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vdi SU". rvrv s-'i-r ES4 .- v , ' " T '-. a k .. -, A..1 "J- ' - x. & r ' 38 v!i 4 r; 1- lUtv V - i VOLUME XXVII.-NUMBER 21. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1896. WHOLE NUMBER 1,373. ' -" " -'ft1'- rv?A .. '--?- - - ' , . '-&im&' -. ri - ". am,-amEvvi'i, "r - !pi ' '' 'mi. M Ei ft , -v JACK'S LOVE AFFAIR WONDER," I said, as I wai looking out of the window of Jack Trevor's lodgings, "why that girfe tusking up the etreet without her hat." "Ah," he said, coming to the win dow, "I thought it must be she. She's catchiag the monkey. I expect she ' misses ne now sometimes. Tou didn't see which way it went, did your I "No," I said. "Is she addicted to kanting monkeys?" :4 "Only .the monkey," he replied. "I ased to do It once." I .-Dear mer I said. "It's fashionable amusement in the neighborhood, iken?" I "No," he answered mournfully. "1 was engaged to that girl once and that 'beast of a monkey broke the engage ' went" ' "Were you," I asked, "cut out by .the monkey, then?" j "A man," he said, "must be very, very young to make a remark like that." N "Who is she?" I inquired. "Oh, she's Miss Treraaine," he eaid. ,-ril-tell you the story, if you like. It . will be a warning to you never to get .engaged to a girl who keeps a mon key." I "At present," I said, "there is no girl of the sort in my mind's eye, but it's .better to be prepared for all emer- t genrles." "I got engaged to Miss Tremaine," . he Eaid. "about three years ago. I met her at the tennis club and dances and around the places generally here, but I had never seen much o! her at home, and I was unaware even of the monkey's-existence. As soon as we were engaged I was introduced to Jacko. He was a small monkey of ordinary ap pearance and was not at first sight prepossessing, but in the Tremaine household he was a family fetich. It's curious to notice the dominant in ' fluencc in different families. Some times it's the babj sometimes the but ler, sometimes a first husband's mem ory and sometimes the dally paper. But in this case Jacko reigned supreme. Captain Tremaine, who was dead, had bought the beast, and it was concerned in a touching deathbed scene or some thing of the kind. At any rate Mrs. Tremaine regarded it as a sacred relic of the dear deceased, and lavished all her lovo and affection on it. I well remember the first night I saw Jacko, and discovered the habit that event ually wrecked an engagement. It was a stifling evening and I suggested to Maud the desirability of opening a win dow. 'Oh, no,' she said, 'we never can bare the windows open in the evening. Jacko would get out.' My first hint of Jacko's habits was enlarged by Mrs. Tremaine's frequent and objectionable intrusions to inquire as to the beast's whereabouts. A man in the first rap ture of an engagement naturally dis likes the inrushes of someone else in pursuit of a monkey. The next morn ing the nuisance increased. A servant .came round they live a few doors from here to tell me that Jacko had just escaped and would I help to catch ' him? I found him about lunch time 'after a long and exciting chase. As seemed obvious, I caught him by the tail, and the brute bit me and went on for another half hour. Mrs. Tremaine . explained reproachfully that Jacko al- waj's bit people who touched his tail. "For some months Jacko continued to be a nuisance at home and abroad. When he escaped, which he managed . to do about once a week, I was expected 'to secure him. This generally hap- pencd in the morning, when the win dows were open and the tradesmen were calling, and at first on these oc casions I did not reach my chambers till the afternoon. Afterward I be came quite an adept at catching him. His plan of campaign was to wait un- : til his pursuer was quite close and then jump about twenty yards. I bought a large butterfly net with a long handle, and he never got the hang of that When I had discovered this invention I was comparatively happy, but I wait ed with dread for the time when Jacko should escape after dark, and I should be compelled to hunt for the brute . through the watches of the night on the peri! of losing the regard of the Tremaine family. Jacko's nomadic habits .were, I may explain, attributed .to" a desire to find his dead master. At last the event that I dreaded occurred. One cold winter's evening Jacko dis appeared while the cook was interview ing her favorite policeman at the back door, and got well away. The cook re ceived a month's notice on the spot, and I was at once put on the track of the animal. Mrs. Tremaine was much annoyed because I wished to put my boots on before starting, and even . Maud seemed only anxious for the monkey's health. After tramping . through three or four miles of streets, I experienced what at first I regarded as unexpected good luck. The brute came tearing round a corner and in a second he was in the butterfly net I was just preparing to return elated that the run had been so mercifully cut' short, when a crowd also came around 'the corner, headed by an angry and breathless Italian. I soon discovered the connection of events. The Italian . could not speak much English, but I gathered that he claimed Jacko as his 'monkey, his carrissimo monkey. The crowd, who had become excited in the chase, and who imagined that I was 'attempting to cheat a poor, ignorant foreigner out of his only solace in a strange land, demanded that I should give the moakey up. The vision of Maud's face, if the sacred animal spent the night in the possession of an un trustworthy Italian, rose before mj eyes, and I distinctly declined to re- . IInaish Jacko. "In the course of conversation with the crowd I lost say temper and a con 'sMerable portion of my clothes, and i by the time that a policeman arrived, I appose my appearance did justify him In conveying Jacko, the Italian, and mete the police station. There I spent a most miserable night -My atmost 'entreaties failed to induce the police to jaead to Mrs. Tremaine to hail me oat I think their malevolence was arempt Wa ay tlm mlramia who had hm 11 I v jp jK, r II I rudely Interraptei in his tryst with the cook. "In the morning we appeared before his worship. The Italian and I were charged with creating a disturbance and assaults and breaches of the peace and that kind of thing, and, as far as I remember, the police threw a charge of drunk against me. His worship asked to see the monkey, and when they brought him in, lo and behold, there were two Jackos. "After some explanation the magis trate dismissed the charge against us with a caution, on the ground of excus able miBtake. And, indeed, it was most excusable. Apparently the Italian had really lost his monkey, and whether It was his monkey or Jacko that he had. been pursuing when I encountered It, I do not know to this day. At ail events, the police bad captured the other monkey during the night and had shut the two up together. There they sat two ngly. grinning, indistin guishable creatures, both guilty, ac cording to the evidence, of aggravated assaults on the police. "When we were released from the dock the magistrate asked us to re move the monkeys. The Italian and I stared at each other blankly. He knew no more than I which was his proper ty. Of course, it was useless to con sult the police about their identity. As the magistrate pointed out, there Is no presumption either in law or in fact as to the ownership of two stray mon keys. I appealed to him to decide the question himself, and he pointed out that it was the duty of the police to restore property to its owners. He said that he was not Solomon, but only a police magistrate, and that he doubted whether even the house tt lords could throw much light on the subject The matter, he thought, was eminently one to be settled out of court "At first I tried to solve the difficul ty by buying out the Italian's claim to cither of the monkeys, with the idea of sorting them afterward. But he also, it appeared, had a romantic at tachment for his carissimo monkey, and he declined my overtures with fer vent appeals to most of the saints on tho register. The whole thing, he seemed to think, was a base attempt on the part of a brutal foreign govern ment to trample on the rights of an Italian citizen, and to consign his mon key to the dungeons of the zoo. Then I offered him his choice of the two, and this might have saved all trouble if Mrs. Tremaine had not arrived at that moment to inquire for Jacko, and had not learned the whole affair from a communicative inspector. "Neither Jacko nor the alleged Jacko showed the faintest signs of recogni tion. Indeed, they almost at once de voted themselves to a sanguinary fight in which Mrs. Tremaine intervened with considerable injury to herself. Then she turned to me and I could see from her manner that she considered me responsible for the whole difficulty. gg& 1191 IN THE BUTTERFLY NET. For a quarter of an hour I had a really lively time. Mrs. Tremaine hectored the Italian and the Italian objurgated Mrs. Tremaine. Neither of them un derstood a word the other said, and I had to act as interpreter and buffer. "Eventually, I made the best terms that I could. The Italian agreed, for a consideration, to allow us to keep both monkeys for a week, during which we might discover their identity. Mrs. Tremaine quite readily agreed to the proposal, for she was confident that no monkey but Jacko could possess Jacko's virtues. I was more doubtful, believing that the virtues were few enough to be common to many mon keys. And so it turned out Both monkeys made themselves quite at home, overate themselves equally, stole as cleverly, and, what was most re markable, searched with identical per sistence for the deceased Captain Tre maine. Twice that week I had to catch two monkeys, and when they were both in the butterfly net they nearly killed each other. Mrs. Tremaine used to look at them by the hour, and sob, and call Jacko 60ftly. They both answered to the name, if there was any food about, and at other times preferred to be the other monkey. "At the end of the week the organ grinder appeared punctually, and a heartrending scene followed. No de cision had been come to till the morn ing of his arrival, and then Mrs. Tre maine and Maud differed as to which was the real Jacko. The question had to be decided, though it mattered little which we kept I suggested that we should toss up. The flippancy of 'the suggestion annoyed them and led them to recrimination, but at last we agreed to decide by lot, that being a biblical way out of the difficulty and suitable to the occasion. The organ grinder went' on his way contentedly and I hoped the affair was at an end. But I was very much mistaken. No sooner had he gone than Mrs. Tremaine and Maud became convinced alike that they had given up the real Jacko. They said they were now certain of it Poor dear Jacko wa3 sitting on a barrel or gan in a cold street and engaged in the degrading occupation of collecting cop pers, and monkeys were liable to con sumption, and what would dear papa think If he were alive? "I stood this for about ten days and then I went to the Italian again, hav ing 'obtained his address in case of fur ther complications. His affections were apparently bow extended to both mon keys, for he consented to an exchange for .further consideration. Surely, I thought to myself, Maud and her mother will be content now. Bat no, tie thing began all over again. The former ,Joko was their darling and they'd given him up when they'd got ten him safe, and it was by my advice and it was all my fault Twice more I trraamfad taoat maakeye, aad, at last VMW4bL';T iKSBB ra SpSsM even my patience failed. We aaar reled and we parted, aad I've never spoken to her since. That's why I say never get engaged to a girl whe keeps a monkey." WOULD YOU BELIEVE Tkat Ta Cm Walk es,SSS oar? Have you ever thought Of the dis tance you travel while you are eat on an hour's stroll? Possibly you walk three miles within the hour, but that does not by any means represent the distance you travel. The earth. tarns on its axis every twenty-four hoars. For the sake of round figures we will call the earth's circumference 24,000 miles, and so yon must have traveled during the hour's stroll 1.000 miles in the axial turn of the earth. But this is not all. The earth makes a Journey around the sun every year, and a long but rapid trip it Is. The distance of our planet from the sun we will put at 92,- 000,000 miles. This Is the radius of the earth's orbit half the diameter of the circle, as we call it The whole diam eter is therefore 184,000,000 miles, and the circumference being the diameter multiplied by 3.1416,is about 578,000,000. This amazing'dlstance the earth travels in its yearly journey, and dividing it by 365 we find the daily speed about 1,586,000. Then, to get the distance you rode around the sun during your hour's walk, divide again by 24. and the result is about 66.000 miles. But this is not the end of your hour's trip. The sun, with its entire brood of planets, is mov ing in space at the rate of 160,000,000 miles in a year. This is at the rate of a little more than 438,000 miles a day, or 18,250 miles an hour. So, adding your three miles of leg travel to the hour's axial movement of the earth, this to the earth's orbital journey, and that, again, to the earth's excursion with the sun, and you find you have, traveled, in the hour, 85,253 milci. PILGRIMS Now G la Comfort to the Fa Meat Rhrlae at Canterbary. In the olden days pilgrims to Canter bury who could not afford to hire steeds tramped all the way, thuB conducing to the prosperity of the hospitable coun try inns which are fast disappearing from the land for lack of support To day those bent on a similar mission do the business in a much more comfort able manner. A pilgrimaee a la mode consists of breakfast in the morning at home, a jaunt in a comfortable rail way carriage, luncheon at Canterbury, return by train after prayers and ser mon and dinner in London. Physical discomfort is thus completely obliter ated, and the mind is consequently left free and undisturbed for the contem plation of the higher objects pilgrim ages seek to obtain. It was In this way that a body of devout persons, intent on the reclamation of England to the Roman Catholic faith, and 'known a the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom, journeyed by train from Holborn, after attending service in St Etheldreda'e, Ely Place, to Canterbury, to pray at the shrine of the unfortunate Thomas a-Becket There they were met by con tingents of similarly minded people from the neighborhood, most of whom wore the robes of some religious order. The relics of the saint were venerated in due form, and prayers were recited for the restoration of our country to "the true religion." The London con tingent then returned home by train. Wbat Ha Wm Dalagw Deacon Goodman "My boy, do you know that this is the sabbath? I hope you are not going a-fishing with that hook and line?" Boy "No, sir; I'm only going to see if there are any wicked sabbath-breaking fish in that stream over yonder. If there should happen to be, I suppose it wouldn't be wrong to punish them by pulling them out, would it?" Boston Transcript Tea Trae. "You don't read novels as much as you used to, Mr. Beverly?" "No, there are so few women In fic tion nowadays that are fit to associate with." Tit-Bits. Caaaa aad Effect. Father "Why didn't you get your degree?" Wild Student "Because I was examined." PEOPLE. Dr. Walsh, archbishop of Dublin, la regaining his health by riding a bi cycle. Upon the death of a woman whose name is not yet divulged Tale is to receive 1750,000. Bernhardt, who talks of playing "Lorenzo de Medici" in De Mussett's "Lorenzacclo," may give her own "Hamlet" this year. Douglas Tilden, the deaf mute sculp tor of San Francisco, was married the other day to Miss Bessie Cole, who is also a deaf mute. Rudyard Kipling's greatest ambition is said to be to serve as a war corre spondent The next big war will take him into the field. Miss Mabel Beardsley, a sister of the only Aubrey, has left a place as high school teacher to become an actress.' She recently made her debut in Lon don as Edith in "Dearest Mama." John Jacob Astor denies that he in tends building a theater "at which only first-class plays should be pre sented." He is not thinking of invest ing his money in such enterprises. Verdi tries hard to hide from the world the very fact that he is writing a new opera, and some precautions he took recently have led many to suppose he is at work on a "final" work. A lady has been appointed a regis trar of births, marriages and deaths by the guardians of the city of London. Miss Kemm, the lady In question, has for some time acted as assistant to her father. A Portland man has In his possession an Interesting and valuable relic. It Is an act passed by the Continental congress establishing a pay table for the Continental ofacers, signed by John Hancock, president Emperor William's latest fad is te legraphy, and he is spending several hours a week learning to send messages by dots and dashes. He has already made considerable progress as an oper ator 0 tb key. THE LADY IN WHITE. GHOST HAUNTS THE PALACE OP GERMAN EMPEROR. Tho HUtorta ABparlttea t the Ammh Oaeo Voroahartoa Daatfet fea Ki Smiaam'a FaamHk HE White Ladyaaa again appeared ia the Royal Palace at Berlin, and con sternation, illy con cealed, possesses the soul of every Inmate from the humblest servitor, in the Imperial household to the emperor hlmaalL This la an historic ghost It is no'old woman's tale; neither is it the imag ining of a trembling person or of af frighted children. Histories and ency clopedias record it and the events its appearance portends. It always pre sages the death of a member of the Royal house of Hohenzollern. A few nights ago, so the report runs that comes from Berlin, one of the court chamberlains was returningdown the long corridor of the palace, when, suddenly, before him arose, as though through the substantial tiled floor, tho stately figure of a queenly woman. The figure was clothed in a dress of pure white, the hair was low upon the fore head, one hand rested upon her belt about the waist and the other was slightly raised, as though in admoni tion or warning. The chamberlain rec ognized the apparition at once as that of the White Lady, and shrinking into a niche in the wall he tremblingly watched the historical terror as she glided past him and melted into the darkness at the further end of the cor ridor. Unlike the female that has Played this part several times In the past, the present lady carried no keys, THE LATEST VISITATION OF but came empty-handed,- and looked ominously severe. She glanced neither to the right nor to the left and floated rather than walked into obscurity. The chamberlain-was greatly fright ened and, trembling violently, he made his way as quickly ae possible to where the court officials were gathered and conveyed to them the awful news. It required only a few minutes for the startling information to travel' through the entire palace, and the alarm it oc casioned can be but slightly appreci ated by those who were not present as 'witnesses of the excitement that fol lowed. 1 The emperor himself was told of the affair in Its minutest details as soon as he arose the following morning, and he immediately ordered extra guards to be stationed about the palace, and all the attendants were strictly en Joined to seize any White Lady or other Intruder that might be detected prowl ing about the building. Evidently the emperor Is not a believer in ghosts. 1 But whether William II. is or is not sufficiently strong minded to set aside the traditional scarecrow of his family 'and discourage the perpetuation of su perstition, the appearance of the White Lady is uncanny and prophetic His tory tells of her various appearances. Historians vouch for the truth of the tales. Daring four hundred years the legend ,of the White Lady has been associated with the history of the Hohenzollerns, and each visitation of the gruesome specter has invariably been closely fol lowed by the death of some prominent member of that family. For two hun dred years the wraith confined her ap pearances to Bohemia, whence the Ho henzollerns originally came, but In 1598 she, for the firaz known occasion, ap- jpeared in the Royal Palace at Berlin. Albert Frederick was ruler at that time, and within a month from the day the "ghost walked" Albert Frederick became insane, and was declared inca pacitated for governing. He was buo ceeded by his brother-in-law, John Slgtsmaad. and everything went well aatil 1619, when one aftcixosn, in broad aayliffct taa Wklta Laay was diacov- w B WEBESSBBEmS3SZSmrLmKKKB3BF fr f U . l-SaBBBBBma M aaaaaaBaTAVlAjaBrmmBWtJJb Baal T?MBaaTaSSaaaaaaaamaaST w S w f a3t aBSBBBBaS: Jft EaaWllVJ7T JlmamaaaaaT ITwp t smMMKl - - - ' faamaaakmww feared rocking tie cradle of the tnCae Albert aad Jangling a bunch of ghostly fhjtyslB-aerhaad. K .. .t.l. V. III. - alum ummuub iuv uumn jcomptly fainted, and when she reeov- iajral her senses the Lady had vanished. phre weeks after that Sigismund died. ia 1M7 she came again six weeks be fore the death of George Wllhelra, aad In 1688 she promenaded through the aaloas and over the roof of the palace the very night before the great elector Frederick Wilbelm breathed his last IThen there was an interregnum un til 1840, when she called again a week "before Frederick William in. died. She Jamalned away ten years more, or nn tii 1850, and then was found one even ing strolling past the bed-chamber of Ike Prince of Prussia, who died a few says afterward. In 1879 she anticl natei the death of Prince Waldemar by jast tf teen days, and it was stated at Uptime, although the report wasjsap pressed, that she was seen In the pal ace shortly before the death of both the late Emperor William I. and Em peror Frederick. Who is threatened by the present visitation it is Impossible to say, for while history tells us It has been a summons for the ruling sovereign in the majority of Instances, it has not in variably been so, and victims of lesser consequence have several times been warned of their danger. IN DEEP SHADE Aad la Cool Stream Cattla Find Tfceii Coat fort. .It is easy to see that cattle are at home in a moist and wcoded eountry. The feral cattle of Texas and Australia never from choice stray 'far from the woods. Out on the Western ranches there are, of course, few trees, and the beasts thrive fairly well; but, for all that, the conditions of their life are ar tificial, and are not such as they would select if free to choose their dwelling place. All cattle love to stand knee deep in water and under the shadow of trees. Their heads are carried low, HOHENZOLLERN GHOST. even when they are startled, so that they can see under the spreading branches of the forest Compare the habitual position of the head of a cow with that of the heads of the horse, pronghorn, or guanaco, which live in the open and have to watch the horizon for the approach of enemies. Then the split hoofs of the cattle are wonderfully adapted for progress over soft ground.. In galloping through bogs or deep mud an ox or a buffalo will easily distance a swift horse. Their toes spread wide, and so they do not sink in so far as the solid-hoofed ani mal. What is even more important, the open cleft between the toes allows tho air to enter the hole in the mud as the foot is withdrawn; whereas, a horse's hoof sticks like a "sucker," owing to the partial vacum below it, and can only be dragged out by a great muscular ef fort Mounted hunters have been over taken and killed by buffalo African and Indian owing to this fact Fowar ot Sapsntltloa. "Porter," called the nervous passen ger, "I see you have made up my bed with the head toward the engine." "Yes, sah, all the beds made up that-a-way." "Well, I don't like it In case of a collision my neck would be broken." "Ain't goin to have no collision, sah." "You can't be sure oK that Anyhow, I want you to turn th head the other way." "But in case dere should come a col lision, sah, it mougbt be a rear-end one." "All right; I'll stand my chance." "Youse prefers to have yoh feet to the engine, sah?" "Yes, r do." "Den youse ain't skeery about ridin feet first afore youse dead?" "Hm. Oh, bother; let the bed alone." said the nervous man, as he prepared to tumble in. Detroit Free Press. The devil hates beauty, but, having learned its power, he vacs it to help turn people tovard tAe pit Rim's Hon, DAIRY AD POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS POP OUR RURAL READERS now SaeeaMfal Wmrmn Oaorata Tate DapartBMat a tho Vara A Paw Illata as t taa Cat ! live Stack aad Paaltry. T this time of year It in somewhat difficult to keep the milk that goes' (0 the factory In prime condition, where it is strained Into large delivery cans, seventy -five to eighty pounds to aerated as it goes Into the can, or Is afterwards done, it can hardly be kept in fit condi tion by the use of water alone, writes C. H. Everett In Wisconsin Agricul turist It may seem to be sweet in the morning, as it starts for the fac tory, but if it has far to go, and is ex posed to the hot sun on the way, or if tho morning's milk is added to the milk of the night before, by the time it reaches its destination it is not good milk, and it is not to the interest of the patron, especially If it be a co operative factory, to have the milk In any other than prime condition. I do not know of a single farmer in my neighborhood besides myself that ase3 the aerators; some of them set the cans in the stock tank over night, but that method is frequently of no benefit, as ihe water in the tank this hot weather Is often nearl as warm as the milk, ind is really a detriment, as the milk is kept warm throughout the night, md more than that the covers are re moved from the cans and the foul odors of the barnyard find their Way into the milk. Others use a small tank through which the water flows from the pump to the stock tank. That method is better, but necessitates ex orcise at the pump handle many a night when there Is no wind to turn the wheel, and the fanner Is tired and anxious Tor his well-earned restso that he milk is often neglected. Some men strain the milk into the delivery cans -ind allow it to set in the stable dur ing the night. If I were boss at the fac tory I would send such milk back; It is not fit for butter nor cheese. It seems strange to me that men will resort to ill methods but the one that is the cheapest, the easiest executed, the ode hat will give the best results and re urn the greatest benefit A milk lerator does not cost much, say 2; It tits the top of the delivery can, the .trainer fits the top of the aerator, or ;an easily be made to. Set Uie can in the pure air, pour the milk in at the top, it runs through in fine small jtreams, and verypartlcleComea In :ontact with pure air. When handled m this way it requires but little water, ind much of the time not any. The uilk is always sweet and wholesome, .lua the morning's milk through in the same way. This is very easy to accom lish. No extra work but to wash the .erator, and no worry and bother ibout the milk. The man who draws he milk will not have word that the mttcr-maker says your milk was sour ind he wouldn't take It Milk aerators ire made by all firms of dairy supply ;oods. An aerator that will do fine vork may be made by fitting a small m tube on to a common house bel ows, such as is used to start a fire, lave the tinner make a tube two feet ong that will fit the nose of the bel-or.-s tightly. When the can is filled vith milk insert the tube clear to the ottom and work the bellows vlgorous y for a few moments. This will drive mre air all through the milk. Re ?eat the operation in twenty to thirty :inutes. Have a cork for each end of he tube; fill it with boiling water and ;nr.ke well to wash it These simple iiings put into practice often make i:cn successful. Another reason milk 3 often in bad condition comes from lthy cans, improperly made and vashed. Cans should be emptied lust :s soon as they arrive from the fac ory. and not allowed to stand in the :ot sun full of sour milk until night They should be thoroughly washed .villi cold water and then scalded with oiling water, after which they are ca'Iy to be placed in the sun. When i ing cans it is well to examine them .side, and if there are open seams a :;e thom to the tinner and have the 1-r.ms Glled with solder. IntlKetlon and Cholera. The Farmers' Review frequently re cives from its readers reports on the Hceases of their fowls, in which chol ra is spoken of. Now, we would like o rtk this. "How do you know it is holera?" It is not to be doubted that In a majority of cases the disease that s called cholera is nothing but indi gestion. The two are 60 much alike n many of their symptoms, that even Hie scientists connected with the Bu reau or Animal Industry at Washing ton have been mistaken sometimes and aarc experimented for cholera with fowl3 sick with indigestion. This may not be the case today, but it was so iorj years ago, at the beginning of fhfir work in that line. If veterinar ians can be foaled by the symptoms, what can we expect of the ordinary farmer and poultry raiser? It is a very excusable mistake. . Now, we are convinced' that indiges tion is a trouble that carries off a great many fowls, and is due directly to a tco severe' system of feeding. The di gestive organs of the birds are not capable of sustaining the tax put upon them for a great many months. In their wild state the birds eat part grain, part Insects, part leaves and grass, so that the work required to di gest them is comparatively light But in a domestic state the birds find more work put upon the same organs. They are fed corn, oats, wheat rye and bar Icy. The work of grinding done by the gizzard must be very great in the course of a year. The glands' must also work to their highest capacity to furnish the solvents necessary to put the food in a condition where it can be used for the elaboration of blood. This we think is largely the cause of indigestion, since exhaustion in any auimal must Irad to indigestion as a partial result a a The Indigestion fret makes Itself manifest ia the few) b the vasptntlea MP TJii SB Baft I of activity by tM evaaas f It Is aet at that time awUeeaMe ay the farmer, whe. If he aodsaa any? thing, will sea ealy a ewseattlaai ea the part of the bird to rest aad refraia from activity. The comb la still red, aad the feathers are amooth. The organ bare ceased active work treat exhaustion, the feed becomes often times Impacted la the dlpastlve eaaaw, and this is called coaatlpadea. Ad a part of the organs recommence activ ity, the residue of the food ia ex creted, bat in a form that indicates great derangement of the ergaM- Tk constipated condition la followed by diarrhoea, aad meat freajaeaUy the owher ef the ponltry declares that ale birds kaS eaefera aad waaic to aaew what to do far rt lesse nwetrnm Is recommended, aad ad beams ts ast it, withoat, however, stop ing of the grain ration. If the bird gets well, the organs are again asked te aadertake far aaether year the sammies msh sf ulesTt psm elaborating blood from the same ma terials that caused tfc trouble at trst Fowls that have the run of the farm should not be troubled with indiges tion in the summer time, since they are enabled to live largely on grass and insects, thus lessening the taa oa the digestive system. And it fs a fact very noticeable that such fowls are seldom afflicted in the manner men tioned. On such farms the trouble comes In late winter or early spring. On farms where the birds are kept shut up through the summer months, and on all farms In the winter, the rem edy would seem to be to feed cooked food for a part of the ration. The cooking does not perhaps add to the digestibility ot the food la the way of getting more from It or of do ing the work in less time, though this is doubtless sometimes the case. The benefit lies In the way of lessening the aggregate work to be .done by the or gans of digestion. It Is evident that if the food is fed in n cooked form the force to grind it in the gizzard will be nil. This leaves so much more force to be applied in other directions. Cooking food need not be an expensive affair. There is no necessity of put ting the kettle on the stove and stand ing over it to keep the meal or ground feed from burning down. If the quan tity is more than a gallon, It will be easy to cook it quite thoroughly in an other manner. - Heat the water to a boiling point and see that It Is boiling not only in the middle of the kettle, but all over. This gives the total liquid a heat of 212 degrees. This water poured Into the -mess to be cooked and left standing over night, will do the work. Those who have say 50 hens, can heat a teakettle ot water In the morning aad scald the meal to be used at night At night they can scald the mesa that la to be fed the next morning. Of course, the larger the amount of feed to be cooked the betterwlll the cooking be done, for the longer will the heat remain at a cooking point Such feed seems greatly to aid the health of the fowls. a a This health question is a great one, for the number of fowls lost every year is Incalculable. This means the cut ting down of the profits very materi ally. This In itself is sufficient reason for every progressive farmer owning some kind of an appliance for heating water for the use ot the stock. It is cheaper to keep the stock healthy than to cure them after they are sick, and this is especially true of poultry.. Doctoring poultry is a very discourag ing business. Happy Is the man who knows how to keep them in a condi tion where drugs and medicines are not needed. Farmers' Review. Taa Faailly Hi A horse that is difficult to find, and one that is in constant demand. Is one that can be guaranteed to be safe for family use. At any place where horse sales are held, one cannot but be im pressed by the large number of search ers after horses suitable for family U3e. For this purpose a horse must not only be sound and good looking, but he must be absolutely safe In the strictest sense ot the word. He must be afraid of nothing, and must be possessed of sense enough to behave under circum stances which to the average horse would mean a runaway. He must be safe for a woman to drive, and in many cases the woman will know little about driving and absolutely nothing about what should be done in case of an accident In view of the dependency that must necessarily be placed on the family horse, it Is not to be wondered at that horses suitable for that purpose are scarce, and also that they com mand a high price whenever they are offered. The only wonder is that some enterprising man does not make a specialty of high-class, reliable family horses. Horse World. Bagaa Jalllea In gaa rranelscix In a land of fruit the markets should be free from bogus fruit products, an 1 the city board of health' proposes to have them so, if possible. It is cr.minal if such abominations are made In this land ot fruit and it is an Insult addeJ thereto if such things are brought in from distant or foreign parts to be cold here. We hope the prosecution will push such business to thewall. Of eight samples bought in San Francisco, four were of goods sold as current jelly. Of these the chemist said: Sam ple B 2 is made .from the damaged fruit; sample E 8 is made from badly dam aged fruit and s colored with ani inc dyes; sample A 2, it tumbler, is a com bination of apple and currant jellies; sample A 2, in tin can, is apple jeliy with some currant jelly. That labeled "Raspberry" Is found to be apple jelly colored with aniline dyes. The "black berry" jelly was found to have been made from damaged fruit One sam ple of alleged "strawberry" jelly was found to be a compound of apple and turnip and another a mixture of straw berry and apple. Pacilc Rural Press Effects ot Filled Cheese Law One of the boners of the Utka board yester day took 860 boxes ot eheese on orders from the south. This Is one result of the filled cheese bill, and others are sure to follow. The same buyer has orders for 1,409 boxes more to be filled within a reasonable time. No such ord ers as these have been received la sev eral years, and they would aet be here now if filled cheese makers felt at- lib erty to push their goods. This law must make a great difference ia the sale of f eaajae anode taa coatiag fall Ex. CohBuw-SUU-Btixl r -aasas. Iaks-sft ansa HlWda aas9BBfBfBBBB9J $ aPamaaml TaVaaaal aaBaffaTa atolMlMM i J I BUYS GOOD NOTES LaBmnGamaAaiPres't, B. H. Harar, Vies Preat, M. Bnusxan, Cashier. Jsam STAuron, Wx. Bccnan, COLUMBUS. NKB.. AX Aiftwiztf CwbI d - $5M,M MhCsjiM, - 9M9J omcava. a K amalVDON. Pns't. . P. H. OEBLPICH. TIce 1 - DANIEL 8CHRAM. Cashier. FRANK ROKER. Aaa'tCaftaMW DIRECTORS. C H. aTBO, II. P. II OsaiJUOW. Jonas Welch. W. a McAuisraa, Oaai. Busks. 8. 0. Gut, Fbakk Robes. STOCKHOLDERS. GSBHABB LOSBKB, J. IlKSBT WPSWaWIS. Class Gbat. Hsnar Loans. Damn. Bonus. Geo. W. Ouur, A. F. H. Oehumcs J. P. Beckbb EsTaxn, BSBSCCA BSCKBB, II. M. 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