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mmm K5KS5n5sr?53rpiiM35HiwiMSim irnMrw i i -"Kki- ', . T"jM33ff,MteKsy4rc-.ssCTwiaeB ,.y,-j. u..?t w.aigsgiieH!jwi5E-5gsm.wwiii iiE3aumajfcij.g, .-r '- - - --t--.-- - aaw.? t:-- ... p. -:.zt..., : . ..:aE?Tn:snHH . j " ,trB, J3-?V5. T4 r v - Si, RH ISS"- , VOLME XXVIL NUMBER 39. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 6, 1897. WHOLE NUMBER 131 w - " f -'IvrriC 4ri' CjP m r JLV- ?-. ill " . . w-W, . i W- i 5-.., 7 ip' 1 V .1. I - . is -. . V. B. .' X. '.S&iS&fe-t -, ir- i 'A Courteous Rival. This is a tale of a courteous gentle man, an impetuous lover and a fickle 'maid. The scene is in the gay Crescent City, twenty years or more before the I war, when New Orleans promised to be the largest city on the continent. when its shipping was enormous and when dueling was the gentlemanly and approved method of settling disputes. The service? at the large Catholic cathedral had just been concluded, and, through the entrance, out into the pub lic square, sauntered a middle-aged . man with a young woman, as fair as ay desired to look upon, at his side. Her cheek had the hue of the sun kissed peach and her sparkling glance showed that she was by no means a demure madonna, although she had just come from the church. Her com- . panion was tall and distinguished-look- ,ing, dressed in the height of fashion and carrying himself with a military erectness. Everyone admired Mr. Marsden. the eloquent lawyer, the su- . perb orator and the brilliant soldier statesman. Kindly, but impetuous; with generous instincts, but a fiery . temper, he wa the ideal type of a gallant, chivalrous southerner. The ten- ,der regard he exhibited for the young m ."girl with the sparkling glances was in . keeping with the attention he had be stowed upon her for twelve months . past, giving rise to much speculation as to whether or not he would carry off the prize. Many disappointed suit- orsfor Helen Man vi lie's hand felt ex- . tremely vengeful toward the gallant c statesman, none more so than Jack Culvert, a rich, talented and extremely reckless young man. For several months ho had sighed before the shrino r of the divinity without making marked progress, and then the statesman had appeared and seemed to be carrying her off, despite the young lover's most strenuous efforts. So it happened that .Jack, no better than he should have been, resorted to the consolation of mint juleps and similar beverages, be coming a constant frequenter of the . St. Charles cafe. In that great sub terranean resort, where were found men of all nations, it might be said, ,. he made the vain attempt to drown his sorrow and his chagrin by means of the beverage he so persistently drew through two straws. He even plunged Into greater dissipations. Helen once saw him driving to the races (there were two great tracks in operation then) with the prima donna of the French opera, whereupon the society "belle deliberately looked the other way. And many were the evenings passed at the cafes, where hock, burgundy and the more sparkling beverages flowed in abundance. But the sorrow wouldn't drown and the chagrin always floated on the surface. As the soldier-statesman and Helen crossed the square whom should they encounter hut Jack himself, who looked somewhat pale and fatigued. She bowed to him very coldly, and then 'ignored his presence, smiling her sweetest upon her companion. Jack ground his teeth, gazed vindictively after them and then strode toward the St. Charles, where he drank three mint juleps one after another. At a fash- "I LOVE YOU. JACK." ionablc ball 'hat night he again met his divinity, who looked simply inde scribable. Jack forgot his resentment in a sudden spell of admiration, and, approaching, begged the privilege of a polka. She responded that she was engaged. "You are always engaged when I hap pen around," said Jack, savagely. "You, tco, have certain engagements, I believe," she retorted, with biting sarcasm. Jack thought of the prima donna and was silenC As he turned away Mr. Marsden carried off the j'oung lady. Feeling the most profound aversion to witnessing his rival's happiness. Jack plunged into the smoking room and "immediately ordered a bottle of cham pagne. Then he lighted a cigar and cogitated bitterly, trying to shut out the rhythmical melody of the orchestra. The more he drank and the more he smoked the more enraged he became. When, after a considerable interval, his rival entered, Jack arose and de liberately jostled against him in mov ing toward the door. A flush of anger crossed the other's face, while the lover stood there with an insolent smile. "You jostled me, sir?" said the ri v&l . "Oh, did I?" said the lover. "You have been drinking too much." Sternly. "Not at all." "You imply intention. You shall apologize." "Beneath the Oaks, at your conven ience." "Very well; I will send a friend to you." "I will be glad to receive him. The sooner we meet the better. There isn't room for both of us in New Orleans." The rival bowed and left the room. Twice more he danced with the belle, while Jack resumed his attentions to the ine wines of his host. Late that night, or rather early next morning, when the French maid was disrobing her roistres?, the girl appeared anxious to impart certain information. "Mademoiselle, the butler at the ball told me something." "What is itr indifferently. "He served Monsieur Jack with much wine and many cigars. Monsieur Mars den entered; Monsieur Jack jostled him; Monsieur Marsden responded with anger; they exchanged words and are to meet early this morning at the Oaks." "At the Oaksr exclaimed Ma'demoi srtle. "Oh, this cannot be. Are you "The batler saw it all." "It Is terrible; it is terrlWer "Well, mademoiselle." ml the girl, rnnsallngly. "Monsieur Marsden is one of the best .vordsmen in Xc Orleans. It is mot he, hut Monsieur Jack who vfll TM kilted," 1 &.:. "Silence!" commanded the mistress. Bright and early the next morning Jack found himself beneath the Oaks, with his second. His head felt a little heavy and his hand shook, but not with fear. "We are caily," he said to his sec ond. "Here they come," was the response. Mr. Marsden "was soon, on the spot and the swords were brought out. Afar was another group and they knew that another dispute was being settled in this popular and gentlemanly fashion. The elderly contestant drew the lover aside. "Sir, must this matter go on? An apology " "I have no apology." "Very well." "To him who survives she sliall be long." The rival smiled rather pensively. "Are you ready, gentlemen?" "We are." They were about to throw themselves into position when a carriage was heard in the road near by and the next moment a figure rushed forward. It was the young woman herself. Im petuously she threw herself, not upon the breast of the rival, but into the arms of the bewildered young man, then confronting with commanding gesture the soldier-statesman. "Stop," she said. "You shall not kill him. It is all my fault. I have co quetted with him. Do you forgive me. Jack? Promise you will not fight." "I cannot honorably do otherwise," replied the confused lover, who im agined himself in the seventh heaven with her arm upon his shoulder. "You must, for my sake," she plead ed. "I love j-ou, Jack. I have always loved you. I have been cruel, but lay it to waywardness, not to my real self. Hereafter, I will be different. And now, come." "I cannot. I am at the service of this gentleman." The rival regarded them with a mel ancholy smile. He had passed that period of volcanic youth, but now he felt suddenly as if the hand of age had grasped him and made him twenty j'ears older. How fair she was with the dew of early morn upon her hair! How impassioned she was when she told her love to another! Those words she had led him to believe, were to have been addressed to himself one day. But they were a handsome couple! And he had imagined her all his? Then he spoke to her gravel'. "I am at your command," he said. "This duel shall not go on." "But." began Jack. "Sir, I was in your way last night and naturally you jostled me. 1'ou had the right to feel offended, I pre sume. I am convinced now that I should have apologized. Having ne glected to do so, this lady has made me feel the error of my position and I now do apologize for having been in your way. My apology, I trust" with a melancholy smile "will be accepted." "Yes, do accept it, Jack," pleaded the young lady. The lover was about to make a shame-faced response when the rival saluted them courteously and turned away. Jack returned in triumph, in his divinity's carriage, while the rival drove back slowly, telling himself that one is never too old to learn. I)Ic,:ens' Dummy ISooks. "'Gad's Hiiy was a merry house," writes Stephen Fiske in fondly recall ing incidents of his visits to Charles Dickens, in an article telling of the personal side of the novelist. "Dick ens was a wellspring of mirth and his humor affected the whole party. Often, when I came down from Lon don, he would walk out and lean against the doorpost, while I was at the gate, and we would shout with laughter over the fun that we had had and were going to have. When every thing else failed, the library was an unending amusement. The room was lined with books from floor to ceiling, even the backs of the doors being bookcases, but the bocks on the doors and along the floor were bogus. Dum my books had been lettered with titles and pasted on the glass, and the ti tles had been selected by such wits as Dickens, Yates, the Collins brothers, Albert Smith and Mark Lemon of Punch. We used to sit on the floor to study this mock library and roll over with delight at some clever satire. I remember 'The Virtues of Our Ancestors,' a volume so thin that the title had to be printed lengthwise; 'Five Minutes in India, by a British Tourist,' in two volumes as large as an unabridged dictionary; 'Lives of the Poets,' a mere pamphlet; 'Eggs on Ba con,' to match 'Coke on Littleton;' 'Statues Erected to the Duke of Well ington,' fifteen portly volumes, and there were dozens of other quips and cranks. A catalogue of these bogus books should have been preserved, but nobody thought of writing it out; no body realized that Dickens would ever die." Ladies' Home Journal. The Czar n a Social Autocrat. The Wiener Tagblatt, an influential Austrian journal, has found an extra ordinary reason for praising the de meanor of the czar. He actually al lowed Mme. Faure and Mme. Brisson, who are not even hoffahg, to dine at the same tabic with himself and the czarina. Such a concession to repub lican principles would, the journalist continues, be absolutely impossible in Vienna, where, though a low-born man might be admitted to the empe ror's table, his wife never could be. The' fact was correct and was once the occasion of a curious scene at the Hof burg when the, emperor had to exert his personal authority to obtain part ners for his premier's daughter; but our contemporary surely mistakes the feeling of the czar. In his mind, as in that of ever- true autocrat, there is no rank except that derived from his favor. His notice, in fact, as Nicho las I. once openly said, of itself con fers rank. The well-born in Russia have social advantages, as everywhere, else, but Pater the Great's ablest min ister was a cook or butler and the tra dition has never been forgotten. "In Russia, as in every oriental country without exception, all careers are as open as. in the United States. London Spectator. SlI ! Coinage. The firet deposit of silver bullion to be coined was by the Bank of Mary land, Jul' IS. 179L that institution sending; ia $S0,T15,735 in French. cois3. SdmKMkM.ikMkilSkkM0kftilit3k BEAR ADOPTS Special: Gordon Heights, Pa.: Lit tle Fritz Yorst, a mere baby bud just turned three years of age, who was kidnapped from his parents six months ago in a manner strongly dramatic, if not melodramatic, has just been found under circumstances as startling as was the event of his taking off. Fritz was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Yorst, a thrift', happy young married couple, who had a hum ble but comfortable little home back in the mountains near here. Hans was absent from heme from early morning to the evening, for he worked in a bituminous coal mine some little "dis tance away. One day about noon, while Hans was away at work as usual and his wife and little boy were in the ccsy little kitchen eating their mid day meal, Mrs. Yorst was startled by the abrupt entrance of two men. She was thoroughly alarmed when she re cognized in one of them a former lover whom she had rather unceremoniously thrown over when she married Hans Yorst, and who had made some ob scure threats which those who knew his dark, sullen temperament did not regard quite so lightly as did Mrs. Yorst How Fritz Was Stolen. The moment the startled mother re cognized him and saw the fixed, vicious determination that was in his face she grabbed up her child and made a fee ble, quavering effort at bravado, de manding to know what the intruders wanted. We want that brat of Yorst's," said the jilted lover, "and what's more, we're goin' to have him." So poor little Fritz was dragged screaming and kicking from his moth- er, who fought furiously but idly against the overwhelming odds against her. Mrs. Yorst then fainted away, of course, which was a great help to the villiins when it came to binding and gagging her, a ceremony to which they devoted so much skill and care that it was several hours after she came to before she managed to free herself, and then she was too much exhausted from the shock and fright to do any thing save lie moaning and sobbing on the floor of the house. In this plight poor Hans found her when he came home from the mine at night, and when he learned what had happened his fury knew no bounds. It took only a glance to see that his wife had not been seriously harmed, so he left her to console herself as best she could and plunged furiously into the darkness to hunt for his stolen boy and the scoundrels who had taken him away. The neighbors for miles around, when they heard of the out rage, were almost as angry as poor, distracted Yorst himself, and joined readily in the search, scouring the mountains in every direction, but with out result. For days Yorst and his friends searched far and wide for the kid napped boy, but as the days ran into weeks and the weeks into months one by one the kind-hearted neighbors dropped out of the chase, convinced that it was useless, until at last only Yorst himself was left, and he losing THE BEAR PUT TO DEATH AN1J heart with every dragging day that passed. Finally he, too, gave up in despair and settled down in his blight ed little home to live the thing out with his heart-broken wife as best he could. The Father's Vain Search. So six months passed and nothing was heard cither of the boy or the men who stole him until one day recently when old Cal Fisher and Jim Boone, two famous hunters hereabouts, ap peared unexpectedly at the Yorst home carrying with them the strongest mite of humanity anybody hereabouts had ever seen, it was a iiuie, uegriaieu, briar-scratched, inconceivably dirty and besmeared boy. Only the remnants of clothing were hanging to him, and even that rotted and ia spots leaving the body bare. He had no hat, his arms were bare and his legs were bare. He was trembling with fright, yet every new and then made efforts to scratch and even bite his captors. But through all the hideous plight he was in the mother recognized her lost Fritz. Jim Boone went off to fetch Hans home from the mine, and old Cal meanwhile remained behind and told the mother how it was he had found her boy. It was in a deep, savage recess In the mountains about ten miles away, Cal said, and he and Boone, who were bear-hunting, had halted for a rest. Suddenly they heard what sounded like a child's laughter. Going in the direc tion whence it came they saw Master Ffitz, and with Master Fritz was a cub bear, and between the two they were having a high old time. They rolled and played together, and now and then Fritz varied the performance by chucking the cub into a pool of ice-cold mountain water close by and laughing loudly as his playmate floundered spluttering to land again. Ia tbe Bear's Den. The instant the hunters appeared the boy fled in terror, with the cub lumber ing and stumbling at his heels. Both disappeared in a dark cleft in the rocks, and when Cal and his companion got there they were met at the en trance by the grim muzzle of an old she bear who gave them a hot fight be fore she was killed. As she fell dead at last both the cub and the boy ran out and nestled np against her body, whim pering and snarling at the common en emy. The cub was killed, and Fritz was captured, although he fought like a little demon. At last he was coaxed and soothed into quietness, hut when be was asked where he lived only an swered by crying in German for his ipotkcr a4 father. A HUMAN CHILD. Then Cal and Boone remembered Hans' lost boy and felt sure they had, found him, and set out for the Yorst home to see if he could be identified. All the way on the journey the bojr talked a strange jargon, half words and half mere, animal grunts and growls.- T(?liAn wAdtAHA1 litev V-fk Y0 Yvff AVt$lA nature seemed changed. Under a doc4. tor's care, however, he is slowly resum?' ing his former self although his moth-; Sii ii hold in certain countries er is still shocked now and then to; ?-... , """ ,' , . - -om hear him utter fierce, inhuman KnfJJ! and to see him drop on all fours, using his hands as forefeet. A Bear as a Foster Mother. The theory is that the boy was aban doned to die, that he crawled Into the cleft in the rocks for shelter and was adopted as her own offspring by the she bear who lived there with her cub. It is even believed that he not only became attached to his savage foster mother, but that he and the cub both got their sustenance from the same ma ternal fount. The doctor who has had charge of the boy professionally since his restoration to his parents is fully convinced of this and 'that in no other manner could the child have been kept alive. WM. T. M'INTYP.E. Americans Cup Crrcn Tea. In a general way Americans use green tea more than do their English brothers, who are devoted to the black variety. This accounts for the fact that the United States gets most of its tea l from Japan, which produces very little J of the darker qualities. Dr. Edward. Bedloe of Philadelphia, ex-consul to Amoy, China, predicts that the island ' of Formosa, under the Japanese gov- &? THE CHILD ernment, will put out the best teas in the world and that the product of this island, which formerly sent its tea to Amoy and Hongkong before shipping it out to the western markets, will soon ship directly from its own ports. English and American tea buyers say that it is impossible to secure the best teas, as the Russians watch the production of the finest qualities and pay fabulous prices for the kinds they want. The- official classes of Russia are said to pay as high as 15 a pound for a kind of tea which they particu larly prefer an almost white quality, which has a peculiar, oil-like flavor that is not at all relished by foreign ers. Exchange. Hooker Washington's School. The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute has become one of the most famous of the schools for the education of the negro, and its president, Booker T. Washington, is recognized as one of the ablest leaders of the negro race. The school had a veiy puny beginning fifteen years ago. To-day the institute owns 2,460 acres of fine land, thirty seven buildings, some of which repre sent large expenditure, 265 head of live stock, an abundant supply of wagons, buggies, etc. The total value of its pro perty is nearly $300,000. For the year ended May 31, 1S96, the income of the institution was $97,710, donations from various sources making up $62,835 of the amount. The number of students in attendance was S67. Besides the aca demic dcpaitment, there are twenty-five industrial departments where practical instruction is given in carpentry, brick laying, stone cutting, blacksmith work, shoemaking, plastering, plumbing, trimming, and othsr trades. For female students there is also training in such lines as are appropriate to them. In Emergency Cases. Many a mother, says a physician, has had a terrible fright by a child running in with its clothes, hands and face all smeared with blood, but you will find most probably when you have washed with cold water that the amount of injur- is a mere trifle. If it is difficult to stop the bleeding, a most valuable remedy is the common whit ing or pipe clay. Put a thick coating of either of these on the wound, then a bit of dry lint, and press it'closely for a few minutes. Let what sticks to the wound remain there, and cover with a bit of plaster. Bleeding from the nose, unless it goes too far, need not alarm you nay, in many cases it may prevent something much more serious but when it requires to be stopped let the child sit upright, bathe the neck and face with cold water, and dissolve a .lit tle alum in water and squirt it up the nostrils. If this docs not succeed, send for the doctor. Boston Traveler. A Tragedy for Mother Goose. The crooked man had gone a crooked mile, when he suddenly stopped. "Holy smoke!' he exclaimed. "And I promised my wife I would come straight "home!" He realized that she would probably throw it up to him. -New York Press. French two-cent postal cards, issued for the czar's visit to Pari3, are novr sold for 1, if they bear the postmark of .the day of the czar's arrivaL 'mmgSmSHmm CEBaV2rc9DBac3? Tj f4Xaaaar3KEIflarVVft iB&t4 9 ' ---J9aaC39aT EaaBaaaaaaaaaaHWY . ! Tint Appcaraaea fat Euvp maA IU ?: Introdaetlea late the States. &Zs . , . t-wae a leper'ww picked up m us streets of Paris a few days ago and car JHed to the St Louis hospital It was found that six leper patients were al ready there and the physicians did not exhibit as much concern over the matter-as the average man might expect, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tha fact Is, leprosy Is not so rare as we v . - been taught to think, and throughout the civilized world the dis- ry. " . ' . tUJ ni iri- estimated that over 0VA T ., ... it iia cvw are suuenng iroiu it ius, .... -inSweden the nroioress of the disease has been so rapid in recent years tnat i " . . there are 462 victims of it. In bpain and Portugal there are numerous lep ers' hospitals, which are never without patients, and in Turkey and the Ionian islands it gains ground annually. There are over 500 lepers in Crete, and the latest statistics show that there are 100,000 lepers in .India. China, Japan, Hayti, Trinidad, Guiana. Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Tonquin and Indo china are all infested with leprosy. But when we come nearer home we find that the disease has made alarming progress in certain quarters. The old est leper colony in this country is lo cated at Tracadie, In the provinco of New Brunswick, Canada. Here prob ably occurred the first death in North America from leprosy. It was nearly sixty-five years ago that a woman died in Tracadie of a peculiar disease and was buried by a missionary priest of the Roman Catholic church. The phy sician who attended the case went to Europe shortly afterward and visited all of the foreign hospitals to find a parallel case, but he was unable to find any one suffering from the same mal RECOVERED. ady. While visiting in Norway he saw several lepers and upon his return to Canada he unhesitatingly pronounced the strange case of the dead woman to have been leprosy. A Fatality. "What has become of your backer?" asked the idle person of Mr. Barnes Tormer. "I guess I worked him too hard," replied that eminent tragedian. "I killed the goose by pulling his golden leg, as the proverb goes." In dianapolis Journal. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. The romantic gondolas of Venice are being rapidly displaced by little steam boats. Over 1,250,000 acres of the earth's surface is devoted to the cultivation or tobacco. Fully one-third of the land in Great Britain is owned by members of the house of lords. Every bicyclist in France must have bis name and address on his wheel, on a metallic plate. All males who sell newspapers in the streets of Moscow are compelled to appear in uniform. Large deposits of asbestos have been found in the Ferris mountains. Car bon county, Wyoming. Anthracite coal, from China, is sold in California, and is crowding out the Pennsylvania product. At the Baden exhibition the prize for the best lager beer, a gold medal, was awarded to a French brewery. A fifteen-pound codfish, recently ex amined by the fish warden of London, was found to have a roe containing 4,872,000 eggs. About a year ago Ben Reed, a Chi cago policeman, bought a small Inter est in a Cripple Creek mine. Now he is a millionaire. Rich gold fields have just been dis covered by government surveyors on the east coast of Siberia, bordering on the sea of Okhotsk. A school of carpentry for boys and" girls is to be established at Highland Falls, N. Y. The entire expense will be borne by Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. Spain has more sunshine than any other country in Europe. The yearly average in Spain is 3,000 hours; that of Italy, 2,300; Germany 1,700; Eng land, 1,400. Lulu and Flossie Sleppy of St Joseph county, Mich., are sisters, aged, respectively, sixteen and fourteen years. Lulu weighs 435 pounds, and her sister 425 pounds. When a real New York boy wishes to say that a man is extremely ex travagant, he expresses himself this way: "He has money to burn, and car ries matches." The cats in North Gainesville, Fla., are suffering from a peculiar disease. They froth at the mouth, their eyes turn red, and the malady results fatal ly in about five days. In Brazil, at tbe funeral of an un married woman, the mourning color is scarlet The coffin, the hearse, the trappings of the horses, and the livery of the driver, are all scarlet Thre copies of the Bible, written on leaves of the fan palm are in the Brit- jfeh siaseasj, iXi.GROWTH OF LEPROSY. THE LAST OF BOODLE'S. Oae r tbe n:ttrfaalJCIaa at ! Another old landmark Is about td disappear. Boodle's Is one of the his torical clubs of London, a connecting link with the dayjPot "dandies" and fox-huntiug squires, says the Satcrday Review. More than half a centary ago Praed wrote: In parliament I fill my Mat Along with other noodles; In Jcrmyn street I lay my head And sip my hock at Boodle's. The proprietress of Boodle's is dead, ..and, as there is now no one to carry on the club, It must come t'o an end un less the members acquire the property. But there are only some 500 members and this number would have to bo doubled in order to run it as a mem bers' club. But, then, Bcodle's would lose its distinctive charm, which lies in tho-fact. that in its lofty,.. aldrlastfc. ioned rooms one is really at home. It is the only club in Loudon where one is unelbowed by a crowd and where cne is never asked to pay for anything. A member's house account is sent to him only when he asks for it. Some enterprising gentleman like Mr. Alger non Bourko may possibly reorganize the club upon the lines of White's, but it will be the old Boodle's no more. Electrict light and cash payment will supersede wax candles and the conveni ent "slate." The UniT-ralfst Crcctl. At the Universalist convention, In Portland on Wednesday, the subject of a new creed was debated with warmth, indicating that schools of dissentient thought exist in this as in other de nominations. Conservative liberals are as plenty as radical conservatives in all the churches. One of the clergy deprecated preaching evolution and science. Another said evolution Is the new revelation, and that the old uni versalist creed is not up to date. One issue was whether God created man holy and he backslid from previous holiness or from a state of undiscip lined youngncss and" innocence; but there did not seem to be anybody pres ent old enough to determine this issue except on hearsay. Another one of the brethren denounced the three ar ticles of the creed as "abominable" utilitarian philosophy, and declared, amid applause, that no one should teach folks to do things because they are good for them; but nobody ad vised urging people to do things be cause they are bad for them. The speaker said: "Do right, though you be ground to powder." The Rev. Mr. Ropes declared that four-fifths of the Universalists like the present creed, and there was applause. Lewiston (Maine) Journal. Summer Heat in Yarionv Countries The following figures show the ex treme summer heat in the various countries of the world: Bengal and the African desert, 150 degrees Fahren heit; Senegal and Guadaloupe, 130 de grees; Persia, 125 degrees; Calcutta and Central America, 120 degrees; Afghan istan and the Arabian desert, 110 de grees; Cape of Good Hope and Utah, 105 degrees; Greece, 104 degrees; Ara bia, 103 degrees; Montreal, 103 de grees; New York, 102 degrees; Spain, India, China, Jamaica, 100 degrees; Sierra Leone, 91 degrees; Frauce, Den mark, St. Petersburg, Shanghai, the Burman empire, Buenos Ayres, and the Sandwich Islands, 90 degrees; Great Britain, Siam and Peru, 85 degrees; Portugal, Pekin and Natal, 80 degrees; Siberia, 77 degrees; Australia and Scot land, 75 degrees; Italy, Venezuela and Madeira, 73 degrees; Prussia and New Zealand, 70 degrees; Switzerland and Hungary, CO degrees; Bavaria, Sweden, Tasmania and Moscow, 65 degrees; Patagonia and the Falkland Isles, 55 degrees; Iceland, 45 degrees; Nova Zem bla, 34 degrees. Illiteracy in the United States. The 1S90 census enumerates 36,761, 607 persons of ten years of age and up ward. Of this number 4,923,151, or 13.4 per cent, are returned as unable to read, and 6,239,058, or 17 per cent, as unable to write. The following states show over 40 per cent of their popula tion as unable to write: Alabama, 60; Florida, 43; Georgia, 50; Louisiana, 49; Mississippi, 50; New Mexico, 65; North Carolina, 48; South Carolina, 55; and Virginia, 41; and the following states with less than 5 per cent unable to read: Connecticut, 4; Dakota, 3; Illi nois, 4; Indiana, 5; Iowa, 2; Kansas, 2; Maine, 4; Michigan, 4; Minnesota, 4; Montana, 5; Nebraska, 2y, New Hamp shire, 4; New Jersey, 5; New York, 4; Ohio, 4; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 5; Utah, 5; Virginia, 5, and Wisconsin, 4. Little Tors to Co. It seems that there are to be no more little toes. A comparative anat omist declares that the little tee must go and announces gravely that already it is showing signs of degeneracy. Once upon a time it seems that the horse was the possessor of four well developed toes, whereas now he has but one to save his life. But that toa is a great one. And man's toe that is to survive "the crash of matter and fhe wreck of worlds" is to be the great one, too, so this wise scientific anat omist says. But if man is to own an evolutionized foot at all, like that of the horse, it does not appear that the coming race is to pride itself on its pedal extremities. New York Tribune. He'll Get Caught Some Day. A smooth bachelor in Kansas City keeps himself arrayed like the lilie3 of the field, by betting suits of clothes with the other fellows that they will be married before he is. He hasn't been caught yet, but that's no sign that he never will be. lie Stood for Seven Days. When the seal of a lumber car was broken at Plainfield, N. J., recently, a much emaciated man tottered out He had been in the car for seven days in a space so small that he was compelled to stand continually. He entered the car in Ottawa, Canada. - - Churches Offered at Tax Sale. Fourteen of the local churches, half of all in the city of Ishpeming, Mich., are advertised for sale because of de linquent sewer taxes. The congrega- ! tions have temporarily joined hand3 I in an effort to find some way oat of the trouble. PLANETAEY POINTS SOME HOROSCOPES MADE B PROF. CUNNINGHAM. Seaden Ara Iavlte to Scad la Itatu and Haw Their ladlcatloas rrlnte.l Free Flaaeta Iadleate Eveats, bat Do Kot Caasa Taeas. HE horoscope or William McKinley made by Prof. Cun ningham a year ago indicated that he would become president of the United States March 4, 1897. The astrologer vlsitev' the McKmlcy home -at-Canton for the purpose of obtaining exact data. He was cordially received by Major Mc ley, Mrs. McKinley and the president elect's aged mother. Prof. Cunningham is at present making a horoscope of the McKinley administration, beginning at noon March 4. It will be printed in March. Persons wishing to have horo scopes made should remember to give Christian name, place of birth and residence, date and year of birth, hour and minute If possible. If you do not know the hour, send two two-cent stamps for particulars. Correspondents should also bear in mind that the as trologer wishes it distinctly understood that he treats the position of the plan ets at time of birth merely as indica tions and not causes. A planet may sihify an event, like the star of Beth lehem for instance, but of itself it has no ether connection with it- Cor respondents are answered free in these columns. Address Prof. G. W. Cun ningham, Dept. 4, 194 Clinton street, Chicago, 111. Answers printed in order as received. Here are some for this week: Frank, otre Dame. Ind. You have the zodiacal sign Scorpio rising, with Sagittarius intercepted on the ascendant, and Mercury, Venus and the Sun also there, consequently you have Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus and the Sun for ruling planets. You arc above medium height, and well proportioned body; medium to dark complexion, hair and eyes; the eye3 have a peculiar sparkle and sharp sight. You are stirring and energetic, and will always have an ambition for a large business, with plenty of rush to it. You are fond of anything that has a mystery connected with it, and are very original and Inventive in your ideas. You are also fond of anything pertaining to chemistry and pharmacy. You have good command of language, and you are also a deep thinker, and do not always tell everything you know. You have strong intuitions, and have a good knowledge of many thlng3 without ever having had to study to learn about them. Miss 3fary K Galvn, III. S. You have the zodiacal sign Scorpio, which Mars rules, rising at your birth and therefore Mars is your ruling planet or significator. Scorpio usually denotes a person of medium height; well set and compact figure; rather short limbs; the complexion not very clear and oftentimes freckled; the hair dark and of luxuriant growth; you are reserved and secretive in your nature and keep your business secrets to yourself; you are ambitious, stirring and energetic and inclined to take the lead in anything in which you become Interested; you are not very yielding in your disposition and when opposed are liable to lose control of your tem per; you are fond of anything that is of a mystical character and eas ily become interested in any thing relating to chemistry; you arc a great admirer of surgeons, soldiers, firemen, etc., when they perform any operation that re quires skill or any act of bravery, sol diers on dress parade, etc.; you also take quite an Interest in war and navy news and all kinds of military affairs. Juhn 31., Hrooklyn. You have the zodiacal sign Leo, which the sun rules, rising at birth and therefore the Sun is your ruling planet or significator. The sign Leo usually denotes a wiry, muscular, slender fig ure, with wide shoulders in proportion to the rest of the body; the complexion fair and ruddy; the hair and eyes light; the eyes arc large and in some cases they would bo called "popeyes." You are of a sunny, cheerful temperament; you are charitable and generous, toe much so for your own good; you ar very restless when not busy at some thing; you ayj very apt to borrc trouble in some way or cross bi-id?a befcre you Si to them; yon art s&i stly Tuk-k tempered yet seldom get your deep anger aroused; yet when you do you become very fierce like the lion; when your cnger is once aroused you will give somebody that was the cause of it the full benefit of your opinion re gardless of their position or rank. You have more than average pride and am bition and have a natural gift of language. A Towel of Hlottin Ijcr. Paper has been put to a variety of usc,fcutitr nest curious enslaj-nient is foreshadowed in the recent patenting of a blotting-paper towel. The idea is that a person on 'stepping out of his morning bath, instead of rubbing him f " T in the orthodox maimer, envelop his body in a owel o :ng-paper, which will, without .w-Lie, and in a few seconds, absorb all the moisture upon his skin. The idea is ingenious, but it does away with that wholesome friction which many believe to be so beneficial to the skin. A cv iCC3 note of explanation ac coxi : I some poetry received bj a M"cL"r.an editor. The no'te ran thus "There Hues were written fifty years ego by a man who has, for a long time, slept in his grave merely for pas time." Imaginary troubles and ailments, abundant among a certain class of pcf jdo. are generally well aired, and a; as depressing to those who have i? "sten to them as real ones; yst iresi of !.tm. if denied utterance, would socn melt away. 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