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-ji yr'- --ur (. v sr c - sr:r? 1?-." --- - s&fcf ;i -ijt'' . ?Jr sir v ' -f ' t.0- k.- ""N.. 4 i x-, -TFT wl ; : , .r-"--' - - ' --.V Pjs1?? ' ' " m " flf loitrmtl , . . . . -. . .- . .: r v ; - j- - - .. - 4 - ,h t &QI&XE XXVIL-NUMBER 16. ; fr' COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 29, 1896. WHOLE NUMBER 1,368. AUNT'S ADVENTURE. iiM? -v chalice VENING had closed darkly round the little , brown farm-house la the hollow; gray No vember nightfall and the wild Ni agara of crimson sunset fire had poured its flaming tides long since in to the great unseen of -splendor that lira hiriifon . somewhere beyond the western hori zonthe monumental urn where rest entombed alike the days crowned with ' -roses, and those baptized In tears. There was no sound without, save the branches of the huge sycamore tree chafing uneasily against the moss-en-,-anielcd roof, and the plaintive wind among the brown and scarlet drifts of leaves that carpeted -every dingle of . the woods. Nobody would have suspected Peter . .of such romantic meditation, as he sat there sorting out seed corn and packages of blue beans on his round table, and labeling them with porten- tous deliberation. There was a third person, sitting in the red hearth glow, however; a young man of about twenty-four years of age, with dark brown hair and eyes to cor respond, who amused himself by tanta lizing Aunt Miriam's kitten with the good lady's ball of yarn the animal, like ail the rest of her sex, becoming more and more anxious for the woolly . sphere the higher it was held! "So you've really made up your mind to get married, James do stop teasing that kitten!" said the old lady, with a constrained voice. "Yes, Aunt Miriam; It isn't good for man to be alone, you know." There was a silence again. James Arnett -wound and unwound his yarn very unnecessarily; Uncle Peter eyed his seed peas thoughtfully, and Mrs. Fenner knit energetically on, with pursed-up lips and a scarcely percepti ble shrug of the shoulders. "Aunt Miriam, I wish you would see Millicent," said the young man at . length. "I can't say I have any desire to see your city young ladies, James," said Aunt Miriam, coldly; "they're too fine spun for an old woman like me. White hands and piano-playln' may be very grand I dare say it Is but it don't suit my taste." "But, aunty, I am sure you would like her. Come, now, do be reasonable, and go over to Squire Brownell's with me tonight. She is spending a week at her grandfather's and she would be so much gratified to see you!" "Thank you, I ain't curious on the subject," responded Aunt Miriam, primly. "Only I heerd that Mis' .Drownell had a bad stroke of the rheu- niatiz and I don't see how she gets along to wait on her new-fangled granddarter!" "I can't understand why you are so prejudiced against poor Millicent, Aunt Miriam," said the young man, uneasily. I won't disguise from you that it makes me unhappy to think of marrying without the approval of one who has been a mother to me and yet " "And yet you are determined to go "your own gait; that's the plain English of it, James," said Aunt Miriam. "Well, 1 s'pose you can do without my consent; you'll never get it, anyhow!" And she poked the fire vigorously, as the old clock began to strike. -J J- $Jprmrk f-ts Am "ARE YOU CRAZY?" " "Seven o'clock!" ejaculated James, ,. starling vip, "and I promised to be at the postofllce by this time. There's to be a meeting about the minister's Thanksgiving donation party, you .know. Uncle Peter! Bless me, I didn't imagine how late-it was." ,And. wih a gay, parting nod to his Aunt, he disappeared. "There he goes as good a boy as - ever lived," said Uncle Peter; "but I guess afore the evenin comes to an -'.end. he'll contrive to get round to Squire Brownell's. Miriam, you may - as well say yes." Before Uncle Peter had finished his '. task and announced his determination of going to bed. Aunt Miriam had de cided on a plan to gratify her desire to see Millicent, and yet not accompany James on a formal call. She impa : tiently waited for her husband to re tire, and then as impatiently for the 'nasal signal of his sleep. At last it ' came, and she hurriedly laid aside her knitting. She pondered a second or two longer, ' then rose hurriedly, extinguishing the little candle that stood in a shining brass candle-stick on the mantel, lis- tened a moment to the unbroken mo ,' notony of Uncle Peter's snores, and muffling a shawl round her head, with drew the bolt of the kitchen door, and crept out into the starless gloom of the November night! It was but a short distance, under the leafless branches of the gnarled old apple tree and into the turnpike road. Aunt Miriam felt a little conscience-stricken as she lifted the wicket of Sauire Brownell's gate, and' stole noiselessly up the chrysanthemum bordered walk; she couldn't help won dering what Elder Oliver would say if he were to become aware that she, the eagast old lady in his congregation, were prowling about like a thief In the night. "It's all for James' sake," said the veaerable dame, under her breath, as she pushed aside the great sweetbriar that hung over the panes, and peeped .slyly into the window. Mrs. Brownell sat in a big arm-chair by the fire, her feet swathed in flannel; the squire was smoking his pipe ever a three-aays-old newspaper, art be fore a pine table, at the end of the room, stood a rosy-cheeked girl, of perhaps seventeen, the sleeves of her crimson merino dress rolled up above a pair of exquisitely-dimpled elbows, and her hands burled la a wooden tray of flour engaged, la fact, In the opera tion which housekeepers call "setting a sponge." So much at home did she seem to . the culinary art that Aunt Miriam said to herself, very decidedly: "This can't be the city visitor; I wonder where she is?" when her doubts were all dlsnelled bv lira Brownell's voice: "Millicent, I wish you'd write out the recipe for that cake you made for tea I don't see where you learned to be so handy about the house?" "Why. grandmamma!" said the young lady, gaily, "you seem to forget that my mother was educated under your eye. She does not believe that French and music are everything that a girl needs to learn. Now do put those stockings dowa I'll eae-that they are duly mended by and by." Aunt Miriam turned away from the window more bewildered than ever, but with a very satisfied feeling stir ring under the heap of prejudices that had filled her kind old heart. If this were the much-talked of Millicent, things might not be so very bad after ail. And Milly worked at her sponge, the merry smiles dimpling over her face, like sunshine on a bed of roses, utterly unconscious of the audience of "one" who was now contemplating a retreat" But the adventures of the night were not yet at a close. As Aunt Miriam groped her way toward the path, la menting the pitchy darkness of the. night, and the crackling of the crisp leaves as her not very elastic foot shuffled through them, every pulse In her frame came to a sudden pause of terror, as a pair of muscular arms were thrown around her, and a moustache came in contact with her cheek! Such a kiss Aunt Miriam couldn't remem ber its like since the days when Peter Fenner'courted the beauty of the vil lage. In vain she struggled breathless ly to escape whoever the individual might be, he didn't do things by halves, and evidently had no disposi tion to relinquish his prize. "My darling little Milly! how did you know I was coming to-night?" Then came another kiss, before Aunt Miriam could exclaim, in stifled ac cents: v. "James Arnett, are you crazy? Dp let go of me, and behave like a sensi ble creature!" The arms unclasped with electric speed. "Aunt Miriam! how on earth " "Hush! don't speak above your breath! There now if you're going to laugh like that, you'll raise the town!" "I I can't help it. Aunt Miriam." gasped James, climbing to the gate post and vainly trying to check the gusts of laughter that would come. "What will TJncle Peter say? "Who would have expected to find Mrs. Fen ner, Vice-President of the Dorcas So ciety?" "James, hold your tongue, if you don't want me to box your ears. And if you breathe a word of this to any living soul " "Well, I won't Aunty I won't upon my word; only the whole affair is so supremely ridiculous." "Nonsense!" said Aunt Miriam, slip ping through the gate. "There, you needn't turn back with me, you silly boy. Go in 'and see Milly I know that's what you prefer. And Jamie " "Well, Aunt Miriam?" "I've changed my mind about that little Milly of yours. I don't believe you can find a prettier wife, or a bet ter, so settle matters as soon as you please, and we'll see whether your Aunt Miriam has forgotten how to make a wedding cake." "But are you In earnest. Aunt?" "Never was more so In my life." "What has altered your convictions? Surely I may ask that one question?" "That isn't at all to the purpose, young man. But remember, not a word of this ridiculous adventure!" "You know how to administer bribes. Aunt Miriam." said the youth, gaily, as he enfolded the old lady in his arms and gave her a third kiss. Through the starless darkness she hurried under the wind-tossed apple tree, and beneath the friendly shadow of her own porch, where Uncle Peter's snores yet resounded like muffled trumpets. "What makes you so late, wife?" de manded a drowsy voice from the inner apartment, as she glided around, re placing shawls and wrappers. "I've been as fast asleep as a dormouse, I do believe but I did think I heard the click of the bolt" "It must have been the kitten among the tin pans," quoted Aunt Miriam the nearest approach to a fib she ever indulged in, before or after. And in subsequent life, when the firm conviction seized her, that James Arnett had imparted her secret In strict confidence of course to his pretty wife, she consoled herself by saying, mentally: "Well. I don't care if he has for my part, I shall always be glad of that peep into Squire Brownell's window. PACKING ONE'S CLOTHES. Dm Properly. It Steams Little Leber aad Ke Wrtahles. The marvel of packing clothes is that it is so simple. When you see for the first time a professional French packer you will come to your journey's end without a rag to wear. He puts three times as many things Jn the same space as you would. Some goods wrin kle so badly that no care can avert catastrophe; they come to grief even in the hands of a French maid at home. Test everything you buy from this point of view. With material not given over to evil you can learn to pack so that your clothes won't tell the tale of their prison house. The cardinal point is to wrap up every delicate gar ment separately; of course, it should be folded smoothly, and to teach how to fold clothes in print is tot easy. Any good, dressmaker, however, can give you points on that, and the wrap ping is the more important thing. Pin towels or sheets of tissue paper about your garment, but remember that news papers are what you should fold be tween each layer of pretty things in the trunk. Nothing else is so good; it is so unyielding that wrinkles and pro tuberances cannot make themselves felt through it to mark the fabrics be neath them any more than if you used sheet-iron. In packing- breakable articles it is astonishing how many people will jam them down in corners and sides where they get the full force of every con cussion against the unyielding walls. Tie on your corks well. Put your bot tle near the middle of a compartment, and you may carry ink and shoe dress ing in safety around the world. In packing such things as delicate hats, bonnets and fancy waists of such a frou-frou nature that no pressure can be allowed on them it is still better to fill up the empty space of the boxes al lotted them with lightly twisted sheets of tissue paper than to give them a chance to move, and with all due re spect to the best packing in the world it is still well to unpack as soon as you can. SHIP WAS WltECKED. WAS COINO THROUGH THE FOO AT PULL SPEED. r TkrUlloc Eaaerleaee Oat at -aa MaaM Lite la Peru rataengers aaa irewy Raved by Lifebelts Lew af tbe Halt,' a Celealal Calamity. J TOUGHEST SCALP IN NEW YORK. Surreong Um a Mallet Whea SewlnS VVoaafla la "Skinner" Meehan'e llea.l. "Skinner" Meehan. -at om tim tho leader of the famous "Cat Alley" gang, has what is perhaps the toughest scalp in New York, if not in the world, says the New York World. The surgeons at Gouverneur hospital have had much experience in sewing up wounds nnd they are entitled to speak with author ity. They unhesitatingly declare that Mr. Meehan's scalp has never been equalled for thickness and tenacity. A few nights ago "Skinner" engaged in an altercation With Policeman Turn er of the Madison street station. Skin ner hit the officer on the nose with his list and the binn mat rotnlfotoii w breaking his nightstick over Meehan's head. "Skinner" 'resisted, even after discretion was advisable, and before he was subdued his scalp was lacerated. When the surgeons at Gouverneur hos pital, to which the injured man was taken, attempted to sew up the wounds they found that they could not thrust the sharp, three-cornered needles through the scalp by ordinary means. The skin was as thick and tough as alligator hide. A blacking brush was secured, and using the back of it as a mallet, the needles were driven through the skin and seventeen stitches were placed in position. During the opera tion "Skinner" swore volubly, and after it was concluded he started out looking .for his assailant His parents are respectable people, but "Skinner" has been bad for a long time. HE British steamer, Capulct, Capt Fils, which was -wrecked on the Newfoundland coast on Monday, while on the pad sage from Halifax to- Liverpool, struck the roclcs in Ma rine cove, St Mary's bay. at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 'mougu a dense fog hung over tho water, the Capulet was running at full speed when the accident occurred, and it was impossible to reverse her engines quickly enough to prevent her being damaged beyond repair. She ran up a shelving bed of rock, crushing her bows and tearing out her bottom, and it became evident immediately that she would become a total wreck. The greatest confusion prevailed when the steamer struck, and the female pas sengers in the first cabin, 18 in num ber, were badly frightened. Most of them were suffering from seasickness, and had retired to their berths, and these immediately fled to the deck at tired only in their sleeping garments. As soon as the nature Of the disas ter was learned a box of rocket3 was carried to the Ehip's bridge for the pur pose of signaling for assistance. A shipwrecked Norwegian captain, who was among the passengers, took it up on himself to discharge the rockets, and while preparing to do so accident ally set fire to the whole lot, which ex ploded, inflicting dangerous wounds upon the Norwegian and seriously in juring four other persons. The explo sion also dismantled the bridge, tore a large hole in the deck, and nearly de stroyed a lifeboat. , Eventually order was restored, and four lifeboats were launched. The vomen passengers were stowed in the first and the crew and the rest of the passengers in the other three, and as 33cn as all on board had been taken from the steamer the boats pushed off. The passengers saved nothing but tbe clothes they wore. Only nine bags of mail matter were saved of the 6? on board. All the bags containing letters and registered parcels were lost. . FROWNED DOWN FRIVOLITY. lea Law a am Exeanlea Makes CaaV , drea Vaaaaay. Methodist disciplinary! or "blue laws," are mow' more than ever rigidly enforced In certain churches In Brook lyn, declares the New York Journal. This was particularly shown Thurs day on the excursion of the Nostrand Avende -Methodist Episcopal and tho Bummerfield w Methodist ' Episcopcl churches to Locust grove, on the sound. Soon after the two steamboats and three barges had started an attempt was made by the young people to en liven the proceedings with square dances and waltzes, but the amazed and shocked church trustees quickly stopped it Next the children intro duced games known as "drop the pil low," "hide the key," "postofflce," "forfeits," and "button, who's got the button," but they met with no better success, for each was summarily brok en up in turn. Of course, in these pas times kisses are often the penalties imposed upon delinquent players.and it was the aim of the trustees to see that no kissing was done. In one Instance a boy and a girl who were in each oth er's embrace with their lips puckered ready for the osculatory impact were ruthlessly separated at the critical moment. In despair tqe youngBters resorted to the time-tested bean-bag ;ame, but that, too, quickly suffered the fate of its predecessors. . Consequently the children declare the excursion as a means of providing them with amusement was a dark, dis mal failure. More than 3,000 were on the boats, however, and it was probab ly the most largely-attended excursion in the history of these churches. DEATH OF MACKEADY, THE TRAGEDIAN MET WITH TRAGIC DEATH. Threw freai Hie Carriage by a Tleteu Meetaag Had lavitad Hie Wife far a Drlre Baried by the Order f Elks. THE SMART CYCLIST. Too She Gets Herself OUIIked When Much In Evidence. The smart cyclist does not make her self beloved when she spreads herself and her cycle too widely over the path of 'the general public; when she chokes the thoroughfares and impedes the traf fic, and expects that the world will make room for her; when she takes her dogs out with her for an airing and endangers the necks of all other cyclists for the mere pleasure of giving them a run; when she talks cycle in an audi ble voice at a matineewhen other peo ple want to listen to the performance; when she blocks up shops with her two wheeled steed, till other people are un able to get inside the door; and block3 up the carriage house of the place she is visiting, till the carriages can HILE his wife was dressing to take a d r ire with him. James Macready. for twenty years a promt neat actor, and for the last five years proprietor of the Hilton Hotel, at Hilton, N. J. was thrown from a car riage and instant ly killed at the very door of tha hotel, announces the New York Herald. HII ton is a small settlement just beyond Irvington, a few miles west of Newark. Macready's hotel is just at the foot of the hill and at the turn of the famous Irvlngton-Mlliburn bicycle course. It has been the headquarters at times for most of the prominent wheelmen of the country, and on Memorial day was al ways the headquarters for the officials of the 25-mile road race. Macready's wife, who was Miss Stella Barr, an actress of some little fame, whom he married only last February, expressed TVO SNAKES ATTACK A TEXAS STEER AND ALMOST KILL IT. Sport May lie Varied. The awarding of the prizes concludes the entertainment, and is always a time of great interest Some woman gen erally the hostess presents them, with a few mock heroic words, and a little quick wit enhances the fun and laughter. There is generally cuough food for discussion over the incidents of the afternoon to last as an amuse ment till the carriages are ordered. Those who have taken part in sports not infrequently ride off on their cycles, and garden-party attire nowadays has its fair sprinkling of narrow skirts and tweed suits. The sports may be end lessly varied as ingenuity suggests. A clever and inventive host and hostess may devise most fascinating novelties 4 In the events. It is only an imagina tion devoid of much play which will be content to run endless cycle sports on the precise lines which have just been indicated. - ax aV' S a3ilaWaBaBaaB Spiders Eat Their legs. Spiders throw off injured legs and re generate them, as do crabs. Fishes likewise 'grow new fins, lizards their tails. Snails and beetles supply their injured and lost antennae and tenta cles. Pigeons, according to Voit have been .known to regenerate their de stroyed cerebrum, together with its function. Birds renew their lost feathers, fishes their injured scales and frogs their broken legs. Spallanzani saw among the salamanders the four legs, with their ninety-eight bones, be sides the tail, with its vertebrae, repro duced six times within three mcaths. In others the lower jaw, with all its muscles, vessels and teeth, was regen erated. The eye. in this species, ac cording to Blumea bach, has been known to produce itself when the op tic nerve escaped injury and a part of the membrances of the eye remained Intact Bath for tbe Baby. Have the water warm, not hot, then throw in baby's liath satchet This is a small flannel affair, containing a mixture of bran, crushed Castile soap, orris powder and almond meal. It renders the water soft and fragrant and imparts delicacy to the skin. Now put baby In. After a few minutes' ablutions deposit him in a large square of Turkish toweling, which is laid over your lap. Wrap him closely in it, thus snuttmg out all air. In this you can rub and cuddle him to your heart's content till he is nearly dry. After un folding, rub him briskly with a dry towel, powder, and dress him immedi ately. There will be no danger of his taking cold when bathed in this fashion. The state of Texas has long been noted for the long-horned cattle it pro duces. Cattle-raising has been its chief industry since the time of Sam Houston, but a recent event down there makes it look as if the cattlo will need some sort of protection. Greenville is a thriving town north east of Dallas and near the section of the state visited by the recent cyclone. While passing through a pasture near Greenville the other day two negroes saw a two-year-old steer lying down as if dead. When they approached the prostrate beast the men were surprised to find that two snakes were wound about the animal's neck so tightly as to almost shut off the air, and the steer was being slowly choked to death. The negroes were returning from work in a field and had pitchforks with them. The attacked the reptiles with these weapons, and after considerable trouble succeeded in unwinding them from the neck of the steer, which soon regained its strength and scampered away, none the worse for its unusual and unpleasant experience. The snakes were impaled on the tines of the pitchforks and . taken to the house. There they were placed in a box in which they were conveyed to Green ville and turned over to Col. Neal Fitts, the owner of the animal which bad been compelled to wear the reptiles as a necktie: The serpents were five or six feet long and were mottled with dark brown on the back and red splotches along their sides. They were of a species unknown to most Texans who saw them, al though some declared that they were chicken snakes. The snakes attracted much atten tion while they were on exhibition, and there was much speculation as to how they succeeded in entwining themselves around the steer's neck and many guesses as to what their purpose was. There seems to be no doubt that but for the timely interference of the ne groes the steer would have been killed, as he was almost dead when discover ed, and was so exhausted that he was making no effort to free himself from their coils. The snakes were powerful constrictors, and it required the ex ercise of much strength to tear them loose from their victim. And this is why cattle-raisers in Texas think their steers need protec tion, and are wondering if the gold cure will be effective. Cattle men say thai they have enough to contend with with out having to employ snake-charmers as cowboys, and they declare that they will quit the business if snakes arc al lowed to lynch steers with impunity. PRESERVING PAIRO. A aaclety That Is Reaterlag Meeaaee aad Wardtatj oa? tterar. It Is more than twelve years since we drew atttation (July 0. 1883) to the excellent manner in which the then newly founded "Commission for the Preservation of the Monuments of Arab Art," had set about its important duties, says a London Times cofrc spoadciiL The annual reports pub lished by the" Committee and the tes timony of numeroas artists and trav elers have informed the public from time to time that the work has aot stood still, that .the commission has not relaxed its efforts to preserve the mosqaes and private buildings of mediaeval Cairo, aad that, on thewolc Its energy has been tempered with dls cretion. A recent detailed inspection of its more important labors has strongly confirmed this favorable im pression. There can be no donbt that -tiw-coKaTonraiiyreamea-ua sponslbility as guardian of the monu ments and has succeeded in doing a great deal of very valuable work in spite of much difficulty and opposition work which has never yet been ade quately recognized or supported, but for which artists and archaeologists, to say nothing of mere lovers of thp beautiful, should be grateful for many generations to come. But for the watchful care of the commission many of the most interest ing monuments of Cairo would by now a riPKiro in visir hir mother. Mrs. havp rallttn nlfhnr hv natural aeca. ..V W W.W.W ... WW. - . - W - ., V.VMV. J . - Amelia Barr, who lives in Vailsburg, a aided by neglect, or by the rude hand few miles away. Macready said he of the modern street-improver, who would drive her there, and while sh went to her room to prepare he had one of his hostlers harness a mustang (which he had owned for about three months) to a light carriage. When he took the reins the hostler told him that the animal was unusually lively. It seemed anxious to exhibit its bad temper. Before taking bis wife into tbe carriage Macready decided to jog up and down the road a while. He had no fear for himself, but he thought his wife would be nervous if the mustang was too lively, for, about three weeks ago, it ran away and threw her out of a carriage, breaking one of her arms and bruising her severely about the body. He started up Springfield avenue, remarking that in a few minutes he would have the animal under control. After going about 200 yards he turned to come back. Just as he did so the mustang made a sudden bolt, took the bit in his teeth, and went at top speed down the avenue. Macready clung to the reins, but his efforts to control the mustang were unavailing. Just be fore reaching his hotel the animal swerved from the middle of the road to the side, apparently making for the stable. Macready tried hard to avoid the accident, but an instant later the front wheel of the carriage struck a large .telephone pole on the curb line, and Macready was thrown out. He ES!S!SISSSSSSEESSTE!!!EESSSIE!ES!!EESi 111 OLD KKUdVnS Wntobw-State -Bank J fOTpfn EH mma lita Ira M Hafe OT-BMatTMUm Tea!. struck the pole squarely and with great force with the top of his head and his left shoulder and then dropped to the sidewalk bleeding and unconscious in front of his own doorway. An ex amination showed that his skull was badly crushed, his neck and left arm broken and that death must have been instantaneous. Mrs. Macready, whose broken arm, caused by the same mus tang, is still in splints, was prostrated with grief over her husband's tragic end. Macready was 45 years of age, and a native of Brooklyn. He was of medium height, weighed about 200 pounds, had dark hair and 'mustache, and looked much younger than his years. He was genial and extremely popular. He was known to every bi cyclist and horseman in that section of the country. On the stage he attained no little fame, and was widely known in New York, Brooklyn and through the west. He played mostly heavy trag edy roles. He was .leading man for many prominent stars, the last being Nellie McHenry. Just before leaving the stage he starred himself for a sea son. His leading lady was Miss Stella Barr, who is now his widow. Since em barking in the hotel business he had appeared on the stage many times in nearby cities at benefit performances. He was a prominent member and officer of the Newark Lodge of Elks, and that organization had charge of the funeral arrangements. wlthia memory has cut a mosque in two or demolished a mediaeval. palace for no better reason than the correct alignment of a hideous new boulevard. These things cannot be done now; they become Impossible the moment tbe commission began to exercise its legal power to prohibit the smallest interference with a historical monu ment. That veto has been firmly used during the last twelve years and the negative work of restraining the de stroyer and warding off the predatory collector has been supplemented by the positive work of repairing decay and counteracting the effects of time and weather. The result of much pa tient labor and vigilance may be briefly stated. The Arab monuments of Cairo are now in a far better condi tion than they were a dozen years ago; decay, which once seemed as inevitable as fate itself, has been arrested; as far as can be determined no monument of importance has been allowed to grow more ruinous, but, on the other hand, many mosquc3 have been put into a thoroughly safe condition and a few have been or are being completely re stored. Comparing the state of the mosques in 1883 and now there is very little to regret but much to be thank ful for, and the body to which we are .Indebted fnr-the-present8tateoLpre3. ervation of mediaeval Cairo is solely the "Comite de Conservation des Mon uments de 1'Art Arabe." Iltll l SRAMfll? 't norm. BUYS GOOD NOTES OmCKBJ AMD DrSECTOXS! JjBaitdxx Gkkkakd, Pres't, B. H. HxsaT, Vice Prest, If. BKuaaES, Cashier. John STAurrax. Wm. Hucjukr. HI DAI COLUMBUS, NEB., -HAS AX- Aitkirizii Capital if - $500,050 Paid ii Capita), - 90,000 OFFICERS. C M. mLDON. Pres't H. P. H. OEIILRIon. Vice Prea. DANIEL SCrtlCAll. Cashier. FKANK KOUElAs&'tCasaicf DIRECTOKS. c.n. Shkldox, II. r. H OF.ni.uicn. Jonas Welch, W. A. McAuasxEit, Gari. IUcmke, S. (J. Gray, Frank Uokkk. STOCKHOLDERS. Gerhard Losekk, J. IIknry Wcrdcman, Clark Gray. Henry Loseke. Daniel Bciiram. Geo. W. Galley. A. F. II. Oeulrich J. 1. Becker Estate, Kebecca Becker, 11. M. Wisslow. aff deposit: laterast alio wee? oa ttma . uu buu bcji ejieuiiuse uu vasre NOT A DIRECTORY. Aa It's Tree. "What is the hardest thing to lean about a bicycle?" asked the elderly boarder. But before the bloomer boarder could reply the Cheerful Idiot hastened to say: "To keep from taking about it, a3 far as I cam notice." New York Trio- Johnale Had Leirae:! ta Spell. From the Washington Time3: When speaking in his presence Johnnie's parent would often spell any word they tlid not wish him to hear. This worked very well for a while, but fin ally Johnnie himself learned to spell, and sprung his accomplishment on his parents one day at dinner. Their pas tor was dining with them, and Johnnie, noticing tbe minister taking his third helping of short cake, complacently observed: "Mamma, don't you think the minister is a h-o-g?" I A recent invention consists cf an appartus by means of which a micro phoae suspended over a i child's crib automatically rings an electric bell situated at any convenient point on the least aoise made by the child. The microphone, as is well known, is a very sensitive form of telephone transmitter capable of detecting the faiatest This mail constituted a .fortnight's accumulation, the whole of the Ameri can and Canadian mail for the entire island of Newfoundland. The loss is practically a colonial calamity, as it will seriously hamper business. Large sums of money, including remittances from Newfoundland emigrants to rela tives at heme, were included in the mail. The Capulet was owned by Bowring & Co., of St. John's and was worth be tween $75.C03 and $100,000. She was built at Middlesborough. England, in 1S84, and was of 2,000 tons burden. She left Halifax last Saturday night, carry ing 35 passengers and 32 crew. Capt. Fils has had thirty years' ex perience as a ship master, and this is the first vessel he ever lost. Marine Cove is a perfect graveyard for steam ers, a large number having been lost there In recent years. a f.exhom Hatmiker oa a Strike. Ladies who pride themselves upon being able to wear genuine Leghorn hats, for which they are quite willing to pay high prices, can know little of the hardship and misery which their production entails. The straw plaiters are paid threepence for every sixty three yards, but at this rate they can at most only earn twopence a day, and many of them earn but a penny. The manufacturers complain of foreign competition, and now the women have "struck," and crying "Abbasso la moda" ("Down with the fashions") they have threatened to wreck the city of Florence. They demand to work only eight hours a day aad to be paid fivepence each for their labor. Regiments of infantry and squadrons of cavalry were recently engaged in re steriBs order; scarcely find room to turn. Her reign however, will not be a long one. Fash ion tires of all whims. But cycling Itself does not owe its fascinations to a whim, fortunately. It has taken too firm a hold upon women throughout the country even to loosen it. Year by year will only see Its popularity grow ing and increasing among women who know how to appreciate it at its real value; and while it Is thus permanent ly settled as a national institution, it can well afford to let Its fickle patrons go. Hoc Drown a Kit. Jesse Bartlett of Gardiner, Me., owns a dog that can be classed among the intelligent ones. His master catches a great many rats in a trap, and is in the habit of taking the rodents in a cage to a nearby stream, placing the cage in the water, thus drowning them. Saturday Mr. Bartlett was away, and after waiting until 11 o'clock and he not returning the dog seized the cage in his feetb, bore it to the stream and dropped it in. It was a big load for him, but he got there on time. A Mystery af Vlelea. The ancient naturalists, anatomists and opticians had a great deal of trouble in explaining why it was that only a single image resulted from double vision. In fact, it was not until the stereoscope was invented that the phenomenon was generally understood. Even Spurzheim attempted to explain it by declaring that only one eye was active at a time. THE PORCELAIN SKIN. It Is Kept la Roselear Parity by Ca camber Cream. With many French and German ladies the cucumber is a sovereign cos metic. They buy cold cream, beat It in a plate until soft, and drop in the juice of a boiled cucumber. Milk is a very valuable cosmetic, and may be used freely to bathe the face in. Lanoline cream, which is considered excellent as an emollient for the skin, may be made as follows: Obtain half a pint of lanoline and half a pint of pure oil of sweet almonds. Then, put ting a tablespoonful on a china plate, add an equal quantity of almond oil; mix thoroughly and add from half a teaspoonful to a teaspoonful of tincture of benzoin, until the paste drips from the knife a steel cascknife Is best for the mixing process in about the con sistency of very thick cream. AH three of these ingredients are absolutely harmless. It should be rubbed in at night. Saake In the nree Eye. It is claimed that there is a cnako, measuring about three inches in length, in the eye of a horse belonging formerly to Alexander McAllister of Yakima City, Wash. The snake can be plainly seen wriggling around in the ball of the eye, and the horse is gradu ally becoming blind. The snake was first seen two or three weeks ago. and has been growing slowly but constantly ever since. Maa Who Cannot Legally Be Hindered Whea oa Doty by a Cltlzea. I stopped a letter carrier In Thirty- sixth street the other morning and in quired the number of the house on the other side of the street at which a personal friend of mine lived, giving the name and occupation of the gentle man about whom the inquiry was made. I knew he lived across the way, in one of a certain block, but had for gotten the particular number, and I knew the carrier would know by the mail delivered. "Don't you know, sir," said the car rier, who knew me, by the way, "that you ask for that which it is contrary to' the rules of the postofllce depart ment?" "No, I don't," I blushingly admitted. "Well, it is true,"he said. "The law recognizes the right of a citizen to a private residence, undisturbed, as long as be has committed no offense that re quires such privacy to be invaded. Now, if I should give your number and street to anybody who might happen to want it the thing might cause you some annoyance." "Why, anybody could find that out through the directory." "They might and they might not. Anyhow, the p'ostofflce is not a direct ory." "And didn't you know," he added, as a parting shot, as he weat away, "that you violate the law by stopping a postman in this way while he is de livering mail?" no. i aian i anu ior that reason this paragraph. Itatea aad KuroDO. and buy and sell avail' able securities, we shall bo nleased to re- celra your business. We solicit yourpat-reaaga. Columbus Journal! A weekly newspaper de voted the best interests of COLUMBUS THEC0IIITY0FPIA1TE, The State of Nebraska THE UNITED STATES AID THE REST OF MANKIND iwHk $1.50 A YEAR, IF TAXD IV ASTAjrCaV Bat oar limit af aasfali la aot areaarlbed by dollars aad cents. (Sample esplea it tree to may arose. Cnttlnjr Teeth at Ninety-Two. David Young, who is 92, is highly elated over a new tooth that he is cutting. Cutting new teeth at an advanced age is not an unusual event In his fam ily, for his mother had three when she was about the same age. Three years ago David and Jared Young were the oldest twins in New England. Jared has since died at German, N. H. North Paris (Me.) Letter to Boston Globe. HENRY GASS, 4aV "" -avL Ask .SBaL Sam) wBaL aVassa UNDERTAKES ! a CwMbs : : Metallic : Cases ! Of Repairing of all kind of Uphol tierg Goods. Ut CX)LTJM1C1.HZB118IA- Hnrrotrln Trouble. From the Washington Star: "I nivver knew such a woaaa fur borry In thrubble," remarked Mrs. Dolan, "as is Mrs. Rafferty next dure." "She 13," rerlicd Mr. Dolan. "C had rayson to notice thot same peculiarity yisicrday afternoon while ycz wor out." "Yez did?" "Yis. She ccm over an' got the loan av yer ficyclo." Until the ladies have recognised or refused to recognise a man's merit his social foeittoa is aet determined: Bx. Leaded with Eleqaeare. An irate female seeks admittance to the editor's sanctum. "But I tell you, madam," protests the clerk, "that the editor is too busy to talk to any one today." "Never mind; you let me in. I'll do the talking." Tid-Bits. Wealth's Aefraat Mrs. Foreflat "This being so poor Is terrible, isn't It?" Mrs. Topiore "Indeed, it Is. If we could oaly afford It I would have ner toat prostratloa tomorrow;" Truth: InqnWKWe. Miss Scraggs "Yes, once when I was out alone on a dark night I saw a man, and, ob. how I ran!" Little Willie "And did you catch bini, Miss Scraggs? Odds and Ends. o Bright Toanceter. Stern Parent "Go away from the stove; the weather isn't cold." Bright Boy "I ain't heatin' the weather; I'se warraia' me hands." Wjishington Times. Oraage Trees for Saath Africa. Cape Colony has ordered young orange trees from California for ex perisseatal purposes. Columbus Journal SI rMMTAMWO TO rtTRWMH AHTTHUa aaqnuxD or a PRINTING OFFICE. COUNTRY. J"i ; ht.5 2?-r - --:.?&. ' '.t . 'Jvj-.. ft. u,V M5i' , -sx- 3,-S. ,.
