislafnre who wiirfcot agree toVote to abo The Iron Molders' Journal, the offl cial organ oXthe Iron Moulasjs' Inter national Union, has been enlaVeed to i Jtorty-eight pagesV It is printed in Cin- i nmi iinripr tnflkeriitnrshin r n-..;" H . -. .....J, V ,. U Black. Cincinnati cicarmaki are glcOtjjl ason in over the orWfUHk for a their trade. Th indications re that -Tfhe factories wilVall be running full forse, with plenty oferiVfck for alLunion ciganawters in the city, i The Railroad Telegrapher says when an employee of labor objects, to sub mitting' differences betw?n himself and employes tc a beard of arbitration it must be because the employes have the best of it. Labor seldom refuses to reach a settlement through arbitration. Panr Ii waters M .fMon alsaoTJi an Mben j TWO-HEADED SNAKES. SOME INTERESTING SOUTH AMERICAN REPTILES. They Have Only Oa Month The Sec ond Head Is Sizhtlens and Thra Seem to Urn So Real ITse for lb "TWO - HEADED snake" sounds like a fairy tale. But two-headed snakes exist. They are common enough down on the Ama zon River and are well known to the native fishermen who eet their livin? 0 in the great Mara- jo Bay, along the Locatines River, and in the smaller rivers running out of the bay and around the city of Para, on the coast of Brazil. Sometimes an inquisitive traveler in those regions, hearing talk of "two headed snakes," will openly scoff at the idea. "Two-headed snakes, indeed! That is a story for the marines." The native fisherman does not waste time in natural history discussions with the sneerer. "Seein's believin' " is his creed. He just starts out, catches a few of these two-headed water-snakes, and lets the incredulous traveler see for himself that well-known product of South America. The body of this snake is striped, giv ing it somewhat the appearance of a common garter snake. It is usually from one to three feet long. When gliding along it might be mistaken for a large eel, but when caught the re markable fact is discovered that it pos sesses a perfectly formed and sym metrical head at each end of its long body. The two heads are almost pre cisely alike in form, color and general appearance; one of them is very slight ly smaller than the other. This is the second head of the snake. But the eyes of this second head are , THREE SNAKES DOUBLED UP. sightless, and the mouth is only a dummy mouth, the snake providing for his living at the other head, which is the principal one. The second head is, apparently, more for ornament than use, although it is so perfect a decep tion that a close examination is neces sary to detect the working head from the ornamental one. Owing to a peculiarity in the snake's method of coming to the surface of the water to breathe, some observers have thought that this second head pos sessed some respiratory powers. In swimming near the surface of the water the snake always protrudes both heads above it. his body describing the shape of a letter U. If. the traveler were in a near-by boat he might think two snakes were resting lovingly side by side. This phenomenon of the two heads of one snake taking an airing is an ordinary affair in the bay of Marajo. The fishermen down there catch them in baited baskets or nets as they would eels, or after the style of the small bsy who goes crabbing. However, they are not thought very highly of as food when plenty of better food is obtain able. The Portuguese fisherman who finds them in his eel-basket or fish-net, is more likely to cross himself with a mut tered "Maria!" and throw them back into the water than to carry them home with him. A creature so unearthly as to possess a double allowance of heads is scarcely safe eating for a good Chris tian. Some of these snakes have been brought to this country. Michael Go mez, an old Portuguese sailor, who has settled at Wilmington, Del., has three of the creatures preserved in alcohol. When he caught them in the bay of Marajo he tied all six of their heads together, winding a string tightly I -..- . ... . arouna inc,r s,x necKs. ana tnrust tbem fnto a bott,c of sPrits- And so they im iu-uj. Now that the sea serpent has be x. of ficially recognized by Germany we can not afford to deny the reality cf the two-headed snake. Satla Underskirts with Lace Insertion The new underskirt has many charms and the pretty silk creation decked with lace is a costly article, but nevertheless a triumph of art. Silk underskirts are advancing in favor, and from tte plain silk to the richest satin with lace inser tions find ready demand. Silk skirts for spring will supplant the heavy, stiff, nnd weighty moreens recently revived. Mllliii WOMEN IN PANTALOONS. Dr. Mary Walker, the Pioneer, Has Mavy Imitators, I very well remember when I was quite a youth seeing Dr." Mary Walkef dressed in men's clothing, says a writer in Hygienic Gazette. She was a little woman, very slender, with a young mannish expression of face, writes Wil lis Barnes. I was favorably impressed With her 'dress and thought It quite be coming, but some of our municipal guardians of the welfare of the people were not so favorably impressed and Dr. Mary was more than once subjected to the discipline of the law. Her dress was a full-length pair of pantaloons and long-skirted coat, not much different from the ordinary male attirs. I also remember with what de rision the bloomer costume of women was received not many years since and how it was finally laughed out of use. But what a change has come! Public sentiment is a queer autocrat. Today on almost any of the streets and grand avenues of the city of New York and in other cities of this country and Europe may be seen hundreds of women in male attire. Baggy pantaloons, short jack ets and hats or caps are now the ac cepted fashion for bicycle riders. Is this costume becoming? Well, there is much diversity of opinion. Is this costume modest? There seems to be but one opinion on this point. Women and men of all grades of society say "No." Why is this? I think it all turns upon the one anatomical fact that women were not intended by nature to wear pantaloons. The great majority of women are differently constructed from men about the pelvis; the bones and muscular formation of females are broader and larger in every way, and as women grow older there is a natural tendency toward the piling up of fatty tissue over the pelvic bones and lum bar muscles which brings that portion of the body into unenviable promi nence. This being true, the skirt dress is the only method of grace that can be adopt ed. The wearing of pantaloons brings into unpleasant sight the anatomical THE SNAKE WITH TWO HEADS, disproportion and therefore the mod ern woman bicyclist who shows herself in public in what she is pleased to call "; "...., .o .... H'caBms sight to men or her sisters of the mow modest skirt dress. New Way to Srrve Parsnip. An entirely new way of serving par snips is in the shape of an English walnut with a nut in the middle. The parsnips are first boiled and mashed fine. Then to each pint there are ad ded a teaspoonful of salt, two table spoonfuls of melted butter, a dash of pepper, and two tablespoonfuls of milk. Mix well over the fire, and when smok ing hot add a thoroughly beaten and very fresh egg. Spread the mixture on a dish to cool. Then take the nut of an English walnut and roll around it the parsnip pulp until you have a good sized nut. Roll in egg and cracker dust and fry a light brown in deep fat that is smoking. Serve hot. l'rngrcvtttie Ideas in Australia. An agitation in favor of increasec political rights is in progress on the western Australian gold fields. An as sociation, termed the Gold Fields' Na tional league, has been formed, and a platform adopted demanding facilities for political registration, parliamentary representation on the basis of popula tion, a reduction of railway rates and of customs duties, especially on the neces saries of life, improved railway com munication and full consideration for the interests of the gold fields as against seaboard and agricultural dis tricts. C.iiist-il lijr liw Wage. A farm laborer died recently in Lj--minister, near Arundel, England, whose wages while he could work were $3.60 a week, as he never rose above a work ing bailiff and cowman. He was able to work till he was 73, when he had saved no less than $1,000. On this he managed to live for twelve years longer with a little help fr n his former em ployer; then, as he outlived his savings, he had to be relieved by the poor law officials, dying a pauper, at 87. Carried Sardines for a Late Lunch. For a bite after the theater try cur ried sardines, cooked in a chafing-dish. Make a paste, with butter, made mus tard, curry powder, and a few drops of vinegar or lemon juice. Skin the sardines and carefully wash the oil off. Spread them thickly with the mixture and grill them for a minute, and then serve either on fingers of fried bread, dusted with coralline pepper, curry powder, and minced parsley, or on fin gers of hot buttered toast. Silrer in the Arts. The amount of silver used in the arts in this country has at last exceeded that of gold. The director of the mint gives the amount of silver thus used in 1894 at $10,883,048 and the amount of gold at $10,658,604. In the same year France used in the arts $11,962,800 in gold and $7,173,000 in silver. KveryCity Should Do This. The city of San Leandro, Cal., ia going to establish and operate a mu nicipal electric lighting plant, to eud- -piy ootu arc and incandescent lights, for public and private use. JLIFE IN NICARAGUA. WHERE PEOPLE AND THEIR HOMES PRIMITIVE. Land la Which Hresaen XereY Experi ence th Delight of Shopping Ser vants Fetch the Merchandise from the Shops for Their Inspection. HE routine of daily life in Nicaragua is much simpler than in colder climates; there are no car pets to gather dust and moths, and there Is very little furniture and few pictures and bric-a-brac to be dusted aad cleaned. The clothing of the children is also much simpler, and the fashions are not varia ble. The children of the lower class wear no clothing until 12 or 14 years old, and in the upper class one garment, a sort of shirt, is enough for home wear, and children sometimes go on the street in this simple garb. What marketing 13 not brought to the door Is done by the master of the house, and so the women are free to loll in their hammocks and nurse their babies. The delight of going shopping is en tirely unknown. If anything in the dry goods line is wanted a servant i'b sent to the shop, who brings home an armful of whole pieces of the desired goods. If none of these suit, or If the senora desires to look at others, these are carried back, and another and an other armful is brought. This same servant can be trusted to pay for what ever is bought, for they are very honest in money matters, only indulging in small pilferings. One of the servants at the college was accustomed to go to the treasurer every month to draw the salary of the teachers, and she used "to have each one's money wrapped up in a different part of her dress, and she never made a mistake in giving the wrong sum to anyone. While the women are very affection ate, if death invades their homes, you do not see the despair and gloom that so often reign with us in like afflic tion; they seem to thoroughly take in their religious belief that their dear ones are translated to happier scenes, and that the separation is only tempor ary. The women of the family do not go to the cemetery with their dead; only the male members and friends. There are no hearses, and the coffin is borne on their shoulders, and they are relieved by different relays every little way. Colored coffins are used for young people, blue being a favorite color. The coffin is usually rented by the lower class, juBt for the funeral, and the body is removed at the grave and interred in the ground, with nothing to preserve it from contact with the earth. The wealthy have vaults, or niches in the brick wall surrounding the cemetery, but these are only rented, and it is nothing unusual to read an advertise ment in the paper that if the relatives of such and such a one do not pay the rent of the vault the body will be re moved by such a date. After a death in a house the piano, If the family is rich enough to own one, is removed from the sala. or parlor, to the back of the house, and, though It may be moved in a room or two nearer its xormer station during the year, it is not opened for that length of time. Former Quack Medicines. Johnson bestows ironical commenda tion upon the modest candor of the vender of a beautifying fluid which "re pels pimples, drives away freckles, smoothes the skin and plumps the flesh, but does not profess to restore the roses of 15 to a lady of 50," while he also admires the zeal for the ease and safety of teething infants shown by the inventor of the anodyne neck lace, and the affecting terms in which he warned every mother that she would never forgive herself if her infant should perish without a necklace. It would be interesting to know what the great doctor thought of a certain ad vertisement in the Spectator of "grate ful electuary for the cure of loss of memory or forgetful Iness, enabling those whose memory was before almost totally lost to remember the minutest circumstances of their affairs to a won der. Price, two and six-pence a pot." Cornhill 'Magazine. Club for Widows and Spinster. Not a little heartburning in fair bos oms has been caused among "society circles" at Warsaw, Poland, owing to an exclusive rule adopted by the newly established Ladies' Club in that city. This aristocratic social association of Polish ladie3 has bad the temerity, it seems, to cut out its married sisters, only spinsters and widows being eligi ble for membership.. There are noble matrons with marriageable daughters who are content to believe that the attractions of the club will serve the excellent purpose of keeping pretty and designing young widows out of mis chief. The new club premises are com modious and elegantly arranged, and in addition to their other attractions and comforts public readings, lectures, and music wil! form conspicuous features of the ordinary entertainments. Bail Literature. Exciting and impure literature floods the land, which the young people read and are fascinated. The voluptuous life is made the ideal, religion is scoffed at and vice enthroned. The sensational papers of the day make too much of the salacious details of an unsavory case and the sin is too often made light of, even made the occasion of efforts at humor. Rev. E. L. Miller. Episcopal ian, Scranton, Pa. Swimming and Dlvlair Sparrow. Adrian Hickman of Bath, Me., owns a swimming and diving sparrow. The little creature takes to water as na turally as a duckling and swims rapid ly after bread crumbs. It will dive be neath the surface at the word of com mand. Arthur Rook, a C-year-old bicycle rider of Brighton, New Jersey, while riding across East Lake pond recently broke through the ice. The boy re tained his seat in the saddle and the inflated tires of the machine kept him J afloat until help arrived. J0$ TOO MUCH LAUGHTER. Cnrtoas Case off a Xegrst Which Is New Kxcitlas; Loasloars Specialists. A case of insanity of a curious sort is just now exciting considerable inter est among the medical fraternity of London, say an exchange. A negro was found the other day in a gentleman's house at Willesdcn and cotlld give ha account of himself because of severe fits of laughter which convulsed his frame. He was taken to the nearest workhouse and ever since then has done nothing but laugh. He has not uttered a word In the in terval, and what is'his name or where he came from is unknown. He laugh continuously from morning till night and at meal times he swallows his food like lightning In order, apparently, that he may continue his fit of mirth with as little Interruption as possible. When he goes to sleep his sides shake with laughter, and in the morning the moment he opens his eyes his capa cious mouth opens, too, with a loud guffaw. At first it was thought he had adopted this means to escape from being tried on the charge of attempted burglary. but the physicians who have examined him unite in pronouncing him insane, and say that his cure is doubtful. The chances are. It seems, that he will lit erally laugh himself to death. This form of insanity, though rare, is not unknown to medical science, though the mania is generally of a transitory nature. There are several cases on record of grave personages, who had rarely been seen to smile, sud denly breaking Into a habit of uncon trollable and contagious laughter. Dr. Clouston tells of a solid, prudent busi ness man who one day startled his fam ily by a fit of laughter which lasted so long and was so hilarious that every one in the room had to join in. From time to time after that he would be seized In the church, in the train or in the streets, and whenever he started all who heard him would have to follow. It was the first symptoms of mania. Very soon delusions and the most outrageous conduct supervened and then the asylum. JACK TARS OF OTHER DAYS. When Ships Were Fall-Rigged aad Sailers Were Athletes. A proportion of the blue jackets of any full-rigged ship were necessarily athletes, says a writer in the North American Review. The "upper yard men" in a line-of-battle ship or a fri gate were exceptional men in this way, and much more so, perhaps, just about the time that sail power was receiving its death warrant than ever before. These young men had to race aloft to nearly the highest points, at top speed, eight or ten times a week, when the ship was in harbor, to keep their heads and maintain their breath while "hold ing on by their eyelids." as the phrase went, and manipulating with a careful and measured order of action the vari ous and intricate arrangements for "crossing" or "sending down" the royal and topgallant yards. It was all done at full speed, for it was universally held that the upper yardmen gave a character to the whole ship, and that one which wan foremost in the exercise was ever considered "the smartest ship in the fleet." The upper yardmen were always the coming men. They had the most opportunities for distinguishing themselves, were the best known and were most under the eye of the authori ties. They developed great muscular power in chest, shoulders and arms. Their lower extremities suffered and one always knew the men who had been upper-yardmen by their tadpole like appearance when they were bath ing. But in the modern steam line-of-battle ship and frigate these extremely athletic specimens formed a very small minority of the "ship company," and none of them could lose his turn at be ing upper-yardmen so long as the ship's reputation depended upon the speed with which the upper yards were , crossed and sent down. In harbor the rest of the blue jackets had the hand ling of the yards and sails for exercise once or twice a week, but at sea the use of sails for propulsion grew less and less important, and most of the work aloft was more of an exercise and less of a necessity. Tottering Thrones. The kingdoms of the world are trembling and tottering upon their foundations. They realize that the end is upon them and they dare not move for fear of precipitating the conflict. But they are compelled to move, and will soon be gathered together to the battle of the Lord God Almighty. Elder W. H. Ebert, Seventh Day Ad ventist, Elmwood. Ind. RAM'S HORN. Good, as God sees it, is the good of all. Much doing is not so important as well doing. Faith in Christ makes the coffin a chariot. If we could see better the world would be better. A blind man's world can be measured with a cane. Whatever God does, is for the good of the Christian. Love can be misunderstood, but never over-estimated. We can only do our best when we are sure wc are right. Putting out the eye3 cannot blind the man who has a seeing soul. I "1" OI ner "1CU.S an vcgeiames c..n ,., t,o.. !,. ..,i to an ignorant order uov. A little ex Some men seem to have been made . ... , , - . , . , . , ... , . .. i per.ence will enable one to learn to out of dust with gravel in it. jpnow lne best cutfc of me:its and if U)C Sin always takes the defensive when marketman sees that his customer the sword of the Spirit is drawn. knows what .-.he wants, and that she It is hard to get a dyspeptic to believe will not be satisfied with inferior that the millenium will ever come. I meats, he will mrve her with the "cc&t. Men worthy to serve God for gain arc willing to serve the devil for nothing. In the moment that a sinner knows that Christ is Christ, he loses his guilt. Selfishness is self robbery, no matter whether dwells in a hut or a palace. The conviction of sinners is sure to be deep when the church is hearing God speak. When the devil is most like a roar ing lion, he is most careful to hide his teeth. Knock down a hypocrite, and you will upset a bigger one who Is hiding he hind him. An American tourist recently sent his bicycle from London to Paris by parcel post. The cost was only a few pence, and he received It In perfect order. A SUMMER OUTING. The fteaearM aa1 BeaeSts ta rrrest M) the Mesmtalae or Colorado. The days are here, when one begins to make plans for his summer outing, and studies railway maps and questions friends to learn of the best snots, and where the most vnried amusements may be had for the least outlay. To Kansas people the Rocky mountains are the most convenient and afford op portunity for the enjoyment of tastes j of all shades. Twenty-four nours piac the most eastern dweller of the state right in the heart of the great divide and he has enjoyed such scenes en route, as wealthy tourists go across the ocean to find. The Denver & Rio Grande road, the Great Scenic Route of the world, takes you at Pueblo or Den ver, and whirls you' through canons where there must have been an en chantment and where giant arms have dashed the boulders into their present resting places. The ride through the Royal Gorge displays the great in genuity of its engineer, and the ob stinate determination of its builders. The rails are placed in almost inaccesi ble places, along the edge of the stream or torrent, which with wonderful skill has been forced out of the way to make room for the rock "road bed and the iron rails. At certain points the torrent maintains Its supremacy, but the diffi culty is met and surmounted, a set of hangers being made into the cliffs overhead, to support the bridge work and track. The stream is still jubilant of its power over man. and laughs, booms and dashes by as the train passes, not caring for the queer shad ows that fall into it. if it can only be supreme at this critical point. The canon is one of the erandest in the world, barely wide enough, in certain parts, to admit of the stream and the tracks, the granite walls of giant moun tains towering above and over all. and giving a still more impressive object lesson of the great force of Nature which has caused it all. The climb is a long one, and after leaving Salida you think it is over and that as you enter upon a slight down grade, or a smiling valley, that you are now going , t0 sjdc down 'jnto tne great San Luis . Valley. Never were you more mis- taken; and if you look you will sec two puffing little giants pulling the train for several hours yet. At length, how ever, when you have begun to wish for I breakfast, the summit is reached, and there is a rapid stride down the west ern slope, and into the beautiful val ley. For more than fifty miles the track is as straight as an arrow, and the train speeds along bringing you into Alamosa for breakfast, right under tie shadow of Blanco, the highest moun tain in this country. All around are smiling fields as far as the eye can reach, until vision is interrupted by the mountains which encircle the val ley. Some one has said the West Moun tain and the Sangre de Cristo range on the east are a ring and that Blanco is the setting. These mountains afford every variety of amusement and enter tainment. There is fine trout fishing; in season there are plenty of ducks and Sand Hill Cranes, Brants, Geese and Curlew. These are in the valley. If big game is desired you must go back into the mountains, where Elk, Bear, Mountain Sheep and Lions, Glouse, etc.. are still to be found. Outfit at one of the pleasant little hamlets and spend a month in these mountains and in this valley, if you want an outing. If you wish to meet the gay social parties, that make the mountains their home in summer, go to Colorado Springs. Man itou, or some other of the delightful re sorts on the line of the Denver & Rio Grande road. We know of no greater advantage to heath, than may be gained by a sojourn away from the cares of business and daily duties of the routine of living. 1 Here there is no routine but a con . tinued change, of pleasure resulting 1 more profitable to a tired body or over taxed mind than any other opportunity within reach. The Denver & Rio Grande Company looks after the comfort of its I patrons with scrupulous care, and pro- vides the best facilities for observation I and enjoyment of the ride. If you have never yet visiieu tnese precincts, ue cide now to do so this year, and get the rest and health you have been looking for. P. P. BAKER. II hi Choice. At a villajre wedding1 in Worcester shire recently the clergyman asked thv! bridegroom the usual question whether he Wi.s willing to take tiic woman to be his wedded wife, and, the rustic. scratching his head for a moment ?r fvo replied. "Ay, I'm wulling-. but I'd rather hae her sister." London Tele- graph. Inblle Lands In Oklahom.-. A careful investigation of the public records discloses the fact that there arc yet several millions of acres of public lands in Oklahoma yet subject to home stead entry and settlement. It has generally been understood that all the lands in Oklahoma fit for agri cultural purposes are already occupied, but such is not the fact. Owing to the method adopted for the opening of these lands to settlement, in many cases as high as five or six persons would settle on a single track on the day of the race, and rather than stand the expense of a contest, or run the risk of other trou ble, would, unknown to each other, abandon the land. Again, the main race for lands at those openings was for tracts near the cities or proposed town sites and along the lines of railroads, and thus many hundreds of almost equally as good farms as are in Okla homa were pasesd over in the mad rush for homes. It is true that a large portion of the yet unclaimed public lands are more fit for stock-raising than for agricultural purposes: yet there are still hundreds of good homes awaiting the taking in that country and undoubtedly a large num ber of eastern people will take advan tage of the same the coming season. Iloimeliolil .Marketing. In the matter of purchasing food, the housekeeper must use good judgment, going to market and not trusting the ' It i generaliv economical to buy tiic I hiirlu st erades of groceries and meats. ' I .!!. 1. II I I aa lite tnv uia jiir lici .iui is uivik t readily susceptible to changes and va riations. Character in the Hair. Dark brown locks arc always loyal. 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