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aasssassa ETjS?tf Rfi SSSSMSs5!r. it?fp gs- 'SSK V-?Srf" S, T . ' ---r - -' "- '- i- -Tt - -- "y- i-i-r .psm-." :Tati,K!s v"" "- ' . , J' v k. Si. "- l-y a- - " 4 V. - -if. V' a.- . . . ;i , VOLUME XXVn.-NUMBER 44. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. NESDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1807. -.-- WHOLE NUMBER 1396. HESSSE jonrm- aa EKm sansf' worn n I'- '4 i "- Si -v V ii t m A-W00DE5T SHOE. T WAS announced to all Paris that Pagani had fallen seriously ill at the conclusion of his grand concert, had been attacked by a fever which refused to yield to the rem edies employed by his physicians. Some days later, Pagans, whose form was almost spec tral, seemed to have his frail existence suspended by a thread, which the . ' slightest shock might sever. The physi . clans' ordered solitude and absolute re- r pose, therefore he removed to the Villa Ltfteianea in the Faubourg Poisson- niere. It was an excellent establish- . ment find stood in a large park-like garden, "where the patient could enjoy cither solitude or society at choice. A great charm of the place was that every one lived as he pleased; in the eveaiagy. either retiring to the solitude of his , apartment, or joining in the games, music and conversation held in the ; . drawing-room. Pagan! preferred pass in,, the evening in quietness and retire ment There was plenty of gossip about him in the drawing-room and threa or four censorious old women fell -on him tooth and nail. "Ladies," began one, "have you seen this great musician? He salutes no one and never speaks a word. He takes his bowl of soup in an arbor in the garden, and then hastens away if any one approaches. "What an oddity he must be!" "That's part of his malady." said an other. "People say that there is some .terrible mystery about his life; some love story, I imagine." "Not at all!" added a third. "Pagani is a miser; there's po mystery about ".-that. Do you remember the concert ' which was organized in favor of the families who suffered from the inun dation of St Etienne? The great vio- linist- refused to take part in it be cause he would have to play gratui tously. Depend upon it, he fears that -were he to mingle in our society, he might be asked for similar favors." - In the entire household Pagani never exchanged a word with anyone except Vicette, the housemaid who attended him. She was a cheerful, innocent . country girl, whose prattle, when, she served his meals, amused him. One morning Vicette presented her self with a sad, drooping countenance, and served breakfast without uttering a word. Thj musician noticed this change in the young girl and ques- tioned her about it. 4What3 the matter, my child? You look sad. Your eyes are red; some misfortune has befallen you, Vicette?' C, yes. sir." "Would it be Indiscreet to ask you . what it was?7 Pagani fixed his great black eyes on " the girl's troubled countenance. "Come." he said. "I see how it is. After having made you a thousand promises he has quitted you, and you no longer have any tidings of him." "Ah! poor fellow! He has quitted me certainly, but it was not his fault." "How is thrkt?" "Because in the conscription he drew a bad number, and he has been sent away with a long gun on his shoulder ani I shall never see him again." sobbed poor Vicette as she buried her face In her white apron. "But, Vicette, could you not purchase a substitute for him?" The girl, withdrawing her apron, smiled sadly through her tears. -. -Monsieur is jesting," she said. s "How could I ever buy a substitute? This year men. are tremendously ex- . pensive on acmunt of the report that i (T. it -etl hi m 4e,;3 $?? ml!!1 A fm; W g& .O -.ri. S.T x V'iM ) Vr4i W y.i DON'T CRY. , there is going to be war. Fifteen hun dred francs is the lowest price." The musician pressed Vicette's little plump hand Between his long, sallow . fingers as he said: "If that's all, my girl, don't cry; we'll see what can be done." Then taking out his pocketbook he 'wrote on a blank leaf: ,."Mem.: To see about giving a con a cert for the benefit of Vicette." A month passed on, the snow came and Pagani's physician said to him: "My dear sir, you must not venture out of doors again until after the winter." "To hear is to obey." replied the .musician. At Christmas eve, on the anniver sary of the birth Qf the Lord, a cus tom exists in France very dear to the children. A wooden shoe is placed at the corner of the hearth and a benefi cent fairy is supposed to come down the chimney laden with various presents and dainties, with which he fills it On thi morning of Dec 24, "four of Pagani's feminine critics were in con sultation together. "It will be for the evening," said one. "Yes, for this evening; that is settled," replied the others. After dinner Pagani was, according Wl to his custom, seated on the drawing- foom sofa, sipping his eau sucree, when an unusual noise was heard in the cor ridor. Presently Vicette entered and announced that a porter had arrived ; with a case, directed to Signor Pagani. "I do not expect any case," said he, "but I suppose he had better ilng it up- Accordingly a stout porter entered, hearing a good-sired wooden box, on which, besides the address, were the wrds. "Fragile, with care." Pagani examined itwith some curiosity, and, - Baring paid the messenger, proceeded to open the lid. His long, tain, but ex tremely nrascalar fingers, accomplished the task witnaat difficulty and the company, whose curiosity caused them somewhat to transgress the bounds of good manners, crowded around in order- to see the contents of the box. The musician drew oat a large packet . secured with several seals. Having f peBed this, a second, and then a third wrapping appeared, aad at leazth the enrioas eyes of twenty persons regaled with a gigantic wooden shoe, almost large enough to serve for a cradle. Peals of laughter hailed this discovery. "Ah!" said Pagan!, "a wooden shoe. I can guess who sent it Some of these excellent ladies wish to compare me to a child who rJways expects presents and never gives any. Well, be it so. We will see if we cannot find some method of making, this shoe worth its weight in gold." So saying, and scarcely saluting the company, Pagani withdrew to his own apartment carrying with him the case and its contents. During three days he did not appear in the drawing-room. Vicette informed the company that he worked from morning till night with the tools of the carpenter. In fact, the musician, whose hands were wondrously flexible and dextrous In other things besides violin playing, had fashioned i, per fect and sonorous instrument out of the clumsy wooden shoe. Having enriched it with ! complete.- Next day a public notice ap peared that on New Year's eve Pagani would give a concert in the large hall of the Villa Lutetanea. The great mas ter announced that he would play ten pieces, five on a violin and five on a wooden shoe. The price of the tickets was placed at twenty francs each. Of these only 100 were issued and they were Immediately purchased. The evening arrived and Pagani ap peared, smiling, with every appearance of renewed health, and on his favorite violin played some of those marvelous strains which never failed to transport nis auditors to the seventh heaven of delight Then he seized the shoe, which in its new guise of violin still preserved somewhat of its pristine form, and his whole being lighted up with enthusiasm, he began a wondrous improvisation which captivated th souls of his hearers. It represented first the departure of a conscript, the tears, the wailing of his betrothed, then hi3 stormy life In the camp and on the field of battle, and finally his return, accompanied by triumph and rejoicing. A merry peal of wedding bells completed the musical drama. Long and loud were the thunders of applause; even the old ladies who disliked- Pagani could not refrain from clapping their palms, and bouquets thrown by fair and jeweled hands fell at the feet of the musician. In a coi ner of the hall next the door, Vicette was weeping bitterly. The sympathy of the conscript had gone straight to her heart At the conclusion of the concert the receipts were counted and they amounted to two thousand francs. "Here. Vicette." said Pagani. "You have five hundred francs over the sum required to purchase a substitute. They will pay your bridegroom's traveling expenses." Then after a pause he continued. "But you will want something where with to begin housekeeping. Take this shoe violm, and sell it for your dowry." Vicette received from a rich amateur six thousanl francs for Pagani's wooden shoe. This violin is to-day in the posses sion of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. WILL M. CLEMENS. A Prince of G aides. Grindelwald had just celebrated the seventieth birthday of Aimer, the doyen of Swiss guides. Aimer has been the pioneer of all modern mountain-storm-ers, to use the picturesque German word. In the Bernese Oberland alone he has made the ascent of the Jung frau, Moench, Eiger, Wetherhorn and Schreckhorn no less than 109 times and, with the exception of the Jungfrau, he has been the first to set foot on their snowy crests. He is also the only liv ing mountaineer who has made the descent from the Moench on to the Wengenalp and it is said there is not a mountain peak in the Valois, Grisons, Savoy and Dauphine onjwhich he has not bivouacked. He ha five sons, all of them trained from childhood to be guides, and some have carried on their father's work with English moun taineers in the Caucasus and the Him alayas. Aimer affirms that none of his climbers has ever had an accident but he himself has his scars of battle. On the Grindenwald .glacier a falling block of ice broke 'several of his ribs and In a winter ascent of the Jungfrau in 1885 his toes were all frozen and had to be amputated. Since then he has retired from work and now enjoys a green old age in his chalet at Grindelwald. Journal des Debats. Hew to Fa Coaxt-Plastrr. Did you ever notice the way a physi cian prepares the court plaster for a wound? First he holds the piece lengthwise directly through the mid dle. The plaster should be considerably larger than the wound, to keep well over the edges; then slash the plastei lengthwise nearly to the edge. Straight en the court piaster out fiat and cut the slashed .pieces at opposite ends. Place the straight edges of the court plaster to the flesh on either side ol the wound, bringing the strips across the wound. Moisten them, and taking a strip from each side, draw them- to gether gently, closing the" cut and stick the plaster in place. Continue with all the strips, and the cut will be "dressed in a manner to insure, a perfect heal ing, and as well as any doctor could do it Chewiac Xoaey Killed Hbau Alexander Waltzfelder, a betting man, well known as "Sheeny Dan," died in ?few York" from the- habit, it is thought of .holding greenbacks in his mouth when he was counting monej or trying to make bets on the race track. A "short time ago he bit his lip accidentally and the' result was blood poisoning. Beat wltli Blaziss Sticks. The "fire robbers" are busy again. Their latest victims is Jack Keel, an old German rtorekeeper Hear Spring-; ima tw ,m wm to o h., 4 ' They tied him to a bed and beat him with blazing sticks; in a vain effort to make him divulge the hiding place of Tils money. Keel is ir a precarious condition. - The atast Cacti? Tomb. The most costly tomb in existence h said to be that which was erected te the memory cf Mohammed. The dis SSflS1? Jl COra I tlca. are worth S2.WO.W0. IN A PIE FACTORY. TURNS OUT AN AVERAGE 18,000 PIES A day; OF Men at Work ea a Momntmlm ef Dmgb. The Ore Is a Bif Wheel with Iraa Flatrorass Hose froat Its Fleasias Sight. F you want to see something later esting' he said .to the New York Mail and Express man, "come with me. It will make your mouth water if you have a taste for the sweets and, in ad dition, it will give you an insight into a business that has reached immense proportions within the last tea years." and apTfae aext; and up a long flight of stairs to an office where the lucky number of thirteen misses was at work. This was the in itial bow to the largest pie factory la the whole of Gotham and, for that matter, the entire country. Here it is that an average of 18,000 pies is turned out every day of the week except Fri1 day, when the figures go over the 20, 000 mark because of the demand for Sunday. Pies little and big and in all conditions of preparation, are to be seen here, and the average office boy or downtown "clark" would imagine himself in pie heaven were he to get upon the ground. Ask the most experienced housewife and she will readily testify to the state ment that it is no easy matter to make ENGLISH SEA TROLLEY ON STILTS. - pjSiKSSp The strangest of all electric rail ways is that at Brighton, England, con necting that famous seaside resort with Rcttingdean, several miles away on the shore. The peculiarity sf this railway is that its car is mounted on four steel stilts twenty-four feet high. As part of the railway is submerged at high tide, this arrangement makes the electric car in a manner amphibious, able to run through water that is many feet deep. Each one of the stilts on which the car is supported rests u jon a truck hav ing four wheels, the foair trucks being braced together by steel tubular struts. The trucks have the appearance of inverted canoes, thus affording easy passage through the water. The elec tric current is conveyed to the car by a first-class pie. Piemaklng is easy with the young bride only. Still, in thi3 big factory spoken of, it really does seem a simple affair the putting to gether of fruit and dough because the workmen go through the performance in "apple-pie order," but it is practice and experience with them rather than personal pleasure. To make a pie cor rectly, as well as digestively, it is neces sary to resort to four processes. Take, for instance, a mince pie. The work of preparing the filling is the first undertaken, and then in regular order come the task of making the crust, filling the pie and baking It. Contrary to some ideas, it is essential to the welfare of the aforesaid pie that the meat required be of a superior kind. This obtained, it is consigned to an immense steam-jacketed copper kettle that has the capacity of a medium-sized barrel. In this way it is cooked and then intrusted to the bene ficial graces of an enormous chopping machine, that does the work as finely as a projectile from a twelve-inch gun might do with a wooden fence. Next come for attention the beef suet, ap ple, citron, currants, spices and, final ly, the brandy, and these are mixed with the mincemeat by another ma chine and are sent to the filler. While the mincemeat is being mixed with the ' other mixture, another force of men is engaged in preparing the crust This force of men works before an immense trough and is rigged out in clothes of immaculate white, with bare arms as powdered with flour as the hair on their heads. The trough is partly filled with flour and shortening or lard is worked into it by the white workmen. Water that has been specially Iced is worked into the mixture in the trough and the whole thing soon takes on quite a doughlike appearance. This dough is taken to another force of men, who roll it out into thin slices and place it on tin plates. This opera tion is perhaps the quickest of any of the processes. The men go through the mountain of dough like wind through a sand hilL Quicker than It takes to tell, the white covered-tins are faken to the fillers-in, and no armv of old topers ever filled in as. rapidly as i do they. All use , ione-hkndTi.il rfil per, which has a capacity just, safflcient to fill one pie. With this dipper in one hand and the dough-covered tin plate in the other, the filler-in dips the dip . !.! . -, " . rZ-?- v 5 T ? hun' lt the air-and, with a per into the barrel of filling alongside graceful movement of the wrist, turns It inte the waiting plate. This ac complished, everything is ready for the oven. The latter is a gigantic thing operated much on the style of the Fer ris wheeL Suspended by its axle above a red-hot fire is a wheel about twelve feet long and sixteen inches in diame ter. Eight iron platforms are hung from tae rims of this-wheel and upon eseplatfera tie pies are placed. The mjmm n9mM9fk MC, pies always remain horiaoarsl Oac aC the platforms is always over Use tea ing of the oven. The attaaaaata earar the platform with pies asd taa vkttat is then turned antil the aext plaUrai comes Into Tiew, which ialik'e' ssaBsat is filled. This is continaed aatil the eight platforms have been covered. Tme next turn brings into view the lrst lot -pat in, all baked to a nicety. Taey are then removed and the 'platform filled again. Again the wheel taras aad another army of baked pies is present ed and removed. This coatiaaes hour after Hour so lbng aa the demaftd lasts, an average of about 1.000 pies isbakea1 hourly over thas oven. The pie fac tory is a great institution and stast be seen to be appreciated. Friead ef the WorMagMaav Miss Ellen Key, a Swedish lady, has attracted much attention la her. active land by her efforts to ameliorate. tae condition of workingmen. Joiatly;.vma Dr. Aatoa Nystrom, shefemaJaJtAtaS' orkSgmai'TinstIrnte " oP"wede, which now owns a handsome building J in Stockholm and branch establish ments in all provincial towns. It has courses of lectures by the most dis tinguished literary and scientific aa thorities of the country oh historical, philosophical, scientific and literary subjects, adapted to thb comprehension of laboring men, who attend in large numbers. Swedish literature is the topic treated by Miss Key, who, in ad dition to her philanthropic labors, has 'done literary work, publishing books, j chiefly on sociological themes. One is a oiograpny or Anne unarioue juoei fler, Duchess of Caianelio, who is wide ly known through her sketch of the life of Sophie Kovalevsky. Miss Key is a sort of lay confessor of the work- a trolley pole to an overhead wire the same as is in use on the trolley elec tric roads in this country. This queer little electric line was opened to the public on Saturday, Nov. 28, and is now in regular operation. It makes the distance from Brighton to Rottingdean and back to Brighton in a few minutes over an hour. The possession of this curious line gives Brighton the distinction of hav ing something in the way of a railroad that is absolutely unique. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world. The nearest approach to it is at St Malo, where a tall structure is pulled through the water for a distance of 110 yards. The motor in this in stance is simply a stationary team engine operating an endless chain. Ing classes, who come in crowds every Sunday to her modest lodging to con sult her on every possible question, from family tiffs to controversies about wages. She is a believer in socialism for Sweden, but only as a transitional means to larger ends. She desirea the enfranchisement of women. Where Qaixote Vtas Knighted. The ruins were of an important ven ta, such a caravanserai as was found every few leagues when all traveling and traffic between Madrid and Seville passed on the royal highway, says Scribner's. Should the Ingenious sur mises of the learned, who have indus triously erected the ponderous com mentaries around Cervantes romance, be true, this venta had the rare good fortune of being visited by Don Quixote in the beginning of his wanderings. He kept his night vigil-at-arms in its courtyard and on the morning follow ing was by the rowdy, canny innkeep er made a knight To me let it be only what it surely is, and that Is enough: One of the rare pages of XM days of old the mute witness of the comedies and tragedies of the pleasures and troubles of some of our predeces sors in the human procession. Iaformed. "So Mr. Skinner has failed!" ex claimed the man who always makes himself at home. "Yes, sab," replied the colored man who was employed around the store. "Do you know what his principal lia bility is?" "Yes, sah. Ef many more folks comes 'roun pesterin him he's liable ter buy hisse'f er railroad ticket an Tet 'em settle up de business de bes way de kin." Washington Star. little Bit of a Baby. " The tiniest baby, perhaps, in the world has been added to the family of Samuel Donaldson, a barber, who lives in Camden, N. J. It weighed, only 7 ouncs3 when it came into the world, but Dr.Frederick Pfeiffer says it is healthy, and with good care will live. lfl?- ". H a Hr need wfll eaeii y go into an ordinary teacup, while her hand will not cover "a silver 25c .piece. Good for tba Health. Jenks (who has taken to horseback riding and bounces about ten laches at every step)-Ah, howdy de. Blinks? I think horseback riding is good fer the health, don't you? Blinks Yes, indeed. All who see you will be .Benefited. Laugh and grow iac, you jenow. New York Weekly: Seateh. Sfaaectlats. ScoVbmen have almost eatire coa trol of the stonecattiag iadeetries ef New York. HOW OLD 19 NIAGARA? Is taw gel tla Niagara River, walca had lrst a strait jdisiaft take Erie to tae at jKfaK. gradaaliy VeeasM aamllew, rapid streaat, aad then, waters ot the lewer lakes' sub-- its bed narrewed aad its fall In to 426 feet, says Knowledge. the river was. soon greatly en- The Tantl was fislfiw to'the . ef Oatarie as well, aad mltimately eatlet frost Lake Huron to the twa Valley was blocked, aad the n waters ef these greatest lakee by their nreseat coars tS Lakd sad theace to the Niagara River. the coatinned rise of land, eape- toward the east of Ontario, the level rose until it attained its it elevation, and (he fall of the sitween the two lakes was re ts present 360 feet. Can ft thea eveats? The River was given by Ellicott over a century ago at 55,400 years; Blakewell, 1830, gave 12,000; Lyell's estimate of 35,000 was accepted for many years af ter 1841, but recent writers, osiag the mean rates of recession during forty eight years as determined by suryeys, make the value 9,000 years. Dr. Spen cer has made a new and careful Com putation of the age of Niagara River and fails. He shows that the recent estimates have not taken into accoan. the various changes that have occurred in the fall and volume of the river. His calculations result in a value near ly that of Lyell's. - Dr. Spencer believes that Niagara River was formed 32,000 years ago, and that 1.000 years later the" falls were in existence. For 17,200 years their height was about 200 feet; thereafter the water fell 420 feet Seven thou sand eight hundred years ago the drain age of Lakes Superior, Michigan and. Huron first flowed through the Niagara gorge, and 3,000 years ago tie waters rose in Lake Ontario until the level reached that of today. The falls, then, are 31,000 years old. This estimate, calculated from the rate ef erosion, is confirmed by another made from the" terrestial movements one as to the past the other concerning the future. The lakes came into existence after tha glacial epoch and Niagara after tht lakes; and calculations based on the mean rate of rise of the beaches in tht earlier period of the lakes history show that the close of the ice age may safely be placed at 50,oou years ago As to the future: With the present rate of calculated terrestial uplift in the Niagara district, and the rate of re cession of the falls continued, or even doubled, before the cataract shall have reached the Devonian escarpment at Buffalo, that limestone barrier shall have been raised so high as to turn the waters of the upper lakes into the Mississippi drainage by way of Chica go. An elevation of sixty feet at the outlet of Lake Erie would bring the rocky floor of the channel as high as the Chicago divide, and an elevation of seveay feet would completely divert the drainage. This would require 5.00G to 6.000 years at the estimated rate of terrestrial elevation. Gerataa Baalaeaa Woaea. The registration of business in Ger many has had the effect of showing how large is the number of women en gaged in trade. In Chemnitz alone 6, 000 retail' businesses and workshops are the proprety of women. Philadel phia Press. Daab la All the Serea. Wife :You do not tell me that Prof. has been struck dumb? Husband Yes, last night He was master of seven languages. Wife Is it possible? And he was struck dumb in all seven? Comic Cuts. Her Invariable Bale. "I don't believe in long engage- ments," said Miss Smatter. "Neither do L" replied Miss Kittish. "Short engagements with plenty of them is my motto." New York World. MISCELLANY. The movement for amending or re vising city charters is spreading in Maine. An English Journal says that Queen Victoria has been a total abstainer for three years. A peddler arraigned In Suncook, N. IL, last week, bore the famous name ol Mark Hanna. A Belfast (Me.) judge ha3 ruled that shaking dice for cigars is not gambling, but shaking them for money is. About 600,000 trees are annually planted by Swedish school children un der the guidance of their teachers. But three old soldiers have thus fax availed themselves of the privileges ol becoming inmates of the home at St James, Mo. An unmarried woman ha3 made a reputation in Gage county, Nebraska, as a corn-husker, doing seventy-five bushels a day. Lord Leighton's house in London has been offered by his sisters to the Brit ish nation on condition that it be pre-! served as it is. The Canadian government is .con sidering the advisability of deepening the St Lawrence and the canals from Montreal o Lake Erie. , Japan's steamship line to the Russian ports of' the Black sea will begin run ning in the spring. The fleet will consist-of sixteen steamers. The Pottawatomie Indians of Ath ens, Mich., are about to devote a dis tribution of delayed annuities to the construction of a church. The. work of the new Episcopal Church Army has commenced in Bos ton. Fifty posts have already been organized throughout the country. A certain farmer of Giimanton, N. H-, aetted just 2 cents on five bushels of apples sent to Boston. Last year the m quantity brought him $13.73. Aa Arizona editor has been found who is sincere and honest. He hangs this sign oa his office door: "Gone out to take a drink. Will be back to-mor- t "How do you like this style of cua? asked the detective, snapping a pair ol skater steel bracelets oa'the wrists ol the confidence mam. "I am a good deal takem with it." responded the ether. Chicago Tribune. i ASTB0L0GICAL LOSE. SIGNS OF THE PLANETS TIMES OF aUHTH. AT HE planets de aot exert aa ialeeace ever life. Their position at the tiate of a person's alrt& oaly ladlcate what that life h likely td ee. The seiesee has cfliW dew t us from the eaflievt ages ef asaa, anst wasofteeftaefere-- arta la the days ef the revival began. Iff prearess has steady, especially in England 4 the United States. The most ealigatefiei minds of th9 century are giving it special study, and its popularity is again la the aaceadaaL The free readings la these coluaras should not be coif ottnded With f ortaae telling. The most cultured ia te lead study astrology. No sensible persoa. takes notice of fortunetellers er for tune-telling. The popularity of ear free readings attest the esteem i which the science is held. Letters come from physicians, lawyers, bank ers and merchants. Applicants for f ea-1 Ings are again reminded that full name and address of sender must accompany every letter. Also date, hour and place of birth. If the applicant does not know the hour of birth he or she should send for special instruction, by taaiL Persons not wishing their readings' published in regular order can have them forwarded by mail. Mall read ings are sent on receipt of twelve two-cent postage stamps. Address ProL G. W. Cunningham, Dept, 4, 194 South Clinton street. Chicago. Following are the readings for this week: W. S., Xartoavllle. Ma. t According to data furnished you are a mixture of indications of both Leo, R-hich the Sun rules, and Virgo, which Mercury rules, therefore the Sun and Mercury are yur ruling planets or significators. You are medium height or above; medium to dark complexion, hair and eyes; there is a notch formed in the hair above the temples. You are ambitious, Industrious and ener getic, rather reserved In manners, and when a boy quite bashful; you take great interest m animals, especially a fine horse; you are quite studious and like to read up on scientific subjects. Your house of money is afflicted by Mars; this is warning that you should at all times be extra careful of finances and avoid hazardous speculation. Mar riage more fortunate than average, and your wife was from an excellent family, yet in some way not so fortunate cor respondingly as her ancestors. Hazel S MeeaaaleaTille, Iowa. According to the data the zodiacal sign Leo, which the Sun rules, was ris ing at your birth, therefore the Sun is your ruling planet or signlficator. You are above medium height, with a slend er, wiry figure, and wide shoulders in proportion to the rest of the body; you are medium to light complexion, hair and eyes; the eyes are quite large and expressive. You have a sunny, cheer ful disposition, and are recognized as a leader; you will always hold a good position in lifeand can make money in that way If no other, but you will, with ordinary care of finances, always have money, even if you do generously give lots of It away. You are proud and am bitious, and no small kind of business will gratify your ambition. You have splendid command of language and would make a good orator. You are gifted In one or more of the fine arts, and In this you would be quite original. You are very fond of the occult and mysterious. C. A. aV, Paaaaia, Iowa. According to the data furnished the Zodiacal sign Sagittarius, which Jupi ter rules was rising at your birth, therefore Jupiter is your ruling plaaet or signlficator, the moon is on the as cendant and is cosinlficator. You are above medium height; slen der, but well formed, and you will be come stouter from this time on; you have dark complexion, hair and eyes; the eyes are very expressive and have a peculiar sparkle and sharp sight You are cheerful, happy, jovial, kind and obliging; you are very humane, and considerably inclined towards the scientific; you are kind to animals, scientofic; you are kind to animals. and very foud of horses, you have am intellect that denotes a special ability In the management of subordinates. Tour house of money is afflicted, denot ing that your money gets away very easily, and you have little left to show for it. Note. Those who have sent in their stamps (26 cents) for readings by mail, will usually be promptly answered. In cases where there is an appareat de lay the astrologer should be notified at once and the mistake will be rectified. Rasaiag;. Hobbs (to friend in restaurant) I say, Nobbs, how's business. Nobbe Great; never saw such a rush. No time to sleep and even behind la meals. That was day before yesterday's lunch I just finished. Tit-Bits. Weylei's Warfare. "Give me my writing material," said Weyler to his secretary. "Red cr black ink, sir?" "Red, you fool! I'm going to fight a battlerAtlanta Constitution. Deceptive Aaaearaaees. Barber (after the hair cut) Shave? t Brooks-No; I shave myself. Barber (sarcastically) Oh, I thought perhaps you were merely suffering with a skim disease of some kind. Cleveland Leader. IJke a Bird. Smith You told me your friead saag like a bird. I think he- has a horrible voice. How cam you say It ia like a bird's? Jones Weil, the Mrd I meamt was a crow. Jedy. TmT KM Kzot aa Iaftaeae ctoar XK. laJIcaf Emit Ukaty OtcmrCmmm tfm tUa Kgyp KMulKtwmvF NOVEL KNTatftTAlNafKNT. fowl wealthy it Lewieam livae the ridalty af Lafayette park jweiidsd serel fern of eatertalaseeat fer hie geeata eae evening last week, eaya the 3t Louis KeaaMc. The hostess wag eaWtly aaxiewe te provide eosaetatag arfftaal for the- fdii eatioa of a score ef guest w sne fcUeaded te call together far informal evewiac. Her hueeaad leed te provide each aeveKy aad took a bos compaaiea late lis coaldeace to that ead. They had sot exchanged Ideae thirty coaeecntive secoade before taey hit ttpea the device of cwT-rtiag tae elegant parlors into a gambling house pro teat A faro aaak, a roalette waele aad poker aad keao "lay-outs" were easily procurable, aa the cqnfer rees well ssmw, aai that part of the settled. Tae- pretty guaranteed to reduce each other te mincemeat in three rounds. This rather staggered the ambitious host; but hia friead ii a ward politician, and, with the eloquence he always keeps on draughtLeooa convinced the other that the eveniag would be a failure without those balldoga. The eveaiag arrived aad with It came the guests. The ladies were pret tily shocked at sight of the gambling parapaeraalia, but became accustomed to it in aa astoalshlngly short time and shared ia the games with becoming vim. It was whea the yellow bull dogs made their unexpected entrance that the horror of the fair guests proved genuine. The beasts yelped and growled and showed other peculiarly canine symptoms of "spoiling for a fight" Thereupon the ladies sought refuge on the piano and card tables and chairs, conducting their retreat as from a mouse. Notwithstanding excited feminine protestations, the friend who had been consulted as to a novelty in enter tainment unleashed the dogs. It was an exciting climax to an "original" evening. The dogs feasted for five minutes on choice bits of each other's anatomy. The ladies screamed and the friend who was consulted exulted in the success of his novelty. When he was quite convinced and it took a con siderable time to convince him that the. ladies' desire for gore bad been fully gratified he doused the dogs into a convenient tub of water and separated them. A Walkla flab. A queer fish called the "walking goby" or the "hopping fish," Is found in the Indian ocean, asrwell as along the shores of West Africa. Crowds of these curious creatures, resembling tadpoles in their outlines, bask in the sun on a muddy shore and scamper off on be ing disturbed. Many of them keep the ends of their long tails dipped into water, while they lie on the sun-heated mud, or sit oa the Mangrove roots, and Prof. Haddon has suggested that there may be an organ of respiration in the end of the tail, additional to the sim ilar organ in the gills. A more recent investigator. Dr. Forbes of Liverpool, thinks the fish are able to store a suf ficient quantity of water in their gills to maintain aquatic respiration during their prolonged absences on the shore. TJake off Hesse'a Estate. By a decision of the family council, the estate of the late grand duke of Hesse, Including the two million marks given by Queen Victoria to her daugh ter Princess Alice, will be divided be tween the reigning grand duke of Eesse, Princess Ludwig of Battenberg and Princess Henry of Prussia. A "Needed Reform. With only seven dissenting votes, the House of Representatives passed a bill prohibiting the sale of liquor ir the national Capitol. MISSING LINKS. Good butter has been selling at 10 cents a pound at Oakdale, Neb. In Brown county, Kansas, a family named Bryan have had a new baby christened McKinley. Eleven times has Emile Zola been a candidate for election to the French Academy, and eleven times has be been defeated. Two churches of Jasper county, Mis souri, have been visited by thieves who stole even the carpets of the aisles and pulpit platform. An American robin was recently found near Manchester, England. Brit ish naturalists are wondering how It crossed the ocean. Eighty-five hundred dollars, the whole profit for- last season of the house of commons kitchen, has been invested by the committee In claret. Mother Oh, John, you should hear babytalk. He can talk just as plain as can be. Father Ton mean as plain as you talk to him. Boston Transcript. Horse racing on the ice has already become a fad in a number of Maine towns among the younger men, who are "developing" prospective trotters. Buried in a pauper's grave near Hartshorne, I. T., was the body of an old man named Johnson, who. It Is said, was once lieutenant-governor of Flori da. He was brought low by drink. To his cell mate, John RJley, recent ly sentenced by Justice Bond, of Jeav- enworth, Kas., te a years imprison ment, has confessed that within, the last thirteen years he has been In forty-one jails. Mother My dear, there can be no domestic happiness unless there are mutual concessions. Married Daughter Nonsense, mother. We could get along very well if Charles would make concessions. Puck. A resident of Amesbury, Mass., con signed seveaty-five barrels of No. 1 ap ples to Boston parties, and after some delay received word that he was in debt to them $5, they having paid freight and cartage. Boys, in trying to climb over a seven-foot fence, thirty feet long, after their football, at Oakland, CaL, knocked the fence down upon an elder ly woman who was passing, and the in juries she received were so severe that little hope was emtertained of her re Tae peanut Is a entire ef Brazil. prograause was sees friead seaested a ColtMibusStateBaflk (Oldest Baa ia tae State.) FUerotiTiBDepb mis IM M KttL mevxa sight siatts ox CkJcag, !Tw Teck SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES Aad aalaa Its eostoaMts wkea they OFFTCIKS AXD DIKXCTOBat Leasdkk GcasAKD, Pres't B. H. Bexar; Vice Pres't. M. Bscggeb, Cashier. Johx Stauotk, Wx. BccHxav COMMERCiAL BANK OF COLIJNIBU8. NEB., HAS XX Aittorizt. Capital if - $500,100 Paii ia Capital, - - 90,000 rnens: . H. SHELPOX. Pres't. IL P. 11. OF.HLRIOIT. Tie - DANIEL SCHRAM. Cashier. FRANK ROKER. Ass t. Casha DIRECT ES: c, n. SmxDoy, Joxas Welch. II. P. H. Okhuuch. W. A. McAUJSTEX. UASX. KI23KZ. S. C GRAY. FSAXK ROHRZB. STOCKH LDERS: SAltlXDA ELU5. J. IISXHT WcRDEUSJ Clabk Gray. Hexky Losksje. Daxiei. Schrajt. Geo. '.Galley. A. F. H. Okhlbicw, J. P. Bkckxb Estatt, Rxbzcca Beckzb, H. M. AY'ISSLOW. Bask of Deposit: 'merest allowed oa ttmm deposits; buy aad tell exehanse oa Catted States and Earope. aad bay and sell avail able securities. We shall be pleased te re celre your business. We solicit jourpat roaage. A weekly mewspaper de voted the bestinterestaof COLUMBUS TMECOMTYOFPIJITTE, The State of Nebraska THE UNITED STATES AID THE REST OF MAUHD Themit9f i with as is S1.50 A YEAR, XV PAID IS AST, Bat ear limlt meet ydeUare and eemta. it free to amy HENRY GASS, UNDERTAKER ! CvsBis : ui : Metallic : Cases ! 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