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' 4:!T?'r' AT tT AiT . j; J : -4 c st., .Jr.. "S. .'" v -- is Si z. t ? VOLUME XXVI.-NUMBER 49. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 18, 1896. WHOLE NUMBER 1,349. "mFE-'" i r a.. i't. . kv-. . tOarfcfc .f T I aTL-'am.amS ' VL JL L" -w . ,tr v -k j.m m H'- Jirvi ! vi a-a jv. .; 2Ae?m $5 -, Z- V ' S3Ue, l. h.r - 'v-.-iy;-? Aic-'n.;v.i ini .5. . .r :JK'7AWsTr fH & -r -... . w wrsw, .:s . ar .-.v s . -aprv SMFimt- '-5L J mmwmBk -. mm&. 'IW'lll.l MMf'.s-i- - JnilfJ p P' ftvir..i. i .-x. -sxtj Uk?'Mm vjfjj,' wwjiJL ., rm C r -... - - . ii '7 i- "? '!" -&r - .- ir A , 1ANJ) fSn "TTS tttir tunc IWfijlTR, AF r 9 T ""V '" iT ",Ut, tUm3 SW5MC IMCLtS HDiMII t! Conr yrcjr an to (uot tc imm i.?i : -(X'i. TWfHtl AnONC TKIttrieNS.rflfPiNC. Yct vwicui m Mm nactv wentM ' c -i ,t -" 3k ' t .-"iT..'?if J!r. "2..v,.. v-" f" z' IMV VtK TUS. ..V TOUKE N nMMTAltl, 'i1 t w Hi am. Ki wi ' mcw tun ;tiB. -j Kpy VriiiMi nun w( om tmacr ;- fr ?'"' H rjj A s"w cnwc.-TMit hsj ,', iti;r y- znf nts, paper flowers, and ends of can dles are impaled on the whitethorns and laurel bushes near it Eleanor Atkinson. ST. PATRICK'S HYMN. Oae er the Mi la - V' ts?rr-i'7 t . x v: -,y- -" t- vt . . C- o,. ez? -S 2 m 15 - - - css vat rniw;i,priiinutic s tovc, TiJAT CU-lP kct llt l 4JfNT (nt rco sar U COKOMlT MU CT Tt"tA tr LMt's it Mrc mc auTHiuni m caiMira men. Trc4 nocr Snttr upi vm.MM titTric Now Sij is anrtt( icc n nwo tut s vr. STORY OF ST. PATRICK MARVELOUS TALES AND LEG ENDS TOLD ABOUT HIM. Ill Death-ltttl Admonition The I'atron afnt of Krin anil Ills Hataalc Majenly An Odd Vcraioc of the Story of the Rnakn. eisC m i muv ,-jfi m cs y T. PATRICK, the good old patron saint whose mar velous miracles and benevolence Irishmen the world over will recall at this time the an niversary of his death was proba bly about forty years old when he landed on the Inhospitable shores of Ireland, and he is said to have continued hi3 labors unflinchingly for the space of four-score j-ears, until the day of his death, on March 17, 493 A. D., which would havo made hira almost a century and a quarter old. There are many doubting Thomases v;ho assert that the good saint was neither a Scotchman nor, as some say, a Frenchman, but was an entirely mythical personage whom the church canonized in order to constitute a pat ron saint of wonder-working reputa tion. There is a delightful homeliness r.bcut most of the old legends and tra ditions concerning the saint; their hero is so essentially human always, not withstanding his transcendent gifts. All hearts were won by his kindly and genial personality. It is related that when the saint lay on his death-bed he was deeply touched at the sight of his mourning followers. He gazed on them with pitying eyes, and with his last breath it is gravely a.sscrtcd that he murmured: "Take a drop of something for my sake." It is said that the art of distillation was taught to the Irish by St. Patrick, AUTHENTIC PORTRAIT OP ST. PATRICK, though he had no mean reputation as a temperance advocate. At all events, "poteen" was named after him. When a boy of sixteen the embryo missionary was captured by pirates and sold to slavery in Ireland for seven years. But for this lucky chance, by the way. the Emerald Isle might still be unregenerate. The youth was em ployed as a swineherd on top of a lofty mountain. Here he was wont to medi tate on the urgent necessity of a little missionary enterprise among the then semi-barbarians. One night, so the story goes, his lone ly vigil was interrupted by no less a personage than the devil himself. His Satanic Majesty had adopted the effectual disguise of a huge stone and attempted to frighten the future saint by jumping on him. The lad, however, was nothing daunted, but. extracting himself speedily, called out in a lusty voice: VHelias! Helias!" At the same moment the orb of day 6aw fit to anticipate the dawn, accord ing to the almanac, by several hours, and rose gloriously upon the scene. This was too much for the Prince of Darkness. He fled in his natural shape, while the swineherd resumed his post and the sun discreetly sank to abide the orthodox time of rising. On a certain cold morning St Patrick and his followers were on the summit of a bleak mountain, with no apparent means of making a fire. To add to their discomfort snow was falling heavily, and a howling wind had arisen. Now was the opportunity for the saint He ordered all hands to collect snowballs together.in a great heap, then he quiet ly breathed upon the frosty mound, and lo! flames burst forth immediately. The following touchipg poem allud-. in? to the above is of comparatively recent date: "St Patrick, as in legends told. The morning being very cold. In order to assuage the weather, Collected bits of ice together; Then gently breathed upon the pyre. When every fragment blazed on fire. Ah! If the saint had been so kind As to have left the gift behind To such a love-lorn wretch as me. Who daily struggles to be free, IM be content content with part, I'd only ask to thaw the heart. The frozen heart of Polly Roe." A peasant family living near Belfast in the early part of this century were the much-envied possessors of St Pat rick's jawbone. The relic was supposed to have a su pernatural value in determining the guilt or innocence of a suspected crim inal. The accused one had merely to place his hand on the jawbone and toke a solemn oath. In case he per jured himself the most frightful pun ishment followed. It was also of great assistance to women in child labor, and was a sovereign remedy for epi leptic fits and to ward off the evil ova witches, fairies, etc. Everyone knows about the most stu pendous miracle of all the miracles of St. Patrick, the one which of itself was enought to make the saint's name immortal, but we don't all know how the feat was accomplished. Colgan, the antiquarian, says that the snakes were banished from Ireland in the following novel and ingenious manner: St. Pat rick procured an immense drum and then walked forth over hill, dale and valley while beating a most thundering tattoo. Right in the midst of his ardu ous labors a hole was knocked in the top. whereupon the snakes all stopped short on their march to the sea. In the nick of time an angel appeared and mended the drum. After this the operation was continued to the end without further accident Every rep tile was supposed to have left the is land, but the saint himself knew bet ter. There was one snake that behaved so badly during the grand march that St. Patrick concluded to punish- him. According to the legend the recalci trant serpent was confined in the ' gloomy depth of Lough nilveen. in the (ialtee Mountains of Tipperary. It was understood that the prisoner should be released from durance vile on the fol lowing Monday, when he would be driven out to join his fellow-crawlers in the briny deep. Alas! St. Patrick was so busy he forgot all about it. At least they say in Tipperary that on ever)- Monday to this day the hapless snake comes to the surface of the lake and utters this plaint in Irish: "It's a long Monday, Patrick!" The shamrock in Ireland, as is well known, is always associated with the saint. The popular reason given for its peculiar significance is undoubtedly the true one. When St. Patrick commenced to preach the gospel to the pagan Irish he found it very difficult to make them comprehend the doctrine of the Trin ity. At last a bright idea struck him. He displayed to the throng a sprig of the common trefoil (shamrock) and !n a moment his auditors grasped the idea how perfectly simple it was for three to emanate from one. it Kotet MaaaacrlfiU tke World. One of the rarest ecclesiastic, as well as Irish, manuscripts in the world is the original of St Patrick's hymn. When it was transcribed is not known, but it was probably done within a cen tury after the death of the patron saint of Ireland, at which time a school of scribes flourished under his immediate successor, St. Columb, the princely mis sionary who made the beautiful copy of the gospel knows as the Book of Kells. However that may be, the man uscript is now preserved in the cele brated Book of Hymns (Liber Hymnor um) In the library of Trinity college, Dublin. Bishop Ussher expressed It as his opinion that the Book of Hymn's was at least 1,000 years old in his time. The hymn of St Patrick Is composed in the Bearla Feine, a very ancient and aris tocratic dialect of the Gaelic that in which the Brehon laws and the very oldest tracts are written. The orthog raphy and many of the words of this dialect became obsolete very early in the Christian era, when the Latin came to be used, so that the date of the hymn becomes fixed within a certain century the sixth. Moreover, it is distinctly alluded to in Tirechan's annotations on the saint's life written in the sev enth century. In this he stated that the Irish hymn ought to be sung for ever. "B-it perhaps the strongest proofs of its antiquity are to be found in the com position itself," says the learned Dr. Petrie. "A Christian living after the establishment of Christianity would hardly invoke the Deity to protect him from the spells of women, smiths an 3 Druids; and the placing of the natural powers of the Creator between himself and all evil powers has no parallel in any later- Christian composition. It may be doubted if the production would be regarded as orthodox in times sub sequent to the actual time of its pro duction. Hence it is never mentioned in later lives of the saint Colgan simply includes a hymn in his list of the saint's works. But notwithstanding the silence of the writers, it is remark able that the Luireach Phadruig is still remembered in many parts of Ireland by the peasantry, and a portion of li is repeated to this day, usually at bed time, with the same confidence in its protecting powers as, according to St. Evin, was placed in It previously to his time." BALLOON IN WARFARE. Brraeh et It Is New a Meat Iaortaat Military Stady. The last big European war taught the French more about ballooning than they would otherwise have learned in a generation, says the .Pittsburg Dis patch. At the beginning of the war the government rejected many proposals from balloonmakers to construct a number of war balloons, but when they were shut up in Paris they gladly turned to the balloon factories and sought the services of the few expe rienced aeronauts then available for the teaching of the use and management of the balloon to the neoDle. During (our months sixty-six balloons left Paris, oV which number only three have never been accounted for. This is remarkable when it is remembered that no lighU were allowed in night ascensions and the balloons could only be sent ftp un der cover of darkness. One hundred DEATH TO DISEASE. CATHODE RAYS WILL END ALL HUMAN SUFFERINGS. were carried safely over the Prussian lines and 2,500,000 letters were sent. The balloons also took with them pigeons, which were sent back to Paris with let ters and dispatches. The messages were written and photographed down were small on exceedingly thin paper. This was rolled up, inserted in a quill and at tached to the tail feathers of the pigeon. When it was received in Paris the pho tograph was put under a miscroscope and the message read. One of the bal loons, the Ville d'Orleans, left Paris at 11 o'clock at night and arrived near Christiana fifteen hours later, having crossed the North sea in its remarkable voyage. Most of the aeronauts were sailors, who were chosen because of their familiarity with the management and steering of boats at sea, and they proved very capable. During the entire siege balloons formed the only means of communication with the outside world for the imprisoned inhabitants and nothing could have taken their place. Since then ballooning has been made an important blanch of military study and the course through which the ballooning corps has to pass is becom ing daily more scientific and severe. Will Kill All Kiadt f Microbe by let . tlac la the Light More ratal thaa ; the Kays et the Sua An Experlmeat ' at Chicago. u it HE marvelous pos sibilities of the new cathode photog raphy (produced by negative gal vanic currents) are just dawning upon the medical world. Physicians in Chi cago, New York, London and Berlin THE WONDERFUL MAXIM GUN) have simultane ously beun-xnrlmenla nnnn tha mnut and sixty persons, Including, Gambetta, aatorilsaing theory which has ever star- NEVER HURT ANYBODY. aa Expert led the scientists of the great canitals. It is believed that in the wonderful cathode light invented by Professor Roentgen lies the perfect cure of dis eases which have hitherto resisted '.he tireless efforts of medical science. If the theory of these doctors is cor rect, the cure for consumption, cholera. .Uphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid and typhus fever and smallpox is at last discovered. While experimenting and testing the powers of the new cathode light, the Berlin scientists found that its rays possessed many of the properties of sunlight By spectrum analysis it was jroved that the cathode rays registered a strong violet stronger than the violet .ays of sunlight. Professor Marshall Hall, the eminent British scientist, proved long ago that rays of sunlight destroyed the germs of disease. The deadly microbes of the most fatal maladies were killed by ex posure to the sun's rays. Experiment ing further. Professor Marshall Hall Kverjr Tlate it Mich New Cartridge Cm Irii The following description Of the Max im gun, taken from an account by Df. Henry M. Field of a visit to the in ventor, contributed to the Evangelist. New York, Oct. 10, is reproduced here for the powerful and vivid impression it gives of Maxim's remarkable engine of destruction: His (Mr. Maxim's) special pet. his "daily," is the marvelous gun that does not fire single shots but literally "rains bullets," as the elements in their fury rain hailstones. It is a light affair to look at, having the appearance of a small brass cannon, mounted on a tri pod and aimed and worked by one man, who sits behind it on a saddle like that of a bicycle, from which he can point it up and down with as much ease as if it were a pistol or swing it to the right er left as an enemy approaches from one or another quarter. "But how is the gun loaded?" Ah, here is the beauty of it; it loads itself! The originality of the invention lies in this, that it utilizes the recoil, so that (as the cartridges are strung on a belt, that carries from 150 to 400 rounds) every kick of the gun throws out the exploded cartridge on one side of the gun and on the other throws the next cartridge into place, so that the dis charge is incessant. You have only to press the button and the gun does the rest. As long as you keep your finger on the button the firing goes on, the-gun throwing eleven minie bullets a sec ond, 666 a minute! "But not so fast," I hear some one say who has made a study of firearms. "Don't you know that this incessant fir ing would heat the gun so that it would explode and do more destruction at the rear end than at the muzzle?" Oh, yes, gentle critic, I know all this and am glad you spoke of it, as it gives me occasion to point out one more con trivance of this marvelous machine. For Country's Sake. AN INDIAN FIGHTER SUFFERS AGONIES FROM DISEASE Ha Was la tha Battle With tha Aaaehat Whea Geraalaia Was Caatarad. An Echo or St- Patrick Day. i '' imp ' A -"? The wearing of the green la the Footsteps of St. Patrick. Whoever journeys in Ireland will make a St Patrick pilgrimage whether he knows it or not. for the missionary saint has associated his name with spcts in half the counties of old Erin. Here he blessed a field and it is fertile; there he baptized a 'host of converts and the river swells with gladness throughout the year; again he stopped to drink at some wayside well and its waters have healing in them still; there a church raises a stately spire on the Luireach Phadroijr. At Tara today I invoke the mighty power of the trinity. I believe in the trinity under the unity of the God of th'- elements. At Tara today I place the virtue of ti birth of Christ with his baptism, tin virtue of his crucifixion with his burial, the virtue of his resurrection with his ascension, the virtue of the coming to the eternal judgment. At Tara today I place the virtue of tk love of the Seraphim; the virtue which exists in the obedience of angels, in the hope of resurrection to eternal reward, in the prayers of the noble fathers, in the predictions of the proph ets, in the preaching of the apostles, in the faith of the confessors, in the purity of the holy virgins, in the deeds of just men. At Tara today I place the strength of i heaven, the light of the sun, the white ness of the snow, the force of fire, the rapidity of lightning, the swiftness of the wind, the depth of the sea. the stability of the earth, the hardness of rocks between me and the powers of pagans and demons. At Tara today may the strength of God pilot me, may the power of God pieserve me, may the wisdom of God in struct me, may the eye of God view me, may the ear of God hear me. may the word of God render me eloquent, may the hand of God protect me, may the way of God direct me, may the shield of God defend me, may the host of God . guard me against the snares of de- I muns. the temptations of vice, the in- I clinations of the mind, against every man who meditates evil to me. far or i near, alone or in company, j I place all these powers between me and every evil unmerciful power di- Only Wanted the Opiniou of on Ills riirchase. He was going west on a Madison ave nue car. He had a bundle on his knees and from the way he hitched around and looked at the men on either side of him it was evident that he wanted to talk to some one, says the Detroit Free Press. He finally selected the man on his right, who was a dapper little fel low with eye-glasses and a gold-headed cane. "Ever bothered with rheumatics?" suddenly inquired the man with the bundle. Thedappcr man never moved an eye winker. "I'm having it considerable this win ter," said the other. "Strikes me in the right shoulder and I can't wash the back of my neck more'n half the time. You look as if you might be subject to it." The dapper man was now flushing up across the car and the only movement betraying life was a jerky motion to one toe. "Bin a-buyin' a flannel shirt," per sisted the man with a bundle. "Some advised me to get medicated flannel and some said the common red flannel would do. Which sort do you think is best?" The daper man was now flushing up and his eyes turned to the door, but he gave no other sign. "I paid $1 for this," continued the bundle man as he untied the string, "and he warranted it not to shrink. I'd like to ask your opinion of the goods. Have I paid too much?" He unwrapped the paper and held the shirt up to view. It was a red flannel shirt, which appeared to be nine feet long and at first sight the dapper little man turned whiter than flour, got up, fell over his cane and got up again, shot outdoors and dropped off. Every body else laughed heartily and after looking around in a surprised way the old man began doing up his bundle and observed: "He needn't have bin a-scart of me. Lands save me, I never hurt nobody in my life." Detroit Free Press. KaBaBaBaBaaBasi aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBiCr' ' " B' llmTit. , aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBZ--r 't'r'wejS'l " aTBBBTaaTBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBTBBBBBBBBBBrT' mmTVaaVBYf ' BMjEKJKKKKKKHaKKKKJKaaaB-lr" ' iKLb-: BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB j aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa . vflBEBaVBaaf Baraaaaaaaaa JS a aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMBBBBBBW jETT h JaBBBBBBBBBBa BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBT . Vj'S' J'J BaaBBBBBBBBBaa Li. ! 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Mr. Fleugauf was among the brave soldiers who, forgetful of every thing but duty, charged upon the hos tile Indiana, Life on the plains sent to an untimely death many soldiers who were never touched by a redskin's bullet or arrow, and Mr. Flegauf came near such a fate as that. A long time before nis time was out he was taken seriously ill, but he stuck to his post until an honorable discharge was finally given to him. When he reached Philadelphia, the Indian fighter was scarcely more than skin and bones, and for three weeks he lay desperately ill In a hospital. He felt dizzy, and his stomach felt as if It had dried up. These symptoms were accom panied by bloody dysentery, which no medicine seemed to relieve. After two years of suffering, Mr. Flegauf came to New York and was treated by several physicians. These did not agree, some calling his disease catarrh of the stomach, and others chronic diarrhoea. In speaking to a reporter about his Illness Mr. Flegauf said the doctors helped him, but. with all the money he spent for advice and medicine, he was able to work only a small part of the time. Since moving to his present home. No. 617 West Forty-second street. In New York, about a year ago, Mr. Flegauf has been so III that his voice and hearing almost left him. Then all medicines failed, and the sick man had little hope of recovery. At this critical time Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People were recommended to Mr. Flegauf. and. almost as a last hope, he began taking them. "The beneficial effect of the medicine was felt at once," Mr. Flegauf told the reporter, "and before I had taken a box I began to eat with relish. Three boxes made me so much better that I began work and have been able to keep at it since, for five months." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by by all druggists, or may be hail by mail from Dr. Williams" Medicine Company, Schenectady. N. Y., for 50c per box, or six boxes for $2.50. THE OLD RELIABLE Ctjlxunbixs State - Bank I COIsawaaaklatWIhjIal IWIitodnTiicDciillll lata Lias r Real Estate MHaB W01T MLaRV CM Olsas, Chiaaca, Hew Tark a al HUI : ITXAHMI : llOOtf. BUYS GOOD NOTES Ms Caetoaiera wkea taaj Mm omenta ahd directors: Leander Gerrard, Prea't, B. H. Henry, Vice Prest, M. Brugqer, Cashier. John SrAUFFKR. Wji. Uuuiikr. MRU BANK Migrator) Swallows. A naturalist who sewed bits of red silk to swallows caught in England identified one of the same birds in the neighborhood of the pyramids. If 'ta.l qaniant . ... a spot where some miracle was witnessed. " e-- uu my DOiy . .- . . .. "as a protection), azninst thr indenta tions of false nronhets. against th A reminiscence, a legend, lingers aiound the grotto where the tourist goes to try the echoes, and receives back a tone so silvery and sweet that it seems to carry a blessing to the care less wayfarer. A day's journey by jaunting car west of Queenstown a long arm of the At lantic Ocean Bantry Bav forms a omen laws or gentiltsm. against the false laws of heresy, against the treach ery of idolatry, against the spells of women smiths and Druids, and against cry knowledge which blinds the soul of man. May Christ today protect mc against poison, burning, drowninc landlocked harbor. One emerald island ! TVonndinS until I deserve much reward is j - . I fhriet tu vi'th mo rl.-:. i. lies far up toward the head almost In the shadow of the Killarncy mountains. Somewhere behind those silvery peaks to tne nortn nestle the lovely lakes. On both sides of the bay tall cliffs climb to the fleecy clouds that recede in the transparent blue brightness. A gorge ' widening to the deep, enchanted Val ley of Glengariff, opens to the west To this sunny glade the mists never crep up from the sea, and invalids bask in the healing sunshine. Far away, on the other side of the bay. if you watch you may see the Kerry maids, sure-footed as chamois, climb the precipitous cliffs to where a stream of water gushes over a rocky ledge. A pent house Is raised over the holy well, a crucifix rudely carved lu the face of the cliff Bits of bright gar Christ be with me. Christ before roe Christ after me, Christ in me, Christ .under me, Chrfst over me. Christ at my ngnt, unnst at my left. Christ at my back. Christ be in the heart of each person lo whom I speak, Christ be in the mouth of each person who speaks to me, Christ in each eye which sees me, Christ in each ear which hears me. - At Tara today I invoHe'the mighty power of the trinity, I believe in the trinity under the unity of the God of tin deni-uts. Salvation la the Loid'a, salvation" Is Christ's. May thy salvation, O Lord, lie always with us. NOTABLE WOMEN. Miss Caroline Rusbad, a Scandi navian, 65 years old, living in White hall, Wis., has turned over her savings for the last twelve years, amounting to $200, to the fund for relieving the Ar menian sufferers in Turkey. The sub scription agents took the money. Mrs. Mcintosh of Couper Angus at the age of S3 still holds the record of the most successful woman angler in Scot land, and recently landed a fifteen pound salmon with an ordinary silk line, and without assistance. Mrs. D. P. Leslie is the standard bearer of the "new woman movement" in Brown county, Kansas. She was elected county clerk at the Jast election, and has just appointed her daughter, Miss Brittle Leslie, as her chief depnty. Mrs. Lease has apparently softened her views of mankind. "I am not agi tating suffrage any more," she says, "I am not holding myself up to ridicule and contempt of the men, as are some of my sisters. I don't believe in calling men brutes because women can't vote." Mrs. Senator Gear of Iowa has been an invalid for almost eight years, but takes a deep interest in her husband's career. She enjoys readine. but her specialty is embroidery, and some ex quisite work comes from her deft fingers. Mrs. McKinley, wife of Ohio's ex governor, has had a pretty fad for mak ing dainty bedroom slippers for her friends. During the long years of her invalidism she has made nearly three thousand pairs of these slippers, every pair of which she has given away. Thirty years of expert work as tele graph operator is the record of Mrs. Fannie M. Merryfield. For the last twelve years Mrs. Merryfield has been in Cheyenne, holding the position of night wire chief and having in charge eight duplex and two quad sets, besides found that the violet rays were the ger micide rays. When the laboratory experiments of the German scientists brough out the fact that the new cathode light showed the same chemical composition as the violet rays of sunshine the medical nicu knew what this discovery meant. They knew that at last they had within their grasp a light which can penetrate to the interior organs of the human body, and carry along with it the power to de stroy the microbes of disease. This is what the physicians of Lon don and Berlin arc now earnestly ex perimenting to prove. If this marvelous cathode light, vhich pierces clothes and flesh (but not bones), still carries along through the outer -covering of the body the grrmicide rays of sunlight if, in -ither words, the mere flooding of the lungs with the new cathode light de stroys the germs of tuberculosis then i he cure of consumption has beea :ound! If the penetrating flashes of the ca thode light can illuminate the bowels with a chemical ray deadly to the chol era bacillus then cholera is a disease no longer to be feared! If the fevered blood vessels and arter ies which burn with the bacilli of ty phus, typhoid or scarlet fever can be 'lushed with the germicide rays of thp cathode light then these diseases are within the easy grasp of modern science. With the entire world of science and medicine concentrating its skill and in genuity on the possibilities of the new cathode light, no one can foretell what the laboratory experiments of Europe and America will bring forth. That steel barrel, through which an in cessant flash streams like a continuous sticak of lightning, melting or explod ing everything near it. passes through water. It is all the while immersed In water that is. incased in what is called the "water jacket," so that the gun, like a good soldier, 'keeps cool" while doing its most deadly work. Thus it is that the man at the gun is master of the situation and need not run away, even if he is attacked by a regiment, unless it comes upon him by surprise and takes him at close quarters or some villainous sharpshooter picks him off before he gets to business. Let the regiment keep at a respectful distance and give the brave fellow a chance, and, indeed, let the enemy be ever so numer ous, if they will only stand up like men to be shot at he will mow down half a dozen regiments while he is smoking his cigar. A Lucky Catch. A workman in a mine who had played cricket in his time once saved his life by making a good catch. He was standing at the bottom of the shaft waiting for a bucketful of dynamite sticks that were being lowered to him. The bucket was well on its way down when he saw it strike against some ob stacle and turn partly over. Out fell one of the sticks. He watched it fall ing in a zigzag course a messenger of instant death. When it struck the hard bottom there would be a tremendous explosion and a dead miner. But it did not strike the hard bottom. Like a player on the field the workman put up his hands and caught the stick with that easy swing of the arms that criRct ers acquire. Horse with a Memory. Kieven years ago a horse was pur chased for the fire engine Portland No. 2, on the Munjoy hill. This horse was called old Tom and it helped draw the engine for six years and was then dis posed of. It has been drawing an ash cart of late yeara and the other day went by the engine house. Engineer Loring. who knew the horse well, since they came to that engine house in the same year and were there together for six years, fell into conversation with the driver and told him that he hadn't a doubt that if the old horse was put in his old stall and the gong was sounded he would rush for bis place in front of the engine just as he used to do. The drived doubted this and they agreed to try it. The old horse, now fifteen years old, was put in his old stall, where he hadn't been for five years. At the first sound of the gong he started for his old place under the harness in front of the engine. He tried to go quickly, but made a sorry exhibition of nimbleness compared to his former habit. This seems to be pretty good evidence of a horse's memory. Portland Press. OBSERVED OF OBSERVERS. One of the latest re-enlistments In the navy la that of John R. Knowles, the sailor who lashed Admiral Farragut to the rigging of the Hartford In her mem orable fight with the confederate Iron clad ram Tennessee In Mobile bay. Knowles has been in the service forty seven years. Mrs. Levi P. Morton and eighteen other women well known In New York in various branches of philanthropic work have undertaken to establish a co-operative employment bureau for the supply of Its patrons with all sorts of help. The British chemist who recently found in a terrestrial mineral the ele ment helium, hitherto believed to exist only in the sun and a few stars, was Prof. William Ramsay. Miss Braddon Intends to writ no more novels. She has already given to the world more than fifty works of fiction. Monsignor Capel. the well known Ro man Catholic ecclesiastic, became a ranchman In California a few years ago. and is now said to be very wealthy. Formerly the pink of perfec tion In dress, he has now become In different to his garb, and always ap pears In the rough costume of n ranch man. He was a brilliant social figure in London, and is said to be the orig inal of Catesby In Disraeli's "Lothalr." The Tennyson memorial to be erected near the poet's old home on the Isle of Wight will bear the legend: "Erected by Friends in England and America." The late Oliver Wendell Holmes was the first American contributor. Hiram S. Maxim, the inventor, says that New Englanders are the best me chanics In the world, and that the French are the be'st mechanics in Europe. -or- COLUMBUS, NEB., HAS AX Aittarizi. Capital if - $500,000 Pai. in Capital, 90,000 m OFFICERS. O. H. SHELDON. Pres't. D. P. II. OEIILKICH. Vice Pres. 1MMKI, SCHKAl.t.'a.HhIer. FRANK :t)KKi:,Asst Cashier DIRECTORS. r. II. FnKi.itnx, II. r. 11 Oehi.ricii. Joxas Vki.cii. v. A. McAllistkii. Cam. Kikxkk, s. ;. ;uay. Fiia.mc Koiir.it. STOCKHOLDERS. Geiihaku Loskke. J. II emit Wcroeman, Cuing Ckay. HknuyLosekk. Daniel Sen ham. Ceo. W. Galley. A. F. II. OKiiLnicii J. P. Becker Estate, KEIIECCA ltKCKElt, 11. M. WlXSLOW. Bank of deposit; laterest allowed on time deposits: buy and sell exchange on United States and Europe, and buy and sell avail able securities. We shall bo pleased to re cclvo your Business. We solicit your patronage. Columbus loud! A weekly newspaper de voted the best interests of COLUMBUS THE CMITY OF PLATTE, The State of Nebraska THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF MANKIND Deer in Town. Residents of Willapa, Wash., don't have to leave the ton, or sometimes the house, to shoot deer at this lime of the year. The snow drives the deer down from the hills, and they frequent ly wander into the streets of the town and are shot. One was shot last week in a back garden. Lack of money wrecks more married tb Wbeatstone repeaters and Morse re people than lack of love. j peaters. Armenia. Armenia, which is now playing so important a ?art in the politics of the world, is an indefinite extent of country it boundaries being variously esti mated to contain all the way from 50. 000 to 150,000 square miles. Part of it is in Asiatic Turkey and part in Russia and Persia. Rode Arrets the Coatlaeat. Word has just been received in Fall River, Mass., from a bicyclist who start fed from that place on Sept. 27 last to ride to San Francisco, saying that he arrived at the Golden Gate last week, after cov ering 4,223 miles on bii wheel, lie rode across the continent by the toutheru I toute. Her I'araly IIuland. Mrs. Mary L. Burton edits the James town, Kan., Optimist. She has been away on a visit. During her absence "the old man" filled her sheet with awful man stories. She has returned and serves the following roast: "The editor disclaims responsibility for any thing appearing in this paper for the past month or two. She fears she will have trouble to set herself right with her friends, and probably will have to get well, get a divorce before she is able to recover her past reputation for respectability, peace and dignity." Volcanoes for Sale. Here is the opportunity for any per son who has had an unsatisfied longing to possess a volcano. Two volcanoes situated in Iceland arc advertised for sale in a Copenhagen paper. The price asked is about $750 for the pair, but doubtless they will be sold separately. Kvil Fruit. A tree is known by its fruit, and a man js judged according to his light. Rum and bad companions lead men to prison, and a loss sf character is the greatest misfortune a man can have. Tom Maslin, ex-convict. NOTABLE BATTLES. Pultowa. A. D. 1709. Charles XII.. of Sweden, defeated by the Russians un der Peter the Great. Saratoga. A. D. 1777. Critical battle of the American War of Independence. The English defeated by the Americans under Gen. Gates. Valmy. A. D., 1729. An invading ar my of Prussians, Austrians and Hes sians, under the Duke of Brunswick, defeated by the French under Keller mann. The first success of the repub lic against foreigners. Trafalgar. On the iist of October. A. D. 1805. the great naval battle of Trafalgar was fought. The English de feated the French and destroyed Na poleon's hopes to successfully invade England. Waterloo, A. D. 1815. The French un der Napoleon, defeated by the allied armies of Russia, Austria, Prussia and England, under Wellington. Siege of Sebastopol. A. D. 1KA-Z. The Russians succumbed to the beleaguer ing armies of England. France and Tur key, and the result was delay in the expansion of the Russian empire. Gettysburg. July. A. D. 1SG3. The de ciding battle of the war for the union. The confederates under Gen. Lee de feated by Meade. Sedan. A. D. 1S70. The decisive bat tle of the Franco-German war. The malt of as is with $1.50 A YEAR, IF PAID IK ADTAVCK. Bntoarliatltef sfalas fa not preaeribea ay dollars aad eeata. Sample) eopiea aeat free to aay addrasa. HENBY GASS, ' Bx'.BsL Cafe .K. AbVbL BaHa UNDERTAKEB ! 9 : m : Metallic : Cases ! tWRepairina of all kinds of Uvhol the union forces under , ttery Goods. Ut COLTJMBV8.KEBSA8KA Miss Williams, professor of English at the normal school at Sevres, has founded a "Franco-English guild." the object of which Is to make French girls who have learned English ac quainted with the views of American and. English women through lectures and meetings In Parts, or by correspondence. BRIEF AND VARIED. The most complete medical library In the countrj-. says the Washington Star, Is that of the Army Medical museum In that city, under the 'care of the war department and supervised by John S. Billings. It Includes I12.0"0 bound vol umes and 150.000 pamphlets, or. as Is estimated, three-fourths of the medical literature of the world. There is a butterfly of India which, if pursued by a bird, simply alights on a bush or tree and becomes invisible bv reason of its green color. One of the valuable treasures in the Lenox library. In New York, is an un broken file of the London Times, from 1805 to the present time. The Kremlin of Moscow contains the crowns of Poland and all the other kingdoms and principalities which Rus sia has overthrown. The little son of Samuel W. Ulig of Womelsdorf, Pa., narrowly escaped death at the beak of a rooster the other day. The boy went into the yard to feed the chickens, when the ferocious fowl flew at him and began to sink ltj Leak In the lad's neck. The Lc's scieams brought another member of the family to the rescue. Marriage Lased on flirtation logically ads ia MfarstloB, dlvorca or tragsdy GoiumDiis Journal IS PREPARFD TO FCRSISR ASYTBIM) REQUIRED OF A HUNTING OFFICE. -WITH THE- -01 THE- COUNTRY. ! -I