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"I can't hold the bally thing still." "It says Mr. Austin Marlow is financ - Ing the Regent theater." , "Yes; that's true." J . . "You never told me." ''I didn't see the necessity." "Then, as Miss Bramber is, I see, the reputed tenant of the Regent, you are financing Mips Bramber?" "Well, why not?" 'He did not happen to look at her when he spoke. "Under the circumstances," she said, curtly, "we will consider the financial aspect. Can wo afford It? What are . the expenses?" "Blest if I know," he replied impa- tlently. "I can't bother with figures. . About six or seven hundred a week." . "And how much are you losing?" "How do you know I'm losing any- thing?" "The paper says it Is'an ill-starred venture." "About two hundred a week I dare . say." "Ten thousand a year! Undoubtedly we can't afford it The whole income doesn't total eighteen thousand a year. What are you paying Miss Bramber?" '.'"A hundred." ."A "week?" she exclaimed, interroga tively. .- "Yes." ' "I should consider Miss Bramber rather an expensive luxury. What did .she earn as a photographer's model be fore you made her into a star actress?" ""You'd better ask her." "Thanks. I'll thick aboal It. Are you too shaky to ride? I'm going to put a new horse at the low fences this morning." "I couldn't sit a dray horse." "Then I must leave you. Be good." " She returned, ;ho we ver, in a few min utes. "'I've changed my mind," she said. "The horse shall have a rest. I'm go ring up to town till tomorrow. I want to see how we stand at the bank and to interview the lawyers. You won't a rive me down to the station, I sup 'pOFe?" . No, thanks." . "Very well. Anything I can do for you? Shall I close the theater?" - "Mind your own business, Gethyn." -"I'll try. Austin. Good morning." T With that intention she called oa Miss Bramber about noon the next day, and, with some amazement, found the ' lady at breakfast. " "I would have called later had I known your breakfast hour," she said. "" "That doesn't matter: I never eat be fore lunch. This is Harry's founda- jj,, HB e-L ---wt?,. s r. "DON'T BE PERSONAL." tion-Iaying, not mine," said Miss Bram ". ber. smiling at her vis-a-vis. .. "I did not send my name up because T my" business is quite private," said Mrs. ' Marlow. .- "You'd better hurry up. Harry. .there's a gcod boy," said Miss Bramber. '. "All right. I've finished." said Harry, "so I'll be ofT. How long will you be?" .. r, "Not long, dear." . "My name is Marlow," said Gethyn, when Harry had gone; "Mrs. Austin : -Marlow." Miss Bramber screwed up her mouth and almost whistled. "O!" she said. "Anything wrong "with Marlow?" '. . ".Nothing unusually wrong with my husband, thank you," replied Mrs. Marlow, coldly and politely. "But this is not a social call. I'm a woman '. of business. My husband is what you call your backer, is he not?" : . "Marlow Is financing the Regent spec. ; Why?" . "The result does not justify the ex penditure. I saw the performance last : night." . -Miss Bramber sneered slightly. . "Marlow is satlsued," she said; "that's everything." . "Not quite. As a speculation, an . Australian aborigine wouldn't touch it. . ,As a performance " "Don't be personal!" Interjected Miss Bramber. 4,It is a personal matter. What did you earn as a photographer's model. ; Miss Bramber?" ; "Less than you would earn as a model or impertinence." replied Miss Bram- ber angrily. "My contract doesn't stip ' ulate for your impudent catechism, ma dam." 'Kcep to business, please. Miss Bramber. My husband recommended , " me to ask the question. However, at ' the most generous computation, your '. service-value as an actress can scarcely . ..exceed 20 a week. The surplus 80 " -must therefore. I presume, be consid ered a gift, and the weekly loss a sacri- flee to your vanity. We can't afford it-" ' '"Marlow can." V "Mr. JIarlow won't." "He will." ' Mrs. Marlow moved her head impa tiently. ''. 1 happen to object,, oa various grouds." - "You have your remedy, madam." "Tfcthanks, Miss Bramber. Beputa . tions are made ia divorce courts. 1 . have "no intention of making yours. ,.- Quite otherwise." . "Then I defy your said Miss Bram ber, ssappiag her fingers. "Naturally. Other parasitic persons .. have given me similar trouble pugil ists, touts, money-lenders. If you care to accept a month's salary and cancel your engagement, to-day, a solicitor shall call with a check." "I'm not an idiot, madam." Tka that concludes my. wit you. Kindly ring tor your vant" i Mrs. Marlow' was so gratiSed with the result of her business that, immediately after lunch, sue returned to Berkshire and her husband. He had braced up wonderfully since the previous day, and they kept up a good-humored conver sation all through dinner, much to the secret surprise of both. "By the way," she said, when they had reached the-sweets, "who Is Har ry?" "Which Harryn he asked. "Old Harry is the deviL" , "I mean, the Harry who breakfasts in a dressing-gown with Miss Bram ber." He glanced at her keenly. "I don't mean both in one dressing gown, you know." she explained; "and he's not old at' least, not aged." "How do you know anyone break fasts with Miss Bramber?" he asked quickly. ft "I called there to-day." "Where?" "At her house." "I told you to mind your own busi ness, Gethyn." "And I obeyed, Austin. You referred me to Miss Bramber, if you remember." "You have an abnormal faculty for interfering with other people's affairs." "Only with irrational affairs, Austin. Some one must keep you clear of the bankruptcy court" He got very angry and very red. "I never was and never will be tied to a woman's apron strings!" be said, hotly. "You haven't told me who is Harry," she replied, quietly. "How the devil should I know?" "Because, dear, you finance Miss Bramber's vanity." "And have to tolerate your med dling," he retorted. "At a rough guess, Austin, I should say he plays the good young man at your theater." she said, preparing to go. "Hte name is Henry Something-or-other on the bills. Is it not? He is a sturdy, red-haired animal." She timed her exit judiciously to the last word. "I think that leaven will work better with appropriate pianoforte accompani ment," she said on her way to the drawing-room. Next morning she breakfasted early and got to work on accounts in the library before her husband came down. She could see he had been writing there the previous night everything was so untidy. Nevertheless, ebe was sur prised almost into joyfully clapping her hands when she subsequently turned up a sheet of foolscap and read the large, sprawling lines thereon. "Evidently tried how it looked," she said; "then hesitated about sending it It would be a pity if he changed his mind. He must have another dose of bitters at once," she concluded, turning the foolscap face downward again and covering it with other papers. Leaving the accounts, she went in. search of her husband, and eventually found him in the stable yard. "Where are you going, Austin?" she asked. "To the devil!" he replied surlily. "I'll go with you, dear," sho said. "Wait till I get into my habit" "I can't wait," he growled. "I'm sorry. I wouldn't take the jour ney on that raw beast, though, Austin. He'll shy at a gooseberry bush." "Could you possibly mind your own business?" he sneered. "I really try, Austin." He set his horse at a gallop across the park. "That beast won't jump the fences!" she shouted. "Then I'll make him!" he shouted back. "I'm afraid he's going to save me a great deal of trouble," thought Gethyn. He got no further on the meditated journey, however, than a couple of frac tured ribs, a fractured elbow, and slight concussion of the brain. "He'll be all right In two months," said the doctor. "In the meantime. I suppose I must manage his affairs," said Gethyn, going to the library. During the evening a solicitor's clerk posted a sheet of foolscap, written upon in great sprawling lines, on the call board at the Regent Theater : "Notice. : : "The season will terminate on : : Saturday, AUSTIN MARLOW. : : "Messrs. Jackthorn and Jack- : : thorn. Solicitors." : And Miss Bramber. when she read It, said " !" In Town. Wholwon anl roiaonon M.shrooma. Every few days for the rest of the summer we may expect to hear cf persons poisoned by eating toadstools in mistake for mushrooms. Toadstools are mushrooms, but the name seems to have been given in popular speech to the poisonous varieties of these, fungi. It is strange that so little effort has ever been made to teach the people of this country how to distinguish between them and select the harmless varieties for food. Many men walk hungry over mushrooms which would tempt the pal ate of an epicure. There is a great num ber of varieties that aro both whole some and delicious, while the poisonous mushrooms are few in number and, usually, repulsive in appearance. With a little 6tudy of them, people living in the country could often procure very acceptable additions to their stock of food from the humble growths in their fields. Philadelphia Ledger. ta Gw Aloar;. "What do you and your, friends do for dishes?" asked the old maid of the tramp who was just leaving her back door with both hands full of a bounti ful supply of cold food that she had given him." "Well, mam," replied the tramp, po litely, "we get along without plates, yen know, because it's work to wash 'em; but each of us has a big knife and we generally use one of the forks of the road." Somerville Journal. " "My dear," said Mr. Simple to his wife, "I dreamed last night that I was in heaven looking for you." "And did yon lad me. dear?" "No. They told me you were at the bargain counter." Detroit Free Press. SeMefc. She "What a dreadful crowd!, I wish I had stayed at home." He "I fen't; I wish the others had." Trata. A QUEER 9ESTB0YEB. IDAHO DEVIL THAT THEY CALL A PEST. M. It Eatlar Vp th. Far Wetter cr.t a MM If Is. Beth.r &! May Be a ChteM. Cricket rictf. mt the Sfaastcr. HE western farm ers are waging a war against the devil. This partic ular devil has no horns or tail, but the havoc he is making with the crop3 shows he doesn't need them. One of the most curious' features of this devil is that hejs one of that gen us that most peopW'have been taught brings good luck the cricket The farmers call him the Idaho devil. So serious arc the attacks he is making upon the growing crops that the gov ernment ha3 sent an expert out west to study him and see what can be dene in the lino of extermination. The west ern people have another name for him, too, which shows what a pest th?y consider him. They call him the Chi nese cricket These crickets live in holes in the sand and are carnivorous of habit They have enormous heads and tlieir Jaws are so powerful that they are easily able to bite through an ordinary glove. Cannibals they are, and otht-r insects nearly related to them are their favorite prey. The Mexicans, into THE IDAHO whose country they range, believe that their "nip" is death. But this is a mis take, doubtless arising in part from their fierce aspect. Still it is bad enough to have a pest that not only cats everything within its reach, but will also take a bite out of your fingers or legs if you bother him. The Idaho devil is a powerful noise maker, but he has no voice. His alleged chirp is produced by rubbing his wiugs together. He lives in a hole with little galleries underground, and in front of his house he builds a small platform, on which he throws his refuse. All day and all night he sits at the en trance to his home and performs oper atic selections with his wings. The male and the female live apart, each in its own house. Squabbles are fre quent, and they fight so fiercely with their hind legs and powerful jaws', armed with serrated teeth, that the combatants frequently suffer the most dreadful mutilation. They never go more than an inch or two away from their burrows, which they defend with the utmost ferocity. If these were the only crickets to be fought against in the northwest, the people of that region would be com paratively happy. Unfortunately, there Is a tribe of insects, nearly allied to the "devils" already described, which have a migratory propensity. They start on a journey through a country like the locusts of old, appearing sud denly in such enormous numbers that no measures taken against them are of the slightest avail. No obstacle stops them. Their armies destroy everything before them, leaving behind them only a brown desert These are so-called army crickets. Just now they are making themselves a terror. Under ordinary circumstances they are vegetable feeders, but in straits they become carnivorous. The farmers in regions infested by them dig ditches into which they tumble in vast numbers. For lack of their usual food they fall upon one another, and great is the destruction. This seems to be one of those years when an attack is being made upon the crops all along the line. The army worm is doing a lot of damage just at present, and is making itself particu larly obnoxious in Illinois, Indiana, Tewa, Kentucky and Missouri. This is an Insect native to North America. No where else in the world is it particular ly destructive. It is a naked striped caterpillar, about an inch and a quar ter leng, and dark In color. In May and Jane these caterpillars sometimes make i ssEmHsW rSL. tBFiW r" "5c1-jF"i-''vr ?. a flBffiSBtBrW'?wfiS their appearance in immense numbers, devouring wheat, Oats and other grains and grasses. They climb up the set stalks and cut off the heads. Just now there is a plague of grass hoppers in Ohio and Michigan, where they are destroying the grain crop. The Hessian fly is doing an immense amount of damage at present in Michi gan. This insect destroys 4O0e0,00A bttshcls of wheat annually In this court try. It is a minute, dark-colored gnat, somewhat resembling a mosquito. The larvae, which is a footless maggot, doe3 the mischief, feeding on the juices of the plant This fly is an importation from Europe, and is believed to have been brought over in straw with the Hessian troops during thewar of the revolution. Equally injurious is the familiar chinch bug, which in 1874 de voured $70,000,000 worth of wheat, corn and oats in seven states. The chinch bug is making much trouble just now throughout the western states. It lays its egg3 on the roots of the in fested plants, and the young grubs, as soon as they are hatched, insert their beaks into the growing stalk and be gin to suck the sap. The potato bug has recently made its way into South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi, where it is causing no lit tle alarm. In the northern states, how ever, it is not so abundant as formerly, perhaps owing to the persistent use of paris green. That remedy practically controls it 1'rrpared far Her. She stood at the telegraph window counting words and letters on her fin gers. "It makes me so mad." she remarked to the woman with her "that the horrid old company won't let one send more DEVIL. than ten words for a quarter. It's a shame. But I am going to get even. I'm making up a telegram out of the longest words I know." Then she laboriously counted several more words and triumphantly shoved the message with her silver piece through the grating. "Fifty-five cents please," remarked the man on the inside. "What!" she screamed. "There are only ten words." "Yes'm, but words of over ten letters arc counted as two," said he. And then she rewrote the message in words of one syllable. New York Journal. Newness or America. The newness of American life was illustrated recently at Minneapolis, when 7,000 school children, In relays of a thousand, hauled the first house ever built in Minneapolis through the ctrcets of the town to the site that had been arranged for it in Minnehaha Park. The house was built, says Harper's Weekly, forty-seven years ago, and not only has it survived, but its builder Is living, too, as well as his wife, who came from New York to live in it He is Col. John H. Stevens, a veteran of the Mexican war, who was born in 1S20, went to Minnesota in'lS49 for the good of his lungs, and, not finding a claim that suited him in the village of st ram, went up the river and staked out a farm at St Anthony's Falls, on land that is now the center of a city which brags of its 200,000 inhabitants, and hopes to have a million more. Col! Stevens has been a leading man in Minneapolis ever since he started the town and apparently has not failed to gain such legitimate advantages ae ought to accrue to a pioneer who se lects his -farm with discretion and abides by his choice. Ia III. Caw. "Beauty Is only skin deep," gaid the rebra, with an attempt to liven up the gloom of the menagerie. "I know," replied the rhinoceros, trying to be cheerful, "but think what that means in my case." London MH, All H. Ha ta Say. Judge "Have you anything to say before the judgment of the court is passed upon you?" Tough Prisoner "Beggin yer hon or's pardon, hev ve heard tha Jadg7" Philadelphia Record. r v - w mw amtmmm - a G1KL LIFE IN INDIA. ENGLISH MAIDEN IS CALLED A "SPIN" THERE, Dmmcm, Maaan .a Theatrical. Pleat? r Btoa aa Anvrra41ae; Air Lax-ttf-lmmi AS Maa far Etmt ISSY Sahib, chota aazrl tayar hai" (breakfast is ready), and the daughter, who has just tome out from home to join fatheror moth er in the far east realises that at last the long eea voyage and land journey are over and her first day In India had really begun, says Madame. A dusky, white-robed ayah has brought a tray with tea, toast and fruit to the bedside and pulled up the white net curtain that protect the sleeper from the bloodthirsty mosquito and now waits to assist at her mistress' toilet. It is C o'clock and time to be gin the day. Unueed to the services of a maid at home, the girl experiences a sense of luxury in having her stock ings put on for her even though one is suro to he Inside out She also begins to realize a sense of her own Impor tance, for in India she is distinctly a personage and women are probably at a higher premium there than in any other civilized country. The arrival of a new "spin" (as the unmarried girl is colloquially termed) Is the cause of much excitement in an Indian station, aitd everybody Is on the alert to see the latest addition to feminine society. The day usually begins with a visit to the badminton courts and there the girl will run the gauntlet of critlcisni from a large portion of her neighbors, for it is a favorite meeting place. The ladles eagerly scan every detail of her dress; being fresh from home she must, of course, have the newest fash ions, and later on they will ask for blouse, etc., as patterns. There are also plenty of candidates of the oppo site sex eager to teach her badminton and everyone's racket is at her dis posal. At 9 o'clock it is too hot for further play and they drive home for bath .and breakfast The bath, with its water cooled in large earthenware jars, is delightfully refreshing and the tin mug wherewith to bale it over one's person is a distinct novelty. Breakfast is a meal of many courses, commencing with porridge and ending with fruit After breakfast the housekeeping has to be seen to and this seems an easy matter to the girl accustomed to that duty at home, for it simply consists of giving orders to the numerous servants and dealing out the tinned "Europe" stores. Then there are flowers to be arranged and at 12 o'clock callers he gin to arrive. The servant in the ve randa inquires If the mem sahib be "at home" and brings up a pile of cards on a salver. Carriage follows carriage in quick succession, for every body In the station is anxious to make the new arrival's acquaintance. Only the governor's wife and the general's do not come, for it will be the girl's duty to leave cards upon these impor tant personages. The bachelors of the station arrive in groups of twos and threes, thereby lending each other their moral support should they feel nervous, but they are all eager to meet and con verse on current topics with the "spin." They Inquire whether she dances or is fond of riding, and if the answer be affirmative beg for a place on her card at the first ball and put their ponies at her disposal. By 2 o'clock tiffin, a rep etition of breakfast, is ready, and after this meal people retire to their rooms to read and a siesta is generally in dulged in. After tea everybody goes out They drive to the band-stand, where the regi mental band plays; there Is lawn ten nis for the energetic, or garden parties at the club or meeshouse, and the new arrival will be struck by the all-pervading air of luxury. Servants are in constant attendance, the carriages are filled with comfortable cushions and every tennis player has a email dark boy at his elbow ready to hand him balls. At 8 o'clock dinner takes place and when there are no dances or even ing entertainments everyone goes to bed early. Certainly the daughter in India has a really good time. Invitations to dances, dinners and entertainments come rap idly for acceptance and if she can sing or act she will be in great demand. Everywhere the preponderance of men strikes her and they vie with each other in providing her with amusements. At the races and shooting matches they ask her to "nominate" them, when, if her nominee wins, she will receive the prize. The constant balls and dances are rendered gay by innumerable uni forms, and the large proportion of men makes that hardy perennial, the wall flower, an impossibility, and every girl with the faintest idea of dancing has her card filled to the twentieth extra. Before the hot season, with its scorch ing winds, makes an exodus to the hills general, she will have had several pro posals to exchange her position of daughter for that of wife, for though "spins" on their first season are plenti ful, those In their second are rarer, and those in their third are hardly to be met with. Marriage Is a thriving in stitution in India, in spite of the van ishing rupee. Although the lire of a girl in India is frequently a round of pleasures and lit tle else, it need not be so, and though there be not much in housekeeping to occupy her energies, there is a vast amount of other work to be done. She will win the heartfelt gratitude of the chaplain's wife by interesting herself In the Sunday school for soldiers' chil dren and visiting their mothers in the regimental liiye. Then, again, if she takes the trouble to study the language carefully ana learn more than the few sentences required for ordering serv ants It opens up a world of interest too little known to Europeans. Hidden away behind the purdah in houses of well-to-do natives are women whose lives arc spent inclosed between four walls and they gladly welcome anyone who will dtvete a little of her time to visiting them aai taking an Interest ta their affairs, and the daughter will lad the gratltnde of her Indian sister weU worth the sacrif ca at an occasional tif fin party or plcnk. , , A WONDERFUL WEDDINO. t Tea TkMMaa Oaapte. Wer. TJaK.d hi Marrtag St Oa. Tlai. The largest and meet wmarkable wedding since the world began task place at Susa. When the great Alex ander had conquered Persia, wishing to unito victors and vanquished by the strongest ties possible, he decreed a wedding festival. Now, guess how many people he ordered to be married. You -could never do It Well, Alexander himself was to marry Statlra, the daughter of Darius; 100 of his chief fl eers were to be united to ladles front the noblest Persian and Median fami lies, and 10,000 of his Greek soldiers I were to marry 19.090 Asiatic women ZZ.20Z people were married at once. I don't see how they managed to get up a feast for so many, but they did, and for a vast multitude of guests be sides. They had the most splendid ar rangements. On a plain near the city a vast pavilion was erected on pillars sixty feet high. It was hung and spread with the richest tissues, while the gold and precious stones orna mented it would have made your eyes blink. Adjoining this building were 100 gor geous chamber j for the 100 bridegrooms. Wblle for the remaining 10.000 an outer court was inclosed and hung with costly Vipestry, and tables were spread out side for the multitude, a separate seat was assigned each pair, and all were ar ranged In a semi-circle on either hand of the royal throne. Each bridegroom had received a golden vessel for his li bation, and when the last of these had been announced by trumpets to the multitudes without, the brides entered the banquet hall and took their places. And now don't you think each bride groom stood up separately and vowed: "With this ring I now thee wed." and so on. No, the ceremony was very .sim ple; the king gave his hand to Statira and kissed her as his wife, and the other bridegrooms followed his exam pleCincinnati Tribune. Major Shirts, t Coarse. Famous old Gov. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, was directly or indirectly the source of many a good story. Here is ono that 1 do not think has found its way into print: One day at a political gathering he was approached by a well dressed individual, who shook hands warmly with htm. The governor was a bit bothered, and confessed he could not recall the handshaker's 'name. "Why, you must remember me. gov ernor," said the latter, "I'm from Rich mond. I made your shirts." "Why, of course," said the governor, with all a politician's tact "Gentle men, this is my very excellent neigh bor, Maj. Shirts." Washington Post Vaaey Caadlea. So essential- is the candle considered for decorative purposes that for occa sions where its light would not be suffi ciently strong, what are called "candle stick lamps" are used. That is, the tall, slender candlestick is perfectly copied and so low is the tiny shade sus pended over the burner that none but the most observant would notice that it was a small lamp that burned inside, and not a wax candle. By tho way, it Is always best to lay candles on ice for several hours before they shall be needed. They will not gutter so badly, will burn more slowly and give a more satisfactory light altogether. Oowa ta Data. "Diggs seems to be doing a rushing business." "Yes; he has hired a lot of deaf mutes and Is running a painless barber shop." Puck. No Need far Barry. Collector "This account must be set tled, Mr. Shorts. It has been running a long time." "Well, let it stand awhile." Truth. MOTHER GRUNDY SAYS. That "divorced their day. queens" have had That the girl of the period is not the kind to captivate men. That a "gentleman" means more now than it ever did before. That among dead languages is the one used by railway men. That management of some hospitals leaves much to be desired. That increase of club membership Is a death-blow to conservatism. That the trials and tribulations of the wealthy continually multiply. That some distinction goes with tho girl who does not ride a wheel. That no man of refinement is ever in terested in unwomanly women. That an hour with the lawn-mower every day is a desirable exercise. That too much lard enters into the manufacture of hotel ice cream. That roof gardens are a great boon to the men who can't leave town. That a change of one's religion does cot guarantee a happy marriage. That an excellent thing to remember is that every story has two side3. That among the "best people" are those who mind their own business. That-curfosily is stimulated to know bow some people can sail'for Europe. That Americans abroad for the firat time are not our best representatives. That this is' evidently to be a sum mer for the parade of family skeletons. That in courtship little sisters are often as disagreeable as little brothers. That the sudden death of so many well-known young men is remarkable. That handwriting on the wall is that the bicycle craze has reached its height That cultured and refined people ap preciate most "the girl well brought up." That it is a mistake to imagine a cocktail facilitates a business transac tion. That some titled American women abroad are subjects of miserable scan dals,. .. That observers are not as confident as they were of bicycles superseding horses. That ere long society news will make a scarcity of salt, according to the Ne braska State Journal. SUMMER BATHS. Tfe. Umt atatertaUs iar ladle. Ax. Brtt Maatfaa aa4 Gloria SUk. The summer bather has progressed many degrees since the days when a loose wrapper and a petticoat were con sidered a sufficient costume ,for the sport of wading in the shallow water without any thought of learning to swim. Nowadays all members of a family who live within any reason able distance from the sea are provid ed with bathing suits, from the oldest member of the family down to the two-year-old, who has hardly learned to walk, much less wade. All the same, no one" enjoys the water more than this very two-year old as soon as he gets over his first fright about It. Very simple flannel bathing suits for little folks can be bought at a low fig ure, and the enjoyment that they get from them more than pays for them. Very often, when one has a private beach, the children are allowed to wear their bathing suits ta play in the sand an arrangement which is a great sav ing to their clothes and a great relief to those who have them in cnarge. Very small girls are better off without petticoats to their bathing suits, as, indeed, Is everybody, especially if one has an ambition to learn to swim. Pretty little suits for Ave or six-year-old girls are made of cross-barred flan nel. The drawers arc made with a rub ber draw-tape at the knee to hold up the stockings. The wee tots look pret tier with low neck and short sleeves, and while they arc still yonng perhaps the tan on their little shoulders will not do much injury. A sash of wide braid or silk tied around the waist adds to the beauty if not to the convenience of the garment. Ladies' bathing suits are more satisfactory when made of brilliantine or gloria silk, and black is the best color. A black brilliantine suit, with white trimmings of the same materia, may be bought for $4.85. Gloria silk is the lightest material which can be used, and if the gar ments are made sufficiently ample to admit of plenty of freedom in the movement of arms and legs, it will be found very serviceable. Boys' jersey bathing suits are sold for $4.85. but pretty flannel ones can be bought for $1. Children's bathing suits will Le found very useful even to those who do not summer at tLe beach, as thero was never a boy born .who would not insist upon wading in a brook if he could find one. Toe Ac of Perfection. The costume of the woman cyclist remains the unsolved problem of so ciety and trade. Fortune, if not fame, awaits the designer of a garb that will insure safety, while it preserves the modesty and grace with which tradi tion still happily enshrines tho fairest of creation. The bicycle academies and the boule vards furnish lamentable revelations of the ineffectiveness of necessity or art to devise to date a costume befitting wheel and rider. To such extremes has indi vidual fancy violated good taste and common decency that a voman becom ingly attired rarely fails to attract at tention. Indeed, so flagrant has become the abuse of bicycle toilets that many sensitive, self-respecting women have been driven from the public thorough fare and forced to forego the pleasure altogether. Exclusive society women are now rarely found on a wheel save in the suburbs. Their costume has little in common with those met on the boulevards. New York Commercial Advertiser. Ml Farad, ta Hew York. At Lincoln's funeral, April 25, 186?. there were about 15,000 soldiers in line; at Grant's funeral, August 8, 1885, there were 13,500 in line, with 25.000 in the veteran and civic divisions. At the centennial parade, April 30, 1889, there were 50,000 soldiers In line; and at the Columbian parade on April 28, 1893, there were 12,000 men in line. At the Evacuation Day parade, November 25, 1883, and the Bartholdi statue parade, there were fewer men in line. New York Sun. Th. Wizard. Speech. Mr. Edison has only once tried to make a speech. It was before a girl's seminary, where he had agreed to lec ture on electricity. He had engaged a friend named Adams to operate the apparatus while he talked; but when the wizard arose before his audience, he felt so dazed that he simply said: "Ladies, Mr. Adams will now address you on electricity, and I will demon- f strate what he has to say with the ap paratus." San Francisco Argonaut Aa Expert. First Boarder "I understand that the landlady is to take a trip to the West" Second Boarder "Lj that so? If the train would stop long enough at stations she could give the railway restaurant people some great points. Puck. Tae Best of Kvldoaee. Johnny "Tommy Brown's mdther makes him go to Sunday school every Sunday." Mamma "Why do you say she makes him go?" Johnny "Be cause he goes." Puck. BUBBLES OF PHILOSOPHY. Golf is said to be the best of ail out door games as an agentof cupid. Pale blue has the preference above all other colors theee warm days. Nothing in the world at present is so greatly to be envied as the cucumber. The very swell young man rivals the day laborer in his devotidh to;h'i3pipe. Dainty pitchers have replaced the conventional water bottle on correctly equipped tables. The "toilet table" style is what mod istes term the wearing of white mus lin over a colored foundation. Wash your white veil in warm water with good soap, pin to a pillow until dry and you will have saved 50 cents. If you have a last summer's wash silk gown cover it with organdie and you have the latest idea in costuming. Why Is it that, strive as she may, the collar of the most advanced woman does not get a genuinely masculine set? The youthful feminine bather de light In wearing very much In evi dence one smart garter below the left knee when she takes her dip la the surf. Now, when so many girls at the sea shore are bewailing the fact that their ostrich feathers are straight, it is of value to know that whalebone will curl theas mora successful! than scissors. JMM OU oUaUafaSLB Cohuntois State - Bank I atttt 1MB at aw&n fitafL Yacaial pnts t tniwtTR s tiouti BUYS GOOD NOTES J ABD IXSJKTOBtf Lbajtdkb GnxAKDt Prea't, B. H. Hbxkt, Vice Preet, 1L BiuaaxB, Cashier. Jonx Staufmck, Wm. Bucmeb. COLUMBUS, NEB., AX- Aitfcfizt, Capital if - $500,080 PaMli Capital, - 90,000 OETICEK9. a . gHKDON. Prea't ' .P.n.OEnLRIcn.YlcePres. DANIEL SmiKAM. Cashier. rUANKKOKEUAsii'tCashtcr DIKECTOUS. f. It. SHM.ro x, II. r. II Or.ni.RiCH. Jokas WKi.cn, W. A. McAlustku, Carl IUexkk, S. v. Gray, Fbakk ItoKSK. STOCKIIOLDEUS. Gerhard Losekb, J. IIkxry WcnnHA2C, Clark Gray. llKXRYLOSEKK. OEO.W. GALI.KY. J. I. BrCKCR Estatz, II. SI. WlSSLOW. Daxiei. Schrav. a. f. ii. oki1i.rich Bxbecca Decker. 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